>> YEAH, I'M NOT ON YET. [MUSIC] GOOD EVENING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. [00:00:04] >> GOOD EVENING. >> I'M ALSO WAITING FOR PEOPLE TO TAKE THEIR SEATS. YOU DON'T HEAR HIM OUT THERE. RAISING UP. EVERYBODY ON THEIR SEATS. GOOD EVENING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. [CALL TO ORDER] >> GOOD EVENING. [OVERLAPPING] >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WELCOME TO OUR MARCH 22ND MEETING. THE CURRENT TIME IS ACTUALLY 6:32. APOLOGIZE FOR THE LAST TWO MINUTES BEING A LITTLE BIT LATE. WE'RE GOING TO NOW START WITH OUR ROLL-CALL. PLEASE, MS. [INAUDIBLE] >> THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. MAYOR GOMEZ. >> GOOD EVENING. >> VICE MAYOR BOLTON. >> GOOD EVENING. >> COMMISSIONER WRIGHT. >> GOOD EVENING. >> COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS. >> GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. >> COMMISSIONER DANIEL. >> GOOD EVENING. >> EXCELLENT. IF EVERYONE WOULD PLEASE STAND. COMMISSIONER WRIGHT WILL LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, AND WE WILL ALSO THEN TAKE A MOMENT OF SILENCE. THANK YOU. TAKE A SEAT. AT THIS TIME, WE WILL ASK OUR CITY ATTORNEY IF HE HAS A REPORT. CITY ATTORNEY, DO YOU HAVE A REPORT? >> NO MAYOR, NO REPORT. >> THANK YOU. A QUICK HOUSEHOLD ITEM. IF YOU HAVE YOUR CELL PHONES ON, PLEASE TURN THEM OFF OR PUT THEM ON VIBRATE. I HAVE JUST DONE THE SAME. CITY MANAGER, DO YOU HAVE A REPORT? >> NO REPORT MAYOR. >> THANK YOU. NOW, [2. CITY MANAGER REPORT] IF I CAN ASK THE COMMISSION TO JOIN ME IN THE WELL, WE ARE GOING TO CELEBRATE WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH. THANK YOU. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I'M GOING TO ASK ANYBODY WHO IS NOT IN UNIFORM WHO IS HERE FOR THE NIGHT, IF YOU CAN PLEASE FIND A SEAT IN HERE AND IF YOU'RE NOT COMFORTABLE, PLEASE FIND A SEAT OUTSIDE. WE CAN'T HAVE PEOPLE STANDING IN THE BACKGROUND. IT IS A FIRE HAZARD AND WE DEFINITELY DON'T WANT TO HAVE THAT. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THIS PROCLAMATION WAS REQUESTED BY VICE MAYOR MARLON D. BOLTON. WOULD YOU LIKE HER STANDING WITH US WHILE I READ IT? IF WE CAN HAVE RETIRED FIREFIGHTER, YVETTE EVANS JOIN US UP HERE. [APPLAUSE] NOT TO EMBARRASS YOU COMPLETELY. WHEREAS THE MONTH OF MARCH IS DESIGNATED INTERNATIONALLY AS WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH AND WHEREAS WOMEN OF EVERY RACE, CLASS, AND ETHNIC BACKGROUND HAVE MADE HISTORIC CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE SOCIAL, ECONOMIC, AND POLITICAL GROWTH AND STRENGTH OF OUR NATION IN COUNTLESS RECORDED AND UNRECORDED WAYS. WHEREAS THE CITY COMMISSION DEEMS IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE WOMEN IN THE COMMUNITY WHO INSPIRE WOMEN, ENCOURAGE WOMEN'S INVOLVEMENT IN THE COMMUNITY AFFAIRS IN LEADERSHIP ROLES AND WHEREAS YVETTE EVANS BROKE BARRIERS WHEN SHE WAS HIRED AS THE FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN FEMALE FIREFIGHTER WITHIN THE CITY OF TAMARAC 18 YEARS AGO. [APPLAUSE] WHEREAS MRS. EVANS IS CERTIFIED AS A FIREFIGHTER, PARAMEDIC, FIRE SAFETY INSPECTOR, [00:05:03] FIRE INSTRUCTOR 3, AND AN EKG TECHNICIAN AND WHEREAS MS. EVANS FAITHFULLY SERVED ON THE TAMARAC FIRE RESCUE BENEVOLENT COMMITTEE AND THE COMMISSION FOR INDEPENDENT EDUCATION OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALISTS. ERASMUS EVANS DEDICATED HER TIME AND TALENT TO TEACH STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES IN BROWARD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. WHEREAS MS. EVANS SUCCESSFULLY OBTAINED A BACHELOR'S DEGREE OF SCIENCE IN ORGANIZATIONAL LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT, MASTER'S DEGREE IN HEALTH CARE ADMINISTRATION, AND IS A DOCTORAL CANDIDATE IN HER CAPSTONE STAGE FOR HEALTHCARE ADMINISTRATION. [APPLAUSE] ALL OF WHICH WAS ACCOMPLISHED AS SHE WAS SERVING THE CITY OF TAMARAC AS A FIREFIGHTER. EXACTLY. [APPLAUSE] MS. EVANS IS A DEVOTED WIFE AND MOTHER WHO POSSESSES A PASSION FOR LIFELONG LEARNING, GIVING BACK TO OTHERS, AND INSPIRING WOMEN TO REACH NEW HEIGHTS. NOW, THEREFORE, ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COMMISSION, BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, WE DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE FIREFIGHTER, YVETTE EVANS EMBODIES THE SPIRIT OF A TRAILBLAZING PHENOMENAL WOMAN. [APPLAUSE] WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING? YOU DON'T HAVE TO. >> I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR EVERYONE BEING HERE AND THANK YOU FOR THE SUPPORT OF MY FAMILY, MY HUSBAND WHO'S HERE TONIGHT, AND TO OUR TAMARAC FIREFIGHTERS WHO HELPED ME UP FOR 18 YEARS. [APPLAUSE] I WANT TO GIVE MY APPRECIATION TO THEM. I LOVE YOU AND I MISS YOU GUYS. THANK YOU EVERYONE THAT CAME TONIGHT. I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. [APPLAUSE] [NOISE] [BACKGROUND] >> I'VE NOW GOT MY BLUSH ON. THIS PROCLAMATION WAS REQUESTED BY COMMISSIONER MOREY WRIGHT. AT THIS TIME, IF WE CAN HAVE AMEERAH ADEJOLA, PLEASE JOIN US UP FRONT. [APPLAUSE] NOW TRY NOT TO BUSKERS EITHER. [LAUGHTER] WHEREAS THE MONTH OF MARCH IS DESIGNATED INTERNATIONALLY AS WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH, AND WHEREAS WOMEN OF EVERY RACE, CLASS, AND ETHNIC BACKGROUND HAVE MADE HISTORIC CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE SOCIAL, ECONOMIC, AND POLITICAL GROWTH AND STRENGTH OF OUR NATION IN COUNTLESS RECORDED AND UNRECORDED WAYS. WHEREAS THE CITY COMMISSION DEEMS THAT IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE WOMEN IN THE COMMUNITY WHO INSPIRE WOMEN AND ENCOURAGE WOMEN'S INVOLVEMENT IN THE COMMUNITY AFFAIRS AND LEADERSHIP ROLES. WHEREAS AMEERAH ADEJOLA, IS A CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT WHO HAS EDUCATED AND EMPOWERED CLIENTS IN THE TAMARAC COMMUNITY FOR 12 YEARS THROUGH HER BUSINESS ADVANCED INSIGHT ACCOUNTING, AND WHEREAS AMEERAH ADEJOLA, PLEASE SAY IT FOR ME SO I SAY IT. >> ADEJOLA. >> ADEJOLA, MY APOLOGIES. MS. ADEJOLA PROVIDES HER TIME AND TALENT THROUGH A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE KINGS POINT COMMUNITY BY PROVIDING NO CHARGE TAX PREPARATION SERVICES TO FIRST-TIME CLIENTS IN THE COMMUNITY AND TAX PREPARATION AT REDUCED FEES AFTER THE FIRST YEAR OF SERVICE. YEAH. [APPLAUSE] GIVE IT UP. MS. ADEJOLA IS A MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS, THE NATIONAL SOCIETY OF TAX PROFESSIONALS, THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF TAX PROFESSIONALS, AND THE BROWARD COUNTY INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S CLUB. WHEREAS MS. ADEJOLA IS COMMITTED TO HELPING OTHERS ACHIEVE SUCCESS THROUGH FINANCIAL LITERACY AND TAX PREPARATION, WHICH SPEAKS TO THE NEEDS OF EACH CLIENT'S OBJECTIVES. WHEREAS MS. ADEJOLA EARNED HER BACHELOR'S OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION AND ACCOUNTING DEGREE FROM FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY, AND WHEREAS MS. ADEJOLA IS DEDICATED TO UPLIFTING THE COMMUNITY THROUGH FINANCIAL ADVOCACY, GIVING BACK TO OTHERS, AND INSPIRING WOMEN TO REACH NEW HEIGHTS. NOW, ON BEHALF OF THIS TAMARAC CITY COMMISSION, BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, WE DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THAT AMEERAH ADEJOLA EMBODIES [00:10:04] THE SPIRIT OF A TRAILBLAZING PHENOMENAL WOMAN, CONGRATULATIONS. [APPLAUSE]. >> I JUST WANTED TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR COMING OUT AND SHOWING SUPPORT, AND MY OFFICE STAFF THAT'S RIGHT THERE. COULDN'T DO IT WITHOUT THEM. [APPLAUSE]. >> THANK YOU[BACKGROUND] [APPLAUSE] >> MS. LUROW HALL. DON'T BE EMBARRASSED NOW. THIS PROCLAMATION WAS REQUESTED BY COMMISSIONER ELVIN VILLALOBOS. WHEREAS THE MONTH OF MARCH IS DESIGNATED INTERNATIONALLY AS WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH, AND WHEREAS WOMEN OF EVERY RACE, CLASS, ETHNIC BACKGROUND, HAVE MADE HISTORIC CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE SOCIAL, ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL GROWTH AND STRENGTH FOR OUR NATION AND COUNTLESS RECORDED AND UNRECORDED WAYS. WHEREAS THE CITY COMMISSION DEEMS IT IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE WOMEN IN THE COMMUNITY WHO INSPIRE WOMEN, ENCOURAGED WOMEN'S INVOLVEMENT IN THE COMMUNITY AFFAIRS AND LEADERSHIP ROLES. WHEREAS LUROW MAY HALL TRANSCENDED BARRIERS WHEN SHE MIGRATED FROM OUR HUMBLE BEGINNINGS IN JAMAICA TO THE UNITED STATES IN 1977. WHEREAS MS. HALL AND HER HUSBAND'S SETTLED IN BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, WHERE SHE BEGAN HER CAREER IN ACCOUNTING WITH AN IMPORT-EXPORT COMPANY FOR 10 YEARS. WHEREAS MS. HALL CONTINUED HER CAREER IN ACCOUNTING WITH AETNA IN NEW JERSEY FROM 1987 UNTIL HER RETIREMENT IN 2009. WHEREAS MS. HALL RELOCATED TO FLORIDA IN 2009 AND BECAME A RESIDENT OF THE KINGS POINT COMMUNITY IN TAMARAC, AND WAS ELECTED AS A RESIDENT MANAGER IN 2010 AND DUTIFULLY SERVED IN THAT ROLE UNTIL 2016. WHEREAS MS. HALL JOINED THE DEMOCRATIC CLUB OF DEVON IN 2010 AND SERVED AS THE CLUB'S VICE PRESIDENT IN 2016. IN 2019, SHE WAS ELECTED THE CLUB'S SECOND VICE PRESIDENT, A ROLE IN WHICH SHE STILL SERVES. WHEREAS MS. HALL HAS FAITHFULLY SERVED THE COMMUNITY AS A SECOND LADY LEADER OF MERRILL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH SINCE 2009. WHEREAS MS. HALL IS A LEADER IN THE COMMUNITY WITH A PASSION FOR SERVING OTHERS, AFFECTING CHANGE WHEREVER NEEDED, AND INSPIRING WOMEN TO REACH NEW HEIGHTS. NOW, THEREFORE, ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COMMISSION, THE CITY OF TAMARAC, BROWARD COUNTY, I DO HEREBY PROCLAIM LUROW MAY HALL EMBODIES THE SPIRIT OF A TRAILBLAZING PHENOMENAL WOMAN. [APPLAUSE] >> I'M NOT MUCH FOR SPEAKING, BUT THAT'S IT. THANK YOU TO ELVIN VILLALOBOS WHO PUT ME ON THIS SPOT. [LAUGHTER] JUST TO SAY THANK YOU. I KNOW THAT THEY ARE THE NOMINEES. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> THANK YOU [APPLAUSE] [BACKGROUND]. >> DR. WANZA. [00:15:08] THIS PROCLAMATION WAS REQUESTED BY COMMISSIONER KICIA DANIEL. WHEREAS THE MONTH OF MARCH IS DESIGNATED INTERNATIONALLY AS WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH. WHEREAS WOMEN OF EVERY RACE, CLASS, AND ETHNIC BACKGROUND HAVE MADE HISTORIC CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE SOCIAL, ECONOMIC, AND POLITICAL GROWTH AND STRENGTH OF OUR NATION IN COUNTLESS RECORDED AND UNRECORDED WAYS. WHEREAS THE CITY COMMISSION DEEMS IT IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE WOMEN IN THE COMMUNITY WHO INSPIRE WOMEN AND ENCOURAGE WOMEN'S INVOLVEMENT IN THE COMMUNITY AFFAIRS AND LEADERSHIP ROLES. WHEREAS DR. VALERIE SMITH WANZA IS A DISTINGUISHED EDUCATOR WITH 31 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE WITH THE SIXTH LARGEST SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THE COUNTRY, BROWARD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. [APPLAUSE] WHEREAS DR. WANZA BEGAN HER CAREER IN EDUCATION AS A CLASSROOM TEACHER AND ASCENDED TO LEAD BROWARD COUNTY SCHOOLS AS CHIEF OF SCHOOL PERFORMANCE AND ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICER. WHEREAS DR. WANZA IN 2023, WAS APPOINTED AS THE TASKED ASSIGNED SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS TO ASSIST THE DISTRICT IN ITS LEADERSHIP TRANSITION AND CURRENTLY SERVES AS THE ACTING CHIEF OF STAFF. [APPLAUSE] THAT'S RIGHT. WHEREAS DR. WANZA IS A NATIVE FLORIDIAN, A LIFETIME RESIDENT OF BROWARD COUNTY AND A 19 YEAR RESIDENT OF TAMARAC, FLORIDA. [APPLAUSE] DR. WANZA HOLDS A BACHELOR'S DEGREE OF SCIENCE IN THE ENGLISH EDUCATION FROM FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY, MASTER'S OF SCIENCE IN EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP FROM NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY, AND A DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY FROM FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY. [APPLAUSE] WHEREAS DR. WANZA IS A DEVOTED MOTHER OF TWO CHILDREN AND FOUR GRANDCHILDREN. A FIERCE ADVOCATE FOR EDUCATION AND EQUALITY FOR ALL WHO INSPIRES WOMEN TO REACH NEW HEIGHTS. NOW, THEREFORE, ON BEHALF OF THE TAMARAC CITY COMMISSION, BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, WE HEREBY PROCLAIM THAT DR. VALERIE SMITH WANZA EMBODIES THE SPIRIT OF A TRAILBLAZING PHENOMENAL WOMAN. [APPLAUSE]. >> IT'S A BAD THING TO GIVE A TEACHER A MIC. [LAUGHTER] BUT I WON'T SPEAK LONG. FIRST, I WANT TO THANK THE CITY FOR HONORING ME TODAY. I SEE THE MAYOR ALL THE TIME OUT IN THE COMMUNITY AND I ALWAYS INTRODUCE HER AS MY MAYOR. DR. DANIEL, WHO'S BEEN MY MENTEE FOR ABOUT 10 YEARS AND I'M SO PROUD OF YOU, AND MY MOM DROVE ALL THE WAY UP FROM THE CITY OF WEST PARK. [APPLAUSE] MY MOM IS HERE. I GET MY WORK ETHIC FROM HER. SHE WORKED 48 YEARS FOR KMART CORPORATION. I DEFINITELY GET IT FROM HER. HER DEAR FRIEND, PEGGY KRAFT WHO THOUGHT IT NOT ROBBERY TO DRIVE HER UP. THERE'S THE CHILD THAT GOD BLESSED ME TO DELIVER MY NATURAL BORN CHILD, MY SON CHARLES, AND HIS FRIEND ALEX ARE HERE. I GOT A BONUS CHILD FROM MY HUSBAND OF 28 YEARS BEFORE HE PASSED AWAY, HE HAD AN OLDER DAUGHTER. THANK YOU. WE ARE HAPPY. WE'RE EXCITED. I AM BROWARD AND I AM TAMARAC. [APPLAUSE] >> COME ON [APPLAUSE] AWESOME. [APPLAUSE] [BACKGROUND] BARBARA TARNOVE. [APPLAUSE] SHE'S NOT PLEASED WITH ME RIGHT NOW. GOOD. THIS PROCLAMATION WAS REQUESTED BY MYSELF, WHEREAS THE MONTH OF MARCH IS DESIGNATED INTERNATIONALLY AS WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH AND WHEREAS WOMEN OF EVERY RACE, CLASS, AND ETHNIC BACKGROUND HAVE MADE HISTORIC CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE SOCIAL, ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL GROWTH AND STRENGTH OF OUR NATION IN COUNTLESS RECORDED AN UNRECORDED WAYS. WHEREAS THE CITY COMMISSION DEEMS IMPORTANT TO [00:20:03] RECOGNIZE WOMEN IN THE COMMUNITY WHO INSPIRE OTHER WOMEN, ENCOURAGE WOMEN'S INVOLVEMENT IN THE COMMUNITY AFFAIRS AND IN LEADERSHIP ROLES. WHEREAS BARBARA TARNOVE BROKE DOWN BARRIERS WHEN SHE ASCENDED TO THE VICE PRESIDENT OF PLANNING FOR COSMETICS AND FRAGRANCES OF MACY'S, WHERE SHE RETIRED AFTER 35 YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE COMPANY. WHEREAS MS. TARNOVE HOLDS A BACHELOR'S OF SCIENCE IN SECONDARY EDUCATION AND TEACHING FROM FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON AND WHEREAS MS. TARNOVE DILIGENTLY SERVED ON AND SHARED THE TAMARAC PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD FOR SEVEN YEARS, SHE DEDICATED HER TIME AND TALENT TO SERVE THE RESIDENTS OF TAMARAC AS COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT LIAISON FOR FOUR YEARS AND WHEREAS MS. TARNOVE CO-FOUNDED THE TAMARAC HISTORICAL SOCIETY, WHICH SHE HAS CHAIRED SINCE 2009. SHE FAITHFULLY RECOGNIZES AND MANAGES THE TAMARAC VETERANS ON HER WALL. WHEREAS MS. TARNOVE LED THE CREATION OF A BOOK ENTITLED IMAGES OF AMERICA TAMARAC, WHICH DOCUMENTS THE CITY'S BEGINNINGS, FEATURES UNSUNG VOLUNTEER HEROES, TAMARAC CENTENARIANS AND THE TAMARAC SOCIETY HALL OF FAME. WHEREAS MS. TARNOVE HAS LIVED IN BROWARD COUNTY FOR 50 YEARS, 45 OF THOSE IN THE CITY OF TAMARAC. I THINK SO. [APPLAUSE] WHEREAS MS. TARNOVE WAS HONORED BY THE BROWARD COUNTY COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN IN 2023 AS WOMAN WHO CONTRIBUTES TO THE SOCIAL, ECONOMIC, AND POLITICAL HISTORY OF OUR COMMUNITY. WHEREAS MS. TARNOVE POSSESSES A PASSION FOR HISTORY AND VOLUNTEERING, WHICH INSPIRES WOMEN TO REACH NEW HEIGHTS. I'VE GOT A DUPLICATE. MY APOLOGIES I'LL FIX THAT. IT IS A LITTLE SMALL. NOW, THEREFORE, ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF TAMARAC, FLORIDA, I DO HEREBY PROCLAIM BARBARA TARNOVE IS A TRAILBLAZING PHENOMENAL WOMAN. [APPLAUSE] >> OF COURSE I WANT TO SAY SOMETHING. I'M ANOTHER ONE THAT IF YOU GIVE A MIC, I CAN TALK A LONG TIME BUT I'M NOT GOING TO DO THAT. I STARTED AS A TU GRADUATE, THAT'S TAMARAC UNIVERSITY IF YOU GUYS HAVEN'T BEEN YOU SHOULD JOIN AND I'VE BEEN VOLUNTEERING EVER SINCE. BUT I DO IT NOT FOR THIS, BUT FOR MY CITY, I'VE LIVED HERE A LONG TIME AND I LOVE IT AND I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE THIS CITY. [APPLAUSE]. >> [BACKGROUND] [APPLAUSE] >> [APPLAUSE] AS WE'RE ABOUT TO LOSE OUR AWARDEES, I DO WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE COMMISSIONER PLACKO WHO WAS HERE IN [00:25:02] THE AUDIENCE AND MY APOLOGIES FOR NOT DOING SO EARLIER. [APPLAUSE] IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU. I'M GOING TO ASK AGAIN, ANYBODY WHO HAS YOUR PHONE ON, PLEASE, IF YOU WOULD TURN YOUR PHONES OFF, IT IS CREATING SOME FEEDBACK AND PEOPLE ARE HAVING SOME TROUBLE. ALSO, IF THERE'S ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE WHO HAS SOME HEARING DIFFICULTIES, WE DO HAVE DEVICES TO HELP YOU SO IF YOU'D LIKE TO SEE OUR ASSISTANT CITY CLERK, WHO JUST STEPPED OUTSIDE FOR A MOMENT, WE'D BE HAPPY TO GET YOU ONE OF THOSE DEVICES. THEN FINALLY, OUR CITY MANAGER, I THINK I MIGHT HAVE SKIPPED OVER, ASKING YOU IF YOU HAD A REPORT? >> I SAID NO, MA'AM. >> JUST IN CASE I SKIPPED OVER WHICH I DIDN'T SKIPPED OVER YOU, SO YOU SAID NO. GOOD. NOW WE'RE MOVING ON TO OUR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PART OF [3. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION] THE NIGHT AND I'M GOING TO ASK OUR CITY ATTORNEY TO POINT TO THE SCREEN ABOVE, ASK EVERYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE TO REFER TO THE RULES. I DO HEAR FEEDBACK AS WELL, SO HOPEFULLY WE'RE GOOD ON THAT NOW. NO. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE'RE TRYING TO DO THE BEST WE CAN, BUT AS THE DOOR OPENS AND CLOSE, YOU'RE GOING TO POSSIBLY HEAR THAT FEEDBACK. WE'RE DOING SOMETHING DIFFERENT. THERE'S SOME OF YOU WHO'VE BEEN TO OUR COMMISSION MEETINGS IN THE PAST, I GET A LONG LIST OF PEOPLE WHEN I CALL YOUR NAMES, BUT TODAY I'VE GOT CARDS AND THE CARDS I'M ABOUT TO READ ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE HERE FOR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION FOR AN ITEM THAT IS NOT ON THE AGENDA. THANK YOU. I WILL CALL YOUR NAME AND THEN IF YOU WOULD, SINCE I ALREADY HAVE YOUR ADDRESS, I DON'T NEED YOU TO REPEAT IT, BUT YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES AT THE MICROPHONE AND AGAIN, IT'S FOR ANYTHING THAT IS NOT ON THE AGENDA. MORALE BROWN, IS ON THE AGENDA OR YOU WANT SOMETHING SEPARATE? YOU WISH TO SPEAK? THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT, BUT NO. THAT WAS FOR THE OTHER ONE. LINDSEY RAINER FOSTER. OKAY. DARCY SCHILLER. DARCY SCHILLER, KINGS POINT. SORRY TO BRING DOWN THE HOUSE AFTER THAT LOVELY CEREMONY, BUT I GOT ISSUES I FEEL NEED TO BE ADDRESSED. OUR CURRENT ATTORNEY [INAUDIBLE] HAD TO RESIGN FROM NORTH MIAMI BEACH BECAUSE HE WAS ABOUT TO BE FIRED. HE WAS ILLEGALLY HIRED BY OUR COMMISSION. I'M WONDERING WHEN THE PEOPLE, THAT'S EVERYBODY HERE AND EVERYBODY AT HOME IS GOING TO DEMAND THAT THIS MAN GIVE BACK THE MONEY THAT HE'S EARNING ILLEGALLY BECAUSE HE DID NOT FOLLOW PROCEDURE BY THE VICE MAYOR TO BECOME OUR CITY ATTORNEY. I GOT MAJOR ISSUES WITH THAT. 13TH FLOOR, I HAD NOTHING GOOD BAD, OR INDIFFERENT. >> NO COMMENTS ABOUT. >> HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE GREEN OF THAT ISSUE, TRUST ME. IF IT DOES, YOU'LL STOP ME, PLEASE. I HAVE NO COMMENT ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE DOING IN THE WOODLANDS, NONE AT ALL. MY CONCERN IS THAT YOU JUST DONATED A MILLION DOLLARS TO BOLTON FOR HIS SHAKER VILLAGE POD? >> DR. SCHILLER THAT IS PART OF THE PROGRAM COMING UP LATER. >> I CAN ADDRESS THAT LATER? >> CORRECT. >> OKAY. I DID NOT REALIZE THAT. MY APOLOGIES. I THOUGHT THAT WAS SEPARATE AND APART. >> DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, THAT IS WHEN YOU CAN SPEAK. >> I'M SORRY. >> DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT IS WHEN YOU COULD SPEAK ABOUT YOUR PERSONNEL. >> NO PROBLEM. KEISHA, I KNOW YOU'RE NEW TO THE DAY. I KNOW YOU HAVEN'T BEEN A COMMISSION FOR VERY LONG. BUT I REALLY TAKE TREMENDOUS ISSUE WITH YOU TAKING SO MUCH CREDIT FOR THE FIRE TRUCK COMING INTO YOUR DISTRICT WHEN IT WAS DEFINITELY BROUGHT UPON BY CAROL MENDELSSOHN AND THE COMMISSION FORMER TO YOU AND YET IT'S WRITTEN UP THAT YOU WERE THE MAIN PERSON AND THAT IS ABSOLUTELY NOT TRUE. I WANT EVERYBODY TO KNOW THAT AS WELL. I APOLOGIZE FOR BRINGING UP MY OTHER ISSUE. I REALLY THOUGHT THAT THAT DID NOT IMPACT, BUT I WILL BRING IT UP LATER. I THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, [00:30:01] ACTUALLY WE'RE DOING HAPPY HANDS. YOU DO IT UP. YOU CAN DO IT NOW. SHAKE THEM ALL ABOUT, BUT APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU. WE NOW GO TO CAROL MENDELSSOHN, PLEASE. CAROL MENDEL. >> CAROL MENDELSSOHN, WOODMONT, MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS. IN A RECENT TAMARAC POST ARTICLE IT WAS STATED THAT TAMARAC OFFICIALS ARE TRYING TO FIND WAYS TO SAVE TAXPAYERS MONEY. THE TRUTH IS THAT IS ONE COMMISSIONER WHO WAS ATTEMPTING TO MAKE CHANGES AND PROVIDING INCORRECT INFORMATION TO THE RESIDENTS. THUS, THE CURRENT REQUEST FOR AN INVESTIGATION AT THE TAXPAYERS EXPENSE OF MOVING OUR TAMARAC FIREFIGHTERS TO BE A SO. THREE COMMISSIONERS AGREED WITH THIS REQUEST. IN THE SPIRIT OF SHARING AND IS ONE OF THE RESIDENTS WHO IS SAID TO, "COMPLAINING BULLY ELECTED OFFICIALS AND STAFF INTO SUBMISSION." LET ME SHOW YOU HOW YOU CAN SAVE TAXPAYER MONEY. FIRSTLY, REDUCE YOUR SALARY IN THE CITY ONE-THIRD THE SIZE OF LARGER ONES WHERE THEY EARN ONE-QUARTER OF YOUR SALARIES, CUT OUT $120,000 FOR FIVE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT LIAISONS, $42,000 FOR CAR ALLOWANCES AT $700 PER MONTH, 50,000 FOR TRAVEL, 75,000 FOR INITIATIVE FUND TOTALING $287,000, NOT INCLUDING SALARIES AND OTHER PERKS. NOW, THE ALLEGATION, BULLYING AND COMPLAINING, IF QUESTIONING EQUATES TO BULLYING LET ME GOOGLE THE DEFINITION FOR YOU. I HAVE REQUESTED AS OTHERS HAVE PRINTING QUOTES, COMMISSION EXPENDITURES, BUDGET INFORMATION, AND MORE, ONLY TO RECEIVE INADEQUATE INFORMATION OR RESPONSE OF UNAVAILABLE. THE ALLEGATION THAT TAXPAYERS ARE COMPLAINING ABOUT THE ANNUAL COST OF THE FIRE ASSESSMENT IN PROPERTY TAXES IS ABSURD. FIRE ASSESSMENT FEES HAVE NOT INCREASED SINCE 2015. HEAR A RESOUNDING NO TO MOVING OUT WITH FIRE DEPARTMENT TO BE A SO, TAMARAC FIREFIGHTERS HAVE A CLASS ONE RATING FROM THE INSURANCE SERVICES OFFICE, ACHIEVED BY LESS THAN 1% OF THE DEPARTMENTS NATIONWIDE. FIREFIGHTERS WON FIRST PLACE IN THE ALS TEAM AND THE BILL SHEARS INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION, AS WELL AS MARTIAL OF THE YEAR, FIRE INSPECTOR, AND FIREFIGHTER OF THE YEAR. THEY SAVE LIVES DAILY. YOUR REFUSAL TO MAKE EYE CONTACT WHEN WE SPEAK OR KEEP YOUR HEAD DOWN AND PLAY WITH YOUR PHONE IS DISGRACEFUL. YOU ARE ELECTED OFFICIALS WHO NEED TO BEHAVE IN A MANNER BEFITTING THE POSITION. LASTLY, TAMARAC POSTS NEEDS TO GET ITS INFORMATION CORRECTLY HOW INAPPROPRIATE TO MALIGN THE RESIDENTS THAT SPEAK OUT FOR THE GOOD OF THE CITY. THE BLOG I REFER TO IS A STELLAR AND WELL-RESPECTED JOURNALIST WHO HAS REPORTED NEWS FOR MANY YEARS. COMMENTS SUCH AS POUTING RESIDENTS AND OTHER DISPARAGING STATEMENTS, BUT RATING YOUR COLLEAGUES FROM WHOM YOU COULD LEARN SOMETHING ARE NOT THE STANDARD OF PROFESSIONALISM EXPECTED OF THOSE IN YOUR POSITION. PLEASE RETHINK YOUR WORDS. YOU WORK FOR US. [APPLAUSE]. >> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. HAPPY HANDS. HAPPY HANDS. HAPPY HANDS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I HAVE A BUNCH OF CARDS HERE AND I HAVE A FEELING THAT THEY'RE ACTUALLY FOR THE WOODLANDS ITEM DEBBIE HOUSTON. >> YES. >> LIZ CREWS, AZUELA [INAUDIBLE] BENNY AND I APOLOGIZE, I AM NOT GOOD WITH MY OWN NAME EVEN FOR THE WOODLANDS. PAUL POTTERST WOODLANDS, ROBERT HAYWORTH. IT SAYS WOMAN, SO I'M JUST MAKING SURE. DARALINE CRUZ. JODIE, SIERRA, WOODLANDS AND [INAUDIBLE]. WOODLANDS. UNDERNEATH THAT PILE THAT IS NOT WOODLANDS I HAVE RON WASSERMAN. RON'S HERE. I SEE. SORRY. >> [INAUDIBLE]. >> WE'RE NOT UP TO WOODLANDS YET. THIS IS OUR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION. ANYBODY WHO WANTED TO SPEAK ON AN ITEM THAT IS NOT ON THE AGENDA, THAT IS WHAT THIS OPPORTUNITY IS FOR. I HAVE FOLLOWING RON, I HAVE DAVID SCHNEIDER. [00:35:02] IF THERE'S ANYONE ELSE WHO DID NOT FILL OUT A CARD, YOU'LL STILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK AFTERWARDS. FLOOR IS YOURS. >> THANK YOU. MY NAME IS RONALD WASSERMAN. I LIVE IN THE COMMUNITY OF SHANGRI-LA. BEFORE I SPEAK, MADAM MAYOR, I'D JUST LIKE TO MENTION TWO THINGS. SOMETHING NOW THAT I'VE FOUND PURPOSE IN MY LIFE, AND THAT IS SPEAKING AGAINST CANCER, COLON CANCER. SPECIFICALLY I'M A SURVIVOR, THANK GOD, AND BREAST CANCER. BOTH MYSELF AND MY OTHER HALF WENT THROUGH THIS DURING THE PANDEMIC, SO WE KNOW WHAT REAL NONSENSE CAN BE. REAL NONSENSE. ALSO, I'D LIKE TO SAY BSO WE SUPPORT YOU. WE NEED YOUR HELP IN MANY INSTANCES. FIRE RESCUE, YOU SPEAK FOR YOURSELVES. YOU'VE BEEN IN OUR COMMUNITY SO MANY TIMES. I CAN'T EVEN COUNT. WE HAVE MANY PEOPLE IN MY COMMUNITY THAT HAVE LIVED THERE FOR 23, 24 YEARS. GOOD CITIZENS, VETERANS. I HAVE A 90-YEAR-OLD KOREAN WAR VETERAN WHO IS MY NEIGHBOR. I'D LIKE TO ALSO REACH OUT VERY QUICKLY. SHE'S BEEN WITH BSO FOR QUITE SOME TIME. DEPUTY MARION, YOU'VE BEEN GOOD TO THE COMMUNITY. YOU'VE ESPECIALLY BEEN GOOD TO US, OUR FAMILY. NOW I'M GOING TO SPEAK ABOUT QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES, PLEASE REAL QUICKLY. MANY OF YOU ARE HERE FOR ONE PARTICULAR PROJECT. WELL, I'VE BEEN A PERSON WHO'S BEEN PART OF A PARTICULAR PROJECT. LET ME TELL YOU IT WAS HELL. THE CITY WOULDN'T BE HELPED QUITE FRANKLY, BROWARD COUNTY WOULDN'T BE HELPED. I WENT TO THEM MANY TIMES. I HAD TO GO TO THE STATE. I HAD A FRIEND WHO REPRESENTS THE INTERESTS OF PAUL T. BACK THEN WHEN THEY WERE BUILDING, WHO TOLD ME NOT TO CONTACT HIS OFFICE ANYMORE. SHAME ON YOU. FOR THE PEOPLE WHO ARE LOOKING FOR SOMETHING HERE YOU'RE GOING TO FIND IT. YOU'RE GOING TO FIND PEOPLE WHO DON'T CARE. WE SPOKE OUT ABOUT PROBLEMS BEHIND OUR HOMES AND WHAT DID THE CITY DO? THEY FOUND AN ISSUE WITH PERMITTING. GUESS WHAT? THERE WAS NO ISSUE. YOU PICKED ON MY COMMUNITY AND YOU SPECIFICALLY PICKED ON ME, YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE. SOME FIRED UP. >> THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PLEASE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A REALLY LONG NIGHT IF WE DON'T FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS, WE HAVE TO FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS HERE TONIGHT. WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE ANY REASON FOR ANY PROBLEMS. DAVID SCHNEIDER. MR. SCHNEIDER, ARE YOU HERE? IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON AN ITEM THAT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA? THAT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA. MR. GOFF, NOW YOU CAN COME UP NEXT. >> SARAH PETERSON HERE. FIRST, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU ALL COMMISSION FOR ALL THE HARD WORK THAT YOU DO FOR YOUR CITY. I KNOW IT'S HARD TO SIT WHERE YOU ARE AND ADVOCATE AND SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE RESIDENTS THAT MAY NOT AGREE WITH WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND THE COUNTLESS HOURS YOU'RE DOING BUT I JUST WANTED TO SAY I SEE YOU. I WANT TO SPEAK TO THE FACT THAT IF YOU HAVE A COMMISSIONER OR VICE MAYOR THAT WANTS TO HOLD ANY DEVELOPER THAT COMES INTO THE COMMUNITY AND HOLD THEM TO BE A BENEFIT TO THE COMMUNITY, NOT JUST TO MAKE MONEY IN YOUR COMMUNITY, BUT TO BE A BENEFIT TO YOUR COMMUNITY, I WANT TO SPEAK TO THAT BECAUSE WHATEVER FUNDS THAT IS PUT TOWARDS. >> I'M GOING TO ASK YOU, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT AN ITEM THAT HAS NOT BEEN BROUGHT UP YET ON [OVERLAPPING] >> NO. I WAS SPECIFICALLY SPEAKING TO THE [00:40:02] $1 MILLION THAT ANOTHER ONE OF YOUR RESIDENTS BROUGHT UP. I WAS SPECIFICALLY SPEAKING TO THAT BUT I'LL GO EVEN A LITTLE FURTHER MAYOR. I WANT TO SPEAK TO THE FACT THAT IF YOUR COMMISSION IS LOOKING FOR WAYS TO SAVE YOUR RESIDENTS FUND, THAT IS WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO DO. THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH ASKING FOR A BETTER QUOTE FOR FIRE SERVICES. I WANT TO COMMENT YOU ALL FOR DOING THAT BECAUSE A LOT OF CITIES ARE DOING IT, POMPANO BEACH IS DOING IT, DEERFIELD IS DOING. A LOT OF CITIES ARE LOOKING AT WAYS TO SAVE THEIR TAXPAYERS MONEY. BSO IS A GREAT ORGANIZATION. THEY PROVIDE GREAT SERVICES. THERE ARE WAYS THAT WE CAN DO THIS AND IT HELPS EVERYBODY. THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH GETTING A COST SERVICE. I WANT TO SAY KUDOS TO YOU, VICE MAYOR KUDOS TO YOU, DR. DANIELS, KUDOS TO YOU MAYOR, THAT YOU GUYS SHOULD SIT UP THERE AND FIND WAYS TO SAVE MONEY BECAUSE WE ARE IN AN INFLATION, WE ARE IN A RECESSION AND PEOPLE NEED TO KEEP THEIR PENNIES. IF THERE ARE WAYS THAT YOU CAN SAVE MONEY FOR THE CITY, DO THE JOB. I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR DOING YOUR JOB. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [APPLAUSE] IT CAN BE A LONG NIGHT. MR. GOFFMAN BEFORE YOU COME UP, PLEASE, MR. SCHNEIDER IS HERE AND HE HAD SIGNED UP. MR. SCHNEIDER, PLEASE COME. YOU'LL GO AFTER MR. SCHNEIDER. >> DAVID SCHNEIDER, 7416 CORKWOOD TERRACE TAMARAC DISTRICT 4. I DIDN'T PREPARE ANYTHING TONIGHT. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT I'VE EVER BEEN HERE. I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT HERE IN TAMARAC FOR 10 YEARS AND HAVE OWNED SINCE 2017. THIS COMMISSION HAS PERTURB ME A LOT OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS. I WATCH EVERY MEETING AND I'VE INTERACTED WITH CERTAIN PEOPLE ON SOCIAL MEDIA, A FEW PEOPLE ON THIS COMMISSION. I CAME HERE TO TALK TONIGHT BECAUSE I FEEL WE'RE HEADING INTO A VERY GRAVE SITUATION. I'VE BEEN A FIRST RESPONDER HERE IN BROWARD COUNTY FOR ALMOST 40 YEARS. I WORKED TO A NEIGHBORING CITY. WHILE I LOVED MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS OF BROWARD COUNTY WHO WORKED FOR BROWARD COUNTY, I THINK FIRE RESCUE SERVICES NEED TO STAY HERE. [APPLAUSE] >> PLEASE. THANK YOU. >> IN ADDITION TO THAT, THIS COMMISSION IS A TRAVESTY. IT'S A TRAVESTY THAT WE AS TAXPAYERS HAVE TO BE HERE DAY IN, DAY OUT, WEEK AFTER WEEK AND MEETING AFTER MEETING, SIT THROUGH EIGHT HOURS, NINE HOUR MEETINGS, REALLY? AND THEN THE PICKERING THAT GOES ON BACK AND FORTH, THE RAILROADING OF VOTES, IT'S JUST OUTRAGEOUS. I'VE WORKED IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT, LIKE I SAID, I'M INTO RETIREMENT. I'M IN THE DROP AND I'VE NEVER EVER WITNESSED LOCAL GOVERNMENT THAT IS RUN LIKE THIS COMMISSION. I'M NOT POINTING TO ANY SPECIFIC PERSON BUT I'M POINTING TO ALL OF YOU, AND YOU TOO. [LAUGHTER] I'M POINTING TO ALL OF YOU. YOU SHOULD BE EMBARRASSED TO SIT UP HERE ON YOUR THRONES, TAKE MONIES THAT THEY DON'T BELONG TO YOU. FOR THE PEOPLE BY THE PEOPLE YOU WERE VOTED IN HERE. YOU CAN BE UNSEATED VERY SIMPLY. IT'S JUST NOT RIGHT. >> THANK YOU AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU. MR. GOFFMAN. SINCE YOU DO NOT HAVE A CARD, IF YOU WOULD, NAME AND LOCATION, PLEASE. >> I DID HAVE A CARD. >> WELL NOT FOR THIS ITEM, PLEASE. >> IT SAID GENERAL AS WELL AS WOODLANDS. MR. BACK ARE YOU HERE? YOU ARE. WOULD YOU TAKE THE OTHER POLE? [00:45:01] >> MR. GOFFMAN. >> IT'S NOT ABOUT THE WOODLANDS. >> THEN SPEAK TO THE MICROPHONE, PLEASE. >> FIRST OF ALL, THIS GOES TO THE WHOLE COMMISSION. [BACKGROUND] ANY OTHER 275 ACRE PLOTS AVAILABLE IN TAMARAC THAT COULD BE ANYBODY ANSWER THAT. THE POINT TO THAT STATEMENT IS THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANY MORE LAND TO DEVELOP IN TAMARAC. IF YOU WERE A COMMISSIONER 100 YEARS FROM NOW, YOU WON'T BE TALKING ABOUT ANY FREE SPACE TO DEVELOP BECAUSE IT'S ALREADY DONE. >> MR. GOFFMAN THIS IS A CIRCUMVENTION OF THE FACT THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DEVELOPMENT IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. IF YOU WISH TO TALK ABOUT ANYTHING OTHER THAN DEVELOPMENT, PLEASE DO SO. >> HERE'S ANOTHER QUESTION. WHO IN THIS ROOM BELIEVES THAT HANDSHAKE AGREEMENT SHOULD BE THEIR BOND? [BACKGROUND] I HANDSHAKE AGREEMENT. WHO IN THIS ROOM BELIEVES THAT IS YOUR BOND? >> MR. GOFFMAN, THIS IS NOT A DISCUSSION BETWEEN YOU AND THE AUDIENCE. YOU HAVE BEEN HERE BEFORE, PLEASE HAVE YOUR THREE MINUTES. >> I'M ASKING YOU GUYS THIS TOO. >> YOU KNOW, WE DON'T TALK BACK, SO PLEASE JUST ASK YOUR QUESTIONS AND MAKE YOUR COMMENTS. >> THE BROWARD COUNTY CODE OF ETHICS SAYS THAT YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO AVOID EVEN THE PREPONDERANCE, AVOID EVEN THE APPEARANCE OF IMPROPRIETY. I THINK EVERYONE NEEDS TO THINK ABOUT THIS. NOW I'M GOING TO TELL YOU A QUICK STORY ABOUT MAINLAND 6. I'VE GOT A CUSTOMER OVER THERE. >> CAN YOU USE YOUR MICROPHONE. >> MAINLAND 6, YOU HEAR THAT? I HAVE A CUSTOMER OVER THERE. I WENT OUT TO SPRAY A FEW MONTHS AGO AND I SPRAYED HER FRONT YARD, WALKED AROUND TOWARDS HER BACKYARD WITH HER AND I SAID, OH THIS IS WHERE YOUR BACKYARD USED TO BE. THAT'S GOING TO APPLY TO A LOT OF PEOPLE AT THIS PASSES. >> MR. GOFFMAN, SPECIFICALLY ABOUT ANYTHING BUT DEVELOPMENT, PLEASE. >> LET'S SEE. I JUST TOLD YOU THAT. WE WALKED INTO HER BACKYARD. SHE HAS NO BACKYARD NOW. THESE GUYS NEVER COMPENSATED HER FOR THAT AS WELL AS EVERY ONE OF THE WOODLANDS. TIMEOUT ON THAT. I'LL GIVE YOU THAT. I'LL HOLD UP UNTIL LATER. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> NOW IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ABOUT ANY ITEM THAT IS NOT ON THE AGENDA, AND ACTUALLY ONLY ANY ITEM THAT IS NOT ON THE AGENDA? WE ARE MAKING SURE THAT NOBODY OUT IN THE AUDIENCE HAS ANYTHING IN THE OUTSIDE AUDIENCE. NO. ALL RIGHT. WE ARE NOW MOVING TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA AS PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE NOW CLOSED. ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONS OR DELETIONS TO THE AGENDA, MR. CITY MANAGER? [4. CONSENT AGENDA] >> NO, MAYOR. >> I AM NOT SEEING ANYBODY FROM THE COMMISSION WISHING TO PULL ANY ITEMS. THEREFORE, I WILL ASK FOR A SECOND, PLEASE. >> SECOND. >> I HAVE A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS. CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. >> THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. COMMISSIONER DANIEL? >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS? >> YES. >> MAYOR GOMEZ? >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER WRIGHT? >> YES. >> VICE MAYOR BOLTON? >> YES. >> THANK YOU. MOTION PASSES FIVE TO ZERO. >> THANK YOU. NOW FOR WHAT EVERYBODY HAS BEEN WAITING FOR. [Items 5A & 5B] [LAUGHTER] [APPLAUSE] NOW I'LL LET YOU CLAP. GET IT ALL OUT OF YOUR SYSTEM. CLAP, BOO, LET'S DO IT RIGHT NOW. WE'RE GOOD? EXCELLENT. I WILL NOW TURN THIS OVER TO OUR CITY ATTORNEY WHO WILL REVIEW THE RULES FOR QUASI-JUDICIAL HEARINGS, INCLUDING RULES CONCERNING THE ADMISSIBILITY OF EVIDENCE. WE ARE AT QUASI-JUDICIAL HEARING SECOND READING ON 5A202402. CITY ATTORNEY. >> THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THE RULES OF QUASI-JUDICIAL HEARINGS IS SET FORTH IN SECTION 2-367 OF THE CITY CODE. ALL PERSONS TESTIFYING BEFORE THE CITY COMMISSION MUST BE SWORN IN IN REGARD TO THE ITEMS THAT ARE GOING TO BE CONSIDERED ON AGENDA AT THIS POINT. THE APPLICANT, CITY STAFF, AFFECTED PARTIES, [00:50:03] SHOULD BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT EVIDENCE, BRING FORTH WITNESS, CROSS-EXAMINE ANY WITNESSES, WE BOUGHT ANY TESTIMONY. AFFECTED PARTIES OR PROPERTY OWNERS OR BUSINESS OWNER WHO ARE WITHIN 400 FEET RADIUS OF THE POTENTIAL PROJECT AND THOSE WHO HAVE REGISTERED AS AFFECTED PARTIES AT LEAST SEVEN DAYS BEFORE THE PUBLIC CAN WITH THE CITY CLERK. IF YOU DID NOT REGISTER, YOU WILL NOT BE DEEMED AS THE AFFECTED PARTY FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS PUBLIC HEARING. ALL EVIDENCE GENERALLY RELIED ON MUST BE REASONABLY, PRUDENT PERSON SHALL BE ADMISSIBLE WHERE SUCH EVIDENCE WOULD BE ADMISSIBLE IN A COURT OF LAW. HOWEVER, IMMATERIAL, UNDULY REPETITIOUS EVIDENCE SHOULD BE EXCLUDED. STATEMENTS OF COUNSEL SHOULD ONLY BE CONSIDERED AS ARGUMENT AND NOT BE CONSIDERED AS TESTIMONY. HOWEVER, COUNSEL FOR PARTY SHOULD BE SUBJECT TO CROSS-EXAMINATION. THE CITY COMMISSION SHOULD HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO REFUSE TO HEAR ANY TESTIMONY WHICH IS IRRELEVANT OR REDUNDANT. HEARSAY EVIDENCE MAY BE USED FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUPPLEMENTING AND EXPLAINING OTHER EVIDENCE, BUT THIS SHOULD NOT BE SUFFICIENT BY ITSELF TO SUPPORT A FINDING. DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE MAY BE PRESENTED IN THE FORM OF A COPY OF THE ORIGINAL IF AVAILABLE. UPON REQUEST, THE PARTY SHALL BE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO COMPARE THE COPY WITH THE ORIGINAL. THE APPLICANT AND AFFECTED PARTY SHOULD BE ENTITLED TO CONDUCT CROSS EXAMINATION AS STATED EARLIER WHEN TESTIMONIES WERE PROVIDED. DOCUMENTS ARE MADE PART OF THE RECORD. GENERALLY, THE FOLLOWING PROCEDURES PURSUANT TO CITY CODE WILL BE UTILIZED FOR THIS PUBLIC HEARING. FIRST, THE APPLICANT OR HIS OR HER REPRESENTATIVE WILL MAKE A PRESENTATION. IF THE APPLICANT CHOOSES TO MAKE A PRESENTATION, IT SHOULD INCLUDE A DESCRIPTION OF NATURE OF THE APPLICATION. IN ADDITION, APPLICANT MAY INTRODUCE EXHIBITS ANY WITNESSES TO SUPPORT THAT APPLICATION. IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE APPLICANT TO DEMONSTRATE ITS OPERATION'S CONSISTENT WITH THE CITY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND THE CITY CODE. SECOND, STAFF WILL PRESENT ITS REPORT. STAFF REPORT WILL BE GENERALLY INCLUDE, BUT NOT LIMITED TO A DESCRIPTION OF THE REQUESTS OF THE APPLICANT, ANALYSIS OF APPLICANT CONSISTENCY WITH THE CITY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND CITY CODE. THIRD, AFFECTED PARTIES WILL BE PRESENTED WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT A CASE IN CHIEF OR WITNESSES FOR OR AGAINST THE PROJECT. THE AFFECTED PARTIES MAY CHOOSE EXHIBITS INTO EVIDENCE OR ASK QUESTIONS OR WITNESSES OF THE APPLICANT OR STAFF. FOUR, THE MAYOR SHOULD PERMIT PUBLIC COMMENTS DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING SECTION OF THE PRECEDING. AS STATED PREVIOUSLY, PUBLIC COMMENTS WILL BE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER SPEAKER AND THE MAYOR HAS DISCRETION TO LIMIT REPETITIOUS COMMENTS DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING. FIFTH, IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE PUBLIC COMMENTS, THE APPLICANT MAY PROVIDE REBUTTAL TESTIMONY TO PROVIDE PRIOR TO DELIBERATION BY THE CITY COMMISSION. LAST, THE CITY COMMISSION SHALL DELIBERATE ON APPLICATION AND NO FURTHER TESTIMONY SHOULD BE TAKEN. CITY COMMISSION SHALL DISCUSS THE EVIDENCE THAT WAS PRESENTED AT THE PUBLIC HEARING AND VOTE ON EACH APPLICATION SEPARATELY BASED UPON COMPETENT SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AT THIS TIME, WE'RE GOING TO ASK ALL WITNESSES, OH ACTUALLY, CITY ATTORNEY, IF YOU'RE GOING TO READ THE RECORD FOR BOTH THE LOOPA AND THE REZONING. CAN YOU PLEASE READ THE TITLES FOR BOTH? YOUR MICROPHONE'S NOT ON. >> WE WILL READ BOTH TITLE OF ITEM 5A AND 5B. THEY WILL BE CONSIDERED THE SAME QUASI-JUDICIAL HEARING. HOWEVER, THE CITY COMMISSION MUST TAKE A SEPARATE VOTE ON BOTH ITEM. ITEM 5A TITLE IS AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC ADOPTING A LARGE SCALE LAND USE PLAN AMENDMENT TO THE CITY OF TAMARAC COMPREHENSIVE FUTURE LAND USE MAP IN THE COURSE WITH CHAPTER 163 OF THE FLORIDA STATE STATUTES WHERE SAID LANDS SITUATED LAND BEING IN BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, KNOWN AS THE WOODLANDS, LOCATED AT OR BOUNDED BY WEST COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD TO ROCK ISLAND ROAD TO THE EAST, NORTHWEST 64TH HIGHWAY TO THE WEST, NORTHWEST 44TH STREET TO THE SOUTH, AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBING LEGAL DESCRIPTION SHOWING AN ATTACHED EXHIBIT A. THEY CHANGED THE FUTURE LAND USE DESTINATION, APPROXIMATELY 165.53 GROSS ACRES OF LAND, FROM COMMERCIAL RECREATION TO LOW RESIDENTIAL. TO FACILITATE AND ALLOW FOR A DEVELOPMENT RESIDENTIAL USE, RESTRICT IT TO NO MORE THAN THREE DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE BY MICHAEL NUNZIADA OF 13TH FLOOR WITH THIS HPGP DESIGNATE AGENT FOR THE PROPERTY OWNER CLUBLINK. OF COURSE, WITH THE INTENT CORPORATION PROVIDE CONSISTENCY WITH THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE, COSTS WITH THE INTENT OF COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC AUTHORIZED THE ADOPTION OF LARGE SCALE USE MAP AMENDMENT, RESURFACATION OF CITY OF TAMARAC FUTURE LAND USE MAP PROVIDING FOR AMENDMENT TO THE LAND USE PLAN TO REFLECT SUCH CHANGE, PROVIDE FOR CONFLICTS, PROVIDE FOR SEPARABILITY, AND PROVIDING FOR EFFECTIVE DATE. [00:55:01] ITEM 5B IS THE REZONING APPLICATION. THE TITLE OF THAT ITEM IS AN ORDER OF THE CITY COMMISSIONERS, CITY OF TAMARAC, AMENDED OFFICIAL ZONING MAP OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC REFERENCES SECTION 10-2.1B OF CHAPTER 10 OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC CODE OF ORDINANCE WITH SAID LANDS SITUATED LINE BEING IN BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, KNOWN AS THE WOODLANDS AND LOCATED AT OR BOUNDED BY THE WEST COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD TO THE NORTH, ROCK ISLAND ROAD TO THE EAST, NORTHWEST 64TH AVENUE THE WEST, NORTHWEST 44TH STREET TO THE SOUTH. A PARTICULAR DESCRIBING LEADERS DESCRIPTION IN EXHIBIT A. TO REZONE APPROXIMATELY 165.53 ACRES FROM ART RECREATION, ZONING CLASSIFICATION TO RESIDENTIAL ESTATE ZONING CLASSIFICATION. TO FACILITATE THE DEVELOPMENT OF RESIDENTIAL USE, OR MICRONESIA OF 13TH FLOOR WOODLANDS HPGP DESIGNATE AGENTS FOR THE PROPERTY ON IT CLUB LANE. US CORPORATION PROVIDE CONSISTENCY WITH THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTENT OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC PRIME FOR AMENDMENT TO THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP TO REFLECT SUCH CHANGE, PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS, PROVIDING FOR SEPARABILITY, AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. MAYOR, THIS IS SECOND READING OF BOTH ORDINANCE. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. AT THIS TIME, CITY ATTORNEY, WILL YOU ASK THE WITNESSES TO STAND AND THE CITY CLERK TO SWEAR THEM. >> ANY WITNESS INTEND TO TESTIFY ON ITEM 5A AND 5B, PLEASE STAND UP. IF YOU INTEND TO SPEAK ON THOSE ITEMS, PLEASE STAND UP, AND THE CITY CLERK WILL SWEAR IN ALL THE WITNESSES. >> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IF YOU SIGNED A CARD AND YOU WISH TO SPEAK, PLEASE STAND AND SWORN IN. >> IF YOU'RE AFFECTED PARTY, IF YOU INTEND TO SPEAK, PLEASE STAND UP. IF YOU'RE SITTING OUTSIDE, YOU CAN STAND UP ALSO AND THEY CAN HEAR THE CITY CLERK. >> ALRIGHT. CITY CLERK. >> THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. ALL STANDING, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. DO YOU SWEAR TO TELL THE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH? [BACKGROUND] THANK YOU. MADAM MAYOR WITNESSES HAVE BEEN SWORN IN. >> EXCELLENT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AT THIS TIME, WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH THE COMMISSION FOR DISCLOSURES. >> YES, MAYOR. MADAM MAYOR, IF THERE WAS ANY EX PARTE COMMUNICATION BETWEEN ANY MEMBER OF THIS COMMISSION WITH ANY PARTIES TONIGHT, PLEASE DISCLOSE THEM. >> VICE MAYOR, DISCLOSURES? >> THANK YOU, MAYOR. I SPOKE WITH RESIDENTS, AS WELL AS 13TH FLOOR AND THEIR LAWYERS. >> THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER DANIEL? >> YES, I SPOKE WITH RESIDENTS IN WOODLANDS, A COUPLE OF THE ORGANIZATION IN WOODLANDS, AND ALSO THE ATTORNEYS FROM 13TH FLOOR. >> EXCELLENT. GOING DOWN THE LINE, OVER THE PAST SIX YEARS I'VE SPOKEN WITH MANY RESIDENTS AND I SPOKEN TO THE APPLICANT. COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS? >> I'VE SPOKEN TO THE APPLICANT AND TO THE RESIDENTS IN THE WOODLANDS AND OTHER COMMUNITIES NEARBY. >> I'VE SPOKEN TO RESIDENTS OF THE WOODLANDS AND I'VE HAD A MEETING WITH THESE TWO GUYS RIGHT HERE AND THAT GENTLEMAN RIGHT HERE. >> THE RECORD IS GOING TO REFLECT THE APPLICANT AND THE ATTORNEYS. THANK YOU. ONE ITEM I'M GOING TO DO WHILE WE'RE DOING DISCLOSURES. THERE HAVE BEEN SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT I CAN BE HERE TODAY AND I CAN BE PART OF THIS MEETING AND I CAN VOTE. UNDER FLORIDA STATUTES, I HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO BE HERE TODAY AND I CAN SPEAK AND I CAN VOTE. THE CONCERN IS THAT I'M A RESIDENT OF THE WOODLANDS. I ACTUALLY DO OWN TWO HOMES FOR ALMOST 29 YEARS. BUT FOR FLORIDA STATUTES, THERE'S NO INDIVIDUAL GAIN TO MYSELF. THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT IS SOLELY AFFECTING ME, IT AFFECTS OUR WHOLE COMMUNITY WHICHEVER WAY THE DECISION GOES AND THEREFORE I'M ABLE TO VOTE. HOPEFULLY THAT PUTS THAT MATTER TO REST. I'M GOING TO GO OVER THE RULES OF THE PROCEDURES FOR THE NIGHT. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IN THE COMMUNITY AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITY, I KNOW HOW IMPORTANT TONIGHT IS. I KNOW HOW EMOTIONAL THIS IS. DESPITE THAT, WE NEED TO BE PROFESSIONAL, WE NEED TO BE RESPECTFUL, AND WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT EVERYBODY HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I KEEP ASKING US TO NOT HOOT OR CLAP OR BOO IS BECAUSE WHEN YOU DO SO THEN WE'RE TAKING AWAY THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PERSON WHO IS SPEAKING TO BE HEARD. OTHER THAN THE AFFECTED PARTIES, THE PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO BE COMING UP TO SPEAK, THEY WILL ONLY HAVE THREE MINUTES AND IT'LL BE IMPORTANT FOR EVERYBODY TO BE HEARD. [01:00:03] WE WILL ALSO ASK THAT IF THE PERSON IN FRONT OF YOU HAS ALREADY SAID EVERYTHING YOU WERE GOING TO SAY IN AN EFFORT TO NOT HAVE US HERE TILL 5:00 OR 7:00 AM TOMORROW MORNING, WE'RE GOING TO ASK THAT YOU SAY THAT IN FOR, OR AGAINST, YOU SAY TRAFFIC, YOU CAN SAY WATER OR YOU CAN SAY WHATEVER YOU WANT TO SAY, BUT NOT DO YOUR WHOLE THREE MINUTES UNLESS YOU REALLY NEED TO. EVERYBODY HAS THE RIGHT TO SPEAK. THE PROCEDURES FOR TONIGHT; WE WILL HAVE STATEMENTS BY 13TH FLOOR COUNCIL, MR. BACHMAN THEN CITY COUNCIL, MR. NAUGHT AND CITY COUNCIL, MR. ALLAN. >> IT WOULD CITY STAFF, MS. CALLOWAY. >> CORRECT. WE HAVE A TYPO AND MY APOLOGIES. I'M TRYING TO MAKE SURE I READ IT ALL PROPERLY IN THE RECORD. OUR CITY STAFF SHALL ONLY BE CONSIDERED AS ARGUMENT AND NOT AS TESTIMONY. COUNCIL FOR THE APPLICANT AND THE CITY SHALL NOT BE SUBJECT TO CROSS-EXAMINATION. AS A COMMISSION, WE WILL HAVE THE RIGHT TO REFUSE OR HEAR ANY TESTIMONY WHICH IS IRRELEVANT OR REPETITIVE. THE PETITIONERS THROUGH THEIR COUNCIL, AND MR. BACHMAN WILL MAKE A PRESENTATION. IN ADDITION, MR. BACHMAN SHALL INTRODUCE ANY EXHIBITS AND WITNESSES. FOR CITY THROUGH MS. CALLOWAY WILL MAKE A PRESENTATION. IN ADDITION, SHE WILL INTRODUCE ANY EXHIBITS AND WITNESSES. THEN WE WILL HAVE THE REGISTERED AFFECTED PARTIES WHO ARE IN OPPOSITION TO THE PETITION MAKE THEIR PRESENTATION, INTRODUCE ANY EXHIBITS OR WITNESSES AND AT THAT TIME, YOU CAN CROSS-EXAMINE OR ASK QUESTIONS OF OTHER WITNESSES THAT HAVE ONLY TESTIFIED TO THE ITEM THAT YOU WILL BE ASKING THEM THE QUESTION ON. REGISTERED AFFECTED PARTIES WHO ARE IN SUPPORT OF THE PETITION SHALL MAKE THEIR PRESENTATION, INTRODUCE ANY EXHIBITS AND WITNESSES, AND THEY WILL HAVE THE RIGHT TO ASK QUESTIONS OF ANYBODY WHO HAS EXPRESSED AN OPINION AS A WITNESS, AND ONLY ON THE ITEMS THAT THEY HAD EXPRESSED. THEN AFTER THE WITNESSES TESTIFY AND DOCUMENTS BECOME PART OF THE RECORD, WITNESSES CANNOT CROSS-EXAMINE OR ASK QUESTIONS OF OTHER WITNESSES, ONLY THE AFFECTED PARTIES CAN. IF I'M AN EFFECTED PARTY, COMMISSIONER DANIEL IS MY WITNESS, I CAN ONLY ASK OTHER QUESTIONS, BUT WE CANNOT CROSS-EXAMINE COMMISSIONER DANIEL, THE WITNESS. IF WE'VE GOT THAT WRONG, I'M PRETTY SURE I'LL BE TOLD, RIGHT? I GOT IT RIGHT? >> YES, MA'AM. >> THANK YOU. THE QUESTIONING PARTY MAY NOT MAKE ANY REMARKS, AND THEY ONLY ASK QUESTIONS DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE TESTIMONY PRESENTED. WE WILL THEN GO TO PUBLIC PARTICIPATION AND HEAR FROM THOSE WHO HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. FINALLY, PRESENTATION BY MR. BACHMAN WILL BE MADE IN RESPONSE TO ANY TESTIMONY FROM OTHER PARTIES, THEN THE COMMISSION SHALL DELIBERATE ON THE PETITIONS WITHOUT TAKING ANY FURTHER WITNESSES AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION MAY ASK QUESTIONS OF THOSE WHO PROVIDED TESTIMONY. COMMISSION WILL DELIBERATE ON THE EVIDENCE GIVEN AT THE PROCEEDING AND THEN ONCE THE MOTION TO VOTE ON THE PETITION IS CALLED, THERE'LL BE NO FURTHER DISCUSSION OR DELIBERATION. AT THIS TIME MR. BACHMAN, WILL YOU PLEASE BEGIN YOUR PRESENTATION ON THE LAND USE PLAN AMENDMENT, REZONING, AND DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS TOGETHER, KEEPING IN MIND, EACH OF THEM WILL BE VOTED UPON SEPARATELY. THANK YOU. >> GREAT. THANK YOU. CAN EVERYONE HEAR ME OKAY? GREAT. NEVER HAD A PROBLEM ENUNCIATING. SCOTT BACHMAN ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT. >> ACTUALLY BEFORE YOU GO, ONE MINOR HOUSEKEEPING ITEM, MY APOLOGIES. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, YOU ARE WELCOME TO MOVE ABOUT THE CABINS, SO TO SPEAK. PLEASE DO SO. WE JUST ASK THAT YOU DO SO QUIETLY. AS FOR THIS COMMISSION, WE MUST HAVE THREE PEOPLE ON THE DIAS AT ALL TIMES. IF YOU MUST LEAVE, PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S THREE PEOPLE HERE, IF NOT, WE NEED TO PUT THE MEETING IN RECESS. AT A CERTAIN POINT IN TIME, I'LL BE CALLING A 10-MINUTE RECESS. WE'RE GOING TO HOPE TO GET THROUGH AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE AS WE CAN WITHOUT HAVING TO CALL A RECESS BUT IT'LL BE A 10-MINUTE RECESS WHEN IT'S CALLED. THANK YOU. PLEASE PROCEED. >> GREAT. THANK YOU. I'LL START OVER. SCOTT BACHMAN ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT, AND IT'S A PLEASURE TO SEE YOU ALL AGAIN. PLEASURE TO BE HERE AS YOU'LL HEAR DURING MY PRESENTATION. WE'VE BEEN AT THIS FOR QUITE SOME TIME AND VERY HAPPY TO AT LEAST BE BEFORE THIS BOARD FOR A FINAL DECISION THIS EVENING. BEFORE I GET STARTED, JUST A FEW HOUSEKEEPING ITEMS I'D LIKE TO GO THROUGH, ONE TO ENSURE AND I KNOW BOTH THE CITY ATTORNEY AND THE MAYOR REFERENCED IT, BUT I'M NOT GOING TO BE INTRODUCING EXHIBITS ONE-BY-ONE AS I WORK MY WAY THROUGH, I'M GOING TO TRY TO GIVE A VERY COHESIVE PRESENTATION WITH TWO EXCEPTIONS, WHICH I'LL MENTION IN JUST A MOMENT. BUT I DO JUST WANT TO ENSURE THAT FOR THE RECORD, THIS IS THE STAFF REPORTING AND YOU CAN'T SEE THIS, BUT I'M JUST CONFIRMING THE STAFF REPORT FOR ALL THREE ITEMS, AS WELL AS ALL THE DOCUMENTS ATTACHED TO THE STAFF REPORT ARE PART OF [01:05:01] THE RECORD AS WELL AS ALL OF OUR APPLICATIONS. AGAIN, THESE ARE ALREADY IN THE RECORD. I'M NOT SUBMITTING THESE FOR THE RECORD. I'M JUST USING IT AS AN EXAMPLE. ALL OF OUR APPLICATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THIS PROCESS FOR THE LAND USE, FOR THE ZONING, FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, ALL OF THE VARIOUS EXHIBITS ASSOCIATED WITH THEM, WHICH INCLUDE PLANS, ANALYSES, REPORTS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE. LASTLY, AND I JUST DIDN'T HEAR THIS SAID, SO I JUST LIKE TO CONFIRM, ALL OF THE PRIOR PROCEEDINGS THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE BEFORE THE CITY ARE ALSO PART OF THE RECORD. THE PRIOR CITY COMMISSION MEETINGS, THE PLANNING BOARD MEETING, THINGS OF THAT NATURE AS WELL AND SO I JUST LOOK FOR SOME AFFIRMATION BY EITHER THE CITY ATTORNEY OR ONE OF THE COMMISSIONERS OR THE MAYOR. >> THOSE PRIOR PROCEEDS ARE PART OF RECORD ALSO. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I APPRECIATE THAT. THE PRESENTATION, AS I SAID, I'M GOING TO MAKE IT VERY COHESIVE PRESENTATION, TALK YOU THROUGH A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THE PROJECT, WHAT WE'VE DONE, OUTREACH EFFORTS, THE VARIOUS ISSUES THAT I BELIEVE ARE CONCERNS OF THE CITY, COMMISSIONERS, RESIDENTS, AND WORK OUR WAY FORWARD FROM THERE. I WILL BE INTRODUCING AND PRESENTING TWO WITNESSES DURING MY PRESENTATION THERE AT THE TAIL END OF MY PRESENTATION. THEY'LL GET UP, THEY'LL MAKE A STATEMENT CONSISTENT WITH, AND THEY HAVE A SLIDE IN OUR PRESENTATION. I JUST WANTED THE COMMISSION TO UNDERSTAND THAT AS I WORK MY WAY THROUGH THE PRESENTATION SO IT DOESN'T APPEAR AS THERE'S A DISRUPTION. JUST STARTING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE APPLICANTS, THE ENTITY THAT IS LISTED ON ALL OF THE APPLICATIONS AND IN THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT IS AN AFFILIATE OF 13TH FLOOR HOMES. 13TH FLOOR HOMES FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE NOT AWARE, IS A SOUTH FLORIDA REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT FIRM. THEY ARE HOME BUILDERS. THEY HAVE BEEN BUILDING IN THIS CITY SINCE 2009. I BELIEVE THEY HAVE BUILT MORE HOMES IN THE CITY OVER THE LAST DECADE AND A HALF THAN PROBABLY ANY OTHER BUILDER WITHIN THE CITY. THEY ARE ALSO NOT JUST A HOME-BUILDER, 13TH FLOOR INVESTMENTS AND 13TH FLOOR HOMES IN PARTICULAR, MAKES USE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS, CONDOMINIUM PROJECTS THROUGHOUT SOUTH FLORIDA. THEIR PRIMARY FOCUS IS MIAMI-DADE, BROWARD, AND PALM BEACH COUNTIES. I BELIEVE IF YOU ASK AROUND, THEY HAVE A VERY STELLAR REPUTATION THROUGHOUT THE SOUTH FLORIDA REGION. THE PROJECT ITSELF, AND I KNOW THAT SOME OF YOU HAVE BEEN HERE THROUGHOUT ALL OF THIS, SOME OF YOU THROUGH SOME OF THIS, AND A COUPLE OF YOU ARE RELATIVELY NEW TO THIS AND SO I THANK ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION AND PLEASE BARE WITH ME. I'M GOING TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND AS IT RELATES TO THE PROJECT AND EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE DONE AND A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT 13TH FLOOR SOMEWHAT WITH THIS SLIDE AND THEN IN A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL AS WE GET A LITTLE FURTHER INTO THE PRESENTATION WITH REGARD TO OUTREACH EFFORTS. WHAT YOU SEE UP HERE IS EFFECTIVELY A TIMELINE, BUT THIS TIMELINE AT THE MOMENT IS LIMITED SOLELY TO THE PUBLIC HEARING PROCESS. YOU CAN SEE FROM JUNE OF 2019, BASICALLY THROUGH TODAY, THAT THERE HAVE BEEN A NUMBER OF PUBLIC HEARINGS, BOTH BEFORE BOARDS AT THE CITY AS WELL AS BROWARD COUNTY, AS WELL AS VARIOUS REVIEWS AT THE STATE OF FLORIDA, ALL HAVE RESULTED IN POSITIVE APPROVALS OR CONFORMATIONS AS IT RELATES TO THE INFORMATION THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THE APPLICATIONS. BUT VERY IMPORTANTLY, PRIOR TO THE 2019 TIMEFRAME WITHIN WHICH THIS APPLICATION WAS SUBMITTED AND BEGAN THE PUBLIC HEARING REVIEW PROCESS,13TH FLOOR AND I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THIS COMPANY FOR THE BETTER PART OF 15 YEARS, HAS REALLY DEVELOPED AN OUTREACH PRACTICE. IT'S VERY DIFFERENT THAN A LOT OF DEVELOPERS, ESPECIALLY A LOT OF THE PUBLICLY TRADED DEVELOPERS THAT ALSO DO A LOT OF WORK THROUGHOUT SOUTH FLORIDA. WE STARTED THIS PROCESS IN THE FALL OF 2017, ALMOST TWO YEARS, PROBABLY ABOUT 18 MONTHS BEFORE WE FORMALLY SUBMITTED AN APPLICATION TO THE CITY. WE APPROACHED THE CITY, WE APPROACHED OTHER STAKEHOLDERS, WE APPROACHED THE COMMUNITY ON COUNTLESS OCCASIONS AS YOU'LL SEE IN JUST A FEW SLIDES HERE AND REALLY TRIED TO TAKE THE TEMPERATURE AND GET AN UNDERSTANDING AND TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT AT THE TIME WE WERE CALLING THE 2020 VISION PLAN. OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE WELL BEYOND THAT. BUT AGAIN, THIS STARTED IN SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER OF 2017. I JUST THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THIS COMMISSION TO UNDERSTAND AND WE'VE BEEN AT THIS A LONG TIME. WE'RE GOING ON SIX YEARS FOR THIS PROJECT AND A LOT OF THAT TIME-FRAME EARLY ON WAS REALLY DEVOTED TO OUTREACH AND INVESTMENT IN THE COMMUNITY AND TRYING TO GET AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THE PROJECT AND THE PLAN SHOULD LOOK LIKE. AGAIN, THAT THEME WILL RESONATE THROUGHOUT THE PRESENTATION. SO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE CURRENT PROPERTY, THE OVERALL COMMUNITY, THE CURRENT PROPERTY IN PARTICULAR IN THE NEXT SLIDE WILL ACTUALLY BE A GRAPHIC THAT HONES IN ON THIS IN A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL. BUT THE CURRENT OWNERS, CLUBLINK, THE PROPERTY, AS WE TALKED ABOUT DURING THE WORKSHOP ON MONDAY, [01:10:03] IS 275 ACRES IN TOTAL. WE ARE PROPOSING TO PRESERVE MORE THAN HALF OF THAT AS OPEN SPACE, AND THEN THE BALANCE WILL BE PROPOSED FOR THE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT. THERE ARE 892 HOMES IN THE COMMUNITY AND I THINK VERY IMPORTANTLY, AND WE TOUCHED UPON THIS A LOT DURING OUR EARLIER HEARINGS BACK IN 2019, BUT THERE HAVE ONLY BEEN A COUPLE OF SALES OR TRANSACTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THE GOLF COURSE FOR THIS COMMUNITY. THE COMMUNITY WAS DEVELOPED IN THE LATE '60S, AND THE EARLY '70S. ULTIMATELY, IT WAS EFFECTIVELY TURNED OVER AND WITH THAT, THE COURSE ITSELF WAS SOLD TO THE COMMUNITY. THE COMMUNITY THEN, AND THIS ALL HAPPENED WITHIN A TIMEFRAME IN MID 2000S, TO LATE 2000S, IN THE EARLY 2010S, WHERE YOU REALLY STARTED TO SEE A SIGNIFICANT DECLINE IN GOLF. I'M NOT GOING TO SPEND A LOT OF TIME ON THAT DURING THIS PRESENTATION, BUT THE MEMBERSHIP DWINDLED WITHIN THE WOODLANDS. IT WAS A PRIVATE CLUB AND THE MEMBERSHIP ULTIMATELY DECIDED TO SELL THE CLUB. AND SO YOU SEE IN 2011 IN THAT CLUB, THAT THE MEMBERS SOLD THE CLUB GOLF COURSE TO THE CLUBLINK COMMUNITY. AND VERY NOTABLY, THERE WAS NO USE OR DEED RESTRICTION PLACED ON THE PROPERTY AS PART OF THE SALE. AND SO THAT LEADS US TO WHAT HAPPENED A FEW YEARS LATER AND WHERE WE ARE HERE TODAY. 13TH FLOOR UNDERSTOOD IS A DEVELOPER THAT CLUBLINK AT ONE POINT IN I BELIEVE IT'S 2016, 2017, WAS LOOKING TO MOVE ON FROM THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY AND TO SELL THE CLUB, AND THEY TOOK ADVANTAGE OF AN OPPORTUNITY THAT WAS AFFORDED TO THEM. AND WITH THAT, AS I SAID JUST A FEW MOMENTS AGO, THEY DID NOT SUBMIT APPLICATIONS AND PUSH THEIR WAY THROUGH AN APPROVAL PROCESS AS MANY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPERS WOULD DO IN A SITUATION LIKE THIS. WE SPENT ALMOST A YEAR-AND-A-HALF REALLY TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS. NEVER GOING TO GET IT PERFECT, THERE ARE ALWAYS GOING TO BE CONCERNS AND ISSUES AND INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE CONCERNS WITH A DEVELOPMENT PROPOSAL LIKE THE ONE THAT WE PUT BEFORE YOU, BUT I THINK AS YOU'VE SEEN AND AS YOU'LL SEE THROUGHOUT THE EVENING TONIGHT, BOTH FROM MY SIDE AS WELL AS THE OPPOSITION THAT IS HERE THIS EVENING, THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF CONVERSATION, AND A LOT OF DIALOGUE, AND A LOT OF RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS. I'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR 23 YEARS AND I CAN'T THINK OF A PROCESS THAT I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN THAT HAS BEEN MORE INVOLVED AND TRULY OPEN THAN THIS ONE. I'M SURE THEY'RE GOING TO BE SOME PEOPLE THAT SPEAK THIS EVENING THAT DON'T NECESSARILY AGREE WITH THAT. BUT I THINK THE RECORD THAT I JUST REFERENCED AND INTRODUCE ESTABLISHES THE VOLUMES AND VOLUMES OF ANALYSES THAT HAVE GONE INTO WHAT WE'RE PRESENTING TO YOU THIS EVENING. SO HERE'S THE COMMUNITY. FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE NOT AWARE, AGAIN, 892 HOMES MADE UP OF EIGHT DIFFERENT SECTIONS. SO YOU CAN SEE ALL OF THOSE SECTIONS THERE BEFORE YOU. I THINK VERY NOTABLY THERE ARE TWO SECTIONS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY THAT ARE LARGER ESTATES STYLE HOMES, SECTION 3 AND SECTION 4, THAT ARE A LITTLE SMALLER. THERE IS ALSO AN UMBRELLA ORGANIZATION WITHIN THE WOODLANDS KNOWN AS THE WOODLANDS HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, THAT INCLUDES SECTIONS 1, 2, 5, 6, 7 AND 8. SECTIONS 3 AND SECTION 4 ARE NOT PART OF THE WOODLAND HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, BUT THAT HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION DOES REPRESENT THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY. I CAN'T REMEMBER THE NUMBER, 92, 93, 94 PERCENT OF THE HOMES WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. AGAIN, JUST A QUICK SLIDE HERE, NOT GOING TO GO INTO SIGNIFICANT DETAIL, BUT THERE'S I BELIEVE 46 OR 48 COURSES NOTED ON THIS PARTICULAR SLIDE THAT IS JUST SOUTHERN BROWARD, NORTHERN BROWARD, AND SOUTHERN PALM BEACH COUNTIES, SIGNIFICANTLY MORE COURSES OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST 10-15 YEARS OF CLOSE, CONTINUE TO CLOSE, CONTINUE TO DEAL WITH SIMILAR ISSUES AS TO WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH HERE. AND REALLY THE APPROACH, I WOULD SUGGEST THE LEASES SOMEONE WHO DOES THIS FOR A LIVING, IT'S TRYING TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO DO SO, RESPONSIBLY ENGAGE WITH THE COMMUNITY AND FIGURE OUT A PATH FORWARD FOR WHAT WOULD OTHERWISE BECOME FALLOW LAND THAT IS NOT BEING WELL-MAINTAINED BY WHOEVER HAPPENS TO OWN THE PROPERTY UNDER THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES. AND THAT BRINGS ME TO THIS SLIDE. THESE ARE SLIDES OF PRESENT DAY CONDITIONS OF THE GOLF COURSE. AGAIN, I WANT TO MAKE AN EFFORT TO SEPARATE THE OWNER OF THE GOLF COURSE, CLUBLINK, FROM THE APPLICANT THAT IS HERE BEFORE YOU. OBVIOUSLY, THERE'S A BUYER-SELLER RELATIONSHIP THERE AND THERE IS COMMUNICATION AND IT'S BEEN PASSED ALONG THROUGH MANY OF YOU AND THROUGH OTHERS AT THE CITY ASKING US TO TRY AND HELP WITH MAINTENANCE. AND WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO SO IN SOME CIRCUMSTANCES, BUT IT'S VERY LARGE PIECE OF PROPERTY AND AT THE MOMENT IT'S CERTAINLY FALLEN TO DISREPAIR AND WE VERY MUCH HOPE AND DESIRE THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVITALIZE THIS PORTION OF THE PROPERTY AND REALLY THE OVERALL WOODLAND'S COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. SO THE REQUEST IT'S BEFORE YOU, YOUR CITY ATTORNEY DID READ IT INTO THE RECORD, BUT WE ARE REQUESTING A CHANGE TO THE LAND USE AND THE ZONING, [01:15:01] AND THERE IS ALSO A COMPLIMENTARY DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT THAT TIES ALL OF THE VARIOUS OBLIGATIONS, COMMITMENTS, COMMUNITY BENEFITS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE TO ENSURE THAT THE APPLICANT IS BOUND BY ALL OF THESE, AGAIN, BENEFITS THAT HAVE BEEN OFFERED OR OBLIGATIONS THAT HAD BEEN IMPOSED FOR VARIOUS IMPROVEMENTS WITHIN AND OUTSIDE OF THE COMMUNITY. SO YOU CAN SEE HERE, 275 ACRES IS OBVIOUSLY A LOT. SO THERE WERE TWO GOLF COURSES WITHIN THE COMMUNITY AND THE EXISTING LAND USE WAS COMMERCIAL RECREATION, THE EXISTING ZONING WAS RECREATION COMMERCIAL AND YOU'LL SEE ON A LATER SLIDE WHEN I SHOW YOU THE DIFFERENCE OF WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED TO BE SAVED AND THAT'S ANOTHER BIG PIECE OF SOME OF WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT WITH REGARD TO OPEN SPACE ON MONDAY. WE ACTUALLY, IN ADDITION TO A DEED RESTRICTION, ARE ALSO NOT CHANGING THE LAND USE ON A VERY SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THIS TO ENSURE THAT IT REMAINS AS OPEN SPACE. JUST YET ANOTHER HOOP OR HURDLE TO JUMP THROUGH IF SOMEONE AT SOME POINT IN TIME WERE TO TRY. BUT AGAIN, THERE'S THE FURTHER DEED RESTRICTION THAT WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT TO ENSURE THAT THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN. SO BACK TO WHAT I WAS ALLUDING TO EARLIER. THIS CHART HAS JUST CONTINUED TO GROW AND GROW AND GROW AS THIS APPLICATION HAS GONE IN, BUT WE'VE BEEN AT THIS FOR OVER FIVE YEARS, JUST UNDER SIX. WHEN WE FIRST STARTED I KNOW AND MY CLIENTS HAD ME ATTENDING THE FIRST ONE OR TWO ROUNDS OF SECTION MEETINGS SO THAT'S 8-16 MEETINGS AND THEN I THINK THEY REALIZE THEY DIDN'T NECESSARILY WANT THEIR ATTORNEY AT ALL OF THESE MEETINGS FOR A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT REASONS. BUT ULTIMATELY, THE SECTION MEETINGS, THE WHOA MEETINGS, OTHER LARGE GROUP MEETINGS, OPEN HOUSES FOR THE PROJECT COMMUNITY MEETINGS IN ACCORDANCE WITH CODE THERE HAVE BEEN OVER 40 LARGE GROUP MEETINGS ATTENDED BY. SOME OF THE MEETINGS I WAS IN THERE OR 50, 60, 70 PEOPLE, IF NOT MORE, I BELIEVE THE OPEN HOUSE, IT WAS HELD VERY EARLY IN THE PROCESS BACK IN 2019 AT A COUPLE OF HUNDRED PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE. A LOT OF PEOPLE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY, OBVIOUSLY VERY POLARIZING ISSUE HAD BEEN OBSERVING THESE ISSUES. OBVIOUSLY HEARING THAT NOTICE, AND AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW THAT BASED ON THE WAY YOUR CODE WORKS, THAT NOTICE OBVIOUSLY GOES OUT WITHIN THE COMMUNITY, BUT IT ALSO GOES OUTSIDE OF YOUR COMMUNITY EVERY SINGLE TIME MAILED NOTICE FOR EVERY SINGLE PUBLIC HEARING THAT'S OCCURRED. SO OBVIOUSLY, IT'S NOT LIKE THE WORD HASN'T GOTTEN OUT THERE ABOUT THIS. MY CLIENT IS YOU'LL HEAR DURING THIS PROCESS AND REALLY WHERE WE ARE WITH THE DENSITY TODAY, WE'VE HAD, AGAIN, HUNDREDS AND OVER 1,000 ONE-ON-ONE MEETINGS. THE TEAM AT 13TH FLOOR HAS MADE THEMSELVES AVAILABLE, HAS HELD OPEN HOUSES, BEEN IN INDIVIDUAL'S BACKYARDS ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS, TRYING TO WORK THROUGH AND ADDRESS AND UNDERSTAND EACH INDIVIDUAL'S PARTICULAR CONCERN AS IT RELATES TO THEIR PROPERTY. IF SOMEONE REACHES OUT AND SAID, WILL YOU COME OUT TO MY PROPERTY AND TELL ME HOW THIS IS GOING TO IMPACT ME, MY CLIENTS WENT AND HAD THAT CONVERSATION AND IT RESULTED IN MORE THAN 100 REVISIONS TO THE SITE PLAN JUST SO EVERYONE IS AWARE, THERE IS A SITE PLAN AT THE CITY UNDER REVIEW, MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF COMMENTS, ESSENTIALLY, THAT IS THE SITE PLAN THAT IS MOVING FORWARD, EXHIBIT TO THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, WE'LL DISCUSS THAT IN A LITTLE BIT MORE IN DETAIL AS WELL. BUT ARRIVING IT ALL OF THAT TOOK ALL OF THIS EFFORT AND ALL OF THIS TIME. SO THE CHANGES THAT HAVE OCCURRED. THE VERY FIRST TIME WE REACH OUT TO THE CITY IN 2017, WE SHOWED UP WITH A PLAN. WE HAD DESIRES, WE KNEW WHAT WE WANTED TO DO, WHETHER OR NOT THAT WAS ACTUALLY REALISTIC, BUT WE OBVIOUSLY TOOK A SHOT. IF YOU DON'T ASK, YOU'LL NEVER KNOW AND WE SHOWED UP AT THE CITY WITH A PLAN THAT SHOWED 480 APARTMENTS ON THE CLUBHOUSE PARCEL, AND A NUMBER OF TOWN HOMES AND SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES, 795 UNITS. I BELIEVE THE MAYOR AT THE TIME WAS AROUND AND WE'VE GOT LAUGHED AT AND GET LOST ABSOLUTELY NOT. AND I THINK IT WAS PROBABLY UNDERSTOOD, BUT LIKE I SAID, IF YOU DON'T ASK, YOU DON'T KNOW AND SLOWLY STARTED TO WORK OUR WAY THROUGH A PROCESS. THE PLAN THAT I BELIEVE WE FIRST SUBMITTED TO THE CITY WAS MAJOR REVISION 3, THAT HAD 436 HOMES. BUT WE DID SLOWLY START TO WORK TOWARDS A PLAN THAT WE THOUGHT WE COULD MAKE WORK. MAJOR REVISION 4 IS VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE A LOT OF WHAT YOU MAY HEAR TONIGHT ABOUT TRAFFIC AND DRAINAGE AND ALL OTHER ISSUES, THAT'S CONCURRENCY. THERE ARE LEVELS OF SERVICES ASSOCIATED WITH THAT. ULTIMATELY, WHERE WE ENDED UP ON THIS PROJECT THROUGH THE REVIEW AT THIS CITY AND ALL OF YOUR EXPERTS AND ALL OF OUR EXPERTS AND THE REVIEW AT THE COUNTY WAS 397 HOMES, MEETS LEVEL OF SERVICE, MEETS CONCURRENCY. THAT WORKS. AND SO THERE WAS A PLAN, I BELIEVE THE PLAN THAT WAS PRESENTED AND ULTIMATELY TRANSMITTED WAS 397 HOMES THAT WAS REVIEWED BY THE CITY, TRANSMITTED IN 2019, REVIEWED BY THE COUNTY. AND AGAIN, WE TRIED TO BRING THAT PLAN FORWARD. [01:20:02] YOU'LL SEE AS I GET TO THE SITE PLAN, THERE WERE CERTAINLY SOME CONCERNS AMONGST ALL OF THE OTHERS WITH DENSITY AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. BUT ULTIMATELY WHAT WE ARE PRESENTING BEFORE YOU TODAY, THE SITE PLAN THAT IS IN, THE SITE PLAN THAT IS BOUND TO OUR DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT IS 335 SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES. AND SO WE'LL WORK OUR WAY THROUGH THAT PLAN NOW. ACTUALLY WE WON'T. I'VE GOT A COUPLE OF MORE SLIDES. SO I MENTIONED THE WOODLANDS HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION. AND I GUESS THE NUMBER WAS JUST UNDER 94% WHEN YOU LET OUT SECTIONS 3 AND SECTIONS 4, THERE IS A LETTER OF SUPPORT THAT AS PART OF THIS RECORD, THERE WAS A VOTE THAT WAS TAKEN WITH REGARD TO THE WHOA AND THE WHOA IS SUPPORTIVE OF THIS PROJECT. AGAIN, JUST SHOWING YOU SOME OF THE OUTREACH AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE AND SOME OF THE EVENTS THAT WE'VE HELD, AND NOW WE'LL GET INTO THE PLAN. THE PLAN THAT YOU SEE BEFORE YOU THERE HAS A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT PLOT PODS. AGAIN, 275 ACRES OF TOTAL PROPERTY, BUT YOU SEE THERE'S DEVELOPMENT PODS PRIMARILY ALONG THE EXTERIOR WITH OPEN SPACE PODS AND NEW LAKE AREAS ON THE INTERIOR OF THE COMMUNITY. THE BASE ON THE LAND USE AND ZONING, THE MAXIMUM DENSITY WOULD BE THREE UNDER OUR PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT AND THE RESTRICTIONS THAT ARE BEING IMPOSED, WE ARE ACTUALLY AT 2.1 UNITS TO THE ACRE WHICH YOU'LL SEE ON A LATER SLIDE IS ACTUALLY LESS DENSE THAN THE CURRENT MAKEUP OF THE HOMES WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. IN ADDITION, THERE'S A 68 GOOD RECREATION POD. YOU'LL SEE A PLAN FOR THAT IN JUST A MOMENT, AND I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT THIS A LITTLE BIT ON MONDAY AND IT IS IN THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AS WELL BUT THERE'S ACTUALLY OVER SIX MILES OF PATHWAY WITHIN THE COMMUNITY THAT THEY CIRCULATE IN AND AROUND THE COMMUNITY AND STARTING AND STOPPING PRIMARILY AT THE RECREATION AREA. I MENTIONED EARLIER YOU SAW A SLIDE THAT SHOWED ALL OF THE LAND USE AND ALL OF THE ZONING AS IT CURRENTLY EXISTS, THIS IS WHAT'S PROPOSED TO CHANGE. THIS IS WHAT'S IN OUR APPLICATIONS. AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE THE THOUGHT THAT WENT IN AND THE MANY MONTHS AND MANY MEETINGS THAT WENT INTO TRYING TO DESIGN THE LEAST IMPACTFUL PLAN POSSIBLE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. THE MAJORITY OF THE DEVELOPMENT IS PROPOSED AROUND THE OUTSIDE OF PERIMETER, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, WITH ALL OF THE OPEN SPACES STAYING ON THE INTERIOR, AND AGAIN, WE ARE NOT PROPOSING TO CHANGE ALL OF IT AS YOU SEE, EVERYTHING YOU SEE IN GREEN THERE IS EITHER OPEN SPACE OR LAKE AND IS STAYING WITH A RECREATION AND OPEN SPACE OR RC LAND USE AND ZONING DESIGNATION NOT PROPOSED TO BE CHANGED. THIS IS A SLIDE I MENTIONED A FEW MOMENTS AGO. I THINK IT IS VERY IMPACTFUL, IT TALKS ABOUT THE EXISTING DENSITY WITHIN THE COMMUNITY FOR THE 192 HOMES AT 3.1 UNITS TO THE ACRE OVER THE GROSS OF WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING ON THE 275 WHERE 1.2 LESSING OUT WHAT WE'RE JUST PROPOSING TO DEVELOP, WHERE AT 2.1 UNITS TO THE ACRE WHICH BLENDS THE OVERALL DENSITY WITHIN THE WOODLANDS COMMUNITY AT 2.2. THE GRAPHIC ITSELF I ALSO THINK IS VERY TELLING WITH ONE OR TWO VERY CLOSE EXCEPTIONS. OUR PROPOSED DENSITY ON EVERY SINGLE ONE OF OUR DEVELOPMENT PODS IS ACTUALLY LESS THAN THE SECTION ADJACENT TO IT. I THINK THE ONE EXCEPTION IS UP ADJACENT TO SECTION 3, AND AGAIN, IT'S VERY CLOSE BUT AS A WHOLE THE OVERALL DENSITY IS MUCH LESS THAN THE ADJACENT DENSITY. IN THE LAST SLIDE AGAIN, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT CLOSES GOLF COURSES. THESE ARE ALL GOLF COURSES THAT HAVE BEEN PROPOSED FOR DEVELOPMENT OR REDEVELOPED OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST 10 PLUS YEARS, AND YOU CAN SEE DENSITY IS AS HIGH AS OVER 10 AND THEN SLOWLY WORKING THEIR WAY DOWN, AND WE ARE VERY MUCH IN THE BOTTOM HERE AT 2.1 UNITS TO THE ACRE. GETTING A LITTLE MORE INTO THE PROJECT, THE VISUALS, WHAT THIS MIGHT LOOK LIKE. THESE ARE ALL PARTS OF THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT EXHIBITS, COMMITMENTS THAT ARE BEING MADE BY THE DEVELOPER. A LOT OF WHAT WE HEARD IS WE CAME IN AND AS I BELIEVE ALL OF YOU ARE AWARE, 13TH FLOOR DID DEVELOP COMMUNITIES THAT ARE A LITTLE FURTHER EAST OF HERE AND THERE WAS A LOT OF CONCERN AS WE WORKED OUR WAY THROUGH THAT THOSE WERE ROW HOUSES AND THEY WERE VERY TALL AND SKINNY AND EVERYTHING LOOKS THE SAME AND IT'S ALL COOKIE CUTTER AND SO WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME, WE WORKED VERY LONG AND HARD WITH OUR ARCHITECT. I DON'T KNOW PROBABLY OUR 7TH, 8TH, 9TH ITERATION OF DIFFERENT ARCHITECTURAL ELEVATIONS WE'LL PROPOSE, AND A LOT OF THAT WAS BASED ON, AGAIN, WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY, LISTENING TO WHAT WAS DESIRED IF THERE WAS A PROJECT THAT WAS GOING TO MOVE FORWARD HERE, AND A LOT OF IT WAS, WE WANT TO SEE A NEW TWIST ON WHAT'S HERE AND [01:25:04] WHAT'S THERE IS EFFECTIVELY MID-CENTURY MODERN ARCHITECTURE, AND YOU CAN SEE IT WHEN YOU GO OUT THERE AND THE MANNER IN WHICH THE RULES ARE DESIGNED IN PITCHED AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE, AND SO WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME WORKING ON THIS, AND SO THESE ARE TWO FRONT AND REAR ELEVATIONS THAT YOU SEE THERE THAT WILL BE PART OF THE PACKAGE, AND THEN WE'VE GOT FOUR MORE HERE. WE DON'T HAVE THE REARS THAT ARE QUITE READY YET BUT FOUR MORE, ALL DIFFERENT DESIGNS, ALL DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS, WHETHER IT'S FRONT TO BACK OR SIDE-TO-SIDE OR A COMBINATION OF BOTH, AND THEN ULTIMATELY, AND I KNOW THAT THIS HAS BEEN A QUESTION OF MANY OF YOU AND THESE ARE ALL THINGS THAT ARE BEING COMMITTED TO AS PART OF THE PROJECT. THERE ARE GOING TO BE, I CAN'T REMEMBER WHO ASKED US ON MONDAY, BUT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AT LEAST 15 BASE IN SEMI CUSTOM FLOOR PLANS WITH FOUR DIFFERENT ELEVATION TYPES. YOU CAN PUT STONE, YOU CAN HAVE DIFFERENT ROOF TYPES, WHATEVER IT MAY BE. EACH PLAN WILL HAVE FOUR OPTIONS AT A MINIMUM FOR A DIFFERENT LOOK. THEN THAT RESULTS IN 60 DIFFERENT HOME CONFIGURATIONS. NOW A LOT OF THAT IS BASED ON CUSTOMER PREFERENCE AND HOW THEY WANT TO DESIGN AND WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR, BUT THERE'S GOING TO BE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF VARIETY. THE OTHER THING THAT'S BEING DONE AND I'VE SPOKEN WITH THE PLANNING AND ZONING DIVISION ABOUT THIS AND IT'S ALREADY PART OF THE SITE PLAN PACKAGE AND BEING REVIEWED BY THE CITY IS THEY'RE GOING TO BE TEARS ON THE SITE PLAN SO THAT THERE'S DIFFERENT, I CAN'T REMEMBER THE WORD IS ESCAPING ME RIGHT NOW, BUT WE'RE GOING TO BASICALLY SET BACK LOTS SO THAT YOU'VE GOT A FEW FEET AND SO THAT YOU DON'T HAVE A LONG ROW OF HOMES THAT LOOK IDENTICAL TO ONE ANOTHER, SIDE-BY-SIDE BY-SIDE, JUST TO GIVE ANOTHER DIFFERENT DIMENSION AND APPEARANCE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. MINIMUM SQUARE FOOTAGES ARE 2,000 SQUARE FT. THAT'S ON THE SMALLER 54 FOOT LOTS, THAT IS MINIMUM. THAT IS A SMALLEST AC SQUARE FOOTAGE THAT WE WILL HAVE. THOSE OLD GRADUALLY GET LARGER TO OVER 3,500 SQUARE FT. AGAIN, THERE ARE BONUS ROOMS AND OPTIONS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. IF IT FITS WITHIN THE LOT THAT A CUSTOMER CHOOSES, AND SO THE SQUARE FOOTAGES COULD GET PRETTY HIGH. HOWEVER NOTABLY IN, I THINK VERY IMPORTANTLY, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF POG, WHICH I'LL SHOW YOU AGAIN IN A MOMENT, THE VERY SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE PROJECT ADJACENT TO 44. EVERY HOME IN THE COMMUNITY IS ONE STORY, AND SO BETWEEN SETBACKS AND LOT SIZE AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. AGAIN, OVER 2,000 SQUARE FT, BUT WITHOUT A SECOND STORY YOU CAN ONLY HAVE SO MUCH SQUARE FOOTAGE, AND SO I THINK THAT'S OBVIOUSLY SOMETHING THAT AGAIN, AND LISTENING TO THE COMMUNITY AND LISTENING TO COMMISSION QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS, WE WERE ABLE TO REALLY GET A HANDLE ON IN TERMS OF RESTRICTING THAT ONE STORY SQUARE FOOTAGE, YOU'LL HAVE 3, 4, AND 5 BEDROOMS. ESTIMATED HOME PRICING IF THIS WERE TO START TODAY WOULD PROBABLY BE IN THE 700S AND HOMES WOULD EASILY SELL INTO THE MILLIONS. A LOT OF THE THEME, AND FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT WERE HERE THE LAST TIME WE MADE A BIG PRESENTATION TO THE CITY, IT WAS THEMED A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY. IT WAS ALL ABOUT WHICH REMAINS THE CASE AND ARE ALL STILL BINDING OBLIGATIONS IN OUR DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, BUT AESTHETIC IMPROVEMENTS AND INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS AND AMENITIES. YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A FEW SLIDES THAT TALK ABOUT THAT RIGHT NOW. IT WAS JUST STRUCTURED AND THEMED A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY AS WE WORKED THROUGH IT. LOOK, THE WOODLANDS WAS BUILT 50 PLUS YEARS AGO. IT'S AN OLDER, AGING, DATED COMMUNITY. OBVIOUSLY, THE GOLF COURSE GOING OUT OF BUSINESS DOESN'T HELP MATTERS. 30TH FLOOR HERE AND IN MANY OTHER COMMUNITIES IS TRYING TO BRING A LITTLE BIT OF NEW LIFE AND ADD A LITTLE BIT MORE RESILIENCY. IN DOING SO, WE ARE PROPOSING A NUMBER OF NEW IMPROVEMENTS TO THE COMMUNITY. ALL OF WHICH ARE IN OUR DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT. BUFFER WALLS, AND FENCES, AND BEAUTIFICATION AROUND THE EXTERIOR TO TRY AND CLOSE OFF THE COMMUNITY. INTERIOR BUFFER IMPROVEMENTS, NEW LAKES AS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, FOUNTAINS, AND MANY OF THOSE NEW LAKES. NEXT SLIDE, WE'LL SHOW SOME OF THE ENTRANCE IMPROVEMENTS. YOU SAW SOME OF THIS ON MONDAY AS WELL, AND THEN SOME OF THE OTHER COMPONENTS AND PROBABLY ONE OF THE BIGGEST THAT I KNOW THERE'S CERTAINLY SOME CONCERN ABOUT, ESSENTIALLY IS CONTROLLED ACCESS FOR THIS COMMUNITY. INTERESTINGLY, JUST FOR THE COMMISSION'S OWN INFORMATION BACK IN 2015, 2016, RESIDENTS OF THE COMMUNITY, WERE PROPOSING TO GATE THE COMMUNITY. THEY DIDN'T HAVE ACCESS FOR EXAMPLE ON 64TH OR THE PROPOSED NEW ACCESS THROUGH THE BEASLEY CENTER. IT WAS A LITTLE DIFFERENT. I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED. IT DIDN'T MOVE FORWARD, BUT IT'S NOT THE FIRST TIME THAT THIS HAS BEEN DISCUSSED. AS WE CAME IN AND STARTED LISTENING TO RESIDENTS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY, WE HEARD A LOT ABOUT THIS AND ABOUT WANTING TO MOVE FORWARD IN THIS DIRECTION. WE DIDN'T COME UP WITH THIS IDEA. THIS WASN'T A 13TH FLOOR SUGGESTION, [01:30:03] BUT AS WE REALLY START TO DIGEST IT AND UNDERSTAND WHETHER OR NOT IT WAS POSSIBLE, WE ACTUALLY THOUGHT IT WAS A REALLY GOOD CONCEPT TO ALSO HELP REALLY PUSHED FORWARD AND BRING SOME NEW LIFE INTO THIS COMMUNITY. THE IDEA IS THAT THERE WILL BE A MAIN RESIDENT AND GUEST ACCESS POINT OFF OF WOODLANDS BOULEVARD AND COMMERCIAL. THERE WILL BE THREE OTHER MAIN ACCESS POINTS FOR RESIDENT ACCESS ON 64TH SAGO PALM. THAT PROPOSED NEW ACCESS WHICH MY CLIENT HAS GONE OUT AND PURCHASE TWO ACRES FROM THE BEASLEY COMMUNICATION TOWER SITE IN ORDER TO PROVIDE ACCESS AND DO THAT PORTION OF THE GOLF COURSE, IT WON'T PROVIDE ACCESS TO THE ENTIRETY OF THE COMMUNITY. BUT THAT WAS A VERY IMPORTANT ACCESS POINT BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE A LOT OF THE NEW HOMES ARE ACTUALLY LOCATED. THEN THERE ARE FOUR LOCATIONS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY WHERE ACCESS INTO THE COMMUNITY IS BEING RESTRICTED. IT WILL NOT PREVENT OR PROHIBIT EMS OR FIRE ACCESS. THERE WILL BE KNOX BOXES. WE'VE MET AND SPOKEN WITH FIRE AND EMS AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO AS THIS MOVES FORWARD TO ENSURE THAT IT DOES NOT IMPEDE THEIR RESPONSE TIMES IN ANY WAY. BUT IT WILL RESTRICT ACCESS IN AND ALLOW ACCESS OUT OF THE COMMUNITY. STICKING WITH THE TRAFFIC THEME, WE DID DISCUSS THIS IN SOME DETAIL AT THE WORKSHOP ON MONDAY, AND IT'S BEEN A LENGTHY DISCUSSION POINT THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS. MY CLIENT IS PROPOSING FIVE MAJOR ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS IN THE VICINITY OF THE WOODLANDS. THE FIRST AND IT'S MORE THAN JUST THAT EASTBOUND. THAT'S AN OLD SLIDE, BUT THE FIRST ON 64TH THERE IS ACTUALLY GOING TO BE SUBSTANTIAL IMPROVEMENTS TO A LEFT, A THROUGH AND A RIGHT. CURRENTLY THERE ARE ONLY TWO LANES. THE LEFT TURN LANE IS VERY LIMITED IN SIZE. THERE ARE SUBSTANTIAL IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE GOING TO OCCUR AT THAT INTERSECTION. THE INTERSECTION OF COMMERCIAL AND ROCK ISLAND IS PERHAPS WHERE THE MOST SUBSTANTIAL IMPROVEMENTS WILL BE MADE. THERE WILL BE AN ADDITIONAL EASTBOUND RIGHT TURN LANE ADDED ON ROCK ISLAND ALLOWS FOR MORE STACKING AND MORE STORAGE. PERHAPS AS IMPORTANT, IF NOT MORE IMPORTANT, IS A RIGHT-HAND TURN LANE FROM COMMERCIAL ONTO ROCK ISLAND HEADING SOUTHBOUND. THERE'S ANOTHER ONE I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT, WHICH IS THE NEXT ONE. THOSE ARE NOT POSSIBLE, ABSOLUTELY IMPOSSIBLE. THERE ARE FDOT COMMENTS TO THAT EFFECT WITHOUT THE GOLF COURSE PROPERTY. THERE IS NO RIGHT OF WAY AVAILABLE TO MAKE THESE IMPROVEMENTS. THESE IMPROVEMENTS PROVIDE SIGNIFICANT AND SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES TO THE INTERSECTION IN TERMS OF DELAY TIMES, WHICH ARE TRAFFIC ENGINEER CAN TALK TO A LITTLE BIT LATER. THE ONLY ABILITY IN ORDER TO CONSTRUCT THIS RIGHT-HAND TURN ONTO ROCK ISLAND. THEN THE NEXT SLIDE, THE RIGHT-HAND TURN FROM COMMERCIAL INTO WOODLANDS, WHICH ARE CRITICALLY IMPORTANT FOR GETTING VEHICLES OFF OF A CROWDED STREET AND ALLOWING THEM TO STACK AND TURN INTO THE COMMUNITY. WE'RE ON TO ROCK ISLAND. THESE ARE ONLY POSSIBLE AS PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT. THEN THE LAST IS AND THERE IS RIGHT AWAY AVAILABLE FOR THIS, BUT THE LAST IS AN ADDITIONAL RIGHT-HAND TURN LANE FROM ROCK ISLAND INTO THE ACCESS POINT PROPOSED OF EXISTING, BUT THE NEW ENTRANCE POINT ON SAGO PALM. THOSE IMPROVEMENTS, AT LEAST A FEW OF THE ONES THAT I MENTIONED WITH ONE EXCEPTION AT 64TH, RESULT IN IMPROVEMENTS. IN SOME CASES, VERY SMALL, SEVEN SECONDS AND NINE SECONDS, THAT COMMERCIAL AND WOODLANDS. IT'S AN IMPROVEMENT. IT ADDRESSES AND MITIGATES [BACKGROUND] FOR THE 335 HOMES THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED. COMMERCIAL AND ROCK ISLAND WILL ACTUALLY RESULT IN VERY SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS IN TERMS OF SECONDS OF DELAY AT THAT INTERSECTION. >> MR. BACHMAN, PLEASE HOLD UP. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PLEASE. WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO HEAR HIM. THANK YOU. >> I MENTIONED A COMMERCIAL AND 64TH WHERE IS AN AM EIGHT SECOND IMPROVEMENT, A SLIGHT DELAY IN THE AFTERNOON, EVEN WITH THOSE IMPROVEMENTS, WHICH MEANS OBVIOUSLY THAT CURRENTLY IT'S SUBSTANTIALLY MORE THAN THAT. I MENTIONED INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE BEING MADE, AGAIN, A 50 PLUS YEAR OLDS COMMUNITY. WE'VE HAD MULTIPLE MEETINGS AND CONVERSATIONS WITH ENGINEERING PUBLIC WORKS. GOING BACK TO THE EARLY PARTS OF THIS PROJECT DURING THE SITE PLANNING PROCESS, THAT WATER, SEWER, DRAINAGE IN PARTICULAR, AND PROBABLY MOST IMPORTANTLY, THE GRAPHIC THAT YOU SEE THERE, EVERYTHING IN BLUE IS PROPOSED AS NEW LAKE. WE DON'T NEED THAT MUCH NEW LAKE FOR THE 335 HOMES THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED TO DEVELOP. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT 13TH FLOOR CAME IN AND COMMITTED TO DO AS [01:35:02] PART OF THIS PROJECT WAS ENSURE THAT WE WERE GOING TO HELP ADDRESS DRAINAGE AND FLOODING CONCERNS THAT HAPPENED IN THIS COMMUNITY WHEN THERE ARE MAJOR STORMS BECAUSE THIS PROJECT WAS DESIGNED AND BUILT 50 YEARS AGO UNDER VERY DIFFERENT DRAINAGE STANDARDS THAN EXISTS TODAY. WE ARE BUILDING SUBSTANTIALLY MORE NEW LAKE, OBVIOUSLY CREATING LAKEFRONT AND A LOT OF BACKYARDS IN ORDER TO ADDRESS THAT ISSUE. THAT WILL NOT JUST HELP THE WOODLANDS COMMUNITY. WE ARE PART OF A LARGER DRAINAGE BASIN. OUR CIVIL ENGINEERS HEAR CAN TESTIFY AND ADDRESS ALL THIS. IT IS ALL IN THE DOCUMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED IN THE RECORD, BUT THIS WILL HELP UP AND DOWNWARD FLOW FOR WATER WITHIN THE CITY, WITHIN THIS PARTICULAR DRAINAGE BASIN. ACROSS COMMERCIAL, IT FLOWS THROUGH AND IT FLOWS OUT, AS I UNDERSTAND IT TO THE CANALOGIES INTO THE TURNPIKE. ADDING THIS MUCH ADDITIONAL DRAINAGE HELPS THE COMMUNITY WITHOUT ANY DOUBT, BUT GOES BEYOND THAT AND HELPS THE CITY AS A WHOLE. I MENTIONED THE AMENITIES CAMPUS. WHAT YOU SEE HERE IS EFFECTIVELY A CONCEPTUAL SITE PLAN THAT WILL BE ULTIMATELY SUBMITTED AS PART OF THE FINAL SITE PLAN THAT IS CURRENTLY IN AND UNDER REVIEW. WE WENT THROUGH THIS IN THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT. THE IDEA IS TO INCREASE AMENITIES AND OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. THESE WILL CERTAINLY BE AVAILABLE TO SECTION 9 MEMBERS AND AS THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT POINTS OUT, ARE ALSO AVAILABLE TO RESIDENTS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY, THERE WILL BE A SMALL CHARGE IN ALL LIKELIHOOD THAT IS YET TO BE DETERMINED. BUT THERE WILL BE ADDITIONAL AMENITIES AND POOLS AND CLASSES AND LEISURE AND ACTIVE USES WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. YOU CAN SEE FROM THE CLUBHOUSE STICKING WITH THE MID-CENTURY MODERN CONCEPT. THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF THE CITY AND UPDATED ECONOMIC IMPACT ANALYSIS IS PART OF THE RECORD AND WAS VERY RECENTLY SUBMITTED TO MS. CALLOWAY AS WELL. IN DARK GREENS WITH THE BOTTOM HALF OF THE SLIDES ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE, THE RECURRENT TAX REVENUE ASSOCIATED WITH THE GOLF COURSE PROPERTY TODAY, THE RECURRING TAX REVENUES, SO YEAR-OVER-YEAR TO THE CITY IS THE $2.27 MILLION NUMBER. THEN ALL OF THE UPFRONT BUILDER FEES IMPACT FEES, WATER AND SEWER FEES, PERMIT FEES, THINGS OF THAT NATURE IS A $7.1 MILLION NUMBER FOR THE CITY. OTHER RELATES TO THE SCHOOL BOARD, TO BROWARD COUNTY, TO OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, THE DRAINAGE DISTRICT, THINGS OF THAT NATURE THAT ALSO HAVE FEES ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROJECT, ALL OUTLINED IN AN ECONOMIC IMPACT ANALYSIS THAT IS PART OF THE RECORD. HERE'S WHERE I'M GOING TO INTRODUCE MY FIRST EXPERT. I'M GOING TO ASK LESLIE DEUTSCHE TO COME UP AND JUST MAKE SOME COMMENTS TO THE COMMISSION ABOUT VALUATION. THANK YOU. >> HI, THANK YOU. MY NAME IS LESLIE DEUTSCHE. I'M A MANAGING PRINCIPAL AT JOHN BURNS REAL ESTATE CONSULTING. WE'RE A NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED INDEPENDENT REAL ESTATE RESEARCH FIRM. 13TH FLOOR HAD ASKED US TO WRITE A REPORT TO TALK ABOUT THE VALUES OF HOMES ON GOLF COURSES. WE DID A REPORT THAT SHOWED THAT FOUR GOLF COURSES, WE TOOK FOUR OF THEM ACROSS THE STATE AND GATHERED ANNUAL VALUE ESTIMATES FOR THE HOMES THAT WERE EXISTING ON THE GOLF COURSE. WE WANTED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT HAPPENED WHEN THE GOLF COURSE IS REDEVELOPED. WHAT WE DID WAS WE FOUND THAT WHEN THE GOLF COURSES WERE CLOSED AND WEREN'T IN USE, THE VALUES OF THE HOMES SURROUNDING THE GOLF COURSE TYPICALLY STARTED TO DECLINE AND THEY SOFTENED COMPARED TO THE MSA AND THE ZIP CODE AND THE SUB-MARKET AROUND THEM. A LOT OF THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE UNCERTAINTY OF WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN TO THE GOLF COURSE. WHEN THESE GOLF COURSES WERE REDEVELOPED, AND THERE WAS A PLAN IN PLACE, AND IT WAS A CLEAR PLAN IN PLACE, WE FOUND THAT THERE WAS AN IMPROVEMENT IN THE HOME VALUES AND THIS IMPROVEMENT WAS MORE THAN THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE SURROUNDING AREAS. WE DID ALL OF THIS WITH PROPERTY APPRAISER AND PUBLICLY AVAILABLE INFORMATION. >> THANK YOU. THE FULL REPORT IS PART OF THE RECORD, THE BACKUP HAS BEEN SUBMITTED TO THE CITY. JUST A COUPLE OF MINUTES ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT. WE DID SPEND A LOT OF TIME ON MONDAY. JUST A FEW POINTS THROUGH TWO SLIDES. BUT LOOK, AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT IS WHAT LOCKS THIS DEVELOPER, THIS APPLICANT, INTO ALL OF THE OBLIGATIONS, ALL OF THE COMMITMENTS, ALL OF THE BENEFITS THAT ARE OUT THERE. WE'VE HEARD THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS FROM EVERYONE WE'VE SPOKEN TO WITHIN THE COMMUNITY AT THE VERY BEGINNING, THERE WERE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WERE VERY SKEPTICAL. MANY OF THEM HAVE BECOME SUPPORTERS OF THIS PROJECT. THERE'S STILL A LOT OF OPPOSITION AND THEY'RE STILL SAYING THAT THERE'S NOTHING TYING THIS APPLICANT TO ALL OF THESE OBLIGATIONS, AND THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT THIS DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT DOES. THE STAFF REPORT ACKNOWLEDGES THAT AS WELL, JUST A FEW HIGHLIGHTS. NOT ONLY DOES THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, BUT DEED RESTRICTIONS, BY THE WAY, SEPARATE DEED RESTRICTIONS ALREADY WENT TO BROWARD COUNTY, [01:40:03] BUT THE CITY WILL HAVE ITS OWN DEED RESTRICTION THAT WILL BE TO THE BENEFIT OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC, TO THE WOODLANDS HOMEOWNER'S ASSOCIATION AND THE SECTIONS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. WE WILL BE ENCUMBERING OUR PROPERTY TO THEIR BENEFIT. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES DO I BELIEVE THAT 100 PERCENT OF EVERYONE WITHIN THAT COMMUNITY IS EVER GOING TO ALLOW ANY CHANGE BEYOND THAT 335 UNITS. MY POINT THERE IS THERE ARE PROBABLY FOUR OR FIVE VARIOUS LEGAL DOCUMENTS IN ADDITION TO ALL OF THE APPROVALS THAT RESTRICT THE PROPERTY TO 335 SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES. THE OPEN SPACE HAS ALSO BEEN DISCUSSED. AGAIN, WE WILL HAVE A DEED RESTRICTION TO THE BENEFIT OF THE SAME GROUPS. IT WILL BE A MINIMUM OF 160 ACRES. AGAIN, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, A VARIETY OF LEGAL DOCUMENTS, INCLUDING THE FACT THAT THE LAND USE AND THE ZONING IS NOT CHANGING AS PART OF THE OPEN SPACE COMMITMENT. THE NEW CLUBHOUSE AND AMENITY CAMPUS CONSISTENCY AND THERE'S SUBSTANTIAL LANGUAGE IN THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT THAT RELATES TO THE SITE PLAN AND THE ATTACHMENTS BEING THE FINAL DOCUMENTS SUBJECT TO FINAL APPROVAL BY THE CITY AS WELL AS ULTIMATELY THE CITY COMMISSION, A VARIETY OF VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS, WHICH I'LL ADDRESS IN A MOMENT ON THE NEXT PAGE. THAT THE COSTS AND VERY IMPORTANTLY, AND THIS HAS BEEN A VERY BIG CONCERN THAT WE'VE HEARD THROUGHOUT AS WELL, THERE WILL NOT BE A SINGLE DOLLAR ASSESSED OR ASKED OF ANY OF THE EXISTING HOMES WITHIN THE WOODLANDS COMMUNITY. ALL COSTS FOR EVERY COMMITMENT HERE WILL BE BORNE BY THE DEVELOPER OR BY THE SECTION 9 COMMUNITY, WHETHER THEY ARE IMMEDIATE IMPACTS OR THEY ARE FUTURE IMPACTS. THEY WILL BE EMBODIED WITHIN THE PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION DOCUMENTS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. JUST FOR THE RECORD, I'M GOING TO READ ALL OF THESE IN. SOME OF THEM ARE ALREADY IN THERE. OTHERS HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED PREVIOUSLY. PERIMETER LANDSCAPE AND BUFFER IMPROVEMENTS SURROUNDING THE WOODLANDS. PAYMENT TO THE CITY FOR NEW BUFFER WALL ON THE EAST SIDE OF ROCK ISLAND. PAYMENT TO THE CITY FOR BUFFER ENHANCEMENTS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD ACROSS FROM THE WOODLANDS, $150,000 PAYMENT FOR TRAFFIC STUDY, WE ARE BEARING THE COST OF THE TRAFFIC STUDY FOR TRAFFIC IMPROVEMENTS, WHICH IS WHAT IT SAYS IN THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT TO WOODLANDS INTERIOR ROADWAYS. PROPORTIONATE SHARE COST OF $114,964 TO FDOT, THAT IS TO ADDRESS FDOT NEEDS. YOU HAVE AN ITEM ON YOUR AGENDA THAT ADDRESSES THAT THIS EVENING IF ALL OF THIS GOES FORWARD. COMMITMENT TO FUND NUMEROUS OFFSITE IMPROVEMENTS, MANY OF WHICH I JUST TOUCHED ON IN MY PRESENTATION, $670,000 PAYMENT TO THE CITY FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING, A $250,000 PAYMENT TO VARIOUS CHARITIES IMPACTING THE CITY AND ITS RESIDENTS. FUNDING OF A CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER THAT IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE WOODLANDS OVERLAY DISTRICT OUTLINED IN THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, $150,000 CONTRIBUTION FOR TRAFFIC CALMING MEASURES ON NORTH WOODLANDS BOULEVARD, AND THAT WILL BE AMENDED TO ADD MAINLANDS 8, $750,000 CONTRIBUTION TO THE CITY FOR PURCHASING CONSTRUCTION OF THE PLANNED EAST SIDE COMMUNITY CENTER, $120,000 CONTRIBUTION TO THE CITY'S RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS SPECIFIC TO EAST SIDE COMMUNITIES, $178,400 CONTRIBUTION TO A COMMUNITY ENHANCEMENT FUND CONTROLLED BY THE CITY FOR CLEANING AND MAINTENANCE OF IMPACTS WITHIN THE WOODLANDS COMMUNITY. A $250,000 CONTRIBUTION TO THE CITY'S LANDSCAPE BEAUTIFICATION FUND, AND $925,000 TO ASSOCIATIONS ALONG COMMERCIAL AND ROCK ISLAND ACROSS FROM THE WOODLANDS COMMUNITY, ALL OF WHICH ARE NAMED THERE AND WILL BE LISTED IN THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT. I AM NOW GOING TO INTRODUCE MY SECOND EXPERT, HOWARD NELSON, WHO WILL SPEAK TO ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS THAT ARE CONCERNS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROJECT. >> THANK YOU, SCOTT. MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, MY NAME IS HOWARD NELSON. I CHAIR THE ENVIRONMENTAL PRACTICE GROUP AT THE LAW FIRM OF BILZIN SUMBERG. I HAVE CONCENTRATED IN MY PRACTICE ON ENVIRONMENTAL LAW, INCLUDING CONTAMINATION ASSESSMENT AND REMEDIATION FOR THE PAST 30 YEARS. I'M ALSO ADJUNCT PROFESSOR AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI LAW SCHOOL IN THEIR LLM PROGRAM ON LAND DEVELOPMENT LAW WITH RESPECT TO ENVIRONMENTAL DUE DILIGENCE. I ALSO HAVE THE PLEASURE OF BEING ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL TO 13TH FLOOR ON MANY OF ITS ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECTS. NOT ALL OF THEM, BUT WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT LATER. I APOLOGIZE IN ADVANCE, I'VE GOT A BLOW UP OF THAT IN FRONT. I JUST FINISHED CATARACT SURGERY AND I'M HAVING A HARD TIME ON THAT FIELD OF VISION FOCUS. MR. BACHMAN ASKED ME TO COME UP AND SPEAK BECAUSE APPARENTLY THERE'S A BIT OF COMMUNITY CONFUSION AND MISINFORMATION REGARDING THE PROCESS OF ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION ON GOLF COURSES. [01:45:07] YES, MA'AM. I'VE NEVER BEEN ACCUSED OF HAVING A SMALL VOICE BEFORE, BUT YES. A LOT OF COMMUNITY CONFUSION ON THE PROCESS AND IMPACTS OF GOLF COURSE REMEDIATION AND AS WE ALL KNOW FOR THOSE OF US WHO ARE LONG-TERM BROWARD COUNTY RESIDENTS BROWARD COUNTY HAS A PHENOMENAL HISTORY OF GREAT AGRICULTURAL LAND, MUCH OF TAMARAC WAS ORIGINALLY AGRICULTURAL, MUCH OF MARGATE WHERE I GREW UP WAS ORIGINALLY AGRICULTURAL AS WELL AS GOLF COURSE COMMUNITIES. AS PART OF THE PROCESS FOR AGRICULTURAL LANDS FOR CATTLE PASTURES, FOR GOLF COURSES, ALL OF THOSE USERS HISTORICALLY OVER TIME WERE ALLOWED TO LEGALLY APPLY INSECTICIDES, FUNGICIDES, RODENTICIDES, FERTILIZERS TO THEIR PROPERTY TO KEEP IT NICE AND GREEN. ALL OF THOSE PRACTICES ALSO LEAVE A SIGNATURE IN THE SOIL WHICH MUST BE ADDRESSED SOONER OR LATER WHEN THE CHANGE OF USE COMES BECAUSE THERE ARE STILL IMPACTS IN THE SOIL. IF YOU LOOK THROUGH THE PROCESS AND I ALSO APOLOGIZE FOR SMALL TYPOGRAPHICAL ERROR ON THIS ONE SLIDE BUT THE REDEVELOPMENT OF GOLF COURSES AND SIMILAR PROPERTIES IE AGRICULTURAL USES STRICTLY GOVERNED IN BROWARD COUNTY BY BOTH THE REQUIREMENTS OF SUB-SECTION 62-780 NOT 623-780. AGAIN, MY APOLOGIES. FLORIDA ADMINISTRATIVE CODE AND CHAPTER 27 OF THE BROWARD COUNTY CODE. AS THEY RELATE TO THE PROCESS YOU GO THROUGH FOR ASSESSING A SITE, COMING UP WITH A REMEDIAL PLAN, UNDERTAKING THAT PLAN SAFELY AND THEN CERTIFYING THAT PLAN HAS BEEN COMPLETED. THE INITIAL ASSESSMENT HAPPENED ON THIS PROPERTY YEARS AND YEARS AGO. A PHASE 1 REPORT AND INITIAL SITE ASSESSMENT CONSISTENT WITH THE LAND USE APPLICATION PROCESSES AT FIRST STARTED IN 17, 18, 19 AND WHAT WE FOUND IS THAT THE WOODLANDS GOLF COURSE IS SIMILAR TO A LOT OF OTHER GOLF COURSES. THERE ARE A RANGE OF IMPACTS IN THE SOIL THAT ANY COMMUNITY WOULD WANT TO HAVE DEALT WITH. BUT NOTHING DIFFERENT THAN YOU FIND IN OTHER GOLF COURSES. THAT ASSESSMENT PROCESS CONTINUES AND LET ME TELL YOU WHY IT CONTINUES. NUMBER 1, THE INITIAL SITE ASSESSMENTS SENT TO THE COUNTY IN 2019 AND IT'S BEEN A MATTER OF PUBLIC RECORD SINCE 2019 IS A SNAPSHOT OF THE SOIL AND GROUNDWATER INTO WOODLANDS GOLF COURSE. IN ORDER TO COMPLETE A REALISTIC ASSESSMENT PROCESS AND PREPARE A SOIL MANAGEMENT PLAN OR REMEDIAL ACTION PLAN YOU REALLY NEED TO BASE IT ON SOME LEVEL OF A SITE PLAN. TONIGHT'S VOTE AS MR. BACHMAN JUST SPENT A FAIR AMOUNT OF TIME, POTENTIALLY ADOPTS A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WHICH HAS A SITE PLAN AS AN ATTACHMENT TO IT. YOU'RE NOT ADOPTING A SITE PLAN BUT IT IS THE PRO FORMA SITE PLAN THE ADOPTION OF THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT GIVES OUR ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS ENOUGH CERTAINTY ON WHERE LAKES WILL BE, WHERE DEVELOPMENT WILL BE TO FINISH THE ASSESSMENT WITH BROWARD COUNTY AND TO BEGIN THE PROCESS OF REMEDIAL PLAN ACTIVITIES. WHEN YOU LOOK AT REMEDIAL PLANS UNDER BOTH STATE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE AND BROWARD COUNTY CODE THERE'S A COUPLE OF COMPONENTS. ONE IS OBVIOUSLY MAKING SURE THAT DIRECT EXPOSURE TO SOIL IS SAFE ALSO GROUNDWATER BUT THERE ARE ALSO ELEMENTS THAT REQUIRE THE PROCESS TO BE SAFE AND I THINK THAT'S WHERE A LOT OF MISUNDERSTANDING IS. REMEDIAL ACTION PLANS HAVE DUST CONTROL ELEMENTS, DUST MONITORING ELEMENTS, SEDIMENT CONTROL PURSUANT TO BOTH STATE, LOCAL AND FEDERAL LAW, ON-SITE AND OFF-SITE HEALTH AND SAFETY CONCERNS TO ASSURE THAT UNDER BROWARD COUNTY EPGMS, I'LL USE THE WORD STRICT REVIEW THAT NOT ONLY IS THE SITE REDEVELOPED TO A SAFE CONCLUSION BUT THEN IT IS REDEVELOPED IN A MANNER THAT ENSURES SAFETY TO THE ADJOINING RESIDENTS DURING THE PROCESS AS WELL AS OBVIOUSLY [01:50:02] THE CONSTRUCTION WORKERS AS THEY'RE GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS. DURING DEVELOPMENT BROWARD COUNTY THERE IS REGULAR REPORTING AND MONITORING OF ALL OF THOSE ISSUES AS THEY'RE APPLICABLE AND IT'S MONITORED BY BOTH EPGM AND TO SOME EXTENT THE WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT AND FDEP. THEN UNTIL THE POINT THAT THE SITE REACHES FULL CLOSURE REMEDIATION IS DONE, THE DEVELOPMENT IS BUILT. MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT CONTINUES TO ASSURE THAT THE GOAL A SAFE SITE WHERE ALL IMPACTS HAVE BEEN REMEDIATED HAS BEEN ACHIEVED. THERE ARE ACTUALLY ENGINEERING CERTIFICATION REPORTS WITH TESTING SHOWING THAT EACH SEGMENT OF THE COMMUNITY HAS MET ITS REMEDIAL GOALS AS REQUIRED BY BROWARD COUNTY. MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS I'LL REST UNLESS THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS. IN THAT CASE I'LL SIT DOWN. >> WE'RE DOING QUESTIONS LATER BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANKS HOWARD. OBVIOUSLY, I THINK YOU CAN SEE WHY KNOWING THE VOLUME OF CONCERN ON THIS ISSUE WE HAD HOWARD COME UP AND SPEAK. I DON'T KNOW THAT I COULD HAVE GOTTEN THROUGH HALF OF THAT INTELLIGENTLY. JUST A COUPLE OF QUICK POINTS AND I BELIEVE MS. CALLOWAY IS GOING TO TOUCH ON THIS IT IS ALL IN THE STAFF REPORT SO I AM NOT GOING TO GO IN ANY DEGREE OF DETAIL BUT THE CITY DOES HAVE FIVE STANDARDS FOR A LAND-USE PLAN AMENDMENT WE MEET ALL OF THEM. IT IS VERY CLEARLY OUTLINED IN OUR APPLICATION IN THIS STAFF REPORT AND AGAIN I BELIEVE MS. CALLOWAY WILL TOUCH ON THAT. SAME WITH THE REZONING. ALL OF THE STANDARDS, ALL FULLY OUTLINED AND DOCUMENTED IN OUR APPLICATIONS AND ALL ACKNOWLEDGED AND CONFIRMED IN THE STAFF REPORT. TWO MORE SLIDES, JUST ABOUT DONE. JUST IN SUMMARY, OUR APPLICATIONS ARE TECHNICALLY COMPLIANT WITH THE CITY CODE. THIRTEENTH FLOOR PROPOSES TO INVEST SIGNIFICANT FINANCIAL RESOURCES TO PROVIDE REDEVELOPMENT OPTIONS, MITIGATION, IMPROVEMENTS, ETC. THAT WILL BENEFIT THE COMMUNITY AS WELL AS THE ENTIRE CITY, AS WELL AS ALL OF THE VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS AND OTHER IMPROVEMENTS AND OBLIGATIONS THAT ARE BEING MADE UNDER THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT. THIS HAS BEEN APPROVED AND SUPPORTED AT EVERY LEVEL TO DATE GOING BACK TO 2019. THE TRAFFIC IMPROVEMENTS AS I MENTIONED EARLIER ARE JUST SIMPLY ARE NOT POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE GOLF COURSE PROPERTY. SIGNIFICANT UPGRADES TO AGING CITY INFRASTRUCTURE AND SUPPORTED BY THE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION THE WHOA AND MANY RESIDENTS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. MY LAST SLIDE AND THIS IS WHERE WE ARE TODAY BEFORE YOU ON MARCH 22, 2023 OBVIOUSLY WE ARE HERE ASKING FOR APPROVAL FROM THIS COMMISSION AND HOPE SO. I BELIEVE YOU'VE HEARD FROM OTHERS, YOU'VE HEARD FROM LESLIE DEUTSCHE IN PARTICULAR WHAT HAPPENS IF THERE IS NOT AN APPROVAL HERE TODAY. I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T BELIEVE YOU WILL SEE ME, I DON'T BELIEVE YOU WILL SEE 13TH FLOOR. THE PROPERTY FALLS BACK IN THE HANDS OF CLUBLINK AND GIVEN THE HISTORY OF WHAT HAPPENED WITH THIS PROPERTY IT IS VERY LIKELY THAT AT SOME POINT IN TIME IN THE FUTURE IT COULD TAKE SEVERAL MORE YEARS. YOU'LL SEE ANOTHER DEVELOPER AND GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS ALL OVER AGAIN. WE BELIEVE VERY MUCH THAT WE HAVE PUT FORTH A WELL-THOUGHT-OUT DEVELOPMENT PLAN THAT HAS BEEN DISCUSSED AT EVERY LEVEL WITH VIRTUALLY ALL STAKEHOLDERS HAVING INPUT. I REPRESENT A LOT OF DEVELOPERS AND HAVE GONE THROUGH A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS OVER THE LAST 23 YEARS. AGAIN AND I SAID THIS EARLIER IN MY PRESENTATION I CAN'T RECALL THE SITUATION AND I DON'T REPRESENT ANOTHER DEVELOPER THAT INVEST THE TIME AND EFFORT INTO TRYING. YOU'RE NEVER GOING TO WIN EVERYONE OVER BUT TRYING TO ENSURE THAT THERE IS SOME FORM OF CONSENSUS IN THE ADJACENT COMMUNITY AND I'M NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT THE WOODLANDS. ALL PROJECTS I'VE EVER WORKED ON WITH THIS DEVELOPMENT COMPANY WHICH PROBABLY RANGE IN 15-20 INVOLVED THIS TYPE OF OUTREACH EFFORT. THIS ONE IS SUBSTANTIALLY MORE DETAILED BECAUSE OF THE ISSUES THAT HAVE BEEN INVOLVED AND THE ISSUES ON BOTH SIDES OBVIOUSLY A LOT OF SUPPORT, A LOT OF OPPOSITION. I'LL JUST LIKE YOU TO GIVE ALL OF THAT A LOT OF THOUGHT. I KNOW THIS IS GOING TO BE A LONG EVENING AFTER ME. I'M SURE YOU'LL HEAR FROM ME AGAIN SO THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS NOW, LATER IN THE EVENING AND I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING THE PROCESS TONIGHT. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> MADAM MAYOR, THE CITY ATTORNEY IF YOU LIKE TO ASK MR. BACHMAN IF HE WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE HIS POWERPOINT PETITION AS PART OF THE RECORD? [01:55:02] >> THANK YOU. I DID NOT DO THAT AS PART OF MY HOUSEKEEPING I VERY MUCH WOULD LIKE THE PRESENTATION TO BE PART OF THE RECORD. IT WAS SUBMITTED YESTERDAY TO THE CITY SO IT IS OBVIOUSLY A PUBLIC RECORD. I WOULD ALSO THOUGH I KNOW THE MAYOR MENTIONED IT AS PART OF THE OUTLINE I WOULD LIKE TO RESERVE TIME FOR REBUTTAL FOR AFFECTED PARTIES AS WELL AS AFTER PUBLIC COMMENTS. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. ONCE IT HAS BEEN ACCEPTED AND NOTED. THE COMMISSION AT THIS TIME IS GOING TO HOLD OFF AND DO ALL QUESTIONS AFTER EVERYBODY SPEAKS. WE WILL NOW GO TO MS. CALLOWAY WHO WILL BE DOING A PRESENTATION ON BEHALF OF THE CITY. MS. CALLOWAY IS OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR AND OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH MAYOR AND COMMISSION FOR THE RECORD MAXINE CALLOWAY MY PRESENTATION IS GOING UP. >> CALLOWAY, YOUR PRESENTATION IS APPROXIMATELY HOW LONG? >> I HAD INTENDED TO INTRODUCE IT INTO THE RECORD AND BE VERY QUICK AND NOT GO THROUGH EVERY SLIDE. I THINK THE APPLICANT HAS ALREADY GONE THROUGH MANY OF THE SLIDES THAT ARE INCLUDED IN MY PRESENTATION. SO MY INTENTIONS, IF YOU DON'T MIND, I'LL BE SKIPPING THROUGH A FEW SLIDES. >> THEN LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, AFTER MS. CALLOWAY'S PRESENTATION, WE WILL HAVE A 10-MINUTE RECESS AT THAT TIME. THANK YOU. >> AGAIN, FOR THE RECORD, MAXINE CALLOWAY, I'M YOUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER AND DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. I'VE BEEN YOUR DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT NOW FOR NINE-AND-A-HALF YEARS, AND WITH ME TONIGHT WE HAVE THE PROFESSIONAL STAFF THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS SHOULD THEY COME UP AND THEY'RE LISTED ON THIS SIDE. OR ASSISTANT PUBLIC SERVICES DIRECTOR RICK WARNER WAS OUR PARKS AND RECREATION DIRECTOR. OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR CHRISTINE [INAUDIBLE]. OUR FIRE CHIEF AS WELL AS THE [INAUDIBLE] LIEUTENANT. THEN CARL PETERSON, WHO IS THE CITY'S CONSULTANT AND PEER REVIEWER WHO WAS REVIEWED THE TRAFFIC ANALYSIS THAT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED BY THE APPLICANT IS ALSO HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS WHEN THAT TIME COME. AS THE APPLICANT HAS MENTIONED, THE FIRST APPLICATION THAT WE'RE DISCUSSING IS THE FUTURE LAND USE AMENDMENT, WHICH SEEKS TO AMEND THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP SPECIFICALLY 165.53 GROSS ACRES OF PROPERTY, FROM RECREATION TO A RESIDENTIAL LAND USE. JUST WANTED TO ENTER INTO THE RECORD THEN NOTICE AS WELL, WE HAVE BEEN RECEIVING A LOT OF EMAILS. WE KNOW THAT THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT PROJECT AND I JUST WANTED THE COMMISSION TO BE AWARE THAT THE CODE HAS BEEN FOLLOWED COMPLETELY AS IT RELATES TO NOTICE. NOTICES WERE MAILED BY THE APPLICANT AND CERTIFIED OVER 2,972 MALE NOTICE WERE MAILED OUT. THE SCHOOL BOARD OF BROWARD COUNTY WAS NOTIFIED, AS WELL AS THE CITY OF LAUDERHILL, AND THE PROPERTY WAS SUFFICIENTLY POSTED. LEGAL ADS WERE ALSO POSTED IN THE PAPER FOR THE THREE APPLICATIONS THAT YOU WILL HEAR TONIGHT, AS WELL AS AFFECTED PARTY REGISTRATIONS WERE COLLECTED BY THE CITY. THIS SLIDE WAS UPDATED AS OF 6:00 PM TODAY, AND I CAN TELL YOU I LOOKED AT MY EMAIL AND A THREE YEAR OR SO MORE EMAILS. [BACKGROUND] >> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PLEASE. PLEASE PROCEED. >> YOU ALL HAVE BEEN COPIED ON THE EMAILS WE HAVE BEEN RECEIVING SINCE NOTICES WERE MAILED FOR THIS PROJECT, WE GET AN ABUNDANCE OF EMAILS EVERY DAY AND WE USE THE TIME TO RECORD AND LOCK THEM FOR THIS PURPOSE. I'VE INCLUDED IN THIS SLIDE THE EMAILS WE RECEIVE WHEN THE ITEM WAS BEING CONSIDERED IN 2021. AS YOU KNOW, WE DID NOT MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT HEARING, BUT THOSE NUMBERS WERE AVAILABLE, SO I WANTED TO INCLUDE THAT IN COMPARISON TO WHAT WE'VE RECEIVED AS OF 6:00 PM THIS AFTERNOON. AGAIN, THE ITEM, OF COURSE, IS TO AMEND THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP OF THE CITY. THE MAP LOOKS LIKE AND THE AREA WHERE THE MAP IS POINTED TO, IS THE AREA IN QUESTION THE WOODLANDS COMMUNITY. AND AGAIN, FROM COMMERCIAL RECREATION TO LOW FIVE WITH FURTHER VOLUNTARY RESTRICTION BY THE APPLICANT TO 0-3 DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE. AS MENTIONED BY THE APPLICANT, THESE ARE THE STANDARDS THAT ARE INCLUDED IN OUR CODE AS IT RELATES TO THE AMENDMENT OF THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP FOR LARGE-SCALE AMENDMENT, THE APPLICANT HAS DEMONSTRATED COMPLIANCE WITH ALL THE STANDARDS AND I WILL NOT GO THROUGH THE STANDARDS BECAUSE THEY ARE INCLUDED IN YOUR MEMORANDUM AND INCLUDED IN THE BINDER AS WELL JUST FOR THE SAKE OF TIME. ALL THE EXHIBITS ASSOCIATED WITH THE STANDARDS ARE ALSO INCLUDED IN YOUR BINDER AND LISTED HERE ON THIS SLIDE. WITH THE LEVEL OF SERVICE, WHICH IS ONE OF THE MAIN PART OF THE LAND USE PLAN APPLICATION, LEVEL OF SERVICE, THERE IS CAPACITY IN ALL THE AREAS, AND SO YOU CAN SEE THE PROJECT IMPACT AS WELL AS [02:00:02] THE AVAILABLE PUBLIC FACILITY AND SERVICE THAT'S AVAILABLE. FOR ALL THE AREAS THERE IS CAPACITY, IN SOME AREAS THERE IS SURPLUS. WE RECEIVED AN UPDATE FROM THE SCHOOL BOARD YESTERDAY REGARDING THE REDUCTION OF UNITS TO 335 AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S ALSO CAPACITY FOR THE 168 ADDITIONAL STUDENTS THAT WILL BE GENERATED BY THIS PROJECT. JUST QUICKLY, I WANTED TO SPEAK ON THE COMMENT THAT WE RECEIVE AS A PART OF THE FIRST READING WHEN THIS PROJECT WAS TRANSMITTED IN 2019. WE RECEIVED A COMMENT FROM FDOT REGARDING THE IMPACT ON THIS PROJECT ON COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD. THAT COMMENT ALSO CAME WITH A RECOMMENDATION FROM FDOT REGARDING THE APPLICANT PAYING A PROPORTIONATE FAIR SHARE INTO AN EXISTING PROJECT THAT WAS ALREADY PLANNED FOR FDOT. THIS SLIDE JUST SHOWS THE SCOPE OF THE PROJECT THAT WOULD HAVE SOME IMPROVEMENTS ON COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD FROM ROCK ISLAND ROAD TO US 1 AND A LIST OF ALL THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WOULD ULTIMATELY HELP WITH CAPACITY ON COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD. THE APPLICANT WILL BE PAYING 114,964 TO THE CITY, AND THE CITY WILL THEN CONTRACT WITH FDOT TO PROVIDE THAT FUNDING SO THEY ARE ABLE TO CONSTRUCT THAT PROJECT IN 2024. I'M JUST FLIPPING THROUGH THESE SLIDES BECAUSE MUCH OF THIS THE APPLICANT HAS ALREADY DEMONSTRATED, SO I CAN JUST GET TO THE VERY END IN TERMS OF THE STANDARDS THAT ARE OUTLINED IN THE CODE, ALL OF WHICH OF COURSE, THE APPLICANT HAS DEMONSTRATED COMPLIANCE WITH. IN ADDITION TO THE STANDARDS, THE APPLICANT HAS DEMONSTRATED COMPLIANCE WITH THE FUTURE LAND USE ELEMENT OF THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, ALL THE POLICIES THAT IS LISTED, AND COMPLIANCE WITH YOUR PROPERTY RIGHTS ELEMENT, WHICH YOU ADOPTED IN 2021, SPECIFICALLY RECOGNIZE IN THE RIGHT OF A PROPERTY OWNER TO USE AND MAINTAIN, DEVELOP, AND IMPROVE HIS OR HER PROPERTY FOR PERSONAL USE. ALSO WITH POLICY 3.3, THE RIGHT OR PROPERTY OWNER TO DISPOSE OF HIS OR HER PROPERTY THROUGH SALE OR GIFT. IN ADDITION TO THAT, I JUST WANT TO LIST FOR YOU ALL THE APPROVALS THAT OCCURRED IN 2019 AND THROUGH 2021 WHEN THE PLANNING BOARD CONSIDER THIS ITEM IN JUNE 2019 AND APPROVED, THEN THE CITY COMMISSION APPROVED AND TRANSMITTED ON FIRST READING ON JULY 2019. THEN THE BROWARD COUNCIL PLANNING COUNCIL RECOMMENDED APPROVAL TO THE BROWARD COUNTY COMMISSION WHO ALSO APPROVED ON FIRST READING AND THEN ADOPTED ON SECOND READING. THE STATE OF FLORIDA ALSO ISSUED A NO COMMENT LETTER, YOU SEE THAT DATE. SO THE CITY IS CONCLUDED THAT THE APPLICANT HAS MET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE CITY CODE AND IF THIS BODY WERE TO APPROVE THE PROJECT TONIGHT, WE RECOMMEND THAT YOU DO SO SUBJECT TO THE TWO CONDITIONS THAT ARE LISTED ON THE SCREEN. I'LL JUST GO THROUGH THE REZONING AND JUST HIT THE SLIDE THAT RELATES TO THE APPLICANT MEETING ALL THE STANDARDS AS IT RELATES TO YOUR CODE AND ONCE AGAIN, RECOMMEND THAT THE CITY COMMISSION APPROVE THIS PROJECT TONIGHT AS THE APPLICANT HAS DEMONSTRATED COMPLIANCE WITH ALL THE STANDARDS IN THE CODE. [BACKGROUND] >> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PLEASE PUT YOUR HANDS IN THE AIR. GO LIKE THIS. YOU CAN GO LIKE THIS. BOOS AND YAYS ARE NOT ACCEPTABLE. >> MYSELF AND PROFESSIONAL STAFF ARE AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS AFTER YOU'VE HEARD FROM THE AFFECTED PARTIES. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AS THERE HAS BEEN A REQUEST FOR A RESTROOM BREAK. IT IS 8:35, WE WILL BE BACK HERE AT 8:45. THANK YOU. [BACKGROUND] I THINK WE FINALLY HAVE EVERYBODY SET. CITY ATTORNEY, WOULD THERE HAVE BEEN ANY OTHER ITEMS THAT WE WANTED TO REVIEW OR IS EVERYTHING COVERED? >> MAYOR, EVERYTHING IS COVERED FOR NOW. >> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. WE HAVE A TECHNICAL DIFFICULTY FOR A MOMENT, IS THERE ANY YOUR COMPUTERS WENT OUT? [02:05:33] WELL, WE'RE GOING TO PROCEED WHILE OUR COMPUTERS ON OUR DAY AS REBOOT, IF THERE'S ANYTHING WE NEED TO SEE THAT IS AN ISSUE, WE'LL STOP AT THAT TIME. WE ARE NOW GOING TO OUR AFFECTED PARTIES WHO ARE IN OPPOSITION TO THE PETITION. I WILL CALL THEM IN THE ORDER IN WHICH I WAS PROVIDED THIS LIST, I HAVE LAUREN'S MELBOURNE. I BELIEVE MR. MELBOURNE HAS MOVED FROM THE COMMUNITY, HIS APPLICATION WAS FROM 2019. I DON T THINK HE IS HERE. ANYBODY SEE HIM? >> HE'S IN NORTH CAROLINA. >> HE'S IN NORTH CAROLINA, SO HE'S DEFINITELY NOT COMING BACK TONIGHT. MR. MELBOURNE IS NOT ON OUR LIST ANY FURTHER. STANLEY TRACY, YOU SIGNED UP AS AN EFFECTIVE PARTY. DID YOU WISH? >> [INAUDIBLE] >> YOU'D RATHER SPEAK AT PUBLIC PARTICIPATION THEN OR WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK NOW? YOU'RE WELCOME TO. >> SINCE I'M OFFERED THE OPPORTUNITY, I WILL. >> THERE WE GO. >> MY NAME IS STANLEY TRACY. I LIVE IN SECTION 08 GUAVA DRIVE. IN 2019, I THINK WHEN THE FIRST HEARING WAS HELD, I SPOKE AND VOICED MY OPPOSITION TO THE PROJECT. SINCE THAT TIME, I HAVE EMAILED THE COMMISSION EXPRESSING, AGAIN MY OPPOSITION. I HAD BASICALLY SEVEN POINTS, WHICH I WILL SUMMARIZE HERE. THE FIRST ONE IS BY APPROVING THE CHANGE, THE COMMISSION WOULD BE ENABLING THE DESTRUCTION OF GREEN SPACE IN AN AREA WHICH HAS A HISTORICALLY UNIQUE CHARACTER TO CREATE ADDITIONAL HOMES, WHICH WILL CHANGE THE CHARACTER OF THE COMMUNITY. THE QUESTION OF TRAFFIC HAS BEEN RAISED BEFORE, AND ALTHOUGH 134 HAS BEEN REPRESENTING THAT THERE WILL BE NO PROBLEM. THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THERE AND KNOW THAT THERE WILL BE A CONTINUOUS TRAFFIC CONGESTION WHICH WILL GREATLY AND ADVERSELY AFFECT MEMBERS OF THE ADJACENT COMMUNITY AROUND ROCK ISLAND COMMERCIAL AND 64 STREET. OF COURSE, THE ISSUE OF THE RELEASE OF TOXIC SUBSTANCES INTO THE AIR IS A GREAT CONCERN. THE CONSULTANT FROM 134 COMMENTED ON IT AND SAID THERE WAS SOME MISUNDERSTANDING OF THE ISSUE. THERE IS NO MISUNDERSTANDING. THE SOIL IS LADEN WITH CHEMICALS. SOME INCLUDE ARSENIC, WHICH WAS USUALLY A COMPONENT OF PESTICIDES USED OVER A LONG PERIOD OF TIME IN THE SOIL. IF IT OCCURS, SOME OF THESE TOXIC POLLUTANTS WILL BE RELEASED IN THE AIR. HE IS GIVING ASSURANCE THAT THERE WILL BE NO ISSUE. THAT THE ISSUE WOULD BE PROPERLY CONTROLLED AND THE RESIDENTS IN THE COMMUNITY WILL NOT BE AFFECTED. WE WILL BE HAPPY IF THAT WAS GOING TO BE THE CASE. BUT UNFORTUNATELY, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF DUST. WITH THE DUST, THE ASSOCIATED CHEMICALS THAT MIGHT BE ENTRAINED IN THE DUST. EVERYBODY IS AWARE THAT ARSENIC IS A TOXIC SUBSTANCES. THE MEMBERS OF THE TOXIC SUBSTANCES LIST THAT HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED BY EPA FROM IN '70S, [02:10:05] AND IS STILL ON THE LIST. UNLESS VERY CAREFUL EFFORTS ARE MADE, THE RESIDENTS WHO ARE NEARBY TO THE CONSTRUCTION WILL BE IMPACTED GREATLY. THE ISSUE AS SHOWN ON THE COMPUTER ON THE SCREEN EARLIER OF ENCLOSING THE WOODLANDS, WHICH WAS SERIOUSLY IMPACT THE ENTRANCE AND EXIT FROM THE AREA FOR RESIDENTS. OR YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THE ISSUE OF ENCLOSING THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO ENDANGER PEOPLE'S LIVES IN EMERGENCIES, AND INCREASING THE COST OF TRAVEL IF YOU HAVE ONE MAIN ENTRANCE WITHIN BOULEVARD. THE QUESTION OF THE USE OF THE WORD DOES GOLF COURSE? THAT IT HAS NOT BEEN PRODUCTIVE AND WAS SOLD TO LINKS, A CANADIAN COMPANY. SUDDENLY OWNERS WHO SOLD IT HAD THE UNDERSTANDING THAT LINKS REPRESENT THEMSELVES AS A COMPANY THAT DOES A LOT OF RESTORATION OF GOLF COURSES AND THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THAT WILL BE DONE. BUT IT CANNOT BE REASONABLY ARGUED THAT LINKS HAS EXTENDED ANY GREAT EXPENSE TO MODIFY THE GOLF COURSE, SO IT WAS LEFT UNDEVELOPED. THE SAME APPROACH WAS DONE IN A NEIGHBORHOOD IN CANADA. HOPE FILL IN THE OUTSKIRTS OF TORONTO WHERE SIMILAR RECREATIONAL FACILITY LINKS ACQUIRED WANTED TO DO THE SAME THING, TO BUILD HOUSES, FORTUNATELY FOR THAT COMMUNITY, THE RESIDENCE AND LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL REJECTED THE PROPOSAL. 13 FLOOR HAS MADE A TREMENDOUS EFFORT IN CULTIVATING AND MARKETING THE COMMUNITY WITH PROMISES. I SAW A LONG LIST OF CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE CITY. THOSE CONTRIBUTIONS ARE MINUTE. IF IT OCCURRED EVERY YEAR, I SUPPOSE IT WOULD MAKE A DIFFERENCE, BUT A ONETIME CONTRIBUTION TO IMPROVE HOUSING AND A NUMBER OF ISSUES. THOSE ARE THOSE INDUCEMENTS TO AFFECT THE VOTE OF THE COMMISSION. IT'S A CLASSICAL EXAMPLE OF CORPORATE POWER TO LOBBY LEGISLATORS WHETHER THEY BE THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES, OR THE COMMISSION OF TAMARAC TO LOBBY AND INDUCE THROUGH ALL MEANS TO GET THEIR ENDS. IN SUMMARY, I STRONGLY OPPOSE THIS APPLICATION AND I IMPLORE THE COMMISSION TO REJECT IT AND SEEK TO ENGAGE IN OTHER ACTIVITIES WITH OTHER ENTREPRENEURS WHO WILL CONSIDER A MORE ENVIRONMENTALLY SOUND APPROACH FOR THE CONTINUATION OF THE RECREATIONAL USE OF THE WOODLANDS. THANK YOU [APPLAUSE] >> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PLEASE. I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE NICER THAN THIS. YOU'RE MY NEIGHBORS. I KNOW YOU'RE NOT RUDE, BUT YET YOU'RE APPEARING TO BE SO, THANK YOU FOR THE HAPPY HANDS. I APPRECIATE THOSE WHO ARE DOING SO. THANK YOU, MR. STANLEY. I HAVE GORDON AND DEBORAH MERITS. IF THEY ARE HERE TO SPEAK. THEY'RE NOT HERE TO SPEAK. ONE THING I ALSO WAS JUST ADVISE AND I WILL SHARE WITH EVERYBODY THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE AFFECTED PARTIES YOU SUBMITTED WHAT YOU WILL BE SPEAKING ABOUT AND LEGALLY, YOU NEED TO KEEP YOUR REMARKS TO WHAT YOU SUBMITTED TO THE CITY FOR THE PROCESS. I RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT BE KEPT IN MIND WHEN YOU SPEAK. [02:15:03] I AM GOING TO GO NOW TO ANDY FELIX. MR. FELIX, I BELIEVE YOU HAVE A WITNESS, ROBERT HART AN ATTORNEY. THIS IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT AND TO SPEAK. HE'LL GO FOR CHRIS. PLEASE KEEP IT TO WHAT YOU PRESENTED. >> YEAH, SURE. >> THANK YOU. >> LET'S DO [INAUDIBLE]. >> ATTORNEY, HE HAS A PRESENTATION THAT HE HAS PROVIDED. >> IT WAS PRE-SUBMITTED MADAM CLERK [OVERLAPPING] >> THERE ARE SPOTS THAT WERE SUBMITTED. >> JUST INCLUDE AS PART OF THE RECORD, PLEASE? >> THAT'S CORRECT. IT WAS MADE PART OF THE RECORD. >> MADAM MAYOR, IF THE SCREEN IS NOT WORKING, THE AFFECTED PARTY WE CAN MAKE COPIES AND DISTRIBUTE IT TO THE CITY COMMISSION. >> THE SCREEN THAT'S NOT WORKING IS SOMETHING SEPARATE FROM THEM PULLING UP THE PRESENTATION. WE HAD A LITTLE ELECTRICAL CHARGE HERE AND SO THE SCREENS ARE JUST REBOOTING. >> OKAY. THANK YOU. >> COMMISSIONERS, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS, DANIEL, MOREY WRIGHT, CITY ATTORNEY HANS, ANNA, AND LEVENT. IT'S YOUR LUCKY DAY. MY PRESENTATION IS NOT HERE. [LAUGHTER] THAT'S ALL RIGHT, I'LL EMAIL IT TO YOU GUYS TOMORROW BECAUSE IT'S NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH. THE FIRST THING I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT WAS THE ENVIRONMENTAL SITE ASSESSMENT. IN THIS DOCUMENT AND OTHER SIMILAR DOCUMENTS, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO NOTATE THAT WE TALKED ABOUT ARSENIC. ARSENIC WAS ONE OF THE TOP TOPICS OVER HERE THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT. THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS THAT THERE IS NO TRUE FOOLPROOF WAY OF REMOVING ARSENIC. WE'VE SEEN IT IN MANY CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS, THERE'S WIND ISSUES. THERE'S RECENTLY A PROJECT IN DEL REY BEACH WHERE A CONDOMINIUM NEXT TO [02:20:03] A GOLF REAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECT WAS EXPERIENCING HIGH WINDS AND THE DUST WAS GOING ON THE CONDO ASSOCIATION. AS THEY'RE EXCAVATING, AS THEY'RE DIGGING, IT'S REALLY NOT A FOOLPROOF WAY. IF WE WANT TO GO IN THERE AND SAY, HEY, IT'S TECHNICALLY SAFE OR WE'RE TECHNICALLY COMPLIANT, WHICH I THINK WAS MR. BACHMAN'S WORD ON ONE OF THESE SLIDES, IT'S JUST NOT ENOUGH WHEN IT COMES TO PERSONAL SAFETY. WE GOT KIDS AND SENIORS AND PEOPLE RUNNING AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD EXERCISING. JUST A LITTLE BIT OF THAT RISK IT'S JUST NOT WORTH MOVING FORWARD WITH A PROJECT LIKE THIS. THAT'S MY PERSONAL OPINION ON IT. [APPLAUSE] >> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. >> REGARDING THE ENVIRONMENTAL SITE ASSESSMENT, WE LOOK AT ARSENIC WHEN WE SAY THERE'S TONS OF GOLF COURSE CONVERSIONS. IT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR A LONG TIME. THE APPLICANT LIKES TO SAY, WELL, WE'VE SPENT MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN A REMEDIATION. THE OTHER REASON WHY IT'S EXPENSIVE IT'S BECAUSE IT'S TOXIC. THERE'S HAZARD PAY. THAT'S WHY IT'S REALLY EXPENSIVE. IT'S DIFFICULT AND IT'S TOXIC. IT'S NOT EXPENSIVE BECAUSE IT'S MEANT TO BE VERY SAFE TO REMOVE. WE HAVE NATURAL WINDS, WE'RE IN FLORIDA, IT RAINS, THEY HAVE TO HAVE SPRINKLER SYSTEMS. IT'S A VERY COMPLEX PROCESS, SO WHEN WE LOOK AT OTHER GOLF COURSE CONVERSIONS IN THE COMMUNITY, SABLE PALM, AND OTHERS, WE START LOOKING AT HOW SAFE IS THIS REALLY? ARE THE RESIDENTS SAFE? CAN US, THE RESIDENTS OF TAMARAC GO TO SLEEP EVERY NIGHT KNOWING THAT I WAS NOT POISONED BY ARSENIC TODAY? THE REASON WHY I SAY THAT IS BECAUSE YOU CAN'T TASTE OR SMELL IT. YOU MIGHT BE OUT AND ABOUT, THEY'RE JUST WORKING ON A CONSTRUCTION PROJECT AND YOU DON'T KNOW THAT YOU'VE BEEN INFECTED AND IT TAKES 5-10 YEARS TO SHOW. THERE'S ALL TYPES OF CANCER. YOU LOOK AT THE ERIN BROCKOVICHS OF THE WORLD AND FLINT, MICHIGAN. YOU LOOK AT ROUNDUP. ROUNDUP WAS SAFE. YOU CAN USE ALL THE COMPUTERS IN THE WORLD. YOU CAN USE ALL THE EXPERTS IN THE WORLD, YET THEY WERE STILL SELLING ROUNDUP AND PEOPLE KEPT GETTING CANCER, THEY KEPT GETTING PARKINSON'S DISEASE AND NOW THEY'RE MAKING IT AWARE, HEY, DON'T USE ROUNDUP. ROUNDUP IS NOT SAFE. JUST YESTERDAY, THERE WAS AN ARTICLE THAT JUST CAME OUT, MEDICAL EXPERTS CONCERNED ABOUT HIGH RATE OF BREAST CANCER IN BROWARD. THIS IS YESTERDAY. NOW, IT'S A VERY BIG DEAL, BUT WHAT'S CAUSING IT? IN THE ARTICLE IT SAYS IT CAN BE DUE TO ENVIRONMENTAL CAUSES. IT SAYS NOVA'S AUTONATION INSTITUTE OF BREAST CANCER RESEARCH OR TRYING TO EXPOSE THESE SAMPLE BREAST CELLS TO ARSENIC, A COMMON INGREDIENT IN WEED KILLER. HERE WE HAVE AN ARTICLE THAT WAS JUST PUBLISHED YESTERDAY ABOUT AN UPTAKE IN BREAST CANCER IN WOMEN. WHAT'S CAUSING IT? WELL, WE JUST HEARD THERE'S HUNDREDS OF GOLF COURSE CONVERSIONS. WAS IT THAT? WE'RE GOING TO KNOW ONE DAY OR ANOTHER, BUT IT'S VERY ODD THAT WITH ALL THESE GOLF COURSE CONVERSIONS, ALL OF A SUDDEN THERE'S AN UPTAKE IN BREAST CANCER. THE COST OUTWEIGHS THE BENEFIT EVERY SINGLE DAY. ANY LITTLE THING THAT YOU LOOK AT WITH THIS PROJECT, IT'S JUST NOT FEASIBLE, PERIOD. BY THE WAY, I CAN EMAIL THE ARTICLE OR SUBMIT IT IF YOU'D LIKE ME TO. LET'S SEE. [BACKGROUND] COULD WE GO TO THE NEXT ONE, PLEASE? THE DEVELOPER LOVES TO MAIL OUT ALL THESE FANCY BROCHURES, BUT LET'S NOT FORGET THESE BROCHURES ARE NOT LEGALLY BINDING DOCUMENTS. THEY'RE ALL MARKETING MATERIALS, THEY'RE NOT LEGALLY BINDING. THEY SHOW YOU ALL THIS FANCY GLAM AND ALL THAT STUFF. IT'S NOT LEGALLY BINDING. I'M LOOKING FOR THE CLUBHOUSE THAT THEY KEEP SHOWING EVERYBODY, AND IN THE EXHIBITS THIS IS WHAT I SEE, IT LOOKS LIKE IT WAS DRAWN BY A SIX YEAR OLD WITH HIGHLIGHTERS AND CRAYONS. MR. BACHMAN KEEPS SAYING IT'S BEEN SIX YEARS, WE'VE BEEN AT THIS. MEANWHILE, HIS CLIENT'S BEEN THE ONE DELAYING THIS EXTENSION AFTER EXTENSION AND COVID AND AFTER ALL THIS TYPE OF STUFF, YOU WOULD THINK THAT YOU WOULD SEE BETTER PLANS. YOU WOULD THINK THAT TODAY YOU WOULD NOT BE TECHNICALLY COMPLIANT. YOU WOULD THINK YOU WOULD HAVE A FINAL SITE PLAN. YOU WANT TO BE SO PROUD OF THE SIX YEARS YOU'VE BEEN WORKING OUT WITH THE COMMUNITY, MEANWHILE, WE HAVE AN INCOMPLETE PRODUCT HERE, SO WHAT ARE WE WORKING ON? WHAT MESSAGE ARE WE SENDING OTHER DEVELOPERS THAT ARE COMING IN TAMARAC? HEY, YOU GUYS DON'T REALLY NEED TO DO ANYTHING, JUST COPY AND PASTE AND HIT SUBMIT AND YOU'RE GOOD TO GO. LET'S OFFER A COUPLE OF MILLION DOLLARS HERE AND THERE, AND WE'RE GOOD TO GO. WE'LL GET TO THE PROFFERS IN A SECOND. [02:25:07] BASICALLY WITH THIS, IT JUST GOES TO SHOW YOU THEY'RE NOT PREPARED. THIS IS A JOKE. DO NOT GET DUPED BY THIS PRESENTATION OF SITE PLAN THAT IS NOT COMPLETE BY ALL THESE THINGS. BUT MEANWHILE, IF YOU COULD JUST GO BACK TO THE ASSESSMENT. YOU COULD JUST SCROLL. LET ME SEE IF I KNOW WHAT PAGE IT'S ON. I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S PAGE. LET'S SEE. I DO WANT TO MOVE ON TO TRAFFIC. BUT MEANWHILE, I'M JUST TRYING TO SAVE TIME HERE. I'VE SUBMITTED LIKE 25 DIFFERENT PDFS. THERE'S THOUSANDS OF PAGES I DON'T WANT TO START DIGGING THROUGH AND LOOKING FOR PAGES. THE FINAL PRESENTATION, I WAS JUST TRYING TO MAKE THINGS A LITTLE BIT SIMPLER. I HAD SENT OVER TO THE CLERK A CONDENSED VERSION OF THAT, BUT IT DIDN'T MAKE IT, BUT THAT'S FINE SO HERE WE ARE. I WANT TO TALK ABOUT TRAFFIC. FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SAYS THIS IS A FAILED ROAD. I'VE HEARD COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS PREVIOUSLY ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS SAY FDOT MADE A STATEMENT, THIS PROJECT CAN'T BE PUT THROUGH AND I'M PARAPHRASING RIGHT NOW. VICE MAYOR BOLTON, JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO, MADE A COMMENT ON F DOTS, COMMENT F ON A PROJECT THAT WAS CLOSE TO COMMERCIAL AND UNIVERSITY. WE'RE WELL AWARE OF THE COMMENT THAT FDOT IS MAKING AND THE TRAFFIC. THIS IS MY TESTIMONY. IT'S EYEWITNESS TESTIMONY. I AM HERE SAYING THAT THERE'S A CRAZY AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC ON COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD. OUR FIRE STATION IS RIGHT ON THE TURNPIKE. I SEE AMBULANCES STUCK EVERY OTHER DAY THERE AND WE'RE GOING TO BUILD ALL THESE HOMES AND CLOG IT UP. THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THEIR HEALTH. FIREFIGHTERS HAVE SOMETHING CALLED THE THREE-MINUTE GOLDEN RULE. ALL IT TAKES IS A MINUTE OF THAT AMBULANCE BEING STUCK THERE AND YOU COULD LOSE YOUR LIFE. AGAIN, EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS PROJECT STINKS. IT JUST DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE, IT'S JUST NOT FEASIBLE. WHEN WE START LOOKING AT TRAFFIC, WE START LOOKING AT ALL THE ACCIDENTS ON WOODLANDS BOULEVARD AND THEN THEY WANT TO CLOSE THE COMMUNITY AND PUT EVEN MORE TRAFFIC TO WOODLANDS BOULEVARD. TONIGHT I HAD 10 PICTURES OF ALL THE ACCIDENTS ON WOODLANDS BOULEVARD. THERE'S A TON OF TRAFFIC OUT THERE SO IMAGINE IT'S THE PERFECT SCENARIO YOU GET AN ACCIDENT ON WOODLANDS BOULEVARD. THE AMBULANCE CAN COME THROUGH THE PERSON'S ALREADY BEEN INFECTED WITH ARSENIC. THIS IS REALLY CRAZY THAT WE'RE LOOKING HERE AND WE'RE GOING AROUND IN CIRCLES AND CIRCLES. FIVE-SIX YEARS DO NOT GET DUPED BY THE DEVELOPER. IT'S TOTALLY OUTRAGEOUS THAT WE'RE HERE AND THERE'S NO FINAL SITE PLAN. WHAT ARE WE AGREEING ON? I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT WE'RE AGREEING ON. BY THE WAY, THE WHOA AGREEMENT THAT THEY HAVE IS WITH OVER 400 HOMES, WHICH WAS PREVIOUSLY ON THEIR WEBSITE UNTIL SOMEBODY MADE A COMMENT ABOUT IT. IT'S OVER 400 HOMES AND ITS AGREEMENT BETWEEN 13 FLOOR AND THE WHOA. MEANWHILE, THEIR APPLICATION IS A SHELL COMPANY OUT OF DELAWARE. WHERE ARE YOU GOING TO FILE THAT LAWSUIT? WHO'S GOING TO WIN THAT LAWSUIT? THESE THINGS HAVE BEEN DESIGNED IN A CERTAIN WAY TO REDUCE LIABILITY AND GUESS WHAT AT THE VERY END OF THE DAY, THE PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO SUFFER THE MOST ARE THE RESIDENTS. THE PEOPLE WHO ARE HERE EVERY SINGLE DAY, THE DEVELOPERS COME AND GO, BUT THE RESIDENTS ARE HERE EVERY DAY. I THINK ABOUT MY PARENTS, I THINK ABOUT MY FRIENDS. I'VE MET SO MANY PEOPLE IN THIS COMMUNITY THAT I JUST ABSOLUTELY LOVE PEOPLE THAT I WOULD NEVER IMAGINED IN MY LIFE AND NOW THERE'S THE POSSIBILITY BECAUSE THERE'S A RISK ANALYSIS DONE SOMEWHERE THAT THE RISK IS LOW THAT PEOPLE, BUT WE GOT PROBLEMS. WE GOT PROBLEMS ALL OVER FLORIDA WITH THIS TYPE OF THING. THE OTHER THING THAT I WAS GOING TO SAY IS, CAN YOU PUT UP THE FRONT ENTRANCE? ACTUALLY, YOU CAN LEAVE THIS. WE'RE LOOKING HERE. MR. BACHMAN LIKES TO SAY THAT HE'S GOT 1,000 MEETINGS WITH THE COMMUNITY, WE'VE HAD ONE IN SECTION 3, SECTION 4 MEMBERS OF NOT THE ACTUAL HOA. THERE HAS BEEN NO FOLLOW-UP. THERE HAS BEEN NO CONCERNS SO WHILE WE ARE RAISING BELL'S AND RINGING ALARMS AND SAYING OUR BIGGEST CONCERNS ARE TRAFFIC ARSENIC COMPATIBILITY. [02:30:03] WE KEEP SAYING THE SAME THING AND NEXT THING YOU KNOW, WHAT DOES A DEVELOPER DO ABOUT IT? THEY BRING A TACO TRUCK AND THE OLD WOMAN'S CLUBHOUSE, LIKE IT'S GOING TO SOLVE ANY PROBLEMS. WE HAVE REAL ISSUES HERE, THROWING A PARTY FOR THE COMMUNITY THERE IS STILL NO ANSWERS. IF YOU GO BACK AND LOOK AT ALL THE ANSWERS OF TAMARAC, BROWARD COUNTY, EVERY TIME THERE'S A QUESTION FOR MR. BACHMAN, OR 30TH FLOOR, ANYBODY FROM THE APPLICANT, IT'S ALWAYS THE SAME THING THAT'S A SITE PLAN PROBLEM. WE WILL ADDRESS THAT AT THE SITE PLAN WE'LL ADDRESS IT THEN. ALL WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS GET GUYS, WE ARE THIS IS IT, THERE'S STILL NO FINAL SITE PLAN. WHAT DO YOU THINK IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IF IT GETS APPROVED? DON'T WORRY, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE CARE OF IT, WE'RE GOING TO DO IT, THAT'S JUST NOT HOW IT WORKS SO ALL I'M SAYING IS AND I'M TELLING THE STORY OF MY BUT I'M ASKING THE CORRUPTION IN TAMARAC HAS BEEN CHASING US FOR A LONG TIME. I'M NOT MAKING A COMMENT ABOUT ANYBODY IN PARTICULAR. >> I'M GOING TO CUT YOU OFF. I'M GOING TO REMIND EVERYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE, UNLESS YOU HAVE BACKUP IMPROVED FOR YOU TO BE ABLE TO MAKE ANY ALLEGATION [OVERLAPPING] >> NO, HOLD ON. >> PLEASE BE MINDFUL OF THAT. THANK YOU. >> A 100% THAT'S ALL I'M SAYING. AGAIN, I'M NOT ACCUSING ANYBODY OF CORRUPTION. I'M JUST SAYING, IF WE LOOK AT CERTAIN PLANS AND PROPOSALS WITHIN THE CITY, THERE'S A TON OF HOLES IN THEM AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN FAST TRACK TWO YEARS LATER, WE'RE TRYING TO RUBBER STAMP EVERYTHING. WE'RE TECHNICALLY COMPLIANT WE'RE SETTING A BAD PRECEDENT FOR THE NEXT DEVELOPER. WILL YOU LET 34 HOMES DO IT? NOW I WANT TO DO I DON'T NEED TO FINAL SITE PLAN IN THIS CITY. I'M BUILDING IN TAMARAC SO THOSE ARE THE TYPE OF THINGS THAT I'M LOOKING AT. THOSE ARE THE BIGGEST CONCERNS. I APPRECIATE MY TIME AND THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND THANK YOU, LADIES, GENTLEMEN, FOR THE QUIET HANDS THAT YOU ARE GIVING ME. [APPLAUSE] THE QUIET HANDS THAT YOU ARE GIVING US. THANK YOU. JEFFREY SHAPIRO AND SYLVIA BRENSTON. I DON'T KNOW IF YOUR MOM IS HERE. IS YOUR MOM HERE? >> NO. >> WILL YOU SIGN UP TOGETHER SO I WAS ASKING? I'M WATCHING SOME IN THE AUDIENCE. I KNOW WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE FORWARD SITTING NEXT TO PEOPLE WHO ARE AGAINST IT AND VICE VERSA. PLEASE, NEIGHBORS WE STILL HAVE TO BE NEIGHBORS NO MATTER WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN AFTER TONIGHT. UNLESS THERE'S AN INFLUX OF EVERYBODY MOVING, WHOEVER IS GOING TO MOVE IS GOING TO BE WHAT IT IS GOING TO BE. BUT THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS WE STILL LIVE IN OUR COMMUNITY, WE'RE STILL NEIGHBORS SO PLEASE LET'S JUST BE RESPECTFUL NOT EVERYBODY WILL AGREE WITH EVERYTHING SAID TONIGHT. I REALLY DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO ASK SECURITY TO REMOVE ANYBODY FROM THE AUDIENCE. I WANT US ALL TO BE ABLE TO HAVE HER SPEAK. MR. SHAPIRO IS ON HIS WAY UP. >> GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, AND THE REST OF THE CITY STAFF THAT PUT IN A LOT OF TIME HERE AND LISTEN TO ALL OF US. MY NAME IS JEFFREY SHAPIRO. I RESIDE IN SECTION 8 OF THE WOODLANDS COMMUNITY. I HAVE A COUPLE OF ISSUES HERE WHICH WERE SUBMITTED TO THE CITY IN EMAILS. MR. SCOTT BACHMAN, HE DID A VERY NICE JOB TRYING TO MAKE HIS PRESENTATION LOOK LIKE IT WAS NICE, SWEET, AND ROSY. BUT THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS THE VERY FIRST SLIDE HE PUT UP IS WRONG. THE REASON WHY IT'S WRONG, AND NOW IT'S TOO LATE TO GO BACK AND CORRECT IT, IS HE LEFT OUT EXISTING WATERWAYS THAT HAVE BEEN IN THE WOODLANDS COMMUNITY AND BIDDEN IN SECTION 8 FOR OVER 50 YEARS. THE HOME THAT I RESIDE AT WITH MY MOM, SHE'S 91 RIGHT NOW AND HER HEALTH IS AILING, SO UNFORTUNATELY SHE COULD NOT BE HERE FOR THIS. THE HOME THAT WE HAVE IS LOT 8, BLOCK 47, WOODLANDS SECTION 8, AND IT'S IN BROWARD COUNTY RECORDS PLAT BOOK 67, [02:35:05] PAGE 42 IN BROWARD COUNTY PUBLIC RECORDS. THE ORIGINAL SITE PLAN TO THIS HOUSE HAS NOT ONLY ITS BOUNDARIES, WHICH IS 75 FEET RUNNING IN THE FRONT OF THE HOUSE, 100 FEET RUNNING ALONG A WATERWAY, THAT WASN'T SHOWN IN MR.. BACHMAN'S FIRST SLIDE. BUT IN HIS REVISED SLIDE IT SHOWS WHAT'S CLASSIFIED AS A BRAND NEW WATERWAY. IT'S AN EXISTING WATERWAY. THE HOMES THAT WERE BUILT ON THE WATERWAY HAPPENED TO HAVE A PIECE OF PRIOR ADDITIONAL LAND BEYOND THEIR LOT LINES. THE LOT LINE FROM THE STREET ON ORCHARD TREE LANE TO THE REAR OF THE PROPERTY MARKER IS 105 FEET ON BOTH SIDES OF THE HOUSE. ADDITION TO THAT, BECAUSE WHEN THE DEVELOPER BUILT THIS SIDE OF THE STREET FACING THE GULF COURSE, THEY WENT AHEAD, AND ON THE INTERIOR LOTS WHERE THERE'S A SMALL INTERIOR LAKE, THE DEVELOPER, MR. BEARINGS, HE PROVIDED SEAWALLS. FOR THE HOMEOWNERS THAT BOARD ALONG THE GULF COURSE AND HE DECIDED TO FOREGO A SEAWALL THERE, HE PUT ON EVERYBODY'S LOT THAT'S ON THIS WATERWAY FACING THE GULF COURSE AN ADDITIONAL 10-FOOT EASEMENT WITHIN THE LAND WENT FROM YOUR PROPERTY LINE SLOPE DOWN TO THE WATER'S EDGE. OVER THE YEARS UNFORTUNATELY, WAS HELD IN BY UNDERPINNING, AND THE UNDERPINNING HAS ERODED. SOME OF THIS WOODLAND HAS FALLEN IN TO THE WATERWAY. NOT ONLY THAT, BUT AS RECENTLY AS THIS PAST SATURDAY, I TOOK A NEW MEASUREMENT AND I FOUND THAT IN ONE SECTION WHERE MY PROPERTY PIN IS, THERE IS NOW SEVEN FEET OF THAT 10 FEET IN THE WATERWAY, AND JUST ABOUT 15 FEET DOWN FROM THAT IT'S ERODED A WHOLE SPOT WHERE I ONLY HAVE ONE FOOT OF LAND AND THE REST IS IN THE WATER. LUCKILY, A TREE IS STILL HOLDING AND THAT'S GROWING THROUGH THE WATER AND HOLDING THE REST OF THE BANKING THERE. THE POINT I AM MAKING IS THAT IN THE NEW DEVELOPMENT PROPOSED SITE PLAN, IT SHOWS THAT THE WATERWAY IS BEING MOVED CLOSER TO MY HOME BY THE TAKING OF THAT 10-FOOT PARCEL OF LAND, SO THAT'S 10 FEET BY 100 FOOT. IN THE DEVELOPERS AGREEMENT, SO FUNNY, JUST BEAR WITH ME ONE SECOND PLEASE, THIS IS LOCATED ON THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT OR I SHOULD SAY MAYBE THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, AND WHAT WAS SUBMITTED TO THE CITY. BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S YOUR FINAL DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT. IT'S LOCATED ON PAGE 18, HEADING NUMBER 16, PROJECT BUFFERS. UNDER LETTER A IT SAYS, THE SITE PLAN CONTEMPLATES FILLING IN PORTIONS OF THE WATERWAY AREAS FOR DEVELOPMENT OF THE RESIDENTIAL PODS IN OPEN SPACE. THE SITE'S PLAN ALSO CONTEMPLATES EXPANDING PORTIONS OF THE EXISTING WATERWAY AREAS AND CREATING NEW WATERWAYS AS IDENTIFIED IN EXHIBIT M, WHICH WASN'T PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, IT'S NOT PUT IN THERE, AND IT'S MARKED AS NEW WATERWAYS. 6104 ORCHARD TREE LANE AS OUR EXISTING WATERWAY WITH 13TH FLOOR WANTS TO PUT 16 HOMES ON POD H. THEN I WENT AND DID THE BEST DUE DILIGENCE WITH THEIR LITTLE SITE PLAN THAT MR. BACHMAN PUT UP. [02:40:06] IT SHOWS THE WATERWAY BEING RIGHT AT THE PROPERTY LINE. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT JUST A MIGHTY LOT. A THOUSAND SQUARE FEET OF LAND THAT I LOSE SO THEY CAN MOVE THE WATERWAY IN TO FIT 16 HOMES. CURRENTLY THE WAY THE WATERWAY IS, AND THEY HAVE A RIGHT TO FILL IN THE OPPOSITE SIDE, THE GULF COURSE SIDE WHERE IT'S ERODED. THEY STILL DON'T HAVE ENOUGH ROOM TO PUT IN A STREET, TO PUT IT IN THE SIDEWALKS, TO PUT IT IN THE DRIVEWAYS, TO PUT ON A LOT THAT'S 100 SQUARE FOOT IN DEPTH. THE LAND IS NOT THERE. I'M JUST TALKING ABOUT POD H. THERE CANNOT BE A MISS OVERSIGHT LET ALONE THE REST OF THE DEVELOPMENT BE BUILT. BUT WHEN YOU HAVE A WHOLE SECTION THAT CANNOT BE BUILT WITH THAT NUMBER OF HOMES, THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF HOMES WHICH ACCORDING TO THESE AGREEMENTS THEY'RE NOT GOING TO DO ANYMORE, AND WE'LL FILL IN SOME HOMES THERE. I'M JUST POINTING OUT THAT PART OF THEIR PROPOSAL IS NOT WHAT IT SEEMS, AND NOBODY IS GOING TO BE TAKING 1,000 SQUARE FEET OF LAND FROM THE PROPERTY I RESIDE AT. THIS ALSO AFFECTS 10-12 OTHER PROPERTIES ON MY STREET THAT FACE THAT WATERWAY BECAUSE THEY WANT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT. THEY'RE NOT BEING AN HONEST BROKER. IF YOU'RE NOT BEING AN HONEST BROKER FROM THE VERY START, I DON'T KNOW WHY YOU WOULD MOVE TO APPROVE SUCH A THING. BUT GETTING BACK TO THE REST OF THIS THAT I HAVE. THERE IS THE ARSENIC, AND WHAT ANDREW FELIX TESTIFIED TO IS TRUE. IT WAS IN THE NEWS YESTERDAY, IT WAS ON TELEVISION. IT WAS AMAZING HOW SOME PROFESSIONALS THAT WORK IN CANCER RESEARCH ACTUALLY MADE A STATEMENT AND HAS SAID THAT THEY BELIEVE THE UPTICK WHICH IS IN CITIES OF PLANTATION SUNRISE AND LORD HILL AND WOMEN'S BREAST CANCER IS UP 25% IN THE PAST TWO YEARS. I WAS ASTONISHED WHEN THEY SAID THAT THE CONTRIBUTOR TO THIS UPTICK FROM WHAT THEY'VE BEEN FINDING SO FAR AND THEY'RE NOT DONE IS IT'S ALL RELATED TO ARSENIC. BEHIND SECTION 8 WHERE POD H IS IN THE COMMUNITY IS NORTHWEST 44TH STREET. NORTHWEST 44TH STREET AND THE CONDOS ACROSS THE STREET ARE ALSO AFFECTED PARTIES. I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANYBODY HERE TONIGHT TO REPRESENT THEM OR NOT. BUT IN EXCAVATING AND DIGGING THE SOIL, TRYING TO DO REMEDIATION BEHIND MY HOME, EVEN DURING THE SUMMER ON THE HOTTEST DAYS, THERE IS ALWAYS A BREEZE BECAUSE OF THE OPENNESS OF THE LAND. HOW CAN YOU CONTAIN THIS POSSIBLE CARCINOGEN FROM BEING BREATHED IN BY THE PEOPLE ON THE 400 FEET ON THE OTHER SIDE IN NORTHWEST 44TH STREET? I MEAN, BASICALLY, I WANT SEWER PROGRAM WHERE THEY TRIED TO DESCRIBE HOW TO TRY AND POSSIBLY REMEDIATE THE SOIL BETTER AND SAFER. BASICALLY WHAT THEY WERE SAYING IS YOU HAVE TO PUT UP 10 WALLS 30 FEET HIGH, SURROUND IT AND TRY TO ENCLOSE IT. TO THEN GO AHEAD AND REMEDIATE AND PULL OUT THE SOIL AND PUT IT IN THE NEW SOIL. THAT'S STILL NOT A GUARANTEE THAT THESE AIRBORNE ELEMENTS THAT YOU CANNOT TASTE OR SMELL IS NOT GOING TO AFFECT SOMEONE'S HEALTH DOWN THE ROAD. [02:45:01] TAMARAC AS A NEIGHBORING CITY, PEOPLE SHOULD BE CONCERNED ABOUT THEIR HEALTH AS WELL AS THE ONES IN THE WOODLANDS COMMUNITY, BECAUSE YOU CANNOT CONTROL WHICH WAY THAT WIND OR THE BREEZE IS GOING TO GO. THAT'S FOR THE ARSENIC. THE OTHER POINTS I'D LIKE TO MAKE IS FLOODING. FLOODING REALLY HASN'T BEEN DISCUSSED THAT MUCH THIS EVENING. WITH WHAT IS REQUIRED BY BROWARD COUNTY, ON ANY OF THE GOLF COURSE LANDS, ALL THE NEW HOMES AND STREETS HAVE TO BE BUILT AT A HIGHER ELEVATION THAN WHAT THE CITY STREETS AND HOUSING LOTS WERE DESIGNED AND THE CODES THAT WERE IN FACT OVER 50 YEARS AGO. IF YOU RAISE UP THE ELEVATION NOW THAT ELEVATION IS GOING TO BE HIGHER THAN THE CURRENT ELEVATION IN THESE AREAS THAN THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY IS. WHEN IT RAINS, WATER ONLY TRAVELS ONE-WAY DOWNHILL WITH THE AMOUNT OF WATERWAYS, WHICH ON MR. BACHMAN'S PRESENTATION LOOKS REALLY NICE, MAKES THE COMMUNITY LOOK LIKE IT'S MORE TROPICAL FOR CERTAIN, BUT THAT'S NO GUARANTEE THAT YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE FLOODING, ESPECIALLY IN THE AREAS BEHIND MY RESIDENCE. WHERE THEY PLAN ON MAKING THE WATERWAY, AT MOST 8 TO ONLY 10 FEET WIDE WHEN CURRENTLY THAT WATERWAY BECAUSE OF SOME LAND EROSION ON MY SIDE. BUT CURRENTLY IT'S LIKE 20 FEET OR WIDER RIGHT NOW. THE OTHER THING WE'RE GOING TO LOSE FROM THE LAND OF THE GOLF COURSE IS THE 50 PLUS YEARS OF ABSORPTION THAT LAND HAS ALSO HAD. EVERY TIME WE HAVE HEAVY TROPICAL STORMS, HURRICANES AND EVERYTHING ELSE. WHATEVER IT DOES AND IT WILL GET INTO THE WATERWAYS IS ABSORBED IN THE LANDS. WHEN YOU BUILD NEW HOMES AND THE RENDERINGS MR. BACHMAN HAD PROVIDED SHOWED IN THE FRONT OF THESE HOMES BEFORE THE STREET. THEY LOOK LIKE TO BE 75% CONCRETE, VERY LITTLE GREEN SPACE, VERY LITTLE GRASS. YOU'RE GOING TO LOSE ALL THAT ABSORPTION AND LOSING THAT ABSORPTION NOW YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE ADDITIONAL RAIN RUNOFF THAN WHAT YOU WOULD ORIGINALLY HAD IF YOU HAD A PLACE FOR THAT TO SATURATE INTO AND NOT GET TO THE WATERWAYS. THE WATERWAYS ARE GOING TO RISE. THERE IS GOING TO BE FLOODING. MAYBE IN SOME SECTIONS THERE WON'T BE ANY AND IN OTHER SECTIONS THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE IT AT ANY TROPICAL STORM. IT JUST DOESN'T BALANCE OUT AS FAR AS FLOODING, AND IT LOOKS VERY QUESTIONABLE IN PAPER ON WRITING AND IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE IT'S ESPECIALLY WIDE ENOUGH FOR BEHIND MY HOME, LET ALONE ALL THE OTHER HOMES OR THE COMMUNITY THAT MIGHT BE AFFECTED. BUT I KNOW FOR CERTAIN, THAT THE STREET THAT THEY'D LOVE TO PUT IN, AND IF IT WORKS, IT WOULD BE GREAT FOR THEM. BUT IT'S GOING TO BE AT A HIGHER ELEVATION. THE OTHER PART OF THAT IS THEY HAVE TO HAVE THE DRAINAGE FOR THOSE NEW HOMES OR WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO SEND IT. THEY'RE GOING TO SEND IT TOWARDS THE WATERWAY. THEY'RE ALSO GOING TO HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE NORTHWEST 44TH STREET BECAUSE IF THEY PITCHED TOO MUCH OF THE LAND THAT DIRECTION, THAT STREET WILL BE FLOODED IN LAUDERHILL. THEN THE CITY WILL HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE CITY OF LAUDERHILL WITH THEIR GRIEVANCES ABOUT IT. I DON'T KNOW. TO ME, IT SEEMS LIKE NATURALLY THEY WOULD PITCH IT TOWARDS THE SMALL WATERWAY. THEY'RE GOING TO PUT BEHIND MY HOUSE AT A HIGHER ELEVATION WITH LESS MOISTURE TO BE ABSORBED FROM THE LAND. IT'S A MAJOR CONCERN AND PEOPLE SHOULD BE CONCERNED ABOUT THAT, I KNOW THE STREETS HAVE TO BE WIDER BY CODE. ALL IN CITY OF TAMARAC, ALL THE NEW DEVELOPMENT, THEIR STREETS ARE MUCH WIDER THAN OUR CURRENT STREETS IN THE COMMUNITY. THE STREETS IN OUR CURRENT COMMUNITY ARE ABOUT 22 FEET WIDE. THE NEW STREETS, I THINK THEY HAVE TO BE CLOSE TO 30 FEET WIDE. [02:50:02] THEN THE NEW STREETS STEPS, SIDEWALKS AND CARBS. NEXT, WE HAVE THE SEWER. MS. CALLOWAY SAID THAT OUR WASTEWATER SEWAGE IS FINE. IT CAN FILL THE VOID IN AN IMPACT OF THE EXTRA 335 HOMES. THAT WAS ABOUT TWO-AND-A-HALF YEARS AGO, MAYBE THREE. THE CITY PAID FOR ALL THE SEWERS, THE EXISTING CLAY SEWER PIPES TO BE REALIGNED. THE CIRCUMFERENCE IN THOSE EXISTING PIPES WAS SHRUNK IN DIAMETER BECAUSE OF THE THICKNESS OF THE NEW MATERIAL PUT IN TO REALIGN THOSE. I MET WITH THE PROJECT MANAGER FROM THAT COMPANY, AND WHEN I ASKED HIM, I SPECIFICALLY ASKED HIM ABOUT HOW THE CAPACITY IS OF THE PIPES IN THE WOODLANDS COMMUNITY AND HE WAS DOING THE VERY LAST SECTION OF THE COMMUNITY WHEN I MET WITH HIM AND I SPOKE WITH HIM. HE TOLD ME THE SEWAGE CAPACITY CURRENTLY AT THAT POINT IN TIME WAS RUNNING AT CAPACITY. I DON'T KNOW HOW MS. CALLOWAY HAS GOT CALCULATIONS THAT IS AMPLE. I HAVE MY DOUBTS ABOUT IT. THE BEST THING THAT I KNOW THAT PEOPLE CAN REFLECT TO, WAS ABOUT 18 MONTHS AGO WHEN THE NEW HIGH-RISE BUILDINGS, CONDOS AND APARTMENTS OPENED UP ON LAS OLAS BOULEVARD. SOON AS THEY HAD RESIDENTS GO IN, WHAT DID THEY? THEIR PIPES BURST AND IT WAS BECAUSE THEY HAD AN OVERLOAD OF SEWAGE WASTEWATER GOING INTO PIPES THAT WERE TOO SMALL AND EVIDENTLY THEY WEREN'T WIDE ENOUGH TO SUBSTANTIATE. >> TAMARAC CITY, CORRECT? >> YES. WAS NOT THE CITY OF TAMARAC. BUT THIS IS SOMETHING POSSIBLE THAT COULD HAPPEN. THE TRAFFIC IS ENOUGH AND THE ENTRANCES ARE FINE THE WAY THEY ARE. IF YOU GO AHEAD AND YOU CUT DOWN THE AMOUNT OF PLACES WHERE YOU CAN COME INTO THE WOODLANDS AND AT THE SAME TIME TRYING TO GET A MAJORITY OF THE NEW TRAFFIC FLOW TO EXIT THROUGH THE MAIN ENTRANCE. IT'S ONLY GOING TO PUT MORE CONGESTION RIGHT ON COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD GOING EASTBOUND OR WESTBOUND DEPENDING UPON WHAT TIME OF DAY ARE THERE?. I'M ALMOST DONE. IT WAS JUST THIS PAST FRIDAY. I LEFT MY HOME TO GO GROCERY SHOPPING. WHEN I LEFT IN THE MORNING, IT WAS 9:15 IN THE MORNING. THE TRAFFIC HEADING EASTBOUND AT 9:15 AM AT WOODLANDS BOULEVARD WAS VERY SUBSTANTIAL. IT WAS BACKED UP. THEY DIDN'T BLOCK THE INTERSECTION WHEN THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN. BUT THAT BACKUP OF TRACK THAT GET 9:15 IN THE MORNING, WAS ALL THE WAY TO WHITE OAK LANE, WHICH IS JUST ONE BLOCK EAST OF NORTHWEST 64TH AVENUE. IT WAS A PARKING LOT, A SLOW MOVING PARKING LOT. WHEN I WAS RETURNING HOME TO COME INTO THE MAIN ENTRANCE AT WOODLANDS AND COMMERCIAL, THE TRAFFIC BACKUP AT 10:30 IN THE MORNING WAS BACKED UP SOLID TO BANYAN LANE. AND I WANT TO REMIND YOU BECAUSE I LOOKED AND I CHECKED THERE WERE NO TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS. THESE BACKUPS ARE OCCURRING ALL THE WAY FROM 441 GOING WEST EARLY IN THE MORNING. I KNOW THE REVERSE HAPPENS IN THE AFTERNOONS GOING WESTBOUND. IN THAT, I THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR EVERYBODY GIVING ME THE TIME TO SPEAK. >> [OVERLAPPING] THANK YOU FOR EXPRESSING YOUR OPINIONS ON THE MATTER. WE HAVE HEARD THEM. THANK YOU. HAPPY HANDS, THANK YOU VERY MUCH [APPLAUSE] YOU'RE DOING SO GREAT. KEEP IT UP THAT WAY. THANK YOU [OVERLAPPING]. >> IS ANYONE TAKING NOTES AS TO RESPONDING TO ANYONE HERE? >> EXCUSE ME. I'M NOT SURE I UNDERSTAND THE QUESTION. [02:55:03] [OVERLAPPING] >> COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS, THESE EVENTUALLY THE DEVELOPER, HE'S TAKING NOTES AND THEY WILL RESPOND AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME TO ANY CONCERNS OR QUESTIONS. IN STAFF, I KNOW MS. CALLOWAY IS TAKING NOTES ALSO. WE HAVE STAFF AND THE DEVELOPER. >> THEN WE CAN ASK AFTER EVERYBODY IS DONE, WE WILL ASK HER QUESTIONS. >> I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THERE'S NOTES BEING TAKEN BECAUSE WE'LL HAVE QUESTIONS HERE. >> I BELIEVE SO. THANK YOU. DEFINITELY BELIEVE SO. WE ARE NOW MOVING TO JOSE SPINA, WHO I BELIEVE HAS A PRESENTATION THAT'S READY. >> NO, I DON'T HAVE. >> YOU DON'T HAVE A PRESENTATION, OKAY. YOU WERE JUST SPEAKING TO THE ITEMS THAT YOU HAVE SUBMITTED. >> GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY, THIS IS MR. SPINA 571 COCOA BELINDA. I DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE TO SEND MY PRESENTATION BECAUSE I SEND THE FORMAT IT WAS THE LAST DAY. BUT THEY HAVE SOME QUESTIONS THAT I HAVE HAD FOR THE LAST SIX YEARS. I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO ASK THOSE QUESTIONS AND WORKING ON WHAT ELVIN AT THIS MOMENT MENTIONED THAT AREN'T WE SUPPOSED HERE TO ASK QUESTIONS AND GET THE ANSWERS IN REAL-TIME? THAT'S WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IF POSSIBLE. >> YOU ARE MORE THAN WELCOME SINCE YOU ARE AN AFFECTED PARTY. YOU ARE MORE THAN WELCOME TO ASK ANY OF THE APPLICANTS WITNESSES OR THE CITY'S WITNESSES, ON ANY ITEMS THAT THEY HAVE TESTIFIED ABOUT OTHER THAN THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, WHICH I KNOW WAS TOUCHED ON, THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT IS A SEPARATE ITEM THAT WILL NOT BE DISCUSSED. IT'S ITEM AFTER PLAZA JUDICIAL. >> NO, NOT TODAY. >> NOT FOR DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, CORRECT. IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON ITEMS THAT HAVE BEEN PRESENTED. >> ALL THE QUESTIONS IS ABOUT WHAT WE HAVE BEEN HEARING ABOUT TODAY. BUT AGAIN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY. GOOD EVENING TO THE STAFF. WELL, WHAT I WANTED TO SAY, I'VE BEEN OPPOSED TO THIS PROJECT FOR THE LAST SIX YEARS AND I HAVE BEEN ASKING THE SAME QUESTIONS. I STILL TONIGHT, I HAVEN'T SEEN ANSWERS. I WANT TO START THANKING THE COMMISSIONERS THAT TRIED TO GET SOME ANSWERS TWO DAYS AGO FOR THE QUESTIONS THAT THE COMMUNITY HAS ABOUT THIS PROJECT. I NOTICED THAT YOU BASICALLY SUFFERED EXACTLY THE SAME THING THAT I'VE BEEN DEALING WITH SINCE I STARTED DISCUSSING THIS PROJECT. BASICALLY, IN 2019, I WAS ASKED TO TAKE A LEAP OF FAITH THAT EVERYTHING WAS GOING TO BE CLEAR BY THE MOMENT THAT THIS HEARING WAS GOING TO OCCUR AND THE DECISIONS WERE GOING TO BE MADE. BUT I STILL HAVE THIS QUESTION, SO IF WE CAN ELABORATE ON THEM THE MOST WEEKENDS SO I CAN UNDERSTAND HOW THIS IS GOING TO WORK, I WILL APPRECIATE THAT. PERFECT. THE FIRST THING IS THE QUESTION ABOUT THE GREEN SPACE. THE REASON I'M OPPOSED TO THIS PROJECT IS BECAUSE I BELIEVE IT CONSUMES TOO MUCH USABLE GREEN SPACE. THAT HAS BEEN MY POINT SINCE WE STARTED. THE GREEN SPACE IS A NON-RENEWABLE RESOURCE. ONCE WE LET IT GO, IT'S GONE, WE WON'T RECOVER IT AGAIN AND IT WILL AFFECT THE ENVIRONMENT. I HOPE WE STILL CARE ABOUT THAT. THE QUESTION IS EASY AND THERE WAS NO RESPONSE. HOW MUCH OF THE SPACE DEFINED AS OPEN SPACE, HOW MUCH OF IT IS WATER? I HAVEN'T HEARD AN ANSWER FOR THAT. THERE IS SOMETHING IN THE PRESENTATION THAT SAYS THAT 160 ACRES WILL BE RESTRICTED BY COVENANT AND THEY WILL BE OPEN SPACE. BUT HOLD ON, THE MATH DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE. IF WE ARE HERE REZONING 275 ACRES, SIR, THE TOTAL IS 275 ACRES AND WE'RE REZONING 165.35, THEN THE REMAINING IN RECREATIONAL IS 110, NOT 160. THIS NUMBER DOESN'T MAKE SENSE, THE 58 PERCENT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE. [03:00:01] IT PROBABLY MEANS THAT SOME OF THAT AREA THAT WILL BE REZONED, THEY ARE COUNTING IT AS OPEN SPACE. HOW MUCH OF THAT IS WATER? HOW MUCH OF THAT IS STREETS? HOW MUCH OF THAT IS THE PRIVATE GARDENS OF THE NEW HOMES? THOSE ARE MY QUESTIONS. LET'S START BY KNOWING HOW MUCH OF THE GREEN SPACE THAT WE ARE DEVELOPING TODAY IS WATER. I UNDERSTAND MY THEORY IS THAT WE ARE BASICALLY TAKING 60 PERCENT OF THE GREEN SPACE AND WE'RE TURNING IT INTO WATER BECAUSE THEY NEED TO MANAGE THE RUNOFF. HOW MUCH IS IT, IS AT LEAST 40 ACRES OF NEW LAKES. >> I BELIEVE WE GOT YOUR QUESTION AND SO WE ARE GOING TO DO IT ONE AT A TIME. I BELIEVE THIS IS FOR MR. BACHMAN'S TEAM TO DEFINE THE GREEN SPACE, WHAT IS GREEN SPACE, WHAT IS ATTRIBUTED TO THE GREEN SPACE, AND THE CALCULATIONS THEREOF. >> YEAH. I'M ERIC, >> CORRECT. MR. SPEN, THAT'S YOUR QUESTION. >> YEAH. THE QUESTION IS, HOW MUCH IS WATER? >> I KNOW YOU'VE ADDRESSED ALL OF THIS AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER THIS QUESTION NOW, IF THAT'S WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE. MR. SPEN IS AN AFFECTED PARTY. >> CORRECT. >> HE SHOULD BE PRESENTING EXPERT TESTIMONY. HE CERTAINLY CAN ASK QUESTIONS. I'M JOTTING THEM DOWN. I THOUGHT THE APPROACH HERE. I DON'T PLAN ON CROSS-EXAMINING HIM, IT'S FOR ME TO ADDRESS THEM IN REBUTTAL. HAD THE ANSWERS TO EVERY QUESTION THEY'D BEEN ANSWERED, THEY WERE PART OF MY PRESENTATION. IF IT'S A COMMISSION'S DESIRE FOR ME TO ANSWER THEM NOW, I'LL MOVE OVER TO THE OTHER PODIUM AND DO SO. >> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PLEASE. >> BUT THERE IS A PROCESS HERE THAT THIS IS ALL QUASI-JUDICIAL ON AFFECTED PARTY, SO I DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S APPROPRIATE NOW. AGAIN, I'M HAPPY TO IF THAT'S A COMMISSION'S DESIRE. >> WHAT WE HAD DECIDED WAS THAT THE AFFECTED PARTY IN THEIR PRESENTATION CAN THEN DO THEIR QUESTIONING NOW. >> AGAIN, I'M NOT TRYING TO DOUBT IT. >> YOU'RE NOT A WITNESS. >> THE MAYOR IS CORRECT. THE RULES BASICALLY ALLOW THE AFFECTED PARTY TO ASK QUESTIONS AND THEN YOU CAN ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS NOW, YOU DON'T HAVE TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS ON THE BACKEND IF THEY ARE ALREADY BEEN ASKED. OKAY. >> SURE. NO PROBLEM. >> OKAY. >> I'M GOING TO RESTATE THE QUESTION JUST SO IT'S CRYSTAL CLEAR AND I'LL MOVE DOWN HERE. >> LET'S START WITH THE MAP, 275 MINUS 165 IS AROUND 110. YOU ARE GOING TO LEAVE US A RECREATION ON 110 ACRES. THAT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE WITH THE 160 THAT YOU HAVE IN YOUR PRESENTATIONS UNLESS YOU ARE TAKING SOME OF THE AREAS THAT WILL BE REZONED AND COUNTING THEM AS OPEN SPACE. IS THAT CORRECT? >> CORRECT AND AGAIN, I DID NOT NECESSARILY PRESENT IT THIS EVENING, BUT IT WAS PART OF THE PRESENTATION THAT IS IN THE RECORD. CORRECT, 110 ACRES OF THE LAND USE IS NOT CHANGING. FIFTY ADDITIONAL ACRES OF THE AREA THAT IS BEING REZONED WILL BE OPEN SPACE AND WILL BE DEED RESTRICTED ACCORDINGLY. THAT'S BEEN PART OF THE DISCUSSION GOING ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE VERY BEGINNING OF THIS PROCESS. I KNOW THAT'S QUESTION NUMBER 1. YOU HAVE A QUESTION NUMBER 2. >> THE SECOND ONE IS FROM THOSE 110 BECAUSE ALL THE NEW LAKES ARE GOING INTO THE RECREATIONAL PARK, RIGHT? >> NO, NOT NECESSARILY. NO. WITHIN ALL OF THE PROPERTY THAT WE WILL EVENTUALLY REDEVELOP, WHICH IS 275 ACRES, THERE WILL BE 71 OF ACTUALLY 117 ACRES OF THE RACKING OPEN SPACE AND 46 OF THE 55 WITHIN THE REZONING AREA WILL BE LAKE. >> LET ME UNDERSTAND THAT ONE FROM THE 110, HOW MANY ACRES WILL BE LAKES? HOW MANY ACRES IN THE 110 WOULD BE LAKES? >> HOLD ON. [BACKGROUND] RATHER THAN ME ANSWERING THE QUESTION WE CAN ACTUALLY GET IT FROM OUR LAND PLANNER THAT PUT THE SITE PLAN TOGETHER. >> OKAY. >> GOOD EVENING. LINDSAY MURPHY WITH URBAN DESIGN STUDIO. WE HAVE THE OPEN SPACE PARCELS, [03:05:01] WHICH ARE APPROXIMATELY 110 ACRES OF THE ONES THAT ARE REMAINING AND RECREATION, 46 ACRES WILL BE WATER NEW AND EXISTING. >> SO THE 47 INCLUDES THE EXISTING? >> I DON'T KNOW THE BREAKDOWN BETWEEN WHAT'S NEW AND EXISTING WITHIN THE OPEN SPACE PROJECT. >> A LITTLE BIT LESS THAN 50% IS WATER. >> CORRECT. >> THAT'S THE ANSWER I WANTED TO GET. >> THE REST IS PASSIVE OPEN SPACE. >> THERE ARE 50 ACRES IN THE RECENT AREA WHERE YOU WILL ALSO HAVE WATER. HOW MUCH IS THAT? >> IN THAT AREA WE HAVE THE OPEN SPACE WHICH IS 85 ACRES OF THAT. THE WATER IS ONLY 24 ACRE, SO 28% OF IT. >> HOW MUCH DID YOU SAY THE ACRES WERE OF WATER? >> IN THE RESIDENTIAL PARTS, WHICH ARE 165 ACRES APPROXIMATELY, THE OPEN SPACE AREAS ARE ANOTHER 85. >> THE WATER? >> THE WATER IS ABOUT 24 ACRES. >> IN TOTAL WE HAVE ALMOST 70 ACRES OF WATER? >> OVER 275. >> THAT WAS THE QUESTION. >> TWENTY FIVE PERCENT WATER OF THE WHOLE ENTIRE PURCHASE AREA. >> TWENTY FIVE PERCENT WATER. MR. BACHMAN SAID WE DON'T NEED ALL THAT WATER. HE SAID THAT DURING THE PRESENTATION. >>YOU CAN'T CROSS-EXAMINE THE LAWYER WHO'S DOING THE PRESENTATION. >> MR. BACHMAN STATEMENT IS NOT TESTIMONY. THE COMMISSION BASICALLY COULD DISREGARD IT. THE EVIDENCE THAT'S PRESENTED BY STAFF OR EVIDENCE. HIS STATEMENTS ARE NOT TESTIMONY. >> PERFECT. WE HAVE ALMOST 50 ACRES OF WATER IN A PROPERTY OF 275 ACRES OF GOLF COURSE. IT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO EVALUATE, IF IT MAKES SENSE TO REALLY CONVERT ALL OF THAT GRASS INTO WATER. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTION? PERFECT. THE OTHER THE OTHER QUESTION I HAVE IS MY HOUSE GETS TO HAVE A POOL LIKE TWO OR THREE DAYS IN MAY EVERY YEAR. THEN IT GOES AWAY BECAUSE IT FLOATS ALL THE WAY TO THE TOP OF MY BADGER. THIS IS DEFINITELY MORE THAN THREE FEET. BUT IN THEORY THAT AREA OR ALL OF THE GOLF COURSE AS DEFINED BY THE BROWARD COUNTY, IS A FLOOD ZONE WITH SHALLOW FLOATING BETWEEN 1-3 FEET. NOW WE ARE GOING TO START PAVING OVER WITH CONCRETE. THERE WILL BE MORE RUNOFF WATER. I DON'T KNOW WHO TO ASK THIS QUESTION. I READ THAT THE GROUP OF LAKES ARE DESIGNED TO RETAIN ONE INCH OF WATER. I WANT TO UNDERSTAND IF THAT IS CORRECT, AND TO ASK WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WITH THE OTHER TWO INCHES. WHERE THEY ARE GOING TO GO? >> MAYOR IF I MAY, WE PRESENTED CONFIDENT SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE IN THE RECORD THAT WAS CORROBORATED BY YOUR CITY STAFF. I DID NOT PRESENT MY EXPERT WITNESS FOR DRAINAGE. HE IS HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTION THAT YOU ASK AS THE CITY COMMISSION. IF THIS COMMISSION WOULD LIKE, I'M HAPPY TO HAVE HIM COME UP AND ANSWER THE QUESTION. MR. SPINA'S JOB RIGHT NOW IS TO SUBMIT COMPETENT, SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE TO ALL OF YOU. WHY WE DON'T MEET THOSE THINGS. NOT TO TRY AND EXAMINE ONE OF MY WITNESSES THAT WAS NOT PRESENTED TODAY WHEN WE DID PRESENT THAT TESTIMONY ALREADY, WHICH HAS BEEN CORROBORATED BY YOUR CITY STAFF. I'M HAPPY TO STAND HERE. WE WILL ANSWER EVERY SINGLE QUESTION TONIGHT. BUT INSTEAD OF BEING HERE UNTIL 5:15 WILL BE HERE TO 5:15 PM TOMORROW AFTERNOON. WHATEVER THIS COMMISSION DESIRES, WE'VE MET OUR BURDEN. IT IS CERTAINLY MR. SPINA'S OBLIGATION IN THE OTHER AFFECTED PARTIES TO PROVE THAT WE HAVEN'T. >> HE IS CORRECT MR. SPINA. >> SO I'M NOT ALLOWED TO HAVE ANSWERS TO MY QUESTIONS EVEN BEFORE YOU TAKE A DECISION. >>THE PROCEDURE WAS JUST EXPLAINED AND THERE'S ALL THIS EVIDENCE THAT'S ALREADY BEEN PRESENTED ON OUR BACKUP. IT IS YOUR ROLE HERE AS AN EFFECTIVE PARTY TO BRING YOUR WITNESSES TO SAY WHY HIS EVIDENCE THAT HAS ALSO BEEN CORROBORATED BY THE CITY'S EXPERTS IS NOT ACCURATE. [03:10:02] THAT IS WHAT YOUR ROLE HERE IS AS AN AFFECTED PARTY. YOU ARE WELCOME TO GIVE YOUR OPINION AND SAY YOUR OPINION ABOUT THINGS. IF YOU ARE AN EXPERT IN YOUR FIELD AND YOU CAN TELL US WHY YOU ARE AN EXPERT IN YOUR FIELD. IF NOT, YOU CAN SHARE WITH US YOUR OPINION. FOR ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. >> CAN I ASK YOU THE SAME QUESTION TO THE STAFF OF THE CITY? >> IF THEY WISH TO PRESENT IT, BUT THEY HAVE NOT PUT ON THAT PART OF THIS. THEY HAVE NOT PRESENTED THAT AS BACKUP. IT'S LIKE IF YOU'RE A REGULAR COURT, IF THE ATTORNEY DOES NOT PRESENT A WITNESS THAT TESTIFIES, YOU CAN'T COME UP AND ASK THEM QUESTIONS THAT ARE NOT BEING EXPRESSED AT THE TIME. >> I GET THAT PROCEDURAL PART BUT REMEMBER YOU ARE TAKING A DECISION THAT IS GOING TO AFFECT MY FAMILY FOR THE REST OF OUR LIFE IN THE WOODLANDS. >> UNDERSTOOD LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PLEASE. MR. SPINA AT THE SAME TOKEN, JUST LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE HERE, YOU'VE HAD AMPLE TIME TO BE ABLE TO CALL A WITNESS TO HAVE THEM REVIEW THE DOCUMENTATION AND TO BE ABLE TO PRESENT WHY WHAT HAS BEEN PUT IN THE BACKUP HAS BEEN EXPRESSED AT PRIOR MEETINGS AS NOT ACCURATE. >> PERFECT. I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION THAT I HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR A YEAR WHICH SAYS, WHEN IS THE CLUBHOUSE GOING TO BE BUILT? IT'S NOT EVEN THERE HASN'T BEEN THERE. WE DON'T KNOW WHEN THEY'RE GOING TO BUILD IT. HAVE THEY COMMITTED TO BUILD IT AT SOME POINT? >> CITY ATTORNEY CAN I ANSWER THAT ONE JUST SIMPLY BECAUSE WE HAVE THIS ONE OR MR. MAXINE SHOULD ANSWER IT. >> THAT WOULD BE MS. CALLOWAY. >> MS. CALLOWAY. >> JUST GOING TO HAVE TO REPEAT WHAT MR. BACHMAN HAS SAID BUT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT'S CONTAINED IN THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT THAT IT'S NOT UP FOR DISCUSSION AT THIS TIME. DO WHAT THE ITEMS ARE, THE LAND USE AMENDMENT, THE REZONING. >> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IF YOU WEREN'T. >> I DID NOT PRESENT ANY EVIDENCE THIS EVENING CONCERN IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF A CLUBHOUSE. >> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MONDAY, WE HAD A WHOLE MEETING REGARDING THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT. IT WAS PUBLICLY NOTICED. YOU CAN GO BACK ONLINE AND YOU CAN WATCH IT IF YOU WISH. BUT WE HAD THIS DISCUSSION AND THEN THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT IS ON THE AGENDA FOR AFTER THESE TWO QUASI-JUDICIAL ITEMS. >> CAN I ASK A QUESTION? FOLLOW UP ON THIS BECAUSE I KNOW WE CANNOT TALK ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT. BUT WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU REZONE TODAY, NOT TO YOU TO THE ATTORNEY. WHAT HAPPENS IF WE REZONE TODAY AND THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT IS NOT SIGNED? THEN THE REAL OWNER OF THE LAND GETS A LAND THAT HAS MULTIPLIED ITS VALUE BY 50 TIMES OR MORE AND NOW IT CAN BE SOLD TO SOMEBODY ELSE BECAUSE THE DEVELOPER THAT IS ACTING AS AN AGENT DOESN'T SIGN THE AGREEMENT. WHAT HAPPENS IS THAT POSSIBLE? >> CITY ATTORNEY? >> MR. SPINNER, FIRST OF ALL, IN ORDER TO REZONE THE LAND USE LAW, THE FIRST ITEM, THE LAND-USE PLANNING, MUST BE ADOPTED BY THIS COMMISSION. WITH RESPECT TO THE REZONING, IF THAT IS APPROVED FOR SUBSEQUENT TO THE LAND USE PLAN AMENDMENT. THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT IS BASICALLY A CONTINGENT [NOISE] ON THE DEVELOPER AGREEING TO CERTAIN CONDITIONS WITH THE SITE PLAN THAT WILL BE PRESENTED TO THE COMMISSION. THE DEVELOPER HAS AGREED TO MEET CERTAIN CONDITION THAT STAFF HAS NEGOTIATED WITH A DEVELOPER TO MEET SOME STANDARD. THE DEVELOPER, UNLESS IF IT'S APPROVED BY THE COMMISSION, THE DEVELOPER IS BOUND BY THAT AGREEMENT UNLESS THIS COMMISSION REVISE IT. THEY DON'T HAVE A RIGHT TO TERMINATE THAT AGREEMENT ONLY ON, THIS IS COMMISSION THAT WILL HAVE THE ULTIMATE CONTROL IF THIS DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT IS APPROVED. >> THAT'S GOOD. THANK YOU. CAN I TALK ABOUT THE HOUSES? THE HOUSES THAT WERE SHOWN. >> [BACKGROUND] LADIES, GENTLEMEN, HE'S AN AFFECTED PARTY AND THE AFFECTED PARTY, PEOPLE DID SIGN UP IN ADVANCE. BUT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO STICK TO, MR. SPINNER, THIS WAY, PLEASE. >> MR. MAYOR, I THINK HE WANTS TO TALK ABOUT THOSE HOUSES. >> YEAH, THE HOUSES THAT WERE SHOWN THERE. >> YOU CAN TALK ABOUT THEM. >> NO, I JUST WANTED TO ASK A QUESTION. THEY WOULD HAVE TWO SLIDES. THE FIRST SLIDE WITH FOUR HOUSES, PRETTY NEAT. [03:15:01] >> NO, IT WAS A FIRST SLIDE HAD TWO HOUSES, A FRONT AND BACK OF EACH. >> OKAY, WELL THE FIRST SLIDE WITH TWO HOUSES, THE OTHER SLIDE WITH TWO MORE HOUSES THEN, RIGHT? >> THAT OF FOUR. >> THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE FIRST SLIDE AND THE SECOND SLIDE, I'M NOT AN ARCHITECT, BUT IT WAS IMPACTING. I WONDER HOW DO WE KNOW THAT ALL OF THOSE HOUSES WILL BE PART OF THE COMMUNITY. WHICH OF THOSE HOUSES ARE GOING INTO EACH OF THE PARTS AND WHEN EACH PART HAVE EXACTLY THE SAME MODEL OF HOUSES REPEATED IN A ROW. >> MRS. VAN, I BELIEVE THE APPLICANT ALREADY SAID THAT IN HIS BEGINNING, BUT I'M SURE HE'LL REPEAT IT AT THE END. >> OKAY. CAN I GET THE ANSWER. >> THAT WILL BE ONE WHO WILL COME BACK AROUND AT THE END. >> NO, THIS IS NOT HAVING THE SAME HOUSE IN EACH PART. THE HOUSES WOULD BE DIFFERENT LIKE THE ONES WE HAVE IN THE WOODLANDS? >> CORRECT? >> IN EACH PART THERE WOULD BE DIFFERENT HOUSES? >> DIFFERENT HOUSES WITHIN, YES, [OVERLAPPING] IS WHAT WAS TESTIFIED TO, YES. >> OKAY. PERFECT. FINALLY, I WANT TO ASK, I'M NOT SURE WHO TO ASK THIS IN THE CITY. LET ME ASK AND YOU HELP ME, PROBABLY THE CITY ATTORNEY. THIS WILL BE A MAJOR CONSTRUCTION SITE FOR MULTIPLE YEARS. I'M NOT GOING TO SAY 10 YEARS, BUT PROBABLY EIGHT OR SEVEN. HAS THIS CITY PUT TOGETHER A RISK ASSESSMENT ON WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IN CASE OF SAFETY ACCIDENTS. WHAT HAPPENS IF SOMEBODY GETS HURT IS THE PROPERTY OF SOMEONE, IS DAMAGE? WHAT WILL BE THE PLAN? HOW DO WE ACT ON THOSE THINGS? WHAT KIND OF INSURANCE THE COMMUNITY NEED IN ORDER TO COPE WITH THIS THINGS? THIS CERTAINLY WILL INCREASE THE INSURANCE PRICES FOR US. WHO CAN HELP ME WITH THAT. >> MR. SPINNER I BELIEVE THAT THIS IS ALL THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED, OR DISCUSSED ON MONDAY AS WELL IN THE DEVELOPERS AGREEMENT AND THINGS THAT ARE RECORDED OF THE PUBLIC RECORD. >> OKAY. >> MRS. MARINA, YOU COULD ALSO SET UP A MEETING WITH THE CITY MANAGER AND HE WILL TALK TO YOU IN MORE DETAILS ABOUT SOME OF THESE PLANS,. >> OKAY. THANK YOU. FINALLY, I WANT TO CONCLUDE BY EXPRESSING THAT I THINK THAT WHY WOULD THIS COMMISSION CREATES SO MUCH WEALTH FOR A SMALL GROUP OF PEOPLE WITH THE POWER THAT WAS TRUSTED TO YOU BY THE VOTERS AND GETTING CLOSE TO NOTHING TO THE COMMUNITY THAT YOU REPRESENT. THEY INVESTED FOUR MILLIONS IN 2011 AND NOW 300 PIECES OF $700,000 IS MORE THAN 200 MILLIONS AND YOU'RE GETTING $2,000 FOR EACH HOUSE. FOR AFFORDABLE HOMES, THE WOMAN IN DISTRESS ARE GETTING $25,000 AS A LUMP-SUM, AND THE RESIDENTS AMENITIES. THE CLUB HOUSE IS NOT CLEAR. A WALKING TRAIL THAT PROBABLY HALF OF IT GOES BELOW THE TRANSMISSION LINES. I DON'T WANT TO WALK BELOW THOSE LINES AND NEVER DONE IT SINCE I'D BEEN LIVING HERE FOR 10 YEARS. I DON'T SEE WHAT IS IN IT FOR US, IT'S NOT THAT IMPORTANT AND I STILL BELIEVE THAT A LOT OF GREEN SPACE THAT EXISTS TODAY IS BEING CONSUMED OR BY CONSTRUCTION OR TURNING IT INTO WATER. I DON'T THINK THIS MAKES SENSE. THIS PROJECT SHOULD BE RE-EVALUATED AND EVEN CONSIDER TO KEEP A GOLF COURSE. REMEMBER, AS THE COMMISSION, YOU NEED TO TRY TO DISCOURAGE LOSING OPEN SPACE AND ESPECIALLY GOLF COURSES. YOU'VE DONE IT ALREADY IN COLONY WEST. YOU'RE HELPING WOODMONT TO KEEP ONE-AND-A-HALF GOLF COURSES. THE WOODLANDS IS A LANDMARK IN TAMARAC. [APPLAUSE] IT CANNOT BE THE UGLY DUCKLING. IT NEEDS SOME SUPPORT AS WELL. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [03:20:01] >> THANK YOU MR. SPINNER >> WE ARE NOW GOING TO CHRISTOPHER HODGKINS. [BACKGROUND] >> THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION. MY NAME IS CHRIS HODGKINS. I'M PRESIDENT OF SECTION 4 HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION. >> YES, BUT YOU ARE HERE AS A RESIDENT, NOT AS A PRESIDENT OF SECTION 4. IS THAT CORRECT, SIR? >> I THINK I'M HERE FOR BOTH. ACTUALLY, I'M HERE FOR THREE THINGS. I'M ALSO HERE AS PRESIDENT OF SAVE THE WOODLANDS. >> I BELIEVE YOU'RE HERE FOR SAVE THE WOODLANDS AND FOR YOURSELF BECAUSE SECTION 4 HAS NOT TAKEN A VOTE IN ORDER TO SAY THAT YOU ARE HERE ON THEIR BEHALF, SO PLEASE. >> OH, REALLY. [OVERLAPPING] WHAT I LIKE TO SAY SINCE I WANT TO CORRECT FOLKS IS THAT I HAVE BEEN HERE SINCE THE VERY BEGINNING. I SAT HERE UNTIL 4:00 IN THE MORNING IN THE FIRST HEARING. AT THAT POINT IN TIME, WE WERE TOLD UNDER THE BAKE THE CAKE THEORY THAT, AND YOU, MAYOR, HAD SAID TO 13TH FLOOR, WELL, WE HAVE A LOT TO DO. WHEN YOU COME BACK AND WE TALK ABOUT THIS, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A FINAL SITE PLAN. THAT WAS PART OF YOUR BAKE THE CAKE THEORY. DO WE HAVE A FINAL SITE PLAN TODAY? >> NO. >> NO. >> THIS IS NOT A JOINT LITTLE THING HERE, GUYS. [LAUGHTER] BECAUSE I REALLY DON'T WANT TO THROW EVERYBODY OUT. >> THE FUNNY THING IS THAT THROUGH ALL OF THIS, IT'S BEEN THE LONGEST STOP AND START. WHEN YOU SAID, LET'S NOT TALK ABOUT CORRUPTION, CORRUPTION, THAT LAST SEAT WAS BAKING [OVERLAPPING] BECAUSE OUR CITY MANAGER WAS LED OUT OF THIS BUILDING BECAUSE OF CHARGES BY FDLE ON EXTORTION WITH 13TH FLOOR HOMES. >> MR. HODGKINS, I'M GOING TO REMIND YOU, YOU ARE HERE TO DISCUSS THE PROJECT. >> I AM. >> YOU'RE NOT HERE TO DISPARAGE ANYBODY OR PUT ANYTHING THAT IS IN A LEGAL CONTEXTS THAT IS NOT PART OF TODAY. >> BUT IT IS PART OF TODAY. >> NO, IT IS NOT. MR. HODGKINS'S, YOU ARE HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE ITEMS THAT YOU HAVE THAT YOU'VE PRESENTED HERE [OVERLAPPING] AND MR. SARNICH IS NOT PART OF IT, SO PLEASE PROCEED. >> WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS JUST LIKE A NETFLIX SERIES AND WE'RE ON SEASON 5 EPISODE 2. [LAUGHTER]. >> [INAUDIBLE]. [LAUGHTER] >> THAT'S RIGHT. I DIDN'T LIVE HERE. >> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, AS I SAID EARLIER, THIS AFFECTS EVERYBODY HERE. NO, WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK TO WHAT YOU SUBMITTED. >> I DID SUBMIT THIS. I DID SUBMIT SOME OF THE HISTORY OF CORRUPTION IN THE HISTORY OF TRYING TO DEAL WITH WHAT'S HAPPENING IN TAMARAC, [OVERLAPPING]. >> MAYOR, WOULD YOU LET ME FINISH. >> AS LONG AS YOU FOLLOW THE RULES OF WHAT WE HAVE ESTABLISHED HERE, MR. HODGKINS. >> YOU TALK ABOUT MONDAY'S HEARING. >> MONDAY'S WORKSHOP. >> MONDAY'S WORKSHOP. I HAD TO CALL YOU ON SUNDAY BECAUSE I SAW ON FACEBOOK SOMEBODY HAD A BOOK OF THE WOODLANDS AND SAID MONDAY, THERE IS A WORKSHOP. I GOT ONLINE TO SEE IF THERE WAS A WORKSHOP AND IT WASN'T ONLINE. >> IT WAS NOT. >> EXCUSE ME, IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK, TAKE YOUR TIME, BUT I'M NOT DEBATING YOU. >> KEEP IT HERE. >> I CALLED UP THE CLERK AND THE CLERK THEN SAID, YES, THERE IS A WORKSHOP. WHAT YOU SAID WHEN I CALLED YOU ON SUNDAY AT 9:00 PM OR 10:00 AM WHEN YOU SAY THAT EVERYBODY COULD HAVE BEEN THERE, NOBODY REALLY KNEW THEY COULD BE THERE BECAUSE THERE WAS NOTHING ONLINE OVER THE WEEKEND. HERE'S THE THING, WE WAITED ALL THIS TIME TO AT THE FINAL MOMENT BE RUSHED. WHEN I WAS CALLING AROUND TO ALL OF YOU TO ASK, WHEN IS THE HEARING GOING TO BE? I DON'T KNOW. SOMEBODY SAID IT HAS TO BE BY THE 31ST, SOMEBODY SAID, I CAN ONLY DO IT ON THE 30TH, OTHER FOLKS SAID, I DON'T KNOW, BUT THEN WHEN I CALLED MAXINE CALLOWAY, SHE SAID, WELL, IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE ON THE 22ND. [03:25:02] I SAID, WELL, THE NOTICES ARE GOING TO HAVE TO GO OUT RIGHT NOW BECAUSE I THOUGHT IT WAS A 15 DAY NOTICE OR A 14 DAY NOTICE. GUESS WHAT, THAT DAY THE LETTERS WENT OUT. HERE WE ARE, AFTER FIVE YEARS GETTING THIS SHORT NOTICE ABOUT SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO IMPACT OUR INVESTMENT GREATLY, OUR INVESTMENT OF OUR OWN HOME. NOW, WHEN I MOVED INTO THE WOODLANDS, I THOUGHT I WAS COMING INTO A TIME WARP. I AM NOT ONE OF THOSE FOLKS THAT FORGET THE DREAM. WHEN I BOUGHT MY HOUSE, IT WAS MY DREAM. I THANK GOD EVERY DAY WHEN I GET INTO IT. I LOVE IT. I THINK IT'S BEAUTIFUL, I THINK THE WOODLANDS ARE BEAUTIFUL, BUT WHEN I HEAR AND I SEE THE PICTURES OF THE DEGRADATION OF THE WOODLANDS THAT MR. BACHMAN SHOWED US, WHAT WERE THEY PICTURES OF? OF CLUBLINKS PROPERTY. THE GOLF COURSE IS DEAD. WELL, THE GOLF COURSE WASN'T DEAD WHEN THEY TOOK OVER, THE GOLF COURSE WAS DEAD AFTER COVID AND THEY SHUT IT DOWN AND THEY DIDN'T BRING IT BACK. WELL, OTHERS BROUGHT BACK COURSES INCLUDING THIS CITY, YOU MADE $500,000 PROFIT LAST YEAR OFF OF THAT. IN MIAMI BEACH, WE HAD A GREAT HISTORIC HOTEL CALLED THE DUVAL HOTEL. IT'S WHERE THE BEATLES STAYED AND WAS A GREAT HOTEL THAT PEOPLE HAD GREAT FONDNESS FOR AND THEY HAD TO TEAR IT DOWN. YOU KNOW WHAT THEY SAID? IT WAS DEMOLITION BY NEGLECT. THEY WANTED TO TEAR IT DOWN, SO THEY JUST NEGLECTED IT AND THEN THEY SAID, LOOK, WE HAVE TO TEAR IT DOWN BECAUSE IT'S BEEN NEGLECTED. THAT'S LIKE THE WOODLANDS. WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING WITH THE GOLF COURSE BECAUSE IT'S NEGLECTED. WELL, WHO NEGLECTED IT? EVEN OVER THE YEARS THAT CLUBLINK IN 13 FLOOR WERE PARTNERS, THEY LET THIS THING LAY FALLOW AND JUST GROW INTO TOTAL DISREPAIR. TO GET SOMETHING DONE, WE ALL HAD A CALL AND GO CRAZY, BUT I'LL GET ON WITH IT. WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT TRAFFIC. NOW, TRAFFIC IS OUR NUMBER ONE CONCERN BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT STOPPED EVERYTHING AT THE BROWARD PLANNING COMMISSION. WENT TO THE BROWARD PLANNING COMMISSION, A LOT OF FOLKS WERE THERE, AND IT CAME BACK FROM THE STATE THAT SAID, COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD IS AT AN F AND THIS PROJECT IS GOING TO EVEN FURTHER DEGRADE THE CAPACITY ON COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD. HAVE ANY OF YOU EVER HEARD FDOT HAVE AN OPINION? NO. NOT OFTEN, BUT THEY HAD AN OPINION ON THIS BECAUSE THAT SECTION FROM UNIVERSITY TO THE TURNPIKE IS ONE OF THE WORST SECTIONS IN THE WHOLE OF BROWARD COUNTY. AS THE MAYOR SAID ONCE, IT'S ALSO ONE OF THE MOST DANGEROUS, WE'VE HAD THE MOST ACCIDENTS THERE. AN 11-YEAR-OLD WAS JUST KILLED ONLY TWO MONTHS AGO IN A FIVE CAR ACCIDENT. NOW, WE HAVE THIS THING CALLED THE FDOT AGREEMENT. THAT'S WHAT MS. CALLOWAY SAID, FDOT AGREEMENT. WELL, THE FDOT AGREEMENT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH CAPACITY. FDOT AGREEMENT HAS THE DECENCY HAD BLUETOOTH AND SYNCHRONIZED LIGHTING AND SOME INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES, ALL TO DO WITH SAFETY, NOTHING TO DO WITH CAPACITY. IN FACT, THE FDOT HAS EVEN STATED THAT, AND THE KIMLEY-HORN REPORT EVEN GOES FURTHER TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT. I HAVE OUR ATTORNEY HERE TONIGHT AND I BROUGHT IN A TRAFFIC EXPERT, BUT WHY IS THAT IMPORTANT? BECAUSE THAT DOESN'T MEET YOUR MASTER PLAN. YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO DO SOMETHING THAT HAS A RATING LOWER THAN C, AND WE'RE AT AN F, BUT THEN IT'S NOT ONLY ABOUT COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD. YOU SEE, THE WOODLANDS WAS DEVELOPED BY MR. BARON, WHO WAS THE FOUNDER OF TAMARAC, AND IT WAS BEAUTIFUL. WHEN THEY DEVELOPED THE ROADS IN TAMARAC, THEY WERE ABLE TO DISPERSE THE VEHICLES AND PEOPLE COULD JUST GO OUT ALL THE EXITS. WE HAD BANYAN LANE, WHITE OAK, HOLY DRIVE, AND BAYBERRY LANE. NOW THOSE ARE GOING TO BE CLOSED FROM FULL ACCESS, EGRESS, AND ENTRANCES AND IT'S GOING TO BE HALF OF WHAT IT WAS. DO YOU KNOW WHERE THAT TRAFFIC IS GOING TO GO INSTEAD, RIGHT TO THE CENTER OF THE WOODLANDS, DOWN WOODLANDS BOULEVARD. INSTEAD OF HAVING A DISPERSED TRAFFIC, NOW WE HAVE EVERYTHING GOING INTERNAL INTO THE WOODLANDS AND WE HAVE A LETTER THAT FURTHER GOES ONTO THAT THAT HAS ALL THE LEGAL LEASE AND THE ANALYSIS OF WHAT THE TRAFFIC EXPERTS HAVE SAID. THAT'S ON TRAFFIC. IMAGINE THAT 50 YEARS AGO AND HERE WE ARE IN 2023 AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE WORST TRAFFIC. OUR ATTORNEY WILL SPEAK ON THAT. [03:30:01] NEXT THING IS ARSENIC. HOWARD NELSON, ARE YOU STILL HERE? >> I AM, SIR. >> GREAT. I'M IN THE INFRASTRUCTURE BUSINESS, THE CONSTRUCTION BUSINESS. YOU KNOW WHAT THEY SAY TO US? YOU'RE ONLY AS GOOD AS YOUR LAST PROJECT. THAT'S WHAT THEY SAY. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT ARSENIC, WE'RE WORRIED ABOUT ARSENIC. BECAUSE ARSENIC AROUND THE TEASE, ON THE GREENS, AND IN THE SAND TRAPS. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? HERE'S MY FEAR. MY FEAR IS, WHEN THEY WERE BUILDING WOODMONT, ONE OF THE BIGGEST COMPLAINTS THAT THE WOODMONT WAS THAT THEY HAD DIRT THAT WAS PILED UP. PEOPLE WERE CONCERNED ABOUT THE DUST AND THE DIRT AND EVERYTHING BLOWING AWAY. TAMARAC VILLAGE, TAMARAC VILLAGE ACROSS FROM MCDONALD'S. REMEMBER THAT PILE OF DIRT THAT WAS THERE FOR YEARS? ARE WE GOING TO SEE SOMETHING LIKE THAT AT THE WOODLANDS? THE REASON I'M CONCERNED AND WHAT I'D LIKE TO KNOW IS ABOUT, SO WE HAD MANOR PARC AND CENTRAL PARC. DID YOU WORK ON CENTRAL PARC? >> I'M SORRY, SIR. [INAUDIBLE]. >> YEAH. >> BUT THAT ITEM IS NOT AN ITEM IN EVIDENCE. >> BUT NO, HE SPOKE. CAN WE QUESTION THEM? >> HE SPOKE BUT HE DID NOT SPEAK ABOUT THE MANOR PARC ITEM. >> WELL, HE SPOKE ABOUT ARSENIC. >> HE SPOKE OF GENERALITIES ABOUT ARSENIC. IF YOU'D LIKE TO TALK TO HIM ABOUT GENERALITIES ABOUT ARSENIC, YOU'RE WELCOMED TO SPEAK TO HIM. >> SURE. MY QUESTION ON GENERALITIES. [BACKGROUND] IF ARSENIC ISN'T FULLY REMOVED FROM IT'S SITE, IS THERE A COVENANT ON THAT LAND THAT WOULD PREVENT CONVENTIONAL BANKS OR OTHERS GIVING LOANS IF THERE IS A CONTAMINATED SITE? >> I'M NOT SURE I UNDERSTAND YOUR QUESTION BECAUSE YOU'VE ASKED ABOUT THREE DIFFERENT QUESTIONS AT THE SAME TIME. I'LL TRY TO PARSE MY WAY THROUGH IT. IF ARSENIC IS NOT COMPLETELY REMOVED THERE'S TWO SCENARIOS. >> CAN YOU PLEASE SPEAK MORE INTO THE MICROPHONE. >> SORRY MADAM MAYOR. THERE ARE TWO SCENARIOS ABOUT THAT NIGHT AND I KNOW YOU BUILD INFRASTRUCTURE, SO I KNOW YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, BROWARD COUNTY IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA IS RISK-BASED CORRECTIVE ACTION. THERE ARE CORRECTIVE ACTIONS THAT LEAVE ARSENIC IN THE LOWER SOILS AND REQUIRE A DEED RESTRICTION. THAT WOULD NOT PREVENT BANKS FROM GIVING LOANS. BANK ROUTINELY GIVE LOANS. THAT'S ABOUT THE ONLY QUESTION I CAN ANSWER BECAUSE I CAN'T FIGURE OUT WHAT THE REST OF YOUR QUESTIONS. >> WELL, THAT'S MY WORRY. MY WORRY IS THAT ARSENIC WHICH IS IN THE T'S AND THE GREENS AND IN THE SAND TRAPS AND THERE'S MANY OF THEM. WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO DO WITH THAT ARSENIC LADEN SOIL? IF THEY'RE GOING TO DIG IT UP AND TAKE IT OUT, THEN RIGHT BY OUR HOUSES FOR SIX YEARS IS GOING TO GO CONTAMINATED. ARSENIC DUST GOING BY OUR HOUSES. IF THEY'RE GOING TO BLEND IT OR CAP IT, WHAT TYPE OF SOIL ARE THEY GOING TO USE TO CAP IT, WILL IT BE CLEAN SOIL? HOW WILL WE KNOW IF THERE'S A CLEAN BILL OF HEALTH FROM THE COUNTY? I'LL TELL YOU HOW I FOUND THIS OUT. >> WOULD YOU LIKE TO RESPOND? [OVERLAPPING] >> IF YOU WANT THE ATTORNEY TO QUESTION, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER IT. SURE. >> SURE. >> PLEASE PROCEED WITH YOUR ANSWER. [OVERLAPPING] >> BUT YOU NEED TO STOP TALKING FOR A SECOND SO I CAN ANSWER THE QUESTION. [BACKGROUND] >> [OVERLAPPING] PLEASE PROCEED WITH ANSWERING HIS QUESTIONS REGARDING. >> I THINK YOUR ULTIMATE QUESTION IS, YOU WOULD ASK HOW YOU WOULD KNOW IF THERE'S A CLEAN BILL OF HEALTH. I STATED IN MY PRESENTATION, THERE IS A SERIES OF SOIL CERTIFICATIONS REQUIRED BY BROWARD COUNTY FOR THE REMEDIAL PROCESS. THEY'RE ALL PUBLIC RECORDS. THEY ARE ALL AVAILABLE. YOU CAN FIND OUT THE ADJOINING CERTIFICATIONS AS THEY GET FILED WITH BROWARD COUNTY. >> ORIGINALLY WHEN THEY BUILT I THINK IT WAS MANOR PARC, THEY WERE DIGGING UP THE SOIL AND TO DEAL WITH ARSENIC. [OVERLAPPING] >> MR. HODGKINS ITEMS, NOT AN EVIDENCE, PLEASE MOVE ON. >> ALL RIGHT. TO DEAL WITH ARSENIC, YOU NEED A PLACE TO PUT IT. A GREAT PLACE TO PUT IT WAS WHEN THEY WERE BUILDING THE FORT LAUDERDALE AIRPORT. THEY TOOK ALL THAT ARSENIC OUT AND PUT IT ON THE BASE OF THE AIRPORT AND THEN PUT [03:35:03] THE TARMAC ON TOP OF IT AND ENCAPSULATED THE ARSENIC. BUT NOW THERE'S REALLY NOT A PLACE. IS THERE A PLACE TO BRING ARSENIC IN BROWARD OR MIAMI-DADE TO DISPOSE OF IT? >> AN ITEM ALSO NOT BEING ASKED RIGHT NOW. THIS IS NOT AN ARSENIC PLAN, THIS IS NOT A REMEDIATION PLAN. >> BUT HE BROUGHT UP ARSENIC. [BACKGROUND] >> NO. MR. HODGKINS YOU BROUGHT UP ARSENIC. HE IS HERE AND HE'S SPEAKING ABOUT WHICH HE HAS SPOKEN ABOUT FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT. WHAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR IS IN DETAIL THAT HAS NOT BEEN PROVIDED TO ME. >> WELL, ARSENIC IS SERIOUS STUFF AND IT'S WHERE WE LIVE. WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT IT. WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT TRAFFIC. >> YOU SAID YOU HAVE YOUR WITNESS, YOU CAN BRING HIM UP TO DISCUSS THAT. >> I CAN BRING MY WITNESS UP? >> THIS IS YOUR TIME TO DO YOUR PRESENTATION. [OVERLAPPING]. YES. >> I WOULD LIKE TO CALL WENDY ADATO WHO IS OUR ATTORNEY. SHEA AZRI. SHEA. >> MADAM MAYOR, I ASSUME I'M RELEASED. >> YES, PLEASE. THANK YOU. I DON'T REMEMBER SEEING SHEA ON THERE. >> [INAUDIBLE]. >> CAN YOU GET ON THE MIC, SIR? >> AS A POINT OF CLARIFICATION, I'M AN ATTORNEY, NOT A WITNESS. I'LL BE ADVOCATING ON BEHALF TO SAVE THE WOODLANDS. I HAD ORIGINALLY FILLED OUT A COMMENT CARD FOR PUBLIC COMMENT BUT IF THE COMMISSION WOULD PREFER, I'M HAPPY TO PROVIDE THAT RIGHT NOW. >> NO, ACTUALLY NOT. THE PERSONS LISTED ON THE AFFECTED PARTY LIST WAS NOT YOURSELF. >> IT WAS ROBERT HEARTCELL. >> ROBERT HEARTCELL IS A MEMBER OF OUR FIRM. >> HE'S NOT HERE THIS EVENING AND TECHNICALLY WE'RE SUPPOSED TO GO WITH THE PEOPLE THAT ARE ON YOUR EFFECTIVE PARTY LISTS. THEREFORE, IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK LATER ON PUBLIC COMMENT, YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO ON BEHALF OF, SAY THE WOODLANDS BUT THIS IS NOT SAY THE WOODLANDS. THIS IS MR. HODGKIN'S AS A HOMEOWNER. >> UNDERSTOOD. I JUST WANTED TO BE CLEAR THAN THAT, I'M BEING EXCLUDED EVEN THOUGH I'M AN ATTORNEY AT THE SAME TIME. [OVERLAPPING] >> YOU'RE NOT A WITNESS, ATTORNEYS AREN'T WITNESSES. >> IF ATTORNEY AT YOUR FIRM WAS NOT GOING TO BE HERE, HE SHOULD LET YOU SUBMIT YOUR NAME ON IT, SO COMMANDER IS CORRECT. YOU HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK AT A PUBLIC COMMENT. >> THANK YOU, SIR. >> THANK YOU. >> I'D LIKE TO GO TO COMPATIBILITY. >> REPRESENTING FOR YOUR COMPATIBILITY. >> NO. >> OKAY. >> ON COMPATIBILITY, THE COMPATIBILITY ISSUE IS IN THE MASTER PLAN. IT TALKS ABOUT GOLF COURSES. THEN IN THE MASTER PLAN, IT SAYS THEY PREFER NOT TO DEVELOP GOLF COURSES. THEN WHEN WE LOOK AT THE HOUSES THAT WE SEE LACKING A SITE PLAN, THERE'S NO DRAWINGS. IT SAYS RIGHT UNDERNEATH THE PICTURES THAT THEY SHOW THAT THESE ARE RENDERINGS ONLY AND NOT THE ACTUAL ARCHITECTURAL DESIGNS. WE DON'T KNOW AND THAT'S THE THING THAT GETS ME ABOUT COMPATIBILITY. AFTER COMPATIBILITY, WE CAN TALK ABOUT DRAINAGE. BUT THE BIG THING IS THIS, WE HAVE ATTENDED EVERY MEETING. WE HAVE FOUGHT THIS DILIGENTLY AND EVERY TIME WE'VE GOTTEN SOMEWHERE, 13TH FLOOR HAS DECIDED TO SUE OR DELAY. THEY'VE DONE SO RATHER IN A DILATORY WAY. WHEN WE'RE COUNTING VOTES, WE THOUGHT WE HAD THE VOTES ONCE. NOW, AFTER ALL THIS TIME, IT'S HURRY UP AND WHAT WE'RE DOING IS TAKING OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR INVESTMENT AND DECIDING WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. THE WAY THIS WORKS, IF YOU VOTE TO REZONE THEN ANY POTENTIAL FOR A GOLF COURSE OR ANOTHER DEVELOPMENT IS GONE. THIS COMMISSION NEEDS TO DO BETTER. THIS LAND IS FIVE-YEAR-OLD LAND. THE VALUE HAS INCREASED EXPONENTIALLY. GOD'S NOT MAKING ANY MORE LAND, MUCH LESS NEXT TO A TURNPIKE AND YOU CAN DO BETTER. YOU GIVE AWAY THE ZONING, YOU GIVE AWAY YOUR POWER. YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE THE VOTES AND THEY CAN'T CONVINCE PEOPLE, [03:40:05] YOU BUY THEM, YOU PUT OUT BIG SUMS OF MONEY. THE ERROR WAS TAKEN RIGHT OUT OF ME ON MONDAY. >> TREAD LIGHTLY. >> WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN IT WAS NO LONGER ABOUT THE MERITS OF THE CASE, IT WAS ABOUT WHO GETS WHAT. IS THAT WHAT WE'VE BECOME? FORGET THE COMMUNITY. FORGET THE ISSUES. I GOT MINE. [OVERLAPPING] YOU GET YOURS. >> MR. HODGKIN'S, STICK WITH THE ITEMS THAT ARE ON LAND USE AND ZONING, PLEASE. >> YEAH. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW SOME OF THOSE THINGS GOT ON THE LIST AND PLEASE DON'T DISCOURAGE US BY GOING WITH THE HIGHEST BIDDER. PLEASE GO WITH THE COMMUNITY. PLEASE GO WITH US WHO HAVE BEEN TRYING AND WORKING HARD THROUGH THIS WHOLE PROCESS. WE'VE BEEN WILLING TO MEET ANYTIME ANYWHERE WE HAVE. LAST TIME MR. BACHMAN TALKED ABOUT THE POD THAT WAS NEXT TO WOODLANDS BOULEVARD AND YOU WERE IN THE MEETING MARY AND HE SAID, "DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT. IT'S PROBABLY COMING OUT." BUT GUESS WHAT? IT DIDN'T COME OUT. IN FACT, IT'S LARGER THAN IT WAS WHEN HE SAID IT MIGHT COME OUT. THIS ISN'T WHAT IT APPEARS TO BE. WHAT I WOULD ASK, AS YOU USE BEST PRACTICES AND YOU USE YOUR POWER TO COME UP WITH A PROJECT, WE'RE NOT AGAINST DEVELOPMENT. COME UP WITH A PROJECT THAT MAKES SENSE. ALL THESE HOMES UNDER NEW FEMA MAPS ARE GOING TO BE TWO FEET HIGHER THAN THE REST OF THE WOODLANDS. WE'VE SEEN THE WOODLANDS FLOOD AND IT'S GOING TO KEEP ON FLOODING. ALL I WOULD ASK YOU TO DO IS PLEASE DON'T RUSH THIS AND DO YOUR JOB. PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU'RE GOING TO PROTECT OUR INTERESTS. CORPORATE DEVELOPERS COME AND GO AND WE'D ASK YOU TO REPRESENT US. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU. MR. HODGKIN'S. [APPLAUSE] LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE ARE ALMOST DONE WITH THIS SEGMENT OF THIS. OUR ONE LAST PERSON ON THE AFFECTED AGAINST LISTS IS MS. SANDY HILL, WHO I BELIEVE IS OUTSIDE. MS. VIRUS, IF YOU CAN PLEASE. THANK YOU. MS. SANDY HILL. TAKE YOUR TIME. [BACKGROUND] >> SORRY. GOD BLESS YOU ALL. HONORABLE MAYOR, AND VICE MAYOR, AND COMMISSIONERS. I'M SANDRA HILL, AND I LIVE ON BANYAN LANE, AND MY HOUSE LOOKS OVER THE 18TH HALL OF THE WEST COURSE. PLEASE FORGIVE ME FOR READING THIS. I'M NERVOUS. I'M A TAMARAC HOMEOWNER AND TAXPAYER FOR 24 YEARS. I MOVED INTO THE WOODLANDS BECAUSE IT WAS THE JEWEL OF TAMARAC. AM I TALKING LOUD ENOUGH? YEAH. ONE DAY I WALKED MY GERMAN SHEPHERD THROUGH HERE AND COULD NOT BELIEVE THE DELIC SETTING AND HOMES. WHEN I WAS ABLE TO BUY IN HERE, I DIDN'T HESITATE. [OVERLAPPING] >> EXCUSE ME ONE SECOND MS. HILL. IF YOU CAN TAKE THE CONVERSATION OUTSIDE, PLEASE, IT WOULD BE APPRECIATED. THANK YOU. PLEASE PROCEED. >> PEOPLE THAT COME TO VISIT OR DO REPAIRS, IT LIKE BLOWS THEIR MIND. YES, I'M PROUD TO LIVE HERE. I'M CUTTING MY WHOLE THING SHORT BECAUSE OF ALL THIS, BUT I'M GOING TO POP DOWN WITH 13TH FLOOR. WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE GOING TO GET THROUGH. OUR LANDS MAY LIE FALLOW FOR YEARS TO COME. IN THE CITY OF TAMARAC ALSO WON'T BE GETTING ANY TAXES FROM THESE NEW HOMES, WHICH I UNDERSTAND ARE GOING TO START AT ABOUT 700,000 A HOME. GOODNESS KNOWS ALSO WHAT NEW REGULATIONS AND STRINGENT REQUIREMENTS WILL BE IMPOSED ON DEVELOPMENT IN A FEW YEARS FROM NOW. I HAVE TO SAY HERE TOO. ANOTHER REASON I SHIED AWAY FROM THE DEFENDANT WOODLANDS GROUP, WHICH I DID JOIN IN THE BEGINNING AND EVEN CONTRIBUTED $100 TOWARDS THE PAYING THE LAWYER BECAUSE HE REMINDED ME OF COLOMBO. HE STAYED THERE UNTIL 5:00 IN THE MORNING. BUT IT SEEMED LIKE THERE WAS TWO FACTIONS TO THAT. [03:45:02] AFTER I SAW WITH 13TH FLOOR WAS PROPOSING. BUT IN THE DEFEND OF WOODLANDS, IT STARTED BECOMING A DRAW TO A FEW PEOPLE WHO ENJOY JUST BEING ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF SOMETHING. IT WAS LIKE A PULPIT FOR SOME PEOPLE TO GO ONLINE INTO NEIGHBORHOODS, SITES AND RIDICULE AND EVEN THREATEN PEOPLE WHO WERE FOR THE PROJECT AND WHO SPOKE UP. SOME HOMEOWNERS WHO WOULD ADD THEIR OPINION ONLINE WERE THREATENED WITH, I KNOW WHERE YOU LIVE. I EVEN HEARD TWO YEARS AGO THAT A DEAD ANIMAL WAS THROWN ON OUR FRONT PORCH. I WANT TO SAY HERE, NOT EVERYONE WHO IS AGAINST THE DEVELOPMENT IS PART OF THE KIND OF NASTY FACTION. DEAR JOSE SPINA IS SINCERE AND HIS LOVE FOR WILDLIFE AND THAT'S WHY HE'S CONCERNED WITH THE GREEN SPACE AND EVERYTHING. ANYWAY, IN ENDING, I ASK THE COMMISSION TO HEAR US HOMEOWNERS WHO BOUGHT INTO WOODLANDS TO LIVE AND MAKE OUR FAMILIES HERE, RAISE OUR FAMILIES HERE. I HOPE TO SPEND MY LAST YEARS HERE. WE'RE LIKE A FAMILY. WE REALLY ARE. I'VE BEEN ON THE WHOA 10 YEARS AND HOA FOR 10 YEARS. I ASK THAT THE COMMISSION HELP US KEEP THIS JEWEL OF TAMARAC AND HAVE IT AS BRAGGING RIGHTS THAT WE'RE ONE OF THE FEW CITIES AROUND THAT HAS SOMETHING LIKE THAT. THEY DON'T HAVE ANYTHING IN COMPARISON. THANK YOU. UNLESS YOU ALL FOR LISTENING TO ALL THIS STUFF AND GOD BLESS. >> MS. HILL I'M GOING TO ASK FOR [APPLAUSE] CLARIFICATION BECAUSE YOU SAID IT. WHAT IS YOUR POSITION? >> I'M TOTALLY FOR IT. YES. TOTALLY FOR THE DEVELOPMENT. >> THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] LADIES GENTLEMEN. COME ON. WE HAVE JUST FINISHED THE AFFECTED PARTIES FOR THE AGAINST UNLESS SOMEBODY NEEDS A BATHROOM BREAK, WHICH I HOPE YOU DON'T. THE AFFECTED PARTIES FOR AND WE HAVE HARVEY QUINTIN. [BACKGROUND] YOU'RE NOT AN EFFECTIVE PARTY. YOU'RE NOT AN EFFECTIVE PARTY. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION WILL COME AFTER AFFECTED PARTIES. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION. WHEN YOU FILLED OUT THAT CARD, YOU WILL COME AFTER THE AFFECTED PARTIES. THE AFFECTED PARTIES GO FIRST. AFTER AFFECTED PARTIES WILL THEN HAVE THE PEOPLE WHO FILLED OUT THE CARDS AND YOU WILL HAVE YOUR THREE MINUTES. UNLESS WE CAN GO, I WAVE AND SUPPORT OR I WAVE AGAINST, IF WE'RE AT THAT POINT IN TIME. GO AHEAD. >> GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS HARVEY QUINTIN. I LIVE AT 5415 BANYAN LANE AND I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT OF THE WOODLANDS FOR OVER 19 YEARS. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK WHOEVER SENT THIS FLYER FOR PROVIDING THE EMAIL ADDRESSES OF THE MAYOR AND THE COMMISSIONERS. IT WAS A VERY EASY WAY FOR ME TO SHOW SUPPORT OF THE WOODLANDS. I'M VERY THANKFUL THAT YOU SENT ME THAT FLYER. WHAT'S GOING ON AT THE WOODLANDS IS PRETTY SIMILAR TO WHAT HAPPENS TO ME AT WORK. WHEN I HAVE A STUDENT DOCTOR COME TO ME WITH A TREATMENT PLAN FOR THEIR PATIENTS AND THEY ASK ME, IS IT GOOD ENOUGH? I LOOK AT THEM AND I SAY, REALLY? YOU WANT SOMETHING GOOD ENOUGH? IS THAT THE TYPE OF GOOD DOCTOR YOU WANT TO BE? YOU WANT TO BE SOMEBODY WHO'S GOOD ENOUGH, GOOD, OR GREAT. WE TAKE THE TIME TO REVISE THE TREATMENT PLAN, HOWEVER LONG IT TAKES. WHEN THEY DO TALK TO THEIR PATIENT, THEY HAVE SOMETHING SUBSTANTIAL AND THAT'S GREAT. THE SAME THING CAN BE SAID ABOUT WHAT HAS BEEN GOING ON IN THE WOODLANDS. 13 FLOOR HOMES PRESENTED A PLAN FOUR YEARS AGO THAT WAS NOT GREAT FOR MANY OF THEIR RESIDENTS. TOO MANY HOMES, TRAFFIC CONCERNS, OPEN SPACES ISSUES. BUT JUST LIKE A GREAT DOCTOR THEY TOOK THE TIME TO REVISE THEIR PLAN AGAIN AND AGAIN UNTIL THEY DEVELOPED A PLAN THAT IN MY OPINION, IS NOT ONLY GOOD, BUT IS GREAT. IF YOU ASK THE OPPOSITION WHAT THEY THINK OF THE PLAN, THEY WILL TELL YOU IT IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH, IT WILL NEVER BE GOOD ENOUGH. THEIR PLAN IS TO HAVE NO PLAN. THEY PREFER TO LET THE WOODLANDS ROT AND DIE RATHER THAN BREATHE NEW LIFE INTO THE COMMUNITY. THEY'VE HAD FOUR YEARS TO PROVIDE SOMETHING WHILE WE'VE HAD NOTHING. I ASKED THE MAYOR AND THE COMMISSIONERS TO CONSIDER THE RESIDENTS OF THE 890 HOMES IN THE WOODLANDS. NOT THE LOUDEST OPPOSITION VOICES THAT ARE REPRESENTED BY A FEW DOZEN HOMES HERE. [03:50:05] WITH YOUR COURAGE AND GUIDANCE, YOU CAN BREATHE NEW LIFE INTO THE WOODLANDS AND MAKE IT THE JEWEL OF TAMARAC THAT IT ONCE WAS MANY YEARS AGO. I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND YOUR CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. HAPPY HANDS ARE NOT SO HAPPY. WE'RE NOW GOING TO PATRICK SHERLOCK. >> I'M PATRICK SHERLOCK. I'VE BEEN A WOODLANDS RESIDENT SINCE 2011. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE CITY OF TAMARAC AND OUR COMMISSIONERS AND THE MAYOR FOR HAVING US ALL HERE THIS EVENING AND FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK ALL OF MY NEIGHBORS WHO ARE HERE, BOTH THOSE WHO ARE IN SUPPORT AND IN OPPOSITION TO THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN. I AM HERE TONIGHT TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THIS PLAN, OF THE REDEVELOPMENT OF THE LANDS FORMERLY OCCUPIED BY THE GOLF COURSE. I'M NOT A PERSON WHO NORMALLY SPEAKS OUT ABOUT MUCH OF ANYTHING. THIS IS MY VERY FIRST COUNCIL MEETING THAT I'VE EVER ATTENDED IN MY LIFE. PLEASE FORGIVE ME IF I'M NOT VERY GOOD AT PUBLIC SPEAKING. >> YOU'RE DOING GREAT. >> WHEN I MOVED HERE, THE GOLF COURSE WAS ONE OF THE REASONS THAT I CHOSE TO BUY MY HOME IN THE WOODLANDS. I CERTAINLY WISH THAT THE GOLF COURSE HERE COULD HAVE REMAINED FOR MANY MORE YEARS BUT THERE JUST AREN'T AS MANY GOLFERS TODAY AS WHEN THOSE COURSES WERE BUILT. PERHAPS MY GOLF GAME PLAYED SOME SMALL PART IN THE DECLINE OF THE SPORT, AND IF SO, I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT. BUT TIME MOVES ON AND IT'S ALL TOO APPARENT THAT OUR GOLF COURSE IS GONE FOR GOOD. IT'S ALSO APPARENT THAT THE CURRENT STATE IS UNTENABLE. SINCE THE CLOSING OF THE GOLF COURSE, WE'VE BEEN HAVING A TERRIBLE TIME WITH THE VERMIN, SPECIFICALLY RATS AND SNAKES. MY WIFE AND I ALWAYS ENJOYED OUR BIRD FEEDER AND WATCHING THE BIRDS AND THE SQUIRRELS. BUT FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS WE'VE BEEN UNABLE TO STOP THE BIRD FEEDER BECAUSE OF THE RATS. I SPOKE WITH AN OFFICER AT BSO, AND HE TOLD ME THAT HOMELESS PEOPLE HAVE BEEN TAKING UP RESIDENCE NIGHTLY AT THE SITE OF THE OLD CLUBHOUSE AND I'VE SEEN EVIDENCE OF A HOMELESS PERSON THAT NORMALLY COLLECTS MONEY AT COMMERCIAL AND ROCK ISLAND, WALKING THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD TOWARDS THE CLUBHOUSE WHERE I BELIEVE HIM TO BE LIVING. NOW, PERHAPS NOT EVERYONE HERE WOULD AGREE, BUT AS FOR MYSELF AND MY WIFE, DEBBIE, WE WOULD MUCH RATHER SHARE OUR NEIGHBORHOOD WITH SOME ADDITIONAL NEW NEIGHBORS WHO LIVE IN LOVELY NEW 13TH FLOOR HOMES THAN WITH RATS, SNAKES, AND DRUGGED-UP HOMELESS PEOPLE. THE PLANS THAT HAVE BEEN CO-DEVELOPED BETWEEN 13TH FLOOR AND OUR HOA BOARDS, AN EXTRAORDINARY COMPROMISE THAT ADDRESSES ALMOST EVERY CONCERN THAT WAS VOICED THROUGH OUR HOAS, AND 13TH FLOOR HAS BEEN VERY RESPONSIVE ABOUT ADDRESSING EVEN THE MINOR DETAILS. WITH ALL OF THAT SAID, THIS IS A GOOD DEAL FOR ME, IT'S GOOD DEAL FOR THE WOODLANDS, AND IT'S A GOOD DEAL FOR TAMARAC. IT WOULD BE A TERRIBLE SHAME TO PASS ON THIS AND WAIT FOR A WORST DEAL TO COME AROUND. THANK YOU ALL FOR LISTENING TO MY CONCERNS AND COMMENTS. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> WE WILL NOW GO TO GILES BOUDREAU. >> HE LEFT. >> HE LEFT? MR. BOUDREAU LEFT. ROBERT WOOD. MR. WOOD LEFT AS WELL? >> YES. >> THEN I PRESUME MRS. BOYD KAREN LEFT AS WELL. >> YES. >> BECAUSE I DON'T SEE THEM EITHER. [INAUDIBLE]. I THINK SHE LEFT AS WELL. CECILIA [INAUDIBLE]. >> HELLO. MY NAME IS CECILIA. I LIVE ON 6203 BANYAN. [03:55:01] EVERYONE, WE'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO REPEAT, SO I DON'T HAVE MUCH TO SAY. >> YOU ARE AN AFFECTED PARTY. >> I WANT TO SAY ONE THING. I'VE LIVED IN THE WOODLANDS FOR 20 YEARS COME MAY, AND IT WAS BEAUTIFUL AND I'VE SEEN IT DETERIORATE. I PERSONALLY FEEL THAT 13TH FLOOR IS OUR SAVIOR. THEY HAVE BENT OVER BACKWARDS TO TRY TO PLEASE US. I WANT TO SAY ONE OTHER THING, WE KEEP HEARING FROM THE PEOPLE THAT DON'T WANT IT, THAT 70% OF THE WOODLANDS DON'T WANT IT. WELL, I'VE TALKED TO PROBABLY 100 PEOPLE. MINIMUM. I WOULD SAY NONE OF THEM HAVE EVER BEEN APPROACHED. BUT I WOULD SAY THAT 50% OF THE WOODLANDS, THEY DON'T CARE EITHER WAY. WHERE THEY GET THEIR 70%, OF WHAT, I'M NOT SURE. BUT I DO KNOW THAT I WANT 13TH FLOOR AND I'M VERY ANXIOUS TO GET IT GOING. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. PATRICIA FOX. >> GOOD EVENING. I'M PATRICIA FOX, I LIVE IN MULBERRY DRIVE. I'VE LIVED HERE FOR 19 YEARS. I HAVE WORKED ON BOTH OF MY BOARDS. I AM ON THE WHOA BOARD AND SECTION 7 BOARD. HOWEVER, I'M NOT HERE FOR THAT REASON. I AM HERE BECAUSE FIRST, I WANT TO THANK 13TH FLOOR FOR LISTENING TO THE COMMUNITY AND IMPLEMENTING AN AMENDED SITE WHICH THEY HAVE DONE AND BROUGHT IT DOWN TO THE 335. I REMEMBER WHEN IT FIRST STARTED WITH SO MANY HOMES AND I WAS VERY WORRIED ABOUT THAT MANY HOMES IN HERE, AND THEY HAVE WORKED WITH US. AS A HOMEOWNER, I THINK IT'S A GREAT THING FOR THIS COMMUNITY. IT'S GOING TO BE I THINK ALSO FOR THE CITY AS WELL. I CAN SEE THE HOMES AS SOMEONE ELSE SAID EARLIER ON, I LIKED WHAT THEY SAID WHEN THEY SAID THEY LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING MORE PEOPLE AND NEW NEIGHBORS, AND I LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING THOSE PEOPLE AND MEETING THOSE PEOPLE AND HAVING THEM LOVE TAMARAC AS MUCH AS I DO. WHEN I MOVED IN HERE, I DROVE DOWN THE BOULEVARD, WAS MY REALTOR AND I SAID, I CAN'T AFFORD TO LIVE HERE. BUT WHEN I WALKED IN THE FRONT DOOR OF MY HOUSE AND OPENED THAT DOOR AND LOOKED OUT AND SAW THE GOLF COURSE, I SAID, I LOVE THIS HOUSE. I TURNED TO MY NOW HUSBAND AND SAID, I WANT TO MOVE HERE. I WANT TO BUY THIS HOUSE, AND WE DID. NOW UNFORTUNATELY, THE BACK OF MY HOUSE IS NOT SO NICE BECAUSE THE COURSE IS GONE AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING 13TH FLOOR DEVELOP THAT AND MAKE IT WHAT IT USED TO BE. MY BIGGEST CONCERN IS WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IF THEY DON'T COME IN HERE. WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN TO ALL OF US THAT HAVE HOMES THERE THAT WE HAVE INVESTED IN? I'M A VERY PROUD RESIDENT OF MY SECTION AND I'VE BEEN ON THE BOARDS OFF AND ON SINCE I'VE LIVED HERE, FOR THE 19 YEARS THAT I'VE LIVED HERE. I HOPE THAT REGARDLESS OF OUR DIFFERENCES HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY, WE CAN RECOGNIZE THAT CHANGE WILL KEEP THE WOODLANDS GREAT AND MAKE IT GREAT AGAIN. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE'RE NOW GOING TO ARMANDO PEREZ. >> GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS ARMANDO PEREZ, 4609 HARDY DRIVE. ABOUT SIX YEARS AGO WE BOUGHT A HOUSE HERE AND IT WAS OUR DREAM PLACE. WE THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO SPEND THE LAST DAY OF OUR LIVES HERE. BEAUTIFUL PLACE. THE 13TH FLOOR WAS MY BACKYARD. [LAUGHTER] THE 13TH GREEN OR THE EAST COAST IN MY BACKYARD, WHICH IS NOT THERE ANY LONGER. IT'S UNRECOGNIZABLE WHAT I GOT BACK THERE. I CANNOT EVEN WALK THERE BECAUSE THE RATS, THE SNAKES, THE ANTS ARE THIS BIG. I MEAN, IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO WALK THERE. I REMEMBER MY GRANDKIDS COMING OVER AND WE WALK AND ENJOY THE AFTERNOON. NOT ANYMORE. IT IS DANGEROUS OVER THERE. IT'S UGLY, AND IT'S DISGUSTING. ME AND THE WIFE USED TO RUN FROM RHODE ISLAND TO THE MAIN GATE AT THE WOODLANDS. NOW WE'RE PICKING UP GARBAGE. [04:00:02] WE PICK UP BEER BOTTLES, PLASTIC BOTTLES, MCDONALD'S BAG, CLOTHING. I DON'T BELIEVE THAT ANYBODY THAT LIVES IN THE WOODLANDS WILL BE UNCONSCIOUS TO THROW GARBAGE OUT OF THE WINDOW OF THE CAR IN A PLACE WHERE YOU LIVE. THESE ARE PEOPLE THAT COME FROM RHODE ISLAND TO HARDY DRIVE DOING SPEEDS THAT ARE CRAZY. THEY ALSO KILLED OUR DOGS COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO. HIT AND RUN AND THE GUY KEPT GOING. CAN THAT GOING TO BE ONE OF OUR NEIGHBORS? IT CANNOT BE. THAT'S SOMEBODY FROM OUTSIDE. LIKE YOU SAID, THE HOMELESS PERSON WE SEE HIM ALL THE TIME. WE SEE HIM LOOKING AT THE HOUSES. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING, BUT THEY'RE LOOKING. THAT DOESN'T MAKE ME COMFORTABLE. THEN WHEN YOU CALL THE COPS OR THE WOODLAND SECURITY, THEY'RE NOT AROUND. THEY STOP AT THE ENTRANCE OF RHODE ISLAND AND HARDY DRIVE TO FISH THERE. SOMETIMES THEY DO THE WHOLE PARKING THERE. I'M TOO OLD TO TAKE THAT GARBAGE. I GO OUT AND I TELL THEM, SOME OF THEM LEAVES, SOME OF THEM GIVE ME AN ATTITUDE. BY THE TIME I CALL THE SECURITY, WHO KNOWS? THEY DRINK THE BEER, THEY SMOKE MARIJUANA, THEY LEAVE THE DEAD FISH. THEY LEAVE THINGS THAT I DON'T WANT TO TELL YOU WHAT I HAD TO PICK UP BECAUSE I'M THE GUY THAT GOT TO PICK IT UP. THE BEST THING THAT COULD HAPPEN TO THE WOODLANDS IS TO GET THESE GUYS IN BECAUSE SOME OF YOU ARE CONCERNED WITH THE GREEN SPACE AND ALL THAT. I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT IF YOU WANT GREEN SPACE, GO ACROSS THE STREET TO INVERRARY AND SEE THAT JUNGLE THAT THEY HAVE OVER THERE. IN COUPLE OF YEARS, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF GREEN SPACE. YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE THE SAME JUNGLE THAT YOU GOT AT THE INVERRARY, WHICH IS DISGUSTING. THAT'S ALL I GET TO SAY. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND THANK YOU FOR THE VERY QUIET, HAPPY HANDS AND THE SOMES THAT ARE NOT SO HAPPY, BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AT THIS TIME LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IT IS 10:48. WE WILL BE TAKING A 12-MINUTE BREAK. WE WILL BE BACK HERE PROMPTLY AT 11:00. WE'RE IN RECESS. THANK YOU. [BACKGROUND] LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IT IS CURRENTLY 11:05 AND EXACTLY, WE'RE LATE AGAIN. WE TELL TIME DESPITE THE BIG CLOCK NOT SO WELL SOMETIMES. AS SUCH, OUR COMMISSION HAS A RULE THAT IF ANYTHING'S GOING TO GO PAST 11:30, WE NEED TO HAVE A MOTION TO EXTEND. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I DO NOT WANT TO BE HERE TILL 5:00 OR 7:00 AM OR EVEN AFTER, BUT AT THE SAME TOKEN, THERE'S A COUPLE OF THINGS HERE. WE HAVE SCHEDULED THIS FOR THIS MEETING DUE TO A LAWSUIT THAT SAID IT HAD TO BE DONE. THE QUASI-JUDICIAL ITEM HAD TO BE DISCUSSED BEFORE THE END OF THIS MONTH. WE'RE AT THE POINT WHERE WE HAVE OUR FORS AND AGAINST, YOU WILL HAVE YOUR THREE MINUTES. HOWEVER, IN SAKE OF TIME, IF YOU CAN JUST SAY IN SUPPORT, WHY YOU'D LIKE AND A COUPLE OF ITEMS, OR YOU CAN GO THROUGH YOUR WHOLE THREE MINUTES OR VERSA IF YOU SAY YOU'RE NOT FOR IT. I'M GOING TO ASK THIS COMMISSION FOR A MOTION TO EXTEND THIS UNTIL AT LEAST THE TWO QUASI-JUDICIAL ITEMS ARE HEARD. >> MOTION TO EXTEND. >> SECOND. >> CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. >> THANK YOU. MADAM MAYOR. COMMISSIONER WRIGHT? >> YES. >> MAYOR GOMEZ? >> YES. >> VICE MAYOR BOLTON? >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS? >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER DANIEL? >> YES. >> THANK YOU. MOTION PASSES FIVE TO ZERO. >> THANK YOU. AGAIN, I REMIND YOU WE'RE STILL GOING TO DO OUR HAPPY HANDS OR OUR UNHAPPY HANDS. WE WILL START WITH THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE SIGNED UP THAT ARE NEUTRAL OR MODIFIED. THERE YOU ARE. I HAVE COMMISSIONER OF LAUDERHILL, RAY MARTIN. [NOISE] THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE THIS EVENING. >> THANK YOU. >> COMMISSIONER, VICE MAYOR RAY MARTIN FOR LAUDERHILL. [OVERLAPPING] THANK YOU. MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, CITY MANAGER, CITY ATTORNEY, AND OTHER COMMISSIONERS, I'LL TRY TO BE BRIEF. THIS IS A LONG MEETING. I THOUGHT LAUDERHILL WAS BAD BUT YOU GUYS TAKE THE CAKE. [LAUGHTER] REAL FAST. WE HAVE A RESOLUTION THAT WAS PASSED IN THE CITY OF LAUDERHILL IN 2019 AND AGAIN IN 2021. [04:05:05] WHAT I WANTED TO DO IS I'M NOT GOING TO READ THE ENTIRE RESOLUTION, I JUST WANT TO READ ONE SENTENCE FROM THE RESOLUTION SO THAT EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS THAT LAUDERHILL IS NOT AGAINST TAMARAC OR TAMARAC'S DEVELOPMENT. WE GET A GREAT RELATIONSHIP WITH ALL YOUR COLLEAGUES UP THERE AS WELL AS OUR STAFF. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS A CONCERN FOR OUR RESIDENTS IS ON 64TH AVENUE. THERE ARE TWO GATED COMMUNITIES, CYPRESS HOLLOW AND FOREST LAKE ESTATES. THEIR HOMES ARE 500,000 AND ABOVE, AND THEY ARE THE HIGHEST TAX-PAYING RESIDENTS IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND [NOISE] IT WOULD BE A DISSERVICE IF I DID NOT COME HERE AND SPEAK ON THEIR BEHALF. AS IT STANDS RIGHT NOW, THE CURRENT PLAN WAS TO HAVE AN EGRESS AND INGRESS ON 64TH AVENUE. THAT STREET CURRENTLY DOES NOT HAVE ENOUGH CAPACITY FOR THE CURRENT RESIDENTS, AND SO EVEN MORE WE'RE BACK TO TRAFFIC AND WE BELIEVE, OUR RESIDENTS BELIEVE THAT WITHOUT A FIX OR WITHOUT ANY TYPE OF MITIGATION, AND RIGHT NOW WE CAN'T SEE ANY. WE HAD OUR ENGINEER GO OUT THERE ABOUT A MONTH AGO THAT WE WERE GOING TO COME BACK TO TAMARAC TO SEE WHAT KIND OF THINGS WE CAN DO TO WORK TOGETHER. BUT WITHOUT ANY MODIFICATIONS THE WAY IT SITS NOW, OUR RESIDENTS ARE AGAINST THIS PROJECT. I'M HERE TO REPRESENT THEM AS A VOTE OF NO, NOT AGAINST DEVELOPMENT BUT AGAINST HOW THE INGRESS AND EGRESS CURRENTLY IS ON 64TH. LET ME GO AHEAD AND READ IT. I WAS GOING TO TALK ABOUT 44TH BUT I NOTICED IT WAS TAKEN OFF. ON OUR RESOLUTION NUMBER 19, R0464 IT SAYS, WHEREAS THE CITY OF LAUDERHILL COMMISSION ADAMANTLY OPPOSES ANY PLAN BY THE DEVELOPER 13TH FLOOR WOODLANDS HBGP TO USE NORTHWEST 44TH STREET AND NORTHWEST 64TH AVENUE FOR INGRESS AND EGRESS TO THE PLAN AT THE TIME IT SAYS 423 RESIDENTIAL UNITS. THOSE WERE WHAT WE WERE GIVEN BEFORE. MAYBE THINGS HAVE CHANGED. NOW THAT IS NOT A 335, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST SHOULD THIS MOTION PASS THAT I STRONGLY ENCOURAGE 13TH FLORIDA COME OUT AND SPEAK WITH THOSE TWO COMMUNITIES AND LAUDERHILL COMMUNITY, CYPRESS HOLLOW, FOREST LAKE ESTATES, YOU FEEL FREE TO CONTACT MYSELF, BUT THE WAY IT STANDS NOW WE'RE AGAINST IT, SHOULD IT GO FORWARD, PLEASE GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY AND COME TALK TO US. MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. GOOD TO SEE YOU AND GET HOME SAFELY. I HAVE IRWIN E. KENDALL. I SEE THAT YOUR CARD SAYS 5A, 5B, AND 6A. I'M GOING TO REMIND EVERYBODY 6A WHICH IS THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT IS NOT FOR DISCUSSION AND FOR COMMENTS. AS IT IS AN ITEM ON FIRST READING, WE DO NOT HAVE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION ON FIRST READING ITEMS. >> INSTEAD OF REHEARSING WHAT EVERYBODY HAS TALKED ABOUT, [NOISE] EXCUSE ME, ABOUT THE NEGATIVE ARSENIC AND THE TRAFFIC AND EVERY OTHER NEGATIVES, LET'S BRING UP ONE POSITIVE ALTERNATIVE. WE DON'T NEED 13TH FLOOR. HAVE WE EVER LOOKED INTO GETTING A HOTEL ON THAT SITE WITH THE AMENITY OF TWO GOLF COURSES? THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. JEFFREY SMALLEY? >> HONORABLE MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS. MY NAME IS JEFF SMALLEY, I LIVE AT 4714 BANYAN LANE, TAMARAC, AND I'VE LIVED HERE FOR 19 YEARS. IN THE 1980S FOR 11 YEARS I WAS THE IT MANAGER OF A REAL ESTATE DEVELOPER IN A CONSTRUCTION COMPANY. I OPPOSE THIS BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN BASICALLY DUPED AND HAD ALL KINDS OF GARBAGE SPREAD AROUND BY THE DEVELOPER BECAUSE THEY CAN'T GET A CASHFLOW PROJECTION. THEY CAN'T GET BANK LOANS. THEY CAN'T DO ANYTHING WITHOUT A SITE PLAN, AN ACTUAL DRAWINGS OF WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO BUILD SO THEY KNOW WHAT IT COSTS. BACK THEN, IT TOOK A LONG TIME BECAUSE YOU HAD DRAFTSMEN DRAFTING IT. NOW THEY'VE GOT A PROGRAM THAT CAME OUT NOT SOON AFTER THAT CALLED AUTOCAD, WHERE IT TAKES MINUTES TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS. THEY TAKE THE ORIGINAL SITE PLAN, THEY SCAN IT IN, THEY PUT IT IN AUTOCAD AND YOU CAN DROP HOUSES, [04:10:02] YOU CAN DROP LAKES, YOU CAN DO ANYTHING, TREES AND EVERYTHING ELSE, CLICK "SAVE" AND THEN PRINT IT. SORRY ABOUT THAT. I FORGOT MY READING GLASSES. ALSO, THE TRAFFIC AND FLOOD DOCUMENTS ARE FROM 2019. THEY DON'T TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION ALL THE DEVELOPMENT THAT HAS OCCURRED IN TAMARAC OR OUR NEIGHBORING CITIES AND YOU CAN'T DO A FLOOD PROGRAM MITIGATION WITHOUT A VALID SITE PLAN BECAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING WHERE. THAT'S ALL OUT OF DATE. AGAIN, ON THE FLOOD, THERE'S A BIG PROBLEM BECAUSE ONE THING THEY CAN'T FIX, THOSE ARE THE PIPES THAT ARE LEADING OUT OF THE WOODLANDS THAT CARRY THE WATER. THE REASON IT FLOODS NOW IS THAT THERE'S NOT ENOUGH WAY TO GET THE WATER THAT'S OCCURRING NOW OUT. YOU PUT HOUSES, STREETS, DRIVEWAYS, AND EVERYTHING ELSE, 300, 200. IT DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU'RE PUTTING THEM ON THE GOLF COURSE, THAT THERE'S JUST NO WAY TO HANDLE MORE WATER. YOU CAN'T PUT 10 GALLONS THROUGH A FIVE-GALLON PIPE CAPACITY. ONE OTHER THING IN A 2022 FLORIDA LAW, IT SAYS YOU CANNOT BLOCK PUBLIC STREETS. HAVING LIVED HERE FOR 19 YEARS, I'VE GOT AN EASEMENT ON BANYAN LANE AND ON, I BELIEVE, IT'S HOLLY DRIVE BECAUSE I USE THOSE TO GO TO WORK AND TO GO SHOPPING AND EVERYTHING ELSE. THANK YOU. THAT'S ENOUGH. I VOTE NO AND I THINK YOU SHOULD TOO. >> THANK YOU, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. VIETNAM VETERAN. VIETNAM, OUR MEMORIAL DAY IS MARCH 29TH, THOUGH YOU SHOULD BE CELEBRATED EVERY DAY. SONYA ROSE. >> GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS SONYA ROSE, I LIVE ON [INAUDIBLE] SECTION 2. I HAD A STATEMENT PREPARED FOR YOU ALL. BUT ALL THE TOPICS HAVE ALREADY BEEN ADDRESSED. I AM GOING TO GO ON RECORD SAYING THAT I OPPOSE THIS PROJECT AND I'M ASKING ALL OF YOU TO PLEASE VOTE WITH THE RESIDENTS AND NOT WITH THE DEVELOPER. THANK YOU. >> GALE BOGIE. DID I NOT PRONOUNCE THIS B-O-G-I-E, OR BOWIE, LAUDERHILL. >> SHE LEFT. SHE LEFT. SHE HAS [INAUDIBLE] IN HERE TO SAY SHE'S AGAINST. KRISTIN LEONARD, ANGOLO. >> GOOD EVENING, KRISTEN ANGOLO I WON'T REITERATE WHAT WE'VE ALL HEARD, BUT WHAT I HAVE HEARD AND WANT TO MAKE NOTE OF IS SINCE CLUBLINKS HAS TAKEN OVER THOSE GROUNDS, THEY HAVE GONE DERELICT. WHEN I BOUGHT MY HOME 13 YEARS AGO, THEY WERE BEAUTIFUL GREEN COURSES AND I HAD A VISION OF BEING RETIRED AND GO TRAVERSE THE GOLF COURSES. THAT'S GONE WITH THIS PLAN, AND I WOULD HOPE THAT YOU WOULD CONSIDER THE FACT THAT BECAUSE OF THE DERELICT BECAUSE OF THE NEGLECT, THAT IS THE ROAD THAT IT'S GONE DOWN. IT CAN BE TURNED AROUND. MY MOM WOULD SAY I'LL TURN THIS CAR AROUND. I'LL TURN THIS CAR AROUND BECAUSE IT'S NOT RIGHT AND THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> HELLO. MY NAME IS BRYCE SHORT I LIVE ON WHITE OAK LANE IN THE WOODLANDS. FOR ME I LISTENED TO A LOT OF US TONIGHT. BOTH SIDES ARE NOT HAPPY WITH THE CURRENT STATE OF AFFAIRS AS SHE JUST SAID, ADA AS NEGLECT BY CLUBLINKS, [04:15:03] 13TH FLOOR IS WORKING CLUBLINKS SO I FEEL LIKE I BLAME THEM BOTH FOR NEGLECT. ALL THE GOLF COURSE WAS CLOSED DOWN FOR COVID. THEY CHOSE NOT TO REOPEN AND THEN THEY NEGLECTED IT. I KNOW THERE HAS BEEN SOME ORDINANCES THEY'VE DISOBEYED AND THERE'S BEEN SOME FIXES AND THEY HAD TO START MOWING AND AT THEIR EXPENSE, THE TWO THINGS THAT I'VE HEARD TONIGHT MOST, THE PEOPLE THAT ARE FOR THIS IS FEAR, IT'S A POLITICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL GAME THEY HAD FEAR USED AGAINST THEM. THEY FEEL LIKE THERE'S NO OTHER ANSWER THAN 13TH FLOOR AND THAT'S THEIR SAVIOR. I THINK EVEN SOMEONE USED THOSE WORDS. FEAR IS NOT A GOOD REASON FOR YOU GUYS TO VOTE SOMETHING FOR US THAT CHANGE THINGS. THE FEAR HAS HAPPENED BECAUSE OF THE NEGLECT. THEY'RE AFRAID THAT THERE'S NO CHANCE TO DO ANYTHING ELSE. THERE'S PLENTY OF OTHER OFFERS OUT THERE TO DO SOMETHING WITH THIS. MAINTAIN A GOLF COURSE CAN'T BE ACTED ON UNTIL THIS IS DECIDED. ACTING LIKE NO ONE'S DONE ANYTHING, IT'S CRAP. THERE'S THINGS OUT THERE, BUT THEY CAN'T BE ACTED ON BECAUSE THERE'S ONGOING LITIGATION AND ALL THAT STUFF. SECOND THING, MONEY. THIS IS ALL ABOUT MONEY. I THINK YOU GUYS HAVE HEARD PLENTY OF STUFF PRIOR. APPARENTLY THERE WAS A WORKSHOP ON MONDAY WHERE YOU GET HEARD A LOT OF DETAILS, THIS IS SOLELY ABOUT MONEY, 13TH FLOOR, IT WOULDN'T BE GIVING GUYS MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. THEY SPENT GOD KNOWS HOW MUCH MONEY THEY SPENT ON ATTORNEYS THE LAST SIX YEARS. THEY'RE HERE WITH A [INAUDIBLE] ATTORNEYS. THEY'RE GIVING YOU GUYS A MILLION DOLLARS HERE, $250,000. THEY'RE GOING TO MAKE A BOATLOAD OF MONEY ON THIS. THAT'S THE ONLY REASON THEY'RE DOING THIS. THAT'S NOT A REASON FOR YOU GUYS TO VOTE TO DO THIS. IT'S NOT THE END OF THE ROAD. YOU GUYS HAVE A CHOICE TONIGHT. I FEEL LIKE YOU'VE PROBABLY HAVE ALREADY MADE YOUR DECISION, SOME OF YOUR CAMPAIGN ON YOUR DECISIONS. I HOPE THAT YOU ACTUALLY TAKE ALL THE FACTS THAT ARE OUT THERE. THERE'S A LOT OF DATA PRESENTED, SOME OF ITS OLD DATA TONIGHT. SOME OF IT'S NOT TRUE ANYMORE. THE WHOLE THING ABOUT THE GOLF. PLEASE, I KNOW IT'S A LOT OF WORK. I WOULDN'T WANT TO BE IN YOUR POSITION BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT TO DECIDE SOMETHING FOR ALL OF US. WHATEVER YOU DECIDE, SOME PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE UNHAPPY. YOU NEED TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT WHAT YOU'RE ACTUALLY DECIDING. THIS IS A REALLY COOL GOLF COURSE AND WE SHOULD BE BLAMING CLUBLINKS FOR NEGLECT IF NOTHING ELSE, AND LET SOMEBODY ELSE COME IN AND TURN IT BACK INTO A BEAUTIFUL GOLF COURSE. THAT'S ALL I HAVE TODAY. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. DAVE PESH? >> THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TONIGHT. BRYCE IS MY HUSBAND, AND WE BOTH LIVE ON WHITE OAK LANE AND WHEN WE MOVED HERE, GOING ON FIVE YEARS AGO, WE LIVED IN FORT LAUDERDALE AND I GOT SO TIRED OF THE CONGESTION AND THE SIRENS ALL THE TIME AND THE HELICOPTERS. I SAID, "I DON'T CARE IF THESE ARE MILLION-DOLLAR HOMES. I DON'T WANT TO LIVE HERE A ANYMORE" SO WE DID A SEARCH AND WHEN WE FOUND THE WOODLANDS, WE COULDN'T BELIEVE OUR LUCK. WE COULDN'T BELIEVE THE NEIGHBORS THAT WE HAVE, ITS A RICH DIVERSITY, WHICH IS WHAT I'M USED TO HAVING, LIVED IN ST. LOUIS IN KANSAS CITY. I JUST THINK IT'S THE MOST PERFECT PLACE THAT THERE IS IN BROWARD COUNTY TO LIVE, AND I THINK WE'RE ALL LUCKY TO LIVE THERE. BRYCE MENTIONED THAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT MONEY. I HAVE A BACKGROUND IN FINANCE AND MARKETING, AND I KNOW EVERY GAME THAT'S BEING PLAYED HERE AND IF YOU'VE EVER DONE THE MATH, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THEY PURCHASED THE PROPERTY OR THEY'VE TENDED AN OFFER. IT'S NOT A DONE DEAL FOR $8 MILLION FOR THE PROPERTY. WAY BACK ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO WHEN I MOVED TO THE WOODLANDS, I THOUGHT IF YOU TAKE $8 MILLION AND DIVIDE IT BY 890 HOMES, EVERY SINGLE HOUSEHOLD COULD OWN A PIECE OF THE WOODLANDS FOR UNDER $9,000. WE DIDN'T HAVE TO COPE WITH THE CASH BECAUSE I COULD HAVE HELPED WHOEVER WANTED TO DO IT WITH ME, AND WE COULD HAVE ARRANGED FOR A BOND AND YOU COULD MAKE A LITTLE ASSESSMENT ON YOUR PROPERTY WOULD HAVE BEEN NOTHING AND IF YOU CHOSE TO SELL, IT WOULD GO ON TO THE NEXT OWNER. BUT WE DON'T OWN THE PROPERTY AND WE DECIDE WHAT TO DO WITH IT. DO YOU KNOW IF WE COLLECTIVELY DECIDED TO DEVELOP THE PROPERTY, AND THIS IS WHAT 13TH FLOOR DOESN'T TELL YOU, WHAT THEIR HAND IS, WHAT THEY'RE HOLDING IS THAT IF YOU TAKE $8 MILLION AND THEY'RE GOING TO DIVIDE IT BY 335 OR 336 HOMES, EACH HOMES LOT VALUES AT JUST UNDER 24,000. I BUILT A HOUSE IN NEW JERSEY, I BUILT A HOUSE IN OTHER STATES, THERE IS NO PLACE IN THE UNITED STATES THAT I KNOW OF WHERE YOU COULD BUY A LOT FOR $23,000 AND BUILD 700- $1 MILLION HOME. THEY JUST DON'T EXIST. WHEN YOU THINK OF WHAT IT COSTS TO BUILD A HOUSE TODAY, [04:20:02] THE MOST EXPENSIVE PIECE OF BUILDING A HOUSE IS THE LOT. IF THEY'RE PAYING $22,000 FOR A LOT AND LET'S JUST SAY THEY'RE SELLING THE HOUSE FOR 700, IT'S GOING TO COST THEM HALF OF THAT TO BUILD A HOUSE AND THE PROPERTY. WHEN YOU MULTIPLY WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO PROFIT PER HOUSE TIMES JUST 335, 336 HOUSES, IT'S AN EXCESS OF $100 MILLION IN THEIR POCKETS. BUYING YOU T-SHIRTS AND HAVING THE FOOD TRUCK COME AROUND, IT'S A FARCE, IT'S A DROP IN THE BUCKET. THEY HAVE YOU BELIEVING THAT THEY CARE ABOUT YOUR INTERESTS AND CARE ABOUT THE WOODLANDS. THEY DON'T. THEY'RE HERE TO MAKE MONEY AND GET THE HELL OUT. PERIOD. >> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. >> THAT'S IT. THAT IS WHAT THEY'RE DOING. >> THANK YOU. >> DON'T BUY IT. BY THE WAY, GOLF IS ON THE UPSWING. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE ARE NOW GOING TO WANDA BARDLEY. >> HELLO, EVERYONE. MY NAME IS WANDA BARDLEY, AND FIRST I HAVE TO REBUT SOMETHING THAT GENTLEMAN OVER THERE SAID ABOUT LAURA HILL. YEAH, I HAVE TO REBUT SOMETHING HE SAID ABOUT LAURA HILL. >> YOU CAN JUST SPEAK IT TO HERE. >> OKAY. >> THANK YOU. >> HE SAYS THAT THE GOLF COURSE IS IN DISREPAIR OR WHATEVER. THAT'S A LIE. I LIVE ON THE GOLF COURSE AND THEY HAVE TO MAINTAIN IT. LAURA HILL DOESN'T TAKE THAT. THAT'S A LIE. ANYWAY, I AM MORE CONCERNED ABOUT THE TRAFFIC BECAUSE EVER SINCE THEY BUILT THE PLACE ON ROCK ISLAND, THE TRAFFIC HAS QUADRUPLED. EVERY DAY INCLUDING SUNDAY, IT'S A TRAFFIC JAM AND 335 SINGLE HOMES, IT'S GOING TO BE AT LEAST 700 CARS FROM THOSE HOMES. JUST IMAGINE ALL THE TRAFFIC THAT IS GOING TO BE THERE. THAT'S MY CONCERN. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. BARRY [INAUDIBLE] DID HE GO HOME? I'M THINKING HE WENT HOME. MONICA, THERE'S NOBODY ELSE OUTSIDE, RIGHT? BARRY WENT HOME AND BARRY IS AGAINST IT. QUESTION. >> [INAUDIBLE] RIGHT THERE. CAN I ASK HIM ANY QUESTIONS? >> YOU CAN SPEAK HERE. YOU'VE GOT THREE MINUTES. >> FIRST OF ALL, THESE GUYS DON'T WANT TO HEAR YOU TALK ABOUT ANY OTHER PLANS BECAUSE THEY'VE GOT AN AGREEMENT WITH CLUBLINK. UNTIL WE VOTE THIS THING DOWN TONIGHT, NONE OF THOSE OTHER PLANS CAN BE HEARD. THAT'S WHY IT HAS TO BE VOTED DOWN TONIGHT. THERE MAY BE OTHER ALTERNATIVE PLANS OUT THERE THAT HAVE SOME DEVELOPMENT, BUT I WOULD GO HIGHER-END THAN WHAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT IN SMALLER SCALE. WHAT A HAM-HANDED IDEA IT IS JUST TO TAKE 36 HOLES AND SAY THERE'S NO LONGER GOLF HERE ANYMORE. WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU ARE? PEOPLE BOUGHT HERE FOR THE VALUE OF A GOLF COURSE PROPERTY. THESE GUYS DON'T CARE. THEY'LL GO RIGHT DOWN THE STREET TO THE NEXT PROPERTY AND TRY TO GRAB IT. THAT'S WHAT THEY DO. BUT OUR LIVES WILL NEVER BE THE SAME AND THE DUST RESOLUTION. IT'S INTERESTING THAT YOU SAY THAT YOU HAD A MEETING ON MONDAY, WHICH I FOUND OUT ABOUT LATE AND I WATCHED THE WHOLE THING. I'M CURIOUS ABOUT THE WORD PROFFERS. WHAT'S THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN? >> MR. GOFFMAN, WE ARE NOT TAKING ANY COMMENTS REGARDING THAT IN AGREEMENT. >> JUST ASKING A QUESTION. THE ALTERNATIVE PLANS, THERE ARE MANY ALTERNATIVE PLANS. [04:25:02] I TURN ONE INTO THE CITY, DIDN'T TURN IT INTO CLUBLINK BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT TO GET SUED. BUT ONCE THIS EXCLUSIVITY AGREEMENT IS QUASHED BY YOUR VOTING THIS DOWN, WE GET TO HEAR ALL THE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE OUT THERE. YOU HAVE THAT OBLIGATION AS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL TO GIVE THE PEOPLE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THE BEST OUTCOME, NOT THE ONE THESE GUYS BUY. I GOT 35 SECONDS. I'M GOING TO GO HOME AND WATCH YOU VOTE. >> SAFE TRAVELS HOME. WE'RE NOW GOING TO GO TO MARIEL BROWN. DID YOU BREAK OUR MIC? >> CHARGE ME FOR IT. I'LL PAY FOR IT. [BACKGROUND] >> MARIEL BROWN, ARE YOU STILL HERE? >> SHE LEFT. >> SHE LEFT. MARIEL BROWN, SHE IS IN SUPPORT. LINDSEY RAINER FOSTER, ARE YOU STILL HERE? [NOISE] >> HELLO. MY NAME IS LINDSAY RAINER FOSTER. I LIVE IN CENTRAL PARK DISTRICT 1. I'VE LIVED IN TAMARAC FOR FIVE YEARS. I HAD THE AMAZING OPPORTUNITY TO PURCHASE THE 13TH FLOOR HOME. SINCE DOING SO, I GOT MARRIED AND MY HUSBAND AND I HAVE STARTED GROWING OUR FAMILY. WE WELCOMED A BABY GIRL LATE NOVEMBER OF LAST YEAR. [BACKGROUND] THANK YOU. AS A FAMILY, WE ENJOY GOING FOR WALKS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, MEETING UP WITH OUR NEIGHBORS, TAKING IN THE WILDLIFE. MANY OF OUR NEIGHBORS ARE FIRST-TIME HOME BUYERS AND WE ALL TAKE GREAT PRIDE IN OWNING A HOME BUILT BY 13TH FLOOR AND BEING PART OF FLOURISHING COMMUNITY. I SUPPORT THE REDEVELOPMENT OF THE WOODLANDS BECAUSE I THINK IT'S A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY FOR OTHERS TO BECOME FIRST-TIME HOME BUYERS. >> EXCUSE ME ONE SECOND. >> YEAH. >> PLEASE LET HER FINISH SPEAKING. THANK YOU. >> FOR OTHERS TO BECOME HOMEOWNERS OF QUALITY BUILT 13TH FOR HOME. I'VE ALSO HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF WORKING FOR 13TH FLOOR FOR THE PAST NINE YEARS. NINE YEARS, AND 13TH FLOOR CARES ABOUT THE PEOPLE OF THEIR COMMUNITIES AND I CARE ABOUT A HOME-BUILDER WHO CARES. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. DEBBIE HOUSTON? ARE YOU STILL HERE? DID DEBBIE GO HOME? OKAY. DEBBIE IS FOREST. LIZ CREWS? >> HELLO, EVERYONE. CAN YOU GUYS HEAR ME WELL? AWESOME. MY NAME IS LIZ CREWS AND I'VE LIVED IN WOODLANDS TAMARAC SINCE 2008, SO YES, ABOUT SIX MONTHS AFTER WE DISCOVERED THAT THE GOLF COURSE WENT BANKRUPT AND IT'S GOING TO BE REDEVELOPED SOON. BUT I DO APPROVE THE DEVELOPMENT BECAUSE I JUST LOVE THIS CITY AND THE PEOPLE BEHIND IT. I BELIEVE THAT WITH MORE HOMEOWNERS, WE WILL HAVE MORE OUTREACH OR VOLUNTEERS AND OF COURSE, MORE FUNDS TO INVEST IN THIS BEAUTIFUL CITY AND THE FUTURE BEHIND IT. REGARDING THE BREAST CANCER NEWS LETTER THAT HAPPENED YESTERDAY, I KNOW THAT SOMEONE DID MENTION THAT. I DID PULL UP THE ARTICLE AND YES, IT DOES SAY THAT SAMPLED BREAST CELLS TO ARSENIC. BUT THEY FORGOT TO MENTION THAT IT STATES RIGHT THERE, IT'S A COMMON INGREDIENT IN WEED KILLER, WHICH IS COMMONLY USED IN OUR LANDSCAPE WHAT WE DO JUST TO HAVE A LANDSCAPE GREEN. WE DID MENTIONED REGARDING THE SIDEWALKS AS WELL. HERE IN WOODLANDS, WE DON'T HAVE ANY SIDEWALKS AT ALL. IN WOODLANDS BOULEVARD WE HAVE AN AREA WHERE WE CAN GO JUST UP AND DOWN, [04:30:01] BUT IT'S ACTUALLY RIGHT NEXT TO OUR CARS, WE'RE DRIVING BACK AND FORTH. SO IN REALITY, WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO WALK. WHAT 13TH FLOOR IS DOING RIGHT NOW, IT'S ACTUALLY BENEFICIAL FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR KIDS AS WELL. REGARDING THE TRAFFIC, I USED TO BE A FULL-TIME IN MY JOB DRIVING BACK-AND-FORTH BUT BECAUSE OF COVID, WE ARE NOW HYBRID AND ABOUT 30-35% OF FORTUNE 500 COMPANIES ARE NOW SWITCHING THEIR JOBS TO HYBRID, WHICH IS A VIRTUAL JOB. I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU GUYS KNOW ABOUT THAT AS WELL. I ALSO WANT TO APOLOGIZE FOR THE LESS THAN 20 HOMEOWNERS IN WOODLANDS WHO, WHEN THE CLUBHOUSE WAS STILL STANDING, PROVIDED THE GOLF COURSE WITH THE ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP FEE. OUT OF 892 HOMES, LESS THAN 20 OF THEM GAVE TO KEEP THE GOLF COURSE ALIVE. I WANTED TO APOLOGIZE BECAUSE WE DID TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS CLUB COURSE AND NEVER CONTRIBUTE TO ITS SUCCESS, AND NOW WE'RE HERE WANTING IT TO BE BACK. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I APPROVE. >> THANK YOU. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN NO COMMENTS, PLEASE. IT IS 11:34 AND WE'RE GOING TO ZOILA AND I SCREWED IT UP THE FIRST TIME, I SCREWED UP THE SECOND TIME. KRISTEN, BE ANY? >> [INAUDIBLE]. >> I'M SO SORRY. >> [INAUDIBLE] >> YOU CAN SAY IT AGAIN FOR ME PROPERLY OVER HERE. I'M SO SORRY. >> THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS, MY NAME IS ZOILA CHRISTIAN BENNIE. >> CHRISTIAN BENNIE. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. I LIVE IN 4609 HOLY DRIVE, AND CHANGES ARE NEVER WELCOME. BUT WOODLANDS NEEDS TO CHANGE. DRASTICALLY, WE NEED A CHANGE. OUR COMMUNITY IS RAPIDLY DESTROYING BY ALL THE GREEN LANDSCAPING THAT ALL OUR NEIGHBORS ARE SAYING THAT IT'S BEAUTIFUL OUT THERE IT'S GONE. I LIVE BY THE 13TH FLOOR BUT THERE ARE TWO FLOOR AND THE GOLF COURSE IT'S A JUNGLE. IT HAS THROWN INTO A FILTHY INSECURE PLACE TO BE. IT'S FULL OF COYOTES. I USED TO WALK WITH MY GRANDCHILDREN AND MY DOG. I CANNOT DO THAT ANYMORE BECAUSE THEY ARE RIGHT THERE. THEY HAVE THE GRAY HOUSE. THEY HAVE THIS IT'S FULL OF COYOTES, IS VERY INSECURE. THE GRASS IS GROWN UP DRY YELLOW. I JOG EVERY MORNING AND I'VE HAVE VOLUNTEER MYSELF WITH A SHOPPING BAG AND I HAVE SOME NEIGHBORS THAT HAS SEEN ME PICKING UP GARBAGE EVERY MORNING AT 6:30 AM. [NOISE] EXCUSE ME, PLEASE. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> I PICK UP GARBAGE, I TRIED TO CLEAN UP MY COMMUNITY I LOVE, THE TAMARAC COMMUNITY. IT'S BEAUTIFUL, I FELL IN LOVE WITH MY HOUSE AND IT'S AN ENDLESS BATTLE FOR ME, PICKING UP GARBAGE EVERY DAY, AND THESE ARE NOT OUR NEIGHBORS, THESE ARE OUTSIDERS THAT THEY COME FROM 64 AVENUE, I THINK IT IS, TO CROSS TO BUY BERRY TO GO TO HOLY DRIVE, TO GET OUT BY ROCK ISLAND BECAUSE THEY WANT TO CUT THAT TRAFFICKING COMMERCIAL. THEY COME SPEEDING. I HAVE BEEN TWICE ALMOST HIT BY CARS THAT THEY TRIED TO SPEED BECAUSE THEY TALK THEY. [OVERLAPPING] >> YEAH, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN IT'S DISRESPECTFUL FOR YOU TO BE HAVING CONVERSATIONS OR MAKING COMMENTS WHEN SHE'S TRYING TO SPEAK. SHE'S ENTITLED TO SPEAK. PLEASE PROCEED YOU'VE GOT A COUPLE MORE SECONDS ON, DON'T WORRY. FINISH. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. THEY TALKING ABOUT TRAFFIC, TRAFFIC IS THE PEOPLE OR THE OUTSIDERS ARE TRYING TO CROSS, TRYING TO AVOID COMMERCIAL TO GO TO ROCK ISLAND, TO GO TO THE TURNPIKE SPEEDING. I RECENTLY LOST MY DOG, IT WAS HIT BY A CAR. IT WAS A HIT AND RUN AND IS OUTSIDERS AND NOW MY DOG WAS KILLED. OUR COMMUNITIES TO BECOMING A REPLICA OF IN VERY FILTHY ABANDONED, [04:35:05] PEOPLE SMOKING, PEEING BY THE TREES. I HAVE SEEN THEM AND I'D RATHER LIVE IN A GATED COMMUNITY WHERE THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE TRAFFIC THEY LIVE IS TRAFFIC. I SUPPORT 13 FLOORS FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT. BUSINESS IS BUSINESS, BUT I THINK WE WOULD BE A BETTER COMMUNITY. WE ARE GOING TO BE UP-SCALED. WE'VE GOT TO GROW WITH COMMUNITY AND MY LAST SENTENCE, PEOPLE KEEPING TALKING. >> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IF YOU WEREN'T TALKING IN THE MIDDLE OF HER TRYING TO SPEAK, WE WOULDN'T BE HAVING HER GO OVER, SO MAYBE WE'LL ALL BE QUIET WHEN THE PERSON UP THERE SPEAKING. PLEASE PROCEED. >> THANK YOU. LET'S ALL COME OUT OF OUR COMFORT ZONE FOR A BETTER OUTCOME. IF YOU DON'T CATCH UP WITH CHANGES, CHANGES WILL CATCH UP WITH YOU. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND THANK YOU [INAUDIBLE] AS WELL. >> THANK YOU. PAUL POTTERST. PAUL POTTERST YOU STILL HERE? SEEING THAT HE'S NOT PAUL POTTERST'S HAS PUT HIS CARD IN FOR THE DEVELOPMENT. ROBERT HAYWORTH? ARE YOU STILL HERE? ROBERT HAYWORTH IS NOT HERE. HE IS PUTTING HIS CARD FOR THE DEVELOPMENT. DARLING CRUZ ARE YOU STILL HERE? DARLING CRUZ HAS PUT IN HER CARD FOR THE DEVELOPMENT. JODI SIERRA? THERE YOU GO. >> HELLO, MAYOR AND ALL THE WONDERFUL COMMISSIONERS AND EVERYTHING THERE. I SUPPORT THE 13TH FLOOR PLANS FOR THE WOODLANDS AND TAMARAC. I FEEL IT IS OUR BEST OPTION FOR MAINTAINING THE INTEGRITY AND BEAUTY THAT THE WOODLANDS HAS BEEN KNOWN FOR SINCE THE 1970S, AS A LANDMARK TO ENHANCE AND MAKE TAMARAC THE WONDERFUL CITY IT IS TO THIS DAY. I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I THINK I'M VERY MUCH FOR 13TH FLOOR BECAUSE I RIDE MY BICYCLE ALL THROUGH THE WOODLANDS AND I'VE SEEN SO MANY THINGS AND WE NEED OUR BICYCLE TRAILS. PEOPLE HAVE CHILDREN NOW, THEY WALK THEIR PETS. IT'S DEFINITELY A COMMUNITY THAT NEEDS TO HAVE WALKWAYS AND TRAILS AND SO FORTH NOW. I THINK THE GOLF COURSE WOULD BE VERY DETRIMENTAL BECAUSE IT'S NOT NOW THAT TYPE OF SITUATION THAT IT WAS BACK IN THE 1960S, '70S, '80S. NOW IT'S CHILDREN, PETS, BICYCLES, AND JOYFUL SONGS. THAT'S WHAT I FEEL. I'M VERY MUCH FOR WHATEVER YEAH. I LOVE THE MAYOR AND ALL OF YOU GUYS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> THANK YOU. >> DIANE L. REISNER. >> [INAUDIBLE] >> NO, WE DO NOT HAVE THAT ACCOMMODATION. JUST TAKE YOUR TIME. >> MY NAME IS DIANE REISNOR AND I DON'T LIVE IN THE WOODLANDS. I LIVE IN THE VILLAGE OF WOODLAND LAKE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD. I HAVE A TOWN HOME THERE AND I'VE BEEN HERE OVER 25 YEARS, I'VE LIVED HERE. I JUST WANT TO SAY THERE'S TWO THINGS THAT REALLY BOTHERED ME. I AM AGAINST THE 13TH FLOOR. ONE WITH ALL THE TRAFFIC, RIGHT NOW COMMERCIAL ITSELF IS JUST BUMPER TO BUMPER TO BUMPER. THE SAME WITH THE OTHER ONES YOU CAN'T GET AROUND IT AND IT'S JUST TERRIBLE. WE DON'T NEED MORE PEOPLE AND HOUSES AND WHATNOT HERE. BUT THE OTHER THING THAT CONCERNS ME IS THIS. I AM A BREAST CANCER SURVIVOR. I HAD A LUMPECTOMY. [04:40:01] I HAD TO GO THROUGH RADIATION, I HAD TO GO THROUGH CHEMO. I'M FIVE YEARS NOW. BUT LET ME TELL YOU, I WOULDN'T WISH WHAT I WENT THROUGH ON MY WORST ENEMY. IT'S A NIGHTMARE. YOU'RE NOT THINKING LIKE FIVE YEARS DOWN THE ROAD, YOU'RE BREATHING THAT ARSENIC IN AND OUT FOR THE TIME WHEN THIS DEVELOPER MAYBE TAKES 5, 6 YEARS. YOU'RE BREATHING ALL THAT DUST, YOU'RE BREATHING ALL THAT ARSENIC. THE THING IS, WHERE WOULD THEY BE IF ALL OF A SUDDEN YOUR CHILD, YOUR GRANDSON, YOUR GRANDDAUGHTER, GETS CANCER? WHERE ARE THEY? THEY ARE A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? THEY WON'T BE AROUND TO HELP. THEY'RE JUST GOING TO GET THEIR MONEY AND GET OUT AND YOU'RE GOING TO BE STUCK WITH CANCER. I'LL TELL YOU WHAT I WENT THROUGH, I WOULDN'T WISH ON ANY OF YOU, ANY OF YOU WOMEN THERE THAT ARE FOR THIS, YOU SHOULD THINK ABOUT THAT, 20% OF BREAST CANCER INCREASED. IF ANY OF YOU, YOU'RE NOT LOOKING OUT FOR MY HELP. MARLON, YOU'RE MY GUY. I HOPE THAT YOU VOTE AGAINST THIS AND I HOPE THE OTHERS VOTE AGAINST IT TOO BECAUSE IT'S A BIG HEALTH ISSUE. IT'S A MAJOR HEALTH ISSUE. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING. I APPRECIATE IT. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [APPLAUSE] QUIET HANDS, PLEASE. LINDA GORAN. SORRY. DIANE L. REISNER. >> GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY. MY NAME IS LINDA GORAN. I LIVE IN THE WOODLANDS IN SECTION 8. I HAVE LIVED IN THE WOODLANDS FOR 54 YEARS. MY PARENTS WERE ONE OF THE FIRST PEOPLE TO EVER BUILD A HOUSE THERE. I HAVE SEEN THE CLUBHOUSE DONE AND REDONE OVER THREE TIMES. THE MAINTENANCE SHACK THAT'S STANDING IN THE PARKING LOT WAS THE ORIGINAL CLUBHOUSE. I COULD TELL YOU STORIES THAT NOBODY ELSE CAN. BUT WHAT TAMARAC SHOULD REMEMBER IS THE WOODLANDS MADE THE CITY OF TAMARAC, TAMARAC. EVERYONE WHO REFERRED TO THE WOODLANDS AS THE JEWEL OF TAMARAC THAT'S WHAT IT WAS KNOWN AS. IT'S THE WOODLANDS THAT WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR GETTING THE EXIT AND ENTRANCE ON THE TURNPIKE. WASN'T THE TURNPIKE PEOPLE. IT WAS THE WOODLANDERS THAT LIVED THERE. THEY HAVE MADE TAMARAC A SPOT ON THE MAP. AND FOR THE CITY NOT TO SUPPORT THE WOODLANDS, IT'S A SHANDA, A SHAME. ALL I WANT TO SAY IS WHICHEVER WAY IT GOES, THERE ARE PEOPLE FOR AND PEOPLE AGAINST. BUT IF 13TH FLOOR GETS IN, I PERSONALLY DON'T BELIEVE THAT YOUR 9TH SECTION IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO PAY FOR ALL THE ROADS AND LIABILITIES AND INSURANCE WHEN YOU GATE THE COMMUNITY AND LOCK US ALL IN AND GIVE US TRAFFIC, EVENTUALLY, IT'S GOING TO FALL ON ALL THE HOMEOWNERS. NOW THE PEOPLE WHO CAN AFFORD IT, THEY WON'T HAVE A PROBLEM. BUT OTHER PEOPLE, OLDER PEOPLE LIKE MYSELF [OVERLAPPING] >> ONE SECOND. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PLEASE. GO AHEAD. >> WHEN YOU RAISE ALL THOSE RATES, I WOULD HAVE A PROBLEM. I WOULD BE FORCED OUT AND I'M THERE. I DON'T WANT TO LIVE ANY PLACE ELSE. EVERYTHING ELSE THAT WAS MENTIONED, I WON'T RE-MENTION, BUT I WILL ON ONE SPOT AND THAT'S THE FLOODING. THE BACK OF MY HOUSE IS THE 18TH GREEN. I AM ON THE LOW PART OF THE FAIRWAY. EVERY HOUSE TO THE RIGHT AND EVERY HOUSE TO THE LEFT, WHEN IT RAINS, THAT WATER COMES DOWN AND IT MAKES A LAKE THAT I DON'T HAVE IN THE BACK OF MY HOUSE. ON THE HEAVY STORMS AND HURRICANES, I PUT TOWELS AND SPONGES AND STUFF ON MY SLIDING HURRICANE DOORS BECAUSE THEY WON'T BREAK BUT THE WATER SEEPS IN. IF THEY'RE GOING TO BUILD HOMES THAT ARE HIGHER, [04:45:02] AND I KNOW THEY CAN'T BUILD THEM RIGHT IN BACK OF ME. BUT THAT WATER IS GOING TO FLOOD MY HOUSE. WHO'S GOING TO [OVERLAPPING] PAY FOR THAT? I'M AGAINST. >> WOULD HAVE NEVER GUESSED. [LAUGHTER] JUDY MARGOLIS. >> I'M GOING TO PASS BECAUSE EVERYTHING IS BEEN SAID. >> JUDY MARGOLIS IS PASSING. SHE IS AGAINST. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. BARRY LIGHT. DID HE LEAVE? I BELIEVE HE LEFT. READING IN THAT HE IS FOR. SCOTT BENNET. ARE YOU STILL HERE? SCOTT BENNET IS AGAINST. DONALD SCHULTZ. ARE YOU HERE? READING IN THAT HE IS AGAINST. MARGUERITE GANG KARLA, ALWAYS GROUPED WITH LAST NAME. I'M SO SORRY. SHE LEFT. READING INTO THE RECORD THAT SHE IS FOR. NICOLLET BRUCE ROUSE. SHE LEFT. SHE'S AGAINST. MARARAN TIP ANWAR. TAKE YOUR TIME. >> SO IT HAS TO BE? >> THIS MONTH, PLEASE. THANK YOU. >> MARILYN TIPINHOWA. I'M ON 6110 WHITE OAK LANE, TAMARAC. LIKE THE REST OF A LOT OF YOU, I BOUGHT MY HOUSE BECAUSE OF THE GOLF COURSE. I REMEMBER WHEN I FIRST WENT IN TO LOOK IN MY HOUSE, I SAW ONE BEDROOM. THE SECOND BEDROOM WAS THE ONE THAT IS OVER THE GOLF COURSE. AS SOON AS THE DOOR OPENED, I STEPPED OUT ONTO THE GOLF COURSE. I DID NOT NEED TO SEE ANYTHING ELSE. I WAS ALREADY SOLD. I WANTED THE HOUSE. I'M NOT A GOLFER, I DON'T PLAY GOLF, BUT THE VIEW IS JUST FANTASTIC. IT'S RELAXING, ITS MOTIVATIONAL. IT'S EVERYTHING. A LOT OF US BOUGHT BECAUSE OF THE GOLF COURSE. NOT ALL OF US ARE GOLFERS, SO WHEN YOU SAY GOLF IS DEAD, I MEAN, THE GOLF COURSE IS STILL ALIVE TO A LOT OF US. THE SECOND THING I WANT TO ADDRESS IS WHAT A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE ADDRESSED, IS THE TRAFFIC ON COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD. I LEAVE AT ALL HOURS OF THE DAY TO GO TO WORK AND I CAN GUARANTEE YOU AT ALL HOURS OF THE DAY, THERE IS TRAFFIC ON COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD. WHEN 13TH FLOOR HOME SAY THEY'VE DONE A STUDY AND THE TRAFFIC WILL BE REDUCE BY SO MANY SECONDS, I DON'T SEE HOW ADDING 335 HOMES IS GOING TO REDUCE TRAFFIC. I'VE NEVER HEARD OF SUCH A THING. THIRD, WHERE IT GOES TO LAUDERHILL IN ROCK ISLAND, WHEN I LOOK AT THE MAP, IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S GOING TO BE A MILLION HOMES ALONG 44TH STREET AND A LONG ROCK ISLAND. I FEEL REALLY SORRY FOR YOU GUYS THAT LIVE ALONG 44TH AND ALONG ROCK ISLAND. WHEN THE COMMISSIONER OF LAUDERHILL CAME UP AND SAID, THEY NOT TOO MUCH FOR IT, I CAN SEE IT BECAUSE YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO GET THE BULK OF IT. I LIVE ON WHITE OAK. THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME HOMES ON MY SIDE, BUT 44TH AND ROCK ISLAND, YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO HAVE ALL THOSE MILLION-DOLLAR HOMES LIKE THEY BUILT RIGHT BEFORE THE TURNPIKE WHERE YOU COULD REACH OUT AND TOUCH YOUR NEIGHBOR. FINALLY, SOMEBODY SAID 13TH FLOOR HOME HAS BENT OVER BACKWARDS WITH REGARDS TO ACCOMMODATING US, I PROMISE YOU, THEY'RE NOT BENDING OVER BACKWARDS TO ACCOMMODATE US. THEY'RE BENDING OVER BACKWARDS BECAUSE IT'S THE MILLIONS THEY STAND TO MAKE. THAT COMMENT WAS RIDICULOUS TO ME. LAST BUT NOT LEAST, TAMARAC IS SUPPOSED TO BE THE CITY OF MY LIFE. THAT'S WHAT I SEE ON THE SIGNS, TAMARAC CITY OF YOUR LIFE. IT WAS WHEN I BOUGHT THERE. IT WAS FOR ALL THE NUMBER OF YEARS I'VE LIVED THERE. I'VE MOVED TO THE WOODLANDS IN 2011 AND IT HAS BEEN THE CITY OF MY LIFE BECAUSE I CAN COME HOME AND OPEN MY DOOR, OPENED MY SHADES, LOOK AT THE GOLF COURSE AND ALL THE STRESSES COME DOWN. IF THIS CONSTRUCTION TAKES PLACE, IT'S GOING TO BE THE CITY OF MY NIGHTMARES. [04:50:02] >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. KATHLEEN LETEMPS >> GOOD EVENING. I DON'T TYPICALLY DO THESE THINGS, BUT I'M ACTUALLY BEING AFFECTED FROM THREE GENERATIONS. I HAVE MY HOUSE IN WOODLANDS, BUT I'M TECHNICALLY NOT A WOODLANDS. I GUESS I DON'T LIVE IN WOODLANDS, BUT I LIVE IN WOODLANDS. I'M IN, WHAT IS IT? UNIT 1 OR SECTION 1, SO I'M NOT TECHNICALLY PART OF THE ASSOCIATION. PARDON ME? >> ON LAURA CIRCLE? >> YES. FOR 13TH FLOOR TO COME IN AND MAKE DECISIONS FOR ME [NOISE] ON LAND THAT THEY DON'T OWN, TO ME IS WRONG. NOBODY HAS SPOKEN TO ME ABOUT ANYTHING, BUT THEY WANT TO CLOSE OFF THAT STREET, AND THEY DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT TO. MY MOTHER LIVES ON 44TH. I OWN THE APARTMENT THAT SHE HAS ON 44, AND SO SHE LIVES RIGHT BEHIND OUR COMMUNITY. MY AUNT ALSO HAS A UNIT THERE AS WELL. THIS IS THREE GENERATIONS FOR ME THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS FOR HEALTH REASONS WITH THE ARSENIC. I HAVE MY MOTHER, MY AUNT, MYSELF, AND MY CHILD. THAT'S NOT GOOD. I WAS HERE WHEN 13TH FLOOR BUILT, WHAT IS THAT CALLED? MANOR PARC. MY HOUSE WAS FILTHY. THEY DIDN'T PAY FOR MY HOUSE TO GET PAINTED, THEY DIDN'T PAY FOR MY ROOF TO GET CLEANED, THEY DIDN'T PAY FOR MY CAR TO GET WASHED. THOSE WERE ALL COSTS THAT I HAD TO INCUR. WHAT ARE YOU GUYS GOING TO DO FOR THE REST OF THE DEVELOPMENT? IT'S GOING TO BE ARSENIC ON EVERYBODY'S HOUSE. YOUR HOUSES ARE GOING TO BE FILTHY. THE NOISE THAT CAME FROM OVER THERE WHEN THEY WERE BUILDING WAS ATROCIOUS, TIED IN WITH THE TRAFFIC THAT I HEAR FROM THE ROADS BEHIND MY HOUSE. IT WAS A NIGHTMARE AND EVERYBODY IS OKAY WITH THIS. THEY'RE GOING TO BE BUILDING HOUSES. HAVE YOU GUYS BEEN TO MANOR PARC? HAVE YOU GUYS SEEN HOW UGLY IT LOOKS WITH THE OLDER HOUSES AND THE NEW HOUSES? THAT IS WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IN OUR COMMUNITY. YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE YOUR 40, 50-YEAR-OLD HOUSE NEXT TO THIS BRAND NEW HOUSE AND YOUR HOUSE IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE WHAT NEXT TO IT? ARE THEY GOING TO REMODEL YOUR HOUSE. ARE YOU GETTING ONE OF THE NEW HOUSES? NO, YOU'RE NOT. YOU'RE GETTING WHAT YOU HAVE. MY HOUSE IS BEAUTIFUL. THANK YOU. >> FINISH YOUR COMMENTS, PLEASE. BUT LET'S TALK HERE BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO GET PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT YOU. >> THIS JUST DOESN'T MAKE SENSE. THESE PEOPLE DON'T LIVE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT ARE BUILDING THIS. THEY'RE COMING IN, THEY'RE MAKING A PROFIT, THEY'RE LEAVING US WITH THE MESS, AND THEY'RE WALKING OUT. THERE'S THE COMMUNITY THAT'S BEING BUILT ON COMMERCIAL AND UNIVERSITY. NOBODY HAS MOVED IN THERE YET. TRAFFIC'S COMING FROM THAT. THERE'S ROCK ISLAND AND THERE'S ANOTHER COMMUNITY COMING UP ON BAILEY. NOBODY HAS MOVED IN THERE YET. THERE'S TRAFFIC COMING FROM THAT. >> NEXT. >> THANK YOU. >> MARCEL AUSIA? >> GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. WELL, MORNING. I'M SACRIFICING MY SLEEP TO BE HERE BECAUSE I HAVE TO BE AT WORK AT QUARTER TO SIX. HERE WE GO AGAIN. I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT FOR THE SAME REASON I WORKED IN THE WOODLANDS, IT WAS MY SANCTUARY, MY HEAVEN, I POSTED IT ON FACEBOOK, TOOK A PICTURE. I HAVE A T BEHIND MY HOUSE, SO I HAVE THAT SEND THAT ARSENIC, WHATEVER, THAT'S GOING TO GO TO ME, AND I HAVE SMALL KIDS AND GRAND KIDS. I JUST WANT TO SAY, I'M SO DISAPPOINTED. MY DISAPPOINTMENT COMES FROM WHEN PEOPLE RUN FOR OFFICE, THEY SMILE, THEY SHAKE OUR HANDS, THEY TELL US ALL THE GOOD STUFF THEY'RE GOING TO HELP US WITH AND DO, AND THEN TURN AROUND AND DO A COMPLETE OPPOSITE. [04:55:01] I FEEL BLIND-SIDED BECAUSE I TRUSTED ALL OF YOU. WHEN I FOUND OUT ABOUT 13 FLOOR, IT WAS ONE OF YOU UP THERE WHO HADN'T ASSIGNED AND TOLD ME ABOUT 13 FLOOR AND I THOUGHT THAT PERSON WORKED FOR 13 FLOOR. I HAD TALKED TO ANOTHER ONE OF YOU DURING ELECTION RUNNING, APPROACHED ME IN LINE WHILE VOTING TO VOTE. I EXPRESSED MY CONCERN WITH 13 FLOOR AND THEY'RE LIKE, YES. GREEN SPACE, YES. I'M ALL FOR IT. IT WAS A LIE. THAT'S MY DISAPPOINTMENT. I KNOW THAT FROM WHAT I'M HEARING THAT IT SEEMS LIKE SOME OF YOU HAVE ALREADY MADE UP YOUR MIND ABOUT GOING WITH 13 FLOOR AND WHOEVER SAID THAT WE DON'T WANT CHANGE, I'M ALL FOR CHANGE, BUT IT CANNOT BE A LIE. I'VE BOUGHT A HOUSE BEFORE FROM A BUILDER WHO PROMISED THINGS AND THEY DID NOT DELIVER. BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, WHEN THEY FINISH, A LOT OF THINGS THAT THEY PROMISED, THEY'RE LIKE, WE'RE DONE, SORRY. WE WERE ON OUR OWN. THERE WAS A REASON THAT I SOLD THAT HOUSE BECAUSE THEY HAD TOLD ME IT WAS GOING TO BE 60 HOUSES IN THAT COMMUNITY. BY THE TIME THEY WERE FINISHED, THERE WAS OVER 80 HOUSES, AND I WAS TOUCHING MY NEIGHBOR FROM INSIDE MY BEDROOM. I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED. DON'T FORGET, THERE'S GOING TO BE ELECTIONS AGAIN. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I KNOW JUDITH TIGODA IS NOT HERE. THERE YOU ARE, I'M SORRY. YOU WERE HIDING, I APOLOGIZE. >> SURE. [LAUGHTER] >> I WOULD NEVER TRY TO TAKE AWAY YOUR ABILITY TO SPEAK. MY MOTHER IS SHORTER THAN HER. [LAUGHTER] YOU'RE SHORT. >> AND A LOT THINNER TOO. I WAS GOING TO READ A LETTER THAT I WROTE, BUT I'M NOT BECAUSE IT COULD BE REDUNDANT, BUT I HAVE BEEN AFFILIATED WITH WOODLANDS FOR 53 YEARS SINCE ITS INCEPTION. I LIVE ON ROYAL PLANE, [INAUDIBLE] LANE. I'VE BEEN ACTIVE IN THE COMMUNITY FOR MANY YEARS. I REMEMBER THE GOOD DAYS OF WOODLANDS, THE DAYS WHEN IT WAS THE PRIME AREA. IF YOU SAID I LIVED IN WOODLANDS, EVERYBODY SAID, OH. IT'S NOT LIKE THAT ANYMORE. IT'S NEVER GOING TO BE LIKE THAT ANYMORE. WOULD I LIKE TO HAVE A GOLF COURSE? YEAH, YOU BET I WOULD. I LIVE ON THE 18TH FAIRWAY, BUT IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. IF BUILDING HOUSES WILL RAKE UP ARSENIC, SO WE'LL REDOING THE GOLF COURSE BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO TEAR IT UP TO REDO IT, BUT BE THAT AS IT MAY, WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING. 13 FLOOR CAME IN, THEY SPENT AN INORDINATE AMOUNT OF TIME AND MONEY EXPLAINING WHAT THEY WILL DO, HOW THEY WILL DO IT, AND IT'S BEEN TOO MANY YEARS OF GOING BACK AND FORTH. I THINK THAT IT'S ABOUT TIME THAT WE VOTE YES, LET THEM COME IN, LET THEM BUILD THEIR HOMES, AND LET'S HAVE THE WOODLANDS BECOME THE JEWEL THAT IT WAS BEFORE. IN MR. BEARINGS MEMORY, HE WOULD BE VERY HAPPY TO SEE IT FLOURISH WITH NEW HOMES. AS FAR AS THE TRAFFIC, WE HAVE ALL THESE APARTMENT HOUSES GOING UP ALL THE WAY AROUND US. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THIS TRAFFIC NO MATTER WHAT, 335 HOMES IS NOT GOING TO MAKE THE BIG DIFFERENCE. WHEN YOU HAVE, I DON'T KNOW, 900 APARTMENTS IN THE AREA, INCLUDING THE ONES ON MCNABB AND THE ONES THAT GO INTO BUILD WHERE CHEDDAR'S WAS, [05:00:07] WE'RE GOING TO BE SURROUNDED BY APARTMENT HOUSES. IT'S JUST NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. WE NEED TO HAVE A COMMUNITY, WE NEED THE WALKING SPACE, WE NEED THE GREENERY, WE NEED THE WATER. I AM CONVINCED THAT WHATEVER THEY SAY, THEY ARE GOING TO DO, AND I DO HOPE THAT THE COMMISSION SEES IT AND VOTES YES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ELIAN GUTTERS, ATTORNEY ON BEHALF OF [INAUDIBLE] ASSOCIATION, ARE YOU STILL HERE? SHE HAS LEFT. IT'S NOT FOR, NOT AGAINST. I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT SHE DIDN'T FILL OUT THE CARD THAT WAY, SO I'M ONLY ABLE TO READ THAT IN WHICH IT SAYS HERE BY HER HANDWRITING, NOT BY ANYBODY ELSE, BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WENDY CONFIRME, CORAL GABLES. >> GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS. MY NAME IS WENDY [INAUDIBLE]. I AM A PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER LICENSED IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA WITH 24 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE WORKING WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT 4 WHICH IS BROWARD COUNTY PART OF DISTRICT 4, TURNPIKE AND DISTRICT 6, MOSTLY, WHICH IS MIAMI-DADE COUNTY. I'M HERE TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE TRAFFIC. IT'S A CONCERN BY SOME PEOPLE HERE. THEY HAVE EXPRESSED CONCERNS WITH THE TRAFFIC. JUST TO CLARIFY, CURRENTLY, SOME OF THE ROADS, ESPECIALLY THE STATE ROADS, COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD, OAKLAND PARK, ROCK ISLAND ROAD, THEY'RE ALREADY OPERATING SOME OF THE SEGMENTS AT LOS AND THEY'RE FAILING. THE CAPACITY HAS BEEN EXCEEDED. IN THE REPORT BY KIMLEY-HORN WHEN THEY PROJECT THE TRAFFIC VOLUMES TO THE 2040 YEAR, ALL OF THE ROADS PRETTY MUCH FAIL TRAFFIC LEVEL F. THERE'S NO DENYING THAT THE TRAFFIC IS ALREADY EXCEEDED AND WILL EXCEED CAPACITY AT THESE ROADS. I REVIEWED THE KIMLEY-HORN'S STUDY BASED ON THE CRITERIA OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, AND THAT IS THAT THE PROPOSED IMPACTS BY THE DEVELOPMENT CANNOT EXCEED MORE THAN 1% OF THE MAXIMUM VALUE OF THE ADOPTED LOS, AND THAT IS LOST. SOME OF THE INFORMATION THAT WAS PRESENTED BY THE DEVELOPER AND IN THE KIMLEY-HORN'S STUDIES SHOW A 3% AS BEING WHAT WAS USED FOR CONSIDERING IF SOMETHING IMPACTS TO BE CONSIDERED, NOT THE 1%. SO WHEN WE LOOK AT THE 1%, IN REALITY, THE ALTERNATIVES 2A AND 2B, WHICH ARE THE ALTERNATIVES THAT ARE CONSIDERED IN THE AMENDMENT THAT YOU ARE GOING TO VOTE ON TODAY, THEY REALLY DO NOT MEET THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN CRITERIA OF THE 1% MAXIMUM. ALSO, I THINK THAT THERE WERE MENTIONS OF THE FDOT PROJECT THAT WILL TAKE PLACE THAT MAY ALLEVIATE SOME OF THE IMPACTS BY THE DEVELOPER. BUT IN REALITY, THAT PROJECT WAS SCHEDULED TO BE PERFORMED REGARDLESS OF THE IMPACTS OF THIS PROJECT, SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT WAS ALREADY IN THE SCHEDULE. IT REALLY DOES NOT ADDRESS ANY OF THE CAPACITY ISSUES THAT THE ROADS, ESPECIALLY COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD FROM ROCK ISLAND ROAD TO [INAUDIBLE]. THAT'S ONLY FOR MITIGATION OF CONGESTION, BUT IT REALLY DOES NOT ADDRESS ANY OF THE CAPACITY ISSUES. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WAYNE WIESE. [05:05:06] >> GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR, MAYOR GOMEZ, AND COMMISSIONERS. I'VE LIVED HERE IN THE WOODLANDS WITH MY HUSBAND FOR OVER 23 YEARS. IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL AND VIBRANT COMMUNITY WHEN ALLAN AND MYSELF MOVED IN AND MANY ORIGINAL HOMEOWNERS AND CLUB MEMBERS WERE STILL HERE AND I'VE WATCHED THE CHANGE FROM HOMEOWNER AND CLUB MEMBER GO FROM TO JUST HOMEOWNER WITH NO INTEREST IN PLAYING GOLF. WE'RE IN SECTION 15208, BUTTONWOOD COURT IS WHERE WE LIVE. BUT THE SECTION 1 WAS THE FIRST ONE TO HOST 13 FLOOR TO PROPOSE COMING INTO THE WOODLANDS AND WHAT THEY MIGHT DO AND STARTING THE CONVERSATION WHERE IT WENT FROM 800 SELLOUT HOMES AND TALKING TO THE PEOPLE HERE TO NOW DOWN TO WHAT IT IS, WHICH IS DEFINITELY AN ASSET. THEY'VE CHANGED THEIR PLANS FROM SMALLER LOTS TO LARGER LOTS AND MORE IN KEEPING WITH THE STYLE AND THE FEEL OF THE HOMES THAT ARE ALREADY HERE. THE HOMES IN THE WOODLANDS ARE A MIX OF DIFFERENT STYLES. THEY WERE BUILT BY SEVERAL DIFFERENT BUILDERS. SO THERE'S QUITE A DIFFERENCE THERE ALONE, NOT TO BRING AND ADDING IN THERE, I DON'T SEE MUCH OF A CHANGE. BUT IT'S JUST BEAUTIFUL HOMES WITH SPACIOUS AND WHERE PEOPLE WILL WANT TO TAKE CARE OF THEM AND LIVE IN A NICE COMMUNITY. I DON'T WANT TO SEE IT TAKE ANOTHER FIVE OR 10 YEARS TO COME TO A DECISION AS TO WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN AT THE WOODLANDS. WE KNOW IT'S GOING TO BE DEVELOPED AT SOME POINT AT SOME TIME. RATHER SEE THIS COMMISSION CONSIDER IT AND NOT RISK THAT IT GOES ANY FURTHER AND CONSIDER THEIR CONSTITUENTS BECAUSE WE'RE ALL GOING TO HAVE TO DEAL WITH IT. I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND WE'VE GOT A BEAUTIFUL DIVERSE COMMUNITY AND IT'S ONLY GOING TO GET BETTER. I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND EVERYONE HAVE A GOOD EVENING. >> THANK YOU. WE'RE SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS, OR OUR LOSS AS WELL. GEORGIA SCOTT. >> GOOD NIGHT, EVERYONE. MY NAME IS GEORGIA SCOTT AND I LIVE AT 5700, SOUTH TRAVELERS PALM LANE WITH MY HUSBAND. NOW, THE FIRST TIME I MOVED DOWN HERE FROM NEW JERSEY IN 2003 AND I HAD A RELATIVE THAT LIVED IN THE WOODLANDS. WHEN I USED TO VISIT, I JUST THOUGHT IT WAS JUST SO BEAUTIFUL COMMUNITY. IT WAS QUIET AND I JUST THOUGHT IT WAS JUST MAYBE DOCTORS AND LAWYERS AND ONLY COMMISSIONERS THAT LIVED OVER THERE. IT WAS ALWAYS A THING WE STRIVE TO LIVE IN THE COMMUNITY, AND WE DID. MY THING IS BECAUSE OF BROWARD COUNTY WITH THE CONGESTION, EVERYWHERE IS BEING DEVELOPED, LAND SPACE IS LIMITED. BUT MY THING IS WITH WOODLANDS IS THE QUALITY OF LIFE THAT WE'RE USED TO AND WHAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GET USED TO. OF COURSE, WE HAVE ADDRESSED THE TRAFFIC, WHICH NO ONE CAN DISPUTE THAT. I THINK INITIALLY YOU GUYS WERE 13 FLOOR, HAD TO DEAL WITH 44TH BECAUSE THERE WAS A CONFLICT BETWEEN LOTA HILL AND TAMARAC. NOW THAT YOU'RE NOT GOING TO USE 44TH, IT'S EVEN MORE SO TRAFFIC BEING PUSHED TO COMMERCIAL. THE TRAFFIC IS GOING TO BE A NIGHTMARE. I KNOW THAT. BECAUSE I THINK SOMEONE ELSE HAD SAID, THE AMOUNT OF DEVELOPMENTS, RENTAL COMMUNITIES IS JUST INEVITABLE, THAT IT'S JUST GOING TO BE OVERPOPULATED AND WITH US OUR QUALITY OF LIFE IS DEFINITELY GOING TO CHANGE. I DO UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE TO CHANGE. WE HAVE TO BECAUSE CHANGE IS GOING TO COME REGARDLESS. IT'S GREAT THAT THEY HAVE REDUCED THE AMOUNT OF HOMES, IT'S FROM 800 TO NOW 335. AT THIS POINT, YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT IT AND SAY, OKAY, WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IF THEY DON'T COME IN. I THINK SOMEBODY ELSE SAID THE SAME THING. SOMETHING IS DEFINITELY GOING TO GET DONE. IS IT GOING TO BE A COMMUNITY WHERE WE SEE GOLFERS AGAIN? I DON T KNOW, BUT AGAIN, I AM CONCERNED ABOUT MY QUALITY OF LIFE, [05:10:01] MY NEIGHBORS QUALITY OF LIFE, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW I ALREADY SEE THE CHANGES OVER THE YEARS. MORE PEOPLE MOVING IN AND I GUESS WITH COVID, THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE MOVING IN AS FAR AS INTER-GENERATIONAL, KIDS ARE MOVING BACK HOME AND IT'S OVERPOPULATED AS IT IS. NOW FOR ANOTHER 335 HOMES TIMES TWO OR THREE OR MORE? WOW. IT'S JUST SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT. I CAME IN HERE AND I SAID, I'M AGAINST, BUT AT THIS POINT I'M STILL AGAINST, BUT I DO UNDERSTAND THAT WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. JIM MCDANIEL. >> GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS JIM MCDANIEL. I LIVE ON ROYAL POINCIANA LANE. I'M NOT GOING TO REHASH EVERYTHING TONIGHT, I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I'M FOR THE 13TH FLOOR AND I ASK THAT YOU ALL VOTE YES ON THIS PLAN. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. [INAUDIBLE]. >> GOOD MORNING. JUST BEFORE I GET STARTED, I DID SEND IN A COMMENT LETTER AS WELL. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT WASN'T RECEIVED, THAT THE CLERK ACKNOWLEDGE THAT IF IT IS, I WILL ADD THAT INTO THE RECORD. MY NAME IS SHAI OZERY. >> DO YOU REPRESENT A PARTY? >> YES. I'M GETTING TO THAT. >> NOTE THAT ON THE RECORD, PLEASE. >> YES. I'M GETTING TO THAT. >> THE LETTER CAME IN AT ABOUT 05:21, OF 22 PAGES INTO THE CITY COMMISSION AND THE CITY CLERK, OVER YOUR SIGNATURE, CORRECT. TO THE FIRM AS MENTIONED EARLIER, IS THE ONE THAT IS REPRESENTING CHRIS HODGKINS. >> THANK YOU. MY TIME HAS STOPPED. THANK YOU. MY NAME IS SHAI OZERY, I'M AN ATTORNEY AT ROBERT AND HARTSALL PA, AND OUR FIRMS HERE ON BEHALF OF SAVE THE WOODLANDS, WHICH IS A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT'S OPPOSED TO THIS LAND USE AND ZONING CHANGE OF THE GOLF COURSE AND SUPPORTS PRESERVING OPEN SPACE. THIS PROJECT HAS HAD QUITE A TROUBLED JOURNEY GETTING HERE BEFORE THE COMMISSION TONIGHT AND THERE'S BEEN MANY CRITICAL ISSUES THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN BROUGHT UP THAT THE CITY AND THE APPLICANT HAD BEEN AWARE OF FOR A WHILE NOW, WHICH ARE STILL PRESENT. BUT FOR ALL OF ITS ISSUES, THERE'S ONE THAT IS CLEARLY AND DEMONSTRABLY IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA LAW AND INCONSISTENT WITH THE CITY'S OWN COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. THAT'S THE ADVERSE IMPACT TO THE TRAFFIC AND LEVEL OF SERVICE AT THE SURROUNDING ROADWAYS. EVEN FDOT MENTIONED THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT RARELY HAPPENS. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT FLORIDA LAW REQUIRES INTERNAL CONSISTENCY IN ORDER FOR AN AMENDMENT TO BE PROPERLY ADOPTED AND AS WRITTEN, THIS AMENDMENT IS CLEARLY INCONSISTENT. SPECIFICALLY CHANGING THE LAND USE TO FIVE UNITS AN ACRE AND THEN RESTRICTING IT WITHIN THE AMENDMENT TO THREE UNITS AN ACRE MEANS THAT THERE'S 491 UNITS PERMISSIBLE UNDER THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT. NOT 335, WHICH WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO TALK ABOUT TODAY BECAUSE AGAIN, IT'S IN THE DEVELOPMENT ORDER, BUT UNDER THIS AMENDMENT WHICH YOU'RE PASSING TONIGHT, 491 UNITS. FURTHER, THE TRAFFIC ANALYSIS ONLY TAKES INTO ACCOUNT BY CANNICORN 423 UNITS, WHICH IS NOT THE FULL AMOUNT AGAIN ALLOWED UNDER THIS AMENDMENT. BUT EVEN WITH 423 UNITS, WHICH IS CHERRY-PICKED DATA INPUTS AND PERHAPS METHODOLOGIES, THE APPLICANT'S OWN TRAFFIC EXPERT FOUND THAT THERE WERE STILL ADVERSE IMPACTS TO THE LEVEL OF SERVICE THAT EXCEEDED 1%. WHY IS THAT IMPORTANT? WELL, FOR EXAMPLE, EXCEEDING 1% ON COMMERCIAL BETWEEN ROCK ISLAND AND STATE ROAD 7, THAT MATTERS BECAUSE THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN SPECIFICALLY STATES THAT YOU CANNOT APPROVE PROJECTS THAT DEGRADE THE ADOPTED LEVEL OF SERVICE BY MORE THAN 1%. NOW, THE REPORT SAYS THAT THAT IS NOT SIGNIFICANT BECAUSE IT'S LESS THAN 3%. BUT 3% IS NOT THE STANDARD. THIS ARBITRARY 3% DOESN'T MATTER FOR PURPOSES OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, IT'S THE 1% THAT'S IN THE PLAN POLICY ITSELF. THE OTHER PROBLEM IS THE ROADS ARE ALREADY MANY OF THEM AT LEVEL F, AND ALLOWING MORE DEVELOPMENT IS ALSO INCONSISTENT WITH ANOTHER REQUIREMENT OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO MAINTAIN A LEVEL D. NOW WE HAVE A CLEAR ISSUE WHERE THE APPLICANTS CONSULTANTS REPORT ITSELF ADMITS THE IMPACT IS IN EXCESS OF 1%. THAT'S IT, IT'S INCONSISTENT WITH THE PLAN AND THE CITY SHOULD DENY THE APPLICATION. NOW, THE MITIGATION EFFORTS, I'LL JUST QUICKLY TALK ABOUT THE FDOT PROGRAM OR PROJECT. IT SAYS IN THE AGREEMENT, WHICH IS AGENDA ITEM 7A, IT IS NOT DESIGNED TO REDUCE OR ALLEVIATE THE CAPACITY ISSUES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS DEVELOPMENT. IT'S CLEAR, IT'S IN THE AGENDA ITSELF. WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT? BECAUSE EVERYONE HERE IS GOING TO HAVE TO GET BACK TO AND FROM WORK AND MORE IMPORTANTLY WHEN THAT AMBULANCE HAS TO GET TO YOU EVERY SECOND COUNTS. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU. >> MADAM MAYOR, MY APOLOGIES. >> YES. >> JUST TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE RULES OF QUASI-JUDICIAL, JUST LIKE MR. BACHMAN STATEMENTS ARGUMENT AND NOT CONSIDERED EVIDENCE IS [05:15:04] ATTORNEY STATEMENTS ARGUMENT IS NOT CONSIDERED EVIDENCE AS PART OF TO JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE. >> SAY IT AGAIN, PLEASE. >> PURPOSES OF A QUASI-JUDICIAL HEARING. STATEMENTS MADE BY ATTORNEY IS NOT CONSIDERED EVIDENCE, JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU. >> MADAM MAYOR, HE'S REPRESENTING WHO? >> WELL, THE APPLICANT WHO APPLIED FOR AFFECTED PARTY IS CHRISTOPHER HODGKINS. THE AFFECTED PARTY IS CHRISTOPHER HODGKINS. YOU'RE HERE SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF SAVE THE WOODLANDS, THEN YOUR ITEMS DON'T GO INTO EVIDENCE. WHAT YOU'VE ASKED US TO GO INTO EVIDENCE DOES NOT COME IN. IF YOU ARE HEREBY ON SAVE THE WOODLANDS, SAVE THE WOODLANDS IS NOT AN AFFECTED PARTY AND THEREFORE THAT PAPERWORK DOES NOT COME IN. YOU HAVE YOUR CHOICE TO BE HERE ON BEHALF OF CHRISTOPHER HODGKINS, THE INDIVIDUAL FOR YOUR PAPERWORK TO COME IN OR TO BE HERE ON BEHALF OF SAVE THE WOODLANDS AND YOUR PAPERWORK DOES NOT COME IN. >> I'M ONLY ASKING THAT THE PAPERWORK BE ADDED TO THE RECORD. >> UNDERSTOOD. >> NOT NECESSARILY AS EVIDENCED, BUT JUST TO THE RECORD. >> THIS AS A QUASI-JUDICIAL. WE DON'T JUST PUT INTO THE RECORD. THE WHOLE THING IS A RECORD. >> MADAM MAYOR. >> GO AHEAD. >> SINCE HE SUBMITTED THEIR PROBLEM BECOMES A PUBLIC RECORD, IT'S NOT GOING TO SAY PART OF THE EVIDENCE PRESENTED AS A QUASI-JUDICIAL. >> IT'S NOT FOR TESTIMONY AND EVIDENCE, AND THAT'S FINE. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> THE ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION, COMMISSIONER, IS HE'S HERE ON BEHALF OF SAVE THE WOODLANDS NOT AS AN EFFECTIVE PARTY. DEMETRIA ROSS. ARE YOU STILL HERE? >> YES. >> THERE YOU'RE. >> GOOD EVENING. I'M DEMETRIA ROSS, A TAMARAC ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNER, I'M FROM THE CITY OF LAUDERHILL. I FEEL THAT THIS PROJECT WILL NEGATIVELY AFFECT ME AS A CITY OF LAUDERHILL RESIDENT. I LIVE OFF 64TH AVENUE, ONE WAY IN ONE WAY OUT. THERE IS NO WAY YOU CAN BRING 1,000 CARS ONE WAY IN AND ONE WAY OUT AND THEN NOT HAVE AN EFFECT. WE HAVE MANY SCHOOL BUSES THAT COME ON 64TH AVENUE, MAGNET SCHOOL BUSES, PRIVATE SCHOOL BUSES, OUR BOUNDARY SCHOOLS. CHILDREN WALKING CONSTANTLY ON 64. IF YOU'RE BRINGING 1,000 CARS ON 64, THAT AFFECTS THE SAFETY OF STUDENTS GETTING ON AND OFF THE SCHOOL BUSES. IF YOU JUST DEDICATE A RIGHT TURN ON 64, THAT'S NOT ENOUGH TO GET IN AND OUT OF THE COMMUNITY. ANOTHER ISSUE THAT DEVELOPERS HAVE NEVER CONTACTED MY COMMUNITY, FOREST LAKE ESTATE, NEVER, EVER HAVE THEY BROUGHT US TO THE TABLE TO TALK ABOUT HOW IT WOULD AFFECT US IN NEGATIVE WAYS. THE CITY OF LAUDERHILL, OUR COMMISSIONER SPOKE 100% AGAINST THIS. THEY PROVIDED THREE RESOLUTIONS AGAINST THIS FROM THE BEGINNING IN THE MIDDLE, EVEN AT THIS PROCESS AND THE SAFETY ISSUE IS WHAT IS MOST IMPORTANT TO ME. 64TH AVENUE IS NOT A COMMERCIAL AVENUE, IS NOT A ROCK ISLAND, IT'S A VERY SMALL AREA. DEVELOPERS WILL SAY WHATEVER THEY HAVE TO SAY TO GET INTO THE COMMUNITY TO BUILD. THEY'RE GONE. I DRIVE TO SCHOOL EVERYDAY, DRIVE MY CHILDREN TO SCHOOL AND THAT WILL HAVE A NEGATIVE EFFECT ON ME FOR 64TH AVENUE. AS IT WAS SAID BEFORE, GOD'S NOT MAKING MORE LAND. I ASKED YOU PLEASE VOTE AGAINST THIS AS IT WOULD AFFECT ME AND CITY OF LAUDERHILL AND 64TH AVENUE. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. MARK BLANCHARD IS AGAINST IT. DR. OLAWOW LOUMEDI. IF I PRONOUNCED YOUR NAME IMPROPERLY, I DO APOLOGIZE. >> GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY. MY NAME IS DR. LOUMEDI. I BOUGHT A PROPERTY LAST YEAR IN WEST PALM CIRCLE. BEAUTIFUL PROPERTY, DREAM HOME IN THE CUL-DE-SAC. WALK IN THE FRONT DOOR, THE ATRIUM FACES THE GOLF COURSE, THERE'S SKYLINE, YOU WALK INTO THE LIVING ROOM, THERE'S A SKYLIGHT. [05:20:02] THE LIVING ROOM FACES THE POOL, OVERLOOKING THE POOL YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE GOLF COURSE. IT'S BEAUTIFUL. I HAVE A THREE-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER THAT LIKES TO GO OUTSIDE AND PLAY IN THE GOLF COURSE AND IN THE [INAUDIBLE] THE ONLY PROBLEM WITH THAT PLACES IS WHEN IT RAINS, THE GOLF COURSE FLOODS. MAJOR FLOODS LIKE 3 INCHES OR MORE. I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE OTHER RESIDENTS LIVE THAT THEY SAY TO PICK UP TRASH. WHERE I LIVE, THE GOLF COURSE IS BEAUTIFUL, IT'S CLEAN. MY NEIGHBOR WALKS HIS DOG 3, 4 TIMES A DAY IN THE GOLF COURSE, NO PROBLEMS AT ALL. NOW, IF THEY BUILD THESE HOMES THERE, THE FLOODING IS GOING TO GET VERY BAD. SECOND THING I'M GOING TO SAY IS, PLEASE MAKE YOUR DECISION WITH YOUR CONSCIENCE. THE ARSENIC POISONING IS FOR REAL. CONSIDER YOUR FAMILIES, MY FAMILY, THE KIDS, ALL MY NEIGHBORS, AND CALL THE SEC HOW LITTLE CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN. MOST OF THESE PEOPLE HAVE KIDS ALSO, THEY HAVE SISTERS, MOTHERS, GRANDMOTHERS, CHILDREN. THE ARSENIC POISON IS REAL. IT'S VERY LATE. THE LAST THING I'M GOING TO SAY IS MY DAUGHTER LOVES THE BURROWING OWLS. THEY COME EVERY WEEK TO MY ATRIUM, AND MY DAUGHTER PLAYS WITH THEM. I HAVE VIDEOS AND PHOTOS IN MY PHONE. NOW, MIGHT BE WRONG, BUT I BELIEVE THAT THOSE ARE PROTECTED BY WHAT IS CALLED FLORIDA FISH AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATIVE COMMISSION. I BELIEVE THEY ARE PROTECTED. NOW, WHEN I LOOKED AT THE DEVELOPMENT APPROVAL FOR THE DEVELOPERS, IT DOESN'T SAY ANYTHING ABOUT THEM GETTING A PERMIT FOR THAT. I WANT TO GO ON THE RECORD THAT THEY DID NOT APPLY FOR A PERMIT FOR BURROWING OWLS THEY'RE PROTECTED. >> THANK YOU. >> PLEASE MAKE A NOTE OF THAT. >> THANK YOU. NICK AND EMMY CONNOR, I BELIEVE HAVE LEFT. THEY'RE AGAINST THE PROJECTS. WINN HOCROW, ARE YOU STILL HERE? THINK YOU LEFT. WAYNE IS FOR THE PROJECT. ONE OF OUR NEWEST NEIGHBORS TO THE COMMUNITY HER NAME GONZALEZ. WELCOME. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, MS. MICHELLE GOMEZ, MR. LEVERED [INAUDIBLE] DANIEL, MONETY RIGHT AND MISS KIMBERLY DYLAN, THANK YOU SO MUCH TO HEAR MY VOICE. I AM HERE TO REMEMBER YOU GUYS THAT YOU ARE SITTING IN THIS PODIUM THINK OF THE VOTE OF THE COMMUNITY AND IT'S YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO WORK ON BEHALF OR VOTE AND/OR VOICE, YOU ARE NOT HERE TO PROTECT THE 13TH FLOOR. IS FOR ME, VERY IMPORTANT THAT I'M NEW IN THE COMMUNITY. I LIVE IN 4911 WOODLANDS BOULEVARD. I PURCHASED THIS HOME BECAUSE I REALLY SEE A BEAUTIFUL COMMUNITY AND I SEE THE FUTURE OF MY PROPERTY. I'M REALLY SORRY TO HEAR THAT MY NEIGHBOR LOST HIS DOG, BUT SHE DOES NOT UNDERSTAND THAT THE COURTROOM YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TRUCKS, CEMENT TRUCK, DUMP TRUCK, THAT IS GOING TO DESTROY THE WEIGHT OF THESE DRUGS WALKING BY THE WOODLANDS ENTRANCE BECAUSE YOU GUYS GOING TO CLOSE THE OTHER ENTRANCE OR THESE BIG TRUCKS IS GOING TO DESTROY OUR STREET, WHO IS VULNERABLE IN THIS STREET? I DON'T KNOW. I'M HERE ALSO WHEN I'M LISTENING ABOUT THE POISON THE ARSENIC, I DON'T SEE ANY IMPACT SURVEY FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF ECOLOGY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE FDA. CAN YOU TELL ME PLEASE HOW MANY MICROGRAMS PER CUBIC METER IS ON THE LAND. MS. MAYOR, DO YOU KNOW THIS ANSWER? >> THE ITEMS AREN'T IN OUR READING, I DON'T HAVE THAT FOR YOU. [05:25:02] >> IF YOU KNOW, AFTER MORE THAN 10 MICROGRAMS PER CUBIC METER, YOU WILL BE POISED ON THIS. THE ARSENIC POISONING IS VERY BAD FOR THE LIFE OF THE PEOPLE, SO I DON'T WANT EITHER WILL NOT BE AFFECTED BY THIS ARSENIC. MY DECISION HERE IS TO VOTE NO AND I PERSONALLY RESPONSIBLE OF YOU GUYS HERE BECAUSE WE ARE IN YOUR HANDS AND GOT FULFILL YOU AND SEE YOUR VOTE. BECAUSE WE ARE IN YOUR HOUSE, DOESN'T MATTER WHAT EVERYBODY HERE SAY. THE BOARD YOU WANT TO TAKE THE DECISION. I'M PRETTY SURE YOU GUYS ARE NOT GOING TO BE SITTING HERE IN THE FIVE YEARS BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO BE MAYBE IN ANOTHER CITY OR MAYBE YOU ARE GOING TO BE MR. MARLON BOLTON, THE NEW MAYOR. I DON'T KNOW. BUT THE THING IS THE DECISION YOU TAKE TONIGHT, IS GOING TO AFFECT THE LIFE OF MY CHILDREN, SO I DON'T SEE THESE CONSTRUCTION GOOD FOR THE COMMUNITY, SO I PLEASE ASK TO COMMISSIONER AND CITY THAT PLEASE TAKE YOUR HEART IN CONSIDERATION AND THINK ABOUT THE COMMUNITY, AND DON'T THINK ABOUT 13 FLOOR PLUS I DON'T SEE ANY CONSTRUCTION MAPS DECIDED I DON'T SEE 13 FLOOR WIELDING, NOTHING. I BELIEVE THEY'VE GONE TO SELL THE LAND. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. MY DECISION IS NO TO THIS PROJECT. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MARK I'M GOING TO APOLOGIZE I CAN'T REALLY READ YOUR LAST NAME HERE. >> NEGAVIN >> YES THAT'LL WORK. MARK NEGAVIN THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THIS HAS GOT SOME SMEAR ON THERE. SORRY. >> MY NAME IS MARK NEGAVIN, I'M IN WOODLANDS SECTION 5, MY WIFE JULIE AND I ARE HERE TO SUPPORT 13TH FLOOR AND THEIR DEVELOPMENT PROJECT. I'M A SCIENCE ENTHUSIASTS. I'VE BEEN SO ALL MY LIFE. I HAVE A DEGREE IN COMPUTER SCIENCE WITH A MINOR IN MATHEMATICS. I HAVE BEEN STUDYING HIGHER-LEVEL MATHEMATICS JUST TO KEEP MY BRAIN SHARP, AND I HAVE A VERY LARGE LIBRARY IN SCIENCE BOOKS. I HAVE BEEN DOING THIS MY WHOLE LIFE. I'M A NAVY VETERAN. I'M QUALIFIED IN SUBMARINES AND I'M HERE TO LET YOU KNOW THAT I WAS VERY UPSET WHEN I RECEIVED THIS BROCHURE FROM SAFE THE WOODLANDS. THE ARGUMENTS IN THIS BROCHURE, ARE AS THIN AS THE [INAUDIBLE]. THERE ARE PROBABLY BITS OF ARSENIC IN THE INKS ON THIS PAPER. THERE'S ARSENIC EVERYWHERE YOU LOOK. WE HAVE NATURALLY OCCURRING ARSENIC ALL OVER OUR COMMUNITIES. WE HAVE ARSENIC IN FOOD. IF YOU EAT RICE, YOU'RE PROBABLY CONSUMING LEVELS OF ARSENIC THAT YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW. IF YOU EAT A LOT OF RICE, YOU CAN EVEN GET ARSENIC POISONING. IT IS IN OUR FOOD SOURCES THAN IT IS IN OUR ENVIRONMENT. THERE'S HIGH LEVELS OF ARSENIC IN DADE COUNTY, THERE'S HIGH LEVELS OF ARSENIC IN BROWARD COUNTY. THERE'S HIGH LEVELS OF ARSENIC IN PALM BEACH COUNTY. THOSE THREE COUNTIES HAVE HIGHER LEVELS OF ARSENIC IN THEIR SOIL, THAN ALL OF THE OTHER COUNTIES IN FLORIDA. I THINK THAT THE ARGUMENTS REGARDING ARSENIC ARE COMPLETELY FABRICATED JUST TO SPREAD FEAR, UNCERTAINTY, AND DOUBT IN OUR COMMUNITY. IT IS WRONG. IT GOES AGAINST OUR HUMANITY. BECAUSE THIS REALLY DOES A DISSERVICE TO HUMANKIND WHEN THEY SPREAD FALSE LIES ABOUT A NATURALLY OCCURRING PRODUCT IN THE ENVIRONMENT, THAT IS INVISIBLE, YOU CAN'T SEE IT. NOW, THERE WAS ONE OTHER THING THAT I WANTED TO SAY, AND I'VE FORGOTTEN IT NOW. BUT REALLY, WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT ARSENIC IS NOT A PROBLEM HERE. THE THING THAT I WANTED TO SAY WAS REGARDING BREAST CANCER. NOW IF BREAST CANCER WAS BEING CAUSED BY ARSENIC, IT WOULD BE HIGH LEVELS OF BREAST CANCER IN AREAS WHERE THERE'S HIGH LEVELS OF ARSENIC. THAT'S JUST NOT THE CASE. IN FACT, BY ASSUMING THAT ARSENIC IS CAUSING THEIR BREAST CANCER, IT'S A LOGICAL FALLACY. [05:30:02] IT'S CALLED ASSUMING THE ANTECEDENT. YOU CANNOT ASSUME THAT BREAST CANCER IS BEING CAUSED BY ARSENIC. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. STEPHANIE WHITFIELD. STEPHANIE IS NOT HERE. [INAUDIBLE] I KNOW YOU'RE ONE OF US [NOISE]. >> REHASH EVERYTHING ALL OVER AGAIN. I'M JUST HERE TO SAY I SUPPORT 13TH FLOOR. THEY HAVE BENT OVER BACKWARDS TO TRY TO PLEASE EVERYBODY IN THIS COMMUNITY. EVERYBODY TALKS ABOUT THE GOLF COURSE. YOU KNOW WHAT, NONE OF US ON THE GOLF COURSE. YOU BOUGHT A PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT BUTTS UP TO THE GOLF COURSE. CLUBLINK OWNS THE GOLF COURSE AND IF THEY WANT TO SELL IT, THEY HAVE A RIGHT TO SELL IT. COULD GIVEN ME THE FINGER. YOU'RE SCRATCHING YOUR NOSE LIKE I'M SCRATCHING MINE. >> GENTLEMEN FINISH YOUR COMMENTS. >> NONE OF US ON THIS GOLF COURSE, IT'S OWNED BY CLUBLINK IF THEY WANT TO SELL IT, AND 13TH FLOOR IS WILLING TO BUY IT AND REDEVELOP OUR NEIGHBORHOODS I'M ALL IN FAVOR OF, WE NEED TO BE REDEVELOPED. WE SAY PEOPLE THAT ARE COMPLAINING ABOUT ALL OF THIS ARE THE ONES ABOUT ARSENIC, ARE THE ONES THAT TURN THEIR KIDS AND THEIR DOGS AND LOOSE ALL DAY LONG TO RUN AND PLAY ON THIS GOLF COURSE. WHAT ARE THEY THINKING? IT'S SAFE ENOUGH FOR IT TO RUN AND PLAY ON, BUT IT'S NOT SAFE ENOUGH TO REDEVELOP IT INTO A NEW COMMUNITY. IS TWO DEAD GOLF COURSES THAT NEEDS TO BE REDEVELOPED. I KNOW TWO PEOPLE, THE ONE THAT JUST GAVE ME THE FINGER, I WAS FRIENDS WITH THEM. I INTRODUCED THEM TO THE WOODLANDS THEY BOUGHT THEIR HOME BECAUSE OF ME, AND I TOLD THEM THAT THIS WAS IN THE WORKS AND THEY HAD NO PROBLEM WITH THIS WHEN THEY BOUGHT THEIR HOME THREE YEARS AGO, MR. HODGKINS BOUGHT HIS HOME THREE YEARS AGO WHEN THIS WAS ALREADY TWO YEARS IN THE WORKS RIGHT NOW AND HE'S AGAINST IT, AND RIGHT NOW, HIS HOME IS UP FOR SALE. WHY DOES HE WANT TO MOVE OUT OF THE TOWN OF WOODLAND SO BAD? MR. HODGKINS'S WALKS AROUND HERE LIKE HE OWNS THE CITY. HE DOESN'T OWN THE CITY THIS IS JUST RIDICULOUS. THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR FIVE YEARS. IT'S TIME WE VOTE YES, AND MOVE FORWARD WITH THE CITY. THIS IS, I'M TIRED OF APARTMENT BUILDINGS ON EVERY CORNER, AND WE HAVE ALL THIS GREEN SPACE AND WE'RE STILL GOING TO HAVE 130 ACRES OF GREEN SPACE. HOW MUCH GREEN SPACE DOES THIS DO WE NEED? THERE'S PLENTY TO DO. YOU'RE JOGGING AND EVERYTHING ELSE YOU WANT TO DO. I'M JUST HERE TO SUPPORT 13 FLOOR, I SUPPORTED YOU. I ACTUALLY BOUGHT MY HOME FIVE-YEARS AGO AND, ONE MORE THING, I'M GOING TO SAY, I'M A PROUD HOMEOWNER. LAST YEAR, I WON PRIDE AND PROPERTY OF MY HOME IN THE SECOND DISTRICT, YOUR DISTRICT, MR. WRIGHT. I WON THE PRIVATE PROPERTY CONTESTS. MY HUSBAND AND I LAST YEAR. THAT'S HOW PROUD I'M OF MY CITY. IF I WASN'T PROUD OF THE CITY I WOULD NOT BE HERE SUPPORTING 13TH FLOOR. WE BOUGHT OUR HOME BECAUSE WE READ THAT YOU WERE BUYING IT AND GOING TO REDEVELOP OUT HERE, AND THAT'S THE ONLY REASON WE BOUGHT OUR HOME. IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WHETHER I'M GETTING A LITTLE FOUNTAIN BEHIND MY HOUSE OR NOT. I BOUGHT MY HOME BECAUSE I LIKE MY HOME AND I LIKED THE CITY OF TAMARAC, AND I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL. I APPRECIATE ALL THE TIME YOU'VE GIVEN ALL OF US ON ALL THIS THOUGHT. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> [INAUDIBLE] >> I'M NOT SURE. BUT WE DON'T HAVE A CARD FOR YOU. [OVERLAPPING] GIVE ME A SECOND. WELL, I DO NOT SEE A CARD FOR YOU. PLEASE COME UP. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. I KNOW YOU KNOW THE DRILL. BUT BECAUSE I DO NOT HAVE A CARD FOR YOU, IF YOU WOULD, PLEASE I NEED YOU TO STATE YOUR NAME AND LOCATION. [NOISE] >> GOOD EVENING. GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS RICHARD GREENWICH. I LIVE AT 5400 WHITE OAK CLAY IN TAMARAC. I AM THE PRESIDENT OF MY SECTION. WE ARE ONE OF THE TWO ESTATES SECTIONS, SECTION 3. MY PEOPLE THAT VOTED ME FOR PRESIDENT FOR THE PAST SEVEN YEARS WITH THAT SAID, HONORABLE VICE MAYOR. HONORABLE MS. DANIEL. SORRY, [05:35:02] I'M MEETING YOU LIKED THIS. MR. WRIGHT HONORABLE ELVIN. IT'S BEEN A MINUTE. HELLO, SIR. I TRUST YOU AND YOUR FAMILIES ARE WELL AND MADAM MAYOR. SAM COOKE SET OF SONG AND HE SAID, SOON CHANGE IS GOING TO COME. HOPEFULLY CHANGE IS GOING TO COME IN A GOOD WAY. I'M REMINDED OF A PHRASE WHICH SAID, OH WHAT A TANGLED WEB WHEN WE COMMIT TO LIES IN THE SEAT. WE HAVE BEEN HERE FIVE PLUS YEARS. I STOOD IN THE HEAT AND THEN THE POURING DOWN RAIN FOR YOU, MR. ELVIN, AND FOR YOU, VICE MAYOR. YELLING YOUR NAME THROUGH A BULL HORN, GETTING YOU VOTES, GETTING YOU ELECTED AND WE REALIZED AND WE DID THE RIGHT THING AND I DON'T TAKE IT BACK. MAYOR GOMEZ, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF EVERYONE IN MY FAMILY, I TOOK YOUR YARD SIGN AND PUT IT IN MY YARD AND I SUPPORTED YOU. ABSOLUTELY. WITH THAT SAID, COVID HAS TAUGHT US ONE THING AND IT TAUGHT US WHAT WE NEED, WHAT WE DON'T NEED. BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, WHO WE CAN TRUST. EVERYBODY DOING COVID HAS EVALUATED JOBS, RELATIONSHIPS, CAREERS, YOU NAME IT. WE THE PEOPLE OF MY SECTION THERE'S 18 OF US,17 ARE AGAINST. ONE IS FOUR. WE HAVE BENT OVER BACKWARDS TRYING TO WORK WITH 13TH FLOOR THEY'D BEEN IN MY HOME. EVERY ONE OF YOU, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF OUR NEW COMMISSIONERS, HAD BEEN IN MY HOME. SCOTT BACHMAN, YOUR WHOLE GROUP, ALL OF YOU YOU'VE BEEN IN MY HOME. ASK US WHAT WE WANTED AND ALL WE ASKED FOR IS SOMETHING THAT IS GOING TO BE BENEFICIAL TO EVERYONE. CHANGE COMES, CHANGE GOES. WE ALL YOUR CONSTITUENTS, WE VOTE FOR YOU. WE'RE GOING TO BE HERE LONG AFTER EVERYBODY'S GONE. >> THANK YOU. >> PLEASE DO THE RIGHT THING. PLEASE. >> THANK YOU. [NOISE] IT IS 12:40 AND PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE HEREBY CLOSED AT THIS TIME OR APPLICANT. NOPE. DO I HAVE CITY STAFF WILL GOING IN REVERSE ORDER. >> MADAM MAYOR JUST APPLICANT TO CLOSE OUT. >> JUST APPLICANT. GO AHEAD APPLICANT. >> THANK YOU. >> MR. BACHMAN, IF YOU COULD KEEP IT SHORT. >> I INTEND ON DOING SO. I'M JUST GOING TO MAKE A HANDFUL OF COMMENTS HERE, JUST BASED ON SOME NOTES THAT I TOOK AND THEN TURN IT OVER TO THE COMMISSION WHO WE HAVE AN ENTIRE TEAM OF CONSULTANTS AND EXPERTS HERE AND WE'LL MAKE OURSELVES AVAILABLE TO YOU FOR ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE. I HAVE TO GET ANOTHER HOUSEKEEPING ITEM OUT OF THE WAY. AS IT RELATES TO THE AFFECTED PARTIES OBVIOUSLY, THERE'S AN ALLOWANCE FOR CROSS-EXAMINATION, ALL OF THAT SHORT OF SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WE ANSWERED, WE DIDN'T REALLY INVOLVE OURSELVES IN THAT PROCESS, BUT I DO AT LEAST JUST WANT TO READ ONE THING FOR THE RECORD. TO THE EXTENT ANY AFFECTED PARTY PROVIDED EXPERT TESTIMONY ON HIS OWN OR HER OWN BEHALF WITHOUT ESTABLISHING THEIR BASIS OR QUALIFICATION FOR THAT TESTIMONY. WE OBJECT TO THE ADMISSION AND CONSIDERATION OF THAT TESTIMONY IS EVIDENCE. IN ADDITION WE OBJECT TO THE ADMISSION AND CONSIDERATION OF ANY HEARSAY STATEMENTS MADE WITHOUT ANY SUPPORTING EVIDENCE. SORRY, JUST A TECHNICAL LEGAL THING THAT I NEEDED TO GET INTO THE RECORD. I MENTIONED IT EARLIER, ACTUALLY DURING THE ADVERSE PARTY DISCUSSION WE HAVE SUBMITTED VOLUMES OF MATERIALS. IT HAS BEEN REVIEWED BY OUR EXPERTS, OUR CONSULTANTS, IT'S BEEN REVIEWED BY THE CITY AND YOU'RE EXPERTS AND YOUR CONSULTANTS, SOME OF WHICH WORKED FOR THE CITY, SOME OF THEM ARE OUTSIDE CONSULTANTS. THE REQUIREMENT IS TO SUBMIT COMPETENT, SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE, MEET ALL OF THEIR CRITERIA. WE HAVE CERTAINLY DONE SO. YOUR SAP HAS ACKNOWLEDGED AS MUCH AND THERE HAS BEEN I WOULD ASSERT NO COMPETENT SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE SUBMITTED TO THE CONTRARY. [05:40:05] I DO WANT TO TOUCH ON ONE VERY BIG THEME OF SOME OF THE DISCUSSION AS IT RELATES TO 13TH FLOOR. THIRTEENTH FLOOR IS NOT COMING INTO THE CITY AND I'M PURCHASING OR SEEKING TO PURCHASE A PIECE OF PROPERTY FOR THE FIRST TIME AND THAT THIS IS A DEVELOPER THAT THE CITY HAS NOT MET, IS NOT FAMILIAR WITH. THIRTEENTH FLOOR HAS BEEN DEVELOPING IN THE CITY SINCE 2009. VERY IMPORTANTLY, CONSIDERING SOME OF THE DISCUSSIONS AND ALLEGATIONS THAT WERE MADE THIS EVENING OR THIS MORNING, THEY'D BEEN REDEVELOPING GOLF COURSE PROPERTY IN THE CITY SINCE 2009. THEY'VE GONE THROUGH AND APPROPRIATELY ADDRESSED ALL OF THE VARIOUS ENVIRONMENTAL REQUIREMENTS, REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS, OTHER AGENCY REQUIREMENTS ON ALL OF THOSE PROPERTIES WITHIN THE CITY. IN ADDITION IN MANY OF THOSE CASES, IF NOT ALL OF THEM, THERE HAVE BEEN OBLIGATIONS, REQUIREMENTS, COMMUNITY BENEFITS, AND 13TH FLOOR IS MET, FULFILLED EACH AND EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM. I BELIEVE THAT YOUR CITY STAFF WOULD TESTIFY TO THAT EFFECT, AND SO I JUST DON'T BELIEVE THERE'S ANY REASON TO CERTAINLY FOR THIS COMMISSION TO BELIEVE THAT ALL OF THE SUDDEN 13TH FLOOR IS GOING TO DISAPPEAR, IS NOT GOING TO FULFILL ITS COMMITMENTS, IS NOT GOING TO DO WHAT IT SAYS. IT'S GOING TO DO THESE OTHER COMMUNITIES WITHIN THE CITY, ALTHOUGH THEY'VE LONG BEEN TURNED OVER TO THEIR ASSOCIATIONS, 13TH FLOOR TO THIS DAY IS STILL WHEN IT IS INAPPROPRIATE AND WHEN IT IS A DEVELOPER RELATED ISSUE WITH NO OBLIGATION TO DO SO IS STILL INVOLVED IN THOSE COMMUNITIES AS NECESSARY. JUST A COUPLE OF OTHER REALLY QUICK POINTS. LET'S SEE. I JUST WANTED TO AT LEAST REITERATE YET AGAIN, 13TH FLOOR IS NOT CLUBLINK. THEY ARE TWO VERY DIFFERENT. THEY HAVE A BUYER AND SELLER RELATIONSHIP. THERE IS NOTHING MORE THAT EXISTS THERE. OCCASIONALLY, WE WILL GET PHONE CALLS AND WE WILL ATTEMPT TO HELP WITH ISSUES THAT ARE GOING ON WITHIN THEIR GOLF COURSE. WE DO NOT OWN IT. WE CAN NOT DO VERY MUCH WITH REGARD TO THE GOLF COURSE SO I JUST WANT TO AGAIN, CLEARLY ESTABLISHED THAT DIFFERENCE. THEN JUST A COUPLE OF OTHER REALLY QUICK POINTS AS IT RELATES TO SOME OF THE COMMENTS THAT CAME FROM LAUDERHILL, JUST SO THAT THIS COMMISSION IS AWARE. WE PREVIOUSLY MET WITH LAUDERHILL ON MORE THAN ONE OCCASION AS IT RELATES TO TRAFFIC IMPACTS AND IN PARTICULAR, TRAFFIC IMPACTS ON 64TH. WE DID MEET WITH BOTH COMMUNITIES ON THE WEST SIDE OF 64TH, IT WAS ASSERTED THAT WE DID LAUDERHILL COMMISSIONER CAMPBELL SET THOSE MEETINGS UP FOR US. MY CLIENT, I KNOW HAD MULTIPLE CONVERSATIONS WITH LEADERSHIP WITHIN THOSE COMMUNITIES AND SO I AT LEAST WANT TO MAKE THAT STATEMENT AS WELL. OTHERWISE, I'M SURE THERE'S A LOT MORE HERE, SOME OF THE MORE TECHNICAL STUFF I ASSUME THAT I'LL GET QUESTIONS. AGAIN, OUR ENTIRE TEAM IS HERE SO I'LL STOP FOR NOW AND HAPPY TO ANSWER AS MANY AND ANY QUESTIONS THAT THE COMMISSION MAY DESIRE. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IT'S NOW TIME FOR THE COMMISSION TO DELIBERATE THOSE PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE CLOSED. AT THIS TIME DOES NOT APPEAR. >> [INAUDIBLE] >> QUESTION. COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS.. >> FIRST OF ALL, LIKE THE LAST TIME WHEN WE HAD A ISSUE, I THINK EVERYBODY THAT CAME OUT TONIGHT, THIS IS EXACTLY I'M GOING TO BE REPETITIVE. WHAT WE NEED FROM THE COMMUNITY, WE NEED BOTH SIDES TO COME WHEN SOMETHING'S GOING ON. IN OUR COMMUNITIES. THERE ARE, OBVIOUSLY IT HAS BEEN AN IMMENSE SUPPORT, AN IMMENSE AGAINST AND FOR THE PROJECT, I DO WANT MS. MAXINE TO PULL UP THE COUNT OF EMAILS FOR FROZEN AGAINST THE PROJECT. AND WHILE SHE'S DOING THAT, I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE THAT SUPPORTED ME DURING MY CAMPAIGN. THERE WAS YEARS THAT I WAS AGAINST THE PROJECT. AND THAT WAS BECAUSE I WAS ONE-SIDED. AND THE SAME WAY THAT SOMEONE ON THIS COMMISSION WAS HELPING ME OUT. I WAS ONE-SIDED. I NEVER GAVE 13 FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO LISTEN TO THEM BECAUSE I WAS TOLD NO. THEY'RE THE BAD GUYS. I JUST RECENTLY MET WITH 13TH FLOOR. THE APPLICANTS AND ALL THEY DID WOULD JUST SHOW ME A COUPLE OF SLIDES. AND IT WAS WAY DIFFERENT THAN FROM THE BEGINNING. THE BEGINNING WAS JUST TERRIBLE. AND I THINK YOU ALL KNOW THAT IT WAS AWFUL. [05:45:03] I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT CITY ATTORNEY JUST FOR THE RECORD SO THAT OUR RESIDENTS UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LEGISLATIVE AND QUASI JUDICIAL HEARINGS. BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE VOTING WITH OUR EMOTIONS VERSUS FACTS. CAN YOU JUST GIVE US A BRIEF ON THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO OF THEM AND SO THAT EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM AND ANYBODY WATCHING ONLINE STILL, BUT THERE'S STILL 20 PEOPLE WATCHING ONLINE ON FACEBOOK AND I'M PRETTY SURE ON THE WEBSITE. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? >> THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS. WHEN YOU SIT IN AS A COMMISSIONER AND THE QUASI BASIC SITTING AS A JUDGE, A QUASI JUDGE, WHERE YOU WILL HAVE TO REVIEW THE EVIDENCE PRESENTED, OBVIOUSLY BY STAFF, BY AN APPLICANT OR ANY OBJECT AND PARTIES. AND TODAY, THE EVIDENCE THAT WAS PRESENTED FOR YOUR REVIEW WAS MOSTLY STAFF PRESENT THE EVIDENCE AND ALSO THE APPLICANT. AND OBVIOUSLY YOU HEARD TESTIMONY FROM AFFECTED PARTIES, BUT THEY WEREN'T NO EVIDENCE PRESENTED BY THEM EXCEPT OBVIOUSLY, WE WILL MAKE TRAFFIC. LAY TESTIMONY CAN BE CONSIDERED AS EVIDENCED WITH NO TRAFFIC. BUT IN TERMS OF LEGISLATIVE ITEMS, WHICH IS A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, THE COMMISSION BASICALLY HAS THE DISCRETION TO MAKE THAT DECISION WITHOUT WE VIEW AND I'LL ACCEPT EVIDENCE ON THE RECORD. THERE'S NO GUIDELINES IN TERMS OF TAKING EVIDENCE FOR LEGISLATIVE MATTERS. BASICALLY, WHEN THE DISCRETION IS COMMISSIONED TO VOTE YEA OR NAY ON THE LEFT SIDE MATTER. >> THANK YOU. AS THE ATTORNEY, MS. MAXINE, DO YOU RECALL HOW THE PLANNING BOARD VOTED ON THIS? >> YES, I DO. THE BOARD WAS 3, 2. >> OKAY. THANK YOU MS. MAXINE HAS A QUESTION FOR THE APPLICANT. THERE IS A QUESTION BROUGHT UP AND I DID NOT HEAR AN ANSWER TOO. AS FAR AS AN INCOMPLETE SITE PLAN. I'M QUITE SURE YOU GUYS. >> YEAH. AND AGAIN, LIKE I SAID, I HAD A LOT OF ITEMS ON HERE. THE NOTE I SAID WAS THAT WE ABSOLUTELY DO HAVE A PLAN AND ALL OF THE ANALYSES THAT HAVE BEEN PREPARED, DRAINAGE, WATER, SEWER, ALL OF THOSE ARE BASED ON THE PLAN. THERE IS A PLAN THAT IS SUBMITTED AND UNDER REVIEW. THERE IS CLEAR LANGUAGE DOCUMENTATION AND PLANS ATTACHED TO THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, ALL OF WHICH THE ANALYSES THAT WE'VE SUBMITTED ARE BASED ON AND ARE EFFECTIVELY THROUGH LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT ON OUR SITE PLAN. BUT AGAIN, THE SITE PLAN TO FINISH THE MORE TECHNICAL PROCESS, WHAT TREE GOES ON, WHAT LAT, AND THEN ULTIMATELY BE REVIEWED FOR FINAL APPROVAL BY THE CITY COMMISSION. BUT THERE IS ABSOLUTELY A VERY CLEAR AND DEFINED SITE PLAN AND HAS BEEN FOR A VERY LONG TIME. >> IS THE UNDERSTANDING OF MANY PEOPLE THAT THEY'RE BEING BLOCKED INTO A SQUARE. EVEN THOUGH IN YOUR PRESENTATION YOU SHOWED MANY INGRESS AND EGRESS LOCATIONS ON 64TH ON COMMERCIAL 3 LOCATIONS ON TWO LOCATIONS ON ROCK ISLAND. >> TWO IN IN FOUR OUT ON ROCK ISLAND. >> OKAY. JUST WANTED THAT FOR THE RECORD BECAUSE I THINK THERE'S SOME MISCONCEPTION THAT PEOPLE ARE UNDERSTANDING THAT IF THEY'RE GOING TO BE BLOCKED IN AND THE REALITY IS THAT THEY'RE PROVIDING MORE. >> WE ARE CREATING TWO NEW ENTRANCES. AND THEN A COUPLE OF THE ENTRANCES ARE BEING BLOCKED FROM ACCESS IN, BUT YOU CAN STILL GET OUT. >> MY LAST COMMENT I JUST WANTED TO SAY IS THAT BACK IN 2018-2019, I WAS GOLFING. I WILL LENS GULF COUNTRY CLUB AND AS MANY OF YOU SAW IT, IT WAS IN TERRIBLE CONDITION AT THAT TIME. THE RANGE WAS IN TERRIBLE CONDITION. THE CLUBHOUSE SMELLED LIKE MOLD. I CAN'T IMAGINE AFTER COVID AND I JUST WANT THE RECORD TO REFLECT THAT AND I'M GLAD THAT I AM ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN HIS VOTE. BECAUSE NOW I TRULY HAVE THE TOTAL CONCEPT OF THE REALITY OF EVERYTHING. THE SAME WAY WHEN I CAME INTO THIS COMMISSION, BEFORE BECOMING COMMISSIONER, I ONLY HAD ONE SIDED STORIES. AFTER COMING INTO THIS COMMISSION, I SAW THE ENTIRE STORY. I MAKE MY OWN DECISIONS AND HAVING THIS BROUGHT FORWARD TO ME, I'VE NEVER EVEN SEEN ANY OF THIS BEFORE. THIS MATERIAL, THIS IS MY FIRST TIME SEEING ALL THIS MATERIAL. I'VE HEARD FROM MANY RESIDENTS. WHEN I RAN FOR MAYOR. MY BOT WAS NO. ABSOLUTELY NOT. I'M NOT SAYING I'M GOING TO SAY NO OR YES. I'M JUST GOING TO SAY THAT I HAD WAS ONE-SIDED BECAUSE OF [05:50:02] WHAT PEOPLE WERE SAYING AND WITH THAT, I HELD MY TIME. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. THAT WAS HEARD. THAT DISRESPECT IS NOT NEEDED. COMMISSIONER, WRIGHT? >> THANK YOU. MR. BACHMAN. YOU MENTIONED I THINK ON MONDAY, I THINK YOU'VE CLARIFIED IT WITH THE GREEN SPACE IN TERMS OF HOW MANY ACRES ARE GOING TO BE IN TERMS OF GREEN SPACE? >> YES, SIR. >> AND JUST TO CONFIRM, YOU SAID IT WAS 161 [OVERLAPPING] >> YEAH. SO WHAT WE'VE AGREED TO IN THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT IS A MINIMUM OF 160 WHEN THE AFFECTED PARTY WAS GOING, OUR PLANNER ACTUALLY STOOD UP AND IT'S ACTUALLY GOING TO END UP BEING MORE THAN THAT. I THINK THE TOTAL IS 190. YOU CAN GIVE ME THE EXACT NUMBER. >> [INAUDIBLE] [OVERLAPPING] SIR, ABOUT 190. >> YEAH, IT'S ABOUT 190 ACRES OF TOTAL OPEN SPACE. THE MINIMUM OF WHAT IS BEING DEED RESTRICTED IS 160. BUT AGAIN, THERE WILL BE SUBSTANTIALLY MORE OPEN SPACE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. >> EARLIER ON, COMMISSIONER MARTIN FROM LAUDERHILL SAID THEY OPPOSE THE PROJECT. BUT YOU SAID YOU SPOKE TO COMMISSIONER CAMPBELL. FROM MY RECOLLECTION, I THINK HE WAS RUNNING FOR MAYOR LAST ELECTION AND HE WAS NOT A COMMISSIONER? >> YES, SIR. OBVIOUSLY THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR QUITE SOME TIME. THERE WAS A VERY, VERY SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF OUTREACH TO THE CITY OF LAUDERHILL FROM 2018 THROUGH MID 2020 I WOULD TELL YOU. THAT WAS THE TIME THAT MEETINGS ARE TAKING PLACE. WE MET WITH COMMISSIONER CAMPBELL. THE LEAD LAUDERHILL OBJECTED TO SOME CONCERNS. THERE WAS A TIME BEFORE BOTH YOU AND COMMISSIONER DANIEL WERE ON THE DAY, AS YOU MAY BE AWARE OF THIS, YOU MAY NOT WHERE WE WERE PROPOSING ACCESS OUT ON THE 44TH. THAT WAS A MAJOR CONCERN AND A VERY SIGNIFICANT OBJECTION OF LAUDERHILL. WE MET WITH THEM, WE MET WITH THEIR COMMISSIONERS ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS. OUR TRAFFIC ENGINEERS, MET WITH THEIR TRAFFIC ENGINEERS. WE ULTIMATELY REMOVE THE ACCESS OFF OF 44TH. WE LOCATED A NEW ACCESS POINT. WE ACQUIRED ADDITIONAL ACCESS AND CONTINUE TO HAVE MEETINGS WITH THE CITY OF LAUDERHILL AND IN PARTICULAR, THE ISSUE SHIFTED IN FOCUS TO 64TH, AT WHICH POINT WE HAD MEETINGS WITH THOSE COMMUNITIES THROUGH COMMISSIONER CAMPBELL, BUT THAT DAY WAS PROBABLY A YEAR-AND-A-HALF AGO. NOTHING OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST YEAR-AND-A-HALF OR SO. >> IN TERMS OF TRAFFIC, WHEN I LOOK AT THE SITE PLAN, IT SEEMS LIKE YOU'RE DIVERTING ALL THE TRAFFIC ONTO WOODLANDS BOULEVARD, WHICH MEANS PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE COMING OUT ON COMMERCIAL. OBVIOUSLY F DOT SAID BETWEEN UNIVERSITY AND ROCK ISLAND. THAT'S AN F. ISN'T THAT GOING TO PUT MORE CARS ON COMMERCIAL? I DRIVE THERE EVERY DAY. I DRIVE TO DELREY FOR WORK AND IT TAKES ME LONGER TO GET FROM UNIVERSITY TO ROCK ISLAND THAN IT TAKES ME TO GET FROM THE COMMERCIAL TO ATLANTIC F. >> YES, SIR. WE'VE NEVER HIDDEN FROM THE FACT. WE'RE PROPOSING AT THIS POINT 335 HOMES, THERE'S GOING TO BE AN IMPACT FROM THOSE HOMES. COMMERCIAL LEVEL OF SERVICE, F TRAFFIC OUT THERE IS VERY POOR. THE POINT WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET ACROSS IS WE ARE GOING TO BE PROVIDING IMPROVEMENTS THAT CAN'T OTHERWISE BE PROVIDED WITHOUT THIS DEVELOPMENT THAT WILL HELP MITIGATE FOR OUR 335 UNITS AND ALSO MAKE PORTIONS OF THE ROADWAY. NOT ALL OF IT BETTER, ARE THEY'RE GOING TO BE PORTIONS THAT REMAIN POOR? ABSOLUTELY. WE'RE NOT FIXING THE SITUATION. WE ARE MITIGATING FOR THE TRAFFIC THAT WE ARE CREATING. IN TERMS OF THE TRAFFIC ON WOODLANDS AND IF YOU'D LIKE, I'M HAPPY TO BRING MY TRAFFIC ENGINEER. IF NOT, I JUST DON'T KNOW HOW WELL I CAN JUSTIFY IT. BUT OUR TRAFFIC ANALYSIS IDENTIFIES THE PERCENTAGES AT EACH OF THE VARIOUS ACCESS POINTS, BOTH IN AND OUT THAT YOU SEE THERE. I BELIEVE IT'S 42 PERCENT AT WOODLANDS BOULEVARD, JOHN, IS THAT RIGHT? I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY THE MAJORITY COMPARED TO ALL OF THE ACCESS POINTS, BUT THAT'S STILL LESS THAN HALF OF THE DISTRIBUTION OF TRAFFIC THAT'S PROPOSED TO UTILIZE THE COMMUNITY. THAT'S BASED ON THE ANALYSIS THAT WAS DONE BETWEEN OUR TRAFFIC ENGINEER IN THE CITIES. >> THOSE STREETS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO WIDEN, I THINK IT'S ON COMMERCIAL AND ROCK ISLAND, FROM MY RECOLLECTION, IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S A BIG FP&L POLE THAT'S THERE. >> YES, SIR. WOULD YOU MIND GO INTO THE NEXT SLIDE IF YOU'RE? YEAH, HERE. YES, SIR. IN THE SECOND SLIDE OVER. THE SECOND FROM THE LEFT. THERE ARE FP&L POLES IN BOTH LOCATIONS. I ANTICIPATED THIS MIGHT COME UP, IT'S COME UP BEFORE. WE HAVE EMAILED DOCUMENTATION, CORRESPONDENCE, MEETINGS THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE. FP&L HAS SEEN ALL OF THESE IMPROVEMENTS. [05:55:02] OBVIOUSLY, WE'VE DONE A LOT OF HOMEWORK AND DUE DILIGENCE, WE'RE NOT GOING TO MAKE COMMITMENTS AND SAY WE CAN'T BUILD IF WE DON'T DO THESE THINGS WITHOUT DOING OUR HOMEWORK. YES. IT'S GOING TO COST US MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO RELOCATE AND MOVE THOSE LINES IN ORDER TO CREATE THOSE TWO DRIVE-THROUGH TURN LANES THAT YOU SEE THERE AT BOTH ROCK ISLAND AND COMMERCIAL. >> I THINK I ASKED THIS QUESTION ON MONDAY. I'M JUST ASKING THAT AGAIN FOR THE RECORD. IN TERMS OF HEIGHT, YOU SAID IN THE DEVELOPER AGREEMENT AND YOU CLARIFY, YOU SAID IT'S GOING TO BE, THE MAXIMUM IS TWO STORIES. >> CORRECT. >> I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT'S THERE FOR THE RECORD, TWO STORIES. BECAUSE I THINK THE MAXIMUM IS 30 FEET, WHICH CAN BE THREE STORIES. IT COULD BE, BUT IT'S ABSOLUTELY TWO STORIES. IT'S CLEAR IN THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, I THINK IT SAYS TWO STORIES OR 30 FEET. WHICH ALLOWS FOR ROOFS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. TWO STORIES IS THE MAXIMUM AND AGAIN, ONLY IN THE SOUTHERNMOST SPOT AND PUDGY EVERYTHING ELSE AROUND THE COMMUNITY IS A ONE STORY HOME. >> IN TERMS OF THE RENDERINGS, CAN THOSE DESIGNS CHANGE LIKE THE LOOK OF THE HOMES THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BUILD? IS THERE A POSSIBILITY YOU CAN CHANGE THOSE DESIGNS? >> ABSOLUTELY. I'M SO SORRY. ABSOLUTELY. OUR DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, I BELIEVE IT HAS 10 DIFFERENT RENDERINGS I NOTE. IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, WE SHOWED YOU, I THINK SIX OF THEM TONIGHT AS PART OF THAT FINAL DOTTING I CROSSING T, MAKING SURE EVERY TREES IN THE RIGHT PLACE. THERE WILL BE AN ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW THAT THIS COMMISSION WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO WEIGH IN ON AS PART OF THE FINAL APPROVAL. YES. >> YOU SAID YOU GUYS CAME IN 2009? I HAD A RESIDENT THAT CAME UP ON BREAK WHO SAID THEY'D BEEN LIVING IN ONE OF YOUR COMMUNITIES AND THEY'VE BEEN HAVING HEALTH ISSUES IN TERMS OF THEIR LUNGS AND THAT TYPE OF STUFF, HAVE YOU DONE ANY STUDIES IN THE PAST 12 YEARS WITH YOUR FIRST COMMUNITY IF THERE'S BEEN ANY EFFECTS OF ARSENIC FROM THOSE FIRST COMMUNITIES? >> I DON'T BELIEVE WE'VE DONE ANY STUDIES. NO HEALTH SPECIFIC STUDIES. AGAIN, FOLLOWING ALL THE RULES AND REGULATIONS TO ENSURE THAT EVERYTHING WAS DONE PROPERLY BUT NO STUDIES. >> HAVE YOU HAD ANY COMPLAINTS FROM RESIDENTS? >> NO. >> I MET WITH YOUR GUYS, I MET WITH THE TWO YOUNG MEN WHEN I FIRST GOT ELECTED. OBVIOUSLY I HAVE NO POLITICAL LEANING IN TERMS OF SAVE THE WOODLANDS. I HAD A POLITICAL OPPONENT WHO WAS THE PRESIDENT OF SAVE THE WOODLANDS. YOU GUYS DID NOT DONATE TO ME SO I'M OBJECTIVE AND OPEN TO EVERYONE. I LISTEN TO EVERYONE. I ADMIRE THESE YOUNG MEN'S ENTREPRENEURIAL ZEAL, THEY HAD A VISION THEY HAD THE GOAL OF WHAT THEY WERE GOING TO DO. I REACHED OUT TO SAVE THE WOODLANDS BECAUSE I WANTED TO MEET WITH THEM TO HEAR THEIR PART OF THE STORY. INTERESTINGLY, THE WOODLANDS IS A PLACE THAT I GREW UP IN. MY PARENTS WERE TEENAGERS, THEY MET IN BROOKLYN. MY DAD WAS FROM JAMAICA, MY MOM FROM THE VIRGIN ISLANDS. AFTER MY MOM GOT PREGNANT, SHE GOT SENT BACK TO THE VIRGIN ISLANDS. I HAPPENED TO GROW UP IN BVI. MY FAMILY OWNS A PRIVATE ISLAND. CLOSE TO RICHARD BRANSON, CLOSE TO GOOGLE FOUNDER. I GREW UP IN PLACE CALLED SALT ISLAND. IT WAS BEAUTIFUL. BEAUTIFUL BEACHES AND I WOULD SPEND MY HOLIDAYS ON SALT ISLAND. DURING THE SUMMERTIME, I WOULD COME TO TAMARAC. I REMEMBER 1998, MY DAD BOUGHT THAT FIRST HOME, 5010 SAGO PALM. WHEN I DROVE INTO THAT COMMUNITY, I THOUGHT, WOW, THIS WAS JUST AS BEAUTIFUL AS THE BVI. IT WAS THE GREEN SPACE, IT WAS THE FIELD, IT WAS A LOOK, AND IT WAS EVERYTHING ABOUT THAT COMMUNITY. I ALSO TRAVELED TO CALIFORNIA THAT YEAR AND I REMEMBER GOING TO BRENTWOOD AND HAVEN HILLS. IT HAD THAT SAME FEEL, THAT SAME LOOK. THAT'S WHAT THE WOODLANDS HAS. FOR ME, THE REASON I AM NOT GOING TO SUPPORT IT IS BASED ON COMPATIBILITY. I DON'T THINK IT HAS THE COMPATIBILITY OF THE WOODLANDS. I DON'T THINK IT HAS THE SAME FEEL. [NOISE]. >> I UNDERSTAND. >> COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS YOU HAD A FOLLOW UP? >> YES I DO. MS. MAXINE, CAN YOU PUT THAT CHART UP AGAIN? I PREVIOUSLY DID NOT SEE THAT? >> [INAUDIBLE] >> YEAH, THAT. THE ONE THAT HE HAS. WHEN THIS WAS PRESENTED, THERE WAS LAUGHTER IN THE ROOM AS IF OUR STAFF WAS LYING ABOUT THESE NUMBERS. THESE ARE ACTUAL REAL NUMBERS OF EMAILS THAT CAME IN TO OUR INBOXES. [06:00:01] I JUST WANT THAT FOR THE RECORD BECAUSE THERE WAS LAUGHTER AND THIS IS REAL. ANYBODY THAT WANTS TO DO A PUBLIC RECORD REQUESTS ON ALL THESE EMAILS THAT WERE SENT, THEY CAN GO AHEAD AND DO THAT. I DO HAVE ONE MORE FOLLOW-UP QUESTION ABOUT THE ARSENIC. CAN ALL THE ARSENIC BE REMOVED ALL AT ONCE? >> I'M GOING TO DIFFER THAT [OVERLAPPING]. >> THIS WAY YOU'RE NOT HAVING THE MONTHS AFTER MONTHS OF POSSIBLE ENDANGERMENT TO THE COMMUNITY. >> COMMISSIONER HOWARD NELSON. ALL OF THE ARSENIC COULD BE REMOVED AT ONCE. THE PROBLEM IS IN THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS BECAUSE IT'S SUCH A LARGE PIECE. THE COMMUNITY IS MUCH SAFER, LEAVING PORTIONS UNCOVERED UNTIL PORTIONS ARE REMEDIATED. >>THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. IT SAYS CONTROL ROOM, BUT I'M PRETTY SURE THAT MEANS MESMER. [LAUGHTER] THEY SWITCHED YOU OUT, GO AHEAD. >> THEY SWITCHED MY MIC TONIGHT MAYOR. I THINK I HAVE SOME ISSUES WITH THE MICROPHONE, I DON'T KNOW IF PEOPLE CAN HEAR ME PROPERLY, BUT OKAY. MS. CALLOWAY, THE FIRST TIME THIS CAME TO THE CHAMBERS REMINDS ME OF THE TURNOUT OF THE VOTE. >> THESE ARE THE DATES THAT THE ITEM WAS HEARD BY THE PLANNING BOARD. THEN ON JULY 2019, WAS YOUR TRANSMITTAL HEARING BY THE CITY COMMISSION THAT WAS APPROVED BY A THREE-TWO VOTE. >> AT THAT TIME, DID THE CITY RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE ITEM? >> YES WE CONCEDED THAT THE APPLICANT DID MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE CITY CODE. YES. >> AT THAT TIME, DID YOU FEEL LIKE THE PROJECT WAS COMPATIBLE WITH THE EXISTING WOODMONT'S COMMUNITY? >> YEAH, AT THAT TIME IN OUR RECOMMENDATION, WE DIDN'T THINK PART G MET THE COMPATIBILITY TEST, AND SO WE DID RECOMMEND THAT THE APPLICANT CONSIDER REZONING THE ENTIRE AREA TO THE RE ZONING DESIGNATION, WHICH THEY DID FOR THE SECOND READING. >> THEN IF I SAY THAT IT'S NOT COMPATIBLE, WOULD YOU SAY THAT THAT IS ANECDOTAL OR WOULD YOU SAY THAT IT IS NOT IN CONCERT WITH THE CITY'S RECOMMENDATION? HOW WOULD THAT CONTRAST TO THE CITY'S POSITION? >> BASED ON THE STANDARDS THAT THE APPLICANT HAS TO MEET, AND STAFF HAS ALREADY RECOMMENDED THAT THE APPLICATION, THE REZONING, THE LAND USE, BUT PARTICULARLY THE DENSITY THAT'S BEING OFFERED IS COMPATIBLE WITH THE EXISTING BUILT ENVIRONMENT, WHICH IS ALSO AN RE DESIGNATION. >> THEN I CANNOT SAY IT'S INCOMPATIBLE BECAUSE STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THAT IT IS COMPATIBLE. >> WELL, I THINK I UNDERSTOOD WHAT THE COMMISSIONER WAS SAYING IN TERMS. >> I'M SPEAKING ABOUT ME, NOT ABOUT ANOTHER COMMISSIONER. I'M ASKING FROM MY PERSPECTIVE. >> IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE TO BE CONSISTENT WITH STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION THAT IT IS COMPATIBLE BECAUSE IT IS. >> THEN AFTER THAT, IT MOVED TO THE COUNTY, AND TELL ME ABOUT THEIR DECISION. >> IT WAS HEARD BY BROWARD COUNTY PLANNING COUNCIL ON JANUARY 2020. THEY MADE A RECOMMENDATION FOR APPROVAL TO THE BROWARD COUNTY COMMISSION. BROWARD COUNTY COMMISSION APPROVED ON OCTOBER 2020 AND TRANSMITTED THE APPLICATION TO THE STATE OF FLORIDA AND TO ALL THE REVIEWING AGENCIES. THEN WE RECEIVED THE STATE OF FLORIDA LETTER ON NOVEMBER 2020, WHICH WAS A LETTER OF NO OBJECTION OR NO COMMENTS. >> IT WENT TO THE STATE? >> IT DID. >> THE STATE FOUND? >> NO COMMENTS IS REALLY WHAT THE LETTER, AND THAT'S TYPICAL IF THERE'S REALLY NO OBJECTION. >> THEN IT WENT BACK TO THE COUNTY? >> IT DID FOR A SECOND READING, YES. [06:05:01] OR FOR APPROVAL READING. >> TELL ME WHAT THE COUNTY SAID. >> IT WENT BACK TO BROWARD COUNTY ON MAY OF 2021. BROWARD COUNTY, AS YOU CAN SEE, ADOPTED A LAND USE PLAN AMENDMENT. >> NOW, IT'S BACK TO THE CITY? >> THIS IS THE LAST STOP, YES. >> THE CITY SAYS THAT IT'S COMPATIBLE, IT'S MET ALL OF THE REQUIREMENTS. COULD YOU BE WRONG? >> I WOULD HOPE NOT. MY JOB IS TO REVIEW THE APPLICATION AGAINST THE CODE AND THE STANDARDS THAT ARE LISTED IN THE CODE, AND WE HAVE DONE THAT, AND WE'VE DETERMINED THAT THE APPLICATION IS CONSISTENT AND MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS OF YOUR CODE. >> MS. CALLOWAY, I'VE BEEN HERE FOR A WHILE, AND ONE OF MY FIRST MEETINGS WAS ABOUT WOODMONT. I WAS HERE FOR MANY HOURS, JUST LIKE THIS, SO I DO UNDERSTAND PROCESS AND I DO UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS IS ABOUT. BUT FOR THE PURPOSE OF PLAYING DEVIL'S ADVOCATE AND FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE RESIDENTS THAT ARE WATCHING AND LOOKING, LARGE-SCALE LAND-USE PLANNING AMENDMENT LUPA. EXPLAIN HOW DIFFERENT THAT IS FROM THE REZONING AND WHAT EACH DOES. NOT TALKING ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT YET, JUST LARGE-SCALE LUPA AND THE REZONING. >> IF CAN BE BASIC, THE CITY HAS ADOPTED A FUTURE LAND USE MAP. IT'S THE MAP THAT I BELIEVE I SHOWED ON ONE OF THE SLIDE. IT IS WHERE YOU HAVE YOUR MORE GENERAL LAND USE DESIGNATIONS. THIS PROPERTY HAS A LAND USE DESIGNATION OF RECREATION. YOUR CODE AND THE STATE OF FLORIDA SAYS ESSENTIALLY THAT YOUR LAND USE MUST BE CONSISTENT WITH REZONING. IN THIS CASE, THE APPLICANT HAS APPLIED FOR A CHANGE IN THE LAND USE IN YOUR MAP DESIGNATION FROM RECREATION TO RESIDENTIAL, AND IT'S REALLY JUST YOUR LARGE DESIGNATION. YOUR ZONING MAP NOW, IT'S A BIT MORE DEFINED, SO IT WILL HAVE MULTIPLE ZONING DISTRICTS UNDER A LAND USE DESIGNATION. WHEN YOU APPLY FOR A LAND USE DESIGNATION OR A LAND USE CHANGE, YOUR CODE AS WELL AS STATE LAW SAYS THAT IT MUST BE CONSISTENT WITH THE LAND USED AND SO IF THIS WERE TO BE APPROVED FOR RESIDENTIAL, THEN BY VIRTUE OF DOING THAT, THEN YOU'RE ZONING MAP MUST BE CONSISTENT WITH THE LAND USE, ESSENTIALLY MEANING THAT YOU THEN WOULD NEED TO HAVE TO CHANGE YOUR ZONING MAP. >> MS. CALLOWAY, CAN I USE YOUR WORDS? YOU SAID IF THIS WERE TO BE APPROVED. IF THIS WERE TO BE APPROVED TONIGHT, THE APPLICANT RECEIVES AN ENTITLEMENT, BUT THEY DO NOT RECEIVE AN ENTITLEMENT TO BUILD 335 HOMES, THEY RECEIVE AN ENTITLEMENT TO BUILD. >> THEY WOULD RECEIVE AN ENTITLEMENT OF RESIDENTIAL AND THE LAND USE, AND RE DESIGNATION ON THE ZONING. >> BUT NOT AN AMOUNT OF HOUSES? >> NO. >> THAT IS IMPORTANT FOR THE RESIDENTS TO UNDERSTAND THAT IF THIS WERE TO PASS, YOUR WORDS, THAT IT IS NOT SAYING THAT THE DEVELOPER HAS THE RIGHT TO BUILD 335 HOMES. THIS COMMISSION COULD THEN SAY AT SITE PLAN. >> OR DURING YOUR DEVELOPMENT. >> OR AT DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT. SAY I DON'T WANT 335 HOMES, I WANT FIVE, I WANT FIVE HOMES THAT LOOKS LIKE HUGH HEFNER'S HOMES. >> SORRY, HAVE WE GOT ANY HUGH HEFNER'S? [LAUGHTER] >> WE COULD SAY THAT. >> YOU CAN REDUCE IT, BUT THEY'RE ASKING FOR AN RE,. >> BUT WE COULD? >> RIGHT. BUT I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY FOR THE RECORD. THE DESIGNATION THEY'RE GOING FOR IS A 0-5, WHICH IS FURTHER RESTRICTED TO A 0-3. I BELIEVE THE DENSITY IN THAT IS, CORRECT ME. >> [INAUDIBLE] >> IT'S 490. >> [INAUDIBLE] >> IN THE 4, 9 DAYS THAT THEY'RE FURTHER RESTRICTING FROM THE 0-3, TO 335. >> BUT THE MEATS AND POTATOES ARE IN A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AND A SITE PLAN? >> YES. >> MR. BACHMAN. [06:10:01] >> YES, SIR. >> THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME ON THIS. I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE SPENT A LOT OF TIME. SIX YEARS IS A VERY LONG TIME, BUT YOU'VE BEEN HERE BEFORE. >> I THINK SOMEONE HERE SAID THEY WERE REVIEWING THE VIDEO FROM THE LAST MEETING AND I HAD A LOT MORE HAIR LAST TIME. [LAUGHTER] >> I APPRECIATE YOU. MR. BACHMAN. AS I SPOKE TO YOU, I ALSO SPOKE TO RESIDENTS AND THE RESIDENTS TELL ME THAT YOU ON RECORD SAID THAT YOU ARE GOING TO BRING A SITE PLAN. THERE IS NO SITE PLAN. >> YES, SIR. >> TELL ME WHY. >> OBVIOUSLY, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF CHANGES TO THIS AND A SITE PLAN IS VERY SPECIFIC. LET ME BACK UP. THE STANDARD PROCESS IN THE CITY AND I ABSOLUTELY MADE THAT COMMITMENT BACK IN 2019, BUT THE STANDARD PROCESS IN THE CITY, I PERSONALLY PROCESS MULTIPLE LAND USE AND ZONING APPLICATIONS THROUGH THIS CITY. TYPICALLY YOU WILL HAVE THE LAND USE AND ZONING AND THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT ALL MOVE FORWARD. SITE PLANNING AND PLANNING WOULD TYPICALLY HAPPEN THEREAFTER BECAUSE THERE'S SO MUCH UNCERTAINTY IN A PROCESS, ESPECIALLY A PROCESS LIKE THIS THAT IS SO POLARIZING WITH OPPOSITION AND SUPPORT AND COMMISSION MAKEUP AND COMMISSION INPUT THAT IT'S VERY DIFFICULT WITH THE SITE PLAN. WE MADE THE COMMITMENT. IT WAS A COMMITMENT MADE OR AGREED UPON BY THIS COMMISSION IN THIS COMMISSION PROCEDURALLY AS THE ABILITY TO ALLOW US TO MOVE FORWARD AS WE'RE PROPOSING TO. WHAT WE'VE DONE TO PROTECT AGAINST THAT IS PREPARE A ESSENTIALLY FINAL SITE PLAN. I BELIEVE THAT THAT'S WHAT IT'S CALLED IN THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT. IT IS A PLAN THAT IT HAS BEEN REVIEWED. IT IS GOING TO GO THROUGH A MORE AS I SAID EARLIER, A MORE TECHNICAL DOT I AND CROSS T REVIEW PROCESS, BUT IT IS ATTACHED AS AN EXHIBIT TO OUR DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT. THERE IS CLEAR LANGUAGE AND THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT THAT FURTHER REINFORCES AND ESTABLISHES THE CITY'S RIGHTS TO ENSURE THAT THAT SITE PLAN DOESN'T BECOME SOMETHING MORE OR DIFFERENT OR CHANGE IN ANY MATERIAL RESPECT, OR WE'VE GOT A PROBLEM WITH THE CITY. I HOPE THAT'S A GOOD ENOUGH EXPLANATION, BUT ESSENTIALLY ALL OF THE VARIOUS CHANGES LEAD TO OUR REQUESTS OF THIS COMMISSION TO PROCEED THE WAY WE ARE. >> MR. BACHMAN, I WILL TELL YOU SOME COMMENTARY FROM THE COMMUNITY. >> SURE. >> NOT THAT THEY'RE COMING TREE WILL HAVE BEARING ON MY DECISION TONIGHT. QUASI-JUDICIAL AND I WILL RESPECT PROCESS. BUT HERE'S WHAT THEY SAY. THIRTEENTH FLOOR WILL NOT DO WHAT THEY SAY THEY WILL DO. BECAUSE THEY SAY THAT THEN I HAVE TO MATCH UP WITH HISTORY PRESENT AND WHAT I BELIEVE COULD HAPPEN. IF YOU IN HISTORY SAY THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BRING A SITE PLAN AND YOU DID NOT BRING A SITE PLAN TONIGHT, THAT IS MATCHING WITH WHAT THEY ARE SAYING THAT 13TH FLOOR DOES NOT DO WHAT THEY SAY THEY'RE GOING TO DO. INDULGE ME. YOU SAID THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BRING A SITE PLAN. THE SITE PLAN IS NOT HERE. BECAUSE IT'S WEE HOURS OF THE NIGHT, I'M GOING TO ASK MY COLLEAGUES THAT WE DO NOT BRING A SECOND READING SITE PLAN IF IT PASSES TONIGHT ON FIRST READING, THAT WE DO NOT BRING A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT ON SECOND READING. UNLESS WE HAVE A SITE PLAN, THAT BOTH A SITE PLAN AND DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT MUST BE IN THE SAME MEETING. WE CANNOT LISTEN TO PROMISES MADE BY DEVELOPER. THEN THOSE PROMISES ARE BROKEN IN BROAD DAYLIGHT. WELL, [LAUGHTER] IN BROAD NIGHT LIGHT. MR. BACHMAN, OR STAFF OR ATTORNEY AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME, AND YOU TELL ME WHEN THAT APPROPRIATE TIME IS, THAT THIS COMMISSION MUST USING MS. CALLOWAY'S WORDS, IF THIS PASSES TONIGHT, THAT THIS COMMISSION SHOULD NOT HEAR THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT UNLESS IT IS COMING BACK WITH A SITE PLAN. BECAUSE THE RESIDENTS HAVE TO HAVE A SAY. IT IS THEIR COMMUNITY. SOME ARE SAYING THAT IT IS NOT A GOOD PLAN. I DON'T KNOW. THERE'S NOT A SITE PLAN IN FRONT OF ME. I CANNOT MAKE A DECISION ON A SITE PLAN TONIGHT, [06:15:05] AND THAT IS GOING TO BE QUASI-JUDICIAL TO EVEN SO WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL. AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME, ATTORNEY TELL ME WHEN THE APPROPRIATE TIME IS. BUT SECOND READING OR FIRST READING OR WHATEVER READING MUST COME BACK WITH SITE PLAN. TELL ME. >> MADAM MAYOR. >> YES. >> IN FACT, WE NEED TO GET THROUGH TO THE TWO QUASI-JUDICIAL ITEMS. THEN WHEN WE GET TO THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, WE COULD PUT THAT CONDITION. >> SO YOU HEARD THE ATTORNEY? WE CANNOT EVEN ASK FOR A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT TO COME BACK WITH A SITE PLAN BECAUSE WE HAVE TO JUMP OVER THE FIRST HURDLE. >> [OVERLAPPING] LET ME CORRECT THE RECORD. VICE MAYOR, WE HAVE TWO LAND USE ITEM, THE LARGE SCALE AND THE REZONING. THAT'S WHAT WE ARE. WELL, THIS COMMISSION WILL VOTE ON. AFTER THOSE ITEMS, THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT IS TO THE NEXT ITEM. >> THAT'S WHAT I JUST SAID. THAT WE'RE GOING TO VOTE ON BOTH THE LOOPER AND THE REZONING. THEN WE CAN ASK FOR DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT. AGAIN, OUR HANDS ARE TIED. BUT WE WON'T DELIVER THAT POINT. I DON'T WANT YOUR CLIENTS TO GET NERVOUS. BUT I'LL INDULGE WITH ANOTHER CONVERSATION I HAD WITH RESIDENTS. THIS ONE IS GOING TO MAKE YOU TICKLE. >> TINKLE? >> TICKLE. >> OH, TICKLE. [LAUGHTER] >> HERE'S WHAT I HEAR. LIKE ELVIN, I HEARD ONE-SIDED CONVERSATIONS MAYBE. BUT TALKING WITH MORE RESIDENTS, THIS IS WHAT I HEAR. DO NOT BUILD IN THE WOODLANDS, IT'S GOING TO DESTROY THE COMMUNITY. IT'S GOING TO DESTROY THE GOLF COURSE. ARSENIC LEVEL'S GOING TO BE IN THE AIR. SECOND NARRATIVE. DON'T LET 13TH FLOOR BUILD IN THE COMMUNITY. WE WANT DEVELOPMENT, JUST NOT 13TH FLOOR. THEN ONE NARRATIVE IS, WELL, THERE'S GOING TO BE ARSENIC, DON'T LET 13TH FLOOR BUILD, BUT LET ANOTHER DEVELOPER BUILD. WELL, IF YOU'RE AFRAID OF ARSENIC, WHY ARE YOU HAVING ANOTHER DEVELOPER BUILD? MR. BACHMAN, I'VE HEARD YOU, I'VE HEARD THE RESIDENTS WHO SPOKE AGAINST, I'VE HEARD THE RESIDENTS WHO SPOKE FOR. ONE THING I'VE ALWAYS DONE IS MAKE DECISIONS BASED ON MY CONSCIENCE AND WHAT RESIDENTS SAY LEGISLATIVE. I'VE ALWAYS MADE SURE THAT I HEAR THE ARGUMENTS OF DEVELOPERS AND THE STAFF, THE QUASI-JUDICIAL HEARING AND MADE IT FAIR DECISION. AND I BELIEVE A FAIR DECISION IS COMING TONIGHT. BUT TO MY COLLEAGUE VILLALOBOS, WHOM I LOVE SO MUCH, EVERYBODY IN THIS COUNTRY, EVERYONE, NOT JUST ELECTED OFFICIALS, NOT JUST RESIDENTS, NOT JUST DEVELOPERS, EVERYONE HAS THE RIGHT TO CHANGE THEIR MIND. TO THE GENTLEMAN THAT CAME TO THE PODIUM TO SAY HOW MUCH HE HELPED COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS WHILE HE WAS RUNNING, WE WERE IN THE SAME RAIN, THE SAME THUNDER, THE SAME SUNSHINE. I STILL APPRECIATE HIM FOR WHO HE IS. EVEN THOUGH IT SEEMS LIKE HIS DRUM HAS CHANGED THE OTHER DIRECTION. DO WE TONIGHT SAY NO TO THE WOODLAND, [06:20:02] NO TO 13TH FLOOR, AND THEN ANOTHER DEVELOPER FIVE YEARS FROM NOW COMES? WE COULD, BUT THIS COULD GO ON AND ON AND ON FOR MANY YEARS. WHILE THE GOLF COURSE, BY THE WAY, THAT IS NOT OWNED BY THE RESIDENTS, CONTINUE PERHAPS TO GO IN DISREPAIR? MAYBE. WE DON'T KNOW. BUT IT IS NOT YOUR PROPERTY. IT BELONGS TO CLUBLINK. HEAR ME AND HEAR ME GOOD, IT'S NOT YOUR PROPERTY. I HEAR YOU LOUD AND CLEAR. YOU COME OUT OF YOUR HOUSE TOMORROW MORNING, YOU LOOK AT THE BEAUTIFUL SUNSHINE, YOU SEE THE NICE GOLF COURSE YOU BOUGHT BECAUSE OF THE GOLF COURSE, BUT IT'S NOT YOURS. WHILE RESIDENTS HAVE RIGHTS, DEVELOPERS HAVE RIGHTS TOO. IT IS THE CITY'S JOB TO MAKE SURE THAT WE BALANCE THE RIGHTS OF RESIDENTS AND BALANCE THE RIGHTS OF DEVELOPERS AND COME TO A FAIR DECISION. IT IS PRUDENT OF EVERY COMMISSIONER WHO FIGHTS FOR THEIR RESIDENTS TO WHEN THEY SEE AN OPPORTUNITY AND HOW TO SAVE TAXPAYERS' MONEY AND LET DEVELOPERS PAY. IT IS WISE THAT YOU READ BETWEEN THE LINES AND MAKE SURE THAT DEVELOPERS PAY THEIR FAIR SHARE. SO TO THOSE WHO BELIEVE THAT THIS DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT HAS [INAUDIBLE]. I UNDERSTAND. YOU'LL UNDERSTAND MY POINT AFTER I MAKE IT, THAT THIS DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT HAS A BEARING ON THIS QUASI-JUDICIAL HEARING. I'LL GO TO LAW SCHOOL ONE DAY. [LAUGHTER] IF YOU BELIEVE THAT THIS DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT HAS A BEARING ON THESE QUASI-JUDICIAL VOTES ON THE LARGE-SCALE, LAND USE AMENDMENT, APPLICATION OF THE REZONING, YOU ARE WRONG. IF YOU KNOW ME WELL, YOU WILL UNDERSTAND THAT NOBODY CHANGES MY MIND UNLESS YOU ARE REASONABLE. BY THE WAY, THAT IS A LEGAL TERM. IT IS NOT DEROGATORY BECAUSE UNDER QUASI-JUDICIAL, WE MUST HEAR ONLY SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE, LEGISLATIVE, ANY REASONABLE PERSON CAN ARGUE. I ALWAYS LISTEN TO MY RESIDENCE, BUT WE MUST MAKE SURE THAT WE BALANCE THAT WITH THE RIGHTS OF EVERYONE. ON THE RECORD, I HAVE ALWAYS SAID THAT I BELIEVE THAT SOMETHING NEEDS TO HAPPEN IN THE WOODLANDS. I DON'T KNOW WHAT. THERE'S NOT A SITE PLAN APPLICATION IN FRONT OF ME. I DON'T KNOW IF BUILDING 35 HOMES IN THE WOODLANDS IS THAT PLAN. I DON'T KNOW. BUT WHAT I KNOW AND WHAT I'VE ALWAYS SAID, IRRESPECTIVE OF WHAT PEOPLE SAY THAT MY DRUM WAS BEFORE, THAT I KNOW THAT THERE MUST BE SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE IN THE WOODLANDS. THE COMMUNITY IS IN DISREPAIR. IT IS WISE AND PRUDENT OF RESIDENTS TO WORK WITH DEVELOPERS WHO WANT TO BE GOOD NEIGHBORS AND ASK FOR HELP AND MAKE SURE THAT THAT HELP IS AFFORDED TO YOU. IN CLOSING, MR. BACHMAN, I'M GOING TO ASK YOU A VERY LOADED QUESTION. I WANT YOU TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION VERY LOADED. WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, [06:25:02] BUT THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO BELIEVE THAT THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WEIGHS HEAVILY ON OUR DECISION TONIGHT WITH LUPA AND THE REZONING. >> VICE MAYOR, AT THIS POINT IN TIME, LEGAL COUNSEL IS TELLING YOU THAT YOU ARE TREADING IN AN AREA WHERE YOU CANNOT TREAD. [OVERLAPPING] >> I KNOW HOW I'M TREADING AND TRUST ME, I WANT TO LOSE WEIGHT TOO, SO LET ME CONTINUE TO TREAD. MR. BACHMAN. >> YES, SIR. >> ANSWER THE QUESTION, PLEASE. THE QUESTION IS, IS IT YOUR INTENTION TO INFLUENCE VOTES WITH YOUR VOLUNTARY PROFERS FOR THIS REZONING APPLICATION AND FOR THIS LARGE-SCALE LAND-USE PLAN AMENDMENT? >> BEFORE THE APPLICANT ANSWERS THAT QUESTION, CITY ATTORNEY, DOES THIS RUN AFOUL OF ANYTHING THAT WE HAVE GOING FORWARD, THAT IF THE APPLICANT SHOULD ANSWER, THE CITY WILL HAVE TROUBLE? >> MADAM MAYOR, IT DOESN'T RUN AFOUL IN ANY PROVISION OF THE CITY CODE OR ANY STATE LAW. THE APPLICANT HAS THIS QUESTION ANSWERED AND HE KNOWS HOW TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS. >> YES, SIR. ABSOLUTELY NOT, COMMISSIONER. >> ABSOLUTELY NOT IS YOUR RESPONSE? >> YES, SIR. >> DO YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'RE UNDER DURESS FOR ANYTHING THAT HAS HAPPENED TONIGHT OR BEFORE, WHENEVER? >> NO, SIR. >> COMPLETELY VOLUNTARY? >> COMPLETELY VOLUNTARY. >> YOU'RE BEING A GOOD NEIGHBOR? >> THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT. WE'RE NOT THERE YET, BUT THAT IS EXACTLY HOW EVERYTHING IS PHRASED. WE ARE ADDRESSING IMPACTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE DEVELOPMENT TO THE BENEFIT OF THE CITY. YES, SIR. >> I YIELD THE REST OF MY TIME. >> THANK YOU. >> NOW, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I HAVE AN APOLOGY TO MAKE TO MS. DONNA WILLIAMS. I HAD THE CARDS IN FRONT OF ME AND WHEN I MADE A NOTE ON ONE OF THE SPEAKERS, I PUT IT ON HER CARD AND I THOUGHT THAT SHE HAD SPOKEN. IT IS OUT OF CONTEXT THAT I AM DOING THIS, BUT MS. WILLIAMS DID FILL OUT A CARD AND I CLOSED PUBLIC COMMENTS WITHOUT RECOGNIZING HER. FOR THE SOLE PURPOSE OF HAVING MS. WILLIAMS HAVE HER THREE MINUTES, PUBLIC COMMENTS IS OPEN FOR THAT THREE MINUTES. MS. WILLIAMS. AGAIN, MY APOLOGIES. >> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. I AM DONNA WILLIAMS AND I JUST WANT TO SAY I UNDERSTAND THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE MIGHT BE THINKING THAT WE'RE AFRAID OF CHANGE. THEY DO SAY THAT CHANGE A LOT OF TIME BRINGS FEAR. BUT I BELIEVE THAT, YES, DEFINITELY WOODLANDS NEEDS SOMETHING TO BE DONE, BUT IT'S WHAT'S BEEN DONE AND AT WHAT PRICE IT'S BEEN DONE. SOMETIMES PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE THAT DECISIONS THAT THEY MAKE CANNOT BE BECAUSE THEIR FRIENDS SAYS THIS AND YOU HAVE BECAUSE JOHN SAYS THIS AND JOHN IS FRIENDS WITH THAT ONE AND SO ON AND SO FORTH, THEN YOU'LL FIND A WHOLE BUNCH OF PEOPLE GOING DOWN A DITCH. NOW, THERE ARE TOO MANY THINGS THAT ARE BEING AFFECTED. THE NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES, THEY'RE OUR NEIGHBORS. I SEE OTHER BUILDINGS GOING UP AND I'M THINKING, WHY NOT WAIT UNTIL THESE BUILDINGS ARE FILLED WITH PEOPLE, THEY'RE OCCUPIED AND THERE ARE SO MANY, THEN WE SEE WHERE WE GO FROM HERE. DO WE REALLY WANT TO OVERCROWD THE AREA MORE THAN IT IS? WHERE I LIVE, I HAVE BEEN FOR MAYBE 12 YEARS GOING THROUGH WOODLANDS. I HAD FRIENDS THAT LIVE THERE AND I DREAMED THAT ONE DAY I'M GOING TO OWN MY OWN HOME IN THE WOODLANDS. OF COURSE, WHEN I BOUGHT THE PLACE, MAYBE I DIDN'T DO ENOUGH RESEARCH, BUT I WAS NOT TOLD THAT THIS IS WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. I WAS ALL OVER THE PLACE TELLING ALL MY FRIENDS IN WASHINGTON, [06:30:03] HOW THEY CAN COME AND GO GOLFING AND HOW BEAUTIFUL MY HOME IS AND YOU SHOULD SEE MY BACKYARD AND ALL THAT SORT OF THING. OKAY, FINE, IT'S NOT ALWAYS WHAT WE WANT THAT WE GET, BUT I KNOW FOR SURE THAT WHAT'S COMING IS GOING TO MAKE WHAT'S ALREADY TERRIBLE EVEN WORSE. THERE HAS TO BE SOME LOGIC THAT GOES ON HERE. THERE NEEDS TO BE LOGIC. WE NEED TO WAIT TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON. IT'S NOT IN TAMARAC. I WENT OVER TO THE SITE BEHIND THE CVS, 55-55 NORTH UNIVERSITY DRIVE AND I NEVER KNEW THAT THERE WAS SUCH A LARGE APARTMENT BUILDING BEING BUILT BACK THERE WITH SEVERAL STORIES OF APARTMENTS. >> PLEASE FINISH. THANK YOU. PUBLIC COMMENTS HAVE BEEN RE-CLOSED. COMMISSIONER DANIEL, DID YOU WISH TO SPEAK? >> HI. I'M SORRY. I DON'T SEE THE TERM. I'M TIRED. I APOLOGIZE. RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME, SORRY. I ASKED MOST OF MY QUESTIONS ON MONDAY, BUT I HAVE A COUPLE MORE BASED ON WHAT SOME OF THE COMPLAINT WAS ABOUT THE NOISE, RESTRICTION OF WORK HOURS FOR CONSTRUCTION. THERE WILL BE SOME TYPE OF AGREEMENT WITH THAT OR WHAT DO YOU GUYS WANT TO DO? >> I BELIEVE WE PROFFER THAT ON MONDAY DURING THE MEETING AND I THINK WE'LL GET TO THIS WITH THE NEXT ITEM, BUT YEAH, YOUR CODE DOES PROVIDE WHAT I WOULD TELL YOU, ESPECIALLY COMPARED TO A LOT OF OTHER CITIES ARE ALREADY VERY REASONABLE HOURS. I BELIEVE IT'S 08:00 AM TO 06:00 PM. ON THE WEEKEND WE'VE PULLED THAT IN TO 4:00 PM. >> RIGHT. ON SATURDAYS IT WILL BE FOUR AND YOU WOULDN'T WORK ON SUNDAYS, RIGHT? >> THAT'S RIGHT. YES. >> WILL YOU PUT UP A FENCE? I KNOW THEY COMPLAIN ABOUT THE DUST AND I KNOW YOU DID, I CAN'T SAY THAT, BUT I KNOW THERE WAS DISCUSSION ABOUT A LOT IN FUNDS FOR PEOPLE'S HOUSE WHO MIGHT GET MESSY OR WILL GET MESSY. BUT WILL YOU BUILD A FENCE AROUND THE PROPERTY SO AS TO ALLEVIATE SOME OF THAT? >> THERE WILL BE A CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT PLAN. BUT PART OF THAT WILL INCLUDE, WHAT I BELIEVE SILT FENCE. IN TERMS I'M LEARNING A LOT. DUST CONTROL, I THINK MR. NELSON MENTIONED THAT. IN THAT REGARD, IT ALSO IS JUST RELATED TO CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY IN GENERAL. YES, A LOT OF THINGS ARE DONE, BUT OBVIOUSLY, THERE'S CONSTRUCTION AND IT'S INEVITABLE AND SO WE'LL GET TO THE NEXT ITEM. BUT THERE ARE DOLLARS BEING ALLOCATED FOR EACH HOME FOR SOME CLEANUP OPPORTUNITIES. >> I'M NOT SURE IF YOU ARE THE ENVIRONMENTAL SPECIALIST OR EXPERT, IF HE COULD. >> COMMISSIONER HOWARD NELSON. >> HI. BECAUSE THE ARSENIC, AND I REALIZE IT'S EVERYWHERE, BUT ARE YOU GOING TO BE ABLE TO REMOVE, I THINK, 65%? WILL THE COMPANY BE ABLE TO REMOVE 65% OF THE ARSENIC AND REPLACE IT WITH 65% OF CLEAN? IS THAT A REQUIREMENT? >> THAT'S NOT THE REQUIREMENT. [OVERLAPPING] >> WHAT EXACTLY IS THE REQUIREMENT FOR IT TO BE DONE PROPERLY? >> THE REQUIREMENT IS THAT WE COME DOWN TO EITHER THE CODE-BASED LEVEL WHICH IS 2.1 MILLIGRAMS PER KILOGRAM OF ARSENIC OR WE CAP IT OVER. >> WHAT PERCENTAGE WOULD THAT BE? IF I HAVE DIRT, WHAT PERCENTAGE OF IT SHOULD BE REASONABLE AMOUNT OF ARSENIC IN OUR TRI-COUNTY AREA? BECAUSE SOMEONE SAID SOMETHING ABOUT THE TRI-COUNTY. [OVERLAPPING] >> WELL, I'M GOING TO WALK AWAY FROM BACKGROUND BECAUSE THE TRI-COUNTY AREA AND THE WEST COAST OF FLORIDA HAS HISTORICALLY HIGH NATURALLY OCCURRING BACKGROUND CONCENTRATIONS. I LIVE ON PART OF THE COASTAL RIDGE IN THE POMPANO, FORT LAUDERDALE BORDER. I'VE GOT ARSENIC WAY ABOVE THE STATE LEVELS AS NATURALLY OCCURRING IN MY BACKYARD. BUT WE WILL GO TO MEET THE 2.1 MILLIGRAM PER KILOGRAM REQUIREMENT FOR BOTH THE COUNTY AND THE STATE. I WANT TO MAKE SURE I DON'T ANSWER THE QUESTION INCORRECTLY FOR YOU. [06:35:01] WE'LL BE TOUCHING ALMOST EVERY PIECE OF DIRT ON THE SITE. IT WON'T BE 65% OF THE DIRT, IT'LL BE EVERY PIECE OF DIRT EITHER REMOVING SOME OF IT, MIXING SOME OF IT, PUTTING SOMETHING UNDER ROADWAYS. >> IT WILL ALL BE DONE LEGALLY? >> IT WILL ALL BE DONE LEGALLY AND UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF BROWARD COUNTY, WITH REPORTING REQUIRED. >> I'M SORRY. I'M GETTING DISTRACTED, I APOLOGIZE. IT'S LATE, SO BEAR WITH ME. THAT BEING SAID, WE AS A CITY WOULD NOT ALLOW FOR 13 FLOOR TO BUILD ON GROUNDS THAT THE LEVEL IS COMPLETELY TOO HIGH, THAT'S NOT APPROVED. BECAUSE I KEEP HEARING THIS OVER AND OVER AGAIN AND I JUST WANT TO CLEAR THAT THAT'S THE EXPECTATION. WE ARE CONCERNED, I THINK I MENTIONED THAT ON MONDAY, ABOUT RESIDENTS FEELING THAT THEY CANNOT TRUST THE COMPANY. >> I WON'T SPEAK TO THAT, BUT [OVERLAPPING] I WOULD HOPE THAT RESIDENTS CAN TRUST BOTH CITY STAFF AND BROWARD COUNTY STAFF AS WELL AS DEP STAFF BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO BE THE ONES MAKING SURE THAT WE ACTUALLY LIVE UP TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF REMEDIATION. >> THEN YOU WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO SELL HOUSES, I HOPE, IF THIS ISN'T MET. >> THAT'S ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. I HAVE A STEP BEFORE THAT AND WE WOULDN'T BE ISSUED PERMITS WITH ALL OF THE PROCESSING THAT WE HAVE TO DO IF IT IS NOT DONE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROCESS THAT HOWARD WOULD HAVE TO PUT IT THROUGH. CERTAINLY, WE COULDN'T BUILD A HOUSE, LET ALONE, SO ON. >> GOT YOU. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> I CAN SIT DOWN? >> YOU CAN SIT DOWN. THAT'S OKAY. I'LL CALL YOU UP IF I NEED TO BECAUSE AFTER SIX YEARS OF KEEPING MY MOUTH SHUT, I'M OPENING MY MOUTH. I WILL PROBABLY BORE SOME OF YOU TO TEARS BECAUSE SOME OF YOU MAY KNOW IT, BUT IT IS OBVIOUS WE ALSO HAVE SOME NEW PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE SO SOME OF THIS MIGHT BE NEW FOR YOU. ANYBODY WHO WATCHES NBC 6 MIGHT'VE REMEMBERED THAT LITTLE CAMPAIGN. IT'S NEW TO YOU. I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S RESPECTFUL COMMENTS, I KNOW IT WAS HARD TONIGHT, WHETHER YOU'RE FOR IT OR AGAINST IT. AS I'VE SHARED THROUGHOUT THE TIMELINE WHEN THIS PROJECT CAME FORTH, IT'S MY RESPONSIBILITY TO LISTEN AND TO SHARE MY ACTUAL THOUGHTS. MY THOUGHTS DIDN'T COUNT AS I NEEDED TO MAKE A DECISION THAT WAS IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE COMMUNITY AND THE CITY. WE'LL GET OVER THE FACT THAT WE'VE ENDURED LIES, HALF TRUTHS, BLATANT DEFAMATION FROM MY NEIGHBORS. BUT I'M GRATEFUL THAT TONIGHT IS FINALLY HERE. PEOPLE HAVE MENTIONED ABOUT THE FEAR MONGERING. I THINK THE FEAR MONGERING HAS BEEN ON FOR A LONG TIME, BUT PEOPLE ARE ENTITLED TO THEIR OPINIONS. YOUR OPINIONS ARE JUST THAT. THE FACTS ARE THE FACTS. THE WOODLANDS COUNTRY CLUB, IS OR WAS, IT WAS A COUNTRY CLUB IN ITS MEMORY. WHEN MY GRANDFATHER BUILT HIS HOME, WHICH IS AT 4911 WOODLANDS BOULEVARD, THE ONLY HOME ON A HILL IN THE COMMUNITY, IT WAS IN THE '70S AND IT WAS THAT THEY MANDATE THAT YOU CAN ONLY LIVE IN THE COMMUNITY TO PLAY AT THE CLUB. IT DID NOT MANDATE THAT YOU'VE HAD TO BUY INTO THE CLUB THE SECOND YOU MOVED IN. THIS IS NOT BOCA WEST. THOUGH MANY PEOPLE MOVED IN, THINKING IT WAS A BOCA WEST. THE WOODLANDS COUNTRY CLUB WAS RUN BY WELL-INTENTIONED MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY FOR A VERY LONG TIME. WHILE THESE BUSINESS PEOPLE WERE VERY SUCCESSFUL IN THEIR OWN RIGHT, THEY REALLY WERE NOT GOOD BUSINESS PEOPLE WHEN IT CAME TO MANAGING A GOLF COURSE. AS TIME PROGRESS AND THE WORLD CHANGED AROUND US, MEMBERSHIP DECREASED, MONEY WAS NEEDED FOR A SUCCESSFUL CLUB. UNFORTUNATELY, MANY PEOPLE IN THE WOODLANDS WERE DEVASTATED BY BERNIE MADOFF. THE DOWNTURN OF THE ECONOMY IN 2008 VERY MUCH BROUGHT THAT TO LIGHT. THEN WE BECAME THE INHERITANCE GENERATION WHERE PEOPLE JUST SAID, "I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE CARE OF THAT HOUSE AND LET IT GO," AND THE SHORT-SELL GENERATION BECAUSE PEOPLE WERE GOING INTO FORECLOSURE LEFT, RIGHT, AND CENTRAL. MEMBERSHIP DUES, DINING AT THE CLUBHOUSE, AND GOLF PLAY WERE NOT BRINGING IN THE CAPITAL FOR THE CLUBS BE SUSTAINED [06:40:03] AND THEREFORE A PRIVATE LOAN HAD TO BE TAKEN FROM ANOTHER RESIDENT IN THE WOODLANDS. WELL, WHEN THAT MEMBER DIED, HIS FIVE MILLION DOLLARS WAS CALLED. HIS FAMILY WANTED HIS MONEY BACK. IN APRIL 2010, THE FIRST BUYER OF THE CLUB WAS GOING TO SELL TO A REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT GROUP. LITERALLY, IT WAS CALLED REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT GROUP. I DRAFTED A LETTER, AND MY MOM AND I WENT AROUND TO EVERYBODY IN MEMBERSHIP AND SAID, YOU CAN'T SELL TO THEM. IT SAYS, IN THEIR NAME, REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST. SINCE I WASN'T A VOTING MEMBER, I DIDN'T HAVE MUCH OF A SAY. BUT THANKFULLY, THE MEMBERSHIP AT THAT TIME DID NOT SUPPORT THE REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST GROUP. IN 2011, CLUBLINK PURCHASED THE PROPERTY FROM THE CLUB, FROM A SMALL GROUP OF FULL-TIME MEMBERS WHO PURCHASED IT. I THINK IT WAS ABOUT 20 PEOPLE AT THAT TIME. AS YOU HEARD, OUR COMMUNITY IS ABOUT ALMOST 900 PEOPLE. TWENTY PEOPLE WERE LEFT TO TAKE ON THE FINANCIAL BURDEN OF A GOLF CLUB AND A GOLF COURSE. THE WOODLANDS HAS BEEN A PART OF MY LIFE SINCE I WAS ABOUT TWO YEARS OLD. THE PLANS FOR MY GRANDFATHER'S HOME WERE ACTUALLY LAID OUT IN A TABLE OF MY MOM'S PLACE WHEN MY BROTHER HAD DIED. THEY WERE SITTING SHIVA AND WHEN WE'RE TALKING, MY GRANDFATHER WAS TALKING ABOUT THIS GREAT PLACE IN TAMARAC THAT HE WAS GOING TO BE BUYING AND BUILDING THIS HOUSE ON THE HILL. AT THAT TIME, IT WAS THE JEWEL WITHIN THE JEWEL OF TAMARAC. I HAVE TO ASK YOU THOUGH, "DO YOU REALLY THINK THE JEWEL OF TAMARAC IS POLISHED?" I'VE BEEN COMING TO VISIT MY GRANDMOTHER SINCE 1978 AND MY GRANDPARENTS, THEY WERE FRIENDS SINCE THEY WERE 12 AND THEY GREW UP TO WITH EACH OTHER, SO A SECOND MARRIAGE HAS HAPPENED. THEY GOT MARRIED AT THE WOODLANDS COUNTRY CLUB ON OCTOBER 25, 1981, AND THAT WAS A SIGHT TO SEE AND IT WAS ABSOLUTELY TREMENDOUS TO BE PART OF IT. ACTUALLY, I THOUGHT I'D HAVE MY SECOND WEDDING AT THE WOODLANDS COUNTRY CLUB TOO, NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. I KNOW WE'RE GOING 20 YEARS ON MARCH 20TH, IT'S OBVIOUSLY NOT HAPPENING. ANYWHO, SO I DECIDED IN JULY 1994 TO MOVE DOWN. I BECAME THE YOUNGEST JUNIOR GOLF MEMBER OF THE CLUB, AND I HAVE WONDERFUL MEMORIES OF THE CLUB, THE POOL THAT'S NOW FILLED IN, THOUGH HALFWAY HOUSE ON THE SIDE. A LOT OF FUN PLAYING WITH OTHER RESIDENTS GRANDCHILDREN AND GROWING UP WITH THEM. IN 2010, A FEW MEMBERS AND I WORKED WITH THE WOODLANDS MEMBERSHIP TO DO A MEMBERSHIP DRIVE/PRICES. WE TRIED TO MAKE IT WHERE EVERYBODY IN THE COMMUNITY CAN COME, IT WAS THE ORIGINAL DOORDASH, HAVE DINNER AT THE CLUB, WILL BRING IT TO YOUR HOUSE. YOU CAN COME TO THE HUB CLUB. NOBODY IN THE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATED. SO AS PEOPLE WHO HAVE SAID, WE MAY HAVE BOUGHT HOMES IN THIS COMMUNITY, BUT YOU DIDN'T BUY THE GOLF COURSE, AND I'M SORRY, RESIDENTS NEIGHBORS, HOW DID YOU PARTICIPATE? BY ENJOYING THE VIEW, BUT YOU DIDN'T MOW THE LAWN. YOU DIDN'T GO TO PLAY GOLF. YOU DIDN'T GO TO EAT THERE. YOU DIDN'T GO TO KARAOKE. SOME PEOPLE DID. I KNOW I DIDN'T DO THE KARAOKE PART BECAUSE LET'S BE REALISTIC, PROBABLY BEST FOR EVERYBODY. BUT PEOPLE DIDN'T HELP THE CLUB SURVIVE. I WAS DISAPPOINTED WHEN IT GOT SOLD TO CLUBLINK. I HAD CONCERNS, BUT CLUBLINK'S PROMISE THE COMMUNITY WAS BLATANT. IT'S SAID, "I WILL KEEP THE GOLF COURSES AND EVERYTHING LIKE THIS FOR FIVE YEARS." DID I THINK THEY WOULD DO A LITTLE BIT MORE AND THEN MAKE IT NICER? DID I BELIEVE AS WELL THAT THEY WERE GOING TO MANAGE A GOLF COURSE AND MAKE IT REALLY NICE AND THAT WE WERE GOING TO BE ANOTHER GEM, JUST LIKE THEIR OTHER COURSES AT HERON BAY OR PALM AIRE. THEN PALM AIRE STARTED TO GET DEVELOPED. I THINK HERON BAY WENT AFTER US. I KEPT MY MEMBERSHIP IN THE CLUB UNTIL 2017 WHEN I LEARNED THIS CLUBLINK'S INTENTION. AT THAT TIME IN 2017, THERE WAS ONLY NINE PEOPLE WHO REMAINED MEMBERS IN THE COMMUNITY TO THE WOODLANDS COUNTRY CLUB. BASICALLY BY JANUARY 2020 JUST BEFORE COVID CLOSED, AND WE ALL ARE AWARE THAT THE GOLF COURSE AND THE CLUBHOUSE AND NEVER REOPENED. [06:45:01] IN ALMOST 29 YEARS OF LIVING IN THE WOODLANDS, AND I THINK I MADE THE DISCLOSURE EARLIER, I DO OWN TWO HOMES. I BOUGHT MY HOMES. I WORKED HARD FOR MY HOMES. I'VE WORKED VERY HARD FOR MY INVESTMENTS, SO FOR COMMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN SAID TO ME THAT I DON'T CARE, THAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND, I WISH YOU WOULD RETHINK IT. WE HAVE CHANGED FROM A RETIREMENT COMMUNITY TO PEOPLE OF ALL AGES. I MOVED IN AT 22 YEARS OLD, THERE WERE NO SCHOOL BUSES. THERE WASN'T A THOUGHT, YOU ACTUALLY DIDN'T EVEN LEAST IN THE COMMUNITY, IT WAS TABOO. YOU ONLY OWNED. NOW WE LEASE. NOW WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY 160 KIDS. IF THIS DEVELOPMENT SHOULD GO THROUGH, THERE WILL BE A SHELTER, A SAFE PLACE FOR OUR KIDS TO BE PICKED UP AND DROPPED OFF BY THE SCHOOL BUSES VERSUS THE MIDDLE OF WOODLANDS BOULEVARD. AS HAS BEEN MENTIONED, THERE ARE EIGHT SECTIONS THAT MAKE UP THE TWO SQUARE MILES OF THE WOODLANDS COMMUNITY. EACH SECTION IS THEIR OWN CORPORATION AND RESPONSIBLE FOR THE HOMES LOCATED WITHIN THEIR SECTIONS ACCORDING TO FLORIDA STATUTES 720. IN 1970, THE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, AS WE CALL THE HOA OR WHOA, DEPENDING ON WHO SAYS IT, IS A NON-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATION. IT IS NOT A MASTER ASSOCIATION, DOES NOT HAVE PROPERTY ASSOCIATION. IT WAS CREATED FOR THIS COMMUNITY THAT AT A TIME EVERYBODY GOT THEIR CABLE, EVERYBODY GOT THEIR YARDS CUT, EVERYBODY HAD THEIR EXTERMINATER, EVERYBODY HAD INSURANCE, EVERYBODY HAS SECURITY, WE HAD WACKENHUT. THEN AS TIME PROGRESSED, THESE ORGANIZATIONS DIDN'T WANT OUR COMMUNITY ANY FURTHER UNLESS THEY WERE GETTING 100% OF EVERY SINGLE PERSON IN THE COMMUNITY, AND AS WE WERE EIGHT SECTIONS AND OUR EIGHT SECTIONS, SIX OF MANDATORY DUES, TWO DO NOT. THE ESTATE SECTIONS MENTIONED EARLIER, THE TOTAL ABOUT 59 HOMES, THOSE HOMES WERE BIGGER, THOSE HOMES HAVE POOLS, AND THOSE HOMES PRIMARILY BY THE CREATORS OF THE COMMUNITY BELONGS TO THE CLUB. SINCE THE MIND FRAME WAS, WE'RE NOT GOING TO MAKE YOU PAY TWICE, WAS WHY SECTION 3 AND SECTION 4 DID NOT HAVE MANDATORY DUES. FOR THE LONGEST TIME, 40 OUT OF THE 50 YEARS THIS WAS ONE COMMUNITY, DESPITE THE RULES AND REGULATIONS SAYING OTHERWISE. IT WORKED TOGETHER FOR THE BETTERMENT OF THE COMMUNITY. THEN UNFORTUNATELY, CAME A SITUATION WHERE SOME COMMUNITIES OR SECTIONS HAD NOT PAID THEIR DUES, IF YOU DON'T PAY YOUR DUES, YOU CAN'T VOTE, AND THAT HAPPENED HERE. MISUNDERSTANDINGS HAPPEN AS THEY DO, AND THEN THIS COMMUNITY JUST FRACTURED. THIS COMMUNITY HAS ALSO BEEN TALKING ABOUT GATING. SO FOR THE PAST 12 YEARS BEING ON THE COMMISSION AS A DISTRICT 2 COMMISSIONER AND THEN AS MAYOR, I'VE HEARD OUR CITIES AND OUR COMMUNITIES DEMANDS FOR GATING, FENCING, SECURITY, AND LANDSCAPING. THE CITY OF TAMARAC ATTEMPTED TO WORK WITH A COMMUNITY BY CREATING WHAT WAS CALLED THE WOODLANDS NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT. IT WAS A SPECIAL DISTRICT SPECIFICALLY REQUESTED BY THE RESIDENTS OF THE WOODLANDS COMMUNITY, CREATED FOR THE LIMITED PURPOSE OF GATING THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY, BEAUTIFYING, AND LANDSCAPING. OTHER WAY, UPSIDE DOWN. IT GOES TO THE FIGURE. BASICALLY THESE ARE THE RENDERINGS CREATED BY SOME MEMBERS WHO LIVE ALONG THE BOULEVARD, I WAS NOT A MEMBER AT THE TIME, TO GATE THE FRONT ENTRYWAY OF WOODLANDS AND COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD AND SAGO PALM. THIS IS A DRAWING OF OUR COMMUNITY AT THAT TIME. I'LL JUST READ BECAUSE IT'S A LITTLE HARD TO SEE. >> MAYOR, I JUST WANT TO KNOW THIS IS JUST WHAT DEMONSTRATIVES. >> THIS IS DEMONSTRATED. THIS IS NOT TESTIMONY. I'M FINALLY GETTING THIS OFF MY CHEST. >> I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE. >> SORRY. COMMISSIONER DANIEL. WHEN LOOKING AT THIS DRAWING THAT WAS DONE BY THE WNID, WHICH I BELIEVE STARTED IN 2000. WHERE'S MAXINE? CALLOWAY CAN YOU TELL ME DO YOU REMEMBER WHEN WE STARTED 2013? SOMETIME IN THE EARLYS. 64TH AVENUE A NEW ENTRANTS WAS BEING CREATED. WHITE OAK LANE AND COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD CLOSED. BANYAN LANE AND COMMERCIAL, A GATE PUT THERE. COMMERCIAL AND WOODLANDS GUARD GATE, GUARD HOUSE. [06:50:02] ROCK ISLAND ROAD AND BANYAN LANE, CLOSED. SAGO PALM AND ROCK ISLAND ROAD, AN ENTRANCE GATE CREATED. HOLLY DRIVE AND ROCK ISLAND ROAD, CLOSED. NO DISCUSSION, NOTHING ABOUT 44TH STREET. THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THIS PLAN CREATED BY THE WOODLANDS COMMUNITY TO THE WNID AND THE ONE THAT'S BEFORE US THIS EVENING BASICALLY HAS THE ABILITY TO LEAVE THE COMMUNITY ON WHITE OAK AND COMMERCIAL, LEAVE THE COMMUNITY BANYAN AND COMMERCIAL. WOODLANDS AND COMMERCIAL IS BASICALLY THE SAME, BUT IT'S NOT HAVING A GUARD, WAS HAVING A GUARD HOUSE. I MEAN I HAVE A GARDEN THERE, BUT THAT'S FOR DISCUSSION IN THE FUTURE. ROCK ISLAND AND BAYBERRY TO LEAVE. IT CAN LEAVE THE COMMUNITY. SAGO PALM, ROCK ISLAND AGAIN, AN ENTRYWAY IS BEING CREATED. HOLLY DRIVE IT CAN LEAVE THE COMMUNITY. THEN BEASLEY ROAD, AS WE HAVE HEARD, HAS BEEN PURCHASED TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THE PRIMARY PEOPLE ON THE END OF THE POD G TO LEAVE THE COMMUNITY. 64TH IS THE NEW ENTRANCE. BEFORE MAYOR THURSTON CAME ON BOARD WHILE I WAS A COMMISSIONER, I WAS IN DISCUSSIONS WITH THE MAYOR THERE, NORTH LAUDERDALE TO OPEN UP FOR 64TH. THE COMMUNITY HAD BEEN TALKING ABOUT WANTING TO LEAVE THE COMMUNITY AT 64TH. SECTION 3 AND SECTION 2 WANTED TO GO OUT ON 64TH. YOU CANNOT ACCESS SECTION 2 AND SECTION 3 FROM WOODLANDS BOULEVARD. THEY ONLY GO IN AND OUT AN AREA OF THE COMMUNITY. THAT SECTION HAS ASKED FOR THE ROADWAY TO BE EXIT ONLY WITH THE IDEA OF COMING IN OFF OF 64TH. UNFORTUNATELY, THE WOODLAND'S COMMUNITY, WNID DIDN'T WORK. AS I MENTIONED, THE COMMUNITY WAS FRACTURED. PEOPLE DEMANDING CHANGE, BUT NOBODY WANTED TO PAY FOR IT. GOING ALONG WITH VICE MAYOR SAID, IS USING OTHER PEOPLE'S MONEY, WHICH IS WHAT'S BEFORE US TODAY. EVERYBODY WANTS SOMEBODY ELSE TO PAY FOR IT. I ORGANIZE ALL THE EXECUTIVE TEAMS, ALL THE EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBERS OF EACH OF THE EIGHT SECTIONS NOVEMBER 2016. THIS COMMUNITY WE CREATED AND ACTUALLY THE BOARD MEMBERS CREATED IT AND THEY NAMED IT NEIGHBORHOOD ALLIANCE COMMITTEE. IT WAS CREATED FOR THE PURPOSE TO BRING OUR WOODLANDS' COMMUNITY TOGETHER FOR THE PRESERVATION OF THE WOODLANDS FUTURE, AND IT COMPRISE OF A BOARD MEMBER FROM EACH OF THE EIGHT SECTIONS. THE ORGANIZATION WAS NOT SUBJECT TO THE CONTROL OF THE WNID. ANY INDIVIDUAL SECTION OR THE CITY PARTICIPANTS WERE VOLUNTEERS. APPROXIMATELY ONE YEAR LATER, THE NAC WAS WORKING THROUGH CREATING A MODERN VISION OF WHAT WE WANTED IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND THE APPLICANT THEN STARTED ITS COMMUNICATION WITH THE COMMUNITY. AS MR. BACHMAN SAID, HE CAME FORTH TO THAT FIRST MEETING WITH ABOUT 700 SOMETHING HOMES. HE WASN'T COMPLETELY LEFT OUT OF THE MEETING, BUT HE WAS MORE OR LESS, HE KNEW THAT WASN'T GOING TO HAPPEN. I'VE ALWAYS SHARED WITH THIS COMMUNITY. TALK TO THE DEVELOPER. JUST TALK TO THEM. JUST BECAUSE YOU TALK TO THEM DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU ARE FOR IT. IT DOESN'T MEAN YOU'RE AGAINST IT. BUT IT DOES MEAN ASK FOR THE SUN, THE MOON, AND THE STARS BECAUSE IF YOU CAN GET IT WHILE YOU CAN GET IT, AND IT GOES THROUGH, FANTASTIC. BUT IF YOU DIDN'T ASK FOR IT AND YOU COULD HAVE GOTTEN IT, IT'S ONLY YOUR OWN REAR-END THAT'S GOING TO BE KICKED. I'M LISTENING TO MY NEIGHBORS AND I SEE IT. EVERY MORNING I SEE ONE OF MY NEIGHBORS WALKING HER DOG ON MY BACKYARD AND I DON'T MIND. BUT SHE'S WALKING ALONG CLUBLAND'S PROPERTY. EVERYBODY HERE WHO SAID, I ENJOY WALKING MY DOG OR MYSELF OR RUNNING, YOU'RE TRESPASSING. IT'S NOT YOUR PROPERTY. ADMITTEDLY, EVERYBODY KNOWS I HAVE DOGS. MY FIANCE, ALWAYS USED TO RUN THE DOGS ON BEATING MY 18TH EAST. HE STOPPED BECAUSE THE LAST THING I WANT IS TO BE TOLD THAT I'M TRESPASSING, ESPECIALLY IN THE POSITION THAT I'M IN. BUT AGAIN, IT'S NOT OUR PROPERTY. IF THIS PROJECT GOES THROUGH, WE NOW WILL HAVE THE RIGHT TO WALK OUR DOGS ON TRAILS THAT ARE DESIGNED FOR US TO WALK ON. THERE'LL BE BENCHES, THERE'LL BE LIGHTING, IT'LL BE SAFE. WE WON'T BE WALKING IN OUR NEIGHBOR'S BACKYARD WITHOUT AUTHORITY. [06:55:02] IT'LL BE SAFER. AS SOMEBODY MENTIONED, WE DON'T HAVE SIDEWALKS IN OUR COMMUNITY. THAT IS THE WAY OUR COMMUNITY WILL STAY BUT THE NEW PODS WILL HAVE SIDEWALKS. BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT SOMEBODY SAID, YOU CAN'T FIT A SIDEWALK ON BAYBERRY LANE ON NORTH TRAVELERS, ON COCOA PALM, YOU WILL WIND UP TAKING YOUR NEIGHBOR'S PROPERTY TO DO SO. WE CAN EVEN GET TO THE OTHER ARTERIES. IF WE'RE DOING IT THROUGH THE GOLF COURSE, WE CAN GET TO THAT THREE MILE PATH WITHOUT WORRYING ABOUT GETTING A RUN OVER. THERE WAS COMMENTS MADE HERE TONIGHT ABOUT BREAST CANCER. FOR THOSE PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE AND WHO ARE WATCHING, WHO MAY NOT KNOW, I'M PROUDLY A BREAST CANCER SURVIVOR. I'M GOING TO BE GOING ON MY FOURTH YEAR HOPEFULLY VERY SOON. [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I SEE SOMEBODY WHO TOOK CARE OF ME WHILE I WAS IN THE HOSPITAL. [LAUGHTER] THAT'S FINE. NO CLAPPING. BUT THANK YOU. HE'S RIGHT. HAPPY HANDS. I HOPE YOU'RE NOT DOING THIS. I DON'T HAVE BREAST CANCER IN MY FAMILY. WE DIDN'T REALLY DEVELOP A GOLF COURSE. AM I SUPPOSED TO BE GOING TO FIND SOMEBODY TO SAY, WHY DID YOU GIVE ME BREAST CANCER? JUST LIKE THE LADY WHO'S HERE, I FEEL HER PAIN TREMENDOUSLY. MOST OF YOU WHO KNOW ME, I WAS COMPLETELY BALD. I HAD NO EYELASHES, MY VERY THICK BROWS HAVE ONLY COME BACK A LITTLE BIT. SIXTEEN ROUNDS OF CHEMO, 30 ROUNDS OR RADIATION. I GOT A HOLE IN MY BOOBS, AND I GOT A HOLD ONTO MY LEFT ARM. BUT I'M HERE TODAY AND I'M NOT BLAMING ANYBODY OR ARSENIC OR WHATEVER IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN THAT I GOT CANCER. WITH LOVE, SUPPORT, AND PRAYERS, I GOT BETTER. THAT'S THE END OF IT. FEAR TACTICS. WE'RE ALL GOING TO GET SICK SOMEHOW I GUESS. MAY WE NOT, LIKE THE OTHER LADY. I REMEMBER DIANE, BUT I APOLOGIZE. I'M NOT GETTING HER LAST NAME. I DON'T WISH IT ON ANYBODY. IT WAS NOT A GREAT EXPERIENCE. BUT I CAN'T SIT HERE TODAY SAYING I CAN'T VOTE FOR A PROJECT BECAUSE I'M AFRAID THAT SOMETHING MIGHT HAPPEN. BECAUSE GUESS WHAT? SOMETHING DID. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE HEARD OVER THE YEARS AND LIVING HERE IS THAT EMS CANNOT STAND TRYING TO GET TO OUR COMMUNITY. THEY ALWAYS HAVE TROUBLE BECAUSE OF THE WAY OUR ROADS ARE DONE. BECAUSE 44TH STREET AT ONE POINT IN TIME WAS ACTUALLY OPEN AND THEN IT GOT CLOSED. WOODLANDS BOULEVARD WAS TWO LANES, THEN IT WENT TO FOUR LANES AND THEN WENT BACK TO TWO LANES. THERE'S BEEN PROGRESS, THINGS CHANGE. I WAS TOLD IN THE BEGINNING WHEN I FIRST STARTED ON THIS, THAT GOLF COURSES DON'T COUNT TO GREEN SPACE. WE DON'T HAVE TO VERIFY IT OR NOT. BUT THE FACT IS WE NOW HAVE STUFF THAT WE KNOW WILL COUNT TO GREEN SPACE. THEY WILL COUNT UNDER THE COUNTY'S PLAN THAT MANDATES IT. SOME OF YOU MAY KNOW THAT I'M AN ATTORNEY AND I DO REAL ESTATE. I KNOW WHAT I'VE READ AND I KNOW WHAT I'VE PIECED TOGETHER AND I KNOW IT RUNS WITH THE LAND FOR ETERNITY. MANY OF THE THINGS THAT ARE NOT BEING DISCUSSED RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THEY CANNOT BE DISCUSSED RIGHT NOW ARE FOR THE PROTECTION OF THIS COMMUNITY. I'LL COME OUT IN FRONT OF IT. YES I SAID TO EVERYBODY I WANT TO BAKE A CAKE. THE PROCESS THAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW IS A WOODMONT, WHAT WAS DONE IN WOODMONT. DUE TO THINGS, NOT IN THE CONTROL OF THE APPLICANTS. WE'VE HAD OTHER DELAYS. THIS APPLICANT CAME TO US TWO YEARS BEFORE IT FILED AN APPLICATION TO TALK TO US. WE GET DAMNED IF YOU DO AND DAMNED IF YOU DON'T. YOU BRING OVER A SITE PLAN, YOU BRING ANYTHING PROVEN. THEY'RE GOING TO SAY, "YOU'RE READY DONE DEAL." BUT THEN YOU SAY, "I HAVE A CONCEPT. LET'S TALK ABOUT IT." YOU GET HOOP FOR IT TOO. FACTORS MATTER IS THE APPLICANT HAS BEEN TRYING, THE APPLICANT HAS GONE FROM 795 DOWN TO 335. WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS IF THIS SHOULD PROJECT TO GO FORWARD ON SITE PLANNING ON WHAT ELSE HAPPENS. ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT I WASN'T GOING TO SHOW, BUT I WILL. THESE ARE ACTUALLY FROM THE APPLICANTS THAT SHOW OTHER DENSITIES, THAT SHOW MORE ON WOODLANDS BOULEVARD, THAT SHOW MORE ON POD G, THAT SHOW MORE IN ALL THE OTHER AREAS. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER. THIS IS FOR YOUR VISUAL TO SEE AND NOT AS ANYTHING OTHER BUT JUST SHOWS THE WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE WITH THE COMMUNITY. I WAS AT MANY RESIDENTS HOME WITH THE APPLICANT BECAUSE I WAS INVITED THERE AND I SAW WHAT THEY WERE WILLING TO DO. [07:00:01] I HAVE BEEN A PART OF THIS COMMISSION PROUDLY FOR 12 YEARS. I HAVE NOT BEEN WITH ANOTHER APPLICANT WHO HAS BEEN WILLING TO LISTEN, AND WHERE THEY CAN CHANGE THINGS HAVE CHANGED THINGS. >> MADAM MAYOR. >> IT'S NOT JUST FOR. >> NO [LAUGHTER] WE HAVE A CALL IN 24-HOUR TIME POWER PROBLEM. A MANAGER, INDICATE THAT SOME OF THE COMPUTERS TO GO OFF BY 2:30. >> I'M ALMOST DONE. I'M NOT GOING TO GET DIRTY, I PROMISE. BECAUSE BASICALLY I WAS ALMOST DONE. THIS IS NOT EASY, TO WATCH THIS COMMUNITY DIE IN THE MANNER IN WHICH IT'S BEEN DYING HAS BEEN PAINFUL. JUST LIKE EVERYBODY I COME HOME AND I LOVE MY HOME, I LOVE MY COMMUNITY. WE WERE THE JOWEL WE'RE NOT THE JEWEL RIGHT NOW I'M SORRY TO SAY AND I CAN'T BLAME THIS ALL ON CLUBLINK, CAN'T BLAME US ALL ON THE COMMUNITY, CAN'T BLAME US ON THE ECONOMY BUT I CAN SAY ALL OF US CONTRIBUTED TO THIS AND WERE DYING. SINCE WE'RE DYING, YOU KNOW HOW THEY SAY ON THE PLANE? PUT YOUR MASK ON YOURSELF FIRST AND THEN YOU CAN HELP OTHERS? I FEEL FOR THE ANIMALS WILL MAKE SURE THE ANIMALS ARE PROTECTED, I HAVE ANIMALS I SAVED A TURTLE, ANOTHER PROUD MOM OF TIMMY THE TURTLE. WE'VE GOT TO HELP OURSELVES, WE'VE GOT TO FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO AND I KNOW SOME PEOPLE ARE SAYING IT'S ONLY BEEN FIVE YEARS LET'S WATCH EVERYBODY ELSE. WHY SHOULD EVERYBODY ELSE BE LEADING THE CHARGE? WHY SHOULD EVERYBODY ELSE BE THE PLACE THAT IS PHENOMENAL? WHY CAN'T WE BE PHENOMENAL? WHY SHOULD WE TAKE A BACKSEAT? I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE SHOULD BE AFRAID OF BEING GREAT AND BEING THE SELLER COMMUNITY THAT WE ALL REALLY WANT IT TO BE. I ASKED US TO PUT OUR OXYGEN MASKS ON, HELP OUR COMMUNITY AND I AM GOING TO ASK TO CALL THE ROLE RIGHT NOW. NO, I NEED A MOTION. >> YES, MA'AM. WE NEED A MOTION FOR BOTH ITEMS SEPARATELY, 5A. >> WE'RE GOING TO DO 5A. >> LOG SCALE LAND-USE PLANNING MA'AM. >> YOU'VE READ THE [OVERLAPPING] SO I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND, PLEASE FOR 5A. >> FOR 5A TO2402 LARGE-SCALE, LAND USE PLAN AMENDMENT, WOODLANDS. >> SECOND. >> I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS, I HAVE A SECOND BY THE VICE MAYOR, CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. >> MAYOR GOMEZ. >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS? >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER DANIEL? >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER RAY? >> NO. >> VICE MAYOR BOLTON? VICE MAYOR? >> WE HAVE A YES OR NO, PLEASE. >> NO. >> THANK YOU. MOTION PASSES THREE TO TWO. >> NOW GOING TO 58O2 4O2, LARGE-SCALE 5B, TO2 403, AMENDING ZONING MAP. I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND. >> SECOND. >> I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS AND I HAVE A SECOND BY THE VICE MAYOR. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. >> THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER DANIEL? >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER RAY? >> NO. >> MAYOR GOMEZ? >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS? >> YES. >> VICE MAYOR BOLTON? >> NO. >> THANK YOU. MOTION PASSES THREE TO TWO. >> THANK YOU. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN WE ACTUALLY DO HAVE ANOTHER ITEM ON THE AGENDA. ACTUALLY, WE HAVE TWO OTHER ITEMS ON THE AGENDA. YOU HAVE THE STAMINA? LET'S DO IT. CAN WE DO IT QUICKLY? >> 6A TO2 488. [6.a TO2488 - An Ordinance of the City Commission of the City of Tamarac, Florida, providing notice of intent to approve a development agreement between Woodlands Club Holdings, LLLP and the City of Tamarac, for the development of a maximum of 335 single family dwelling units, not to exceed 30 ft. In height, located within residential pods, developed at a maximum density of 2.4 dwelling units per gross acre; a new clubhouse and amenity campus, not to exceed 60 ft. In height, located within the recreation pod; and accessory commercial uses incidental to the single family dwelling units; and a minimum of 160 acres of open space, for the development of property known as “The Woodlands” bounded by West Commercial Boulevard to the North, Rock Island Road to the East, NW 64 Avenue to the West, and NW 44 Street to the South; as more fully described in the development agreement attached hereto as Exhibit “A”; authorizing the appropriate City Officials to do all things necessary to effectuate the intent of this ordinance; providing for conflicts; providing for severability; and providing for an effective date.] CITY TRINITY. >> YES. I AM SAYING IS AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSIONER, CITY TAMARAC PROVIDE NOTICE OF INTENT TO IMPROVE A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN WOODLANDS AURIS LLP. ANYTIME I WORKED FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF MAXIMUM OF 335 SINGLE-FAMILY DWELLING UNITS NOT TO EXCEED 30 FEET AND HEIGHT LOCATED WENT INTO RESIDENTIAL PODS DEVELOP AT A MAXIMUM DENSITY OF 2.4 DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE. A NEW CLUBHOUSE AND IMMEDIATE CAMPUS, NOT TO EXCEED 60 FEET IN HEIGHT, [07:05:01] LOCATED WITHIN THE RECREATIONAL POT. ACCESSORY COMMERCIAL USE INCIDENTALLY, FOR THE SINGLE-FAMILY DWELLING UNITS, THE MINIMUM OF 160 ACRES OF OPEN SPACE FOR DEVELOPMENT OF PROPERTY KNOWN AS THE WOODLANDS BOUNDED ABOUT WEST COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD, TURN-OFF ROCK ISLAND TO THE EAST, NORTHWEST, 44TH AVENUE TO THE WEST, NORTHWEST 44 STRAIGHT TO THE SOUTH, AS WELL, FULLY DESCRIBING THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT ATTACHED HERE TO THE EXHIBIT A, AUTHORIZE THE APPROPRIATE CITY OFFICIALS TO DO ALL THINGS NECESSARY TO EFFECTUATE THE INTENT OF THE ORDINANCE, PRIME FOR CONFLICTS, PRIME FOR SEPARABILITY, PRIME FOR FACULTY. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. >> THANK YOU. NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND. >> MOVED. >> SECOND. >> I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS. I HAVE A SECOND BY THE VICE MAYOR. MR. BACHMAN AND MS. CALLOWAY ARE AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION BY THIS COMMISSION? SEE NON. CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. >> THANK YOU. MADAM MAYOR, VICE MAYOR BOLTON? >> NO. >> LEGAL GOMEZ? >> YEAH. >> COMMISSIONER RYAN? >> NO. >> COMMISSIONER DANIEL? >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS? >> YES. >> THANK YOU. MOTION PASSES THREE TO TWO. >> BEFORE WE GO FORWARD, SINCE THIS IS PAST, I'M GOING TO ASK FOR A PROFFER HERE. APPLICANT DEVELOPER'S AGREEMENT, WHEN IT COMES BACK FOR SECOND READING, WILL BE BACK WITH SITE PLAN ATTACHED, CORRECT? >> YES, MAYOR. >> THANK YOU. >> MS. CALLOWAY, ALSO CONTROLS THEIR PROCESS AND WE'LL MAKE SURE IT GOES THE SAME WAY. >> THANK YOU. BUT I NEEDED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE APPLICANT IS THE ONE THAT MADE THE PROMISE ON THE RECORD. THANK YOU. WE HAVE ONE LAST ITEM, [7.a TR13911 - A Resolution of the City Commission of the City of Tamarac, Florida, authorizing the appropriate City Officials to execute a locally funded agreement between the State of Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) and the City of Tamarac, attached hereto as Exhibit “1”, and incorporated herein; to provide financial assistance in the amount of One Hundred Fourteen Thousand Nine Hundred Sixty Four Dollars and no cents ($114,964.00), in connection with FDOT’s construction of an adaptive traffic signal control system and associated upgrades along SR870/Commercial Boulevard from Rock Island Road to SR-5/US-1 in Broward County, Florida; project # FM NO. 441944-1-52-01; funded in Fiscal Year 2023/2024; providing for conflicts; providing for severability; and providing for an effective date.] 78 CR13911, CITY ATTORNEY, PLEASE READ THE TITLE FOR THE RECORD. >> SEVEN EIGHT RESOLUTION SAYS COMMISSIONS CITY TAMARAC AUTHORIZE AN APPROPRIATE CITY OFFICIALS TO EXECUTE LOCALLY FUNDED AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE STATE OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND THE CITY OF TAMARAC AND INCORPORATE COMMAND PROVIDE FINANCIAL SYSTEM THE AMOUNT OF $114,964 IN CONNECTION AFTER CONSTRUCTION IN ADAPTIVE TRAFFIC SIGNAL CONTROL SYSTEM ASSOCIATED UPGRADES ALONG A STRAIGHT ROAD, 870 COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD FROM ROCK AND ROLL TO ROLL [NOISE] US ONE IN BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA. PROJECT NUMBER 441944-152-01 FUNDED IN FISCAL YEAR 2023, 24 PRIME FOR CONFLICTS. RAINFOREST REYKJAVIK. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND. >> MADAM MAYOR, IF I MAY. ACTS THAT IS ITEM B CONTINUED TO THE AGENDA THAT WE'LL HAVE THE SECOND READING FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT. THE OBLIGATION FOR PAYMENT IN DISAGREEMENT IS PREDICATED ON THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT BEING APPROVED AND THOSE FUNDS BEING PAID BY THE DEVELOPERS. I WOULD RESPECTFULLY ACCEPT THIS ITEM, BE CONTINUED, AND BE PLACED ON THE SAME AGENDA AS THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT FOR SECOND READING AND THE SITE PLAN. >> THIS ITEM IS TABLED UNTIL SUCH TIME. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. IT IS CURRENTLY 2:11. WE ARE THREE HOURS AHEAD OF SCHEDULE. GO HOME. BE SAFE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. [APPLAUSE] * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.