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ALL RIGHT, IT IS SEVEN P.M.

[CALL TO ORDER:]

ON TWO HOUR MARCH 24TH.

FIRST OF ALL, WORK VIRTUAL MEETING WITH WE PLEASE CALL MR. BOLTON.

HELLO.

THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

YOU'RE GOING TO LET US HEAR FROM YOU AND MARGOT MS..

YEAH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AND WE WILL BE LED BY VICE MAYOR VILLALOBOS WITH A PLEASURE TO HAVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE AFTER FAILING HEALTH AND THOSE WHO ARE SERVING OUR COUNTRY AND THOSE WHICH WE LOST.

SO PLEASE PROVIDE THE RULES OF THE ROAD FOR OUR VIRTUAL MEETINGS.

[1. PROCEDURES FOR VIRTUAL MEETINGS]

YES, ABOUT A MILLION MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION CITY, THE COMMISSION ADOPTED EMERGENCY ORDERS, WAS PROMISED.

THE CITY COMMISSION TO HOLD VIRTUAL COMMISSION MEETINGS UNDER THE GARLAND VIRTUAL COMMISSION MEANS THE CITY IS REQUIRED KNOWS ALL VERSION MADE IN CONCERT WITH THE NOTICE REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH IN THE CITY CODE AND STATE LAW.

THE CITY HAS POSTED ALL REQUIREMENTS BECAUSE THE TEST REQUIREMENT FOR MEMBERS OF THE CITY COMMISSION FOR VIRTUAL MEANS A PHYSICAL QUORUM IS NOT REQUIRED.

CONTROVERSIAL QUALITIES REQUIRED BY LAW.

C. CLARK HAS CONFIRMED A VIRTUAL CALL FOR TONIGHT'S MEETING.

ADDITIONAL CONCERN TO THE GARLAND ALL VOTES ON THE DELAYS BY MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION MUST BE BYROADE.

CULVER CITY, ISD MUST ENSURE ALL MEMBERS OF CITY COMMISSIONS TO THE NAMES OF HIS STAFF AND THE PUBLIC HAVE ACCESS TO THIS VIRTUAL MEET TONIGHT.

IF ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WISHES TO COMMENT ON ANY AGENDA ITEMS OR PROVIDE COUNSEL TO THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD ON THE AGENDA, A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC MAY PROVIDE COMMENTS BY TELEPHONE, BY EMAIL AT CITY CLERK, AS TAMARA TALKED ABOUT FACEBOOK LIVE TO HELP FACILITATE THE COMMENTS.

WHILE PUBLIC APPROVAL COMES AS SUBJECT TO THE TIME LIMITATION AND THE CITY COMMISSION, RULES OF THE PROCEDURES OVER ALL PUBLIC COMMENTS WILL BECOME PART OF PUBLIC RECORD.

THE PUBLIC ACCESS TO PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE PROHIBITED BY TECHNICAL PROBLEMS. CITY COMMISSIONERS QUALITY RESULTS TO BE KNOWN TO THE TECHNICAL PROBLEMS ARE CORRECT.

THANK YOU, MADAM.

THANK YOU. MY GIFT, OUR MOMENT OF SILENCE.

SO IF EVERYONE WOULD JUST TAKE A MOMENT OF SILENCE AND THANK YOU.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO OUR PROCLAMATIONS, AND THE FIRST PROCLAMATION

[2.a. Proclamation - Child Abuse Prevention Month]

FOR THIS EVENING IS FOR CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION MONTH.

IT WAS REQUESTED BY MYSELF, I BELIEVE WE HAVE AND BROWN FOR BRUER TO WEAR CAMPAIGN.

AND MEGAN TURETZKY, GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS MANAGER OF THE CHILDREN'S SERVICES COUNCIL OF BROWARD COUNTY, WHO WILL BE ACCEPTING THIS PROCLAMATION.

AND IT IS AS FOLLOWS.

WHEREAS A FEDERAL FISCAL YEAR, TWENTY FOUR POINT THREE MILLION REPORTS WERE MADE TO CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES AND CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT OR SERIOUS PROBLEMS AFFECTING EVERY SEGMENT OF OUR COMMUNITY AND FINDING SOLUTIONS REQUIRE INPUT AND ACTION FROM EVERYONE.

OUR CHILDREN ARE MOST VALUABLE RESOURCES AND WE'LL SHAPE THE FUTURE OF OUR CITY AND STATE. WHEREAS CHILD ABUSE CAN HAVE A LONG TERM PHYSIOLOGICAL, EMOTIONAL, PHYSICAL EFFECTS AND HAVE A LASTING CONSEQUENCES FOR VICTIMS OF ABUSE AND PROTECTIVE FACTORS ARE CONDITIONS THAT REDUCE OR ELIMINATE RISK AND PROMOTE THE SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL WELL-BEING OF CHILDREN.

AND WHEREAS EFFECTIVE CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION ACTIVITIES SUCCEED BECAUSE OF THE PARTNERSHIPS CREATED BETWEEN CHILD WELFARE PROFESSIONALS, EDUCATION, HEALTH, COMMUNITY AND FAITH BASED ORGANIZATIONS, BUSINESSES, LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES AND FAMILIES.

AND WHEREAS RESEARCH SHOWS THAT PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS WITH SUPPORT SYSTEMS AND SEEK HELP IN TIMES OF TROUBLE ARE MORE RESILIENT AND BETTER ABLE TO PROVIDE SAFE ENVIRONMENTS AND NURTURING EXPERIENCES FOR THEIR CHILDREN.

COMMUNITIES MUST MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO PROMOTE PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES THAT CREATE STRONG AND THRIVING CHILDREN AND FAMILIES.

AND WHEREAS WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE MUST WORK TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY TO INCREASE AWARENESS ABOUT CHILD ABUSE AND CONTRIBUTE TO PROMOTE THE SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES IN A SAFE, STABLE AND NURTURING ENVIRONMENT, WHEREAS PREVENTION REMAINS THE BEST DEFENSE FOR ALL OF OUR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES.

NOW, THEREFORE, ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COMMISSION, THE CITY OF TAMARAC, BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, WE DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF APRIL TWENTY TWENTY ONE AS CHILD ABUSE

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PREVENTION MONTH. AND I URGE ALL CITIZENS TO RECOGNIZE THIS MONTH BY DEDICATING OURSELVES TO THE TASK OF IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL CHILDREN AND FAMILIES.

TO THE KERRIANNE IS ON MR. GAGNON, DO YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING? HELLO, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR GOMA'S.

GOOD EVENING. I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU AND THE COMMISSIONERS AND THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC FOR HAVING US HERE TONIGHT TO RECEIVE THE PROCLAMATION ON BEHALF OF THE CHILDREN'S SERVICES COUNCIL OF BROWARD COUNTY AND TO RECOGNIZE THE BROAD AWARE CAMPAIGN.

AND AS YOU JUST RIGHTLY SAID, WE ACTIVELY WORK WITH AGENCIES AND THE COMMUNITY AND WE PARTICIPATE EVERY YEAR IN THE PINWHEEL FOR PREVENTION, WHICH IS A NATIONAL CAMPAIGN WHICH IS DESIGNED TO INCREASE AWARENESS OF CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION.

AND SO WE THANK YOU FOR DECLARING APRIL IN A CITY OF TAMIRA BECAUSE CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION MONTH AND ENGAGING THE COMMUNITY TO HELP STOP CHILD ABUSE AND FOR STEPPING UP, AS I WOULD PUT IT, TO MAKE GREATER CHILDHOODS HAPPEN FOR CHILDREN, NOT ONLY HERE IN A CITY OF TAMARAC, BUT IN OUR COUNTY.

SO THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN FOR MAKING AN IMPACT AND DECLARING APRIL AS CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION MONTH IN A CITY OF TAMARAC.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MS. BROWN, AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO.

AND THE CHILDREN'S SERVICES COUNCIL MEMBER FOR WHAT YOU ARE DOING FOR OUR CHILDREN AS ALL OF YOU HAVE A GOOD NIGHT AND WE WILL GET THE ORIGINAL PROCLAMATION TO YOU AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. THANK YOU SO MUCH AND HAVE A WONDERFUL EVENING.

THE NEXT PROCLAMATION IS NATIONAL POETRY MONTH, AND THIS WAS REQUESTED BY COMMISSIONER

[2.b. Proclamation - National Kidney Month]

BALTON, COMMISSIONER BOLDEN.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR. WHEREAS HEALTHY KIDNEYS ARE ESSENTIAL FOR REGULATING OUR BODIES BY REMOVING FLUIDS, WASTE AND TOXINS ARE THE RELEASE HORMONES TO HELP REGULATE BLOOD PRESSURE, PRODUCE RED BLOOD CELLS AND STRENGTHEN OUR BODIES, STRENGTHEN OUR BONES.

AND WHEREAS DIABETES, HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE, CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE, A FAMILY HISTORY OF KIDNEY DISEASE AND BEING 60 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER ARE ALL FACTORS THAT INCREASE THE RISK OF DEVELOPING KIDNEY DISEASE AND RESPONSIBLE FOR MORE THAN 70 PERCENT OF ALL KIDNEY FAILURE CASES.

AND WHEREAS IT IS ESTIMATED THAT ONE IN 10 MILLION AMERICANS WILL HAVE KIDNEY STONES DURING THEIR LIFETIME, AND EACH YEAR APPROXIMATELY 500000 PEOPLE GO TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM AS A RESULT OF KIDNEY STONES.

AND WHEREAS KIDNEY DISEASE IS THE NINTH LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH IN THE UNITED STATES AND IT IS GROWING IN PREVALENCE WHEN LEFT UNTREATED, CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE AND KIDNEY DAMAGE LEAD TO END STAGE KIDNEY DISEASE, REQUIRING DIALYSIS AND TRANSPORTATION TO SUSTAIN LIFE.

AND ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL KIDNEY FOUNDATION AND THE MOUNT BAKER FOUNDATION, APPROXIMATELY 30 MILLION AMERICANS HAVE CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE AND MOST DO NOT KNOW IT.

AND IN ONE IN THREE ADULTS ARE AT RISK OF KIDNEY DISEASE.

CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE IS A PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE.

AND WHEREAS BY CALLING ATTENTION TO THE IMPORTANCE OF EDUCATION AND PATIENT SELF EMPOWERMENT WITH WITH WITH REGARD TO THE CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY, WE HOPE TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF THE QUALITY AND AVAILABILITY OF SUCH INFORMATION AND SERVICES. SO WHEREAS DURING KIDNEY HEALTH MONTH AND THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, WE STRIVE TO RAISE AWARENESS OF THE IMPORTANCE OF OUR KID NEEDS TO OUR OVERALL HEALTH AND WORK TO REDUCE THE WORLDWIDE FREQUENCY AND IMPACT OF KIDNEY DISEASE AND ITS ASSOCIATED HEALTH PROBLEMS. NOW, THEREFORE, ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC, BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, I HEREBY PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND TWENTY ONE AS KIDNEY AWARENESS MONTH.

THE CITY OF TAMARAC ENCOURAGES ALL RESIDENTS TO SUPPORT OBSERVANCES THAT RAISE PUBLIC AWARENESS CONCERNING CRUCIAL HEALTH ISSUES SUCH AS KIDNEY, CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, AND URGE ANYONE WHO IS AT RISK TO SEEK EARLY SCREENING.

AND I'M SO GLAD THAT WE WERE ABLE TO BRING FORTH THIS PROCLAMATION TODAY.

THIS IS DEAR TO MY HEART AS WELL.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THE NEXT PROCLAMATION WAS REQUESTED BY MYSELF, IT IS PROBLEM GAMBLING

[2.c. Proclamation - Problem Gambling Awareness Month]

GAMBLING AWARENESS MONTH AND ERIC BRENDEN'S ON MARANZANO, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE FLORIDA

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COUNCIL ON COMPULSIVE GAMBLING IS IN THE AUDIENCE TO OUR ONLINE PERSONALLY TO SEE WHAT'S AND HOPEFULLY ONE DAY WE'LL BE BACK IN THE AUDIENCE AND BE ABLE TO DO THIS IN PERSON.

WHEREAS PROBLEM GAMBLING IS A SERIOUS PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE WHICH IMPACTS FAMILY, FRIENDS AND BUSINESSES AFFECTING MORE THAN ONE MILLION FLORIDIANS AND MORE THAN SIX MILLION PEOPLE NATIONWIDE OF ALL AGES, RACES, ETHNICITY AND SOCIOECONOMIC BACKGROUNDS, THAT COMES WITH A SIGNIFICANT SOCIETAL AND ECONOMIC COSTS, INCLUDING A HIGH RISK OF SUICIDE.

WHEREAS THE ISSUE OF PROBLEM GAMBLING IS COMMUNITY, A COMMUNITY ISSUE AS EIGHT TO 10 PEOPLE ARE AFFECTED. FOR EVERY ONE PROBLEM GAMBLER AND CONSERVATIVE ESTIMATES, SOCIAL COSTS ARE SEVEN BILLION ANNUALLY.

WHEREAS EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ABOUT HOW PROBLEM GAMBLING AFFECTS EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY, INCLUDING YOUTH, OLDER ADULTS AND FAMILIES, IS ESSENTIAL IF WE ARE TO BE PROACTIVE ABOUT THIS.

AND WHEREAS A FLORIDA COUNCIL ON COMPULSIVE GAMBLING IS TWENTY TWENTY ONE, PROBLEM GAMBLING AWARENESS MONTH CAMPAIGN PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC POLICY MAKERS, EDUCATORS, BUSINESSES, MENTAL HEALTH AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE PROFESSIONALS, THE GAMBLING INDUSTRY AND OTHERS TO MAKE KNOWN THE ADVERSE EFFECTS OF PROBLEM GAMBLING AS WELL AS AVAILABLE TREATMENT. AND WHEREAS THE THEME FOR THIS YEAR'S PROBLEM GAMBLING AWARENESS MONTH IS SHINING A LIGHT ON THE PROBLEM GAMBLING, CHANGING THE GAME WHICH GOES ON TO INCREASE PUBLIC AWARENESS OF PROBLEM GAMBLING, THE AVAILABILITY OF PREVENTION, TREATMENT AND RECOVERY SERVICES, AND TO ENCOURAGE HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS TO SCREEN CLIENTS FOR PROBLEM GAMBLING. AND WHEREAS ANY YOUNG PERSON, PARENTS, INDIVIDUAL, PROFESSIONAL OR ORGANIZED, DEDICATED ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO ASSISTING THOSE IN NEED CAN PARTICIPATE IN RAISING AWARENESS AND TREATING PROBLEM GAMBLING BY PROMOTING THE STATE LINE.

TWENTY FOUR HOUR HELPLINE EIGHT EIGHT EIGHT.

ADMIT IT NOW.

THEREFORE, ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COMMISSION, THE CITY OF TAMPA, BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, WE DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF MARCH TWENTY TWENTY ONE AS PROBLEM GAMBLING AWARENESS MONTH IN THE CITY OF TAMARAC TO DEMONSTRATE ITS SUPPORT IN ADDRESSING THE PROBLEM GAMBLING AND THE INITIATIVE OF THE FLORIDA COUNCIL ON COMPULSIVE GAMBLING AND BRING AWARENESS TO THE ISSUES SURROUNDING THE PROBLEM OF GAMBLING IN OUR COMMUNITY.

MR. I I DO NOT SEE YOU WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS? YES, FIRST, THANK YOU, MAYOR GOMEZ.

AND TO THE COMMISSION AND TO THE CITY OF TAMARAC FOR RECOGNIZING PROBLEM GAMBLING AWARENESS MONTH IN MARCH.

DURING THE PAST YEAR, THE WORLD HAS BEEN FORCED TO GRAPPLE WITH CRIPPLING IMPACTS CAUSED BY THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, AS WE ALL KNOW, AND MANY FLORIDA RESIDENTS, LIKE MANY AMERICANS, ARE STRUGGLING.

GIVEN THE UNFORESEEN CONSEQUENCES RESULTING FROM PANDEMIC AND FOR DISORDER GAMBLERS AND THEIR FAMILIES, THE EFFECTS OF THE VIRUS CAN EXACERBATE ALREADY SERIOUS FINANCIAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL, LEGAL AND OTHER PROBLEMS CAUSED BY GAMBLING. A MINUTE HELPLINE DATA HAS REVEALED SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS ON THOSE SUFFERING FROM GAMBLING ADDICTION AS A RESULT OF THE PANDEMIC, INCLUDING SHIFTS AND GAMBLING BEHAVIORS RESULTING FROM CASINO CLOSURES AND SPORTING EVENT CANCELATIONS.

AND IT'S JUST INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT THAT WE BRING ATTENTION TO THIS ISSUE.

SO, AGAIN, THANK YOU.

AND THIS IS AN ANNUAL CAMPAIGN EACH MARCH.

AND YOU CAN VISIT PROBLEM GAMBLING AWARENESS MONTH OR TO LEARN MORE.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND WE WILL GET THE ORIGINAL TO YOU AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU'RE DOING TO HELP BRING AWARENESS TO DISMAL.

OK, THANK YOU. WE WILL NOW GO TO COMMISSIONER REPORTS, COMMISSIONER BOLTON.

[3.a. Commissioner Bolton]

THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR, HAS NOT HAVE NOTHING TO REPORT, MY EMAIL ADDRESS IS GARLAND DOT BOLTON AT TAMARAC DOT ORG.

YOU CAN ALSO FIND ME ON FACEBOOK.

THAT'S FACEBOOK DOT COM FOR COMMISSIONER GARLAND.

BOTH ON MY CELL PHONE NUMBER IS NINE FIVE FOUR TWO SEVEN FIVE THREE EIGHT FIVE ZERO.

AND MY OFFICE NUMBER IS NINE FIVE FOUR FIVE NINE SEVEN THREE FOUR SIX ONE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER GARLAND.

[3.b. Commissioner Gelin]

GOOD EVENING, ATTENTIVE TO OUR LEAGUE OF CITIES MEETING ON A FRIDAY MORNING BREAKFAST COFFEE WITH THE PRESIDENT WHERE THEY DISCUSS THE FEDERAL FUNDS ACT.

SO I UNDERSTAND THAT THE CITY OF TERREMARK IS GOING TO RECEIVE APPROXIMATELY TEN MILLION DOLLARS IN FEDERAL FUNDING OR REALLY A GRANT.

AND IT'S REALLY DESIGNED TO BE A STIMULUS.

SO THEY'RE THE FUNDS ARE PRETTY MUCH UNRESTRICTED, EXCEPT FOR THE FACT THAT THEY CANNOT BE USED TOWARDS PENSION COSTS.

SO I BELIEVE IT'S ABOUT 10 1/2 MILLION DOLLARS.

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I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING FROM CITY MANAGER AND OR FINANCE REGARDING THE CITY'S PLANS TO SPEND THAT TEN MILLION DOLLARS.

I WAS WELL ATTENDED WITH ABOUT FIFTY SEVEN PARTICIPANTS.

NEXT LINE. TOOK A TOUR OF KANYE WEST, AND I BELIEVE IF I RECALL, I DID NOT LIKE THIS PIECE OF ARTWORK WHEN WE VOTED ON IT.

IT'S SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T REALLY APPRECIATE IT WHEN YOU WHEN YOU SEE IT IN A POWERPOINT. BUT WHEN I WAS ABLE TO SEE IT LIVE AND UP FRONT, I DID I DID LIKE IT.

SO I WAS GLAD TO HAVE THAT TOUR NEXT LINE.

SOME ADDITIONAL VIEWS OF THE CLUBHOUSE.

NEXT SLIDE. AND THAT'S THE ENTRYWAY.

SO IT LOOKS LIKE A NICE AND NICE VENUE AGAIN, I STILL WANT TO GET SOME FURTHER RESEARCH TO FIND OUT HOW THAT PROJECT WENT FROM SEVEN MILLION DOLLARS TO 11 MILLION DOLLARS.

SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING AN UPDATE ON THAT.

BUT IT'S A NICE LOOKING CLUBHOUSE NEXT LIVE.

SO IF YOU MAY RECALL THAT MY REQUEST, I REQUESTED THAT TAMARAC JOIN CITIES FOR CITIZENSHIP AND WITHOUT ME KNOWING WE BECAME THE ONE HUNDRED CITY COUNTY TO BECOME A MEMBER. THEY SENT OUT A PRESS RELEASE, SENT OUT THIS NICE QUOTE FOR ME TO PUBLISH ON SOCIAL MEDIA. SO I'M ALWAYS LOOKING FOR WAYS TO HIGHLIGHT THE CITY OF TAMARAC AND SHARE US SHARE WHAT WE ACCOMPLISH IN OUR CITY IN A GOOD LIGHT.

SO I'M GLAD THAT WE BECAME THE ONE HUNDRED CITY TO JOIN THIS THIS ORGANIZATION, ESPECIALLY SINCE IT DOES TRULY REFLECT THE DIVERSITY OF OUR CITY WITH THE VARIOUS CULTURES THAT ARE IN THE CITY OF TAMARAC.

NEXT LINE, I ATTENDED A KIWANIS CLUB MEETING AND THERE WAS A NEIL GLASSMAN SIGHTING AT THIS MEETING. SO THAT WAS THAT WAS INTERESTING.

NEXT LINE. THEN I INTEND TO BE TAMARAC CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, COFFEE CHAT, ABLE TO SEE SOME SOME FACES I HAVEN'T SEEN IN A LONG TIME AND SOME NEW FACES AS WELL NEXT TIME.

SO YOU'LL REMEMBER THAT I INTRODUCED A RESOLUTION TO DENOUNCE WHITE SUPREMACY AND UNFORTUNATELY THE COMMISSION PRIOR TO ELVAN COMING ON BOARD, DID NOT SEE FIT TO EMBRACE OR ENDORSE THAT. BUT I STILL THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE DO BECAUSE A LOT OF DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES ARE ATTACKED BASED ON THIS BELIEF THAT A FEW PEOPLE HAVE.

AND SO WE SAW PRESIDENT TRUMP MAKE RACIST STATEMENTS ABOUT MEXICANS AND THERE WAS A SHOOTING IN TEXAS AGAINST MEXICANS.

HE CONTINUALLY BLAMED THE CORONAVIRUS ON CHINA, CALLING IT THE CHINA VIRUS, THE CHINA FLU. AND THEN WE HAVE THIS SHOOTING IN ATLANTA AGAINST MOSTLY ASIAN AMERICANS.

BUT THERE WAS A BELIEVE, A WHITE MALE IN A WHITE FEMALE WHO ARE ALSO KILLED, UNFORTUNATELY. NEXT, LIKE.

AND THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THE FACES AND SOME OF THE PEOPLE WHO WERE SHOT.

WE WE ALWAYS HEAR ABOUT PEOPLE DYING AND WE DON'T CONNECT WITH THEM IN ANY PERSONAL WAY.

BUT THESE PEOPLE ARE FRIENDS, FAMILY MEMBERS, MOTHERS, AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO SHED SOME LIGHT INTO SOME OF THESE PEOPLE WHO UNFORTUNATELY LOST THEIR LIVES.

NEXT SLIDE, A COUPLE OF OTHER FOLKS.

AND SINCE THIS EVENT, ACTUALLY, I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH CAPTAIN DOMINELLO AND HE CONFIRMED THAT THEY HAVE REACHED OUT TO THE MASSAGE PARLORS IN THE CITY OF TAMARAC TO CHECK UP ON THEM AND MAKE SURE THAT THAT THEY REMAIN SAFE AND ON HIGH ALERT.

NEXT SLIDE. AND UNFORTUNATELY, LESS THAN SEVEN DAYS LATER, THERE WAS ANOTHER MASS SHOOTING WHERE AN ADDITIONAL 10 PEOPLE DIED, INCLUDING POLICE OFFICER ERIC TALLEY, WHO WAS THE FATHER OF SEVEN CHILDREN, THE YOUNGEST BEING FIVE YEARS OLD.

SO HERE YOU GOT PEOPLE DOING THEIR EVERYDAY SHOPPING OR WORKING IN A GROCERY STORE BECAUSE WE HAVE THESE LAX GUN LAWS WHERE ANYBODY, INCLUDING SOMEONE WHO'S WHO IS PSYCHOLOGICALLY UNFIT, CAN PURCHASE A GUN AND CAUSE THIS MUCH DAMAGE.

YOU KNOW, WHEN I WAS ENDORSED IN TWENTY EIGHTEEN BY THE POLICE BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION, THE PRESIDENT, WHO WAS A FORMER MILITARY PERSON, TOLD ME THAT R 15S HAVE NO BUSINESS BEING IN THE HANDS OF COMMON PEOPLE.

AND ADDITIONALLY, UNFORTUNATELY, THIS OFFICER PASSED AWAY.

AND WHEN WE WHEN WE LOOK AT THE CRITICISM THAT BOZO TOOK REGARDING THE PARKLAND INCIDENT AND PARKLAND HAS BEEN IN THE NEWS THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS BECAUSE OF THESE LAST TWO INCIDENTS, THEY WERE CRITICIZED FOR NOT GOING IN.

BUT HOW DO YOU CRITICIZE FAIRLY SOMEONE ON A BICYCLE THAT WANTS TO COMPETE AGAINST SOMEBODY ON A MOTORCYCLE OR SOMEBODY IN A CARAVAN THAT WANTS TO COMPETE AGAINST A PORTION? YOU CAN'T TAKE A REGULAR OFFICER'S GUN, A NINE MILLIMETER, AND GO AGAINST AN AR 15. IT JUST DOESN'T MATCH.

AND IT'S ALMOST LIKE A SUICIDAL MISSION.

BUT WE CERTAINLY WANT TO COMMEND THIS OFFICER FOR FOR FOR FOR LOSING HIS LIFE WHILE

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TRYING TO SAVE OTHERS NEXT TIME.

AND UNFORTUNATELY, ONE OF THE SHOOTING VICTIMS, HIS DAUGHTER, SENT OUT A TWEET WHICH HAS BEEN TWEETED ALMOST OVER A MILLION TIMES RIGHT NOW, WHO'S HEARTBROKEN BECAUSE HER DAD WAS KILLED. SHE'S PROUD OF THE FACT THAT HE WAS ABLE TO WALK DOWN THE AISLE.

HOWEVER, SHE IS PREGNANT.

AND IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT THAT THIS MAN WILL NOT BE AROUND TO BE A GRANDFATHER.

AND HE APPEARED TO BE A REALLY GOOD GUY.

HIS COWORKER SAID HE WAS THE KIND, SMART, ARTICULATE PROFESSIONAL WHO LOVED HIS FAMILY SO VERY MUCH. I AND WE IN THE HOTEL INDUSTRY ARE SIMPLY HEARTBROKEN FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.

GOD BLESS YOU ALL DURING THIS DIFFICULT TIME.

SO, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO AT SOME POINT START TALKING ABOUT THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS AND ACT LIKE THIS IS A ONCE IN A LIFETIME EVENT.

THIS HAPPENS ALL TOO OFTEN AND HAPPENED JUST UP THE ROAD FROM US IN PARKLAND.

IT CAN HAPPEN IN TAMARAC.

AND WE REALLY NEED TO TALK TO OUR LEGISLATIVE OFFICIALS TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE STRONGER GUN LAWS, MORE RESPONSIBLE GUN LAWS.

SO IT'S NOT SO EASY.

IT'S EASY TO GET AT A GUN AND TO GET A DRIVER'S LICENSE.

WE HAVE TO GET OUR ANNUAL CAR TAGS RENEWED.

AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO THAT WHEN YOU WHEN YOU HAVE A GUN.

SO THERE HAS TO BE A LOT MORE RESTRICTIONS OR ALL OF US ARE GOING TO BE IN DANGER.

THERE'S ALREADY 400 MILLION GUNS IN THE HANDS OF PEOPLE AND AN ADDITIONAL 50 MILLION WERE SOLD IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS.

SO THE SUPPLY, THE DEMAND IS SO HIGH THAT THE SUPPLIERS CAN'T EVEN KEEP UP.

AND THAT'S A PROBLEM. NEXT SLIDE.

I ATTENDED A VIRTUAL MEETING WITH THE BROWARD COUNTY BLACK CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND MET THE NEW CEO VIRTUALLY OF SOUTHWEST BROWARD.

NEXT SLIDE. AND THROUGH THAT MEETING, IN THAT EVENT WAS SPONSORED BY COMERICA BANK, THROUGH THAT MEETING, NEXT SLIDE, I LEARNED THAT CAREER WAS BROWARD HAS A PROGRAM WHICH IS FUNDED BY THE CHILDREN'S SERVICES OF BROWARD COUNTY.

NEXT LINE. WHERE THE CITY OF TAMARAC IN ANY PRIVATE SECTOR FIRM CAN HIRE SUMMER YOUTH AT NO COST. SO, MAYOR GOMEZ, YOU'RE ALWAYS COMPLAINING WHEN WE TALK ABOUT HIRING IN TERMS OF LEGISLATIVE AIDES, BUT I'M ALWAYS LOOKING FOR SOLUTIONS.

AND THIS IS A SOLUTION THAT I'VE ASKED THE CITY MANAGER TO LOOK INTO WHERE WE CAN HIRE 16, 18 YEAR OLD STUDENTS, WHERE THE CITY OF TAMARAC, NOT ONLY THERE'S NO COST TO IT, BUT THEY DON'T EVEN SHOW UP ON OUR SHOW, OUR INSURANCE.

IT SHOWS UP ON CAREER SERVICES, BROWARD INSURANCE.

THERE'S NO COST TO THE CITY OF TAMARAC.

AND WE CAN BRING IN INTERNS FOR THE SUMMER PROGRAM AT NO COST TO THE CITY OF TAMARAC.

SO IT'S A GREAT PROGRAM THAT ANY OF US CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF.

IF YOU OWN YOUR OWN FIRM, INCLUDING THE CITY ATTORNEY, YOU, MAYOR GOMEZ, YOU, COMMISSIONER BOULTING, VICE MAYOR BILL DE LOBOS MYSELF.

SO I'M LOOKING INTO IT.

I ASK THE CITY MANAGER TO LOOK INTO IT AND H.R.

AS WELL. AND SO THIS HELPS OUR YOUNG PEOPLE GAIN EXPERIENCE, EARN MONEY, AND IT'S AT NO COST TO THE CITY. AND IT'S A WIN WIN FOR EVERYBODY.

NEXT SLIDE. AND THEN EARLIER TODAY, THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF BOTH BROWARD AND PALM BEACH COUNTY HELD A WEBINAR THAT TALKS ABOUT PREVENTING GUN DEATHS.

NEXT LINE. AND THIS IS JUST SOME OF THIS IS WHAT THE LEAGUE OF VOTERS IS ABOUT, THEY'RE A NONPARTISAN, NONPROFIT POLITICAL GROUP.

THEY DON'T OPPOSE OR ENDORSE CANDIDATES, BUT THEY DO RESEARCH AND EDUCATE AND ADVOCATE ON BEHALF OF ISSUES THAT THEY SUPPORT NEXT LINE.

AND THIS IS SOME OF WHAT THEY WERE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH POLITICALLY THROUGHOUT THE YEARS, THEY HELPED DEFEAT CAMPUS CARRY, OPEN CARRY, COURTHOUSE CARRY AND AIRPORT.

CARRIZO AND THE NRA AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS WANTED TO GET THESE ITEMS PASSED AND THEY WERE ABLE TO GET THESE DEFEATED.

BUT THE BATTLE GOES ON TO TO TRY TO RESTRICT GUN OWNERS FROM FROM BEING OPEN NEXT LIKE.

AND THIS IS JUST A SUMMARY OF SOME OF WHAT'S ALLOWED IN FLORIDA, BUT THERE IS A LOT OF WORK TO BE DONE.

NEXT SLIDE AND THEN JUST SOME OTHER QUESTIONS AND OTHER ISSUES I HAVE.

SO I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S THERE'S AN HOUR ON THE LINE FOR FOR THE CITY ATTORNEY SERVICES.

I ASKED YESTERDAY FOR THE CITY MANAGER AND THE CITY CLERK TO PROVIDE ME WITH THE TRANSCRIPT WHERE THE COMMISSION GAVE DIRECTION ON THIS AND I WASN'T ABLE TO FIND IT.

SO LATE LAST NIGHT, I ACTUALLY LISTENED TO THE LAST COMMISSION MEETING AND I STILL DID NOT HEAR WHETHER THE CITY COMMISSION GAVE DIRECTION TO THE CITY MANAGER TO ISSUE THE OUR ALLIES. I WANTED TO KNOW WHAT SPECIFIC MOTION WAS MADE TO DIRECT STAFF TO ISSUE THE AHLI AND IF IT IS OUR PROCESS IN OUR CONTROL.

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I DIDN'T SEE THE AHLI THE FINAL APPROVED APPROVAL OF THE AHLI BEFORE IT WENT OUT.

AND I UNDERSTAND THERE WAS CONSENSUS THAT WAS TAKEN DURING THE WORKSHOP, BUT THERE WAS NO CONSENSUS OR DIRECTION GIVEN THAT THE COMMISSION MEETING.

SO I WANT TO GET CLARIFICATION ON THAT.

COMMISSIONER BOWLES AND COMMISSIONER GONZALES, YOU ARE LOOKING FOR A CLARIFICATION FROM THE CITY MANAGER AND IF ANYTHING HAS GONE OUT FIRST TO CORRECT.

SO, COMMISSIONER GARLAND, AS YOU'VE REQUESTED, WE PROVIDED YOU WITH ALL THE DOCUMENTATION THAT WE HAD REGARDING THE CITY COMMISSION'S DIRECTION, IF IT IS THE IF IT IS THE WILL OF THE CITY COMMISSION TO HAVE THAT AURELIE PULL BACK, SO BE IT.

PLEASE, PLEASE ADVISE US.

BUT I THOUGHT THAT WE WERE ALL CLEAR BASED ON THE DIRECTION FROM THE LAST WORKSHOP AND THE DISCUSSION AT THE COMMISSION MEETING REGARDING MR. ARNOTTS PERMANENT TITLE THAT WE WERE CONTINUING ON WITH THE R ALIVE, THAT YOU WANTED IT BACK IN TWO WEEKS, AS I BELIEVE THE TRANSCRIPT THAT WE PROVIDED, YOU SAY, AND THAT WE WOULD FACILITATE THAT PROCESS AS REQUESTED.

BUT AGAIN, IF THE COMMISSION WISHES TO PULL THAT BACK AND WISHES FOR US NOT TO DO THAT WOULD PLEASE ADVISE AND WE'LL DO SO.

YEAH. SO I LISTENED TO THE VIDEO.

I WATCHED THE VIDEO YESTERDAY.

THERE WAS A LOT OF DISCUSSION.

I DIDN'T HEAR I HEARD DIRECTION IN NAMING THE CITY ATTORNEY, PERMANENT CITY ATTORNEY.

I DID NOT HEAR CLEAR DIRECTION ON ISSUING THE AHLI OR RFP OR WHATEVER IS OUT THERE.

SO THAT'S NOT WHAT I HEARD.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, THE CITY ATTORNEY IS WORKING ON PROJECTS NOW AND WE'VE MADE A DECISION TO MAKE THEM MAKE THEM PERMANENT.

I DON'T SEE WHY WE HAVE AN OUR GOING ON.

I THINK IT CONFUSES THE MARKET.

IT SENDS THE WRONG SIGNAL.

AND I DON'T BELIEVE THAT'S THE DIRECTION THAT THE COMMISSION WANTED, BECAUSE THAT'S NOT THAT WAS NOT CLEARLY STATED AT THE LAST COMMISSION MEETING.

IT WAS AT THE WORKSHOP.

BUT WE DON'T TAKE DIRECTION FROM THE WORKSHOP.

WE TAKE DIRECTION FROM THE COMMISSION MEETING.

AND I DID NOT HEAR OR SEE DIRECTION FROM THE COMMISSION MEETING.

COMMISSIONER GARLAND MS. IS ACTUALLY SOMETHING THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN BROUGHT UNDER OTHER VERSUS YOUR REPORT.

AND ACTUALLY WE DO GIVE DIRECTIVES THAT WORKSHOP.

WE DON'T DO MOTIONS.

AND THAT WAS CLEAR DIRECTED AT THAT WORKSHOP.

SO IF YOU WANT TO BRING THIS BACK UP UNDER OTHER, WE CAN BRING IT UP THEN.

BUT WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK AND MOVE ON TO OTHER REPORTS AT THIS TIME.

CAN YOU CLARIFY THAT, CITY ATTORNEY, IN TERMS OF DIRECTION AT A WORKSHOP VERSUS THE COMMISSION MEETING? WE CAN DO THAT AT OTHER BECAUSE THIS IS IN THE MIDDLE OF HERE.

I STILL HAVE THE FLOOR REPORT AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. BASICALLY, OBVIOUSLY, THE COMMISSION ADDICKS COMMISSION, I MEAN, THEY HAVE AUTHORITY TO VOTE ON THE MATTER, WHEREAS THE WORKSHOP GENERALLY IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSE AND THEY DON'T VOTE.

BUT THERE'S A DISCUSSION, YOU KNOW, AT TIMES, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY THE COMMISSION MAY GIVE STAFF DIRECTION, BUT THE VOTING GENERALLY TAKE PLACE AT A COMMISSION MEETING.

SO THE COMMISSION MEETING IS GENERALLY WHAT A DECISION IS MADE.

IF YOU HAVE A TASK THAT IS THAT DISCUSSION ITEM WHERE DIRECTIVE IS SUPPOSED TO BE GIVEN, ISN'T IT UNDERSTOOD AND LEADS TO WHERE THAT IS GIVEN FROM.

THAT WORKSHOP SHOULD BE FOLLOWED.

NOT A MATTER IF IF THE COMMISSION JOWLY, YOU KNOW, THE CITY MANAGER OR STAFF CAN TAKE DIRECTION, BUT WHAT WE EXPECT TO MY ACTION GENERALLY BY SOME VOTE, YOU KNOW, AT THE COMMISSION. SO THE WORKSHOP YOU CAN IF THE COMMISSION HAS A CONSENSUS, BUT WHAT TAKE PLACE INSPECT THIS ITEM.

YOU HAD YOU HAD A WORKSHOP DIRECTIVE WHERE YOU ALSO HAD A COMMISSION VOTE ON THE PERMANENT POSITION WITH RESPECT TO CITY POSITION.

AND THAT'S CONSISTENT WITH WHAT I HEARD FROM THE PRIOR CITY ATTORNEY, SAM GAWN, WHERE YOU DON'T TAKE ACTION DURING A WORKSHOP.

IT'S FOR DISCUSSION. FORMAL ACTION IS TAKEN DURING THE COMMISSION MEETING.

WE CAN BRING THAT UP AGAIN IN 13.

THIS IS NOT THE PLACE FOR IT.

AND REMEMBER THIS GARLAND PERMANENT CITY ATTENDING SERVICES WERE SUPPOSED TO BE BROUGHT UP IN ITEM 13 AT THE LAST MEETING.

BUT BECAUSE WE TOOK FORMAL ACTION DURING COMMISSIONER BOLTONS REPORT, IT DID NOT NECESSITATE A DISCUSSION.

AND I LISTENED TO THE MEETING LAST NIGHT ON M 13.

THERE WAS NO DISCUSSION BECAUSE WE MADE A DECISION DURING COMMISSIONER BOLTONS REPORT, NO

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DIRECTION ISSUED THE RFP AT THE LAST COMMISSION MEETING.

THAT'S WHAT I UNDERSTAND. THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT.

THANK YOU.

GOING BACK TO REPORTS.

[3.c. Vice Mayor Villalobos]

VICE MAYOR, YOUR REPORT.

GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, FELLOW COLLEAGUES, CITY MANAGER, STAFF, CITY ATTORNEY AND RESIDENTS ARE WATCHING.

I JUST WANT TO CONTINUE TO ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO AS FAR AS RESIDENTS GO TO CONTINUE BEING ENGAGED ON ON FACEBOOK AND ON NEXT DOOR EMAILS, PHONE CALLS, TEXT MESSAGES THROUGH OUR TAMIRA APP.

IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE TIME AND PLACE DOWNLOADED, YOU SEE SOMETHING, YOU BE ABLE TO REPORT IT THERE AND WE CAN GET A TICKET OPEN AND TAKE ACTION ON IT.

I WANT TO TOUCH A LITTLE BIT ON OUR PREVIOUS MEETING FOR FOUR FROM THIS AFTERNOON AT FIVE O'CLOCK IN OUR WORKSHOP.

I JUST WANT TO CONGRATULATE MR. GEORGE ON THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT FOR CONTINUOUSLY MAKING IMPROVEMENTS SINCE TAKING OVER.

IF YOU HAVE ANY PERMIT QUESTIONS, THIS IS A BIG ITEM THAT MANY PEOPLE ENCOUNTER.

PLEASE REACH OUT TO US, REACH OUT TO YOUR COMMISSIONER, REACH OUT TO CITY CLERK, THE COMMISSION OFFICE.

AND I ALSO WANT TO THANK EVERYONE IN THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT BECAUSE WE WE ARE FINANCIALLY SOUND AND THAT'S WHAT WE SHOULD BE STRIVING FOR.

SO WE DO HAVE A GOOD HOUSE AS FAR AS OUR CITY GOES.

I DON'T RECALL THE GENTLEMAN THAT WAS SPEAKING.

HE DID SAY THAT IT'S ONE OF THE BEST REPORTS THAT HE HAS SEEN AS FAR AS CITY'S FINANCES.

SO CONGRATULATIONS TO CITY MANAGER AND HIS STAFF FOR DOING SUCH A GREAT JOB ON THAT.

AND THAT CONCLUDES.

I'M GOING TO HEAR MY TIME ON THIS.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER PLACA.

[3.d. Commissioner Placko]

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I I GUESS I PROBABLY COULD JUST SAY DITTO TO WHAT THE VICE MAYOR SAID, BUT I DO WANT TO THANK STAFF FOR MAKING SURE WE ARE IN SUCH A SOUND FINANCIAL POSITION, ESPECIALLY IN THESE TRYING TIMES WITH COVID.

IT'S BEEN UNHEARD OF THAT WE HAVE MANAGED TO SURVIVE AND WE WILL CONTINUE AND WE WILL DO VERY WELL AS FAR AS OUR BUILDING DEPARTMENT.

YOU DIDN'T HEAR ME.

I HAVE SEEN PERSONALLY NOW HOW THEY DO THEIR JOB AND IT WAS EXCELLENT.

MY PERMIT WENT THROUGH SO FAST THAT I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT AND MY INSPECTION WAS WITHIN A WEEK OF THE TIME. SO THANK YOU ALL VERY, VERY MUCH.

THE ONLY OTHER THING I'D LIKE TO SHARE IS TO WISH EVERYONE HAPPY HOLIDAYS, WHETHER YOU'RE GOING TO BE CELEBRATING EASTER OR PASSOVER, ENJOY IT WITH YOUR FAMILY AND STAY SAFE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND, YOU KNOW, I GUESS I AM UP MR.

[3.e. Mayor Gomez]

GAGNON THANK YOU FOR THE INFORMATION ON WHERE ARE THE CHILDREN WHO ARE OR STUDENTS WHO WILL BECOME INTERNS TO INTERNS WILL BE ABLE TO BE PAID.

I'VE ALWAYS SUPPORTED AN INTERNSHIP, JUST HAD ISSUE WITH THE ADDITIONAL EXPENSES THAT WERE NOT BUDGETED FOR. SO I THINK IT'S A GOOD ITEM THAT YOU HAVE GIVEN TO THE CITY MANAGER FOR HIM TO LOOK AT.

VICE MAYOR AND MR. PLIEGO, THANK YOU GUYS FOR THE WORDS THAT YOU HAVE SHARED REGARDING THE WORKSHOP.

WE JUST HAD VERY GOOD INFORMATION AND VERY PROUD OF OUR CITY FOR ALL THE YEARS OF HARD WORK THAT IS PUT INTO OUR BUDGET AND FOR OUR NEW BUILDING OFFICIAL, GEORGE BOWLES, WHO IS LISTENING TO OUR RESIDENTS AND OUR BUSINESSES, WE'RE HAVING ISSUES AND ALSO OUR EMPLOYEES WHO ARE TRYING REALLY HARD TO DO A GOOD JOB.

AND SO LOOK FORWARD TO SOME OF THOSE CHANGES THAT ARE BEING IMPLEMENTED AND HOW THEY WILL BE VERY SUCCESSFUL, SUCCESSFUL.

ALSO, A REMINDER TO ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT THE VICE MAYOR STATED ABOUT GETTING THROUGH TO US ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

I KNOW THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF CHATTER ON SOCIAL MEDIA OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS, NOT ALL THE SAME SOCIAL MEDIA SITES.

WE DON'T ALWAYS HAVE ACCESS TO IT.

SO AS FOR ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO MAKE ME AWARE OF AN ISSUE, I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO PLEASE EMAIL ME, CALL ME, TEXT ME.

INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE WEBSITE, AND I'M ALSO HAPPY TO SHARE IT THROUGH ANY OTHER KINDS OF METHODS THAT YOU NEED.

SO IT'S BEEN A VERY BUSY MARCH PAST COUPLE OF WEEKS.

THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF DISCUSSION REGARDING THAT.

WE HAD THE BROWARD COUNTY MAYOR'S CALL WITH THE OTHER THIRTY ONE MAYORS IN THE CITY AND WE HAVE ANOTHER ONE FOLLOWING UP TOMORROW.

IT'S WE NEED TO REMAIN VIGILANT AND SAFE AND TAKING PRECAUTIONS WHILE PEOPLE ARE BEING VACCINATED. APPRECIATE OUR FIRE, RESCUE AND REC AND PUBLIC SERVICES FOR THE EXCELLENT JOB THAT THEY'RE DOING WITH OUR CLOSED POD.

I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO HOPEFULLY HAVING IT OPEN SOON AS WE HOPEFULLY WILL GET MORE VACCINE FROM THE STATE.

ONE OF THE CHEN CINEMATICAL FOR THE GREAT VACCINE EVENT THAT WE HAD WHERE WE VACCINATED

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OVER FIVE HUNDRED OF OUR RESIDENTS WITH THOSE IN NORTH LAUDERDALE, ATTENDED BROWARD DAYS VIRTUALLY REMODIFY THIS YEAR TO WHERE WE DID GO ONLINE WITH OUR DEPARTMENT HEADS, SENATE STATE AND HOUSE LEADERSHIP, OUR OWN DELEGATION.

WE DISCUSSED THE CURRENT AND MOST PRESSING ISSUES AND BILLS THAT ARE CURRENTLY BEFORE THE STATE LEGISLATOR LEGISLATURE DISCUSS A PROGRAM CALLED MAYORS BRINGING NEW MOBILITY OPTIONS TO LIFE ON DEMAND TRANSIT.

AND WE REVIEWED HOW MYCAR TRANSIT NETWORKS HAVE EVOLVED IN SOME OF THE CITIES.

WHAT IS DONE WELL AND WHERE WE FACE SOME CHALLENGES.

THESE ARE THINGS TO BRING FORWARD TO NPO AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT ASSIST OUR CITIES WITH TRAFFIC.

WANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY THAT WE STILL HAVE EVERY SATURDAY OR KOREAN UNITED METHODIST CHURCH IN DISTRIBUTION FROM EIGHT A.M.

TO 10 A.M. OR WHILE SUPPLIES LAST AND CITY MANAGER WILL GIVE YOU THE DATES OR GIVE US ALL THE DATES FOR WHERE WE WILL BE A COMMUNITY.

CHRISTIAN AND.

CHRISTIAN LIFE CENTER AND ACTUALLY MONDAY, MARCH 29TH, AT 9:00 A.M.

TO 11 A.M., WE WILL BE AT COMMUNITY CHRISTIAN HOSTED ANOTHER MEETING WITH OUR RELIGIOUS LEADERS AND DISCUSSED THE NEEDS OF THE ENVIRONMENT OF OUR RESIDENTS, BUSINESS OWNERS, PARISHIONERS LIKE THEIR CONGREGANTS.

WE DID PUT OUT A UNIFIED STATEMENT AGAINST THE HATE THAT IS GOING ON IN OUR COUNTRY AND ASKING EVERYBODY CAME TOGETHER AS ONE.

ANOTHER LEGISLATIVE ITEM, THERE IS AN IMMEDIATE CALL TO ACTION FOR ADVOCACY TOMORROW FOR THE HOUSE AND AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES APPROPRIATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE TO PLEASE ASK THEM TO KEEP THE SSP FUNDS FOR HOUSING.

ONLY IF ANYBODY INTERESTED IN SENDING AN EMAIL OVER TO THEM AND WANTS TO SCRAP, PLEASE EMAIL ME AND I'LL SEND IT OVER TO YOU.

AND ALONG WITH COMMISSIONER CLARK AND I'M SURE THE REST OF THIS CITY, WE WISH EVERYBODY WHO BE VERY, VERY HAPPY HOLIDAYS AND LOOK FORWARD TO AGAIN ONE DAY SEEING YOU, EVERYBODY HERE IN PERSON AND CELEBRATING TOGETHER.

AT THIS TIME, I'LL TURN OVER TO THE CITY ATTORNEY REPORT.

I HAVE NO REPORT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THE MANAGER.

[5. CITY MANAGER REPORT]

CITY MANAGER, YES, THANK YOU, MAN, I'M JUST TRYING TO GET MYSELF UNMUTED UP, FIRE RESCUE IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT WE'VE PARTNERED WITH THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO ADMINISTER COVERED VACCINES, ACCORDING TO THE LATEST ELIGIBILITY STANDARDS OUTLINED BY THE GOVERNOR THAT IS BASED ON AGE, PREEXISTING CONDITIONS AND ESSENTIAL PERSONNEL.

THE GOAL IS TO AIM TOWARDS THE ELDERLY AND HELP REACH VULNERABLE POPULATIONS.

SO VACCINES WILL BE OFFERED AT THE TAMARAC COMMUNITY CENTER FROM MONDAY, MARCH TWENTY SECOND THROUGH APRIL 2ND.

YOU CAN REGISTER BY CALLING NINE FIVE FOUR FIVE NINE SEVEN THIRTY EIGHT NINETY THREE MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY FROM EIGHT TO FIVE.

LEAVE A MESSAGE IF THERE IS NO ANSWER AND WE WILL CALL YOU BACK.

THE CITY'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OFFICE WANTS YOU TO KNOW THEY HAVE PARTNERED WITH BROWARD COLLEGE'S BROWARD UP PROGRAM TO OFFER FREE EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR TAMARAC RESIDENTS TO ENHANCE THE WORKFORCE SKILLS NEEDED FOR CAREER ADVANCEMENT.

CLASSES ARE BEING OFFERED IN APRIL TO INCLUDE SOCIAL MEDIA, MARKETING, SALES FUNDAMENTALS, BUSINESS, BRAND DEVELOPMENT AND MORE TO REGISTER FOR CLASSES.

RESIDENTS CAN FOLLOW THE CITY OF TAMARAC SOCIAL MEDIA PAGES.

THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OFFICE IS ALSO PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE WE ARE RESUMING THE TAMARAC RESTAURANT PROMOTION CAMPAIGN.

SAVOR THE FLAVORS TAMARAC.

STARTING IN APRIL, THERE WILL BE A SIX MONTH SERIES OF ACTIVITIES AND PROMOTIONS PLANNED, ALL IN AN EFFORT NOT ONLY TO PROMOTE THE EXCELLENT AND DIVERSE CUISINES THE TAMARAC HAS TO OFFER, BUT TO HELP OUR INDEPENDENT SMALL BUSINESS RESTAURANTS RECOVER FROM THE ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF.

PLEASE STAY TUNED FOR MORE DETAILS AS WE ROLL OUT THE CAMPAIGN IN THE COMING MONTHS.

PUBLIC SERVICES IS STARTING CONSTRUCTION OF AN UNDERGROUND SAWHORSE MAIN REPLACEMENT PROJECT ON MARCH TWENTY NINE, TWENTY TWENTY ONE LOCATED AT NORTHWEST FIFTY SIX THREE.

BEGINNING FROM WHITEWAVE LANE, HEADING EAST O'BANION LANE.

THERE ARE NO PLANS FOR SERVICE INTERRUPTIONS.

THERE WILL BE TEMPORARY LANE CLOSURES, BUT A ONE LANE THROUGH TRAFFIC WILL ALWAYS BE MAINTAINED DURING THE CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE.

COMPLETION DATE IS JULY TWENTY THIRD, TWENTY TWENTY ONE.

AND FINALLY FROM PARKS AND RECREATION, THOSE RESIDENTS LOOKING FOR SOMETHING EXCITING TO DO. PARKS AND RECREATION CORDIALLY INVITE YOU TO A FREE MOVIE EXPERIENCE UNDER THE STARS ON FRIDAY, APRIL NINE, TWENTY TWENTY ONE AND EIGHT PM AT THE TAMARAC SPORTS COMPLEX.

THAT IS NINETY NINE OH ONE NW SEVENTY SEVEN STREET.

THE MOVIE SHOWING IS HOT.

BE SURE TO BRING YOUR LAWN CHAIRS, BLANKETS AND SNACKS FOR COMFORTABLE VIEWING.

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RESERVATIONS ARE REQUIRED FOR YOUR FAMILIES.

TEN BY TEN VIEWING SPACE, SIX FAMILY MEMBERS PER RESERVATION.

LIMITED TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE.

PLEASE REGISTER AT W W W TAMARAC.

ME BACKSLASH EVENTS, MASKS AND SOCIAL DISTANCING WILL BE REQUIRED AT ALL TIMES AND WE ARE CONTINUING WITH BEATING SOUTH FLORIDA TAMARAC FOOD DISTRIBUTION.

THERE ARE THE FOLLOWING FOUR EVENTS COMING UP IN MARCH AND APRIL, MARCH, MONDAY, MARCH TWENTY NINE FROM NINE A.M.

TO 11 A.M. AT THE COMMUNITY CHRISTIAN CHURCH MONDAY, APRIL 12TH, FROM NINE A.M.

TO 11 A.M. AT THE COMMUNITY CHRISTIAN CHURCH WEDNESDAY, APRIL TWENTY FIRST FROM NINE A.M.

TO 11 A.M. AT THE CHRISTIAN LIFE CENTER AND WEDNESDAY, APRIL TWENTY EIGHT FROM NINE A.M.

TO 11 A.M. ET THE CHRISTIAN LIFE CENTER.

THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THAT'S MY REPORT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COMMISSIONER.

GARLAND, YOUR HAND IS RAISED.

YES, I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS FOR THE CITY MANAGER.

DO YOU HAVE AN UPDATE ON THE EFFORT TO PURSUE THE DISPARITY, STUDY THE PLANS FOR DIVISION ZERO THAT WE VOTED ON? YES, WE DO.

COMMISSIONER GARLAND, AS A MATTER OF FACT, I HAVE A BELIEF HERE ON MY DESK A MEMO FROM THE PROCUREMENT MANAGER, WHICH WILL BE DISTRIBUTED TO THE COMMISSION TOMORROW.

IT OUTLINES OUR PLANS FOR MOVING FORWARD WITH THE DISPARITY STUDY USING A PIGGYBACK OF A VERY, VERY RECENT, NOT YET ACTUALLY AWARDED DISPARITY STUDY CONTRACT WITH THE CITY OF DELRAY BEACH IS PREPARING TO AWARD.

THERE ARE AT THEIR REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS BASED ON A DISPARITY STUDY THAT WAS DONE IN THE CITY OF MIRAMAR. I BELIEVE THERE IS THE UPDATED VERSION OF THE MIRAMAR STUDY.

SO THAT'S GOING TO BE COMING TO YOU AS AN UPDATE FOR THE COMMISSION'S INFORMATION.

IF WE DON'T HEAR ANY FEEDBACK BACK FROM YOU, WE WILL PROCEED WITH THAT AS OUTLINED IN THE MEMO. AND THEN AS FAR AS THE VISION ZERO IS, AS FAR AS DIVISION ZERO IS CONCERNED, I'M TOLD BY STAFF THAT THAT'S GOING TO TAKE JUST A LITTLE MORE TIME.

I THINK MAXINE GALLOWAY IS IS INVOLVED IN THAT AT THIS POINT.

AND WE ARE TRYING TO DETERMINE WHAT THE TOTAL EFFORTS ARE GOING TO BE IN ORDER TO IMPLEMENT THAT SUCCESSFULLY HERE.

BUT BUT CERTAINLY THE DISPARITY STUDY, YOU'LL HAVE A MEMO ON THAT TOMORROW.

AND THE VISION ZERO IS, LIKE I SAID, IT'S BEING RESEARCHED BY STAFF.

ALL RIGHT. THANKS FOR THE UPDATE.

THANK YOU. AND ONE THING ON THE VISION ZERO FROM THE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES.

I SERVE ON THE TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE AND SERVICES COMMITTEE, AND THEY ARE WORKING ON TRYING TO HELP BRING INFORMATION TO CITIES BECAUSE IT IS A NEW CONCEPT AND BEING ABLE TO MAKE SOMETHING THAT WILL BE ORGANIZED.

SO IT'S UNFORTUNATE NOT TO BE A QUICK THING, BUT THEY ARE TRYING TO GIVE OUT LITTLE THINGS THAT CAN BE DONE AND IT WILL BE FILTERED OVER TO THE CITY STAFF SO THEY CAN INCORPORATE IT AS I RECEIVE IT AS WELL.

OK, IF YOU COULD REFER ME TO ANYONE ON THAT COMMITTEE THAT HAS EXPERIENCED VISION ZERO AND PLANNING A COMMUNITY CHAT WITH THE COMMISSIONER NEXT MONTH WITH DURSBAN, AND WE WANT TO GET A CITY'S TRAFFIC ENGINEER AND SOMEONE, DEIDRE, MY LEGISLATIVE AIDE, IS WORKING TO GET A CONTACT WITH SOMEONE FROM ANOTHER CITY THAT HAS ALREADY IMPLEMENTED IT SUCCESSFULLY TO HAVE THEM ON A ON A LIVESTREAM EVENT NEXT MONTH.

SO IF YOU HAVE ANYONE THAT'S CONNECTED THAT HAS DONE IT ALREADY THAT WE GREATLY APPRECIATE, IF YOU COULD SHOW SOMETHING THAT THAT CAN COME FROM THE AUDIENCE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

WE'RE NOW, MADAM MAYOR, IF I COULD, JUST ONE MORE THING TO COMMISSIONER GARLAND, I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW, COMMISSIONER, THAT WE TOOK A LOOK AT THE CAREER SUPPORT FOR OUR PROGRAM. AND CHRISTINE KJUS, THE FINANCIAL SERVICES DIRECTOR, SENT ME A NOTE JUST A FEW MINUTES AGO REMINDING ME THAT WE ACTUALLY USE WE USE THEM DURING THE SUMMER IN BOTH FINANCIAL SERVICES AND PARKS AND RECREATION ALREADY.

SO WE WERE ALREADY USING THAT PROGRAM, BUT WE WILL LOOK TO CONTINUE TO EXPAND IT.

ONE OF THE LET KNOW.

ALL RIGHT. SOUNDS GOOD.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

NOW WE'RE GOING TO GO TO TOILET PARTICIPATIONS.

[6. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION]

AND AS WE DON'T HAVE PEOPLE BEFORE US, IT'S A LITTLE HARD TO KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT. SO WE'RE GOING TO START THE CALLS OFF.

WOMEN I HAVE HERE.

DARCY SCHILLER IS NUMBER ONE.

AND LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE ASKED FOR YOUR PATIENCE AS WE CALL EVERYBODY INDIVIDUALLY, SO IT TAKES A MOMENT FOR THEM TO GET THROUGH AND THEN BE BROUGHT ON.

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HELLO, I'M MICHELLE.

NO. MICHELLE, YOU'RE ME.

YES.

EXCELLENT. WELCOME TO THE VIRTUAL COMMISSION MEETING.

YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.

AND LET ME LET ME TURN IT DOWN. WAIT, OK? LET ME KNOW WHEN I CAN SPEAK.

YOU CAN SPEAK THREE MINUTES, BUT WE WOULD ASK IF YOU WOULD STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS OR AT LEAST WHERE YOU LIVE COMMUNITY LIVES.

OR AT LEAST TAMIRA.

MY NAME. MY NAME IS DR.

DARCY SCHILLER.

I LIVE AT SEVENTY EIGHT SEVENTY NINE GRANVILLE DRIVE AND TAMARAC, WHICH IS IN KING'S POINT. I WANTED TO ADDRESS SEVERAL ISSUES TONIGHT.

THE FIRST ONE WAS THAT I WANT TO EXPRESS MY EXTREME OPPOSITION TO THE CHANGING OF STREET NAME SELF-DECEIT BOULEVARD TO ACEE ALCEE HASTINGS BOULEVARD AND ONE TO A STREET TO DIANE GLASSER BOULEVARD.

I FIRMLY BELIEVE THE RESIDENTS WHO LIVE ON OR OFF THE STREETS SHOULD BE SURVEYED TO SEE IF THEY WANT SUCH CHANGES TO OCCUR.

ALSO, I WANT TO KNOW WHAT EITHER OF THESE PEOPLE HAVE DONE TO THE CITY OF TAMARAC, THE CITY IN WHICH I LIVE.

I CAN THINK OF NOTHING THAT EITHER ONE OF THEM HAVE DONE DIRECTLY OR THAT THEY HAVE CONTRIBUTED DIRECTLY.

IN ADDITION, ALCEE HASTINGS IS NOT PART OF OUR DISTRICT.

OK, THAT'S MY FIRST CONCERN.

OTHER CONCERNS ARE I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT THE UPDATE IS ON COMMISSIONER BOLTON'S STATUS TO HIS CONVERSION ON JUDAISM, WHICH WAS POSTED IN THE NEWSPAPER, BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND HE'S A PASTOR IN ONE CHURCH AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW YOU CAN CONVERT TO A DIFFERENT RELIGION. WELL, BEING WELL, BEING A PASTOR, I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO SEE AN INQUISITION INTO THE QUESTIONABLE WEBSITE PROMOTING MARLAND BOLTON.

AND MY LAST CONCERN IS I'D LIKE TO SEE THE CERT COMMUNITY EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAMS GO OUT TO THE SENIOR HOMES IN THE KINGS POINT AND WOULDN'T WANT THE AREA TO HELP WITH CHANGING FIRE ALARM BATTERIES.

I'VE SPOKEN TO THE DIRECTOR, VAN JONES, AND HE HAS TOLD ME IT IS NOT HIS JOB TO DO THAT.

AND IN OTHER COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE BEEN SO HANDLING THEIR FIRE RESCUE DEPARTMENTS, THEY GO OUT WILLINGLY TO PREVENT THE SENIORS FROM CLIMBING ON TALL LADDERS TO CHANGE SMOKE ALARM BATTERIES. SO THOSE ARE MY CONCERNS.

BUT I WOULD HOPE THAT THE COMMISSION VOTES AGAINST THE STREET NAMES TONIGHT.

I WOULD HOPE THAT THEY WOULD LOOK INTO SOME OF COMMISSIONER BOLTON'S QUESTIONABLE, EGREGIOUS AND INAPPROPRIATE BEHAVIORS.

I WOULD HOPE THAT THE SENATE WOULD COME OUT AND CHANGE FIRE ALARMS, AND I WOULD HOPE THAT, AGAIN, COMMISSIONER BOLTON WOULD ADDRESS HIS CONVERSION TO JUDAISM.

AND WHERE THAT STANDS, I WANT TO THANK THE COMMISSION FOR HEARING FROM ME.

AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. BECAUSE JUST UNDER THREE MINUTES AND MATTERS ABOUT COMMISSIONER BOLTON, I'M SURE HE CAN GIVE YOU A CALL AS THANK YOU FOR YOUR OPINIONS.

AND JUST SO YOU KNOW, THERE IS A PROGRAM THROUGH.

OK, THAT'S FINE. SO THANK YOU.

VICE MAYOR, YOU HAVE A COMMENT, MS. MS. DOCTOR, DR.

SCHILLER, WE ARE ACTUALLY THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION THIS EVENING.

IF YOU'RE GOING TO JUST HOLD OFF FOR A SECOND, DON'T HANG UP.

OK, OK, IF YOU COULD JUST GO AHEAD AND REACH OUT TO ME AT ELVAN DOT, VILLALOBOS AT TAMBERG AND ALSO I SAY, IS THIS YOUR YOU'RE CALLING FROM YOUR CELL PHONE OR YOUR HOUSE? PHONE, CELL PHONE.

OK, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND REACH OUT TO YOU REGARDING THAT PROGRAM OF FIRE FIRE ALARMS. OK, EXCELLENT.

THANK YOU, MICHEL. DR.

SCHILLER, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

AND FOR WE ARE GOING ON TO OUR NEXT PERSON AND JUST FOR EVERYONE WHO'S WATCHING, THE CITY CLERK IS TIMING EVERYTHING FOR OUR THREE MINUTES AND SHE'LL LET US KNOW AS THINGS ARE WINDING OR LET ME KNOW.

WE ARE NOW MOVING TO ALLEN SANDS.

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MS. ANSWER, YOU'RE WITH US.

HELLO.

HELLO.

HI, WELCOME TO OUR VIRTUAL COMMISSION MEETING, AS YOU WOULD, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME ADDRESS IF YOU DON'T MIND SHARING YOUR ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD AND THEN YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES OR SO. WE'LL LET YOU KNOW WHEN YOU HAVE 30 SECONDS LEFT AND THEN WE'LL REMIND YOU AT 3:00.

SO I'M NOT GOING TO PUT MY ADDRESS DOWN, JUST MY NAME, OK? AND I WAS VERY UPSET BECAUSE NOBODY, NONE OF MY FRIENDS, NONE OF US KNEW ANYTHING ABOUT THIS MEETING.

THAT'S WHY NOBODY HAS PARTICULARLY SIGNED UP, IF YOU WILL SEE.

MIGHT THE PRESIDENT OF MY COMMUNITY DIDN'T EVEN KNOW ABOUT THIS MEETING? I THINK IT'S A DISGRACE THAT YOU CAN HAVE A MEETING ON SUCH AN IMPORTANT ISSUE AND THAT NOT HARDLY ANYONE IN MY IN THE COMMUNITY OF KING'S POINT KNOWS ANYTHING ABOUT IT.

IT IS JUST A DISGRACE, AND THEREFORE I AM VERY MUCH AGAINST THIS ENTIRE PROCEDURE THAT YOU ARE UNDERGOING AND ESPECIALLY AGAINST THE PEOPLE THAT YOU HAVE CHOSEN TO RENAME OUR STREETS ON ITS RIDICULOUS ALCEE HASTINGS DOES NOT HAVE A GOOD REPUTATION, IS STILL IN OFFICE, IS JUST FOOLISH.

AND DIANE GLASSER DID EVERYTHING SHE COULD TO PUT HER IN A MIDDLE SCHOOL RIGHT NEXT TO KING'S POINT, WHERE IT WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE FOR THE TRAFFIC FOR US ON OUR MAIN STREETS.

THIS IS DISGUSTING ON YOUR ROLE AS OUR COMMISSIONERS, AND YOU SHOULD BE ASHAMED TO DO THIS WHEN SO FEW PEOPLE KNEW WHAT WAS GOING ON.

THAT'S THE END OF WHAT I HAVE TO SAY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MRS..

YOU HAVE GOOD EVENING. WE WILL NOW BE GOING TO RICHARD BARKER.

MAY I RESPOND TO THAT? I DON'T THINK WE NEED RESPONSES THAT ARE PUBLIC.

THERE'S NO CALL FOR QUESTIONS.

THERE'S NO CALL FOR ASKING FOR STUFF.

WE WILL HAVE THE ITEM LATER ON.

BUT CAN YOU LET THE PUBLIC KNOW THAT THESE MEETINGS ARE PUBLICLY NOTICE THE AGENDAS, THE PUBLIC NOTICE, AND IT'S THE PUBLIC'S RESPONSIBILITY TO KNOW WHEN OUR MEETINGS ARE HELD SO THERE'S NO SECRETS.

THANK YOU, OUR NEXT CALLER IS OUR NEXT CALLER AVAILABLE.

I EVERY THREAT AGAINST.

WE CAN TRY HIM BACK AFTERWARDS AND WE WILL GO TO YOU.

PLEASE HANG UP AND CALL FELIX.

THANK YOU FOR CALLING.

WE'VE GOT HIS MACHINE.

MAYBE WE CAN TRY HIM AGAIN AFTERWARDS AND WE'LL GO TO PHYLLIS, OUR PLACE.

COMMISSIONER BALTON, YOU HAVE YOUR HANDS UP WHILE WE'RE WAITING FOR YOU AND LET'S CALL OUR NEXT CALLER IS ON THE LINE.

COMMENSURABLE TO PLEASE HOLD IN.

GOOD EVENING, MR. GARLAND. YES, WELCOME TO THE TAMARAC VIRTUAL CITY COMMISSION MEETING WE ARE DURING PUBLIC COMMENTS, YOU HAVE ASKED TO SIGN UP TO SPEAK.

YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES IF YOU STATE YOUR NAME, IF YOU WOULD GIVE US YOUR ADDRESS IF YOU WANT TO. YOU DON'T HAVE TO.

AND THEN YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SHARE YOUR CONCERNS AND THOUGHTS.

I WAS STILL A BLOCK E IRBM LIKE EIGHT, AND I LIVED IN EXETER KINGS POINT SEVENTY NINE, FORTY TWO, EXETER CIRCLE WEST, I WAS VERY DISTURBED TO HEAR THAT YOU'RE CHANGING THE NAMES OF THE STREETS AND I'M NOT HAPPY WITH YOU NOT GIVING US ENOUGH TIME TO REALLY DISCUSS IT WITH DIFFERENT PEOPLE.

AND I'VE TALKED TO A FEW PEOPLE ABOUT IT, AND A LOT OF THEM ARE VERY, VERY UNHAPPY ABOUT YOUR CHOICE OF THE PEOPLE.

ACTUALLY, I HAVE MORE PROBLEM WITH GLASSER THAN I DO WITH.

[00:55:05]

AH, WHAT'S HIS NAME? I'VE GOT IT WRITTEN DOWN HERE.

ALCEE HASTINGS, YES, HASTINGS, BECAUSE SHE WAS ONE OF THE ONES THAT TRIED TO PUSH THROUGH THE SCHOOL ON THE STREET WHERE SO MANY KINGS POINT PEOPLE DRIVE TO GET INTO THE CLUBHOUSE, AND THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION FOR SENIORS AND FOR THE CHILDREN.

AND WE I.

I FEEL THAT THAT.

SHE DIDN'T HAVE THE INTERESTS OF KINGS POINT PEOPLE.

PUTTING THE CHILDREN IN JEOPARDY IF THE SCHOOL WOULD HAVE GONE AHEAD, BUT KING'S POINT MADE SUCH A ROLL OUT OF IT.

THAT IT WAS STOPPED AND I DON'T AND FOR OTHER REASONS, I DON'T FEEL THAT THE STREETS SHOULD BE NAMED AFTER HER.

I REALLY DON'T. THERE WERE A LOT OF THINGS THAT THAT SHE DID THAT WE DON'T THINK SHE DID ANYTHING FOR. AND I'VE TALKED TO NUMEROUS PEOPLE.

WE DON'T FEEL THAT SHE DESERVES THAT HONOR TO HAVE A STREET NAMED AFTER HER AND ALCEE HASTINGS, ITS PEOPLE.

S. SOME SAY YES, SOME SAY NO, SO THAT THAT CAN BE THEIR WAY.

I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH HIM.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YOU HAVE ABOUT 20 SECONDS LEFT.

THANK YOU. WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PHONE CALL.

I APPRECIATE IT.

AND I JUST DON'T THINK THAT YOU'VE GIVEN THE PEOPLE THERE SHOULD BE A MEETING OF THE RESIDENTS OF TAMARAC TO DISCUSS IT LIKE AND YOU'RE DOING IT ON ZOOME AND SO MANY OF US I DON'T KNOW HOW TO DO ZOOME.

IF YOU HADN'T MADE THE PHONE CALL, I WOULD HAVE NOT HAD ANY INPUT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I'M SORRY.

THANK YOU FOR CALLING.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.

THE NEXT PERSON BEING CALLED IS ON DREA LANDMARKING COMMISSION ABOUT IN ONE TIME I SORRY.

YES, MADAM. HERE IS JUST A POINT OF CLARIFICATION.

THIS IS NOT TO DIMINISH THE PEOPLE THAT ARE CALLING TONIGHT.

I THINK THE COMMENTS ARE VERY MUCH WELCOME.

AND I'M THE COMMISSIONER THAT APPRECIATES PUBLIC COMMENT.

BUT LOOKING AT MY AGENDA, NUMBER SIX, PUBLIC PARTICIPATION UNDER THAT, IT CLEARLY STATES THAT ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC MAY SPEAK TO AN ISSUE THAT IS NOT AN AGENDA FOR PUBLIC HEARING AT THIS MEETING.

SO PROCEDURALLY, METAMORA JUST LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU CALL THE LEADERS OF THE COMMISSION MEETING THAT BECAUSE THIS ITEM IS ON THE AGENDA, IT IS NOT CALLED FOR IN PUBLIC COMMENT.

AND ALSO, IF THE CITY CLERK COULD TELL US HOW MUCH TIME WE HAVE ALREADY SPENT ON PUBLIC PARTICIPATION SINCE THE RULES ALSO SAY THAT THERE WILL BE A CERTAIN GOOD TIME FOR OUR PUBLIC COMMENTS. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH, MR. MAYOR. AND I YIELD BACK FOR THE RECORD.

THAT'S WHY I MADE THE COMMENT IN THE BEGINNING, SINCE IT'S VERY HARD DURING THIS TYPE OF VIRTUAL MEETING TO KNOW WHAT PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT BECAUSE NOT EVERYBODY HAS PUT THEIR INFORMATION IN. WE WERE PUTTING THEM HERE.

AND IF YOU ALSO WILL RECALL THAT THIS ITEM HAS BEEN PUT IN THE MIDDLE OF CONSENT AGENDA WHERE THERE IS NO DISCUSSION TO BE HAD.

SO PEOPLE CANNOT TALK AT THAT TIME, WHICH IS WHY PEOPLE ARE BEING ALLOWED THE ABILITY TO TALK NOW AS PART OF THE.

BUT IN THE AREA OF RESPONSE, NO, THERE'S REALLY NO NEED TO RESPOND WITH.

NO PROBLEM. NO PROBLEM.

THAT'S A PLEASURE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I'D LIKE TO TRY TO GET THROUGH THIS MEETING TONIGHT, SO.

IF WE WOULD GO TO OUR NEXT CALLER AND SHE ON THE LINE.

AUDREY ELERMORE CAN HEAR ME.

WE HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR YOU, IF YOU WOULD, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.

IF YOU DO NOT MIND, JUST TELL US WHERE YOU LIVE IN THE CITY, OR AT LEAST JUST THE GENERAL LOCATION. AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN SEE US, BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, AS WE GET A YELLOW.

RING AROUND THE CITY CLERK TO KNOW THAT YOU HAVE ONLY 30 SECONDS LEFT AND THEN A RED ONE TO KNOW THAT YOUR TIME IS IS DONE.

SO WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.

PLEASE PROCEED.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SPEAK.

MY NAME IS ANDREA.

THAT'S O AND D RIAA L A CAPITAL M O R T.

[01:00:03]

I LIVE IN SPRING LAKE VILLAS.

I'M A RECENT RESIDENT TO THE COMMUNITY.

I'VE OWNED TWO PROPERTIES HERE FOR THE PAST 10 YEARS AND I WANT TO EXPRESS THAT I AM EXTREMELY OPPOSED TO CHANGING THE NAME OF THE SOUTH GATE OR ANY STREET.

I DO BELIEVE THAT THERE ARE OTHER, MORE IMPORTANT AND PRESSING NEEDS.

AND CONSIDERING THAT THE COMMUNITY AND THE TOWN PROBABLY HAS LIMITED RESOURCES AND LIMITED TIME, IT SHOULD BE SPENT IN OTHER WAYS.

AND THAT'S WHAT I'D LIKE TO SAY.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS AND ATTENDING OUR MEETING TONIGHT.

WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT CALLER OF MATTIE SWINK.

HELLO, I'M MS. SWICK. WELCOME TO THE TAMARAC CITY COMMISSION.

IT IS OUR PLEASURE TO HAVE YOU HERE.

THE RULES OF THE ROAD ARE THAT YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.

WE WOULD NEED YOU TO PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR LOCATION, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND, IN THE CITY WHERE YOU LIVE.

AND WE WILL GIVE YOU A HEADS UP WHEN YOU HAVE 30 SECONDS LEFT.

I'M A RECENT RESIDENT COMMUNITY.

I THINK IT MIGHT BE EASIER IF YOU CAN TURN DOWN THE MEETING THAT YOU'RE LISTENING TO BECAUSE IT'S GOT SOME FEEDBACK AND THEN YOU CAN JUST PROCEED.

PLEASE, STREET.

I DO. NOT MORE.

OK, I'LL LOWER THE VOICE OF THE COMMUNITY.

OK, THANK YOU.

PLEASE PROCEED. PLEASE PROCEED.

I'M HERE.

YES. WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD AND ADI SWICK? I LIVE IN EXETER.

OK. AND THE MAJOR POINT AND I WANT TO KNOW WHY THEY PICKED SOUTH GATE TO RENAME WHEN THEY HAVE A LIBRARY, A PARK, A SPORTS CENTER, AND THEY COULD HAVE HAD THE ART DUCK, YOU KNOW, SO THAT THE PEOPLE COULD PUT A PLAQUE THERE AND THEY COULD SEE IT THERE INSTEAD OF CHANGING THE SPORTS AT SOUTH GATE. THAT'S ALL I WANTED TO SAY, BECAUSE I'M AGAINST THE CHANGE TO THE STREET.

OK, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR SHARING YOUR COMMENTS WITH US THIS EVENING.

HAVE A GOOD NIGHT. BUT THAT WE'RE GOING TO SPEAK TO MISS MARY BROWN.

HELLO, I'M A SMALL TIME CITY COMMISSION MEETING.

WE WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOU TO STATE YOUR NAME AND LOCATION IF YOU'RE COMFORTABLE AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.

MARY BROWN, TAMARAC, FLORIDA.

IS THAT WHAT YOU WANT TO KNOW? AND I THINK YOU HAVE SOMETHING ELSE.

YES. YOUR MINUTES. PLEASE PROCEED.

OH, I HAVE A FEW MINUTES. OK, SO I'M AGAINST HAVING SJP BE NAMED FOR ALCEE HASTINGS AND EIGHTY FIRST STREET BEING NAMED FOR CLASSER.

I MEAN, YES, I CAN UNDERSTAND, I DON'T KNOW A PRESIDENT OR SOMEBODY WHO DID SOMETHING FANTASTIC. WE ALL KNOW THAT ALCEE HASTINGS, ALTHOUGH YOU KNOW, ALL OF US VOTE FOR HIM FOR DEMOCRAT. WE HAVE NO ONE ELSE.

HE'S GOT ALL KINDS OF CORRUPTION CHARGES AGAINST HIM AND SEXUAL HARASSMENT CHARGES.

AND THEN THERE'S GLASSER, WHO REALLY PUT KINGSCOTE UNDER THE BUS.

YOU KNOW, WHEN IT CAME TO, YOU KNOW, PUTTING A SCHOOL IN THE MIDDLE OF A SENIOR CITIZEN, TAKING AWAY A SPORTS CAR THAT'S SO UTILIZED.

SO I'M TOTALLY AGAINST IT.

AND EVERY ONE OF THOSE WHO I CAN SEE THAT THERE AREN'T TOO MANY WOMEN, CAN'T YOU ANY OF US WHO ARE TELLING YOU THIS IS LIKE PROBABLY I KNOW THERE ARE HUNDREDS BEHIND THIS, YOU KNOW THAT GETTING REGISTERED TO MAKE THIS HOUR TO REGISTER OUR OPINION.

WELL, THAT'S MY VOTE AGAINST TOTALLY OK, I MEAN, YOU NEED TO FIND SOMEBODY ELSE THAT REALLY, YOU KNOW, WANTS SUGGESTIONS AND PEOPLE WHO REALLY WANTED TO MAYBE PUT IT IN THE NEWSPAPER AND OUR PEOPLE WRITE IN AND YOU TELL THEM WITH THE PARAMETERS, IT HAS TO BE SOMEBODY WHO'S NOT IN OFFICE AND DIED OR I THINK THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE.

THERE'S ANOTHER ANOTHER THING I CAN'T REMEMBER.

OK, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU.

GOOD NIGHT.

NOW GOING TO ELIZABETH WALTER PLAYS.

HELLO, WALTER, WELCOME TO THE TIME COMMISSION MEETING.

IF YOU WOULD, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND THE GENERAL LOCATION OF WHERE YOU ARE IN THE CITY IF YOU ARE IN THE CITY AND THEN YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.

[01:05:04]

OK, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THIS SPACY. THANK YOU.

DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS FOR US? OH, YES, I DO.

WAS A.

OK, THIS IS ELIZABETH WALTER, I LIVE IN SUNFLOWER IN TAMARAC.

I SENT A LETTER TO THE MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS EARLIER, BUT I'D LIKE TO READ IT INTO THE RECORD AS A LONGTIME RESIDENT OF TAMARAC.

I'M VERY MUCH AGAINST THE RENAMING OF ANY STREET IN OUR CITY.

I AM PARTICULARLY CONCERNED WITH THE PROPOSED RENAMING OF S8 BOULEVARD.

FOSGATE IS A NICE NAME.

IT IS A NEUTRAL NAME. THERE IS NO ASSOCIATION WITH ANYTHING POLITICAL OR RACIAL IN THE NAME S8. I WOULD THINK THAT WITH THE TURMOIL IN THIS COUNTRY, THE COUNTRY IS FACING BOTH OF THE RACIAL AND POLITICAL FRONTS.

YOU WOULD FIND YOURSELF HARD PRESSED TO EVEN CONSIDER SUCH NAME CHANGES.

I'D ALSO LIKE TO MENTION AND MR. HASTINGS POLITICAL BACKGROUND IS RATHER TAINTED, TO PUT IT NICELY.

HERE'S A CLIP FROM EARLIER, AN ARTICLE DATED DECEMBER 18TH.

TWENTY NINETEEN, BACK IN NINETEEN EIGHTY EIGHT, MR. HASTINGS WAS A MIAMI BASED FEDERAL JUDGE WHO WAS IMPEACHED BY THE HOUSE.

HE WAS ACCUSED OF ACCEPTING ONE HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLAR BRIBE IN RETURN FOR GOING EASY ON TO MOB CONNECTED DEFENDANTS WHO HAD A CASE IN HIS COURTROOM IN THE EARLY 1980S.

IN A NEARLY UNANIMOUS VOTE, THE HOUSE ADOPTED A RESOLUTION APPROVING SEVENTEEN ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT AGAINST HASTINGS, INCLUDING BRIBERY, PERJURY AND FALSIFYING DOCUMENTS.

IT WAS THE MOST ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT THE HOUSE HAS EVER FILED, ACCORDING TO FEDERAL OFFICIALS. TWO MONTHS LATER, THE SENATE CONVICTED HASTINGS FOR CONSPIRING TO SOLICIT CASH IN RETURN FOR A LIFE SENTENCE AND FOR MAKING FALSE STATEMENTS.

HIS ACTIONS THAT LAWMAKERS SAID UNDERMINES THE INTEGRITY AND IMPARTIALITY OF THE JUDICIARY AND BETRAYED THE TRUST OF THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES.

HIS SENATE CONVICTION PUT TO AN END HIS CAREER AS A FEDERAL JUDGE, WHICH IS USUALLY A LIFETIME APPOINTMENT.

IF WE WERE TO CHANGE OUR FATE TO HONOR MR. HASTINGS, WHAT IS NEXT? DO WE CHANGE COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD TO HONOR JESSE ELLISON? THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS AND PARTICIPATING THIS EVENING.

AND WE WILL NOW GO TO JOHN LEWIS PLAYS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

WE'RE GOING TO GET YOU TO BUY.

HELLO. HI, MISS LEWIS, WELCOME TO THE TIME ROCKSTEADY COMMISSION.

YOU ARE DURING PUBLIC PARTICIPATION, SO YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.

IF YOU WOULD, TELL US YOUR NAME AND YOUR GENERAL LOCATION IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO GIVE US YOUR ADDRESS AND PLEASE PROCEED.

HELLO. HI.

HI.

YOU HAVE COMMENTS FOR US THIS EVENING, IF YOU WOULD, PLEASE JUST GIVE US YOUR NAME, THE GENERAL LOCATION, THE CITY WHERE YOU ARE, AND WE'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR YOU.

RIGHT NOW, YES.

OH, I'M SORRY, I WASN'T AT.

I'LL PASS.

OK, WELL, THANK YOU.

GOOD TALK WITH YOU FOR A MOMENT.

YOU HAVE A GOOD NIGHT. AND THAT THANKSGIVING AND THAT, WOULD YOU TRY RICHARD BUTLER AGAIN, PLEASE? WELL, I'M SORRY, I WAS IN THE.

BACK TO CAMP DAVID FOR A MOMENT, IF YOU WOULD, MR. WALKER, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE TURN DOWN THE VOLUME ON THE MEETING, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.

THANK YOU. AND ADDRESS IF YOU ARE COMFORTABLE, THE ADDRESS OR AT LEAST GENERAL LOCATION.

AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. PLEASE SAY HELLO.

PLEASE PROCEED. HELLO. YEAH, HI.

IF YOU WOULD SAY YOUR NAME, YOUR ADDRESS, AND THEN YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.

I MEAN, YOURSELF, YOUNG MEN.

MR. BARKER, PLEASE PROCEED.

TIME AGO, MS.. GOOD EVENING.

[01:10:01]

YOU HAVE SOME COMMENTS FOR US? YES, MY NAME IS RICHARD BUTLER FROM KINGS POINT.

AND I'D LIKE TO SAY I DISAGREE WITH RENAMING THE STREETS TO HASTINGS AND STELLER.

A LOT OF OUR SENIOR CITIZENS USE THE STREETS AS LANDMARKS, AND SOME OF THEM ARE AT THE POINT WHERE.

YOU'VE BEEN MUTED AGAIN.

LET'S TRY AGAIN.

I REALLY YEAH, I KEEP GETTING AT IT, I'M SORRY, I REALLY OPPOSED TO RENAMING THE STREETS AS IT'S GOING TO CREATE A LOT OF CONFUSION FOR THE RESIDENTS OF KINGS POINT AND THE SENIOR CITIZENS IN THE CITY OF TAMARAC.

AND THE STREETS SHOULD BE NAMED AFTER PEOPLE WITH STELLAR BACKGROUNDS, WHICH NEITHER ONE OF THEM HAVE. MAYBE IF WE'RE GOING TO RENAME STREETS, WE SHOULD DO THEM AFTER THE MARJORY STONEMAN DOUGLAS HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS.

AND THAT'S IT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR JOINING US TONIGHT AND SHARING YOUR THOUGHTS.

THANK YOU. HAVE A GREAT DAY, EVERYONE. YOU, TOO.

CITY CLERK, IS THERE ANYONE ELSE TO SIGN UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS? WE HAVE MR. FRED BAILEN LISTED AS THE LAST PERSON, MR. MELLON.

MR. GARLAND, ARE YOU ON THE LINE? HELLO AND WELCOME TO THE TAMARAC CITY COMMISSION MEETING.

PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS OR AT LEAST YOUR LOCATION IN THE CITY FOR THE RECORD.

AND THEN YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES, PLEASE.

MY NAME IS FRED BAILEN, I LIVE AT KINGS POINT AND TAMARAC.

I WANT TO ECHO AND STRONGLY OBJECT.

TO THE PREVIOUS CALLERS, WITH THEIR RESPECT OF TALKING ABOUT THE RENAMING OF THE STREETS, SOUTHGATE BOULEVARD AND 8TH STREET AND 100 TERRACE, SPECIFICALLY WITH ALCEE HASTINGS, WHO DOES NOT LIVE IN THE AREA OR IS THE ONLY ASPECT OF MR. HASTINGS IS THAT HE'S OUR REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS.

UNFORTUNATELY, WITH RESPECT TO COMMISSIONER GARLAND, I WOULD LIKE TO PERSONALLY MEET WITH HIM AND DISCUSS WITH HIM ALL OF THE ISSUES HE MENTIONED ABOUT GUN VIOLENCE AND GUN SAFETY, BECAUSE APPARENTLY HE'S NOT AWARE OF ALL OF THE VIOLENCE IN MIAMI BEACH.

LIBERTY CITY, THE SOUTH SIDE OF CHICAGO, ST.

LOUIS, BALTIMORE, THE SOUTH CENTRAL L.A.

AREA, AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.

WITH RESPECT TO THE CITY ATTORNEY INTERIM POSITION, THIS GENTLEMAN HAS ISSUES OUT OF NORTH MIAMI BEACH, WHICH NEEDS TO BE CORRECTED BEFORE ANY PERMANENT CONSIDERATION CAN BE GIVEN TO HIM. THAT IS BASICALLY ALL I HAVE TO SAY AT THIS POINT, I'D BE WELCOME TO DISCUSS THIS ANY TIME IN PERSON WITH ANY OF YOUR COMMISSIONERS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS AND GODSPEED.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE YOUR PARTICIPATION THIS EVENING.

TONIGHT, I'M FULLY AWARE.

I WOULD LOVE TO MEET WITH YOU.

WE CAN DISCUSS.

MICHELLE GARLAND, IS THERE ANYONE ELSE NOW ON THE CALL? WE'RE ALL THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

WE ARE NOW DONE WITH PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.

WE'LL MOVE OVER TO CONSENT AGENDA THE MANAGER.

[7. CONSENT AGENDA]

ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONS? DELETIONS, METAMORA.

WE DON'T HAVE ANY ADDITIONS THIS EVENING, BUT WE DO HAVE TWO DELETIONS.

FIRST OF ALL, FROM A CONSENT ITEM, THE RENAMING OF ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHT TERRORISTS IS BEING DEFERRED TO A FUTURE MEETING AND THEN NOT ON CONSENT, BUT ALSO BEING DEFERRED.

SECTION 13 ITEM TO C IS IS BEING DEFERRED AS WELL.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL ITEM SEVEN E C ARE ONE THREE FIVE EIGHT FOUR RESOLUTION RENAMING S KAPOSVAR TO ALCEE HASTINGS BOULEVARD.

IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WISHES TO HAVE ANY ITEMS PULLED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA? BOLTON HERE HAS RAISED JUST POINTIS CLARIFICATION TO THE CITY MANAGER AS TO WHO MADE THE DECISION TO REMOVE THE ITEMS FROM THE CONTENT AGENDA TO BE TABLED

[01:15:05]

BY THE COMMISSIONER, BOTH THE VICE MAYOR BOTH ADDED BOTH OF THOSE ITEMS YOU REQUESTED, BOTH BE DEFERRED.

OK, SO PROCEDURALLY, BECAUSE IT'S ALREADY ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, WE WILL HAVE TO TAKE ACTION ON THERE TO TO TO TABLE THE ITEMS. SO THERE HAS TO BE A MOTION TO TABLE THE ITEM FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA.

THAT'S PROCEDURALLY THE CORRECT THING TO DO.

RIGHT NOW. IT IS BEING PULLED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA.

WE WILL HANDLE CONSENT AGENDA AND WE WILL HANDLE THE ITEMS SEPARATELY.

MADAM MAYOR, I'M SPEAKING WITH THE CITY MANAGER.

THE THE CITY MANAGER STATED THAT THE ITEM WAS PULLED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA AND TABLED.

SO IT IS NOT UP FOR CONSIDERATION.

I AM SAYING PROCEDURALLY, THAT IS INCORRECT.

IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO REMOVE THE ITEM FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA, THEY HAVE TO PULL THE ITEM THEMSELVES. AND WE AT THE COMMISSION HAVE TO MAKE A MOTION TO TABLE AND VOTE ON THE MOTION TO TABLE. PROCEDURALLY, THAT IS HOW IT SHOULD BE DONE.

ALSO, THE VICE MAYOR IS THE ONE WHO PUT THEM ON THE AGENDA.

SO HE I'VE HAVE CONTROL BEFORE THE MEETING TO TAKE THEM ON.

AND CITY MANAGER.

THAT'S NOT TRUE.

THE CITY ATTORNEY SHOULD CLARIFY.

ACTUALLY, AT THIS POINT IN TIME, THE MAYOR, VICE MAYOR HAS HIS HAND RAISED AND HE WILL PULL THE MOTION OFF HIMSELF JUST FOR A POINT OF CLARIFICATION.

IT WAS NOT TO BE TABLED, PERHAPS, MR STANAGE, THAT I UNDERSTAND.

I COMPLETELY REMOVED THAT ITEM AND I WAS GOING TO DISCUSS THAT WITH HIM ON OUR NEXT AGENDA REVIEW.

SO AT THE MOMENT IT IS CALLED.

AND ON THAT NOTE, WHEN IT IS POLLED, VICE MAYOR, WE WILL TALK ABOUT IT AND THEN YOU CAN DO YOUR MOTION TO DEFER IT OR TO TABLE IT AT THAT TIME.

RIGHT NOW, SEVEN DEAD AND SEVEN E.

ARE BEING PULLED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA AND WE WILL GO THROUGH THE NEXT STEPS AFTERWARDS. OK.

YOU HAD YOUR HANDS, RIGHT, YOU HAVE YOUR HAND RAISED STILL.

NOW YOU'RE LOWERING YOUR HAND AND LOWER.

ALL RIGHT, SO AT THIS TIME, I NEED EMOTIONAL BACKING FOR THE DEFENSE AGENDA, WHICH.

IS FOR SEVEN A, B AND C.

DO I HAVE A MOTION ON THE SECOND? YOU'RE ASKING FOR A MOTION TO APPROVE A, B AND C, CORRECT, AND THE AMENDED SETTLEMENT.

WE'RE GOING TO SELL FOR A LOT OF THE SECOND, WE SECOND.

THANK YOU. SO IF I CALL THE ROLL.

THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

MS.. YES.

MR. POCHO. YES, THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR BILL DE LOBOS.

YES, COMMISSIONER BOLTON, YES, AND MR. GARLAND. YES.

THE MOTION TO ADOPT THE AMENDED COMMISSION AGENDA PASSES UNANIMOUSLY FIVE TO ZERO.

THANK YOU. WE ARE NOW AT SEVEN DCR ONE THREE FIVE EIGHT U.S.

[7.d. TR13583 - Resolution Renaming 108th Terrace to Diane Glasser Terrace]

NAVY HYDROGENATE PARIS TO DIANE GLASSMAN TERRACE, CITY ATTORNEY, AND PLEASE READ THE TITLE FOR THE RECORD.

THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. AND RESOLUTION OF CITY COMMISSION CITY TAMARAC, FLORIDA DEMOCRATS RENAMING A PUBLIC STREET FOR INCLUSION IN THE DYING LAST TERRORIST TO EXIST AND NO NO FOR HUNDRED EIGHT TERRORISTS AS MORE PROTECTED TO DESCRIBE THE EXHIBIT ONE PROVIDE FOR COFFINS PROVIDES A CEREMONY PROVIDED FOR EFFECTIVE DATE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, VICE MAYOR VILLARAIGOSA.

YOU HAVE A MOTION TO TABLE THAT YOU WISH TO PUT ON.

MY MOTION WOULD BE JUST TO REMOVE IT, NOT TABLING IT.

I WILL HAVE A DISCUSSION WITH OUR CITY MANAGER AT A LATER TIME ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR ITEM.

THANK YOU. A MOTION TO TABLE WILL HAVE NO PARTICULAR TIME.

IT COMES OFF THE RECORD AND THERE'S NO DISCUSSION, SO.

THAT'S HOW WE NEED TO REMOVE IT FROM.

THIS MEETING. ONE MORE TIME, PLEASE.

YOU CAN TABLE AT.

LOOKING AT A TABLE, IS THERE A SECOND, PLEASE? DO I HAVE A SECOND ON THE SECOND MAYOR? JUST MOVE IT ALONG.

OK, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THEN?

[01:20:03]

MOTION TO APPROVE.

SECOND, I'M LOOKING TO IMPROVE IN A SECOND.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION DOING THAT? THERE'S NO DISCUSSION.

CITY PARK IS THE MAYKO MS..

NO, MR. BOLTON, YES.

MR. GARLAND, YES, MR. BOLTON, I ANSWERED ALREADY, YES, AND VICE MAYOR VILLA LOBOS, NO.

COMMISSIONER PACHO, YES, THE MOTION TO APPROVE PASSES THREE TO ZERO.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NOW GOING TO ANSWER WITH MADAM CLERK THREE TO TWO CONSENT AGENDA SEVEN E ONE THREE FIVE, A BOILER ROOM TO RENAME SOUTHGATE

[7.e. TR13584 - Resolution Renaming Southgate Boulevard to Alcee L. Hastings Boulevard]

BOULEVARD TO ALCEE HASTINGS.

ALCEE HASTINGS BOULEVARD.

NEED A MOTION IN SECOND CITY ATTORNEY FOR, YES.

A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION CITY APPROVING THE REQUEST.

RENAMING THE PUBLIC STREETS FOR INCLUSION IN NAME ALCEE HASTINGS, BOOTABLE TO EXIST IN CABLE IS MORE POLITICAL, DESCRIBED AS EXHIBIT ONE FIVE CONFLICTS FOR SEVERAL SEVERABILITY PROVISION FOR EFFECTIVE.

THANK YOU. I NEED A MOTION IN THE SECOND MOTION TO APPROVE.

SECOND, THANK YOU, SIR.

ANYBODY HAS A NEW DISCUSSION? YES, I JUST WANT TO SAY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE HONORING PEOPLE THAT SERVE, WHETHER THEY'RE GETTING PAID OR NOT PAID.

IT IS ALWAYS HONORABLE TO HONOR THEM.

AND WHETHER, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW ANYONE THAT'S PERFECT.

I DON'T KNOW ABOUT ANY OF YOU, BUT I'M SURE NONE OF YOU KNOW ANYONE THAT'S PERFECT.

BUT IN THIS SITUATION, IT IS HONORABLE TO WANT TO NAME A STREET AFTER SOMEONE.

I THINK THERE SHOULD BE FURTHER DISCUSSION FOR BOTH ITEMS. AND THAT'S REALLY MY MY COMMENT.

AND I WANT TO THANK MR. ALCEE HASTINGS FOR ALL HIS WORK THAT HE HAS DONE IN THE PREVIOUS YEARS, FOR DECADES IN SERVING THE COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR COMMISSIONER GARLAND.

YEAH, SO THE THREE I'M SORRY, BROWARD COUNTY APPROVED RENAMING A STREET AFTER CONGRESSMAN HASTINGS, IN OUR CASE, I THINK THE MESSAGE WAS NOT SENT PROPERLY.

PEOPLE THINK SOUTHGATE BOULEVARD, THE NAME IS GOING TO DISAPPEAR OR GO AWAY.

THAT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.

AS THE CITY MANAGER STATED AT THE LAST COMMISSION MEETING, IT WILL BE IT WILL BE KNOWN UNDER TWO NAMES, BOTH SOUTHGATE BOULEVARD AND ALCEE HASTINGS, IF THIS PASSES.

SO I DIDN'T MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT AT THE BROWARD COUNTY COMMISSION MEETING IN SUPPORT OF THE NAME CHANGE. I SUPPORT THE NAME CHANGE.

NOW, I READ A LOT OF THE COMMENTS ON SOCIAL MEDIA, ON OTHER NEWS BLOGS.

I SAW THE COMMENTS THAT CAME IN.

THERE WAS A LOT OF CRITICISM TOWARDS CONGRESSMAN HASTINGS COMMENTS ACCUSING HIM OF BEING A CRIMINAL. HE WAS ACCUSED OF COMMITTING A CRIME BUT FOUND NOT GUILTY IN A CRIMINAL COURT. I UNDERSTAND THAT HE WAS REMOVED FROM OFFICE THROUGH IMPEACHMENT.

AND THERE'S A LOT OF POLITICS AROUND THAT.

HE SERVED AS A CONGRESSMAN SINCE, I BELIEVE NINETEEN EIGHTY THREE REELECTED EVERY TWO YEARS. SINCE THAT TIME, I'VE NEVER HEARD THIS COMPLAINT ABOUT HIM THROUGHOUT HIS TIME BEING REELECTED, ALWAYS WINNING BY A LANDSLIDE FROM A MAJORITY OF PEOPLE THAT REPRESENT A DIVERSE COMMUNITY, PEOPLE OF ALL COLORS AND RACES AND CULTURES.

AND AND AND THERE SHOULD BE, LET'S SAY, FOR EXAMPLE, HE WAS GUILTY OF A CRIME.

BUT THERE IS A STORY OF REDEMPTION HERE, RIGHT? DO WE CONDEMN PEOPLE FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIFE IF THEY DO MAKE A MISTAKE? ONE OF MY ONE OF THE PEOPLE THAT I THAT I'M A FAN OF, BRYAN STEVENSON, WHO IS THE AUTHOR OF I CAN'T THINK OF THE BOOK, WHERE HE SAYS THAT NO ONE SHOULD BE DEFINED BY THE WORST THING THEY HAVE EVER DONE.

RIGHT. WE SHOULD NOT BE DEFINED AS THE WORST THINGS THAT WE HAVE EVER DONE.

HE'S HAD A REMARKABLE POLITICAL CAREER, CONTRIBUTED A LOT.

THE FIRST CONGRESSMAN, AFRICAN-AMERICAN CONGRESSMAN SINCE THE EIGHTEEN HUNDREDS TO BE ELECTED, FIRST BLACK JUDGE APPOINTED BY PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER, AND A LOT OF CONTRIBUTIONS TO SOUTH FLORIDA, TAMARAC, ETC..

SO I SUPPORT THE ADDITION OF THE NAME OF ALCEE HASTINGS TO SOUTH GATE BOULEVARD.

THE NAME SOUTHGATE BOULEVARD, FOR THE RECORD FOR THE VOTERS IS NOT GOING AWAY.

THANK YOU.

VERY MUCH LIKE A.

THANK YOU. YOU KNOW, I JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT THAT I MAKE MY DETERMINATION ON SOMEONE BY

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WHAT I SEE, NOT WHAT I MIGHT READ IN THE PAPER OR READ ON BLOGS.

AND FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, EVERY TIME I HAVE BEEN TO WASHINGTON, THE CONGRESSMAN HAS ALWAYS MADE TIME TO MEET WITH ME, NOT ONE OF HIS AIDES, BUT WITH HIM EVERY SINGLE TIME.

HE'S THE ONLY PERSON WHO'S DONE THAT.

HE DOES HAVE AN OFFICE RIGHT DOWN THE STREET FROM US.

I HAVE MET HIM IN HIS OFFICE TO TALK ABOUT ISSUES WITH VETERANS.

HE HAS ALWAYS HELPED EVERY SINGLE TIME I HAVE MET TO TALK TO HIM ABOUT PROJECTS WITHIN OUR CITY. HE HAS ALWAYS BEEN INTERESTED AND ALWAYS BEEN ABLE TO HELP.

MOST IMPORTANTLY, YEARS BACK, OUR CITY RECEIVED A GRANT AND UNFORTUNATELY THE PLANS CHANGED AND WE COULD NOT USE THAT GRANT FOR WHAT IT WAS ALLOTTED FOR.

WE WANTED TO HAVE IT REALLOCATED, WHICH IS VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE, BUT BECAUSE OF THE CONGRESSMAN THAT HAPPENED.

SO THIS IS WHAT ISD THIS IS THE GENTLEMAN WHO HAS ALWAYS BEEN NOTHING BUT RESPECTFUL TO ME AND HAS ALWAYS HELPED ANY TIME I'VE ASKED FOR HELP.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

SO I HAVE ABSOLUTELY I'VE HAD THE PLEASURE OF MEETING WITH CONGRESSMAN HASTINGS SEVERAL TIMES IN THE PAST YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN IN OFFICE, ONE OF THE SAME TOPICS THAT BLAGO IS DISCUSSING THAT TOOK YEARS TO DEAL WITH.

I ADMIRE THE CONGRESSMAN'S STRENGTH IS NOT EASY TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY WHEN YOU ARE DEALING WITH CANCER AND DEALING WITH TREATMENT AND DEALING WITH THE PUBLIC AND DEALING WITH YOUR FAMILY AND JUST TRYING TO SURVIVE AND TO LIVE.

SO I GIVE HIM PLENTY OF KUDOS FOR HIS STRENGTH AND I RESPECT THAT.

BUT WHAT I ALSO THINK THAT RIGHT NOW WE ARE DEALING WITH POLITICS VERSUS DEALING WITH ANYTHING ELSE. OUR COMMUNITY HAS TOLD US FLAT OUT THEY DO NOT WANT THE RENAMING OR EVEN DOUBLE NAMING. WE HAVE READ PLENTY OF EMAILS WITH THIRTY SEVEN OR TWO WITH THE LAST OFFICIAL COUNT. I KNOW THAT THEY'VE BEEN ON BLOGS THAT HAVE BEEN SENT TO US AND WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO HAVE CALLED IN.

THAT IS REALLY WHAT WE REPRESENT THEM.

OUR RESIDENTS, THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BUSINESSES HERE AND THEY ARE TELLING US THEY DO NOT WANT A DOUBLE NAMING, THEY DO NOT WANT OR RENAMING.

THERE'S BEEN SOME GOOD SUGGESTIONS AND I ACTUALLY LIKE THEM.

LET'S PLANT A TREE IN HONOR OF DIANE GLASSER IN THE PARK.

LET'S PLANT A TREE IN HONOR, NOT A MEMORY, BECAUSE THANKFULLY, STILL A LOT OF OUR REPRESENTATIVES. HASTINGS, LET'S DO SOMETHING THAT SUPPORTS LIVING AND LIFE AND UNITY AND TO SOMEWHERE WHERE A KID CAN READ A BOOK UNDER A TREE IN A PARK VERSUS DOING SOMETHING THAT OUR RESIDENTS ARE CLEARLY SAYING TO US, THOSE WHO LIVE ON THOSE BOULEVARDS THAT THEY DO NOT WANT CHANGE.

EVERYBODY HERE PROFESSES TO BE THE PEOPLE.

COMMISSIONERS' WELL, WHY ARE WE NOT LISTENING TO THE PEOPLE NOW? BECAUSE IT DOESN'T SUIT OUR CAUSE.

IT DOESN'T SUIT A POLITICAL AGENDA.

I'M SORRY ALSO TO HAVE THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN ON THE REGULAR AGENDA. THE FIRST AGENDA REVIEW I AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN IT'S PUT ON TO A CONSENT AGENDA WHERE THERE IS NO DISCUSSION.

THAT'S POLITICS, EVERYBODY.

AND THAT'S NOT APPROPRIATE BECAUSE THAT IS STIFLING THE VOICE OF OUR RESIDENTS AND OUR BUSINESS OWNERS. SO.

I AM OBVIOUSLY NOT IN SUPPORT OF RENAMING ANYTHING HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH COMMISSIONER, FORMER COMMISSIONER GLASSER OR REPRESENTATIVE HASTINGS, OUR ROADWAYS NEED TO STAY THE WAY THEY ARE. AND I SUPPORT DOING A NICE PLAC AND SOMETHING FOR A TREE OR A PLAQUE OR A LITTLE MONUMENT SIGN SOMEWHERE ELSE.

I HAVE TWO HANDS THAT WENT UP GARLAND, I BELIEVE YOURS WAS FIRST, MARILINDA.

APPRECIATE YOUR FEEDBACK, GOMEZ, I'M JUST CURIOUS AS TO WHEN AND HOW YOU DETERMINE WHEN YOU'RE GOING TO VOTE WITH THE PEOPLE WHEN YOU'RE NOT, BECAUSE YOUR COMMUNITY, YOUR NEIGHBORS ARE CLEARLY AGAINST A PROJECT IN YOUR COMMUNITY.

BUT YOU THINK TO HEAR THEIR VOICE AND KNOW THAT THEIR VOICE MATTER.

AND SO I'M JUST CURIOUS AS TO WHEN YOU DETERMINE WHEN YOU'RE GOING TO SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY. AND NOT SO WE'VE HEARD FROM, WHAT, 30 SOMETHING PEOPLE, IF THERE WERE MORE PEOPLE THAT WERE AGAINST THIS AND IF THEY DIDN'T FALL UNDER THE SAME REPUBLICAN PARTY THAT YOU ARE PART OF AND FULLY SUPPORT, THEN THAT WILL BE DIFFERENT.

BUT, YOU KNOW, I'M OK WITH THIS DECISION AND I'M WILLING TO DEAL WITH THE CONSEQUENCES OF THIS VOTE AS WELL.

OF COURSE YOU ARE. AND OF COURSE, WE LIKE TO PUT ANYTHING POSSIBLE BY TYING POLITICS AND THAT DON'T PLAY ANYWAY.

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POLITICS IS THE REASON WHY YOU'RE NOT SUPPORTING GLASSER'S.

YOU DIDN'T WHEN IT WAS TIME FOR THE APPOINTMENT, SHE VOTED FOR ME.

AND AND I'M SURE YOU HOLD THAT AGAINST HER.

WHY WOULD I HOLD IT AGAINST HER? I ACTUALLY GOT IN DENIED ANYWAY.

VICE MAYOR IN 04, YOU GOT HOOKED UP.

THEY ASKED YOU SOFTBALL QUESTIONS.

THEY ASKED ME TOUGHER QUESTIONS.

IT IS WHAT IT IS.

SOUR GRAPES.

BEISNER YEAH.

I TOO WOULD BE MORE FAVORABLE IF SOMETHING RENAMING A PARK, CREATING A PARK, PUTTING A PLAQUE, SOMETHING MORE IN THE LINE OF WHERE IT DOES NOT DIVIDE OUR RESIDENTS.

AND I WOULD AGREE WITH COMMISSIONER GARLAND THAT WE ONLY DID GET A FEW PEOPLE, BUT ACTUALLY THAT FEW PEOPLE IS A LOT OF PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT DOESN'T AFFECT, YOU KNOW, DISTRICT ONE TO SEW SOMETHING INTO THE LINE WHERE IT'S MUTUALLY AGREED UPON OR SOMETHING THAT IS IN THE LINE WHERE RESIDENTS ARE MORE IN FAVOR OF WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT I WOULD HAVE ENTERTAINED TO RENAMING OR NAMING TO HONOR, YOU KNOW.

CONGRESSMAN HASTINGS, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER BOLTON.

THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.

YOU KNOW, TO COMMISSIONER VICE MAYOR, THE LITTLE.

CAN I SHOW YOU THE.

THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR, TO COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS THIS POINT, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE DID SIGN UP TO SPEAK AND A LOT OF PEOPLE DID EMAIL, ACCORDING TO THE CLERK, ABOUT CALLING FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM.

AND SO WE MUST RECALL THE MAYOR TELLING ME WHEN THE STORAGE FACILITY WAS BEING BROUGHT FORWARD IN MY DISTRICT, I HAD ABOUT 100 PEOPLE SAY THAT THEY DID NOT WANT THE FIRST FACILITY IN THE COMMUNITY.

AND THE MAYOR SAID THAT THOSE WERE NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE TO TO DECIDE A VOTE FROM.

SO I'M NOT PICKING ON.

THE MAYOR ACTUALLY MADE A COMMITMENT TO BE NICE TONIGHT AND GOING FORWARD, YOU KNOW, SO REALLY AND TRULY, I'M JUST NOT COMPARING APPLES TO ORANGES, BUT THIS IS ORANGES TO ORANGES. SO IF ONE RULE IS GOING TO FIT ONE POINT, IT HAS TO FIT THE OTHER POINT.

AND IF WE'RE GOING TO FOLLOW RULES, WE HAVE TO FOLLOW RULES, NOT WHEN THEY ARE, NOT WHEN THEY SUIT US.

OK, SO THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH, MR. MAYOR. I YIELD BACK TO YOU, ILLUSTRIOUS AND BEAUTIFUL MAYOR WITH A PRETTY VERY PRETTY BOUNCY HERE. LOVE YOU, MADAM MAYOR.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER. MR. GARLAND, I THINK THIS IS YOUR THIRD ROUND, SO I THINK WE'RE GOING TO END IT RIGHT HERE AND I'M GOING TO MAKE MY SECOND COMMENT AND WE'RE GOING TO CALL THE VOTE.

BASICALLY, GENTLEMEN, YOU NEED TO ALSO DO APPLES TO APPLES, REAL APPLES TO APPLES.

AND HOW ABOUT GOLDEN DELICIOUS, THE GOLDEN DELICIOUS, NOT FUJI APPLES AND GOLDEN DELICIOUS. THOSE WERE QUASI JUDICIAL ITEMS. AND ALSO, WHEN YOU PUT A PICTURE UP OF A STORAGE UNIT THAT IS NOT ANYWHERE NEAR REMOTELY EXAMPLE OF WHAT WAS GOING ON THAT CORNER, YOU SKEW THE SURVEY.

SO WE CAN'T GO BY THOSE COMMENTS ANYWAY.

AT THIS POINT IN TIME, I THINK OUR OPINIONS ARE ALREADY CLEAR.

CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL CALL IN THE ROLL. I THINK THE COMMUNITY NEEDS TO KNOW THAT YOU ACTUALLY DID SUPPORT THE HIGH SCHOOL.

COMMISSIONER. CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

MAYOR GOMEZ. NO.

COMMISSIONER GARLAND, YES.

MR. POLACCO, YES, BUT MAYOR VILLALOBOS, NO.

AND COMMISSIONER BOLTON, YES, THE MOTION PASSES THREE TO TWO.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IT IS EIGHT THIRTY FOUR, WE WILL BE TAKING A 15 MINUTE BREAK.

WE'LL SEE YOU BACK HERE AT EIGHT FIFTY.

IF MY MATH IS CORRECT, WE ARE IN RECESS.

WELCOME BACK, EVERYBODY.

IT IS CURRENTLY EIGHT FIFTY CITY CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE CONFIRM THAT EVERYBODY IS STILL HERE? MR. BOLTON. YES, THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER GARLAND.

YES. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER PLECO.

YES, THANK YOU.

THANKS FOR BEING WITH US.

THANK YOU. AND THEY'RE STILL HERE.

ALL RIGHT. WE ARE NOW MOVING TO AIT'S.

[8.a. TR13490 - Tract 27 Booster Station (Construction)]

A REGULAR AGENDA TO OUR WORK AND WANT TO WORK ON YOUR OWN CAROL.

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THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. RESOLUTION CITY COMMISSION, CITY OF TAMARAC.

WHAT A BIG NUMBER. TWENTY ONE THAT SHE WON'T BE.

AN AGREEMENT WITH CNN CONSTRUCTION, DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION.

THE TRACK TWENTY SEVEN BOOSTS THE STATION UPGRADE PROJECT AND ABOUT ONE MILLION NINE HUNDRED AND TWENTY FIVE HUNDRED AND TEN DOLLARS.

A CONTINGENCY OF ONE HUNDRED NINETY TWO THOUSAND AND FIFTY ONE DOLLARS WILL BE ADDED TO THE COUNT FOR THE PROJECT TOTAL OF TWO MILLION, ONE HUNDRED AND TWELVE DOLLARS HOUSING TWELVE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED SIXTY ONE DOLLARS.

OTHERWISE AN ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATION AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED SIXTY TWO THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED SIXTY ONE DOLLARS TO BE INCLUDED IN THE FUTURE BUDGET.

OTHERWISE, PROBABLY CITY OFFICIALS TO MS. OF THE CONTRACT CONFLICTS THAT FACILITY PROVIDED FOR, IN FACT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I NEED TO MENTION A SECOND.

MOTION TO APPROVE SECOND.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I HAVE A PRESENTATION BY DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC SERVICES JACK STRANG.

GOOD EVENING. I'M EXPERIENCING A LITTLE PROBLEM OF TRYING TO SHARE THIS FILE WITH EVERYONE. AND OF COURSE, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE DONE THIS, SO WE'LL REVIEW.

YOU'VE GOT TO GIVE ME A SECOND.

I TRIED TO FILE A.

THIS IS WHAT THEY GET FOR LETTING AN OLD MAN TRY AND DO IT, YOU KNOW, BY SHEER CONTENT, SAYS NO FILES AVAILABLE.

WHY IS THAT? THAT'S WHY WE'VE GOT THE REDSKINS.

WE'VE GOT IT FOR YOU. SO JUST GIVE THEM A SECOND.

OK, I HAD IT A MINUTE AGO.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE.

THERE YOU GO. JUST HOLD ONE SECOND.

OK, SULLIVAN, DO YOU HAVE CONTROL OF IT OR DO I HAVE CONTROL OF IT? OK, I GUESS SO I FAILED ON MY ROOKIE DEBUT, SO, OK, SO IT'S TEMPORIZE ONE THREE FOUR NINE ZERO TRACK TWENTY SEVEN BOOSTER STATIONS PROJECT PROJECT SUMMARY.

TARMAC'S WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS INCLUDE TWO BOOSTER STATIONS, GRANTS, PLAZA STATION AND TRACK TWENTY SEVEN STATION.

THE BOOSTER STATIONS PROVIDE ADDITIONAL WATER PRESSURE AND CHEMICALS TO THE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM AND ENSURES ADEQUATE FLOW AND CLEAN WATER THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

TRACK TWENTY SEVEN BOOSTER STATION WAS CONSTRUCTED IN NINETEEN EIGHTY SIX AND CONSISTS OF A TWO MILLION GALLON POTABLE WATER STORAGE TANK, A CHEMICAL BUILDING AND A PUMP STATION BUILDING WHICH HOUSES THREE HIGH SERVICE DISTRIBUTION, PUMPS, A DIESEL GENERATOR AND A FUEL TANK SYSTEM.

THE GENERATOR AND PUMPS ARE ORIGINAL AND HAVE EXCEEDED THEIR USEFUL LIFE.

THE BUILDING DOES NOT MEET CURRENT BUILDING CODES, INCLUDING HURRICANE RESISTANCE.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

OH, BACK ONE LEVANTE, SORRY.

THERE YOU GO. OK, TRACK TWENTY SEVEN BOOSTER STATION PROPOSED WERE REMOVING THE EXISTING STANDBY GENERATOR AND REPLACING IT WITH A NEW GENERATOR WITH GREATER EFFICIENCY, REMOVE AND REPLACE EXISTING HORIZONTAL SPLIT KATEHI SERVICE PUMPS WITH NEW PUMPS, REPLACE ALL PUMP CONTROLS WITH NEW VARIABLE FREQUENCY DRYS VDS, REPLACE PIPING AND VALVES FOR NEW PUMPS CONFIGURATION.

PROVIDE AN ARCHITECTURAL AND STRUCTURAL IMPROVEMENTS TO THE PUMP STATION BUILDING TO MEET THE CURRENT BUILDING CODES AND HURRICANE.

WHEN RESISTANCE REQUIREMENTS PROVIDE A NEW ADVOCACY SEE SYSTEM FOR THE UPDATED STATION PUMP STATION BUILDING.

PROVIDE A NEW PRIMARY POWER DISTRIBUTION FOR TRACK TWENTY SEVEN BOOSTS STATION FACILITY.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. PROJECT LOCATION IS LOCATED IN THE CENTER OF THE SPORTS COMPLEX, WHICH YOU ARE ALL FAMILIAR WITH.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

HE HAS SOME PICTURES OF THE EXISTING EQUIPMENT.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, PROJECT BUDGET AND TIMELINE TRACK.

TWENTY SEVEN BOOSTER STATION UPGRADE PROJECT PER BID, NUMBER TWENTY ONE DASH ONE B CONTRACT AGREEMENT WITH C AND I, CONSTRUCTION AND DESIGN CONTRACT COST CONTRACTS OF ONE POINT NINE MILLION TWO HUNDRED TWENTY THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED TEN DOLLARS.

CONTINGENCY OF ONE HUNDRED NINETY TWO THOUSAND FIFTY ONE DOLLARS FOR A TOTAL PROJECT.

BUDGET OF TWO MILLION ONE HUNDRED AND TWELVE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED AND SIXTY ONE DOLLARS.

A PROJECT TIMELINE IS FINAL COMPLETION TO BE SCHEDULE IS SCHEDULED TO BE WITHIN THREE

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HUNDRED AND NINETY DAYS FROM NOTICE TO PROCEED.

LAST SLIDE. WHICH IS QUESTIONS AND HE QUESTIONS.

SORRY ABOUT THAT.

DID JUST FINE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE INFORMATION, NOT ASKING ANY QUESTIONS TO DECLARE, PLEASE CALL. OH, ACTUALLY, SORRY.

ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? NO PUBLIC COMMENTS.

PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE NOW CLOSED.

PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. MAYOR GOMEZ.

YES, MR. GARLAND. OH, YES, THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER PLECO.

YES, MR. BOLTON, YES, AND BY MAYOR VILLALOBOS.

YES, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. TO EIGHT ONE THREE FIVE SEVEN NINE.

[8.b. TR13579 - Resolution amending the Community Development Fee Schedule]

THESE GUYS WILL BE RETURNING TO BRITAIN TO RECORD A RESOLUTION OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF TAMIRA AMENDING THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT FEE SCHEDULE ADOPTED FOR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN APPLICATIONS TO FOR A REVIEW OF COMPREHENSIVE SIGNED PLANS SUBMITTED BY COMMERCIAL MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT PLANS FOR CONFLICTS OF INTEREST UNENFORCEABILITY LINE FOR THE FACT THAT THEY.

THANK YOU, MADAM.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

SECOND, THANK YOU.

AND WE WILL NOW HAVE A PRESENTATION BY DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT MAXINE KELLY, OR ACTUALLY SHE IS AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.

JUST FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSES, ONCE AGAIN, THIS IS JUST AMENDING THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FEE SCHEDULE SPECIFICALLY TO PROVIDE A FEE FOR THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN PROGRAM.

AND JUST TO GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE, THAT'S A PROJECT LIKE A TAMARAC VILLAGE WHERE THEY ARE PROPOSING A COMPREHENSIVE SIGN TYPE OF PROGRAM THAT ALLOWS FOR GREATER SIZE SIGNS.

IT'S DIFFERENT FROM THE STANDARDS IN THE CODE.

SO IT'S A DEVIATION SOMEWHAT FROM THE CODE.

AND SO WE'RE PROPOSING A TWELVE HUNDRED DOLLAR FEE FOR THAT, CONSISTENT WITH A FEE THAT WOULD BE ASSOCIATED WITH A VARIANCE APPLICATION SINCE IT'S SIMILAR IN NATURE.

SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING WITH THIS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE'LL NOW OPEN IT TO PUBLIC COMMENTS.

ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS? NO PUBLIC COMMENT.

THANK YOU FOR THE COMMENTS ARE NOW CLOSED.

WE'LL GO TO DISCUSSION BY THE COMMISSION.

MR. BOLTON.

BUT MISS GALLOWAY, THIS ITEM DOES NOT COVER EVENTS FEE FOR FOOD TRUCKS, CORRECT? IT DOES NOT, COMMISSIONER, AS YOU RECALL, FOR THE FOOD TRUCK ORDINANCE, WHICH IS, I THINK, NEXT ON THE AGENDA.

THERE IS NO PROPOSED FEE FOR THE APPLICATION OR FOR THE BUSINESS TAX RECEIPT OR FOR THE INSPECTION CONSISTENT WITH FLORIDA STATUTE.

SO WHILE THERE WILL BE AN APPLICATION, THERE WILL NOT BE A FEE FOR AN ANNUAL PERMIT.

YOU WILL RECALL THE LAST COMMISSION MEETING I ASKED THAT YOU BRING BACK TO THIS MEETING A SCHEDULE THAT WOULD COVER SPECIAL EVENTS WHERE FOOD TRUCKS ARE CONCERNED, SAY THAT THE ORDINANCE DOES NOT COVER THAT PORTION OF EVENTS RELATED TO EVENTS.

AND YOU WOULD BRING BACK THIS WEEK A COMPREHENSIVE FEE SCHEDULE SO THAT WE COULD DISCUSS WITH THE COMMISSIONER.

IF YOU LOOK AT THE SCHEDULE, THE SECOND PAGE AND THE FEE SCHEDULE, YOU WILL SEE AN AREA FOR SPECIAL EVENTS.

THERE'S AN APPLICATION REVIEW FEE, THERE'S AN EXPEDITED APPLICATION REVIEW FEE, AS WELL AS A SPECIAL EVENT LICENSE FEE.

HOWEVER, I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THAT WHAT WE HAVE DONE WITH THE FOOD TRUCK ORDINANCE IS THAT WE HAVE REMOVED FOOD TRUCK FROM BEING ASSOCIATED WITH THE SPECIAL EVENT.

AND SO THE CHANGES WERE MADE INTO THE FOOD TRUCK LEGISLATION IS THAT THEY WILL NO LONGER BE ONLY ALLOWED IN ASSOCIATION WITH A SPECIAL EVENT.

SO NOW THEY'RE A STANDALONE.

SO JUST FOR AN EXAMPLE, IF THERE'S A SPECIAL EVENT, FOR EXAMPLE, THE ONLY ONE THAT COMES TO ME IS FOR WHAT'S THE NAME OF THE.

WE DO ONE AT THE PARK EVERY YEAR.

I THINK IT'S A SPORTS EVENT.

AND SOMETIMES I KNOW THAT THE CREDIT UNION, THEY DO AN ANNUAL SPECIAL EVENT.

THEY WOULD BE THE APPLICANT FOR THE SPECIAL EVENT APPLICATION.

HOWEVER, IF A FOOD TRUCK IS SHOWING UP OR IS GOING TO BE PARTICIPATING, THEN THEY WOULD WORK WITH THAT APPLICANT FOR A VENDOR REGISTRATION.

AND SO THEY NORMALLY PAY FORTY DOLLARS OR FIFTY DOLLARS TO PARTICIPATE IN A SPECIAL

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EVENT. SO UNDER NORMAL CIRCUMSTANCES, IF THERE IS A SPECIAL EVENT, ANY LARGE SPECIAL EVENT THAT'S BEING HELD, THEN THE APPLICANT IS THE ORGANIZER OF THAT SPECIAL EVENT.

IT'S TYPICALLY NOT THE FOOD TRUCK VENDOR.

AND THEN THE FOOD TRUCK WOULD THEN THEY ARE PARTICIPATING IN THAT SPECIAL EVENT.

THEY WOULD WORK WITH THAT ORGANIZER AT A VENDOR RATE.

AND I KNOW FOR PARKS AND RECREATION DIRECTOR GREG TOLD ME THAT TYPICALLY OUR RATE WOULD BE SEVENTY DOLLARS OR FIFTY DOLLARS FOR A TRUCK TO REGISTER AND PETITION IN ONE OF OUR SPECIAL EVENTS. SO I WANTED TO BE CLEAR.

SO WE'RE NOT WE'RE NOT CONFUSED ON HOW THIS OPERATES OR HOW IT WORKS.

SO TO BE CLEAR, THE NEXT PIECE OF THE LEGISLATION THAT WE HAVE COVERS FOOD TRUCKS OPERATING ON COMMERCIAL PROPERTY AND OR VARIOUS DIFFERENT PLACES IN THE CITY BASED ON THE ZONING MAP. THAT IS CORRECT.

AND THERE'S NO FEE FOR THAT.

AND WHEN WE DISCUSS THAT, THERE IS A NUMBER ASSOCIATED WITH THE AMOUNT OF FOOD TRUCKS THAT CAN OPERATE ANNUALLY UNDER.

BUT UNDER THIS ITEM, LET'S SAY AN OPEN PIECE OF LAND WANTS TO DO A SPECIAL EVENT AND WANT TO INVITE 25 FOOD TRUCKS TO CONVERGE IN THE OPEN USE OF LAND TO HAVE SOME SORT OF A FOOD TRUCK DRIVE AN EVENT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THEN THAT THAT PERSON WOULD APPLY FOR A SPECIAL EVENTS PERMIT AND EACH FOOD TRUCK WILL PAY THAT PERSON OR THAT BUSINESS TO BE A LOT.

YEAH. SO YOUR GOAL WANTS TO DO A SPECIAL EVENT.

HE'S THE OPERATOR.

HE APPLIES FOR THE SPECIAL EVENT PERMIT.

AND THEN, YES, THE FOOD TRUCKS ARE NOW VENDORS AND WOULD WORK WITH JOE BLOW.

YES. TO TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT SPECIAL EVENT.

SO TYPICALLY THE FOOD TRUCK THEMSELF WOULD NOT NECESSARILY BE THE OPERATOR OF THE SPECIAL EVENT UNLESS THEY THEMSELF WANT TO THROW A SPECIAL EVENT.

AND WHAT WE DID WITH THE LEGISLATION AS WELL.

REMEMBER PREVIOUSLY, IN ORDER FOR A FOOD TRUCK TO OPERATE IN THE CITY OF TAMARAC, IT WAS ASSOCIATED WITH A SPECIAL EVENT WE REMOVED.

SO NOW THE FOOD TRUCK CAN OPERATE AS A STANDALONE TEMPORARY USE PERMIT, PROVIDED THEY FILE AN APPLICATION WITH US AT NO FEE OR AN ANNUAL BASED ON THE STAND.

WE'RE GETTING READY TO ADOPT IN THE LEGISLATION THAT'S BEFORE YOU.

HOW WOULD WE MOVE LEGISLATION TO EXEMPT CHARGES ON OUR LIST OF APPROVED CHARGES AND NOT BE SUBJECT TO SPECIAL EVENT LICENSES? FOR INSTANCE, THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE MAY WANT TO DO A SPECIAL EVENT AND THEY'D BE SUBJECT TO THIS FOUR HUNDRED DOLLAR FEE.

HOW DO WE MOVE LEGISLATION TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE THAT THEY'RE EXEMPT FROM FROM THE TYPE OF OFFICE OR ANY OR ANY MEMBER OF THE CITY COMMISSION? LET'S SAY THE MAYOR WANTS TO HOST A BREAST CANCER AWARENESS PARTY AT, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE PARTS THAT IS A SPECIAL EVENT.

HOW WOULD WE MAKE SURE THAT OUR LIST OF CHARITIES AND AS WELL AS CITY COMMISSION MEMBERS ARE EXEMPT FROM SPECIAL EXEMPT SPECIAL EVENT FEES.

SO IT'S NOT AUTOMATICALLY CURRENTLY YOU DO HAVE DONE HE LEVERS, PARTICULARLY FOR THE CHAMBER ON MOST OF THEIR EVENTS.

THEY HAVE COME BEFORE YOU.

AND I THINK THAT MEMORANDUM HAS BEEN PREPARED BY PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT.

WE HAVE DONE A FEW LABOR AND IN KIND WE BRING STAFF LABOR.

YOU'VE DONE FEE WAIVERS SEVERAL TIMES, PARTICULARLY FOR THE CHAMBER EVENT, SO THAT PROCEDURALLY IT WOULD BE HOW THEY WOULD APPROACH THAT THEY WOULD COME BEFORE YOU FOR FEE LABOR, WHICH WOULD ALSO INCLUDE SOME TIME, STOP TIME, AND WOULD ALSO INCLUDE THE USE OF A SHORT, MAYBE A LITTLE LONGER YOU'D BE LEAVING THAT.

WE'VE DONE THAT BEFORE.

THAT'S THE MECHANISM IN PLACE FOR THAT.

IF IT'S A CITY EVENT, THAT'S A SPECIAL EVENT HOSTED BY A MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION AND IT'S CITY RELATED, THEN YOU'RE NOT SUBJECT TO THESE FEES.

OH, SO LET'S JUST MAKE THAT CLEAR FOR THE RECORD.

BUT I'D ALSO LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND ANYBODY WHO APPEARS ON OUR LIST OF CHARITIES ARE NOT SUBJECT TO THE SPECIAL EVENT LICENSE FEES.

SO TELL ME HOW HOW HOW I DO THAT, HOW? WELL, WE GET CLARIFICATION FROM THIS CALLER, BECAUSE I THINK SHE'S ALREADY MENTIONED THAT

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NONPROFITS ALREADY SEEK A WAIVER.

THEY RECEIVE THE WAIVER. SO IT'S ALREADY IN THERE.

MY COLLEAGUES ARE CORRECT.

YES. THIS PARTY HAS GRANTED SEVERAL.

SO IT'S A FEE WAIVER MECHANISM THAT WE HAVE.

IT'S NORMALLY BY THE PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT.

AND YOU HAVE GRANTED SEVERAL OF THOSE IN THE PAST, PARTICULARLY TO THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, FOR ALL THEIR EVENTS YOU'RE ASKING FOR.

WHAT ABOUT IN MY AREA? I WAS I WAS VERY CLEAR WITH WHAT MS. CALLAWAY CLARIFIED.

I DID HEAR HER RESPONSE.

SHE AND I DO RECALL THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE COMING BEFORE US AND ASKING FOR OUR FEE WAIVER WAIVERS.

BUT WHAT I'M ASKING FOR IS AN AUTOMATIC FEE WAIVER TO BE GRANTED TO THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND ANY ANY CHARITY THAT APPEARS IN OUR APPROVED LIST OF CHARGES.

THE A COMMISSION BOTH.

OBVIOUSLY, THIS COMMISSION CAN PASS LEGISLATION PROVIDING A PERMANENT EXEMPTION TO APPROVED CHARITY WITH RESPECT TO SPECIAL EVENT FEES.

WE WOULD HAVE TO AMEND THE CODE TO PERMIT THAT.

OK, SO WE WOULD TONIGHT BE THE NIGHT TO TO DO THAT, SINCE THIS IS BEFORE US.

THIS IS A RESOLUTION THAT IS ADOPTING THE FEE SCHEDULE.

SO IT WOULD NOT BE THROUGH THIS INSTRUMENT.

IT WOULD BE. OF COURSE, IF THAT'S YOUR DESIRE AND DIRECTIVE, THEN WE'LL BRING THAT BACK TO YOU AT A FUTURE MEETING.

BUT THIS IS SOLELY ASSOCIATED WITH THIS.

OK, LET'S GO TO EXHIBIT A FOR THE SCHEDULE ON THE FIRST BOX WHERE IT SAYS AMENDMENTS, LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE, TEXT AMENDMENT.

IT IS THIRTY FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS.

WOULD IT BE INAPPROPRIATE TO TO DOUBLE THAT FEE OR WOULD IT BE INCONSISTENT WITH OTHER CITIES AND THEIR FEES? YEAH, IF YOU RECALL, COMMISSIONER, WE ENGAGE IN A STUDY.

I THINK IT WAS 2016 WHEN WE DID THAT AND WE LOOKED AT OTHER MUNICIPALITIES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE IN LINE WITH THE FEES AS WELL.

AND SO WE WANT YOU TO HAVE THAT FOR YOU IS REALLY THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE CONSULTANTS WHEN WE DID A STUDY IN 2016.

OK, SO YOU YOU REMIND ME OR YOUR BRAIN IS BETTER THAN MINE.

I'M WAY OLDER THAN.

REMINDS ME REMINDS ME, HOW WOULD THAT BE INCONSISTENT WITH OTHER CITIES IF WE WERE TO SEE A LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE TEXT AMENDMENT WOULD BE SEVEN THOUSAND INSTEAD OF THIRTY FIVE HUNDRED? YEAH, THAT WOULD BE GROSSLY INCONSISTENT.

YES.

OH, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

YOU'RE WELCOME. MR..

THANK YOU. NEXT, YOU TELL ME, GÉRARD SAYS INTENTED COMPREHENSIVE SIGNED PLANS TO STREAMLINE THE PERMITTING, ADOPTING PRESET PARAMETERS FOR SCIENCE TEACHERS.

YES. OK, SO THIS IS A NEW THIS IS A NEW OPTION THAT'S PROVIDED IN THE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS AND IT'S REALLY DESIGNED FOR LARGE PROJECTS.

AND THE ONLY PROJECT I CAN CALL IT TO NOW, AS I SAID, IS TAMARAC VILLAGE, WHERE WE WANT A CERTAIN LEVEL OF CONSISTENCY IN THE SIGNS.

TYPICALLY, SOME OF THE DIMENSION MAY BE A LITTLE BIT LARGER THAN WHAT'S REQUIRED BY CODE, BUT I THINK THE UNIQUENESS AND THE STANDARDIZATION OF DESIGN THROUGHOUT THE PLAZA IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR. AND SO THIS ALLOWS YOU TO SUBMIT TO US A SIGNAGE MASTER PLAN.

THAT MASTER PLAN SHOWS US ALL THE SIGNS THAT'S BEING PROPOSED TO THE DEVELOPMENT.

IT SHOWS US THE SIZE.

IT SHOWS US THE COLOR.

AND THEN ONCE THAT MASTER PLAN IS APPROVED BY THE PLANNING BOARD AND THE CITY COMMISSION, THEN THE VILLAGE IN THIS CASE, WHAT THE PLAZA THEN WOULD HAVE TO CONSTRUCT THOSE SIGNS CONSISTENT WITH THAT MASTER PLAN PROGRAM.

SO IT ALLOWS AND IT'S REALLY FOR LARGE DEVELOPMENTS, FOR COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF LARGE NATURE AND TAMARAC VILLAGES, THE ONLY ONE SO FAR THAT IS BENEFITING FROM THIS.

ALL RIGHT. THAT MAKES SENSE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

SAYING THAT THERE'S NO OTHER HANDS RAISED AT THIS TIME.

CITY PARK IS CALLING UPON HOMES TO CALL THE MAYOR GOMES.

YES, BUT MARABELLA LOGO'S.

YES. MR. GARLAND.

YES.

MR. FLACCO. YES AND YES.

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THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY FIVE TO ZERO.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE ARE NOW GOING TO SEE TO OUR ONE THREE FIVE EIGHT FIVE SUPPORTING

[8.c. TR13585 - Supporting State Senate and House Bills Designating Juneteenth Day as a Legal Holiday]

STATE SENATE AND HOUSE BILLS DESIGNATING JUNE 10 ALL FOR A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION TO THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA, EXPRESSING STRONG SUPPORT FOR A SENATE BILL FOR AND HOUSE BILL 185, WHICH WHICH WOULD DESIGNATE JUNETEENTH DAY AS A LEGAL HOLIDAY.

THAT ACTUALLY DOES INCLUDE PROVIDING FOR EFFECTIVELY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH SO MUCH.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PUBLIC COMMENTS.

THEY ARE NOT COMMENTS ARE NOT GOING TO BE OF ANY USE.

NOT REALLY. I MEAN, THIS IS AN ITEM THAT WE PASSED HERE IN OUR CITY.

SO I JUST THOUGHT THAT THIS COMMISSION WOULD BE IN SUPPORT OF THE ITEM THAT'S BEFORE BOTH THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE TO JUST MAKE IT A FULL STATE LAW.

AND DISCUSSION BY THE COMMISSION.

SO, YOU KNOW, COMMENTS I DIDN'T I DON'T KNOW, SAY THAT AGAIN, COMMISSIONER GARLAND, WHAT WHAT DID YOU SAY? WELL, I SAID THAT THIS ITEM IS BEFORE BOTH THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA. AND SINCE WE PASSED THIS IN HERE IN THE CITY OF TAMARAC, I THOUGHT THAT THIS COMMISSION WOULD ALSO SUPPORT BOTH THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE BILL, WHICH IS WHY I ASKED FOR THE RESOLUTION TO DEMONSTRATE SUPPORT AND GET OUR LOBBYISTS TO LET THE LEGISLATORS KNOW THAT WE SUPPORT THIS ITEM.

OK, OK.

THANKS TO THE PARK, PLEASE CALL THE MAYOR.

YES, COMMISSIONER BOLTON, YES, VICE MAYOR LEVELS.

YES, POLACCO.

YES, COMMISSIONER GARLAND.

OH, YES, THANK YOU.

THE MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY, FIVE ZERO.

THANK YOU. WE'RE NOW GOING TO EIGHT, THE S.R.

[8.d. TR13586 - Resolution Opposing Legislation Related to Combating Public Disorder]

ONE THREE FIVE EIGHT SIX RESOLUTION PROPOSING LEGISLATION RELATED TO COMBATING PUBLIC DISORDER. SO THE ATTORNEY PLEASE READ THE TITLE OF OUR THE RESOLUTION ISD COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF TAMIRA EXPRESSES OPPOSITION TO PROPOSED BILL ONE, THE SENATE BILL 484 ENTITLED ATALAY TO COMBAT PUBLIC DISORDER, WHICH IMPOSES A CHILLING EFFECT ON THE EXERCISE OF FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS BY THE PUBLIC FOR DIRECTION TO THE CITY CLERK PLAN FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

THANK YOU, MADAM.

THANK YOU. I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND MOTION TO APPROVE.

SARGON.

SO ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS, PUBLIC COMMENTS OR NOT, THAT THANK YOU.

I KNOW THE COMMISSIONER, DON, WILL PASS THIS ITEM.

IS THERE ANYTHING? THEY WERE SHOWING THEY SURE I'M GOING TO READ A LETTER THAT WAS INTRODUCED BY THE MAYOR OF TALLAHASSEE THAT WAS POSTED IN FLORIDA POLITICS WEBSITE BEFORE I DO, THIS ITEM IS A BIT CONTROVERSIAL.

A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T BELIEVE THAT.

AND IT WAS INTRODUCED BY THE GOVERNOR.

ROMNEY'S SAYING IS THAT IT'S NOT NECESSARY BECAUSE THE LAWS ARE ALREADY IN PLACE FOR POLICE OFFICERS TO DO WHAT THEY HAVE TO DO TO CONTROL THE CROWD.

IN FACT, THE MIAMI BEACH POLICE ARRESTED OVER ONE THOUSAND PEOPLE IN MIAMI BEACH FOR FOR PARTYING AND NOT FOLLOWING WHATEVER LAWS THEY HAVE.

AND KEEP IN MIND, THAT'S MORE PEOPLE THAT WERE ARRESTED AT THE CAPITOL IN D.C.

SO THEY WERE A LOT MORE SUCCESSFUL.

SO THIS WAS WRITTEN BY THE MAYOR OF TALLAHASSEE.

HIS NAME IS JOHN DALEY.

AND IT SAYS YOU SHOULD NOT FEAR REPRISAL FROM THE GOVERNMENT SOLELY BECAUSE THEY DID NOT LIKE WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY.

AND THIS IS YOU KNOW, THIS IS KIND OF LONG, SO I'M NOT GOING TO READ THE WHOLE THING.

BUT HE JUST SAYS WE ALL AGREE THAT MORE NEEDS TO BE DONE TO COMBAT EXTREMISM, WHITE SUPREMACY AND DOMESTIC TERRORISM IN OUR COUNTRY AND IN OUR COMMUNITIES.

BUT THE ANTIPROTONS LEGISLATION MAKING ITS WAY THROUGH THE FLORIDA LEGISLATURE DOES NOT DOES NONE OF THESE THINGS.

NOW, WHILE SOME SUGGEST THAT THE LEGISLATION IS IN RESPONSE TO THE JANUARY 6TH INSURRECTION OF THE U.S. CAPITOL, THE TRUTH IS THAT IT WAS PROPOSED LAST SUMMER IN THE WAKE OF THE GLOBAL PROTESTS AGAINST RACIAL INJUSTICE AFTER THE KILLING OF GEORGE FLOYD AND DIRECTED THE BLACK LIVES MATTER PROTEST.

AS MAYOR, I TAKE SERIOUSLY MY RESPONSIBILITY TO KEEP ALL OUR CITIZENS SAFE.

WE HAVE ZERO TOLERANCE OF VIOLENCE AND WE ARE GOING TO ENFORCE OUR LAWS TO ENSURE THE HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE OF OUR RESIDENTS.

AS THE CAPITAL CITY OF FLORIDA, THE THIRD LARGEST STATE IN THE UNION, WE EXPERIENCED MORE PROTEST MARCHES, SIT INS, DEMONSTRATIONS THAN ANY OTHER CITY IN THE STATE.

AND WE'VE ALREADY WE ALREADY HAVE ALL THE TOOLS WE NEED TO ADDRESS ACTS OF VIOLENCE IN OUR CITY. THIS BILL IS ATTEMPTING TO SOLVE A PROBLEM WE DON'T HAVE, AND IT WILL AND IT

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WILL HAVE THE EFFECT, INTENDED OR NOT, OF STIFLING CONSTITUTIONALLY PROTECTED SPEECH.

THE BILL DOESN'T JUST INCREASE THE PENALTIES FOR THOSE WHO COMMIT VIOLENCE DURING A PROTEST AND ALLOW SOMEONE TO BE ARRESTED FOR SIMPLY PARTICIPATING IN A PROTEST WHERE VIOLENCE OCCURS IN AMERICA, YOU CAN AND SHOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR CRIMES YOU COMMIT.

BUT IN A DEMOCRACY, NO ONE SHOULD BE PUNISHED FOR CRIMES COMMITTED BY SOMEONE ELSE.

WHILE THIS BILL PURPORTS TO GIVE LAW ENFORCEMENT MORE TOOLS TO ADDRESS VIOLENCE, IT ONCE AGAIN TRAMPLES HOME RULE, WHICH I KNOW THIS COMMISSION IS AGAINST THE ABILITY FOR THE GOVERNMENT CLOSEST TO THE PEOPLE TO DETERMINE WHAT IS BEST FOR THEIR COMMUNITY.

IT IS BAD ENOUGH THAT THE STATE HAS FOR DECADES ROUTINELY PREEMPTED CITIES AND COUNTIES FROM FULLY GOVERNING TO THE FULL WILL OF THE GOVERNOR AND THEIR COMMUNITIES.

THIS BILL WOULD GIVE THE STATE A LINE ITEM VETO ON LOCAL BUDGETS.

THE STATE WOULD NOT STAND FOR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ENGAGING IN THIS SORT OF OVERREACH AND DISREGARD FOR STATES RIGHTS, AND NEITHER SHOULD THEY ENGAGE IN THE SAME TYPE OF OVERREACH AND DISREGARD OF HOME RULE, A PRINCIPLE THAT IS ENSHRINED IN OUR STATE'S CONSTITUTION. PEACEFUL PROTESTS ARE PART OF OUR AMERICAN STORY AND PART OF TALLAHASSEE STORY. EVERY YEAR WE COMMEMORATE THE TALLAHASSEE BUS BOYCOTT AND INSTRUMENTAL DIRECT ACTION CAMPAIGN DURING THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT BECAUSE WE KNOW TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA AND THE SOUTH WOULD NOT BE WHAT THEY ARE TODAY WITHOUT THE BRAVERY AND FORTITUDE OF THOSE WHO ENGAGE IN CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE AND EXERCISE THEIR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO WORK TOWARD A MORE JUST AND EQUITABLE WORLD.

SO I'M GOING TO SKIP DOWN TO THE BOTTOM BECAUSE THIS IS A LITTLE BIT LONG.

AND THE FINAL PARAGRAPH, IT DOES NOT MATTER WHO YOU ARE OR WHAT YOU'RE PROTESTING, WHETHER YOU ARE A DEMOCRAT, A REPUBLICAN OR AN NPA, YOU SHOULD NOT FEAR REPRISAL FROM THE GOVERNMENT SOLELY BECAUSE THEY DO NOT LIKE WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY.

AND YOU MAY HAVE SAID IT IN PROXIMITY TO BAD ACTORS.

THIS BILL IS THIS BILL.

THIS BILL IS BAD FOR TALLAHASSEE AND IT IS BAD FOR FLORIDA.

SO, AGAIN, JOHN DALEY, WHO IS THE MAYOR OF TALLAHASSEE.

SO JUST TO GIVE YOU GUYS SOME BACKGROUND ON ON THIS BILL, AND I THINK THAT THE THE CITY SHOULD SEND A MESSAGE TO OUR LOBBYISTS TO LET THEM KNOW THAT WE ARE AGAINST HB ONE.

THE COMMISSIONER GUN COMMISSIONER, BOB.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER GARLAND, FOR ALL OF THAT.

YOU KNOW, I DON'T LIKE POLITICAL ITEMS, IT SOUNDS VERY POLITICAL, BUT I THINK ON THIS ONE I'M INCLINED TO VOTE YES.

THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? AS.

HELLO.

OK. YOUR HAND WAS NOT UP.

ARE YOU WISHING TO COMMENT, VICE MAYOR? NO, I JUST THOUGHT THAT LOWELL.

GOTCHA. AND LET'S NOT BE SHOCKED, BUT, YES, I AGREE WITH COMMISSIONER BOLTON, I DON'T LIKE THINGS THAT ARE POLITICAL AND THIS IS COMING ACROSS AS POLITICAL.

HOWEVER, I'M GOING TO ASK THE FUTURE COMMISSIONER GARLAND OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT FOR US TO IS PROVIDED AND ALSO SO THE ATTORNEY IN THE FUTURE, PLEASE, ALSO THAT WE PROVIDE THE LINKS SO WE CAN GET TO THESE BILLS, HOUSE BILL AND ONE AND SENATE BILL.

FORTY FOR THERE ARE 50 TO 60 PAGES LONG AND A LITTLE LENGTHY, BUT THIS SHOULD BE IN THE BACK UP SO PEOPLE CAN EASILY ACCESS AND THEY CAN READ IT.

SO WHEN THEY MIGHT HAVE COMMENTS TO BE ABLE TO BE MAKING THEM HERE TONIGHT AT OUR MEETING. WELL, COMMISSIONER GARLAND HAS HIGHLIGHTED SOME OF THE POINTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE THAT SOUND POLITICAL.

THERE ARE HOLMESVILLE ISSUES WITHIN THIS WITHIN THESE BILLS AND DEALING WITH SOME LIABILITY THAT THE CITY WOULD WIND UP HAVING THAT.

I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCE OR NOT FOR SOME OF THE STUFF THAT IS WRITTEN IN HERE AND SOME OF THE CHANGES AND FOR THOSE REASONS, I WILL SUPPORT OPPOSING.

THIS LEGISLATION.

THERE'S NO ONE ELSE WHO SPEAKS WITH PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

AND YES, MR. BOLTON. YES, MR. POLACCO. YES, MR. GARLAND.

YES. YES.

AND MAYBE A LITTLE OF US.

YOUR COMMUTE ONE MORE TIME, PLEASE.

SORRY, YES, I MAKE FUN OF YOUR JOB, I DID THE SAME THING.

THAT'S EMBARRASSING TO BY. ALL RIGHT, WE'RE MOVING RIGHT ALONG.

[9.a. TO2466 - Creation of the Education Advisory Board]

WE ARE AN AUDIENCE WITH PERSON.

YOU PASSION FOR EXPLORATION, SEX EDUCATION, ADVISORY BOARD AND ORDERS OF THE CITY COMMISSION, SAY, TAMPA, FLORIDA IN CHAPTER TWO ADMINISTRATION.

ARTICLE THREE BYLAWS COMMITTEE COMMISSION CITY TIME CODE OF ORDINANCE CREATING DIVISION FOR EDUCATION ADVISORY BOARD.

PROVIDING FOR SO REALLY PROVIDE FOR QUALIFICATION.

PROVIDE FOR EFFECTIVE DATE.

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THANK YOU, MADELEINE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THE SECOND PLACE SO MOVED SO I CAN THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE NOW HAVE A JOINT PRESENTATION BY THE AMERICAN DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES AND GREG WARNER, DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION.

THE PRESENTATION, GENTLEMEN.

WE TRY TO BRING THIS.

A. CAN YOU SEE THAT? THIS TIME.

OK, FOR THE RECORD, GREG HUNTER, DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION. FOR EXAMPLE, LORENZO CALHOON, DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES.

OK, AND THE ITEM WE HAVE BEFORE YOU IS A FIRST READING FOR AN ORDINANCE TO CREATE AN EDUCATION ADVISORY BOARD, WANTED TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BACKGROUND ON WHERE THAT WHERE THE CITY HAS BEEN WITH WITH EDUCATION.

AND DURING THE TWENTY EIGHTEEN STRATEGIC PLANNING SESSION WITH THE COMMISSION, THE CITY COMMISSION DIRECTED STAFF TO EXPLORE OPPORTUNITIES AND HOW THE CITY COULD HELP TO IMPROVE EDUCATION OF OUR TAMARAC STUDENTS.

AND ONE OF THE ONE OF THE KEY COMPONENTS THAT WAS THAT CAME UP WAS DEVELOPING AN EDUCATION STAKEHOLDER GROUP.

SO I WANTED TO GIVE YOU SOME HISTORY ON ON THAT.

AND WITH THAT EDUCATION STAKEHOLDER GROUP, THE STAFF LISTENED TO THE CITY COMMISSION AND PUT THAT IN PLACE FAIRLY QUICKLY AFTER THAT STRATEGIC PLANNING SO THAT THE FIRST MEETING OF THE GROUP TOOK PLACE IN JUNE OF TWENTY EIGHTEEN.

AND SINCE THAT TIME, THE GROUP HAS MET AT 11 TIMES WITH THE MOST RECENT MEETING ON FEBRUARY TWENTY FIFTH OF THIS YEAR, AND THE GROUP WAS MADE UP OF VERY DIVERSE.

SET OF SKILLS WE HAD WE HAD PARENTS SERVING ON THERE, WE HAD NONPROFIT REPRESENTATIVES, BUSINESS OWNERS FROM THE CITY, WE HAD SCHOOL DISTRICT EMPLOYEES FROM A VARIETY OF DEPARTMENTS, CITY STAFF SERVED ON THAT.

AND WE ALSO HAD AND PROBABLY HALF OF OUR MEETINGS, SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER L'OREAL ATTENDED THAT ATTENDED THOSE MEETINGS.

SOME OF THE ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE STAKEHOLDER GROUP, ONE IN THE GROUP POSTED POSTED A FOCUS GROUP MEETING TO DISCUSS EDUCATION, EQUITY, AND EACH OF THE SCHOOLS HAVE SCHOOL EQUITY REASONS.

SO WE PUT OUT AN INVITATION TO THE DISTRICT TO HAVE THE EDUCATION LIAISON.

AND I THINK WE HAD ABOUT TWENTY FIVE IN ATTENDANCE TO TALK ABOUT DIFFERENT EQUITY ISSUES IN THE BROWARD COUNTY EDUCATION SYSTEM.

AND ALL OF THESE MEETINGS WERE SOMETHING THAT WAS HELPING THE EDUCATION STAKEHOLDER GROUP DEVELOP A PATH FOR THEMSELVES.

AND WE ALSO HAD MEETINGS WITH THE OFFICE OF FAMILY AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND TALK ABOUT A BIT MORE ABOUT THEM IN ORBIT, SCHOOL DISTRICT DIRECTORS THAT THAT OVERSEE OUR PRINCIPALS IN TAMARAC HANDS ON BROWARD, WHO WE WORKED WITH AT TAMARAC ELEMENTARY, AND THEN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT HEAD START, AN EARLY EDUCATION STAFF, IS ONE OF THE ONE OF THE KEY INITIATIVES EARLY ON WAS FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION.

SO THE PUSH WAS THERE FOR TAMARAC TO HAVE A DPK PROGRAM AT OUR SCHOOLS.

ALSO, THE EDUCATION STAKEHOLDER GROUP DEVELOPED A STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN BASED ON ALL THESE MEETINGS, BASED ON CONVERSATIONS AND SOME OF THE KEY INITIATIVES FOR THAT STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN OR SOME OF THE KEY ACTIONS.

ONE IS TO COORDINATE, FACILITATE EXTERNAL RESOURCES TO MEET SCHOOL NEEDS, AND THAT WOULD BE TO BRING IN BUSINESS REPRESENTATIVES TO POSSIBLY DONATE TO THE SCHOOLS OR PROVIDE.

EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE STUDENTS.

THIS IS ONE EXAMPLE, ENHANCE EARLY CHILDHOOD LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES, WHICH THE FIRST COMPONENT WAS THAT THAT PPK AND THEN ALSO MOLDING SOME THINGS INTO THE CITY PARKS AND RECREATION PROGRAMING AND THEN ALSO CELEBRATE SCHOOL SUCCESSES AND ADVOCATE FOR OUR SCHOOLS. WE WE FELT THAT A POOR PERFORMING SCHOOL WAS BAD FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN THE CITY. AND WE HEAR OFTEN THAT PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO MOVE.

ONE OF THE REASONS PEOPLE DO MOVE TO A CITY OR DON'T MOVE TO A CITY IS THE SUCCESS OF THE SCHOOLS. WE WANTED TO TO CELEBRATE THOSE SUCCESSES AND THEN EQUITY IN EDUCATION SO THAT

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OUR STUDENTS GET THE THE RESOURCES THAT EVERYBODY ELSE GETS.

SO WE'RE GOING TO JUMP TO SOME OF THE TANGIBLE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THIS GROUP OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS.

ONE IS TALKED ABOUT THE APPLICATION THEY ADVOCATED FOR THE VP, TAMARAC ELEMENTARY, AND WE ENDED UP IN TWO, 19, 20 SCHOOL YEAR OF PPK CLASS WAS ADDED TO TAMARAC ELEMENTARY.

AND THERE WAS MANY MEETINGS THAT TOOK PLACE TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN, ALONG WITH LITTLE LORENZO CALHOUN MAGIC.

SO THE THE SECOND ACCOMPLISHMENT WE TALKED ABOUT, HANDS ON BROWER, WE FACILITATED THAT PARTNERSHIP WITH HANDS ON BROWARD.

ONE OF THE ONE OF THE THINGS THE GROUP TALKED ABOUT WAS THE APPEARANCE OF TAMARAC ELEMENTARY AND THE THE FEELINGS THAT THE KIDS WOULD GET WHEN THEY CAME INTO SCHOOL FOR THEM TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN OUR LEARNING, THEY NEED TO BE PROUD OF THE ENVIRONMENT THAT THEY'RE IN WHEN THEY WHEN THEY COME INTO SCHOOL.

SO WITH HANDS ON BROWARD, WE'RE NEEDED A COMMUNITY DAY OF SERVICE, ENHANCING THE APPEARANCE OF TAMARA FOMENTER CAMPUS AND HANDS ON BROWARD FACILITATE A PARTNERSHIP WITH CHAYO. IT'S AN INTERNATIONAL COMPANY WHO BROUGHT IN TWO HUNDRED AND SIXTY EIGHT MEMBERS OF THEIR STAFF TO VOLUNTEER FOR THAT DAY.

AND YOU SEE A COUPLE OF PICTURES ON THE PRESENTATION.

THEY DID READING LANDSCAPING.

THEY DID A ZEN GARDEN.

THEY SET UP, THEY DID PAINTING, MADE THE CAMPUS LOOK A LOT CLEANER AND MORE FUN FOR THE CHILDREN, SOMETHING THEY COULD BE PROUD OF.

AND THEN ALSO WITH HANDS ON BRAS, WE ALSO ASSISTED TO RECRUIT ADDITIONAL ADULTS TO PARTICIPATE IN BROWARD REACH FOR THE RECORD, TO GET OUT TO OUR STUDENTS.

ALSO PARTNERING WITH THE SCHOOL WHERE BROWARD COUNTY OFFICE OF FAMILY AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT FOR DADS.

TAKE YOUR CHILD TO SCHOOL DAY.

THAT'S SOMETHING THE CITY, ALONG WITH THE STAKEHOLDER GROUP, PARTICIPATED IN.

WE WE HOSTED THAT AT THE MULTIPURPOSE CENTER GYM, TAMARAC PARK, AS WELL AS OUR CHALLENGER ELEMENTARY AT THE CAPITAL AQUATIC CENTER, AND HAD OVER TWO HUNDRED PARENTS AND CHILDREN IN ATTENDANCE FOR FOUR OF THOSE THINGS, STRESSING THE IMPORTANCE OF THE PARENTS INVOLVEMENT IN THE IN THEIR EDUCATION.

THESE ARE A FEW THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN RECENT WITH THE STAKEHOLDER GROUP, AS WE'VE HAD SOME OF THE PRINCIPLES OF OUR SCHOOLS ATTEND, ATTEND SOME OF OUR MEETINGS LATELY AND TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THEIR NEEDS AND SOME THINGS THAT WOULD IMPROVE THE ENVIRONMENT FOR THEIR STUDENTS.

SO THE PARKS AND RECREATION FOUNDATION OF TAMARAC PROVIDED A SIX HUNDRED DOLLAR DONATION OF TAMARAC CHALLENGER AND MILLENNIUM PTA'S FOR THE PURCHASE OF ADDITIONAL PS FOR FOR THEIR STUDENTS AND TEACHERS.

THAT WAS DONE AND THEN ALSO PROVIDED A DONATION OF FIVE HUNDRED WATER BOTTLES FOR STUDENTS TO UTILIZE AT MILLENNIUM MIDDLE SCHOOL BECAUSE THE REGULAR WATER FOUNTAINS ARE TURNED OFF INTO THE BOTTLE FOR FOUNTAINS ARE THE ONLY ONES THAT WORK.

SO THIS MAKES IT ACCESSIBLE FOR ALL ALL THE STUDENTS.

SOMETHING WE'RE WORKING ON THAT'S GOING TO COME INTO EFFECT OVER THE NEXT TWO WEEKS IS WORKING WITH MILLENNIUM TO PROVIDE MENTORS FOR SOME OF THEIR UNDERPERFORMING STUDENTS.

AND CURRENTLY WE HAVE THE PRINCIPAL, BOB, FROM ONE WHO HAS IDENTIFIED SIX UNDERPERFORMING STUDENTS. SO WE'RE PROVIDING SIX MENTORS TO TO WORK WITH OUR STUDENTS TO HELP THEM.

IMPROVE ON THEIR ON THEIR THEIR SCHOOLWORK AND THEN THE LAST WEEK.

AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE WE'RE PURSUING RIGHT NOW.

WE'VE MET WITH FLIPPITY, WHICH IS FOR TO INTRODUCE PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND NUTRITION TO YOUTH, TO PROVIDE WEEK LONG MEALS BOXES TO TAMARAC STUDENTS.

AND WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING THAT THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER.

CURRENTLY, WE'VE HEARD FROM EACH OF THE TAMARAC SCHOOLS THAT THEY ARE RECEIVING THESE WEEKEND MEAL BOXES AND NIGHTTIME MEAL BOXES FROM THROUGH THE SCHOOLS WORKING WITH.

BUT THERE'S NO.

NOTHING MORE THEM DURING THE SUMMER, SO THE CITY, ALONG WITH THE GROUP, IS GOING TO BE COORDINATING THAT WITH FLIPPANCY TO PROVIDE THAT FOR THE STUDENTS.

SO THAT JUST GIVES YOU A BRIEF OVERVIEW AS TO WHERE WE WHERE WE CAN TURN IT OVER TO LORENZO TO TALK ABOUT THE FUTURE AND THE EDUCATION ADVISORY BOARD.

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THANK YOU, GREG AND GREG, THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP OF THE EDUCATION STAKEHOLDER GROUP, AS GREG JUST SHARED WITH THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION, A CROSS-SECTION OF THE COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS FORMALLY MET SINCE MAY THIRTY FIRST OF TWENTY EIGHTEEN TO DISCUSS STRATEGIES TO POSITIVELY IMPACT EDUCATION IN SCHOOLS WHERE RESIDENTS ARE SERVED. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HE MAY HAVE ADDED OR TALKED ABOUT A LITTLE BIT, WE ALSO MET WITH PRINCIPALS AS WELL AS AREA DIRECTORS, WHICH ARE THE LEADERS OF THE VARIOUS SCHOOLS WITH THAT THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT TO COORDINATE WITH THEM AND ALSO PARTNER WITH THEM IN BRINGING POSITIVE PROGRAMS TO THE TAMARA EXCUSE.

DURING A COMMISSION WORKSHOP ON FEBRUARY 24TH, 20 20, SUPERINTENDENT ROBERT RUNCIE PROVIDED AN UPDATE TO THE CITY COMMISSION REGARDING THE BOND PROGRAM AND PROJECTS THAT SCHOOLS AS SERVICE TAMARAC RESIDENTS.

DURING THAT WORKSHOP, THE SUPERINTENDENT ENCOURAGED THE CITY COMMISSION TO CREATE AND ADOPT AN EDUCATION ADVISORY BOARD TO WORK COLLABORATIVELY AND GARNERING SUPPORT AND INVOLVEMENT FROM THE LOCAL COMMUNITY AND BUSINESS PARTNERS.

AT THAT TIME. AND BASED ON THE SUPERINTENDENTS RECOMMENDATION, THE MAYOR RECOMMENDED AND SOUGHT CONSENSUS FROM THE COMMISSION TO FORMALIZE THE EXISTING EDUCATION STAKEHOLDER GROUP BY FORMING AN EDUCATION ADVISORY BOARD.

THE CITY COMMISSION THEN REVISITED THE DESIRE TO CREATE THIS EDUCATION ADVISORY BOARD DURING OUR TWENTY TWENTY ONE STRATEGIC PLANNING SESSIONS, WHICH FOCUSED ON IMPROVING THE OVERALL EDUCATIONAL PROCESS FOR AMERICA'S CHILDREN.

SO AT THE REQUEST OF THE CITY COMMISSION, THE CITY STAFF RESEARCHED THE CREATION OF AN EDUCATION ADVISORY BOARD.

AND ITEM TWO FOUR SIX SIX IS BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING FOR CONSIDERATION, OF COURSE, READING. THE PROPOSED EDUCATION ADVISORY BOARD WOULD BE ADDED TO THE CITY CODE AS A PERMANENT BOARD. THE BOARD WILL ACT IN AN ADVISORY CAPACITY TO THE CITY COMMISSION IN MATTERS PERTAINING TO.

EDUCATION RESPONSIBILITIES OF THIS BOARD WOULD INCLUDE, BUT WOULDN'T BE LIMITED TO MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS BASED UPON THE RESEARCH AND IDENTIFICATION OF BEST PRACTICES TO IMPROVE THE EDUCATIONAL PROCESS FOR STUDENTS IN TAMARAC, ADVISING ON INITIATIVES THAT WILL INCREASE VOLUNTEER PARTICIPATION FOR BEFORE AND AFTER SCHOOL EDUCATION PROGRAMS, PROMOTING THE POSITIVE IMAGE OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN THE CITY.

AS GREG MENTIONED BEFORE, THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THESE VARIOUS SCHOOLS AND TAMARAC AND HELP US TO ADVERTISE OPPORTUNITIES FOR EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS WITHIN TAMARAC SCHOOLS.

SO THE BOARD WILL CONSIST OF FIVE MEMBERS WHO WILL SERVE WITHOUT PAY, THE MEMBERS WILL BE COMMISSION APPOINTED BY THE COMMISSION.

EACH MEMBER MUST BE A RESIDENT OF THE CITY OR AN OWNER OR EMPLOYEE OF A BUSINESS LOCATED IN THE CITY. THIS REQUIREMENT MAY BE WAIVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION.

THE APPOINTMENT PROCESS, TERMS OF APPOINTEES AND ANNUAL REVIEW WILL OCCUR IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE BOARD WILL MEET MONTHLY AT A REGULARLY SCHEDULED TIME TO BE APPROVED BY THE CITY CLERK.

AGAIN, ACTIONS OF THIS BOARD OR ADVISORY IN NATURE AND NOT BINDING UPON EITHER THE CITY OR THE CITY COMMISSION BOARD RECOMMENDATIONS WILL BE TRANSMITTED TO THE CITY MANAGER.

AND AS FAR AS SUPPORT IS CONCERNED, THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE WILL PROVIDE ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANCE TO THE BOARD.

THE BOARD MAY HAVE A COMMISSION LIAISON PURSUANT TO CITY CODE, AND THE BOARD MAY HAVE A STAFF LIAISON ASSIGNED TO IT BY THE CITY MANAGER TO SERVE IN AN ADVISORY CAPACITY.

THIS CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION.

GREG AND I WILL BE PLEASED TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS.

I KNOW YOU MAY HAVE MISSED THE BEGINNING OF THE PRESENTATION.

WE WILL EMAIL THIS PARTICULAR PRESENTATION TO THE ENTIRE COMMISSION.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, APPRECIATE THAT YOU WILL AND YOUR TIME AND EFFORT ON THIS CITY CLERK, ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS FROM THE.

THEY ARE NOT. PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE NOT CLOSED, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, VICE MAYOR.

I'M SURE YOU MAY NOT BE ABLE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE SCHOOL BOARD, BUT IS THERE A REASON WHY TAMARAC ELEMENTARY JUST SEEMS SO POORLY RAN OR THE WAY IT LOOKS? I MEAN, JUST AN OVERALL APPEARANCE.

I PERSONALLY DID NOT SEND MY CHILDREN TO TEMEKA ELEMENTARY BECAUSE ONE MY WIFE BEING A SCHOOL TEACHER, YOU KNOW, SHE DOES HER HOMEWORK AND SHE DOES HER PART TO MAKE SURE OUR DAUGHTERS GO TO THE BEST SCHOOLS POSSIBLE THAT THAT ARE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO SEND THEM TO.

BUT TAMARAC ELEMENTARY WAS ONE OF THEM.

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THAT WAS LIKE, NO, NOT HAPPENING.

SO WHY? IT'S OUR CITY AND I UNDERSTAND THE BROWARD COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD AND I DO UNDERSTAND THAT MS. LORI IS ALSO PUSHING VERY HEAVILY TO IMPROVE THEIR GRADES AND IMPROVE THEIR APPEARANCE AND EVERYTHING ELSE.

BUT WHERE WHERE DOES THE CITY FALL AND WHAT OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO THAT SCHOOL AND TO THE SCHOOLS AND TAMARAC LIKE HOW HOW DO WE COME AND PLAY A ROLE TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE KIDS ARE GETTING THE BEST EDUCATION, THAT WE'RE HIRING THE BEST TEACHERS POSSIBLE BECAUSE TEACHERS RUN AWAY FROM THAT PLACE, FROM MY UNDERSTANDING.

YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW.

I JUST FOR ME IS JUST REALLY ODD.

IT'S LIKE IT'S LIKE ME HAVING MY HOUSE AND THERE'S ONE ROOM THAT'S THE WORST ROOM IN THE WORLD AND BUT I DON'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT.

YOU KNOW, AND THEN I WANT EVERYBODY TO GO THERE, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU UNDERSTAND MY POINT, BUT WHAT CAN THE CITY DO ABOUT THIS? IF YOU GUYS CAN ANSWER THAT, I KNOW IT'S A BROWARD COUNTY, BUT THEY THEY'RE NOT OBVIOUSLY THEY DIDN'T DO THEIR JOB AND THEY STILL SLACK.

AND I THANK GOD THAT WE HAVE THIS LAW IN OUR DISTRICT, BUT.

I DON'T EVEN THINK, BTU'S, YOU'VE BEEN DOING A GOOD JOB AT IT AS WELL, SO WHY CAN THE CITY SOMEHOW STEP IN? AND SOMEBODY CAN ANSWER THAT, I'M GOING TO TAKE THAT, BUT IF I MAY, I'M JUST GOING TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE SINCE MY MY LAW FIRM IS RIGHT THERE. THEY HAVE TRIMMED THE TREES JUST ABOUT MARCH SEVENTH, EIGHTH AND NINTH OR SOMETHING AROUND THERE.

AND THEY'RE IN THE PROCESS OF PAINTING THE WHOLE ENTIRE BUILDING, JUST SO YOU KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE OUTSIDE OF IT.

SO I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW OUR CONVERSATIONS WITH SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER.

THAT HAS OBVIOUSLY BEEN HELPFUL ON THAT.

BUT DIRECTOR ONE, CAN YOU ASK MR. VICE MAYOR, THANK YOU FOR THOSE COMMENTS.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I DID IN PREPARATION FOR THIS MEETING WAS GO BACK TO THE FEBRUARY TWENTY FOURTH MEETING WHEN THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS WAS HERE.

AND YOUR COLLEAGUES THAT SIT WITH YOU TONIGHT DID HOLD HIS FEET TO THE FIRE IN REFERENCE TO TAMARAC ELEMENTARY, THE ADDRESS THAT THE BUILDING WAS ESTHETICALLY UNPLEASING.

I THINK THAT COMMISSIONER PLACAS AT THAT TIME SAID TO HIM, I HAVE A PHOTO OF TAMANAC ELEMENTARY FROM ITS INCEPTION AND UNTIL NOW, CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT LOOKS DIFFERENT? AND AT THAT TIME, HE COULD NOT ANSWER.

SHE SAID, I CAN ANSWER THAT FOR YOU NOTHING EXCEPT FOR THE FACT THAT THE TREES ARE OVERHUNG AND NEED TO BE TRIMMED.

AT THAT TIME, HE COMMITTED TO TRIMMING THE TREES.

I'M PROUD TO HEAR THAT THE BUILDING HAS BEEN PAINTED OR SLATED FOR PAINTING, BECAUSE I CAN TELL YOU WHEN THE STAKEHOLDER GROUP REACHED OUT TO OUR CONTACTS AT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, THEY WERE ON A 10 YEAR PLAN WITH 10 YEARS NOT BEING NEAR IMMINENT FOR THEM TO BE PAINTED. SO THAT IS GOOD NEWS IN TERMS OF LEADERSHIP AT TAMARAC ELEMENTARY, THERE HAS BEEN A CHANGE IN LEADERSHIP WHICH THIS COMMISSION AND THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN BRINGING ABOUT.

THE LEADERSHIP AT THAT PARTICULAR SCHOOL HAD BEEN THERE FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS AND HAD BEEN STAGNANT. AND I CAN TELL YOU FROM OUR CONVERSATIONS WITH TEACHER AT TAMARAC ELEMENTARY, THEY ARE EXCITED ABOUT THE PRINCIPAL HAS NOW BEEN THERE, I BELIEVE, GOING INTO A SECOND OR THIRD YEAR.

MR. GARRETT, HE HAS 30.

THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. AND HE HAS ATTENDED OUR STAKEHOLDER GROUP VOLUNTARILY AND BROUGHT TEACHERS ALONG WITH HIM FOR INPUT.

WE HAVE VOLUNTEERED THERE.

WE ARE DOING AS MUCH AS HE ALLOWS US TO IN TERMS OF PARTICIPATING TO HELP TURN THE IMAGE OF THAT SCHOOL AROUND.

IN TERMS OF THE BROWARD TEACHERS UNION HAVING OPPOSED THEM, I CAN TELL YOU THEY REPRESENT TEACHERS, NOT STUDENTS, SO TO SPEAK.

SO THEY WOULD PROBABLY TELL YOU IS NOT THEIR JOB.

THAT'S THE SCHOOL BOARD'S JOB.

WE WILL CONTINUE TO THIS EDUCATION ADVISORY GROUP TO ATTEMPT TO BRING TAMARAC ELEMENTARY BACK TO THEIR GLORY AND A GREAT OF A WELL, I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT.

AND JUST MY LAST COMMENT, IF YOU ARE AN ELECTED OFFICIAL FOR THE BROWARD COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD AND YOU'RE NOT A PARENT, YOU NEVER TAUGHT IN SCHOOL, YOU DON'T DESERVE THE POSITION. YOU DESERVE TO GET OUT.

YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THE STUDENTS ARE GOING THROUGH.

YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THE PARENTS ARE GOING THROUGH.

AND IF YOU'RE NOT GOING TO REPRESENT THEM PROPERLY, I WOULD RECONSIDER THAT.

BUT YOU SHOULD GET INVOLVED IN REPRESENTING THE CHILDREN AS WELL, BECAUSE NOT JUST TEACHERS, TEACHERS, TEACHERS, STUDENTS.

SO PLEASE. AND IF SUPERINTENDENT RUNCIE CANNOT DO HIS JOB, HE HAS TO BE REMOVED.

WHOEVER IS NOT DOING THEIR JOB NEEDS TO BE REMOVED.

AND THAT'S JUST MY COMMENTS.

AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR. THANK YOU.

I HAD BEEN COMPLAINING ABOUT THIS SCHOOL FOR, YOU KNOW, 10 YEARS, NOT MUCH HAS CHANGED

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THERE. IT IS DEFINITELY GOING TO TAKE MORE THAN A COAT OF PAINT.

NOW, I HAVE TO THANK OUR SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER, LAURIE.

I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH HER, AND THE NEXT THING I KNEW, THE SCHOOL WAS SLATED TO BE PAINTED. SO SHE IS DEFINITELY HERE TO HELP US.

AND I APPRECIATE VERY, VERY MUCH.

BUT OK, WE PAINT THE OUTSIDE OF THE SCHOOL.

IT STILL LOOKS THE SAME EXACT WAY IT DID OTHER THAN IT HAS A DIFFERENT COLOR PAINT ON IT.

YOU WALK INTO THE SCHOOL, IT'S NINETEEN FIFTIES AT ITS FINEST AND YOU PUT A CHILD IN THAT ENVIRONMENT. IT DOES NOTHING GOOD FOR THEM.

I HAVE SAID MANY TIMES IF I HAD A CHILD AND I DROVE UP TO THAT SCHOOL, NEVER WALKED IN THE DOOR, I WOULD TURN AROUND AND SAY, MY CHILD IS NOT GOING HERE.

THIS SITS RIGHT OUTSIDE OF WOOD, NOT ON UNIVERSITY DRIVE.

IT IS SEEN BY ALL.

SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE HAVE TO DO TO GET EVERYONE INVOLVED WHO NEEDS TO GET INVOLVED.

I AGREE WITH THE VICE MAYOR.

YOU NEED TO GET INVOLVED AS WELL.

AND WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO PRESS THE SCHOOL BOARD.

I KNOW OUR REPRESENTATIVE IS GOING TO DO HER PART AND I GREATLY APPRECIATE THAT.

BUT WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING TO GET THEM MOVING ALONG.

THE SCHOOL NEEDS MORE THAN A COAT OF PAINT AND TURNING TREES.

SO ANYTHING OUR NEW COMMITTEE CAN DO, ANYTHING WE CAN DO AS A BODY.

I AM DEFINITELY ALL FOR.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER GORDON.

ALL RIGHT, GOOD EVENING, GREG, I'VE NOT SEEN IN A VERY LONG TIME, I FEEL LIKE YOU HAVE STAYED AWAY FROM US AND SO WELCOME BACK.

THANK YOU. OH, YES.

GREG, YOU MAY RECALL SOME YEARS AGO AND PERHAPS LORENZO, YOU MAY RECALL SOME YEARS AGO, I THINK COMMISSIONER BLANCO AND THE MAYOR MAY ALSO RECALL WHEN I BROUGHT UP AN IDEA TO TAKE CARE OF THE SCHOOLS.

AND I'D BE REMISS IF I DID NOT MENTION THAT THAT IDEA WAS NOT MY IDEA.

IT WAS SHARON AARON BARON'S IDEA.

SHE HAS ALWAYS WANTED A EDUCATION ADVISORY BOARD.

AND I BROUGHT UP THAT IDEA IN A WORKSHOP.

AND HARRY DRESSLER OPENED HIS MOUTH AND HE SAID THE CITY COMMISSION IS NOT IT HAS NO PREROGATIVES IN EDUCATIONAL MATTERS.

THAT IS A MATTER OF THE SCHOOL BOARD.

DO YOU REMEMBER THAT, LORENZO? I DO THROUGH THE CHAIR.

I DO. OK, GREG, DO YOU REMEMBER THAT? I DO. OK.

AND MIGHT I RECALL THAT THE MAYOR SAT THERE SILENCE WITHOUT SAYING NOTHING? ABSOLUTELY NOTHING.

YOU MAY TO MAKE SURE YOU SAY MAYOR DRESSED LIKE THIS.

MADAM MAYOR, YOU ARE A COMMISSIONER THAT WHAT YOU SAID, BUT YOU SAID NOTHING WHEN HAROLD DRESSLER SAID THAT THIS IS THE CITY COMMISSION HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH SCHOOLS.

AND I WAS FLABBERGASTED BECAUSE I WANTED TO HELP SCHOOLS SO BADLY.

SO IT WAS JUST AMAZING SOME OF THE THINGS THAT CAME OUT OF THAT MAN'S MOUTH.

BUT I'M GLAD WE'RE HERE.

I'M GLAD WE'RE WE'RE FINALLY PUTTING TOGETHER THIS EDUCATION COMMITTEE.

SO I DISAGREE, GREG, WITH THE WITH THE WITH THE POWERPOINT, NOT MENTIONING THAT I FIRST BROUGHT THIS IDEA TO THE CITY COMMISSION.

SO PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT THE RECORD REFLECTS THAT AND MAKE SURE THE RECORD REFLECTS THAT.

SHARON, AARON BARRON TOLD ME THAT AS MUCH AS I DON'T LIKE HER THESE DAYS, SO LET'S MAKE SURE THAT THAT IT GOES GOES INTO COMPARING TO THE RECORD.

WAS ONE CONFETTI STILL? YES.

RIGHT. SO PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT THAT THAT THAT IS POSTED.

SO. BUT I ALSO HAVE TO THANK COMMISSIONER FISHMAN FOR BRINGING THE TORCH MANY

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FOR FOR MANY YEARS.

I REMEMBER GOING TO A COMMISSION MEETING AS WELL, MS. THAT EDUCATION IS MY THING.

AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE NEXT MEETING, VICE MAYOR GOMEZ AT THE POINT AT THAT TIME SAID, I'M APPOINTING I APPOINTED COMMISSIONER FISHMAN TO LEAD EDUCATION.

AND I WONDERED UNDER WHOSE AUTHORITY? YOU MEAN YOUR MUTED AS FAR AS MY HANDS, I HEAR SOMEBODY MUTED ME SO SO BUT BUT COMMISSIONER FISHMAN DID DID AN EXCELLENT JOB. WELL, MAYBE VICE MAYOR VILLALOBOS MUTED ME BECAUSE I'M TALKING NICELY ABOUT MR. FRISHMAN.

MUSIC TO GET SOMEBODY DOESN'T LIKE TO MR. GOODVIN. SHE DID AN EXCELLENT JOB.

SHE DID AN EXCELLENT JOB IN MAKING SURE THAT EDUCATION WAS AT THE FOREFRONT OF THE CITY'S PRIORITIES. AND COMMISSIONER FISHMAN, WHEREVER YOU ARE, MAYBE WATCHING THE HAVES AND THE HAVE NOTS ON YOUR COUCH OR WATCHING THE COMMISSION MEETING.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

YOU FOUGHT LONG AND HARD FOR EDUCATION.

AND WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT THE VICE MAYOR CONTINUES TO FIGHT FOR EDUCATION IN THE CITY AS WELL AND ALL OF US.

SO KUDOS TO THIS AND DEFINITELY WILL BE SUPPORTING THIS.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER GARLAND.

SURE, JUST TO ADDRESS VICE MAYOR VILLA LOBOS, SUPERINTENDENT RUNCIE WENT ON THE COUNTYWIDE CAMPAIGN TO RAISE FUNDS AND I THINK EIGHT HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS WAS RAISED TO UPGRADE THE SCHOOLS. HOWEVER, THE SCHOOL BOARD HAS BEEN UNDER FIRE AND FACED A LOT OF CRITICISM FOR NOT SPENDING THE MONEY FASTER AND UPGRADING SCHOOLS A LOT FASTER.

AND WHILE TERREMARK ELEMENTARY MAY NOT LOOK THE BEST, THERE ARE SOME OTHER SCHOOLS THAT ARE IN REALLY BAD SHAPE.

NO AC, LEAKY ROOFS, ALL KIND OF PROBLEMS. HOWEVER, YOU KNOW, THERE HAVE BEEN SOME PROCUREMENT PROBLEMS AT THE COUNTY, YOU KNOW, ANJANETTE MILLION DOLLARS, A LOT OF MONEY.

AND A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE VYING FOR THOSE DOLLARS AND THEY'VE HAD SOME CHALLENGES.

SO THEY HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO ROLL OUT SOME OF THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT THEY WANTED TO TO ROLL OUT IN A FAST ENOUGH TIME.

HOWEVER, THERE'S NOT ONLY THINGS THAT WE CAN DO AS A CITY, BUT THERE ARE THINGS THAT THAT THE COMMUNITY CAN DO AS A WHOLE.

AND SO THERE ARE. I GUESS WEALTHIER COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY WHERE, YOU KNOW, THE RESIDENTS IN THE COMMUNITY SUPPORT THE SCHOOLS, THEY HAVE BIG TIME FUNDRAISERS, RAISE MONEY FOR SCHOOLS AND PAY VENDORS TO TO UPGRADE AND FIX THE SCHOOLS.

SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE CAN DO AS A COMMUNITY IN TERMS OF LEADING OUR OUR RESIDENTS TO AND GETTING CORPORATIONS TO FUND THE SCHOOLS OR CERTAIN PROJECTS.

BUT THE SCHOOL BOARD HAS THE FUNDS.

THEY'VE HAD A DIFFICULT TIME ALLOCATING THE FUNDS TO DIFFERENT SCHOOLS.

I KNOW THERE'S A PROJECT SCHEDULE OUT THERE THAT'S WAY BEHIND, BUT HOPEFULLY TAMARAC ELEMENTARY WILL GET THE NEEDED UPDATES, NOT JUST EXTERNALLY BUT INTERNALLY IN THE INFRASTRUCTURE AS A WHOLE. AND THE LOWBALLS, I HOPE THAT YOUR YOUR KIDS ENJOYING THEIR TIME AT PINECREST OR AMERICAN HERITAGE OR WHEREVER YOU HAVE THEM.

AMERICAN HERITAGE IS GOOD.

I FIND IT THAT WAY.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. AND JUST FOR EVERYONE TO KNOW, THE PTA IS ALSO VERY INVOLVED HERE IN THE SCHOOL, THEY HAVE BEEN DOING EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO BE ACTIVE AND TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CHILDREN FEEL LOVED AND APPRECIATED AND THE TEACHERS AS WELL.

AND SO THEY HAVE BEEN TRYING TO MAKE IT LOOK BETTER, THIS CREATIVE ART THAT GOES INTO THE SCHOOL BUILDING, IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN IN THERE AND THEY ARE WORKING ON THINGS SO AND THE NEW PRINCIPAL IS DOING A GREAT JOB AS WELL AS ALSO BEEN A VERY HARD TIME, AS WE ALL KNOW IN GENERAL, FOR SCHOOLS AND CHILDREN AND EDUCATION AND FOR THE TEACHERS AND SUPPORT STAFF AS FAR AS THIS EDUCATION COMMITTEE.

SOME PEOPLE WHO MAY NOT HAVE THE HISTORICAL KNOWLEDGE.

I HAD BEEN ON THE COMMISSION FOR A WHILE AND I'VE BEEN PUSHING FOR EDUCATION.

I AM THE DAUGHTER OF AN EDUCATOR FOR THIRTY SIX YEARS IN NEW YORK CITY PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL, AND I HAD A PRINCIPALS MEETING.

I HAD ALL THE ORGANIZATIONS PUT TOGETHER AND THERE WERE PEOPLE ON THE COMMISSION AT THE TIME WHO DID NOT LIKE THAT.

I HAD THAT. AND SO THEY BASICALLY HAD IT DISBANDED.

THEY DID NOT CARE FOR THE CITY WORKING WITH THE PRINCIPALS AND HAVING COMMUNICATION WITH

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THE SCHOOL BOARD. SO THERE WAS SOME DIFFICULTIES HERE WITH THE PRIOR COMMISSION.

SO I'VE ALWAYS BEEN FOR HAVING OPEN COMMUNICATION WITH OUR CITY, WITH OUR TEACHERS, WITH OUR PARENTS, AND BEING ABLE TO HAVE THAT COMMUNICATION, WHETHER IT WAS A FORM OF AN ADVISORY BOARD WHICH IS BEING PUT TOGETHER AS THIS OR THE STAKEHOLDERS BOARD, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT SPUN OFF OF THE PRINCIPALS BOARD THAT WE USED TO HAVE.

AND SHARON, OUR PARENT, DID MAKE THE COMMENT AND SHE DID TRY TO HAVE STUFF DONE.

AND THIS WAS THE WAY WE WERE WORKING IT THROUGH IN A MANNER FOR WHICH IT CAN WORK FOR OUR CITY. SO YEARS LATER, AS THINGS MIGHT BE CHANGING AND THINGS THAT ARE EVOLVING, WHERE WE'RE HAVING SOME BETTER CONVERSATION WITH OUR SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS AND HAVING PARENTS WHO ARE REACHING OUT TO US AND HELPING US ALONG WITH THIS ENDEAVOR, SOME THINGS, SOME GOOD THINGS TAKE TIME.

SO BASICALLY.

THE COMMENTS IN THE CHAT ARE REALLY UNCALLED FOR, COMMISSIONER BOLTON.

SO BASICALLY I AM VERY HAPPY TO SEE THAT THIS IS GOING TO HOPEFULLY GO FORWARD.

WE DO HAVE A LOT TO DO TO BE ABLE TO HELP OUR TEACHERS, OUR STUDENTS AND OUR GRADES GO UP BECAUSE IT IS DISCONCERTING TO HAVE GOOD REASON, SAY TO US, WE'RE MOVING OUT BECAUSE I DON'T LIKE WHERE OUR SCHOOLS ARE AND HOW OUR CHILDREN ARE BEING EDUCATED.

SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS BEING A FORMALIZED.

MEETING ME, ADVISORY BOARD DIVERSITY.

I SEE A HAND RAISED BY COMMISSIONER GARLAND.

YEAH, AND I ALSO RECALL YOU BEING A PROPONENT OF TAMARAC, HAVING A HIGH SCHOOL AND YOU SUPPORTING THE HIGH SCHOOL AT KINGS POINT, IS THAT CORRECT? I SUPPORT THE CITY OF TAMARAC HAVING A HIGH SCHOOL, YOU ALSO SUPPORTED THAT HIGH SCHOOL AND KING'S FINAL THIS I SUPPORT THE CITY OF AMERICA HAVING THE HIGH SCHOOL.

I SUPPORT A DISCUSSION AND I STILL SUPPORT A DISCUSSION ON THE CITY OF TAMWORTH, HAVING A HIGH SCHOOL AND GENTLEMAN AT THE PARTY RIGHT NOW WITH POLITICAL CRAP.

OK, LET'S GET BACK TO BUSINESS.

I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY, WE'RE BASICALLY SAYING, COMMISSIONER BOLTON, THAT YOU SAID THAT YOU'RE GOING TO TRY TO BE NICE TONIGHT. SOUNDS LIKE A CAMPAIGN SPEECH, MAYOR.

I'M THE SON OF A FARMER, AND YOU WORKED HARD TO SEND ME TO SCHOOL AND LOOK AT ME NOW.

ARE THOSE THE COMMENTS OF A PERSON WHO'S REALLY TRYING TO WORK HARD TO KEEP THINGS POLITE? I DO NOT THINK SO.

SO I THOUGHT IF I WANT IT, IF I WANT IT TO BE BAD, TO SET IT ON THE RECORD.

SO YOUR CHOICE ON SONG WILL NOT HAPPEN, OK? IT'S JUST ON THE RECORD, SO LET'S STOP IT AND GOVERN.

IT IS PUBLIC COMMENT.

CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

MAYOR GOMEZ. YES, MR. PLACA, YES, MR. GARLAND, YES, VICE MAYOR VILLALOBOS, YES.

AND COMMISSIONER BOLTON.

YES.

THE MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY FIVE TO ZERO.

EXCELLENT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WE'RE NOW MOVING TO NINE B, C O TWO FOUR SIX SEVEN AMENDMENT TO THE NRA PENSION.

[9.b. TO2467 - Amendment to the NRE Pension Board]

THANK YOU, MADAM COMMISSIONER.

ISD TIME I IN CHAPTER 16 PENSIONS AND RETIREMENT.

ARTICLE NINE ELECTED AND APPOINTED OFFICE OF NON REPRESENTING EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT PLAN AMENDING SECTION SIXTEEN POINT NINE 02 ADMINISTRATIONS RETIREMENT PLAN PROVIDES THE SAME CLAUSE. RUNS ITSELF TO PREVENT CONFISCATION.

PROVIDES EFFECTIVE DATE. THANK YOU, MA'AM.

THANK YOU. THE SECOND SO.

THANK YOU. AND WE HAVE AND ARE STILL HERE FOR A SECOND PRESENTATION.

I AM. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.

AND I DO NOT HAVE A PRESENTATION.

BUT MADAM MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION, IF YOU CAN ALLOW ME TO SHED A LITTLE LIGHT ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM ITEM BEFORE YOU.

THIS EVENING IS A PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE NON REPRESENTANT EMPLOYEES PENSION PLAN AMENDMENT TO THE ORDINANCE TO ALLOW RETIREES WHO ARE MEMBERS OF THE PLAN TO PARTICIPATE AS TRUSTEES IF AND WHEN A VACANCY ARISES AS A RESULT OF SOMEONE LEAVING THE BOARD OR BEING TERM LIMITED OR ALLOWING A RETIREE TO RUN TO FOR A VACANCY ON THAT PARTICULAR BOARD AT THE INCEPTION OF THIS PARTICULAR PLAN.

THE LANGUAGE WAS INADVERTENTLY OMITTED IN THE ORDINANCE, WHICH ALLOW RETIREES TO SERVE IN THE PLAN IF YOU APPROVE THIS PROPOSED AMENDMENT TONIGHT.

THIS PLAN WILL ALIGN WITH THE CITY'S TWO OTHER PLANS, WHICH ARE THE GENERAL PLAN AND THE FIRE PLAN, WHICH ALLOWS RETIREES TO PARTICIPATE AS TRUSTEES ON THEIR BOARDS.

THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION.

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I NEED EMOTION, THE SECOND ONE.

OH, SORRY. MY APOLOGIES.

WE'RE NOW UP TO OPENING PUBLIC COMMENTS.

IS GETTING TO THAT OUR NO PUBLIC COMMENT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANY DISCUSSION BY THIS COMMISSION? SEEING THE SO CALLED ROLE, YOUR COMMENTS, YES, COMMISSIONER GARLAND, YES, MAYOR BILL LOBOS, YES, MR. BOLTON. YES.

THANK YOU, MR. POLACCO. THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

FIVE ZERO, MAYOR. IT'S ACTUALLY PRETTY EARLY BECAUSE JENNIFER PUT IT TO 12, 30.

SO WE'RE GOOD. WE'RE STILL FOUR AND A HALF HOURS, THREE AND A HALF HOURS, I WILL EXCELLENT. SOME OF US ARE GOING TO HAVE A BREAK AND HAVE SOME MORE COFFEE THEN.

BUT I'M SURE, COMMISSIONER, YOUR COMMENTS, I'M SURE WE WE'RE GOING DOWN TO NINE.

[9.c. TO2468 - Amending Section 16-571 - Police Pension Trustee Terms]

I'M REALLY TRYING TO SEE TWO, FOUR, SIX, EIGHT AMENDING SECTION ONE SIX FIVE SEVEN ONE TRUSTEE.

PLEASE READ THE TITLE FOR THE RECORD.

AND ALL THIS IS CITY COMMISSION, CITY TAMARAC, FLORIDA MINUTES, OPPORTUNE TIME ADMINISTRATION, ARTICLE TWO, SECTION TWO.

DYSTER IS SICK AND TIRED OF CAMPAIGN FINANCE REPORT BY ADDING PROVISIONS TO EXTEND THE FILING DEADLINE DUE TO, IN ALL PROBABILITY OF THE ELECTORAL.

CHARNOCK FINAL SYSTEM FOR CONFISCATION AFFECTS EVERYBODY AFFECTED.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. LIKE THE SECOND.

MOTION TO APPROVE SECOND, THANK YOU, CITY CLERK IS AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME, I WILL OPEN IT FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS, DEPARTMENT AND PUBLIC COMMENTS, PUBLIC COMMENT COMMENTS COME AS OPPOSED TO. I HAVE A QUESTION.

YES. SO MY UNDERSTANDING FROM CITY MANAGER IS WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AN ELECTRONIC VERSION.

NO MORE PAPER, NO GOING INTO THE OFFICE, NO MORE.

THIS STUFF IS JUST SUBMITTED ONLINE.

EASY PEASY.

TWENTY, TWENTY ONE VERSION OF CAMPAIGN REPORTING BY.

CORRECT? YES, WE DID.

WE DID. WE SKIP OVER THE POLICE PENSION TERMS. WE DID.

WE WE DID. YES.

WE JUST WILL GO BACK TO IT. OK, TO FAST.

NO PROBLEM. SO WE WENT BACK IN MAY OF TWENTY TWENTY.

WE PASSED THE ORDINANCE UNANIMOUSLY IN THE CITY TO MOVE ALL OF OUR, ALL OF OUR CAMPAIGN FINANCING ONLINE IN THE PROCESS OF SETTING THAT UP IN EARLY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY ONE, WE RECOGNIZE THAT THERE'S A PORTION OF THE ORDINANCE THAT WAS ADMITTED BY ACCIDENT.

SO THIS WILL BRING US INTO ALIGNMENT.

THIS IS JUST A FORMALITY.

CHANGE THAT. IF THE SOFTWARE GOES DOWN ON THE DAY THAT THE REPORT IS DUE TO THE NEXT DAY THAT THE CAMPAIGN THAT THE CAMPAIGN FINANCE SOFTWARE IS AVAILABLE.

SO IT'S JUST A FORMALITY AND A FIX TO THE ORDINANCE.

AND WE HAVE THIS ON SECOND READING.

WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO ROLL OUT THE CAMPAIGN FINANCE SOFTWARE.

WONDERFUL.

THANK YOU FOR SAYING.

OK, SO WE'RE GOING TO GET BACK TO THAT ONE IN A SECOND.

WE'RE UP TO AMEND SECTION ONE SIX ONE.

WE WE.

SO NO PUBLIC COMMENTS.

AS WE SAID, THERE'S NO DISCUSSION ON THE RECORD.

SO CALL THE ROLL.

SURE. AND FOR CLARITY'S SAKE, THIS IS ON THE TERMS FOR THE POLICE PENSION BOARD, THEY'RE CHANGING FROM TWO YEARS TO FOUR YEARS AND THE MOTION BY WAS BY THE COMMISSIONER GARLAND TO APPROVE IN THE SECOND BY VICE MAYOR VILLALOBOS.

OK, MAYOR GOMEZ.

YES. LIKE MAYOR BILL OF US.

YES, MR. BOLTON, I'M CONFUSED.

WE WERE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM.

THERE WASN'T A VOTE ON ITEM ON THE PENSION, BUT WE HAD A MOTION AND A SECOND, OK, AND AND THEN WE DID NOT VOTE, BUT WE SKIPPED TO ITEM.

IT BRING US BACK TO WHAT WAS RIGHT FOR THE RECORD, WHAT WAS THE ATTORNEY TO CLARIFY? YOU READ ITEM T O TWO FOUR SIX EIGHT.

YES.

OK, THEN VICE MAYOR BILL DE LOBOS HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THE CAMPAIGN FINANCE, WHICH IS THE NEXT ITEM.

ALSO, IF YOU VOTE FOR THE RECORD, LET ME READ ITEM TWO TWO FOUR, SIX, EIGHT AGAIN.

AND WE OK, JUST FOR THE RECORD, ALL THIS IS THE COMMISSION TIME IN CHAPTER 16, PENSION, EVERY RETIREMENT ARTICLE, A PENSION PLAN, POLICE OFFICER DIVISION TO SECTION SIXTEEN FIVE SEVEN FIVE 71 MEMBERS PLAN FOR A FOUR YEAR TRUSTEE TERMS OF QUALIFICATION FOR THE

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CONFLICTS. PROVIDE DISABILITY, PROVIDE FOR EFFECTIVE DATE.

THANK YOU.

THIS IS THE ITEM THAT WE ARE VOTING ON AT THIS TIME.

SO THANK YOU.

COMMISSIONER GARLAND HAD THE MOTION.

VICE MAYOR BILL DE LOBOS HAD THE SECOND COMMISSIONER VOTED YES.

MR. GARLAND.

YES.

THANK YOU, MR. PLACA. YES.

MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY BY THE ZERO.

OK, NOW WE ARE ON NINE D, RIGHT OH TWO FOUR SIX NINE AMENDING

[9.d. TO2469 - Amending Section 2-36 - Campaign Finance Reporting]

SECTION TWO DASH THIRTY SIX CAMPAIGN FINANCE REPORTING.

I'M THE THEY DIDN'T JUST FORTIFICATION IN ORDER TO SECURE THE CITY AND SHOUTED TO ENTIRE ADMINISTRATION. ARTICLE TWO, SECTION TWO, THE STATISTICS AND TITLE CAMPAIGN FINANCE REPORT BY THE PROVISION EXTEND THE FUNDING LINE DUE TO IN ALL PROBABILITY OF THE ELECTION FILING SYSTEM PROVIDED FOR QUALIFICATION CONFLICTS AND SO REALLY APPLY FOR EFFECTIVE DATE. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. NEED A SECOND.

SO SECOND.

IT.

EXCELLENT, CITICORP, YOU HAVE YOUR CHOICE.

DO YOU THINK IS THE BUBBLE TO ANSWER ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I SEE COMMISSIONER BOLTONS HANDS, BUT WE'RE GOING TO GO TO PUBLIC COMMENTS FIRST.

ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? I DIDN'T HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS, EXCELLENT PUBLIC COMMENTS OR NO CLOSE COMMISSION ABOUT THEM.

MY QUESTION FOR YOU, WHEN I WAS ON THE BALLOT, I PAID BY MY CLOTHES, MY QUALIFICATION TO MY QUALIFYING FEES, AND THAT SHE WAS REMINDS ME THE QUALIFYING FEE IS SET BY ORDINANCE AS WELL, AND THAT IS PAID IN JUNE DURING THE QUALIFYING PERIOD.

IT GOES INTO THE TAMARAC GENERAL FUND.

OK, SO HOW MUCH WAS IT FOR REGULAR COMMISSIONERS? IT'S FIVE HUNDRED. AND FOR THE MAYOR IT'S SEVEN FIFTY, OK.

AND THEN WHEN I WAS RUNNING, I STILL TURNED IN PAPER REPORTS.

CORRECT. OK, SO WHY DID I PAY A FIVE HUNDRED DOLLAR FEE FOR THIS NEW SYSTEM WHEN I HAD NO ABILITY TO USE THE NEW SYSTEM? BUT I WAS ALREADY ON A PAPER, THE OLD SYSTEM.

TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, COMMISSIONER, WE'VE JUST BEEN TRYING TO GET THE WE DID THE INITIAL PURCHASE OF THE CAMPAIGN FINANCE SOFTWARE AND WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET IT UP OFF THE GROUND. SO WE WANTED TO GET IT UP OFF THE GROUND AS SOON AS WE COULD.

AND THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT NOW.

SO ESSENTIALLY, MY MONEY WAS USED TO PURCHASE A NEW SYSTEM, BUT I DID NOT GET ACCESS TO DURING MY CAMPAIGN LAST YEAR.

OK, IT SHOULD BE AVAILABLE SOON AND YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO, BUT THAT DOES NOT ANSWER THE QUESTION.

IT WAS NOT AVAILABLE DURING YOUR ELECTION PERIOD.

OK, SO THE QUESTION IS, MY MY FIVE HUNDRED DOLLAR FEE WENT TOWARD PURCHASING THE NEW EQUIPMENT. THE NEW SYSTEM WAS STILL WORKING WHILST I STILL WAS TURNING IT.

PAPER STATEMENTS.

THAT IS CORRECT, CORRECT.

OK. I DON'T THINK THAT IS FAIR TO ME TO ANY OF THE CANDIDATES THAT WERE RUNNING AT THE TIME, INCLUDING MY OPPONENT, THAT HAD ALMOST NO MONEY.

I DON'T I DON'T THINK THAT WAS WAS APPROPRIATE TO HAVE ALL OF US PAY FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS AND THEN NOT BEING ABLE TO USE THE SYSTEM BOTH.

AND I THINK THAT'S A QUESTION FOR YOU TO ADDRESS WITH THE CITY MANAGER TO SEE IF YOU CAN GET A REFUND OR SOMETHING.

I'LL TAKE A REFUND, TOO, IF YOU GUYS ARE ISSUING REFUNDS.

SO MAYBE THE ATTORNEY PLEADS FOR HOW WE HANDLE THIS ARE NOT JUST FOR ME, BUT FOR THOSE PEOPLE.

FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR A NEW TERM, BUT DID NOT HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO USE THAT SYSTEM.

I THINK IT'S A VALID QUESTION AND IT'S CONCERNING.

IF I GO TO WAL-MART AND I PAY FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR OR FOR A BROKE FOR A VACUUM, BUT

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GET A BROOM INSTEAD, WITH MY VACUUM, I GET MY VACUUM CLEANER.

SO LET US LET US LOOK INTO THAT AND AND GIVE ME YOUR LEGAL OPINION AND HOW REFUNDS WOULD BE PROCESSED AND WHAT CHARGES I MAKE THE CHECK PEOPLE TO.

YES. COMMISSIONER BOLTON MOSAICA, CAN YOU SEND ME ANY PAPERWORK THAT SUPPORT THAT FEE THAT WE ARE REFERRING TO? CURE. THANK YOU.

THAT'S IT.

YOU'RE ON YOU OH, MY TURN, SO PLEASE CALL THE REAL MAYOR GOMEZ.

YES, COMMISSIONER GARLAND.

YES, MR. POCHO. YEAH, MR. GOODVIN. YES.

AND VICE MAYOR OF A LITTLE OF US.

YES. THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY FIVE TO ZERO.

THANK YOU. WE'RE GOING DOWN NOW, NOT MISSING ANYTHING.

WE'RE GOING TO ORDNANCES ON SECOND READING.

WE'RE AT 11 EIGHT TWO FOUR SIX ZERO ORDNANCE AMENDING THE CITY OF TAMRON CODE OF

[11.a. TO2460 - Ordinance amending the City of Tamarac Code of Ordinances to allow Food Trucks in the City of Tamarac in certain zoning districts]

ORDINANCES TO ALLOW FOOD TRUCKS IN THE CITY OF TAMARAC IN CERTAIN ZONING DISTRICTS.

SO THE ATTORNEY, PLEASE, WITH THE TITLE FOR THE RECORD, THANK YOU.

ABOUT AN UNNECESSARY COMMISSION.

AT THE SAME TIME, I IN CHAPTER 10 OF THE CITY OF TERMA, CLICK ON TALK OF THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE BY MEN OF THREE AND HOW TO USE REGULATION WHEN SECTION TEN DASH THREE POINT FIVE ENTITLED TEMPORARY USE OF THE STRUCTURE WAS SPECIFICALLY MADE IN SECTION TEN DASH THREE POINT FIVE G THREE.

ENTIRE FUTURE OF THE CITY TIME ARE CALLED UPON TO PROVIDE DEFINITIONS, TERMS AND REGULATION. FOOD TRUCKS OPERATE WITHIN THE CITY FOR CONFLICTS, PROFITABILITY, PROBLEMS, CONFISCATION OF FACTORS.

THEY. THANK YOU, MADAM.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

I'M GOING TO OPEN THIS UP TO ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS.

ARE THERE ANY. I HAVE NO PUBLIC COMMENT.

ONE. OUR DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT IS AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSION.

I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE MORE THAN FIVE TRUCKS AT ANY GIVEN TIME THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE CITY SO WE CAN GET SOMETHING LIKE TWENTY FIVE WILL BE GREAT.

SO THAT WOULD BE MY REQUEST.

AND IF YOU CAN OBLIGE ME WITH MY REQUEST, LIKE COMMISSIONER BOLTON SAYS, I'LL BE GREAT INVOLVED IN YOUR HANDS NEXT.

OK. MS. GALLOWAY ON PAGE THREE OF ORDINANCE TWENTY FOUR, SIXTY SIX AND 10 THREE I THINK SHOULD BE THAT IS CROSSED OUT WITH RESECTABLE SHALL BE PROVIDED AND WHICH SHALL BE REMOVED DAILY FROM THE SITE BY THE FOOD TRUCK OPERATOR.

THAT IS CLEARLY REMOVED, A POINT WHERE A BETTER ALTERNATIVE TO THAT IS IN THE NEW ORDINANCE AND ITS NEW ORDINANCE.

IT'S ANTHONY S.

WHAT YOUR SON IS REMOVED, PAGE THREE UNDER SECTION 10, DASH THREE POINT FIVE.

SO ANY TYPE OF FOOD TRUCK, FOOD TRUCK.

AND IT'S A LOT CROSS OUT.

YEAH, SO COMMISSIONER, SO COMMISSIONER, SECTION 10 DASH THREE POINT FIVE G THREE.

THAT ENTIRE SECTION A, B, C, D AND E IS FROM THE OK, SO WE WILL MOVE THAT IN ITS ENTIRETY AND EVERYTHING ELSE IS ALL NEW.

AND SO WE DO HAVE TRASH RECEPTACLE.

LET'S SEE HERE.

YEAH, THAT WAS MY QUESTION POINT.

I'LL POINT OUT THAT THE PLACE WHERE THERE IS A BETTER ALTERNATIVE.

WIMPIER.

CAN YOU CLARIFY THAT, COMMISSIONER BOLTON, WHAT YOU'RE ASKING? SO WE'RE WE ARE REPEALING A PART OF THE ORDINANCE, THE OLD ORDER.

SO ON PAGE THREE, WE'RE REMOVING SECTION 10.

THAT'S THREE POINT FIVE G THREE, ALL OF IT TO EAT.

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SO I'M LOOKING SPECIFICALLY AT SUBSECTION E, WHICH SAYS WASTE RECEPTACLES SHALL BE PROVIDED AND WASTE SHALL BE REMOVED DAILY FROM LIFE BY THE FOOD TRUCK OPERATOR LATE LAST NIGHT READING THE WHOLE ORDINANCE, BUT I MAY HAVE MISSED IT HOUR TO FIGURE OUT WHERE IT IS THAT IF YOU LOOK AT IT, I THINK EVERYBODY'S TRYING TO TALK AT THE SAME TIME.

HERE YOU HAVE YOUR HANDS UP THUNDER G G RATING REQUIREMENTS.

IF YOU LOOK AT, I BELIEVE, NUMBER THREE UNDER G, IT DISCUSSES WHERE MOBILE TRUCKS MUST BE SELF-CONTAINED AND IT SPEAKS TO THE TRASH RECEPTACLES AND RECYCLING, BUT WITH OPERATING REQUIREMENTS.

YEAH. SECTION G COMMISSIONER.

OK, SECRETORY G G THREE.

MOBILE FOOD TRUCKS MUST BE SELF-CONTAINED, WENT OUT, EXCEPT FOR THE REQUIRED TRASH RECEPTACLES, WHICH MUST BE ATTACHED TO THE MOBILE PHONE.

SO SHALL WE MOVE OUT OF THE AUTOMOBILES OR SEE? SO THE THE THE TRASH THE TRASH CAN HAS TO BE ATTACHED TO THE FOOD TRUCK.

YES.

AND SO THAT ENSURES THAT WHEN THEY LEAVE THE PROPERTY EVERY EVENING, EVERY NIGHT, THEY'RE ABLE TO DISPOSE OF THE TRASH THAT LEAVES WITH THEM.

BUT HOW ARE THEY GOING TO USE A LIKE A ROPE AND TIE IT TO THE FUTURE? LIKE THAT THEY CAN. IT HAS TO BE ATTACHED.

OK. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE BECAUSE THERE'S SOME FOOD YOU DON'T HAVE THAT, PLEASE.

SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT I'VE SEEN SOME THAT ARE LIKE A RACK AT THE BOTTOM, LIKE WHERE THEY PUT THEIR GAS TANKS OR PROPANE TANKS.

THEY SET THEM ON IT.

AND I'M SURE THAT UNLESS YOU WANT TO GO AFTER EVERY TRUCK, HELP OUT, CLEAN UP THE AREA, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

SO, MAYOR, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO TELL HIM THAT HE DOESN'T HAVE THE FLOOR? ACTUALLY, I DID, BUT I WAS MUTED.

OK, GENTLEMEN, LET'S ROLL IT BACK INTO THE TOPIC AT HAND, PLEASE.

THANK YOU. OK, SO WHAT WAS GOING ON? AND WE WHEN WE OPENED IT UP TO ONLY TAMARAC RESIDENTS WHO OWN AND OPERATE FOOD TRUCKS FOR THE FIRST TWO WEEKS OF THE APPLICATION PERIOD, I UNDERSTAND THAT WE'LL OPEN IT UP TO EVERYBODY AT SOME POINT.

BUT ARE WE ABLE FOR THE FIRST TWO WEEKS OF PEOPLE APPLYING TO ONLY ALLOW TAMARAC RESIDENTS WHO OWN FOOD TRUCKS TO APPLY FOR THE LICENSES? I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THAT, COMMISSIONER, BUT I CAN TELL YOU, SINCE THE DISCUSSION OF THIS ORDINANCE, WE HAVE NOT HAD A LANDSLIDE OF INCREASE.

IT'S JUST THE ONE INDIVIDUAL WHO THE LAST TIME WAS AT THE MEETING WAS CONTACTED US AND ASKED US FOR A MAP AND AN APPLICATION.

SO AS I REPORTED BEFORE, WELL, WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF INQUIRIES FOR THIS TYPE OF USE.

AND I'M A LITTLE BIT CONCERNED ABOUT THAT LIMITATION.

BUT I LETTERMAN'S OPINE, IF YOU COULD, MADAM MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO ASK HANDS OFF SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT YOUR TIME AND YOUR MANAGER HAS BEEN TRYING TO SPEAK.

SO I'M GOING TO HAVE TO I HAVE THE FLOOR AND I ASKED THE CITY ATTORNEY A QUESTION SO THE CITY MANAGER CAN HAVE THE FLOOR AFTER I HAVE THE FLOOR. HE HAS AN ANSWER FOR YOU THERE.

COMMISSIONER, I DON'T KNOW THAT YOU'RE SAYING THAT HE DIDN'T.

HE DIDN'T. HE DIDN'T SPEAK IT.

YOU DON'T KNOW THAT. I'M ASKING THE CITY CITY ATTORNEY.

SO GLAD I DID.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER BOLTON.

DUE TO THE FACT IT IS A LICENSE THAT'S ISSUED BY THE CITY BASED ON JOHN GIANNONE, ESPECIALLY FLORIDA LAW, WE WOULD HAVE TO TREAT ALL APPLICANT, EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE NOT RESIDENTS EQUALLY.

BUT I WILL RESEARCH IT FURTHER.

I CAN TELL YOU WE WE CANNOT RESTRICT YOUR BUSINESS LICENSE TO ANYONE THAT RESIDE OUTSIDE THE CITY BASED ON THE FACT THAT IS A RESIDENCE PREFERENCE.

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SO THERE'S SOME LEGAL ISSUES AND CONCERN ON THAT ISSUE.

OK. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND MY FAVORITE CITY MANAGER.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO ALSO OPINE? THE MAGISTRATE? YEAH, NOT NOT OPINING, COMMISSIONER BOLTON.

NOT NOT WHAT I DO.

BUT I WOULD JUST OFFER THIS.

I WOULD I, I, I, I TAKE IT BACK.

I TAKE IT BACK. YOU MUST BE ABLE TO DO THAT WAS JUST FOR YOUR THAT WAS JUST FOR YOUR EDIFICATION, COMMISSIONER.

I PROMISE.

HIYAM, WHO IS JUST GOING TO HOVER OVER THIS TO TO YOU AND I THINK HANS IS CERTAINLY CORRECT IN TERMS OF US NOT BEING ABLE TO DIFFERENTIATE PATHÉ, BUT I WERE JUST GOING TO OFFER THAT. I DON'T THINK IT'S AN ISSUE, REALLY, IF THE COMMISSION ALLOWS FOR VICE MAYOR OPUSES REQUEST TO HAVE TWENTY FIVE TRUCKS.

I DON'T THINK REALISTICALLY, YOU'RE GOING TO FIND TWENTY FIVE FOOD TRUCKS IN THE CITY OF TAMARAC TO GET A LICENSE TO BEGIN WITH.

SO I THINK IF YOU I THINK IF YOU ALLOW FOR THAT MANY TRUCKS, YOU WON'T HAVE ANY ISSUE LICENSING TAMARAC TRUCKS.

MY POINT IS, IS THAT A FACT OR IS THAT YOUR OPINION THAT THAT'S JUST AN OFFERING? HOW'S THAT? BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE TIME, REMEMBER? THAT'S YOUR POSITION TO TRY TO GET YOUR OPINION.

YOU JUST APPLIED.

I KNOW NO LEGAL OPINIONS FROM ME.

THAT WAS JUST MY OPINION.

OK, MS. CALLAWAY, I WANT TO.

SUGGESTED, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO PUT IT, SO I'LL JUST READ FROM MY NOTES.

SO. IF SOMEBODY APPLIES AND GETS A LICENSE AND THEY ARE OPERATING, LET'S SAY, AT MIDWAY PLAZA.

I'M NOT GOING TO COMMUTE.

LET'S SAY. LET'S SAY THEY ARE, LET'S SAY RIGHT NOW TO GO TO COMMISSIONER GALEN'S HOME.

LET'S SAY THEY ARE OPERATING AT MIDWAY PLAZA AND THEY NO LONGER WANT TO OPERATE AT MIDWAY PLAZA. THEY WANT TO GO TO ANOTHER PLAZA.

BUT THIS BUT THEY HAVE A LICENSE.

I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT.

THEIR LICENSE IS NOT AFFECTED BECAUSE THEY ARE MOVING FROM ONE PLACE TO THE NEXT, THAT THAT WOULD NOT.

THAT WOULD NOT GIVE RISE TO HAVING TO APPLY AGAIN.

NO, IT WOULD NOT.

OK, YEAH, BUT LET ME SAY THIS WHEN I MEAN, IF THEY WOULD STILL HAVE IT SO THEY CAN AMEND THEIR APPLICATION, THEY'RE MOVING THEIR LOCATION.

THEY STILL HAVE THAT LICENSE FOR THE YEAR.

HOWEVER, REMEMBER, WE'RE REQUIRING THAT THEY DO BRING IN AN AFFIDAVIT, THE PERMISSION OF THE PROPERTY OWNER AND THERE OTHER CERTAIN STANDARDS THAT THEY HAVE TO MEET.

SO, YES, IT WOULD NEED TO COME THROUGH OUR OFFICE TO ADJUST OR AMEND THEIR LICENSE FOR THE NEW LOCATION.

SO THEY DID HAVE THE LICENSE, BUT THEY JUST NEED TO COME BACK TO YOU AND SAY, HEY, I'M MOVING TO A NEW PLAZA.

AND HERE ARE THE DOCUMENTS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT CLOSET.

YES. OK.

OK.

ALL RIGHT, AND I'LL I'LL OPINE ON COMING ON VICE MAYORS NEED FOR 25 FOOD TRUCKS IN A MOMENT.

I JUST HAVE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT 25 FOOD TRUCKS.

IT SOUNDS LIKE MR. TUBBY'S BECAUSE HE CALLED ME AND ASKED ME FOR THE SAME THING TO CARNIVAL.

YEAH. AND I.

I DON'T I DON'T THINK THAT 25 FOOD TRUCKS ACROSS FROM A LIQUOR STORES IS A GREAT IDEA.

SO FOR MR. HOOK, YOU'RE LISTENING TO ME.

I KNOW YOU ARE. I DON'T THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA.

SO I'M. BRAINSTORMING IT MS. CORONADO, WE HAVE FIVE MINUTES EACH.

COMMISSIONER, IF I MAY, I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT SOME CHANGES WERE REQUESTED FROM THE LAST MEETING AND THOSE HAVE BEEN INCORPORATED INTO THE NEW DRAFT, SPECIFICALLY THURSDAY TO SUNDAY HAS BEEN CHANGED TO TUESDAY.

ON SUNDAY, WE CHANGED ALSO THE DISTANT SEPARATION AND ELIMINATED THAT, AS WELL AS CHANGE FROM NINE A.M.

TO EIGHT P.M.

YOU CHANGE IT FROM NINE A.M.

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TO 10 P.M..

OK, THE UN UNDER UNDER THE.

UNDER THE ZONING MAP, THE TOUGHEST PROPERTY IS NOT DOES NOT QUALIFY WELL, MOST OF THE PROPERTY'S WATER.

HOWEVER, THE TOUBY IS AN UNIMPROVED CASTLE, AND SO THAT'S ONE OF THE RESTRICTION WHERE YOU CANNOT SET UP ON AN UNIMPROVED PARCEL.

THERE IS SOME LIABILITY ISSUES.

AND SO WE.

THAT WAS ONE THING THAT YOU WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO DO IF THE PERSON IS UNEMPLOYED.

REMEMBER, YOU NEED TO HAVE ACCESS TO A RESTROOM.

ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY FEET. THERE'S SOME OTHER THINGS THAT WE PUT IN THERE.

BUT WE JUST WERE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE LIABILITY ISSUE TO HAVE FOOD TRUCKS SET UP ON UNIMPROVED.

RIGHT. SO SPEAKING OF THAT PROPERTY, WHAT ABOUT ON THE SIDE WHERE HIS STORE IS? COULD HAVE COULD ONE FOOD TRUCK SET UP OUTSIDE HIS STORE? IS THAT IS THAT IN THE ZONING MAP? IT IS ON.

TUBBY'S IS ON THAT MAP RIGHT FROM THE.

YES, SO PROVIDED ALL THE OTHER STANDARDS ARE MET, HE WOULD HE'D BE HE'D BE ALLOWED ONE OR.

UNDER THIS LEGISLATION, IF WE SAVE A MAXIMUM OF FIVE.

ALL FIVE CAN'T GO INTO PROPERTY, RIGHT? THAT IS CORRECT.

SO IF SO, EVEN IF WE MOVE IT TO 25, I'M JUST TRYING TO GET THIS ON THE RECORD.

USING THIS WILL MOVE IT TO 25.

HE STILL DOESN'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO THE ADVANCE OR HAVE TWENTY FIVE FOOD TRUCKS ON HIS PROPERTY BECAUSE THE LEGISLATION DOES NOT PROVIDE FOR MORE THAN ONE FOOD TRUCK ON ON A PARTICULAR PROPERTY.

THAT'S CORRECT.

OK, SO I KNOW THAT TUBBY'S PEOPLE ARE LISTENING.

THIS IS NOT, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO GO AGAINST WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.

I MEAN, THE LEGISLATION JUST DOES NOT ALLOW ALLOW IT.

SO IF TWENTY FIVE FOOD TRUCKS IS WHAT THEY WANT, IT'S IT WOULDN'T WORK TO BEGIN WITH IS WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY.

ALL RIGHT, THAT'S IT.

THANK YOU, MAN.

SO WHAT HAPPENS IF NO PLAZA OWNER IS ALLOWED FOR RESTROOM USE? WHAT BESIDES PORTA POTTIES? IS THAT THE SOLUTION? ANYONE, THE WAY IT'S DRAFTED, IT DOESN'T SPECIFICALLY SAY PORTA POTTY, IT NEEDS TO BE WITHIN ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY FEET AND THIS IS WHERE THE EMPLOYEE ACCESS USE OF A RESTROOM. IT DOESN'T SPECIFICALLY SAY A PORTA POTTY, BUT THIS IS SOMETHING WE CAN BE YOU CAN INTERPRET TO BE ALLOWABLE.

SO WHAT IF THE PLAZA OWNERS DO NOT ALLOW RESTROOM USE, BUT THEY ALLOW THE FOOD TRUCK TO BE THERE? YES.

SO THAT MEANS THAT NO ONE WOULD BE ABLE TO.

RIGHT, THAT IS CORRECT.

OK, SO IF IT'S ONE PER LOCATION, BUT YOU'RE ABLE TO FIT MORE THAN ONE, WHAT, WHAT, WHAT HOW DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? YOU'RE ABLE TO FIT MORE THAN ONE IN THE SAME PLAZA.

YEAH. WELL, WE HAVE REMOVED THE DISTANT SEPARATION TO BEGIN WITH.

WE REMOVE THE DISTANCE OPERATION BUSINESS.

AND JUST SCANNING THIS.

WELL, THE.

TO REMOVE THE FIVE HUNDRED FEET FROM A RESTAURANT.

SO WE HAVE TO MOVE THE DISTANCE OF OUR SEPARATION, BUT REMEMBER, THE LIMITATION IS STILL THERE AS IT RELATES TO PARKING BECAUSE THEY'RE A RESTAURANT, THEY ALSO MUST MEET REQUIRED PARKING. SO IF THERE'S SUFFICIENT PARKING IN THE PLAZA TO SUPPORT A FOOD TRUCK ON THAT PROPERTY, IF THE PROPERTY OWNER ALLOWS THAT, THEN THAT CAN BE DOABLE.

BUT ALL THE OTHER STANDARDS WOULD NEED TO BE MET, INCLUDING PARKING.

SO IN THE SHOPPING CENTER WHERE THE MOVIE THEATER IS A MACNAB AND NOB HILL, YOU CAN FIT

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TWENTY FIVE TRUCKS, NOT NECESSARILY BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO ACCOUNT FOR THE PARKING REQUIREMENT FOR ALL THE BUSINESSES THAT ARE WITHIN THAT PLAZA AND FOR A RESTAURANT OR A MOBILE RESTAURANT, WHICH IS RIGHT. BUT YOU'RE YOU'RE OPERATING THE FOOD TRUCKS AT A TIME PERIOD WHERE THERE'S NO RESTAURANTS, FIRST OF ALL THERE EXCEPT KRISPY KREME AND I THINK A CHINESE PLACE.

SO YOU'RE DOING THE TIME FRAME WHERE ONLY THE FOOD TRUCKS ARE THERE WHEN.

NO, NOT NECESSARILY.

BECAUSE YOU'VE ALLOWED IT NOW FROM 9:00 A.M.

IN THE MORNING TO 8:00 P.M.

IN THE EVENING. AND SOME BUSINESSES ARE STILL OPERATIONAL IN CERTAIN FLOORS.

THIS IS A RESTAURANT USED THAT'S MOBILE, SO THEY STILL HAVE TO ACCOUNT FOR PARKING.

WHAT ABOUT IF THE RESTAURANTS CLOSED AT 12:00 P.M.

AND THEN THEY ALLOW FOOD TRUCKS AFTER 12:00 P.M.? WE HAVE TO ACCOUNT FOR PARKING OR THE USES THAT ARE IN THERE AND THERE'S PLENTY OF RESTROOMS, THERE'S PLENTY OF EVERYTHING.

SO, COMMISSIONER, THE ONLY THING I CAN SAY, PROVIDED THAT THE PARKING CALCULATION ALLOW MULTIPLE AND THE LANDLORD APPROVES IT AND IT CAN GO THERE, BUT WE WILL STILL APPLY PARKING CALCULATION TO THE MOVE.

A RESTAURANT, IT'S GOING INTO THE.

OK.

DO WE ALLOW CARNIVALS ON EMPTY LOTS? CITY MANAGER.

WE'VE HAD CARNIVALS AND OF PROPERTY STATE MALACHY'S, BUT HAS HASN'T BEEN ON EMPTY, EMPTY LOTS AND LOTS OF WE HAD FUN AND IT WAS THE ONLY CARNIVALS THAT I'M AWARE OF HAVE BEEN THE CARNIVALS THAT HAVE BEEN HISTORICALLY HELD AT ST.

MALACHI'S THAT I CAN'T TELL YOU IF THAT'S ON UNIMPROVED LOT OR NOT.

I DON'T THINK THEY HAVE ANY UNIMPROVED PROPERTY.

I THOUGHT IT WAS IN THEIR PARKING LOT, BUT WE'D HAVE ALL THE WE'D HAVE TO PULL THEIR EVENT APPLICATION AND AND SEE.

BUT I DON'T THINK THEY HAVE ANY UNIMPROVED PROPERTY ON IT.

SOUNDS LIKE MAXINE SAYS IT'S IN THE PARKING LOT.

IT'S IN THEIR PARKING LOT.

THEY WOULD HAVE TO SUBMIT A SITE AND SHOW THE LOCATION OF ALL THE EQUIPMENT AND PARKING.

SO IT'S BEEN IN THE PARKING LOT.

ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

I STILL WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE THAN FIVE, THOUGH I'M SURE FIVE ISN'T ENOUGH TO COVER THE ENTIRE CITY, CONSIDERING THE AMOUNT OF CULTURE THAT WE HAVE WITHIN TAMARAC.

THANK YOU. AS FOR THE STATE, MALACHY'S ALSO I THINK PART OF THE ISSUE IS WHETHER IT'S IMPROVED PROPERLY OR NOT, WHETHER PEOPLE ARE DRIVING AND OR NOT.

AND I THINK THE LOCATION IN QUESTION THAT IS BEING DISCUSSED ACROSS THE STREET FROM TUBBY'S, THERE'S NO PARKING, THERE'S NO IT'S ALL GRASS.

SO ALL OF MY PROPERTY OWNER, WHICH IS THEIR PROPERTY OR VERY GOOD TIME.

AND I THINK THAT THEY CAN BRING THIS AS FAR AS WE NEED TO BE CAREFUL WITH THE ASSUMPTIONS WE'RE MAKING ABOUT SOME OF OUR PROPERTIES, BECAUSE THE MOVIE THEATER PROPERTY, THE MOVIE THEATER SERVES FOOD. THERE'S MENINAS IS R.J.

SUBS THIS CHARVAT, THERE'S THE CHINESE RESTAURANT THERE ALSO.

SO THERE'S THERE'S MORE THERE THAN WHAT WE'RE MAYBE PRESUMING GOES IN RESTAURANTS OR IN A SHOPPING PLAZA. I THINK THAT IT'S A GOOD IDEA.

I DON'T REALLY THINK WE NEED TO BE GOING UP TO TWENTY FIVE.

I THINK THAT'S WAY TOO MUCH FROM WHAT IT ALSO SOUNDS LIKE FROM THE SCALLOWAY AND FROM THE CITY MANAGER.

WE HAVEN'T HAD A RUN ON THIS NOW LIKE A WHOLE BUNCH OF PEOPLE ARE SAYING.

I SEE, I HEAR YOU HAVING AN ORDINANCE.

I'M COMING TO GO PUT MY FOOD TRUCK AT YOUR PLACE.

I THINK WE DISCUSSED LAST MEETING THAT MAYBE WE WOULD SEE HOW IT GOES FOR THE FIRST FIVE AND THEN YOU CAN ALWAYS BRING IT ABOUT.

IF WE SEE THAT WE'RE HAVING MORE INQUIRY AND THEN AMEND IT AT THAT TIME.

BUT I THINK WE SHOULD BE MOVING THIS.

I THINK BOSTON, YOU WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK AGAIN? YES, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ASK VICE MAYOR VILLALOBOS TO GIVE ANOTHER NUMBER OTHER THAN 25, BUT GREATER THAN FIVE 30.

OH, THAT'S GREAT.

GREATER THAN FIVE, BUT LOWER THAN TWENTY FIVE, TWENTY FOUR POINT NINETY NINE.

NINETY NINE NINETY NINE A.M. THE NIGHT, WHICH GIVES US A HIGHER NUMBER, TWENTY FOUR POINT NINE.

IT'S ABOUT EIGHT NINES.

ALL RIGHT.

WHO WILL SECOND THE MOTION? I HAVE VICE MAYOR VILLARAIGOSA, VICE MAYOR, WOULD YOU IF I MAKE A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT TO ALLOW 10 FOOD TRUCKS, WOULD YOU SECOND THE FRIENDLY AMENDMENT 10 WOULD BE GOOD. IT'S WAY BETTER THAN FIVE.

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OK, MOTION AMENDED TO ALLOW 10 FOOD TRUCKS INSTEAD OF FIVE.

I SUSPECT IN THAT POINT OF CLARIFICATION TO MS. CALLOWAY OR MR. SERJ, EITHER ONE ON THIS AS THE CAUSE OF THE ISSUE WITH.

LOCATIONS THAT ARE ALLOWED TO DO THIS, DO YOU SEE ANY ISSUES THAT WE SHOULD BE CONCERNED WITH? NOT THAT IT'S FINE.

NO, NO, I DON'T PERSONALLY SEE ANY ISSUES WITH THAT.

SO WE WILL AMEND ACCORDINGLY AND HAVE IT PREPARED FOR SIGNATURE THE ORDINANCE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AT THIS TIME, IF THERE ARE NO MORE NO OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS MATTER, HEARING CARROMERO SECOND RATE.

YES, I BELIEVE I OPEN THAT UP.

OK, THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

IT IS THAT OUR EVERYBODY.

WE'LL TAKE A BREAK SHORTLY AND GET SOME COFFEE.

SO LET'S FINISH THIS ONE UP.

SUPER MARIO MS..

YES. MR. FLACCO. YES, COMMISSIONER BOLTON.

YES. COMMISSIONER GARLAND.

YES. AND VICE MAYOR VILLALOBOS.

YES. MOTION IS ADOPTED AS AMENDED.

FIVE TO ZERO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

IT IS NOW TEN THIRTY TWO.

WE WILL TAKE A TEN MINUTE BREAK AND WE'LL BE BACK.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT.

I'M SORRY.

I'M EXHAUSTED. AS A REMINDER, WE HAVE A 11 THIRTY HARD STOP.

HOPEFULLY WE WILL HAVE THAT HAPPEN AGAIN.

I'LL MAKE SURE WE'RE STILL HERE.

YES, COMMISSIONER BOLTON.

I'M HERE TO MAKE SURE GARLAND HERE, HERE, VICE MAYOR VILLALOBOS THERE, MS..

THANK YOU. SO WE ARE NOW GOING TO 11, THE THREE TO FOUR SIX TO AMENDMENT TO THE CODE OF

[11.b. TO2462 - Amendment to the Code of Ordinances to turn off sprinklers during school zone times]

ORDINANCES TO TURN OFF SPRINKLERS DURING SCHOOL ZONE TIMES.

THIS IS AN ORDINANCE ON SECOND READING.

CITY ATTORNEY. PLEASE READ THE TITLE.

THANK YOU, MADAM. IN ORDER TO SEE THE CONDITIONS IN TAMPA, FLORIDA, CHAPTER 22, ARTICLE EIGHT OF THE COURT ORDERS IS ANY TIME I CAN TITLE WATER CONSERVATION REGULATIONS, SPECIFICALLY IN THE SECTION 22 DASH DRILL THREE AND TIME OF YEAR WHEN OPPONENT LANDSCAPE IRRIGATION MEASURES TO EXTEND MR. GOODVIN WITH NO WATER USE RESTRICTIONS ARE IN EFFECT TO SEVEN A.M.

TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF OUR RESIDENTS AND SHOW THAT THEY USE SIDEWALKS TO A SCHOOL.

SCHOOLS PROVIDE FACILITIES RUN FOR ELECTION DAY.

THANK YOU, MADAM.

I'M JUST STARTING TO APPROVE FRACKING. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THIS IS A SECOND READING.

PUBLIC COMMENTS, PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN.

CITY CLERK TO GIVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS.

YOU DON'T HAVE ANY COMMENT. ALL THE COMMENTS ARE NOW CLOSED.

OUR DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT, MAXINE CALLAWAY.

IS NOT ON THIS ONE, BUT ANYWAY, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION BY THIS COMMISSION OR SHALL WE PROCEED TO A VOTE? SO, YOU KNOW, SO PLEASE CALL YOUR COMMENT.

YES, COMMISSIONER BOLTON.

YES, MR. GARLAND. YES.

VICE OF US.

YES. THANK YOU, MR. FLACA. IF THE MOTION IS ADOPTED FIVE TO ZERO.

EXCELLENT. MOVING NOW TO 13 OTHER MS.

[13.a. Update - Curb Appeal Program]

GALLOWAY IS GOING TO PROVIDE US WITH AN UPDATE ON THE CURB APPEAL PROGRAM.

WILL OUR DIRECTOR COMMUNITY PLEASE PROCEED? THANK YOU, MADAM. GOOD NIGHT AGAIN TO EVERYONE.

I KNOW IT'S A BIT LATE, SO I WILL NOT BE TOO LENGTHY, BUT WE JUST WANTED TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE TO YOU ON THE NEW CURB APPEAL PROGRAM, WHICH WE KNOW WAS A PART OF ONE OF YOUR STRATEGIC PRIORITIES WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THE STRATEGIC PLAN.

SO THE PLANNING PROCESS.

SO REAL QUICK IN TERMS OF THE PROGRAM OBJECTIVES AND THE OUTCOME OF THE PROGRAM IS REALLY TO ADDRESS THE APPEARANCE OF THE CITY.

AND AS A PART OF A BEAUTIFICATION INITIATIVE, THE PROGRAM WILL BE PROVIDED TO SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, TOWN HOMES AND DUPLEXES WITHIN THE CITY OF TAMARAC FOR AN AWARD NOT TO EXCEED THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS.

IT WILL BE GIVEN TO THE PROPERTY OWNER AS A GRANT.

THE APPLICANT IS REQUIRED TO PURCHASE THE APPROVED PAINT COLOR AND THE LANDSCAPING AS A PART OF THIS PROGRAM, AND THEY WOULD HAVE TO BRING THAT TO THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT. SPECIFICALLY, CODE COMPLIANCE FOR THE SELECTION OF THE OBJECTIVES, OF COURSE, IS RENTAL PROPERTIES ARE NOT ELIGIBLE.

ASSISTANCE WILL BE PROVIDED ON A FIRST COME FIRST SERVE BASIS BECAUSE OF FUNDING

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LIMITATION AND THE PROGRAM DOES NOT REQUIRE ANY REPAYMENT IS SAID BEFORE IT'S A GRANT PROGRAM AND THEN ACTIVE PARTICIPATION IN THE PROGRAM.

THAT PROPERTY WILL BE ENTERED AS A NOMINEE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD BEAUTIFICATION AWARDS PROGRAM. THE BUDGET ANNUALLY FOR THIS PROGRAM IS FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS.

SO THESE ARE THE QUALIFYING IMPROVEMENTS THAT A PROPERTY OWNER CAN HAVE, MULTIPLE OR JUST ONE PROVIDED, AGAIN, IT DOES NOT EXCEED THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS.

SO 60 PERCENT REPLACEMENT OF SIDING THAT'S ASSOCIATED WITH THE PAINT JOB, SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENTS, DRIVEWAY LANDSCAPING, IRRIGATION ASSOCIATED WITH THAT LANDSCAPING REPLACEMENT OF THE HOUSE NUMBERS, THE DOOR REPLACEMENT, AS WELL AS MAILBOX REPLACEMENT.

CONSISTENT WITH OUR PROGRAM, IT WILL BE INCOME ELIGIBLE FOR THIS PROGRAM, WE WENT UP TO ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY PERCENT IN ORDER TO QUALIFY, THE PROPERTY OWNER HAS TO BE LIVING IN THE RESIDENCE. IT MUST BE OWNER OCCUPIED.

THE CITY OF TAMARAC WILL NOT AWARD GRANTS IF THERE ARE ANY CODE VIOLATIONS OR NENE'S OR OPEN BUILDING PERMITS ON THE PROPERTY.

HOWEVER, IF THIS IS TO CORRECT AN OPEN VIOLATION, THEN THAT PROPERTY OWNER, IT CAN BE AWARDED THE FUNDS.

AND THESE ARE JUST THE REQUIRED DOCUMENTS THAT WILL BE NEEDED AS A PART OF THE APPLICATION, IN ADDITION TO THAT, THE PROPERTY OWNER WOULD NEED TO BRING A MINIMUM OF TWO QUOTES FOR THE WORK AND THEN THE CONTRACTOR WILL BE PAID FOR THE WORK, NOT THE PROPERTY OWNER DIRECTLY. SEPARATE AND APART FROM THE COMPUTER PROGRAM, WE KNOW THAT THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION, PARTICULARLY BY COMMISSIONER BOLTON, ABOUT A PREPAID PROGRAM, AND I KNOW WE LOOKED INTO IT AND WAS UNABLE TO BRING SOMETHING ALONG THE LINES THAT HE WAS THINKING ABOUT. INSTEAD, WE ARE OFFERING A PROGRAM THROUGH A REBATE PROCESS WHERE THE PROPERTY OWNER WOULD REQUEST A PAYMENT FROM THE CITY FOR COMPLIANCE, WOULD GO AFTER THE PROPERTY AND INSPECTORS DETERMINE THAT THERE IS A NEED FOR THE PRINT.

THIS IS NOT ASSOCIATED WITH THE CURB APPEAL PROGRAM.

THIS IS JUST IF A PROPERTY OWNER WANTS TO HAVE THE EXTERIOR OF THEIR PROPERTY PAINTED AND NOT HAVE ANYTHING ELSE ASSOCIATED WITH THE CURB APPEAL.

AND SO THE REBATE IS FOR NOT TO EXCEED FIVE GALLONS OF PAINT OR TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS, THE OWNER WILL PAY UPFRONT FOR THAT PAINT.

AND THEN THEY WOULD COME IN TO US, OF COURSE, AND MAKE SURE THE PAINT COLOR THAT IS SELECTED IS APPROPRIATE.

THEY WOULD PAY FOR THE PAINT CODE ENFORCEMENT WOULD GO OUT AND INSPECT AND THEN TRACK THE PROGRESS. AND THEN ONCE THE PAINT IS COMPLETED, THEY WOULD COME IN AND WE WOULD REIMBURSE THEM UP TO TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR THAT.

AND THIS PROGRAM HAS A FIFTEEN THOUSAND DOLLAR ANNUAL BUDGET TO THE PROGRAM.

AND AS I SAID BEFORE, BOTH PROGRAMS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH OUR WITH OUR NEED TO MAINTAIN COMMUNITY APPEARANCE AND IS ASSOCIATED WITH ONE IN FOUR OF OUR STRATEGIC PLAN, TAMARA IS MORE AND VIBRANT.

SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL TAKE THEM AT THIS TIME.

THEY'RE GOING.

YEAH, GOOD IDEA.

WHERE IS THE WHERE DO THE FUNDS COME FROM FOR THIS PROGRAM? IT'S IS COMING FROM GENERAL FUNDS.

ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, MR. BOLTON.

OK, I HATE WHEN OUR COMMISSIONER GARLAND STEALS MY QUESTIONS.

WHERE DO FUNDS COME FROM? SEE SEE MY NOTES, WHERE THE FUNDS COME FROM.

BUT MISKELLY QUICK TO THE TRIGGER AND ALL THIS. BUT BUT CAN WE GET FUNDS FROM THE CBT PROGRAM? WE HAD MENTIONED THAT BEFORE, AND IF YOU RECALL, I HAD SAID THAT WHILE THAT SOUNDS SIMPLE, IT CAN BE VERY COMPLEX AND CUMBERSOME WITH THE CDG PROGRAM, YOU HAVE TO DO A BENEFICIARY ELIGIBILITY. WE HAVE TO MONITOR AND REPORT SO IT CAN COME FROM A PROGRAM THAT'S INTENDED TO BE A REALLY SIMPLE AND BECOME VERY COMPLEX.

WHEN YOU APPLY TO THE BIG FUNDS, DO IT.

OK, SO IF WE ARE USING GENERAL FUNDS, WHY IS IT THAT THERE IS A Y? GO GO BACK TO SLIDE NUMBER FIVE FOR.

WHY DO WE USE THIS? THE FINANCIAL QUALIFICATIONS, BECAUSE THIS IS STILL THIS IS STILL TAX DOLLARS, SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE PRUDENT, WE HAVE SOME FLEXIBILITY, WHICH IS WHY WE INCREASED IT TO ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY PERCENT EMI.

SO THE LIMITATION WOULD HAVE BEEN EVEN GREATER, WOULD SEE THE BIG FUNDS, NO MORE THAN 80 PERCENT EMI. BUT BECAUSE THIS IS GENERAL FUNDS, WE WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE SOME MORE

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FLEXIBILITY.

IS THIS THE SAME SCALE WE USED FOR THE KAHRIZAK FUNDS? I THINK IT WAS FOR RENTAL ASSISTANCE DURING CALL THAT WE DID.

WE DID FOR SOME OF THE FUNDING.

WE WENT UP, WE WERE ABLE FOR SHIP FUNDS AND SOME OF THE KAHRIZAK FUNDS, WE WERE ABLE TO GO UP TO 120 PERCENT.

EMI YES.

OK, SO IT'S FIFTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS A YEAR, TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS PER PERSON.

SEEMS LIKE SEVENTY FIVE HOUSES.

THAT IS CORRECT. CALCULATION, YES.

SO ASSUMING WE HAVE FORTY THOUSAND, LET'S SAY WE HAVE THIRTY THOUSAND HOMES AND HALF OF THAT QUALIFIES BECAUSE OF INCOME.

THEN IT WOULD TAKE 200 YEARS TO PAINT ALL THE HOUSES.

RIGHT, SO START PAINTING VICE MAYOR.

LET ME LET ME SOUND LIKE THE MAYOR.

COMMISSIONER BOLTON HAS THE FLOOR, SO SOME SCALLOWAY, I'M A VENTRILOQUIST, AREN'T I? I SOUNDED LIKE YOU THIS GALLERY.

CAN WE CAN WE PUT SOME MORE MONEY INTO THIS? WELL, I THINK THAT'S A QUESTION THAT SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO THE CITY MANAGER, BUT JUST LET ME INCLUDE THIS DISCLAIMER.

REMEMBER, THERE HAS TO BE A DEMONSTRATED NEED CODE IS GOING TO GO OUT JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S A NEED FOR THE PROPERTY TO BE REPAINTED.

SO IT'S NOT THE INTENT TO PAINT HALF OF THE PROPERTIES IN THE CITY, BUT THE PROPERTIES THAT ACTUALLY NEEDED TO BE PAINTED AND CANNOT AFFORD BASED ON THIS INCOME SCALE TO DO THAT ON THEIR OWN. AND I LEAVE THE OTHER PORTION OF YOUR QUESTION TO THE CITY MANAGER.

YEAH, I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF HOUSES THAT NEEDS TO BE REPAINTED.

IT'S OBVIOUS. SO A MANAGER, CAN WE PUT SOME MORE MONEY TOWARD THIS? I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT WE START OFF WITH THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WE ARE RECOMMENDING.

AND IF WE NEED TO ADD MORE MONEY TO THE PROGRAM BASED ON ITS SUCCESS, THEN THEN WE CAN.

BUT BUT HOW ABOUT WE START OUT WITH MORE? AND IF WE DON'T USE THE MONEY, THEN IT'S THEN IT JUST GOES BACK INTO THE POOL.

YEAH. YOU KNOW, THAT'S NOT GENERALLY THE WAY THAT WE WE TRY TO DO IT, BUT IT REALLY IS UP TO THE COMMISSION TO SET AN AMOUNT OR FOR A SYSTEM.

SO IT WORKS EITHER WAY.

IT WORKS EITHER WAY.

YOU WOULD LIKE TO DO IT.

COMMISSIONER BOLTON, YOU ARE CORRECT.

IF WE DON'T SPEND IT, IT GOES BACK TO THE BOTTOM LINE.

BUT ALSO, IF WE DON'T BUDGET IT WHEN WE'RE OUT AND IF THEY'RE STILL IN NEED, WE CAN ALWAYS COME BACK.

RIGHT, SO BUT INSTEAD OF INSTEAD OF COMING INSTEAD OF COMING BACK WITH BUDGET AMENDMENTS, WE CAN JUST BUDGET A LARGER AMOUNT NOW, MAYBE LIKE THIRTY THOUSAND.

AND THEN IF WE DON'T USE IT, THEN THEN WE AT LEAST WE HAVE THAT MONEY.

AND AT THIS POINT IN THIS CALAWAY, HOW MUCH IS ACTUALLY BUDGETED FOR THIS AT THIS POINT? FIFTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS ANNUALLY, AND WE DID WE ACTUALLY BUDGETED THAT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE FISCAL YEAR, THAT WILL NEED TO BE A PART OF THE BUDGET AMENDMENT THAT'S COMING IN.

AND THAT'S THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT.

SO, COMMISSIONER BOLDEN, WE CAN BRING WE'RE BRINGING FORWARD A BUDGET AMENDMENT TO YOU NEXT MONTH. THIS WILL BE A COMPONENT OF THAT.

AND SO IF YOU THIRTY THOUSAND IS A BETTER NUMBER FOR THE COMMISSION AND WE'LL BRING FORWARD 30000.

OK, ALL RIGHT, SO IF I DON'T HAVE ANY OBJECTIONS TONIGHT, THEN PLEASE BRING BACK THAT UP TO 30000 IN THE BUDGET.

MY AND THEN SCALLOWAY.

YOU MENTIONED THAT IF THE PROPERTY HAS BEANS, THEN THEY WILL NOT BE ELIGIBLE.

I THINK THIS WAS FOR THE CURB APPEAL PROGRAM, BUT WHAT IS THE ACTUAL WAY HAS HAS LEADS, BUT NOT THEN NOT NECESSARILY THE PROPERTY ITSELF.

YEAH. SO THIS IS FOR OWNER OCCUPIED SINGLE FAMILY TOWN, HOME AND DUPLEX.

AND SO PROVIDED THAT THEIR PROPERTY DO NOT HAVE ANY MEANS UNLESS IT MEANS THAT THE VIOLATIONS THAT'S UNDER CAN BE CORRECTED BY THE CURB APPEAL.

AND THAT'S OK IF IT'S A VIOLATION ASSOCIATED WITH A MISSING NUMBER OR PAINTING OR DRIVEWAY OR SIDEWALK AND IT CAN BE CORRECTED BY THE CURB, APPEAL IN THAT PROPERTY WOULD BE ELIGIBLE.

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OK. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

SURE.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER POCA.

THANK YOU, MAXINE.

FIRST OF ALL, COULD YOU SEND THIS TO ALL OF US? SURE. AND SECONDLY, DO WE HAVE ANYTHING IN THE PIKE FOR RENTAL PROPERTIES? I HAVE ONE SPECIFIC COMMUNITY THAT IS MOSTLY RENTALS AND IT DESPERATELY NEEDS SOME WORK.

IS THERE ANYTHING WE CAN DO? WELL, I UNDERSTAND THE OWNER IS NOT THERE.

HE'S LEASING IT TO SOMEONE WHO'S LIVING THERE.

BUT IS THERE ANY WAY TO HOLD THE OWNER RESPONSIBLE AND GET THEM TO FIX THIS PROPERTY UP? I MEAN, WE DO HAVE AND I THINK WE HAVE SOME DISCUSSION LATER ON ON THE AGENDA RELATIVE TO COMMERCIAL PROPERTY, NOT NECESSARILY RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY, BUT WE DID ADOPT IN 2016 SOME RESIDENTIAL AND NONRESIDENTIAL PROPERTY STANDARDS.

AND I KNOW THAT WE HAD RELAXED CODE ENFORCEMENT JUST A BIT DURING COVID BECAUSE, OF COURSE, OF WHAT PROPERTY OWNERS AND RESIDENTS WERE EXPERIENCING.

SO WE WERE JUST NOW GETTING BACK INTO THE GROOVE OF BEING MORE AGGRESSIVE FROM A CODE ENFORCEMENT PERSPECTIVE, BUT FROM A FUNDING PERSPECTIVE, NO, THERE IS NOT A PROGRAM.

IT'S NOT INCLUDED IN THIS PROGRAM.

AND WE DON'T HAVE A SEPARATE PROGRAM THAT WOULD ALLOW FOR SOMETHING SIMILAR TO THIS.

OK, I HAVE BEEN GOING THROUGH CODE AND YOU KNOW, THAT WORKS TO AN EXTENT.

BUT I DO UNDERSTAND NOT HAVING AN OWNER ON SITE DOES MAKE A DIFFERENCE, BUT THEY HAVE TO TALK ABOUT THAT AT ANOTHER TIME.

SO IF YOU COULD SEND THIS TO ALL OF US, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, THILO.

THEY'VE MICHIGAN.

I JUST WANT THE COMMISSION TO KEEP IN MIND THAT SOME COMMUNITIES WON'T NEED TO APPLY FOR ANY FUNDS BECAUSE FOR ME, FOR EXAMPLE, I'M IN A NATURAL WAY.

SO EVERY SO MANY YEARS AS PART OF THE FUNDS THEY COLLECT AND TAKE AWAY THAT A PORTION OF THAT IS USED FOR PAINTING AND PRESSURE WASHING AND ROOF REPLACEMENT OR ROOF CLEANING.

SO THE PAINT PROGRAM WOULD NOT APPLY TO A GOOD NUMBER OF HOMES AND COMMUNITIES BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY THAT ARE COVERED UNDER NATURE'S WAY AND A LOT OF WAYS DO COVER A REFRESH OF PAINTING OR PRESSURE WASHING.

SO WE MAY NOT NEED TO ADD ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO THE TO THE BUDGET.

ALSO, BISMARCKIAN WAS UP, BUT I DON'T SEE ANY MORE, DO YOU SO WISH TO SPEAK? YES, SIMILAR TO COMMISSIONER GUNN JUST SAID.

FOR EXAMPLE, IN MY COMMUNITY WE PAY ONE HUNDRED AND SEVEN DOLLARS.

WHEN WE GET PAINTED EVERY FIVE YEARS, WE'RE GOING TO DRIVE WAY RESEALING AND WE GET OUR GRASS CUT. SO, YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE OPTION IN SOME PEOPLE OPTION.

WHAT IF THE PRESIDENT AND WE KNOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE RESIDENTS LIKE THIS? THEY SAY, I WANT TO GET MY HOUSE PAINTED AGAIN AND THEY APPLY BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT TO WAIT FIVE YEARS. THEY'RE GOING TO DO IT IN TWO YEARS OR THEY'RE GOING TO OPTION OUT OUT OF THAT SERVICE KNOWING THAT I CAN POSSIBLY GET IT FROM THE CITY.

SO IS THERE SOME WAY WE CAN SET SOME GUIDELINES THAT WE KNOW WHICH WAYS AND WHICH DON'T PROVIDE THAT PARTICULAR SERVICE? BECAUSE I WOULDN'T WANT TO GIVE THAT SERVICE TO SOMEONE THAT'S GOING TO OPTION AND OR APPLY GET IT JUST TO OPTION OUT FROM THEIR OWN ACOA.

NOW, IF WE CAN SET SOME GUIDELINES, THERE WOULD BE GREAT.

AND THAT'S THAT'S MY COMMENT ON THAT.

THANK YOU. I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE A LIST OF ALL THE RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR EACH OF OUR ASSOCIATIONS, CONDOS OR OTHERWISE, I LIVE IN A COMMUNITY THAT WE HAVE WAGES, BUT WE DON'T MAINTAIN THE PAINT.

WE DON'T DO PRESSURE CLEANING.

WE DON'T DO THE ASPHALT CONCRETE NEAR THE DRIVEWAYS THAT ARE OBVIOUSLY BEING DONE IN SOME OTHER COMMUNITIES. I THINK FOR FOUR OF THE SIX SECTIONS THEY GET TOGETHER AND THEY ACTUALLY DO THE GRASS, BUT THAT'S ABOUT IT.

SO IT WOULD BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFICULT, I THINK, FOR ALL PART OF THE PROGRAM TO DETERMINE OPT IN, OPT OUT.

THAT'S JUST MY THOUGHTS ON THAT.

I ALSO THINK THAT AS WE HAD OUR.

BUDGET MEETING RIGHT BEFORE A WORKSHOP, RIGHT BEFORE THIS MEETING, WHEN WE WERE ALREADY TOLD THAT WE'RE IN A DEFICIT OF TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS, EVEN WITH BEING REIMBURSED MONEY FROM THE CARES PROGRAM TO THE TUNE OF TWO POINT THREE MILLION DOLLARS, YOU THINK WE SHOULD START THE PROGRAM WITH THE FIFTEEN THOUSAND THAT'S BEEN ALLOCATED AND GO FROM

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THERE AND AGAIN, SEE HOW MANY PEOPLE WILL QUALIFY AND TAKE THE CITY UP ON THIS? PROGRAM ON THE PAIN OF PAIN PROGRAM, I THINK, I MEAN, IT'S A GOOD IDEA FOR PEOPLE TO NEED THE ASSISTANCE, BUT THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME KIND OF STARTING POINT TO DETERMINE THE SUCCESS OF IT. NICE MAN, YOUR HANDS RAISED AGAIN.

YEAH, JUST TO THANK THE COMMISSIONER AND GARLAND AND MAYOR, YOU MENTIONED THIS AND COMMISSIONER MOLTON, ME PERSONALLY, I'M OK WITH A THOUSAND BECAUSE LIKE MR. STERN SAID, IT GOES BACK TO THE BOTTOM LINE IF HE DOESN'T GET USED.

BUT WHOEVER DOES APPLY, WE THEN NEED TO DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE AND FIND OUT WHAT THE COVERS AND WE CAN START THAT WAY VERSUS ASKING EVERY DAY.

WE WOULD START WITH THE HOMEOWNER, OK? DO THEY PROVIDE THAT IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD? ARE YOU SUBSCRIBE TO THAT PROGRAM OR ARE YOU NOT SUBSCRIBE? HOW MUCH DOES IT COST TO DO THAT PROGRAM? BECAUSE WE'RE NOT GOING TO PAY FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS TO PAINT A HOUSE.

WHEN THE HIGHWAY PAYS TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS, IT'S CHEAPER FOR THE HOUSE TO PAY THAN THAN US TO PAY FOR IT. BUT AGAIN, KNOW BACK TO THE MONEY THING.

THIRTY THOUSAND IS NOTHING IF IT GOES BACK TO THE BOTTOM LINE, IF IT DOES NOT GET USED, THAT'S IT FOR ME.

THANK YOU, MR. GARLAND.

YEAH, THAT'S BECAUSE YOU LIVE IN A WEALTHY COMMUNITY.

MAYOR GOMEZ, I KNOW THE THE YOU KNOW, WHEN I SAW THIS TOPIC ON THE AGENDA FOR THE CURB APPEAL PROGRAM, I THOUGHT THIS WAS IN RELATION TO THE CURB APPEAL OF THE OF THE CITY.

SO DO WE HAVE AN UPDATE ON THAT? BECAUSE I THINK ONE OF MY RESIDENTS, KEVIN BORICK, IS VERY INTERESTED IN THE CURB APPEAL OF THE CITY. AND I'M FORTY ONE.

AND, YOU KNOW, HE HE'S HE'S VERY ACTIVE IN MAKING SURE AND FOLLOWING UP AND HOLDING ME AND OTHER ELECTED OFFICIALS ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE BEAUTY OF THE CITY.

SO IS THIS NOT A TOPIC? THAT WE'RE DISCUSSING IN TERMS OF THE LAST ITEM ON THE AGENDA.

THAT COMMISSIONER GARLAND, THE TOPIC AT HAND IS FOR THE RESIDENTIAL CURB APPEAL PROGRAM, NOT NOT FOR THE OVERALL OVER WYVILL CITYWIDE CURB APPEAL.

OK.

WELL, THERE'S. ABILITY TO PUT MONEY BACK INTO A BUDGET IF YOUR BUDGET IS ALREADY IN THE HOLE, IT'S HARD TO PUT MORE MONEY BACK IN THERE WHEN YOU WERE ALREADY DIGGING OUT FROM THE HOLE. SO I DO HAVE TROUBLE ADDING MORE TO IT WHEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO A BUDGET AMENDMENT TO GET THE TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS THAT WE NEED TO NOW AND POSSIBLY ANOTHER 15 TO NOW MAKE IT ANOTHER 30.

SO FOR THE EXTRA 15 OR SO OF THE MINDFRAME.

LET'S SEE IF IT WORKS.

AND THEN WE CAN ALWAYS SEE HOW THINGS ARE GOING IN THE FUTURE AT THIS TIME.

NO OTHER COMMENTS DECLARE, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

ACTUALLY, WE DON'T HAVE ANY. NEVER MIND.

WE'RE DONE. TOPIC OVER NEXT.

MOVING RIGHT ALONG, WE ARE GOING TO AN UPDATE ON THE HOMELESS TASK FORCE.

[13.b. Update - Homelessness Task Force (Part 1 of 2)]

MS. GARLAND SAYS, PROVIDE REPRESENTATION.

AND COMMISSIONER, YOU'VE SEEN THE PRESENTATION.

YES, OK, GOOD.

ALL RIGHT, SO WE JUST WANT TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE TONIGHT ON THE HOMELESSNESS TASK FORCE FOR THE HOMELESS TASK FORCE.

I KNOW THAT THIS WAS A DISCUSSION AGAIN AT THE STRATEGIC PLANNING SESSION AND POSSIBLY A STRATEGIC PRIORITY.

WE WERE ASKED TO LOOK INTO STARTING A HOMELESS TASK FORCE.

AND SO WE JUST WANT TO PROVIDE YOU WITH AN UPDATE TONIGHT ON OUR FINDINGS.

JUST BEFORE I BEGIN AND I DOVE IN, I JUST WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU JUST TO PUT SOME CONTEXT TO THE DISCUSSION, THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF HOMELESSNESS, WHETHER SHELTERED OR UNSHELTERED, YOU HAVE CHRONIC HOMELESSNESS, WHICH IS SOMEONE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS FOR AT LEAST ONE YEAR OR REPEATEDLY WHILE STRUGGLING WITH A DISABILITY, USUALLY MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES OR ADDICTION ISSUES.

YOU ALSO HAVE EPISODIC HOMELESSNESS.

AND THIS ONE REFERS TO SOMEONE EXPERIENCING RECURRENT PROBLEMS WITH HOUSING.

YOU HAVE TRANSITIONAL HOMELESSNESS.

AND THIS IS TYPICALLY PEOPLE STAYING WITH FRIENDS OR RELATIVES BECAUSE THEY LACK HOUSING.

AND THEN FINALLY, THERE'S HIDDEN HOMELESSNESS.

AND THIS ACCOUNTS FOR THOSE PEOPLE WHO DO NOT SHOW UP IN THE OFFICIAL FIGURES.

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AND SO THEY'RE UNACCOUNTED FOR.

SO WE KNOW THAT THIS IS REALLY A LARGE ISSUE IN TERMS OF HOW MUNICIPAL MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS DEAL WITH IT, IT'S REALLY A REGIONAL, STATE AND A FEDERAL ISSUE.

AND SO TO BEGIN THE DISCUSSION, I JUST WANT TO PUT IT OUT THERE THAT HOMELESSNESS IN AND OF ITSELF IS NOT A CRIME.

THERE'S NO LAW THAT MAKES IT ILLEGAL TO HAVE SOMEONE SLEEPING IN THE STREETS.

AND SO I JUST WANT TO FRAME THE DISCUSSION WITH THAT INFORMATION.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, THE CITY OF TAMARAC HAVE A CONSOLIDATED PLAN AND IT'S WHAT WE ADOPT TO GET OUR HUD FUNDED.

AND THAT PLAN SPEAKS TO THE EFFORTS THAT THE CITY IS MAKING RELATIVE TO OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH COUNTY AGENCIES TO END HOMELESSNESS.

SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE AS A STRATEGY IN OUR CONSOLIDATED PLAN.

IN ADDITION, THE STATE OF FLORIDA STATUTE ALLOWS FOR A CONTINUUM OF CARE AGENCY AND FOR BROWARD COUNTY, THE BROWARD COUNTY HOMELESSNESS INITIATIVE PARTNERSHIP.

THAT'S THE LEAD AGENCY THAT IS DOING THE WORK FOR THE CONTINUUM OF CARE THAT IS ESTABLISHED BY STATE STATUTE.

THAT'S THE AGENCY THAT HAS THE FUNDING AND IS ABLE TO DO PROGRAM IN ORDER TO ERADICATE HOMELESSNESS. IN ADDITION TO THE CONTINUUM, THERE IS ALSO A VAST NUMBER OF LOCAL SERVICE PROVIDERS AND AGENCIES AND A COUNTYWIDE LEVEL THAT IS EITHER IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CONTINUUM OR ON THEIR OWN IN THE EFFORTS TO ERADICATE HOMELESSNESS.

AND ALSO WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU JUST RECENTLY AND GOING ON CURRENTLY, THERE IS A COUNTY WIDE EFFORT TO DO A POOLING OR A CENSUS SO THEY CAN DETERMINE WHAT THE WHAT THE HOMELESS POPULATION IS IN THE COUNTY.

THAT EFFORT IS CURRENTLY UNDERWAY.

IT'S FROM MARCH 20TH TO THE 30TH.

AND SO THAT IS GOING ON.

WE ALSO KNOW THAT THE CITY OF TIME AROUND IS LESS THAN ONE PERCENT OF THE HOMELESS POPULATION IN BROWARD COUNTY.

AND JUST TO SPEAK TO THE RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE BEEN PROVIDING AND JUST SOME INFORMATION ON OR WHO MS. POPULATION, WE'RE GOING TO INVITE JENNIFER WITH US SO QUICKLY TO SHARE SOME STATISTICS AND JUST TO LET YOU KNOW WHAT THE CITY OF AMERICA HAS BEEN DOING WITH ADDRESSING OUR HOMELESS POPULATION.

JENNIFER, THANK YOU.

MS. CALLING. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COMMISSIONER.

SO I'M GOING TO TRY TO BE BRIEF AND HAVE YOU UNDERSTAND HOW MY POLL IS CREATED EVERY MONTH, EVERY MONTH TO CREATE A LIKE A SPREADSHEET TO SEE WHICH INDIVIDUALS IN OUR CITY ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AND HOW WE CAN HELP THEM AT THE DISTRICT MYSELF.

I AM PART OF THE HOMELESS OUTREACH UNIT WITHIN VSO AND OUR DISTRICT.

SO ON A WEEKLY OR DAILY BASIS, I WILL ENGAGE WITH THE INDIVIDUALS WE HAVE RIGHT NOW, WHICH ARE, AS OF LAST MONTH AND UNTIL TODAY, IS 11 INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE PERMANENTLY HOMELESS IN WYOMING PERMANENTLY.

THEY'RE HERE IN A CITY EVERY SINGLE MONTH.

SO WHEN I DO ENGAGE INDIVIDUALS, I TRY TO OFFER THEM SERVICES AS FAR AS THE SHELTERS OR SOCIAL SERVICES WITHIN THE TASK FORCE FOR ENDING HOMELESSNESS.

WHEN I SAY PERMANENT, WE HAVE INDIVIDUALS HERE IN A CITY.

THERE'S A GROUP OUT WEST THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY ON A FIRST NAME BASIS.

THEY CALL ME JOHN. THEY SEE ME DRIVING THROUGH A STOP SIGN OR LIKE THE WAVE TO ME.

AND, YOU KNOW, HEY, JOHN, HOW'S IT GOING? AND SO I'VE DEALT WITH THEM FOR SEVERAL YEARS.

AND EVERY TIME I TALK TO THEM, I WILL ASK THEM, ARE YOU READY TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO TAKE THE SERVICES THAT WE HAVE TO OFFER? AND I'LL SAY, ARE YOU READY TO GET SOME SHELTER, GET OFF THE STREET, FIND A SOCIAL WORKER THAT CAN HELP YOU END HOMELESSNESS.

AND THE GROUP THAT WE HAVE A HARD TIME WITH IS OUT WEST.

AND THEY'LL TELL ME, NO, I'M NOT READY, JOHN.

I DON'T WANT TO GO TO A SHELTER RIGHT NOW.

AND I WILL HAVE TO STICK WITH THEM EVERY SINGLE TIME I SEE THEM AND TRY TO ENCOURAGE THEM.

SO THERE'S THREE WAYS THAT I FOLLOW, WHICH IS ENCOURAGE THEM TO THE SERVICES.

WHEN THEY TELL ME NO, THEN I TRY TO EDUCATE THEM ON HOW THESE SERVICES CAN BE HELPFUL TO THEM AND INDIVIDUALS THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW, ABOUT SEVERAL, MAYBE LIKE THREE, HAVE BEEN HOMELESS IN OUR CITY FOR MAYBE 10 YEARS.

AND THE REASON WHY IS THEY DON'T WANT TO GO INTO A SHELTER BECAUSE THERE'S RULES.

THEY DON'T WANT TO HAVE MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES, THAT THEY DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE GOING TO A SHELTER. THEY RATHER STAY ON THE STREET, WHICH IS A GOD.

IT'S NOT A CRIME TO SLEEP ON THE STREET.

AND THEN WHAT I'LL DO IS THE LOSSES, ENFORCE ANY LAWS THAT THEY MIGHT BE BREAKING WITHIN A CITY. AND I HAVE TO SAY, I DO GO WITH THE BUSINESSES THAT ARE AFFECTED, BUT INDIVIDUALS SLEEPING ON THEIR PROPERTY AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

SO THAT THAT IS MY LAST RESORT IS ENFORCING ANY LAWS THAT THEY MIGHT BE BREAKING.

BUT THE INDIVIDUALS THAT STAY IN TAMARAC, THEY TELL ME THAT THEY FEEL SAFE.

SO THEY STAY ON THE STREETS AND TERRORIZE ONE OF THE SAFEST PLACES FOR THEM TO BE.

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AND YOU MIGHT SEE AN INFLUX OF TRANSIENT INDIVIDUALS THAT MIGHT COME THROUGH TO PANHANDLE FOR THREE DAYS. AND I ACTUALLY HAVE HEARD ABOUT TIMROD BEING SAFE FOR THEM TO STAY ON THE STREETS. AND SO RIGHT NOW IN THE CITY, WE HAVE 11.

AND I WAS ABLE TO ASSIST SOMEBODY THAT WAS ON A STREET FOR 14 YEARS.

SHE CAME FROM ANOTHER CITY AND SHE WAS STAYING ON MACNAB ROAD.

AND AFTER THREE DAYS OF TALKING WITH HER, BUILDING A RAPPORT AND HAVING SOMEBODY FROM DOWNTOWN HOMELESS OUTREACH UNIT COME IN AND TALK TO HER, WE WERE ABLE TO BUILD HER CONFIDENCE AND MAKE HER UNDERSTAND THAT THE SHELTER IS NOT THERE TO HURT HER AND ARE NOT THERE TO HELP TO HURT HER EITHER.

BY GOING BACK TO THE VIGILS WE HAVE OUT WEST, THEY ARE CONTENT WITH BEING THERE AND I STILL TRY TO THIS DAY.

I WILL STILL DRIVE UP TO THEM AND I'LL GO TALK TO THEM.

I SAY, LISTEN, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO TODAY? ARE WE GOING TO GO TAKE MY OFFER? AND IF THEY SAY NO, THEN I DO PROVIDE THEM A AND I CAN'T SEE IT.

THAT WILL BE SO BROAD OUTREACH RESOURCE GUIDE, WHICH WE ALL HAVE.

AND I GIVE IT IN OUR MIND, THESE ARE RESOURCES THAT YOU CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF.

AND AGAIN, THEY'LL TELL ME, NO THANK YOU, COME BACK ANOTHER DAY, MAYBE SO I DON'T.

AND MAXIME MISKELLY.

THANKS, JENNIFER AND JENNIFER WILL BE AROUND FOR ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE AFTER I'M DONE WITH THE PRESENTATION.

SO JUST TO CONTINUE, SO WE JUST KNOW THAT HOMELESSNESS, BASED ON SOME OF THE DISCUSSIONS THAT WE'VE JUST HAD, BUT JUST IN GENERAL, IS A VERY COMPLEX ISSUES ISSUE BECAUSE A LOT OF THESE HOMELESS PEOPLE SOMETIMES SUFFER FROM OTHER CONDITIONS.

AND SO IT'S COMPREHENSIVE IN NATURE.

AND BECAUSE OF THAT, IT'S MOST EFFECTIVE TO BE HANDLED ON A COUNTY LEVEL.

IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT PROVIDING SOMEONE A BED FOR ONE NIGHT, THAT IT COMES WITH OTHER WIDE RANGING SERVICES SUCH AS COUNSELING AND SELF-SUFFICIENCY, TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT AND JOB READINESS AND COACHING AND LIFE SKILLS TRAINING, MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING AND DRUG ALCOHOL ABUSE COUNSELING AND SERVICE.

SO IT'S NOT, AGAIN, JUST PROVIDING SOMEONE WITH A BED IN OUR RESEARCH, IN OUR EFFORT TO LOOK AT WHAT MUNICIPALITIES IN BROWARD COUNTY OR SOUTH FLORIDA HAVE, A HOMELESS TASK FORCE WERE UNABLE TO FIND ANY LOCAL GOVERNMENT OR MUNICIPALITY WITH A TASK FORCE IN SOUTH FLORIDA. AND THIS MIGHT BE FOR SEVERAL REASONS BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT LOCAL GOVERNMENT WILL COORDINATE WITH THE CONTINUUM FOR SEVERAL REASONS.

THE CONTINUUM IS THE ONE THAT'S GETTING FUNDING.

THEY GET FUNDING FROM FEDERAL AND STATE GOVERNMENT.

THEY ALSO HAVE THE CAPACITY TO OFFER THE WIDE RANGE OF SERVICES THAT I JUST TALKED ABOUT.

AND THEY'RE ABLE TO ESTABLISH A NETWORK OF SERVICE PROVIDERS TO HELP THEM TO IMPLEMENT THESE SERVICES AND PROVIDE THEM TO THE HOMELESS POPULATION.

AND SO I JUST WANTED TO SHOW YOU AGAIN THE CONTINUUM OF CARE, WHICH IS THE AGENCY FOR BROWARD COUNTY THAT PROVIDES A SERVICE.

SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THEY DO, THEY PROMOTE COMMUNITY WIDE COMMITMENT TO THE GOAL OF ENDING HOMELESSNESS.

THEY PROVIDE PROVIDE FUNDING FOR THE FIRST FOR THE NON PROFIT PROVIDERS, AND THEY GET STATE AND LOCAL FUNDING AND ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT TO THE INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES IN THE COMMUNITIES. FOR THE HOMELESS, THEY PROMOTE ACCESS TO AN EFFECTIVE UTILIZATION OF MAINSTREAM PROGRAMS TO THESE INDIVIDUALS AND THEIR FAMILIES, AND THEY OPTIMIZE SELF-SUFFICIENCY AMONG INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.

THEY ALSO COME WITH SEVERAL COMPONENTS IN THEIR BUSINESS AND WHICH INCLUDES PERMANENT HOUSING, TRANSITIONAL HOUSING, SUPPORTIVE SERVICES WITH THEIR PARTNERS, WHICH IS SOME OF THE THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT, WHICH IS THE JOB TRAINING AND THE THE COUNSELING.

THEY ALSO HAVE A HOMELESS MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM, AS WELL AS A COMPONENT OF THE SERVICE THEY PROVIDE.

AND THEY ALSO HAVE HOMELESS PREVENTION SERVICE, WHICH IS REALLY RENTAL ASSISTANCE TO PREVENT AN INDIVIDUAL OR A FAMILY FROM BECOMING HOMELESS.

SO THIS LIFE IS JUST SHOWING THE FUND THAT IS ALLOCATED TO THE ERADICATION OF HOMELESSNESS, THE EMERGENCY SHELTER GRANT IS FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND WE KNOW THAT BROWARD COUNTY PARTNERSHIP RECEIVED TWO HUNDRED AND FORTY ONE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED AND TWELVE DOLLARS FOR FISCAL YEAR TWENTY, TWENTY, TWENTY AND TWENTY ONE FROM HUD THROUGH THE STATE OF FLORIDA. THE ALLOCATION WAS ELEVEN POINT EIGHT MILLION DOLLARS.

AND SO THIS IS JUST TO SHOW THE LEVEL OF FUNDING THAT GOES INTO THE EFFORTS TO ERADICATE HOMELESSNESS. AND THEN THIS IS JUST A BUDGET ISSUE, AND THIS IS THERE ARE TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHTEEN NINETEEN BUDGET JUST SHOWING HOW THE FUNDS ARE ALLOCATED WITH MOST OF THE FUNDS COMING FROM GOVERNMENT GRANTS AND CONTRACTS AND CONTRIBUTIONS AND GRANTS.

SO THIS IS THE STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WITH ALMOST 90 PERCENT OF THE FUNDS GOING TO

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GOING TO THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE PROGRAM, GOING TO MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE TAKEN OFF THE STREETS AND PROVIDED THE SERVICES.

SO GOING NOW TO DISCUSSING THE TASK FORCE, WE ALSO DID SOME RESEARCH JUST TO SEE IF THE CITY OF TAMARAC AND IF THE CITY COMMISSION SO DESIRE TO ESTABLISH A TASK FORCE, WHAT THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE AND WHAT WE'VE SEEN IS THAT TYPICALLY IT COMPRISED OF ANYWHERE FROM FIVE TO SEVEN MEMBERS.

AND THESE MEMBERS ARE LEADERS AND EXPERTS IN CERTAIN AREAS IN THE COMMUNITY AREAS SUCH AS COUNSELING, ADVOCACY, LEGAL ASSISTANCE, LAW ENFORCEMENT.

SO I'VE SEEN A MEMBER FROM THE CHURCH COMMUNITY, SOMEONE FROM THE VSO, SOMEONE FROM THE CONTINUUM OF CARE, SOMEONE THAT CAN BRING SOMETHING TO THE TABLE RELATIVE TO MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING, JOB READINESS AND TRAINING, DRUG AND ALCOHOL ABUSE.

SO THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE FOUND IN TERMS OF THE COMPOSITION OF THE TASK FORCE.

AND SO IN TERMS OF NEXT STEPS, ITS DESIRE FOR THE COMMISSION TO ESTABLISH A TASK FORCE, THEN THERE'S A FEW THINGS THAT WE WOULD NEED TO ESTABLISH.

FIRST, WE WOULD NEED TO KNOW THE SCOPE OF THE TASK FORCE, WHAT IT IS THAT THE COMMISSION IS TRYING TO ACHIEVE.

WHAT DO WE WANT THE TASK FORCE TO WORK ON? WHAT IS OUR EXPECTATION? WHAT IS THE EXPECTATION OF THE TASK FORCE? WHAT ARE THEIR GOALS? AND ULTIMATELY WHAT IS WHAT IS IT THAT WE WOULD LIKE THEM TO ACCOMPLISH? AND THEN THE SECOND STEP IS ESTABLISHED AND FUNDED.

AND SO IF THE SCOPE INCLUDES PROVIDING SERVICES, THEN WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE ARE GOING TO FIND THIS. SO WE NEED TO ESTABLISH OR IDENTIFY A FUNDING SOURCE.

AND THEN FINALLY, ONCE WE HAVE DONE THE SCOPE AND ESTABLISHED A FUNDING SOURCE, THEN WE WILL COME AND FORMALIZE THIS TO THE CITY COMMISSION AND HAVE THEM DO THEIR SELECTION OF THE LEADERS AND EXPERTS FROM THE RELEVANT AREAS THAT WE BELIEVE TO COMPRISE OR COMPOSE THIS, THE TASK FORCE.

SO THAT'S ALL WE HAVE TONIGHT, AND SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR US, WE'LL TAKE IT AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU.

I AM GOING TO JUST REMIND EVERYBODY ABOUT THE 11:00 A.M.

AND WE HAVE A HARD STOP AT A MORE THAN 30 CONVENTION ARE GOING.

YOUR IMMUNE.

BEFORE I BEGIN, SHOULD I REQUEST ADDITIONAL TIME, BECAUSE I DON'T BELIEVE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A FULL STOP BY 11, 30.

OR DO YOU WANT TO ASK THE COMMISSION? AT THIS TIME, WE HAVE.

LET'S FINISH THIS TOPIC WE HAVE SEEN, WHICH HAS THREE ITEMS, ONE OF THEM MIGHT BE REMOVED. SO DO I HAVE A MOTION TO EXTEND THIS TO A TIME? CERTAIN. AT THE TIME, THE MOTION TO EXTEND THE MEETING TO WHEN ALL BUSINESS HAD BEEN TAKEN CARE OF, SECOND, THAT.

OK, SO I'LL BE BRIEF THAT THAT IS ABOUT JUST TO FINISH THAT OFF CITY CLERK.

MAYBE A LITTLE BIT LESS.

YES, MR. POCHO. YES, MR. GARLAND, YES, MR. BOLTON, YES.

AND GOMEZ? YES.

AND MADAM CLERK, NEXT TIME, PLEASE CALL THE MAYOR FIRST.

YES. SORRY ABOUT THAT. I'M HAPPY.

IT'S OK. IT'S NOT THAT BIG OF A DEAL.

GO AHEAD, MR. GARLAND. PROCEED.

FIRST, I WANT TO COMMEND DEPUTY MARION FOR THE WORK THAT SHE DOES IN DEALING WITH THE HOMELESS. IT'S IT'S A GROUP THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE WANT TO IGNORE, ELIMINATE, REMOVE.

I GET CALLS AND EMAILS QUITE OFTEN FROM RESIDENTS COMPLAINING ABOUT THE HOMELESS PROBLEM, ASKING ME TO CALL VSO AND JUST, YOU KNOW, JUST GET RID OF THESE PEOPLE.

AND AS DEPUTY MARION AND PLANNING DIRECTOR MAXINE CALLOWAY'S SAID, BEING HOMELESS IS NOT A CRIME. SLEEPING ON A STREET IS NOT A CRIME.

SOMETIMES WHEN I GO TO STARBUCKS IN THE MORNING, YOU'LL SEE SOME HOMELESS PEOPLE HANGING OUT BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE A PLACE TO GO.

IT'S NOT A PROBLEM THAT I DON'T BELIEVE.

IT'S A PROBLEM THAT WE CAN SOLVE HERE IN THE CITY OF TAMARAC.

IT'S A COUNTY WIDE PROBLEM.

AND THE LAST TIME I WAS IN TALLAHASSEE WITH COMMISSIONER BOLTON, WE WERE EXPECTED TO HAVE A SHORT MEETING WITH OUR LOBBYIST, MR. BURKE, AND ENDED UP HAVING PROBABLY A TWO OR THREE HOUR MEETING, TALKING ABOUT A VARIETY OF TOPICS, INCLUDING HOMELESSNESS, WHICH HE'S PASSIONATE ABOUT THE PROBLEM WITH HOMELESSNESS AND TALKING TO THE PRINCIPLE OF CHALLENGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

THERE ARE SOME HOMELESS STUDENTS AND FAMILIES THAT LIVE IN THEIR CARS.

RIGHT, RIGHT. IN OUR SCHOOLS.

AND MY WIFE WAS DEALING WITH TRYING TO HELP A WOMAN WHO WAS HOMELESS.

SHE FELL INTO ONE OF THOSE CATEGORIES THAT THAT MAXINE SHOWED SHE WASN'T PERMANENTLY

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HOMELESS BUT WAS HOMELESS FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.

AND LIKE DEPUTY MARION SAID, SHE DID NOT WANT TO GO TO A SHELTER.

SHE HAD HER CHILD WITH HER.

IF SHE WENT TO THE SHELTER, SHE'D HAVE TO BE SEPARATED FROM HER CHILD.

SHE DIDN'T FEEL SAFE IN THE SHELTER WITH HER CHILD.

SO THERE'S NOT ENOUGH FUNDING TO MAKE IT DESIRABLE FOR PEOPLE TO WANT TO GO TO A SHELTER TO GET THE HELP THEY NEED, BECAUSE THE SHELTERS ARE EITHER NOT CLEAN, NOT SANITARY, NOT ENOUGH PRIVACY. THERE ARE SO MANY PROBLEMS THAT MOST PEOPLE WANT TO HAVE THE FREEDOM OF BEING IN THE STREET AND HAVING SOME CLEANLINESS.

PEOPLE HAVE TO COLLECT THE MONEY FROM SOME COMPASSIONATE PEOPLE THAT THEY DON'T WANT TO BE IN THE SHELTER. SO THERE NEEDS TO BE A REALLY FULL INFRASTRUCTURE IN PLACE TO RESOLVE THE HOMELESS PROBLEM. SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, CREATING A TASK FORCE IS A GREAT START, BUT THERE'S A LONG WAY TO GO FROM THERE.

AND I MENTIONED A QUOTE EARLIER FROM BRIAN STEVENSON.

HE WROTE A BOOK CALLED JUST MERCY.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS HE SAID IS THE TRUE MEASURE OF OUR CHARACTER IS HOW WE TREAT THE POOR, THE DISFAVORED, THE ACCUSED, THE INCARCERATED AND THE CONDEMNED, AND THE WAY A LOT OF OUR RESIDENTS COMPLAIN ABOUT OUR HOMELESS POPULATION, WHICH DEPUTY MARION AND MAXINE CALLOWAY CONFIRM IS VERY, VERY SMALL COMPARED TO OTHER CITIES, IS THEY JUST WANT TO GET RID OF THEM, PUSH THEM OUT OF THE WAY.

BUT HOMELESS PEOPLE GET ABUSED, BEAT UP, KILL SOMETIMES.

AND WE REALLY HAVE TO COME UP WITH SOME SOURCES, FUNDING SOURCE, NOT FROM THE CITY TAMARAC, BUT COUNTY WIDE TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEM.

AND ANOTHER WAY TO ADDRESS THE HOMELESS PROBLEM IS TO INCREASE THE MINIMUM WAGE BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE ARE GETTING PAID SO LITTLE MONEY THAT ALL THEY CAN AFFORD IS FOOD AND BASIC SERVICES AND THEY CAN'T AFFORD A PLACE TO LIVE.

SO, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, I COMMEND DEPUTY MAYOR MARION BESSO FOR NOT CRIMINALIZING POVERTY AND CRIMINALIZING HOMELESSNESS.

BUT THERE'S A LARGE PROBLEM AND IT'S GOING TO BE VERY DIFFICULT FOR US TO SOLVE, ESPECIALLY WITHOUT GETTING MAJOR FUNDING SOURCES AND WITHOUT THE COUNTY IN THE VARIOUS CITIES IN THE COMMUNITIES BUILDING A FACILITY THAT PROVIDES ALL THE SERVICES THAT ARE NEEDED, THE SOCIAL SERVICES, THE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, AND A CLEAN SANITARY PLACE WITH PRIVACY FOR FOUR INDIVIDUALS THAT NEED IT.

AND SO WHEN MY WIFE WAS ABLE TO HELP SOME SOME HOMELESS WOMAN THAT SHE MET ONE TIME WHO HAD A CHILD, YOU KNOW, SHE WAS ABLE TO GET A HOTEL FOR A WEEK, THEN SHE WAS ABLE TO GET THIS WOMAN A PLACE AND SHELTER.

BUT SHE CALLED ALL OVER THE COUNTY AND THERE WAS THERE WAS NO PLACE THAT WAS AVAILABLE.

SO THE LADY DID HAVE TO STAY ON THE STREETS FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS.

THEY FINALLY GOT HER SOME SHELTER FOR A LITTLE WHILE.

SHE DIDN'T WANT TO BE THERE, DIDN'T FEEL SAFE WITH HER CHILD THERE.

AND THE PLACE IS JUST A MESS IN TERMS OF THE LACK OF AN INFRASTRUCTURE FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE NO MEANS AND NO FAMILY.

BUT, YOU KNOW, I GUESS IT'S A START.

AND I'M CURIOUS TO HEAR WHAT THE REST OF THE COMMISSION HAS TO SAY.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER BOLTON.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER GARLAND, FOR THAT DISSERTATION.

YOU KNOW, I AGREE SOMEWHAT WITH, YOU KNOW, COMMISSIONER GARLAND THE HOMELESSNESS TASK FORCE IS GOING TO BE A START.

AND JUST BECAUSE IT WILL NOT SOLVE ALL OF THE ISSUES DOES NOT MEAN THAT WE SHOULD NOT TAKE A STAB AT IT AND START IT.

SO I THINK STAFF SHOULD GO BACK AND AND DO WHAT THEY ASKED.

AND IN SLIDE NUMBER 12.

RIGHT. WHAT IS THE HOMELESSNESS TASK FORCE GOING TO DO AND THAT SORT OF STUFF? I MEAN, YOU KNOW, STAFF GETS GETS PAID THE BIG BUCKS.

THEY THEY NEED TO COME TO US AND BRING US SOME PROPOSALS AND THEN WE'LL GO FROM THERE.

SO I THINK THAT IT'S A GREAT IDEA.

AND, YOU KNOW, WE SHOULD MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS.

AND, OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, WE CAN FIGURE OUT THE OTHER PARTS LATER.

ISMIR, DO WE KNOW? OF THE NUMBERS THAT ARE ABUSING ALCOHOL OR PERHAPS DRUGS.

AND ARE WE SEEKING HELP OUTSIDE SOURCES FOR THOSE PARTICULAR FOLKS THAT ARE SUFFERING FROM THAT TYPE OF ABUSE THAT MAKES THEM NOT WANT TO.

TAKE ON THOSE SERVICES THAT CITY, THE COUNTY IS PROVIDING, BUT MAY NEED ADDITIONAL HELP

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BECAUSE OF THOSE TWO THINGS THAT THEY MAY BE DOING, IF ANYBODY CAN ANSWER THAT.

WELL, I DON'T KNOW IF WE KNOW THE 11:00 OR CALL OR CENSUS IS 11:00 IN THE CITY OF TAMARAC THAT ARE PERMANENT HERE, I DON'T KNOW IF JENNIFER KNOWS OUT OF THE 11, IF SHE IS ASSESSING ANY OF THOSE HAVE ANY MENTAL HEALTH OR DRUG ADDICTION ISSUES.

BUT THE PAPER, THE PAMPHLET THAT JENNIFER WAS SHOWING YOU DOES INCLUDE ALL THE RESOURCES THAT ARE AVAILABLE, WHICH INCLUDES THAT AS WELL, COUNSELING AND SO ON, ON THAT PAPER THAT SHE THAT SHE SHOWED US AND TOLD YOU THAT SHE DELIVERS SOME TIME TO THESE INDIVIDUALS.

IT'S HARD IF THEY'RE STILL RESISTING.

I DON'T KNOW IF SHE WANTS TO SPEAK ON THIS, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF SHE HAS ASSESSED HOW MANY OF THE 11 MIGHT HAVE THESE THESE ISSUES.

HI. WELL, IT'S IT'S TOUGH FOR THEM TO SAY OPENLY AND TRUST ME, THAT THEY WHEN THEY DO SAY THEY HAVE A DRUG ADDICTION PROBLEM, THAT THEY'RE WANT TO BE OPEN AND HONEST, BUT JUST BASED ON DEALING WITH THEM OVER THE YEARS, I YOU KNOW, I WOULD SAY A GOOD HANDFUL PROBABLY DO HAVE A DRUG ADDICTION PROBLEM AND ALCOHOL PROBLEM.

BUT FOR THEM TO TELL ME THAT, YES, JENNIFER, I DO HAVE A DRUG PROBLEM.

THEY'RE NOT AS OPEN AND WILLING TO SAY IT'S.

BECAUSE OF MY UNIFORM, AND THEY'RE WORRIED THAT I MIGHT TAKE THEM TO JAIL AND STUFF LIKE THAT, EVEN THOUGH WE'RE HAVING AN OPEN CONVERSATION WITH THEM AND WHEN I TALK TO THEM, IT'S MOSTLY THEIR FIRST NAME AND MY FIRST NAME.

THEY USED TO CALL ME JOHN OUT THERE, BUT IT'S A GOOD HANDFUL.

BUT THERE ARE RESOURCES ON THAT HOMELESS RESOURCE GUIDE THAT I DO GIVE THEM THAT COVERS, YOU KNOW, WHERE TO GO FOR COUNSELING OR SOCIAL SERVICES.

THAT'S THE PART OF THE EDUCATING THEM WHERE THEY CAN GO TO RECEIVE HELP.

IT'S WHETHER THEY'RE OPEN OR NOT TO GET THE HELP IS WHAT THE BATTLE IS ON OUR END.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER PARKER.

THANK YOU. THIS IS KIND OF HEARTBREAKING.

WE HAVE TO START SOMEWHERE, THERE IS A LONG WAY TO GO TO THINGS WHERE OUR COALITION IS A SAFE, CLEAN PLACE FOR PEOPLE TO GO.

THEY ARE SEPARATED BY BUILDINGS, FEMALES AND ONE BUILDING MALES OR THEIR FAMILIES ARE PUT TOGETHER. SO MOTHERS DO NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT BEING SEPARATED FROM THEIR CHILDREN.

THAT'S THE FIRST THING I HAVE TO SAY.

ARE WE ALSO SO LETTING THESE PEOPLE KNOW IF THEY ARE VETERANS, THERE IS SPECIAL ASSISTANCE FOR VETERANS.

YES, SO THERE IS A RESOURCE FOR THAT IF THEY ARE VETERANS, WE DO CALL THE VA AND WE DO CONFIRM BASED ON OUR IDENTIFICATION, THAT THEY GIVE ME OR MY DOWNTOWN PARTNER AND THE HOMELESS OUTREACH UNIT. WE HAVE A DIRECT RESOURCE THAT WE CAN CONFIRM WHAT OTHER VETERANS AND WE'RE ABLE TO HELP THEM IN THAT ASPECT OF IT.

OK. THE OTHER THING, WHEN WHEN YOU'RE APPROACHING THESE PEOPLE AND YOU'RE TALKING TO THEM TO FIND OUT, OK, IS TODAY THE DAY THAT ANY OF THESE TIMES ARE ARE YOU PROVIDING FOOD TO THEM? I MEAN, HOW ARE THESE PEOPLE EATING? SO I ACTUALLY EDUCATE THEM ON THE FEEDING DISTRIBUTION AREAS THAT I GET.

AND I CAN GIVE THEM LOCATIONS.

NOT ONLY DOES THAT RESOURCE GUIDE TELL THEM WHERE THEY CAN GO AND GET ME.

ALSO, I REACH OUT TO MY PARTNER DOWNTOWN THAT DEALS WITH THE HOMELESS OUTREACH THROUGHOUT THE BROWARD COUNTY. HE GIVES ME A LIST OF PLACES THAT THEY CAN GO TO ALONG WITH BUS PASSES SO THEY CAN GO AND OBTAIN THE MEALS AND THEN COME BACK AFTER GETTING FED.

OK. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. YEAH, IT'S IT'S VERY IT'S OVERWHELMING.

THERE'S SO MUCH TO BE DONE.

I'M I'M A LITTLE BOGGLED AS TO WHERE WE START TO ACTUALLY MAKE A DENT IN THIS.

BUT I AGREE WITH COMMISSIONER GARLAND.

THE COUNTY HAS TO GET INVOLVED.

I MEAN, WE NEED COUNTY FUNDING.

WE NEED MUCH MORE FUNDING THE TAMBRA CAN PROVIDE.

SO WHATEVER WE NEED TO DO THAT ANYWAY, WE CAN HELP.

I'M CERTAINLY. AND THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. IT'S ALL SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN ON OUR MINDS.

WE THINK ABOUT IT'S ALSO ON OUR HEARTS.

AND YOU GET TO KNOW SOME OF OUR HOMELESS POPULATION WHEN BEING IN OUR CITY.

IF YOU JUST STOP AT A FEW PLACES AND STAY THERE LONG ENOUGH AND TALK.

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AND THERE'S A LOT THAT GOES INTO SOME PEOPLE WHO HAVE MADE THE DECISION TO BE WITHOUT A HOME. I AGREE THAT IT'S THE BIGGER PICTURE THAN JUST OUR CITY WHEN IT COMES TO DEALING WITH CERTAIN THINGS FOR NONPROFITS.

YOU ALSO, IN MY OPINION, HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THE BATTLE FOR FUNDING.

SO IF THE CITY OF TAMARAC STARTS TO CREATE SOMETHING, ARE WE GOING TO THEN TAKE AWAY FUNDS THAT COULD BE USED BY A LARGER ORGANIZATION THAT CAN UTILIZE THOSE FUNDS AND ASSIST MORE AND MORE? MAYBE WE CAN FIGURE OUT A WAY TO WORK WITH WE HAVE.

OUR PARTNERSHIP AND SEE WHAT WE COULD DO IF WE HAVE OUR TASK FORCE, MAYBE WE CAN JUST PULL IN A DIFFERENT MANNER VOLUNTEERS TO ASSIST THESE ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE ALREADY IN PLACE AND GETTING FUNDING FROM THE COUNTY, GETTING FUNDING FROM THE STATE INSTEAD OF MAKING IT WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO REINVENT THE WHEEL THAT IS ALREADY STARTED AND BEING ASSISTED IN A VERY SUCCESSFUL MANNER.

BUT THEY OBVIOUSLY NEED MORE HELP.

AND I WAS NOT ONE HUNDRED PERCENT SUCCESSFUL.

IF WE CAN GET THE PEOPLE WHO ARE WITHOUT A HOME OR HOMELESS OR HOWEVER MANY CATEGORIES WE HAVE, THEY'RE TAKING CARE OF, BUT.

I THINK THERE'S SOME MORE TO BE CONSIDERED.

WOULD IT BE NICE FOR US TO SAY THE CITY OF TAMARAC HAS DEVELOPED A HOMELESS TASK FORCE? YEAH, LOVELY. AND I'VE BEEN ON BOARD WITH TRYING TO DO SOMETHING SINCE WE WERE TALKING AND WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT STRATEGIC PLANNING.

BUT I THINK WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S AN INCLUSIVE WAY TO BE WORKING WITH OTHERS VERSUS BEING ON AN ISLAND BY OURSELVES TO BE ABLE TO SEE IF WE CAN HELP THE LARGER PICTURE. THEN YOU'LL LOVE IT IN OUR CITY, SOME OF WHICH HAVE MADE IT VERY CLEAR THEY DO NOT WISH TO HAVE ASSISTANCE.

I ACTUALLY SPOKE WITH SOMEONE EARLIER TODAY WHO IS LOOKING FORWARD TO MOVING INTO A NEW PLACE IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS.

AND THEN THERE'S ANOTHER GENTLEMAN WHO IS MOVING TO MS., REESTABLISHING HIS CONNECTION WITH HIS FAMILY OUT WEST.

AND SO THOSE ARE SOME FEEL GOOD, POSITIVE STORIES THAT ARE COMING FROM SOME OF OUR 11.

SO THOSE ARE SOME OF MY THOUGHTS ON THIS TOPIC, SAYING THAT THERE'S NO OTHER TOPICS FOR WE'RE GOING TO GO TO 13, SEE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION DIRECTION TO THE CITY MANAGER OR CITY ATTORNEY. NUMBER ONE, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE DIRECTION REGARDING A CITY WIDE RESIDENTIAL COLOR PALETTE.

THIS ONE WAS REQUESTED BY MYSELF AND BY ALL OF US.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO PROCEED? YEAH, WE GOT AN EMAIL BEFORE WE MOVED FORWARD, WASN'T THERE, AND A REQUEST OR AN ASK BY THE PLANNING DIRECTOR IN TERMS OF WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO ABOUT ESTABLISHING THE TASK FORCE.

MS., HOWEVER, DID YOU HAVE A TASK FORCE OR WAS THAT JUST AN UPDATE, AN UPDATE AND SEEKING DIRECTION? AND SO IF IT'S THE COMMISSION'S DESIRE FOR US TO MOVE FORWARD AND I HEARD COMMISSIONER BOLTON TALK ABOUT THE CITY STAFF BRINGING FORWARD A PROPOSAL IN TERMS OF THE SCOPE FOR THE TASK FORCE, THEN WE WOULD NEED TO RECEIVE THAT DIRECTIVE.

OK, CIRCLING BACK AROUND GARLAND, YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? NO, JUST THAT, YOU KNOW, I AGREE WITH WITH, YOU KNOW, WHAT EVERYBODY SAID IN TERMS OF WHAT YOU SAID. I THINK I THINK I THINK I DON'T THINK WE WOULD BE COMPETING WITH NONPROFITS.

I THINK WE COULD WORK WITH NONPROFITS TO RESOLVE THE PROBLEM.

AND THE ARGUMENT CAN BE MADE THAT GOVERNMENT CAN BE MORE SUCCESSFUL IN RAISING FUNDS AND GETTING GRANTS THAN NONPROFITS BECAUSE WE CAN ACTUALLY GET FUNDS FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OR THE STATE GOVERNMENT OR OUR LOBBYISTS, WHEREAS SOME SOME OF THE NONPROFITS HAVE TO THEY HAVE TO COMPETE WITH OTHER NONPROFITS FOR FUNDING FROM THE PRIVATE SECTOR AND FROM CORPORATIONS.

AND I THINK THE COMBINATION OF GOVERNMENT WORKING WITH A NONPROFIT MIGHT GET SOME CORPORATIONS TO BE WILLING TO GIVE MORE MONEY AND OR SOME SOME MAY FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE GIVING TO A NONPROFIT BECAUSE THEY'RE AFFILIATED WITH A CITY THAT'S ENGAGED IN TRYING TO RESOLVE THE THE HOMELESSNESS PROBLEM.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH WHAT COMMISSIONER BOLTON SAID IN TERMS OF GETTING STAFF TO FIND OUT WHAT THE BEST PRACTICES ARE AND GIVE US SOME DIRECTION.

I KNOW THROUGH OUR DISCUSSION TONIGHT WITH RON BOOK, HE WAS INVOLVED IN HELPING MIAMI ESTABLISH THE BIG HOMELESS SHELTER THAT'S OFF I-95.

AND I'M NOT SURE IF HE CAN HELP WITH A CITY SOLUTION OR ACCOUNTING SOLUTION OR BOTH, BUT WE DEFINITELY HAVE TO COME UP WITH A SOLUTION.

AND I'LL JUST READ ONE MORE QUOTE FROM BRIAN STEVENSON.

SIMPLY PUNISHING THE BROKEN WALKING AWAY FROM THEM OR HIDING THEM, WHICH A LOT OF PEOPLE

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WANT TO DO FROM SITE, ONLY ENSURE THAT THEY REMAIN BROKEN.

AND WE DO, TOO. THERE WAS THERE WAS NO HOLNESS OUTSIDE OF OUR RECIPROCAL HUMANITY.

SO IT SOUNDS LIKE THIS CONVENTION WANTS TO DO SOMETHING BECAUSE WE ALL EMBRACE HUMANITY.

SO I LIKE TO MOVE IN THAT DIRECTION AND MAKE A MOTION TO DIRECT STAFF TO BRING THE CONVENTION BACK SOME BEST PRACTICES IN TERMS OF HOW TO MOVE FORWARD, TO ADDRESS OUR TO SET UP A TASK FORCE AND ADDRESS OUR HOMELESS, OUR OUR MINOR HOMELESS PROBLEM IN TAMARAC, BECAUSE I DON'T THINK WE HAVE A BIG HOMELESS PROBLEM IN TAMARAC.

MR.. I APPRECIATE THAT.

BUT I THINK AT THIS POINT WE DON'T NEED A MOTION IS JUST WORKSHOP.

IT'S DIRECTED. WE CAN GIVE DIRECTIVE AS A CONSENSUS FOR OUR CITY STAFF TO MOVE FORWARD AND LOOK INTO WHAT YOU WERE SAYING.

SO IT'S IF THERE'S CONSENSUS, AS IT APPEARS TO BE, THEN MS. CALAWAY AND TEAM WILL GO FORWARD AND LOOK TO TO SEE WHAT CAN BE DONE.

AND WITH SOME OF WHAT YOU SAID FOR MY COMMENTS, MY COMMENTS ARE NOT NECESSARILY TO NOT DO SOMETHING. IT'S TO BE ABLE TO MAYBE HAVE THE COUNTY.

THIS MIGHT BE A BIGGER THING FOR A COUNTY WITH THIS COUNTY GOVERNMENT NONPROFIT AND DOING SOMETHING SIMILAR, LIKE WHEN THEY HAVE PLANNING COUNCIL, WHEN THEY HAVE MPO, WHERE THEY HAVE DESIGNEES FROM EACH CITY AND BEING ABLE TO FORMAT IT FROM A LARGER GROUP TYPE SITUATION AND BE ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF THAT AS AN ISSUE TOGETHER.

MAYBE IT COMES FROM PART OF THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMMITTEE.

AND IS THE SENATE SEND THEM OFF FROM THERE? IT'S SOMETHING THAT I JUST THINK THAT IT NEEDS TO BE.

IT'S A LITTLE LARGER THAN US, IS WHAT I'M SAYING.

CITIES NEED TO ASSIST.

BUT I THINK THE BEST WAY TO HANDLE THIS MIGHT BE TRYING TO COME UP WITH SOME KIND OF MUTUAL. WAY OF HANDLING IT WITH THE REST OF OUR CITIES AND THE REST OF THE COUNTY AS A WHOLE. THAT'S WHERE I WAS COMING FROM.

OK, SO QUESTION FOR MAXINE AND OR DEPUTY MARION.

DO ANY OTHER CITIES BASED ON YOUR RESEARCH, HAVE A HOMELESSNESS TASK FORCE? WE INCLUDE THAT IN THE POWERPOINT PRESENTATION.

WE WERE UNABLE TO FIND ANY MUNICIPALITY IN SOUTH FLORIDA WITH A TASK FORCE BECAUSE OF THE COMPLEXITY OF THE ISSUE.

IT'S NOT JUST PROVIDING A BED, IT'S AN ARRAY OF SERVICES THAT GOES WITH IT.

AND SO MORE THAN LIKELY, OUR RECOMMENDATION WILL BE TO PARTNER MORE CLOSELY WITH THE COUNTY AND THESE AGENCIES SO THEY CAN HEAR OUR VOICE AND KNOW THAT TAMARAC IS A PART OF THIS DISCUSSION. SO AND MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING WE'LL BRING BACK TO YOU IN TERMS OF HAVING THE TASK FORCE TO HELP US WITH THESE LEADERS OF THE COMMUNITY, BECAUSE THE TASK FORCE WON'T JUST BE RESIDENTS, IT WILL BE PEOPLE WHO CAN HELP US TO GET THESE SERVICES TO TAMARAC AND HELP US TO ERADICATE, I GUESS, OR MINOR HOMELESS POPULATION THAT WE HAVE SO WE CAN GO BACK AND THINK ABOUT HOW WE WOULD FRAME THAT SCHOOL.

WHAT ARE SOME OF THE THINGS I WOULD ASK THE TASK FORCE TO DO? BUT THE PRIMARY THING WOULD BE TO COLLABORATE AND COORDINATE WITH THE AGENCIES THAT ARE ALREADY FUNDED FOR THIS PURPOSE.

RIGHT. BECAUSE I DON'T THINK ANYONE I DON'T THINK ANY RESIDENT IN TAMARA WOULD WANT TO SEE A HOMELESS CENTER OR SHELTER OR A BUILDING IN TOWN WHERE THEY WANT THE HOMELESS PROBLEM RESOLVED. BUT I'M SURE THEY DON'T WANT A FACILITY HERE IN TAMARAC.

AND I DO AGREE WE DO NEED TO PARTNER WITH THE COUNTY BECAUSE AS DEPUTY MARION SAID EARLIER, PEOPLE, THE HOMELESS POPULATION, IF TAMARAC IS SAFE, THEN, YES, THEY'RE GOING TO MOVE TO TAMARAC.

AND AND AS LONG AS I'VE LIVED HERE AND LIVED ON THE WEST SIDE, I HAVE SEEN SOME OF THE SAME PLACES IN THE SAME PLACES FOR YEARS.

AND I FEEL BAD FOR THEM.

AND I WONDER HOW THEY SURVIVE.

BUT OBVIOUSLY, TAMARAC IS A SAFE PLACE.

AND SO IF WE DON'T HELP COME UP WITH A COUNTY WIDE SOLUTION, THEY'RE GOING TO KEEP COMING TO TAMARAC AND WITHOUT GETTING THE PROPER HELP.

SO I THINK IT IS GOOD TO HAVE TO TO GIVE A MOTION SO WE CAN PROVIDE CLEAR DIRECTION.

BUT I CAN'T WAIT TO HEAR FROM THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS, COMMISSIONER WALTON.

YES, SO SO I THINK THERE ARE MORE THAN 11.

HOMELESS CITIZENS, DISPLACED CITIZENS IN TAMARAC, BECAUSE I DO GO OUT AND FEED THE FEED THEM AS WELL. I'VE ALSO WORKED WITH A RESIDENT FROM COMMISSIONER GARLAND DISTRICT TO PROVIDE FOOD AND AND MONEY TO HER SO SHE COULD PURCHASE STUFF AND FEED FEED THE HOMELESS POPULATION AS WELL.

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I KNOW THAT THERE'S A LOT OF HOMELESS CITIZENS BEHIND CITIBANK, SO THEY'RE ABOUT MAYBE FOUR OR FIVE THERE ON ANY GIVEN DAY, JUST ABOUT MAYBE FOUR OF FIVE TO SEVEN ALONG COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD ACROSS FROM STARBUCKS.

AND THEN SOME OF THEM SLEEP ALONG THE SALVATION ARMY BUILDING THAT IS CLOSE TO VICE MAYOR VILLALOBOS OFFICE.

AND THERE ARE A COUPLE ALONG FOR FOUR TO ONE THAT IS PUSHING CARTS AND THAT SORT OF STUFF. AND THEN THERE ARE A COUPLE OF LONG MACNAB ROAD THAT A LOT OF RESIDENTS COMPLAIN ABOUT AS WELL. SO THERE'S THERE'S DEFINITELY MORE THAN WE THINK.

WE KEEP USING THE WORD WE KEEP USING.

WE KEEP SAYING THAT IT'S IT'S A IT'S A LITTLE PROBLEM.

IT IS NOT A LITTLE PROBLEM, MAYBE A LITTLE COMPARED TO FORT LAUDERDALE, WHERE THERE IS, YOU KNOW, TENTS AND THAT SORT OF STUFF ALONG THE STREETS.

BUT THIS IS THIS IS JUST A HUGE PROBLEM.

AND, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, WE NEED TO FIND SOME WAY TO RESOLVE IT.

THE CITY OF LAUDERHILL, I WAS LISTENING TO THEIR COMMISSION RETREAT'S THE THEY ACTUALLY.

BROADCASTED IT.

I THINK IT WAS ON FACEBOOK OR SOMEWHERE ELSE, AND THE POLICE CAPTAIN, I THINK IT WAS, WAS TALKING ABOUT HOMELESSNESS AS WELL, AND HOW THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO START TO CURVE.

IT'S OF HOMELESSNESS, AND HE MENTIONED THAT THE WAY HOW HE WRITES THE CITATION TO THE PEOPLE WHO ARE HOMELESS NOW, WHEN THEY GO BEFORE THE JUDGE, I THINK THE JUDGE NOW ORDERS THEM TO GO TO A PLACE, A SHELTER, INSTEAD OF MAKING IT JUST VOLUNTARY.

SO MAYBE UP TO MARION, YOU CAN REACH OUT TO A LOT OF PEOPLE BECAUSE I FORGOT WHAT THE TERMINOLOGY USED.

BUT THE WAY HOW HE WHEN HE GOES OUT, HE CITES THE HOMELESS.

SO IT'S NOT LIKE HE'S ARRESTING THEM.

HE'S CITING THEM.

AND WHAT HE SAID WAS HE NOTICED THAT, YOU KNOW, IT WASN'T WORKING FOR FOR A WHILE, BUT AFTER, YOU KNOW, HE CHANGED THE VERBIAGE WITH THE CITATION AND BRING IT BEFORE A JUDGE LIKE SAY, HEY, YOU KNOW, THESE PEOPLE REALLY NEED TO GET HELP.

SO THE JUDGES WOULD THEN ORDER THOSE INDIVIDUALS TO GET HELP INSTEAD OF IT BEING VOLUNTARY. SO, YOU KNOW, GOING FORWARD FOR FOR THE SCALLOWAY FOR FREE, YOUR NOTES.

I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THIS.

ALSO THE.

A PART OF OUR LEGISLATIVE ACTION ITEMS, OR MAYBE THAT'S FOR LAURA AND THEN, YES, WORKING WITH NONPROFITS, BECAUSE, FOR INSTANCE, THE BROAD OUTREACH CENTER, I THINK THEY ARE THEY WANT TO HELP TO GET PEOPLE OFF THE STREETS.

BUT, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES THEY GO TO TOWARD TO TO THE THE HOMELESS POPULATION AS WELL, AND THEY'RE NOT SUCCESSFUL.

SO I THINK STEMMING FROM A POINT LIKE COMMISSIONER GARLAND MADE IN ON THE LAST MEETING IS THAT WE HAVE WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE LIKE A SOCIAL WORKER THAT IS WORKING WITH THE TASK FORCE AS WELL TO MAKE SURE IT IS NOT NOT JUST THE POLICE GOING OUT, BECAUSE SOMETIMES PEOPLE ARE AFRAID OF THE POLICE.

RIGHT. SO HAVE A SOCIAL WORKER GO OUT TO ASSIST WITH WITH THIS.

AND I'M NOT DIMINISHING YOUR JOB.

AND THAT'S THE STUFF. BUT I THINK IF IT'S A SOCIAL WORKER GOES OUT AND THAT SAYS STUFF, TRY A DIFFERENT APPROACH LIKE.

AND YET, WHILE WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO GET FUNDING FROM THE STATE AND FROM THE COUNTY AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, AND THAT'S THE STUFF, I THINK THAT WHEN DEVELOPERS COME TO TO TAMARAC, IT'S A WAY OF OF NO YOU KNOW, PREFERRING FUNDS TO TO TO THE TASK FORCE TO TO HELP WITH WHATEVER THE TASKS ARE.

SO THAT WOULD ALSO BE YOUR JOB TO TO ASK DEVELOPERS TO VOLUNTEER A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT THEY WOULD, YOU KNOW, WANT TO PUT TOWARD THE HOMELESSNESS TASK FORCE.

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SO I THINK I THINK THAT'S WHERE WE START.

RIGHT. RIGHT. THAT'S WHERE WE START AND END IN YOUR DEPARTMENT IS CAN.

THAT'S THAT'S THAT'S THE PERFECT PLACE TO KNOW.

HELLO.

WITH BACK TO BACK ON. I'M SORRY.

COMMISSIONER FLOCKE, WE'VE GOT YOUR BACK ON COMMISSION, BAKOS HAD SOME COMPUTER DIFFICULTIES, SO SHE'S NOW RIGHT NOW SHE'S ON BY PHONE.

YEAH, SO, YOU KNOW, WE NEED YOU.

RIGHT, SO SO PROFFERING FUNDS WOULD WOULD WORK WELL FOR THE TASK FORCE AS WELL.

SO I THINK THAT YOU HAVE A CLEAR DIRECTION.

COMMISSIONER GARLAND. WE CAN'T MAKE MOTIONS UNTIL THE WORK'S UPSETTING UNDER UNDER 13.

BUT I THINK THAT FROM THE CONSENSUS, EVERYBODY HAS SAID THAT THEY WANT THE.

THE WHAT, THE TASK FORCE TO GO FORWARD SO SO MS. COWEY YOU'VE HEARD MY TWO CENTS, SO I'D LOVE TO.

SEE THAT HAPPEN? CAN I JUST GET CLARIFICATION FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY, BECAUSE I BELIEVE IT'S A WORKSHOP AND IT'S ON THE AGENDA. SO CAN YOU CLARIFY THIS FOR THE COMMISSION, MR. ARTHUR? NOT COMMISSIONER GARLAND.

THIS WAS ADVERTISED AS A COMMISSION MEETING.

THESE ITEMS UNDER 13 ARE DISCUSSION ITEMS WITHIN THAT COMMISSION, SANTA'S WORKSHOP.

OH, THANKS FOR THE CLARIFICATION.

I'M MARY, SOMEBODY IS GOING TO CALL ON YOU.

GO AHEAD.

SO I'VE I'VE ALWAYS BEEN OF THE SORT THAT BECAUSE THIS SECTION IS DISCUSSION ONLY, THAT IT'S PRETTY MUCH WORKSHOP AND DIRECTION.

SO YOU'RE SAYING THAT IT'S STILL A PART OF THE AGENDA AND WE CAN TAKE ACTION? YOU CAN YOU CAN TAKE ACTION ON ANY DISCUSSION BECAUSE THIS MATTER IN FACT, THE ENTIRE AGENDA IS PART OF THE ENTIRE COMMISSION, IS NOT A WORKSHOP, WASN'T ADVERTISED AS A WORKSHOP AND IS REALLY THE COMMISSION MEETING AGENDA, WHICH ANY MATTERS YOU CAN TAKE FOR MY ACTION ON.

AND IF I RECALL CORRECTLY, WHEN 13 WAS CREATED FOR OTHER WHEN THE COMMISSIONER BROUGHT THIS FORWARD, IT WAS BECAUSE WE WERE NOT HAVING WORKSHOPS.

AND THIS IS A WAY FOR US TO HAVE OPEN DISCUSSION REGARDING ITEMS THAT WE COULD NOT DISCUSS OTHERWISE.

SO THERE ARE NOT PEOPLE WHO ARE HERE.

AND AS SUCH, EVEN THOUGH IT IS A PUBLICLY NOTICED MEETING, THIS PART IS NOT OPEN FOR DISCUSSION FROM THE PUBLIC.

AND THEREFORE, I WONDER IF WE HAVE ANY I'M CONCERNED IF WE HAVE ANY ISSUES FOR THAT SINCE THIS IS OTHERWISE ESTABLISHED FOR MAYOR.

WITH RESPECT TO EXCEPT FOR A SECOND READING OF THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD ON THIS AGENDA, THE PUBLIC ONLY HAVE A RIGHT TO SPEAK ON THE PUBLIC COMMENT AGENDA AND ALSO.

AND ALSO, THE SECOND READING OF ANY ORDINANCE, RESPECT TO AGENDA ITEMS THAT'S WITHIN THE DISCRETION, WHAT IS THE COMMISSION WANT THE PUBLIC TO SPEAK? THE PUBLIC IS NOT PROHIBITED FROM SPEAKING ON ANY ITEMS UNLESS THE COMMISSION, FROM A DISCRETIONARY STANDPOINT, DO NOT WANT THE PUBLIC TO SPEAK.

RIGHT. THEY'RE NOT THEY'RE NOT PROHIBITED.

EXACTLY. THEY'RE NOT PROHIBITED.

WE OPEN AND ESPECIALLY WITH BEING IN VIRTUAL MEETINGS, WE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN HAVING THINGS OPEN FOR PEOPLE TO MAKE COMMENTS.

AND THAT'S WHEN WE COME TO THE OTHER PART.

IT'S ALWAYS BEEN A WORKSHOP.

WE HAVEN'T HAD IT OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS BECAUSE IT'S JUST BEEN FOR US TO DISCUSS THINGS. SO WE KIND OF NEED TO HAVE SOME CONSISTENCY IN THE WAY, YOU KNOW, IF IF WE'RE GOING TO CONVERT THIS INTO FULL ITEM DISCUSSIONS, WHERE WE'RE GOING HAVE MOTIONS AND AND DEBATE AND THEN HAVE THEM, I THINK WE'RE GOING TO CARRY VOTES.

I THINK IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD BE MAKING SURE OF FOR THE FUTURE, THAT WE ALLOW PEOPLE TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS THESE ITEMS AND CALL IT ON, BECAUSE THERE ARE POTENTIALLY A FEW PEOPLE THAT WANTED TO DISCUSS 13 C, BUT IT WAS ADVERTISED AS SEARCH.

SEE OTHER USUALLY USUALLY BEEN OUR DISCUSSION.

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AND AT THIS HOUR, WHEN WE'VE ALREADY TOLD PEOPLE WE'VE FINISHED OUR MEETINGS AT ELEVEN THIRTY, THEY'RE PUBLIC, WILL NOT BE HERE TO SPEAK.

SO YOU CAN TAKE IT ALL YOU WANT COMMISSIONER.

GONE BUT.

THOSE ARE MY FEELINGS ON THE MATTER, OK? IT'S YOUR FEELINGS, BUT IT'S NOT ANY STATEMENT OF FACT.

AND THROUGH THE CHAIR, I'D LIKE TO GET CLARIFICATION FROM THE CITY MANAGER.

WE ESTABLISHED ITEM 13 BECAUSE I AND OTHER COMMISSIONERS WANT TO ADD ITEMS TO THE AGENDA FOR DISCUSSION AND TO TAKE ACTION ON.

SO THAT'S WHY THIS OTHER SECTION WAS ON, BECAUSE YOU WERE COMPLAINING THAT WE WERE JUST BRINGING ITEMS UP DURING COMMISSION REPORTS OR DURING OTHER MATTERS.

AND SO, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, THE CITY MANAGER ESTABLISHED ITEM 13 OR OTHER FOR THE COMMISSION TO BRING ITEMS TO THE AGENDA BECAUSE THERE'S NO SECTION IN THE AGENDA THAT SAYS COMMISSION COMMISSION ITEMS. AND SO 13 WAS ESTABLISHED FOR THAT PURPOSE.

ACTUALLY, GET SOME CLARIFICATION FROM THE CITY MANAGER.

COMMISSIONER GARLAND PUT IT ON THERE BECAUSE HE BASICALLY SAID THAT, YES, WE'RE TIRED OF HAVING SOME OF US. WE'RE TIRED OF HAVING THINGS SPRUNG ON US AND NOT HAVING OPPORTUNITIES. WE NOT HAVE WORKSHOPS.

AND SO THEREFORE, WITH THE SIX DAYS OF PUTTING THINGS ON A CALENDAR THAT THEY'RE BEING PUT ON OTHER FRONTS TO DISCUSS.

AND THIS WAY WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY.

SO ANYWAY, CITY MANAGER, WOULD YOU LIKE TO IF WE REALLY ARE GOING THROUGH THE WHOLE THING IS WE'RE ALL IN AGREEMENT TO MOVE THIS FORWARD AND HAVE SCALLOWAY COME BACK.

SO I THINK WE ARE WASTING TIME ON THIS.

THERE IS NO NEED FOR AN ACTUAL MOTION WHEN THAT STILL HAS TO BE BROUGHT FORWARD WITH ITEMS FOR US TO ACTUALLY APPROVE.

THIS IS STILL AN UPDATE.

AND BEING LOOKED INTO, THE PLANNING DIRECTOR ASKS FOR A DIRECTION.

AND YOU HAVE A QUESTION ON THE PROCESS.

THE CITY YOU CLAIM THAT THIS ITEM WAS ONLY ADDED FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSES ONLY AND ASKED THROUGH THE CHAIR FOR CLARIFICATION FROM CITY CITY MANAGER.

SO I'M WAITING TO HEAR A RESPONSE.

CITY MANAGER, THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR, THROUGH THE CHAIR.

GOOD. CAN I SPEAK NOW, COMMISSIONER? COMMISSIONER GARLAND, I BELIEVE THIS IS CONSISTENT WITH WHAT THE CITY ATTORNEY SAID JUST A FEW MINUTES AGO. MY EXPECTATION IS THAT IF AN ITEM IS BROUGHT UP IN A CITY COMMISSION MEETING, WHETHER IT'S ON THE AGENDA OR NOT, YOU'RE ABLE TO VOTE ON IT IF YOU BRING IT UP.

MEANING YOU'RE ABLE TO MAKE A MOTION, YOU'RE ABLE TO GET THAT MOTION SECONDED AND YOU'RE ABLE TO VOTE AND I'LL CALL AGAIN, I THINK THAT'S CONSISTENT WITH WHAT THE CITY ATTORNEY SAID. IT MAY BE SIMPLER THAN WHAT THE CITY ATTORNEY SAID, BUT I BELIEVE UNDER ANY OF THESE ITEMS, YOU ARE ABLE TO MAKE A MOTION AND A SECOND AND TO VOTE, TO GIVE DIRECTION, TO MAKE DECISIONS IN THE MEETING SETTING.

THAT'S CLEARLY NOT THE CASE IN A WORKSHOP AND NOT NOT DONE TO CAUSE ANY MORE DEBATE.

BUT THIS IS THE COMMISSION, MEANING IT'S NOT A WORKSHOP.

THAT IS MY. THANKS FOR THE CLARIFICATION.

THANK YOU.

SO SO YOU WERE INCORRECT, MAYOR, THIS IS NOT JUST AN ITEM FOR DISCUSSION OR WORKSHOP SETTING, WE CAN TAKE ACTION AND WE CAN MAKE MOTIONS TO GIVE DIRECTION.

AND THE PLANNING DIRECTOR ASKS FOR DIRECTION AND IT CAN BE DONE THROUGH JUST CONSENSUS JUST AS MUCH AS.

AND WHAT IF YOU WANT TO FEEL BETTER? FINE. I WAS WRONG COMMISSIONER GARLAND MOTION AND YOU IGNORED IT AND SAID I COULD MAKE A MOTION BECAUSE THIS WAS A DISCUSSION.

IT'S FINE. AND IS THERE ANY NEED FOR THIS TO BE CONTINUED TO BE HARPED ON OR CAN WE PLEASE ALSO ENDED? THANK YOU, SO TRYING TO MOVE THIS AGAIN TO 13, SEE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION DIRECTION TO THE CITY MANAGER OR THE CITY ATTORNEY, A DISCUSSION AND

[13.c. Mayor and City Commissioner Direction to the City Manager or the City Attorney (Part 1 of 2)]

POSSIBLE DIRECTION REGARDING CITY WIDE RESIDENTIAL COLOR PALETTE.

VICE MAYOR, YOU ARE UP.

YEAH, SO WE GOT AN EMAIL FROM.

RESIDENT AND YOU AND I GOT IT.

THAT'S WHY I THINK WE'RE BOTH ON IT.

YOU KNOW, THERE'S SUCH A VARIETY OF COLORS AND SOME OF THE HOUSES, BUT, YOU KNOW, AFTER THINKING ABOUT IT, I BELIEVE IT FALLS INTO THE HALLWAY SO WE CAN HAVE THE CITY ATTORNEY, CITY MANAGER OR MS., MAXINE, LOOK INTO US CREATING A COLOR PALETTE VERSUS ALLOWING HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATIONS TO ALLOW THE GREEN AND PINK AND ALL SORTS OF AREAS WHERE THERE'S NO YOU KNOW, THE ESTHETICS OF THE EXTERIOR IS JUST WAY IN A SPECTRUM.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD, MAYOR, BUT THAT'S BASICALLY TO FIND OUT IF WE CAN EVEN DO THAT, CONSIDERING THAT MOST HOMES ARE IN A INSTEAD OF A NATURE.

MY THOUGHT ON IT IS THAT EVEN THOUGH SOME HOMES ARE IN A NATURE WAY, NOT ALL HOMES HAVE A COLOR PALETTE. THEY DO NOT.

AND NOT BECAUSE EVERY ANY PLACE THAT HAS AN HLA OR EVEN A CEILING CONDOMINIUM, SUSTAGEN,

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NOT ALL OF THEM HAVE RESTRICTIVE RULES.

NOT ALL OF THEM HAVE. SEE, SO TO SPEAK, TO ENFORCE THEIR RULES, AND SOMETIMES THEY MAY WANT TO MAKE CHANGES, BUT OVER THE YEARS THERE'S NOT ENOUGH PEOPLE WHO ARE GETTING INVOLVED IN THEIR COMMUNITIES TO BE ABLE TO ASSESS AND MAKE CHANGES OR SOME OF THE RULES IN THE COMMUNITY ARE SO.

OR SO THAT THEY HAVE TO HAVE ONE HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE POPULATION WHO ARE HOMEOWNERS BE ABLE TO MAKE AGREEMENTS ANY THOSE CHANGES, SO IT BECOMES A LITTLE BIT DIFFICULT FOR IT TO BE JUST PUT BACK ON THE WAY.

I BELIEVE THAT WHAT I'D LIKE TO SEE IS WHAT WE DO TO TRADITIONALLY ON THINGS THAT WE WANT TO KNOW HOW OTHERS ARE HANDLING IT.

I KNOW THAT WE HAD SOMEBODY SEND US A LINK TO LAUDERDALE LAKES, I BELIEVE, WITH THEIR THEIR RULES AND REGULATIONS.

IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT CORAL SPRINGS USED TO HAVE OR STILL DOES HAVE A COLOR PALETTE FOR THE CITY. I'D LIKE TO KNOW HOW THE OTHER CITIES ARE HANDLING IT.

AND THEN AGAIN, I'D LIKE TO DO THINGS ON OUR OWN, BUT I'D LIKE TO HAVE SOME FURTHER BACK UP FOR WHEN WE HAVE THIS DISCUSSION TO BRING IT FORTH WITH MORE INFORMATION THEN THAN JUST SAYING WE WANT A COLOR PALETTE.

I DO THINK THAT IT WILL BE IMPORTANT.

WE HAVE A COLOR PALETTE OR COLOR RESTRICTIONS ON OUR BUSINESSES.

PROPERTY VALUES ARE AFFECTED BY THE ESTHETICS, AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IN A FEW OF OUR COMMUNITIES HAVE BROUGHT UP TO US.

WELL, MR. GAGNON.

I JUST WANT CLARIFICATION FROM THE PLANNING DIRECTOR OR THE CLERK THAT THEY UNDERSTAND THE

[13.b. Update - Homelessness Task Force (Part 2 of 2)]

DIRECTION GIVEN ON THE PRIOR ITEM.

THERE WAS NO CLOSURE ON THE PRIOR ITEM, CORRECT? COMMISSIONER GARLAND, WE DIDN'T TAKE A VOTE ON YOUR MOTION AND THERE WAS NO SECOND SUSPECT THAT I WASN'T SURE WE CUT IT, BUT WE MOVED FROM ONE END TO THE NEXT.

I WAS ABOUT TO SECOND THAT MOTION, IF I CAN.

SINCE WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF ANOTHER MOTION, CAN WE FINISH OF THINGS BEFORE, BUT WE WERE MOVING FORWARD, SO THAT'S WHY I MOVED FORWARD, THE ONES THAT I'M HEARING THAT'S PUTTING IT ON HOLD.

IT WAS A MOTION THAT WAS ANNOUNCED THAT WE WERE GOING TO WIN CONSENSUS ON WHAT WAS AGREED UPON AND WHAT WAS AFFECTED BY THIS GOING BACK ITEM, THE PERFORMANCE OF A TASK FORCE FOR A VOTE IN ELEMENTARY GARLAND.

PLEASE REPEAT YOUR MOTION SO WE CAN GET A PROPER MOTION AND A SECOND AND DO A VOTE.

THEN THERE WAS I DON'T KNOW, I DIDN'T HEAR ANY SUMMARY OF WHAT THE CONSENSUS WAS.

AND I DON'T KNOW THAT THE PLANNING DIRECTOR IS ABLE TO SUMMARIZE WHAT THAT CONSENSUS WAS.

THAT'S WHAT YOU HAD A MOTION.

YOU JUST SAID YOU HAD A MOTION.

YOU HAVE A SECOND. WHAT WAS YOUR MOTION? SO I DON'T REMEMBER.

MY MOTION WAS BUT I'LL TRY TO REMEMBER THE DIRECT, THE DIRECT TO DIRECT THAT I BRING TO BRING A RECOMMENDATION TO THE CITY COMMISSION IN TERMS OF WHAT WE SHOULD DO AS A SOLUTION TO RESOLVE THE MINOR HOMELESS PROBLEM THAT WE HAVE IN THE CITY.

SECOND, THAT.

WHEN HE FIGURES ABOUT MAYOR GOMEZ, YES.

COMMISSIONER POCHO, YES, COMMISSIONER BOLTON, I DID PUT MY HAND UP BECAUSE I DON'T LIKE THE WORD MINOR BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THAT THE PROBLEM IS MINOR, I WILL STRIKE THE WORD MINOR.

THANK YOU.

THE VICE MAYOR, DO YOU ACCEPT THE FERNLEIGH AMENDMENT TO THE STRIKING OF THE WORD MINOR? NICE MOVE. THANK YOU.

YES.

BY SEVERAL LEVELS, YES.

AND MR. GARLAND, YES.

THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY FIVE TO ZERO.

THANK YOU. NOW, MOVING BACK TO COMMISSIONER BOLTON, YOUR HAND IS STILL UP.

IS THIS FOR HANK OR IS THIS FOR.

NO, IT WAS FOR THE PREVIOUS ONE, SO I'LL TAKE IT OFF.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MR. BARGO. THAT'S THE COLOR PALETTE.

ALL RIGHT, WE'RE BACK ON KARPIAK PEOPLE WHERE I AND SEE ONE.

[13.c. Mayor and City Commissioner Direction to the City Manager or the City Attorney (Part 2 of 2)]

THAT'S THE COLOR PALETTE, RIGHT? CORRECT. I DON'T THINK THE CITY BE THE COLOR PALETTE.

I THINK THAT THE WAY I THINK THEY HAVE THEIR OWN COLOR PALETTE, THEY CAN GUIDE IT.

I CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE HOW THE CITY WOULD DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

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IT WOULD JUST BE A EXTRAORDINARILY LARGE JOB TO BE MONITORING WHO HAD WHAT COLOR AND WHAT WAS APPROVED AND GOING BACK.

I REALLY DO NOT WANT TO BE THE COLOR POLICE.

THAT'S MY OPINION.

I SECOND THAT OPINION.

YOU THANK.

THAT WOULD GO IN THERE ANYWAY, GLAD YOU COULD READ LIPS.

MR. GOODVIN, YEAH, THERE'S SOME COMMUNITIES IN MY DISTRICT THAT HAS BEAUTIFUL HOUSES PAINTED IN DIFFERENT COLORS, IT'S VIBRANT TO THAT COMMUNITY.

AND SO I THINK IT'S A WAY EFFORT.

SO I REALLY DON'T THINK THAT WE SHOULD HAVE A PILOT FOR THE ENTIRE CITY.

SOME COLOR SHOULD BE BANNED LIKE THE COLOR YOU'RE WEARING.

EXACTLY. DON LEMON, COME ON.

EXACTLY.

SO, AGAIN, MY COMMENTS WERE WHAT I HAVE A SLIGHT PROBLEM WITH THIS EVENING'S DISCUSSION IS DUE TO THE FACT THAT THERE WERE PEOPLE WHO WOULD HAVE BEEN SIGNED UP TO SPEAK AND SHARE THEIR OPINION, I TAKE IT.

SO THERE'S NO ONE ON THE LINE AT 12 OR TO ESPECIALLY AS THIS COMMISSION HAS SAID, THAT WE WILL CALL MEETINGS AT 11, 30 AND THE THOUGHT OF WHERE WE ARE.

SO IN.

I JUST THINK THAT THE INFORMATION WOULD STILL BE VERY HELPFUL TO HAVE THAT INFORMATION, TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON IN OUR SYSTEM CITIES, BECAUSE, AGAIN, NOT OF ALL OF OUR ASSOCIATIONS ARE AS STRONG AS SOME OF THE ONES THAT PEOPLE WOULD LIKE IT TO BE.

AND SO ANYWAY.

BUT I SWEAR, IT'S ONLY YOU AND I WHO CARE ABOUT THE OUR LYING ASSISTANCE FOR THOSE ASSOCIATIONS WHO DO NOT HAVE A STRONG ENOUGH GET OUT OF GETTING ANYWHERE.

SO I THINK WE JUST MOVE ON.

SO IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT 13 BE SOMETHING THAT YOU WANTED TO DISCUSS BUT YOU WISH TO NOT DISCUSS THIS EVENING, IS THAT CORRECT? YOU EVEN KNOW WHY THAT'S EVEN ON THE AGENDA.

WHEN I TOLD YOU EARLIER THIS MORNING IT'S REMOVED ITEM 13 C THREE DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE DIRECTION FOR COMMERCIAL PLANS, MAINTENANCE. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT YOU REQUESTED BOTH MAYOR AND IF I RECALL CORRECTLY, IN THE BACK BACKUP THAT WE HAD.

THERE IS A PRESENTATION BY.

WELL, I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTION AND DEPENDING ON THE DIRECTION THAT THE VICE MAYOR IS PROPOSING, I'D LIKE TO HEAR HIS DISCUSSION ON THIS.

SO I'M GOING TO PIGGYBACK ON COMMISSIONER GARLAND RESIDENT SAYING ABOUT THE CURB APPEAL.

SO THIS GOES BACK TO A BIG TICKET ITEM THAT I BELIEVE IS ON EVERYONE'S MIND IS THE APPEARANCE OF OUR POLICIES TO CURB APPEAL.

WE HAVE WAYS THAT DON'T MAINTAIN THEIR HEDGES.

WE HAVE OUR OWN STREETS THAT WE DON'T EVEN MAINTAIN, WHICH IS A SHAME.

SOME STREETS ARE NEED TO BE CLEANED UP.

TREES ARE JUST OVERGROWN.

THE PLAZAS ARE NOT WHAT THEY NEED TO.

AND I WANT TO PUT AN ORDINANCE TOGETHER AND I WOULD ACTUALLY LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION AT THIS POINT TO DIRECT OUR CITY STAFF, TO LOOK AT BOKHA, LOOK AT OTHER CITIES, WHAT THEY'RE DOING TO IMPROVE THEIR CURB APPEAL.

SOME OF OUR PLAZAS ARE JUST REALLY JUST FALLING APART AND WE'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING ABOUT IT. WE DO HAVE A WONDERFUL STAFF.

WE HAVE OUR HANDS FULL.

BUT WHEN YOU HAVE PLACES THAT ARE NOT PAINTING, THEY'RE NOT KEEPING THEIR FACADE UP TO DATE. THEY'RE YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE SIGNS ALL OVER THE WINDOWS.

THEY HAVE FULL OCCUPANCY, BUT YET THEY DON'T WANT TO REINVEST MONEY INTO THEIR PLAZAS.

I BELIEVE WE HAVE A PROBLEM THAT'S A THAT'S A CITY PROBLEM.

AND IT'S REALLY DISTRACTING FOR RESIDENTS, FOR NEW RESIDENTS, FOR EVEN THE FOLKS THAT HAVE BEEN HERE FOR A VERY LONG TIME TO KEEP SEEING PLAZAS AND JUST IN SHAMBLES.

YOU KNOW, I DON'T BELIEVE WE HAVE ANY PLAZAS THAT ARE EMPTY.

SO THERE'S NO REASON WHY LANDLORDS AND WHY WE CANNOT ENFORCE THE LANDLORDS TO DO THIS.

SO I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SOME SOME TYPE OF RECOMMENDATION AND GUIDANCE AND GET GUIDANCE AS TO WHAT WE CAN DO.

AND I'M PRETTY SURE THAT'S WHAT MAXINE PROBABLY HAS SOMETHING IN THE WORKS AND BUT BEAUTIFICATION SHOULD SHOULD BE ON EVERYONE'S MIND CONSIDERING THE STATE OF THE AGE OF OUR VERSITY.

SO I'M THINKING OR AND SO I DID PUT TOGETHER A PRESENTATION AND I'M NOT EVEN SURE HOW

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QUICK, BUT JUST TO RESPOND TO THE VICE MAYOR, WE DO HAVE AN ORDINANCE THAT WAS REFURBISHED IN 2016.

WE UPDATED IT SIGNIFICANTLY FOR NON RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY MAINTENANCE AS WELL AS RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY MAINTENANCE.

IT SPEAKS TO SIGNAGE, WINDOWS, SIGNAGE.

IT SPEAKS TO LANDSCAPING, IRRIGATION, JUST ALL THE COMPONENTS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE COMMERCIAL BUILDING.

AS DISCUSSED EARLIER, EARLIER DURING THE PANDEMIC LAST YEAR, OF COURSE, WE RELAXED CODE ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS BECAUSE OF THE IMPACT ON THE ECONOMY AND ON THESE PROPERTIES.

AND SO JUST RECENTLY, WE HAVE STARTED RAMPING THAT BACK UP.

AND NOT BECAUSE YOU SEE A PROPERTY THAT'S EXISTING IN A CERTAIN STATE DOES NOT NECESSARILY MEAN THE CITY DOES NOT HAVE ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS GOING ON ON THAT PROPERTY.

WE HAVE EXCESS OF MANY TIMES OVER TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND, FIFTY THOUSAND UP TO THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND IN ONE INSTANCE, TWO MILLION DOLLARS IN FINES ON ONE PROPERTY THAT THE CITY IS IN THE PROCESS OF FORECLOSING.

SO IN 2016, WE DID ADOPT AN ORDINANCE WITH STRICT REQUIREMENTS WHICH ALLOWED THE CITY TO ALSO FORECLOSE ON PROPERTIES.

SHOULD WE DESIRE THE FIRST PROPERTY THAT WE ARE MOVING ON IS IN THAT SLIDE.

SO IF YOU IF YOU DESIRE, I CAN BRING UP THAT POWERPOINT PRESENTATION.

YOU CAN GO THROUGH IT REALLY QUICKLY AND I CAN SHOW YOU THE DIFFERENT SECTIONS IN THE CODE WHERE WE UPDATED AND ALSO WHAT WE'RE DOING RELATIVE TO SOME OF THE COMMERCIAL PLAZAS.

SO WE DON'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH THAT.

WE'LL SAVE SOME TIME ON THAT.

BUT PERHAPS MAYBE THIS IS AN ENFORCEMENT ISSUE AND ALSO PERHAPS AN ORDINANCE SCENARIO WHERE THEY ARE THEY WILL BE REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN SIGNAGE, IS CLEAN UP THEIR SIDEWALKS AND GARBAGE. YOU HAVE YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE GRASS.

WE HAVE WEEDS. WE HAVE ROOTS COMING OUT.

WE HAVE TREES CLEANING.

WE HAVE HEDGES IN ONE LITTLE SECTION, AND THEN YOU HAVE NO HEDGE AND THEN YOU HAVE ANOTHER HEDGE THAT'S TWO FEET LONG AND THEN ANOTHER ANOTHER HEDGE THAT'S 10 FEET LONG.

THERE'S NO CONSISTENCY AND IT'S A VERY LACK OF MAINTENANCE ON THE HIGHWAYS SPECIFICALLY, BUT ALSO ON THE SHOPPING PLAZAS KNOW.

WE'LL WRAP THAT UP. AND I WANT TO PUT IT OUT THERE AGAIN.

WE HAD COME BEFORE THE COMMISSION RELATIVE TO SIGNAGE IN THE WINDOW.

YOU HAD ASKED US TO RELAX THAT FOR A MOMENT AS WELL.

SO WE ARE RELAXING THAT UNTIL WE BRING FORWARD COMPREHENSIVE CHANGES TO THE SIGNAGE CODE AND WE'RE WORKING ON THAT AS WE SPEAK.

WE ARE TRYING TO REACH OUT TO THE BUSINESSES, DO A QUICK WORKSHOP WITH THEM SO WE CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT WORKS FOR THEM AND WHAT DOES NOT.

BUT WE HAVE ALSO RELAXED ENFORCEMENT, PARTICULARLY ON WINDOWS SIGNAGE, BECAUSE WE LEARNED THAT OUR CODE REQUIRES NO MORE THAN 15 PERCENT IN SOME OF THE COMMENTS WE HEARD WAS THAT THAT WAS TOO SMALL OF AN AMOUNT.

AND SO WE ARE WORKING ON AMENDING THAT SECTION OF THE CODE AND WE'RE CURRENTLY NOT ENFORCING WINDOW SIGNAGE AT THE MOMENT.

SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HAS IMPACTED WHAT YOU'RE SEEING IN THE ENVIRONMENT.

BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT WE ARE RAMPING UP ENFORCEMENT NOW WITH THE COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES AND CODE ENFORCEMENT HAS REMOVED THAT RELAXATION THAT WE HAD.

AND SO WE'RE MOVING FORWARD NOW ON STRICTLY ENFORCING THE COMMERCIAL MAINTENANCE STANDARDS THAT WERE ADOPTED IN TWO THOUSAND SIX.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER BOLTON.

YES. I MEAN, I COULD THE SAME SENTIMENT OF THE VICE MAYOR.

I THINK IT IS FULL TIME THAT WE START ENFORCING THIS STUFF, THE STUFF AND REALLY AND TRULY MOSCOW.

IT DOES DOES AN AWESOME JOB.

BUT, YOU KNOW, HAVING THE VICE MAYOR INSTRUCT STAFF TO THEN DO SOMETHING THAT THE.

HAVE NOT BEEN DOING IN A WHILE BECAUSE IT IS NOT TO OUR LIKING, IS IT KIND OF BACKWARDS? RIGHT. SO I THINK THAT WE SHOULD DIRECT A CITY ATTORNEY TO LOOK AT THE ORDINANCE, MAKE IT MORE STRINGENT, WORK WITH STAFF TO COME UP WITH BETTER PROPOSALS TO MAKE THIS A BETTER PLACE, BECAUSE REALLY AND TRULY, I THINK WE OUGHT TO RELAX.

I THINK FOR YEARS, THE MAYOR HAS BEEN HAD BEEN ASKING FOR ADDITIONAL CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS TO GET RID OF SLIGHT SIGNS AND TO CLEAN UP OUR COMMUNITY.

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I THINK TONIGHT IS THE NIGHT WHEN I WHEN HEALTH WILL FREEZE OVER, WHEN I WILL AGREE WITH THE MAYOR AND AND DIRECT THE CITY MANAGER TO ADD A NEW AD, ADD AN ADDITIONAL CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER TO OUR BUDGET.

IT'S A TABARROK IS OUT OF CONTROL.

IT'S ALMOST LOOKING NOW LIKE A WAR ZONE.

I MEAN, I WENT AROUND WITH WITH MR. CALLOWAY AND OTHER STAFF MEMBERS AROUND MY DISTRICT.

AND LET ME TELL YOU WHERE THERE ARE.

I WAS I WASN'T SURPRISED, BUT BECAUSE I SEE IT EVERY DAY, BUT IT'S LIKE MAKESHIFT MAKESHIFT MONUMENT SIGNS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE MEDIANS, SNIPE SIGNS EVERYWHERE.

IT'S LIKE THAT IS NOT THE WAY THAT I'M GOING TO CONTINUE TO LEAD.

WE NEED TO PUT A STOP TO THIS NOW.

THOSE SNIPER SIGNS NEED TO GO.

BUSINESS OWNERS NEED TO BE SIGHTED.

THEY CAN GO TO BUSINESS OWNERS, TELL THEM THAT THEY NOW HAVE A FINE.

IF THEY DON'T IF THEY CONTINUE TO PRACTICE, WHATEVER WILL HAPPEN.

HOWEVER, THE LAW THROW THE BOOKS, BECAUSE I THINK FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS I'VE BEEN HERE SINCE TWENTY SIXTEEN.

WE'VE ALWAYS TALKED ABOUT CODE ENFORCEMENT AND TALKED ABOUT, OH, WE'RE GOING TO CLEAN UP.

BUT IT'S, IT'S LIKE IT'S NOT BEING DONE.

IT'S NOT BEING DONE. SO WE NEED TO ONCE AND FOR ALL WORK THIS OUT.

SO WE NEED WE NEED MORE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS.

THAT'S NUMBER ONE.

CITY ATTORNEY NEEDS TO DRAFT A STRICT AND OR STRICTER ORDINANCE THAT DEALS WITH BEAUTIFICATION AND SNIPE SIGNS AND ALL THE THINGS THAT WE'RE WORKING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE COMPLYING.

AND AND LET'S LET'S BE.

ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. I WANT THIS CITY TO TO START LOOKING BETTER AS YOU GO ALONG COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD FERGUSON.

I'M NOT, YOU KNOW, CALLING THEM OUT, BUT I AM.

I'M CALLING THEM OUT. THEY'RE A HUGE CORPORATION.

YOU AND THEIR PROPERTY LOOKS LIKE, YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE A WAREHOUSE.

YOU KNOW, IT'S IN SOME THIRD WORLD COUNTRY.

NO, THIS IS THIS IS WHERE PEOPLE ENTER OUR CITY FROM THE SAWGRASS EXPRESSWAY ONTO COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD.

PEOPLE ENTER OUR CITY FROM COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD, FROM LA, FROM I-95 IN IN MY DISTRICT, AND THEN TO BE GREETED BY SIGNS ALONG FOR FOUR TO ONE AND ALL THAT STUFF.

IT IT CAN'T IT IT CAN'T WORK ANYMORE.

CANNOT WORK ANYMORE. SO I THINK OUR HEARD ME LOBBY EARLIER TO WORK WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY. AND AFTER WE HAVE DISCUSSION ON THIS, I CAN MAKE THE MOTION OR BY STEALING IT FROM THE VICE MAYOR OR HE CAN MAKE THE MOTION OR ELSE I CAN DO IT.

BUT PACKAGE IT IN A WAY WHERE THERE'S MORE MORE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, THERE'S A STRICTER ORDINANCE FOR GETTING RID OF THESE SNAKES, MINES AND AND WHATEVER THERE IS, AND MAKE OUR CITY A BETTER NIGHTMARE BEFORE, YOU KNOW, I WON'T I WON'T BE MAKING A MOTION RIGHT NOW.

I JUST HAD A COMMENT, BUT IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN THAT, COMMISSIONER BOLTON.

I THINK IT'S THE HEDGING.

IT'S THE ROUTES THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU LOOK AT THE SHOPPING CENTER IN SOUTHAMPTON AND KINGS POINT, THAT PLAZA WHERE THE LITTLE FARM STORES I MEAN, THE THERE'S NO GRASS, THERE'S NO GRASS. YOU HAVE THE MEDIANS BROKEN.

YOU DON'T HAVE STRIKE LINES.

YOU DON'T HAVE REPAVING, YOU HAVE POTHOLES.

THESE ARE THE TYPE OF THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, DISCOURAGE PEOPLE FROM GOING TO THE PLAZAS WHEN WHEN IT LOOKS LIKE, YOU KNOW, WHY.

BUT YEAH. I'M GOING TO ECHO THE WORDS OF MR. BOLTON WITH WITH IT NEEDS TO CHANGE ALREADY IT'S BEEN I'VE I'VE HEARD THIS FOR YEARS, SO

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MAYBE MORE ENFORCEMENT IS NECESSARY, STRICTER ENFORCEMENT, IF I CAN JUST COMMENT ON THAT.

BUT THE MAYOR OF THE CITY CLERK CAN CAN START MAKING JOTTINGS OF WHAT WE'RE SAYING SO THAT WHEN WE ARE MAKING THE MOTION, IT'S A COMPREHENSIVE MOTION WITH ALL THE LIST OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, BECAUSE REALLY AND TRULY, I WANT IT I WANT IT DONE NEXT WEEK AND COME BACK WITH SOMETHING.

IT'S ENOUGH IS ENOUGH ALREADY.

COMMISSIONER GARLAND, YES, I DO THINK THAT PERHAPS THERE SHOULD BE MORE ENFORCEMENT, BUT CERTAINLY NOT NOW STILL IN A PANDEMIC, A LOT OF BUSINESSES SUFFERING, A LOT OF BUSINESSES IN TAMARAC HAVE CLOSED.

WE'VE HAD TO, YOU KNOW, GIVE TEN THOUSAND DOLLAR CHECKS.

YOU KNOW, THE ECONOMY IS STILL NOT BACK OR RECOVERED.

SO I DON'T THINK NOW'S A GOOD TIME TO APPLY THAT LEVEL OF ENFORCEMENT BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY BUSINESSES SUFFERING SO THAT OTHER TENANTS THAT ARE NOT THE LANDLORDS, SOME OF THE LANDLORDS ARE SUFFERING AS WELL.

I THINK THEY SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR IT. COMMISSIONER GARLAND FINISHED SOME OF THE SOME OF THE YOU KNOW YOU KNOW, THE SUPER WEALTHY HAVE GOTTEN A LOT MORE WEALTHIER. THE REGULAR WEALTHY, YOU KNOW, DEPENDS ON WHAT INDUSTRY.

BUT BUT, YOU KNOW, THE ECONOMY IS STILL NOT AS STRONG AS IT NEEDS TO BE FOR US TO APPLY THAT THAT TYPE OF ENFORCEMENT.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER GARLAND. I'M ALREADY ADMITTED MAYBE MAYBE WE LOOK AT THIS AS A PROCESS, WE NEED TO START GETTING OUT THERE AND LOCATE WHERE THE PROBLEM AREAS ARE, IDENTIFY THEM AND LET THE OWNERS KNOW THAT THERE IS AN ISSUE.

IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN OVERNIGHT.

IF THEY'RE STILL STRUGGLING BECAUSE OF COVID, THEN, YES, WE CAN BE SENSITIVE TO THAT.

BUT WE HAVE TO START SOMEWHERE.

WE HAVE TO START SOMETIME.

AND THE BIOSPHERE'S WRITE THE CHECKS WE GAVE OUT WERE TO PEOPLE RENTING THIS SPACE.

SO THEY IN TURN WERE ABLE TO THEN PAY THE LANDLORD.

SO WE NEED TO GET STARTED WITH THIS NOW BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN AGAIN.

AND I LIKE THE WORD I HEARD.

I DON'T WANT STRICTER, STRICTER RULES FOR REINFORCEMENT BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE HAS NOT BEEN WORKING EVEN PRIOR TO COVID.

SO STRICTER ENFORCEMENT, TIGHTER CODE ISSUES.

AND WE NEED TO START NOW IN ORDER TO GET GOING WITH THIS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU AND AGREE WITH BITS AND PIECES FROM EVERYBODY AS TRYING TO REVERSE MAYBE IT IS ENFORCEMENT AND WE'RE GOING THROUGH SOME ENFORCEMENT BUT GO INTO VIOLATION NOTICES, WHICH TYPICALLY WE DO.

YOU KNOW, AS WE START TO PULL OUT OF THIS PANDEMIC, WE ALERT THE LANDLORDS THAT THESE ARE THE ISSUES THAT WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK IN A BLANK PERIOD OF TIME AND THAT THEY NEED TO START WORKING ON AND CONSIDER ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN WAITING ON, AND I'M SURE WE'LL GET THE PRESENTATION IN THE NEXT MONTH OR SO IS FROM.

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS UNDERWAY WHERE SHE IS GOING TO BE PRESENTING THINGS THAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO TO HELP SOME OF THESE LANDLORDS AND SOME OF THESE PLAZA OWNERS DO SOME REFURBISHING. WE TRIED IT SEVERAL YEARS AGO WHERE WE HAD A FACADE PROGRAM AND WE WERE TRYING TO DO CERTAIN THINGS TO HELP THE BUSINESSES.

WE OFFERED IT TO THE BUSINESSES, BUT THE BUSINESSES DIDN'T WANT TO TAKE IT AT THAT TIME.

MAYBE WE ARE IN A DIFFERENT WORLD ORDER NOW AND PEOPLE ARE LANDLORDS WILL TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION AND MAYBE SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, MAYBE WE SHOULD.

I WAS DRIVING IN CORAL SPRINGS THE OTHER DAY AND I TOOK A BUNCH OF PHOTOGRAPHS OF SOME OF THE BUSINESSES THAT JUST HAD SOME NEW FACADES PUT UP AND PAINT AND THEY LOOK GREAT.

THEY BROUGHT IT UP AND IT'S MODERNIZED.

AND WHEN YOU DO THAT, THERE MAY BE TENANTS WHO WILL START TO COME BACK INTO OUR RETAIL HOUSES, ARE WILLING TO SPEND THE MONEY AND PAY THE RENTS THERE.

WE HAVE BUSINESSES THAT ARE STARTING TO DO BETTER AS PEOPLE ARE GETTING THE VACCINES AND COMING OUT TO THE PLAZA.

SO WE'RE STILL IN THAT AREA.

I DON'T THINK IT SHOULD BE A FORMAL PRESS RIGHT NOW.

I STILL THINK THAT THERE ARE SOME WEAKNESSES.

HOWEVER, I DO THINK THAT OUR BUSINESSES NEED TO KNOW THESE ARE WHERE WE'RE LOOKING AT.

THIS IS WHERE YOU'RE HAVING TROUBLE.

PLEASE START WORKING ON CLEANING IT UP AS YOU START TO COME OUT OF THIS WHEN YOU JUST START CLEANING IT UP, BECAUSE WE CAN'T GO THROUGH THIS MUCH MORE, BECAUSE THEN WE LOOK DOWN TO ONE AND MORE BUSINESSES WILL LEAVE US AND THEY WILL NOT WANT TO COME OR OUR RESIDENTS OR CUSTOMERS WILL NOT WANT TO COME TO OUR CITY.

AS COMMISSIONER BOLDEN, I'M SURE YOUR HEAD DIDN'T EXPLODE IN AGREEING WITH ME THAT WE DO NEED MORE OFFICERS.

AND I STILL SAY THAT SOME OF THEM SHOULD BE AT NIGHT BECAUSE A LOT OF THINGS HAPPEN AT NIGHT AND EVERYBODY KNOWS ONE GOES TO BED AND ON THE WEEKENDS.

AND ONE OF THE SUGGESTIONS I MADE TO THE CITY MANAGER WAS TO MAYBE ALSO HAVE A WEEKEND

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SO WHEN RESIDENTS ARE TELLING US THINGS ON THE WEEKEND, WE DO HAVE CODE ENFORCEMENT ON THE WEEKEND, BUT MAYBE CERTAIN HOURS.

BUT THIS WAY, INSTEAD OF BOTHERING SOMEBODY WHO'S OFF THAT WEEKEND EMAIL ADDRESS FOR THE CODE, WE'LL NOW SEE WHAT THE PROBLEM IS.

AND WHILE THEY'RE ON DUTY, THEY CAN GO OUT AND TAKE A LOOK AT IT AND FIX IT OR PULL THAT SNIPE SIGN. AS FOR THE SNIPE SIGNS, WHEN THE ATTORNEY IS LOOKING INTO THIS RULING, WHAT TO DO FOR THIS? PART OF THE PROBLEM I'VE HEARD IS THAT, WELL, MR. MAYOR, WE HAVE A NUMBER HERE, BUT THIS NUMBER IS FOR A BUSINESS THAT'S NOT IN TOWN.

WE CAN'T FIND A BUSINESS NOT IN TOWN.

WE DON'T HAVE THAT REACHED AGAIN.

THERE'S SOMETHING THAT WE MUST WORK WITH SOME OF OUR SISTER CITIES WITH, UNLESS THERE'S SOMETHING THAT THE CITY ATTORNEY CAN FIND IN FIXING THAT TYPE OF.

SITUATION WHERE WE CAN ENFORCE THOSE CITIES WHO ARE HAVING THIS KNIFE SIGNS OR THOSE BUSINESSES HAVING SNAP SIGNS IN OUR CITY, MY OPINION, IF YOU'RE GOING TO PUT YOUR SIGN IN OUR CITY AND YOU'RE GOING TO TRY TO CONDUCT BUSINESS IN OUR CITY, THEN YOU SHOULD BE OBLIGATED TO BE FINED BY OUR CITY BECAUSE YOU'RE UTILIZING OUR PROPERTY.

BUT WE'LL SEE WHAT THE CITY ATTORNEY CAN COME UP WITH ON THAT.

GARLAND, YEAH, WE ALL EXPRESS OUR OPINION.

I JUST WANTED TO HEAR FROM OUR PLANNING DIRECTOR, MAXINE CALLOWAY.

DO YOU THINK WE NEED MORE COURT ENFORCEMENT? DO YOU THINK WE'RE HARSH ENOUGH OR AT THE RIGHT TEMPERATURE? CURIOUS TO HEAR WHAT YOUR WHAT YOUR VIEWS ARE.

I THINK THE DISCUSSION ON ADDITIONAL COURT OFFICERS, I THINK IT'S COME UP ALMOST EVERY BUDGET MEETING. AND I THINK WE'VE CONSISTENTLY SAID THAT WE BELIEVE ARE APPROPRIATELY STAFFED. I THINK WHAT YOU'RE SEEING IS A CONSEQUENCE OF THE PANDEMIC AND THE FACT, LIKE I'VE SAID BEFORE, WE HAVE RELAXED ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS.

SO IT'S A MATTER OF WE ENGAGE IN THAT AND GOING OUT IN ADDITION, BECAUSE THE PROPERTY IS THERE AND IS NOT CHANGE, IT DOES NOT MEAN THAT CODE ENFORCEMENT HAVEN'T GONE OUT, TAKING THEM TO THE MAGISTRATE, PUT LEON ON THE PROPERTY THOSE LEADS ARE RACKING UP.

IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT ENFORCEMENT IS NOT RIGOROUS, WHICH IS ONE OF THE SLIDES I HAD TO SHARE WITH YOU TONIGHT IN THE PRESENTATION TO SHOW THAT YOU DO HAVE COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES WITH AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF FINES BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN STRICT TAKING THEM TO THE MAGISTRATE. BUT PROCEDURALLY, THAT'S ALL WE CAN DO ON THIS.

THIS COMMISSION IS IN THE BUSINESS OF FORECLOSING ON PROPERTIES, AND IF THAT'S A DIRECTION YOU'D LIKE US TO GO IN, THEN WE CAN START FORECLOSING ON ALL THESE COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES. BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN BECAUSE THE PROPERTY IS SITTING THERE AND YOU'RE NOT SEEING THE CHANGE. IT DOES NOT MEAN THAT ENFORCEMENT IS NOT ACTIVE.

THEY HAVE NOT BEEN BEFORE THE MAGISTRATE.

OK, SO NOW I JUST THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR US TO GET SOME KIND OF REPORT SO THAT WE KNOW WHAT PLACES HAVE BEEN FINED OR WHATEVER, BUT IN DEFENSE OF OF TAMARAC AND I HEAR FROM RESIDENTS ALL THE TIME, THEY COMPLAIN AND THEY ACT LIKE, YOU KNOW, WESTERN IS PERFECT OR CINEMA, AS, OF COURSE, IS A PERFECT PLANTATION.

THEY ALL HAVE UGLY PLACES, TOO.

NOW THEY HAVE SOME NICE PLACES.

THEY GOT SOME UGLY PLACES TO DRIVING AROUND THEIR CITIES.

EVERYTHING IS NOT NICE AND BEAUTIFUL.

SOME STUFF IS. BUT, YOU KNOW, WE ALL HAVE OUR OUR PARTS THAT WE DON'T THINK LOOK SO BEAUTIFUL IN OTHER PARTS THAT WE NO NEED AN UPGRADE.

SO JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT OUT THERE.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. AND THE POWERPOINT PRESENTATION WAS EMAILED TO US.

I'M GOING TO LINK TO THE LIST WITH THE COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES OF FINES.

OVER TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS IN FINES IS ON THERE.

SO AND IF YOU WEREN'T ABLE TO RECEIVE IT OR PULL IT UP, I'M SURE IT COULD BE SENT AROUND AGAIN TO ANSWER YOUR THE QUESTION OF WHICH PROPERTIES ARE BEING CITED.

I JUST SAID WE HAVE FIVE.

I JUST SAID THAT WE HAVE FIVE MINUTES LEFT.

WE NEED TO HANG UP AND WE DIAL, SO TO SPEAK, OR WE OK.

ISD. WELL, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IF WE COULD SAVE OUR.

IS THIS FOR THE TIME AROUND, THE MEETING, THERE WAS SOMETHING THAT POPPED UP AT ALL, IT'S DOUBTFUL EXTEND THE TIME.

OK, THAT ALL RIGHT.

AND IN THE PAST, WE'VE HAD TO LOG OFF AND STUFF BACK ON.

I THINK WE HAD A BREAK AND MIGHT ADJUST TO THAT.

SO WE'RE GOOD. OK, VICE MAYOR MS. MAXINE SAID SOMETHING ABOUT THE FORECLOSURE THING.

YOU KNOW, SOME ASSOCIATIONS, YOU DON'T WANT TO TAKE CARE OF IT.

WE'RE NOT GOING TO CONTINUE FINING YOU.

WE'RE JUST GOING TO FIX IT AND BILLU ON IT.

SO IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN EVEN AIM FOR? SO. OK. TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND AND FINDS ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND.

TWO MILLION DOLLARS. I'M SORRY, WE'RE GOING TO FIX THE PROBLEM AND THE PROPERTY BELONGS TO US BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY YOU DON'T CARE ABOUT IT, SO YOU DON'T CARE ABOUT HOW THE WAY

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YOU'RE POSITIVE LODESTARS CITY LOOKS.

WE DO. AND THIS IS THE CONSEQUENCES.

THAT'S THE WAY I SEE IT.

AND I UNDERSTAND THE WHOLE PANDEMIC THING, BUT I THINK IT'S ABOUT TIME PEOPLE START PUTTING UP AND REMIXING ASIDE AND GET BACK TO REALITY BECAUSE IT IS WHAT IT IS.

SO THE CITY MANAGER I.

DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS A QUESTION FOR YOU THAT GOES BACK TO YOU OR IS THIS SOMETHING FOR YOU OR FOR YOU? SO YOU TURN OUT NOT WE HAVE SOMETHING CALLED A NUISANCE ORDINANCE.

WE HAVE IT FOR OUR REGULAR FOR OUR RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES.

WE'VE HAD IT WHERE YOU HAD TO BE ON IT HAD TO BE A VACANT PROPERTY BEFORE WE COULD DO ANYTHING. AND OVER THE YEARS, I'VE ASKED, WHY CAN'T WE CHANGE IT TO WHEN WE GIVE NOTICE TO OUR BUSINESS RESIDENTS, MAYBE EXTENDING IT FORWARD NOW TO OUR BUSINESS OWNER AND SAY THAT IF YOU DON'T DO THIS, THIS IS THE ESTIMATED COST FOR THIS TO BE DONE.

THE CITY IS GOING TO COME ON HERE AND PUT A LIEN ON YOUR PROPERTY FOR IT.

AND THE NUISANCE ORNAMENT ORDINANCE ACTUALLY GOES THROUGH THE TAX BILL.

I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S SOME WAY THAT WE CAN.

EFFECTUATE SOME KIND OF NUISANCE ORDINANCE FOR OUR CLASSES AND FOR THE OCCUPIED HOMES THAT WE'RE TRYING WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TO TRY AND MAKE IT BETTER.

WELL, MADAM MAYOR, WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO ERADICATE NUISANCE.

BUT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT THINGS HERE.

NUMBER ONE, YOU KNOW, IF SOMEONE HAS OVERGROWN LANDSCAPING AND JUNK CARS AND BROKEN DUMPSTERS AND THINGS LIKE THAT AND THEY'RE FINED REPEATEDLY AND THEY JUST REFUSE TO TAKE CARE OF IT, THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE CAN GO IN AND TAKE CARE OF AND SEND THE BILL THROUGH THE THROUGH THE TAX PROCESS FOR.

BUT WHAT I ALSO HEAR YOU TALKING ABOUT ARE THINGS LIKE FACADE IMPROVEMENTS AND PAINT AND WINDOWS SIGNAGE AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS.

THOSE ARE NOT THOSE ARE CODE VIOLATIONS, BUT THOSE ARE NOT CONSIDERED NUISANCES.

SO WE CAN'T GO IN AND RENOVATE SOMEBODY'S FACADE BECAUSE WE DON'T LIKE THE WAY IT LOOKS AND CALL IT A NUISANCE.

YOU KNOW, WE CAN WE CAN GO IN.

THE FACADE IS FALLING OFF OF A BUILDING AND SOMEONE WON'T FIX IT.

AND THEY'RE FINED REPEATEDLY AND IT BECOMES A HAZARD.

WE CAN THEN SEND SOMEONE IN TO SECURE THAT FACADE AND TO MAKE IT SAFE.

BUT WE CAN'T LANDSCAPE THE PARKING LOT FOR THEM AND CALL IT NUISANCE ABATEMENT AND SEND THEM A BILL. I MEAN, THERE'S A THERE'S A FINE LINE BETWEEN ERADICATING THE NUISANCE AND EVADING THE NUISANCE AND OR DOING BEAUTIFICATION AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO I THINK THAT ONE THING THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL IS IF WE COME BACK TO YOU AT THE NEXT MEETING AND MAKE A PRESENTATION IN TERMS OF WHAT THE LEVEL WHAT THE CURRENT LEVEL OF ENFORCEMENT IS, PARTICULARLY IN THE COMMERCIAL PLAZAS, SO THAT THE COMMISSION CAN SEE WHAT'S WHAT'S BEEN FINE, WHAT'S BEING FINED, WHAT SOME OF THOSE DOLLAR AMOUNTS LOOK LIKE.

WHERE ARE THE HOTSPOTS? AND IF WE WANT TO TAKE A MORE AGGRESSIVE APPROACH IN TERMS OF FORECLOSING ON SOME OF THESE THINGS, WE CAN DO THAT.

BUT WE HAVE TO BE WE HAVE TO BE IN THE RIGHT PLACE TO DO THAT.

WE HAVE TO BE IN THE RIGHT WHEN YOU WHEN YOU FORECLOSE ON, YOU KNOW, ON THOSE TYPES OF LANES AND YOU ACTUALLY GO TO TAKE SOMEONE'S PROPERTY, THAT BECOMES A VERY SERIOUS THING VERY QUICKLY. AND, YOU KNOW, PARTICULARLY IN THE COMMERCIAL ARENA, LANDLORDS ARE NOT QUICK TO GIVE UP THEIR PROPERTIES.

AND SO ON THE ONE HAND, MAYBE THAT APPROACH GETS US MORE COMPLIANCE THAN ON THE OTHER HAND, IT CAN BE A SLIPPERY SLOPE AS FAR AS WHERE WE END UP IN COURT WITH FORECLOSURE PROCEEDINGS AND WHATNOT.

SO LET US LET US GET THAT REPORT TOGETHER AND LET US GET BACK TO YOU, SHOW YOU WHAT IT IS, AND LET US TALK TO YOU IN ANOTHER TWO WEEKS ABOUT WHAT WHAT SOME STRATEGIES MIGHT BE GOING FORWARD. IN THE MEANTIME, WE'LL SPEAK TO THE CITY ATTORNEY ABOUT SUGGESTIONS AS TO HOW TO STRENGTHEN THE ORDINANCES.

AND WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THE STAFFING IN CODE AND SEE IF WE REALLY DO NEED SOME MORE STAFFING OVER THERE. AND WE CAN COME BACK TO YOU WITH SOME RECOMMENDATIONS IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS.

SOUNDS LIKE A PLAN.

HOPEFULLY, EVERYONE IS FINE WITH THAT.

I AM LOOKING AT PEOPLE WHO ARE STARTING TO FALL ASLEEP ON ME, SO WE ARE DONE WITH THE ACTUAL AGENDA ITEMS. SEE, NO FURTHER COMMENT THEN JUST ONE LAST THING FOR ME FOR THIS EVENING, I JUST WANT TO UNDERSTAND THE PULLING OF ITEMS FROM THE AGENDA.

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I HAVE PULLED TWO ITEMS THIS MORNING AND THEY HAPPENED TO BE ON THE AGENDA FOR THIS EVENING. SO IF CITY ATTORNEY, CITY MANAGER MS. JENNIFER CAN PLEASE EXPLAIN TO ME THE PROCESS ON PULLING ITEMS AND HOW THEY END UP OUT OF THE OUT OF THE AGENDA VERSUS STAYING ON THE AGENDA.

YOU KNOW, IF I WOULD HAVE REQUESTED IT THREE DAYS AGO VERSUS REQUESTING IT THE MORNING OF NOW, HOUR BEFORE.

HOW DOES AN AGENDA ITEM GET REMOVED PRIOR TO A MEETING NOT TO SHOW UP ON AN AGENDA? IF ANY OF YOU THREE WOULD LIKE TO START, DEPENDING ON WHEN WE GET THE NOTICE, VICE MAYOR WILL REMOVE ITEMS FROM THE AGENDA AND WE'LL REISSUE THE AGENDA.

AND THAT WOULD BE A MORE TYPICAL THING.

IF YOU HAD ASKED, FOR INSTANCE, FOR THOSE ITEMS TO BE REMOVED THIS MORNING, WE WOULD HAVE REISSUED AND RECIRCULATES AGENDA AT THE MEETING TONIGHT.

TYPICALLY, WHEN WHEN THE MAYOR ASKS ME AS THE CITY MANAGER, ARE THERE ADDITIONS OR DELETIONS FROM THE AGENDA, WE EITHER LEAD OR ADD THINGS OR WE DELETE THINGS.

THIS EVENING WAS UNUSUAL BECAUSE COMMISSIONER BOLTON MOVED THE TABLE, I GUESS, TABLE, WHICH IS NOT TYPICAL.

TYPICALLY, WE WOULD JUST DELETE IT.

I BELIEVE I SAID DEFER IT BECAUSE I WASN'T SURE IF YOU WANTED TO JUST SIMPLY DELETE THEM OR IF YOU WANTED TO DEFER THEM FOR CONSIDERATION TO A FUTURE MEETING.

BUT TYPICALLY, DEPENDING ON THE TIMING, WE WOULD WE CAN REISSUE AN AGENDA.

BUT WHEN YOU PULL AND PULL ITEMS THE MORNING OF A MEETING, WE'RE TYPICALLY NOT ABLE TO GO AROUND AND REPOST ALL RECIRCULATES, REDO THE AGENDA.

LOOKS LIKE IT WASN'T THERE IF YOU DID THAT IN THE WEEK PRIOR.

YES. WE WOULD GO THROUGH THAT EXERCISE.

SO WHAT WHAT WHAT I BELIEVE JUST WHAT WHAT WE HAVE DONE UP UNTIL TONIGHT IS THAT WHEN ITEMS ARE ADDED OR DELETED, THAT'S IF THEY'RE SIMPLY ADDED OR DELETED.

WE ADD AN ITEM, IT GETS CONSIDERED, WE DELETE AN ITEM, THEY DON'T GET CONSIDERED.

SO I THINK TONIGHT, AS FAR AS THE FIRST ITEM YOU ADD WAS UNUSUAL, BUT THE ITEMS, DEPENDING ON WHEN YOU ASK FOR THOSE ITEMS TO BE ADDED OR DELETED, THEY EITHER APPEAR OR THEY DON'T APPEAR ON THE AGENDA, DEPENDING ON THE TIMING QUESTION FROM CITY ATTORNEY, IF I'M REQUESTING ITEMS TO BE DELETED, WHY WOULD YOU VOTE ON IT? AS THE MANAGER INDICATED, AND WHICH, IF IT WAS PAUL PRIOR TO THE MEET AND A WRITTEN NOTICE AND THE AGENDA IS IN THE HANDS OF THE MANAGER AND CITY CLERK PRIOR TO THE COMMISSION MEET SO THE AGENDA CAN BE MODIFIED PRIOR TO THE COMMISSION MEETING BY THE MANAGERS MANAGER, THE CLERK. BUT AFTER THE MEETING STARTS, THE OLD RULES, THE CITY COMMISSION RULES, BASICALLY ANY MODIFICATION OF THE AGENDA MUST BE BY MAJORITY VOTE OF THE CITY COMMISSION.

SO IT'S PRETTY CLEAR AFTER THE COMMISSION MEETING STARTS THAT THE MODIFICATION OF THE AGENDA IS BY MAJORITY VOTE PRIOR TO THE MEETING.

AND AS YOU KNOW, RESPECT TO AGENDA MODIFICATION ADDED.

I'LL PUT AN ITEM THAT'S IN THE HANDS.

THERE'S NOTHING. AND YOUR RULES INDICATED THAT PRIOR TO THE BEGINNING OF THE AGENDA, AN ITEM CANNOT BE PULLED BY A SPONSOR.

THAT'S THE KEY WORD ALSO.

OK, GO AHEAD.

YEAH, I WAS AGAIN GOING TO SIMPLY SAY THAT THE WAY THAT WE'VE ALWAYS HANDLED THOSE ITEMS HAS BEEN THAT THE MAYOR WOULD AT THAT POINT IN THE MEETING AFTER THE REPORT, THAT THERE ARE ANY ADDITIONS OR DELETIONS TO THE AGENDA, AT WHICH POINT WE WOULD ADD OR DELETE.

SO WHAT THE WHAT THE CITY ATTORNEY IS TELLING YOU IS MAY MAY BE THE CORRECT.

I'M JUST TELLING YOU THE WAY THAT IT'S ALWAYS BEEN DONE.

AND SO SO IF IT'S THE SAME WAY WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN BEEN DONE, CAN I MAKE A POINT OF REFERENCE TO THE NEXT TIME I REQUEST AN ITEM TO BE REMOVED PRIOR TO THAT? IT MAY NOT. THAT DOES NOT GET VOTED ON IF I'M REQUESTING THAT IT BE DELETED AND REMOVED.

SO VICE MAYOR OR FORM GOING FORWARD, IF THE ITEMS ARE ASKED TO BE REMOVED FROM THE AGENDA, WE WILL ALLOW THE CITY CLERK AND I WILL WORK TO REISSUE THE AGENDA PRIOR TO THE MEETING.

THE ONLY PROBLEM WITH REISSUING THE AGENDA PRIOR TO THE MEETING IS THAT IT'S DIFFERENT THAN ALL OF THE PUBLISHED AND POSTED AGENDAS.

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THAT'S THAT'S THE CHALLENGE WITH THAT.

THAT'S WHY THE MAYOR ASKS IF THERE ARE ANY ADDITIONS OR DELETIONS, THEN THE AGENDA IS MODIFIED.

AND I THINK IT'S MORE OR LESS THE ISSUE THAT THE CRUX OF WHAT WAS HAPPENING EARLIER WAS THAT THERE WAS A REQUEST FOR DEFERMENT.

IT WASN'T A REQUEST FOR DELETION.

HAD IT JUST BEEN A STRAIGHT REQUEST FOR DELETION? WELL, I MET A MARINE.

I USE THE WORD DEFER, AND I SHOULD HAVE USED THE WORD DELETE BECAUSE THE THE REQUEST IS FOR ADDITIONS OR DELETIONS.

AND THE VICE MAYOR HAS TO HAVE HIS ITEM PULLED OR REMOVED FROM THE AGENDA.

AND SO, VICE MAYOR, I USE THE WORD DEFERRED BECAUSE I WASN'T SURE IF YOU WANTED TO BE CONSIDERED AT A LATER DATE OR SIMPLY WANTED THEM DELETED FROM THE AGENDA.

AND WHAT I SHOULD HAVE DONE WAS USE THE WORD DELETE.

CORRECT. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER GARLAND.

SO JUST A CLARIFICATION, MR. VILLALOBOS, VICE MAYOR, YOU SHOULD MAKE THE REQUEST IN WRITING AS WELL.

SO, MAYOR GOMEZ, I BROUGHT UP THE CLARIFICATION REGARDING THE CITY ATTORNEY DURING MY COMMISSION REPORT, AND YOU TOLD ME TO DEFER IT TO ITEM THIRTEEN.

SO WE'RE HERE NOW AT TWELVE FORTY A.M.

AND WHAT HAPPENED EARLIER TODAY IN THE DISCUSSION ABOUT THE HOMELESS TASK FORCE HAPPENED? THERE WAS NO REAL CLARIFICATION ON DIRECTION YOUR SHOPPING.

CAN YOU GIVE IT A SECOND START? SURE. THANK YOU.

SO WHAT HAPPENED TODAY? WHERE? YEAH, WHAT HAPPENED TODAY, WHERE WE DIDN'T REALLY HAVE CLEAR DIRECTION IN TERMS OF WHAT TO DIRECT STAFF TO DO REGARDING GOING TO REGARDING THE TASK FORCE HAPPEN AT THE LAST COMMISSION MEETING IN REGARDS TO THE AURILIA RFP FOR THE CITY ATTORNEY SERVICES.

AND SO UNFORTUNATELY, AS A COMMISSION, WE DO TALK TOO MUCH AND PROBABLY CONFUSES THE CITY CLERK, CITY ATTORNEY OR ANYBODY ELSE BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING, TALKING, TALKING AND NOT GIVING A STRAIGHT UP DIRECTION.

EASY TO UNDERSTAND SENTENCE.

AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED AT THE LAST COMMISSION MEETING BECAUSE I DIDN'T HEAR AFTER READING THE TRANSCRIPT AND WATCHING THE VIDEO, A CLEAR DIRECTION TO GO THROUGH THE RFP PROCESS.

SO I WANTED TO GET CLARIFICATION FROM THE COMMISSION NOW IN TERMS OF WHAT WHAT THE PLAN IS, BECAUSE WE MADE A SELECTION OF HANDS OUT TO NOT AS THE PERMANENT CITY ATTORNEY AND IN TURN AROUND THE NATION RFP.

SO THAT ITEM WAS DISCUSSED AT THE WORKSHOP, BUT I THOUGHT THAT WE OVER OVERRULED THAT WORKSHOP DISCUSSION WITH THE SELECTION OF THE PERMANENT CITY ATTORNEY.

SO I WANTED TO GET CLARIFICATION ON ON THAT AS WE GO FORWARD. I JUST WANT TO REPEAT SOMETHING THAT OUR CITY ATTORNEY JUST SAID, OK, BECAUSE YOU HAD SIX DAYS OF ADVANCE NOTICE TO PUT THIS ON THE AGENDA FOR 13.

AND THERE WAS A COMMENT THAT THE CITY ATTORNEY JUST SAID ANY MODIFICATION OF THE AGENDA HAS TO COME WITH A MAJORITY VOTE.

SO THIS IS A NEW ITEM ON THE AGENDA ITEM I BROUGHT UP DOING MY REPORT.

AND YOU'RE SAYING YOU TOLD ME WERE MAKING A POINT WHERE CERTAIN THINGS WORK FOR PEOPLE WHEN THEY WANTED TO WORK, BUT IT DOESN'T SEEM TO WANT TO WORK WHEN IT NEEDS TO FOLLOW THE RULES FOR EVERYBODY BECAUSE, YES, I SAID IT DURING THEN, BUT OUR CITY ATTORNEY HAS JUST MADE IT VERY CLEAR IS THAT ANY MODIFICATION OF THE AGENDA, AND YOU SAID IT THREE TIMES, NEEDS TO BE DONE BY A MAJORITY VOTE.

AND WE ARE MODIFYING THE AGENDA TO WE BRING THIS UP AS A DISCUSSION FOR A CLARIFICATION.

SO THEREFORE, BECAUSE.

SO THAT'S FINE.

I'M JUST PUTTING IT ON THE RECORD THAT, AGAIN, WE'RE NOT FOLLOWING SIMPLE RULES THAT WE KEEP PUTTING IN PLACE AND WE KEEP GOING.

OK, SO JUST TO CLARIFY, I'M NOT MODIFYING THE AGENDA.

I WAS BRINGING IT UP DURING MY COMMITTEE REPORT SO I CAN ASK ANY KIND OF QUESTION TO MY COMMISSION REPORT. AND YOU WERE SAYING THAT THIS SHOULD BE IN ITEM THIRTEEN.

AND I WAS SAYING NO, I JUST WANTED CLARIFICATION ON THE LAST COMMISSION MEETING BECAUSE I THINK A CLARIFICATION YOU PROPOSED.

AND SO, YEAH, I WASN'T CALLING FOR A MOTION.

I WANTED TO KNOW. I WANTED TO.

AND I SAID THERE WAS NO CLEAR DIRECTION AT THE LAST COMMISSION MEETING.

AND SO I WANT TO KNOW WHAT THE CLEAR DIRECTION WAS BECAUSE I DIDN'T HEAR IT.

THERE WAS NO RECORD OF IT FROM THE LAST COMMISSION MEETING.

THERE WAS A LOT OF TALKING AND DISCUSSION.

AND SO I WANTED TO GET CLARIFICATION FROM THIS COMMISSION MANAGER.

I BELIEVE YOU HAD YOU STARTED TALKING ABOUT THE PAPERWORK THAT HAD BEEN PROVIDED WITH THE TRANSCRIPT OR IS THIS.

EARLIER THIS EVENING, I KNOW IT SEEMS LIKE FOREVER AGO.

AND YOU'RE ON THE.

SO THERE WE GO.

SO COMMISSIONER GARLAND HAD REQUESTED THE SEVERAL THINGS FROM US, WHICH WE PROVIDED RELATIVE TO THE DISCUSSION REGARDING THE CHANGE OF NAME FROM INTERIM CITY ATTORNEY TO CITY ATTORNEY OR PERMANENT CITY ATTORNEY.

AND JUST TO TRY TO RECAP THE DIRECTION THAT THE WORKSHOP WAS TO MOVE FORWARD WITH REQUEST

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FOR LETTERS OF INTEREST OR WHAT WHATEVER WHATEVER THE COMMISSION DIRECTED IT WAS TO ASK TO HAVE THE PROCUREMENT DIRECTOR MOVE FORWARD.

THERE WERE SOME TIME FRAMES AND PARAMETERS GIVEN.

AND WHEN THEY COME BACK TO THE COMMISSION, WHICH THE PROCUREMENT MANAGER MOVED MOVE FORWARD WITH AT THE COMMISSION MEETING, I BELIEVE COMMISSIONER BOLTON ADVISED THAT HE THOUGHT ABOUT IT. HE HAD A CHANGE OF HEART.

HE WANTED TO DISCUSS THE ISSUE OF THE TITLE OF INTERIM CITY ATTORNEY VERSUS VERSUS CITY ATTORNEY OR PERMANENT CITY ATTORNEY.

THERE WAS DISCUSSION BY ALL OF YOU ABOUT THE TITLE OF CITY ATTORNEY OR INTERIM CITY ATTORNEY. AND WE HAD THERE WAS A LOT OF DISCUSSION.

BUT THE TRANSCRIPT THAT I'M LOOKING AT SPEAKS TO THE FACT THAT THE NAME CHANGED, THAT THERE WAS A SENTIMENT THAT THE NAME SHOULD BE CHANGED TO CITY ATTORNEY FROM INTERIM CITY ATTORNEY, BUT THAT THE MORALE OF THE AHLI PROCESS SHOULD GO FORWARD.

AND THAT SEEMED TO BE ENUMERATED BY SEVERAL OF YOU IN THE TRANSCRIPT.

AND ALBEIT I AGREE WITH COMMISSIONER GARLAND, IT WAS NOT CLEAR THAT THAT DISCUSSION WAS NOT CLEAR BECAUSE COMMISSIONER BOLTON WAS SPEAKING ABOUT A NAME CHANGE.

AND PRIOR TO THE SPEAKING ABOUT THE NAME CHANGE, WE HAD A WORKSHOP ABOUT HOW TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE SELECTION PROCESS AND WHETHER OR NOT MR. OTTENHOFF, AS THE INTERIM CITY ATTORNEY, TAKING THE POSITION, UNDERSTANDING THAT THE INTERIM COULD NOT BE THE PERMANENT, WOULD THEN BE ALLOWED TO BE THE PERMANENT IF SELECTED THROUGH THE SELECTION PROCESS.

AND SO WE HAD THAT FIRST TO CONTEND WITH.

THEN WE CAME BACK AND COMMISSIONER BOLTON ADVISED THAT HE HAD THOUGHT ABOUT IT AND HE HAD WANTED TO HAVE SOME MORE DISCUSSION.

AND WE SUSPENDED ROBERT'S RULES.

THERE WAS ALL OF THAT. AND THEN WE DISCUSSED THE ISSUE OF THE TITLE OF CITY ATTORNEY, WHETHER INTERIM OR PERMANENT.

AND IT WAS DECIDED THAT MR. OSSANA WOULD BE THE PERMANENT CITY ATTORNEY.

HOWEVER, THE TRANSCRIPT SEEMS TO REFLECT ON MULTIPLE AND MULTIPLE CASES THAT THE PROCESS WOULD MOVE FORWARD AND THAT THROUGH THAT PROCESS, HE COULD BE SELECTED AS THE PERMANENT ATTORNEY, IF THAT'S WHAT THE COMMISSION DESIRED.

AND THAT'S THAT'S THAT'S WHERE I'LL LEAVE IT AT THIS POINT.

REVOLT IN YOUR HANDS. BRUCE.

YES, MADAM MAYOR. WELL, ACTUALLY, MY HAND WAS RAISED SINCE THE THE THE LAST ITEM THAT WE WERE DISCUSSING.

SO I'LL I'LL I'LL JUST QUICKLY COMMENT ON ON THAT ITEM.

SO MAYBE IT'S NO SECRET THAT I SPEND A LOT OF TIME STUDYING PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURE BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT THAT IS THE ART OF GETTING THINGS DONE IN THE COMMISSION MEETING.

AND ONCE YOU UNDERSTAND IT, YOU CAN MOVE ANY ITEM FORWARD.

AND SO JUST JUST TO BE CLEAR AND TO TO COMMENT ON WHAT THE VICE MAYOR I'VE MENTIONED IS. SO ROBERTS SAYS ONCE ONCE THE AGENDA HAS BEEN ADOPTED ON EACH ITEM OF BUSINESS ON THE AGENDA WILL COME BEFORE THE MEETING UNLESS NO ONE MOVES A MOTION OR NO ONE OBJECTS TO WITHDRAW, AS SUGGESTED BY THE SPONSORING INDIVIDUAL INDIVIDUAL OF THE OF THE ITEM. SO COMMISSIONER VICE MAYOR OF VILLA LOGO'S WANTED TO REMOVE AN ITEM.

THERE WAS AN OBJECTION TO THAT ITEM SO THE ITEM COULD NOT BE REMOVED FROM THE AGENDA.

SO IF THERE WAS NO OBJECTION TO HIM REMOVING THE ITEM FROM THE AGENDA, THE ITEM WOULD HAVE BEEN REMOVED. BUT THERE WAS AN OBJECTION TO THE ITEM BEING REMOVED AND THERE WAS A MOTION TO TABLE.

IT WAS NOT SECONDED.

AND THEN WE VOTED ON THE MOTION.

SO IN ANOTHER SCENARIO, VICE MAYOR VILLARAIGOSA HAS AN ITEM ON.

13. 13 C, SUBSECTION TWO, HE CAN AT WILL ANY TIME REMOVE THAT ITEM FROM THE AGENDA BECAUSE HE IS THE SPONSOR OF THAT ITEM AND THE HOLDER OF ALL BACKUP

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INFORMATION. SO NONE OF US CAN SAY, HEY, WE WANT TO DISCUSS IT BECAUSE THERE'S NO BACKUP INFORMATION IN THE BOOK.

THE ITEM ON THE CONSENT AGENDA HAD BACKUP INFORMATION.

IT WAS ALREADY RESEARCHED BY STAFF, PROVIDED BACKUP INFORMATION.

SO TECHNICALLY IT WAS NOT HIS ITEM TO HAVE IT.

IT'S AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA.

THIRTEEN, THIRTEEN.

SEE, HE HAS THE ITEM, HIS NAME IS UNDERNEATH IT, HE'S THE PRESENTER OF THAT ITEM WITHOUT A PRESENTER, THEN THERE'S NO ITEM.

SO HE WHILE HE CANNOT REMOVE THAT ITEM, HE COULDN'T REMOVE THE ITEM FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA JUST BY HIMSELF.

THE CITY ATTORNEY IS RIGHT.

HE NEEDS A MAJORITY OF THREE PERSONS ON THE COMMISSION TO EITHER TABLE THE ITEM OR OR DELETE THE ITEM. SO WHAT WENT FORWARD PROCEDURALLY WAS CORRECT.

AND NOBODY CAN JUST MOVE AN ITEM FROM THE AGENDA UNLESS THEY ARE THE PRESENTER OF THE OF THE AGENDA. I THINK AT SOME POINT WE NEED TO HAVE LIKE A LITTLE WORKSHOP TO TRAIN US ALL ON ROBERT'S RULES SO THAT WE CAN UNDERSTAND ROBERT'S RULES JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE.

I KNOW IT'S LATE IN THE NIGHT, BUT THAT'S ALL I WANTED TO COMMENT ON THAT SPECIFIC ITEMS. AND NOW I THINK WE'RE ON THE.

SO WITHIN THE HOUR, I'VE JUST LET YOU GO AHEAD ON.

YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO GET MY TWO CENTS WHERE THAT IS CONCERNED.

ARE YOU? SO WE'RE ACTUALLY ON THE NEXT TOPIC NOW.

SO ARE YOU.

RAISING YOUR HAND TO SPEAK ON THAT, OR AM I GOING TO BE CALLING ON THIS MAN, I JUST WANT TO COMMENT ON HIS COMMENT.

IF I REALLY GENTLEMEN, THE TOPIC IS DONE WHEN I COME BACK AND FORTH, THAT'S ALL. BUT NOW WE DON'T HAVE CLARITY ON THAT.

YOU KNOW WHAT? I'VE BEEN ASKING FOR A PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURAL RULES WITHIN WHAT WE FOLLOW IN THE CITY TO BE GIVEN TO US BECAUSE WE DO SEEM TO CHANGE THE RULES REGULARLY AND IT WOULD BE A REALLY HELPFUL THING.

SO YOU DON'T HAVE ENOUGH. SO MAYBE I LOOK FORWARD TO PUTTING SOMETHING ON OUR AGENDA WITHIN THE NEXT MONTH OR SO.

I'D LIKE TO THINK THAT I'M HEARING A LOT GOING ON AND WE CAN HAVE SOMETHING FOR OUR COMMISSION VIDEO THAT WE'LL WATCH SEPARATELY.

BUT AT THIS POINT, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ON THE 13, MADAM MAYOR? YES. I JUST WANT TO NOTE FOR THE RECORD THAT THE CITY COMMISSION RULES OF PROCEDURE IS THE CONTROLLING AUTHORITY AND THAT ROBERT RULES.

AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE RULES OF PROCEDURE, INDICATE RUBBLE'S IS IS PERSUASIVE AUTHORITY IN A VENT. THERE WAS A CONFLICT OR THIS PROCEDURE DOES NOT ADDRESS.

YOU CAN YOU CAN DESIGN YOUR RULES OF PROCEDURE THAT WAS THAT WAS ADOPTED BY THE CITY COMMISSION.

IF I'M HEARING CITY ATTORNEY, WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS BASICALLY AWFUL OUT.

THE MANAGER COULD HAVE JUST SAID, I'M LEAVING THIS ITEM AND IT'S DONE BECAUSE THOSE ARE OUR RULES AND THESE ARE THE PROCEDURES THAT WE FOLLOW.

IF WE DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING IN PLACE AS SUCH, THE PROBABLES OF WATER WOULD COME IN AND BE ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF THOSE ITEMS. WHAT, WHAT, WHAT? LET ME MAKE IT CLEAR, IF IT'S BEFORE ME, IF IT WAS PART OF PARDON ME, THE AGENDA IS IN THE HANDS OF THE MANAGER AND THE CLERK AND AGENDA ITEMS CAN BE MODIFIED.

BUT AFTER THE MEETING, THE RULE, THE CITY COMMISSION RULES SPECIFICALLY SECTION TWO DIASTOLE FOR SUCH A SUBSECTION E FIVE INDICATE YOU NEED A MAJORITY VOTE TO MODIFY THE AGENDA IS PRETTY CLEAR.

AND MY DAD WAS REMOVED AT EIGHT THIRTY TWO A.M.

PRIOR TO ME, IT WASN'T IF THE MANAGER OF THE CLUB DID NOT MODIFY THE AGENDA BECAUSE IT WAS NOT TECHNICALLY REMOVED, ACTUALLY. BUT WHAT WAS BEING SAID TO THE ATTORNEY IS THAT IN THE PAST, ALL WE DO IS JUST TELL THE CITY ATTORNEY WE WANT TO REMOVE IT.

AND AT THAT POINT IN TIME, WHEN IT COMES TO THE CONSENT AGENDA, THE QUESTION THAT IS ASKED IS, ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONS OR DELETIONS? AND THE CITY MANAGER SAYS YES.

AND THEN THE ITEM IS REMOVED.

IT IS NOT DEBATED. IT IS JUST REMOVED.

HOWEVER, TODAY DIFFERENT RULES ARE PUT IN PLACE.

CITY BE AND DIRECTLY HODS IS LETTING US KNOW THAT SAM DID NOT FOLLOW THE RULES OF PROCEDURE.

NEXT WEEK ON YOUR COMMENTS ARE UNNECESSARY AT THIS TIME, BUT IT IS A STATEMENT OF FACT.

COMMISSIONER GARLAND, YOUR COMMENTS ARE NOT NECESSARY AT THIS TIME.

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THANK YOU. VERY THE.

JUST JUST TO JUST TO CLARIFY AGAIN, THE THE AS FAR AS THE ADDITIONS AND DELETIONS FROM THE AGENDA ARE CONCERNED, THAT PROCEDURE GOES BACK FOR AS LONG AS I'VE WORKED FOR THE CITY, WHICH PREDATES, YOU KNOW, MR. NOT MR. GORE, AND GOES ALL THE WAY BACK TO MS. CRAP JUST FOR HISTORICAL PURPOSES, RIGHT OR WRONG.

OK, IF THAT'S JUST HOW IT'S BEEN DONE FOR THE LAST 20 YEARS, THAT'S BEEN THE COMMISSION'S PROCEDURE. SO IF THE COMMISSION SEEKS TO CHANGE THAT, THEN LET'S HAVE THAT DISCUSSION AND LET'S DO THAT AND LET'S CHANGE IT FORMALLY SO THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS WHAT THE PROPER PROCEDURE IS.

AGAIN, I THOUGHT WHAT THE PROPER PROCEDURE WAS BASED ON THE COMMISSIONER OR THE VICE MAYOR. THE REQUEST WAS TO DELETE THE DELETE ITEMS WHEN WHEN ASKED UNDER ADDITIONS OR DELETIONS. AND AGAIN, I SHOULD HAVE USED THE WORD DELETE AND NOT DEFER.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. A REMINDER.

SO, ALL RIGHT, AT THIS TIME, THERE WAS A REQUEST FOR CLARIFICATION, IN MY OPINION, HEARING THE CITY MANAGER READ THROUGH THE TRANSCRIPT.

THE WHAT I HEAR WE CAN GO FROM THERE SO WE CAN GET THIS MEETING OVER WITH WAS THAT WE HAD A WORKSHOP. WE SAID WE WERE GOING OUT WITH NORELLI AND WE WERE SENDING THAT OUT AND THAT WE HAD WE HAD SEVERAL MEETINGS THAT COMPLETELY DEFERRED THIS TOPIC TO A WORKSHOP.

WE HAD IT ON A COMMISSION AGENDA.

IT WAS PUSHED ON TO A WORKSHOP.

AT THAT WORKSHOP. THERE WAS CONSENSUS OF WHAT WAS GOING TO BE DONE TO LOOK FOR A NEW ATTORNEY AND AT THE MEETING AND THEN CHANGE WHERE IT WAS.

THIS INTERIM CITY ATTORNEY BECAME THE CITY ATTORNEY, BUT WE WERE STILL GOING FORWARD.

IT WAS COMMENTS MADE BY SEVERAL PEOPLE ON THE COMMISSION IN THE MIDDLE OF THEIR VOTE.

AND SO THEREFORE, IT APPEARS THAT THE DIRECTIVE IS CLEAR.

COMMISSIONER BOTTEN.

THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. SO SO LET ME EXPLAIN THE DIRECTIVE, AT LEAST FROM MY POINT OF VIEW, WHAT I GUESS WE HAD A WORKSHOP BEFORE THE COMMISSION MEETING.

DURING THAT WORKSHOP, WE TALKED ABOUT THE PROCESS THAT WE'RE GOING TO USE TO HIRE AND USE THE ATTORNEY. WE TALKED ABOUT THE ARIZPE OF Q PROTHESE.

DURING THAT, THE FIRST THE FIRST COMMENT WAS COMMISSIONER GELLIN, AND HE SAID, I DON'T THINK THAT WE NEED THIS PROCESS.

WE ALREADY HAVE. HOHNS IS DOING A GOOD JOB.

HE NEEDS TO BE THE PERMANENT CITY ATTORNEY.

AND THAT'S THAT. THAT WAS HIS COMMENT THEN THEN WE MOVED ON TO OTHER COMMISSIONERS COMMENTING. AND I SAID THAT I HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE OTHER TWO DOCUMENTS AND I ASKED.

THAT I WANTED TO USE THE SAME EXACT PROCESS THAT WE HAD TO CHOOSE THE INTERIM ATTORNEY AND I REPEATED IT SEVERAL TIMES, I SAID IT HAS TO MIRRO THE CITY, THE INTERIM CITY ATTORNEY PROCESS.

AND I SAID THAT OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN.

SO DURING THAT MEETING, COMMISSIONER GELLIN WANTED TO MAKE THE CITY ATTORNEY PERMANENT.

OTHER PEOPLE WANTED TO GO THROUGH WITH THE PROCESS BECAUSE THAT WAS A WORKSHOP.

WE WE CANNOT TAKE ACTION TO MAKE MOTIONS AND THAT SORT OF STUFF IN A WORKSHOP, A WORKSHOP, I'VE ALWAYS BEEN TOLD IS JUST TO GET CONSENSUS.

YOU CAN'T MAKE MOTIONS.

SO AT THE START OF THE REGULAR COMMISSION MEETING.

I SAID THAT BASED ON WHAT I HEARD, COMMISSIONER GARLAND SAYING THAT HE WANTED THE THE INTERIM ATTORNEY TO BECOME THE PERMANENT AND BASED ON WHAT I HEARD VICE MAYOR BILL DE LOBOS SAY THAT WE ARE AT ANY TIME PRONE TO CHANGE OUR MINDS AND THEN THE OTHER SIDE WANTING A PROCESS.

I SAID, LET'S MAKE THIS THE COMPROMISE NUMBER ONE, MAKE ON HANSADUTTA, NOT TONIGHT HERE

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AND NOW ON THAT LAST MEETING, BECOME THE PERMANENT CITY ATTORNEY TONIGHT.

HOWEVER, WE WILL STILL GO OUT.

WITH THE LETTER OF INTEREST PROCESS.

WITH THE SAME EXACT PROCESS WE USED BEFORE, NOTHING ABOVE, NOTHING SUBTRACTED, THE SAME PROCESS WE USED BEFORE TO SELECT THE INTERIM ATTORNEY, GO OUT AND FIND ATTORNEYS, AND THAT COULD VERY WELL BE THE PERMANENT ATTORNEY.

THAT'S WHAT I SAID, SO HONS WAS MADE THE PERMANENT CITY ATTORNEY ON THAT NIGHT.

COMMISSIONER GARLAND THEN SAID HIS IMPETUS FOR VOTING FOR HONS TO BE THE PERMANENT ATTORNEY WAS THAT HE DIDN'T LIKE THE WORD INTERIM.

THOSE WERE NOT MY WORDS, THOSE WERE HIS WORDS.

MY IMPETUS WAS TO BRING BOTH ARGUMENTS TOGETHER FROM THE WORKSHOP THAT WE HAD PRIOR, WHERE SOME COMMISSIONERS SAID THAT THEY WANTED HONS AND THAT THEY COULD CHANGE THEIR MINDS, AND THEN SOME PEOPLE SAYING THAT RESIDENTS ARE ASKING FOR A PROCESS AND THAT SORT OF STUFF. SO IN THE COMMISSION MEETING, THAT WAS A COMPROMISE.

MAKE HOHNS THE PERMANENT CITY ATTORNEY, BUT ALSO GO OUT AND DO THE PROCESS.

LET'S SEE IF WE CAN FIND OTHER ATTORNEYS THAT ARE BETTER THAN HONS.

AND SOME COMMISSIONERS HAD AN ISSUE WITH WITH ME SAYING THAT.

THEY SAID ALSO WE'RE JUST GOING TO FIRE HIM LIKE THAT, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH.

AND HE SAID, YEAH, OR IT COULD JUST BE VERY WELL IT COULD VERY WELL BE HOHNS THAT WE CHOSE. SO THAT'S THE DIRECTIVE THAT AT LEAST FROM MY POINT OF VIEW WAS GIVEN.

NO, WE ARE GOING OUT AND LOOKING FOR A CITY ATTORNEY USING THE EXACT PROCESS THAT WE USE FOR THE INTERIM ATTORNEY.

RIGHT. THAT WOULD BE A QUESTION FOR THE CITY MANAGER, BECAUSE THAT WAS THE DIRECTIVE.

THE DIRECTIVE WAS LET'S FIND A PERMANENT CITY ATTORNEY USING THE EXACT PROCESS OF THE THE INTERIM CITY ATTORNEY.

SO ARE WE DOING THAT OR ARE WE NOT DOING THAT? I BELIEVE THAT IS WHAT MR. GLASS IS DOING. COMMISSIONER? OH, THE GLASS IS ON THE LINE.

YES. AND THAT IS WHAT WE ARE DOING.

WE ARE SOLICITING.

WE HAVE A FEW ATTORNEYS THAT HAVE REGISTERED TO RESPOND, NOT AS MANY AS I WOULD HAVE HOPED, BUT WE HAVE A FEW.

OK. OK. AND SO THE U.S.

ATTORNEYS ARE APPLYING TO THE CITY AND THEY ARE.

PROVIDING THE LETTERS OF INTEREST TO THE CITY, USING THE SAME VEHICLE THAT WE USED IN THE BEGINNING, WELL, THEY THEY THEY'RE USING OUR ELECTRONIC SYSTEM, IT'S THE ONLY DIFFERENCE.

THEY'RE JUST UPLOADING IT ELECTRONICALLY INSTEAD OF SENDING AN EMAIL.

OK. THAT'S THAT'S KIND OF NOT THE SAME PROCESS, BUT DO YOU FEEL LIKE THAT THAT IS EQUAL TO SENDING AN EMAIL OR UPLOADING THEIR THEIR FILE IS IS THE SAME AS SENDING AN EMAIL? IT ACTUALLY SHOULD BE A LITTLE EASIER TO SOME EXTENT BECAUSE ALL THEY HAVE TO DO IS THE SYSTEM MAKES IT FAIRLY EASY TO DO THAT.

I CAN EVEN SHOW YOU WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW ON WHO'S REGISTERED, IF YOU'D LIKE TO KNOW.

I WOULD NOT LIKE TO KNOW.

I FIND I WANT IT TO BE A SURPRISE.

YES. AND AND LET ME ASK YOU, THE THE INTERIM PROCESS, THE SAME QUALIFICATIONS THAT WE ASKED FOR, THE SAME DOCUMENTS THAT THEY NEEDED TO SUBMIT IN THE INTERIM PROCESS, ARE THESE SAME EXACT DOCUMENTS THAT THEY HAVE TO SUBMIT NOW OR ARE WE ASKING FOR MORE THINGS OR LESS THINGS? WE WE CALLED IT BACK TO BRING IT BACK TO WHERE IT WAS THE FIRST TIME.

TO THE ORIGINAL PROCESS.

AND SO THE DOCUMENT THAT IS OUT THERE REFLECTS THE ORIGINAL PROCESS

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WITH WITH NO WITH NO ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENT, I DON'T BELIEVE THERE ARE ANY ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS OTHER THAN OUR TERMS AND CONDITIONS ARE IN THERE. BUT THAT'S THAT WAS PART OF THE ORIGINAL.

IF YOU REMEMBER IF YOU REMEMBER, COMMISSIONER, THAT WAS THE DOCUMENT WE HAD A DISCUSSION WITH YOU ABOUT AND WE MADE CHANGES ACCORDINGLY.

OK, I READ BODY LANGUAGE, I, I SEE THAT HAUNTS MADE A LITTLE CHUCKLE HORNS THAT YOU LOOK AT THE PROCESS.

YES, I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY, I WENT THROUGH THE INITIAL PROCESS, THAT PROCESS WAS SEAMLESS PROCESS WHERE, YOU KNOW, YOU BASICALLY SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION TO MR. GLATZ AND ANY FORM THAT'S REQUIRED, YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO REGISTER.

ADDITIONALLY, I BELIEVE THE INSURANCE REQUIREMENT IS NOT THE SAME AS IT WAS BEFORE, BASED ON MY REVIEW OF THE CONDITIONS THAT WERE REQUIRED FROM THE BEGINNING TO NOW.

SO THERE'S THERE'S SOME DIFFERENCES.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN WHEN YOU KNOW WHAT THOSE ARE? I DON'T REMEMBER ANY INSURANCE.

I MEAN, IT WAS IT WAS GENERAL LIABILITY, PERSONAL PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY AND ALSO WORKMAN'S COMP. THAT WAS A THREE INSURANCE REQUIREMENT.

NOW, I THINK, IN FACT, ONE OF THE COMMENTS THAT WAS RESPONDED TO ONLINE WAS YOU NEED TO SHOW.

YOU KNOW, I WOULD SAY I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO GET AN UMBRELLA POLICY ON A LIABILITY. BUT THEY DIDN'T HAVE AUTO LIABILITY IN THE IN THE END, WE CONFERRED WITH THE RISK MANAGER AND THE RISK MANAGER PROVIDED AN OPINION THAT WE COULD UTILIZE THAT AS A CHANGE. BUT HOWEVER, THE WHICH ACTUALLY PROVIDES MORE FLEXIBILITY, THAT WE DID NOT CHANGE THE ACTUAL INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS FROM THE ORIGINAL PROCESS IF THEY ARE OUR STANDARD INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS.

AND THERE ARE NO THERE WAS NO CHANGE TO THAT.

MASSIVE GROWTH IN.

SO YOU'RE SAYING THAT IN THE FIRST PROCESS, WE DIDN'T ASK FOR THIS INSURANCE, BUT NOW WE ARE WE DID ASK FOR THE INSURANCE IN THE ORIGINAL PROCESS.

WHAT HAPPENED WAS WE RECEIVED A REQUEST FROM ONE OF THE APPLICANTS FOR A CLARIFICATION ON THE INSURANCE WE PROVIDED.

WE I CONFERRED WITH THE RISK MANAGER WHETHER OR NOT AN ALTERNATIVE METHODOLOGY WOULD BE ACCEPTABLE. AND THE RISK MANAGER INDICATED THAT METHODOLOGY WOULD BE ACCEPTABLE.

SO WHAT WE ACTUALLY DID WAS WE MADE THE PROCESS MORE FLEXIBLE FOR THE MANAGERS.

AH, FOR THE FOR THE ATTORNEYS, THEY THOUGHT THEY ACTUALLY HAD MORE OPTIONS THEY COULD USE THAN THEY COULD HAVE THE ORIGINAL ONE.

OK, WE MADE IT EASIER FOR THEM.

OK, JUST AN EMAIL TO ALL OF US KIDS.

LET'S LIST OUT IN LAYMAN'S TERMS ALL OF THE REQUIREMENTS THAT YOU ASKED FOR IN THE INITIAL PROCESS AND LOOKED AT ALL OF THE REQUIREMENTS THAT WHAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR.

NOW, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PROCESS IS FAIR, OK, FIRST PROCESSES AS THE DIRECTOR WAS GIVEN. THAT MAKES SENSE, THE LAST YEAH, YEAH, IT IS WHEN WE THAT'S WHAT WE DID ORIGINALLY WHEN WE SENT YOU THE RED LINE VERSUS THE NON RED LINE VERSION, WHEN WHEN YOU REVIEWED IT AT THE AT YOUR LAST DISCUSSION.

RIGHT, SO SO SO, YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT TO TAINT THE PROCESS, RIGHT, BUT I MEAN, MANY, MANY PEOPLE A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE HEARD ME SAY MANY TIMES THAT I WAS LOOKING FOR A SPECIFIC FIRM TO TO REAPPLY.

THAT WAS IN THE INITIAL PROCESS.

AND I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE NARRATIVE CAME FROM THAT I WANTED.

I WANT US NOT TO BE OUR ATTORNEYS SO BADLY.

I REALLY DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT NARRATIVE CAME FROM OR WHO MADE THAT STORY UP.

BUT BUT THE ONE I WAS, YOU KNOW, ON ON THE FENCE.

RIGHT. AND I WANT TO SEE THE ATTORNEYS THAT THAT APPLY.

AND IF I FEEL LIKE THERE IS SOMEBODY THAT CAN REPRESENT THE CITY BETTER THAN THE ENHANCE

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THAT I WILL CHOOSE THAT PERSON.

IF I DON'T FIND THAT PERSON, THEN I'LL CHOOSE HUDS.

THERE'S NO THERE'S NO MARRIAGE.

THE FIRST THE FIRST TIME I EVER SAW HUNTZINGER NOT, YOU KNOW, IS IS IS HERE.

IT'S, YOU KNOW, THE VERY FIRST TIME, YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T KNOW ANY OF THE ATTORNEYS THAT THAT APPLIED, YOU KNOW, SO.

SO WHOEVER THINKS THAT, YOU KNOW, I'M GOING TO MAYBE RUN AGAINST THE MAYOR IN TWO YEARS.

SO THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, TRIPPING UP, YOU KNOW, THEIR LITTLE STORIES OR RUN FROM SOME MY JOB, I MEAN, THEY HAVE SOME PROBLEMS WITH THE REST OF THE COMMENTS ARE NOT REALLY GERMANE TO US GETTING THROUGH THE TOPIC HERE.

THEN CAN WE PLEASE LEAVE THEM ASIDE? WELL, OBVIOUSLY, I THINK THAT IS IMPORTANT.

THAT IS WHY I'M SAYING IT RIGHT.

YOUR REPORTING OTHER THINGS THAT HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH WHETHER OR NOT THE DIRECTIVE IS CLEAR FOR THE CITY.

I MEAN, YOU MAY NOT LIKE IT, BUT BUT THAT'S WHAT IT IS.

IT'S IT'S NOTHING LIKE IT HAS TO DO WITH THE FACT THAT IT'S ONE OF SEVEN AND THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE FALLEN ASLEEP AND THEY'VE GOT TO BE BACK AT WORK BY EIGHT, SEVEN, SOME OF THEM SEVEN THIRTY EIGHT O'CLOCK TOMORROW MORNING.

SO, YEAH, WE WERE ASKED FOR CLARIFICATION, I GUESS.

CLARIFICATION. TELL, TELL, TELL YOUR FRIENDS TO STAND BACK AND STAND DOWN.

OH, COMMISSIONER, IF I HAD AS MANY FRIENDS AS YOU THINK I DO, IF YOU WERE DONE, I'M GOING TO GO TO COMMISSIONER THAT THAT'S WHY YOU WON BY 40 SOMETHING PERCENT.

OK, CONTINUE.

CARRY ON.

PLEASE PROCEED VERY QUICKLY.

IT IS MY RECOLLECTION AND UNDERSTANDING THAT HOHNS BECAME THE PERMANENT CITY ATTORNEY.

AND WE AGREED TO GO AHEAD WITH THE PROCESS BECAUSE THAT WAS THE WORD WE GAVE.

WE SAID WE WOULD GO AHEAD WITH THE PROCESS.

THAT'S MY RECOLLECTION.

I DON'T REMEMBER THE TIMEFRAME, THOUGH.

I THINK WE MIGHT HAVE SAID WE WANTED TO GET EVERYTHING BACK IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS, BUT THAT I'M NOT FUZZY ON THAT.

THAT'S MY RECOLLECTION OF WHAT WE AGREED ON, DON.

SO THAT WASN'T MY RECOLLECTION AND THREE, COMMISSIONER GARLAND, YOU KNOW, YOU MAY PROCEED.

OK, SO THANK YOU THAT THAT WAS NOT MY RECOLLECTION.

AND FURTHERMORE, IF THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE OUR PROCESS, THEN WE SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN A FINAL COPY AND A FINAL DRAFT OF THE DOCUMENT BEFORE IT GOES OUT.

WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN GIVEN A TIME FRAME BEFORE IT GOES OUT.

SO IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S THE CITY'S PROCESS AND OUR PROCESS.

IF WE DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE TO REVIEW IT AND SEE THE FINAL COPY AND SEE THE TIMELINE.

AND FURTHERMORE, I THINK IT'S A WASTE OF TIME FOR US TO NAME THE CITY ATTORNEY AS PERMANENT, SEND OUT A PRESS RELEASE AND THEN ISSUE AND RFP.

AND I THINK THE REASON WHY THERE ARE SO FEW PEOPLE WHO RESPONDED IS BECAUSE WE'VE SENT THE MESSAGE THAT WE'RE NOT TAKING THIS SERIOUSLY.

AND IT'S SOMEONE THAT BIDS ON GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS THAT TAKE THE TIME TO PREPARE PROPOSALS, A PROPOSAL I'M NOT TRYING TO WASTE ANYBODY'S TIME.

SEVERAL COMMISSIONERS HAVE EXPRESSED A HIGH LEVEL OF SATISFACTION, AND IT SEEMS LIKELY THAT WE'RE GOING TO RETAIN THE PERMANENT CITY ATTORNEY.

THERE ARE SOME PUBLIC AGENCIES IN SOUTH FLORIDA THAT ISSUE AN HOUR EVERY FIVE YEARS.

AND I'M NOT GOING TO NAME THEM, BUT THEY'VE HAD THE SAME INSURANCE BROKER FOR TWENTY, TWENTY FIVE YEARS. AND SO GUESS WHAT? NOBODY REALLY APPLIES BECAUSE THEY KNOW WHAT THE OUTCOME IS.

AND WE'VE SENT THE MESSAGE THAT THAT THAT THAT THE OUTCOME IS SOMEWHAT PREDETERMINED BY DOING THIS PROCESS.

AND THEN WE HAVE THE CITY ATTORNEY WHO IS WORKING NOW ON CASES, ON PROJECTS, ON ON OUR AGENDA EVERY COUPLE OF WEEKS.

AND NOW WE'RE ASKING THEM TO APPLY FOR THE JOB HE HAS RIGHT NOW.

THAT JUST DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE.

AND SO I DON'T THINK I DON'T THINK THE CITY OR THE PROCUREMENT DIRECTOR SHOULD HAVE ISSUED THAT RFP WITHOUT GIVING US CLEAR NOTICE AND CLEAR DIRECTION.

AND NO ONE HAS BEEN ABLE TO POINT OUT WHERE WHERE WE GAVE DIRECTION TO ISSUE THIS ARE ALIVE OR WHATEVER IT'S CALLED.

AND SO THAT'S THE ISSUE I HAVE.

WELL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR OPINION, COMMISSIONER GARLAND.

I THINK THAT THERE'S FOUR PEOPLE ON THE CALL AT THIS TIME WHO HAVE TO THINK OTHERWISE.

AND WE DO HAVE THE INFORMATION THAT WAS PUT TO US BY THE BACK OF THE HEAD.

THE RED LINE HAD THE ORIGINAL WE HAVE WILL GO FORWARD WITH, BUT IN FACT, EVERYTHING.

SO AT THIS TIME, I BELIEVE IT IS CLEAR THERE IS CLEAR CONSENSUS THAT WE WILL GO FORWARD WITH THE PROCESS TO.

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SEEK APPLICATIONS FROM ATTORNEYS ON THE AHLI, AND THEY SHOULD BE COMING IN FOR THE WE ARE CORRECT THAT WE DID NOT FINISH THE TIMELINE WHEN WE WERE HAVING IT RECEIVED AND WHEN WE WOULD RECEIVE IT FOR US TO REVIEW.

BUT THE UNDERSTANDING, IT WAS VERY QUICK.

SO TWO WEEKS, IT WAS TWO WEEKS.

SO BASICALLY, WE SHOULD BE HAVING THOSE APPLICATIONS IN.

YOU NEEDED A FEW DAYS, BUT I UNDERSTAND YOU NEED A FEW DAYS.

I DON'T KNOW. TWO WEEKS IS MONDAY, MONDAY, MONDAY.

MONDAY THE TWENTY NINTH. SO THERE THERE YOU GO.

SO ANYBODY WHO'S LISTENING, WHO HAS ANY CONFUSION, THEY CAN NOW KNOW THAT THE CITY OF TAMRON WAS SERIOUS ABOUT RECEIVING ANY KIND OF NEW APPLICATIONS FOR PEOPLE TO BE REVIEWED. OK, IF THERE IS TRULY NOTHING FURTHER.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.

YES, THERE IS THIS IS THE THIS IS THE SECTION OF THE MEETING THAT I CREATED SO I CAN GIVE OUR DIRECTION, BUT ALSO BE WHERE YOU WOULD ASK IT WITHIN SIX BUSINESS DAYS PRIOR TO THE MEETING AND NOT PUT IT ON HERE, BECAUSE THEN IF WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK TO WHAT WHAT WHAT DO WE HAVE A MAJORITY VOTE, IF WE'RE PUTTING ANYTHING ADDITIONAL INTO THE MEETING, WHICH IS, AGAIN, IF WE DON'T DO IT, WE'RE NOT FOLLOWING RULES.

WHAT IS THE COMMISSIONER BOLTON THAT IS SO PRESSING THAT WE HAVE TO DISCUSS TONIGHT AT THREE POINT THIRTY A.M., WHAT'S THE PROBLEM? I THINK I THINK YOU'RE I THINK YOU'RE SCARED THAT I WOULD JUST, LIKE, MAKE A MOTION TO NOT HAVE TO NOT GO AHEAD WITH A PROCESS.

THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M GOING TO DO. BUT I'M SO TIRED. I CAN'T BE CONSISTENT FOR ONCE IN OUR WORLD.

GO AHEAD. I'M BEING CONSISTENT AND I'M ABOUT TO TALK TO THE CITY MANAGER AND THE CITY ATTORNEY TO PUT THINGS ON THE AGENDA MORE THAN SIX DAYS IN ADVANCE.

I'LL BE WONDERFUL, BUT YOU DON'T GIVE ME A CHANCE.

YOU JUST THINK THAT I'M THE DEVIL ALL THE TIME, YOU KNOW? NOT ALL THE TIME.

NOT ALL THE TIME. ALL RIGHT.

SO. CITY MANAGER, MY RESIDENTS ARE ASKING FOR TRAFFIC CALMING ALONG WOODLANDS BOULEVARD.

WOODLAND'S WILSBACH COMMERCIAL SUE ROAD, AND THERE'S JUST SO MUCH SPEEDING THROUGH THAT AREA, SO I'D LIKE US TO LOOK AT WOODLANDS BOULEVARD.

FIND OUT WHAT KIND OF TRIPS WE HAVE AND SEE IF IT QUALIFIES FOR TRAFFIC CALMING MEASURES.

GOT THAT.

ENERGY, RIMU.

THE COMMISSIONER INVOLVED, AND I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE RAISED THAT ISSUE WITH ME PREVIOUSLY AND WE HAVE BEGUN TO LOOK AT THAT AND I THINK JACK STRAIN CHECKED OUT JUST A LITTLE BIT AGO DUE TO THE TIME.

BUT MY RECOLLECTION FROM JACK WAS THAT WHEN THEY LOOKED INTO THAT STRETCH OF WOODLAND BOULEVARD BETWEEN COMMERCIAL AND BALEY, THAT IS WHAT WE THOUGHT WAS OUR ROAD IS ACTUALLY THE COUNTY'S ROAD.

AND WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF TRYING TO TRADE SOME RIGHT OF WAY THAT WE HAVE ON THE COUNTY ROAD, I BELIEVE, PROSPECT BACK TO BROWARD COUNTY AND GET WOODLAND BOULEVARD BACK AND CLARIFY THAT WITH JACK AND GET BACK TO YOU.

BUT I HEAR YOU LOUD AND CLEAR ABOUT THE TRAFFIC CALMING THINGS.

THAT MIGHT BE THE ONLY HICCUP WE HAVE RIGHT NOW WITH WOODLAND BOULEVARD.

I JUST WANT YOU TO I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT, OK, THIS IS CAPTAIN GLASSMAN HERE, OK? NO. AND WILL NOT BE HERE.

COGNOS NO, NOT NOT YET.

THE OTHER ONE, CAPTAIN.

YES. YES.

IS HE STILL HERE? HE IS PICTURED, BUT HE WENT TO BED, YOU MIGHT HAVE TO BE A ROLL CALL REALLY EARLY IF HE CAN HEAR ME AND RECAP WORLD MANAGER.

THERE IS A LOT OF ISSUES ALONG BILATERAL RATTRAP WHERE DRAG RACING IS CONCERNED.

AND I KNOW THAT I'VE SPOKEN TO CAPTAINS AND YELLOW ABOUT THIS ISSUE AND HE SAID THAT HE'S WORKING ON IT. HE DID A COUPLE OF THINGS, BUT WE NEED TO PUT TOGETHER A

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MEETING WITH VSO AS WELL AS OTHER STAKEHOLDERS LIKE HLA PRESIDENTS OR WHATEVER IN THAT AREA SO THAT THEY ALSO CAN TELL THEM DIRECTLY WHAT THEY ARE DOING, WHERE THE DRAG RACE IS CONCERNED, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, BASSO WILL SAY, HEY, WE'VE DONE IT OR WE'RE WORKING ON IT.

AND THEN, YOU KNOW, A WEEK LATER THERE'S ANOTHER COMPLAINT ABOUT DRAG RACING AND YOU'RE LIKE, OK, IT'S THOUGHT THE SITUATION WAS KIND OF HANDLED.

SO LET'S LET'S WORK WORK ON THAT MEETING WITH THE DEPARTMENT.

WE'VE GOT TO BE MARION ON THE ANSWER QUESTIONS.

NO, I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW, CAPTAIN SUMRALL, HE'S HAVING TECHNICAL TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES AND HE SIGNED BACK AND HIS COMPUTER.

HE GOT KICKED OUT OR ONE.

ALL RIGHT. DO I WAIT FOR HIM OR DO I MOVE ON TO SOMETHING? YEAH, HE'S SORRY. HE'S TRYING TO LOG BACK IN.

SO HE'LL BE IN OUR PSYCHOLOGIST ON THE PHONE WITH HIM.

I THINK WE'RE GOOD, COMMISSIONER.

I THINK WE KNOW WE GOT TO DO ON THAT ONE.

OK, AT SOME TIME AGO, I'D ASK THAT THE PUBLIC AREN'T COMING TO BE SPLIT INTO TWO COMMITTEES WHERE THERE'S OUR COMMITTEE AND A BEAUTIFICATION COMMITTEE WHERE WE USE SOME OF THOSE FUNDS FOR BEAUTIFICATION INSTEAD OF PUBLIC ART.

I ACTUALLY THINK THAT PLANTING, PLANTING BEAUTIFUL ROSES ARE AS GOOD AS AS A SCULPTURE.

SO LET'S LOOK AT WAYS THAT WE CAN HAVE THE FUNDS FROM THE PUBLIC ART COMMITTEE SPLIT INTO TWO TO.

YOU KNOW, HAVE LIKE A.

ADHOC OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, LIKE A SURFBOARD UNDER THE ART COMMITTEE THAT DEALS WITH BEAUTIFICATION ALSO ALONG SEAWALL BOULEVARD AT LEAKS OF CARRIAGE HILLS.

THE COMPLAINTS ARE THAT THE PLANTS ARE DYING.

SO ALONG THE MEDIAN, THE PLANTS ARE ARE DISEASED, SO TO SPEAK.

SO WE NEED TO PROBABLY SEND SOMEBODY OUT TO TO LOOK AT THAT.

ALL RIGHT. THAT'S THAT'S IT FOR US.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.

WHAT DO YOU GOT FOR US? MY TURN, YOUR TURN.

OK, I WOULD LIKE TO GET AN UPDATE ON WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH THE TRAFFIC COMING IN HERE, CHRIS, 14.

I KNOW WHERE WE WERE SUPPOSED TO GET OUR TAX DOLLARS, BUT IT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR A VERY, VERY LONG TIME. SO I NEED TO GIVE THESE RESIDENTS SOME ANSWER ABOUT WHEN THEIR TRAFFIC COMING WILL BE INSTALLED.

THE OTHER THING IS I'M GETTING CONSTANT COMPLAINTS FROM SUNFLOWER HEATHKIT ABOUT NOT HAVING ANY STREETLIGHTS.

AND IT'S A DETRIMENT TO KIDS PLAYING, PEOPLE WALKING THEIR DOGS.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE SOME INFORMATION ON WHAT WE CAN DO AS FAR AS STREET LIGHTS OR SUNFLOWER HEAT GATE.

THAT'S IT. AWESOME.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.

NICE, MARRIED TO THE LOVE OF CAN WE PLEASE DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE ART SCULPTURES NOT BEING CHANGED AND PERHAPS WHEN THEY ARE BEING CHANGED, THOUGH, IT GETS REPLACED WITHIN A DAY OR TWO? IS THAT. IS THAT SOMETHING WE CAN DO BECAUSE IT'S IT'S BIZARRE THAT IT GOES FOR WEEKS AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S NORMAL OR NOT, BUT I JUST WANTED TO CHIME IN ON THAT MATTER.

THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS LONG BEFORE IT WAS A SPECIAL THING.

WE WERE JUST STARTING IT BEFORE THE PANDEMIC AND CERTAIN THINGS DID NOT ROLL OUT.

I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS JUST PRIOR TO COMING ON, BUT WE HAD DISCUSSED THE NEXT TIME WE HAVE NEW. ARTWORK COMING IN JUST AS THE OLD IS GOING OUT, SO WE DON'T HAVE IT, SO OUR COMPANY IS FULLY PREPPED AND PREPARED FOR WORKING ON THAT IN THE FUTURE AND THEY'RE WORKING ON IT FOR MORE DETAIL THE COMMISSION CAN SHARE IF THERE'S ANYTHING.

THEY ARE WELL AWARE OF THAT AND THEY TRY TO ARRANGE ONE PIECE BEING PICKED UP BY ONE

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ARTIST AND THE OTHER PIECE COMING IN THE VERY NEXT DAY, SOMETIMES JUST NOT POSSIBLE.

BUT THEY ARE DESPERATELY TRYING TO DO THAT.

SO WE DON'T HAVE THOSE OPEN SPACES.

AND THEN MAYBE SOMETIME THIS YEAR WE CAN ACTUALLY HAVE THE OPENING OF INSPIRATIONALLY ONE, IF NOTHING ELSE, AT ONE TWENTY ONE AM.

THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.

FOR THOSE DRIVING HOME, PLEASE DRIVE SAFELY.

FOR THOSE WHO ARE ALREADY HOME.

PLEASANT DREAMS.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.