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>> GOOD MORNING. IT IS 10:00 AM AND WE'RE ABOUT TO BEGIN OUR APRIL 24TH WORKSHOP.

[Call to Order]

CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

>> THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.

>> YOU DON'T FEEL GOOD.

>> MAYOR GOMEZ?

>> GOOD MORNING.

>> VICE MAYOR BOLTON. COMMISSIONER, RIGHT?

>> GOOD MORNING.

>> COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS?

>> MORNING.

>> COMMISSIONER DANIEL?

>> HE'S ALREADY TALKING POINT.

>> YES. YOU WANT ME TO KNOW YOU WANT TO SPEAK, YOU ROLL THEM OVER, SO SEE YOUR NUMBER, PLEASE.

>> EXCELLENT. NOW WE WILL GO WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND DESPITE YOU'RE NOT FEELING TOO HOT [INAUDIBLE].

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

EXCELLENT. FOR THE RECORD, THE VICE MAYOR HAS STEPPED INTO THE ROOM.

WE WILL START WITH THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH BROWARD COLLEGE,

[1.a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Broward College Presented by Economic Development Manager Lori Funderwhite, Broward CollegePresident Gregory Haile, Senior Vice President Dr. Mildred Coyne, and Associate VicePresident Dr. Jennifer Saint Louis.]

PRESENTED BY OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MANAGER, LAURIE FUNDERWHITE, BY OUR COLLEGE PRESIDENT, GREGORY HAILE, SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT DR. MILDRED COYNE AND ASSOCIATE VICE PRESIDENT, DR. JENNIFER ST. LOUIS. WELCOME.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

FOR THE RECORD LAURIE FUNDERWHITE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MANAGER.

I'M REALLY EXCITED TO HAVE OUR PARTNERS AT BROWARD COLLEGE HERE WITH US TODAY.

WE HAVE PRESIDENT HAILE, AS MAYOR JUST MENTIONED, DR. COYNE AND DR. ST. LOUIS.

WE HAVE BEEN IN PARTNERSHIP.

IT'S A WORKFORCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP WITH BROWARD COLLEGE SINCE 2019.

WE'RE LOOKING TO RENEW THAT PARTNERSHIP TO PROVIDE WORKFORCE OPPORTUNITIES TO OUR TAMARAC RESIDENTS.

THIS MOU THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO RENEW WILL ALLOW US TO ESTABLISH A FORMALIZED FRAMEWORK FOR HOW WE WOULD LIKE TO WORK TOGETHER IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.

WITH THAT, BROWARD COLLEGE HAS PREPARED A POWERPOINT PRESENTATION TO WALK THROUGH THEIR PROGRAMS AND OUR PARTNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES. THANK YOU.

>> WONDERFUL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME, MADAM MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, CITY ATTORNEY, CITY MANAGER, AND COMMISSIONER.

IT IS A PLEASURE TO BE HERE TODAY.

I SAY THIS IN PARTICULAR BECAUSE I KEEP HEARING SO MUCH ABOUT HOW THE CITY HAD BEEN SUCH A GREAT PARTNER IN THIS REGARD AND WHEN WE STARTED THIS WORK, WE ARE, IF YOU CAN BELIEVE IT OR NOT, ALMOST IN OUR FIFTH YEAR OF DOING THIS WORK.

IT WAS REALLY ABOUT HOW DO WE MAKE SURE WE CREATE OPPORTUNITIES AND BE INCREDIBLY AMBITIOUS ABOUT GIVING PEOPLE OPPORTUNITY THAT OTHERWISE THEY WOULD NOT HAVE.

BUT MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE THE HUMILITY TO UNDERSTOOD THAT WE COULD NOT DO IT ALONE.

IN THE PARTNERSHIP THAT WE'VE HAD WITH YOU HAS BEEN ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE.

I KNOW WE SERVED OVER 200 STUDENTS, 200 INDIVIDUALS RATHER THAN TO JUST DO OUR BROWARD UP PROGRAMMING AND RAPID CREDENTIALS PROGRAMMING, AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO GROW THAT AS WELL.

WE ALSO THINK GENERALLY THOUGH ABOUT OUR OVERALL IMPACT WHEN IT COMES TO ENROLLMENT.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE REALLY EMBRACED IN UNDERSTANDING, AND WE KNOW THAT WE'RE STILL RECOVERING FROM COVID IN MANY WAYS.

WELL, WE EMBRACED THIS UNDERSTANDING IT WAS ABOUT HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT WE RECOGNIZE THAT IT WAS NOT JUST THE COLLEGES THAT WOULD IMPACT OR THE COLLEGE I WOULD IMPACT BY ENROLLMENT.

BUT IT IS THE RESIDENTS OF OUR COMMUNITY.

IT IS THE CITIES, IT IS THE BUSINESSES.

IT IS A HOLISTIC UNDERSTANDING OF WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO CREATE POST-SECONDARY OPPORTUNITY.

WHAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO SEE OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS IS TREMENDOUS OPPORTUNITY BY WAY OF THE BROWARD UP WORK IN THIS PARTNERSHIP.

I'LL SAY ONE OTHER THING BEFORE I HAND IT OVER TO MY COLLEAGUES.

THIS IS A WELCOME MADAM COMMISSIONER, IS JUST THE REALITY THAT WHAT WE ARE DOING IS ACTUALLY SOMETHING THAT THE ENTIRE COUNTRY IS WATCHING AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE'RE DOING, WHAT WE'RE DOING IN TERMS OF PENETRATING COMMUNITY THAT OTHERWISE HAVEN'T BEEN PENETRATED.

I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MANY UNIVERSITY PRESIDENTS, COLLEGE PRESIDENTS I GET CALLS FROM, HOW MANY TIMES I GET ASKED TO SPEAK.

I WAS JUST SPEAKING IN OHIO NOT LONG AGO AND WE WERE ACTUALLY JUST RECOGNIZED BY THE ASPEN INSTITUTE FOR BEING ONE OF THE TOP 10 STATE OR COMMUNITY COLLEGES IN THE COUNTRY AND THE FIRST THING THEY SAID IN THEIR RECOGNITION WAS, WE ARE PIONEERING THIS WORK IN BROWARD UP AND CREATING OPPORTUNITIES BY EXAMPLE AROUND THE COUNTRY.

I AM BEYOND APPRECIATIVE OF US BEING TOGETHER, WORKING TOWARDS USING THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY, NOT JUST PENETRATE THE COMMUNITIES THAT NEED US MOST, BUT ALSO BEING AN EXAMPLE FOR THE REST OF THE NATION OF WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TO REALLY WORK HAND IN HAND BETWEEN A COLLEGE AND A CITY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND WITH THAT, I WILL HAND IT OVER TO DR. MILDRED COYNE.

>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING US AGAIN.

IT'S REALLY QUITE A PLEASURE.

AS LAURIE INDICATED, THIS HAS BEEN A REALLY DYNAMIC RELATIONSHIP.

HAVING A MUNICIPAL PARTNER LIKE THE CITY OF TAMARAC HAS BEEN REALLY A LESSONS, WE'VE LEARNED A LOT OF LESSONS THROUGH OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH YOU, AND SHE'S ABSOLUTELY CORRECT.

IT IS A WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ENDEAVOR.

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AS YOU KNOW, IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, THE NEW CURRENCY IS WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.

IF WE WORK TOGETHER AND PARTNER TO BUILD A TALENT SUPPLY FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR COMPANIES, WE HAVE A MUCH BETTER CHANCE OF REAPING THE ECONOMIC BENEFITS FOR ALL THAT WE ALL DESIRE.

IN ORDER TO JUST TAKE A LITTLE STEP BACK AND HAVE A LEVEL SET, I WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU REALLY OUR FOUNDATIONAL PRINCIPLES AROUND HOW WE GOT TO THIS POINT OF BROWARD UP.

WHEN PRESIDENT HAILE TOOK OFFICE IN JULY OF 2018, HE HAD ASKED VERY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS.

WHAT ARE THE NUMBERS? WHAT IS THE UNEMPLOYMENT? WHAT IS THE EDUCATION ATTAINMENT LEVELS? IT WASN'T JUST THE DATA THAT WE ALL KNOW THAT BROWARD COUNTY HAS A 2.8 PERCENT UNEMPLOYMENT RATE.

BUT WHAT IS THE DISAGGREGATED DATA? WE DRILLED INTO THE ZIP CODE DATA THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE TO US.

EVERYONE HAS IT AVAILABLE TO THEM AND IN FACT, THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WHEN WE TALK AROUND THE COUNTRY, THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ASK OUR COMMUNITY COLLEAGUES TO LOOK AT.

HAVE YOU LOOKED AT YOUR DISAGGREGATED DATA? WE FOUND 11 ZIP CODES WITH UNEMPLOYMENT RATE BETWEEN NINE AND 15 PERCENT WHEN WE WERE EXPERIENCING A 2.8 PERCENT UNEMPLOYMENT RAT.

IF YOU ONLY LOOK AT THE 2.8 PERCENT, YOU PAT YOURSELF ON THE BACK AND THINK, JOB, WELL DONE, BUT THAT'S NOT THE REAL PICTURE.

WE ALSO TAKE A LOOK AT THE EDUCATION ATTAINMENT AND WE MEASURE EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT IS IN THIS INSTANCE AS MEASURED BY 25-64 YEAR OLDS THAT WITH AN ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE OR MORE.

IN BROWARD COUNTY, THAT RATE IS ALMOST 44 PERCENT.

BUT IN THESE 11 ZIP CODES, IT'S 27 PERCENT.

WHEN YOU CONSIDER THEN THAT JOBS REQUIRE EDUCATION BEYOND HIGH SCHOOL, 70 PERCENT OF JOBS REQUIRE EDUCATION BEYOND HIGH SCHOOL, NOT NECESSARILY A BACHELOR'S DEGREE.

WE'RE REALLY MISSING AN OPPORTUNITY TO ALIGN OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO THOSE GOOD JOBS.

SO 63 PERCENT OF THEM AREN'T ALIGNED TO THE JOBS THAT ARE NECESSARY IN OUR MARKETS.

IN BROWARD UP, WE REALLY LOOKED AT THREE PRIMARY GOALS, TO INCREASE THE COLLEGE ACCESS ATTENDANCE UP FROM 3,000 AT THE TIME WE HAD ABOUT 63,000 STUDENTS AND ONLY 3,000 NEW STUDENTS EACH YEAR WERE COMING TO US FROM THESE ZIP CODES.

WE WANT TO IMPROVE DEGREE IN ATTAINMENT, AS I MENTIONED UP FROM 27 PERCENT AND ULTIMATELY TO RAISE ECONOMIC MOBILITY UP TO INCOME QUINTILES OR MORE FROM THE BOTTOM 20 PERCENT.

WHY TWO INCOME QUINTILES? THAT IS BECAUSE RAISING PEOPLE UP ONE DOESN'T NECESSARILY HAVE RESILIENT WAGE MAKE.

WE SAW THAT PLAY OUT IN THE PANDEMIC AND STORMS AND IN OTHER CATASTROPHIC ACTIVITY OR ECONOMIC DOWNTURN THAT HAPPENS IN PEOPLE'S LIVES.

WE KNOW THAT WE NEED TO RAISE THEM UP TWO INCOME QUINTILES FROM THE BOTTOM FOR RESILIENCY.

WHEN WE TOOK A LOOK IN THE MIRROR, WHEN WE WERE DOING THIS AUDIT OF ALL THE DATA AND WE TOOK A SELF AUDIT OF OUR OWN LOCATIONS, WE REALIZED THAT THE DARK BLUE DOTS YOU SEE, OUR 10 BRICK-AND-MORTAR LOCATIONS AND ONLY TWO ARE PROXIMATE TO THE PEOPLE THAT NEED US, AND ONE OF THOSE IS OUR ADMINISTRATIVE BUILDING WHERE WE'RE NOT OFFERING ANY CLASSES.

WE KNEW WE HAD TO DO BETTER AND WE COULDN'T JUST TURN AROUND AND BUILD BUILDINGS OR INVEST A LOT OF MONEY AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS AND FACILITIES TO GET CLOSER TO PEOPLE, SO WE STARTED LOOKING TO OUR COMMUNITY AGENCIES.

OUR FIRST COMMUNITY PARTNER WAS THE URBAN LEAGUE OF BROWARD COUNTY.

WE'VE ALWAYS HAD A RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR COMMUNITY AGENCIES, BUT WE REALLY WANTED TO DEPRESS OURSELVES AND CHALLENGE WHAT THAT STATUS QUO COULD LOOK LIKE.

WE TALKED TO THE URBAN LEAGUE ABOUT WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE TO OFFER CLASSES AT YOUR LOCATION UNDER A BROWARD COLLEGE FLAG TO REALLY EXTEND WHERE PEOPLE CAN GO TO COLLEGE AND START TO EXPERIENCE THAT POST-SECONDARY OPPORTUNITY, WHERE THEY ARE TRADITIONALLY SERVED.

WE STARTED WITH THE URBAN LEAGUE AND THEN FAST FORWARD HERE WE ARE WITH ALL OF THESE COMMUNITY AGENCIES.

EACH ONE OF THEM HAS IDENTIFIED PHYSICAL LOCATIONS THAT WE CAN LEVERAGE AND THEN ALSO LEVERAGE THEIR NETWORK AND THEIR TRUSTED RELATIONSHIP WITH THOSE COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO GET TO BE MORE PROXIMATE TO WHERE PEOPLE NEED US TO BE, TO GET ACCESS TO POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION.

AT THE SAME TIME WE STARTED WORKING WITH OUR MUNICIPAL PARTNERS.

HERE'S ALL THE MUNICIPAL PARTNERS TODAY.

WE'RE HERE THANKFULLY TODAY TO RENEW AND REJUVENATE OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH TAMARAC.

BUT WE'VE BEEN REALLY ACTIVE AND PUT PURSUING WHERE WE CAN GET MORE PROXIMATE TO PEOPLE AND THEN REALLY WORKING WITH YOU TO HELP US PUSH OUT THE INFORMATION ABOUT THE POST-SECONDARY OPPORTUNITY THAT'S AVAILABLE TO YOUR RESIDENTS AS WELL AS YOUR OWN EMPLOYEES HERE AT THE CITY.

FROM 2017/18, WHICH IS OUR ACADEMIC YEAR, OOPS, WE WENT FROM THOSE 10 TO WHAT YOU SEE NOW, MORE THAN 20 DIFFERENT LOCATIONS WHERE WE CAN BE PROXIMATE TO PEOPLE THAT HAVE THE MOST NEED.

IN THAT SAME TIME PERIOD, WE'VE SERVED MORE THAN 3,500 RESIDENTS THROUGH BROWARD UP PROGRAMMING AND AWARDED MORE THAN WHICH HAS RESULTED IN 2,500 OR MORE WORKFORCE READY CREDENTIALS.

FOR US THAT'S A 13 PERCENT INCREASE IN NON CREDIT ENROLLMENT FROM THE BROWARD UP COMMUNITIES SINCE THE PANDEMIC,

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DESPITE THE PANDEMIC ACTUALLY AND A SIX PERCENT INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF FIRST-TIME STUDENTS FROM BROWARD UP COMMUNITY.

WE'RE EXPOSING PEOPLE TO WHAT POSTSECONDARY OPPORTUNITIES CAN MEAN FOR THEM.

THEN A TWO PERCENT INCREASE IN CREDIT AWARDS EARNED FROM THE BROWARD UP COMMUNITY SINCE 2020 AND THEN ANOTHER INTERNAL MEASURE THAT WE LOOK AT IS WE SEE CONTINUING EDUCATION AS A WAY TO START COLLEGE AND HELP YOU MYTHBUSTING IN OUR COMMUNITIES WHERE PEOPLE THINK THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE NARRATIVES THAT THEY'VE BEEN TOLD OR THEY'RE TELLING THEMSELVES THAT MAYBE THEY'RE NOT COLLEGE MATERIAL AND WE HELP BRING THEM ALONG WITH A SOFT START, A NICE, GENTLE ENTRY INTO POST-SECONDARY, AND THEN PULL THEM INTO THE CREDIT PROGRAMMING TO GET THEM TO THAT ULTIMATE DEGREE ATTAINMENT.

THAT'S WHAT THAT LAST ONE IS ABOUT HOW MANY STUDENTS THAT HAVE STARTED IN NON-CREDIT.

WE'RE TAKING CREDIT HOURS WITH US.

I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO JENNIFER HERE TO TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT OUR PROGRAMMING AND SOME OF THE OTHER SERVICES THAT WE OFFER. DR. ST. LOUIS.

>> GOOD MORNING.

PLEASURE TO BE HERE WITH YOU ALL.

I HAVE THE PLEASURE OF SPEAKING TO YOU ABOUT SOME OF THE NUTS AND BOLTS OF THE PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING SO CLOSELY WITH LAURIE AND TANYA AND MAYOR GOMEZ ON.

AS YOU KNOW, BROWARD UP PROVIDES AN ALTERNATE ACCESS POINT TO THE BROWARD COLLEGE PROGRAMMING.

THE PROGRAMS THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH OR THE WORKFORCE EDUCATION TRAINING PROGRAMS AND WE ALIGN THEM TO OUR ACADEMIC PATHWAYS.

FOR EXAMPLE INDIVIDUALS CAN COME IN AND WE ENDEARINGLY SAY, EAT THAT ELEPHANT ONE BITE AT A TIME, RATHER THAN GETTING THROWN INTO A BACHELOR'S DEGREE PROGRAM TO BOTH BUILD THE CONFIDENCE AND COMPETENCE TOWARDS THEIR EDUCATIONAL PROGRESS.

IN OUR BUSINESS PATHWAY FOR EXAMPLE WE HAVE MICROSOFT OFFICE SPECIALIST, ADVANCED EXCEL WE HAVE PROGRAMS LIKE PROJECT MANAGEMENT.

IN MANUFACTURING WE HAVE INDIVIDUALS PURSUING MANY DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES LIKE QUALITY AND SAFETY.

FOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND EXAMPLE IS AMAZON WEB SERVICES AND IT FUNDAMENTALS AND HEALTH SCIENCES OF COURSE, IS A VERY POPULAR PATHWAY.

WE HAVE MEDICAL BILLING AND CODING.

WE HAVE MEDICAL ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT, MEDICAL ASSISTING, AND MANY MORE.

IN OUR SUPPLY CHAIN, WE HAVE WAREHOUSING, WE ALSO HAVE CUSTOMER SERVICE SO THAT'S JUST A SAMPLE OF THE TYPES OF OPPORTUNITIES.

BUT WE KNOW THAT IT'S NOT ENOUGH TO JUST HAVE SOMEONE SIT FOR A CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION OR INDUSTRY CERTIFICATION.

WELL, IT'S A FANTASTIC START AND GETS THEM INTO THE WORKFORCE.

OUR GOAL IS TO CONTINUE HAVING THESE INDIVIDUALS LADDER UP INTO THEIR CAREERS.

WORKED INTERNAL ARTICULATION AGREEMENTS THROUGH THESE INDUSTRY CERTIFICATIONS WHERE AN INDIVIDUAL, FOR EXAMPLE WHO PURSUES THE HEALTH SCIENCE CONTINUING EDUCATION PROGRAM IN MEDICAL ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT AND ACTUALLY EARN 12 COLLEGE CREDITS TOWARDS A MEDICAL ADMINISTRATIVE MANAGEMENT TECHNICAL CERTIFICATE AND SO IT ALLOWS THEM TO SAVE MONEY, ACCELERATE THEIR TIME, AND LADDER INTO THOSE CREDIT SEEKING PROGRAMS. IN ADDITION TO THE PROGRAMMING, WE HAVE A CASE MANAGEMENT MODEL THAT REALLY ALLOWS THE RESIDENTS TO WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH BROWARD COLLEGE STAFF TO SET THOSE EDUCATIONAL GOALS AND PROVIDE THE WRAPAROUND SUPPORTS EACH STEP OF THE WAY.

HANS DORVA IS THE CASE MANAGER.

WE CALL THEM CAREER PATHWAY NAVIGATORS THAT'S ASSIGNED TO THE CITY OF TAMARAC.

WHEN HE'S WORKING WITH RESIDENTS, HE'S DOING A NEEDS ASSESSMENT BECAUSE WE WANT TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY BARRIERS TO SUCCESS THAT WE CAN ERADICATE RIGHT UPFRONT TO ENSURE SUCCESS FOR BOTH THE EDUCATIONAL CREDENTIAL BUT ALSO EMPLOYMENT.

SHOULD A RESIDENT HAVE SOME BARRIER THAT NEEDS TO OVERCOME.

WE DO PROVIDE EMERGENCY FUNDING.

WE HAVE LOANER INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMS LIKE LAPTOPS, WI-FI HOTSPOTS, AND OTHER COMMUNITY RESOURCES.

THEY DO CAREER ASSESSMENTS TO ENSURE THAT WHAT PROGRAM THE STUDENT WANTS TO PURSUE IS ACTUALLY GOING TO ALIGN WITH WHAT THEIR WORKFORCE EXPERIENCES IS AS WELL AS THEIR GOALS AND CREATE AN EDUCATIONAL PLAN THAT'S BASED OFF OF ALL OF THOSE ASSESSMENTS AND THE SWOT ANALYSIS OF NOT ONLY WHAT WEAKNESSES MAY COME ABOUT, BUT ALSO WHAT STRENGTHS ARE THE RESIDENTS BRINGING TO THEM.

BECAUSE WE LIKE TO LOOK AT IT VERY MUCH FROM WHAT THE RESIDENTS ARE BRINGING TO THEM IN THIS JOURNEY.

THE CAREER PATHWAY NAVIGATORS PROVIDE THAT ONGOING COMMUNICATION AND SUPPORT ULTIMATELY TO COMPLETION AND THEN ENSURING THAT THEY'RE SITTING FOR THOSE INDUSTRY CERTIFICATION EXAMS AND TRANSITIONING INTO THE NEXT STEP OF THEIR EDUCATIONAL AND WORKFORCE JOURNEY.

THIS GIVES YOU JUST A VISUAL OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.

WE WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH THE CITY OF TAMARAC STAFF TO ENSURE THE WARM HAND OFF OF THE RESIDENTS THROUGH THE MULTIPLE CHANNELS OF COMMUNICATION SHARING AND THEN ULTIMATELY CREATE THAT PIPELINE INTO BROWARD COLLEGE.

ANOTHER ARM. AGAIN, WE HAVE THE PROGRAMMING, WE HAVE THE CAREER PATHWAY NAVIGATOR UNIT, AND THEN EMPLOYMENT SOLUTIONS IS THE ULTIMATE GOAL.

WE WANT THE INDIVIDUALS TO BE TRAINED TO HAVE THE WRAPAROUND SUPPORT AND ULTIMATELY TO BE PLACED INTO A HIGH EARNING JOB.

WE HAVE A GRANT AND HOLD EMPLOYEES THROUGH THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF BROWARD AND IT HAS ALLOWED US TO REALLY EXPAND WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE AND SO THERE'S CAREER AND JOB DEVELOPMENT SPECIALISTS THEN WHEN THE STUDENT FINISHES THEIR PROGRAMMING, THEY'RE HANDED OFF AND THEY WORK VERY CLOSELY FOR JOB PLACEMENT.

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JUST A LITTLE OVER A YEAR WE'VE HAD THIS ARM AND OVER 200 JOB PLACEMENTS HAVE RESULTED.

WE ALSO WORK WITH OPPORTUNITIES FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP.

WE KNOW THAT MANY RESIDENTS ARE ALREADY HAVING SMALL BUSINESSES AND WE WANT TO PROVIDE THE RESOURCES TO EXPAND AND GROW THOSE OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH SKILL-BASED LEARNING.

WE'RE ALSO WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH EMPLOYERS TO HAVE SPECIALIZED TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES TO FEEL HARD TO FILL JOBS OR HIGH TURNOVER JOBS TO REALLY UNDERSTAND HOW CAN YOU RETAIN YOUR OWN EMPLOYEES BY PROVIDING THE UPSKILLING TO CREATE THE INTERNAL CAREER LADDERS, WERE HAVING HARD CONVERSATIONS WITH SOME OF THE EMPLOYERS THAT BUT THE BENEFITS CLIFF WORKING WITH FEDERAL RESERVE BANK TO TALK ABOUT WHEN AN INDIVIDUAL DOES ACCEPT A HIGHER EARNING JOB AND LOSES THIS BENEFITS, HOW CAN EMPLOYERS WORK WITH US AS A UNIT TO ENSURE THAT INDIVIDUALS ARE BEING RETAINED AND ABLE TO CONTINUE THRIVING AND OF COURSE, THOSE CAREER LADDERS AS PART OF THAT SO IT'S AN EVER-GROWING PROCESS.

THIS IS ONE OF OUR FAVORITE THINGS TO DO IS BRAG ABOUT OUR STUDENTS AND EACH FACE THAT YOU SEE UP THERE IS AS UNIQUE AS THE COMMUNITY THAT THEY COME FROM, BUT THEY ALL SHARE ONE THING IN COMMON.

THEY CAME TO BROWARD COLLEGE WITH THE IDEA THAT THROUGH POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION THEY COULD ENHANCE THEIR CIRCUMSTANCES AND EACH ONE HAS, WHETHER IT BE THROUGH ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND STARTING THEIR OWN BUSINESS WHERE THEY THEN CONTRIBUTE TO THE WORKFORCE BY EMPLOYING OTHERS IN THEIR COMMUNITY COMPLETELY SHIFTING CAREERS FROM RESTAURANT, FOOD SERVICE TO GOING AND WORKING IN A MEDICAL OFFICE AND INCREASING WAGES AND SO WE'RE VERY PROUD OF OUR STUDENTS AND THE RESILIENCE THAT EACH AND EVERY ONE HAS DISPLAYED THROUGH THIS PROCESS.

OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS AS YOU KNOW WE'VE BEEN PARTNERED WITH THE CITY OF TAMARAC VERY CLOSELY SINCE 2019 AND SO ALL OF THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING IS AROUND ACCESS, SUPPORTING THE RESIDENT TO COMPLETION AND THEN OF COURSE, THE JOB SEARCH AND THE EMPLOYMENT.

WE DO THIS FROM A TWO GENERATIONAL APPROACH.

WE LOOK AT BOTH TRADITIONAL AGED COLLEGE STUDENTS, BUT ALSO THE ADULT LEARNERS AND THE FAMILIES THAT ARE AROUND THESE INDIVIDUALS AND SO EVERYTHING WE DO, NO MATTER WHICH POPULATION THAT WE'RE SPEAKING WITH, WE KNOW THAT THEY'RE NOT A STAND-ALONE INDIVIDUAL.

THEY HAVE A WHOLE UNIT, A WHOLE COMMUNITY AROUND THEM AND SO EVERYTHING WE DO IS TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE PROVIDING THAT OPPORTUNITY.

WE'RE ALSO WORKING WITH OUR BROWARD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS AS A FEEDER OPPORTUNITIES.

WE KNOW THAT ALL OF THESE COMMUNITIES HAVE FEEDER HIGH SCHOOLS WERE CHALLENGING THEM TO ALSO LOOK AT THE METRICS AND REALLY PUSH POST-SECONDARY ENROLLMENT BY PROVIDING JOINT METRICS WHERE WE CAN WORK TOGETHER.

THE COLLEGE CAN BE VERY STRATEGIC ALONGSIDE BROWARD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS THROUGH AN ENROLLMENT COMPETITION.

FINALLY, OUR LIFT EVERY CITY WORK AS PART OF OUR SOCIAL ENTERPRISE PLAN OR GUARANTEE ACCESS.

WE STARTED WITH OUR BROWARD UP COMMUNITIES WHERE WE'RE WORKING VERY CLOSELY THROUGH OUR PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENTS.

BUT ULTIMATELY, WE KNOW THAT WE WANT TO WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH ALL 31 MUNICIPALITIES IN BROWARD COUNTY TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE JOINT ACCOUNTABILITY SHARED METRICS AROUND BOTH ACCESS AND ENROLLMENT AND THAT COMPLETION, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT MOVES THE NEEDLE FOR OUR ECONOMIC MOBILITY IN OUR COMMUNITIES.

WE'RE WORKING VERY CLOSELY.

AGAIN, THE PARTNERSHIP THAT WE HAVE HERE AND THE SUCCESSES THAT WE HAVE HERE WILL LEAD THE WAY THROUGH THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY AS WE BRANCH OUT WITH THEM.

THE MOU THAT YOU HAVE IN YOUR PACKET, IT IS AGAIN, TO BENEFIT BOTH THE RESIDENTS OF THE COMMUNITY AS WELL AS CITY OF TAMARAC EMPLOYEES.

THERE'S OPPORTUNITY TO UPSKILL AND RETOOL FOR EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES HERE IN THE CITY AND OF COURSE, FOR THE OVERALL ECONOMIC IMPACT.

THEY DO FOCUS AROUND THE ACCESS, SUPPORT, AND ATTAINMENT, EMPLOYMENT AND MARKETING PIECES BECAUSE AGAIN, THAT HAS BEEN A PIVOTAL TOOL IS LEVERAGING THE CITY'S COMMUNICATION RESOURCES.

WE'RE SO THRILLED TO BE IN THE TAM-A-GRAM AND ON THE CITY'S SOCIAL MEDIA AND SEEING A LOT OF GOOD TRACTION FROM RESIDENTS THROUGH THERE.

EACH PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT IS UNIQUE TO THE COMMUNITY'S NEEDS AND SO WE PIVOT AND WE SHIFT AS WE GET FEEDBACK FROM RESIDENTS AND COMMUNITY LEADERS.

JUST BRIEFLY TO SHARE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE IT IS A CO-CREATED EXPERIENCE.

THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES WHERE WE HAVE DONE FOCUS GROUPS WITH RESIDENTS.

AT NO POINT DO WE WANT TO COME IN AND ASSUME THAT WE KNOW WHAT'S BEST FOR YOUR RESIDENTS.

WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOUR RESIDENTS, WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU THAT WAY WE CAN CO-CREATE THAT EXPERIENCE TO TRULY SERVE THOSE IN THE BEST WAY.

WE DO HAVE SIGNAGE SO AGAIN, AS WE CONTINUE TO PROGRESS BACK IN THE IN-PERSON FORMATS, WE HAVE A SIGNAGE TO REALLY GIVE IT A COLLEGIATE FIELD, SO NO ONE CAN DOUBT THE BROWARD COLLEGE IS IN THEIR COMMUNITY.

WE ALSO DO PUT MARKETING BEHIND THIS BECAUSE WE KNOW HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO REALLY SATURATE THE COMMUNITIES IN A MEANINGFUL WAY AND SO WE'RE UTILIZING GEO FENCING AND SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION AS WELL AS OUR ENVIRONMENTAL STRATEGIES.

I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO A FANTASTIC MURALIST WHO'S IN THE ROOM AND ARTIST AND THE ROOM, GEORGE GATSON SO YOU HAVE FANTASTIC TASTE AND YOUR CONSULTANTS FOR THE CITY AS WELL.

HERE'S AN EXAMPLE OF ONE OF OUR CO-CREATED MURAL PROJECTS THAT WE'VE BEEN EMBARKING ON THROUGH BROWARD UP AND THROUGH OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS.

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WE'VE ENGAGED IN THESE MURALS TO REALLY SHOW AND REPRESENT THE COMMUNITY THAT WE ARE IN AND HOW THERE'S ACCESS AND THERE IS PROGRESS THROUGH POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION AND SO MURAL IS THAT THE YMCA AND IT REALLY REPRESENTS THE CRADLE TO CAREER PIPELINE THAT WE AIM TO WRAP AROUND.

WITH THAT JUST A FEW NEW SERVICE LINES JUST TO MAKE YOU AWARE OF WE ARE ON THE FOURTH FLOOR OF THE NEW YMCA ON CITRA, BOULEVARD.

THIS IS A VERY EXCITING OPPORTUNITY FOR THIS COMMUNITY AS THERE IS ON-SITE CAREER PATHWAY NAVIGATORS, FOOD DISTRIBUTION OPPORTUNITIES, CAREER FAIRS, AS WELL AS PROGRAMMING.

ONE OF THE SERVICE LINES IS OUR ADULT EDUCATION PROGRAMMING.

IN THE PAST, BROWARD COLLEGE, IF A STUDENT CAME TO US WITHOUT A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA OR GED, WE WOULD PROVIDE THE COMMUNITY RESOURCE INFORMATION AND SAY PLEASE RETURN ONCE YOU'VE COMPLETED THIS.

WE DON'T HAVE TO DO THAT ANYMORE.

WE'RE REALLY PLEASED TO SAY THAT AN INDIVIDUAL CAN COME TO BROWARD COLLEGE AT THE YMCA PRESENTLY, AND PURSUE THEIR GED PROGRAMMING.

BUT IT'S NOT STANDALONE.

ONCE THEY GET TO THE HIGHER LEVELS OF THE GED PROGRAMMING, THEY CAN ACTUALLY DO THE INTEGRATED EDUCATIONAL TRAINING PROGRAMS, AND COME OUT WITH BOTH THE GED AND WORKFORCE TRAINING.

WE'RE GLAD TO HAVE EXPANDED IN THAT REALM.

WITH THAT, I WILL HAND IT BACK TO DR. COYNE TO WRAP US UP. THANK YOU.

>> ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID IS WE ASKED THE FLORIDA TECH SWATCH TO DO AN INDEPENDENT AUDIT OF BROWARD UP TO REALLY GIVE US AN IDEA AS TO THE IMPACT THAT WE WERE HAVING.

THEY WERE REALLY SURPRISED THAT WE ASKED THEM TO DO IT, BUT IT IS AN INDEPENDENT ASSESSMENT OF THE VALUE OF BROWARD UP.

THEY DETERMINED THAT FOR EVERY ONE DOLLAR OF INCURRED COST BY THE PARTICIPANTS, EVEN THOUGH THE COURSES ARE FREE, IT MIGHT BE LOST WAGES IF THEY WEREN'T WORKING, IT'S STILL A FREE COST TO THEM.

PARTICIPANTS CAN EXPECT TO RECEIVE $90 AND 27 CENTS IN RETURNS OVER TIME.

FOR EVERY ONE DOLLAR INCURRED IN STARTUP AND OPERATING COSTS FROM THE STATE OF FLORIDA, CAN EXPECT TO RECEIVE $13 AND 13 CENTS IN BENEFIT.

THAT'S A VERY USEFUL TOOL AND IT'S ACTUALLY REALLY HELPED US TO VALIDATE THE RETURN ON INVESTMENT.

THIS IS THE FOUNDATIONAL SERVICES THAT WE JUST TALKED THROUGH THE EDUCATION AND CAREER PLANNING WITH CAREER PATHWAY NAVIGATORS CONNECTING PEOPLE TO SOCIAL SUPPORT SERVICES, ALIGNING THEM TO FREE WORKFORCE TRAININGS THAT ARE CONNECTED TO THE LABOR MARKET, AND GIVING THEM THAT DEGREE ACCELERATOR IT FROM THE CONTINUING EDUCATION COURSES, ULTIMATELY TO CREDENTIAL ATTAINMENT.

THEN WE'VE RECEIVED SEVERAL OTHER INVESTMENTS THAT WERE ONE FROM THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF BROWARD TO REALLY START OUR EMPLOYMENT SOLUTIONS TO THIS.

BUILDING ON THAT END IN MIND OF A JOB.

THEN WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO LEVEL UP WITH THAT WITH A GIFT FROM MACKENZIE SCOTT THAT WE CALL OUR BROWARD EDUCATION ATTAINMENT FUND.

REALLY SUPPORT THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE'VE BUILT TO EXPAND FROM THE SIX ORIGINAL ZIP CODES, INTO THE 11 ZIP CODES WHERE WE ARE TODAY.

THEN IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE RECEIVED A $30 MILLION PROMISED NEIGHBORHOODS GRANT FROM THE US DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO REALLY BUILD OUT THAT CONTINUUM FROM CRADLE TO CAREER.

THE TWO GEN MODEL THAT JENNIFER TALKED ABOUT, MAKING SURE THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY GAPS IN OUR HIGH-SCHOOL TO ADULT POPULATION.

WE BUILT IN THE HIGH SCHOOL AND THE ADULT ED PIECE FOR GENERAL EDUCATION AND THE HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA.

WE REALLY HAVE EVOLVED AS A MODEL FROM WHEN WE STARTED WITH YOU-ALL IN 2019, AND WE JUST WANTED TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME BACK AND SHARE OUR EVOLUTION, OUR ADDED SERVICES, AND LOOK FORWARD TO EXCITING TIMES AHEAD AND HOW WE CAN REALLY LEVEL UP IN YOUR COMMUNITY TO MAKE SURE THAT YOUR RESIDENTS ARE GETTING TO EDUCATION ATTAINMENT BECAUSE THAT IS THE TRUE INDICATOR FOR ECONOMIC MOBILITY.

>> FANTASTIC. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> WE'RE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.

[LAUGHTER]

>> MAYOR GOMEZ HAS A CAMEO ON OUR PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT VIDEO.

WE SHOULD HAVE SHOWED THAT THIS MORNING. IT'S VERY WELL DONE.

>> THANK YOU. IT WAS AN HONOR AND A PRIVILEGE TO BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN IT AND TO SUPPORT WHAT BROWARD UP IS DOING AND ALSO THE RELATIONSHIP WITH TAMARAC AND OUR RESIDENTS AND OUR BUSINESSES.

AS YOU MIGHT BE AWARE, I SENT IT OUT ON MY NEWSLETTER EVERY FEW MONTHS.

I TRIED TO PUT IT ON MY SOCIAL MEDIA AND JUST REALLY SUPPORT THIS.

I ALSO TRIED TO TALK TO OUR BUSINESS OWNERS WHEN THEY ARE COMPLAINING FOR SHARING, THAT THEY'RE HAVING TROUBLE WITH RETAINING PEOPLE OR HOW TO HIRE MORE PEOPLE THAT THEY SHOULD BE TALKING WITH YOU ON HOW TO CREATE A PROGRAM FOR THEMSELVES SO THEY CAN GET THOSE CANDIDATES OR TRAINING THE PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING TO THEM.

HOPEFULLY, THEY'LL START REACHING OUT SOMETIMES I THINK THEY GET A LITTLE BIT LEERY,

[00:25:01]

BUT WE'LL START ANOTHER PUSH AGAIN NOW THAT EVERYTHING IS COMING BACK TO BLOOM, I THINK IT'LL BE A REALLY GOOD THING AND WORK WITH OUR CHAMBER TO DO SO.

THANK YOU FOR BEING AT THE RISE EVENT, AND ALWAYS PARTICIPATING IN OUR CITY EVENTS AND BEING THERE WITH A TABLE, BEING THERE WITH PEOPLE SHARING THE INFORMATION AND TRYING TO HELP ENCOURAGE.

YOU CAN'T TELL, I THINK IT'S A FANTASTIC PROGRAM AND LOVE WHATEVER OPPORTUNITY WE CAN DO TO HELP OUR RESIDENTS, BUSINESSES, AND OUR CITY.

YES, I GUESS I WENT FIRST. COMMISSIONER WRIGHT.

>> THANK YOU GUYS FOR DOING THIS GREAT PROGRAM.

PRESIDENT HAILE, I SEE A LOT ABOUT YOU IN THE MEDIA. I READ A LOT ABOUT YOU.

I HAVE TWO MASTER'S DEGREES FROM JOHNS HOPKINS AND HAVE A BACHELOR'S DEGREE FROM UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA.

WHEN PEOPLE SEE THAT THEY ARE IMPRESSED, BUT MY EDUCATIONAL JOURNEY STARTED AT NORTH CAMPUS AT BROWARD COLLEGE.

FOR TWO YEARS, I DID MY ASSOCIATE DEGREE WHILE WORKING AT SERIES, I PAID $300 FOR A CLASS, AND YOU GAVE ME MY FIRST CHANCE AND OPPORTUNITY.

I CAN UNDERSTAND HOW THIS PROGRAM WOULD BENEFIT INDIVIDUALS.

I LIVED IN ZIP CODE OF 33069, RIGHT ON THE BOARD OF PUMPING AND PAUL MAYER.

I AM A PRODUCT OF YOUR UNIVERSITY.

NOT ONLY THAT, MY LITTLE BROTHER RECENTLY WENT TO BROWARD COLLEGE.

THEN HE WENT ON TO UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA, WHERE HE STUDIED ROBOTIC ENGINEERING AND FOREMOST PROFESSOR FROM STANFORD UNIVERSITY BROUGHT HIM TO STANFORD FOR A SUMMER, AND HE GOT A FULL PHD RIDE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, AND HE STARTED AT BROWARD COLLEGE.

MORE IMPORTANTLY, A LADY IN THE FINANCIAL AID OFFICE TOOK HIM UNDER HIS WING.

MY MOM HAD CANCER AND SHE COULDN'T GO WITH HIM TO UF AND ENROLL AND DO ALL THAT STUFF.

THAT LADY, HER NAME IS ADRIANA, SHE WORKS AT THE CENTRAL CAMPUS.

SHE MADE SURE HE HAD SHEETS, SHE MADE SURE HE HAD ALL THE THINGS THAT HE NEEDED.

YOU GUYS NOT ONLY CARE ABOUT STUDENTS, BUT IT'S A COMMUNITY.

THAT'S A REFLECTION OF THE LEADERSHIP.

I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT, AND I'M DEFINITELY GOING TO SUPPORT THIS PROGRAM BECAUSE I SIT HERE TODAY BECAUSE OF THE CHANCE THAT YOU GUYS GAVE.

[APPLAUSE]

>> YES, MARLON.

>> I SAY ALL THE TIME, COMMISSIONER WRIGHT COULD BE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.

[LAUGHTER]

>> HE'S SO MOTIVATIONAL, CAN DO MY JOB AS A PASTOR TOO.

BUT THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH MR. HAILE FOR BEING WITH US TODAY AND TO YOUR STAFF, YOU GUYS ARE JUST ABSOLUTELY PHENOMENAL.

I REMEMBER THINKING IT WAS ABOUT 2017 OR 2018 OUT WHEN I SAT WITH YOU PERSONALLY, YOU TALKED ABOUT THIS PROJECT AND THIS WAS JUST IN THE INCUBATORS STAGES.

YOU SHARE THE VISION AND WE RAN WITH IT AT THAT TIME.

I BELIEVE THAT COMMISSIONER GELIN AT THE TIME WAS IN THAT CLOSED DOOR MEETING AND HE ALSO SAW THE VISION AND BROUGHT IT TO THE CITY OF TAMARAC.

NOW TO SEE HOW IT HAS FLOURISHED, BECOMING WHAT IT IS AND TAKING ON LIFE IS JUST SO AMAZING.

EVERY TIME I TALK ABOUT THIS PROGRAM, PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY ARE JUST SO EXCITED ABOUT IT.

THEY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT, THEY'RE LIKE, HOW DO I REGISTER FOR THE PROGRAMS? I THINK I SHARED THIS STORY WITH YOU BEFORE, BUT THERE'S A YOUNG LADY IN MY CHURCH WHO WENT THROUGH THE CERTIFICATE PROGRAM.

WHEN SHE GOT A CERTIFICATE IN THE MAIL, SHE WAS SO EXCITED.

I TOLD HER, GO TO YOUR EMPLOYER, SHOW THE EMPLOYER THE CERTIFICATE AND YOUR ACCOMPLISHMENT AND SHE DID, AND SHE GOT A RAISE, BECAUSE OF THE CERTIFICATE THAT SHE RECEIVED FROM YOU.

NOW SHE'S GRADUATED WITH A BACHELOR'S DEGREE AND MOVING ON TO FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY.

IT'S THESE STORIES IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT MAKES THIS DECISION TO RENEW THE PARTNERSHIP VERY EASY.

BECAUSE WE SEE THE BENEFITS THAT A PROGRAM HAS, AND PEOPLE LOVE IT, AND THIS IS JUST GREAT.

IF I WERE NOT FAR ADVANCED IN MY EDUCATION AS WELL, I WOULD GO AHEAD AND COME TO BROWARD COLLEGE, BUT I CAN'T SAY THE SAME OF OUR COMMISSIONER WRIGHT.

I WENT TO MIAMI DADE COLLEGE, BUT [LAUGHTER]

>> IF I COULD TURN THE HANDS OF TIME, I WOULD SURELY BE AT BROWARD COLLEGE.

BUT THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR YOUR WORK, AND YOUR DEDICATION TO THE COMMUNITY.

REALLY APPRECIATE IT AND ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT YOU HAVE ASKED US HERE TO DO TODAY,

[00:30:02]

WE COULD BE MORE THAN HAPPY AND GRACIOUS TO DO THAT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TAKING THE TIME OUT TO COME TO THE CITY OF TAMARAC.

>> COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS.

>> THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.

CAN YOU JUST ELABORATE A LITTLE BIT MORE, WHAT ARE WE DOING WITH THE 18-24 YEAR OLDS?

>> STARTING FROM THE BROWARD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM, PREPARING THE INDIVIDUALS AS THEY MATRICULATE OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL AND REALLY PROVIDING THE OPPORTUNITIES TO START AS A TRADITIONAL STUDENT.

PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH SOFT SKILLS, WE DO PARTNER WITH THE FLORIDA READY TO WORK, SOFT SKILLS PROGRAMMING.

IT IS THE EMPLOYABILITY SOFT SKILLS, SO COMMUNICATION, LEADERSHIP AND REALLY PROFESSIONALISM.

THIS IS REALLY WHERE WE'RE HEARING FROM A LOT OF OUR EMPLOYERS THAT SURE, YOU CAN HAVE THE TECHNICAL TRAINING, BUT WHERE WE'RE FALLING SHORT IN OUR WORKFORCE IS THOSE PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYABILITY SOFT SKILLS.

ALREADY PROVIDING THE TRADITIONAL AGE STUDENTS WITH A LEG UP THROUGH THE FREE SOFT SKILLS TRAINING AND REALLY PROVIDING THAT WHITE GLOVE SERVICE TO ENSURE THAT THEY KNOW THAT IF THEY CHOOSE BROWARD COLLEGE, THESE ARE THE STEPS, HERE ARE THE INDIVIDUALS, HERE ARE THE RESOURCES.

THE INDIVIDUAL ALSO IN THAT DEMOGRAPHIC HAVE OPPORTUNITY IF THEY ARE ELIGIBLE THROUGH THE PROGRAMMING FOR THE TUITION-FREE OPPORTUNITIES.

AS WELL AS THROUGH OUR RAPID CREDENTIAL OPEN DOOR PROGRAMMING, WHICH ALLOW THEM TO BOTH PURSUE THE CONTINUING EDUCATION, BUT ALSO THE CREDIT BEARING TECHNICAL CERTIFICATES.

AGAIN, ENSURING THAT THEY HAVE THIS.

WE ALSO LEVERAGE OTHER GRANT OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE POPULATIONS.

WE HAVE VARIOUS OPPORTUNITIES FOR RESCUES IN THAT DEMOGRAPHIC THAT PROVIDES TUITION-FREE PROGRAM IN CASE MANAGEMENT AND WRAPAROUND SUPPORT.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE VARIOUS YOUTH, WE'RE PARTNERED WITH COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AS WELL AS CREATING OUR OWN PROGRAMMING TO ENSURE THAT THEY HAVE THAT ON-RAMP.

>> ONE MORE POINT TO THAT TOO AND DR. SAINT LOUIS TALKED ABOUT IT IN THE FORM OF WHAT YOU'VE HEARD THROUGH TO THE TOP. ESSENTIALLY WHAT THAT IS.

IT STARTED WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT DOES NOT HAVE ANY INCENTIVE FRAMEWORK OR ACCOUNTABILITY FRAMEWORK FOR COLLEGE ATTENDANCE.

YOU ALWAYS SEE THE GRADUATION RATES.

BUT WE DON'T HAVE AN INCENTIVE FRAMEWORK FOR COLLEGE ATTENDANCE.

BUT WE IDENTIFIED 13 HIGH-SCHOOLS IN OUR BROWARD OF ZIP CODES AND WE DECIDED TO BUILD OUR OWN INCENTIVE FRAMEWORK.

WE LOOKED AT THOSE INSTITUTIONS, UNFORTUNATELY, THEY HAVE VERY LOW COLLEGE ENROLLMENT POST HIGH SCHOOL.

WHAT WE DECIDED TO DO WAS GROUP THOSE INSTITUTIONS BY SIZE, IT'S THREE DIFFERENT GROUPS AMONG THE 13 HIGH-SCHOOLS AND WE ARE PROVIDING A FINANCIAL INCENTIVE FRAMEWORK FOR THOSE SCHOOLS TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT ACTUALLY GO TO POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION.

THAT DOESN'T JUST COME WITH A FINANCIAL INCENTIVE, BUT WE HAVE, AGAIN, MUCH LIKE WE HAVE WITH OTHERS, STRENGTHENED OUR PARTNERSHIPS SO WE CAN START WORKING WITH THOSE STUDENTS IN NINTH GRADE, DOING THINGS LIKE HELPING THEM COMPLETE FAFSA APPLICATIONS, MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE THE SUPPORT AND IN ADVISING FOR THESE STUDENTS AND AGAIN, WATCHING THAT GROWTH AS WE START TO AGAIN INCENTIVIZE ENROLLMENT FROM A HIGH SCHOOL PERSPECTIVE.

>> I HAVE A QUESTION. IS THERE ANY METRICS THAT YOU GUYS CAN PROVIDE THAT SHOWS WHERE IS DECLINING? THIS WAY YOU'RE PROACTIVELY SAYING," HEY THIS ZIP CODE IS ABOUT TO TURN RED."

>> YES. WE'RE REALLY EXCITED.

WE'RE ACTUALLY IN THE PROCESS.

WE'VE CREATED A PARTNERSHIP IMPACT WEBSITE AND WE'RE TWO MINUTES FROM BEING ABLE TO WIDELY SHARE BECAUSE THERE IS A FEW DASHBOARDS THAT YOU'LL HAVE ACCESS TO RIGHT AT YOUR FINGERTIPS.

ONE IS THE COMMUNITY DATA.

AT ANY POINT YOU CAN DISAGGREGATE THE DATA BY THE CITY AND BY THE ZIP CODE TO REALLY SEE ACROSS THE SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH FOR OUR COMMUNITY DATA.

BUT WE ALSO HAVE A DASHBOARD THAT'S INSTITUTIONAL DATA.

YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE YOUR ENROLLMENT PROGRESS AND DECLINES.

THEY'LL BE ABLE TO SEE THE GOALS BECAUSE WE DO WANT TO WORK COLLECTIVELY TOGETHER TO INCREASE ENROLLMENT ONE TO TWO PERCENT FROM PRE-PANDEMIC.

YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE AS WELL AS THE DEMOGRAPHICS.

FOR EXAMPLE I CAN SHARE THAT WHEN WE LOOK AT STATE REPORTING YEAR 2022-2023, WE SAW 10 PERCENT DECLINE IN ENROLLMENT FROM THE CITY OF TAMARAC.

WHAT THAT REPRESENTS IS A HEAD COUNT OF 1,866 IN THE STATE REPORTING YEAR 22 TO 1,678 IN 23, SO THE 10 PERCENT.

WHEN WE LOOK AT 2020, OF COURSE, THE PANDEMIC AND WE KNOW THE NATIONWIDE DECLINE, OF COURSE BROWARD COUNTY WAS NOT UNIQUE IN THAT SENSE, WE SEE A 20 PERCENT DECLINE FROM THE CITY OF TAMARAC.

WE CAN DRILL IN AND REALLY SEE ITS EQUAL WITH MALES AND FEMALES FROM THE CITY AND ITS EQUAL WITH BLACK AND LATINO INDIVIDUALS FROM THE CITY.

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WE'RE REALLY ABLE THEN TO PARTNER AND SAY, WHERE CAN WE REACH THE INDIVIDUALS IN THE CITY? WHERE ARE THEY, WHERE ARE THEY COMFORTABLE GOING SO WE CAN DEPLOY THE VARIOUS RESOURCES FROM THE COLLEGE, FROM THE CITY TO MAKE THAT IMPACT TO THEN HOPEFULLY REVERSE THOSE NUMBERS AND EXCEL BEYOND THEM.

>> IF I CAN ON THAT.

ONE OF THE THINGS I'VE FOUND WHEN DRILLING DOWN INTO SOME OF THE NUMBERS BASED ON OUR ZIP CODE AS YOU KNOW, OUR CITY OF TAMARAC HAS BORDERS OF OTHER CITIES.

SOMETIMES I FIND WE ARE CREDITED WITH THINGS THAT ARE NOT OUR CITY AND MAYBE WE ARE NOT CREDITED WITH THINGS THAT ARE OUR CITY.

WHEN DRILLING DOWN THOSE NUMBERS AND LOOKING AT THE LIST OF SOME THE MUNICIPALITIES THAT YOU HAVE ON HERE AND KNOWING WHETHER IT'S OUR CITY THAT BORDERS THEM OR ANOTHER CITY THAT BORDERS THEM.

THERE ARE SOME CITIES THAT ARE NOT ON HERE.

I'M HOPEFUL THAT WHEN YOU DO DRILL DOWN AND YOU CAN SEE WHICH CITIES THEY ARE PART OF, AND THAT ARE NOT ON HERE, THAT THEY WILL JOIN FORCES TO HELP OUT.

[NOISE]

>> BECAUSE MAYBE SOME OF THAT DECLINE IS NOT PART OF OUR CITY.

NOT SAYING THAT WE DON'T DECLINE.

IF WE ARE, THEN WE NEED TO DEFINITELY DO WHATEVER WE NEED TO DO TO HELP OUR RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES MORE.

BUT I JUST THINK THAT OTHERS THAT AS YOU SAY, YOU WANT TO GET ALL 31.

I'M SURE IF YOU HAVE NOT DONE SO YOU WILL PROBABLY BE MEETING WITH THE BROWARD LEICA CITIES AND FIGURING OUT A WAY TO GET ALL PARTNERSHIPS TOGETHER BECAUSE SOMETIMES IT'S REALLY BEST WHEN YOU WANT TO DO SOMETHING REGIONAL, START WITH THEM FIRST.

WE'RE NOT FIRST, BUT GO IN WITH THEM.

I'M PRETTY SURE THE CITY OF TAMARAC TEAM I GUESS WE'LL OFFICIALLY MAKE IT ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT OR MORNING AND WHEN WE VOTE.

BUT IS A SUPPORTING ENTITY THAT WOULD BE HAPPY TO WORK WITH YOU TO HELP PROMOTE THE PROGRAM WHEREVER YOU WANT TO TAKE IT NEXT STEPS.

[BACKGROUND]

>> COMMISSIONER DANIEL.

>> GOOD MORNING. I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO.

COMMISSIONER OVER HERE AND THE STORY THAT THE VICE MAYOR TOLD, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU REMEMBER YOUR FIRST YEAR WHEN YOU WERE ELECTED, YOU CAME TO MY SCHOOL AND YOU BROUGHT A GROUP OF STUDENTS AND FOR A WEEKEND YOU WORKED WITH US, WE PAINTED THE SCHOOL, WE RE-DID THE LANDSCAPE.

I STILL HAVE PICTURES.

YOU GUYS ARE VERY MUCH SO EMBEDDED IN THE COMMUNITY SERVING OUR STUDENTS.

I ALSO GOT THE OPPORTUNITY TO HIRE SEVERAL OF YOUR STUDENTS, JUST FROM THAT EXPERIENCE BECAUSE I WAS SO IMPRESSED WITH THEIR WORK ETHICS BECAUSE THEY CAME IN ON DAY AFTER DAY, JUST VOLUNTEER AND FOR A SLICE OF PIZZA, BASICALLY, IT'S ALL THEY GOT IN RETURN.

THE CHANGES YOU MADE TO THAT SCHOOL STILL APPEARS TODAY AND THE SCHOOL HAS NOT BEEN UPDATED SINCE THEN.

IT WASN'T UPDATED MAYBE 10 YEARS PRIOR TO THAT.

THAT'S JUST SHOW YOU THE WORK AND IN IMPACT YOU HAVE.

THANK YOU AND I'M 100 PERCENT ON BOARD.

WE APPRECIATE THE WORK YOU DID.

[OVERLAPPING]

>> THANK YOU.

>> IF I COULD JUST ADD ONE MORE THING, PRESIDENT HAILE, YOU DON'T AGE.

[LAUGHTER]

>> YOU LOOK THE SAME EVERY TIME I SEE YOU.

YOU'VE GOT TO SHARE YOUR SECRET WITH US TOO.

MAYBE WE CAN VOTE THEM BACK ON WEDNESDAY.

[LAUGHTER]

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> THANK YOU.

>> IF WE SEE YOU WEDNESDAY, THAT'LL BE FANTASTIC.

IF NOT, WE'LL BE DEFINITELY IN TOUCH.

>> REALLY, THANK YOU FOR THE HONOR OF THE PARTNERSHIP.

IT IS OUR PRIVILEGE TO SERVE.

[OVERLAPPING]

>> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, WILLIAM.

>> NOW, WE'RE MOVING ON TO ITEM 1B,

[1.b Discussion and Direction on Zoning in Progress – Smoke/Vape Shops; Lounge; Bars;Liquor Stores Presented by Maxine Calloway, Assistant City Manager/Community DevelopmentDirector]

DISCUSSION AND DIRECTION ON ZONING AND PROGRESS.

SMOKE/ VAPE SHOP, LOUNGES, BARS, LIQUOR STORES.

THIS WILL BE PRESENTED BY MS. CALLOWAY, OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, AND MAHER I APOLOGIZE TITLES AND I ARE NOT SO GOOD.

>> MAHER MANSOUR.

[OVERLAPPING]

>> GOOD MORNING, MAHER MANSOUR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.

>> I CAN INTRODUCE HIM AT SOME POINT MY YEAR WILL BE PRESENTING ON BEHALF OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.

I JUST WANTED HIM TO JOIN ME THIS MORNING.

AGAIN, GOOD MORNING, MAXINE CALLOWAY, DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.

THIS MORNING WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT THE MORATORIUM THAT'S CURRENTLY IN PLACE FOR THE VAPE AND SMOKE SHOP, LIQUOR STORE, AND BAR AND LOUNGE, AS YOU RECALL, BACK IN DECEMBER.

[INAUDIBLE] BACK IN DECEMBER, WE INSTITUTED A ZONING IN PROGRESS,

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I THINK THAT'S WAS RIGHT AFTER WE ENTERTAIN THE LAST APPLICATION ON A BAR AND LOUNGE.

THE ZONING IN PROGRESS WAS INSTITUTED FOR ALL THE USES I MENTIONED EARLIER, AND THEN IT WAS RATIFIED AT YOUR JANUARY 11, 2023 MEETING.

WHILE IT WAS INSTITUTED, WE REALLY DID NOT GET ANY GUIDANCE IN TERMS OF WHAT IT IS THAT YOU'D LIKE TO SEE US BRING FORWARD.

TODAY THIS MORNING, I'D LIKE TO DISCUSS THAT AND THEN WE'LL HAVE SOME RECOMMENDATION AS TO WHAT STAFF SUGGESTS IN TERMS OF BRINGING FORWARD IN THE FORM OF AN ORDINANCE.

THE ZONING IN PROGRESS EXPIRES JUNE 20TH 2023, SO WE'D LIKE TO BRING PROPOSED LEGISLATION FORWARD BEFORE THAT TIME.

THIS IS OUR CURRENT CODE AS IT STANDS.

I THINK THE ISSUE WE HAVE BEEN HAVING IS THE FACT THAT LIQUOR STORE, VAPE, AND SMOKE SHOPS, THERE'S NO DISTINCTION.

IT'S UNDER RETAIL CURRENTLY IN OUR ORDINANCE.

THERE'S A GENERAL CATEGORY THAT HAS RETAIL GENERAL, LESS THAN 10,000 SQUARE FEET, OVER 10,000 SQUARE FEET AND THERE'S NO DISTINCTION.

UNDER THAT GENERAL CATEGORY, RETAIL IS PERMISSIBLE IN ALL THE ZONING DISTRICTS YOU SEE IN THIS CHART PERMITTED BY WRIGHT.

I THINK THAT IS WHERE THE ISSUE PRESENTS ITSELF.

THEN THE BAR LIQUOR AND TAVERN DESIGNATION THAT IS SEPARATE CURRENTLY IN OUR ZONING CODE, IT'S LISTED UNDER FOOD AND BEVERAGE SERVICES.

IT IS A SPECIAL EXCEPTION AND THAT'S HOW WE'VE BEEN BRINGING THOSE FORWARD TO YOU.

JUST TO GIVE YOU SOME CONTEXT AS IT IS NOW AND THIS MAP IS SHOWING BY DISTRICT, DISTRICT 1, 2, 3 AND 4, WE CURRENTLY HAVE A TOTAL OF SIX SMOKE AND VAPE SHOPS, FOUR OF WHICH ARE ACTIVE, TWO INACTIVE IN THAT THE APPLICATION HAS NOT BEEN COMPLETED, WHETHER THERE'S A SEAL THAT'S OUTSTANDING OR BUSINESS REVENUE LICENSE THAT'S OUTSTANDING, BUT WE KNOW THAT THEY HAVE INTERESTS AND THOSE APPLICATIONS HAVE BEEN FILED.

SO THERE'S A TOTAL OF SIX THAT ARE IN THE CITY.

FOR THE LIQUOR STORES, WE HAVE A TOTAL OF 11 THAT'S ACTIVE, AND THIS MAP SHOWS YOU HOW IT'S DISPERSED THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

FOR YOUR BAR, LOUNGE, AND TAVERN, WE HAVE FOUR THAT'S ACTIVE, TWO THAT'S INACTIVE, AND INACTIVE MEANING THAT THEY'VE BEEN GRANTED A SPECIAL EXCEPTION, BUT FOR ONE REASON OR THE OTHER, NO BUSINESS LICENSE WAS ISSUED, NO SEALS, SO THERE'S SOMETHING THEIR APPLICATION THAT'S PENDING AND SO THAT'S THE REASON THEY ARE LISTED AS INACTIVE.

IN ORDER FOR STAFF TO BE ABLE TO SHARE RECOMMENDATION WITH YOU, WE DO WHAT WE NORMALLY DO, WE LOOK AT OTHER MUNICIPALITIES, HOW THEY ADDRESS LIQUOR STORES AS WELL AS BAR AND TAVERNS AND SMOKE SHOPS AND SEE HOW WE CAN PROPOSE A RECOMMENDATION BASED ON WHAT OUR OTHER COMMUNITIES ARE DOING.

WE HAVE FOUND, OF COURSE, IN OTHER COMMUNITIES THEY HAVE MADE A DISTINCTION WITH VAPE AND SMOKE SHOP AND THEY CALL THEM IN SOME COMMUNITIES HEAD SHOPS AS WELL.

THOSE ARE PROCESSED BY A CONDITIONAL USE, WHICH IS TANTAMOUNT TO OUR SPECIAL EXCEPTION PROCESS.

SO THERE'S A PUBLIC HEARING COMPONENT TO THOSE TYPES OF USES.

WE'VE ALSO FOUND THAT WITH ALCOHOL, THERE'S SOME DISTANT SEPARATION THAT OTHER COMMUNITIES HAVE USED JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY CAN ADDRESS THE PROLIFERATION AND LIMIT THE AMOUNT OF THESE USES THAT ARE WITHIN THEIR COMMUNITIES.

THIS SLIDE HAS STAFF RECOMMENDATION AND IT'S SHOWING WHAT YOUR CURRENT CODE OR CURRENT CODE HAS WHERE THE VAPE AND SMOKE SHOP, THE LIQUOR STORES.

ONCE AGAIN, THERE'S NO DISTINCTION, IT'S JUST UNDER RETAIL.

THE BAR, LOUNGE, AND TAVERN, THOSE ARE SPECIAL EXCEPTION SO IT'S A BIT DIFFERENT.

STAFF HAS RECOMMENDED, ONE, THAT WE CREATE THAT DISTINCTION.

WE LIST VAPE AND SMOKE SHOP, LIQUOR STORE SEPARATELY IN OUR CHART, MAKE THAT DISTINCTION, THEN WE PROPOSE THAT WE BRING LEGISLATION TO MAKE THEM A SPECIAL EXCEPTION.

THAT WAY THEY GO BEFORE THE PLANNING BOARD, THE CITY COMMISSION, AND WE CAN HAVE A DISCUSSION ON THOSE USES AS WE DO WITH THE BAR, LOUNGE, AND TAVERN.

THEN IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE'RE PROPOSING THAT WE CONSIDER MAKING THEM SPECIAL EXCEPTION WITH THE DISTANCE SEPARATION.

DISTANCE SEPARATION WOULD BE ABOUT 500 FEET FROM SIMILAR ESTABLISHMENTS, THAT'S FOR THE VAPE AND SMOKE SHOP AND THE LIQUOR STORE, AS WELL AS A DISTANCE SEPARATION FOR THE BAR, LOUNGE, AND TAVERN THAT WOULD BE FROM SCHOOLS AND PLACES OF WORSHIP, APPROXIMATELY 500 FEET.

IT WOULD MEAN THAT THEN ALL THOSE USES WOULD BE DISTINGUISHABLE IN THE CODE, THERE WOULD BE A PROPOSED DISTANCE SEPARATION, THEY WOULD ALL BE A SPECIAL EXCEPTION USE, MEANING PUBLIC HEARING FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.

THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION, IF YOU'RE OKAY WITH THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS AND STAFF CAN BEGIN DRAFTING THE LEGISLATION AND BRING IT FOR FIRST READING AT A FUTURE MEETING.

[00:45:05]

>> COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS.

>> THANK YOU MAYOR.

DOES THE DISTANCE INCLUDE PRE-SCHOOLS?

>> YES, IT WOULD.

>> VICE MAYOR.

>> CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE SLIDE WHERE WE BENCHMARKED OTHER CITIES? THE PRINT IS FINE, SO JUST GO THROUGH THOSE LISTS OF CITIES THAT YOU HAVE THERE AND TELL US WHAT EACH CITY IS DOING.

>> THE CITY OF FLORIDA HAILE, THEY HAVE A DISTANCE SEPARATION OF 1,000 FEET FOR ALCOHOL.

>> DISTANCE SEPARATION FROM WHAT?

>> THIS DISTANCE SEPARATION IS TYPICALLY FROM CHURCH, FROM SCHOOL.

>>BUT NOT TYPICALLY, BUT DO YOU HAVE ANY SOLID DISTANCE? WHAT ARE THEY? WHAT'S THE BEST?

>> YES, COMMISSIONER.

IT'S 1,000 FEET AWAY FROM SIMILAR ESTABLISHMENTS, SO YOU CANNOT HAVE TWO LIQUOR STORES WITHIN 1,000 FEET OF EACH OTHER.

SIMILAR SEPARATION FROM PRE-SCHOOL, K12, AND PLACES OF WORSHIP.

>> OKAY.

>> THAT'S ONE. FOR LAUDERDALE IN PARTICULAR, I THINK WE HAVE THE LANGUAGE BETWEEN ESTABLISHMENTS AS MENTIONED BY ME HERE, DISTANCE FROM SCHOOLS FOR ON-PREMISES ESTABLISHMENT LOCATED AT LEAST 1,000 FEET AWAY FROM EACH OTHER, SUCH ESTABLISHMENT, AND 1,000 FEET FROM ANY OTHER ALCOHOL BEVERAGE ESTABLISHMENTS.

>> OKAY. AND THEN CORAL SPRINGS, IS THAT THE SAME THING AS LAUDERDALE.

>> COMMISSIONER THIS BASICALLY INVOLVES OR MAINLY INVOLVES LIQUOR AND SALES OF ALCOHOL.

IT DOESN'T MENTION VAPE SHOPS AND SMOKE SHOPS AND THIS OF CORAL SPRINGS.

MOST OF THESE REGULATIONS ARE ABOUT THE EXPENSE OF ALCOHOL NOT OF VAPE SHOPS.

>> OKAY.

>> SO CORAL SPRINGS IS 1,000 FEET FROM RESIDENTIAL AREA AS WELL AS FROM NURSERY SCHOOLS, DAYCARE CENTERS, PRESCHOOLS, BALLARD HALLS.

BUT THAT'S THEIR DISTANCE SEPARATION IN [INAUDIBLE] KINDERGARTEN.

AND SO THEY'RE ALL INVOLVED IN THE SALE OF ALCOHOL AND THEN NORTH LAUDERDALE, OAKLAND PARK, LAUDERDALE LAKES, PARKLAND, MIRAMAR, AND DEERFIELD BEACH, THEIR REGULATIONS ARE SIMILAR TO WHAT'S DESCRIBED ABOVE, FROM 500 FEET TO 1,000 FEET SEPARATION FROM ESTABLISHMENT SELLING ALCOHOL AS WELL AS FROM SCHOOLS.

>> OKAY. AND THEN GO BACK TO OUR RECOMMENDATION.

>> WE CURRENTLY DO NOT HAVE A SEPARATION, SO WE'RE PROPOSING FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION IF YOU WOULD LIKE US AS A PART OF THE LEGISLATION WILL BRING FORWARD TO INTRODUCE DISTANCE SEPARATION.

WE ALREADY FOR BAR, LOUNGE, OR TAVERN WHICH SELL ALCOHOL, THEY'RE ALREADY A SPECIAL EXCEPTION USE, SO YOU ARE SEEING THOSE COME BEFORE YOU, BUT THERE'S NO DISTANCE SEPARATION.

>> AND OUR DISTANCE SEPARATION WOULD BE FROM SIMILAR USES AS WELL?

>> YES. AND IF THAT'S YOUR DESIRE, WE CAN MAKE IT FROM SIMILAR USES AS WELL AS FROM SCHOOLS.

WE'RE TRYING TO JUST GET SOME FEEDBACK SO WE CAN DRAFT THAT LEGISLATION.

BUT WE HAVE SEEN WHERE OTHER MUNICIPALITIES ARE USING DISTANCE SEPARATION FROM LIKE ESTABLISHMENT AS WELL AS FROM SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES.

>> OKAY. AND THEN YOU'RE RECOMMENDING 500 FEET, WHY NOT 1,000?

>> WE CAN, WE JUST WE HAVE SEEN 500-1,000, SO IT COULD BE 1,000 AS WELL.

>> OKAY. HAVE YOU SPOKEN TO OTHER CITIES TO FIGURE OUT HOW IT'S WORKING FOR THEM 500 OR 1,000? WHAT ARE THEIR THOUGHTS ON THIS AND HOW WOULD THIS? BECAUSE I KNOW, FOR INSTANCE, IF WE PROBABLY DO 1,000, THEN WE'RE PROBABLY JUST OUTRIGHT BANNING THEM WITHOUT SAYING WE'RE BANNING THEM.

DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? IF WE SAY 1,000 FEET FROM LIKE USES OR CHURCHES OR THAT SORT OF STUFF.

IF A CHURCH IS LOCATED ON 441 AND THE CHURCH IS LOCATED ON 64TH.

THEN 441 BETWEEN AND 64TH, IT'S ALREADY 1,000 FEET.

THEN IF YOU DO THAT ACROSS THE CITY, IT MAY.

>> YES. THAT IS MORE RESTRICTIVE THAN A 500-FOOT DISTANCE SEPARATION WOULD BE.

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>> OKAY. CAN YOU RESEARCH WHAT 500 FEET DOES VERSUS WHAT 1,000 FEET DOES? BECAUSE WHAT WE WOULDN'T WANT TO DO IS USE THIS LANGUAGE TO OUTRIGHT BAN WHERE NOBODY HAS A CHANCE TO EVEN APPLY.

DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? WE DON'T WANT TO DISADVANTAGE OR DISENFRANCHISE ANYONE, SO JUST LOOK INTO THAT AS WELL.

>> CITY ATTORNEY.

>> THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. MS. CALLOWAY, I THINK HAVING HAD THE EXPERIENCE DEALING WITH THE DISTANCE OF SEPARATION FOR LIQUOR STORES, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE CLEAR ON THE RECORD.

LIKE ANY ZONING CODE APPLICANT CAN REQUEST A VARIANCE FROM DISTANCE REQUIREMENTS, RIGHT?

>> YES.

>> OKAY, SO EVEN IF YOU HAVE THE 500 FEET, 1,000, APPLICANT CAN REQUEST A VARIANCE.

SECOND, WITH RESPECT TO EXISTING VAPES AND LIQUOR STORE, ARE THEY GRAND FAR END IN IF THE COMMISSION EVENTUALLY PASS THIS PROPOSED LEGISLATION?

>> YEAH, AND THAT'S THE NATURE OF ALL UPDATE TO YOUR ZONING CODE.

IF YOU RENDER ANY USE NON-CONFORMING, THEN THEY ARE LEGAL NONCONFORMING, THEY GET TO EXIST AND MAINTAIN THAT NON-CONFORMITY.

THEY ONLY LOSE IT IF WE ABANDON THAT BUSINESS.

>> ARE YOU DONE?

>> OKAY, SO WE'RE LIFTING THE ZONING IN PROGRESS WHEN?

>> SO TYPICALLY WHAT WE DO WHEN YOU HAVE A MORATORIUM AND WE BRING LEGISLATION FORWARD, THAT LEGISLATION READS, LIFTING THE ZONING IN PROGRESS BY ADOPTING.

YOU DO IT TOGETHER IN THE SAME LEGISLATION.

YOUR LIFT WHEN YOU ADOPT THE CHANGES THAT YOU'RE MAKING.

>> OKAY, SO IT'S NOT LIFTED NOW?

>> NO, WE DON'T HAVE LEGISLATION ON THE AGENDA ON WEDNESDAY.

THIS IS JUST FOR DISCUSSION SO WE CAN GET SOME DIRECTION SO WE CAN DRAFT SOMETHING AND BRING THAT FORWARD HOPEFULLY BEFORE THE EXPIRATION OF THE MORATORIUM WHICH EXPIRES IN JUNE.

>> OKAY, THAT WAS MY NEXT QUESTION. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.

>> COMMISSIONER DANIEL.

>> IT WOULD BE ESTABLISHMENTS THAT ARE EXCLUSIVELY SELLING LIQUOR OR ANY OF THOSE BECAUSE EITHER IN-BETWEEN THE 500-1,000 FEET, YOU COULD GO TO PUBLIX TO BUY, A GAS STATION.

THERE ARE PLACES THAT WILL BE SELLING.

I GUESS IF YOU DRINK HARD LIQUOR YOU COULD STILL GET. I DON'T KNOW.

I DON'T BUY HARD LIQUOR AT PUBLIX.

I DON'T KNOW. BUT MAYBE YOU COULD STILL GET THAT AT PUBLIX.

I THINK THE WHOLE POINT IS TO NOT HAVE A LIQUOR STORE AT EVERY OTHER CORNER THAT DOESN'T SUIT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

>> EXACTLY. WE CAN DO ONE OF TWO THINGS.

WE CAN HAVE THE DISTANCE SEPARATION FROM THE LIKE USE WHICH IS SOME OF THE EXAMPLES WE WERE SHOWING YOU.

SO IT COULD BE FROM OTHER BAR, LOUNGE, OR TAVERNS.

WE CAN JUST LIMIT IT THAT WAY SINCE THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ADDRESS.

WE CAN ALSO FOR THE VAPE AND SMOKE AND SHOPPING, THAT'S A BIT SEPARATE.

FOR THE LIQUOR STORE, WE CAN ALSO PUT IN SOME LANGUAGE THAT WOULD PRECLUDE RESTAURANTS, BUT JUST TO BE SPECIFIC TO LIQUOR STORE.

SO IT'S NOT EVERYWHERE THAT'S SELLING OR SERVING LIQUOR, IT WOULD BE SPECIFIC TO LIQUOR STORE.

IF IT'S NOT DEFINED, THEN WE WOULD DEFINE IT, SO THERE IS NO CONFUSION.

>> COMMISSIONER WRIGHT.

>> LET ME JUST ADD, MAHER JUST WHISPERED TO ME THAT THE 500 FEET WE WERE CONSIDERING FOR THE VAPE AND SMOKE SHOP WAS JUST TO MAKE SURE AGAIN, THAT WE'RE NOT HAVING MULTIPLE VAPE SHOPS OR TWO POPPING UP IN THE SAME PLAZA.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE CAN LIMIT THAT AS WELL.

>> IF WE LIMIT SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES, FOR SURE, WE SHOULD LIMIT LIQUOR STORE AND VAPE SHOPS [INAUDIBLE]

>> I THINK THAT WAS THE CONCERN, WHICH IS WHY WE WERE DIRECTED TO INSTITUTE THE MORATORIUM.

>> IN TERMS OF THE COMPARABLE CITIES, IN TERMS OF ITS SIZE, [NOISE]

>> LIKE FOR INSTANCE, WERE 12 SQUARE MILES AND [INAUDIBLE] IS A LITTLE BIGGER, SO IS SUNRISE.

IN REFERENCE TO VICE MAYOR BOLTON'S POINT.

IF WE DO 500 FEET, THESE GUYS WOULD WANT HOUSING WITH A BIGGER LAND SPACE, THEN THERE'S A BIGGER DEGREE OF SEPARATION, WHEREAS IF IT WERE SMALLER THEN WE'RE CANNIBALIZING THE OTHER LOCATIONS.

CAN WE LOOK AT IT FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE IN TERMS OF THE COMPARABLE CITIES, NOT ONLY THEIR LAW, BUT THE SIZE OF THE CITY, IN TERMS OF HOW THEIR LAW CORRELATES TO THE SIZE OF IMPLEMENTING WHETHER IT'S 500 OR 1000 BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO STIFLE BUSINESS.

[NOISE]

[00:55:01]

>> ABSOLUTELY. THEN ONE DISTINCTION I NEED TO MAKE IS THE REASON WHY WE SAW THE VAPE AND SMOKE SHOP POPPING UP IN THE LIQUOR STORE, CURRENTLY IN OUR CODE IS PERMITTED BY RIGHT.

IT MEANS THAT THERE'S NO PUBLIC HEARING PROCESS.

IT'S VERY ADMINISTRATIVE.

THEY JUST COME IN FOR BUSINESS STOCKS RECEIPT, PROVIDED THE USE IS ALLOWED IN THE ZONING DISTRICT AND YOU CAN SEE IT'S PERMITTED BY RIGHT, IN PRETTY MUCH ALL THE ZONING DISTRICTS.

IT'S IN YOUR RS, IT'S IN MUN, MUC, MUGNC CURRENTLY.

TO BEGIN WITH, IF WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT IMPACTING THE ABILITY OF BUSINESSES OPENING, THEN WE CAN START BY A SOFT CHANGE, MAKING IT SPECIAL EXCEPTION, MEANING IT'S A PUBLIC HEARING THAT IN AND OF ITSELF CAN SERVE AS A DETERRENT.

THEN WE CAN LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF ZONING DISTRICTS THAT THEY ARE ALLOWED IN.

WE CAN WAIT WITH THE DISTANCE SEPARATION, DO JUST A SPECIAL EXCEPTION FOR NOW, MEANING THEIR PAYING A GREATER APPLICATION FEE, IT COMES BEFORE THE PLANNING BOARD, IT COMES BEFORE THE CITY COMMISSION, AND YOU'RE ABLE TO DO THOSE INDIVIDUALIZED REVIEW.

THEN IF WE STILL HAVE OUR PROBLEM, THEN WE CAN COME BACK AND ADDRESS IT.

BUT THE [NOISE]

>> VAPE AND SMOKE AND THE LIQUOR STORE CURRENTLY, RIGHT NOW IS PERMITTED BY A RIGHT IN SIX ZONING DISTRICTS.

>> COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS.

>> THANK YOU, MAYOR. CONVENIENCE STORES ARE UNDER WHAT?

>> THEY ARE UNDER RETAIL.

>> RETAIL. I THINK THAT'S WHAT COMMISSIONER DANIEL WAS REFERRING TO.

THEY SERVE BEER AND LIGHT LIQUOR PRODUCTS.

WE DON'T HAVE NO CONCERNS WITH THOSE.

>> WE DO NOT. THE ONLY CONCERN IS THAT WE NEED TO JUST EXTRACT THESE USES FROM RETAIL AND THAT'S A BIG PROBLEM.

THE RETAIL CATEGORY HAS EVERYTHING INCLUDING CONVENIENCE STORE, JUST EVERYTHING THAT YOU WOULD TYPICALLY SELL RETAIL, AND IT ALSO INCLUDES YOUR VAPE, SMOKE SHOP, AND LIQUOR STORE.

A PART OF THIS DISCUSSION IS TO TRY TO EXTRACT THAT FROM JUST YOUR GENERAL RETAIL AND HAVE THEM BE THEIR OWN CATEGORY SO WE CAN BETTER REGULATE THEM.

>> I'M OF A DIFFERENT OPINION.

I'M OF THE OPINION OF WE'VE GOT PLENTY, BAN THEM BECAUSE IF WE KEEP THE INCREMENTAL, WE'LL TRY THIS, THEN WE'LL TRY THAT, THEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE PROBLEM THAT WE HAD WITH THE LAST MEDICAL MARIJUANA PLACE THAT WENT IN BECAUSE OF WHATEVER.

I'M NOT GOING TO REHASH THAT.

BUT WE'VE GOT PEOPLE VERY UNHAPPY ABOUT IT, BY A PRE-K. WHY WAIT TO SEE IF WE HAVE AN ISSUE? WE HAVE THEM POPPING UP ALL OVER THE PLACE.

IN FACT, THE APPLICANTS PLAZA OF THAT MEDICAL MARIJUANA SHOP SAID, IF YOU DON'T GIVE ME THIS, I'M GOING TO PUT IT IN AN ALCOHOL STORE, LIQUOR STORE, WHICH MAKES IT SEEM LIKE THESE ARE THE EASIEST LITTLE THINGS TO JUST POP INTO PLACE, EVEN THOUGH THEY SEEM TO BE FAILING BECAUSE I'VE BEEN ASKING THESE QUESTIONS AND I KNOW THEY POP IN AND THEY POP OUT.

BUT IT'S NOT A GOOD LOOK FOR THE CITY AS THEY'RE POPPING IN AND POPPING OUT.

DOESN'T LOOK GOOD THAT OUR BUSINESSES CAN'T MAINTAIN, BUT THEN AGAIN, SHOULD THEY BE MAINTAINING IF WE HAVE SO MANY, IT IS PROLIFERATING.

IF WE'RE WORRIED ABOUT THE CURRENT POPULATION OF THE BUSINESSES WE CURRENTLY HAVE, THEN BY NOT ALLOWING ANY MORE, WE ALLOW THOSE BUSINESSES THAT HAVE ALREADY ESTABLISHED THOSE CELLS HERE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO THRIVE.

CURRENTLY, THEY DON'T HAVE THAT BECAUSE IT'S A LIQUIDATING MARKET.

CAN YOU GIVE US AN EXAMPLE OF 1,000 FEET? GIVE US A PLACE IN TAMARAC THAT WE ALL KNOW, AND 1,000 FEET.

I'LL JUST THROW SOMETHING OUT THERE BECAUSE IT POPPED IN MY HEAD.

SUNSHINE PLAZA. NOT SO SURE [INAUDIBLE]

>> [INAUDIBLE]

>> NO, IT'S THE SONSHINE CLEANERS.

IT'S SOUTH-WEST CORNER OF MCNABB UNIVERSITY, WHERE WE HAD SOMEBODY WANTING TO MOVE IN A BUSINESS.

THERE'S A SCHOOL TO THE NORTH, THERE'S A CHURCH TO THE WEST OF MCNABB.

ALLSAINTS IN THAT PLAZA, IS AT A 1,000 FEET OR IS IT LESS THAN 1,000 FEET?

>> THAT WOULD BE WITHIN 1,000 FEET.

>> WITHIN 1,000 FEET. JUST TRYING TO GIVE A SIZE FOR ME, IN MY OPINION THAT'S NOT A LOT BECAUSE RIGHT OVER THE SIDES, ONCE YOU GET PAST THE CHURCH, YOU'VE GOT THE NEW GOLF TRADER PLAZA, THE ONE THAT WE'RE DOING A WHOLE REVAMPING TO.

THEY CAN THROW SOMETHING RIGHT IN THERE BECAUSE IT'S JUST OVER 1,000.

IF WE DON'T DO A BAN ON ACTUALLY 1,500 FEET FOR A LARGER SEPARATION FROM ALL OF THESE, INCLUDING MAKING SURE IT SAYS AFTERCARE PROGRAMS BECAUSE [INAUDIBLE] THE CHURCH.

IN WALMART TO, WE HAVE A KARATE CLASS.

WE HAVE A KARATE CLASS IN THE PLAZA WHERE THE OLD MOVIE THEATER USED TO BE WITH A BUNCH OF CHILDREN IN THERE AND A VAPE SHOP RIGHT THERE,

[01:00:01]

SANDWICHED IN-BETWEEN A COUPLE OF CHURCHES AND A COUPLE OF SCHOOLS THAT ARE IN THAT PLAZA.

IF WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN FOR A FAMILY-FRIENDLY ENVIRONMENT, I'M NOT REALLY SURE HOW HEAD SHOPS, VAPE SHOPS, AND OPENING SOME LOUNGES AND ADDITIONAL LIQUOR STORES MIX WITH THAT FAMILY-SAFE PLAZA, COMMUNITY BUSINESSES THAT WE'RE TRYING FOR.

SOME OF THOSE CONVENIENCE STORES STILL SELL SOME STUFF THAT MAYBE THEY SHOULDN'T BE SELLING.

WE DON'T MONITOR IT AS CAPACITY, BUT THEY STILL SELL STUFF FROM THERE.

I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH ONE OF OUR BUSINESSES.

I GOT A COMPLAINT FROM A BUSINESS THAT'S BEEN IN BUSINESS FOR 30-40 YEARS IN OUR CITY.

A SMOKE SHOP OPENED UP A DOOR DOWN AND WHILE THEY'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE SMOKING THERE, THEY SMOKED IN THERE.

IT'S COMING INTO THE BUSINESS.

IT'S CAUSING ALLERGIES WITHIN THE EMPLOYEES THAT ARE IN THE BUSINESS.

IT'S CAUSING PEOPLE, THE CLEANERS, THEIR PRODUCT IS GETTING THE SMELL ON IT AND PEOPLE ARE NOT COMING BACK TO THEIR BUSINESS ALL BECAUSE OF A VAPE SHOP THAT OPENED UP RIGHT NEXT DOOR THAT'S NOT SUPPOSED TO SMOKE IT AND JUST SUPPOSED TO SELL IT.

NOW THEY'RE BURNING INCENSE TO TRY TO COVER THE SMELL, WHICH DOESN'T REALLY COVER THE SMELL, OR THEY SAY WE'RE DOING IT OUTSIDE.

WE'RE HAVING SOME COMMUNITY ISSUES AND WE HAVE TO RESOLVE THOSE FIRST, IN MY OPINION, BEFORE WE WORRY ABOUT ADDING ANY MORE TO OUR CITY.

IF THIS SHOULD NOT BE WHERE WE GET RID OF THEM AND BAN ALL OF IT, THEN THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME SERIOUS PROCEDURES IN PLACE TO PROTECT THE ESTABLISHED BUSINESSES FROM THE NEW BUSINESSES THAT MOVE IN, THAT MAY NOT FUNCTION IN THE MANNER IN WHICH THEIR LICENSE IS SUPPOSED TO HAVE THEM FUNCTION.

IF WE DON'T DO A FULL-OUT BAN, DEFINITELY SPECIAL EXCEPTION, WE'VE GOT TO REMOVE SOME OF ALL THE ALLOWANCES IN HERE.

I WOULD INCREASE THE DISTANCE SEPARATION FROM ALL OF THE ESTABLISHMENTS AND MORE SUPPORTIVE FOR THE CITY TO BE ABLE TO REMOVE APPLIED PERMITS IF YOU SHOULD RECEIVE THEM BY VIOLATIONS INSTEAD OF BEING LENIENT WHERE IT HURTS OUR POPULATION.

I CAN'T TELL IF YOUR [INAUDIBLE] COMMISSIONER DANIEL.

>> YOU DID ASK ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I HAVE REGARDING, EXACTLY, AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT 1,000 FEET WOULD LOOK LIKE.

THAT WAS MY MAIN QUESTION. THANKS FOR DOING THAT.

I AM NOT TOO SURE I'M INTO BANNING BUSINESS, AS WE HAVE DIFFERENT TYPE OF MEMBER IN OUR COMMUNITIES THAT REQUIRE DIFFERENT THINGS, BUT I'M DEFINITELY INTO MAKING IT MORE RESTRICTIVE.

A THOUSAND FEET, I THINK IS FINE, NOT LIKE 500 BECAUSE WE JUST SAW AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT 1,000 IS, NOT MUCH.

DEFINITELY LOOKING AT A RESTRICTION AND DO WE ACTUALLY NEED MORE WITH THAT SAID [INAUDIBLE] HOW MANY WE CURRENTLY HAVE.

>> WE CURRENTLY HAVE FOUR ACTIVE SMOKE AND VAPE SHOPS AND TWO INACTIVE, MEANING THAT THEY'VE JUST NOT FULLY COMPLETED THEIR APPLICATION.

LIQUOR STORES, SIGNIFICANTLY MORE.

WE HAVE A TOTAL OF 11 THAT'S ACTIVE.

>> THAT'S A LOT.

>> SURE. [INAUDIBLE]

>> THAT'S PROBABLY BETTER.

THIS MAP IS BY YOUR DISTRICT.

IT GIVES YOU THE NUMBER.

COMMISSIONER WRIGHT, GOT IT.

[LAUGHTER]

>> THEY'RE [INAUDIBLE] ALL OVER THE PLACE

>> I THINK IT'S SHOWING 1, 2, 3, 4 IN YOUR DISTRICT COMMISSIONER DANIEL.

[LAUGHTER]

>> [INAUDIBLE].

>> WELL, THEY MIGHT NOT HAVE AN ACTIVE BUSINESS TAX RECEIPT, BUT I THINK [INAUDIBLE]

>> MS. CALLOWAY, WHAT ARE THE SAFEGUARDS THAT WE HAVE FOR OUR EXISTING USES THAT ARE AFFECTING OTHER BUSINESSES? WHAT'S OUR RECOURSE?

>> LIKE USES THAT ARE AFFECTING OTHER BUSINESSES?

[01:05:03]

>> VAPE SHOPS, THAT ARE AFFECTING DRY CLEANERS.

LET'S SAY WHAT'S A RECOURSE.

>> DEPENDING ON HOW YOU'RE AFFECTING IF YOU'RE CREATING A NUISANCE.

I MEAN, YOU HAVE A NUISANCE PROVISION IN THE CODE.

IF YOU ARE CREATING NOISE, YOU WILL HAVE THE WAY YOU PERFORM FOR THE MOST PART. THERE IS NO.

WHEN I SAY OUR BUSINESS PERFORMANCE IS SMOKE, CAR SMELL, THERE'S NO PERFORMANCE STANDARDS THAT ARE IN THE CODE THAT ADDRESSES THAT.

BUT IF YOU'RE CREATING A NUISANCE AS DESCRIBED BY THE CODE OF NOISE AND [INAUDIBLE].

>> IN THE NEW LEGISLATION, COULD WE PUT THOSE STANDARDS?

>> IT'S LIKELY THAT WE COULD, YEAH.

THOSE ARE CALLED BUSINESS PERFORMANCE STANDARDS AND HOW YOU'RE EXPECTED TO PERFORM IT. [INAUDIBLE]

>> OKAY. PERHAPS WE COULD LOOK INTO THAT AS WELL.

WITH THE 500, THAT'S WHAT I WAS GETTING AT.

THAT MAYBE 500 IS TOO LITTLE.

MAYBE WE SHOULD DO 1,000.

BUT JUST MAKE SURE THAT WE LOOK AT IT CAREFULLY, THAT WE'RE NOT DISENFRANCHISING SO THAT 1,000 IS JUST IMPOSSIBLE FOR APPLICATION TO COME FORWARD.

I'M NOT FOR BANNING ANY TYPE OF BUSINESS PER SE, BECAUSE WE ARE POLICYMAKERS.

IT WILL COME TO US ANYWAY TO SEEK SPECIAL EXCEPTION OR VARIANCE.

>> YEAH. FOR THE PERMITTED BY RIGHT, IF THAT'S HER DESIRE FOR US TO MOVE FROM THAT AND MAKE THOSE SPECIAL EXCEPTION THEN, YES.

>> RIGHT. AS POLICYMAKERS, I BELIEVE THAT WE SHOULD CONTINUE TO HAVE THAT POWER TO HEAR WHAT IS GOING ON.

YOU NEVER KNOW SOMETHING MIGHT COMPLIMENT AN AREA.

WHAT IF WE CREATE A UPTOWN TAMARAC, LIKE A WINWOOD FEEL, AND WE WANT TO HAVE THAT BUSINESS INSIDE THERE.

YOU SIMPLY SAYING, WE DON'T WANT TO DO SOMETHING THAT WOULD TIE OUR HANDS IN THE FUTURE.

WE'RE PROGRESSING AND SO FORTH.

I'M FOR THE 1,000 SEPARATE, IN SEPARATION THE BUSINESS STANDARDS AND THAT SORT OF STUFF.

I REMEMBER SOME TIME AGO IN THE CITY OF SUNRISE, BUSINESS OWNER COMPLAINED ABOUT A MOSQUE, I THINK IT WAS.

THAT THEY WERE TAKING OFF THEIR SHOES AND THEY'RE PUTTING IT OUTSIDE, THEY WERE PRAYING INSIDE AND THAT'S THE STUFF.

IT IS WHAT IT IS. BUSINESSES HAVE TO BE IN UNISON WITH EACH OTHER.

WHEN YOU'RE MOVING IN, IN A PLAZA YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT BUSINESSES THERE.

THAT'S THE RISKS THAT YOU TAKE AND YOU CAN NEVER DICTATE OR YOU CANNOT DICTATE WHAT LANDLORDS DO AND HOW THEY WANT TO RUN THEIR BUSINESSES.

BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE MUST BE ABLE TO REGULATE SOME OF THAT.

I'M FOR A HIGHER DISTANCE SEPARATION, 1,000 THE BUSINESS RECORDS AND STANDARDS.

THAT'S THE STUFF. ALL THE SAFEGUARDS THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE PROTECT OUR BUSINESSES GOING FORWARD.

>> COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS.

>> THANK YOU, MAYOR. JUST IN PERSPECTIVE, 1,000 FEE FROM CITY HALL? COMMISSIONER DANIEL, DO YOU KNOW THE SUBWAY? BE FROM THERE. THAT'S THE DISTANCE.

JUST THE VISUAL, IT'S NOTHING.

ANY INFORMATION ON SISTER CITIES.

ACTUALLY SHOW ALSO VAPE SHOPS IN SUNRISE, [INAUDIBLE] AS WELL LIQUOR STORE.

CAN WE GET SOME OF THAT INFORMATION?

>> WE CAN AND WE CAN BRING YOU AN UPDATED MAP BECAUSE THIS WAS JUST FOR DIRECTION WE PROVIDED THESE MAP.

WHEN YOU BRING THE ORDINANCE FOR FIRST READING WE'LL PROVIDE THE DISTANCE.

WE'LL SHOW YOU WHAT 1,000 FIT IS.

WE'LL ALSO SHOW YOU WHAT THAT IS PROVIDED THAT THAT'S THE DIRECTION WE GET TODAY.

WHAT THAT IS FROM EXISTING AND THEN WE CAN BRING YOU SOME INFORMATION AS TO THE NUMBER THAT'S IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS AS WELL.

>> THANK YOU.

>> I'M JUST GOING TO ADD. WITH THAT, I'D LIKE ADDRESS PLEASE.

I WOULD LIKE A LIST OF IT.

WHEN YOU GIVE US ONE OF THESE, I'D LIKE THE ADDRESSES OF THE LOCATIONS TO PLEASE IN THE NAME OF THE PLAZA. THANK YOU.

>> THERE'S CURRENTLY ABANDONED PLACE.

THEN WE PUT ABANDONED PLACE A FEW MONTHS AGO FOR VAGUE SHOPS?

[01:10:03]

>> NO. WE PUT A BAN IN PLACE FOR MEDICAL MARIJUANA DISPENSARIES.

ON YOUR AGENDA ON WEDNESDAY IS ANOTHER BAN FOR STORAGE FACILITIES.

>> WHAT ABOUT THE GENTLEMAN WHO'S ON UNIVERSITY WHO CAME TO GET.

HE PUT IN HIS APPLICATION.

>> THAT'S A MEDICAL MARIJUANA DISPENSARY.

>> NO. THERE'S [OVERLAPPING]

>> I'M SORRY.

ZONING IN PROGRESS AND THAT NOTES FOR VAPE SHOP?

>> YES. IT'S CURRENTLY IN PLACE.

>> IT'S CURRENTLY IN PLACE SO WE HAVE THAT IN PLACE WHERE NOBODY CAN OPEN A VAPE SHOP RIGHT NOW?

>> NO ONE CAN OPEN A VAPE SHOP, A LIQUOR STORE, AS WELL AS A BAR NOW UNDER OUR TAB ON THE THREE THINGS WE'RE DISCUSSING.

>> IF WE WERE TO EXTEND THAT, IF SOMEONE PUT IN AN APPLICATION HYPOTHETICALLY, THEY WOULD HAVE TO COME TO THE COMMISSION AND WE WOULD HAVE TO APPROVE THAT. HOW WOULD THAT WORK?

>> NO ONE CAN APPLY CURRENT.

>> NO ONE CAN APPLY CURRENTLY.

>> WE CAN'T ACCEPT ANY APPLICATIONS.

>> IF WE PUT ABANDONED PLACE, THAT MEANS NO ONE CAN APPLY AT ALL?

>> THAT WOULD BE PERMANENT IF THAT'S THE DIRECTION YOU'RE GOING, YES.

>> OKAY. JUST WANTED CLARIFICATION.

IF IF THERE'S ABANDONED PLACE.

>> ALSO ON A CLARIFICATION, I GUESS SO WE HAVE A QUASI-JUDICIAL 9A.

WAS THIS PUT IN PLACE AND APPLY FOR PRIOR TO OUR BAN OR ZONING AND PROGRESS?

>> THAT'S A HALL FOR HIGHER THAT YOU ARE CONSIDERING.

THERE'S NOT A MORATORIUM ON HOLD.

>> A HALL FOR HIGHER WITH A DISTINCTION FROM A LOUNGE IS WHAT?

>> THE HALL FOR HIRE IS PRETTY MUCH VACANT AT ALL TIME UNLESS SOMEONE IS THROWING A BAR MITZVAH, SWEET 16 AND THEY HIRE THE HALL TO BE UTILIZED.

THEN THAT'S THE ONLY TIME IT'S USED.

>> IN THE LAST DISCUSSION WE HAD WITH THE HALL FOR HIGHER DISCUSSED ALCOHOL AND ALCOHOL CONNECTION WITH SOMEBODY ELSE WITH A I'M CURIOUS AS TO THE RULES.

>> JUST BECAUSE IT'S [OVERLAPPING]

>> I'M JUST ASKING FOR GENERAL QUESTIONS. WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE?

>> IT'S A DIFFERENT USE. YOU'RE PERMITTED TO USE CHARGED OUTLINE OF YOUR USERS AND THE USERS THAT ARE CURRENTLY SUBJECT TO THE ZONING IN PROGRESS OR THE USAGE WE'RE DISCUSSING TODAY.

A HALL FOR HIRE IS A SEPARATE USE AND DEFINED IN A SEPARATE WAY.

>> I THINK WE NEED SOME EDUCATION THEN ON THE DEFINITIONS BECAUSE IT'S ALL TOGETHER.

IT MAY NOT BE IN YOUR MINDS AND IT MAY CAUSE YOU UNDERSTAND IT.

BUT FOR WHEN PEOPLE ARE THINKING ABOUT BUSINESSES AND THEY'RE THINKING ABOUT WHAT THEY COULD DO WITH THE BUSINESS AND WHAT ABILITIES THEY CAN HAVE THERE.

USUALLY, A HALL FOR HIRE IS NOT JUST SITTING OUT THERE WITHOUT HAVING MUSIC AND DANCING, AND WHATNOT.

SOMETIMES THEY WANT THE WHATNOT.

THEY WANT THE PARTY, THEY WANT THE ALCOHOL, THEY WANT TO BRING IN SOMETHING.

SOMETIMES THEY JUST WANT A PLACE TO, WHETHER SOMEBODY IS ARE THEY ALLOWED TO HOLD THE CHURCH, RELIGIOUS SERVICES ARE NOT.

WELL, RELIGIOUS SERVICES WE REMOVED OUT OF CERTAIN OTHER ALLOWANCES, BUT THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED IN A HALL FOR HIGHER.

THE SAME FOR SOME OF US WOULD THINK THAT IF WE'RE NOT HAVING ALCOHOL BEING SERVED ON CERTAIN THINGS AND ALLOWING LOUNGES OR RESTRICTING LOUNGES THAT CAN GO IN, WHAT STOPS A HALL FOR HIRE FROM HAVING THAT HALL HIRED EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT FOR SUCH AN ORGANIZATION THAT'S GOING TO SERVE ALCOHOL? IT HAS NO OVERLAP.

I WOULD APPRECIATE WHEN YOU COME BACK WITH OUR ORDINANCE AND EDUCATIONAL INFORMATION TO HELP US BECAUSE MAYBE WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT THE DEFINITIONS OF HALL FOR HIRE AND WHAT'S ALLOWABLE OR NOT ALLOWABLE.

I'M NOT SAYING TO NOT ALLOW IT.

PEOPLE NEED A PLACE TO HAVE A GOOD TIME.

I UNDERSTAND THAT. BUT I THINK IT JUST NEEDS TO BE UNDERSTOOD.

>> WELL, WE'VE GOT COMMISSIONER MOREY.

>> ALSO AN UPDATED MAP, CAN YOU ALSO INCLUDE MY CHURCHES, SCHOOL SO WE CAN ASSESS THE DIFFERENCE OF 1,000 FEET?

>>WE ARE.

>> YOU'RE GOING TO GIVE US ALL OF THAT.

>> WE'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU A MAP THAT SHOWS THE USES WE'RE DISCUSSING AND THE DISTANCE, AND IF IT'S TOUCHING ANY OF THOSE PLACES THAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING THAT SHOULD BE CONSIDERED.

WE'LL SHOW YOU THE DISTANCE SEPARATION FROM SCHOOL, FROM THE CHURCH.

>> FROM ALL THOSE INSTITUTION WHERE WE WANT TO HAVE A SEPARATION. PERFECT.

>> I APPRECIATE. GOOD QUESTION. GOOD REQUEST. THANK YOU.

COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS? NO. WE'LL LEAVE IT OR NOT, I GUESS THIS ONE IS DONE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I THINK THESE ARE VERY IMPORTANT AND HELPFUL, SO WE CAN BE ON THE SAME PAGE.

IF EVERYONE IS OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE FORWARD TO 1 C,

[1.c Quality of Life/Special Events Presented by Maxine Calloway, Assistant City Manager/Community DevelopmentDirector]

QUALITY OF LIFE SPECIAL EVENTS.

THIS IS ALSO BEING PRESENTED BY MAXINE CALLOWAY, OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR.

>> MAHER MANSOUR IS JUST WITH ME.

>> BUT I WAS GOING TO GET THIS TITLE RIGHT THIS TIME.

>> YES.

[LAUGHTER]

>> MAHER MANSOUR, OUR ASSISTANT COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR AS WELL.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> THANK YOU.

>> THIS ITEM IS ON FIRST READING ON YOUR AGENDA ON WEDNESDAY, AND THIS IS ONE OF THE QUALITY OF LIFE ORDINANCES THAT WAS DISCUSSED DURING STRATEGIC PLANNING,

[01:15:04]

JUST SOME BACKGROUND, THIS BECAME AN ISSUE.

I THINK WE HAD A PARTY HOUSE ABOUT A YEAR AGO THAT WAS ADVERTISING ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND ACCEPTING CASH FOR INJURY.

THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS DISCUSSED AT THE CITY COMMISSION AND A REQUEST WAS MADE FOR SPECIAL EVENTS ORDINANCE TO BE UPDATED TO MAKE SURE THAT IT ADDRESSES ALL THE SPECIAL EVENTS ACTIVITIES THAT MIGHT GO ON IN THE CITY THAT WE LOOK AT MAKING SURE THAT THESE EVENTS, OF COURSE, HAVE AN EXPLORATION OR A SET TIME TO STOP, AND IT CAME UP AGAIN AS A PART OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN AND DISCUSSION.

THE UPDATES TO THIS ORDINANCE THAT YOU'LL SEE ON WEDNESDAY AND THAT'S INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKAGE, A FEW THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN ADDED.

THE PENALTY PROVISION WAS ADDED AS A PART OF THIS LEGISLATION.

ALSO, IT ALLOWS FOR THE FIRE CHIEF OR HIS DESIGNEE TO BE ABLE TO STOP THE SPECIAL EVENT.

WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE WHEN WE LOOK AT THE LANGUAGE THAT'S UNDERLYING IN THE ORDINANCE, THERE'S ALSO A NEW SENSE PROVISION THAT WAS INCLUDED THAT ALLOWS THE CITY ATTORNEY TO FILE A SUIT OR ANY MEMBER AFFECTED PARTY OR A MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY TO FILE SUIT OR FOR THE CITY TO BE ABLE TO ABATE THE NUISANCE.

WE ALSO AMENDED THE DEFINITION OF SPECIAL EVENTS SO IT CAN INCLUDE THOSE PARTIES THAT ARE ON PRIVATE PROPERTY THAT ARE BEING ADVERTISED ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

WE ALSO CREATED A DEFINITION FOR TEMPORARY USE BECAUSE A SPECIAL EVENT IS A TEMPORARY USE IN YOUR CODE UNDER THE TEMPORARY USE PROVISION OF YOUR CODE OF ORDINANCES.

REAL QUICK, JUST TO TOUCH ON SOME OF THE CHANGES.

WHILE WE WERE IN CHAPTER 14, WE TRIED TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO SOME CLEAN UP WHENEVER WE ARE BRINGING NEW LEGISLATION.

THIS IS JUST A CLEANUP THAT I'M JUST SHARING WITH YOU THAT IS IF YOU LOOK AT YOUR ORDINANCE, YOU'LL SEE THAT WE REMOVE THE WORD LICENSE AND REPLACE IT WITH PERMIT, AND SO ON THROUGHOUT THE CODE.

WHAT'S UNDERLINED IN THE ORDINANCE IS REALLY THE MEAT AND POTATOES IS REALLY WHERE THE CHANGES ARE.

THIS IS THE SPECIAL EVENT WHERE WE INCLUDED THE PENALTY WHERE THE PENALTY WOULD BE $250 PER DAY FOR THE FIRST OCCURRENCE AND THEN $500 PER DAY FOR EACH ADDITIONAL OCCURRENCE.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, ALTERNATIVELY, THE BOARD, CODE ENFORCEMENT BOARD OR THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE IN OUR CASE, AND ALSO IMPOSE A FINE NOT TO EXCEED $1,000 PER DAY FOR THE FIRST VIOLATION, AND NOT TO EXCEED $5,000 PER DAY FOR REPEAT VIOLATIONS UP TO $15,000 PER VIOLATION.

WE ALSO INCLUDED SUBSECTION II, III, AND IV.

SUBSECTION II ALLOWS THE FIRE DEPARTMENT OR THEIR DESIGNEE TO ABATE SUCH HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS THAT ARE IN VIOLATION OF THIS ARTICLE.

BUT THIS ESSENTIALLY HAS TO DO WITH WHETHER OR NOT IT IS OVERCROWDED.

THE FIRE INSPECTOR OR THE FIRE CHIEF OR HIS DESIGNEE CAN MAKE THAT ASSESSMENT AND ESSENTIALLY ALLOWS THEM TO ASK THE PEOPLE TO LEAVE OR TO SHUT DOWN THE EVENTS.

SUBSECTION IV IS WHERE WE INCLUDED THE NUISANCE PROVISION.

ANY VIOLATION OF THESE SPECIAL EVENT REGULATION SHALL CONSTITUTE A NUISANCE.

THE CITY MAY TAKE ALL REASONABLE ACTION TO ABATE THE NUISANCE AND MAY ASSESS A LIEN AGAINST THE REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY OF THE VIOLATOR FOR THE REASONABLE COST INCURRED BY THE CITY IN ABATING THE NUISANCE.

THE OFFICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY MAY BRING SUIT ON BEHALF OF THE CITY, OR ANY EFFECTIVE CITIZEN MAY ALSO BRING SUIT IN HIS OR HER NAME AGAINST THE PERSON OR THE PERSONS CAUSING OR MAINTAINING THE NUISANCE, OR AGAINST THE OWNER OR THE AGENT OF THE BUILDING OR PROPERTY ON WHICH A NUISANCE EXIST.

RELIEF MAY BE GRANTED ACCORDING TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF CHAPTER 60 FLORIDA STATUTE AS AMENDED FROM TIME-TO-TIME.

THEN THIS IS THE DEFINITION PROVISION THAT WERE CHANGED.

SPECIAL EVENT ACROSS THROUGH IS WHAT'S DELETED AND UNDERLYING IS THE NEW DEFINITION FOR A SPECIAL EVENT WHICH IS A TEMPORARY USE HELD ON PRIVATE OR PUBLIC PROPERTY, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO CARNIVALS, CELEBRATIONS, COMMUNITY OR CULTURAL EVENTS, FESTIVALS, FAIRS, MUSICAL OR ARTS EVENTS, OR ANY ACTIVITY OR EVENT ORGANIZED OR PROMOTED VIA A SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM.

THERE'S INCLUDE THAT SOCIAL MEDIA COMPONENT THAT SUBSTANTIALLY INCREASES OR DISRUPTS THE NORMAL FLOW OF TRAFFIC ON A ROADWAY, STREET OR HIGHWAY, OR REQUIRES THE CITY TO ALLOCATE ITS PERSONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, EQUIPMENT, OR PROPERTY AT LEVELS OF SERVICE THAT EXCEED THE ORDINARY ALLOCATIONS OF SUCH RESOURCES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC.

THEN TEMPORARY USE IS A VERY SIMILAR DEFINITION TO THIS SPECIAL EVENT DEFINITION.

AS MENTIONED, THIS ITEM APPEARS UP FOR FIRST READING ON WEDNESDAY'S AGENDA AND WE'RE OPEN FOR ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.

[01:20:02]

>> I'LL GO FIRST. JUST BECAUSE THE WAY I WROTE IT, F, J IS NOT LIMITED TO SOCIAL MEDIA.

IT SAYS ALL BUT INCLUDING, BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE BECAUSE THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO PUT FLYERS OUT ON PEOPLE'S CARS, WHETHER IT'S IN A PARKING LOT, PUBLICS, OR ANOTHER AREA OF COME TO THIS PARTY, COME TO THIS PARTY.

UNFORTUNATELY THOSE FLYERS OR POSTCARDS ARE ALSO LEFT ALL OVER THAT PARKING LOT FLOOR WHEN PEOPLE DON'T WANT THEM BECAUSE I'M SURE SOME OF THEM CAN TAKE THEM HOME WITH HALF-NAKED PEOPLE ON IT.

AS LONG AS IT INCLUDES THAT BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS.

ALSO I SAW IT SAYS DESIGNEE FOR ENFORCEMENT, DOES THAT ALSO INCLUDE OUR HOPEFUL FUTURE CODE ENFORCEMENT PERSON WHO WILL BE AT NIGHT?

>> NO, IT'S JUST THE FIRE CHIEF OR THE FIRE CHIEF DESIGNEE.

>> WHY WOULD WE NOT ALLOW IF ONE OF OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL WHO WAS TRAINED IN CERTAIN THINGS BE ABLE TO REPRESENT?

>> YEAH. FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, THIS IS COMING STRAIGHT FROM THE FIRE PREVENTION CODE, THE ABILITY BASED ON CROWD MANAGEMENT TO BE ABLE TO SAY THAT THERE'S TOO MANY PEOPLE, WHEN ENFORCEMENT REALLY DO NOT HAVE THAT AUTHORITY AND THAT WOULD BE JUST A BIT TO ASSIGN TO A CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER.

SO IT WAS SPECIFIC JUST LEANING ON THE FIRE PREVENTION CODE AND STATE STATUTES.

>> WITH THE PART WHERE, SAY I'M HAVING THIS REAL GREAT PARTY AT MY HOUSE AND I'M NOT SHUTTING IT DOWN, AND MY NEIGHBOR WANTS TO COME AGAINST ME AND SUE ME UNDER THE PROVISION THERE.

I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THAT PROVISION BEING IN THERE BECAUSE OUR NEIGHBORS ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO BE ABLE TO PROTECT THEMSELVES.

IF THEY FEEL THAT THE CITY'S PROVISIONS ARE NOT SUFFICIENT ENOUGH AND THEY WANT TO HAVE SOME RECOURSE.

I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH IT.

MY QUESTION MAY GO TOWARDS THE CITY ATTORNEY ON THIS.

I DIDN'T SEE PREVAILING PARTIES, ATTORNEY'S FEES IN THERE.

IS IT THEY SUING THE NEIGHBOR OR THEY'RE SUING THE CITY?

>> THEY'RE SUING THE NEIGHBOR.

>> THE NEIGHBOR NOT THE CITY.

I DON'T KNOW IF IT IS NEEDED OR REQUIRED FOR A PREVAILING ATTORNEY'S FEES IN THERE AS INCENTIVE.

I DON'T WANT TO MAKE IT A DISINCENTIVE, BUT THAT WOULDN'T BE SOMETHING WE NEED TO WORRY ABOUT IN PUTTING TOGETHER THAT LANGUAGE.

>> IT'S NOTHING THAT PRECLUDE THAT PROVISION FROM BEING OBVIOUSLY WRITTEN IN THERE.

IF YOU BELIEVE THAT WE SHOULD HAVE THAT PROVISION, WE CAN MODIFY IT.

>> I'M THROWING IT OUT THERE. I'M REALLY NOT SURE ON THE PREVAILING ATTORNEY'S FEES PROVISION.

IF IT IS HELPFUL TO ENCOURAGE SOMEBODY WHO FEELS THAT I DON'T HAVE AN ATTORNEY WHO WILL BE ABLE TO HELP PROTECT ME FROM THIS CONTINUAL NUISANCE.

OR IS IT GOING TO BE, WELL, IF I LOSE THEN I CAN'T AFFORD IT AND IT'LL DETERMINE? IT WAS JUST SOMETHING THAT WAS IN MY HEAD.

>> I THINK FROM EXPERIENCE IN DEALING WITH ESPECIALLY NOISE SLASH ESPECIALLY GRANT, THE NEIGHBOR ARE GOING TO DEPENDING ON THE CITY TO TAKE ACTION AND PART OF [INAUDIBLE] FILE A LAWSUIT, MOST LIKELY I WOULD SAY.

BUT IF YOU FEEL NEEDS TO ADD THAT EXTRA PROTECTION, OR A NEIGHBOR FEEL LIKE THE CITY HAS NOT TAKEN CONCRETE ACTIONS, AND THERE NEEDS TO BE A PREVAILING PARTY ATTORNEY'S FEES PROVISION, WE CAN ADD IT.

>> NOT SO SURE.

>> OKAY.

>> THAT'S WHY I'M BRINGING IT UP TO DISCUSSION AS A BRAINSTORMING. I'M NOT REALLY SURE.

>> OKAY.

>> THE MORE THINK ABOUT IT, I DON'T THINK WE WANTED TO REALLY REGULATE OR GOVERN ANY PERSONAL LOSS BECAUSE IT CLEARLY SAYS THAT ANY EFFECTIVE CITIZEN MAY BRING SUIT IN HIS OR HER NAME AGAINST THE PERSON OR PERSONS CAUSING OR MAINTAINING THE NUISANCE.

I THINK THAT'S CLEAR ENOUGH TRYING TO ORCHESTRATE THEN WHAT HAPPENS IF A FEW PREVAILS.

>> WELL, IT'S MORE OF A LAW THAT'S ALLOWING THE PERSON TO BE ABLE TO BRING THAT SUIT.

IT'S ONE OF THE THINGS.

>> IN FACT, NOTWITHSTANDING THAT PROVISION, A PERSON CAN BRING A PRIVATE NUISANCE LAWSUIT.

YOU CAN BRING A PRIVATE NUISANCE LAWSUIT TO COMMISSION NEIGHBORHOOD.

>> THAT'S WHY I JUST WANTED TO BRING IT UP IN MY HEAD.

>> OKAY.

>> THANKS.

>> COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS.

>> THANK YOU, MAYOR. THE WARDEN'S NEIGHBOR WAS MENTIONED OR THE PERSONS, SO LET'S SAY THE HOUSE IS EMPTY.

IT'S OWNED BY AN INVESTOR AND THE HOST OF THE CITY MANAGER WHO IS IT BEING TAGGED TO THE INVESTMENT PROPERTY OWNER, OR THE CITY MANAGER AS FAR AS FINDING LANES AND ALL THAT.

>> I DON'T KNOW WHEN WE LENA PROPERTIES ARE ALWAYS ON THE PROPERTY [OVERLAPPING]

>> YOU SAID PERCENT TOO, I THINK.

>> YEAH, BUT THIS IS THE NEIGHBOR WHO WAS

[01:25:02]

AFFECTED BY THE NOISE THAT OCCUR THE NEXT DOOR, IS ABLE TO BRING SUIT AGAINST EITHER THE PROPERTY OWNER FOR ALLOWING THE HOME TO BE RENTED AND BRINGING THAT NUISANCE OR AGAINST THE PERSON WHO DREW THE PARTY.

THAT LAWSUIT IS A PRIVATE LAWSUIT [OVERLAPPING]

>> I'M TALKING ABOUT THE CITY PART OF IT.

>> OR WHO WOULD BE SUED? THE CITY ATTORNEY.

>> WHO WOULD CITY GO AFTER? [OVERLAPPING]

>> THE PROPERTY OWNER.

>> THE PROPERTY OWNERS?

>> YES.

>> THEY'RE RENTING THEIR HOME OUT FOR AT LEAST FOR 12 MONTHS.

THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.

WE'RE GOING AFTER THE HOMEOWNER, NOT THE PERSON ACTUALLY HOSTING THE PARTY.

>> STILL SHOW THAT?

>> YES. GENERALLY, JUST LIKE AIRBNB OR ANY LEASE, THE OWNER BY LAW IS RESPONSE FOR HIS OR HER PROPERTY.

>> OKAY. I JUST WANT CLARITY ON THAT. THANK YOU.

>> THEY OF COURSE, ALL MORNING CAN GET RELIEF FROM THE PERSON THEY DEAL WITH THAT PERSON.

[OVERLAPPING]

>> YOU CAN FIND ME, BUT THE IMMEDIATE IMPACT OF THE ENFORCEMENT WOULD BE ON THE VIOLATOR, AND THEN THE LATER ACTION WOULD BE AGAINST THE PROPERTY.

>> WHEN DOES TAKE PLACE REGARDLESS IF WE PUT THIS IN THE ORDINANCE, ISN'T THAT THEIR RIGHTS REGARDLESS?

>> NO. ALL THE LANGUAGE THAT WAS ON THE SCREEN THAT'S UNDERLYING, IT'S NEW.

IT'S CURRENTLY NOT IN THE SPECIAL EVENT LEGISLATION.

>> RIGHT BUT WOULDN'T NEIGHBORS BE ABLE TO SUE EACH OTHER [OVERLAPPING]

>> REGARDLESS OF THAT? SO IS NOT NEEDED BECAUSE THAT'S THEIR RIGHT REGARDLESS OF WHETHER I JUST UNDERSTAND.

>> THEY CAN. BUT I THINK THERE WAS A REQUEST TO INCLUDE A NEW SENSE PROVISION THAT WAS STRONG TO BOLSTER THE CITY, YES.

>> ACTUALLY, UNDER OUR NUISANCE PROVISION, THOUGH, IF WE FIND IT GOES THROUGH THE NUISANCE PROCESS, IT COULD ALSO BE ASSESSED AGAINST THE TAX BILL.

>> BUT THE CITY WOULD BE ABATING, AND SO I THINK THAT WAS A DISCUSSION WE HAD BEFORE TRYING TO DETERMINE HOW DO YOU ABATE A PARTY AND WHAT RESOURCES DO YOU SPAN TO CONDUCT THAT ABATEMENT.

NORMALLY, YOUR ABATING A POOL BY CLEANING IT OR GRASS BY CUTTING IT, OR VEHICLE BY REMOVING IT, SO YOU'RE INCURRING SOME COST.

THAT'S THE COST THAT THEN IS LIEN AGAINST YOUR PROPERTY.

IN THIS CASE, IT WAS A BIT DIFFICULT TO DETERMINE HOW YOU OBEYED A PARTY AND WHAT COSTS WOULD YOU INCUR BY DOING THAT.

BUT NOTWITHSTANDING, IF YOU DO INCUR ANY COSTS.

>> WE HAVE TO HAVE OUR FIRE RESCUE THERE THEN REALISTICALLY FIRE RESCUE, THEY'RE SAYING THAT WE NEED TO ABATE THIS PARTY THAN WE PROBABLY HAVE OUR POLICE THERE AS WELL.

THESE ARE ALL EMERGENCY SERVICES THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE HAVING THAT'LL BE.

SO IN ADDITION TO THE ACTUAL VIOLATION, THERE'S ALSO MONEY INCURRED IN TIME SPENDS WHERE OUR FIRST RESPONDERS ARE TAKING CARE OF THIS, BUT THAT'S MONETARY.

>> POTENTIALLY THOSE CAN BE ABATEMENT COSTS, BUT THAT'S THE COST THAT THEN IS LEANED AGAINST YOUR PROPERTY.

>> I'M GOING TO WHERE THEY'RE GOING STRAIGHT TO THE 15,000 IF IT'S THE ONE-PARTY HOUSE THAT WE'RE THINKING OF THAT HEADS CONTINUALLY-DONE THIS, THEN THAT 15,000 LNG GETS PUT ON AS A NUISANCE LEAN, AND THEN WE GET TO COLLECT IT THROUGH THE TAX BILL, AND THAT WOULD BE ONE WAY TO SAY, PLEASE STOP DOING THIS IS BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO HURT WHEN THEY GO TO PAY THE TAX BILL.

>> WITHOUT A DOUBT, THIS ORDINANCE IS LOADED WITH TOOLS, SO THEY WILL HAVE MANY WAYS OF ADDRESSING THE ISSUE.

>> THANK YOU. OBVIOUSLY, THIS IS ONE OF THE MORE SEVERE ONES IN THE TOOLBOX.

IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE'RE SAYING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS EVERY SINGLE TIME.

THIS HAS BEEN OCCURRING WAY TOO LONG AND THE ABUSE OF IT HAS GOTTEN TOO SO EXTREME THAT UNFORTUNATELY, SOMETHING LIKE THIS NEEDS TO BE PUT INTO OUR TOOLBOX.

>> I UNDERSTAND IT BEING IN THE TOOLBOX, BUT PUTTING MYSELF IN A POSITION WHERE SOMEONE COULD JUST DO THAT TO ME RANDOMLY.

THERE'LL BE SAFEGUARD AGAINST THAT.

THAT'S YOU'D HAVE TO BE AT A CERTAIN LEVEL AS THIS PARTICULAR HOME WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.

>> PROVIDED YOU'RE NOT JOINING A PARTY THAT THE ADVERTISING MEDIA THAT YOU'RE CHARGING $15 A DAY TO COME AND EVERYONE IS HOPING TO ATTENDING YOUR PARTY SITUATION THEN [OVERLAPPING]

>> L SAFEGUARD FOR EVERYBODY ELSE WANTS TO THROW A FOURTH OF JULY PARTY OR A WINE TASTING OR.

>> IT MIGHT BE DIFFERENT. THAT'S WHY WE WERE CAREFUL WITH THE DEFINITION OF WHAT CONSTITUTES A SPECIAL EVENT.

OTHERWISE, YOU'RE THROWING A PARTY AND IT'S NOT ESPECIALLY MEANT THAT YOU WOULD NEED A PERMIT.

[01:30:02]

[OVERLAPPING]

>> I JUST WANTED TO BE CAREFUL THAT IN THE FUTURE SOMEONE CAN USE THIS AGAINST AN AVERAGE RESIDENT DOING WHAT PEOPLE DO IN THEIR HOME.

>> COMMISSIONER WRIGHT?

>> YEAH. THAT WAS ONE OF MY QUESTIONS LIKE VIOLATING PEOPLE'S PRIVACY, AND ALSO [NOISE]

>> DIGGING INTO THEIR SOCIAL MEDIA.

PEOPLE ADVERTISE PAUL PRIVATE PARTIES ON SOCIAL MEDIA ALL THE TIME.

SO YOU'RE SAYING IF THERE IS A CHARGE, THEN THAT'S WHERE THIS ORDINANCE WOULD COME INTO PLACE.

THE KEY THING IN THERE IS CHARGING FOR A PARTY.

>> THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE SAW WITH THE PARTY HOUSE SITUATION, BUT THAT'S NOT THE ONLY WAY YOU DETERMINE IF IT'S A SPECIAL EVENT.

AS IT IS NOW, THERE'S A SPECIAL EVENT PERMIT PROCESS THAT THE CITY HAS WHEREVER YOU'RE DOING A CARNIVAL OR A FESTIVAL OR SO ON.

ANNUAL REPROCESS, ABOUT SIX TO EIGHT SPECIALTY BANK.

WHAT WE DID WITH THIS WAS STILL EXPAND THE SPECIAL EVENT DEFINITION TO INCLUDE ABOVE, FAIRS, AND MUSIC AND ART EVENTS.

ANY ACTIVITY OR EVENT ORGANIZER PROMOTED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM THAT SUBSTANTIALLY INCREASES OR DISRUPTS THE NORMAL FLOW OF TRAFFIC ON A ROADWAY, STREET OR HIGHWAY, OR REQUIRES A CITY TO ALLOCATE ITS PERSONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, EQUIPMENT, OR PROPERTY AT LEVELS OF SERVICE THAT EXCEEDS THE ORDINARY ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES.

THAT'S YOUR NEW SPECIAL EVENT DEFINITION.

ANY EVENT THAT RISES TO THIS LEVEL WOULD BE REGARDED AS A SPECIAL EVENT.

AND FOR YOUR FIRST VIOLATION WOULD BE CONDUCTING THE EVENT WITHOUT A SPECIAL EVENT PERMIT.

>> IN REFERENCE TO DR. DANIEL'S POINT, YOU WILL HAVE A VERY DIVERSE COMMUNITY AND WE'VE SEEN ACROSS THE COUNTRY, WERE ON THE NEWS PEOPLE WERE PROFILE BASED ON DIVERSITY.

I THINK IN TERMS OF THAT POINT, WE DON'T WANT NECESSARILY WANT TO HAVE A NEIGHBOR PROFILE, SOMEONE, BECAUSE THEY'RE OF A CERTAIN BACKGROUND.

HOW WOULD WE TRY TO MITIGATE SITUATIONS LIKE THAT WHERE WE DON'T EMBARRASS THE CITY IN SITUATIONS LIKE THAT IN TERMS OF YOUR HAVING A PURSE, A PRIVATE PARTY, AND YOUR NEIGHBOR JUST CALLING SOMEONE BECAUSE THEY JUST DON'T LIKE YOU HAVING A PARTY?

>> I THINK IT WOULD MEAN TRAINING ON OUR PART TO ASSESS IF WERE CALLED OUT, WHETHER THIS RISES TO THE LEVEL WHERE IT IS DISRUPTING THE NORMAL FLOW OF TRAFFIC, WHETHER IT REQUIRES ALLOCATION IN PERSONNEL THAT IS ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT WOULD HAVE GONE OUT THERE IF I THROW A PARTY AND MAYBE ONE OFFICER WERE TO RESPOND.

BUT IF THIS IS SO BIG IN NATURE THAT YOU ARE RELYING ON MORE RESOURCES THAN NORMAL.

IF YOU'RE CLOSING DOWN THE STREET, IF THERE'S TOO MANY CARS, I THINK THAT'S WHY THE DEFINITION WAS REWRITTEN TO INCLUDE THOSE SITUATIONS.

>> YOU'RE SAYING THE FIRE CHIEF OR THE OFFICER CAN MAKE THAT JUDGMENT HOLISTICALLY ONCE THEY GO OUT THERE AND THEN SINCE THE PARTY TO SEE IT'S A PRIVATE PARTY, THEY LOOK AT ALL THIS STUFF AND IT WILL MAKE THAT A DUAL MAKE THAT ASSESSING.

>> ABSOLUTELY. IT'S EITHER SO-CALLED COMPLIANCE AS WELL, ALTHOUGH THEY CAN CLOSE THE PARTY, BUT IF THEY'RE CALLED AND THEY MADE THAT ASSESSMENT, THAT IT RISES TO THAT LEVEL, THEN YES, THE FIRST VIOLATION, AND THEN THEY MAY RELY IF IT'S TOO CROWDED IF THERE ARE ISSUES WHERE IT PRESENTS A HAZARD AND THEY CAN CALL THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND ASK FOR ASSISTANCE TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE OR CLOSE THE PARTY DOWN.

>> BASICALLY JUST AS AN EXAMPLE, IF YOU KNOW YOUR HOUSE FITS COMFORTABLY 20 PEOPLE, OR YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A PARTY, YOU KNOW THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE 50 PEOPLE AND IT'S GOING TO MAYBE BE A LITTLE BIT LOUDER THAN NORMAL AND YOU'RE GOING TO BE SERVING PEOPLE OR THEIR PARKING IS GOING TO BE ON THE STREET OR YOU BECAUSE YOUR COMMUNITY DOESN'T HAVE A LOT OF PARKING FOR ALL THESE CARS, USUALLY, A PERSON IS GOING TO APPLY TO THE CITY FOR THE SPECIAL EVENT PERMIT AND BE ABLE TO HANDLE A LARGER PARTY THAN EXPECTED.

FOR WHAT THE PURPOSE OF THIS ONE IS IT'S NOT A PERMANENT EVENT.

THERE WAS A HOME THAT HAD ALMOST 200 PEOPLE IN THERE, THERE WAS CARS ALL OVER OTHER PEOPLE'S PARK DRIVEWAYS TO THE PARTIES.

THESE ARE THINGS AND PORT-A-POTTY ARE REGULATED.

THE NOISE IS SO EXTREME THAT IS AFFECTING COMMUNITIES FROM MILES AROUND, AS YOU KNOW NOISE AND SOUND TRAVEL.

THIS ISN'T TRYING TO PROFILE OR SPOTLIGHT OR TAKE A COMMUNITY AND SAY, OR A PERSON OF ANY CULTURE AND SAY, WE DON'T WANT YOU CELEBRATING.

THE PEOPLE THAT WERE ALSO PARTICIPATING IN THESE PARTIES THERE ARE SOME YOUNGER AGE PEOPLE ATTENDING WITH ALCOHOL BEING SERVED.

THEN AT CERTAIN PARTS, WE FOUND THAT THERE WAS MONEY BEING CHARGED.

SO AS I SAID,

[01:35:02]

IT'S AN EXTREME ITEM TO BE ABLE TO ENCOMPASS SOMETHING OF THE SORT THAT HAS HAPPENED, NOT ONLY IN ONE HOME BUT IN SEVERAL HOMES IN THE CITY, AND BE ABLE TO GIVE SOME PROTECTIONS TO THE COMMUNITY AND NOT LET THIS CONTINUE.

>> NOW, CAN I ADD TO YOUR COMMENT ADDRESS COMMISSIONER WRIGHT.

OBVIOUSLY, THIS ENFORCEMENT PROCESS IS AN ADMINISTRATIVE AND LEGAL PROCESS.

IN ORDER TO ESTABLISH A VIOLATION AND IMPOSE SIGNIFICANT FINES, THE CITY HAS HAD NOT JUST VERBAL EVIDENCE, PICTURES, AND DOCUMENTS TO SUPPORT THE FINDING, SO TO ADDRESS YOUR CONCERN, IT'S NOT JUST GOING TO BE HE SAID SHE SAID WE'RE IN TROUBLE.

>> COMMISSIONER DANIEL, DO YOU HAVE A FRIEND?

>> I'M GLAD YOU SAID THAT BECAUSE MY WORRY IS WE KEEP PARTIES ALL THE TIME.

[LAUGHTER]

>> BUT IT NEVER GETS TO THE LEVEL YOU GUYS DESCRIBE.

AS LONG AS WE COULD JUST THINK THAT MY NEIGHBORS AREN'T GOING TO BE IN TROUBLE FOR KEEPING A PARTY FOR MYSELF.

BECAUSE HAVING 20 GUESTS, THAT'S JUST FAMILY.

>> BUT IF YOUR HOUSE ONLY FITS 10 PEOPLE.

I'M JUST TRYING TO USE NUMBERS.

>> JUST AS LONG AS WE'RE NOT SUBJECTIVE.

BUT WHAT YOU SAID GAVE ME COMFORT.

THE CDA WOULD HAVE TO PROVE THAT THIS IS WHAT IT IS, AND PEOPLE CALL THE POLICE FOR ANYTHING.

IT'S NOTHING TO SEE THE POLICE IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD.

>> BECAUSE YOUR FEAR AND MY FEAR ARE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS.

THAT DOESN'T MEAN BECAUSE I CALL THE POLICE OR THE FIRE CHIEF, AND HOPEFULLY, I'M NOT CALLING THEM FOR SOMETHING UNREASONABLE, DOESN'T MEAN THAT I'M A CRIMINAL I NEED THIS.

THAT'S JUST MY FEAR. I THINK WHOEVER THIS NEW CENTER IS ABSOLUTELY YOU NEED TO BE STUCK WITH YOU HOLDING A BUSINESS.

>> IT'S NOT THAT THERE ARE CRIMINALS, IT'S JUST THEY'RE DISTURBING OTHER PEOPLE'S QUALITY OF LIFE AND BEING ABLE TO ENJOY THAT.

>> WELL, THAT'LL BE A CRIMINAL NOW ONCE WE DO THAT.

>> NO, THEY'RE NOT A CRIMINAL, IT'S A FINE.

>> A FINE DOESN'T NECESSARILY MAKE YOU A CRIMINAL.

I DON'T KNOW. KATLIN, DOES IT? [LAUGHTER]

>> NO.

>> I THINK ALL OF US AT ONE TIME HAVE SOME FINE.

[LAUGHTER]

>> THERE'S SOME LINES ACROSS WHERE I USED TO LIVE, I VIOLATED THIS PARKING REGULATION ALL THE TIME BECAUSE IT'S A DOUBLE YELLOW LINE AND I COULD GET OUT OF MY HOUSE IF I WANTED TO TURN LEFT OR IF I WANT TO TURN RIGHT, YES.

BUT ANYWAY, IT IS 11: 38, AND WE HAVE A COUPLE MORE ITEMS TO GO.

ARE WE READY TO CONTINUE TO GO THROUGH OR IS THERE A RESTROOM BREAK? ARE WE GOOD? LET'S GO.

WE'RE ON 1D, THE RPA DISCUSSION,

[1.d ARPA Discussion Presented by Maxine Calloway, Assistant City Manager/Community DevelopmentDirector and Christine Cajuste, Financial Services Director]

AND WE'RE PRESENTED BY MS. MAXINE CALLOWAY, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR AND MAHER MANSOUR, WHO WILL BE STAYING WITH US, WHO IS OUR ASSISTANT COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, AND WE'RE GOING TO BE JOINED, AND THERE SHE IS, CHRISTINE CAJUSTE IS OUR FINANCIAL SERVICES DIRECTOR.

JOIN THE PARTY AND LET'S TALK RPA FUNDS.

[LAUGHTER]

>> GOOD MORNING AGAIN.

MAXINE CALLOWAY FOR THE RECORD AND WE CAN MAKE THIS ONE RATHER QUICK FOR ALL INVOLVED.

WE DID NOT MAKE ANY CHANGES TO THE PRESENTATION.

WE PRESENTED THIS TO YOU ABOUT TWO MONTHS AGO.

WE TALKED ABOUT THE FUNDS THAT ARE NOW AVAILABLE.

THAT IS UNENCUMBERED RELATIVE TO THE RPA FUNDS.

JUST TO GO BACK TO THIS SLIDE, AS YOU KNOW, THE CITY RECEIVED A TOTAL ALLOCATION OF 10,897,000, 007 IN RPA FUNDS, AND MOST OF THAT HAS BEEN ALLOCATED WITH THE EXCEPTION OF 897,000, 007.

THESE ARE THE PROGRAMS THAT WE WERE PROPOSING THE LAST TIME FOR CONSIDERATION FOR THE EXPENDITURE OF THE 897,007 AT THE TIME.

YOU WANTED TO THINK ABOUT IT A LITTLE BIT MORE.

I THINK THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION RELATIVE TO THE HOMELESS ALLOCATION AND NOT THINKING THAT THAT WAS PERHAPS TOO MUCH, BUT ALL THE OTHER ITEMS REMAIN THE SAME.

I CAN GO THROUGH THE SLIDES JUST TO REFRESH YOU ON WHAT EACH MIGHT BE, BUT WE'RE JUST LOOKING FOR FEEDBACK AT THIS MEETING IN TERMS OF WHAT YOU'D LIKE TO SEE THESE FUNDS EXPENDED ON.

I'LL JUST GO THROUGH THE HOUSING STABILITY SERVICES, 152,000 BEING PROPOSED TO PROVIDE 80 HOURS A WEEK, 1,200 HOURS ANNUALLY TO ADDRESS THE HOMELESS ISSUE THAT WE HAVE IN THE CITY.

WE WOULD DO STREET OUTREACH IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COUNTY ON THIS PROPOSAL.

[01:40:05]

THE LAST TIME, WE HAVE A POINT IN COUNT IN TERMS OF OUR HOMELESS POPULATION.

IN 2023, WHAT WE SAW WAS ABOUT 44, WHICH IS AN UNOFFICIAL RESULT.

THAT HAS NOT BEEN SUBSTANTIATED.

BUT THE POINT IN COUNT IS ON THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN WHERE YOU'RE SEEING IT'S 13.

WHICH IS WHAT WE DISCUSSED THE LAST TIME.

FOR THE SINGLE-FAMILY ROOF AND WINDOW PROGRAM WE'RE PROPOSING 505,307, WHICH WILL ASSIST ABOUT 20 RESIDENTS, WHICH IS ABOUT $25,000 FOR RESIDENTS.

AS IT IS NOW, WE HAVE A MINOR HOME REPAIR PROGRAM WHERE THE FUNDS ARE NEVER SUFFICIENT TO ASSIST THE FOLKS THAT NEED IN OUR COMMUNITY.

AS IT IS NOW, WE HAVE ABOUT 338 APPLICATIONS THAT WERE FILED FOR THE MINOR HOME REPAIR PROGRAM FOR 2022.

THIS IS A PROGRAM THAT THERE'S A NEED IN THE COMMUNITY.

THE RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

THIS WOULD BE $100,000 TOWARDS THAT PROGRAM.

IT WILL PROVIDE A GAP FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE IMPACTED BY COVID WHERE THEIR RENT MIGHT HAVE BEEN INCREASED MORE THAN FIVE PERCENT.

IT WOULD PROVIDE $3,500 TO ASSIST JUST FOR THAT GAP NOT TO EXCEED 3,500 FOR UP TO SIX MONTHS OF RELIEF.

THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMPONENT WAS $50,000 FOR WOMEN IN DISTRESS.

WE CURRENTLY PARTNER WITH THEM THROUGH OUR CDBG FUNDS, BUT THIS WAS JUST NOT ENOUGH.

WE GIVE THEM $15,000 AS IT IS NOW, AND THE PROPOSAL THAT THEY SUBMITTED TO US, THEY'RE ASKING FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING.

THERE'S A NEED IN THE COMMUNITY AS WELL.

WE'RE PROPOSING AN ADDITIONAL $50,000.

I CAN JUST GO BACK TO HERE.

WE'LL TAKE YOUR QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.

WE'RE JUST LOOKING FOR SOME DIRECTION WE WOULD LIKE TO ALLOCATE THESE FUNDS.

>> I STILL FEEL THAT THE STABILITY HAS INSTABILITY.

THE HOMELESS 152,000 COULD GO TO HELPING OUR HOMELESS POPULATION BUT THROUGH A DIFFERENT MECHANISM VERSUS TWO PEOPLE.

I THINK WHEN WE CALCULATED IT LAST TIME, IT WAS ONLY SEVERAL HOURS.

IT WASN'T GOING TO TAKE A WHOLE YEAR.

IT WOULD BE LIKE THREE WEEKS OR THREE MONTHS OF THEIR TIME.

WHEREAS MAYBE IF WE ALLOCATED IT TO PROGRAMS THAT WILL HELP WITH HOUSING TRANSITION.

OTHER PROGRAMS THAT I MENTIONED LAST TIME WE WERE HERE, SO I DON'T WANT TO BELABOR IT UNLESS YOU WANT ME TO.

I THINK THAT ONE NEEDS, IN MY OPINION, 152 CAN GO TO SOMETHING ELSE TO ACTUALLY HELP OUR HOMELESS POPULATION.

I WAS NOT UNDERSTANDING WHAT THE 44 IS.

>> YOU WANT ME TO GO BACK?

>> THE 152, IF YOU GO TO THE 152 AND WHAT THAT WAS ONLY SPENT ON, THAT'S SUPPOSED TO GO TO PROVIDE HOUSING STABILITY SERVICES FOR ONE YEAR FOR INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.

I'M FINE WITH THAT PART, GOING TO HELP PEOPLE PROVIDE THEM THAT.

BUT FOR THE OUTREACH TEAM, THE LAST TIME WE WERE HERE, IT WAS ACTUALLY 152 WAS TO PAY FOR THEIR SALARIES FOR THEM TO DO THE OUTREACH.

>> IT'S FOR TWO INDIVIDUALS TO DO 80 HOURS PER WEEK, 1,200 HOURS ANNUALLY.

FOR TWO INDIVIDUALS, WE WENT BACK TO THE AGENCY TO TRY TO SEE IF WE CAN GET IT AT LAST.

THIS IS THE LOWEST PROPOSAL THEY CAN PROVIDE BECAUSE OF SAFETY REASONS.

THEY CAN'T HAVE ONE PERSON OUT.

BECAUSE AS WE HAVE DISCUSSED, THE HOMELESS POPULATION OFTENTIMES THERE ARE MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES AS WELL, AND SO WHAT WAS EXPLAINED TO US, IT'S SAFER TO HAVE A TEAM WHEN THEY'RE GOING OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY.

>> VERY MUCH UNDERSTANDABLE.

I'LL GET BACK TO THAT IN A SECOND.

BUT THERE WAS A NUMBER OF 44.

WHAT DOES THE 44 ON THE SLIDE THAT YOU HAD? ON THE NEXT SLIDE, YOU HAD 44.

>> THIS IS OUR HONESTY WE UPDATED THE NUMBERS.

OUR POINT IN TIME COUNT, WHICH IS WHAT WE GET FROM A DATABASE.

THE LAST TIME WE PRESENTED THAT IT WAS, IS IT NUMBER 13 OR 15 AT THE BOTTOM? THAT'S [OVERLAPPING] 15 AT THE BOTTOM.

THAT'S THE LAST TIME WE PRESENTED IT.

WE ASKED FOR AN UPDATE AND THAT NUMBER INCREASED TO 44, ALTHOUGH IT'S AN UNOFFICIAL RESULT.

WE WOULD HAVE TO GO OUT AND CONFIRM THAT THAT'S THE CASE.

>> BUT WE'RE SAYING THERE'S 44 UNOFFICIAL PEOPLE LAYING IN OUR SLEEP, SLEEPING IN OUR PLACES? OR IS THAT THE PEOPLE WHO COME OFF THE BUS FROM OTHER LOCATIONS AND PANHANDLE IN THE MIDDLE OF OUR STREETS AND THEN SIT ON OUR BENCHES AND SIT ON THE BUS AREA AND RELAX?

>> IT MIGHT INCLUDE THOSE AS WELL.

>> IT PROBABLY INCLUDES THOSE AS WELL.

ONE OF THE REASONS WHY IT'S BENEFICIAL, WE'RE INCLUDING TRANSIENT PEOPLE WHO DECIDE TO UTILIZE OUR CITY STREETS.

THEN WHEN THEY'RE NOT IN OUR CITY STREETS, THEY GO ACROSS THE STREET TO UTILIZE THE SISTER CITY STREETS ALL ACROSS.

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BECAUSE AS I'VE SHARED WITH YOU, I SEE SOME OF THESE PEOPLE AS I DRIVE AROUND TO GO TO MEETINGS IN OTHER PARTS OF OTHER CITIES AS WELL.

THERE ARE SOME WHO ARE DESPERATELY IN NEED, NO DOUBT, AND THERE ARE SOME WHO ARE JUST TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE SYSTEM, WHICH IS WHY I WOULD BE MORE COMFORTABLE MAKING SURE THE FUNDS ARE AT A FACILITY OR LOCATION THAT WE KNOW WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO BE OF SOME HELP TO THE PEOPLE WHO ARE WANTING TO HELP AND THE PEOPLE THAT WANT TO GET HELP.

I HAVE A LITTLE [NOISE]

>> TROUBLE ON THIS ONE.

I HAVE NO PROBLEM FORGIVING IT, IF WE GIVE IT TO THE ORGANIZATIONS, SAY, THIS IS FOR MORE THAN ONE PERSON FOR THE YEAR TO BE ABLE TO SLEEP HERE, GIVE IT FOR TWO PEOPLE THAT CAN SLEEP HERE, GIVE IT TO THREE, GIVE IT FOR THE PROGRAMMING AT THE PLACE.

I KNOW EVERYBODY NEEDS A JOB, BUT I DON'T THINK THAT MONEY SHOULD BE SPENT ON FOCUSING ON GIVING TWO PEOPLE EMPLOYMENT VERSUS GIVING TWO PEOPLE A BED OR SHELTER AND THE ABILITY TO DO WHAT THEY NEED TO DO TO COME OUT OF HOMELESSNESS IF POSSIBLE.

AS FAR AS EVERYTHING ELSE, I'M VERY MUCH FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE FOR WOMEN IN DISTRESS.

WE DO GIVE THEM SOME CERTAIN THEY'VE ASKED FOR MORE.

YOU SAID THIS YEAR [OVERLAPPING]

>> IS THE 50,000 TO COVER IT.

IS IT STILL GOING TO BE MORE OR IS IT LESS THAN THEY WERE ASKED? IS THE $50,000 MORE THAN THEY'RE ASKED?

>> I'LL MAKE SURE [INAUDIBLE]

>> NO IF THEY'VE ASKED US FOR MONEY.

HOW MUCH DID THEY ASK US FOR?

>> NOW, I'LL GET BACK.

>> NO. I WAS CLARIFYING. FOR WHATEVER MONEY WE GIVE THE ORGANIZATION IN THE PAST IT'S BEEN AND HOPEFULLY IT WOULD STAY THE SAME.

THE MONEY GOES TO TAMARAC RESIDENTS WHO ARE IN THEIR FOR NEED, NOT TO SAY THAT OTHER PEOPLE IN OTHER PLACES DON'T NEED IT, BUT BECAUSE MONEY IS OUR MONEY AND I WANTED TO GO TO OUR TAMARAC RESIDENTS WHO ARE CRYING OUT FOR HELP.

THEN I DO WANT TO MAKE A POINT IN CASE PEOPLE ARE NOT AWARE THAT WE DO NEED TO MAKE A DECISION EXTREMELY, VERY SOON BECAUSE THERE ARE CLAW BACKS THAT ARE BEING TRIED AND THEY HAVEN'T TRIED.

THERE WAS A CLAW BACK THAT WAS ATTEMPTED ON THE SENATE FLOOR LAST WEEK. IT DID FAIL.

BUT IT'S NOT JUST FOR IT TO BE ENCUMBERED, IT NEEDS TO BE SPENT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE OR ELSE THEY'RE TRYING TO GET THE MONEY BACK. WHAT WAS THE AMOUNT?

>> [INAUDIBLE].

>> OKAY. SAY THEY ONLY WANTED 40,000.

>> SHE SAID 15,000 BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE OFFERED.

>> FIFTEEN THOUSAND SO IT'S ANOTHER 35,000 OUT OF THAT 50,000.

MY THOUGHT IS STILL DOING FOOD DISTRIBUTION EVERY WEEKEND WHEN PEOPLE ARE STILL COMING.

THAT MAYBE WE CAN GIVE THE OTHER PART OF IT TO FEEDING SOUTH FLORIDA TO BE ABLE TO HELP WITH THE FOOD DISTRIBUTIONS THAT WE'RE DOING HERE EVERY WEEK.

IF NOT, I'M FINE WITH ALL 50 GOING TO WOMEN IN DISTRESS.

BUT I WAS JUST KNOWING THAT WE HAVE MANY MORE PEOPLE STILL COMING IN LINE EVERY WEEK.

I'VE HAD A COUPLE OF NEW PEOPLE THIS PAST SATURDAY.

THAT WAS JUST MINE. VICE MAYOR WAS ACTUALLY FIRST THEN.

>> THANK YOU, MS. CALLOWAY. OF THE $152,000 FOR HOMELESSNESS INITIATIVES, HOW MUCH MONEY IS GOING TO HOMELESSNESS AND HOW MUCH MONEY IS GOING TO THE TEAM FOR SALARIES?

>> THE ENTIRE 152 IS TO PROVIDE WHAT I WOULD TERM AS CONCIERGE SERVICE.

WE WANT TO GET TO OUR HOMELESS BECAUSE THE SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE, BUT IT'S GOING OUT.

THIS TEAM IS GOING OUT TOGETHER, GET INTO OUR HOMELESS, TRYING TO GET THEM OFF THE STREET, ULTIMATELY TO GET TO A VISION ZERO AND HOMELESS SIZE IS ZERO PEOPLE ON THE STREET.

IT'S REALLY TO PROVIDE THEM WITH THE SERVICES THAT EXIST, TRY TO GET THEM INTO WHETHER IT'D BE A SHELTER AND GET THEM A BATH, BUT GETTING THEM THE SERVICES.

THIS IS ESSENTIALLY FOR THESE TWO PEOPLE HAVE A PRESENCE.

[OVERLAPPING]

>> THERE'S HARDLY A ONE FOR ONE IS FOR THE PRESENT AND ULTIMATELY WITHIN THAT ONE YEAR, WHATEVER ERADICATED EVERYONE.

>> I AGREE WITH THE MAYOR THERE THAT I DON'T THINK THAT THIS SHOULD GO TO SALARIES.

THAT'S THAT, WE'LL COME BACK TO THAT.

THE INSURANCE RELATED PROJECTS NUMBER 2, I THINK THE LAST TIME WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT

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THIS POINT OF CONTENTION THERE WAS THAT WE'RE SPENDING $500,000 ON THAT LINE ITEM WHILE RESIDENTS ARE COMPLAINING ABOUT RISING HOA AND CONDO FEES AND THAT STUFF.

THE COST STAFF WAS WITH ME AT CENTRAL PARK WHEN [NOISE]

>> RESIDENTS COMPLAINED ABOUT THE EXACT SAME THING THAT THEY NEEDED HELP WITH CDD FEES ARE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION FEES.

I DISTINCTLY REMEMBER THAT I SAID TO THE PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE, THE CROWD, SAVE THIS TO STUDY STAFF SO THAT THEY HEAR IT CLEARLY. REMEMBER THAT?

>> YEAH.

>> BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS VERY THING NOW.

WHEN RESIDENTS COME TO US FOR HELP, THEY OFTEN COME FOR HELP BECAUSE THEIR HOA FEES ARE GOING THROUGH THE ROOF, OR A CONDO IS ASSESSING THEM BECAUSE OF RESERVES AND THAT'S THE STUFF.

I BELIEVE THAT A PORTION OF THIS LINE ITEM 2 SHOULD GO TO HELPING RESIDENTS WITH RISING COST OF HOA FEES OR CONDO ASSOCIATION FEES, OR ANY FEES THAT ARE RELATED TO ASSESSMENT BECAUSE HOA ALWAYS WANT TO FUND RESERVES.

>> I WILL RESPOND TO THAT.

>> YES.

>> THIS HAS COME UP BEFORE AND YOU'RE RIGHT, YOU DID MENTION THAT AND WE DID SOME RESEARCH AND WE CAN IF THERE'S A FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTION WHERE WE CAN SEND AN EMAIL TO SOMEONE AND FURTHER CLARIFY, BUT THESE FUNDS CANNOT BE SPENT FOR THAT PURPOSE.

FOR CDD FEES OR FOR INCREASE, HOWEVER CURRENTLY WE DO HAVE AROUND SIX THAT'S UNDERWAY FOR FUNDS THAT WE RECEIVED AS A GRANT FROM THE STATE OF FLORIDA WHERE THOSE FUNDS CAN BE USED TO FOR ANY INCREASE IN HOA FEES.

THAT'S CURRENTLY OPEN, WHICH IS AROUND SIX OF OUR EMERGENCY RESIDENTIAL ASSISTANT PROGRAM.

>> I UNDERSTAND THAT WE TALKED ABOUT THAT OFFLINE.

BUT THIS CAN BE USED FOR RENTAL RENT INCREASE GAPS, BUT CANNOT BE USED FOR HOA FEES.

>> WHEN WE INCLUDED THE RENTAL GAP, WE DID THE RAREST RESEARCH TO DETERMINE WHETHER IT COULD AT THE TIME.

WE CAN GO AHEAD AND SEND AN EMAIL FOR FURTHER CLARIFICATION JUST TO SEE IF WE MIGHT HAVE OVERLOOKED SOMETHING, BUT AT THE TIME WE WERE TOLD THAT IT COULD NOT BE USED FOR THAT.

>> FOR?

>> FOR HOA INCREASE, FOR CDD INCREASES, FOR ANY ASSESSMENT THAT H0 IS MIGHT'VE RECEIVED ANY INCREASE IN COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE HOA AND CONDOMINIUM INCREASE.

>> THEN WE CAN INCREASE THE RENTAL ASSISTANCE PORTION OF THIS THEN, BECAUSE THAT IS MAJOR PROBLEM IN OUR CITY.

HOAS, CONDO ASSOCIATIONS, RENT IS TOO HIGH, I'M GETTING FORCED OUT OF MY PLACE.

SOONER OR LATER, SOME OF THE RESONANCE THAT WE HAVE LIVING IN TAMARAC RIGHT NOW AND A RENTAL PROPERTY, WE MAY NOT SEE THEM NEXT YEAR BECAUSE THEY'RE BEING FORCED OUT BY THE THE AMOUNT OF RENT THAT THEY HAVE TO PAY, RENT INCREASES.

WE NEED TO JUST ADD A LITTLE BIT MORE TO THAT.

I'D BE GOOD WITH INCREASING THE AMOUNT FOR WOMEN IN DISTRESS IF IT'S NOT ENOUGH FOR THAT AS WELL.

WE CAN GO BACK TO THE HOMELESSNESS [NOISE]

>> LINE ITEM WHERE THE MAYOR AND I'M AGREEING.

I LOOKED AT WHAT THE CITY OF HOLLYWOOD DID IN ANTICIPATION FOR THIS.

WHAT THEY DID WAS PARTNERED WITH BROWARD OUTREACH CENTER.

WHAT BROWARD OUTREACH CENTER DID WAS DEDICATED BEDS IN THEIR FACILITIES FOR THE CITY OF HOLLYWOOD.

IN ESSENCE, THEY'RE SAYING AT OUR FACILITY, THESE BEDS ARE ALLOCATED TO CITY OF HOLLYWOOD ON RESIDENTS WHO ARE FACED WITH HOMELESSNESS CANNOT BE USED FOR ANY OTHER CITY, IT'S SPECIFICALLY FOR THESE PEOPLE.

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WHILE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HOMELESSNESS ON THE STREET, WE HAVE TO ALSO TALK ABOUT SITUATIONAL HOMELESSNESS.

BECAUSE HOMELESSNESS IS NOT JUST AMONG THE STREET AND PANHANDLING, WHATEVER IT IS, IS THAT PERSON WHO IS LIVING FROM PAYCHECK TO PAYCHECK DOES NOT HAVE ANYWHERE ELSE TO GO.

THAT IS FACED WITH SITUATIONAL HOMELESSNESS.

I JUST WANTED TO FIND A PLACE TO GO.

THE OTHER DAY SOMEONE REACHED OUT TO ME AND SHE WAS FACED WITH SITUATIONAL HOMELESSNESS.

THIS IS A BRIGHT, INTELLIGENT WOMAN WHO RECENTLY GOT DIVORCED, WHO IS LIVING PAYCHECK TO PAYCHECK.

IT'S JUST HARD AND SHE HAD NO WHERE TO GO.

SHE WOULD BE LITERALLY ON THE STREET IF WE DIDN'T HELP HER.

THIS PROGRAM WOULD HELP RESIDENTS IN TAMARAC, OUR SENIORS WHO ARE LIVING ON $800 A MONTH, WORKING FAMILIES WHO JUST CANNOT AFFORD TO STAY IN THEIR APARTMENTS.

WE NEED TO BOLSTER THAT 152 TO GET HELP.

I DON'T THINK THAT'S RIGHT.

MAYBE WE COULD TAKE SOME OF THE MONEY, GIVE IT TO OUR SOCIAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND WE CAN HIRE SOCIAL WORKERS THROUGH THAT SOCIAL SERVICES, OR WE HAVE A COMMITTEE THAT IS DEALING WITH HOMELESSNESS.

I BELIEVE WHEN WE WERE PUTTING PEOPLE ON THE BOARD, THEIR EXPERTISE HAD TO BE IN SOCIAL WORK AND THAT'S THE STUFF.

UTILIZE THEM TO BE THE STREET TEAM AND THEN USE SOME OF THIS MONEY TO TAKE CARE OF BEDS, MAYBE A BROWARD OUTREACH CENTER OR WHATEVER OTHER ORGANIZATION DEALS WITH THIS THING.

I'M OPEN TO HEARING SOME MORE INFORMATION OR DISCUSSIONS ON THAT ON THESE ITEMS. [NOISE]

>> I WAS WITH THE MAYOR, AND VICE MAYOR WITH THE HOMELESS THING, BUT I'M THINKING IF THEY COULD ENTERTAIN THEM FOR A LITTLE BIT.

IT MIGHT BE BEST TO GET THESE TWO WORKERS IF THEY HAD AN END GOAL SAY BY THE END OF THE YEAR.

BECAUSE I'VE SEEN THE GOALS.

YOU JUST GOT TO DRIVE BY COMMERCIAL AND UNIVERSITY.

I KNOW, IT'S LIKE THREE CITIES OR TWO CITIES INTERLOCKED OR WHATEVER.

THEY GET 80 PERCENT OF THE HOMELESS PEOPLE IN A SITUATION BECAUSE MOST OF THEM WHO ARE TRULY HOMELESS, THERE IS A MENTAL YES COMPONENT TO IT.

TO SAY AVERAGE RESIDENT IS JUST GOING TO GO UP TO THIS PERSON AND SAY, OH, CAN I GET YOU TO A SHELTER, THEN THE NEXT DAY THEY'RE OUT ON THE STREET.

YOU CANNOT GO BUY ONE THAT'S DANGEROUS, YOU DO NEED THE TWO.

IF THEY DO HAVE AN END GOAL AND IF THEY COMPLETE THE END GOAL BY THE END OF THE YEAR, IF WE SAY 44 NOW, UNOFFICIALLY, IF WE SAY BY THE END OF THE YEAR, 40 OF THOSE PEOPLE ARE MOVED OR 80 PERCENT IS MOVED OR 90 OR 100 PERCENT, THEN WE KNOW IT WORKED, AND WE DON'T SEE THEM REPEATEDLY COMING BACK.

BECAUSE INSTEAD OF POINT WHERE YOU KNOW WHO THEY ARE, I DON'T KNOW OF 44, BUT I KNOW A GOOD FIVE BECAUSE I SEE THEM CONSTANTLY, AND I KNOW WHERE THEY'LL BE. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?

>> YEAH, AND THAT SOUNDS GREAT, BUT THE ORGANIZATION, THEY CAN'T GUARANTEE ALSO.

>> ALSO THEN WE CAN'T GUARANTEE THEIR MONEY EITHER.

[OVERLAPPING]

>> YEAH, AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I ASKED MY STAFF.

THEY CAN'T GUARANTEE BECAUSE OF THE MENTAL STATE, OF COURSE, SOME [OVERLAPPING]

>> THEN WHY DO WE NEED THEM?

>> THEY WON'T GUARANTEE THE RADICALLY.

>> IF THEY CAN'T GIVE US A GOAL, OR AN END GOAL THEN WHAT'S THE POINT?

>> THEY JUST CAN'T. THESE INDIVIDUAL [OVERLAPPING]

>> I'M NOT SAYING THEY'RE GOING TO MEET THEIR GOAL, BUT WE CAN AT LEAST STRIVE FOR A GOAL.

I'M MORE CRISP I APOLOGIZE SO THAT ONE IS A DONE.

>> WAS THE NEED FOR ASSISTANCE WITH UNINSURANCE RELATED TO ROOF AND WINDOW VERSUS THEIR SYSTEM WITH RENT? BECAUSE I KNOW THERE'S MORE OF THAT.

>> YEAH. WE HAVE CURRENTLY A MINOR HOME REPAIR PROGRAM WHICH ALLOWS US TO ADDRESS ROOF AND WINDOW AND THAT PROGRAM, THE NEED WE CAN NEVER MEET THE NEED ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, AND I THINK I HAVE IT HERE.

WE HAVE 350 APPLICATIONS THAT ARE FILED PER YEAR,

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AND ALREADY FOR THIS YEAR WE HAVE 212 THAT'S SUBMITTED, AND THEN ANOTHER 298 IN PROGRESS, AND WE TYPICALLY CAN ONLY HELP 15-20.

THERE'S A DEMONSTRATED NEED WHICH IS WHY WE THOUGHT THAT THIS WITH A FOCUS [OVERLAPPING]

>> I'M SORRY.

>> THERE'S MORE OF A NEED FOR THE WINDOWS AND ROOFS?

>> YEAH.

[OVERLAPPING]

>> THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT NEED, AND WE PUT THE INSURANCE RELATED BECAUSE WE ARE GETTING CALLS FROM RESIDENTS WHO ARE SAYING THAT THEY RECEIVED LETTERS FROM THEIR INSURANCE SAYING THAT IF YOUR ROOF IS NOT REPAIRED IN A TIME CERTAIN EVEN A MEMBER OF MY STAFF RECEIVED IT AS WELL, THEN THEIR INSURANCE WILL BE DROPPED.

WE WANT TO TARGET THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE A TIME CERTAIN IN WHICH TO REPLACE THEIR ROOFS BECAUSE OF INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS.

>> THEN, WITH THE WOMAN IN DISTRESS, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE? I KNOW WHAT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.

I AGREE WITH THE TAMARAC.

HOWEVER, WITH DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, PEOPLE ARE SO PRIVATE, SOMETIMES THEY ARE FROM TAMARAC OR YOU WOULDN'T KNOW BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW WHO THEY ARE, WHAT THEY ARE.

TO LIMIT THE FUNDS TO JUST THAT I THINK IS [BACKGROUND]

>> IT'S BROADER THAN THAT, AND FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, THERE WAS AN INCREASE IN INCIDENTS WITH WOMEN IN DISTRESS COMING OUT OF COVID GIVEN AND THIS IS HOW CAROLYN WAS EXPLAINING TO ME GIVEN THE LOCK-DOWN AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT HAPPENED WITH COVID AND THEN COMING OUT OF THAT, THEY'VE SEEN AN UPTAKE IN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND THE RESOURCES AND THE NEEDS FOR THE WOMEN IN DISTRESS, WHICH IS WHY THEY WERE ASKING US.

>> I AGREE WE SHOULD IF WE COULD GIVE MORE, I WOULD EVEN AGREE THAT I WILL JUST SAY I WANT TO PUT SO MUCH OF A LIMIT ON THEM ABOUT TAMARAC BECAUSE OF THE PRIVACY AND WOMAN ARE SCARED TO REVEAL WHO THEY ARE, WHERE THEY'RE FROM.

THEY MIGHT BE TAMARAC PEOPLE WHO AREN'T SEEING THERE FROM TAMARAC.

THAT WAS JUST A LITTLE CAVEAT.

>> I THINK THE ONLY THING IS BECAUSE THESE FUNDS ARE ALLOCATED FOR HOUSING AND FOR TAMARAC, IT HAS TO REALLY BE USED FOR TAMARAC RESIDENTS.

>> CITY MANAGER.

>> MAYOR, I JUST WANTED TO ALSO EMPHASIZE THAT IN THE LAST COMMISSION MEETING, WE APPROVED A MAJOR RENTAL ASSISTANCE COMPONENT TO OUR ROUTINE HOUSING PROGRAM, SO THIS COMPLEMENTS THAT.

>> IT DOES, THE MANAGER IS VERY CORRECT.

THERE'S JUST A BIT OF A DISTINCTION, SO YOU'RE DEAD, LISTEN TO THE COMMUNITY AND WE HAVE A RENTAL ASSISTANCE STRATEGIES THAT'S NOW A PART OF THE LOCAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE PLAN.

THAT IS FOR REAL UP TO $20,000 THAT WILL INCLUDE YOUR SECURITY DEPOSIT, YOUR EVICTION PREVENTION, YOUR UTILITY DEPOSIT FOR YOU TO GET INTO A NEW PLACE, OR EVEN TO HELP YOU WHILE YOU'RE IN YOUR EXISTING PLACE, UP TO $20,000.

THIS PROGRAM IS MORE OF A GAP, NOT MORE THAN 3,500 IF YOUR RENT INCREASES GREATER THAN FIVE PERCENT.

IT'S PROVIDING LIKE THAT GAP ASSISTANCE FOR NO MORE THAN SIX MONTHS, NO GREATER THAN 3,500.

>> THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS.

>> THANK YOU, MAYOR. JUST TO PUT SOME CLARITY ON RENTAL INCREASES, WHEN A LANDLORD IS LEASING OUT A HOUSE, THEY JUST HAD THEIR INSURANCE INCREASED, THEY HAD THEIR HOA INCREASED, THEY HAD THEIR HOMESTEAD REMOVED, OR WHATEVER THE SITUATION IS.

THEY LITERALLY PASSING ON THAT COST TO THE RENTER, AND THAT IS CAUSING A MAJOR ISSUE FOR THE LEASES.

I JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT FOR THE RECORD.

I'M FINE AS IT IS, JUST BECAUSE THE $505,307, IF THEY LOSE THE INSURANCE THEN THEY GET A LIEN ON THEIR MORTGAGE FROM THEIR MORTGAGE HOLDER.

IF THERE'S AN ISSUE WITH THE HURRICANE, THAT MEANS THEY'RE GOING TO BE APPLYING FOR THE OTHER PROGRAM.

IT'S LIKE A CYCLE. I THINK THAT'S A VERY PROACTIVE ITEM THERE ON ITS OWN.

QUESTION ABOUT THE WOMEN IN DISTRESS.

DID WE FOR THIS YEAR ALREADY GAVE THEM THE 15,000?

>> YES.

>> THIS WOULD BE AN ADDITIONAL 50.

>> YES.

>> TOTAL 65.

>> YES.

>> JUST WANTED CLARITY ON THAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> COMMISSIONER WRIGHT.

>> THE ROOF AND WINDOWS AT FIRST ONLY WHEN WE FIRST GOT THIS, I WAS LIKE, IS THAT NOT REALLY IMPORTANT? BUT I'VE MET TWO RESIDENTS WHO'VE ASKED ME ABOUT THOSE PROGRAMS, SO I'M NOT A HOMEOWNER, I'M A RENTER SUDDENLY, I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF THAT TIME.

NOW I'VE SPOKEN TO THESE RESIDENTS I REALIZED THAT IT'S VERY IMPORTANT, SO THAT DEFINITELY.

THE HOMELESS PART OF IT, I THINK THE MAN MENTIONED LAST TIME THAT THE BSO ALREADY HAVE SOMEONE AT THOSE OUTREACH,

[02:05:04]

SO THAT PERSON IS ALREADY FILLING A ROLE IN WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO HIRE FOR 152.

I AM NOT AGAINST HOMELESS PEOPLE, I WAS BORN HOMELESS, SO I'LL NEVER BE AGAINST HOMELESS PEOPLE.

I THINK WHAT WE'RE MISSING IS SOMETHING FOR YOUNG PEOPLE, I DON'T SEE ANYTHING IN THERE FOR YOUTHS, WHETHER IT'S SCHOLARSHIP OR SOMETHING FOR THE COMMUNITY.

WE'VE COVERED THE HOMEOWNERS, WE'VE COVERED THE PEOPLE AT RENTAL, DEFINITELY WOMEN, DEFINITELY A SUPPORTIVE WOMAN IN DISTRESS, BUT I DON'T SEE ANYTHING IN THERE WHERE WE CAN COVER THE YOUTH OR SOMETHING THAT BENEFITS THE FUTURE.

WHAT WE'RE COVERING IN THE PRESENT, BUT THERE'S NOTHING IN THERE THAT BENEFITS THE FUTURE, BUT IT'S A SCHOLARSHIP OR MONEY OR SOMETHING TOWARDS THE NEXT GENERATION.

BUT OTHER THAN THAT, I SUPPORT EVERYTHING ELSE THAT'S IN THERE AS IS EXCEPT THE HOMELESS PART OF IT WHERE WE'RE PAYING THAT SALARY AND WE ALREADY HAVE SOMEONE WHO'S DOING THAT WORK.

>> THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER. THE FUNDS HAVE TO BE SPENT ON HOUSING-RELATED.

SO THIS 897,000 HAS TO BE HOUSING.

LET ME SEE THE GUIDELINES SPECIFICALLY.

THAT'S WHY YOU'RE NOT SEEING.

>> THE HOMELESS SALARY, THAT IS HOW IS IT RELATED BECAUSE YOU'RE TRYING TO GET SOMEONE TO HOME. IS THAT WHAT IT IS?

>> YES. IT'S RELATED TO HOUSING, AND SO IS THE WOMAN IN DISTRESS AS WELL BECAUSE A POOR PART OF THEIR PROGRAM IS HOUSING UNRELATED.

>> OKAY. FOR THE HOMELESS PART OF IT, I AGREE WITH THEM AND WE SHOULD ALLOCATE THAT TOWARDS SOMETHING THAT BENEFITS THEM MORE DIRECTLY.

>> IF IT'S A COMMISSION DESIRE, WE CAN EXPLORE THE BROWARD OUTREACH CENTER, THIS DEDICATION OF BEDS AND FACILITY, WHICH SOUNDS LIKE A VERY GOOD PROGRAM, WE CAN EXPLORE THAT FURTHER.

>> ONE OF THE THINGS, THEY ONLY HAVE THE INITIALS AND I APOLOGIZE, BUT I'M SEAN CONAN, HOMELESS VOICE, ITS C-O-S-A-C AND I'VE GOT TO GET THE BOATS WHERE HIS FACILITY THERE'S A FACILITY HERE AND THERE'S A FACILITY NORTH AND I THINK I'VE DESCRIBED THAT SOME PEOPLE WHO ARE ON THE STREET WHO DON'T WANT TO GO TO A SHELTER BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT TO GIVE UP THEIR FREEDOM, AND THEIR FACILITY ALLOWS THEM TO SLOWLY WORK TO FREEDOM FROM THEIR MEDICINAL PURPOSES OF ALCOHOL OR ANY OTHER DRUG USE, AND SO IT'S A WAY FOR GETTING THEM STREET AND GETTING THEM HEALTHY, AND TO BE ABLE TO BECOME BACK TO BEING ABLE TO BE PRODUCTIVE CITIZENS IN THE COMMUNITY OR HELP WITH MENTAL HEALTH AS WELL.

I WOULD PREFER THAT MONEY GOING TO AN ORGANIZATION THAT CAN HELP IN THAT RESPECT.

I'M VERY MUCH TRUE OUR BSO DEPUTY WHO I PROMISED NOT TO EMBARRASS HER, WHO'S SITTING IN THE BACK OF THE ROOM, HAS BEEN AMAZING WITH HER AND HER PARTNER AND DOING THE OUTREACH AND THAT'S WHAT IS SHARED WITH HER ALL THE TIME OR THAT BOTH OF THEM ALL THE TIME.

I DON'T WANT TO GO THERE BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO RESTRICT PLUS SOME OTHER PEOPLE WITHOUT HOMES THAT I HAVE SPOKEN WITH, THEY HAVE SHARED THE SAME THING WITH ME.

THEY WANT THEIR FREEDOM TO DO WHAT THEY WISH, SO I RATHER BE GIVEN TO AN ORGANIZATION IF WE CAN FIND AN ORGANIZATION, AND QUITE HONESTLY, I'D LIKE TO LEAVE THAT PART ASIDE THEM.

IF POSSIBLE, PROCEED WITH THE REST OF THIS BECAUSE IT'LL BE ONE THING TO HAVE ONLY $152,000 POTENTIALLY CLAWED BACK FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, THEN HAVING 897 TOTAL IN CLAWED BACK.

I AM TRULY AFRAID OF WHAT I SEE.

THERE IS ALSO, AS THE VICE MAYOR HAD MENTIONED, THE PEOPLE WHO ARE ON SHORT-TERM.

WE HAVE IN SOME OF OUR HOTELS, PEOPLE WHO ARE LIVING THERE WEEK-BY-WEEK, AND THEY'RE RUNNING OUT OF THE CAPITAL TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE WEEK-BY-WEEK TO FIND THEIR NEW HOME.

I DON'T KNOW IF THAT GOES INTO A RENTAL ASSISTANCE PART OF THIS WHICH IS NOT PART OF RPA, OR IF THERE'S A WAY TO FIGURE OUT IF WE CAN COMMUNICATE WITH OUR HOTEL, MOTEL BUSINESSES AND SEE IF THEY ARE AWARE, THEY MAY NOT BE AWARE OF WHAT'S GOING ON WITH SOME OF THEIR OCCUPANTS, AND THEN MAYBE THEY UTILIZE SOME OF THE 152 TO HELP THEM FROM DOING THAT BRIDGE FROM BEING NOW HOMELESS, JUST A THOUGHT.

ALSO FOR PROGRAMS SUCH AS ADRC, THEY HAVE THE OUTREACH PROGRAM THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD PROGRAMS, THAT REINVENTING OUR OWN WHEEL IS NOT WHAT I SUPPORT.

I WOULD SUPPORT ONCE ALREADY CREATED AND BEING SUCCESSFUL.

AS ALSO, THERE IS A NON-RENEWAL OF THESE FUNDS, SO A PERSON'S SALARY, FOR NOW, IS NOT GOING TO BE RENEWED IN THE FUTURE.

[02:10:03]

TO THE PART OF THE INSURANCE AND THE SINGLE-FAMILY ROOFS AND WINDOWS AND STUFF ALL FOR IT BECAUSE IT IS PART OF THE PROBLEM NOW WITH THE LEGISLATION THE WAY IT'S BEEN.

[NOISE]

>> INSURANCE CAN BASICALLY SAY TO YOU, YOUR ROOF IS 15 YEARS OLD, IT'S NOW TOO OLD, I'M GOING TO MAKE YOU REDO IT, LIKE WHAT ARE YOU KIDDING? YOU SPENT ALL THIS MONEY TO GET A ROOF THAT'S GOING TO LAST YOU 30 YEARS, YOU MAKE SURE IT'S MAINTAINED EVERY TIME AND NOW YOU'RE GOING TO DOUBLE OR TRIPLE MY INSURANCE UNLESS I GET A BRAND NEW ROOF.

IT IS CAUSING PEOPLE TO HAVE SIGNIFICANT ISSUES, AND WHETHER IT'S FOR REPAIRS OR WHETHER THE FACT THAT THEY ARE NOW BEING DOUBLED AND TRIPLED EVEN WITH A 10-YEAR-OLD ROOF FOR THINGS AND WE'VE GOT PLENTY OF EXAMPLES AND IT MIGHT BE SOME OF US ON THE COMMISSION THAT HAVE THAT PROOF FOR YOU AS WELL TO KNOW HOW IT'S NOT AS EASY AS IT, IT'S DEVASTATING WHAT THEY'RE DOING UP NORTH.

I SEE COMMISSIONER DANIEL WANTS TO SPEAK AGAIN, I CAN'T TELL IF THE VICE MAYOR HAS THIS CARD OVER AGAIN.

HE DOES, COMMISSIONER DANIEL AND THEN VICE MAYOR.

>> APPEARS THAT WE ALL AGREE WITH EVERYTHING EXCEPT THE HOMELESS RIGHT HERE.

WITH THE HOMELESS ONE, CAN IT JUST GO INTO SOMEWHERE IN OUR BUDGET AND WE ASSIST AS NEEDED, OR WE PAY FOR THE SOCIAL WORK AND THEN USE THAT MONEY TO ASSIST AS NEEDED SINCE WE KNOW WHAT OUR PEOPLE NEED? ANYONE ELSE, JUST A QUESTION.

>> IT IS A QUESTION THAT MAXINE WILL TAKE BECAUSE THESE ARE RPA FUNDS ARE SOME STRICT GUIDELINES.

>> COMMISSIONER DANIEL, YOU'RE ASKING CAN THE 152 BE SPREAD WITHOUT? NO.

[OVERLAPPING]

>> BECAUSE IF WE HAVE SOCIAL SERVICES, WE KNOW WHO HOMELESS IS.

>> I APOLOGIZE. THERE'S SO MANY SITUATION BASED ON WHAT THE VICE MAYOR SAID, BASED ON WHAT THE MAYOR SAID, BASED ON WHAT WE SEE SO THAT WE COULD DO IT THE SAME WAY WE DO TO RENTAL ASSISTANCE OR ANYTHING ELSE.

>> OR IF IT'S A DESIRE, THE COMMISSION, WE CAN HOLD ON THAT 152 AND GIVE STAFF AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT OTHER AGENCIES, THE BROAD OUTREACH CENTER OR THE COLD SAC THAT THE MAYOR JUST MENTIONED AND WE CAN COME BACK TO YOU IN SHORT ORDER WITH SOME ADDITIONAL RECOMMENDATION IF YOU'D LIKE TO DO THAT.

WITH ALL THAT RESPONSIBILITIES.

>> NO PROBLEM.

>> NOW, IF IT'S YOUR DESIRE TO REALLY DO SOMETHING WITH THE HOMELESSNESS WE'RE EXPERIENCING, BUT NOT IN THIS WAY, BUT YOUR ARE TASKING US TO TRY TO FIND OTHER WAYS OF GETTING THESE FUNDS DIRECTLY TO OUR HOMELESS POPULATION, WE CAN DO SOME ADDITIONAL RESEARCH AND COME BACK TO YOU.

>> THAT'S FINE.

>> BEFORE WE GO TO THE VICE MAYOR, I JUST REALIZED I USED THE TERMINOLOGY THAT MAY NOT, WHEN DOES THE CLAW BACK? THE CLAW BACK COMES WHENEVER THE SENATE AND THE CONGRESS AGREE.

WHEN CONGRESS ITSELF AGREES TO TAKE THAT MONEY BACK.

THERE'S BEEN A FEW PRESENTATIONS ON THE FLOOR THAT HAVE SAID THAT IF THE CITIES HAVE NOT ALREADY SPENT THE MONEY, THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE IT AND UTILIZE THAT MONEY FOR OTHER PROGRAMS. WHILE OUR CITY IS DOING A GREAT JOB, WE ACTUALLY USE THE MONEY FOR WHICH WE ARE ENTITLED TO USE IT.

THERE HAVE BEEN SOME CITIES THROUGHOUT THE NATION THAT HAVE USED IT FOR THINGS THAT ARE NOT EXACTLY WHAT THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN USED FOR.

WHICH IS CAUSING SOME ISSUES WITH SOME OF OUR REPRESENTATIVES UP NORTH IN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND THAT'S WHY THEY'RE WANTING TO SAY IF YOU HAVEN'T USED THE MONEY ALREADY, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THE MONEY AWAY FROM YOU BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT UTILIZING IT.

SOME OF US ARE BEING PAINTED IN A VERY BROAD BRUSH WHEN WE SHOULDN'T BE AND THAT'S THE REASON FOR SOME OF THE NEWEST ITEMS ON THE FLOOR RIGHT NOW. VICE MAYOR.

[NOISE]

>> MS. KELLER, WE CAN WE BE A LITTLE BIT MORE DECISIVE TODAY AND FIGURE OUT SOME ALLOCATIONS.

MAYBE WE CAN MOVE $100,000 FROM LINE ITEM 2 TO LINE ITEM 3.

I UNDERSTAND THE NEED FOR THE INSURANCE AND THE ROOF AND THAT STUFF BECAUSE I TO GOT EMAILS, BUT I HAVE TO BE MINDFUL THAT SOME OF THOSE EMAILS MAY BE PROMPTED BY OTHER PEOPLE ON THIS COMMISSION TO BE SENT.

BUT I UNDERSTAND THE NEED.

MOVE $100,000 FROM LINE ITEM 2 TO LINE ITEM 3.

THE ORGANIZATION THAT THE MAYOR TALKED ABOUT, I'M SURE IT'S A GREAT ORGANIZATION, BUT THEY'RE NOT ON OUR LIST OF CHARITIES.

WE COULD PROBABLY ADD THEM AND HOLD SOME OF THE FUNDS TO GIVE TO THEM.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE LEGAL MECHANISM IS TO

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PROVIDE MONEY TO CHARITIES THAT ARE NOT ON OUR LIST OF CHARITIES.

I KNOW THAT BROAD OUTREACH CENTER IS, BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT MONEY TO BE CLAWED BACK OR THAT'S THE STUFF IN THE PROCESS OF WAITING AND RESEARCHING.

BECAUSE BROWARD OUTREACH IS ALREADY ON OUR LIST OF CHARITIES, MAYBE PROVIDE JUST A ROUND NUMBER $50,000 TO THEM, HOLDING 102,000 FOR THE MAYOR'S ORGANIZATION THAT SHE RECOMMENDED AND OTHER, MAYBE THE HOTEL IDEA.

THAT'S A GREAT IDEA ACTUALLY.

I DON'T KNOW IF THAT CAN BE DONE.

FROM LINE ITEM 1,50,000 TO BROWARD OUTREACH, SAVE 102 FOR THE MAYOR'S IDEAS, $100,000 FROM LINE ITEM 2 TO LINE ITEMS 3, AND KEEP THE REST OF THE SAME

>> MS. KELLER, CAN YOU REPEAT THAT FOR THE RECORD? [OVERLAPPING]

>> FOR EVERYBODY TO KNOW.

>> FROM WHAT I JUST HEARD, $50,000 DONATED TO BROAD OUTREACH CENTER AND ANY SPECIFIC REQUESTS THAT BEDS BE DEDICATED TO THE CITY.

THE $50,000 TO BROAD OUTREACH CENTER, $102,000 FOR THE CHARITY THAT THE MAYOR SUGGESTED AND HAVE THAT CHARITY ADDED TO THE LIST, $405,307 TO THE SINGLE-FAMILY ROOFING WINDOWS, INSURANCE RELATED PROGRAM, AND $200,000 TO THE PROJECTS RENTAL ASSISTANT, RENT INCREASE, GAP PROGRAM.

ALL THE OTHER ON LINE ITEMS WOULD REMAIN THE SAME.

>> BUT THERE WERE OTHER COMMENTS THAT WANT TO BE MADE AND I'M SURE I KNOW I DO, MR. BOLAVUS.

>> THANK YOU, MAYOR. EXCUSE ME, VICE MAYOR, BUT I THINK YOU JUST BOTCHED THE WHOLE THING.

I'M CONFUSED OF WHAT YOU JUST SAID.

I THINK THERE WAS CONSENSUS THAT EVERYTHING WAS OKAY EXCEPT LINE ITEM 1.

I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW THESE NUMBERS THE VICE MAYOR IS COMING UP WITH ALL THESE NUMBERS WITHOUT GETTING DATA.

THE MONEY IS JUST BEING MOVED AROUND.

I'M LOST AT THIS POINT.

>> I HAVE SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS TO ASK TO CLARIFY THE LOSS, BUT COMMISSIONER WRIGHT, GO AHEAD.

>> YEAH, I HAVE THE SAME QUESTIONS AS WELL.

CAN WE SEE THE IMPACT OF THE SINGLE-FAMILY, YOUR SLIDE WHERE IT SAYS THAT THE IMPACT OF THE PEOPLE THAT THE ROOF.

>> SURE.

>> 20 HOUSEHOLDS, SO IF WE TAKE AWAY 100,000, THEN THERE'S LESS HOUSEHOLDS THAT ARE GOING TO BENEFIT.

>> IT WOULD IMPACT ABOUT FOUR, I THINK THE WAY I CALCULATED IT WAS APPROXIMATELY 25,000 PER.

[OVERLAPPING]

>> PER ROOF.

>> BUT THAT NUMBER WOULD GO DOWN UNTIL ABOUT 16.

>> IT'S GOING TO GO TO 16. NOW, LET'S LOOK AT THE RENTAL ASSISTANCE.

HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE IMPACTED?

>> IT'S NOT TO EXCEED 3,500, IS 28 HOUSEHOLDS SO IT'S ANOTHER 100,000.

WE DOUBLED THE 28 SO IT LOOKS 281,656.

BECAUSE THERE'S ANOTHER 100,000 SO I THINK THAT WOULD BE 56 HOUSEHOLDS.

>> I THINK FROM MY RECOLLECTION, WE HAVE ABOUT 70 PERCENT HOME OWNERS IN THE CITY AND ABOUT 30 PERCENT RENTERS.

>> YES.

>> BY GIVING 100,000 MORE TO THE RENTERS, WE'RE ALLOCATING MORE TOWARDS THE RENTAL POPULATION.

IT WILL BE 56 PEOPLE WILL NOW BE BENEFITING FROM THAT.

I WOULDN'T BE IN SUPPORT OF GIVING 100,000 TO THE RENTERS.

I WOULD KEEP IT EXACTLY AS IS BECAUSE WE HAVE A LARGER AMOUNT OF HOMEOWNERS WILL BE IMPACTED MORE WITH THE ROOF BENEFIT THAN I SEE RENTERS.

I'M A RENTER AND MY RENT WENT UP BY 1,000 BUCKS IN THE TWO YEARS I'VE BEEN LIVING AROUND HERE.

I UNDERSTAND THAT AND I FEEL THAT PERSONALLY.

BUT I'M LOOKING AT THE DATA AND NUMBERS AND 70-30 SAYS THAT 100,000 SHOULD BENEFIT THEM MORE, THAT'S MY SENTIMENTS.

>> THANK YOU. AS ALSO BEEN EXPRESSED, WE HAVE ABOUT 600,000 IN RENTAL ASSISTANCE UNDER A DIFFERENT PROGRAM THAN THIS, WHERE SOME OF THAT OTHER PROGRAMMING MONEY CAN'T GO TOWARDS THE HOME REPAIRS THAT ARE NEEDED.

WANTED ON THE RECORD, THE KOZAK IS NOT MY CHARITY.

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IT IS A PERSON WHO HAS VOLUNTEERED THROUGH THIS, YOU DON'T GET CREDIT FOR THINGS I SHOULD AND SHOULDN'T GET CREDIT FOR.

NOT MY CHARITY, IF IT'S A GOOD ORGANIZATION AND CAN HELP, IT WAS A DIFFERENT TYPE OF AN ORGANIZATION THAT HAS A DIFFERENT WAY OF APPROACHING THE HOMELESS OR THE PEOPLE WITHOUT HOME POPULATION.

THAT WHAT WE'VE BEEN UTILIZING OR HAS BEEN UTILIZED AND SOMETIMES YOU CAN'T CONTINUE TO USE THE SAME PATTERN OF THINGS WHEN IT IS NOT SHOWING SUCCESS.

THAT WAS THE REASON FOR FINDING OUT MORE ABOUT THIS PROGRAM AND SEEING IF THAT WOULD BE A GOOD UTILIZATION.

IF I AM CORRECT, THERE WAS ONE PERSON IN OUR CITY WHO WAS HELPED THROUGH THIS PROGRAM WHEN DEPUTY [NOISE]

>> WHO SHALL REMAIN NAMELESS IN THE BACK, WAS WORKING WITH THE PERSON WHO CAME INTO OUR CITY TO TRY TO HELP.

WE SEE THAT THERE CAN BE A BENEFIT AND IF IT WORKS FINE AND I REALLY DON'T KNOW MAXINE, I GUESS WE NEED TO FIND OUT IF ANY OF THE ORGANIZATIONS WERE DEALING WITH WITH THESE RPA FUNDS ARE NOW BEING BROUGHT UNDER OUR BROWARD COUNTY CHARITABLE RULES AND REGULATIONS THAT IT HAS BEEN ASSUMED THAT WE WOULD NOW HAVE TO PUT THEM ON OUR CHARITABLE LIST BEFORE WE COULD DO ANY WORK IN OUR CITY.

IF THAT'S THE CASE, THEN AS A CITY, WE NEED TO KNOW THESE ROLES AND NOW BECAUSE WHEN BRINGING IT UP, IT WASN'T BROUGHT UP BECAUSE OF BROWARD COUNTY RULES ABOUT THE WAY WE, AS A COMMISSION DONATE MONEY TO THEM.

THAT I THINK IS WHAT THE BROWARD COUNTY ETHICS RULES ARE ABOUT, NOT ABOUT AS A CITY AND WHAT THE CITY DOES WITH CITY MONEY THAT IS GIVEN TO IT.

I SUPPORT THE 152 BEING ON-HOLD, BEING LOOKED INTO, BEING BROUGHT BACK AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, AND MOVING FORWARD WITH THE OTHER 1,2,3,4 ITEMS ON THE LIST AS IS SO WE CAN START TO HELP PEOPLE. COMMISSIONER DANIEL.

>> JUST ONE THING. WHEN YOU PUT THE 152 ON HOLD AND YOU'RE BRINGING IT BACK, CAN YOU BRING BACK OTHER IDEAS AS WELL? I KNOW COMMISSIONER SAID THAT HOW IT AFFECTS THE YOUNG KIDS, I'M ALWAYS GRAVITATE TO THAT.

BUT CAN YOU LOOK INTO HOMELESS CHILDREN? HOW CAN WE UTILIZE THAT?

>> JUST TO PUT IT ON THE RECORD, WE DO SUPPORT OUR HOMELESS YOUTH WITH CDBG FUNDS.

THEY ARE ONE OF OUR SUB RECIPIENT VOICES FOR CHILDREN, I BELIEVE IS AN ORGANIZATION WE PARTNER WITH FOR THAT PURPOSE.

THAT'S UNDER OUR CDBG FUNDS THAT WE CURRENTLY DO THAT.

>> I WAS THINKING BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW ALL THE IDEAS.

BUT ONCE YOU RESEARCH, YOU MIGHT FIND SOMETHING EVEN BETTER THAT NONE OF US THOUGHT ABOUT.

IF YOU COULD BRING ADDITIONAL IDEAS AS WELL. THANK YOU.

>> ALONG, JUST GOING TO JUMP ON THAT FOR IDEAS.

QUANTITATIVE TAMARAC DOES A CHRISTMAS IN JULY PROGRAM EVERY YEAR THAT HELPS OUR FAMILY AND CHILDREN WITH HOMELESS AND THEY MIGHT KNOW SOME TARGET ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE TAMARAC RESIDENTS OR TAMARAC POPULATION IN THERE THAT COULD BE HELPED, SO REACH OUT TO THAT.

IS THAT A FLIP OVER OR IS THAT AN OLD.

>> JUST ONE FOLLOW-UP QUESTION.

WE'RE LOOKING AT 70, 30, 70 BEING HOMEOWNERS, 30 BEING RENTALS.

BUT THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY TRUE WHEN IT COMES TO THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE.

BECAUSE WHILE WE MAY HAVE 70 PERCENT OF HOMEOWNERS, THOSE HOMES ARE WHAT? 8,000 DOORS OR, REMIND ME HOW MANY TAXABLE HOMES DO WE HAVE IN TAMARAC?

>> I BELIEVE THE NUMBER IS AROUND 32,000-34,000.

>> NOBODY KNOWS THE AMOUNT TAXABLE.

BUT THEN WHEN YOU LOOK AT RENTALS, WHILE YOU MAY HAVE ONE BUILDING HERE, WE'RE LOOKING AT HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE LIVING IN ALL THOSE BUILDINGS CUMULATIVELY.

TO SAY 70, 30 THAT'S NOT REALLY VALID BECAUSE WHEN YOU LOOK AT ALL THE BUILDINGS COMBINED, YOU HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE FACED WITH HOUSING INSECURITIES IN THOSE BUILDINGS.

AGAIN, WE'RE DISHING OUT A WHOLE LOT OF MONEY, BUT HELPING A FEW PEOPLE THAT COULD PROBABLY BE SERVICED BETTER.

YET, $3,500 PERHAPS IS A LITTLE BIT AMOUNT OF MONEY

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TOO BUT IF YOU REDUCE THAT AMOUNT OF MONEY WHERE RENTAL IS CONCERNED, IT MAYBE COULD HELP EVEN MORE PEOPLE.

LET'S SAY SOMEBODY'S RENT JUMPED FROM 2500-2800 AND YOU'RE HELPING THEM AT THE $300 DEFICIT OR THE GAP BETWEEN THREE MONTHS, THAT'S $1,800.

WHEN YOU DIVIDE THAT $1,800 BY 200,000 THAT'S A WHOLE LOT OF PEOPLE TO HELP.

BUT WHEN YOU HELP 20 PEOPLE TO FIX THEIR ROOFS IT'S A DROP IN THE BUCKET BASED ON, YOU SEE WHAT I'M SAYING, BASED ON THE AMOUNT OF ROOFS THAT YOU'D FIX AND IF OUR GOAL IS TO HELP TO PREVENT SITUATIONAL HOMELESSNESS THEN RENTAL IS MORE IMPACTFUL BECAUSE IN THREE DAYS OR FIVE DAYS, YOU'RE OUT OF YOUR APARTMENT VERSUS IF YOU OWN, AS AN ATTORNEY, YOU SHOULD KNOW THREE, FIVE DAYS YOU GET A THREE-DAY NOTICE, FIVE-DAY NOTICE.

IN 10 DAYS, YOU'RE OUT, YOU'RE GONE, YOU'RE ON THE STREET.

THERE'S AN EVICTION ON YOUR RECORD YOU CANNOT RENT ANOTHER PLACE.

BUT IF YOU OWN A HOME AND YOU DON'T PAY YOUR MORTGAGE 30 DAYS, YOU WERE TOLD, HEY, YOU'RE BEHIND 60 DAYS, YOU'RE STILL BEHIND, YOU'RE STILL IN YOUR HOUSE, 90 DAYS, YOUR CREDIT MIGHT BE GETTING RUINED, BUT YOU'RE STILL IN THAT PLACE, YOU'RE NOT HOMELESS YET.

IT'S LIKE WHAT ARE WE TRYING TO DO? ARE WE TRYING TO HELP SITUATIONAL HOMELESSNESS TO PREVENT IT FROM HAPPENING WITH HELPING A WHOLE LOT MORE PEOPLE OR ARE WE TRYING TO FIX THE ROOF? I THINK THAT IF WE DON'T MOVE THE FUNDS FROM TWO TO THREE, IT WILL BE A DISSERVICE TO PEOPLE WHO MAY NEED IT.

>> THERE'S ANOTHER POT OF MONEY, A REALLY LARGE POT OF MONEY FOR THE RENTAL ASSISTANCE.

PLUS, IF I'M THE LANDLORD OF THAT PLACE AND I'M RENTING IT OUT, AND I REALLY NEED THAT HOME FIXED AND I CAN'T GET THE HOME FIXED AND I CAN'T GET INSURANCE ON MY PLACE. GUESS WHAT? MY HOUSE IS IN FORECLOSURE AND THAT TENANT IS GOING TO BE OUT IN THE STREETS ANYWAY BECAUSE I NEED THE ASSISTANCE.

WE CAN COME AT IT FROM ALL DIFFERENT WAYS THERE'S A WAY TO THINK ABOUT IT.

EVERYBODY'S NEEDING SOME HELP PLUS, I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE THE NUMBERS YET.

HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE FINE SIGNING UP FOR THE RENTAL ASSISTANCE? ARE WE HAVING PEOPLE ON RENTAL ASSISTANCE THAT WE'RE NOT BEING ABLE TO HELP YET AND THEN WE'RE TURNING THEM AWAY? WE DO HAPPEN TO KNOW RIGHT AWAY THAT WE'RE TURNING PEOPLE AWAY FOR THE ROOF ASSISTANCE WITH THE INSURANCE ASSISTANCE THAT WE KNOW AND SO WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HELP THE 20 OR SO PEOPLE BECAUSE NORMALLY WE CAN ONLY HELP ABOUT EIGHT THROUGH OUR REGULAR PROGRAM.

WE'RE HAVING AN OPPORTUNITY TO HELP MORE PEOPLE WITH THESE FUNDS IN A ONETIME GIVEN TO US AND WE HAVE SIGNIFICANT POOLS OF MONEY RIGHT NOW TO HELP THE RENTING ASSISTANCE THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE.

QUITE HONESTLY, UNLESS THERE'S ANY OTHER COMMENTS LIKE DO YOU THINK THAT THIS IS SOMETHING WE HAVE DISCUSSED AND IT SEEMS LIKE THERE IS CONSENSUS, BUT I SEE THAT WE HAVE COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS AND THEN WE HAVE COMMISSIONER WRIGHT.

I GOT IT IN THE WRONG ORDER. COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS.

>> WHAT HAPPENS TO SO WE FIXED THE ROOF AND THEN THEY SELL THEIR HOUSE.

>> THE PROGRAM IS SUBJECT TO YOUR EXISTING GUIDELINES SO OUR EXISTING GUIDELINES REQUIRE THAT THEY REMAIN IN THE ES.

IT'S 10 YEARS, FIRST-YEAR REMAIN, AND THEN AFTER THAT IT'S FORGIVING YEAR 11, 12, 13, UP TO YEAR 15.

>> THEY DO SELL WE RECOUP THE MONEY BUT IT'S SOMEWHERE ELSE.

>> YES.

>> MY CONCERN WITH THE $3,500 CAP THAT THE VICE MAYOR IS ADAMANT TO LOBBY ON IS THAT IT'S UP TO $3,500, SO THAT CAN GO AWAY WITHIN THREE MONTHS I'D SAY, AND THAT MONEY IS TOTALLY LOST BECAUSE THAT PERSON MIGHT BE IN THE SAME SITUATION I'M AT NUMBER 4, AND WE'RE NOT REALLY COOPERATING ANY OF THAT FUND.

THAT'S MY ISSUE WITH THAT.

AS A LANDLORD, I'M GOING TO WORK WITH THE TENANTS.

I DON'T WANT TO LOSE THAT TENANT BECAUSE THEN I HAD TO PUT IT BACK ON THE MARKET.

IT COST ME A WHOLE MONTH WORTH OF ANOTHER PAYMENT VERSUS ME SAYING, HEY, LET ME SEE YOUR BOOKS OR WHAT CAN YOU AFFORD SITUATION.

IF YOU'RE MISSING $500 A MONTH, I RATHER REDUCE THE $500 A MONTH, BUT DOWN THE END AT THE END OF THEIR LEASE OR HOWEVER, OR EXTEND THE LEASE AT THAT POINT,

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VERSUS US GIVING THEM MONEY THAT WE'RE NEVER GOING TO SEE BACK.

THAT'S THE ONLY THING, THEY'RE GETTING A LEAN PUT ON THEIR PROPERTY, WE MAY OR MAY NOT SEE THAT MONEY BACK BUT THAT LIFE, THE EXPANSION OF THAT MONEY, IT'S A LOT LONGER THAN THAT $3,500 CAP, EVEN THOUGH IT IS HELPING MORE PEOPLE.

THAT'S VERY SHORT-TERM, IT'S NOT LONG-TERM.

>> COMMISSIONER WRIGHT.

>> IN TERMS OF THE 25,000 NUMBER, HOW DID YOU GUYS DERIVE THAT NUMBER? IS IT PER ROOF?

>> THAT'S TYPICAL AND AVERAGE WHAT WE'RE PLAYING, WE CURRENTLY HAVE A MINOR HOME REPAIR PROGRAM.

IT'S A PROGRAM THAT I MENTIONED THAT WE HAVE A SIGNIFICANT NEED WHERE WE GET OVER 300 APPLICATIONS ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, SO IT'S APPROXIMATELY THAT WE SPEND ON AVERAGE.

SOME MIGHT BE MORE, SOME LESS, BUT IT'S ON AVERAGE, WHICH IS HOW WE ARRIVED AT THE 20 PEOPLE THAT COULD BE ASSISTED.

>> THE 3,500 YOU SAID UP TO 3,500 FOR RENTALS?

>> IT'S THE ONLY GAP, WE'RE ONLY DOING A GAP IF YOUR RENT OR TO INCREASE YOUR DEMONSTRATE YOU HAD A RENTAL INCREASE OF GREATER THAN FIVE PERCENT. WE'RE HELPING WITH THAT.

>> SOMEONE WHO'S LIVING IN AN APARTMENT AND THEY CAN DEMONSTRATE THAT BY FIVE PERCENT THEN WE'LL COVER THAT GAP.

>> THAT GAP IS NOT TO EXCEED SIX MONTHS OF COVERING THE GAP.

>> YOU JUST COVER THAT GAP.

>> SINCE ALL OF THIS TO ME IS PREVENTING HOMELESSNESS, CAN WE JUST SPLIT THE 152 PUT HALF FOR THE INSURANCE RELATED AND HALF FOR THE RENT? SINCE WE HAVE THE 152 ON THE RENT, IF I MAY ASK?

>> IT'S WHATEVER THE COMMISSION THAT IS NOT TRYING TO GET DIRECTION.

>> BASICALLY, I'M GOING TO JUST DO THIS.

WE HAVE CONSENSUS ON DEFINITELY SINGLE-FAMILY RENT ASSISTANCE, PUBLIC SERVICES, AND THE ADMINISTRATION STUFF.

THAT'S SET NOW IT'S JUST A MATTER OF MONEY.

THE ORIGINAL THAT WE HAVE CONSENSUS FOR ON BEFORE YOUR SUGGESTION WAS TO PUT THE 152 AWAY FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS UNTIL WE FIGURED OUT MORE OR JUST TO DIVIDE IT OUT AND BE DONE WITH THIS, AND I SEE AN AAH ON YOUR FACE.

>> IN TERMS OF THE VICE MAYOR, WHY DON'T WE TAKE THE 100 FROM 152 AND PUT IT TOWARDS THE RENTAL ASSISTANCE THAT IN THAT WOULD HELP WITH YOUR IDEA OF THE HOTELS, THE SITUATION ON HOMELESSNESS.

THAT WILL HELP COMBAT HOMELESSNESS AS WELL BECAUSE RENTAL ASSISTANCE PREVENTS HOMELESSNESS MOST PEOPLE WHEN THEY'RE RENTING, THE NEXT STEP IS HOMELESSNESS, SO YOU MENTIONED SOME PEOPLE ARE LIVING IN MOTELS AND HOTELS AND THEY CAN'T AFFORD TO QUALIFY FOR AN APARTMENT BECAUSE TO GET AN APARTMENT NOW, YOU HAVE TWO OR THREE TIMES YOUR INCOME AND THE COST OF APARTMENTS THAT'S LIKE 90,000.

A LOT OF THESE PEOPLE DON'T HAVE THE INCOME TO QUALIFY FOR APARTMENTS SO THAT 100,000, HE CAN HELP THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO AREN'T THAT SITUATION WHERE IT WAS IN DEPARTMENTS.

>> AS LONG AS THE ROOF AND FAMILY DOESN'T GO DOWN, I'M FINE WITH IT.

IF WE WANT TO PUT 100,000 IN THE RENTAL ASSISTANCE AND MAYBE DO THE 100,000 INTO AN OUTREACH PROGRAM THAT ARE FOR SOCIAL SERVICES, COULD DO IT TO CALLING HOTEL PEOPLE AND SEE IF.

>> I MEANT THE ONE FROM THE 152. WE WILL JUST MOVE A HUNDRED.

>> MOVING THE 100 TO THE RENTAL ASSISTANCE BUT MY QUESTION THEN IS ON THE 52,000 THAT REMAINS THERE, ARE WE ASKING YOU TO SEEK PLACES FOR SERVICES OR ARE WE DOING AS MR. DANIEL SUGGESTED AND JUST PUT THE 52 INTO THE SINGLE-FAMILY ROOFING AND GO FROM THERE?

>> CAN I JUST PROVIDE SOME CLARITY TO WHAT THE COMMISSIONER JUST SAID? THIS PROGRAM, IF YOU'RE ADDING AN ADDITIONAL 100,000, IT'S JUST A GAP, SO IT WOULDN'T ASSIST RESIDENT WHO CANNOT AFFORD TO RENT SOMEWHERE.

YOU WOULD HAVE TO BE RENTING YOUR RENT WENT UP BY FIVE PERCENT AND WE'RE GIVING YOU A GAP.

>> I UNDERSTAND. I'M JUST SAYING THAT IN TERMS OF THE SITUATION OF HOMELESSNESS, THAT WOULD PREVENT SOMEONE WHO CAN AFFORD THE RENT FROM ENDING UP HOMELESS OR BEING IN A MOTEL OR ONE OF THOSE PLACES.

>> BUT IF YOU'RE IN THE MOTEL, WE HAVE THE RENTAL ASSISTANCE STRATEGY THAT YOU ADOPTED LAST COMMISSION MEETING THAT ALLOWS YOU TO GET UTILITY DEPOSITS, SECURITY DEPOSIT, WHICH IS DIFFICULT FOR YOU TO COME UP WITH RENT ANYWHERE, AND YOU GET UP TO $20,000 UNDER THAT PROGRAM NOT TO EXCEED SIX MONTHS.

THIS PROGRAM THAT WE APPROVED LAST COMMISSION MEETING IS MORE DESIGNED TO HELP THAT HOTEL PERSON WHO NEEDS TO RENT SOMEWHERE, THEN WE CAN GET THEM THE DOWN PAYMENT, THE SECURITY DEPOSIT IF THEY NEED UTILITY TO MOVE INTO THE PLACE PROVIDED, BECAUSE OFTENTIMES LIKE BUYING A HOME, THAT SECURITY DEPOSIT COMING UP WITH THAT IS THE BIGGEST OBSTACLE.

>> I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND THAT.

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I WAS JUST PIVOTING THE ON THE MAYOR'S POINT IN REFERENCE TO PEOPLE WHO ARE LIVING IN THE MOTELS CURRENTLY NOT THOSE WHO ARE TRYING TO MIGRATE FROM THE HOTEL.

IN TERMS OF THAT ASSISTANT HELPING THEM ON A WEEKLY BASIS, JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THEIR SITUATION THAT REFERENCING TO TAKE IN 100K FROM THE 152 AND PUT THAT INTO THE RENTAL ASSISTANCE BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO TOUCH TO FAMILY AND ROOF 500,000.

>> ALL RIGHT. AND WE WANT TO JUST MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.

THAT LIVING IN A HOTEL QUALIFIES AS RENTAL, THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT, SO WE HAVE TO.

>> GOOD POINT.

>> I'M A PASTOR. WHEN YOU HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE, NOT JUST FROM YOUR CHURCH, BUT ALL OVER BROWARD COUNTY, FROM ALL OVER.

JUST CALLING YOUR CHURCH FOR HELP.

YOU START THINKING DIFFERENTLY.

THIS IS WHY I'M THINKING DIFFERENTLY.

BECAUSE WHEN SOMEONE HAS A BUDGET AND THEY'RE LIVING ON A STRICT BUDGET, AND MY RENT IS $1,500.

MY LANDLORD JUST CALLED ME AND SAID, NOW IT'S $2,000.

YOU HAVE ALL YOUR STUFF IN THAT PROPERTY.

YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT MOVING COSTS AND LESS STUFF.

EVEN IF YOU MOVE, YOU'RE GOING TO GO DOWN THE STREET AND PAY MORE.

BECAUSE THE APARTMENTS ARE NOW ASKING FOR $2,800.

THE APARTMENTS ARE NOT ASKING FOR $2,800.

THAT'S WHERE YOUR HEART BLEEDS.

HERE'S WHY MY HEART BLEEDS EVEN A LITTLE BIT MORE.

THAT FIVE-YEAR-OLD DROWNED IN SHAKER VILLAGE WAS NOT EVEN A RESIDENT OF TAMARAC.

LIEUTENANT COOPER CAN TALK ON THAT TOO.

THAT FAMILY WAS DEALING WITH SITUATIONAL HOMELESSNESS AND THE CHILD AND HIS MOM WAS STAYING TEMPORARILY WITH ANOTHER FAMILY IN TAMARAC.

SITUATIONAL HOMELESSNESS.

WHY? BECAUSE THEIR RENT INCREASED AND THEY COULD NOT AFFORD A LITTLE BIT MORE TO PAY THEIR RENT.

WHILE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ROOFS AND THAT'S THE STUFF AND I GET IT.

THESE ARE REAL-LIFE EXAMPLES OF HOW SITUATIONAL HOMELESSNESS CAN LEAD TO SOMEONE LOSING THEIR LIFE.

I GET THAT WE'RE TRYING TO HELP PEOPLE WITH ROOF AND THAT IS A VALID NEED.

NOT SAYING THAT IT'S NOT VALID.

BUT I'M JUST CAUTIONING US TO TO THINK ABOUT HOW SITUATIONAL HOMELESSNESS CAN LEAD TO A MYRIAD OF PROBLEMS. BEING ON THE STREET NOW PANHANDLING, OR BEING A VICTIM OF VARIOUS CRIMES, OR LIVING WITH SOMEBODY ELSE AND BEING A PART OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.

IT'S A WHOLE LOT OF STUFF. IT'S A WHOLE OTHER THINGS THAT PARTLY IS FROM JUST ONE PROBLEM.

IF WE CAN HELP THE RENT GAP, WHETHER IT IS TAKING $100,000 FROM 152, THAT'S OKAY COMPROMISE.

BUT IT WOULD BE A BETTER COMPROMISE TO TAKE $100,000 FROM THE 505 AND PUT IT TOWARD RENTAL ASSISTANCE TO SATISFY THAT GAP BECAUSE OF THE ISSUES THAT CAN ARISE FOR MANY MORE PEOPLE WHO ARE VULNERABLE.

MORE VULNERABLE THAN SOMEBODY THAT MAY OWN A HOME. THAT'S ALL THERE IS.

>> WELL, WE CAN BE GOING AROUND AND AROUND.

THE REALITY IS TAKING FROM ONE, FROM ANOTHER.

THE ONLY PART THAT WE KNOW RIGHT NOW THAT IS NOT GIVING US GUARANTEE TO BE ABLE TO HELP ANYBODY BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE GUARANTEE AND THE HOMELESS STABILITY SECTION OF THIS THAT WE KNOW WILL BE ABLE TO HELP THEM.

WHY WE MOVED FROM ONE WHEN WE CAN GIVE TO ANOTHER.

I'M ON BOARD WITH MOVING THE 100,000 TO THE RENTAL ASSISTANCE.

INSTEAD OF HAVING ANYTHING LEFTOVER FOR A POTENTIAL CLAW BACK, PUT THE 52 INTO THE SINGLE-FAMILY ROOFS.

WOMEN IN DISTRESS HAD ONLY ASKED FOR 15, THEY GOT 15.

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WE'RE GIVING THEM AN EXTRA 15 IF I GOT MY NUMBERS RIGHT TO GET TO THE $50,000.

LET US JUST BE DONE WITH THIS IF WE HAVE AGREEMENT ON IT.

I THINK WE HAD IT BEFOREHAND, BUT I'M GOING TO GO DOWN THE LINE.

COMMISSIONER WRIGHT AGREES WITH THAT.

COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS IS SHAKING HIS HEAD, HE AGREES WITH THAT.

WE'VE GOT THUMBS UP OR SHAKING HEAD.

I OBVIOUSLY AGREE WITH IT.

COMMISSIONER DANIEL SCOTT IS SHAKING HEAD.

WE'VE GOT FOUR. COMMISSIONER, VICE MAYOR, ARE YOU ON BOARD WITH THE DECISION OR ARE YOU DECLINING?

>> AS I SAID, IT'S A OKAY COMPROMISE TO MOVE THE 100,000 FROM THE HOMELESSNESS TO THE RENTAL ASSISTANCE.

>> OKAY. THEN THE 52 IS GOING INTO THE SINGLE-FAMILY AND THEN WE HAVE EXPENDED ALL FUNDS.

>> 52,000 GOING INTO SINGLE-FAMILY, NO, $52,000 SHOULD REMAIN WHERE IT IS, AND YOU COME BACK WITH IDEAS AS DR. DANIEL.

>> ACTUALLY, THERE HAS BEEN FOUR PEOPLE THAT AGREE WITH THE WAY WE'RE DOING IT.

IT'LL BE $557,307 FOR SINGLE-FAMILY AND ROOF.

THERE'LL BE $200,000 FOR RENT ASSISTANCE.

THERE'LL BE $50,000 FOR THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, THE 89, 70 FOR THE ADMINISTRATION, FOR A TOTAL EXPENDITURE OF $897,007 ON OUR ARBOR FUNDS, WHICH WILL BE DONE ENCUMBERED, AND DONE VERY SHORTLY AND NO FURTHER CLAW BACKS.

>> I THINK INITIALLY WE SAID THE 100,000 WAS A LITTLE TOO RENTAL.

WE DIDN'T DECIDE.

I THINK DR. DANIEL WANT TO SPLIT IT.

SHE WANTED TO SPLIT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE RENTAL AND THE ROOF.

>> THAT'S WHAT YOU WERE SPLITTING THE 100,000 OUT OF THE 152 AND 52.

>> BUT NOBODY AGREED WITH ME WITH [OVERLAPPING]

>> THE SPLITTING BUT EVERYBODY AGREED WITH 100,000.

I'M OKAY EITHER WAY, IF WE LEAVE THE LITTLE 52 FOR THE HOMELESS INITIATIVE, I AM GREAT WITH THAT.

>> YES.

>> THAT IS WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY.

>> YEAH.

>> $52,000 REMAIN WHERE IT IS.

>> YEAH.

>> I THINK EVERY DOLLAR.

[OVERLAPPING]

>> I THINK THE DIRECTION IS TO IT WOULD NOW BE A CONTRIBUTION TO A HOMELESS ORGANIZATION TO FOCUS THEIR EFFORTS IN TAMARAC.

WE'RE TASKED TO DO SOME ADDITIONAL RESEARCH AND DETERMINE WHETHER IT'S COLD SACK BROAD OUTREACH CENTER OR ANY OTHER AGENCY.

YES. BUT SPECIFIC EMPHASIS IN TAMARAC.

[BACKGROUND]

>> REGROUPING, REVAMPING, 52,000 WILL BE SEARCHED OUT FOR AN ORGANIZATION THAT CAN ACTUALLY UTILIZE THE FUNDS WHERE WE'LL PROVE AN IMPACT OF SOME KIND OR RECEIVE AN IMPACT OF SOME KIND FOR OUR HOMELESS.

505,307 FOR SINGLE-FAMILY ROOFING WINDOWS, 200,000 ON A RENT GAP INCREASE.50,000 FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.

89,700 FOR AN ADMIN AND CONTRACTUAL SERVICES.

$897,700 TOTAL EXPENDITURE FOR RPA.

WE'VE GOT CONSENSUS.

>> THANK YOU.

>> ALL RIGHT. AT THIS TIME IT IS 12:43, AND THERE IS A DEFINITE RECESS FOR A RESTROOM BREAK.

WE WILL SEE EVERYBODY SHARP.

I WOULD SAY 12:53, BUT LET'S BE REALISTIC.

NO ONE'S COMING BACK UNTIL 01:00, SO 01:00 IN YOUR SEATS.

WE'RE STARTING AGAIN. WE'VE GOT ONE ITEM LEFT.

BUT IT IS ART AND YOU KNOW HOW WE ARE WITH ART.

WE TAKE OUR TIME. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE'LL SEE YOU BACK AT 01:00.

ALL RIGHT. WELCOME BACK, EVERYBODY.

IT IS 01:00 P.M. SHARP AND WE ARE ALL HERE, WHICH IS EXCELLENT, AND WE'RE PROCEEDING WITH [NOISE]

[1.e Public Art Annual Update Presented by George Gadson, Gadson & Ravitz and Maher Mansour, AssistantCommunity Development Director]

>> 1E PUBLIC ART ANNUAL UPDATE.

WE'RE PRESENTED BY GEORGE GATSON OF GATSON AND RABBITS.

HERE'S MY SOURCE ASSISTANT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT..

>> WELL, GOOD AFTERNOON FOR THE RECORD, I AM MAHER MANSOUR AND ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.

WE HAVE GEORGE GATSON WITH GATSON AND RABBITS AND HE'S GONNA DO THE ANNUAL REPORT OF THE PUBLIC ART PROGRAM PROTOCOL. THANK YOU.

>> GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, CITY MANAGERS, CITY ATTORNEY, AND CITY CLERK.

GEORGE GATSON AND GATSON RAVICE.

IT'S ALWAYS A PLEASURE FOR US TO COME BEFORE YOU TO GIVE YOU WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE PUBLIC ARENA, PARTICULARLY HERE IN A BEAUTIFUL CITY.

TODAY WE'LL PROVIDE YOU WITH A FAIRLY COMPREHENSIVE UPDATE ON PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN COMPLETED, PROJECTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY BEING WORKED ON, AND FUTURE PROJECTS.

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GIVE YOU SOME BACKGROUND HERE.

ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO, THIS IS PUBLIC ART COMMITTEE HAD PLACE A CALL TO ARTISTS OUT IN THE COMMUNITY FOR ARTISTS TO SUPPLY THEM WITH DESIGNS THAT POTENTIALLY COULD BE USED BY THE CITY AS PARKS WERE THE PARK'S PLAYGROUND AREAS SPECIFIC THAT WERE BEING DEVELOPED.

THE STIPULATION WAS THAT THE DESIGNS WOULD BE PURCHASED BY THE CITY AND THE CITY WOULD OWN THE DESIGNS.

THIS PARTICULAR ARTISTS, OUR DESIGN WAS PURCHASED AND EACH ARTIST RECEIVED A $1,000.

SANDRA RECEIVED $1,000 AND MY BUSINESS PARTNER BETH RAVICE, TOOK THE DESIGN AND ULTIMATELY WORKING WITH THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT AS THE TAMARAC PARK WAS BEING DEVELOPED AND HENCE WE NOW HAVE A WONDERFUL FENCE INCORPORATED IN THAT DESIGN.

HERE'S ANOTHER ONE. THIS IS AN ACTUAL, SHOWS YOU THE DESIGN BY GEORGE DE FONDOS AND HOW THAT ULTIMATELY WAS CONVERTED INTO THE PLAYGROUND FENCE THAT YOU SEE AT WATER'S EDGE PARK.

AN AERIAL VIEW AND THEN ANOTHER LOOK HERE.

THIS IS ONE OF THE COMPLETED PROJECTS THAT TOOK PLACE.

THE WALL MURAL AT COLONY WEST.

YOU FAMILIAR WITH THAT PARTICULAR DESIGN THAT WAS DONE BY JOHN BOWMAN.

IT'S GETTING A LOT OF GREAT ATTENTION AND COMMENTS.

THE CEILING SCULPTURES.

THIS PARTICULAR CALL TO ARTISTS WAS DONE AND RESPONDED BY SEVERAL ARTISTS.

THE BUDGET'S 65,000.

BY THE WAY, THIS IS CRYSTAL.

AUSTRIA CRYSTAL. I SAW HINTS.

IT'S JUST AN ACTUAL FANTASTIC WORK OF ART WHICH IS NOW IN THE COLONY WEST LOBBY AS YOU WALK IN AND IT'S AN EYE-CATCHER, IF YOU WILL.

AT TAMARAC VILLAGE, MOSAIC MURAL THAT WAS DONE AND COMPLETED BY, I WOULD SAY A WORLD RENOWN ARTISTS, CYNTHIA FISHER.

I DESCRIBED HER AS THE ARTIST WHO PAINTS WITH TILE IN TERMS OF HOW SHE DOES THE WORK AND EXECUTES IT.

THE BUDGET WAS 75,000.

THERE WERE GRANTS FUNDED IN THE AMOUNT OF 75,000 FROM THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF BROWARD.

THIS IS A FINAL VIEW, A PHOTOGRAPH OF THE FINAL VIEW OF THE MOSAIC WALL.

THIS IS A CLOSE-UP OF A COUPLE OF SEGMENTS OF THE WALL ITSELF, WHICH BRINGS SWEET RAY KING, IF YOU HEAD WEST ON COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD JUST BEFORE YOU GET ON THE NORTH RAMPED OUT OF THE SOIL GRASS EXPRESSWAY.

THIS BUDGET WAS $125,000.

THIS IS THE FINAL WORK FOR THAT.

AS WE GO THROUGH THIS, AND THIS IS BASICALLY HOW LIFE IS, THERE ARE LESSONS LEARNED.

WITH THIS PARTICULAR PIECE, WE DID NOT KNOW AT THE TIME WHEN THE HOTEL WAS BEING DEVELOPED, WE DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING REALLY ABOUT THE LANDSCAPING.

POINT BEING, WE DIDN'T KNOW THAT THERE WILL BE TREES PLACED ALONG THE AREA, WHICH, UNFORTUNATELY, WE DON'T OWN AND WE CAN'T REALLY REMOVE THEM.

THE PIECE IS VISIBLE, BUT IT WOULD HAVE BEEN MUCH BETTER IF WE HAD NO TREES.

[BACKGROUND]

>> I'M SORRY? IT IS BETTER NOW.

THANK YOU. AGAIN, LESSONS LEARNED, WE'LL ASK QUESTIONS IN TERMS OF WHAT OTHER PLAYERS FOR A PARTICULAR SITE AS IT RELATES TO PARTICULARLY LANDSCAPING AND THE TREE CANOPY ITSELF, WHAT THE HEIGHT WOULD BE, ETC, SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE SITUATION IN THE FUTURE.

THIS IS JUST FOR THE NEW MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION AND TO MAYBE REMIND THOSE WHO ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE PROCESS.

[02:50:05]

THE PUBLIC ART COMMITTEE MAKES RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE COMMISSIONERS, AND BASED UPON THE PARTICULARLY ARTWORK THAT HAVE BEEN EXHIBITED ON INSPIRATION WAY, THE PUBLIC ART COMMITTEE HAS WHAT WE CALL THE PURCHASE BUDGET IN THE AMOUNT OF OVER $60,000.

THE MONEY IS THERE IF THE COMMITTEE FEELS THAT- WE HEAR FROM THE COMMISSIONERS IN TERMS OF THE WORK THAT THEY ARE POTENTIALLY PURCHASING IT.

EITHER ONE SCULPTURE FOR 60 OR MULTIPLE SCULPTURES FOR 60, BUT IT'S OPTIONAL ALSO THAT THE MONEY DOES NOT HAVE TO BE SPENT.

THE WORKS THAT YOU SEE HERE ARE WORKS THAT WERE ON INSPIRATION WAY AT SOME POINT IN TIME AND THEY WERE RECOMMENDED FOR PURCHASE AND BROUGHT BEFORE YOU.

THESE ARE SOME OF THE WORKS.

THIS PARTICULAR PIECE NOW IS AT WATER'S EDGE PARK, WHICH VERY NICELY FITS IT.

IT'S VERY COLORFUL, VERY WHIMSICAL, VERY PLAYFUL.

OF COURSE, YOU SAW EARLIER PHOTOS OF THE ACTUAL PLAYGROUND FENCE AREA, WHICH IS ALL PRETTY NICE.

THESE WERE PURCHASED FOR $5,000, 25,000 TOTAL.

THEY CURRENTLY HAVE NOT BEEN DISPLAYED THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

WE ARE ACTUALLY LOOKING FOR A HOME FOR THEM.

TALK AND DISCUSSIONS HAVE TAKEN PLACE AS TO POSSIBLY THE CITY PLACING THIS PARTICULAR WORK MAYBE FOR OTHER CITIES WHO MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN PURCHASING IT.

THAT'S TO BE DETERMINED.

THIS PARTICULAR PIECE PURCHASE WAS $10,000, HANNAH [INAUDIBLE] YOU MAY HAVE SEEN IT AS YOU DRIVE DOWN SOUTH GATE, ACROSS FROM THE DOG PARK, ENTERING THE AQUATIC CENTER, CLAYTON SWARTZ, THIS TRIANGULAR PIECE.

NOW, THE NICE THING, COMMISSIONERS, I'D LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU IS THAT ONE OF OUR COMMITTEE MEMBERS, ACTUALLY, SHE'S A FORMER COMMITTEE MEMBER, GOD REST HER SOUL, MS. ROWENA SMITH.

WE LOST HER, I THINK IT WAS EARLIER THIS YEAR.

BUT SHE WAS ONE OF THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS THAT ALWAYS BROUGHT UP THE FACT, LET'S SEE IF WE CAN NEGOTIATE.

WE WERE ABLE TO GET THE ARTIST TO REDUCE THEIR PRICES AND TO ACQUIRE SOME VERY NICE PIECES.

THIS IS AT THE AQUATIC CENTER.

THE WALL MURAL AT COLONY WEST.

I'M EXCITED AND HAPPY TO REPORT, AND I SPOKE WITH GREG WARNER, I THINK IT WAS LAST WEEK, JUST TO FIND OUT THAT THE WORK IS INSTALLED.

THE ARTISTS COMPLETED THE WORK, BOTH ARTISTS.

YOU'RE INVITED TO GO AND VISIT BOTH WORKS AND SEE THE WORK AND THE COMPLETION IS DONE.

THESE ARTISTS RECEIVED $3,000, SO THE TOTAL BUDGET WAS $6,000 FOR THESE TWO PIECES.

BETH AND MYSELF HAD GIVEN THOUGHT TO HOW DID WE GET ART INTO THE NEIGHBORHOODS.

WHEN THIS PARTICULAR PIECE BY HANA GERMAN WAS AVAILABLE AND THE COMMITTEE WANTED TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS OF PURCHASING IT, WE THOUGHT THIS WAS AN IDEAL WORK THAT WOULD ACTUALLY BE GREAT TO GO INTO THE COMMUNITY.

YOU COULD SEE THIS, IF YOU HAVEN'T, IT'S AT 84TH AND A LOGO THEY COMPOSED.

FUTURE PROJECTS.

TAMARAC VILLAGE.

MICHAEL PARKER, THE ARTISTS WHO WAS CONTRACTED TO DO THE SOCIAL JUSTICE WALL.

THE PROJECT IS MOVING FORWARD.

WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF DISCUSSING WITH HIM SOME CONTRACT MODIFICATIONS IN ORDER TO MAKE THIS COME TO FRUITION.

THERE WERE SOME CHALLENGES WITH THE WALL IN TERMS OF THE FINISHED PRODUCT OF ARTWORK ITSELF, BUT TO FINISH IN ORDER FOR HIM TO DO HIS WORK.

THAT HAD TO BE WORKED OUT NOW, AND WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT.

THE DALMATIAN, I'M PLEASED TO REPORT THAT PROGRESS IS BEING MADE IN GETTING THE DALMATIAN INSTALL.ED.

A COUPLE OF THINGS.

THE PHOTOGRAPH YOU SEE HERE IS WHERE THE INITIAL RECOMMENDATION FOR PLACING IT.

BUT ONCE WE ACTUALLY GOT THE ARTISTS ON BOARD AND WE ACTUALLY DID

[02:55:01]

A SITE VISIT WITH THE ENGINEER AND WITH EVERYONE INVOLVED., IT WAS DETERMINED THERE WERE A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN IMPEDIMENTS AND NOT REALLY BEEN APPROPRIATE BECAUSE OF THE FOOTER, OF POWER LINES, OF ELECTRONIC, INTERNET CABLES, AND WHAT HAVE YOU.

THE WORK THAT THAT PARTICULAR SCULPTURE HAS BEEN RE DEDICATED, IF YOU WILL, OR RELOCATED TO GO MORE INSIDE THE FIRE STATION BUT IN A VERY PROMINENT PLACE THAT WOULD BRING A EVEN A GREATER VISIBILITY TO THE DRIVE-BY TRAFFIC.

THE CONTRACTOR, THE ARTIST AS WELL, THEY BOTH HAVE BEEN PUT ON NOTICE AND PROGRESS IS BEING MADE IN TERMS OF GETTING THE PERMITTING DONE SO THAT THE SHOVEL CAN TURN, INSTALLATION CAN TAKE PLACE.

[BACKGROUND]

>> I'M SORRY? PART OF THE MASTER PLAN ALLOWS FOR DEVELOPERS TO COME TO THE TABLE AS OPPOSED TO THE DEVELOPMENT FEE THAT NORMALLY, AND THIS PARTICULAR DEVELOPER BROUGHT TO THE PUBLIC ART COMMITTEE THIS PARTICULAR RECOMMENDATION.

THIS HAS COME BEFORE YOU HERE AT THE COMMISSION SOME TIME AGO.

ONCE ALL IS SAID AND DONE AND THE DEVELOPMENT IS COMPLETE, THESE PARTICULAR WORKS OF ART WILL ACTUALLY GO AT THE EDEN WEST DEVELOPMENT IS LOCATED THERE ON PINE ISLAND AND MCNABB AT THE CORNER.

SUNSET POINT PARK.

SOON TO BE COMPLETED.

I WAS TOLD BY JUNE 2023, IT SHOULD BE COMPLETED.

IN FACT, I'VE HAD FOLKS WHO SAID, GEORGE, WHAT IS HAPPENING THERE? ONCE IT'S COMPLETED, WE'LL CELEBRATE.

IT'S BEEN LONG IN COMING.

THE PUBLIC ACT COMMITTEE DID A CALL TO ARTISTS.

THE BUDGET WAS $48,000.

THE CALL TO ARTISTS WAS TO HAVE ARTISTS RESPOND TO HOW THEY WOULD TAKE INTRIGUE THE WALLS AT THE SKATE PARK.

THE SKATE PARK AS YOU MAY HAVE BEEN THERE, JUST REALLY JUST BLACK WALLS.

WHAT WE'RE PRESENTING TO YOU TODAY ARE THREE ARTISTS WHO RESPONDED.

EACH OF THE ARTISTS WILL EACH DO TWO WALLS IF YOU WILL.

THESE ARE THEIR CONCEPTS OR THE WALL.

BEFORE YOU TODAY THESE THREE END TERMS OF A RECOMMENDATION FROM THE PUBLIC ART BOARD SO THAT WE CAN MEET WITH THEM, GIVE THEM MORE SPECIFIC GUIDELINES AND MOVE FORWARD WITH GETTING THEM UNDER CONTRACT SO THAT HOPEFULLY BY THE SUMMER THIS CAN BE CONSUMMATED AND COMPLETED.

DJ CHERRY IS THIS PARTICULAR ARTIST AS WELL AS CONCEPT AND MARCO CONDAY, THIS IS HIS CONCEPT.

WE ALL KNOW THE DEMOGRAPHICS THAT USE THIS PARTICULAR PARK.

I WOULDN'T FILL INTO THAT DEMOGRAPHICS WERE JUST [LAUGHTER]

>> IN TERMS OF THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THE COLORS, THE CONCEPT OF THE VIBRANCY, THE SKATEBOARDERS, THE ARTIST OR RATHER THE SKATEBOARDERS WOULD DEFINITELY RELATE TO.

THEN ROB ROBBIE, HIS CONCEPT FOR PAINTING.

THE MURAL THERE ON THE SKATE PARK WALL.

COMING UP ALSO IS A FIRE STATION NUMBER 15.

WE'RE BRINGING BEFORE YOU AS WELL FOR A RECOMMENDATION FROM THE PUBLIC ART BOARD AND FOR YOUR APPROVAL.

A CALL TO ARTISTS WAS PLACED IN A NATIONWIDE AND WE RECEIVED 15 ARTISTS TOTAL THAT RESPONDED.

THE BUDGET OF 135,000.

JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE BACKGROUND THOUGH, THE INDIVIDUALS, THE FIREMEN AT THE FIRE STATION BROUGHT BEFORE THE PUBLIC ART BOARD THEIR REQUEST AND THEIR DESIRE TO SEE SUBTYPE OF MONUMENTS AND MEMORIALS THAT WERE PAID TRIBUTE TO THOSE FIREFIGHTERS WHO WERE

[03:00:05]

DECEASED OR EVEN THOSE WHO RETIRED OR ARE STILL PROVIDING SERVICE.

THEY MET WITH US AND WE EXPLAINED TO THEM THE CRITERIA, WHAT TYPICALLY HAPPENS.

AS FAR AS A CALL TO ARTISTS, THEY SHARE SOME OF THEIR THOUGHTS AND THEIR IDEAS.

AS SENSITIVELY AS WE COULD SHARE WITH THEM THAT THE ARTS THAT WOULD GO HERE SHOULD BE SOMETHING THAT IS NOT WHAT YOU WOULD SEE AT EVERY FIRE STATION THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY IN TERMS OF GRANITE, THAT'S TYPICAL HIS EYES OR SOMETHING ARTISTIC.

BUT THAT AT THE SAME TIME WHICH SPEAK TO ACCOMPLISH WHAT NEEDED TO BE ACCOMPLISHED IN TERMS OF SHOWING TRIBUTE TO THE FIREFIGHTERS.

WE HAD THREE ARTISTS THAT WERE SHORTLISTED AND I'M SHARING WITH YOU TODAY THOSE THREE ARTISTS AND THEN SHOWING YOU ONE THAT IS COMING BEFORE YOU FOR RECOMMENDATION FOR MOVING FORWARD.

THESE THREE ARTISTS, DANIEL BORER, NICK CHRISTIANSEN, AUSTIN WINSEL.

THIS IS WHAT DANIEL HAD PRESENTED.

NICK CHRISTIANSEN, THIS IS WHAT HE HAD PRESENTED.

THEN AUSTIN WINSEL, A SINGLE US FIREMEN.

INSPIRATION WAY.

I'M BRINGING IT BEFORE YOU HERE YOU'RE AT ONE OF THE LAST COMMISSION MEETINGS.

THERE WERE A COUPLE OF SCULPTURES THAT WERE NOT RECOMMENDED BY THE COMMISSION.

WE REACHED OUT TO THESE ARTISTS TO HAVE THEM PROVIDE US WITH THEIR WORKS.

WE'D LIKE FROM THIS LIST IF YOU WILL OF SCULPTURES, YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE TWO THAT YOU'D LIKE TO SEE ON THE REMAINING PATHS.

LIGHT UP TAMARAC DISCRETION AS BEING AHEAD AND SCHEDULED TO MEET WITH A COMPANY THAT IS KNOWN FOR CREATING LIGHTING INSTALLATIONS.

ON MAY 2ND THERE'S A MEETING SCHEDULED WITH THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE TO LOOK FURTHER INTO THAT AND WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE.

A CALL TO ARTISTS FOR THE 60TH ANNIVERSARY WENT OUT.

EACH ARTIST WOULD RECEIVE A STIPEND OF $3,500.

WILL RECEIVE SEVEN IF YOU WILL.

THESE ARE THE ARTISTS THAT WERE SHORTLISTED AND THEIR CONCEPTS. FIVE TOTAL.

THE ARTIST WHOSE IMAGE IS BEING RECOMMENDED FOR MOVING FORWARD IS THAT MR. DJ.

CHERRY. I'M OPEN FOR ANY QUESTIONS.

>> LET ME JUST QUALIFY THE DISCUSSION THAT THIS IS JUST AN UPDATE.

THOSE FUTURE PROJECTS, THE FIRE STATION, THE 60TH ANNIVERSARY OF FUTURE PROJECTS HAVEN'T SEEN THOSE ARE COMING TO YOU AT A FUTURE MEETING WHERE YOU WILL MAKE A DECISION, MORE DISCUSSION.

THIS WAS JUST YOUR GENERAL ANNUAL UPDATE AS PROVIDED BY YOUR CODE AND SO THE SLIDES OF FUTURE PROJECTS IS JUST SHOWING YOU SOME OF THE THINGS IN THE FUTURE THAT WILL BE COMING TO YOU INDIVIDUALLY.

THAT WAY WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR A CONSENSUS TODAY ON THOSE ITEMS IS JUST A GENERAL UPDATE.

[LAUGHTER]

>> I NEED TO ANSWER A QUESTION ABOUT THE DIMENSION WHERE IT'S GOING TO BE.

THE REASON IT WAS MOVED, THERE WAS A GAS LINE BELONGING TO ONE OF OUR ADJACENT SERIES RIGHT THERE.

THE NEW LOCATION IS THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ENTRANCE TO THE FIRE STATION ITSELF AND IT WAS DECIDED UPON WITH THE FIRE MARSHAL WHEN WE WENT THERE AND ACTUALLY IT'S A MORE PROMINENT LOCATION.

IT ALLOWS CHILDREN TO GO AND PARK AND BE ABLE TO SURROUND THE STATUE RATHER THAN STAND IN THE STREET OUTSIDE.

>> MAKES SENSE.

>> [INAUDIBLE] THANK YOU. THERE'S BEEN

[03:05:01]

A REQUEST BY MANY RESIDENTS ON THE EAST SIDE OF TAMARAC.

I KNOW IT'S PROBABLY BECAUSE THERE'S NO LAND, THERE'S NO SPACE THAT WE DON'T DISPLAY MUCH THERE.

I KNOW WE HAVE INSPIRATIONAL WAY.

BUT THE OUTCRY IS, WHY DOES IT ALL THE WAY OUT WEST? CAN WE PUT PIECES OUT ON THE USE OF UNIVERSITY AFTER TURNPIKE? ANY THOUGHT ON THAT RACE ISSUE?

>> YEAH, IT'S A COUPLE OF THINGS YOU MENTIONED THAT WE AT ONE POINT WE WERE WORKING WITH EACH OF YOU INDIVIDUALLY TO IDENTIFY PLACES IN YOUR DISTRICT.

I KNOW THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE VICE MAYOR TO IDENTIFY SOME PLACES AS WELL.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, YES, WE ARE RUNNING OUT OF RIGHT AWAY WHICH IS WHY WE AMENDED THE PUBLIC ART ORDINANCE TO PROVIDE FOR ON-SITE INSTALLATION, PRIVATE INSTALLATION BECAUSE OF THAT CHALLENGE.

>> [INAUDIBLE].

>> EVEN WORSE THERE'S ONE EXAMPLE.

THEY ARE THE FIRST THAT UTILIZE THAT PROVISION THAT WE INCLUDED IN THE AMENDMENT TO ALLOW FOR PRIVATE ON-SITE INSTALLS.

>> ON THE SUBJECT OF EDEN WEST, IS A DEVELOPER PAYING FOR THAT? THEY'RE PAYING FOR THE ART FLAMINGOS?

>> YES, THEY ARE. WE TOOK A CONTRACT TO THE COMMISSION, SO WE HAVE A DONATION CONTRACT WITH EDEN WEST WHERE ONCE IT'S INSTALLED THEY ARE PAYING FOR IT THEN IT'S DONATED TO THE CITY'S COLLECTION.

>> OKAY. THEN ALSO RECOLLECTING ADDITIONAL FUNDS FROM THEM?

>> WE DID. ON THIS ONE WE DID.

THEY PAY THE PUBLIC ART FUNDS AND THEN THEY DON'T NEED IT, THE PIECE.

>> ON THE SKATE PARK, THE MAINTENANCE, HOW THE KIDS WOULD BE RUNNING ALL AROUND ON SKATE BOARDS AND THOSE WHEELS AND SOMETIMES THEY'RE NOT BRAND NEW WHEELS.

WHO'S TAKING CARE OF MAINTENANCE OR REPAINTING OR SEALANTS?

>> PUBLIC ART BUDGET INCLUDES A MAINTENANCE LINE ITEM FOR ALL OUR MURALS AND ALL OUR INSTALLATIONS.

THE CITY THROUGH THE PUBLIC ART FUND WOULD MAINTAIN.

>> IS THERE A LIFESPAN ON THAT? SKATE PARK WALLS?

>> ARTISTS FAMILIAR WITH THE TYPE OF PAINT THAT THEY SHOULD USE THAT WILL ALLOW FOR UP TO SIX TO SEVEN YEARS LONGEVITY.

THEY ALL WILL ACTUALLY COAT IT WITH A UV COATING, A SEALER.

EVEN THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL WITH GRAFFITI.

>> THANK YOU. JUST TWO MORE THINGS.

THIS IS JUST A SOMEONE RECOMMENDED RPA AS A SCULPTURE ON PROSPECT AND COMMERCIAL WITH POSSIBLY WITH A STORAGE FACILITY IT'S A MAIN CORRIDORS ARE.

AS FAR AS THE TRIANGULATION AND THE AQUATIC CENTER, WHERE'S THAT? I HAVEN'T MET MICHAEL RODGERS THERE.

>> AS YOU AS YOU WALK INTO THE BUILDING.

JUST RIGHT THERE TO YOUR RIGHT OF THE ENTRANCE.

>> LITERALLY IT'S RIGHT THERE.

YOU'LL STUCK WITH ME NEXT. YES, THIS SCULPTURE IS RIGHT THERE AND VERY PRETTY.

I ALSO THINK WHEN THEY SAY IMITATION IS THE GREATEST FORM OF FLATTERY.

SEVERAL OF OUR PIECES THAT WE'VE HAD ON OUR INSPIRATION WAY HAVE ENDED UP IN SOME OF OUR SISTER CITIES.

ONE PIECE THAT I WISH WE BOUGHT BECAUSE I LOVE THE HEARTS, BUT IT'S SITTING BEAUTIFULLY IN NORTH LAUDERDALE.

I'M JUST GOING TO GO THROUGH INSPIRATION WAY.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU NEEDED US OR YOU NEED US TO COME TO CONSENSUS.

>> JUST ON THAT.

>> ON THOSE PIECES.

I'LL COME BACK TO THE CONSENSUS ONE ITEMS IN A SECOND THEN.

BUT I DO HOPE THAT THIS YEAR IF WE KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO CHANGE THEM OUT IN SEPTEMBER, WE'RE DOING OUR CALL FOR ARTISTS NOW, I GUESS FOREVER LONG IT TAKES FOR THE PROJECTS SO WE'RE NOT SITTING THERE WITH THEIR PLATFORMS AND OR DISCUSSION WITH US THAT CANCELS A COUPLE OF THEM THAT WOULD STILL HAVE THEIR PLATFORMS. I HAVEN'T SEEN ELLIE GO UP, BUT I KNOW ELLIE HAS GONE UP.

YES. BECAUSE I'VE GOTTEN RESIDENTS SAYING THEY'RE SO EXCITED, IT'S FACING THE RIGHT WAY.

GREAT. THE TRUNK NOT UP THERE YET.

>> THE TRUNK IS DOWN AND WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING THE ARTISTS PAID.

HE WAS NOT ABLE TO DO THE CHANGE.

BUT ONCE WE ACQUIRE THE SCULPTURE, WE OWN IT.

THEN WE CAN FIND SOMEONE WHO CAN MAKE THAT MODIFICATION AND ACCOMMODATE THE TRUNK BEING UP.

[03:10:01]

>> WELL, IT WOULD BE NICE IF THE CURRENT ARTIST IS ABLE TO DO IT BECAUSE THE SCULPTURE, BUT WHATEVER YOU'RE WORKING IT OUT IS ALL GREAT.

JUST I GOT ASKED WHY WE DIDN'T HAVE A GRAND DISPLAY AND PEOPLE WANTED TO COME OUT TO THE RIBBON CUTTING OF LA.

THAT'S HOW LOVES THIS ELEPHANT IS IN OUR CITY.

IF SHE'S LAUGHING, THAT'S GREAT. I'M NOT TRYING TO KILL HER.

SHE'S COUGHING OVER HERE, BUT IT REALLY IS VERY MUCH LOVED.

THE ORCHID, AND WE KNOW ABOUT THE TREES, IS THERE A WAY TO PUT A PEDESTAL UNDERNEATH IT TO POP IT OUT AND GIVE IT A LITTLE BIT MORE GRAND.

BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THERE'S LIGHTING.

I KNOW THERE'S A BUNCH OF OTHER THINGS AND I KNOW IT'S NOT EXACTLY A LIGHT PIECE.

IT'S SUBSTANTIAL.

BUT IS THERE A WAY TO GIVE IT SOME OOMPH AND PUT IT ON A PEDESTAL?

>> WE CAN DEFINITELY LOOK INTO WHAT THAT WOULD ENTAIL.

IT COULD BE A PROJECT OF A MAMMOTH MAGNITUDE BECAUSE OF HOW IT WAS DESIGNED, BUT WE WOULD DEFINITELY LOOK INTO THAT AND WE CAN BRING IT BACK TO YOU.

>> LET'S LOOK INTO IT BECAUSE WE ACTUALLY BOUGHT THAT SCULPTURE, AND SO IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE HERE FOR A LONG TIME.

UNLESS THAT'S GOING ON THE WAY TO SOMEBODY TO PURCHASE IT FROM US, WE MIGHT AS WELL HAVE IT ACTUALLY GIVEN THE PROMINENCE THAT WE THOUGHT IT SHOULD. LET'S JUST SEE HOW MUCH IT IS.

YOU CAN SAY IT'S $1 MILLION FOR THAT PAD. FORGET ABOUT IT.

WE CAN DO A LOT OF OTHER THINGS WITH THAT MONEY.

THE AMPHITHEATER, I DRIVE BY ALL THE TIME.

I'M STILL NOT SEEING IT PROTECTED.

THE ARTWORK IS NOT PROTECTED.

THERE'S STILL CONTRACTION, THERE'S STILL DIRT, THERE'S CELL DEBRIS, AND I'M NOT SURE IF THERE'S SOME SPECIAL COATING THAT'S MAKING SURE THAT IT'S NOT GOING TO HAVE ISSUES.

BUT IF IT'S NOT, THEN I AM RESPECTFULLY REQUESTING THAT THAT NOT BE EXPOSED FLESHY.

SHE'S NEEDS IS THAT THE TRUTH IS MY GRANDMOTHER WOULD SAY.

PLEASE LET'S PROTECT IT AND I DO HOPE THE COLORS ARE AS VIBRANT AS THE PHOTOS THAT ARE BEING SHOWN.

BECAUSE WHEN I GOT A GLIMPSE OF IT, IT DID NOT LOOK AS VIBRANT.

I'M HOPING THAT'S JUST THE DIRT AND THE DEBRIS IN THE DUSK VERSUS THE TRUTH BECAUSE THOSE PHOTOS ARE PHENOMENAL AND I KNOW THE WORK REALLY IS TOO.

ONE THING THAT WAS NOT MENTIONED WAS THE SPLASH PAD THAT WAS PUT DOWN BY AN ARTIST WHO'S SUPPOSED TO KNOW HER CRAFT AND BEING RIDDEN.

HOW'S THE STATUS OF THAT?

>> THE ARTIST COMPLETED THE SPLASH PAD, THE CONTRACTOR THAT LEVEL, THERE'S A POURING OF THE SURFACE, ETC.

UNFORTUNATELY, THE WORKMANSHIP WAS NOT AT THE LEVEL THAT IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN THE ARTIST'S WORK WITH WHAT SHE HAD TO WORK WITH.

AT THE RECOMMENDATION OF VARIOUS EXPERTS WITHIN THE CITY STAFF, IT COULD HAVE POTENTIALLY BEEN A LIABILITY.

HENCE, THE SPLASH PAD WAS ALL REMOVED.

IT HAS BEEN RESOLVED IN TERMS OF DETERMINING THE CULPABILITY AND THE ARTISTS WAS NOT CULPABLE AND HENCE NOW, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT A NEW SPLASH PAD IS BEING DONE BASED UPON RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHER COMPANIES THAT HAVE DONE SPLASH PADS.

NOT AS ARTISTICALLY DESIGN AS AS CYNTHIA FISHER HAD, BUT THAT IS IN THE PROCESS OF BEING IMPLEMENTED.

>> WE DON'T HAVE A TIMELINE JUST YET.

>> THE TIMELINE WE GAVE YOU WAS I THINK THE END OF THE SUMMER THIS YEAR.

SO THAT TIMELINE IS STILL IS STILL THE TIMELINE WE'RE HOPING.

>> SOUNDS GOOD. I STILL DON'T UNDERSTAND.

WHEN YOU SEE THAT YOU GOT WONKY FLAT SURFACE, HOW YOU CONTINUE ON WITH YOUR PROJECT.

INSTEAD OF SAYING HELP, I'VE GOT A WALK WONKY SURFACE, I CAN WRITE DOWN NO TILE DOWN.

THAT IS GOING TO BE SAFE FOR PEOPLE TO WALK ALL OVER AND YOU PROCEED ANYWAY, BUT THAT'S JUST SEPARATE.

YOU'VE SHARED WITH US WHERE SPECKLES MAKE FRECKLES WILL NOW BE PLACED, WHICH IS EXCELLENT.

WHEN WILL SPECKLES MAKE FRECKLES BE PLACED?

>> MY UNDERSTANDING FROM THE ARTISTS AND AFTER SPEAKING WITH THEM ONCE THE FOOTER IS DONE THEY HAVE ALREADY REACHED OUT TO ME, LETTING ME KNOW WHAT THEIR REQUIREMENTS ARE.

THE GOAL IS TO HAVE THIS DONE BY SUMMER AS WELL.

>> TO SUMMER 2023.

>> THE FLAMINGOS ARE ON UNION WEST, I THINK THEY'RE ADORABLE AND VIBRANT AND BEAUTIFUL AND PRESUMING IN THE MAINTENANCE PLAN, THEY WILL MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE ALWAYS REMAINING BEAUTIFUL AND VIBRANT.

WITH ONE OF THE ITEMS FOR WHEN MAYBE THE PROGRESSIVE BUILDING GETS REDONE TO HAVE ARTWORK, IT'S GOING TO BE A MUSEUM HOPEFULLY ANYWAY.

[03:15:02]

BUT HAVE ARTWORK PEPPERED IN THROUGH THE CITY FOR SOME OF THOSE OTHER PLACES THAT ARE REDOING THEIR PLAZAS AND BUILDINGS.

SINCE AT POINT PARK, I DRIVE ALL THE TIME THERE.

I SEE IT COMING OUT.

IT LOOKS A LITTLE SMALLER THAN I EXPECTED, BUT THEN AGAIN, I AM ON A HIGHWAY.

HOPEFULLY NOT.

IT NEEDS TO FIT LIKE ALL OF US AT ONE TIME.

ISN'T SUPPOSED TO? WHEN WE'RE STANDING THERE LOOKING THROUGH THE PRISM, TO THE EVERGLADES.

>> IT DOES, IT'S HUGE AND WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO STOP BY AND VISIT IT ANYTIME YOU'RE OVER THAT SIDE OF THE CITY, IT'S REALLY FANTASTIC.

>> WILL A LOT OF ART GET INTO THE PROPERTY.

>> WELL, NO.

[OVERLAPPING]

>> IS SAYING PLEASE DON'T COME BY AND YOU'RE SAYING PLEASE DON'T COME.

>> I HAVE GONE OUT THERE AND I HAVE SEEN IT.

NO, JOHN.

[OVERLAPPING]

>> YEAH. IT'S BEAUTIFUL.

>> NO.

[BACKGROUND]

>> I KNOW UP UNTIL.

>> SO YOU CAN SEE IT. YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO TOO FAR TO JUST SEE YOU PULL UP IN THE PARK AND YEAH.

>> WE NEED A WAIVER OF LIABILITY.

>> ALL RIGHT.

[LAUGHTER]

>> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, DO NOT DO THIS ON YOUR OWN.

GO BACK TO THE SKATE PARK BECAUSE I KNOW WE'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO TALK ABOUT THE FIREFIGHTERS SCULPTURE, BUT THERE WAS A COMMENT MADE THAT ONE HAS BEEN SELECTED.

>> NO. WE ALWAYS COME TO YOU WITH A RECOMMENDATION BY THE PUBLIC ART COMMITTEE, BUT WE BRING YOU EVERYTHING AS WE'VE DONE BEFORE, BUT THERE'S A RECOMMENDATION THAT THEY GAVE AND I THINK FOR THE PAST FOUR OR FIVE TIMES YOU HAVE DEVIATED FROM THAT RECOMMENDATION.

>> PRECISELY WHERE I'M GOING.

>> BUT WE DO BRING YOUR RECOMMENDATION THAT CREDITS.

THOSE WILL COME TO YOU SEPARATE IF WE DECIDE TO BRING THOSE FORWARD.

>> IN CASE THEY'RE NOT SELECTED.

I'M JUST GOING TO GO AHEAD.

>> SELECTED BY THE PUBLIC OR COMMITTEE AS IN TERMS OF ORDER WHICH THE RANK THAT WOULD COME TO.

>> WHERE WOULD THIS BE PLACED? EITHER ONE OF THE THREE THAT ARE CURRENTLY BEING PROPOSED.

>> WHAT WE'D LIKE TO DO, AND I KNOW IT'S BECAUSE GEORGE SHOWN IT, BUT THIS IS COMING TO YOU FOR THAT DISCUSSION WITH A MORE PLACEMENT, THIS IS COMING BECAUSE ANY SELECTION HAS TO BE MADE BY YOU.

THIS WAS REALLY JUST AN UPDATE TO THE SKATE PARK IS COMING TO YOU WITH A RECOMMENDATION.

THE FIRE STATION IS COMING TO YOU SEPARATELY WITH A RECOMMENDATION AND WE CAN ENTERTAIN THOSE DISCUSSIONS AT IT.

>> WELL, THEN I'LL JUST THROW IT OUT THERE.

HOPEFULLY, THERE'S SOME SEATING SO PEOPLE CAN SIT THERE IF THEY WANT TO PONDER AND THOUGHT AND THINK AND APPRECIATES SERVICE AND THAT PARTICULAR SCULPTURE.

>> THAT'S A VERY GOOD QUESTION MAYOR.

THE PLACEMENT OF THE SCULPTURE WOULD NOT ALLOW FOR SEATING SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE THERE'S NOT A CANOPY.

TYPICALLY WHEN SEATING IS BEING CONSIDERED FOR FOLKS TO ENJOY SCULPTURES, ETC.

A CANOPY OR SHAVING SOMEPLACE IS CONSIDERED SO THAT THEY CAN SIT IN WHATEVER TIME OF DAY AND ENJOY IT WITHOUT HAVING TO DEAL WITH IT.

IN THIS CASE, THE ELEMENTS OF AS FAR AS THE HEAT IS CONCERNED.

BUT AS IT IS RIGHT NOW, NO, MA'AM.

>> WELL, WE HAVE ARTWORK THAT IS TO BE SEEN FROM AFAR AND THEN WE HAVE AREN'T WORKED AS TO BE SEEING UP-CLOSE.

MY OPINION, IF WE'RE PUTTING PEOPLE'S NAMES ON ARTWORK FROM MONUMENT PURPOSES, IT IS TO BE SEEN UP CLOSE.

MAYBE WE NEED TO BE CONSIDERING A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE FORM AND FUNCTION FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS PARTICULAR ART PIECE.

I BELIEVE THAT THERE IS A FUNCTION OF THIS PARTICULAR ART PIECE AS WELL AND HOPEFULLY WE ARE WORKING CLOSELY WITH OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT ON THAT.

I WON'T SAY WHICH ONE OF THOSE THREE THAT I REALLY LIKED MOST, WHICH WOULD SURPRISE YOU.

IT DOES NOT HAVE THE DOG IN IT.

FOR THOSE PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT I'M ONLY PARTIAL TO THE PUPPIES.

BUT YOU DID WANT US TO DO A CONSENSUS TO THE ART FOR THE SKATE PARK.

IS THAT CORRECT? YOU HAVE THREE ARTISTS THERE? NO. BECAUSE THERE WAS A COMMENT ABOUT CONSENSUS, SO I WROTE DOWN, SO WE DON'T HAVE TO.

I ALSO HEARD THAT THERE ARE THE THREE FOR THREE DIFFERENT WALLS.

I THINK THEY ALL BRING THEIR OWN VITALITY.

I ADD THE SAME QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS.

YOU ROLL UP ON THEM, SKATE, MAKING SURE THAT IF WHATEVER CODING THAT THEY'RE USING IS GOOD FOR SKATEBOARDS BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO GO UP ON THEM, BUT ALSO NOT GOING TO DESTROY THE PRODUCT.

SO NO CONSENSUS IS NEEDED THEN NEVER MIND.

YOU ARE UP NEXT AGAIN.

SURE. GO FOR IT.

[03:20:01]

>> YOU'RE FINISHED?

>> YES.

>> MAYOR, IF I MAY, WHAT WE WOULD LIKE CONSENSUS ON IS FROM THE ART SELECTION PRESENTED TO YOU FOR INSPIRATION WAY, THE TWO SCULPTURES THAT SHOULD GO IN THE PLACE OF THE TWO THAT WERE NOT RECOMMENDED OR VOTED ON BY THE COMMISSIONERS.

>> THIS IS ONE. WE'LL COME BACK TO IT AFTER COMMENTS ARE MADE FOR OUR CONSENSUS BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE'RE JUST FOUR COMMENTS. GO AHEAD.

>> YEAH, THEY'RE JUST COMMENTS ACTUALLY AND RECOMMENDATION.

AS FAR AS THE LIGHTING GOES, IF WE CAN GET BETTER LIGHTING.

BUT ALSO IF IT CAN BE A TYPE OF LIGHTING THAT YOU DON'T SEE THE ACTUAL BIG, OLD STICK AND LIGHT BULB.

SOMETHING THAT'S HIDDEN AND DOESN'T LOOK LIKE SOMETHING ON YOUR FRONT YARD.

>> MORE ARTISTIC.

>> IT JUST LOOKS LIKE I JUST PUT THOSE LIGHTNINGS FROM THE SOLAR PANELS IN MY HOUSE.

IT DOESN'T LOOK RIGHT, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'RE SPENDING THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS.

THE SMALL PIECES, THERE IS A LOT OF CHATTER THAT OTHER PIECES WE HAVE NOW ON INSPIRATIONAL WAY THAT THEY'RE RELATIVELY SMALL.

FROM FAR AWAY, IT'S LIKE YOU'RE MISSING THEM.

THE WOODLANDS PIECE.

WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN WITH THE WOODLANDS PIECE CONSIDERING THE PROJECT IS MOVING FORWARD?

>> YEAH, THAT'S IN OUR INVENTORY SO WE CAN ALWAYS RELOCATE THAT.

IN FACT, THE CITY MANAGER AND I WERE HAVING A DISCUSSION REGARDING POTENTIAL RELOCATION PLACES IN THE MEDIAN, BUT THAT IS IN OUR PORTFOLIO, SO WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO RELOCATE IT TO WHEREVER WE SEE FIT.

>> A LOT OF GOOD FEEDBACK ON THE BE KIND PIECE.

IMMENSE. I THINK THERE'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE A CITY BUYING IT.

WE CAN CONSIDER PURCHASING IT.

THAT WOULD BE MY RECOMMENDATION.

THE LAST THING WOULD BE THE ROUNDABOUTS.

IF WE CAN PUT PERHAPS CONSIDER SOMETHING IN THE ROUNDABOUT BECAUSE YOU DO HAVE TO SLOW DOWN. I DON'T SEE A RISK.

I MEAN, THERE'S A RISK JUST WALKING OUT THE DOOR.

JUST COMING IN THE COMMISSION MEETING IS A RISK.

PERHAPS SOMETHING IN THE ROUNDABOUTS WITH PROPER LIGHTING SO THAT PEOPLE DON'T RUN OVER IT.

>> THANK YOU. I ACTUALLY LIKED THE IDEA OF SOME ARTWORK THAT IS POSSIBLY [NOISE]

>> CONDUCIVE FOR A MIDDLE OF ROUNDABOUTS, BUT DEFINITELY NOT METAL, LIKE NOT ANY OF THE SHINY METAL WHEN THE SUN IS GOING TO HIT IT AND SOME CAR IS GOING TO GO INTO IT AND THEN WE HAVE ALL KINDS OF LIABILITY.

BECAUSE FOR A SECOND THE WOODLANDS PIECE POPPED IN MY HEAD.

I'VE ALWAYS LIKED THE WOODLANDS PLACE.

I'VE ALWAYS HATED WHERE IT'S BEEN PLACED.

YOU REALLY CAN'T SEE IT UNLESS YOU'RE STUCK IN TRAFFIC AND YOU'RE SITTING THERE AT THE LIGHT AND YOU GO OH, THAT'S VERY PRETTY.

I HOPE WE DO FIND A BETTER HOME FOR IT.

ON THAT NOTE, WE NEED TO PICK THREE OUT OF THE PIECES YOU ARE PUTTING BEFORE US.

WE HAVE RAY KATZ, COMBUSTION.

[BACKGROUND]

>> WHAT'S THAT? [BACKGROUND]

>> GO AHEAD, NICK. WE HAVE GEMINI.

GOING IN REVERSE.

[BACKGROUND]

>> ON [OVERLAPPING]

>> IF IT'S TALLER.

>> [INAUDIBLE]. YES, SIR. IT'S MUCH MORE COMPRESSED, IF YOU WILL.

>> IS IT MADE BY THE SAME PERSON?

>> I'M SORRY.

>> IS IT MADE BY THE SAME ARTIST?

>> I DON'T BELIEVE. NO, MA'AM.

>> SO THE OTHER ONE IS COMPRESSED, THIS IS TALLER?

>> IT'S NOT AS TALL.

AGAIN, I DON'T RECALL THE DIMENSIONS, BUT THIS ONE IS MUCH TALLER.

>> THIS IS 75?

>> YES.

>> THIS IS OVER FIVE FOOT?

>> YES. MAYBE SIX BY 30 BY 28.

>> THEN LAST DANCE, SPIRITED, AND MAVERICK.

>> MAY I ADD ONE ADDITIONAL RECOMMENDATION? WE WERE LOOKING FOR TWO, BUT MAY I ASK FOR THREE?

>> I THOUGHT YOU WANTED THREE ANYWAY.

>> PERFECT.

>> WELL, GO AHEAD, LAURIE.

[03:25:04]

THE OTHER TWO ARE ON THEIR PHONES.

>> I'M A TOM CRUISE FAN, SO I LIKE MAVERICK.

[LAUGHTER]

>> NO, I LIKE SPIRITED AND MAVERICK.

THE COLORS ARE VIBRANT, MATCHES THE CITY'S BRANDING IN TERMS OF HAVING THE YELLOW AND THE ORANGE AND THE COLORS. I'LL HAVE TO PICK ONE.

>> WE HAVE THESE THREE AND THEN WE HAVE THE OTHER THREE.

OUT OF ALL SIX, WE NEED TO PICK THREE.

[NOISE]

>> SPIRITED AND MAVERICK WILL BE MY FIRST TWO.

[NOISE]

>> CAN YOU BRING THE OTHER ONES IN THE SLIDE?

>> YEAH. WE WERE JUST DISCUSSING WHETHER THERE MIGHT BE AN OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE THEY ARE SO THIN, WHETHER THERE'S A PAD THAT CAN HOUSE TWO OR THREE TO GIVE IT MORE OF AN IMPACT BECAUSE THEY ARE SO THIN GOING UP.

IF THERE'S A PAD THAT EXISTS WHERE WE CAN PUT LAST DANCE AND SPIRITED OR ALL THREE ON ONE PAD.

>> MY TURN?

>> YOU'VE GOT ONE MORE.

>> ONE MORE, AND WHERE IS THE OTHER ONE, SO SIX.

I DON'T LIKE THIS ONE. GO BACK. I DON'T WANT THIS.

>> I THINK GEMINI CAN.

>> YEAH. NOT VIBRANT ENOUGH.

[LAUGHTER]

>> I WOULD WANT ALL THREE, SPIRITED, ALL OF THOSE IN THAT.

YEAH, I WOULD GO WITH THOSE THREE. THOSE WOULD BE MY THREE.

>> WE'VE GOT MORRIS.

>> I WASN'T GOING TO SAY ANYTHING, BUT LITERALLY I WROTE ALL THOSE THREE JUST BECAUSE IT JUST MATCHES EVERYTHING AND ENCOMPASSES WHAT WE'RE DOING.

IF THEY CAN ALL FIT IN ONE PAD OR TWO PADS, AND HOW MANY PADS ARE OPEN?

>> THERE'S THREE THAT ARE OPEN.

>> THREE ARE OPEN.

>> IS THIS IS THE PUBLIC SERVICES PLOT?

>> IS EMPTY.

>> THIS IS?

>> ONE OF THEM, AND THEN ACROSS THE STREET FROM THERE IS ONE.

>> THERE'S THREE, AND WE'LL DEFINITELY TAKE A LOOK AT THE DIMENSIONS TO DETERMINE IF WE CAN PUT ALL THREE IN ONE PAD, ONE LOCATION, OR TWO IN ONE LOCATION.

ONE OF THE SCULPTURES THAT WAS ON INSPIRATION WING AT THE GOLF COURSE, I WAS JUST ADVISED THIS WEEK DUE TO WIND, IT'S DAMAGED, SO WE'RE REMOVING IT.

>> WHICH ONE IS IT, THE STARBURST?

>> THE SMALL SUN. THAT IS BEEN REMOVED, WHICH OPENS AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE IT REPLACED BY ONE OF THESE.

>> THAT'S WHY WE NEED THREE.

>> PARDON ME.

>> AGAIN, IF WE CAN FIT TWO IN ONE PAD, GREAT.

THAT'S ONE PER SE.

THE OTHER ONE, THAT'S TWO.

THEN I WOULD SAY THE SILVER, THAT ONE WOULD BE MY THIRD PICK.

>> ALL RIGHT. COMMISSIONER DANIEL.

[BACKGROUND]

>> GEMINI.

[BACKGROUND]

>> AND THEN THE COMBUSTION.

>> THE OTHER WAY.

>> COMBUSTION ISN'T AROUND.

>> GO BACK.

>> THE FIRST ONE. COMBUSTION IS THE FIRST ONE. THAT ONE?

>> YEAH. GEMINI AND COMBUSTION.

>> BECAUSE COMBUSTION IS TWICE ON THIS, YOU'RE ON YOUR SLIDE, SO I THINK.

NO, IT'S EITHER BEFORE OR AFTER, SO IT'S GEMINI.

THE NEXT ONE IS COMBUSTION.

>> THEN THE SPIRITED.

>> SPIRITED?

>> YEAH.

>> VICE MAYOR.

>> GEMINI AND [INAUDIBLE].

>> SPIRITED, MAVERICK.

>> IT APPEARS THAT SPIRITED AND MAVERICK HAVE CONSENSUS BY THE COMMISSION.

[LAUGHTER]

>> ANYWAY. BUT DON'T TAKE IT SO PERSONALLY OVER THEM [OVERLAPPING]

>> I DO.

>> YOU LOVE GEMINI NUMBER [INAUDIBLE]

>> OH MY GOD GETS US WHERE? [LAUGHTER]

>> I WOULD LIKE GEMINI IF IT WAS MORE COLORFUL.

UNFORTUNATELY, I LIKED THE INTERTWINING OF IT, BUT I FIND IT THOUGH, AND IT WON'T BRING VIBRANCE AS IT GOES THROUGH, THE GREEN YES, I DON'T KNOW.

BUT I DO THINK THAT PARADOX LOOKS LIKE THE NEXT,

[03:30:06]

THAT ONE LOOKS LIKE A STRETCH OF SPIRITED LAST DANCE IN MAVERICK.

I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE WE NEED TO ASK HIM TO THROW IN RENEGADE AND PUT THAT IN ALL BLUE AND THEN HAVE SPIRITED IN MAVERICK ON ONE SIDE AND THEN RENEGADE IN LAST DANCE ON ANOTHER AND PUT THEM ALL TOGETHER AND HAVE THE WHOLE COLORFUL SPECTRUM.

I JUST FIND THEM VERY SIMPLE, THIN, AND THEY'RE PERSONALLY.

BUT AGAIN, ART'S IN THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER AND WE NEED TO GET THIS DONE SO I WON'T STAND IN THE WAY OF GETTING IT DONE, SO IF WE PUT THE TRIO TOGETHER ON A PAD, THAT'D BE GREAT.

I THINK PROBABLY TO MENTION WHY THIS SHOULD BE HOPEFULLY YOU'LL BE ABLE TO AND THEN COMBUSTION IS WHAT IT IS, BUT AT LEAST IT'S GOT A LITTLE AWFUL.

JUST TO MAKE THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE TABLE A LITTLE HAPPY, WE'LL GO WITH GEMINI.

GEMINI SO I ACTUALLY PICKED FOUR.

PUTTING THEM ALL TOGETHER.

>> GEMINI IS BEAUTIFUL.

> GOOD.

[LAUGHTER]

>> WHEN YOU'RE ENTITLED TO YOUR OPINION, IT'S NOT BAD.

IT JUST THERE, AND WHEN YOU'RE DRIVING BY, IT'S GOING TO BLEND WITH THE TREES.

IT'S LIKE THERE.

THAT'S MY OPINION.

GO WITH THE THREE SKINNY LITTLE LAST DANCE, SPIRIT AND MAVERICK IF YOU CAN, IF YOU HAVE TO CUT ONE.

PERSONALLY I CUT MAVERICK AND KEEP LAST DANCE AND SPIRITED.

THE RED AND THE ORANGE TOO CLOSE TOGETHER.

IF YOU HAVE NOT BEEN FAN OF IT I'M NOT A BIG FAN OF IT.

WHATEVER I DO NOT CARE, MAKE IT PRETTY.

BUT IF WE CAN TRY TO PUT THE THREE TOGETHER, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

THEN WE CAN HAVE ROOM FOR GEMINI AND COMBUSTION.

IF WE CAN'T DO THE THREE, CUT ONE OF THE SKINNY ONES OUT AND JUST KEEP COMBUSTION AND GEMINI, SO THIS WAY HALF THE TABLE IS HAPPY ON THIS SIDE, HALF THE TABLES HAPPY ON THIS SIDE AND PERSONALLY, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEPTEMBER WHEN WE GET A WHOLE NEW ROUND OF COLORFUL, VIBRANT COLOR, BIGGER ARTWORK THAT SAYS, WE'RE HERE IN TAMARAC AND WE HAVE FUN.

>> THANK YOU. JUST FOR THE RECORD, CAN YOU CLARIFY YOUR CONSENSUS.

[LAUGHTER]

>> RIGHT AT THEM.

>> SURE. WITHOUT KILLING COMMISSIONER DANIEL.

[NOISE]

>> WE'VE GOT COMBUSTION.

WE'VE GOT GEMINI.

WE'RE GOING TO ATTEMPT FOR LAST DANCE, SPIRIT AND MAVERICK, AND IF WE REALLY CAN'T GET ALL THREE TO DANCE NICELY TOGETHER ON THE PLATFORM, WE'RE GOING TO GET RID OF LESS THAN SO MOREY.

COMMISSIONER WRIGHT, YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT RED MIGHT DO. DOES THAT WORK?

>> YES.

>> I'LL GIVE YOU SOME OPTIONS TO PLAY WITH.

BELIEVE IT OR NOT, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE FIT IT.

I WAS SAY WITHIN LESS THAN AN HOUR WE ACTUALLY FINISHED ARTWORK.

BUT DON'T FEAR, WE'RE STILL HERE BECAUSE WE HAVE

[1.f Discussion on Organizational Development Sessions - May 15 from 9-3 p.m. and May16 from 9-12 p.m. Presented by City Manager Levent Sucuoglu]

ONE DISCUSSION ON ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT SESSIONS MAY 15, FROM 9:00-3:00 PM AND MAY 16TH FROM 9:00 TO NOON.

IN MIDDLE EAST CITY MANAGER, I'M NOT SURE WHY IT'S FOR DISCUSSION AND NOT JUST BEING PUT ON OUR CALENDAR AS NORMAL PROCEDURE. BUT GO AHEAD.

>> MAYOR THANK YOU. I WANTED TO ALSO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF AN EXPLANATION FOR THE AGENDA ITEM IN THE UPCOMING COMMISSION MEETING THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH SIR BOB NORTON FOR SOME TIME AND HAS BEEN TREMENDOUSLY HELPFUL, AND SO WE DEVELOPED THIS ROADMAP IN ORGANIZATIONAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.

THIS IS THE FIRST PART OF THE INITIAL PRE-STEPS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE IMPLEMENTING.

THEN THAT'S THAT MAY 15TH AND 16TH, IT'S THE MOST CRITICAL DATE OF ALL THE STEPS BECAUSE IT REQUIRES THE INVOLVEMENT OF THE COMMISSION IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CITY'S VISION, MISSION, AND GUIDING PRINCIPLES, AND SO I WANTED TO EMPHASIZE THAT TODAY AS PART OF THAT.

ON MAY 15TH, WE'RE GOING TO ASK THE COMMISSION TO BE PARTICIPATING IN THAT PROGRAM 9:00-3:00 AND THEN THE FOLLOWING DAY ON THE 16TH 9:00-12:00 SO FOR TWO DAYS, WE'RE GOING TO BE ASKING YOU TO PARTICIPATE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF

[03:35:03]

THE CITY'S NEW VISION IN GUIDING PRINCIPLES THAT'S GOING TO HELP US IN THE NEXT 15, 20 YEARS SO THAT'S THAT.

UNLESS YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT ONE, I LIKE TO BE ABLE TO SQUEEZE IN ANOTHER PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT, IF I MAY. THANK YOU.

WE'RE IN THE FINAL STAGES OF THE CITY'S AUDIT PROCESS AND THAT'S COMING TO A CONCLUSION.

WITH THAT, WE'RE ALSO COMING TO A CONCLUSION OF OUR CONTRACT WITH THE CITY'S AUDITORS, AND SO IT'S TIME FOR US TO GO OUT AND DO A COMPARATIVE SEARCH FOR THE NEW AUDIT FIRM FOR CITY OF TAMARAC.

THAT COMES WITH SOME SPECIFIC GUIDELINES FOR THE RECRUITMENT OF THE CITIES NEXT AUDIT FIRM, AND SO ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS IS THAT THE SELECTION PROCESS.

SELECTION PROCESS INCLUDES ONE MEMBER OF THE CITY COMMISSION AND BETWEEN 3-5 MEMBER SELECTION COMMITTEE ESTABLISHMENT OF A SELECTION COMMITTEE, BETWEEN THREE AND FIVE MEMBERS, ONE BEING ONE OF THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COMMISSION, TAMARAC CITY COMMISSION.

THE TRADITIONAL WAYS MOST COMMUNITIES DO IS THEY SEEK ASSISTANCE FROM OTHER FINANCE SECTORS AND FROM OTHER COMMUNITIES, AND SO WHAT I'M ASKING FOR TODAY IS CONSENSUS FOR ME TO GO OUT AND ESTABLISH THAT COMMITTEE AND BRING YOU BACK RECOMMENDATIONS, AND THEN IN THE MEANTIME, I'M GIVING YOU A HEADS UP FOR SELECTING ONE OF YOU FOR BEING PART OF THAT SELECTION COMMITTEE.

>. YOU DON'T NEED US TO MAKE THE DECISION ABOUT THE COMMISSION MEMBER AT THIS TIME, DO YOU?

>> NO, WE DON'T.

>> IF YOU DO, WE'LL FIGURE IT OUT.

>> IT REQUIRE A FORMAL VOTE BECAUSE THAT MEMBER WON'T BE THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE STATE LAW.

WHEN THE MANAGER PRESENT THE OTHER MEMBERS HE PROBABLY WOULD LEAVE THAT SPACE BLANK AND COMMISSION CAN MAKE THAT CHOICE.

>> REALISTICALLY, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE IT DONE BEFORE THE NEXT WORKSHOP.

BECAUSE WE CAN ALWAYS DISCUSS THE ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITY OF THE COMMISSION MEMBER WHO WILL BE ON IT AND WE'LL KNOW A LITTLE BIT MORE AT THAT TIME, AND THEN THE COMMISSION CAN MAKE DETERMINATION AT THAT WORKSHOP WHO SHOULD GO ON TO THE NEXT WORKSHOP WHO SHOULD GO ON THAT.

[NOISE]

>> SURE. THE NEXT WORKSHOP IS GOING TO BE IN LATE MAY AND WE CAN DEFINITELY HAVE THAT CONVERSATION.

>> ISN'T THAT ENOUGH TIME, OR IS THAT TOO LATE?

>> WELL, WE NEED TO COMPLETE THE SELECTION PROCESS AND HAVE THIS AUDITOR IN PLACE BY JUNE.

>> SORRY I MISSED THE DATE.

>> WE DON'T HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF TIME.

>> THE SELECTION COMMITTEE ESTABLISHMENT ON THE SOUTH NEED TO BE VOTED ON BY THE CITY COMMISSION, INCLUDING THE MEMBERS WHO WILL BE ON THAT COMMITTEE.

>> I WILL BRING A RESOLUTION BACK TO YOU WITH THE SELECTION COMMITTEE, AND AT THAT TIME OR NOW THE COMMISSION WILL NEED TO IDENTIFY ONE OF THE COMMISSION MEMBERS AS THE CHAIRPERSON OF THAT SELECTION COMMITTEE.

>> I SEE VICE MAYOR IS TURNING HIS THING OVER.

>> I THINK IN THE PAST HOW WE HAVE DONE APPOINTMENTS; CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, IS THAT AT THE WORKSHOP WE DISCUSS WHO THAT PERSON SHOULD BE AND THEN WHEN WE GO TO THE CITY COMMISSION MEETING, WE NAME THAT PERSON OR RESOLUTION.

IT SEEMS LIKE WE'VE BEEN MISSING THE MARK WITH THAT RECENTLY.

IS IT PRUDENT FOR US TO DISCUSS WHO THAT PERSON IS NOW AND THEN WE CAN PUT THAT IN A RESOLUTION WHEN IT COMES BEFORE US?

>> VICE MAYOR, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING.

>> I HEARD THE MANAGER SAID THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO NAME THAT PERSON NOW.

I'M SAYING THAT WE SHOULD DO WHAT WE HISTORICALLY DO.

AS A POINT THAT WE ARE NOT DOING WHAT WE HISTORICALLY DO ON WEDNESDAY'S WORKSHOP, WE HAVE AN APPOINTMENT FOR THE BROWARD LEAGUE OF CITIES BUT WE'RE NOT DISCUSSING IT AT THE WORKSHOP TODAY.

[03:40:05]

>> I'M HEARING A TAG ON AND I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH IT BECAUSE WE USUALLY DO DISCUSS THINGS AT OUR WORKSHOP.

IF WE WANT TO DISCUSS BOTH ITEMS NOW, WE COULD DISCUSS BOTH ITEMS NOW.

AS FAR AS MY OPINION OF THE CITY MANAGER, YOU ARE THE CITY MANAGER.

THIS IS A PROCEDURE THAT YOU NEED TO DO.

YOU DON'T NEED OUR APPROVAL TO DO WHAT YOU NEED TO DO TO GET THE BOARD TOGETHER.

THE ONLY THING YOU NEED FROM US IS THAT PERSON FROM THE COMMISSION TO BE ON THERE.

>> THAT'S CORRECT. WEISSMAN IS CORRECT TOO THAT IT WOULD BE IDEAL IF WE CAN IDENTIFY THAT MEMBER TODAY.

>> WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT NOW. THAT'S WHAT I WAS TRYING TO GO FOR WHEN [NOISE]

>> YOU SAID THAT WE COULDN'T DO IT AT THE NEXT WORKSHOP BECAUSE THE NEXT WORKSHOP IS MINUTES BEFORE THE JUNE DEADLINE AND WE NEED TO HAVE EVERYBODY IN PLACE.

THAT'S WHY I SAID WE'RE DISCUSSING.

COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS.

>> I JUST WANT CLARITY.

>> WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS, FOR THE WORKSHOP, WE'RE ADDING IN OUR LEGACIES AT THIS POINT IN TIME.

>> I WOULD JUST WANT CLARITY BECAUSE THE LAST TWO APPOINTMENTS WERE JUST MADE WITHOUT A WORKSHOP.

OUR FUTURE APPOINTMENTS ARE GOING TO COME BEFORE THE COMMISSION AT A WORKSHOP OR JUST GOING TO BE PLACED ON THE AGENDA AND BE VOTED ON UPON THAT DAY.

>> IF YOU CAN CLARIFY, WHICH APPOINTMENTS ARE WE TALKING ABOUT?

>> THE LAST TWO APPOINTMENTS WERE MADE AT A COMMISSION MEETING WITHOUT THE WORKSHOP, SO NOW WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO BE WORKSHOPPING THIS AS ONE OF MY RECOMMENDATION FROM VICE MAYOR, BUT WE DIDN'T DO THAT BEFORE.

MOVING FORWARD ARE WE GOING TO BE WORKSHOPPING EVERY APPOINTMENT OR ARE WE NOT? THAT'S WHAT IS GOING ON RIGHT NOW.

>> IT WOULD BE IDEAL IF WE CAN HAVE THAT IDENTIFIED AT THE COMMISSION WORKSHOP, BUT IT'S THE COMMISSION'S CALL TO MAKE THAT CHOICE.

>> WE WANT CONSISTENCY BECAUSE OTHERWISE IT'S JUST UP IN THE AIR EVERY SINGLE TIME.

ARE WE WORKING ON CONSISTENCY OR WE'RE GOING TO BE WISHY-WASHY?

>> I THINK THAT WHAT HAS HAPPENED IN THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS SINCE WE HAVE GONE THROUGH THE CHANGE OF SCHEDULING THROUGH COVID AND WE'RE NOW COMING OUT AND COMING BACK INTO A WORLD OF HAVING MEETINGS.

WE HAVE NOT YET STARTED BACK INTO A WORLD OF HAVING TWO WORKSHOPS A MONTH LIKE WE USED TO HAVE WHICH MADE SOME OF THE CONVERSATION EASIER FOR OUR COMMISSION MEETING BECAUSE WE PUT THE TIME AT THESE COMMISSION WORKSHOPS.

SINCE WE DON'T HAVE THAT SECOND WORKSHOP BEING PUT BACK ON THE COMMISSION SCHEDULE YET, WE'RE COMING ABOUT TO WHERE WE'VE HAD TO TALK ABOUT SELECTIONS AT COMMISSION MEETINGS UNDER THE WORKSHOP ITEM WHICH IS NUMBER 10, AND THEN TODAY WE'RE UP AGAINST THE TIMING SITUATION TO WHICH WHY WE ARE DEALING WITH THE AUDIT.

THERE WAS A POINT BEING MADE THAT TYPICALLY WE WOULD DO THESE DURING WORKSHOPS DISCUSSIONS, AND WE DO HAVE IN OUR AGENDA FOR THE NEXT MEETING A WORKSHOP ITEM NUMBER 10 UNDER NUMBER 10 FOR THE BROWARD LEAGUE OF CITIES.

MY OPINION WAS JUST TO WORKSHOP ON BOTH OUT RIGHT NOW, GET BACK ON OUR TRACK WHERE A WORKSHOP RATHER THAN DURING A COMMISSION MEETING AND PULL THAT PROCEDURE BACK TO WHAT WE USED TO HAVE.

>> I WANT TO GO BACK TO THAT, BUT I ALSO WANT TO GO BACK TO THE MAYOR'S QUESTION TO YOU OF WHERE THE CITY MANAGER WAS.

CAN YOU TELL US WHAT THIS MEMBER OF THIS COMMITTEE WILL BE DOING SO THAT WE ALL UNDERSTAND THAT ROLE BEFORE WE ACTUALLY GIVE CONSENSUS TO ONE? I WANT TO JUMP BACK INTO GETTING CONSENSUS WHETHER PROCEDURALLY, ARE WE GOING TO BE WORKSHOPPING THESE APPOINTMENTS OR NOT? BECAUSE WE NEED CONSISTENCY.

>> SURE. THE CONSISTENT WAY THAT WE'VE DONE IT IN THE PAST IS OBVIOUSLY TO WORKSHOP THESE APPOINTMENTS.

>> I DON'T MEAN TO CUT YOU OFF, I'M GOING TO SAY ONE THING TOO.

I APOLOGIZE.

I WANTED TO THROW THAT IN THERE SO YOU CAN SWALLOW EVERYTHING UP AND THEN REGURGITATE.

SAME THING THAT WAS HAPPENING WITH THE BACKUP INFORMATION.

IT'S GOING TO BE COMING BEFORE US ON WEDNESDAY, BUT THE SAME THING.

ARE WE PROVIDING BACKUP OR ARE WE NOT PROVIDING BACKUP? DOES IT GET BACKUP INFORMATION AND GET PLACED ON THE AGENDA OR IF IT'S MISSING BACKUP INFORMATION, IT DOES NOT GET ON THE AGENDA.

THAT'S THE CONSISTENCY THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE.

NOW YOU CAN PROCESS ALL THAT.

>> LET ME START WITH THE AUDIT PROCESS FIRST.

FOR THAT, THE CHAIRPERSON OBVIOUSLY CHOSE THE SELECTION COMMITTEE

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AND HAS REQUIREMENTS OUTLINED IN THE STATE STATUTES.

THE PROCESS THAT WE WANT TO FOLLOW IS TO IDENTIFY THAT CHAIRPERSON AND THEN ALLOW ME TO GO BACK AND ESTABLISH THE REST OF THE COMMITTEE.

THE COMMITTEE CAN BE 3-5 MEMBER SELECTION COMMITTEE USUALLY CONSISTING OF OTHER FINANCIAL PROFESSIONALS AND IN THE PAST WE HAVE REQUESTED PARTICIPATION OF OTHER FINANCE DIRECTORS FROM OTHER COMMUNITIES AND WE DO PARTICIPATE IN SUCH SELECTION COMMITTEES FOR OTHER COMMUNITIES AS WELL.

ONCE THAT COMMITTEE IS ESTABLISHED, I WOULD BRING THAT RESOLUTION BACK TO THE CITY COMMISSION FOR YOUR APPROVAL AND THEN WE WOULD GO OUT WITH THE RFP OR THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS FOR THE SELECTION.

>> SAME AS DESCRIBED JUST FOR CLARIFICATION RECORD, CITY MANAGER WILL MAKE A RECOMMENDATION OF INDIVIDUALS AND THE COMMISSION WOULD CONFIRM.

>> I THINK WHERE COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS WAS GOING WAS HOW MANY MEETINGS ABOUT HOW LONG? WHAT IS THE TIME AND REQUIREMENT OUT OF THE COMMISSION MEMBER THAT YOU WERE SEEKING?

>> SURE. WE'RE ALSO GOING TO ASK FOR ASSISTANCE FROM OUR PROCUREMENT OFFICE AND THEY WOULD BE MANAGING THE PROCESS AND IDENTIFY THE STEPS IN THE SELECTION PROCESS.

GOING BACK TO COMMISSIONER, YOUR QUESTION ABOUT THE BACKUP, NO BACKUP.

IT WAS THE COMMISSION'S GUIDANCE FOR THOSE DISCUSSION ITEMS THAT'S GOING UNDER SECTION 10 TO HAVE APPROPRIATE BACKUP.

>> QUESTION.

>> TO FOLLOW UP ON COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS QUESTIONS, I'M THINKING WHATEVER ROLE THAT THE PERSON IS GOING TO BE ENGAGED IN THE SKILLS, WHAT'S NEEDED FOR COMMISSION MEMBER, HOW MANY TIME ARE THEY GOING TO MEET, THINGS LIKE THAT.

I THINK THAT THOSE QUESTIONS WERE TRYING TO GET ANSWERS TO.

>> GOING BACK TO SOME PREVIOUS EXPERIENCES, THE CHAIRPERSON OBVIOUSLY CHAIRS THE MEETINGS AND GUIDES THE CONVERSATION.

THERE CAN BE A NUMBER OF SESSIONS THAT COMMITTEE WILL NEED TO GET TOGETHER.

THEY WILL FIRST RECEIVE THE PROPOSALS TO EVALUATE THOSE PROPOSALS ONCE THE EVALUATION IS COMPLETED ON THEIR OWN AND THEN THERE WILL BE A JOINT MEETING OF THE COMMITTEE TO DISCUSS THE PROPOSALS, MAYBE RATINGS.

THEN IF THERE'S CONSENSUS AT THAT POINT, THEY CAN MAKE THE RIGHT DECISION TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION AND THEN WE CAN TAKE IT FROM THERE AND BRING IT BACK TO THE COMMISSION FOR APPROVAL.

BUT IN THE PAST, THERE MAY HAVE BEEN ADDITIONAL MEETINGS TO ASK FOR PRESENTATIONS FROM THE POTENTIAL VENDORS AND THAT MAY REQUIRE ONE OR TWO ADDITIONAL MEETINGS BEFORE THE COMMITTEE COME TO A CONCLUSION FOR RECOMMENDATION.

>> THIS INDIVIDUAL WILL BE MANAGING A TEAM OF FINANCIAL PROFESSIONAL?

>> CORRECT.

THAT'S ALSO ASSISTED AND GUIDED BY OUR PROCUREMENT TEAM.

>> HEN WE HAVE THE BROWARD LEAGUE OF CITIES SELECTION THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE AS WELL. COMMISSIONER DAN.

>> JUST HOW LONG DOES THESE TERMS WORK LESS? > WE HAD THIS AUDIT FIRM FOR QUITE SOME TIME.

I DON'T REMEMBER THE EXACT LENGTH OF TIME.

MAYBE CHRISTINE CAN HELP.

>> SEVEN YEARS.

>> SEVEN YEARS

>> WHOEVER COMMITS TO THIS HAVE TO DO SEVEN YEARS?

>> NO.

[LAUGHTER]

>> COMMISSIONER DANIEL?

>> SEVEN YEARS.

[OVERLAPPING]

>> THE MEMBERS-ONLY SERVE REALLY FOR A TEMPORARY PERIOD UNTIL THE RECOMMENDATIONS MADE BY THE CITY COMMISSION WITH RESPECT TO THE POTENTIAL AUDIT FIRMS, THE FINANCE DIRECTOR WAS TALKING ABOUT THE TERMS OF THE CONTRACT.

>> ONCE THE SELECTION IS DONE, THEN THE COMMITTEE IS OUT.

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>> I'VE BEEN BACK OVER HERE.

>> I STARTED GOING TOWARDS BROWARD CITIES BECAUSE THAT'S THE NEXT ITEM THAT IS UP.

I KNOW THAT THE BROWARD LEAGUE OF CITIES IS CURRENTLY FOR THIS PAST YEAR WE HAD FLED COMMISSIONER BOLTON AND THAT IS HIS TERM OR THAT TERM IS NOW ENDING ACCORDING TO OUR BACKUP.

THAT'S WHERE WE STAND FOR THE TWO ITEMS THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED, AND GOING TO [OVERLAPPING]

>> I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE.

>> MAYOR HAD HIS CARD UP I DID NOT SEE IT.

GO AHEAD AND JUST TURN IT BACK OVER SO I KNOW THAT IT'S NOT IN THE LAST TIME, PLEASE.

>> THANK YOU MAYOR, I'VE SERVED ON THE BROWARD LEAGUE OF CITIES FOR THE ENSUING YEAR, THE PAST YEAR.

IT'S BEEN A GREAT TIME SERVING ON THE BOARD.

I'VE LEARNED LOTS OF EXCITING THINGS AND HAVE GIVEN MY CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE BOARD.

THAT IS MY ONLY COMMISSION APPOINTMENT.

THAT'S THE ONLY BOARD THAT I SERVE ON.

THE BOARDS I GAVE IT UP TO OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION.

OBVIOUSLY LIKE TO REMAIN ON THAT BOARD, TO CONTINUE TO SERVE THE BROWARD LEAGUE OF CITIES AND THE CITY OF TAMARAC.

[NOISE]

>> YOU'RE NEXT GO AHEAD, OVER TO YOU?

>> I'M GOING TO GO BACK TO THE OTHER ONE.

>> I GUESS WE'RE GOING BACKWARDS.

WE'RE ON THE FLOOR RIGHT NOW.

WE ARE DEALING WITH BROWARD LEAGUE OF CITIES.

I'M ONLY HEARING ONE PERSON, SO JUMP IN FOR A REQUEST OF BEING ON BROWARD LEAGUE OF CITIES, IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE WHO WISHES TO BE ON BROWARD LEAGUE OF CITIES ARE THE AUDIT OR BOTH OR EITHER ONE?

>> I'LL CONSIDER MYSELF TO BE ON BOTH.

AS FAR AS THE AUDIT COMMITTEE.

I SPENT FIVE YEARS WITH AMAZON ON WITH PURCHASING, FINANCE, AND AUDITING.

I ALSO SPENT ABOUT FIVE YEARS WITH KAISER UNIVERSITY IN THE SAME MANNER, AND I BELIEVE THAT I'M VERY CAPABLE OF DOING THAT ROW BEING THE CHAIR FOR THAT COMMITTEE.

IF NOT, SO, I WOULD BE OKAY WITH COMMISSIONER BOLTON REMAINING ON THE BOARD.

JUST DON'T KNOW WITH HIS NEW ROLE AND POSITION WITH THE COUNTY HOW THAT AFFECTS OR HOW THAT WILL BE BENEFICIAL TO US.

>> COMMISSIONER WRIGHT I SEE YOU'RE REACHING FOR YOUR MICROPHONE.

>> I'LL SUPPORT COMMISSIONER BOLTON BEING ON THE BOARD AS WELL.

I THINK, ONE BOARD.

HE'S LIKE HE SAID, HE'S GIVEN UP HIS OTHER BOARDS AND HE'S THE ONE BOARD THAT HE HAS.

I'LL SUPPORT IN THAT SENSE.

I'LL NOMINATE MYSELF FOR THE AUDIT COMMITTEE.

I THINK MY BACKGROUND WOULD AN MBA AND MY EXPERIENCE IN BUSINESS, UNDERSTANDING FINANCIAL PROFESSIONALS AND FINANCES WOULD DEFINITELY BE A GREAT HELP IN THAT ROLE.

>> IN MY OPINION, I WOULD THINK THAT, I'LL SUPPORT COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS FOR THE BROWARD LEAGUE OF CITIES, AS THERE'S BEEN DISCUSSION BEFORE OF GETTING AN OPPORTUNITY FOR EVERYBODY TO HAVE AN OPTION TO BE ABLE TO BE ON IT, AND THAT'S WHAT WAS USED LAST TIME AS REASONING IN RATIONALE.

I WOULD THINK THAT AT THIS POINT IN TIME, COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS HAS NOT BEEN PUT ON A BOARD AND HE SHOULD BE ON A BOARD, AND IT WOULD ALSO TAKE AWAY ANY CONCERNS PUBLICLY, WHETHER REAL OR PERCEIVED ABOUT COMMISSIONER OR VICE MAYOR BOLTON BEING ON THE BROWSER LEAGUE OF CITIES AS A DELEGATE FOR TAMARAC WHEN HE IS ALSO SERVING AS THE LEGISLATIVE AIDE TO A COUNTY COMMISSIONER.

I THINK IT WOULD PULL SOME OF THAT QUESTIONING OUT, AGAIN, REAL OR IMAGINED, BUT IT IS OUT THERE AND THEN I WOULD SUPPORT COMMISSIONER WRIGHT BEING ON THE AUDIT.

THAT IS WHERE I GO.

COMMISSIONER DANIEL, YOUR OPINION ON THIS MATTER?

>> I SUPPORT BOTH OF THEM.

COMMISSIONER WRIGHT WANTS TO AUDIT AND BROADLY, I DON'T THINK THERE SHOULD BE A CONFLICT.

>> THAT WAS MORE FOR THE FACT THAT GIVE EVERYBODY AN OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE ON A BOARD THAT HASN'T HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE ON

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A BOARD BECAUSE HE'S BEEN SHUT OUT BY THIS COMMISSION TO BE ABLE TO SERVE THE CITY.

HE'S NOT, YOU'VE GOT AN MPO COMMISSIONER WRIGHT IS ON HOUSING, COMMISSIONER, VICE MAYOR ON BROWARD LEAGUE, COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS [NOISE]

>> HAS NOT BEEN GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO REPRESENT THE CITY.

I DON T THINK THAT THAT IS AN APPROPRIATE THING TO DO FOR THIS COMMISSION TO SHUT SOMEBODY OUT FOR NO REASON AT ALL OTHER THAN POTENTIALLY PERCEIVE POLITICS.

>>MAYOR FOR ME. I SERVE WELL ON THE BROWARD LEAGUE OF CITIES THE COUNTY HAS NO CONFLICTS WITH THE BOARD.

I'VE DONE A GREAT JOB ON THE BOARD AND I THINK THAT MY CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE BOARD WILL BE GREATLY APPRECIATED BY THE BROWARD LEAGUE OF CITIES COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS HAS SERVED AS AN ULTIMATE FOR THE BROADWAY LEAGUE OF CITIES AS WELL, SO THAT POSITION IS OPEN.

THERE IS DIRECTOR, THERE'S FIRST ALTERNATE, THEIR SECOND ALTERNATE HE HAS THE OPPORTUNITY.

I'M SURE THAT OTHER BOARDS WILL COME UP WHERE HE MAY BE ABLE TO SERVE, BUT THAT ONE BOARD, I THINK I'VE BEEN DOING WELL ON THAT BOARD, AND I WOULD LIKE TO CONTRIBUTE TO IT.

>> NO ONE'S SAYING YOU'RE NOT DOING WELL ON THE BOARD AND WE ALL KNOW THE ALTERNATIVES DO NOT ATTEND.

THE SECOND ALTERNATIVE, NOBODY ATTENDS THOSE BROWARD LEAGUE OF CITIES MEETINGS IS ONLY FOR THE FIRST THAT DESIGNATED CHAIR.

BECAUSE YOU HAVE BEEN GOING TO THE MEETINGS, SO HE HASN'T BEEN GOING SO YOU'VE BEEN DOING YOUR ROLE AND NO ONE IS SAYING THAT YOU'RE NOT DOING YOUR ROLE.

>> AS A MATTER OF FACT, MAYOR, THERE WAS A TIME WHEN I WAS UNAVAILABLE TO GO TO THE MEETING.

I ASKED COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS TO GO TO THE MEETING, HE SAID THAT HE WOULD GO TO THE MEETING AND DID NOT SHOW.

>> BUT WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET INTO THIS BECAUSE WE ALSO DON'T KNOW WHAT, NO, WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET INTO THIS BECAUSE [OVERLAPPING]

>> NO, WE'RE NOT.

BECAUSE WE ALSO DON'T KNOW WHEN NOTICE WAS GIVEN.

WHERE ARE THE THINGS ALREADY SCHEDULED ON A PERSON'S DOCKET? WE'RE NOT GOING TO GO INTO THAT.

WE'RE NOT THROWING STONES.

WE'RE JUST GOING FORWARD.

>> I THINK I'VE HEARD CONSENSUS THOUGH.

>> I'M GLAD WHAT YOU'VE HEARD BECAUSE I NOW DON'T HAVE CONSENSUS [NOISE]

>> BECAUSE QUITE HONESTLY, COMMISSIONER WRIGHT.

I WILL NOT SUPPORT YOU FOR THE AUDIT PART OF IT WITH ONE COMMISSIONER WHO'S BEEN TRYING TO SERVE OUR CITY BEING SHUT OUT.

IF YOU ALL AGREE THAT COMMISSIONER VICE MAYOR BOLTON IS THE ONE THAT YOU WANT ON THE BEARER LEAGUE OF CITIES BECAUSE YOU WANT THEM THERE.

THEN I'M GOING TO REMOVE MY SUPPORT AS COMMISSIONER WRIGHT AND BE PUTTING ALVIN FROM MY SUPPORT ON TO THE AUDIT BECAUSE HE HAS SERVED THIS COMMISSION WELL, AND THERE'S NO REASON OTHER THAN WHAT IT SEEMS TO ME AS PERCEIVED GAME-PLAYING FOR HIM TO BE SHUT OUT FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO SERVE THE CITY, ESPECIALLY WHEN THIS COMMISSION HAS USED THE LINE IN THE PAST CONTINUALLY FOR WHETHER IT WAS THE MPO, THE HOUSING FOR THE PAST BROWARD LEAGUE OF CITIES OR THE FLORIDA LEAGUE OF CITIES FOR DOING THEIR VOTING, SOMEBODY KNEW SHOULD ALWAYS HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO GET THE EXPERIENCE AND REPRESENT THE CITY.

IT SEEMS VERY HYPOCRITICAL FOR THAT OPPORTUNITY TO NOT BE PROVIDED TO COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS.

>> NO COMMENT?

>> HAVE YOU SERVED ON A BOARD BEFORE? I'M CONFUSED.

>> I HAVE SERVED THE CITY FOR THREE YEARS.

FOR AROUND THREE YEARS, AND I HAVE YET TO BE SERVED ON ANY BOARD.

>> OKAY. BECAUSE THIS IS OUR FIRST-TIME VOTING; AT LEAST MINE SO I DIDN'T MAKE IT CLEAR, I WASN'T STOPPING ANYBODY FROM SERVING ON A BOARD.

>> IT'S NOT THAT YOU'RE STOPPING, BUT IF YOUR VOTE GOES TO SUPPORT CONSENSUS OF ONE OVER THE OTHER, THAT IS STOPPING ONE.

BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT SUPPORTING CONSENSUS OF ANOTHER TO BE ON THERE.

[OVERLAPPING]

>> BUT THAT MEAN PREVIOUS COMMISSIONERS DIDN'T VOTE FOR YOU TO SERVE ON A BOARD.

IT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH ME.

[OVERLAPPING]

>> WE'VE TALKED ABOUT MPO, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT HOUSING THIS COMMISSION.

THIS COMMISSION HAS TALKED ABOUT .

[OVERLAPPING]

>> I KNOW I WANTED MPO, AND I'M GOOD.

I'M NOT ASKING FOR ANYTHING ELSE.

>> I KNOW THAT. THIS IS NOT A MATTER THAT, IT'S A MATTER OF THIS COMMISSION HAVING OPEN SPOTS SINCE YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN ON HERE, AND SAYING THAT IT SHOULD BE FREE FOR EVERYBODY TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO REPRESENT THE CITY.

YET, WHEN IT'S PROPOSED FOR COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS TO HAVE ONE OF THESE TWO SPOTS, HE'S NOT BEING SUPPORTED BY ANYBODY ON THIS COMMISSION OTHER THAN MYSELF TO GET ONE OF THESE TWO SPOTS.

IT IS NOT TRUE BY THIS COMMISSION, TO SAY THAT EVERYBODY HAS THE RIGHT.

IT'S ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO SERVE.

>> BUT WE STILL GOT TO VOTE.

>> PARDON.

>> WE STILL HAVE TO VOTE.

>> NO, WE ARE DOING CONSENSUS. IT'S CONSENSUS HERE.

>> OKAY.

>> THEN YOU VOTE ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS WHAT HAPPENS HERE FOR THE DISCUSSION THEN GOES INTO THE RECORD FOR THE VOTING ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

[OVERLAPPING]

>> RIGHT.

>> WHAT HAPPENED WHEN YOU WENT TO THE RESTROOM IS, WE DID PULL THE DISCUSSION PART OF BROWARD LEAGUE CITIES AND

[04:00:01]

[OVERLAPPING]

>> PUT IT ON.

>> AND PUT IT ON HERE BECAUSE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE AUDIT, BECAUSE TYPICALLY OUR PROCESS HAS ALWAYS BEEN TO HAVE A WORKSHOP OF THESE ITEMS BEFOREHAND.

>> THEY'LL BE OTHER BOARDS, CORRECT?

>> NOT USUALLY. YOU DON'T REALLY ROLL OFF YOUR MPO.

YOU DON'T REALLY ROLL OFF YOUR HOUSING.

THE BROWARD LEAGUE OF CITIES IS VOTED ON ONCE A YEAR.

THE FLORIDA LEAGUE OF CITIES IS JUST GOING TO ONE MEETING AND VOTING.

IT'S ONCE A YEAR.

[OVERLAPPING]

>> WHO DOES THAT ONE CURRENTLY? ELVIN, YOU'VE BEEN ON A BOARD.

[OVERLAPPING]

>> IT'S NOT A BOARD, IT'S A VOTE.

>> IT'S A VOTE. OKAY.

>> IT'S ONE MEETING.

BROWARD LEAGUE CITIES IS MONTHLY MEETINGS.

MPOS IS MONTHLY MEETINGS.

ARE YOU NO LONGER ON THE EXECUTIVE AIRPORT THEN?

>> WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE BROAD LEAGUE OF CITIES.

I'VE HEARD.

[OVERLAPPING]

>> I ASKED YOU A SPECIFIC QUESTION. PLEASE ANSWER.

>> WE ARE STICKING WITH THE BROWARD LEAGUE OF CITIES BOARD.

I'VE HEARD COMMISSIONER WRIGHT GIVE US CONSENSUS FOR ME.

I'VE OBVIOUSLY VOTED FOR MYSELF AND COMMISSIONER DANIEL HAS GIVEN CONSENSUS FOR ME.

AT LEAST THAT ITEM IS DONE.

[OVERLAPPING]

>> CALEB ARE YOU SAYING THAT YOU WERE NOT ON BOARD ON THIS.

>> I THINK WE CAN MOVE ON THE NEXT ITEM.

[OVERLAPPING]

>> VICE MAYOR, NO, THANK YOU FOR TRYING TO CONTROL THE CONVERSATION.

THE COMMENT THAT CAME FROM YOU SAID THAT YOU'RE ON NO OTHER BOARDS.

I AM ASKING YOU.

[OVERLAPPING]

>> I SAID THAT I'M ON NO OTHER BOARD THAT THIS COMMISSION.

[OVERLAPPING]

>> BUT THEN COMMISSIONER DANIEL HAS ASKED SO YOU SAID YOU'RE NOT.

COMMISSIONER DANIEL HAS SAID WHAT OTHER BOARDS ARE OPEN, SO THEN, THE ANSWER TO THE QUESTION FOR COMMISSIONER DANIEL IS, IT NOW APPEARS THAT THE CITY OF TAMARAC CAN HAVE REPRESENTATION AT FXE.

FXE IS THE FLORIDA EXECUTIVE AIRPORT, THERE'S A BOARD FOR THAT.

VICE MAYOR, YOU WISH TO SAY SOMETHING?

>> I'VE BEEN WAITING TO SAY SOMETHING, MAYOR.

[OVERLAPPING]

>> I WAS FINISHING MY STATEMENT.

>> GO AHEAD.

>> THE FORT LAUDERDALE EXECUTIVE AIRPORT IS NOT AN APPOINTMENT BY THIS COMMISSION.

I SIT ON THAT BOARD AS LISTENING TO ANY CONCERNS THAT MY RESIDENTS OUT EAST HAS BECAUSE THEY OBVIOUSLY HAVE AIRPLANES FLYING OVER THEIR HOUSES.

I'M NOT A BOARD MEMBER OF THE FORT LAUDERDALE EXECUTIVE AIRPORT.

I'M THERE AS A LIAISON TO LISTEN, JUST LIKE YOU ARE A LIAISON FOR THE STEERING COMMITTEE OF THE MPO.

[OVERLAPPING]

>> NO, I'M THE CHAIR OF THAT, BUT NOT A LIAISON. GO AHEAD.

>> WE LOOKED AT YOUR RESUME ONLINE, YOU HAVE PLENTY OF [OVERLAPPING]

>> BOARD APPOINTMENTS.

>> I'M NOT ASKED TO BE PUTTING ON.

>> MAYBE YOU CAN GIVE ELVIN YOUR APPOINTMENT ON STEERING COMMITTEE.

>> MY APPOINTMENT WAS GIVEN TO ME BY A COUNTY COMMISSIONER. ANYWAY, GO AHEAD.

>> AGAIN, THAT EXECUTIVE AIRPORT IS NOT AN APPOINTMENT.

I'M THERE TO LISTEN TO THE CONCERNS OF WHAT THEY HAVE TO SAY TO MY RESIDENTS OUT EAST.

>> THE ANSWER IS, THAT IS NOT AN APPOINT-ABLE PROCESS.

THEREFORE, COMMISSIONER DANIEL, THAT'S TAKEN OUT.

>> THE PROUD LEAGUE OF CITIES IS MY ONLY APPOINTED POSITION FROM THE CITY.

[OVERLAPPING]

>> GOT IT.

>> I'D LIKE TO BE ON THAT BOARD.

>> THERE'S NO OTHER APPOINTABLE ITEM WHERE SOMEBODY ON THE COMMISSION CAN SERVE MONTHLY SOON OR WHATEVER TIME THEY MEET ON THIS COMMISSION.

COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS HAS BEEN WANTING TO SAY SOMETHING AND THEN COMMISSIONER, WRIGHT?

>> YEAH. WHAT I WANTED TO SAY IS, WE ARE IN THIS ROOM, TO TALK ABOUT; AND EVERYBODY OUTSIDE THIS ROOM, EQUITABLE QUALITY, AND WHAT'S HAPPENING FROM MY PERSPECTIVE IS THAT I'M BEING BLOCKED INTENTIONALLY.

IT'S OBVIOUS TO EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM.

I GUARANTEE YOU IT'S OBVIOUS TO EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM, AND THAT'S NOT EQUITABLE.

THAT'S NOT EQUALITY.

THAT'S NOT WHAT MANY PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM AND OUTSIDE THIS ROOM FIGHT FOR.

I JUST WANTED THAT FOR THE RECORD BECAUSE THAT'S VERY UNFAIR THAT I HAVE TIME TO DO IT, I HAD A DESIRE TO DO IT, I WOULD LOVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO IT AND I'M UNABLE TO DO IT BECAUSE I KEEP GETTING BLOCKED.

THE SAME WAY I WAS BLOCKED FROM SIGNING YOUR BIRTHDAY CARD.

>> OKAY.

>> JUST SO YOU KNOW THAT.

>> OKAY. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER WRIGHT.

>> MADAM MAYOR, IN TERMS OF COMPROMISE, I'LL GIVE UP MY SEAT ON THE HOUSING BOARD FOR COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS.

>> COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS, DO YOU DESIRE TO BE ON THE HOUSING BOARD? YES? OKAY. SO IF I UNDERSTAND CONSENSUS THEN; IF WE ALL HAVE TO GET TO CONSENSUS AT THIS POINT.

WE ARE ASKING AT THE NEXT MEETING THROUGH RESOLUTION TO APPROVE THE CHANGE FROM COMMISSIONER WRIGHT TO COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS FOR THE HOUSING BOARD.

WE ARE GOING TO KEEP VICE MAYOR BOLTON, AS A BROWARD LEAGUE OF CITIES REPRESENTATIVE, AND COMMISSIONER WRIGHT WILL BE ON THE AUDIT COMMITTEE. IS THAT CORRECT?

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>> YES.

>> YOUR MPO, YOU'RE STILL FINE THERE?

>> SHE WAS LIKE, I'M OUT, I'M DONE.

>> CONSENSUS.

>> PROCEDURALLY, WE DO NOT HAVE THE HOUSING COMMITTEE RIGHT NOW AS AN ITEM.

IT IS NOT PUBLICLY NOTICE.

IT IS NOT ON WEDNESDAY'S AGENDA, IS NOT ON TODAY'S AGENDA.

WHEN THAT TIME COMES, IF IT IS A PREROGATIVE OF COMMISSIONER WRIGHT TO GIVE THAT UP, WE CAN VOTE ON THAT AT THAT TIME, BUT WE CANNOT, AS A MATTER OF PROCEDURE, AND THE ATTORNEY CAN BACK.

[OVERLAPPING]

>> POINT OF ORDER.

>> NO, I GOT THIS. THANK YOU.

>> AS A MATTER OF PROCEDURE, THAT IS NOT AN APPOINTMENT THAT WE'RE MAKING AT THIS TIME.

>> BUT WE'RE NOT MAKING AN APPOINTMENT.

WE ARE SAYING WE HAVE CONSENSUS ON IT, SO WHEN IT CAN COME BACK THROUGH PROPER PROCEDURES, IT WILL DO SO BECAUSE I'M PRETTY SURE THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE ON THIS COMMISSION WHO ARE MEN OF THEIR WORD AND LADY.

THAT WON'T BE AN ISSUE.

THAT IS WHERE THIS.

[OVERLAPPING]

>> MAY I PUT A WORD.

>> ALLIANCE WILL BE ON IF THERE'S CONSENSUS TODAY FOR THE CHANGE AND THEN ANY FUTURE DISCUSSION.

[OVERLAPPING]

>> COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS.

>> THANK YOU, MAYOR. IF IT'S TRUE WHAT VICE MAYOR IS SAYING THAT HOUSING COMMITTEE IS NOT ON THIS WORKSHOP, WHY IS IT THAT WE ARE VOTING OR GETTING CONSENSUS ON THE BROWARD LEAGUE OF CITIES?

>> BECAUSE IT'S ON A WEDNESDAY'S WORKSHOP.

>> BUT IT'S NOT ON THIS WORKSHOP.

>> IT'S ON A WEDNESDAY'S MEETING.

[OVERLAPPING]

>> GENTLEMEN, IT DOESN'T MATTER BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT? EVERY ONCE IN AWHILE YOU'RE MAYOR DOES HAVE THE ABILITY TO CHANGE CERTAIN THINGS AROUND ON THE SCHEDULE.

THAT PART HAS NOT BEEN REMOVED FROM MY POWER.

THEREFORE, WE HAVE DONE IT TODAY AND IT WAS DONE BY CONSENSUS BY THIS COMMISSION BECAUSE IT ASKED FOR A WORKSHOP ITEM ON THIS.

IT WOULD REALLY BE NICE IF WE COULD NOT FIGHT ABOUT CERTAIN THINGS AND MOVE THINGS ALONG.

IT QUITE WELL SEEMS THAT WE HAVE NOW CONSENSUS, AND I'LL JUST GO FROM THIS WAY SINCE THE OTHER WAY DOESN'T SEEM TO WANT TO HELP OUT ON CONSENSUS.

COMMISSIONER WRIGHT, IN THE FUTURE WHEN WE HAVE THE OFFICIALLY DRAFTED PROCEDURE ON THE DAY AS FOR THE RESOLUTION TO BE CHANGED FROM REMOVING YOURSELF AS THE APPOINTED PERSON YOU ARE SUPPORTING AND NOMINATING IN THERE.

[OVERLAPPING]

>> I WILL SUPPORT COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS.

>> VILLALOBOS. THANK YOU, AND HE WILL ACCEPT IT AND YOU WILL ACCEPT THE NOMINATION WHEN IT IS DRAFTED AND PUT INTO RESOLUTION FOR THE AUDIT.

BECAUSE THAT'S NOT COMING UP ON WEDNESDAY'S MEETING YET, EITHER.

>> YES.

>> THANK YOU. YOU WILL BE SUPPORTING ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT'S MEETING AT THIS TIME, BROWARD LEAGUE OF CITIES, VICE MAYOR BOLTON.

>> VICE MAYOR BOLTON, YES.

>> THANK YOU.

>> LIKEWISE.

>> LIKEWISE, NODDING HEADS AND WE'VE GOT FOUR IN A PENSIVE LOOK.

IS THERE A CONSENSUS OR NON-CONSENSUS? YES OR NO? IT'S A YES OR NO ANSWER.

>> WE'VE GOT FOUR MISERABLE EYE STARE FROM YOU.

WHAT I'M SAYING IS THAT THE PROCEDURE IS.

[OVERLAPPING]

>> THERE'S NO OTHER FURTHER CONVERSATION.

>> THAT THE HOUSING COMMITTEE IS NOT ON THIS AGENDA, SO I CANNOT GIVE YOU CONSENSUS.

>> YOU KNOW WHAT.

[OVERLAPPING]

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> IT IS NOT LEGAL FOR US TO TALK ABOUT SOMETHING THAT IS COMING IN THE FUTURE.

THAT'S LIKE A QUID PRO QUO.

[OVERLAPPING]

>> VICE MAYOR.

>> IT'S NOT QUID PRO QUO.

QUID PRO QUO IS SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT.

LEARN YOUR DEFINITIONS. GO AHEAD.

>> YES IT IS.

>> CITY ATTORNEY, THE FLOOR IS YOURS.

>> OBVIOUSLY FROM A STANDPOINT AUDIT COMMITTEE ISSUE WAS NOT ON THIS AGENDA.

IT WAS BROUGHT UP. OBVIOUSLY THE COMMISSION HAS DISCRETION TO BRING ITEMS UP, BUT NEVERTHELESS, CONSENSUS DOESN'T MEAN A VOTE.

I THINK IT WAS MADE CLEAR WHATEVER CONSENSUS NEEDS TO BE VOTED AT A COMMISSION MEAN ALL OF THEM.

RESPECT TO THE HOUSING AUTHORITY APPOINTMENTS, SINCE IT WAS ADOPTED BY RESOLUTION, THAT RESOLUTION HAS TO BE AMENDED BY A VOTE.

THIS IS A DISCUSSION FOR AT LEAST CONSENSUS, BUT NO FORMAL VOTE HAS BEEN TAKEN.

>> CORRECT. IT'S CONSENSUS THAT YOU HAVE ENOUGH SUPPORT TO BRING THESE MATTERS FORWARD OUT OF COMMISSION MEETING.

THAT IS WHAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING BEFORE YOU DRAFT THINGS, AND THAT'S WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING.

GREAT, WE'VE GOT CONSENSUS ON THAT.

IS THERE ANYTHING FURTHER ON YOUR LIST?

>> NO MAYOR, THANK YOU.

>> ALL RIGHT. THERE'S ONE LAST ITEM I JUST WANTED TO CONGRATULATE THE CITY ON RECEIVING ALLOCATED THROUGH THE FEDERAL ENERGY EFFICIENCY CONSERVATION BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM.

THE CITY OF TAMARAC HAS BEEN ALLOCATED $125,590.

WE DO HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL THINGS TO DO IN ORDER TO RECEIVE OUR GRANT, BUT WE HAVEN'T ALLOCATED THAT MONEY.

CONGRATULATIONS, CITY OF TAMARAC, GOOD JOB TO THE TEAM WHO APPLY FOR IT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR DOING IT.

I'M VERY PROUD OF OUR CITY.

ON THAT NOTE, IT IS 2:26, GO HOME, GO TO WORK, GO WHEREVER YOU'RE GOING.

[LAUGHTER]

>> GO EVERYWHERE IF YOU'RE GOING, BUT GO THERE SAFELY AND SEE YOU WEDNESDAY MORNING AT 9:30 FOR OUR COMMISSION MEETING AND CHAMBERS. THANK YOU.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.