[00:00:02] GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. [1. Call to Order] I THINK WE'RE READY TO BEGIN. IT IS APPROXIMATELY. I'LL GIVE EVERYONE A MOMENT TO GET THEIR SEATS AND THEN WE'LL GET STARTED. AND IT'S APPROXIMATELY 9:02 A.M.. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO CALL TO ORDER. THE MEETING HAS NOW BEGUN. IT'S 9:02 A.M.. WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, IF YOU WILL. RISE WITH ME, PLEASE. THANK YOU. YOU MAY BE SEATED. WE'LL BEGIN WITH ROLL CALL. WE CAN PROCEED. THANK YOU FOR THAT. THE NEXT ITEM IS TO REVIEW AND APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM JANUARY [4. Approval of Minutes] 4TH, 2023. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR ANY INFORMATION INPUT THEY LIKE TO GIVE ON THE MINUTES FROM JANUARY 4TH, OUR LAST MEETING? EXCUSE ME. ONE SECOND. YES, JANUARY 4TH. I WAS THINKING MAKE SURE THAT THAT WAS MY CORRECT DAY. OKAY. DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES? I SO MOVE. SECOND. MOTION TO APPROVE MINUTES OF THE LAST MEETING. JANUARY FOUR, 2023 PASS. DO WE HAVE ANY PLANNING BOARD DISCLOSURES THIS MORNING? HAS ANYONE VISITED THE SITE, SPOKEN TO ANYONE PRESENTING OR SPEAKING TODAY? ANYONE WANT TO DISCLOSE ANYTHING ABOUT THE MEETING? TODAY. LOOKS LIKE WE DON'T HAVE ANY PLANNING BOARD COMMENTS. I WILL NOW TURN IT OVER TO OUR NEW CITY ATTORNEY FOR THE STATEMENT AND SWEARING IN. OH, EXCUSE ME. I DIDN'T SEE THAT. DO WE HAVE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE, ANY GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENTS BEFORE WE DO THE SWEARING IN? IS THERE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING BEFORE WE BEGIN THE MEETING? OKAY. THE FLOOR IS NOW CLOSED. WE'LL NOW GO TO THE CITY ATTORNEY. [7. City Attorney Statement & Swearing In] CAN YOU TURN ON YOUR MIC, PLEASE? THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. SORRY. ITEMS 9A AND 9B ARE QUASI JUDICIAL IN NATURE. THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS WILL GUIDE THE PROCEDURE BEFORE THE BOARD. ALL PERSONS TESTIFYING BEFORE THE PLANNING BOARD WILL BE SWORN IN. THE APPLICANT AND ANY AFFECTED PERSON WILL BE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT EVIDENCE, BRING FORTH WITNESSES, CROSS-EXAMINE WITNESSES, AND REBUT ANY TESTIMONY. ALL EVIDENCE RELIED UPON BY REASONABLY PRUDENT PERSONS TO CONDUCT THEIR BUSINESS SHALL BE ADMISSIBLE. WHETHER SUCH EVIDENCE WOULD BE ADMISSIBLE IN A COURT OF LAW, HOWEVER IMMATERIAL OR DULY REPETITIOUS EVIDENCE SHALL BE EXCLUDED. STATEMENTS OF COUNSEL SHOULD ONLY BE CONSIDERED AS ARGUMENT AND NOT CONSIDERED AS TESTIMONY. [00:05:02] COUNSEL FOR THE PARTIES ARE NOT SUBJECT TO CROSS EXAMINATION. THE BOARD HAS THE AUTHORITY TO REFUSE TO HEAR ANY TESTIMONY WHICH IS IRRELEVANT OR REPETITIVE. HEARSAY EVIDENCE MAY BE USED FOR THE PURPOSES OF SUPPLEMENTING OR EXPLAINING OTHER EVIDENCE, BUT SHALL NOT BE SUFFICIENT BY ITSELF TO SUPPORT A FINDING. DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE MAY BE PRESENTED IN THE FORM OF A COPY OF THE ORIGINAL AND SHALL BE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. ALL PARTIES SHALL BE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO COMPARE COPIES WITH ORIGINALS, AND EACH PARTY SHALL BE ENTITLED TO CONDUCT CROSS-EXAMINATION WHEN TESTIMONY IS PROVIDED OR DOCUMENTS ARE MADE PART OF THE RECORD GENERALLY. THE ORDER OF PRESENTATION SHALL BE AS FOLLOWS, THE PETITIONER REPRESENTATIVE WILL PRESENT FIRST. STAFF WILL THEN GIVE ITS REPORT. PARTIES WHO ARE IN SUPPORT OR IN OPPOSITION WILL BE ALLOWED TO GIVE TESTIMONY AS WELL. FINALLY, THE PARTIES WILL BE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AND TO GIVE CLOSING STATEMENTS. AT THE END, THE BOARD WILL DELIBERATE ON THE PETITION. AT THAT POINT, NO FURTHER TESTIMONY WILL BE TAKEN AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD SHOULD NOT ASK ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OF PERSONS PRESENTING TESTIMONY. THE BOARD SHALL DISCUSS THE EVIDENCE THAT WAS PRESENTED AT THE PROCEEDING AND VOTE ON THE APPLICATION EITHER FOR OR AGAINST OR FOR OR AGAINST, WITH ANY OR FOR WITH ANY CONDITIONS THAT YOU MAY WISH TO IMPOSE. SO THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE GOING TO TESTIFY WITH REGARDS TO ITEMS NINE, EIGHT AND NINE B, IF YOU WOULD, PLEASE STAND AT THIS TIME AND RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. IF YOU'RE TESTIFYING, DO YOU SWEAR OR AFFIRM TO TELL THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH, AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH. IF SO PLEASE SAY YES. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THE WITNESSES HAVE BEEN SWORN IN. THANK YOU. WE HAVE FOUR ITEMS ON THE AGENDA TODAY. TWO ARE QUASI JUDICIAL TWO ARE NOT. WE'LL BEGIN WITH ITEM EIGHT A, WHICH IS TEMPORARY ORDER 2523. [8.a TO 2523 - An ordinance of the City Commission of the City of Tamarac, Florida,amending Chapter 10 of the City of Tamarac Code of Ordinances, entitled “LandDevelopment Code” by amending Article 2 entitled “Zoning Districts”, by specificallyamending Section 10-2.5, entitled “Planned Development District”, to remove densitycap limits from the planned development zoning district designation and creatingSection 10-2.5(C) to establish Local Activity Center Disbursement Guidelines toallow for the disbursement of residential units from the available units within theLocal Activity Center in accordance with the City’s Comprehensive Plan ; providingfor codification; providing for conflicts; providing for severability; and providing foran effective date.] AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER TEN OF THE CITY OF TAMARACK CODE OF ORDINANCE ENTITLED LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE BY AMENDING ARTICLE TWO, ENTITLED ZONING DISTRICTS BY SPECIFICALLY AMENDING SECTION 10-2.5, ENTITLED PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT TO REMOVE DENSITY CAP LIMITS FROM THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT ZONING DISTRICT DESIGNATION AND CREATING SECTION 10-2.5 C TO ESTABLISH LOCAL ACTIVITY CENTER DISBURSEMENT GUIDELINES TO ALLOW FOR THE DISBURSEMENT OF RENTAL UNITS FROM THE AVAILABLE UNITS WITHIN THE LOCAL ACTIVITY CENTER IN THE ORDINANCE WITH THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION, PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WE'LL BEGIN WITH HEARING FROM STAFF. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. FOR THE RECORD, I AM MAHA MANSOUR, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. TODAY'S TEXT AMENDMENT TO LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE CONCERNS SECTION 10-2.5. PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT ONLY. THE WHOLE CHANGES ARE WITHIN THAT, AND IT'S AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER TEN ENTITLED LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE ARTICLE TWO ENTITLED ZONING DISTRICT BY SPECIFICALLY AMENDING SECTION 10-2.5 ENTITLED PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT TO REMOVE DENSITY CAP LIMITS FROM THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT ZONING DISTRICT DESIGNATION AND CREATING SECTION 102.5 C TO ESTABLISH LOCAL ACTIVITY CENTER DISBURSEMENT GUIDELINES TO ALLOW FOR THE DISBURSEMENT OF RESIDENTIAL UNITS FROM THE AVAILABLE UNITS WITHIN LOCAL ACTIVITY CENTER IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. THE PURPOSE OF THIS AMENDMENT. WE HAVE THREE MAIN REASONS TO DO THIS AMENDMENT AND ARE LISTED HERE. THE FIRST ONE IS TO PERMIT LOTS AND TRACTS OF LAND THAT ARE SUPPORTED BY AN UNDERLYING LOCAL ACTIVITY CENTER LAND USE DESIGNATION TO BE PLANNED AND DEVELOPED TO SUPPORT A HIGH QUALITY OF LIFE WITH A GREATER AMOUNT OF FLEXIBILITY BY REMOVING SOME OF THE DETAILED RESTRICTIONS OF CONVENTIONAL ZONING. IN THE SAME MANNER LARGE TRACTS OF LAND THAT ARE PART OF A MASTER DEVELOPMENT PLAN ARE CURRENTLY PERMITTED. SO THE CODE PRESENTLY ADDRESSES TRACTS OF LAND THAT ARE PART OF A MASTER PLAN, BUT IT DOES NOT ADDRESS INDIVIDUAL TRACTS OF LAND. WE ARE ADDING THAT. THE SECOND IS TO REMOVE THE CURRENT DENSITY CAP OF 35 DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE IN A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT AND INSTEAD PROVIDE AN INITIAL MAXIMUM OF 50 DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE WHILE ALLOWING FOR ADDITIONAL DENSITY BONUS ABOVE 50 DWELLING PER ACRES PROVIDED CERTAIN CRITERIA OUTLINED IN A NEWLY CREATED [00:10:09] SECTION 10-2.5 C ARE MET, AND THIS IS WHY WE CREATED THE SECTION 10-2.5 C TO PROVIDE GUIDELINES FOR THE ASSIGNMENT OF RESIDENTIAL LOCAL ACTIVITY CENTER UNITS. SECTION 10-2.5 PLAN DEVELOPMENT A PURPOSE, APPLICABILITY AND CREATION OF THE PD DISTRICT. WE DELETED THE ORIGINAL PURPOSE AND SUBSTITUTED WITH A PURPOSE, BASICALLY ADDING THE INDIVIDUAL LOSS OF LAND. SO NOW IT READS THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT IS ESTABLISHED AND INTENDED TO PERMIT SLOTS AND TRACTS OF LAND THAT ARE SUPPORTED BY UNDERLYING LOCAL ACTIVITY CENTRAL LACEY LAND USE DESIGNATION TO BE PLANNED AND DEVELOPED TO SUPPORT A HIGH QUALITY OF LIFE WITH A GREATER AMOUNT OF FLEXIBILITY BY REMOVING SOME OF THE DETAILED RESTRICTIONS OF CONVENTIONAL ZONING. THE SECOND PART OF IT HAS ALREADY BEEN THERE, WAS THERE ALREADY. LOTS TO BE PLANNED AND DEVELOPED INDIVIDUALLY WILL BENEFIT FROM INVENTIVE LAND PLANNING. SORRY, THIS WILL CONTINUE WITH THE LOTS TO BE PLANNED AND DEVELOPED INDIVIDUALLY WILL BENEFIT FROM INVENTIVE LAND PLANNING AND SITE DESIGN CONCEPTS THAT SUPPORT A COMPLEMENTARY MIX OF RESIDENTIAL AND NONRESIDENTIAL USES WHILE OPTIMIZING THE AVAILABLE LAND AREA. THE LATTER PART, TRACTS OF LAND THAT ARE PART OF A MASTER PLAN DEVELOPMENT WILL BE ABLE TO ACHIEVE A HIGH QUALITY OF DEVELOPMENT, ENVIRONMENTAL SENSITIVITY, ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND OTHER CITY GOALS AND OBJECTIVES. IN THE APPLICABILITY SECTION, THAT SECTION 10-2.5, A TWO APPLICABILITY. THE UNDERLINED PART WAS ADDED. AND SO WE HAVE INDIVIDUAL LOSSES ARE PLANNED AND DEVELOPED TO OPTIMALLY UTILIZE OUR AVAILABLE LAND AREA BY ADOPTING INNOVATIVE AND CREATING DESIGN THAT SUPPORTS MIXED USE AND EFFICIENT PARKING. THE B WAS ALREADY STARTED WITH PLAN DEVELOPMENT, WHERE IT STATES THAT TRACTS OF LAND THAT ARE PART OF A MASTER PLAN DEVELOPMENT PLAN ARE PLANNED AND DEVELOPED UNDER UNIFIED CODE AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FLEXIBLE STANDARDS AND PROCEDURES THAT ARE CONDUCTIVE TO CREATING MORE MIXED USE, PEDESTRIAN ORIENTED AND OTHERWISE HIGH QUALITY DEVELOPMENT, AS WELL AS COMMUNITY BENEFITS AND AMENITIES, THEN COULD BE ACHIEVED THROUGH BASE ZONING DISTRICT REGULATIONS. WE ADDED C BECAUSE THERE WAS A ON TOP, SO WE HAD ONE MORE. WE HAVEN'T CHANGED IT. THREE HAS NOT BEEN CHANGED AS WELL. SECTION TEN, DASH 2.5 PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT. GENERAL STANDARDS FOR THE PLANT DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS THAT SECTION TEN DASH 2.5 B EIGHT THE CHANGES AND RED WAS REMOVED AND THE UNDERLINE WAS ADDED. THE TOTAL NUMBER OF DWELLING UNITS PERMITTED IN A PLAN DEVELOPMENT SHALL NOT EXCEED AN INITIAL 50 DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE. BONUS DENSITIES GREATER THAN 50 DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE MAY BE ACQUIRED THROUGH ASSIGNMENT OF LOCAL ACTIVE CENTRAL UNITS, AS OUTLINED IN SECTION TEN DASH 2.5. SEE, THEN IT GOES ON. SAME AS BEFORE. THE DENSITY DENSITIES FOR RESIDENTIAL RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT AND THE INTENSITIES FOR NON RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT APPLICABLE IN EACH DEVELOPMENT AREA OF A DISTRICT SHALL BE ESTABLISHED IN THE PLAN AGREEMENT AND SHALL BE CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN LOCAL ACTIVITY CENTER LAND USE DESIGNATION, OTHER ADOPTED SPECIAL AREA AND CITY PLANS, AND WITH THE PURPOSE OF THE PD DISTRICT. NOW THE CURRENT CODE LACKS AN ASSIGNMENT OF RESIDENTIAL LAND UNITS AND PROCEDURES AND POLICY. SO CHAPTER TEN DASH 2.5 C IS CREATED TO READ AS FOLLOWS SO I'M GOING TO READ ALL OF IT BECAUSE THIS DID NOT EXIST BEFORE. PROCEDURES UTILIZATION OF LOCAL ACTIVITY CENTER L, AC OR AS A RESIDENTIAL UNIT SHALL MINIMALLY REQUIRE A BINDING AND BUILDABLE SITE PLAN, REVIEW AND APPROVAL IN ADDITION TO APPLICATIONS FOR OTHER DEVELOPMENT ORDERS OR APPROVALS PREREQUISITE TO APPLYING FOR BUILDING PERMITS, THE UTILIZATION OF THE LACEY RESIDENTIAL UNITS SHALL BE INCLUDED IN THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT ADOPTED BY AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY GOVERNING BODY HEARD AS A LEGISLATIVE AGENDA ITEM IN ANY DEVELOPMENT ORDER APPROVAL WHERE THE UTILIZATION OF LACEY RESIDENTIAL UNITS IS REQUESTED, THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE, THE RC AND THE PLANNING BOARD SHALL REVIEW THE APPLICATION AS TO THE POLICY CONSIDERATIONS SET FORTH IN THIS SECTION AND IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND SHALL MAKE RECOMMENDATION TO THE CITY COMMISSION. SO THE POLICY CONSIDERATIONS. HERE ARE THE NEW POLICY CONSIDERATIONS THAT AGAIN, DID NOT EXIST. TO POLICY CONSIDERATION APPLICABLE TO UTILIZING THE LACIE RESIDENTIAL UNITS. THE FOLLOWING ARE THE GUIDING POLICY CONSIDERATION THAT THE CITY WILL EVALUATE IN ITS LEGISLATIVE REVIEW WHEN DECIDING WHETHER TO ENACT AN ORDINANCE THAT [00:15:07] ALLOCATES OR UTILIZES ANY PORTION OF THE LACEY RESIDENTIAL UNIT ALLOWANCE FOR A PARTICULAR PARCEL OR PROPERTY OF PROPERTY. A THE EXTENT TO WHICH THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT IS CONSISTENT WITH SPECIFIC GOALS, OBJECTIVES OR POLICIES OF THE CITY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, INCLUDING SPECIFICALLY THE GOALS, OBJECTIVES AND POLICIES OF THE LOCAL ACTIVITY CENTER FOR FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION. B THE EXTENT TO WHICH THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT MEETS THE POLICY OBJECTIVES OF THE CITY FOR THE PROVISION OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING AS SPECIFIED IN SECTION 17 DASH SIX ZERO, OR ANY INCLUSIONARY ZONING POLICY OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC OR THE BROWARD COUNTY LAND USE PLAN. C THE EXTENT TO WHICH LACEY RESIDENTIAL UNITS WILL REMAIN AVAILABLE FOR FUTURE USE BY THE CITY UNDER THE SECTIONS, REQUIREMENTS AND UNDER ANY POSSIBLE REGULATORY SCHEME. D THE EXTENT TO WHICH THE UTILIZATION OF LOCAL ACTIVITIES RESIDENTIAL UNITS SERVE OR DOES NOT SERVE THE PUBLIC'S HEALTH, SAFETY OR WELFARE. E THE EXTENT TO WHICH THE UTILIZATION OF THE LACEY RESIDENTIAL UNITS SERVES THE FUTURE LAND USE AND NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY. AND F. THE EXTENT TO WHICH THE PROPOSED PROJECT INCORPORATES A NONRESIDENTIAL COMPONENT AND IS A MIXED USE PROJECT AND FINAL G, SUCH AS OTHER POLICY CONSIDERATIONS THAT MAY NOT BE SET FORTH ABOVE, BUT WHICH ARE NONETHELESS CONSIDERED BY THE CITY COMMISSION TO BE REASONABLE AND APPROPRIATE UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES. SO THIS IS PROBABLY THE MAIN ASPECT OF THE CHANGE OF THE OF THE AMENDMENT. THERE WAS NO MECHANISM PRIOR TO THIS TO DISPERSE THESE AVAILABLE UNITS THAT WE HAVE, WHICH WILL GO ALL OVER IN A LITTLE WHILE. THIS AMENDMENT IS IN ALLIANCE WITH GOAL NUMBER FOUR. TAMARACK IS VIBRANT, ACTIVE, ATTRACTIVE. GOAL NUMBER FIVE, TAMARACK SMART IS CONNECTED BY MAKING MORE NEIGHBORLY BECAUSE WE WOULD BE ABLE THROUGH THIS TO CREATE A SENSE OF NEIGHBORHOOD AND GOAL. NUMBER SIX TAMARACK IS DYNAMIC WORKPLACE. WE ATTRACT AND RETAIN SKILLED FORCE BY PROVIDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING WHEN, WHEN APPLICABLE, AND PROVIDING RENTAL UNITS AGAIN WHEN ONE APPLICABLE. THE DEFINITION OF THE BROWARD COUNTY LAND USE PLAN ACTIVITY CENTER USE. WHAT IS THE DEFINITION AND WHAT WE ARE ASPIRING TO DO WITH THIS AMENDMENT? THE AREA IS DESIGNATED FOR ACTIVITY CENTER USE ON THE FUTURE. BROWARD COUNTY LAND USE PLAN SERIES ARE INTENDED TO FACILITATE A BALANCED AND INTERCONNECTED MIX OF LAND USES, ENCOURAGE MASS TRANSIT AND NON-MOTORIZED TRANSPORTATION, REDUCE THE NEED FOR AUTOMOBILE TRAVEL, PROVIDE INCENTIVES FOR QUALITY DEVELOPMENT, AND GIVE DEFINITION TO THE URBAN FORM. DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS SHALL GENERALLY REFLECT PLANNING AND DESIGN PRINCIPLES THAT SUPPORT MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT TO INTEGRATE HOUSING, EMPLOYMENT, RETAIL, RECREATION AND LOCAL AND REGIONAL COMMUNITY FACILITIES WITH A PRIMARY ORIENTATION TOWARD A MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM. THIS IS THE LOCAL ACTIVITY CENTER FOR THE CITY OF TAMARACK. IT'S DUE TO THE WEST, BORDERED BY NORTHWEST 94TH AVENUE TO THE EAST. NORTH UNIVERSITY DRIVE IS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF COMMERCIAL. IT HAS TAMARACK VILLAGE, AS WAS PART OF THE MASTER PLAN AREA THAT WAS DEVELOPED ALREADY. THEN WE HAVE THE AREA IS IN BLUE. ALL OF THIS IS DESIGNATED AT LOCAL ACTIVITY CENTER. WE ALREADY HAVE A LIBRARY THERE. WE HAVE A COMMUNITY CENTER, WE HAVE A HOTEL, AND WE HAVE A POST OFFICE. WE HAVE ALL THESE BUS STOPS. SO WE ALREADY MEET ALL DIFFERENT DEFINITIONS AND THAT'S WHY IT WAS SELECTED AT THE LOCAL A LOCAL AREA ACTIVITY CENTER. COMMERCIAL. WE ARE AT THE END OF COMMERCIAL TO THE WEST. DRIVING FURTHER WEST, WE WILL GET TO THE SAWGRASS EXPRESSWAY. THIS IS THE PERFECT LOCATION FOR THE LAKE, WHICH AGAIN WAS ALREADY DETERMINED BEFORE, BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK AT THE KIND OF STRANGE SHAPE OF TAMARACK, THIS IS MORE OR LESS THE CENTROID OF OF OF THE CITY. THIS IS AND IT IT IS ON ON A MAJOR COMMERCIAL. AND AS WE KNOW, COMMERCIAL AND UNIVERSITY ARE THE MAJOR TWO ARTERIES GOING THROUGH THE CITY OF TAMARACK. IT'S WELL SERVED BY PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION. SO IT ALREADY IS PERFECT LOCATION TO HAVE. A FUTURE IDEA OR A FUTURE CONCEPT OF OF A DOWNTOWN. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SAY BY HAVING THIS TEXT AMENDMENT, WE WOULD BE ABLE TO BRING IN. INVENTIVE DESIGN, AGAIN, AS WE SAID, AND PLANNING THAT WILL RELIEVE BY DEFINITION THIS AREA. THE MATH ON THE MASTER PLAN WERE ALREADY ENJOYING THE BENEFIT OF RELAXED ZONING OR LET'S SAY LESS FORMAL ZONING. [00:20:01] NOW WE ARE BRINGING IN THIS INDIVIDUAL. AGAIN, I'M GOING TO BRING IT UP, LIKE NEAR THE LIBRARY, NEAR THE THE COMMUNITY CENTER, NEAR THE HOTEL. ALL OF THESE PLOTS OF LAND, THEY DON'T HAVE TO BE DEVELOPED AS A PART OF A LARGER MASTER PLAN TO HAVE THE SAME BENEFITS. WE ARE ENCOURAGING THEM TO CREATE IDEAS BECAUSE IF FOR FOR INSTANCE, IF ONE OF THESE LOTS OF LAND WANT TO DEVELOP INTO A MIXED USE WHERE YOU HAVE RETAIL OR RESTAURANT USE OR AND APARTMENTS. EVENING, FOR EXAMPLE, REGARDING THE PARKING CODE, THE PARKING SPECIFICATIONS ARE MOST LIKELY GOING TO USE NOW WITH THE FLEXIBILITY STRUCTURE PARKING, BECAUSE THESE THESE LOTS OF LAND ARE TOO SMALL, WE'RE NOT GOING TO USE THEY'RE NOT GOING TO WASTE THEM ON ON EXCESSIVE PARKING OUTSIDE. THEY WILL BE RENDERED USELESS. OKAY. I JUST ADDED A MAP OF OUR COUNTY MUNICIPALITIES JUST TO SEE THAT BASICALLY WE ARE SURROUNDED BY SEVEN OTHER MUNICIPALITIES, AND ROUTT COUNTY HAS JUST A CONTIGUOUS URBAN AREA. THERE ARE NO OPEN LAND AREAS ANYMORE. WE DRIVE FROM ONE CITY TO THE NEXT. WHAT HAPPENS IN THE NEIGHBORING CITY WILL AFFECT US. WHAT WILL HAPPEN IN HERE WILL AFFECT OTHER NEIGHBORING CITIES. WE ALREADY HAVE. 37 DESIGNATED ACTIVITY CENTERS IN BROWARD COUNTY. 11 OF THESE DESIGNATED ACTIVITY CENTERS ARE WITHIN IMMEDIATE PROXIMITY OF TAMARACK. I HIGHLIGHTED THEM IN YELLOW. SO CORAL SPRINGS DOWNTOWN ACTIVITY CENTER, WHICH WE AND THIS IS THE ACREAGE, AND I'M GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT ONE. FORT LAUDERDALE HAS FOUR ACTIVITY CENTERS LAUDERHILL, LAUDERHILL. STATE THEY HAVE THE STATUS OF SEVEN US, FOUR FOR ONE ACTIVITY CENTER, LAUDERDALE LAKES. THEY HAVE AN ACTIVITY CENTER DOWNTOWN MARGATE, OAKLAND PARK, SUNRISE HAVE TWO METRO METROPARK ACTIVITY CENTER AND SUNRISE WITH THEIR ACTIVITY CENTER. SO OUR ACTIVITY CENTER IS ONE 33.57 ACRES. AND YOU CAN SEE IN RELEVANT TO THE OTHERS HOW THE SIZE DIFFERENT FROM ONE MUNICIPALITY OTHER. LOOK, FOR EXAMPLE, AT MARKET ACTIVITY CENTER, IT'S 1180 4.3 ACRES. SO OURS IN THE I WOULD SAY IN THE MEDIUM RANGE, THERE ARE SMALLER ONES AND THERE ARE MUCH LARGER ONES. WE'VE BEEN ALLOCATED WITH A TOTAL OF 18 1875 DWELLING UNITS THROUGH THE LOCAL ACTIVITY CENTER. RESIDENTIAL UNITS FROM THE FROM THE COUNTY. THIS SHOWS WHAT WE ALREADY USED OF THESE UNITS. WE'VE BASICALLY ONLY USED 401 GARDEN APARTMENTS AND THAT IN TAMARACK VILLAGE WE HAVEN'T USED ANY TOWNHOUSES. WE HAVE 300 OF THEM. WE HAVEN'T USED ANY MID-RISE APARTMENTS, WHICH WE HAVE 875 OF. SO AS WE STAND TODAY, WE HAVE STILL TOTAL REMAINING DWELLING UNITS OF 1474. WE INTRODUCED THE ALLOCATION OF LOCAL ACTIVITIES AND THE RESIDENTIAL UNITS TO BE ABLE TO DISBURSE THESE. AND BECAUSE WE DID NOT AGAIN, WE DO NOT HAVE THIS MECHANISM. SOME OF THE OTHER CITIES IN BROWARD COUNTY DID HAVE ALREADY IN PLACE A DISBURSEMENT METHOD AND PROCEDURE. LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, PLANTATION, THEY ALREADY HAVE THAT. I JUST WANT TO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT DENSITY, WE SHOULD BE SOME IN SOME PEOPLE'S MIND IS IT HAS A KIND OF NEGATIVE ASSOCIATION. DENSITY IS A RELATIVE TERM BECAUSE THESE TWO DEVELOPMENTS OF ONE SQUARE ACRE, ONE ACRE EACH BASICALLY HAVE THE SAME DENSITY. IT DEPENDS ON WHAT YOU DO WITH A LOT OF LAND. YOU CAN GO WITH A HIGH RISE AND HAVE 65 DWELLING UNITS IN THIS EXAMPLE AND HAVE ALL THE OPEN SPACE TO BE USED FOR PARKING AND LANDSCAPE. OR YOU CAN GO LOW RISE AND STILL HAVE 65 DWELLING UNITS AND HAVE INTERNAL STREETS WALKABLE AREA AND PROBABLY MOST LIKELY THEY HAVE STRUCTURED PARKING IN THIS. AND THIS IS REALLY WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE RATHER THAN JUST HIGH RISE. WE DON'T WANT THE HIGH RISE. WE WANT A COMPLETE DEVELOPMENT THAT BRINGS A SENSE OF NEIGHBORHOOD, BECAUSE IF YOU SEE THE HIGH RISE, IF YOU HAVE A SERIES OF HIGH RISES THAT MEET THE DENSITY CRITERIA, WE ARE STILL HAVING A SEA OF CARS PARKED OVER THERE AND WE JUST HAVE THE HIGH RISE. WHILE THIS ONE HAS A SENSE OF NEIGHBORHOOD AND WE WOULD LIKE TO GET TO SEE AN EXAMPLE LIKE THIS WHERE WE HAVE MIXED USES AS WELL RETAIL, RESTAURANTS, BEVERAGE, WHATEVER WE CAN GET ON THE FLOOR, ON THE GROUND FLOOR. DOWNTOWN CORE SPRING CORNERSTONE PROJECT, WHICH IS ALREADY UNDER CONSTRUCTION. IF YOU SEE THE PHOTO ON THE LEFT, WHICH IS THE SOUTH TOWER, I BELIEVE, AND THIS IS THE LOCATION, IT'S AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF SAMPA ROAD [00:25:02] AND UNIVERSITY DRIVE. THE PROJECT SITS ON SEVEN ACRES SPLIT BETWEEN NORTH AND SOUTH BLOCK. I JUST I DON'T KNOW HOW TO POINT SO YOU CAN SEE IT. IT'S BEHIND. BUT IF YOU SEE ON THE MAP, ON THE RIGHT SIDE WHERE THE INDICATOR OF LOCATION IS, THE SOUTH PART IS WHAT THEY'VE BUILT ALREADY. AND THIS IS THE THE FOUR ON THE LEFT, ON THE TOP LEFT, THAT NORTH PART IS NOW BEING LEVELED AND PREPARED FOR FOR GROUNDBREAKING. SO THEY ALREADY HAVE 350 UNITS ON THE SOUTH BLOCK AND THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE ANOTHER 350 UNITS ON THE NORTH BLOCK, AND THEY ARE IN THE APPROVAL PROCESS. SO THIS GIVES US A DENSITY OF 100 DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE. NOW, WHEN WE HEAR 100 DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE, WE THINK IT'S REALLY LARGE. BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE PICTURE AND THE RENDITION, BASICALLY THIS IS WHAT 100 DWELLING UNIT PER ACRE IS WHEN YOU HAVE THE SIDE STREETS TO SERVE, WHEN YOU HAVE LOCAL AND WALKABLE AREA AROUND IT, IT'S NOT SUCH A BIG BURDEN AS IT LOOKS WHEN YOU HAVE THE HIGH RISES WITH ALL THE PARKING SPACES IN BETWEEN. ANOTHER DEVELOPMENT THAT IS NOT JUST TO THIS. THIS PROJECT IS WITHIN THE CORAL SPRINGS LOCAL ACTIVITY CENTER DOWNTOWN AREA. ANOTHER PROJECT NOW JUST START BREAKING GROUND, I GUESS IN LAUDERHILL IS THE PREVIOUS TARGET. TARGET LOCATION. THIS IS NOT PART OF THE LOCAL ACTIVITY CENTER, BUT IT'S ALREADY AN INDICATION OF WHAT'S COMING UP ON COMMERCIAL. AND AS WE CAN SEE, THEY HAVE 13 ACRE COMPLEX SET FOR CONSTRUCTION WITH 521 29 UNITS IN SIX APARTMENT BUILDINGS, 4 TO 6 STORIES, 844 PARKING SPACES. AGAIN, BY CREATING SMALL SCALE BUILDINGS ON MID-RISE BUILDING, YOU CAN WE CAN DEVELOP A SENSE OF NEIGHBORHOOD OF WALKABILITY AND INTERCONNECTION WITH WITH THE REST OF THE CITY AND THE FACT THAT IT'S NEAR A MAJOR HIGH, MAJOR COMMERCIAL WITH ALL THE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ALREADY IN PLACE. WE REALLY FURTHER OUR GOAL OF ESTABLISHING A LOCAL ACTIVITY CENTER FOR TAMARAC AND FOR THE FUTURE. THE LOCAL ACTIVITY CENTER WAS ESTABLISHED TO SUPPORT A MIX OF LAND USES CHARACTERIZED BY COMPACTNESS, PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY DESIGN, NEIGHBORHOOD SCALE PLANNING AND DESIGN PRINCIPLES ORIENTED AROUND THE FIVE MINUTE WALK AND PUBLIC TRANSIT SYSTEMS. A CENTRALLY LOCATED COMMUNITY SURVEY, LAND USE OF ALL LAND USES AND GREATER INTEGRATION OF HOUSING, EMPLOYMENT, SHOPPING AND RECREATION AT THE NEIGHBORHOOD LEVEL BY REMOVING SOME OF THE DETAILED RESTRICTIONS OF CONVENTIONAL ZONING. THE LOCAL ACTIVITY CENTERS DESIGNATIONS PLAYS A PIVOTAL ROLE IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BY EXPANDING LOCAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES AND CREATING A VIBRANT MIX OF RESIDENTIAL AND NONRESIDENTIAL USES AND ENCOURAGES ADVANTAGEOUS LAND DEVELOPMENT TO ENSURE THAT CITY CITY REMAINS A VIBRANT SUBURB THAT IS BOTH HARMONIOUS AND COMPETITIVE WITH SURROUNDING MUNICIPALITIES AND FUTURE REGIONAL GROWTH. THIS TAX AMENDMENT WILL PERMIT INDIVIDUAL LOSS OF TEN TRACTS OF LAND TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE MIX OF RESIDENTIAL AND NONRESIDENTIAL USES AND BENEFIT FROM THE PROVISIONS AFFORDED TO THE LOCAL ACTIVITY CENTER LAND USE DESIGNATION. THE CAP OF 35 DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE DOES NOT SUPPORT DISPERSEMENT OF AVAILABLE UNITS CURRENTLY HELD IN THE CITY. FUTURE LAND USE MAP UNDER THE LOCAL ACTIVITY CENTER DESIGNATION. ADDITIONALLY, THE CAP IS INADEQUATE AND OVERLY RESTRICTIVE TO INDIVIDUAL TRACTS OF LAND WITHIN THE TAMARACK LOCAL AREA ACTIVITY CENTER, WHICH IN ESSENCE DEPRIVES THESE TRACTS OF LAND OF THE INTENDED FLEXIBILITY OF THE PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT AND THE LAKE. FINALLY, THERE IS NO MECHANISM IN PLACE CURRENTLY TO DISBURSE THE UNITS THAT ARE AVAILABLE IN THE LOCAL ACTIVITY CENTER. A DISBURSEMENT PROCESS WOULD PROVIDE FOR FURTHER FUNCTIONALITY, APPLICABILITY AND DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL LOTS AND TRACTS OF LAND WITH AN UNDERLYING LOCAL ACTIVITY CENTER LAND USE DESIGNATION. IT IS THEREFORE THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT RECOMMENDS THAT THE PLANNING BOARD FORWARD IF FAVOR RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL FOR THE ADOPTION OF THE PROPOSED TEXT AMENDMENT TO CHAPTER TEN. ARTICLE TWO ENTITLED ZONING DISTRICTS BY SPECIFICALLY AMENDING SECTION TEN DASH 2.5 ENTITLED PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT AND CREATING SECTION 2.5 C TO ESTABLISH LOCAL ACTIVITIES AND THE DISBURSEMENT GUIDELINES ON FIRST READING AT ITS FEBRUARY EIGHT, 2023 MEETING AND ON SECOND READING AT ITS FEBRUARY 22, 2023 SESSION. QUESTIONS, PLEASE, IF YOU HAVE ANY. THANK YOU. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS. WHY NOW? WHY IS THE CITY DOING THIS NOW? PART OF THE REASON WE ARE STARTING TO GET LET'S PUT IT THIS WAY, ALL ALONG THE COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD, NOT JUST IN TAMARACK. [00:30:06] THESE DEVELOPMENTS ARE HAPPENING IF EVERY ALL THE OTHER CITIES ARE PROCEEDING WITH IT. WE HAVE TO AS WELL TO PROCEED TO JUST TO PROTECT THE VITALITY OF THE CITY ITSELF. WE CAN'T JUST TURN A BLIND EYE TO WHAT IS HAPPENING ALONG THE ENTIRE CORRIDOR OR UNIVERSITY OR IN BROWARD COUNTY IN GENERAL. WE DO NEED TO ENCOURAGE THE. THE COMMISSION HAS THE COMMISSION HAS ASKED STAFF TO FIND A WAY TO TO TO CREATE MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING. THIS IS A GREAT SEGWAY INTO THAT BECAUSE ONCE WE ARE TAPPING THE LAKE, WE CAN DISPERSE THE ADDITIONAL DISPERSE. AS YOU SAW, WE HAVE MANY CONDITIONS AMONG WHICH IS PROVIDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING. IT WILL CREATE A MORE A SURPLUS AND LET'S SAY IT WILL INCREASE THE SURPLUS OF WHAT WE HAVE IN TERMS OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING. NOW, IT WILL CREATE A MIX OF SMALLER UNIT, MIDSIZED UNITS, AND IT WILL ENCOURAGE RENTAL UNITS IF WE NEED THEM. BUT IT'S ALL WITHIN THE CONFINES OF VERY STRICT AND VERY METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH TO HOW WE'RE GOING TO DO IT. BECAUSE IF YOU GO THROUGH THE PROCEDURES AGAIN, THEY REALLY HAVE TO MEET A LOT OF CRITERIA TO BE ABLE TO TO GET TO THE POINT WHERE THEY CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE. SO THEY HAVE TO COME UP WITH A REALLY GOOD DESIGN, ARCHITECTURAL WISE AND PLANNING WISE. IT HAS TO BE THERE TO BE ABLE TO TO IF THEY DON'T USE THESE ADVANCED PLANNING AND DESIGN STRATEGIES, THEY ARE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO TO FIT THEM WITHIN THE LOCAL ACTIVITY CENTER. OKAY. CURRENTLY, SOMEBODY CAN. USE THE LOCAL ACTIVITY CENTER AND THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT ZONING BECAUSE THAT WAS DONE FOR TAMARACK VILLAGE UNDER THE CURRENT REGULATIONS. YES, SOMEBODY COULD DO THE SAME THING WITH A DIFFERENT PIECE OF GROUND TODAY. WITHOUT THESE CHANGES, THEY COULD DO SOMETHING SIMILAR TO WHAT TAMARACK VILLAGE DID. THAT'S CORRECT. RIGHT. THEY COULD GO TO 35 UNITS IN ACRE. THEY COULD DO IT BY RIGHT. AN INDIVIDUAL, A LOT OF LAND. LET'S TAKE ONE PIECE OF. LET ME TRY TO FIND IT. OKAY. IF WE PICK ANY OF THESE PARCELS THAT THEY DO NOT WANT TO BECOME A PART OF A MASTER PLAN, THEY DON'T WANT TO GO TO THE SCALE OF TAMARACK VILLAGE. THEY DON'T WANT TO CREATE ANOTHER TAMARACK VILLAGE. THEY REALLY WANT TO CREATE INDIVIDUAL DEVELOPMENTS. BECAUSE BY DOING BY CREATING ANOTHER TAMARACK VILLAGE, WE ARE REALLY RESTRICTING OUR DEVELOPMENT TO THAT MODEL, ONLY TO LARGE, MORE OR LESS, YOU KNOW, DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE JUST JUST AN ISLAND WITHIN WITHIN, WITHIN THE EXISTING NEIGHBORHOOD. BUT BY DEVELOPING INDIVIDUAL LANDS WITH THE 35 DWELLING UNITS PER PER ACRE, THEY CAN'T. IF WE'RE GOING TO GO FOR PARKING, IF THEY'RE GOING TO USE PARKING, THEY HAVE THEY HAVE TO HAVE INSIDE PARKING. IT IS GOING TO BE A STRUCTURE PARKING FOR MOST OF THESE LOTS OF LAND AGAIN. OKAY. I JUST USE TAMARACK VILLAGE AS AN EXAMPLE OF HOW YOU APPLY THE CODE, THE MECHANISM FOR WHICH YOU CAN USE THE LOCAL ACTIVITY CENTER AND THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT ZONING IS IN PLACE TODAY BECAUSE TAMARACK VILLAGE DID IT. AND JUST I'M TALKING ABOUT THE MECHANISM OF DOING IT. OKAY, SO MY READING OF THIS ISN'T SO MUCH ABOUT A MECHANISM OF APPLYING THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT CODE IN THE LOCAL ACTIVITY CENTERED DEVELOPMENT, YOU KNOW, ENTITLEMENTS. IT'S ABOUT DENSITY. YOU GUYS WANT TO INCREASE THE DENSITY ALLOWED UNDER THIS. YOU'RE GOING FROM 35 TO 50 WITH SOME LANGUAGE IN HERE ABOUT POTENTIALLY GOING EVEN MORE. THAT'S REALLY WHAT'S GOING ON HERE. YOU WANT TO INCREASE THE AVAILABLE DENSITY. IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO USE THE PLAN, DEVELOPMENT, ZONING WITH THE LOCAL ACTIVITY CENTER, LAND USE. THAT'S WHAT THAT'S WHAT THIS IS DOING. DENSITY WILL GO HAND IN HAND WITH THE PROVISION OF AFFORDABLE. RIGHT. I UNDERSTAND THAT. BUT JUST STRICTLY SPEAKING, FROM WHAT IS THIS CODE AMENDMENT DOING? IT'S INCREASING DENSITY. IT'S NOT REALLY CHANGING THE MECHANISM THAT'S IN PLACE BECAUSE IT'S IN PLACE RIGHT NOW. SO 135 UNITS AN ACRE TO 50 UNITS IN ACRE, THAT'S THE CHANGE. THAT'S THE MEANINGFUL CHANGE HERE. THE REASON IS WITH THE 35 DWELLING UNIT PER ACRE FOR THE FOR THE INDIVIDUAL LOSS. AND AGAIN, THE MECHANISM DOES NOT APPLY TO INDIVIDUAL LOSS. IF YOU SEE WHAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW, IT'S ONLY THAT TRACTS OF LAND THAT ARE PART OF A MASTER PLAN, IT HAS TO BE AT LEAST TEN ACRES TO YES. AND BUT THE TEN ACRES HAS ALWAYS BEEN A PROVISION THAT COULD BE WAIVED BY THE DIRECTOR. IT CAN BE LOWER THAN THAT. YES. BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF OF THE THE LAND ITSELF. SO WHERE ALONG THIS CORRIDOR IS IT LIKELY TO BE USED? IS THERE. AND THAT'S THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO ASK ABOUT. IT'S MAINLY DEVELOPED WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THAT PARCEL THAT CAME IN LAST MONTH FOR CULVER'S RESTAURANT, UNLESS THEY'RE GOING TO REDEVELOP THE MIDWAY PLAZA, YOU KNOW, THERE'S REALLY ALMOST NOTHING CURRENTLY ANYWAY OF ANY SIZE THAT WOULD EVEN QUALIFY FOR THIS UNLESS IT GOT WAIVED AND IT WAS A LOWER, SMALLER LOT THAT WAS ALLOWED TO DO IT. WE DO HAVE APPLICANTS OR INTERESTED PARTIES DEVELOPERS REQUESTING TO HAVE MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT [00:35:07] UNDER THE PRESENT CODE. UNLESS THEY GO INTO A LARGER MASTER PLAN, THEY CANNOT FULFILL THE POTENTIAL. WHAT'S THERE ALREADY FOR THEM? FOR THE LOCAL ACTIVITY CENTER, THESE INDIVIDUAL TRACTS OF LAND. I'LL GIVE ANY EXAMPLE CHEDDARS FOR INSTANCE, IT WILL REMAIN LIKE LIKE IT IS FOR A LONG TIME UNTIL UNLESS SOMEONE, SOME DEVELOPER CAN COME AND CREATE SOMETHING FEASIBLE ECONOMICALLY FOR THEM AND AGREEABLE TO THE CITY. AT THE SAME TIME. WE DON'T. IT'S JUST NOT ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT. ONLY THEY REALLY HAVE TO COME WITH WITH WITH INGENIOUS PLANNING AND ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN TO MEET ALL THE CRITERIA SET FORTH. IT'S NOT THAT SIMPLE, JUST ANY DEVELOPMENT. IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT DENSITY IN THE IN OUR IN THE CITY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. WE ALSO HAVE A SPECIAL PROVISION FOR NINE NORTH WEST 57TH STREET TO CREATE A COMPLETE STREET AND MAIN STREET ENVIRONMENT ALONG THAT. WE ARE NOT GOING TO HAVE THIS DEVELOPMENT IGNORING THE NORTH SIDE OF OF OF RIGHT. BUT I MEAN, I WOULD JUST COUNTER THAT WITH YOUR EXAMPLES THAT YOU SHOWED IN CORAL SPRINGS AND LAUDERHILL, ALL ARE ABOUT DENSITY, THEY'RE ALL ABOUT DENSITY. AND AND PART OF THAT, THAT POINT THAT YOU'RE MAKING IS, IS A VALID ONE. YOU PUT DENSITY THERE WHERE IT'S CLOSE TO TRANSPORTATION AND WALKABLE. IT'S ALL VALID POINTS. I JUST AS I READ THIS, THIS IS MY READING OF IT JUST MYSELF IS IT'S ABOUT THE DENSITY. IT'S ABOUT INCREASING DENSITY TO ALLOW SOMEWHERE IN THIS CORRIDOR FOR PEOPLE TO GO UP TO AT LEAST 50, POSSIBLY MORE WITH BONUSES IF YOU DO AFFORDABLE HOUSING. THAT'S THE LAST THING I'LL ASK ABOUT. I WAS TRYING TO FIND IT HERE WHERE THE REFERENCES TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING, MAYBE YOU COULD THEN POINT TO THE SECTION WHERE THEY MENTIONED MY LAST. MAYBE IT'S UNDER. I MIGHT HAVE FOUND IT. POLICY CONSIDERATIONS. YES. YEAH. UNDER POLICY CONSIDERATION. AND IT'S TEN POINT BE THE EXTENT TO WHICH THE POLICY DEVELOPMENT MEETS THE POLICY OBJECTIVE OF THE CITY FOR THE PROVISION OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING AS SPECIFIED IN INCLUSIONARY ZONING OR IN ANY 17 DASH SIX ZERO, SECTION 17 SIX ZERO, AND THE INCLUSION OF ZONING POLICY OF THE STADIUM OR BROWARD COUNTY. IS THERE A PLAN TO GO IN THE DIRECTION OF INCLUSIONARY ZONING? YES, WE HAVE. WE HAVE RECEIVED A REQUEST FROM THE CITY COMMISSION, THE DIRECTOR. I THINK THAT'S THAT'S A GOOD DIRECTION TO GO IN. I THINK INCREASING THE ALLOWABLE DENSITY, IF IT RESULTS IN SOME AFFORDABLE UNITS, IS A GOOD THING FOR THE CITY. I SUPPORT THAT. I JUST I JUST WANTED TO BE CLEAR ON HOW I READ THIS. I THINK IT'S ABOUT DENSITY IN THAT CORRIDOR IS IS IN TERMS OF THE LAND USE. I GET IT. I GET I JUST I DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT DENSITY IS ACTUALLY GOING TO GO UNLESS SOMEBODY ASSEMBLES LOTS THAT ARE BIG ENOUGH TO MAKE IT. YEAH, BUT YOU DIDN'T MENTION LAUDERHILL, WHICH THAT PREVIOUS TARGET. IT'S REALLY NOT HIGH DENSITY IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT. IF YOU THINK ABOUT LET ME GO OVER THERE. I ACTUALLY THINK THAT'S OUT OF SCALE. MY PERSONALLY IS A MATTER OF THE TYPE THAT USED TO BE THE SUPER TARGET, AND I THINK THAT THAT'S JUST MY VIEW ON IT. I THINK IT'S OUT OF PLACE THERE. BUT YEAH, SO THAT'S JUST MY VIEW ON IT. BUT YOU'RE RIGHT THEY DID THE. THERE AND THEY'RE TRYING TO ACHIEVE SIMILAR THING. BUT ANYWAY THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS. THANKS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE HAVE A. SURE. RICHARD BASICALLY ASKED MOST OF THE QUESTION I WAS GOING TO ASK EXCEPT FOR THE HAVE YOU IDENTIFIED ANY LOTS ALONG THE CORRIDOR THAT SEEMS FIT FOR THIS LAC? THESE LOTS ARE ALREADY IN THE LAC. THE ONES IN BLUE THAT ARE ALREADY THE FUTURE LAND USE FOR THEM IS ALREADY LAC. MANY OF THEM ARE NOT CURRENTLY PLANNED DEVELOPMENT. THEY ARE ZONED MIXED USE, GENERAL, I BELIEVE. AND FOR THEM TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE OF THESE CHANGES THEY HAVE TO REASON. SO IT'S IT'S A MULTILATERAL PROCESS. IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN OVERNIGHT. THEY HAVE THERE'S A LOT OF PAINSTAKING PROCEDURE TO GO AND BE ABLE TO FINALLY QUALIFY. AND IT HAS TO GO THROUGH STAFF. IT HAS TO GO AGAIN THROUGH A GRC, THROUGH THE PLANNING BOARD, THROUGH THE CITY COMMISSION. IT REALLY IS THIS VERY VETTING MECHANISM THAT WILL ONLY BRING THE BEST OUT OF MANY POSSIBLE DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES. I UNDERSTAND. SO HAVE YOU BEEN GETTING ANY? YOU SAID YOU HAD A FEW REQUESTS TO FOR DEVELOPMENTS. YES. WE WANTED TO DRIVE IN FACTORS OF WE WE HAVE WE HAVE ONE IN THE IN BEING CONCURRENTLY UNDERGOING REZONING AT THIS TIME. AND IT'S FOR THE SHERIFF'S PROPERTY. [00:40:01] YES, WE DO. AND THAT THE DEVELOPMENT OF ANY COOPERATIVE, WE'RE ASKING WHATEVER WE ARE ASKING, BECAUSE AGAIN, THERE IS A LARGER PICTURE THAT WE WANT TO FILL. WE DON'T WANT TO FILL JUST ONE DEVELOPMENT. WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE THIS ALONG THIS THIS CORRIDOR AND TAKE ADVANTAGE WHAT WHAT WE SHOULD BE TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF. MY ONLY MY ONLY CONCERN OR COMMENT IS, AS YOU MENTIONED, NORTHWEST 57TH STREET TO PROTECT THE THE RESIDENTIAL. YEAH AND WE WILL COME UP OR WE ALREADY DISCUSSED THE DIRECTOR MYSELF AND STAFF WE ALREADY DISCUSSED THE 57TH STREET HAS A MEDIAN IN PLACE ALREADY. AND ANY OF THESE DEVELOPMENT WE WILL ASK THEM AS PART OF THE AGREEMENT AT FIVE OF THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT TO TO INCLUDE LANDSCAPING IN IN THAT IN THAT MEDIAN. SO WE WILL HAVE A NATURAL BUFFER, LET'S PUT IT THIS WAY, A NATURAL AND ATTRACTIVE BUFFER WHICH WILL FURTHER INCREASE THE OPPORTUNITY OF TURNING 57 STREET INTO A WALKABLE AREA, WHICH WOULD. THAT'S THE INTENTION ALL ALONG. YEAH. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. I'M GOOD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I HAVE A QUESTION. I HAVE NOTICED THAT THERE'S A BLUE BLOCK ON NORTH PINE ISLAND ROAD ON THE NORTH. WEST CORNER. IS THAT A. A LOT OF LAND THAT WE ARE THINKING TO USE IS THAT INCLUDED IN THE IN THE HIGHLIGHTED AREA? IT IS PART OF THE FUTURE LAND USE. LOCAL ACTIVITY CENTER THAT'S I THINK THAT'S THE WALMART RIGHT I'M GOING YEAH AND YOU SEE IF YOU GO TO THE ZONING MAP IT'S CURRENTLY ZONED FOR MIXED USE GENERAL. OKAY. OKAY. TRY TO REMEMBER WHAT WAS. MM HMM. LISTEN. YES. MM HMM. OKAY. I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY AGAIN. HAVING ALL THESE LOTS OF LAND DOESN'T AUTOMATICALLY QUALIFY THEM. BUT IF IF A DEVELOPMENT COMES IN THAT FULFILLS THE DESIRE OF THE CITY FOR FOR THE FUTURE LAND USE, THEN WE WILL BE ABLE TO TO DISBURSE THESE UNITS, WHICH WE CURRENTLY CAN'T FOR THEM BECAUSE IS A CITY ABLE TO ENCOURAGE A DEVELOPER TO GO SOMEWHERE LIKE THAT PLOT OF LAND THAT I POINTED OUT OPPOSED TO, LET'S SAY, THE CHEDDAR LOCATION. DOES THE CITY HAVE ANY SAY OR ARE WE INCLINED TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS AS TO WHERE THE DEVELOPMENT CAN GO OR SHOULD GO? IF LAND IS NOT OWNED BY THE CITY. AND IF FOR AGAIN, I'M GOING TO GO BACK TO CHEDDAR, CHEDDAR HAS BEEN THERE AND SOMEONE WANTS TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT LOCATION AND SOMEONE WANTS TO USE IT, A DEVELOPER, THEY CAN PRESENT A PROPOSAL. THEY CAME UP WITH A STRONG PROPOSAL THAT STAFF BELIEVES IS A VALID WAY. WE STILL ARE IN THE EARLY STAGES OF DRC, AND IF ANOTHER PARCEL OF THESE, THE OWNER OF THAT PARCEL OR AND AND THE DEVELOPER AGREE ON ON CONDITIONAL AGREEMENT IF IF IT'S GOING TO BE REAP IF THEY WERE ABLE TO REZONE IT AND ALL THAT, THEN WE WILL LOOK AT THEM ONE BY ONE. IT'S NOT GOING TO BE LIKE AN OVERALL UMBRELLA FOR ALL. WE'RE JUST GIVEN OURSELVES AND THE DEVELOPERS THE OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF SOMETHING THAT THE COUNTY GAVE US. AND WE ARE CURRENTLY KIND OF RESTRICTED ON HOW WE CAN USE IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? I JUST WANT TO PICK UP ON YOU. IDENTIFYING CHEDDARS IS COMING THROUGH THE PROCESS. YES, I I'VE GOT CONCERNS ABOUT THAT BEING DEVELOPED UNDER THESE THESE REGULATIONS. I MEAN, THE CHAIR ASKED A GOOD QUESTION ABOUT WHAT IS THE CITY'S ABLE TO DO WITH RESPECT TO DIRECTING THE TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT TO AN AREA THAT THAT'S A GOOD FIT AND THAT MAKES SENSE IF THIS GOES THROUGH AND GETS APPROVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION. AND THEN IT GETS APPLIED TO THAT SITE FOR THE DENSITY THAT'S PROPOSED THERE. JUST KEEP IN MIND, YOU MAY BE LOOKING AT AS MANY AS 50 UNITS PER ACRE ON WHAT'S A THREE ACRE SITE. THAT'S A SMALL PROPERTY FOR THAT MANY UNITS. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE SIZE OF TAMARACK VILLAGE IS IN ACREAGE, BUT I'M SURE IT'S MORE THAN THREE ACRES. OKAY. AND THAT'S GOT 400 UNITS ON IT. YEAH. SO AND THAT'S A 35 UNITS. THE MAXIMUM, I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF THEY EVEN MEET DON'T KNOW IF THEY MET THE MAXIMUM DENSITY UNDER UNDER THE CURRENT DEVELOPMENT. SO I JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT OUT THERE FOR PEOPLE TO CONSIDER THAT THE MECHANISM FOR THE CITY TO DIRECT AND CONTROL GROWTH IS WHAT YOU'RE [00:45:02] LOOKING AT HERE. IT IS THESE KIND OF REGULATIONS THAT PUT IN MOTION AND AND SET THE DIRECTION FOR WHAT A DEVELOPER CAN DO WITH PROPERTY. SO IF IT GETS APPROVED AND OBVIOUSLY WE'RE JUST RECOMMENDING HERE IS THIS GROUP, BUT IT'S THIS SORT OF THING THAT SETS A DIRECTION. SHOULD IT GET APPROVED FOR WHAT SOMEBODY CAN DO WITH PROPERTY, WHETHER IT'S CHEDDAR'S OR SOMEBODY ELSE ALONG THIS CORRIDOR? BUT YOU MENTIONED CHEDDAR'S, SO I'M MENTIONING CHEDDAR'S. YES. AND. JUST TRY TO PICTURE 50 UNITS TO AN ACRE UP TO THAT ON THAT PROPERTY, BECAUSE THAT'S POTENTIALLY WHAT COULD HAPPEN HERE. AND DO YOU FEEL OKAY ABOUT THAT? JUST SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT. AND JUST TO TAKE IT ONE STEP FURTHER, JUST TO. CAUTION AND TO CLARIFY WHAT THE MEMBER JUST STATED. SO THIS MECHANISM, AS MENTIONED BY MY HERE, IS GENERALLY NATURE. IT'S INTENDED FOR THE LOCAL ACTIVITY CENTER. AND WHAT IT DOES, IT WOULD REQUIRE ANY FUTURE DEVELOPER TO SUBMIT A REZONING APPLICATION, A SITE PLAN, THAT IT WOULD BE SPECIFIC TO THAT PROPERTY AND HEARD BY THIS BODY AS WELL AS THE CITY COMMISSION. SO THESE REGULATIONS ARE GENERAL. WHAT THE COUNTY AND THE CITY IS SAYING IS THAT THE LOCAL ACTIVITY CENTER, WHICH IS THE AREA THAT'S DEPICTED IN BLUE, IS THE AREA WHERE WE WANT TO FOCUS REDEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH IN THE CITY BECAUSE IT HAS THE INFRASTRUCTURE ALREADY, EXISTING TRANSPORTATION AND SO ON TO SUPPORT THE INTENSITY THAT'S BEING PROPOSED THERE. SO THAT'S WHY IT'S THE ONLY AREA IN THE CITY THAT HAS A POT OF DWELLING UNITS AVAILABLE. IN THE TUNE OF 1500. FOR DISBURSEMENT, WHAT WAS NOT AVAILABLE BEFORE TODAY WAS A THOROUGH MECHANISM. SO WHY TAMARACK VILLAGE WAS ABLE TO GET SOME DENSITY. THAT PD DISTRICT WAS CREATED AT THE TIME TAMARACK VILLAGE APPLICATION WAS FILED, SO THOUGHT WAS NOT PUT IN IN TERMS OF CREATING THAT MECHANISM THAT NOW HAS CRITERIA AND STANDARD TO APPLY TO SOMEONE WHO WANTS UNITS TO BE DISPERSED, WHICH NOW OF COURSE INCLUDES AFFORDABLE HOUSING AS A CONSIDERATION OR A COMPONENT. BUT I JUST WANT TO PUT IT OUT THERE SO YOU UNDERSTAND THAT THIS DOES NOT ENTITLE A DEVELOPER. WHAT WILL THEN ENTITLE A DEVELOPER IS THEIR INDIVIDUAL APPLICATION FOR A REZONING AND A SITE PLAN THAT THEN WOULD ENTITLE THEM. AND THOSE APPLICATIONS AGAIN COMES BEFORE THIS BODY AND BEFORE THE CITY COMMISSION. THANK YOU. DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? YES, MA'AM. I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. I UNDERSTAND THE PURPOSE FOR CREATING THE MECHANISM. IS IT CORRECT TO SAY THAT YOU COULD MAKE THE SAME CHANGE, CREATING THE MECHANISM, BUT KEEP THE DENSITY AT 35 INSTEAD OF 50? AND ON THE 50, IT'S UP TO 100. IF I READ THAT CORRECTLY, THAT IF YOU MEET CERTAIN CRITERIA, YOU GET AN EXTRA 50. IS THAT CORRECT OR NO? NO. SO IT DOESN'T HAVE A CAP WHERE LIFTING TO 35, YOUR INITIAL IS 50, AND THEN ANYTHING OVER THAT ALLOWS US THEN TO APPLY THE STANDARD OR THE CRITERIA WE TALKED ABOUT AND TO ENCOURAGE AFFORDABLE HOUSING. SO THE INITIAL NUMBER IS 50, WHICH IS CONSISTENT WITH MOST OF OUR MIXED USE ZONING DESIGNATION THROUGHOUT THE CITY. SO WE WANTED TO JUST START TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THAT. BUT THEN YOU COULD STILL CREATE THE MECHANISM AND KEEP IT AT 35 INSTEAD OF CHANGING IT. I UNDERSTAND THE REASON FOR CHANGING IT TO 50, BUT IF THE GOAL WAS TO CREATE THE MECHANISM, YOU COULD CREATE THE MECHANISM AND KEEP THE DENSITY AT 35. CORRECT. YEAH. BUT IT WOULDN'T BE SUPPORTIVE OF OR MOST INTENSE AREA IN THE CITY, THE LOCAL ACTIVITY CENTER. IT WOULD MEAN THEN A DEVELOPER CAN STAY WITH THE MIXED USE DESIGNATION THAT IS CURRENTLY ON THIS PROPERTY AND BUILD THAT UP TO 50 DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE. SO WE WANTED TO MATCH THAT TO BEGIN WITH. SINCE THAT'S ALREADY AVAILABLE, I THINK THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION, IT'S A MIXED USE DESIGNATION RIGHT HERE THAT GOES UP TO 50 DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE. SO THAT DEVELOPER WOULD NOT THEN BE ENCOURAGED TO REZONE WHAT NEED TO REZONE NECESSARILY, AND THEN THE CITY WOULD NOT GET THE BENEFIT OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING SHOULD THEY ASK FOR ANYTHING OVER 50. THANK YOU. OKAY. I SEE VIOLA HAS A QUESTION. YES. HOW IS THIS? HOW IS THIS GOING TO BE DIFFERENT FROM THE OTHER CITIES THAT ARE SURROUNDING US, THE OTHER SIMILAR CENTERS? HOW IS IT GOING TO BE DIFFERENT? IT'S GOING TO BE BETTER THAN WHAT THEY HAVE. IS IT GOING TO REALLY MAKE TAMARAC STAND OUT? HOW IS IT? I THINK CURRENTLY PLANTATION IS DOING A GREAT JOB BECAUSE THEY'VE ALREADY HAVE THIS MECHANISM IN PLACE, SO THEY REALLY HAVE A SAY ON WHAT FORM OF DEVELOPMENT THEY WANT, WHAT KIND OF WHAT TO FIT THEIR THE VISION OF THEIR OWN CITY. [00:50:06] IN THE CASE, OF COURSE, SPRINGS THEY THEY CREATED A PROCESS JUST FOR THE DOWNTOWN AREA, WHICH WE BASICALLY ARE DOING. HOWEVER, THEY THEY WENT OVER THE SPECIFICS THROUGH THE HEARINGS JUST FOR THAT AREA. THEY DID NOT PUT THEY DID NOT QUALIFY IT INTO THE ENTIRE LOCAL AREA ACTIVITY CENTER LIKE WE DID. WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS GET A UNIFORM SET OF STANDARDS THAT WILL APPLY TO TO THE ENTIRE AREA. AND MAXINE ALREADY MENTIONED THE 50 CAP AND THE 35 CAP. THE 35 CAP FOR FOR THE INDIVIDUAL LOTS WILL NOT MAKE IT WORTHWHILE FOR THE DEVELOPER TO GO THIS WAY, TO COME AND COME UP WITH THE CREATIVE DESIGN AND MEET OUR REQUIREMENTS. WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR. SO SOME CITIES ARE DOING BETTER THAN OTHERS. AND I SAID I GAVE A GOOD EXAMPLE WHICH IS PLANTATION AND CORE SPRINGS. IF YOU HAPPEN TO DRIVE BY THAT AREA BY SAMPLE AND UNIVERSITY, AND IF YOU CHECK THE RENDERINGS OF COMING AND THEY NOW WHAT THEY'VE ALREADY BUILT, IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE DOING A GREAT JOB AS WELL. OKAY. THANK YOU. OTHER QUESTION, THE INCREASE IS THAT BECAUSE TO ACCOMMODATE. THE DENSITY, THE ATTRACTION FOR A DEVELOPER COMING IN, YOU NEED TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF UNITS. SO THAT MEANS THE UNITS WOULD BE SMALLER OR THE DEVELOPER DOESN'T HAVE TO COME TO US AT ALL. HE CAN THEY CAN CONTINUE WITH THE MIXED USE GENERAL THEY DON'T NEED UNLESS THEY CAN COME UP WITH WITH, FOR EXAMPLE, STRUCTURE PARKING, WHICH IS NOT THAT CHEAP TO TO, TO CONSTRUCT, VERY EXPENSIVE, BUT WHICH WE AS A CITY WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE OF RATHER THAN SEE ALL THESE HUGE PARKING LOTS. SO FOR IN ORDER FOR THE DEVELOPER TO COME THIS WAY, THEY'RE GOING TO COME UP WITH A VERY HIGH END PRODUCT. IT'S NOT GOING TO BE JUST ANY DEVELOPMENT. IT'S GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT TRULY UNIQUE. NOW THE UNITS THERE, WOULD IT BE STRICTLY RENTAL UNITS OR WOULD THEY HAVE CONDO TYPE? THERE ARE THUS FAR AT THIS STAGE THAT ARE CALLED APARTMENTS, UNITS, APARTMENTS. THEY HAVE ONE BEDROOM, TWO BEDROOM AND STUDIO, SMALL APARTMENTS. AND WE HAVE NOT GONE INTO THIS BECAUSE, AGAIN, WE ARE IN THE EARLY STAGES OF THE RC, BUT BEFORE WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH IT, WE NEED. WE NEED THIS AMENDMENT TO BE ABLE TO DIRECT IT THE WAY WE WANT TO AT THE SAME TIME MAKE IT WORTHWHILE FOR THE DEVELOPER. SO IT'S IT'S IT'S BOTH THE CITY AND THE DEVELOPER WILL FIND COMMON GROUND AND CREATE NEW DEVELOPMENT, NEW OPPORTUNITIES BY USING THIS MECHANISM, BUT THEY DON'T HAVE TO. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY. IT LOOKS LIKE WE'VE ASKED ASK ALL OF OUR QUESTIONS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. DO WE HAVE ANYONE IN THE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT OR SAY ANYTHING? WE'RE NOW OPENING THE FLOOR FOR THE PUBLIC. OK. THERE'S NO QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC. WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND CLOSE IT BEFORE WE MAKE OUR VOTE. CAN YOU SHOW THE THE THE IMAGE WITH THE COUNTY MAP, PLEASE? I JUST WANTED TO TAKE ONE MORE LOOK AT THAT. OK. THANK YOU. CAN YOU LEAVE THAT THERE FOR ME FOR A COUPLE OF SECONDS? I JUST WANT TO MAKE A COMPARISON HERE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE AND WE'RE GOING TO APPROVE AS THE, AS A RECOMMENDATION TO AMEND SECTION 10-2.5, ENTITLED THE PLAN DEVELOPING DISTRICT TO REMOVE DENSITY CAP LIMITS FROM THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT ZONING DISTRICT DESIGNATION AND CREATING SECTION 10-2.5 C TO ESTABLISH LOCAL ACTIVITY CENTER AND DISBURSEMENT GUIDELINES TO ALLOW FOR DISBURSEMENT OF RESIDENTIAL UNITS FROM THE AVAILABLE UNITS WITH AN [INAUDIBLE] ACTIVITY CENTER IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CITY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE ? AGAIN, I'M ASKING FOR A MOTION TO VOTE, TO APPROVE. I MOVE TO APPROVE. THANK YOU. SECOND. THANK YOU. [00:55:21] MOTION TO MAKE A FAVORABLE RECOMMENDATION TO THE CITY COMMISSION PASSED 6 TO 0. THANK YOU. NEXT ITEM, ITEM EIGHT B TEMPORARY ORDER [8.b TO 2521 - An ordinance of the City commission of the City of Tamarac, Florida liftingthe zoning in progress on new medical marijuana dispensary facilities by amending Chapter 10, Article 3, of the City of Tamarac Land Development Code, entitled “UseRegulations”, amending Section 10-3.2, entitled “Table of Allowed Uses”, byspecifically amending Table 10-3.1, entitled “Allowed Uses” to prohibit medicalmarijuana dispensing facilities in all zoning districts by instituting a ban within theboundaries of the City of Tamarac in accordance with Florida Statutes 381.986(11);providing for codification; providing for conflicts; providing for severability; andproviding for an effective date.] 2521. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC, FLORIDA. LIFTING THE ZONING IN PROGRESS ON NEW MARIJUANA EXCUSE ME NEW MEDICAL MARIJUANA DISPENSARY FACILITIES BY AMENDING CHAPTER SEVEN, ARTICLE THREE OF THE CITY OF TAMARACK LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE ENTITLED USE REGULATIONS AMENDING SECTION 10-3.2 ENTITLED TABLE OF ALLOW USES EXCUSE ME BY SPECIFICALLY AMENDING TABLE DASH 3.1 ENTITLED ALLOWED USES TO PROHIBIT MEDICAL MARIJUANA DISPENSARY FACILITIES IN ALL ZONING DISTRICTS BY INSTITUTING A BAND WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE CITY OF TAMARACK IN ACCORDANCE WITH FLORIDA STATUTES. 381.986, SUBSECTION 11, PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION, PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WE'LL, FIRST HEAR FROM STAFF. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE RECORD. AND JOHNSON, SENIOR PLANNER, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT. AS INDICATED BY THE ITEMS TITLE. THE TEXT AMENDMENT BEING BROUGHT BEFORE YOU TODAY IS AN AMENDMENT TO BAN MEDICAL MARIJUANA. FUTURE MEDICAL MARIJUANA FACILITIES WITHIN THE CITY OF TAMARACK. JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF THE HISTORY, AS YOU'RE AWARE, BOARD, A NUMBER OF ITERATIONS OF AMENDMENTS HAVE COME BEFORE YOU. AND SO JUST TO DO A QUICK RECAP, IT WAS IN SEPTEMBER 2022 THAT A TEXT AMENDMENT WAS BROUGHT BEFORE YOU TO AMEND THE CODE TO ALLOW THE MEDICAL MARIJUANA FACILITIES AND THE PHARMACIES AS A SPECIAL EXCEPTION. IN DECEMBER 2022, ANOTHER AMENDMENT WAS BROUGHT FORTH DUE TO THE CONCENTRATION OF THOSE FACILITIES WITHIN THE CITY'S CORRIDORS. SO THAT'S WHEN WE WENT THROUGH THOSE MAPS. WE DID THE GEOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS AND WE STARTED TO NOTE THAT THERE WERE A NUMBER OF FACILITIES THAT WERE BEING LOCATED WITHIN A VERY SMALL AREA OF RADIUS OF LESS THAN FOUR MILES WITHIN THE CITY'S CORRIDORS. SO A SECOND TEXT AMENDMENT WAS BROUGHT FORTH TO YOU. HOWEVER, WHEN THAT TEXT AMENDMENT WAS PRESENTED BEFORE THE CITY COMMISSION, IT WAS ALSO THEIR CONCERNS AS WELL OF THE CLUSTERING OF THOSE FACILITIES WITHIN THE CITY'S CORRIDORS. AND AT THAT POINT, TAMARACK HAD ALREADY HAD THREE MEDICAL MARIJUANA FACILITIES PENDING THAT HAD BEEN APPROVED. SO AFTER RECEIVING FURTHER FEEDBACK FROM THE CITY COMMISSION, FROM THAT PROPOSED TEXT AMENDMENT, THE RECOMMENDATION WAS MADE TO INSTITUTE THE ZONING IN PROGRESS. AND THIS ZONING IN PROGRESS WAS PUT IN PLACE TO ALLOW STAFF THE OPPORTUNITY TO DRAFT THIS TEXT AMENDMENT THAT'S BEING BROUGHT BEFORE YOU TODAY TO GO AHEAD AND BAN THOSE FACILITIES, THE NEW FACILITIES WITHIN THE CITY OF TAMARACK. SO ON JANUARY 12, 2023, THE ZONING IN PROGRESS THAT I PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED WAS INSTITUTED FOR 60 DAYS TO GIVE STAFF SUFFICIENT TIME TO AMEND THE CODE TO INSTITUTE THE BAN. THIS BAN IS PERMITTED UNDER FLORIDA STATUTE 381986, SUBSECTION 11, GIVING LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES THIS AUTHORITY TO DO SO. AND THEN AS A RESULT OF THAT, THE CITY AT ITS DISCRETION WOULD HAVE THE ABILITY TO LIFT THE BAN IN THE FUTURE IF IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE CITY WOULD LIKE TO REINTRODUCE THE USE BACK INTO THE CITY. SO THE THE PROPOSED ALLOWED USES CHART IS SHOWN ON THE SCREEN BEFORE YOU TODAY. SO THIS ORDINANCE WOULD ESSENTIALLY LIFT THE ZONING IN PROGRESS THAT IS IN PLACE RIGHT NOW. AND YOU WOULD SEE IN THE RED TEXT IT WOULD BE STRUCK THROUGH ON THE ALLOWED USE THIS TABLE IN EVERY ZONING DISTRICT WHERE IT IS CURRENTLY PERMITTED, EITHER AS A SPECIAL EXCEPTION OR AN ACCESSORY USE. THE EXISTING MEDICAL MARIJUANA FACILITIES WITHIN THE CITY WOULD NOW BE CLASSIFIED AS LEGAL NONCONFORMING USES, PROVIDED THAT THEY MAINTAIN A VALID CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY AND ALSO THEIR BUSINESS TAX RECEIPT. THIS PARTICULAR AMENDMENT IS ALSO IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE CITY STRATEGIC PLAN. [01:00:03] THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT SUPPORTS GOAL NUMBER FOUR, WHERE TAMARACK IS VIBRANT BY ADDRESSING THE REGULATION OF NONRESIDENTIAL USES AND THEIR IMPACT ON THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY. THEREFORE, IT IS THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT THAT A PLANNING BOARD FORWARD A FAVORABLE RECOMMENDATION TO THE CITY COMMISSION TO LIFT THE ZONING IN PROGRESS BY AMENDING CHAPTER TEN, ARTICLE THREE OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE, ENTITLED USE REGULATIONS BY AMENDING SUBSECTION TEN DASH 3.2. THE TABLE OF ALLOWED USES BY SPECIFICALLY AMENDING TABLE TEN. DASH 3.1 ENTITLED EXCUSE ME ENTITLED ALLOW USES TO PROHIBIT MEDICAL MARIJUANA DISPENSARY FACILITIES IN ALL ZONING DISTRICTS BY INSTITUTING A BAN WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC IN ACCORDANCE WITH FLORIDA STATUTES. 381986 SUBSECTION 11 ON FIRST READING AT ITS FEBRUARY 8TH, 2023 MEETING AND ON SECOND READING AT ITS FEBRUARY 22ND, 2023 MEETING. AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. I'LL BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU. I'M NOT SURE HOW TO HANDLE THIS. IF I NEED TO EXCUSE MYSELF. DO I STOP THE MEETING, OR SHOULD I JUST GO? LIKE, HOW CAN I BE FOR. EXCUSE ME. CAN WE TAKE A FIVE MINUTE RECESS, PLEASE? OKAY. SO RECESS BEING REQUESTED. NOT A PROBLEM. OKAY. SO I THINK WHERE WE LEFT OFF HERE WAS WERE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? WE'RE TAKING A FIVE MINUTE RECESS. OH, OH IS RECESS? YES. NEVER MIND. SORRY. OKAY. THANK YOU. IS EVERYONE HERE? NO. YES. I THINK SHE'LL BE OKAY. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. IT'S. WE'LL RESUME. IT'S 10:08. WE LEFT OFF WITH QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD REGARDING THE STAFF PRESENTATION. DOES ANYONE HAVE QUESTIONS? IF I MAY CHAIR. THE ITEM THAT IS BEING PRESENTED BEFORE YOU TODAY DOES EXEMPT THE APPLICANT THAT IS HERE. THE APPLICANT DID FILE AN APPLICATION PRIOR TO THE INSTITUTING OF THE ZONING IN PROGRESS. SO THE APPLICATION THAT YOU WILL HEAR AFTER THIS, THAT APPLICANT DOES HAVE THE ABILITY TO PRESENT THEIR APPLICATION AND THE INSTITUTED ZONING IN PROGRESS WOULD NOT BE APPLICABLE TO THEIR CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION. BEFORE WE HEAR FROM THE BOARD, LET'S HEAR I BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE A FEW PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK, SO LET'S HEAR FROM THEM FIRST BEFORE WE HEAR FROM THE BOARD. NOW THE FLOOR IS OPEN FOR THE PUBLIC TO SPEAK. I HAVE A LIST OF FOUR PEOPLE BEGINNING WITH MR. HATCHER. ARE YOU PRESENT, MR. HATCHER, PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM AND SPEAK. GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. GOOD MORNING. I BELIEVE THIS MIGHT BE A BUTTON AND FEEL FREE TO PRESS. NOW HE'S SPEAKING ON ITEM 2521. THIS IS THE ITEM YOU WANT TO SPEAK ON, CORRECT? YES. YES, THE CORRECT ONE. GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. MY NAME IS JEFFREY HATCHER. I'M A RESIDENT OF TAMARACK IN MANNA PARK. I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT TO THIS BOARD. I HOPE YOU GUYS TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION NOT TO PASS THIS. WE BUILT OUR HOMES THERE WITH THE NOTION OF THIS GOING TO BE A VERY NICE COMMUNITY AND TO HAVE A MARIJUANA DISPENSARY IN OUR BACKYARD. IT'S AN INSULT. WE HAVE KIDS. THIS IS GOING TO CREATE A LOT OF FOOT TRAFFIC. EXCUSE ME, SIR. ARE YOU REFERRING TO THE NEXT I GUESS IT'S THE NEXT APPLICATION OR THE OTHER WAY THEY WANT TO PUT THE DISPENSARY IN? OR ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE ORDINANCE THAT THE CITY WANTS TO PASS TO BAN THEM? SURE. YOU SPEAK ON THAT. YES, THAT'S OKAY. I MEAN, YOU'LL BE YOU'LL BE ABLE TO COME UP IN A COUPLE OF MINUTES. OKAY. MY APOLOGIES. IT SAYS HERE THAT YOU WERE TO SPEAK FOR THIS THIS ITEM. IT. I UNDERSTAND. I UNDERSTAND, THOUGH IT'S OK. MY APOLOGIZES AS WELL. SO LET ME CLARIFY. I HAVE MR. HAYWOOD, MISS MIRACLE. ARE YOU SPEAKING ON THIS ITEM OR THE NEXT ITEM? AND THEN MR. DAVENPORT, OUR NEXT ONE AS WELL. OKAY. OK JUST WANT TO CLARIFY. WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE'LL HEAR FROM THE BOARD NOW. [01:05:03] JUST QUICK, QUICK. COULD YOU GO TO THE CHART THAT YOU HAD UP HERE THAT SHOWS THE STRIKETHROUGH, I THINK ON YES. WILL IT ALSO APPLY TO PHARMACIES NOW THAT THEY WOULD BE PROHIBITED AS WELL, SINCE YOU HAVE TO TREAT THE TWO THE SAME? NO, THIS THE WAY THAT THE STATUTE IS WRITTEN ALLOWS CITIES TO SPECIFICALLY BAN MARIJUANA, MEDICAL MARIJUANA FACILITIES. OKAY. THANKS. THANK YOU. ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? YES. SO WHAT ZONING WILL THEY BE ALLOWED TO BE IN? THEY WILL NO LONGER BE PERMITTED IN THIS CITY. SO ANY NEW DISPENSARIES? AGAIN, ASIDE FROM THE AYR APPLICATION THAT YOU WILL HEAR FROM TODAY, BECAUSE THEY DID SUBMIT BEFORE THE INSTITUTION OF THE ZONING IN PROGRESS WAS IN PLACE. BUT ANY FUTURE FACILITIES WOULD NOT BE PERMITTED WITHIN THE CITY. SO IN YOUR ZONING IN PROGRESS RESEARCH, WHAT WAS THE FINDINGS? SO WITHOUT HAVING MY CHART AVAILABLE, WHAT I CAN TELL YOU IS THAT THE CITY OF DEERFIELD BEACH HAS EIGHT MEDICAL MARIJUANA DISPENSARIES WITHIN THEIR MUNICIPAL BOUNDARIES. THEY ARE NUMBER ONE IN BROWARD COUNTY. THEY HAVE THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF DISPENSARIES. THE CITY OF DEERFIELD BEACH IS ABOUT 16 SQUARE MILES. AND THEY HAVE A POPULATION THAT'S MAYBE ABOUT 15,000 MORE THAN WE DO. TAMARAC WAS ON TRACK TO BE NUMBER TWO IN BROWARD COUNTY. SO WITH THE AYR WELLNESS APPLICATION, SHOULD IT BE APPROVED, THAT WOULD MAKE US WE WOULD HAVE FIVE. AND SO WE WOULD BE NUMBER TWO IN BROWARD COUNTY. WE WOULD HAVE THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF DISPENSARIES. DESPITE OUR SMALLER SIZE, WE'RE ONLY 12 SQUARE MILES AND WE HAVE A POPULATION OF ABOUT 70,000. THE CITY OF FORT LAUDERDALE, WHICH IS MUCH LARGER THAN WHAT WE ARE AT THIS TIME ON THE RECORD, WAS REGISTERED WITH THE STATE. THEY ONLY HAVE FOUR. SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE GEOGRAPHIC SIZE OF FORT LAUDERDALE, YOU LOOK AT THE POPULATION OF FORT LAUDERDALE, THEY ONLY HAVE FOUR. AND THE CITY OF TAMARACK, GIVEN OUR GEOGRAPHIC SIZE AND GIVEN OUR POPULATION, WE WILL HAVE FIVE. SO, YOU KNOW, JUST GIVING THOSE PARAMETERS. AND AS FAR AS WHERE WE SAW THE USES WERE CONTINUING TO CLUSTER, I THINK IT WAS THE CONSENSUS OF THE BOARD AND THE COMMISSION THAT TAMARACK IS PROBABLY AT ITS SUFFICIENT LIMIT FOR ADEQUATE LOCATIONS OF THE USE. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS IN OUR QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? NO. OKAY. I THINK WE'RE READY TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. CAN I HAVE A MOTION FROM THE BOARD TO APPROVE, PLEASE? I MOTION TO APPROVE. I SECONDED. MOTION TO MAKE A FAVORABLE RECOMMENDATION TO THE CITY COMMISSION PASSED 6 TO 0. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT ITEM UP IS ITEM NINE, A TEMPORARY BOARD ORDER 69 BOARD ORDER [9.a TBO 69 - Board Order approving Special Exception application for Q19 FashionHouse, LLC located at 3878-3884 W Commercial Blvd., Tamarac, FL 33009, to allowfor the use of a modified one (1) story, three-thousand six-hundred and thirty-eightsquare feet (3,638 sq. ft.) leased space for a hall for hire within an existing plaza inthe MU-C (Mixed-Use Corridor) zoning district, pursuant to the Tamarac Code ofOrdinances.] APPROVING SPECIAL EXCEPTION APPLICATION FOR Q 19 FASHION HOUSE, LLC, LOCATED AT 3878 THROUGH 3884 WEST COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD, TAMARAC, FLORIDA 33009 TO ALLOW FOR THE USE OF A MODIFIED ONE STORY 3638 SQUARE FOOT LEASED SPACE FOR A HALT FOR HIRE WITHIN AN EXISTING MIXED USE CORRIDOR ZONING DISTRICT PURSUANT TO TAMARACK CODE OF ORDINANCE. WE'LL NOW HEAR FROM THE APPLICANT. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. MY NAME IS WILLIAM DILLY. I AM COUNSEL FOR 19 BANQUET HALL. YEP. HEAR ME NOW. LET'S GET CLOSER. NO. THE GREEN LIGHT WILL COME ON IN THOSE THINGS WHEN YOU PRESS IT. NOW THERE'S A. CAN SOMEONE SHOW IT? IT'S ON. THEY'RE COMING TO HELP YOU. IT'S ON TESTING. ONE, TWO, THREE. I GUESS I'LL JUST SPEAK LOUDER. ALL RIGHT. GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. MY NAME IS WILLIAM DILLEY. I AM COUNSEL FOR Q 19 BANQUET HALL. THIS IS MR. BRUCE LASIERRE WITH US TODAY. OUR GOAL IS TO BE APPROVED FOR A HALL FOR HIRE IN A MIXED USE CORRIDOR ZONING DISTRICT. THE VISION FOR Q 19 BANQUET HALL IS TO PROVIDE A CONTEMPORARY AND UPSCALE BANQUET HALL FOR THE RESIDENTS OF TAMARAC WITH UNIQUE ARCHITECTURAL DETAILS. MODERN DESIGN. WE WANT TO BE HOSTING WEDDING RECEPTIONS, ANNIVERSARY BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS, CHARITY EVENTS, FUNDRAISING EVENTS, NETWORKING EVENTS. [01:10:09] AND WE SAY HERE BY TAMARACK FOR TAMARACK ARE TWO PRINCIPLES OF OUR COMPANY. BRUCE LEDGER AND SHANE SCHRÖDER BOTH ACTUALLY ALREADY HAVE BUSINESSES IN THAT PLAZA. BRUCE HAS A BARBER SHOP, BARBER SHOP, WHICH IS RIGHT NEXT DOOR, AND SHANE SCHROEDER HAS WHAT'S CALLED A SHANE JUSTIN COLLECTION IS A FASHION BOUTIQUE RIGHT DOWN IN THE SAME PLAZA AS WELL. AND AGAIN, THE PROJECT IS AN EXISTING VACANT SPACE OF FOUR BAYS. IT WAS AT ONE POINT IN TIME A MEDICAL OFFICE. THERE'S ABOUT 3600 SQUARE FEET TOTAL, 4500 OPEN FLOOR SPACE AND NINE SLATE PRIVATE AREAS, WHICH ACTUALLY WERE THE EXAM ROOMS FROM THE PRIOR USE. THERE WOULD BE A BUFFET AND BAR AREA RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE AND THAT WOULD BE CATERED TO ONLY THERE'D BE NO FOOD BEING PREPARED OR PROVIDED BY THE HALL NOR ALCOHOL OR ANYTHING ELSE. AGAIN, THERE'S A CUSTOM EPOXY FLOORING AND THERE ARE NO EXTERNAL MODIFICATIONS FOR THE PROJECTS. YOU CAN SEE SOME PHOTOS HERE ON THE RIGHT THAT IS THE CUSTOM EPOXY FLOORING AND SOME OF THE INTERIOR RENOVATIONS ALREADY COMPLETED. IN THE MIDDLE THAT IS ONE OF THE SEMI-PRIVATE AREAS. AND ON THE LEFT IS THE BAR AND BUFFET AREA. HOURS OPERATION MONDAY TO FRIDAY, 6 TO 2 A.M., SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. IF THERE'S AN EVENT THAT WOULD BE THERE IN A DAY, BE 10 TO 2 A.M.. AS FAR AS SAFETY OF PATIENTS IN THE COMMUNITY, THERE WILL BE SECURITY PROVIDED FOR EVERY EVENT IS HOSTED ON SITE. THERE WILL BE A CERTIFIED CROWD MANAGER ON SITE AT ALL TIMES TO ENSURE THAT ANY EMERGENCY OCCURS, THAT THE PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO GET OUT, YOU KNOW, APPROPRIATELY. AND AGAIN, THERE WILL BE NO COOKING OR FOOD PREP ON SITE, NO OVERNIGHT FOOD OR BEVERAGE STORAGE OR FOOD OR ALCOHOL SALES. THERE MAY BE A BEVERAGE ALCOHOL BEVERAGE LICENSE OBTAINED IN THE FUTURE, BUT FOR THE TIME BEING IT WOULD BE NONE SOLD THERE. THE PROJECT SITE IS 38, 78, 38, 84 WEST COMMERCIAL TO GALLERY EAST BUILDING. IF YOU LOOK AT THE PHOTO ON THE LEFT, IT WOULD BE THE FOUR BAYS ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THAT PICTURE. THERE ARE TWO BUILDINGS ON THE DEVELOPMENT, ABOUT ACRE AND A HALF TOTAL ZONED, MIXED USE COMMERCIAL. AND AGAIN, THE IMMEDIATE NEIGHBORS ARE MR. BRUCE'S BARBERSHOP, A NAIL SALON AND UPSTAIRS EXECUTIVE SUITES. THE SITE HAS 110 PARKING SPACES PER THE CODE 19 ARE REQUIRED. NO OTHER TENANT IN THE PLAZAS OPEN PAST 8 P.M.. MOST ARE CLOSED BY SIX. THERE'S MULTIPLE INGRESS, EGRESS POINTS FROM COMMERCIAL AND SIDE STREETS. SO WE ANTICIPATE NO ISSUE WITH PARKING OR WITH INCREASED TRAFFIC IN THE PLAZA. AND IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, AGAIN, THIS IS THE INTERSECTION OF 441 AND COMMERCIAL TO THE NORTH IS COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD AND THEN EXTENDS TO AMERICA HOTEL TO THE EAST IS A OFFICE BUILDING, LITIGATION SUPPORT TO THE WEST, WALGREENS AND TO THE SOUTH IS A INDUSTRIAL PARK. AND THEN ABOUT 500 FEET BEHIND THAT IS A RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY. AND AGAIN, THE REQUEST IS TO ALLOW FOR SPECIAL EXCEPTIONS TO OPERATE A HALL FOR HIRE IN A MIXED USE CORRIDOR DISTRICT. THESE IS CONSISTENT WITH STANDARDS OF APPROVAL OF LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE, AND IT'S SUPPORTED BY THE CITY'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN, WHICH CALLS FOR THE CREATION OF ENVIRONMENTS SUPPORTING SMALL BUSINESS AND ENTREPRENEURS. AND THANK YOU. AND ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. IS THE BUSINESS IS CURRENTLY OPERATING. IT IS NOT. WE'RE WAITING FOR YOU GUYS IN JUST TO FINISH UP. WE HAVE A BUILDING PERMIT IN PROCESS WHICH OBVIOUSLY WILL BE CLOSED OUT BEFORE WE OPERATE. OKAY. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? VIOLA. WELL, THE FOOD THAT WILL BE NEEDED FOR THE LOCATION, IT HAS TO BE CATERED AND BROUGHT IN. THAT'S CORRECT, MA'AM. THERE WOULD BE CATERING COMPANIES THAT WERE COOK IT OFF SITE AND THEN BRING IT IN FOR THE EVENTS. ALL RIGHT. ON THE PARKING SPACE, YOU SAID THAT THERE WAS ONLY 110. THERE ARE 110 IN THE DEVELOPMENT. AND PER THE CODE, 19 ARE REQUIRED FOR THIS USE. WOULD THAT BE ENOUGH PARKING SPACE FOR A CATERED EVENT IF. . WELL, THE SPACE ITSELF, I BELIEVE, BY FIRE CODE IS ONLY ALLOWED TO HAVE UNDER 100 PEOPLE. SO WE FIGURE TWO PER CAR. THAT'S SO YOU WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO CATER FOR MORE THAN 100 PEOPLE. WE CAN CATER FOR WHATEVER THE FIRE CODE ALLOWS US TO HAVE INSIDE CAPACITY OCCUPANCY. KNOW WHAT THAT MIGHT BE? WHAT'S THAT? DO WE KNOW WHAT? I BELIEVE IT IS UNDER 100, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN. OKAY. HEY. [01:15:05] FOR, I KNOW YOU SAID THAT THE FIRE CODE REQUIRES 100 PEOPLE, BUT FOR 3600 SQUARE FEET. RIGHT. AND DID HE DO THE PARKING ANALYSIS? YES. AND PER THE CODE, IT REQUIRES 19 SPACES. 19. I OFTEN QUESTION MAXINE THE SPECIAL EXCEPTION AFTER BECAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE HE ALREADY BEEN DOING SOME WORK AT THE PROPERTY. WHAT'S THE PROCESS FOR THE SPECIAL EXCEPTION? SO THEN YOU COME BEFORE THE YEAH, SO OFTEN TIME AND THIS IS NOT UNUSUAL, SOMEONE MIGHT FILE AN APPLICATION FOR A SAFETY OR AN INTERIOR BUILD OUT PERMIT. ZONING IS A REVIEW DISCIPLINE THAT LOOKS AT THAT APPLICATION. AND WHEN WE LOOK AT IT, WE LOOK TO SEE WHETHER IT MEETS THE ZONING CODE. AND SO CHRISTIAN MIGHT HAVE GIVEN A COMMENT THAT SAYS THIS USE REQUIRES A SPECIAL EXCEPTION, SO THAT WILL HALT THE APPLICANT AND THEN THEY WOULD HAVE TO APPLY FOR THE SPECIAL EXCEPTION. SO IT'S ONE WAY WE IDENTIFY WHAT NEEDS TO COME BEFORE PUBLIC HEARING AND WE FLAG IT. BUT IT'S NOT UNUSUAL. IT'S IT'S TYPICAL. OKAY. I JUST WAS QUESTIONING THE SEQUENCE. I THINK THAT'S IT FOR ME. THANK YOU. ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? I JUST HAVE A CLARIFICATION. I SAW IN THE BACK UP HERE THAT SAID THAT IT'S CURRENTLY ON THE FIRST FLOOR. SO IT'S THERE, THE BUSINESS IS THERE? THE SPACE IS THERE. AND THERE'S BEEN AGAIN, PERMITS WERE APPLIED FOR AND WORK HAS BEEN UNDER. IT SAYS HERE THE Q 19 BANQUET HALL IS CURRENTLY ON THE FIRST FLOOR OF A TWO STORY SUITE ON THE EASTERN SECTION OF THE PLAZA. I SHOULD SAY THE SPACE THAT WE INTEND TO OPERATE THE Q 19 BANQUET HALL IN IS ON THE FIRST FLOOR OF THE. . OKAY, SO IT'S OKAY, SO THIS IS WORDED MAYBE WHAT'S GOING TO BE CORRECT? CORRECT. YEAH. THERE'S BEEN NO OPERATION. IT'S NOT OPEN. THERE'S NO CO THERE'S NO APPROVALS OF ANYTHING AT THIS POINT IN TIME. WHAT'S THE PROCESS FOR THE BUSINESS GETTING A LIQUOR LICENSE IF THEY'RE GOING TO WANT ONE, WE WOULD HAVE TO APPLY WITH THE STATE. AND I BELIEVE I GUESS THAT'S A QUESTION MORE TO THE CITY. YES. IS THERE IS IT ALLOWED THERE? I MEAN, IS THE CITY GET INVOLVED IN THAT? YES, WE ARE AN APPROVING AGENCY WHEN LIQUOR LICENSE IS APPLIED FOR. YES. OKAY. OKAY. RIGHT. RIGHT. I UNDERSTAND. TO BE SEPARATE. OKAY. THAT'S IT. THANKS. THANK YOU. DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION? OKAY. VIOLA? YEAH. THE OTHER OCCUPANTS, THE OTHER BUSINESSES IN THE AREA ARE. THEY'VE BEEN SPOKEN TO, AND THEY'RE OKAY WITH THAT. THIS WENT OUT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT AND PUBLIC NOTIFICATION WENT OUT. BUT AGAIN, THE IMMEDIATE NEIGHBOR IS MR. LAZIERRE'S BARBERSHOP, RIGHT NEXT DOOR. AND THE EXECUTIVE SPACE UPSTAIRS IS ALSO WHERE BECAUSE HE'S AN OFFICE THERE AS WELL. THE IDEA IS TO THEY WOULD NEVER BE OPERATING AT THE SAME TIME. SO THAT'S THERE HAS BEEN NO OBJECTION FROM THE OTHER LEASES. NOT YET. BUT IF THE BOARD APPROVES US TODAY, BEFORE WE GO BEFORE THE COMMISSION, THE PUBLIC WILL BE NOTIFIED, HAS BEEN NOTIFIED AND OPPORTUNITY TO OBJECT. OKAY. I DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT THE GENTLEMAN BEFORE US, BUT I HAVE HEARD ABOUT THE DESIGNER AND I'VE HEARD THAT HE'S PRETTY POPULAR IN SOUTH FLORIDA AND HAS GREAT DESIGNS. SO I IMAGINE HE WILL ATTRACT A CROWD. THAT WILL BE PLEASANT TO THE COMMUNITY. I GUESS THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY. DO WE HAVE A MOTION? THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU, MA'AM. BEFORE WE GO ON WITH THE MOTION, DOES ANYONE ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE HAVE ANY COMMENTS? QUESTIONS? LIKE I SAY ANYTHING. OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO CLOSE THE FLOOR TO THE PUBLIC COMMENTS. AND IT SOUNDS LIKE THE BOARD HAS ASKED ALL THEIR QUESTIONS. DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO MOVE FORWARD AND APPROVE? YES, MOTION TO APPROVE. MOTION TO MAKE A FAVORABLE RECOMMENDATION TO THE CITY COMMISSION PASSED WITH CONDITIONS INDICATED BY STAFF, 6TO 0. WELCOME TO THE CITY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHTY. NEXT ITEM UP IS ITEM EIGHT, EXCUSE ME, 9 B, TEMPORARY BOARD ORDER 68 BOARD ORDER [9.b TBO 68 - Board Order denying Special Exception application for AYR CannabisDispensary located at 5100 West Commercial Boulevard, Suites 13 & 14, Tamarac,Florida 33319, for the use of a modified one (1) story, two-thousand six-hundred andeighty-five square feet (2,685 sq.ft.) leased space for a Medical Marijuana Dispensarywithin an existing plaza in the NC (Neighborhood Commercial) zoning district,pursuant to the Tamarac Code of Ordinances.] [01:20:10] DENYING SPECIAL EXCEPTION APPLICATION FOR AYR CANNABIS DISPENSARY LOCATED AT 5100 WEST COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD SUITES 13 AND 14 TAMARACK, FLORIDA. 33319 FOR THE USE OF MODIFIED ONE STORY 2685 SQUARE FEET LEASED SPACE FOR MEDICAL DISPENSARY WITHIN AN EXISTING PLAZA IN THE NORTH COMMERCIAL EXCUSE ME NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICT PURSUANT TO TAMARACK CODE OF ORDINANCE. WE'LL HEAR FROM THE APPLICANT FIRST. GOOD MORNING, CHAIR CLAIRE. GOOD MORNING. PLANNING BOARD, CITY STAFF. I HAVE THREE LETTERS OF SUPPORT THAT I'D LIKE TO SUBMIT TO THE RECORD. SURE, PLEASE. OH. GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS DANIEL SPARKS. I'M APPEARING ON BEHALF OF AYR CANNABIS DISPENSARY. REGARDING OUR SPECIAL EXCEPTION APPLICATION AT 5100 WEST COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD. SO REGARDING THE REVIEW STANDARDS OF THE SPECIAL EXCEPTION PROCESS IN OUR JUSTIFICATION LETTER, WHICH I WILL REFER TO IN BRIEF, WE WILL MEET, IF NOT ALREADY, MEET, ALL OF THE REVIEW STANDARDS. SO REGARDING CONSISTENCY WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, THE PROPOSED USE OF A MEDICAL MARIJUANA DISPENSARY WILL BE COMPLIMENTARY TO THE AREA AND TO THE CITY AND WILL PROVIDE COMMERCIAL OPPORTUNITIES IN LINE WITH THE EXISTING GOALS OF THE COMMERCIAL FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION OF NEIGHBORHOOD, COMMERCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. THE PROPOSED USE WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE VARIETY OF MEDICAL SERVICES AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, PATIENT ACCESS THAT'S AVAILABLE WITHIN THE CITY AND TO THE RESIDENTS OF BROWARD COUNTY AND SURROUNDING AREAS. REGARDING COMPLYING WITH APPLICABLE ZONING, DISTRICT USE AND DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS OF THE CODE. THIS AREA IS ZONED NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL. WE PREVIOUSLY RECEIVED ZONING VERIFICATION LETTER STATING THAT WE WERE PREVIOUSLY PERMITTED BY RIGHT. OF COURSE WE KNOW THAT THE ORDINANCE HAS CHANGED AND IS NOW REQUIRES SPECIAL EXCEPTION APPROVAL. THE PROPOSED USE IS IN LINE WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL POLICIES AND WILL MEET ALL APPLICABLE SITE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS AS IT IS AN ADAPTIVE REUSE OF AN EXISTING BUILDING. THERE WILL BE NO SITE DEVELOPMENT OR EXPANSION OF THE CURRENT PLAZA WHERE THIS PROPOSED USE WOULD WOULD BE OPERATING. THE NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICT IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE PRIMARILY SMALL SCALE RETAIL AND PERSONAL SERVICE AND LOW INTENSITY OFFICE AND INSTITUTIONAL USES TO MEET THE NEIGHBORHOOD SHOPPING AND SERVICE NEEDS OF SURROUNDING RESIDENTIAL AREAS. THERE ARE 90,000 PATIENTS, THE MEDICAL MARIJUANA PATIENTS WITHIN BROWARD COUNTY AND THEY WOULD BE PROVIDED. WITH ACCESS TO MEDICINE THAT ALTHOUGH DISPENSARIES ARE AKIN TO PHARMACIES IN STATE STATUTE AND IN LOCAL ORDINANCES. THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE MEDICINES THAT ARE AVAILABLE FROM ONE DISPENSING FACILITY TO THE NEXT. IF YOU IF A PATIENT OR A CUSTOMER WALKS INTO A CVS OR A WALGREENS, THE MEDICATIONS AND DRUGS THAT ARE AVAILABLE ARE THE SAME IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA VERSUS ANOTHER STATE VERSUS ANYWHERE ELSE. THAT IS VERY DIFFERENT AND DISTINCT TO THE MEDICAL MARIJUANA PROGRAM IN FLORIDA. ALTHOUGH IT WAS IT WAS SPOKEN ABOUT REGARDING CLUSTERING. THE PROPOSED LOCATION AT 5100 COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD IS HALF A MILE AWAY FROM THE TRULIEVE ON ROCK ISLAND ROAD AND SEVERAL MILES AWAY FROM THE EXISTING AND APPROVED DISPENSARIES ON UNIVERSITY BOULEVARD. SO. IN MY OPINION, THE APPROVAL OF THIS LOCATION WOULD NOT EXACERBATE ANY CONCERNS REGARDING CLUSTERING. REGARDING COMPATIBILITY WITH THE EXISTING NATURAL ENVIRONMENT AND COMMUNITY CHARACTER. OUR PROPOSED USE WILL PROVIDE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES AND ACCESSIBILITY TO QUALITY MEDICINE FOR PATIENTS WITHIN THE CITY OF TAMARACK AND SURROUNDING AREAS. THE HOURS OF OPERATION ARE LIMITED BY STATUTE, STATE STATUTE. [01:25:01] OUR HOURS OF OPERATION ARE, IN FACT, LESS THAN THAN MOST PHARMACIES. WE WOULD BE PROPOSING TO OPEN AT 9 A.M. AND CLOSE AT 8:30 P.M. MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY WITH LESSER HOURS ON SUNDAYS. AND AGAIN, THIS IS SET BY STATE STATUTE AND WE'RE REQUIRED TO ADHERE TO THAT. THE PHYSICAL LAYOUT IS COMPATIBLE WITH THE SURROUNDING AREA AND THE EXPECTATIONS OF RESIDENTS AS FAR AS HOURS OF OPERATION PARKING. THERE'S 135 PARKING SPACES AT THIS PLAZA, SO MORE THAN SUFFICIENT. THE BUILDING IS WELL BUFFERED BETWEEN ADJACENT USES BY A COMBINATION OF PARKING AREAS, BUILDING SETBACKS, EXISTING FENCING AND TREE BUFFERING. REGARDING THE DESIRABILITY FOR PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NOT BEING INJURIOUS OR OTHERWISE DETRIMENTAL TO PUBLIC HEALTH. AGAIN, THIS IS A. WE'RE AKIN TO A PHARMACY. WE'RE PROVIDING MEDICATION TO CANCER PATIENTS, PATIENTS THAT ARE SUFFERING FROM ALL DIFFERENT TYPES OF AILMENTS AND DISEASES, AND THEY'RE FINDING RELIEF FROM IT, IN BROWARD COUNTY AND ACROSS THE STATE. SO. WE WILL CONDUCT OUR BUSINESS IN A PROFESSIONAL, RESPONSIBLE AND ORDERLY MANNER IN COMPLIANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE REGULATIONS AND CODES. STATE, MUNICIPAL, LOCAL, ALL THE ABOVE. AND THE PROPOSED USE IS LOCATED ON A MAJOR TRANSPORTATION CORRIDOR IN THE CITY ON OFF OF COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD, WHICH HIGHLIGHTS THE CONVENIENCE OF THE LOCATION FOR RESIDENTS AND THE LIKELIHOOD OF CAPTURING EXISTING VEHICULAR TRIPS ALREADY ON THE ROADS. REGARDING MINIMIZING ADVERSE EFFECTS. OUR PROPOSED USE WILL ENSURE THE PEACEFUL ENJOYMENT OF SURROUNDING PROPERTIES AND WILL NOT RESULT IN ANY OBJECTIONABLE NOISE, LIGHT, DUST OR OTHER POTENTIAL NUISANCES. THE PROPOSED USE WILL IMPLEMENT STRICT RULES OF CONDUCT AND WILL OPERATE IN A RESPONSIBLE MANNER THAT IS NON DISRUPTIVE TO THE SURROUNDING AREA. AS PREVIOUSLY NOTED, THE HOURS OF OPERATION FOR THE PROPOSED USE ARE LIMITED AND GIVEN THAT THE BUILDING IS ALREADY EXISTING, THE PHYSICAL LAYOUT IS COMPATIBLE WITH THE SURROUNDING AREA AND EXPECTATIONS OF RESIDENTS. THERE WILL BE NO CHANGES TO THE SITE. THE BUILDING IS WELL BUFFERED BETWEEN ADJACENT USES BY A COMBINATION OF PARKING AREAS, DRIVE AISLES, BUILDING SETBACKS AND EXISTING FENCING. FURTHER REGARDING. SAFETY, ADEQUATE PROVISION FOR SAFE AND CONVENIENT FOR VEHICULAR AND PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC MOVEMENT. THE PROPOSED USE WILL INCLUDE THE REQUISITE PROVISION FOR SAFE AND CONVENIENT VEHICULAR AND PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC CIRCULATION AND MAINTAIN ADEQUATE ACCESS POINTS, SIDEWALKS, CROSSWALKS, AS WELL AS SUFFICIENT PARKING AND COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 10-4.302 OF THE CODE, WHICH WILL DIMINISH ANY TRAFFIC CONGESTION IN THE PUBLIC STREETS, AS THIS IS AN ADAPTIVE REUSE OF AN EXISTING BUILDING WHICH HAS ALREADY BEEN PERMITTED, APPROVED AND CONSTRUCTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH CITY CODE. THE PROPOSED USE CURRENTLY HAS SAFE AND CONVENIENT VEHICULAR AND PEDESTRIAN ACCESS PROVIDED. REGARDING. SUFFICIENT, APPROPRIATE, ACCURATE AND ADEQUATE FOR THE USE OF ANY REASONABLY ANTICIPATED EXPANSION. WE WILL NOT BE EXPANDING THE SITE AGAIN. THE APPLICATION WILL COMPLY WITH SPECIFIC STANDARDS SET FORTH IN SECTION 10.10-5.4 G4 OF THE CODE. MOREOVER, THE EXISTING BUILDING SIZE AND PARKING SPACES ARE ADEQUATE FOR THE PROPOSED USE. NO EXPANSION OF THE BUILDING IS REQUIRED TO ACCOMMODATE THE SAME. WE RECOGNIZE THAT THIS SPECIAL EXCEPTION WILL ONLY REMAIN VALID DURING THE PERIOD OF WHICH THE CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY AND BUSINESS LICENSE REMAINS ACTIVE. AND WE AGREE TO THE REMAINING REVIEW STANDARDS. THERE ARE NO CURRENT VIOLATIONS FOR THE PROPERTY THAT TO MY KNOWLEDGE. ON YOUR SCREEN, YOU CAN SEE THE INSIDE OF A EXISTING AYR CANNABIS DISPENSARY OPERATING IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA. WHAT YOU CAN'T SEE IN VIVID DETAIL IS THE SECURITY CAMERAS THAT ARE. YOU CAN SEE MOTION DETECTORS. YOU CAN SEE CERTAIN PICTURES OF OUR SECURITY PROTOCOLS. BUT. WE ARE MORE SECURE THAN MOST BANKS. EVERY SQUARE INCH OF OUR FACILITIES ARE ON 24 HOUR VIDEO SURVEILLANCE. WE HAVE MOTION DETECTORS, INFRARED MOTION DETECTORS THAT ARE PLACED THROUGHOUT THE BUILDING. GLASS BREAKS, ANYTHING THAT WOULD OCCUR THAT COULD POTENTIALLY OCCUR WITHIN OUR FACILITIES. WE ARE NOTIFIED ABOUT 24 HOURS A DAY, 365 DAYS A YEAR. WE HAVE, WE IMPLEMENT SECURITY PROTOCOLS THAT THAT I CAN GO INTO IN DETAIL REGARDING HOW WE. [01:30:04] SECURE THE SAFETY OF OUR INVENTORY AND ENSURE THAT IT IS VERY HARD TO ACCESS, LET ALONE THE FACT THAT IT IS ONLY ACCESSIBLE VIA CONTROLLED ACCESS. BADGE OR IF ID BADGE THAT ONLY MANAGEMENT OF EACH FACILITY HAS ACCESS TO. AND EVERY TIME THAT THOSE BADGES ARE UTILIZED THAT IS TRACKED. SO ANY MOVEMENT OF INVENTORY, CASH TRANSACTIONS IS ALL CAPTURED ON ON VIDEO CAMERA AND ALSO TRACKED AS FAR AS THE MOVEMENT WITHIN THE STORE. ABOVE YOU CAN SEE A SITE PLAN THAT WAS CONDUCTED AS PART OF THE SPECIAL EXCEPTION APPLICATION. THE REAR OF THE BUILDING WILL NOT BE UTILIZED BY AYR CANNABIS DISPENSARY FOR ANY PURPOSE. WE, I, MYSELF AND AYR CANNABIS DISPENSARY ARE WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH THE OWNER OF THIS BUSINESS AND OF THIS PROPERTY TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF ANYBODY THAT IS ENTERING THE PLAZA, BE IT EMPLOYEES OF OUR BUSINESS, PATIENTS OF OUR PROSPECTIVE BUSINESS, CO TENANTS, PATRONS OF OTHER BUSINESSES WITHIN THE FACILITY. SAFETY IS OF OUR UTMOST IMPORTANCE TO US AS A COMPANY WITHIN THE CITY OF TAMARACK AND OTHERWISE. WE CURRENTLY OPERATE 55 DISPENSARIES ACROSS THE STATE OF FLORIDA. AND ALL OF THEM ARE SUBJECT TO RECEIVING CERTIFICATES OF OCCUPANCY FROM LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES THAT THEY OPERATE IN, AS WELL AS THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH OFFICE OF MEDICAL MARIJUANA USE COMING AND INSPECTING, PARTICULARLY OUR SECURITY PROTOCOLS. AND THAT THE SECURITY PLANS THAT WE'RE SUBMITTING ARE ACTUALLY, IN REALITY ADHERING TO THOSE PLANS. SO THAT INCLUDES CAMERA LOCATIONS, CONTROLLED ACCESS POINTS, MOTION DETECTION, AH PROCEDURES AS FAR AS CHECKING IN PATIENTS AND VERIFYING THAT EVERY SINGLE PATIENT THAT ENTERS INTO OUR FACILITY HAS A ACTIVE RECOMMENDATION FROM A PHYSICIAN AND ALSO HAS A STATE CARD THAT HAS TO BE RENEWED ONCE A YEAR. SO THERE ARE NOT PASSER BY WANDERING IN TO TO WINDOW SHOP OR TO TO SEE HOW THEY CAN GET INVOLVED. PATIENTS MUST GO TO THEIR DOCTORS. THEY RECEIVE A RECOMMENDATION. THAT RECOMMENDATION HAS AN EXPIRATION DATE AND MUST BE RENEWED. AND THE ROUTES OF ADMINISTRATION THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT RECOMMENDATION ARE THE ONLY PRODUCTS THAT THAT GIVEN PATIENT IS PERMITTED TO PURCHASE. THERE ARE RESTRICTIONS ON SPECIFIC ROUTES OF ADMINISTRATION AND THE AMOUNTS THAT INDIVIDUAL PATIENTS CAN PURCHASE. THIS IS A RELATIVELY RECENT DEVELOPMENT BY THE OFFICE OF MEDICAL MARIJUANA USE IN AN EFFORT TO PUT CONTROLS ON DISPENSATION OF MEDICAL MARIJUANA IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA, AND WE ARE REQUIRED TO ADHERE TO THOSE IMMEDIATELY. AND WE DO QUITE SUCCESSFULLY. SO SECURITY SECURITY IS, AGAIN, NOT ONLY OF UTMOST IMPORTANCE TO AYR CANNABIS DISPENSARY AND OUR BUSINESS, BUT ALSO, OF COURSE, TO THE CITY OF TAMARACK, OUR CO TENANTS, PATRONS, OUR NEIGHBORS, THE COMMUNITY. AND WE TAKE THIS AGAIN VERY SERIOUSLY. SO I HAVE A SEVEN PAGE SECURITY PLAN THAT I WILL NOT READ VERBATIM FROM. HOWEVER, I WANTED TO DISPLAY THE TABLE OF CONTENTS. TO ALLITERATE THAT, WE TAKE EVERY STEP THAT WE POSSIBLY CAN IN REGARDS TO THE FACILITY ITSELF, THE BUILDING, THE LANDSCAPING, LIGHTING, THE USE OF LIGHTING TO ILLUMINATE AREAS WHERE THERE MAY BE PEOPLE CONGREGATING OR POTENTIALLY TRESPASSING. WE HAVE TAKEN WE HAVE TAKEN STEPS TO ALLEVIATE THESE TYPES OF CONCERNS IN OTHER LOCATIONS. THE CONCERNS EXPRESSED REGARDING THIS LOCATION ARE NOT UNIQUE TO TAMARACK AND NOT UNIQUE TO THIS BUSINESS IN GENERAL TO OUR TO OUR USE. HOWEVER, WE HAVE TAKEN STEPS IN A NUMBER OF MUNICIPALITIES ACROSS THE STATE AND ALSO ACROSS THE COUNTRY THAT IS IN CONJUNCTION WITH [01:35:09] LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT IS A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT WITH OUR NEIGHBORS IN BUSINESS AND ALSO IN RESIDENTS. AND AGAIN, I CAN'T REALLY STRESS ENOUGH THAT NOT ONLY IS IT A PREREQUISITE TO HAVE INCREDIBLY HIGH SECURITY STANDARDS, BUT IT IS OUR IT'S OUR HOW WE OPERATE. IT'S THE ONLY WAY THAT WE ARE ABLE TO COMPLY WITH THE MYRIAD OF RULES AND REGULATIONS THAT MEDICAL MARIJUANA TREATMENT CENTERS ARE SUBJECT TO. THE LEFT IS A PICTURE OF THE SABLE PALM PLAZA AND THE TWO UNITS THAT WE THAT AYR CANNABIS DISPENSARY IS CURRENTLY LEASING. TO THE RIGHT IS A LIBERTY HEALTH SCIENCES IS A PREVIOUS DOING BUSINESS AS FICTITIOUS NAME THAT OUR COMPANY OPERATED UNDER AYR CANNABIS DISPENSARY, ACQUIRED LIBERTY HEALTH SCIENCES ASSETS IN FEBRUARY OF 2021, SO THEY ARE ONE IN THE SAME. AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE IS A PERFORATED VINYL WRAP AROUND THE EXTERIOR GLASS. THIS IS IN RESPONSE TO ADVERTISING AND MARKETING RESTRICTIONS THAT ARE IMPOSED BY STATE STATUTE. SO AGAIN. THIS IS A HIGHLY REGULATED USE ON THE STATE LEVEL. AND FLORIDA STATUTE 381986 REFERENCES WHAT WE ARE PERMITTED AND NOT PERMITTED TO DO. ONE OF THOSE THINGS IS FOR OR ONE OF THOSE REQUIREMENTS IS FOR ANY PRODUCT, ANY PRODUCT PACKAGING, DELIVERY DEVICES. NONE OF THAT CAN BE VISIBLE FROM THE EXTERIOR OF THE DISPENSING FACILITY, ALSO KNOWN AS A DISPENSARY TO THE VIEWING PUBLIC. SO AGAIN, JUST TO REITERATE, SECURITY IS IS QUITE EMBEDDED IN EVERY ELEMENT OF OUR OPERATION. ABOVE, YOU CAN SEE A PROPOSED FLOOR PLAN SHOWING THE SALES FLOOR, THE REQUIRED CONSULTATION ROOM TO THE LEFT, AND A SECURED STORAGE OF INVENTORY WITHIN THE INTERIOR OF THE BUILDING. AGAIN, I CAN GO INTO DETAIL REGARDING SECURITY PROTOCOLS ASSOCIATED WITH OUR CONSTRUCTION. HOWEVER, SUFFICE TO SAY THAT OUR INVENTORY IS IN A EVEN MORE SECURE AREA WITHIN THE PROPOSED FACILITY THAT IS UNDER CONTROLLED ACCESS AND 24 HOUR VIDEO MONITORING, ALL MOVEMENT OF PRODUCTS AND FUNDS IS TRACKED AND CAPTURED EVERY SINGLE DAY. OUR HOURS OF OPERATION AGAIN ARE LIMITED BY STATE STATUTE. WE'RE REQUIRED TO COMPLY WITH THAT. THERE WILL BE ABSOLUTELY NO ONSITE CONSUMPTION PERMITTED BY PATIENTS, PATRONS, EMPLOYEES, STAFF. THIS IS AGAIN, THIS IS A PHARMACY. SO AT THE SAME THE SAME RULES OF CONDUCT THAT YOU WOULD EXPECT FROM EMPLOYEES OF A PHARMACY OR A PHARMACIST IS A VERY SIMILAR OPERATION THAT DISPENSING FACILITIES OPERATE. ALL PRODUCTS ARE PREPACKAGED IN CHILD RESISTANT PACKAGING. AGAIN, BASED ON STATE STATUTE, WE ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE VERY PLAIN PACKAGING. THERE IS NO BRIGHT COLORS THAT ARE PERMITTED. THERE'S ONE IMAGE OF THE BRAND LOGO THAT IS PERMITTED ON EXIT PACKAGING AS WELL AS A UNIVERSAL SYMBOL THAT IS REQUIRED TO BE DISPLAYED. THERE IS NO NEON, THERE IS NO FLASHY COLORS. AGAIN, THIS IS AKIN TO A PHARMACY AND PATIENT PRIVACY AND CONFIDENTIALITY IS IS ALSO TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION AS FAR AS WHAT WE'RE REPRESENTING TO THE PUBLIC. AND LASTLY, BUT ABSOLUTELY NOT LEAST WHATSOEVER, IS THAT WE HAVE ENTERED INTO A LONG TERM LEASE OF THIS FACILITY WITH THE INTENTION OF BEING A GOOD NEIGHBOR, A GOOD BUSINESS, OPERATING UNDER GOOD PRACTICES, AND CONTRIBUTING TO THE VIBRANCY AND THE SUCCESS OF THE PLAZA IN GENERAL. WE HAVE SOME NEIGHBORS THAT ARE HERE TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THIS USE AND IN SUPPORT OF THE FACT THAT OUR PRESENCE WITHIN THIS PLAZA IN PARTICULAR WILL BE AN ENHANCEMENT AND WILL BE A POSITIVE CONTRIBUTION TO THE SAFETY AND SECURITY OF [01:40:05] THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC. OF PATIENTS IN BROWARD COUNTY AND SURROUNDING AREAS. AND OVERALL, WE WE RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT YOU APPROVE THIS. ABSOLUTELY. I'D LIKE TO ALLOW MR. RON BOOK TO SPEAK. OKAY. THANK YOU. IF I COULD. MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. FOR THE RECORD, RON BOOK, 4000 HOLLYWOOD BOULEVARD, SUITE 677, SOUTH HOLLYWOOD. ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT, WHICH IS VERY BRIEF SWEARING IN. I DID. I WAS HERE BEFORE THE SWEARING IN. FOR THE RECORD, I SIMPLY WANT TO MAKE A COUPLE OF BRIEF COMMENTS. NUMBER ONE, YOU HEARD FROM STAFF EARLIER ON THE PRIOR MORATORIUM ORDINANCE THAT WAS BROUGHT FORWARD. I SIMPLY WANT AND I TURN TO THE CITY ATTORNEY FOR ANY ADDITIONAL CLARIFICATION. BUT FLORIDA STATUTE REQUIRES THAT ORDINANCES THAT ARE ADOPTED ACROSS THE BOARD THAT MEDICAL MARIJUANA DISPENSARIES, IF YOU WILL, OUGHT TO BE EVALUATED, NO MORE RESTRICTIVE ORDINANCES APPLIED TO THEM THAN PHARMACIES IN THE COMMUNITY. SO THE STANDARD FOR REVIEW IS TO TREAT THESE SIMILAR TO HOW YOU WOULD TREAT AN APPLICANT FOR A CVS OR A WALGREENS OR A COSTCO OR A PUBLIX PHARMACY AND THE LIKE. ORDINANCE CANNOT BE MORE RESTRICTIVE. SECONDLY, YOU HEARD FROM STAFF EARLIER THAT THEY HAD DONE A STUDY ON OTHER COMMUNITIES WITHIN BROWARD COUNTY AND THAT THEY USED A STANDARD OF POPULATION AND SQUARE MILES. THERE IS NO SUCH STANDARD APPLIED EITHER IN STATUTE OR ORDINANCE THAT WOULD ALLOW THAT TO BE CONSIDERED TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THERE IS OR IS NOT A PROLIFERATION OF MEDICAL MARIJUANA PHARMACIES, IF YOU WILL, TO WHAT OTHER PHARMACIES ARE IN THE COMMUNITY. SO, IN EFFECT, IF THERE ARE, HOW MANY PHARMACIES? 14 OTHER PHARMACIES IN THE COMMUNITY, WHO'S TO SAY THAT THERE'S NOT ROOM FOR A 15TH WALGREENS OR CVS, COSTCO, PUBLIX, ETC.? AND THE ANSWER IS NO ONE, BECAUSE THERE IS NO SUCH STANDARD IN ZONING LAW AND THERE IS NO SUCH STANDARD IN STATUTE. IN FACT, THE STATUTE GOES TO GREAT LENGTHS TO SAY IT CANNOT BE A MORE RESTRICTIVE SCHEME FOR A MEDICAL MARIJUANA DISPENSARY. PERIOD. NOW, THIS ONE IS NOT SUBJECT TO THE MORATORIUM MOVING FORWARD. WHY? BECAUSE IT WAS FILED AHEAD OF AND THEY DIDN'T RACE IN WITH AN APPLICATION TO BEAT SOME KNOWN IDEA THAT WAS COMING FORTH FOR A MORATORIUM. IT CAME IN BASED ON THE BUSINESS PLAN OF EXPANSION THAT AYR WELLNESS HAD IN PLACE. I SIMPLY WANTED TO REMIND EVERYBODY OF HOW THEIR TO BE EVALUATED BECAUSE I THINK IT WAS IMPORTANT TO MAKE THAT POINT IN LIGHT OF THE DISCUSSION THAT OCCURRED ON THE PRIOR ITEM. THANK YOU AND I'LL BE HERE FOR THE BALANCE IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. HAVE YOU? DO YOU HAVE MORE YOU WANT TO ADD? NO I'M DONE WITH MY PRESENTATION AND THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT WANT TO SPEAK, WE'LL CALL THEM. SO WE'LL HAVE YOU HANG TIGHT AND WE'LL HEAR FROM THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND THEN WE'LL HEAR FROM THE BOARD AND THEN WE'LL ASK QUESTIONS OF YOU IF WE HAVE ANY. ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. OKAY. THE FLOOR IS NOW OPEN TO PUBLIC, TO THE PUBLIC. AND AGAIN, WE HAVE FOUR PEOPLE WHO HAVE SIGNED UP AND WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK. WE'LL BEGIN WITH MR. HAT. DID YOU WANT TO HAVE A PRESENTATION FROM STAFF? OH, SORRY. AND HERE IT SAID, IF REQUESTED BY THE BOARD, I. OH, DOES A CITY WANT TO MAKE A PRESENTATION THIS MORNING? I DON'T THINK IT'S NECESSARY. YEAH, I DON'T THINK IT'S NECESSARY BECAUSE WE UNDERSTAND WE'VE HAD THIS ISSUE BEFORE, THE BOARD BEFORE, AND WE UNDERSTAND. GIVEN THAT THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO DENY THE APPLICATION, I THINK IT MIGHT BE PRUDENT TO GO AHEAD AND LET STAFF PUT ITS POSITION ON THE RECORD. OKAY I UNDERSTAND AND I CAN APPRECIATE THAT. WE'LL HEAR FROM THE CITY. [01:45:27] GOOD MORNING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN OF THE PLANNING BOARD, AUDIENCE. FOR THE RECORD, I'M CHRISTIAN T WATERVILLE, ASSOCIATE PLANNER, CITY OF TAMARACK COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT. I'M HERE TO PRESENT THE SPECIAL EXCEPTION FOR AYR OR AYR CANNABIS DISPENSARY SUBJECT TO QUASI JUDICIAL. AYR CANNABIS DISPENSARY. SO THE REQUEST THE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT RECOMMENDS THAT THE PLANNING BOARD FOR AN UNFAVORABLE RECOMMENDATION OF THE SPECIAL EXCEPTION FOR THE USE OF A MODIFIED ONE STORY, 2685 SQUARE FEET LEASED SPACE FOR A MEDICAL MARIJUANA DISPENSARY WITHIN AN EXISTING PLAZA IN THE NC ZONING DISTRICT NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL. THE PREVIOUS USE OF THE TWO SPACES SORRY, THE LOCATION IS 5100 WEST COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD SUITES 13 AND 14. THE PREVIOUS USE WERE A SUITE. NUMBER 13 WAS A PROFESSIONAL OFFICE ADVENT FINANCIAL CORPORATION AND SUITE 14 WAS A MEDICAL CLINIC PROFESSIONAL OFFICE SUNSHINE CHIROPRACTIC. BOTH SUITES HAVE BEEN VACANT SINCE 2020 AND NOW THE PROPOSED USE IS AYR CANNABIS DISPENSARIES, WHICH IS A MEDICAL MARIJUANA DISPENSARY. THE FUTURE LANES DESIGNATION IS COMMERCIAL. THE ZONING CLASSIFICATION IS NC NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL, AND IT'S GOVERNED BY DISTRICT ONE COMMISSIONER VICE MAYOR MARLON BOLTON. OK AS REITERATED THE THIS IS EXISTING PLAZA IS KNOWN AS SABLE PALM PLAZA. LOCATED ON THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD AND ROCK ISLAND ROAD. THE PLAZA IS PRIMARILY BORDERED TO THE NORTH OF A EXTRA SPACE STORAGE. TO THE SOUTH IS THE MAIN LANDS OF TAMARACK LAKES. SECTION SIX A, TO THE EAST IS MANOR PARK RESIDENTIAL HOMES AND TO THE WEST IS THE WOODLANDS GOLF COURSE AT COMMUNITY. THE CURRENT TENANTS OF SABLE PALM PLAZA. YOU HAVE SUITES ONE AND TWO, WHICH IS LITTLE CRAYONS PRESCHOOL, WHICH IS A DAYCARE, CHILD CARE NURSERY, AND THERE ARE A FEW RESTAURANTS, RETAIL SALES, TATTOO SHOPS, ONE SMOKE SHOP AND OTHER PROFESSIONAL OFFICES. SO GOING DOWN THE LIST QUICKLY, YOU HAVE BUTTERY FLAKES, LIVE TECH, PIZZA AND THINGS, SILVER PANS, CHINESE BOOST, MOBILE HIGH SPIRITS SMOKING, LOUD SMOKE, SHOP BUDDIES FOOD MART OF COURSE SUITES 13 AND 14 WHICH ARE VACANT CURRENTLY. SWEET 15 IS TRIPLE A ADVENTIST INSURANCE AND SUITE 16 IS ACE CASH EXPRESS, WHICH IS A FINANCIAL INSTITUTION. SHOWN ON THE PHOTO IN FRONT OF YOU IS THE PRESCHOOL LITTLE CRAYONS PRESCHOOL. THIS IS CONSIDERED A DAYCARE PRESCHOOL FACILITY, AND IT'S LOCATED ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE EXISTING PLAZA. THIS IS SHOWING THAT THE EXCUSE ME, THIS IS SHOWING THE WESTERN OF THE PLAZA ALONG ROCK ISLAND ROAD. AND AS YOU CAN SEE, YOU HAVE ACE CASH EXPRESS, YOU HAVE TRIPLE A INSURANCE, AND THEN YOU HAVE THE CHIROPRACTOR OFFICE AND ALSO SUITE 13, WHICH IS VACANT. SO AYR CANNABIS IS LOOKING TO TAKE OVER THE TWO SPACES WHERE IT SAYS, CHIROPRACTOR, YOU HAVE THE VACANT FACADE. THE REASON WE'RE HERE. PREVIOUSLY A MEDICAL MARIJUANA DISPENSARY AND PHARMACY USES WERE PERMITTED IN THE MUN AND THE NC ZONING DISTRICTS BY SPECIAL EXCEPTION. APPROVAL BY THE CITY COMMISSION AND INCIDENTAL OR ACCESSORY USE IN THE MUC, MUG AND BP ZONING DISTRICTS. CURRENTLY JANUARY 12, 2023, THE CITY MANAGER ISSUED A 60 DAY ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER INSTITUTING ZONING AND PROGRESS FOR THE SUBMISSION RECEIPT AND PROCESSING OF APPLICATIONS FOR MEDICAL MARIJUANA DISPENSARY FACILITIES TO ALLOW STAFF AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXAMINE THE IMPACT OF THE PLACEMENT OF SUCH USES ON THEIR SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT AND TO DEVELOP A MECHANISM BY WHICH TO EFFECTIVELY REGULATE THEIR OPERATION AND LOCATION IN THE CITY'S COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICTS. THIS APPLICATION, SUBMITTED BY LIBERTY HEALTH SCIENCES FOR AYR CANNABIS DISPENSARY PRIOR TO THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE ZONING IN PROGRESS IS EXEMPT FROM THE [01:50:08] ZONING IN PROGRESS TO ALLOW FOR CONSIDERATION BY THE PLANNING BOARD AND THE CITY COMMISSION. SHOWN IN FRONT OF YOU IS THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE AND THE DEFINITION FOR A MEDICAL MARIJUANA DISPENSARY. IT'S ANY STATE CERTIFIED MEDICAL MARIJUANA DISPENSING FACILITY WHERE MEDICAL CANNABIS, LOW THC CANNABIS, AS WELL AS CANNABIS DELIVERY DEVICES IS DISPENSED AT RETAIL. AND IT'S OPERATED BY A MEDICAL MARIJUANA TREATMENT CENTER AUTHORIZED TO OPERATE IN FLORIDA UNDER ARTICLE X 29, FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 29 OF THE FLORIDA CONSTITUTION. FLORIDA STATUTE 381- 986 AS AMENDED. SHOWN BEFORE YOU IS ALSO THE USE STANDARDS THAT ARE CARRIED OVER FROM THE FLORIDA STATE STATUTES. THE TWO THAT ARE IN QUESTION, JUST TO REITERATE THE USE STANDARDS ARE SECTION 10-3.3, SUBSECTION D 15 D ONE THROUGH FIVE MEDICAL MARIJUANA. THE TWO THAT ARE IN QUESTION ARE NUMBER ONE, NO MEDICAL MARIJUANA DISPENSARY WHERE PERMITTED SHALL BE LOCATED WITHIN 500 FEET OF THE REAL PROPERTY THAT COMPRISES A PUBLIC OR PRIVATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, MIDDLE SCHOOL OR SECONDARY SCHOOL. UNLESS THE CITY APPROVES THE LOCATION THROUGH A FORMAL VARIANCE PROCEEDING OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AT WHICH THE CITY DETERMINES THAT THE LOCATION PROMOTES THE PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY AND GENERAL WELFARE OF THE COMMUNITY. NUMBER TWO, MEASUREMENTS SHALL BE FROM THE PROPERTY LINE BOUNDARY OF THE PROPOSED MEDICAL MARIJUANA DISPENSARY TO THE NEAREST POINT OF THE PROPERTY LINE BOUNDARY OF THE PRIVATE OR PUBLIC ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE OR SECONDARY SCHOOL. SO THESE ARE TWO OUT OF THE FIVE THAT STAFF BELIEVES THAT IS CONTRADICTORY TO THE EXCUSE ME, THAT ARE CONTRADICTORY TO THE FLORIDA STATE STATUTES AS IT IS THE SPIRIT OF THE CODE RELAYING THAT IT SHOULD BE 500 FEET AWAY FROM ANY TYPE OF PRIMARY OR SECONDARY SCHOOL IN THE REALM OF DAYCARE, CHILD CARE FACILITIES AND SO FORTH. A SPECIAL EXCEPTION. IT IS THE EXCUSE ME, SPECIAL EXCEPTION. THE TABLE OF ALLOWANCES IDENTIFIED AS A MEDICAL MARIJUANA DISPENSARY IS ALLOWED AS A SPECIAL EXCEPTION IN THE MUC ZONING DISTRICT. SPECIAL EXCEPTIONS ARE USES ALLOWED IN THE RESPECTIVE ZONING DISTRICT, IF ONLY REVIEWED BY THE PLANNING BOARD AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION. THE PURPOSE OF THE SPECIAL EXCEPTION IS TO PROVIDE FOR INDIVIDUALIZED REVIEW OF CERTAIN USES THAT, DUE TO THEIR NATURE RELATIONSHIP TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND POTENTIAL ADVERSE IMPACTS ON SURROUNDING AREAS, REQUIRE SPECIAL CONSIDERATION OF THEIR LOCATION, DESIGN AND METHODS OF OPERATION, AS WELL AS THE IMPOSITION OF CONDITIONS TO MITIGATE CONCERNS BEFORE THEY CAN BE DEEMED APPROPRIATE IN A ZONING DISTRICT AND COMPATIBLE WITH THEIR SURROUNDINGS. SHOWN IN FRONT OF YOU ARE THE TEN SPECIAL EXCEPTION STANDARDS. AS REQUIRED BY CODE. IT IS, IN THE OPINION OF THE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT THAT THE STANDARDS FOR THE SPECIAL EXCEPTION HAS NOT BEEN MET. THERE ARE FOUR STANDARDS THAT WE BELIEVE HAS NOT BEEN MET, WHICH ARE SUBSECTION B, C, D, AND E. I'LL GO THROUGH THEM IN THE NEXT SLIDES. SO SECTION B, THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT WILL COMPLY WITH APPLICABLE ZONING, DISTRICT USE AND DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS OF THIS CODE. THE APPLICANT HAS SUBMITTED THE APPROPRIATE APPLICATIONS, AND THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT MOSTLY COMPLIES WITH THE APPLICABLE ZONING DISTRICT AND USE. HOWEVER, IT DOES NOT COMPLY WITH THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS AS OUTLINED IN THE CITY'S CODE. SPECIFICALLY, THE PROPOSED USE IS LOCATED WITHIN 250 FEET OF LITTLE CRAYONS PRESCHOOL, WHICH IS CONTRARY TO THE SPIRIT OF THE INTENT OF THE DISTANT SEPARATION FROM THE SCHOOLS PROVISION OF THE CODE AND FLORIDA STATE STATUTE, WHICH SUPPOSES THAT THE MEDICAL MARIJUANA DISPENSARY USE IS NOT SUITABLE OR PROPER IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO CHILDREN. SECTION C. THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT WILL BE COMPATIBLE WITH THE EXISTING NATURAL ENVIRONMENT AND COMMUNITY CHARACTER OF THE PROPERTIES WITHIN THE IMMEDIATE NEIGHBORHOOD. THE APPLICANT DESIRES TO OPERATE A MEDICAL MARIJUANA DISPENSARY WITHIN AN EXISTING COMMERCIAL STRUCTURE LOCATED ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. THE PROPOSED BUSINESS IS NOT COMPATIBLE WITH THE EXISTING NATURAL ENVIRONMENT AND COMMUNITY CHARACTER, AS THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY IS MOSTLY 55 PLUS. [01:55:05] THE BUILDING HAS AN EXISTING CHILD CARE FACILITY AND THE PLAZA IS FILLED WITH WHAT IS DEEMED TO BE ESSENTIAL USES RESTAURANT, RETAIL SALES AND PROFESSIONAL OFFICES. MOREOVER, THE PROPOSED USE WILL BE LOCATED WITHIN A 200 FEET, WITHIN 250 FEET OF LITTLE CRAYONS PRESCHOOL, WHICH IS CONTRARY TO THE SPIRIT AND THE INTENT OF THE DISTRICT. SEPARATION FROM THE SCHOOLS. PROVISION OF THE CODE OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE. SECTION D. THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT WILL BE DESIRABLE FOR PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NOT INJURIOUS OR OTHERWISE DETRIMENTAL TO PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY, COMFORT AND WELFARE. THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TO OPERATE A MEDICAL MARIJUANA DISPENSARY AS A SERVICE TO PATRONS OF THE BUSINESS. PRIOR TO THE SUBMITTAL OF THE SPECIAL EXCEPTION, THE APPLICANT WAS AWARE OF THE RULES AND REGULATIONS ENACTED BY THE STATE OF FLORIDA THAT MUST BE ADHERED TO. THE APPLICANT WAS ALSO INFORMED OF THE USE STANDARDS PROVIDED IN THE CITY'S LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE FOR THE PROPOSED OPERATION IN THAT SPECIFIC ZONING DISTRICT. THE SPIRIT OF THE CODE REFLECTS FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 33 81.986. THE LOCATION OF THE PROPOSED MEDICAL MARIJUANA DISPENSARY WILL BE LESS THAN 250 FEET FROM AN EXISTING DAYCARE CHILD CARE NURSERY, AS THE FLORIDA STATE STATUTE REQUIRES A 500 FEET SEPARATION. THIS WILL POTENTIALLY POSE A SAFETY HAZARD FOR THE EXISTING LOCATION, WITH CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF FIVE BEING TENDED TO BY GUARDIANS. FOR THAT REASON, THE PROPOSED USE MAY BE DEEMED UNDESIRABLE FOR PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND INJURIOUS OR DETRIMENTAL TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY, COMFORT AND WELFARE. ALSO, SECTION E. THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT WILL MINIMIZE ADVERSE EFFECTS, INCLUDING LIGHT, NOISE, LIGHT DUST OR OTHER POTENTIAL NUISANCES ON ADJACENT PROPERTIES TO THE GREATEST EXTENT PRACTICABLE. AS PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED, THE APPLICANT DESIRES TO OPERATE A MEDICAL MARIJUANA DISPENSARY WITHIN AN EXISTING COMMERCIAL SPACE, WHICH ALSO OCCUPIES A PRESCHOOL FACILITY. HAVING A MEDICAL MARIJUANA DISPENSARY WITHIN 250 FEET OF A PRESCHOOL CAN BE CONSIDERED A POTENTIAL NUISANCE FOR THE SAME REASON BOTH THE CODE AND FLORIDA STATUTES DOES NOT ALLOW THE USE TO BE WITHIN 500 FEET OF A PUBLIC OR PRIVATE ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE OR HIGH SCHOOL WITHOUT A VARIANCE GRANTED BY THE CITY COMMISSION. SO THE SLIDE SHOWN IN FRONT OF YOU SHOWS THE ENTIRE IT'S AN AERIAL OF THE SABLE PALM PLAZA. LOCATED TO THE RIGHT IS THE WHERE YOU SEE A RED INDICATION THAT IS WHERE A AYR CANNABIS IS PROPOSING THEIR LOCATION. AND LOCATED TO THE LEFT IS THE BLUE MARKER WHERE YOU HAVE THE PRESCHOOL IN BETWEEN THE DOORS THERE'S 239 FEET FROM DOOR TO DOOR. THIS IS ANOTHER PHOTO, ANOTHER AERIAL SHOWING THE SURROUNDING AREA INDICATED BY THE RED STAR ONCE AGAIN IS AYR DISPENSARY. AND ALSO LOCATED TO THE RIGHT, THE BLUE MARKER OR THE BLUE STAR IS THE PRESCHOOL LITTLE CRAYONS. ONCE AGAIN, IT'S STILL 239 FEET SEPARATION DISTANCE. AND A THIRD PHOTO. TO REITERATE LITTLE CRAYONS, PRESCHOOL IS SHOWN ON THE LEFT AND A PROPOSED AYR DISPENSARY IS LOCATED ON THE RIGHT. ONCE AGAIN, 239 FEET FROM DOOR TO DOOR. THE REASON FOR UNFAVORABLE RECOMMENDATION. PER THE CITY'S LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE. A CHILD CARE FACILITY IS A PLACE OR A CHILD CARE ARRANGEMENT OTHER THAN AN OCCUPIED RESIDENCE THAT IS LICENSED BY BOROUGH COUNTY'S CHILD CARE LICENSING AND ENFORCEMENT SECTION PER THE BROWARD COUNTY CHILD CARE ORDINANCE, CHAPTER SEVEN, AS AMENDED THE THAT PROVIDES CARE FOR MORE THAN FIVE CHILDREN UNRELATED TO THE OPERATOR, AND THAT RECEIVES A PAYMENT FEE GRANT OR SOME OTHER FORM OF COMPENSATION FOR ANY OF THE CHILDREN AND CHILD CARE, WHETHER OR NOT OPERATED FOR PROFIT. A CHILD CARE FACILITY CAN INCLUDE A BEFORE AND OR AFTER CARE SCHOOL PROGRAM. A CHILD CARE FACILITY INCLUDES PUBLIC SCHOOL PROGRAMS REFERENCE TO SECTION 402.30251B. FLORIDA STATUTES AS AMENDED. A CHILD CARE FACILITY DOES NOT INCLUDE ARRANGEMENTS EXEMPTED FROM LICENSURE. IN THE SAME BUILDING AS THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. LESS THAN A DISTANCE OF 250 FEET FROM DOOR TO DOOR, THERE'S A DAYCARE CHILD CARE NURSERY LOCATED IN SUITES ONE AND TWO. LITTLE CRAYONS PRESCHOOL HAS BEEN OPERATING IN SUITES ONE AND TWO SINCE THE BEGINNING OF 2018 AND IS AN OPERATION WHERE THERE ARE CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF FIVE BEING TENDED TO [02:00:03] BY GUARDIANS. WHILE THE 500 FEET DISTANCE SEPARATION APPLIES SPECIFICALLY TO PRIVATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, MIDDLE SCHOOL OR SECONDARY SCHOOL. THE SPIRIT OF THE INTENT OF THIS PROVISION SUPPOSES THAT MEDICAL MARIJUANA USE IS NOT SUITABLE OR PROPER IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO CHILDREN, SINCE A DAYCARE CHILDCARE NURSERY IS A SCHOOL FOR SMALL CHILDREN, THE SAME REASONING CAN BE APPLIED THAT THE PLACEMENT OR LOCATION IN THE SAME PLAZA IS LESS THAN 250 FEET AWAY IS NOT PROPER. RECOMMENDATION, THE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT RECOMMENDS THAT THE PLANNING BOARD FOR AN UNFAVORABLE RECOMMENDATION OF THE SPECIAL EXCEPTION FOR A MODIFIED ONE STORY 2,685 SQUARE FEET LEASED SPACE FOR A MEDICAL MARIJUANA DISPENSARY WITHIN AN EXISTING PLAZA IN THE NC, NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICT TO THE CITY COMMISSION AT ITS FEBRUARY 22ND, 2023 MEETING. THAT COMPLETES STAFF'S PRESENTATION. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER. THANK YOU. I WANT TO APOLOGIZE. ONE OF THE REASONS THAT I WAS I WAS LOOKING TO MOVE TO THE VOTE WAS BECAUSE I REMEMBERED SOME OF THOSE POINTS HERE. SO I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT. ALL RIGHT. DO WE. AT THIS TIME. WE'LL HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC. AGAIN, REFERRING TO THAT LIST OF FOUR NAMES, BEGINNING WITH MR. HATCHER. IF YOU CAN COME TO THE PODIUM. SPEAK INTO THE MIC, PLEASE. GOOD MORNING AGAIN. GOOD MORNING. SO I JUST WANT TO ADD. WHAT A GREAT JOB BY THE CITY. I JUST WANT TO ADD THAT WAS I WAS THINKING THE SAME THING, THE DAYCARE, BECAUSE I DO LIVE THERE. I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD PUT A MEDICAL MARIJUANA NEXT TO A DAYCARE WHERE LITTLE KIDS ARE. ALSO TO THIS BOARD. THE APPLICANT KEPT EMPHASIZING SECURITY. AND HE COMPARED IT TO CVS. WHEN I GO TO CVS, THEY DON'T HAVE THAT MUCH SECURITY AT CVS. THERE'S A REASON FOR THEM TO HAVE THAT MUCH SECURITY. WE DON'T HAVE TO SAY IT. THERE'S A REASON FOR ANY BUSINESS TO HAVE THAT MUCH SECURITY. THAT MEANS THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE POTENTIAL PROBLEMS. AND I HOPE THIS BOARD CONSIDERS THAT. FOR THOSE OF US WHO LIVE IN MANOR PARK, WE BOUGHT OUR HOMES THERE, PAID GOOD MONEY FOR THEM. AND I THINK THAT WITH FROM WHAT I'VE SEEN WITH OTHER STORES THEY HAVE A MEDICAL MARIJUANA IN DANIEL BEACH. THE FOOT TRAFFIC, THE PEOPLE THAT'S THERE, IT'S HORRENDOUS. SO I HOPE THIS BOARD CONSIDER THAT. AND I ALSO HEARD THAT TAMARAC HAS FOUR ALREADY. SO I THINK THE CITY OF TAMARAC DID THEIR DUE DILIGENCE. WE GAVE THEM FOUR, AND IT'S ONE DOWN THE STREET ON ROCK ISLAND, AM I CORRECT? YES. SO WE ARE GOING TO HAVE ONE. WE DON'T NEED ANOTHER ONE A COUPLE OF MILES AWAY. THAT'S MY THOUGHTS. THANK YOU GUYS, FOR LISTENING. THANK YOU. WE HAVE MR. BRYAN HAYWOOD. ARE YOU STILL HERE? I'M STILL HERE. GOOD MORNING, BOARD MEMBERS. I'LL TRY TO MAKE THIS BRIEF. NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE. MY NAME IS BRYAN HAYWOOD, AND I LIVE IN THE TAMARAC AND I LIVE IN A COMMUNITY OF MANOR PARK. AS AN INCREASING NUMBER OF STATE CITIES LIBERALIZE CANNABIS USE AND DEVELOPMENT, DEVELOP LAWS AND LOCAL POLICIES, I THINK IT'S ESSENTIAL TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE IMPACTS OF NEIGHBORHOOD ECOLOGY AND OF MARIJUANA DISPENSARIES. STUDIES DO SHOW THAT MARIJUANA USE AND CRIMINAL ACTIVITY ARE HIGHLY RELATED. IN A STUDY DONE IN CALIFORNIA BETWEEN 2001 AND 2012, IT WAS FOUND THAT INVESTIGATING THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN MARIJUANA ABUSE DEPENDENCE, HOSPITALIZATIONS AND COMMUNITY DEMOGRAPHIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS, AS WELL AS CROSS-SECTIONAL ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN LOCAL AND ADJACENT MARIJUANA DISPENSARIES DENSITIES AND MARIJUANA HOSPITALIZATIONS AN ADDITIONAL ONE DISPENSARY PER SQUARE MILE IN A ZIP CODE WAS CROSSED SEXUALLY ASSOCIATED WITH AN INCREASE OF 6.8% OF THE NUMBER OF MARIJUANA HOSPITALIZATIONS. TO BUILD UPON THAT, THE FLORIDA POLICE CHIEFS ASSOCIATION PUT OUT A FACT SHEET ON THE EXPANSION OF MEDICAL MARIJUANA AND HOW IT AFFECTS SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES. WHAT THEY FOUND WAS THAT THE MEDICAL MARIJUANA IS OFTEN SOLD BY STOREFRONT DISPENSARIES, NOT MEDICALLY CONTROLLED CIRCUMSTANCES, AND IT'S NOT MONITORED BY [02:05:08] PHYSICIANS. IN OTHER STATES STOREFRONT DISPENSARIES HAVE BEEN OR HAVE BECOME MAGNETS FOR CRIME AND INCREASED LAW ENFORCEMENT COSTS. COMMENT BY PRODUCTS RELATED TO DISPENSARIES INCLUDE DRUG DEALING, SALES TO MINORS LOITERING HEAVY VEHICLE AND FOOT TRAFFIC IN RETAIL AREAS, INCREASED NOISE AND A LOSS OF OTHER COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES THAT DO NOT WANT TO BE LOCATED IN A FACILITY NEXT TO A MARIJUANA FACILITY. IN A RECENT STUDY DONE IN COLORADO, THE NORTHWEST REGION, WHERE SELLING MARIJUANA WERE PERMITTED IN SOME COUNTIES, THEY HAD A FIVE CONSECUTIVE QUARTERS OF INCREASED NEW LISTINGS OVER PREVIOUS YEARS, MEANING MORE PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO MOVE AWAY FROM THE REGION. THE REGION SALES DROPPED 2%. ONLY ONE OF TWO REGIONS IN THE STATE SHOWING A DECLINE, INDICATING FEWER PEOPLE WANT TO PURCHASE HOMES IN AN AREA AROUND MEDICAL MARIJUANA DISPENSARIES. PEOPLE ARE MOVING AWAY FROM COLORADO'S METRO REGION TO COUNTIES IN OTHER REGIONS SUCH AS THE NORTHEAST, WHERE RECREATIONAL SALES OF MARIJUANA ARE PROHIBITED. LET IT BE KNOWN THAT WHILE THE INSIDE OF A DISPENSARY WOULD SEEM TO BE VERY SECURE, THE POTENTIAL FOR PROBLEMS OUTSIDE ARE OF CONCERN TO ME AND OTHER TAMARAC RESIDENTS. AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE. I PERSONALLY DO NOT THINK IT'S A MATTER OF CONCERN FOR THE ABILITY FOR MEDICAL MARIJUANA USE AS THERE ARE, AS I KIND OF TODAY, 22 DISPENSARIES IN BROWARD COUNTY. ALL RIGHT. FOUR OF THOSE I MEAN, SORRY, THREE OF WHICH ARE IN TAMARAC'S TWELVE SQUARE MILE RADIUS. WITH THAT BEING SAID, THOSE THREE ARE LESS THAN FOUR MILES OF EACH OTHER, MEANING THE FOURTH WOULD BE LESS THAN A HALF A MILE OF I THINK IT'S TRULY. FOR ME I THINK IT'S A TERRIBLE IDEA. AND I AND I ASK THAT THE PLANNING BOARD WOULD GO ALONG WITH THE CITY AND WOULD NOT ALLOW THIS. THE CORNER OF ROCK ISLAND AND COMMERCIAL IS A VERY BUSY CORNER. PARKING WITHIN THE PLAZA IS DISMAL AND THE PARKING BACKS RIGHT UP TO A COMMUNITY, WHICH IS MANOR PARK. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENT, MISS SASHA. I AM NOT ABLE TO READ YOUR LAST NAME. I THINK IT'S [INAUDIBLE]. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. GOOD MORNING. BASICALLY, I'M HERE. CAN YOU LOWER THE MIC A LITTLE MORE FOR ME? THE REASON I'M HERE VOTING IN FAVOR IS BECAUSE JUST FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE. WHAT WAS THAT? CAN YOU SAY YOUR NAME? [INAUDIBLE] AND THE ADDRESS OF YOUR BUSINESS? 5100 WEST COMMERCIAL UNIT ONE. YOU OWN THE DAYCARE IN THE PLAZA. YES I DO. OKAY. I SPOKE MANY HOURS WITH MR. DANIEL AND THE OWNER AS WELL, AND I'M IN FAVOR OF IT BECAUSE I FEEL THAT IT WOULD BE SUCH AN ENHANCEMENT WITH THE SECURITY. TO ME, HAVING THE VACANT BAYS THERE HAS CAUSED A LOT OF HOMELESS PEOPLE TO BE THERE. MORNINGS THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON I'VE CALLED SEVERAL TIMES FOR POLICE OFFICERS TO GO. THEY NEVER ARRIVE AND I GET AN ANSWER THEY CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. SO I FEEL THAT HAVING THAT EXTRA SECURITY IN EVERY SINGLE ANGLE WILL MAKE THE PLAZA MORE VISIBLE AND LESS TO ANY CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES THAT MIGHT BE GOING ON. IN THAT AREA TO ME. AND THAT'S ABOUT IT, REALLY. TO ME, THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS THE SECURITY THE ENHANCEMENT. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK. MR. DAVENPORT, ARE YOU HERE? GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS, PLEASE. FREDERICK DAVENPORT. I LIVE IN MANOR PARK. AS WAS SAID BEFORE ME. WE MOVED TO THIS CITY, TO THIS COMMUNITY BASED ON WHAT WE SAW, WHAT WE LIKED ABOUT THESE HOMES. WE SPENT LOTS OF MONEY. THE LAST THING I WOULD HAVE THOUGHT OF I WOULD HAVE MARIJUANA BEING SOLD DOWN THE STREET. THAT'S ONE BAD POINT. YOUR PRESENTATION KIND OF CHANGED WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY BECAUSE YOU HIT A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT I WAS GOING TO SAY. ONE, MAINLY BEING THE DAYCARE CENTER, BEING SO CLOSE TO THAT FACILITY. NOW, THE YOUNG LADY JUST SPOKE ABOUT SECURITY. SECURITY IS ONLY GOING TO BE FOR THAT FACILITY. THEY ARE NOT LAW ENFORCEMENT. THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE OUT THERE ENFORCING ANYTHING IN THE IMMEDIATE AREA. THEY SPOKE ABOUT THE SECURITY INSIDE THE FACILITY. WHICH TELLS YOU THERE'S SOMETHING POSSIBLY EXPECTED THAT COULD GO WRONG. [02:10:01] NOW IT'S SAFE IN A FACILITY. WHAT ABOUT THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY? THEY CAN'T CONSUME MARIJUANA WITHIN THAT FACILITY, BUT THEY'LL BE CONSUMING IT ON MY STREETS BECAUSE THEY'LL PULL AROUND THE CORNER AND SMOKE THEIR MARIJUANA. FOOT TRAFFIC THAT WOULDN'T USUALLY COME THROUGH THAT AREA WOULD COME THROUGH THAT AREA. THAT'S NOT WHAT I SIGNED UP FOR. I SPENT A LOT OF MONEY ON THIS HOUSE. BUT TO HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THIS TO COME INTO THE AREA. I'M A 32 YEAR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER. I'M RETIRED. I'VE BEEN RETIRED ABOUT A YEAR AND NINE MONTHS. I WORKED FOR THE BROWARD COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT SPECIAL INVESTIGATIVE UNIT. I INVESTIGATED HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF CASES MARIJUANA FROM STUDENTS. I'VE WE'VE CONFISCATED IT IN EVERY SHAPE, FORM AND FASHION INCLUDING CONTAINERS FROM MEDICAL MARIJUANA FACILITIES. SO WHEN I HEAR THAT IT'S ONLY DISTRIBUTED TO PEOPLE THAT HAVE PRESCRIPTIONS AND THIS WELL HOW ARE THESE KIDS ARE GETTING THIS STUFF. YOU HEAR IT ON THE NEWS EVERY DAY. EVERY DAY. I DON'T WANT THAT DOWN THE STREET FROM MY HOUSE. IF THERE'S ANYONE HERE THAT HAS A MEDICAL MARIJUANA FACILITY NEAR THEIR HOME AND YOU SAY THAT YOU'RE HAPPY WITH IT, THAT'S ON YOU. BUT I AM NOT HAPPY WITH THIS AT ALL. THEY TALK ABOUT THE SECURITY. LIKE I SAID, WHO SECURES MY COMMUNITY? WE TALK ABOUT LAW ENFORCEMENT NOT GETTING THERE IN TIME WHERE THE SECURITY THERE, LIKE I SAID, THEY DON'T HAVE ANY JURISDICTION OTHER THAN THAT STORE. IT'S A BAD IDEA. VERY BAD. I. HOPE YOU MAKE THE RIGHT DECISION AND THINK ABOUT HOW YOU WOULD FEEL IF YOU LIVED THERE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENT. DOES ANYONE ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE HAVE A COMMENT OR WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? YOU HAVEN'T. DOES HE NEED TO SIGN IN? THIS GENTLEMAN HERE. COME TO THE PODIUM. DOES HE NEED TO SIGN IN? OKAY. HAVE YOU BEEN SWORN IN? DID YOU RAISE YOUR HAND WHEN THEY DID THE THE OATH? YES. YOU MAY PROCEED. HI, EVERYONE. MY NAME IS HASSAN [INAUDIBLE], CO-OWNER OF SABLE PALM. AND I'M HERE TO SAY. YOU OWN THE BUILDING. YES. OKAY. OKAY. SO ABOUT SEVEN MONTHS AGO, THERE IS A SPACE WHICH IS NUMBER ELEVEN. IT'S BEEN WE'VE SIGNED A LEASE FOR A RETAIL STORE. AND ABOUT SEVEN MONTHS AGO, THEY STARTED MOVING SHOWCASES AND AND OTHER THINGS IN THERE, BUT THEY DID NOT HAVE AN ALARM SYSTEM. SO WE'VE BEEN HAVING AN ISSUE WITH HOMELESS PEOPLE AND FRANKLY, WE CALL POLICE AND THE POLICE IS NOT WILLING TO ENFORCE. I DON'T KNOW IF THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH HELP OR IT JUST DOESN'T HAPPEN. I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE NOT WILLING, BUT IT'S JUST HASN'T HAPPENED. SO ANYWAYS, ONE ONE OF THE HOMELESS PEOPLE THAT HANG OUT, NOT NECESSARILY IN THE PLAZA, BUT IN THE AREA, IN THE GENERAL AREA, EARLY MORNING COMES COLLECTS THESE GARBAGE CANS. THEY'RE PLASTIC ABOUT THIS HIGH. THEY'RE SQUARE. HE COLLECTS THEM FROM THE ENTIRE PLAZA, PUTS THEM IN FRONT OF THAT NUMBER ELEVEN SPACE, BUILD THEM UP TOO HIGH, THINKING THAT NO ONE'S GOING TO SEE WHAT HE'S DOING, NOT THINKING THAT WE HAVE SECURITY CAMERAS THAT COVER THE ENTIRE SIDEWALK OR AND HE BREAKS THE WINDOW AND THEN HE GOES IN. NO, I GUESS THERE'S NO MERCHANDISE AND BREAKS SOME SHOWCASES BECAUSE THERE WAS NO ALARM. SO MY POINT HERE IS THAT HONESTLY, TO ME, HAVING A LEASED SPACE PROVIDES A LOT MORE SECURITY TO THE ENTIRE PLAZA AND TO THE DAYCARE THAN HAVING A VACANT SPACE. MY SECOND POINT IS. I AGREED TO GIVE A LEASE TO HERE BECAUSE THEY WENT OVER THERE YOU KNOW WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, MONITORING SYSTEM. [02:15:04] THEY'RE GOING TO DO THE ENTIRE PLAZA. DAY CARE MONITORS WE MONITOR. WE'RE PLANNING TO PUT AN ALARM SYSTEM ON THE BACK GATE. VOLUNTEERED THAT THEY WOULD NOT USE THE BACK ALLEY FOR DELIVERIES. AND MY CONCERN IS THAT SEEING THAT THE ECONOMY IS GOING TO PROBABLY GO INTO SOME SERIOUS RECESSION. I DON'T KNOW IF I'LL BE ABLE TO LEASE TO SOMEBODY ELSE. AND IF THESE SPACES ARE VACANT, THAT IS GOING TO BE MORE OF A CONCERN TO THE ENTIRE PLAZA. AND TO THE DAYCARE THAN THOSE SPACES BEING LEASED. AND MY OTHER POINT IS THAT, YOU KNOW, A GENTLEMAN SPOKE ABOUT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE USING MARIJUANA. FROM WHAT I WAS ABLE TO GATHER IS THAT MEDICAL MARIJUANA PATIENTS DO NOT HANG OUT ON THE STREET TO SMOKE. THEY DO TAKE IT HOME BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO BUY IT. AS PATIENTS THEY CAN TAKE IT HOME. THE PEOPLE WHO SMOKE ON THE STREET ARE NOT MEDICAL MARIJUANA PATIENTS GET ON THE STREET AND HANG OUT ON THE STREET. AND THIS IS WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO PREVENT BY LEASING THESE SPACES SO THEY WOULDN'T BE VACANT. AND THOSE TYPE OF PEOPLE WOULD COME AND DO WHAT HAPPENED ABOUT SEVEN MONTHS AGO. THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. THANK YOU. I HAD A FEW QUESTIONS FOR YOU. SURE. HOW LONG HAS THAT SPACE BEEN VACANT? 13 AND 14. WHAT? AND I'M WONDERING HOW LONG THAT SPACE HAS BEEN VACANT. THEY'VE BEEN VACANT FOR ALMOST TWO YEARS. AND HONESTLY, THE ECONOMY IS NOT IN SUCH A GREAT SHAPE THAT WE WERE ABLE TO. HAVE YOU HAD ANY INTEREST IN THAT SPACE IN THE PAST TWO YEARS? OUTSIDE OF THESE APPLICANTS? APPLICANT. YES. [INAUDIBLE] IF IT'S OKAY FOR ME TO ASK, WHAT WAS THE REASON YOU DECIDED NOT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT APPLICANT? OH, NO, NO. SOMEONE SIGNED A LEASE AND THEY DECIDED TO DO SOMETHING TO GO SOMEWHERE ELSE. OKAY. DO YOU REMEMBER OUTSIDE OF THE CHIROPRACTOR, DO YOU REMEMBER WHAT WHAT TYPE OF BUSINESS WAS IN THE OTHER SPACE? BEFORE THE CHIROPRACTOR? SO THERE'S TWO SPACES, I UNDERSTAND 13 AND 14. ONE OF THEM WAS OCCUPIED BY A CHIROPRACTOR. THE OTHER SPACE, IT DOESN'T SAY IN THE BUILDING? WHAT WAS THERE? YEAH, IT WAS. THEY WERE DOING SOME ACCOUNTING, BUT THEY NEVER DONE WELL AND THEY WERE ALWAYS LATE BEHIND ON RENT AND WHATNOT. SO WHEN THEY FILED RENT, PILED UP A LOT, YOU KNOW, I ASKED THEM, YOU EITHER PAY OR LEAVE AND THEY DECIDED TO LEAVE KIND OF THING. I UNDERSTAND. HOW LONG HAVE YOU OWNED THE PROPERTY? SINCE 2017. OK. OK. I UNDERSTAND. THANK YOU. THAT'S MY QUESTION. ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. SUN? SO I UNDERSTAND YOUR ENTHUSIASM AND GET INTO SPACE LEASED OUT. BUT IS IT THAT YOU WANT THE SPACE TO BE LEASED OUT, OR IS IT THAT THE TYPE OF BUSINESS. WHICH ARE YOU MORE, I GUESS, TO GET THE SPACE LEASED? WELL, COULD IT BE LIKE ANOTHER TYPE OF BUSINESS? YOU'D BE EQUALLY SATISFIED. CORRECT. I MEAN, AS A LANDLORD, YOU ALWAYS TRY TO GET THE SPACES LEASED BECAUSE THAT'S HOW YOU'RE GOING TO GENERATE THE INCOME. HONESTLY, HASN'T BEEN EASY TO LIKE ONE SPACE, WHICH IS NUMBER 11. THEY HAVE 13 AND 14 WAS VACANT SINCE WE PURCHASED THE BUILDING AND I WAS JUST ABLE TO LEASE IT LIKE ABOUT MAYBE THREE MONTHS AGO. OKAY. IT'S NOT EASY, I UNDERSTAND. BUT ANOTHER TYPE OF OCCUPANCY COULD GIVE YOU THE SAME RESULTS. WHERE ARE THEY? SANS THE SECURITY NET. WHERE ARE THEY? SPACE NUMBER 11 WAS VACANT SINCE 2017. UP UNTIL THREE MONTHS AGO. I MEAN, WE HAVE THEM WITH A REALTOR. I HAVE MY OWN PHONE NUMBER ON THE BUILDING AND WE WE SUPPOSEDLY WERE IN A GOOD ECONOMY. WE'RE GETTING READY TO GO INTO RECESSION, ACCORDING TO MOST ECONOMISTS. [02:20:03] SO HONESTLY, IF THEY DON'T MOVE IN, I EXPECT THOSE TWO SPACES TO REMAIN VACANT. WELL, WE CAN'T SAY WE EXPECT, BUT WE HOPE THAT IT DOESN'T. OH, WE'RE GOING INTO RECESSION, MY OPINION, AND IT'S GOING TO BE TOUGHER THAN IT WAS BEFORE. AND WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO LEASE EXCEPT TO THIS TENANT SO. I THINK WE HAVE THE POINT HERE. I'M GOING TO MOVE ON TO MISS VIOLA. YES, THE COMPANY THAT YOU GAVE THE PROPERTY TO GET IT LEASED OUT FOR YOU IF YOU CHANGE COMPANY AND UTILIZE SOME OTHER COMPANY. I TRY TO AND THE REALTOR THAT I WAS ALWAYS GOING TO CHANGE THE COMPANY. AND I GOT A REALTOR WHO'S WHO'S WHO DOES PRETTY WELL. BOTH OF THEM DO PRETTY WELL IN BROWARD COUNTY, THE ONE I HAVE AND THE ONE THAT I WAS GOING TO MOVE TO. AND HE CAME TO THE PLAZA AND HONESTLY RIGHT THERE. AND THEN WHEN WE WERE SUPPOSED TO SIGN, I WAS SUPPOSED TO SIGN WITH HIM. HE TOLD ME, I HAVE A CHANGE OF HEART. I DON'T WANT TO DO IT. YOU HAVE HE HAS HE CHANGED HIS MIND? I GIVE YOU HIS NAME IF YOU'D LIKE TO. HE'S A VERY GOOD BROKER, WELL KNOWN. HE CHANGED HIS MIND RIGHT THERE. DID HE SAY WHY HE CHANGED HIS MIND? HE TOLD ME THAT HE MANAGES A SIMILAR PLAZA SOMEWHERE AND HE SAID, I SEE ALL THE SIMILARITIES AND I JUST DON'T WANT TO DO IT. HE HAD THE CONTRACT IN HIS HAND. WE MET THERE WE WE'RE SUPPOSED TO SIGN RIGHT THERE AT THE PLAZA. HE CHANGED HIS MIND. SO I ENDED UP KEEPING THE ORIGINAL ONE BECAUSE I HAVE DONE BUSINESS WITH HIM ON DIFFERENT PROPERTIES AND HE'S GOOD. BUT NEVERTHELESS, I WAS GOING TO TRY SOMEBODY ELSE WHO DID NOT WANT TO TAKE IT ON. I DON'T KNOW IF I'M ALLOWED TO SAY TO TELL YOU TO GO AND FIND SOMEBODY ELSE. I LIVE AROUND THE CORNER. I NEVER EVEN KNOW THAT YOUR SPACE WAS WAS NEEDED, WAS AVAILABLE FOR LEASING. I THINK YOU NEED TO FIND SOMEBODY ELSE TO MARKET YOUR PROPERTY. I WOULD TAKE YOUR COMMENT AND I WOULD TRY DO WE HAVE ANYONE ELSE THAT HAS A COMMENT OR A QUESTION FOR MR. HASSAN. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, MR. HASSAN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. GO AHEAD. TIME FOR REBUTTAL. PARDON ME. SOME REBUTTAL OPPORTUNITY? YES. BEFORE YOU DO THAT, I THINK THIS GENTLEMAN MAY WANT TO SPEAK AGAIN. AND IT MAY. YOU MAY WANT A REBUTTAL TO HIM AS WELL. IS THAT OKAY IF I HAVE HIM GO FIRST? IS THAT OKAY WITH YOU? MADAM CHAIR. I'M SORRY. YES. WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL. HE'S NOT AN AFFECTED PARTY. WE'VE ALREADY ALLOWED THE PUBLIC TO SPEAK, AND I THINK HE SPOKE HIS ENTIRE TIME LIMIT. OKAY. SO? SO I'M FORTUNATELY. I APOLOGIZE. WE WE DO HEAR YOUR YOUR COMMENT AND YOUR THOUGHTS. AM I ALLOWED TO ALLOW THE APPLICANT TO REBUTTAL? ONE SECOND. [INAUDIBLE] THE APPLICANT HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO REBUT. I'M SORRY, SIR. YOU HAVE TO BE A LISTED AFFECTED PARTY. THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION. YOU MAY HAVE THE FLOOR. ARE YOU CLOSING PUBLIC COMMENTS, MADAM CHAIR? YES. I'M SORRY. YES, PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE NOW CLOSED. MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, THANK YOU AGAIN. FOR THE RECORD, RON BOOK 4000 HOLLYWOOD BOULEVARD, HOLLYWOOD, FLORIDA. ON BEHALF OF AIR, I JUST WANT TO MAKE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS, FIRST OF ALL. FOUR CORNER RULE. YOU DON'T READ INTO A STATUTE, YOU DON'T READ INTO AN ORDINANCE WHAT'S NOT WRITTEN ON THE FOUR CORNERS OF THE PAGE. FOR STAFF TO BASE THEIR RECOMMENDATION OF DENIAL BECAUSE THE STATE LAW SAYS PUBLIC OR PRIVATE HIGH SCHOOL, PUBLIC OR PRIVATE MIDDLE SCHOOL, PUBLIC OR PRIVATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. THAT WAS FOR A REASON, BECAUSE THE TESTIMONY AND THE EVIDENCE THAT WERE PRODUCED IN COMMITTEES IN BOTH THE FLORIDA HOUSE AND THE FLORIDA SENATE AND I HAPPENED TO HAVE BEEN THERE WHEN TESTIMONY WAS PROVIDED. WHEN THE STATUTE WAS WRITTEN, I PLAYED A ROLE IN IT. I KNOW WHAT THE INTENT WAS. AND THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS, THE 500 FOOT APPLIES TO SCHOOLS, NOT DAYCARE. WHY? BECAUSE LITTLE CHILDREN, LITTLE TINY CHILDREN ARE NOT THE INDIVIDUALS THAT THE LEGISLATURE SOUGHT TO PROTECT WHEN [02:25:04] THEY PASSED THE STATUTE IN THE FIRST PLACE. SO ATTEMPTING TO READ INTO IT WAS THEIR INTENT. IT WASN'T THEIR INTENT. IF IT WAS THEIR INTENT, THEY WOULD HAVE PUT IT IN THE STATUTE. IF IT WAS THE INTENT OF THE CITY WHEN THEY ADOPTED THEIR ORIGINAL ORDINANCE REGULATING PHARMACIES AS WELL AS MEDICAL MARIJUANA PHARMACIES, THEY WOULD HAVE PUT THAT IN. THEY DID NOT. THAT WAS A CONSCIOUS DECISION. SO TO TALK ABOUT POTENTIAL THIS OR POTENTIAL THAT, WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, THAT WASN'T THERE. AND THAT'S NOT THE EVIDENCE IN FRONT OF YOU TO EVALUATE WHETHER OR NOT THIS APPLICANT MEETS THE CONDITIONS THAT ARE CONTAINED IN THE FOUR CORNERS OF YOUR CODE AND OR WHAT'S CONTAINED WITHIN THE STATUTE THAT MAY HAVE PREEMPTED LOCAL GOVERNMENTS FROM REGULATION. NUMBER TWO, WITH RESPECT TO THE GENTLEMAN WHO SERVED IN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM, I GOT TREMENDOUS RESPECT FOR ALL OF OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, WHETHER THEY'RE LAW ENFORCEMENT IN THE SCHOOLS OR THEY'RE THE LAW ENFORCEMENT ON THE STREETS. THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS, IF THERE WAS A CHILD IN ANY OF THE SCHOOLS THAT HE AND OTHERS THAT ARE A PART OF THE BROWARD COUNTY SCHOOL SYSTEM POLICE FORCE FOUND SOMEBODY WITH A MEDICAL MARIJUANA, ANYTHING. THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN A VIOLATION OF THE LAW. THE CHILD SHOULD HAVE BEEN TAKEN INTO JUVENILE CUSTODY BECAUSE THE LAW SAYS YOU'VE GOT TO BE 21 TO ENTER A MEDICAL MARIJUANA PHARMACY. YOU CANNOT DISPENSE TO SOMEBODY UNDER THE AGE OF 21 LEGALLY. SO THE INDIVIDUAL THAT MAY HAVE HAD SOMETHING FROM A PHARMACY WAS THE SAME THING AS BUYING SOMETHING OFF THE STREETS. IT WAS JUST AS ILLEGAL THERE. THE REASON FOR SECURITY, THE FLORIDA STATUTE REQUIRES IT. BY THE WAY, I WOULD BE HAPPY TO TAKE SOMEBODY TO A CVS AND WALGREENS AND GET A TOUR OF THE BACK OF THE PHARMACY AND LOOK AT ALL OF THE SECURITY THAT THEY HAVE IN PLACE. YOU MAY NOT SEE IT. YOU MAY NOT HEAR AN APPLICATION ON IT, BUT IT'S REQUIRED AND IT'S THERE. AND IT'S THERE BECAUSE THE FEDERAL DRUG ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES AND THE FDA, ALL OF WHICH REGULATE THOSE TIGHTLY CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES, REQUIRE THOSE LEVELS OF SECURITY. SO TO SAY THAT SECURITY THAT YOU'VE HEARD MR. SPARKS SPEAK ABOUT AS THE APPLICANT SHOULDN'T BE A CONDITION TO DENY IT SHOULD BE APPLAUDED. AND YOU HEARD THE WOMAN FROM THE DAY CARE SCHOOL COME UP HERE AND TESTIFY THAT SHE NOT ONLY SUPPORTS IT BECAUSE SHE DOESN'T SEE IT AS A THREAT TO HER LITTLE CHILDREN AT THE DAYCARE. THEY'RE NOT GOING INTO THAT MEDICAL MARIJUANA DISPENSARY BECAUSE IT IS SO HIGHLY REGULATED. RESPECTFULLY, SHE'S TALKING ABOUT THAT ADDED LEVEL OF SECURITY, THE WILLINGNESS TO USE THE CAMERAS THAT YOU WILLINGNESS TO TURN OVER TO LAW ENFORCEMENT JUST THE SAME WAY. OFTENTIMES THE TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICE CAMERAS, THE RED LIGHT CAMERAS ARE PROVIDED TO LAW ENFORCEMENT BY THE PRIVATE SECURITY COMPANY REGULATING THOSE INDUSTRIES WITH RED LIGHT CAMERAS. TO THE ISSUE OF OF COMPLAINTS ON THE COMMUNITY. I'M EXTREMELY COMMUNITY SENSITIVE. BUT THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS THIS IS NO MORE OF AN INTRUSION INTO THE COMMUNITY THAN A CVS OR A WALGREENS. AND TO SUBSTANTIATE THAT. HERE'S WHAT I CAN TELL YOU. THERE ARE NO COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE DISPENSARIES. THERE ARE NO COMPLAINTS ABOUT THINGS THAT GO ON IN COLORADO AND CALIFORNIA. THE STUDIES THAT THE GENTLEMAN SPOKE TO, I DON'T QUESTION THE STUDY FROM 2001 TO 2012 CONDUCTED IN CALIFORNIA OR THE COLORADO. BUT THOSE DEALT WITH ISSUES IN THOSE STATES THAT HAD UNREGULATED SYSTEMS. AND WHAT FLORIDA CHOSE TO DO WHEN IT ADOPTED ITS STATUTE WAS LOOK AROUND AMERICA. WE WEREN'T THE FIRST STATE. WE WEREN'T THE SECOND FOR THE FIFTH OR THE 10TH. WE WERE 20 SOMETHING WHEN WE WROTE OUR STATUTE. AND WHAT THE LEGISLATURE DID IS THEY TRAVELED AROUND THE COUNTRY. THEY CHOSE TO PICK BEST PRACTICES TO PROVIDE THE LEVEL OF REGULATION, TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC, TO PROTECT COMMUNITIES. RIGHT. THESE INDIVIDUALS WHO SPOKE SPOKE TO. THAT'S WHY. I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY TO YOU. WHAT I'M NOT REQUIRED TO HIPAA TO DISCLOSE. I HAVE USED THE PHARMACY FOR THE LAST 11 MONTHS. I'M A CANCER PATIENT, AND HERE'S WHAT I CAN TELL YOU. I DON'T SMOKE IT. I DON'T VAPE IT. THERE ARE TINCTURES, THERE ARE PILLS, THERE ARE PATCHES. [02:30:04] THAT I'VE CHOSEN TO USE TO DEAL WITH AND MANAGE THE LEVEL OF DISCOMFORT AND PAIN THAT I'VE HAD AS I WENT THROUGH 42 RADIATION AND 6 CHEMO TREATMENTS. WAS IT MY FIRST CHOICE? IT WASN'T MY SECOND CHOICE, I CAN TELL YOU. THE PRODUCTS THAT I'VE USED TO GET TO SLEEP, TO RELIEVE MY DISCOMFORT ARE FAR BETTER, FAR BETTER THAN THE OXYCODONE AND THE OXYCONTIN AND THE PERCOCET'S THAT MY DOCTORS PRESCRIBE TO ME. I CAN TELL YOU THAT MY DOCTOR AT THE SYLVESTER CANCER CENTER AND NCI DESIGNATED CANCER CENTER RECOMMENDED I GO VISIT. A MEDICAL MARIJUANA DOCTOR. WHICH I DID. AND GOT A PRESCRIPTION. AND NOT FOR FLOWER TO SMOKE, NOT FOR VAPE PRODUCTS TO VAPE, BUT TO USE THE TINCTURES TO RELIEVE MY PAIN AND DISCOMFORT. AND IF I LOOK HEALTHY TODAY, HERE'S WHAT I CAN TELL YOU. I'M STILL UNDER CARE. I'M STILL UNDER CARE. AND I CAN'T SPEAK FOR ANY OF YOU OR YOUR FAMILY MEMBERS OR YOUR NEIGHBORS. BUT IF YOU THINK I LIKE HAVING TO DRIVE SIX OR EIGHT MILES TO GET THE INDIVIDUAL PRODUCT THAT I NEED, ALL OF THESE MEDICAL MARIJUANA PHARMACIES ARE NOT EQUAL. BECAUSE A PROPRIETARY PRODUCT AT TRULIEVE IS NOT A PROPRIETARY PRODUCT THAT AYR SELLS AT THEIR LIBERTY CENTERS OR THAT MOVE OR ANY OF THE OTHERS, BECAUSE ALL OF THEM USE THEIR INDIVIDUAL INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RELATIONSHIP LICENSES TO PRODUCE DIFFERENT PRODUCTS. AND AS AN EXAMPLE, I'LL USE TRULIEVE UP THE STREET FROM HERE. IF YOU GO TO TRULIEVE, YOU CANNOT GET A CHRONIC PAIN PATCH. THEY DON'T PRODUCE THEM. BUT YOU'RE GOING TO MOVE. AND THEY DO. YOU GO TO A LIBERTY HEALTH SCIENCES PLACE AND YOU CAN GET SOMETHING THAT IS VERY SPECIFIC FOR GETTING SLEEP. I CAN TELL YOU IT'S DROPS. IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT I TOOK OUT OF SOME KIND OF CONTAINER AND WENT AROUND A CORNER AND SMOKED IT. AND BY THE WAY, ANYBODY WHO ACQUIRES A FLOWER PRODUCT OR A VAPE PRODUCT OR A CONCENTRATE OF ANY KIND AND WALKS OUT OF THE DISPENSARY AND DOES THAT SOMEWHERE OTHER THAN IN THE PRIVACY OF THEIR HOME, THAT IS ILLEGAL UNDER FLORIDA LAW. IT IS ILLEGAL. IT'S NOT ILLEGAL IN COLORADO. IT'S NOT ILLEGAL IN CALIFORNIA. AND I WOULD AGREE WITH THE GENTLEMAN. THE STUDIES IN THOSE STATES ARE HORRIFIC. BECAUSE THEY ALLOW THAT PUBLIC CONSUMPTION. THEY ALLOW THOSE CONSUMPTION BARS. THAT'S NOT WHAT FLORIDA DOES. AND I DON'T WANT TO BE LIKE THEM. AND I CAN TELL YOU THE FLORIDA LEGISLATURE DOESN'T WANT TO BE LIKE THEM EITHER. AND THAT'S WHY I DON'T USE THAT SO CALLED RECREATIONAL USE. HAS NOT MADE IT ON OUR BALLOT. SO WHEN YOU DELIBERATE. AND YOU THINK ABOUT THE EVIDENCE THAT'S IN FRONT OF YOU. WHEN YOU EVALUATE WHETHER OR NOT THERE SHOULD BE AN ADDITIONAL CONVENIENCE FOR INDIVIDUALS LIKE MYSELF. AND I HAVEN'T STOOD UP ANYWHERE, NOR HAVE I DISCLOSED ANYWHERE THAT I'M A CARD CARRIER AND I USE THE TINCTURES. BUT I FELT LISTENING TO WHAT YOU HAD IN FRONT OF YOU, YOU NEEDED NOT ONLY SOME REBUTTAL TO SOME OF THE THINGS SAID FROM AN INVENTORY STANDPOINT, BUT I WANTED TO MAKE CLEAR WHAT I LOOK LIKE, HOW I DRESS. I'M NOT THE GUY IN FLIP FLOPS AND CUTOFFS AND A T SHIRT SMOKING DOPE ON THE STREET. IT'S THE EVIDENCE IN FRONT OF YOU. THE CRITERIA THAT'S SET OUT. AND IF AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE BASIS FOR THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION UNDER B, C, D, AND E WAS THE DAYCARE, I WOULD SUGGEST TO YOU THAT EVIDENCE IS NOT IN FRONT OF YOU BECAUSE THAT IS NOT A STANDARD IN THE STATUTE, NOR IS IT A STANDARD IN THE ORDINANCE. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO REBUT AND FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENT, COMMENTS OR QUESTION? DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTION [INAUDIBLE] BEFORE WE BEFORE I GET TO [INAUDIBLE] I DO WANT TO SAY SOMETHING. I WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT WE'RE NOT LOOKING AT NECESSARILY WHETHER THEY'RE GOING TO BE DRUG ADDICTS SMOKING MARIJUANA IN THE PLAZA. [02:35:09] WE'RE LOOKING AT WHETHER WE'RE LOOKING TO ALLOW THE THE LOCATION OF THIS FACILITY IN THIS BUILDING. SO I JUST WANT I WANT TO REMIND, I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, WE MIGHT HAVE GOTTEN A LITTLE THROWN OFF HERE. SO I WANT TO JUST REMIND WE'RE LOOKING AT ARE WE LOOKING TO ALLOW THIS USE IN THIS BUILDING? AND THE REASON THAT WE'RE PUT BEFORE US. GO AHEAD. SO I WANTED TO MAKE TWO COMMENTS, SO I'M NOT SURE HOW THAT FIT IN THERE. I WANTED TO ASK. YES, IT IS. YOU GUYS CAN HEAR HER. OKAY, GO AHEAD. IT'S ON. CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? BETTER OK. I WANTED TO KNOW WHAT WAS THE PROCESS OF NOTIFICATION TO THE RESIDENTS IN THE COMMUNITY WHEN SOMETHING LIKE THIS IS COMING UP? BECAUSE I LIVE AROUND THERE AND I NEVER GOT ANY NOTICE ABOUT THIS. AND I HAVEN'T HEARD ANY OF THE PEOPLE IN MY COMMUNITY TALKING ABOUT HAVING RECEIVED ONE. SO THAT'S MY FIRST QUESTION. I CAN RESPOND TO THAT. FOR ALL THE ITEMS THAT YOU HEAR THAT COMES BEFORE THIS BODY, THE CODE REQUIRES PUBLIC NOTICE 400 FEET FROM THE PROPERTY, SO MAIL NOTICE IS SENT OUT AND THEN THERE IS A SIGN THAT'S ERECTED ON THE PROPERTY. SO IT'S 400 FEET? YES, THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. I JUST WANT TO COMMEND THE CITY FOR STEPPING UP AND LIMITING THE NUMBER OF THESE FACILITIES IN OUR COMMUNITY. I THINK IT'S A WONDERFUL IDEA. THANK YOU. DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE A COMMENT OR QUESTION? I HAVE A QUESTION FOR STAFF. WHEN WAS THE APPLICANTS? I'M TRYING TO GET THE TIMELINE HERE. I SEE IN THE BACKUP A REFERENCE OF EXECUTING A LEASE AGREEMENT FOR THE PROPERTY IN EARLY 22. BUT WHEN DID THE APPLICANT SUBMIT SOMETHING TO THE CITY FOR THE USE? THE APPLICANT SUBMITTED A BUILDING PERMIT IN 2022. AT THAT TIME. WAS IT A PERMITTED USE? NO, IT WAS. THEY REQUIRED A SPECIAL EXCEPTION. OKAY. SO THEY DIDN'T THEY WEREN'T AWARE OF THAT AT THE TIME THEY SUBMITTED THE BUILDING PERMIT THAT THEY HAD TO COME IN FOR A SPECIAL EXCEPTION. CORRECT. IT WAS THAT WAS ONE OF MY COMMENTS IN THE ZONING REVIEW. WHY THE DELAY IN TIME? WHY ARE WE SEEING IT THIS LONG? WHY BETWEEN THAT TIME THAT THEY WERE MADE AWARE OF THE SPECIAL EXCEPTION IN THEIR COMING MONTHS, THAT LONG TIME LATER, ALMOST A YEAR LATER? SO IN BETWEEN THAT TIME YOU'VE HAD IN BETWEEN THIS TIME YOU'VE HAD TWO DIFFERENT ZONING IN PROGRESS. YOU HAD ONE PREVIOUS, IF I CAN RECALL, ONCE SECOND HERE. THERE WERE I'M JUST USING MY RECOLLECTION THERE. THERE THERE WAS A PERMIT SUBMITTED FOR INTERIOR RENOVATION AND SAFETY. AT THAT TIME, WE HAD A ZONING IN PROGRESS TO WHERE WE PUT IN THE REVIEW COMMENTS ZONING IN PROGRESS. THE ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER OF ZONING IN PROGRESS IS DUE TO A SPECIAL SECTION APPROVAL. SO THEY DIDN'T INQUIRE BEFORE THE PERMIT WAS SUBMITTED. SO THEY RECEIVED A SO NOT THEY. EXCUSE ME. DANIEL SPARKS ORIGINALLY SENT ME A REQUEST FOR A ZONING VERIFICATION LETTER. THIS PROJECT IS SIMILAR TO SUNNYSIDE DISPENSARIES THAT YOU GUYS HEARD IN NOVEMBER 2ND OF 2022. IT'S A SIMILAR PROJECT PROCESS. THEY SUBMITTED A ZONING VERIFICATION LETTER INTO 2021. THEY LEASED THE SPACE EARLY 2022, BUT LATER DOWN THE ROAD THEY SUBMITTED A BUILDING PERMIT. AND I CAN'T RECALL IF IT WAS I CAN'T RECALL IF IT WAS JULY OR AUGUST, BUT THEY SUBMITTED A BUILDING PERMIT. AT THE TIME THERE WAS A SPECIAL EXCEPTION ZONING IN PROGRESS. SO THE ZONING VERIFICATION LETTER INFORMED THE APPLICANT THAT THEY WOULD NEED TO GO THROUGH SPECIAL EXCEPTION OR. NO, AT THE TIME IT WAS A PERMITTED USE BY RIGHT. OKAY. SO THEY WERE MOVING IT FORWARD WITH IT, WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THEY COULD HAVE THE USE THERE. ORIGINALLY ORIGINALLY IN NOVEMBER OF 2021. YES. THEN THE BUILDING PERMIT CAME INTO PLAY AND THEN THE ZONING IN PROGRESS WAS PUT IN PLACE. [02:40:07] SO I GO BACK TO MY QUESTION ABOUT HOW MUCH TIME WENT BY. THAT EXPLAINS SOME OF THE TIMING HERE, THAT THEY WERE BASICALLY TOLD, YOU NEED TO HOLD OFF. WE'RE PUTTING A SPECIAL EXCEPTION OR WE'RE CONSIDERING THAT, SO FORTH AND SO ON. THAT TOOK A BUNCH OF TIME. THE CITY ENDED UP ADOPTING THAT. SO THEN THEY WOULD HAVE TO FILE A SPECIAL EXCEPTION APPLICATION UNDER WHAT WAS THEN THE RULES. THAT'S CORRECT. AND I GUESS CURRENTLY ARE ACTUALLY THERE. THAT'S CURRENTLY THE RULES, RIGHT. SPECIAL EXCEPTION, CORRECT? RIGHT. SO SO, OKAY. SO JUST FOR MY CLARIFICATION, THAT HELPS ME THINK OF THIS. THEY HAD STANDING OF SORT IT SOUNDS LIKE I KNOW I'M PROBABLY USING LEGAL TERM, BUT UNDER GOOD FAITH THEY APPLIED ORIGINALLY UNDER THE THE RULES AT THE TIME AND THEN THEY WERE DELAYED BECAUSE OF THE ZONING IN PROGRESS AND THEN THE SPECIAL EXCEPTION. SO THEY WENT AHEAD AND SUBMITTED THIS APPLICATION WITH SPECIAL EXCEPTION. SO NOW WE'RE REVIEWING IT UNDER THE SPECIAL EXCEPTION CRITERIA. OK CORRECT. I DON'T HAVE MY BACKUP IN FRONT OF ME, BUT IT'S ONCE AGAIN, IT'S VERY SIMILAR TO THE SUNNYSIDE DISPENSARIES WHERE THEY SUBMITTED A ZONING VERIFICATION LETTER. BUT AT THE TIME THAT THEY PUT IN THE BUILDING PERMIT, AS SOON AS THEY PUT IN THE BUILDING PERMIT, I BELIEVE IT WAS 4 TO 7 DAYS AFTER WE NOTIFIED THEM, A SPECIAL EXCEPTION IS REQUIRED PER ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER. SO THIS IS THE SAME INSTANCE? OK YEAH. WHEN I READ THIS, I HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, I THINK IF THE CITY HAD WANTED TO HAVE THE THE STANDARDS TO INCLUDE DAYCARE SHOULD HAVE SET IT IN THE CODE. IT DIDN'T SAY IT IN THE CODE. AND I UNDERSTAND THE SPIRIT AND THE WAY IT'S WRITTEN HERE, BUT IN THE SPIRIT OF THE THOUGHT AND OF SORT OF THE REASONING BEHIND IT, IT SHOULD HAVE EXTENDED THEN TO DAYCARE WHEN WHEN THE REGULATIONS WERE PUT INTO PLACE. AND AS THIS IS WRITTEN AND SAY, WELL, WE'RE GOING TO KIND OF CONSIDER IT AS THE SAME THING AS ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOLS IS SORT OF BACKWARDS, REALLY. I MEAN, IT'S I'M JUST SAYING, IF YOU REALLY WANTED TO APPLY TO KIDS JUST GENERALLY AND HAVE THE 500 FOOT AND ALL OF THAT, YOU SHOULD HAVE DONE IT WHEN YOU DID SPECIAL EXCEPTION REGULATIONS. TO TRY TO DO IT NOW AND TRY TO SORT OF BACKDOOR YOUR WAY INTO IT IS NOT THE WAY TO GO. NO, WE RECOGNIZE THAT. AND THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE DOING, WHICH IS WHY WE'RE SAYING THE SPIRIT. SO WE MADE IT CLEAR WE APPRECIATE THAT. I THINK THAT'S THAT'S NOT A STRONG POSITION TO TAKE. SO THOSE ARE THE TWO THINGS, I THINK THE TIMING OF IT. AND THE FACT THAT DAYCARES WEREN'T INCLUDED IN THE 500 FOOT SEPARATION. UNFORTUNATELY, HAD THEY, LET'S JUST SAY ONE MONTH BEFORE THEY SUBMITTED THE ACTUAL PERMIT. ONCE AGAIN, I CAN'T RECALL THE DATES ON THE TOP OF MY HEAD. HAD THEY SUBMITTED ONE MONTH BEFORE THE ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER WAS ENACTED, WE WOULDN'T HAVE THIS. IT WOULD JUST BE A PERMITTED USE BY RIGHT. SO DUE TO THEM FALLING IN TO ONCE AGAIN LIKE A 30 DAY ROUND OF APPLYING, IT WAS ALREADY IN EFFECT. SO THIS IS THE ONLY REASON WE'RE HERE. RIGHT BUT WHEN THEY ORIGINALLY GOT THE ZONING FOR FABRICATION LATER THEY WERE MOVING FORWARD AS A PERMITTED USE. CORRECT. BUT THAT WAS A YEAR BEFORE THEY KIND OF GOT CAUGHT HERE. THEY KIND OF GOT CAUGHT IN THE PROCESS OF THE CITY RECONSIDERING HOW IT WAS GOING TO REGULATE THIS WHOLE THING. AND THAT'S NOT THEIR FAULT, FRANKLY SO. UNDERSTOOD. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENT. I BELIEVE VIOLA HAS ANOTHER COMMENT. YES, I DO HAVE FIRSTHAND EXPERIENCE BECAUSE THERE IS ONE THAT DOWN THE STREET FROM WHERE I LIVE AND TO THE GENTLEMAN WHO SAYS THAT I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE LAW SAYS IN TERMS OF CONSUMPTION, BUT THERE ARE ALWAYS PEOPLE OUTSIDE OF THE FACILITY. THERE IS NO SECURITY OUTSIDE. THERE IS SECURITY INSIDE BECAUSE I WENT INSIDE TO SEE WHAT WAS GOING ON THERE, BECAUSE IT'S IN MY COMMUNITY AND THEY DO STAY OUTSIDE IN THE CAR. THERE ARE ALWAYS CARS, LOTS OF CARS OUT IN THE PARKING AREA. SO THEY'RE OUTSIDE DOING WHATEVER IT IS THAT THEY PURCHASE AND DO. SO THEY DO NOT GO HOME, SOME PEOPLE GO HOME. I'M SURE THEY DO. BUT THERE ARE LOTS OF PEOPLE OUT IN THE PARKING LOT DOING WHATEVER IT IS THEY'RE DOING. AND I CAN SAY THAT FOR FIRSTHAND EXPERIENCE BECAUSE IT'S IN MY COMMUNITY AND I WALK THERE EVERY DAY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENT. JUST TO BE FAIR, I LIVE CLOSE. [02:45:02] I HAVEN'T SEEN WHAT YOU'VE SEEN. I DO BELIEVE WHAT YOU'VE SEEN. I HAVEN'T SEEN IT. I DON'T SEE IT TO BE A NUISANCE. I DON'T KNOW. I DO KNOW PEOPLE WHO HAVE USED MEDICAL MARIJUANA. I HAVE A SISTER WHO HAS SEIZURES AND SHE USES IT. I DON'T SEE THAT THEY'RE A MENACE TO SOCIETY OR DRUG USE. DRUG USERS. I DO KNOW THAT THAT HAPPENS, BUT IT'S NOT THE SAME FROM MY EXPERIENCE, FROM WHAT I'VE SEEN IN MY OWN FAMILY AS RECREATIONAL DRUG USE. I CAN APPRECIATE WHAT HAS BEEN SAID HERE AND I DO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION WHAT HAS BEEN SAID HERE, BUT I DON'T WANT TO PAINT THE PICTURE UNFAIRLY. THAT IS GOING TO BE A DRUG USE RECREATIONAL DRUG USE SITUATION. I CAN APPRECIATE WHAT YOU SAID, MR. HUGHES, IN REGARDS TO IT NOT BEING WRITTEN IN THE IN THE CODE. I DO UNDERSTAND THE CITY'S CONCERN OF WANT TO KIND OF SEPARATE THE SAFETY OF THE CHILDREN TO MY UNDERSTANDING OF HOW IT'S WRITTEN FROM THE POTENTIAL DANGER AND NOT THAT IS ANY REAL DANGER. I ALSO DO UNDERSTAND AND APPRECIATE MS. [INAUDIBLE] HER COMMENT ABOUT SAFETY IN THE PLAZA. I TOO HAVE EXPERIENCED IN MY COMMUNITY BECAUSE I DON'T LIVE FAR FROM THAT FACILITY HOMELESSNESS AND PEOPLE BEING IN MY COMMUNITY WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO ERADICATE THAT. SO ONE OF MY BIGGER CONCERNS AND I WANT TO DISCUSS THIS AFTER THE MEETING OR DURING THE MEETING, RATHER, AFTER THIS PORTION OF THE MEETING, WHAT THE CITY AND OR POLICE DEPARTMENT WILL BE DOING ABOUT THE HOMELESSNESS, BECAUSE I DO SEE A RISE NOT JUST ON THE ON THE COMMERCIAL UNIVERSITY CORRIDOR, BUT ALSO IN THAT VICINITY WHERE THE FACILITY IS BEING PROPOSED. I SEE A HUGE INFLUX, BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE BEING FAIR TO ALL PARTIES HERE AND NOT PAINTING A PICTURE OF VAGRANCY BECAUSE OF THE MARIJUANA DISPENSARY. I DO ALSO APPRECIATE AND AGREE WITH WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL WITH HOW MANY DISPENSARIES WE'RE ALLOWING IN THE CITY OF TAMARAC. I PERSONALLY, BECAUSE I LIVE HERE, I WANT TO BE CAREFUL WITH ALLOWING THE DENSITY OF DISPENSARIES IN ONE LOCATION, WHICH SEEMS LIKE WE'VE ALLOWED THAT TAMARAC IS NOT THAT LARGE OF A CITY, AND WE ALREADY HAVE FOUR POTENTIALLY FIVE DISPENSARIES HERE NOW. SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE MINDFUL OF THAT, BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ALL BEING FAIR. I CAN SEE THAT THIS CONVERSATION IS PASSIONATE AND WE ALL HAVE OUR SIDES AND VIEWS, BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE BEING OBJECTIVE AND KIND OF LOOKING AT WHAT'S IN FRONT OF US, NOT NOT NECESSARILY GETTING WRAPPED UP IN THE EMOTIONS OF WHAT COULD POTENTIALLY HAPPEN AND WHAT VERSUS WHAT IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING. DID YOU HAVE ANOTHER? YES, I'M NOT AGAINST THE USE OF IT. I HAVE FRIENDS THAT UTILIZE IT AND THEY TELL ME IT HAS HELPED THEM TREMENDOUSLY. SO I'M NOT AGAINST THE USE OF IT. I'M NOT AGAINST THE PRESCRIPTION AND THE PEOPLE THAT NEED IT. IT WORKS BECAUSE THEY TOLD ME IT HELPS THEM. WHAT I AM CONSIDERING IS THE NUMBER IN IN OUR COMMUNITY, WHICH IS WHY I COMMENDED THIS CITY. THERE IS ONE NOT TOO FAR FROM THE LOCATION HE IS CHOOSING. SO IF IT'S A MATTER OF DISTANCE AND ACCESSIBILITY, WE ALREADY HAVE THE ACCESSIBILITY IN OUR COMMUNITY. NOW, HE DID POINT OUT SOMETHING THAT I WAS NOT AWARE OF, WHERE HE SAID DIFFERENT FACILITIES OR DIFFERENT NAME BRANDS, WHATEVER THEY OFFER, DIFFERENT TYPE. I WAS NOT AWARE OF THAT. BUT WE DO HAVE ONE OR WE HAVE TWO OR THREE IN OUR COMMUNITY ALREADY. SO FOR PEOPLE WHO NEED IT AND AS I SAID, I HAVE FRIENDS WHO ARE USING IT, I DON'T KNOW THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE NOT SERVED BECAUSE THEY CANNOT GET TO A LOCATION TO GET WHAT THEY NEED. THAT'S MY. MY POINT. I UNDERSTAND AND RESPECT THAT. AS A FOLLOW UP TO WHAT VIOLA SAID. DO YOU KNOW IF THE APPLICANT HAS ANY PLANS TO GO IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD CITIES? FOR THEIR BRAND. DO YOU HAVE PLAN FOR EXPANSION? AS FAR AS THE EXPANSION PLAN OF THE COMPANY, BROWARD COUNTY IS NOT PART OF THE IMMEDIATE BESIDES THIS PROPOSED LOCATION, THERE ARE NOT ANY ADDITIONAL PROPOSED LOCATIONS IN BROWARD COUNTY THAT ARE PART OF THE GROWTH PLAN. OKAY. SO WHY, TAMARAC? WHY THE CITY OF TAMARAC. THERE ARE 90,000 PATIENTS IN BROWARD COUNTY ALONE. THIS IS A SUPPLY AND DEMAND AND A PATIENT RIGHTS ISSUE, SPECIFICALLY AVAILABILITY OF THE PRODUCTS THAT WE CARRY BEING MADE AVAILABLE TO, AGAIN, THE 90,000 PATIENTS WITHIN BROWARD COUNTY AND SURROUNDING AREAS. OKAY. BUT JUST ACROSS THE WITHIN A BLOCK, THERE'S ANOTHER CITY WHICH WILL GIVE YOU THAT NICHE THAT YOU WANT, RIGHT? SO WHY TAMARAC WHY NOT CORAL SPRINGS OR SURROUNDING CITIES? [02:50:04] I'M NOT SURE IF THAT'S A FAIR QUESTION TO ASK. IS IT A FAIR QUESTION TO ASK? OKAY. AND. I'M ASKING BECAUSE. GO AHEAD. I WAS NOT AWARE AS THE GENTLEMAN SAYS, DIFFERENT DISPENSARIES CARRY A DIFFERENT BRAND, WHICH IS A VALID POINT BECAUSE I THOUGHT THERE WERE YOU KNOW, A BOTTLE IS A BOTTLE. HOWEVER, IF YOU WERE TRYING TO PROPOSE YOUR BRAND TO THE MARKET. OR MAYBE A RADIUS. I MEAN, THE CITY OF TAMARAC IS UNIQUELY SHAPED LIKE THIS. SO THERE ARE OTHER SPOTS OR OTHER CITIES YOU COULD GO THAT WILL SERVE YOUR NICHE. I MEAN, I'M ASKING WHY. WHAT WAS THE FOCUS ON TAMARAC? THE PATIENT COUNT SERVING THE PATIENTS OF BROWARD COUNTY. THE FACT THAT THIS IS A NEED OR SERVING A NEED, THE THE DEMAND FAR OUTPACES THE SUPPLY IN ANY MUNICIPALITY, ANY CITY, ANY OPERATION. THIS IS ALL PUBLIC INFORMATION THAT'S RELEASED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH EVERY WEEK. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY. THIS IS A COMPLEX TOPIC TODAY. DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY. MANAGER IS PROBABLY MORE COMMON THAN QUESTION. ONE I WOULD JUST LIKE TO POINT OUT IF WE WERE CONSIDERING THIS TO BE A SAY A LIQUOR STORE INSTEAD OF A MEDICAL MARIJUANA DISPENSARY. I DON'T THINK WE WOULD BE HAVING THE DISCUSSION ABOUT HOW MANY LIQUOR STORES ARE IN TAMARAC AND HOW MANY LIQUOR STORES ARE WITHIN CERTAIN MILES OF THIS FACILITY, WHAT THE SECURITY IS ON THE LIQUOR STORE, WHICH IS NONE, AND WHAT THE CLIENTELE COMING IN AND OUT OF THE LIQUOR STORE MIGHT BE. TWO ON THE ISSUE OF THE ELEMENTARY MIDDLE SCHOOL, HIGH SCHOOL, I WOULD IMAGINE SOMEBODY CORRECT ME IF I'M IF THEY DISAGREE THAT IF FOR INSTEAD OF THE DAYCARE FACILITY THERE WAS A HIGH SCHOOL IN THAT LOCATION, LET'S SAY SABLE PALM HIGH SCHOOL AND FOR WHATEVER REASON, IT SLIPPED THROUGH THE CRACKS HERE IN THE CITY, EITHER THROUGH STAFF, THE BOARD OR THE COMMISSION, THAT A FACILITY CAN'T BE WITHIN 500 FEET OF A HIGH SCHOOL. IF THAT FACILITY OPENED. IF WE ALLOWED IT TO OPEN. FDLE OR SOME OTHER AGENCY WOULD COME DOWN AND SAY, NO, THAT IS AGAINST THE LAW IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA. YOU NEED TO CLOSE THIS FACILITY IF THE STATE ACTUALLY BELIEVES THAT THAT APPLIES TO DAYCARE. THE SAME THING WOULD BE TRUE IF IT OPENS. I IMAGINE FDLE OR WHATEVER THE APPLICABLE AGENCY FROM THE STATE WOULD BE, WOULD COME IN AND SAY, NO, OUR STATUTE MEANS DAYCARE AS WELL. SO MY OPINION ON THAT IS SIMILAR TO THE APPLICANT. IF THE STATE WANTED DAYCARES TO BE IN THE CODE, THEY COULD HAVE OR IN THE STATUTE THEY COULD HAVE WRITTEN DAYCARES. IT'S NOT LIKE A DAYCARE IS A RARE FACILITY ANYWHERE IN THE STATE. SO THOSE ARE JUST TWO THINGS TO CONSIDER BEFORE WE VOTE OR MAKE A MOTION. AND THAT WOULD BE IT. THANK YOU. DO YOU HAVE ANY FURTHER COMMENTS? QUESTIONS? OKAY. IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE READY TO MAKE A VOTE. ALL RIGHT. I WILL CALL FOR A MOTION FOR UNFAVORABLE RECOMMENDATION FOR SPECIAL EXPENSE. SPECIAL EXCEPTION FOR THE USE OF A MODIFIED ONE STORY 2685 SQUARE FOOT LEASED SPACE FOR MEDICAL MARIJUANA DISPENSARY WITHIN AN EXISTING PLAZA NORTH NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICT TO THE CITY OF COMMISSION AT ITS FEBRUARY 22ND, 2023 MEETING. THIS IS FOR SPECIFICALLY TEMPORARY BOARD ORDER 68 CASE 1-Z23MF 53.76. DO WE HAVE A MOTION? AND AGAIN, I RECOMMEND THAT WE HAVE UNFAVORABLY WHATEVER YOU SAID BEFORE. UNFAVORABLE RECOMMENDATION OF A SPECIAL EXCEPTION FOR THE USE OF MODIFIED ONE STORY, 2630 85 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING. JUST A CLARIFICATION AND A YES VOTE HERE WOULD BE IN FAVOR OF THE RECOMMENDATION BY STAFF, CORRECT? RIGHT. SO THE MOTION IS TO DENY THE APPLICATION. THAT IS THE RECOMMENDATION OF STAFF. SO JUST IT WOULD BE CLEARER TO SAY THAT YOU RECOMMEND DENIAL. [02:55:02] WELL, I WOULD SAY RECOMMEND DENIAL OF THE APPLICATION FOR THE SPECIAL EXCEPTION INSTEAD OF WORDING IT IN THE NEGATIVE [INAUDIBLE] . A MOTION TO DENY THE APPLICATION FOR A SPECIAL EXCEPTION FOR THE MEDICAL MILL, THE MEDICAL MARIJUANA FACILITY. IF THAT'S YOUR MOTION. YES, THAT IS MY MOTION. THANK YOU. THANKS FOR THE CLARIFICATION. THANK YOU. SO WE HAVE A MOTION FROM VIOLA TO DENY THE APPLICATION. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? A SECOND? I SECOND THE MOTION. DO WE NEED TO CLARIFY WHAT THE YES AND THE NO SIGNIFIES THAT YOU SAY YES YOU ARE AGREEING TO DENY. IF YOU SAY NO, YOU'RE DISAGREEING TO DENY. DOES EVERYONE UNDERSTAND THAT? OK. AS A AS A POINT OF CLARIFICATION, IF THE MAJORITY VOTES NO, ARE WE THEN ALLOWED TO DO A SEPARATE MOTION TO SAY WE ARE IN FAVOR OF WE RECOMMEND THE APPLICATION? YOU CAN MAKE A [INAUDIBLE] YOU CAN MAKE A MOTION TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE APPLICATION. THANK YOU. [INAUDIBLE] YES. RICHARD HUGHES NO. NIKOLE CLEARE YES. DAVID. DAVID LEVIN NO. ERIC. NO. VIOLA WATSON. NO. AND I WANT TO BE CLEAR WHEN I SAY NO, IT MEANS THAT WE'RE NOT RECOMMENDING. SO YOU WANT TO SAY YES AND YOU WANT TO SAY YES? YOU WANT TO SAY YES. CAN YOU ANSWER, VIOLA? THEN IT'S NO. YES, IT'S. YES. IF I DON'T WANT IT THERE. YES. IT'S UP THEN. YES. SO IT'S A TIE. MOTION TO RECOMMEND DENIAL OF THE SPECIAL EXCEPTION APPLICATION TO THE CITY COMMISSION IS THREE THREE. SO THAT MEANS THAT THE MOTION DOES NOT PASS. SO YOU CAN ENTERTAIN A NEW MOTION AT THIS TIME IF YOU HAVE ONE. I MOVE TO MAKE A FAVORABLE RECOMMENDATION TO THE CITY COMMISSION ON THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST FOR A SPECIAL EXCEPTION. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I SECOND THAT. SO JUST TO CLARIFY, WHAT MR. GNAGE IS RECOMMENDING FOR THE BOARD IS TO ALLOW THE BUSINESS TO OPERATE IN THIS SPACE. SO IF YOU SAY YES, YOU'RE SAYING YES TO ALLOWING IT TO OPERATE IN THIS SPACE. IF WE IF WE VOTE AGAIN IN THE SAME MANNER, WHAT HAPPENS THEN? WE HAVE ANOTHER TIE. THE MOTION FAILS AS WELL AND THE APPLICATION MOVES FORWARD TO THE CITY COMMISSION. ALL RIGHT. SO WE HAVE A MOTION TO RECOMMEND TO THE CITY TO ALLOW THE BUSINESS. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I SECOND THAT. MR. LEVIN HAS SECONDED. YOU MAY WANT TO DISCUSS IT FURTHER AT THIS POINT. WE CAN. SINCE THE FIRST MOTION FAILED, THE APPLICATION IS GOING TO GO TO THE CITY COMMISSION JUST WITH NO RECOMMENDATION UP OR DOWN, CORRECT? THAT WOULD BE CORRECT, YEAH. IF THIS MOTION FAILS, SO THE COMMISSION WILL HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHETHER THEY WANT TO ALLOW IT OR NOT. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. THAT'S WHAT I'M THINKING. MY PERSONAL OPINION, IF I CAN IF I CAN GIVE THIS, IS I DON'T HAVE AN ISSUE WITH ONE MORE. IF THIS IS THE LAST DISPENSARY IN THE CITY OF TAMARAC. I'M JUST NOT COMFORTABLE WITH THE LOCATION. ALTHOUGH I EMPATHIZE WITH MR. HASSAN, I COMPLETELY EMPATHIZE. BUT I DO UNDERSTAND AND THINK THAT A DIFFERENT TYPE OF BUSINESS MIGHT BE BETTER SUITED FOR THAT LOCATION. AND SO THAT'S IS MY OPINION. AND SO SINCE IT'S SUCH A PASSIONATE TOPIC, IT MIGHT BE BEST FOR THE COMMISSION TO MAKE THE DECISION IN MY OPINION, IF THAT'S OKAY. THE COMMISSION MAKES THIS DECISION REGARDLESS. YOU'RE A RECOMMENDING BOARD, SO YOU'RE RECOMMENDING EITHER DENIAL, RECOMMENDING AN APPROVAL. THAT'S WHAT WE WILL DELIVER TO THEM ONCE WE GO TO THAT. BUT YOUR DECISION IS RECOMMENDING IN NATURE. I UNDERSTAND. I UNDERSTAND. SO WE HAVE A MOTION TO ALLOW THE DISPENSARY IN THE SPACE BY MR. [03:00:05] GNAGE AND A SECOND BY MR. LEVIN. AND THAT'S WHERE WE LEFT OFF. READY? YES. RICHARD HUGHES? YES. NIKOLE CLEARE? NO. SAJEEN BELL, NO. DAVID LEVIN. YES. ERIC GNAGE YES. VIOLA WATSON NO. MOTION TO MAKE A FAVORABLE RECOMMENDATION TO THE CITY COMMISSION FOR THE SPECIAL EXEMPTION APPLICATION TIED 3 TO 3. SO THAT MOTION ALSO FAILS. YES, I UNDERSTAND. OKAY. I'M SORRY THAT WE COULDN'T COME TO A CONCLUSION TODAY FOR EVERYONE HERE, BUT IT WILL BE HEARD AGAIN. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENCE.IS DIRECTOR'S REPORT FOR MISS MAXINE. MAXINE. CALLOWAY. [11. Director's Report] YEAH, I JUST WANT TO BRING A FEW ITEMS TO YOUR ATTENTION. ONE IS THAT THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE HAS INSTITUTED A ZONING IN PROGRESS, THIS TIME FOR SELF-STORAGE FACILITIES INDOOR. SO THAT IS SCHEDULED TO GO BEFORE THE CITY COMMISSION FOR RATIFICATION AT THEIR NEXT MEETING ON FEBRUARY 8TH. AND SO I JUST WANT TO BRING THAT TO YOUR ATTENTION. ALSO, AT THE LAST MEETING, YOU CONSIDER THE CULVER'S SITE PLAN VARIANCE APPLICATION AND SPECIAL EXCEPTION. THAT ITEM WAS HEARD BY THE CITY COMMISSION AND WAS APPROVED TO MOVE FORWARD. AND LASTLY, I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE AND THE MAYOR AND COMMISSION OFFICE DID NOT RECEIVE SUFFICIENT APPLICATIONS FOR THEM TO CONSIDER FOR BOARD PLACEMENT FOR ALL THE BOARDS IN THE CITY. AND SO THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE WILL BE PUBLISHING AGAIN. THEY WILL PUBLISH ON FEBRUARY 3RD, HOPEFULLY TO PLACE THE ITEM ON THE MARCH 8TH MEETING AGENDA. AND SO I KNOW THAT SOME OF YOU HERE ARE JUST READING OR HAVE REAPPLIED, BUT I JUST WANT TO BRING THAT TO YOUR ATTENTION, PROVIDED OF COURSE THAT RE APPOINTMENTS ARE MADE AT THE MARCH 8TH MEETING. THEN OF COURSE WE'LL MOVE OUR ORIENTATION TO THE APRIL 5TH PLANNING BOARD MEETING WHEN WE WILL BRING ORIENTATION AS WELL AS DO OR CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR NOMINATION AT THAT TIME. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THE ZONING IN PROGRESS. SELF STORAGE WHAT'S BEING CONSIDERED FOR THAT? I MEAN, IN TERMS OF CHANGING THE CODE. THE CITY COMMISSION. WELL, I THINK IT WAS THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, I'M THINKING BACK. SO IT SEEMS LIKE WE HAVE JUST HAD SO MANY ZONING IN PROGRESS. SO IT'S INSTITUTED BY THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE AS IT IS NOW. IT'S BEING RATIFIED BY THE CITY COMMISSION. WE'LL SEE WHAT THEIR THOUGHTS ARE AT THE NEXT MEETING. BUT THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE JUST WANTED TO GO BEFORE THE CITY COMMISSION AND SEE WHAT THEIR APPETITE MIGHT BE AS IT RELATES TO THE NUMBER OF SELF-STORAGE FACILITIES THAT ARE IN THE CITY. AND SO WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS NEXT WEEK IF THEY RATIFY, IF THEY AGREE OR IF THEY DON'T RATIFY, MEANING THAT THE ZONING IN PROGRESS WOULD NOT MOVE FORWARD. AND THEN I CAN REPORT TO YOU AT THE NEXT MEETING IN TERMS OF THAT DISCUSSION AND WHAT TRANSPIRED. OKAY, SO. FOR THE APPOINTMENTS TO THE BOARD. IS IT ONLY THE PLANNING BOARD? I DIDN'T RECEIVE ENOUGH APPLICATION. OR IS IT ALL THE OTHER BOARDS? IT'S ALL THE OTHER BOARDS IN THE CITY AND I THINK THAT'S WHY THE COMMISSION AND WAS HAVING SUCH A DIFFICULTY. I THINK THE NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS THEY WERE LOOKING FOR WAS NOT RECEIVED AND SO THEY ASKED THE CLERK TO GO BACK OUT AND TO RE ADVERTISE WHAT IT'S FOR ALL THE BOARDS. SO I WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT THIS TIME WHEN WE HAVE THE PLANNING BOARD REPORTS, IS ALSO A TIME TO ASK QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE ABOUT PAST MEETINGS OR ISSUES THAT YOU WANT TO DISCUSS. I MYSELF FORGOT THAT THIS SECTION IS FOR THAT. SO I WANT TO JUST REMIND EVERYONE THAT IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT PAST MEETINGS OR ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU WANT TO ASK MISS CALLOWAY OR ANYONE HERE, YOU CAN DO IT NOW AT THIS TIME. WITH THAT SAID, I DO WANT TO OPEN UP THE FLOOR AND DISCUSS THE HOMELESS ISSUE. YEAH, HOW DO WE DO? WE HAVE HOW CAN WE ADDRESS THAT? CAN THIS BOARD HAVE A SAY WHAT SHOULD WE DO? IN MY COMMUNITY SPECIFICALLY, WE'VE HAD ISSUES WITH PEOPLE SQUATTING AND HOMELESSNESS UP UNTIL THIS WEEK. WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT AND WE DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. SO I CAN EMPATHIZE WITH THE COMMUNITY, THE PLAZA OWNER AND THE DAY CARE, SEEING THAT THEY'RE CALLING THE POLICE AND THEY'RE NOT SHOWING UP AND NOTHING'S HAPPENING, WHAT CAN WE DO? MADAM CHAIR, I CAN TELL YOU THAT YOUR QUESTION IS TIMELY. WE JUST DELIVERED A PRESENTATION TO THE CITY COMMISSION AT THEIR LAST WORKSHOP WHILE IT WAS REGARDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING ONE, BUT WE ALSO HAD SOME ARPA FUNDS [03:05:10] THAT WE WERE RECOMMENDING TO UTILIZE PRIMARILY TO ADDRESS THE HOMELESSNESS ISSUE. AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE ONE OF OUR VICE MAYOR IS VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT IT AND LAST YEAR RECEIVED THE SUPPORT OF THE COMMISSION TO INSTITUTE A HOMELESSNESS TASK FORCE. SO WE DO HAVE A TASK FORCE IN PLACE THAT COMPRISE OF STAFF MEMBERS AS WELL AS COMMUNITY ADVOCATES AND SOCIAL SERVICE FROM THE CHURCH AND ALSO REPRESENTATIVE FROM BROWARD COUNTY THAT SITS ON THE TASK FORCE. MOST RECENTLY, WE BROUGHT FORWARD A PROPOSAL TO THE CITY COMMISSION TO UTILIZE AN AGENCY IN BROWARD COUNTY TO ASSIST US IN GETTING THE HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS OFF THE STREET. I CAN TELL YOU THAT THE COUNT IN TAMARAC HAS INCREASED FROM 14 IN 2021 TO ABOUT 44. MOST RECENTLY WE RECEIVED THOSE NUMBERS. SO THE CITY COMMISSION, WE ARE STILL IN DISCUSSIONS. THE PROPOSAL THAT WAS BROUGHT TO THEM AT THE LAST WORKSHOP WAS NOT VOTED ON. THEY WANTED TO CONSIDER IT FURTHER DURING THEIR STRATEGIC PLANNING SESSION. BUT IT'S A PRIORITY DISCUSSION AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT. OKAY. [INAUDIBLE] YES. I AM JUST WONDERING IF THE CITY IS CONSIDERING MAYBE MAKING MORE MAKING MORE COMMUNITIES IN HERE GUARD GATED. AND IF THERE'S A WAY THE CITY CAN DO THAT. I HAD GONE AND SPEAK TO YOUR PREVIOUS PLANNING BOARD DIRECTOR ABOUT THAT BECAUSE WE ARE HAVING A LOT OF PROBLEM IN OUR COMMUNITY WITH PEOPLE COMING FROM EVERYWHERE, NOT ONLY WITH THE CARS JUST DRIVING THROUGH AND THEY'RE RACING THROUGH THE COMMUNITY, BUT PEOPLE ARE JUST WANDERING IN THERE. AND SINCE IT'S A COMMUNITY FOR SENIORS, THEY KNOW THAT A LOT OF THE SENIORS ARE SCARED NOW AND WON'T EVEN COME OUT THEIR DOORS BECAUSE WE HAVE I HAVE GONE EARLY IN THE MORNING AND SEE YOUNG MAN SLEEPING AT THE MAILBOX. OR PEOPLE HAVE BEEN HELD UP BECAUSE THE COMMUNITIES OPEN. WHEN YOU SAY HELD UP, DO YOU MEAN LIKE ROBBED? YES. WOW. OKAY. YEAH, WELL, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT HOAS OUR COMMUNITY THEMSELVES WOULD HAVE TO BRING FORWARD. CITIES DON'T GATE COMMUNITIES. IT'S SOMETHING THAT, NUMBER ONE, THE DEVELOPER MIGHT DO WHEN THE COMMUNITY IS BEING CONSTRUCTED. AND IF YOU'RE AN ESTABLISHED COMMUNITY, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD DISCUSS AT AN HOA LEVEL TO SEE IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT CAN BE FUNDED BY EITHER DUES OR FEES TO BRING FORWARD THAT PROPOSAL. AND THEN IT'S SOMETHING THE CITY CONSIDERS. BUT THE CITY IS NOT IN THE BUSINESS OF GATING COMMUNITIES. WE HAVE DISCUSSED IT IN YEARS PAST. THEY SAID THEY HAVE TRIED BEFORE I EVEN MOVED INTO THE COMMUNITY AND THEY COULDN'T GET ANYWHERE. NOW I KNOW FROM LIVING IN MIAMI, AS LONG AS I HAVE LIVED AND DEALING WITH DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES, I SAW WAYS THAT A LOT OF THE MORE WEALTHY, AFFLUENT COMMUNITIES SOLVE THAT PROBLEM. IN THAT THE GATE WAS PUT UP, THE CITY MANAGED THE GATE, AND THE WAY THAT WAS PAID FOR IS IN THE TAXES. SO THE PEOPLE LIVING IN THE COMMUNITY WAS NOT BURDENED DOWN WITH THE HEAVY INCREASE THAT WOULD BE NEEDED FOR THAT ON THEIR HOAS. AND I THOUGHT WE COULD DO THE SAME THING HERE. IT WOULD ALSO MAKE YOUR COMMUNITY A BETTER COMMUNITY AND MORE ATTRACTIVE TO PEOPLE TO WANT TO BUY INTO YOUR COMMUNITY. BUT THOSE TAXES ARE PROBABLY THE CREATION OF A NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT WHERE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE BENEFITING AND WITHIN THAT COMMUNITY WOULD PARTICIPATE IN PAYING FOR THOSE IMPROVEMENTS. SO THOSE ARE MECHANISMS THAT ARE AVAILABLE WITHIN YOUR COMMUNITY THAT WHEN THAT PLAN IS SUBMITTED TO THE CITY, WE CAN APPROVE, WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS A WAY WHERE THE PUBLIC HAS ACCESS BECAUSE SOME OF THOSE STREETS, ALTHOUGH INTERNAL, MIGHT BE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY, WHERE WE WOULD STILL NEED TO GRANT ACCESS TO THE PUBLIC. BUT IT'S NOT IT'S NOT AN IMPROVEMENT THAT THE CITY WOULD PAY FOR. IT WOULD BE AN IMPROVEMENT THAT WOULD BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE BENEFICIARIES OR THE PEOPLE THAT ARE WITHIN THAT COMMUNITY. SO ARE YOU SAYING THEN, THAT IF THE COMMUNITY DECIDED THEY WANT TO CLOSE OFF THE STREETS AND PUT UP A GUARD GATE, WE COULD JUST GO AHEAD AND DO IT AND FIGURE OUT HOW TO PAY FOR IT. YOU FIGURE OUT HOW TO PAY FOR IT. YOU PUT TOGETHER THOSE IMPROVEMENTS, YOU WOULD MAKE AN APPLICATION TO THE CITY, SO WE WOULD ASSESS IT. SO THAT'S WHERE WE COME IN. WE DON'T PAY FOR THAT. WE DON'T GIVE YOU A GUARD GATE. SO IF YOU COME UP WITH A MECHANISM, IF YOU COME AND IF IT'S A NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT, WE WOULD HAVE TO APPROVE THAT BY RESOLUTION FOR THAT TO BE ESTABLISHED. THAT'S A MECHANISM THAT YOU USE TO PAY FOR IT. BUT IF YOU FIND ANOTHER WAY TO PAY FOR IT, THEN YOU WOULD HAVE TO COME TO THE CITY FOR US TO APPROVE THE GATING OF THAT COMMUNITY BECAUSE THERE ARE THINGS THAT WOULD BE WE WOULD [03:10:04] NEED TO DISCUSS, SUCH AS HOW INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE NOT WITHIN YOUR COMMUNITY HAVE ACCESS DEPENDING ON WHETHER YOUR STREETS ARE PRIVATE, IF THEY'RE NOT PRIVATE AND THEY'RE PUBLIC AND THEY'RE LIKELY PUBLIC STREETS, THEN THERE'S SOME CONSIDERATIONS THAT THE CITY WOULD NEED TO LOOK AT. SO WE ARE INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS. I'M JUST TELLING YOU THAT THE CITY DOESN'T PAY AND GATE YOUR COMMUNITY. I THINK THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. BUT WE ARE INVOLVING THE PROCESS. YOU CAN'T JUST GATE WITHOUT OUR INVOLVEMENT. NO. OKAY. I FIGURE THAT I KNOW WE CANNOT. SO WE ARE INVOLVED. I AM TRYING TO LOOK AT SOLUTIONS, REALLY. AND I FEEL THAT THEY ARE SOLUTIONS BECAUSE I'VE SEEN IT DONE IN A NUMBER OF PLACES IN MIAMI. I'VE SEEN IT OVER AND OVER AGAIN. SO MIAMI WAS NOT A GUARD GATED TOWN WHEN I MOVED THERE AND THE PLACE IS GUARD GATED AND ALL KIND OF COMMUNITIES THAT YOU MIGHT NOT EVEN EXPECT. THEY ARE THEY CLOSED OFF STREETS AND IT WAS SO SIMPLE AND EASY TO CLOSE THOSE STREETS. I EVEN TOOK PICTURES SO THAT I COULD SHOW YOU GUYS BECAUSE I WATCHED THE PROCESS. IT WASN'T EXPENSIVE, IT WASN'T DIFFICULT. AND IT HAS HELPED TO MINIMIZE CRIME IN THOSE COMMUNITIES BECAUSE I HAVE FRIENDS THAT LIVE THERE. SURE, WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT OFFLINE. I CAN MAKE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS. AND IF YOU'RE INVOLVED WITH YOUR HOA, THEN, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN TALK ABOUT IT FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE, BUT WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT OFFLINE. BUT I'M JUST I'D LOVE TO BE IN THAT CONVERSATION TOO. PLEASE. MY COMMUNITY NEEDS IT, TOO. SORRY TO INTERRUPT [INAUDIBLE]. SURE. WHAT IS THE CITY'S STANCE ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING? WHAT HAVE YOU DONE IN HOW DO YOU APPROACH IT? [INAUDIBLE] WHAT WE CAN DO AT THE WORKSHOP I SPOKE ABOUT EARLIER, WE ALSO GIVE A PRESENTATION AND UPDATE TO THE CITY COMMISSION AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN 2022. WE WERE TASKED WITH BRINGING BACK STRATEGIES TO ADDRESS AFFORDABLE HOUSING. WE KNOW THAT IT IS A CRISIS AT A STATE LEVEL, AND PARTICULARLY IN BROWARD COUNTY. AND SO WE SHARED WITH THE COMMISSION RECENTLY THE FINDINGS OF THE 2022 AFFORDABLE HOUSING STUDY THAT WAS DONE BY BROWARD COUNTY, WHICH SHOWS IN PARTICULAR THAT THERE'S A LACK OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THE CITY OF TAMARAC, PRIMARILY IN THE RENTAL CATEGORY FOR VERY LOW AND LOW INCOME RENTERS, WHICH IS WHY THE COMMISSION HAS ASKED US TO BRING BACK AN INCLUSIONARY ZONING ORDINANCE TO TRY TO ADDRESS THAT. IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE WILL BE AMENDING THE LOCAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE PLAN, WHICH IS FUNDED BY CDBG [INAUDIBLE] AND HOME FUNDS TO BRING AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING STRATEGY TO ADDRESS THE RENTAL CRISIS, WHERE WE CAN PROVIDE EITHER SECURITY DEPOSIT OR RENTAL ASSISTANCE OR RELOCATION ASSISTANCE TO MEMBERS OF THIS COMMUNITY. BUT THAT STRATEGY HAS NOT YET BEEN BROUGHT FORWARD. BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT THE COMMISSION IS TASKED US WITH BRINGING FORWARD SOLUTIONS TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING. AND ONE OF THEM, OF COURSE, YOU PARTICIPATED IN EARLIER TODAY WHEN YOU APPROVED THE LOCAL ACTIVITY CENTER ORDINANCE. THAT WAS OUR FIRST ATTEMPT TO TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT DEVELOPERS THAT WERE BUILDING MARKET RATE UNITS WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ALSO CONTRIBUTING A FEW AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS. AND THOSE UNITS, OF COURSE, WOULD HAVE A RESTRICTED RESTRICTIVE COVENANT THAT WOULD KEEP THEM AFFORDABLE FOR WHAT WE'RE THINKING ABOUT 30 YEARS, WHICH IS THE MODEL THAT BROWARD COUNTY IS USING. BUT THAT'S THE FIRST STEP THAT WE'RE TAKING. AND WE WENT AHEAD OF THE INCLUSIONARY ZONING ORDINANCE BECAUSE, AS I HEAR STATED, WE DO HAVE APPLICATIONS PENDING FOR INCREASED DENSITY, AND WE WANT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT AND MAKE SURE THAT THESE APPLICATIONS DID NOT GO THROUGH THE PROCESS WITHOUT HAVING TO PROVIDE AFFORDABLE HOUSING. IN ADDITION TO THE HOMELESSNESS ISSUE, SPECIFICALLY IN MY AREA, CRIME HAS INCREASED. MY OWN VEHICLE WAS STOLEN FROM MY MY PARKING LOT WHERE I LIVE IN A CONDO. THERE'S BEEN I'M EMBARRASSED TO EVEN SAY THIS HAS BEEN A MURDER IN MY BUILDING LIKE ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO. SO CRIME HAS INCREASED. I'M CONCERNED, EXTREMELY CONCERNED ABOUT THE THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING. DOES THIS, TAMARA, HAVE A PLAN CAN WE DEVELOP A PLAN, ESPECIALLY WITH NOW HAVING ALL THESE NEW APARTMENT BUILDINGS COMING IN. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AN INCREASE OF PEOPLE COMING IN WHICH EXPOSES US TO HIGHER CRIME. IS THERE A PLAN TO MITIGATE THAT? I WOULD IMAGINE SO. I CAN'T SPEAK NECESSARILY FOR [INAUDIBLE] BUT I THINK IT GOES HAND IN HAND. THE DISCUSSIONS THAT WE HAVE BEEN HAVING RELATIVE TO HOMELESSNESS, THEY HAVE BEEN A PART OF IT. I KNOW THAT THE VICE MAYOR MOST RECENTLY WANTED US TO LOOK AT SOME OTHER CITIES THAT HAVE CRIMINALIZED FOR THE MOST PART, FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD, HOMELESSNESS. I THINK FORT LAUDERDALE IS ONE THAT HAVE SOME LANGUAGE THAT HAS TO DO WITH PEOPLE TENTING OR SLEEPING WHERE WITHIN CERTAIN [03:15:06] DESIGNATED BOUNDARIES WITHIN THE CITY. AND SO THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. I'M JUST SAYING IT IS A PRIORITY. IT'S SOMETHING THAT THE CITY COMMISSION IS THINKING ABOUT AND WE MOST RECENTLY DISCUSSED. SO, YES, THERE IS A PLAN THAT'S GEARED TOWARDS ERADICATING HOMELESSNESS HERE IN THE CITY OF TAMARAC. I APPRECIATE THAT TOO. BUT MY COMMENT IS MORE SO FOR ME, THERE IS SEPARATE. HOMELESSNESS IS ONE ISSUE THAT I AM NOTICING. CRIME IS ANOTHER ISSUE. SO I CAN SPEAK DIRECTLY TO THAT. SO THAT'S WHY I WAS JUST TYING IT IN. YOU STILL HAVE BEEN A PART OF THOSE DISCUSSIONS, AND SO I CAN CERTAINLY SPEAK WITH THE CHIEF OF POLICE AND SEE WHETHER OR NOT THERE IS A PLAN AND THEN I CAN REPORT BACK TO YOU. THANK YOU. I'D APPRECIATE THAT. I HAVE A COUPLE THINGS I WANT TO ASK ABOUT. THE ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE NEW DEVELOPMENT ON BAILEY AND ROCK ISLAND IS A NEW APARTMENT COMPLEX. I REMEMBER IN ONE OF THE PLANNING BOARD MEETINGS, WE TALKED ABOUT IT CONNECTING TO WHERE THAT STORAGE SPACE IS. AND THERE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A PARK OF SOME SORTS. AND I DON'T SEE A PARK. MAYBE I'M NOT REMEMBERING IT CORRECTLY, BUT I REMEMBER THERE BEING LIKE A GREEN SPACE AND A PARK AREA AND I DON'T SEE A PARK BEING BUILT. IS THAT SOMETHING? NO, I'M. I'M REMEMBERING IT INCORRECTLY. YEAH, I THINK IT MIGHT BE OKAY. THERE WERE SOME DISCUSSIONS BEFORE BEFORE THE SELF-STORAGE FACILITY. I THINK THERE WERE MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN INTERESTED IN SEEING THAT PROPERTY BEING DEVELOPED AS A PARK, BUT I DON'T. CLEARLY THAT'S NOT WHAT HAPPENED. YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING. YEAH. SO A SELF-STORAGE IS WHAT WAS CURRENTLY CONSTRUCTED THERE, BUT I THINK THAT'S WHERE YOU PROBABLY HEARD THAT DISCUSSION, BECAUSE I THINK THAT WAS THE INTENT OF AT LEAST A FEW MEMBERS ON THE COMMISSION. YEAH. AND SO WHAT'S LEADING ME TO THE PROMPT TO ASK THAT QUESTION IS I APPRECIATE AND LIKE THE IDEA OF DEVELOPING TAMARAC, BUT WHAT ATTRACTED ME TO TAMARAC WAS THE GREEN SPACES AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE MAINTAIN THAT INTEGRITY OF GREEN SPACES AND AND TREES AND JUST THE NATURE OF TAMARAC. DO WE HAVE A PLAN IN PLACE FOR THAT? WELL I CAN TELL YOU THAT AS A PART OF SOME OF THE DISCUSSIONS WE'RE HAVING LEADING INTO STRATEGIC PLANNING, WHICH IS COMING UP IN FEBRUARY WITH MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION, AND THIS IS WHEN THEY TALK ABOUT THEIR GOALS AND VISION FOR THE CITY, THERE'S HEAVY DISCUSSION ON MORE PARKS AND PARK FACILITIES AND RECREATION PROVIDED TO THE RESIDENTS HERE IN TAMARAC. IN ADDITION TO THAT, AND I DIDN'T REPORT ON IT, YOU YOU WILL BE A HUGE PART OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE AND AT SOME POINT, OF COURSE, WE WILL HAVE A DATE WHEN THE CONSULTANT WILL COME BACK AND MEET WITH YOU. AND THAT PROCESS ALLOWS US TO LOOK AT EACH ELEMENT OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND LOOK AT A LONG TERM VISION FOR THE CITY AND CONSIDER WHETHER OR NOT WE WANT TO INCREASE OUR LEVEL OF SERVICE AS IT RELATES TO PARK PER PERSON IN OUR PARKS AND RECREATION ELEMENT. SO YOU'LL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FROM A VISIONARY PERSPECTIVE, LOOKING OUT INTO THE FUTURE TO INFLUENCE WHAT TAMARAC LOOKS LIKE GOING FORWARD. AND AT SOME POINT OF COURSE, WE'LL SHARE SOME DATES WITH YOU WHEN THAT PROCESS WILL BEGIN. GOT IT. OKAY. ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR COMING? YEAH. THE CRIME IS REALLY A CONCERN OF OURS. FOR ME, THE CRIME IS MORE OF A CONCERN EVEN THAN THE HOMELESSNESS. THE LAST MEETING OR ONE OF THE LAST MEETING WE HAD AS AN ASSOCIATION, WE HAD THE SHERIFF, THE POLICE. WE HAD TO HAVE THEM COME THERE. WE HAVE HAD BECAUSE OUR COMMUNITY IS VERY VULNERABLE BECAUSE OF HOW THE STREET AND THE PARKING AREA RUN. PEOPLE COME IN THE COMMUNITY. THEY FOUND A CAR PARKED THERE WITH A DEAD BODY IN IT. THE REASON FOR THAT AND THAT HAS HAPPENED NOW TWICE. THE REASON FOR THAT IS BECAUSE THEY CAN DRIVE IN. THERE IS NO ACCOUNTABILITY AND IT'S OPEN TO PEOPLE THAT DON'T LIVE IN THE AREA. WE HAVE A LOT OF SPEED GOING THERE. WE HAVE CALLED THE POLICE. THEY PUT UP SPEED SIGN NOW AT ONE OF THE ENTRY. THE LIGHTS ARE NO LONGER WORKING OR ANYTHING. THEY HAVEN'T COME TO CHANGE IT OR FIX ANYTHING. SO IT'S JUST THERE NOW FOR NO REASON BECAUSE THE SPEED IS AN ISSUE. THEY ARE VERY AWARE OF IT BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN VERBAL ABOUT IT. THEY PUT THE SPEED TRAPS OUTSIDE ON BAILEYS ROAD. THE LAST THING I SAW THEM DOING OVER THE LAST FEW DAYS IS THEY HAVE POLICE KIND OF HIDING IN THE CORNER, WAITING AND I GUESS. THEY HAVE THIS BEATING, TRAPPING ZO IN THE CAR THAT'S BEATING DOWN BAILEY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY, WHATEVER THEY CAN CATCH THEM. THAT WILL WORK FOR A LITTLE WHILE, BUT IT DOESN'T SOLVE THE PROBLEM BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN DEALING WITH THIS FROM AS LONG AS I HAVE MOVED IN. THE TRAFFIC HAS DEFINITELY PICKED UP IN THE GENERAL AREA BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT MORE BUILDINGS NOW AND MORE PEOPLE MOVING IN THE COMMUNITY. SO THE TRAFFIC IS INCREASING TREMENDOUSLY. [03:20:04] THE PEOPLE COMING AND BEING AWARE OF THE COMMUNITY IS INCREASING. THE PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY HAVE THEIR FAMILY THAT VISITS AND A LOT OF YOUNG PEOPLE ARE ALSO COMING IN, THEY'RE HANGING AROUND AND THEY CAN SEE THE VULNERABILITY OF THE SPACE. SO IT'S BECOMING A SAFETY ISSUE. AND THAT'S MY CONCERN ABOUT LIVING HERE, BECAUSE ONE REASON I MOVED HERE BECAUSE I LIKED THE COMMUNITY AND I THOUGHT THE CITY SEEMED TO BE WAS PRETTY SAFE [INAUDIBLE]. BUT THAT IS CHANGING AND IT'S CHANGING VERY FAST. AND I THINK IF WE DON'T DO SOMETHING, OUR CITY IS GOING TO BE LABELED SOMETHING ELSE. ALL RIGHT. AND ONCE AGAIN, WE CAN TALK OFFLINE ABOUT SOME OPTIONS, YOU KNOW, YOU AND I. AND THEN I WANT TO ENCOURAGE ALL OF YOU LEADING INTO STRATEGIC PLANNING WITH THE COMMISSION. IT'S A GOOD TIME JUST TO GET IN TOUCH WITH YOUR ELECTED OFFICIAL, THE PERSON WHO APPOINTED YOU, JUST TO SPEAK TO THEM ABOUT SOME OF THESE ISSUES THAT YOU'RE TALKING TO ME ABOUT. SO THAT WAY IT'S AT THE FOREFRONT WHEN THEY GO INTO STRATEGIC PLANNING. IT'S SOMETHING THAT OF COURSE, THEY CAN BRING FORWARD AND TRY TO SEE HOW WE CAN ADDRESS. THANK YOU FOR THAT SUGGESTION. DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I LEAVE THE FLOOR OPEN FOR PLANNING BOARD REPORTS. AGAIN, NO ONE HAS ANY REPORTS TO GIVE US OK. RIGHT NOW IT'S 12:27 AND WE ARE ADJOURNED. THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.