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>> GOOD MORNING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
WELCOME TO OUR WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25TH MEETING.
IT IS CURRENTLY 9:31 AND IT IS AWESOME TO SEE EVERYBODY HERE TODAY.
[APPLAUSE] WE WILL GET THIS PARTY STARTED.
CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. GOOD MORNING, MAYOR GOMEZ.
>> THANK YOU. IF EVERYONE WILL PLEASE STAND.
COMMISSIONER ELVIN VILLALOBOS WILL LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND THEN WE WILL TAKE A MOMENT OF SILENCE.
>> MAYOR, AT THIS TIME I DON'T HAVE A REPORT. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NOW WE WILL GO TO OUR CITY MANAGER.
[2. CITY MANAGER REPORT]
>> GOOD MORNING, MAYOR, I DO HAVE A FEW ITEMS. TO START WE HAVE SOME GOOD NEWS TO SHARE.
THE FLORIDA FIRE CHIEFS ASSOCIATION HAS AWARDED TAMARAC FIRE RESCUE WITH THE 2022 AWARD OF EXCELLENCE IN COMMUNITY PUBLIC EDUCATION PROGRAM FOR OUR SMOKE ALARM PROGRAM.
>> EXCUSE ME. IF YOU WERE JUST PLEASE BRING THE MICROPHONE TO YOU A LITTLE BIT CLOSER. THANK YOU.
>> I WANT TO THANK YOU TO THE FIRE RESCUE STAFF WHO HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN PUTTING TOGETHER THIS VERY IMPORTANT PROGRAM TO HELP KEEP OUR RESIDENTS SAFE.
IN SOME OTHER BUSINESS, WE HAVE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 2-31B OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC CODE OF ORDINANCES, I'M ANNOUNCING THAT A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC ART COMMITTEE HAS BEEN DEEMED TO HAVE FORFEITED THEIR APPOINTMENT TO THE PUBLIC ART COMMITTEE.
IF OVER A PERIOD OF 75 CONSECUTIVE DAYS EXCLUDING THE MONTH OF JULY, A COMMITTEE OR BOARD MEMBERS SHOULD BE ABSENT FROM ALL REGULAR MEETINGS OF THE COMMITTEE OR BOARD TO WHICH THEY HAVE BEEN APPOINTED BY THE CITY COMMISSION, THE MEMBERS SHALL BE DEEMED TO HAVE FORFEITED THEIR APPOINTMENT, AND IT IS TO BE ANNOUNCED AT THE NEXT REGULAR MEETING OF THE COMMISSION, FOLLOWING THE MEETINGS FOR MORE THAN 75 DAYS.
THE MEMBER IS DEEMED TO HAVE FORFEITED THE APPOINTMENT.
THE CITY CLERK WILL PROCEED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CODE TO ADVERTISE FOR THE APPOINTEES REPLACEMENT.
THIS MATTER HAS BEEN DISCUSSED WITH THE APPOINTING COMMISSION AND IT IS UNDERSTOOD THAT WE'LL MOVE FORWARD IN THAT MANNER, AND THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT.
>> EXCELLENT. THANK YOU. NOW WE HAVE SOMETHING THAT WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO BE BACK IN PERSON FOR WE HAVE OUR EMPLOYEE SERVICE AWARDS.
SINCE WE HAVE NOT DONE IT IN PERSON, I'M A LITTLE BIT UNSURE OF HOW WE'RE DOING THIS.
ARE YOU READING THEM OFF AND WE'RE JUST GOING TO GO DOWN THERE SO WE CAN TAKE PICTURES WITH EVERYBODY?
>> I WILL READ THEM AND THEN THE REST IS UP TO THE COMMISSION.
>> THERE HERE, WE'RE HERE, I KNOW I'M GOING DOWN.
COMMISSION IF YOU'D LIKE TO JOIN ME, I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU DOWN THERE.
LET'S SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR EMPLOYEES.
>> MADAM MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE AND CONGRATULATE OUR EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE RECENTLY REACHED CITY SERVICE MILESTONES.
EMPLOYEES BEING RECOGNIZED WILL RECEIVE A CERTIFICATE ALONG WITH MONETARY REWARD IN COMMERCIAL WITH THEIR YEARS OF SERVICE.
THE CONSISTENCY OF GOOD PEOPLE IN OUR ORGANIZATION IS WHAT MAKES US GREAT.
WE'LL ALL APPRECIATE YOUR EFFORTS AND YOUR LOYALTY TO THE CITY.
I'LL START READING THE NAMES BASED ON THEIR YEARS.
EARL HENRY, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC SERVICES, FIVE YEARS.
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NEXT UP, DANA BOWMAN, SENIOR CUSTOMER SERVICE REP, CASHIER, PARKS AND RECREATION.[APPLAUSE] ROBERT WEEDEN, BUILDING MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN PUBLIC SERVICES, 10 YEARS.
[APPLAUSE] CHRISTOPHER LYLE, PROJECT MANAGER,15 YEARS.
[APPLAUSE] RICHIE GELABERT MATA, 15 YEARS.
[APPLAUSE] GREG WARNER, 20 YEARS.
[APPLAUSE] BAMBI DIETZ, FIREFIGHTER PARAMEDIC, 25 YEARS.
[APPLAUSE] FOR THIS NEXT CATEGORY, WE STOP COUNTING AT 30 BUT NANCY FLORES, 30 YEARS.
[APPLAUSE] LAST BUT NOT LEAST.
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[APPLAUSE] [BACKGROUND] I'M JUST NOT SURE IF THIS IS THE FIRST 30 OR THE SECOND 30.[LAUGHTER] THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION.
THANK YOU FOR THE EMPLOYEE WORKS.
>> WE LOVE YOU. YOU ARE FANTASTIC. WE APPRECIATE YOU SO VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE [INAUDIBLE].
YOU'RE SO GREAT AND WE APPRECIATE [INAUDIBLE].
>> A MICROPHONE, WHAT A CONCEPT.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE JUST STILL HAVE SOME PROCLAMATIONS THAT ARE GOING TO SOME OF YOUR FELLOW COLLEAGUES, SO IF YOU'RE ABLE TO STAY AND YOU CAN, IT'LL BE APPRECIATED.
IF YOU'VE GOT TO GET BACK TO WORK, WE DO UNDERSTAND.
[NOISE] THIS PROCLAMATION WAS REQUESTED BY FIRE CHIEF MICHAEL ANNESE, WHEREAS ON SEPTEMBER 28TH, 2022, HURRICANE IAN MADE LANDFALL ON THE FLORIDA WEST COAST, CAUSING CATASTROPHIC DAMAGE, AND FLOODING TO FLORIDA.
WHEREAS AS THE RESULT OF THIS CATEGORY 4 HURRICANE DESTROYED THOUSANDS OF HOMES AND BUSINESSES AND DISPLACED MORE THAN 349,542 HOUSEHOLDS.
WHEREAS THE STATE OF EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM, SERT, REQUESTED ASSISTANCE AND RESOURCES TO SEND TO THE AFFECTED AREA, WHEREAS WITH LIMITED NOTICE, RESCUE STRIKE TEAMS, AND ENGINE STRIKE TEAMS STAGED AND RESPONDED, TAMARAC FIRE RESCUE PERSONNEL WERE ALREADY TO BE DEPLOYED WITHIN FOUR HOURS OF THE MISSION REQUEST.
WHEREAS TAMARAC FIRE RESCUE PERSONNEL WERE DEPLOYED TO FORT MYERS BEACH, SANTA BELLE ISLAND, AND PINE ISLAND, THE HARDEST HIT AREAS.
THEY PERFORMED RESCUE TASKS, PEER SUPPORT, PUBLIC INFORMATION, OFFICER SERVICES, HUMANITARIAN EFFORTS, FOOD AND WATER DISTRIBUTION, AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL CARE.
WHEREAS TAMARAC FIRE RESCUE PERSONNEL WERE VITAL IN MANY AREAS OF THIS CATASTROPHIC EVENT RESPONSE, IT IS TRULY AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT STORM COSTS TO COMMUNITIES AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
HURRICANE IAN TO DATE HAS COST OVER $2.4 BILLION, NOT INCLUDING PRIVATE INSURANCE CLAIMS, AND THE NUMBERS CONTINUE TO GROW.
WHEREAS TAMARAC FIRE RESCUE PERSONNEL EXHIBITED EXEMPLARY PERFORMANCE, WORKING TO HELP THE VICTIMS OF HURRICANE IAN, NOW THEREFORE, I, MICHELLE J. GOMEZ, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC, ON BEHALF OF THE COMMISSION, DO HEREBY ACKNOWLEDGE AND COMMEND TAMARAC FIRE RESCUE PERSONNEL FOR THEIR EXCELLENT WORK IN HELPING VICTIMS OF HURRICANE IAN.
TO NAME A FEW, ASSISTANT CHIEF JEFF LOPEZ, PIO VAN SCHOEN, LIEUTENANT WILLIAM OJEDA , FIREFIGHTER CHRIS ACOSTA, FIREFIGHTER GREG ASSAF, FIREFIGHTER JOB MARIO, FIREFIGHTER EVAN ROSENBAUM, AND FIREFIGHTER SARAH ROCKER.
THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH TO ALL OF YOU.
[APPLAUSE] I'M NOT SURE IF YOU'RE HERE.
COME ON DOWN IF YOU ARE, AND FIRE CHIEF ANNESE, IF YOU'D LIKE TO COME DOWN, AND WHILE THEY'RE COMING DOWN.
WELL, THESE WONDERFUL PERSONNEL DID GO OUT TO HELP, ALSO KNOWING THAT OUR CITY WAS WELL PROTECTED BY EVERYONE ELSE, AND IT'S A TEAM.
IT'S NOT JUST WHEN OUR FIREFIGHTERS ARE OUT, OR PUBLIC SERVICE IS TAKEN UP AND DOING THINGS ALSO THAT THEY WOULD BE DOING, OUR PARKING REC, EVERYBODY IS A GOOD TEAM AND WE APPRECIATE THEM.
>> I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT THESE FOLKS HERE ARE THE ONES THAT STEPPED UP IN A TIME OF NEED, AND THEY TOOK THEIR TIME AND THEY WENT OVER THERE, THEY RISKED THEIR LIVES, AND THEY RISKED EVERYTHING TO GO OVER THERE AND HELP PEOPLE, AND THAT'S WHAT THEY DO EVERY DAY, AND THAT'S WHAT TAMARAC FIRE RESCUE DOES EVERY DAY, ALL THE FOLKS HERE AT TAMARAC FIRE RESCUE.
I'M PROUD TO BE THE LEADER OF THIS ORGANIZATION.
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[BACKGROUND].>> ARE WE STAYING UP HERE? SHALL WE STAY OR SHALL WE GO?
>> OUR NEXT AWARD GOES TO A FIREFIGHTER OF THE YEAR FOR TAMARAC.
IT'S A VERY DIFFICULT PROCESS TO PICK SOMEBODY THAT'S THE BEST, AND THAT'S GOING TO BE RECOGNIZED AS A FIREFIGHTER OF THE YEAR IN TAMARAC BECAUSE EVERYBODY WHO DOES A GREAT JOB.
WE HAD SOME GREAT NOMINEES, BUT THE ONE ABOVE ALL THE REST IS CAPTAIN MIKE BUOY, FIREFIGHTER OF THE YEAR TAMARAC [APPLAUSE] [BACKGROUND] COME ON HERE MIKE.
[APPLAUSE] HE DOESN'T WANT TO SAY ANYTHING, HE'S HUMBLE TOO, OF COURSE.
EXCELLENT, AND NOW WE HAVE THE PRESENTATION OF SAFETY EXCELLENCE INITIATIVE LEVEL ONE CERTIFICATE TO CITY OF TAMARAC RISK MANAGEMENT DIVISION, AND THIS WILL BE PRESENTED BY RON PETERS OF FMIT, DIRECTOR OF RISK AND SAFETY, AND JONATHAN MELLOW, FMIT RISK SAFETY CONSULTANT TO THE CITY OF TAMARAC RISK MANAGEMENT DIVISION, SO COME ON DOWN.
>> THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.
MY NAME IS JONATHAN MELLOW, WITH THE FMIT, FLORIDA MUNICIPAL INSURANCE TRUST, AND WITH MR. RON PETERS, TODAY, WE WANT TO PRESENT AN AWARD OF SAFETY EXCELLENCE TO YOUR RISK MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT.
THEY'VE DONE A GREAT JOB REACHING THE SAFETY EXCELLENCE INITIATIVE AWARD, AND THIS IS A LEVEL 1.
WITH THAT BEING SAID, KATHY, VINCE, THE RISK MANAGEMENT TEAM, IF YOU CAN GUYS COME UP.
[APPLAUSE] ON BEHALF OF THE FLORIDA CITIES, THE FLORIDA MUNICIPAL INSURANCE TRUST, I'D LIKE TO PRESENT TO YOU THE SAFETY EXCELLENCE INITIATIVE AWARD. CONGRATULATIONS.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, JONATHAN.
>> I JUST WANTED TO SAY A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO MILLY AND VINCE.
WE HAVE DEFINITELY WORKED HARD FOR THIS, AND WE COULD NOT HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT THE ASSISTANCE OF EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM, AND EVERYONE THAT'S WORKING OUT IN THE FIELD TODAY.
>> NOW WE HAVE A PRESENTATION OF A CHECK FROM THE CITY OF TAMARAC TO THE UNITED WAY OF BROWARD COUNTY.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE TROY GIES AND LINDA PROBERT, OUR CO-CHAIRS OF THE UNITED WAY COMMITTEE DO THIS PRESENTATION FOR US, PLEASE.
>> GOOD MORNING. I'M PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT WE HAD ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL UNITED WAY CAMPAIGN THIS YEAR AND WE RAISED $30,000 FOR THE UNITED WAY.
[APPLAUSE] THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU, OUR EMPLOYEES WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE CAMPAIGN, THOSE OF YOU WHO DONATED, THOSE OF YOU WHO JUST CAME TO THE EVENTS AND HAD A GOOD TIME, AND SPECIFICALLY TO OUR COMMITTEE.
THAT WAS A FANTASTIC COMMITTEE THIS YEAR.
IN A SECOND, I'LL ASK YOU GUYS TO COME FORWARD SO YOU CAN BE RECOGNIZED AS WELL.
AND WE HAD A LOT OF NEW PEOPLE TO THE COMMITTEE AND WE HAD SOME PEOPLE THAT WERE NEW TO UNITED WAY AND THEY BROUGHT AN ENERGY AND ENTHUSIASM THAT
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WAS FANTASTIC AND IS REPRESENTED IN THIS CHECK.>> THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO HAS STAYED AND WE APPRECIATE EVERYONE WHO WAS ABLE TO BE HERE.
[3. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION]
WE WILL NOW MOVE OUR AGENDA ALONG TO PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.CITY ATTORNEY, WILL YOU PLEASE READ THE RULES FOR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION?
>> THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. [NOISE] MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY SPEAK ONLY AT TIMES DESIGNATED BY THE MAYOR OR PRESIDING OFFICER.
THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC SHALL STEP TO THE FLOOR, MICROPHONE, AND STATE HIS OR HER NAME AND ADDRESS IN AN AUDIBLE TONE FOR THE CLERK'S RECORD.
REMARKS SHOULD BE LIMITED TO THE QUESTIONS UNDER DISCUSSION UNLESS SUCH REMARKS COME DURING THE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION SECTION OF THE MEETING.
DURING THE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION, ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC MAY SPEAK TO ANY ISSUE THAT IS NOT ON THE AGENDA FOR [INAUDIBLE] DURING THE CITY COMMISSION MEETING.
SPEAKERS WILL BE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES.
DURING THIS TIME, THERE WILL BE A 30-MINUTE AGGREGATE TIME LIMIT FOR THIS ITEM.
SPEAKERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO SIGN UP IN ADVANCE WITH THE CITY CLERK PRIOR TO THEIR PARTICIPATION.
ALL REMARKS SHOULD BE ADDRESSED TO THE CITY COMMISSION AS A BODY THROUGH THE MAYOR, NOT TO ANY MEMBER THEREOF.
COMMUNITIVE AND [INAUDIBLE] TESTIMONY SHOULD BE AVOIDED ON ANY MATTERS.
A PERSON IN THE SAME POSITION AS THE PREVIOUS SPEAKER MAY SIMPLY STATE THEIR NAMES, ADDRESS, AND POSITION WITH WHICH THEY AGREE.
ANY PERSON MAKING DISRUPTIVE AND PERTINENT AND SLANDEROUS REMARKS OR SO WHO SHALL BECOME
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BOISTEROUS WHILE ADDRESSING THE CITY COMMISSION AND REFUSES TO STOP MAY BE REQUESTED TO LEAVE THE MEETING BY THE CITY COMMISSION.PERSONS WHO ALLOWED TIME TO SPEAK HAS EXPIRED SHALL BE SO ADVISED BY CITY CLERK TO CONCLUDE.
PUBLIC [INAUDIBLE] CONSISTS OF THOSE AGENDA ITEMS WHERE THE PUBLIC MAY PARTICIPATE.
THE PUBLIC SHOULD SPEAK ONLY ON THE AGENDA [INAUDIBLE] SPEAKING TIME FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC IS LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES FOR ANY PARTICULAR TOPIC.
ADDITIONAL TIME MAY BE ADDED BY THE CITY COMMISSION.
MEMBERS OF PUBLIC SHALL NOT DELEGATE OR GIVE THEIR TIME OR ANY POSITION THEREOF TO ANOTHER PARTY.
FOR A PUBLIC HEARING, CITY COMMISSION MAY SET AN AGGREGATE TIME LIMIT FOR A PUBLIC COMMENT.
WHEN THE ISSUE HAS BEEN DESIGNATED AS QUASI-JUDICIAL POKER REMARKS, SO ONLY BE HEARD DURING A QUASI-JUDICIAL HEARING THAT HAS BEEN PROPERLY NOTICED FOR THAT MATTER. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.
>> DARCY SCHILLER, KINGS POINT.
THE PREMEDITATED INFILTRATION-
>> ONE SECOND. WE NEED A MOMENT, PLEASE. PLEASE, PROCEED.
>> THE PREMEDITATED INFILTRATION OF CORRUPTION INTO OUR CITY, COURTESY OF THREE SHADY COMMISSIONERS, BEGAN IN NOVEMBER 2022 RIGHT AFTER THE ELECTION.
STARTING WITH OUR TWO NEW COMMISSIONERS, IT CONTINUED WITH THE VICE MAYOR WHEN HE CLEARLY CONSPIRED BEHIND CLOSED DOORS IN CLEAR VIOLATION OF THE SUNSHINE LAW TO HIRE HANS OTTINOT, WHO ACCORDING TO A JOURNALIST IN NORTH MIAMI BY THE NAME STEPHANIE MCKINSEY IS ARGUABLY THE MOST CORRUPT ATTORNEY IN SOUTH FLORIDA.
OTTINOT, ESQ. IS THE MANAGING PARTNER OF A ONE-PARTNER LAW FIRM WHO RUNS HIS PRACTICE OUT OF A RENTED MAILBOX LOCATED IN A STOREFRONT AT THE SOUTHWEST MALL.
HOW DOES A GROUP OF THREE COMMISSIONERS VOTE IN A NEW ATTORNEY TO OUR CITY WITHOUT AN RFP, REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL, FOR A NEW ATTORNEY, WITHOUT INTERVIEWING PROSPECTIVE APPLICANTS, AND WITHOUT DISCUSSION FOR THE BEST-SUITED ATTORNEY FOR OUR CITY? THE MAYOR AND ONE COMMISSIONER TRIED TO STOP THIS PROCESS.
BUT TO GET HIS WAY, THE VICE MAYOR MOTIONED TO HIRE OTTINOT AS THE CITY ATTORNEY ALONG WITH TWO NEW COMMISSIONERS, VIOLATING THE SUNSHINE LAW.
BOTH THE MAYOR AND COMMISSIONER FOR DISTRICT III VOTED NO AND TRIED TO POINT OUT THAT THIS WAS DONE WITHOUT INTERVIEWING PROSPECTIVE APPLICANTS AND CLANDESTINELY BEHIND CLOSED DOORS.
PEOPLE, HEAR ME, IN THE COMMUNITY, AT THIS MEETING, EVERYWHERE, THIS IS A VIOLATION OF THE SUNSHINE LAW, AND OTTINOT SHOULD BE REMOVED IMMEDIATELY AS THE CITY ATTORNEY AND DISBARRED.
VICE MAYOR BOLTON SHOULD ALSO BE REMOVED IMMEDIATELY AS COMMISSIONER FOR VIOLATING THE SUNSHINE LAW.
MAYOR GOMEZ IS THE CITY MAYOR.
CALLING HER MISS OR MISSY, INTERRUPTING HER, ONLY SHOWS THE PEOPLE THAT YOU ARE IMPEDED, PERNICIOUS, AND HAVE NO RIGHT TO BE A CITY COMMISSIONER.
THE MAYOR WAS ELECTED BY THE PEOPLE AND HAS EARNED THE RIGHT AS THE MAYOR.
THE PEOPLE OF TAMARAC WILL NOT TOLERATE OR STAND BY FOR ANY RUDENESS OR DISRESPECT.
THIS IS ESPECIALLY DIRECTED AT THE VICE MAYOR AND THE TWO NEW COMMISSIONERS.
>> CAROL MENDELSON, DISTRICT 4.
INSANITY IS DEFINED AS DOING THE SAME THING OVER AND OVER AND EXPECTING A DIFFERENT RESULT.
AS THE NEW COMMISSION, THIS IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO BRING CHANGE RATHER THAN THE VITRIOLIC BEHAVIOR THAT CONTINUES.
THE EXPECTATION IS THAT YOU WILL BE RESPECTFUL TO EACH OTHER AND LISTEN AND HEAR THE NEEDS OF THE CITIZENS.
FIRSTLY, AT THE PREVIOUS COMMISSION MEETING A DISCUSSION ENSUED UNDER ITEM NUMBER 10, REQUESTING BACKUP INFORMATION FOR ITEMS BROUGHT FORTH.
RESIDENTS WANT BACKUP AND NEED TO BE LISTENED TO.
THIS ITEM SHOULD BE PLACED ON THE NEXT AGENDA, AGAIN, IN THE VOICE OF THE RESIDENTS RECOGNIZED.
NEXT, THE STATUS QUO IS NOT ACCEPTABLE.
ANY COURSE OF ACTION TO RECTIFY WATER CONSUMPTION PROBLEMS ON HOMEOWNER PROPERTY PRIOR TO THE END OF THE MONTH IS IMPOSSIBLE.
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SERVICE WORKERS MUST GO TO EVERY PROPERTY TO PHYSICALLY READ EVERY METER MONTHLY PRIOR TO SENDING OUT A WATER BILL.THAT MEANS IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO VIEW THE PROGRAM AND ITS WATER CONSUMPTION AT ANY POINT DURING THE MONTH, AS OTHER CITIES ARE ABLE TO DO.
IF A PROBLEM EXISTS, IT CANNOT BE CORRECTED UNTIL AFTER VIEWING A BILL.
WHILE THE CITY HAS IN ITS CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN, THE INSTALLATION OF AN $8.5-10 MILLION INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAM, ITS INCEPTION DEPENDS ON WHEN FUNDS BECOME AVAILABLE.
IT ISN'T IN ANY BUDGET IN THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE.
WHILE SABAL PALM PARK WILL BE A WONDERFUL ADDITION TO ITS DISTRICT.
SPENDING, HEAR ME, $16 MILLION FOR A COMMUNITY CENTER THERE, IS NOT A PRIORITY WHEN THE CITY'S WATER PROGRAM NEEDS TO COME INTO THE 21ST CENTURY, AND THERE'S STILL NO FIRE TRUCK AT STATION 36.
THE COMMISSION HAS SAID WE NEED TO TALK TO THE COMMUNITY.
RESIDENTS MUST BE AWARE THAT WHILE EACH DISTRICT HAS ITS ISSUES WHEN VOTING, ALL THE COMMISSIONERS VOTE, UTILIZING ALL THE FUNDS OF ALL THE RESIDENTS IN THE CITY OF TAMARAC.
THUS, EVERY ISSUE AND VOTE AFFECTS ALL OF US, NOT JUST ONE DISTRICT, AND ALL RESIDENTS SHOULD HAVE A VOICE.
AGAIN, THIS IS A CRITICAL REMINDER FOR DISTRICT 4 RESIDENTS AND THE COMMISSION, THAT FIRE STATION 36 STILL NEEDS A FIRE TRUCK IMMEDIATELY FOR LIFE-SAVING MEASURES.
THE STATION NEEDS TO BE MANNED WITH THE 12 PERSON FULL-TIME TEAM, WHICH SHOULD BE A PRIORITY OVER OTHER DISTRICT CONCERNS.
RESIDENTS ARE SHOCKED AND HAVE NOT BEEN PREVIOUSLY AWARE THAT THERE IS NO TRUCK THERE OR THE COMMISSION WOULD BE INUNDATED WITH CONCERNS.
THIS PRIORITY NEEDS TO BE HANDLED ASAP.
LASTLY, KINDNESS GOES ALONG WAY.
THE EXPECTATION IS THAT EVERY PERSON REGARDLESS OF TITLE SHOULD BE TREATED COURTEOUSLY AND PROFESSIONALLY.
I THINK MAYA ANGELOU SAID IT THIS, PEOPLE WILL FORGET WHAT YOU SAID AND WHAT YOU DID, PEOPLE WILL NEVER FORGET HOW YOU MADE THEM FEEL.
THIS IS NOT FOR THE RECORD, WE DON'T DO THIS.
CITY ATTORNEY THE SPEAKERS WISHING TO SUBMIT STUFF FOR THE RECORD.
>> ONE HAS TO BE DONE DURING THE PROPER PROCEDURE, MR. GOFFINET, THAT'S WHAT WE DO HERE.
CITY ATTORNEY, WE WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE HANDED THINGS LIKE THIS, THIS SUPPOSED TO COME IN PRIOR.
>> MRS MAYOR, IF GIVEN TO THE [INAUDIBLE] PUBLIC RECORD, AND CLERK, I WISH I HAD THE COURTESY COMMISSION COULD ACCEPT IT OR REJECT IT AS MAJORITY COMMISSION.
>> IT'S NOT EVIDENCE. IT'S JUST HIS INFORMATION AS PUBLIC RECORD THAT HE IS SUBMITTING.
>> MR. GOFFINET ARE YOU AWARE?
>> WHICH I HAD PLAN TO SPEAK ON.
>> UNDERSTOOD BUT YOU'RE AWARE THIS IS CONSIDERED JUST PUBLIC RECORD THAT YOU ARE TO PROVIDE THIS THROUGH THE CLERK. [OVERLAPPING]
>> I WANT IT TO BE PUBLIC. EVERYTHING THAT I PUT IN IS GOING TO BE PUBLIC RECORD.
>> HIDE THE VIDEOTAPE. GO AHEAD, MR. GOFFINET.
PLEASE PROCEED, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.
>> WILLIAM GOFFINET 5106 BAYBERRY LN, TAMARAC.
THE LAST TIME I CAME IN, I OFFERED A VISION FOR AROUND THE CLUB HOUSE.
BECAUSE YOUR PUSH FOR 13 FLOORS SEEMS TO BE THAT THERE ARE NO OTHER IDEAS.
NOW THERE IS SOMETHING ON THE RECORD, SO YOU CAN'T SAY THAT.
AT BY THE CLUBHOUSE, THE WCC THAT WAS DONE IN [INAUDIBLE] STONE 50 YEARS AGO, DID NOBODY CARE ENOUGH TO TRY TO MAKE THAT BETTER? THE FOUNTAIN DOWN THERE NEVER CLEAN.
THE FILTER ALWAYS NEEDS TO BE CLEANED OUT BECAUSE YOU GUYS DON'T TAKE CARE OF THE TREES AROUND THE PERIMETER OF THE CIRCLE.
IF YOU TRIM THOSE WAY BACK, THEY'LL BE A WHOLE LOT LESS LEAVES IN THE FOUNTAIN.
THE AREA FROM THE FOUNTAIN TO THE STREET NEEDS TO BE CLEARED, NONE OF THAT'S WORTH KEEPING ANYWAY.
YOU CLEAR IT ALL YOU PUT IT JUST LIKE I WANTED TO PART 3 COURSE AROUND THE CLUBHOUSE, AS WELL AS KEEPING 18 FULL.
THERE SHOULD BE A SIMULATED HOLE FROM THE NEW LITTLE SIGN TO THE FOUNTAIN.
A SIMULATED GOLF HOLE ALSO, WHICH ENCOURAGES PEOPLE TO WANT TO COME BACK PLAY GOLF.
WHY CAN'T THERE BE A MARQUEE SIGN OUT FRONT IN WOODLANDS AND COMMERCIAL? I SEE NO REASON WHY THERE CAN'T.
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NO MONEY HAVE YOU PUT INTO THE WOODLANDS IN THE LAST, HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN HERE? TWELVE YEARS? 14 YEARS? I DON'T KNOW.YOU KNOW SCOTT BACK FOR THAT LONG, YOU KNOW 13TH FLOOR FOR THAT LONG.
I NEED TO KNOW MORE ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENED THERE AND I STILL HAVE A MINUTE LEFT.
I'D LIKE TO GET BACK TO THE ARSENIC AT MANOR PARK.
THERE AGAIN, THOSE TWO QUESTIONS KEEP RINGING IN MY HEAD.
WHAT DID YOU KNOW AND WHEN DID YOU KNOW IT? THAT'S IT. THANK YOU.
I'LL EVEN LEAVE A LITTLE TIME ON THAT.
>> THANK YOU. WE WILL NOW HAVE DR. KATE JOHNSON.
AT THE LAST COMMISSION MEETING, MANY OF US STAYED TO HEAR THE QUESTION AND ANSWERS FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY.
THE LENGTHS TO WHICH ONE COMMISSIONER WENT TO, THEN JOINED BY TWO NEW COMMISSIONERS TO PROTECT THE CITY ATTORNEY FROM HAVING TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS WAS AMAZING.
THESE OBSTRUCTIONIST TACTICS HAVE NO PLACE IN OUR CITY COMMISSION MEETINGS.
THESE MEETINGS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE A PLACE FOR CORDIAL DISCUSSION AND LEARNING, AS WELL AS GETTING THE CITY'S BUSINESS DONE.
WHY WOULD ANYONE NOT WANT US, THE CITIZENS, TO HEAR ABOUT THE CITY ATTORNEY? IS THERE SOMETHING TO HIDE? DO WE REALLY WANT AN ATTORNEY WORKING FOR US WHO NEEDS PROTECTION FROM QUESTIONS? I KNEW NOTHING ABOUT HIM OR HIS FIRM, BUT I HAVE DONE SOME RESEARCH SINCE.
I AM NOT PLEASED WITH THE FINDINGS.
HOW CAN ONE ATTORNEY WORK FOR US AND IN NORTH MIAMI AT THE SAME TIME, ALL WHILE RAKING IN OVER $100,000 A MONTH.
NEITHER CITY GETS HIS FULL ATTENTION.
I DO NOT GET WHY HE WAS HIRED SO HASTILY WITHOUT ALL THE FACTS AT ANYONE'S DISPOSAL.
WHILE I'M SPEAKING ABOUT FACTS, THE ATTORNEY NEVER DID ANSWER THE [INAUDIBLE] QUESTION FULLY.
WHO WILL BE ON-SITE FOR THE CITY OF TAMARAC? WHAT ATTORNEYS OR STAFF WILL BE INVOLVED IN OUR CITIES BUSINESS? WE NEVER GOT THE ANSWER, JUST A BUNCH OF CIRCULAR SPEAK.
MR. ATTORNEY, PLEASE LET US KNOW, THE CITIZENS, LET US KNOW WHO IS DOING OUR BUSINESS FOR YOUR $50,000 PLUS PER MONTH.
AS I SAID LAST TIME, THIS COMMISSION CONTINUES TO BE NEWS FODDER.
WE SOUGHT AFTER THE LAST COMMISSION MEETING AGAIN, WE ALSO SAW ARTICLES THAT ONE COMMISSIONER IS SEEKING TO BE AN AID TO A COUNTY COMMISSIONER.
HOW CAN YOU WHO SUPPOSEDLY HAS ANOTHER JOB OR TWO, POSSIBLY ALSO SERVE IN ANOTHER GOVERNMENT POSITION? THERE ARE NOT ENOUGH HOURS IN THE DAY TO DO IT ALL EFFECTIVELY.
BUT THEN IS THAT YOUR CONCERN? PROBABLY NOT.
AGAIN, I URGE THE NEW COMMISSIONERS TO START THINKING FOR YOURSELF.
IT WAS AGAIN, APPARENT WHERE YOUR ALLEGIANCE LIES AT THE LAST MEETING AND IS NOT TO THIS CITY.
YOU SWORE AN OATH TO THIS CITY, NOT TO A COMMISSIONER, THIS CITY, DO YOUR DUE DILIGENCE AND LOOK OUT FOR THE BEST INTERESTS OF THIS CITY, NOT YOURSELVES NOR YOUR ALLIES.
I AGAIN, URGE THE COMMISSION TO RESCIND ITS FIRING AND HIRING SO HASTILY AND OPEN UP THE POSITIONS OF ATTORNEY AND CITY MANAGER TO THE PUBLIC FOR APPLICATIONS.
IT IS HOW ANY REPUTABLE BUSINESS SHOULD WORK.
IT IS HOW WE WANT OUR CITY TO WORK.
WE WANT TO BE IN THE NEWS FOR GOOD THINGS, NOT RIDICULE AND MISTRUST, YET THAT IS WHAT WE ARE GETTING, AND WE THE CITIZENS DESERVE BETTER.
>> THANK YOU. WE GO TO JOHN FIORE.
I APOLOGIZE IF I'M NOT READING YOUR LAST NAME CORRECTLY.
>> GOOD MORNING, COMMISSIONERS, MAYORS.
SOMETHING A LITTLE MORE POSITIVE TO TALK ABOUT TODAY.
>> IF YOU GIVE US YOUR NAME, AND ADDRESS OR YOU LOCATION. [OVERLAPPING]. THANK YOU.
>> [INAUDIBLE] 3082845 NORTHEAST 17TH AVENUE, WILTON MANORS, FORMER MAYOR, FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE BROADWAY LEAGUE OF CITIES, EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE FLORIDA LEAGUE OF CITIES.
I'VE BEEN UP THERE FOR 14 YEARS, I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND WHAT YOU'RE GOING THROUGH.
WE REPRESENT THE SOUTH FLORIDA DEPRESSION GLASS CLUB AND WE'RE HOSTING IT THIS YEAR AT YOUR COMMUNITY CENTER FOR OUR 49TH ANNUAL SHOW, AND IT'S A VINTAGE AMERICAN GLASS POTTERY, GLASS SHOW.
WE'LL HAVE 20 NATIONAL DEALERS FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY AND LOCAL THAT WILL BE SHOWING AND HOPEFULLY SELLING GLASS AND POTTERY.
FIRST, I WANT TO COMPLEMENT THIS COMMISSION FOR THE STAFF THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH,
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THEY HAVE BEEN OUTSTANDING.THEY'VE BEEN EXCELLENT, IT'S A GREAT FACILITY, AND WE WOULD LIKE TO INVITE ALL OF YOU.
I HAVE SOME CARDS HERE IF WE CAN JUST PASS THEM OUT AND INVITE YOU TO COME.
IT'S ON FEBRUARY 4TH AND 5TH SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, AND WE LOVE TO COME AND HAVE YOU SEE WHAT WE'RE BRINGING TO THE CITY.
IT'S A SPECTACULAR DISPLAY OF COLORED GLASS AND POTTERY FROM THE TURN OF THE CENTURY UP UNTIL ABOUT THE 1980S.
WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.
>> THANK YOU. IF YOU'LL GIVE IT TO THE CITY CLERK, SO MAKE SURE TO HAND IT OFF TO US.
THANK YOU FOR ANSWERING THAT NEXT QUESTION.
[LAUGHTER] APPRECIATE. THANK YOU.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE YOU DID NOT GET A CHANCE TO SIGN UP THAT WISHES TO SPEAK?
>> GOOD MORNING, MADAM MAYOR, ALL PROTOCOL OBSERVED.
I THINK I'M A SUCKER FOR PUNISHMENT, AND THAT'S WHY I'M HERE FOR THE SAME REASONS, STEWART WEBSTER, VERSAILLES GARDENS, SORRY ABOUT THAT.
AS I SAID, I THINK I'M A SUCKER FOR PUNISHMENT AND I'M HERE FOR THE SAME REASON AS AT THE LAST MEETING; MY COMMUNITY IS BEING IGNORED.
AM I WRONG IN THINKING THAT ANYTIME I COME BEFORE THIS COMMISSION, AND MAKE A REQUEST OF THE MAYOR OR A COMMISSIONER BECAUSE IT IS ME, IT IS ALMOST ALWAYS IGNORED? I PROPOSE THAT THERE ARE TWO REASONS FOR THIS.
MY LATEST PROOF IS TWO WEEKS AGO, 14 DAYS AGO, I CAME BEFORE THIS COMMISSION AND STATED THAT THERE WERE NO WORKING STREET LIGHTS IN THE MOST DANGEROUS HALF OF THE WINDING LAGOS DE CAMPO.
I STATED ON THE RECORD THAT THIS SECTION IS HEAVILY USED BY PEOPLE EXERCISING AND WALKING THEIR DOGS, USUALLY LATE IN THE EVENINGS.
MY WORD JUST DID NOT FALL ON DEAF EARS, YOU ALL, WE ALL HEARD.
THE MAYOR AND CITY MANAGER HAVE DONE ABSOLUTELY NOTHING.
WHY? BECAUSE THIS IS ALSO HOW OUR FAIR CITY IS BEING CURRENTLY RUN.
FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, THE CITY MANAGER SHOULD HAVE PLACED A CALL TO FPL IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE COMMISSION MEETING ENDED, DEMANDING TO KNOW WHY WAS ALLOWING ARE CRITICALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION TO EXIST.
IT'S BEEN 14 DAYS PLUS YET I'M NOT REALLY SURPRISED AT THIS IN ACTION.
I SUGGEST THAT SHE OR THE MAYOR COULD HAVE ALSO CONDESCENDED TO LET ME KNOW SO THAT I COULD SHARE THIS WITH THE RESIDENTS WHO HAVE DRIVEN ME HERE THIS MORNING, BY THE WAY.
IS THIS LEVEL OF SENSITIVITY IN ACTION BY WHOM SHE MANAGES? IS HOW SHE MANAGES THE CITY? THE PART ABOUT THE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR, HE SHOULD HAVE SEEN TO IT THAT IT WAS CORRECTED LONG AGO.
IT'S BEEN MORE THAN 14 DAYS OF SCARY DARKNESS FOR US RESIDENTS.
THERE'S EVEN ONE SECTION ON LAGOS THAT DEPENDS ON THE CITY LIGHT FOR THEIR SAFETY.
SOME DAYS AGO I REMINDED THE DISTRICT 2 COMMISSIONER OF THIS CRITICAL SITUATION.
LAGOS DE CAMPO IS ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL STREETS IN TAMARAC, AND THIS SECTION IS ALSO ONE OF THE NASTIEST.
IT HAS BECOME ONE OF THE MOST NEGLECTED AREAS IN THE CITY.
AS TO THE TRASH AND DEAD [INAUDIBLE] , A NUMBER OF TIMES OVER THE YEARS I POINTED THIS OUT AND LAGOS WAS COMPLETELY CLEANED IN A MATTER OF A WEEK.
PEOPLE HAVE NEVER HAD PROBLEMS STICKING SIGNS IN THE MEDIAN AND THEY REMAIN THERE FOR WEEKS JUST LIKE NOW.
AT THE SAME TIME FOR THOSE UNDER DAYS, IT'S JUST ANOTHER DAY IN THE NEW TAMARAC.
WHAT OTHER CITY WOULD ALLOW THIS NASTINESS? WHAT OTHER CITY WOULD ALLOW A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE TO BE WITHOUT LIGHTS FOR MORE THAN 14 DAYS? HOW ABOUT SOMEBODY PARKING YOUR SUBSIDIZE VEHICLES ON CONCORD AND WALKING ALONG LAGOS DE CAMPO ONE EVENING?
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK THAT HASN'T HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO? NAME AND ADDRESS OR AT LEAST LOCATION, PLEASE. THANK YOU.
>> GOOD MORNING. CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF YOU.
I HAVE NOT HAD A CHANCE NOR HAVE I SEEN YOU.
I AM HERE THIS MORNING TO CONCUR BASICALLY ABOUT WHAT STEWARD JUST SAID.
>> WE NEED YOUR NAME AND LOCATION PLEASE.
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>> SORRY. MY NAME IS BARBARA MCCAIN, AND A RESIDENT OF TAMARAC FOR 30 YEARS.
[LAUGHTER] I'M HAVING A PROBLEM AND I'M NOT SURE IT'S FOUR YEARS AND I THINK IT'S TIME FOR US TO BRING IT AHEAD.
I DON'T KNOW, I WAS REFERRED TO MR. WRIGHT, BUT I HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO CALL YOU YET.
IT'S REGARDING A STREET LIGHT THAT IS VERY NEEDED ON BAYBERRY LANE IN TAMARAC.
WE HAVE A CANAL, SOMEONE DROWNED THERE A FEW YEARS AGO.
YOU HAVE THE SCHOOL BUS COMING TO PICK UP KIDS AND DROP THEM OFF.
YOU HAVE RESIDENTS WALKING THERE, BABIES IN A THING AND SPEEDING CARS COMING ALONG.
IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE TRY TO GET THE STREET LIGHT OUT BEFORE WE HAVE ANOTHER CATASTROPHE, I WOULD NOT LIKE TO SEE THAT BECAUSE IT'S FOUR YEARS.
WHERE I STAND ON WHAT I'VE LEARNED, I'VE PHONED FPL, I'VE TALKED TO OUR CITY MANAGER, MIKE.
WHERE IT'S NOW IS, HE'S WAITING ON FLORIDA POWER AND LIGHT.
FLORIDA POWER AND LIGHT IS SAYING NO, IT'S THE CITY'S RESPONSIBILITY.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S A CASE OF MONEY, I DON'T KNOW.
I'M PREPARED TO WALK THE WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD AND SAY, "HEY, CAN YOU GIVE ME A CONTRIBUTION? WE NEED THE LIGHT, IT'S IMPORTANT." WE DO NOT WANT ANOTHER CATASTROPHE.
WE'VE GOT DEAD TREES TOWERING UP FOR MANY FEET.
ONE IN PARTICULAR, NEXT TO MY NEIGHBOR.
SHE KEEPS CALLING ME, BARB, WHO DO I CALL? I THINK IT BELONGS TO THE CLUBHOUSE.
THERE'S NOBODY TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION.
IT'S GOING TO TOWER RIGHT DOWN ON THE HOUSE AND THAT'S WHEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A BIG PROBLEM.
THE LITTLE SILVER THING IS ON THERE BECAUSE I WALK, SO I KNOW SOME OF THE TREES ALONG THE WAY ON THE GOLF COURSE, I SEE THEM.
WE ARE TRYING TO FIND OUT WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR IT, IT NEEDS TO BE TAKEN DOWN.
IT'S A SERIOUS PROBLEM, MICHELLE, I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE IT ADDRESSED.
IF SOMEBODY COULD JUST TELL ME, MR., I CAN'T THINK OF HIS NAME RIGHT NOW ON SPL, HE'S WAITING PATIENTLY ON THE CITY TO RESPOND.
HE'S BEEN OUT THERE, WE DIDN'T HAVE A PLACE TO PUT THE LIGHT BEFORE, NOW WE DO HAVE A PLACE.
I'VE SPOKEN TO THAT NEIGHBOR, THEY HAVE NO PROBLEM IN HAVING THE LIGHT ON THERE.
PLEASE, I URGE YOU I WOULD NOT LIKE TO SEE SOMETHING HAPPEN THERE.
FOUR YEARS, IT HASN'T BEEN DONE. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. MS. HERRERA IS OUTSIDE, SO PLEASE SEE HER.
WELL, AGAIN, IF YOU'D SEE HER, SHE'S OUTSIDE. THANK YOU.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK THAT HAS NOT YET HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO? SEEING THAT THERE'S NO ONE ELSE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK, PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IS NOW CLOSED.
WE WILL MOVE TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA.
[4. CONSENT AGENDA ]
CITY MANAGER, ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONS OR DELETIONS TO THE AGENDA?>> MADAM MAYOR, I HAVE ONE ITEM THAT I'D LIKE TO ADD SHOULD THE COMMISSION DESIRE IT'S TEMPORAL RESOLUTION 13899 FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICES RIGHT THERE.
>> TRADITIONALLY, WE HAVE HAD WHERE THE CITY MANAGER HAS PUT THINGS ON, THE AGENDA IS A WALK ON AND IT HAS JUST BEEN PUT ON OUR CONSENT AGENDA.
ARE WE AMENDING POLICY AND NOW ASKING FOR A CONSENSUS?
>> MAYOR, THE CITY CODE OF PROCEDURE WHICH CITY CLERK SIGNED TO ME YESTERDAY, THE CITY COMMISSION BY A MAJORITY VOTE CAN ADD ON ITEMS TO THE AGENDA.
THE SIX-DAY RULE, THERE'S AN EXCEPTION TO THAT RULE BY MAJORITY VOTE.
THE CITY COMMISSIONER CAN ADD WALK UP ITEMS ANYTIME.
>> I BELIEVE ALSO THE CITY MANAGER HAS A SPECIAL EXCEPTION UNDER 2-34E3 FOR SPECIAL MATTERS REQUIRING IMMEDIATE ATTENTION TO CITY COMMISSION.
THE CITY MANAGER SHALL ATTEMPT TO GIVE AT LEAST 72 HOURS PRIOR TO THE MEETING AND STILL BE ABLE TO HAVE ACCESS TO THIS COMMISSION WITHOUT US HAVING TO HAVE APPROVAL BECAUSE THE CITY MANAGER HAS THE AUTHORITY TO THE AGENDA.
THEREFORE THIS ITEM, MY UNDERSTANDING IS A TIME-SENSITIVE ITEM DUE TO THE NATURE OF THIS AND THAT'S WHY IT'S BEING PRESENTED TO US AND SHOULD NOT NEED APPROVAL OF THIS COMMISSION AS IT IS WITHIN THE CITY MANAGERS ADMINISTRATION PROBABLY.
>> IN FACT, THIS ITEM WAS NOTICED YESTERDAY LESS THAN 72 HOURS, BUT NEVERTHELESS, IT WOULD FALL UNDER BOTH CATEGORY.
>> IT DOES SAY SHALL TRY TO PROVIDE, ATTEMPT TO DELIVER.
SHE ATTEMPTED TO DELIVER AS SOON AS IT WAS POSSIBLE.
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COMMISSIONER DANIEL, IF YOU WISH TO PUT YOUR LIGHT ON FOR ME TO RECOGNIZE YOU.BUT [OVERLAPPING] YOU'RE TALKING WHILE I'M TALKING AND THAT IS CONSIDERED RUDE.
[OVERLAPPING] BUT YOU'RE TALKING NOW.
YEAH, WE HEAR YOU, THE MIC IS ON.
>> DO YOU WISH TO HEAR MY PERSONAL POSITION.
>> NO, I DO NOT WISH TO HEAR YOUR PERSONAL POSITION.
>> BUT IT DOESN'T GIVE YOU THE RIGHT TO INTERRUPT ME.
>> I'M NOT INTERRUPTING YOU MA'AM, CAN YOU CONTINUE?
>> YOU DON'T REALLY NEED TO WORRY ABOUT THAT RIGHT NOW, BUT THANK YOU MR. ROCHE.
CITY ATTORNEY PROCEDURALLY, WE HAVE A CONFLICT, BUT NEVERTHELESS, WE WILL GO WITH THE PATH OF LEAST RESISTANCE FOR THIS MATTER.
CITY COMMISSION, THE CITY MANAGER WISHES TO PUT ON A RESOLUTION.
CITY ATTORNEY, WOULD YOU LIKE TO READ THE TITLE FOR THE RECORD?
>> [NOISE] I GOT IT. A RESOLUTION FOR CITY COMMISSION, CITY OF TAMARAC, FLORIDA, APPOINTING KENNETH GRIFFIN AS PUBLIC SERVICE DIRECTOR EFFECTIVE FEBRUARY 1ST, 2023.
AS SUCH STATE AS MUTUALLY AGREED UPON PROVIDING CONFERENCE, PROVIDING STABILITY, PROVIDING FOR EFFECTIVE DATE. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, CITY COMMISSION.
>> [OVERLAPPING] JUST FOR THE RECORD, THIS HAS BEEN PUT ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.
>> I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND NOW FOR THE WAY THE PROCEDURES ARE BEING HANDLED TO PUT THIS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.
>> I HAVE MOTION AND A SECOND, SO I WILL TAKE IS THERE A DISCUSSION? NO DISCUSSION. CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL TO PUT THIS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, PLEASE.
>> I'M SORRY MAYOR, I DIDN'T GET WHO SECOND THE MOTION.
>> YOU ARE THE CALL FOR THE MOTION?
>> OKAY. THANK YOU. VICE MAYOR BOLTON?
>> THANK YOU. MOTION PASSES FIVE TO ZERO.
>> EXCELLENT. THIS IS NOW BEEN ADDED TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA.
ANY OTHER FURTHER ADDITIONS OR DELETIONS, CITY MANAGER?
>> ANYBODY FROM THE COMMISSION WISHING TO PULL SOMETHING? NOT SEEING ANYONE AT THIS TIME.
CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
>> ACTUALLY NEED A MOTION IN A SECOND.
>> THANK YOU. WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS, A SECOND BY VICE MAYOR BOLTON.
THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. MAYOR GOMEZ?
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. MOTION PASSES FIVE TO ZERO.
>> EXCELLENT. MOVING RIGHT ALONG TO OUR REGULAR AGENDA.
[5.a TR13807 - A Resolution of the City Commission of the City of Tamarac, Florida, awarding ITB #22-20b, Tamarac Community Center restrooms renovation project to Khan Builders, Inc. and authorizing the execution of an agreement between the City of Tamarac and Khan Builders, Inc. at a contract cost not to exceed $183,220.63 and a contingency allowance of $18,322.06 for a total project budget of $201,542.69;]
WE ARE AT 5ATR13807.OH, BY THE WAY, I GUESS IT'S A CONGRATULATIONS TO MR. KENNETH GRIFFIN.
WELCOME ON BOARD. TEMPORARY RESOLUTION 13807, CITY ATTORNEY, PLEASE READ THE TITLE FOR THE RECORD.
>> YES. RESOLUTION OF CITY COMMISSIONERS, CITY TAMARAC, FLORIDA, AWARDING ITB NUMBER 22-20B.
TAMARAC COMMUNITY CENTER RESTROOM RENOVATION PROJECT TO [INAUDIBLE] AND AUTHORIZE EXECUTION GREEN BETWEEN THE CITY OF TAMARAC AND COM BUILDERS AT A CONTRACT COSTS NOT TO EXCEED 183,220.63, AND CONTINGENCY ALLOWANCE OF $18,322.06 FOR A TOTAL PROJECT MILLAGE 201,542.69, AUTHORIZE PROCREATION EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 201,542.69, TO BE INCLUDED IN FUTURE BUDGET AMENDMENT PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS RAN FOR SEVERAL YEARS PRIOR TO THE EFFECTIVE DATE.
>> THANK YOU. I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND, PLEASE.
>> MOTION BY COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS, SECOND BY VICE MAYOR BOLTON.
THIS ITEM IS NOW OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS.
IS THERE ANYBODY WHO WISHES TO MAKE A COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? I SEE NONE.
PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE NOW CLOSED AND GREG WARNER OUR PARKING LOT DIRECTOR IS READY TO MAKE A PRESENTATION.
>> GOOD MORNING, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION.
FOR THE RECORD, GREG WARNER, DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION.
LET ME GET ALL THIS TECHNICAL STUFF IN LINE.
SO THIS IS A RESOLUTION FOR THE COMMISSION TO APPROVE INVITATION TO BID 22-20B AND AWARD THAT TO KHAN BUILDERS AND EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT WITH KHAN BUILDERS FOR
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THE TAMARAC COMMUNITY CENTER RESTROOM RENOVATION PROJECT.I DO HAVE A SHORT PRESENTATION FOR YOU TO PROVIDE YOU WITH SOME DETAILS.
YOU CAN SEE FROM THIS SLIDE, THE CURRENT CONDITION OF THE COMMUNITY CENTER RESTROOMS AND WHEN I TALK ABOUT THE RESTROOMS, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FOUR RESTROOMS: TWO LADY'S AND TWO MEN'S.
TWO OF THOSE ARE ON THE GYMNASIUM OF THE COMMUNITY CENTER, AND THE OTHER TWO ARE NEAR THE BALLROOM.
YOU CAN SEE THE CONDITION, ALL THE MATERIALS IN THE RESTROOM ARE FROM THE ORIGINAL CONSTRUCTION OF THE COMMUNITY CENTER, WHICH WAS OPENED IN 2001.
IT'S BEEN A VERY HEAVILY USED FACILITY THROUGH THE PAST 21 YEARS.
AGAIN, ALL THE ORIGINAL ELEMENTS AND MATERIALS ARE IN THERE AND ARE IN POOR CONDITION AND DO FOR SOME UPDATING.
WITH INVITATION TO BID 22-20B THAT WAS ISSUED, SEEKING QUALIFIED FIRMS TO BID ON THE PERMITTING AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE COMMUNITY CENTER RESTROOM RENOVATION PROJECT, KHAN BUILDERS INCORPORATE WAS DEEMED THE LOWEST RESPONSIVE AND RESPONSIBLE PROPOSER AMONG THE SEVEN COMPANIES AND YOU CAN SEE THEM LISTED HERE: TECHGROUPONE, CONENGINEERS, OKABREMA, ANZCO, PERSONS SERVICES CORP, AND THEN INTERTECH CONSTRUCTION.
WE HAD A GOOD RESPONSE TO THIS BID, AND KHAN BUILDERS WAS DEEMED THE LOWEST AND MOST RESPONSIVE BIDDER.
KHAN BUILDERS, A LITTLE BACKGROUND ON THEM, THEY HAVE EXPERIENCE WORKING ON BOTH COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION AND RENOVATION PROJECTS IN THE TRI-COUNTY AREA.
THEY ARE BASED OUT OF MIRAMAR IN SOUTHERN BROWARD COUNTY.
THEY ARE A SUB-CONTINENT ASIAN MINORITY BUSINESS ENTERPRISE, AND THEY ARE CERTIFIED AS MINORITY BUSINESS ENTERPRISE BY THE STATE OF FLORIDA.
THEY ARE ALSO A SMALL BUSINESS ENTERPRISE AND A COUNTY BUSINESS ENTERPRISE IN BROWARD COUNTY.
THE SCOPE OF THE WORK FOR THIS AND THIS IS A TOTAL RENOVATION.
THE PROJECT WILL BE PHASED SO THAT THEY'LL WORK ON ONE SET OF RESTROOMS AT A TIME SO AT ALL TIMES, THERE WILL BE A SET OF RESTROOMS OPEN AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER FOR THE RESIDENTS AND USERS TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF.
THEY WILL BE REPLACING EXISTING INTERIOR FINISHES, BOTH THE WALL AND THE FLOORING.
THEY'LL BE REPLACING FIXTURES, LIGHTING PARTITIONS AND ACCESSORIES AND WHEN I TALK ABOUT ACCESSORIES, THEY WILL BE REPLACING THE SINKS, THE COUNTER-TOPS, THE TOILETS, ALL OF THE ABOVE.
INSTALLATION OF NEW FLOOR AND WALL TILES TO REPLACE WHAT'S THERE.
IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THE RESTROOMS AND THE GYMNASIUM SIDE, WHEN WE FIRST OPENED, WE HAD THE FITNESS CENTER LOCATED AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER SO BOTH THE MALE AND THE FEMALE RESTROOMS INCLUDED AN AREA WITH LOCKERS IN THE BACK OF THOSE RESTROOMS. SINCE THE FITNESS CENTER HAS BEEN MOVED TO THE AQUATIC CENTER, THERE HAS NOT BEEN A NEED FOR THAT LOCKER AREA.
PART OF THIS PROJECT WILL INCLUDE ENCLOSING THAT ADDITIONAL STORAGE SPACE FOR THE CENTER.
HERE'S SOME RENDERINGS THAT WE HAD THE CONTRACTOR PUT TOGETHER AND I'M NOT GOING TO PROMISE IT'S GOING TO LOOK EXACTLY LIKE THIS, BUT THIS IS THE GOAL THAT WE ARE MODERNIZING THESE RESTROOMS. THERE WILL BE SOME REALLY NICE TILING SO THE APPEARANCE AND THE FUNCTIONALITY OF THESE RESTROOMS WILL BE IMPROVED.
HERE'S ANOTHER PHOTO OF THE RENDERINGS.
WE ARE LOOKING AT THE LARGER TILE GOING ON THE WALLS AND THE FLOORS, WHICH WILL REALLY BRING IT TO A MODERN APPEARANCE.
DETAILS OF THE CONTRACT WITH KHAN BUILDERS.
CONTRACT AMOUNT AS THE CITY ATTORNEY HAD TALKED ABOUT, $183,000 PLUS 10% CONTINGENCY OF $18,000 FOR A TOTAL PROJECT BUDGET OF $201,542.69.
THE FUNDING FOR THE PROJECT WILL REQUIRE A BUDGET APPROPRIATION WHICH WILL BE INCLUDED IN FUTURE BUDGET AMENDMENT PRIOR TO NOVEMBER OF 2023.
THIS PROJECT WAS FUNDED IN THE FISCAL YEAR '22 BUDGET AND TIMING DID NOT WORK OUT TO GET THIS BID OUT AND AWARD IT DURING THE 2022 BUDGET YEAR,
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SO THAT'S WHY IT WILL BE COMING AS A BUDGET APPROPRIATION AMENDMENT FOR THIS YEAR.TIMELINE OF THE PROJECT; ONCE THEY'RE PROVIDED A NOTICE TO PROCEED, THEY HAVE 180 DAYS UNTIL FINAL COMPLETION WITH THIS.
THAT'S MY PRESENTATION, I'M OPEN TO ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
>> THANK YOU, MAYOR. GREG, CAN YOU REPEAT HOW MANY BATHROOMS, THE COMMUNITY CENTER HAVE?
>> OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, THERE ARE TWO WOMEN'S RESTROOMS AND TWO MEN'S RESTROOMS.
>> DURING THE RENOVATIONS, HOW WILL FACILITY USERS ACCESS THE RESTROOM? WILL YOU BE RENOVATING ALL AT ONCE?
>> NO. THEY'LL BE DOING ONE SET OF MEN'S AND WOMEN'S RESTROOMS AT A TIME SO THERE'LL ALWAYS BE ONE SET OF MEN'S AND WOMEN'S RESTROOMS AVAILABLE.
>> HAVE WE USE KHAN BUILDERS BEFORE?
>> TELL ME ABOUT THE BIDDING OR RFP PROCESS FOR THIS BUILDER.
>> IT WAS AN INVITATION TO BID AND WE HAD CERTAIN SPECIFICATIONS.
GOING OUT FOR INVITATION TO BID, EACH CONTRACTOR HAS THE ABILITY TO TAKE THE SCOPE OF WORK AND THEN PROVIDE A PRICE ALONG WITH THE MATERIALS FOR THAT AS WE BID BECAUSE THIS WAS NOT AN RFP, WE DID NOT MEET WITH THEM IN PERSON, BUT WE DID A LOT OF DUE DILIGENCE FOLLOWING THE PRICING TO MAKE SURE THAT KHAN BUILDERS WAS A GOOD CONTRACTOR AND PROVIDING THE QUALITY OF MATERIALS THAT WE WANTED.
>> TELL ME ABOUT THE MAKEUP OF THIS COMPANY, A VETERAN OWNED, WOMAN'S OWNED?
>> AS WE TALKED ABOUT, LET ME GET BACK TO MY NOTES.
THEY'RE A SUB-CONTINENT ASIAN MINORITY BUSINESS ENTERPRISE CERTIFIED BY THE STATE OF FLORIDA.
THEY'RE ALSO A SMALL BUSINESS ENTERPRISE, AS WELL AS A COUNTY BUSINESS ENTERPRISE.
>> HAVE THEY WORKED FOR ANY GOVERNMENT AGENCY BEFORE THAT YOU KNOW OF?
>> YES, THEY HAVE. THEY'VE WORKED FOR THE CITY OF MIRAMAR ON CERTAIN PROJECTS.
I BELIEVE THE CITY OF HOLLYWOOD AS WELL.
>> HAVE YOU HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK WITH HOLLYWOOD OR MIRAMAR TO VET THE TYPE OF WORK THAT THEY DO?
>> HAS ANYONE ON STAFF DONE THAT?
>> I'M NOT FAMILIAR IF THEY HAVE.
I BELIEVE THAT OUR PROJECT MANAGER HAS SPOKEN, BUT AS I SAID, WE MET WITH KHAN BUILDERS TO LOOK AT THEIR MATERIALS AND THEY ALSO DURING THEIR PRESENTATION IN THEIR PROPOSAL, THEY PRESENT PHOTOS AND THAT TYPE OF THING FOR THEIR PAST PROJECTS.
>> MR. WARNER, WE HAVE MR. DOHERTY BEHIND YOU, WHO LOOKS LIKE HE IS READY TO JUMP IN TAG IN AND ANSWER THE REST OF THE QUESTION FOR YOU.
>> JOHN DOHERTY, ACTING DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC SERVICES.
JUST TO ANSWER YOUR PREVIOUS QUESTIONS, THROUGH THE VETTING PROCESS, WE DO CONTACT ALL THEIR REFERENCES AND CHECK WITH THEM AND WE DID CONTACT THE CITY OF HOLLYWOOD AND MIRAMAR.
>> YOU DID CONTACT ALL THOSE CITIES?
>> AND WHAT WERE THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS?
>> THEY PROVIDE A GOOD RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THIS COMPANY, OTHERWISE, WE WOULD NOT HAVE MOVED FORWARD WITH THEM.
>> THEY ARE LICENSED AND INSURED?
>> YES, THEY ARE. THAT'S PART OF OUR PROCESS AS WELL.
>> HAVE YOU CHECKED THE STATE OF FLORIDA TO SEE IF THERE ARE ANY ISSUES WITH OTHER CLIENTS THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE DONE BUSINESS WITH?
>> I CAN'T SPEAK TO WHAT THE PURCHASING PROCESSES ON THAT, BUT I DO KNOW THAT WE DO AS WE CHECK REFERENCES AND AS PART OF THAT PROCESS, THERE WAS NOTHING THAT RED FLAGGED THAT COMPANY.
>> CAN ANYBODY ELSE IN STAFF SPEAK TO THAT?
>> I CAN TELL YOU THROUGH THE VETTING PROCESS WHEN WE CONTACT THE REFERENCES THEY PROVIDE, WE ASK THOSE INDIVIDUALS IF THEY HAVE OTHER PEOPLE THEY KNOW OF THAT WE CAN CONTACT SO, OBVIOUSLY THEY'RE NOT GOING TO PROVIDE US WITH A REFERENCE, IT'S NOT GOING TO GIVE THEM A GOOD REFERENCE SO WE TRY TO DIG DOWN AS DEEP AS WE CAN TO SEE WHAT THE HISTORY OF THE COMPANY IS AND OUR REPUTATION, BUT WE DO NOT REACH OUT TO THE STATE.
>> YOU DON'T THINK THAT IT'S PUBLIC RECORD OR YOU SHOULD DO DUE DILIGENCE TO FIND OUT IF THERE'S ANY VIOLATIONS OR
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ANYONE THAT HAS COMPLAINED ABOUT THIS COMPANY TO THE STATE OF FLORIDA?>> GOOD MORNING, KEITH GLATZ HERE, PURCHASING AND CONTRACTS MANAGER.
WE USUALLY DO NOT GO THAT DEEP UNLESS WE FIND SOME ISSUES THAT ARE RED FLAGS IN THE RESPONSE ITSELF.
WE DIDN'T FIND ANY RED FLAGS, WE RECEIVED GREAT REFERENCES FROM THE INDIVIDUALS WHO PROVIDED THE REFERENCES, AND WE FELT COMFORTABLE WITH MOVING FORWARD AS A RESULT OF THAT.
>> I WOULD REQUEST THAT STAFF FOLLOW UP WITH THAT.
IF THIS IS THE PLEASURE OF THIS COMMISSION AS WELL, TO PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION AFTER TODAY'S PROCEEDINGS. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS.
>> THANK YOU, MAYOR. I JUST WANT TO MAKE A POINT OF ORDER.
COMMISSIONER RAY, VICE MAYOR BOLTON, COMMISSIONER DANIELS MAYOR GOMEZ.
A LOT OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WERE ASKED WERE ALREADY PRESENTED.
IF WE CAN PLEASE PAY ATTENTION, IF WE CAN PLEASE ASK THESE QUESTIONS PRIOR TO THIS COMMISSION MEETINGS.
WE HAVE SIX DAYS THAT WE GET TO REVIEW INFORMATION.
WE ARE WASTING STAFF'S TIME WHEN WE ARE ASKING ALL THESE RIDICULOUS QUESTIONS AND I FIND IT RIDICULOUS.
VICE MAYOR MIGHT NOT FIND IT RIDICULOUS, THAT'S HIS OPINION.
BUT TO GIVE STAFF DIRECTION RIGHT NOW WHILE WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF AWARDING A CONTRACT WHEN DUE DILIGENCE WAS DONE ON BEHALF OF THE CITY, WHETHER IT WAS TO THE EXTENT THAT SOMEONE MAY NOT LIKE, THAT NEEDS TO BE BROUGHT UP WAY BEFORE THIS MEETING.
I WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE THAT WE DON'T CONTINUE THIS NONSENSE OF ASKING STAFF ALL THESE RIDICULOUS QUESTIONS WHEN THEY COULD HAVE HAD THIS INFORMATION FOR YOU, SIR.
I'M TALKING TO YOU VICE MAYOR. THANK YOU, MAYOR.
>> JUST HAVE A QUESTION. SINCE YOU WERE DOING THE BATHROOM AND HE SAID YOU'RE DOING IT FOR THE FUTURE.
WHAT PROVISIONS MADE TO CREATE A FAMILY ROOM? WE KNOW WE HAVE GROWN FAMILIES IN TAMARAC AND IT'S A TREND NOW TO HAVE FAMILY ROOMS IN ADDITION TO MEN AND WOMEN BATHROOM.
WERE THERE ANY OTHER PROVISIONS LOOKED IN FOR THAT PROCESS OF INCLUDING A FAMILY ROOM?
>> IN THIS BIT, WE DID NOT COMMISSIONER.
ALTHOUGH I DO SEE THE NEED AND WE HAVE ONE AT THE AQUATIC CENTER, IT WOULD INCLUDE A LOT OF INTERNAL CONSTRUCTION TO ADD A RESTROOM LIKE THAT.
BUT THAT IS SOMETHING DEFINITELY WE CAN LOOK AT FOR FUTURE PROJECTS.
>> IT DOES HAVE THE CAPABILITIES IN THE FUTURE WHERE WE CAN ADD A FAMILY ROOM?
THAT'S WHY I SAY WE WOULD HAVE TO LOOK AT IT AS FAR AS WHAT IT WOULD TAKE TO ADD THAT SPACE AND WHAT WE COULD DO WITHOUT TO ADD THAT SPACE FOR THE FAMILY RESTROOM SO WE CAN EXPLORE.
>> I DO LIKE THE IDEA OF A FAMILY ROOM WHEN YOU HAVE SMALL CHILDREN, IT DOES COME IN HANDY AND YOU HAVE TO BRING A SON INTO A WOMAN'S ROOM OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
I WISH THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING WE DO KEEP IN MIND.
COMMISSIONER, YOU SAID NOT TO DISCUSS ON ITEMS, BUT DO IT WITH STAFF INDIVIDUALLY, BUT YES.
REMEMBER MONDAY YOU SAID YOU DIDN'T LIKE THAT.
I JUST LIKE EQUITY IN EVERYTHING WE DO.
WE CAN'T SAY SOMETHING ONE DAY AND THEN THE NEXT DAY WHEN IT DOESN'T APPLY TO US PERSONALLY, IT SWITCHES. BUT THANK YOU.
>> THIS IRRELEVANT TO MONDAY'S DISCUSSION.
THIS IS IN REGARDS TO THE FACT THAT WE GET OUR AGENDA SIX DAYS BEFORE TODAY AND WE CAN HAVE A DISCUSSION WITH STAFF WITH THE CITY MANAGER, CITY ATTORNEY.
IF YOU'RE NOT MEETING WITH THE CITY MANAGER OR THE CITY ATTORNEY, THAT'S ON YOU.
I KNOW FOR A FACT THAT VICE MAYOR DOES NOT MEET WITH THE MANAGERS.
HE DOES MEET WITH THE ATTORNEY.
HOWEVER, TO ASK THESE SILLY QUESTIONS WHEN THEY COULD HAVE BEEN ASKED WAY IN ADVANCE SO THAT THEY CAN BE PREPARED IS MY POINT OF THIS POINT OF ORDER.
MONDAY'S POINT OF ORDER WAS NOT RELEVANT TO THAT SO YOU STAND CORRECTED.
>> THANK YOU. SO A COUPLE OF THINGS WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FROM WHEN WE GET OUR PACKAGES.
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WE MEET WITH THE CITY MANAGER.IF WE DON'T MEET WITH THE CITY MANAGER, THE CITY CLERK DOES PROVIDE US WITH OUR AGENDA.
WE THEN CAN ACCESS IT ONLINE OR WE CAN GET OUR BOOKS WHICHEVER WAY WE WANT IT.
THE INFORMATION IS THERE FOR US.
OUR CITY STAFF HAS THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR ADMINISTRATION AND HIRING AND LOOKING THROUGH AND DOING ALL THE DUE DILIGENCE THAT WE NEED.
WE, IT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO LOOK AT OUR BACKUP IF WE THINK THAT THERE IS ANOTHER ITEM TO LOOK INTO, IF WE THINK WE NEED TO DIG DOWN DEEPER, THEN THAT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO DO IT.
IF WE FIND ANYTHING THAT IS TOO IMPORTANT, IT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO ALERT CITY MANAGER WHO WILL THEN ALERT STAFF AND THEN COULD ALERT US.
THAT'S HOW THE PROCESS ROLLS BEFORE THE MEETING IF WE ARE PREPARED.
IT IS A LITTLE BIT INSULTING, NOT A LITTLE BIT, MAYBE A LOT.
WHEN WE HAVE A STAFF MEMBER WHO IS HERE, AN EXECUTIVE TEAM MEMBER PROVIDING US THE INFORMATION, HAS SCREENS ON HERE THAT SHOW US WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
SHOWS US A TIME FRAME, SHOWS US WHAT'S BEING DEMOLISHED, TELLS US HOW IT'S GOING TO WORK.
TO THEN ASK THOSE QUESTIONS AGAIN AND AGAIN.
IT DOES NOT MAKE US LOOK TOO GOOD HERE ON THE COMMISSION AND IT DOES NOT SHOW ANY RESPECT TO OUR CITY TEAM FOR THE HARD WORK THEY DO.
ONE THING, MR. WARNER THAT I'D LIKE YOU TO CLARIFY THAT'S GOING INTO THESE BACK INTO THESE BATHROOMS. I KNOW YOU SAID AND I'M REPEATING IT BECAUSE I THINK THAT THERE'S SOME MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE WHO MAY NOT HAVE HEARD THE CONSTRUCTION OF THIS PARTICULAR COMMUNITY CENTER MAY NOT HAVE THE SPACE WITHOUT A LOT OF CONSTRUCTION OR RECONSTRUCTION TO BE ABLE TO ADD A FAMILY ROOM.
HOWEVER, THE CURRENT ROOMS HAVE BABY CHANGING TABLES OUTSIDE BY THE WATER, BY THE SINKS AND THEY ALSO HAVE THEM I BELIEVE.
I'M NOT SURE IF THEY HAVE THEM IN THE HANDICAP. I'M NOT REMEMBERING.
THE BABY CHANGING AREAS ARE IN AT LEAST EVERY SINGLE BATHROOM, MEN, WOMEN, CORRECT?
>> THESE NEW BATHROOMS, WILL THEY STILL HAVE THE BABY CHANGING AREAS?
>> OKAY. BY ANY CHANCE IN THE NEW DESIGN FOR MOTHERS WERE BRINGING IN SONS OR FATHERS WHO WERE BRINGING IN DAUGHTERS.
WILL THERE BE, IS THEIR ABILITY TO MAKE THAT CHANGING AREA HAVE AN ENCLOSURE OF SOME SORT.
IS THERE SOME SCOPE THAT IT COULD BE LOOKED INTO AND THEN IF NOT THOUSANDS UPON THOUSANDS OF WHERE IT'S GOING TO BREAK OUR BUDGET, BRING BACK TO US, LET US KNOW? OR IS IT SOMETHING THAT'S ALREADY POSSIBLY INCORPORATED?
>> I WILL GET WITH THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT IN THE PUBLIC SERVICE STAFF.
>> THANK YOU FOR LOOKING INTO IT. BUT THERE ARE CURRENTLY BABY CHANGING STATIONS WITHIN EACH OF THEM?
DO APPRECIATE YOUR HARD WORK. VICE MAYOR.
>> THANK YOU, MAYOR. GREG, THE BATHROOMS WILL CONTINUE TO BE ADA COMPLIANT, RIGHT?
>> IS THERE ANY OTHER CONSIDERATION MADE TO ADA COMPLIANCE? I KNOW THAT THE BACKUP INFORMATION SAYS THAT THE BATHROOMS WERE CONSTRUCTED ABOUT 21 YEARS AGO.
WAS IT ADA COMPLIANT OR ARE YOU MAKING ANY ADDITIONAL STEPS TO MAKE IT ADA COMPLIANT.
>> AT THE TIME IN 2001, IT WAS MADE ADA COMPLIANT.
ANY RENOVATIONS THAT WE MAKE LIKE THIS WILL HAVE TO MEET OUR CURRENT BUILDING CODE, WHICH WILL IF THERE'S ANY UPGRADES THAT DO NEED TO BE MADE, IT WILL BE MADE AS PART OF THIS PROJECT.
>> MY SECOND QUESTION HAS TO DO WITH THE BABY CHANGING TABLES.
I BELIEVE THAT THE MAYOR ASKED THAT QUESTION ALREADY.
THAT WAS AN ORDINANCE THAT I BROUGHT FORWARD, ADVANCED AND IT WAS PASSED.
THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR MAKING SURE THAT BABY CHANGING TABLES WILL CONTINUE TO BE IN THE RESTROOMS. ARE WE GOING TO MAKE ANY CHANGES OR CONFIGURATIONS CONSTRUCTION WISE TO THE SPACE? ARE WE GOING TO CHANGE WHERE THE LOCATION OF THE STALLS ARE OR WHERE THE TOILETS ARE?
>> THAT PORTION THAT NO, DUE TO THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND WHERE THE WATER LINES RUN AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
THAT WE'LL KNOW, IT WILL BE THE SAME SETUP.
>> THEN THE RENDERING THAT YOU SHOWED, IT ALSO SHOWED WHERE THE FAUCETS WILL BE FAUCETS.
ANY OF THE FAUCETS BE LOWERED SO THAT WHEELCHAIRS CAN ACCESS THEM?
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>> WHERE THEY'RE PLACED WILL BE ACCESSIBLE FOR WHEELCHAIRS.
>> RIGHT. [OVERLAPPING]. DO YOU HAVE A LOWER FAUCET AS IT IS NOW BECAUSE I DON'T REMEMBER SEEING THAT.
>> THEY'RE ALL ADA ACCESSIBLE.
THEY WILL BE AT A HEIGHT THAT MEETS THAT ADA COMPLIANCE.
>> GOT IT. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH, GREG FOR BEING GRACIOUS AND ANSWERING THE QUESTION.
>> VICE MAYOR KEITH IN GLASS JUST PRESENTED TO ME.
LOOKED UP, THERE IS KHAN BUILDERS HAS A NATIONAL SCORE OF 107.
THEY ARE RATED NATIONALLY IN THE TOP 6% OF CONTRACTORS.
>> THANK YOU. SEEING NO FURTHER QUESTIONS.
CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
>> REALLY DOESN'T MATTER, BUT I SAY NO.
>> MOTION PASSES FOUR 4-1. THANK YOU.
>> ALL READY. MOVING ON TO 5B,
[5.b TR13880 - A Resolution of the City Commission of the City of Tamarac, Florida, approving a Purchase and Sale Agreement to acquire the Real Property located at 6115 NW 77th Way for a purchase price of Two Million Two-Hundred and SeventyThree Thousand Dollars ($2,273,000.00); Authorizing the City Manager and City Attorney to take all necessary action to effectuate the purchase; Providing for severability and providing for an effective date.]
TR13880 CITY ATTORNEY, PLEASE READ THE TITLE FOR THE RECORD.>> YES. MADAM MAYOR, AT RESOLUTION IS CITY OF COMMISSIONERS, CITY TAMARAC, FLORIDA PROVEN A PURCHASE AND SALE GOING TO ACQUIRE THE REAL PROPERTY LOCATED AT 6115, NORTHWEST 77.
WAY FOR THE PURCHASE PRICE IS $2,273,000.
OTHERWISE, THE CITY MANAGER AND CITY ATTORNEY, TO TAKE ALL OF THAT, ALL THE NECESSARY ACTION.
THE FACTORY TO PURCHASE BEHIND FOR CIVILITY PROVIDED FOR EFFECTIVE DATE. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.
>> THANK YOU. I'LL TAKE A SECOND, PLEASE.
>> THANK YOU. MOTION BY MYSELF, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER DANIEL.
THIS ITEM IS NOW OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
IS THERE ANYBODY WHO WISHES TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT? SEEING NONE, PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE NOW CLOSED AND LORI FUNDERWHITE, OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MANAGER WILL MAKE A PRESENTATION.
>> GOOD MORNING. MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, AND COMMISSIONERS FOR THE RECORD, LORI FUNDERWHITE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MANAGER.
THIS ITEM BEFORE YOU TODAY IS A PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT TO A CONTRACT TO ACQUIRE A ONE-ACRE COMMERCIAL PROPERTY THAT IS FOR SALE AND ADJACENT TO THE CITY'S WATER TREATMENT PLANT.
THIS PURCHASE WOULD ALLOW THE CITY TO PLAN FOR FUTURE PUBLIC UTILITY GROWTH AND EXPANSION OF OUR WATER TREATMENT FACILITIES.
THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT 61,15 NORTHWEST TO 77TH WAY.
AS YOU CAN SEE ON THIS AERIAL PHOTO, THIS IS A VIEW LOOKING WESTWARD FROM UNIVERSITY DRIVE.
THIS SUBJECT ACQUISITION PROPERTY HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW IS ADJACENT TO THE CITY'S WATER TREATMENT PLANT SITE.
THE PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY LISTED FOR SALE, WHICH PROVIDES US WITH A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO ACQUIRE THE PROPERTY FOR FUTURE WATER TREATMENT PLANT EXPANSION PURPOSES.
AS YOU CAN SEE ON THIS AERIAL SHOWN HERE, THE CITY'S EXISTING WATER TREATMENT PLANT JUST WEST OF UNIVERSITY DRIVE IS OUTLINED IN BLUE AND THE SUBJECT ACQUISITION PROPERTY IS OUTLINED IN RED.
THIS COMMERCIAL PARCEL IS APPROXIMATELY ONE ACRE AND IMPROVED WITH A 5,300 SQUARE-FOOT COMMERCIAL BUILDING.
AS IS REQUIRED, WE OBTAINED APPRAISALS ON THE PROPERTY WHICH VALUE THE PARCEL AT $2,273,650.
WE HAVE NEGOTIATED A PURCHASE PRICE AT JUST UNDER APPRAISED VALUE AT $2.273 MILLION.
SHOULD THIS CONTRACT BE APPROVED TODAY, WE WOULD HAVE A 45-DAY INSPECTION PERIOD PLUS AN OPTIONAL 30-DAY EXTENSION IF WE NEED IT AND THEN WE WOULD SCHEDULE THE CLOSING THEREAFTER WITHIN 45 DAYS.
FOR SOME FURTHER CONTEXT, AS YOU MAY KNOW, THERE IS A NEW WATER TREATMENT PLANT IMPROVEMENT PROJECT THAT IS WELL UNDERWAY TO BUILD A NEW BUILDING.
HERE ARE SOME OF THE RENDERINGS OF THAT NEW BUILDING.
THE NEW PROJECT WILL ALSO INCLUDE SITE IMPROVEMENTS THROUGHOUT.
THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT HAS BEEN PLANNED AND BUDGETED AND IS NOW CURRENTLY WELL INTO THE DESIGN PHASE WITH AN ESTIMATED COMPLETION WITHIN THREE YEARS.
IT'S WORTH NOTING THAT MUCH OF THE AVAILABLE SPACE WITHIN THE CITY'S EXISTING WATER TREATMENT PLANT SITE WILL BE LOST TO SUPPORT TO NEW REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS FOR DRY RETENTION AREAS.
PURCHASING THIS ADJACENT COMMERCIAL PARCEL WILL ENABLE THE CITY TO PLAN FOR
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FUTURE EXPANSION OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE WOULD OTHERWISE NOT BE ABLE TO DO ON OUR EXISTING SITE.MY COLLEAGUES IN PUBLIC SERVICES HAVE PROVIDED MANY IDEAS FOR HOW THE CITY COULD USE THIS ONE-ACRE PARCEL FOR FUTURE UTILITY GROWTH.
POTENTIAL EXPANSIONS AND IMPROVEMENTS WITHIN THIS ACQUIRED PROPERTY COULD INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO A RELOCATION SITE FOR A RAW WATER WELL.
THE CITY CURRENTLY HAS 19 RAW WATER WELLS THAT SERVE AS THE WATER SUPPLY SOURCE TO THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT.
RECENTLY, ONE OF THE RAW WATER WELLS COLLAPSED AND NEEDS RECONSTRUCTION.
DUE TO THE NEW REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS, THIS WELL WILL NEED TO BE RELOCATED AND THIS WOULD BE A POTENTIAL RELOCATION SITE FOR THAT.
OTHER POTENTIAL IDEAS FOR THE SITE COULD INCLUDE A NEW POTABLE WATER GROUND STORAGE TANK OR EXPANDING THE EXISTING LIME SLUDGE POND OR PERHAPS USE AS AN ALTERNATE EGRESS POINT FOR EQUIPMENT OR POTENTIALLY AS AN ADDITIONAL STAGING AREA FOR PUBLIC SERVICES, DAILY OPERATIONS, OR HURRICANE EVENTS.
THIS PROPERTY ACQUISITION IS IN SUPPORT OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN GOAL NUMBER 1, TAMARAC'S HOME, WHICH CALLS FOR THE CITY TO CONTINUOUSLY PLAN FOR, MAINTAIN, AND UPGRADE OUR INFRASTRUCTURE, INCLUDING ROADWAYS, SEWER, AND WATER.
THIS PURCHASE WILL BE AN INVESTMENT AND THE CITY'S PUBLIC UTILITY INFRASTRUCTURE AND WATER PLANT OPERATIONS AND ENABLE THE CITY TO PLAN FOR FUTURE GROWTH.
THEREFORE, WE ARE SEEKING CITY COMMISSION APPROVAL TODAY TO EXECUTE THIS CONTRACT TO ACQUIRE THE PROPERTY FOR $2.273 MILLION FOR PUBLIC UTILITY PURPOSES.
THE FUNDS FOR THIS EXPENDITURE ARE AVAILABLE WITHIN THE CITY'S WATER AND SEWER FUND AND THE APPROPRIATION WOULD BE INCLUDED IN AN UPCOMING BUDGET AMENDMENT.
WITH THAT, I THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND I AM AVAILABLE ALONG WITH PUBLIC SERVICES TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.
>> NOT SEEING ANY COMMENTS FROM THE COMMISSION.
AM I? NO. I'LL JUST SAY I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA.
I THINK IT'LL BE VERY HELPFUL FOR THE CITY'S FUTURE GROWTH AND OUR INFRASTRUCTURE AND I'M VERY HAPPY THAT THE PROPERTY OWNER HAS ENGAGED IN CONVERSATION WITH THE CITY.
I AM FAMILIAR WITH THAT SITE AND OTHER PAST POTENTIAL CONTRACTS OVER THERE.
I'M GLAD THAT THE CITY IS HAVING THIS OPPORTUNITY RIGHT NOW.
THAT'S MY COMMENT AND I WILL JUST ASK THE CITY CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL.
>> THANK YOU. MOTION PASSES FIVE TO ZERO.
[5.c TR13884 - A Resolution of the City Commission of the City of Tamarac, Florida; approving Amendment #14 to the agreement between the City of Tamarac and The Ferguson Group, LLC., for Federal Lobbying Services, extending the term of the agreement for a one-year period effective February 13, 2023 at a cost not to exceed eighty-five thousand five hundred ($85,500.00) dollars per year; authorizing the appropriate City Officials to execute amendment #14 to the Agreement; providing for conflicts; providing for severability; and providing for an effective date.]
CITY ATTORNEY, PLEASE READ THE TITLE FOR THE RECORD.>> RESOLUTION OF CITY COMMISSIONERS, CITY TAMARAC A PROVEN AMENDMENT NUMBER 14 TO THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF TAMARAC AND THE FERGUSON GROUP FOR FEDERAL LAW IN SERVICE EXTENDED TERM OF THE AGREEMENT FOR ONE YEAR PERIOD EFFECTIVE FEBRUARY 13TH, 2023, AT A COST NOT TO EXCEED 85,500 PER YEAR, OTHERWISE INAPPROPRIATE.
SEE YOUR PHASE IS EXECUTED AMENDMENT NUMBER 14, PROVIDING FOR SEPARABILITY FOR RENTAL EFFECTIVE DATE. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.
>> THANK YOU. I'LL TAKE A SECOND.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COMMISSIONER WRIGHT.
WE WILL NOW OPEN THIS UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS.
IS THERE ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WISHES TO MAKE A COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE, PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE NOW CLOSED.
THE FERGUSON'S GROUP IS AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS AS WELL, WE HAD A WORKSHOP ON THIS ON MONDAY.
OH, THERE YOU ARE. SORRY, [INAUDIBLE].
>> THERE SHE IS. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A POINT THAT SHE IS AVAILABLE ONLINE.
>> THANK YOU. I'M NOT SEEING ANYBODY WISHING TO MAKE ANY COMMENTS SO CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
>> THANK YOU. MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER WRIGHT?
>> THANK YOU. MOTION PASSES FIVE TO ZERO.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MOVING TO 5DTR13883,
[5.d TR13883 - A Resolution of the City Commission of the City of Tamarac, Florida; approving amendment #20 to the Agreement between the City of Tamarac and Ronald L. Book, P.A., for lobbying services, extending the agreement for one year through January 25, 2024, at a cost not to exceed fifty-nine thousand four hundred dollars ($59,400.00) per year; authorizing the appropriate City officials to execute the amendment to the agreement for lobbying services; providing for conflicts; providing for severability; and providing for an effective date]
CITY ATTORNEY, PLEASE READ THE TITLE FOR THE RECORD.>> RESOLUTION CITY COMMISSIONERS, CITY OF TAMARAC HAVE PROVEN AMENDMENT NUMBER 20 TO THE AGREED BETWEEN THE CITY OF TAMARAC AND RONALD L. BOOK,
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PA FOR LOBBYING SERVICES, EXTENDED [INAUDIBLE] FOR ONE YEAR THROUGH JANUARY 25TH, 2024 AT A COST NOT TO EXCEED $59,400 PER YEAR, AUTHORIZING THE APPROPRIATE CITY OFFICIALS TO EXECUTE AN AMENDMENT TO THE AGREEMENT PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS, PROVIDING FOR SEPARABILITY, PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I'LL TAKE A SECOND.
>> SECOND BY COMMISSIONER, WRIGHT.
I WILL NOW OPEN THIS UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS.
ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WISHING TO MAKE A COMMENT? SEEING NONE PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE NOW CLOSED.
[INAUDIBLE] IS AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
I SEE LIGHTS LIT AND I ALSO DO SEE THAT RON BOOK IS ON THE LINE AND RANA BROWN AS WELL IF NEED BE.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MAYOR, AND THANK YOU, RON, FOR BEING ONLINE.
WE DID DISCUSS THIS ON MONDAY.
I JUST WANTED TO PUT THIS ON THE RECORD FOR OUR REGULAR MEETING FOR TODAY.
RON, I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT DURING THE WORKSHOP.
MIKE, I'M GOING TO BE ASKING YOU THE SAME QUESTION I ASKED BEFORE.
DO YOU RECALL HOW MUCH MONEY YOU GAVE TO THE PACK THAT IS OWNED AND OPERATED BY VICE MAYOR BOLTON?
ONE SECOND, WE NEED TO RAISE YOUR VOLUME.
WE CAN'T HEAR YOU. ONE SECOND, RON.
>> I MAY BE MUTED ON YOUR ANSWER.
OKAY. GREAT. SO AGAIN, COMMISSIONER, THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION AND LET ME BE CLEAR.
I NEVER GET INVOLVED IN BACK-AND-FORTH.
WE'RE SUPPORTIVE OF INCUMBENTS, IN THOSE COMMUNITIES WE ARE REPRESENTED IN.
IF WE PROVIDED A SOFT MONEY CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE VICE MAYOR'S PACK, IT WAS IN FURTHERANCE OF HIS ELECTION EFFORTS, UNAWARE OF MONEY IS BEING SPENT IN OPPOSITION TO ANY CANDIDATE.
I HAD NO KNOWLEDGE OF IT AT THE TIME.
AND I CERTAINLY OVER THE LAST 11 MONTHS, I COULDN'T TELL YOU WHAT WE DID DURING THE PERIOD OF MY HEALTH ISSUES, BUT I APPRECIATE THE QUESTION AND I APOLOGIZE IF I'VE SOMEHOW OFFENDED ANYBODY.
>> MY NEXT QUESTION IS, THE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEES, ARE THEY PROPERLY OPERATED WHEN THEY'RE NOT PROPERLY REGISTERED? AND IS THAT LEGAL FOR ANY PERSON OR FIRM LIKE YOURS TO BE DONATING TO A PACK THAT IS NOT LEGALLY REGISTERED?
>> WE HAVE A SYSTEM AND A PROCESS IN WHICH WE MAKE CONTRIBUTIONS.
AND WE PRETTY CLOSELY CHECK WHEN MAKING SOFT MONEY CONTRIBUTIONS THAT THEY ARE PROPERLY REGISTERED BECAUSE WE GENERALLY REQUIRE A W9 TO BE ATTACHED TO THE REQUEST WHEN MADE.
>> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. AND WE DO APPRECIATE YOU CONTRIBUTING TO MANY CANDIDATES.
I WOULD JUST ADVISE YOU AND NOT TO BE BELITTLING WHAT YOU DO TO SUPPORT CANDIDATES.
BUT WHEN MONEY IS USED TO ATTACK OUR OWN MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION, IT'S VERY INAPPROPRIATE.
AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
>> THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER. I APPRECIATE IT.
AND AGAIN, TO ALL OF YOU, I WANT TO REMIND EACH OF YOU THAT WE ARE PROUD TO CONTINUE REPRESENTING THE CITY, ALL OF YOU, BUT AS IMPORTANTLY, YOUR TAXPAYERS AND CONSTITUENTS, AS WE WORK TO TRY TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT THE CITY GETS ITS FAIR SHARE BACK FROM TALLAHASSEE.
>> THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER DANIEL.
>> ONCE AGAIN, THE INEQUITY, THE BIAS BECAUSE MEMBERS OF THIS COMMISSION PUT OUT STUFF FROM PACKS THAT THEY DONATED TO AND SLANDERED ME AS WELL, SO WE SHOULD NOT EVEN BE HAVING THIS CONVERSATION.
>> THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER DANIEL, I THINK THE PURPOSE OF THE QUESTIONING FROM COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS WAS THE FACT WE'RE HIRING, WE'RE LOOKING TO REHIRE THIS AND HE HAS EVERY RIGHT TO ASK QUESTIONS OF A PERSON WHO WE ARE LOOKING TO REHIRE.
>> YES, IT IS. SO YOU'RE ON FOR ROUND 2.
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GO FOR IT COMMISSIONER DANIEL.>> LIKE I SAID, YOU HAVE DONE THE SAME SO HAVE L. VINCE, SO HAVE THE FIRE UNION, SO HAVE MANY PEOPLE GIVE TWO PACKS AND SLANDER THE OPPONENT.
>> I'M LOOKING TO OUR CITY ATTORNEY FOR PROPER PROCEDURE REGARDING THIS ITEM IS A QUESTION AND ANSWER BETWEEN A PERSON WHO IS BEING HIRED, WHO A PERSON WHO IS BEING ASKED WHETHER OR NOT HE HAD AWARENESS OF THINGS.
THIS IS NOT A MATTER OF EQUITY.
THIS IS NOT THE PROPER FORM FOR ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM.
COMMISSIONER DANIEL, I KNOW YOU LIKE TO MUTTER, BUT IF YOU WOULD, PLEASE, IT WOULD BE APPRECIATED IF YOU DON'T.
SO THIS IS NO LONGER A DISCUSSION ITEM.
MR. BOOK IN HIS OFFICE HAVE ANSWERED THE QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS OF ONE OF THE COMMISSION MEMBERS THAT WAS HAD REGARDING FUNDS.
AND THIS IS FOR HIS DETERMINATION OF WHETHER OR NOT HE FEELS COMFORTABLE WE HIRING THIS FIRM.
THIS IS A DIRECT CONVERSATION ON THE RECORD FOR HIM TO HAVE, HE HAS HAD IT. IT IS DONE.
SO IF THERE'S NOTHING FURTHER REGARDING MR. BOOK'S FIRM AND HIS CONTRACT, MY COMMENTS ABOUT THIS WOULD BE, THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED HARD WORK, I KNOW THIS YEAR HAS NOT BEEN A FUN PHYSICAL YEAR, BUT YOU HAVE BEEN STRONG, YOU HAVE BEEN A WARRIOR.
I UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU'VE BEEN.
I WISH YOU NOTHING BUT GOOD HEALTH AND I LOOK FORWARD TO OUR CONTINUED WORKING TOGETHER PROVIDED THIS COMMISSION SAYS SO.
AT THIS POINT, CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. COMMISSIONER DANIEL?
>> THANK YOU, MOTION PASSES FIVE TO ZERO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU. SEE YOU IN TALLAHASSEE.
[5.e TR13889 - A Resolution of the City Commission of the City of Tamarac, Florida, approving an agreement between the City of Tamarac and TD Bank, N.A. as the City’s depository and provider of banking and treasury management services to the City of Tamarac utilizing contract pricing, terms and conditions per the Agreement #RFP No. 03-17-21-10 between the City of Coconut Creek, Florida and TD Bank, N.A. dated July 1, 2021 effective upon execution of the Agreement through June 30, 2028 with the option to renew the Agreement for up to one (1) additional three (3) year term pursuant to renewal by the City of Coconut Creek, Florida; providing for the extension and renewal of the Agreement or approval of assignments and other amendments to the Agreement and expenditure of appropriated funds by the City Manager or appropriate City Officials; providing for conflicts; providing for scrivener errors, providing for severability; and providing for an effective date.]
>> MOVING TO 5E RESOLUTION TR 13889, CITY ATTORNEY, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
>> RESOLUTION, WE GOT [INAUDIBLE] YOU SHOULD CALL THE ROLL.
>> I GUESS I'M JUST TRYING TO REST THIS LONG, MY APOLOGIES. PLEASE READ THE [INAUDIBLE].
>> RESOLUTION CITY COMMISSION, CITY TAMARAC ARE PROVEN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF TAMARAC AND TD BANK AS CITY THE DEPOSITORY AND PROVIDER OF BANKING AND IN TREASURY MANAGEMENT SERVICES TO THE CITY OF TAMARAC, UTILIZED CONTRACT PRICE IN TERMS POSITION [INAUDIBLE] AGREEMENT, RFP NUMBER 031-72-0110 BETWEEN CITY COCONUT CREEK AND TD BANK DATED JULY 1ST 2021 EFFECTIVE UPON EXECUTION AGREEMENT THROUGH JUNE 30, 2028 WITH OPTION RENEW AGREEMENT FOR UP TO ONE ADDITIONAL THREE-YEAR TERM PER CENT.
WE KNOW OF THE CITY COCONUT CREEK PROFIT EXTINCTION AND WE KNEW ALL THE AGREEMENT, APPROVAL OF ASSIGNMENTS AND AMENDMENT TO THE AGREEMENT, EXPANSION APPROPRIATE FUNDS BY THE CITY MANAGER OR APPROPRIATE CITY OFFICIALS.
PROVIDING FOR CONFLICT [INAUDIBLE] ARROWS WHERE [INAUDIBLE] SEPARABILITY BY FAIR EFFECTIVE DATE. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.
>> THANK YOU, I'LL TAKE A SECOND, PLEASE.
>> SECOND BY COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS.
WE'RE NOW OPENING A PUBLIC COMMENTS.
IS THERE ANYONE WHO WISHES TO MAKE A COMMENT ON THE RECORD? SEEING NON-PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE NOW CLOSED AND MISS CHRISTINE, OUR FINANCIAL SERVICES DIRECTOR IS AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION BY THIS COMMISSION? SEEING NONE, CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. VICE MAYOR BOLTON?
>> MOTION FAILS. IT'S THREE TO TWO.
>> A MOMENT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE ON THIS ONE OR ACTUALLY EDUCATION.
I WOULD LIKE THROUGH THE CITY MANAGER TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENS TO OUR ACCOUNTS.
>> MAYOR, WE CONTINUE AS IS UNTIL WE GO THROUGH THE PROCESS AND FIND THE APPROPRIATE BANKING SERVICE PROVIDED, THE COMMISSION WOULD APPROVE.
>> AND SEEING THAT THERE WAS NO DISCUSSION, SO THERE WAS NO KNOWLEDGE AT THIS TIME OF WHAT THE CONCERNS ARE BY THREE MEMBERS OF THIS COMMISSION REGARDING THE CONTRACT THAT WE HAD BEEN UTILIZED.
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MAY MISS COULD USE PLEASE ANSWER WHETHER OR NOT WE ARE GOING TO BE PAYING A HIGHER RATE NOW THAN WHAT WE COULD HAVE BEEN?>> GOOD MORNING. CHRISTINE, COULD YOU DIRECT THE FINANCIAL SERVICES? WHAT WE WANT THEM TO DO IS SEE IF WE CAN GET AN EXTENSION FROM TD BANK UNTIL SUCH TIME THAT WE CAN ISSUE ANOTHER RFP FOR BANKING SERVICES.
>> I KNOW IT'S NOT DISCUSSION TIME, BUT CAN THE MEMBERS OF THIS COMMISSION THAT SAID NO, CAN SHARE WHAT IT IS THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR OR THIS IS NOT AN APPROPRIATE TIME?
>> I THINK AT THIS POINT IN TIME, THIS ITEM IS DONE.
I APPRECIATE IT, AND MAYBE THEY WILL HAVE THE COURTESY TO ADVISE OUR CITY MANAGER WHAT THE ISSUES ARE SO WHEN MISS CAJUSTE AND TEAM ARE GOING OUT AND LOOKING FOR THE BEST SERVICES TO ASSIST OUR CITY AND HANDLE THE CITY'S BANKING, WE WILL BE ABLE TO DO SO KNOWING WHAT THEIR CONCERNS ARE.
[5.f TR13892 - A Resolution of the City Commission of the City of Tamarac, Florida, approving and authorizing the execution of the employment agreement between the City of Tamarac and Levent Sucuoglu as City Manager, attached hereto as “Exhibit A” and incorporated herein; authorizing and directing the appropriate City Officials to take any and all actions necessary to effectuate the intent of this resolution; providing for conflicts; providing for severability; and providing for an effective date.]
MOVING NOW TO 5FTR13892, RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSIONS.CITY ATTORNEY, PLEASE. [OVERLAPPING]
>> RESOLUTION COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF TAMARAC AND LEVENT SUCUOGLU AS CITY MANAGER ATTACHED HERETO AS EXHIBIT A, AUTHORIZED DIRECTLY APPROPRIATE CITY OFFICIALS TAKE ANY AND ALL NECESSARY ACTION TO FRACTURE THE INTENT OF THE RESOLUTION, PRIME FOR CONFLICTS, PROVIDING FOR SOLUBILITY, PRIME FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
>> SECOND BY COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS.
THIS ITEM IS NOW OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS.
IS THERE ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WISHES TO MAKE A COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE.
PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE NOW CLOSED.
LEVENT SUCUOGLU OUR INTERIM ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER IS AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION BY THIS COMMISSION? I DON'T SEE ANYBODY WISHING TO HAVE ANY COMMENTS ON IT.
I AM GOING TO JUST STATE A COUPLE OF MY CONCERNS THAT I'VE ALREADY BROUGHT UP TO THE FUTURE CITY MANAGER.
I DON'T LIKE PARTS OF THIS CONTRACT.
I KNOW THAT IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN FOR OTHER CONTRACTS BEFORE THAT HAS BEEN MIRRORED.
I THINK THE ITEM OF 4.2 D, VIOLENCE OR THREAT AND VIOLENCE, THREATS OR THREATENING BEHAVIOR TO A CITY-APPOINTED OR ELECTED OFFICIAL, EMPLOYEE, OR CUSTOMER OR RESIDENT THAT'S STANDARD IMPROPER BEHAVIOR ANYWAY YET THERE'S NOTHING RECIPROCAL IN THIS CONTRACT FOR IF THERE SHOULD BE ANY VIOLENCE, THREATS OF VIOLENCE OR THREATENING BEHAVIOR BY ANY CITY APPOINTED, ELECTED OFFICIAL OR EMPLOYEE, CUSTOMER, OR RESIDENT AGAINST THE CITY MANAGER.
I DO NOT THINK THAT THAT IS APPROPRIATE FOR THIS TO BE IN HERE.
I ALSO THINK THAT THE SUBSECTION 2 FOR G, GROSS INSUBORDINATION, IT IS BEING DEFINED HERE AS A DELIBERATE REFUSAL TO OBEY A LAWFUL INSTRUCTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION, EXPRESSLY DEFYING A LAWFUL INSTRUCTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OR CHALLENGING THE AUTHORITY OF THE CITY COMMISSION.
MY BELIEF OF A CITY MANAGER, YOU ARE TO DEFY US IN THE RESPECT THAT YOU SHOULD RESPECTFULLY TELL US IF YOU THINK WE'RE GOING DOWN A PATH THAT IS NOT APPROPRIATE FOR THIS CITY.
I DO NOT BELIEVE IN A YES PERSON.
I DO NOT BELIEVE YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO BE HERE TO TELL US WHATEVER YOU WANT TO TELL US TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU KEEP THREE VOTES TO KEEP YOUR SEAT.
I THINK THAT THIS IS HIGHLY INAPPROPRIATE TO BE IN YOUR CONTRACT.
I ALSO THINK THAT IT HAS BEEN EVIDENT THAT YOU HAD NOT RECEIVED COUNSEL ON HERE.
IT'S BEEN REFLECTED AS SUCH THAT THIS HAS NOT BEEN REVIEWED BY COUNCIL FOR YOU.
I ALSO HAVE A PROBLEM WITH SECTION 9.1.
IT SAYS OTHER TERMS OF CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT THE CITY COMMISSION IN CONSULTATION WITH THE EMPLOYEE CONSULTATION SHALL ESTABLISH SUCH OTHER TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT AS IT MAY DETERMINE FROM TIME TO TIME RELATING TO THE PERFORMANCE.
I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT WORD SHALL.
SHALL MEANS THAT THIS COMMISSION WILL DO SOMETHING.
THIS COMMISSION SOMETIMES DOES NOT AGREE OR WHY SHOULD WE HAVE AN ONUS UPON US TO DO SOMETHING? IT SHOULD BE A MAY.
WE HAVE RULES AND REGULATIONS IN PLACE AT THIS TIME.
WHY ARE WE PUTTING A SHALL ON US, A BURDEN ON US TO DO SOMETHING OTHER THAN WHAT WE ALREADY ARE DISCUSSING? THERE ARE SOME OTHER THINGS THAT I'VE ALREADY DISCUSSED WITH MR. SUCUOGLU, OUR INTERIM CITY MANAGER.
IN TERMS AND PROCEDURES, JUST SO EVERYBODY KNOWS, HE HAS BEEN HERE FOR ALMOST 28 YEARS OR OVER 28 YEARS AT THIS TIME.
I DID ASK TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CONTRACT WOULD PROTECT HIM
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FOR ANYTHING THAT HE HAD PRIOR TO IF HE SHOULD ASSUME THIS POSITION BECAUSE THERE SHOULD BE NO DETRIMENT TO HIM FOR ALL THE HARD WORK THAT HE HAS DONE IN OUR CITY FOR HIS YEARS OF SERVICE, AND IT HAS BEEN EXPLAINED HE IS PROTECTED IN THAT MANNER.IF THERE'S NO OTHER QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS, COMMISSIONER DANIEL.
>> YES, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER AND OUR ATTORNEY, AND ALL THE DIRECTORS THAT DO GIVE ME ADVICE AND DO TELL ME WHEN AN IDEA I HAVE OR A THOUGHT IS NOT CORRECT OR IT'S NOT THE BEST WAY TO GO.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT THERE HAS BEEN NO ONE THAT HAVE NOT TOLD ME THEIR OPINION AND WHAT THE RIGHT WAY IS.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT CLEAR, SO I APPRECIATE THAT AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR HONESTY ALWAYS.
>> DANIEL, MAY I ASK YOU A QUESTION? DO YOU THINK THAT IT IS FAIR TO HAVE SOMETHING IN HIS CONTRACT THAT WOULD HAVE HIM FIRE A FIREBALL OFFENSE IF HE SHOULD CONTINUE TO TELL YOU SOMETHING THAT MAY NOT BE ALONG THE LINES OF WHAT YOU WANT TO HEAR?
>> LIKE I SAID, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR ALWAYS BEING TRUTHFUL TO ME AND ALWAYS GIVING ME THE ADVICE THAT SET PRECEDENTS THAT OTHER PEOPLE HAVE DONE IN THE PAST AND TELL ME THEIR MISTAKES OR WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN BEST, AND TELLING ME WHERE TO GO TO SEE EXAMPLES OF WHAT'S BEST PRACTICE.
>> THAT WAS NOT AN ANSWER TO MY QUESTION.
>> THANK YOU, MAYOR. LEVENT, THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR YOUR HARD WORK FOR THE CITY OF TAMARAC.
I THINK THAT YOU ARE A TRAILBLAZER AND THAT YOU WILL CONTINUE TO BE A TRAILBLAZER.
THESE 28 YEARS THAT YOU SPENT IN THE CITY IS JUST BEYOND EXCITEMENT FOR ME.
YOU COME WITH INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE.
BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I LOVE MOST ABOUT YOU IS THAT EVEN THOUGH YOU HAVE BEEN HERE AND YOU'VE SEEN THINGS AND YOU'VE BEEN A PART OF MAYBE, I THINK FOUR CITY MANAGERS, YOUR IDEAS ARE STILL CUTTING EDGE, AND THE WAY THAT YOU THINK IS 21ST CENTURY AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT ABOUT YOU.
YOU ARE SMART, YOU HAVE INTEGRITY, AND I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE A YES MAN OR SOMEBODY THAT PANDERS TO JUST ONE SIDE OF THIS COMMISSION.
YOU'LL BE A MANAGER FOR ALL OF THE COMMISSIONERS AND YOU WILL TAKE THE RESIDENTS' BEST INTERESTS AT HEART.
SO I APPRECIATE YOU SO VERY MUCH.
I'M EXCITED TO VOTE IN THIS CONTRACT AND WELCOME ABOARD AHEAD IN MARCH 4TH.
>> THANK YOU, MAYOR. CONSIDERING THAT YOUR CONCERNS ARE NOT GOING TO BE MET, CONSIDERING THAT TWO MEMBERS OF THIS COMMISSION ALREADY AGREED TO VOTE IN FAVOR OF THIS CONTRACT AND I ASSUME COMMISSIONER WRIGHT WILL ALSO DO THE SAME.
I'M JUST GOING TO LET YOU KNOW, MR. LEVENT, THAT I EXPECT YOU TO DO THE RIGHT THING ALL THE TIME.
I EXPECT YOU, CITY ATTORNEY, TO ALWAYS DO THE RIGHT THING ALL THE TIME AND AS WELL AS STAFF.
YOU'RE NOT HERE TO TAKE SIDES, YOU ARE HERE TO PROTECT THEM.
PROTECT STAFF, PROTECT OUR CITY, THE INFRASTRUCTURE, THE FUNDS, EVERYTHING.
I TOLD YOU THIS WHEN WE HAD A PERSONAL CONVERSATION THAT NONE OF US COME BEFORE ANY OF US.
YOU WORK FOR THE FIVE OF US SO YOU WILL BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE.
I'M GOING TO HOLD YOU ACCOUNTABLE CITY ATTORNEY, I'M GOING TO FIND OUT EVERYTHING AND I'M GOING TO KNOW EVERYTHING.
I'M NOT GOING TO SIT AROUND BEING TOLD WHAT TO DO BY CERTAIN MEMBERS OF THIS COMMISSION.
IF THINGS ARE WRONG, THEY'RE GOING TO BE BROUGHT TO LIGHT.
IF THINGS ARE RIGHT, THEY'RE GOING TO BE PRAISED SO THAT'S JUST MY COMMENT CONSIDERING THAT THIS IS GOING TO PASS AS IS.
>> MR. LEVENT, I JUST WANT TO CONGRATULATE YOU.
I THINK YOU HAD A CONSUMMATE PROFESSIONAL.
I'VE BEEN AROUND YOU WORKING WITH YOU FOR THE PAST FEW MONTHS.
YOU SEEM TO BE A STRAIGHT SHOOTER.
I LOOKED AT YOUR COMPENSATION AND I LOOKED AT OTHER CITIES COMPARED WITH SIMILAR POPULATIONS, YOUR COMPENSATION IS A LOT LESS THAN OTHER CITY MANAGERS IN TERMS OF THE ANNUAL SALARY.
YOU'VE HAD 28 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE, YOU HAVE AN IT BACKGROUND.
YOU COULD HAVE GONE THROUGH THE PUBLIC SECTOR AND MAKE A LOT MORE MONEY THROUGHOUT THE TIME YOU'VE BEEN HERE, BUT YOU STAYED HERE AND COMMITTED TO PUBLIC SERVICE, AND I THINK THAT SAYS A LOT ABOUT YOU.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU. THANKS.
>> THANK YOU. JUST TO CLARIFY, IN CASE THERE'S ANY CONCERN, I THINK THAT OUR FUTURE NEW CITY MANAGER WILL DO AN EXCELLENT JOB.
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MY CONCERNS ARE FOR HIS FUTURE, SO HE REMAINS HERE WITHOUT WORRYING ABOUT ANY POTENTIAL ISSUES THAT COULD COME.AS THIS IS A PUBLIC MEETING AND AS THIS IS A DISCUSSION, I WOULD SAY THAT THIS WOULD ALL BE PAROL EVIDENCE AND BE INCLUDED IN ANY LITIGATION SHOULD THERE NEED TO BE ANY.
I THINK EVERYTHING WILL GO FINE.
I DO KNOW THAT YOU WILL DO A GOOD JOB.
I DO AGREE WITH COMMISSIONER WRIGHT ABOUT YOUR COMPENSATION BUT THIS IS SOMETHING YOU'VE NEGOTIATED AND THIS IS SOMETHING WE'VE DISCUSSED AND YOU SAY YOU ARE FINE WITH IT.
THEN CONCERNS HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED AND WE'LL TAKE THE ROLE, AND I KNOW YOU'LL DO A GOOD JOB FOR OUR CITY. CITY CLERK.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. COMMISSIONER DANIEL.
>> THANK YOU. MOTION PASSES 5:0.
[APPLAUSE] JUST WE DO HAVE ARE STILL ACTIVE CITY MANAGER KATHLEEN GUN.
SHE IS CLAPPING JUST SO, IN CASE YOU CAN'T SEE BECAUSE I COULD SEE IT ON HERE.
JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW SHE'S CLAPPING AS WELL.
SHE'S NOT FEELING 100 PERCENT, AND WE KNOW SHE'LL CONTINUE TO DO A GOOD JOB WHILE SHE'S STILL OUR CITY MANAGER, AND THEN I LOOKED LIKE SHE WANTS TO SAY SOMETHING. ARE YOU GOOD?
>> I JUST WANTED TO CONGRATULATE LEVANT AND THANK HIM PUBLICLY FOR HIS SUPPORT OF ME AND FOR HIS LEADERSHIP IN THE CITY FOR THE PAST 28 YEARS.
I AM PLEASED THAT YOU ALL HAVE SEEN FIT TO MAKE HIM THE NEXT CITY MANAGER.
I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS TO LIVE AND PUBLIC.
I WOULDN'T KNOW HOW TO CALL YOU BY TITLE, SO I'M JUST
>> I APPRECIATE IT. 28 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK ACTUALLY, ON MONDAY, I JOINED THE CITY OF TAMARAC FAMILY.
AS YOU SAID, MADAM MAYOR, I'VE GONE THROUGH A NUMBER OF MAYORS AND CITY MANAGERS AND EXECUTIVE TEAM MEMBERS.
WE ALWAYS TRIED TO DO THE BEST FOR THE COMMUNITY IN FLORIDA, FOR THE CITY OF TAMARAC ORGANIZATION.
I'M PROUD OF THE WORK THAT WE WILL ACCOMPLISH WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF OUR AMAZING EMPLOYEES AND THE EXECUTIVE TEAM AND MANAGERS.
WITH SOME NEW EXCITEMENT, WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO SHAPING THE FUTURE OF TAMARAC FOR THE NEXT 30, 40, 50 YEARS.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU.
WE'RE HERE TO SERVE THE CITY OF TAMARAC, OUR COMMUNITY, AND THE COMMISSION.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONFIDENCE, I'M HUMBLED.
I'M GOING TO TRY MY BEST TO MAKE THINGS AS SMOOTH AS POSSIBLE. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU [APPLAUSE]. EXCELLENT. THANK YOU.
NOW WE WILL GO TO ITEM NUMBER NINE,
[9.a TBO62 - Board Order approving Special Exception application for D&G Towing and Recovery, LLC located at 2760 NW 55 Court, Tamarac, Florida 33309, to allow for a proposed Auto Towing use in an I-2 (Industrial) zoning district, pursuant to the Tamarac Code of Ordinances.]
QUASI-JUDICIAL HEARING 9ATB062 CITY ATTORNEY, PLEASE READ THE TITLE FOR THE RECORD.>> NUMBER 9 IS A WARD ORDER TO APPROVE IT SPECIAL EXCEPTION APPLICATION FOR D&G TOWING AND RECOVERY LLC, LOCATED AT 2760 NORTHWEST 35TH COURT TO ALLOW FOR PROPOSED AUDITORY AND USE.
THEN I-2 INDUSTRIAL ZONE DISTRICT PURSUANT TO TAMARAC CODE ORDINANCE. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.
>> THANK YOU. WELL, YOU NOW PLEASE READ THE RULES FOR QUASI JUDICIAL.
>> ALL PERSONS TESTIFYING BEFORE THE COMMISSION MUST BE SWORN IN WITH REGARD TO ITEMS THAT ARE GOING TO BE CONSIDERED ON AGENDA AT THIS POINT.
THE PETITIONER, IN ANY EFFECT APPROACH SHOULD BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY PRESENT EVIDENCE, BRING FORTH WITNESS, CROSS-EXAMINE ANY WITNESSES, WE BOUGHT ANY TESTIMONY.
ALL EVIDENCE RELIED UPON REASONABLE PRUDENT PERSON TODAY BUSINESS SHALL BE ADMISSIBLE, WHERE SUCH EVIDENCE WOULD BE ADMISSIBLE IN COURT OF LAW.
HOWEVER, IMMATERIAL, UNDULY REPETITIOUS EVIDENCED SHALL BE EXCLUDED.
STATEMENTS OF CANCER SHOWING YOU CONSIDER AS ARGUMENT, NOT BE CONSIDERED AS TESTIMONY.
I HAVE A COST OF ACQUIRING THE PARTY SHALL NOT BE SUBJECT TO CROSS-EXAMINATION.
THE BOARD OR THE CITY COMMISSION SHALL HAVE AUTHORITY TO REFUSE TO HEAR ANY TESTIMONY WHICH IS IRRELEVANT OR REPETITIVE.
HEAR SAY EVIDENCE MAY BE USED FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUPPLEMENT AND I EXPLAINED AT THE EVIDENCE, BUT THEY SHOULD NOT BE SUFFICIENT BY ITSELF TO SUPPORT A FINDING.
DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE MAY BE PRESENTED IN THE FORM OF A COPY OF IT ORIGINALLY AVAILABLE.
UPON REQUEST, PARTY SHALL BE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO COMPARE THE COPY WITH THE ORIGINAL.
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THE PARTY SHALL BE ENTITLED TO CONDUCT CROSS-EXAMINATION WITH TESTIMONIES IS PROVIDED.OUR DOCUMENTS ARE MADE PART OF THE RECORD.
GENERALLY, THE FOLLOWING PROCEDURES ARE THE MANNER WHICH PRESENTATION IS MADE IS THE FIRST PETITIONER OR HIS OR HER REPRESENTATIVE WILL MAKE A PRESENTATION.
IS A PETITIONER CHOOSES TO MAKE.
A PRESENTATION SHOULD BE INCLUDED, DESCRIPTION AND NATURE OF THE PETITION, AND IF THERE'S ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THAT HAS NOT BEEN PREVIOUSLY PROVIDED TO YOU OR BY THE CITY.
IN ADDITION TO THE PETITION, WE SHOULD INTRODUCE ANY EXHIBIT WITNESSES AT DESIRES OF THE CITY COMMISSION TO CONSIDER.
IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE PETITIONERS TO DEMONSTRATE THIS APPLICATION CONSISTENT WITH THE CITY, COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OR TO CITY CODE.
WHAT ARE THE PETITION DOES OR DOES NOT MEET THE REQUIREMENT OF STEADY CODE, STAFF WILL THEN PRESENT THIS REPORT.
THE STAFF REPORT WITH JOHNNY INCLUDE BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE DESCRIPTION OF REQUESTS OR THE PETITIONER, ANALYSIS OF PETITION CONSISTENCY WITH CITY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IF APPLICABLE, BUT A PETITION DOES OR DOES NOT MEET THE CHROMOSOMES CITY CODE.
PARTIES WHO ARE IN SUPPORT A POTENTIAL MAKE THE PRESENTATION.
PARTIES SHALL ISSUES ANY EXHIBIT AND WITNESSES PARTIES WHO ARE IN OPPOSITION, THEN IT WILL MAKE THEIR PRESENTATIONS.
CITY PERSON ON INTERNSHIP PROVIDE RESPONSES TO ANY PARTY, THE PRECEDING AND THE FINAL PRESENTATION.
FINALLY, THE CITY COMMISSION SHOW DELIBERATE ON A PETITION.
NO REFER TO TESTIMONY SHOULD BE TAKEN AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION SHALL NOT EXTRA TWO QUESTIONS ARE PERSONS PRESENT TESTIMONY? CITY COMMISSION SHALL DISCUSS THE EVIDENCE THAT WAS PRESENTED AT THE HEARING AND VOTE ON A PETITION BASED ON A COMPETENT, SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE IN THE RECORD.
AT THIS POINT, IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE FOR THE CITY COMMISSION MEMBERS TO DISCLOSE ANY EXPORT COMMUNICATIONS THEY MAY HAVE WILLING TO THIS MATTER. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR.
>> THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER WRIGHT, ANY DISCLOSURES?
>> [OVERLAPPING] NONE. VICE MAYOR.
>> I DO NOT KNOW THE APPLICANT PERSONALLY, BUT THE APPLICANT DID CALL ME FOR FIVE-MINUTES TO TELL ME THAT THEY WERE COMING TO THIS MEETING TODAY, BUT I'VE NEVER MET HIM IN PERSON.
I BELIEVE THAT THE ATTORNEY HAS ATTEMPTED TO REACH ME AS WELL, BUT I DID NOT HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO THEM.
>> MY DISCLOSURES ARE I HAPPEN TO KNOW THE ATTORNEY.
I DID NOT KNOW HE WAS REPRESENTING THIS CLIENT OR HIS CLIENT UNTIL THIS MORNING WHEN HE SAID HE'LL BE HERE FOR NINE O'CLOCK.
WHAT TIME TO SHOW UP? MR. GLADYS WAS AN ATTORNEY WITH THE LAW FIRM THAT IS MY CURRENT LAW FIRM.
WE HAVEN'T WORKED TOGETHER BECAUSE HE WAS NO LONGER WITH THE FIRM ABOUT 23 YEARS NOW, MY GOODNESS.
BUT HE DID DO WORK FOR SOME OF MY CLIENTS THROUGH SAUNDERS, CURTIS TO HIS NEW LAW FIRM, BUT THAT'S BEEN ABOUT 10,12 YEARS, IT'S BEEN A WHILE.
IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME. BUT OTHER THAN THAT, THAT'S THE DISCLOSURE ON THAT.
WHILE THIS ISN'T A DISCLOSURE WITH THE OWNER, I DID HAPPEN TO HAVE NEED FOR SERVICES.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE AWARE OF THIS, I DID NOT KNOW, I CALLED AAA.
A LOVELY GENTLEMAN NAMED SEANN CAME AND TOOK REALLY GOOD CARE OF ME.
I'M SURE HE HAD NO CLUE WHO I WAS, AND HE JUST TOOK REALLY GOOD CARE OF ME.
AT THIS POINT IN TIME, I'LL ASK THE CITY CLERK TO PLEASE SWEAR IN ANY WITNESSES.
>> THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR, ASKED ALL THOSE WE'RE HERE FOR THIS ITEM TO PLEASE STAND AND RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.
DO YOU SWEAR TO TELL THE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH? THANK YOU SO MUCH MAYOR, WITNESSES HAVE BEEN SWORN IN.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AT THIS TIME, PLEASE PROCEED TO THE PODIUM AND PROVIDE US YOUR NAME.
OBVIOUSLY, EVERYTHING FOR THE RECORD AND PRESENT.
MR. GLADYS, BEFORE YOU SPEAK, DID YOU GET SWORN IN?
>> WE TYPICALLY HAVE EVERYBODY JUST.
>> THANK YOU, SIR. DO YOU SWEAR TO TELL THE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH?
>> MAYOR GOMEZ AND COMMISSIONERS BOLTON, DANIEL, VILLALOBOS AND WRIGHT, I'M TED GLADYS, A LAWYER IN FORT LAUDERDALE AND I HAVE HERE DAVEY AND SILVEIRA.
HE IS THE PRINCIPLE OF THE APPLICANT WHO HAS BEEN GRANTED A SPECIAL EXCEPTION BY YOUR PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD, AND WE'RE HERE SEEKING APPROVAL TODAY.
I'M THE ONE THAT AUTHORED THE LETTER DATED AUGUST 23RD OF '22 TO MR. ROBERT JOHNSON IN YOU'RE PLANNING AND ZONING AND WE RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT YOU APPROVE THIS.
THANK YOU. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT.
>> DO YOU HAVE A PRESENTATION YOU WISH TO PROVIDE OR?
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>> WE HAVE A, WHAT IS IT CALLED?
>> DAVEY AND SILVEIRA, D&G TOWING, THIS IS OUR PROPOSED SITE AT 2716 NORTHWEST 55TH COURT, TAMARAC.
WELL, THIS IS JUST THE UPDATES.
WE HAD THIS PROPERTY ABOUT THREE YEARS.
HAVEN'T BEEN WORKING. WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH ZONING, PLANNING, PERMITTING.
WE'VE UPDATED THE PROPERTY FROM PREVIOUSLY TO THE LEFT AND NOW IT'S ON THE RIGHT.
WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING FOR ABOUT FIVE YEARS NOW OUT OF FORT LAUDERDALE SO WE'RE BASICALLY JUST TRYING TO MAKE THIS OUR NEW PERMANENT HOME.
HOW DO YOU SWITCH THIS? THIS BASICALLY STARTED OUR PROJECT SITE.
WHAT WE HAD, HOW IT A LITTLE BIT LOOKED WHEN WE FIRST STARTED.
LET ME GET TO THE BETTER PARTS.
I HAVE NO IDEA. WHAT DID I JUST DO HERE?
>> THIS STRUCTURE WAS BUILT IN 1980.
IT SITS ON ABOUT AN ACRE AND A HALF.
IT'S LOT 36 LITTLE FARMS. IT'S AN OPEN AREA COVERED WITH WORKSHOP, FRONT OFFICE SPACE, ABOUT 1,500 SQUARE FEET.
IT HAS REAR STORAGE AREA GATED WITH PRIVACY FENCE, AND IT'S IN A HEAVY INDUSTRIAL ZONE.
CURRENTLY, THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.
WE ARE PLANNING TO MAKE A FEW OTHER ADJUSTMENTS, WHATEVER THE CITY REQUIRES.
FORWARDLY EVERYTHING THEY SAID SO FAR HAS BEEN GOOD BUT YOU NEVER KNOW STUFF CHANGES.
WHATEVER ELSE WE HAVE TO UPDATE WE WILL.
THIS IS BASICALLY AN AERIAL VIEW OF WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE OF ALL THE OTHER BUSINESSES NEXT DOOR TO US.
IT'S WAREHOUSES, ASPHALT COMPANIES, MOSTLY ALL HEAVY INDUSTRIAL.
WE'RE ACTUALLY PROBABLY THE LESS MORE INTENSE BUSINESS ON THE STREET.
PROPERTY OWNERS, WE'RE REQUESTING SPECIALTY ACCEPTANCE TO ALLOW AN EXISTING VEHICLE TOWING AND STORAGE BUSINESS IN THE HEAVY INDUSTRIAL AREA.
THE USE WILL BE CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
THE USE OF THE TOWING AN OUTDOOR STORAGE USE WOULD BE BUSINESSES PERMITTED AS SPECIALTY ACCEPTANCE IN SECTION 10/3.4 I-2 ZONING DISTRICT.
THE USE WILL BE ALSO CONSISTENT WITH THE PURPOSES TO INTENT WITH THE I-2 ZONING DISTRICT, WHICH IS INTENDED TO ENCOURAGE DEVELOPMENT INCLUDING OUTDOOR STORAGE AND OPERATIONS.
WE WILL AVOID SIGNIFICANT ADVERSE IMPACTS TO THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO WATER, AIR, NOISE, STORMWATER MANAGEMENT, WILDLIFE VEGETATION, WETLANDS, AND NATURAL FUNCTIONS.
IT IS LESS INTENSE USE FOR THE SURROUNDING HEAVY INDUSTRIAL BUSINESSES IN OUR AREA.
WE STARTED IN 2017, WE APARTMENT HIGH, WE HAD A MECHANIC SHOP IN THE CITY OF SUNRISE.
A LITTLE BIT WE NEVER REALLY INTENDED TO GET INTO THE TOWING BUSINESS AS WELL.
HER THING WAS I ALWAYS VENTURE INTO OTHER DIFFERENT BUSINESS PLANS.
BUT WE SAW HEY, WE'RE DUMPING A LOT OF MONEY IN TOWING SO WE BOUGHT ONE TOW TRUCK, IT'S AN EMBARRASSING STORY.
IT'S THE WORST TOW TRUCK WE EVER PURCHASED.
WE BROKE DOWN TOWING A CAR, LITERALLY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET AND SHE LOOKED GOING TO DO THIS.
I WAS LIKE, I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN DO IT, BUT WE DID.
FIVE YEARS LATER WE HAVE ABOUT 13 TRUCKS, ANYWHERE FROM SMALL TO BIG AND WE'VE BEEN PUSHING IT AND WE JUST HOPE WE CAN GET INTO THE CITY AND BE A POSITIVE IMPACT IN EVERY WAY WE CAN. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. MAXINE CALLOWAY, OUR DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY SERVICES, IS ALSO AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS AND ANY PRESENTATION IF THE CITY SHOULD NEED IT.
I'M NOW GOING TO OPEN THIS UP.
THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING, IS THERE ANYONE IN THE PUBLIC WHO WISHES TO MAKE ANY COMMENTS? SEEING NONE, PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED.
>> THANK YOU, MAYOR. I'M JUST HAPPY THAT WE'RE GOING TO END THIS MEETING ON A HAPPY NOTE.
I LOOK FORWARD TO IT, THE STORY BEHIND IT.
YOU ARE WELL-PREPARED FOR THIS.
I DON'T SEE WHY ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES WILL SAY NO TO IT.
>> THANK YOU, MAYOR. IS A BREATH OF FRESH AIR TO SEE THAT THE APPLICANT IS MAKING THE PRESENTATION AND NOT THE ATTORNEY, AND YOU DID SUCH A WONDERFUL JOB.
IT SEEMS LIKE YOU'VE DONE THIS BEFORE.
YOU ARE A NATURAL AND YOU ACTUALLY SOLVE IT LIKE MS. CALLOWAY FOR A MINUTE.
>> VERY ELOQUENT SPEAKER AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO D&G TOWING COMING TO THE CITY OF TAMARAC THAT HAPPENS TO BE MY DISTRICT AND RESIDENTS HAVE OFTEN ASKED,
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HOW CAN WE RESOLVE SOME OF THE BUILDINGS IN THE AREA THAT IS JUST THE FACADE IS JUST IN DISREPAIR AND YOUR BUSINESS IS ACCOMPLISHING THAT FOR US AND SO YOU ARE DOING US A FAVOR BY COMING TO THE CITY OF TAMARAC INTO THAT AREA SO I APPRECIATE YOU COMING HERE TODAY.I'M INCLINED TO VOTE YES ON THIS, NOT ONLY BECAUSE YOU TOWED THE MAYOR'S CAR, BUT YOU HAVE A VERY GOOD BUSINESS MODEL AND WE APPRECIATE YOU COMING TO TAMARAC. [OVERLAPPING]
>> NOT TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT, BUT WHO'S HER?
>> YOUR FIANCE. I KNOW BEHIND EVERY GREAT MAN IS A GREATER WOMAN AND YOU SAID THE GENESIS WAS HER IDEA.
I JUST WANT TO APPLAUD YOU AND COMMEND YOU FOR YOUR ENTREPRENEURIAL JOURNEY STARTING WITH ONE TRUCK AND NOW COMING TO THREE.
THAT'S A QUINTESSENTIAL AMERICAN STORY, 13, [OVERLAPPING] SORRY, I STAND CORRECTED,13.
[LAUGHTER] THAT'S A QUINTESSENTIAL OUR AMERICAN STORY, AND THAT'S WHY WE ADMIRE ENTREPRENEURS WHO ARE YOUNG, INNOVATIVE AND SUPPORTED BY A STRONG WOMAN, SO I'M INCLINED TO VOTE.
>>THANK YOU. YES, AS MOST PEOPLE KNOW, ANYTIME YOU NEED A TOW TRUCK, IT IS NOT ONE OF THE BEST MOMENTS OF YOUR LIFE.
YOU'RE NOT EXACTLY THRILLED WITH WHAT YOUR DAY IS GOING TO BE AND SO TO HAVE PROFESSIONALISM, COURTESY, COMPASSION IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT, SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR BUSINESS MODEL.
OBVIOUSLY, YOU SHOW IT HERE AS WELL.
YOU SHOW IT IN YOUR PRESENTATION.
I KNOW YOU HAD SOME HELP, BUT I ALSO KNOW THAT IT PROBABLY CAME FROM YOU BECAUSE YOU HAD TO GIVE IT TO HIM TO BE ABLE TO HELP YOU AND I HAVE GREAT RESPECT FOR ATTORNEY GLADYS, WHO IS ALSO A COMMISSIONER IN [INAUDIBLE] SO HE'S VERY MUCH FAMILIAR WITH OUR WORLD.
BUT I APPRECIATE THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT YOU HAVE DONE, WILL DO, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO OFFICIALLY WELCOME YOU INTO THE CITY AS SOON AS WE TAKE THIS VOTE.
WITH NO FURTHER ADO, CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
>> MAYOR GOMEZ, I STILL NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THAT.
>> WE SHOULD HAVE. OKAY. SORRY, I WAS VERY EXCITED.
>> [INAUDIBLE]. [OVERLAPPING].
>> DID WE OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING?
>> OKAY. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE.
>> THANK YOU. WE JUST DIDN'T HAVE A MOTION.
WE HAVE A MOTION BY THE VICE MAYOR, WE HAVE A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS, AND NOW WE'RE GOOD TO CALL THE ROLL.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. COMMISSIONER, WRIGHT?
>> THANK YOU GUYS, I APPRECIATE. [OVERLAPPING]
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. MOTION PASSES FIVE TO ZERO.
>> EXCELLENT. OFFICIALLY WELCOME TO THE CITY.
>> THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH AND PLEASE SEND SEAN MY BEST AND DON'T EMBARRASS HIM LIKE I HAVE JUST DONE.
>> HE TOLD US AND I'M LIKE, ARE YOU SURE IT WAS THE MAYOR'S CAR? HE WAS LIKE, I'M SURE. I'M LIKE, ARE YOU SURE? [LAUGHTER] [OVERLAPPING]
>> HOW DID YOU KNOW? I DIDN'T SAY A WORD BUT ANYWAY, LET'S NOT GO THERE. [LAUGHTER]
>> HE WAS LIKE, I'VE SEEN HER, I'M LIKE LET'S HOPE IT SO. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. GOOD TO SEE YOU.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I AM HAPPY TO SAY OUR COMMISSION MEETING IS DONE.
WE WILL SEE YOU BACK HERE IN TWO WEEKS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. BE SAFE.
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