>> GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY, AND WELCOME TO OUR VIRTUAL WORKSHOP.
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IT IS WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28TH, AND THE TIME RIGHT NOW IS 6:00 P.M. CITY CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL?>> GOOD EVENING. COMMISSIONER GELIN?
>> GOOD EVENING. VICE MAYOR VILLALOBOS?
>> THANK YOU. AND MAYOR GOMEZ?
>> IF EVERYONE WOULD JOIN ME IN STANDING FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
[1. Update - Buffer Walls]
SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A TIME LIMIT FROM THIS ITEM FOR 30 MINUTES, THEN I HAND IT OVER TO JOHN DOHERTY, OUR ASSIST PUBLIC SERVICES DIRECTOR, AND HE WILL DO A PRESENTATION.OR JEFF CREWS, PRINCIPLE WITH STANTEC, WILL DO A PRESENTATION FOR US. PLEASE PROCEED.
>> GOOD EVENING. FOR THE RECORD, JOHN DOHERTY, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC SERVICES, THE PURPOSE OF THIS PRESENTATION IS TO PROVIDE THE CITY COMMISSION WITH A CITYWIDE BUFFER WALL PROGRAM UPDATE.
AS YOU SAID, MR. JEFF CREWS, THE PRINCIPAL STANTEC ENGINEERING LEADS THE DESIGN TEAM RESPONSIBLE FOR DESIGN IN PERMITTING OF OUR BUFFER WALL PROGRAM, AND HE IS HERE WITH US TONIGHT TO PROVIDE YOU WITH AN OVERVIEW PRESENTATION OF OUR BUFFER WALL PROGRAM.
MAXINE CALLOWAY, JACK STRAIN, AND I WILL ALSO BE AVAILABLE TO ASSIST AS NECESSARY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS FOLLOWING THE COMPLETION OF THE PRESENTATION.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I JUST WANT TO INTERRUPT FOR ONE SECOND AND ADVISE THAT COMMISSIONER GELIN HAS ARRIVED.
>> OKAY. WITH THAT I WILL ASK JEFF TO INTRODUCE HIMSELF AND SHARE HIS SCREEN AND BEGIN THE PRESENTATION.
>> THANK YOU, JOHN. THIS IS JEFF CREWS WITH STANTEC, WE'VE BEEN HONORED TO WORK WITH CITY STAFF TO IMPLEMENT THE BUFFER WALL PROGRAM OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS AND THEY ASKED ME TO PRESENT AND I'M HONORED TO DO SO.
IF YOU'LL ALLOW ME TO SHARE MY SCREEN, AND, WRONG ONE.
NOW, IT DISAPPEARED. GIVE ME JUST A SECOND.
>> DISAPPEARED ON ME. WHERE DID IT GO? I'D LIKE TO SHARE, [NOISE] LET'S TRY THIS AGAIN.
[NOISE] ALL RIGHT. I THINK WE'RE THERE NOW.
>> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR HAVING US HERE TONIGHT.
AS I SAID, WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS PROGRAM FOR A FEW YEARS, SO WE WANTED TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON WHERE WE'RE AT, AND TONIGHT [NOISE] WE'RE GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR PROGRAM OVERVIEW, THE DESIGN AESTHETICS THAT WENT INTO THE WALL AND SOME OF THE [NOISE] THINGS THAT WE'VE RUN INTO WITH THAT, SOME OF THE CONFLICTS THAT WE'VE RUN INTO THAT HAVE MADE IT A CHALLENGING PROGRAM TO IMPLEMENT, [NOISE] ALONG WITH THE UTILITY COORDINATION, [NOISE] SOME OF THE PROPERTY RIGHT ISSUES THAT WE HAVE BEEN ADDRESSING, AND SOME OF THE PERMITTING CHALLENGES THAT WE'VE RUN INTO.
THEN WE'LL WRAP UP WITH AN OVERVIEW OF ALL OF IT.
JUST [NOISE] TO REVISIT THE WHOLE PROGRAM, WE STARTED WITH PHASE 1, WAY OUT ON THE EAST END OF THE CITY ON COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD, AND THEN MOVE TO A PHASE 2 JUST WEST OF THE TURNPIKE, PHASE 3 FURTHER WEST ON COMMERCIAL, AND 4 AND 5 SHORTLY THEREAFTER.
WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING ON PHASE 6 ON PROSPECT ROAD, PHASE 7 ON SOUTH BOULEVARD, AND [NOISE] BOTH OF THOSE SHOULD BE COMING UP WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS OUT TO BID.
[NOISE] JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PROGRAM.
GOING BACK TO THE BEGINNING, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAS BEEN INTERESTING ABOUT THIS PROJECT IS, IT IS A UNIQUE DESIGN.
IT WAS ORIGINALLY PUT TOGETHER SPECIFICALLY FOR THE CITY, AS PART OF A UNIQUE AESTHETIC DESIGN.
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ONE OF THE CHALLENGES THAT IT HAS PRESENTED IS THAT THE WALL IS NOT AN OFF THE SHELF UNIT, IT'S CUSTOM-DESIGNED BY ONE OF THE WALL MANUFACTURERS, THAT HAS CREATED SOME CHALLENGES TO GET EXACTLY THE LOOK THAT THE CITY WAS LOOKING FOR, AND IN FACT, WE ENDED UP REJECTING THE FIRST WALL MANUFACTURER THAT CAME TO THE TABLE TO DO IT, BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T MEET CITY STANDARDS, AND IT'S SINCE FOUND ADDITIONAL WALL MANUFACTURERS TO DO IT, BUT IT HAS LIMITED THE AVAILABILITY OF THE WALL AND STRETCHED OUT PRODUCTION TO SOME DEGREE BECAUSE WE HAVE MANY MANUFACTURERS THAT ARE WILLING TO UNDERTAKE THIS PARTICULAR AESTHETIC DESIGN.WE'VE GOTTEN GREAT FEEDBACK ON IT FROM PEOPLE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.
SORRY. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WANTED TO TALK ABOUT IS SOME OF THE CONFLICTS THAT WE'VE RUN INTO ON THE COURT OR CONSISTENTLY.
[NOISE] THE EDGE OF THE RIGHT-OF-WAY IS A BUSY PLACE FOR A LOT OF THINGS HAPPENING.
WE ALL THINK OF ROADS BEING BUSY OUT IN THE ACTUAL TRAFFIC, BUT THERE'S A LOT HAPPENING AT THE RIGHT-OF-WAY WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO PUT THESE WALLS AND IT'S EASY TO OVERLOOK.
WE WANTED TO DRILL DOWN AND HAVE A CLOSER LOOK AT THE THINGS THAT WE'RE RUNNING INTO AND THE CHALLENGES THAT WE'RE SEEING AT THE RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE.
ONE OF THE CONSISTENT THINGS THAT WE SEE ALL THE TIME IS OVERHEAD UTILITY LINES, ESSENTIALLY, IN LINE WITH WHERE WE WOULD WANT TO PUT THE WALL IN MOST PLACES, AND THIS CREATES CHALLENGE WITH BEING ABLE TO LIFT THE WALLS INTO PLACE AND WORK THEM AROUND THE UTILITIES THAT ARE THERE.
[NOISE] IN ADDITION TO THAT, THERE ARE MANY OTHER UTILITIES AT THE RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE, INCLUDING ELECTRICAL BOX, TELEPHONE BOXES, CABLE JUNCTION BOXES.
WE SEE THIS CONSISTENTLY THROUGHOUT, AND THEY'RE THINGS THAT ARE GETTING IN THE WAY OF WHERE OUR IDEAL WALL QUARTER ALIGNMENT WOULD GO.
ONE OF THE THINGS ABOUT THESE BOXES THAT WE HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND IS, IT'S NOT ONLY THE IMMEDIATE IMPACT OF WHETHER THEY'RE IN THE WAY OF THE WALL, IS, MOST OF THESE BOXES ARE OPEN, SO THERE HAS TO BE ACCESS TO THEM, AND CLEARANCE FROM THEM SO THAT PEOPLE CAN GET TO AND WORK ON THE EQUIPMENT THAT'S INSIDE.
IT'S MANY TIMES CO-MANDATED TO HAVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF CLEARANCE SO THAT IT CAN BE A SAFE WORKING ENVIRONMENT.
[NOISE] UTILITY CONFLICT AGAIN AT THE RIGHT OF WAY LINE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE CONSISTENTLY RUN INTO ARE THE UTILITY POLES THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE UTILITY WIRES.
NOT ONLY DO WE RUN INTO THEM ON A REGULAR BASIS, THEY'RE VERY INCONSISTENT IN THEIR ALIGNMENT, SO AS YOU GO DOWN THE WALL, A POLE MIGHT BE TWO FEET INSIDE THE LINE, IT MIGHT BE A FLUID OUTSIDE THE LINE AND IT MAKES IT DIFFICULT TO GET A CLEAN ALIGNMENT FOR THE WALL THAT DOESN'T ZIGZAG IN AND OUT [NOISE] AND GIVE YOU A BAD LOOK.
THEY COME IN VARIOUS SHAPES AND SIZES THAT ARE PROBLEMATIC TO WORK AROUND IN MANY WAYS.
ASSOCIATED WITH THAT POLE EQUIPMENT, THERE'S OTHER THINGS THAT ARE OFTEN THERE IN THE WAY INCLUDING GUIDE WIRES, UTILITY BOXES, CABLE CHASES THAT COME DOWN THE POLES, UNDERGROUND CABLES THAT ARE IN THE IMMEDIATE VICINITY OF THOSE POLES AND METER SERVICES AND YOU CAN SEE IN THE PICTURE THAT WE RUN INTO A LOT OF THESE KINDS OF THINGS.
[NOISE] ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE RUN INTO IT IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, IT HAS BEEN A LITTLE UNIQUE IS FORTUNATELY FOR THE CITY, FPL IS A HARDENING PROGRAMS SO THAT IT WILL MAKE YOUR CITY MORE RESILIENT, YOU'RE LESS LIKELY TO LOSE POWER OR A STORM, THEY ARE UPGRADING ALL OF OTHER POLES, UNFORTUNATELY, THE TIMING HAS BEEN REALLY BAD FOR OUR PROJECT BECAUSE WE OFTEN END UP WITH CASES LIKE YOU SEE IN THE PICTURES HERE, DUPLICATED POLES WHERE WE HAVE THE OLD POLE LINE AND THEY HAVE COME ALONG AND PUT NEW POLE LINES.
THEY ARE OFTEN OFFSET FROM EACH OTHER SO THAT THEY COULD RUN THE NEW WIRING IN THE NEW LOCATION, SO THEY BOTH INTERFERE WITH POTENTIAL WALL CORD OR THEY ARE OFTEN BOTH THERE FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME AS THEY GET ALL OF THE UTILITIES TO MOVE FROM ONE SET OF POLES TO THE OTHER AND THEY DON'T COMMUNICATE WITH THE CITY AS TO WHEN THIS IS HAPPENING.
WE'VE HAD SEVERAL OF THESE PROJECTS WHERE WE'VE DONE THE INITIAL SURVEY, ONLY TO FIND OUT THAT THEY'VE COME IN AFTER THE SURVEY AND PUT IN THE NEW POLES AND WE'VE HAD TO GO BACK AND RELOCATE THOSE NEW POLES AND WORK IN COMPLETELY DIFFERENT CONDITIONS THAN WE INITIALLY THOUGHT WE HAD.
THIS IS BEEN ONE OF THE ONGOING CHALLENGES AND IT'S
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HAPPENED MORE THAN HALF OF OUR PROJECT.[NOISE] ALL OF THAT LEADS TO ALSO HAVING UNDERGROUND UTILITIES AND YOU CAN SEE FROM THE MARKS ON THE GROUND HERE AND THE DIGGING THAT MANY OF THE UNDERGROUND UTILITIES ARE AT THE RAILWAY LINE, SOMETIMES JUST BEHIND THE RAILWAY LINE AND EASEMENTS.
THEY ARE OFTEN IN THE WAY AND IN MANY CASES DIFFICULT TO LOCATE AT A TIME PARTLY BECAUSE IN SOME CASES THEY'VE BEEN OVERGROWN WITH VEGETATION THAT ARE HARD TO EXACTLY FIND.
SOME OF THESE CAN BE WORKED AROUND, SOME OF THEM CAN BE MOVED BUT IT'S DIFFICULT TO GET THE AGENCIES TO MOVE AND THAT'S REALLY, THE UTILITY SMOOTHING OUT IS REALLY ONLY POSSIBLE WHEN IT'S CITY RIGHT OF WAY.
WE HAVE SEVERAL CASES WHERE WE'RE NOT ON CITY RIGHT OF WAY AND THAT'S NOT ALWAYS POSSIBLE FOR THE CITY TO DICTATE THAT THE UTILITY MOVES IF IT'S NOT YOUR RIGHT OF WAY.
THE CITY STAFF HAS DONE A GREAT JOB WORKING WITH UTILITIES TO GET THEM TO MOVE IN MANY PLACES BUT IT DOES TAKE TIME TO WORK WITH THEM AND OFTENTIMES WE'RE NOT ABLE TO FIND THESE CONFLICTS UNTIL WE'RE OUT IN THE FIELD.
ONE IN PARTICULAR, I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT WE'VE HAD TROUBLE WITH BROWARD COUNTY FIBER OPTIC CABLES.
MANY OF THESE PROJECTS ARE NEAR THE BROWARD COUNTY TRAFFIC OFFICES, SO IT'S A HUB FOR ALL OF THESE TRAFFIC COMMUNICATION CABLES THAT COME IN FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTY SO WE END UP WITH A LOTS OF THE CABLES AND THEIR HIGH VOLUME CABLES.
THEY REQUIRE A SETBACK FROM THEM AND THE COUNTY WON'T LET YOU GET NEAR THEM EVEN WHEN YOU'RE NEARBY, THEY WANT YOU TO PAY EXTRAORDINARY HIGH DOWN PAYMENTS IN POTENTIAL DAMAGE COST UP FRONT JUST IN CASE YOU GET NEAR THEM.
THEY HAVE BEEN IN SOME CRITICAL LOCATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN PROBLEMATIC FOR US IN SEVERAL OF THE PROJECTS.
JUST TO UNDERSTAND HOW THAT FITS WITH THE WALL, THIS IS A PICTURE OF A TYPICAL FOUNDATION THAT EVEN THOUGH THE WALL IS FAIRLY SLIM ABOVE GROUND, THAT FOUNDATIONS ARE THREE FEET IN DIAMETER, SO THEIR IMPACTS EXTEND BEYOND THE ACTUAL FACE OF THE WALL AND IT'S LARGER UNDERGROUND THAN IT IS ABOVE GROUND.
IN ADDITION TO THOSE, WE HAVE TYPICAL CITY UTILITIES, THE WAY OF WATER, SEWER, AND DRAINAGE, SO WE OFTEN HAVE FIRE HYDRANTS THAT WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH CATCH BASINS, WE OFTEN RELOCATE THOSE AS PART OF THE PROJECT WHERE WE CAN AND THE FIRE HYDRANTS ESPECIALLY, HAVE CLEARANCE REQUIREMENTS AROUND THEM AND THERE HAS TO BE SOME SPACE ON EITHER SIDE AND BEHIND SO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT CAN WORK WITH IT AND WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT EVEN WITH THE DRAINAGE THAT WE'RE NOT IMPACTING SURFACE FLOWS OR CHANGING WHERE WATER CAN FLOW FROM FRONT TO BACK OF THE WALL.
MANY OF THESE PROJECTS, WE'VE HAD SIGNIFICANT VEGETATION THAT IS IN THE CORRIDOR WHERE WE WOULD WANT TO PUT THE WALL BECOMES PROBLEMATIC IN A NUMBER OF WAYS.
PRIMARILY UP FRONT IN THE PLANNING STAGE, IT BECOMES DIFFICULT TO REALLY PLAN WHERE WE WANT TO PUT THESE WALLS BECAUSE THERE'S SO MUCH VEGETATION IN THE WAY WE CAN'T FIND THE UTILITIES AND IT'S DIFFICULT TO GET GOOD SURVEY INFORMATION WITH THE VEGETATION IN PLACE.
SOME OF THE TREES THAT WE TRY AND KEEP CAN ALSO IMPEDE INSTALLATION, ESPECIALLY WHERE THEY'RE LEANING OVER FROM PRIVATE PROPERTY OVER ONTO THE RIGHT OF WAY.
REMOVING THE TREES REQUIRES EXTENSIVE PERMITTING WITH THE COUNTY, I'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN A FEW MINUTES.
LIKE I SAID, SOMETIMES THEY'RE PRIVATE TREES THAT ARE IMPACTING, LEANING OVER THE RIGHT OF WAY, SO IT'S NOT ALWAYS WITHIN OUR RIGHT TO REMOVE THEM SO WE HAVE TO WORK CLOSELY WITH THE RESIDENTS, WE'VE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN MAKE ROOM FOR THE TREES AS NECESSARY.
GETTING RID OF TREES IN THAT CASE, CAN OFTEN AFFECT RESIDENTS FEELING OF PRIVACY AND SHADE, SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE CITY HAS TO WORK WITH THE RESIDENTS CLOSELY SO THEY DON'T FEEL LIKE TOO MUCH IS BEING TAKEN AWAY FROM THEM AT THAT TIME.
ONE OTHER THINGS THAT WE'VE RUN IN TO CONSISTENTLY IS SOME SECONDARY ACCESS ON SOME OF THESE ROADWAYS, ESPECIALLY, ON TO THE MAJOR ROADWAYS WHERE WE'VE HAD DRIVEWAYS OUT ONTO THE ROAD THAT AREN'T THEIR PRIMARY DRIVEWAYS, THEY'RE OUT IN THE BACKYARD OFTEN FOR A BOAT OR A CAMPER OR IN SOME CASES, JUST PEDESTRIAN.
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IT'S NOT ALWAYS CLEAR WHETHER THOSE ARE PRE PERMITTED AND GRANDFATHERED INTO THE PROPERTIES RIGHTS OR WHETHER THEY ARE ILLEGAL AND SHOULD BE CUTOFF BUT THOSE ARE ISSUES THAT WE'VE HAD TO ADDRESS.WE'VE HAD A NUMBER OF SPACE CONSTRAINTS WHERE IN CASES ON THE UPPER RIGHT AND COMMERCIAL AND IN THE LOWER LEFT ON PROSPECT, WHERE THERE IS PHYSICALLY NOT ENOUGH SPACE TO PUT A WALL AND MAINTAIN EITHER THE DISTANCE FROM THE ROADWAY AS NECESSARY OR THE SIDEWALK WIDTH THAT'S REQUIRED AND IN SOME CASES THAT'S PUSHED US OFF INTO PRIVATE PROPERTY WHERE WE CAN'T ACTUALLY FIT ON THE RIGHT OF WAY LINE.
ANOTHER ISSUE THAT WE RUN INTO IS IN VERTICAL ELEVATION VARIATIONS, IN SOME CASES, ON THE RIGHT SIDE IS COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD, ONE OF THE VERY FIRST PROJECT WE DID, WE END UP HAVING A DIFFERENTIATION BETWEEN ELEVATION AT THE RIGHT OF WAY AND ELEVATION ON THE PRIVATE PROPERTY AND IN PLACES THAT CAN BE IN EXCESS OF SEVERAL FEET SO WE'VE HAD TO PUT IN RETAINING WALL PANEL SO THAT THE WALL CAN BE FILLED ON ONE SIDE AND ACTUALLY BE TALLER ON THE OTHER SIDE.
SOME OF THOSE WALLS WILL END UP BEING SIX FOOT ON ONE SIDE AND EIGHT FOOT ON THE OTHER.
[NOISE] WE'VE HAD TO DO TRAFFIC RECONFIGURATIONS IN SEVERAL OTHER PROJECTS BECAUSE OF WHERE THE WALL GOES, WE'VE HAD TO NARROW CERTAIN ROADS AND MAKE THEM ONE WAY AND COMPLETELY RECONFIGURE THE TRAFFIC IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
BY ITSELF, THIS IS A FAIRLY STRAIGHTFORWARD ENGINEERING PROBLEM BUT WHERE IT REALLY BECOMES A CHALLENGE IS THAT BROWARD COUNTY TRAFFIC, IS ONE OF THE MOST CHALLENGING AGENCIES TO WORK WITH AND IT TAKES A LONG TIME TO GET ANYTHING APPROVED AND IT TAKES A LONG TIME TO GET ANYTHING CERTIFIED AFTER IT'S CONSTRUCTED.
THAT HAS BEEN A CHALLENGE FROM DAY ONE IN SOME OF THESE PROJECTS.
TRAFFIC SAFETY IS SOMETHING WE'RE CONSTANTLY ON THE LOOKOUT FOR AND IT AFFECTS THE VISIBILITY TRIANGLES OF WHERE WE CAN PUT THESE WALLS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE INTERSECTING STREETS STILL HAVE GOOD VISIBILITY AND MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE TO CRASH SETBACKS FROM THE TRAVELING VEHICULAR TRAFFIC AND TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE STILL GOOD PEDESTRIAN SAFETY BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO BLOCK A VEHICLE'S VIEW OF A CROSSING PEDESTRIAN.
THIS IS SOMETHING WE'VE HAD TO CHECK ON EVERY PROJECT AND WE'VE HAD TO MAKE [NOISE] SOME CODE OR CHANGES BECAUSE OF THESE JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN MAINTAIN SAFETY.
ONE OF THE CONFLICTS THAT WE RUN INTO ON A REGULAR BASIS IS WITH THINGS ON THE PRIVATE PROPERTY VERY CLOSE TO THE RIGHT OF WAY LINE THAT CAN IMPACT HOW CLOSE WE CAN BUILD THE WALL, THINGS LIKE FENCES AND POOL DECKS AND SHEDS AND HEDGES AND SO THAT TAKES CLOSE WORKING WITH CITY STAFF AND WORKING WITH THE RESIDENTS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN BUILD SOMETHING SAFELY AND WITHOUT IMPACTING THE PRIVATE PROPERTIES TOO MUCH.
FOR ALL THE UTILITY CONFLICTS YOU'VE SEEN, WE'VE HAD TO DO SOME EXTENSIVE COORDINATION WITH THOSE UTILITIES, BOTH TO FIND THEM UPFRONT TO SEE IF THEY CAN BE MOVED.
THAT PICTURE IN THE LOWER RIGHT HAND CORNER, IN SOME OF THESE QUARTERS, WE'VE HAD TO SOFT DIG ALL THE HOLES BEFORE WE DUG THEM WITH THE [INAUDIBLE] JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WEREN'T GOING TO DAMAGE ANY UTILITIES WHEN WE DID THEM.
BUT IT TAKES A GREAT DEAL OF COORDINATION IN ORDER TO FIND ALL THESE UTILITIES AND TRY AND PLAN FOR THEM AHEAD OF TIME AND TRY AND GET THEM RELOCATED DURING CONSTRUCTION.
PROPERTY RIGHTS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE HAD TO DEAL WITH.
THE GOAL IS TO PUT THESE AT THE RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE WHERE WE CAN OBVIOUSLY ON PUBLIC RIGHT AWAY AS THE BEST.
IN SOME CASES THEY'VE HAD TO GO ON THE PRIVATE SIDE OF RIGHT AWAY.
THAT REQUIRES EXTENSIVE PUBLIC OUTREACH TO WORK WITH ALL OF THE HOMEOWNERS, TO NOTIFY THEM TO HAVE PUBLIC MEETINGS AND TO WORK WITH THEM INDIVIDUALLY.
IN SOME CASES, WE HAVE EXISTING EASEMENTS, BUT THOSE EASEMENTS VARY A LOT FROM LOCATION TO LOCATION.
SOME OF THEM ARE SPECIFICALLY WALLS AND FENCES, MEANS THAT HAVE VERY CLEAR DESIGNATIONS THAT WE CAN PUT A WALL ON, BUT SOME ARE LESS SURE ABOUT THAT AND HAVE REQUIRED SOME LEGAL PERMISSION TO SEE WHICH EASEMENTS CAN BE USED AND WHICH CAN'T.
IN CASES WHERE THOSE EASEMENTS ARE NOT CLEAR CUT, WE'VE OFTEN HAD TO GET LEGAL PERMISSION DOCUMENTS SIGNED BY EVERY SINGLE RESIDENT ON THE CORRIDOR AND WHAT HAPPENS THERE IS THE LAST RESIDENT TO SIGN DRIVES THE ENTIRE SCHEDULE.
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EVERY PUBLIC OUTREACH PROJECT WHERE YOU GET 75 PERCENT OF THE PEOPLE TO SIGN RIGHT AWAY AND OTHER 20 PERCENT OF THE PEOPLE TO LINGER SIGNING AND IN THE LAST FEW ARE ALWAYS DIFFICULT TO GET SIGNED UP.THAT'S BEEN A LENGTHY CHALLENGE IN THE BEGINNING AND OF SEVERAL OF THE PROJECTS.
THEN EVEN ON THE PUBLIC SIDE WE ARE NOT ALWAYS DEALING WITH CITY RIGHT AWAY.
WE'VE HAD SOME PROJECTS ON DOT, WE HAVE PROJECTS ON BROWARD COUNTY AND REQUIRES EXTENSIVE PERMITTING FROM THEM TO GET PERMISSION TO DO THE WORK ON THOSE RIGHT OF WAYS.
WHEN THE WALL IS ACTUALLY ON THOSE RUNAWAYS, THEY REQUIRE A LONG-TERM MAINTENANCE AGREEMENTS THAT CAN BE LENGTHY LEGAL AGREEMENT PROCESSES OF THEMSELVES.
OF COURSE, THE CITY HAS A LOT LESS CONTROL OF WHAT THEY CAN BUILD WHEN IT'S NOT THERE RIGHT AWAY THAT THEY'RE WORKING WITH.
THE PERMANENT I MENTIONED BEFORE, TREE REMOVAL IS ALWAYS A CHALLENGE BECAUSE WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH BROWARD COUNTY AND GET PERMISSION TO REMOVE ALL THE TREES.
WHENEVER WE REMOVE TREES WITH COUNTY, WE HAD MITIGATION, WE HAD TO PLANT TREES BACK.
THERE'S GENERALLY NOT ENOUGH ROOM ON THESE RIGHT WAYS TO PUT THE TREES BACK WITHIN THE SAME QUARTER OR SO.
THE CITY HAS AGREED WITH THE COUNTY THAT THEY WOULD PLANT THEM ELSEWHERE ON OTHER CITY PROJECTS WITHOUT REQUIRES A GOOD DEAL OF COORDINATION IN ORDER TO MATCH UP THOSE TREES BEING REMOVED WITH TREES BEING PLANTED IN SAY, A PARK PROJECT THAT'S GOING ON AT SAME TIME, I MENTIONED BROWARD COUNTY TRAFFIC ENGINEERING BEING ONE OF THE MORE DIFFICULT IN PERMITTING AND OVERSIGHT AGENCIES THAT WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH.
WE ALSO GO THROUGH THE CITY BUILDING FARMER, BUT THEY'VE BEEN GREAT TO WORK WITH.
THEY'RE USUALLY NOT AN ISSUE AT ALL.
REALLY, THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE WE HAVE WITH THE BILLING DEPARTMENT IS THAT WHEN WE RUN INTO UTILITY CONFLICTS, WE HAVE TO GO BACK TO THEM AND SOMETIMES CHANGE DESIGNS ON THE FLY IN ORDER TO WORK AROUND SOME THINGS THAT WERE UNFORESEEN.
WITH THAT, I THINK JACK WANTED TO TAKE OVER AT THIS TIME.
>> YES. THANK YOU, JEFF, FOR THAT INTERESTING PRESENTATION.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS.
BEFORE WE HAVE A SLIDE THAT SHOWS THE HISTORY OF OUR BUFFER WHILE PROGRAM.
TO DATE, WE'VE BUILT ALMOST 24,000 LINEAL FEE OF WALL AT A COST OF APPROXIMATELY $8.5 MILLION.
PRESENTLY WE HAVE UNDER DESIGN ANOTHER 11,700 AND LINEAL FEET AND THE ESTIMATED COST OF THAT IS JUST UNDER FIVE MILLION DOLLARS.
WE HAVE A FEW DESIGN CHANGES THAT HOPEFULLY MAY ECONOMIZE THE COST OF THE WALL.
BUT WE'VE YET TO ACTUALLY BID A PROJECT WITH THESE CHANGES.
WE REALLY DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH OF A DIFFERENCE IT'S GOING TO MAKE.
BUT WE CERTAINLY HAVE LOOKED AT DOING A FEW THINGS.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE'VE DONE IS WE'VE REMOVED ALL OF THE TEXTURED SURFACES ON THE PRIVATE PROPERTY SIDE.
THAT SIMPLIFIES THE FORM A LITTLE BIT.
HOPEFULLY IT'LL SAVE SOME MONEY.
OBVIOUSLY, WE'LL PAINT THE PRIVATE SIDE THE MAJOR COLOR IN THE WALL AND NOT DO THE SPECIAL PAINTING AND ON THE OUTSIDE WE DO ALL THE TEXTURED PAINTING TO GIVE IT THAT ARCHITECTURAL APPEAL.
BUT OBVIOUSLY, THIS HAS BEEN A HUGE PROGRAM THAT WE'VE UNDERTAKEN AND JEFF HAS GONE THROUGH ALL OF THE PROBLEMS THAT WE'VE HAD TO DEAL WITH.
SOMETIMES PEOPLE ASK WHY IS IT TAKES SO LONG TO BUILD SOME OF THESE WALLS? WELL, HE'S GONE THROUGH A LITANY OF REASONS WHY IT TAKES SO LONG.
IT'S JUST A DIFFICULT PROCESS.
IT'S NOT EASY BUT WE THINK WE'VE DONE A GREAT JOB TODAY AND WE WANT TO CONTINUE ON WITH THE PROGRAM.
THIS SLIDE BASICALLY TELLS YOU WHAT THE PROGRAM WAS ORIGINALLY DEVELOPED WHEN WE HAD 2014 MAJOR ARTERIAL COURT OF STUDY.
THE PROGRAM DESIGNED TO SEPARATE SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES FROM ROADWAYS WHERE ENCROACHMENT OF ROADWAYS HAS CREATED A SAFETY ISSUE.
A LOT OF THESE HOUSES WERE BUILT BACK BEFORE.
A LOT OF THESE ROADS WERE AS BUSY AS THEY WERE OR AS WIDE AS THEY WERE.
IT WAS DECIDED THAT WE WOULD TRY AND GET SOME BUFFER BETWEEN THESE ARTERIAL ROADS AND THE SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS AND I.E,
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WHY WE CALL THEM THE BUFFER WALLS.THE PROGRAM CRITERIA INCLUDED SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES ADJACENT TO MAJOR THOROUGHFARES, AND EXISTING AND CONDITIONS OF EXISTING WALL FENCE OR LANDSCAPING.
FEASIBILITY OF CONSTRUCTING A BUFFER WALL SUCH AS AN AMOUNT OF EXISTING RIGHT AWAY PRESENCE OF OVERHEAD UTILITIES, WHICH JEFF WENT INTO QUITE A BIT OF DETAIL IN HIS PRESENTATION.
THAT OF BRINGS YOU UP TO SPEED TO WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW AND THAT'S REALLY THE LENGTH AND BREADTH OF OUR PRESENTATION.
THEN WE'LL TAKE QUESTIONS NOW.
>> ALL RIGHT. WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
APPRECIATE THE VERY DETAILED PRESENTATION.
I'M GOING TO ASK MY COMMISSION TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE ON A TIME CRUNCH AND YOU HAVE ANOTHER ITEM AFTER THIS.
I'M GOING TO GIVE EVERYBODY THREE MINUTES.
ONE TIME AROUND TO WHO WANTS IT.
I ACTUALLY HAVE MY LITTLE TIMER HERE AT NIGHT, AND THAT'S HOW WE WILL BEGIN.
NIGHTMARE. YOU'RE ON DECK [INAUDIBLE].
>> GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT PRESENTATION AND THANK YOU, MAYOR, CAN YOU GO AHEAD AND PUT THAT SLIDE OF THE MAP PLEASE? THAT'S ALL I WANTED TO SEE. I THINK IT WAS ONE OF THE FIRST.
>> YEAH, IT'S LIKE THE SECOND SLIDE.
>> JUST GIVE ME ONE SECOND HERE.
>> GOOD. ALL RIGHT. THAT'S ONE.
>> THAT WAS. GREAT. NOW I GOT TO GO AHEAD AND RESTART MY TIMER.
MR. BOLTON, YOU'VE GOT THREE MINUTES OR LESS. GO AHEAD.
DID WE CONDUCT ANY ASSESSMENTS OR FIND OUT IF WE WOULD HAVE ANY ISSUES BEFORE WE ANNOUNCED THESE PROJECTS OR AT WHAT POINT DO WE FIGURE OUT IF THERE WOULD BE ISSUES WITH CONSTRUCTING THE WALLS?
>> WELL, UNFORTUNATELY, A LOT OF THE PROBLEMS THAT WE DISCOVERED WERE HIDDEN, AND WE DIDN'T FIND OUT.
WE DID SURVEYS, LIKE JEFF SAID, WE DID SURVEYS, AND THEN THAT F CANAL WAS IN THE PROCESS OF DOING A HARDENING PROJECT.
THE POLES THAT WERE THERE WHEN THEY DID THE SURVEY OR NOW ADDITIONAL POLES AND STUFF.
WE WENT THROUGH ALL OF IT AS BEST WE COULD, BUT THE QUARTERS THAT WERE DESIGNATED AND WERE ACTUALLY WAITED IN THE ARTERIAL CITY, WHAT THE MAJOR QUARTERS, LIKE COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD, THAT'S WHY WE STARTED ON COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD BECAUSE THAT'S THE BUSIEST ROAD AND IN TAMARAC.
ACTUALLY, WHEN WE DID THE FIRST PHASE, WE WERE GOING TO BUILD A SECTION OF WALL ON THE NORTH SIDE OF COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD, JUST WEST OF PROSPECT ROAD, BUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD BASICALLY SAID THEY WEREN'T INTERESTED.
WE SAID, "OKAY, WE WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THAT THEY WANT SOME PROTECTION AND BUFFER FROM COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD, BUT THEY CHOSE NOT TO.
THAT'S WHY WE ONLY BUILT THE WALL ON THE SOUTH SIDE." BUT AS WE DID EACH PHASE, WE MET WITH HOAS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE AFFECTED, TALKED TO THEM, AND ASKED THEM WHAT THEY NEEDED.
THE FIRST PHASE WAS OBVIOUSLY A REAL DIFFICULT ONE BECAUSE IT HAD ABOUT A THIRD OF THE PROJECT, OR MAYBE NOT A THIRD, BUT 40 PERCENT OF THE PROJECT WAS IN PEOPLE'S BACKYARDS AND WE HAD TO GET INDIVIDUAL PROGRESSION FROM EACH ONE, AND EACH ONE HAD A SHED OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THAT MIGHT BE IN CONFLICT.
WE HAD TO DO A LOT OF CAJOLING AND CONVINCING THAT THIS WAS GOING TO BE A GOOD PROJECT AND IT WAS GOING TO IMPROVE THE NEIGHBORHOOD STUFF.
BUT EACH PROJECT HAS ITS OWN UNIQUE CHALLENGES, BUT WE DEAL WITH THEM AS THE JOBS, UNFOLD, AND WE TRY AND WORK WITH THE ABIDING PROPERTY OWNERS AS BEST WE POSSIBLY CAN AND STILL END UP BUILDING THE PROJECT THAT WE HAD ORIGINALLY INTENDED TO DEVELOP.
>> OKAY. I DO NOT SEE THE NORTHWEST 31ST AVENUE PROJECT ON HERE.
THAT IS WOULD BE TO BE EAST OF TAMARAC LAKE SOUTH.
>> YEAH. IT'S ON THERE, IT'S IN RED.
IT'S A LITTLE DIFFICULT TO SEE AT THAT LEVEL.
>> IT'S A VERY SHORT [INAUDIBLE] YARD
>> WHAT'S PHASE WOULD THAT BE?
>> IT IS JUST A PROPOSED PHASE.
I BELIEVE IT'S IN THE FY24 OR 25 BUTTON, IT'S NOT LISTED AS A PHASE AT THIS POINT.
>> OKAY. MY FINAL QUESTION IS,
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HOW DO WE GET A PROJECT UP TO BE CONSIDERED? I KNOW THAT BETWEEN BANYAN LAKES AND BERMUDA CLUB HAS ASKED FOR A WALL.I PLACE THAT PART OF MY PRIORITY LIST IN THIS STRATEGIC PLAN.
BUT WHAT IS YOUR PROCESS, JACK? IS THAT THE CORRECT PROCESS OR [INAUDIBLE]
OBVIOUSLY, THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR QUITE A FEW YEARS, COMMISSIONER.
BUT I HAVE TO REFER BACK TO THE ORIGINAL PROJECT WHEN IT STARTED.
ORIGINALLY, IT WAS INITIATED TO PROTECT SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES.
RIGHT UP TO THIS POINT, THAT'S ALL WE'VE LOOKED AT AS REALLY LOCATIONS WHERE SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES WERE IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO MAJOR ARTERIAL ROADS.
THE BERMUDA CLUB LOCATION, THAT AVENUE IS NOT A MAJOR ARTERIAL ROAD.
AT FIRST BLUSH, I WOULD SAY THAT THAT REALLY DOESN'T MEET THE ORIGINAL INTENT, BUT AGAIN, THIS IS A PROGRAM THAT THE COMMISSION DECIDES WHAT WE WANT TO DO.
IF WE WANT TO CHANGE THE CRITERIA, THEN THAT'S A PROCESS THAT I WOULD SAY WE NEED GUIDANCE FROM YOU AS A GROUP TO SAY, "OKAY, WE'VE DONE ALL THE MAJOR ARTERIAL ROADS AND NOW WE WANT TO TAKE A DIFFERENT APPROACH." BUT ORIGINALLY, IT WAS REALLY RESTRICTED TO MAJOR ARTERIAL ROADS AND COLLECTOR ROADS, AND NOT SECONDARY ROADS, WHICH I WOULD SAY THAT THE AVENUE BETWEEN BERMUDA CLUB AND BANYAN LAKES IS A SECONDARY ROAD, IT'S NOT A COLLECTOR ROAD.
>> OKAY. I WILL REFER BACK TO THE CITY MANAGER AND NOW I KICK-START THAT CONVERSATION. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. I APPRECIATE. I DID GIVE COMMISSION BOLTON THE END OF THE VICE MAYOR'S TIME.
I DO NOT SEE ANYBODY ELSE'S HANDS RAISED TO CONTINUE ON THIS DISCUSSION.
I HAPPEN TO AGREE WITH COMMISSIONER BOLTON ABOUT TALKING WITH OUR CITY MANAGER REGARDING FUTURE PHASES FOR THE CITY, REGARDING BUFFALO'S IN VARIOUS LOCATIONS IN OUR CITY.
BEING NO OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS, WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO OUR COMMITTEE UPDATE.
[2. Update - Public Art Committee]
JACK, JOHN, JEFF, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.>> I'M GOING TO HAND THIS OFF TO THE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, MAXINE CALLOWAY.
>> GOOD EVENING MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION HERE, MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION HERE. CAN YOU HEAR ME WELL?
>> YEAH. I SEE JANE SHAKING HER HEAD.
WONDERFUL. GOOD EVENING, IT'S MAXINE CALLOWAY, DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.
I HAVE WITH ME, BETH GRAFFITS AND GEORGE GUTTSON WHO TONIGHT WILL GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON OUR PUBLIC ART PROGRAMS. SPECIFICALLY, THE CODE REQUIRES THAT WE PROVIDE AN UPDATE TO THE CITY COMMISSION ON AN ANNUAL BASIS ON OR BEFORE MAY 1ST OF EACH YEAR.
WE ATTEMPTED TO DO THAT AT THE LAST MEETING, BUT AS YOU KNOW, IT RAN OVER.
THIS EVENING, BETH AND GEORGE WILL BE PROVIDING YOU WITH AN UPDATE.
HE WILL SPEAK TO PROJECTS THAT HAS BEEN DONE AND PROJECTS THAT WE'RE PROPOSING IN THE FUTURE AND SOME OTHER INITIATIVES THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED IN THE FUTURE AS WELL.
WITHOUT ANY FURTHER ADO, LET ME SHARE MY SCREEN.
>> I'M JUST GOING TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY REALIZES IT'S 6:33, WE HAVE A HARD STOP.
WE HAVE TO GET OFF THIS MEETING AND GET ONTO ANOTHER MEETING FOR SEVEN O'CLOCK.
I WILL ASK EVERYBODY TO BE AS BRIEF AS POSSIBLE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. [NOISE]
>> THERE YOU GO. DO YOU WANT TO BEGIN?
>>GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, AND COMMISSIONERS GEORGE GAPS AND GADSDEN RABBITS.
FIRST OF ALL, I'D LIKE TO JUST START OUT BY SAYING, WE REALLY APPLAUD THE COMMISSIONERS FOR WHAT YOU HAVE DONE IN THE PAST TO SUPPORT THE PUBLIC ART PROGRAM.
[INAUDIBLE] A PARTICULAR CITY, AS YOU SEE HERE, ART CULTURAL CREATIVITY IMPROVES A COMMUNITY'S COMPETITIVE EDGE.
SEVENTY PERCENT OF THE AMERICANS BELIEVE THAT THE ARTS IMPROVE THE IMAGES AND IDENTITY OF THEIR COMMUNITY AND BY THE WAY, THIS WAS A SURVEY THAT WAS DONE BY AMERICANS FOR THE ARTS.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. AS FAR AS SOCIAL COHESION AND CULTURAL UNDERSTANDING,
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72 PERCENT OF AMERICANS POLL BELIEVE THAT THE ARTS UNIFY OUR COMMUNITY REGARDLESS OF AGE, REGARDLESS OF ETHNICITY, REGARDLESS OF RACE, AND THEN THAT SAME GROUP SAID THAT THEY AGREED 73 PERCENT THAT THE ARTS HELP UNDERSTAND OTHER CULTURES MUCH BETTER.THEN LASTLY, PUBLIC ARTS IMPACT ON PUBLIC HEALTH AND BELONGING.
PUBLIC ART CAN FUNCTION AS A POWERFUL CATALYST FOR IMPROVING MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH.
I'M GOING TO PASS ON TO MY BUSINESS PARTNER BETH RABBITS AND SHE WILL SPEAK ABOUT PUBLIC ART'S CURRENT PRODUCTS AND THOSE THAT WERE COMPLETED. BETH?
>>THANK YOU, CAN WE PROCEED TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
AS ALL OF YOU KNOW, LAST YEAR WAS THE FIRST YEAR WE DID INSPIRATION WAY 2020.
INSPIRATION WAY WAS NAMED BY THE COMMUNITY, BY THE RESIDENTS AND THESE ARE THE DIFFERENT LOCATIONS GEORGE AND I CHOSE FOR CONCRETE PATHS SO THAT WE COULD HAVE THIS EXHIBIT EVERY YEAR.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THE SCULPTURES THAT WERE IN INSPIRATION WAY 2020 AND THIS WAS LOVED SO MUCH BY EVERYBODY THAT THE COMMITTEE BOUGHT IT BEFORE INSPIRATION WAY EVEN BEGAN.
THIS IS A THREE SCULPTURE PURCHASE FROM 2020 AND THEY'RE BEING RELOCATED THROUGHOUT THE CITY NOW.
THE DESTINATION OF THIS IS NOT DETERMINED YET.
THIS IS CALLED CIRCULAR MOTION AND IT'S GOING TO BE ON A GRASSY AREA OUTSIDE OF COMMISSIONER BOLTON, DISTRICT, RIGHT OUTSIDE CAPORELLA PARK.
THIS IS GOING AT THE AQUATIC CENTER AND THE PAD IS MOMENTARILY GOING TO BE BORN.
THIS IS INSPIRATION WAY 2021, GEORGIA AND I ARE GIVING YOU A GLIMPSE OF IT BUT I'M HOPING THAT ALL OF YOU HAVE SEEN IT BECAUSE IT'S ALREADY UP ON THE STREET.
IT'S UPHILL BETWEEN COMMERCIAL AND MCNABB AND THIS IS GREEN SEA TURTLE.
THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF MCNABB AND UPHILL.
ROBERT COONS WAS IN OUR SHOW LAST YEAR AS WELL AND THE COMMITTEE SELECTED ANOTHER SCULPTURE OF HIS THIS YEAR.
THIS IS SUPERSTAR AND IT'S IN ITS CURRENT LOCATION AND HANNA JUBRAN WAS IN OUR SHOW LAST YEAR, PURCHASED ONE OF HIS PIECES AND THAT'S WHAT'S GOING AT CAPORELLA PARK ON THE GRASSY SIDE OF THE ROAD.
NEXT, PLEASE. THIS IS DUMPSTER DIVER, DONALD GIALANELLA, AND HIS [INAUDIBLE] WE CALL A BIG BIRD BUT IT'S IBIS ON PINE ISLAND AND 77 IS THE BIG BIRD THAT WE PURCHASED LAST YEAR AND DUMPSTER DIVER IS IN THE GOLF COURSE RIGHT NOW.
NEXT, PLEASE. RAY WAS AN ART EXHIBIT LAST YEAR AS WELL.
THIS IS CALLED QUEEN OF HEARTS.
RAY DROVE HIS SCULPTURE ON A FLATBED FROM MICHIGAN AND PICKED UP TWO OF THESE PIECES THROUGH 2020.
THIS IS WAY OVER HERE THE DAY OF INSTALLATION. NEXT, PLEASE.
ART GARCIA DROVE HIS PIECE FROM DALLAS AND I'M ALWAYS AMAZED HOW THESE ARTISTS THROW THEM ONTO FLATBEDS AND COME HERE.
HE'S A PROFESSOR IN DALLAS AND THIS IS HIS PIECE, HUMAN NATURE. NEXT SLIDE.
THIS IS CALLED UNSTOPPABLE GUS AND LINA OCAMPOSILVA AND THEY ARE A MARRIED COUPLE TEAM AND THIS WE PUT AT THE END OF THE EXHIBIT COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD AND NORTHVILLE.
NEXT, PLEASE. THIS IS ASCENDING HEART AND WE PURCHASED A PIECE OF PLATENS FROM LAST YEAR, AND THAT'S WHAT'S BEING CURRENTLY INSTALLED AT THE AQUATIC CENTER.
NEXT, PLEASE. THIS IS ANTHONY HEINZ MAY AND HE'S OUR 12TH SCULPTOR.
HE DOES EXTREMELY UNUSUAL WORK WHICH WE REALLY DIDN'T KNOW WHEN WE SELECTED HIM.
HE WORKS WITH NATURE AND HE MAINLY WORKS WITH TREES AND HE DOES ARTIST RESIDENCIES.
WE HAVE INVITED HIM TO DO AN EVENT ON THE DAY OF THE RIBBON-CUTTING.
HE'S GOING TO BE PUTTING HIS SCULPTURE TOGETHER.
THEN HE COMES TO FLORIDA, HE GETS A TREE TRUNK, HE CHOPS UP DIFFERENT PIECES OF DEAD TREES, WOOD FROM IT, AND HE PUTS IT TOGETHER AND WE'RE GOING TO PUT HIM UNDER A TENT.
HIS PAD IS IN FRONT OF PARK AND REC AND
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WE'RE GOING TO PUT A SECOND TENT WITH SEATS SO THAT ANY RESIDENT CAN COME AND WATCH A SCULPTOR AND PROCESS AND HEAR HIM TALK ABOUT NATURE AND TREES.NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. [OVERLAPPING]
>> THANK YOU. A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, IT WAS DECIDED THE COMMISSIONERS WANTED TO REALLY HAVE A BRANDING OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CITY PARTICULARLY AS IT RELATES TO THE PLAYGROUND AREAS.
WE ENGAGED THE SERVICES OF LOCAL ARTISTS.
SANDRA PARDO, SHE'S FROM MIAMI WHO PROVIDED THE COMMITTEE WITH THE DESIGN, AND THAT DESIGN WAS TAKEN AND ULTIMATELY AND WAS FABRICATED FOR THE TAMARAC TOT LOT FENCES.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. HERE, THIS PARTICULAR ARTICLE, DESIGN BY GEORGETA FONDOS LOCATED ALSO HERE IN SOUTH FLORIDA, PROVIDED THE DESIGN AND IT ULTIMATELY WAS MADE INTO A FENCE AS WELL FOR WATER'S EDGE. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
IN HERE IS THAT ACTUAL DESIGN OF A [INAUDIBLE] THEN WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
I BELIEVE THAT THE COMMISSIONERS HAVE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO TOUR COLONY WEST.
THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT AT COLONY WEST IS ACTUALLY A GYM FOR BROWARD COUNTY, AS WELL AS FOR TAMARAC.
BUT HERE'S THE GLASS WALL SCULPTURE BY JIM BOWMAN THAT IS JUST MAGNIFICENTLY DONE. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
OF COURSE, AS YOU WALK INSIDE THE LOBBY, YOU'RE GREETED BY THIS WONDERFUL CRYSTAL CHANDELIER.
THE SCRIPT TO WAR SCULPTURE, CEILINGS SCULPTURE, LIGHTEST SCULPTURE.
THE ARTIST IS AN ARTIST FROM AUSTRIA.
I WOULDN'T EVEN BEGIN TO PRONOUNCE HER NAME BUT THIS IS THE OTHER WONDERFUL SIGNATURE PIECE THERE.
THEN LASTLY, [INAUDIBLE] [OVERLAPPING].
>> DOES EVERYONE ELSE HAVE THAT PROBLEM WITH HIS VOICE? [OVERLAPPING].
>> YES. WE ARE HAVING TROUBLE HEARING GEORGE.
THIS IS A [OVERLAPPING] GEORGE, EXCUSE ME, BUT WE CANNOT HEAR YOU WELL ENOUGH.
THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG WITH YOUR VOICE.
MICHAEL SZABO, A CALIFORNIA ARTIST, WAS SELECTED BY THE COMMITTEE.
THIS IS CALLED KNOT AND IT SITS IN FRONT OF THE PORTICO AT COLONY WEST CLUBHOUSE.
THIS WAS WHILE HE WAS INSTALLING.
THIS IS THE CRANE LIFTING THE SECOND PART OF THE PIECE THERE.
I ALWAYS LOVE TO SHOW A LITTLE BIT OF THE PROCESS BECAUSE I'M DOING IT 25 YEARS, AND I STILL FIND IT VERY, VERY INTERESTING.
NEXT PLEASE. FUTURE PROJECTS AND INITIATIVES.
IT'S A DESIGN FROM MALCOLM ROBERTSON AND WE WERE NOT ABLE TO PUT IT ON WHERE WE WANTED IT, WHICH WAS ON THE OVERPASS, AND WE'RE WORKING ON DIFFERENT ITERATIONS OF IT BECAUSE IT'S VERY, VERY BELOVED.
IT'S VERY WHIMSICAL AND FUN, AND WE'RE LOOKING TO BRAND THE CITY WITH IT. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
WE WANT TO DO IT AS INDIVIDUAL FIGURES AND PUT IT ALL THROUGHOUT THE CITY AS INDIVIDUAL FIGURES.
WE ALSO WANT TO DO IT IN GROUPINGS AND THIS SAYS, "WE ARE TAMARAC." WE FEEL IF WE PUT IT ALL THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND IN NEIGHBORHOODS, IT WILL WORK AS BRANDING FOR TAMARAC, THAT WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT AND DRIVE BY, IF YOU'RE NOT FROM THIS CITY, YOU'RE EVENTUALLY GOING TO KNOW, "THAT'S THAT FUNNY FIREMAN, THAT FUNNY CHILD OR THE FUNNY DOG.
WE ARE IN TAMARAC." NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
THIS WAS A SUGGESTION FROM LINDA PROBERT, IF WE WOULD PLACE IT ON THE CAPORELLA SWIMMING ANNEX BRIDGE.
THIS IS A PHOTOSHOP WITH HOW THAT WOULD LOOK.
THE WONDERFUL THING ABOUT THIS IS IT'S RIGHT BY TAMARAC VILLAGE, WHICH AGAIN, IT WOULD GET VERY HIGH VISIBILITY.
WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING ON THIS, THAT THE NEW FIREHOUSE, THE DALMATIAN DOG.
A CONTEST WENT OUT TO MIDDLE AND HIGH-SCHOOL STUDENTS FOR THEM TO NAME THE DOG,AND THE WINNER WILL BE GETTING AN IPAD AND FREE WIFI FOR TWO YEARS PLUS A $100 GIFT CERTIFICATE.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. THIS IS JUST FOR YOU TAMARAC VILLAGE SPLASH PAD.
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THE DESIGN IS FINISHED.IT WAS DONE BY CHILDREN AND THE ARTIST CYNTHIA FISHER TOOK ALL THE CHILDREN'S DESIGNS THAT SHE HAD DONE FROM A WORKSHOP WITH THEM AND SHE PUT IT INTO A SPLASH PAD AND IT'S ALMOST COMPLETE.
THIS IS HER WORK IN PROGRESS IN HER STUDIO. NEXT PLEASE.
THIS IS THE AMPHITHEATER WALL, ALSO BY CYNTHIA FISHER, A MAGNIFICENT MOSAIC ARTIST.
SHE HAS USED THE THEME OF THEATER, DANCE, PERFORMANCE, THE VERY ENDS OR NATURE IN TAMARAC.
THE END PANELS, WHICH ARE TWO ON EACH END, ARE DONE IN VERY SOFT PASTEL COLORS AND THE MIDDLE PANELS, WHICH REPRESENT THE ARTS, ARE DONE IN TAMARAC.
LOGO COLORS, BRIGHT, BOLD, AND IT'S VERY EXCITING.
IT'S GOING TO BE 20 FEET HIGH.
THE PEDESTALS ALREADY IN AT WOOD SPRING SUITES, AND HE'S HELPING TO INSTALL THE BEGINNING OF MAY. NEXT PLEASE.
THIS IS RAY'S PROCESS PHOTOS TO US TO LET US KNOW BECAUSE GEORGE AND I COULDN'T VISIT THIS YEAR BECAUSE OF COVID.
HE VISITED ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO.
HE NEEDED TO CHECK ON HIS PEDESTAL AND TO MAKE SOME MEASUREMENTS.
THIS PROJECT IS BEING RECONSIDERED TONIGHT.
WE RECEIVED A LAND CONSERVATION GRANT.
WE ALREADY WAS AWARDED THIS GRANT OF $400,000.
THE INITIAL BUDGET FOR THIS PROJECT WAS $400,000 BECAUSE IT WAS INITIATED IN 2013; A PROJECT WE'VE BEEN WORKING A LOT OF YEARS ON.
THE PUBLIC ART FUND IS $373,342, AND WE HAVE A PENDING ADDITIONAL GRANT WE'RE WAITING TO HEAR FOR $300,000.
THE RECOMMENDATION TOO IS FOR TECHGROUPONE LLC TO CONSTRUCT IT.
THAT IS A KALEIDOSCOPE THAT LOOKS OUT OVER THE EVERGLADES AND GIVES US A PICTURE OF THE EVERGLADES.
IT'S GOING TO BE A CLASSROOM ON THAT PLATFORM AND THERE'S AN ADDITIONAL PLATFORM.
YOUNG AT ART HAS PROVIDED PROGRAMING TO TALK ABOUT THE ECOLOGY AND TO TEACH CHILDREN ABOUT NATURE.
CLASSES ARE GOING TO BE HELD AND PROGRAM IS GOING TO BE DONE.
WE FEEL VERY STRONGLY THAT THIS PROJECT IS GOING TO REALLY PUT TAMARAC ON THE MAP.
[INAUDIBLE] HAS ALREADY ONE ARCHITECTURAL AWARDS FOR IT.
THIS IS A SOCIAL JUSTICE PROJECT THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO IN TAMARAC VILLAGE ON AN AMPHITHEATER WALL THAT'S ALREADY DESIGNED, THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO PAY FOR THE WALL.
IT'S ALREADY GOING TO BE THERE.
AN ARTIST NAMED MICHAEL PARKER DID A SOCIAL JUSTICE WALL IN THE CITY OF TAMPA WHERE HE CHOSE SOCIAL JUSTICE PEOPLE WITH A HISTORY OF TAMPA.
PUBLIC ART COMMITTEE IS WORKING TO DO A MUCH BROADER HISTORY OF MARTIN LUTHER KING AND OTHER ALUMINARIES THROUGHOUT HISTORY SINCE THE BEGINNING OF TIME FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. IN TAMARAC VILLAGE, THERE'S A ROUND ABOUT THAT WE HAVE SLATED FOR ART.
WE WOULD LIKE A SIGNIFICANT SCULPTURE THERE AND WE'RE GOING TO BE PUTTING A CALL FOR ARTISTS OUT SHORTLY. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
THE AMENDMENT TO THE TAMARAC PUBLIC ART ORDINANCE ADDRESSES THE LACK OF PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY IS AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC ART.
WE'D LIKE TO CREATE A SECOND OPTION FOR DEVELOPERS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAM, AND IT EXPANDS DEFINITION OF PUBLIC ART TO INCLUDE ALL MEDIUMS OF ART FORMS. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. WE ALSO HAVE WRITTEN A DRAFT CALL FOR ARTISTS FOR AN APPRENTICE PROGRAM.
WE WANT TO TRY AND GET ARTISTS INVOLVED THAT HAVE NEVER DONE PUBLIC ART BEFORE NO MATTER WHAT AGE THE PERSON IS.
BROWARD COUNTY HAS HAD THIS PROGRAM FOR YEARS, AND IN FACT, OUR VERY OWN SHARE OF PUBLIC ART OR COMMITTEE, TOBY ARCHER WAS THE VERY FIRST ARTIST TO RECEIVE THE DUANE HANSON APPRENTICE PROGRAM IN BROWARD COUNTY.
WE, GEORGE AND I, WROTE A CALL TO ART FOR AN APPRENTICE, WE RAN IT THROUGH THE COMMITTEE, AND WE ARE GOING TO PRESENT THIS PROGRAM TO PAIR AN APPRENTICE WITH AN ARTIST THAT HAS ALREADY RECEIVED A COMMISSION WITH THE CITY.
THEY WILL WORK AS THE TAMARAC LIAISON,
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IF THE ARTIST IS OUT OF TOWN AND EVEN IF THEY'RE IN TOWN, AND LEARN HOW TO DO PUBLIC ART AND THEY WILL GET PAID FOR THEIR TIME.NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. ADDITIONAL FUTURE PROJECTS AND INITIATIVES.
THE DISTRICT 1 AS I JUST SAID.
THE SOCIAL JUSTICE SCULPTURE, UPDATE OF PUBLIC ART MASTER PLAN, NEIGHBORHOOD SCULPTURE PROGRAM, SCULPTURES TO BE PLACED IN CITY ON MEDIANS, AND THE INSPIRATION WAY RIBBON CUTTING, WE'RE WORKING ON THAT NOW.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR GEORGE AND I?
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION.
VICE MAYOR, I'M GOING TO ASK YOU IF YOU CAN KEEP IT TO JUST A MINUTE TO CAMPAIGNS. GO AHEAD.
>> IF WE CAN JUST HAVE SOME INPUT REGARDING THE SOCIAL JUSTICE PIECES PART TO INSTALLATION OR SELECTION, I WOULD HAVE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. THAT'S ALL.
WE'RE WORKING ON IDEAS AND WE ALWAYS PRESENT THEM TO YOU SO YOU WILL KNOW ABOUT IT.
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR WONDERFUL [INAUDIBLE]
>> THANK YOU FOR ANSWERING THIS QUESTION.
I'M SORRY, BUT WE ARE ON A TIGHT TIME FRAME.
IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE WHO WISHES? LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I'M SORRY BETH FOR CUTTING YOU OFF.
WE KNOW THAT YOU'LL GET THINGS TO US.
THESE ARE A WORK IN PROGRESS AND WE WILL DO TOGETHER.
AS THERE ARE NO OTHER QUESTIONS, I KNOW THAT THERE MIGHT BE PEOPLE WHO WANT TO TAKE A LITTLE BREAK RIGHT BEFORE SEVEN O'CLOCK MEETING BECAUSE WE WILL HAVE A LONG MEETING THIS EVENING.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING THIS WORKSHOP.
>> WE'LL SEE YOU BACK HERE AT 7.00 PM.
THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. REMEMBER TO LEAVE THIS MEETING AND JOIN THE NEXT ONE. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.