Sep 09, 2021 Regular

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GOOD EVENING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, AND WELCOME TO OUR TAMARAC COMMISSION MEETING, IT IS THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 9TH AT SEVEN P.M.

CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

YES, THANK YOU. MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER BOLTON, GOOD EVENING, COMMISSIONER GELIN, GOOD EVENING, VICE MAYOR VILLALOBOS, GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.

COMMISSIONER PLACKO, GOOD EVENING AND MAYOR GOMEZ, GOOD EVENING.

THANK YOU, IF EVERYONE WOULD PLEASE STAND, COMMISSIONER GELIN WILL LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND AFTERWARDS WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR THE 13 MARINES THAT DIED IN AFGHANISTAN.

IN RECOGNITION ALSO OF SEPTEMBER 11TH AND FOR ALL THAT WE MOURN.

THANK YOU, IN FOR JOHN HERRON, OUR CITY ATTORNEY IS DON DUFRESNE.

WELCOME TO THE CITY OF TAMARAC, AND WE WILL NOW GO TO OUR CITY ATTORNEY REPORT, PLEASE.

DO WE HAVE? I THINK THAT ACTUALLY THE WAY THAT MIGHT BE UNDER THE CITY MANAGER'S REPORT, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAD A CITY ATTORNEY'S REPORT.

OK, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

CITY ATTORNEY, THE CITY MANAGER.

[2.a. Woodlands Land Use Amendments/Rezoning/Development Agreement Special Meeting Date Discussion and Consensus ]

SO WE HAVE SPOKEN WITH THE APPLICANT AND OUR ATTORNEY REPRESENTING THE CITY, AND WE KNOW THAT THEY ARE AVAILABLE ON OCTOBER 20TH AND NOVEMBER 3RD.

SO THESE ARE THE TWO DATES THAT WE HAVE WHERE WE KNOW THAT THEY'LL BE THERE, THAT WE'RE GOING TO NEED SOME DIRECTION FROM YOU GUYS ON SETTING A DATE AND SO THAT WE CAN GET THIS ITEM HEARD. THANK YOU.

I'M GOING TO JUST PULL THE COMMISSION, COMMISSIONER BOLTON OH.

EITHER, EITHER, EITHER BOTH OF THOSE DATES WORK FOR YOU? OCTOBER 20TH WORKS.

OCTOBER 20 WORKS FOR YOU? OK, COMMISSIONER PLACKO, OCTOBER 20TH.

OK, COMMISSIONER GELIN, SAME DATE? I AGREE. ALL RIGHT, WELL, YOU'VE GOT CONSENSUS, OCTOBER 20TH IT IS.

GREAT, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

[3. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION ]

CITY ATTORNEY, WILL YOU PLEASE READ THE RULES FOR THE RECORD? PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.2-29 OF THE CITY CODE, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY SPEAK AT CITY COMMISSION MEETINGS, DURING PUBLIC HEARINGS OR AT A TIME TO BE SPECIFIED BY THE MAYOR OR PRESIDING OFFICER OR DURING THE PERIOD SET ASIDE FOR PUBLIC DISCUSSION ON THE CITY COMMISSION AGENDA, SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING.

ONE, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY SPEAK ONLY AT TIMES, LOUDER, SORRY, IS THIS BETTER? OK, SORRY, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY SPEAK ONLY AT TIMES DESIGNATED BY THE CITY COMMISSION. TWO, SPEAKERS WILL BE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES.

ALL REMARKS SHALL BE ADDRESSED TO THE CITY COMMISSION AS THE BODY THROUGH THE MAYOR AND NOT TO ANY MEMBER THEREOF.

THREE, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC SHALL ADDRESS ONLY THE TOPIC BEING DISCUSSED.

FOUR, DISRUPTIVE, BELLIGERENT OR ABUSIVE CONDUCT BY ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC IS PROHIBITED AND SHALL NOT BE PERMITTED.

FIVE, ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WHO VIOLATES THE SECTION MAY BE INSTRUCTED BY THE CITY COMMISSION TO REMOVE HIMSELF OR HERSELF FROM THE COMMISSION CHAMBERS OF THE CITY.

UPON HIS OR HER FAILURE TO DO SO, A MEMBER OF THE BROWARD SHERIFF'S OFFICE SHALL EJECT THE PERSON FROM THE COMMISSION CHAMBERS UPON INSTRUCTION BY THE CITY COMMISSION.

SIX, IT SHALL BE UNLAWFUL FOR ANY PERSON TO REFUSE TO LEAVE THE CITY COMMISSION CHAMBERS VOLUNTARILY OR INVOLUNTARILY WHEN INSTRUCTED TO DO SO BY THE MAYOR OR PRESIDING OFFICER.

SEVEN, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE REQUESTED THAT THEY STATE THEIR NAME AND ADDRESS, FOR THE RECORD. IN LIEU OF THEIR ADDRESS, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY GIVE THEIR CITY OF RESIDENCE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

OH IS THAT IT, OK THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. WE WILL NOW, WE HAVE PATTY LYNN.

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PATTY LYNN, 6411 NORTH WEST 58TH STREET IN TAMARAC.

I COME, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE IT'S NINE 11 ANNIVERSARY ON SATURDAY, AND WE LOST I LOST ONE OF OUR, ONE OF THE PEOPLE WHO WORK WITH ME IN COMMUNITY OUTREACH AT THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE FOR FIVE AND A HALF YEARS, PROBABLY 25 YEARS YOUNGER THAN I AM DIED OF COVID.

WE'VE LOST SIX POLICE OFFICERS IN SOUTH FLORIDA IN THE LAST THREE WEEKS DUE TO COVID, AND I DON'T THINK WE RECOGNIZE HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE IN NEED HERE IN THE IN OUR CITY, HOUSING, FOOD, CHILD CARE.

I WOULD LIKE VERY MUCH FOR OUR COMMISSION TO FOCUS MORE ON THE COMMUNITY AND NOT THEIR PERSONAL POLITICAL AMBITIONS.

I'VE KNOWN MANY COMMISSIONERS AND SOME OF THE COMMISSIONERS ON THIS DAY IS HERE TONIGHT HAVE DONE VERY WELL.

THEY'RE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY DOING THINGS FOR OTHERS AND NOBODY KNOWS IT.

THAT'S THE BEST WAY TO WORK IF EVERYBODY WORKS TOGETHER.

IF ANYBODY WATCHED THE FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME INDUCTION A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, THEY DID TWO IN ONE NIGHT, JIMMY JOHNSON WAS INDUCTED.

I DIDN'T LIKE HIM AS A COACH.

I HATED HIM WHEN HE WAS A DOLPHIN COACH.

HOWEVER, HE QUOTED WAYNE HUIZENGA WHEN HE WAS THINKING ABOUT RETIRING, AND WAYNE SAID TO HIM, "YOU HAVE TO THINK OF THE QTL", AND JIMMY SAID HE ASKED HIM, WHAT'S QTL? IT'S QUALITY TIME LEFT, YOU DON'T KNOW WHEN IT'S OVER.

YOU MAY THINK EVERYTHING IS WONDERFUL.

HOWEVER, MY FRIEND PATRICK IS DEAD NOW.

FIVE POLICE OFFICERS FROM SOUTH FLORIDA ARE NO LONGER WITH US.

PLEASE PAY ATTENTION TO THE COMMUNITY AND MAKE QUALITY TIME THAT YOU HAVE LEFT ON THIS DAIS BENEFICIAL TO ALL OF US.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

BEFORE WE GO ON TO OUR NEXT PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PERSON, I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY ONE THING FOR OUR LAST ITEM THAT THE STARTING TIME FOR THE MEETING IS SIX P.M., THAT'S WHAT WAS ASKED FOR, BUT I BELIEVE OUR CLERK NEEDS TO HAVE CONSENSUS AND CONFIRMATION THAT THE MEETING THAT STARTS AT SIX P.M.

ON OCTOBER 20TH.

SO I'LL JUST GO THROUGH THE LINE AGAIN.

COMMISSIONER BOLTON, PLEASE CONFIRM.

SEVEN P.M.

WOULD BE BETTER. IT'S THE TIME WAS NOT CLEAR.

SO THE REQUEST THAT WAS MADE BY INTERIM CITY MANAGER IS FOR SIX P.M..

MAN, SIX, THANK YOU.

YEAH, I THINK WE HAD DISCUSSED THAT BECAUSE OF THE TIME IT MIGHT TAKE US.

CORRECT, SO IS 6:00 P.M.

IS FINE. COMMISSIONER GELIN, COMMISSIONER GELIN SAID 7 P.M.

WORKS FOR HIM BECAUSE HE HAS TO WORK.

I AM SAYING SIX O'CLOCK IS MY OPINION, SO CONSENSUS IS SIX P.M.

OCT. 20, THANK YOU.

MY APOLOGIES AND WE WILL GO BACK TO OUR PUBLIC COMMENTS.

EILEEN LIEBERMAN MICHAELSON, I SEE THAT SHE IS NO LONGER IN THE AUDITORIUM, CAROL MENDELSOHN.

THIS IS THE FINAL TIME I'M CHOOSING TO ADDRESS THIS COMMISSION.

I HAVE OBSERVED OTHER SPEAKING ABOUT THEIR CONCERNS, SHARING THEIR SAME ISSUES MONTH AFTER MONTH, SEEMINGLY TO NO AVAIL.

IT APPEARS THAT THERE IS NO RESOLUTION TO ISSUES AS THEY CONTINUE TO GO UNANSWERED.

I FIND MYSELF IN A STRANGE PREDICAMENT.

I'M NOT A CRUSADER.

WHAT IS ODD FOR ME IS THAT I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE TABLE LISTENING TO THE CONCERNS OF OTHERS AND TRYING TO FIND RESOLUTIONS FOR THOSE ISSUES.

IT IS NOT PLEASURABLE TO BE THE RECIPIENTS OF THE COMPLAINTS, NOR IS IT PLEASANT FOR ME TO BE DELIVERING THE COMPLAINTS EACH MONTH WITHOUT IT RESULTING IN ANY CONVERSATION TO POSSIBLY AFFECT CHANGE, NO CONSEQUENCES OR ACCOUNTABILITY.

I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT ANY POSITIONS WITHIN THE CITY THAT I COULD BE AN ASSET FOR, WHETHER PAID OR VOLUNTARY, HAVE NOT BEEN CONSIDERED SINCE I HAVE BEEN SO OUTSPOKEN AT THESE

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TAMARAC HAS SOME SERIOUS ISSUES THAT ARE SOLVABLE AND FIXABLE.

YOU HAVE MANY OUTSTANDING RESIDENTS AND HARDWORKING EMPLOYEES WHO COME TO WORK EVERY DAY AND GIVE 100 PERCENT.

SO LET ME SHARE THIS IN A NUTSHELL.

THE COYOTES ARE RAMPANT IN THE CITY AND NOT UNTIL SOMEONE IS SERIOUSLY INJURED, WILL IT BE ADDRESSED.

I PLANNED ON SHARING ITEM BY ITEM, LINE BY LINE, THE MONIES YOU EACH, EARN BEING THE OPERATIVE WORD.

OF COURSE, YOU ARE ENTITLED TO A SALARY, BUT THE EGREGIOUS AMOUNT OF MONIES THAT YOU HAVE AWARDED TO YOURSELF IS BEING TAKEN FROM THE MOUTHS OF THE VERY PEOPLE WHO ELECTED YOU INTO OFFICE.

IT IS IRONIC THAT YOU CAN BE SO INCENSED AT THE MONIES ALLEGEDLY SPENT BY THE FORMER CITY MANAGER, BUT CANNOT SEE IT ON YOURSELVES.

THE GREATEST ISSUE IS THE LACK OF CIVILITY AND THE CONSTANT DEGRADATION AND BULLYING AMONG THE COMMISSIONERS.

IS THIS THE IMAGE YOU WANT YOUR HARDWORKING EMPLOYEES AND RESIDENTS TO SEE? LEADERS LEAD BY EXAMPLE.

LEADERS DISAGREE IN PRIVATE AND DISCUSS THEIR REASONS.

I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT WHEN YOU SIT ON THAT DAY IS THE IMPRESSION YOU WANT YOUR COMMUNITY TO SEE IS A TEAM UNITED FOR THE GOOD OF THE PEOPLE YOU SERVE.

OF COURSE, YOU HAVE DIFFERING OPINIONS AND CAN SHARE THEM, BUT I HAVE NO DOUBT IT CAN BE DONE WITHOUT BEATING EACH OTHER UP IN FRONT OF AN AUDIENCE.

YOU WORK HARD, YOU HAVE PUT MANY OUTSTANDING PROGRAMS IN PLACE.

THOSE ARE THE VALUES THAT THOSE VALUES ARE THE PLATFORM YOU RAN ON.

CHANGE IS HARD AND THESE ARE VERY DIFFICULT TIMES.

YOUR COMMUNITY WANTS TO HELP.

YOUR COMMUNITY WANTS TO BE HEARD.

TAMARAC, LIKE HOUSTON, WE HAVE A PROBLEM.

YOU NEED TO LISTEN, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. CHRISTOPHER HODGKINS.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. COMMISSIONERS, MY NAME IS CHRIS HODGKINS.

I LIVE AT 4905 WOODLANDS BOULEVARD.

I'M PRESIDENT OF THE WOODLANDS HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION SECTION FOUR.

I FIRST WANT TO THANK YOU LAST WEEK FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND YOUR FOUR TO ONE VOTE IN REMOVING WITHOUT SEVERANCE, THE CITY MANAGER AND I'LL TELL YOU WHY I FEEL THAT WAY.

ONE, IS BECAUSE I THINK IT WAS A BRAVE VOTE IN THE MOST FUNDAMENTAL PURPOSE FOR ALL OF US IN GOVERNMENT, NO MATTER WHAT WE ARE AND WHERE WE ARE, IS TRANSPARENCY, INTEGRITY AND STANDING UP FOR THE CITIZENS.

SO WHEN I'M LOOKING AT WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE CITY MANAGER AND I'M SURE IT PROBABLY WON'T STOP THERE, I LOOK AT WHAT I'VE BEEN DEALING WITH AS A RESIDENT OF THE WOODLANDS, AND I STARTED HERE WITH THE PLANNING BOARD WHEN THEY HAD A HEARING AND I WAS VERY MUCH CONCERNED AND I SAW EVERYBODY THAT WAS HERE.

BUT AS TIME WENT ON, I TRIED TO HAVE ACCESS.

I TRIED TO HAVE TRANSPARENCY.

I'VE ASKED, FOR EXAMPLE, FOR THE REPORT ON ARSENIC, BOTH THE PHASE ONE AND PHASE TWO REPORT FOR THE WOODLANDS.

WE KNOW THAT THE TEES AND GREENS ARE A TERRIBLY CONTAMINATED AS THEY ARE AT MOST GOLF COURSES ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA, BUT I'VE RECEIVED NOTHING.

SOME OF YOU KNOW THAT I'VE ASKED FOR THAT DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, BUT WE'VE NOT SEEN THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.

AND I WANT TO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR HAVING YOUR HEARING ON THE 20TH.

BUT IT'S NOT JUST THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT THAT WE'VE BEEN DENIED ACCESS TO.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT AFFIDAVIT FROM FDLE AND YOU SEE THAT THE TOP LEVELS OF ADMINISTRATION HERE IN THIS BUILDING, IT ALL EVOLVED AROUND THE [INAUDIBLE], AND WHAT WAS HAPPENING HERE AND ALL THAT INFILTRATED DOWN TO 13 FLOORS IN THE DEVELOPMENT AT THE WOODLANDS, AND I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THAT BECAUSE I'M NOT SURE THAT WE HAVE BEEN REPRESENTED. SO LIKE TODAY, WHEN YOU KNOW WE TALK ABOUT WHAT THE HEARING DATE IS GOING TO BE. I'M SO ENCOURAGED THAT ALL OF YOU HAVE HAVE VOTED FOR THE 20TH BECAUSE IT GIVES US A CHANCE TO BE HEARD, BUT IN THE MEANTIME, AS WE'RE LOOKING FOR THAT CHANCE TO BE HEARD.

CAN I ASK YOU, PLEASE, TO WORK WITH YOUR CITY MANAGER, TO WORK WITH MAXINE CALLOWAY FROM THE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT AND PLEASE LET US HAVE SOME INFORMATION, YOU KNOW, WHEN THE

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I'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET THAT REPORT NOW FOR MONTHS, AND WE CAN'T GET IT.

SO, YOU KNOW, PLEASE, AS YOU ENDEAVOR TO LOOK AT INTEGRITY AND TRANSPARENCY AND GOOD GOVERNANCE, YOU YOU WORK WITH YOUR MANAGEMENT HERE TO SEE THAT THAT HAPPENS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

DARCY SCHILLER.

GOOD EVENING, GRANVILLE, TAMARAC, KINGS POINT.

SEVERAL THINGS I'M GOING TO BRING UP A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY.

MR. BOLTON HAD MADE A NICE STATEMENT A FEW MONTHS AGO WHEN HE SUGGESTED THAT THE COMMISSION GO BACK TO $10000 SALARY.

I THOUGHT THAT WAS VERY GENEROUS OF HIM AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE YOU MR. BOLTON AGAIN, PUT YOUR MONEY WHERE YOUR MOUTH IS AND MAKE A SIMILAR SUGGESTION.

MAYBE 10000 IS A LITTLE LOW, BUT I THINK TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT MORE APPROPRIATE THIS WAY, YOUR GUYS ARE NOT MILKING THE SYSTEM.

MR. GELIN HAD SEVERAL YEARS AGO REQUESTED THAT THE SALARIES BE BROUGHT UP TO APPROXIMATELY 50 THOUSAND.

YET THERE ARE AT LEAST TWO COMMISSION MEMBERS, AS STATED TONIGHT, THAT ARE UNABLE TO MAKE THE MEETINGS BEFORE SEVEN O'CLOCK BECAUSE THEY HAVE A FULL TIME JOB.

WELL, WHEN THE SALARIES WERE BOOSTED TO FIFTY THOUSAND, IT WAS BASED ON YOUR COMMISSION JOB BEING A FULL TIME JOB.

IF IT IS NOT A FULL TIME JOB, THEN I WOULD THINK IT WOULD BE IMPERATIVE AND IMPORTANT THAT YOU GET YOUR SALARIES ACCORDING TO YOUR POSITIONS.

THE ONLY FULL TIME WORKER I SEE OUT THERE IS THE MAYOR, AND EVERYBODY ELSE IS RECEIVING CLOSE TO 60 TO 70 THOUSAND WITH ALL THE BENEFITS, AND IT JUST DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO ME.

ALL RIGHT, MOVING RIGHT ALONG, THE BUDGET MEETINGS ARE COMING UP AND I SEE THAT THE HISPANIC HERITAGE PARTY WAS OR FESTIVITY WAS CANCELED.

BUT YET THE JUNETEENTH, THE CARIBBEAN AND THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN WAS NOT CANCELED, AND WE HAVE A ONE TAMARAC THAT SHOULD BE ALL INCLUSIVE OF RACE, RELIGION, CULTURE, PEOPLE, WHATEVER I'M LEAVING OUT SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN THAT ONE TAMARAC.

I THINK IT'S RIDICULOUS THAT WE ALIENATE AND ISOLATE EVERY SINGLE EVENT BASED ON RELIGION, COLOR OF SKIN, CULTURE, ETHNICITY.

CAN YOU IMAGINE HOW MANY PARTIES WE'D BE HAVING TO HAVE PROBABLY THREE HUNDRED AND SIXTY FIVE A YEAR? SO LET'S GET IT TOGETHER, FOLKS, AND DO ONE TAMARAC.

LASTLY, I KNOW THE BUDGET MEETINGS ARE COMING UP, AND SINCE THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO APPARENTLY TUNE IN SUPPOSEDLY TO HEAR WHAT GOES ON HERE, I'M GOING TO STRESS STRONGLY THAT THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE COME TO VISIT ON THE 13TH AND THE 28TH TO THE BUDGET MEETINGS BECAUSE SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE WITH YOUR SALARIES TO MAKE THEM MORE IN LINE WITH WHAT ALL THE OTHER COMMUNITIES DO, CONSIDERING YOUR JOB IS CLEARLY NOT FULL TIME EXCEPT FOR THE MAYOR, I THINK IT SHOULD BE ONE TAMARAC, AND IF YOU PUT ALL THE MONEY SAVED FROM THAT, YOU CAN HAVE YOUR MILLAGE RATE AT IS WHAT IS BEING PROPOSED AND HAVE ADDITIONAL STAFF, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, IS THERE ANYONE ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO DID NOT GET A CHANCE TO SIGN UP, WHO WISHES TO SPEAK? SEEING NONE, PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IS NOW CLOSED, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

DO THE CHAIR, MADAM MAYOR CITY MANAGER, CAN YOU ADDRESS THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT THAT MR HODGKINS BROUGHT UP? CAN RESIDENTS GET A COPY? CATHLEEN, INTERIM CITY MANAGER.

YES, CAN YOU REPEAT THE LAST PART OF YOUR QUESTION? THE RESIDENT, CHRIS HODGKINS, SAID HE CAN'T, HE WAS UNSUCCESSFUL IN GETTING A COPY OF THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT. CAN YOU ADDRESS THAT? CAN RESIDENTS GET A COPY OF THAT AGREEMENT? I THOUGHT HE WAS SAYING THAT HE DIDN'T GET A COPY OF THE ARSENIC REPORT WAS HIS BIGGEST COMPLAINT. HE, I THINK, REFERRED TO BOTH.

AND I BELIEVE AND JENNIFER, MAYBE YOU CAN BACK ME UP ON THIS, PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST WE JUST RECEIVED FOR THOSE ITEMS, I THINK TODAY OR THIS WEEK.

SO IT'S DEFINITELY POSSIBLE.

IT JUST HASN'T BEEN PROCESSED.

OK, THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

[4. CONSENT AGENDA ]

INTERIM CITY MANAGER, WILL YOU PLEASE ADVISE IF THERE ARE ANY ADDITIONS OR DELETIONS?

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EXCELLENT, I NEED A MOTION ON SECOND.

SO MOVED.

SECOND, THANK YOU, CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

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

THANK YOU, THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY FIVE TO ZERO.

THANK YOU, AND SEEING THAT WE HAVE NO ITEMS ON THE REGULAR AGENDA, WE ARE NOW MOVING TO

[6.a. TO2482 - Amendment to Home Based Business provision of the Code to provide for consistency with Florida Statutes -HB 403 An Ordinance of the City Commission of the City of Tamarac, Florida, amending Chapter 10 of the City of Tamarac Code of Ordinances, entitled “Land Development Code”, replacing the term home occupation with home based business, amending Article 3, entitled “Use Regulations” specifically amending Section 10-3.2, entitled “Table of Allowed Uses”, and amending Section 10-3.4, entitled “Accessory Uses and Structures”, specifically amending Section 10-3.4(D) entitled “Additional Standards for Specific Accessory Uses” and amending Article 4, entitled “Development and Design Standards” specifically amending Section 10-4.3, entitled “Off-Street Parking and Loading” of the City of Tamarac Code of Ordinances, to provide for consistency with HB 403 Florida Statutes and specifying use standards for home based businesses operating within the City of Tamarac; providing for conflicts; providing for severability; providing for codification; and providing for an effective date. Commission District(s): Citywide ]

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

SO MOVED, SECOND, THANK YOU.

MS. CALLAWAY IS AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OR HAS A PRESENTATION IF THE COMMISSION SO DESIRES. I BELIEVE WE RECEIVED A COPY OF THE PRESENTATION AND REVIEWED IT BEFOREHAND.

WE WILL OPEN THIS FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS.

ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? SEEING NONE, PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE NOW CLOSED.

AND I HAVE TWO LIGHTS LIT, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THEY ARE NEW, SO INAUDIBLE] YEAH, SOMEONE HAD ASKED ME ABOUT DOES THIS APPLY TO THE LICENSE HOME CHILD CARE PROVIDERS, IF MS. CALLAWAY CAN ANSWER THAT? THE QUESTION IS...

YEAH, SO WHILE THAT BUSINESS VICE MAYOR ALSO HAVE ADDITIONAL STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS TO MEET THAT BUSINESS WOULD FALL UNDER THIS AS WELL, THAT WOULD BE A HOME BASED BUSINESS.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER BOLTON.

MS. CALLAWAY, ONE OF OUR ORDINANCES, DOES NOT ALLOW FOR UNMARKED VEHICLES TO BE PARKED OVERNIGHT IF THAT HOME BASED BUSINESS, LET'S SAY, OPERATES OVERNIGHT.

WILL YOU ALLOW MARKED VEHICLES? HOW WOULD THE ORDINANCE BE IMPACTED WITH MARKED VEHICLES? NO, RELATIVE TO THAT COMMISSIONER, AND THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION THAT YOU ASKED.

THE PARKING REQUIREMENTS ARE STILL THE SAME, AND SO THE BILL PROVIDES THAT LOCAL GOVERNMENT PARKING REQUIREMENTS STILL HAS TO BE MET AND THAT THE PARKING CANNOT BE ANY DIFFERENT, FOR THE MOST PART, THAN REGULAR RESIDENTIAL USES THAT ARE NEXT DOOR AND SO OR COMMERCIAL VEHICLE ORDINANCE WOULD STILL BE APPLICABLE.

AND SO THOSE OVERNIGHT VEHICLE PARKING WOULD STILL BE PROBLEMATIC, AND WE MAY STILL BE ABLE TO GIVE COURTESY NOTICES AN ISSUE OF VIOLATION.

SO WOULD YOU PROPOSE ANOTHER ORDINANCE IN CONCERT WITH THIS SO THAT IT DOES NOT DISENFRANCHISE ANY HOME BASED BUSINESS THAT WOULD BE LOOKING TO OPERATE AFTER HOURS? YEAH, SO WE WOULD PROBABLY NEED TO CONSIDER YOUR OVERNIGHT VEHICLE, YOUR COMMERCIAL VEHICLE PARKING ORDINANCE, IF IT'S THE DESIRE OF THE COMMISSION TO LOOK AT THAT, WE CAN BRING THAT FORWARD.

BUT THIS ITEM ESSENTIALLY IS MAKING SURE THAT WHAT WE HAVE IN OUR CODE IS CONSISTENT WITH HOUSE BILL 403 AND HOUSE BILL 403 SPEAKS TO COMPATIBILITY.

THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT A HOME BASED BUSINESS IS NOT DISCRIMINATED AGAINST OR WHETHER THEY, IT ALSO SPEAKS TO MAKING SURE THAT THE CHARACTER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD REMAINS THE SAME, THAT THE BUSINESS AND THE USE OF THE BUSINESS IS COMPATIBLE WITH WHAT'S GOING ON IN

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IT SPEAKS TO PARKING AS WELL AND ALLOWS LOCAL GOVERNMENT PARKING REQUIREMENTS TO STILL BE APPLIED TO THE HOME BASED BUSINESSES.

SO IF IT'S DESIRE FOR THE COMMISSION TO LOOK AT YOUR COMMERCIAL VEHICLE PARKING ORDINANCE, WE CAN BRING THAT FORWARD AT A DIFFERENT TIME.

OK, THANK YOU. MS. CALLAWAY, I LOOKED AT THE BACK UP INFORMATION AND IT WAS VERY WELL PUT TOGETHER AND IT ANSWERED ALL OF MY QUESTIONS.

SO KUDOS ON THAT AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE INFORMATION PROVIDED.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER. COMMISSIONER PLACKO, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. MAXINE, CAN YOU TELL ME SEVERAL OF THE HOA'S IN THEIR BYLAWS DO NOT ALLOW VEHICLES WITH BUSINESSES NAMES ON THEM, WHICH WOULD TAKE PRECEDENCE THE CITY'S OR THE HOA? SO THE CITY DOES NOT ENFORCE YOUR HOA REQUIREMENTS, BUT THE CITY REGULATIONS, AS MENTIONED BEFORE, YOU DO HAVE A COMMERCIAL VEHICLE ORDINANCE THAT WE ADOPTED, IN FACT, WE AMENDED THAT MAYBE TWO OR THREE YEARS AGO THAT SPEAKS TO COMMERCIAL VEHICLES AND LETTERS ON VEHICLES THAT WE WOULD STILL ENFORCE.

OK, BUT IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CHANGING THAT, IF THIS CITY IS IF WE'RE DISCUSSING CHANGING THAT TO ALLOW THEM TO HAVE OVERNIGHT PARKING OF THEIR COMMERCIAL VEHICLES AND THE HOA BYLAWS STATE THEY CANNOT.

WHICH WOULD TAKE PRECEDENCE, THE CITY OR THE HOA? THEY WOULD HAVE TO IF THEY'RE IN A HOA, THEY WOULD HAVE TO CONFORM WITH THE HOA BYLAWS.

OK, THANK YOU.

AND JUST A POINT OF CLARIFICATION, COMMISSIONER, THAT IS NOT BEFORE YOU TONIGHT.

SO IF IT'S A DESIRE OF THE COMMISSION TO REVISIT THAT ORDINANCE, THEN YOU WOULD [INAUDIBLE] NO ONE WILL BRING IT BACK BEFORE YOU, THIS IS A COMMERCIAL VEHICLE ORDINANCE.

THANK YOU, SEEING THERE ARE NO OTHER QUESTIONS, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

YES, THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR, YES, COMMISSIONER BOLTON, YES, VICE MAYOR VILLALOBOS, YES, COMMISSIONER PLACKO, YES, AND COMMISSIONER GELIN, YES.

MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY FIVE TO ZERO.

THANK YOU, WE ARE NOW GOING TO PUBLIC HEARINGS, ORDINANCES ON SECOND READING, THIS IS

[8.a. TO2477 - Land Use map Change of 5601 N Hiatus Road to change the future land use designation of approximately 15.82 gross acres of land from “Commercial” to “Industrial” An Ordinance of the City Commission of the City of Tamarac, Florida, adopting a Small Scale Land Use Plan Amendment to the City of Tamarac’s Comprehensive Plan Future Land Use Map in accordance with Chapter 163, specifically Section 163.3187 of the Florida State Statutes, for said lands situated, lying, and being in Broward County, Florida, and located at 5601 N Hiatus Road, and more particularly described in the legal description shown in Exhibit “A” attached hereto, to change the future land use designation of approximately 15.82 gross acres of land from “Commercial” to “Industrial” to facilitate and allow for the development of an industrial use and provide consistency with the Land Development Code in accordance with the intent of the Comprehensive Plan of the City of Tamarac (Case No. 1-LUA-21); authorizing transmittal of the Small Scale Land Use Map Amendment to the Broward County Planning Council for recertification of the City of Tamarac Future Land Use Map; providing for amendment to the land use plan to reflect such change; providing for conflicts; providing for severability; and providing for an effective date Commission District(s): District 2 ]

[9.a. TO2478 - Rezoning of 5601 N Hiatus Road from MU-C (Mixed-Use Commercial) zoning classification to BP (Business Park) zoning classification An Ordinance of the City Commission of the City of Tamarac, Florida, amending the Official Zoning Map of the City of Tamarac referenced in Section 10-2.1(B) of Chapter 10 of the City of Tamarac Code of Ordinances for approximately 12.55 acres of land situated, lying, and being in Broward County, Florida, and legally described in Exhibit “A”, from the current MU-C (Mixed-Use Corridor) zoning classification to BP (Business Park) zoning classification, to facilitate the development of a distribution center use and provide consistency with the Land Development Code in accordance with the intent of the Comprehensive Plan of the City of Tamarac; (Case No. 2-Z-21); providing for amendment to the official zoning map to reflect such change; providing for conflicts; providing for severability; and providing for an effective date Commission District(s): District 2 ]

AND I'M GOING TO READ IN THE TITLE FOR THE QUASI JUDICIAL AT THE SAME TIME AS IT'S ON THE SAME MATTER AND WE WILL TAKE THE VOTE SEPARATELY, BUT THIS WAY, THE PRESENTATIONS, IF ANY, COULD BE HANDLED TOGETHER, AS WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST.

WOULD YOU PREFER FOR ME TO READ THE QUASI JUDICIAL FIRST? [INAUDIBLE]JUDICIAL IS 202478 REZONING OF 5601 NORTH HIATUS ROAD FROM MUC MIXED USE COMMERCIAL ZONING CLASSIFICATION TO BP BUSINESS PARK ZONING CLASSIFICATION.

SO IF YOU WILL READ BOTH SEVEN AND EIGHT [INAUDIBLE] THAT'D BE GREAT.

OK, I'LL START WITH SEVEN AND NINE.

GOTCHA, T02477 LAND USE MAP CHANGE OF 5601 NORTH HIATUS ROAD TO CHANGE THE FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION OF APPROXIMATELY FIFTEEN POINT EIGHT TWO GROSS ACRES OF LAND FROM COMMERCIAL TO INDUSTRIAL.

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF I APOLOGIZE, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC, FLORIDA, ADOPTING A SMALL SCALE LAND USE PLAN AMENDMENT TO THE CITY OF TAMARAC'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FUTURE LAND USE MAP IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER 163, S PECIFICALLY, SECTION 163.3187 FLORIDA STATE STATUTES FOR SAID LAND SITUATED LYING AND BEING IN BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, AND LOCATED AT 5601 NORTH HIATUS ROAD AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION SHOWN IN EXHIBIT A, ATTACHED HERE TO, TO CHANGE THE FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION OF APPROXIMATELY 15.82 GROSS ACRES OF LAND FROM COMMERCIAL TO INDUSTRIAL TO FACILITATE AND ALLOW FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN INDUSTRIAL USE AND PROVIDE CONSISTENCY WITH THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTENT OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC.

CASE NUMBER 1-LUA-21.

AUTHORIZING TRANSMITTAL OF THE SMALL SCALE LAND USE MAP AMENDMENT TO THE BROWARD COUNTY PLANNING COUNCIL FOR RECERTIFICATION OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC FUTURE LAND USE MAP, PROVIDING FOR AMENDMENT TO THE LAND USE PLAN TO REFLECT SUCH CHANGE, PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

THANK YOU, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE READ THE RULES OF QUASI JUDICIAL.

YES, THE RULES ARE AS FOLLOWS, ALL PERSONS TESTIFYING BEFORE THE CITY COMMISSION MUST BE SWORN IN, THE PETITIONER AND ANY AFFECTED PERSON SHALL BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT EVIDENCE, BRING FORTH WITNESSES, CROSS-EXAMINE ANY WITNESSES AND REBUT ANY

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HEARSAY EVIDENCE MAY BE USED FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUPPLEMENTING OR EXPLAINING OTHER EVIDENCE, BUT IT SHALL NOT BE SUFFICIENT BY ITSELF TO SUPPORT A FINDING.

DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE MAY BE PRESENTED IN THE FORM OF A COPY OR THE ORIGINAL, IF AVAILABLE . UPON REQUEST, PARTY SHALL BE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO COMPARE THE COPY WITH THE ORIGINAL.

A PARTY SHALL BE ENTITLED TO CONDUCT CROSS-EXAMINATION WHEN TESTIMONY IS PROVIDED OR DOCUMENTS ARE MADE A PART OF THE RECORD.

QUASI JUDICIAL PROCEEDING PROCEDURE, THE PROCEEDING SHALL BE CONDUCTED IN AN INFORMAL MANNER TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE, THE FOLLOWING SHALL BE THE ORDER OF THE PROCEEDINGS, CALL THE MATTER TO BE HEARD AND THE RULES CONCERNING THE ADMISSIBILITY OF EVIDENCE SHOULD BE ANNOUNCED. STATEMENTS OF COUNSEL SHALL ONLY BE CONSIDERED AN ARGUMENT AND NOT BE CONSIDERED AS TESTIMONY.

COUNSEL FOR THE PARTY SHALL NOT BE SUBJECT TO CROSS-EXAMINATION.

THE BOARD OR THE CITY COMMISSION SHALL HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO REFUSE TO HEAR ANY TESTIMONY WHICH IS IRRELEVANT OR REPETITIVE.

GENERALLY, THE ORDER OF PRESENTATION IS AS FOLLOWS, STAFF PRESENTS ITS REPORT FIRST, THESE REPORTS SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO A DESCRIPTION OF THE REQUEST OF THE PETITIONER. AN ANALYSIS WHICH INCLUDES THE CONSISTENCY WITH THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, IF APPLICABLE, AND WHETHER THE PETITION DOES OR DOES NOT MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE CITY CODE. A LISTING OF THE EXHIBITS TO BE PRESENTED, A LISTING OF THE POTENTIAL WITNESSES, A SUMMARY OF THE ISSUES AND STAFFS AND BOARD'S RECOMMENDATIONS.

THESE REPORTS SHALL INCLUDE SPECIFIC FINDINGS IN SUPPORT OF JUSTIFYING A RECOMMENDATION FOR APPROVAL OR DENIAL OF THE PETITION.

PETITIONER OR HIS OR HER REPRESENTATIVE MAY MAKE A PRESENTATION.

IF THE PETITIONER CHOOSES TO MAKE A PRESENTATION, IT SHOULD INCLUDE A DESCRIPTION OF THE NATURE OF THE PETITION.

IF THERE IS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THAT HAS NOT BEEN PREVIOUSLY PROVIDED TO OR BY THE CITY. IN ADDITION, THE PETITIONER SHALL INTRODUCE ANY EXHIBITS AND WITNESSES.

PARTIES WHO ARE IN SUPPORT OF THE PETITION SHALL MAKE THEIR PRESENTATION.

THE PARTY SHALL INTRODUCE ANY EXHIBITS AND WITNESSES.

PARTIES WHO ARE IN OPPOSITION TO THE PETITION SHALL MAKE THEIR PRESENTATION.

THE PARTY SHALL INTRODUCE ANY EXHIBITS OR WITNESSES AND WITNESSES.

CITY PERSONNEL IN ATTENDANCE SHALL PROVIDE RESPONSES TO ANY PARTY TO THE PROCEEDING.

FINAL PRESENTATIONS BY THE PETITIONER AND CITY STAFF IN RESPONSE TO ANY TESTIMONY FROM OTHER PARTIES. FINALLY, THE CITY COMMISSION SHALL DELIBERATE ON THE PETITION.

NO FURTHER TESTIMONY SHALL BE TAKEN AND THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COMMISSION SHALL NOT ASK FURTHER QUESTIONS OF PERSONS PRESENTING TESTIMONY PERIOD.

THE CITY COMMISSION SHALL DISCUSS THE EVIDENCE THAT WAS PRESENTED AT THE PROCEEDING AND VOTE ON THE PETITION.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AT THIS TIME, WE'LL ASK FOR ANY DISCLOSURES FROM THE COMMISSION, VICE MAYOR [INAUDIBLE] LAST MEETING, COMMISSIONER GELIN, COMMISIONER PLACKO, COMMISSIONER BOLTON NONE AND NONE FOR MYSELF, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SHALL WE SWEAR IN ANY WITNESSES? ANYBODY WHO WILL BE SPEAKING ON THIS MATTER, IF YOU'D PLEASE STAND AND BE SWORN IN.

CITY CLERK. SURE, IF YOU'D LIKE ME TO.

THANK YOU. AS A NOTARY OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA, DO YOU SWEAR TO TELL THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH? THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

NOW I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND ON 7A, PLEASE.

SO MOVED. SECOND, THANK YOU AND A MOTION AND A SECOND ON 9A PLEASE, SO MOVE, SECOND.

THANK YOU, WE'VE GOT MS., CALLAWAY AND MR. MEALY ATTENDING VIRTUALLY.

I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T CATCH YOUR NAME.

DANIELSON, AND WE HAVE MS. DANIELSON HERE AS WELL.

I'M GOING TO OPEN IT UP TO PUBLIC COMMENTS.

ANYBODY WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER, SEEING NONE, PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE NOW CLOSED.

SEEING NO COMMENTS IN THE DAIS EITHER, CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

THANK YOU, MAYOR GOMEZ, YES, COMMISSIONER PLACKO, YES, COMMISSIONER GELIN YES, VICE MAYOR VILLALOBOS, YES AND COMMISSIONER BOLTON, NO.

AND THAT ACTUALLY, I'M GOING TO CLARIFY THAT WAS ON 5A.

THE LAND USE MAP CHANGE, YES, THANK YOU, THE MOTION PASSES FOUR TO ONE.

OK, NOW WE'RE GOING TO TELL THE ROLL ON 9A, THE REZONING.

CALL THE ROLL.

THANK YOU, MAYOR GOMEZ, YES.

COMMISSIONER GELIN, YES.

COMMISSIONER PLACKO, YES, VICE MAYOR VILLALOBOS, YES AND COMMISSIONER BOLTON, NO.

THE MOTION PASSES FOUR TO ONE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

[10.a. Discussion & Consensus - Social Justice Wall @ Tamarac Village Commission District(s): Citywide ]

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GOOD EVENING, MAYOR GOMEZ, VICE MAYOR VILLALOBOS AND THE ESTEEMED COMMISSIONERS, THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO BRING BACK BEFORE YOU, THE JUSTICE WALL, THAT WE HAVE HAD NUMEROUS DISCUSSIONS ON.

JUST TO GIVE YOU SOME CONTEXT.

THE PARTICULAR PROJECT THAT WE'RE PRESENTING TO YOU WAS PART OF THE PARK DESIGN WITH THE TAMARAC VILLAGE AND THE WALL THAT WE'LL BE DISCUSSING WAS ACTUALLY PART OF THAT DESIGN.

THE WALL WAS THE BLANK WALL.

THERE WAS NO PLANS IN THE DESIGN AND ANYTHING WITH THE WALL.

SO THE IT CAME TO THE ATTENTION OF THE PUBLIC ART COMMITTEE THAT THIS WOULD BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO ACTUALLY DO SOME INTEGRATION OF ART.

ONE OF THE COMMISSIONERS HAD JUST EXPRESSED A DESIRE TO HAVE SOME TYPE OF A SOCIAL JUSTICE WALL IN HIS DISTRICT.

AND THE COMMITTEE WAS MADE AWARE OF THAT.

WE BROUGHT THAT BEFORE THE COMMITTEE AND WHAT YOU SEE TONIGHT WORKING WITH THE ARTIST, MICHAEL PARKER AND MY BUSINESS PARTNER BETH RAVITZ IS ACTUALLY JOINING ME VIRTUALLY.

THE COMMITTEE AGAIN FELT THAT THIS WAS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR INTEGRATION, UNDERSTANDING AND KNOWING THAT THE INTENT OF THE GOAL REALLY OF TAMARAC VILLAGE AND THE CITY OF TAMARAC IS TO REALLY MARK ITSELF AS A PLACE THAT IS BRANDED AS A DESTINATION WHEN INDIVIDUALS COME AND VISIT OUR CITY.

THEY ACTUALLY WILL SEE WONDERFUL ART ALONG WITH THE OTHER QUALITY OF LIFE AMENITIES THAT THEY WOULD EXPERIENCE.

SO HENCE, THAT BEING SAID, IT WAS FELT THAT THE ART WOULD REALLY ADD TO THAT APPEAL, IF YOU WILL, OF BEING A DESTINATION.

THE THING THAT YOU'LL SEE TONIGHT, TOO, IN TERMS OF THE IMAGES ARE REALLY A MATTER OF PLACEHOLDERS. LET'S SEE WHERE WE, TO MOVE THIS FORWARD.

I'M NOT SURE IF.

.. HERE WE ARE. OK, SO WHAT YOU'RE SEEING HERE BY NO MEANS ARE DEFINITIVE IMAGES.

THE ARTIST, WHEN HE IS UNDER FULL CONTRACT, WILL ACTUALLY DO COMMUNITY OUTREACH, AT WHICH TIME HE WILL HEAR FROM MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY OF WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO USE AS LOCAL LEADERS IN THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT.

BUT THESE ARE JUST IS A DRAFT THAT PRETTY MUCH SHOWS JUST THE CONCEPT OF WHAT COULD TAKE PLACE IN TERMS OF THE CONSTRUCTION ITSELF IS AN ACTUAL CONCRETE WALLS.

IT'S ABOUT FIVE FEET IN HEIGHT.

THE IMAGES ARE A LITTLE BIT HIGHER THAN THAT.

THAT WOULD, YOU KNOW, REALLY GIVE IT A LITTLE BIT MORE HEIGHT.

THE IMAGES, WHICH ARE SANDBLASTED IN THE CONCRETE.

AND THEN, OF COURSE, WITH A STAINED WITH STAINED RUBBERIZED MOVEMENT THAT GOES IN THE IMAGES THEMSELVES, THE MATERIAL IS OUTDOORS, ADAPTABLE ALUMINUM.

ONE SECOND, PLEASE, IF THERE'S SOMEBODY WHO'S ONLINE WHO HAS THEIR MICROPHONE ON, IF THEY CAN TURN IT OFF, WE'RE GETTING A LITTLE BIT OF FEEDBACK, IT WOULD BE APPRECIATED, THANK YOU. AND GEORGE, IF YOU CAN JUST REMEMBER ALSO TO JUST ADVANCE THE SLIDES.

I'M SORRY. JUST ADVANCE THE SLIDES AS YOU SPEAK.

YES, OK. THE WHAT YOU'LL SEE HERE, THIS IS THE ARTIST TOOK IT UPON HIMSELF TO EXTEND THE WALL ITSELF IN TERMS OF ADDING A COUPLE OF EXTRA WINGS TO THE SIDES OR ENDS OF THE WALL.

WHAT YOU'RE SEEING HERE IS THE SITE PLAN, IF YOU WILL, OF WHERE THE ACTUAL WALL WILL GO.

THE BLUE AREA, JUST TO GIVE YOU A POINT OF REFERENCE, IS THE ACTUAL SPLASH PAD.

AND AGAIN, THE WALL WAS GOING TO BE A COMPLETELY BLANK WALL.

BUT NOW WE'RE PROPOSING WITH MICHAEL PARKER'S DESIGN.

NOW THE THE WALL WILL HAVE THE ARTWORK THAT CAN BE ENJOYED BY PARENTS, AS WELL AS, OF COURSE, THE KIDS THAT WOULD PARTICIPATE IN THE SPLASH PAD.

TO THE LEFT AND TO THE RIGHT OF THIS IMAGE HERE, YOU SEE WHERE THE ARTISTS ACTUALLY EXTENDED THE WALL, WHICH WE THOUGHT WAS A REALLY GREAT IDEA.

THE SEATING FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT WAS MODIFIED TO ALLOW FOR THE PLACEMENT OF THE

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THE SEATING IS ABOUT 18 INCHES IN HEIGHT, SO INDIVIDUALS CAN STILL SIT AND ENJOY THIS BEAUTIFUL CONCEPT WITH YOU KNOW, REALLY SPEAKING TO SOCIAL JUSTICE.

AGAIN, I REPEAT THAT THE IMAGES ARE JUST SIMPLY PLACEHOLDERS AND THE ARTISTS WILL DO HIS COMMUNITY OUTREACH, AND THAT WILL BE DETERMINED AT A LATER DATE, WHAT IMAGES WOULD GO ON THIS PARTICULAR WALL? HERE ARE IMAGES FROM A PROJECT THAT MICHAEL PARKER COMPLETED IN TAMPA.

JUST TO GIVE YOU A SCALE IN WHAT OUR WALL WOULD LOOK LIKE WHEN HE'S COMPLETED.

THE LETTERING THAT YOU SEE THE SIGNATURES OR CUT OUT ALUMINUM THAT'S ATTACHED TO THE WALL AND USING THE CONCRETE, THAT WOULD ACTUALLY BE ETCHED AS WELL.

SO THERE'S A LOT OF CREATIVITY THAT WILL GO ON HERE.

AND THE GOOD THING ABOUT THIS MATERIAL IS ADAPTABLE TO THE OUTDOOR ENVIRONMENT AND VERY ADORABLE. I'M OPEN FOR ANY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU.

NOT SEEING ANY QUESTIONS.

COMMISSIONER GELIN HAS A QUESTION NOW.

YES, SIR. NO QUESTION, BUT I LIKE THE IMAGES AND THE ARTWORK AND LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING THE FINAL PIECE, I THINK GIVEN THAT WE HAVE THREE SCHOOLS IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO TAMARAC VILLAGE. IT'S A GREAT PLACE FOR TEACHERS TO TAKE THE KIDS AND DO SOME SIGHTSEEING, SOME EDUCATIONAL CONTENT AND SOME PICTURES.

SO, AND THEN GIVEN THAT THERE'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE AMPHITHEATER THERE, THAT'S ALSO GOING TO BE A PLACE THAT PEOPLE WILL WANT TO GO TO AND TAKE PICTURES.

SO I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA AND A GREAT PROJECT.

THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR. YES, IT LOOKS WONDERFUL.

IF WE CAN, MAY I SUGGEST I'M MORE AND I KNOW YOU SAID IT'S JUST A PLACEHOLDER FOR NOW, THE IMAGES, BUT A MORE DIVERSE SCENERY, CONSIDERING THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF DIFFERENT CULTURES IN OUR COMMUNITY AND TAMARAC.

SO AND THAT'S EVER MORE INCREASING.

SO THAT WOULD JUST BE MY ONLY SUGGESTION.

AND IF YOU CAN SHARE MY SENTIMENTS WITH THE TEAM, THANK YOU.

YES, SIR. COMMISSIONER PLACKO.

I'M GOING TO PIGGYBACK ON THE VICE MAYOR, DON'T FORGET THE WOMEN ON THE WALL.

YES, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO PIGGYBACK ON BOTH OF THEM AGREED ON THAT, AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ENCOURAGE WE LOOKING AT SOME OF OUR ATHLETES AS WELL.

WE HAPPEN TO HAVE TWO LOCAL NFL STARS THAT HAVE ONE OF THEM, ISAAC BRUCE, WHO WENT TO DILLARD HIGH SCHOOL AND WHO HAS JUST BEEN INDUCTED INTO THE HALL OF FAME.

AND THEN WE HAVE ASANTE SAMUELS, WHO CORNERBACK AND HE WENT TO BOYD ANDERSON AND HE SHOULD BE GOING TO THE HALL OF FAME SOON.

AND WE HAVE SOME WONDERFUL PEOPLE WHO HAVE BROKEN BARRIERS THROUGH MUSIC AND ALSO BASEBALL AND OTHER THINGS.

SO I WOULD LIKE IT TO BE CONSIDERED AS WELL IN EXPANDING THE CULTURAL PROUDNESS THAT WE HAVE, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

VICE MAYOR HAS...

YEAH, I JUST WANT TO ADD ONE FINAL THING, SO I KNOW WE, THIS MAYBE A QUESTION FOR ALL OF US HERE AND CITY MANAGER.

WHAT ABOUT INCORPORATING KENNETH BEHRING, CONSIDERING THE FOUNDING FATHER OF TAMARAC? I KNOW WE ONLY HAVE A STATUE IN THE OF HIS HEAD ON THE COMMUNITY CENTER, BUT PERHAPS SOMETHING ADDING THAT TO IT.

YOU KNOW, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HISTORY.

I THINK THAT THAT'S PRETTY HISTORICAL AS WELL.

MAYOR, MAY I RESPOND.

YES, WELL, YOU CAN SHARE YOUR OPINION, NOT A RESPONSE, PLEASE.

YOUR OPINION ON THE MATTER.

OUR RESPONSE, THE VICE MAYOR, THIS WAS STARTED BEFORE YOU GOT HERE, AND THE IDEA WAS TO HAVE FIGURES RELATED TO SOCIAL JUSTICE, AND THERE'S NO RECORD OF THE FOUNDER HAVING ANYTHING TO DO WITH SOCIAL JUSTICE AND THAT'S WHAT THIS STRUCTURAL ART STRUCTURE IS REALLY DEDICATED TO.

HE IS RECOGNIZED IN MULTIPLE WAYS THROUGHOUT TAMARAC.

COMMISSIONER THAT WAS COMPLETELY MUFFLED IF YOU WANT TO REPEAT YOUR SENTENCE.

I SAID HE'S RECOGNIZED IN MULTIPLE WAYS IN THE CITY OF TAMARAC, THE FOUNDER.

THANK YOU, ALL RIGHT.

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OK, THEN WE'LL SEE YOU AT THE NEXT MEETING WITH THAT CONTRACT.

THERE CAN BE CONSENSUS.

THIS IS JUST CONSENSUS AND THERE'S BEEN CONSENSUS TO MOVE FORWARD.

SO PLEASE DO SO, AND AT THIS TIME, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE INVITE YOU TO ATTEND OUR SEPTEMBER 11TH HONK FOR HERO AT 10:30 HERE AT CITY HALL, ITS DRIVE THRU KEEPING EVERYONE SAFE BY GIVING AN OPPORTUNITY TO PAY OUR RESPECTS, COMMEMORATE THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF SEPTEMBER 11TH AND ALSO SAY THANK YOU TO OUR FIREFIGHTERS, OUR FIRE RESCUE, OUR BSO AND OUR FIRST RESPONDERS.

SO LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IT IS CURRENTLY 7:46, HAVE A GOOD NIGHT, GET HOME SAFELY, THANK YOU.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.