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LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, AND WELCOME TO OUR FEBRUARY 8TH MEETING.
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IT IS CURRENTLY 7:00 PM.CITY CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. MAYOR GOMEZ.
VICE MAYOR BOLTON. GOOD EVENING.
COMMISSIONER WRIGHT. GOOD EVENING.
HI, EVERYONE. COMMISSIONER DANIEL.
EXCELLENT. IF EVERYONE WOULD PLEASE STAND.
COMMISSIONER DANIEL WILL LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
AND IF WE WOULD JUST HAVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE AFTERWARDS, THAT WOULD BE APPRECIATED.
THANK YOU. YOU MAY BE SEATED . CITY ATTORNEY ANY REPORT? NO, MADAM MAYOR. NO REPORT.
CITY MANAGER. THANK YOU, MAYOR.
[2. CITY MANAGER REPORT]
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION.FIRST, I'D LIKE TO START TONIGHT BY WELCOMING OUR NEW PUBLIC SERVICES DIRECTOR, KEN GRIFFIN.
AND WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL TO HAVE HIM ON BOARD AND WISH HIM WELL IN HIS NEW POSITION.
NEXT, WE HAVE SOME GOOD NEWS TO SHARE AND CONGRATULATIONS ARE IN ORDER TO OUR FINANCIAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT FOR RECEIVING THE AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN FINANCIAL REPORTING FOR THE 34TH CONSECUTIVE YEAR.
[APPLAUSE] THE CERTIFICATE OF ACHIEVEMENT IS THE HIGHEST FORM OF RECOGNITION IN THE AREA OF GOVERNMENTAL ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL REPORTING, AND ITS ATTAINMENT REPRESENTS A SIGNIFICANT ACCOMPLISHMENT BY A GOVERNMENT AND ITS MANAGEMENT.
THE APPLICATION PERIOD IS NOW OPEN AND CLOSES AT 5:00 PM FEBRUARY 10TH.
ANYONE WHO'S INTERESTED IN APPLYING TO BE A MEMBER OF THE BOARDS AND COMMITTEES SHOULD VISIT OUR WEBSITE WWW.TAMARAC.ORG FOR MORE INFORMATION AND FOR THE ACTUAL APPLICATION.
AND TO END TONIGHT'S REPORT, I'D LIKE TO EVERYONE TO JOIN US FOR MAYOR MICHELLE J.
AND THANK YOU. AND THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT.
WE NOW HAVE REPRESENTATIVE LISA DUNKLEY IS NOT HERE YET.
AND ONE I DIDN'T BRING MY COMPUTER TO THE STAND.
REPRESENTATIVE, CAN YOU HEAR US? I SEE HER AID VARROL BAILEY IS ON.
MAYBE WE COULD GO TO THE NEXT ITEM AND YES, WE WILL COME BACK AROUND.
WE WILL NOW GO TO A PRESENTATION ON BEHALF OF FCCMA AND ICMA TO RECOGNIZE THE CITY.
AND WE HAVE SARA HANNAH SPURLOCK HERE ON BEHALF OF FCCMA TO MAKE A PRESENTATION TO THE COMMISSION.
WILL YOU WANT TO COME DOWN? YOU'RE GOING TO COME HERE.
HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO THIS? I HAVE A FEW WORDS. SURE.
AS THE MAYOR MENTIONED, MY NAME IS SARAH HANNAH SPURLOCK.
I SERVE AS THE NIGHTTIME ECONOMY MANAGER FOR THE CITY OF FORT LAUDERDALE.
HOWEVER, TODAY I AM REPRESENTING THE FLORIDA CITY COUNTY MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION FCCMA IS A PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION OF 626 PRACTICING PUBLIC ADMINISTRATORS FROM THROUGHOUT FLORIDA LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.
THE ASSOCIATION WAS CHARTERED IN 1946 AS A NONPROFIT CORPORATION TO ELEVATE PROFESSIONALISM AMONG THE STATE'S 478 CITIES AND COUNTIES AND TO PROMOTE THE COUNCIL MANAGER FORM OF GOVERNMENT AS THE FORM THAT ADVANCES THE HIGHEST ETHICAL AND PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS.
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ON BEHALF OF FCCMA, WE ARE PRIVILEGED TO PRESENT THE CITY OF TAMARAC WITH THE CERTIFICATE CELEBRATING YOUR 50TH YEAR AS A COUNCIL MANAGER FORM OF GOVERNMENT AS RECOGNIZED BY ICCMA.ON BEHALF OF THE OFFICERS, BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND MEMBERSHIP OF FCCMA.
WE OFFER OUR SINCERE CONGRATULATIONS ON THIS MILESTONE ACHIEVEMENT.
THE COMMISSION MANAGER FORM OF GOVERNMENT WAS CREATED TO HELP SEPARATE ADMINISTRATION FROM DIRECT POLITICAL INFLUENCE AND ESTABLISH MERIT BASED PRACTICES WITHIN LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
IT IS MODELED AFTER A CORPORATION'S FRAMEWORK WITH VOTERS STOCKHOLDERS SELECTING A COMMISSION, A BOARD OF DIRECTORS WHO IN TURN APPOINT A MANAGER, A PROFESSIONAL EXECUTIVE TO ADVISE THE COMMISSION AND IMPLEMENT ITS ACTIONS THROUGH ORDINANCES AND POLICIES.
AND OF THE 67 COUNTIES IN THE STATE, ALL BUT TWO ARE PROFESSIONALLY MANAGED.
IF THERE'S SOMEONE THAT TAKES A PICTURE.
HOW ARE YOU? WELL, THAT WAS VERY NICE.
WE WILL NOW MOVE TO PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.
CITY ATTORNEY, WILL YOU PLEASE READ THE RULES OF THE ROAD? THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY SPEAK ONLY AT TIMES DESIGNATED BY THE MAYOR OR PRESIDING OFFICER.
SPEAKERS WILL BE LIMITED TO 3 MINUTES DURING THIS TIME.
THERE WILL BE A 30 MINUTE AGGREGATE TIME LIMIT FOR THIS ITEM.
SPEAKERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO SIGN UP IN ADVANCE WITH THE CITY CLERK PRIOR TO THEIR PARTICIPATION.
CUMULATIVE AND REPETITIVE TESTIMONY SHALL BE AVOIDED IN ANY MATTER.
ANY PERSON MAKING DISRUPTIVE, IMPERTINENT AND SLANDEROUS REMARKS OR WHO SHALL BECOME BOISTEROUS WHILE ADDRESSING THE CITY COMMISSION AND REFUSES TO STOP MAYBE REQUESTED LEAVE TO MEET BY THE CITY COMMISSION.
PERSONS WHOSE ALLOTTED TIME TO SPEAK HAS EXPIRED SHOULD BE SO ADVISED BY THE CITY CLERK TO CONCLUDE.
PUBLIC HEARINGS CONSISTS OF THOSE AGENDA ITEMS WHERE THE PUBLIC MAY PARTICIPATE.
THE PUBLIC SHALL SPEAK ONLY THE AGENDIZED SUBJECT.
SPEAKING TIME FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC IS LIMITED TO 3 MINUTES FOR ANY PARTICULAR TOPIC.
ADDITIONAL ITEM MAY BE ADDED BY THE CITY COMMISSION.
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC SHALL NOT DELEGATE OR GIVE THEIR TIME OR ANY PORTION THEREOF TO ANOTHER PARTY.
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FOR A PUBLIC HEARING, THE CITY COMMISSION MAY SET AN AGGREGATE TIME LIMIT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.THANK YOU. AND LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, FORGIVE ME.
WE ARE GOING TO ACTUALLY GO BACKWARDS AND GO BACK UP.
WE HAVE OUR REPRESENTATIVE AVAILABLE NOW, SO WE WILL HEAR FROM REPRESENTATIVE LISA DUNKLEY.
TECHNOLOGY. HI I WAS JUST SAYING.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME THIS EVENING.
AND YES, I'M HERE IN TALLAHASSEE.
I AM THE STATE REPRESENTATIVE FOR DISTRICT 97 AND ONE OF THE CITIES HERE, TAMARAC, AND I'M IN LAUDERDALE LAKES, LAUDERHILL, NORTH LAUDERDALE, FORT LAUDERDALE, PLANTATION AND SUNRISE.
SO MY CURRENT COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS, JUST FOR THE INFORMATION, IS I'M ON THE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE, CHOICE AND INNOVATION SUBCOMMITTEE, LOCAL ADMINISTRATION, FEDERAL AFFAIRS AND SPECIAL DISTRICT SUBCOMMITTEE, POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE SUBCOMMITTEE, PRE K TO 12 APPROPRIATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE.
WATER QUALITY SUPPLY AND TREATMENT SUBCOMMITTEE.
AND THOSE ARE THE COMMITTEES I SERVE ON.
AND SO CURRENTLY THE BILLS I HAVE SPONSORED IS A CAREER THEMED COURSE BILL WHICH WILL SPEAK INTO FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL THAT BRINGS DOWN OUR CAREER COURSES INTO MIDDLE SCHOOL TO EXPOSE THEM TO THAT AREA AS WELL AS A VETERANS, ASSISTANT GRANT FOR OUR VETERANS.
I KNOW TAMARAC HAS SUBMITTED TO MY OFFICE FOR THE STORM WATER, THE CULVERT HEAD WALLS PROJECT IMPROVEMENT FOR PHASE SEVEN IN THE AMOUNT OF $400,000 WHICH YOU ARE LOOKING TO MATCH AS WELL.
AND SO JUST BY WAY OF INFORMATION, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SPECIAL SESSION GOING ON CURRENTLY AND WE WILL BE DEALING WITH SEVERAL ISSUES IN OUR SPECIAL SESSION THAT IS CURRENTLY GOING ON.
I'M SORRY, I'M GETTING THE FEEDBACK.
YES. SO JUST TO NAME A FEW, THERE'S A REALLY, REALLY QUICK ISSUE THAT IS THE ISSUE THAT IS BEING HELD AND THE SUNSHINE WATER CONTROL DISTRICT HERE IN BROWARD COUNTY, WHICH IS IN THE CORAL SPRINGS AREA.
SO THOSE ARE TWO OF THE TOPICS THAT WILL BE COVERED IN OUR SPECIAL SESSION.
I AM GLAD TO BE HERE AGAIN AND I LOOK FORWARD TO COMING IN PERSON WHEN THE TIME AVAIL TO MEET THOSE WHO I HAVE NOT MET IN PERSON YET AND TO JUST KIND OF GET A FEEL OF WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE CITY AND TO BE OF SERVICE.
EXCELLENT. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.
IT IS GOOD TO SEE YOU. SOME OF US WILL BE SEEING YOU WHILE YOU'RE UP THERE OR SOME.
WE'LL SEE YOU WHEN YOU'RE BACK DOWN.
BUT THANK YOU FOR JOINING US THIS EVENING.
SO I KNOW HOPEFULLY, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEE EVERYONE UP HERE.
EXCELLENT. SOME OF US MAY NOT SEE YOU ON THOSE DAYS, BUT WE WILL SEE YOU.
YOU'LL BE GETTING A KNOCK ON YOUR DOOR.
THANK YOU. HAVE A GOOD ONE EVERYONE.
I KNOW DON'T EVEN KNOW WHERE TO LOOK FOR YOU TO SEE US, BUT GOOD TO SEE YOU.
TAKE CARE. NOW WE WILL GO BACK TO OUR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.
[3. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION]
THE RULES OF THE ROAD HAVE ALREADY BEEN READ.AND WE WILL START WITH CAROLE MENDELSOHN.
COMMON SENSE IS NOT SO COMMON.
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HERE. HERE.COMMON SENSE IS NOT SO COMMON.
RESPECT AND DECENCY IS AN EXPECTATION TO BE UPHELD BY VIRTUE OF POSITION AND TITLE.
THE CONSTANT MUTTERING, INTERRUPTING, RUDENESS, DISRESPECT, CALLING OTHERS BY THEIR FIRST NAME AND TOTAL LACK OF PROPER PROTOCOL MUST CEASE. IT IS AN EMBARRASSMENT TO THE POSITION TO THOSE WHO VOTED YOU INTO OFFICE AND TO THE CITY.
$16 MILLION DOLLARS WAS PUT ON HOLD AT A WORKSHOP FOR A COMMUNITY CENTER AT SABLE PALM PARK.
WHY ARE WE NOT UPDATING THE ANTIQUATED CITY'S WATER PROGRAM FOR ALL TAMARAC RESIDENTS AT HALF THE COST OF THE COMMUNITY CENTER? AND STILL THERE IS NO FIRE TRUCK ORDERED DUE TO A $40,000 COST INCREASE.
FURTHERMORE, IN 2021, TAMARAC TALK REPORTED A CONTESTANT WON A TABLET AND A $100 GIFT CARD FOR NAMING THE NEW 16 FOOT DALMATIAN CONCRETE ART SCULPTURE TO BE PLACED OUTSIDE STATION 36.
IT WAS PAID FOR THROUGH THE PUBLIC ART COMMITTEE.
THE CONCERN ADDRESSED THE DESIRE FOR A FAMILY BATHROOM.
THERE ARE FOUR BATHROOMS. WHY NOT MAKE ONE OF THEM A FAMILY RESTROOM? CURRENT CITIBANK SERVICES WERE REJECTED FOR APPROVAL WITHOUT THE KNOWLEDGE OR COST OR OPTIONS AVAILABLE, PARTICULARLY WITH LIMITED INFORMATION ON THE ISSUE BY SOME.
WAS THERE PERHAPS A PRIVATE CONVERSATION? AT THE JULY 13, 2022 COMMISSION MEETING? NUMBER TR 13800 WAS APPROVED FOR $80,000 FOR CONNECTICA LLC AND FMO MEDIA FOR DIGITAL MARKETING SERVICES. AT THE PAST MEETING, AN ADDITIONAL $59,000 WAS AWARDED, WHY? ALL COMMISSIONERS AND STAFF HAVE LAPTOPS, IPADS AND PHONES.
ALL PRESENTATIONS OR EMAILS AND PLACED ON SCREENS.
AT THE LAST WORKSHOP, EVERY STAFF MEMBER RECEIVED THE 90 PAGE COLOR PACKET WITH THE INFORMATION.
THE XEROX PAPER COLOR MANPOWER HOURS SURELY EXCEEDS SIX FIGURES.
MANY DID NOT EVEN LOOK AT IT, BUT CHOSE TO VIEW THE LARGE SCREENS.
WHY ARE WE NOT PAPERLESS? THE RESPONSE FOR A RECORD REQUEST OF THE ANNUAL COST OF ALL PRINTED MATERIAL PROVIDED TO STAFF WAS THE CITY DOES NOT KEEP OR TRACK THAT TYPE OF RECORD. IT MUST BE ALLOTTED IN THE BUDGET.
COMMON SENSE IS NOT SO COMMON.
I LIVE AT 8231 NORTHWEST, 68TH AVENUE.
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE FINANCIAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT FOR THEIR PRESTIGIOUS AWARD.
WHAT I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT TONIGHT AGAIN, IS ABOUT FIRE SUPPRESSION, OR RATHER THE LACK OF IT IN DISTRICT FOUR, FIRE STATION 36 AT UNIVERSITY DRIVE AND NORTHWEST 72ND STREET WAS BUILT ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO AND STILL DOES NOT HAVE A FIRE TRUCK EQUIPPED WITH FIRE HOSES TO PUT OUT FIRES.
THIS MEANS A SLOWER RESPONSE TIME BECAUSE A FIRE TRUCK MUST BE DISPATCHED FROM SOMEWHERE ELSE.
WHAT FIRE STATION 36 DOES HAVE IS A RESCUE TRUCK THAT'S EQUIPPED WITH A FIRE EXTINGUISHER.
YES, IT'S A FIRE EXTINGUISHER.
SO RESIDENTS OF DISTRICT FOUR GET YOUR FIRE EXTINGUISHERS READY AND PRIME YOUR GARDEN HOSES BECAUSE TAMARAC FIREFIGHTERS MAY NEED SOME HELP IF THE CITY'S OTHER FIRE TRUCKS ARE BUSY ON CALLS.
I'VE SPOKEN PUBLICLY ABOUT THIS ISSUE MANY TIMES, AND SO FAR NO TRUCK HAS BEEN ORDERED.
MOST RECENTLY, THE TRUCK PURCHASE WAS PULLED DUE TO A $40,000 INCREASE IN PRICE.
FIRE TRUCKS ARE LIKE INSURANCE POLICIES.
ARE RESIDENTS LIVES WORTH $40,000? WHEN THE COMMISSION OPTED TO LOWER THE TAX RATE LAST YEAR, THE CITY WAS ABLE TO CUT $1,000,000 FROM THE BUDGET IN 20 MINUTES.
WHY IS IT SO HARD TO FIND $40,000 TO PURCHASE SOMETHING THAT WILL SAVE LIVES?
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THE CITY RESPONSE ON THIS HAS BEEN DISMAL.NOT ONE OF YOU RESPONDED TO MY EMAIL, CALLED ME OR EVEN ACKNOWLEDGED THAT I EMAILED YOU.
A FIRE CAN DOUBLE IN SIZE IN 30 SECONDS AND IN 3 MINUTES A FIRE CAN BURN SO HOT IT IGNITES EVERYTHING IN A ROOM IN WHAT'S KNOWN AS A FLASHOVER.
IF SOMEONE DIES IN A FIRE DUE TO A DELAYED RESPONSE BECAUSE THERE'S NO FIRE TRUCK AT STATION 36, THE RESPONSIBILITY WILL LIE WITH EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU. PUTTING RESIDENTS LIVES FIRST SHOULD ALWAYS BE YOUR FIRST COURSE OF ACTION, PERIOD.
GOOD EVENING, DARCY SCHILLER, KINGS POINT.
I CAME IN TONIGHT WITH A PREPARED THREE MINUTE DIATRIBE.
I WANTED TO ADDRESS THE INAPPROPRIATE WAY IN WHICH OTTINOT WAS VOTED IN AND THE VIOLATION OF THE SUNSHINE LAWS AND HOW SIMILAR IT IS TO THE SHENANIGANS THAT HE PULLED IN NORTH MIAMI BEACH WITH THE SCRIPTS THE SAME BUT THE ACTORS, OUR COMMISSIONERS, AND THEY KNOW WHO THEY ARE.
I WANTED TO ADDRESS THE QUESTIONABLE BEHAVIOR OF OUR VICE MAYOR AND OUR NEW CITY COMMISSIONERS.
EXCUSE ME. I WANTED TO ADDRESS THE QUESTIONABLE THE BEHAVIOR OF OUR CITY MAYOR, OUR CITY COMMISSIONER, AND THE COUNTY'S LEGISLATIVE AIDE TO HAZELLE ROGERS AND THE CLANDESTINE BEHIND THE SCENE ACTIONS LEADING TO THE VICE MAYOR'S APPOINTMENT, ESPECIALLY SINCE HE WAS GOING TO RUN FOR THAT POSITION, FOUND OUT HIS OPPONENT WAS GOING TO BE HAZELLE ROGERS AND THEN DECIDED TO WORK FOR HER CAMPAIGN.
IS THIS A PAYOFF? I WANTED TO ADDRESS THE LACK OF COURTESY, THE RESPECT, THE DECORUM ON THE DAIS BY THE NEW COMMISSIONERS SPEARHEADED BY THE VICE MAYOR.
BUT THEN I ASKED MYSELF, WHY SHOULD I BRING THESE ISSUES UP? THEY'RE NOT NEW TO YOU.
FOR WHAT PURPOSE? THE COMMISSION AS A WHOLE IS NOT ALLOWED TO ANSWER US.
SOME OF THEM RETURN YOUR CALL WHEN YOU ARE LUCKY.
SO WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IF WE DO NOT GET ANSWERS OR RESOLUTIONS TO OUR ISSUES OR OUR CONCERNS ADDRESSED? WHY CAN'T THE COMMISSION BEHAVE LIKE OTHER CITIES AND RESPOND IMMEDIATELY AFTER PUBLIC ADDRESS? AND IF YOU CANNOT DO THAT, WHY CAN'T THE COMMISSION CONSIDER RESPONDING AT THE FOLLOWING MEETING, EVEN IF IT IS NOTHING MORE THAN ACKNOWLEDGING OUR CONCERN? NOW, MY COMMENT ON THE FIRE TRUCK AND I MIGHT HAVE THIS MISUNDERSTOOD IS THAT THE FIRE TRUCK IS SUPPOSED TO COME IN IN THE YEAR 2024, AND THAT IS IT HAS ALREADY BEEN APPROVED.
IF IT HAS ALREADY BEEN APPROVED AND WE'RE JUST WAITING FOR THE MONEY OR WAITING FOR THE APPROVAL TO ALLOCATE THE MONEY AND WE'RE NOT GIVING THEM THE MONEY RIGHT NOW, WHY CAN'T THE COMMISSION VOTE ON IT RIGHT NOW? THAT'S WHERE I AM, MISUNDERSTANDING WHATEVER IT IS, BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND THAT IT WAS APPROVED FOR 2024 AND THEN I'M TOLD THAT WE NEED TO GET THE MONEY OVER THERE AND WE DON'T HAVE THE MONEY YET.
AND THEN I'M TOLD THAT WE NEED TO GET APPROVAL FOR THE MONEY.
SO IT'S VERY, VERY CONFUSING AND I FULLY DON'T UNDERSTAND IT.
I DO UNDERSTAND IT HAS BEEN AND WILL BE OURS IN THE FUTURE, BUT NOT YET.
MR. VICE MAYOR. COMMISSIONER DANIEL.
COMMISSIONER WRIGHT. AND COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS.
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BROWARD COUNTY COMMISSIONER.THIS IS AN OBVIOUS CONFLICT OF INTEREST SINCE THE COUNTY AND CITY INTEREST DO NOT ALWAYS COINCIDE.
IF I HAD BEEN A CITY COMMISSIONER.
WHOM WOULD MY LOYALTY BE BEFORE THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT OR THE CITY? ON JANUARY 23RD AT A WORKSHOP MEETING DEALING WITH ALLOCATING FUNDS AS PART OF THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN, VICE MAYOR BOLTON EXPRESSED A DIFFICULTY IN FINDING TIME FOR DISCUSSIONS GIVEN THE MEMBERS, INCLUDING HIMSELF.
IS HAVING AN ADDITIONAL FULL TIME JOB, ALONG WITH BEING VICE MAYOR AND A PASTOR OF A CHURCH GOING TO MAKE IT EASIER TO FIND TIME FOR THE JOB HE WAS ELECTED TO DO. IF THE VICE MAYOR WANTS HIS $80,000 YEAR JOBWITH BROWARD COUNTY AND WANTS TO AVOID ANY REAL OR PERCEIVED CONFLICT OF INTEREST, HE SHOULD RESIGN FROM THE CITY.
THE TAMARAC CITY COMMISSION, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
MEL YODER, KINGS POINT MADAM MAYOR.
COMMISSIONERS. BACKROOM DEALS.
SO MUCH FOR AN ETHICAL COMMISSION NOW AFTER A SUCCESSFUL COUP, THESE SAME COMMISSIONERS DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO PROVIDE ANY INFORMATION FOR ITEMS THEY WANT TO DISCUSS.
DESTRUCTION OF THE SPORTS COMPLEX FOR A RUNNING STADIUM.
ANYONE? HOW ABOUT AN EXTRA $15,000 SLUSH FUND FOR ALL THE COMMISSIONERS? HOW ABOUT FULL TIME COMMUNITY LIAISONS? THE LIST GOES ON.
COMMISSIONERS CLAIMED TO BE AWARE OF THE PLIGHT OF GROUPS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND YET ALL THEY DO IS GIVE IT LIP SERVICE.
A LOT OF THESE INDIVIDUALS DON'T HAVE THE TIME TO WAIT AROUND UNTIL YOU FINALLY DECIDE TO HELP THEM.
APPARENTLY, THE PLIGHT OF THOSE IN NEED IS NOT YOUR PRIORITY.
TO QUOTE A COMMISSIONER, IT'S NOT FAIR TO GO LINE BY LINE.
WE HAVEN'T SAT DOWN TO DISCUSS WHERE WE ARE GOING TO ALLOCATE IT.
SITTING DOWN AND DISCUSSING SOMETHING.
DIDN'T STOP YOU FROM FIRING THE CITY ATTORNEY.
I THINK WE ALL KNOW WHAT SITTING DOWN TO DISCUSS MEANS WANTING TO MAKE SURE ORGANIZATIONS REPRESENTED BY FRIENDS AND FAMILY GET THE MAJORITY OF THE FUNDS. NOT TO MENTION WHICH ORGANIZATION IS GOING TO GIVE THE BIGGEST KICKBACKS.
HOW MANY REASONS ARE THERE FOR RECALL ELECTIONS VICE MAYOR? PERHAPS YOU SHOULD ENLIGHTEN THE COMMISSION THE SAME WAY YOU ENLIGHTENED THE NORTH LAUDERDALE COMMISSION.
PATTY LYNN [INAUDIBLE] TAMARAC.
THE EMPLOYEES, THE STAFF, THEY ARE WONDERFUL.
THEY ARE NEVER. I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY DO IT.
AND I KNOW EVERYBODY GIVES EVERYBODY A HARD TIME.
BUT THEY DON'T. SO REMEMBER THAT.
SO IN ADDITION TO MY PERCEIVED SUNSHINE LAW VIOLATION, FLORIDA STATUTES
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286.0114. THAT'S THE MISCELLANEOUS PUBLIC BUSINESS.IT IS A TALL PERSON MICROPHONE.
YOU DON'T HAVE A SHORT PERSON MICROPHONE.
IT SEEMS LIKE EVERYBODY IS ENTITLED TO SPEAK ON ANY BUSINESS.
THE BUSINESS THAT HAPPENED WITH NO NOTICE.
THE REPLACEMENT OF THE CITY MANAGER.
THE REPLACEMENT OF THE CITY ATTORNEY.
TWO BRAND NEW COMMISSIONERS NEVER INVOLVED IN THE CITY OF TAMARAC AT ALL.
A PROPOSAL CAME UP THROUGH THE VICE MAYOR AND THEY VOTED YES.
I MEAN, SOMEBODY NEEDS TO TELL US, WHERE DID YOU STUDY THIS? DID YOU STUDY NORTH MIAMI? DID YOU STUDY DADE COUNTY WHEN YOU HAD AN ATTORNEY LIKE SAM GOREN YOU COULD SAY SAM GOREN'S NAME ANYPLACE AND PEOPLE WILL SAY, WHAT A GREAT MAN HE IS, OUR CURRENT CITY ATTORNEY. YOU SAY HIS NAME.
OH, YOU KNOW THE TROUBLE HE'S IN.
WHY DID THAT HAPPEN? I MEAN, EXPLAIN IT TO ME.
I'M THINKING MAYBE IT'S PAYBACK.
AND I KNOW THAT IN THE CAMPAIGN FINANCE REPORT, YOU GOT 1,000 DOLLARS COMMISSIONER WRIGHT FROM COASTAL WASTE. YOU GOT $500 FROM WESTWAY TOWING.
BUT THEN IN THIS OTHER LITTLE NEAT LITTLE THING HERE, ELECTED OFFICIAL CODE OF ETHICS CAMPAIGN FUNDRAISING FOR OTHER CANDIDATES.
AND VICE MAYOR BOLTON SOLICITED THOSE DONATIONS FOR YOU.
SO OBVIOUSLY YOU'RE COMMUNICATING.
I TOLD YOU, I EXPECT GREAT THINGS FROM THE COMMISSIONER IN DISTRICT TWO.
SO THE FIRST THING I WOULD WANT TO HAVE SOMETIME IN THE NEAR FUTURE IS AN EXPLANATION FROM THE NEW COMMISSIONERS HOW WE MANAGED TO FIRE A CITY MANAGER AND A CITY ATTORNEY WITH NO PREVIOUS KNOWLEDGE AND NO DISCUSSION, AND THEN TELL ME WHY WE HAVEN'T VIOLATED STATE LAW AND THE SUNSHINE LAW. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
STU WEBSTER FOR [INAUDIBLE] GARDENS, ALL PROTOCOL OBSERVED.
FIRST. WE'RE IN THE FIFTH WEEK OF TOTAL, COMPLETE AND UNBELIEVABLY DANGEROUS DARKNESS ON LAGOS DEL CAMPO.
A PRIVATE COMPANY CONTRACTED TO SERVE SERVICE OUR CITY.
I CONTINUE TO PRAY FOR MY COMMUNITY TO COME BACK TO NORMALCY SOON.
I HAVE HEARD THE EXCUSES, NO EXPLANATION AS TO WHY THE DARKNESS CONTINUES AND WONDER WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF WASTE MANAGEMENT DID THE SAME FANCY FOOTWORK.
THE TOTAL DISREGARD FOR TRUTH TRADITION BOTH IN AND OUT OF THESE HALLOWED HALLS OF GOVERNMENT AND PERSONAL AND PUBLIC RESPECT IS EVIDENT IN ALL OF THESE PEOPLE TO THE HIGHEST DEGREE.
CORDIALITY REGARD FOR RESPECT AND TRADITION ARE TREATED LIKE A USED KLEENEX WHEN ONE HAS A DISTORTED, IMMATURE, EGOMANIAC OR ABUSIVE VIEW OF OTHERS THIS IS PAR FOR THE COURSE.
THESE PERSONS WERE ELECTED BY TRUSTWORTHY AND NAÏVE PEOPLE.
LOOK AT WHO AND WHERE THAT HAS GOTTEN US NOW.
ANOTHER ANALOGY MIGHT BE CANCER.
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EARLY THIS WEEK I HAPPENED TO BE ON THE THIRD FLOOR OF THE GOVERNMENTAL CENTER AND I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH SOME OF THE STAFFERS THERE.THERE IS NOTHING BUT SHOCK, DISGUST AND TOTAL ANGER FOR A PERSON WHO NOW WORKS THERE.
WHILE OTHERS MAY BE CONCERNED ABOUT THEIR REPUTATION THAT PRECEDED THEM, AS WELL AS THE PAST PUBLICIZED ITEMS. TO SOME, THAT'S JUST THE COST OF DOING BUSINESS.
THE LEVEL OF GOVERNANCE HAS MOVED FROM OUR CITY TO THE ENTIRE BROWARD COUNTY.
FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, THESE MOVES ARE MERELY MOVES ON A CHESSBOARD COLD, CALCULATING, BRUTAL AND NECESSARY FOR THE BIG PICTURE TO BE COMPLETED.
HAVE A GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU.
HERE I AM AGAIN ASKING COMMISSIONERS TO BEHAVE IN A WAY THAT BEFITS A PUBLIC OFFICER.
CHAPTER TWO OF OUR CITY CODE LAYS OUT THE ETHICAL CODES FOR EACH ELECTED OFFICIAL.
DUE TO TIME CONSTRAINTS, I'M GOING TO READ A FEW BULLET POINTS THAT ARE NOT BEING FOLLOWED BY SOME.
ELECTED OFFICIALS ARE TO CONDUCT THEMSELVES IN A MANNER WHICH MAINTAINS AND PROMOTES PUBLIC CONFIDENCE IN CITY GOVERNMENT. RECOGNIZE THAT THE MAIN FUNCTION OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT AT ALL TIMES IS TO SERVE AND PROMOTE THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE PUBLIC.
PLEDGES TO KEEP THE COMMUNITY INFORMED ON AFFAIRS OF CITY GOVERNMENT SEEKS TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY AND IMAGE OF PUBLIC SERVICE PLEDGES NOT TO IMPROPERLY INFLUENCE OR ATTEMPT TO INFLUENCE OTHER PUBLIC OFFICERS AGREES TO BE HONEST, FAIR AND RESPECTFUL TO OTHERS.
THERE ARE OTHERS ROLLING EYES, MUTTERING OR NOT PAYING ATTENTION WHILE I'M TALKING AND LOOKING AT YOUR PHONE DO NOT RESTORE PUBLIC CONFIDENCE.
THE TRIO HAS NOT DONE SO, AND THE VOICES OF THE RESIDENTS ASKING FOR THIS ARE FALLING ON DEAF EARS.
EXAMPLE WHY VOTE NOT TO USE OUR CURRENT BANK? WHAT SUNSHINE LAWS ARE BROKEN THAT THIS TRIO VOTED IN LOCKSTEP WITH NO EXPLANATION AND NO DISCUSSION.
WHEN ASKED FOR DISCUSSION, NO ONE VOICED CONCERNS YET THREE VOTED AGAINST THE BANK.
I FEAR THIS IS AGAIN PAYBACK FOR POLITICAL FAVORS OR RETALIATION.
I AM SURE A BANK IS ALL LINED UP THAT THE TRIO WILL VOTE IN BECAUSE THEY ARE FAVORS.
IS IT BECAUSE SHE WAS JUST DOING WHAT SHE WAS TOLD? I WOULD HAVE LIKED COMMISSIONER WRIGHT TO HAVE BEEN ASKED THE SAME QUESTION.
WE NEED INDEPENDENT THINKERS ON OUR COMMISSION WHO PUT THE CITY BEFORE FAVORS.
EXAMPLE, OUR CITY CODE AND FLORIDA STATUTE 286.0114 WAS VIOLATED WHEN NO PUBLIC COMMENTS WERE ALLOWED FROM RESIDENTS BEFORE A VOTE ON THE CITY MANAGER AND ATTORNEYS, AS IS REQUIRED.
THERE WAS NO HURRY TO ACT AS WE HAD BOTH IN PLACE.
OR DID YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE NO ONE COULD ASK? THANK YOU.
I WOULD LIKE THE SPEAKER TO HAVE ADDITIONAL TIME TO FINISH HER FINDINGS.
IF I CAN MAKE THAT MOTION RIGHT NOW AND LOOK FOR A SECOND.
[APPLAUSE] HOW MUCH MORE TIME DO YOU HAVE ON YOUR STATEMENT? 10 SECONDS. PLEASE PROCEED.
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WILL FOLLOW YOU AND IT IS NOT A GOOD LOOK.NAME? NAME. WILLIAM GOFFENT AT 5106 BAYBERRY LANE, TAMARAC.
THE MARQUEE SIGN AT THE BOWLING ALLEY.
ALL RIGHT. I DON'T KNOW WHO'S ON THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OR WHATEVER.
YOU COME INTO CORAL SPRINGS AND THEN YOU COME INTO TAMARAC FROM THE NORTH.
AND UNIVERSITY DRIVE IS THE MOST PROMINENT ROAD COMING SOUTH.
OKAY. YOU HAVEN'T PUT ANY PRESSURE ON THE BOWLING ALLEY TO PUT UP A MARQUEE SIGN.
THEY'VE BEEN THERE ALMOST FOUR YEARS NOW.
YOU AND GEORGE SANTOS OVER THERE ARE BOTH IN THE BOWLING ALLEY ALL THE TIME.
JUST MAKING A POINT THAT IF YOU.
WE READ THE RULES TO EVERYONE.
I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO REMOVE YOU FROM THIS COMMISSION IF YOU CONTINUE.
DID YOU TAKE THAT PERSONAL? I'M GOING TO MAKE A MOTION TO REMOVE YOU.
MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION RIGHT NOW TO REMOVE MR. WILLIAM FROM THIS COMMISSION. THAT'S THE SECOND TIME YOU'VE DONE THAT, YOU VIOLATED MY RIGHT TO FREE SPEECH.
I AM NOT. IT WILL HAPPEN AT SOME POINT.
ARE YOU MAKING A THREAT OR ARE YOU SAYING THAT'S NOT A THREAT? THAT'S A PROMISE.
FIRST, THERE WAS JUST A THREAT MADE TO A COMMISSIONER SAYING I WILL COME BACK AT YOU.
DID I SAY ANYTHING YOU JUST SAID TO COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS I WILL COME BACK AT YOU.
I AM MAKING A MOTION RIGHT NOW TO REMOVE YOU BY BEING SO AT THIS MOMENT.
I DIDN'T MAKE A THREAT. I BELIEVE PER OUR RULES.
PARLIAMENTARIAN IF THAT IS CORRECT, A THREAT HAS BEEN MADE AGAINST THE CITY COMMISSIONER.
HE IS FILLED IT AS SUCH, AND I DO FEEL THREATENED BY THE WAY.
IT IS WHY DO YOU FEEL THREATENED? ALL I'M ASKING YOU IS TO BE HONEST.
WHERE'S THE CAPTAIN? BE HONEST? WHERE IS THE CAPTAIN? YOU BE HONEST.
I HAVE A POINT OF ORDER, MAYOR.
THAT IF YOU CONTINUE TO SEND MY CONSTITUENTS EMAILS AND IF YOU USE THIS AGAINST ME, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SERIOUS ISSUES WHEN IT COMES TO ELECTIONS, SIR. ALL RIGHT.
OKAY. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, LADIES.
MAYOR. THIS IS NOT THE FORUM FOR THIS.
MAYOR. THERE'S. POINT OF ORDER MADAM MAYOR.
MAYOR. THIS IS ABOUT THE FOURTH TIME THAT COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS HAVE MADE REMARKS AS THOSE AGAINST ME ON THIS DAIS.
THIS IS ABOUT THE FOURTH TIME THAT HE'S THREATENED ME.
LADIES PLEASE. I HAVE BEEN SILENT ALL THE TIME.
COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS HAS MADE CONSTANT REMARKS ABOUT ME ONLINE IN THIS ROOM, ON THIS DAIS, AND ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.
SO AT THIS POINT, IT IS MY PREROGATIVE AND MY RIGHT TO ASK THAT THIS COMMISSION CENSOR, COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS, FOR ALL THE NEGATIVE COMMENTS THAT HE HAS BEEN MAKING.
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ACTUALLY, VICE MAYOR, THIS COMMISSION HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO A SOCIAL MEDIA THING.SO WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT SOCIAL MEDIA, THAT IS NOT RELEVANT TO RIGHT NOW.
MADAM MAYOR, THE COMMISSIONER HAS SPOKEN ABOUT MY COMMUNICATIONS TO THE RESIDENTS OF THIS CITY.
SO THAT IS ACTUALLY RELEVANT TO THIS CONVERSATION.
SO YOU ARE NOT INNOCENT AT THIS.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE ARE GOING TO GO BACK TO THE AGENDA AND WE ARE GOING TO FINISH THIS MEETING.
NOW, IS THERE ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC WHO HAS NOT YET SPOKEN, WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON PUBLIC COMMENTS? PLEASE COME UP.
NAME AND LOCATION, PLEASE FOR THE RECORD.
I'M [INAUDIBLE]. I LIVE IN KINGS POINT.
THIS IS QUITE AN ACT TO FOLLOW.
WE WERE DRIVING AROUND TAMARAC AND HE LOOKED AT THE SIGN THAT SAID, TAMARAC THE CITY FOR YOUR LIFE. AND HE SAID, IT SOUNDS LIKE A PRISON SENTENCE.
[LAUGHTER] BAD JOKE, RIGHT? OKAY. THANK YOU.
OKAY. WE MIGHT HAVE TO WORK ON OUR SLOGAN.
I'VE LIVED IN ABOUT FOUR CITIES DURING MY LIFE.
AND THIS IS THE CITY COMMISSION THAT SEEMS COLDEST TO THE CITIZENS, PARTICULARLY AT THE MEETINGS.
FIRST OF ALL, WHY IS IT NECESSARY WHEN THERE ARE JUST SIX OR SEVEN PEOPLE SPEAKING TO LIMIT US TO THREE? TO LIMIT US TO THREE? AM I DOING SOMETHING TO LIMIT US TO 3 MINUTES? WHY CAN'T WE HAVE MORE TIME? I CAN UNDERSTAND IF 20 PEOPLE SHOW UP.
BUT TO LIMIT US TO 3 MINUTES WHEN THERE'S HARDLY ANY SPEAKERS, THERE'S NO REASON TO.
ALSO SPEAKING TO YOU GUYS, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO SAY THIS WITHOUT BEING IMPOLITE.
IT'S LIKE SPEAKING TO THE WALL.
IT REMINDS ME OF THE BAD BLIND DATES I USED TO GO ON.
BUT ANYWAY, SPEAKING TO THE WALL, IT'S REALLY IT'S REALLY TOUGH TO SIT THERE AND SEE CITIZENS SPEAK THEIR HEART OUT.
IT TAKES A LONG TIME TO WRITE A SPEECH.
AND THEN YOU GUYS DON'T REACT AT ALL.
EVEN WHEN YOU'RE CHALLENGED AND SOMETIMES PEOPLE DON'T SAY VERY NICE THINGS TO YOU, WHY CAN'T YOU ACT HUMAN? WHY CAN'T YOU REACT? WHY DO YOU ACT SO COLD? IT'S VERY NERVE WRACKING TO SPEAK HERE.
BUT WE NEVER, NEVER GET A REACTION.
WHY CAN'T YOU ANSWER A QUESTION? IF SOMEBODY IS VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT SOMETHING, AT LEAST SAY, YOU KNOW, I'LL CALL YOU BACK.
ANOTHER THING, I WAS A CITY COMMISSIONER MANY YEARS AGO IN PENNSYLVANIA.
IT'S NERVE WRACKING FOR CITIZENS TO COME UP TO SPEAK HERE.
IF A CITIZEN COMES UP TO SPEAK.
COULD I HAVE TEN MORE SECONDS? YES GO AHEAD. HOW DOES THIS WORK? WHEN A CITIZEN COMES UP TO SPEAK.
NOBODY SAYS A WORD TO HIM OR HER.
NOBODY SAYS, HOW ARE YOU? NOBODY SAYS, LET'S SEE WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY.
IT WAS THE RULE THAT THE COMMISSIONER OF THAT PERSON WOULD GREET THEM.
THEY KNEW BY THE ADDRESS WHETHER THEY WERE A CONSTITUENT.
I THINK YOU WOULD BE WELL SERVED WHEN A PERSON COMES UP HERE.
YOU TRY TO MAKE THEM FEEL WELCOME.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WISH TO SPEAK BUT DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO SIGN UP?
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SEEING NONE.PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE NOW CLOSED AND WE DO THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR COMMENTS WITH US.
WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA.
[4. CONSENT AGENDA]
CITY MANAGER ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONS OR DELETIONS TO THE AGENDA? NO, MAYOR. THANK YOU.I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A SECOND TO MY MOTION.
CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
SO SORRY. COMMISSIONER WRIGHT? YES. COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS? YES. COMMISSIONER DANIEL? YES.
YES. VICE MAYOR BOLTON? YES. THANK YOU, MAYOR.
THANK YOU. MOTION PASSES, 5 TO 0.
THANK YOU. WE WILL NOW BE MOVING TO ORDINANCES ON FIRST READING.
[6.a TO2521 - An Ordinance of the City commission of the City of Tamarac, Florida terminating the zoning in progress on new medical marijuana dispensary facilities by amending Chapter 10, Article 3, of the City of Tamarac Land Development Code, entitled “Use Regulations”, amending Section 10-3.2, entitled “Table of Allowed Uses”, by specifically amending Table 10-3.1, entitled “Allowed Uses” to prohibit medical marijuana dispensing facilities in all zoning districts by instituting a ban within the boundaries of the City of Tamarac in accordance with Florida Statutes 381.986(11); providing for codification; providing for conflicts; providing for severability; and providing for an effective date.]
AS WITH THE PRACTICE, WITH ORDINANCES ON FIRST READING, THERE IS NO PUBLIC COMMENT DURING THIS TIME.CITY ATTORNEY WILL YOU PLEASE READ THE TITLE OF 6A TO2521 FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.
ITEM 6A IS ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSION CITY OF TAMARAC TERMINATING THE ZONING AND PROGRESS ON NEW MEDICAL MARIJUANA DISPENSARY FACILITIES BY AMENDING CHAPTER TEN ARTICLE THREE OF CITY OF TAMARAC LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE ENTITLED USE REGULATION MADE IN SECTION 10-3.2 ENTITLED TABLE OF ALLOWED USES BY SPECIFICALLY AMENDING TABLE 10-3.1 ENTITLED ALLOW USES TO PROHIBIT MEDICAL MARIJUANA DISPENSARY FACILITIES IN ALL ZONED DISTRICT BY INSTITUTING A BAN WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC, ACCORDING TO FLORIDA STATUTES 381.986 HYPHEN 11 PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY PROVIDING FOR EFFECTIVE DATE.
THANK YOU. I NEED A SECOND, PLEASE.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER DANIEL.
MAXINE CALLOWAY, OUR DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, WILL MAKE A PRESENTATION.
THANK YOU, MAYOR. MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION.
GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS MAXINE CALLOWAY, DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.
AND JUST QUICKLY, JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU SOME BACKGROUND ON THIS ITEM.
WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING THIS REALLY SINCE SEPTEMBER.
SO OF 2022, WHICH IS WHEN WE BROUGHT AN AMENDMENT TO YOU TO MAKE A CHANGE TO THE MEDICAL MARIJUANA AND PHARMACY REGULATIONS IN THE CODE TO MAKE IT SPECIAL EXCEPTION. I THINK BY THAT POINT WE HAD ABOUT TWO OR SO APPLICATIONS THAT HAD BEEN FILED IN OUR OFFICE.
AT THAT TIME, WE HAD ABOUT FOUR APPLICATIONS THAT WERE IN OUR OFFICE, ONE THAT WAS BEING PROCESSED, AND THAT'S WHEN SPECIFICALLY ON JANUARY 11, 2023, THAT YOU ASKED STAFF TO GO BACK AND TO INSTITUTE A ZONING IN PROGRESS SO WE CAN LOOK AT IT A BIT FURTHER.
AND THEN TO BRING BACK TO YOU A BAN.
AND SO ON JANUARY 12TH, THE CITY MANAGER INSTITUTED A ZONING IN PROGRESS BECAUSE WE KNOW EXACTLY WHAT IT IS YOU WANTED US TO BRING FORWARD THAT WAS INSTITUTED FOR ONLY 60 DAYS.
AND SO WE WENT AHEAD AND TOOK IT TO THE PLANNING BOARD.
BUT BEFORE I GET TO THAT, WE ARE ABLE TO INSTITUTE THAT BAN BECAUSE FLORIDA STATUTE ALLOWS US TO DO THAT SPECIFICALLY 381.986 SUBSECTION 11. SO THIS WOULD PROHIBIT MEDICAL MARIJUANA DISPENSARIES IN ALL ZONING DISTRICTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
SO THIS IS A COPY OR A SLIDE THAT'S SHOWING YOUR PERMITTED USE CHART.
AND WHAT YOU SEE IN RED IS THE PROPOSED CHANGES THAT WOULD PROHIBIT MEDICAL MARIJUANA DISPENSARIES IN THE CITY NOT ALLOWED IN ANY ZONING DISTRICT. AT THIS POINT, WE HAVE FOUR MEDICAL MARIJUANA FACILITIES THAT'S BEEN APPROVED BY THIS COMMISSION, ONE THAT WAS EXEMPT AT WITH THE ZONING IN PROGRESS BECAUSE THAT APPLICATION WAS IN THE HOPPER AND WAS FILED PRIOR TO THE ZONING IN PROGRESS.
SO THAT APPLICATION ALONE IS EXEMPT.
ALL THE FOUR THAT ARE APPROVED IN THE CITY WOULD BE GRANDFATHERED IN, IS A TERM YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH OR WOULD BE A LEGAL NONCONFORMING USE, WHICH MEANS THAT THEY WOULD BE ALLOWED TO EXIST IN PERPETUITY, PROVIDING OF COURSE THEY DO NOT EXPAND AND THEY DON'T RELOCATE.
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SO THIS IS WHAT THE CHART WOULD LOOK LIKE.IT WOULD HAVE MEDICAL MARIJUANA DISPENSARY AND THEN THERE WOULD BE NO SE NO AID THERE WOULD BE NOTHING, WHICH IN FACT PRECLUDES IT IN ALL ZONING DISTRICT. THAT'S THE END OF MY PRESENTATION.
THANK YOU. IF YOU'LL GIVE US ONE SECOND, WE HAVE A TECHNOLOGY SWITCH.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? IT'S ALL GOOD. AT THIS TIME.
WE ARE UP FOR DISCUSSION AND I DO NOT SEE ANYBODY LIT.
WOULD YOU HAVE BEEN LIT? YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? THERE'S NO QUESTIONS.
SO THEREFORE, CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
THANK YOU. MOVING TO 6B TO2523.
[6.b TO2523 - An Ordinance of the City Commission of the City of Tamarac, Florida, amending Chapter 10 of the City of Tamarac Code of Ordinances, entitled “Land Development Code” by amending Article 2 entitled “Zoning Districts”, by specifically amending Section 10-2.5, entitled “Planned Development District”, to remove density cap limits from the planned development zoning district designation and creating Section 10-2.5(C) to establish Local Activity Center Disbursement Guidelines to allow for the disbursement of residential units from the available units within the Local Activity Center in accordance with the City’s Comprehensive Plan ; providing for codification; providing for conflicts; providing for severability; and providing for an effective date.]
CITY ATTORNEY, PLEASE READ THE TITLE FOR THE RECORD.ITEM 6B AS AN ORDINANCE OF CITY COMMISSION OF CITY OF TAMARAC AMENDED CHAPTER 10 THE CITY OF TAMARAC CODE OF ORDINANCE ENTITLED LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE, AMENDING ARTICLE TWO ENTITLED THE ZONING DISTRICT BY SPECIFICALLY AMENDING SECTION 10-2.5, ENTITLED PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT TO REMOVE DENSITY CAP LIMITS FROM THE PLANNED DEVELOPMENT ZONING DISTRICT DESIGNATION AND CREATE SECTION 10-2.5 SUBSECTION C TO ESTABLISH LOCAL ACTIVITY CENTER DISBURSEMENT GUIDELINES TO ALLOW THE DISBURSEMENT OF RESIDENTIAL UNITS FROM THE AVAILABLE UNITS WITHIN A LOCAL ACTIVITY CENTER IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CITY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
THANK YOU. I'LL TAKE A SECOND, PLEASE.
SECOND. A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER DANIEL.
THANK YOU. MS. CALLOWAY. WE HAVE A PRESENTATION.
WE DON'T HAVE A PRESENTATION JUST YET.
THANK YOU FOR BEARING WITH US.
YEAH. I'M JUST WAITING THANK YOU, MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION AGAIN, MAXINE CALLOWAY DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.
WE WANT TO CREATE A MECHANISM FOR THE DISBURSEMENT OF THE UNITS FROM THE LOCAL ACTIVITY CENTER.
AND IN A MOMENT, I'LL SHOW YOU WHERE THAT'S LOCATED AND THE PURPOSE OF THE LOCAL ACTIVITY CENTER.
AND THEN WE WANT TO REPLACE THAT WITH INITIAL MAXIMUM CAP AND THEN PROVIDE SOME DENSITY BONUS FOR UNITS ABOVE THAT MAXIMUM CAP IN THE LOCAL ACTIVITY CENTER.
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SO JUST TO RESPOND TO YOUR QUESTION, YOU'RE PROBABLY THINKING WHAT THE LOCAL ACTIVITY CENTER IS.THIS IS WHERE THEY WANT TO FOCUS REDEVELOPMENT TO OCCUR.
AND THEY'RE PRIMARILY ON YOUR MAJOR THOROUGHFARE.
YOUR 441 YOUR COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD, AND IN CERTAIN MAJOR THOROUGHFARES IN OTHER CITIES, THIS IS WHERE THEY PROVIDED A POOL OF DENSITY OR UNITS THAT ARE WITHIN THOSE LOCAL ACTIVITY CENTER WHERE THEY WANT TO FOCUS HIGH RISE AND DENSER DEVELOPMENT.
THEY ALSO ARE INTENDED TO PROVIDE FOR A BALANCE OF INTERCONNECTED MIX OF LAND USES TO ENCOURAGE MASS TRANSIT AND NON-MOTORIZED TRANSPORTATION TO REDUCE THE NEED FOR AUTOMOBILE TRAVEL, TO PROVIDE INCENTIVES FOR QUALITY DEVELOPMENT, WHICH IS ONE OF THE THINGS WE'LL BE DOING TONIGHT.
AND TO GIVE DEFINITION TO THE URBAN FORM WHERE THESE DEVELOPMENTS ARE PRIMARILY TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE DESIGN PRINCIPLES THAT SUPPORT MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT TO INTEGRATE HOUSING, EMPLOYMENT, RETAIL, RECREATION AND LOCAL AND REGIONAL COMMUNITY FACILITIES, PRIMARILY ON MULTI MODAL TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS SUCH AS COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD.
SO THE CITY OF TAMARAC ADOPTED OUR LOCAL ACTIVITY CENTER IN 2007 WHEN WE AMENDED OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, AND THIS IS A LIST OF ALL THE LOCAL ACTIVITY CENTERS THAT ARE IN BROWARD COUNTY. AND YOU CAN SEE THE LAND MASS OR THE LAND AREA THAT IS DESIGNATED.
OKAY, GO AHEAD. WE HAD A LITTLE OUTAGE OVER HERE.
SO NOW YOU'RE SEEING THE CHART WITH ALL THE LOCAL ACTIVITY CENTERS? NO, WE SEE A BLANK SCREEN.
STAY WHERE YOU ARE. DON'T MOVE.
[LAUGHTER] WE'RE GOOD NOW. GO AHEAD. SO THAT'S THE 37 LOCAL ACTIVITY CENTERS THAT WERE DESIGNATED BY BROWARD COUNTY IN THE 2000 CITY OF TAMARAC ADOPTED OURS IN 2007.
AND THE GREEN IS SHOWING OUR LAND AREA OR LOCAL ACTIVITY CENTER IS 133.57 ACRES IN SIZE. SO SPECIFICALLY, THIS IS WHERE OUR LOCAL ACTIVITY CENTER IS LOCATED.
IT'S NORTH SIDE OF COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD FROM NORTHWEST 94TH AVENUE TO UNIVERSITY DRIVE ON THE EAST.
THAT'S WHERE IT IS. AND IT'S ALL IN BLUE.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S ALREADY INFRASTRUCTURE AVAILABLE AS IT RELATES TO TRANSPORTATION MODES AS CURRENTLY EXISTS, WHICH IS ONE OF THE PURPOSE OF PLACING IN THE LOCAL ACTIVITY CENTER IN AREAS WHERE IF THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS NOT AVAILABLE, IT WILL BECOME AVAILABLE BECAUSE OF COURSE THE RIGHT OF WAY IS THERE TO SUPPORT IT.
SO THIS IS TAMARAC LOCAL ACTIVITY CENTER.
AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE UNITS THAT'S ASSOCIATED WITH THAT IN JUST A MOMENT.
BUT JUST TO PROVIDE SOME CONTEXT SO YOU CAN SEE WHY IT IS THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR THE PD DISTRICT TO SUPPORT THE LOCAL ACTIVITY CENTER IS BECAUSE CURRENTLY THE ZONING DESIGNATION IS THE MU-G.
ALL ALONG THAT BLUE IT'S ONE ZONING DESIGNATION.
SO THIS IS A CHART OF THE UNITS THAT ARE AVAILABLE.
A TOTAL OF 1,875 WAS PROVIDED TO US WHEN THE LAND USE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED, AND WE HAVE ALREADY DISPERSED 401 UNITS TO TAMARAC VILLAGE.
SO WE HAVE A BALANCE OF 1474 UNITS.
WE CAN DO MORE FROM ONE, LESS FROM THE OTHER, OR JUST ALL FROM A LINE.
AND I JUST WANTED TO PROVIDE SOME CONTEXT.
WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT DENSITY AND INTENSITY, BECAUSE TAMARAC IS A BUILT OUT CITY WE'RE A BUILT OUT COMMUNITY AND THAT'S NO DIFFERENT FROM BROWARD COUNTY, WHERE YOU HAVE TO START THINKING ABOUT GOING VERTICAL AS OPPOSED TO GOING LIKE A CAMPUS DEVELOPMENT.
SO IN THIS SLIDE, BOTH THE SLIDE ON THE LEFT AND THE ONE ON YOUR RIGHT IS THE SAME SIZED PROPERTY.
THEY'RE BOTH BUILDING AT 6 TO 5 DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE.
BUT THE ONE ON YOUR LEFT IS A VERTICAL CONSTRUCTION.
AND YOU CAN SEE BY GOING VERTICAL, YOU'RE ABLE TO PUT MORE GREENERY, MORE INTO THAT DEVELOPMENT.
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MORE FOR SPRAWL THAN IT LIMITS THE ABILITY TO PUT IN MORE GREEN SPACE ON THAT PROPERTY.THIS IS CORAL SPRINGS, THEIR LOCAL ACTIVITY CENTER.
YOU MIGHT BE FAMILIAR WITH THIS BUILDING.
IT'S ON THE CORNER OF SAMPLE AND UNIVERSITY.
AND THIS IS THE OLD TARGET SITE.
THIS IS NOT LAUDERHILL LOCAL ACTIVITY CENTER.
THEIR LOCAL ACTIVITY CENTERS ON 441.
AND THIS IS ON COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD OFF OF COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD, IF YOU WANT TO CALL IT.
SUNRISE IS THE LEADER OF HOW TO BE INTENSE AND DENSE IN A LOCAL ACTIVITY CENTER.
ONCE AGAIN, THEY DO NOT HAVE A CAP FOR THEIR LOCAL ACTIVITY CENTER.
THIS IS ANOTHER PROJECT THAT'S GOING TO BE BUILT CLOSE TO THE SAWGRASS.
AND THIS IS A FIRST CLASS, TRANSIT ORIENTED MIXED USE PROJECT WITHIN SUNRISE LOCAL ACTIVITY CENTER.
SO THAT'S JUST TO TAPER THE DISCUSSION SO YOU CAN SEE WHAT WE'LL BE ASKING FOR IN TERMS OF THE AMENDMENT IS SOMETHING THAT'S REASONABLE AND CONSISTENT WITH WHAT NEEDS TO BE BUILT ON COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD.
IT WAS THE ONLY PROJECT THAT WAS COMING IN ON COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD.
WE HAD NEVER DISPERSED FROM OUR LOCAL ACTIVITY CENTER AT THAT TIME, SO IT WAS THE FIRST TIME WE DISPERSED 401 UNITS AND WE WENT AHEAD AND PUT IN A CAP OF 35 DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE JUST TO SUPPORT THE TAMARAC VILLAGE PROJECT.
BUT AT THIS POINT WE RECOGNIZE THAT THE PD ZONING DISTRICT IS THEIR MOST FLEXIBLE ZONING DISTRICT.
IT'S THE BEST ZONING DISTRICT TO SUPPORT THE LOCAL ACTIVITY CENTER.
ESSENTIALLY WHAT THAT MEANS, IF YOU ARE INTENDING TO WITHDRAW UNITS FROM THE LOCAL ACTIVITY CENTER BY VIRTUE OF THIS AMENDMENT, WE'RE ASKING FOR YOU TO USE A PD ZONING DISTRICT.
WE'RE PROPOSING TO REMOVE THE CURRENT DENSITY CAP OF THE 35 DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE.
ANYTHING OVER 50 DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE WOULD REQUIRE CERTAIN BENEFITS TO THE CITY.
AND SO WE'RE PROPOSING TO CREATE A SECTION THAT OUTLINES THOSE GUIDELINES AND THOSE BENEFITS.
SO I'M JUST GOING TO WALK YOU THROUGH THE CHANGES THAT'S BEING PROPOSED.
SO IT READS SPECIFICALLY TO WHAT IT IS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO.
AND SO IF YOU ASSEMBLE A FEW LOTS OR IF YOU HAVE ONE LOT THAT YOU CAN BENEFIT BECAUSE AS IT WAS WRITTEN BEFORE, IT WAS FOR LARGER TRACTS OF LAND WHERE IT WOULD REQUIRE YOU TO DO MUCH ASSEMBLAGE. SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT SMALLER LOTS CAN BENEFIT AS WELL.
THIS IS A SECTION WHERE WE'RE PROPOSING TO ELIMINATE THE 35 DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE AND CREATE A NEW INITIAL CAP OF 51 UNITS PER ACRE, AND THEN TO PROVIDE DENSITY BONUS FOR DEVELOPMENT THAT'S GREATER THAN 50 DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE.
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IN THIS SLIDE IS THE NEW PROVISION THAT WE ARE CREATING.SO IT HAS A PROCEDURE AND THEN IT WILL OUTLINE CERTAIN BENEFITS TO THE CITY FOR THE DISBURSEMENT OF UNITS FROM THE LOCAL ACTIVITY CENTER POOL, SPECIFICALLY THOSE UNITS THAT ARE MORE THAN 50 DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE.
SO HERE ARE THE POLICY CONSIDERATIONS THAT WE HAVE INCLUDED FOR ANY PD ZONING DISTRICT WHERE YOU'RE SEEKING TO GO GREATER THAN 50 DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE. THE FIRST ONE IS THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE, IT HAS TO BE CONSISTENT WITH A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
POLICY B THAT TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S AFFORDABLE HOUSING INCLUDED AND ARE, IF WE WANT TO CALL IT ATTAINABLE HOUSING, BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT'S INCLUDED.
POLICY C TO THE EXTENT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE IT REMAINS AVAILABLE FOR FUTURE USE BY THE CITY.
AND THIS SUPPORTS THE PREVIOUS POLICY JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS A RESTRICTIVE COVENANT OR SOMETHING THAT SUPPORTS WHATEVER UNITS THAT'S INCLUDED TO MAKE SURE IT CONTINUES TO BE AVAILABLE FOR WHATEVER TIME PERIOD WE ESTABLISH.
NUMBER D WANTS TO MAKE SURE IT SERVES THE PUBLIC WELFARE.
E IS MAKING SURE THAT IT SERVES THE FUTURE LAND USE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY.
AND F THAT IT INCORPORATES NON RESIDENTIAL COMPONENT.
IT'S A MIXED USE PROJECT, SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE IF YOU'RE BUILDING OVER 50 DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE AND YOU'RE SEEKING DENSITY BONUS, THAT THE PROJECT THAT YOU BRING FORWARD IS A MIXED USE PROJECT.
AND FINALLY, WE HAVE A CATCH ALL PROVISION JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT IF THERE'S ANY POLICY CONSIDERATIONS THAT'S NOT LISTED ABOVE, THAT THE CITY COMMISSION SHOULD YOU DESIRE TO ADD ADDITIONAL POLICY CONSIDERATIONS AS A PART OF THAT APPLICATION THAT YOU'RE ABLE TO DO SO.
THIS ITEM WAS HEARD BY THE PLANNING BOARD AT THE FEBRUARY 1ST MEETING.
THEY RECOMMEND APPROVAL AND STAFF IS ALSO RECOMMENDING APPROVAL.
AND I'LL TAKE YOUR QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.
I HAVE A QUESTION. COMMISSIONER DANIEL.
THANK YOU, MS. CALLOWAY. HOW WOULD THAT IMPACT THE 50 FEET HEIGHT? WOULD IT GO? SO THE PD ZONING DISTRICT, WHICH IS WHY WE'RE RECOMMENDING THAT THAT'S THE ONLY DISTRICT THAT'S USE ALONGSIDE THE LOCAL ACTIVITY CENTER, IT'S OUR MOST FLEXIBLE.
THERE'S NO DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS THAT'S IN THAT ZONING DISTRICT.
THOSE STANDARDS ARE ESTABLISHED BY THIS COMMISSION IN NEGOTIATION WITH THE DEVELOPER.
SO THERE'S NOT A HEIGHT, THERE IS NOT SETBACKS.
IT'S YOUR MOST FLEXIBLE DESIGNATION WITHOUT YOUR CONVENTIONAL DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS.
YOU'RE SAYING THAT 50 FEET DOES NOT PERTAIN TO THAT COMMERCIAL LOCATION.
SO THAT LOCAL ACTIVITY, IF YOU ONCE YOU PAIR IT WITH THAT PD ZONING DISTRICT, THAT'S A ZONING DISTRICT TYPICALLY THAT WOULD HAVE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS LIKE 50 FEET IN HEIGHT, 25 FOOT SETBACK.
THOSE ARE NOT INCLUDED IN A PD ZONING.
IF WE CHANGE THE ZONING BUT CURRENTLY THE 50 FEET IS THE LIMIT THERE.
YEAH, CURRENTLY FOR THE MU-N I THINK IT'S 70 OR 72 FEET.
THE DENSITY IS NO GREATER THAN 50.
THAT'S A NUMBER OF DWELLING UNITS.
OKAY. SO I THOUGHT THE DENSITY WAS 35 AND YOU WANT TO CHANGE THAT TO 50.
AND I THOUGHT FOR TAMARAC 50 THERE WAS A 50 FEET LIMIT.
NO, THE HEIGHT LIMITS IN THE MU-N IS ABOUT 72 FEET.
YEAH. FOR COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD.
YEAH. ONLY FOR COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD IN THE MU-G.
THAT AREA IS CURRENTLY ZONED MU-G MAXIMUM 72 FEET.
OKAY, SO CURRENTLY THEY COULD GO UP TO 72 FEET? YES. AND 72 FEET WOULDN'T GIVE THEM ADEQUATE VERTICAL HEIGHT TO BUILD THE UNITS THAT'S NEEDED ? BECAUSE WE'RE THE LOCAL ACTIVITY CENTER I THINK THERE'S JUST ONE VACANT PARCEL WHICH WAS RECENTLY SOLD FOR CULVER.
SO IT'S REDEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES.
RIGHT. SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS SUFFICIENT DEVELOPMENT FLEXIBILITY, WHICH IS WHY WE'RE PROPOSING THAT THE PD ZONING DISTRICT BE THE ONLY ZONING DISTRICT THAT SUPPORTS A LOCAL ACTIVITY CENTER.
YOUR PD ZONING DISTRICT HAS NO DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS.
THERE'S NO HEIGHT LIMITATION, THERE'S NO SETBACK REQUIREMENT.
THOSE ARE NEGOTIATED WITH THE DEVELOPER THROUGH A PD AGREEMENT THAT'S APPROVED BY THIS BODY.
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SO ARE WE CHANGING? SO ARE WE CHANGING BECAUSE OF A PARTICULAR DEVELOPER OR DEVELOPMENT? BECAUSE IF WE ALREADY MADE CHANGES AND I KNOW THIS WAS PRIOR TO ME, BUT IT WAS RECENT FOR THE TAMARAC VILLAGE, ARE WE CHANGING EVERY TIME A DEVELOPER COMES IN, OR IS THAT NORMAL TO CHANGE EVERY TIME A NEW DEVELOPER COMES WITH A PLAN? SO THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.AS IT IS NOW, THERE ARE NO SO AS IT IS NOW ON THE MU-G ZONING DISTRICT, A DEVELOPER CAN COME IN, THEY WOULD BE SUBJECTED TO THE MAXIMUM HEIGHT LIMITATION.
SO THE CODE DID NOT HAVE IT DOES NOT HAVE ANY MECHANISM FOR THAT.
WHEN WE CREATED THE PD DISTRICT IN 2016, IT WAS REALLY CREATED FOR TAMARAC VILLAGE.
WHAT STAFF IS SAYING AT THIS POINT, WE BELIEVE THAT THE PD ZONING DISTRICT IS THE BEST DISTRICT TO SUPPORT ANY DEVELOPMENT ALONG THE LOCAL ACTIVITY CENTER BECAUSE OF THE LEVEL OF FLEXIBILITY IT BRINGS.
SO IT WOULD REQUIRE ANY NEW DEVELOPER THAT COMES IN TO FILE A REZONING APPLICATION TO CHANGE OUR ZONING DISTRICT FROM THE MU-G THAT IT CURRENTLY IS TO A PD DESIGNATION TO ALLOW FOR THAT ADDITIONAL FLEXIBILITY BECAUSE OF THE LIMITATIONS THAT EXIST WITH THOSE PARCELS AND THOSE LOTS.
SO IT'S NOT CHANGING FOR THIS IS SETTING THE TONE FOR OUR EXPECTATIONS FROM 94TH TO UNIVERSITY DRIVE WITHIN OUR LOCAL ACTIVITY CENTER.
THIS IS WHERE WE BELIEVE WE CAN SUPPORT GROWTH.
THIS IS WHERE WE BELIEVE THAT TRANSPORTATION AND FUTURE FOR MASS TRANSIT CAN SUPPORT GROWTH.
SO WE'RE ESTABLISHING GUIDELINES AND POLICIES FOR THAT AREA.
COMMISSIONER WRIGHT. SO YOU SAID IT'S GOING TO GO FROM 35 TO 50, WHICH IS AN INCREASE OF 15, WHICH IS 42%. AND THE ONLY LAND THAT'S AVAILABLE BASED ON YOUR MAP IS WHERE THE OLD CHEDDARS I THINK THERE WAS A CHEDDARS RESTAURANT.
THAT'S THE ONLY THING THAT I SEE THAT DOESN'T HAVE ANY ACTIVITY RIGHT NOW.
HOW DOES THAT AFFECT TRAFFIC? HYPOTHETICALLY, SAY THAT PARTICULAR AREA DEVELOPS AND IT'S 50 UNIT PER ACRE.
HOW DOES THAT AFFECT TRAFFIC IN THAT PART OF THE COMMUNITY? BECAUSE THERE'S A SENIOR COMMUNITY RIGHT BEHIND OF THAT AREA.
HOW WOULD THAT AFFECT THAT TRAFFIC IN THAT COMMUNITY? SO, COMMISSIONER, WITH ANY DEVELOPMENT COMES TRAFFIC, ANY DEVELOPMENT, SO THEY START ANY FUTURE DEVELOPMENT.
AND SO THESE DEVELOPMENTS ARE GENERATING THE SAME TRAFFIC WE'RE GOING TO BE SUBJECT TO.
SO WHEN WE DO A REZONING APPLICATION COMES WITH THAT IS A SITE PLAN THAT COMES BEFORE YOU AS WELL THAT ALLOWS US TO ASSESS THE IMPACTS, NOT JUST TRAFFIC, BUT THE IMPACTS ON THE PARKS AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
AND AT THAT TIME WE'LL BE ABLE TO HAVE SPECIFIC INFORMATION AS IT RELATES TO TRAFFIC COUNT.
BUT ANY DEVELOPMENT IMPACTS AND CREATES TRAFFIC.
ANY MULTIFAMILY, YOU'RE GOING TO EXPECT THAT TRAFFIC WOULD BE IMPACTED.
THAT ZONE THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT SEEMS TO BE VERY SMALL AND DENSE.
SO INCREASING WOULD SEEM LIKE WE'RE HAVING MORE UNITS AND MORE PEOPLE, BUT IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE WE HAVE THE SPACE TO ACCOMMODATE THE TRAFFIC AND THE PEOPLE THAT WOULD COME WITH, WITH HAVING MORE UNITS.
YEAH. SO IT'S THE REASON WHY THAT ERA WAS DESIGNATED AS A LOCAL ACTIVITY CENTER, IT'S BECAUSE OF THE MASS TRANSIT OPPORTUNITY, THE BUSSES THAT ARE CURRENTLY ON COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD, THE ACCESSIBILITY TO THE SAWGRASS EXPRESSWAY.
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THAT'S TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE ARE NOT JUST USING VEHICLES, BUT THERE ARE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES TO GET PEOPLE AROUND, INCLUDING WALKING TO WORK AND SO ON.SO I ALSO SHOWED YOU SOME OTHER PROJECTS WHERE THE SITE WAS LESS THAN THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT.
THIS CHANGE IS NOT TO SUPPORT JUST THAT POTENTIAL PROJECT, BUT IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A MECHANISM IN PLACE FOR ALL THE PROPERTIES THAT ARE ON OUR LOCAL ACTIVITY CENTER JUST TO MAKE SURE WHEN TRUE REDEVELOPMENT BEGINS, WE'RE ABLE TO HAVE A MECHANISM AND A POLICY IN PLACE TO SUPPORT THAT. SO REALLY IT'S FOR ALL THE PROPERTIES IN ADDITION TO TAMARAC VILLAGE, THAT'S FROM 94TH TO UNIVERSITY, THAT ENTIRE STRETCH IS WITHIN OUR LOCAL ACTIVITY CENTER. WE DO KNOW THAT THERE'S ONE POTENTIAL APPLICANT, BUT IT'S REALLY DESIGNED FOR OUR ENTIRE LOCAL ACTIVITY CENTER TO REDEVELOP THAT ENTIRE AREA.
OKAY. COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS.
THANK YOU, MAYOR, AND THANK YOU, MAXINE FOR THAT PRESENTATION.
I KNOW WE SPOKE ON ON THIS YESTERDAY DURING OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING.
COMMISSIONER DANIEL WILL TELL MAYOR SOMETHING AND KEEPS GOING ON.
IT'S THE SAME INFORMATION THAT HE SAID BY THE TIME IT ENDS OVER, HERE IS SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
AND I HEARD A STORY ONE TIME THAT WE AT ONE POINT WE OWNED THE EXECUTIVE AIRPORT IN FORT LAUDERDALE.
AND NOW WE HAVE A HUGE AIRPORT THERE.
WE NEED TO HAVE A VISION IF WE'RE TALKING A 2040 VISION.
I THINK THIS COMMISSION HAS THAT POWER TO DO SO.
I HAVE A HUGE ISSUE WITH THE SHRUBBERY.
THERE NEEDS TO BE A REALLY GOOD PROCESS SO THAT IF WE DO GO TO SIX FLOORS, THAT THE STORES ARE BEAUTIFUL, THE LANDSCAPING IS BEAUTIFUL, THE PAINTING, THE COLORS, THE STRUCTURE OF IT IS BEAUTIFUL.
WHAT ELSE DO YOU PUT ON THERE? NO ONE HAS SUGGESTIONS, AND I BELIEVE WE CAN SET THE TONE FOR THE FUTURE.
WE'RE TALKING A 20 PLUS YEAR DIFFERENCE HERE.
I'M SORRY, LESS THAN 20 YEARS.
WHERE WE ARE GOING TO HAVE SELF-DRIVING VEHICLES.
WE ARE GOING TO HAVE UBER, LYFT AND ALL THOSE COMPANIES.
WE MIGHT EVEN IMPLEMENT FREEBEE AT THAT POINT.
WE ARE, THE SENIORS AT THIS LEVEL THAT ARE HERE NOW WITH US WILL NOT BE THERE WITH US IN THE FUTURE.
SO THERE WILL BE WORKING CLASS SENIORS.
I JUST THINK THERE WILL HAVE TO BE SOME MORE TALKING AS FAR AS INFRASTRUCTURE.
DO YOU BELIEVE WE DIDN'T TALK ABOUT THIS YESTERDAY.
BUT DO YOU BELIEVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS THERE, THE PIPING, THE FIBER OPTICS, THE WHATEVER ELSE WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WATER SYSTEMS ARE IN PLACE SO WE DON'T HAVE ISSUES WITH SEWERS AND SO ON AND SO ON.
WOULD YOU LIKE A. YEAH, WELL, ALL DEVELOPMENT HAS TO PAY THEIR PROPORTIONATE FAIR SHARE.
SO THIS CONCENTRATION WAS BASED ON DATA AND ANALYSIS.
BUT OF COURSE YOU HAVE THE TRANSPORTATION PLANNING PROCESS.
I KNOW IT'S WAY OUT THERE, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE ALREADY SUBMITTED.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, THIS YEAR WE ARE DOING OUR TRANSPORTATION MASTER PLAN, TRANSPORTATION AND CONNECTIVITY MASTER PLAN THAT WILL HELP US TO IDENTIFY THE CHALLENGES THAT WE HAVE IN THE CITY AND THEN SEEK FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES TO RESOLVE THEM.
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CONTRIBUTION TO THE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM WITH THE COUNTY, BUT LOOKING AT HOW THEY CAN MINIMIZE THEIR IMPACT BECAUSE, OF COURSE, THERE'S GOING TO BE IMPACTS, AS I SAID TO THE COMMISSIONER WITH ANY DEVELOPMENT, AND THEY'RE REQUIRED THROUGH THE PROCESS TO THEIR APPLICATION PROCESS TO MINIMIZE THOSE IMPACTS.SO IF THEY'RE NOT THERE, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN PROVIDES THAT THEY SHOULD BE THERE.
THANK YOU. VICE MAYOR AND THEN COMMISSIONER WRIGHT.
MS. CALLOWAY, THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION.
YOU OUTLINED IT VERY WELL IN A VERY GOOD WAY WHERE WE CAN UNDERSTAND.
BUT I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR YOU.
THE PD ZONING DISTRICT DOES NOT EXTEND PAST THE AREA, WHICH THE PRESENTATION ALLUDED TO.
SO WHAT WOULD HAPPEN TO OUR OPPORTUNITY ZONES, FOR INSTANCE, AT COMMERCIAL 441 SOUTH OFF COMMERCIAL.
VICE MAYOR THAT'S A VERY GOOD QUESTION.
IT'S SOMETHING WE'RE LOOKING AT AS A PART OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING PROCESS.
THIS IS COMING UP NOW BECAUSE THIS LOCAL ACTIVITY CENTER CURRENTLY EXISTS.
IT'S BEEN THERE SINCE 2007 WHEN THE CITY OF TAMARAC UPDATED ITS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
SO THIS WAS CREATED FROM EARLY 2000 BY BROWARD COUNTY AND ADOPTED BY US IN 2007.
SO IT'S THERE. IT'S THE ONLY PLACE IN THE CITY THAT WE HAVE A LOCAL ACTIVITY CENTER.
SO LET'S TALK ABOUT CELESTE THAT IS ON COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD BEING BUILT IN LAUDERHILL OLD TARGET SITE THAT HAS A LOT OF DENSITY.
HOW WOULD THE AREA AT CHEDDAR'S LOOK? EXPLAIN THAT. WOULD IT BE SIMILAR DENSITY TO YOU WHERE HEIGHT IS CONCERNED? SO WHEN THE APPLICATION CAME IN, THAT'S WHEN, YOU KNOW, IN ASSESSING IT, WE REALIZE, OF COURSE, IT'S ABOUT FOUR ACRES IN SIZE.
WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED IS ABOUT 5 TO 6 STORY'S IN HEIGHT, AND IT'S IN THE LOCAL ACTIVITY CENTER.
AS WE KNOW, THERE'S NO CAP IN THE LOCAL ACTIVITY CENTER.
WE HAVE BEEN HAVING DISCUSSIONS, AND I THINK THAT'S A BETTER WORD THAN AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
BUT WE HAVE BEEN HAVING DISCUSSION AS TO HOW TO INTRODUCE THOSE POLICIES AND WE JUST DIDN'T WANT THIS OPPORTUNITY TO BE MISSED WHERE WE DON'T HAVE ANY POLICIES IN PLACE WHERE THERE IS A PENDING OR A PROPOSED PROJECT THAT MIGHT BE OVER 50 DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE.
SO IT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE WENT AHEAD AND BRING THIS FORWARD AS SOON AS WE DID, JUST TO MAKE SURE WE HAD THE APPROPRIATE MECHANISMS IN PLACE, BECAUSE WE RECOGNIZE THAT THIS IS THE FUTURE, THIS IS WHAT'S HAPPENING.
AND SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD THE STANDARDS AND THE CRITERIA IN PLACE TO ADDRESS IT.
MS. CALLOWAY, I SPENT A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF TIME LAST NIGHT LOOKING THROUGH THIS, AND I NOTICE THAT THE DENSITY BONUS IS FOR 50 UNITS ABOVE 50 UNITS.
WE'RE CHANGING FROM 35 TO 50, SO THERE IS NO DENSITY BONUS FOR ANYWHERE BETWEEN 35 AND 50.
SO I'M TRYING TO SEE HOW I CAN.
YEAH. SO, SO THE ONLY REASON THAT WE ARE LIFTING THAT 35 IS BECAUSE WE FEEL THE DISTRICT AS IT IS, THIS DEVELOPMENT, THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT COULD MOVE FORWARD UNDER THE MU-G ZONING DISTRICT.
BUT IF THEY DID THAT, IT WOULD BE TOO RESTRICTIVE IN TERMS OF THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS, WHICH IS WHY WE'RE PROPOSING TO USE A PD DESIGNATION THAT EXISTS ON OUR LAND USE MAP, BUT IT'S NOT ENTITLED UNDER PROPERTY.
SO THE MU-G CURRENTLY WOULD ALLOW THE DEVELOPER TO GO UP TO 50 DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE.
IS IT TRUE THAT COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD IS RATED F STANDARD BY FDOT? YES. HOW WOULD VOTING FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS IMPACT TRAFFIC?
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VICE MAYOR IT WILL.ALL DEVELOPMENTS HAVE A CERTAIN LEVEL OF IMPACT ON TRAFFIC.
THIS IS WHY WE SUBMIT TO THE MPO.
THIS IS WHY THIS IS A REGIONAL ISSUE.
SO. WITHOUT A DOUBT THERE'S NO DEVELOPMENT THAT DOES NOT IMPACT TRAFFIC.
I'D LIKE A POINT OF CLARIFICATION, PLEASE.
THE ITEM THAT IS BEFORE US IS NOT THE CHEDDARS PROPOSAL.
THE CHEDDARS PROPOSAL WILL GO THROUGH A PLAN AND THE PROCESS THE WAY IT'S SUPPOSED TO GO.
WHAT'S BEFORE US IS THE CHANGE OF THE PUTTING IN A CAP OF DENSITY IN THE LOCAL ACTIVITY CENTER AND CHANGING IT FROM A MIXED USE BUSINESS TO A PD ZONING.
THAT'S WHAT'S BEFORE US TODAY.
IT'S A TOOL IN THE TOOLBOX ITEM FOR US TODAY, NOT WHETHER OR NOT WHATEVER'S BEING PROPOSED TO US AND CHEDDARS IS A GOOD IDEA OR NOT, BECAUSE IT COULD GO THROUGH, AS YOU SAID AS A MIXED USE.
AND THAT'S NOT WHAT'S BEFORE US TODAY.
RIGHT. I JUST WANTED CLARIFICATION.
VICE MAYOR. AND IF I CAN FURTHER CLARIFY, THIS DOES NOT ENTITLE ANY PROPERTY TO A PD.
SO IF AN APPLICATION COMES IN A LOCAL ACTIVITY CENTER, THEY WOULD HAVE TO FILE A REZONING THAT COMES BEFORE YOU TO BE ABLE TO GET THAT PD DESIGNATION. OKAY.
SO IN OTHER WORDS, YOU GO INTO A LOCAL ACTIVITY CENTER, YOU WANT TO BUILD THERE IF YOU WANT TO NOT HAVE THE RESTRICTIONS IN PLACE OF HOW HIGH YOU CAN GO. BUT THE DENSITY CAP OF 50 THAT WE'RE PUTTING IN, BECAUSE THERE'S NO DENSITY CAP HERE NOW YOU HAVE TO SUBMIT THE APPLICATION FOR IT AND YOU DON'T AUTOMATICALLY JUST RECEIVE IT.
IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.
SO I WAS JUST CLARIFYING THAT CALL.
WE SAID THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT ZONING DISTRICT ON OUR MAP, SO WE DID THAT IN 2016.
AND THEN THE ONLY DEVELOPMENT THAT TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THAT WAS TAMARAC VILLAGE.
SO THE ONLY PROPERTY WITHIN THE LOCAL ACTIVITY CENTER THAT'S ZONED PD IS TAMARAC VILLAGE.
ALL THE OTHER PROPERTIES ARE ZONED MU-G.
WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING THAT IF YOU CHOOSE TO DEVELOP IN THE LOCAL ACTIVITY CENTER AS THE POTENTIAL PROJECT IS CHOSEN TO DO, THEN THEY FIRST HAVE TO REZONE TO A PD.
SO IF YOU'RE BUILDING IN THE LOCAL ACTIVITY CENTER, YOUR DESIGNATION MUST BE PD.
SO I APOLOGIZE IF IT'S IF I'M YEAH. BECAUSE. YEAH, I THINK YOU'VE CLARIFIED THE QUESTION THAT I HAD.
SO YOU SAID ONLY TAMARAC VILLAGE IS PD.
SO IF IT'S A CLARIFICATION ON THE TERMINOLOGY, LET'S GO FORWARD WITH IT.
IF NOT VICE MAYOR NEEDS TO [INAUDIBLE] TIME.
IT'S DESIGNATED 55 AND OLDER PEOPLE ARE MOVING EVERY DAY AND RETIRING.
SO FOR THE RECORD, WE LOVE OUR SENIORS AND WE RESPECT THEM.
THIS ITEM SEEMS, THOUGH, THAT IT GOES AGAINST EVERYTHING THAT I'VE HEARD RESIDENTS SAYING.
RESIDENTS ARE TELLING US THAT THERE'S TOO MUCH TRAFFIC AND THERE'S TOO MUCH DEVELOPMENT AND WE SHOULD SLOW DOWN AND WE SHOULD THINK CAREFULLY AND VOTE CAREFULLY.
I THINK THAT THIS GOES AGAINST THAT.
I GIVE PAUSE BECAUSE WE ARE POLICY MAKERS AND WE NEED TO LISTEN TO RESIDENTS AND THEN BRING OUR VISION TO THE CITY MANAGER AND THEN YOU IMPLEMENT IT, NOT THE OTHER WAY AROUND.
SO I THINK THAT THIS IS A LITTLE BIT IN REVERSE.
HOW DO WE MITIGATE TRAFFIC? I KNOW THAT YOU'VE SAID THAT.
WITH EVERY DEVELOPMENT COMES TRAFFIC.
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AND THAT IS TRUE.BUT WHAT IS OUR PLAN TO MITIGATE TRAFFIC? WELL, THIS IS A MULTIMODAL, I GUESS, TRANSPORTATION CORRIDOR, WHICH MEANS WE HOPE THAT ALL DEVELOPMENT THAT COMES FORWARD IS SUPPORTED BY TRANSIT.
I'VE SAID BEFORE THAT WE HAVE IDENTIFIED THE CORRIDOR FOR FUTURE LIGHT RAIL.
SO WE'RE HOPING THAT THAT WILL COME.
WE'RE ALSO BECAUSE YOU'RE IN THE LOCAL ACTIVITY CENTER THERE'S ALSO A CONTRIBUTION THAT DEVELOPERS PAY TO BROWARD COUNTY, WHICH IS USED TO HELP TO MITIGATE WHETHER IT BE THROUGH SIGNALIZATION OR OTHER TYPE OF METHODOLOGY. BUT THEY DO PAY A FEE TO BROWARD COUNTY TO HELP TO MITIGATE TRAFFIC ON COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD.
I'M GOING TO ASK FOR A MOMENT FOR THE CITY MANAGER TO JUMP IN.
YEAH. I JUST WANTED TO EMPHASIZE WHAT MAXINE WAS SAYING ABOUT DENSITY.
SO I JUST WANT TO OFFER THAT AS PART OF THE CONVERSATION AS WELL.
AND AS MAXINE WAS SAYING, WE HAVE BEEN ADVOCATING ON BEHALF OF THIS FIBER PROJECT THAT'S ON THE BOOKS WITH THE IDEA OF ADVANCED THE SIGNALIZATION THE FDOT IS PUTTING MONEY IN FOR SIGNALIZATION, BROWARD COUNTY IS GOING TO EXTEND IT, SO AT FIRST IT'LL BE TO SIGNALIZE, BUT THEN HOPEFULLY LATER ON IT WOULD BE LIGHT RAIL.
THE IDEA OF REDEVELOPMENT IS THAT THERE ARE CERTAIN AREAS THAT ARE GOING TO BE DENSER, SO IT WOULD BE COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD AND THE THE STATE ROAD 7 AND 441 CORRIDOR. SO I JUST WANT TO THROW INTO THE MIX THAT DENSITY ALSO DRIVES RETAIL WHICH IS ANOTHER CONCERN THAT WE HEAR OFTEN FROM OUR RESIDENTS. THAT'S ALL.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WHICH IS WHY.
NO, MAYOR. MS. CALLOWAY, I UNDERSTAND.
AND I DO UNDERSTAND THAT WE PROBABLY IN THE FUTURE MAY NEED TO LOOK AT THIS CLOSELY, BUT EVERY COMMUNITY IN TAMARAC SEEMS TO HAVE TO USE COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD.
EVERY COMMUNITY SEEM TO HAVE TO USE MCNAB ROAD.
EVERY COMMUNITY SEEMED TO HAVE TO USE SOUTHGATE.
AND SO IF WE ARE IMPLODING THOSE STREETS WITH MORE DEVELOPMENT THAN IT MEANS THAT EVERYBODY IN THEIR HOUSES COULD BE GRIDLOCKED.
I SEE I WITNESS I FEEL I EXPERIENCE TRYING TO GET OUT OF MY COMMUNITY ONTO COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD IN THE MORNINGS AND CAN'T GET OUT. IT TAKES ME ABOUT 45 MINUTES TO GO FROM 441 TO WHERE I LIVE IF I TAKE COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD WORSE, IF I'M TRYING TO GET TO UNIVERSITY.
I THINK THAT MAYBE THIS NEEDS A LITTLE BIT MORE DISCUSSION TO CHEW AND PROPERLY DIGEST. I DON'T THINK THAT WE'RE READY.
I DON'T THINK THAT THIS ENTIRE COMMISSION IS READY FOR THAT.
I THINK THAT WE NEED TO HAVE JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE CONVERSATION.
BUT I'M AT THE WILL OF MY COMMISSION.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER WRIGHT.
IT WAS COMMISSIONER WRIGHT? COMMISSIONER DANIEL.
THANK YOU, MAYOR. I'M SORRY, COMMISSIONER DANIEL.
WELL, IT WAS COMMISSIONER WRIGHT, WHO WAS FIRST.
COMMISSIONER DANIEL YOU ARE NEXT.
I AGREE WITH ELVIN ABOUT WE DO NEED DEVELOPMENT.
ABSOLUTELY. AND I'VE LEARNED THAT DEVELOPMENT TO BRING MORE RETAIL WE NEED MORE PEOPLE, RIGHT? MORE PEOPLE IN OUR CITY.
HOWEVER. SO IF THIS IS THE LAC.
YEAH, THE LOCAL ACTIVITY CENTER.
HOW MANY LAC AREAS CAN WE HAVE IN THE CITY? SO THEY ALL HAVE CERTAIN CRITERIA BY THE COUNTY.
THEY'RE ESTABLISHED BY BROWARD COUNTY.
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IT HAS TO BE ON A MAJOR TRANSPORTATION ROUTE.IT HAS TO BE SUPPORTED BY MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION.
THERE'S CERTAIN CRITERIA THAT HAS TO BE MET, BUT YOU CAN HAVE AS MANY AS SUPPORTED BY THOSE CRITERIA, I THINK ONLY MAYBE 441, GIVEN THE FACT THAT IT HAS SOME SIMILARITIES TO COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD. MAYBE ON THAT RIGHT OF WAY, WE'D BE ABLE TO APPLY FOR AND GET A LOCAL ACTIVITY CENTER.
I KNOW SOME OF THE MUNICIPALITIES ADJACENT TO US, THEIR LOCAL ACTIVITY CENTER IS OFF 441.
LAUDERHILL IS ONE OF THEM, FOR EXAMPLE.
OKAY, SO THAT MIGHT BE SUPPORTED AND IT WILL BE MORE REDEVELOPMENT.
BUT WE HAVE SOME BECAUSE IN MY DISTRICT THERE IS A LOT OF VACANT LAND ON UNIVERSITY AND THE TRAFFIC AT TIMES SEEMS TO MOVE BETTER ON UNIVERSITY THAN COMMERCIAL.
WE CAN LOOK AT UNIVERSITY AS WELL.
SO THERE'S A PORTION THAT'S ON UNIVERSITY, BUT IT'S PRIMARILY MAJOR THOROUGHFARE WHERE I THINK IF, YOU KNOW, IN THE FUTURE IT HAS THE WIDTH, IT ALREADY HAS THE BUS SERVICE AND THE SO IT HAS EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE AND FUTURE INFRASTRUCTURE COULD ALSO GO THERE IF THEY WANT TO DO A LIGHT RAIL OR SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES.
SO IT'S PRIMARILY SO WE'RE AND I'M TRYING TO WRAP THE PURPOSE UP.
YEAH. IN LIKE A LITTLE COMMON LANGUAGE FOR MYSELF.
SO CURRENTLY WE CAN ONLY USE THAT ONE AREA, WHICH IS THE NEWEST PART OF TAMARAC, RIGHT? SO IT NEEDS PROBABLY NEEDS AT LEAST REDEVELOPMENT, BUT IT'S WHERE OUR LOCAL ACTIVITY CENTER EXISTS.
IT'S WHERE THE DENSITY POOL WAS ALREADY PROVIDED BY BROWARD COUNTY AND WE ADOPTED IN 2007.
SO THAT'S WHERE THE ONLY PLACE WE HAVE 1500 UNITS AVAILABLE.
ALL RIGHT. SO IT WOULD BENEFIT THE CITY TO DO THIS.
COULD YOU SUMMARIZE THAT FOR US, PLEASE? ALL WE'RE DOING IS CREATING A MECHANISM AROUND WHAT YOU CURRENTLY HAVE EXISTS, SO ANY APPLICANT NOW CAN COME IN.
THERE'S NO CAP, THERE'S NO REQUIREMENT FOR THEM TO GIVE ME TO GIVE US AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
IT EXISTS. SO YOUR LOCAL ACTIVITY CENTER EXISTS.
AND SO WHEN YOU DRAW FROM THE POOL, THERE IS NO REQUIREMENT TO GIVE US ATTAINABLE HOUSING.
THERE'S NO REQUIREMENT TO DO ANYTHING ELSE THEY CAN DO THAT CURRENTLY.
THIS PROPOSAL IS PUTTING SAFEGUARDS AROUND A PROCESS THAT ALREADY EXISTS.
SO WE HAVE NO SAFEGUARD YOU ARE SAYING CURRENTLY? NO. IN THAT THERE'S NO DISBURSEMENT MECHANISM.
BUT WOULDN'T THEY STILL HAVE TO COME TO US FOR APPROVAL? YEAH. OKAY. YEAH, THEY'D COME TO YOU FOR A SITE PLAN, BUT YEAH, THEY COME TO YOU FOR A SITE PLAN, BUT YOU WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO ASK THEM FOR ATTAINABLE HOUSING BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE THAT.
ATTAINABLE SLASH AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS BY MAKING THIS A PD I'M USING THE ACRONYMS. THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN ASK THE DEVELOPER TO GIVE YOU AN ATTAINABLE HOUSING BASED ON FLORIDA STATUTE IS THAT YOU HAVE TO GIVE THEM A BENEFIT, WHICH IS WHY WE HAVE TO CREATE A BONUS DENSITY STRUCTURE, WHICH IS ONE OF THE THINGS THIS IS DOING.
YEAH. IT'S ALMOST LIKE YOU'RE PAYING FOR YOUR OWN UNITS.
YOU HAVE TO GIVE THEM BONUS DENSITY.
THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN ASK A DEVELOPER TO INCORPORATE INTO THEIR PROJECT ATTAINABLE HOUSING OR AFFORDABLE HOUSING THAT'S DEDICATED FOR A TIME CERTAIN, WHETHER IT BE 30 YEARS IS IF YOU PROVIDE DENSITY BONUS.
YOU CAN'T JUST ASK THEM WITHOUT GIVING THEM SOMETHING IN RETURN.
AND THAT'S THE ONLY THING WE COULD GIVE THEM IN RETURN.
TYPICALLY THAT'S WHAT EVERYBODY USES.
ALL WE HAVE IS DENSITY BONUS IF YOU HAVE INFRASTRUCTURE, ANY KIND OF IMPROVEMENT.
AND THE ONLY WAY WE CAN GIVE THEM THE BONUS IS BY CHANGING THE ZONING? WE'RE NOT CHANGING THE ZONING.
I'M CREATING LIKE A BUT I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT THAT WILL DO.
SO YOU NEED TO FIRST APPLY TO REZONE YOUR PROPERTY FOR A PD.
SO WE'RE GIVING THEM THE FREEDOM TO GO HIGHER THAN 50 FEET.
BUT YOU SAID IT'S ALREADY AT 72.
SO IT DOESN'T MATTER. NOT NOT HEIGHT.
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THIS IS ONE UNIT.SO GIVING THEM UNITS, BUT WE'RE NOT MAKING THEM GO HIGHER.
THE PD IS VERY FLEXIBLE, SO ONCE THEY RE ZONE, THEY WILL BE ABLE TO GO HIGHER.
BUT ALL OF THAT IS ESTABLISHED BETWEEN THE DEVELOPER AND THIS BODY WHEN THEY FILE A SITE PLAN.
THAT'S HOW WE DISPERSE THE UNITS.
SO THEY COULD COME. SO THEY COULD COME WITH A PLAN LIKE THE TOWERS AT SAWGRASS, AND WE COULD REJECT IT AT THAT TIME.
[INAUDIBLE] CITY MANAGER, I JUST WANT TO ADD THAT PUTTING THE DENSITY ON THE MAJOR CORRIDORS IS DELIBERATE IN THAT IT KEEPS IT OUT OF NEIGHBORHOODS AS WELL.
SO IT'S PUTTING THE DENSITY WHERE IT COULD MOST HANDLE IT AND IT KEEPS THE NEIGHBORHOOD SAFE.
I WAS GOING TO SPEAK, BUT I'M DONE.
YOU OKAY, COMMISSIONER WRIGHT ARE YOU LEANING FOR A QUESTION? YEAH. IN REFERENCE TO THE CITY MANAGER.
THAT CORRIDOR, THERE'S A SENIOR COMMUNITY RIGHT BEHIND OF IT.
AND DON'T GET ME WRONG, I'M ACTUALLY IN FAVOR.
I MEAN, I SUPPORT DEVELOPMENT, BUT I SUPPORT SMART DEVELOPMENT.
I'M HERE TO REPRESENT THE RESIDENTS.
THEY'VE COMPLAINED OVER AND OVER.
AND I HEARD THAT OVER THE WEEKEND WHEN I WAS DOING THE SMOKE ALARM PROGRAM.
VICE MAYOR. MS. CALLOWAY, YOU'RE MOVING FROM 35.
YOU'RE PROPOSING 35 TO 50 FIRST.
BUT THE DENSITY BONUS ONLY KICKS IN AFTER 50.
SO SO ESSENTIALLY, YOU YOU ARE MAKING 50 BY RIGHT OR SO BECAUSE WHAT YOU SAID WAS SKEWED RESPECTFULLY, RIGHT? IF WE KEEP IT AT 35, IF IF A DEVELOPER COMES IN WITH MORE AT THAT TIME, WE CAN GIVE THEM AN EXCEPTION TO WHATEVER THEY'RE ASKING FOR.
BUT WHAT THIS IS DOING IS CHANGING IT FROM 35 TO 50.
SO YOU ARE ESSENTIALLY ASKING FOR MORE DENSITY UP FRONT, BUT THE BONUS ONLY KICKS IN AFTER 50 SEE SO THAT'S WHAT YOU HAVE TO EXPLAIN.
SURE. AND THAT'S WHERE IT BECOMES MUDDY.
RIGHT? SO SO AGAIN, BECAUSE I HAVE THAT ONE MINUTE, IT'S 35 NOW.
SURE. IF YOU WERE SAYING TO US OR IF YOU SAYING TO ME, IT'S 35, LET'S HAVE A DENSITY BONUS ABOVE 35 THEN.
BUT WHAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR UPFRONT IS CHANGING 35 TO 50 BY RIGHT.
SO OFF THE TOP, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE THE RIGHT TO BUILD 50.
AND THEN YOU'RE SAYING, OKAY, WE'LL GIVE SOME DENSITY BONUS ABOVE 50.
THAT'S WHERE I HAVE MOST ISSUES.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? IT DOES VICE MAYOR. BECAUSE YOU'RE PUTTING MORE TRAFFIC UP FRONT.
AND THAT'S WHAT I'D BE VOTING FOR TONIGHT.
AND I WOULDN'T SUPPORT THAT BECAUSE I CAN'T SUPPORT MORE DENSITY UP FRONT BY RIGHT TO RESIDENTS THAT LIVES BEHIND THAT COMMUNITY 55 AND OLDER.
THANK YOU. MAY I RESPOND? YES, PLEASE. YEAH. VICE MAYOR, I APPRECIATE THAT.
AND I THINK THAT'S A POINT WELL TAKEN.
AND CERTAINLY IF THIS COMMISSION WOULD LIKE TO STAY AT 35, THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN ENTERTAIN.
BUT I'LL EXPLAIN WHY WE STARTED AT 50.
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YOU'RE MIXED USE, GENERAL, HIGHEST DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE BY A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS 50.SO THAT'S THE REASON I STARTED AT 50, BECAUSE CURRENTLY UNDER YOUR MU-G ANY OF YOUR MIXED USE, YOUR HIGHEST MIXED USE DESIGNATION, ANY DEVELOPER CAN ALREADY START AT 50.
WHICH IS THE REASON WHY WE WE SAID 50 BECAUSE WE'RE ASKING THEM TO REZONE.
WITH THAT BEING SAID, MY JUSTIFICATION FOR THE 50 CAME FROM THE FACT THAT THE MIXED USE GENERAL AND ANY OF YOUR MIXED USE DESIGNATION CURRENTLY GOES UP TO 50 DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE.
MOST OF THE LOCAL ACTIVITY CENTERS WITH CAPS, THE ONES I SHOWED YOU TONIGHT, THERE'S NO CAP.
I THINK THERE WAS ONE OTHER ONE WE FOUND THAT HAD A CAP THAT ALSO WAS 60 DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE.
YOU CAN JUST PULL FROM THERE FROM THEIR AVAILABLE UNITS.
I'M GOING TO. CAN YOU EXPOUND ON SOME OF THE INNOVATIVE WAYS THEY CAN USE THAT NUMBER? YEAH, GO AHEAD.
IT WAS NOT PROTOCOL, BUT GO AHEAD, MAXINE.
ALL RIGHT. SO LET ME JUST GO TO REALLY JUST SO WE CAN LOOK AND I KNOW I WENT THROUGH THIS QUICKLY.
SO THESE ARE ALL THE POLICY CONSIDERATIONS THAT WE HAVE INCLUDED.
IF YOU GO BEYOND 50 DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE, B SAYS, LET ME JUST READ SOMETHING.
B IS TO THE EXTENT TO WHICH THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT MEETS THE POLICY OBJECTIVE OF THE CITY FOR THE PROVISION OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING AS SPECIFIED IN SECTION 1760, OR ANY INCLUSIONARY ZONING POLICY OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC CODE OR BROWARD COUNTY LAND USE PLAN.
SO THIS POLICY CONSIDERATION IN AND OF ITSELF IT'S IN OVER 50 DWELLING UNITS.
FOR 15, FOR AN ADDITIONAL 15 DWELLING UNITS, YOU WOULD HAVE TO GIVE AN ADDITIONAL NINE.
SO THIS WOULD REQUIRE THE DEVELOPER TO PUT A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF ATTAINABLE UNITS AS A PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT AND THEN WOULD HAVE TO PLACE A RESTRICTIVE COVENANT SOMETIMES BETWEEN 15 TO 30 YEARS TO MAKE SURE THOSE UNITS REMAIN ATTAINABLE FOR THE LIFE OF THAT RESTRICTIVE COVENANT.
JUST WANT TO MAKE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS.
SO WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF OBTAINING PROPERTY ON THE EAST SIDE OF TAMARAC PAST 441, ALL THE WAY TO BEARS, TRAPEZE, ALL THAT AREA.
SO I THINK THAT ANSWERS VICE MAYOR BOLTON'S COMMENTS ON WHAT'S HAPPENING BEYOND THAT POINT WHERE YOU SHOW THAT.
YEAH. THE COST OF INFLATION, INFLATION IS NOT GOING ANYWHERE.
IT WILL CONTINUE, IN MY OPINION.
AND IF WE DO NOT ACT ACCORDINGLY, WE WILL HAVE AN ISSUE IN THE FUTURE.
WE REALLY NEED TO THINK ABOUT WHAT WILL HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE.
I WOULD LOVE TO SEE MORE SHRUBBERY, MORE BEAUTIFICATION.
AND THOSE ARE JUST MY COMMENTS.
YOU WANT TO PUT ON SEVEN? PUT ON SEVEN OR DO FIVE AND TWO.
SO BASICALLY, THIS IS NOT A BY RIGHT? WE ARE PUTTING RESTRICTIONS IN PLACE THAT HAVE NOT BEEN IN PLACE FOR A LOCAL ACTIVITY CENTER.
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WE ARE NOW TRYING TO PUT GUIDELINES IN BECAUSE GUESS WHAT? TAMARAC IS HOT AND PEOPLE WANT TO BE HERE.SO WE'VE GOT A GREAT OPPORTUNITY RIGHT NOW TO PUT SOME RESTRICTIONS ON HERE SO PEOPLE JUST CAN'T COME IN AND DO WHATEVER THEY WANT BECAUSE THEY CAN GO STRAIGHT TO 50 WITHOUT US EVEN GETTING ANYTHING FOR IT.
SO I THINK THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR SOME TOOLS IN THE TOOLBOX FROM GUIDELINES IN HERE.
SO WHEN PEOPLE ARE COMING IN THERE KNOWING THAT THEY ARE NOT GETTING TO GET WHATEVER THEY WANT, THEY HAVE TO NEGOTIATE WITH THE CITY IN ORDER TO BRING THE BEST PROJECT AND PRODUCT TO OUR CITY.
I KNOW THAT THERE'S CONCERNS ABOUT CHEDDARS.
AUTOMATICALLY EVERYBODY ALL OF A SUDDEN GETS SCARED.
I THINK IT'S SIX STORIES THAT'S BEEN APPLIED FOR.
IT MIGHT BE 200 UNITS THAT'S BEEN APPLIED FOR.
IT DOESN'T MEAN THEY'RE GOING TO GET 200 UNITS.
CHEDDAR'S SITUATION IS NOT FULLY WHAT.
IT IS WHAT COULD BE AFFECTED BY THE TOOLBOX GOING IN.
BUT IT IS ALSO NOT A GREEN LIGHT BY THIS COMMISSION.
IT IS JUST AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE SURE THAT THE BEST DEVELOPMENT GETS NEGOTIATED IN OUR CITY BY OUR CITY TEAM TO WHOMEVER IS LOOKING TO DEVELOP LAND THAT WE DO NOT OWN.
SO. I THINK THAT IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE THINGS IN PLACE.
I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT TRAFFIC.
I'M ON THE MPO RESILIENCY AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING TEAM.
I'M ON BROWARD COUNTY'S AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
WE HAVEN'T CHANGED IT TO ATTAINABLE.
AND DEALING WITH TRANSPORTATION FROM ALL OTHER PLACES.
THE REALITY IS THE CITY OF TAMARAC IS GOING TO RECEIVE A BENEFIT SOON AS THE TURNPIKE HAS EXTENSIONS GOING OFF ON CYPRESS CREEK AND GOING OFF ONTO OAKLAND PARK BOULEVARD, WHICH WILL TAKE OFF SOME OF THE BURDEN.
WE ADVERTISE THAT TAMARAC IS GREAT TO REACH BECAUSE WE HAVE THE SAWGRASS ALL THE WAY TO THE WEST.
WE HAVE THE TURNPIKE IN THE MIDDLE OF OUR CITY AND WE HAVE 95 TOWARDS THE EAST OF OUR CITY.
HOW LOOK AT TAMARAC VILLAGE, ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS.
AND IT IS FULL AND HAS A WAITING LIST.
OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE DOING SOMETHING RIGHT.
PERSONALLY, I PREFER TO HAVE MORE DENSITY ON A THOROUGHFARE SUCH AS COMMERCIAL.
I KNOW IT WILL CAUSE TRAFFIC, BUT GUESS WHAT? USING OTHER PEOPLE'S MONEY.
THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS I LEARNED BEING ON THE COMMISSION.
WHEN YOU HAVE THAT DEVELOPER COME IN, THEY HAVE TO DO CERTAIN THINGS FOR OUR INFRASTRUCTURE, FOR OUR TRANSPORTATION, OUR TRAFFIC TO HELP THINGS GET BETTER WHERE IT'S NOT THE CITY OF TAMARAC HAVING TO ASK FOR MORE MONEY, GET GRANT MONEY, RAISE TAXES OF THE SORT.
WE'RE USING OTHER PEOPLE'S MONEY TO HELP EXPAND THE CITY'S LIFE AND THE VIABILITY OF WHAT WE NEED.
I DON'T LIKE THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANY RULES RIGHT NOW AND THAT THE PERSON GOING IN AND LOOKING AT CHEDDARS CAN DO THINGS THAT SOME OF US MAY NOT WANT BEING DONE. SO I LIKE THE ABILITY TO MAKE IT MORE RESTRICTIVE FOR US TO HAVE SOME CONTROL OVER WHAT MAY GO THERE.
BASICALLY, I THINK OUR OPPORTUNITY IS NOW I THINK IF.
I THINK ALSO DURING THAT TIME THERE COULD BE MORE INFORMATION THAT CAN BE GIVEN TO RESIDENTS TO MAYBE UNDERSTAND SOMETHING ABOUT SEPARATING IT OUT.
THIS IS A TEXT AMENDMENT FOR LAND DEVELOPMENT.
AND DO I THINK WE MIGHT NEED TO WORK ON THIS AND ASK FOR A LAC FOR 441 IN THE FUTURE? QUITE PROBABLY.
I KNOW THAT THERE'S BEEN A 441 CORRIDOR THAT WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO DO FOR AGES.
AND YOU CAN. VICE MAYOR ASKED COMMISSIONER ROGERS ABOUT IT.
SO ALSO, IF I RECALL CORRECTLY, PINE ISLAND AND OUR COMMUNITY CENTER WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A BUS HUB.
WE HAD SOME PLANS IN PLACE THAT WE PUT UP TO DO A BUS HUB.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO GET PEOPLE ON TO TRANSPORTATION.
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AND THE OTHER THE THIRD PARTY IN HERE TO HELP US OUT.AND THESE ARE TOOLS THAT WILL ALLOW US TO DO WHAT WE ARE ASKING TO DO.
IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT IT WILL DEFINITELY HAPPEN.
SO AS I THINK I'M THE LAST ONE, EVERYONE HAS HAD THEIR 2 MINUTES AND 5 MINUTES.
I'M GOING TO CALL THE QUESTION.
BUT DO YOU NEED TO HAVE A QUESTION ANSWERED? HOLD ON. SO YOU CAN GO TO THE.
YOU COULD START AT A 35 AND THEN NEGOTIATE UP, BECAUSE THE MAIN THING YOU SAID WAS THAT WE CAN GET THE ATTAINABLE HOUSING AND BECAUSE WE WANT ATTAINABLE HOUSING.
IF THAT'S THE DESIRE OF THIS COMMISSION BUT YOU SAID THAT WAS THE MAIN PURPOSE, BECAUSE AS IT IS NOW, WHICH THEY DO HAVE A LIMIT AT 50 AND THEY DO HAVE A HEIGHT LIMIT AT 72.
BUT AS IT IS NOW, WE CAN'T DEMAND ATTAINABLE HOUSING FROM THEM.
WE HAVE NO GUIDELINES. SO THIS MAIN PURPOSE IS TO GET THE ATTAINABLE HOUSING IN?.
RIGHT. WE DON'T HAVE AN EXISTING MECHANISM TO DISPERSE.
SO THERE'S NO MECHANISM TO DISPERSE.
AND EVEN IF WE DO DISPERSE, WE HAVE NO GUIDELINES TO GIVE US ANY BENEFITS FROM THOSE DISBURSEMENTS.
BUT THAT'S A DIFFICULT THING TO EVEN DRAFT AND BRING FORWARD.
IT REQUIRES A LOT OF RESEARCH TO PUT TOGETHER.
AND SO WE JUST WANT TO GET AHEAD OF THOSE APPLICATIONS JUST TO MAKE SURE WE'RE IN.
WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO ASK FOR CERTAIN BENEFITS.
CITY CLERK. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS.
MAYOR GOMEZ. SO CONFUSED? YES. MOTION FAILED 4 TO 1.
OH, YES. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, IT IS 9:04.
THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.