>> GOOD MORNING EVERYONE AND WELCOME TO THE 9:30 AM WEDNESDAY COMMISSION MEETING.
[ CALL TO ORDER:]
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IT IS MAY 25TH.CITY CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL?
>> THANK YOU MAYOR. COMMISSIONER BOLTON.
>> GOOD MORNING AND I'M GOING TO ASK EVERYONE IF YOU WOULD PLEASE RISE.
THANK YOU AND REMAIN STANDING.
AFTER THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE IN MEMORY OF MELVIN DURBIN FOR THE LIVES LOST YESTERDAY AND THE TRAGIC MASSACRE IN TEXAS FOR OUR MILITARY MEN AND WOMEN IN HONOR OF MEMORIAL DAY FOR THOSE WHO ARE SERVING AND FOR EVERYBODY ELSE WHO WE JUST WISH TO GIVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR IN OUR OWN MINDS AND HEARTS.
[1.CITY ATTORNEY REPORT]
>> MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSION, AT THIS POINT THERE'S NOTHING TO REPORT ON THE LITIGATION STAND FRONT EVERYTHING IS STATUS QUO, THERE'S NOTHING TO OTHERWISE REPORT AND DID WANT TO THE EXTENT THERE WERE ANY QUESTIONS? REMIND THE COMMISSION THAT THE NEXT MEETING WE WILL BE HAVING THE CHARTER ORDINANCE THAT YOU-ALL INSTRUCTED.
WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF PUTTING THAT TOGETHER.
PART OF THE, I DON'T WANT TO SAY DELAYED, BUT WE'RE TRYING TO FASHION THE ORDINANCE IN SUCH A WAY THAT WE CAN MINIMIZE THE COST THAT IT WILL COST THE CITY TO ACTUALLY PLACE IT ON THE BALLOT BY TRYING TO GROUP AS MANY OF THE SUBJECT MATTERS TOGETHER IN ONE QUESTION TO THE EXTENT THAT WE CAN.
OTHER THAN THAT, NOTHING FURTHER.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. CITY MANAGER, YOUR REPORT.
[2.CITY MANAGER REPORT]
>> THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING MAYOR AND COMMISSION.
I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT THE FIRE UNION RATIFIED THEIR CONTRACT.
THIS ITEM WILL BE ON THE JUNE 8TH COMMISSION AGENDA.
HISPANIC UNITY OF FLORIDA PRESENTED THE TAMARAC COMMUNITY CENTER WITH A SUPERSITE AWARD FOR BEING THE SECOND LARGEST SITE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE SUCCESS OF THE VEDA TAXES PROGRAM IN BROWARD COUNTY.
THANK YOU TO EVERYONE AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER WHO HELPED WITH THIS IMPORTANT SERVICE FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
WE INVITE EVERYONE TO JOIN US MONDAY, MAY 30TH AT 10:30 AM IN FRONT OF THE TAMARAC COMMUNITY CENTER FOR OUR ANNUAL MEMORIAL DAY CEREMONY AS WE PAY TRIBUTE TO THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES TO PROTECT OUR FREEDOM.
THE CEREMONY WILL BE FOLLOWED WITH A CONCERT BY THE VICTORY DOLLS.
THIS YEAR CEREMONY WAS MOVED TO TAMARAC COMMUNITY CENTER DUE TO CONSTRUCTION AT VETERANS MEMORIAL PARK.
WE ALSO HAVE SOME OTHER ADDITIONAL EVENTS COMING UP IN JUNE.
IN CELEBRATION OF CARIBBEAN HERITAGE MONTH, WE WILL BE HOLDING OUR CARIBBEAN FAMILY FUN DAY ON SATURDAY JUNE 4TH.
THE EVENT WILL TAKE PLACE AT WATER'S EDGE PARK FROM NOON TO 2:00.
THERE WILL BE FOOD, MUSIC, GAMES AND FUN FOR THE ENTIRE FAMILY TO ENJOY.
WE ALSO HOPE TO SEE EVERYONE ON SATURDAY JUNE 18TH AT THE JUNETEENTH FREEDOM FESTIVAL.
PLEASE JOIN US AT THE TAMARAC SPORTS COMPLEX FROM 5:00-08:00 PM WHERE WE WILL HAVE A PERFORMANCE FEATURING THE VALERIE TYSON BAND ALONG WITH A PERFORMANCE BY ASHANTI CULTURAL ARTS, GUEST SPEAKERS, FOOD TRUCKS, KIDS ZONE, AND VENDORS.
FOR MORE INFORMATION ON OUR EVENTS, PLEASE VISIT WWW.TAMARAC.ORG/SPECIALEVENTS.
THAT THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT.
>> THANK YOU. WE WILL NOW GO TO PUBLIC PARTICIPATION
[3.PUBLIC PARTICIPATION]
WHERE CITY ATTORNEY WILL READ THE RULES AND PROCEDURES FOR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.CITY ATTORNEY, I WILL ASK YOU IF YOU WOULD PLEASE BRING THE MIC A LITTLE CLOSER TO YOU.
>> YES MADAM MAYOR, THE RULES ARE UP ON THE SCREEN FOR ANYONE TO FOLLOW ALONG.
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY SPEAK ONLY AT TIMES ASSISTED BY THE MAYOR OR PRESIDING OFFICER.
THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC SHALL STEP TO THE FLOOR MICROPHONE, STATE HIS OR HER NAME AND ADDRESS IN AN AUDIBLE TONE FOR THE CLERK'S RECORD.
IN LIEU OF ADDRESS, THEY CAN INDICATE THEIR CITY OF RESIDENTS.
REMARKS SHALL BE LIMITED TO THE QUESTIONS UNDER DISCUSSION UNLESS SUCH REMARKS COME DURING THE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION SECTION OF THE MEETING.
DURING PUBLIC PARTICIPATION, ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC MAY SPEAK TO ANY ISSUE THAT IS NOT ON THE AGENDA FOR PUBLIC HEARING.
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DURING THE CITY COMMISSION MEETING, SPEAKERS WILL BE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES DURING THIS TIME.THERE'S A TOTAL OF 30 MINUTE AGGREGATE LIMIT FOR THESE ITEMS AND SPEAKERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO SIGN UP IN ADVANCE WITH CITY CLERK PRIOR TO THEIR PARTICIPATION.
ALL REMARKS SHALL BE ADDRESSED TO THE CITY COMMISSION AS A BODY THROUGH THE MAYOR AND NOT TO ANY MEMBER THEREOF.
CUMULATIVE AND REPETITIVE TESTIMONY SHOULD BE AVOIDED ON ANY MATTER.
PERSONS OF THE SAME POSITION AS THE PREVIOUS SPEAKER MAY SIMPLY STATE THEIR NAME, ADDRESS, AND THE POSITION WITH WHICH THEY AGREE.
ANY PERSON MAKING DISRUPTIVE, IMPERTINENT OR SLANDERS REMARKS OR WHO SHALL BECOME BOISTEROUS WHILE ADDRESSING THE CITY COMMISSION AND REFUSES TO STOP MAYBE REQUESTS TO LEAVE THE MEETING BY THE CITY COMMISSION.
PERSONS WHOSE ALLOWED TIME TO SPEAK HAS EXPIRED SHALL BE SO ADVISED BY THE CITY CLERK TO CONCLUDE OR BY THE MAYOR, PRESIDING OFFICER.
PUBLIC HEARINGS CONSISTS OF THOSE AGENDA ITEMS WHERE THE PUBLIC MAY PARTICIPATE.
THE PUBLIC SHELF SPEAK ONLY ON THE AGENDA.
SUBJECT SPEAKING TIME FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC IS LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES FOR ANY PARTICULAR TOPIC.
ADDITIONAL TIME MAY BE ADDED BY THE CITY COMMISSION.
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC SHALL NOT DELEGATE OR GIVE THEIR TIME OR ANY PORTION THEREOF TO ANOTHER PARTY.
FOR PUBLIC HEARING, THE CITY COMMISSION MAY SET AN AGGREGATE TIME LIMIT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
WHEN AN ISSUE HAS BEEN DESIGNATED AS JUDICIAL PUBLIC REMARKS SHOULD ONLY BE HEARD DURING THE JUDICIAL HEARING THAT IT'S BEEN PROPERLY NOTICED FOR THAT MATTER.
WE WILL NOW GO TO OUR PUBLIC COMMENTS. CRAIG MCDONALD.
>> SIX C AND THAT'S FOR AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> MEGALINE. DID I PRONOUNCE YOUR NAME RIGHT? IF YOU'D PLEASE COME TO THE MIC.
YOU JUST STATE THE LOCATION OF WHERE YOU LIVE.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO STATE YOUR ADDRESS, YOU GIVE THE CITY AND PLEASE PROCEED.
MY NAME IS MEGALINE [INAUDIBLE] AND I'M ACTUALLY FROM AROUND THE AREA.
I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF MOMS AND DEMAND ACTION.
WE'RE HERE TO ACTUALLY TALK TO YOU GUYS IN REGARDS TO THE GUN VIOLENCE.
WE ARE ADVOCATING FOR THE GUN VIOLENCE WHERE WE WOULD LIKE FOR YOU GUYS TO PASS ON THE MESSAGE AND SUPPORTING US WITH THE CAMPAIGN THAT WE ACTUALLY DOING AROUND THE COMMUNITY WHERE WE CAN ACTUALLY PREVENT CERTAIN THINGS FROM HAPPENING JUST LIKE THE TRAGEDY THAT HAPPEN YESTERDAY.
FROM TIME TO TIME, WE'VE BEEN HEARING DIFFERENT THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN THE COMMUNITY.
A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE LOSING THEIR LIVES NONSENSE.
AGAIN, WE'RE HERE JUST TO LET YOU GUYS TO BE AWARE OF WHAT'S GOING ON.
WE ACTUALLY NEED YOUR SUPPORT PLEASE.
WE WILL BE HAVING AN EVENT FROM JUNE 2ND-3RD WHERE WE WILL BE WEARING ORANGE JUST TO SUPPORT THE ONES THAT ACTUALLY LOST THEIR LIFE.
THEY HAVE NO VOICE, JUST TO HONOR THEM. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AS CONTINUALLY, THE CITY HAS SUPPORTED IN PROCLAMATION POSTED FOR YOU.
THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO.
>> CHAIR, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE CITY ATTORNEY.
>> CITY ATTORNEY WE ARE IN PUBLIC PARTICIPATION, GO AHEAD.
>> FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND AS ELECTED OFFICIALS, WE REALLY CAN'T TALK ABOUT GUN CONTROL OR GUN LAWS WITHOUT THE RISK OF BEING SUED PERSONALLY AND HELD LIABLE.
>> YES, VICE MAYOR, YOU ARE CORRECT. [OVERLAPPING].
>> CITY ATTORNEY I NEED TO ASK YOU PLEASE.
>> YES, VICE MAYOR, YOU ARE CORRECT.
SEVERAL YEARS BACK IN ITS INFINITE WISDOM, THE FLORIDA LEGISLATURE ADOPTED A SERIES OF STATEWIDE LAWS THAT PREEMPT THE ABILITY OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO ENACT ANY MEASURE THAT AS THE FLOOR LEGISLATURE DEFINES, THEY MIGHT CONSTITUTE GUN CONTROL ACTIVITY OR LIMITATIONS.
NOT ONLY THAT, THEY WENT ONE STEP FURTHER AND PUT IN WHAT I WOULD CALL A POISON PILL PROVISION THAT ANY LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD MEMBER OR COMMISSION MEMBERS OR COUNCIL MEMBER THAT SPEAKS TO AND ATTEMPTS TO REGULATE THOSE TYPES OF ACTIVITIES PREEMPTED BY THE STATE IS NOT ONLY AT THE RISK OF THE PREEMPTION STATUTE BUT ALSO BEING HELD LIABLE CRIMINALLY FOR SUCH ACTIONS.
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IT'S A UNIQUE STATUTORY PROVISION THAT THE LEGISLATURE CREATED.UNFORTUNATELY FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, IT'S A FURTHER EROSION OF THEIR HOME RULE POWERS.
IT WAS CHALLENGED IN ABOUT A YEAR AGO, THE APPELLATE COURTS RULED IN FAVOR OF THE PREEMPTION STATUTE SAYING THAT THE STATE DID IN FACT HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO NOT ONLY PREEMPT LOCAL GOVERNMENT REGULATION OF GUN CONTROL BUT ALSO TO PUT IT IN THE CRIMINAL PROVISION THAT HOLDS EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU PERSONALLY LIABLE FOR POTENTIAL CRIMINAL PROSECUTION.
>> THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED THE FOLKS AT MOMS DEMAND ACTION TO KNOW THAT EVEN THOUGH SOME OF US PERSONALLY WANT TO PURSUE AND SUPPORT STRONGER MEASURES FOR CONTROL TO PROTECT OUR SOCIETY, THE FLORIDA STATE LEGISLATURE WILL HOLD US CRIMINALLY LIABLE.
SO IT REALLY TIES OUR HANDS, UNFORTUNATELY.
>> THANK YOU. WE'RE NOW MOVING ON TO OUR NEXT PARTICIPANTS.
BUT ACTUALLY THE PARTICIPANTS HAVE SIGNED UP WHERE I KNOW THE ITEMS ARE IT'S WRITTEN BY THEIR NAMES THAT THIS IS FOR ORDINANCES ON FIRST READING.
WE DON'T HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT IN ORDINANCE ON A FIRST READING, HOWEVER, AS I'VE BEEN ADVISED BY OUR CITY ATTORNEY, DURING PUBLIC PARTICIPATION, IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK ON THESE MATTERS AS YOU ARE FREE TO SPEAK, PLEASE KNOW THAT THESE ITEMS WILL NOT GO TOWARDS THE RECORD.
PLEASE REPHRASE IT FOR ME. I'LL LET YOU REPHRASE THAT.
>> AS THE MAYOR HAS EXPLAINED, CERTAIN TYPES OF ORDINANCES, INCLUDING THESE THE FIRST READING OF THE ORDINANCE DOES NOT REQUIRE A PUBLIC COMMENT PROVISION.
HOWEVER, UNDER FLORIDA LAW, YOU ARE FREE TO COME DURING THIS PORTION OF THE AGENDA AND SPEAK TO ANY ITEM ON THE AGENDA UNDER FLORIDA LAW.
HOWEVER, IF YOU WANT YOUR COMMENTS TO BE MADE SPECIFICALLY PART OF THE RECORD AS IT RELATES TO THE PARTICULAR ORDINANCE, THEN I WOULD STRONGLY SUGGEST THAT WHEN THE ITEM IS SCHEDULED FOR SECOND READING AND THE PUBLIC COMMENT AND PUBLIC HEARING PROCESS IS IN PLAY OR AVAILABLE TO YOU, THAT YOU COME BACK AT THAT TIME AND STATE YOUR POSITION WITH REGARD TO THAT, BUT YOU ARE FREE TO MAKE COMMENTS NOW IF YOU SO DESIRE.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THE FIRST PERSON IS KATHLEEN JOHNSON. DR. JOHNSON.
NAME AND LOCATION FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.
>> KATHLEEN JOHNSON, I'M THE PRESIDENT OF [INAUDIBLE] HOA.
REGARDING THE OVERNIGHT PARKING ORDINANCE THAT THE COMMISSION IS CONSIDERING TO DO AWAY WITH, I CAN'T SAY STRONGLY ENOUGH HOW MUCH WE AND MANY OF OUR RESIDENTS OBJECT TO HAVING THAT ORDINANCE CHANGED.
WE LIVE IN A COMMUNITY WHERE THE STREETS ARE VERY NARROW, WHERE WE HAVE ELDERLY PEOPLE, WHERE EMERGENCY VEHICLES NEED TO BE ABLE TO GET THROUGH.
AS IT IS NOW, WE HAVE HAD INSTANCES WHERE EMERGENCY VEHICLES COULD NOT GET THROUGH, HAD TO BACKUP OUT OF THE ROAD, TURNAROUND, GO DOWN ANOTHER ROAD.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MINUTES THAT CAUSED PEOPLE THEIR LIVES.
IF YOU DO AWAY WITH THAT ORDINANCE, YOU ARE ENCOURAGING MORE PARKING IN THE STREETS.
AS IT IS, IT'S NEVER ENFORCED.
IF I HAD CONFIDENCE THAT WHAT YOU PLAN TO REPLACE IT WITH, WHICH IS BLOCKING EMERGENCY VEHICLES, IS AGAINST THE LAW, IF I HAD CONFIDENCE OUR POLICE WOULD DO THAT AND WOULD CHECK THAT OUT, I WOULD NOT HAVE SO MUCH OF AN ISSUE.
BUT AS IT IS NOW, I HAVE NO CONFIDENCE BECAUSE THEY DO NOT DO IT NOW.
OUR PRIORITY IS SAFETY OF RESIDENTS NOT MAKING IT EASY FOR POLICE OFFICIALS.
THE SECOND ISSUE I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS IN A POST THAT WAS SUBMITTED TO MANY RESIDENTS, ONE OF THE COMMISSIONERS WAS VERY DEROGATORY TOWARD THE MAYOR.
I FIND THAT, IF ANYTHING, THIS COMMISSION SHOULD BE WORKING TOGETHER,
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NOT AGAINST EACH OTHER.PRIVATE OPINIONS HAVE NO PLACE.
WHEN SOMEONE SAYS, "RESIDENTS CAN CHOOSE TO BELIEVE WHAT THEY WANT, BUT THE RECORD AND MEETING VIDEOS CANNOT LIE, " THAT PERSON IS CORRECT.
BEHAVIOR IS WHAT IS SHOWN STRONGER THAN WORDS.
WHEN WE EXTORT MONEY FROM DEVELOPERS, WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT, AND FOR WHATEVER POSITIONS YOU WANT TO CALL IT, IT IS STILL EXTORTION, AND IT DOES NOT MAKE SOMEONE WHO IS AGAINST EXTORTION A MONSTER.
I HAVE BEEN HOMELESS WITH THREE CHILDREN.
I WOULD STILL BE AGAINST EXTORTING MONEY FOR ANY HOMELESS SERVICES THAT PROVIDE FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
THAT SHOULD BE A VOLUNTARY DONATION, NOT ONE THAT IS EXTORTED FROM DEVELOPERS.
I DON T THINK WE AS A CITY WANT TO BE KNOWN FOR THAT.
IN ADDITION, THERE'S CERTAIN COMMISSIONER CONTINUES TO SAY HE'S A MAN OF GOD.
WELL, LET ME REMIND YOU WITH THE TONGUE, WE PRAISE OUR LORD AND FATHER, AND WITH IT WE CURSE HUMAN BEINGS.
WE HAVE BEEN MADE IN THE IMAGE AND LIKENESS OF GOD.
OUT OF THE SAME MATH, COME PRAISE AND CURSING.
WE'VE HAD THIS DISCUSSION BEFORE WITH THE BOARD, AS WELL AS WITH THE PUBLIC.
OUR RULES AND REGULATIONS DO PROVIDE FOR RULES OF CONDUCT AND THAT SPEAKERS, BOTH ON DEUS AND THE PUBLIC ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO PERSONALIZE.
I APPRECIATE THE SPEAKER'S ATTEMPTS TO AVOID THAT.
BUT WHEN WORDS SUCH AS EXTORTION, WHICH IS ILLEGAL AND THEREBY INFERRING ILLEGAL CONDUCT.
THERE'S AN ENTIRE PORTION OF STATE GOVERNMENT, THE STATE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, THE STATEWIDE PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE, FDLE.
THERE'S EVIDENCE BY ANY RESIDENT THAT THEY BELIEVE THAT THERE HAS BEEN IMPROPER CONDUCT.
THERE ARE APPROPRIATE AVENUES TO PURSUE THOSE REMEDIES.
JUST AGAIN, REMIND EVERYONE TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT THE RULES AND PERSONALIZING AND ATTACKING MEMBERS OF DAYIS, AS WELL AS MEMBERS OF THE DAYIS ATTACKING MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AND EACH OTHER.
>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR WARNING, CITY ATTORNEY.
AS YOU SAID BEFORE, THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS THAT PEOPLE CAN DO.
THEN ALSO WE ARE SUBJECT TO CERTAIN COMMENTS.
GOING TO THE NEXT SPEAKER, EILEEN MICHELSON.
YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES, PLEASE.
>> ILENE LIEBERMAN MICHELSON, 4809 WOODLANDS BOULEVARD IN TAMARAC.
I'M GOING TO SPEAK ABOUT 6A AND 6B.
I UNDERSTAND WHY YOU WANT TO HAVE UNIFORM ENFORCEMENT OF PARKING THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
HOWEVER, THE PROBLEM IS NOT WITH YOUR CODE, THE PROBLEM IS WITH YOUR ENFORCEMENT.
I PREVIOUSLY BROUGHT TO THIS COMMISSION AN EXAMPLE OF THAT WHERE ONE OF THE RESIDENTS ON WOODLANDS BOULEVARD HAD AN EVENT AT HIS HOUSE.
THERE WERE CARS THAT HAD PARKED THEY WEREN'T THERE EVEN FIVE MINUTES AND THE POLICE SHOWED UP WITH SIRENS BLARING, TELLING EVERYBODY THEY HAD TO MOVE OR THEY WOULD BE TICKETED.
YET JUST SHORTLY THEREAFTER, ANOTHER HOMEOWNER, WOODLANDS BOULEVARD HAD A MAJOR PARTY AND THE CARS EXTENDED DOWN ABOUT A HALF A MILE ON THE BOULEVARD AND NO POLICE SHOWED UP TO TELL THEM THAT THEY COULDN'T PARK ON THE SWALE OR THE GRASS OR IN THE RIGHT-OF-WAY ON WOODLANDS BOULEVARD.
I URGE YOU TO LOOK INTO THE APPLICATION OF YOUR CODE VERSUS THE CHANGES TO YOUR CODES, AND I REALIZED THAT WHAT YOU'RE DOING TODAY WITH PARKING IS A 24-HOUR PROVISION.
SO IF IT BLOCKS OR IMPEDES THE FREE FLOW OF TRAFFIC OR EMERGENCY VEHICLES, IT COULD BE 12:00 NOON AND THAT PERSON WILL HAVE TO MOVE.
THE PROBLEM IS THAT RIGHT NOW, THE AUTOMATIC PROHIBITION BETWEEN 2 AND 6 MEANS THAT THE EMERGENCY VEHICLES,
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THE POLICE OR FIRE, DON'T HAVE TO WAKE SOMEBODY UP TO MOVE THEIR CAR.I DON'T KNOW THAT THIS REALLY IS AS HELPFUL AS YOU WOULD LIKE IT TO BE BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO PUT THEM IN THE POSITION OF GOING TO SOMEONE'S HOUSE, THEY HAVE TO HAVE THEM MOVE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT.
WITH RESPECT TO ITEM 6B, I'M DELIGHTED TO SEE THAT THE OVERLAY DISTRICT IS BEING EXTENDED FOR ANOTHER YEAR SO THAT YOU CAN LOOK AT VARIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES, BUT I AM SHOCKED THAT IT SAYS YOU'RE DOING THIS TO ACCOMMODATE 13TH FLOOR IN THE REDEVELOPMENT APPLICATION, AND THEN THEY'RE REZONING.
THIS IS A COMPANY THAT SUED THE CITY INSTEAD OF COMING TO A PUBLIC HEARING.
SO I WOULD SUGGEST THAT ON THAT YOU REMOVE THE REFERENCE TO 13TH FLOORS REZONING AND LAND USE PLAN AMENDMENT, IT'S SIMPLY NOT RELEVANT TO WHAT THIS ITEM IS DOING, WHICH IS EXTENDING THE OVERLAY DISTRICT BY ONE YEAR TO A TOTAL OF FIVE YEARS.
THEN IT SAYS THE PARKING OF MOTOR VEHICLES ANYWHERE ON WOODLANDS BOULEVARD RIGHT AWAY AT ANY TIME OF THE DAY OR NIGHT IS PROHIBITED.
IT SEEMS THAT FLIES IN THE FACE OF ITEM 6A, WHICH BASICALLY SAYS WE WANT UNIFORM RESTRICTIONS THROUGHOUT THE CITY, BUT I IMPLORE YOU ON 6B, TAKE THE ISSUE ABOUT 13TH FLOOR OUT.
IT DOESN'T BELONG IN THIS ITEM.
THE CITY ISN'T READY TO DISSOLVE THE OVERLAY DISTRICT, AND IT'S GOOD FOR YOU TO EXTEND IT ANOTHER YEAR FOR THAT REASON ALONE. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. CYNTHIA BAKER.
>> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE, CYNTHIA BAKER, 4621 NORTH WEST 45TH COURT, MAINLAND SECTION 4.
WHILE I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE EMERGENCY VEHICLES ON THE PARKING ISSUE, WHAT IS SCARING ME IS ALL OF THE INFORMATION ABOUT ALL OF THE CARS THAT ARE GETTING BROKEN INTO AND ALL OF THE CRIMINAL ACTIVITY THAT'S HAPPENING AROUND OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING ABOUT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD PARTICULARLY, BUT WE'RE IN A, I CALL IT A HORSESHOE BECAUSE THERE'S ONLY TWO WAYS IN, TWO WAYS OUT OR, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN.
I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT CARS WE HAVE NO KNOWLEDGE WHO THEY BELONG TO JUST PARKED ALONG OUR STREETS.
WE'RE ALL OLD, RELATIVELY I FEEL YOUNG BUT I'M OLD, AND I'M SPEAKING NOW BECAUSE I MAY NOT MAKE THE NEXT READING [LAUGHTER].
IT'S IMPORTANT FOR YOU ALL TO CONSIDER, WE HAVE TWO LANES.
IF IT'S A STREET THAT HAS A DIVIDED STREET WITH A MEDIAN, THEN THEY CAN PARK ON ONE SIDE AND STILL GET THROUGH BUT ON OUR STREET, IF THEY PARK LIKE THIS, NOBODY CAN GET THROUGH AND IT'S VERY DANGEROUS AND I LIKE TO KNOW WHOSE CAR IS OUT THERE.
I JUST HAVE A QUESTION IT'S NOT PART OF THIS, BUT I WANT TO TALK TO SOMEBODY ABOUT THE LIGHT AND THE EXIT IN THE COMING IN MAINLAND'S DRIVE AND THAT, NO U-TURN, THAT'S ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE NO U-TURN INSTEAD OF BEING ON THIS SIDE.
IS THAT SOMEBODY HERE OR DO I HAVE TO GO TO THE DOT?
>> SPEAK TO NASA AFTERWARDS, BUT ALSO PLEASE KNOW THAT THAT LIGHT IS BEING LOOKED INTO [OVERLAPPING].
>> WHO AM I GOING TO SPEAK TO?
>> THE LIGHT IS BEING ADDRESSED THROUGH US AS A CITY AND BSO AND MPO.
>> THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC WHO WISHES TO SPEAK THAT HAS NOT SIGNED UP TO SPEAK? SEEING THAT NO ONE ELSE DESIRES TO SPEAK AT PUBLIC COMMENTS OUR PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE NOW CLOSED.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE WILL NOW MOVE TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA.
[4.CONSENT AGENDA]
CITY MANAGER, ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONS OR DELETIONS?>> NOT FROM ME, MAYOR, BUT I UNDERSTAND THAT COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS MAY HAVE SOMETHING HE WANTS TO REMOVE.
>> OKAY. COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS.
>> I WANT TO MODIFY MY ITEM FURTHER.
>> YOU WANT TO MODIFY YOUR ITEM FURTHER.
OKAY, DO CITY ATTORNEY THROUGH PROCEDURES [OVERLAPPING].
>> IT CAN BE DONE AT THE TIME THAT THE ITEM IS CALLED, COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS HAS INDICATED TO ME THAT HE IS GOING TO ASK A LEGAL AND STAFF A SINGULAR QUESTION REGARDING [OVERLAPPING].
>> HE WILL BRING IT UP AT THAT TIME.
>> SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS AND WE WILL DEAL WITH IT AT THAT POINT IN TIME.
SO SEEING THAT THERE'S NO OTHER DELETIONS OR CHANGES, I'M ASKING FOR A SECOND TO MY MOTION TO MOVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
>> THANK YOU, MAYOR. MAYOR GOMEZ?
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>> MOTION PASS, 5-0. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. WE WILL NOW GO TO THE SECOND, SORRY WE'RE GOING TO GO TO 5A TR13 787,
[5.aTR13787 - A Resolution Of The City Commission Of The City Of Tamarac, Florida, Authorizing the Purchase Of two (2) Replacement Paratransit Vans through Florida Transportation Systems, Inc. (Fts) Utilizing Florida Department Of Transportation (Fdot) Transit Research Inspection Procurement Services (Trips) Contract Number Trips-19-Mv-Fts; authorizing an expenditure in an amount not to exceed $132,006.00.00 from the appropriate accounts for the vehicles and equipment; providing for conflicts; providing for severability; and providing for an effective date.]
CITY ATTORNEY, PLEASE READ THE TITLE FOR THE RECORD.>> MARIN MEMBERS COMMISSIONS AND RESOLUTION, THE CITY COMMISSIONER RECEIVED AT TAMARAC, FLORIDA, AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE OF TWO REPLACEMENT PARATRANSIT BANDS THROUGH THE FLORIDA'S TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS INK FTS UTILIZING FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, TRANSIT RESEARCH, INSPECTION, PROCUREMENT SERVICES, CONTRACT NUMBER OF TRIPS, 19 MY FTS, AUTHORIZING THE EXPENDITURE IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $132,006 FROM THE APPROPRIATE ACCOUNTS FOR THE VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS, PROVIDING FOR SEPARABILITY, AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
>>THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND.
>> THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS, MOTION.
AT THIS TIME, I'M GOING TO OPEN THIS ITEM FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS.
IS THERE ANYBODY WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE NOW CLOSED.
GREG WARNER, OUR DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION IS AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
>> WHAT HAPPENS TO THE ITEMS THAT ARE BEING REPLACED?
>> IS THIS ACTUALLY FOR MR. CITY MANAGER? IS THIS FOR MR. WARNER OR IS THIS FOR [INAUDIBLE] [OVERLAPPING].
>>I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE THE ANSWER, BUT I THINK KEITH PROBABLY WOULD. WELL, GREG.
AS ARE ALL OF OUR REPLACEMENT VEHICLES ARE AVAILABLE, HE PUT OUT FOR AUCTION, I BELIEVE.
>> THANK YOU. SEEING NO FURTHER QUESTIONS.
CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
>> MOTION PASSES 5-0. THANK YOU.
>>THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE WILL NOW MOVE TO ITEM 6A,
[6.aTO2499 - An ordinance of the City Commission of the City of Tamarac, Florida amending Chapter 14, “Motor Vehicles and Traffic”, Article II, “Stopping, Standing and Parking”, Section 14-26, “Parking Restrictions—Public Rights-Of-Way”, by repealing Subsections 14-26(a) and (b) of the City of Tamarac Code of Ordinances, to provide for consistent and general parking restrictions, applicable citywide; providing for conflicts; providing for severability; providing for codification; and providing for an effective date.]
ORDINANCES ON FIRST READING TO2 499.CITY ATTORNEY, PLEASE READ THE TITLE FOR THE RECORD.
>>YES, MA'AM. MADAM MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION.
THIS IS AN ORDINANCE, CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC, FLORIDA AMENDING CHAPTER 14 MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC, ARTICLE 2; STOPPING, STANDING, AND PARKING.
SECTION 14 - 26, PARKING RESTRICTIONS, PUBLIC RIGHTS OF WAY BY REPEALING SUBSECTION 14 - 26, A AND B OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC CODE OF ORDINANCES TO PROVIDE FOR CONSISTENT IN GENERAL PARKING [NOISE] RESTRICTIONS APPLICABLE TO CITYWIDE, PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS, PROVIDING FOR SEPARABILITY, PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION, PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MOTION AND A SECOND, PLEASE.
I'LL TAKE A SECOND TO MY MOTION, PLEASE.
>> THANK YOU. MAXINE CALLOWAY, THE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, AND CAPTAIN JEFF SAMONELLO, ARE AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
I THINK THE LANGUAGE IS VERY SUBJECTIVE.
I THINK THAT PERSON VIOLATING WILL CLAIM THAT IT IS AS WELL.
IT ALSO LEADS TO CLAIMS OF SELECTIVE ENFORCEMENT.
EVERYBODY IS AWARE HOW I FEEL ABOUT THIS FOR YEARS.
WE'VE HAD MEETINGS FOR YEARS ABOUT THIS.
I REALLY BELIEVE THAT WE SHOULD BE MAKING IT MAYBE 11:00 PM TO 6:00 AM.
I THINK WE ALSO NEED TO BE INCLUDING THE FACT THAT IT NEEDS TO NOT PARK CARS EVEN AT ANYTIME DURING THE DAY THAT WILL BLOCK A PERSON'S DRIVEWAY, BLOCK FIRE HYDRANTS BECAUSE THEY STILL DO IT WITHIN SOME FEAT OF THE CORNERS, WE NEED ENFORCEMENT.
I UNDERSTAND OUR BSO AND WHERE THEY NEED A DIRECTIVE IT'S NOT THAT THEY HAVEN'T WANTED TO DO IT, THEY JUST HAVEN'T HAD CLEAR DIRECTIVE.
FOR YEARS I'VE HAD MEETINGS WITH ALL THE COMMUNITIES AND IT TASTES GREAT, LESS FEELING.
WE CAN'T COME TO SOME HAPPY MEDIUM AND WE NEED TO.
WE SHOULDN'T BE FORCING CERTAIN HOME OWNERS TO EXTEND THEIR DRIVEWAY AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN MAKE IT EASY FOR PEOPLE TO JUST PARK THE CARS ALL OVER THE PLACE AND SO THE PEOPLE WHO SPENT THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS, IT'S BEEN A WASTE FOR THEM.
IT'S NOT SAFE AS WE'VE HEARD FROM ONE OF OUR RESIDENTS, AND I'M SURE SHE STANDS FOR MANY AS WELL.
IF WE CAN HAVE A BSO PERSON IN THE EVENING HANDLING THIS, THEN I RESUME MY REQUEST FOR A PARKING CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER.
IT COULD BE A PART-TIME PERSON, WE CAN HAVE TWO OF THEM AND WE CAN JUST HAVE THEM THERE PROFESSIONALLY TRAINED.
THEY HAVE THESE OUT THERE THAT THEY CAN JUST HANDLE THE PARKING ENFORCEMENT FOR THE CITY.
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IT'S ALL ABOUT THE DOLLARS AND WANTING TO GET DOLLARS.NO. IT'S ABOUT PEOPLE REMEMBERING THAT THEY LIVE NEXT TO ANOTHER PERSON AND THAT THEY HAVE TO BE MINDFUL OF THE COMMUNITY IN WHICH THEY LIVE IN AND THE SAFETY OF OUR PEOPLE DRIVING DOWN THE STREETS, OUR PEOPLE WALKING ON THE STREETS BECAUSE SOME OF OUR STREETS DON'T HAVE SIDEWALKS, OUR OLDER COMMUNITIES, WHICH IS MOST OF OUR CITY.
ONE WAY IS 10 FEET, THE OTHER WAY IS 10 FEET.
OUR CARS ARE ABOUT FOUR FEET WIDE.
HOW ARE PEOPLE GETTING AROUND? THEY'RE ZIGZAGGING.
SOME OF OUR NEWER DEVELOPMENT, YES, IT'S 12 FEET ON EACH SIDE, MAKES IT 24, MAKES IT A LITTLE EASIER.
PREDOMINANTLY, MOST OF THE CITY WAS BUILT UNDER OLD COATS.
IT'S NOT TO SAY THE CITY DID ANYTHING WRONG WHEN IT WAS DEVELOPED.
CARS GOT BIGGER, MORE PEOPLE HAVE CARS.
WE'VE GOT TO ADAPT AND ADJUST.
AS TO MOVING THE PARKING RESTRICTIONS ON WOODLANDS BOULEVARD.
I THINK PEOPLE ALSO NEED A LITTLE HISTORICAL KNOWLEDGE ON THAT.
IT IS A MAIN BOULEVARD LIKE COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD.
UNIVERSITY DRIVE, PINE ISLAND ROAD, KNOB HILL, NORTH AND SOUTH, THEIR MAIN THOROUGHFARES.
THERE WAS A TIME WHEN WOODLANDS BOULEVARD SOUTH WENT THROUGH TO 44, AND SO PEOPLE CAN GET THROUGH.
BUT IT ACTUALLY IS ONE OF THE MAIN BOULEVARDS THAT GOES THROUGH A COMMUNITY, DESPITE A SAYING, PRIVATE COUNTRY CLUB COMMUNITY.
THE ONLY THING THAT WAS PRIVATE ABOUT IT YEARS AGO WAS THE ACTUAL ABILITY TO GO TO THE CLUB AND PLAY ON THE COURSE.
THAT ENDED SOMEWHERE IN THE MID 2000S.
POINT BEING, IT'S NOT SAFE, WE HAVE BIKE LANES ON THERE, AND I THINK WE NEED SOME CONSISTENCY, SO WE'LL ALSO NEED TO ADD IN IF YOU WOULD CITY MANAGER AND YOU CAN TALK MORE ABOUT THIS.
ISN'T THERE SOMETHING ABOUT BIKE LANES, WE CAN'T PARK BIKE LANES? CITY MANAGER?
>> YES. IT'S COME TO MY ATTENTION THAT THERE'S A COUNTY ORDINANCE RELATED TO PARKING AND BLOCKING BIKE LANES.
THAT'S SOMETHING FOR CONSIDERATION THAT WE COULD STRENGTHEN IF THE COMMISSION SO DECIDES WITHOUT PUTTING IT INTO THE CITY CODE.
>> THANK YOU. I UNDERSTAND THAT MAJORITY OF THE COMMISSION HAS SPOKEN THAT THEY WANT TO REPEAL THIS, BUT I'M HOPING THAT THIS COMMISSION WILL HAVE READ SOME OF THE EMAILS THAT HAVE BEEN SENT TO US.
HERE ARE SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE MADE COMMENTS AND CONSIDER NOT REPEALING THIS, MAKING IT STRONGER, MAKING IT 11:00-6:00.
WE CAN MODIFY THAT IF WE NEED TO.
HAVE ACTUAL SOMEBODY SPECIFICALLY TO ENFORCE THIS AND START GETTING RID OF THIS PROBLEM IN OUR CITY BECAUSE IT IS ALL ABOUT THE HEALTH AND WELFARE AND THE ENJOYMENT OF LIFE IN THE CITY IN WHICH WE LIVE.
THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER PLACKO.
>> THANK YOU. WE HAVE BEEN DISCUSSING THIS FOR A VERY VERY LONG TIME AND DURING THAT TIME, THE PARKING SITUATION HAS GOTTEN WORSE AND WORSE AND WE NEED TO CHANGE WITH THE TIMES.
WELL, I BELIEVE WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING.
I DON'T THINK JUST REPEALING THIS DOES THE TRICK.
WE HAVE TO LOOK AT OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO KEEP OUR RESIDENTS SAFE.
I DO URGE THE HLA'S TO HAVE WRITTEN INTO YOUR BYLAWS THAT THAT IS AN INFRACTION OF YOUR BYLAW RULES.
YOU HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF TEETH WITHIN YOURSELF.
I DON'T THINK THAT'S THE TOTALLY ANSWER, BUT I THINK WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING, BUT I DON T THINK THIS IS THE MEASURE THAT WE NEED TO TAKE BY REPEALING THIS, THEN THERE'S NO SAFEGUARDS WHATSOEVER.
I DON'T KNOW IF CHANGING THE TIME WORKS.
WE'VE HAD THIS ON THE BOOKS FOR A VERY VERY LONG TIME, BUT BSL HAS NOT BEEN ENFORCING IT FOR VARIOUS REASONS, SO THAT DOESN'T WORK, BUT THIS ORDINANCE AS WRITTEN, DOESN'T WORK.
WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING FOR OUR RESIDENTS, BUT I THINK WE NEED TO DO A LITTLE BIT MORE DUE DILIGENCE BEFORE WE DECIDE ON THIS. THANK YOU.
THE ONE THING THAT I CAN'T EMPHASIZE ENOUGH IS CONSISTENT ENFORCEMENT.
EVERYBODY GETS TREATED THE SAME, EVERY COMMUNITY GETS TREATED THE SAME. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. QUESTION FOR THE FIRE CHIEF AND THE POLICE CAPTAIN.
>> WHOEVER CAN GET TO THE MICROPHONE FIRST, YOU'RE IT.
[LAUGHTER] ACTUALLY THOUGH, CAPTAIN YOU WERE LISTED ON THE AGENDA, SO IT'S ALL FAIR THAT YOU GO FIRST.
>> GOOD MORNING, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS FOR THE RECORD, JEFF CIRMINIELLO, CAPTAIN BROWARD SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
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>> CAPTAIN, RESIDENTS SPOKE EARLIER AND TALKED ABOUT THE BLOCKING OF EMERGENCY VEHICLES.
HAVE YOUR DEPUTIES HAD ISSUES DRIVING THROUGH MAINLANDS 4 DUE TO PARKING?
>> NOT THAT I'M AWARE OF MAINLANDS 4.
THEY WOULD GET RUNNING UP TO ME.
IF WE HAVE ANY CONSISTENT ISSUES.
WE HAVE GOOD SUCCESSES WITH GETTING COMPLIANCE.
WHAT WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO DO UNTIL WE GET FURTHER DIRECTION ON PARKING SPECIFICALLY IS GETTING COMPLIANCE FROM OUR RESIDENTS SO WE'LL KNOCK ON DOORS.
THAT'S SOMETHING WE DON'T LET GO BECAUSE OF THAT.
IT MIGHT BE MORE FIRE RELATED, BUT THAT IS A SERIOUS CONCERN.
THAT'S SOMETHING WE WILL CONSISTENTLY LOOKOUT FOR.
>> GOOD MORNING, MIKE ANNESE, FIRE CHIEF.
>> GOOD MORNING, MIKE OUR FIRE CHIEF.
SAME QUESTION. EMERGENCY SITUATIONS.
GO INTO MAINLANDS 4 HAVE YOUR STAFF COMPLAINED ABOUT CAR IS BEING IN THE WAY OF THEM HAVE TO DIVERT THEIR INITIAL PATH TO AVOID ANY TRAFFIC IMPEDIMENTS.
>> SIMILAR TO CAPTAIN SAME THING.
I HAVE NOT HAD ANYBODY REPORT ANYTHING TO ME HAVING ISSUES WITH THAT CONSISTENTLY.
IF WE DO HAVE AN ISSUE WE USUALLY CALL IT THE ESOL TO HAVE THEIR CAR REMOVED OR ADJUSTED, BUT FOR THE MOST PART BY IN LARGE, NO, WE HAVE NOT HAD THAT MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT IT.
>> AS FAR AS YOU KNOW, NO LOST LIVES, NO EMERGENCIES, NOTHING.
>> NO, NO STOPPAGE OF OUR SERVICE.
>> OKAY. THANK YOU. FOR THE RESIDENT THAT COMPLAINED EARLIER, ARE YOU AWARE OF CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE POLICE VEHICLE OR FIRE TRUCK COULDN'T GET THROUGH BECAUSE OF PARKING IN THE WAY?
>> CITY ATTORNEY, DO WE TYPICALLY ASK OUR RESIDENTS AND THE AUDIENCE TO HAVE DISCUSSION WITH US ON ITEMS?
>> GENERALLY NO. BUT TO THE VICE MAYOR'S QUESTION, I DO RECALL AT LEAST ONE SPEAKER VERY SPECIFICALLY STATING THAT THEY HAD A SITUATION IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE OF THE CARS PARKED IN A WAY THAT BLOCKED THE EMERGENCY VEHICLES, SO THE EMERGENCY VEHICLE WAS DELAYED.
IF YOU WANT THIS, I DON'T KNOW IF THE SPEAKER IS STILL HERE, BUT THE SPEAKER APPEARS TO BE SHAKING THEIR HEADS, SO THAT WOULD APPEAR TO BE THE CASE.
>> THIS IS NOT NORMAL PROCEDURE TO ASK PEOPLE FROM THE AUDIENCE, ESPECIALLY ON A NON PUBLIC HEARING ITEM WHEN WE DON'T HAVE DISCUSSION. FIRST READING.
>> I UNDERSTAND YES THAT'S GREAT.
>> WE'VE GOT YOUR YES TO YOUR QUESTION.
JUST TRY AND KEEP CONSISTENCY IN OUR POLICIES AND PROCEDURES.
>> IT'S NOT ABOUT TRANSPARENCY.
IT'S ABOUT FOLLOWING THE RULES.
SHE'S ALREADY SPOKEN AND SHE CAN SPEAK TO IT.
>> TO THE CHAIR, CITY ATTORNEY.
>> SAME QUESTION FOR THE CITY ATTORNEY.
ARE THERE ANY RULES THAT PROHIBIT THE PUBLIC?
>> YOU CAN MAKE MOTION TO SUSPEND THE RULES TO ALLOW THE SPEAKER TO SPEAK IF THAT'S THE WILL OF THE COMMISSION.
>> THE SPEAKER IS STANDING HERE RIGHT NOW.
>> IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU DON'T WANT HER TO SPEAK.
>> I'M MAKING IT CLEAR FOR THE RECORD OF POLICIES AND PROCEDURES BECAUSE WE ACTUALLY HAVE THEM AND WE FOLLOW THEM.
>> KATHLEEN JOHNSON. I WILL SAY THAT I HAVE GOTTEN NUMEROUS CALLS FROM RESIDENTS ON 44TH COURT WHO HAVE ACTUALLY WITNESSED EMERGENCY VEHICLES BACKING UP TO GO THE LONG WAY AROUND TO GET TO A HOUSE.
YES, I CANNOT GIVE YOU THE NAMES AT THIS MOMENT, BUT IT HAS BEEN REPORTED TO ME BY NUMEROUS RESIDENTS.
>> OKAY, AND DID YOU REPORT THAT TO THE COMMISSIONER OR TO POLICE OR FIRE?
>> NO, BECAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW I COULD AND FROM NOW ON, I WILL.
NO, JUST FOR THE COMMISSION THROUGH THE CHAIR CITY CLERK, WHEN DID WE GET THESE BINDERS? WAS THAT THURSDAY NIGHT OR FRIDAY? MA'AM, MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER, VICE MAYOR, SORRY, WE PUBLISH THE AGENDA FRIDAY,
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AND THE BOOKS WERE DISTRIBUTED ON FRIDAY.THE COMMISSION DID HAVE SOME TIME TO REVIEW THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND THE ORDINANCE.
IT DOES SOUND LIKE AT LEAST TWO COMMISSIONERS MAY NOT BE SATISFIED WITH THE ORDINANCE.
I'M OKAY WITH IT, SO I GUESS I'LL JUST PREFER TO HEAR WHAT THE REST OF THE COMMISSION HAS TO SAY.
THANK YOU. I WILL THEN, SEEING THAT THERE'S NO OTHER COMMENTS, I HAVE JUST TWO OTHER ITEMS. WHILE I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE FAITH THAT COMMISSIONER PLACKO HAS IN OUR HOA, IT'S NOT THAT OR IT'S THEIR CHOICE THAT THEY CAN'T DO IT.
SOME OF THEM JUST CAN'T GET THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE TO SIGN UP FOR THE CHANGES THAT NEED TO BE HAD.
BECAUSE SOME OF THE RULES AND REGULATIONS, AND OUR OLDER ASSOCIATIONS, YOU NEED QUITE A BIT.
SOMETIMES YOU SOMETIMES NEED 100, SOMETIMES YOU NEED 65, 66 PERCENT OR MORE.
SO THAT'S ONE OF THE OTHER REASONS WHY THERE HAS BEEN SOME ISSUES ABOUT GETTING SOME OF THE HOAS TO BE ABLE TO CHANGE IT.
THERE ARE SOME THAT HAPPENED, BUT PRIMARILY THEY HAVEN'T BEEN AS FAR AS PEOPLE NOT REPORTING IT, QUITE HONESTLY, I HEAR IT TOO.
PEOPLE CAN'T REPORT IT OR THEY DON'T BOTHER REPORTING IT TO BSO.
WHY SHOULD THEY? THEY KNOW IT'S NOT GOING TO BE ENFORCED? IT'S FRUSTRATION. THEY'VE BEEN TOLD POINT-BLANK, WE'RE NOT GOING TO ENFORCE IT, SO THEY DON'T BOTHER.
WHILE THERE'S NO CURRENT LIST OF COMPLAINTS, IF WE MADE YOU GO BACK, YOU'D SEE.
PLUS I ALSO REMEMBER SEEING SOME OF THE INSURANCE CLAIMS THAT THE CITY HAS HAD TO PAY OUT BECAUSE THE TRUCK HAS HAD TO BARREL THROUGH CARDS THAT HAVE BLOCKED.
AGAIN, SOME OF IT IS NOT MORE RECENT DUE TO OTHER THINGS BECAUSE OUR TRUCKS ARE BACKING OUT.
OUR TRUCKS SHOULDN'T BE THE ONES HAVING A BACKUP.
IF WE CAN MAKE A BETTER ORDINANCE, GET ENFORCEMENT PROCEDURES IN HERE, GET SOMEBODY WHO CAN ENFORCE IT, THEN I THINK THAT THIS WILL WORK OUT WELL AND I THINK WE NEED TO TRY IT BECAUSE WE'VE NEVER TRIED IT.
IF THERE'S NO ONE ELSE, THEN I WILL ASK YOU TO CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE.
COMMISSIONER PLACKO. NO. YOU CALLING THE ROLL? OKAY. SO DO CLARKE.
THANK YOU. MAYOR. COMMISSIONER PLACKO? NO.
I'M SORRY. MOTION FAILS SORRY, FOUR TO ONE.
THREE TO TWO. MR. BOLTON? VOTED YES.
I'M SORRY. THAT'S ALL GOOD. IT'S NOT NORMAL.
THAT'S ALL GOOD. WE USUALLY DON'T PHRASE IT IN THE WAY THAT [OVERLAPPING].
MADAM MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION.
WE ALL UNDERSTAND THAT AT THIS POINT IN TIME, WE CERTAINLY CAN, AND WE WILL BRING IT BACK FOR SECOND READING.
BUT IF THE VOTE STAYS THE SAME, AND THEN OBVIOUSLY THE REGULATIONS WILL REVERT BACK TO WHAT THEY CURRENTLY ARE.
IF YOU LOOK ON PAGE 7 OF THE ITEM IN YOUR AGENDA, THE AREA THAT IS STRICKEN OUT, WON'T CHANGE AND THE NEW SUBSECTION A WILL DISAPPEAR.
WHAT WE'RE ASKING YOU IS THE EXISTING LANGUAGE, WHAT YOU WANT.
IF THAT'S THE CASE, THEN IT WILL STAY THE SAME.
THERE'LL BE A PROHIBITION OF PARKING BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 2:00 AND 6:00 AM AND THE PARKING OF MOTOR VEHICLES ANYWHERE IN ONE LINDEN BOULEVARD AT ANYTIME OF THE DAY OR NIGHT WILL CONTINUE TO BE PROHIBITED.
I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, CITY ATTORNEY, BUT I THINK AT THE SAME POINT WHAT I THINK THEY'LL DO, CONSENSUS IF YOU WISH.
THE DISCUSSION WAS TO CHANGE HOURS, BUT I UNDERSTAND IF YOU'RE HEARING IT, THERE WAS ONLY TWO PEOPLE THAT ACTUALLY SPOKE TO THE MATTER EVEN THOUGH THREE CANCELED IT.
WOULD THIS BE THE PROPER TIME TO BE DISCUSSING IT FURTHER? YES, MA'AM.
IF YOU WANT STAFF TO MAKE CHANGES, THEN NOW WOULD BE THE TIME TO DIRECT US AS TO WHAT YOU WANT TO SEE SO WE CAN BRING IT BACK TO YOU IN A REVISE FORMAT FOR SECOND READING.
I'M GOING TO MAKE THE PROPOSAL FOR THIS COMMISSION TO THEN SAY WHETHER OR NOT, IN A MOTION FORM.
I MOTION THE CITY ATTORNEY CITY STAFF GO BACK TO LOOK AT THIS AND CHANGE THE HOURS TO 11:00 PM TO 6:00 AM.
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IF THROUGH ANY REVIEW THAT THAT'S NOT THE RIGHT HOURS, WE CAN DISCUSS IT AT THE NEXT TIME, WITH HIRING SEPARATE CODE ENFORCEMENT PART-TIME CODE ENFORCEMENT TO ENFORCE THIS OR ENABLE OUR POLICE OFFICERS TO START ENFORCING THIS.THE ENFORCEMENT IS AN ADMINISTRATIVE ISSUE.
WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT THE ACTUAL REGULATION THAT WILL BE ENFORCED.
OKAY. WE'RE JUST GOING TO KEEP IT TO 11:00 PM TO 6:00 AM.
ALL SAFETY PARAMETERS FOR NOT BLOCKING DRIVEWAYS, AND WHATEVER.
SURE. ASSUMING THAT IS THEIR SUPPORT FOR THAT THEN ON SECOND READING THE ORDINANCE IN SECTION 14, DASH 26 WILL READ, THERE SHALL BE NO VEHICULAR PARKING IN THE PAVED PORTIONS OF THE DEDICATED RIGHT-OF-WAY AREAS WITHIN THE LIMITS OF THE CITY DURING THE HOURS BETWEEN 11:00 PM, AND 6:00 AM.
THAT WOULD BE THE ONLY CHANGE THAT WOULD THEN GO ON TO CONTINUE TO READ, EXCEPT THOSE VEHICLES COMMONLY DESIGNATED AS EMERGENCY VEHICLES.
THIS PROHIBITION SHALL APPLY SEVEN DAYS A WEEK.
THE CODE WOULD CONTINUE TO READ, THE PARKING OF MOTOR VEHICLES ANYWHERE IN THE WOODLANDS BOULEVARD RIGHT AWAY AT ANY TIME OF THE DAY OR NIGHT IS PROHIBITED.
THERE WOULD BE ESSENTIALLY A BIFURCATED SET OF RULES, ONE THAT [OVERLAPPING] PROHIBITS THE 11:00 TO 6:00 AM EVERYWHERE ELSE AND AN OUTRIGHT PROHIBITION ON WOODLANDS BOULEVARD AT ANY TIME OF THE DAY.
YES. THEN INCLUDE IN THAT THERE SHOULDN'T BE NO PARKING IN BIKE LANES AT ANY TIME.
IF AGAIN, THE CONSENSUS OF THE COMMITTEE, THE DIRECTION OF THIS COMMISSION IS TO INCORPORATE THAT, WE CAN ALSO ADD THAT IN.
MS. GRANDI, YOU HAVE SOMETHING YOU WISH TO ADD? CAPTAIN AGAIN? NO. I WAS ONLY TRYING TO GET THE ATTENTION OF THE CAPTAIN TO SEE IF IT'S ALREADY ILLEGAL TO BLOCK A DRIVEWAY.
OKAY. NONETHELESS, THAT WAS THE THING I WAS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT.
SO BASICALLY WHAT I'M HEARING YOU SAY IS THAT YOU'RE MAKING A MOTION TO AMEND TO CHANGE THE HOURS AND ADD A PROVISION NOT TO BLOCK BIKE LANES AND DRIVEWAYS? CORRECT AND YES. ACTUALLY, I JUST HAD ONE OTHER ITEM JUST WANTED A CLARIFICATION.
HOA ACTUALLY CAN'T CONTROL CITY STREETS, SO IT DOESN'T MATTER ABOUT THE PARKING RULES AND REGULATIONS; IS THAT CORRECT CITY ATTORNEY? THEY CONTROL IF THEY'RE PRIVATE.
SO BASICALLY EVEN IF ASSOCIATIONS WERE TO CHANGE YOUR DOCUMENTS, IT DOESN'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE BECAUSE THEY CAN'T PUT SIGNS UP ON CITY STREETS SAYING NO PARKING AND BECAUSE IT CAN'T BE ENFORCED BECAUSE IT'S A CITY STREET? IT'S A CITY STREET, CORRECT.
OKAY. WHICH ONLY FURTHER IN MY MIND SAYS THAT WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING TO HELP OUR RESIDENTS.
BUT ON THE FLIP SIDE OF THAT IS WE DON'T ENFORCE RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS OR HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION OR CONDO ASSOCIATION RULES AND REGULATIONS.
THERE'S A SERIES OF CASES THAT SAY WE DO NOT HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO DO SO.
UNDERSTOOD. BUT ONE OF THE THINGS WE WERE TRYING TO THINK AS A SUGGESTION TO HELP IN OUR COMMENTS EARLIER WAS TO ASK OUR HOA IS TO MAKE RULES.
THE PROBLEM IS IT DOESN'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE BECAUSE THESE ARE CITY STREETS WERE TALKING ABOUT AND THEY CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT.
UNLESS THEY'RE UNDER THE CONTROL AND OWNERSHIP OF THE HOA OR ASSOCIATIONS.
THEY'RE NO LONGER CITY STREET.
LONGER CITY STREETS. THAT'S THE POINT.
OKAY. NOW THAT WE'VE CLEARED THAT ONE UP, THERE'S A MOTION ON THE TABLE. IS THERE A SECOND? I HAVE MY LOGO.
I DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU'LL PUT IT ON A MOTION FOR DISCUSSION.
THANK YOU. OKAY. FIRST OF ALL, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER IT'S A CITY STREET, IF YOU GET A PHONE CALL OR YOU GET A LETTER FROM YOUR HOA SAYING, PLEASE DO NOT PARK ON THE STREET, YOU ARE BLOCKING THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC OR EMERGENCY VEHICLES CANNOT GET BY.
MOST TIMES RESIDENTS ARE GOING TO PAY ATTENTION.
THAT'S ALL I'M SAYING. I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH CHANGING THIS AS AMENDED.
HOWEVER, I STILL DON'T SEE ANY TEETH IN HERE LIKE OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO CHANGE THE HOURS AND NO PARKING ON BIKE LANES, BUT THEN WHAT? WHAT ARE WE DOING ABOUT IT? HOW ARE WE ENFORCING THIS? THERE'S JUST NO END TO THIS, THERE'S NO TASTE TO IT.
YOU KNOW HOW I FEEL ABOUT THOSE HALF-BAKED CAKES.
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MAXINE IS AT THE PODIUM TO PROVIDE AN ANSWER, SHOULD YOU WISH TO HEAR HER? MAXINE CALLOWAY, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR.YOUR CODE ALREADY PROVIDES FOR AN ENFORCEMENT PROVISION IN SECTION 14, DASH 37, THAT SPEAKS TO PARKING VIOLATION ENFORCEMENT.
ANY PERSON PARKING IN CONFLICT WITH THIS ARTICLE SHALL BE GUILTY OF A NON CRIMINAL PARKING INFRACTION, AND THERE'S TICKETED PROCEDURE THAT'S HANDLED BY BSL.
OKAY. BUT CAPTAIN, IS THAT HAPPENING OR WILL IT HAPPEN?
I'M SORRY, CAN YOU REPEAT THE QUESTION?
>> ARE WE ENFORCING THIS? ARE WE TICKETING?
>> WE ARE BEING SELECTIVE WITH OUR PARKING ENFORCEMENT.
SINCE I'VE COME HERE, WE'VE BEEN UNDER MY CONCERN WHICH WE WERE TOLD WE WERE GOING TO HAVE A PUBLIC FORUM ON PARKING TICKET, SOME CONSENSUS OF WHAT BSL MISSION WAS.
SINCE THEN IN 2020, WE STILL ABOVE AND BEYOND WROTE 200 PARKING CITATIONS THAT YEAR.
LAST YEAR BECAUSE WE WILL GET MORE COMPLAINTS AND WE WILL REACTIVE TO CERTAIN EMERGENCIES AND ISSUES THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS IMMEDIATELY.
WE HAVE IN DOING THE ENFORCEMENT, IT IS DEFINITELY SELECTIVE.
WE'RE NOT ACTIVELY GOING OUT THERE LOOKING FOR THE SMALLER VIOLATIONS UNTIL WE HAVE CONSENSUS FROM THE COMMISSIONER FROM THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE ON WHAT YOU WANT US TO DO.
WE HAVE BEEN DOING WE'VE GIVEN FINES AND WE'RE WORKING VERY WELL WITH THE CITY WHEN WE HAVE ISSUED THOSE FINES AND CITATIONS.
>> OKAY SUPER. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THE PART WHERE WE CAN ADD A ENCODE ENFORCER.
WHAT WAS THE RESPONSE TO THAT? WAS THAT DREAM BUDGET, SUSAN?
>> YEAH. I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DISCUSS ON JUNE 16TH AT THE BUDGET WORKSHOP.
>> WELL, I'LL BE IN FAVOR OF THE MAYOR'S AMENDED MOTION.
>> AS A COMMISSION, WE HAVE TO REALLY DETERMINE IF WE WANT OUR POLICE OFFICERS TO FIGHT CRIME AND KEEP OUR CITY SAFE OR TO BE A TICKET IN TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
THEN WE HAVE TO DETERMINE WHAT THE INVESTMENT IS IN HIRING POLICE OFFICERS STRICTLY FOR TICKETING PEOPLE.
THEN THE BURDEN IT WILL PLACE ON RESIDENTS.
WE HAVE A MEDIAN INCOME ON THE CITY OF TAMARAC UP ABOUT $48,000 TO GET WHAT ARE THE CITATIONS 200-275?
>> TWENTY TWO DOLLARS PARKING CITATIONS.
QUESTION FOR THE PLANNING DIRECTOR, MS. CALLOWAY.
>> SURE. I'M MAXINE CALLOWAY, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR.
>> YEAH. CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THE SOMETHING I BROUGHT UP DURING ONE OF OUR STRATEGIC PLANNING MEETINGS.
WHEN A DEVELOPER BUILDS A HOME, THERE'S SO MANY PARKING SPACES PER HOME THAT'S BUILT. CAN YOU SPEAK TO THAT?
>> YEAH. THE CODE PROVIDES FOR PARKING STANDARDS AND THOSE PARKING STANDARDS HAS TO DO WITH COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL, RESIDENTIAL IN PARTICULAR DEPENDING ON THE NUMBER OF UNIT.
THEN THE CODE PRESCRIBES A NUMBER OF PARKING.
FOR MULTI-FAMILY WE'LL HAVE PARKING FOR EXAMPLE, A THREE-BEDROOM MIGHT BE 2.5 PARKING SPACES.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, THE CODE WILL PROVIDE FOR GUESTS PARKING.
DEPENDING ON THE TYPE OF RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT THAN YOUR CODE ALREADY PRESCRIBED FOR THE NUMBER OF PARKING SPACES THAT ARE REQUIRED FOR THAT.
>> I'VE GONE TO SEVERAL COMMUNITIES IN TAMARAC WHERE THERE'S A SINGLE-FAMILY HOME OR A TOWN HOME AND ONLY ONE PARKING SPACE WHERE THE PARKING STANDARDS UPDATED OVER TIME.
>> YEAH. SO IN 2018, YOU ADOPTED A NEW LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE THAT INCLUDE A NEW PARKING STANDARDS FOR ALL YOUR USES THAT WERE CONSISTENT WITH THE NATIONAL STANDARD FOR PARKING.
PRIOR TO THAT, YOU STILL HAD PARKING STANDARDS, BUT PRIMARILY IF YOU'RE SEEING ONE PARKING SPACE IN FRONT OF A TOWN HOME AND THAT TOWN HOME HAS A GARAGE.
REMEMBER YOU'RE COUNTING YOUR GARAGE SPACE AS WELL AS OUR REQUIRED PARKING.
TYPICALLY YOU WILL HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT PARKING IN THEIR GARAGES.
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BY DOING THAT, THEY'RE NOT USING A REQUIRED SPACE, BUT PRIOR TO 2018, YOU HAD A DIFFERENT PARKING CODE.>> DO YOU RECALL WHAT THAT STANDARD WAS? DID IT CALL FOR FEWER PARKING SPACES?
I WOULD SAY 2-3 BEDROOMS OR 2.5-3 PARKING SPACES.
IF A TOWN HOME AS JUST ONE PARKING SPACE THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN WAY WAY BEFORE YOUR 2018, BUT YOU'RE STILL GETTING FOR TWO AND THREE BEDROOM, AT LEAST 2.5.
>> DO YOU KNOW WHEN THE HOMES AND THE MAINLANDS WERE WHAT YEAR THOSE WERE BUILT?
>> THE MAINLAND IS A PART OF THE GENESIS, I THINK OF THE CITY [OVERLAPPING].
>> THOSE ARE OLDER COMMUNITIES.
>> I REMEMBER IT WAS BUILT AS A RETIREMENT COMMUNITY, SO THE HOMES WERE SMALLER.
>> THANK YOU. YOU CAN BE SEAT ED. THANK YOU.
WHAT I NOTICED WHEN I GO AROUND DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES, IS THERE JUST AREN'T ENOUGH PARKING SPACES IN THESE DEVELOPMENTS, EVEN THE COMMUNITY I LIVE IN, WHICH IS FAIRLY NEW, BUILT IN 2006 OR SEVEN.
THERE ARE CARS PARKED IN THE STREET, OVER THE SIDEWALK.
MULTIPLE GENERATIONS LIVING IN UNDER A SINGLE ROOF.
A FAMILY THAT MAY TYPICALLY ONLY HAVE TWO CARS, MAY HAVE THREE OR FOUR CARS.
THE FACT THAT YOU HAVE KIDS COME HOME FROM COLLEGE AND CAN AFFORD A PLACE TO LIVE.
THEY SELF SUSTAIN WITH THEIR PARENTS, THEY HAVE A CAR, THEY HAVE TO DRIVE.
REGARDLESS OF WHETHER OR NOT WE CHANGE THESE PARKING ENFORCEMENT RULES, WE'RE ALWAYS GOING TO HAVE PARKING ISSUES BECAUSE THERE JUST AREN'T ENOUGH PARKING SPACES.
ESPECIALLY IN THE OLDER COMMUNITIES, WHICH WERE MEANT TO BE RETIREMENT COMMUNITIES, WHERE BACK IN THE DAY PEOPLE ONLY HAD ONE CAR FOR AN ENTIRE HOUSEHOLD.
I DON'T THINK THE MOTION THAT WAS AMENDED IS GOING TO IMPROVE ANYTHING.
WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE REALITY OF TODAY'S SOCIETY.
THAT MEANS MORE CARS AND WE HAVE TO GIVE BSL THE FLEXIBILITY.
I GUESS ANOTHER QUESTION FOR CATHETER MANILA, YOU WENT FROM 200 CITATIONS TO 400 TO THAT CHANGE.
ANY OF THE ACTIONS THAT CHANGE, PEOPLE NO LONGER PARKING IN THE STREET BECAUSE OF A 22 DOLLAR TICKET.
>> JEFF SAMUEL, CAPTAIN, BSL. I CAN'T ANSWER THAT.
IT'S A GOOD QUESTION, BUT THE PROBLEM IS, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT IT HASN'T BEEN IN THE SAME SPECIFIC SPOTS EACH TIME.
THE VIOLATIONS HAVE BEEN DIFFERENT.
I KNOW RIGHT NOW IN THE WOODLANDS, THE PARKING ON THE GRASS, PARKING ON THE STREET.
WE'VE HAD SOME SITUATIONS WITH THE PARTY HOUSE, SO THEY DREW A LOT OF ATTENTION.
WE WILL REACT WITH SOME OF THOSE.
MS. LIEBERMAN, AND IT'S RIGHT THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING WHERE WE DID NOT ENFORCE IT, WE WERE GETTING COMPLIANCE.
IT HAS NOT BEEN EQUAL IN THE WAY WE'RE DISTRIBUTING THIS.
UNTIL WE GET MORE GUIDANCE, IT'S STILL GOING TO MAINTAIN THAT WAY UNTIL WE DECIDE WHAT WE WANT TO IN THE CITY, BUT I HAVEN'T SEEN THE SAME PLACES OVER AND OVER OTHER THAN THE WOODLANDS, IT WITH THE SAME ISSUES.
IT HASN'T BEEN MUCH OF A DETERRENT, I'LL BE HONEST.
>> OKAY. OF THE FORMS OF TICKETS, ARE ALL OF THEM PAID.
DOES EVERYONE PAY THOSE TICKETS?
>> [LAUGHTER] ANYONE KNOW THAT ANSWER.
WE CAN FIND OUR PAYMENT RATE SURE.
>> BASED ON WHAT YOU KNOW ABOUT THE CITY, HOW MANY COMMUNITIES DOES BSL HAVE TO POLICE AND MANAGE?
>> THERE'S A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF HOME [INAUDIBLE] THE NUMBER HAS BEEN CHANGING AND I ASK JEN MARTIN, I THINK WE'RE IN THE 70S.
JEN IS THAT. A LITTLE OVER 70 AS A GENERAL NUMBER.
OKAY. DO YOU OR MAXINE KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE THAT REPRESENTS IN TERMS OF THOSE COMMUNITIES? LIKE I KNOW MY COMMUNITY HAS LIKE 600 HOMES.
I KNOW WE HAVE GENERAL BREAKDOWNS OF BASICALLY WHAT EACH ONE HAS.
I DON'T HAVE THE GENERAL NUMBER RIGHT NOW, BUT WE BASE IT REALLY OFF THE CENSUS SO WE KNOW WHEN WE'RE AROUND 75, 000 RESIDENTS GENERALLY SEPARATE, DIVIDED BY THOSE 70 SOMETHING COMMUNITIES.
OKAY. IN TERMS OF THE TIME VALUE OF MONEY OR THE VALUE OF TIME, IS IT BETTER FOR YOUR OFFICERS TO PATROL THE STREETS AND MAKE SURE PEOPLE ARE SAFE OR DRIVE AROUND AND ISSUE TICKETS? WELL, I THINK YOU KNOW WHAT I'M GOING TO GO WITH THAT.
LISTEN, WE LOOK AT WHAT JUST HAPPENED IN TEXAS YESTERDAY IT'S A HUGE IMPACT ON US.
IS THERE ROOM TO KEEP THE CITY SAFE? YEAH, THERE'S ALWAYS ROOM.
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IT'S WHAT WE DO AT OUR RESOURCES AND HOW FLUID WE ARE ON DEPLOYING THOSE RESOURCES TO THE AREAS NEEDED.RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE NUMEROUS PEOPLE IN ALL SCHOOLS RIGHT NOW JUST TO KEEP OUR PARENTS FEELING SAFE ABOUT THEIR CHILDREN, EVERY DAY IS SOMETHING NEW AND SOMETHING THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.
SHERIFF TONY IS CONSTANTLY GIVING US INFORMATION ON WHERE WE NEED TO FOCUS TO KEEP OUR NUMBER ONE PRIORITY OF SAFETY IN CHECK.
WE HAVE A LOT OF TOOLS IN OUR TOOL BELT, BUT WHICH ONES ARE WE GOING TO BE THE BEST AT USING? THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE TO FOCUS ON.
THAT'S SOMETHING REALLY FOR THE COMMISSION THAT NEEDS TO KNOW WHAT YOU WANT US AS YOUR POLICE DEPARTMENT TO BE FOCUSING ON ALSO.
THAT'S PROBABLY AN INTERNAL DISCUSSION ON HOW YOU WANT US TO USE ALL RESOURCES.
OKAY. I SAW ON THE NEWS TODAY THERE'S A 14-YEAR-OLD GIRL MISSING IN TAMARAC AND BSO IS ACTIVELY LOOKING FOR HER.
HOW MUCH TIME AND RESOURCES ARE BEING UTILIZED TO PURSUE THIS MISSING YOUNG LADY? AS MANY AS NEEDED.
THANK YOU. ACTUALLY, THERE'S ALSO A MISSING GIRL ON OAKLAND PARK AS WELL.
THERE'S TWO 14-YEAR-OLD GIRLS THAT WENT MISSING OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR DILIGENCE ON THAT CAPTAIN AND BSO.
A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT 400 AND 600 TICKETS WITHOUT HAVING TO BE ASKED IS OBVIOUSLY THERE'S A LOT OF ISSUE WHETHER PEOPLE ARE DOING IT, AND THAT'S JUST A SMALL MICROCOSM OF THE ISSUE THAT WE HAVE HERE.
IF WE HAVE SECTION 14 THAT HAS THE ENFORCEMENT OF IT THAT SAYS POLICE OFFICERS THEN I DO THINK BASED ON A DISCUSSION THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE FOR BUDGET, THAT WE WOULD OBVIOUSLY HAVE TO CHANGE OUR CODE 14 TO INCLUDE THE ABILITY TO HAVE A CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER TO DO THAT IF THAT IS HOW WE SAID IT WAS ADMINISTRATIVE, BUT IF WE HAVEN'T WRITTEN THE CODE THAT BSO HAS TO ENFORCE IT, THEN WE MIGHT HAVE TO BE LOOKING AT IT TO MAKE SURE WE AMEND IT TO ADD CODE ENFORCEMENT.
IS THAT CORRECT CITY ATTORNEY? WE WILL LOOK INTO THAT AS I UNDERSTAND.
RIGHT NOW, IT'S IN BEING ENFORCED BY BSO.
STATE LAW DOES ALLOW LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES AS DESIGNATE ESSENTIALLY WHAT ARE CALLED PARKING ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS.
IF IT'S THE DESIRE OF THIS COMMISSION THAT THE STAFF DO THAT, WE CERTAINLY CAN WRITE THAT INTO THE ORDINANCE.
WITH THAT SAID, HOWEVER, I DEFER TO THE CITY MANAGER AS OBVIOUSLY CORRESPONDING COST.
RIGHT. WE WILL DEAL WITH IT KNOWING THAT WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH ENFORCEMENT BECAUSE IF WE'RE GOING TO DO ANY CHANGES, WE ALWAYS NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE OUR TEETH PUT IN THERE.
THE OTHER ITEM IS THAT DRIVEWAY PARKING IS ALSO A STATE STATUTE THAT WE DO HAVE TO MAKE SURE IS INCLUDED.
THE OTHER THING IS YES, MORE PEOPLE ARE LIVING AT HOME, BUT PREDOMINANTLY THIS COMMUNITY.
THIS CITY WAS BUILT IN 1963 AND STARTED ON MOST STUFF WAS BUILT PROBABLY BY THE 70S AND 80S.
ONLY NEW CONSTRUCTION HAS OCCURRED AND HAS BEEN BASED ON OLD CODE BEFORE 2018.
A LOT OF THOSE ROADS ARE VERY, VERY NARROW.
MANY PEOPLE MOVING IN. THERE'S ALSO THE UBER. THERE'S ALL KINDS OF THINGS.
THE BOTTOM LINE IS WE NEED TO START DOING SOMETHING DOING NOTHING HAS DONE NOTHING FOR US BUT CREATE HAVOC.
ON THAT NOTE. I WILL ASK FOR THAT SECOND TO MY MOTION AND WE CAN CALL THE QUESTION.
SORRY. YOU'RE GETTING YOUR EXERCISE TODAY.
CAPTAIN, DO WE HAVE VOLUNTEER PARKING ENFORCEMENT PEOPLE? WE DO. WE GOT FANTASTIC ONES.
I'M HOPING TO GET MY COP UNITS BACKED ALSO.
BUT YES, WE HAVE A GUY THAT'S DOING VOLUNTEER PARKING AND HE'S BEEN HELPING US TREMENDOUSLY OVER THESE PAST SEVERAL YEARS.
WOULD THIS BE SOMETHING HE COULD VOLUNTEER FOR? HE WILL REMAIN DOING THIS, YES ABSOLUTELY.
OKAY. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT A VOLUNTEER COULD BE SPECIFICALLY SCHEDULED FOR.
THE VOLUNTEER SYSTEM WORKS BASICALLY WHEN THEY WANT TO WORK BECAUSE IT'S VOLUNTEER.
I COULDN'T GIVE YOU ANY GUARANTEES.
IT'S VERY HARD TO ATTRACT SOMEONE TO DO THIS JOB TO GET THE PROPER TRAINING, THE PROPER EQUIPMENT ALLOCATED FOR IT.
WE HAVE ONE, WHO WE'RE VERY LUCKY WITH BOB AND HE DOES A FANTASTIC JOB.
BUT I CAN'T GIVE YOU A CONSISTENT PRODUCT WITH THAT BECAUSE IT'S UP TO HIM AND HIS WILL.
I UNDERSTAND THAT. I GUESS WHAT I REALLY MEAN IS COULD WE REFOCUS HIM ON SPECIFIC ISSUES OF SAFETY IN NEIGHBORHOODS RATHER THAN PARKING VIOLATIONS ON THE SHOPPING CENTERS AND THINGS LIKE THAT? WE CAN ASK HIM TO DO THAT.
HIS UNIT IS FUNDED FROM DOWNTOWN.
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HE GOES COUNTYWIDE.IF HE WANTS TO BE IN OAKLAND PARK TODAY, IF HE WANTS TO BE ANYWHERE, HE CAN DO THAT.
I CAN GIVE HIM GUIDANCE AND ASK, BUT THAT'S PRETTY MUCH ALL I CAN DO.
OKAY SO MAYBE WE NEED TO GET A FEW MORE VOLUNTEERS.
OKAY I'LL WORK ON THAT. THANK YOU, CAPTAIN.
THANK YOU SO AT THIS TIME, I WILL ASK FOR A SECOND TO MY MOTION.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I WILL CALL ROLL OR ACTUALLY THE CITY CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
THANK YOU MAYOR. VICE MAYOR GALLON.
MOTION TO AMEND PAST THREE TO TWO.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE'RE NOW GOING TO GO TO 6B TO2 498.
[6.bTO2498 - An ordinance of the City Commission of the City of Tamarac, Florida extending the Woodlands Overlay District termination date, to July 12, 2023 by amending Chapter 10 of the City of Tamarac Code of Ordinances, entitled “Land Development Code” by amending Article 2, entitled “Zoning Districts” by specifically amending Section 10-2.7(C), entitled “Woodlands Overlay District”, to sunset and terminate the Woodlands Overlay District five (5) years after the effective date of the City of Tamarac’s Land Development Code, and to provide for parking regulations specific to rights-of-way along Woodlands Boulevard; providing for codification; providing for conflicts; providing for severability; and providing for an effective date.]
CITY ATTORNEY PLEASE READ THE TITLE FOR THE RECORD.>> MADAM MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION, THIS IS AN ORDINANCE OF CITY COMMISSIONERS, CITY OF TAMARAC, FLORIDA, EXTENDING THE WOODLANDS OVERLAY DISTRICT TERMINATION DATE TO JULY 12TH, 2023 BY AMENDING CHAPTER 10 OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC.
THE ORDINANCE IS ENTITLED LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE BY AMENDING ARTICLE 2 ENTITLED ZONING DISTRICTS BY SPECIFICALLY AMENDING SECTION 10-2.7C ENTITLED WOODLANDS OVERLAY DISTRICT TO SUNSET AND TERMINATE THE WOODLANDS OVERLAY DISTRICT FIVE YEARS AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC'S LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE AND TO PROVIDE FOR PARKING REGULATIONS SPECIFIC TO RIGHTS AWAY ALONG WOODLANDS BOULEVARD, PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION, PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS, PROVIDING FOR SEPARABILITY, AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
>> POINT OF CLARIFICATION, CITY ATTORNEY, SHOULD WE NOW BE REMOVING THE SECOND PART OF THAT, SINCE THAT WAS ALREADY DENIED IN THE FIRST READING IN 6A?
>> HOLD ON BECAUSE I THINK THAT [OVERLAPPING].
>> THEY WERE TO PROVIDE FOR PARKING REGULATIONS SPECIFIC NEEDS TO BE REMOVED AS IT WAS VOTED AGAINST IN 6A.
>> ACTUALLY, AS I UNDERSTAND IT, THE APPROVAL FOR ITEM 6A IS ACTUALLY TO LEAVE IT IN.
SO IN WHAT WILL BE IN SECTION 14-26, SUBSECTION B, THE PARKING MOTOR VEHICLES ANYWHERE ON THE WOODLANDS BOULEVARD RIGHT AWAY AT ANYTIME OF THE DAY AND NIGHT IS PROHIBITED.
>> WILL NOT MOVE TO THE OVERLAYS?
THE IDEA AS I UNDERSTAND IT, AND STAFF CAN CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, IS TO THEN TAKE IT OUT OF THE OVERLAY DISTRICT AND IT'LL JUST STAY IN 14-26.
>> SO THE BASIC PREMISE ON 6B WAS TO CODIFY IT INTO THE OVERLAYS.
6A MADE IT CLEAR THAT WE DO NOT WANT TO CODIFY IT INTO THE OVERLAYS.
SO THEREFORE, THIS TITLE NEEDS TO BE AMENDED AND WE'RE ONLY VOTING ON THE EXTENSION OF THE OVERLAYS?
>> THAT IS CORRECT. BASED UPON THE VOTE THAT TOOK PLACE ON 6A, THE UNDERLYING PROVISION ON PAGE 11 OF THE ORDINANCE IN THE PACKET, THE UNDERLYING SECTION C WOULD ACTUALLY COME OUT AND THE SUBSEQUENT SECTIONS WOULD REMAIN LETTERED THE SAME. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE?
>> TO MAKE IT VERY CRYSTAL CLEAR, THE SIMPLE QUESTION I'M ASKING, THIS ITEM THAT WE'RE VOTING ON IS ORDINANCE ON FIRST READING, EXTENDING THE OVERLAY DISTRICT TERMINATION DATE TO JULY 12TH, 2023 BY AMENDING CHAPTER 10 OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC CODE OF ORDINANCES ENTITLED LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE BY AMENDING ARTICLE 2 ENTITLED ZONING DISTRICTS BY SPECIFICALLY AMENDING SECTION 10-2.7C ENTITLED WOODLANDS OVERLAY DISTRICT TO SUNSET AND TO TERMINATE THE WOODLANDS OVERLAY DISTRICT FIVE YEARS AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC'S LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE, PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION, PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS, PROVIDING FOR SEPARABILITY, PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE; IS THAT CORRECT?
>> YES, MADAM MAYOR. THE ORDINANCE RULE TITLE WILL BE REVISED TO REFLECT THAT LANGUAGE COMING OUT AND IT WILL BE ADVERTISED THAT WAY FOR SECOND HEARING.
NOW I NEED A SECOND TO MY MOTION.
WELL, ACTUALLY, I TAKE THAT BACK.
I'LL ASK FOR A MOTION AND A SECOND AND THEN THERE'S DISCUSSION.
>> I CHANGED IT TO A SECOND, A FIRST AND A SECOND.
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>> OKAY. NO, NO, NO, I CHANGED IT TO THAT.
IT'S FINE. MAXINE CALLOWAY, DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, IS AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS.
BUT BEFORE PROCEEDING ON FOR DISCUSSION, WHILE I DID DO THE MOTION FOR THE EXTENSION OF ONE YEAR, I'M HEREBY DOING A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT TO MY OWN MOTION.
WELL, NO, I DIDN'T BECAUSE I GAVE IT UP.
I'M ASKING COMMISSIONER PLACKO TO TAKE A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT TO EXTEND THIS OVERLAY DISTRICT FOR A TOTAL OF 10 YEARS FROM THE ORIGINAL EFFECTIVE DATE.
MY RATIONALE IS THIS; THE CITY OF TAMARAC, THIS COMMUNITY IS DIFFERENT THAN EVERY OTHER COMMUNITY AS WE'VE ALL KNOWN.
IT IS EIGHT SEPARATE SECTIONS WITHIN ONE BOX.
IT'S A SQUARE. IT HAS EIGHT DIFFERENT HOMEOWNER ASSOCIATIONS.
IT SEEMS TO HAVE EIGHT SEPARATE RULES, SOME RULES FLOWING TOGETHER THAT MAKE SENSE.
FOR YEARS, IT WAS UNDER ONE PRINCIPLE THAT IT WAS WORKING TOGETHER.
FOR YEARS WE HAD OUR RULES AND REGULATIONS.
WE LOST OUR RULES AND REGULATIONS TO THE COMMUNITY.
THE COMMUNITY HAS BEEN TRYING TO WORK ON REDOING ITS RULES AND REGULATIONS.
WE HAVE THE WMD, THE NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT, WHERE SOME PEOPLE ON THIS COMMISSION ARE VERY FAMILIAR WITH.
THAT DID NOT SUCCEED THROUGH LAWSUITS AND ALL OTHER KIND OF STUFF FROM THE COMMUNITIES, OPINIONS ASIDE.
WE THEN ATTEMPTED AGAIN THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD ALLIANCE COMMITTEE, WHICH WAS EVERYBODY FROM EACH SECTION, ALL THE SECTIONS TRYING TO WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE THE RULES OF THE COMMUNITY, EVEN IF IT WAS EIGHT SEPARATE SECTIONS AS ONE TO BE UNIFIED AND TO BE ABLE TO REMOVE SOME OF THE OVERLAYS FROM THE CITY'S ENFORCEMENT.
IT WAS WORKING WELL TO PUT THINGS TOGETHER AND THEN THERE WAS A PROPOSAL OF SOME COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT BY A DEVELOPER.
DEVELOPMENT HERE OR THERE HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS.
I UNDERSTAND THAT IT WAS PUT INTO THE PROVISIONS, BUT MY QUESTIONS AND MY REQUEST FOR THE EXTENSION HAS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO DO WITH WHETHER OR NOT THIS COMMUNITY IS REDEVELOPED.
IT IS A QUESTION OF GIVING THIS COMMUNITY, NOW THAT COVID IS, WELL, COVID IS BACK-AND-FORTH, SOME TIME TO COME BACK TOGETHER AND WORK WHAT IT NEEDS TO WORK OUT TO GET RULES AND REGULATIONS THAT THE CITY HAS BEEN ENFORCING BACK INTO THE COMMUNITY'S ENFORCEMENT.
WE KEEP DOING THIS YEAR BY YEAR AND THE REASON I'M ASKING FOR A LITTLE BIT OF AN ADDITIONAL TIME TO MAKE IT A TOTAL TO 2029 IS TO GIVE THE COMMUNITY THAT TIME.
MAY IT BE THAT THIS COMMUNITY ACTUALLY MOVES TOGETHER QUICKLY BEFORE THEN.
BUT IT WAS JUST GIVING A LITTLE PADDING JUST IN CASE WE'RE NOT DOING THIS YEAR BY YEAR.
SO THAT IS THE REASON WHY I'M ASKING THIS TO EXTEND TILL JULY 12TH, 2029, THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE OVERLAYS, AND I LEAVE THAT TO WHETHER YOU LOOK AT MY FRIENDLY AMENDMENT OR A NEW DISCUSSION.
>> MAYOR, JUST TO CLARIFY, THAT WOULD BE 11 YEARS FROM 2018.
>> IS IT? THEN MY APOLOGIES FOR MY MATH.
>> MAYOR, YOU'RE LOOKING FOR 2029 OR [OVERLAPPING].
>> ONE OF THE OTHER REASONS FOR PUTTING IT OFF AN ODD YEAR QUITE HONESTLY WAS TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS DOESN'T BECOME A POLITICAL ITEM FOR WHICHEVER COMMISSION MIGHT BE ON THE DAIS AT THE TIME.
>> BUT JUST PLEASE, CAN YOU JUST CLARIFY WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR SPECIFICALLY?
>> I'M ASKING FOR AN EXTENSION OF THE OVERLAYS UNTIL JULY 12TH, 2029.
COMMISSIONER PLACKO, THE QUESTION IS TO YOU.
>> I THINK THAT'S A VERY LONG TIME.
I KNOW THE COMMUNITY HAS BEEN WORKING ON TRYING TO GET THEIR COMMUNITY PLAN TOGETHER FOR A VERY LONG TIME AND THAT HAS NOT WORKED.
I UNDERSTAND THIS, BUT I JUST THINK 10 YEARS IS A VERY, VERY LONG TIME.
THAT DOESN'T PUSH THE COMMUNITY IN ANY WAY TO WORK TOWARDS GETTING SOMETHING DONE.
>> IF YOU'LL ACCEPT A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT TO MAKING IT EXTEND UNTIL JULY 12, 2025.
>. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS, DO YOU SECOND THAT AMENDMENT?
>> THAT WOULD BE A YES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS MATTER? SEEN NONE, CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL?
>> THANK YOU, MAYOR. VICE MAYOR GELIN?
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>> MOTION PASSED AS AMENDED THREE TO TWO.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE ARE NOW GOING TO ITEM 6C TO2 501.
CITY ATTORNEY, PLEASE READ THE TITLE FOR THE RECORD?
>> MAYOR, I THINK WE NEED A BREAK.
>> LET ME LOOK UP. MY APOLOGIES.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IT IS 10:46.
WE'LL SEE EVERYBODY BACK HERE AT 11 O'CLOCK.
>> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE'RE READY TO CONTINUE OUR MEETING.
IT IS 11:00 A.M. AND WE ARE BACK ON THE RECORD.
[6.cTO2501 - An ordinance of the City Commission of the City of Tamarac, Florida, authorizing the dissolution of the Tamarac Village Community Development district pursuant to the petition filed by the district, attached hereto as Exhibit “A”; in accordance with Florida Statutes 190.046(10); providing for severability; providing for conflicts; further, providing an effective date.]
CITY ATTORNEY, PLEASE READ THE TITLE FOR THE RECORD.>> YES, MADAM MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION.
THIS IS AN ORDINANCE OF COMMISSIONERS OF CITY OF TAMARAC, FLORIDA, AUTHORIZING THE DISSOLUTION OF THE TURMERIC VILLAGE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT PURSUANT TO THE PETITION FILED BY THE DISTRICT ATTACHED HERE AS EXHIBIT A AND OF COURSE, THE FLORIDA STATUTES 190.04610, PROVIDING FOR SEPARABILITY AND PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS, PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND, PLEASE.
>> GINGER WALD, ATTORNEY FOR THE CDD, WILL MAKE A PRESENTATION AND MR. WALD MAXINE, BECAUSE THAT'S MS. WALD VERSUS MY APOLOGIES FOR READING AND NOT LOOKING.
>> MS. CALLOWAY WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. PLEASE PROCEED.
>> THANK YOU. GINGER WALD WITH BILLING COCHRANE LYLE'S MORE AND RAMSEY, FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA.
WE ARE HERE TODAY WITH THE TAMARAC VILLAGE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS PETITION TO DISSOLVE THE DISTRICT ITSELF.
THE DISTRICT WAS ESTABLISHED BY THIS CITY COMMISSION BACK IN 2014.
THE DISTRICT BOARD OF SUPERVISORS DIRECTED DISTRICT STAFF AND COOLING OUR OFFICE AS DISTRICT COUNCIL TO PROCEED WITH FILING THE PETITION TO DISSOLVE THE DISTRICT ON AUGUST 2021.
I FILED THE PETITION WITH THE CITY IN OCTOBER OF 2021, AND WE ARE HERE TODAY FOR THE FIRST READING OF THE ORDINANCE.
THE CDD ITSELF DOES NOT HAVE ANY OUTSTANDING FINANCIAL OBLIGATIONS.
NO DEBT WAS ACTUALLY ISSUED BY THE DISTRICT IN THIS MATTER, AND THEREFORE, NO DEBT HAS TO BE PAID OFF.
THE ONLY OBLIGATIONS LEFT OF THE DISTRICT OR JUST THE ADMINISTRATIVE OBLIGATIONS IS PROCEEDING FORWARD.
AS YOU'RE PROCEEDING FORWARD, ALL CDDS ALSO HAVE TO PROCEED FORWARD WITH THEIR PROPOSED BUDGETS.
THEY ARE DUE BY JUNE 15TH OF EACH YEAR.
THAT'S WHY WE'RE BEFORE YOU TODAY PRIOR TO THAT JUNE 15TH DATE WHERE THE BOARD OF THE DISTRICT WOULD HAVE TO MEET AGAIN AND DISCUSS THE BUDGET AND [NOISE] PROCEED FOR.
FLORIDA STATUTES 190.04610, PROVIDES IF A DISTRICT HAS NO FINANCIAL OBLIGATIONS, NO OPERATING OR MAINTENANCE RESPONSIBILITIES, IT MAY BE DISSOLVED BY A NON-EMERGENCY ORDINANCE BY THE CITY THAT ESTABLISHED THE DISTRICT.
THAT IS STATUTES SECTION THAT WERE IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY MAKING THIS REQUEST.
THE DISTRICT AND THE PETITION AND THE ORDINANCE THAT IS PRESENTED BEFORE YOU, IS IN IT'S LEGAL BASIS.
I WANT TO THANK MS. CALLOWAY FOR ALL OF HER ASSISTANCE IN PROCEEDING FORWARD AND ALSO ASKING VERY PERTINENT QUESTIONS I JUST PLACED IN YOUR BACKUP.
I AM HERE TO ANSWER ANY LEGAL QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE SPECIFICALLY IN REGARDS TO THE DISSOLUTION OF THE CDD, I HAVE WITH ME TODAY, JEFF DINARS.
JEFF DINARS IS THE ENGINEER ON THE PROJECT AND CAN ANSWER ANY SPECIFIC FACTUAL QUESTIONS IN ROOM THAT YOU MAY HAVE IN REGARDS TO DEVELOP IT AS IT'S BEEN DONE OR THE DEVELOPMENT AS IT'S CONTINUING.
IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS THEY ARE IN, WE ARE HERE TO ANSWER THEM FOR YOU.
>> EXCELLENT. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.
>> CITY ATTORNEY, CHAIR, I HAVE A QUESTION, IS IT NORMAL FOR A CD TO BE DISSOLVED PRIOR TO THE COMPLETION OF A PROJECT?
>> SHOULD WE BE AMENABLE TO THAT CONSIDERING THAT THE PROJECT IS NOT FINISHED AND WE DON'T KNOW IF THERE'LL BE OBTAINED DEBT OR NOT?
HOWEVER, AND THAT'S WHY THIS PARTICULAR PROCESS IS TAKEN AS LONG AS IT HAS IS THAT WHEN THE PETITION WAS ORIGINALLY SUBMITTED TO CITY STAFF AND MS. WALD, I KNOW THAT ALMOST SIX MONTHS AGO, IF NOT BEFORE, THE QUESTION OF THE ISSUE THAT MS. WALD JUST ADDRESSED, WHICH IS, IS THERE ANY POTENTIAL DOWNSIDE TO THE CITY, BOTH FROM THE STANDPOINT OF FINANCES AS WELL
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AS FROM THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WERE ANTICIPATED, OR IS THERE ANY EXPOSURE, LIABILITY, OR ADDITIONAL COST TO THE CITY? ALL THOSE QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN ANSWERED BY STAFF INTERNALLY NEGATIVELY.BUT CERTAINLY MS. CALLOWAY OR I THINK THAT THE MASSES COULD USE ALSO WAS INVOLVED IN THOSE DISCUSSIONS, AS WELL AS WITH MR. DOUGHERTY FROM THE STANDPOINT OF HAVING THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT NEED TO GO IN AND HAVE THEY BEEN PUT IN AND IS IT APPROPRIATE NOW FOR ALL THESE TO THE EXTENT THAT IT'S REQUIRED AS PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT THAT THEY HAVE BEEN TRANSFERRED TO THE CITY AND IT'S NOW AT THE POINT WHERE THE CITY ASSUMES RESPONSIBILITY FOR THOSE IMPROVEMENTS.
AGAIN, THE ANSWER THAT HAS BEEN GIVEN IN EACH CASE IS THERE'S NO NEGATIVE IMPACT ON THE CITY.
>> WE'RE NOT LOOKING AT A COLONY WEST SITUATION WHERE THE DEVELOPER RUNS OUT OF FUNDS AND SCRAMBLES TO OBTAIN FUNDING IF WE DISSOLVE THIS.
I CAN TELL YOU, COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS, WHEN THE APPLICATION WAS FIRST SUBMITTED AND THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE WAS REQUESTED TO REVIEW AND SIGN OFF ON THIS.
THE QUESTION YOU JUST POSED IS THE QUESTION THAT I POSED.
AGAIN, I ASKED THE APPROPRIATE STAFF PEOPLE.
I'M THE GO-BETWEEN HERE TO YOUR QUESTION THAT REALLY IS DIRECTED STAFF, BUT I WAS INFORMED BY ALL OF THOSE DEPARTMENTS AND THOSE DEPARTMENT HEADS THAT THERE'S AGAIN, NO OUTSTANDING OBLIGATIONS, NO OUTSTANDING EXPENDITURES, NO OUTSTANDING DEBT.
AGAIN, THE PURPOSE OF THE CDD IS NO LONGER REQUIRED.
>> LAST QUESTION, DO WE HAVE A SAFETY NET IN THE CASE THAT SOMETHING SHAO OCCURRED? CONSIDERING THAT THINGS TO HAPPEN IN THE SPUR OF THE MOMENT WHERE FUNDING CAN BE AN ISSUE FOR ANY PROJECT.
>> CITY ATTORNEY, MIGHT YOU ALSO REITERATE THE PURPOSE OF THE REASON WHY THE CDD WAS CREATED IN 2014 OR IF YOU WISH TO HAND THAT OVER TO MS. WALD.
>> YEAH. I THINK THAT EITHER STAFF FROM MS. WALD CAN ANSWER THAT, AS WELL AS THAT THE QUESTION POSED BY COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS, I'M NOT TRYING TO KICK THE CAN IS REALLY MORE APPROPRIATE FOR STAFF AS FAR AS, DO WE HAVE STAFF ACCOUNTED FOR ANY POTENTIAL ISSUES HERE? I WILL DEFER TO STAFF AND IN THAT REGARD.
>> MS. CALLOWAY, IF YOU WISH TO ANSWER, I KNOW THAT MS. WALD IS STANDING READY AS WELL, SO I DEFER TO YOU.
TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, MAYOR, WHICH I BELIEVE WILL ALSO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS, IN THIS REGARD, THE CITY OWN THE PROPERTY IN WHICH THE DEVELOPMENT ACTUALLY OCCURRED AND IS OCCURRING.
THE CITY WENT AHEAD AND CREATED A TRUST.
THE CITY IS THE SOLE BENEFICIARY OF THE TRUST.
THE TRUST ACTUALLY OWNS THE PROPERTY.
AFTER THE TRUST WAS ESTABLISHED, THE CDD THEN WAS ESTABLISHED.
THE PURPOSE OF THE CDD FOR THIS PROPERTY WAS SOLELY FOR FINANCING.
WHAT OCCURRED IN THE FINANCING FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT WAS GRANT FUNDS WERE AVAILABLE.
THEREFORE, THE DISTRICT'S ABILITY TO ACTUALLY GO AHEAD AND ISSUE TAX-FREE MUNICIPAL BONDS WAS NOT NECESSARY AT THAT TIME.
THIS DISTRICT HAS CONTINUING FUNCTIONING, MERELY AN ADMINISTRATIVE MATTER FOR APPROXIMATELY A YEAR.
WITH THAT, THERE ARE NO RESPONSIBILITIES WITH THE CDD.
THE CDD DOES NOT OWN ANY OF THE ASSETS WHEN THE DEVELOPMENT WAS CONTINUING, THE CDD WENT AHEAD AND PROVIDED TO THE CITY THE TRANSFER OF THE WATER AND THE SEWER AND ALSO ROADWAYS.
ALL THOSE IMPROVEMENTS WERE COMPLETED.
THE CDD WAS USED AS A PASS-THROUGH.
IN ACTUALITY, THE PURPOSE FOR THE CDD ORIGINALLY IN THIS DEVELOPMENT WAS FOR FINANCING.
ONCE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT WAS NOT GOING TO BE NECESSARY FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT,
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THERE REALLY WAS NO SPECIFIC BASIS FOR THE CDD TO CONTINUE, WHICH IS WHY THE PETITIONED TO DISSOLVE THE CDD WAS PROVIDED.IN ANSWERING SOME OF YOUR QUESTIONS AND AGAIN, AS THE SPECIFICS OF WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THEIR MOMENT, I'LL TURN TO THE ENGINEER.
BUT THE TRUST ENTERED INTO A 99 YEAR LEASE, I BELIEVE BACK IN 2015.
THE LESSEE HAS OBLIGATIONS TO THE TRUST, HENCE TO THE CITY THROUGH THAT LEASE.
THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS THAT THE LESSEE MUST DO, THE DEVELOPER IN THIS CASE.
THERE ARE MAINTENANCE RESPONSIBILITIES.
THERE'S RESPONSIBILITIES FOR COMPLETION OF THE PROJECT.
THOSE NAMES ARE STILL IN PLACE.
THAT HAS NOT CHANGED AND IT HAS NOT CHANGED IN REGARDS TO WHETHER THE CDD STAYS IN EXISTENCE OR THE CDD IS DISSOLVED.
KEEP IN MIND AS WELL THE CDD IS ACTUALLY FUNDED BY THE PROPERTY OWNER.
THE PROPERTY OWNER IS THE TRUST. YOU'RE THE TRUST.
YOU, THE CITY, ARE ACTUALLY FINANCING THE CONTINUATION OF THE CDD WITH PHONES JUST FOR ITS ADMINISTRATIVE PURPOSES.
THANK YOU. I HOPE THAT ANSWERED YOUR QUESTION.
>> THANK YOU. IT SAYS, IN TERMS OF THE PHYSICAL IMPACT, THE CITY WILL NO LONGER FUND $52,225.
HOW LONG HAVE WE BEEN FUNDING THIS?
>> CHRISTINE IS ON THE LINE AND SHE HAS THAT INFORMATION AVAILABLE FOR ANSWERING QUESTIONS.
>> GOOD MORNING. MAY I ANSWER IT MAYOR?
>> THANK YOU. WHEN THE CDD WAS CREATED, THE CITY FUNDED ALL THE OPERATING EXPENSES OF THE CDD.
ONCE WE RECEIVE GRANTS, WE RECEIVE A TOTAL OF $1.8 MILLION IN GRANTS, 300,000 FROM THE STATE OF FLORIDA AND 1.5 MILLION FROM BROWARD COUNTY.
ONCE THAT WAS COMPLETE AND ALL THE WORK ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE GRANTS WAS COMPLETE, WE WERE NOT REQUIRED TO PAY ANY OTHER FUNDS FOR THE CDD.
THAT PROBABLY WILL CHANGE IF THE CDD CONTINUOUS.
WE HAVEN'T PAID ANY ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS FOR THE LAST ABOUT A YEAR OR SO.
>> YOU SAID 1.8 MILLION IN GRANTS FROM THE STATE OF FLORIDA?
>> HOW MUCH FROM BROWARD COUNTY DO WE RECEIVE?
>> OKAY. BUT IT SAYS HERE THAT WE WILL NO LONGER BE REQUIRED TO FUND APPROXIMATELY $52,000, SO THAT REPRESENTS A SAVINGS TO THE CITY, IS THAT RIGHT?
>> OKAY. REGARDING THE PROJECT, WHAT'S THE TIMELINE ON THE COMPLETION OF THE PROJECT? THANKS CHRISTINE.
>> HI. THIS IS JEFF SCHNARS. SCHNARS ENGINEERING.
I'M ALSO THE DISTRICT ENGINEER AND THE PROJECT ENGINEER.
THE PROJECT IS VARIOUS PHASES.
SOME OF THOSE PHASES ARE COMPLETE.
THERE'S A CONTINUATION OF LIKE WE CALL IT PHASE 2B NOW, WHICH IS THE EXTENSION OF 57TH THAT WILL BE COMPLETE SOON.
I DON'T HAVE AN EXACT DATE OF THE COMPLETION OF 100 PERCENT OF THE PROJECT BUT PROBABLY 80 PERCENT OF IT WILL BE COMPLETED VERY SOON.
>> WHEN YOU SAY SOON, END OF THE YEAR, MID-NEXT YEAR?
>> THANK YOU. JUST MAKING IT A LITTLE BIT MORE CLEAR IF I CAN PLEASE, THE PURPOSE OF THE CDD WAS FOR THE CITY TO BE ABLE TO UTILIZE FUNDS, GET FUNDS IF WE NEEDED FOR THE CITY'S ABILITY OR FOR CONSTRUCTION OF ROADWAY, WATER.
I JUST READ IT STRAIGHT FROM HERE.
IT WAS WATER DISTRIBUTION, WASTEWATER COLLECTION SYSTEM, DRAINAGE ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS WITHIN NORTHWEST 57 STREET FOR THE PROJECT KNOWN AS TAMARAC VILLAGE PHASE 1.
ONCE THESE WERE COMPLETED, THESE PUBLIC FACILITIES WERE TRANSFERRED BACK TO THE CITY THROUGH A BILL OF SALE.
SO IT'S NO LONGER THE DISTRICT'S RESPONSIBILITY TO MAINTAIN IT, IT'S THE CITY'S RESPONSIBILITY TO MAINTAIN IT.
AS WE ARE THE CITY WHO WAS A TRUSTEE AND THE BENEFICIARY, WE ARE STILL MAINTAINING IT.
WE WERE FORTUNATE TO RECEIVE THE MONEY THAT WAS ALREADY EXPRESSED FROM THE COUNTY AND FROM THE STATE IN ORDER TO FACILITATE THESE PROJECTS AND MOVE TAMARAC VILLAGE ALONG WITHOUT HAVING TO INCUR DEBT, THAT'S A BEAUTIFUL THING.
AT THIS TIME, THE DISTRICT HAS DONE WHAT IT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR DOING.
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THE REST OF THE ROADWAY COMPLETION, THE PROJECT THAT IS BEING EXPRESSED WILL BE HANDLED BY THE PARTIES THAT ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR HANDLING IT, AND I KNOW WE'RE ALL LOOKING FORWARD TO IT BEING DONE SOON.REALISTICALLY, PROBABLY THE RESIDENTIAL AND SOME OF THE PUBLIC PARTS WILL BE DONE SOONER THAN THE RETAIL PART OF IT.
THE COMMERCIAL PART OF IT, WE'RE ALL AWARE THAT IT IS TAKING A LITTLE BIT LONGER FOR MANY FACTORS, BUT THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE CDD.
NO OTHER QUESTIONS. CITY CLERK, WE'RE GOING TO CALL THE ROLL.
>> THANK YOU, MAYOR. COMMISSIONER BOLTON?
>> MOTION PASS 520, THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU AND THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HELP.
[10.aDiscussion and Action to Condemn www.TamaracPost.com Requested by Commissioner Elvin Villalobos]
THIS IS AN ITEM BY COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS, WHO HAS ALSO ASKED TO CHANGE HIS ITEM OR HIS TITLE, SO I'M JUST GOING TO HAND THE FLOOR OVER TO YOU, COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS.>> THANK YOU, MAYOR. I'M JUST GOING TO GO THROUGH PART ONE OF TWO OF MY PRESENTATION, WHICH WAS JUST A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS TO THE CITY ATTORNEY.
I'M GOING TO WITHHOLD MY SECOND PART DUE TO NEW INFORMATION THAT I WAS ABLE TO OBTAIN, SO I'LL BE BRINGING THAT AT A LATER TIME.
>> OKAY, SO YOU HAD QUESTIONS?
>> CITY ATTORNEY. IS IT UNLAWFUL, JUST TO BE CLEAR, FOR ANY PUBLIC OFFICIAL TO DELETE, REMOVE, DISTORT, HARBOR, EVERY WORD YOU CAN FIND, ANY COMMENTS ON SOCIAL MEDIA ON A PUBLIC OFFICIALS PAGE THAT HANDLES OR IS DEALING WITH THE CITY AFFAIRS, NOT PERSONAL PAGES?
>> THE ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION IS NO.
IT'S NOT APPROPRIATE TO DELETE OR BLOCK.
MY PREDECESSORS HAVE ISSUED AN OPINION TO THE CITY STATING TWO FEDERAL CASES, ONE INVOLVING THE SCHOOL BOARD OF LOUDOUN COUNTY IN VIRGINIA, AS WELL AS A CASE THAT WAS FILED AGAINST THEN PRESIDENT TRUMP, WHERE BOTH INDIVIDUALS, OBVIOUSLY PRESIDENT TRUMP AT THE TIME, AND THE CHAIR OF THE SCHOOL BOARD OF THE LOUDOUN COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD ATTEMPTED TO BLOCK AND REMOVE FROM THEIR FACEBOOK PAGES AND TWITTER AND OTHERS COMMENTS THAT THEY WERE UNHAPPY WITH.
IN BOTH INSTANCES, THE FEDERAL COURT RULED THAT DOING SO WAS A VIOLATION OF INDIVIDUALS FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS.
WE HAVE IN THE PROCESS OF DEVELOPING THE SOCIAL MEDIA POLICY FOR THE CITY, WE'VE STATED AND SET FORTH THAT INFORMATION IN THE PROPOSED POLICY THAT I UNDERSTAND IT WILL BE COMING BACK OR HOPE TO BE BROUGHT BACK BY STAFF.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WILL THIS ALSO INCLUDE ANY PUBLICATIONS KNOWN TO BE OPERATED BY AN ELECTED OFFICIAL?
>> IT'S ABSENT VERIFIABLE PROOF THAT IT IS CONTROLLED AND THE INFORMATION IS BEING DISSEMINATED BY AN ELECTED OFFICIAL.
[OVERLAPPING] WILL THAT ALSO BE INCLUDED?
>> YES. ANY SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM CONTROLLED OR BEING USED BY AN ELECTED OFFICIAL TO POST ITEMS OF CITY CONCERN OR CITY BUSINESS CANNOT ALSO BE USED TO BLOCK RESPONSES OR LIMIT THE DISCOURSE THAT TAKES PLACE ON THOSE PLATFORMS.
>> THANK YOU AND THE LAST QUESTION TO THAT PART ONE, HOW DO RESIDENTS THAT HAVE BEEN BLOCKED OR COMMENTS REMOVED, WHAT IS THEIR RECOURSE AS FAR AS WHO CAN THEY REACH OUT TO? THAT'LL BE IT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> ULTIMATELY, IN THE CASE OF THE TWO CASES I MENTIONED IS THOSE INDIVIDUALS SOUGHT ASSISTANCE FROM LEGAL COUNSEL WHO THEN FILED APPROPRIATE LAWSUITS IN FEDERAL COURT AND THE JURISDICTION IN WHICH THEY WERE LOCATED.
LET ME ADD THAT OBVIOUSLY, ONCE THE CITY ADOPTS THE UPDATED SOCIAL MEDIA POLICY
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THEN THE COMMISSIONER AND STAFF WILL BE BOUND BY THAT SOCIAL MEDIA POLICY.>> MAYOR, THAT CONCLUDES MY PART ONE ON THAT.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THEN IF THERE'S NO FURTHER AND YOU'VE GOTTEN YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED, THIS ITEM IS DONE AND I WISH EVERYBODY A VERY GOOD DAY.
LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING EVERYBODY AT OUR MEMORIAL DAY EVENT.
THIS MEETING IS NOW ADJOURNED,11: 20. THANK YOU.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.