8.aTBO 66 - Board Order approving Special Exception application for Culver's Restaurant located at 8251 W. Commercial Boulevard, Tamarac, Florida 33321, to allow for a fast-casual restaurant with drive-through service in the MU-G (Mixed Use General) zoning district, pursuant to the Tamarac Code of Ordinances.

[8.aTBO 66 - Board Order approving Special Exception application for Culver's Restaurant located at 8251 W. Commercial Boulevard, Tamarac, Florida 33321, to allow for a fast-casual restaurant with drive-through service in the MU-G (Mixed Use General) zoning district, pursuant to the Tamarac Code of Ordinances.]

[8.bTBO 67 - Board Order approving Zoning Variance application for Culver's Restaurant located at 8251 W. Commercial Boulevard, Tamarac, Florida 33321, to allow for relief from Section 10-4.4(D)(3)(c)(ii) to permit the installation of an enhanced landscape buffer on the northern perimeter of the subject property and in the median of N.W. 57th Street in lieu of the required solid six (6) foot masonry wall to buffer the Culver’s Restaurant development from the adjacent residential community, pursuant to the Tamarac Code of Ordinances.]

SO WE'LL HEAR THEM BOTH TOGETHER.

ALL THREE OF THEM.

SO WE'LL HEAR THEM ALL AT ONE TIME.

I'LL GO AHEAD AND I'LL READ ALL OF THEM.

ITEM EIGHT A TEMPORARY BOARD ORDER IS 66.

THE BOARD ORDER APPROVING SPECIAL EXCEPTION APPLICATION FOR CULVER'S RESTAURANT, LOCATED AT 8251 WEST COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD, TAMARAC, FLORIDA.

33321.

TO ALLOW FOR A FAST CASUAL RESTAURANT WITH DRIVE THRU SERVICE IN THE MIXED UNIT GENERAL ZONING DISTRICT PURSUANT TO TAMARACK CODE OF ORDINANCE.

ITEM EIGHT B IS TEMPORARY BOARD OVER ORDER 67.

BOARD ORDER APPROVING ZONING VARIANCE APPLICATION FOR CULVER'S RESTAURANT LOCATED AT 8251 WEST COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD, TAMARAC, FLORIDA.

33321. TO ALLOW FOR THE RELIEF FROM SECTION TEN DASH 4.4, SUBSECTION D3C2 TO PERMIT THE INSTALLATION OF AN ENHANCED LANDSCAPE BUFFER ON THE NORTHERN PERIMETER OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY AND IN THE MEDIAN OF NORTHWEST 57TH STREET IN LIEU OF THE REQUIRED SIX SOLID FOOT MASONRY WALL TO BUFFER THE CULVER RESTAURANT AND DEVELOPMENT FROM THE ADJACENT RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY PURSUANT TO TAMARAC CODE OF ORDINANCE AND TEMPORARY RELIEF.

13879. A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC, FLORIDA, GRANTING SITE PLAN APPROVAL MAJOR WITH CONDITIONS TO ALLOW FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF 4550 SQUARE FEET CULVER'S RESTAURANT, A FAST FOOD CASUAL DINING FACILITY WITH DUAL DRIVE THRU LANES AND RELATED INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 8251 WEST COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD, TAMARAC, FLORIDA.

CASE NUMBER 7-SP-22 PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS, PROVIDING FOR SERVER ABILITY AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

AT THIS TIME. WE'LL HEAR FROM THE APPLICANT.

GOOD MORNING, MADAM CHAIR.

MY NAME IS STEVE WHERRY 420 SOUTH WEST 19TH STREET, FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA.

I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT MEDALIST RESTAURANT GROUP AND TO THE NEW CITY ATTORNEY REPRESENTATIVE.

NICE TO MEET YOU FROM THE FLOOR AS WELL.

AND REST OF THE BOARD AND CITY STAFF AS WELL.

I'M JOINED TODAY BY ERIC PIERCE, WHO IS THE PRINCIPAL OF CULVER'S, AND HE HAS SPEARHEADED THE CULVER'S INTRODUCTION TO SOUTH FLORIDA, BEGINNING WITH THE THE RESTAURANT THAT HAS GONE UP AND IS OPERATING SUCCESSFULLY IN MARGATE.

SO HE'S EXCITED.

WE'RE ALL EXCITED ABOUT BRINGING THAT.

THAT SERVICE TO RESIDENTS OF TAMARACK NOW TOGETHER WITH ERIC PIERCE.

I'VE ALSO GOT J.

HUEBNER J IS WITH OUR CIVIL ENGINEERING FIRM H.

S Q GROUP. AND THEN LASTLY, I'VE ALSO.

BUT NOT LEAST LEE THAT'S A WORD I'VE GOT BRIAN KELLY BRIAN IS WITH THE FIRM SIMMONS AND WHITE AND HE IS OUR TRAFFIC ENGINEER SO. WITH THAT.

I'LL JUST KIND OF MOVE THROUGH THE SLIDES HERE QUICKLY.

AND I THINK IF YOU'VE LOOKED AT THE PACKET, WHICH I'M SURE YOU HAVE, YOU HAVE A LOT OF FAMILIARITY WITH THE SITE.

GENERALLY IT'S ON THE NORTH SIDE OF OF WEST COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD BETWEEN UNIVERSITY AND PINE ISLAND, KIND OF ACROSS FROM THAT LARGE VACANT AREA TO THE SOUTH ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF WEST COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD,

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DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM AN EXXON GAS STATION AND KIND OF CATTY CORNER TO THE CHICK FIL A.

SO THAT'S GENERALLY THE LOCATION LAND USE IS LOCAL ACTIVITY CENTER.

THE ZONING ZONING IS MIXED USE GENERAL.

ALL OF WHICH SUPPORT THE PROPOSED USE.

ZOOMING IN A LITTLE BIT, YOU CAN SEE SOME OF WHAT I ALREADY MENTIONED, BUT WHAT I DID NOT MENTION YET IS THE CLOSE PROXIMITY THAT WE HAVE TO THE RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY, TO THE NORTH.

THE IT'S I'VE SEEN IT CALLED DIFFERENT THINGS, GREEN HAVEN AND FAIRHAVEN, MAINLAND RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY.

BUT YOU KNOW, THERE IS A LARGE SUBSTANTIAL RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY TO OUR NORTH AND WE AS PART OF OUR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION AND PUBLIC NOTICE REQUIREMENTS, SEND OUT MAILERS TO A GREAT MANY PROPERTY OWNERS, INCLUDING A NUMBER OF PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN THAT RESIDENTIAL AREA.

INTERESTINGLY, AS A RESULT OF THAT OUTREACH, WE ONLY REALLY GOT ONE RESPONSE, AND THAT WAS A PHONE MESSAGE THAT WE GOT FROM AN INDIVIDUAL WHO HAD VERY WELCOMING COMMENTS.

I THINK THAT'S IN YOUR BACK UP.

BUT WE HAD NO NEGATIVE RESPONSE, NO QUESTIONS OR THOUGHTS, THAT THINGS SHOULD BE CHANGED IN ANY RESPECT WITH REGARD TO THE PROPOSAL IMMEDIATELY TO OUR EAST AND WEST, TO OUR EAST AS BEDDING BARN.

AND TO THE WEST IS I KNOW IT IS COMFORT SUITES.

I'VE SEEN IT CALLED SOMETHING ELSE, TOO.

BUT IT'S BASICALLY THE HOTEL THAT'S BEEN THERE FOR PROBABLY, I'D SAY, 15 YEARS OR MORE.

SO IT'S NOT TERRIBLY OLD AND SEEMS TO DO A GOOD BUSINESS.

THE THE SITE ITSELF CONSISTS OF TWO SEPARATE LOTS.

LOT THREE AND LOT TWO.

IF YOU'RE READING FROM LEFT TO RIGHT, A LOT THREE IS OWNED BY THE APPLICANT THAT WAS PURCHASED IN A PRIVATE TRANSACTION IN JUST LAST YEAR, THE EARLY PART OF LAST YEAR.

LOT TWO, WHICH IS THE EASTERLY LOT, IS OWNED BY THE CITY OF TAMARAC.

AND, YOU KNOW, WE WENT THROUGH A DIALOG WITH THE CITY EXPLORING THE POSSIBILITY OF SELLING THE PROPERTY THE CITY WAS WILLING AND INTERESTED IN DOING SO AND SEEMED SUPPORTIVE OF THE USE THAT WE WERE INTENDING TO BRING.

SO THAT PROPERTY RIGHT NOW, ALTHOUGH IT'S OWNED BY THE CITY, IS UNDER CONTRACT TO MY CLIENT AND THE THE CLOSING IS ANTICIPATED TO OCCUR AFTER THE ENTITLEMENTS ARE OBTAINED.

SO THAT'LL HAPPEN.

ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE APPLICATIONS GENERALLY AND IT'S WE'LL SEE LATER IS A CONDITION OF APPROVAL IS A REQUIREMENT TO JOIN THESE TWO LOTS IN A UNITY OF TITLE.

THAT'S A SEPARATE SPECIFIC APPLICATION THAT WILL BRING BEFORE THE CITY ONCE WE OWN BOTH LOTS AND THAT'LL HAVE TO BE DONE PRIOR TO OBTAINING A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY.

AND WE'VE AGREED TO THAT CONDITION OF APPROVAL.

HERE'S THE SITE PLAN.

IS THAT? DO YOU HEAR THAT NOISE? THAT'S OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

MAKE SURE I DON'T NEED TO CALL 911 HERE.

SO HERE'S THE SITE PLAN.

WE'VE GOT IT ORIENTED WITH NORTH TO THE TOP.

AND THE SITE IS A 1.4 ACRE SITE, ROUGHLY A LITTLE BIT LESS THAN THAT, WHERE WE INTEND TO CONSTRUCT A 4550 SQUARE FOOT RESTAURANT.

I'M GOING TO FLIP FORWARD JUST ONE SECOND SO YOU CAN KIND OF SEE HOW IT RELATES TO THE NEIGHBORING PROPERTIES IN TERMS OF SCALE.

SOMETIMES IF YOU JUST LOOK AT THE SITE PLAN, IT'S HARD TO GET A SENSE OF THAT.

SO WHAT WE DID WAS WE OVERLAID TO SCALE THE SITE PLAN ON AN AERIAL.

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AND SO YOU CAN SEE IT'S IT'S ACTUALLY KNOW, ALTHOUGH IT SEEMS BIG WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT AS IT'S NOT REALLY AS EXPANSIVE AS OUR NEIGHBORS ARE IN TERMS OF OVERALL SQUARE FOOTAGE, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT WE LIKE BECAUSE IT HELPS PRESERVE A LOT OF GREEN AREA AND WE'VE EXCEEDED THE PERVIOUS OPEN SPACE REQUIREMENTS OF THE CODE IN THE SITE PLAN.

AND PART OF THAT RELATES TO THE BUILDING FOOTPRINT.

SO GETTING BACK TO THE SITE PLAN HERE REAL QUICK, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT SOME SOME GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS THAT I'LL TOUCH ON.

THE SEATING IS THE INTERIOR SEATING IS DESIGNED FOR 104 GUESTS.

INTERESTINGLY, MY COUNT OF THE TREES THAT WE'RE BRINGING ONTO THE SITE, NEW TREES IS ALSO 104.

SO WE'VE GOT ONE TREE PER GUEST.

SO THAT'S EXCITING.

A LOT OF TIMES IN DEVELOPMENT WE SEE THAT RATIO KIND OF GO THE OTHER WAY IN TERMS OF OUTSIDE AREAS THAT ARE DESIGNED TO BE ATTRACTIVE TO OUR CUSTOMERS AND PRESENT A NICE ESTHETIC VIEW OF THE SITE GENERALLY IS AN OUTSIDE AREA AND I'LL SHOW SOME PHOTOS OF THAT LATER.

BUT THAT'S INTENDED TO INCLUDE A TRELLIS PERGOLA FEATURE AND SOME UPSCALE OR UPGRADED OUTSIDE DINING FURNITURE.

AND I'LL SHOW YOU WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, TOO, IN TERMS OF PARKING.

THE CODE REQUIRES 46 SPACES, AND IN OUR SITE PLAN, WE'RE PROVIDING 54 SPACES. SO WE MORE THAN MEET THE CODE REQUIREMENTS THERE.

AND ON TOP OF THAT, WE'RE ALSO PROVIDING WELL, NOT REALLY ON TOP OF THAT, I GUESS AS PART OF THAT, REALLY WE'RE PROVIDING ELECTRIC VEHICLE SPACES, TWO OF THOSE AND THOSE ARE MARKED ON THE SITE PLAN.

YOU CAN WHOOPS, I CAN'T DO THIS.

HERE WE GO. YOU CAN SEE THIS LOCATION AND DOWN HERE.

ACTUALLY, I DON'T SEE THAT.

IS A THOSE ARE THE ELECTRIC VEHICLE LOCATIONS.

WE'VE GOT THREE HANDICAPPED SPACES AS PART OF OUR PARKING COMPLEMENT AND 16 BICYCLE SPACES.

SO THE WHOLE TEAM CAN CAN RIDE OVER AFTER THE GAME AND GRAB ICE CREAM IF THEY WANT TO.

THE. LET'S SEE THE.

LOT COVERAGE I MENTIONED IS SET AT A MAXIMUM OF 40% A LOT COVERAGE MEANS HOW MUCH CAN BE COVERED WITH BUILDING.

AND YOU KNOW WE'VE GOT THAT NUMBER DOWN TO ONLY 8% OF THE SITE AREA YOU KNOW HAS A LOT COVERAGE CHARACTERISTIC WHICH IS WELL BELOW THE MAXIMUM.

SO THAT'S A GOOD THING.

OPEN SPACE AGAIN, I SAID WE EXCEED THAT.

WE'RE AT 33%.

THE CODE REQUIRES 30%.

AND THE BUILDING HEIGHT IN THIS ZONING DISTRICT ALLOWS A 70 FOOT HIGH BUILDING AND WE COME IN AT 20 FEET, 11 INCHES SO WELL BELOW THE MAXIMUM.

SO WE THINK IN THOSE RESPECTS WE'VE MADE A PROPOSAL HERE THAT IS LESS INTENSE BY ALL THE DEGREES THAT I MENTIONED THAN WHAT THE CODE WOULD OTHERWISE THEORETICALLY ALLOW.

SO IT'S A LESSER INTENSIVE ALTERNATIVE TO WHAT MIGHT BE BUILT ON THIS VACANT LAND.

HERE WE HAVE THE SIGNING AND PAVEMENT MARKING PLAN, WHICH IS A GOOD PLACE TO LOOK AT AND CONSIDER THE INTERNAL SITE CIRCULATION.

AND WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME AMONG OURSELVES AND WORKING CLOSELY, MARVELOUSLY, REALLY WITH STAFF TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT THE BEST WAY TO ORIENT THE BUILDING.

WE LOOKED AT FLIPPING IT ON EVERY AXIS, REALLY MIRRORING THE BUILDING, AND THIS IS WHAT WE CAME UP WITH AS A WAY TO KEEP AS MUCH OF THE SITE CIRCULATION WITHIN THE SITE.

SO THERE'S A MINIMAL RISK OF HAVING IMPACTS OUTSIDE THE SITE, WHICH IS THE PARAMOUNT CONCERN AND ALSO

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PRESERVING THE NORMAL.

OPERATIONS THAT CULVER'S HAS.

AND IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN TO THE CULVER'S AND MARGATE, YOU'LL SEE THAT CONFIGURATION WHERE THERE'S AN ORDER WINDOW OR A MENU BOARD AND ORDER WINDOW AND THEN A WAITING AREA WHERE I'LL SHOW YOU.

THIS WOULD BE THE WAITING AREA.

AND THAT'S NOT SOMETHING YOU OFTEN SEE IN A LOT OF FAST, CASUAL OR EVEN FAST FOOD RESTAURANTS.

AND THE INTENTION IS THAT WE HAVE A PLACE WHERE OUR CUSTOMERS CAN COME AND DRIVE AND WAIT.

EVERY ORDER THAT IS PLACED IS MADE TO ORDER.

SO IT'S NOT LIKE SOME RESTAURANTS WILL HAVE SHELVES AND SHELVES OF READYMADE FOOD AND THEY'LL JUST SLAP IT ON A TRAY OR IN A BAG AND THEN BRING IT OUT VERY QUICKLY.

OUR ORDERS TAKE A LITTLE LONGER BECAUSE THEY'RE CUSTOM MADE.

SO FOR THAT REASON, THERE'S A NEED FOR SOME DEGREE OF WAITING.

AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S UNIQUE TO CULVER'S.

AND SO THAT'S KIND OF WHY WE HAVE THAT CONFIGURATION, WHICH WE WERE ABLE TO PRESERVE.

BUT BECAUSE IT'S NEW AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK WHAT WE TYPICALLY SEE IS THAT WHEN CUSTOMERS.

BECOME USED TO VISITING A PLACE LIKE THIS.

THEY LEARN HOW IT OPERATES.

THEY LEARN WHAT THE TRAFFIC FLOW IS LIKE, WHAT TO EXPECT.

THE FIRST TIME, THE FIRST COUPLE OF TIMES.

SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE FITS AND STARTS.

AND YOU KNOW, FOR THOSE NEWCOMERS TO THE RESTAURANT, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S NOT A PROBLEM.

AND SO WE'VE PUT A LOT OF EXTRA SIGNAGE ON THE SITE TO REMIND DRIVERS, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC IS.

IT'S GENERALLY A COUNTER CLOCKWISE FLOW.

AND WE'VE GOT, YOU KNOW, DO NOT ENTER SIGNS AT THE SOUTHERN END OF THE ORDER AREA WHERE CARS WOULD EXIT, WHICH WOULD PREVENT CARS COMING IN FROM COMMERCIAL OR ELSEWHERE INADVERTENTLY GOING AGAINST THAT ORDER FLOW TRAFFIC AND CREATING A CONFLICT.

SO THAT WILL HELP DIRECT CARS AROUND.

WE'VE GOT STOP SIGNS, STOP BARS AND CORRESPONDING STOP SIGNS AND STOP BARS AT THE ORDER WAITING AISLES THERE, WHICH AGAIN, HELP REMIND DRIVERS THAT THIS IS AN AREA WHERE THEY SHOULD TAKE EXTRA CAUTION AND PROCEED CAREFULLY. WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY EXPERIENCE OF PROBLEMS AT THE MARGATE LOCATION WITH THIS CONFIGURATION.

AND WE DON'T EXPECT TO HAVE PROBLEMS IN TAMARACK EITHER.

ON THE NORTH SIDE IS ANOTHER POINT OF INGRESS EGRESS.

IN TERMS OF EGRESS, IT'S A RIGHT TURN EXIT ONLY, SO CARS LEAVING CAN LEAVE ON ONTO NORTH WEST 57TH AVENUE.

BUT THEY CAN ONLY TURN RIGHT GOING EAST.

CARS COMING IN CAN TURN RIGHT INTO THE SITE AND PARK OR ENTER THE QUEUE, THE ORDER OR QUEUE. SIMILARLY, ON THE SOUTH SIDE, WE'VE GOT AN INGRESS FROM WEST COMMERCIAL THAT WILL ALLOW CARS TO ENTER AND THEN COME AROUND PARK AND GO INTO THE RESTAURANT OR CYCLE AROUND THE RESTAURANT INTO THE ORDER QUEUE AND PLACE THEIR ORDERS AND DRIVE OFF WITH THEIR ORDER.

ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WAS RAISED AND EVALUATED DURING THE THE TRAFFIC REVIEW PROCESS INVOLVED, WHETHER THERE WOULD BE A NEED FOR A RIGHT TURN LANE ON WEST COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD.

AND WHAT WAS DECIDED AND THIS IS A ROAD THAT THE BROWARD COUNTY HAS JURISDICTION OVER, WAS THAT GIVEN THE PROXIMITY OF OTHER EXISTING DRIVE ENTRANCES, YOU CAN SEE WE'VE GOT A DRIVE ENTRANCE HERE AND THERE INSUFFICIENT SPACING THERE TO HAVE A STANDARD RIGHT TURN LANE.

AND SO THE PREFERENCE OF THE COUNTY AFTER DISCUSSION WAS THAT THERE SHOULD NOT BE A RIGHT TURN LANE HERE THAT WOULD BE BUILT

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TO SUBSTANDARD DESIGN.

AND SO FOR THAT REASON, WE'RE NOT HAVING A RIGHT TURN LANE.

LANDSCAPE PLAN.

WE'VE GOT QUITE A BIT OF LANDSCAPING MORE THAN IS REQUIRED BY THE CODE, INCLUDING AN EXCESS OF STREET TREES AND OTHER TREES. WE'VE ALSO AGREED AS PART OF OUR ENHANCED BUFFERING TO ADD VEGETATION.

ALONG THE MEDIAN IN NORTHWEST ON NORTHWEST 57TH STREET WITH TREES TO LIVE OAKS AS WELL AS SOME COCO PLUM HEDGES IN THAT AREA.

AND THE THEORY BEHIND THAT IS AND IS PART OF THE VARIANCE REQUEST WHICH WOULD OTHERWISE REQUIRE AN EARTHEN BERM OR A MASONRY WALL.

WE WANTED TO HELP BOLSTER THE VISUAL SEPARATION BETWEEN OUR SITE AND ESPECIALLY THE NEIGHBORS TO THE NORTH.

AND PART OF THE REASON FOR WANTING TO NOT HAVE A WALL, FOR EXAMPLE, IS THAT WE'VE GOT THE EXISTING WALL ALREADY ON THE NORTH SIDE OF 57TH STREET, WHICH KIND OF ENCLOSES THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO THE NORTH.

AND SO BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, HAVING WALLS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE STREET WOULD CREATE KIND OF A CANYON EFFECT.

THE THINKING WAS THAT IT WOULD BE BETTER AND ALSO HELP PROMOTE SAFETY AND GOOD VISIBILITY.

EYES ON THE STREET, THAT SORT OF THING, TO NOT HAVE A WALL.

BUT THERE WAS STILL A DESIRE FOR SOME KIND OF BUFFERING.

AND SO WE AGREED TO ADD IN THE EXTRA LANDSCAPING THERE.

OTHERWISE WE THINK THE LANDSCAPE PLAN, IT CERTAINLY MEETS CODE.

IT'S GOT FEATURES, YOU KNOW NATIVE LANDSCAPING MATERIALS PROPOSED.

SO, YOU KNOW, IN THAT RESPECT IT SHOULD BE A WELCOME ADDITION TO THE BIOME IN THIS AREA.

HERE'S SOME VIEWS OF THE ELEVATION OF THE BUILDING COLOR ELEVATIONS.

IT'S A FOUR SIDED DESIGN BUILDING.

FREQUENTLY YOU'LL SEE BUILDINGS PROPOSED THAT HAVE DESIGN FEATURES ON ONE, TWO OR MAYBE THREE SIDES.

AND THEN ANOTHER FOURTH SIDE OR MAYBE TWO SIDES ARE KIND OF BLANK.

THEY'RE JUST LIKE WALLS.

AND, YOU KNOW, OUR BUILDING IS DESIGNED WITH FOUR SIDED PERSPECTIVE IN MIND.

IT'S AN EXPENSIVE BUILDING WITH HIGH GRADE FINISHES.

SO COMING AT IT FROM ANY DIRECTION AND, YOU KNOW, SINCE WE'RE KIND OF AN OPEN SITE WITHOUT, YOU KNOW, EXTENSIVE WALLS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT IT LOOK GOOD FROM ANY PERSPECTIVE.

AND I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE ACHIEVED THAT WITH THIS DESIGN.

I MADE REFERENCE BEFORE ABOUT THE EXTERIOR SEATING AREA AND IT WILL INCLUDE A TRELLIS PERGOLA FEATURE LIKE PICTURED HERE.

AND YOU'VE GOT THE DETAIL FROM THE SITE PLAN THAT SHOWS ITS LOCATION AND THE CONFIGURATION OF THE SEATING.

BUT IT'S AN ATTRACTIVE OUTSIDE FEATURE.

HOPEFULLY PEOPLE WILL WANT TO USE IT.

IT'S A NICE IF PEOPLE COME WITH THEIR PETS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

IT'S A NICE PLACE TO, YOU KNOW, BE ABLE TO SIT OUTSIDE AND ENJOY YOUR MEAL.

HERE ARE.

THIS IS NOT THE ACTUAL LAYOUT, BUT THIS IS WHAT THE FURNITURE WILL LOOK LIKE.

AND SO I'LL FLIP BACK AGAIN.

AND YOU CAN SEE HERE'S THE SEATING AREA AND THE FURNITURE CONFIGURATION.

SO REMEMBER THAT.

AND THEN LOOK AT THESE TABLES.

AND THAT'S THE TYPE OF FURNITURE THAT WE'VE SELECTED FOR THE OUTSIDE SEATING AREA.

HERE'S SOME IMAGERY OF THE PROPOSED BUILDING.

YOU CAN SEE IT'S AN ATTRACTIVE BUILDING.

VARIETY OF FINISHES.

YOU'VE GOT VARIATION IN THE FACADE IN TERMS OF THE RELIEF THAT EXISTS. IT'S NOT JUST A STRAIGHT, YOU KNOW, MONOLITHIC BOX.

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IT'S GOT A LOT OF MOVEMENT AND ACTIVITY TO IT.

JUST AS A LAST NOTE, I THINK WE WANTED TO TOUCH ON SECURITY.

AND IT'S IMPORTANT FOR BUSINESSES THAT WELCOME THE PUBLIC, AND ESPECIALLY BUSINESSES THAT HAVE OUTSIDE SEATING FEATURES TO TAKE MEASURES TO DISCOURAGE THE WRONGFUL USE OF THOSE AMENITIES.

AND SO WHAT WE'VE PUT TOGETHER IS A PLAN TO WORK WITH BROWARD SHERIFF'S OFFICE, THE CITY OF TAMARAC PARTNERS WITH BSO FOR POLICE SERVICE, AND BSO HAS WHAT THEY CALL A BROWARD SHERIFF'S OFFICE TRESPASS PROGRAM.

IT ALLOWS WELL, IT'S MOSTLY, I THINK, GEARED TO BUSINESSES, BUT REALLY, ANYONE CAN PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAM, YOU KNOW, RESIDENTIAL, EVEN SINGLE FAMILY HOME RESIDENCES COULD CAN DO IT.

BUT BASICALLY IT INVOLVES SIGNING AN AFFIDAVIT THAT AUTHORIZES LAW ENFORCEMENT TO ENFORCE TRESPASS ON THE PROPERTY AT TIMES WHEN, YOU KNOW, YOU MIGHT NOT BE AT THE PROPERTY, SUCH AS DURING CLOSING HOURS OVERNIGHT.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE'LL HAVE MOTION ACTIVATED LIGHTING AROUND THE PERIMETER OF THE BUILDING.

SO THAT SHOULD DISCOURAGE PEOPLE FROM COMING AND CONDUCTING ANY KIND OF ILLICIT ACTIVITIES WHEN NOBODY'S THERE.

ON TOP OF THAT, WE'LL HAVE CAMERA SURVEILLANCE ALL AROUND THE SITE, AS WELL AS IN THE INTERIOR AREAS OF THE BUILDING.

SO AND ALL OF THAT CAMERA IS RECORDED ON A LONG TERM BASIS.

SO IT'S NOT LIKE, YOU KNOW, JUST RECORDED AND KEPT FOR 24 HOURS.

IT'S ACTUALLY KEPT FOR I'VE HEARD IT'S KEPT.

PERMANENTLY, BUT PERMANENTLY IS AN AWFULLY BIG WORD.

BUT SO I'LL JUST SAY THAT IT'S KEPT FOR A LONG TIME.

THE SITE HAS LOTS OF WINDOWS, WHICH ALLOWS PEOPLE FROM THE OUTSIDE TO BE ABLE TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON ON THE INSIDE, ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT, AT NIGHT TIME, HOURS, THE LIGHTS WILL BE LEFT ON SUFFICIENTLY TO BE ABLE TO OBSERVE AND DETECT MOTION FROM WITHIN THE BUILDING.

SO THAT SHOULD HELP DETER BREAK INS AND SIMILAR CRIMES.

AND THAT'S KIND OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE SITE.

THERE ARE THREE APPLICATIONS THAT WE'VE SUBMITTED.

ONE IS THE APPLICATION FOR SPECIAL EXCEPTION.

THERE ARE A NUMBER OF CRITERIA THAT HAVE TO BE MET IN CONNECTION WITH THE SPECIAL EXCEPTION APPLICATION.

THE PACKET GOES THROUGH THOSE CRITERIA IN GREAT DETAIL.

SOME OF THEM CAN BE REPETITIVE.

I THINK YOU'VE PROBABLY LOOKED AT THAT.

I'M HAPPY TO GO THROUGH ANY OF THOSE CRITERIA IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS.

AND LASTLY, THE SITE PLAN MAJOR APPLICATION WE'VE SUBMITTED OUR EXPLANATIONS AND JUSTIFICATIONS FOR HOW WE'VE MET THOSE CRITERIA.

AND I NOTICE IN APPRECIATIVE OF THE FACT THAT STAFF HAS MADE ITS OWN INDEPENDENT REVIEW OF THE APPLICATION MATERIALS.

AND ITS RECOMMENDATION IS THAT THESE APPLICATIONS BE APPROVED AND WE'RE HAPPY AND PLEASED THAT'S THE CASE.

OF COURSE, THE DECISION LIES WITH YOU.

AND SO IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, AGAIN, I'M HERE TO ANSWER THEM AND THAT'S IT.

THANKS FOR THE TIME. THANK YOU.

WE'LL NOW HEAR FROM THE CITY.

OKAY. GOOD MORNING. FOR THE RECORD, ANN JOHNSON, SENIOR PLANNER, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT BOARD.

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GIVEN THAT THE APPLICANT PROVIDED A PRETTY THOROUGH PRESENTATION, I AM GOING TO REITERATE THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST FOR YOU.

I'M ALSO GOING TO CLARIFY ON THE RECORD WHAT THE STAFF'S CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL ARE AND JUST REVIEW THE SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS FROM WHICH THE APPLICANT IS SEEKING APPROVAL OR RELIEF FROM IN MY PRESENTATION.

AND THEN AT THE END.

I'D BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE REGARDING THE PROJECT.

SO AS PREVIOUSLY STATED, THE APPLICANT'S AGENT, STEVE WHERRY, THE APPLICANT'S COUNSEL, IS SEEKING APPROVAL OF A SPECIAL EXCEPTION REQUESTS FOR THIS FAST CASUAL RESTAURANT WITH DUAL DRIVE THRU SERVICE.

THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT 8251 WEST COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD.

IT IS ZONED MIXED USE GENERAL AND IN THIS PARTICULAR ZONING DISTRICT, A FAST CASUAL RESTAURANT DOES REQUIRE A SPECIAL EXCEPTION, HENCE THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST TODAY.

ADDITIONALLY, THE APPLICANT IS SEEKING APPROVAL OF A VARIANCE TO ALLOW RELIEF FROM SECTION TEN DASH 4.4 D3C2, WHICH WOULD AGAIN PERMIT THE INSTALLATION OF THE ENHANCED LANDSCAPING IN LIEU OF THE REQUIRED MASONRY WALL OR BERM REQUIRED TO BUFFER THIS PROPERTY FROM THE ADJACENT RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY AS WELL.

THE APPLICANT'S LAST REQUEST IS, OF COURSE, FOR APPROVAL OF THAT MAJOR SITE PLAN TO ALLOW CONSTRUCTION OF THE RESTAURANT IN THAT MIXED USE GENERAL ZONING DISTRICT ON THOSE TWO PARTICULAR VACANT PARCELS.

SO AGAIN, THAT'S THE APPLICANT PROVIDED.

THIS IS AN OVERVIEW OF THE SITE AND I'M SURE VIA THE PREVIOUS PRESENTATION YOU ARE AWARE OF ITS ORIENTATION, WHERE IT IS LOCATED WITHIN THE CITY.

SO PER SECTION TEN, DASH 3.2, TABLE TEN 3.1.

AGAIN, THE USE OF A FAST CASUAL RESTAURANT IS CONSIDERED A SPECIAL EXCEPTION IN THE MIXED USE GENERAL ZONING DISTRICT.

SO THAT IS THE APPLICANT'S FIRST REQUEST.

JUST TO GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF THE ACTUAL OPERATIONS OF THE RESTAURANT.

THE RESTAURANT WILL OPERATE SEVEN DAYS A WEEK FROM 10 A.M.

TO 10 P.M..

THE APPLICANT ANTICIPATES HIRING APPROXIMATELY 58 PEOPLE IN THIS STAFF WILL CONSIST OF FULL TIME AND PART TIME POSITIONS.

AS INDICATED IN PREVIOUS PRESENTATION, THEY WILL PROVIDE INDOOR AND OUTDOOR SEATING FOR A TOTAL OF 124 PATRONS, WHERE APPROXIMATELY 104 SEATS INDOORS AND 20 ADDITIONAL SEATS OUTDOORS.

THEY WILL HAVE THAT DUAL DRIVE THRU LANE SERVICE AS INDICATED, AND BECAUSE THE FOOD IS COOKED TO ORDER, THAT'S WHY THEY HAVE THAT SPECIAL QUEUING AREA ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE BUILDING OF THE DRIVE THRU LANES.

SO AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE IMAGE SHOWN ON THE SCREEN HERE, WHAT WOULD BE REQUIRED IS A MASONRY WALL WHICH WOULD HAVE TO BE INSTALLED WHERE THE RED ARROW IS SHOWN.

AND SO THE APPLICANT'S VARIANCE REQUEST IS PERTAINING TO ALLOWING RELIEF FROM HAVING TO BUILD THAT MASONRY WALL AND TO BE ABLE TO INSTALL ADDITIONAL TREES IN THAT GAP WHERE YOU SEE IN NORTHWEST 57TH STREETS MEDIAN.

SO AS THE APPLICANT INDICATED, THEY'RE GOING TO PLANT TWO ADDITIONAL LIVE OAK TREES AND ALSO SOME COCOA PLUM HEDGING AS WELL IN THAT AREA.

AND ALSO, AS INDICATED, YOU WOULD SEE THAT IF THE APPLICANT WERE MADE TO INSTALL THAT WALL, IT WOULD LITERALLY BE THE ONLY PROPERTY THAT WOULD HAVE A WALL ALONG THAT CORRIDOR. SO EVEN FROM AN ESTHETIC STANDPOINT, IT WOULD NOT MAKE COHESIVE SENSE FOR THE SITE IN THE SURROUNDING AREA. GIVE ME ONE MOMENT, PLEASE.

OKAY, SO SHOWN ON THE SCREEN BEFORE YOU IS ALSO A SNIPPET OF THE LANDSCAPE PLAN.

SO AGAIN, THE APPLICANT IS PROVIDING ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT WOULD BE REQUIRED AS PERVIOUS AREA FOR THIS PARTICULAR SITE, WHICH REQUIRES 30%. THEY'RE PROVIDING 33.

THEY'RE GOING TO PLANT THOSE TWO ADDITIONAL TREES IN THE NORTHWEST 57TH STREET MEDIAN AND ALSO THE 11 NEW TREES ALONG THE NORTHWEST, 57TH STREET PERIMETER ON THE NORTHERN END OF THE PROPERTY.

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THE LANDSCAPE PLAN WILL ENTAIL THE PLANTING OF APPROXIMATELY 100 NEW TREES THROUGHOUT THE SITE, AND THE APPLICANT HAS WORKED DILIGENTLY WITH STAFF TO NOT ONLY PROVIDE TREES WITHIN THE SITE, BUT ALSO ALONG THE BUILDING'S PERIMETER, ALONG THE PROPERTY'S PERIMETER.

AND IN ADDITION TO THOSE STREET TREES THAT YOU SEE THAT WILL BE PLANTED IN NORTH WEST 57TH STREET MEDIA.

AND AGAIN SHOWN ON THE SCREEN BEFORE YOU IS A SNIPPET OF THE APPLICANT SITE PLAN AND THE APPLICANT IS UTILIZING THE ENTIRE SITE TO A VERY LESS INTENSE DEGREE THAN WHAT WOULD BE PERMITTED ON THIS MIXED USE GENERAL PARCEL.

SO AGAIN, A SMALL PORTION OF LOCK COVERAGE COMPARED TO WHAT WOULD TYPICALLY BE ALLOWED IN ADDITION TO THE BUILDING'S HEIGHT AS WELL.

THE APPLICANT ALSO MEETS ALL OF THE BUILDING SETBACKS AS REQUIRED BY THE CITY'S CODE, AND HAS PROVIDED PARKING SPACES IN EXCESS OF WHAT WOULD ALSO BE REQUIRED BY THE CITY'S CODE AS WELL.

THE APPLICANT'S TRAFFIC CIRCULATION PLAN WAS ACTUALLY DRAFTED IN CONJUNCTION WITH RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE CITY'S TRAFFIC ENGINEER AND ALSO CITY STAFF.

SO YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THERE ARE A NUMBER OF MEASURES TO PROTECT PEDESTRIANS ALONG THE SITE, THOSE PAVER WALKWAYS THAT CONNECT THE SIDEWALKS TO THE EXISTING SIDEWALK THAT RUNS ALONG WEST COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD.

AND THEN THERE IS ANOTHER PAVER CROSSWALK THAT TAKES THE PARKING AREA AND CONNECTS IT TO THE PARKING AREA THAT IS CLOSEST TO THE BUILDING.

ALSO, TO PREVENT PEDESTRIAN AND VEHICULAR CONFLICT, THE PARKING SPACES THAT ARE FURTHEST TO THE WEST WILL BE DESIGNATED EMPLOYEE PARKING.

AND THE REASONING BEHIND THAT IS TO PREVENT PATRONS FROM PARKING THERE AND WALKING ACROSS THE DRIVE THROUGH AISLES.

SO EVEN WITH THOSE SPACES BEING DEDICATED FOR EMPLOYEES, THE APPLICANT STILL EXCEEDS THE NUMBER OF SPACES THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED FOR THE USE. AND AS INDICATED, THESE ARE THE COLOR ELEVATIONS OF THIS BUILDING DESIGN.

PER THE CITY'S CODE, THERE ARE ARCHITECTURAL DESIGNS OUTLINED IN SECTION TEN, DASH 4.7.

STAFF HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THESE ELEVATIONS.

STAFF ALSO HAD THE ELEVATIONS REVIEWED BY THE CITY'S PEER ARCHITECT AS WELL, AND THE APPLICANT MET ALL OF THE CRITERIA THAT WERE REQUIRED AND THE PORTION OF THAT CITY'S CODE.

THE APPLICANTS REQUEST IS ALSO CONSISTENT WITH THE CITY'S STRATEGIC PLANNING GOALS.

NUMBER FOUR. GOALS NUMBER THREE, WHERE TAMARACK IS VIBRANT AND ECONOMICALLY RESILIENT AS TAMARAC SEEKS TO BE A BUSINESS FRIENDLY ENTITY WELCOMING THIS NEW BUSINESS AS IT ALIGNS WITH TAMARAC ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES.

THE APPLICANTS REQUESTS, AS INDICATED IN THE STAFF REPORTS, ARE ALSO CONSISTENT WITH THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, PARTICULARLY THE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES THAT ARE OUTLINED IN THE CITY'S FUTURE LAND USE PLAN.

AND I WON'T GO THROUGH ALL OF THEM HERE, BUT THE CONSISTENCY IS OUTLINED IN THE STAFF REPORT PROVIDED TO THE BOARD.

AS SUCH, THE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION FOR THE SPECIAL EXCEPTION IS THAT THE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT RECOMMENDS THAT THE PLANNING BOARD FORWARD A FAVORABLE RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL FOR THE SPECIAL EXCEPTION FOR THE CULVER'S RESTAURANT TO ALLOW FOR A FAST CASUAL RESTAURANT WITH DRIVE THRU SERVICE IN THE MIXED USE GENERAL ZONING DISTRICT TO THE CITY COMMISSION AS ITS JANUARY 11TH, 2023 MEETING WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL THAT THE SPECIAL EXCEPTION SHALL REMAIN VALID DURING THE PERIOD OF WHICH THE CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY AND THE BUSINESS LICENSE REMAIN ACTIVE.

THE SPECIAL EXCEPTION IS TRANSFERABLE ADMINISTRATIVELY PURSUANT TO COMPLIANCE WITH THE CITY'S CODE, SUBMITTING DOCUMENTATION AND PAYMENT OF THE FEES ONLY AFTER THE PREVIOUS CONDITION HAS BEEN MET AND THAT ANY PREVIOUS, ANY PREEXISTING CODE VIOLATION SHALL BE SATISFIED BEFORE A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY IS ISSUED FOR THE PROPOSED USE, AND THAT THE APPLICANT AGREES THAT ANY TRANSFER OF THE SPECIAL EXCEPTION INCLUDED ALL ASSOCIATED CONDITIONS WILL BE ACKNOWLEDGED BY THE NEW OWNER IN WRITING.

THE APPLICANT.

SECOND REQUEST FOR THE VARIANCE IS THAT THE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT RECOMMENDS THAT THE PLANNING BOARD FORWARD A FAVORABLE RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL FOR THE PROPOSED

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VARIANCE REQUEST FOR THE CULVER'S RESTAURANTS TO ALLOW FOR RELIEF FROM SECTION TEN DASH 4.4 D3C2 TO PERMIT THE INSTALLATION OF THE ENHANCED LANDSCAPE BUFFER ON THE NORTHERN PERIMETER OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY AND IN THE MEDIAN OF NORTH WEST 57TH STREET IN LIEU OF THE REQUIRED SOLID SIX FOOT MASONRY WALL TO BUFFER THE DEVELOPMENT FROM THE ADJACENT RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY TO THE CITY COMMISSION AT ITS JANUARY 11, 2023, MEETING, WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITION OF APPROVAL THAT THE APPLICANT SHALL INSTALL ALL THE REQUIRED LANDSCAPE IMPROVEMENTS AS INDICATED ON THE LANDSCAPE PLAN PRIOR TO THE ISSUANCE OF THE CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY FOR THE PROPERTY.

AND THE APPLICANT'S LAST REQUEST IS FOR THE SITE PLAN MAJOR.

AND AS SUCH, THE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT RECOMMENDS THAT THE PLANNING BOARD FORWARD A FAVORABLE RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL FOR THE CULVER'S RESTAURANT AT ITS JANUARY 11, 2023 MEETING.

I DO NOTICE THAT THERE IS A SCRIBNER AREA OF THE RECOMMENDATION AT THE TOP THERE, BUT PLEASE REFER TO THE INITIAL RECOMMENDATION IN THE STAFF REPORT.

THE FIRST CONDITION OF APPROVAL AND I'LL JUST READ THEM SO THAT THEY'RE ON THE RECORD THAT THE SITE PLAN, MAJOR APPROVAL IS CONTINGENT UPON SPECIAL EXCEPTION APPROVAL FOR THE COVERS OF TAMARACTO ALLOW FOR THE USE OF A FAST CASUAL RESTAURANT WITH DRIVE THRU SERVICE AND A MIXED USE GENERAL ZONING DISTRICT.

THE SITE PLAN APPROVAL IS CONTINGENT UPON APPROVAL OF THE VARIANCE FOR CULVER'S OF TAMARAC.

THE CONSTRUCTION IS TO BE COMPLETE COMPLIANCE WITH THE PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS SUBMITTED BY THE DEVELOPER TO THE CITY OF TAMARAC AND APPROVED ENGINEERING DRAWINGS. THE SITE PLAN APPROVAL SHALL BE VOID ONE YEAR AFTER THE DATE OF APPROVAL UNLESS A BUILDING PERMIT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF ALL FACILITIES PROVIDED IN THE SITE PLAN AND CONSTRUCTION IS DILIGENT, DILIGENTLY PURSUED.

THE DEVELOPMENT ORDER IS ASSIGNABLE, BUT ASSIGNMENT DOES NOT DISCHARGE ANY ASSIGNED NEED FROM STRICT COMPLIANCE WITH THE ORDER UNLESS THE CITY COMMISSION CONSENTS TO MODIFY ANY OF THE ORIGINAL REQUIREMENTS.

THE APPLICANT IS ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR SATISFYING THE OUTSTANDING DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE.

COMMENTS FROM THE REVIEW OF THE SITE PLAN MAJOR FOR THE CULVER'S TAMARAC PROJECT.

THE APPLICANT SHALL RENDER PAYMENT OF ALL APPLICABLE DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEES TO THE CITY PRIOR TO APPROVAL OF ANY PERMIT FOR VERTICAL CONSTRUCTION FOR THE PROJECT, AND THAT THE APPLICANT SHALL SUBMIT AN APPLICATION TO THE CITY AND PROVIDE AN EXECUTED COPY OF THE UNITY OF TITLE FOR THE TWO VACANT SITES ENCOMPASSING THE DEVELOPMENT PRIOR TO THE ISSUANCE OF A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY FOR THE PROJECT.

AND THAT CONCLUDES STAFF PRESENTATION.

I'D BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.

THANK YOU FOR READING THE CONDITIONS AS WELL.

DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? I DO. GOOD MORNING.

MORNING. I NOTICED ON THE RENDERINGS THERE WERE SIGNS ON ALL FOUR FACES OF THE BUILDING.

IS THAT NEEDED A SPECIAL EXCEPTION OR VARIANCE OR SO AT THIS TIME? ABSOLUTELY. AT THIS TIME, THE APPLICANT IS ONLY ASKING FOR APPROVAL OF THE SITE PLAN AND THE ASSOCIATED VARIANCE AND THE SPECIAL EXCEPTION FOR THE USE, THE VARIANCES THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED FOR THE SIGNS.

ONCE WE RECEIVE THE ACTUAL SIGN PLANS FROM THE APPLICANT, THAT MAY OR MAY NOT BE A CASE THAT WILL BE BROUGHT BACK BEFORE THE BOARD.

AT THIS TIME, THE APPLICANT IS PERMITTED TO SIGNS THEY'RE PERMITTED A SIGN THAT FACES WEST COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD, AND THEY ARE PERMITTED A SIGN THAT WILL FACE NORTHWEST 57TH STREET.

SO ANY ADDITIONAL SIGNS? ONCE WE RECEIVE THOSE PLANS, THEY WILL BE REVIEWED AND IF A VARIANCE IS REQUIRED, WILL BE RECOMMENDED AT THAT TIME.

OKAY. MY OTHER QUESTION IS, I NOTICE THERE'S A SHARED INGRESS AND EGRESS WITH THE ADJACENT HOTEL.

WAS THAT ACCOUNTED FOR IN THE TRAFFIC STATEMENT CALCULATION SAYING THAT IT'S ONLY ONE? YES. THAT SHARED DRIVEWAY HAS BEEN THERE FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS AS A PART OF THIS PROJECT APPROVAL, THIS APPLICANT ACTUALLY HAD TO UNDERGO TWO SEPARATE TRAFFIC REVIEWS.

THREE REALLY BECAUSE THE CITY REVIEWED THIS INGRESS EGRESS TO THIS SITE, BECAUSE THIS IS A COUNTY RIGHT OF WAY AS WELL.

THE COUNTY ALSO REVIEWED THIS ENTRANCE TO THE SITE.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, THE CITY'S TRAFFIC ENGINEERING CONSULTANT ALSO REVIEWED THIS SITE.

AND SO THAT'S WHERE THE ISSUE OF DID THEY NEED THE DEDICATED RIGHT TURN LANE.

AROSE FROM THE REVIEW AFTER THE APPLICANT SITE PLAN AND TRAFFIC STUDY WAS SENT TO THE COUNTY.

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THE COUNTY ADVISED THAT A RIGHT TURN LANE WOULD NOT BE SUFFICIENT IN THE AREA AND THAT THE APPLICANT WOULD BE PERMITTED TO USE THE EXISTING ENTRANCE TO THAT SITE FROM WEST COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD.

OKAY, PERFECT. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YEAH, I HAVE A FEW.

THE SPECIAL EXCEPTION PROCESS FOR THIS PARTICULAR USE IS BASED ON THE TYPE OF USE AND THE DRIVE THROUGH.

OR IS IT THE DRIVE THROUGH? IT'S A COMBINATION OF THE TWO, RIGHT? THEY'RE BOTH. THEY'RE COUPLED TOGETHER SO FAST, CASUAL WITH DRIVE THROUGH IS ONE CATEGORY, AND THAT IS THE CATEGORY THAT THE APPLICANT IS PROJECT FALLS WITHIN.

AND SO THE SPECIAL EXCEPTION IS RESULTING FROM THAT.

WHEN THE CITY DECIDED TO MAKE THIS A SPECIAL EXCEPTION PROCESS FOR THIS TYPE OF SITUATION, WHAT WAS THE THINKING BEHIND IT? WAS THERE A CONCERN THAT THESE TYPE OF USES COULD BE INTENSE AND SO YOU MIGHT WANT TO PUT CONDITIONS ON THE WAY THAT IT'S DEVELOPED? IS THAT WAS THAT THE THINKING EXACTLY ALONG THOSE LINES? AND FAST FOOD AND FAST CASUAL RESTAURANTS HAVE BEEN SPECIAL EXCEPTION USES FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.

SO THIS IS NOT NEW FOR THE CITY.

ANYTHING THAT HAS A DRIVE THROUGH, ANYTHING THAT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CREATE A VOLUME AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC, WE WANT THE OPPORTUNITY TO REQUIRE A TRAFFIC STUDY.

WE ALSO WANT THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO REQUEST ANY ADDITIONAL OTHER STUDIES THAT WE MAY FEEL IS APPROPRIATE AS A RESULT OF THE USE BEING A SPECIAL EXCEPTION. SO IT GIVES THE CITY AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT.

OKAY. SO THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT THE NATURE OF THIS USE AND THE DRIVE THROUGH THAT GAVE THE CITY REASON TO WANT TO BRING IT THROUGH A SPECIAL EXCEPTION PROCESS.

ABSOLUTELY. AS OPPOSED TO A REGULAR SIT DOWN RESTAURANT LIKE A CHEDDARS USED TO BE, WHICH DID NOT HAVE A DRIVE THROUGH THAT.

THAT IS CORRECT. OKAY.

SO IN LOOKING AT THIS, IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S A IT'S A PRETTY INTENSE USE.

AND BASED ON THE SIZE OF THE BUILDING AND THE DUAL DRIVE THROUGH, I LOOKED ONLINE AT THE AT THE AERIAL FOR THE MARGATE SITE AND I NOTICED THAT SITE IS SIGNIFICANTLY LARGER.

IT'S MORE SQUARE.

IT'S GOT A BUILDING ABOUT THE SAME SQUARE FOOTAGE AND IT'S GOT A SINGLE DRIVE THROUGH.

SO HERE IN THIS SITUATION YOU GO SMALLER SITE, IT'S NOT SQUARED AS A RECTANGLE.

YOU'VE GOT THE SAME SIZE BUILDING AND YOU WANT TO HAVE TWO DRIVE THRUS, THESE LEAST AS A CUE INTO THE SINGLE LANE TO GET THE FOOD.

SO YOU'RE DOING MORE WITH LESS.

YOU'RE PROPOSING TO DO MORE OR LESS HERE COMPARED TO THE MARGATE SITE.

SO. FOR ME, IT'S OVERLY INTENSIVE.

NOW, I KNOW THERE WAS A POINT MADE ABOUT COVERAGE, BUT THERE'S A LITTLE CONFUSION THERE, I THINK, ON COVERAGE, BECAUSE THE COVERAGE IS ACTUALLY BUILDING COVERAGE.

NOT LOT COVERAGE.

NOT COVERAGE INCLUDES THE BUILDING AND THE PARKING.

SO THE BUILDING ITSELF MAY BE UNDER 8% OR LESS THAN THAT.

IT MAY MEET CODE. BUT THE LOT COVERAGE, IT'S MAXED OUT HERE PRETTY MUCH BETWEEN PARKING IN THE BUILDING.

THERE IS CONCERN, I NOTICED IN THE CITY'S TRAFFIC ENGINEER, THE TRAFFIC ENGINEER LOOKING THERE MAY BE THE STAGING AREA MAY BE INSUFFICIENT.

AND THEY MADE A POINT TO NOTE THE CULVERT SITE IN MARGATE.

AND THEN THEY WENT ON TO SAY THAT THE PROPOSED LOCATION MAY EXPEDITE THE DUAL ORDER POSITION, MAY EXPEDITE OPERATIONS, THEREBY REDUCING THE WAIT TIME.

I I SEE A PROBLEM HERE WITH THAT WHOLE CONFIGURATION AND THE DUAL TURN LANES AND HOW TRAFFIC IS GOING TO COME IN HERE AND NAVIGATE COMING INTO THE SITE AND NAVIGATE AROUND THERE INTO THE Q LANE, COMING OUT, TRYING TO GET BACK ON TO COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD.

I JUST THINK IT'S A LITTLE TOO INTENSE GIVEN THE SIZE OF THE LOT.

AND I KNOW I UNDERSTAND THERE'S LIMITATIONS ON HOW YOU CAN ORIENT THE BUILDING AND THE DRIVE THRU IN THE PARKING. YOU CAN'T TURN THE BUILDING.

I KNOW THE APPLICANT MADE A POINT OF THAT.

AND AND LOOKING AT I UNDERSTAND YOU'RE TRYING TO MAKE THE BEST USE OF THE DEPTH OF IT RATHER THAN THE WIDTH, BUT.

IT'S JUST NOT AND LOOKS SUITABLE TO ME FOR THE SIZE OF THE BUILDING AND THE DUAL DRIVE THROUGH.

I THINK THERE'S TOO MUCH BEING EXPECTED OUT OF THIS SITE.

THAT'S MY IMPRESSION OF HOW THIS IS GOING.

I SEE A COUPLE OF SPOTS THAT COULD BE REALLY CONGESTION POINTS, FOR EXAMPLE, COMING IN OFF OF.

YOU SAY THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE A RIGHT TURN LANE, WHICH I UNDERSTAND THE COUNTY IS NOT ALLOWING THAT.

BUT WHEN YOU COME IN, YOU TAKE THAT IMMEDIATE RIGHT TURN.

YOU'RE COMING RIGHT UP ON FOUR SPACES RIGHT THERE, RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE BUILDING.

AND YOU ALSO HAVE TRAFFIC THAT MIGHT BE TRYING TO EXIT OUT OF THERE.

AND THERE'S AN ARROW FOR TRAFFIC TO BE ABLE TO GO WEST THERE IN FRONT OF THE BUILDING.

AND YOU HAVE TRAFFIC COMING OUT OF THE DRIVE THROUGH.

SO IF ANYBODY'S PARKED OR TRYING TO PARK IN THOSE SPACES WHILE PEOPLE ARE COMING OFF OF COMMERCIAL, THEY'RE GOING AT A HIGH SPEED AND THEY'VE BEEN ON THAT ROAD.

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YOU KNOW, THEY GO A HIGH SPEED, THAT'S GOING TO BE A PROBLEM.

SO AT LEAST THOSE FOUR SPACES THERE COULD BE PROBLEMATIC BECAUSE THEY COULD CREATE, ALONG WITH THE PEOPLE COMING OUT OF THE DRIVE THROUGH A CONGESTION POINT, A REAL BAD SPOT THERE.

SO THAT'S ONE THING.

AND THEN YOU COME AROUND THAT CIRCULATION UP ONTO THE EAST SIDE OF THE SITE AND THEN YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE ISSUES, I THINK COMING UP, TRYING TO CUE INTO THE DRIVE THRU LANE WHILE YOU ALSO HAVE TRAFFIC COMING IN OFF OF 57, POTENTIALLY TRYING TO DO THE SAME THING.

SO MY POINT IS THAT THERE'S TOO MUCH GOING ON HERE BASED ON THE BUILDING SIZE AND YOU'RE TRYING TO DO A LOT MORE, YOU TRY TO MAXIMIZE THE BUILDING AND WHAT PIECE IS SITTING HERE IN THE BUILDING IS YOU TRYING TO MAXIMIZE THE SIT DOWN AND MAXIMIZE THE DRIVE THROUGH ON A SITE THAT'S 1.3 ACRES, WHICH IS HARD TO DO.

NOW, MY QUESTION TO THE APPLICANT IS WHAT PERCENTAGE OF BUSINESS DO YOU DO SIT DOWN VERSUS THE DRIVE THRU? DO YOU EVEN HAVE THAT? YEAH, WE DO HAVE THAT.

THE PORTION OF THE BUSINESS THAT COMES FROM DRIVE THRU IS 50%.

IT'S EVEN 50/50 DINE IN VERSUS DRIVE THRU.

AND TRULY, YOU KNOW, THE I MENTIONED EARLIER IN MY PRESENTATION ABOUT THE NATURE OF THE FOOD SERVICE BEING ALL MADE TO ORDER.

AND SO THE, YOU KNOW, THE CRITICAL TIME FACTOR IN THE OPERATION IS THE TIME IT TAKES TO ACTUALLY PREPARE THAT FOOD. AND SO HAVING TWO MENU BOARDS, WE DON'T HAVE TO ORDER WINDOWS OR ANYTHING THAT WE HAVE TWO MENU BOARDS.

THAT'S THE DUAL LANE.

ALL THAT DOES IS IT GIVES THE KITCHEN EARLIER NOTICE OF WHAT AN INCOMING ORDER IS GOING TO BE.

SO IT ALLOWS US TO DELIVER IT, PREPARE THAT MEAL, DELIVER THE MEAL SOONER.

SO IT KEEPS THAT STACKING LIMITED.

IT DOESN'T IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT IS, YOU KNOW, DESIGNED TO INCREASE THE ACTIVITY ON THE SITE.

IT'S REALLY DESIGNED TO HELP THE RESPONSE TIME FOR CUSTOMERS.

WHY WAS IT NOT DONE THAT WAY IN A MARKET SITE, A BIGGER PROFIT? IT WILL BE THERE JUST AN OVERSIGHT OR THEY DIDN'T REALIZE HOW MUCH IT WOULD BE USED.

WELL, AT EARLIER TIMES, YOU KNOW, CULVER'S IN OTHER LOCATIONS, YOU KNOW, HAS TRADITIONALLY USED A ONE MENU BOARD CONFIGURATION.

AND SO IT'S A MORE, YOU KNOW, KIND OF RECENT ITERATION OF THE CULVER SITE DESIGN TO ADOPT THE DUAL MENU THEORY WHICH WE SEE USED NOW BY A LOT OF RESTAURANTS THAT HAVE HAVE DRIVE THRUS OR DRIVE THRU SERVICE.

AND SO YOU KNOW THAT WAS THE THINKING.

SO I'LL TELL YOU THIS THAT IN MARGATE THERE'S AND YOU MADE SOME COMPARISON BETWEEN THIS SITE AND THAT SITE AND THAT SITE IT APPEARS LARGER IN SOME RESPECTS, BUT IT'S GOT A FUTURE DEVELOPMENT AREA, LIKE A BIG OPEN SPACE THAT'S KIND OF RIGHT BEHIND THE RESTAURANT AND THAT IS GOING TO BE SOLD OFF.

AND IT'S ALREADY PART OF THE APPROVED SITE PLAN FOR THAT LOCATION TO HAVE ANOTHER COMMERCIAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTED THERE AND ANOTHER COMMERCIAL USE.

AND SO IN CONNECTION WITH THAT AND NOT KNOWING WHAT THAT WAS COMBINED WITH THE, YOU KNOW, THE SORT OF RECENCY OF THE DUAL MENU BOARD CONFIGURATION, THE ELECTION AT THE TIME OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE MARGATE SITE WAS TO HAVE JUST A SINGLE BOARD.

BUT WITH A NEW CONTRACT COMING IN ON THAT MARGATE LOCATION, I CAN TELL YOU THAT PART OF THAT CONTRACT WILL INCLUDE.

RECONFIGURATION OF THE MARGATE DRIVE THROUGH.

SO THE TWO WILL HAVE A DUAL MENU BOARD CONFIGURATION THAT CAN PROBABLY ACCOMMODATE IT MORE EASILY THAN THIS ONE.

JUST IN TERMS OF THE SIZE OF THE PROPERTY, EVEN WHEN THAT OTHER PIECE GETS BUILT NEXT TO IT.

YOU KNOW, THE OTHER THING IS IF YOU LOOK AT THE MARGATE PROPERTY, IT'S GOT KIND OF A BACK ROW OF PARKING ALONG THE WHAT IS IT, THE WEST SIDE, YOU KNOW, FAR FROM [INAUDIBLE].

RIGHT. FURTHEST FROM [INAUDIBLE].

AND YOU KNOW, THAT WHOLE PAVEMENT AREA AND PARKING AREA IS REALLY ISOLATED FROM THE MAIN CIRCULATION OF THE RESTAURANT.

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SO IT GIVES THE APPEARANCE OF HAVING A LOT OF UNUSED ELBOW ROOM IN THAT SITE.

BUT THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS THAT'S IT'S ISOLATED BECAUSE OF THE ISLAND BEING THE LANDSCAPE ISLANDS THAT ARE THAT KIND OF SEPARATE THAT REAR DRIVE ISLE FROM THE KIND OF THE CORE INTERIOR OF THE MARGATE COVERS.

AND YOU KNOW THAT REAR DRIVE ISLE IS USED NOT REALLY SO MUCH BY CULVERTS AS IT IS BY THE ADJACENT WAWA.

AND YOU KNOW IT'S KIND OF ANOTHER BYPASS OR AN EXIT EGRESS ROUTE TO FOR WAWA CUSTOMERS I THINK.

SO I WOULD IMAGINE THE SITE, IF YOU LOOK AT IT SEEMS BIG, BUT REALLY YOU SHOULD KIND OF LIKE PARSE OUT SOME OF THESE AREAS AND RE-IMAGINE IT AS A MUCH MORE COMPACT SITE THAN WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE IN AN AREA.

BUT I AGREE FROM THE AERIAL VIEW, THAT'S WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.

YEAH, AND JUST APPLES TO APPLES, IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE ACTIVITY AND OPERATIONALLY WHAT'S GOING ON WAS PROPOSED HERE VERSUS WHAT IS IN FACT HAPPENING OVER THERE.

YOU'RE DOING MORE HERE AS OF PROPOSED RIGHT NOW TODAY THAN WHAT'S GOING ON IN MARGATE WITH THE DUAL DRIVE THROUGH ON A SMALLER SITE WITH THE SAME TYPE FOOTPRINT FOR THE BUILDING. NOW, AM I GOING TO REPEAT THAT BECAUSE I ALREADY SAID IT, BUT WHEN YOU DO THE WAITING AREA ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE BUILDING, I'M NOT SURE I UNDERSTAND FUNCTIONALLY HOW THAT'S GOING TO WORK VERY WELL, BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME PEOPLE WHO DRIVE UP TO THE WINDOW WHO GET THEIR ORDER IMMEDIATELY, RIGHT? THEY DON'T HAVE TO WAIT.

WHAT IF THEY'RE BLOCKED FROM BEING ABLE TO GET OUT OF THERE BECAUSE THEY'VE GOT VEHICLES IN FRONT OF THEM WAITING FOR THEIR ORDER? I MEAN, WHAT'S TO KEEP IT FROM CONTINUING BACKING UP INTO BUSY TIME? WELL, IN DESIGN, ONLY THE TWO EASTERLY LANES ARE REALLY TO BE USED FOR, YOU KNOW, FOR ORDER WAITING THAT WESTERLY LANE THAT HAS THE BYPASS, THE ARROW, THAT'S THE BYPASS SO THAT SOMEBODY WHO CAN GET THEIR ORDER QUICKLY, YOU KNOW, SAY THEY'RE JUST ORDERING A DIET COKE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY CAN GET THEIR ORDER AND THEN EXIT OUT THAT BYPASS.

SO IT'S ANTICIPATED THAT NO MORE THAN TWO CARS WOULD BE IN THE WAITING AREA.

IS THAT BASICALLY HOW THIS IS DESIGNED? YOU ANTICIPATE ONLY TWO VEHICLES, RIGHT? RIGHT NOW IT'S GOT A FOUR CAR WAITING AREA.

AND WHAT WAS OBSERVED IN LOOKING AT THE FLOW IN AT THE MARGATE LOCATION IS THAT SOMETIMES DURING THE MIDDAY PEAK PERIOD THAT ORDER WAITING AREA CAN GROW TO AS MUCH AS SEVEN CARS.

AND I THINK THAT HAPPENED AT LIKE 1:01 P.M., SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

BUT YOU KNOW, WHAT MITIGATES THAT IS THAT THE OVERALL STACKING, IF YOU COMBINE THE ORDER QUEUE WITH THE ORDER WAITING AREA IS I THINK 15 CARS WHICH YOU KNOW, WOULD CAUSE SOME BACKUP FOR US OPERATIONALLY, BUT IT WOULD MORE THAN ADEQUATELY ACCOMMODATE ALL OF THE REQUIRED STACKING IN ORDER WAITING THE VEHICLES WOULD REQUIRE WITHOUT HAVING ANY IMPACT NOT ONLY OUTSIDE THE SITE BUT REALLY OUTSIDE THE BEGINNING OF THE ORDER QUEUE, LIKE WHERE THE SHADED AREA IS SHOWN ON THIS AERIAL, WHICH IS KIND OF THE LEAD UP TO THE MENU BOARDS.

THERE SHOULD NOT BE IMPACT EVEN BEYOND THAT WITHIN OUR SITE, MUCH LESS OUTSIDE OUR SITE.

I AM THE USE ITSELF I THINK IS GOOD FOR THE CITY.

IT'S NOT THAT FOR ME.

IT'S OPERATIONALLY, ESPECIALLY ON SUCH A BUSY ROAD LIKE COMMERCIAL IN AND OUT OF THERE AT PEAK HOURS OF OPERATION IN THERE.

THAT'S WE DID MAKE SOME CHANGES LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU'RE DRIVING IN TO THE SITE FROM WEST COMMERCIAL, ORIGINALLY THERE WAS MORE OF A GAP BETWEEN THAT WESTERLY ORDER.

WAITING LANE. I DON'T HAVE MY.

MAYBE I HAVE MY OWN LASER.

YOU WANT TO.

ALL RIGHT. SO THIS AREA HERE, IF YOU'RE DRIVING IN FROM WEST COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD, THE GAP BETWEEN THIS PAVEMENT CURB AND THIS PAVEMENT CURB WAS WIDER.

AND SO THE FEAR, THE CONCERN WAS THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU'D BE HAVING TRAFFIC COMING IN, ESSENTIALLY HEAD TO HEAD WITH TRAFFIC THAT WOULD BE EXITING.

AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE WERE ASKED TO DO WAS TO SHIFT THIS CONFIGURATION SO THAT THERE WOULD NOT BE A HEAD TO HEAD

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CONFLICT. SO CARS DRIVING IN WOULD BE OFFSET BASICALLY FROM THIS, WHICH GIVES NOTICE TO ALL THE CARS AS TO WHAT'S GOING ON.

ADDITIONALLY, AND TO YOUR POINT, ORIGINALLY THERE WERE, I THINK, TWO MORE PARKING SPACES AT THIS LOCATION.

AND YOU KNOW, JUST LIKE YOU SAID, EXCUSE ME, IS IT POSSIBLE TO DO IT HERE AS WELL? THE POINTING. OH, EVEN WITH THE CURSOR WOULD HELP.

YEAH. SORRY. YOU CAN DO IT.

WHAT DO THEY WANT? OKAY, PERFECT.

TEAMWORK. ALL RIGHT, SO IN THIS AREA HERE.

RIGHT? YEAH, RIGHT THERE.

ORIGINALLY, OR MAYBE NOT ORIGINALLY, BUT IN EARLY ITERATIONS OF THE PLAN, WE HAD ADDITIONAL PARKING AT THAT LOCATION AND, YOU KNOW, STAFF'S CONCERN AND WE AGREED WAS THAT THE SITE COULD BE IMPROVED IN TERMS OF THE POTENTIAL FOR CONFLICT FOR CARS COMING IN VERSUS CARS THAT ARE MAYBE STOPPING AND TRYING TO PARK IN THIS LOCATION BY ELIMINATING THOSE PARKING PLACES.

AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE DID.

AND THE FEELING WAS KNOW AFTER ANALYSIS BY THE CITY'S TRAFFIC ENGINEER, AS WELL AS OUR TRAFFIC ENGINEER AND THE CITY'S ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT, WAS THAT THE ELIMINATION OF THESE SPACES WOULD CREATE SUFFICIENT SPACING SO THAT WE WOULD AVOID A CONFLICT SITUATION FOR THE CARS COMING IN OFF OF WEST COMMERCIAL.

AND, YOU KNOW, AS I WAS SAYING BEFORE, WE ALSO REDUCED THE GAP BETWEEN THE BERM AT THIS LOCATION, WHICH IS THE THE BERM WEST OF THE WESTERLY ORDER WAITING QUEUE AND THE BERM THAT IS ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE WEST, COMMERCIAL INGRESS INTO THE SITE.

SO BASICALLY THE EFFECT OF THAT IS TO OFFSET THE HEAD TO HEAD CONFLICT OF CARS COMING IN VERSUS CARS COMING OUT.

THEY'RE NO LONGER HEAD TO HEAD.

THEY'RE ACTUALLY OFFSET.

WE'VE ALSO ADDED A LOT MORE SIGNAGE INTERNALLY THAN WHAT'S REQUIRED.

THIS SURROUNDED BY THE RED BOX RIGHT THERE IS A DO NOT ENTER SIGN STANDARD SIZE, DO NOT ENTER SIGN, NOT A SMALL SIGN AT YOUR KNEE. THAT'S A STANDARD SIGN.

ON THE FLIP SIDE OF THOSE POSTS ARE STOP SIGNS.

SO SO CARS COMING SOUTH.

YOU KNOW, THEY'LL SEE THE STOP SIGN.

SO EVERYBODY'S GOING TO BE AWARE THAT THIS IS AN AREA THAT SHOULD NOT BE MOVED PAST WITHOUT LOOKING TO MAKE SURE IT'S CLEAR OF TRAFFIC.

AND WE'VE GOT THAT SAME CONFIGURATION RIGHT HERE WITH A STOP SIGN.

WE DON'T HAVE ANOTHER DO NOT ENTER SIGN, BUT I THINK THAT'S KIND OF SELF-EXPLANATORY AND IT'S TWO WAY TRAFFIC.

SO I THINK I THINK THAT'S SPOT IF WE'RE GOING TO FOCUS ON.

ONE IS WE HAVE THE CURSOR THERE WHERE YOU'VE GOT TRAFFIC GOING WEST, THERE YOU HAVE AN ARROW ALLOWING TRAFFIC TO GO IN THAT DIRECTION TOWARDS THE EXIT OUT OF COMMERCIAL.

I THINK THAT'S A TROUBLE SPOT.

I THINK IF YOU ALLOW TRAFFIC ONLY TO GO ONE WAY THERE INTO THE SITE AND ELIMINATE THOSE FOUR SPACES, DO NOT ALLOW TRAFFIC TO GO THE OTHER DIRECTION THERE YOU'RE FORCING TRAFFIC TO GO IN ONE DIRECTION AROUND THE SITE.

THEY CAN GET BACK OUT ON COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD BY EXITING 57 AND GOING OUT 82ND, WHICH IS ONE STREET OVER TO THE EAST.

THAT'S NOT A BIG DEAL.

MY POINT BEING IS THAT YOU REALLY WANT TO MINIMIZE POTENTIAL TROUBLE SPOTS.

TRAFFIC WISE AND SIGNAGE CAN ONLY GO SO FAR.

THE OTHER PART OF DOING THAT IS TO MAKE SURE THAT PHYSICALLY PEOPLE CAN'T END UP DRIVING IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS AND TRYING TO PARK AND BACK OUT AND GET INTO THE SITE ALL AT THE SAME TIGHT AREA.

SO THAT'S ONE SUGGESTION I WOULD HAVE TO TRY TO MAKE THAT PARTICULAR SPOT BETTER.

I HAVE A QUESTION FOR STAFF ON THE AERIAL AS IT CURRENTLY IS A DIRT SORT OF PATH ROAD THAT GOES THROUGH THE SITE WHERE ON 57TH AVENUE, IT'S ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE PROPERTY.

IS THAT A PLATTED OPENING THAT TO MY KNOWLEDGE IS NOT APPLY TO OPENING IT JUST OVER TIME PEOPLE JUST USE YEAH THEY JUST USE THAT TO KIND OF GET TO THE SITE. AND IF I MAY ALSO ADD AS WELL, THE CITY HAS EXPERIENCE WITH THESE MORE CHALLENGING SITES THAT WANT TO INCORPORATE DRIVE THRU SERVICE.

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WE ACTUALLY APPLY THE EXACT SAME SCENARIO THAT WE UTILIZE FOR THE POLIO TROPICAL FOUR YEARS AGO IN 2018.

SO IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THE TROPICAL IS JUST WEST OF PINE ISLAND BOULEVARD.

THEY HAVE AN ENTRANCE COMING FROM COMMERCIAL.

THEY HAVE AN ENTRANCE COMING FROM ALSO THE EXTENSION OF 57TH STREET AS WELL.

SAME DRIVEWAY CONFIGURATION, DUAL DRIVE THROUGH SERVICE.

THERE IS A WALGREENS TO THE EAST OF THAT SITE WITH A CONNECTING DRIVE THROUGH AS WELL.

AND ALL OF THE VALID ISSUES THAT YOU BROUGHT UP WERE DEFINITELY ADDRESSED WITH THAT SITE AT THAT TIME.

AND SO USING BASICALLY THAT SITE AS THE GUINEA PIG AS TO WHAT WOULD BE THE APPROPRIATE CONFIGURATION, WHAT IS THE APPROPRIATE MEASURES THAT WE CAN TAKE? TO MITIGATE THOSE CONFLICTS BECAUSE THE WALGREENS TO THE EAST OF THAT POLIO SITE HAS A PHARMACY DRIVE THROUGH.

ALIGNED EXACTLY WITH HOW THIS INGRESS EGRESS IS WITH THIS SITE ON WEST COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD.

TO MY KNOWLEDGE, TO THIS DATE, THERE HAS BEEN NO SERIOUS TRAFFIC INCIDENTS ON THAT SITE AND IN THAT AREA BECAUSE THIS SITE IS SANDWICHED BETWEEN TWO EXISTING USES WITH TWO EXISTING DRIVE THRU'S.

THE THOUGHT PROCESS BEHIND THE TRAFFIC ENGINEERS ASSESSMENT IS THAT ALTHOUGH THE SPEED LIMIT ALONG THAT PARTICULAR SECTION OF COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD IS ABOUT 45 MILES PER HOUR, THAT SPEED LIMIT, IN ACTUALITY, SOMETIMES IT'S NOT ACHIEVED BECAUSE THE DRIVER IS HAVING TO SLOW DOWN EVEN BEFORE REACHING THE CULVERT SITE.

SO WHAT YOU DON'T SEE ON THE SITE PLAN, THERE IS ALSO A BROWARD COUNTY TRANSIT SITE DIRECTLY IN BETWEEN LIKE WHERE CULVER'S IS AND WHERE THE BETTING BARN PARCEL IS TO THE EAST AS WELL.

SO THERE ARE SO MANY PRIOR OPPORTUNITIES FOR TRAFFIC TO SLOW DOWN PRIOR TO ANYONE ENTERING THAT CULVERT SITE.

MORE THAN LIKELY YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE GOING THE MAXIMUM SPEED ALONG COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD BECAUSE THERE'S JUST TOO MANY OPPORTUNITIES WHERE YOU HAVE TO SLOW DOWN.

THERE'S AN INTEREST TO THE BED AND BARN LESS THAN 150 FEET AWAY.

YOU HAVE THE ENTRANCE TO CULVERTS AND THEN THERE'S ALSO A BROWARD COUNTY TRANSIT STOPS, AND THAT'S IN THAT CORRIDOR OF COMMERCIAL.

THERE'S A LOT OF TRANSIT ACTIVITY AS WELL.

SO AGAIN, THAT'S WHY THE COUNTY'S THOUGHT PROCESSES AS WELL WAS NOT TO REQUIRE THIS SITE TO INCLUDE THAT RIGHT TURN LANE. SO AGAIN, USING THE POLIO SITE AS SORT OF LIKE THE GUINEA PIG WITH THE EXACT SAME PROBLEMS, ALMOST THE EXACT SAME SIZE WITH THE EXACT SAME DRIVE THRU CONFIGURATION.

THIS WAS THE BEST ITERATION OF THE SITE PLAN THAT THE APPLICANT WAS ABLE TO RECOMMEND TO STAFF AND THAT THE TRAFFIC ENGINEERS ALSO AGREED WOULD BE THE BEST ITERATION OF THE SITE AS WELL.

I WILL POINT OUT THOUGH THAT THE PORT OF CALL IS NOT FAR FROM A SIGNALIZED INTERSECTION, SO THAT SIGNALIZED INTERSECTION SLOWS TRAFFIC DOWN.

AT THAT POINT THIS DOES NOT HAVE THAT CONDITION.

SO IMPORTANTLY TO THAT IS THAT IT'S SOMEWHAT APPLES TO APPLES, BUT NOT 100%.

IT'S THE BROWARD COUNTY TRANSIT STOP THAT WE BECAUSE THAT BUS IS RUNNING EVERY 30 MINUTES AND THEN YOU HAVE THREE, IF NOT FOUR, OPPORTUNITIES FOR CARS THAT ARE ENTERING AND EXIT EXITING THAT DRIVEWAY.

SO, AGAIN, EVEN IF YOU'RE NOT GOING TO CULVERTS, YOU HAVE CARS THAT ARE COMING OUT OF THE HOTEL PROPERTY.

AND THAT'S WHY THE APPLICANT'S TRAFFIC STUDY HAD TO INCLUDE A TURN ANALYSIS, NOT ONLY JUST FOR ITS PROPERTY BUT FOR THE SURROUNDING PROPERTIES AS WELL.

SO THE HOTEL PROPERTY HAD TO BE ASSESSED FOR TURNS THERE.

82ND AVENUE WAS ALSO ASSESSED.

THE APPLICANT'S TRAFFIC ENGINEER IS HERE IF THEY WANT TO SPEAK TO HOW MANY INTERSECTIONS IN THIS SURROUNDING AREA HAD TO BE LOOKED AT TO DETERMINE WHAT WOULD BE THE BEST OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF CORRECT OR MITIGATE ANY ISSUES OF FLOOR TRAFFIC.

SO THERE ARE A NUMBER OF DRIVEWAY OPENINGS THAT REALISTICALLY WON'T ALLOW YOU TO REACH FULL SPEED UNLESS YOU'RE JUST SPEEDING HAZARD.

LEE YOU KNOW, DOWN THIS AREA, YOU HAVE TO STOP FOR THE CITY BUS.

YOU HAVE TO STOP FOR PEOPLE COMING OUT OF THE SURROUNDING PROPERTIES.

AND SO THAT PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR CULVERTS TO KIND OF CIRCULATE THEIR TRAFFIC WITHIN THE SITE AND GET IT THROUGH THE DRIVE THROUGH.

AND I'LL FINISH WITH THIS.

I JUST THINK WHEN YOU HAVE A SITUATION LIKE THIS, YOU HAVE TO CONSIDER, ESPECIALLY SINCE YOU'RE BRINGING THROUGH A SPECIAL EXCEPTION PROCESS, THE RIGHT FIT FOR THE PROPERTY IS THE LEVEL OF ACTIVITY THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WITH THIS USE ON THAT PROPERTY THE RIGHT FIT AND IN MY VIEW, NO.

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SO AGAIN, I SAID I'M NOT OPPOSED TO THE USE, I'M OPPOSED THE INTENSITY OF THE USE.

SO WITH THAT, I'M DONE.

AND CAN YOU CAN YOU FLIP FORWARD TO THE PRIOR SLIDE THAT SHOWS THE SITE PLAN AND THE PAVEMENT MARKINGS? OKAY. UM.

YOU KNOW, ERIC, PEARCE JUST MENTIONED TO ME AND I HAD FORGOTTEN, BUT.

THE PARKING SPACES THAT WE'RE KIND OF FOCUSED ON RIGHT HERE.

THESE PARKING SPACES TO THE SOUTH ARE, AS IT HAPPENS, THEY ARE THE LEAST USED PARKING SPACES IN THE WHOLE SITE.

AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS THERE'S NO ENTRANCE TO THE BUILDING HERE.

THE MAIN ENTRANCE TO THE BUILDING IS IF YEAH, IT'S SORT OF BY WHERE THE HANDICAPPED SPACES ARE. AND SO THE CONCENTRATION OF PARKING IS GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW, CLUSTERED AROUND THAT MAIN ENTRANCE.

SO THEN WHY HAVE THEM THEN.

I MEAN, THAT JUST MAKES MY POINT EVEN MORE SO THEN WHY PUT THE PAVING THERE? WHAT, YOU HAVE A SURPLUS OF PARKING ANYWAY, SO WE'VE GOT THESE AREAS THAT ARE DESIGNATED EMPLOYEE PARKING ONLY AND THAT WAS IN RESPONSE TO SIMILAR CONCERNS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE DIDN'T WANT TO SEE PEDESTRIANS WALKING ACROSS OR CUSTOMER PEDESTRIANS WALKING ACROSS THE ORDER QUEUING AREA AND TYPICALLY EMPLOYEES COME AT THE BEGINNING OF THE DAY, YOU KNOW, BEFORE THE RESTAURANT OPENS.

AND SO THERE IS NO QUEUE THERE.

SO THERE'S NO SAFETY ISSUE FOR THEM.

AND THE EXPECTATION IS BECAUSE THIS IS A LIGHTLY USED PARKING AREA FROM A CUSTOMER STANDPOINT, IT'S AN AREA THAT NATURALLY WOULD BE PROBABLY USED BY EMPLOYEES PREDOMINANTLY.

AND, YOU KNOW, ONE THING WE COULD OFFER AND IF THIS WOULD BE HELPFUL TO YOU IN TERMS OF LESSENING, THE CONCERN IS MAYBE WE COULD MARK THESE PARKING SPACES AS EMPLOYEE PARKING ONLY SO THAT, YOU KNOW, DURING REGULAR OPERATING HOURS, YOU KNOW, UNLESS THERE IS AN EXTRAORDINARY, YOU KNOW.

ACTION THAT OCCURS WITH AN EMPLOYEE LEAVING OR COMING FOR SOME REASON DURING THE DAY.

THEN THESE WOULD BE BASICALLY NOT USED.

WE WOULDN'T BE SEEING CARS EXITING OR COMING IN.

AND SO THEY WOULDN'T BE IN A SITUATION WHERE THEY COULD PRESENT AN ADDITIONAL CONFLICT TO THAT ENTERING TRAFFIC THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.

WE'D BE WILLING TO DO THAT.

I NORMALLY WOULD WAIT TILL THE END WHEN I WANT TO.

I WANT TO ASK A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.

I THINK ONE OF RICHARD'S CONCERNS IS, AND I'VE SEEN THE GREAT LOCATION, THE RESTAURANT SEEMS TO BE VERY POPULAR AND IT SEEMS TO BE VERY BUSY.

SO I UNDERSTAND THE NEED FOR THE TWO DRIVE THRUS TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE MOVING TRAFFIC THROUGH QUICKLY.

I THINK THAT AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, RICHARD, I THINK THAT RICHARD'S CONCERN IS IT'S GOING TO BE JUST AS BUSY AS THE MARGATE LOCATION.

AND THE ALTHOUGH THE MARGATE LOCATION IS ON A MAJOR ROAD OPENS, IT'S NOT FACING A ROAD AS BUSY AS COMMERCIAL. COMMERCIAL, I THINK.

AND I'M NOT THE TRAFFIC ENGINEER, SO PLEASE, I'D LIKE YOU TO SPEAK AS WELL.

I THINK THAT IT MIGHT BE A LITTLE BUSIER AND THAT'S HIS CONCERN THE ENTRANCE AND THE EXIT, THE EGRESS AND THE TRAFFIC COMING IN.

AND I THINK WHERE HE'S POINTING TO IS THE PARKING SPACES IN THE FRONT.

AND I UNDERSTAND WHEN HE'S SAYING THE CAR IS BACKING UP, THE CAR IS PULLING IN, THE CAR IS WAITING FOR.

EXITING. THERE MIGHT BE SOME CONFUSION THERE.

OKAY. SO I THINK WE CAN HAVE THE TRAFFIC ENGINEER THINK THAT MIGHT HELP.

WOULD YOU MIND COMING UP AND SHEDDING SOME LIGHT AND EGRESS? YES. THANK YOU. FOR THE RECORD, BRYAN KELLEY, TRAFFIC ENGINEER WITH SIMMONS.

I AM A PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER, REGISTERED THE STATE OF FLORIDA.

I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT VOLUMES OF COUPONS ROAD COMPARISON TO COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD.

WE DID DO QUEUING COUNTS OVER AT THE MARGATE LOCATION.

SO TO KIND OF GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE, THE MAXIMUM QUEUE WE OBSERVED AND COUNTED AT THAT LOCATION WAS 12 VEHICLES.

AND AT ANY GIVEN TIME OR AS WE CAN QUEUE 15 AT THIS LOCATION SO WE CAN ACTUALLY ACCOMMODATE MORE VEHICLES THAN WERE QUEUED OVER AT THAT

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LOCATIONS. AND MAYBE TO ANSWER SOME OTHER QUESTIONS SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THAT PARKING, THE ACCESS CLOSENESS TO CLOSENESS TO COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD.

I'VE DONE A LOT OF FAST FOOD RESTAURANTS, I'VE DONE A LOT OF SCHOOLS, A LOT OF THINGS WITH DRIVE THROUGH NATURES.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS YOU TRY TO DO IS TO GET THE QUEUING ENTRANCE AS FAR AWAY FROM THE MAJOR ROAD AS POSSIBLE.

SO BY PUTTING THE ENTRANCE TO THE DRIVE THROUGH AS FAR AWAY FROM COMMERCIAL, YOU'RE REALLY CREATING A HUGE PROXIMITY, A HUGE DISTANCE THERE.

WHEREAS IT'D BE MORE PROBLEMATIC IF THAT ENTRANCE WAS CLOSER BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN THERE'S ANY POTENTIAL FOR VEHICLES GOING REAL SLOW AND STOPPING AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

AS FAR AS THE ENTRANCE AS WELL, THERE ARE CERTAIN STANDARDS FOR THAT.

DIFFERENT MUNICIPALITIES, JURISDICTIONS LIKE THE DOT OR BROWARD COUNTY HAVE DIFFERENT REQUIREMENTS FOR WHAT THEY CALL THE DRIVEWAY, THROAT DISTANCE OR INGRESS DISTANCE.

TYPICALLY, IT'S ABOUT 25 TO 50 FEET.

IT REALLY DEPENDS. SO AT THIS LOCATION, WHEN YOU COME INTO THE SITE, WE REALLY HAVE ABOUT 100 FEET, GIVE OR TAKE.

WHEN YOU TURN INTO THE SITE, EVEN BEFORE YOU GET TO THAT FIRST PARKING AISLE IN THE VEHICLES, TURNING ONTO COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD WOULD ALWAYS HAVE INGRESS OR FREE FLOW. IT'S THE OTHER VEHICLES THAT WOULD BE UNDER STOP CONTROL.

AND THE WHOLE IDEA WITH THAT IS TO GET PEOPLE OFF OF COMMERCIAL TO IMPROVE SAFETY.

SO REALLY THAT 100 FEET WERE REALLY EXCEEDS ANY TYPICAL REQUIREMENT.

AND CERTAINLY IF WE WERE TO OFFER UP OR DO THE EMPLOYEE PARKING THERE OR JUST THE FACT THAT IT'S USE LESS REALLY KIND OF REDUCES ANY POTENTIAL RISK THERE.

THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION.

DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? I HAD A QUESTION.

DID WE CONSIDER RELOCATING THAT ENTRANCE TO THE PROPERTY ON COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD FARTHER TO THE EAST? SO THAT WE COULD HAVE A CLEANER ENTRANCE IF WE RELOCATED IT FURTHER TO THE EAST.

LOCATING THE ENTRANCE FROM COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD FURTHER TO THE EAST WOULD ACTUALLY MAKE IT HIT ON.

SO IF WE WERE TO DO THAT, THE CARS THAT WOULD BE TURNING IN FROM WEST COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD WOULD ACTUALLY BE EVEN MORE HEAD ON THAN WHAT THEY ARE NOW WITH THE TRAFFIC THAT'S ACTUALLY COMING OUT OF THE DRIVE THRU LANE.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, THE IDEA IS TO ALLOW THE APPLICANT TO USE THE EXISTING ENTRANCE BECAUSE IT'S A SHARED DRIVEWAY. SO IT'S ALREADY THERE.

IT'S SHARED WITH THE HOTEL.

AND AGAIN, THIS IS NOT OUR JURISDICTIONAL ROADWAY.

THIS RIGHT OF WAY BELONGS TO BROWARD COUNTY.

SO EVEN WITH BROWARD COUNTY'S ASSESSMENT, THEIR ASSESSMENT WAS TO ALLOW THE APPLICANT TO USE THE ENTRANCE AS IT AS IT IS PRESENTED.

OKAY. AND THEY WOULD NOT HAVE ALLOWED AN ADDITIONAL ENTRANCE, EVEN THOUGH ONE WAY, BECAUSE THAT WOULD MAKE IT A CLEANER CIRCULATION PATTERN, AN ADDITIONAL ENTRANCE FROM COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD.

IS IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE. YEAH.

NO AGAIN THE RECORD AGAIN WE'RE GOING BECAUSE THIS THIS SITE PLAN WAS SUBMITTED TO REVIEW AND I THINK IT TOOK THE APPLICANT A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN A MONTH OR SO BECAUSE BROWARD COUNTY TRAFFIC AND HIGHWAYS DIVISION, THEIR ENGINEERS HAD TO TAKE A LOOK AT THIS SITE BECAUSE, AGAIN, IT'S A JURISDICTIONAL ROADWAY ISSUE AND IT IS A VOLUMINOUS ISSUE, AS MR. HUGHES HAS STATED. AND SO ALL OF THOSE THINGS WERE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION, ALONG WITH THE CITY'S TRAFFIC ENGINEER, ALONG WITH OUR PEER REVIEW ENGINEER AND ALONG WITH THE APPLICANT'S ENGINEER.

AND SO THOSE FOUR ENGINEERS, ALONG WITH WHAT THE COUNTY'S RECOMMENDATION WAS TO LEAVE THE SITE AS IT IS SO THAT THEY CAN UTILIZE THE EXISTING INGRESS AND EGRESS TO THE SITE. OKAY.

THANK YOU. I THINK VIOLA HAS A QUESTION.

YES. THE DRIVE THROUGH AS THE APPLICANT COME IN OR THE CUSTOMER REALLY AND PLACE THEIR ORDER.

ARE THEY MOVING FROM THE DRIVE THRU TO THE WAITING AREA TO WAIT FOR THEIR MEAL? IS THAT THE PROCESS? UNLESS THEY'RE UNLESS THEIR ORDER IS READY RIGHT AWAY, THAT'S WHAT THEY WOULD BE DOING.

THAT WOULD BE THE NATURAL KIND OF PROGRESSION THAT CUSTOMERS TAKE.

ONE THING TO ALSO REMEMBER IS THAT THE CULVER'S IS NOT OPEN FOR BREAKFAST, AND WE KNOW THAT SOME OF THE BUSIEST TIMES ARE THE MORNING RUSH HOUR OR THE EVENING RUSH HOUR.

AND SO WE DEAL WITH THE LUNCH HOUR AS BEING A BUSY TIME.

IN FACT, THE YOU KNOW, THE LUNCH HOUR IS THE BUSIEST TIME.

AND IN TERMS OF WHAT WE SEE AS A DYNAMIC.

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AND BRYAN CAN SPEAK MORE DIRECTLY TO THIS, BUT THE LEVELS OF TRAFFIC VOLUME ON WEST COMMERCIAL ARE AT THEIR HIGHEST IN THE MORNING HOURS AND IN THE EVENING HOURS.

SO OUR PEAK IS ACTUALLY KIND OF IN BETWEEN THOSE THOSE PEAKS THAT OTHERWISE EXIST ON ON ON WEST COMMERCIAL. BUT YOU'RE CORRECT AS FAR AS HOW THE PROGRESSION GOES FOR ORDERING AND WAITING.

YEAH. BECAUSE YOU STATED THAT EVERYTHING IS PREPARED ONCE THE ORDER IS PLACED, YOU DON'T HAVE.

RIGHT. UNLESS THEY ORDER SOMETHING VERY SIMPLE, LIKE A COKE OR SOMETHING.

IT COULD HAPPEN ON THE LAST.

RIGHT. AND IF IT'S 4 MINUTES THAT YOU'RE WAITING AT MCDONALD'S OR TACO BELL, YOU'RE GOING TO START HAVING STEAM COMING OUT YOUR EARS.

OKAY. SO IT'S A DIFFERENT IT'S A DIFFERENT PACING, YOU KNOW, AND PEOPLE WHO COME TO CULVER'S.

THEY UNDERSTAND THAT AND THEY'RE WILLING TO WAIT THE EXTRA TIME.

IT'S NOT A HIGH FLOW THING.

I KNOW THE FEAR AND THE IRRITATION THAT I SEE FROM THE STANDPOINT OF RESIDENT IN THE COMMUNITY, IN THE AREA IS WHEN YOU SEE A RESTAURANT LIKE LIKE A CHICK FIL A OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, YOU KNOW, CHICK FIL A GREAT FOOD, BUT CRAZY TRAFFIC.

AND, YOU KNOW, THAT'S NOT THE TYPE OF AN OPERATION THAT CULVER'S IS.

THAT'S NOT WHAT WE HAVE IN MARGATE.

THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE IN TAMARACK EITHER.

IT'S DEFINITELY A HORSE OF A DIFFERENT COLOR.

SO HOW MANY SPACES DID YOU SAY YOU HAD FOR YOUR WAITING AREA? WELL, WE'VE GOT FOUR WAITING AREA SPACES THAT YOU CAN SEE SHOWN BY THE CARS SHADED AND AN ABILITY TO ACCOMMODATE UP TO 15 IF THERE'S BACKUP.

AND EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT'S PROPOSED OR EVEN PREFERRED, YOU KNOW, IF THERE WAS A VERY OCCASIONAL INCIDENTAL CAR WAITING IN THAT BYPASS LANE, I MEAN, THAT COULD HAPPEN AND THAT WOULD BE ADDITIONAL STACKING, BUT IT WOULD BE CONTRARY TO THE DESIGN OF THE OVERALL INTERIOR SITE FLOW.

BUT REGARDLESS OF THAT, YOU KNOW, EVEN SO, THERE SHOULDN'T BE A NEED FOR THAT TO HAPPEN BECAUSE THE STACKING THAT WE HAVE, CONSIDERING THE ORDER WAITING AREA AND THE QUEUING AREA IS IN EXCESS BY THREE VEHICLES OF WHAT THE HIGHEST WE'VE EVER SEEN OR MAYBE NOT EVER SEEN, BUT DURING THE OBSERVATION PERIOD IN MARGATE.

SO MARGATE, BRYAN AND HIS CREW WENT OUT THERE AND THEY LOOKED AT THE TRAFFIC.

THEY SAW THEY COUNTED THE CARS THAT WERE STACKING UP AND SAW THAT AT THE MOST, YOU KNOW, IT REACHED A LEVEL OF 12 VEHICLES RIGHT AT THE MOST.

AND THAT'S A MATURE OPERATION.

IT'S GOING IT'S NOT LIKE IN ITS INFANCY AND ITS BIGGEST DAYS ARE AHEAD OF IT.

IT'S LIKE AT THE CAPACITY THAT IT'S GOING TO BE FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE.

AND WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS, BRIAN POINTED OUT, IS STACKING CAPACITY THAT IS EVEN IN EXCESS OF THAT THREE VEHICLES IN EXCESS OF THAT.

AND SO WE SHOULDN'T SEE IT BACK UP ALL THE WAY TO THE BEGINNING OF THE ORDER BOARD ENTRANCE.

BUT EVEN IF IT DID AND BRIAN POINTED THIS OUT TO THE LOCATION OF THE ENTRANCE IS FAR FROM THE MAIN ROADWAY WAS COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD. SO, YOU KNOW, IF SOMETHING WERE TO HAPPEN AND IT SHOULD BACK UP EVEN FURTHER, IT WOULD ALL BE CONTAINED WITH WELL WITHIN THE SITE AND FAR FROM THE MAIN INGRESS INTO THE SITE, WHICH IS WEST COMMERCIAL, 80% OF THE TRAFFIC GOING INTO THE SITE COMES FROM WEST COMMERCIAL.

ONLY 20% COMES FROM NORTH WEST 57TH STREET.

OKAY. I HAVE A COUPLE MORE QUESTIONS.

THE DRIVE THRU LANES, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TWO SEPARATE PEOPLE TAKING ORDERS FROM EACH LANE.

WELL, SO THERE ARE MENU BOARDS THERE.

AND, YOU KNOW, DRIVERS CAN PULL UP TO THE MENU BOARD AND USE THE INTERCOM AND PLACE THEIR ORDERS THAT WAY.

BUT IT'S CONCEIVABLE THAT IN THE FUTURE, YOU KNOW, WE COULD HAVE INDIVIDUALS OUT THERE TAKING ORDERS WITH TABLETS TO HELP

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FACILITATE THAT ORDER FLOW AND JUST MAKE A BETTER CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE FOR OUR CUSTOMERS.

THAT'S A POSSIBILITY.

BUT IT WOULD BE CONSISTENT BASICALLY WITH THE IDEA OF HAVING TWO MENU BOARDS BECAUSE PEOPLE GENERALLY LOOK AT THE MENU BOARD.

IN MAKING THEIR DECISION AND THEN PLACE AN ORDER.

YEAH, BECAUSE I'M JUST WONDERING IF YOU'RE HAVING TWO LANES AND PEOPLE ARE COMING IN AND THE BUSY TIME, AS YOU SAID IT, CAN THERE BE A BACKUP BECAUSE THERE'S NOT ENOUGH PEOPLE THERE TO GET THE SPEED AND GET THE ORDER.

AND I NOTICE HERE IS IT THAT THE TWO LANES EVENTUALLY MERGE INTO ONE.

YEAH, THAT'S HOW IT GOES.

IT'S LIKE A ZIPPER AND THEY FOLD INTO A SINGLE APPROACH LANE TO THE ORDER WINDOW AND THEN THEY FAN BACK OUT, YOU KNOW, USUALLY AFTER THE ORDER WINDOW, ONCE THEY'VE PAID FOR THEIR ORDER, THEN THEY'LL FAN OUT OR PULL STRAIGHT AHEAD TO WAIT FOR THEIR ORDER, OR THEY'LL RECEIVE THEIR ORDER RIGHT THERE AT THE ORDER WINDOW.

SO WHEN THEY PLACE THE ORDER AND YOU'RE MERGING YOUR MERGING OUT.

YOU'VE ALREADY PAID FOR YOUR ORDER.

YES. FROM EITHER WAY.

AND THEN YOU JUST MERGING OUT TO GO MAYBE TO THE WAITING AREA THEN TO WAIT TO GET YOUR ORDER CORRECT.

OKAY. IF YOU COULD COME TO THE PODIUM AND STATE YOUR NAME, PLEASE.

HI. ERIC PIERCE, THE OWNER OPERATOR.

SO JUST TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, WE HAVE MULTIPLE ORDER TAKERS IN OUR DRIVE THRU OPERATION INSIDE THE BUILDING.

SO IF WITH A DUAL DRIVE, WE'LL HAVE TWO OR THREE TEAM MEMBERS IN THERE WITH HEADSETS ON AND THEY ALL HAVE THE ABILITY TO TAKE ORDERS.

SO IT'S ALL AN EFFORT TO JUST KEEP THIS DRIVE THROUGH MOVING BECAUSE OUR GUESTS DO EXPECT THEIR ORDER AND WE TRY TO EXECUTE IN 4 MINUTES OR LESS IN OUR DRIVE AND 5 MINUTES OR LESS IN OUR DINING ROOM FOR YOU TO RECEIVE YOUR MEAL.

BUT WE DO DELIVER ALL THE MEALS IN THE DINING ROOM AND IN DRIVE THROUGH.

SO IT'S UNIQUE TO CULVER'S, AND THAT'S WHAT REQUIRES US TO HAVE THAT STACKING THAT WAITING AREA.

BUT IT KNOW IF YOU EVER COME OUT TO YOU KNOW THERE'S 900 CULVER'S AROUND 27 STATES AND THEY ALL OPERATE THE SAME WAY AND YOU KNOW I THINK INITIALLY YOU MAY HAVE A FEW CUSTOMERS THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, HAVE TO KIND OF GET THE IDEA OF HOW THE FLOW WORKS.

BUT OUR TEAM MEMBERS ARE OUT THERE, YOU KNOW, CONSTANTLY.

AND SO WE'RE OUT THERE DIRECTING TRAFFIC AND GREETING OUR GUESTS.

AND LIKE STEVE SAID, WE PROBABLY WILL IMPLEMENT AT SOME POINT TABLET ORDERING OUT THERE AS WELL.

IF THERE'S DEMAND.

YOU KNOW, IT JUST REALLY DEPENDS ON WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IN TAMARACK AS FAR AS COMMERCE.

BUT ONE THING TO KEEP IN MIND IS THAT, AGAIN, WE'RE NOT WE'RE NOT A BREAKFAST RESTAURANT, WE'RE LUNCH AND DINNER.

SO THAT 10:00 OPENING IS CONFUSING.

WE HAVE TEAM MEMBERS IN THE BUILDING AT 8:00 PREPPING AND SO ON.

SO WE OPEN AT TEN, BUT WE SERVE LUNCH AND DINNER.

IT'S THE SAME MENU.

SO THAT'S NOT GOING TO CHANGE.

AND THEN AS FAR AS WE ALL KNOW, I LIVE IN FORT LAUDERDALE ON FEDERAL HIGHWAY NEXT TO THAT CHICK FIL A THAT'S CAUSING ALL KINDS OF PROBLEMS WHERE THEIR TRAFFIC IS BACKING OUT UP ON TO ON TO FEDERAL.

AND, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THESE CHICK FIL A'S ARE DOING SIX, $8 MILLION A YEAR IN BUSINESS.

WE DON'T DO ANYTHING NEAR THAT.

BUT YOU HOPE TO. WELL, IT JUST REALLY ISN'T EVEN OPERATIONALLY FEASIBLE, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, BECAUSE THEY MAKE FOOD AHEAD AND HOLD FOOD AND DO ALL KINDS OF THINGS.

AND THEN THEY ONLY DO ABOUT AND THEY REALLY ONLY SERVE CHICKEN.

IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN IN OUR RESTAURANT, WE SERVE LOTS OF GOOD FOOD, DIFFERENT ITEMS AND THINGS THAT TAKE US LONGER TO PREPARE AND SO ON.

SO IT'S, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NEVER GOING TO HAVE THE DRIVE THROUGH ISSUES AND WE DON'T THAT YOU SEE AT CHICK FIL A BECAUSE WE JUST DON'T.

AND IN FACT, THEY'VE REALLY TURNED INTO MORE OF A DRIVE THRU OPERATION.

A LOT OF THEM AREN'T EVEN OPENING THEIR DINING ROOMS ANYMORE, WHERE OUR DINING ROOMS ARE VERY POPULAR BECAUSE THEY'RE CLEAN, THEY'RE COMFORTABLE, THEY'RE SOFT, YOU KNOW, OUR RESTROOMS ARE CLEAN.

WE'RE JUST DOING IT A LOT DIFFERENT THAN OTHER PEOPLE IN OUR LANE.

AND ALL THE RETIREES THAT LIVE IN THAT COMMUNITY IS AND ALL THOSE FOLKS, THEY LOVE TO COME IN OUR PLACE BECAUSE THEY KNOW THAT WE'RE THEY'RE COMING IN TO REALLY MORE OF A DINING ROOM, KIND OF A MORE OF A COMFORTABLE SETTING SO THAT, YOU KNOW, AND AGAIN, THAT TAKES THE PRESSURE OFF A LOT OF THE PRESSURE OFF THAT DRIVE THROUGH.

BUT THE DUAL DRIVE THROUGH ADDITIONALLY TAKES SOME OF THE PRESSURE OFF OF THE WAITING AND THE FLOW.

SO IT IS A NEW CONCEPT FOR US.

AND WE ARE GOING TO BE PUTTING IN A DOUBLE DRIVE THRU IN MARGATE, JUST SO YOU KNOW, AGAIN, REALLY JUST TO HELP OUR FLOW THERE AND

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KEEPING PEOPLE MOVING AND JUST PROVIDING THEM BETTER SERVICE.

SO THE CUSTOMER THAT'S GOING TO BE EATING ON THE INTERIOR INSIDE AND A DINING AREA, THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE A COUNTER WHERE THEY WILL COME AND PLACE THEIR ORDER DIFFERENT FROM THE DRIVE THRU.

OH ABSOLUTELY. YEAH.

SO YOU GET YOU COME IN AND ORDER AND YOU PAY AND WE GIVE YOU A NUMBER AND YOU GO GET YOUR DRINK AND HAVE A SEAT AND THEN WE BRING ALL YOUR MEALS OUT TO THE TABLE.

SO IT'S A MODIFIED SERVICE BUT NO TIPPING.

SO YEAH. ALL RIGHT.

AND THEN WE CLEAN THE TABLE TOO.

IF YOU DON'T TAKE YOUR TRAY AND PUT IT AWAY, WE'LL DO THAT AS WELL.

YOU SOLD ME. I'LL COME AND VISIT.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION.

OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT OPERATIONS AND THINGS THAT ANY OF YOU HAVE NOT BEEN IN.

A CALL WHERE WE KIND OF WENT THROUGH THIS INITIALLY WHEN WE BUILT IN MARGATE, TOO, BECAUSE IT WAS THE FIRST RESTAURANT IN BROWARD COUNTY.

SO NOW THAT WE HAVE ONE, YOU KNOW, OPERATIONAL AND FUNCTIONING, PEOPLE CAN KIND OF GET A FEEL FOR WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE DO.

AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THAT'S PROBABLY THE BEST IS JUST TO COME OVER AND HAVE LUNCH AND SEE IT FOR YOURSELF.

BUT DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. PEARCE? JUST REALLY QUICKLY, WHEN I WAS READING IN THE BACK UP HERE, IT SAYS THAT YOU HAVE SOME HEALTH CONSCIOUS, GLUTEN FREE, VEGAN, ORGANIC. TYPE MENUS OUR FOODS RATHER.

AND THEN I SAW IN THE PICTURE IT LOOKS LIKE YOU HAVE BURGERS AND MILKSHAKES.

SO DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ABOUT THE MENU? I'M JUST I'M JUST CURIOUS.

SO WE'RE KNOWN FOR OUR BURGERS AND OUR FRESH FROZEN CUSTARD, WHICH IS JUST PREMIUM ICE CREAM, REALLY.

BUT WE HAVE A GREAT FISH SANDWICH THAT WE MAKE FROM SCRATCH.

REUBEN SANDWICHES.

WE HAVE A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT MELTS, LIKE A PATTY MELT TYPE SANDWICH.

PREMIUM SALADS, CHICKEN TENDERS, CHICKEN SANDWICHES, GRILLED AND FRIED, YOU KNOW, SO IT'S THE MENU IS MORE EXPANDED.

WE HAVE SOME DINNERS, WE HAVE A FISH DINNER, SHRIMP DINNER, AND THEN DIFFERENT SIDE OFFERINGS OTHER THAN JUST FRENCH FRIES, ONION RINGS, OUR WISCONSIN CHEESE CURDS, BROCCOLI, MASHED POTATOES AND GRAVY.

SO IT'S MORE OF A, YOU KNOW, KIND OF MORE OF A DINER, FAST CASUAL DINER THAN IT IS FAST FOOD.

SO THAT'S WHY WE APPEAL REALLY TO, YOU KNOW, FAMILIES WITH KIDS, TO RETIREES, BECAUSE WE'RE CATERING REALLY TO ALL EVERYBODY.

THANK YOU. YOU BET. OKAY.

IF WE DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD, WE WILL OPEN THE FLOOR TO THE PUBLIC.

I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYONE HERE THAT'S OUTSIDE OF THE CULVER TEAM IN THE CITY.

SO WE'LL NOW CLOSE THE FLOOR.

WE'LL VOTE ON THE ITEMS ONE AT A TIME.

ALTHOUGH WE'VE HEARD THEM ALL PRESENTED TOGETHER, I'D LIKE TO CALL FOR A MOTION TO APPROVE TEMPORARY BOARD ORDER 66 APPROVING THE SPECIAL EXCEPTION FOR THE IN JUST A MOMENT.

JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY TO SEE IF THE BOARD WILL BE CONSIDERING THE APPLICANT'S OFFER TO MARK THOSE PARKING SPACES AT THE VERY FRONT AS EMPLOYEE ONLY.

AND IF SO, YOU DO WANT TO INCORPORATE THAT AS ONE OF THE CONDITIONS MOST APPROPRIATE WITH THE MAJOR REVISED SITE PLAN.

YES, I WAS GOING TO MENTION THAT AT THE LAST.

SURE. SO I JUST WANTED TO REMIND YOU OF THAT.

THANK YOU. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

SO I WILL MENTION THAT WHEN WE GET TO THE THIRD VOTE AND I'M EIGHT, SEE ITEM EIGHT A TEMPORARY BOARD ORDER 66 APPROVING SPECIAL EXCEPTION FOR THE APPLICATION FOR CULVER'S RESTAURANT, LOCATED AT 8251 WEST COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD, TAMARAC, FLORIDA.

33321. TO ALLOW FOR A FAST CASUAL RESTAURANT WITH DRIVE THRU SERVICE IN THE MIXED UNIT GENERAL ZONING DISTRICT PURSUANT TO THE TAMARACK CODE OF ORDINANCE.

DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? I MAKE THE MOTION IN ADDITION TO STAFF'S QUALIFICATIONS AND THEIR RECOMMENDATION.

THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I SECOND.

THANK YOU. NIKOLE CLEARE? YES. RICHARD HUGHES.

NO. SAJEEEN BELL-CLARK.

YES. DAVID LEVIN.

YES. ERIC GNAGE.

YES. VIOLA WATSON.

YES. MOTION TO MAKE A FAVORABLE RECOMMENDATION TO THE CITY COMMISSION WITH THE CONDITIONS AS OUTLINED BY STAFF PASSED

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5 TO 1. SECOND ITEM.

ITEM EIGHT BE TEMPORARY BOARD ORDER 67 BOARD ORDER APPROVING THE ZONING VARIANCE FOR THE APPLICANT FOR CULVER'S RESTAURANT, LOCATED AT 8251 WEST COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD, TAMARAC, FLORIDA.

333212.

ALLOW FOR RELIEF FROM SECTION TEN, DASH 4.4, SUBSECTION D, THREE C AND TWO TO PERMIT THE INSTALLATION OF ENHANCED LANDSCAPE BUFFER ON THE NORTHERN PERIMETER OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY AND THE MEDIAN OF NORTHWEST 57TH STREET IN LIEU OF THE REQUIRED SOLID SIX FOOT MASONRY WALL TO BUFFER THE CULVER'S RESTAURANT DEVELOPMENT FROM THE ADJACENT RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY EXCUSE ME PERMIT.

PURSUANT TO TAMARAC, THIS SORT OF ORDINANCE.

DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? A MOTION TO APPROVE? SECOND. NIKOLE CLEARE? YES. RICHARD HUGHES? YES, SAJEEEN BELL-CLARK? YES. DAVID LEVIN? YES. ERIC GNAGE? YES. VIOLA WATSON? YES. MOTION TO MAKE A FAVORABLE RECOMMENDATION TO THE CITY WITH THE CONDITIONS AS OUTLINED BY STAFF PAST 6-0.

ITEM 8CTR13879.

[8.c TR 13879 - A resolution of the City Commission of the City of Tamarac, Florida, granting site plan approval (major) with conditions to allow for the development of a four thousand five hundred and fifty square feet (4,550 sq. ft.) Culver’s restaurant, a fast-casual dining facility with dual drive-through lanes and related infrastructure; for the property located at 8251 West Commercial Boulevard, Tamarac, Florida, (Case No. 7-SP-22); providing for conflicts; providing for severability; and providing for an effective date.]

A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSIONS OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC, FLORIDA, GRANTING SITE PLAN APPROVAL MAJOR WITH CONDITIONS TO ALLOW FOR DEVELOPMENT OF A 4555 SQUARE FOOT CULVER RESTAURANT, A FAST CASUAL DINING FACILITY WITH DUAL DRIVE THRU LANES AND RELATED INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 8251 WEST COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD, TAMARAC, FLORIDA.

CASE NUMBER 7-SP-22 PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

WE ALSO WANT TO MENTION THAT WE'RE ASKING CALL A RESTAURANT TO MARK THE EMPLOYEE ONLY PARKING SPACES.

SO THAT'S PART OF THIS CONDITION IN THIS VOTE.

THAT'S PART OF THIS VOTE. DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? WELL, MADAM CHAIR, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE RECOMMEND A FAVORABLE RECOMMENDATION FOR THIS ITEM.

IN ACCORDANCE WITH STAFF'S NOTED CONDITIONS AND THE ADDITIONAL CONDITION BY THE BOARD THAT THE FOUR SPACES CLOSEST TO THE COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD ENTRANCE ARE IDENTIFIED IN SOME FASHION AS EMPLOYEE PARKING ONLY.

THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I SECOND. NIKOLE CLEARE? YES. RICHARD HUGHES? NO, SAJEEEN BELL-CLARK? YES. DAVID LEVIN? YES. ERIC GNAGE? YES. VIOLA WATSON? YES. MOTION TO MAKE A FAVORABLE RECOMMENDATION TO THE CITY COMMISSION WITH THE CONDITIONS AS OUTLINED BY STAFF AND ADDITIONAL CONDITION OUTLINED BY THE PLANNING BOARD, PASSED 5 TO 1.

THANK YOU. WELCOME TO OUR CITY.

THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR AND BOARD MEMBERS.

APPRECIATE IT. YOU'RE WELCOME.

ALL RIGHTY. AT THIS TIME, WE'LL HEAR FROM MISS MAXINE CALLOWAY.

[9.Director's Report]