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>> WELL, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
[Call to Order]
IT IS 10:01 ON MONDAY, JANUARY 23RD.WELCOME YOU TO OUR FIRST WORKSHOP OF THE YEAR, BACK IN ROOM 105.
CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. MAYOR GOMEZ.
>> COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS IS NOT HERE.
COMMISSIONER DANIELS IS NOT HERE.
>> COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS WAS HERE, HE'S WALKING BACK IN AT THIS TIME.
[NOISE] IF EVERYONE PLEASE STAND, AND COMMISSIONER MEMORIAL WRIGHT JUNIOR WILL LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
>> AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL [NOISE]
>> COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS IS NOW ON THE DESK WITH US. AGAIN, WELCOME.
FOR THOSE PEOPLE WHOSE TEAMS PROCEEDED TO WIN YESTERDAY, CONGRATULATIONS.
FOR THOSE OF OUR TEAMS THAT DID NOT. THERE'S ALWAYS NEXT YEAR.
[1.a Affordable Housing Strategies Update]
OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING STRATEGIES UPDATE THAT WILL BE PRESENTED BY MAXINE CALLOWAY, OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR. [NOISE]>> COMMISSIONER DANIELS HAS NOW JOINED US. GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING, MAYOR. MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION, MAXINE CALLOWAY, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR FOR THE RECORD.
JUST WANT TO BRING YOU AN UPDATE THIS MORNING REGARDING WHERE WE ARE AS IT RELATES TO THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING STRATEGIES, THAT WE WERE INSTRUCTED LAST YEAR TO WORK ON A FEW THINGS TO BRING IT BACK, PARTICULARLY TO ADDRESS THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING CRISIS THAT WE KNOW THAT IS IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA AND PARTICULARLY IN BROWARD COUNTY.
THE TIMING IS RIGHT BECAUSE BROWARD COUNTY JUST CONCLUDED A 2022 AFFORDABLE HOUSING ASSESSMENT, WHICH IS A VERY TALLIED IN TERMS OF WHERE WE ARE AS IT RELATES TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING RENTAL AND OWNER OCCUPIED.
I JUST WANT TO GO THROUGH SOME OF THAT STUDY AND THEN SPEAK TO YOU REGARDING THE INITIATIVES THAT WE ARE WORKING ON AND WILL BE BRINGING BACK TO YOU.
>> ACTUALLY, ONE THING I'M GOING TO ASK, SOME LITTLE HOUSEKEEPING.
IF WE CAN TURN OUR MICROPHONES OFF SINCE THEY'RE NOT IN USE, SO THE SPEAKERS MICROPHONE WILL BE BETTER HEARD.
COMMISSION WHEN WE'RE READY TO DO QUESTIONS, IF YOU'LL TURN YOU HAVE NUMBERS AT YOUR PLACE.
TURN THEM SO I COULD SEE TIME WHERE I CAN THEN SWAY WHEN YOU TURN THEM OVER, I KNOW YOU WANT TO SPEAK, SO I CAN KNOW WHICH [INAUDIBLE] LIKE THIS FOR RIGHT NOW AND THEN I'LL KNOW.
>> NOT A PROBLEM. THIS SLIDE IS VERY TELLING.
INSTEAD OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING YOU SEE THEY ARE CONDUCTING A SEARCH, SORRY, NO RESULTS FOUND.
YOU CAN SEE A SEARCH HAS BEEN CONDUCTED AND THERE'S NO AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOUND.
BUT ESSENTIALLY IN ORDER FOR US TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS AND COME UP WITH POLICIES, INITIATIVES, WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THE IMPACT ON THE ECONOMY.
WHAT AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS DOING IN BROWARD COUNTY, IN ORDER TO PROPERLY ADDRESSED WHAT'S GOING ON.
THIS IS THE STATE OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA, SEVEN MILLION AFFORDABLE HOMES, A FORMATION OF 10.8 MILLION PLUS EXTREMELY LOW FAMILIES.
THAT'S THE SHORTAGE THAT WE HAVE STATEWIDE.
THIS IS PRIMARILY ATTRIBUTED TO REMOTE WORK THAT CAME AFTER CORONAVIRUS INDIVIDUALS FROM NEW YORK AND CALIFORNIA ARE MOVING TO THE STATE OF FLORIDA BECAUSE IT'S A WARM CLIMATE AND OF COURSE THEY'RE WORKING FROM HOME, THAT WAS VERY ATTRACTIVE.
WE HAD A LOT OF THAT, AND THAT IMPACTED OUR FIRST-TIME HOME BUYER PROGRAM.
I SHARED THAT WITH YOU LAST YEAR, HOW WE HAD A DIFFICULT TIME DOING ANY CLOSINGS IN 2021 AND 2022 BECAUSE OF THE RAMPANT INVESTOR BUYING.
THEN THE SKYROCKETING RENTAL ASKING PRICE, WHICH WENT UP OVER 50 PERCENT SINCE 2020 RENTAL.
WILL SHARE A FEW DATA ON THAT SHORTLY.
[NOISE] WHAT CAME OUT OF THE STUDY IS AT BROWARD COUNTY IS THE LEAST AFFORDABLE METRO AREA IN THE NATION, BELIEVING IT OR NOT.
BECAUSE OF THE HIGH COST AND THE LOW WAGES THAT WE HAVE, OUR INDUSTRY COMES FROM THE SERVICE SECTOR PRIMARILY, WHICH IS RETAIL TRADE, LEISURE AND HOSPITALITY, HEALTH CARE SERVICES.
THESE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT WE'RE TRYING TO HOUSE.
HOMEOWNERSHIP IS NOT ATTAINABLE.
ONLY FIVE PERCENT OF ALL FAMILIES CAN AFFORD TO PURCHASE THE MEDIAN HOME PRICE, WHICH IS ALMOST 600,000.
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BUT THAT'S THE AVERAGE AND MEDIAN.THE WORKFORCE IS PRICED OUT OF RENTAL ALTOGETHER.
BROWARD COUNTY IS THE LAST OF 67 COUNTIES IN THE STATE FOR AFFORDABLE RENTAL UNITS FOR FAMILIES EARNING 60 PERCENT OR LESS OF THE AVERAGE MEDIUM INCOME.
THE AVERAGE MEDIUM INCOME AND BROWARD COUNTY $60,922.
THESE ARE THE FINDINGS THAT CAME OUT OF THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING NEEDS ASSESSMENT THAT WAS DONE BY FIU IN 2022.
THAT THE CRISIS IS ENORMOUS AND I THINK THAT WE ALREADY HAD ESTABLISHED, AND WE KNEW THAT THE SCOPE AND SCALE OF BROWARD COUNTY'S AFFORDABLE HOUSING NEEDS ARE SUBSTANTIAL.
IT IMPACTS US SOCIALLY AND IT IMPACTS OUR QUALITY OF LIFE.
THE MOST VULNERABLE WE KNOW IS THE RENTAL POPULATION.
WE'LL SEE ONCE WE DRILLED DOWN TO TAMARAC, AS IT RELATES TO HOME OWNERSHIP, WE DON'T HAVE SO MUCH OF A PROBLEM, BUT OUR BIGGEST PROBLEM IS AS IT RELATES TO PROVIDING RENTAL FOR OUR WORKFORCE AND THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE HERE IN TAMARAC.
IT ALSO DIMINISHES OUR ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL WELL-BEING.
BROWARD COUNTY'S ECONOMIC COMPETITIVENESS OR RESILIENCY AND THE QUALITY OF LIFE ARE AT RISK, BECAUSE OF COURSE, LACK OF HOUSING IMPACTS THE LEISURE AND HOSPITALITY, THE HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY, THE RETAIL SECTORS.
THIS ULTIMATELY IMPACTS OUR HOSPITALS, OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS, OUR COLLEGES, UNIVERSITIES SO ON.
THESE ARE REALLY THE PRIMARY FINDINGS THAT CAME UNDER THE 2022 STUDY.
[NOISE] THIS IS JUST TO SHOW YOU ON, THIS IS THE OWNER-OCCUPIED UNITS.
THESE ARE THE HOME THAT YOU BUY, PEOPLE THAT ARE LIVING IN OWNER-OCCUPIED.
THIS IS NOT THE RENTAL DATA, JUST THE OWNER DATA.
YOU CAN SEE BEGINNING FROM 2017, THE DRASTIC DEFICIT OR DECREASE THAT WE'RE SEEING IN OWNER-OCCUPIED UNITS THAT ARE BELOW $250,000 IN PRICE.
SINCE 2017, THAT HAS BEEN STEADILY DECREASING.
WHAT WE SEE THAT'S BEEN INCREASING IS HOME VALUE, $250,000 OR GREATER, MARKEDLY INCREASE IN OVER 20,781.
THAT REALLY JUST SPEAKS TO THE DATA THAT WAS PROVIDED BEFORE.
IN THIS CHART JUST SHOWS THAT THERE'S REALLY BEEN A LACK OR STAGNATION IN THE BUILDING OF NEW INVENTORY.
AS FROM 2014 AND LATER, ONLY 2.3 PERCENT OF THE HOMES THAT ARE AVAILABLE HAS BEEN BUILT SINCE 2014.
OUR MAJOR INVENTORY CAME FROM 1970-1979.
REALLY WE HAVE SEEN A SLOWDOWN OR STAGNATION IN NEW INVENTORIOR PRODUCTS THAT ARE COMING ON THE MARKET, WHICH IS ALSO IMPACTING THE HOUSING CRISIS.
THIS CHART TO SHOW HOW MUCH YOU SHOULD BE PAYING FOR A HOME.
IT SHOWS, OF COURSE, HOW LOW OR MODERATE INCOME OR MIDDLE INCOME RESIDENTS, AND THEN WHAT THE AFFORDABLE HOME PURCHASE PRICE SHOULD BE.
SOMEONE WHO IS IN THE VERY LOW OR THE LOW-INCOME, WHICH IS BETWEEN 51 AND 80 PERCENT OF THE MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME IS MAKING 59,000 A YEAR, SHOULD BE AFFORDING A HOME AT 178,572.
BUT BECAUSE THE AVERAGE HOME PRICE IS 520,000, THERE IS A GAP OR A DEFICIT, AND SO FOR THE MOST PART IN ALL CATEGORIES, THESE ARE UNATTAINABLE, CANNOT BE PURCHASED, WHETHER YOU ARE LOW-INCOME, MODERATE INCOME OR MIDDLE-INCOME.
JUST ANOTHER CHART JUST SHOWING, AGAIN THE OWNER SURPLUS AND GAP ANALYSIS THAT THERE'S NOT ENOUGH UNITS WITHIN THE AFFORDABLE PRICE RANGE THAT'S AVAILABLE.
IT BREAKS DOWN YOUR MODERATE INCOME OWNERS AND YOUR MODERATE INCOME OWNERS AND RENTERS.
THAT LAST ONE HAS OWNERS AND RENTERS BECAUSE IT'S TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT YOUR FIRST-TIME HOME BUYERS AS WELL.
YOU CAN SEE THE DEFICIT IN THE RED.
THESE ARE THE NUMBER OF UNITS THAT ARE NEEDED IN ORDER TO HOUSE THESE INDIVIDUALS OR FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO AFFORD OR BUY HOMES.
AS IT RELATES TO THE RENTAL MARKET, THIS CHART IS SHOWING SIMILAR TO THE HOME OWNERSHIP MARKET.
YOU'RE SEEING THAT UNITS AVAILABLE AT $1,250 FOR RENT STARTED DECREASING.
WE REMOVED FROM THE MARKET BEGINNING IN 2016, AND THEN THOSE UNITS THAT ARE 1,250 OR GREATER IN TERMS OF RENTAL COSTS WERE INCREASING.
I DON'T THINK THIS IS A SURPRISE, WE ALL KNOW THAT.
WE ALL KNOW SOMEONE WHO HAS HAD SOME RENTAL INCREASE THAT'S SOMEWHAT UNSUSTAINABLE.
THIS IS ALSO SHOWING, ONCE AGAIN, JUST REITERATING THE DIFFERENT HOUSING INCOME,
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WHETHER YOU'RE EXTREMELY LOW, VERY LOW, AND THE DEFICIT THAT EXISTS IN TERMS OF THE NUMBER OF UNITS THAT NEEDS TO BE AVAILABLE.THIS ALSO IS JUST SHOWING BROWARD COUNTY, THE SURPLUS IN THE INVENTORY AND WHAT'S NOT AVAILABLE TO DEFICIT AS WELL.
SO ONLY YOUR MODERATE INCOME RENTERS.
THESE ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE MAKING [NOISE] 36,000-55,123 THAT AS IT IS NOW IT APPEARS ARE ABLE TO AFFORD A RENTAL PRODUCTS.
THERE IS A SURPLUS IN THE MODERATE INCOME RENTERS UNITS THAT ARE AVAILABLE AND CAN AFFORD THIS UNIT.
HERE WE ARE WITH TAMARAC, WHICH IS A BIT OF AN ANOMALY AND THIS IS FOR THE HOME OWNERSHIP.
OUR MEDIUM HOUSEHOLD INCOME IS 51,799.
BASED ON THIS STUDY, IT APPEARS THAT THERE ARE UNITS THAT ARE AVAILABLE FOR OUR LOW-INCOME OWNERS AND OUR MODERATE INCOME OWNERS, AND THESE ARE PEOPLE, YOUR LOW-INCOME IS 51-80 PERCENT OF THE MEDIAN THAT IS MAKING 26,000-41,439.
THEN OUR MODERATE INCOME IS 41,440-62,159, THAT THEY ARE UNITS AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE.
I THINK THIS IS EVIDENCED IN WHAT WE'RE SEEING WITH OUR FIRST TIME HOME-BUYER PROGRAM.
WE'RE CLOSING A LOT OF CONDOS.
WE CLOSE ONE LAST WEEK AT ABOUT 156,000, THAT'S IN THE GREENS, AND SO THIS IS PRIMARILY CONDOS THAT ARE AVAILABLE FOR A LOW INCOME AND MODERATE INCOME THAT'S AVAILABLE.
BUT YOUR MODERATE INCOME OWNERS, THESE ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE MAKING 41,440-62,159, THERE'S A DEFICIT.
THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO AFFORD A HOME BETWEEN 124,000 AND 186,000 AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE IS A DEFICIT OF 470 UNITS AND SO THESE PEOPLE ARE HAVING DIFFICULTIES PURCHASING IN OUR CITY.
WE ARE FINDING THE COMPLETE OPPOSITE IN THE RENTAL MARKET.
IN THE RENTAL MARKET, THERE'S NO AVAILABILITY, THERE'S NO INVENTORY, OR YOU'RE EXTREMELY LOW, THOSE PEOPLE THAT SHOULD BE RENTING FROM NUMBER OF RENTAL HOUSEHOLD 571, SO AFFORDABLE RENT LEVELS.
IF YOU ARE EXTREMELY LOW, YOU SHOULD BE PAYING A RENT UP ABOUT $355.
IF YOU'RE A VERY LOW, A RENT OF 592.
IF YOU'RE A LOW INCOME RENTER, A RENT OF 947 AND THERE'S NO INVENTORY IN ANY OF THOSE PART OR IN THAT MARKET.
BUT THERE'S INVENTORY IN YOUR MODERATE INCOME RENTERS, THOSE ARE THE RENTERS THAT ARE PAYING 947-1,421, THERE IS INVENTORY AVAILABLE.
THIS IS A CHART THAT I LEFT ON YOUR DESK THIS MORNING, WHICH I THINK IS VERY TELLING.
I THINK THIS IS A REASON WHY YOU'RE NOT FINDING THE INVENTORY AND RENTAL COSTS HAVE SKYROCKETED OVER 50 PERCENT IN THE LAST TWO OR SO YEARS.
IN BROWARD COUNTY, YOUR EFFICIENCIES ARE RENTING FOR 1,500 IN FEBRUARY 2021, AND FOR 2,109 FOR INEFFICIENCY IN 2022.
A ONE-BEDROOM IS 1,600 IN 2021, AND, 2,107 IN 2022.
LIKEWISE, YOU SEE THE TWO BEDROOM, ALMOST $2,000 AND 2,500 IN 2022 AND A THREE-BEDROOM IS 24 AND 3,298 AND THIS IS AVERAGING BROWARD COUNTY.
BUT THE CHART ALSO SHOWS OUR SUBMARKET AND THE CITY OF TAMARAC WHEN NORTH LAUDERDALE SUBMARKET.
THE THIRD CHART IS SHOWING OUR RENTAL AVERAGES FOR A ONE-BEDROOM, TWO-BEDROOM, AND THREE-BEDROOM, AND YOU CAN SEE IT'S JUST ASTRONOMICAL.
WHAT ARE WE DOING ABOUT THIS CRISIS? THE STATE OF FLORIDA WE KNOW HAS STARTED LAST YEAR THEY ADOPTED SENATE BILL 962.
IT WAS SIGNED INTO LAW IN JUNE OF 2022.
ESSENTIALLY WHAT IT DOES, IT JUST REMOVES THE MUNICIPALITIES PROCESS OUT OF THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING APPLICATION.
A PROCESS WHERE IF YOU ARE DEVELOPERS PROPOSING AFFORDABLE HOUSING, YOU DO NOT HAVE TO DO A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT IF CERTAIN SET ASIDE FOR THAT AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND 10 PERCENT OR SO IT WAS DONE BY THE DEVELOPER.
THE STATE HAS GONE AHEAD AND PREEMPTED THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT BY PUTTING THIS INTO LAW.
ESSENTIALLY YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO A REZONE IN THE LAND USE AMENDMENT IF IN FACT AFFORDABLE HOUSING WILL BE PROVIDED.
BROWARD COUNTY ALSO MADE SOME CHANGES TO THEIR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
THEY DID THAT JUST RECENTLY AND THEY INSTITUTED SOMETHING SIMILAR TO WHAT WE'RE THINKING ABOUT, WHICH IS YOUR INCLUSIONARY ZONING, WHERE THEY'RE PROVIDING DENSITY BONUS FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
IF YOU ARE GIVEN A MODERATE INCOME UNIT, THEY WILL GIVE SIX BONUS UNITS FOR THE DELIVERY OF ONE MODERATE INCOME UNIT.
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THEY'LL GIVE NINE BONUS UNITS FOR EVERY ONE LOW-INCOME UNIT, AND FOR A VERY LOW-INCOME, THEY'LL GIVE NINE BONUS UNITS FOR EVERY ONE VERY LOW-INCOME UNIT.THEY HAVEN'T GONE TO AHEAD, AND THIS ALLOWS MUNICIPALITIES TO EITHER OPT IN OR YOU CAN HAVE YOUR OWN.
IT'S NOT MANDATORY ON MUNICIPALITIES.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, THEY PUT IN SOME STANDARDS OR REQUIREMENT THAT IF THE UNITS ARE BEING PROVIDED, THESE AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS CANNOT BE SMALLER THAN 10 PERCENT LESS THAN THE AVERAGE MARKET UNIT THAT THE DEVELOPER IS BUILDING.
THAT THESE UNITS WOULD REQUIRE A RESTRICTIVE COVENANT FOR 30 YEARS TO BE RECORDED AGAINST THE PROPERTY TO MAINTAIN THE AFFORDABILITY OF THAT UNIT GOING FORWARD.
YOU CAN. LAST YEAR YOU ASKED US TO COME BACK WITH AN INCLUSIONARY ZONING ORDINANCE.
I THINK THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT BROWARD COUNTY DID, WHERE A DEVELOPER CAN COME IN AND IF THEY'RE GOING TO BUILD, SAY, FOR EXAMPLE, THE MAXIMUM IN THE ZONING DISTRICT IS 50 DWELLING UNITS, BUT THEY WOULD LIKE TO BUILD 60, THEN YOU WILL GIVE THEM A DENSITY BONUS OF THAT ADDITIONAL 10 UNITS TO MAKE IT UP TO 60, AND THEY HAVE TO COMMIT THAT A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE OF THOSE UNITS WILL BE SET ASIDE FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
THE CHART BEFORE IT'S SHOWING IN BROWARD COUNTY AND THIS IS NOT NECESSARILY WHAT WE WOULD BE PROPOSING, BUT BROWARD COUNTY IS SAYING WE WOULD GIVE YOU UP AND ABOVE SIX BONUS UNITS IF YOU DELIVER TO US ONE MODERATE UNIT, AND WE WILL GIVE YOU NINE BONUS UNITS ABOVE AND BEYOND IF YOU GIVE US ONE LOW-INCOME UNIT.
THAT'S THEIR RATIO WHICH WE ARE NOT OBLIGATED TO ADOPT.
WE CAN IF WE WANT TO, BUT IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT I'LL BE PROPOSING WHEN WE BRING FORWARD YOUR INCLUSIONARY ZONING ORDINANCE.
ONCE TO DELIVER THAT UNIT THEN THE DEVELOPER HAVE TO SIGN A RESTRICTIVE COVENANT.
THAT MEANS THAT RENTAL PRICE WILL BE LOCKED IN AND MAYBE THERE WILL BE SOME ESCALATION DEPENDING ON WHAT THAT RESTRICTIVE COVENANT SAYS, BUT IT WILL BE LOCKED IN FOR A MINIMUM PERIOD OF 30 YEARS RECORDED AGAINST THE PROPERTY.
WHEN THAT PERSON MOVES OUT THEN WHOEVER MOVES IN WILL STILL HAVE THAT LOW-INCOME UNIT AND THE SAME IF THEY'RE BUILDING FEE SIMPLY YOU'RE BUYING, IT WOULD BE THE SAME RESTRICTIVE COVENANT, SO IT MEANS A UNIT REMAINS AFFORDABLE.
SINCE I MENTIONED BEFORE JUST SAYING THAT WHAT IT DOES IS THAT IT ALLOWS US TO OPT-IN, OPT-OUT.
I'LL BE PROPOSING LATER ON WHEN I BRING FORWARD INCLUSIONARY ZONING THAT WE ESSENTIALLY JUST OPT OUT SINCE WE'RE THINKING ABOUT HAVING OUR OWN POLICY AND OUR OWN PROCESS.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, IT HAS SOME CRITERIA IN THEIR LANGUAGE THAT 100 PERCENT OF THEIR AFFORDABLE UNITS WOULD BE AVAILABLE FOR OCCUPANCY BEFORE THE FINAL 25 PERCENT OF THE BONUS UNITS ARE AVAILABLE.
THESE ARE JUST SOME STANDARDS THAT THEY HAVE IN THEIR OWN POLICY.
BROWARD IS EVEN TAKEN IT A STEP FURTHER.
THEY'RE IN THE PROCESS OF PUTTING TOGETHER A 10 YEAR AFFORDABLE HOUSING MASTER PLAN STUDY AND WE'RE A PART OF THAT.
I THINK THEY HAVE A MEETING COMING UP NEXT WEEK AND I SEE YOU SHAKING YOUR HEAD MIRROR, THINK YOU MIGHT BE FAMILIAR WITH THIS, BUT THIS IS TO ASSESS THE CONDITION THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.
IT'S GOING TO REQUIRE OUR SUPPORT, OF COURSE, AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT ADEQUATE AND SUSTAINABLE FUNDING THROUGH PRIVATE AND PUBLIC SECTOR PARTNERSHIP, FULL LAND-USE PLANNING AND ZONING SUPPORT FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AND PRESERVATION, SUPPORTED AND PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS.
OF COURSE, YOU CAN'T JUST BE BUILDING DENSER AND MORE INTENSE WITHOUT LOOKING AT TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENTS BECAUSE WE KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING RELATIVE TO DENSITY AND WHAT THAT DOES WITH TRANSPORTATION.
THEN AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AND PRESERVATION CONGRUENT WITH CLIMATE CHANGE.
THESE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THEY WILL BE LOOKING AT, AND THIS OF COURSE, ARE THE ELEMENTS OF THIS AFFORDABLE HOUSING MASTER PLAN THAT IS CURRENTLY UNDERWAY WITH BROWARD COUNTY.
WHAT ARE WE DOING NOW? WE'RE PRESERVING AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS TO THE MINOR HOME REPAIR PROGRAM, SO CURRENTLY WE HAVE THE MINOR HOME REPAIR PROGRAM THAT IS VERY SUCCESSFUL.
OFTENTIMES WE RECEIVED MORE APPLICATIONS THAN WE CAN ASSESS, BUT THIS HELPS US TO PRESERVE AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS.
WE GO IN AND DO MINOR REPAIR UP TO $60,000 AND IT KEEPS THOSE PROPERTY OWNERS IN THEIR UNITS AND KEEP THOSE UNITS CONTINUE TO BE AFFORDABLE.
WE ALSO PROVIDE DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE FOR A FIRST-TIME HOMEBUYER PROGRAM UP TO $60,000 FOR FIRST FOR SECURITY FOR CLOSING COSTS AND DOWN PAYMENT AND SIX CENT FOR THE FIRST TIME HOMEBUYER PROGRAM.
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WE WERE RECENTLY AWARDED $350,000 THROUGH OUR CONGRESSWOMAN FOR THE FIRST-TIME HOMEBUYER PROGRAM.THEN WE ALSO HAVE THE CITY'S AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST FUND, WHERE SOME OF THE RECENT DEVELOPMENTS PAY INTO A TRUST FUND FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING WHICH WE USE FOR THE FIRST-TIME HOMEBUYER PROGRAM.
WE ALSO PROVIDE MORTGAGE, RENT, AND UTILITY ASSISTANCE.
WE HAVE DONE THAT LIKE FIVE TIMES THROUGH COVID.
I THINK WE HAVE A SIX ROUND COMING.
WE'RE WAITING ON AN ALLOCATION FROM THE STATE A $181,000 THAT WE'RE WAITING TO COME THROUGH, WHICH WE WILL OPEN ROUND SIX WHERE IT WILL BE PROVIDING AND RENT AND UTILITY ASSISTANCE THROUGH OUR RESIDENTIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
THESE ARE THE INITIATIVES THAT WE HAVE NOW.
BUT IN TERMS OF WHAT ELSE WE CAN DO, WE ARE WORKING ON THE INCLUSIONARY ZONING ORDINANCE THAT YOU HAVE ASKED US TO PUT TOGETHER.
WE EXPECT TO HAVE THAT BACK BEFORE YOU IN THE NEXT MONTH OR TWO.
WE ARE LOOKING AT TWO DIFFERENT MECHANISM, WHETHER A VOLUNTARY OR MANDATORY OR A COMBINATION.
WE'RE LOOKING AT OTHER MUNICIPALITY TO SEE WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
FOR THE MANDATORY IT MEANS THAT IF YOU ARE BUILDING OVER A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF DWELLING UNITS THAN YOU WOULD HAVE TO PROVIDE AFFORDABLE UNITS AS A PART OF YOUR DEVELOPMENT.
THIS IS SOMEWHAT DIFFICULT BECAUSE THE STATE OF FLORIDA SAYS, ONCE YOU DO THESE TYPE OF INCLUSIONARY ZONING, THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE DEVELOPER IS MADE WHOLE.
WE ARE LOOKING AT PROVIDING FLEX UNITS, REDEVELOPMENT UNITS IN OUR LOCAL ACTIVITY CENTER.
WE ALSO HAVE UNITS THAT ARE AVAILABLE BUT WE HAVE TO PROVIDE SOME MECHANISM TO THE DEVELOPER TO MAKE SURE THEIR WHOLE IN ORDER TO REQUIRE THAT THEY PROVIDE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
THIS IS JUST SOME OF THE VOLUNTARY AND MANDATORY LANGUAGE THAT WE HAVE FOUND IN OTHER MUNICIPALITIES AND WHAT WE INTEND TO ASSESS AND CONSIDER WHEN WE BRING FORWARD LEGISLATION TO YOU.
WHAT ELSE CAN WE DO? THE RENTAL ASSISTANCE, WHICH IS A GAP ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
YOU'LL SEE WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THAT A BIT IN THE NEXT ITEM, WHICH IS ON THE RPA FUNDS THAT WE INTEND TO PROVIDE TO THE COMMUNITY, WHICH WILL PROVIDE FOR A $3,500 ASSISTANCE FOR RENTAL RESIDENTS WHOSE BRANDS HAVE INCREASED MORE THAN FIVE PERCENT FROM THE START OF THE PANDEMIC, A MAXIMUM OF $3,500 WILL BE PROVIDED FOR UP TO SIX MONTHS OF ASSISTANCE.
WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE RPA BUDGET.
THEN WE WERE ALSO ASKED TO AMEND THE LOCAL ASSISTANCE PLAN, WHICH IS OUR LHAP, WHICH WE WILL DO IN THE NEXT MONTH OR TWO AND PROVIDE A RENTAL STRATEGY.
WE CURRENTLY DO NOT HAVE A RENTAL STRATEGY, BUT THAT STRATEGY WILL PROVIDE EVEN MORE ASSISTANCE.
THIS MAY INCLUDE UTILITY DEPOSIT, SECURITY DEPOSITS AND EVICTION PREVENTION UP TO SIX MONTHS RENT FOR HOUSEHOLDS THAT ARE VERY LOW OR LOW INCOME.
AS YOU CAN SEE WHEN I SHOWED YOU THE RENTAL CHART, THAT'S OUR MOST IMPACTED SEGMENT OF THE COMMUNITY SO THAT RENTAL STRATEGY WILL ADDRESS THOSE PEOPLE.
THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE AT THIS TIME.
I DON'T THINK THE FUNDS ARE YET AVAILABLE.
I THINK WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF LOOKING AT THE GUIDELINES.
I NEED TO CHECK TO SEE WHEN, BUT IT WILL BE THIS FISCAL YEAR.
DEFINITELY AND THEN [BACKGROUND] YES.
THE GUIDELINES ARE ALREADY IT WILL BE CONSISTENT WITH OUR FIRST-TIME HOMEBUYER GUIDELINES THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE, SO WE WILL NOT BE DEVELOPING NEW GUIDELINES IS JUST WHEN THOSE FUNDS BECOME AVAILABLE.
>> VAL WILL BE HERE LATER ON TODAY AND SHE SHOULD BE ABLE TO TELL US ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON WITH IT FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF ACTUALLY DRAWING THAT FUNDING DOWN BECAUSE IT WAS JUST APPROVED AT THE END OF DECEMBER.
>> DID YOU ALL HAVE A QUESTION FOR ME? I'M SORRY. IT WAS HARD TO HEAR.
>> THANK YOU. WE'LL YOU REMIND YOU TO TURN YOUR CARD OVER SO I KNOW YOU WISH TO SPEAK, PLEASE, AND THEN ALSO TURN YOUR MICS ON WHEN YOU SPEAK.
>> WHAT ABOUT PROVISIONS DO YOU HAVE IN PLACE FOR LIKE LONGTIME BROAD OR TAMARAC RESIDENTS? LET'S SEE FOR EXAMPLE.
A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE MOVING THERE FROM CALIFORNIA AND NEW YORK IN THOSE PLACES, SO THEY'RE THE ONES THAT HAVE DRIVEN UP THE HOUSING COSTS.
WHAT DO WE HAVE IN PLACE TO SEE SOMEONE EVER LIVED IN BROWARD FOR LIKE FIVE YEARS OR 10 YEARS.
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SOMEONE LIKE ME WHO'S LIVED THERE FOR LIKE 20 YEARS.A LOT OF YOUNG PEOPLE DON'T COME BACK HOME BECAUSE THE RENTS AND ALL THAT STUFF.
WHAT IS IN PLACE THAT WE HAVE TO SIT AS A PROVISION FOR PEOPLE BEING A LONGTIME RESIDENT.
>> COMMISSIONER, THE PROGRAM CURRENTLY DOESN'T HAVE ANY PRIORITY FOR BROWARD COUNTY.
NOTHING LIKE THAT IS IN PLACE.
WE JUST ENCOURAGED FOR US BECAUSE OF THE DIFFICULTIES WE'VE HAD WITH THE FIRST-TIME HOMEBUYER PROGRAM, I'M ASSUMING YOU'RE REFERRING TO BECAUSE OF THE DIFFICULTIES WE HAVE HAD IN CLOSING, WE WENT AHEAD AND CHANGE A PROGRAM.
I THINK IT WAS LAST YEAR WHERE IT'S FIRST READY, FIRST AVAILABLE.
WHEN YOU'RE READY TO CLOSE, THAT'S WHEN WE'LL COME IN AND PROVIDE THE GAP AND ASSIST YOU.
BUT WE DO NOT HAVE ANY PRIORITY CATEGORY OR SET ASIDE FOR BROWARD RESIDENTS CURRENTLY.
>> THANK YOU. I WOULD JUST LIKE IF YOU WOULD THE EXAMPLE YOU GAVE ABOUT THE 50 GOING UP TO 60 UNITS.
WHEN THE DENSITY COMES IN, IS THAT FOR ANOTHER SIX UNITS TO MAKE IT 66 UNITS OR WITHIN THE 60 UNITS? I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT WAS CLEAR.
IF IT'S AN EXTRA SIX UNITS, THAT WOULD BE THERE AN EXTRA NINE UNITS THAT WOULD BE IN THERE.
>> FOR US TO DISCUSS WITH OUR INVOLUNTARY MANDATORY INCLUSION.
>> ABSOLUTELY. DENSITY IS GOING TO BE AN IMPORTANT DISCUSSION BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW, TAMARAC AND MOST ABROAD COUNTY IS A BUILD-OUT COMMUNITY.
IT MEANS THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GO HIGHER AND GO MORE DENSE IN ORDER TO ADDRESS THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING CRISIS.
WHETHER IT'D BE MARKET OR LOW OR OTHERWISE, AND SO STAFF WILL BE BRINGING FORWARD AS SOON AS FEBRUARY, THAT DISCUSSION AS IT RELATES TO ONE PARTICULAR PROPERTY WHERE WE HAVE AN APPLICATION FILE WHERE WE NEED TO START HAVING THAT DISCUSSION RELATIVE TO LOOKING AT INCREASING DENSITY.
>> THEN ALSO WITHIN THE DISCUSSION OF THAT, YOU MENTIONED IT, BUT THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND ROADWAYS AND EVERYTHING THAT GOES TOGETHER AND OUR IMPACT FEES DO APPLY TO THESE UNITS AS WELL.
>> THIS WAY FOR MORE POLICE, MORE FIRE, WHATEVER WE NEED TO DO FOR SERVICES FOR THE CITY.
>> I KNOW YOU'LL BRING IT BACK TO US.
SOME OF THIS CONVERSATION IS PROBABLY BETTER FOR THE USE OF FUNDS.
WHEN YOU BRING IT BACK, ALSO THE MADE WHOLE SEGMENT BY THE STATE, MEANING THAT IF I'M A DEVELOPER HERE AND YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE ME BUILD MORE UNITS SO I CAN HAVE AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THERE, THE BURDEN FALLS BACK, SO I'M NOT AS A DEVELOPER SPENDING ANY MORE MONEY THAN I NEED TO FOR THAT MADE WHOLE FORM.
THESE INCLUSIONARY UNITS HAVE WORKED VERY WELL IN UTAH.
THEY'RE BEAUTIFUL. I WENT TO THE FACILITIES THERE AND IN CLEVELAND AND A COUPLE OF OTHER LOCATIONS. THEY CAN BE DONE.
THEY CAN ALSO BE A MANAGEMENT WAY OF CONVERTING FROM RENTAL TO FIRST-TIME HOMEBUYER FOR AN OPTION OF RENT OR PURCHASE.
WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT OUR PLANS FOR THE FUTURE, MAYBE WE CAN ALSO LOOK INTO THAT IF WE CAN ADD THAT AS A SEGMENT OF WHAT MIGHT BE ABLE TO BE DONE.
FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN I WAS AT CLEVELAND, THEY HAVE THE DENSITY BONUS UNITS THAT WERE BUILT IN, BUT IN SOME OF THEM, INSTEAD OF IT BEING A 30-YEAR HOLD FOR THAT UNIT TO BE SWITCHED OVER TO SOMEBODY ELSE, IF I LIVED IN THAT UNIT FOR 17 YEARS, PART OF MY RENT IS GOING TOWARDS OWNING THAT UNIT, AND THEN I CAN HAVE AN OPTION TO PURCHASE IT AT A FAIR MARKET VALUE, REASONABLE RATE GRANT FUNDS, THERE IS SOME STUFF THAT WAS DONE THERE TO MAKE THAT NOW AN AFFORDABLE UNIT FOR NO MORE RENT, BUT NOW A FIRST-TIME HOMEBUYER.
THERE'S SOME CREATIVE OPTIONS THERE TO BE ABLE TO GIVE SOME HOMEOWNERSHIP TO PEOPLE, BUT ALSO SOME PEOPLE LIKE TO RENT.
THEN THERE WAS AN ARTICLE IN THE PAPER YESTERDAY, I GUESS, IT WAS, YES, YESTERDAY.
VACATION RENTALS ADDING TO SOUTH FLORIDA AS HOUSING CRUNCH, A STUDY SUGGESTS WHETHER IT COULD BE POSSIBLY UP TO NINE OR 10,000 MORE UNITS ON THE MARKET FOR PEOPLE TO RENT THEIR HOMES OUT.
THAT IS NOT BEING DONE BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO VACATION RENTALS, AND THERE IS SOME CORRELATION THAT IT IS ADDING TO SOME OF THE HIGHER PRICES.
HOW IS OUR VACATION RENTAL SITUATION? IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE INFORMATION NOW, WHEN YOU COME BACK TO US WITH THIS, IF YOU WOULD, I'D APPRECIATE KNOWING A LITTLE BIT MORE TOO.
>> REMEMBER, MAYOR, WE HAVE A REGISTRATION PROGRAM WHERE A PREEMPTED FROM PROHIBITING VACATION RENTALS, SO WE JUST HAVE THEM REGISTER AND WE STILL HAVE A PARTNERSHIP WITH AN AGENCY THAT HELPS US TO CONDUCT A SEARCH.
THEY WILL SEARCH TO SEE IF SOMEONE IS ADVERTISING VACATION RENTAL AND IF THEY ARE AND THEY'RE NOT REGISTERED WITH US AND WE'LL SEND THEM A VIOLATION NOTICE AND ENCOURAGED THEM TO COME IN AND REGISTER WITH US.
THE REGISTRATION PROCESS WILL JUST REQUIRE THEM TO BRING IN A LEASE AND REGISTER THEIR PROPERTY.
THAT WAY WE KNOW THAT THEY'RE OFFERING THE PROPERTY FOR VACATION RENTAL.
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AS IT IS, I THINK, WE HAVE LESS THAN 10 THAT ARE REGISTERED.>> THERE'S IS MORE THAN THAT. BUT ANYWAY, I APPRECIATE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND SEEING THERE'S NO OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM. [INAUDIBLE]
>> IS THERE A CORRELATION BETWEEN THE CITY'S MEDIAN INCOME, AND THE ABILITY TO ATTRACT OTHER BUSINESSES OR RESTAURANTS TO THE CITY?
>> I THINK FROM AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PERSPECTIVE, YES, THERE'S ALWAYS THAT CORRELATION, AND SO THAT'S WHY IT'S IMPORTANT, AT LEAST IN MY OPINION, THAT YOU BUILD AND YOU PROVIDE HOUSING THAT HELPS TO DIVERSIFY THAT INCOME AND INCREASE, WHICH IT HAS GONE UP AT LEAST FROM THE LAST CENSUS, YOU KNOW THAT IT HAS GONE UP.
BUT YES, THERE IS A DISTINCT CORRELATION BETWEEN THAT. YES.
>> IF WE BUILD AFFORDABLE HOUSING THAT ATTRACTS RESONANCE WITH LOWER INCOME, SO WITH THAT, THEN REDUCE THE MEDIAN INCOME OF THE CITY?
>> WELL, WHAT WE'RE SHOWING FOR TAMARAC, WHICH IS WHY I INCLUDED THOSE TAMARAC SPECIFIC SLIDES IS FROM A BUYER PERSPECTIVE.
WE ARE OKAY WITH VERY LOW AND LOW PROPERTIES THAT ARE AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE.
IT'S AN ANOMALY. THAT'S NOT WHAT YOU'RE SEEING IN OTHER BROAD COUNTY CITIES.
FROM A PURCHASE PERSPECTIVE, WE'RE OKAY WITH THAT INVENTORY.
THE INVENTORY THAT WE'RE NOT OKAY WITH IS THE MARKET RATE INVENTORY, WHICH IS THE INVENTORY WE REALLY WANT TO ATTRACT AN INCREASE.
THEN ON THE RENTAL SIDE, THAT'S WHEN WE HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE LOW AND THE VERY LOW.
WHEN YOU ARE DOING THIS INCLUSIONARY ZONING AND YOU'RE JUST PROVIDING A FEW OF THOSE UNITS BECAUSE WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING IS THAT MARKET RATES STILL BE BUILT, AND THEN A FEW OF THOSE UNITS BE PROVIDED IN THAT DEVELOPMENT.
IT WON'T HAVE THAT DETRIMENTAL IMPACT THAT YOU WERE THINKING BECAUSE WE'RE STILL DOING MARKET WITH THE DEVELOPER PROVIDING A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE DEPENDENT ON THE DENSITY BONUS THAT WE PROVIDE.
IT'S NOT A STRAIGHT OUT CALL TO BUILD AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT.
IT'S JUST BRINGING SOME UNITS IN TO SUPPLEMENT THAT MARKET RATE.
>> DO YOU HAVE A CLARIFICATION BECAUSE I HAVE TWO OTHERS?
>> NO. THERE WAS A POINTS YOU BROUGHT UP AND MY OFFICE WILL BE WORKING WITH, HONESTLY, WITH MS. CALLOWAY.
ONE OF THE AREAS THAT WE HAVE TO BE COGNIZANT AND I'VE SEEN IT HAPPEN IS THE CONVERSION APARTMENTS AND CONDOS, AND THAT WE SHOULD TAKE OBVIOUSLY, CONDO LAWS ALLOW MENTORS TO HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO PURCHASE.
BUT IF WE'RE HAVING THAT DENSITY BONUS THAT WE INTEND TO PROVIDE THIS ORDINANCE, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CONVERSION PROCESS ALSO TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION.
>> THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER DANIEL AND THEN COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS.
>> I JUST WANTED TO KNOW WHEN YOU SAID NOT ALL OF OUR PRICES BEING DOWN, IS THAT BECAUSE OF THE AGE RESTRICTION ON SOME OF THE APARTMENTS.
>> YOU SPEAK VERY LOUD, DON'T BE AFRAID.
>> I'M NOT AFRAID [LAUGHTER] IS THAT THE REASONING WORD?
>> COMMISSIONER, IT'S A COUPLE OF REASONS.
WE WERE BUILT AS A RETIREMENT COMMUNITY.
WE HAVE SMALLER UNITS AND THEN WHAT WE SEE IS THAT WE HAVE THE CONDOS THAT ARE SELLING.
FOR OUR FIRST-TIME HOMEBUYER PROGRAM, THE PRODUCT THAT WE'RE SELLING THAT WE'RE CLOSING MOSTLY ARE CONDOS.
LIKE I SAID, THE MOST RECENT ONE WAS IN THE GREENS THAT WE CLOSED FOR ABOUT 150,000.
IT'S RIGHT NEXT DOOR GOLF COURSE.
>> AND IS IT FOR ALL AGE GROUP?
>> THE GREENS? YES. THAT TOO THE AGE-RESTRICTED COMMUNITY, THOSE ARE SMALLER UNITS, SO THAT'S MAINTAINING THAT AFFORDABILITY AS WELL.
>> THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS.
>> THANK YOU, MAYOR. JUMPING INTO VICE MAYOR'S QUESTION, YOU MENTIONED THAT THE PURCHASES THERE'S PLENTY OF INVENTORY.
BUT THAT PLENTY OF INVENTORY IS JUST CONDOS, RIGHT?
>> BECAUSE THERE'S NO HOUSE UNDER 200,000.
I'M PRETTY SURE THERE'S ONE OR TWO, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CONDOS.
>> IN SOME OF THE COMMUNITIES ARE YEAH.
IT'S JUST THE NATURE OF OUR COMMUNITY.
>> THAT'S WHAT I WAS WONDERING.
BASED ON WHAT HE'S JUST SAID, IF YOU EXTRACT THE 55 AND OLDER, WHAT DO YOU GET A DRASTICALLY DIFFERENT NUMBER?
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SO THEY DIDN'T DO THAT EQUATION.IT'S POSSIBLE, BUT WE DO HAVE CONDOS THAT ARE NOT RESTRICTED TO 55 AND OLDER.
THE CLOSINGS THAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING ARE NOT 55 AND OLDER PURCHASER.
THESE ARE BUYERS THAT ARE PROBABLY IN THEIR 30S BUT IT'S YOUNG ENOUGH BUYERS WERE NOT CLOSING ON OVER 55.
>> THANK YOU. IF YOU CAN, WHEN WE BRING THIS BACK, IF WE COULD HAVE AN IDEA OF HOW MANY 55 AND OLDER ARE LEFT IN OUR STUDY BECAUSE IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING SEVERAL OF THEM HAVE CONVERTED TO NOT BEING 55 AND OLDER.
THERE'S NOT AS MANY AS THERE USED TO BE.
THEN OUR CITY ATTORNEY MADE A GOOD POINT ABOUT THE CONDO CONVERSIONS WITH SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT CONDOS ARE HAVING WITH THE RENTS BEING INCREASED, THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE LOOKING CONDOS TO BE BY INVESTORS BUYING OUT THE UNITS THROUGH FORECLOSURE SALES COMING IN, CHANGING OUR MAP AND EITHER RENTING THEM OUT THEMSELVES AS FULL CONDOS AND SELLING THEM OR CONVERTING THEM INTO AN APARTMENT PROCESS.
SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS PROBABLY VERY MUCH ON THE HORIZON FOR SOME OF THE PLACES IN OUR CITY.
THANKFULLY, SOME OF OUR RESIDENTS ARE STARTING TO STAND UP TO IT.
LET'S HOPEFULLY, THEY WILL BE ABLE TO, AND HOPEFULLY WHATEVER SYSTEM WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO BRING, WILL HELP THEM NOT BE KICKED OUT OF THEIR HOMES. COMMISSIONER RAY.
>> I SAW AN ARTICLE A FEW YEARS AGO WHERE AMAZON IS BUILDING FOR $2 BILLION FUND TO BUILD AFFORDABLE HOMES AND COMMUNITIES WHERE THEY OPERATE.
BEING THAT THEY HAVE A WAREHOUSE OR INNER CITY, IS THAT SOMETHING WE'VE LOOKED INTO, LIKE TAPPING INTO THAT FUNDS THAT AMAZON HAS CREATED IN TERMS OF PRIVATE-PUBLIC PARTNERSHIP?
>> I DIDN'T HEAR ABOUT THAT, COMMISSIONER.
THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP, BUT NO, THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT'S ON OUR RADAR OR NOT SOMETHING THAT WE'VE LOOKED INTO.
>> SOMETHING THAT I THINK WE SHOULD TAKE A LOOK AT BECAUSE I STARTED A FEW YEARS AGO FOR A $2 BILLION FUND THAT THEY CREATED TO PROVIDE AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND COMMUNITIES WAY TO OPERATE.
SEEING NOTHING FURTHER NOW, THEN WE WILL NOW GO TO OUR SECOND ITEM,
[1.b American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) Housing Community Initiatives Discussion]
THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT, ARPA HOUSING COMMUNITY INITIATIVES DISCUSSION, ALSO PRESENTED BY MS. GALLOWAY OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR.SO THE CORONAVIRUS LOCAL AND RECOVERY FUNDS PROGRAM IS A PART OF THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN AND IT DELIVERS $350 BILLION IN STATE, LOCAL, AND TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO SUPPORT THEIR RESPONSE TO AND RECOVERING FROM COVID-19 PANDEMIC.
TAMARACS ALLOCATION WAS 10,897,007 AND RECIPIENT GOVERNMENTS HAVE A ONCE IN A GENERATION OPPORTUNITY TO INVEST THESE FUNDS TO BOOST THE SUPPLY OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN A VARIETY OF WAYS.
THE BENEFICIARIES OF THESE FUNDS NEED TO BE UP TO 80 PERCENT AREA MEDIAN INCOME.
SO THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE PROPOSED BUDGET THAT WE HAVE 897,007 WAS ALLOCATED TO THE HOUSE AND DIVISION FOR EXPENDITURE.
SO WE'RE BRINGING FORWARD, OF COURSE, FOR DISCUSSION THIS PROPOSED BUDGET.
THE FIRST LINE ITEM IN THE BUDGET IS THE HOUSING STABILIZATION SERVICES AND I JUST WANT TO REMIND YOU THAT BACK IN 2021, WE WERE ASKED TO PUT TOGETHER AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING TASK FORCE WHICH WE DID.
THIS WAS LATE 2021 AND WE DID THAT EARLY 2022.
IT'S COMPRISED OF FIVE MEMBERS AND THE SCOPE, OF COURSE, WAS TO PARTNER WITH THE COUNTY AND TRY TO BRING FORWARD SERVICES TO THE HOMELESS POPULATION THAT WE HAVE IN OUR CITY, ULTIMATELY, TO ERADICATE HOMELESSNESS IN THE CITY OF TAMARAC.
SO WE WENT AHEAD AND REQUESTED A PROPOSAL FROM THE TASK FORCE FOR ENDING HOMELESSNESS.
THEY ARE THE PREDOMINANT TASK FORCE AND THE COUNTY THAT PROVIDES SERVICES IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COUNTY.
THEY PROVIDED A PROPOSAL TO US OF $152,000 FOR STREET OUTREACH.
WE BROUGHT THE PROPOSAL TO THE TASK FORCE, WE HAD A DISCUSSION.
INITIALLY, THE PROPOSAL WAS GREATER THAN 152, AND THE TASK FORCE ASKED US TO GO BACK TO THE COUNTY TO SEE IF THEY CAN REDUCE THAT AND THEY REDUCE IT TO 152, WHICH IS THE LEAST I BELIEVE AMOUNT OF SERVICE AND COST THAT THEY CAN PROVIDE.
THIS WOULD PROVIDE HOUSING STABILITY SERVICES FOR ONE YEAR FROM THE DATE OF CONTRACT FOR INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, IT SAYS 80 HOURS PER WEEK, WHICH IS 1,200 HOURS ANNUALLY.
IT'S 80 HOURS BECAUSE IT'S TWO PEOPLE THAT'S BEING DISPATCHED DAILY TO TAMARAC TO HELP WITH THE HOMELESS POPULATION.
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WE WENT BACK AND ASKED WHETHER OR NOT THERE IS ANY WAY TO DECREASE THAT EVEN FURTHER AND APPARENTLY THERE'S A SAFETY ISSUE RELATIVE TO DISPATCHING PEOPLE OUT TO HELP THE HOMELESS.SO TWO PEOPLE HAVE TO GO OUT GIVEN THE MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES THAT THE HOMELESS POPULATION OFTENTIMES MIGHT HAVE.
SO THE METHOD OF IMPLEMENTATION IS STREET OUTREACH WITH THE OBJECTIVE, OF COURSE, TO REMOVE THESE PEOPLE OFF THE STREET AND TO PROVIDE HOUSING STABILIZATION.
SO THIS WOULD BE A TEAM OF TWO TO OFFER SERVICES SUCH AS HOUSING, MENTAL HEALTH, COUNSELING, REUNIFICATION IF THERE'S FAMILY MEMBERS, THEY CAN BE REUNIFIED WITH AND FOOD, ETC.
AS YOU CAN SEE, OF COURSE FROM THIS SLIDE, AS OF LAST WEEK OUR COUNT IS 14 HOMELESS.
THE DATABASE SHOWS 15, BUT WE HAD ASSISTANT FROM BSL AND DEPUTY MARION REPORTED THAT AS OF LAST WEEK WE HAD A COUNT OF 14 AND A POINT-OF-TIME COUNT COMPARISON IS 15.
THE NEXT SLIDE ITEM IS A SINGLE-FAMILY ROOF AND WINDOWS PROGRAM.
WE ARE PROPOSING TO ALLOCATE 505,307 TO THIS PROGRAM.
THIS WILL HELP US TO ADDRESS THE RECENT WAVE WE HAVE SEEN WITH INSURANCE THREAT OF CANCELLATION.
BUT WE HAVE GOTTEN SOME CALLS IN OUR OFFICE FROM PEOPLE WHO HAVE RECEIVED LETTERS FROM THEIR INSURANCE COMPANY THAT'S THREATENING TO CANCEL THEIR INSURANCE UNLESS THEIR ROOF IS REPAIRED AND SO WE WANT TO PRIORITIZE THOSE PEOPLE FIRST PROVIDING, OF COURSE, THEY MEET THE 80 PERCENT AMI.
WE BELIEVE THIS CAN ASSIST 20 HOUSEHOLD IN THE CITY.
THE NEXT LINE ITEM IS THE RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
WE'RE PROPOSING TO ALLOCATE $100,000 TOWARDS THIS AND THIS IS A PROGRAM THAT YOU HAVE ASKED US TO BRING BACK LAST YEAR WHEN WE HAD THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING DISCUSSION.
THIS WILL HELP RENTERS PAY FOR THE RISING COST OF HOUSING.
THIS WILL PROVIDE NO MORE THAN $3,500 FOR UP TO SIX MONTHS OF ASSISTANCE IF YOUR RENT, SINCE COVID INCREASED BY FIVE PERCENT.
THIS WILL HELP US TO ASSIST APPROXIMATELY 28 HOUSEHOLDS.
THE PUBLIC SERVICE CATEGORY, WE HAVE SEEN A MARKET INCREASE IN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
I DON'T KNOW WHY I HAD A BRAIN FREEZE IN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SINCE COVID AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S ATTRIBUTED TO PEOPLE STAYING AT HOME AND THE ENVIRONMENT GETTING TOXIC BUT WE HAVE SEEN AN INCREASE.
THIS IS A WAY OF HOUSING FOLKS AS WELL, BUT THIS IS HOUSING WOMEN AND THEIR CHILDREN IN PARTNERSHIP WITH WOMEN IN DISTRESS UNTIL WE'RE PROPOSING TO ALLOCATE $50,000 TO THIS INITIATIVE.
BECAUSE THIS IS AN ADDED WORKLOAD TO OUR OFFICE, WE ARE PROPOSING 10 PERCENT TO BE INCLUDED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS, WHICH IS 89,700.
THIS WOULD HELP US WITH THE NEIGHBORLY SOFTWARE WHICH IS A PROGRAM THAT WE USE FOR THE HOUSING DIVISION AND OUR CONSULTING SERVICES IN THE PAST, WE HAVE USED [INAUDIBLE] AND SO WE MIGHT BE USING THEM AGAIN JUST TO HELP US TO ADMINISTER THE ENTIRE PROGRAM.
I THINK THIS IS THE LAST SLIDE, BUT IT'S NOT.
THAT'S HOW WE PROPOSE TO SPEND 897,007 SO IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS [OVERLAPPING]
>> MR. VILLALOBOS AND THEN COMMISSIONER RAY.
>> JUST A QUESTION, MS. MAXINE. THANK YOU, MAYOR.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH THE SISTER CITIES, WHERE WE HAVE COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD, TACO BELL? WE ALL KNOW THE ISSUE THERE.
>> CAN YOU TALK MORE INTO THE MICROPHONE.
>> WHERE WE CAN HAVE THEM ON OUR SIDE.
ONCE ACROSS COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD INTO LAUDERHILL, THEY'RE THE SAME PERSON.
ARE WE DOING ANY TYPE OF PARTNERSHIPS WITH LAUDERHILL, NORTH LAUDERDALE? I GUESS IT'S A NO.
>> YEAH. THIS PROPOSAL WOULD JUST BE FOR CITY OF TAMARAC AND WHAT WE SEE IS THE 14-15 IN TERMS OF OUR HOMELESS POPULATION.
>> WHAT I'VE NOTICED IS THEY'LL JUMP WHEN BSO SAYS, HEY, YOU NEED TO GET OUT, AND THEN WHEN BSO LEAVES, THEY JUMP BACK OVER.
I KNOW THAT PARTICULAR AREA WILL BE DIFFERENT ONCE THE APARTMENTS ARE BUILT WHERE THE OLD TARGET IS AND WHEN THEY REVAMP THE PLAZA.
I'M SURE THEY WILL NOT HAVE THAT PROBLEM THERE.
JUST WANTED TO KNOW WHAT WE WERE DOING FOR THAT AREA BECAUSE THAT AREA IS ON A DAILY AN ISSUE.
I KNOW THAT BSO AND JENNIFER IS HERE, DEPUTY MARION HAS WORKED WITH THE SURROUNDING POLICE DEPARTMENTS AS WELL ON APPROACHING THE HOMELESSNESS ISSUES SO THAT THERE'S SOME PARTNERSHIP RECOGNIZING EXACTLY WHAT YOU SAID TO BE THE CASE.
>> ONE MORE THING. YOU SAID WE WENT FROM 15-14 FOR ONE INDIVIDUAL?
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>> YEAH. IT'S JUST THAT THE DEPUTIES ACCOUNT IS AS OF LAST WEEK AND WHAT I SHOWED YOU WAS A REAL INSIGHT, THE COUNTY'S DATABASE THAT MAINTAINS SO IT JUST SPEWED OFF BY ONE.
>> OKAY. THE REASON I WAS ASKING, I WAS WONDERING IF THERE WAS SOME HELP GIVEN AND A LIFE WAS TRANSFORMED AND HOW DID IT HAPPEN.
>> BUT JUST TO RESPOND COMMISSIONER TOO, WHEN THE PERSON IS IN OUR CITY AND THEN THEY GO OVER TO LAUDERHILL LAKES OR TO LAUDERHILL AND THEN BACK IN THE CITY, WHICH IS WHY THIS 80 HOUR ON GROUND.
WHEN THEY ARE IN OUR CITY AND WE'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE THE SERVICE, THAT WILL BE CONSTANT.
THIS IS 80 HOURS A WEEK WITH THE TWO INDIVIDUAL MEANING THAT THEY'RE COMING TO THE CITY ON A DAILY BASIS.
ON THOSE DAYS THAT THIS INDIVIDUAL IS OVER IN THE CITY OF TAMARAC BOUNDARIES, THEN THERE CAN BE ASSISTANCE AND CONTINUOUS ASSISTANCE THAT'S PROVIDED.
WE KNOW TACO BELL IS AN ISSUE.
SALVATION ARMY WAS AN ISSUE UNTIL THEY PUT THE BIN BUSINESS.
WHAT ARE WE DOING AGAINST TACO BELL AND MCDONALD'S IS PRETTY GOOD.
ARE WE DOING ANYTHING TO FINE THEM? I KNOW IT'S A TOPIC THAT'S IT'S DIFFICULT AND I GET IT.
WHAT ARE WE DOING AGAINST TACO BELL? BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY, THEY THREW THEIR HANDS IN THE AIR SAYING THAT'S NOT OUR PROBLEM.
THE LIGHTING THERE IN THE EVENING AND THE NIGHT TIME IS TERRIBLE.
THERE'S ACTUALLY NO LIGHTING, IT'S VERY DARK.
>> WE CAN GO BACK AND ASSESS FROM A SITE PLAN PERSPECTIVE, BUT HOMELESSNESS IS NOT A CRIME AND SO TACO BELL, FOR TRESPASSING, THEY CAN INITIATE SOMETHING FOR TRESPASSING IF THEY WANT TO DO THAT, BUT JUST BEING HOMELESS, THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN DO, BUT IF THE LIGHTING IS NOT SUFFICIENT, WE CAN GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE SITE PLAN JUST TO SEE WHAT WAS APPROVED AND SEE IF THERE'S ANY ENFORCEMENT ISSUE FROM A SITE PLAN PERSPECTIVE, BUT NOT AS IT RELATES TO THE HOMELESSNESS SITUATION.
>> COUPLE OF QUESTION. WHAT WAS THE TOTAL AMOUNT AGAIN?
FOR THE ENTIRE ALLOCATION, FOR ALL THE SERVICES?
>> OKAY. BECAUSE IT SEEMED LIKE SHORT OF A MEAL.
WE COULD HAVE BE PROBABLY MORE IMPACTFUL TO THE RESIDENTS IN TAMARAC IF WE MAKE SOME TYPE OF ADJUSTMENT, IS WHAT I'M THINKING ONCE WE GO THROUGH THE PLANS IN FEBRUARY.
I LOVE WOMEN IN DISTRESS, ONE OF MY FAVORITE ORGANIZATION.
THEY FUNDRAISE AT MY CHURCH ALL THE TIME FOR NOW.
BUT IT SEEMS LIKE WE ARE ONLY IMPACTING LESS THAN 50 RESIDENT.
PEOPLE MIGHT NOT TELL YOU THEIR NEEDS, BUT THEY ARE [INAUDIBLE].
>> IF YOU COULD HOLD OFF UNTIL WE GO THROUGH THE WHOLE [INAUDIBLE]. I'M SORRY.
>> NO, DON'T BE SORRY. THIS IS YOUR OPINION.
THIS IS YOUR FEELINGS OF THE SPENDING OF THIS MONEY AND THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO HEAR.
CATHERINE WERE YOU GOING TO JUMP IN AND SAY SOMETHING OR NO? OKAY. WELL, WHEN IT COMES TO THE HOUSING STABILITY PART OF THIS $152,000 TO PAY FOR TWO INDIVIDUALS, WELL I RESPECT AND APPRECIATE THE BOARD THAT CAME UP WITH A PLAN.
HOMELESSNESS OR PEOPLE WITHOUT A HOME IS TRANSIENT.
OUR CITY, I BELIEVE, HAS DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB DOING WHAT WE CAN WITH THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE COME TO OUR CITY.
WE HAVE TRIED WORKING WITH OUR SISTER CITIES.
IT'S BEEN AN INTERESTING EXPERIMENT THAT HAS GONE NOWHERE UNFORTUNATELY.
I KNOW THAT DEBBIE MARION AND HER TEAM HAS BEEN DOING A GREAT JOB.
WE WERE ABLE TO GET ONE PERSON OFF THE STREET. HE DID ACCEPT HELP.
SHE WAS INSTRUMENTAL WITH THAT WITH ANOTHER GENTLEMAN FROM A RECOVERY PROGRAM FOR THE HOMELESS VOICE AND BEEN A LOT OF COMMUNICATION WITH OUR HOMELESS.
THEY FEEL SAFE HERE. THE GENTLEMAN ON THE BUS BENCH, A NICE GUY, DOESN'T WANT ANY SERVICES EXCEPT WHATEVER MEDICAL HELP HE CAN, BUT DOESN'T WANT TO GO ANYWHERE.
I KNOW YOU HAPPEN TO KNOW A FEW OF THEM, I HAVE THEIR NUMBERS.
SOME OF THEM ARE TRYING TO SAVE MONEY JUST TO GET BACK TO FAMILY IN THE WEST SIDE OF THE COUNTRY.
ANOTHER PERSON, THESE TWO DON'T PANHANDLE.
THEY DO ODD HAND JOBS AND THEY FIND SOMEWHERE SAFE TO SLEEP.
WE HAVE A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT THINGS PLAYING HERE.
WE HAVE THE PANHANDLERS THAT COME INTO OUR CITY BECAUSE THEY KNOW THAT THE PEOPLE DRIVING ALONG COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD, UNIVERSITY MCNABB, AND ROCK ISLAND,
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ARE QUICK TO STICK THEIR HANDS OUT THE WINDOW AND GIVE OUT THE MONEY.IF MAYBE WE WEREN'T SO GENEROUS TO STICK OUR HANDS OUT THE WINDOW AND GIVE PEOPLE MONEY, THEY WOULDN'T.
MAYBE THEY WOULD GO GET SERVICES THAT HAVE BEEN OFFERED BY OUR CITY BSO AND OUR TEAM WHO'VE BEEN TRYING TO HELP WITH HOMELESSNESS, TO ME, PEOPLE WITHOUT A HOME.
PERSONALLY, I WOULD RATHER USE SOME OF THIS MONEY TO GO FOR THOSE PROGRAMS FOR RECOVERY.
FOR ONE THAT I WAS TOLD ABOUT, IT'S A WET SHELTER.
THEY HAVE SOMEBODY COME IN WHO WANTS TO GET OFF THE STREET, BUT THEY CAN'T.
THEY HAVE ABILITY TO SAY, WE WILL WIN YOU OFF OF YOUR ALCOHOL ADDICTION OR YOUR DRUG ADDICTION, AND THEN WE WILL HELP YOU GET BACK INTO SOCIETY.
WE ALSO HAVE AN ORGANIZATION SUCH AS RECOVERY UNPLUGGED, NOT FAR AWAY FROM HERE AS WELL.
THEY USE MUSIC. THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO WANT HELP, BUT THEY DON'T KNOW WHERE TO GO.
THEY CAN'T AFFORD THE SERVICES, SO MAYBE WE SHOULD BE THINKING ABOUT USING SOME OF THAT MONEY TO GO FOR SERVICES SO WHEN JENNIFER AND THE TEAM IS OUT THERE, BSO TEAM IS OUT THERE, THEY HAVE SOMETHING TANGIBLE OTHER THAN LET'S TAKE YOU DOWN TO JAIL OR TAKE YOU TO A SHELTER WHERE WE KNOW YOU DON'T WANT TO BE AND TRY TO HELP REFORM YOUR LIFE.
I THINK PAYING FOR MORE PEOPLE TO PUT ON THE STREET TO DO WHAT BSO WAS ALREADY DOING AND WORKING HARD ON IS NOT A VERY EFFICIENT USE OF FUNDS.
IF 152 DOESN'T GO ALL TO MAYBE A RECOVERY PROGRAM, THEN MAYBE WE SHOULD PUT MORE OF THAT INTO OUR RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM OR INSURANCE PROGRAMS AND WHETHER IT GOES INTO THE VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE BECAUSE UNFORTUNATELY THAT IS VERY EXPENSIVE AS WELL WITH PEOPLE RUNNING AWAY FROM THEIR ABUSERS AND THE KIDS AND RELOCATION AND MEDICAL THAT GOES THERE.
I THINK FOR THOSE THREE, I WOULD RATHER PUT MORE MONEY INTO THOSE THREE VERSUS, FORGIVE ME, PAYING FOR TWO NEW JOBS.
AS FAR AS THE QUESTIONS FOR WHAT TO DO IS BEHIND TACO BELL AND MCDONALD'S AND THE BUILDINGS AROUND THERE, MAYBE IT'S ALSO WE NEED TO CHECK THE MEDIANS.
MAYBE OUR MEDIAN CANDLELIGHT CAN BE CHECKED IF IT'S NOT A SITE PLAN ISSUE.
MAYBE WITH ALL THIS, WE CAN THEN TRY TO FIND SOME ACCOMMODATION FOR THOSE PEOPLE WHO MAYBE THAT PERSON I KNOW WHO JUST WANTS TO GET BACK TO HIS FAMILY IN THE WEST.
WE HAVE $1,200, GIVES THEM THE PLANE TICKET, PACK THEM UP AND HE DOESN'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT TRYING TO FIX HIS BIKE UP WITH A LITTLE SHELTER THAT HE'S GOING TO WITH A HEART CONDITION AND A FORM OF THAT TRYING TO PEDAL HIS WAY ALL THE WAY OUT TO THE WEST.
BECAUSE I THINK THERE'S SOME MORE PLANNING TO DO AND I JUST DON'T THINK THIS IS THE BEST USE OF THE FUNDS FOR THERE.
ANYBODY ELSE HAVE THOUGHTS? VICE MAYOR BOLTON?
>> THANK YOU MAYOR. IS IT ILLEGAL TO FEED THE HOMELESS?
>> NO. IN FACT, ONE OF THE SERVICE IS TO PROVIDE THEM A LOCATION WHERE TO GET FOOD.
I THINK DEPUTY MARION DOES THE SAME THING WHEN SHE GOES OUT THERE.
SHE TELLS THEM WHERE THEY CAN GET SOMETHING TO EAT, SO NO.
>> DOES THE CITY OF FORT LAUDERDALE HAVE SOMETHING ON THEIR BOOKS WHERE IF YOU FEED THE HOMELESS, THEN IT'S A VIOLATION OF EITHER THE CITY ORDINANCE OR IS THAT STATE LAW?
I KNOW THAT THEY HAVE A CHRONIC HOMELESSNESS ISSUE AND SO THEY MIGHT HAVE ADOPTED SOME THINGS.
BUT NO, IN HOMELESS IT'S JUST NOT A CRIME AND FEEDING THEM IS NOT.
>> CAN WE RESEARCH WHAT THE CITY OF FORT LAUDERDALE IS DOING BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THERE HAVE BEEN ISSUES, FOR INSTANCE, WITH DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS AND CHURCHES FEEDING THE HOMELESS IN FORT LAUDERDALE AND SOME ORGANIZATIONS WERE TOLD THAT IT WAS ILLEGAL TO DO SO.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT STATE LAW OR IF THAT'S JUST AN ORDINANCE IN THAT CITY.
MAYBE WE CAN LOOK AT THAT TO SEE IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE COULD DO IN TAMARAC IF THAT'S WORKING.
>> I DO THINK THAT PAYING STAFF TO VISIT WITH THE HOMELESS IS A GOOD USE OF FUNDS.
BECAUSE SOMETIMES TO APPROACH SOMEBODY THAT'S HOMELESS YOU HAVE TO TAKE IT FROM A SOCIAL WORK POINT OF VIEW,
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JUST BEING A GOOD NEIGHBOR, GOING TO TAKE UP A PHONE NUMBER OF SOMEBODY THAT'S HOMELESS, IT'S PROBABLY NOT WISE.YOU PROBABLY NEED SOMEBODY TRAINED, SOMEBODY EXPERIENCED TO HANDLE THAT KIND OF THING.
I DO THINK THAT WE SHOULD LOOK INTO THAT.
FOR THE ENTIRE USE OF THE FUNDS, I PROBABLY DON'T AGREE WITH EVERYTHING.
BUT AS WE KNOW, HOMELESSNESS IS SOMETHING DEAR AND NEAR TO ME.
WHAT HAPPENED TO THE DEVELOPER WHO AGREED TO PROVIDE CHARITABLE FUNDS TO ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS AS WELL?
>> I CAN ANSWER THAT. THAT AGREEMENT WILL BE COMING BACK TO YOU ALL FOR APPROVAL NOW THAT THEY'RE FURTHER ALONG IN THAT PROCESS.
>> HOW MUCH DID WE RECEIVE IN TOTAL IN RPA FUND?
>> TEN MILLION. IT'S RIGHT HERE.
>> I [OVERLAPPING] NOTICED THAT.
>> TEN MILLION, EIGHT HUNDRED AND NINETY SEVEN THOUSAND, ZERO ZERO SEVEN.
WE ARE GETTING TO 897,007 OF THE 10 MILLION.
>> OKAY. DID WE ALREADY SPEND THE 10 MILLION?
>> THE $10 MILLION WE USED, IT WAS FOR REVENUE REPLACEMENT AND THAT WAS USED TO PAY BSO, WHICH WAS AN ALLOWABLE EXPENSE WHICH FREED UP MONEY THAT SOME OF WHICH WE PAID FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS.
>> SINCE THIS IS A NEW COMMISSION, MAYBE IT IS WISE TO SHOW US HOW THAT MONEY WAS SPENT IN DETAIL.
>> WE CAN PRESENT THAT AT OUR STRATEGIC PLANNING IF YOU'D LIKE.
>> RIGHT. I'D PREFER IF STAFF MEET INDIVIDUALLY WITH EACH COMMISSIONER BECAUSE SOME OF US KNOW AND SOME DON'T KNOW.
THEN TO EXPLAIN AS A WHOLE AGAIN.
BUT TO EXPLAIN AS A WHOLE AGAIN, MAYBE IT'S NOT THE BEST USE OF TIME BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO DISCUSS DURING STRATEGIC PLANNING.
IF STAFF COULD CARVE OUT SOME TIME TO DETAIL EXACTLY HOW THAT MONEY WAS SPENT, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
WE ONLY HAVE THEN 897,007 THAT IS NOT SPENT.
>> WE HAVE 897,000 THAT WE WOULD PUT TOWARDS THESE USES.
THE $10 MILLION THAT WAS RECEIVED WAS FOR REVENUE REPLACEMENT AND EARLY ON THE DECISION WAS MADE THAT WE WOULD USE IT FOR PURPOSES OF REPORTING TO MAKE IT EASY WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO USE FOR OUR POLICE SERVICES.
IN ESSENCE, THE MONEY THAT WASN'T SPENT FOR POLICE SERVICES BECAME PART OF OUR GENERAL FUND BALANCE, SOME OF WHICH WAS USED TO PAY FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS.
>> SOME OF THE 10 MILLION IS NOT SPENT YET.
>> CHRISTINE, COULD YOU PLEASE COME UP HERE? I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE INFORMATION I'M PROVIDING IS ACCURATE AND UP-TO-DATE AS IT RELATES TO WHAT'S BEEN SPENT.
CHRISTINE, COULD YOU READ TO FINANCIAL SERVICES?
>> IN ESSENCE, THE $10 MILLION WAS FOR REVENUE REPLACEMENT.
IN 2020, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ASKED US TO DO OUR CALCULATION OF HOW MUCH WE THOUGHT OUR REVENUES WERE GOING TO BE IF COVID HAD NOT HAPPENED.
AT THE TIME IT WAS 7.8 MILLION WAS CALCULATED.
THEY GIVE US HALF OF THE FUNDS AND THEN IN 2021, THEY DECIDED THAT INSTEAD OF ASKING US TO DO ANOTHER CALCULATION AGAIN FOR 2021, THEY WOULD JUST GIVE US A ONETIME 10 MILLION THAT COULD BE FOR REVENUE REPLACEMENT.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO A CALCULATION, YOU DON'T HAVE TO PROVIDE RECEIPTS, YOU DON'T HAVE TO PROVIDE ANYTHING, AND WE DECIDED TO TAKE THAT OPTION OF THE 10 MILLION.
WHAT HAPPENED AFTER THAT IS THAT, THAT 10 MILLION CAME TO US, IT WAS ALLOCATED TO THE GENERAL FUND AND THE NEXT SIDE OF IT WAS WE CAN USE IT FOR ANY OF OUR REGULAR GOVERNMENT SERVICES.
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THE GOVERNMENT SERVICES THAT WE HAD THAT EXCEEDED 10 MILLION WAS OUR PAYMENT TO THE BSO.WE UTILIZED THOSE FUNDS TO PAY FOR THE BSO SERVICES.
THE QUESTION MIGHT BE, WHAT HAPPENED TO THE OTHER FUNDS THAT WE WOULD HAVE USED TO PAY BSO? BECAUSE IT ALL CAME INTO GENERAL FUND AS REVENUE, IT WAS ALLOCATED TO BSO AND ESSENTIALLY DROPPED TO THE BOTTOM LINE.
IT ALL BECAME GENERAL FUND REVENUE NOW WE CAN USE FOR ANY OTHER PURPOSES.
WHAT THE MANAGER IS TRYING TO DO IS SAY THAT, WE HAVE THIS EXTRA FUNDS WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO WITH IT? WE HAD QUITE A FEW CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT WAS DELAYED BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC THAT WE HAD TO PUT OFF AND THEN WE KNOW HOW TO RE-BUDGET.
WHAT WE DID WAS ALL THOSE EXTRA FUND THAT WE HAD, WE RE-BUDGETED FOR A NUMBER CAPITAL PROJECTS.
THAT CONFUSE YOU MORE OR IS BETTER UNDERSTANDING? [LAUGHTER].
>> NO. WE HAVE A REGULAR BUDGET WE BUDGETED TO PAY BSO, THEN WE GOT $10 MILLION, WE ALLOCATED IT TO BSO.
THAT MEANS NOW WE HAVE $10 MILLION THAT WE DIDN'T SPEND DROPPED TO THE BOTTOM LINE.
>> THE QUESTION IS, HOW ARE WE'RE SPENDING THAT BOTTOM LINE?
>> YES. IT MEANS THAT WE HAD ADDITIONAL FUNDS NOW.
>> HAVE YOU SPENT THOSE AND ADDITIONAL FUNDS.
THOSE PROJECTS THAT WE COULDN'T AFFORD TO BUDGET BEFORE, SOME CAPITAL PROJECTS SUCH AS CITY HALL ROOFING, I CAN'T REMEMBER THE OTHER CAPITAL PROJECTS WE DID, WE WERE ABLE TO BUDGET FOR THOSE AND WE HAD THE FUND TO SPEND ON THOSE PROJECTS.
>> SOME OF THOSE PROJECTS ARE STILL ONGOING.
>> IN OUR TALKS WITH CITY COMMISSIONERS, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE WHAT HAS BEEN SPENT AND WHAT HAS NOT BEEN SPENT.
I UNDERSTAND ALLOCATION, I UNDERSTAND ENCUMBERED FUNDS, I GET IT. [OVERLAPPING].
>> IT WASN'T AN IDEA, IT WAS FOR A SPECIFIC PROJECT.
IT WAS, OKAY, THIS IS THE FUNDING THAT WE HAVE OVERALL, WHAT DO WE NEED? WE HAVE EXTRA FUNDS NOW WHAT DO WE NEED? WE WERE ABLE TO BUDGET FOR ADDITIONAL PROJECTS.
I CAN'T SAY SPECIFICALLY THAT ONE IS THAT WE SET ASIDE TO BUY NEW VEHICLE WAS FROM HARPER OR IT WAS FROM TAXES THAT WE RECEIVED THAT YEAR.
IT WASN'T SPECIFIC TO THOSE PROJECTS.
THE ONLY SPECIFICS WE HAD FOR THE HARPER FUND WAS THAT IT WAS SPENT ON BSO.
FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS WHAT HAS HAPPENED IS THAT WHEN WE DO THE BUDGET, ARE OPERATING REVENUE HAS NOT BEEN ENOUGH FOR US TO TO CARRY OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS.
MOST OF WHAT WE BUDGET FOR CAPITAL PROJECT COMES FROM OUR SAVINGS.
THAT EXTRA FUND THAT FELL TO THE BOTTOM LINE WENT INTO OUR SAVINGS.
IT'S ESSENTIALLY OUR SAVINGS WE ARE USING TO FUND THE CAPITAL PROJECT.
>> WE WOULD LIKE AN EXAMPLE OF WHERE WE WEREN'T ABLE TO USE OUR MONEY BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH OPERATING REVENUE.
WE WEREN'T ABLE TO DO A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT THAT WE HAD APPROVED IN OUR PLAN, WASN'T ABLE TO COME TO FRUITION. THEY'D LIKE AN EXAMPLE.
>> WHENEVER WE BRING THE BUDGET FORWARD TO YOU, WE ONLY BRING PROJECTS THAT WE'RE GOING TO FUND FOR THAT YEAR.
WHEN WE ARE APPROPRIATE, WE'RE SAYING THAT THESE ARE THE PROJECTS THAT WE'RE GOING TO TAKE FROM OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND.
WHEN WE DO OUR ANALYSIS, WE ARE NOT ABLE BECAUSE WE DO
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SOME FORMULAS TO SEE HOW MUCH WE'RE GOING TO TAKE FROM OUR SAVINGS.BECAUSE WE'RE NOT GOING TO DUMP ALL OUR SAVINGS ONE YEAR ON ANY SPECIFIC PROJECT.
THAT IS WHAT WE BRING FORWARD TO YOU.
I APOLOGIZE, I DON'T HAVE A LIST OF THE CAPITAL PROJECTS WITH ME AT THE MOMENT.
BUT I CAN PROVIDE THAT TO YOU.
>> YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT WE HAVE FUNDING YOU TO WORK, CAN YOU TELL US.
>> WE ARE FUNDED ANY PROJECT THAT WAS A PART OF THE 2022 OR 2023 BUDGET.
THOSE ARE THE PROJECTS THAT WE FUNDED.
>> WE'VE SPOKEN ABOUT TIME NOT ALREADY.
WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE 89 TO 707.
IS THAT PLAN CHANGEABLE? IS THERE WIGGLE ROOM TO TWEAK IT?
>> WHEN WE DECIDED TO TAKE THAT OPTION WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, WE HAD TO REPORT WHAT OPTIONS WERE TAKEN.
WE ALREADY REPORTED TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THAT WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THE OPTION OF REVENUE REPLACEMENT FOR THE 10 MILLION.
>> I UNDERSTAND. BUT I'M SAYING, WE ALREADY REPORTED IT, WE GOT 10 MILLION, FINE, BUT CAN WE TWEAK THE PLAN OF WHERE THE $10 MILLION GO? DO WE HAVE TO PAY IT TO BE A SOUL? I LOVED BEING SOUL JUST TO GET THEIR MONEY.
DO WE HAVE TO SAY 10 MILLION GOES TO BE AND SO, OR WOULD DO IS SAY EIGHT MILLION GOES TO BE OR SO, TWO MILLION GOES TO FIRE, EIGHT MILLION GOES TO BSO, ONE MILLION GOES TO HERE, ONE GOES TO THERE.
>> MAY I? WE TOLD THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THAT YOU GAVE US MONEY AND WE'RE PAYING BSO.
THAT MONEY THAT WE WOULD HAVE PAID BSO BECAME PART OF OUR FUND BALANCE.
WHAT THE COMMISSION DECIDES TO DO WITH FUND BALANCE IS UP TO THE COMMISSION.
>> I THINK WE BOUGHT TWO RESCUES THIS YEAR.
WE HAVE A COPY OF ALL THE PURCHASES THAT ARE PENDING.
FORGIVE ME THERE'S ALWAYS A RESIDENT TALKING ABOUT.
>> WE BUY A FIRE TRUCK FOR FIRE STATION 36?
HOWEVER, THERE IS A METHOD THAT WILL COME BEFORE YOU REGARDING THE PURCHASE OF A FIRE TRUCK FOR STATION 36.
>> WHERE WOULD THAT MONEY COME?
>> PRESENTLY WE ARE GOING TO SET ASIDE FROM GENERAL FUND THE CAPITAL IN ORDER TO PAY FOR THAT.
>> WE'VE BEEN SAVING FOR THAT FIRE TRUCK IN PARTICULAR OVER MANY YEARS.
WE'RE RIGHT NOW AT THE POINT WHERE WE JUST ABOUT HAVE ENOUGH MONEY AND WE HAVE TO ORDER IT NOW IN ORDER TO GET IT IN THE NEXT TWO YEARS.
WE'VE BEEN SAVING MONEY ALL ALONG FOR THAT TRUCK.
>> RPA CAN BE USED TO PURCHASE THE FIRE TRUCK.
>> WE'RE NOT USING RPA MONEY TO PURCHASE A FIRE TRUCK.
BECAUSE WE TOLD THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WE'RE SPENDING IT ON BSL.
THEN THE MONEY BECOMES GENERAL FUND.
WHICH THEN HAS NO STRINGS ATTACHED TO IT.
>> NOT NECESSARILY. BUT I'LL GET THERE ONE WHERE THERE'S CALLBACKS.
IT COULD BE CALL-BACKS IF THINGS ARE NOT SPENT IN A PROPER MANNER.
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WILL COME BACK AND BE LOOKING AT WHAT THE CITIES HAD SAID THAT WE WILL BE SPENDING OUR MONEY ON.
IF WE DO NOT SPEND OUR MONEY ON IT PROPERLY, THEY COULD COME BACK TO CITIES AND CLAW BACK THE MONEY.
I'M NOT SAYING WE HAVE ANY ISSUE.
MY COMMENT IS GENERALLY, THERE HAS BEEN A PLAN IN PLACE, THINGS HAVE BEEN SPENT ACCORDINGLY.
THERE ARE REASONS FOR WHY THE MONEY WAS ALLOCATED THE WAY IT WAS.
BASED AT THE INFORMATION WE HAVE AT THE TIME, WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR CONTINUING AND COMPLETING THE PROGRAMS. TO CHANGE THINGS MID-STREAM COULD CAUSE OUR CITY TREMENDOUS SETBACK WITH GETTING GRANTS IN THE FUTURE AND OTHER MONEY.
IF WE DON'T CONTINUE ALONG THE PATH THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN PROVIDED TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
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>> CHRISTINE, WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE ALREADY SPOKEN TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
WE KNOW THAT WE ALREADY SAID TO THEM WHAT WE'RE SPENDING THE MONEY ON.
>> WE KNOW THAT THAT 10 MILLION HAS GONE TO BE A SULCUS THAT WAS EASY FOR BUDGET.
>> NOW WE HAVE THE MONEY IN GENERAL FUNDS.
GENERAL FUNDS LARGELY CAN BE SPENT ON ANYTHING NECESSARILY LEGAL.
>> YES. WE JUST HAVE TO BUDGET.
>> [OVERLAPPING] THAT MONEY CANNOT BE CLAWED BACK BECAUSE IT'S NOT THE MONEY FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
IT HAS BEEN OUR GENERAL FUNDS.
>> I JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT CLEAR.
>> WE UNDERSTAND FINANCES. TRUST ME.
LET'S FIGURE OUT THROUGH CONVERSATIONS WITH STAFF INTERNALLY JUST HOW THEN OUR GENERAL FUNDS, THAT EXTRA BUFFER WOULD BE USED.
THEN LET'S ALSO FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN CHANGE THE IMPACT OF THIS 897007 FIGURE.
>> THE FIRST PART OF IT WILL BE ADDRESSED FOR THE PROJECT PROCESS WHERE WE DECIDED WE WE'RE GOING TO SPEND THE MONEY ON.
THE 897007 REQUIRES THAT WE DO A PROJECT THAT SAYS WHAT IS MAXINE BROUGHT FORWARD.
ONCE THAT PROJECT WE GET THE APPROVAL FROM THE CITY COMMISSION, THEN WE SPEND THOSE.
THEN WE REPORT BACK TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
SAY THESE ARE THE PROJECTS THAT WE DID.
THAT WOULD BE THE END OF THAT.
>> MAXINE, WHEN ARE YOU LOOKING FOR APPROVAL FROM 897007?
>> I WAS LOOKING FOR SOME DIRECTION WITH THIS WORKSHOP, UNLESS THIS BOARD THINKS WE SHOULD HAVE MORE DISCUSSION.
BUT I WAS LOOKING FOR DIRECTION THE PROPOSED BUDGET.
>> BECAUSE WE DO STILL HAVE TIME LIMITS ON WHEN WE NEED TO APPROPRIATE THE FUNDS AND SPEND THE FUNDS.
WE HAVE LITTLE OVER A YEAR EARLIER.
THESE PROJECTS SHOULD BE DONE WITHIN 12 MONTHS.
>> I'VE DONE MAJOR RESEARCH, NOT JUST TALKING TO OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT BUT FINANCE DEPARTMENTS IN OTHER CITIES, NOT THAT I DON'T TRUST YOU, I LIKE TO KNOW.
I HEARD THAT WE HAVE TO ENCUMBER BY 2024 AND SPEND BY 2026.
WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT TIME CONSTRAINTS, DON'T LET IT SOUND LIKE WE HAVE TO SPEND IT NEXT MONTH. THAT'S NOT THE DEAL.
>> I KNOW. LET US TAKE HARD TIME, HAVE INTERNAL DISCUSSIONS, NOT RUSH ANYTHING.
I WOULD SAY TAKE THE MONTH FEBRUARY TO JUST TALK TO THE COMMISSION.
CERTAINLY, I KNOW THAT A LOT OF US ARE BUSY.
WE HAVE REALTORS, ATTORNEYS, PRINCIPLES, TECH EXECUTIVES.
TIME IS NOT TOO EASY THESE DAYS.
LET'S TAKE THEM ONTO FEBRUARY, TALK ABOUT THAT.
THEN MAYBE HAVE A DECISION SOMETIME IN MARCH OR APRIL OR MAY
>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR OPINION. VICE MAYOR.
COMMISSIONER DANIEL, DID YOU STILL HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS THAT YOU WANTED TO ASK?
>> THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS.
>> THANK YOU, MAYOR. IF WE CAN JUST ELABORATE A LITTLE BIT ON INTERNAL DISCUSSIONS.
I THINK WE SHOULD BE MAKING DECISIONS, AS A BODY AND NOT INDIVIDUALLY WITH STAFF.
WE'RE NOT HERE TO RUN THE CITY OF BY OURSELVES.
SO I AM AGAINST HAVING ANY INTERNAL DISCUSSION SINGULARITY, AND ARE WE GETTING CONSENSUS TO THAT?
>> THANK YOU. WITH THAT AS WELL, WE'RE ALL ON THIS COMMISSION BECAUSE WE KNEW THE JOB THAT WE WERE FIGHTING FOR WHEN WE WENT TO THE ELECTION PROCESS,
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AND SO UNDERSTANDABLY, THE NEW COMMISSIONERS WILL BE ADJUSTING THEIR SCHEDULE AND HOPEFULLY SOON.>> WE WERE SUPPOSED TO MEET PRIOR FROM ORIENTATION AND OBVIOUSLY BECAUSE I KNEW MY UNDERSTANDING AND HIS UNDERSTANDING WHAT OCCURRED LAST YEAR WOULD BE DIFFERENT.
MINE WILL ONLY BE BASED ON WHAT I WATCHED ON THE STRING.
>> NO KEEP TALKING. YOU WERE GOING TO PUT YOUR PEN ON YOUR SHIRT.
>> I DO WANT TO MEET ORIGINALLY, LIKE WE SAID, INDIVIDUALLY FOR YOU TO GO OVER THE THINGS I DID NOT UNDERSTAND, AND I DON'T SEE THE PROBLEM.
>> THE STAFF IS HERE TO ANSWER OUR QUESTIONS.
EVEN SOME OF US WHO ARE WELL-SEASONED STILL HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THINGS AND WE ASK THE QUESTIONS AND THAT'S FINE.
I THINK WHERE SOME CONCERNS IT SOUNDS LIKE TO ME IS THAT PAST DECISIONS THAT WERE MADE CLEARLY MADE IN DIRECTIONS THAT WERE GIVEN.
THERE'S A SENSE THAT I FEEL ARE GOING TO TRY TO BE UNDONE THROUGH PRIVATE CONVERSATIONS OR ATTEMPT TO BE THROUGH EDUCATION, EDUCATING OUR NEW COMMISSIONERS ON STUFF THAT WE DID AND MAYBE BE MADE TO FEEL THAT WE WEREN'T DOING THE RIGHT THING ALONG THE WAY ON THE PROJECTS THAT WERE FUNDED AND THINGS THAT WE WERE DOING.
THAT I THINK MIGHT BE A SENSE THAT SOME OF US MIGHT BE FEELING WITH THE COMMENTS THAT WERE MADE THIS MORNING.
NOT THAT YOU WOULD BE DOING ANYTHING WRONG WITH WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO GET CLARIFICATION ON.
MEN IN DUE TIME, YOUR SCHEDULES, YOU WILL BE GETTING MORE COMFORTABLE WITH WHAT YOUR NEEDS ARE FOR THE CITY AND HOW TO DO THE BALANCE.
WE ALL HAVE BALANCING ACTS FOR WHAT WE NEED TO DO.
I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS AS FOR SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WERE BROUGHT UP EARLIER, AND WOULD LIKE IF THE CITY ATTORNEY COULD IF THERE'S CONSENSUS BECAUSE THERE IS NOT YET CONSENSUS OR THE CITY ATTORNEY TO FIND OUT IF HE SHOULD BE LOOKING INTO WHAT FORT LAUDERDALE DOES FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE FEEDING THE HOMELESS.
WE NEED TO FIND CONSENSUS ON THAT FIRST.
ON FINDING CONSENSUS AS WELL, I WOULD ALSO LIKE IF WE COULD FIND OUT, I'VE THOUGHT IT WAS ATLANTA THAT DID THIS.
I THINK I'VE ASKED ABOUT THIS IN THE PAST, PENALTIES FOR PEOPLE GIVING STUFF OUT OF THEIR CAR.
IF IT'S NOT NECESSARILY GIVING FOOD, IS THERE A PENALTY FOR GIVING MONEY OUTSIDE OF THE CAR? WE HAVE KIDS ON THE STREET SELLING THE M&MS. THEY NEED TO HAVE PERMITS.
WHAT ARE THE PEOPLE ON THE STREETS PURCHASING FROM US IF THEY DON'T HAVE A PERMIT AND THEY'RE DOING THEIR [INAUDIBLE].
MAYBE WE NEED CONSENSUS ON THAT AS WELL FOR OUR CITY ATTORNEY TO LOOK INTO BECAUSE THERE'S NOT YET BEEN DIRECTIVE FOR OUR CITY ATTORNEY TO DO SUCH OTHER RESEARCH.
IF THERE'S ANY MONEY GOING OUT AT 152 THAT HAS BEEN ALLOCATED HERE FOR THE TASKFORCE, WHO'S HIRING THE TWO PEOPLE? WHERE DO THEY COME FROM? ARE THEY PART OF AN AGENCY? WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY LIABILITY WITH THEM BEING ON THE STREETS? IF I READ THE NUMBERS CORRECTLY, IT APPEARS THAT IT'S BASICALLY 15 WEEKS.
WE HAVE 14 PEOPLE OUT THERE AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT $1,200 ANNUALLY.
IF I READ THAT RIGHT, THEN IT'S 15 WEEKS.
THESE PEOPLE WILL BE OUT THERE FOR 15 WEEKS FOR SERVICES.
IS IT ONCE A MONTH? ONCE EVERY THREE WEEKS? WHO MAKES THAT DECISION FOR THEM GOING OUT THERE? I THINK THAT THERE'S MORE THAT NEEDS TO BE LOOKED INTO BEFORE WE ALL OF A SUDDEN ALLOCATE $152,000.
THE WAY IT'S WRITTEN HERE FOR THE TASK FOR US.
>> WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO RESPOND?
>> SURE, IF YOU WISH, IF YOU HAVE THE ANSWERS, THAT'D BE GREAT.
>> YEAH. SO THE PROPOSAL IS FROM THE TASK FORCE FOR ENDING HOMELESSNESS.
THAT'S THE NAME OF THE AGENCY IS HEADED UP BY CARL FALCONER, WHO IS THE CEO FOR THE AGENCY AND HE WORKS ALONGSIDE BROWARD COUNTY.
SO THE PROPOSAL THAT WE RECEIVE IS FROM THE TASK FORCE FOR ENDING HOMELESSNESS AND THOSE HOURS CAN BE TAILORED TO HOW WE SEE FIT IN TERMS OF THE TWO PEOPLE ON THE STREET.
IT WOULD BE SO THE TWO PERSONS WOULD BE HIRED SPECIFICALLY BY THE TASK FORCE FOR ENDING HOMELESSNESS.
>> THANK YOU. SO ALL LIABILITIES IS ON THAT ENTITY AND WE WOULD JUST BE GIVING A DONATION HERE MARKED DONATION.
>> YEAH IS WHAT WE WOULD CALL A SUB RECIPIENT AGREEMENT, WHICH WE HAVE DONE WHERE IT'S ANOTHER AGENCY THAT'S CARRYING OUT THE TASK ON OUR BEHALF.
>> I STILL PERSONALLY HAVE ISSUES USING THE FUNDS FOR THAT.
I DO UNDERSTAND THE CONCERNS OF MENTAL HEALTH AND PEOPLE GOING OUT THERE AND MAYBE NOT WANTING TO TALK TO DEPUTY MARION.
BUT I THINK THAT DEPUTY MARION HAS SPOKEN TO ALMOST EVERYBODY AND THEY'VE HAD NO ISSUES WITH HER.
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I'M NOT GOING TO PUT HER ON THE SPOT AND ASK HER TO COME FORWARD.THAT'S NOT WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT FOR TODAY.
WHAT IS ABOUT TODAY IS FOR THE ALLOCATION OF THE SEGMENT OF FUNDS THAT HAVE YET TO BE EARMARKED OR ALLOCATED FROM OUR RECEIPT OF THE $10 MILLION.
ONE OF THE THINGS IS YES, WE HAVE SOME TIME, BUT AS WE ALL KNOW WHEN WE DON'T MEET EVERY DAY.
WE DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO BE IN THE SUNSHINE OFTEN.
THESE THINGS TAKE TIME AND WE COME BACK WE DEAL WITH QUESTIONS.
FOR THE FIRST ROUND OF QUESTIONS AND FOR CONSENSUS, I'M GOING TO ASK IS THERE A CONSENSUS FOR HAVING OUR CITY ATTORNEY LOOK INTO THE REQUEST OF KATE'S MUNICIPAL LAW FOR NOT FEEDING PEOPLE WHO ARE HOMELESS.
THAT THE CORRECT. WHAT WERE YOU WERE SEEKING, COMMISSIONER, VICE MAYOR BOLTON.
>> JUST GENERALLY LOOKING AT WHAT THE CITY OF FORT LAUDERDALE IS DOING, AND ALL OF YOUR ORDINANCES, AS IT PERTAINS TO HOMELESSNESS ISSUES.
>> CAN WE GLOM ON A WHOLE [INAUDIBLE] PLEASE BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT THEY HAVE A GOOD HANDLE ON IT.
>> SO BENCHMARKING OR LOOKING AT ALL OF THE BROWARD CITIES AND WHAT THEY'RE DOING WITH HOMELESSNESS ISSUES AND THEIR ORDINANCES AND LAWS.
>> BEFORE I ASKED FOR CONSENSUS, I HAVE A CLARIFICATION POINT.
WHAT HAS OUR TASKFORCE DONE? HAS OUR TASKFORCE NOT DONE THAT YET? IT WAS WHERE THEY WERE NOT TASKED WITH THAT YET.
>> THEY'RE NOT NECESSARILY IN IT FOR THE LEGAL END OF IT.
SO THAT WOULD NOT BE FOR THAT.
>> SO THAT CAN BE MYSELF, MY STAFF, OR THE CITY ATTORNEY.
>> I'M GOING TO WORK WITH MAXINE AND WE'LL COME UP WITH AT LEAST LAWS AND MAYBE PROGRAMS THAT SOME CITIES HAVE ALSO.
VICE MAYOR SUGGESTS, COMMISSIONER DANIEL.
>> ALL RIGHT. YOU'VE GOT CONSENSUS FROM US. THANK YOU.
NOW, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'LL BE EASIER TO SPLIT THIS APART OR DO A GENERAL WHOLE COMMISSION.
JUST BY A QUICK NOD AND I'LL GO [INAUDIBLE] IN, DO WE HAVE CONSENSUS FOR THIS, THE PLANS FOR THE 897,000 AND CHANGE TO GO AS IS OR NOT.
I HAVE A NO FROM COMMISSIONER DANIEL.
>> SO AS SUCH, IS WHERE UNANIMOUS THAT WE DO NOT WISH FOR THE PROPOSED BUDGET TO BE AS IS.
I'M GOING TO JUST GO LINE BY LINE TO SEE WHAT WE DO HAVE CONSENSUS FOR IT.
BECAUSE IF THERE ARE SOME OF THESE PROJECTS THAT WE APPROVE TODAY, WE CAN GET WORKING ON HELPING PEOPLE VERY SOON, CORRECT?
>> WELL, YEAH. THAT IS POSSIBLE.
WE DON'T HAVE TO SUBMIT TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FIRST.
>> THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION. SO GOOD.
>> SURE. NOT A PROBLEM. LET'S GO.
>> AS PROPOSED, THE PROJECTS FOR HOUSING STABILITY, HOMELESSNESS AT $152,000. COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS?
>> COMMISSIONER DANIEL? VICE MAYOR?
>> MY ANSWER WILL BE NO, BUT I THINK THAT WE ALREADY ADDRESSED THAT WE DON'T WANT THIS PROPOSAL, PERIOD.
YOU HAVE EXPRESSED YOUR OPINION, VICE MAYOR.
>> YOU'VE ASKED FOR CONSENSUS, AND I BELIEVE THAT WE SAID THAT WE DON'T WANT THIS PROPOSED BUDGET.
THEN WE'RE GOING AGAIN AND DOING IT [OVERLAPPING].
>> VICE MAYOR, IT WAS PROPOSED AS IS WHICH MEANS THE COMPLETE ALL ITEMS IS WHAT WAS ASKED, AND THERE MIGHT BE PEOPLE WHO MIGHT THINK THAT SEGMENTING IT, THERE MIGHT BE SOME PROGRAMS THEY WANT TO FUND OUT OF THIS IN THIS CATEGORY.
THAT'S WHY THE OVERALL IS A NO.
NOW WE'RE GOING TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY FULL PARTS OF IT THAT COULD BE A YES.
OTHER THAN WE'VE GOT YOUR OPINION, WE'RE GOING TO ASK THE REST.
WE'RE GOING TO GO TO COMMISSIONER WRIGHT.
>> YEAH. WE SAID NO ON THE FIRST ITEM, BUT THERE MIGHT BE OTHER ITEMS WHERE WE MIGHT WANT MORE MONEY.
I DON'T THINK IT'S FAIR FOR US TO GO LINE BY LINE BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T SAT DOWN TO DISCUSS WHERE WE'RE GOING TO ALLOCATE MONEY.
IT'S NO TO THE FIRST ITEM, BUT WHERE DO WE SHIFT THAT MONEY?
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HOW DO WE DECIDE ON THAT?>> IF THERE IS $152,000, THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE UTILIZED AT THIS TIME THE WAY IT IS WRITTEN, AND WE APPROVE $505,000 FOR FAMILY AND MEALS AND MENTAL ASSISTANCE, 100,000 AND 50,000 FOR WOMEN AT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, THOSE MONIES CAN BE SPENT AND THEN WE CAN ALWAYS REALLOCATE ADDITIONAL FUNDS INTO THOSE THREE ITEMS OR ELSEWHERE.
IS THAT CORRECT? WE CAN AT LEAST START HELPING PEOPLE.
WE DON'T HAVE TO HOLD UP THE FUNDS OR COMMISSIONER WRIGHT ARE YOU SAYING YOU DON'T WANT 505,000 FOR FAMILY AND [INAUDIBLE] FOR INSURANCE RELATED, YOU RATHER TAKE 250,000 AND PUT THAT IN TREMENDOUS ASSISTANCE BECAUSE WE'RE STILL PLAYING RIGHT NOW WITH $887,000.
>> WELL, I CAN SAY SOMETHING, MAYOR LIKE COMMISSIONER DANIEL WAS SAYING,50,000 DOESN'T SEEM LIKE A LOT FOR WOMEN IN DISTRESS.
I THINK YOU SAID YOU WOULD WANT TO SAVE MORE FUNDS BEING ALLOCATED TO THAT.
>> THANK YOU. THERE'S NOT A LOT FOR A WOMAN IN DISTRESS.
BUT FROM TAMARAC STANDS, IT MIGHT BE DEPENDING ON HOW MANY WOMEN.
>> BOTH WOMAN AND KIDS IN DISTRESS FROM TAMARAC? I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY.
I JUST WANTED TO TIME TO GO LOOK INTO IT AND SEE, IS THAT SIGNIFICANT? ARE WOMEN THAT ARE BEING ABUSED OR CHILDREN THAT ARE BEING ABUSED.
DO THAT GO TO WOMAN IN DISTRESS FROM THIS CITY? I DON T KNOW.
>> I JUST WANTED TO PUT EVERYTHING ON HOLD, TAKE MY TIME AND GO SEE BECAUSE THERE MIGHT BE OTHER NON-PROFITS OUT THERE THAT ARE ACTUALLY HELPING THE CITIZENS THAT LIVE IN TAMARAC.
GRANTED MY GO-TO IS WOMAN IN DISTRESS, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S TRUE FOR THE CITY.
THERE MIGHT BE OTHER PROJECTS THAT WE WANT TO BRING INTO THIS BUDGET.
YOU COULD BE LIVING WITH A FRIEND AND YOU'RE HOMELESS.
LIKE WE DON'T EVEN KNOW IF WE ATTACK THOSE TYPE OF SITUATIONS.
I WAS JUST SAYING I WOULD LIKE [OVERLAPPING] TO TRY TO ATTRACT MORE THAN 2048 INDIVIDUALS.
>> DO WE ADDRESS THOSE SITUATIONS WHERE?
>> YEAH. WE DO HAVE THE RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS SO THAT INDIVIDUAL WOULD GET ASSISTANCE THROUGH THAT.
THAT'S THE EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM THAT WE'RE WAITING ON $181,000 FROM THE STATE OF FLORIDA, THAT THEY COULD BE ASSISTED THROUGH THAT AVENUE.
>> BUT IF WE HAVE APPROVED THE FIVE OF FIVE NOW, WE CAN START HELPING PEOPLE OR I'M SORRY, $100,000 NOW, WE DON'T HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE STATES FUNDS TO COME IN.
THE ADDITIONAL 181, WE CAN START HELPING PEOPLE NOW.
>> NOW, THIS PROGRAM THAT RENTAL ASSISTANT RENT INCREASE GAP, THE $100,000 THAT'S UP TO 5 PERCENT WILL PAY NO GREATER THAN 3,200 FOR SIX MONTHS IF YOUR RENT INCREASE FROM APRIL 2020 BECAUSE OF COVID.
THAT'S WHAT THAT 100,000 IS FOR.
IT'S JUST HELPING YOU BRIDGE THAT GAP IF YOU HAVE SEEN A RENT INCREASE GREATER THAN FIVE PERCENT.
>> [INAUDIBLE] BUT IT'S USABLE NOW. [OVERLAPPING]
>> THIS COMMISSION WOULD LIKE US TO PERCEIVE YES.
>> IF I MAY, WHILE THAT IS A GREAT IDEA AND I THINK THAT WE SHOULD BE HELPING PEOPLE NOW.
THERE ARE PEOPLE, FOR INSTANCE, IN THE COMMUNITY THAT HAVE SEEN AN INCREASE IN THEIR HOA FEES, CONDO FEES, NOT NECESSARILY JUST RENTAL ASSISTANCE.
WE'VE LONG TALKED ABOUT RENTAL ASSISTANCE IN THE CITY BUT HOW WE TALKING ABOUT HELPING PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN HERE FOR MANY YEARS, WHO LIVE IN A CONDO, LIVE IN AN HOA AND NOW THE HOA HAS INCREASED THEIR FEES BY WHATEVER AMOUNT.
I GET THAT WE WANT TO TAKE ACTION NOW BUT THERE'S SO MANY DIFFERENT IDEAS THAT WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT WE NEST CAT NECESSARILY TRASH OUT IN A THREE-HOUR MEETING.
WHICH IS WHY I'M SAYING IT'S NOT THAT WE DON'T WANT TO TAKE ACTION NOW AND HELP PEOPLE NOW.
TAKE OUR TIME ON ALL THE LINE ITEMS AND LET'S FIGURE OUT HOW BEST TO ALLOCATE THAT MONEY AND THEN COME BACK PROBABLY IN A WORKSHOP WHERE WE ONLY TALK ABOUT OPERA FUNDS TO THEN FIGURE OUT WHAT WE NEED TO DO.
I THINK THAT THEY JUST CAN BE TWEET A LITTLE BIT SO THAT THE IMPACT IS GREATER AND GO-TO PEOPLE WHO REALLY, REALLY NEED IT AND DESERVE.
>> WELL, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT WORKING ON OUR PLAN INCLUDED
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BASICALLY HAVING FUN SO GOING FOR OUR RESIDENTS WHO ARE NOT RENTERS, ARE HOMEOWNERS WHO ARE DEALING WITH THE CONDOS AND THE MASSIVE ASSESSMENTS THAT ARE GOING ON THERE AND THE ASSOCIATIONS IS MOSTLY PRIMARILY ARE CONDOS THAT ARE HAVING A SUPERSIZED ASSESSMENT, BUT ALSO SINGLE-FAMILY HOMEOWNERS ARE HAVING TROUBLE WITH THE INSURANCE COSTS THAT ARE GOING UP IN THE ROOF REPLACEMENT IS THAT THEY ARE BEING MANDATED TO DO.I HAVE NO PROBLEM PUTTING IT ON HOLD.
I DID NOT UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM, SO I APPRECIATE THE CLARIFICATION.
I WILL SAY THAT THIS IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT IT IN NOVEMBER.
YOU GUYS ARE HERE NOW I'M GLAD, BUT I DON'T WANT TO WAIT TOO MUCH LONGER.
WHEN I AM GIVING OUT FOOD ON SATURDAY MORNINGS AND MY WALK UPS ARE COMING UP TO ME AND SAYING TO ME THAT THEY'RE ABOUT TO BE KICKED OUT OF ONE OF THEIR PLACES FOR RENT, I ACTUALLY HAD THREE PEOPLE THIS WEEKEND SAID TO ME, WHAT HELP IS THE CITY GOING TO DO FOR ME? THAT'S WHERE I'M COMING FOR SOME URGENCY BECAUSE THE LONGER WE WAIT, THERE ARE MORE PEOPLE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HELP AND WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO HELP BECAUSE OUR DOLLARS ARE FINITE.
THEY'RE NOT COMING IN AS MUCH AS WE WANT OR AS QUICK AS WE WANT AND MORE AND MORE PEOPLE ARE HURTING.
>> I UNDERSTAND. I THINK THAT'S WHERE I'M COMING FROM. I WASN'T HERE IN OCTOBER.
>> HOWEVER, THE EMAILS THAT I GET IN CONVERSATION, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HELP THOSE PEOPLE.
THIS JUST SEEMED VERY NARROW AS REGARDING THEM ON THE PEOPLE THAT WILL BE ALL.
>> WE ARE ON CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS OF HOW WE CAN USE CITY FUNDS.
THAT'S WHY THEY WERE DOING TRYING TO MAKE IT GO THROUGH CDGB FUNDS, GOING THROUGH SHIP FUNDS, GETTING MORE ALLOCATIONS AND HAVING OUR PLANS IN PLACE.
WHEN THE STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT STARTS SHELLING OUT SOME DOLLARS THEN WE ALSO HAD THESE.
>> I DON'T WANT TO RUSH, MAYOR.
>> WE DON'T DO IT PROPERLY AND I FEEL LIKE I CANNOT HELP THOSE BECAUSE THAT'S ONE OF THE REASON WE'RE HERE IS TO HELP THE RESIDENTS.
I DON'T WANT TO RUSH AND JUST DO SOMETHING.
IF THE POPULATION THAT IT NEEDS ON A GRILL, BASED ON WHAT YOU SAID, I WOULD LIKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HELP AS MANY AS POSSIBLE.
>> THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO DO. I GET IT.
I'M JUST SAYING MY ASK IS THAT WE DO TRY TO GET THIS BACK HERE SOONER THAN LATER SO WE CAN TRY TO HELP PEOPLE SOONER THAN LATER.
I DID NOT UNDERSTAND WHERE BOTH OF YOU WERE SAYING WITH THAT THESE ALLEGATIONS, YOU MIGHT WANT TO PLAY WITH THE NUMBERS WITHIN IT VERSUS THE ITEMS THEMSELVES.
I APPRECIATE THE CLARIFICATION AND NOW I WILL NOT CONTINUE GOING THROUGH THE LINE ITEMS BECAUSE IT DOES NOT MAKE SENSE.
>> WE WILL GET ON IT AND BRING IT BACK AND HAVE DISCUSSIONS SO WE CAN TAKE INTO ACCOUNT ALL THE THINGS YOU'VE RAISED TODAY.
>> THANK YOU. THAT'S WHY IT CLEAR COMMUNICATION IS ALWAYS IMPORTANT.
I APPRECIATE THE COMMUNICATION.
>> WE ARE HEARD BRINGING IT BACK.
IT'S NOT THAT THESE THINGS ARE NOT URGENT BUT I'M JUST SAYING LET'S TAKE THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY TO DISCUSS AND BRING IT BACK IN MARCH.
IF WE HAVE TO GET CONSENSUS ON WHEN WE BRING IT BACK, LET US KNOW. BUT [OVERLAPPING].
>> WHY VICE MAYOR, IF OUR CITY STAFF IS ABLE TO MEET WITH US AND HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH US AND GET A MEETING ON OUR BOOKS WITH US, WHY SHOULD WE HAVE TO WAIT ANOTHER SIX WEEKS TO BRING IT BACK? ACTUALLY, WE ONLY DO WORKSHOPS THE FOURTH WEDNESDAY OF A MONTH.
THEN WE'RE LOOKING ACTUALLY AT TWO MONTHS AWAY BEFORE WE WOULD ACTUALLY HAVE IT AS A WORKSHOP UNLESS WE HAVE A SPECIAL SCHEDULED, WE HAVE TWO WORKSHOPS IN FEBRUARY ALREADY SET FOR STRATEGIC PLANNING.
WE HAVE VERY BUSY STUFF THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO AND IT FEELS THAT IF WE TELL THE STAFF, JUST GET IT TO US IN TWO MONTHS FOR OUR DISCUSSION, WE'RE NOT HELPING PEOPLE.
I'M NOT REALLY SURE WHY WE CAN'T ASK STAFF TO WORK WITH THE COMMISSION AND THE COMMISSIONS CALENDAR, TALK WITH OUR NEW COMMISSIONERS, TALK WITH US, AND THEN BRING IT BACK AS SOON AS IT CAN FEASIBLY BE DONE.
>> I COULD ANSWER THAT BECAUSE NO ONE WORKED WITH ME WHAT MY CALENDARS PLACED ON.
>> WELL, THE THING IS IT'S OUR OBLIGATION AND IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN TOLD US [OVERLAPPING].
>> I'M NOT TELLING [INAUDIBLE] DON'T GET ME WRONG
>> NO, HERE ME OUT. [OVERLAPPING]
>> I'M JUST SAYING DISCUSSING CALENDAR IS A GOOD THING.
>> WELL, YES. BUT ALSO IT IS OUR OBLIGATION THAT THEY HAVE NOT [OVERLAPPING] LET ME FINISH MY SENTENCE [OVERLAPPING].
>> THAT'S ALL I'M SAYING DON'T NEED TO DISCUSS.
>> YES, IT DOES. COMMISSIONER DANIEL, I'M GOING TO FINISH MY SENTENCE RIGHT NOW.
>> IT IS INCUMBENT UPON US TO MAKE SURE OUR CALENDAR HAS OUR ITEMS ON THERE AND OUR CITY STAFF LETS US KNOW WE'RE SCHEDULING THESE ITEMS. WE'RE SCHEDULING STRATEGIC PLANNING.
PLEASE MAKE SURE YOUR CALENDARS ARE UP-TO-DATE BECAUSE BY SUCH AND SUCH A TIME WHERE PUTTING THINGS ON THERE.
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>> WELL, AS FAR AS MY UNDERSTANDING, IT WAS BUT OKAY.
>> MAYBE FOR YOU, AND THAT'S SPECIAL.
>> NOT AT ALL BECAUSE ACTUALLY I HAD TO CHANGE TWO OF MY APPOINTMENTS THAT I HAD THINGS ON THOSE DATES.
BUT I'M CHANGING IT, [OVERLAPPING] BUT WHAT I'M SAYING IS THIS IS SOMETHING YOU CAN BRING UP THROUGH ADMINISTRATION TO WORK ON OUR CALENDARS, BUT THAT'S HOW IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE DONE BECAUSE IT'S HERDING CATS.
IT'S VERY HARD TO GET US TO DO THINGS.
IT IS SET ALWAYS WHEN WE STARTED UP. I GOT YOU.
THAT WE HAVE USED TO BE THE SECOND MONDAY, THE FOURTH MONDAY FOR WORKSHOPS, FOR DISCUSSION OF OUR COMMISSION WEEKS.
WE CAN FIGURE OUT ANOTHER TIME ON A WORKSHOP IF YOU WANT, OR ADD IT ON A DAY THAT EVERYBODY GETS THEIR CALENDARS UP AND RUNNING AND CLEAR BY THE END OF THIS WEEK, THEN THE CITY STAFF CAN KNOW WHEN THEY COULD PUT A NEXT MEETING ON TO DISCUSS THIS ITEM AND CALENDARS.
>> YOU JUST SOME PROFESSIONALS AND RESPECT EACH OTHER AS INDIVIDUALS AT TIME AND DON'T JUST THROW THINGS ON PEOPLE'S CALENDARS.
>> COMMISSIONER DANIEL, I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND BECAUSE I'M THE ONE WHO WAS THE FIRST WORKING PERSON IN THE CITY.
I UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH TIME HAS TO BE CHANGED.
>>UNDERSTOOD. COMMISSIONER, [INAUDIBLE] DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING MORE ON THIS? IF NOT, I'D LIKE TO BRING US BACK TO THE AGENDA ITEMS THAT WE HAVE TODAY.
IF A BREAK IS NOT NEEDED, I'D LIKE TO GO THROUGH AND BRINGS US ONTO STABLE PALM DISCUSSION.
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THAT'LL BE PRESENTED BY GREG WARNER, PARKS AND REC-DIRECTOR.>> GOOD MORNING, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION, GREG WARNER, DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION.
PRESENTING THIS MORNING WITH GREAT ANTICIPATION, AND EXCITEMENT FOR A PROJECT THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT FOR A FEW YEARS NOW.
I WANT TO GO THROUGH A PRESENTATION.
TODAY, WHAT I WANT TO DO IS PRESENT YOU THE CURRENT STATUS OF THE PROJECT OR A BIT OF BACKGROUND ON SABAL PALM PARC.
DISCUSS A CONCEPTUAL PLAN AND THE RECOMMENDED AMENITIES, PRESENT A PROJECTED TIMELINE FOR THE PROJECT.
THEN ONE OF THE DISCUSSIONS THAT WE NEED TO HAVE IS, DETERMINE IF THE PROJECT WILL INCLUDE A COMMUNITY CENTER OR NOT.
WHAT A BACKGROUND ON SABAL PALM, THE CITY WAS DEEDED IN NINE-ACRE PARCEL OF LAND DESIGNATED FOR FUTURE PARK DEVELOPMENT.
THAT PARCEL IS LOCATED WITHIN THE CENTRAL PARC COMMUNITY AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF COMMERCIAL AND THE TURNPIKE.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE FOUND OUT OVER THE PAST YEAR IS THAT ANOTHER POINT OF INFORMATION, THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION IS PROPOSING FUTURE EXPANSION OF THE TURNPIKE.
THIS WILL HAVE AN IMPACT OF ABOUT ONE OF THOSE DEVELOPABLE ACRES IN SABAL PALM PARC.
THE CONCEPTUAL AND ALL THAT WE'LL TALK ABOUT TODAY, FIGURES THAT INTO THE PLAN.
THE CITY HAS GONE AHEAD AND BUDGETED $2.2 MILLION IN THE FISCAL YEAR 23 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN BUDGET FOR THE DESIGN OF THE PARK.
THAT IS IN THE FISCAL YEAR 23 APPROVED BUDGET.
IT'S BEEN IDENTIFIED 13,816,000 HAS BEEN PLANNED FOR IN THE FISCAL YEAR 24 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN, AS THE AMOUNT NEEDED FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PARK.
THE FUNDS ARE NOT APPROPRIATED AT THIS TIME AND THEY WILL NOT BE APPROPRIATED UNTIL THE BUDGET IS ADOPTED FOR THAT FISCAL YEAR.
THE CONCEPTUAL PLAN THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE, AND THE AMENITIES INCLUDED WERE DETERMINED THROUGH SOME PUBLIC INPUT FORUMS AND PROFESSIONAL STUDIES THAT WE HAD CONSULTANTS IN FOR.
THESE STUDIES INCLUDED THE 2015 PARKS, RECREATION, AND SOCIAL SERVICES MASTER PLAN.
AS PART OF THAT MASTER PLAN, PUTTING THAT TOGETHER, THERE WAS A SERIES OF PUBLIC INPUT PROVIDED FOR THAT, AS WELL AS, THEIR CONSULTANTS TAKING IN PROFESSIONAL TRENDS.
THE LAST PUBLIC MEETING WE HELD WITH RESIDENTS AT THE CENTRAL PARC CLUBHOUSE WAS IN 2020.
WE DISCUSSED A LOT OF THESE CONCEPTUAL ITEMS AND RECEIVED FEEDBACK FROM THE RESONANCE AT THAT TIME.
THEN AS YOU KNOW, LAST YEAR IN 2021, WE HAD AN EASTSIDE FEASIBILITY STUDY THAT ALSO INCLUDED SOME PUBLIC INPUT, AS WELL AS,
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PROFESSIONAL TRENDS THAT WERE HAPPENING THAT RECOMMENDED SOME OF THE AMENITIES FOR THIS PARK.THE COST THAT I LISTED ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE ARE BASED ON THE CURRENT CONCEPTUAL PLAN.
THERE WE GO. THIS IS THE CURRENT CONCEPTUAL PLAN AND SOME OF THE ELEMENTS THAT WE HAVE ON HERE, THE PARKING LOT, OBVIOUSLY, SPLASH PAD, SAND VOLLEYBALL COURT, BASKETBALL COURT, WE HAVE A DOG PARK THAT'S BEEN ASKED FOR A QUITE A BIT, FROM OUR RESONANCE ON EAST SIDE, A PLAYGROUND, COVERED FITNESS STATIONS, PICNIC SHELTER, AND WE HAVE A MULTI-PURPOSE RECTANGULAR FIELD IT WOULD BE THERE AS WELL, AND THEN THE COMMUNITY CENTER THAT I SPOKE ABOUT EARLIER.
AGAIN, THESE ARE SOME OF THE AMENITIES.
I TALKED ABOUT THE DOG PARK, THAT'S AN OFF-LEASH DOG PARK.
WITH THE COMMUNITY CENTER, THEN GOING BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN 10,000 AND 15,000 SQUARE FOOT, BASED ON THE PUBLIC INPUT WE HAVE, AS WELL AS THE OTHER RESIDENT INPUT AND PROFESSIONAL OPINIONS, WE HEADED AT 15,000 SQUARE FOOT, WHICH WOULD ALLOW US TO INCLUDE A SMALLER GYMNASIUM.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HEAR FROM OUR RESONANCE IS TRAVELING FROM THE EAST SIDE OF TAMARAC, THEY HAVE TO TRAVEL TO THE COMMUNITY CENTER, AND OR THE RECREATION CENTER TO PLAY YOUTH ATHLETICS.
AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMS, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
YOU'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT COSTS AND NUMBERS A LOT THIS MORNING, BUT I WANT TO PRESENT WHAT OUR PROJECTIONS ARE FOR THE COST OF THIS PARK AND HOW WE MOVE FORWARD WITH IT.
FIRST TALKING ABOUT DEVELOPMENT COSTS WITH A COMMUNITY CENTER ON SITE.
I COULDN'T BELIEVE THIS, AND ONE THING THAT WE'VE BEEN FINDING WITH ALL OF OUR PROJECTS THAT NOTHING IS INEXPENSIVE ANYMORE.
WITH A COMMUNITY CENTER AT 15,000 SQUARE FOOT, WE'RE AT OVER $16 MILLION.
THAT PRICE WAS DETERMINED ABOUT A YEAR AGO, SO THAT PRICE COULD BE CLOSER TO 17 MILLION AT THIS POINT BASED ON THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THAT.
BUT THAT 16 MILLION IS BASED UPON $425 PER SQUARE FOOT FOR THE BUILDING.
WITHOUT THE COMMUNITY CENTER AND PURELY A PARK DEVELOPMENT WITH RESTROOM FACILITIES, ALL THOSE TYPES OF THINGS WOULD BE AT 6.8 MILLION PLUS.
ONE OF THE THINGS TO KEEP INTO CONSIDERATION ALSO IS THE ANNUAL OPERATIONAL EXPENSES, WHICH WOULD BE, IN ADDITION TO OUR DEVELOPMENT COSTS, WILL HAVE ONGOING COSTS.
WITH THE COMMUNITY CENTER, WE'RE PROJECTED WITH STAFF, WITH PROGRAMMING SUPPLIES, MAINTENANCE, JANITORIAL, UTILITIES, WE'RE LOOKING AT APPROXIMATELY 429 PLUS THOUSAND DOLLARS PER YEAR AND PROJECTED WITH THAT PROGRAMMING WITH THE SERVICES, WE WILL PROVIDE REVENUES OF $100,000.
A BUDGETARY IMPACT OF 329,440 WITHOUT THE COMMUNITY CENTER AND BASICALLY ITS PARK MAINTENANCE, ITS UTILITIES, THOSE COSTS WOULD BE $75,000 PER YEAR, AND WITH A REVENUE OF ABOUT $7,500 PER YEAR.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I DO WANT TO TALK ABOUT BEFORE I TALK ABOUT THE TIMELINE, THE CITY HAS BEEN AWARDED A LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION FUND GRANT FOR THIS PROJECT, AND TO MY KNOWLEDGE, SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE A LITTLE OVER 20 YEARS, THIS IS THE LARGEST PARK DEVELOPMENT GRANT THE CITY HAS EVER RECEIVED.
THIS IS A ONE MILLION DOLLAR GRANT TOWARDS THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS PROJECT.
THE PROPOSED TIMELINE IS BASED UPON MEETING THE TIMELINE FOR THIS GRANT.
I THINK THAT MILLION DOLLARS IS VERY IMPORTANT TO THE CITY, AND ONCE WE RECEIVE GRANTS OF THIS NATURE, THERE'S NORMALLY A THREE-YEAR TIMELINE.
WHEN WE WERE NOTIFIED OF AWARD OF THIS, WE WERE NOTIFIED A LITTLE BIT LATE,
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SO THE TIMELINE WAS CRUNCHED, BUT WE DO HAVE AN ABILITY TO APPLY FOR AN EXTENSION ON THIS PROJECT.WE SET UP THIS TIMELINE AS LONG AS WE ARE INTO CONSTRUCTION BY THE TIME WE APPLY FOR THIS EXTENSION, IT'S NOT GUARANTEED, BUT THERE'S A REALLY GOOD CHANCE THAT WE WILL BE APPROVED.
IN THE DISCUSSION TODAY, AND THAT'S WHY I COME TO YOU TO PROVIDE YOU WITH THIS BACKGROUND AND TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT COMMUNITY CENTER VERSUS NON-COMMUNITY CENTER IS TO START THIS TIMELINE, WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO GET STARTED, BUT WE WOULD LOOK AT ISSUING AN RFP FOR A DESIGN-BUILD PROJECT IN FEBRUARY.
WE'RE LOOKING AT BY THE END OF NEXT MONTH.
WITH OUR RFP PROCESS, WE HAVE A TWO-STEP PROCESS.
THE ISSUING STEP 2 IS ONE WE WOULD SHORTLIST THE INITIAL FIRMS. WE WOULD PROVIDE A DESIGN CRITERIA PACKAGE THAT GETS INTO ALL THE SPECIFICS AS TO WHAT WOULD BE INCLUDED IN THAT PARK.
THIS WOULD ALLOW US TO LOOK AT AND NEGOTIATE WITH THE CONTRACTORS, THE DESIGN-BUILD CONTRACTOR.
NEGOTIATE WITH THEM AND THEN GET TO COMMISSION AT THE START OF FISCAL YEAR 24 IN OCTOBER, AND AWARD THAT CONTRACT AND EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT.
WITH AN OCTOBER AGREEMENT APPROVAL AND AWARD, WE WOULD BE ABLE TO LOOK AT ABOUT A 6-8 MONTHS DESIGN PROCESS, WHICH TAKES US TO APRIL, MAY OF 2024 TO BEGIN CONSTRUCTION.
WE'RE TO WORK IN AUGUST TO SUBMIT TO THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION FOR THE GRANT EXTENSION, AND THEN A GREAT POSSIBILITY OF COMPLETING THE PARK AND OPENING IT TO THE RESONANCE IN THE LATE SPRING OF 2025.
NEXT STEPS HAVE THIS DISCUSSION TODAY TO DECIDE ON WHAT WE WOULD INCLUDE IN THE PARK.
THE AMENITIES FOR THE GRANT INCLUDE THE PICNIC SHELTERS, IT INCLUDES, EXCUSE ME FOR A MOMENT, THE PLAYGROUND, THE RECTANGULAR MULTIPURPOSE FIELD, AND THE BASKETBALL COURT.
THOSE ARE ELEMENTS THAT WE WILL NEED TO KEEP IN THE PROJECT.
OTHERWISE, WE CAN PLAY WITH SOME OF THE OTHER ELEMENTS AND TALK ABOUT THE COMMUNITY CENTER.
>> IT'S THE PLAYGROUND, THE MULTIPURPOSE RECTANGULAR FIELD, BASKETBALL COURT, AND PICNIC FACILITIES, WHICH WOULD MEAN A PICNIC SHELTER.
>> THIS IS VERY CONCEPTUAL AS TO THE WAY OUT OF THE PARK AND THE PORTION THAT FDOT WOULD IMPACT WOULD BE ON THAT RIGHT SIDE THAT GOES RIGHT ALONG THE TURNPIKE.
>> THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS.
>> THANK YOU, MAYOR, WERE YOU DONE?
>> JUST ONE OTHER THING REAL QUICK.
WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO OR THE PLAN IS, ONCE WE HAVE THIS DISCUSSION TODAY IF WE CAN GET AN EXPRESSION OF INTEREST AS TO THE COMMUNITY CENTER OR NOT.
I'M GOING TO, OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS, SCHEDULE A COMMUNITY MEETING WITH THE RESONANCE IN CENTRAL PARK AS WELL AS ANY RESONANCE IN THE EAST SIDE THAT WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND SO THAT WE CAN ALSO RECEIVE THAT FEEDBACK BEFORE WE ISSUE THE RFP FOR THE PROJECT.
>> THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU, GREG.
I JUST FIND IT INTERESTING HOW HE SPENT $17 MILLION ON A PARK, BUT WE'RE HERE FIGHTING FOR $879,000 TO GIVE AWAY TO HOMELESSNESS AND ALL OF THOSE INITIATIVES.
QUICK QUESTION. WELL, A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
OTHER CITIES RESIDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO USE THIS PARK OR JUST TAMARAC RESIDENTS?
>> IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO REGULATE THAT, SO IT WOULD BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
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HEY, I'M A RESIDENT HERE.>> WE CAN REGULATE THAT WITHIN A COMMUNITY CENTER SETTING, BUT NOT A PARK SETTING.
>> OKAY. ANNUALLY WILL BE AT A $329,000 DEFICIT EVERY YEAR BASED ON OPERATION VERSUS THE REVENUE?
>> I DON'T KNOW IF I WOULD CLASSIFY AS A DEFICIT, BUT IT WOULDN'T BE OPERATIONAL DOLLARS THAT WE WOULD NEED EACH YEAR.
>> WHERE WOULD THAT COME FROM, THE EXTRA 329,000? IT WOULD BE GENERAL FUND DOLLARS.
>> OKAY. WILL YOU SAY THAT OTHER PARKS IN TAMARAC ARE UP TO PAR IN COMPARISON TO THIS PARK?
>> THANK YOU, GREG. WONDERFUL PRESENTATION AND THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS UP LEAD.
HOW WOULD A COMMUNITY CENTER IN THE SABAL PALM PARK AFFECT WHAT WE COULD DO AT SHAKER VILLAGE, WHICH IS A COUPLE OF BLOCKS DOWN THE ROAD?
>> I GUESS IN MY THOUGHT PROCESS, IT WOULD ALL BE ABOUT THE DOLLARS.
THAT WOULD BE ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT DOLLARS.
I THINK IF WE TALK ABOUT A CENTER AT SHAKER VILLAGE, IT WOULD BE A MUCH SMALLER FACILITY THAT WOULD SERVE US A LOT OF THE RESIDENTS IN THAT AREA.
I THINK THIS WOULD BE MORE SO SIMILAR TO A RECREATION CENTER WITH THOSE TYPES OF AMENITIES IN SABAL PALM, SO IT'D BE MORE OF A FOCAL POINT.
>> I HEAR YOU ON THE DOLLAR, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF I REMEMBER IN THESE FEASIBILITY STUDY THAT IF WE HAVE A COMMUNITY CENTER AT SABAL PALM, THEN IT WOULD REDUCE THE NEED FOR A COMMUNITY CENTER AT SHAKER VILLAGE, DO WE REMEMBER THAT?
I APOLOGIZE. YES, I WOULD AGREE WITH THAT.
>> THEN WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR DISCUSSION AND APPROVAL FOR A COMMUNITY CENTER OR NOT COMING TO THE CENTER, I'D SAY, IS IN TANDEM WITH CONCEPTUALLY WHAT WE MAY DO AT SHAKER VILLAGE, WOULD YOU AGREE WITH THAT?
>> OKAY. NOW, THE COMMUNITY CENTER WOULD BE GREAT, BUT I'M THINKING, WHY NOT DO A VERY LARGE COVERED AREA? LIKE AN OUTSIDE STAGE THAT DOUBLES AS SOMEWHERE WHERE PEOPLE CAN DO OR EVEN THE CITY CAN DO OUTDOOR EVENTS, SKATE PARK, THAT STUFF WITHIN THAT BIG COVERED AREA.
PEOPLE CAN GATHER JUST LIKE THEY WOULD IN A COMMUNITY CENTER, BUT IT'S NOT THAT BIG OF A PRICE.
HAVE WE THOUGHT ABOUT DOING SOMETHING LIKE THAT INSTEAD OF JUST SEEING COMMUNITY CENTER, NO COMMUNITY CENTER, AS IN WHAT DO WE REPLACE IN THAT SPACE? WHAT DO WE PUT IN THAT SPACE?
>> I HAVE NOT THOUGHT OF THAT IDEA.
I DO KNOW THAT SUNRISE HAS DONE SOMETHING SIMILAR TO THAT WITH THEIR, THEY HAVE OUTDOOR BASKETBALL COURTS IN ONE OF THEIR PARKS AND THEY'VE COVERED THEIR OUTDOOR BASKETBALL COURTS.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S FEASIBLE.
IT'S JUST A MATTER OF DECIDING THE ACTUAL NEEDS AND DESIRES OF THE RESONANCE, WHAT'S GOING TO BEST SERVE THE RESIDENTS IN THE AREA.
THEN THERE'S AN AREA FOR THE COMMUNITY CENTER.
IF OUR DECISION IS NO COMMUNITY CENTER, THEN WHAT'S NEXT? WHAT DO YOU PUT THERE?
>> WE CAN LOOK AT OTHER IDEAS.
THIS CONCEPTUAL PLAN IS NOT TO SCALE, SO I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK TOO SOON THAT ALL OF THE THINGS I TALKED ABOUT WILL FIT WITH THAT.
IF WE'RE REMOVING THE COMMUNITY CENTER, WE CAN LOOK AT SOME ADDITIONAL AMENITIES THAT POSSIBLY THE RESONANCE MAY HAVE NEW IDEAS WHEN WE GO OUT TO THEM.
>> BUT YOU DON'T THINK IT WOULD HAVE BEEN WISER TO SAY,
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OKAY, NO COMMUNITY CENTER IN THIS CONCEPTUAL PLAN, HERE'S WHAT COULD HAVE GONE.WE'D SAY NO COMMUNITY CENTER, BUT THEN WE HAVE A BIG OPEN AREA.
>> NOW, WHAT WOULD HAPPEN, VICE MAYOR IS THAT THOSE ELEMENTS WOULD BE SPREAD OUT.
YOU WOULD HAVE, WHICH WE LIKE TO PREFER IN A LOT OF OUR PARKS IS MORE OPEN GREEN SPACE.
BUT IT WOULD SPREAD THE ELEMENTS OUT, AND THE ELEMENTS THAT WE PLACED IN THERE IN ADDITION TO THE COMMUNITY CENTER OR WHAT WE HEARD FROM THE RESONANCE AND FROM OUR STUDIES.
YOU WOULD HAVE THE SPLASH PAD, YOU WOULD HAVE A SIMILAR DEVELOPMENT TO WHAT YOU HAVE AT WATER'S EDGE, ALSO WHAT'S GOING IN AT CAPRA CURRENTLY?
>> WITH THE SOCCER MULTIPURPOSE FIELD, EXPLAIN MULTIPURPOSE.
AROUND THE SOCCER FIELD, WOULD THERE BE AN IDEA OF A SMALL TRACK THAT GOES AROUND IT?
AGAIN, LOOKING AT SPACE IN THAT TYPE OF THING.
BUT THE MULTIPURPOSE FIELD, WHAT IT WOULD BE IS AND I SAY A MULTI-PURPOSE RECTANGULAR FIELD.
IT'S AN OPEN SPACE FIELD THAT COULD ACCOMMODATE SOCCER, IT COULD ACCOMMODATE FOOTBALL, IT COULD ACCOMMODATE WELL ACROSS, IT COULD ACCOMMODATE MANY OF THE ATHLETIC SPORTS.
IT CAN ACCOMMODATE FATHER, MOTHER GOING OUT WITH THEIR CHILDREN TO PLAY CATCH, RUN AROUND, ALL OF THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
>> I GET THAT THE COMMUNITY WAS PROMISED THIS MANY MOONS AGO.
THERE'S A LARGE SEGMENT OF THE COMMUNITY THAT'S BEEN ASKING, WHEN IS IT COMING, WHEN IS IT COMING, WHEN IS IT COMING? I'VE EVEN SEEN POSTS ONLINE WHERE OTHER COMMISSIONERS CHIME IN AND SAY IT'S COMING.
I KNOW THAT WE HAVE TO DO IT, BUT JUST KEEP IN MIND THAT THERE IS ALSO A SEGMENT OF THE COMMUNITY THAT DON'T WANT IT, AND YOU WILL REMEMBER THAT FROM THE LAST MEETING AS WELL.
THAT THEY FEEL THAT IT'S INTRUSIVE AND THAT IT BRINGS MORE TRAFFIC AND THAT IT BRINGS OUTSIDE ELEMENTS AND THAT STUFF.
WITH THAT SAID, I WOULD SUPPORT ALSO A BEER SO SUBSTATION IDEA WHERE MAYBE A COUPLE OF CARS ARE PARKED SO THAT IT HELPS WITH RESPONSE TIMES OR IF ANYTHING'S HAPPENING IN THAT COMMUNITY OR THAT SORT OF STUFF.
CENTRAL PARK, SABAL PARK, THESE COMMUNITIES HAVE SEEN A LOT OF CAR BREAK-INS AND ATTEMPTED BURGLARY AND THAT STUFF.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN LOOK AT BUT THAT'S OPEN FOR DISCUSSION, SO I'D LIKE TO HEAR WHAT YOU SAY?
>> GOOD AFTERNOON OR MORNING, I'M NOT SURE WHAT TIME.
I KNOW WHEN WE SPOKE IN THE PAST, HE SAID ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE CAN'T HAVE MORE ACTIVITIES, THE PROGRAMS THAT WE DO FILL UP SO QUICKLY AND YOU CAN ADD MORE IS BECAUSE OF LACK OF SPACE.
THAT BEING SAID, THIS WOULD HELP ALLEVIATE THAT.
IF WE DO THE COMMUNITY CENTER THERE, WE DON'T NEED A COMMUNITY CENTER TO EXPAND THOSE PROGRAMS.
>> THE ATHLETIC PROGRAMS, I KNOW.
REMEMBER THE DISCUSSION THAT WE HAD.
YES, THIS WOULD HELP ALLEVIATE SOME OF THAT.
>> I'M NOT GOING TO SAY SIGNIFICANTLY BECAUSE IT WOULD NEED TO BE A SMALLER GYMNASIUM, BUT IT COULD ACCOMMODATE A LOT OF RESIDENCE CHILDREN ON THIS SIDE.
IT WOULD SERVE AS MORE RESIDENCE THAN WE CURRENTLY SERVE.
>> BUT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO ADD MORE PROGRAMS?
>> IT WOULD SERVE THE KIDS ON THAT SIDE OF TOWN, BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF CHILDREN ON THIS SIDE.
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>> I'M OFF THE PARK [LAUGHTER].
>> WHO ARE THE REAL BENEFICIARIES AT THIS PARK? IS THE MANOR PARK, MANOR PALM.
WHEN THE LAND WAS GIVEN TO US, THEY'RE GOING TO BENEFIT FROM IT.
WHY IS IT POSSIBLE TO ASSESS THEM AS WELL? [OVERLAPPING] IT'S JUST A HYPOTHETICAL QUESTION.
>> JUST BASED ON THE LOCATION I DON'T THINK IS A REASON TO ASSESS CERTAIN RESIDENTS BECAUSE AS WE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE, THIS IS A PUBLIC PARK OPEN TO ALL RESIDENTS.
JUST LIKE OUR MAIN LANDS PARK, CAPRA PARK, YOU COULD SAY THE SAME THING ABOUT THE RESONANCE AND THE COMMUNITIES AROUND THEIR WATER'S EDGE AS WELL.
BUT WE HAVE INDIVIDUALS AND RESONANCE TRAVELING FROM ALL OVER THE CITY TO GO TO THOSE PARKS.
>> I'M VERY MUCH IN SUPPORT OF US MOVING FORWARD WITH A PARK IN THIS LOCATION AS THIS IS WHAT WAS PROMISED TO THE RESIDENTS WHEN THEY BOUGHT THEIR HOMES.
I DON'T BELIEVE A COMMUNITY CENTER WAS PROMISED TO THE RESIDENTS WHEN THEY GOT THEIR HOMES.
I HAVE SOME FUNDAMENTAL ISSUES WITH ADDING A $330,000 APPROXIMATE DEBT FOR ONE YEAR THAT WITHIN THREE YEARS WERE OVER A MILLION DOLLARS IN DEBT FOR THE COMMUNITY CENTER THAT WE CAN'T YET SAY WOULD ACTUALLY BE PROGRAMMED ENOUGH TO EVEN GET $100,000.
I'VE ASKED FOR THIS. I KNOW WE DON'T HAVE THE DETAILS, BUT I WAS HOPING WE CAN MAYBE SOME TIME GET IT SOON IF WE CAN.
WE KEEP TALKING ABOUT OUR YOUTH ON THE EAST SIDE.
HOW MUCH YOUTH DO WE HAVE ON THE EAST SIDE? I KNOW WHERE WE CURRENTLY HAVE NEW BUILDINGS.
WE DO HAVE A LOT IN CHELSEA PLACE, JUMP, CENTRAL PARK, MADAME PARK AND HIDDEN TRAILS.
MOST SHAKER VILLAGES AND MORE TO THE UN, ACTUALLY IS MORE TOWARDS THE WEST.
I'M TALKING ABOUT THE EAST SIDE THAT WE KEEP TALKING ABOUT EAST SIDE AND I'M LOOKING AT THE MAP OF OUR CITIES AND DISTRICT 1.
I KNOW OUR DATA GIVES US THAT OUR MEDIAN AGE IS DROPPED TO 38 OR 38.7 FOR WEST TO EAST OF THE TURNPIKE.
BUT THE REALITY IS FOR WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE MAP, THE PART THAT'S ACTUALLY BELONGS TO TAMARAC IS COMMERCIAL AND SOME OF OUR 55 AND OLDER LOCATIONS, WE DO HAVE VILLAS.
THERE ARE SOME MORE RESIDENTIAL.
I'M NOT SAYING THAT KIDS AREN'T OUT THERE.
BUT IF WE'RE GOING TO ADD THIS MOMENT, THINK ABOUT BUILDING SOMETHING FOR ANOTHER $10 MILLION IN JUST THE BUILDING FOR RIGHT NOW, WE DON'T EVEN KNOW THE COST AFTERWARDS.
WILL IT BE REACHING AS MUCH OF OUR POPULATION AS WE THINK IT IS? I DO KNOW THAT WE'RE WORKING HARD FOR FIGURING OUT WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN WITH SHAKER VILLAGE.
THE CONVERSATION THERE HAS BEEN FOR YEARS TO SEE WHAT WE CAN TRY TO DO AS A PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP TYPE SITUATION WITH THE, FORGIVE ME, BUT IT IS AN EYESORE.
MY OPINION IS IT'S AN EYESORE OF THE COMMUNITY CENTER THERE THAT BELONGS TO COMMUNITY THAT'S BEEN DILAPIDATED SINCE THE STORMS. WE WON'T NEED ONE SO CLOSE.
WE WON'T NEED TWO COMMUNITY CENTERS SO CLOSE.
FOR THE POPULATION, I WOULD SAY WHATEVER WE DO, DEFINITELY MAKE SURE THE GROUND IS STURDY ENOUGH TO BUILD UPWARDS IN CASE WE NEED TO RISE UP AND PUT A SECOND FLOOR, THIRD FLOOR ON IT BECAUSE I DON'T THINK WE THOUGHT WE WOULD BE AS SUCCESSFUL WITH OUR CURRENT COMMUNITY CENTER WHEN THAT WAS BUILT IN THOUGHT OF IN 2007, 2008 AND 2009. I MIGHT BE OFF FOR MY DAY.
GOOD. SORRY. BUT WE DIDN'T GO FROM THE GROUND UP.
WE DIDN'T MAKE IT STURDY ENOUGH. WE DIDN'T KNOW.
THE REC CENTER, IS THAT GYMNASIUM UTILIZED A LOT? I KNOW WE'RE SUPPOSEDLY TALKING ABOUT MODIFICATIONS AND PLANNING FOR THAT.
>> ALSO, WE HAVE A GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH THE SCHOOL TAMARAC ELEMENTARY UTILIZES IT AS WELL.
>> I UNDERSTAND THE COVERALL PLACE, BUT MAYBE A COVERALL PLACE IS NOT THE SAME.
YOU CAN ALWAYS PROGRAM A SHELTER THE SAME WAY YOU CAN
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PROGRAM A COMMUNITY CENTER THAT HAS WALLS AND ELECTRIC AND DOING COMPUTER PROGRAMMING OR ANY KIND OF OTHER TUTORS, TUTORING OR WHATEVER YOU'D WANT TO DO, AN ASK FOR PROGRAMMING.MAYBE THE EXTRA LAND COULD BE FOR TENNIS OR VERY WELL, SOUND PROTECTED PICKLEBALL BECAUSE THAT'S THE NEWEST FIGHT FOR EVERYBODY, PICKLEBALL.
THEY LOVED PICKLEBALL, BUT THEY CAN'T STAND THE SOUNDS AND NOW HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATIONS ARE FIGHTING EACH OTHER ON THE SOUNDS OF THE PICKLEBALL.
I THINK WE NEED TO GO BACK TO THE COMMUNITY AS VICE MAYOR SAID, THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO WANT IT AND THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO DON'T.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE'VE EVER REALLY DISCUSSED HOW MUCH RECENTLY WITH COMMUNITY CENTER NOT WITH COMMUNITY CENTER.
I KNOW WHEN WE WERE DOING THIS WITH MAINLANDS, THE MAINLANDS PARK, IT WOUND UP BEING A PASSIVE PARK THAT'S MOSTLY UTILIZED BY THE COMMUNITY.
I WOULD THINK THAT WITHOUT A COMMUNITY CENTER, THIS WILL WIND UP BEING SOMETHING MOSTLY UTILIZED BY COMMUNITY VERSUS A LOT OF PEOPLE COMING IN FROM WELL, THERE'S OAKLAND PARK, NORTH LAUDERDALE, FORT LAUDERDALE TO COME IN AND UTILIZE THE COMMUNITY CENTER.
SINCE I DOESN'T SOUND LIKE THEY WOULD ACTUALLY HAVE ENOUGH PROGRAMMING DOLLAR TO MAKE IT WORTH THE ADDITIONAL STRESS OR BURDEN ONTO THE COMMUNITY.
I CAN'T SAY THAT I WOULD WANT TO SUPPORT A 15,000 SQUARE FOOT COMMUNITY CENTER IN THE MIDDLE BECAUSE THIS IS IN THEIR COMMUNITY EITHER.
VICE MAYO. COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS.
>> THANK YOU, MAYOR. HOW MUCH WOULD THE SHAKER VILLAGE PROJECT COST? I DON'T HAVE COST ESTIMATES AT THIS POINT FOR [OVERLAPPING] [INAUDIBLE].
>> I CAN'T REALLY OFFER AN OPINION.
>> WE CAN GET THAT INFORMATION FOR YOU.
THERE ARE ESTIMATES THAT WERE APPROVED IN THE BUDGET SO THAT'S READILY AVAILABLE.
>> I JUST THINK THAT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO CONSIDER TOO, THAT IF WE'RE LOOKING AT BUYOUT THAT CENTER, THAT WE'D TAKE THIS INTO CONSIDERATION WITH THAT AT THE SAME TIME.
>> I THINK THAT'S WHAT ALSO IS VAGUE PLAYING ON OUR MINDS.
ALSO, IF WE SHOULD DO SHAKER VILLAGE PROPERTY WISE, IT IS A LONG COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD.
IT IS ON A FRONTAGE OF A STREET WHILE IT DOES.
IT IS AROUND THE COMMUNITIES, AROUND A COMMUNITY THAT ALREADY HAS A COMMUNITY CENTER THERE.
IT'S A DIFFERENT ELEMENT AND FEEL TO BEING A PUBLIC FACILITY.
WAY MORE PUBLIC VERSUS IN THE MIDDLE OF TUCKED AWAY IN THIS OTHER COMMUNITY.
VICE MAYOR I COULDN'T TELL IF THESE ARE NEW.
[INAUDIBLE] THEN. COMMISSIONER DANIEL.
>> THE QUESTION IS SHAKER VILLAGE, IS THAT GUARANTEED? I THOUGHT IT WASN'T GUARANTEED YET.
WE'RE TALKING AS IF IT IS OR CAN WE WAIT ON THIS UNTIL WE FIGURED OUT? NO. I'M TALKING ABOUT JUST A COMMUNITY CENTER ASPECT UNTIL WE FIGURE OUT, IS SHAKER VILLAGE GOING TO HAPPEN? BECAUSE I AGREE IF YOU'RE GOING TO DO A COMMUNITY CENTER, SHAKER VILLAGE, MAYBE WE DON'T NEED A COMMUNITY CENTER AT THIS PART.
BUT TO ME, SHAKER VILLAGE IS NOT COMPLETE.
>> I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY SHAKER VILLAGE, IN MY MIND WOULD BE MORE OF A SINGLE COUPLE OF ROOMS. THE SPACE THERE IS NOT CONDUCING TO A LARGE CENTER.
>> MAYOR, IF I MAY, TO DEVELOP SHAKER VILLAGE WOULD BE ABOUT 6.5 MILLION.
THAT'S WHAT WE PUT IN OUR CIP LAST YEAR.
THOSE NUMBERS ARE NUMBERS FROM LAST YEAR, BUT THAT'S WHAT WE'VE SET ASIDE IN ANTICIPATION OF ULTIMATELY BUILDING SOMETHING.
>> ULTIMATELY WE'LL HAVE $24 PLUS MILLION FOR BOTH PROJECTS?
>> [OVERLAPPING] THEORETICALLY, YES.
>> THE CONSTRUCTION COST OF 6.5 MILLION DOES NOT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE PURCHASE PRICE OF THE PROPERTY ITSELF, WHICH WE PUT IN 900,000 IN THE CIP THAT HAS BEEN APPROPRIATED FOR THIS YEAR, BUT THAT WAS A PLACE HOLDER AND IT COULD LIKELY COST MORE THAN 900,000.
>> I FEEL LIKE WHEN WE'RE DISCUSSING THINGS THAT WILL BENEFIT CHILDREN AND A YOUNGER GENERATION, WE DRAW BACK AND WE DO GO TO OTHER PLACES.
FOR INSTANCE, WE HAVE TO GO TO CORAL SPRINGS TO THEIR PARKS BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ANY HERE. I'M JUST BEING HONEST.
UNLESS YOU GO INTO THE ONE ON KNOB HILL FOR KIDS, THAT'S KID FRIENDLY, THAT THINGS FOR KIDS TO DO.
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YEAH. THERE'S REALLY ONE BIG PARK THAT YOU COULD GO TO IN TAMARAC THAT SUSTAINS THAT.[OVERLAPPING] STUFF IS NEVER AVAILABLE.
THERE IS A NEED FOR US TO HAVE MORE PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN, FOR HIGH-SCHOOL KIDS.
THAT'S NOT BEING TAKEN CARE OF IN A CITY.
AS A MOM, I'M TELLING YOU, YOU HAVE TO GO TO OTHER CITY FOR CERTAIN THINGS.
THEN WE GIVE PROGRAMS THAT THIS NEW GENERATION, THAT'S NOT EVEN WHAT THEY WANT.
YOU'RE SAYING BUILD TENNIS COURT.
THEY DON'T PLAY TENNIS LIKE THAT.
BILL AND I KNOW THEY SAID A TENNIS COURT ARE NOT A BASEBALL FIELD.
THE KIDS WANT THINGS THAT THEY DO PLAY.
THEY WANT TO PLAY VIRTUAL LEAGUE.
WE NEED TO PROVIDE THAT BECAUSE IT'S NOT THERE.
THEN WE WONDER WHY OUR KIDS GET IN TROUBLE OR WHY THEY'RE OVERWEIGHT, OR WHY THEY'RE SITTING ON A COUCH WATCHING TV.
BECAUSE OUR CITY REALLY DOESN'T PROVIDE ADEQUATE AMOUNT OF PROGRAMS FOR THE KIDS.
OUR DISCUSSION WAS THAT WE NEED MORE SPACE. WE JUST DON'T HAVE IT.
BUT THEN IT'S BEING THROWN BACK.
BUT AS A RESIDENT AND A PARENT, ONE OF THE REASON WHY I RAN IS, THERE IS NOTHING FOR MY CHILDREN TO DO.
YOU BETTER BE QUICK TO SIGN UP FOR ONE OF THOSE PROGRAMS OR YOU'RE NOT GETTING IN, OR IT HAS TO SHUT DOWN.
YOU MIGHT HAVE A LOT OF BASEBALL, BUT NOT ENOUGH KIDS SIGN-UP.
YOU GOT TO CLOSE SOME OF THE TEAM.
SOME OF THE THINGS LIKE YOU SIGN THEM UP FOR FOOTBALL, YOU GOT TO FUNDRAISE BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO PAY THE CITY IF YOU ACTUALLY PLAY FOOTBALL.
UNFORTUNATELY FOR ME, MY KIDS LIKE FOOTBALL.
YOU HAVE TO FUNDRAISE AND PAY THE CITY.
WHERE DOES THE BALANCE COME IN WHEN WE ACTUALLY HELP CHILDREN? I'M JUST THROWING THAT OUT THERE.
IF WE COULD KEEP THAT IN MIND AS WE MOVE FORWARD AND NOT JUST QUICKLY SHUT DOWN ANYTHING THAT WILL HELP THE YOUNG PEOPLE OR THE RESIDENTS BECAUSE I'M NOT THAT YOUNG THAT HAVE CHILDREN THAT NEED PLACES FOR THEM TO GO AND PROGRAMS FOR THEM TO PARTICIPATE.
WE DON'T HAVE TO GO TO CORAL SPRINGS.
WE DON'T HAVE TO GO TO SUNLIGHT.
>> I'M JUST GOING TO JUMP IN ON THAT.
YES, WE DO NEED SOME PROGRAMMING.
WE DO, BUT TO SAY THAT THE CITY OF TAMARAC DOESN'T HAVE PARKS.
>> WE DO HAVE BEAUTIFUL PARKS.
A PARK THAT THE CHILDREN ACTUALLY GO TO AND HAVE THINGS TO DO IS USUALLY THE ONE OFF YET.
THAT'S WHY THE TAMARAC REC CENTER FIELDS ARE IN THE PROCESS OF HAVING SOME RESTRUCTURING.
THAT'S SOME OF THE PROGRAMMING THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO.
SOME FIELDS ARE GOING TO TURN FROM BASKETBALL, BASEBALL.
[OVERLAPPING] THAT'S FINE, JUST PUTTING IT OUT THERE.
IT'S UNDERSTOOD THAT THE CITY IS WORKING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE OUR PARKS THAT ARE ABLE TO BE UTILIZED BY ALL AND BE ABLE TO WORK WITH THE EVER CHANGING NEEDS OF OUR CITY.
YOU DON'T GO FROM A RETIREMENT CITY CREATED FOR RETIREMENT AND HAD EVERYTHING IN PLACE FOR AN ACTIVE CITY RIGHT AWAY FOR 49-YEAR OLDS AND PEOPLE WITH KIDS.
IT ISN'T IRRELEVANT IN A PROCESS.
I'M SORRY THAT YOU FEEL THAT SOME OF US MIGHT BE SHUTTING DOWN A COMMUNITY CENTER.
IT'S NOT SHUTTING DOWN A COMMUNITY CENTER OR WANTING TO DO THINGS FOR KIDS.
I'M THE ONE WHO SAID THAT WE NEED PLACES FOR PROGRAMMING AND NEED WALLS.
BECAUSE OUR KIDS WANT TO GET INVOLVED IN COMPUTER PROGRAMS AND GAMERS, AND ALL THAT WRITING IN STEM PROGRAMS. THE PROBLEM IS MONEY.
THAT'S WHERE MY COMMENTS COME DOWN FROM.
WHEN WE ALL OF A SUDDEN WE WANT TO DO SOME GOOD THINGS, WE HAVE GREAT IDEAS.
WE HAVE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO POSSIBLY DO SOMETHING HERE.
BUT WHERE ARE WE GETTING THE EXTRA $329,000 OR $330,000, WHICH IS THE THIRD OF A MILLION DOLLARS.
>> MISS, WE'RE DEVELOPING ALL THESE NEW APARTMENTS, AND THEY ALL BRING IN REVENUE.
>> I WOULD APPRECIATE IF YOU DON'T CALL ME MISS.
>> YOU DON'T HAVE TO CALL ME MAYOR. [OVERLAPPING] I'M IN THE MIDDLE OF TALKING ABOUT THINGS.
>> YES. THE THING IS, THIS IS WHY IT'S GOING TO BE REALLY GOOD WHEN YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO SIT WITH OUR FINANCIAL ADVISORS OR OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PEOPLE AND UNDERSTAND THAT CERTAIN THINGS.
WE THINK THAT THERE'S A LOT OF MONEY OUT THERE.
WE DON'T GET AS MUCH AS WE THINK WE DO.
WE HAVEN'T HAD IMPACT FEES, THEY ONLY JUST WENT IN.
THEY ONLY JUST WENT INTO COVID.
WE WANT TO STOPPING THE IMPACT THESE BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE THEM IN PLACE TO BE ABLE TO HELP WITH THINGS.
OUR IMPACT FEES ARE ACTUALLY LIMITED.
WE DO HAVE IMPACT FEES THAT CAN COME HELP WITH OUR PARKS WHEN THE NEW DEVELOPMENT COMES IN.
BUT THE AMOUNT OF MONEY WHERE IT STRETCHES IS WHERE IT BECOMES A PROBLEM.
I'M SORRY, YOU FEEL THAT SOME OF US ARE JUST BEING BLUZZY TO SAYING THAT WE DON'T WANT A COMMUNITY CENTER.
IT'S HOW DO WE BE ABLE TO AFFORD TO PAY FOR IT.
ALSO, THE OTHER THING REALLY IS IT NEEDS TO GO BACK TO THE COMMUNITY FOR
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THE COMMUNITY THAT WHETHER OR NOT THAT COMMUNITY WANTS A COMMUNITY CENTER WITHIN IT, BECAUSE THAT'S NOT ONE OF THE THINGS THE COMMUNITY HAS BEEN SAYING FOR A REALLY LONG TIME.IT'S MORE ABOUT THEM THAN US RIGHT NOW. VICE MAYOR, BOLTON.
>> THANK YOU, MAYOR. COME BACK.
FIRST OF ALL, I SAID THE SAME THING THAT COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS SAID, WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT SHAKER VILLAGE AND TANDEM WITH THIS DISCUSSION.
WE'RE THINKING ABOUT SHAKER VILLAGE.
REGARDLESS OF WHETHER WE BUILT A SHAKER VILLAGE OR NOT, OR BUILD AT CENTRAL PARK OR NOT, FROM WHAT I HEAR FROM THE RESIDENTS OF THAT COMMUNITY, TRUST ME, ONE OF MY THINGS IS TO JOG IN EACH COMMUNITY ON A SCHEDULE.
TODAY I'M JOGGING SHAKER VILLAGE TOMORROW I'M JOGGING CENTRAL PARK, SO THAT I GET TO HEAR FROM RESIDENTS AND THEY GET TO APPROACH ME.
MAYBE THAT'S AN IDEA FOR PEOPLE.
>> I'M HAPPY TO HEAR THAT. [LAUGHTER]
>> MY BELLY IS NOT GOING ANYWHERE, BUT LIKE IT'S GOOD DUTCH SPOT.
[LAUGHTER] BUT HERE'S THE THING.
CENTRAL PARK DOES NOT NEED A COMMUNITY CENTER.
I DO UNDERSTAND THAT WE NEED A COMMUNITY CENTER.
WE NEED MORE COMMUNITY FACILITIES.
WE DO. I'VE BEEN LONG PROPONENT FOR COMMUNITY CENTERS AND PARKS.
THAT'S THE STUFF. YOU KNOW THIS.
WE NEED TO FIND AREAS, KNOCK DOWN SOME PLACES, AND REBUILD IT. I DON'T KNOW.
WE NEED COMMUNITY FACILITIES, COMMUNITY CENTERS, THAT STUFF.
IN CENTRAL PARK, THEY WOULD BURN ALL OF US ALIVE IF YOU PUT A 15,000-SQUARE-FEET COMMUNITY CENTER RIGHT IN THAT PLACE.
WE UNDERSTOOD THIS FROM THE LAST DISCUSSION THERE.
WE PROBABLY SHOULD NOT EVEN HAVE BROUGHT THIS AS AN IDEA BECAUSE THEY JUST DON'T NEED IT.
I DON'T THINK THAT WE NEED IT.
WE CAN'T MOVE ON FROM THAT BECAUSE WE CONSENSUS, THAT'S WHAT YOU ASKED FOR.
>> YOU SAID I DON'T NEED IT. I SHOULD FIND OTHER PLACES.
BECAUSE IT WILL STILL COST THE SAME AMOUNT OF MONEY, WOULDN'T IT?
>> YES. MY IDEA IS NOT NECESSARILY THE COST ON THE BUDGET.
IT'S MORE OF THAT LITTLE CLUSTER.
WE WOULD ACTUALLY DO THEM A DISSERVICE RATHER THAN SERVICE TO PUT A COMMUNITY CENTER THERE.
I'M NOT SAYING THAT THE CITY OR WHEREVER ELSE IN THE CITY DOES NOT NEED A COMMUNITY CENTER. WE DO.
JUST ONE COMMUNITY CENTER IS JUST NOT ENOUGH FOR A CITY OF 70,000, 72,000, 73,000.
TRUST ME, I KNOW. DON'T START. [OVERLAPPING]
>> WE ACTUALLY HAVE THREE OTHER ITEMS TO DO ON THE AGENDA.
I KNOW THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE REQUESTING BATHROOM BREAKS.
>> I AGREE WITH DR. DANIEL, THAT WE NEED COMMUNITY CENTERS.
BUT JUST HISTORICALLY FROM THE DISCUSSIONS IN THAT PARTICULAR AREA, THEY DON'T WANT IT.
I THINK IT WOULD BE A DISSERVICE TO DO THAT, ESPECIALLY WITH COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD AND THE TRAFFIC AND MORE PEOPLE COMING [INAUDIBLE] THAT'S THE STUFF.
BUT LET US THINK ABOUT NO PICKLEBALL.
[LAUGHTER] LET'S PUT OUR THINKING CAPS ON.
WE CAN TALK TO SOME PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY TO SEE IF COVERED AREA IS NECESSARY.
LET ME TELL YOU, I DON'T CORRELATE THIS WITH ANYTHING AND BIG CONSPIRACY THEORISTS, BUT YOUNG PEOPLE,
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THEY ARE DYING FOR SOME STRANGE REASON.HEART PALPITATIONS, YOU JUST FALLING OUT.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S NOT BEING OUTSIDE OR WHATEVER IT IS.
BUT PEOPLE NEED TO BE OUTSIDE.
WE TALK ABOUT DOING HOMEWORK AND THAT STUFF.
WE CAN DO HOMEWORK OUTSIDE, GRAB YOUR LAPTOP, MAKE SURE THERE'S WI-FI IN THE PARK BECAUSE THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT.
GRADING ON INFRASTRUCTURE TO MAKE SURE THAT CAN BE DONE.
MAKE SURE IT'S SAFE. LOTS OF CAMERAS.
MAKE SURE WE HAVE WI-FI IN THE PARK.
MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE SOME PROGRAMS TO PROVIDE TECHNOLOGY TO OUR COMMUNITY RESONANCE.
THEY WILL ACTUALLY GO OUTSIDE.
THEY'LL ACTUALLY SIT IN THE PARK SOMEWHERE, DO THEIR HOMEWORK ON A LAPTOP BECAUSE THEY HAVE RELIABLE WI-FI.
SOME PEOPLE CANNOT AFFORD WI-FI AT HOME OR INTERNET AT HOME.
WE NEED TO LOOK AT THOSE THINGS.
IN AN OUTSIDE COVERED AREA WITH WI-FI CAPABILITIES, SITTING AREA, SKATEBOARDING, OUTSIDE STAGE AREA, THAT COULD PROBABLY WORK AND WITH LESS MONEY THAN WHAT IT IS FOR A PARK.
WHAT IT IS FOR COMING TO THE CENTER.
IF WE DON'T DO IT THERE IS. [OVERLAPPING]
>> WELL, THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS I WANTED TO ASK THE CITY MANAGER.
WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF PROPERTY IN THE CITY.
OUR CITY IS NOT ONE OF THOSE PLACES THAT HAS A CRA, WE DIDN'T PURCHASE A LOT OF PROPERTY.
OBVIOUSLY, THE PROPERTY WE BUILT AND WE PURCHASED WAS TAMARAC VILLAGE.
WE'VE GOT THAT DONE, BUT WE'RE ALSO TRYING TO GO EAST SIDE.
WE HAVE A FEW OPPORTUNITY ZONES WE'RE PURCHASING PROPERTY AND THOSE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY ZONES THAT ARE ALSO FEDERAL FUNDS RELATED.
IS THERE A WAY FOR WHEN WE HAVE THOSE AREAS DEVELOPED TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A COMMUNITY CENTER AS PART OF THE DEVELOPED AREA THERE? IT'S ALONG 441 IN COMMERCIAL.
>> THAT PARTICULAR PARCEL, I CAN'T SPEAK TO WHETHER OR NOT IT COULD ACCOMMODATE.
>> AREN'T WE STILL TRYING TO ACCUMULATE [OVERLAPPING] MORE PARCELS TO GO IN TO IT?
>> WE OWN TWO PARCELS ON WHERE WE ARE AT THIS POINT, SO WE'RE NOT REALLY THERE AS FAR AS OWNING A BIG BLOCK THAT COULD BE DEVELOPED.
THE CITY CAN ALWAYS PURCHASE PROPERTY FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A COMMUNITY CENTER OR SEEK OUT PARTNERSHIPS, THAT IS CORRECT.
>> ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IT DOES DO THOUGH WHEN WE REMOVE AN ACTIVE PROPERTY OFF THE TAX ROLLS WE THEN DON'T GET MONEY FOR THE PROPERTY, SO WE DON'T PAY OUR SALES TAX.
THAT IS ONE OF THE NOT WONDERFUL ISSUES ABOUT BUYING LAND FOR MUNICIPAL PURPOSES THAT ISN'T THEN RESOLD OR BEING UTILIZED BY A THIRD-PARTY THAT'LL THEN EVENTUALLY PAY TAXES.
[OVERLAPPING] BUT THAT'S THE ONLY CREATIVE PLACE WE COULD BE RIGHT NOW.
>> IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT IF THE CHOICE IS NOT TO PUT A COMMUNITY CENTER THERE, THEN THAT WOULD BE THE NEXT INTENTION IS TO FIND OUT IF NOT AT SHAKER VILLAGE OR THEN WHERE? IT'S REALLY A FUNCTION OF THE FINANCING YOU HAVE AND WHERE YOU WANT TO PUT THINGS.
[OVERLAPPING] THIS ONE SEEMED EASY BECAUSE THE CITY OWNED IT.
[OVERLAPPING] IT'S NOT EASY, BUT IT'S OUR PROPERTY.
>> IT SEEMS EASY BUT IT WOULD NOT WIND UP BEING AS SUCCESSFUL AS WE WOULD PUT THE MONEY IN TO BE.
MAYBE THERE'S ALSO, AND WE'VE ASKED THIS BEFORE AND I DON'T KNOW IF WE'VE HAD A CHANCE TO TRY IT BECAUSE A LOT OF THESE DISCUSSIONS THEN HAPPENED AND COVID HAPPENED.
MAYBE WE CAN RECONVENE CONVERSATIONS WITH OAKLAND PARK AND FORT LAUDERDALE BECAUSE THEY MAY HAVE SOME PROPERTIES ALONG THEIR PROPERTIES THAT ARE BUT OURS THAT MAY BE SOMETHING COULD BE A JOINT EFFORT BETWEEN THE CITIES IN ORDER TO CREATE A COMMUNITY CENTER MORE EAST THAT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL AND ALL THREE CITIES WOULD BEAR THE BURDEN, AND IT WOULD HELP OUR RESIDENTS.
THAT'S WHERE WE CAN TRY TO BE. [OVERLAPPING]
>> WE HAVE HAD SOME OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS.
>> WE TALKED ABOUT THAT EVEN PARTNER WITH NORTH LAUDERDALE AT BAYLOR ROAD, AND 441, THEY HAVE A NICE FACILITY THERE AND SO WE COULD TALK TO THEM AND THAT'S THE STUFF.
YOU'RE ASKING QUESTION ABOUT COMMUNITY CENTER AND NOT COMMUNITY CENTER, AND I DON'T WANT DR. DANIEL TO THINK THAT IT'S JUST NOT COMMUNITY CENTER ANYWHERE.
THIS IS NOT COMMUNITY CENTER IN THIS PARTICULAR AREA.
>> BUT IT IS NOT COMMUNITY CENTER ANYWHERE BECAUSE HE SAYS SHAKER VILLAGE CANNOT ACCOMMODATE A COMMUNITY CENTER.
>> IT CAN ACCOMMODATE A COMMUNITY CENTER, JUST NOT 15,000 SQUARE FEET.
>> I UNDERSTAND. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, EVEN IF SHAKER VILLAGE COULD HOLD 15,000 SQUARE FEET,
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YOU DON'T WANT TO PUT A 15,000 SQUARE FEET COMMUNITY CENTER IN SOMEBODY'S COMMUNITY.SO I GUESS SHAKER VILLAGE, ABSOLUTELY, TALKING ABOUT THAT IN TANDEM.
CENTRAL PARK, PROBABLY NO COMMUNITY CENTER BECAUSE OF THE TEXTURE OF THAT COMMUNITY.
BUT IT'S THROUGH OUR STRATEGIC PLANNING MEETINGS.
WE SHOULD TALK ABOUT WHERE WE SHOULD FIND COMMUNITY CENTERS AND FACILITIES.
BECAUSE DR. DANIEL'S POSITION IS GREAT, IT'S ALSO MY POSITION.
FOR DR. DANIEL'S KIDS, AND FOR MY CHILDREN AS WELL WE NEED PLACES TO GO AND THEY NEED TO FIND PLACES TO PLAY, SO WE'RE ALL FOR COMMUNITY FACILITIES TALKING ABOUT THIS.
>> COMMISSIONER WRIGHT HAS A COMMENT AND THEN WE NEED TO GIVE YOU CONSENSUS OF MOVING FORWARD WITH THE CONCEPT TO BRING IT FORTH TO THE COMMUNITY WITH OR WITHOUT THE COMMUNITY CENTER.
>> QUESTION IN TERMS OF AESTHETIC FOR PARKS, BASED ON OTHER CITIES, DO YOU SEE THEM PUTTING COMMUNITY CENTERS IN THESE TYPE OF PARK? JUST LOOKING AT THE MAP FROM A USER DESIGN PERSPECTIVE, IT SEEMS LIKE IT WAS JUST DROPPED IN THERE TO THE DECIDE.
I ONLY SEE ONE PICNIC SHELTER.
WHEN I VISIT OTHER PARKS IN OTHER CITIES I SEE A LOT MORE PICNIC SHELTERS.
>> ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT WITH THE RESIDENTS WAS THE PICNIC SHELTERS AND THAT TYPE OF THING AND THEY WERE NOT REAL HIGH ON PICNIC PARTIES THAT TYPE OF THING.
THE COMMUNITY CENTER PLACEMENT, AND AGAIN, WE WOULD LEAVE THAT UP TO THE DESIGN BUILDER TO PLACE A FINAL DESIGN OF THE PARK, BUT THOSE ARE SOME OF THE ELEMENTS.
>> GOING BACK TO DR. DANIEL'S POINT, WHICH DISTRICT WOULD YOU SAY WOULD HAVE THE HIGHEST AMOUNT OF YOUTH CRIMES? MAYBE YOU CAN ANSWER THAT OFFHAND.
>> NO, IT'S MOST LIKELY DISTRICT 2.
I THINK DISTRICT 2 [OVERLAPPING] IS MOST POPULATED WITH CHILDREN MORE THAN THE OTHER DISTRICTS.
WE CAN'T [OVERLAPPING] NECESSARILY QUANTIFY THE VALUE OF A YOUTH FUTURE.
SO EVEN THOUGH IT'S 329,000 PER YEAR OVER $250 MILLION BUDGET, THAT'S ONE PERCENT OF ONE PERCENT.
WE CAN'T REALLY QUANTIFY THAT.
I GET THE POINT THAT SHE'S MAKING THE SENSE THAT WE HAVE TO CREATE MODERN DAY OPPORTUNITIES FOR THESE YOUTHS TO REALLY EXCEL.
I'VE SEEN THAT WITH HER PERSONALLY.
JUNE ELECTION, I SAW A LADY CAME UP TO HER AND HUGGED HER AND SAID TO DR. DANIEL, YOU TURNED AROUND A SCHOOL AND YOU CHANGED MY SON'S LIFE.
FOR HER, I UNDERSTAND HER PASSION BECAUSE SHE'S DONE THIS AND IT CAN'T BE QUANTIFIED, SO WE CAN'T NECESSARILY PUT A VALUE ON WHAT THE FUTURE OF TIME [INAUDIBLE], WE'RE THINKING LONG-TERM, SO I GET HER POINT IN THAT SENSE AS WELL.
>> NOT THAT I DON'T WANT KIDS TO PLAY TENNIS, BUT THE FACT IS, IS WHETHER THEY'LL LIKE IT.
>> I DIDN'T SAY THAT I WANT A TENNIS COURT THERE, I WAS SAYING WHAT OTHER AMENITIES COULD BE DONE, BUT THE COMMUNITY NEEDS TO BE ASKED ABOUT IT.
>> I WILL AGREE WITH YOU. [OVERLAPPING]
>> IT'S NOT ABOUT ME, IT'S NOT ABOUT WHAT I WANT, IT'S WHAT THE COMMUNITY WANTS, WHAT'S GOING TO BE ACTIVE AND UTILIZED, AND WHAT YOU HEAR PEOPLE SAYING THAT THEY'RE USING AND TRYING TO GET THEIR KIDS TO BE INVOLVED IN. THAT'S ALL.
>> THAT'S WHY I AGREED WITH YOU BECAUSE THE COMMUNITY SAID THAT THEY DON'T WANT THAT FACILITY.
THAT'S WHY I'M SAYING BECAUSE THEY ALREADY TOLD US THAT THEY DON'T WANT THAT, WHY DID WE EVEN BRING IT AS A.
>> I CAN RESPOND TO THAT. IT'S A WHOLE DISCUSSION THAT WE JUST HAD AS FAR AS WHAT OUR NEEDS ARE WITHIN THE CITY AND PLACEMENT.
THIS PARCEL IS PROBABLY OUR LAST LARGE PARCEL IN THE CITY TO DEVELOP AS A PARK AT THIS POINT, NOT TAKING IN REDEVELOPMENT OR ANYTHING OF THAT NATURE.
THIS WAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO PLACE THAT AND WE DO IT.
THAT WAS THE REASON BEING WITH THAT.
>> YOU HAVE A FEBRUARY 2023 DEADLINE TO ISSUE STEP 1 RFP FOR DESIGN-BUILD PROJECT.
NOW, OUR BACK-AND-FORTH OF PARK AND NO PARK, BECAUSE FEBRUARY IS SEVEN DAYS AWAY [LAUGHTER] OR SIX DAYS AWAY, HOW DO WE ISSUE STEP 1 RFP FOR DESIGN IF WE HAVE NOT SPOKEN TO THE COMMUNITY YET?
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IF WE'VE NOT AGREED ON COMMUNITY CENTER OR NO PARK?>> WHAT WE'LL DO AND I SPOKE ABOUT THE END OF FEBRUARY AND THERE'S SOME FLEXIBILITY IN THERE WITH WEEKS PROBABLY.
BUT I WANTED TO GET BACK OUT TO THE COMMUNITY AND TALK ABOUT.
SO IF THE DECISION IS TODAY NOT TO INCLUDE A COMMUNITY CENTER, THEN I WANT TO GO TALK TO THE RESIDENTS ABOUT THESE OTHER ELEMENTS AND POSSIBLY ANY OTHER ELEMENTS THEY MAY WANT TO SEE IN THAT PARK.
>> BUT THE FIRST STEP OF THAT RFP PROCESS IS A GENERAL STEP AND WE WOULD LIST OUT ITEMS. THEY WOULD NOT PROVIDE A COST, THEY WOULD NOT PROVIDE A DESIGN, THAT'S WHEN WE GET TO STEP 2.
I THINK WE'RE OKAY IF WE CAN GET THAT FEEDBACK AND GET THEM GET A GENERAL IDEA OF WHAT THAT PARK IS GOING TO INCLUDE.
>> I THINK PART OF THE PROBLEM, VICE MAYOR, IS THAT THE LAST PUBLIC MEETING WAS 2020.
WE DO NOW HAVE A POTENTIAL GAP IN OUR PLAN IF WE DON'T HAVE A COMMUNITY CENTER THERE SO I THINK IT IS IN COMMON FOR US TO GO BACK TO THE COMMUNITY, THERE MIGHT BE SOME NEW IDEAS.
THEY CAN ALSO MAYBE RUN WITH THE IDEA OF THE SHELTER WITH WI-FI AND PROGRAMMING AND ELECTRIC THAT THEY CAN DO THEIR STUFF OUTSIDE.
BUT THAT ALSO HAS TO COUNTERBALANCE ON THE IDEA THAT THEY DIDN'T WANT SHELTERS IN THERE BUT IT'S UP TO THE COMMUNITY FOR US TO HEAR I THINK SO.
I HAVE COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS.
>> THANK YOU MAYOR. IS IT POSSIBLE TO LEAVE THAT SPACE OPEN SO THAT WE CAN BUILD THE PARK OUT, GET COMMUNITY CONSENSUS, AND IF IT'S IN FAVOR, BUILD IT AT A LATER TIME? IS THAT VIABLE?
>> AGAIN, WHAT WAS THE QUESTION?
>> LEAVE THIS SPACE GREEN AND AT A LATER TIME, IF THE COMMUNITY SAYS, WE DO WANT ONE, WE'RE ABLE TO DO IT AT A LATER TIME, BUILD THE WHOLE ENTIRE PARK AND LEAVE THE GREEN SPACE LATER ON WE.
THAT'S A GREAT IDEA AND I THINK THAT WE SHOULD FORWARD WITH THAT.
>> AT THIS TIME, I'M GOING TO ASK US TO HAVE CONSENSUS THAT WE'RE GOING TO MOVE THIS PROJECT FORWARD WITHOUT A COMMUNITY CENTER, WITH A NICE BIG, BEAUTIFUL GREEN SPACE THERE FOR POSSIBLE FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS WAS JUST SOMETHING THAT SOME OF US HAD TALKED ABOUT EARLIER AND UNDERSTAND THAT BUILDING COSTS WILL BE DIFFERENT IN THE FUTURE, BUT AT LEAST WE HAVE THE SPACE AND WE HAVEN'T PROGRAMMED OVER IT.
BUT STILL THIS GOING OUT TO THE COMMUNITY FOR THE COMMUNITY TO CONFIRM, WE MAY BE WANTING THEY WANT TO.
>> THAT THE IDEA OF A PHASED APPROACH, IS A GOOD ONE.
I'M GOING TO HAVE TO DEAL WITH PUBLIC SERVICES AND THE ENGINEER IS TO DETERMINE HOW FEASIBLE THAT IS.
BECAUSE LOOKING AT A FEW DIFFERENT THINGS WITH WEAVING THAT SPACE FOR THE COMMUNITY CENTER IS ONE THING, BUT FIGURING IN THE DRAINAGE, THE ADDITIONAL PARKING SPACES THERE WOULD BE NEEDED FOR A COMMUNITY CENTER, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
BUT WE WILL HAVE THAT DISCUSSION.
>> I UNDERSTAND. AS WE HAVE THE CONCEPTUAL PLAN NOW, EVERYTHING LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOOD WHERE IT IS AND PARKING WOULD BE SUFFICIENT FOR WHATEVER IS THERE.
IF WE BUILD EVERYTHING AS IS, BUT JUST NOT GO THE COMMUNITY CENTER.
WHEN WE DO BUILD THE COMMUNITY CENTER, IF THAT TIME COMES AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED, THEN WE ALREADY BUILT WHAT WE NEED IN PREPARATION FOR THAT.
>> BUT MAYBE YOU CAN COME BACK WITH HOW MUCH THAT WILL COST US BETWEEN THE 66.9 MILLION AND THE 16 MILLION BECAUSE THERE'S EXPENSE BETWEEN THERE TO PUT THE DRAINAGE TO PUT THE OTHER REQUIREMENTS THAT WOULD BE THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WOULD BE NEEDED FOR A POTENTIAL COMMUNITY CENTER.
THEN ALSO KEEPING IN MIND, IS THAT THE MOST VIABLE USE OF MONEY, IF THEY'RE COMMUNITY-CENTERED, NEVER COMES TO FRUITION.
THESE ARE THINGS THAT WE'LL KNOW BETTER WHEN YOU HAVE CONVERSATIONS ON THERE.
AT THIS TIME, I'M GOING TO GO DOWN THE LINE FOR CONSENSUS OF NO COMMUNITY CENTER, GREEN SPACE, BUT CONVERSATION WITH THE COMMUNITY, THEN COMING BACK FORTH CITY MANAGER.
>> WE WILL LOOK AT ALL THOSE ENGINEERING AND INFRASTRUCTURE CONCERNS? YES. I GUESS THE QUESTION IS,
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SO WHEN WE GO TO THE COMMUNITY AND TELL THEM, THIS IS OUR PLAN, WE MAY ULTIMATELY BUILD A COMMUNITY CENTER THERE LATER ON.IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A STRANGE JUST THINKING ABOUT PRACTICALLY GOING OUT TO THE COMMUNITY AND TALKING TO THEM.
ARE WE SETTING UP OF AN APPROPRIATE EXPECTATIONS.
>> I SPOKE WITH THE CITY MANAGER ABOUT THIS AND I TOO THOUGHT MAYBE WE SHOULD JUST LEAVE THE SPACE THERE VACANT AND POTENTIAL FOR FUTURE USE.
I JUST THINK THE MORE WE DISCUSS IT, THE REALITY IS NOT GOING TO CHANGE.
THIS COMMUNITY IS STILL NOT GOING TO WANT A 15,000 SQUARE FOOT COMMUNITY CENTER BUILT IN HIS BACKYARD THAN MONIES WILL ONLY GO HIGHER AND HIGHER FOR COST, REVENUE TO EXPENSE, TO BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN IT, THAT'S NOT GOING TO CHANGE.
I REALLY THINK THAT WE MIGHT BE BETTER OFF TO JUST REALIZE THIS IS NOT THE RIGHT SPACE FOR A COMMUNITY CENTER.
THAT WASN'T THE INTENT OF THIS LOCATION.
THE INTENT OF THIS LOCATION WAS A REGULAR PARK.
>> YOU HAVE TO JUST BUDGET MONEY TO EITHER BUY LAND OR WE WILL BE DIRECTED TO WORK VERY DILIGENTLY ON A PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP.
GREG AND I ACTUALLY WENT TO FORT LAUDERDALE TO THE SOCCER STADIUM WHERE THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO DO A WHOLE BUNCH OF COMMUNITY ELEMENTS THERE AS PART OF THAT DEVELOPMENT.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE STATUS OF IT WAS, BUT WE WERE SPEAKING TO THEM VERY SERIOUSLY ABOUT IT BECAUSE THERE'S GOING TO BE STATE-OF-THE-ART AND WOULDN'T BE SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD NECESSARILY BE ABLE TO AFFORD ON OUR OWN.
WE WOULD GO BACK AND TALK TO OAKLAND PARK AND ALL OF THOSE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES.
IT'S A BIG SENSE FOR EVERYBODY.
>> WHICH IS WHY I'VE BEEN SHARING WITH EVERYBODY HOW EXCITED I AM FOR STRATEGIC PLANNING.
ALL THIS IS GOOD STUFF FOR US TO BE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT AND GET OUR IDEAS AND WHAT WE WANT TO SEE WITH OUR CITY TO MOVE FORWARD.
WE WILL BE ABLE TO TALK MORE AND MORE DEPTH AT OUR TWO STRATEGIC PLANNING SESSIONS. THEN MAYBE THEN SOME.
>> IS OBVIOUS THEN THAT WHETHER OR NOT WE TELL YOU IF COMMUNITY CENTER OR NO COMMUNITY CENTER TODAY, YOU CAN STILL MOVE FORWARD WITH ISSUING STUFF ONE RFP.
>> WITH THE GENERAL AMENITIES AFTER WE SPEAK TO THE PUBLIC.
>> EXACTLY. WHY DON'T WE JUST DO THAT, GO AND TALK TO THE COMMUNITY AGAIN, ASK THEM IF THEY WANT TO COME INTO THE CENTRAL OR NOT?
>> KEEP EACH OTHER ACCOUNTABLE ON EXERCISE IS A GOOD THING.
>> TO ISSUE THAT'S STEP ONE, I WOULDN'T NEED TO KNOW COMMUNITY CENTER OR NO COMMUNITY CENTER.
>> I WOULD NEED TO KNOW TO ISSUED STEP ONE BECAUSE IT IMPACTS THE TYPE OF DEVELOPERS THAT WE WOULD.
>> WHAT IF WE DO THE HYBRID AS COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS WAS SAYING, JUST LEAVE THE GREEN SPACE. IS THAT SUFFICIENT.
>> BUT NOT WORRYING ABOUT INFRASTRUCTURE.
>> BUT NOT WORRYING ABOUT INFRASTRUCTURE.
>> THAT WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE DESIGN ONCE WE GET TO STEP 2.
>> WHEN YOU COME BACK WITH US WITH STEP 1, STEP 2, IN THE BID, IT'S GOING TO BE HOW MUCH IT COSTS WITH INFRASTRUCTURE, HOW MUCH IT COSTS WITHOUT INFRASTRUCTURE.
AFTER WE SPEAK TO THE COMMUNITY, PLAN D, WITH WHETHER OR NOT WE SPREAD EVERYTHING OUT AND DON'T LEAVE THE GREEN SPACE.
>> STEP 1 WILL NOT INCLUDE COST.
WE DO NOT GET COSTS UNTIL STEP 2 IS PRESENTED.
>> IN OTHER WORDS, WE'RE REALLY GOING TO STEP 2.
STEP 1 IS GOING TO ACTUALLY BE TWO DESIGNS WITH THE POTENTIAL OF A COMMUNITY CENTER.
>> WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE BENEFIT OF GOING TO THE COMMUNITY PRIOR TO ANYTHING GETS ISSUED.
>> YEAH. THIS IS A PROPOSED TIMELINE COMMISSIONER THAT WE AS STAFF WELL, GREG HAS PUT TOGETHER SO WE CAN HAVE SOME FLEXIBILITY ON IT.
BUT THIS IS THE PROPOSED TIMELINE TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA, SO WE MET DEADLINES.
>> DOES YOUR TIMELINE CHANGE IF WE SAY STEP 1 IS MARCH INSTEAD OF FEBRUARY.
>> BECAUSE FEBRUARY IS NEXT MONTH.
IF WE CAN JUST DO MARCH BECAUSE I JUST LOOKED AT CALENDAR.
>> MAYBE IN THE FUTURE JUST PUT SOME APPROXIMATE DATES AND THERE TO MAKE IT BETTER.
>> MAY I JUST FOR THE RECORD PURPOSE, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE VICE MAYOR AND COMMISSIONER OVERLOAD DRIVE TO GET THE BUS.
>> THEY WERE GOING TO BE RUNNING. THEY WEREN'T EVEN DRIVING.
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THEN WE'RE GOING TO BE RUNNING OUTDOORS FOR EVERYBODY TO SEE AND HEAR THEM.>> YOU GUYS CAN VISIT THE PARK TOGETHER IF YOU GO.
>> AT THIS TIME, I AM SEEKING CONSENSUS TO MOVE FORWARD WITHOUT THE COMMUNITIES THAT ARE GETTING MORE DETAILS HAVE FROM THE COMMUNITY AS THEY GO FORWARD AND THEN DISCUSSION ON THE RFP OF WHETHER OR NOT THERE'LL BE ELEMENTS FOR POTENTIAL FUTURE COMMUNITY CENTER?
>> WE'VE GOT A YES FROM VICE MAYOR WHO IS SHAKING HIS HEAD.
YOU MAY NOT HEAR THE RATTLE. YOU GUYS SPEAK LOUD.
>> YOU GOT TO GO EASY ON MR. WARNER RIGHT NOW, HIS BUFFALO BILLS DID NOT DO WELL.
>> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. I KNOW EVERYBODY WANTS A BREAK, BUT WILL MR. BROOK BE ABLE TO JOIN US AFTER ONE O'CLOCK OR IS HE GOT TO BE DONE BY ONE O'CLOCK.
>> NO. I LOVE YOU, MR. BOOK, BUT YOU'RE ON A 10-MINUTE HOLD.
BUT I KNOW THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO REALLY NEED TO REASSESS.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IT IS 12:42.
>> I HAVE METHODS TO MY MADNESS.
>> OKAY. BUT IF THERE'S ANYBODY ON THE DAY AS WHO REALLY NEEDS TO STEP OUT AND USE THE FACILITIES.
HOPEFULLY AT LEAST JUST KEEP THREE TO KEEP THE WORKSHOP MOVING.
MS. VALVE, WE'RE GOING TO GO TO YOU.
CAN WE SWITCH YOU TOO AFTER LUNCH?
>> WE'RE GOING TO TAKE MR. BOOKS OFFICE NOW.
WE WILL BE DONE BY ONE O'CLOCK, THEN WE'RE TAKING A HALF-HOUR BREAK AND THEN WE'LL BE [OVERLAPPING] RESUMING AT 1:30.
>> YOU WILL BE TIMES CERTAIN AT ONE-THIRTY. DOES THAT WORK?
>> YEAH, THAT WORKS JUST FINE.
>> THIS COMMISSION SHOULD COME BACK BEFOREHAND.
WE HAVE OTHER THINGS THAT WE CAN THROW ON THERE BEFORE YOU COME BACK AT 01:30.
>> EXCELLENT. [BACKGROUND] WE ARE NOW JUMPING TO 1E,
[1.e Discussion on City of Tamarac Legislative Agenda for the 2023 State of Florida Legislative Session]
DISCUSSION ON CITY OF TAMARAC LEGISLATIVE AGENDA FOR THE 2023 STATE OF FLORIDA LEGISLATION.LEGISLATIVE SESSION BEING PRESENTED BY NEYSA HERRERA, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, AND RON BOOK. WILL BE ON SHORTLY.
MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, AND COMMISSIONERS.
NEYSA HERRERA, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER.
I AM JOINED ALSO VIRTUALLY BY RENA BROWN AND RON BOOK, FOR OUR STATE LOBBYISTS.
AS YOU MAY KNOW, IT'S THAT TIME AGAIN, WHERE WE HAVE TO ADOPT THE STATE OF LEGISLATIVE AGENDA.
WE SHARE THIS AGENDA WITH THEIR LOBBYISTS, WITH THE FLORIDA, A NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES, AND ALSO WITH OUR LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION.
THIS AGENDA CAN ALSO BE USED AS A TOOL WHEN YOU'RE ADVOCATING FOR THE COMMUNITY'S INTERESTS ON BEHALF OF THE CITY.
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THIS YEAR'S REGULAR LEGISLATIVE SESSION WILL BEGIN ON MARCH 7TH, THAT WILL GO THROUGH MAY 5TH.WE HAVE IDENTIFIED SEVERAL IMPORTANT PRIORITIES.
SOME OF THEM ARE THE SAME AS LAST YEAR BECAUSE THEY REMAIN IMPORTANT.
BUT WE'RE ALSO LOOKING FORWARD TO RECEIVING YOUR INPUT BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE INCLUDE THOSE ISSUES THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO YOU AS WELL.
AS IN PREVIOUS YEARS, THE CITY OF TAMARAC CONTINUES TO BELIEVE THAT A DIVERSIFIED REVENUE BASE IS ESSENTIAL TO PROVIDING OUR RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES WITH THE SERVICES THAT THEY EXPECT.
FOR THIS REASON, WE SUPPORT LEGISLATION THAT PROTECTS THIS TYPE OF REVENUE SOURCES.
AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE SCREEN, ALL THESE REVENUES ARE IMPORTANT AND THEY MAKE UP FOR ABOUT 54 PERCENT OF THE TOTAL CITIES BUDGET.
THIS PRIORITY ALSO INCLUDES OUR ABILITY TO COLLECT VARIOUS TAX AND ASSESSMENTS TO OBTAIN COST RECOVERY, AND TO ISSUE TAX-SUPPORTED DEBT.
RELATED TO THIS PRIORITY WHERE MONITORING AS SJR 122, WHICH IS A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT, THAT WOULD REDUCE THE ASSESSMENT LIMIT FROM THREE PERCENT OR MAXIMUM TWO PERCENT EACH YEAR FOR THE ANNUAL INCREASES OF HOMESTEAD PROPERTY TAX ASSESSMENT.
ASSUMING NOW, IN 1994, THE STATE OF FLORIDA SALVAGE A THREE PERCENT SAFE OR HOMES GAP ASSESSMENT LIMIT ON ALL RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES THAT RECEIVE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION.
WE'LL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THIS BILL AND WE'LL UPDATE YOU ON THE PROCESS.
GRANT FUNDS AND APPROPRIATIONS ARE ESSENTIAL FOR THE CITY TO ENSURE THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF ITS RESIDENTS, HEALTH AND SAFETY, AS WELL AS THE WELL-BEING OF ALL THE RESIDENTS THAT INHABIT WITHIN THE TAMARAC LIMITS.
WATER, STORMWATER, AND DRINKING WATER PROJECTS, REDUCING THE POLLUTION ON WATER RESOURCES ARE ALL IMPORTANT TO THE CITY OF TAMARAC.
EQUALLY IMPORTANT IS THE STATE CREATING FUNDING MECHANISMS FOR THOSE PRIVATE OWNERS TO INVEST IN THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE SEAWALL INFRASTRUCTURE.
DUE TO ITS CONNECTIVITY TO THE LOCAL AND ULTIMATELY REGIONAL WATER SYSTEMS, THE MAINTENANCE OF SUCH INFRASTRUCTURE IT'S IMPORTANT IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN THE INTEGRITY OF PUBLIC WATER AND STORMWATER SYSTEMS. TAMARAC GOALS ALSO SUPPORTS LEGISLATION THAT PRESERVES LOCAL CONTROL OF TRANSPORTATION PLANNING, PROVIDES FOR MORE EQUITABLE TRANSPORTATION FUNDING FORMULA BETWEEN MUNICIPALITIES AND COUNTIES, AS WELL AS ADDITIONAL DEDICATED REVENUE OPTIONS FOR MUNICIPAL TRANSPORTATION, INFRASTRUCTURE, AND TRANSIT PROJECTS.
WE ALSO SUPPORT LEGISLATION THAT PROVIDES FOR OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE CITY TO COLLABORATE WITH THE STATE TO ADVANCE CITY PROJECTS.
WE ALSO SUPPORT TRANSPORTATION THAT PROVIDES FUNDING FOR PUBLICLY AVAILABLE ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE.
WE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH OUR PARTNERS SUCH AS THE MPO, THE COUNTY, THROUGH THE SURTAX PROGRAM, AND FDOT, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ADVANCED THOSE TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
THE CITY OF TAMARAC ALSO SUPPORT LEGISLATION THAT FUNDS AND PROTECTS LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION FUND AND THE FLORIDA FOREVER FUND, INCLUDING FLORIDA COMMUNITIES TRUST AND FLORIDA RECREATION DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
LAST YEAR, IN COORDINATION WITH OUR STATE LOBBYISTS, THE CITY WAS ABLE TO SECURE $50,000 FOR THE GPJ DOG PARK IMPROVEMENTS PROJECTS THROUGH THE FLORIDA RECREATION DEVELOPMENT AND ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, ALSO KNOWN AS FRDAP.
WE ALL KNOW THE IMPORTANCE OF RETAINING OUR HOME RULE AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH REGULATIONS THAT ARE REASONABLE TO OUR RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES.
THEREFORE, THE CITY SUPPORTS LEGISLATION THAT PROTECTS OUR LOCAL CONTROL,
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INSURING MUNICIPAL ABILITY TO REACT TO LOCAL NEEDS IN A TIMELY, UNIQUE, AND RESPONSIVE MATTER.RELATING TO THIS ISSUE WHERE MONITORING SENATE BILL 92, AND HOUSE BILL 105, WITH REGARDS TO VACATION RENTALS.
THIS BILL CLARIFIES THAT STATUTE DID NOT PROHIBIT A LOCAL GOVERNMENT FROM REQUIRING A VACATION RENTAL OWNER OR OPERATOR TO DESIGNATE AND MAINTAIN CONTACT INFORMATION, NAME, PUBLICLY LISTED TELEPHONE NUMBER FOR THOSE VACATION RENTALS, TO RESPOND TO COMPLAINTS AND OTHER IMMEDIATE PROBLEMS. SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY, THIS INITIATIVE WAS INCLUDED LAST YEAR.
THE CITY OF TAMARAC INCLUDES SUPPORTS EXIST IN STATUTORY LIMITS FOR DAMAGES REGARDING THEIR LIABILITY FOR TORT CLAIMS AGAINST THIS DATE IT'S AGENCY AND SO DEVIATIONS, THIS WOULD INCLUDE THE CITY OR THE CITY'S.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS DEFINITELY ONE OF THE CITIZENS STRATEGIC PRIORITIES.
AND THE CITY HAS INVESTED IN MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE A BUSINESS FRIENDLY COMMUNITY AND THAT WE ATTRACT REDEVELOPMENT TO THE CITY.
FOR THIS REASON, THE CITY SUPPORTS LEGISLATION THAT PROMOTES THE ATTRACTION, RETENTION, AND EXPANSION OF SMALL BUSINESSES AND BUSINESS IN GENERAL THAT HELP CREATE AND RETAIN JOBS THAT PAY A LIVING WAGE AS HIS SMALL LOCAL BUSINESSES, AND THAT REACTIVATE INCENTIVE PROGRAMS SUCH AS THE QUALIFIED TARGET INDUSTRY TAX REFUND.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT BY LEVERAGING THE CITY'S EFFORTS WITH THE STATE AND FERTILE WOULD DEFINITELY INCREASE OUR CHANCES AND INCREASE OUR OPPORTUNITIES TO ATTRACT GOOD QUALITY DEVELOPMENT TO THE CITY OF TAMARAC.
THE CITY HAS INCREASINGLY BEING INVOLVED IN CONVERSATIONS WITH DIFFERENT STAKEHOLDERS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF EDUCATION THAT WE PROVIDE TO A RESIDENTS AND STUDENTS.
FOR THIS REASON, WE ENCOURAGE ALSO THAT THE STATE LEGISLATURE AND THE LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT FIND A JOINT SOLUTION TO IMPROVE THE LOWER PERFORMING LOCAL SCHOOLS AND EXPAND QUALITY EDUCATION OPTIONS AVAILABLE TO ALL STUDENTS.
THAT ULTIMATELY RESULTS IN AN IMPROVEMENT OF THE QUALITY OF LIFE AND BUILDS A FOUNDATION FOR OUR STUDENTS TO HAVE A BRIGHTER FUTURE.
ADDITIONALLY, AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE SCREEN, WE ALSO SUPPORT STATE FUNDING FOR TEACHER SALARIES AND BONUSES TO RETAIN AND ATTRACT THE BEST TALENT TO IMPROVE AT LOWER PERFORMANCE GOALS.
THE CITY CONTINUES TO SUPPORT ALSO LEGISLATION THAT CHAMPIONS ADEQUATE AND EQUITABLE FUNDING FOR SCHOOLS SAFETY, ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT ARE RELATED TO FUNDING FOR SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS.
THE CITY OF TAMARAC ALSO SUPPORTS THE LEGISLATION PROMOTING DEVELOPMENT THAT INCLUDES A MIXED USE OF HOUSING, OFFICE, RETAIL SPACE, AND MANY OF THESE INTEGRATED INTO WALKABLE NEIGHBORHOOD, CLOSE TO PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION.
TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT PROVIDES A BETTER ACCESS TO EMPLOYMENT AND HOUSING FOR PEOPLE OF ALL AGES AND INCOMES.
TODS HELP TO ENHANCE CONNECTIVITY OF AREA RESIDENTS TO JOBS, COMPANIES, RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS, AS WELL AS SCHOOLS.
AFFORDABLE HOUSING CONTINUES TO BE OF INTEREST TO THIS COMMUNITY.
FOR THIS REASON, THE CITY OF TAMARAC SUPPORTS LEGISLATION THAT REQUIRES ALL MONEY FROM THE SADOWSKI STATE AND LOCAL HOUSING TRUST FUND BE USED FOR FLUID AS AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROGRAMS THAT ARE TARGETED TO MEET THE NEEDS OF WORKFORCE HOUSING IN HOME OWNERSHIP AND RENTAL AVAILABILITY.
IN FISCAL YEAR '22 AND '23, THE CITY OF TAMARAC RECEIVED $694,000 IN SHIP FONTS.
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FLORIDA IS ONE OF THE 35 STATES THAT ALLOW FOR THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN WRONGFULLY CONVICTED, AND IMPRISONED TO RECEIVE COMPENSATION FROM THE STATE.FOR THIS REASON, THE CITY CONTINUES TO SUPPORT LEGISLATION THAT ALLOWS FOR THE EXPANSION OF ELIGIBILITY TO RECEIVE COMPENSATION FOR WRONGFUL INCARCERATION.
RIGHT NOW THE CRITERIA IS VERY ONEROUS AND IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO GET COMPENSATED UNDER THIS PROGRAM.
THE CITY OF TAMARAC ALSO SUPPORTS PROGRAMS THAT SERVE OUR MOST VULNERABLE POPULATIONS, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO FUNDING TO ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS, MENTAL AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES, ADDICTION, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, AND RE-ENTRY PROGRAMS FOR PREVIOUSLY INCARCERATED PEOPLE.
IN 2021, THE CITY CREATED THE HOMELESSNESS TASK FORCE AS AN ADVISORY CAPACITY IN STRENGTHENING AND COORDINATING THE EXISTED 16 EFFORTS FOR SUPPORT SERVICES IN TAMARAC.
WE HOPE TO BE ABLE TO LEVERAGE ALL OF THE EXISTING PROGRAMS THROUGH ANY FUNDING THAT COULD BE OBTAINED FROM THIS DAY.
THE CITY OF TAMARAC HAS DEMONSTRATED AND STRONG COMMITMENT TO THE WELL-BEING OF ITS EMPLOYEES.
FOR THIS REASON, WE HAVE ADDED THIS AGENDA THAT WE SUPPORT LEGISLATION THAT FUNDS, PROMOTES AND PROVIDES PROGRAMS THAT AIM TO ASSESS, EDUCATE, MINIMIZE THE IMPACT OF STRESS, IMPROVE QUALITY OF LIFE AND RETURN EMPLOYEE IS EXPERIENCING SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGES TO A HEALTHY, PRODUCTIVE STATE.
IN ADDITION TO MAKING THIS A PRIORITY IN OUR LEGISLATIVE AGENDA, THE CITY OF TAMARAC HAS ALSO PARTNERED WITH ITS MEDICAL PROVIDER, NEIGHBORING CITIES SUCH AS THE CORAL SPRINGS.
WE HAVE ALSO PARTNERED WITH THE INTERNATIONAL CITY AND COUNTY MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION, ICMA, FOR THE EFFORTS TO IMPROVE IN WORKPLACE MENTAL HEALTH.
LOCAL GOVERNMENT MUST HAVE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, TRAINING IN ANY INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WOULD ALLOW THEM TO PROTECT GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS AND KEY CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE WITH RESOURCES AND SUPPORT FROM THE STATE LEGISLATURE, LOCAL GOVERNMENTS CAN SET THE STANDARD FOR ENSURING CYBERSECURITY.
THERE HASN'T BEEN A MASSIVE GROWTH IN CELL PHONE TOWERS, ANTENNAS, 5D NETWORKS, AND OTHER TECHNOLOGIES.
FOR THIS REASON, WE SUPPORT LEGISLATION THAT PROTECTS A LOCAL GOVERNMENT'S ABILITY TO REGULATE CELL PHONE TOWER INFRASTRUCTURE OR AESTHETIC CONSIDERATIONS, COMMUNITY SAFETY AND PROTECTING HOME RULE FOR LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATION.
OTHER BILLS THAT WE ARE MONITORING ARE THE HOUSE BILL 37, WHICH RELATES TO THE FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE FOR THE LOCAL OFFICERS.
THIS BILL WILL REQUIRE MAYORS, CITY COMMISSIONERS, AND LIKE THE MEMBER OF THE CITY COUNCIL, TO PROVIDE OR COMPLY WITH THE FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS.
LASTLY, SENATE BILL 216 PROVIDES AN EXEMPTION FROM PUBLIC RECORDS REQUIREMENTS FOR THE PERSONAL IDENTIFYING AND LOCATION INFORMATION OF CURRENT AND FORMER COUNTY ATTORNEYS, DEPUTY COUNTY ATTORNEYS, ASSISTANT COUNTY ATTORNEYS, CITY ATTORNEYS, DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEYS, AND ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEYS, AND THE NAMES AND PERSONAL IDENTIFYING AND LOCATION INFORMATION OF THE SPOUSES AND CHILDREN OF SUCH ATTORNEYS.
WITH THAT, THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION AND I'D LIKE TO ASK AT THIS TIME IF RANA AND RON ARE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
WE KNOW THAT YOU NEEDED TO BE OFF BY 1:00 AS WELL.
DID YOU HAVE AN ACTUAL PRESENTATION YOU WANTED TO DO?
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>> I THINK WE'D LIKE TO MAKE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS ON WHERE YOU ARE AND WHAT YOUR PRIORITIES ARE FIRST OF ALL.
FIRST, THANK YOU ALL FOR OUR CONTINUED OPPORTUNITY TO REPRESENT YOU AND THE TAXPAYERS IN YOUR CONSTITUENTS, NUMBER 1.
NUMBER 2, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO OVER THE LAST SIX, NINE MONTHS, HAVE SENT ME TEXTS AND EMAILS FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART, I THANK YOU.
NOT QUITE WHERE I NEEDED TO BE YET, BUT I'VE MADE A LOT OF PROGRESS AND OVERCOME THE PROBLEMS I'VE GOT, BUT I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW HOW MUCH I APPRECIATE IT.
YOUR PRIORITIES HAD BEEN BASED ON A LOT OF CONVERSATION BETWEEN YOUR STAFF AND RANA.
I WILL TELL YOU THAT THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING ISSUE WILL BE ONE OF THE TOP ISSUES THAT WILL BE DEBATED AND DISCUSSED THIS LEGISLATIVE SESSION.
NOW SINCE THE TERM AFFORDABLE HOUSING WAS CREATED HAS THERE BEEN MORE TENSION IN THE CAPITAL CITY ON PROVIDING GREATER, IF YOU WILL, OPPORTUNITIES FOR TRUE AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND WORKFORCE HOUSING IN PARTICULAR TO BE BEEN BUILT IN OUR COMMUNITIES? A SENATE PRESIDENT'S NUMBER 1 ISSUE DURING THE TENURE OF HER TIME AS THE SENATE PRESIDING OFFICER, SENATOR PACINOMO.
SHE'S BEEN WORKING ON THE BILLS FOR A YEAR.
SHE WILL INTRODUCE HER BILL THURSDAY OF THIS WEEK.
THEY'RE GOING TO CREATE TREMENDOUS COMMUNITY INCENTIVES FOR CITIES AND COUNTIES TO BETTER MEET THE NEEDS OF COMMUNITIES.
I'M EXTREMELY BULLISH ON WHAT THE BILL IS GOING TO DO.
SECONDLY, ON WATER AND RESILIENCY, I EXPECT THAT WATER AND RESILIENCY WILL CONTINUE TO BE ONE OF THE NUMBER 1 TOP ISSUES THAT GET DEBATED AND GET DISCUSSED THIS SESSION.
I THINK THAT WHAT THE LEGISLATURE HAS DEMONSTRATED, OR THE GOVERNOR HAS DEMONSTRATED IS A WILLINGNESS TO PUT THEIR MONEY WHERE THEIR MOUTHS ARE.
YOU CAN TALK A GOOD GAME, AND YOU CAN WALK A GREAT WALK, BUT IF AT THE END OF THE DAY YOU DON'T PUT MONEY TO MEET THE NEEDS, THEN THE TALK ISN'T WORTH THE WORDS THAT CAME OUT OF YOUR MOUTH.
THEY'RE PUTTING MONEY WITH THIS STUFF NOW.
I SEE TRANSPORTATION FUNDING TO CONTINUE TO BE A PRIORITY AS WELL.
TO GO BACKWARDS IN SOME OF THE PRIORITIES YOU'VE GOT, THOSE TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT WILL EMERGE AS A TOP ISSUE IN THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING BILL WHEN THE BILL DROPS.
THE ISSUES RELATED TO SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY REALLY BECOME ISSUES RELATED TO HOME RULE.
THEY'RE GOING TO DESTROY COMMUNITIES IF THEY CONTINUE TO LOOK AT RAISING AND OR ELIMINATING THE DOCTRINE OF SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY.
THERE ARE NO GOOD CASES WHERE SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY IS AN ISSUE.
THEY ARE ALL ABOUT SOMEBODY THAT'S BEEN INJURED BECAUSE ONE OF OUR EMPLOYEES DID SOMETHING WHEN THEIR CONDUCT FELL BELOW LEVEL THAT THERE WAS AN ACTIONABLE ITEM FOR AN ACCIDENT OR AN EXPERIENCE THAT THEY HAD.
MOVING OFF OF THE ISSUES FOR A MINUTE, I DO WANT TO SAY THAT I NEVER WOULD HAVE THOUGHT WE'D BE AT A POINT WHERE THE BUDGET RESERVES ARE DRAMATICALLY, SIGNIFICANTLY, AND SUBSTANTIALLY GREATER THAN THEY'VE EVER BEEN IN FLORIDA'S HISTORY.
THE BUDGET SURPLUSES EXCEED $15 BILLION.
WHEN I LEFT GOVERNMENT IN 1982, THE GOVERNMENT'S BUDGET FOR THE STATE, TOTAL BUDGET WAS $18.9 BILLION.
I THINK THAT THEY WILL PUT MONEY IN THE LOCAL PROJECTS THAT ARE MEANINGFUL.
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I BELIEVE THAT THERE'S STILL GOING TO CONTINUE TO LOOK AT PROJECTS THAT ARE, NUMBER 1, SHOVEL-READY, LEGITIMATELY READY TO GO, PERMITABLE, THAT HAVE IDENTIFIED A RETURN ON INVESTMENT THAT HAVE A 50 PERCENT LOCAL GOVERNMENT MATCH.THOSE ARE CRITICALLY IMPORTANT THINGS WHEN WE SUBMIT OUR PROJECTS.
I BELIEVE RANA, AGAIN, HAS BEEN WORKING HAND IN HAND WITH YOUR STAFF.
YOUR STAFF REMAIN A VERY COMMITTED, WE CALL, WE ASK, THEY RESPOND LIKE THAT.
WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF CITIES AND COUNTIES THAT THE STAFF IS AS ENGAGED AS YOUR STAFF IS.
WE WANT TO JUST THANK THEM FOR THAT.
THEY MAKE OUR JOBS A LITTLE BIT EASIER AS WE RUN THROUGH IT.
PK-12 FUNDING ARE GOING TO HAVE CHALLENGES AGAIN THIS YEAR.
I THINK THE GOVERNOR IS COMMITTED TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, BUT I DON'T THINK HE SEES IT AS A PRIORITY OF HIS.
I DO BELIEVE THAT PK-12 WILL HAVE ITS LEVEL OF FUNDING, BUT I BELIEVE THAT BASED ON THE HOUSES DESIRE TO DO DISRUPTIVE THINGS IN THE EDUCATION FIELD, I'D BE READY FOR MOST ANYTHING THERE.
WITH THAT, I WILL CONCLUDE AND MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, WE'RE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE.
GLAD YOU ARE GIVING UP THE GOOD FIGHT.
KEEP IT UP. RANA, ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE YOU AS WELL.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR INFORMATION.
COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS HAS A QUESTION.
>> THANK YOU, RON, FOR THAT PRESENTATION.
I JUST HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU.
THIS IS MORE NOT TO ENGAGE IN DISCOMFORT IN THIS ROOM RIGHT NOW, BUT JUST MY QUESTION IS A THREE-PART QUESTION.
I WANTED TO KNOW, HAVE YOU EVER DONATED, HOW MUCH, AND DO YOU FIND IT APPROPRIATE TO DONATE TO A PACK OPERATED BY ANYONE IN THIS COMMISSION? MY QUESTION IS, HAVE YOU EVER DONATED, HOW MUCH AND DO YOU FIND IT APPROPRIATE TO DONATE TO A PAC OPERATED BY A MEMBER OF THIS COMMISSION? THAT'S MY QUESTION.
>> SURE. IF I GET ASKED, I INCUMBENTS TO CONTRIBUTE, WE HAVE A TENDENCY TO RESPOND WHEN THOSE QUESTIONS COME UP, BUT WE TEND TO RESPOND, YES.
I DON'T KNOW IF I HAVE, I CERTAINLY HAVEN'T IN A WHILE.
LET ME ASK THE QUESTION AGAIN.
HAVE YOU EVER DONATED, HOW MUCH, AND DO YOU FIND IT APPROPRIATE TO MAKE A DONATION TO A POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE OPERATED BY A COMMISSIONER IN THIS COMMISSION?
>> MR. BOOK, I THINK YOU'VE ANSWERED 1 AND 2, NOT WITH NUMBERS.
>> IF I DID IN NUMBERS I WOULDN'T KNOW OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, COMMISSIONER.
>> IS IT 10,000? [OVERLAPPING]
>> I COULDN'T TELL YOU, I DON'T KNOW.
[OVERLAPPING] I'D HAVE TO MAKE UP THE ANSWER TO ANSWER YOU.
I CAN TELL YOU I'VE NOT WRITTEN ANY 10,000-HOUR CHECK STORE BY GIVING ANY $10,000 CHECKS TO A LOCAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE.
THAT'S A BROAD QUESTION, I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO. [OVERLAPPING]
>> I BELIEVE I WAS VERY SPECIFIC.
WHAT IF I TOLD YOU FUNDS THAT YOU DONATED WERE USED TO ATTACK ANOTHER COMMISSIONER ON THIS DESK, IS THAT APPROPRIATE?
>> I'M UNAWARE OF THAT OCCURRED, SIR.
>> I'M ASKING IF, DO YOU BELIEVE THAT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE.
>> I AVOID THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES WHEN I'M MADE AWARE OF THEM, SIR.
I WOULD NOT DO SOMETHING THAT WOULD ATTACK AN INCUMBENT MEMBER OF ANY COMMISSION.
NOT KNOWINGLY, COMMISSIONER SO IF YOU TELL ME THAT SOMETHING I DID TO SOMETHING ON THE OTHER SIDE OF YOU,
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COMMISSIONER, I AM NOT AWARE OF IT AND NOR WOULD I DO THAT.JUST FOR THE RECORD, IT WAS OVER $3,000.
IT WAS USED TO ATTACK THE MAYOR AND THOSE FUNDS CAME FROM YOUR OFFICE.
>> WELL, I CAN TELL YOU THAT WHEN THE MAYOR IS ASKING ME FOR HELP, I HAVE PROVIDED HELP FOR THE MAYOR.
I HAVE RECEIVED [OVERLAPPING] FROM HIM.
ANYWHO, I APPRECIATE YOUR QUESTIONING BACK TO THIS.
I HAVE A QUESTION AND ACTUALLY, I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S FOR AN ANSWER FOR YOURSELF.
WHEN IT COMES TO THE CELL PHONE TOWER REGULATIONS AND I THINK IT MIGHT ACTUALLY BE MORE FOR US LOCALLY, I AM CONCERNED ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT OUR CITY HAS REGULATIONS IN PLACE THAT DO NOT ALLOW RIGHT-OF-WAYS TO BE RENTED OUT TO THESE UTILITY COMPANIES.
BECAUSE THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN, A NICE RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY THAT HAS THAT RIGHT AWAY, THE EASTMAN CENTER TO THE CITY, ALL OF A SUDDEN GETTING CELL PHONE TOWERS BEING PUT UP, 5G TOWERS BEING PUT UP IN THEIR COMMUNITIES AND IT IS A VERY BIG CONCERN OF OUR RESIDENTS.
WHEN YOU WERE WATCHING THE CELL PHONE REGULATION, PLEASE ALSO MAKE SURE THAT THEY DON'T TIE OUR HANDS, PLEASE, IF YOU WOULD, FROM US TO BE ABLE TO PROTECT OUR RESIDENTS FROM HAVING THEIR PRIVATE PROPERTY SUDDENLY WHITTLED AWAY FOR 5G TOWERS OR ANYTHING FOR COMMUNICATION SOURCES LIKE THAT, THAT IS NOT APPROVED BY THE RESIDENT.
OF COURSE, I'M ALL OVER WHATEVER MONEY WE CAN GET FOR OUR CANAL WALLS TO HELP OUR RESIDENTS SO OUR INFRASTRUCTURE IS NOT ALSO DESTROYED.
I APPRECIATE ALL YOUR EFFORTS.
I HAVE NUMBERS FROM BEFORE, I DON'T KNOW IF THOSE NUMBERS FOR NOW AND SEEING EVERYBODY IS ON THEIR PHONE AND JUST 115 OR 113.
WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A MUCH-NEEDED BREAK SINCE WE'VE BEEN HERE SINCE 10 O'CLOCK.
IT WAS GOOD TO SEE YOU AND I KNOW IF WE HAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS, WE'LL BE IN TOUCH.
>> MAYOR, JUST SO YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN ON SINCE THE BEGINNING.
I DIDN'T BELIEVE AT ALL, I DIDN'T HAVE MY FACE ON BUT I WAS ON MONITORING.
I LISTENED TO THE PRESENTATIONS THAT YOU ALL HAD ON THE BUDGET WHEN THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING STUFF.
JUST KNOW THAT WE'RE HERE TO BE HELPFUL AND HERE TO BE SUPPORTIVE, SO THANK YOU.
>> GOOD. THEN YOU ALSO THEN UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS NOT PERSONAL, THAT WE'RE RACING THROUGH YOUR PRESENTATION BUT MORE PHYSICAL.
>> THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE IT.
>> [OVERLAPPING] BUT ANYWAY, IT IS NOW 1:14 WE ARE TAKING A 15-MINUTE RECESS.
WE'LL BE BACK HERE AT 1:29 AND READY TO GO FOR OUR NEXT ITEM THAT IS A TIME CERTAIN.
WE ARE IN RECESS, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, EVERYBODY.
NOW THAT WE ARE IN RECESS, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THERE'S SOME FOOD IN 107 AND RESTROOMS, [INAUDIBLE]
>> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IT IS 1:33 WE ARE BACK ON THE RECORD.
SORRY, I'M ALSO GETTING MY AGENDA.
WE HAVE VAL HERE WHO WILL BE OUR FEDERAL LOBBYIST,
[1.d Discussion on City of Tamarac Legislative Agenda for the 2023 Federal Legislative Session]
THE FERGUSON GROUP AND I BELIEVE [INAUDIBLE] WILL YOU BE DOING ANY PRESENTATION OR IS IT ALL?>> WE'RE A FEW MINUTES LATER, APOLOGIES. [OVERLAPPING]
>> THAT'S OKAY. IS ANYBODY GOING TO BE RUNNING THE PAGES OF THE PRESENTATION?
>> [INAUDIBLE] WILL ASSIST YOU.
>> YES, WE SEE. GREAT. LET ME KNOW WHEN YOU HAVE THE PRESENTATION UP.
>> [OVERLAPPING] THE PRESENTATION. JUST LET ME KNOW WHEN TO MOVE ON, THE NEXT STEP.
THANKS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT TO YOU TODAY.
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I DID HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH A FEW OF THE NEW COMMISSIONERS LAST WEEK, WHICH WAS WONDERFUL.THANK YOU FOR THE TIME FOR THAT.
I ALSO PROVIDED A FEDERAL UPDATE. I THINK IT WAS LAST WEEK.
IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE WEEK BEFORE. HOPEFULLY YOU ALL HAD A CHANCE TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.
I'LL BE GOING OVER SOME OF THOSE THINGS IN THIS PRESENTATION.
WITH THAT, LET'S GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED.
YES, LET'S JUST START OFF WITH A QUICK YEAR-END REVIEW OF SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE PAST YEAR.
WE OBVIOUSLY SPEND SOME MORE TIME GOING THROUGH MORE LEGISLATION AND PROVIDING THE CITY WITH SYNOPSIS OF THE LEGISLATION.
ALSO, THE REGULATORY FRAMEWORK THAT CAME AFTER ALL OF THE COVID LEGISLATION SO THAT STAFF WOULD KNOW, AND CONTINUE TO KNOW HOW TO PROPERLY APPLY FOR ALL THE FUNDING THAT YOU ULTIMATELY HAVE RECEIVED.
THERE WERE ALSO A BUNCH OF NEW INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT PROGRAMS THAT BEGAN TO COME OUT TOWARDS THE END OF LAST YEAR AS A RESULT OF THE MASSIVE INFRASTRUCTURE LEGISLATION.
THE CITY APPLIED FOR A TRANSPORTATION SMART GRANT AT THE END OF THE YEAR.
YOU'RE STILL WAITING TO HEAR ON THAT.
THERE ARE ALSO SOME NEW PROGRAMS HAVING TO DO WITH CHARGING AND FUELING INFRASTRUCTURE, WHICH SHOULD BE INTERESTING TO THE CITY.
NEW CLIMATE JUSTICE INITIATIVES ALSO CAME OUT.
IT'S THE FIRST TIME THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS PRIORITIZING A GOAL OF 40 PERCENT OF A RURAL BENEFITS FLOWING FROM FEDERAL FUNDING TO DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES.
WE HAD A SUCCESSFUL EARMARK PROJECT.
IT WAS OUR FIRST SHOT AT THE EARMARK PROCESS, WHICH HAD BEEN TAKEN OFFLINE FOR ABOUT A DECADE.
WE REQUESTED 350,000 FOR THE FIRST-TIME HOME BUYERS PROGRAM.
THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE GOT, WHICH WAS FANTASTIC, ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING WE WERE WORKING WITH BRAND NEW MEMBER OF CONGRESS.
THOSE WERE SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS.
THE KEY FEDERAL AGENDA AREAS WERE PRETTY MUCH IN LINE, WE'VE ADDED A FEW THINGS FOR THE COMING YEAR, WHICH I'LL GO OVER IN A FEW MINUTES.
BUT OBVIOUSLY COVID RELIEF FUNDING WAS A HUGE THING.
EVERY SO OFTEN WE GET HIT WITH SOMETHING COMPLETELY NEW.
IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO HAVE FOLKS IN WASHINGTON BEING ABLE TO ANALYZE THE LEGISLATION AND ALSO THE REGULATORY FRAMEWORKS THAT COME OUT, SO YOU KNOW HOW TO MAKE YOUR WAY THROUGH ALL THIS EXTRA INFORMATION AND STAY FOCUSED ON YOUR OWN PRIORITIES.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, OF COURSE, AND INFRASTRUCTURE.
THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF NEW FUNDING THAT HAS COME OUT FOR TRANSPORTATION, WATER, AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
MOST OF THE WATER FUNDING IS FLOWING THROUGH THE STATE, NO [INAUDIBLE] AND THEN MOST OF THE TRANSPORTATION FUNDING IS COMING DIRECTLY FROM APPLYING TO WASHINGTON.
AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS A HUGE ISSUE ALSO ON THE FEDERAL LEVEL AS IT IS ON THE STATE LEVEL.
THERE'S BUNCH OF NEW PROGRAMS AND MORE FUNDING FOR EXISTING PROGRAMS THAT WE'LL PROBABLY BE TALKING ABOUT A LITTLE BIT LATER TOO.
PUBLIC SAFETY PARKS AND OPEN SPACE, FLOOD INSURANCE AND GREEN INITIATIVES FALL PART OF LAST YEAR'S AGENDA.
NEXT. PERFECT. JUST A QUICK ON FEDERAL FUNDING TOTALED ABOUT 7 MILLION LAST YEAR.
THAT WAS A COMBINATION OF ALL DIFFERENT WAYS TO ACCESS FEDERAL FUNDING.
SOME BEING FUNDS THAT COME TO THE CITY DIRECTLY THROUGH BLOCK GRANTS LIKE THE CDBG FUNDS AND HOME FUNDS, OTHERS THROUGH COMPETITIVE GRANT REQUEST.
THEN OF COURSE, EARMARK FUNDING, WHICH WILL BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE AGAIN IN SEEKING MORE EARMARK FUNDING THIS YEAR.
THEN OF COURSE, YOUR RPA FUNDS.
THAT WAS A SUPER QUICK OVERVIEW OF LAST YEAR.
THE ONLY REASON I'VE MADE THAT SO SHORT IS BECAUSE I ELABORATED ON THAT IN THE FEDERAL UPDATE THAT I SENT AROUND ABOUT A WEEK AGO.
ALSO I'VE TALKED IN-PERSON TO A FEW OF THE FOLKS ON THE COMMISSION WHO I WAS ABLE TO HAVE ZOOM CALLS WITH LAST YEAR.
AT THE END, IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF THAT, PLEASE ASK.
BUT THE PURPOSE OF TODAY'S PRESENTATION IS SUPPOSED TO BE MORE ABOUT LOOKING FORWARD TO 2023 AND WHAT OUR LEGISLATIVE AGENDA WILL BE FOR THE COMING YEAR.
IF YOU COULD GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, YOU'LL SEE THAT IT'S REMAINED FAIRLY STEADY, BUT WE HAVE ADDED A COUPLE OF ITEMS,
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THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH ACCESS AND WORKPLACE MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM.THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I KNOW IS PART OF YOUR STATE LEGISLATIVE AGENDA AND IS NOW PART OF THE FEDERAL LEGISLATIVE AGENDA.
WE WILL VERY LIKELY BE LOOKING AT HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES GRANT PROGRAMS, MAYBE THROUGH THE SAMHSA PROGRAM.
IT'S A BRAND NEW TO OUR LEGISLATIVE AGENDA, SO WE'LL BE DIVING INTO SOME MORE RESEARCH ON THAT.
DISASTER PREPAREDNESS AND RECOVERY WASN'T OFFICIALLY ON OUR PROGRAM LAST YEAR. IT IS THIS YEAR.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND MOVE FORWARD.
CORONAVIRUS RELIEF, I FEEL LIKE IT'S BEEN TALKED ABOUT A LOT TODAY, SO I'M NOT GOING TO SPEND TOO MUCH TIME ON IT IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE RPA FUNDING OR HOW IT CAME THROUGH OR WHAT WE DID, I INVITE YOU TO ASK? I DON'T WANT TO SPEND TOO MUCH MORE TIME ON IT BECAUSE I KNOW THAT EVERYONE HAS DISCUSSED IT SO FAR.
THE NEXT SLIDE IS BEHAVIORAL HEALTH ACCESS AND WORKPLACE MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM.
THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT PROGRAM.
THERE'S BEEN A LOT MORE ATTENTION FROM BOTH THE PRIVATE AND PUBLIC SECTORS REGARDING MENTAL HEALTH IN GENERAL.
YOU SEE THAT ALL OVER THE PLACE.
LIKE I SAID, IT'S A NEW ISSUE FOR OUR LEGISLATIVE AGENDA.
WE'RE DIVING INTO WHAT SOME OF THE FUNDING AREAS MAY BE THAT WE CAN ACCESS THIS YEAR.
THE NEXT SLIDE IS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
THERE ARE A VARIETY OF CITY PROJECTS THAT COME UNDER THE HEADING OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
A FEW THAT I'LL PULL OUT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THIS PRESENTATION ARE THE FAILING PLAZAS, SOME OF THAT FAILING SHOPPING CENTERS IN TAMARAC, AND THE NEED TO EITHER RE-PURPOSE, REVAMP THOSE PLAZAS AND THE EXPENSE THAT COMES WITH THAT.
WE'VE DONE A BUNCH OF RESEARCH.
THE EPA BROWNFIELDS PROGRAM AND THE HEAD SECTION 108 PROGRAMS ARE PROGRAMS THAT WE CAN DEFINITIVELY TAP TO HELP WITH THESE PROJECTS.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I'M GOING TO WANT TO DIVE INTO MORE WITH COMMISSION AND STAFF.
EAST SIDE REVITALIZATION ALSO IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT WHEN WE HAD THE MEMBERS OF EDA COME TO THE CITY TO TOUR DIFFERENT PROJECTS AND TO TALK TO US ABOUT SOME OF THE EDA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GRANTS.
THERE IS ALSO AN EARMARK ACCOUNT, WHICH IS CALLED THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE ACCOUNT, WHICH DOES HELP TO PAY FOR A VARIETY OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS AND ALSO THINGS LIKE COMMUNITY CENTERS.
I KNOW THAT THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT CAME UP EARLIER, OBVIOUSLY THAT WAS TABLED, BUT I JUST WANT TO PUT THAT OUT THERE.
THAT EARMARK ACCOUNT DOES NOT TYPICALLY EARMARK ENOUGH TO PAY FOR MORE THAN A TENTH OF WHAT YOUR PROPOSED COMMUNITY CENTER IS BUDGETED TO BE.
THE NEXT SLIDE IS AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
THERE IS QUITE A BIT OF FUNDING THAT IS NOW AVAILABLE FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING THROUGH BOTH HUD AND THE VA.
THE VA HAS A PROGRAM THAT PAIRS WITH HUD, HOUSING CHOICE, VOUCHER RENTAL ASSISTANCE.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE MAY WANT TO LOOK INTO DEPENDING ON HOW WE UNDERSTAND THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING NEEDS TO BE, WHETHER IT'S RENTAL ASSISTANCE OR IF WE HAVE OUR FIRST-TIME HOMEBUYER ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
THEN THEY'RE FROM WHAT I'VE GATHERED FROM TALKING WITH STAFF AND ALSO LISTENING TO THE LAST COUPLE OF HOURS.
IS A GREAT NEED FOR RENTAL ASSISTANCE AND THE CITY WILL WANT TO WORK WITH YOU TO TRY TO TARGET SOME FUNDING FOR THAT.
THE NEXT SLIDE HAS TO DO WITH INFRASTRUCTURE.
LIKE I MENTIONED, THERE ARE QUITE A FEW NEW INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT PROGRAMS AVAILABLE.
WE HAVE IDENTIFIED ALL OF THE PROJECTS THAT YOU SEE ON THIS SLIDE AS INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS.
NOT EVERY ONE OF THEM IS A PERFECT FIT FOR AN INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT.
HOWEVER, AT LEAST A HANDFUL OF THEM ARE PRETTY GOOD FIT.
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WE'RE GOING TO WANT TO MEET WITH STAFF AND WASHINGTON EITHER VIRTUALLY OR IN PERSON TO GO THROUGH SOME OF THESE PROJECTS AND TALK TO THOSE PROJECT MANAGERS AND GET A SENSE OF WHERE THERE'S A GOOD FIT AND WHERE IT MAKES SENSE FOR STAFF TO GO AHEAD AND TRY TO PUT TOGETHER A GRANT APPLICATION.THE NEXT SLIDE HAS TO DO WITH PUBLIC SAFETY.
OVER THE YEARS, WE HAVE GONE TO WASHINGTON AND MET WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE COPS PROGRAM.
THERE WAS A TIME WHEN WE WERE THINKING ABOUT APPLYING FOR MICRO-GRANT FROM THE COPS PROGRAM.
WE'VE ALSO MET WITH ASSISTANCE TO FIREFIGHT OR GRANT STAFF.
THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE CAN CERTAINLY DO IN THE FUTURE, PARTICULARLY THE SPRING, WHEN WE HOPE TO GO TO DC FOR AN ADVOCACY TRIP.
THE NEXT SLIDE HAS TO DO WITH THE NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM RE-AUTHORIZATION.
I KNOW THAT A FEW OF THE COMMISSIONERS MENTIONED TO ME THAT THEY'RE HEARING FROM THEIR CONSTITUENTS THAT THEIR HOME INSURANCE IS RISING AND THAT HAS BEEN A PROBLEM ESPECIALLY FOR FLORIDA COMMUNITIES.
FOR OVER THE LAST FIVE TO SEVEN YEARS, WE'VE BEEN MONITORING THE NFIP PROGRAMS SINCE 2017 AFTER THE PASSAGE OF THE BIGGERT–WATERS ACT.
IT WAS REALLY DESIGNED TO RECTIFY THE PROBLEM OF THE NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM BECOMING INSOLVENT.
BUT WHAT IT HAD THE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCE OF DOING IS TO PHASE OUT, SUBSIDIZE PREMIUM RATES FOR A LOT OF HOMEOWNERS.
OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST FIVE YEARS, PEOPLE HAVE SEEN THEIR FLOOD INSURANCE AND THEIR OVERALL HOME INSURANCE GO UP SIGNIFICANTLY.
CONGRESS HAS TO REAUTHORIZE THAT BILL BY THE END OF SEPTEMBER OF THIS YEAR.
NOW IS THE TIME THAT WE CAN WEIGH IN WITH OUR MEMBERS OF CONGRESS TO TRY TO INFLUENCE THE DIRECTION OF THAT BILL.
THE NEXT SLIDE IS GREEN INITIATIVES.
LIKE I MENTIONED, THERE ARE MANY NEW INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAMS. ONE OF THOSE HAS TO DO WITH ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATIONS.
IT'S THE US DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION CHARGING AND FUELING INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I KNOW THAT AT LEAST A FEW OF THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION WERE REALLY INTERESTED IN AND I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT PROGRAM.
THE CITY HAS BEEN VERY PROACTIVE AND SUCCESSFUL ABOUT GETTING FUNDING FOR, AS YOU KNOW, FOR VARIOUS PARKS.
THERE ARE BOTH PUBLIC AND FOUNDATION GRANTS FOR VARIOUS PIECES OF PARKS.
FOR INSTANCE, TURFING FIELDS, PROVIDING LIGHTING, PUTTING IN SKATE PARKS, AND EVEN PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT AND RECYCLABLE WASTE DISPOSAL.
ALL OF THAT IS ACCESSIBLE THROUGH GRANT FUNDING.
THAT REALLY CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
I WANTED TO SAY TO ALL OF YOU THAT WE HAVE VERY MUCH ENJOYED REPRESENTING YOU AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO A COUPLE OF THINGS.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING BECAUSE WE HAVE A BRAND NEW MEMBER OF CONGRESS, WELL, SHE'S BEEN THERE FOR A YEAR NOW, WE ARE WORKING WITH CITY STAFF AND THEIR OFFICE TO PUT TOGETHER A CONGRESSIONAL TOUR LIKE WE DID FOR CONGRESSMAN HASTINGS SEVERAL YEARS AGO THROUGHOUT THE CITY SAID THAT THE CONGRESSWOMAN AND HER STAFF AND STATE REPRESENTATIVES AND THEIR STAFFS CAN SEE FIRSTHAND THE PROJECTS THAT WE COME TO THEM WITH AND ALSO MEET WITH YOU AND TALK WITH YOU FIRSTHAND, SPENDING TIME ON A BUS AND CITY FACILITIES.
THE OTHER THING IS THAT WE ARE PLANNING A MARCH OR APRIL FEDERAL ADVOCACY VISIT TO WASHINGTON DC.
WASHINGTON DC IS FULLY UP AND RUNNING.
WHEN WE WERE THERE LAST YEAR, COMMISSIONER BOLTON WILL TELL YOU THAT HALF OF OUR MEETINGS WERE CANCELED BECAUSE SOMEONE IN THE OFFICE HAD A SNIFFLE.
DC WAS JUST WAKING UP FROM TWO YEARS OF COVID LOCKDOWN.
THAT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT PART OF OUR ADVOCACY PROGRAM.
IT'S THE TIME WHEN YOU CAN ELECTED OFFICIAL TO ELECTED OFFICIAL,
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GO OVER IN PERSON WHAT THE CITY'S PRIORITIES ARE, AND REALLY ESTABLISH THOSE RELATIONSHIPS THAT ARE SO IMPORTANT FOR WHEN WE NEED THINGS.WITH THAT, I WILL CONCLUDE MY PRESENTATION AND OPEN THINGS FOR DISCUSSION.
>> VAL, THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
IT'S A PLEASURE AND A BREATH OF FRESH AIR THAT YOU AND THE FERGUSON GROUP REPRESENT THE CITY OF TAMARAC.
I'VE SEEN YOUR WORK FIRSTHAND IN WASHINGTON AND OF COURSE, THROUGH THE TIME THAT WE'VE SPENT TOGETHER HERE SINCE I'VE BEEN ELECTED, AND JUST WANTED TO SAY PUBLICLY, THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP.
YOU AND THE FERGUSON GROUP HAVE CONNECTIONS UP THE [INAUDIBLE] IN WASHINGTON.
REALLY AND TRULY, IT'S NOT JUST SAYING IT WITH EMPTY WORDS, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY SEEN, IT'S ACTUALLY TALKED ABOUT IN WASHINGTON.
WE'RE VERY HAPPY TO HAVE YOU PRESENT AT THE CITY OF TAMARAC AND YOUR WORK SPEAKS FOR ITSELF.
ON THE SCREEN IT LITERALLY TALKS ABOUT TAMARAC RECEIVING $1 MILLION THROUGH THE LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION PROJECT FUND GRANT, AND THAT DIRECTLY IMPACTS THE RESONANCE OF MY DISTRICT AND THE LARGER TAMARAC AREAS.
I THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR THAT.
DEFINITELY I WILL SEE YOU IN WASHINGTON THIS YEAR.
I ENJOYED THE LAST TRIP OR THE LAST TIME AS WE TOOK THE LEAD ON DIFFERENT TOPICS AND SO FORTH AND KATHLEEN WAS THEIR CITY MANAGER.
DON'T KNOW IF SHE WILL MAKE IT THIS TIME AROUND, BUT IF SHE DOESN'T WE'LL MISS HER ABSOLUTELY.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT AGAIN, AND THAT'S IT.
I'LL YIELD BUT BEFORE YOU GO AND WE'LL HAVE JUST A QUICK QUESTION, A COUPLE OF QUICK QUESTIONS.
>> CAN YOU ASK THEM NOW? PLEASE, VICE MAYOR YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
>> YOU JUST SAID YOU HAD SOME QUESTIONS. WILL YOU PLEASE ASK THEM NOW?
>> THANK YOU, VAL. I'LL GIVE YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO MY COLLEAGUES TO JUST CHIME IN FOR WHATEVER THEY WANT, AND THEN I'LL COME BACK AFTER. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> VICE MAYOR YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
>> THEN YOU'RE NOT GOING TO ASK YOUR QUESTIONS? YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND THE GAME.
>> YES, BUT YOU JUST SAID YOU HAD A FEW QUESTIONS FOR HER, SO SHE'S WAITING FOR YOUR QUESTIONS.
>> THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU, BIAO.
THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
I JUST WOULD REQUEST THAT A BETTER RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR CONGRESSWOMAN SHEILA.
I'M VERY GOOD FRIENDS WITH HER AND HER STAFF AND HER AID AND I THINK I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE OF A PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH HER OFFICE AS WELL.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
>> THANK YOU. VICE MAYOR, YOU CAN'T FORCE PEOPLE TO ASK AND TALK IF THEY DON'T WANT TO SO YOU WERE THE NEXT PERSON TO SPEAK.
>> BUT HERE'S WHEN YOU HAVE IT.
THERE'S NOBODY ELSE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK VICE MAYOR SO IT'S NOW OR NEVER.
THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU IN WASHINGTON AND IF YOU'RE DOWN HERE OR ON THE ZOOM. THANK YOU.
>> THEN WE'RE MOVING RIGHT ALONG TO 1F, WHO KNOWS.
2022 CRS ANNUAL STATUS REPORT UPDATE.
THIS WILL BE PRESENTED BY GEORGE FALLS, OUR CHIEF BUILDING OFFICIAL. WELCOME TO WORKSHOP.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS.
THIS IS THE 2022 COMMUNITY RATING SYSTEM ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT, WHICH I'M MANDATED TO PRESENT TO YOU AND TO HAVE IT ON OUR WEBSITE.
AS YOU KNOW, THE CRS IS A VOLUNTARY PROGRAM WHICH ENCOURAGES COMMUNISTS TO EXCEED THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS AND FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT PRACTICES SO THE CITIZENS CAN RECEIVE INSURANCE DISCOUNT.
IT GOES FROM NINE AT THE LOWEST OF ONE TO THE HIGHEST.
I BELIEVE YOU COVERED IT IN FRONT OF THERE.
PAGE 2 REALLY TALKS ABOUT THE HISTORY OF FEMA, THE CLASS CRS WITH THE CITY OF TAMARAC.
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IN 2011, THE CITY RECEIVED A 20 PERCENT DISCOUNT.WE GET RE-CERTIFIED EVERY FIVE YEARS.
IT'S A WHOLE PROGRAM WITH THE CITY.
IT'S PRETTY EXCLUSIVE WHAT IT HAS.
ON SEPTEMBER 21ST, 2021, WE HAD OUR VISIT AND THEN ON JULY 22ND, 2022, WE RECEIVED THE EMAIL SAYING THAT WE WILL KEEP ALL CLASSICS RATING FOR OUR CITIZENS.
FEMA WILL GIVE US THAT LETTER HOPEFULLY THIS SPRING TIME.
IF YOU GO THROUGH THE REPORT IT JUST SHOWS YOU WHAT THE CITY DOES TO MAINTAIN OUR CLASSICS RATING.
AGAIN, IT'S A CITY WIDE APPROACH THAT PREVENTIVE ACTIONS.
IT TALKS ABOUT THE PUBLIC AREA AND PROTECTION ACTIVITIES AND WHAT THE CITY DOES TO MAINTAIN OUR RATING.
WE LOOKED AT WAYS IF WE CAN GET A FIVE RATING.
WITH VAST, WITH THE POINTS SYSTEM, THERE WAS NO WAY THAT WE CAN LOOK THAT WE WERE ABLE TO AT THIS POINT YOU GET TO A CLASS FIVE RATING.
THE CLASS 6 RATING, OUR CITIZENS MAINTAIN THEIR 20 PERCENT DISCOUNT.
>> SEEING THAT THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
OUR LAST ITEM IS STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS UPDATE.
THIS IS PRESENTED BY VINCE ZULU, OUR INTERIM ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS.
I WANT TO GIVE YOU A QUICK UPDATE ON THE PROCESS OF STRATEGIC PLANNING.
YOU RECEIVED AN EMAIL LAST WEEK.
WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE UPCOMING STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS.
WE ALSO MENTIONED THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE AND SOME OF THE EFFORTS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE PUTTING OUT ON THAT ONE.
GOING FORWARD, WE HAVE SCHEDULED OR PLANNING TO SCHEDULE A FEW SESSIONS TO INTRODUCE YOU WITH BOB NORTON, OUR FACILITATOR FOR THE STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS.
FOR THE TIME BEING, WE HAVE TWO DATE SET UP IN FEBRUARY FOR STRATEGIC PLANNING SESSIONS.
ONE IS ON FEBRUARY 13TH AND ONE IS ON THE FEBRUARY 27TH.
WE HAVE THOSE TWO DATES AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO BE INTRODUCING BOB NORTON TO YOU, THE FACILITATOR.
WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO SCHEDULE SOME MEETINGS EITHER ON THE 27TH OR ON THE 30TH OF JANUARY FOR YOU TO HAVE ONE-ON-ONE SESSIONS WITH THE FACILITATOR, JUST LIKE A MEET AND GREET MEETING AND THEN SO WE CAN GO FROM THERE.
NOW, BEFORE I GO ANY FURTHER, I JUST WANT TO REMIND ALL OF US AGAIN, THIS IS THE PROCESS THAT WE FOLLOW.
THIS IS THE LIFE CYCLE OF THE STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS THAT WE FOLLOW IN THE PAST AND GOING FORWARD TOO.
AT THIS POINT, WHERE THE STEP 2 OF THE QUADRANT.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE PICTURE, THIS IS THE TIME FOR US TO HEAR FROM YOU, YOUR VISION, YOUR SHORT-TERM AND LONG-TERM GOALS AND SO WE CAN TAKE THOSE AND START THE PLANNING PROCESS.
THIS WEEK YOU WILL BE RECEIVING AN EMAIL.
IT'S A QUESTIONNAIRE BASICALLY.
IT'S GOING TO BE ASKING YOU ABOUT YOUR SHORT-TERM AND LONG-TERM GOALS.
WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THOSE AND WE'RE GOING TO PRESENT THEM IN AN ANONYMOUS WAY ON THE 13TH SO YOU CAN HAVE AN OPEN AND FREE CONVERSATION ABOUT THOSE.
HOPEFULLY, AT THE END OF THE DAY, BUILD CONSENSUS FOR THE COMMISSION INITIATIVES TO MOVE FORWARD.
THEN WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THOSE TWO WEEKS BETWEEN THE FIRST AND THE SECOND SESSION TO DEVELOP POSSIBLE FUNDING MECHANISMS AND IDENTIFY POSSIBLE FUNDING SOURCES FOR THOSE INITIATIVES THAT HAVE THE COMMISSION CONSENSUS.
THEN WE'RE GOING TO PRESENT THEM TO YOU ON THE 27TH, AND THEN WE'LL GO FROM THERE BECAUSE THE BUDGET PROCESS IS IN TANDEM WITH THE STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS.
WE'LL TAKE YOUR INITIATIVES AND THEN WE'LL INCORPORATE THEM INTO THE FY20 FOR BUDGETING PROCESS.
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IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS UPCOMING PROCESS, UPCOMING MEETINGS, WE CAN TALK ABOUT THEM.BUT BEFORE WE ADJOURN, WE ALSO WANT TO GIVE YOU HEADS UP ON THE HISTORY OF THE CITY'S FOUNDATION AND THE ACTIVITIES THAT THEY WERE PLANNING TO GO WITH THAT.
GREG HAS A VERY SHORT PRESENTATION.
YES. WHILE GREG IS DOING THAT, I ALSO WANT TO REMIND US ABOUT THE STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS THAT WHEN WE'RE ASKING FOR YOUR GOALS, SHORT-TERM AND LONG-TERM GOALS, WE'RE ALSO GOING TO BE ASKING YOU ABOUT SOME OF THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING THAT WE SHOULD NOT BE DOING.
SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING, THAT WE SHOULD BE DOING BETTER. SOME OF THOSE THINGS.
WE WILL BE SENDING OUT THAT QUESTIONNAIRE THIS WEEK AND WE'LL GO FROM THERE. GREG.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION.
GREG WARNER, DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION.
JUST HAVE A SHORT PRESENTATION.
HOPEFULLY EVERYBODY KNOWS THE CITY OF TAMARAC WILL BE CELEBRATING THEIR 60TH BIRTHDAY ON JULY 19TH OF THIS YEAR SO JULY 19TH OF 2023.
WE'RE GOING TO BE STARTING A SERIES OF ACTIVITIES, EVENTS, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR TO CELEBRATE THE CITY'S 60TH ANNIVERSARY.
TO START OUT, ME WORKING WITH THE PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICE TO HAVE A SOCIAL MEDIA LOGO DESIGN, SURVEY AND CONTEST.
UNICEF HAD WORKED WITH A DESIGNER TO COME UP WITH THESE FOUR SELECTIONS HERE.
WE WANT TO PUT THAT OUT TO THE PUBLIC TO HAVE THEM SELECT A FINAL LOGO THAT WE CAN UTILIZE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
WE'LL BRING THAT DESIGN WINNER TO THE COMMISSION THAT WILL BE COMING OUT SHORTLY.
THEN WE'LL OPEN THE CONTEST FOR A SERIES ABOUT 2-3 WEEKS AND COME BACK TO THE COMMISSION WITH A RECOMMENDATION FOR THAT 60TH ANNIVERSARY LOGO.
AS THE MAYOR SAID THAT THE DIAMOND IS THE 60TH ANNIVERSARY, WHICH I JUST LEARNED THIS YEAR.
WE WANT TO WORK WITH OUR TAMARAC YOUTH COUNCIL TO START PUTTING TOGETHER A VIDEO THAT'S ONE OF THEIR PROJECTS THAT SAM MONROE WILL LEAD WITH THE TEAM, WITH THE YOUTH COUNCIL TO VIDEOTAPE AT OUR EXISTING EVENTS, INTERVIEW RESIDENTS, ALL THOSE TYPES OF THINGS, THEY'LL PUT TOGETHER A FINAL ANNIVERSARY VIDEO AND WE WILL BRING THAT TO THE COMMISSION RIGHT BEFORE YOUR SUMMER BREAK TO UNVEIL THAT AT A COMMISSION MEETING.
ONE OF OUR IDEAS AND EXCUSE ME, WE DISCUSSED A LITTLE BIT DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS ABOUT 60TH ANNIVERSARY AND TO TRY TO FOCUS ON BUILDING THE 60TH ANNIVERSARY INTO OUR EXISTING EVENTS.
WHAT WE PLAN ON DOING AS STAFF IS MAKING OUR BIG EVENT FOR THE 60TH ANNIVERSARY, THE ONE TAMARAC CELEBRATION.
WHAT WE'RE PLANNING ON DOING IS HAVING THAT WE HAVEN'T SAID DEFINITE DATE, BUT EITHER THE END OF APRIL, BEGINNING OF MAY FOR THAT EVENT AND THE TITLE THAT WE TALKED ABOUT WAS ONE TAMARAC CELEBRATING 60 YEARS.
REALLY ENHANCING THAT EVENT, KEEPING THE MULTI-DISCIPLINARY OR MULTICULTURAL IMPACT OF THE EVENT, CELEBRATING ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS AND THE DIVERSITY AND IN TAMARAC WITH A LIVE MUSIC, FOOD VENDORS, GAMES, RIDES, VENDORS HAVE A LARGE BIRTHDAY CAKE CELEBRATION AND DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES.
POSSIBLY WAYS OR LIGHT SHOW TO CELEBRATE AS WELL THAT EVENING.
THEN JUST SOME OTHER THINGS THAT WE WILL WORK IN THROUGH THE YEAR.
LAUNCH A 30 DAY ANNIVERSARY, COUNT DOWN WITH FUN FACTS, PHOTO FLASHBACKS ON SOCIAL MEDIA, WORKING WITH A PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICE WELL AS THIS HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
SENIOR DANCE AND CAKE CUTTING ON THE ACTUAL BIRTHDAY OF JULY 19TH WITH A 1963 THEME FOR THAT DANCE, MUSIC AND ATTIRE.
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HAVING ANNIVERSARY FLAGS RAISED AT CITY HALL.DOING DIFFERENT GAMES WITH HISTORICAL SOCIETY AT OUR EVENTS, ALONG WITH THE SUMMER CAMP PROGRAM, JEOPARDY GAME WITH TAMARAC HISTORY, HISTORY OF TAMARAC GAME AT ROCK AND RIDE CONCERT ALL AMERICAN CELEBRATION ON THE 4TH OF JULY AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY, WE'LL WORK THROUGH THAT.
WITH THE ANNIVERSARY LOGO ONCE THAT IS DECIDED UPON, WILL BE ADDING THAT TO STAFF SHIRTS AND HATS, A SUMMER CAMP SHIRTS, THE KIDS WILL BE WEARING THE 60TH ANNIVERSARY LOGO ON THEIR SHIRTS, AS WELL AS PROMOTIONAL GIVEAWAYS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND FOR THE TURKEY TRACH SHIRTS, IT WILL BE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE 60TH ANNIVERSARY.
WITH THAT, THAT'S JUST A QUICK OVERVIEW OF SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE PLANNED AT THIS POINT.
AT THIS POINT I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
>> COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS IS ALREADY UP AND READY.
>> I WEAR A LARGE SHIRT, [LAUGHTER] POLO, MEDIUM HAT JUST NORMAL FOR THE RECORD.
>> I'LL SPEAK WITH ELIANE ABOUT THAT.
>> NOT FROM MY INITIATIVE FUNDS.
>> HOW LONG WILL IT BE BEFORE WE HAVE A DECISION? HOW LONG IS THIS CONTESTS GOING TO BE? WHEN DO WE ROLL IT UP?
>> YEAH. I KNOW VANNA IS WORKING WITH UNISSAN AND ROLLING IT OUT.
ONCE IT'S ROLLED OUT, LOOK AT ABOUT A 2-3 WEEK PERIOD OF HAVING THAT OPEN AND THEN BRING A RECOMMENDATION TO THE COMMISSION.
>> SOUNDS GOOD. I KNOW THIS MIGHT SOUND A LITTLE COMPETITIVE, BUT THERE'S SOME SISTER CITIES AROUND US WHO ARE TURNING 60 AS WELL.
OUR SISTER CITIES NEED TO KNOW WE ARE TURNING 60 AND WE'RE VERY PROUD OF OUR CITY AND WE WANT OUR RESIDENTS TO BE PROUD OF IT TOO.
HOPEFULLY YOU WILL BE DOING OUR OWN BANNERS AND SOME OF THE PLACES AS WELL.
WE GO INTO FOR EXAMPLE IF YOU TRAVEL NORTHWEST 64 IT'S TAMARAC, IT TURNS INTO NORTHWEST 81ST.
THAT'S NORTH LAUDERDALE AND AS YOU GET IN THERE, IT SAYS WE'RE TURNING 64 NORTH FLORIDA.
I WANT SOMETHING FOR US IF WE'RE IN AROUND OUR BASIS, IS IT IF WE CAN AFFORD IT I KNOW WE HAD SOME BUDGET CUTS WHICH HAS REDUCED SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE WERE ORIGINALLY GOING TO DO FOR OUR 60TH ANNIVERSARY AND WE ARE WORKING WITHIN THE CONFINES OF THE BUDGET THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE.
I LOOK FORWARD TO DOING WHATEVER WE CAN DO AND MAKING SURE THAT IT'S A GREAT 60TH CELEBRATION. COMMISSIONER, RYAN?
>> I JUST WANT TO SAY 60 IS THE NEW 30.
>> HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DEBORAH, WHEREVER YOU ARE.
[LAUGHTER] I'LL SEE YOU TONIGHT.
ANYWAYS SO, IS IT TRUE THAT WE CUT OUR BUDGET BECAUSE WE HAD ORIGINAL 60TH ANNIVERSARY EVENTS, BUT WE CUT OUR BUDGET, SO WE'RE NOT ABLE TO DO THAT ANYMORE.
>> I CAN SAY WE MADE THE DECISION PRIOR TO COMING TO COMMISSION TO WORK THROUGH WITHOUT HAVING A MAJOR SINGULAR EVENT.
I KNOW WITH THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY WHICH I, NOT THAT 60TH ISN'T IMPORTANT, BUT THE 50TH WAS, IS A HALLMARK MOMENT, I THINK FOR THE CITY AND WE DID HAVE A LARGE EVENT FOR THAT.
IT WAS ABOUT $100,000 EVENT TO CELEBRATE.
I THINK THE 60TH, IT'S MORE APPROPRIATE FOR US AND WE MADE THAT DECISION PRIOR TO COMING TO COMMISSION THAT WE WOULD WORK THROUGH PROMOTIONAL ACTIVITIES AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS AND REALLY MESH THIS IN WITH OUR EXISTING EVENTS.
>> WE CAME WITH DOLLAR FIGURE, BUT THE COMMISSION DID NOT CUT THE BUDGET FOR THE 60TH.
>> JUST WANT THAT TO BE CLEAR SO THAT'S GOOD.
THE WAY HOW WE MARKET OUR EVENTS THAT'S IMPORTANT.
IT WAS DISHEARTENING TO HEAR WHEN I MADE A POST ABOUT OUR MARTIN LUTHER KING MARCH, A RESIDENT SAID, " THIS WAS A GREAT EVENT, HAD I KNOWN I WOULD HAVE ATTENDED." THAT HURT ME. WE NEED TO TAKE A LOOK AT HOW WE'RE MARKETING
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OUR EVENTS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE MAKING RESIDENTS AWARE THAT THESE THINGS ARE HAPPENING.ONE WOULD SAY, WELL, IT HAPPENS IN THE TOMOGRAM AND THAT STUFF, THE TOMOGRAM HAS ITS PLACE.
BUT SOMETIMES THE PAGES CAN LOOK THE SAME AND THE INFORMATION CHANGES SO PEOPLE JUST SKIP OVER IT.
MAYBE LET'S LOOK INTO DIRECT MAIL TO SEND MAILERS TO OUR PARTICULAR RESIDENTS, REMINDING THEM OF TAMARAC 60.
YEAH, RADIO IS GREAT, T-SHIRTS ARE AMAZING, BANNERS ARE EXCELLENT, BUT IF OUR RESIDENTS KNOW ON A DIRECT BASIS, I THINK THAT SAYS A LOT.
LET'S TELL OUR RESIDENTS FIRST AND THEN WE TELL SISTER CITIES SECOND.
I'M PROUD TO SAY THAT I'VE SPENT 10 PERCENT OF THOSE 60 YEARS HERE SO FAR.
I'M ENJOYING SIX YEARS BEING A COMMISSIONER AND IN A PLAN AND SERVING 12 YEARS.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS EVENT AND IT'S A GREAT INITIATIVE AND I'M THANKFUL THAT THE BUDGET WAS NOT CUT.
I'M DEFINITELY LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.
I ALSO WEAR A LARGE AND I DON'T LOOK GOOD IN RED CAPS.
MAKE IT YELLOW OR GREEN. THANK YOU.
>> MUCH DOWN AS MUCH AS ANYTHING.
ACTUALLY, THE BUDGET CUTS CAME FROM WHEN WE CUT OUT A MILLION DOLLARS OF OUR BUDGET DURING BUDGET TIME AND WE SAID WE WILL DO LESS PROGRAMMING IN OUR PARK AND REC AND SO MY CONVERSATIONS WITH CITY STAFF, THAT'S WHY THIS PARTICULAR BUDGET GOT WHITTLED DOWN TO APPROXIMATELY WHAT, $2,500.
ANYWAY, WE'RE NOT GOING TO DEBATE IT.
THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS WE'RE GOING TO DO THE BEST WE CAN WITH THE FUNDS THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE.
THE REALITY IS, DIRECT MAIL IS VERY EXPENSIVE.
WE ARE TRYING TO REACH ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS THROUGH EVERY CREATIVE WAYS MEANS POSSIBLE.
WE ARE ADVERTISING IN VARIOUS NEWSPAPER OUTLETS AND THROUGH THEIR NEWSPAPER OUTLETS THROUGH THEIR WEBSITES.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO JUST ASK OUR FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS TO PLEASE TUNE IN TO THE CITY, PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT COMES IN THE MAIL, WHAT COMES IN YOUR EMAILS, AND TALK TO A FRIEND SO YOU CAN COME AND PARTICIPATE IN ALL OF OUR EVENTS.
AS A PERSON WHO'S PROBABLY LIVED HERE, 2/3 OF HER LIFE WILL BECOMING DOWN HERE OR EVEN MORE THAN THAT ACTUALLY.
I AM VERY HAPPY WITH SEEING HOW WELL OUR CITY HAS GROWN, HOW WE'VE EVOLVED, HOW WE CONTINUE TO DO SO, AND WE CONTINUE TO BE ABLE TO DO THE BEST WE CAN FOR OUR RESIDENTS, BUSINESSES, AND VISITORS.
ON THAT NOTE, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, SINCE THERE'S NOTHING FURTHER, IT IS 2:13.
ENJOY THE REST OF YOUR MONDAY.
WE WILL SEE YOU BACK HERE ON WEDNESDAY AT 09:30 AM IN CHAMBERS. THANK YOU.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.