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ALL RIGHT, GOOD EVENING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, AND WELCOME TO OUR JULY 14TH COMMISSION

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MEETING. THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US AS WE CHANGE THE TIME TO 5:00 P.M.

FOR THIS MEETING. ONLY AT THIS TIME, I WILL ASK OUR CITY CLERK TO CALL THE ORDER.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, COMMISSIONER BOLTON.

GOOD EVENING. COMMISSIONER PLACKO.

GOOD EVENING. COMMISSIONER GELIN.

GOOD EVENING, VICE MAYOR BILL OF THE US PRESIDENT AND MAYOR GOMEZ.

GOOD EVENING. IF EVERYONE WILL PLEASE STAND AND JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

OK, WELL, THERE'S YEAH, THE FLAG IS HERE ANYWAY.

I SEE FLAGS ON PEOPLE'S CHEST.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, AND WE'LL GET THAT STRAIGHTENED OUT, THE ATTORNEY, ANY REPORT, REPORT? CITY MANAGER.

I'M SORRY, MADAM MAYOR, I WAS TRYING TO TRACK DOWN THE FLAG.

I THINK IT'S ONE OF FIVE AND WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT WHY YOUR CHAIRS.

BUT AS FAR AS A REPORT THIS EVENING, MADAM MAYOR, I DO HAVE ONE ITEM FOR THE COMMISSION,

[1. CITY ATTORNEY REPORT]

AND IT HAS TO DO WITH THE LETTER THAT WE RECEIVED FROM THE BOROUGH, FROM THE FLORIDA LEAGUE OF CITIES YESTERDAY, ASKING US TO HAVE YOU DESIGNATE ONE OF YOU AS THE VOTING DELEGATE FROM THE CITY OF TAMARAC AT THE FLORIDA LEAGUE OF CITIES CONFERENCE.

AS I UNDERSTAND AS I UNDERSTAND, THERE ARE TWO OF YOU, COMMISSIONER AND BOLTON AND COMMISSIONER GELIN ARE BOTH ATTENDING THE FLORIDA LEAGUE OF CITIES CONFERENCE.

AND SO WE JUST NEED SOMEONE TO VOLUNTEER TO BE THE VOTING DELEGATE FOR THE CITY WHILE YOU ATTEND THE CONFERENCE.

THANK YOU. OUT OF COMMISSIONER, BOLTON, COMMISSIONER GUNN, DO EITHER ONE OF YOU DESIRE TO BE THE VOTING DELEGATE? WILL YOU BE THERE FOR THAT MEETING? SURE, I'VE I'VE I'VE BEEN TO THE FLORIDA LEAGUE OF CITIES, I'VE BEEN THE BOLTON DELEGATE IN THE PAST, SO I'D LIKE TO DO IT AGAIN.

OK, SO WE HAVE COMMISSIONER, BOLTON AND COMMISSIONER GUNN WHO BOTH WILL BE AT THE MEETING THROUGH THE END OF.

THE LEAGUE OF CITIES MEETING WHERE THEY WILL HAVE THE VOTING DELEGATES WE HAVE BOTH WISHING TO. BE THE VOTING DELEGATE.

CAN I GET A NOMINATION FROM THE FLOOR? I'LL WITHDRAW MY IF HE WISHES TO HAVE IT COMMISSIONER GELIN IS WITHDRAWN.

SO WE NEED A MOTION IN A SECOND TO APPROVE OR IS THIS OK BY CONSENSUS? WE JUST NEED TO PROVIDE HIM A NAME.

AND IF IT'S ALL RIGHT, THEN IT IS TO WHO ARE ATTENDING.

SO IF THAT'S THE WILL OF THE COMMISSION, WE'RE GOOD.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

I'M GOING TO ALSO ASK EVERYBODY ON THE DAIS, PLEASE MOVE YOUR MICROPHONE A LITTLE CLOSER TO YOURSELVES WHEN SPEAKING BECAUSE YOU CAN'T NECESSARILY HEAR.

ALL RIGHT. SO IT GIVES ME GREAT PLEASURE TO BRING UP OUR PARKS AND REC DIRECTOR GREG

[2a. Recognizing Community Christian Church, Christian Life Center and Korean United Methodist Church for their commitment to the community during the COVID-19 Pandemic]

WARNER, WHO ARE GOING TO PRESENT SOME.

PROCLAMATION, SOME AWARDS TO THREE ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL THROUGHOUT THE PANDEMIC COMMISSIONER.

PLEASE COME DOWN.

GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.

AND AGAIN, MY NAME IS GREG WARNER.

I'M THE DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION WITH THE CITY OF TAMARAC, AND MYSELF, ALONG WITH THE CITY COMMISSION, WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE SOME VERY SPECIAL MEMBERS OF OUR OUR COMMUNITY. AND THOSE ARE OUR THREE CHURCHES WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY.

WHEN WHEN COVID STRUCK, THE THE CITY SAW THE NEED AND WE SAW THE NEED NATIONWIDE FOR THAT. PEOPLE WERE IN NEED FOR FOOD.

WE SET UP A PARTNERSHIP WITH FEEDING SOUTH FLORIDA AND THE CITY WANTED TO PURSUE THAT.

WE NEEDED VOLUNTEER GROUPS.

SO THREE CHURCHES IN THE COMMUNITY, THE KOREAN UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, CHRISTIAN LIFE CENTER AND COMMUNITY CHRISTIAN CHURCH, STEPPED UP FOR FOUR LOCATIONS TO HOST THESE FOOD DISTRIBUTIONS AND THROUGHOUT THE PANDEMIC, DID THESE FOOD DISTRIBUTIONS FOR APPROXIMATELY 13 MONTHS AND NOT INCLUDING THE EVERY SATURDAY OF THE KOREAN UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

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BETWEEN THE CHRISTIAN LIFE CENTER AND COMMUNITY CHRISTIAN CHURCH, THERE WERE OVER TWENTY ONE THOUSAND MEALS SERVED TO OR 21000.

OVER 21000 FAMILIES WERE SERVED WITH WITH MEALS THROUGHOUT THE PANDEMIC.

AND THEN ON TOP OF THAT, THE KOREAN UNITED METHODIST CHURCH SERVED, SERVES THE COMMUNITY AND CONTINUES TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY EVERY SATURDAY.

SO IF YOU COULD GIVE THEM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR ALL OF THEIR ASSISTANCE.

I THINK IT'S IT REALLY SHOWS THE TRUE TAMARAC COMMUNITY AS TO THE VOLUNTEER ASSISTANCE, ANY TIME YOU WENT OUT TO CHRISTIAN LIFE CENTER ON A WEDNESDAY MORNING DURING A FOOD DISTRIBUTION, YOU COULD SEE 50, 60, 70, 80 VOLUNTEERS OUT THERE PUTTING IN THEIR TIME TO SERVICE THE COMMUNITY, THE COMMUNITY, CHRISTIAN CHURCH ON MONDAY, THE SAME THING, THAT AMOUNT OF VOLUNTEERS, PEOPLE SACRIFICING THEIR OWN TIME TO HELP OTHERS THROUGH TAMARAC COMMUNITY AND THE METHODIST CHURCH EVERY SATURDAY HAS THEIR VOLUNTEERS OUT THERE SERVICING THE COMMUNITY.

SO AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO BRING REPRESENTATIVES FROM FROM EACH CHURCH UP.

AND AS WE DO THAT, IF THE MAYOR OR COMMISSIONER LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. AT FIRST, I WOULD LIKE TO BRING UP THE REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH WITH.

THANK YOU. HERE'S A CERTIFICATE NO, I'LL READ THIS FOR YOU, KOREAN UNITED METHODIST CHURCH OF SOUTH FLORIDA HAS PROVIDED EXTENSIVE VOLUNTEER SERVICE AND GONE ABOVE AND BEYOND AND THEIR COMMUNITY SERVICE EFFORTS TO PROVIDE FOOD TO THOSE TAMARAC FAMILIES WHO NEED IT THE MOST DURING THIS TIME OF PANDEMIC.

THANK YOU. IF YOU COULD STAY UP FOR.

AND PASTOR SEAN O'NEIL FROM CHRISTIAN LIFE CENTER.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, STICK UP HERE FOR A PITCHER.

AND FROM COMMUNITY CHRISTIAN CHURCH, JAZZY WILLIAMS. THANK YOU. AT THIS TIME, THE MAYOR OF.

WELL, I WILL SAY THAT I.

I'M OVERJOYED FOR THE VOLUNTEER EFFORTS THAT THESE CHURCHES HAVE DONE AND THE PEOPLE IN OUR CITY AND PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT IN OUR CITY HAVE DONE TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE BEING FED THROUGHOUT THE PANDEMIC.

AND I CAN TELL YOU, BECAUSE THEY'VE WORKED TIRELESSLY THROUGHOUT THE 13 MONTHS.

AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SAY OUR BESSO IS HERE AS WELL, AND THEIR TEAM WAS OUT THERE FOR ALL OF THESE AS WELL. SO WE THANK THEM AS WELL.

BUT IT'S BEEN AN HONOR AND A PLEASURE TO SERVE WITH YOU, TO CONTINUE TO SERVE WITH YOU IN WHATEVER CAPACITY WE CAN CONTINUE TO DO.

SO THANK YOU FOR BEING SUCH WONDERFUL NEIGHBORS AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS WITH US.

WE THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.

OK, AND ONE LAST THING, OUR PARKS AND REC AND OUR PUBLIC SERVICES TEAMS, THEY WERE OUT THERE, TOO, AND THEY'VE BEEN HELPING THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE TIME AND THEY'VE BEEN GREAT.

SO IT IS TRULY A COMMUNITY THAT OUR CITY HAS AND WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR EVERYBODY.

THANK YOU FOR THE PHOTOS.

I KNOW A COUPLE OF THE GROUPS HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL VOLUNTEERS THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO COME FORWARD, PLEASE, FOR THE FOR THE PHOTOS.

BECAUSE THIS IS TO SAY.

FIRST. SO HE HAS TO GET OUT OF THE WAY.

YOU GUYS ARE. THE.

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THANK YOU. AND JUST SOMETIMES WORDS CAN'T EXPRESS THE GRATITUDE THAT WE HAVE FOR WHEN PEOPLE WORK TOGETHER TO GET THROUGH SUCH A HARD TIME.

SO MUCH APPRECIATED.

WE ARE NOW GOING TO OUR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION, BUT AT THE SAME TOKEN, I AM ACTUALLY GOING

[3. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION]

TO. ASK A QUESTION OF OUR COUNTY COMMISSIONER ZIMPHER AND THE MAYOR OF COOPER CITY, YOU HAVE A PRESENTATION FOR US.

IT'S A LITTLE BIT ON THE LONGER SIDE.

IS THAT OK? WOULD YOU MIND IF I CONTINUE THROUGH OUR SCHEDULED? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OK, SO WE WILL NOW MOVE TO PUBLIC PARTICIPATION AND SEE THE ATTORNEY. DO YOU WANT TO READ THE RULES OF THE ROAD? YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU.

ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC MAY SPEAK TO ANY ISSUE.

THERE'S NOT AN AGENDA FOR A PUBLIC HEARING AT THIS TIME.

AT THIS MEETING. AT THIS TIME, SPEAKERS WILL BE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES DURING THIS ITEM AND THAT PUBLIC HEARINGS, THERE WILL BE A 30 MINUTE TIME LIMIT FOR THIS ITEM OF PUBLIC PARTICIPATION WHEN AN ISSUE HAS BEEN DESIGNATED AS QUASI JUDICIAL.

PUBLIC REMARKS SHALL ONLY BE HEARD DURING THE JUDICIAL HEARING THAT HAS BEEN PROPERLY NOTICED. FOR THAT MATTER, THERE ARE NO ITEMS OR ITEMS FOR TODAY, THOUGH MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WISHING TO PROVIDE COMMENTS TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COMMISSION IN ANY MANNER, INCLUDING ITEMS ON THE AGENDA.

IN ADDITION, PUBLIC COMMENT MAY SUBMIT THEIR COMMENTS BY EMAIL TO THE CITY CLERK TO CITY CLERK AT TAMARAC DOG.

ALL COMMENTS MADE BY EMAIL SHALL BE MADE PART OF THE PUBLIC RECORD.

THE CITY HAS AUTHORITY UNDER THE CITY CODE TO REGULATE THE MANNER IN WHICH PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE MADE DURING ANY PUBLIC MEETINGS, AND THE CITY WILL NOT READ PUBLICLY ANY EMAILS THAT ARE PROVIDED.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SO.

WHEN YOU COME TO THE PODIUM, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, YOUR ADDRESS, IF YOU'RE COMFORTABLE, IF NOT YOUR ADDRESS, AT LEAST THE CITY IN WHICH AND WHERE YOU LIVE.

AND THEN YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.

WE WILL START WITH CAROL MENDLESON, PLEASE.

GOOD AFTERNOON, CAROL MENDLESON, WIDMAN DISTRICT FOUR.

AS A LOYAL TAMARAC RESIDENT, I HAD HOPED TO BEGIN ON A POSITIVE NOTE.

SADLY, THE GOOD YOU DO IS OVERSHADOWED BY THE BEHAVIOR EXHIBITED ON THE DAIS BY THIS COMMISSION. THIS COMMISSION IS THE LAUGHING STOCK OF OTHER CITIES DUE TO YOUR LACK OF RESPECT FOR YOURSELVES, ONE ANOTHER AND THE CONSTITUENTS YOU REPRESENT.

TAMARAC RESIDENTS ARE EMBARRASSED BY THE VITRIOLIC STATEMENTS AND ABUSIVE AND INFANTILE BEHAVIOR BY CERTAIN COMMISSIONERS.

WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE MAYOR, WHO CONTINUALLY REMAINS THE CONSUMMATE PROFESSIONAL.

IT IS APPARENT THAT THE TIME HAS COME FOR NEW LEADERSHIP.

AT A PREVIOUS COMMISSION MEETING, A MOTION WAS MADE TO REMOVE SOME ITEMS FROM THE AGENDA AND ALSO SOME ITEMS CURRENTLY IN PLACE THAT I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS.

THE SUN-SENTINEL REVEALS OVER ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS IN PERKS.

THESE PERKS INCLUDED THIRTY FIVE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR LOCAL TRAVEL, WHEREBY AN ADDITIONAL TWENTY FIVE ADDITIONAL FIFTEEN THOUSAND HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN APPROVED.

WITH NO RECEIPTS REQUIRED.

THERE ALREADY EXISTS AN OUT OF TOWN BUDGET FOR FIFTY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS 25000 FOR PERSONAL DISCRETIONARY FUNDS TO DECORATE OFFICES, SEVENTY FIVE THOUSAND FOR ADDITIONAL AIDES, FIFTEEN THOUSAND FOR OFFICE FURNITURE, 50000 TO REMODEL THE LOBBY FOR SECRETARIES, 50000 TO INVESTIGATE THE WHISTLE BLOWER TO THE SUN-SENTINEL, AND THEN REALIZED THE ERROR OF YOUR WAYS AND RECANTED AND APOLOGIZED.

A REQUEST WAS MADE BY SOME FOR SOME ITEMS TO BE MADE RETROACTIVE TO OCTOBER AND THAT EACH COMMISSIONER GET HEALTH INSURANCE FOR THEMSELVES AND THEIR FAMILY.

LET'S NOT FORGET CAR INSURANCE PHONE PART TIME SALARIES OF FIFTY THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED AND FORTY DOLLARS PER COMMISSIONER AND MUCH MORE.

I BRING THIS UP FOR SEVERAL REASONS.

NUMBER ONE, MOST IMPORTANTLY, THE MOTION TO REMOVE THESE ITEMS SINCE SOME CURRENTLY IN PLACE HAS ONLY BEEN TEMPORARILY REMOVED FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR, THEY NEED TO BE PERMANENT OR PERMANENTLY REMOVED OR THEY MAY APPEAR ON AN AGENDA IN THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR.

LET'S LOOK AT LAST WEEK'S BUDGET MEETING.

TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLAR SLUSH FUNDS, SEVENTY EIGHT THOUSAND DOLLARS SUGGESTED FOR PARTIES. NUMBER TWO, WE ARE YOUR CONSTITUENTS.

THE ONLY WAY TO ACHIEVE THIS IS TO RAISE OUR TAXES.

NUMBER THREE, A MORALITY ISSUE.

WE'RE COMING OUT OF A PANDEMIC WHERE PEOPLE HAVE LOST THEIR JOBS, HOMES AND FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER ON FOOD LINES.

LET'S NOT FORGET THE MULTITUDE OF SENIORS WHO WE'RE LIVING ON SOCIAL SECURITY THAT MAKES THESE REQUESTS UNCONSCIONABLE.

LASTLY, PERHAPS MONEY SPENT TO ASSIST WITH RELOCATING COYOTES THAT ARE ATTACKING HUMANS

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AND PETS AT OUR HOMES.

WOULD BE MONEY BETTER, BETTER SPENT? YOU HAVE IGNORED OUR PLEAS FOR HELP.

YOU WORK FOR US.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

YODER.

THANK YOU, MELISSA. PETER KING'S POINT TAMARAC, I'VE BEEN WATCHING YOUR BEHAVIOR AND I'M EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTED YOUR POSITIONS AS COMMISSIONERS ARE POSITIONS THAT DESERVE RESPECT, BUT YOU'RE FAILING TO EARN THAT RESPECT FROM THE RESIDENTS IN PARTICULAR.

THERE ARE THREE COMMISSIONERS ALL TRYING TO BE THE ALPHA MALE AND IN THE PROCESS, DISRESPECTING EACH OTHER, THE COMMISSION, CITY EMPLOYEES AND THE RESIDENTS.

YOU CLAIM TO BE PASSIONATE ABOUT YOUR DISTRICT'S WELFARE AND USE THAT AS YOUR EXCUSE TO DISAGREE AND ARGUE WITH EACH OTHER SO MUCH.

YOU NEED TO REMEMBER THAT YOU ARE COMMISSIONERS OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC.

THE GOOD AND WELFARE OF THE CITY IS THE PRIMARY GOAL.

AND IT'S A SHAME BECAUSE ALL THREE OF YOU HAVE SO MUCH TO CONTRIBUTE.

YOU BRING DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS, EXPERIENCES AND INSIGHT INTO MATTERS BEING BROUGHT BEFORE THIS COMMISSION THAT YOU SEEM UNABLE TO ARTICULATE AND ARGUE YOUR POSITIONS WITH FACTS AND FIGURES.

AND SINCE YOU CANNOT JUSTIFY YOUR POSITION, YOU RESORT TO NAME CALLING, PERSONAL ATTACKS AND BULLY. THINK HOW GREAT THE CITY COULD BE IF YOU WOULD JUST WORK TOGETHER AND STOP ALL YOUR PETTY BICKERING AND QUARRELING.

THE COMMISSIONERS HAVE BECOME THE LAUGHING STOCK OF SOUTHEAST FLORIDA.

YOUR ATTEMPTS AT ENRICHING YOURSELVES, YOUR FAMILIES AND FRIENDS AT THE EXPENSE OF TAXPAYERS IS UNCONSCIONABLE.

THANKS TO A WHISTLEBLOWER, YOU GOT CAUGHT, YOU SHOWED NO SHAME OR REMORSE IN WHAT YOU TRIED TO DO. INSTEAD, YOU STOP TO RETALIATE AGAINST THE INDIVIDUAL THAT CALLED YOU OUT AND THE CITY MANAGER BECAUSE YOU FELT HE DIDN'T DEFEND YOUR ATTEMPTED FINANCIAL GRAB STRONGLY ENOUGH COMMISSIONER GOMEZ ACTIONS AT THE END OF THE LAST COMMISSION, MEANING WERE TOTALLY DISRESPECTFUL, UNACCEPTABLE AND CHILDISH.

THE COMMISSION NEEDS TO CENSURE COMMISSIONER GELIN FOR HIS ACTIONS.

IF COMMISSIONER AND BOLTON WALKED OUT OF THE BUDGET MEETING, AS REPORTED, HE ALSO NEEDS TO BE CENSURED. ALL COMMISSIONERS NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS TYPE OF BEHAVIOR IS TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE AND WILL NOT BE TOLERATED.

IF YOU CANNOT GET BEYOND YOUR OVERINFLATED EGOS.

STOP THE FIGHTING NAME-CALLING AND PERSONAL ATTACKS.

STOP THE CHILDISH BEHAVIORS.

STOP THE NEED TO ENRICH YOURSELVES, YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS AT TAXPAYER EXPENSE AND STOP PLAYING WITH YOUR PHONES DURING THE MEETINGS.

THEN WE, THE RESIDENTS OF TAMARAC, WILL GLADLY AND ENTHUSIASTICALLY ACCEPT YOUR IMMEDIATE RESIGNATIONS. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. RUDI DELGADO, WE'RE JUST GOING TO GIVE US ONE SECOND TO FOLLOW PROTOCOL.

I MEAN, I JUST MISSED IT.

MY NAME IS RUDY RUDY DELGADO, PRESIDENT OF SECTION 11, FAIR HAVEN 11, DISTRICT NUMBER TWO. I WAS HERE LAST MONTH TALKING ABOUT ISSUES ABOUT MY CURRENT ADMINISTRATION AND THE ABUSES THAT THEY ARE COMMITTING.

I APOLOGIZE, BUT THIS IS THE ONLY WAY TO COMMUNICATE WITH THEIR CITY OFFICIALS.

THE FIRST OF TWO ISSUES I HAVE DEALS WITH WHAT I SPOKE ABOUT THE PREVIOUS TIME WHERE THE IRRIGATION SYSTEM THAT IS PROVIDED AS PART OF OUR H OR A MONTHLY FEES FOR OUR 255 HOMES WAS REBUILT.

BUT THE PROCEDURE AND THE QUALITY ARE QUESTIONABLE.

I THINK THE CITY CLERK, JENNIFER JOHNSON, FOR ADDRESSING MY CONCERN TO THE CHIEF BUILDING OFFICIAL, I SENT HIM AN EMAIL MESSAGE, BUT I HAVE RECEIVED NO RESPONSE.

AS I EXPLAINED, THE IRRIGATION PROJECT IS ABOUT ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY FIVE THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS.

IT WAS DONE IN A SNEAKY WAY WITHOUT THREE ESTIMATES AND NO PRELIMINARY STUDIES.

MY CONCERN IS THAT THE QUALITY OF THIS REPAIR IS MEDIOCRE.

INSTEAD OF USING THE 13 RHEINBERGER TIMERS THAT WERE ALREADY IN PLACE WORKING PERFECTLY, THEY INSTALL MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED UNDERGROUND TIMERS THAT ARE NOT SUITED FOR OUR

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APPLICATION. THEY ARE POWERED BY NINE VOTES D.C.

BATTERIES, AND THEY ARE LOCATED UNDERGROUND IN A PIT WHERE THEY CAN GET FLOODED WHEN THERE IS A BIG DOWNPOUR.

I DON'T BELIEVE THE CITY OF TAMARAC WOULD APPROVE THIS IRRIGATION INSTALLATION.

THE SECOND AND THIS ONE I ADDRESSED MY COMMISSIONER MR. MIKE GELIN ON APRIL.

ACCORDING TO OUR BYLAWS, WE HAVE ELECTIONS.

BUT BECAUSE OF THE COMMENT AND LACK OF SUPPORT FROM THE ADMINISTRATION OF LAST YEAR, NO NEW OFFICERS STEPPED FORWARD.

SO BASICALLY THE INCUMBENT OFFICIALS ELECTED THEMSELVES FOR A NEW TERM AT THAT MEETING IN APRIL, THREE PEOPLE STEP FORWARD TO THE TO BE BOARD MEMBERS, BUT THE REQUESTS WERE REJECTED. IT LOOKS LIKE THE PRESIDENT HIMSELF TOOK ON THE TASK OF SELECTING THE NEW BOARD MEMBERS, BUT HE DISCRIMINATES PEOPLE IN THE PROCESS.

OUR LESS BOLTON BOLTON CHOSE NAMES OF THREE NEW BOARD MEMBERS THAT WERE ARBITRARILY SELECTED. I WOULD PROVIDE ALL DETAILS UPON REQUEST, AND I KINDLY REQUEST THE ASSISTANCE OF MY COMMISSIONER MR. MY GELIN ON THIS MATTER.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

OH, I'LL GET YOUR INFORMATION AND FOLLOW UP.

DANIEL KIM, GENTLEMEN, DID YOU SIGN UP THINKING TO SPEAK OR YOU JUST SIGNED IN WHEN YOU CAME IN? OK, SO ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.

AND WE WELCOME YOU TO STAY.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO, BUT WE WELCOME YOU TO STAY.

SO I WILL GO DOWN TO OUR NEXT PERSON, DARSEY SHILA.

BEFORE I START SPEAKING, I'M GOING TO ASK THE COMMISSION THAT COMMISSIONER BOLTON BE CENSURED IF HE DOES NOT PAY ATTENTION BECAUSE HE'S BUSY FALLING ASLEEP LIKE HE DID LAST TIME. AND I WOULD REQUEST CENSORSHIP IF THAT CONTINUES TONIGHT, ESPECIALLY DURING MY PRESENTATION. OK, I WILL NOW BEGIN.

DARCY SCHILLER, 787 NINE, GRANDVILLE DRIVE, KING'S POINT.

MY CONCERNS ARE FOLLOWED ARE AS FOLLOWS.

AND SOME OF THIS IS MORE ABOUT THE CITY ITSELF.

WHEN IT RAINS, THE WEST END OF OUR CITY HAS PROBLEMS WITH THE STREETS BECOMING FLOODED.

THIS IS ESPECIALLY NOTED ON NOB HILL ROAD, GOING NORTH, JUST NORTH OF MACNAB ROAD ON A HUNDRED AND EIGHTY FIRST STREET BETWEEN MACNAB AND NOB HILL ROAD.

THERE ARE ALSO FLOODED AREAS AFTER THE RAIN.

I AM REQUESTING THE CITY LOOK INTO THIS PROBLEM AND HAVE THESE ISSUES RESOLVED.

WHEN I SAY FLOOD, I MEAN, IT'S OVER THE SIDEWALKS.

ALSO ON ONE OASE EIGHTY FIRST BETWEEN MACNAB AND NOB HILL ROAD, PEOPLE TEND TO SPEED.

CHILDREN PLAY NEAR CAPTIVA.

SUNSET PARK HAS PEOPLE IN AND OUT OF IT AND THEY FLY DOWN.

WANDSWORTH KINGS POINT HAS FIVE SUBDIVISIONS LOCATED ON THAT STREET.

I IMPLORE THE COMMISSION TO PUT SPEED BUMPS ON THIS ROAD, ESPECIALLY APPROACHING EXIT GRANVILLE ENTRANCE ON THE CURB HEADING TOWARD NOB HILL.

PEOPLE FLYING DOWN THE ROAD FROM TRENTON, DEVON, INEVITABLY GET INTO A CAR ACCIDENT WITH THE PEOPLE LEAVING EXETER.

WHO'S AT FAULT IS IRRELEVANT.

THE SPEED BUMP SHOULD BE PLACED ON BOTH SIDES OF THE STREET.

OUR PARKS ARE ONE ASSET THAT MAKES OUR COMMUNITY SO DESIRABLE AND NEED TO BE KEPT CLEAN AND WITH REGULAR GROUNDS MAINTENANCE.

THE PERMIT AND INSPECTION OFFICE NEEDS ADDITIONAL STAFF.

VERY OFTEN PEOPLE HAVE TO WAIT MONTHS FOR A PERMIT AND THEN WEEKS AFTER THE JOB IS COMPLETE TO GET AN INSPECTION, THE FLAT BUDGET IS FINE THE WAY IT IS.

HOWEVER, SOME OF THE ITEMS NEED TO BE REMOVED AND THE MONEY IS DISTRIBUTED IN AREAS WHERE IT IS MOST BENEFICIAL ANNUALLY.

TAMARAC HAS ONE TAMARAC PARTY TO HONOR THE INKLESS INCLUSIVELY OF OUR CITY, THE PEOPLE OF DIFFERENT ETHNICITIES, RELIGION, CULTURE AND RACES.

I IMPLORE THE COMMISSION TO NOT SPEND OVER TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR A JUNETEENTH BLACK HISTORY MONTH AND CARIBBEAN MONTH CELEBRATIONS AND PUT THESE MONIES INTO RESOLVING THE STREET, FLOODING THE GROUNDS, UPKEEP OUR PARKS AND THE SHORTAGE OF PERSONNEL.

IN ADDITION, THE SLUSH FUND OF TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS PER COMMISSIONER ADDS UP TO ANOTHER HUNDRED AND TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE GRANDIOSITY OF COMMISSIONER, BOLTON AND COMMISSIONER GELIN VOTING FOR THIS. TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND AND I QUESTION YOU COMMISSIONER PLACKO.

HOWEVER, THAT HUNDRED AND TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS CAN GO IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT AREAS AND A LOT OF DIFFERENT NEEDED SPOTS.

I BELIEVE THIS IS THE FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY OF YOUR CITIES AND I BELIEVE THAT THAT THIS

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IS THE THAT THAT IS THE FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY OF YOUR CITY CONSTITUENTS DESIRE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

IS THERE ANYBODY WHO WISH TO SPEAK THAT DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO SIGN UP WHO LIKE TO SPEAK AT THIS TIME? CNN, OUR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PORTION OF THIS MEETING IS NOW CLOSED.

WE ARE NOW GOING TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA.

OH, SORRY. IF YOU ARE ABOUT.

IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT ON THE AGENDA TODAY IS THE WOODLAND'S OVERLAY, THAT'S THE ONLY THING ON THE AGENDA FOR THE WOODLAND'S.

IS THERE SOMETHING SEPARATE YOU WISH TO SPEAK ABOUT? IF IT'S NOT ABOUT THE OVERLAYS, YOU CAN SPEAK NOW, IF IT'S ABOUT THE OVERLAYS, I NEED TO SPEAK WHEN WE SPEAK ABOUT THE OVERLAYS.

PARTHO. OK, IT'S SPEAK THEN, OK.

NAME AND ADDRESS, FOR THE RECORD, IF YOU DON'T WANT TO GIVE YOUR ADDRESS, AT LEAST THE CITY AND WHERE YOU LIVE. FROM THEIR PLACE.

OK. HI, HOW ARE YOU, MICHAEL FARRAGO, AND I'M A RESIDENT OF SECTION FIVE FIFTY ONE OF FIVE YELLOW PINE. SO SORRY IF I OVERSTEPPED THE TERMS OF THE DISCUSSION, IT'S JUST I'VE BEEN WITH THE WOOLENS DEFENSE FUND AS WELL AS ANY FELIKS A COUPLE OTHER GENTLEMEN WHO HAVE BEEN WEIGHING IN ON THIS PROJECT AND HOW IT'S UNFOLDING IN TAMARAC AND WHAT THE CITY'S PROPOSED AGENDA IS GOING TO BE BASED ON THE USE WITH 13TH FLOOR, THE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT AND THE OVERLAYS, WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE DOING WITH THE CLUBHOUSE AS WELL AS THE THE GOLF THAT'S IN THE AREA.

SO. MY FAMILY AND I, WE'VE BEEN THERE FOR ABOUT 30 YEARS.

MY GRANDFATHER, SEYMOUR, WAS AN AVID GOLFER.

HE LIVED THERE UNTIL HIS MID 90S, TAUGHT ME THE SPORT, TREMENDOUS CULTURE AND HISTORY.

THAT'S PART OF THE WOODLANDS THAT I THINK TAMARAC SHOULD BE PROUD OF AND BOASTS AS PART OF ITS COMMUNITY. I THINK THAT IT HAS INTRINSIC VALUE IN TERMS OF WHEN PEOPLE DRIVE BY ON COMMERCIAL AVENUE AND THEY SEE WOODLANDS, THEY THINK OF A PRESTIGIOUS GOLF CLUB, THEY THINK OF THE AMENITIES BEING PART OF THAT PACKAGE.

13TH FLOOR COMING IN TO REZONE DOES MAKE SENSE IN TERMS OF TRYING TO UPHOLD THE BEAUTIFICATION OF THE AREA.

DEVELOPING REAL ESTATE MAKES SENSE.

BUT WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT HOW THE LAND USE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT SORT OF PROFILE HAS BEEN DRAWN, I THINK WE REALLY NEED TO FOCUS IN ON MAKING SURE THAT GOLF REMAINS A PRIORITY FOR SEVERAL REASONS.

ONE IS WHAT I SAID ABOUT PRESTIGE IN THE COMMUNITY.

WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT HOW PEOPLE VIEW THE WOODLANDS FROM TAMARAC, THEY THINK ABOUT THE AMENITIES AS BEING PART OF THAT PROPOSAL ON THAT PACKAGE.

THAT PLUS THE TENNIS PLUS ALSO, AGAIN, REMIND YOU THE CULTURAL THE HISTORICAL VALUE THAT IT HAS A JEWISH A STRONG JEWISH COMMUNITY THAT USED TO BE THERE, ASSOCIATED WITH OTHER CERTAIN AREAS IN TAMARAC AROUND THERE THAT MY FAMILY HAS BEEN CONNECTED TO, IT DOES HAVE SOME KIND OF INTRINSIC AND HISTORICAL VALUE.

SO I'VE BEEN PUTTING PRESSURE WITH ANDY FELIX TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY LOOK FURTHER INTO SECURING AFTER CLUB LINK ANOTHER BUYER, WHO AT LEAST I THINK SHOULD DEFEND 18 HOLES OF GOLF IF THEY WANT TO DEVELOP ON THE OTHER 18.

SO WE'RE LOOKING FOR THEM TO PUT A LITTLE BIT MORE PRESSURE ON THEIR ZONING POLICY.

SO I'D LIKE TO KEEP THAT DISCUSSION GOING.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. OK, THANK YOU SO.

SEE YOU IN THE COMMUNITY. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON AN ITEM THAT IS NOT ON THE AGENDA, SAYING THAT WE WILL NOW CLOSE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION AND GO TO OUR CONSENT

[4. CONSENT AGENDA]

AGENDA? CITY MANAGER, ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONS OR DELETIONS? NO, NO ADDITIONS OR DELETIONS THIS EVENING? MADAM MAYOR. EXCELLENT.

I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND.

SO MOVED SECOND.

EXCELLENT CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL MAYOR GOMEZ.

YES, VICE MAYOR VILLALOBOS, YES, COMMISSIONER GELIN.

YES, MR. BOLTON. YES, THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY FIVE TO ZERO.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WE WILL NOW GO TO OUR FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA.

A PRESENTATION OF THE SOLID WASTE WORKING GROUP PRESENTATION IS GOING TO BE BY THE SOLID

[5a. Presentation - Solid Waste Working Group (SWWG)]

WASTE WORKING GROUP CHAIR, COOPER CITY MAYOR GREG ROSS AND SOLID WASTE WORKING GROUP VICE CHAIR, BROWARD COUNTY COMMISSIONER BEING.

THANK YOU FOR COMING TONIGHT.

AND I KNOW WE HAVE OUR BROLGA CITIES EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MARY LUTIE IN THE.

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SO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT, TOO.

GOOD AFTERNOON. GREG GARUS, MAYOR OF COOPER CITY, BUT CHAIR OF THE SOLID WASTE WORKING GROUP. AND WITH ME TONIGHT IS VICE CHAIR BEAM FOR COMMISSIONER OF BROWARD COUNTY COMMISSION. JUST ON A PERSONAL NOTE, I'M TAKING A PRIVILEGE RIGHT NOW.

I JUST WANT TO THANK MAYOR GOMEZ AND MIKE CERNECH FOR APPEARING TODAY AT A.

MEETING THAT WAS HELD AT MY REQUEST, INCAPACITY REGARDING BROWARD SHERIFF'S OFFICE, I HAVE TO ADMIT THAT EVERYTHING THAT YOUR ATTENDANCE ACTUALLY CONTRIBUTED TO THE EFFORTS THAT ARE BEING MADE AND I APPRECIATE IT.

I THINK BEING SO APPRECIATED IT.

SO THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING.

NOT ALL WORK ON BEHALF OF THE RESIDENTS OF TAMARAC IS DONE IN TAMARAC.

SO THANK YOU. HAVING SAID THAT, TONIGHT WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING GARBAGE AND AND WE'RE NOT TALKING HAULING THE GARBAGE.

WE'RE TALKING WHAT TO DO WITH IT AFTER YOU HAUL IT.

SO YOU HAVE CHOICES AND WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH THEM.

AND BEING FAIR IS GOING TO HAVE A POWERPOINT PRESENTATION FOR YOU DURING IT OR EVEN AT THE END IS EVEN BETTER.

YOU'LL HAVE QUESTIONS.

PLEASE FEEL FREE TO ASK.

UP UNTIL THEN, BEING YOU'RE ON.

OK, THANK YOU.

MY ROSS, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR THE CHANCE TO BE HERE TO SPEAK WITH YOU ALL.

I HAVE TO SAY, THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL CHAMBERS.

I LOVE HAVING ALL THE LIGHT COMING IN.

WE'VE BEEN GOING TO CITY AFTER CITY, SO WE HAVE A CHANCE TO SEE ALL THE DIFFERENT ONES.

I HAVE TO TELL YOU THIS. I'M GOING TO I'MA PUT THIS ON THE TOP.

I'LL PUT THIS ON THE TOP. JUST HAVE THE LIGHT COME IN.

IT'S ALSO NICE TO SEE HOW YOU ALL ACKNOWLEDGE YOUR YOUR RESIDENTS ESPECIALLY GET DURING COVID AND ALL THE THINGS THAT THEY DID.

IT'S REALLY NICE TO SEE THAT.

AND IT SOUNDS LIKE THEY DID A GREAT JOB TONIGHT.

I'M GOING TO BE TALKING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT GARBAGE.

AS YOU ALL PROBABLY PROBABLY KNOW, THE BOROUGH, THE COUNTY HAS STATUTORY RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE SURE WHEN WHEN YOUR GARBAGE PICKED UP FROM YOUR RESIDENCE, YOURS, WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE IT CAN GO SOMEWHERE.

DO YOU HAVE A PLACE TO PUT IT? YOU ALL ARE CURRENTLY ARE WITH WHEELABRATOR, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN.

SO MOST OF YOUR GARBAGE RIGHT NOW GOES TO THE INCINERATOR TO WASTE MANAGEMENT.

AND I'M NOT SURE WHERE YOUR RECYCLING GOES.

BUT YOU YOU ALL HAVE BEEN A MEMBER OF THAT FOR QUITE A WHILE.

I CAN TAKE YOU THROUGH A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY.

AS YOU PROBABLY AS MANY OF YOU PROBABLY KNOW, THE COUNTY USED TO HAVE A RESOURCE RECOVERY BOARD THAT HAD TWENTY SIX CITIES, PART OF IT.

AND IN OUR LOCAL AGREEMENT, ALL OF THE CITIES WORK TOGETHER AND THROUGH FROM THE 90S, ALL THE WAY UP TILL TWENTY THIRTEEN, WE ALL AGREED, WE'D ALL AGREED WHERE TO TAKE THE GARBAGE. AND WE AND COLLECTIVELY OUR TIPPING FEES PAID FOR THE INCINERATORS WANT TO BUY POMPANO AND ALSO THE ONE DOWN IN DAVIE, IN HOLLYWOOD.

THAT WAY THAT THAT CONTRACT ENDED IN TWENTY THIRTEEN AND IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN A HUGE CELEBRATION TO BE HONEST, BECAUSE THAT'S THE DAY WE WE PAID OFF ALL THE BONDS AND I WAS ON THE RESOURCE RECOVERY BOARD AS A HOLLYWOOD CITY COMMISSIONER.

SO I KNEW THE INNER WORKINGS OF THAT.

AND UNFORTUNATELY, INSTEAD OF EVERYBODY POPPING CHAMPAGNE, EVERYBODY DECIDED TO KIND OF GO THEIR OWN WAY, WHICH WAS UNFORTUNATE.

BUT BUT I THINK EVERYBODY THOUGHT THEY COULD GET BETTER DEALS IN DIFFERENT PLACES.

AND SO EVERYBODY, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT CITIES.

SOME CITIES STAYED WITH WHEELABRATOR AND WASTE MANAGEMENT.

SOME WENT TO OTHER PLACES.

AND FRANKLY, WE HAVE A LOT OF OUR GARBAGE RIGHT NOW GOING TO ALL KIND OF PLACES, GOING 200 MILES UP THE ROAD UP TO ARCADIA OR OKEECHOBEE OR THE JADI LANDFILL INSTEAD OF IT ALL STAYING HERE. UNFORTUNATELY, THAT IS NOT A SUSTAINABLE WAY TO DO THIS, BECAUSE THOSE COUNTIES AT SOME POINT ARE GOING TO SAY WE DON'T WANT YOUR GARBAGE ANYMORE.

AND THAT'S AND SO OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS, A NUMBER OF MAYORS WITH ME ACROSS AND WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT HOW DO WE MAYBE TRY TO PUT THIS BACK TOGETHER? WHY? BECAUSE WE WERE ALL SEEING A LOT OF CITIES WERE SAYING THAT THEY'RE THAT THE RECYCLING WAS NOT BEING RECYCLED THE WAY THEY WANTED OR THAT WHAT THEY WERE SEEING WAS THAT THEIR RATES WERE SKYROCKETING FOR RECYCLING.

YOU KNOW, WE HAVE WELL, LET ME LET ME GO THROUGH THIS A LITTLE BIT.

SO 2013, THE THE R B EXPIRED.

AND WHEN THAT EXPIRED, WHAT HAPPENED WAS ALL OF THE ASSETS HAD TO BE DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT WITH ALL THE CITIES THAT WERE PART OF THAT.

YOU ALL WERE PART OF THAT. THERE WERE MONETARY DISBURSEMENTS, ET CETERA.

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THERE WAS ONE PART OF THAT, THOUGH, THAT AS A COUNTY COMMISSIONER, WHEN I SAW THAT IT WAS GOING TO BE DISPERSED AND SOLD, I ASKED THAT WE PUT A HOLD ON, THAT THAT WAS A PIECE OF LAND THAT WAS CALLED THE ALPHA 250 THAT ALL THE CITIES OWNED TOGETHER.

AND I SAID PUT LET'S PUT A PAUSE ON THAT, BECAUSE WE MAY NEED THIS BECAUSE IT'S ABOUT TWENTY FIVE ACRES.

THERE'S A. VERY FEW PLACES THAT ARE ZONED FOR GARBAGE THAT YOU CAN ACTUALLY PUT SOMETHING LIKE A STATE OF THE ART RECYCLING FACILITY THERE, AND I SAID, LET'S ASK THE CITY CITIES IF THEY WOULD RECONSIDER AND SEE IF THIS IS WORTH KEEPING.

THANKFULLY, ALL OF US, ALL THE CITIES SIGNED OFF AND SAID THEY DID AN MSU AND ALLOWED FOR THAT, THAT WE THEN BROUGHT THE CITIES TOGETHER AND ASKED THAT WE HIRE A CONSULTANT TO LOOK AT A COUPLE OF THINGS.

WE WANTED TO FIRST ASK, IS IT WORTH KEEPING THAT PIECE OF LAND IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN? SECOND, IS THERE A WAY TO CREATE OR GET TO THE TO THE POINT OF A 75 PERCENT RECYCLING, IS THAT POSSIBLE? AND THIRD, WHAT KIND OF STRUCTURE GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE WOULD MAKE THE MOST SENSE? THIS WAS HAPPENING AROUND TWENTY, FIFTEEN, TWENTY, SIXTEEN.

AND ONE OF THE REASONS WE NEEDED TO GET TO SEVENTY FIVE PERCENT WAS BECAUSE AND I'M SURE YOU ALL KNOW THE NORTHERN INCINERATOR WAS CLOSED AND DISMANTLED.

SO ALL THE CITIES THAT THEY WERE PART OF THAT GOT TOGETHER, WROTE UP A SCOPE AND SEQUENCE FOR AN RPG, HIRED ARCADE'S AS A CONSULTANT TO SPENT A YEAR OR SO GOING OVER ALL KIND OF YOU KNOW, WHAT WHAT IS THE COMPOSITION OF ALL THE GARBAGE? WHAT ARE SOME SCENARIOS THAT WOULD GET US TO THAT SEVENTY FIVE PERCENT RECYCLING AND WHAT KIND OF STRUCTURE WOULD MAKE THE MOST SENSE FOR US.

SO THE SOLID WASTE GROUP WAS, WAS MET, LOOKED AT IT THE IF YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

I DO THIS, LET ME SEE IF THAT WORKS.

NO. JENNIFER, OH, OK, GREAT.

THANK YOU. SO WE GOT A REPORT FROM OUR CATUS AND THEY SAID, FIRST OF ALL, ABSOLUTELY, YOU REALLY NEED TO KEEP THAT LAND NO MATTER WHAT YOU DO.

YOU WANT TO KEEP THAT LAND FOR THE PUBLIC.

THEY GAVE US SCENARIOS ON HOW TO GET TO SEVENTY FIVE PERCENT.

AND THEN THEY RECOMMENDED THAT WE DO AN INDEPENDENT DISTRICT THAT WOULD BE AN INDEPENDENT AUTHORITY THAT WOULD ESSENTIALLY RUN THE TRASH IN THIS COUNTY AT THAT POINT.

THIS IS A TIME I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH IT ALL, BUT IT'S ANOTHER WORKING GROUP WAS ESTABLISHED THAT WOULD TAKE A LOOK AT THAT AND SEE, YOU KNOW, WHICH ONE OF THOSE SCENARIOS DO WE LIKE? WHICH ONE, WHICH ONE OF THE GOVERNANCE STRUCTURES DO WE LIKE? WE WE GOT WE PUT TOGETHER ATTACK, A TECHNICAL GROUP COMPOSED OF ALL THE DIFFERENT STAFF FROM ALL THE DIFFERENT CITIES.

AND WE LOOKED AT ALL OF THE WE LOOKED AT THROUGH THE STATE OF FLORIDA AND ALL THE DIFFERENT GOVERNING STRUCTURES, HOW ALL DIFFERENT COUNTIES DO IT.

WE WANT TO LOOK FOR THE THE BEST IDEAS AND BRIGHTEST TECHNICAL.

THE TECHNICAL GROUP DID THEIR HOMEWORK.

OUR GROUP DID IT. OH, WE WE BROKE IT UP INTO WE HAD FROM THE FROM THE TWENTY SIX CITIES WE HIRED TO WORK IT. WE DIDN'T HIRE, WE GOT WE GOT TOGETHER A SMALL GROUP THAT WAS COMPOSED OF LARGE CITIES, MIDDLE CITIES AND SPONSORS.

AND WE LOOKED AT ALL THE INFORMATION AT FIRST WE SAID LET'S, WE AGREED, WE RECOMMENDED AN INDEPENDENT DISTRICT AND WE GO TO THE NEXT YOU.

THANK YOU. OK, SO WHILE THAT WAS GOING ON, WE WE KIND OF WENT WITH THAT.

AND I WANT TO STOP ON THAT PART FROM BECAUSE I WANT YOU TO KNOW WHAT ELSE IS GOING ON ON THE SITE. ON THE SITE. THERE ARE THERE IS SOMETHING THAT IS COMING UP.

AND THIS IS A RENEWAL THAT HAS TO DO WITH WHEELABRATOR EVERY FIVE YEARS.

RIGHT NOW, WE ARE HAVING TO RENEW THAT.

AND THAT IS COMING UP ON IN OUR DATE IS JANUARY OF TWENTY, TWENTY TWO.

SO SIX MONTHS FROM NOW, WE HAVE TO DECIDE, ARE WE GOING TO STAY WITH WHEELABRATOR AND WASTE MANAGEMENT? YOU ARE PART OF THAT DECISION.

YOU ARE YOU ARE PART OF THE THIRTEEN CITIES RIGHT NOW.

WE ARE TRYING TO GET AS MANY CITIES AS POSSIBLE TO BE PART OF THAT.

WHY? BECAUSE THE MORE CITIES WE HAVE, THE BETTER NEGOTIATIONS I THINK WE CAN DO AND WE CAN. AND WE HAVE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO NEGOTIATE.

CAN YOU GO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE? THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

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ONE MORE SLIDE, PLEASE. THE TERMS OF THAT RENEWAL ARE THIS OR THAT, THINK THE TERMS OF OUR NOSES. WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN PROMISE TO THE INCINERATOR AND TO WHEELABRATOR THAT WE WILL DELIVER 500 THOUSAND TONS OF GARBAGE TO THEM.

THAT MAKES IT ECONOMICALLY FEASIBLE FOR THEM TO DO THAT.

I THINK WE'RE THERE PRETTY CLOSE TO THAT.

SO WE'RE PROBABLY WITH THE CITIES THAT ARE WITH US NOW.

WE COULD PROBABLY DO IT, BUT.

TO BE HONEST, WE NEED MORE, LIKE I SAID, WE NEED MORE CITIES FROM NEGOTIATIONS BECAUSE WE HAVE, AS YOU'LL SEE, A WHOLE LOT MORE GARBAGE COMING INTO THIS COUNTY.

AND LET ME SHOW YOU THE NEED HERE.

HERE'S WHAT HAS HAPPENED BETWEEN WHEN THAT WHEN THE RBA EXPIRED UP UNTIL TWENTY NINETEEN.

I THINK AS THIS GOES UP TO IN TWENTY THIRTEEN, YOU'LL SEE HOW MUCH GARBAGE WE HAD.

WE HAD ABOUT THREE POINT TWO MILLION TONS OF GARBAGE OF WHICH.

YOU CAN SEE THE RECYCLING RATE WAS AROUND FORTY SIX PERCENT, THE LANDFILL RATE WAS AROUND EIGHT PERCENT. FAST FORWARD UP TO 20, 19, AND YOU SEE THAT WE'RE ALMOST AT FOUR MILLION TONS OF GARBAGE AND NOW THAT IS WITH ONE LESS INCINERATOR.

SO WE HAVE A LOT MORE GARBAGE AND LESS WAYS TO GET RID OF IT.

YOU'LL ALSO SEE THAT THE RECYCLING RATE PLUMMETED.

DOWN TO THIRTY ONE PERCENT AND THE LANDFILL RATE SKYROCKETED.

NEITHER ONE OF THOSE GOOD THINGS, THE WHOLE REASON WE DID THE RV WAS TO MAKE WAS TO LANDFILL LESS AND LESS FOR ALL KIND OF REASONS.

THE REASONS ARE ENVIRONMENTAL SPACE, ALL KINDS OF THINGS, AND IT'S A BETTER WAY TO DEAL WITH GARBAGE. SO WHAT YOU'RE SEEING IS A PREPONDERANCE OF GARBAGE WAY MORE GARBAGE AND LESS PLACES TO PUT IT.

SO WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO? SO THIS IS WHAT ARKADIUSZ CAME UP WITH, ARCADIA'S EXAMINED ALL THE GARBAGE IN THIS COUNTY. LOOK AT WHERE IT'S ALL GOING.

AND IT GAVE US A COUPLE OF SCENARIOS.

IF YOU LOOK AT THE TOP THREE LINES, THESE ARE THE CONSTANTS THAT THEY ARE RECOMMENDING FOR ALL THREE SCENARIOS, A MATERIALS RECYCLING FACILITY AND NOT ONE, BUT AT LEAST THREE, A COMBINED BULKY WASTE.

FIVE, THEY'RE RECOMMENDING THAT WE NEED FIVE AS WELL AS A YARD TRASH FACILITY, AT LEAST ONE. THOSE ARE THE CONSTANTS IN THE NEXT THREE SCENARIOS, AND I'M NOT GOING TO GO INTO THE DETAIL ON THAT, BUT BUT SUFFICE TO SAY, THERE IS A SLIGHT, SLIGHT DISTINCTIONS BETWEEN EACH ONE SCENARIO.

A HAS A AN ORGANIC PROCESSING PART.

SCENARIO B HAS A MURF.

EACH ONE OF THOSE HAS A LITTLE BIT.

BUT EACH ONE OF THEM, IF YOU'LL NOTICE, I'M I GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

EACH ONE OF THEM HAS A LOT OF ZEROS AFTER THEM.

THIS IS AN EXPENSIVE ENDEAVOR NO MATTER WHICH WAY YOU LOOK AT IT.

IF YOU WERE IF WE WERE GOING IN THE STANDS FOR WASTED ENERGY, IF WE RIGHT NOW, LIKE I SAID, THE OTHER INCINERATOR HAS BEEN DISMANTLED, THE ONE IN ONE INCOMPETENT OR UNINCORPORATED, WE ARE GOING TO NEED TO PUT A NEW BURNER ON THE S1 SO THAT ONE AND YOU'LL SEE THAT THE COST OF THAT IS APPROXIMATELY THREE HUNDRED.

THESE ARE IN TWENTY TWENTY FIVE DOLLARS, 20, 40, 20, 60.

IF WE ARE TO DO THAT IN THE NEXT THREE YEARS, IT'S ABOUT THREE HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS.

IF WE ARE TO BUILD AN ENTIRE NEW FACILITY THAT WOULD BE OVER A BILLION DOLLARS.

OK, IT IS IT IS VERY UNFORTUNATE THAT WE DON'T STILL HAVE THAT OTHER INCINERATOR.

UNFORTUNATELY WE DIDN'T OWN THAT AT THE END OF IT OR WE WOULD NEVER HAVE LET THAT BE DISMANTLED. AT THE SAME TIME THAT WAS BEING DISMANTLED, PALM BEACH WAS BUILDING A NEW ONE. AND THEY ARE, AS YOU CAN TELL, THEY ARE NOT CHEAP.

SO HOW DO YOU DO THAT, HOW DO YOU RAISE THAT MUCH MONEY TO BUILD THAT? AND THAT IS THAT IS WHERE WE ARE AT RIGHT NOW WITH THE WORKING GROUP TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT KIND OF GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE, WHAT HOW WOULD THE CITIES AND THE COUNTY PULL THIS TOGETHER? AND I KNOW AND I WOULD SAY THIS IS PRIMARILY A CITY ORIENTED OR MORE IMPORTANT TO CITIES EVEN THAN THE COUNTY, BECAUSE THE COUNTY REALLY HAS LESS THAN ONE PERCENT OF THE GARBAGE. MOST OF THIS COUNTY IS INCORPORATED, SO YOUR GARBAGE IS IS YOUR GARBAGE AND THE OTHER 30 CITIES HAVE MOST OF THAT FOUR MILLION TONS IS IS ALMOST ALL CITY GARBAGE, SO.

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WHAT WE'VE LOOKED AT IS A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT POSSIBILITIES, ONE OF THEM IS AND THIS ONE IS THE ANALYTICAL AGREEMENT, I MIGHT TAKE YOU THROUGH THREE DIFFERENT POSSIBILITIES AND ANALYTICAL AGREEMENT. THAT WOULD THAT WOULD SUFFICE IN TERMS OF TIME, AND I SAY THAT BECAUSE WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS PULL THIS TOGETHER BEFORE JANUARY SO THAT WE CAN NEGOTIATE TOGETHER THOSE RENEWALS.

THIS ONE WE COULD DO FAIRLY QUICKLY, THIS IS A MATTER OF SIGNING CONTRACTS AMONG OURSELVES, AMONG CITIES, COUNTIES, IT GIVES US LOCAL CONTROL AND THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE ONE OF THE MORE MORE IMPORTANT THINGS THAT IS GOING TO BE WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN HERE IS, OK, LET'S SAY WE DO A REALLY ROBUST RECYCLING.

WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO WITH THAT? ALL THAT PLASTIC, ALL THOSE METALS, ALL THAT PAPER? HOW CAN YOU USE THAT? THOSE MATERIALS FOR YOUR CITY? HOW CAN YOU USE THOSE THAT PLASTIC WOOD TO BUILD DECKS, PLAYGROUNDS, TRASH CANS, ALL THOSE DIFFERENT THINGS? AND YOU WANT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE CONTROL OF THAT OVER THOSE, YOU KNOW, TO CLOSE THAT LOOP.

SO YOU DO. SO AN AGREEMENT GIVES YOU FLEXIBILITY, FLEXIBILITY AND STRUCTURE AND COMPOSITION. THIS WOULD NOT THIS OPTION DOES NOT HAVE THE OPTION OF BEING ABLE TO LEVY AN AD VALOREM ASSESSMENT.

IT CANNOT, BUT IT CAN LEVY A FEE AND A SPECIAL ASSESSMENT CAN'T BE AN ADVANCE SO THAT THAT CAN GET US TO THE AMOUNT THAT WE WOULD NEED.

THE DRAWBACK THE MAIN DRAWBACK IS IT REALLY REQUIRES COOPERATION AMONG ALL THE CITIES AND THE COUNTY. AND THAT IS DONE BY HAVING REALLY GOOD CONTRACTS THAT EVERYBODY MAKES SURE, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY FEELS COMFORTABLE WITH IT.

AND I THINK EVERYBODY RECOGNIZES, OK, THIS IS IMPORTANT TO ALL OF US.

LET'S MAKE SURE WE CAN DO THIS RIGHT.

THERE ARE NOT A LOT OF HISTORICAL EXAMPLES IN FLORIDA OF LARGE ISLANDS.

AND THE OTHER DRAWBACK ON THIS IS THAT NOT EVERY CITY WOULD BE REQUIRED TO JOIN.

THAT IS A BIG DRAWBACK.

SO WE'RE HOPING THAT IT MAKES SENSE FOR MONETARY CERNECH AS WELL AS ENVIRONMENTAL SENSE AND LEGACY SENSE FOR THE CITIES TO JOIN.

THE NEXT ONE IS A DEPENDENT, SOLID WASTE.

THIS IS MUCH LIKE THE WAY PALM BEACH DOES IT.

PALM BEACH, COMMISSIONER, ESSENTIALLY ARE THE GOVERNING AUTHORITY IN PALM BEACH.

THEY TAKE OFF ONE HAT, PUT ON ANOTHER HAT AND RUN THE GARBAGE.

BUT THAT ISN'T THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN DO THAT.

YOU CAN CHANGE THE COMPOSITION OF WHO RUNS A DEPENDENT, SOLID WASTE DISTRICT.

WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS? AGAIN, IT CAN IT CAN BE DONE QUICKLY SO THAT WE CAN MEET THAT JANUARY DEADLINE.

YOU AGAIN, YOU HAVE LOCAL TOTAL LOCAL CONTROL.

THIS WOULD BE CITIES AND COUNTIES DECIDING WHAT THEY BUILD AND HOW THEY USE THOSE RESOURCES. YOU HAVE FLEXIBILITY ON HOW YOU WANT TO PHASE IT IN.

YOU CAN LEVY APPROPRIATE ASSESSMENTS.

THIS ONE IS DIFFERENT BECAUSE IT DOES IT IS AN ADVERB TAX OR CAN BE DONE BY THE COUNTY.

IT WOULD BE IT WOULD WORK AGAINST THE MILLAGE CAP OF THE COUNTY.

I WILL TELL YOU, MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS ON THE ON THE COUNTY COMMISSION ARE NOT CRAZY ABOUT THAT IDEA, BUT THEY'LL WORK WITH IT IF IT COMES TO THAT.

AND THERE'S NO RESTRICTIONS ON FACILITIES ARE THE DRAWBACKS.

IT DOES REQUIRE BUY IN FROM THE MUNICIPALITIES.

AND THE BIGGEST DRAWBACK IS THIS.

AND I THINK FOR CITIES, THIS ONE HAS A LITTLE BIT MORE THUMB ON THE SCALE, SO TO SPEAK.

FROM THE COUNTY'S PERSPECTIVE, THE COUNTY HAS TO EITHER APPROVE THE BUDGET, THE COMPOSITION OR THE THIRD ONE OR THE MEMBERSHIP ON THAT.

IT HAS TO PROVE ONE OF THOSE.

NOT ALL THE CITIES ARE KEEN ON THAT.

AND THAT'S OK. I UNDERSTAND THAT.

AND THERE IS A POTENTIAL WITH DUAL OFFICE HOLDING.

I'M NOT SURE I'VE HEARD THAT.

I'M NOT SURE HOW THAT WORKS, BUT IT COULD BE A AN ISSUE.

BUT THE BIGGEST ISSUE ON THIS ONE IS, YOU KNOW, THIS WOULD BE REALLY THE COUNTY RUNNING THE WHOLE SHOW WITH, IF WE WANTED THE THE MEMBERSHIP AND THE ONES WHO JUST MAKE THE DECISIONS. A LOT OF A MIXED GROUP OF CITY AND COUNTY.

THE THIRD ONE IS AN INDEPENDENT AND THIS IS TOTALLY INDEPENDENT.

THIS HAS TO GO THROUGH THE STATE LEGISLATURE.

IT HAS TO BE WE WOULD HAVE TO DRAW IT UP.

THIS ONE HAS NO CHANCE OF MEETING THE TIMELINE.

JUST SO YOU KNOW, IT BECOMES YOU MAY BE CEDING YOUR LOCAL CONTROL ON THIS BECAUSE IT WOULD BE TOTALLY AN INDEPENDENT AUTHORITY.

IT COULD LEVY ITS OWN DO ITS OWN AD ON THAT WOULD BE SEPARATE FROM THE COUNTY, SEPARATE

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FROM OTHER CITIES.

IT WOULD HAVE ITS OWN NO NO RESTRICTIONS ON FACILITIES, ETC..

THE BENEFIT ONE OF THE BENEFITS OF THIS IS THAT ALL CITIES WOULD HAVE TO PARTICIPATE.

THEY WOULD ALL BE A PART OF THIS NO MATTER WHAT THE DRAWBACKS.

AGAIN, YOU WOULD BE CEDING LOCAL CONTROL.

AND I THINK THAT'S FOR FOR MANY CITIES.

THAT IS THAT IS A BIG ISSUE.

AND I WILL TELL YOU FROM THE COUNTY'S PERSPECTIVE, AS MANY OF YOU PROBABLY KNOW, THERE ARE TWO FORMER SENATORS AND A FORMER REPRESENTATIVE ON THE COUNTY COMMISSION.

THEY HAVE WARNED US IN MANY WAYS THAT THIS IS NOT THEY DON'T THINK THIS IS A GOOD IDEA BECAUSE BECAUSE WE HAVE SEEN SOME OF THOSE THEM BEING ABLE TO CHANGE THE COMPOSITIONS AND HOW THINGS RUN ON THESE IN THESE SPECIAL DISTRICTS, IT WOULD BE THE LONGEST TIMELINE.

WE PROBABLY WOULDN'T GET IT DONE BEFORE TWENTY TWENTY THREE, IF AT ALL, BECAUSE WE PUT OUT FEELERS TO LEGISLATORS.

NOBODY IS INTERESTED ON THIS FROM OUT.

FROM WHAT WE'VE HEARD, LEGISLATURE DOES NOT WANT TO CREATE ANOTHER SPECIAL TAXING DISTRICT. IN FACT, IT'S ALMOST LIKE DON'T EVEN TRY, BUT THAT IS.

AND SO WHEN WE WHEN THE WORKING GROUP WAS FIRST LOOKING AT THIS FIRST, WE WENT ALONG WITH THIS UNTIL I PRESENTED THIS SAME THING TO THE COUNTY COMMISSION AFTER THE WORKING GROUP HAD VOTED TO DO THIS.

AS I AS I MENTIONED, THE COUNTY COMMISSION WAS NOT IN FAVOR OF THIS.

AND MANY OF THE MEMBERS OF THE WORKING GROUP AND MANY CITIES WERE LISTENING TO THAT.

AND THEY RECOGNIZED AND THEY HEARD WHAT THE ARGUMENTS WERE.

AND THEY AND SO THE WORKING GROUP KIND OF TOOK A STEP BACK, THOUGHT ABOUT IT AND CHANGED THEIR MIND. THEY WENT BACK AND VOTED INSTEAD TO TO GO TO TAKE THAT OFF THE TABLE, TO TAKE THIS ONE OFF THE TABLE BECAUSE OF THE NUMEROUS THINGS I JUST TALKED ABOUT, MAINLY THE LOCAL CONTROL TIMELINE.

ALL THOSE THINGS, SO IT IS WE ARE AT THE POINT NOW WHERE WE ARE AS A WORKING GROUP GOING OVER THE ILL AND THE INDEPENDENT DISTRICT AND KIND OF FILLING OUT WHAT THIS WOULD REALLY LOOK LIKE SO THAT WE CAN DECIDE WHICH ONE OF THOSE WE WOULD RECOMMEND TO ALL THE CITIES.

IN THE MEANTIME, WHILE THIS IS GOING ON, REGARDLESS OF WHICH ONE WE PICK, WE HAVE TO WE HAVE TO DO A WASTE GENERATION STUDY.

WHAT IS THAT? THAT IS ESSENTIALLY IS IS LOOKING AT ALL THE GARBAGE IN THE ENTIRE COUNTY.

WHAT'S IT MADE OF? WHERE'S IT COME FROM AND HOW HOW WOULD IT BE DIVIDED? WHY DO WE NEED TO DO THAT? BECAUSE IF WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING ASSESSMENTS, WE NEED TO KNOW HOW TO FAIRLY ASSESS SINGLE FAMILY HOUSING, MULTIFAMILY TRAILER PARKS, COMMERCIAL, ETC..

AND SO THIS IS AN THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT PALM BEACH DOES.

THEY DO IT WASTE GENERATION STUDY EVERY YEAR.

IT GOES THROUGH A CITIZEN'S ADVISORY GROUP AND YOU CAN SEE WHAT WHAT THE ASSESSMENT IS FOR SINGLE FAMILY. IT'S ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY THREE DOLLARS AND THAT WOULD BE OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR. WHAT THAT MEANS FOR YOU, FOR YOU ALL IS THIS WOULD BE ON EVERYBODY IN BROWARD COUNTY THAT EVERY CITY THAT'S PART OF THAT.

AND WHAT SHOULD HAPPEN IS THE RATES THAT YOU ARE CURRENTLY CHARGING YOUR YOUR CITIZENS SHOULD DROP SOMEWHAT ACCORDINGLY.

IT WILL NOT BE A ZERO SUM GAME HERE.

I DON'T WANT TO I DON'T WANT TO SAY THAT BECAUSE WE'RE HAVING TO RAISE A BILLION DOLLARS.

BUT THESE ARE THIS IS A PRETTY GOOD IDEA.

AND I DON'T THINK THIS WOULD BE VERY FAR OFF OF WHAT YOU WOULD BE SEEING ON FROM BROWARD COUNTY AS WELL. SO WE ARE HAVING TO DO THE WASTE GENERATION STUDY, WE ARE GOING TO EVERY CITY AND WHAT THE COUNTY HAS HAS SAID THEY WERE WILLING TO DO IS PAY FOR HALF OF THE STUDY. WE ARE WE THOUGHT ARCADIA'S OFFERED TO DO THE WASTE GENERATION STUDY, SO THEY OFFERED TO DO THAT.

A COUPLE OF UNSOLICITED PROPOSALS CAME IN.

YOU KNOW, WE THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS KIND OF QUICKLY.

THAT SLOWED THINGS DOWN.

BUT WE SHOULD KNOW BY THE END OF JULY WHO'S GOING TO DO IT AND HOW MUCH IT'S GOING TO COST. WHAT WE'RE ASKING OF YOU ALL IS TO BE A PART OF THAT.

AND BECAUSE YOU ARE PART OF THE MO, YOU THAT THAT'S DOING ALL OF THIS AND TO PUT A PLACEHOLDER IN YOUR BUDGET, WE ARE.

AND I THINK THE THE WORKING GROUP HAS HAS ELECTED OR DECIDED TO TRY TO DO THIS THE OTHER 50 PERCENT OF THE COST BASED ON POPULATION.

THIS WILL PROBABLY COST A LITTLE NORTH OF A MILLION DOLLARS.

THAT'S NOT YOUR COST. YOUR COST WOULD BE TO TAKE HALF OF THAT AND THEN FIGURE OUT YOUR

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POPULATION. SO YOU NEED A PLACE.

WE'RE ASKING THAT YOU DO A PLACEHOLDER FOR THAT FOR THIS COMING YEAR.

IT WOULD PROBABLY TAKE A YEAR TO FINISH AND THAT AND OVER THAT TIME, THAT IS WHEN WE WOULD BE PUTTING TOGETHER THAT.

THE GOVERNING STRUCTURE AND FILLING IN ALL THE DETAILS OF WHAT IT WOULD TAKE TO DO THAT.

SO THAT'S KIND OF IT IN A IN A IN A BIG NUTSHELL, HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.

AND THANKS FOR THANKS FOR LISTENING.

THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH, TARA COMMISSIONER, GELIN HAS SOME QUESTIONS FOR YOU.

OK. GOOD EVENING, THANKS FOR BEING HERE AND GOOD TO HAVE ELECTED OFFICIALS HERE IN THE CITY TAMARAC REPRESENTING COOPER CITY IN BROWARD COUNTY COMMISSION, THE ASSESSMENTS, IT'S LIKE A PLAY ON WORDS, RIGHT? SO YOU DON'T CALL IT A TAX, BUT ESSENTIALLY IT'S LIKE A TAX BECAUSE YOU'RE STILL PAYING FOR IT, DEPENDING ON WHICH ONE OF THOSE STRUCTURES.

ONE IS AN ASSESSMENT, ONE IS A TAX.

THE IF IT'S A NADWORNY TAX, IT WOULD BE A TAX THROUGH THE INTER LOCAL AGREEMENT.

IT WOULD HAVE TO BE AN ASSESSMENT.

SO, YES, IT'S SEMANTICS, OK? IT WOULD STILL COST MONEY.

AND YOU WERE SAYING THAT SEVERAL OF THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ARE NOT IN SUPPORT OF THIS BECAUSE THE STATE MAY TAKE CONTROL.

THEY'RE ONLY THE ONLY THEY ARE SUPPORTIVE OF BOTH THE LOCAL AGREEMENT AND OR THE DEPENDENT DISTRICT. THEY ARE NOT SUPPORTIVE OF THE INDEPENDENT.

THEY'VE SEEN HOW THE LEGISLATURE WORKS.

AND THEY THEY WARNED US THAT THIS MAY NOT YOU KNOW, WE MAY BE CEDING WHAT IS TOO MUCH CONTROL OVER SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR ABOUT FIVE YEARS NOW. THERE IS A LOT OF YOU KNOW, THE MAIN THING I DON'T I DON'T THINK WE WANT TO CEDE IS THE VISION. AND THAT'S THE IMPORTANT PART, BECAUSE WHAT YOU SEE IN THIS COUNTY IS A LOT OF PROGRESSIVE MINDS AND, YOU KNOW, VERY ENVIRONMENT, ENVIRONMENTALLY THOUGHTFUL.

AND I THINK WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING THE RIGHT THING BY, YOU KNOW, ENVIRONMENTALLY AND ALL ACROSS THE BOARD.

WE DON'T WANT THAT ABILITY TAKEN AWAY FROM US.

SO IF WE'RE DOING IF WE'RE YOU KNOW, I THINK WE IF WE CAN REACH SEVENTY FIVE PERCENT RECYCLING, THAT'S GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT VERY FEW OTHER COUNTIES AROUND THE COUNTRY ARE DOING. IF WE'RE ABLE TO CLOSE THAT LOOP AND THEN USE THOSE MATERIALS FOR THINGS THAT OUR CITIZENS CAN USE IN OUR PARKS AND SEAWALLS AND ALL THESE DIFFERENT THINGS, THAT THAT PUTS US AT AN EPICENTER OF INNOVATION, ENTREPRENEURSHIP, ALL THOSE KIND OF THINGS, WE DON'T WANT TO GIVE THAT UP. IS THERE A MARKET FOR THE RECYCLED PRODUCTS? BECAUSE I THINK CHINA HAS BEEN TRYING TO STOP BUYING RECYCLED MATERIALS.

YES. AND MAINLY BECAUSE OF THE CONTAMINATION.

SO IS THE GOAL OF THIS DISTRICT TO FIND A PURPOSE OR USE FOR THE RECYCLED PRODUCT? YES, WE WANT TO CLOSE THAT LOOP, OK, AND THAT AND THAT MAY REQUIRE REGIONALIZATION.

IT MAY REQUIRE A COMBINATION OF MIAMI-DADE, US, PALM BEACH, YOU KNOW, PUTTING OUR RESOURCES TOGETHER AND MAYBE PULLING PULLING MANUFACTURERS AND EVERYTHING TOGETHER.

SO, YEAH. SO THERE'S A PLAN TO DO SOMETHING WITH THE RECYCLE STUFF.

THERE'S A VISION FOR IT. AND I THINK THE YOU KNOW, I THINK BETWEEN THE CITIES, I THINK THAT'S WHERE I THINK EVERYBODY'S WANTING TO HEAD TOWARD.

AND DO YOU THINK IT'S WISE FOR CITIES TO DO PROGRESSIVE THINGS, LIKE PUT A BAN ON PLASTIC STRAWS TO HELP ELIMINATE HARMFUL ELEMENTS TO THE ENVIRONMENT? YOU DON'T HAVE TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION IF YOU DON'T WANT TO.

THERE'S ALL KINDS OF WAYS THAT WE NEED TO DEAL WITH IT.

WITH PLASTIC. IT IS ONE OF THE HARDEST THINGS TO DEAL WITH ON NUMEROUS LEVELS.

UNFORTUNATELY, ONLY ABOUT EIGHT OR NINE PERCENT OF ALL PLASTIC IS BEING RECYCLED RIGHT NOW. SO WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT A WAY THERE'S THERE'S LOTS OF THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, THOUGHTFUL WAYS OF DOING THIS, USING LESS REPACKAGING.

I WOULD SAY WE WOULD NEED TO USE EVERY STRATEGY POSSIBLE.

OK, THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER BOLTON.

GOOD EVENING. I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION PER SAY, I THINK YOUR PRESENTATION WAS VERY THOROUGH AND WELL RECEIVED IF I HAD QUESTIONS THAT WERE ANSWERED THROUGH THE PRESENTATION. SO I THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR COMING.

IT'S ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO SEE COMMISSIONER FOR.

AND OF COURSE UPMEYER ROSS.

AND IN THE BACK OF LOU, I ALWAYS SAY THAT IF YOU EVER HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR WANT TO GLEAN FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE KNOWLEDGEABLE AND UNDERSTAND THE WOES OF BEING A COMMISSIONER OR UNDERSTANDING YOUR JOB, IT IS DEFINITELY MARUS.

AND MIRRORLESS, WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE THIS EVENING.

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THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. AND SEEING THAT NO ONE ELSE HAS ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME, AND I SERVED WITH YOU GENTLEMEN ON THE SOLID WASTE WATER, TRASH, ALL THAT GOOD STUFF.

AND GUYS FROM OUR CITY HAS BEEN VERY ACTIVE AND WE APPRECIATE ALL OF HIS HARD WORK.

THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. WE'RE GOING TO BRING THIS BACK AT ANOTHER TIME NOW THAT WE'VE HAD YOUR PRESENTATION. AND WE'LL DISCUSS IT AFTER OUR BREAK.

MAYOR ROSS, I KNOW YOU HAVE SOMETHING.

I SEE IT. I SEE. AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT THE WORKING GROUP WILL COME BACK WITH A RECOMMENDATION OF EITHER BEING DEPENDENT OR THE A-LEAGUE WITH A FLAIR, IF YOU WILL, TOWARDS THE INDEPENDENT.

WHEN DO YOU THINK THAT WILL BE READY? WHEN I'M HOPING WITHIN THE NEXT 30 DAYS WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE PET.

WE'RE DONE WITH THE EILA NOW.

WE'RE DOING THE INDEPENDENT CONTRACT SO THAT EVERYONE CAN BASICALLY SEE WHAT THE FUNDAMENTALS ARE, COMPARE THEM AND HOPEFULLY WITHIN ABOUT 30 DAYS WE SHOULD HAVE THAT CONFLICT. EXCELLENT, BECAUSE WHEN WE GET THAT FROM YOU, IT'LL BE EASIER FOR US TO HAVE IT TOGETHER TO MAKE AN EDUCATED DECISION.

AND WE'LL ALSO COME BACK, I WOULD HOPE, WITHIN 30 TO 45 DAYS WITH AN EXACT NUMBER ON THE WASTE GENERATION STUDY, WHAT WE WHAT WE WOULD BE ASKING OF YOU.

AND SO YOU CAN DO IT AS A PLACEHOLDER IN YOUR BUDGET.

I THINK YOU GOT AT LEAST 45, FIVE DAYS, BECAUSE I THINK OUR COMMISSION GOES ON HIATUS.

SO OUR NEXT MEETING IS UNTIL AUGUST 25TH.

SO YOU GOT TO. NOW, I'LL SEE YOU IN SEPTEMBER.

YOU'LL HAVE A GOOD VACATION.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. GOOD TO SEE YOU.

ALL RIGHT, WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO FIVE BTR ONE THREE SIX TO TWO FBI 2020 PROPOSED

[5b. TR13622 - FY2022 Proposed Millage Rate and Public Hearings on the FY 2022 Budget]

MILITARY AND PUBLIC HEARINGS ON FFI 2022 BUDGET CITY ATTORNEY, PLEASE READ THE TITLE FOR THE RECORD. YES, MADAM MAYOR.

MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION.

A RESOLUTION ISD COMMISSIONER TASB TAMARAC FLORIDA APPROVING THE PROPOSED MILLAGE RATE OF SEVEN POINT TWO EIGHT NINE NINE MILS FOR THE FOUR GENERAL OPERATING PURPOSES APPROVING SEPTEMBER 13, 2021 AT FIVE OR FIVE P.M.

AT THE TAMARAC COMMISSIONER CHAMBERS.

SEVENTY FIVE TWENTY FIVE NW EIGHTY.

THE AVENUE TAMARAC FLORIDA AS THE DATE TIME AND IN PLACE FOR THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING TO SET THE 10:00 OF DRAYTON BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR TWENTY TWENTY TWO APPROVING SEPTEMBER 28 TWENTY TWENTY ONE AT FIVE 00 FIVE P.M.

AT THE TAMARAC COMMISSIONER CHAMBERS SEVENTY FIVE TWENTY FIVE NW EIGHTH AVENUE TAMARAC FLORIDA. AS THE DATE, TIME AND PLACE FOR THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING TO ADOPT A MILLAGE RATE AND BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR.

TWENTY TWENTY TWO AUTHORIZING CITY MANAGER SEND THE PROPOSED MILLAGE RATE OF SEVEN POINT TWO EIGHT NINE NINE AND THE DATE, TIME AND PLACE FOR BOTH FIRST, SO FIRST AND SECOND PUBLIC HEARINGS TO THE BROWARD COUNTY PROPER APPRAISER FOR FISCAL YEAR TWENTY TWENTY TWO, PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS, PROVIDING FOR STABILITY AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

ONE ADDITIONAL ITEM MADAM MAYOR MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH STATE STATUTE ANNOUNCING THAT THIS PROPOSED OPERATING MILLAGE RATE IS GREATER THAN THE ROLLBACK RATE BY SIX POINT EIGHT FOUR ONE NINE BY SIX POINT FIVE PERCENT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I NEED A MOTION IN A SECOND.

SO MOVED. SO THANK YOU, MR. CITY MANAGER. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.

WE HAVE JEFF STREATOR, OUR BUDGET MANAGER, HERE WITH US THIS EVENING, AND HE'S GOING TO GO AHEAD AND WALK YOU THROUGH THE PROPOSED MARLON.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COMMISSIONER JEFF STRADER, BUDGET MANAGER.

UM, JUST TO GIVE YOU SOME COMFORT BEFORE I GET STARTED, I'M NOT GOING TO ATTEMPT TO SORT ANY RAW DATA TODAY.

SO WE HOPE THE PROPOSED RESOLUTION BEFORE YOU TRY ONE THREE SIX TWO TWO WOULD APPROVE A PRELIMINARY MILLAGE AND SET THE DATE IN TIME FOR THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO SEND THAT INFORMATION TO THE PROPERTY APPRAISER FOR INCLUSION IN THE INTERIM NOTICES. LOOKS LIKELY.

OH, I GOT TO CONTROL.

GENERAL FUND OPERATING MILLAGE RATE IS BEING PROPOSED AT SEVEN POINT TWO EIGHT NINE NINE MILS, THAT'S WHAT'S IN YOUR PROPOSED BUDGET FOR TWENTY TWENTY TWO.

THAT MILITARY PROVIDES FOR GENERAL OPERATIONS OF THE CITY.

AS THE CITY ATTORNEY MENTIONED, THE ROLLBACK RATE, THE CALCULATED ROLLBACK RATE FOR BASED ON JULY ONE, CERTIFIED VALUES IS NOW SIX POINT EIGHT FOUR ONE NINE MILS.

AND THAT WOULD EXCEED THE THE MILITARY AT SEVEN POINT TWO EIGHT NINE NINE WOULD EXCEED THE ROLLBACK RATE BY SIX POINT FIVE FIVE PERCENT.

THE RATE THAT YOU OBTAINED TODAY WILL CONSTITUTE A NOT TO EXCEED RATE IN SEPTEMBER, THAT THE COMMISSION CAN CHOOSE TO ADOPT A LOWER MILEAGE RATE, BUT YOU CANNOT ADOPT A KNOWLEDGE

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RATE THAT'S HIGHER. THE MILITARY IS EXPRESSED IN TERMS OF RATE PER THOUSAND, WHAT THAT MEANS IS THE EVERY ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS OF TAXABLE VALUE IS IS MULTIPLIED BY THE MILITARY TO GET THE. TAXES THAT WOULD BE BILLED TO A TAMARAC RESIDENT.

THE PROPOSED MILLAGE RATE OF SEVEN POINT TWO EIGHT NINE NINE MILLS WILL SUPPORT THE PROPOSED OPERATING BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR TWENTY TWENTY TWO.

IT ONLY MAINTAINS IT ONLY MAINTAINS CURRENT SERVICE LEVELS.

IT ALSO PROVIDES FUNDING FOR FOUR ADDITIONAL FULL TIME POSITIONS.

DETAILS OF THOSE POSITIONS WERE GIVEN TO YOU AT THE BUDGET WORKSHOP.

JUST AS A REMINDER, THERE WAS ONE IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, ONE IN PARKS AND RECREATION AND TWO IN PUBLIC SERVICES.

AND IT WOULD ALSO SUPPORT FUNDING FOR THREE NEW EVENTS.

IT'S IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT THAT FUNDING FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS IN THE FISCAL YEAR TWENTY TWENTY TWO BUDGET UTILIZE IS ONLY APPROPRIATED FUND BALANCE.

THERE'LL BE NO MONEY, NO REVENUE GENERATED IN THE GENERAL FUND FOR FUNDING CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS IN FISCAL YEAR TWENTY TWENTY TWO.

SO ESSENTIALLY, THE CITY IS RELYING COMPLETELY ON ITS OWN DESIGNATED SAVINGS TO FUND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS THAT REQUIRE A TRANSFER FROM THE GENERAL FUND.

ALSO DURING THE WORKSHOP.

I TRIED TO EXPLAIN THAT THE CITY COULD BE FORCED TO DEAL WITH A FIVE PERCENT INCREASE IN GOODS AND SERVICES, WHILE AT THE SAME TIME THE LARGEST PORTION OF YOUR TAX BASE WAS LIMITED TO GROW BECAUSE OF SAVE OUR HOMES BY ONE POINT FOUR PERCENT.

WELL, THE JUNE ONE, THE JUNE CPI NUMBERS ARE OUT, AND THAT'S UP AGAIN TO FIVE POINT FOUR PERCENT. THIS CHART SHOWS A HISTORY OF THE TAXABLE VALUE GROWTH FOR THE CITY OF TAMARAC OVER THE LAST 15 YEARS OR SO, WHAT IT SHOWS IS THE TAXABLE VALUE ONLY GOT BACK TO THE LEVEL OF THE PRE OF THE PRE FINANCIAL CRASH OF 2008 IN TWENTY EIGHTEEN. THE TAXABLE VALUE GROWTH FOR FISCAL YEAR TWENTY TWENTY TWO IN THE JULY ONE CERTIFIED VALUES IS SEVEN POINT TWO NINE PERCENT.

THAT'S UP SLIGHTLY FROM THE JUNE ONE ESTIMATED VALUES.

THAT WAS SEVEN POINT TWO THREE PERCENT.

SO IT WENT FROM FOUR POINT SEVEN FOUR SIX BILLION TO FOUR POINT SEVEN FOUR EIGHT BILLION FROM JUNE ONE TO JULY ONE.

NOW, THAT MAY SOUND LIKE A LOT OF MONEY, BUT THAT REALLY ONLY TRANSLATED INTO SEVENTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS MORE OF PROPERTY TAX REVENUE BUDGETED.

IT'S A TWO MILLION DOLLAR INCREASE, BUT IT ONLY TRANSLATES INTO SEVENTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS. WHAT WE'RE IN THERE WAS ALSO A SLIGHT ADJUSTMENT DOWNWARD IN THE AMOUNT THAT CAME FROM NEW CONSTRUCTION.

SO THE TAXABLE VALUE GOING UP IN THE ADJUSTMENT DOWNWARD BOTH PUT DOWNWARD PRESSURE ON THE ROLLBACK RATE. SO THE ROLLBACK RATE FELL FROM SIX POINT EIGHT FOUR SIX EIGHT IN JUNE TO SIX POINT EIGHT FOUR ONE NINE IN JULY.

WE ARE ALSO FOR TO BE CONSERVATIVE.

THE GRAPH SHOWS THAT WE'RE ASSUMING NO GROWTH IN TAXABLE VALUE FOR FISCAL YEAR TWENTY THREE AND TWENTY FOUR, AND THAT'S BECAUSE WE STILL FEEL THAT THERE COULD BE SOME LAGGING IMPACTS FROM THE PANDEMIC.

AS I EXPLAINED TO YOU IN THE WORKSHOP, THE CALCULATED RATES THAT ARE REQUIRED TO BE PROVIDED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, WE'RE GOING TO CHANGE SLIGHTLY.

THIS CHART SHOWS YOU WHAT THOSE NEW CALCULATED RATES ARE.

AGAIN, THE ROLLBACK RATE IS SIX POINT EIGHT FOUR ONE NINE IN THE NEW MAJORITY VOTE RATE IS SEVEN POINT ONE FOUR FIVE ZERO.

THAT CAME DOWN FROM SEVEN POINT ONE FIVE ZERO ONE.

THE ROLLBACK RATE WOULD RESULT IN A GAP OF TWO MILLION, TWENTY THOUSAND APPROXIMATELY, THAT WOULD NEED TO BE FILLED IN.

THE MAJORITY VOTE RATE WOULD RESULT IN A CAP OF APPROXIMATELY SIX HUNDRED FIFTY THREE THOUSAND, BUT WOULD NEED TO BE FILLED IN THE GENERAL FUND.

WHAT THIS SHOWS YOU, I WAS ASKED AT THE BUDGET WORKSHOP HOW HOW THE ROLLBACK RATE IN THE MAJORITY VOTE RATE WOULD RANK AMONG OTHER BROWARD COUNTY CITIES, BECAUSE I WAS COMPARING

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THOSE THE MILEAGE RATE OF SEVEN POINT TWO EIGHT NINE NINE.

AND I MENTIONED THAT THAT WAS THAT WOULD BE THE EIGHTH HIGHEST AMONG BROWARD COUNTY CITIES. THE ROLLBACK RATE WOULD BE WOULD RANK THE 10TH HIGHEST IN THE MAJORITY RATE WOULD RANK YOU THE NINE TIMES.

AND THAT'S TRUE OF BOTH THE JUNE ONE ESTIMATED VALUES AND OF THE JULY ONE CERTIFIED VALUES. SO IT BOTH POINTS IN TIME WHEN I CALCULATED ALL THREE OF THOSE RATES, THE RANKING STATE TO SEE. NOW, ALL THINGS BEING EQUAL TO LESS REVENUE CAN BE GENERATED WHEN IT'S DERIVED FROM A SMALLER TAX BASE.

THAT'S THAT'S JUST THE PRINCIPLE.

AND ALTHOUGH TAMARAC HAS THE EIGHTH HIGHEST TOTAL MILLAGE RATE AMONG THE THIRTY ONE BROWARD COUNTY CITIES, THE RELATIONSHIP AMONG MILITARY TAXABLE VALUE IN TEXAS LEVEED RESULTS IN THE FOLLOWING.

THIS CHART SHOWS THE AVERAGE IN THE MEDIAN.

TAXABLE VALUES IN TAXES, LEVY AND RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY AT BOTH THE JUNE ONE ESTIMATED VALUES IN THE JULY ONE CERTIFIED VALUE.

IT'S IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT THAT THE JUNE ONE CERTIFIED VALUE WERE NOT RELEASED WITH MEDIAN INFORMATION VALUE.

BUT THE COMPANY APPRAISER DID INCLUDE THAT INFORMATION IN THE JULY ONE CERTIFIED VALUES.

SO WE WERE ABLE TO SHOW YOU THE RANK BASED BASED ON MEDIAN VALUES FOR THE JULY ONE CERTIFIED. AND WHAT THAT TURNED OUT TO BE IS THE MEDIAN AVERAGE VALUE OF A SINGLE FAMILY HOME WAS ONE HUNDRED TWENTY SEVEN THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED FIFTEEN DOLLARS.

THAT WOULD BE RANKED AS THE SIXTH LOWEST MEDIAN VALUE COMPARED TO OTHER BROWARD COUNTY CITIES. AND THE TAX IS LEVIED ON THAT SINGLE FAMILY HOME THAT THAT VALUE TURNED OUT TO BE THE SEVENTH LOWEST INCOME IN COMPARISON OF THE BROWARD COUNTY.

WHEN IT CAME TO CONDOMINIUMS, THE MEDIAN VALUE WAS FIFTY FOUR THOUSAND THREE EIGHTY, AND THAT WOULD RANK THE FIFTH LOWEST IN THE TAXES LEVIED ON THE CONDO WAS THREE NINETY SIX, THREE HUNDRED NINETY SIX DOLLARS AND FORTY TWO CENTS.

AND THAT WOULD BE THE FOURTH LOWEST.

THE AVERAGE THE MEDIAN IS SLIGHTLY LOWER THAN THAN THAN BOTH AVERAGES AND IN THE AVERAGE FOR JULY ONE.

CAME DOWN SLIGHTLY FOR BOTH CONDOS AND SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.

AND THIS IS THE TABLE THAT BASICALLY SHOWS HOW THE LEVY IS DISTRIBUTED TO VARIOUS TAX PAYING, VARIOUS AMOUNTS OF TAX PAID BY PROPERTIES, AND IT SHOWS THAT THE TAX IS LEVIED.

FROM BETWEEN OR PEOPLE WHO PAY ZERO TO SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS, FIFTY EIGHT POINT ONE, THAT'S FIFTY EIGHT POINT ONE EIGHT PERCENT OF PROPERTY OWNERS PAY ZERO TO SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS, AND THAT'S AT SEVEN POINT TWO EIGHT NINE NINE OF.

IT ALSO SHOWS THAT.

TWO THOUSAND SIXTY SIX PROPERTY OWNERS PAY P0.

AND IT ALSO SHOWS THAT THE.

THE PERCENTAGE OF PROPERTY OWNERS THAT PAY FROM ZERO TO SEVEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY DOLLARS HAS CONSTANTLY GONE DOWN OVER THE YEARS, AND THAT'S SOMETHING YOU WANT TO SEE BECAUSE THAT MEANS YOUR VALUES ARE GOING UP.

PROPERTIES ARE COMING OFF, SAVE OUR HOMES AND ARE GOING BACK ON AT A HIGHER VALUE.

THIS TABLE SHOWS THE IMPACT ON A RESIDENTIAL TAX PAYER.

A PROPERTY OWNER WHO WOULD BE UNDER SAVE OUR HOMES, IT SHOWS WHAT THAT PROPERTY OWNER WOULD EXPERIENCE WITH A VALUE GROWING AT ONE POINT FOUR PERCENT.

IT SHOWS ASSESSED VALUES FROM SEVENTY FIVE THOUSAND ALL THE WAY UP TO FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS. AND IT SHOWS THAT THE IMPACT ON PROPERTY TAX PAYER WHO'S UNDER SAVE OUR HOMES? AND HIS ASSESSED VALUE BETWEEN SEVENTY FIVE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND, THAT IMPACT WOULD RANGE FROM SEVEN DOLLARS AND SIXTY FIVE CENTS TO FIFTY ONE DOLLARS AND THREE CENTS. GOING ALL THE WAY UP TO FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.

AND LAST, I NEED TO REMIND YOU OF SOME IMPORTANT UPCOMING DATES, NO LATER THAN AUGUST 4TH, THE CITY MUST SUBMIT A PROPOSED MILLAGE RATE AND THE FIRE RESCUE ASSESSMENT, SOLID

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WASTE ASSESSMENT AND STORM WATER AND NUISANCE ABATEMENT ASSESSMENTS TO THE PROPERTY APPRAISERS OFFICE FOR INCLUSION IN THE TRADE OF THE PROPERTY APPRAISER WILL BEGIN MAILING OUT NOTICES ON AUGUST 12TH, THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE CITY TAMARAC BUDGET AND MILITARY. AND THE ADOPTION OF THE FINAL ASSESSMENTS WILL BE SEPTEMBER 13TH, TWENTY TWENTY ONE POINT FIVE OR FIVE P.M.

HERE IN CITY HALL. A NOTICE WILL GO OUT ON AN AD, A BUDGET AD WILL APPEAR IN THE SUN-SENTINEL ON SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER.

TWENTY SIX IN THE FINAL PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE ON TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20TH AT FIVE 05 TO ADOPT THE FINAL MILLAGE RATE IN THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR TWENTY TWENTY TWO.

AND WITH THAT TECHNICAL GLITCH, MY PRESENTATION IN DIRECTOR OF FINANCIAL SERVICES, CHRISTINE CAJUSTE AND I ARE HERE TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION.

EXCELLENT. THANK YOU. AND AT THIS TIME, I'M GOING TO OPEN IT UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS.

IS THERE ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE HERE WHO HAS ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? CNN PUBLIC COMMENTS WILL NOW BE CLOSED, AND I AM NOT SEEING ANY FROM MY COMMISSIONER, SO PLEASE CALL THE OMBUDSMAN MR..

IT WAS ALL BLANK WHEN I MADE THE COMMENT, SO COMMISSIONER BOLTON.

MRS. RITTER, I BELIEVE YOU COVERED THIS IN THE SLIDE, BUT IF YOU COULD BRING THIS LIGHT BACK, I'LL ASK THE QUESTION IF THE MILEAGE RATE IS ADOPTED AT SEVEN POINT TWO EIGHT NINE NINE MILS, HOW MUCH MORE REVENUE DOES THE CITY BRING IN ABOVE WHAT IS BUDGETED? THE CITY WOULD BRING IN TWO POINT TWO, THREE, FOUR MILLION DOLLARS MORE THAN WHAT IS BUDGETED IN FISCAL YEAR TWENTY TWENTY ONE.

TWO POINT TWO, THREE, FOUR.

THAT'S TWO MILLION, TWO HUNDRED AND THIRTY FOUR THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY SEVEN, AND THEN WHERE DOES THAT MONEY GO? IT'S USED FOR UPIR, IT'S USED FOR TO SUPPORT CURRENT OPERATIONS AND MAINTAIN CURRENT SERVICE LEVELS IS WHAT IT'S ALL OPERATING.

NONE OF IT GOES TO CAPITAL.

CAPITAL IS ALL BEING FUNDED BY APPROPRIATION FOR FUNDING.

SO IF WE BRING IN TWO MILLION, TWO HUNDRED AND THIRTY FOUR THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED FIFTY SEVEN DOLLARS ABOVE WHAT IS BUDGETED, IT MEANS THAT WE HAVE THAT AMOUNT OF MONEY IN SURPLUS THAT'S ABOVE WHAT HAS BEEN BUDGETED IN FISCAL YEAR.

TWENTY TWENTY ONE. YOU HAVE COST ESCALATIONS IN FISCAL YEAR TWENTY TWENTY TWO IN PERSONNEL COSTS, IN OPERATING COSTS THAT THE COST OF THINGS GO UP.

SO WITH A TWO HUNDRED MILLION DOLLAR BUDGET AND A SEVENTY ONE MILLION GENERAL FUND BUDGET, JUST SMALL PERCENTAGE INCREASES IN ALL THE THINGS THAT YOU HAVE TO PAY FOR TO FUND OPERATIONS ABSORBS THAT TWO POINT TWO, THREE, FOUR MILLION DOLLARS.

DID YOU HAVE A SLIDE THAT COVERS WHERE HOW WE SPEND THAT TWO POINT THREE DOLLARS MILLION? I'M GOING TO JUST INTERRUPT HERE TO REMIND EVERYBODY THAT THIS IS TO SET THE HIGHEST AMOUNT FOR THE FURTHER DISCUSSIONS ON THE BUDGET.

THERE WILL BE AT THE BUDGET MEETINGS THAT WE WILL HAVE IN SEPTEMBER.

THE PURPOSE FOR THIS, ONE OF THE REASONS WHY MR. STREATOR MAY NOT HAVE THAT INFORMATION IS DUE TO THE FACT THAT THIS SOLE PURPOSE IS TO SET THE MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE AND UNPUBLISHED RATE AND ALSO SET THE DATES FOR THE HEARINGS.

AS NECESSARY, THEY HAVE THE INFORMATION.

I AM NOT EQUIPPED WITH THAT INFORMATION.

OK, IF YOU WOULD JUST HAVE STAFF SEND IT TO ALL OF THIS, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

AND IF WE ADOPTED THE ROLL BACK RAID SIX POINT SIX FOUR SIX EIGHT MILS, HOW MUCH LESS MONEY WOULD WE BRING IN THAT? IT WOULD BE THAT SAME TWO POINT THREE FOUR MILLION DOLLARS, BUT SO WOULD BREAK EVEN BECAUSE IT WOULDN'T BE THE TWO POINT THREE FOUR MILLION DOLLARS YOU WOULD YOU'D BE SHORT TWO MILLION TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS BECAUSE THE ROLLBACK RATE WOULD ACTUALLY GENERATE A LITTLE OVER TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND MORE THAN WHAT'S BUDGETED IN FISCAL YEAR TWENTY ONE.

SO YOUR GAP, THE GAP THAT YOU WOULD NEED TO FILL IF YOU ADOPTED THE ROLLBACK RATE IS TWO MILLION TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS.

OK, AND THEN FINALLY, IF THE MAJORITY RATE IS ADOPTED AT SEVEN POINT ONE FIVE OR ONE MILLION, HOW MUCH MONEY, HOW MUCH MORE REVENUE DOES THE CITY BRINGING ABOUT THE BUDGET IN THE CITY BRINGS IN ONE POINT FIVE EIGHT ONE MILLION MORE THAN WHAT'S BUDGETED IN FISCAL YEAR TWENTY ONE. AND THAT WOULD CREATE A GAP OF SIX HUNDRED FIFTY THREE THOUSAND IN THE

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GENERAL FUND FOR THE FISCAL YEAR POINT TWENTY TWO.

OK, AND SO UNDER THOSE SCENARIOS WITH THE GAP OF SIX FIFTY THREE THOUSAND, IF STAFF WOULD ALSO SEND BEFORE WE ADOPT THE NEXT VILLAGE RATE WHAT WE'D HAVE TO.

LOOK AT WITH WITH THAT GAP QUESTION FOR MS. COULD JUST. BUT EVEN MAYOR COMMISSIONER CHRISTINE CAJUSTE, DIRECTOR OF FINANCIAL SERVICES.

OK, DO YOU SUBSCRIBE TO THE BELIEF THAT AS PROPERTY VALUES GO UP, IF WE DIAL BACK THE MILLAGE RATE AND KEEP SERVICES LOW? LOOK AT THE BUDGET, CUT SOME ITEMS, MAYBE CUT OUT COMMISSION TRAVEL AND SPENDING AND LOOK AT SOME STAFF MEMBERS THAT WE DON'T NECESSARILY WANT OR NEED.

SORRY, MERGE STAFF MEMBERS, THAT SORT OF STUFF.

YOU BELIEVE THAT WE COULD CUT BUDGET AND STILL COME OUT WITH THE QUALITY SERVICE THAT WE OFFERED THE CITY OR CITY RESIDENTS? I BELIEVE THAT IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN CURRENT SERVICE LEVELS, WE WOULD HAVE TO RETAIN OUR ESSENTIAL SERVICES, WHICH IS OUR ESSENTIAL SERVICES, OUR IS OUR POLICE, OUR FIRE, OUR OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT, AND CERTAINLY OUR ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES, INCLUDING FINANCIAL SERVICES AND EVERYONE ELSE. SO I BELIEVE THAT THE ONLY THING THAT WE COULD GET RID OF ARE THE THINGS THAT ARE NON-ESSENTIAL.

RIGHT. WHICH, YOU KNOW, WOULD OBVIOUSLY BE ARE SOME OF OUR EVENTS, SOME OF SOME TRAVEL LIKE CERTAIN THINGS THAT WE THAT WE USE FOR AUSTERITY MEASURES BACK IN 2020.

WOULD WE BE THOSE SAME THINGS THAT WE WOULD NOT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO DO WITHOUT? CERTAINLY, IF WE CUT IT BACK TOO FAR AND THEN YOU GO INTO CUTTING STAFF AND THEN THAT IS GOING TO AFFECT THE LEVEL OF SERVICES THAT WE'RE GOING TO PROVIDE FOR OUR RESIDENTS.

OK, SO JUST TO UNDERSTAND THE SIX HUNDRED FIFTY THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS THAT WOULD BE IN A GAP, THE CITY COMMISSION TRAVEL BUDGET IS FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS.

IT WAS REDUCED FROM ONE HUNDRED AND TWELVE THOUSAND ON MONDAY ON MY REQUEST.

THERE'S ALSO SOME TRAVEL FOR STAFF.

THERE ARE SOME EVENTS THAT COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE ASKED TO BE CUT FROM THE BUDGET AND THAT'S THE STUFF. SO IF WE LOOKED AT THOSE ITEMS AND CUT THOSE PERHAPS BY 50 PERCENT, YOU ARE CONFIDENT THAT WE WOULD PARTICULARLY GET TO THE SIX HUNDRED AND FIFTY THREE THOUSAND NUMBER? CONFIDENT WOULD BE A STRONG WORD, I WOULDN'T SAY CONFIDENT, BUT IF WE NEEDED TO GET THERE, THEN THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE CAN DO WITHOUT THAT WOULD TAKE US THERE.

THE REASON WHY I A CONFIDENT MS. JUST IS BECAUSE YOU ARE THE ACCOUNTANT.

BUT I ALSO HAPPEN TO HAVE DONE WELL IN MATHEMATICS AND COLLEGE.

AND SO WHEN I LOOKED AT THE NUMBERS OVER THE WEEKEND, I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE ITEMS THAT WE COULD CUT BASED ON THE NON-ESSENTIAL THINGS THAT WE HAVE IN THE BUDGET.

LIKE SOME OF THE RESIDENTS SAID, A COUPLE OF EVENTS, COMMISSIONER TRAVEL, THAT SORT OF STUFF. SO WHEN I ADDED ALL THE SEVENTY EIGHT THOUSAND DOLLARS AND TO TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS AND ALL OF THAT STUFF, IF YOU DIVIDE THAT BY TWO, YOU'D CERTAINLY GET TO THAT SIX HUNDRED AND FIFTY THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS.

SO I THINK OVER THE HOLIDAYS, IF STAFF COULD PROVIDE THAT LIST OF BUDGET CUTS, MAYBE BUDGET CUTS TO THE ROLLBACK RATE OF SIX POINT SIX FOR SIX POINT SIX FOUR EIGHT SIX EIGHT MILS AND OF COURSE, THE MAJORITY RATE OF SEVEN POINT ONE FIVE OR ONE MEALS, I THINK THAT WE HAVE TO LISTEN TO THE RESIDENTS NEEDS.

AND IF THERE ARE ITEMS THAT THEY WISH TO BE OUT OF THE BUDGET, THEN WE COULD DEFINITELY SAVE THEM A FEW DOLLARS AND OF COURSE, START REDUCING THE MILEAGE RATE, SOMETHING THAT I'VE BEEN ASKING FOR SINCE 2016 SO THAT TAMARAC WORKING FAMILIES FINALLY SEE SOME SAVINGS

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IN THEIR POCKETBOOKS. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER GELIN.

AND I WILL REMIND EVERYBODY WE STILL DO HAVE THE FIVE MINUTES ON.

I GUESS THIS QUESTION IS REALLY MORE SO FOR THE CITY MANAGER, BUT MAYBE YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO ADD.

I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHAT HAS THE CITY DONE TO IMPROVE EFFICIENCIES AND SAVE MONEY FOR THE CITY OF TAMARAC? OH, AGAIN, I'M GOING TO REMIND EVERYBODY THE PURPOSE OF TODAY IS NOT TO GO THROUGH THE BUDGET ITEMS THAT WE WENT THROUGH IN THE BUDGET MEETING AND WE WILL HAVE BUDGET HEARINGS AGAIN AND THESE ITEMS THAT WILL BE COMING FOR US AT THAT TIME.

THIS REALLY IS FOR THE SOLE PURPOSE OF SETTING THE MAXIMUM MILEAGE RATE, NOT SAYING TO EXCEED FOR THE PUBLICATION IN THE SUN SENTINEL AND FOR US TO SET THE DATES.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

AND WE MAY WANT TO SET THE MAXIMUM AT A DIFFERENT RATE THAN WHAT'S PROPOSED BY STAFF, WHICH IS WHY IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO GET THESE QUESTIONS ANSWERED SO THAT WE CAN DETERMINE WHAT THE SETTINGS SHOULD BE.

THANK YOU. REMINDER.

OK, THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO END DISCUSSION AND PUT THIS ITEM UP FOR A VOTE.

IS THERE A SECOND? ACTUALLY.

THE FEELING FOR A LOT OF. OK, THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.

SO TO TALK ABOUT THE ISSUE OF EFFICIENCY'S, I'LL TAKE YOU BACK TO THE TWENTY TWENTY ONE GENERAL FUND BUDGET, WHICH WAS ALMOST 78 MILLION DOLLARS.

IN ORDER TO CONTEND WITH THE GLOBAL PANDEMIC AND THE COVID-19 SITUATION THAT WE'VE BEEN FACED WITH NOW FOR ALMOST THE LAST 18 MONTHS, IN TWENTY, TWENTY ONE, WE WERE ABLE TO REDUCE THAT BUDGET FROM SEVENTY, ALMOST SEVENTY EIGHT MILLION TO SEVENTY ONE MILLION DOLLARS THROUGH SOME PRETTY DRASTIC AUSTERITY MEASURES.

THE. BUDGET GREW A LITTLE BIT IN TWENTY TWENTY ONE DUE TO SOME AMENDMENTS TO 72 MILLION IN PUTTING TOGETHER THE FISCAL YEAR 20 22 BUDGET, WE WERE ABLE TO REDUCE THE PROPOSED TWENTY TWENTY TWO BUDGET FROM THE AMENDED TWENTY ONE BY ALMOST THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS AS EACH ONE OF THE DEPARTMENTS WENT THROUGH THE GENERAL FUND PORTION OF THEIR BUDGET AND LOOKED FOR WAYS TO REDUCE EXPENSES, UNDERSTANDING THAT THE MILLAGE RATE AT THE SEVEN POINT TWO EIGHT NINE NINE MILS WOULD GENERATE AN ADDITIONAL TO APPROXIMATELY TWO MILLION DOLLARS IN REVENUE.

BUT THAT THE OTHER REVENUES THAT WE RELY UPON IN ORDER TO GENERATE THE SERVICE THAT WE PROVIDE TO THE RESIDENTS ARE STILL IMPACTED BY THE GLOBAL PANDEMIC.

AND SO OUR STATE SHARED REVENUES AND OTHER REVENUES CONTINUE TO BE OFF, WHICH IS WHY YOU SEE US COLLECTING OR PROPOSING TO COLLECT TWO POINT TWO MILLION DOLLARS MORE THAN LAST YEAR. BUT THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET IS LOWER THAN THE AMENDED BUDGET FOR TWENTY TWENTY ONE.

SO, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF SPECIFICS, IN TERMS OF EFFICIENCIES, I MEAN, WE'VE WE'VE GONE FROM 78 MILLION TO A PROPOSED BUDGET OF SEVENTY ONE POINT EIGHT MILLION FOR FISCAL YEAR TWENTY TWENTY TWO. THERE HAVE BEEN OBVIOUSLY A LOT OF CONSIDERATION GIVEN TO THE EXPENSES IN THE GENERAL FUND. EVERY DEPARTMENT THAT HAS A PORTION OF THAT GENERAL FUND BUDGET HAS WORKED THROUGH THEIR BUDGETS IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO REDUCE IT.

THAT SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT THAT'S OVER ULTIMATELY OVER A 10 PERCENT REDUCTION IN THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET FROM TWENTY NINETEEN TO TWENTY TWENTY TWO.

SO I THINK THAT THE THAT THAT THAT NUMBER SPEAKS FOR ITSELF IN TERMS OF TRYING TO CREATE EFFICIENCIES WITHIN THE BUDGET TO TRY TO KEEP THIS AFFORDABLE.

AND I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, GOING BACK TO THE ISSUE OF AFFORDABILITY, AS FAR AS THE MILLAGE RATE IN THE BUDGET IS CONCERNED, YOU SAW THAT THE MEDIAN VALUES THAT WE WERE ASKED TO PRODUCE ARE ACTUALLY LESS THAN THE AVERAGE THAT WE USED WHEN WE MADE THE PRESENTATION INITIALLY.

YOU ALSO SEE THAT WE CONTINUE TO BE THE FIFTH OR SIXTH OR SIXTH LOWEST TAXED CITY IN IN BROWARD COUNTY AS FAR AS SINGLE FAMILY CONCERNED.

AND SO. YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND, AS I SAID, WHEN WE HAD OUR BUDGET HEARINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, IT REALLY IS A MATTER OF WHAT PEOPLE CAN AFFORD.

AND SO AS WE LOOK TO PROVIDE SOME REDUCTIONS, IF IT'S THE COMMISSION'S DECISION TO REDUCE THE MILITARY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THE THINGS THAT WERE PROPOSED FOR FISCAL YEAR 20, 22 AT THE LOWER PROPOSED GENERAL FUND BUDGET AMOUNT.

AND WE'RE GOING TO LOOK TO REDUCE THOSE THOSE ISSUES.

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ARE THOSE ITEMS EVEN FURTHER? THANK YOU. AND HOW MUCH DO WE HAVE IN OUR RESERVES? THAT IS A GOOD QUESTION I WAS GOING TO SAY IN TERMS OF GENERAL FUND RESERVES IN MR., STREATOR WILL CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG ABOUT THIS, BUT I'M GOING TO SAY WE HAVE LIKE TWENTY FOUR AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS IN RESERVES.

IS THAT PRETTY CLOSE? MR. STREATOR. I, I, I WOULD DEFER TO CHRISTINE, BUT I THINK I KNOW THAT NUMBER IS CLOSE.

I BELIEVE WE JUST LOOKED AT THAT NUMBER AND UNRESTRICTED FUND BALANCE AS SEPTEMBER 30, TWENTY TWENTY WAS TWENTY FOUR POINT FIVE MILLION.

WHAT WHAT WHAT'S THE PURPOSE OF A RESERVE ACCOUNT? I'M SORRY, WHAT'S THE PURPOSE OF A RESERVE ACCOUNT? WELL, THE RESERVE CAN'T HAVE ANY FUNCTION.

ONE OF THE FUNCTIONS IS TO TAKE CARE OF ONE TIME EXPENDITURES, ESPECIALLY CAPITAL PROJECTS, WHEN WHEN THEY COME ALONG.

YOU ALSO HAVE RESERVES FOR VARIOUS DIFFERENT DIFFERENT FUNCTIONS.

WE HAVE AN ECONOMIC RESERVE.

WE HAVE RESERVED FOR DISASTER RELIEF.

WE HAVE A RESERVE FOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY.

I FORGOT WHAT IT WAS, BUT WE HAVE VARIOUS.

BUT BUT THE THE MAIN FUNCTION IS TO HAVE THAT RAINY DAY FUND.

SO IN CASE WE HAVE A DISASTER LIKE WE HAD WHEN THE PANDEMIC OCCURRED, THAT WE HAVE THAT SOLVENCY THAT WE ARE ABLE TO OPERATE WITHOUT, YOU KNOW, WITHOUT SEASON WHILE WE HAVE AN ECONOMIC DECLINE SUCH AS THAT.

AND IF THERE IS AN ECONOMIC DECLINE AND WE NEED TO TO DOVE INTO OUR FUND BALANCE, WE CAN DO THAT. BUT ESSENTIALLY, WE YOU HAVE SOME SAVINGS IN ORDER TO TAKE CARE OF THOSE LARGER PROJECTS WHEN THEY OCCUR.

BUT YOUR DAY TO DAY, YOUR OPERATION IS SUPPOSED TO MATCH YOUR YOUR OPERATING REVENUE, YOUR OPERATING REVENUE AND YOUR OPERATING EXPENSES ARE SUPPOSED TO MATCH.

AND THEN WHATEVER SAVINGS YOU HAVE, YOU KEEP THAT.

AND YOU AND YOU IT GROWS FROM YEAR TO YEAR SO THAT YOU CAN TAKE CARE OF CAPITAL OUTLAY CAPITAL PROJECTS AS THEY NEED OCCUR.

SO IT'S LIKE AN EMERGENCY ACCOUNT.

SOMEWHAT. OK, SO WHEN WE HAD THE BIG COST OVERRUN FOR A COLONY, WEST HOTEL, IT WAS A PROJECT THAT WAS BUDGETED FOR SEVEN MILLION AND IT WENT UP TO 11 MILLION.

WHERE DID THAT FOUR MILLION, THAT FOUR MILLION DOLLARS COME FROM THE RESERVE ACCOUNT? THERE WAS THERE WAS AN AGREEMENT WITH THE STORMWATER FUND TO FUND THAT OVERRUN WITHOUT A LOAN FROM THE FROM THE FROM THE STORMWATER FUND.

AND THEN AT THE END OF THE PROJECT, WHAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO DO IS WE'RE SUPPOSED TO SEEK FUNDING IN ORDER TO PAY BACK THE STORMWATER FUND, THAT THAT PROJECT IS STILL NOT YET COMPLETE. SO WE HAVE NOT YET GONE OUT TO SEEK THE FUNDING TO REPAIR WHAT HAS BEEN BARRED FROM THE STORMWATER. SO WE HAVE AN ESTIMATED FOUR MILLION DOLLAR LIABILITY FOR THAT.

RIGHT NOW, IT'S STILL IT'S ABOUT FOUR POINT SIX TRILLION, YES.

OK. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU, MR. STREATOR. WHEN YOU TALKED ABOUT THE ONE OF YOUR SLIDES.

THERE WAS NO ESTIMATE BETWEEN 20 TO YOU DIDN'T HAVE AN INCREASE BETWEEN TWENTY TWO IN TERMS OF PROPERTY VALUES, DID YOU SEE ANY INDEPENDENT ECONOMIC STUDIES OR REAL ESTATE STUDIES? WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.

ONE OF YOUR SLIDES, YOU TALKED ABOUT A PROJECTION FOR 2022 TAXES YOU GUYS DON'T FORESEE THIS YEAR WERE CONSERVATIVE ESTIMATE GOING FORWARD.

TWENTY TWENTY THREE, RIGHT.

SO THAT'S JUST YOUR OWN ANALYSIS? NO INDEPENDENT STUDY THAT DOESN'T INCLUDE ANY INDEPENDENT STUDY PART AT THIS POINT.

NO. RIGHT. AND WE WE WE WE HAVE INVESTMENT ADVICE AND WE LOOK AT THE ECONOMIC OUTLOOK.

AND THE OUTLOOK SEEMED TO BE THAT THEY THINK THAT THE THE THE PRESENT RISING VALUES ARE NO ARTIFICIALLY INFLATE PLAY AND IT WILL STAGNATE AT SOME POINT.

WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT POINT IS.

SO IN BUDGETING, WE ALWAYS SAY THAT WE ARE CONSERVATIVE WHEN IT COMES TO REVENUE.

SO BEING CONSERVATIVE, WE WE CHOSE TO KEEP IT FLAT AND NOT ASSUME ANY GROWTH.

IT'S BETTER TO BE BUDGET FOR LESS AND BE PLEASANTLY SURPRISED.

OK, I UNDERSTAND THAT.

AND SO YOU TALKED ABOUT THE THE TWO MILLION DOLLARS THAT WE ARE PROJECTED TO GET WILL COVER PERSONNEL COSTS AND OPERATING COSTS.

IS IT TRUE THAT MOST, IF NOT ALL EMPLOYEES GET A THREE PERCENT COST OF LIVING INCREASE EVERY YEAR? A LOT OF THAT IS COVER IS IS BECAUSE OF UNION CONTRACT, THEY'RE SUBJECT TO A UNION CONTRACT, BUT ALSO NONUNION EMPLOYEES GET THE HOW MANY NONUNION EMPLOYEES DO WE HAVE? I DON'T KNOW.

H.R. LORENZO, CAN YOU ANSWER THAT QUESTION? I WOULD HAVE TO AGREE, MADAM MAYOR MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION, LORENZO CALHOUN, HUMAN

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RESOURCES DIRECTOR, COMMISSIONER GALECTIN RESEARCH AND GET THAT INFORMATION FOR YOU DON'T HAVE IT READILY AVAILABLE.

OK, SO MR. STREATOR AND MS. CONDUCE, CAN YOU FIND OUT WHAT THE TOTAL DOLLAR VALUE IS OF THAT THREE PERCENT OR WHATEVER THAT INCREASE IS FOR ALL EMPLOYEES AND THEN SEPARATELY FOR UNION EMPLOYEES AND NONUNION EMPLOYEES? I WANT TO SEE THAT DATA.

UM. AND DOES THE DOES THE INCREASE INCLUDE OR LORENZA, IF YOU CAN ANSWER THIS QUESTION, HOW MANY EMPLOYEES RECEIVE PERFORMANCE BONUSES LAST YEAR AND HOW MANY DO YOU PROJECT TO RECEIVE PERFORMANCE BONUSES NEXT YEAR? AND WHAT'S THE ESTIMATED VALUE OF THOSE BONUSES, IF ANY? I WILL DON'T HAVE THE INFORMATION I CAN DEFINITELY RESEARCHING AND GET YOU IN THE COMMISSION MEMBERS THAT INFORMATION.

ALL RIGHT. THE MANAGER BELIEVE YOU SAID WE RECEIVED ABOUT FIVE DOLLARS MILLION FROM THE BIDEN STIMULUS FUNDS OR GRANTS.

HAVE WE DISCUSSED HOW THOSE FUNDS I BELIEVE THOSE ARE SOME OF THE MOST UNRESTRICTIVE GRANTS THAT HAVE BEEN GIVEN BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT BECAUSE IT'S DESIGNED FOR STIMULUS.

SO WE ARE GETTING A TOTAL OF 10 MILLION DOLLARS, BUT WE GOT FIVE MILLION UP FRONT.

WE'RE SUPPOSED TO GET FIVE MILLION DOLLARS LATER ON, IS THAT CORRECT? WE WE HAVE RECEIVED FIVE MILLION DOLLARS IN FISCAL YEAR.

TWENTY, TWENTY ONE. WE EXPECT TO RECEIVE AN ADDITIONAL FIVE MILLION IN TWENTY TWENTY TWO.

OK, ALL RIGHT, AND THEN YOU KNOW WHAT ELSE I LIKE TO SEE THROUGH THE CHAIR, LORENZO IS A SALARY SURVEY WITH ALL THE COMPARABLE CITIES YOU HAD A CHART UP AT, I GUESS AT THE AT THE BUDGET WORKSHOP OF OTHER CITIES THAT HAVE SIMILAR TAX BASE AS WE HAVE.

I LIKE TO SEE A SALARY SURVEY WITH COMPARING OUR CITY TO THOSE CITIES.

AND IF YOU EMAIL ME OR THE POWERPOINT THAT YOU SHOWED AT THE WORKSHOP, I CAN IDENTIFY THOSE CITIES. AND LET YOU KNOW I'LL SHARE THAT WITH YOU SOME MR. STREET, IF YOU COULD SEND ME THAT PRESENTATION LIKE YOU DID AT THE WORKSHOP, AND I'LL SHARE THE DATA WITH WITH LORENZO AND THE CITY MANAGER.

SO YOU HAD YOU HAD A CHART THAT SHOWED OR A TABLE THAT SHOWED CITIES THAT ARE COMPARABLE TO US IN TERMS OF THE PROPERTY TAX VALUES.

IT'S NOT IT'S NOT ON TODAY'S POWERPOINT.

BUT YOU SHOWED IT ON AT THE WORKSHOP.

WAS IT PROPERTY TAX VALUES OR PROPERTY TAX VALUE? IT WAS, I BELIEVE, THIS PROPERTY TAX VALUES.

SO THERE WAS A LIST, YOU KNOW, SUNRISE, LAUDERHILL ON CORAL SPRINGS.

AND I DON'T KNOW IF WE WERE EIGHTH OR NINTH OR SOMETHING OR TAXABLE, THE VALUE OF A SINGLE HOME, THE ACTUAL VALUE OF THE.

YOU SAID TO ME THAT I'LL I'LL EMAIL EVERYONE WITH MY DIRECTION TO THE H.R.

DIRECTOR. AND THEN ALSO A LITTLE BIT OFF TOPIC, BUT UNDER THE SAME MAGIC REPORT, THERE WAS THE INVESTMENT REPORT FOR APRIL AND MAY, CITY MANAGER AND THE MAYOR JUST SKIP THAT PART. BUT I DO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THE INVESTMENT REPORT.

SO I FIGURED IF I CAN ASK THAT AT THE END OF THE MEETING, THAT'S GREAT.

TYPICALLY ON THE GROUND IN THE DEPARTMENT.

SO TYPICALLY THEY'RE JUST ON THEIR OWN.

BUT ON THE END OF THE MEETING. YES.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

CITY MANAGER, IS THERE ANY FURTHER DETAIL THAT YOU WANT TO SHARE WITH US REGARDING THE AMERICAN KAHRIZAK FUND AND I DON'T HAVE THE TITLE OF IT.

RIGHT, THAT YOU SHARED WITH US LAST WEEK IN THE BUDGET DURING BUDGET MEETINGS, JUST THAT AS FAR AS THE THE MONEY FROM THE AMERICAN KAHRIZAK IS CONCERNED.

REMEMBER THAT THAT IS A ONE TIME INFUSION OF CASH.

AND SO WE TYPICALLY MATCH ONE TIME INFUSIONS OF CASH TO ONE TIME EXPENDITURES.

AND I THINK WHAT WE SAID TO YOU, THE BUDGET WORKSHOP WAS THAT THOSE FUNDS WOULD BE USED IN A MANNER THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO FURTHER PERPETUATE THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM BECAUSE OF THE ONE TIME NATURE OF THE FUNDS.

THANK YOU. NO, COMMISSIONER PLACKO.

THANK YOU. AT THE END OF OUR BUDGET MEETING LAST WEEK, I GUESS I HAD ASKED IF WE WERE TO GO TO MAJORITY VOTE OR ROLL BACK EXACTLY WHAT SERVICES, EVENT STAFFING, WHATEVER WOULD CHANGE WITH THOSE RIGHTS.

AND I DON'T SEE THAT ANYWHERE.

SO IN ORDER TO MAKE A REALLY EDUCATED DECISION, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE EXACTLY I'VE HEARD WHAT YOU ALL SAID IT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, EVENTS AND TRAVEL.

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BUT I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW EXACTLY WHAT WHAT EVENTS, WHO AND WHAT TRAVEL, HOW MUCH AND ANYTHING ELSE THAT WOULD GO INTO REDUCING THE BUDGET FOR EITHER THE MAJORITY VOTE OR THE ROLLBACK. I THINK THAT'S THE ONLY WAY TO REALLY MAKE AN EDUCATED DECISION HERE.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT.

I UNDERSTAND YOU DON'T HAVE THAT NOW.

I MEAN, I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT BEFORE IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING TONIGHT WE ARE VOTING ON THE HIGHEST MILLAGE RATE WE COULD HAVE.

WE CAN ALWAYS GO BACK.

SO IN ORDER TO DO THAT, BY THE TIME WE HAVE SEPTEMBER MEETINGS, I'D LIKE TO HAVE THAT INFORMATION. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. AT THIS TIME, WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE TABLE TO SET THE HIGH OR PUBLISH THE HIGHEST AMOUNT OF THE TAX RATE, WHICH IS AT SEVEN POINT TO A.

NINE NINE MILLS APPROVE THE.

FIRST, TAMARAC BUDGET HEARING FOR SEPTEMBER 13 AT FIVE 00, FIVE P.M.

AND THE SECOND BUDGET HEARING ON SEPTEMBER TWENTY EIGHT FIVE OR FIVE P.M., WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND CITY CLERK WHO'S CALLED HAD JUST ONE SECOND.

I JUST WANT TO CONFIRM THIS IS THE SAME MILITARY THAT WE'VE HAD FOR THE LAST TEN YEARS.

RIGHT. MR. STREATOR, THAT IS CORRECT.

THANK YOU, CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE MAYOR, GOMEZ.

YES, COMMISSIONER BOLTON NO, COMMISSIONER PLACKO.

YES, COMMISSIONER GELIN.

NO. AND VICE MAYOR VILLALOBOS, YES, THE MOTION PASSES THREE TO TWO.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NOW MOVING ON TO FIVE SEA ZERO ONE THREE SIX TWO THREE FBI TWO ZERO TWO TWO PRELIMINARY FIRE ASSESSMENT

[5c. TR13623 FY 2022 Preliminary Fire Assessment Resolution]

RESOLUTION. CITY ATTORNEY, PLEASE READ THE TITLE FOR THE RECORD, YES.

MADAM MAYOR MEMBERS COMMISSION, THE RESOLUTION CITY COMMISSION TO TAMARAC FLORIDA RELATING TO THE PROVISION OF FIRE RESCUE SERVICES, FACILITIES AND PROGRAMS, AND THE SAVE TAMARAC FLORIDA, ESTABLISHING THE ESTIMATED ASSESSMENT RATE FOR FIRE RESCUE ASSESSMENTS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING OCTOBER 1ST, 2021, DIRECTING THE PREPARATION OF AN ASSESSMENT AND AUTHORIZING A PUBLIC HEARING AND DIRECTING THE PROVISION OF NOTICIERO PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS, PROVIDING FOR SURVIVABILITY AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

THANK YOU. IN A MOTION AND A SECOND.

SO MOVED. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND, VICE MAYOR.

PLEASE CONTINUE. NO, NO, I'VE JUST SAID IT.

THEREFORE, ARE YOU GOING TO RUN THE PARTY OR ARE YOU GOING TO TAKE THE CITY CLERK? PLEASE CALL THE. MADAM MAYOR GOMEZ CITY CLERK, CAN YOU OPEN THE ITEM UP FOR DISCUSSION? THANK YOU SO MUCH. CITY CLERK DOES NOT OPEN IT UP FOR THE DISCUSSION.

THE VICE MAYOR IS ACTING MAYOR BECAUSE I HAVE SECOND, THE MOTION HAS CALLED THE MOTION.

YOU CANNOT CIRCUMVENT THE RULES.

I'M NOT CIRCUMVENTING THE RULES.

THE VICE MAYOR, ED TURNER, CAN YOU PLEASE? YES, I WILL SPEAK TO THE EXTENT THAT YOU HAVE BEEN THE GAVEL HAS BEEN PASSED TO YOU.

THE MOTION HAS BEEN MOTION AND SECONDED.

AT THIS POINT IN TIME, IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE TO OPEN THE MATTER TO PUBLIC COMMENT AND THEN STAFF PRESENTATION.

CITY ATTORNEY FOR STAFF WILL PROVIDE A PRESENTATION AND THEN ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS OF ANY MAY ASK QUESTIONS, A POINT OF ORDER.

CITY ATTORNEY YES, IF I REMOVE MY SECOND AND THE VICE MAYOR SECONDS IT, DOES THE GAVEL COME BACK TO ME? YES, MA'AM.

I REMOVE MY SECOND SECOND.

OK, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WE WILL NOW GO TO A PRESENTATION BY OUR FINANCIAL DIRECTOR, CHRISTINE CAJUSTE, PLEASE.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR.

MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU TEMPORARY RESOLUTION NUMBER ONE THREE SIX TWO THREE SAID IN THE PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT RATE FOR FISCAL YEAR TWENTY TWENTY TWO.

THE RATE PROPOSED IS THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY DOLLARS PER RESIDENTIAL UNIT, WHICH IS THE SAME RATE THAT WE'VE HAD FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS.

THIS WOULD BE THE SIXTH YEAR OF THIS RATE.

IT'S PROPOSED THAT WE WILL THE ASSESSMENT WE'VE GOT IN THE CITY, APPROXIMATELY FOURTEEN POINT TWO MILLION IN ASSESSMENT REVENUE AND PROVIDES FUNDING FOR NINETY EIGHT POINT FOUR

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EIGHT PERCENT OF FIRE RESCUE FUND FOR FIRE RESCUE FUND.

IT REPRESENTS FIFTY ONE PERCENT OF TOTAL FUNDING FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT BUDGET, WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY 26 MILLION.

HERE WE HAVE THE RATES SCHEDULE THAT SHOWS THE RESIDENTIAL UNIT AT THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY DOLLARS FOR A RESIDENTIAL UNIT AND THEN THE OTHER TIERS, WHICH ARE COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL AND INSTITUTIONAL AT THE VARIOUS LEVELS BASED ON THE SQUARE FOOTAGE, TIER ONE THREE SIX TWO THREE ESTABLISHES A PRELIMINARY FIRE ASSESSMENT REPORT NOTICES PURPOSES.

IT WILL BE PUBLISHED.

THEY ARE TRIM BEGINNING AUGUST 12.

TWENTY TWENTY ONE NOTICE A PUBLIC AIRING TO BE PUBLISHED ON AUGUST 15, 20 21 WITH PUBLIC AIRING TO BE HELD ON SEPTEMBER 13.

TWENTY TWENTY ONE TO ADOPT THE FINAL ASSESSMENT PHASE.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NOW OPEN IT UP TO PUBLIC COMMENTS.

IS THERE ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE WHO HAS ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS, ANY COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM SEEN ON PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE NOW CLOSED? I HAVE COMMISSIONER GELIN, FOLLOWED BY COMMISSIONER BOLTON, REMEMBER, WE HAVE FIVE MINUTES, HOW MANY COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES ARE WE BRINGING ON NEXT YEAR? I DO NOT HAVE THAT PARTICULAR NUMBER WITH ANOTHER IS A BIG ONE THAT WAS RECENTLY ANNOUNCED. YOU KNOW, IF THAT FALLS UNDER THE GREATER THAN 50000 SQUARE FOOT CLASSIFICATION, I'M NOT SURE WHAT COMMERCIAL PROPERTY OR AMAZON.

I DON'T HAVE THAT. YOU KNOW, THE SQUARE FOOTAGE.

CITY MANAGER THREW THE CHAIR.

THE SQUARE FOOTAGE FOR THAT WOULD BE IN EXCESS OF 50000.

OK, SO THEN WE EXPECT TO GENERATE APPROXIMATELY 27000 AT A MINIMUM BASED ON THERE MOVING INTO THAT FACILITY. IS THAT RIGHT? IF THAT'S WHAT IF THAT'S WHAT THE FORMULA CALLS FOR.

YES. OK, AND DOES ANYONE KNOW HOW MANY COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES THAT WILL BE COMING IN? MAYBE THE PLANNING DIRECTOR.

OK. AND ALSO FOR THE PLANNING DIRECTOR, WHAT WOULD THE AMAZON PROBABLY BE CONSIDERED, COMMERCIAL OR INDUSTRIAL WAREHOUSE, I'M GUESSING, WILL BE INDUSTRIAL WAREHOUSE COMMISSIONER GELIN IF I MIGHT, IT WOULD BE I BELIEVE IT WOULD BE INDUSTRIAL WAREHOUSE.

AND I'M SORRY. I JUST I'M NOT LOOKING AT WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT, BUT I BELIEVE IT WOULD BE INDUSTRIAL WAREHOUSE OVER THOUSAND SQUARE FEET.

SO IT WOULD BE ABOUT 6000 IN TAXES.

GO AHEAD. YEAH, THE MANAGER IS CORRECT WITH THE THE AMAZON PROPERTY.

BUT AS IT RELATES TO THE NUMBER OF BUSINESSES THAT ARE COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES IN THE CITY, THAT'S THE QUESTION YOU'RE ASKING.

WE HAVE ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND THIRTY ONE.

NO, I ACTUALLY SELF-CORRECTING MYSELF, BUT I'M ASKING ABOUT NEW BUSINESSES COMING ON IN TWENTY, TWENTY ONE AND TWENTY TWO.

SO WE KNOW ABOUT, I GUESS, AS AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT FOR THE, YOU KNOW, RLF FACILITY, THEN WE KNOW AMAZON'S COMING ON.

DO WE KNOW HOW MANY NEW PROSPECTIVE COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES MAY BE COMING ON IN.

TWENTY. TWENTY TO. NOW, WE DON'T HAVE THAT PROJECTION.

WE DON'T MAINTAIN THAT TYPE OF PROJECTION NOW.

OK. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

OK, THANK YOU.

COMMISSIONER BOLTON. THANK YOU.

MAYOR JOOST, IS THE FIRE ASSESSMENT FEE AND INCREASE.

DECREASE OR WE'RE KEEPING IT THE SAME.

WE'RE KEEPING THIS OK.

AND LAST YEAR, DID WE INCREASE THE FIRE ASSESSMENT FEE? NO, IT HASN'T BEEN THE SAME FOR THE LAST.

IT WOULD BE THE SIXTH YEAR, THAT SAME FEE.

THIS WOULD BE THE SIXTH YEAR FOR THAT.

YES, AT THAT SAME RATE, YES.

IF STAFF WOULD JUST SEND BACKUP INFORMATION ON THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

SO I DO BELIEVE THAT WE'VE RAISED THAT, I THINK TWICE IN THE PAST FIVE YEARS SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE, NOT THE FAIR ASSESSMENT FEE, BUT WE CAN KNOCK THE SYSTEM FEE, YOU KNOW, OK, AND MS. COULD USE IS THERE A WAY THAT WE COULD REDUCE THIS THIS FEE? HAVE YOU LOOKED AT WAYS TO REDUCE THE FIRE ASSESSMENT FEE? ACTUALLY, WE DID CONDUCT A STUDY AND A STUDY INDICATED THAT THE THE THE FEES WOULD INCREASE. WE DISCUSSED INTERNALLY, WE LOOKED AT THE DATA, WE LOOKED AT THE THE BUDGET INFORMATION THAT WAS PROVIDED.

WE LOOKED AT ALL THE THE CIRCUMSTANCES SURROUNDING COVID-19.

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AND WE DECIDED THAT IT WOULDN'T BE IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CITIZENS TO PROPOSE THAT RATE AT THIS TIME. SO WE WILL DO ANOTHER STUDY TO SEE WHETHER OR NOT WE GET THE SAME RESULTS. OK.

AND IF YOU WOULD JUST PRETEND THAT I AM A BRAND NEW MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION OR JUST PRETEND THAT I'M A RESIDENT, TELL ME WHY THE FIRE ASSESSMENT FEE IS IS NEEDED AND WHY IT'S IMPORTANT THAT OUR RESIDENTS PAY IT.

AND CERTAINLY THE FIRE CHIEF IS HERE, COULD HELP ME WITH THAT.

BUT THE FIRE ASSESSMENT FEE REALLY FUND THE FIRE SERVICES, WHICH IS THE THE FIRE STATION, THE FIRE TRUCKS, ALL ALL THAT WE NEED TO RESPOND TO A FIRE IN THE CITY OF TAMARAC.

IT DOESN'T FUND THE ENTIRE FIRE DEPARTMENT BECAUSE WE DO HAVE EMS, WHICH IS SEPARATE FROM FIRE. IT FUNDS FIFTY ONE PERCENT OF THE FIRE SERVICES AND THE REST OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IS FUNDED THROUGH. I TRANSFERRED FROM GENERAL FUND, WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY A PROPERTY TAXES. OK, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

OUR QUESTION FOR THE FIRE CHIEF.

NEWLY MARRIED MEETING COMMISSIONER VERSUS ELZBIETA MR..

FIRE CHIEF SALES THE SALES, YOU'LL BE TEMPTED TO ANSWER THIS QUESTION ABOVE, WHAT AM I ASKING? BUT PLEASE KEEP YOUR ANSWER SHORT.

HOW MANY FIRES DO WE HAVE IN TAMARAC PER YEAR? ROUGHLY SPEAKING, I'D SAY 60 TO 80 SOMETHING IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.

OK, 60 TO 80, AND THAT IS WITHIN THE CITY OF TAMARAC, WITHIN THE CITY TAMARAC.

THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ALSO RESPONDS TO OTHER CALLS.

AND SOMETIMES WE DO WE HAVE AUTOMATIC AUTOMATIC AID TO OTHER DEPARTMENTS LIKE THE CITY OF NORTH LAWNDALE. AND THAT'S THE STUFF.

CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT PERCENTAGE OF YOUR CALLS OR OFF THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD IS FOR THE CITY OF TAMARAC, SOLELY NOT INCLUDING CRASHES ON THE TURNPIKE OR CITIES THAT YOU HAVE TO RUN TO OAKLAND PARK OR NORTH LARGO, THAT SORT OF STUFF? YOU'RE ASKING FOR THE TOTAL NUMBER OF CAUSES THAT THAT'S WHAT YOU VETERAN TAMARAC ROUGHLY 12000, ROUGHLY ROUGHLY 12000 THAT YOU ARE THE TO GO TO EVERY EVERY YEAR IN THE CITY OF TAMARAC, IN THE CITY OF.

OKAY, SO THAT'S ABOUT A THOUSAND PER MONTH.

AND THESE CALLS ARE ANSWERED BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT OR IS IT BY AUTOMATIC AID FROM OTHER CITIES OR YOU ASKED ABOUT CALLS ON TAMARAC.

SUCUOGLU REFERRED TO THE CALLS AND TAMARAC.

OK, THERE'S OTHER CALLS IN ADDITION TO THAT, BUT YOU'RE REFERRING TO THE ONES IN TAMARAC.

OK, SO THE ONES THAT YOU RESPOND TO ARE 12000 PER YEAR, ROUGHLY A THOUSAND PER MONTH WITHIN THE CITY OF GUNN TAMARAC.

RIGHT. I KNOW YOU DIDN'T WANT ME TO TALK ANYMORE ABOUT THAT AND I'D BE TEMPTED TO, BUT BUT YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND A CALL.

YOU CAN YOU CAN DEFINE A CALL A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT WAYS AS A SINGLE CALL OR RESOURCE TYPE. SO, I MEAN, I THINK YOU'RE TRYING TO MAKE A POINT OF THE NUMBER.

BUT IF YOU TALK ABOUT A FIRE THAT'S 12 UNITS ON A CALL, BUT WE ONLY CALL IT ONE CALL, I UNDERSTAND MR. SALES. I'VE BEEN HERE LONG ENOUGH TO UNDERSTAND.

ALL RIGHT. I KNOW.

I KNOW. BUT YOU'RE TRYING TO MAKE A POINT TO.

I JUST WANT TO HELP HELP YOU WITH THAT.

RIGHT. I UNDERSTAND THE THE THE ANSWERS.

AND THIS THIS HELPS ME TO MAKE MY DECISION.

THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. THANK YOU.

VICE MAYOR, THIS IS IRRELEVANT TO THE ITEM ON HAND, BUT I THINK WOULD BE REALLY GOOD FOR THE COMMISSION AS A WHOLE TO SUBMIT QUESTIONS TO CITY STAFF PRIOR TO THE MEETING SO THAT WE DON'T NOT MAKE OUR STAFF LOOK INCOMPETENT WHEN THEY DON'T HAVE THE ANSWER AT THE TIP OF THEIR HANDS, THEIR FINGERS.

AND IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO, WOULD BE REALLY NICE TO GO AHEAD AND SUBMIT THOSE QUESTIONS PRIOR SO THEY CAN GET THE ANSWERS FOR US WHEN WE DO ASK IT.

THANK YOU. AND I WAS GOING TO ASK IF THE FIRE CHIEF WANTED TO SAY ANYTHING FURTHER, IT'S

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OK. AND BASICALLY I ALSO KNOW THAT THESE SERVICES INCLUDE INSPECTIONS OF ALL OF OUR BUSINESSES AND OUR BUILDING FACILITIES AND RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS AS WELL, WHICH I THINK IS A VERY IMPORTANT ITEM ON MANY PEOPLE'S MINDS, ESPECIALLY WHAT IS GOING ON IN SURFSIDE AND SEGRE.

ON THAT QUICK COMMENT IS OUR FIRE RESCUE TEAM HAS BEEN DOWN THERE AS WELL ASSISTING WITH EVERYTHING GOING ON. SO ON THAT NOTE, CINDY CLARK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

THANK YOU. MADAM MAYOR. MADAM MAYOR GOMEZ.

YES. COMMISSIONER PLACKO.

YES, COMMISSIONER GELIN.

YES. VICE MAYOR VILLALOBOS.

YES. COMMISSIONER BOLTON.

YES. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY FIVE TO ZERO.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NOW, MOVING ON TO NUMBER FIVE, DETI, OUR ONE THREE SIX TWO FOUR F

[5d. TR13624 FY 2022 Preliminary Stormwater Utility Management Fee Resolution]

2022 PRELIMINARY STORM WATER UTILITY MANAGEMENT FEE RESOLUTION.

CITY ATTORNEY, PLEASE READ THE TITLE FOR THE RECORD.

YES, MADAM MAYOR TRUSTEE COMMISSION RESOLUTION C COMMISSIONER C TAMARAC FLORIDA.

RELATING TO THE PROVISION OF STORMWATER MANAGEMENT PROVIDED BY THE CITY, STORMWATER UTILITY DETERMINED THAT CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY WILL BE SPECIALLY BENEFITED, THEREBY ESTABLISHING AND CONFIRMING THE METHOD OF CALCULATING THE COST OF STORMWATER MANAGEMENT SERVICES AGAINST REAL PROPERTY THAT WILL BE SPECIALLY BENEFITED, THEREBY DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER TO PREPARE OR DIRECT THE PREPARATION OF A PRIMARY STORMWATER UTILITY MANAGEMENT FEE ROLE. BASED UPON THE METHODOLOGY SET FORTH HERE IN ESTABLISHING A PUBLIC HEARING FOR PROPOSED FROM UTILITY MANAGEMENT FEES AND DIRECTING THE PROVISION NOTICE AND IN CONNECTION THERE WITH PROVIDING FOR CONFLICT, PROVIDING FOR SURVIVABILITY AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND.

SO MOVED SECOND, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

MS. JUST. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR CHRISTINE CAJUSTE, DIRECTOR OF FINANCIAL SERVICE SERVICES, YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU TIAR ONE THREE SIX TWO FOUR, WHICH IS THE PRELIMINARY STORM WATER UTILITY MANAGEMENT FEE, SPECIAL ASSESSMENT FOR FISCAL YEAR TWENTY TWENTY TWO.

AS YOU RECALL, IN 2013, THE CITY OF TAMARAC ADOPTED ORDINANCE NUMBER TWO ZERO ONE THREE OR FIVE, PROVIDING FOR THE IMPOSITION OF A STORM WATER MANAGEMENT SPECIAL ASSESSMENT FEE THAT WILL BE ASSESSED.

THE RATE THE PROPOSED RATE FOR FISCAL YEAR TWENTY TWENTY TWO IS ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY TWO DOLLARS AND TWENTY CENTS PER EQUIVALENT RESIDENTIAL UNIT OR E.R.

USE, THIS IS SIX DOLLARS AND SEVENTY FOUR PERCENT HIGHER THAN PRIOR YEAR OR ORDINANCE PROVIDED THAT THE STORMWATER FEE IS INCREASED BY THREE PERCENT OR THE CPI, WHICHEVER IS HIGHER. AND THE ASSESSMENT THAT THE CPI WAS FIVE PERCENT, THEREFORE THE THE FEE WHICH LAST YEAR WAS ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY FIVE DOLLARS AND FIFTY THREE CENTS WAS INCREASED, WILL BE INCREASED TO ONE FORTY TWO DOLLARS AND TWENTY SEVEN PERCENT CONSISTENT WITH THE ORDINANCE. THE CPI INCIDENTALLY WENT UP TO FIVE POINT FOUR PERCENT, BUT AT THE TIME THAT THE ASSESSMENT WAS DONE, IT WAS FIVE PERCENT.

THIS FEE FUNDS OR THE OPERATION OF THE STORMWATER FUND, INCLUDING ALL THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS, ALL THE CAPITAL REPLACEMENT AS WELL AS THE OPERATING EXPENSES.

TIER ONE THREE SIX TO FOUR ESTABLISHES THE PRELIMINARY STORMWATCH UTILITY MANAGEMENT FEE ASSESSMENT FOR NOTICES PURPOSES.

THE STORM WARNING ENTITLEMENT WITH CFS ASSESSMENT FEE WILL BE PUBLISHED BY TRIM NOTICES BEGINNING AUGUST 12, 2021.

THE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE PUBLISHED ON AUGUST 15, 20 21.

THE PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE HELD ON MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2021, AT FIVE OR FIVE PM TO ADOPT THE FINAL ASSESSMENT.

AND WITH THAT MY I HAD MY PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I WILL NOW OPEN UP PUBLIC COMMENTS, IS THERE ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WISHES TO COMMENT OR ASK ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS MATTER? IF SO, THEN PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM TO DISCUSS THE DRAINAGE ISSUES.

THIS IS ABOUT SETTING THE BUDGET ITEM FOR THAT GOOD GOD AND ASK YOUR QUESTION, AND NOT JUST WITH HER NAME AND ADDRESS OF THE RECORD AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES, DARSEY SHOW GRANDVILLE KAPITI.

I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF POSSIBLE ADDITIONAL MONEY PUT INTO THIS SO THAT THE STREETS CAN BE ADEQUATELY MANAGED FOR THE STORMS, FOR THE FLOODING.

IF THIS IS THE CORRECT AREA THAT I'M SPEAKING WITHIN, IS IT I BELIEVE IT IS.

OK, THEN WITH THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO AGAIN, AS I STATED EARLIER, SEE THE MONIES FOR THE JUNETEENTH, THE BLACK HISTORY MONTH AND THE CARIBBEAN, THOSE FUNDINGS GO TOWARD THIS AND

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AS HOPEFULLY THE COMMISSION WILL BE ADDRESSING THEIR BUDGET AND MOVING AROUND MONIES.

THE ONE THING THAT I DIDN'T NOTICE WAS THAT THE COMMISSION HAS ADDRESSED THEIR HIGH SALARIES AND THEIR SLUSH FUND.

AND I'D LIKE TO SEE THOSE MONIES PUT INTO THE DRAINAGE.

I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS.

WE DO. THANK YOU. BUT ALL ABOUT WATER RIGHT NOW.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

IF THERE'S NO ONE ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WISHES TO MAKE ANY COMMENTS REGARDING OUR STORMWATER FUND. THE PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE NOW CLOSED.

COMMISSIONER BOLTON MS. ADDRESSED, THE RESIDENTS WILL BE PAYING SIX THOUSAND SEVENTY FOUR CENTS HIGHER THAN LAST YEAR. THE ONLY JUSTIFICATION FOR THE INCREASE IS CPI.

YES, I SET AN ORDINANCE AND THE HIGHER COST THAT ESTABLISHED, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE THE BIGGEST PART OF THE CPI IS, IS ENERGY AND WE DO HAVE A LOT OF EQUIPMENT THAT USE GASOLINE AND STUFF LIKE THAT TO TAKE CARE OF SOME WATER THAT CONTRIBUTES TO THE HIGHER COST IN A STORMWATER FUND. OK, AND THAT STAFF HAVE ANY INTERNAL DISCUSSION ON REDUCTION OF THE FEE OR NO. NO.

OK, YOU KNOW, MS. COULD JUST I FIND YOU VERY INTELLIGENT AND SMART AND I APPRECIATE YOU ANSWERING THESE QUESTIONS ON THE ON THE FLY.

ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I TEND NOT TO ASK QUESTIONS OFF THE RECORD IS BECAUSE SOMETIMES AS RESIDENTS ARE WATCHING THE MEETINGS, THEY HAVE QUESTIONS AS WELL.

AND ANY THOUGHTFUL COMMISSIONER WOULD ASK THOSE QUESTIONS SO THAT RESIDENTS UNDERSTAND THE PROCESSES THAT WE HAVE HERE.

SOMETIMES OUR STAFF MAY GIVE ONE SIDED EXPLANATIONS AS WELL.

AND SO AS YOU DO YOUR RESEARCH, ONE DOES THE RESEARCH TO UNDERSTAND THAT OTHER PEOPLE HAVE DIFFERENT EXPLANATIONS ON THAT SIDE OF THE SPECTRUM.

SO THAT IS WHY WE ASK I ASK QUESTIONS OF YOU, AND I KNOW THAT YOU ARE VERY INTELLIGENT, WELL EQUIPPED TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS YOU HAVE DONE SO THIS EVENING WITH GRACE AND YOU ARE VERY DETAILED IN YOUR APPROACH.

AND I APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

COMMISSIONER GOING. SURE.

THANK YOU. MS. COULD USE YOU MAY NOT HAVE THE ANSWER NOW, BUT IF YOU CAN COME BACK IN THE FALL FOR THE NEXT MEETING, TAKE SOME OF THE INFORMATION FROM MR. STREATOR. AND IF WE COULD JUST SEE HOW MUCH THE AVERAGE TAMARAC HOMEOWNER PAYS IN TOTAL FEES AND TAXES.

SO ADDING UP THIS TO 78 75 FOR THE SULLOWAY SPECIAL ASSESSMENT, STORMWATER ASSESSMENT, FIRE SAFETY ASSESSMENT.

AND THEN LOOK AT THE AVERAGES THAT DIFFERENT HOMEOWNER PRICES, BECAUSE WE NEED TO TAKE ALL THAT INTO ACCOUNT WHEN WE FACTOR THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF THE TOTAL INCREASE THAT WE COULD POTENTIALLY BE ASSESSING OUR OUR RESIDENTS.

WE DO KNOW THAT THEY DO THAT ASSESSMENT FOR THE AVERAGE HOMEOWNER AND IT WAS APPROXIMATELY SEVENTEEN HUNDRED DOLLARS.

HOW WE CAN PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION FOR YOU AT THE END OF THE MEETING.

RIGHT. AND SO I JUST WANT TO SEE NOT JUST THE AVERAGE, BUT WHAT WHAT IT IS FOR HIGH END HOME MEDIUM AND THEN AND THEN THE LOW COST SECOND.

THANK YOU THAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

NO OTHER QUESTIONS TO THE CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

THANK YOU, MAYOR GOMEZ.

YES, VICE MAYOR VILLALOBOS.

YES, COMMISSIONER BOLTON.

YES, MR. GELIN.

YES. COMMISSIONER PLACKO.

YES. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY FIVE TO ZERO.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE ARE GOING DOWN TO FIVE E T R ONE THREE SIX TWO FIVE FOUR THREE TWO

[5e. TR13625 FY 2022 Preliminary Solid Waste Assessment Resolution]

ZERO TWO TWO. PRELIMINARY SOLID WASTE ASSESSMENT RESOLUTION.

CITY ATTORNEY, PLEASE READ THE TITLE FOR THE RECORD.

YES, MADAM MAYOR MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION THAT'S SAY RESOLUTION OF COMMISSIONER C TAMARAC FLORIDA REBELLION'S.

THE PROVISION REPRESENTS A SOLID WASTE COLLECTION, SERVICES AND FACILITIES AND PROGRAMS IN THE CITY OF TAMARAC, FLORIDA, PROVIDING FOR PURPOSING DEFINITION'S, PROVIDING FOR LEGISLATIVE DETERMINATIONS, ESTABLISHING THE ESTIMATED RATE FOR THE RESIDENTIAL SOLID WASTE COLLECTION SERVICES ASSESSMENT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING OCTOBER 1ST, 2021, DIRECTING THE PREPARATION OF RESIDENTIAL SOLID WASTE COLLECTION SERVICES, SPECIAL ASSESSMENT RULE RESOLUTION, PROVIDING FOR CONFLICT, PROVIDING FOR SOLVABILITY AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I NEED A MOTION A SECOND.

SO MOVED. SO, AGAIN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MRS..

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GOOD EVENING AGAIN. MADAM MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION BEFORE YOU IS HERE, NUMBER ONE THREE SIX TWO FIVE, WHICH IS THE PRELIMINARY SOLID WASTE COLLECTION SERVICES ASSESSMENT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2022.

THE PROPOSED FEE IS TWO HUNDRED AND SEVENTY EIGHT DOLLARS AND SEVENTY FIVE CENTS, WHICH IS THE SAME AS PRIOR YEAR AND IS EXPECTED TO GARNER AT A TOTAL ASSESSMENT ROLE OF FIVE MILLION AND NINETY FOUR THOUSAND DOLLARS.

FOUR HUNDRED AND SEVENTY THREE.

THE PROPOSED FUNDED WILL COVER THE COST OF THE SOLID WASTE COLLECTION SERVICES INCLUDED CURBSIDE PICK UP RECYCLING COVERS, THE COLLECTION COSTS, THE DISPOSAL FEES, THE BROWARD COUNTY AND THE ADMINISTRATIVE FEE, INCLUDING THE COLLECTION AND BILLING FEES FOR BROWARD COUNTY PROPERTY APPRAISER.

TIAR ONE THREE SIX TWO FIVE ESTABLISHES THE PRELIMINARY SOLID WASTE COLLECTION SERVICE ASSESSMENT RATE OR NOTICES PURPOSES PRELIMINARY AND SOLID WASTE COLLECTION SERVICES ASSESSMENT TO BE PUBLISHED BY A TRIM NOTICE BEGINNING IN AUGUST 12, 2021.

THE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE PUBLISHED ON AUGUST 15 20 21.

PUBLIC HEARINGS WILL BE HELD ON MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, TWENTY TWENTY ONE AT FIVE OR FIVE P.M. TO ADOPT THE FINAL ASSESSMENT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

NOW OPEN IT UP TO THE PUBLIC.

IS THERE ANYBODY IN THE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? SEEING NONE, PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE NOW CLOSED, COMMISSIONER BOLTON MS. CONDUCED, I MISSED THE SLIDE WHERE YOU DISCUSS WHETHER THE THERE IS AN INCREASE OR DECREASE OR KEEPING THE FEED THE SAME OVER LAST YEAR WHERE KEEPING THE FEED THE SAME, THERE'S NO INCREASE. OK, HAVE YOU BENCHMARK THIS COST WITH OTHER CITIES OUR SIZE? I HAVE NOT THIS THIS HAS BEEN THE FEAR THING FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS, WE HAVE NOT INCREASED IT. SO IF WE THINK THAT IT IS PRUDENT TO, YOU KNOW, SAVE COSTS AND, YOU KNOW, PROVIDE QUALITY SERVICES TO RESIDENTS, I THINK IT IS INCUMBENT UPON STAFF TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY LOOK AT WHAT OTHER CITIES ARE DOING.

IN SO DOING, WE CAN FIND OUT IF WE CAN CUT COSTS.

AND THAT'S THE STUFF WE CAN CERTAINLY DO THAT RESEARCH AND PROVIDE YOU WITH THAT INFORMATION. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I'D APPRECIATE THAT OVER THE HOLIDAY IN MY RESIDENTS DO ASK FOR THIS TYPE OF INFORMATION AND IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE PROVIDE THIS INFORMATION TO THEM WHEN WE'RE EXPLAINING WHY WE VOTE THE WAY THAT WE VOTE.

AND THIS IS WHY DISCUSSION IS SO IMPORTANT, BECAUSE NOT ONLY ARE RESIDENTS ENTITLED UNDER FLORIDA LAW TO HAVE ACCESS TO THESE DISCUSSIONS, BUT IT IS INCUMBENT UPON EVERY COMMISSIONER TO MAKE SURE THAT HIS OR HER FIDUCIARY DUTY IS SERVED IN THIS MANNER.

SO I APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE TIME OUT TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS THIS EVENING.

AND AGAIN, I APPRECIATE YOUR YOUR COMMENTS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, SEEING THAT THERE'S NO OTHER COMMENTS, I'M GOING TO JUST BRING IT BACK OVER TO THE CITY ATTORNEY. YES, MADAM MAYOR I JUST I WANT TO APOLOGIZE TO THE COMMISSIONER.

I READ THE LAST SENTENCE OF THAT TITLE WRONG.

THIS RESOLUTION ALSO PROVIDES, PROVIDES AND AUTHORIZES A PUBLIC HEARING DIRECTLY THE PROVISIONS, THE NOTICE THEREOF, AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, TO COMMENT REGARDING THE SOLID WASTE ASSESSMENT RESOLUTION, I THINK COMMISSIONER BOLTON TO A LARGE DEGREE THAT'S BASED UPON OUR FRANCHISE AGREEMENT THAT WE HAVE WITH OUR WASTE HAULER.

AND WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, VERY.

VERY, VERY, VERY LITTLE WIGGLE ROOM THERE.

BUT AS I UNDERSTAND, STAFF HAS SAID THAT IT'S BEEN CONSTANT NOW FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

CITY CLERK CALL COLORFUL MAYOR GOMEZ, YES.

COMMISSIONER GELIN, YES, MR. PLACKO, YES, MADAM MAYOR VILLALOBOS, YES, COMMISSIONER BOLTON YES, MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY FIVE TO ZERO.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE ARE NOW GOING TO FIVE F T OUR ONE THREE SIX TO SIXTY FOUR OUTFLY

[5f. TR13626 FY 2022 Preliminary Nuisance Abatement Assessment Resolution]

TWENTY TWENTY TWO.

PRELIMINARY NUISANCE ABATEMENT ASSESSMENT RESOLUTION CITY ATTORNEY, PLEASE READ THE TITLE FOR THE RECORD. MS. MADAM MAYOR COMMISSIONER THE RESOLUTION CITY.

COMMISSIONER CITY TAMARAC FLORIDA RELATED PROVISION.

NUISANCE ABATEMENT ON CERTAIN REAL PROPERTIES BY THE CITY IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER NINE. ARTICLE TWO. DIVISION FIVE OF THE CITY'S CODE OF ORDINANCES DETERMINE THAT CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY HAS BEEN SPECIALLY BENEFITED BY THE CITY'S ABATEMENT OF NUISANCES THEREON DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER TO PREPARE OR DIRECT THE PREPARATION OF A NUISANCE ABATEMENT ASSESSMENT ROLE. ESTABLISHING A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE PROPOSED LEVY OF UNPAID NUISANCE

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ABATEMENT ASSESSMENTS ON THE ANNUAL TAX BILL AND DIRECTING THE PROVISION NOTICE IN CONNECTION THERE WITH PROVIDING FOR CONFLICT, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I NEED A MOTION IN SECOND.

SO MOVED. SECOND.

THANK YOU, MRS..

GOOD EVENING AGAIN. MADAM MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION BEFORE YOU AS TEMPORARY RESOLUTION NUMBER ONE THREE SIX TO SIX, WHICH IS THE PRELIMINARY PUBLIC NUISANCE ABATEMENT ASSESSMENT FOR FISCAL YEAR TWENTY TWENTY TWO.

THE NUISANCE ABATEMENT WAS AUTHORIZED ON MAY 19 20, 2012, ORDINANCE NUMBER TWO THOUSAND TWELVE, DASH 10.

ON JUNE ONE, TWENTY, TWENTY TO MAY THIRTY ONE TWENTY TWENTY, WE HAD TWO PROPERTIES AT A COST OF ONE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED AND THIRTY FIVE THAT MET THE CRITERIA FOR NUISANCE ABATEMENT. OUR CITY STAFF COMPLIED WITH ALL THE TERMS AND CONDITION OF THE ORDINANCE.

THE PROPERTY OWNERS WERE NOTICED AND THEY WERE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO APPEAL BY THE ORDINANCE. THE PROPOSED SETTLEMENT ON THE TWO PROPERTIES RANGE FROM SEVEN HUNDRED SEVENTY EIGHT THOUSAND NINETY SIX CENTS TO TWO THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND THREE DOLLARS AND NINETY THREE CENTS.

THE PRELIMINARY NUISANCE ABATEMENT ASSESSMENT TOTAL THREE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY TWO DOLLARS AND EIGHTY TWO CENTS, WHICH INCLUDES BROWARD COUNTY PROPERTY APPRAISERS, FEE, TAX COLLECTOR FEE AND ADMINISTRATIVE FEE TO DEVELOP THE ASSESSMENT AND A GROSS AMOUNT FOR DISCOUNTS FOR EARLY PAYMENT.

TWO ONE THREE SIX TWO SIX ESTABLISHES THE PRELIMINARY PUBLIC NUISANCE ABATEMENT ASSESSMENT FOR NOTICES PURPOSES EACH PROPERTY AS AN INDIVIDUAL ASSESSMENT BASED ON THE COST TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE, PLUS THE THE COST OF THE LEVY.

TO LEVEL THIS ASSESSMENT, THE PUBLIC NUISANCE ABATEMENT ASSESSMENT WILL BE PUBLISHED BY A TRIM BEGINNING ON AUGUST 12, 2021, NOT AS A PUBLIC AIRING WILL BE PUBLISHED AUG.

15 20 21.

PUBLIC HEARINGS WILL BE HELD ON MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2021 TO ADOPT THE FINAL ASSESSMENT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

IS THERE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WISHES TO MAKE ANY COMMENT REGARDING THE PUBLIC NUISANCE ABATEMENT RESOLUTION SEEN ON PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE NOW CLOSED.

ALL RIGHT, CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE.

THEY ARE GOMEZ, YES, COMMISSIONER BOLTON, YES, COMMISSIONER GELIN, YES, MR. PLACKO, YES, AND VICE MAYOR VILLALOBOS.

YES, THANK YOU. THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY FIVE TO ZERO.

EXCELLENT. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I HAVE THE CURRENT TIME OF SEVEN 13.

WE'LL BE BACK HERE AT SEVEN THIRTY FIVE.

WE ARE IN RECESS. ALL RIGHT, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IT IS SEVEN THIRTY FIVE AND WE ARE READY TO RESUME. EVERYBODY, PLEASE TAKE THEIR SEATS.

EXCELLENT. WE'RE NOW GOING TO.

ORDINANCES ON FIRST READING, WE ARE GOING TO FIX A T O TWO FOUR SEVEN FIVE AMENDMENT TO

[6a. TO2475 - Amendment to Zoning Code to Ban Distribution, Sale or Use of Plastic Straws and Stirrers]

ZONING CODE TO BAN DISTRIBUTION OR SALE OF PLASTIC STRAWS AND STARS.

CITY ATTORNEY, PLEASE READ THE TITLE FOR THE RECORD.

YES, MADAM MAYOR. MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION AND ORDINANCE CITY OF TAMARAC FLORIDA CREATING ARTICLE. 17 ENTITLED PROHIBITION ON DISTRIBUTION, SALE OR USE OF PLASTIC STRAWS AND STURT'S OF CHAPTER 12 LICENSES AND BUSINESS REGULATIONS OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES CITY OF TAMARAC PROVIDING LIMITATIONS ON THE DISTRIBUTION, USE AND SALE OF PLASTIC STRAWS AND STORES WITHIN THE CITY, PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS, PROVIDING FOR CONFISCATION, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

THANK YOU. I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND SO MOVED SO I CAN THANK YOU.

MAXINE CALLOWAY, OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR WILL BE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AS NECESSARY.

IS THERE ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WISHES TO MAKE A COMMENT REGARDING THIS MATTER? AS A REMINDER, THERE'S THREE MINUTES NAME AND I JUST FOR THE RECORD.

JULIE FLESHMAN, 76, WITH THE WESTWARD DRIVE TAMARAC.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS.

IF TAMARAC CHOOSES TO PASS THIS PLASTIC STRAW MAN, IT WILL JOIN GOVERNMENTS ACROSS THE WORLD WHO HAVE PASSED SIMILAR ORDINANCES AND LAWS.

BUT IS THIS REALLY AN EFFECTIVE WAY TO HELP OUR CITY AND BUSINESSES IN THE CITY TO REDUCE OUR CARBON FOOTPRINT AND HELP OUR ENVIRONMENT? ACCORDING TO A 2013 ARTICLE BY BOB JORDAN OF THE STANFORD WOODS INSTITUTE FOR THE ENVIRONMENT, AN INTERVIEW ENTITLED TO PLASTIC STRAWS REALLY MAKE A DIFFERENCE? HE ASKED MR. JINDALEE, CO-DIRECTOR OF THE STANFORD CENTER FOR OCEAN SOLUTIONS, ABOUT THE

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IMPACT OF PLASTIC STRAWS AND STRAW BRANDS.

MR. LEAPE STATED THAT LESS THAN ONE PERCENT OF THE PLASTICS IN THE OCEAN ARE STRAWS.

HE GOES ON TO SAY THAT THE PROBLEM WITH THESE BANDS IS THEY CREATE A MORAL LICENSE THAT ALLOWS COMPANIES AND CUSTOMERS TO FEEL THAT THEY HAVE DONE THEIR PART FOR THE ENVIRONMENT. IF THE COMMISSION IS LOOKING AT THIS BAN AS A WAY TO CHECK OFF ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY FROM A LIST OF THINGS TO DO, THEN IT WILL NOT HAVE AN IMPACT.

IF, HOWEVER, THIS IS A FIRST STEP IN AN OVERARCHING ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAM TO HELP THIS CITY, ITS RESIDENTS AND ITS BUSINESS COMMUNITY COME TOGETHER TO REDUCE OUR OVERALL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT AND HELP ENSURE A GREEN CITY.

I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR MORE.

PREVIOUSLY, AS A MEMBER OF THIS COMMISSION, I BROUGHT FORTH A NUMBER OF ENVIRONMENTAL IDEAS. I ASKED FOR A CITY WIDE STRATEGIC RESILIENCY PLAN.

THIS WOULD HAVE HAD STEP-BY-STEP CONCEPTS, GOALS.

AND GOALS FOR THE FOUR TAMARAC TO REDUCE ITS ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS AND PREPARE OUR CITY FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES.

I ASKED FOR THE CITY TO INITIATE AND ADOPT A TREE PROGRAM.

THIS WAS PASSED LAST YEAR BY THE COMMISSION AND WOULD HELP REPLENISH OUR CITY'S TREE CANOPY, WHICH HAS BEEN DIMINISHED IN RECENT YEARS DUE TO STORMS AND DISEASE.

I ALSO BROUGHT FORTH THE IDEA OF A PROGRAM WHICH WOULD WHICH WOULD HAVE HAD THE CITY AND THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY TOGETHER CREATE A VOLUNTARY THREE TIERED PROGRAM FOR ALL TAMARAC BUSINESSES LOOKING TO BE GREENER.

THE PROGRAM WOULD GIVE BUSINESSES OPTIONS AND EACH TIER TO REDUCE THEIR ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT AND CARBON FOOTPRINT.

THE CITY WOULD HELP WITH INCENTIVES AND AN ADVERTISING PROGRAM COULD BE DONE FOR THOSE GREEN BUSINESSES INVOLVED, SIMILAR TO THE SAVOR THE FLAVOR PROGRAM CURRENTLY BEING RUN THROUGH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

I CLOSE WITH THIS.

DO NOT LET THIS BE A NOD TO ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES FACING OUR PLANET.

DO NOT JUST FOLLOW THE CROWD AND DO WHAT EVERYONE ELSE IS DOING BECAUSE IT'S THE LATEST THING TO BE THOUGHT.

LEADERS BE PERSISTENT AND CONSISTENT ON AN ENVIRONMENTAL AGENDA.

THANK YOU. WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

IS THERE ANYONE ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WISHES TO MAKE A COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? CNN PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE NOW CLOSED, COMMISSIONER, GUNN.

WE HAVE A FIVE MINUTE RULE. THANK YOU.

I KNOW WHAT THE RULE IS.

SO THIS DOES FALL IN LINE WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN POLICY, WHICH IS OUTLINED IN THEIR RECOMMENDATION BY STAFF THAT WE DO PASS THIS ORDINANCE AND IT DOES REQUIRE THE CITY TO MONITOR AND REVIEW THE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS AND DENSIFY WAYS IN WHICH CODES REQUIRE ACTIONS WHICH ARE SENSITIVE TO THE ENVIRONMENT IN WAYS IN WHICH ACTION TO PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT WHICH CAN BE APPROVED, IMPROVED.

OF COURSE, YOU GUYS SAW THE VIDEO THAT I PLAYED AT THE LAST COMMISSION MEETING WHEN I BROUGHT THIS UP. BUT THE STAFF PROVIDED ADDITIONAL INFORMATION SHARING THAT OVER SIX HUNDRED AND SIXTY THREE SPECIES, INCLUDING THE MAJORITY OF SEA TURTLES, MARINE MAMMALS AND SEABIRDS, ARE KNOWN TO BE IMPACTED BY PLASTIC.

I APPRECIATE THE COMMENTS MADE BY COMMISSIONER FISHERMEN.

AND THIS IS PART OF A BIGGER STRATEGY WHERE WE ARE TRYING TO DO ALL THAT WE CAN TO ELIMINATE THE USE OF PLASTICS.

AND AS YOU KNOW, AS A HOME RULE HERO, TALLAHASSEE CONTROLS A LOT OF WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO BAN, INCLUDING THE USE OF PLASTIC BAGS AND STYROFOAM AND OTHER CITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

THOSE THINGS ARE BANS. BUT BUT TALLAHASSEE DOES NOT ALLOW US TO DO THAT.

AND MOST EVERYONE HEARD FROM THE COUNTY COMMISSIONER, BEAHM FUR AND COOPER CITY MAYOR GREG ROSS, THAT WE NEED TO DO ALL THAT WE CAN TO REDUCE OUR CARBON AND PLASTIC FOOTPRINT.

AND SO THIS IS A SMALL STEP.

OTHER CITIES LIKE BOCA RATON HAD EVEN BANNED BALLOONS FROM THEIR THEIR PARKS.

SO I HAVEN'T GONE THAT FAR.

BUT I'M GOING TO TRY TO GO AS FAR AS WE CAN TO IMPROVE THE COMMUNITY FOR THE FUTURE GENERATIONS. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE IN THE COMMISSION THAT WISHES TO SAY ANYTHING? VICE MAYOR AND THEN COMMISSIONER PLACKO, SO I DON'T SEE HOW THIS IS A PRESSING ISSUE.

IT'S IRRELEVANT TO OUR CITY.

WE'RE NOT NEAR THE BEACH AND I DON'T EVEN THINK NOT ONE STRAW ENDS UP AT THE BEACH OR ANYWHERE. WE SAW WHAT HOW MUCH GARBAGE IS BEING COLLECTED, WORDS BEING INCINERATED.

THERE'S NOT THERE HASN'T BEEN A STUDY DONE ON THE IMPACT FINANCIALLY TO OUR BUSINESSES.

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AND AS MUCH AS WE CARE FOR OUR RESIDENTS, WE SHOULD ALSO CARE AND DO STUDIES FOR OUR BUSINESSES THAT ARE GOING TO BE IMPACTED.

IT'S JUST MY MY A COUPLE OF THOUGHTS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COMMISSIONER PLACKO.

THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT ADDITIONAL COST THIS MIGHT HAVE ON ANY OF OUR RESTAURANTS? COMMISSIONER MAXINE CALLOWAY, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR.

WE DID NOT DO SUCH A STUDY, BUT WHAT WE LOOKED AT WAS THE IMPACT ON THE BUSINESSES WE DETERMINED, AND IT WAS INCLUDED IN THE MEMORANDUM THAT OF THE EIGHT HUNDRED THE ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND THIRTY ONE AFFECTED BUSINESSES IN THE CITY.

THIS WOULD CERTAINLY IMPACT OVER SIX HUNDRED COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENTS, WHICH WOULD REQUIRE A PART TIME OFFICER FOR OUR ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS THAT WOULD COST THE CITY AN ADDITIONAL TWENTY FOUR THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED AND THIRTY DOLLARS ANNUALLY.

SO WE INCLUDED THAT IN THE FISCAL IMPACT.

BUT AS IT RELATES TO HOW IT IMPACTS THE BUSINESSES FROM A FINANCIAL PERSPECTIVE, WE HAVE NOT DONE AN ANALYSIS.

OK, BUT IT WOULD IMPACT THE CITY BY TWENTY FOUR THOUSAND DOLLARS.

YES, WE WOULD NEED TO THE WAY THE ORDINANCE IS DRAFTED, THERE'S A SIX MONTH EDUCATIONAL PERIOD AND THEN IT'S EFFECTIVE ONE YEAR AFTER ADOPTION, AND THEN ONCE CODE ENFORCEMENT IS ENFORCED, THEN IN ORDER TO REACH OVER SIX HUNDRED COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENTS, WE WOULD NEED AN ADDITIONAL PART TIME OFFICER.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. OH, OK, SO LET'S SEE.

MAY I HAVE A QUESTION? I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT ME TO GO AFTER YOU OR BEFORE YOU.

WELL, YOU WEREN'T LIT, SO THAT'S WHY I WAS GOING, OK, YOU GOT FIVE MINUTES.

YOU GOT IT. I REMEMBER THE RULES.

THANK YOU. YES. BUT YOU DON'T SEEM TO KNOW HOW TO HIT THE BUTTON.

OH, GOD, I DO.

OH, GOT ONE ONE QUESTION, MISS GALLOWAY, WE WOULD NEED.

YOU'RE SAYING WE WOULD NEED AN ADDITIONAL CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER.

ALL RIGHT, TIME ONE PART TIME, ONE PART TIME OFFICER, YES.

COULD THIS CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER ALSO PICK UP SNIPER SIGNS AND OTHER DUTIES THAT THE CITY MAY NEED FROM TIME TO TIME? YEAH, THOSE DUDES COULD POTENTIALLY BE ASSIGNED TO THAT OFFICER, ALTHOUGH WE CURRENTLY PICK UP SNIPER SIGNS AS IT IS NOW, BUT I WANTED TO ADDRESS SPECIFICALLY THE IMPACT SINCE WE KNEW THAT IT WOULD BE TOUCHING OVER 600 ESTABLISHMENTS.

AND SO IN TERMS OF JUST FOR THE STRAWN'S INSTANCE.

OK, MS. MAXINE CALLOWAY, I DON'T WANT TO ASSUME THAT YOU'RE OUT OF TOUCH, BUT SOMETIMES I DO SEND PICTURES OF SNIPER SIGNS AND TRASH AND SHOPPING CARTS AND THAT SORT OF STUFF TO THE MANAGER. MAYBE I SHOULD ASK YOU ON THOSE EMAILS THAT I SEND THEM IN THE FUTURE.

SO THE ANSWER TO THE QUESTION IS THE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER WOULD BE ABLE TO PICK UP SNIPER SIGNS AND LOOK AFTER OTHER DUTIES AS WELL.

YEAH, THE PART TIME OFFICER WOULD BE TASKED WITH WHATEVER ADDITIONAL DUTIES WE'D LIKE TO TASK THEM WITH, BUT THEIR PRIMARY FUNCTION WOULD BE TO ADDRESS THE ENFORCEMENT OF THIS ORDINANCE. OK, SO THE SHORT ANSWER TO MY QUESTION WOULD BE YES.

YES, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU SO.

THESE THINGS THAT WERE WEARING OR NOT WEARING ANY MORE, BUT ARE GETTING TOSSED INTO THE OCEAN ALL THE TIME INTO OUR CANALS, THESE THINGS ARE KILLING OUR WILDLIFE.

THESE THINGS THAT CARRY OUR SODA OR WATER AND WHATEVER OTHER DRINKS, THEY, TOO GO IN LIKE THIS AND THEY ARE STRANGLING OUR DUCK OR WATERFOWL, OTHER WATERFOWL, OUR BIRDS, ETC., THIS GOES IN AS WELL.

THESE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE RECYCLABLE, BUT THEY STILL GO INTO THE WATER AND THEY STILL CAUSE ISSUE WITHOUT STYROFOAM.

THIS IS ACTUALLY WHAT GOES INTO OUR CITY'S CANALS MOSTLY.

THIS IS WHAT I GET COMPLAINTS FROM.

THIS IS WHAT I SEE WHEN I PASS BY AND SEE THAT PEOPLE HAVE DECIDED THEY DON'T WANT TO USE OUR TRASH CANS AND THEY DON'T WANT TO FOLLOW THE RULES AND FIGURE THAT THE WORLD IS THEIR GARBAGE CAN AND THEY THROW IT OUTSIDE THEIR CAR DOORS.

I ACTUALLY HAD THE UNFORTUNATE PLEASURE OF WATCHING SOMEBODY WHO DECIDED HE DIDN'T WANT HIS REP TO KEEP HIS REFUSE THIS AND THE CHICKEN WINGS WENT OUT THE DOOR.

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THIS IS A STRAW. DIFFERENT SIDES OF THIS, WE ARE NOT SEEING THAT THIS IS THE ULTIMATE CULPRIT OF THE PROBLEM THAT WE HAVE IN OUR CITY.

I'VE ASKED I'VE ASKED THE PEOPLE IN OUR CITY WHO DO THE GARBAGE PICKUP.

I'VE ASKED OUR RESIDENTS WHO HAVE TOLD ME THAT THIS IS WHAT THEY SEE INSTEAD AND THIS IS WHAT THEY'RE UPSET ABOUT. AND, OF COURSE, THE RESISTANCE, THE WATER BOTTLE, THESE ARE THE PROBLEMS, ALSO THE PLASTIC BAGS, WHICH WE ARE NOT ABLE TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT.

SO IT IS VERY NICE TO SAY WE'RE GOING TO DO SOMETHING.

BUT IN MY OPINION, I AGREE WITH SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES AND FORMER COLLEAGUE OF WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING MORE WITHIN OUR REASONABLE MEANS.

AND I DON'T THINK SETTING A POLICY TODAY BASED ON 2011, 2012, 2014 AND 2015, THOSE ARE THE NEWEST ITEMS. THAT'S THE MOST RECENT ITEMS. THESE ITEMS AT MAX FROM 2015 ARE SIX YEARS AGO.

WHERE'S THE CURRENT INFORMATION? I BELIEVE WE ALSO ASKED WHEN THIS FIRST CAME UP FOR THOSE OTHER CITIES THAT HAVE DONE THIS. WHAT PROOF HAS THESE ORDENES D.C., THE ORDINANCE HAVE THAT THIS HAS BEEN EFFECTIVE TO BAN STORES AND STARS? WE SEE NONE. I HAVE HEARD FROM MANY RESIDENTS THAT IF THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THEIR STORES AND STORES ARE GOING TO ANOTHER CITY.

SO GUESS WHAT? OUR RESTAURANTS WILL SUFFER.

AND I KNOW OUR RULE HAS SOME KIND OF EXCEPTION, THAT IF SOMEBODY HAS A MEDICAL CONDITION THAT THEY NEED, THAT THEY WILL ALLOW THEM TO USE A STRAW, THEY WILL PROVIDE ONE.

HOW WILL THE BUSINESSES PROVIDE ONE IF THEY'RE GOING TO BE WATCHED AND TOLD THAT THEY CAN'T HAVE THEM, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO SPEND THE MONEY ON DOING IT? WE HAVE SEVERAL BUSINESSES THAT ON THEIR OWN ACCORD, INCLUDING COLONY WEST, THAT HAVE BEEN USING PAPER STORES, ALSO APPLEBEE'S OR MAYBE SOME OTHERS.

AND I APOLOGIZE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS THE EFFECT ON INTERSTATE COMMERCE SITUATION LIKE PUBLIX? WHAT ABOUT WE ALSO HAVE AN AMAZON DISTRIBUTION.

CAN WE CONTROL THAT? I DON'T KNOW IF WE REALLY CAN AND IF IT WILL CAUSE SOME OTHER ISSUES.

AGAIN, THESE ITEMS ARE NOT THE PROBLEM.

IT IS THE PEOPLE WHO ARE THROWING THEM OUT.

SO IF WE WIND UP HAVING AN EDUCATIONAL POLICY BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO TRAIN THE BUSINESSES ABOUT THESE THINGS, HOW IS THAT HELPING THE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE THROWING THEM OUT AND WE'RE NOT TRAINING THEM TO REMEMBER, BE KIND AND STOP LITTERING 600 BUSINESSES TO BE AFFECTED IN THIS TIME I THINK IS SIGNIFICANT.

AND I ALSO BELIEVE THAT IT WILL NOT BE EFFECTIVE.

AND IT SOUNDS REALLY GOOD TO DO THIS, BUT I THINK WE HAVE OTHER WAYS AND MEANS IN ORDER TO SHOW OUR ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS.

I ALSO KNOW THAT PEOPLE HAVE HEARD ME COMPLAIN THAT WE NEED ANOTHER CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER FOUR YEARS, A MINIMUM OF ONE, I'D LIKE THEM THE 24 HOUR ONES AFTER HOURS AND ON WEEKENDS. SO YOU'RE GOING TO TELL OUR RESIDENTS WHEN WE'RE ALREADY SHORT STAFFED ON CERTAIN THINGS AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT POSSIBLY CUTTING SERVICES BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO REDUCE THE ROLLBACK RATE OR SOMETHING THAT WE'RE NOW GOING TO HAVE.

TWENTY FOUR THOUSAND DOLLARS CODE OFFICER, JUST FOR STRAWS.

I THINK THAT'S A LITTLE INSULTING TO OUR POPULATION.

SO I SUPPORT LOCAL HOME RULE.

I SUPPORT. FINDING A REAL SOLUTION TO PROBLEMS, I THINK WE ALL HAVE HEARD THAT THERE'S ISSUES WITH RECYCLING IN OUR GARBAGE AND THAT THIS BAN IS NOT THE WAY TO DO IT, NOT THE WAY TO FIX IT AT ALL.

I ALSO WON'T EVEN ASK HOW MUCH WE'RE SUPPOSED TO SPEND ON EDUCATING OUR BUSINESSES OVER THE SIX MONTHS. I LOOK FORWARD TO OUR COMMISSION ACTUALLY WORKING FOR BIGGER, MORE REASONABLE RESILIENCY POLICY RATHER THAN A STRAW MAN.

SO OBVIOUSLY EVERYBODY KNOWS HOW I FEEL.

I WILL NOT BE VOTING FOR THIS AT THIS TIME.

PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. MAYOR GOMEZ, NO COMMISSIONER PLACKO, NO COMMISSIONER BOLTON, YES, MADAM MAYOR VILLALOBOS NO COMMISSIONER GELIN YES OPTION FAILS REALLY TO THANK YOU. WE WILL NOW BE GOING TO.

TEMPORARY ORDINANCE TÍO TWO FOUR SEVEN SIX ORDINANCE EXTENDING THE WOODLANDS OVERLAY

[6b. TO2476 - Ordinance Extending the Woodlands Overlay District Termination Date to Sunset and Terminate, Nunc Pro Tunc, Four (4) Years After the Effective Date of the Land Development Code]

DISTRICT TERMINATION DATE TO SUNSET AND TERMINATE NAMPO TANK FOUR YEARS AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE.

CITY ATTORNEY. PLEASE READ THE TITLE TO THE RECORD.

MS. MADAM MAYOR COMMISSIONER.

AN ORDINANCE THE CITY COMMISSIONER THE CITY OF TAMARAC, FLORIDA, EXTENDING THE WOODLANDS OVERLAYED DISTRICT TERMINATION DATE, THEN TANK TO JULY 12, 2022 BY MANNING BY AMENDING CHAPTER TURN TO THE CITY OF TAMARAC GUNN ORDINANCES AND TITLE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE BY AMENDING ARTICLE TWO ENTITLED ZONING DISTRICTS BY SPECIFICALLY AMENDING SECTION TEN DASH TWO POINT SEVEN SEA ENTITLED WOODLANDS OVERLAY DISTRICT TO SENSATE AND SENT TO SUNSET AND TERMINATE THE WOODLANDS OVERLAYED DISTRICT.

FOUR YEARS AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE IN

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CONFORMITY WITH THE CITY OF TAMARAC COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

PROVIDING FOR CLARIFICATION, PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

THANK YOU. NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND.

SO MOVED. SECOND.

THANK YOU, MR. CALLOWAY IS AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS AS NECESSARY.

IS THERE ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER, SEEING NONE? THEN BY SAYING, I'M SORRY I HADN'T TURNED YOU OFF, DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION? YES. CAN YOU FINISH MY COMMENTS? ARE PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE NOW CLOSED.

MS. MAXIN, CAN YOU JUST EXPLAIN WHAT THAT IS? IT SOUNDS LIKE WHEN PEOPLE HEAR WOODLAND'S, THEY'RE THINKING ABOUT THE ACTUAL 13TH FLOOR PROJECT VERSUS WHAT'S ON THIS TEMPORARY ORDINANCE.

FOR MAYOR OF THE COMMUNITY, THE WOODLANDS COMMUNITY CURRENTLY AS AN OVERLAY DISTRICT, WHICH IS A TYPE OF ZONING DISTRICT THAT PROVIDES FOR ADDITIONAL PROTECTION FOR THE ESTHETIC APPEARANCE OF THE COMMUNITY, THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE THAT WAS ADOPTED IN 2013 PROVIDED THAT THE DISTRICT WOULD EXPIRE WITHIN ONE YEAR OF THE ADOPTION.

THIS IS A THIRD AMENDMENT TO THAT PROVISION TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL TIME FOR THAT OVERLY DISTRICT. SO THIS ORDINANCE AMENDS AND THEN EXTENDS THE OVERLAYED DISTRICT TO NOW EXPIRED JULY 20.

SECOND, I BELIEVE THE DATE IS 20 20 TO.

JULY 12, 20, 22.

NOW, THE QUESTION IS, THANK YOU.

COLLOQUIA MOLPUS.

MAYOR GOMEZ, YES, MR. PLACKO. YES, VICE MAYOR VILLALOBOS, YES, COMMISSIONER BOLTON, YES, COMMISSIONER GELIN, YES, MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY FIVE TO ZERO.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NOW GOING TO 60 TO TWO, FOUR, SIX, THREE, PROHIBITION OF BEGGING,

[6c. TO2463 - Prohibition of Begging, Panhandling & Solicitation Ordinance]

PANHANDLING AND SOLICITATION ORDINANCE.

SO ATTORNEY, PLEASE READ THE TITLE FOR THE RECORD.

YES, MADAM MAYOR MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION AND IS AN ORDINANCE, THE CITY OF TAMARAC, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 14 OF THE CITY'S CODE ORDINANCE ENTITLED MOTOR VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC BY AMENDING ARTICLE ONE, SECTION 14, DASH THREE ENTITLED ACTIVITY RESTRICTION ON CERTAIN STREETS, PROHIBITING BEGGING, PANHANDLING, SOLICITATION AND UPON CERTAIN ROADWAYS AND RIGHTS AWAY WITHIN THE CITY.

PROVIDING FOR DEFINITIONS, PROVIDING FOR FINDINGS AND PROVIDING FOR PENALTIES.

PROVIDING FRAUD FOR CODIFICATION, PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS, PROVIDING SEVERABILITY AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND.

SO MOVED. SECOND, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

BROWARD SHERIFF'S OFFICE IS AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AS NECESSARY.

IS THERE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? SEE, NOBODY WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER, PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE NOW CLOSED.

COMMISSIONER PLACKO, THANK YOU.

CAN SOMEONE TELL ME WHAT IT IS RESTRICTED ON CERTAIN STREETS? WHAT EXACTLY DOES THAT MEAN? COMMISSIONER PLACKO, I CAN ANSWER THAT THERE.

PREVIOUSLY, THE PREVIOUS REGULATION ACTUALLY RESTRICTED THE REGULATIONS TO, I THINK, SEVERAL INTERSECTIONS, WHEREAS THIS ONE NOW BASICALLY WHEN WE SAY CERTAIN STREETS WERE BASICALLY INCLUDING ALL THE STREETS OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC, AND WE'RE PROVIDING FOR THAT.

AND IN THE DEFINITION CERTAINLY BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READING, IF IF IT'S THE WILL OF THIS COMMISSION, WE CAN MODIFY THE TITLE TO REMOVE THAT LANGUAGE AND JUST SIMPLY SAY THE STREETS OF CITY OF TAMARAC.

YEAH, CERTAIN STREETS TO ME MEANS ONLY CERTAIN DESIGNATED ONES AND NOT STREETS WITHIN THE CITY. WELL, A POINT OF CLARIFICATION.

WE CERTAINLY DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO SOME DEGREE TO REGULATE STREETS THAT ARE REGULATED EITHER BY BROWARD COUNTY OR BY THE STATE.

THEY'RE. NOT SURE IF THEY'RE THEORETICALLY THERE ARE SOME POINTS IN THE CITY WHERE ARE THE STREETS THAT ARE CONSIDERED TO BE UNDER THE CONTROL OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC, MERGE ONTO STATE ROADS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE WHERE WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO? WELL, WHAT ABOUT THE STREETS WITHIN THE CITY? WITHIN THE CITY? SO WE'LL MODIFY THE TITLE, PLEASE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE OTHER QUESTION I HAVE, I GUESS FOR ONE OF YOU, WHAT WILL YOU DO AT THAT POINT? I MEAN, ARE YOU GOING TO TICKET THESE PEOPLE? ARE YOU GOING TO ARREST THEM? ARE YOU GOING TO MOVE THEM? WHAT IS IT YOU'RE GOING TO DO? THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER.

IT WAS IN A JEREMIAH COOPER MAYOR, VICE MAYOR OF COMMISSIONER, SO AT THAT POINT, WITH THE

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ADOPTION OF THE NEW CITY ORDINANCE, WE WILL BE ABLE TO EFFECT AN ARREST FOR THE VIOLATORS TO PANHANDLING. WELL.

I'M I'M A LITTLE I DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT TO SAY ABOUT THAT ARRESTING HOMELESS PEOPLE, I MEAN, I, I JUST THINK THAT MIGHT BE A LITTLE HARSH.

SO JUST A POINT FOR CLARIFICATION.

THE ORDINANCE SPEAKS ON PANHELLENIC AS A WHOLE, NOT NECESSARILY ISOLATING HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS. WE HAVE CERTAIN MEASURES THAT WE TAKE TO ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS.

OK, BY WAY OF OUR HOMELESS OUTREACH TEAM, DEPUTY JEN MARION IS HERE TO ASSIST ME WITH ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS. BUT SHE'S OUR HOMELESS OUTREACH SPECIALIST AND SHE'S ALREADY ADDRESSED A LOT OF THE ISSUES PERTAINING TO HOMELESSNESS AND SPEAKING WITH THOSE INDIVIDUALS.

SO THE WAY TO ADDRESS IS WRITTEN EXCUSE ME THAT WE WOULD LIKE YOU TO ADOPT.

IT DOESN'T GENERALLY SPEAK ON HOMELESSNESS IS BECAUSE FOR PANHANDLING AS A WHOLE AND TO MAKE THE STREETS SAFER WHILE PEOPLE ARE PANHANDLING TO GET THEM REMOVED FROM THE STREETS.

OK, THANK YOU.

THAT THAT HELPS.

THAT CLARIFIES IT.

I'M JUST GOING TO PASS IT ALONG AT THIS POINT JUST BECAUSE WE'RE ON THIS TOPIC.

I WAS TOLD BY A RESIDENT YESTERDAY THAT WE HAVE A GROUP OF PEOPLE LIVING BEHIND THE EMPTY SALVATION ARMY BUILDING ON COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD, AND THEY SEEM TO HAVE SET UP CAMP THERE.

SO IF WE COULD HAVE SOMEBODY CHECK THAT, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

AND THEN THEY'RE MOVING ALONG TO THE CARS IN LINE AT TACO BELL, AT MCDONALD'S.

SO IF WE COULD HAVE SOMEBODY TAKE A LOOK AT THAT LOCATION, I WOULD APPRECIATE IT.

I'M SADDAM AND TAMARAC.

I'M SORRY. I JUST I JUST WANTED TO INTERRUPT FOR A MINUTE.

MY EXCUSE ME, LIEUTENANT, BUT TO THE COMMISSIONER'S POINT, THERE IS AN ONGOING ISSUE AT THE SALVATION ARMY AND TACO BELL CODE COMPLIANCE AND BESSO ARE BOTH AWARE AND ARE THERE DAILY ATTEMPTING TO RESOLVE THE THE ISSUE, ATTEMPTING TO GET ASSISTANCE FOR THE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE INVOLVED AND TO MOVE THEM ALONG AS NECESSARY.

OK, THANK YOU. THANK YOU BOTH.

APPRECIATE IT. MADAM MAYOR, IF I MAY, TO ADDITIONAL POINT OF CLARIFICATION TO THE LIEUTENANT'S COMMENT AND TO THE COMMISSIONER QUESTION, ONE OF THE REASONS WHY THIS ORDINANCE IS BEFORE YOU IS BECAUSE THERE HAVE BEEN SOME RECENT COURT RULINGS THAT LIMIT OR ESSENTIALLY HAVE ELIMINATED THE ABILITY OF ALL POLICE DEPARTMENTS AND ALL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS TO ISSUE TRAFFIC CITATIONS FOR VIOLATIONS OF THESE OF THIS NATURE.

AND AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE WE'RE LEFT WITH VERY WITH VERY LITTLE, IF ANY, ALTERNATIVE MEANS OF OF OF POTENTIAL ENFORCEMENT THAN OTHER THAN WHAT'S OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN THIS AUDIENCE THAT'S BEFORE YOU. THANK YOU.

COMMISSIONER BOLTON. THANK YOU.

IT'S CERTAINLY CONFLICTING TO VOTE FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS, BECAUSE I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT WE SHOULD BE ARRESTING PEOPLE WHO ARE HOMELESS OR PANHANDLING.

I THINK THE REASON WHY THEY ARE PANHANDLING IN THE FIRST PLACE IS BECAUSE THEY HAVE FALLEN ON HARD TIMES.

AND ONE WOULD ASSUME AND IF THEY ARE ARRESTED NOW, WHAT IS THE BOND? HOW DO THEY GET OUT? YOU KNOW, IS THERE SOME SORT OF PROGRAMS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE A PART OF, YOU KNOW, THAT SORT OF STUFF? SO. WHO WHO CAN SPEAK MORE ON THAT? GOOD EVENING, COMMISSIONER IS MARRIED DEPUTY GENERAL MARION BIZO TAMARAC CURRENTLY AS A SIGN AS THE HOMELESS OUTREACH SPECIALIST.

WE DO. MATTER OF FACT, MYSELF AND DEPUTY WIFE WENT OUT THERE TODAY AND WE CAME ACROSS FOUR INDIVIDUALS.

ONE OF THEM ACTUALLY CAME BACK TO OUR CITY AFTER BEING PLACED IN A FACILITY, TRY TO GET OFF THE STREETS AND CAME BACK TWO YEARS LATER.

AND I SAID AT FIRST HE SAID, HEY, JOHN, I'M BACK.

I'M LIKE, OK, WELL, I'LL GO HOME.

I SAID, DO YOU WANT ANY SERVICES? AND MATTER OF FACT, ALL FOUR OF THEM TODAY SAID, NO.

AND I TRY TO EDUCATE THEM AS FAR AS BEING OUT IN THE STREET, THAT THEY ARE NOT ONLY CAUSING A SAFETY THEMSELVES AND THEIR LIVES, WHICH WE HAVE EXPERIENCED, INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE PANHANDLING, NOT NECESSARILY HOMELESS, GET STRUCK BY VEHICLES AND PASS AWAY.

BUT THEY'RE ALSO IF THEY DO GET STRUCK BY A VEHICLE, THE PEOPLE, INDIVIDUALS DRIVING THE CAR, THEY GET UPSET, SHOOK IT UP.

I JUST HIT SOMEBODY.

SO NOW THEY'RE EXPERIENCING IN TRAUMA TWO ON TOP OF EVERYTHING ELSE.

SO WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE THE ROADWAYS SAFER.

AND WE'RE NOT TARGETING JUST HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS.

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WE HAVE A COUPLE THAT COMES INTO OUR CITY DRIVES HERE.

BOTH HAVE JOBS AND THEY GO OUT AND PANHANDLE.

SOME OF THE BOYFRIEND HAS ALCOHOL PROBLEM.

THE GIRLFRIEND HAS A DRUG PROBLEM.

SO WE'RE NOT TARGETING.

BUT I DO. AND I THINK I SHOWED BEFORE WE DO GIVE OUT THE HOMELESS BROCHURES THAT HAVE PLACES TO GO, SHELTERS, FEEDING SITES, WHAT SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE FOR SOCIAL SECURITY, FOOD STAMPS, MENTAL HEALTH REHABILITATION AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

SO WE DO GET INFORMATION PANEL PAMPHLETS OUT.

I CAN'T FORCE THEM TO TAKE THE SERVICES.

MENTAL HEALTH MAYBE HAS A BIG PLAY INTO IT AND ALCOHOL AND DRUG ADDICTION.

BUT I DO OFFER THIS AND WE DO GO OUT THERE.

WE WENT OUT THERE TODAY AND WE MET WITH FOUR PEOPLE THAT DON'T WANT THE SERVICES AND THEN AND THEY KNOW, WELL, WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING.

WE'LL JUST GO OUT, MILLSTREET, AND BANG ON PEOPLE'S WINDOWS OF THEIR CARS, THE VEHICLES, AND ASK FOR MONEY. SO THERE WE DO GET THEM SERVICES AND I DO HAVE PLACES TO GO.

TAMARAC, I CAN GIVE YOU A COPY OF THIS, TOO, IF YOU LIKE TO SEE IT.

SO YOU CAN SEE WHAT WE OFFER AS THE COUNTY.

OK. AND AS WITH OTHER POLICE STOPS OR ACTIVITIES OF THE POLICE, YOU HAVE DISCRETION.

PRIOR TO MAKE AN ARREST, YEAH, WE DO.

AND WHAT IS IT, THE PREROGATIVE OF THE POLICE THEN NOW TO WORK WITH THE THE JUDGE, MAYBE WHEN THEY ARE ARRESTED, IF THEY ARE ARRESTED, TO PARTICULARLY GIVE THE JUDGE, MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE COURT? SO COMMISSIONER TO ASK YOU A QUESTION, WE PROBABLY DON'T NECESSARILY WORK WITH THE JUDGES, HOW WE DO WORK WITH THE STATE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE ON MOST, IF NOT ALL CASES, MAYBE NOT AS FAR AS MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS, BUT JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CASE CASES BEING DEALT APPROPRIATELY AND ACCORDINGLY, GIVEN WHATEVER THE INDIVIDUAL IS ARRESTED FOR.

OK, WHAT OTHER CITIES HAVE YOU BENCHMARKED THAT CURRENTLY HAVE ORDINANCES SIMILAR TO THIS, AND WHAT IS THE SUCCESS RATE OF THOSE CITIES? SO WHEN WE DID A RESEARCH ON THE ORDINANCE, WE BASICALLY THE ORDINANCE THAT WE'RE ASKING YOU TO ADOPT IS MIMICKING OKLAHOMA'S ORDINANCE.

THEY ESTABLISH AN ORDINANCE SEVERAL YEARS BACK AND THEY'VE BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL WITH THEIR ORDINANCE AND THEIR VERBIAGE.

AND THE ORDINANCE THAT HAS TO BE ADOPTED IS VERY SIMILAR TO THAT OF OMAHAS.

DO YOU KNOW THE HOW MANY ARRESTS THE CITY OF OAKLAND PARK MADE FOR PANHANDLERS AND SO FORTH? NO, UNFORTUNATELY, RIGHT NOW WE DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION.

MAYBE A QUESTION FOR THE CITY ATTORNEY, WILL THIS TRIGGER THE CITY HAVING TO HAVE A CRIMINAL DEFENSE COUNSEL AT SOME POINT IN TIME? I DID DO SOME RESEARCH AS TO IF WE'RE GOING TO ISSUE CITATIONS OR IF WE'RE GOING TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS THAN THEY HAVE RIGHT TO COUNSEL.

AND THEN WE HAVE TO RETAIN A SPECIAL ATTORNEY IN THAT REGARD.

COMMISSIONER BOLTON, YOU ARE CORRECT, THERE IS A STANDARD AGREEMENT THAT IS PROVIDED TO ALL THE PARTIES THAT HAVE ELECTED TO PROVIDE FOR ENFORCEMENT THROUGH ARREST AND AND AND AND PROSECUTION FOR NOT ONLY THE PROSECUTION, THROUGH THE STATE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, BUT ALSO POTENTIALLY REPRESENTATION OF INDIGENT DEFENDANTS THROUGH THE PUBLIC DEFENDER'S OFFICE. I WILL CHECK WITH THE CLERK AND PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION TO YOU IF WE'VE ALREADY ENTERED INTO SUCH AN AGREEMENT, BECAUSE GENERALLY THOSE ARE DONE ON A ON AN ANNUAL BASIS AND AND MS. PENALTIES THAT I'VE REPRESENTED IN THE PAST, THAT'S VERY STANDARD TO DO THAT ON AN ANNUAL BASIS. SO I WILL CONFIRM THAT.

BUT IT'S IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY.

I THINK IT'S APPROXIMATELY.

ON BOTH SIDES, ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS PER CASE THAT THE CITY WOULD BE CHARGED.

OK, SO I WOULD LIKE THAT INFORMATION, I DID SOME RESEARCH ON THAT IN THE PAST, AND SO IF WE DO HAVE SOMEBODY IN THAT CAPACITY CAPACITY, I'D LIKE TO KNOW THAT, CLARK, BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT THIS IS A SOCIAL SERVICES ISSUE.

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SOMETHING LIKE THIS BELONGS TO A SOCIAL WORKER, MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELOR.

AND THAT'S THE STUFF. WE DON'T NECESSARILY BELIEVE THAT THE POLICE SHOULD GET INVOLVED IN MAKING ARRESTS AND SO FORTH.

BUT THERE IS AN ISSUE IN THE CITY OF TAMARAC WHERE HOMELESSNESS IS CONCERNED AND PANHANDLING IS CONCERNED.

I SEE IT FIRSTHAND, AND THAT IS WHY I'M A LITTLE BIT CONFLICTED.

SO AS IT IS NOW, I DON'T KNOW HOW I'M GOING TO VOTE ON THIS.

I THINK THAT WILL LEAD TO READINGS ON THIS SECOND READING ORDINANCE.

SO WE'LL WE WILL. SO.

IF I VOTE YES ON THIS, IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN I'LL VOTE YES ON IT THE SECOND TIME, IT JUST GIVES ME AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT THE ORDINANCE AND MAKE MORE RECOMMENDATIONS WHERE THAT IS CONCERNED.

I THINK MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE A HOMELESSNESS TASK FORCE THAT WOULD WORK WITH VSO AND FIND OUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE COULD BEST DO.

SO I'M A LITTLE BIT CONFLICTED.

SO MAYBE AFTER THE COMMISSIONER, GELIN AND THE VICE MAYOR ASK QUESTIONS, THE MAYOR WOULD ALLOW FOR A SECOND GO AROUND THREE MINUTES AS THE ROLL TWO MINUTES AS A RULE, SO I COULD, YOU KNOW, WRAP UP MY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU FOR RESERVING YOUR TIME, COMMISSIONER GUNN.

HOW DO YOU RESPOND TO PEOPLE WHO SAY THAT YOU'RE ARRESTING PEOPLE FOR BEING POOR? WELL, WE REALIZE THAT HOMELESSNESS IS NOT A CRIME.

SO WITH THE ADOPTION OF THIS ORDINANCE, AGAIN, WE'RE NOT TARGETING HOMELESS PEOPLE, BUT WE UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU KNOW, INDIVIDUAL BEING HOMELESS CAN VERY WELL HAVE JUST FALLEN ON BAD TIMES FOR THAT PARTICULAR POINT IN TIME OF THE YEAR.

SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT TARGETING THE HOMELESS PEOPLE.

HOWEVER, PANHANDLING IN AND OF ITSELF COULD BE A CRIME AND IT IS A CRIME.

SO IN A REAL WAY, VIOLATING TRAFFIC LAWS IS A CRIME.

AND LIKE THE CITY ATTORNEY STATED, THAT RECENT LEGISLATOR'S LEGISLATOR CHANGE, NOT ALLOWING US TO ENFORCE CERTAIN STATE STATUTE.

SO WHAT THE ADOPTION OF THIS CITY ORDINANCE GIVE US MORE TEETH, MORE MORE PULL IN THE GAME TO BE ABLE TO DO DIFFERENT MEASURES, ESPECIALLY WITH THE FACT THAT MOST INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE PANHANDLING.

DEPUTY GELIN MARION STATED ONCE BEFORE THAT SOME INDIVIDUALS HAVE A JOB AND YET THEY'RE OUT BECAUSE THEY HAVE OTHER DESIRES TO GET INCOME AND OR.

YOU KNOW, MONIES FROM FROM PEOPLE ON THE STREETS DUE TO, YOU KNOW, EITHER ALCOHOLISM OR DRUG ADDICTIONS. SO IF WE HAVE TO MAKE THOSE ARRESTS FOR INDIVIDUALS LIKE THAT, NOT JUST BECAUSE THEY'RE HOMELESS, THEN THAT'S WHAT WE WOULD DO.

OK, SO CAN YOU TELL ME ABOUT WHAT THE APPROACH WILL BE SO SOMEONE'S PANHANDLING, YOU APPROACH THEM, ARE YOU GOING TO ARREST THEM THE FIRST TIME? SECOND TIME, THIRD TIME? WHAT'S GOING TO BE THE APPROACH? JEFF CIRMINIELLO, CAPTAIN BESSO, MAYOR COMMISSIONER.

FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO SAY IS THIS THIS ORDINANCE IS GOING TO GIVE US SOME TEETH.

IT'S A LAST RESORT FOR US TO ARREST SOMEBODY.

AND AS YOU KNOW HOW WE HANDLE OUR BUSINESS HERE IN TAMARAC, WE'RE VERY COMPASSIONATE, WE'RE VERY PROFESSIONAL. BUT THE END OF THE DAY, THERE ARE PEOPLE HERE IN THE CITY THAT ARE CAUSING DISTURBANCES FOR THE REST OF THE PEOPLE.

AND RIGHT NOW THEY REALIZE THAT WE HAVE NOTHING THAT WE CAN ENFORCE.

WE NEED A TOOL.

AND ALL THIS IS PROVIDING US WITH A TOOL.

YES, IT'S A LAST RESORT TOOL BECAUSE OUR FIRST RESORT IS WHAT WE DO DAILY.

AND WE REACH OUT WITH THIS GROUP, DOWNTOWN'S GROUP, AND WE REACH OUT TO AS MANY RESOURCES AS WE CAN BECAUSE THE ULTIMATE GOAL IS GETTING PEOPLE THE RESOURCES THEY NEED, BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A GREAT COMMUNITY.

UNFORTUNATELY, WE HAVE 13 DOCUMENTED HOMELESS PEOPLE THAT ARE CONSISTENTLY IN THIS CITY THAT DO NOT WANT TO LISTEN TO THE RULES, THAT DO NOT RESPECT THE OTHER PEOPLE IN OUR CITIES. AND IT'S STARTING TO GROW UNLESS WE HAVE A TOOL IN OUR TOOL BELT TO REMEDY THIS IN A CERTAIN WAY. AND I'M NOT GOING TO SAY THIS IS THE PERFECT TOOL.

IT SURELY ISN'T, BECAUSE MENTAL ILLNESS, DRUG ADDICTION AND ALL SORTS OF ADDICTIONS ARE OUR MAIN COMPONENT OF THIS.

BUT RIGHT NOW THEY KNOW THAT WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING.

SO OUR BUSINESS, OUR BUSINESS, WHOLE STRIP OVER THERE, OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND OUR

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RESIDENTS THAT ARE DRIVING, THEY'RE TERRIFIED.

SOMETIMES WE HAVE A BIG ELDERLY POPULATION.

AND I TELL YOU TRUTH THAT BREAKS MY HEART WHEN THEY'RE TERRIFIED OF PEOPLE BANGING ON THEIR WINDOWS AND WE CAN SAY, SORRY, OUR HANDS ARE HANDCUFFS RIGHT NOW.

WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT.

THESE THUKRAL ROGERING DON'T LAST TOO LONG.

RIGHT NOW, WE NEED A LAST RESORT AND LET THEM KNOW THAT YOU CAN'T DO THIS.

YOU CAN'T PILE UP YOUR GARBAGE.

WE CAN'T BE USING CITY RESOURCES ALL DAY LONG AND CLEANING UP DIRTY MATTRESSES AND BEER CANS. AND WE HAVE NUMEROUS DRUG CHARGES.

WE HAVE AN ADDICTION PROBLEM.

BUT THE EXPECTATIONS OF BSL, THEY HAVE TO BE.

I HAVE TO WAIT TO SEE WHAT THE EXPECTATIONS ARE FROM YOU TO US, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE DON'T HAVE MUCH. SO IS IT SO SO ARE YOU LOOKING TO HAVE THIS PAST SO YOU CAN USE IT AS A TOOL IN TERMS OF THREATENING THE KIND OF ANYONE TO SAY IF YOU CONTINUE TO DO THIS, THEN I'M GOING TO HAVE TO ARREST YOU.

AND SO HAVING THAT TOOL TO SAY I NOW CAN ARREST YOU IF YOU CONTINUE TO DO THIS, DO YOU BELIEVE THAT SOME OF THOSE FOLKS WILL GO AWAY WITH THE THREAT OF BEING ARRESTED ONCE THIS IS PASSED? WELL, THE WORD THREATENING WE DON'T USE AT ALL WARNING, BUT EDUCATING THEM, THE FACT THAT THERE'S A CONSEQUENCE TO THEIR ACTIONS IF THEY CONTINUE IT, I'LL GO WITH THAT, BECAUSE THAT'S SURELY GOING TO BE IT.

RIGHT? YOU KNOW, THERE'S ONE GUY WE KEEP TALKING CONTINUOUSLY.

HE KNOWS HIS UNIVERSITY AND COMMERCIAL.

WE ALL KNOW IT IN AND OUT OF TRAFFIC.

AND HE JUST KIND OF LAUGHS AT US.

SO MY MY TEAM'S OUT THERE EVERY DAY AND THEY THEY KNOW NOTHING'S GOING TO HAPPEN.

SO IF WE'RE WE'RE KIND OF DEDICATED TO CLEANING UP THIS LITTLE AREA, I NEED IT ALL.

I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE LOOKING AT THE HOMELESS TASK FORCE AND WE CAN GET SOME PROPER RESOURCES IN THERE TO MAYBE GET SOME IDEAS TOGETHER TO SEE WHAT THE LONG TERM GOAL IS.

BUT RIGHT NOW, ALL RESIDENTS ARE ASKING US SPECIFICALLY, PLEASE HELP US.

AND RIGHT NOW MY ANSWER IS WE HAVE TO WAIT.

SO IF YOU ARREST ANYONE IN TAMARAC, DOES THAT IMPACT OUR BUDGET IN ANY WAY? IT WHEN IT COMES TO A CITY ORDINANCE, IT DOES BECAUSE EVERY TIME WE USE A CITY ORDINANCE, THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR IT.

AND PLEASE CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG HANDLING THE PROSECUTION OF THAT.

RIGHT. AGAIN, UNLESS WE ENTER INTO AN INFORMAL AGREEMENT WITH THE STATE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND THE PUBLIC DEFENDER'S OFFICE, YES, WE WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE AND WE DO HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO THAT UNDER STATE LAW THERE.

AS THE CITY ATTORNEY, WE CAN ALSO BE THE CITY PROSECUTOR.

THERE WOULD BE AN ASSOCIATED COSTS.

I WOULD MAKE AN EDUCATED GUESS COMMISSIONER THAT BASED UPON THE COST THAT THE THAT THE STATE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IS WILLING TO HANDLE THESE CASES FOR WOULD BE MY YOU KNOW, WE'LL VERIFY. BUT MY EXPERIENCE IS MY RECOMMENDATION IS THAT WE GO WITH THAT ALTERNATIVE BECAUSE THEY'RE BETTER EQUIPPED AND THEY CAN PROBABLY DO IT MORE COST EFFECTIVE.

DO WE HAVE ANY KIND OF ESTIMATE ON THE POTENTIAL COST? AS I SAID, THE LAST TIME I SAW, I THOUGHT MY RECOLLECTION AND I'LL VERIFY WAS THAT IT WAS ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS PER CASE THAT THAT FOR THE STATE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO PROSECUTE ANY MUNICIPAL ORDINANCE VIOLATION IN ANY JURISDICTION IN BROWARD COUNTY.

OK, SO I'M CONFLICTED ON THIS AS WELL, AND I'VE BEEN DISCUSSING IT WITH A FEW RESIDENTS, BUT ONE IN PARTICULAR, BUT WE HAVE TO CONSIDER THE COST FACTOR NOT JUST TO RESIDENTS IN TAMARAC, BUT THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.

SO I SENT AN ARTICLE TO THE CITY CLERK, WHICH I'LL ASK HER AND THE CITY ATTORNEY TO SEND TO THE COMMISSION.

I'M GOING TO READ A FEW PORTIONS OF IT NOW.

AND IT'S DATED NOVEMBER 17.

TWENTY SEVENTEEN MILLION SPENT IN SOUTH FLORIDA TO JAIL.

SMALL TIME OFFENDERS, TAX PAYERS IN SOUTH FLORIDA SPENDING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS EVERY YEAR TO JAIL. PEOPLE ACCUSED OF CRIMES AS PETTY AS PANHANDLING AND PUBLIC DRINKING.

A HOMELESS MAN ARRESTED FOR SLEEPING ON FORT LAUDERDALE PUBLIC BEACH SPENT 42 DAYS IN JAIL AND THE BROWARD COUNTY JAIL AT A COST OF ABOUT FIVE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND EIGHTY DOLLARS TO THE COUNTY BECAUSE HE COULD NOT AFFORD A TWENTY FIVE DOLLAR BOND.

COURT RECORDS SHOW HE ENDED UP BEING CHARGED A FIFTY DOLLAR COURT FINE.

SO THINK ABOUT THAT.

WE SPENT EIGHTY FIVE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED EIGHT DOLLARS TO COLLECT A FIFTY DOLLAR FINE.

ANOTHER MAN SPENT 65 DAYS IN JAIL AFTER BEING ARRESTED ONCE FOR PANHANDLING IN FORT LAUDERDALE AND ANOTHER TIME FOR DRINKING BEER ON THE CITY BEACH.

BOTH CHARGES CARRY TWENTY FIVE DOLLAR BONDS, BUT IT COST THE COUNTY SOME NINE THOUSAND DOLLARS TO HOUSE THEM. THE STORIES ARE NOT UNUSUAL, BUT OUR JAILS HELD THREE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED NINETY SIX INMATES ON THURSDAY, INCLUDING 40 ON BONDS OF FIVE DOLLARS OR LESS.

CONSIDER THAT EACH PERSON IN JAIL COSTS FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS OR MORE OVER THE COURSE OF A YEAR, ROUGHLY ONE HUNDRED THIRTY FIVE DOLLARS TO 140 PER DAY IN BROWARD AND PALM BEACH

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COUNTIES. AND WHAT THE CHIEF JUDGE, JACK TOOTER, SAID, THIS IS BACK IN TWENTY SEVENTEEN.

HE'S STILL THE CHIEF JUDGE. NOW, WE JUST CAN'T CONTINUE IN THIS COUNTY TO TAKE EVERYBODY TO THE COUNTY JAIL. SO HOW MUCH, CAPTAIN, ARE WE PAYING BESSO ANNUALLY? IS IT EIGHT MILLION? LITTLE UNDER EIGHT MILLION.

OK, AND ANBESOL GETS ITS BUDGET FROM THE COUNTY.

SO IF WE CONTINUE TO ARREST THESE PEOPLE AT A COST OF ONE HUNDRED THIRTY FIVE DOLLARS A DAY AND COLLECT FIFTY DOLLARS, THAT'S NOT A GOOD RETURN.

SO THEN THEN WE ALL HAVE TO PAY MORE TAXES TO RAISE MORE TAX REVENUE TO CONTINUE TO HOUSE PEOPLE. AND SO WE WE DO NEED TO COME UP WITH A BROADER PLAN.

AND IT'S NOT JUST THE CITY OF TAMARAC.

IT'S ALL OF US IN BROWARD COUNTY NEED TO COME UP WITH A BROADER PLAN TO HOUSE THE HOMELESS, PROVIDE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, PROVIDE SOCIAL SERVICES.

A LOT OF THESE SOME OF THESE HOMELESS PEOPLE, EVEN VETERANS, SOME ALSO CONFLICTED ON THIS, BECAUSE I DO HEAR FROM RESIDENTS FROM TIME TO TIME.

BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I ALSO SEE PEOPLE IN THE STREET WHO DO FEEL BAD, AND THEY DO GIVE MONEY. THEY DO GIVE FOOD BECAUSE THEY UNDERSTAND THAT PEOPLE NEED ASSISTANCE AND THEY'RE ON THE STREET BECAUSE AS A SOCIETY, WE HAVEN'T PROVIDED AN AVENUE FOR THEM TO GET THE ASSISTANCE THAT THEY NEED. SO I'M ALSO CONFLICTED ABOUT YESTERDAY AND MAY MAY NOT VOTE YES THE NEXT TIME. BUT WHAT I'D LIKE TO KNOW ALSO IS.

WHEN YOU SOW SO WE DON'T HAVE ANY DATA ON OAKLAND PARK, BUT DO WE PLAN ON DOING ANY KIND OF DATA COLLECTION? SO MAYBE LIKE LET'S SAY THIS PASSES, LET'S SAY THIS WAS A LAW TODAY, A YEAR FROM NOW, WE CAN SAY WE ARRESTED 50 PEOPLE.

AND OF THOSE 50 PEOPLE, WE ONLY SAW TWO PEOPLE AGAIN OR FIVE PEOPLE AGAIN, OR THESE PEOPLE NEVER CAME BACK. WHAT KIND OF TRACKING MECHANISM ARE WE GOING TO HAVE IN PLACE TO TO SEE IF THESE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE REPEAT OFFENDERS? WE TRACK ALL OF OUR ARRESTS, AND THIS IS NOT INTENDED TO BE A HIGH VOLUME ORDINANCE AT ALL. OK, IF YOU CONTINUE DOING WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW, YOU'RE GOING TO GET WHAT YOU ALWAYS GOT. WE HAVE NOTHING IN HAND.

SO YOU LOOK AT OTHER CITIES THAT HAVE TAKEN AWAY THESE ORDINANCES.

YOU LOOK AT SAN FRANCISCO, WE LOOK AT PARTS OF SEATTLE.

AND IF THAT'S THE DIRECTION, THAT'S WHAT WE'LL GET.

YOU HAVE TO SEE WHAT WHAT DO YOU WANT US TO DO.

AND THIS IS YOUR CHOICE, NOT OURS.

ONE FOR US. WHAT YOU WANT DO WE TRACK? OF COURSE WE TRACK EVERYTHING WE DO.

I DON'T KNOW HOW EFFECTIVE IT'S GOING TO BE, WE CAN'T REALLY COMPARE OUR CITY TO OTHER CITIES, OAKLAND PARK HOMELESS IS IS WAY LARGER PROBLEM THAN WE HAVE FOR LIBERALS IS WAY LARGER THAN OURS. SO TO FIND ONE THAT HAS THE SAME UNIQUE LAYOUT AND POPULATION OF HOMELESS IS KIND OF UNIQUE.

SO I CAN'T.

JUDGE IT AGAINST ANOTHER CITY AND WE DON'T KNOW HOW THEY'RE POLICING IN THIS CITY.

I KNOW HOW WE DO IT HERE. I'M JUST TRYING TO THINK ABOUT HOW WE MEASURE SUCCESS.

LIKE HOW DO WE FIGURE OUT A YEAR FROM NOW, TWO YEARS FROM NOW, THAT THIS WAS A GOOD POLICY AND THIS WORKED.

SO WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE MEASURE SUCCESS.

SO, LIKE, YOU KNOW, YOU NEED TO HAVE X NUMBER OF POLICE IN THE CITY OF TAMARAC TO MAKE IT A SAFE CITY. THE FIRE CHIEF KNOWS HE NEEDS A CERTAIN NUMBER OF FIREFIGHTERS TO RESPOND TO CALLS. YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO HAVE SOME KIND OF MEASURE OF SUCCESS.

SO I DON'T EXPECT YOU HAVE TO ANSWER TODAY.

BUT THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT I'M THINKING ABOUT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

VICE MAYOR, SO I SHARE THE SENTIMENTS OF EVERYONE HERE EXCEPT YOU, MAYOR, THAT HAVEN'T SPOKEN, BUT CAPTAIN HIT IT RIGHT ON THE HEAD OF THE NAIL WHEN WHEN HE SPOKE ON, IT'S ABOUT THE RESIDENTS. COMMISSIONER GELIN BROUGHT IT UP.

WE HAVE HEARD. I'M PRETTY SURE ALL OF US HAVE HEARD THIS OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND AGAIN, IT'S NOT ABOUT THE HOMELESSNESS.

YOU BSR HAS MADE IT VERY CLEAR.

THE CAPTAIN, THE LIEUTENANT HAS MADE IT VERY CLEAR THIS IS ABOUT THE PANHANDLING SITUATION, PEOPLE WALKING TO THE STREET THROUGH THE CARS.

AND I'M PRETTY SURE WE'VE ALL HAD OUR SHARE ON THAT.

SO, I MEAN, I'M I'M GOOD WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S RECOMMENDATION AS TO COMMISSIONER PLACKO IS THAT IT NEEDS TO BE CHANGED FROM CERTAIN STREETS TO ALL CITY STREETS.

I, TOO, HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THE ARREST.

PERHAPS A WARNING FOR THE FIRST TIME, IF THEY DON'T GET IT BY THE FIRST WARNING, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO GET HIT BY THE SECOND WARNING.

SO MAYBE, PERHAPS A WARNING SYSTEM AS A ONE TIME COURTESY, BUT CONTINUAL WARNINGS IS NOT REALLY GOING TO HELP ANYONE.

AND IT'S DEFINITELY THERE ALREADY.

THEY'RE PRETTY SET ON THEIR WHAT THEY WANT TO DO.

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SO PERHAPS MAYBE CHANGING THE ORDINANCE TO HAVE A WARNING SYSTEM AND THEN A FINAL ARREST AND THEN WE CAN, OF COURSE, ADD ON TO COMMISSIONER, GELIN SAID, TRACKING IT AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT ONCE SAID.

THANK YOU, CAPTAIN.

DO YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING OR ARE YOU.

WITH THE WARNING, A WARNING SYSTEM THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING HAD TO BE DIFFICULT TO TRACK, WE'VE BEEN WARNING FOR ABOUT THREE YEARS NOW BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE A STATE STATUTE.

AND I HAVE TO BE HONEST, NO ONE WILL GET ARRESTED.

THE FIRST TIME WE LOOK FOR COMPLIANCE, THE FIRST THING WE WANT TO DO IS COMPLIANCE.

THE SAME PEOPLE YOU SEE, WE HAVE BEEN SEEING DEGLI FOR YEARS NOW.

NONE OF MY DEPUTIES SPECIAL ON MISDEMEANORS.

WE GO THROUGH A WHOLE PROGRAM THE LAST YEAR.

I'M TELLING YOU, IT'S THE LAST RESORT FOR US TO TAKE SOMEBODY TO JAIL, ESPECIALLY A PENHALE, SOMETHING VERY MINOR.

SO YOU CAN SEE WHAT'S GOING ON WITH OUR MARIJUANA LEGISLATION, ALL THESE OTHER THINGS.

THESE ARE LAST RESORTS.

WE GIVE TICKETS, WE GIVE EVERYTHING.

UNFORTUNATELY, IF YOU DON'T HAVE ID, IT'S DIFFICULT TO GIVE YOU A TICKET.

WE CAN'T GIVE YOU A TICKET. BUT ANY TIME WE DEAL WITH PANHANDLERS, IT WOULD BE A WARNING AT FIRST. SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU COULD FORMALIZE THAT.

YEAH, WITH THAT. I JUST GO AHEAD AND REMOVE THAT PART OF MY STATEMENT.

I THINK I'M GOING TO GO BACK TO MY ORIGINAL STATEMENT WAS OUR RESIDENTS, AND THERE'S NOTHING ELSE ARE OUR PRIORITY IS OUR RESIDENTS.

SO AS A CITY AS A WHOLE.

THANK YOU. BEFORE WE GO TO STICK AROUND AND I'LL HOLD MY COMMENTS UNTIL EVERYBODY DOES THEIRS AND IF I NEED SEVEN, I'LL TAKE SEVEN AT THE TIME.

SO BUT COMMISSIONER BOLTON HAD REQUESTED TO GO FIRST.

SO I DO SEE THE COMMISSIONER PLACKO HAS A SLIGHTLY, BUT I'M GOING TO ASK COMMISSIONER BOLTON. SO PRISCILLA COMMISSIONER PLACKO CAN GO FIRST.

I MEAN, SHE SHE GENERALLY TAKES MY QUESTIONS ANYWAY SO SHE COULD GO FOR LETTING HER DO THE HEAVY LIFTING AHEAD.

COMMISSIONER PLACKO. I'M A GENTLEMAN.

THANK YOU. BASED ON THE WAY I'VE SEEN THE WAY DETECTIVE MERRION, WHO'S HANDLING THE HOMELESS SITUATION, SHE HAS ALWAYS HANDLED IT WITH CARING AND WITH RESPECT.

SO I'M GOING TO ASSUME THAT YOU ALL WILL DEAL THE SAME WAY WITH THE PANHANDLERS AND I'M GOING TO TRUST YOU TO USE YOUR JUDGMENT AND YOUR DISCRETION.

BUT AS THE VICE MAYOR SAID, ALL RESIDENTS ARE BEING TERRORIZED BY THIS NOW.

AND AND I'VE NEVER HEARD THIS BEFORE THAT PEOPLE ARE IN LINE AT ONE OF THE RESTAURANTS DRIVES THROUGH AND THEY ARE LITERALLY BANGING ON THEIR WINDOWS.

SO THIS IS SOMETHING NEW THAT THAT I'VE HEARD ABOUT.

SO WE NEED TO WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THAT.

BUT I WILL TRUST YOUR DISCRETION IN THIS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

COMMISSIONER BOLTON. THANK YOU.

IS THERE ANY WAY THAT WE COULD MAYBE, LIKE, SUNSET THIS ORDINANCE? MAYBE LIKE 365 DAYS, JUST BECAUSE WE WANT TO SEE IF IT WORKS OR NOT.

CITY ATTORNEY, YOU CAN ALWAYS PROVIDE FOR A SUNSET PROVISION IN IN THE AUDIENCE OR ALTERNATIVELY, YOU JUST ASK THAT STAFF PLACE THIS ITEM ON AN AGENDA A YEAR FROM NOW WITH AN UPDATE AND WE WOULD REPORT BACK TO THE COMMISSION, ALONG WITH WITH SHERIFF'S PERSONNEL ON HOW THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ORDINANCE HAS BEEN GOING FOR THE LAST YEAR.

AND, YOU KNOW, IF BASED UPON THAT INFORMATION, YOU ELECT TO DIRECT STAFF TO EITHER AMEND OR RESCIND THE ORDINANCE, THEN AT THAT TIME WE COULD TAKE THAT ACTION.

YES, I MEAN, THE SUNSET PROVISION WOULD PROBABLY WORK BETTER.

I MEAN, THINGS CHANGE COMMISSIONERS.

VACATE OFFICES, RUN FOR OTHER SEATS, SO YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, A SUNSET PROVISION IS IN THERE SO THAT FUTURE COMMISSION OR THIS COMMISSION COULD LOOK AT THE ISSUE IN DETAIL SOME TIME DOWN THE LINE.

I MEAN, SO SO SO THAT WOULD BE A REQUEST TO TRY THIS, NOT FOR THREE AND SIX TO FIVE DAYS.

I MEAN, WITH WITH A HEAVY HEART, I THINK I'M GOING TO VOTE YES ON THIS JUST BECAUSE IT HAS A SECOND READING AND IT WILL GIVE ME AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO THE CAPTAIN AND A DEPUTY, MARION AND. FOR GUNN, LIEUTENANT COOPER, LIEUTENANT COOPER, COOPER.

YES, I WILL REMEMBER THAT LIEUTENANT COOPER, I WAS COMING FROM A FROM A BUSINESS PLACE

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AND THE SMELL OF JUST IT WASN'T A PRETTY SMELL.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS CLEANED UP.

AND ALSO AND WHEN THIS IS PASSED, IF IT'S PASSED, IF THE CITY CLERK COULD TRANSMIT IT TO THE CITY OF NATO AND THE CITY OF LAUDERHILL AS WELL, SO THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE DEALING WITH THE ISSUE AND TAMARAC, THEY DON'T LEAVE MACNAB AND UNIVERSITY AND GO UP TO MACNAB AND LADY FIRST BECAUSE IT'S THE DIVIDING LINE IS IS SO THIN THAT, YOU KNOW YOU KNOW, TUBBY'S IS TAMARAC, BUT UPSTAIRS IS NORTH LAUDERDALE, SO TO SPEAK.

SO I'D APPRECIATE THAT.

I DO APPRECIATE YOU, DEPUTY MARIJAN.

YOU KNOW, YOU YOU'RE DOING A VERY GOOD JOB AND IT IS TO BE COMMENDED.

SO THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR THAT.

AND THAT IS A REASON WHY WE HAVE A MAYOR.

THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU.

AND WE WILL NOW GO TO COMMISSIONER, GELIN.

QUESTIONS FOR THE PLANNING DIRECTOR, WHERE ARE WE ON THE HOMELESS TASK FORCE? MAYBE WE BROUGHT IT UP A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO, HOW WE GOT ANYWHERE IN TERMS OF DISCUSSION. AS COMMISSIONER, WE PROVIDED THE COMMISSION WITH AN UPDATE MEMO, I THINK IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN A MONTH AGO IN TERMS OF OUR EFFORTS WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF PUTTING TOGETHER THE TASK FORCE, MADE A RECOMMENDATION IN THAT MEMO THAT THE TASK FORCE SHOULD BE COMPRISED OF A REPRESENTATIVE FROM COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, FROM THE ASSAULT ON PARKS AND RECREATION FOR SOCIAL SERVICE.

AND WE WILL BE COMING BACK TO THE COMMISSION AFTER YOUR RECESS TO ASK FOR CONSIDERATION, FOR APPOINTMENT FOR SOMEONE FROM THE FAITH COMMUNITY, FROM SOCIAL SERVICES, AS WELL AS I THINK THERE IS ONE OTHER AREA THAT WILL BE COMING BACK AND ASKING FOR YOUR RECOMMENDATION ON APPOINTMENTS, AND THEN WE'LL BE ABLE TO BEGIN OUR FIRST MEETING.

WE'RE ALSO PROPOSING THAT WE MEET ON A QUARTERLY BASIS AND THAT INFORMATION WAS ALSO PROVIDED IN THE MEMORANDUM.

HAVE WE ENGAGED WITH OUR LOBBYISTS WHO WAS VERY ACTIVE IN ESTABLISHING THE HOMELESS TASK FORCE AND THE BUILDING IN MIAMI? NO, WE DID NOT, WE WORKED PRIMARILY WITH BROWARD COUNTY, THEY CURRENTLY HAVE AN AGENCY THAT PROVIDE MOST OF THE SERVICES AND AS INDICATED BEFORE, THIS IS SUCH A MAMMOTH OF AN ISSUE THAT IT WOULD REQUIRE SIGNIFICANT COLLABORATION WITH THE COUNTY AND THEIR RESOURCES, BECAUSE, AS STATED BEFORE, IT'S NOT JUST A LIST OF MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES AS WELL NEEDS TO BE DEALT WITH.

SO WE'RE PROPOSING THAT WE COLLABORATE SIGNIFICANTLY IN OUR EFFORTS.

YEAH, THANK YOU. THE PROBLEM IS NOT GOING TO BE SOLVED WITH THE GOVERNMENT, AND IF WE HAVE A DISCUSSION WITH OUR LOBBYISTS, I THINK HE CAN SHARE THAT.

IT TOOK PRIVATE DOLLARS TO ESTABLISH THE HOMELESS CENTER IN MIAMI AND A BIG SPONSOR FORGOT THE NAME OF THE COMPANY, BUT THEIR NAME IS ON THE SHELTER BECAUSE THE GOVERNMENT WON'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT EXCEPT SHIFTED TO THE POLICE.

AND THE POLICE HAVE BEEN COMPLAINING AND SAYING THIS IS NOT OUR JOB TO DEAL WITH THE HOMELESS AND THE MENTALLY ILL AND SOCIAL SERVICES.

THEIR JOB IS TO FIGHT CRIME.

BUT, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, AND PANHANDLING IS A MINOR CRIME THAT'S COSTING A LOT MORE MONEY.

AND SO THAT'S THE CONFLICT.

BUT THAT'S THAT WAS MY QUESTION.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MARIA.

LT WAS LIKE, I'M PRETTY SURE WE'RE GOING TO CLARIFY THE MOTION WHEN I GET THERE.

DO WE NEED CONSENSUS VERSUS SUNSET VERSUS AN AMENDED.

WE'LL GET ALL THAT.

WE'LL GET THERE. THAT WAS ALL.

THANK YOU. OK, SO MY COMMENTS, I HOPE TO NOT TAKE SEVEN MINUTES, BUT.

I THINK THIS AUDIENCE HAS BEEN ASKED FOR NOT ONLY BY OUR RESIDENTS COMPLAINING, OUR BUSINESSES THAT HAVE BEEN COMPLAINING AND ACTUALLY EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US WHO HAVE BEEN COMPLAINING AS WELL, WHETHER WE WANT ADMIT IT OR NOT, THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS THIS IS A PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE AND WE NEED TO HELP OUR BUSINESSES HAVE THE TOOLS IN THEIR TOOLBOX FOR OUR PUBLIC SAFETY.

OUR OFFICERS HAVE CLEARLY STATED THAT THEY'VE OFFERED SERVICES TO PEOPLE WHO DO NOT WANT IT. SO TO SIT HERE AND HAVE A SAY THAT WE'RE HURTING PEOPLE INSTEAD OF OFFERING THEM SERVICES, THAT'S NOT THE CASE.

IT IS CLEAR THAT WE ARE OFFERING SERVICES THAT ARE NOT BEING TAKEN.

IT IS ALSO EXTREMELY CLEAR THAT WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING INTO OUR CITY FROM ELSEWHERE BECAUSE THEY KNOW THAT THEY CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF OUR CITY AND BE ABLE TO PANHANDLE BECAUSE THERE'S NO CONSEQUENCES FOR THEIR ACTIONS.

AND THESE ARE NOT PEOPLE THAT WE'RE SAYING ARE.

THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE DOING WHAT THEY'RE DOING BECAUSE THEY KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING.

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THEY HAVE JOBS AND THEY ARE CHOOSING TO DO THIS.

I HAVE ONE PERSON WHO I'VE SEEN AND FIND ISLAND AND 595, I'VE SHARED THIS WITH YOU BEFORE, POWERLINE AND COMMERCIAL.

AND HE GETS OFF THE BUS AND HE COMES INTO COMMERCIAL AND UNIVERSITY AND HE GOES INTO A STORE, HE BUYS A DRINK, HE GOES TO THE BATHROOM, HE CLEANS HIMSELF UP AND HE GOES BACK ON THE STREET. THE NEWEST ONE IS SOMEBODY IS NOW DRAGGING.

I WANT TO JUST GET OUT OF THE CAR AND JUST TAKE THE DOG HOME WITH ME DRAGGING A DOG TO MAKE PEOPLE FEEL BETTER OR FEEL MORE SYMPATHETIC TO PUTTING THEIR HANDS OUT THE WINDOW AND HELPING. NOW, THE TEENAGE KIDS THAT ARE ON THE CORNERS, ARE THEY HOMELESS OR ARE THEY THE ONES BEING DROPPED OFF WITH THE EMINEM PACKAGES TRYING TO MAKE YOU THINK THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE GIVING THE MONEY TO THEIR FOOTBALL TEAM OR THEIR BASKETBALL TEAM WHEN THE REALITY IS WE'RE TRAINING OUR CHILDREN TO PANHANDLE, WHICH IS ILLEGAL.

ALSO, THE PEOPLE WHO ARE COMING UP TO OUR WINDOWS AND KNOCKING ON IT.

SO WE I THINK WE NEED TO FOCUS A LITTLE BIT MORE ON THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN OUR CITY, THE RESIDENTS OR THE PEOPLE WHO VISIT OUR CITY, WHO ARE DRIVING THROUGH OUR CITY AND OUR COMMERCIAL PLAZAS. WE WANT TO CLEAN UP OUR COMMERCIAL PLAZAS.

AND WHAT ARE WE GOING TO SAY TO THEM? WE'RE NOT GOING TO GIVE OUR BUSINESS THE TOOLS TO DO SO TO HELP YOU OUT.

I REALLY THINK THAT WE HAVE TO TRY SOMETHING, BECAUSE IF WE CONTINUE ALONG THE PATH WE'RE DOING, WE ARE GOING TO, AS IT HAS BEEN SAID, ONLY GET WORSE BECAUSE IT'S NOT GOING TO GET BETTER. THE COST THE COST IS IN SOME RESPECTS FINANCIAL IF WE DO THIS, BUT WE HAVE TO, IN MY OPINION, HAVE TO TRY IT, BECAUSE WHAT IS THE COST OF ALL THOSE BUSINESSES WHO WON'T COME TO OUR PLAZAS BECAUSE THEY SEE THAT PEOPLE PANHANDLING AS THEY TRY TO LEAVE THE PLAZAS OR IN THE PARKING LOTS OF THESE PLAZAS OR ON A COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD AND.

THE MAJOR CORRIDORS, BUT THEY'RE ALSO GOING TO THE SMALLER CORRIDORS, WE HAVE BUSINESS OWNERS WHO ARE COMPLAINING BECAUSE SOME OF THESE PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT GETTING THEIR WAY ARE BANGING ON THEIR DOORS, SCARING OFF PATRONS OR DEFECATING WRITES OUTSIDE THEIR DOOR BECAUSE THEY'RE UPSET THAT THEY WANT WHAT THEY WANT.

THERE'S A BALANCING ACT THAT WE HAVE TO DO.

BUT RIGHT NOW, I THINK WE NEED TO DO A LITTLE BIT OF A SHIFT IN OUR FOCUS AND WORRY ABOUT OUR RESIDENTS, OUR BUSINESSES AND THE POPULATION.

AND AS LONG AS WE'RE STILL OFFERING THE ASSISTANCE, WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO HELP THOSE PEOPLE WHO DO NEED HELP AND WHO WANT IT IS GREAT.

BUT FOR THOSE WHO DON'T.

WHY IS IT THE BURDEN ON THE REST OF EVERYBODY HERE TO BE AFRAID OF DRIVING THEIR CARS AT ANY TIME OF DAY AND GETTING PEOPLE KNOCKING THEM? AT LEAST WE'RE NOT LIKE NEW YORK YET WHERE PEOPLE WOULD SAY THIS IS MAYBE THE 80S AND MAYBE THEY'RE NOT DOING IT ANYMORE, POURING JUNK ON THE CAR WINDOW AND THEN SAYING, I'LL SQUEEGEE IT OFF. THERE'S SOME NEW YORKERS IN THE AUDIENCE WHO OBVIOUSLY KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. AND THEN THEY WILL ONLY SQUEEGEE IT OFF IF YOU GIVE THEM THAT DOLLAR OR FIVE DOLLARS OR WHATEVER.

THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY GET RID OF WHATEVER LOVELINESS THEY'VE JUST PUT ON YOUR WINDOW. DO WE WANT THAT TO START HAPPENING HERE? AND THEN WE DEFINITELY DON'T GIVE OUR OFFICERS ANY ABILITY TO PROTECT US.

IT'S A PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY ISSUE THAT WE ARE DEALING WITH HERE, AND THERE ARE OTHER OPTIONS AND TOOLS TO HELP WITH THE MENTAL ILLNESS, PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY OF THE INDIVIDUAL. AND THIS IS A TOOL TO HELP EVERYBODY ELSE WITH.

THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY, SO I THINK THAT IT NEEDS TO STAY.

I PERSONALLY DO NOT THINK IT IS A GOOD IDEA TO PUT A SUNSET ON THIS.

I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH IN A YEAR, WE CAN HAVE IT MARKED IN OUR WONDERFUL ORGANIZATIONAL CHART. LET'S REVISIT IT, SEE HOW SUCCESSFUL WE BE.

BUT ALSO, I THINK WE'LL KNOW HOW SUCCESSFUL IT IS WHEN WE HAVE LESS RESIDENTS SENDING US PHOTOS OF PEOPLE PANHANDLING OR CALLING US SAYING HOW AFRAID THEY ARE.

AND OUR OFFICERS ARE ALSO TELLING US AS WELL THAT THEY HAVE LESS OF THAT TO DEAL WITH.

I HAVE SPOKEN WITH THE MAYORS OF NORTH LAUDERDALE, CORAL SPRINGS AND LAUDERHILL, AND I AGREE AGAIN, DON'T GET SHOCKED WITH COMMISSIONER BOLTON THAT WE SHOULD MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE THIS AND BE HAPPY TO TALK WITH THEM AGAIN ONCE THIS IS IN EFFECT.

AND THEN AS A REGION, WE CAN BE STRONGER ABOUT IT AND IT'LL BE HELPFUL FOR ALL OF OUR BESSO AND OUR OFFICERS.

SO I WOULD SAY DON'T PUT A SUNSET PROVISION.

LET US JUST REVIEW IT LIKE WE DO MOST OF THE THINGS IN OUR CITY.

AND I WILL BE SUPPORTING THIS WHOLEHEARTEDLY IF YOU CANNOT TELL.

SO AT THIS POINT, NO OTHER COMMENTS WE'RE GOING TO CALL OR.

MADAM MAYOR. BUT I DID INFLUENCE A MOTION TO ADD THE SUNSET PROVISION AND THE COMMISSIONER COMMISSIONER PLACKO DID INFLUENCE A CHANGE IN THE TITLE TO TALK ABOUT ALL STREETS. WE CANNOT CALL THE QUESTION YET, RESPECTFULLY.

SO IN CONTEXT OF THE MOTION, I AM NOT SURE THAT I CAN SUPPORT THE THE ORDINANCE WITHOUT

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THIS SUNSET PROVISION, BECAUSE AS AS YOU SAID, MADAM MAYOR THERE, THERE ARE CHILDREN WHO ACTUALLY PANHANDLE AS WELL ASKING FOR MONEY FOR THEIR SCHOOL.

I CANNOT IMAGINE SOMEBODY THAT HAS A BRIGHT FUTURE LOOKING FOR MONEY FOR GIRL SCOUT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT GET ARRESTED.

AND I WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO SLEEP WITH WITH THAT.

SO IT'S THE I WOULD LOVE IF THE SUNSET PROVISION IS THERE.

SO IF IT'S GETTING OUT OF HAND, AT LEAST WE HAVE A HARD STOP ON IT TO TO ADDRESS IT.

THE SUNSET IS A HARD STOP.

WE MUST ADDRESS IT IN ONE YEAR.

ORGANIZATIONAL CHART IS NOT A HARD STOP.

IT'S JUST UP TO SOMEBODY TO BRING IT FORWARD.

SO I'D APPRECIATE THE SUNSET PROVISION.

SO I'M GOING TO MAKE A COMMENT TO YOUR COMMENT.

THE SUNSET PROVISION ALSO REQUIRES THAT IF WE DO A SUNSET, YOU STILL HAVE TO HAVE THE MEETINGS BEFOREHAND AND THE DISCUSSION IN IT IS NOT NECESSARILY THE MOST EFFECTIVE USE OF TIME. AND IN CASE YOU WANT TO CONTINUE TO GO FORWARD, SO WE HAVE PLENTY OF ORDINANCES ON THE BOOKS THAT WE WOULD REVIEW, SO.

I HEAR YOUR COMMENT AND JUST I SAY THAT THE SUNSET PROVISION IS ACTUALLY A MORE COSTLY PROVISION TO THE CITY VERSUS JUST BEING ABLE TO REVIEW IT BECAUSE WE GO THROUGH ALL THIS AND THEN IT CAN START UP AGAIN.

BUT YOU'VE SAID YOUR PIECE.

I SAID MINE. AND SO AT THE TIME, ACTUALLY, THE COMMENT FROM COMMISSIONER PLACKO FOR THE TITLE CITY ATTORNEY, IS IT REQUIRED BECAUSE WE'VE DONE THIS BEFORE IN FIRST READINGS.

YOU SAID WE'RE GOING TO MAKE CHANGES AND WE HAVEN'T HAD TO HAVE A MOTION FOR A SPECIALIST.

I'M TALKING SPECIFICALLY FOR THE TITLE WITH REGARD TO THE TITLE.

STAFF WILL MAKE THAT CHANGE WITHOUT THE NEED FOR DIRECTION TO TO A FORMAL VOTE TO MAKE THAT AMENDMENT. I UNDERSTAND THE THE PURPOSE OF THE OF THE AMENDMENT, NOT TO THE CHANGE THE MODIFICATIONS. IT'S NOT TO AMEND THE ORDERS, BUT TO CLARIFY THE TITLE.

AND WE WILL DO SO.

THANK YOU. SO THERE'S ONLY ONE ITEM THAT IS NOW BEING ASKED VERSUS TWO BECAUSE A CLARIFICATION VERSUS SO.

IT WAS COMMISSIONER PLACKO MADE THE MOTION, THE VICE MAYOR MADE THE SECOND.

CORRECT, SO COMMISSIONER BOLTON IS ASKING FOR AMENDMENT TO THE MOTION, ASKING FOR IT TO HAVE A SUNSET PROVISION AND AND IN CONTEXT MEASURE THE SUNSET PROVISION AND IS NOT NECESSARILY A FISCAL IMPACT.

WE JUST HEARD THE WAY DON'T HAVE TO DEBATE IT.

WE JUST HEARD THE WOODLAND'S OVERLAYED DISTRICT.

IT'S AT SUNSET.

IT CAME UP. WE'RE VOTING ON IT.

THAT'S GOOD STUFF. SO THE SUNSET IS SIMPLY A HARD STOP IN ONE IN ONE YEAR.

DON'T HAVE TO GO IT AND JUST CLARIFY.

YOU KNOW, IT'S QUITE FINE.

WE'RE TRYING. OK, I DON'T HAVE TO AGREE WITH YOU.

IT'S NOT A FIRST TIME ANYHOW.

SO THERE IS A REQUEST TO AMEND.

AND SO THE PERSON WHO MADE THE MOTION WAS COMMISSIONER, PLACKO, SO IT'S UP TO COMMISSIONER PLACKO IF SHE'S GOING TO AMEND AND THEN IF SO, IT WOULD HAVE TO BE SECOND AND IT WOULD BE UP TO THE VICE MAYOR, IF YOU WILL, SECOND.

NO, BUT THANK YOU.

SO I AM NOT SEEING IN A SECOND TO YOUR MOTION, TO YOUR AMENDMENT.

SHE IS. SHE'S TALKING.

BUT I KNOW SHE'S NOT SHE'S SHE'S NOT ACCEPTING THE FRIENDLY AMENDMENT, SO THEREFORE I MAY MAKE A SUBSTITUTE NOW.

SHE CAN. WE'VE BEEN LIKE THAT FOR YOU.

COMMISSIONER BOLTON A SUBSTITUTE MOTION TO OPPOSE.

I CAN SAY NO TO YOUR ATTORNEY.

AND THE CITY ATTORNEY IS A CITY ATTORNEY.

CAN YOU REMIND ME, COMMISSIONER.

YEAH. THERE IN YOUR RULES OF PROCEDURE, IT DOES PROVIDE FOR THE MANNER IN WHICH AN AMENDMENT TO THE PENDING MOTION CAN BE MADE.

THERE IS A MOTION ON THE TABLE IF THERE IS NO AMENDMENT TO IT.

IT GETS VOTED UP OR DOWN.

THANK YOU. SO THAT IS WHERE WE ARE.

THERE WERE NO AMENDMENTS, SO COMMISSIONER, COMMISSIONER, COMMISSIONER, BOLTON, I HAVE ACCESS TO THE ATTORNEY. SO YOU'RE SAYING THAT NOBODY CAN MAKE A SUBSTITUTE MOTION TO OPPOSE? IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? I'M SAYING THAT THAT THERE WOULD HAVE TO BE A SECOND, BUT THERE'S CURRENTLY A MOTION ON

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THE TABLE TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE AS IS.

RIGHT. SO IT GETS IT GETS VOTED UP OR DOWN.

AND SO SO I'M MAKING MY I'M MAKING I'M MAKING THE THE ANNOUNCEMENT THAT I HAVE A SUBSTITUTE MOTION TO OPPOSE THAT.

THERE'S NO ANNOUNCEMENTS AT THIS POINT IN TIME.

COMMISSIONER YOU DON'T JUST MAKE THAT ONE UP.

WE ARE HAVE WE HAVE A MOTION.

TANAGERS CONCURRED.

YOU KNOW, YOU'RE GOING TO VOTE UP A NO NO COMMISSIONER BOLTON ENOUGH THE MOTION.

SO WE'RE ALL CLEAR.

THE MOTION ON THE TABLE IS TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE, AS IS IT HAS BEEN SECONDED IF THERE IS AN AFFIRMATIVE VOTE TO A TO A.

IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION THEN FOR FOR ALL INTENTS AND PURPOSES, THERE IS NO PRACTICAL NEED FOR A SUBSTITUTE MOTION.

IF IF THE IF THE VOTE TO APPROVE FAILS, THEN, YOU KNOW, IT FAILS AND THE THE PURPOSE OF THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION OF COMMISSIONER BOLTON IS INDIRECTLY IMPLEMENTED BY IT NOT GETTING A MAJORITY VOTE.

THANK YOU. A POINT OF ORDER MADAM MAYOR SUBSTITUTE MOTIONS ATTORNEY IS HEARD FIRST.

NO SMOKING COMMISSIONER BOLTON.

WE'RE DONE WITH THIS CONVERSATION.

WE ARE GOING WE'VE HAD THIS AND THIS IS HOW IT'S BEEN SET.

WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THE TABLE FOR THE PROHIBITION OF BEGGING, PANHANDLING AND SOLICITATION ORDINANCE.

FIRST READING CITY CLERK.

PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. THANK YOU.

MADAM MAYOR MAYOR GOMEZ.

YES. COMMISSIONER GALLON.

YES. VICE MAYOR VILLALOBOS.

YES. COMMISSIONER PLACKO.

YES. AND COMMISSIONER BOLTON.

NO MOTION PASSES FOUR TO ONE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

IF I MAY MADAM MAYOR.

YES, PLEASE. I'M GOING TO REFER YOU ALL TO YOUR RULES OF PROCEDURE THAT I PROVIDED TO YOU PREVIOUSLY. IT'S IN SECTION TWO, DASH TWENTY NINE OF YOUR CODE AND IT'S IN THE DOCUMENTS THAT I PROVIDED TO PAGE SIX OF SEVEN.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALL HAVE IT, BUT I CERTAINLY CAN PROVIDE IT TO YOU.

AND IT STATES SUBSECTION SIX MOTION MADE AN ADDITIONAL PROPER MOTIONS.

WHEN A QUESTION IS BEFORE THE CITY COMMISSION OR UNDER DEBATE OR A MOTION HAS BEEN MADE WHICH ONE HAS WAS MADE, NO OTHER MOTION SHALL BE PROPER EXCEPT THE FOLLOWING.

AND THESE TAKE PRECEDENCE ACCORDING TO THE TO THE ORDER LISTED TO ADJOURN TO TABLE UNTIL FUTURE STATED TIME REQUESTED.

CESSATION OF DEBATE AND VOTE ARE TAKEN TO REFER TO A STANDING OR AD HOC COMMITTEE TO AMEND THE MATTER UNDER DISCUSSION OR TO POSTPONE ACTION FOR AN INDEFINITE TIME OR TO A CERTAIN DATE. THOSE ARE UNDER YOUR RULES OR PROCEDURES THAT YOU ALL HAVE ADOPTED.

THOSE ARE THE ONLY MOTIONS THAT CAN BE CONSIDERED ONCE A PRIMARY MOTION HAS ALREADY BEEN MADE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND JUST ONE QUICK COMMENT BEFORE GOING TO OUR NEXT ITEM, I THINK WELL, I KNOW I WAS MS. DEPUTY WEISS HAS ALSO BEEN A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF THE TEAM AND THE PARTNERSHIP OUT WITH DEPUTY MARION AND WORKING WITH OUR PANHANDLING MATTERS OR HOMELESS MATTERS AND ALL THAT THAT AFFECTS THE CITY. AND SO WE THANK YOU AS WELL, OR AT LEAST I KNOW I DO.

SO NOW WE WILL GO TO OUR PUBLIC HEARING.

THANK YOU. BE SAFE OUT THERE.

SEVEN A T OR ONE THREE SIX FOUR OR FIVE.

[7a. TR13645 - Eden West - Vacation of Easement]

EDEN WEST, THE VACATION OF EASEMENT.

CITY ATTORNEY. PLEASE READ THE TITLE FOR THE RECORD.

I CAN GET CLOSE ENOUGH. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.

MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION, IT'S THE RESOLUTION, THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC, FLORIDA, APPROVING OR DENYING A VACATION OF EASEMENT PETITION IN AN EFFORT TO VACATE THREE UTILITY EASEMENTS LOCATED ON THE EAST AND WEST PROPERTY, MORE SPECIFICALLY LOCATED AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF WEST MACNAB ROAD AND NORTH PINE ISLAND ROAD AND PRENDES NORTHWEST 8TH AVENUE, AS FURTHER DESCRIBED IN THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION ATTACHED HERE TO AS EXHIBIT A CASE NUMBER TWO DASH P DASH TWENTY ONE.

PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS, PRAYING FOR SEVERABILITY AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH INDEED, EMOTION IN A SECOND, SO MOVED.

SECOND. THANK YOU, MAXINE CALLOWAY, OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR IS AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AS NECESSARY.

I BELIEVE THE APPLICANT IS ALSO HERE.

DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO SHARE WITH US? I JUST INTRODUCED MYSELF TO EVERYONE, JON VOIGHT, ATTORNEY WITH BILL LIFESTREAM FOR THE ATLANTIC AND WEST.

AND THIS IS JUST HOUSEKEEPING, CLEANING UP EASEMENTS THAT WERE FOR THE OLD SHOPPING CENTER, THAT CONFLICT WITH THE NEW UTILITY LAYOUT FOR EDEN WEST.

AND WE ASKED FOR YOUR APPROVAL.

EXCELLENT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WELCOME TO OUR COMMISSIONER MEETING.

IS THERE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO HAS ANY COMMENTS OR PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE NOW OPEN

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SEEING THAT NOBODY HAS ANY COMMENTS.

PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE NOW CLOSED.

I HAVE VICE MAYOR MS., MAXINE, CAN YOU PLEASE EXPLAIN WHAT THE WORD VACATION MEANS AND THIS TEMPORARY RESOLUTION FOR THE FOR OUR COMMISSIONER? I MEAN, I UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT MEANS FOR TO ABANDON.

AND SO THAT'S ANOTHER DEFINITION TO VACATE OR ABANDON.

IT'S NO LONGER NEED EBEID ATTENTION BY THE ATTORNEY.

SO ANOTHER TERMINOLOGIES, ABANDONMENT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER GUNN.

FOR THE APPLICANT, WHEN IS THIS SUPPOSED TO BE COMPLETED, THE PROJECT? THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.

THEY'RE TRYING TO DO IT, OBVIOUSLY, AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, BUT I DON'T I CAN GET BACK TO YOU ON THAT AND WHAT THEIR ESTIMATED DATE IS.

I HAVE BEEN MORE OF THE ASSISTANT ON THE PROJECT, BUT I CAN CERTAINLY GET THAT FOR YOU.

YES, FINE. AND THE PLANNING DIRECTOR OR THE CITY MANAGER ESTIMATED TAX REVENUE TO THE CITY WILL BE ABOUT A HUNDRED AND SEVENTY ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS.

IS THERE? WHEN DO YOU EXPECT THAT TO HIT 22, 23? WELL, I KNOW THAT THEY OWN THE PROPERTY NOW.

SO THEY WOULD THE TAXES WOULD SO VALUED, NOT UNNECESSARY TO USE, BUT ON THE POTENTIAL.

SO I WOULD ASSUME THAT WITH THIS NEW TAX ROLL COMING OUT, YOU MAY HAVE AN INVOICE TO.

I CAN FIND OUT.

I CAN LOOK IT UP IN APPRAISERS WEBSITE, WHAT'S THEIR INVOICE IS.

BUT I THINK THAT WOULD BE VERY SOON.

I THINK BEFORE IT WOULD PROBABLY NOT BE THE FULL AMOUNT UNTIL THEY'RE OPEN TO GENERATING REVENUES, BUT THE VALUE IS REALLY THERE ONCE IT'S BUILT.

OK, CITY MANAGER, JUST TO REINFORCE THAT THE PROPERTY WOULD GO ON THE TAX ROLLS AFTER IT RECEIVES A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY.

SO ONCE THE PROJECT WOULD BE COMPLETE FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE APARTMENTS ACTUALLY BEING RENTED. SO WE WERE NOT COLLECTING ANYTHING WHILE IT WAS ABANDONED FOR ALL THOSE YEARS.

SO, YEAH, I MEAN, WE WERE WE WERE COLLECTING PROPERTY ON THE VALUE OF THE SHOPPING CENTER WHILE WHILE THE CENTER WAS ABANDONED.

OK, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

SEE, NO OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS, CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE REAL MAYOR GOMEZ.

YES, COMMISSIONER BOLTON.

YES, MR. GELIN.

YES, VICE MAYOR VILLALOBOS.

YES. AND COMMISSIONER PLACKO.

YES. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY FIVE TO ZERO.

THANK YOU. HAVE A GOOD NIGHT. GOING TO SEVEN BTR ONE THREE SIX FOUR

[7b. TR13641 - Approval of FY 2021/2022 CDBG Annual Action Plan]

ONE APPROVAL OF F, Y, 2021, 2022, C, D BIG ANNUAL ACTION PLAN.

CITY ATTORNEY, PLEASE READ THE TITLE FOR THE RECORD.

YES, MADAM MAYOR. MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION RESOLUTION ISD COMMISSIONER ISD TAMARAC FLORIDA APPROVING THE PROJECTS RECOMMENDED FOR INCLUSION IN THE FISCAL YEAR 2021 2022 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN FOR EXPENDITURE OF THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUNDS ESTIMATED TO BE THREE HUNDRED NINETY TWO THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED EIGHTY SEVEN DOLLARS FOR THE TWENTY SECOND PROGRAM YEAR.

ATTACHED HERE, TOO, IS EXHIBIT A AUTHORIZING THE APPROPRIATE CITY OFFICIALS TO SUBMIT SAID ANNUAL ACTION PLAN AND RELATED DOCUMENTS TO THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR OR CITY OFFICIALS TO EXECUTE FISCAL YEAR 2021 2022 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN FOR APPLICATION FOR FUNDING, PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS, PROVIDING FOR SURVIVABILITY AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

THANK YOU. I NEED A MOTION SECOND.

SO MOVED, I THINK YOU.

MS. CALLAWAY WILL ANSWER QUESTIONS AS NECESSARY.

I WILL OPEN UP PUBLIC COMMENTS.

IS THERE ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE WHO HAS ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS MATTER? SEEING NONE OF THE COMMENTS ARE NOW CLOSED.

COMMISSIONER GELIN. FOR THE PLANNING DIRECTOR, DO THE FUNDS FOR THE DOWN PAYMENT SYSTEM ASSISTANCE PROGRAM COME FROM THIS MONEY? NO, COMMISSIONER THESE FUNDS ARE PRIMARILY FOR MINOR HOME REPAIR PROGRAM, AS WELL AS OUR PUBLIC SERVICE PROGRAM, WHICH DOES THE FEEDING OF SENIORS OR BOYS FOR CHILDREN AS WELL AS BROADBAND. SO THE FIRST TIME HOMEBUYER BUYER ASSISTANCE PROGRAM DOES NOT COME FROM THIS.

IT COMES FROM THE CHIP FUNDS, WHICH WE DIDN'T GET MUCH OF THIS YEAR AND FROM OR THE CITY'S AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST FUND, WHICH WE RECEIVE FROM CONTRIBUTIONS FROM DEVELOPERS. ALL RIGHT.

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THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

PLEASE CALL THE. MADAM MAYOR GOMEZ, YES, COMMISSIONER BOLTON.

YES, VICE MAYOR VILLALOBOS, YES, COMMISSIONER PLACKO, YES, COMMISSIONER GUNN, YES, MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY FIVE DAYS OUT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NOW GOING TO SEVEN SEATS ARE ONE THREE SIX FOUR TWO THIRD AMENDMENT

[7c. TR13642 - 3rd Amendment to FY 19/20 CDBG Annual Action Plan]

TO FBI 1920 CDB ANNUAL ACTION PLAN.

CITY ATTORNEY, PLEASE READ THE TITLE.

FOR THE RECORD, JUST MADAM MAYOR MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION IS A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION, THE CITY OF TAMARAC, FLORIDA, APPROVING A THIRD AMENDMENT TO THE CITY'S PREVIOUSLY ADOPTED ANNUAL ACTION PLAN FOR FISCAL YEAR.

TWENTY NINETEEN TWENTY TWENTY PAST HERE TOO IS EXHIBIT A FOR EXPENDITURE OF THE U.S.

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT.

HUD COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANTS GWG PROVIDING FOR THE REPROGRAMING OF ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS IN CORONAVIRUS AID, RELIEF AND ECONOMIC SECURITY CURES ACT FUNDS CDB GCB ONE SLATED FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND SIGN THOSE FUNDS TO THE RESIDENTIAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE PAYMENT PROGRAM AND OTHER PUBLIC SERVICE ACTIVITIES AS DEFINED BY 24 CFR FIVE SEVENTY POINT TWO ZERO ONE E.

PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I NEED A MOTION IN THE SECOND.

STRUMMER'S SECOND DON'T SOUND SO THRILLED ABOUT IT, PEOPLE, COME ON, WE'RE GETTING THROUGH THIS MS. CALAWAY IS AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AS NEEDED.

IS THERE ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE? PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE NOW OPEN.

ANYBODY HAVE ANY COMMENTS? SEEING THEM IN PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE NOW CLOSED.

CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL MAYOR GOMEZ.

YES, VICE MAYOR VILLALOBOS, YES, COMMISSIONER PLACKO, YES, COMMISSIONER BOLTON.

YES. AND COMMISSIONER GELIN.

YES. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY FIVE TO ZERO.

EXCELLENT. WE ARE NOW GOING TO TEN OTHER A DISCUSSION RELATED TO SOCIAL MEDIA USE AND

[10a. Discussion related to Social Media Use]

YES. GOOD JOB, EVERYBODY.

NOW LET'S GET TO THE MEAT AND BONES OF SOCIAL MEDIA USE, AND I WILL TURN THIS OVER TO THE CITY MANAGER. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.

I ASKED TO HAVE THIS ITEM ON THE AGENDA, TO HAVE WHAT I WHAT I HOPE MAY BE A BRIEF DISCUSSION REGARDING SOCIAL MEDIA USE AND SOME OF THE SOCIAL MEDIA STRATEGIES THAT THE CITY IS EMPLOYING.

AND AS AS WE'VE DISCUSSED OVER THE YEARS AND AS OUR SOCIAL MEDIA REACH AND AS YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA REACH INDIVIDUALLY HAS EXPANDED, I THINK THAT WE ALL AGREE THAT CONNECTING WITH RESIDENTS IS IS ESSENTIAL AND THAT SOCIAL MEDIA IN GENERAL IN THE CITY'S SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS TRULY ALLOW YOU A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE AND INTERACT WITH YOUR RESIDENTS AND YOUR CONSTITUENTS, AND THAT YOU BEING CONNECTED WITH THEM IN A STRATEGIC MANNER IS VITAL TO COMMUNICATING THE THE IMPORTANT THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN THE CITY AND THE THINGS THAT THE COMMISSION WISHES TO COMMUNICATE TO, TO THE RESIDENTS AND TO OUR BUSINESSES. AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT SOCIAL MEDIA HELPS TO IMPROVE THE FOSTERING OF RELATIONSHIPS. IT ALSO HELPS US BUILD A BETTER REPUTATION AS AN ORGANIZATION AND AS A COMMUNITY AND FOR YOU AS INDIVIDUAL ELECTED OFFICIALS.

AND SO WHEN WE WHEN WE TAKE A STEP BACK, WE KNOW THAT RESIDENTS REALLY LOOK TO THE ELECTED LEADERSHIP FOR INFORMATION AND FOR DIRECTION ABOUT THE CITY'S BUSINESS, AND THAT AS MUCH AS AS MUCH AS THE STAFF IS RESPONSIBLE FOR PUTTING INFORMATION OUT.

BUT IT IS PROBABLY MOST IMPORTANT FOR OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS TO CONNECT WITH AND COMMUNICATE WITH OUR RESIDENTS.

AND SO. YOU KNOW, THERE'S THERE'S ANY NUMBER OF WAYS TO ACCOMPLISH THIS, BUT, YOU KNOW, MOST IMPORTANTLY, WE WANT TO BE SHARING CITY NEWS.

WE WANT TO BE WORKING HARD TO WHAT I WOULD CALL HUMANIZE THE CITY'S OFFICIAL POSITIONS ON THINGS AND ALSO HIGHLIGHTING THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE COMMUNITY, THE ORGANIZATION AND YOU AS INDIVIDUAL ELECTED OFFICIALS.

AND IN THAT CAPACITY, WE ARE HERE TO ASSIST YOU AND REALLY TO PROTECT YOU AND AND DON'T WANT TO BE IN A POSITION TO BE POLICING YOU IN IN ANY WAY.

AND IT'S BEEN PROBABLY A COUPLE OF YEARS SINCE WE HAD A SOCIAL MEDIA PRESENTATION AND WE DID ANY TRAINING ON THE USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA.

AND AND SO WHAT I WANT TO JUST BE SURE OF IS THAT WHEN WE COME BACK AFTER YOUR BREAK, THAT WE CAN MAKE A PRESENTATION TO YOU REGARDING A NEW AND IMPROVED SOCIAL MEDIA POLICY

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AND AND DO SOME TRAINING ON THE SUNSHINE LAW AND RECORDS MANAGEMENT, EXCUSE ME, AND RECORDS RETENTION.

AND JUST BE SURE THAT OUR ORGANIZATION AND THAT YOU AS ELECTED OFFICIALS ARE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF ALL OF THE RULES AND REGULATIONS THAT WE'RE NOW FACED WITH AS WE TRY TO BE SUCCESSFUL WITH SOCIAL MEDIA.

I YOU KNOW, I KNOW HOW IMPORTANT SOCIAL MEDIA IS TO EACH ONE OF YOU.

AND AGAIN, OUR JOB IS TO HELP YOU BE SUCCESSFUL WITH THAT IN THE BEST WAY POSSIBLE.

SO WE'D LIKE TO BRING BACK AN UPDATED POLICY AND SOME AND SOME POTENTIAL TRAINING IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE. AND I'M SHARING THIS WITH YOU TONIGHT BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING ON YOUR BREAK. AND I KNOW THAT WHILE YOU'RE GONE, YOU'LL BE THINKING ABOUT THINGS LIKE THIS.

AND I'D LIKE TO GIVE YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE THINKING ABOUT HOW WE CAN DO A BETTER JOB OF COMMUNICATING FOR YOU AND WITH YOU THROUGH THE SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS THAT THE CITY HAS. AND AGAIN, YOU KNOW, ASSISTING YOU AND PROTECTING YOU, NOT POLICING YOU IN ANY WAY.

THAT IS, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE WANT TO BE WITH SOCIAL MEDIA.

I THINK THAT THAT'S CONSISTENT WITH WHERE EACH OF YOU WANTS TO BE.

AND I KNOW IT'S CONSISTENT WITH WHERE OUR ORGANIZATION WANTS TO BE.

I WANTED TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU THIS EVENING AND TO GET ANY FEEDBACK THAT YOU MIGHT PROVIDE WITH, AGAIN, THE UNDERSTANDING THAT WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK TO YOU AFTER YOUR BREAK WITH WITH SOME YOU KNOW, WITH SOME STRATEGIES AND WITH SOME TRAINING AND TO GET MORE INPUT ABOUT HOW WE CAN DO A BETTER JOB FOR YOU IN TERMS OF COMMUNICATING VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. CITY MANAGER COMMISSIONER GELIN.

IT'S GOOD TO GET THAT FEEDBACK.

I HAVE A QUESTION FOR OUR PEIO.

I BELIEVE SHE'S ONLINE WITH US.

ANYTHING. GOOD EVENING.

HAVE YOU HAD A DISCUSSION WITH THE PEIO IN CORAL SPRINGS? YES, I HAVE. OK, AND IS THE CITY OF TAMARAC CONSIDERING ADOPTING SOME OF THE SIMILAR POLICIES THAT THEY HAVE IN TERMS OF ESTABLISHING ACCOUNTS, SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS, VERIFYING SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS WHERE RECORDS CAN BE DOCUMENTED AND RETAINED FOR THE PURPOSES OF MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE SUNSHINE LAW? SO WE HAVE HAD THAT DISCUSSION WITH THEM IN ORDER TO HAVE THOSE THOSE BRAINSTORMING SESSIONS OR BRAINSTORMING OPPORTUNITIES.

WE'VE ALSO REACHED OUT TO OTHER AGENCIES, OTHER AGENCIES THAT HAVE HELPED TO INSPIRE THEIR POLICIES. AND WE'VE LEARNED THAT POLICY.

IT'S A RELATIVELY NEW POLICY THAT THEY'VE ENACTED IN CORAL SPRINGS.

SO WE ARE EVALUATING IT AS WE GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF UPDATING OUR SOCIAL MEDIA POLICIES. WE ARE LOOKING TO ASSESS HOW AND WHETHER TO IMPLEMENT SUCH A POLICY HERE IN TAMARAC. BUT YES, THAT CONVERSATION HAS TAKEN PLACE AND IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE TRYING TO WEIGH THE PROS AND CONS IN ORDER TO MAKE AN APPROPRIATE RECOMMENDATION HERE IN TAMARAC. OK, THANK YOU.

SO JUST SO THE COMMISSION KNOWS, IF YOU IF YOU FOLLOW ANY OF THE COMMISSIONERS IN THE CITY OF CORAL SPRINGS, YOU'LL SEE THAT THEY HAVE THEIR OWN PERSONAL ACCOUNTS.

AND THEN THEY HAVE AN ACCOUNT THAT WAS ESTABLISHED BY THE CITY OF CORAL SPRINGS UP TO THE HILL WHEN THE MS. GUNN AND THE CITY MANAGER A COUPLE OF MONTHS BACK.

AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK THEY DO A GOOD JOB OF PROTECTING THEIR COMMISSION AND AND OUR STAFF NEEDS TO DO A BETTER JOB OF PROTECTING US.

AND SO JUST LIKE THE WHITE HOUSE HAS A POLICY ACCOUNT OR A FLOTUS ACCOUNT FOR THE FOR THE WIFE OF THE OF THE PRESIDENT AND THE VP COUNT, THOSE ACCOUNTS ARE OWNED BY THE WHITE HOUSE. THE CORAL SPRINGS ACCOUNTS ARE OWNED BY THE CITY.

AND WHILE THE ELECTED OFFICIALS DO HAVE SOME CONTROL OF THE ACCOUNT, THE PEIO OFFICE OVER THERE ALSO PUTS OUT CONTENT ON BEHALF OF THE COMMISSIONERS TO SEND OUT THAT CONSISTENT MESSAGE THAT NEEDS TO BE SENT TO THE COMMISSION.

SO I BROUGHT THIS UP MONTHS AGO AND AND ONE OF THE CITY TO TAKE ACTION A WHILE AGO, BECAUSE YOU CAN LOOK UP NEWS REPORTS IN THE MIAMI HERALD WHERE OTHER CITIES AND I'M SURE OUR CITY ATTORNEY CAN ATTEST TO THIS, THAT EVEN WHEN YOU HAVE AN INNOCENT CONVERSATION WITH A FELLOW COMMISSIONER OR NOT HAVING A CONVERSATION, IF YOU COMMENT ON SOMETHING ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND ANOTHER COMMISSIONER COMMENTS ON SOCIAL MEDIA, THAT BECOMES A PUBLIC RECORD AND THAT HAS TO BE SAVED AND ARCHIVED.

AND SO THE PURPOSE, THE REASON WHY CORAL SPRINGS WENT INTO THE DIRECTION OF SETTING UP A

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COMMISSIONER ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE ACCOUNT OR MAYOR ACCOUNT.

SO THE CITY OWNS THAT ACCOUNT.

THEY CAN RETAIN THAT ACCOUNT.

SO IF SOMEONE ASKS FOR A PUBLIC RECORD, THE CITY CAN CAN PROVIDE THAT.

AND SO THEY SET UP OFFICIAL ACCOUNTS ON TWITTER, INSTAGRAM, FACEBOOK.

AND SO THEN SOMETHING I BROUGHT UP A WHILE AGO.

AND I HOPE WE MOVE IN THAT DIRECTION BECAUSE WE NEED TO BE PROTECTED FROM OURSELVES, MISTAKES THAT WE MIGHT MAKE OR MISTAKE THAT A FUTURE COMMISSIONER CAN MAKE.

AND IF YOU WANT TO OPINE ON THAT CITY ATTORNEY, I KNOW THERE WAS A DISCUSSION ON SOCIAL MEDIA BETWEEN TWO COMMISSIONERS IN MIAMI BEACH.

IT WAS INNOCENT AND AND IT WAS A POTENTIAL SUNSHINE LAW VIOLATION.

I APPRECIATE THAT.

COMMISSIONER GELIN. IN FACT, THE MATERIALS THAT WERE PROVIDED TO YOU, ALL THE THE COVER DOCUMENTS, THE FIRST TWO AND A HALF PAGES WERE ACTUALLY DIRECTLY FROM THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE AND AND THEIR SUGGESTIONS AND THEIR CURRENT POSITION WITH REGARD TO COMPLIANCE WITH THE PUBLIC RECORDS LAW AS WELL AS THE SUNSHINE LAW.

AND YOU'LL SEE THAT. YES, YOU KNOW, YOU ALL DO YOU KNOW, ALL OF YOU HAVE TO BE CAREFUL.

AND IT CERTAINLY ARE OUR RESPONSIBILITY STAFF AND ME AS A CITY ATTORNEY TO, YOU KNOW, REMIND YOU FROM TIME TO TIME THAT I THINK THAT YOU ALL SEEN MY EMAILS.

BE CAREFUL WITH THE REPLY.

ALL BUTTON IS PROBABLY THE ONE THAT YOU'VE SEEN THE MOST FOR ME, BECAUSE SOMETIMES THERE'S A TENDENCY TO JUST HIT THAT BUTTON AND THAT IMPLICATES THE SUNSHINE LAW.

AND SO WE ARE WORKING TOWARD THE HOPEFULLY SOLVING SOME OF THOSE ISSUES AS THE MANAGER HAS, AS INDICATED WE'RE DISCUSSING HERE AT THE MOMENT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, VICE MAYOR.

CITY MANAGER, QUICK QUESTION, YESTERDAY, THE BROWARD COUNTY HAD A SOCIAL MEDIA FORUM.

IS STAFF GOING TO BE LOOKING INTO THAT TO SEE WHAT THE COUNTY ALSO IS WORKING ON? OR DO YOU KNOW ABOUT IT BY I WAS AWARE THAT YESTERDAY THE BROWARD COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE PUT ON A SOCIAL MEDIA FORUM, I THINK A SOCIAL MEDIA ETHICS FORUM FOR THE ELECTED OFFICIALS IN BROWARD COUNTY.

I MEAN, I'M SORRY FOR THE COUNTY COMMISSION ELECTED OFFICIALS.

AND I HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO SPEAK WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY ABOUT THIS, ABOUT WHETHER WE WANT TO REACH OUT TO THE BROWARD COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND ASK IF THAT PRESENTATION OR IF THEY MIGHT EVEN BE WILLING TO MAKE THAT PRESENTATION TO YOU.

IT WASN'T A LENGTHY PRESENTATION.

MY UNDERSTANDING WAS THAT IT WAS IT WAS VERY INTERESTING.

AND AGAIN, IT FOCUSES ON THE LAW AND THE EFFICACY OF SOCIAL MEDIA COMMUNICATION.

AND SO WE WILL BE MAKING THAT THAT I GUESS WE'LL INQUIRE ABOUT THAT.

BUT I CAN'T SAY FOR SURE THAT THEY'D BE WILLING TO DO IT.

AND I WANTED TO SPEAK WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY OUT OF RESPECT FOR HIM BEFORE WE DID ANYTHING LIKE THAT, BECAUSE AS THE CITY ATTORNEY, I THINK HE MIGHT HAVE HIS OWN VIEWS AND WANT TO PROVIDE YOU WITH, YOU KNOW, HIS OWN INFORMATION REGARDING THE LAWS AROUND SOCIAL MEDIA AND THE EFFICACY OF SOCIAL MEDIA.

AND AGAIN, TRYING TO DO OUR BEST TO, YOU KNOW, PROTECT YOU AND ASSIST YOU.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE THE ATTEMPTS TO PROTECT US.

I THINK IT'S ALSO WE ARE EVERY YEAR WE HAVE TO TAKE OUR FOR OUR LOVE OF ETHICS.

AND YOU GET A BOATLOAD MORE BEFORE WHEN YOU FIRST START.

AND POLICIES AND PROCEDURES ARE PUT UPON US FOR US TO KNOW AND TO BE ABLE TO FOLLOW.

SO THERE COMES A POINT IN TIME WHERE WE ARE NOT HERE.

YOU ARE NOT HERE TO PROTECT US.

WE HAVE TO BE SMART ABOUT OUR JOBS.

I LOOK FORWARD TO THE SOCIAL MEDIA CONVERSATION THAT WILL HAVE IN THE WORKSHOP, AND I HAVE TO BELIEVE THE NEXT DOOR ACCOUNT WAS SET UP FOR THAT PURPOSE SO WE CAN ALL HAVE ACCESS IN ONE LOCATION.

IT BECAME A PROBLEM THAT THE MAYOR HAD ACCESS TO ALL LOCATIONS AND COMMISSIONERS ONLY HAD TO THEIR DISTRICT. SO THEN THERE WAS A REQUEST TO MAKE IT FOR EVERYBODY TO HAVE ACCESS.

SO THAT'S ALSO INCUMBENT UPON US, ON US RESPONDING AND US HAVING THE CONTENT THAT GETS PUT OUT. I DON'T THINK IT'S THE JOB OF ARPAIO TO BE DOING OUR SOCIAL MEDIA TO PROMOTE US.

AND THAT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING OF WHY WE WERE SUPPOSED TO BE HAVING LIAISONS, BECAUSE THE LIAISONS WERE SUPPOSED TO BE HELPING WITH THE SOCIAL MEDIA AND THE OUTREACH VERSUS IT BEING ARPAIO, WHICH HAS TO DO THE WORK OF THE CITY, WHICH WE EACH DO THE WORK OF THE CITY. BUT THEN WE GOT BIGGER AND EXPANDED BECAUSE WE HAD TO HAVE DISCRETIONARY FUNDS OF TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS EACH TO EVENTS.

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SO THERE'S A WHOLE LOT OF IT'S MORE LIKE AN OCTOPUS OR A WILL WITH SPOKES.

THERE'S A WHOLE LOT THAT GOES ON HERE.

SO I'M HOPING THAT THERE WOULD BE SOME CLARIFICATION AND SOME POLICIES AND PROCEDURES WE CAN PUT IN PLACE IN WHATEVER COMES BACK TO US AFTER BREAK.

I'M ALSO VERY CURIOUS AS TO WHO ACTUALLY PAYS FOR THESE SOCIAL MEDIA THINGS.

IT'S MY. AND I'M.

DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER FOR THIS, BUT I WILL ASK FOR AN ANSWER AT THAT TIME, OR MAYBE IT COULD BE SENT TO US. IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE ARE SOME COMMISSIONERS WHO DO RECEIVE REIMBURSEMENT FOR PUSHING OUT THEIR POSTS.

I THOUGHT THAT WHEN WE DO STUFF ON OUR OWN, WE'RE PAYING FOR IT INDIVIDUALLY AND NOT THROUGH OUR ACCOUNTS. I DON'T KNOW.

I'M NOT SAYING IT'S WRONG OR RIGHT.

I DON'T KNOW WHATEVER IS ALLOWABLE, BUT I'D LIKE THAT IN THE DISCUSSION AS WELL FOR CLARIFICATION. SO BASICALLY, I LOOK FORWARD TO THE CONVERSATION.

AFTER BREAK AND EVERYBODY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE THIS EVENING, CITY STAFF.

WE HOPE YOU HAVE A REALLY GOOD VACATION AWAY FROM US HAVING THESE MEETINGS REGENERATE, REVIVE. WE WILL SEE YOU BACK HERE AT SEVEN P.M.

ON AUGUST TWENTY FIFTH.

HAVE A GOOD SUMMER. THANK YOU, EVERYONE.

MAYOR DE COMMISSIONER GELIN HAD HAD A QUESTION THAT HE WANTED TO ASK OF THE CITY MANAGER

[ 2b. Investment Report ]

FOR INVESTMENT REPORT.

AND YOU GAVE HIM PERMISSION, SO I'D LIKE TO HEAR IT.

YEAH, THAT IS TRUE.

THANKS FOR THE REMINDER. CITY MANAGER SPOKE.

THERE'S. AND HIS LIGHT IS OFF, SO.

YEAH, I JUST WANT TO KNOW, HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN WITH THIS COMPANY, THIS PUBLIC TRUST COMPANY THAT MANAGES ALL THAT QUESTION, 63 MILLION OF OUR DOLLARS? REPEAT THE QUESTION, PLEASE, A LITTLE MORE CLEARLY.

THE CITY OF TAMARAC ENGAGES WITH A COMPANY I BELIEVE IS CALLED PUBLIC TRUST THAT CAME FROM HERE IS PUBLIC TRUST ADVISORS.

SO THEY THEY MANAGE, I GUESS, ABOUT SIXTY THREE DOLLARS MILLION THAT WE HAVE IN CASH.

IS THAT RIGHT? CITY ATTORNEY, CITY MANAGER, BASED ON THE FINANCIAL REPORTS THAT ARE IN OUR BINDER. RIGHT.

SO IF YOU LOOK AT OUR INVESTMENT REPORTS, YOU YOU WILL SEE SHORT TERM, MEDIUM TERM AND LONG TERM POSITIONS BASED ON OUR LIQUIDITY NEEDS AND HOW MUCH PROTECTION WE NEED FOR THE FOR THE MONEY THAT WE HAVE INVESTED.

AS FAR AS WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME WE CHANGED INVESTMENT ADVISORS MS. BECAUSE USED WAS ADDED TO THE MICROPHONE.

AND I'LL LET HER SPEAK TO THAT BECAUSE OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, I DON'T REMEMBER THE LAST TIME THAT WE SWAPPED OUT INVESTMENT ADVISERS.

OK, THE LAST TIME WE WE SAID, FOR THE RECORD, CHRISTINE CAJUSTE DIRECTOR OF FINANCIAL SERVICES, THE LAST TIME WE ISSUED A AN RFP FOR INVESTMENT ADVISORY SERVICES WAS BACK IN 2014. OK, AND WE HAVE RENEWED WITH PETER A COUPLE OF TIMES THEIR THEIR CONTRACT WILL END IN MAY OF TWENTY, TWENTY THREE.

THEY HAVE TO ABOUT TWO MORE YEARS.

THEY MANAGED JUST ABOUT I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT NUMBER ONE IN FOUR MILLION DOLLARS.

NO. THEY MANAGE ABOUT 20 MILLION OF OUR OF OUR FUNDS.

THE REST OF OUR FUNDS ARE IN IGP, SOME OF THEM.

TD BANK. YEAH.

AND THE REST IS IN THE FLORIDA PRIME SBA.

THEY ONLY MANAGE THE SECURITIES, WHICH IS JUST ABOUT 20 MILLION, A LITTLE BIT OVER 20 MILLION. OK, SO SO WILL I SEE 63 MILLION IN CASH ELIGIBLE? 47 MILLION. SO IS THAT A FUND? THE 47 SEVEN MILLION IS IN FLORIDA PRIME, WHICH IS THE WHICH IS A STATE FUND, WHICH SOME FORMER SBA, AND THAT'S WHERE THE 47 MILLION IS.

AND WE HAVE ABOUT SIXTY NINE MILLION KNOW FLORIDA SAY, OK, WHAT IS THAT.

IT'S A IT'S A LOCAL GOVERNMENT INVESTMENT POOL.

OK, THAT'S THAT'S RUN BY BY A BOARD CONSISTING OF SEVERAL LEADERS MYSELF.

I SIT ON THAT BOARD, OK, AND THAT THAT FUND IS LIKE A MONEY MARKET FOR GOVERNMENT AND.

YES, OK.

AND THIS SO IS THIS THE CITY'S PENSION MONEY OR.

NO, NO, THAT'S THAT'S OUR OUR OUR CASH.

OUR POOLED CASH.

OK, ALL ACROSS THE BOARD.

ALL ACROSS ALL FUNDS.

OK, SO WE'VE BEEN WITH THEM SINCE 2014.

AND WHAT IS OUR MANAGEMENT FEE? HOW MUCH DO THEY CHARGE US TO PROVIDE THEIR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES? ON THE TOP OF MY HEAD, I THINK IT'S THREE BASIS POINTS.

SO THREE PERCENT. BUT I COULD GET I COULD GET BACK TO YOU ON ON THAT.

AND I COULD ALSO SEND YOU A COPY OF THEIR THEIR CONTRACT PRICE.

YEAH, THAT'LL BE GREAT. SO THAT THREE PERCENT OF THE TWO HUNDRED MILLION, THE THREE PERCENT OF THE TWENTY MILLION THAT IT'S THE IT'S THREE BASIS POINTS OFF THE INTEREST THAT THAT THEY GARNER ON THE TWENTY MILLION THAT THEY MANAGE.

OK, IT'S A BASIS POINT BASED ON THAT.

OK, OK. UM.

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AND IS THAT IS THAT FEELING, IS THAT COMPETITIVE TO WHAT OTHER INVESTMENT ADVISERS CHARGE? IT IS. AND WE ACTUALLY A COUPLE OF YEARS BACK, WE ACTUALLY HAD THAT REDUCED BECAUSE THE INTEREST RATE ENVIRONMENT WENT DOWN.

INTEREST RATE WAS LOWER.

SO THEY REDUCED THEIR FEES TO MATCH THE ENVIRONMENT.

OK, AND THEN I WAS READING THROUGH THIS DOCUMENT AND IT WAS SAYING THAT WE WE KEEP 15 MILLION DOLLARS IN CASH AT TD BANK OR THAT WE NEED 15 MILLION DOLLARS ON A WEEKLY BASIS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THAT THAT HAS TO DO WITH OUR CASH FLOW.

OK. IT IS NOT 15 MILLION DOLLARS.

CURRENTLY WE HAVE JUST ABOUT OVER SIX MILLION DOLLARS IN THE BANK.

WHEN THE PANDEMIC HIT, WE DID HAVE MORE IN THE MONEY MARKET FUND.

WE HAD MORE IN AN SBA.

HOWEVER, AT THAT POINT, CASH BECAME KING.

WE WEREN'T SURE WHETHER OR NOT THE THE MONEY MARKET FUNDS WERE GOING TO WAS GOING TO BREAK UP. SO WE MOVED QUITE A BIT BACK INTO CASH, WHICH IS A TD BANK OPERATING ACCOUNT, THAN THEY OFFER US A FLOOR ON OUR OUR INTEREST RATE.

SO THAT WAS THE BEST ENVIRONMENT.

BUT WE STILL NEED IT TO BE DIVERSIFIED.

SO WE WE HAVE TD BANK, WHICH IS OUR.

WHICH IS WHICH IS WHICH IS PROTECTED.

AND THEN WE HAVE AGP AND WE HAVE THE THE SBA, WHICH IS WHERE MOST OF OUR FUNDS ARE.

OK. ALL RIGHT, AND THEN FOR THIS COMMISSION, HAS THIS COMMISSION MET THE INVESTMENT ADVISERS OR HAVE THEY DONE A PRESENTATION TO THIS COMMISSION? I CAN'T RECALL THE LAST TIME THEY DID, BUT HE IS HE IS ABLE AND HE'S WILLING TO COME IN AND MAKE A PRESENTATION TO THIS COMMISSION AND HAVE YOU.

CAN WE CAN WE CAN WE SET THAT UP STARTING OK.

AND TO ANSWER THE QUESTION, AS I HAVE.

OK, IT'S MAY NOT BEEN COMMISSION BASED, BUT I KNOW I SO YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE AND COMMISSIONER PLACKO HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN ON THE DANCE? SO SEVEN YEARS, OK, YEAH, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, ULTIMATELY WE'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE, YOU KNOW, FINANCIALS OF THE CITY AND SO WE SHOULD HEAR FROM THEM, BUT THEY DO HAVE SOME GOOD NUGGETS IN HERE. AND ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE SHOULD REALLY CONSIDER, YOU KNOW, HOW WE DEAL WITH PROPERTY TAXES IS THEY GIVE SOME ADVICE ABOUT THE OVERALL MARKET.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS I TAKE NOTE OF IS THEY TALKED ABOUT THE OVERALL LABOR MARKET AND HOW THE PERCENTAGE OF WORKING AGE POPULATION AMERICANS IS AT THE LOWEST POINT IN FOUR DECADES. THAT'S ONLY A SIXTY ONE POINT SIX PERCENT PARTICIPATION RATE, WHICH MEANS APPROXIMATELY 40 PERCENT OF AMERICANS ARE NOT WORKING.

AND OBVIOUSLY THAT'S A RESULT OF THE PANDEMIC.

IF YOU TALK TO ENOUGH TAMARAC RESIDENTS, YOU KNOW THAT THAT HAS IMPACTED SOME OF OUR RESIDENTS AS WELL. SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT.

AND THAT'S ALL HAD.

AND I'M JUST LOOKING FORWARD TO MEETING.

THANK YOU. THESE INVESTMENT ADVISERS AND HEARING DIRECTLY FROM THEM AND GETTING A REGULAR UPDATE FROM STAFF AT THE COMMISSIONER MEETING, BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A LOT OF MONEY HERE. OK, THANKS.

PACK IT UP YET. COMMISSIONER BOLTON, THIS IS NOT A QUESTION FOR MISS COULD STORE OR IT'S NOT PERTINENT TO COMMISSIONER GELIN QUESTION, BUT IT IS A QUESTION FOR THE CITY MANAGER.

DO WE KNOW WHEN THE WOODLAND'S 13TH FLOOR DEVELOPMENT WILL COME TO THE CITY COMMISSION? HAS THE DEVELOPER GIVEN YOU ANY INCLINATION AS TO WHEN IT'S COMING OR HOW? I STAFF PREPARING FOR THAT.

I COMMISSIONER BOLTON.

I BELIEVE THAT THE WOODLAND'S LAND USE PLANNING AMENDMENT WILL BE BACK BEFORE THE CITY COMMISSION SOMETIME BETWEEN THE END OF YOUR BREAK AND THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER.

OK, SO AUGUST 25TH AND SOMETIME IN NOVEMBER.

OK, I JUST WANT THE COMMISSION TO KNOW THAT I'M TAKING THE WOODLAND'S DEVELOPMENT ITEMS SERIOUSLY, I AM ACTIVELY MEETING WITH THE RESIDENTS THAT ARE FOR AND AGAINST THE PROJECT, AND I DO PLAN ON HAVING A TOWN HALL MEETING IN THE WOODLANDS.

I'M IN THE MIDDLE OF PLANNING THAT.

SO I JUST WANT IT TO SAY THAT AS A COURTESY TO OUR COMMISSIONER GELIN I UNDERSTAND THAT HE ENCOURAGES THINGS LIKE THAT BECAUSE WE DO.

OUR VOTE DOES AFFECT THE ENTIRE CITY AND NOT JUST OUR DISTRICTS, BUT I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT PUBLICLY THAT I'M DOING THAT.

SO IF YOU HEAR THAT, I MEAN, THE WOODLANDS I'M TALKING, WE'RE DOING A TOWN HALL.

JUST UNDERSTAND THAT THAT IS WHAT I'M IS WHAT I'M DOING COMMISSIONER.

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WE DON'T HAVE OTHER AND MORE, AND I'VE GIVEN YOU LATITUDE.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR LETTING US KNOW.

I'M NOW GOING TO ASK MY QUESTION ON THE ITEM THAT WAS ACTUALLY ADDRESSED TO BE ON THIS AGENDA. OK, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I KNOW YOU'RE DONE, BUT THANK YOU.

WE DON'T HAVE OTHER.

NO, WE DO HAVE NO.

WE HAVE TO KNOW.

WE SAID THAT SIX BUSINESS DAYS TO PUT IT ON THE AGENDA.

YOU HAVE NOT MADE IT. WE THANK YOU COMMISSIONER OTHER COMMISSIONER.

AND YOU HAD TO PUT IT ON THE AGENDA.

THANK YOU. SO ON TUESDAY BEFORE NOON.

EXACTLY, THANK YOU, SEE, WE ARE CAPABLE OF WHICH IS A NEW POLICY ANYWAY, GENTLEMEN, ENOUGH BECAUSE WE ARE ALMOST READY TO GET OUT OF HERE BEFORE MIDNIGHT.

I AM GOING TO ASK MS. COULD USE OR I WILL ASK THE CITY MANAGER A BASIS POINT.

I KNOW THE ANSWER TO THIS QUESTION, BUT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY THE DEFINITION OR WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO GO FORWARD WITH THE DEFINITION? OK, SO A BASIS POINT IS NOT A PERCENT, IT IS POINT ZERO ZERO ZERO MORE POINT THREE ZERO AND A ONE PERCENT OF A PERCENT.

SO PLEASE KEEP THAT IN MIND WHEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT OUR EXPENDITURES AND BASIS POINTS.

IT IS NOT A PERCENTAGE, IT IS A PERCENTAGE OF A PERCENTAGE FOR A BASIS POINT OR COMMONLY UNIT OF MEASURE OF INTEREST AND RACE AND OTHER PERCENTAGES AND FINANCE.

ONE BASIS POINT IS EQUAL TO ONE ONE HUNDREDTH OF ONE PERCENT OR ZERO POINT ZERO ONE PERCENT OR ZERO POINT ZERO ZERO ZERO ONE, AND IS USED TO DENOTE PERCENTAGE CHANGE IN FINANCIAL INSTRUMENT. SO I THOUGHT THAT WAS IMPORTANT FOR EVERYBODY TO UNDERSTAND.

AND I THINK ON THAT NOTE, WE ARE NOW OFFICIALLY DONE.

GOOD NIGHT.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.