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[CALL TO ORDER]

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>> GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY.

I LOVE WHEN YOU'RE ALL HERE.

I KNOW YOU DON'T STAY, AND WE'LL TRY TO KEEP YOU FOR A FEW MINUTES EXTRA, SO SORRY.

BUT IT IS GOOD TO SEE YOU.

IF WE CAN HAVE OUR ROLL CALL, PLEASE.

>> THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR, MAYOR GOMEZ.

>> GOOD MORNING.

>> VICE MAYOR BOLTON.

>> GOOD MORNING.

>> COMMISSIONER, WRIGHT.

>> GOOD MORNING.

>> COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS.

>> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.

>> COMMISSIONER DANIEL.

>> GOOD MORNING.

>> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU. IF WE WOULD ALL RISE, COMMISSIONER DANIEL WILL LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND WE WILL HAVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE RIGHT AFTERWARDS.

>>

>> THANK YOU. PLEASE BE SEATED.

HAPPY ADMINISTRATIVE PROFESSIONALS DAY.

THANK YOU FOR EVERYBODY WHO MAKES US WORK SO WELL AND I WILL DO MY OWN PERSONAL PRIVILEGE RIGHT NOW TO SAY THANK YOU TO ILIANA.

SHE IS ABSOLUTELY PHENOMENAL AND TO ROSS WHO'S JOINED OUR TEAM, ANOTHER GREAT LADY AS WELL.

THE COMMISSION SAYS THANK YOU TOO.

[APPLAUSE] CITY ATTORNEY, ANY REPORT?

>> NO REPORT, MADAM MAYOR.

>> EXCELLENT. CITY MANAGER? WE'RE GOING TO GO.

[2. CITY MANAGER REPORT]

>> I DO HAVE A REPORT MADAM MAYOR.

>> GO FOR IT.

>> GOOD MORNING, MADAM MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION.

I'M PLEASED TO SHARE WITH YOU THAT THE CITY OF TAMARAC HAS ONCE AGAIN BEEN RECOGNIZED FOR HOW IT CARES FOR ITS EMPLOYEES.

CIGNA IS SELECTED THE CITY OF TAMARAC IS A RECIPIENT OF THE 2022 GOLD LEVEL HEALTHY WORKFORCE DESIGNATION FOR DEMONSTRATING A STRONG COMMITMENT TO IMPROVING THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF ITS EMPLOYEES.

CIGNA HEALTHY WORKFORCE DESIGNATION, FORMERLY KNOWN AS CIGNA WELL-BEING AWARD, EVALUATES ORGANIZATIONS BASED ON THE CORE COMPONENTS OF THEIR WELL-BEING PROGRAM, INCLUDING LEADERSHIP AND CULTURAL PROGRAM FOUNDATIONS, PROGRAM EXECUTION, WHOLE PERSON HEALTH, AND UTILIZATION OF SIGNALS CAPABILITIES.

ORGANIZATION RECOGNIZED WITH THIS DESIGNATION SET THE STANDARD OF EXCELLENCE FOR WHOLE ORGANIZATION HELP.

CIGNA IS PROUD TO HONOR OUR CITY WITH THE GOLD LEVEL DESIGNATION FOR HAVING CREATED A HEALTHY WORLD CULTURE THROUGH A WELL ESTABLISHED, PROGRESSIVE, AND MEASURABLE EMPLOYEE WELL-BEING AND ENGAGEMENT PROGRAM.

THIS AWARD IS A TESTAMENT TO THE HARD WORK AND DEDICATION PUT FORWARD BY THE HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT, OUR EXECUTIVE TEAM AND EVERY EMPLOYEE WHO SUPPORTS THE CITY'S EFFORTS.

WE'RE TRULY HUMBLED AND HONORED TO BE RECOGNIZED BY A CIGNA FOR OUR COMMITMENT TO CREATING A CULTURE OF CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT TO MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR EMPLOYEES AND THEIR FAMILIES.

THE CITY OF TAMARAC COULD NOT HAVE ACCOMPLISHED THE GOAL WITHOUT OUR VALUED PARTNERSHIP WITH CIGNA.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUE IN OUR SHARED SUCCESS AS WE ENDEAVOR TO PROVIDE THEIR EMPLOYEES WITH RESOURCES TO CHOOSE A HEALTHIER LIFESTYLE THAT ENHANCES OUR PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL, AND ENVIRONMENTAL WELL-BEING.

A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO ARLENE WALSH, TERESA MARTIN, AND [INAUDIBLE] FOR ALL THE FOUNDATIONAL WORK THAT WENT INTO RECEIVING THIS AWARD.

CONGRATULATIONS.

[APPLAUSE] I ALSO HAVE ONE ANNOUNCEMENT FROM PUBLIC SERVICES DEPARTMENT.

ON SATURDAY, MAY 6TH, THE CITY OF TAMARAC IS HOSTING THE HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE AND ELECTRONICS DROP-OFF FOR THE RECYCLING AND SAFE DISPOSAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS.

THE EVENT WILL BE HELD AT THE PUBLIC SERVICES COMPLEX FROM 9:00 AM A.M. TO 2:00 PM.

RESIDENTS OF TAMARAC ARE INVITED TO BRING HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SUCH AS PAINT, FERTILIZER, OIL, AND GAS, ALONG WITH ALL THE ELECTRONICS, SUCH AS RECHARGEABLE BATTERIES, TVS, AND COMPUTER MONITORS TO THE DROP-OFF EVENT, AND THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT. THANK YOU.

>> EXCELLENT, THANK YOU. I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THIS VERY FINELY DRESSED COMMISSION IN OUR TAMARAC FIRE RESCUE AUTISM AWARENESS SHIRTS TO COME DOWN AT THE WELL, AS WE DO OUR PROCLAMATIONS, PLEASE.

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[OVERLAPPING] [LAUGHTER] FIRST UP, THIS PROCLAMATION WAS REQUESTED BY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MANAGER, LORI FUNDERWHITE.

WHEREAS AMERICA'S PROGRESS HAS BEEN DRIVEN BY PIONEERS WHO THINK BIG, TAKE RISKS AND WORK HARD, AND WHEREAS FROM THE STOREFRONT SHOPS THAT ANCHOR OUR COMMUNITIES TO MANUFACTURERS AND STARTUPS THAT KEEP AMERICA ON THE CUTTING EDGE, OUR SMALL BUSINESSES ARE THE BACKBONE OF OUR ECONOMY AND THE CORNERSTONE OF OUR NATION'S PROMISE.

WHEREAS BECAUSE OF THIS COUNTRY'S 30 MILLION, SMALL BUSINESSES CREATE NEARLY TWO OUT OF THREE NET NEW JOBS IN OUR ECONOMY.

WHEN WE SUPPORT SMALL BUSINESSES AND ENTREPRENEURS, JOBS ARE CREATED AND LOCAL COMMUNITIES PRESERVE THEIR UNIQUE CULTURE.

WHEREAS THE UNITED STATES HAS PROCLAIMED NATIONAL SMALL BUSINESS WEEK EVERY YEAR SINCE 1963, TO HIGHLIGHT THE PROGRAMS AND SERVICES AVAILABLE TO ENTREPRENEURS THROUGH THE UNITED STATES SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES.

WHEREAS THE TAMARAC NORTH LAUDERDALE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE HELPS STRENGTHEN OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY BY PROVIDING NETWORKING AND MARKETING OPPORTUNITIES FOR SMALL BUSINESSES THROUGH YEAR-ROUND, SHOP LOCAL CAMPAIGNS AND LOCAL EVENTS SUCH AS THE RICE BUSINESS EXPO.

WHEREAS THE CITY OF TAMARAC SUPPORTS AND JOINS THIS NATIONAL EFFORT TO HELP AMERICA'S SMALL BUSINESSES DO WHAT THEY DO BEST, GROW THEIR BUSINESS, CREATE JOBS, AND ENSURE THAT OUR COMMUNITY REMAINS AS VIBRANT TOMORROW AS IT IS TODAY.

NOW THEREFORE, I'M MICHELLE J. GOMEZ, VERY PROUD MAYOR OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC.

ON BEHALF OF THIS COMMISSION, DO ASK THE CITY OF TAMARAC TO CELEBRATE THE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS OUR SMALL BUSINESSES MAKE AS THE BACKBONE OF OUR ECONOMY AND CONTRIBUTING TO TAMARAC'S VIBRANT COMMUNITY AND PROCLAIM THE WEEK OF APRIL 30TH THROUGH MAY 6TH, 2023, AS SMALL BUSINESS WEEK IN THE CITY OF TAMARAC.

[APPLAUSE] PETER MASON. FOR THOSE WHO MAY NOT KNOW, THIS IS OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF OUR WONDERFUL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING?

>> YES I WOULD. LAST WEEK WE HAD A FANTASTIC BUSINESS EXPO AND I WANT TO THANK THE LEADERS OF THE CITY AND ALL THE DEPARTMENTS INVOLVED, PUBLIC WORKS, PARKS AND RECREATION, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

WE HAD A FANTASTIC BUSINESS EXPO FOR OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES.

WHAT I'D LIKE YOU TO THINK ABOUT NEXT WEEK, SMALL BUSINESS WEEK, IF WE ATTRACT 5,000 RESIDENTS, PEOPLE LIKE YOU TO SPEND 20 EXTRA DOLLARS IN TAMARAC, THAT'S $100,000 INTO OUR ECONOMY.

SMALL BUSINESS ASSOCIATION SAYS 48 PERCENT GETS RECYCLED, SO 48,000 GETS PUT BACK IN.

THEN AGAIN AND AGAIN, AND THE TOTAL BENEFIT WOULD BE 144,000.

TAKE YOUR $20, DON'T PUT IT TO A NATIONAL DEPARTMENT STORE OR A BIG INTERNET BUSINESS BIDDING WITH AI, SPEND AT THE TAMARAC BUSINESS.

IF YOU'RE ALL WITH ME, WE CAN MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE.

>> SOUNDS GREAT. [APPLAUSE].

>> THANK YOU. [LAUGHTER] [APPLAUSE]

>> THIS NEXT ONE IS REQUESTED BY CHIEF BUILDING OFFICIAL, GEORGE FOLLES.

WHEREAS OUR CHAPTERS COMMITTED TO RECOGNIZING THAT OUR GROWTH AND STRENGTH DEPENDS ON THE SAFETY AND ESSENTIAL ROLE OUR HOMES, BUILDINGS, AND INFRASTRUCTURE PLAY, BOTH IN EVERYDAY LIFE AND WHEN DISASTERS STRIKE.

WHEREAS OUR CONFIDENCE AND THE RESILIENCE OF THESE BUILDINGS THAT MAKE UP OUR COMMUNITY IS ACHIEVED TO THE DEVOTION OF VILLIGEN GUARDIANS, BUILDING SAFETY AND FIRE PREVENTION OFFICIALS, ARCHITECTS, ENGINEERS, BUILDERS, TRADESPEOPLE, DESIGN PROFESSIONALS, LABORERS, PLUMBERS, AND OTHERS IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY WHO WORK YEAR-ROUND TO ENSURE THE SAFE CONSTRUCTION OF BUILDINGS.

WHEREAS THESE GUARDIANS ARE DEDICATED MEMBERS OF THE INTERNATIONAL CODE COUNCIL, A NON-PROFIT THAT BRINGS TOGETHER LOCAL, STATE, TERRITORIAL, TRIBAL, AND FEDERAL OFFICIALS WHO ARE EXPERTS IN THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT TO CREATE

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AND IMPLEMENT THE HIGHEST-QUALITY CODES TO PROTECT US IN THE BUILDINGS WHERE WE LIVE, LEARN, WORK, AND PLAY.

WHEREAS THESE MODERN BUILDING CODES INCLUDE SAFEGUARDS TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC FROM HAZARDS SUCH AS HURRICANES, SNOW STORMS, TORNADOES, WILDLAND FIRES, FLOODS, AND EARTHQUAKES.

WHEREAS BUILDING SAFETY MONTH IS SPONSORED BY THE INTERNATIONAL CODE COUNCIL TO REMIND THE PUBLIC ABOUT THEIR CRITICAL ROLE OUR COMMUNITIES LARGELY KNOWN PROTECTORS OF PUBLIC SAFETY, OUR LOCAL CODE OFFICIALS WHO ASSURE US OF SAFE, SUSTAINABLE, AND AFFORDABLE BUILDINGS THAT ARE ESSENTIAL TO OUR PROSPERITY.

WHEREAS IT STARTS WITH YOU.

THE THEME FOR THE BUILDING SAFETY MONTH 2023, ENCOURAGE ALL OF US TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT BUILDING SAFETY ON PERSONAL, LOCAL, AND GLOBAL SCALE.

WHEREAS EACH YEAR IN OBSERVANCE OF BUILDING SAFETY MONTH, PEOPLE ALL OVER THE WORLD ARE ASKED TO CONSIDER THE COMMITMENT TO IMPROVE BUILDING SAFETY, RESILIENCE AND ECONOMIC INVESTMENT AT HOME AND IN THE COMMUNITY AND TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE ESSENTIAL SERVICE PROVIDED TO ALL OF US BY LOCAL AND STATE BUILDING DEPARTMENTS, FIRE PREVENTION BUREAUS, AND FEDERAL AGENCIES IN PROTECTING THE LIVES AND PROPERTY.

NOW, THEREFORE ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COMMISSION, CITY OF TAMARAC, BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, I DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF MAY 2023 AS BUILDING SAFETY MONTH.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO ALL OF YOU WHO ALSO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE NICE AND SAFE IN OUR HOMES AND OUR BUSINESSES THANK YOU.

[APPLAUSE].

>> GOOD JOB.

>> THANK YOU.

>> OF COURSE.

>> THANK YOU SIR.

>> THANK YOU MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, I THINK IT'S FITTING THAT MAY IS SAFETY MONTH RIGHT BEFORE A FEW MORE WEEKS WHERE WE GO INTO THE HURRICANE SEASON.

NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER THEY'VE APPROXIMATELY 11-15 NAMED STORMS, 5-8 NAMED HURRICANES, 1-3 MAJOR HURRICANES.

LET'S NOT FORGET WE GOT HIT BY THREE HURRICANES IN STATE OF FLORIDA LAST YEAR.

SO DO YOUR PREPARATION. DON'T WAIT.

IF YOU HAVE A GENERATOR YOU HAVEN'T STARTED IN OVER A YEAR, START TO GENERATE, MAKE SURE IT'S RUNNING.

IF YOU HAVE SHORTAGE, WE DIDN'T PUT THEM UP LAST YEAR.

MAKE SURE YOU MOVE EVERYTHING OUT OF THE WAY SO YOU CAN GET TO THE SHUTTERS, WHAT YOU NEED TO INSTALL IT. GET THAT READY.

GO AROUND YOUR HOUSE, THE LANDSCAPE, SEE WHAT HAS TO BE CUT OR TRIM SO YOU CAN PUT THOSE SHUTTERS UP.

MAKE A PLAN WITH YOUR FAMILY, WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO IN A HURRICANE.

ARE YOU GOING TO STAY OR ARE YOU GOING TO EVACUATE.

LOOK FOR MEDICINE YOU NEED, WATER, FOOD.

IF YOU NEED ANY INFORMATION, YOU CAN GO ON THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT WEBSITE, WE HAVE INFORMATION ON WHAT YOU NEED AND IF ALWAYS, YOU CAN ALWAYS GIVE US A CALL.

THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE].

>> THANK YOU AND DON'T FORGET YOUR PETS.

[BACKGROUND]

>> DO NOT LEAVE YOUR FURNITURE OUT EITHER.

MAKE SURE THAT'S IN, EVERYTHING.

[LAUGHTER] THAT COULD LEAD TO A WORSE SERIOUS PROBLEM FOR ANYONE.

[BACKGROUND] [APPLAUSE]

>> NOW WHAT I BELIEVE MOST OF YOU ARE HERE FOR.

I TURN THE MICROPHONE RIGHT OVER TO OUR CITY MANAGER AND WE'RE HAPPY TO BE YOUR PRESENTERS.

>> YES, THANK YOU. I'D LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE AND CONGRATULATE OUR EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE RECENTLY REACHED CITY SERVICE MILESTONES.

EMPLOYEES BEING RECOGNIZED WILL RECEIVE A CERTIFICATE ALONG WITH A MONETARY REWARD IN LINE WITH THEIR YEARS OF SERVICE.

THE CONSISTENCY OF GOOD PEOPLE IN OUR ORGANIZATION IS WHAT MAKES US GREAT.

WE ALL APPRECIATE YOUR EFFORTS AND YOUR LOYALTY TO THE CITY. THANK YOU.

GREG ROSENBERG, FIVE YEARS.

[APPLAUSE] JAMIA BUSH, FIVE YEARS.

[APPLAUSE] RICHARD EINHORN, FIVE YEARS.

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[APPLAUSE] LANCELOT BONNER, FIVE YEARS.

[APPLAUSE] [BACKGROUND] ANTONIO WILLIAMS, FIVE YEARS.

[APPLAUSE] VANESSA CHARRY, FIVE YEARS.

[APPLAUSE] ALBERTO MONTANEZ, 10 YEARS.

[APPLAUSE] ZACH STEINER, 10 YEARS.

[APPLAUSE] MOSES PINEDA, 15 YEARS.

[APPLAUSE] MIKEY WILLIAMS, 15 YEARS.

[APPLAUSE] ONE OF OUR ALL TIME FAVORITES, KEISHA LAWSON, 20 YEARS.

[APPLAUSE] THANK YOU KEISHA.

ROLSTER LONG, 20 YEARS.

[APPLAUSE] MICHAEL CAINE, 20 YEARS.

[APPLAUSE] TODD SCHULTZ, 20 YEARS.

[APPLAUSE] WINSON DIXON, 20 YEARS.

[APPLAUSE] TEJERA SIMS, 25 YEARS.

[APPLAUSE] MIKE KHALISI, 25 YEARS.

[APPLAUSE]

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MELISSA GRANT, 25 YEARS.

[APPLAUSE] LAST BUT NOT LEAST, DANIO MALDONADO, 25 YEARS.

[APPLAUSE] ONCE AGAIN, WE WANT TO EXTEND OUR CONGRATULATIONS TO THESE EMPLOYEES AND TO EVERY ONE OF THEM.

THANK YOU-ALL SO MUCH.

[APPLAUSE]

>> ALL EMPLOYEES AWARD RECIPIENTS IF YOU'D PLEASE GO OUTSIDE FOR A PHOTOGRAPH.

I SCREWED THAT ONE UP, I APOLOGIZE.

ALL AWARD RECIPIENTS, PLEASE GO OUTSIDE FOR A PHOTOGRAPH.

THANK YOU. [BACKGROUND]

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>> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE ARE BACK IN ACTION.

IT IS 9:58, AND IT IS ALWAYS FANTASTIC TO CELEBRATE OUR WONDERFUL EMPLOYEES.

THANK YOU FOR GIVING US THAT LITTLE EXTRA TIME THAT WE NEEDED.

[3. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION]

WE ARE NOW AT OUR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION SECTION OF THE AGENDA.

OTTINOT, CITY ATTORNEY.

>> MADAM MAYOR, THE LAST COMMISSION MEETING, WE JUST GO AND LOOK AT THE RULES. THANK YOU.

>> I'M LETTING YOU A POINT TO IT.

EVERYBODY THE RULES AND REGULATIONS ARE ON THE SCREEN.

THEY'RE THE SAME AS THEY ALWAYS ARE, WE APPRECIATE YOU FOLLOWING THEM.

WE HAVE HAROLD STRESSOR. GOOD TO SEE YOU.

>> ALL RIGHT.

>> GOOD MORNING.

>> GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY.

I CAME TO TALK TODAY ABOUT THE CITY OF TAMARAC FIRE AND THE POTENTIAL BSO SITUATION.

A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SUNNISE, OBVIOUSLY, WE'VE GROWN TREMENDOUSLY IN THE EIGHT YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN THERE.

IT'S PERSONALLY AND PROFESSIONALLY AN EXCITING PLACE TO BE.

THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN WITHOUT BEING IN A CITY THAT SUPPORTS GROWTH WHETHER IT'D BE THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT OR FIRE.

I'VE BEEN BLESSED AND FORTUNATE TO DO PROJECTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND SOME OF WHICH INVOLVE LOCAL FIRE AND BUILDING AND SOME OF WHICH INVOLVE COUNTY.

I CAN JUST TELL YOU THAT THE SPEED AT WHICH SUNNISE HAS GROWN HAVING A LOCAL GROUP THAT CAN COME OUT AND DO, WHETHER IT BE COURTESY INSPECTIONS OR VIEW THINGS ON THE PHONE, THAT RELATIONSHIP IS SPECIAL.

AS A COMPANY THAT EMPLOYS IN TAMARAC ALONE 700 EMPLOYEES WE'RE GOING TO HAVE 550,000 SQUARE FEET AS SOON AS 5601 IS DONE WHICH CAN'T BELIEVE I'M SAYING THAT BECAUSE WHEN I JOINED IT WAS 134,000 [LAUGHTER] AND ABOUT 120 EMPLOYEES.

BUT I WANT TO STRESS THE IMPORTANCE OF THE RELATIONSHIP ABOUT FIRE AND HOW SPECIAL THE DEPARTMENT THAT YOU HAVE IN PLACE.

IN 2015 WHEN I JOINED TOMMY DEMOPLAS CAME OUT; HE WAS NEW, AND PEOPLE THOUGHT I WAS CRAZY WHEN WE DID TOWARDS WITH EVERY FIREFIGHTER OUT THERE.

THAT SHOWS THE RELATIONSHIP AND THE ABILITY TO CALL TOMMY OR REBECCA AND SAY, HEY, WE'RE THINKING ABOUT THIS FOR YOU TO COME OUT WALK IT.

MY CONCERN, MY EXPERIENCE AT LEAST WITH DEALING WITH COUNTIES IS THAT RELATIONSHIP IS NOT THE SAME.

IT'S MORE OF A LABORIOUS AND I WENT THROUGH THAT WITH A PROJECT I HAD IN GEORGIA WHERE I MET WITH THE COUNTY, AND THEN YOU NEVER SAW THE SAME PERSON TWICE AND YOU HAD TO EXPLAIN IT AGAIN.

FROM THE PERSPECTIVE AS A BUSINESS, I WANT TO STRESS AND JUST BASICALLY SAY HOW IMPORTANT IT IS.

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IF ANYBODY IS ASKING ME MY INPUT, I WOULDN'T MAKE THAT CHANGE.

I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE FINANCIALS.

I'M NOT PRIVY TO THAT.

I DON'T NEED TO BE, BUT I CAN TELL YOU WHAT YOU HAVE IS SPECIAL HERE.

SAME THING WITH THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT.

I'LL SAY THAT WITH GEORGE SITTING THERE.

HE KNOWS WE WORK CLOSELY WITH THEM, BUT SPECIFICALLY I'M HERE TO ADDRESS FIRE AND THE TEAM THEY HAVE.

IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT IS IN EVERY CITY AND YOU SHOULD BE PROUD AND WE'RE ALL FORTUNATE TO HAVE THAT. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU. ED RADISH. ED.

[NOISE]

>> SORRY ABOUT THAT.

>> NO WORRIES.

>> DON'T TAKE OFF OF MY SECONDS.

>> I'M NOT TAKING OFF YOUR SECONDS, I PROMISE.

>> ED RUSH AND I LIVE IN KINGS POINT AND I'LL PUT THIS OVER HERE.

[NOISE] I'M GOING TO GET RIGHT TO THE POINT.

RIGHT NOW FOR OUR FIRE AND RESCUE, WE HAVE A ROLLS-ROYCE.

WE'VE HAD 50 YEARS OF GREAT SERVICE FROM A FIRE AND RESCUE TEAM.

WE'RE THINKING OR REALLY ACTING A POSSIBLE INVITING TO FIRE RESCUE FROM BSO TO TAKE OVER THEIR DUTIES.

THERE'S SOMETHING CALLED THE FLORIDA CUP STANDINGS AND I'VE GOT TO TALK ABOUT THE RESULTS.

THERE ARE 26 FIRE RESCUE TEAMS THAT TOOK PART IN SIX DIFFERENT COMPETITIONS.

A COUPLE OF VERY IMPORTANT ONES, ONE WHERE THEY MEASURE HOW FAST THE FIRE DEPARTMENT GOT TO THE VICTIM.

THAT'S A MATTER OF LIFE OR DEATH.

ANOTHER ONE IS HOW THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WOULD HANDLE MULTIPLE CASUALTIES.

UNFORTUNATELY, LIKE A SCHOOL SHOOTING, A HELICOPTER CRASH, A BAD ACCIDENT.

I'M GOING TO GO OVER TO STANDINGS WITH YOU.

I WAS ASKED TO ASK THE CLERK TO GIVE ALL THE COMMISSIONERS THIS SHEET THERE. I HOPE YOU HAVE IT.

I'M GOING TO LIST ALL THE STANDINGS FOR YOU AND THIS IS A FACT.

NUMBER 1, DAVY FIRE RESCUE.

NUMBER 2, BRAXTON COLLEGE.

NUMBER 3, PALM BEACH COUNTY.

NUMBER 4, MIAMI DADE, AND NUMBER 5, TAMARAC, NO BSO YET.

NUMBER 6, FORT LAUDERDALE FIRE.

NUMBER 7, MIRAMAR FIRE-RESCUE A.

NUMBER 8, PEMBROKE PINES A.

NUMBER 9, OUR NEIGHBORS SUNRISE FIRE RESCUE.

NUMBER 10, MIAMI BEACH.

NO BSO YET.

NUMBER 11, BOCA RATON B.

NUMBER 12, PALM BEACH STATE COLLEGE A.

NUMBER 13, MARGATE.

NUMBER 14, HOLLYWOOD FIRE RESCUE.

NUMBER 16, ORANGE COUNTY.

NUMBER 17, WEST PALM BEACH.

NUMBER 18, ORANGE COUNTY.

NUMBER 19, BOCA RATON A.

NUMBER 20, ALUCIA COUNTY.

NUMBER 21, DAVID FIRE BENEVOLENT DAVY.

NUMBER 22, LEE COUNTY.

I'M SORRY, I LOST COUNT.

BUT THE NEXT TO LAST ONE IS BSO THEN FLAGLER COUNTY, THEN BSO.

I KNOW YOU HAVE 3 SECONDS LEFT, BUT THAT'S TERRIBLE.

CAN I SPEAK A FEW MORE SECONDS.

YOU HAVE TO GET A COURT ORDER?

>> BY EXPRESSION OF THIS COMMISSION WE HAVE 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 OTHER PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO WISH TO SPEAK.

>> I'D LIKE TO GIVE HIM EXTRA TIME.

>> I CAN'T HEAR YOU.

>> WE'RE TRYING TO SEE IF THERE'S CONSENSUS FOR EXTRA TIME.

GIVEN IN MIND THAT WE NEED TO BE CONSISTENT FOR THE REST OF ANYBODY ELSE WHO IS HERE FOR TODAY. COMMISSIONER DANIEL.

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>> THIRTY MORE SECONDS.

CAN YOU WRAP IT UP IN THIRTY-SECONDS?

>> WELL, I'LL HAVE TO.

THIS IS DISGRACE.

WE'RE GOING AFTER THE WORST FIRE RESCUE IN OUR ARENA.

THIRTY NAMES ARE HERE.

WHAT A SLAP IN THE FACE THAT IS TO OUR FIRE RESCUE THEY ARE EVERY DAY DOING A MARVELOUS JOB AND THIS WAS STANDINGS ON POINTS.

WE HAVE 43 POINTS AND THEY HAVE TWO POINTS.

WE HAVE 20 TIMES THE POINTS THEY HAVE.

THE DEFINITION OF MADNESS IS WHEN YOU HAVE A CITY THAT HAS 43 POINTS, GOES TO THE CITY THAT HAS TWO POINTS AND SAYS, COME ON, KICK US OUT, REPLACE US, THAT'S A DEFINITION OF MADNESS.

>> MR. RADISH VERY MUCH APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS AND YOUR TIME.

UNFORTUNATELY, WE DO HAVE TO CUT PUBLIC SPEAKING FOR YOU AT THIS TIME.

BUT PLEASE KNOW THERE'LL BE MORE TIME TO SPEAK ABOUT THIS AT ANOTHER TIME.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR COMMENTS.

>> THANK YOU MAYOR.

>> THANK YOU. RONALD BYERS. SORRY FOR RENAMING YOU.

>> RONALD BYERS, 7555 NORTHWEST 80TH AVENUE, TAMARAC, FLORIDA.

I WANT TO THANK YOU VERY MUCH MAYOR GOMEZ FOR ASSISTING WITH THE CHAINS.

I APPRECIATE THAT.

I WILL TELL YOU, I TALKED TO THE CITY MANAGER AND ALSO THE CITY ATTORNEY.

THEY WILL GET BACK WITH YOU.

BUT I WANT THREE SPEED HUMPS INSTEAD OF TWO.

TWO WILL NOT WORK.

THREE STOP SIGNS, TWO SPEED LIMITS SIGNS 25 MILES PER HOUR WITH THE WORD STRICTLY ENFORCED ON THEM.

NOW, I WAS ALSO A FIREFIGHTER IN TWO DIFFERENT COUNTIES, BURLINGTON, AND CAMDEN IN SOUTH JERSEY.

I WAS ALSO A FIRE MARSHAL AND ALSO A FIRE INVESTIGATOR.

I KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON HERE.

I KNOW THE LOGISTICS. WHAT'S GOING ON.

BUT YOU CAN ELIMINATE ALL THAT AND I TOLD THEM ABOUT IT.

BUT BY REMOVING THE CHAINS AND KEEPING THEM PERMANENT IN SPRING LAKE TOO, YOU WOULDN'T HAVE ALL THAT PROBLEM.

I HAVE TO GO REAL QUICK.

I HAVE TO TELL YOU THIS.

THIS IS SOMETHING ELSE.

THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS.

IN 2024, YOU CAN HAVE MEGA POSTAL FACILITY.

IT'S GOING TO HOUSE 36,000 EMPLOYEES AND IN TAMARAC IS ALSO INCLUDED IN THIS.

ALSO WE WILL HAVE ANEMOP MACHINE THAT WILL DO 46,000 PARCELS A MINUTE.

TAMARAC WILL ONLY HAVE POSTAL BOXES.

YOU WILL HAVE TO GO EITHER TO CORAL SPRINGS OR 1900 WEST OAKLAND PARK BOULEVARD BECAUSE THEY WILL HAVE THE PEOPLE THERE FOR YOU.

THEY WILL HAVE THE POSTAL WORKERS HELPING YOU OUT.

THEREFORE, I WANTED TO JUST TELL YOU THAT AND INCLUDING LETTER CARRIERS, MOST OF ALL BROWARD COUNTY, POSTAL FACILITIES WILL BE IN THERE.

I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THIS WILL BE THE LARGEST POSTAL FACILITY IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA AND MAYBE ONE OF THE BIGGEST ONES IN THE UNITED STATES.

MAYOR GOMEZ, I'M GOING TO ASK YOU IF YOU WOULD SEND A LETTER TO THE PMG, BY THE WAY, I'M RETIRING PRESIDENT OF THE AMERICAN POSTAL WORKERS UNION, BROWARD COUNTY AREA LOCAL NUMBER 1201.

I DON'T GET ANYTHING FOR IT. IT'S VOLUNTEER.

ANYWAY, SEND A LETTER TO THE PMG TO JOY HAS HIS NAME, AND ASK HIM NOT TO DO THIS.

IT'S GOING TO CREATE SERIOUS PROBLEMS. PLEASE HELP US.

I'M AN AMERICAN POSTAL WORKERS UNION MEMBER SINCE 1970. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. WE WILL DEFINITELY LOOK INTO THIS.

WILLIAM GOLFNET HAS SIGNED UP, BUT I DO NOT SEE HIM HERE. DARCY SCHILLER.

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>> GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY.

I'M ACTUALLY IMPRESSED.

THE THREE-WAY ROUNDABOUT BY AMAZON.

I HAD MENTIONED IT, I BELIEVE TO MICHELLE.

I DON'T KNOW IF I MENTIONED IT TO ANYBODY ELSE, BUT ORIGINALLY IT HAD A YIELD SIGN THAT WAS ALREADY INTO THE ROUNDABOUT, SO IT WAS A WASTE OF TIME.

NOW THEY HAVE A YIELD A YIELD SIGN AND IT SAYS TO TRAFFIC IN ROUNDABOUT.

THEY'RE TELLING YOU WHERE THE YIELD ON TOP OF WHICH THEY HAVE THESE HUMONGOUS YELLOW POINTERS TO LET YOU KNOW PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE CROSSING AND THERE'S TRAFFIC, SO THAT WAS TREMENDOUS BECAUSE ALL OF A SUDDEN PEOPLE ARE STOPPING AND I'M LIKE, WOW, WE ACTUALLY HAVE COURTESY AND PEOPLE CAN GO ON VERY HAPPY WITH THAT.

BECAUSE I DID SEE IT AS AN ACCIDENT-PRONE AREA BECAUSE KIDS WERE GOING RIGHT THROUGH IT, AS WELL AS SOME ADULTS.

NEXT COMMENT. I AM THRILLED, INCLUDING VICE MAYOR BOLTON, THAT YOU'RE ALL WEARING THE FIRE DEPARTMENT SHIRTS? HOWEVER, I HAVE A QUESTION.

I KNOW YOU CAN'T ANSWER IT, SO WE'LL LEAVE IT TO THE ETHICS.

BUT NOW THAT BOLTON IS EMPLOYED BY BOTH THE COUNTY AND TAMARAC CITY, IS IT GOING TO BE A CONFLICT OF INTERESTS WHEN YOU ALL GO TO VOTE REGARDING THE FIRE DEPARTMENT BECAUSE THE COUNTY IS GOING TO BENEFIT FROM IT.

BUT HE'S WORKING FOR THE COUNTY.

WILL THAT BE A FEATHER IN HIS CAP? I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK INTO THAT.

ON THE FLIP SIDE, I FORGET THE GENTLEMAN'S NAME, BUT I CAN GUARANTEE YOU WHOEVER IT IS, THAT WE WILL BE FIGHTING THE MOVE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT OVER TO BSL.

I CAN GUARANTEE YOU THAT BECAUSE I'M STEERING IT UP.

WE'RE GOING TO DO EVERYTHING IN OUR POWER TO KEEP THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HERE.

I DON'T KNOW OF A SINGLE SOLITARY SOUL WHO IS UNHAPPY AND IF THE WAY BSO HANDLES 911 IS ANY INDICATION THEN OH MY GOD, BECAUSE I REMEMBER WHEN MY MOTHER FELL IN SPLIT HER HEAD OPEN, IT TOOK THEM 25 MINUTES TO GET TO KING'S POINT CABARET ROOM.

THAT IS MIND-BOGGLING, 25 MINUTES.

YES, I WILL BE FIGHTING THAT BIG TIME.

OTHER THAN THAT, I DIDN'T REALLY COME IN WITH AN AGENDA.

I KNEW THERE WAS ANOTHER ITEM.

IF IT COMES UP, I'LL ASK FOR MY 13 SECONDS LATER.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

OH, EXCUSE ME.

IT IS RIGHT HERE IN FRONT OF MY FACE.

THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT LIAISONS.

I HAVE AN EXTRA THIRTY-SECONDS.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY VILLALOBOS HAD FOUR PEOPLE.

HE EVEN EXCEEDED BOLTON MAKES NO SENSE TO ME WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE AMOUNT OF HOURS AND MONEY RIGHT HERE IN YOUR BOOKLET, IF YOU TALLY THE HOURS AND THE MONIES, HE HAD MORE TOTAL PAID AND MORE HOURS BY CALENDAR YEAR AND HE HAD HARACIO, HE HAD JOSHUA, HE HAD ERIC, HE HAD ROSA, AND HE HAD CARL.

EITHER THIS IS COMPLETE MISINFORMATION ON WHOEVER GATHERED IT AND THEY NEED TO HAVE THEIR WHEREWITHAL CHECKED.

OR IF IT'S WRONG, IT'S VERY MISLEADING AND IF IT'S CORRECT, I DON'T UNDERSTAND AT ALL WHY EITHER VILLALOBOS OR BOLTON WOULD NEED I DON'T KNOW, LIKE SO MANY HOURS OF PART-TIME STAFF, SO PLEASE LOOK INTO THAT BECAUSE YOU'RE LOOKING TO SCRAP COMMUNITY LASER LIAISONS AND IT WAS BY VILLALOBOS, BUT HE'S THE BIGGEST USER.

JUST INTERESTING CONTRADICTION. THANK YOU.

>> CLARIFICATION WILL COMMENT ITEM 10.

>> WE ARE NOW GOING TO GO BACK TO WILLIAM GOLFNET AS HE IS RETURNED TO THE CHAMBERS.

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> WILLIAM GOLFNET, 5106B BARRY LANE TAMARAC.

I'M GOING TO START OFF WITH AN EASY ONE.

LAST TIME IN HERE, I ASKED EVERYONE IF THERE WAS ANOTHER 275 ACRE TRACT OF LAND THAT HAD NEVER BEEN DEVELOPED AVAILABLE IN THE CITY.

NOW THAT'S SOMETHING ANY ONE OF THE FIVE OF YOU CAN ANSWER IF YOU KNOW IT.

BUT DRIVING AROUND THE CITY, I'VE BEEN HERE FOR 35 YEARS NOW.

THERE'S NOT ANOTHER TRACK.

MICHELLE, YOUR CONNECTION WITH 13TH FLOOR IS JUST A LITTLE TOO TIGHT FOR ME,15 YEARS.

IN A POLITICAL SITUATION, I BELIEVE THE ONLY THRESHOLD OF CERTAINTY I NEED IS A PREPONDERANCE OF EVIDENCE.

NOW, THE REASONABLE PERSON, I WOULD THINK WOULD PROBABLY BELIEVE THAT YOU AND 13TH FLOOR, IF YOU'VE KNOWN EACH OTHER FOR THIS LONG, YOU HAVE DEVELOPED YOUR OWN PLAN ON WHAT YOU WANT.

ABSENT ANYTHING ELSE THAT ANYBODY ELSE HAS TO SAY.

NOW, IF YOU WERE TO SAY THAT, WELL, THERE'S NO OTHER IDEAS, WHICH IS ONE OF THE THINGS I'VE HEARD IN THE PAST.

I PRESENTED YOU WITH ONE.

I DIDN'T GO TO CLUB LINK.

I BROUGHT IT HERE.

SO THE CITY WOULD HAVE AT LEAST ONE MORE OPTION TO LOOK AT.

IT DOES SHOW A VISION FOR THE FUTURE.

THROW IN 355 IN HERE.

IT IS NOT A VISION FOR THE FUTURE, IT'S A VISION FOR A CATASTROPHE.

NOW YOU CAME HOME A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO WHEN IT RAINED LIKE THE DICKENS AND IF YOU DIDN'T STOP YOUR CAR DOWN TO ABOUT 5 MILES AN HOUR, AS SOON AS YOU PULLED IN, YOU SAW THE FLOODED OUT CAR RIGHT THERE, RIGHT.

THESE ARE THE THREE THINGS THAT WILL BE DESTROYED IF YOU ALLOW THIS THING TO GO THROUGH.

FIRST OF ALL, THE AMENITIES, YOU DO NOT HAVE THE RIGHT TO TAKE AN AMENITY AWAY FROM A HOMEOWNER WITHOUT PROPER COMMON COMPENSATION.

THAT IS CALLED CIVIL THEFT.

NOW, IF YOU AND BAG MEN HAD BEEN PLOTTING THIS THING FOR 15 YEARS, THAT PUTS YOU AS A CO-CONSPIRATOR.

NOW, BACK WHEN THE FIRST VOTE WAS HELD.

FOUR TIMES NOW YOU SHOULD HAVE RECUSED. YOU DIDN'T.

THE FIRST TIME WAS WHEN YOU REAPPOINTED SOMEONE TO THE P&Z BOARD BECAUSE YOU COULDN'T GET IT THROUGH THE FIRST TIME.

SECOND TIME, CAN I ADD 30 SECOND TO FINISH?

>> ADDED 30 SECONDS.

>> THANK YOU. THE P&Z BOARD.

THE SECOND TIME AROUND, CONVENIENTLY, I COULDN'T BE AT THE MEETING.

I COULDN'T EXPRESS MYSELF.

BUT THE PERSON YOU VOTED ON APPOINTING THAT PERSON, WHICH I CLAIM YOU SHOULD HAVE RECUSED YOURSELF RIGHT THEN IN THERE, AS WELL AS EVERY OTHER VOTE THAT CAME ALONG.

I MEAN, AT COUNTY WE HAD 51 OUT OF 52 SPEAKERS SPOKE IN OPPOSITION TO DEVELOPMENT BY 13TH FLOOR AND SO WHAT HAPPENS? YOU VOTE ALONG WITH THE OTHER NINE TO GO 10, 4 AGAINST US AND YOU LIVE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M SUPPOSED TO DEDUCE FROM THAT.

NOW, AS FAR AS THE ARSON GOES, CENTRAL PARK, THE FALLOW AREA.

[OVERLAPPING]

>> THANK YOU MR. GOFNECK FOR SHARING YOUR OPINIONS, FACT CHECK THEM IN THE FUTURE.

>> THERE FOR EVERYONE.

>> WELL THANK YOU FOR YOUR ONE-SEVENTH.

I'M REALLY I'M NOT SURE, BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH JEFFREY SHAPIRO.

>> JEFFREY SHAPIRO, 6104 ORCHARD TREE LANE IN THE WOODLANDS.

AFTER WE HAD THAT TERRIBLE RAIN JUST TWO WEEKS AGO,

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I WAS VERY DISAPPOINTED AND UPSET WHEN I READ WHAT ONE OF THE COMMISSIONERS HAD WRITTEN ON NEXT DOOR.

THAT WAS THAT ADDING MORE WARD-AWAY SPACE IN THE COMMUNITY FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW HOMES ADDS MORE ABSORPTION.

THAT IS TOTALLY INCORRECT, IT DOESN'T.

I WENT TO HIGH SCHOOL IN LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK AND I WAS TAUGHT IN SCIENCE AND OUR SCIENCE INVOLVED PHYSICS TO THE SCIENCE RELATING WATER MATTERS THAT ABSORPTION AND WATER LEVEL ARE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS.

WATER SEEKS ITS OWN LEVEL AND STORMS. ABSORPTION IS WHAT THE GROUND CAN ABSORB TO SAVE FROM THE OVERABUNDANCE OF WATER GOING INTO THE WATERWAYS AND RISING.

THAT WAS INCORRECT.

THE SITUATION IN THE WOODLANDS, THE WATER LEVEL I'VE BEEN LIVING THERE, MAY THIS MAY IS 25 YEARS.

THE WATER LEVELS NEVER EVER GONE UP AS HIGH AS WHAT IT JUST DID.

ACROSS THE STREET FROM ME, THEY HAVE THE SEAWALLS.

THE WATER EXCEEDED THE SEAWALLS BUT OVER A FOOT.

ON ROYAL POINCIANA, WHICH IS JUST A BLOCK AND A HALF AWAY FROM ME, BUT I CAN SEE THROUGH TO THE SEAWALLS AND THE BACKYARD, WATER NEARLY CAME UP TO THE BACK TO THEIR HOMES BECAUSE THE ELEVATION OF THE STREET OF ROYAL POINCIANA IS A BIT LOWER THAN ORCHARD TREE LANE.

I'VE NEVER SEEN WATER GO OVER THE SEAWALLS.

A COMMENT WAS MADE TO ME THAT I SHOULD JUST GO AHEAD FILLING MY BACKYARD WITH THE ADDITIONAL FOOTAGE THAT WERE 10-FOOT FOOTAGE BEYOND MY PROPERTY LINE THAT WAS GIVEN TO ALL THE HOMEOWNERS BY THE ORIGINAL DEVELOPER AND PUT UP A BARRIER OF SOME SORT OR POSSIBLY A SEAWALL.

THE COMMISSION VOTED TO GO AHEAD AND CHANGE THE LAND USE AND TO ALLOW DEVELOPMENT.

CURRENTLY, THE BUILDERS' AGREEMENT, WHICH YOU GUYS HAVE NOT APPROVED YET, STATES THAT THEY CAN RANDOMLY AT NEED, GO AHEAD AND CHANGE THE CONFIGURATION OF THE WATERWAY, WHICH IN THE DESIGNER, THIS IS WHAT THEY PLANNING ON WATER TREE LINE.

>> [BACKGROUND].

>> THANK YOU. WHAT THE NEW LAND THAT'S GOING TO BE 18 INCHES TO TWO FEET HIGHER THAN ME, BEHIND US, NO ABSORPTION MEANS MORE WATER FLOW AND IF THEY NARROW IT, IT'S DEFINITELY GOING TO AFFECT FLOODING.

THE CITY SHOULD INCLUDE IN A DEVELOPMENT PLAN THAT THEY NEED TO BECAUSE THE CITY IS NOT PROTECTING THE RESIDENTS IN THIS WHOLE THING AND IT'S UNFORTUNATE.

THE CITY GETS A LOT OF BENEFITS FROM 13TH FLOOR IN THIS, INCLUDING POSSIBLY SHAKER VILLAGE TO SOLVE A PROBLEM THAT HAPPENED THERE A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.

THERE'S NO BENEFIT. HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS IS NOT ENOUGH MONEY TO EVEN MAINTAIN WOODLANDS BOULEVARD, WHICH IS A MILE AND A QUARTER LONG FROM THE ENTRANCE WITH THE NEW LANDSCAPING, LET ALONE WHAT THE CONSTRUCTION COULD DAMAGE AS FAR AS VEHICLES BEING USED ON IT.

I KNOW THAT'S ALL MY TIME.

I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU LISTENING TO ME.

WE CAN PICK UP THIS DISCUSSION AT A FURTHER DATE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> THANK YOU. KATE JOHNSON.

>> I'LL ASK FOR MY 30 SECONDS AT A TIME.

[NOISE] THANK YOU ALL FOR LISTENING THIS MORNING REGARDING OVERNIGHT PARKING CHANGES TO HEAR THAT WE NEED TO REVISIT THIS ISSUE AGAIN, IT'S DISHEARTENING.

WE HAVE MAINLANDS FOR WHOLEHEARTEDLY APPROVE

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THIS CHANGE AS I DISCUSSED AT LENGTH LAST YEAR.

OUR STREETS ARE DANGEROUS AT NIGHT AND THIS WILL HELP ALLEVIATE MANY ELDERLY RESIDENTS' CONCERNS, AS I SAID IN MY EMAIL TO EACH ONE OF YOU, IF THE CONCERN IS RESIDENTS' ABILITY TO PAY TO EXPAND THEIR DRIVEWAYS, LET THE CITY GRANT FOR RENOVATIONS HELP PAY FOR IT.

I'M SURE THIS FITS THE CRITERIA OF SAFETY ISSUES.

REGARDING AGENDA ARE 10 ITEMS. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS, FOR LISTENING TO OUR CONCERNS.

I ENCOURAGE THE REST OF THIS COMMISSION TO DO AS HE HAS.

AS COMMISSIONER DANIEL SUGGESTED, AN OPT-OUT OF THE CAR ALLOWANCE WHILE IT IS BEING SENT TO WORKSHOP.

10 B, BACKUP INFORMATION? YES, PLEASE.

IT SHOULD BE DETAILED ON THE AGENDA OF WHAT IS GOING TO BE DISCUSSED, SO WE'RE NOT BLINDSIDED IN THE THINGS LIKE FIRING AND HIRING AS INTENTIONALLY HAPPENED WITH THE ATTORNEYS.

WE WERE NOT GIVEN A VOICE BEFORE THIS DECISION WAS MADE AND HAD IT BEEN DETAILED, BELIEVE ME, WE WOULD HAVE.

I HAVEN'T FORGOTTEN THAT.

10C, TRAVEL BUDGET REDUCTION.

AGAIN, YES.

THE BACKUP INFORMATION PRESENTED WAS HELPFUL.

I CAN'T FIGURE OUT HOW VICE MAYOR BOLTON HAS MANAGED TO USE OVER $5,000 ALREADY AND WE'RE NOT EVEN FOUR MONTHS INTO THE YEAR.

LEARN TO BUDGET YOUR TRAVEL AS EVERY CONSTITUENT MUST DO, $5,000 PER YEAR IS MORE THAN ENOUGH FOR A CITY OUR SIZE.

I ALSO WONDER WHO SIGNS OFF ON YOUR EXPENSES, ANYONE? IF NOT, THIS SHOULD BE DONE AS A FUNCTION OF THE CITY MANAGER OR WHOMEVER IS APPROPRIATE, ONLY REASONABLE AND CITY RELATED TRAVEL SHOULD BE APPROVED.

ONCE YOU MEET YOUR LIMIT, YOU CANNOT DIP INTO SOMEONE ELSE'S POT.

THAT MIGHT BE THE CRAZIEST THING I'VE HEARD AS FAR AS BUDGETING.

MAYOR GOMEZ, WHO IS JUST ABOUT EVERY EVENT, DOESN'T EVEN USE 5,000 A YEAR.

10D, REDUCE THE NUMBER OF COMMUNITY LIAISONS.

AGAIN, THE BACKUP INFORMATION WAS HELPFUL.

THERE IS NO NEED TO USE MORE THAN ONE PART-TIME LIAISON PART-TIME COMMISSIONER SINCE YOU ARE ALREADY PAID TO WORK FOR US.

THE MAYOR USING MORE THAN ONE MAKES SENSE SINCE HER JOB ENTAILS MUCH MORE THAN ANY OTHER POSITION.

BUT IT ALSO BRINGS ME TO MY LAST ITEM.

CONGRATULATIONS TO VICE MAYOR BOLTON ON HIS NEW FULL-TIME POSITION WITH THE COUNTY.

AS I'VE SAID BEFORE, THOUGH, THIS IS A CONFLICT OF INTEREST SINCE IT COVERS A DIFFERENT DISTRICT THAN OURS AND HAS ALREADY BEEN SHOWN WITH TFR.

REASONABLY, YOU SHOULD NOT HAVE ANY LIAISONS TO COVER YOUR WORKLOAD HERE IF YOU HAVE TIME FOR THAT POSITION.

THEREFORE, PLEASE RESIGN AS TAMARAC COMMISSIONERS SO THAT WE HAVE EFFECTIVE REPRESENTATION.

REGARDING 4H, AMENDING DOCUMENTS, TOUCH ON THIS THAT YOU ARE GOING TO DISCUSS BECAUSE VICE MAYOR BOLTON SAID THAT WE HAD SPOKEN.

I WANTED THE COMMISSION TO KNOW WHAT IT ENTAILS FOR AN HOA TO CHANGE THEIR DOCUMENTS.

AS AN HOA PRESIDENT, WE COULD NOT AGREE TO FENCING AND BACKYARDS FOR LAWN MAINTENANCE REASONS ALONE.

THERE'S NO WAY THAT OUR LAWN COMPANY CAN MOW EACH INDIVIDUAL LAWN WITHOUT A DRASTIC INCREASE IN MAINTENANCE FEES TO EACH HOMEOWNER.

WELL, MANY OF OUR RESIDENTS LIVE ON FIXED INCOMES, THEY COULD NOT AFFORD THIS ADDED EXPENSE.

MOWERS HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE WHOLE BACKYARD.

BELIEVED ME, I WISH I COULD PUT ONE IN MY BACKYARD SO THAT MY DOG CAN RUN AROUND.

BUT I CAN'T.

THIS IS A GREAT IDEA.

HOWEVER, IT HAS LIMITATIONS. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYONE WHO DID NOT GET A CHANCE TO SIGN UP WHO WISHES TO SPEAK? NO? SEEING NO ONE ELSE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK IN PUBLIC COMMENTS, PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE NOW CLOSED.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WE WILL NOW TURN TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA.

[4. CONSENT AGENDA]

CITY MANAGER, DO YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONS OR DELETIONS?

>> NO, MAYOR.

>> THANK YOU. I DO NOT HAVE ANY REQUESTS TO PULL ANY ITEMS OFF THE AGENDA BY THE COMMISSION, THEREFORE, I'LL ASK FOR A SECOND.

>> SECOND.

>> SECOND TO MY MOTION BY COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS.

CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

>> THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.

VICE MAYOR BOLTON.

>> YES.

>> COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS.

>> YES.

>> COMMISSIONER DANIEL.

>> YES.

>> COMMISSIONER RAY.

>> YES.

>> MAYOR GOMEZ.

>> YES.

>> THANK YOU. MOTION PASSES 5-0.

>> THANK YOU. WE'RE NOW MOVING TO ORDINANCES

[6.a TO2525 - An Ordinance of the City Commission of the City of Tamarac, Florida terminating the zoning in progress on new self-storage facilities by amending Chapter 10, Article 3, of the City of Tamarac Land Development Code, entitled “Use Regulations”, amending Section 10-3.2, entitled “Table of Allowed Uses”, by specifically amending Table 10-3.1, entitled “Allowed Uses” to prohibit self-storage facilities in all zoning districts by instituting a ban on new self-storage facilities within the City of Tamarac; providing for codification; providing for conflicts; providing for severability; and providing for an effective date.]

ON FIRST READING ON ORDINANCES ON FIRST READING, WE DO NOT HAVE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.

CITY ATTORNEY, PLEASE READ THE TITLE 2, 6A T02525 FOR THE RECORD.

>> THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. ITEM 6A IS AN ORDINANCE OF CITY COMMISSIONERS CITY TAMARAC,

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TERMINATING THE ZONING AND PROGRESS ON NEW SELF-STORAGE FACILITIES BY MAINLY CHAPTER 10, ARTICLE 3 OF THE CITY TAMARAC LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE AND TRY TO USE REGULATIONS WHEN SECTION 10-3.2 ENTIRE TABLE OF ALLOW USED BY SPECIFICALLY AMENDING TABLE 10-3.1 ENTITLED ALLOW USERS TO PROHIBIT SELF-STORAGE FACILITIES IN ALL ZONING DISTRICT BY INSTITUTED A BAN ON NEW SELF-STORAGE FACILITIES WHEN THE CITY OF TAMARAC PLAN FOR CONFISCATION, PLAN FOR CONFLICT, PLAN FOR STABILITY, PLAN FOR EFFECTIVE DATE. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.

>> I'LL TAKE A MOTION AND A SECOND, PLEASE.

>> SO MOVED.

>> SECOND.

>> I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS.

SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WRIGHT.

MS. CALLOWAY OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR IS AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS AND CAN DELIVER A PRESENTATION IF THE COMMISSION DESIRES.

NOT SEEING THE COMMISSION DESIRE NOT SEEING A DISCUSSION, CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

>> THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS.

>> YES.

>> COMMISSIONER WRIGHT.

>>YES.

>> COMMISSIONER DANIEL.

>> YES.

>> MAYOR GOMEZ.

>> YES.

>> VICE MAYOR BOLTON.

>> YES.

>> THANK YOU. MOTION PASSES 5-0.

>> THANK YOU. MOVING NOW TO 6B T02512.

[6.b TO2512 - An Ordinance of the City Commission of the City of Tamarac, Florida to provide for easier enforcement of, and enhanced penalties for violations of the city’s regulations of activities defined as “Special Events” by amending Chapter 10, the Land Development Code of the City of Tamarac, Florida by amending Article 3, “Use Regulations” by specifically amending Section 10-3.5 “Temporary Uses and Structures”; by amending Section 10-6.2 “Use Categories and Use Types Defined”; providing for codification; providing for conflicts; providing for severability; and providing for an effective date.]

CITY ATTORNEY, PLEASE READ THE TITLE FOR THE RECORD.

>> ITEM 6B, IS AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSIONER, CITY OF TAMARAC, WHO WILL VIE FOR EASIER ENFORCEMENT OF ENHANCED PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION OF CITY REGULATION, ACTIVITIES DEFINED AS SPECIAL EVENTS BY MINUTE IN CHAPTER 10, THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC BY MINUTE IN ARTICLE III USER REGULATION BY SPECIFICALLY AMENDING SECTION 10-3.5, TEMPORARY USES OF STRUCTURES.

I'M IN SECTION 10-6.2, USE CATEGORIES AND USE TYPES DEFINE BRIAN FOR CODIFICATION, FRANCE, CONFLICTS, BRIAN FOR SEARCHABILITY, FOR EFFECTIVE DATE. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.

>> THANK YOU. I'LL TAKE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

>> SO MOVED.

>> SECOND.

>> I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS, A SECOND BY THE VICE MAYOR.

MS. CALLOWAY, OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, IS AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.

SEEING NO QUESTIONS.

CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

>> THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. MAYOR GOMEZ.

>> YES.

>> COMMISSIONER DANIEL.

>> YES.

>> VICE MAYOR BOLTON.

>> YES.

>> COMMISSIONER WRIGHT.

>> YES.

>> COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS.

>> YES.

>> THANK YOU. MOTION PASSES 5-0. THANK YOU.

>> CAN I ADD A COMMENT? PEOPLE THAT ARE WATCHING, WE'LL WORKSHOP THIS ON MONDAY.

THAT'S WHY IT'S MOVING A LITTLE BIT FASTER.

>> THANK YOU. WE ARE NOW MOVING TO NINE FOR OUR QUASI-JUDICIAL IT'S 9A TB070.

[9.a TBO70 - Board Order approving Special Exception approval for Worthy Moments Banquet Hall, to allow for the use of a modified one (1) story, one-thousand sixhundred square feet (1,600 sq. ft.) leased space for a hall for hire within an existing plaza in the MU-N (Mixed-Use Neighborhood) zoning district, pursuant to the Tamarac Code of Ordinances.]

CITY ATTORNEY, PLEASE READ THE TITLE FOR THE RECORD THEN PLEASE READ THE RULES FOR QUASI-JUDICIAL [NOISE] BLESS YOU HEARING.

>> ITEM 9A IS BOUGHT ORDER PROVEN SPECIAL EXCEPTION APPROVAL FOR WORTHY MOMENTS BANQUET HALL TO ALLOW FOR THE USE OF A MODIFIED ONE-STORY, 1,600 SQUARE FEET LEASED SPACE WHERE A HALL FOR HIGHER WHEN AN EXISTING PLAZA AND THE MUN I'LL MIX USE NEIGHBORHOODS ON A DISTRICT PURSUANT TO TAMARAC CODE OF ORDINANCES.

[NOISE] WITH RESPECT TO THE RULES OF QUASI-JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS, ALL PERSON TESTIFYING BEFORE THE CITY COMMISSION MUST BE SWORN IN WITH REGARD TO THIS ITEM THAT IS GOING TO BE CONSIDERED ON THE AGENDA AT THIS POINT.

THE APPLICANT AND ANY EFFECTIVE PERSON SHALL BE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT EVIDENCE, BRING FORTH WITNESS, CROSS-EXAMINE ANY WITNESSES., REBUT ANY TESTIMONY.

ALL EVIDENCE RELIED UPON UNREASONABLY BY REASONABLE, PRUDENT PERSON TODAY, BUSINESS SHALL BE ADMISSIBLE WHERE SUCH EVIDENCE WOULD BE ADMISSIBLE IN A COURT OF LAW, HAVE IMMATERIAL OR UNDULY REPETITIOUS EVIDENCE SHALL BE EXCLUDED.

STATEMENTS ARE CONSTITUTIONALLY WE CONSIDER AS ARGUMENT NOT BE CONSIDERED AS TESTIMONY.

HOWEVER, THE COUNCIL FOR PARTIES SHOULD NOT BE SUBJECT TO CROSS-EXAMINATION.

CITY COMMISSION SHALL HAVE AUTHORITY REFUSED TO HEAR ANY TESTIMONY WHICH IS IRRELEVANT OR REPEATITIVE.

HEARSAY EVIDENCE MAY BE USED FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUPPLEMENT I EXPLAINED AT THE EVIDENCE, BUT IT SHOULD NOT BE SUFFICIENT BY ITSELF TO SUPPORT A FINDING.

DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE MAY BE PRESENT IN THE FORM A COPY OF ORIGINAL OR IF AVAILABLE.

UPON REQUEST PARTY SHOULD WE GIVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO COMPARE THE COPY WITH THE ORIGINAL.

THUS PARTY SHALL BE ENTITLED TO CONDUCT CROSS-EXAMINATION WITH TESTIMONIES AS PROVIDED OUR DOCUMENTS ARE MADE AVAILABLE FOR THE RECORD.

GENERALLY FOUND PROCEDURES OR THE MANNER IN WHICH YOUR PRESENTATION IS MADE IS FIRST THE APPLICANT OR HIS OR HER REPRESENTATIVE MAKE A PRESENTATION.

IF THE APPLICANT CHOOSES TO MAKE YOUR PRESENTATION SHOULD INCLUDE DESCRIPTION OF NATURE OF THE APPLICATION.

IF THERE'S ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THAT HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY PROVIDED TO YOU OR BY THE CITY.

IN ADDITION, APPLICANT SHALL INTRODUCE ANY EXHIBIT OR WITNESS DESIRE OF THE CITY COMMISSION TO CONSIDER.

IT'S THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE APPLICANT TO DEMONSTRATE THIS APPLICANT IS CONSISTENT WITH

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THE CITY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND WHETHER THE APPLICATION DOES OR DOES NOT MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF A CITY CODE.

AFTER THE APPLICANT PRESENTATIONS, STAFF WILL PRESENT AS REPORT.

STAFF WILL BE GENERALLY INCLUDED, BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE DISCRETION OF REQUESTS THAT THE APPLICANT ANALYSIS OR APPLICATION CONSISTENCY WITH THE CITY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OR A CITY CODE.

PARTIES WHO ARE IN SUPPORT OF THE APPLICATION SHALL MAKE THE PRESENTATION.

THE PARTIES SHALL INTRODUCE ANY EXHIBIT AND WITNESSES.

PARTY WHO ARE IN OPPOSITION THEN CAN MAKE THEIR PRESENTATION.

CITY PERSONNEL INTENSE WILL PROVIDE RESPONSES TO ANY PARTY TO THE PRE-SEEN AND FINAL PRESENTATION ARE THEN MADE BY THE APPLICANT AND CITY STAFF.

FINALLY, THE CITY COMMISSION SHALL DELIBERATE ON APPLICATION.

NO FURTHER TESTIMONY SHALL BE TAKEN AND MEMBER CITY COMMISSIONER SHALL ASKED QUESTIONS A PERSON'S PRESENT TESTIMONY.

CITY COMMISSION WILL DISCUSS THE EVIDENCE THAT WAS PRESENTED AT THE PROCEEDING AND VOTE ON THE APPLICATION BASED ON THE COMPETENT SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE IN THE RECORD.

AT THIS POINT, IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE FOR THE CITY COMMISSION MEMBERS TO DISCLOSE ANY EX-PARTE COMMUNICATION THEY MAY HAVE WITH THE APPLICANT OR ANYONE ELSE. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU. ACTUALLY CITY CLERK, IF YOU PLEASE SWEAR ON ANY WITNESSES WHO WILL BE TESTIFYING.

>> THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. ALL WITNESSES FOR THIS ITEM, PLEASE STAND AND RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.

DO YOU SWEAR TO TELL THE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH?

>> YES.

>> THANK YOU. WITNESSES ARE SWORN IN MAYOR.

>> THANK YOU. NOW I'M GOING TO ASK FOR ANY DISCLOSURES BY THE COMMISSION. VICE MAYOR?

>> NO DISCLOSURES.

>> COMMISSIONER DANIEL.

>> NONE.

>> MYSELF NONE. COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS.

>> NONE.

>> NO DISCLOSURES. I NOW NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO GET THIS ON THE TABLE.

>> SO MOVED.

>> SECOND.

>> MOTION BY COMMISSIONER WRIGHT.

I'M SORRY, MOTION BY COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WRIGHT.

APPLICANT, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD AND PROCEED.

>> GOOD MORNING, ATTORNEY RAY GARCIA FOR THE APPLICANT, WORTHY MOMENTS, LLC, 14850 SOUTHWEST 26TH STREET, SUITE 204 MIAMI, FLORIDA 33185.

WE HAVE TODAY FOR WORTHY MOMENTS BANQUET HALL, LLC, A REQUEST FOR A SPECIAL EXEMPTION FOR ALLOWED USE AS A HALL TO HIRE.

WE'RE ASKING THE COMMISSION TO ALLOW FOR THE USE OF A MODIFIED ONE-STORY, 1,600-SQUARE-FOOT LEASE SPACE FOR A HOTTER HIGHER WITHIN THE EXISTING PLAZA, WHICH IS A MIXED, THERE'S A PICTURE OF THE PLAZA THERE IT'S A MIXED-USE NEIGHBORHOOD.

THE PRIOR TENANT IS GLITZY HAIR LLC, AND THE PROPOSED APPLICANT IS WORTHY MOMENTS BANQUET HALL, LLC.

THE FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION IS COMMERCIAL ZONING CLASSIFICATION, MIXED-USE NEIGHBORHOOD.

THIS HERE IS ANOTHER IMAGE, AN AERIAL SHOT OF THE SITE CHARACTERISTICS.

THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED ON THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF NORTH UNIVERSITY AND NORTHWEST 58 STREET.

IT'S ALSO KNOWN AS 5,800 PLAZA.

THE PROPOSED LOCATION IS SITUATED ON THE SECOND FLOOR.

IT'S THE ONLY UNIT IN THE SECOND FLOOR OF THE EXISTING PLAZA, 5,800.

THE PLAZA'S BORDERED TO THE NORTH BY BROWARD TEACHERS UNION, TO THE SOUTH BY KENTUCKY FRIED CHICKEN, TO THE EAST, MAINLANDS 9, AND TO THE WEST BY MIDWAY PLAZA.

OOPS, SORRY. THAT'S A PROPERTY SURVEY THERE OF 5,800 PLAZA.

THAT'S OF THE WHOLE PLAZA.

AGAIN, ON THE SPECIAL EXEMPTION APPLICATION, THE SPECIFIC REQUESTS IS TO ALLOW FOR THE USE OF A HALL TO HIRE IN THIS MIXED USE NEIGHBORHOODS ZONING DISTRICT, PURSUANT TO THE TABLES OF ALLOWED USES, SECTION 10-3.2 OF THE CHORD AND ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC.

AS I MENTIONED, THE PROPERTY IS IN THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF 58TH STREET OF NORTH UNIVERSITY DRIVE.

THE PLAZA IS COMMONLY KNOWN AS 5,800.

MENTIONED ALREADY, THE SURROUNDING USES.

THE BUSINESS USE INFORMATION 5,800 PLAZA CONTAINS MIXED USES OF RETAIL SALES, BEAUTY CARE, AND A PHARMACY.

THE ACTUAL ENTRANCE TO THE TWO WORTHY MOMENTS WOULD BE NEXT TO A PHARMACY ON ONE SIDE AND THE LIQUOR STORE.

THEN YOU GO UP SOME STAIRS TO WHERE THE PLAZA IS AT.

THE 5,800 PLAZA IT'S APPROXIMATELY 13,000 SQUARE FEET OF IT.

WORTHY MOMENTS WILL BE USING 1,600 I'M SORRY, SQUARE FEET.

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THERE'S 51 PARKING SPACES, 49 REGULAR SPACES, TWO HANDICAP.

THERE ARE TWO ACCESS POINTS, ENTRANCE INTO THE SHOPPING CENTER, ONE ALONG NORTHWEST 58TH STREET AND THE OTHER ONE ALONG NORTH UNIVERSITY DRIVE.

THERE'S AN ENTRANCE DOOR.

IT'S INGRESS, EGRESS IN THE FRONT.

LET ME SEE IF I CAN SHOW A PICTURE OF IT.

THAT'S REALLY THE MAIN ENTRANCE THERE IN-BETWEEN THE LIQUOR STORE AND THE PHARMACY AND YOU GO UP SOME STAIRS.

THERE'S ALSO A SIDE EXIT THAT'S AN INGRESS-EGRESS, THE MAIN ONE THERE AND THEN THERE'S A SIDE EXIT ON THE SIDE.

HERE. YOU SEE IT? I'M NOT GETTING IT HERE, BUT THIS WAY? THE OTHER WAY.

>> [BACKGROUND].

>> THAT'S AN AERIAL SHOT.

I THOUGHT THERE WAS A PICTURE OF A SIDE.

IT'S NOT THERE, BUT THERE IS ANOTHER EXIT POINT.

IT'S ON THE SIDE. THERE'S A STAIR. YOU HAVE THEM? THIS ONE? [BACKGROUND] NO.

I'M SORRY. THAT'S OF THE PLAZA ITSELF. THOSE ARE THE TWO POINTS.

I WAS TALKING ABOUT THE ACTUAL BANQUET HALL.

THERE'S AN ENTRANCE, INGRESS-EGRESS, AND THEN THERE'S ALSO AN EXIT DOWN SOME STAIRS.

IT'S GOT TWO. I DON'T SEE THE PICTURE OF IT THERE.

THE PRIOR USE, THERE WAS TWO RELIGIOUS ASSEMBLIES, A SIMILAR TYPE OF OCCUPATION, AND THEN THERE WAS A BEAUTY PLACE AFTER THAT.

IMPORTANTLY, THE HALL IS GOING TO CONSIST PRIMARILY OF WEEKEND AND EVENING EVENTS.

IT'S NOT GOING TO HAVE A LARGE IMPACT TO THE TRAFFIC, AT LEAST TO THE DAYTIME TRAFFIC.

IT'S 1,600 SQUARE FEET.

YOU REQUIRE ONE PARKING SPACE FOR EVERY 200 FEET, SO IT REQUIRES EIGHT PARKING SPACES.

LET ME GET INTO THAT ONE.

I THINK I HAVE THAT ONE THERE.

NO, IT'S NOT THERE. AGAIN, 51 PARKING SPACES.

THE EXISTING TENANTS NOW USE 37 SPACES.

WORTHY MOMENTS NEEDS EIGHT, SO 37 AND EIGHT, WILL BE 45, THERE'S PLENTY OF PARKING.

PARKING IS NOT AN ISSUE.

THERE'S ENOUGH SPACE PER CODE, IT'S 200 PER SQUARE FOOT, 1,600 SQUARE FEET, EIGHT PARKING SPACES.

ALSO, THEY'RE GOING TO BE USING IT AT NIGHT.

HERE IT IS. OVERALL, 51 TOTAL SPACES, 31 SPACES BEING OCCUPIED BY THE CURRENT TENANTS.

ONE SPACE PER 200, SO EIGHT PARKING SPACES.

THERE SHOULDN'T BE A PROBLEM.

THE CURRENT TENANTS, AT&T MOBILITY AND ACUPUNCTURE CENTER, JABE DOMINICAN HAIR SALON, TMA ENVIOS TAMARAC, LLC, NEW GENERATION LIQUOR STORE, ARTHUR'S ORIGINAL PHARMACY, AND THEN WORTHY MOMENTS.

THAT'S THE INGRESS-EGRESS.

THIS IS THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE SECTION 10-6.2(B)(1)(C), HALL FOR HIRE DEFINITION.

A FACILITY OR HALL AVAILABLE FOR LEASE BY PRIVATE PARTIES TO ACCOMMODATE PRIVATE FUNCTIONS AND IT'S NOT OPEN TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC.

THE HALL MAY OR MAY NOT INCLUDE KITCHEN FACILITIES FOR PREPARATION OF FOOD.

WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE KITCHEN FACILITIES.

THE PRIVATE FUNCTIONS CAN INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BANQUET HALLS, WEDDINGS, ANNIVERSARIES, AND OTHER SIMILAR CELEBRATIONS.

THOSE ARE THE TWO ENTRANCE POINTS, ENTRANCE-EGRESS OF THE SHOPPING CENTER.

I'M NOT GOING TO READ THIS WHOLE THING, BUT JUST TO GET ON THE RECORD, JUST THE MAIN ISSUES, THE SPECIAL EXCEPTION REVIEW STANDARDS.

THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT WILL BE CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT IS GOING TO COMPLY WITH APPLICABLE ZONING DISTRICTS USE AND DEVELOPMENT OF STANDARDS OF THIS CODE.

THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT WILL BE COMPATIBLE WITH THE EXISTING NATURAL ENVIRONMENT AND COMMUNITY CHARACTERS OF THE PROPERTY WITHIN THE IMMEDIATE NEIGHBORHOOD.

THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT WILL BE DESIRABLE FOR PUBLIC CONVENIENCE, NOT INJURIOUS OR OTHERWISE DETRIMENTAL TO PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY, COMFORT, AND WELFARE.

THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT WILL MINIMIZE ADVERSE EFFECTS INCLUDING NOISE LIKE DUST OR OTHER POTENTIAL NUISANCES ON ADJACENT PROPERTIES TO THE GREATEST EXTENT PRACTICAL.

ALL THE USE IS GOING TO BE INSIDE.

THERE IS NO EXTERIOR USE, EVERYTHING IS INDOORS.

THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT WILL INCLUDE ADEQUATE PROVISIONS FOR SAFE AND CONVENIENT VEHICULAR PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC MOVEMENT TO, FROM, AND THROUGHOUT THE SITE THAT MINIMIZES TRAFFIC CONGESTION.

THE SITE AREA IS SUFFICIENT, APPROPRIATE, AND ADEQUATE FOR THE USE OF ANY REASONABLE ANTICIPATED EXPANSION TO THE USE.

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SPECIAL EXEMPTION SHALL NOT ONLY REMAIN VALID DURING THE PERIOD OF WHICH CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY AND BUSINESS LICENSE REMAINS ACTIVE.

THE SPECIAL EXCEPTION IS A TRANSFERABLE ADMINISTRATIVELY PURSUANT TO COMPLIANCE WITH CITY CODES.

SUBMITTING DOCUMENTATION AND PAYMENT OF FEES ONLY AFTER THE PREVIOUS CONDITIONS HAVE BEEN MET.

WHEN THIS WENT THROUGH THE PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD OR THE PLANNING BOARD, THERE WERE SOME CONDITIONS THAT THEY PLACED ON THEM.

ANY PRE-EXISTING CODE VIOLATIONS SHALL BE SATISFIED BEFORE A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY IS ISSUED FOR THE PROPOSED USE.

ON APRIL 5TH, SEVERAL WEEKS AGO, WE WERE IN FRONT OF THE PLANNING BOARD WHICH UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED THE ABOVE SPECIAL EXEMPTION REQUESTS WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS.

I'M NOT GOING TO READ THEM, BUT THEY'RE ALL THERE.

AGAIN, OUR CLIENT, WORTHY MOMENTS, HAS ABSOLUTELY NO PROBLEM WITH THOSE CONDITIONS.

THAT'S HOW THEY ADVERTISE ON THE RIGHT AND THEN THAT'S A PICTURE OF THE INSIDE.

IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S SIX TABLES, EIGHT CHAIRS, 48.

I BELIEVE OCCUPANCY IS 54.

THAT'S THE REVISED PLAN AND THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT.

WE ASK THIS HONORABLE COMMISSION IF THEY COULD GRANT A SPECIAL EXCEPTION AND WE'LL DO OUR VERY BEST TO ANSWER.

YOU CAN GO BACK. SURE. LET ME KNOW WHEN TO STOP.

[BACKGROUND] THAT ONE?

>> NO. BEFORE THAT.

>> BEFORE THAT. YOU GOT IT. THIS ONE.

>> DOES THIS COMMISSION WISH TO HAVE OUR CITY MAKE A PRESENTATION OR SHALL WE ASK QUESTIONS? ARE YOU UP FOR QUESTIONS OF THE APPLICANT AT THIS TIME? VICE MAYOR.

>> THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU, ATTORNEY GARCIA FOR COMING.

I WROTE DOWN SOME QUESTIONS AND DURING YOUR PRESENTATION YOU ANSWERED THEM.

I'M JUST GOING TO ASK MS. CALLOWAY FOR SOME CLARIFICATION AT THE PLEASURE OF THE MAYOR.

>> CALLOWAY, PLEASE COME UP. [NOISE]

>> THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COMMISSION.

GOOD MORNING. MAXINE CALLOWAY, FOR THE RECORD.

>> GOOD MORNING, MS. CALLOWAY.

MR. GARCIA, CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE SLIDE WHERE IT SHOWS THE AREA OF THE PLAZA?

>> SURE. THAT ONE?

>> YES. MS. CALLOWAY, THIS IS THE CORRECT AERIAL TO THE PLAZA TO YOUR UNDERSTANDING?

>> YES.

>> THE PREVIOUS TENANT WAS GLITZZY HAIR, CORRECT?

>> THAT'S CORRECT.

>> WHEN DID THEY MOVE OUT?

>> LET'S SEE HERE.

I HAVE THAT INFORMATION.

FROM 1998-2006, THERE WAS HARVEST HOUSE MINISTRY WHICH WAS A CHURCH THAT WAS LOCATED, AND THEN BETWEEN 2009 AND 2013, WE HAD TRUE GOSPEL MINISTRY THAT OCCUPIED THAT SPACE.

FROM 2019-2020 WAS GLITZZY HAIR, LLC.

>> YOU PREEMPTED MY NEXT QUESTION WHICH WOULD BE THE PREVIOUS TENANTS.

>> YES. TWO CHURCHES BEFORE.

>> THE PREVIOUS TENANTS, HOW DID THEY WORK IN CONCERT WITH THIS PLAZA? HOW MANY PARKING SPACES DID THEY NEED?

>> THE PARKING IS BASED ON THE SQUARE FOOTAGE, AND SO IT WOULD PROBABLY SIMILAR IN TERMS OF WHAT THIS USE IS REQUIRING.

>> GLITZZY HAIR CARE, HOW MANY PARKING SPACES DID THEY REQUIRE?

>> THAT WOULD BE RETAIL AND THAT WOULD BE POTENTIALLY A BIT MORE.

I CAN GET THAT INFORMATION.

>> PLEASE. THIS USE REQUIRES EIGHT BY CODE?

>> IT DOES. IT'S BASED ON THE SQUARE FOOTAGE, 1,500 SQUARE FEET WHICH IS NOT AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE AREA, IT'S ABOUT SIX OR SO TABLES THAT CAN BE FIT IN THE SPACE.

>> BUT THE CAPACITY OF THE HALL IS 54?

>> YES.

>> IF 54 PEOPLE SHOW UP TO THE EVENT HALL AND ALL 54 PEOPLE DRIVE A CAR, WHERE DO WE SUPPOSE THEY WOULD PARK?

>> WELL, THE EVENT TYPICALLY BASED ON THE NUMBER OF PARKING SPACES HAPPENS IN

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THE EVENING WHEN SOME OF THE EXISTING USES AND SO THERE'S THE ABILITY TO HAVE SHARED SPACES.

THE PARKING IS ALSO OVER-PARKED IN TERMS OF AVAILABILITY OF SPACE AND THE USAGE.

THE USES THAT ARE CURRENTLY THERE REQUIRES 45 SPACES.

THERE ARE TOTAL OF 51 SPACES IN THE PLAZA.

THE APPLICANT, OF COURSE, HAS THE ABILITY TO USE THOSE ADDITIONAL SPACES.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, IF THE PHARMACY IS CLOSED AND THOSE OTHER USES, I THINK THE APPLICANT CAN SPEAK TO THE TIME OF OPERATION FOR THOSE USES, THEN THOSE PARKING SPACES ARE AVAILABLE TO THE APPLICANT AS WELL.

>> FIFTY-ONE PARKING SPACES AVAILABLE, 54 PEOPLE AT THE CAPACITY OF THE HALL, NOT INCLUDING CATERERS OR VENDORS.

WE WOULD NEED TO HAVE AT LEAST THE ANOTHER THREE PARKING SPACES IF EVERYBODY DROVE A CAR.

>> THAT WOULD BE ACCURATE IF THE FORMULA THAT THE CODE TAKES INTO CONSIDERATION WAS BASED ON EACH PERSON DRIVING A CAR, BUT IT'S BASED ON THE SQUARE FOOTAGE AND I THINK THE EXPECTATION IS THAT YOU'LL HAVE PEOPLE DRIVING TOGETHER TO ATTEND AN EVENT AND NOT EACH PERSON DRIVING A VEHICLE.

>> YOU PREEMPTED MY NEXT QUESTION BECAUSE I DID THE MATH FOR YOU.

IF THERE ARE 54 OCCUPANCY FOR THE HALL AND THERE ARE THREE PEOPLE IN A CAR, THAT'S 18 SPACES NEEDED, NOT EIGHT.

IF THERE'S TWO PEOPLE IN A CAR, THERE'S 27 SPACES NEEDED, NOT EIGHT.

THERE'S FOUR PEOPLE IN THE CAR, THERE'S 13.5 SPACES NEEDED, NOT EIGHT.

SOMETHING IS WRONG EITHER WITH THE MATH OR WITH OUR CODE.

LET'S TALK ABOUT THE OPENING HOURS OF THE HALL.

ARE YOU GOING TO BE OPEN FROM WHAT TIME TO WHAT TIME?

>> IT WOULD BE GENERALLY AROUND 8:00 PM.

THEN ONE OF THE CONDITIONS WAS I THINK 2:00 AM WOULD BE THE LATEST THAT IT COULD BE OPEN.

FROM 2:00 AM-6:00 AM, IT HAS TO BE CLOSED.

OBVIOUSLY, IN THE DAY TIME, WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE THERE TILL 8:00 PM.

THE LATEST WOULD BE 2:00 AM, I SUPPOSE.

>> YOU'RE OPEN AT 8:00 PM OR 8:00 AM?

>> NO, 8:00 PM.

>> IF THERE'S A GRADUATION PARTY FOR A SCHOOL NEARBY AND SOME PARENTS WANTS TO COME THERE TO HAVE SOME PIZZA RIGHT AFTER GRADUATION THAT ENDS AT ONE O'CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON.

YOU'RE TELLING ME THAT YOU WOULD TURN DOWN THAT BUSINESS BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT OPEN UNTIL 8:00 PM?

>> CORRECT. IN FACT, I THINK IT HAS TO BE FOR WEDDINGS.

>> IF A WEDDING [OVERLAPPING]

>> THERE MIGHT BE SOME PEOPLE, I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT YOU COMMISSIONER.

>> IF A WEDDING STARTS AT 2:00 PM AND THEN ENDS AT 6:00 PM, YOU'RE TELLING ME THAT TO PREPARE FOR THAT WEDDING, WHEN THE BRIDAL PARTY IS ARRIVING, THEY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO GET IN UNTIL EIGHT O'CLOCK AND IF THERE'S A FUNERAL, YOU'RE NOT ABLE TO GET THAT SPACE OPEN ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON OR SATURDAY AFTERNOON OR THURSDAY.

WHY DO YOU WANT TO OPEN AT 8:00 UNTIL 2:00 PM? SOUNDS LIKE A CLUB.

>> NO, 8:00 PM TO [OVERLAPPING]

>> 2:00 A.M.

>> 2:00 AM.

>> EVEN WORSE.

>> YEAH. BECAUSE THE LATEST WE CAN OPERATE IS STILL 2:00 AM.

>> BUT IT DOES SOUND LIKE A CLUB STARTING AT 8:00 PM AND CLOSING AT 2:00 AM.

DOESN'T SOUND LIKE A BANQUET HALL?

>> WE CAN PUT CONDITIONS.

THEY DON'T HAVE ANY INTEREST IN BEING A CLUB.

WE CAN PUT CONDITIONS ON THAT IF NECESSARY.

>> MS. CALLOWAY, HOW MANY BANQUET HALLS DO WE HAVE IN THE CITY?

>> THE CITY CURRENTLY HAS THREE BANQUET HALLS THAT ARE EXISTING IN OUR BOUNDARIES.

>> TELL ME THE OPENING HOURS FOR THOSE BANQUET HALLS.

>> THEY'RE TYPICALLY FROM 7:00 PM TO 2:00 AM.

>> THOSE BANQUET HALLS, DO WE EVER SEE THEM OPERATING IN THE DAYTIME?

>> I WANT TO BE DEFINITIVE IN MY ANSWER AND SO IT'S TYPICALLY OPERATED FOR EVENTS SUCH AS PARTIES AND WEDDINGS THAT ARE BETWEEN 7:00 AND 2:00 AM.

I CANNOT SPEAK TO WHETHER OR NOT THEY HAVE OPERATED IN THE DAY, MAYBE ONCE OR TWICE, BUT THE TYPICAL OPERATION IS FROM 7:00 PM TO 2:00 AM.

>> HAVE YOU HAD ANY CONCERNS FROM BSO OR OTHERWISE OR FIRE WITH THE OTHER USES IN THE PAST?

>> NO. WE DON'T.

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>> EXPLAIN A LITTLE FURTHER THE REASONS FOR THE SPECIAL EXEMPTION.

>> WELL, THE CODE PROVIDES FOR A PERMITTED USE CHART AND IN THAT CHART, IT ALLOWS CERTAIN USERS IN ZONING DISTRICT PERMITTED BY RIGHT, WHICH OF THOSE YOU WOULD NOT SEE.

SPECIAL EXCEPTION USES ARE THOSE USES THAT ARE UNIQUE IN NATURE AND BECAUSE OF THEIR IMPACT ON THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY, THEN THOSE ARE PUBLIC HEARING WHICH ALLOWS US TO LOOK AT THEM, ATTACH CONDITIONS, WHICH WE HAVE DONE IN THIS CASE AND THE APPLICANT HAS AGREED TO AND THAT'S BASICALLY THE DEFINITION OF WHY A SPECIAL EXCEPTION NORMALLY SEEN BY THIS BODY AND THE PLANNING BOARD.

>> CAN YOU SHOW ME THE AREA WHERE THE INGRESS EGRESS AGAIN, PLEASE.

EXPLAIN WHERE THE MONUMENT SIGN IS, IS THAT BOTH INGRESS AND EGRESS?

>> IS THAT FOR THE APPLICANT?

>> FOR YOU. IS THAT BOTH INGRESS AND EGRESS?

>> YES, IT IS. IT'S A SMALL PLAZA.

IT'S JUST NORTH OF THE KENTUCKY.

>> IF 54 CARS ARE IN THERE AND EVERYBODY'S TRYING TO GET OUT ON A BUSY UNIVERSITY DRIVE, THEN THAT WOULD IMPEDE TRAFFIC PERHAPS?

>> WELL, IF EVERYBODY IS TRYING TO GET OUT, THE BACKUP IS CONTAINED ON THE PRIVATE PROPERTY.

IT'S WHENEVER TRAFFIC PERMITS ONE CAR AT A TIME WOULD THEN ENTER ONTO UNIVERSITY DRIVE.

>> IN THE LONG 58TH AVENUE, 58TH STREET, THE SAME THING WOULD HAPPEN?

>> YES. ONE CAR AT A TIME AND SO AT LEAST THE STORAGE OF THOSE VEHICLE WOULD BE CONTAINED ON THE PRIVATE PROPERTY.

>> THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR THAT.

ANYBODY FROM FIRE HERE, OR I DON'T?

>> GOOD MORNING MAYOR AND COMMISSION CHIEF HAMISI FOR THE RECORD.

>> GO AHEAD CHIEF.

>> WOULD I ASK YOU SOME QUESTIONS CHIEF HAMISI IF IT PLEASES THE MAYOR.

>> YES

>> ALONG THE FIRE LANES.

THERE ARE NO PARKING ALLOWED ON FIRE LANES?

>> CORRECT.

>> WHY?

>> WE HAVE ACCESS TO THE STRUCTURE SO WE CAN PULL UP AND CONDUCT AN OPERATION IF WE NEED TO.

>> DO YOU RECALL ANY BANQUET HALL PERHAPS EAST OF 441 THAT HAD ANY ISSUES RECENTLY WITH CAPACITY ISSUES OR WITH THE POLICE BEING CALLED OR FIRE BEING CALLED?

>> NOT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.

NOW I CAN LOOK INTO IT AND I CAN ASK PREVENTION IF WE'VE HAD ISSUES WITH PARKING WHATNOT, BUT NO.

[NOISE]

>> DURING THESE COMMENTARIES, IF YOU COULD MAKE THE CALL, THAT WILL BE GREAT.

>> SURE.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR. COMMISSIONER DANIEL.

>> THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR THOSE WERE EXCELLENT QUESTIONS [LAUGHTER].

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BRINGING CERTAIN THINGS TO OUR ATTENTION.

IS IT POSSIBLE THAT IF HE HAS TOO MANY CARS, HE SAID, ALL 54 PEOPLE DROVE.

CAN SHE PARTNER WITH THE NEIGHBOR IMPLIES OR I THINK BTUS ON THE OTHER SIDE BECAUSE I'M SURE THEIR PARKING LOT, NO.

>> THAT'S A POSSIBILITY, THE APPLICANT CAN REACH OUT TO THE NEIGHBORING PROPERTY AND ENTER INTO A SHARED PARKING AGREEMENT AND BRING THAT AS A PART OF OUR FILE.

BUT THIS COMMISSION ALSO HAS THE ABILITY TO ATTACH ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS, WHICH IS THE MAIN BENEFIT OF A SPECIAL EXCEPTION AND SO IF YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S LIMITATION IN THE HOURS OF OPERATION, THEN WE CAN MAKE SURE IT SAYS FROM 7:00 PM TO 2:00 AM.

AS A CONDITION WHICH ALLOWS THE ABILITY FOR THE USE OF PARKING SPACES THAT ARE NOT BEING UTILIZED AT NIGHT.

THIS COMMISSION HAS THAT DISCRETION TO ATTACH OTHER CONDITIONS THAT YOU BELIEVE MIGHT BE HELPFUL IN THE OPERATION OF THIS BUSINESS AND THE APPLICANT IS HERE TO CONSIDER AND TO AGREE TO THOSE CONDITIONS.

>> GOT IT, BECAUSE I'VE BEEN TO THE SAUNDERS AT A PHARMACY, EVEN THE HAIR SUPPLY STORE THAT WAS THERE PREVIOUSLY.

IT'S ACTUALLY A BEAUTIFUL LOCATION.

SHE HAD IT ALL IN PINK, LOOK LIKE A DANCE STUDIO.

BUT THERE ISN'T A LOT OF TRAFFIC IN THAT PARKING LOT ACTUALLY, AS SMALL AS IT IS YOU ALWAYS FIND PARKING SPACE.

HOWEVER, I COULD SEE THE PROBLEM IF 54 PEOPLE ATTENDED IN THEIR OWN CAR, SO HOW WOULD WE ADDRESS THAT?

>> AS RECOMMENDED, I THINK ONE WAY TO ADDRESS IT

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IS TO ATTACH AN ADDITIONAL CONDITION TO ENSURE AND IF THE APPLICANT AGREES THAT THERE IS NO BUSINESS BEING OPERATED DURING THE DAY WHERE THE CONFLICT WOULD MOST ARISE, BECAUSE THESE OTHER USES CLOSE 6:00 PM, 7:00 PM NO LATER THAN 8:00 PM THEN IT GIVES THE APPLICANT THE ABILITY TO UTILIZE THE FULL PARKING LOT THAT'S AVAILABLE, SO IF THE APPLICANT, HE'S ALREADY SAID IT ON THE RECORD THAT THEIR BUSINESS PRIMARILY OPERATES AT NIGHT SO TO AVOID ANY USE OF THE BUSINESS DURING THE DAY, THEN THAT'S ONE CONSIDERATION, THIS COMMISSION.

>> I'D HATE TO LIMIT HER BUSINESS IN THE DAYTIME.

MAYBE WE COULD DO A CONCESSION SINCE THE 7:00-2:00 AM SEEMS OKAY OR 6:00-2:00 AM, OR MAYBE A CONCESSION FOR THE DAYTIME IF SHE WANTED TO DO SO LIKE A FUNERAL.

I DON'T KNOW OF ANY FUNERAL OR RE-PAST HAPPENING AT NIGHT.

>> THE APPLICANT IS HERE AND JUST ADDITIONALLY, REMEMBER THE PARKING.

THAT LOCATION AS IT IS NOW, IS OVER PARKED.

THE REQUIRED PARKING IS 45 SPACES AND IT HAS 51, SO IT'S ALREADY OVER PARKED, SO THERE'S ABILITY FOR ADDITIONAL SPACE EVEN DURING THE DAY, BUT I'M JUST OFFERING THAT THIS COMMISSION HAS THE ABILITY TO ADD OTHER CONDITIONS IF YOU SO CHOOSE.

>> IS THERE A POSSIBILITY IF I MAY DESERVE POSSIBILITY THAT IF SHE IS PART OF THE CONTRACT THAT SHE ENTERS INTO WITH THE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE HAVING THE EVENT WEDDING, WHAT HAVE YOU THAT THEY LIMIT THE NUMBER OF CARS.

THAT'S ALSO AN OPTION THAT SHE CAN INCORPORATE THAT INTO HER CONTRACT OR WE CAN EVEN SEND A DRAFT OF IT TO THE COMMISSION IF NECESSARY AND THAT WAY SHE'S NOT LIMITED IN HOURS BECAUSE VICE MAYOR BOLTON DID BRING A GOOD POINT WHERE SHE'S SAYING THAT NO, A WEDDING IN THE DAYTIME, WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO IT, BUT THAT IS TOUGH TO BUSINESS HOW IT IS THESE DAYS, IT'S A SMALL PLACE, SO I DON'T THINK YOU'RE GOING TO GET A LOT OF WEDDINGS.

YOU'RE GOING TO GET MORE JUST A BIRTHDAY PARTY OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, BUT IT IS TOUGH TO PASS THAT UP.

IS IT POSSIBLE TO MAYBE STIPULATE SOMETHING INTO THE AGREEMENT THAT THEY SIGN WITH THESE INDIVIDUALS THAT A, YOU CAN HAVE 15 CARS OR SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT AND THERE'S SOME TYPE OF PENALTY.

>> ARE YOU DONE? COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS.

>> THANK YOU, MAYOR. I WOULD JUST GO AS FAR AS LETTING THE WHOEVER IS GOING TO BE THE PERSON TO THROWING THE PARTY TO SAY, HEY, CAN YOU PLEASE UBER OR UBER WITH A GROUP, OR DO SOME BUS PICKUP.

THERE'S SEVERAL OF THOSE SERVICES.

OUT OF THE THREE HALLS THAT WE HAVE IN TAMARAC, ARE THEY FULLY HALLS OR JUST HALLS FOR HIRED?

>> THEY'RE THE SAME CONCEPT AS THE ONE YOU ARE CONSIDERING, BANQUET FACILITY, HALL FOR HIRE IS THE SAME CONCEPT.

>> DO THE HALLS THAT ARE ACTUALLY ESTABLISHED, DO THEY SERVE ALCOHOL AND CATER AND EVERYTHING ELSE?

>> THEY CAN, YES. AS A PART OF THE EVENT.

>> THEN WE ONLY HAVE ONE HALF FOR HIRE, WHICH IS THE ONE WE APPROVED MONTH OR SO.

>> WE HAVE A TOTAL OF THREE.

>> YOU DID APPROVE JUNE 19, A MONTH AGO AND I WANTED JUST TO UPDATE WHEN I'M RESPONDING THE FIRE CHIEF JUST CAME WITH HIS RESPONSE REGARDING CALLS AND THEY HAVE NOT HAD ANY ISSUES.

THE ONLY ONE WAS WITH Q19.

AS YOU RECALL, THEY OPENED AND CONDUCTED A SUPER BOWL PARTY BEFORE YOU WERE ABLE TO CONSIDER THE SPECIAL EXCEPTION.

THAT WAS THE ONLY ISSUE THAT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IS AWARE OF.

WE HAVE COSTS THAT THEY ARE MORE, WHICH IS IN THE FOUNTAINS PLAZA.

NO ISSUE AND DYNASTY, WHICH IS OFF COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD.

THOSE ARE THE THREE BANQUET FACILITIES.

>> THANK YOU, AND I WOULD THINK JUST FOR THE APPLICANT IS JUST ABOUT COMMUNICATION WITH YOUR CLIENT, HEY, WE HAVE THIS MANY SPACES.

WE'RE RESERVING THIS. WE HAVE THIS CATERING PEOPLE COMING IN.

I THINK THIS COMMUNICATION WILL BE THE KEY.

>> WE CAN PUT SPECIFICALLY ON THAT AGREEMENT THE NUMBER OF SPACES.

FOR EXAMPLE, IF IT'S AN EVENING EVENT, I THINK THEY'RE ALL CLOSED, IT LOOKS AT EIGHT O'CLOCK EVERY EVENING.

TECHNICALLY YOU SHOULD HAVE 51 SPACES AFTER 8:00 PM.

YOU CAN PUT SOMETHING TO THE EFFECT THAT YOU CAN USE 15, 20 SPACES.

IN THE CONTRACT THAT SHE WOULD HAVE WITH THE INDIVIDUALS, BUT OF COURSE, WE CAN DO THAT.

I JUST DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN FORCE PEOPLE TO SAY, HEY, YOU NEED TO UBER, YOU NEED TO COME INTO BARS, WE CAN PUSH IT, WE CAN PROMOTE IT.

DEFINITELY. I JUST DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN GET THEM TO SIGN UP.

>> [BACKGROUND].

>> EXACTLY.

>> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

>> YOU'RE NOT DONE? [LAUGHTER].

>> NO.

>> FOR THE RECORD, IT IS DISTRICT 4,

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AND FOR THE RECORD IT IS MAINLANDS 10.

THAT IS A NEIGHBORING COMMUNITY, NOT MAINLANDS 9.

>> OH, I APOLOGIZE.

>> WHAT WERE THE HOURS OF OPERATION AGAIN?

>> SEVENTY TWO.

>> MONDAY THROUGH SUNDAY?

>> YES.

>> SO YOU'RE NOT DOING ANY DAYLIGHT ANY SUNDAY ANY SATURDAY OR SUNDAY? YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE ANY?

>> I THINK SHE'S ASKING IF YOU'RE GOING TO DO ANY BUSINESS IN THE DAYTIME.

>> ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE.

>> OH, NO BUSINESS ON DAYTIME.

>> AT THIS TIME, HOW DO WE KNOW THAT YOU WILL NOT DO BUSINESS IN THE DAYTIME? WHEN YOU HAVE, LIKE YOU SAW IN ONE OF THE THINGS HERE, YOU HAD CUTE LITTLE KID'S PARTY STUFF.

YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE THROWING IN A CUTE LITTLE KID'S PARTY ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY?

>> I WOULDN'T WANT TO LIMIT THE SATURDAY AND THE SUNDAY TO THE DAYTIME.

I WOULDN'T WANT TO LIMIT TO HAVE THAT OPTION BECAUSE AGAIN, [OVERLAPPING].

>> THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO GET YOU. YOU REALLY ARE POTENTIALLY GOING TO BE THERE SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.

THE POINT BEING IS AT&T IS OPERATIONAL 10:00-3:00 AND THEN ON SUNDAYS,12:00 - 6:00.

YOU'VE GOT THE PHARMACY THAT IS OPEN FROM 9:00-3:45 ON SATURDAY AND FROM 9:00 -5:45 MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

IT IS CLOSED ON SUNDAY.

YOU'VE GOT ONE OF THE HAIR SALONS THAT IS OPEN DURING THE DAY ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.

ALL THESE SPOTS THAT ARE ALLEGEDLY THERE ARE NOT YOURS. THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE AVAILABLE.

>> RIGHT.

>> FORGIVE ME, BUT BOLOGNA, THAT YOU'LL BE ABLE TO ENFORCE A LIMITATION ON TELLING PEOPLE, PLEASE DON'T SHOW UP BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO ENFORCE IT.

I'M NOT GOOD AT PUTTING RESTRICTIONS AND LIMITATIONS ON THINGS THAT YOU'RE THEN OBLIGATED TO ENFORCE AND YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO THEN PUT YOU IN COMPLETE VIOLATION IF WE SHOULD LET THIS PASS.

THAT SETS YOU UP FOR FAILURE RIGHT AWAY.

I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THAT PLAZA IS OVER PARKED.

IT MAYBE OVER PARKED IN TITLE OF WHAT THE SQUARE FOOTAGE IS.

BUT THE REALITY IS THE SQUARE FOOTAGE FOR THE USE 1,600 SQUARE FEET, YOU MAY HAVE DESIGNED IT NICELY WITH THOSE FOUR LITTLE TABLES FOR 54 PEOPLE.

BUT WHAT IF YOU PUT PEOPLE IN THERE WHO ARE JUST THERE FOR SPEAKING AND YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE THEM AND SAY CONCEITS.

YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE MORE THAN 54 PEOPLE THERE.

WHAT IF YOU HAVE BANQUET TABLES OF EIGHT OR SIX?

>> WE CAN BECAUSE OF FIRE CODE.

>> IF THE FIRE CODE CAPACITY IS 54.

IS THAT SET? FIRE CAPACITY IS 54 FOR UP THERE?

>> YES, THAT'S A BUILT

>> THAT'S FINE. I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST DOING THE CAPACITY FOR THE PLAZA ON THE TABLES THAT YOU HAD THERE.

IS THERE AN ELEVATOR TO THE BUILDING? WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU HAVE SOMEBODY WHO HAS A HEART ATTACK OR SOMETHING, BUT HE FALLS IN THE EVENT BREAKS A LEG AND HAS ANY ISSUES UPSTAIRS ON THE FIRST FLOOR, ON THE SECOND FLOOR? THEY'RE COMING DOWN THE NARROWEST STAIRCASES THAT ARE THE STAIRWELLS.

YOU HAVE A LIQUOR STORE RIGHT DOWNSTAIRS.

WHAT STOPS THE ABILITY FROM PEOPLE JUST SAYING, I'M GOING TO GO BRING SOME UPSTAIRS? WHAT DO WE HAVE TO PROTECT THAT?

>> THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE SECURITY.

>> YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE SECURITY AT ALL YOUR PARTIES AND THEY'RE GOING TO STOP PEOPLE FROM BRINGING THEM IN? BECAUSE YOU HAVE NOTHING IN HERE THAT TELLS ME I'M GOING FAST BECAUSE I'M WAITING A FEW MINUTES.

[NOISE] YOU HAVE NOTHING IN HERE ABOUT SECURITY THAT I CAN SEE.

WHAT ABOUT THE LIGHTING FOR THE OUTSIDE? IS A VERY DARK PLAZA? I'VE DRIVE BY THERE ALL THE TIME.

IT IS MY OPINION YOU'RE NOT EVEN DOING ANY OUTSIDE PROTECTION FOR THE PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO HAVE COME TO VISIT FROM AN 8:00 PM-2:00 AM EVENT.

>> ONE OF THE CONDITIONS IS WE CAN IMPROVE THE LIGHTING OR HAVE SOME.

>> WE CAN, BUT THE THING IS, I DON'T SEE ANYTHING PRESENTED TO US THAT YOU HAVE THIS IN PLACE.

THAT TROUBLES ME.

I AM NOT COMFORTABLE GIVING YOU AN APPROVAL EVEN WITH A BUNCH OF CONDITIONS ON IT.

I DON T THINK YOU ARE RIGHT.

YOU ARE NOT READY. IT IS A VERY SMALL PLAZA.

I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO, BUT YOU ARE AN UPSTAIRS PLAZA A HALL FOR HIGHER.

THIS DOES NOT FIT WELL WITH THE DESIGN OF THE CONCEPT OF THAT PLAZA THAT'S THERE.

I DO NOT THINK THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT FURTHERS THE COMMUNITY AROUND YOU.

YOU HAVE ASSOCIATION RIGHT DOWN THE BLOCK.

THEY HAVE A BEAUTIFUL ASSOCIATION CLUBHOUSE.

THEY USE IT ALL THE TIME.

BTU USES THEIR FACILITY FOR THEIR EVENTS.

YOU'VE GOT PUBLICS RIGHT THERE.

THIS ISN'T MISSING THAT THERE'S NOT ANY, BUT TO ME, YOUR BUSINESS DOESN'T FIT IN THIS VERY SMALL, OLDER PLAZA WITH SEVERE PARKING IN TURN ISSUES THAT WE CAN SAY WE CAN POTENTIALLY DO THINGS IN THE FUTURE.

I DON'T SEE HOW WE ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO ACTUALLY DO IT TO WHERE THIS WILL BE A SUCCESS FOR YOU.

I ALSO FIND THAT TO SAY THAT SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, YOU'D BE CUTTING YOUR BUSINESS OFF TO BE ABLE TO HAVE KIDS PARTY OR FUN PARTIES, AND YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO TELL PEOPLE TO UBER THERE'LL BE PARKING ON THE SIDES AND THERE'LL BE A CODE VIOLATION ISSUE.

THERE'LL BE NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS FOR THE PLAZA VERSUS SUCCESS FOR YOUR BUSINESS.

I'M VERY SORRY, I DON'T SUPPORT YOUR BUSINESS GOING IN HERE.

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IF YOU FIND A DIFFERENT LOCATION, I'D BE HAPPY TO TALK ABOUT IT FOR THAT, BUT I DON'T FEEL THAT THIS IS A GOOD FIT FOR THIS PLAZA AND FOR YOUR BUSINESS. VICE MAYOR?

>> MS. CALLOWAY, DESCRIBE THE COMMUNITIES TO AT LEAST THE SOUTH AND TO THE EAST.

[NOISE].

>> TO THE NORTH, YOU HAVE THE BROWARD TEACHERS UNION, TO THE SOUTH YOU HAVE THE KFC, TO THE EAST, YOU HAVE THE MAINLANDS COMMUNITY, AND TO THE WEST YOU HAVE THE MIDWAY PLAZA.

>> MOSTLY COMMERCIAL SURROUNDING.

>> THAT'S CORRECT AND WITH THE MAINLANDS COMMUNITY, THERE'S A BUFFER THERE IS AN EXISTING CVS WALL.

>> EXPLAIN THE TYPES OF BUSINESSES THAT ARE IN THE PLAZA. [NOISE].

>> I THINK HE HAD ON HIS SLIDE.

YOU HAD IT ON YOUR SLIDE?

>> THE BUSINESSES YEAH, IT'S ON THE SLIDE.

[NOISE].

>> THERE YOU GO. THANK YOU.

>> ATTORNEY GARCIA, HAVE YOU CHECKED WITH THE OPENING AND CLOSING TIMES FOR THESE BUSINESSES?

>> YES, WE ARE.

>> I HAVE. SHE ADVISES ME THAT SHE HAS WITH MOST OF THOSE BUSINESSES ARE ALL.

THEY ARE BUSINESSES THAT ARE GOING TO BE OPENED IN THE DAYTIME.

WHAT WE HAVE CHECKED IS WHEN THEY CLOSE AND THERE AREN'T ANY OPEN PAST 08:00, I BELIEVE THE PHARMACY OR AT&T MOBILITY ARE THE ONES THAT ARE OPEN.

>> YEAH. LATEST TENANT IS AT&T THAT CLOSES AT 10:00 PM.

ALL THE OTHER TENANTS CLOSE BY 08:00 PM OR BEFORE.

>> ANY OF THESE BUSINESSES OPEN ON SATURDAYS?

>> YES.

>> HOW ABOUT ON SUNDAYS?

>> AT LEAST THE AT&T.

>> THIS IS IN COMMISSION DISTRICT 4?

>> YES.

>> IF I RECALL, IT'S ALSO CLOSE TO COMMISSION DISTRICT 2.

>> IT IS.

>> ONE OF THESE ITEMS THAT I'M HAVING A LITTLE BIT OF TROUBLE WITH BECAUSE I'M ON THE FENCE.

I DON'T KNOW YET.

I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM THE DISTRICT 4 AND DISTRICT 2 COMMISSIONERS SINCE THEIR RESIDENTS WILL BE MOST IMPACTED BY THIS POSITIVELY OR NEGATIVELY SO THAT I CAN HAVE A BETTER VIEW ON THINGS.

>> THEIR LIGHTS ARE NOT LIT TO RESPOND BUT IF COMMISSIONER DANIEL WISHES TO SPEAK, YOU'VE GOT YOUR TWO MINUTES. GO AHEAD.

>> JUST BASED ON THE TIME FRAME AND HOW LONG THERE HASN'T BEEN A BUSINESS THERE SINCE THE PANDEMIC, I WAS REALLY HURT TO HEAR THAT THE BEAUTY SUPPLY SALON WAS CLOSED BECAUSE I MET THE OWNER AND SHE WAS EXCITED.

I THINK I WENT IN 2019, AND TO HEAR IT WAS CLOSED IN A YEAR IS HEARTBREAKING.

TO THINK ABOUT ALL THE GAPS OF NOT HAVING A BUSINESS IN THAT FACILITY MAKES ME WANT TO SAY YES, EVEN THOUGH ALL THE POINT THE MAYOR MADE IS TRUE, WE WOULD NEED SECURITY, WE WOULD NEED PROPER LIGHTING.

I VISIT THAT PLAZA A LOT, I KNOW THE TRAFFIC THERE IS NOT BAD.

YOU'RE IN AND OUT AT A PHARMACY, THE TRAFFIC IS REALLY, THERE'S ALWAYS PARKING SPACE.

EVEN WHEN I WAS CAMPING THAT WAS ONE OF MY SPOTS TO GO.

BUT AS A BUSINESS OWNER, I DON'T THINK SHE WOULD WANT TO LIMIT HERSELF TO JUST THE NIGHTTIME.

THAT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO ME AND I WOULD HATE TO PUT THAT TYPE OR RESTRICTION ON HER.

BUT IT APPEARS WITH A PARKING SITUATION THAT

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THE NIGHTTIME IS THE ONLY TIME WHERE IT APPEARS TO HAVE SUFFICIENT PARKING.

IF SHE'S WORKING IN THE DAYTIME BECAUSE I WOULDN'T WANT TO LIMIT YOU TO JUST THE NIGHTTIME AND YOU'RE NOT MAKING MONEY AND IN THE BUSINESS GO ON THERE.

YET ANOTHER BUSINESS THAT WE LOST, WE CELEBRATED SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS THIS WEEK.

THAT WOULD BE ANOTHER BUSINESS THAT WE CAUSE TO NOT BE SUCCESSFUL.

WHAT WOULD SHE DO FOR THE DAYTIME TRAFFIC? YES. WE'RE DEMAND AND SECURITY, LIKE THE MAYOR SAID, YES.

SHE HAS TO FIX THE LIGHT AND THAT SECURITY HAS TO BE AT EVERY EVENT TO ENSURE THAT OUR CITY DOESN'T ACQUIRE A CAUSE BECAUSE A FIRE HAS TO GO OUT OR THE POLICE HAS TO GO OUT.

WHAT WOULD SHE DO FOR THE DAYTIME AS FAR AS TRAFFIC?

>> IT'S NOT GOING TO BE DIFFICULT IF THE CONDITIONS ARE IMPOSED.

THEY CAN GET THE LIGHTING. WE CAN WORK WITH THE CITY AS TO EXACTLY WHAT LIGHTING THEY WANT.

AS FAR AS SECURITY, SECURITY WILL MONITOR THE PARKING.

WHAT WE CAN DO IN THE DAYTIME EVENTS IS LIMIT THE NUMBER OF SPACES, LIMIT THE NUMBER OF AVAILABLE SPACES, AND HAVE SECURITY ENFORCE THAT.

SECURITY IS NOT GOING TO BE DOING MUCH DURING THE PARTIES.

THEY'RE PRETTY SMALL, FAMILY-ORIENTED.

THEY CAN FOCUS ON THE PARKING.

WE CAN ALSO HAVE SOME TYPE OF MAYBE LIKE NOT A BUMPER STICKER BUT SOME TYPE OF LIKE ADOPT PAPER THAT THEY CAN PUT THEY'D GO TO SECURITY.

"HEY, I'M PARKING. OKAY, HERE'S YOUR PAPER." SECURITY HAS 15 TICKETS.

THEY GAVE OUT 15 TICKETS.

SOMEONE ELSE COMES, I'M SORRY, YOU CAN'T PARK HERE, THAT SORT OF THING.

THERE'S WAYS THAT WE CAN HANDLE THIS.

I DON'T SEE IT AS [OVERLAPPING].

>> WHAT I DON'T WANT, BECAUSE PUBLIX ACROSS THE STREET, THERE'S NEVER PARKING.

IF OUR CLIENTS GO ACROSS THE STREET, SHE'S CAUSING A HEADACHE FOR THE PEOPLE WHO ARE SHOPPING AT PUBLIX AND OTHER BUSINESSES ACROSS THE STREET.

I THINK THE BEST LOCATION IS ABROAD TEACHER UNION BECAUSE THEY HAVE THAT LAND.

MAYBE SHE COULD RENT SPACE FROM THEM OR SOMETHING.

OR IS IT LA FITNESS? THAT'S BY THE PLANET FITNESS.

>> SHE'S ABSOLUTELY OPEN TO THAT.

BROWARD COUNTY AND THE TEACHERS UNION AND SEE IF WE CAN GET SOME EXTRA SPACES.

>> WHEN NEEDED, NOT YOU HAVE TO PAY THEM EVERY MONTH, BUT WHEN YOU NEED IT.

>> I'M GOING TO JUMP BACK IN.

WHAT ARE WE DOING IF YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE PARTIES UP THERE ON SATURDAYS AND SUNDAYS AND THE PEOPLE BELOW YOU ARE WORKING? WHAT IS ON THE FLOOR? WHAT STOPS SOUND FROM GOING ON, BOUNCING ON THEIR HEAD, IF YOU'RE DOING DANCING OR ANYTHING OF THE SORT AND MUSIC? WHAT HAPPENS TO THE TENANTS UNDERNEATH YOU AND THE INTERRUPTING OF THEIR BUSINESS DAY? WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU CAN'T GET AN AGREEMENT WITH BTU? I'M GOING TO JUST THROW THESE QUESTIONS OUT RIGHT NOW.

WELL, IF YOU CAN'T GET AN AGREEMENT WITH BTU BECAUSE BTU MAY NOT WANT THE LIABILITY.

I'M NOT COMFORTABLE GIVING YOU A WHAT-IF APPROVAL.

I DON'T KNOW IF WE'VE DISCUSSED MAKING SURE THE PLACE THAT IT'S NOT FOR RELIGIOUS SERVICES AND THINGS LIKE BECAUSE IT CAN'T BE SUBSTITUTED AS IF WE DON'T ALLOW RELIGIOUS SERVICES IN THAT LOCATION, TO BEGIN WITH, TO BE SUBSERVIENT AS A RENT-OUT FOR HALL FOR HIGHER UNDER THE GUISE OF A HALL FOR HIRE AND ACTUALLY BEING FOR RELIGIOUS SERVICES.

I HAVE CONCERNS BECAUSE HOW CAN THIS PLACE BE ADA-COMPLIANT? HOW COULD IT BE SAFE TO HAVE PARTIES UPSTAIRS? IS THIS PLACE ADA-COMPLIANT? DOES ANYBODY KNOW?

>> I DON'T BELIEVE YOU NEED AN ELEVATOR FOR SECOND FLOOR. I UNDERSTAND YOUR CONCERN.

>> EVEN THOUGH, GOING INTO THE BUILDING, GETTING THEM UPSTAIRS, LIKE IS THIS SPACE ADA-COMPLIANT? IF NOT, THEN YOU CAN POTENTIALLY BE BUYING YOURSELF INTO A LAWSUIT OR THE LANDLORD.

YOU'RE NOT SEEKING TO HAVE THIS PLACE JUST BE SOMETHING WHERE IT'S NOT USABLE.

YOU ARE ACTUALLY SEEKING FOR IT TO BE ACTIVE.

WE NEED TO BE MAKING SURE WE'RE PROTECTING YOURSELF, THE LANDLORD, THE BUSINESSES AROUND.

I'M SORRY, BUT TO SAY THAT YOU AGREE TO THINGS THAT WE CAN'T YET SAY YOU CAN AGREE TO.

WE HAVEN'T HAD IT THOROUGHLY VETTED OUT.

>> AS FAR AS ADA COMPLIANCE, YOU CAN PUT A CONDITION THAT THEY'RE SUBJECT TO THE ADA, WHICH THEY ALREADY ARE ANYWAYS.

BUT THAT'S THEIR PROBLEM.

THAT'S THE LANDLORD'S PROBLEM.

THAT SHOULDN'T KEEP THE COMMISSION [OVERLAPPING].

>> NO, I'M SORRY.

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THAT BECOMES OUR PROBLEM WHEN WE KNOWINGLY ALLOW SOMETHING TO GO INTO A PLACE THAT MAY NOT BE SAFE FOR PUTTING 54 PEOPLE IN IT, THEY COULD HAVE A PROBLEM.

THEN WE'RE ON NOTICE RIGHT NOW THAT THERE'S AN ISSUE AND HOW DOES THE CITY OF TAMARAC STAY OUT OF THAT LAWSUIT? YOU DON'T HAVE TO ANSWER, THE CITY ATTORNEY.

I THINK I'VE MADE MY POINT.

>> THANKFULLY YOU'VE HAD YOUR TWO RUNS AND WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP OUR RULES AND PROCEDURES TOGETHER. BUT.

>> CAN I ASK THE QUESTION?

>> ONE QUESTION. GO AHEAD.

>> FOR HER TO GET TO THIS POINT, FOR THIS ADA APPROVAL, ALL THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN DONE.

LIKE WOULDN'T IT HAVE ALREADY MADE CODE? AND HOW MUCH DID SHE I KNOW THERE'S A COST TO GET TO THIS POINT SO I DON'T WANT TO JUST RUSH SOMEONE OFF WHEN YOU HAVE INVESTED SO MUCH TO HAVE THIS MOMENT.

>> IS THAT A MOTION TO TABLE UNTIL SUCH TIME THAT THERE'S FURTHER DISCUSSION, COMMISSIONER DANIEL? CAN YOU?

>> I'M SORRY. DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION, MAYOR?

>> WERE YOU IN SOME RESPECT SAYING THAT THIS ITEM SHOULD NOT BE VOTED ON AT THIS TIME TO GET MORE INFORMATION? REPEAT YOUR QUESTION.

>> I WOULD PREFER THAT THAN JUST TELLING THEM NO, AND SHE OR THE CLIENT, WHOMEVER IT IS, I'M NOT EVEN SURE, HAS INVESTED THAT AMOUNT OF MONEY.

>> I'M ASKING YOU, IS THAT A MOTION TO TABLE UNTIL TIME IS CERTAIN?

>> YES. AT LEAST SHE WON'T LOSE HER MONEY.

>> OKAY. THERE'S A MOTION TO TABLE. IS THERE A SECOND?

>> SECOND.

>> OKAY. THERE'S A MOTION TO TABLE.

SECOND, THERE'S NO DISCUSSION.

IT'S NOW FOR A ROLL CALL.

UNLESS THE CITY ATTORNEY WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS THE PROCEDURE, BASICALLY, WHEN THERE'S A MOTION TO TABLE, WE HAVE A TIME CERTAIN TO WHEN THEY COME BACK AFTER THEY HAVE CERTAIN QUESTIONS RESOLVED THROUGH THE PROPER PROCESS IN THE CITY YOU WILL COME BACK AT THAT TIME FOR US TO REVISIT THIS.

>> JUST TO HELP THE APPLICANT WITH NOTICE, IF YOU CAN HAVE THE TABLE FOR A TIME CERTAIN, THAT WAY THE APPLICANT DOES NOT INVEST IN MORE COST TO NOTICE.

IF WE CAN HAVE A TIME CERTAIN, THEN STAFF CAN BE PREPARED TO ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES.

>> [OVERLAPPING] WELL, I'D LOVE TO HAVE A TIME CERTAIN.

I THINK THE TIME CERTAIN IS ACTUALLY SUBJECT TO THE CITY'S PROCEDURES ON THIS TO BRING IT BACK.

>> [OVERLAPPING] MAYOR, IF WE CAN GET A DATE FOR WHEN YOU'D LIKE IT BACK? OTHERWISE, THE APPLICANT IS INCURRING COSTS TO NOTICE AGAIN, SO IF YOU CAN HAVE A DATE ON THE RECORD.

>> I GOT YOU NOW.

>> YES.

>> CAN YOU DO THIS IN A MONTH? CAN YOU DO THIS IN TWO MONTHS? HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO DO?

>> I WOULD PREFER THE SECOND, NOT THE NEXT COMMISSION MEETING, BUT THE FOLLOWING.

>> THE NEXT COMMISSION MEETING IS WEDNESDAY, MAY 24TH, OUR 09:30 AM MEETING.

>> IS THERE A JUNE MEETING?

>> YES, THERE'S A JUNE MEETING.

OUR JUNE MEETING, OUR NIGHT MEETING IS ON JUNE 14TH AT 07:00 PM OR JUNE 28TH AT 09:30.

>> JUNE 28TH AT 09:30.

>> IF YOU CAN JUST STATE IT ON THE RECORD THAT THE ITEM WILL BE CONTINUED.

>> WE ARE GOING TO TAKE A VOTE ON TABLING THIS ITEM UNTIL JUNE 28, 09:30 AM COMMISSION MEETING FOR BRINGING IT BACK FOR DISCUSSION FOR CERTAIN QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS THAT HAVE ARISED DURING THIS CONVERSATION TO BE BROUGHT BACK.

CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

[OVERLAPPING]

>> MAY I HAVE CLARIFICATION, MS. CALLOWAY? HOW MUCH MONEY WAS THIS?

>> NO. OBJECTION. THERE IS NO DISCUSSION AFTER A MOTION TO TABLE.

THERE IS NO DISCUSSION.

YOU CAN SAY YES. YOU CAN SAY NO.

BUT PROCEDURALLY, THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO DISCUSSION AFTER A MOTION TO TABLE. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. [OVERLAPPING]

>> YOU JUST DISCUSSED.

>> IT WASN'T A DISCUSSION. IT WAS A REQUEST FOR A TIME CERTAIN THAT WAS BEING ASKED FOR.

[OVERLAPPING] THE CITY ATTORNEY IS OUR PARLIAMENTARIAN YOU CAN CONFIRM.

>> MAYOR, AT THE SAME TIME, THE CITY COMMISSION, IF THEY AS BODY WANT TO [OVERLAPPING].

>> NOW I NEED TO DO A MOTION ON WHETHER OR NOT WE COULD HAVE A [OVERLAPPING] DISCUSSION ON THE PROCEDURE.

>> THE MOTION IS WITHDRAWN.

>> BECAUSE WE HAVE A MOTION AND YOU HAVE A VOTE.

IF THE MAKER OF THE MOTION BASICALLY WANT TO RESCIND THAT MOTION [OVERLAPPING].

>> NO, NOW THE MAKER OF THE MOTION IS WISHING TO RESCIND BECAUSE WE CAN'T KEEP OUR PROCEDURES STRAIGHT IN THIS COMMISSION MEETING.

>> OKAY.

>> THE MAKER OF THE MOTION MADE THE MOTION, IT WAS SECONDED.

THERE WAS A CLARIFICATION FOR THE ACTUAL MOTION, IT WAS DONE.

WE GO TO CALL ROLL AND NOW INSTEAD OF HAVING ROLL BEING CALLED, WE NOW HAVE DISCUSSION BEING PUT IN IT REGARDING CERTAIN THINGS TO BE ABLE TO MAKE A DECISION.

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THAT IS INAPPROPRIATE.

NOW WE HAVE THE MAKER OF THE MOTION BEING PULLED BACK BECAUSE OF PRESSURE.

>> MAYOR, IF THE MAKER OF MOTION WANT TO RESCIND A LIMITED DISCUSSION ON WHAT THE VICE MAYOR, IT'S UP TO THE BODY TO AGREE ON IT.

IT IS REALLY THE COMMISSIONERS [OVERLAPPING].

>> NO, BUT ACTUALLY NOT, SO WHEN IT COMES TO CERTAIN PROCEDURES.

THERE ARE CERTAIN KEY MOTIONS THAT ARE ACTUALLY NOT MODIFIABLE BY THE COMMISSION, AND MOTIONS TO TABLE ARE ONE OF THEM.

EITHER WAY, THE MAKER OF THE MOTION HAS JUST REMOVED HER MOTION.

BUT AT THE SAME TOKEN, WE HAVE BEEN OVER CERTAIN THINGS AND WE'RE ALL OVER OUR TIME LIMIT ON THIS.

COMMISSIONER DANIEL, YOU'VE REMOVED YOUR MOTION.

>> YEAH.

>> THERE'S MOTION ALREADY ON THE TABLE TO CALL THE ROLL ON THIS ITEM.

>> TO APPROVE OR NOT APPROVE.

>> TO APPROVE OR NOT APPROVE.

>> FOR CLARIFICATION, MAYOR, WAS IT A DEFER? IT WAS THE INITIAL MOTION WAS TO DEFER THE ITEM.

>> SHE RESCINDED HER MOTION.

>> NO, THE MOTION TO TABLE WHICH GOES IN-BETWEEN TO THE MOTION FOR APPROVAL HAS BEEN REMOVED.

THEREFORE, THE MOTION ON THE TABLE IS FOR DENIAL OR EXCEPTION.

>> OF MY MOTION.

>> NO, YOU JUST REMOVED YOUR MOTION.

>> WHAT ARE WE VOTING FOR?

>> WE'RE VOTING FOR THE PROJECT OR NOT.

>> OKAY.

>> THAT'S IT, TOTALLY.

>> YOU REMOVED YOUR MOTION ON THE TABLE.

>> SORRY FOR ANY FRUSTRATION.

>> NO, THAT'S OKAY. IT'S NOT YOU.

>> I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THE MOTION CAN BE REMOVED AFTER IT'S BEEN SECOND.

>> THE MOTION TO TABLE CAN, BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR TRYING.

[OVERLAPPING] THE MAKER OF THE MOTION HAS REMOVED HER MOTION, THEREFORE, IT HAS BEEN REMOVED.

[BACKGROUND] THE THING THAT WE ARE ON NOW IS WHETHER OR NOT TO ACCEPT THE ORIGINAL PROPOSAL.

THAT'S WHAT WE'RE AT THIS POINT.

IT'S EITHER A YES OR NO ON THE ORIGINAL PROPOSAL BECAUSE THE MOTION TO TABLE HAS BEEN REMOVED.

>> MAYOR GOMEZ, I SO APOLOGIZE BUT I'M GOING TO ACCESS ONE THING. FORGIVE ME FIRST.

SINCE WE'RE GOING TO VOTE SINCE I REMOVED MY MOTION, CAN WE ADD AMENDMENT TO WHAT THEY ADD SINCE IT WAS MISSING SEVERAL THINGS, THE SECURITY, THE LIGHTING, WHAT TO DO FOR PARKING?

>> WE WERE TRYING TO DO BUT YOU REMOVED YOUR TABLE.

[OVERLAPPING] YOU COULD PUT YOUR TABLE BACK ON.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO PUT YOUR TABLE BACK ON? WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF TRYING TO CALL THE ROLL.

>> MAYOR, WHAT COMMISSIONER DANIEL IS ASKING, NOW YOU HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE OR DENY IF THE MAKER OF THAT MOTION IS WILLING TO ACCEPT ANY AMENDMENT FROM HER.

>> THAT'S NOT WHAT SHE SAID.

>> THAT'S WHAT I MEAN. BECAUSE AS IT IS, I WOULD SAY NO.

HOWEVER, THE CONCERNS THAT WAS BROUGHT BY THE MAYOR AND THE VICE MAYOR ARE LEGITIMATE.

CAN THOSE THREE THINGS BE ADDED?

>> ASK HER IF THE MAKER OF THE MOTION TO APPROVE IS WILLING TO ACCEPT A FRIENDLY [INAUDIBLE].

>> BUT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE TABLING ONE.

>> NO.

>> GET THE TABLE.

>> MAYOR, WE MOVE FROM THE TABLE.

>> NO. WELL, [OVERLAPPING] THE MAKER OF THE MOTION WAS COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS.

THE SECONDER OF THE MOTION WAS COMMISSIONER WRIGHT, [OVERLAPPING] BUT AT THE SAME TOKEN, THERE'S NOT BEEN FURTHER DISCUSSION ON WHAT ACTUALLY WILL BE DONE TO BE SUFFICIENT.

>> ALL HE HAS TO DO, COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS, IF HE'S WILLING TO ACCEPT COMMISSIONER DANIEL'S FINAL AMENDMENT, [OVERLAPPING] HE WILL SAY YES OR NO.

>> AGAIN, I APOLOGIZE.

LET'S TABLE IT, WE COME BACK IN JUNE [NOISE] BECAUSE IT SOUNDS LIKE THIS ATTORNEY WANTS THAT.

>> I HAVE A SECOND.

DO I HAVE A SECOND TO TABLE THIS ITEM UNTIL JUNE 28, 09:30 AM COMMISSION MEETING?

>> YES.

>> YOU CAN'T SECOND YOUR OWN MOTION.

[LAUGHTER]

>> SECOND FOR ME PLEASE.

>> I SECOND IT. I'M ALLOWED TO MOTION SO I'M ALLOWED TO SECOND, SO BY GOODNESS, I'M SECONDING.

CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

>> MAYOR GOMEZ, I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR ON THE MOTION.

>> THE MOTION IS TO TABLE THIS ITEM UNTIL JUNE 28, 2023, 09:30 AM COMMISSION MEETING WHERE IN THAT TIME THERE'LL BE FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS MATTER BETWEEN THE APPLICANT AND CITY STAFF.

>> OKAY. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS?

>> NO.

>> COMMISSIONER WRIGHT?

>> NO.

>> MAYOR GOMEZ?

>> YES.

>> VICE MAYOR BOLTON?

>> NO.

>> COMMISSIONER DANIEL?

>> YES, IT DOESN'T.

>> YOU HAVE TO VOTE. YOU'RE REQUIRED TO VOTE.

>> SHE SAID YES.

>> YES.

>> NOW WE'RE BACK TO THE ORIGINAL MOTION THAT HAS BEEN CALLED.

>> NEED TO STATE THE MOTION, PLEASE MAYOR. MOTION FAILS 3-2.

>> THERE YOU GO, SORRY.

MOTION TO TABLE HAS FAILED 3-2.

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NOW, CITY CLERK, IF YOU WOULD, THE ORIGINAL MOTION IS ON THE FLOOR FOR WHETHER OR NOT IT PASSES.

[NOISE]

>> THIS MOTION IS MOTION TO APPROVE THE ITEM AS IS.

>> CORRECT.

>> THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER WRIGHT?

>> YES.

>> COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS?

>> NO.

>> MAYOR GOMEZ?

>> NO.

>> VICE MAYOR BOLTON?

>> YES.

>> COMMISSIONER DANIEL?

>> YES, BUT PLEASE AMEND THE THINGS WE SAID.

>> CAN AMEND.

>> IT'S A YES WITH NO AMENDMENT.

>> YOU CAN AMEND. YOU HAVE NO RULES AND RESTRICTIONS ON THAT.

>> OKAY.

>> CONGRATULATIONS.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, COMMISSIONER. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> WE WILL, SO MANY LEVELS.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE DO HAVE SOME OTHER ITEMS, BUT IT IS 11:32, AND A BATHROOM BREAK HAS BEEN REQUESTED.

WE'LL BE BACK HERE AT 11:45 SHARP.

WELCOME BACK, EVERYBODY. IT'S 11:45 I BELIEVE.

WE WERE TALKING ABOUT PROCEDURES FOR MOTION FOR REHEARING, MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION, AND THE CITY ATTORNEY WILL PRESENT TO THE COMMISSION IN A MEMO THE PROCEDURES ON THAT IF THAT SHOULD BE WISHED TO BE DONE UPON ANYTHING THAT HAS OCCURRED.

WE'RE NOW MOVING TO ITEM 10A,

[10.a Selection of the 2023/2024 Broward League of Cities Board of Directors Requested by City Clerk Kimberly Dillon]

SELECTION OF THE 2023/2024 BROWARD LEAGUE OF CITIES BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

THIS REQUEST IS BY OUR CITY CLERK, KIMBERLY DILLON, WHO WILL NOW TAKE OVER THE PRESENTATION.

>> THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. COMMISSION MEMBERS, I KNOW AT MONDAY'S WORKSHOP THAT VICE MAYOR BOLTON WAS SELECTED TO SERVE THE 2023/2024 YEAR AS DIRECTOR ON THE BROWARD LEAGUE OF CITIES BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

HOWEVER, THE LEAGUE IS ALSO ASKING THAT WE HAVE AN ALTERNATE AND A SECOND ALTERNATE TO SERVE IF THE VICE MAYOR IS NOT ABLE TO ATTEND A MEETING.

AT THIS TIME, I'M ASKING FOR CONSENSUS FROM THE COMMISSION TO SELECT THE ALTERNATORS THAT CAN ALTERNATE.

>> I'LL CONTINUE BEING THE ALTERNATE.

>> COMMISSIONER DANIEL. WE NEED AN ALTERNATE AND A SECOND ALTERNATE.

>> CAN YOU STOP TALKING?

>> NOT YOU. COMMISSIONER DANIEL.

WE HEAR VICE MAYOR BOLTON TALKING TO YOU AS WE ARE TRYING TO WORK ON THINGS.

COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS IS SEEKING TO STAY AS THE ALTERNATE.

>> MAYOR, POINT OF ORDER. IF COMMISSIONER BOLTON CAN PUT ON THE RECORD WHAT HE WAS TALKING TO KEISHA ABOUT?

>> NO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

NO. WE'RE GOING TO KEEP OUR POINT OF ORDERS TO ACTUALLY A POINT OF ORDER OF WHAT IS ACTUALLY [OVERLAPPING] BEING DISCUSSED.

>> JUST FOR CLARIFICATION.

>> THERE IS NO NEED FOR CLARIFICATION, VICE MAYOR BOLTON WILL NO LONGER BE WHISPERING SWEET NOTHINGS INTO COMMISSIONER DANIEL'S EAR.

>> IT WAS NOT.

NOW [LAUGHTER] I HAVE TO CLARIFY.

HE WAS JUST SAYING THEY NEED TWO ALTERNATES. [OVERLAPPING]

>> WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT I'M ACTUALLY SAYING.

IF I CAN ACTUALLY RUN THE MEETING THIS WEEK, WE MIGHT GET OUT OF HERE A LITTLE QUICKER.

THANK YOU. AT THIS POINT, WE'VE GOT COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS SEEKING TO REMAIN AS THE ALTERNATE.

DO I HAVE ANYBODY VOLUNTEERING TO BE? COMMISSIONER DANIEL?

>> YEAH, I'LL BE THE ALTERNATE.

>> THE SECOND ALTERNATE. COMMISSIONER WRIGHT, ARE YOU GOOD WITH THIS? VICE MAYOR, ARE YOU GOOD WITH THIS?

>> I'M ASKING IF COMMISSIONER DANIEL WOULD PREFER TO BE FIRST ALTERNATE.

>> COMMISSIONER DANIEL KNOWS HOW TO SPEAK FOR HERSELF AND COMMISSIONER DANIEL SAID THAT SHE'S GOOD WITH BEING THE SECOND ALTERNATE.

>> I THINK WHY HE'S SAYING THAT BECAUSE HE HAD AN ISSUE IN THE WORKSHOP REGARDING COMMISSIONER ELVIN NOT SHOWING UP TO A MEETING.

THAT'S WHY HIS SAYING THAT.

>> THERE'S BEEN ALLEGATIONS WHERE PEOPLE DON'T SHOW UP TO MEETINGS WHEN SOMETIMES THE ALTERNATES ARE NOT AVAILABLE.

THIS REALLY IT'S NOT HERE.

THAT DISCUSSION IS NOT GOING TO BE HAD HERE BECAUSE THEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO START PUTTING A PROCEDURE IN FOR WHEN YOU ARE NOT AVAILABLE FOR A MEETING.

A WHOLE EMAIL WILL HAVE TO GO OUT TO THE WHOLE COMMISSION SAYING I'M NOT AVAILABLE FOR A MEETING, CAN THIS ALTERNATE COME IN AND WE CAN THEN KNOW AT THE LAST MINUTE WHEN PEOPLE WERE NEEDED FOR A MEETING OR NOT.

ANYWAY, THAT IS NOT RELEVANT FOR RIGHT NOW.

THE RELEVANCY IS YOU ARE OKAY.

YOU ARE SEEKING TO BE SECOND ALTERNATE.

YOU ARE OKAY [OVERLAPPING] WITH BEING SECOND ALTERNATE? WE HAVE COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS BEING SECOND ALTERNATE.

COMMISSIONER WRIGHT HAS APPROVED?

>> [BACKGROUND].

>> LET'S CLARIFY. HE'S FIRST AND SHE'S SECOND.

>> CORRECT.

>> I THINK YOU JUST SAID HE WAS GOING TO BE SECOND. [OVERLAPPING]

>> SORRY, I APOLOGIZE IF I DID.

>> BUT WE'RE DOING OPEN NOMINATIONS AND I'M NOMINATING COMMISSIONER DANIEL AS FIRST ALTERNATE, AND I'M NOMINATING COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS AS SECOND ALTERNATE.

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THIS IS OPEN NOMINATIONS.

>> VICE MAYOR, IF THE PEOPLE NOMINATED THEMSELVES FOR THE POSITIONS [OVERLAPPING] IN WHICH THEY WISH, WHY IS IT YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO THEN [OVERLAPPING].

>> IT'S NOT MY RESPONSIBILITY. MY RESPONSIBILITY MAYOR, IS TO NOMINATE PEOPLE.

IF THEY WISH NOT TO HAVE THE NOMINATION, THEN THEY CAN TURN IT DOWN.

BUT I'M TELLING THIS COMMISSION [OVERLAPPING] THAT MY NOMINATION IS COMMISSIONER DANIEL FOR FIRST ALTERNATE AND COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS FOR SECOND ALTERNATE.

>> THANK YOU FOR PUTTING YOUR SUGGESTION ON THE RECORD, BUT RIGHT NOW, WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH CONSENSUS SINCE THE PEOPLE WHO'VE NOMINATED THEMSELVES FOR THE SPECIFIC POSITION SEEM TO BE FINE WITH IT.

COMING IN HERE TO TRY TO TOPSY-TURVY IT FOR SOME REASON IS UNCERTAIN.

WE'VE GOT APPROVAL BY COMMISSIONER WRIGHT.

COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS, THAT'S A TWO.

COMMISSIONER DANIEL. I'M A THREE.

>> IT DOESN'T MATTER.

>> WELL, IT'S NOT THAT IT DOESN'T MATTER.

>> WELL, I'M SURE WE CAN WORK OUT WHOEVER IS THE ALTERNATE WHENEVER NEEDED SO WE'RE GOOD.

>> THERE'S A LITTLE BIT MORE TO THIS.

IT GOES INTO THE RECORD, IT GOES TO THE BROWARD LEAGUE OF CITIES AND THEN THERE'S A WHOLE BEAUTIFUL PRESENTATION.

>> THERE'S THREE CONSENSUS, [OVERLAPPING] WE CAN MOVE.

>> I'M JUST LETTING COMMISSIONER DANIEL KNOW THAT THERE'S A LITTLE BIT MORE INTO IT AND THEN THERE WILL BE A BEAUTIFUL PRESENTATION CONGRATULATING YOU FOR BEING THE SPECIFIC ALTERNATE THAT YOU ARE.

>> NOT A PROBLEM, THANK YOU.

>> CONGRATULATIONS TO VICE MAYOR BOLTON FOR BEING OUR BROWARD LEAGUE OF CITIES DESIGNEE.

COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS BEING OUR FIRST ALTERNATE, COMMISSIONER DANIEL BEING OUR SECOND ALTERNATE.

MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER 10B.

[10.b Backup Information for Items under item "Other" on Agendas Requested by Commissioner, Elvin Villalobos]

THIS IS REQUESTED BY COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS WHO IS REQUESTING BACKUP INFORMATION UNDER OTHER. PLEASE PROCEED.

>> THANK YOU, MAYOR. I JUST WANT CLARITY FROM THIS COMMISSION AND FROM OUR CITY MANAGER AND STAFF, HOW WE ARE TO PROCEED MOVING FORWARD.

WE'VE HAD ISSUES IN THE PAST WHERE ITEMS HAVE BEEN PRESENTED WITHOUT BACKUP AND PUSHED FORWARD AND WE WERE TOLD BEFORE THIS PREVIOUS COMMISSION THAT BACKUP WILL BE PROVIDED.

IF BACKUP IS NOT PROVIDED, IT WILL NOT GO FORWARD TO THE AGENDA.

VERY BASIC, WE ALL KNOW WHY THIS ITEM HAS COME UP FOR VARIOUS REASONS, VARIOUS ITEMS, SO I WOULD LIKE CONSENSUS.

IF WE ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH BACKUP AND THE ITEM WILL BE PRESENTED BY THE CITY MANAGER OR ARE WE NOT PUTTING BACKUP AND IT'S STILL MOVING FORWARD? BECAUSE I WOULD LIKE BACKUP INFORMATION SO THAT I CAN BE PROPERLY PREPARED.

I WOULD EXPECT THAT EVERYBODY ON THIS ROOM TO BE PROPERLY PREPARED AND NOT BE CAUGHT OFF GUARD AND THAT IS THE REASON FOR THIS ITEM ON THIS AGENDA NOW.

THE BACKUP WAS PROVIDED ON THIS ITEM SPECIFICALLY TOO.

>> COMMISSIONER DANIEL.

>> THEN CONSENSUS.

>> I THINK WE SHOULD DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE MOVING FORWARD TO PUT BACKUP, BUT TO SAY IT HAS TO HAVE BACKUP, I DON'T AGREE.

>> I BELIEVE THAT WE SHOULD HAVE BACKUP BECAUSE EVEN IF IT'S SOMETHING LIKE THE PET PROJECT.

I WENT OUT, I GOT ARTICLES AND IT SHOWED WHY THE PET PROJECT WAS A GOOD PROJECT.

WHEN WE JUST PUT SOMETHING BY A COMMENT ON AN ITEM AND IT CAN BE A DISCUSSION OF A POSSIBLE MOTION, WHICH IS WORSE BECAUSE WE ARE NOT GIVING THE PUBLIC THE ACCESS TO KNOW WHAT IS TO BE DISCUSSED AND POSSIBLY VOTED ON, WE'RE DOING A DISSERVICE AND WE'RE DOING WHAT WE ARE ACTUALLY NOT ALLOWED TO DO, WHICH IS WHY WE DO HAVE SOME CONTINUAL ISSUES WITH CERTAIN THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED IN THE PAST.

WE HAVE ALWAYS SAID AND WE FOLLOWED THE PROCEDURE WHERE WE ACTUALLY HAD BACKUP IN THERE OR THE FORMER CITY MANAGERS DID NOT LET THE ITEMS GO FORWARD BECAUSE JUST TO SAY NO BACKUP NEEDED IS NOT TRUE.

EVERYTHING WE DEAL WITH HAS SOME ABILITY TO HAVE A BACKUP.

FORGIVE ME, BUT I'M THROWING IT OUT THERE.

GENTLEMEN, WHEN YOU GUYS WERE BEING DISCUSSED, THERE'S NO REASON WHY INFORMATION SHOULD HAVE BEEN OUT THERE ABOUT WHAT WAS GOING TO BE GOING FORWARD AND WHO WAS GOING TO BE PRESENTED IF THERE WAS AN ACTUAL THOUGHT TO BE PRESENTED, YOU DON'T GIVE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR CONVERSATION.

WE'VE HAD A COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS IN HERE WHEN WE'VE DISCUSSED BUDGETING ITEMS. YOU KNOW THAT THERE'S INFORMATION THAT YOU NEED, IT SHOULD BE PROVIDED.

DO YOUR OWN RESEARCH, SHOVE IT IN THERE, GIVE US SOMETHING TO READ, GIVE US AN IDEA AND A CLUE OF WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM.

>> I WANT TO ADD TO THAT.

THE REASON TOO IS YOU CAN JUST PUT BASIC WORDS ON THE ITEM AND WE HAVE NO IDEA.

IT CAN TALK ABOUT ALL OF THE FARM.

NEXT THING YOU KNOW, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT COWS, SO IT'S LIKE I DIDN'T PREPARE FOR COWS, I PREPARED FOR A FARM DISCUSSION.

>> WHICH IS THE REASON WHY I BELIEVE OUR RULES STATE THAT WE NEED TO HAVE OUR AGENDA ITEMS PREPARED AND GIVING INFORMATION IN ORDER TO MAKE AN EDUCATED DECISION ON THESE, AND THAT'S WHY BACKUP IS SUPPOSED TO BE PROVIDED.

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I DO BELIEVE THAT THE PROCEDURE SHOULD GO BACK TO BEING THE WAY IT WAS, THAT THERE SHOULD BE ITEMS IN THE BACKUP AND IF THERE SHOULD FAIL TO BE ANY BACKUP ON THE ITEM, AND THE ITEM SHOULD GO FORWARD, THERE SHOULD NEVER BE A MOTION TO ALLOW IT TO BE ACCEPTED BECAUSE IT IS NOT BEING BASED ON EVERYBODY HAVING A FULL OPPORTUNITY TO RESEARCH AND KNOW WHAT THEY'RE VOTING ON.

I SAID MY PIECE. VICE MAYOR.

>> THE FORM REQUIRES BACKUP INFORMATION OR NO BACKUP INFORMATION, IT GIVES YOU THAT OPTION.

IF THE OPTION IS THERE TO PROVIDE BACKUP INFORMATION OR NO BACKUP INFORMATION, I THINK IT SHOULD REMAIN THE SAME.

OTHER THAN THAT, THIS OTHER SECTION CAME ABOUT BECAUSE WE WEREN'T HAVING WORKSHOPS.

NOW WE'RE HAVING WORKSHOPS, THE OTHER SECTION SHOULD NOT EVEN APPLY.

BUT AS LONG AS IT APPLIES AND THE FORM REQUIRES BACKUP INFORMATION OR DOES NOT REQUIRE BACKUP INFORMATION AND GIVES THE OPTION, I THINK IT SHOULD REMAIN THE SAME.

>> THE CONVERSATION FROM WHEN THIS WAS ADOPTED WAS THAT IF THE ITEM SHALL COME FORWARD, THERE WILL BE BACKUP.

THE REASON FOR HAVING NO BACKUP OR BACKUP MAKES NO SENSE TO ME, BUT THE REASON FOR THIS ITEM BEING BROUGHT UP BEFORE WAS SO THAT WE CAN PROVIDE BACKUP FOR EVERYBODY TO REVEAL OR DO THEIR OWN HOMEWORK, NOT FOR OTHER REASONS.

>> CITY MANAGER, THE REASON I'VE PROVIDED INFORMATION OR NO ADDITIONAL, I BELIEVE THAT THIS WAS BEING LEFT FOR ROOM FOR AMENDMENT IN CASE WE NEEDED TO AMEND AND SAY WE WERE GOING TO DO ANYTHING FURTHER ON AN ITEM.

IT'S ALWAYS SUPPOSED TO BE THAT WE WERE PROVIDING IT.

WHAT I HEAR IS EITHER WE'RE HAVING TWO COMMISSION WORKSHOPS NOW A MONTH BECAUSE WE'RE ONLY HAVING ONE AND WE'VE BEEN HAVING ONE FOR MONTHS.

WE CAN ACTUALLY TAKE CARE OF OUR DUE DILIGENCE, BUT EVEN OUT OF WORKSHOP, WE STILL NEED TO HAVE BACKUPS SO WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.

YOU GUYS DON'T BRING THINGS TO US WITHOUT ANYTHING IN THE BACKUP TO KNOW WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.

YOU DON'T SURPRISE US WITH STUFF.

YOU GIVE US DETAILED INFORMATION, WE ASK FOR MORE INFORMATION AND WE DON'T BRING ITEMS FORWARD.

IF YOU JUST BOUGHT AN ITEM FORWARD WITHOUT ANY BACKUP, WE WOULD SIT HERE GOING, WHAT ARE WE DOING.

IT IS A WASTE OF TIME.

WE'RE ALL WORKING, WE'RE ALL PROFESSIONALS, THERE'S NO REASON WHY THERE SHOULDN'T BE INFORMATION TO BE PROVIDED.

IF WE'RE THE ONES WHO FEEL THAT THERE'S AN IMPORTANT TOPIC TO DISCUSS THEN WE SHOULD HAVE THE ABILITY TO BRING THE INFORMATION AND THE BACKUP BEING PROVIDED.

MAYBE THE SIMPLE FORM THAT WAS CREATED BY A HUMAN CAN BE RECREATED TO BE MORE APPROPRIATE TO SHOW THE INFORMATION IS BEING PROVIDED ON THIS TIME OR IT WILL BE PROVIDED BY FINAL, READY FOR PROCESSING FOR THE BOOK.

BUT WE'RE ACTUALLY SIX BUSINESS DAYS BEFOREHAND BECAUSE SOMETIMES WE PUT OUR ITEMS UP TWO WEEKS BEFORE A MEETING VERSUS JUST THE SIX BUSINESS DAYS BECAUSE I KNOW THAT I'VE HAD TO DO BACKUP AND I'VE HAD TO SAY ADDITIONAL BACKUP ON HERE.

GO AHEAD, VICE MAYOR.

>> THE OTHER SECTION, MAYOR ALLOWS US TO DO THINGS IN TWO LANES.

FIRSTLY, IT ALLOWS US TO EITHER ASK CITY STAFF TO GO DO SOMETHING AND COME BACK TO US WITH SOMETHING.

THE BACKUP INFORMATION IS NOT NECESSARY BECAUSE WE'D BE ASKING STAFF TO GIVE US MORE INFORMATION WITH SOMETHING AND BRING IT BACK.

THAT'S THE FIRST LIEN. THE SECOND LIEN IS THAT WE ARE POLICYMAKERS.

THE OTHER SECTION IS ASKING OUR COLLEAGUES TO TAKE ACTION.

I BELIEVE THAT ONCE THE MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION IS ABLE TO PROPERLY ARTICULATE WHAT THE ITEM IS AND PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION TO THE COLLEAGUES ON THE DAYS, I DON'T SEE A PROBLEM WITH IT.

TWO LIENS AGAIN, ONE TO ASK STAFF TO DO SOMETHING AND COME BACK WITH THE INFORMATION OR THE MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION HAS THE RIGHT OR HAS A WAY TO PROPERLY ARTICULATE WHAT THEY NEED, PRESENT THAT TO THE COMMISSIONERS SO THAT THEY UNDERSTAND AND IF THEY UNDERSTAND, THEY VOTE ON THAT.

I THINK THAT ASKING FOR BACKUP INFORMATION IS JUST A WASTE OF TIME FOR EVERYBODY INVOLVED.

>> MR. VILLALOBOS.

>> I'LL GIVE A GOOD EXAMPLE.

THEN COMMISSIONER GELIN PROPOSED A TRACK ON A FOOTBALL FIELD.

NO INFORMATION WAS GIVEN TO ANY OF US AT APPEARED ON THE AGENDA.

ONE APPROVAL FOR THE SAME YEAR TO BE STARTING TO BUILT ON THE FOOTBALL FIELD THAT WE HAD JUST REDONE, RENOVATED.

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ALL THE OTHER FOUR MEMBERS HAD INFORMATION ON IT, WE WOULD'VE BEEN ABLE TO GO FOR IT OR GO AGAINST IT.

BUT BECAUSE NONE OF US KNEW ANYTHING ABOUT IT EXCEPT THAT MEETING WORK WHERE WOULD COST MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, IT WOULD AFFECT DISTRICT WHERE MOSTLY RESONANCE OR SENIORS, THAT BACKUP WAS VERY IMPORTANT.

AGAIN, IT'S VERY SIMPLE, ARE WE NOT DOING BACKUP, OR ARE WE DOING BACKUP? OR ARE WE GOING BACK TO THE WORKSHOPS?

>> EVEN WITH THE WORKSHOP, I BELIEVE YOU NEED BACKUP.

HERE'S THE THING ON THE TWO LIENS.

JUST ASK STAFF WHAT TO DO.

YOU CAN'T ASK STAFF ANYTHING TO DO UNLESS IT'S CONSENSUS THROUGH THIS ITEM.

THEREFORE, WE DON'T KNOW IF WE WANT TO ASK STAFF FOR CONSENSUS OR TO DO WORK FOR US BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE ITEM IS.

WELL YES, ONE OR TWO PEOPLE OR THE WHOLE FIVE OF US CAN ARTICULATE SOMETHING EXTREMELY WELL.

SOMETIMES WE MIGHT BE ARTICULATING OUR OWN OPINION.

IF WE DON'T HAVE THE BACKUP AND THEN WE DON'T HAVE THE TIME TO KNOW TO BE ABLE TO RESEARCH, TO SEE IF THERE'S A COUNTER OPINION OR IF WE CAN ACTUALLY AGREE WITH THE OPINION BEING PROPOSED BECAUSE WE HAVE NO WAY TO KNOW WHAT IT IS, BECAUSE IT'S LOCKED IN THE MIND OF ONE PERSON AND NOT BEING PROPERLY EXPRESSED FOR US TO BE ABLE TO DISCUSS.

AGAIN, IT'S IN COMPLETE VIOLATION OF OUR RULES THAT REQUIRE US TO HAVE NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC 48 HOURS IN ADVANCE OF WHAT IS BEING DISCUSSED.

AS YOU'VE HEARD HERE TODAY AND YOU'VE HEARD IT ON OTHER MEETINGS, WE HAVE OUR RESIDENTS AND OUR BUSINESS OWNERS WHO FEEL FREE TO SPEAK ABOUT ITEMS IN NUMBER 10, DURING PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.

THEY CAN'T SPEAK ABOUT ITEMS IN NUMBER 10 AND PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IF THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED TO SPEAK AT THIS TIME.

THEREFORE, WE ARE RUNNING A FOUL OF THE LAW.

IS THAT WHAT THIS COMMISSION WANTS TO CONTINUE TO DO? IF THERE'S NO OTHER COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM, IT IS GOING TO BE CALLED FOR CONSENSUS ON PUTTING BACKUP WITH AN ITEM AND IF THERE'S NO BACKUP FOR THE ITEM, CITY MANAGER DOES NOT MOVE IT FORWARD. COMMISSIONER WRIGHT.

>> REPEAT. YOU WANT TO KNOW IF THERE'S CONSENSUS.

>> CORRECT. THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE BACKUP PROVIDED AND ITEMS THAT ARE GOING ON TO THE AGENDA FOR ITEMS 10, WHICH IS WORKSHOP, WHETHER IT'S ON A WORKSHOP OR HERE.

>> WELL, I DO NOT SUPPORT HAVING BACKUP.

>> YOU DON'T SUPPORT HAVING BACKUP?

>> NO I DON'T SUPPORT HAVING BACKUP FOR OTHER HERE.

>> COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS.

>> YES.

>> OBVIOUSLY, I SUPPORT HAVING BACKUP.

COMMISSIONER DANIEL.

>> NO.

>> COMMISSIONER VICE MAYOR BOLTON.

>> VICE MAYOR BOLTON.

>> I SAID IT.

>> THANK YOU. NO BACKUP INFORMATION NEEDED.

>> IF THERE WAS NO CONSENSUS TO HAVE BACKUP, YOU CAN PUT ANYTHING ON THE AGENDA, EVEN IF WE WRITE SOMETHING.

GOOD LUCK TO US ON THAT. WE ARE NOW ONTO TENNESSEE TRAVEL BUDGET REDUCTION.

>> ONE MORE REQUESTS FOR THE CITY MANAGER.

CAN WE JUST THEN REMOVE THAT SECTION THERE FROM THE FORM? [OVERLAPPING] I'M NOT SPEAKING TO YOU I'M SPEAKING TO THE CITY MANAGER.

>> POINT OF ORDER THAT IS NOT ON THE AGENDA.

>> WE'RE TALKING ABOUT [OVERLAPPING].

>> IT IS ON THE SAME ITEM.

IT IS A POINT OF CLARIFICATION ON ITEM JUST FAILED. [OVERLAPPING]

>> THE ITEM IS DOWN THERE. WE MOVE ON AFTER IT'S FAILED.

THAT'S WHAT YOU SAID BEFORE.

[OVERLAPPING]

>> POINT OF ORDER ON A QUESTION THAT WAS JUST VOTED ON, IT IS APPROPRIATE TO ASK A QUESTION ON AN ITEM THAT HAS FAILED.

HOWEVER, COMMISSIONER, AT THIS TIME, IT IS AN IRRELEVANT ITEM.

>> I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT I'M JUST A REQUEST TO JUST REMOVE IT FROM THE WEBSITE THAT WHEN WE SUBMIT THE ITEM.

>> IT'S A REQUEST.

>> WE'RE NOW GOING TO TENNESSEE

[10.c Travel Budget Reduction from $50,000 to $25,000 Requested by Commissioner Elvin Villalobos]

THE TRAVEL BUDGET REDUCTION FROM 50,000-25,000 AND REQUESTED BY COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS.

>> THANK YOU, MAYOR. THIS ITEM IS RELATED TO THE ACTUAL EXPENSES AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, THE TRANSITION OF MONEY WHEN ONE COMMISSIONER DOES NOT USE IT AND ALLOWS ANOTHER ONE TO USE THOSE FUNDS THAT COMMISSIONER EID TO NOT USE.

THIS AS BASIC AS IT GETS.

WE DON'T USE ALL THAT MONEY.

SOME OF US DON'T EVEN TRAVEL AT ALL.

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RECENTLY, I TRAVELED FOR THE FIRST TIME.

THEREFORE, I'M JUST GETTING CONSENSUS TO REDUCE THAT AMOUNT.

ON AVERAGE, WE'RE NOT EVEN SPENDING 50,000.

WE'RE ALLOCATED 10,000 EACH.

IF WE'RE ALLOCATED 10,000 EACH AND I USE IT ALL AND YOU HAVE NOT TRAVELED, THAT MEANS THAT I CAN TRAVEL ON YOUR MONEY.

THAT'S BOTTOM LINE.

>> COMMISSIONER DANIEL.

>> I'VE COME TO REALIZE THAT THE FUNDING IS NEEDED.

I THINK ALL FOUR DOMAIN WHERE IT WASN'T ABLE TO ATTEND WHEN WE WENT TO DC LAST MONTH.

BUT THAT WAS EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE. I WAS SHOCKED.

I STAYED IN A HOTEL. I WOULDN'T STAY IN NORMALLY.

I WOULD PROBABLY CHOOSE SOMETHING BETTER.

BUT THE COST IS RIDICULOUS.

I HAD NO IDEA.

YOU COULD SHAKE YOUR HEAD, BUT YOU COULD GO ON GOOGLE AND FIND OUT FOR YOURSELF.

IT IS EXPENSIVE, BUT WE BROUGHT BACK POSSIBLY $7 MILLION.

ANOTHER WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, I THINK IT WAS 125,000.

IT'S JUST THE COST OF THINGS.

NOW, I DID NOT GO TO TALLAHASSEE.

BUT AFTER GOING TO DC, I REALIZED THE IMPORTANCE OF GOING TO THESE EVENTS, LEARN IN NETWORKING AND BRINGING BACK MONEY TO THE CITY.

>> VICE MAYOR.

>> DR. DANIEL, TOUCHED ON A VERY IMPORTANT POINT.

RETURN ON INVESTMENT AND $50,000 MAY SOUND LIKE A LOT OF MONEY, AND IT IS.

WHEN YOU ARE LIVING IN A CITY THAT PEOPLE ARE STRUGGLING TO PAY RENT AND THERE'S RISING COST OF HOA FEES AND THAT STUFF, WE HAVE TO BE PRUDENT.

I AGREE ON BOTH SIDES.

BUT IT COMES BACK TO RETURN ON INVESTMENT.

I'LL TELL YOU A LITTLE STORY.

WHILE WE WERE IN WASHINGTON OUR LOBBYIST AND I THINK I SOUND LIKE A COMMISSIONER RIGHT NOW. I'LL TELL A LITTLE STORY.

WE WERE IN WASHINGTON AND OUR LOBBYISTS WHO DOES A VERY GOOD JOB BY THE WAY, SHE DOES AN AMAZING JOB.

SHE SAYS, REMEMBER TO THANK THE REPRESENTATIVES FOR THEIR HELP.

BUT SHE SAID ONE KEY THING THAT I DID NOT AGREE WITH.

HERE'S WHAT SHE SAID.

SHE SAID, WHEN YOU GO IN THERE, THANK THEM FOR THE MONEY THAT THEY GIVE AND NOT NECESSARILY PUSH FOR MORE. SHE SURE DID.

EXACTLY. I LISTENED TO THAT AND I'M LIKE, NOT REALLY.

WENT INTO THE MEETING, DID HALF OF WHAT SHE SAID.

THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR THE MONEY THAT YOU GAVE TO US, $350,000 IS A WHOLE LOT OF MONEY.

WE APPRECIATE IT. IT'S HELPING SOME PEOPLE.

BUT YOU KNOW WHAT WE SAID, THAT MONEY IS NOT ENOUGH.

YOU KNOW WHAT THE REPRESENTATIVE SAID? INSTEAD OF ASKING FOR $350,000 THIS TIME, NASAL, YOU WERE THERE? SHE SAYS, LET'S ASK FOR SEVEN MILLION BECAUSE WE WERE THERE TO LOBBY ON BEHALF OF THESE RESIDENTS.

TALK ABOUT RETURN ON INVESTMENTS, THAT IS RETURN ON INVESTMENTS.

WHOEVER WANTS TO USE THIS SOUNDBITE, YOU CAN.

BUT RETURN ON INVESTMENT IS WHAT WE WANT FOR THE CITY.

HEAR ME AND HEAR ME PROPERLY.

I ALSO WENT TO TALLAHASSEE PROUDLY AND HAVE GONE THERE SEVERAL TIMES. HERE'S WHY.

BECAUSE WE HAVE TO LOBBY STATE LAWMAKERS ON SOME OF THE POLICIES THAT THEY ARE BRINGING DOWN TO OUR CITY THAT DOES NOT NECESSARILY TALK ABOUT DOLLAR RETURN ON INVESTMENTS.

BUT WHEN WE GO UP THERE TO TALK ABOUT LEGISLATION AND SPEAK AGAINST IT OR SPEAK FOR IT, YOU KNOW WHAT? THAT RETURN ON INVESTMENT, AMAZING.

HERE'S A LITTLE STORY.

WHILE I WAS IN TALLAHASSEE THIS TIME, THERE WAS A BILL THAT WAS PROPOSED ON THE FLOOR THE NIGHT BEFORE I WAS IN TALLAHASSEE, NIGHT BEFORE.

IT DOESN'T TALK ABOUT ANYTHING TO DEAL WITH TIME RACK, BUT HAD TO DO WITH MIAMI BEACH. YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENED? WHEN MIAMI BEACH HEARD ABOUT THE POLICY THAT WAS BEING BROUGHT ON THE FLOOR THE NEXT MORNING,

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YOU KNOW WHAT MIAMI BEACH COMMISSIONERS DID? TRAVEL TO TALLAHASSEE TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT BILL DID NOT PASS.

THEY SPOKE ON THE FLOOR AS ELOQUENTLY AS WE DO NOW. YOU KNOW WHAT? THAT BILL FAILED.

IF THEY DID NOT HAVE MONEY IN THEIR BUDGET TO DO THAT ON A WHIM, WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED TO PROJECTS THAT WOULD AFFECT THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH? LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING, THIS COULD HAPPEN TO THE CITY OF TAMARAC.

NOW, HEAR ME, SOME OF US HAS NOT PROBABLY TRAVELED AND PROBABLY TRAVELED NOT, WE PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE.

BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THIS CHART, I'VE TRAVELED LESS THAN OTHER PEOPLE, GONE UNDER BUDGET ALL THE TIME, NEVER GO OVER BUDGET.

IN SOME CASES, SPENT 20% OF MY MONEY, SOME CASES SPENT 50% OF MY MONEY, SOME CASES SPENT 90% OF MY MONEY.

THERE ARE TIMES WHEN WE DID NOT TRAVEL AT ALL, MAYBE BECAUSE OF COVID OR MAYBE BECAUSE WE'RE NOT AVAILABLE.

MAYBE I'M NOT AVAILABLE TO TRAVEL BECAUSE OF OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES GOING FORWARD.

BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? WE HAVE TO KEEP THE MONEY IN THE BUDGET IN CASE SOMETHING LIKE WHAT HAPPENED IN TALLAHASSEE TO MIAMI BEACH HAPPENS IN THE FUTURE.

I'M FOR KEEPING OUR BUDGET WHERE IT IS.

WE DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO TRAVEL WHEN IT'S NOT NEEDED, BUT KEEP IT WHERE IT IS. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> AM I NEXT HERE?

>> YOU ARE NEXT.

>> I WOULD DISAGREE WITH EVERYTHING YOU JUST SAID.

>> VICE MAYOR, PLEASE.

>> IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF OUR LOBBYISTS AND OUR STAFF TO GO GET THAT MONEY.

WE CAN LOBBY OUR REPRESENTATIVES HERE WHILE THEY ARE HERE BEFORE SESSIONS, WAY BEFORE SESSIONS, WAY BEFORE THEY'RE IN SESSION.

I CAN TALK TO DAN DAILEY, I CAN TALK TO THE OFFICE OF SHEILA MCCORMACK AT ANYTIME I WANT.

I HAVE THEIR CELL PHONE, I HAVE THEIR PHONE NUMBERS, I HAVE STAFFS NUMBERS.

I HAVE EVERYONE'S NUMBER THAT I NEED TO LOBBY THEM DOWN HERE.

I DON'T NEED TO TRAVEL ALL THE WAY TO DC OR TO TALLAHASSEE TO SPEAK TO ANY OF MY REPRESENTATIVES BECAUSE THEY ARE DOWN HERE.

THAT RETURN ON INVESTMENT ACTUALLY BECOMES A NEGATIVE BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE TO TRAVEL.

IF YOU ALL THREE REMEMBER.

>> I'M SORRY.

>> IF VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONER DANIEL, COMMISSIONER RIGHT, WE DIDN'T TALK TO ANYBODY.

STAFF HANDLED THE CONVERSATION.

>> THAT'S NOT TRUE.

>> [OVERLAPPING] ALLOW THE MAYOR TO PRESIDE OVER TO MEETING, PLEASE.

>> THANK YOU.

>> LET HER RECOGNIZE YOU.

>> UNFORTUNATELY, AND THIS IS WHAT THIS COMMISSION HAS DONE AND UNTIL WE STOP DOING SO, WHEN YOU TALK AT AN OVER TO SOMEBODY AND YOU ARE INTENTIONALLY DIGGING AT THEM, YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE TO EXPECT A RESPONSE BACK.

I DON'T LIKE IT. BUT UNTIL WE START JUST TALKING ABOUT THE SUBJECT MATTER AND HOW WE HANDLE THINGS, IT'S GOING TO CONTINUE.

AT THIS POINT IN TIME, I CAN RESPECT THAT YOU HAVE BEEN HIT AND I AM SORRY FOR THAT, BUT I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO JUST CONTINUE YOUR CONVERSATION WITHOUT OTHER PEOPLE'S NAMES IN IT. THANK YOU.

>> MY POINT IS THAT STAFF HANDLES IT.

WE HAVE OUR STATE REPRESENTATIVES HERE, WE HAVE OUR CONGRESSMEN OR WOMEN HERE.

WE CAN LITERALLY DRIVE TO THEIR OFFICES, WHICH IS WITHIN CITY LIMITS.

WE DON'T NEED TO GO TO DC OR TRAVEL ELSEWHERE FOR THAT MATTER.

IF VICE MAYOR BOLTON WOULD INDULGE IN PROVIDING THE INFORMATION ABOUT THE MIAMI BEACH BILL SO THAT WE UNDERSTAND WHAT IT WAS ABOUT, THAT WOULD BE VERY NICE.

>> COMMISSIONER RIGHT.

>> THANK YOU. INITIALLY, WHEN WE'RE GOING TO DC, I WAS AFRAID TO TRAVEL BECAUSE I FIGURED IT'S GOING TO BE EXPENSIVE.

AS MY FIRST TIME GETTING ELECTED, I WANTED TO SHOW THE RESIDENTS I AM A FISCALLY CONSERVATIVE PERSON.

I REMEMBER SAYING TO ROSE, CAN YOU GET ME THE MOTEL 6? SHE IS LIKE, NO, IT HAS TO BE FEMA QUALIFIED.

IT HAS TO BE A HOTEL THAT'S REGISTERED BY FEMA.

SHE GOT US THE AC HOTEL.

WHEN I SAW THE BILL, I THINK IT WAS 4,000 SOMETHING FOR THE AC HOTEL.

[OVERLAPPING] THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS.

TEN THOUSAND IS A LOT OF MONEY FOR US TO TRAVEL.

BUT GOING TO DC, I REALIZE JUST ONE TRIP TO DC, IT COST US $5,000.

BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, SITTING THERE WITH THE CONGRESSWOMAN IN-PERSON IN HER OFFICE, SHE WAS A WHOLE DIFFERENT PERSON THAN WHEN YOU MEET HER IN THE DISTRICT.

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SHE WAS MORE OPEN, SHE WAS LISTENING, AND LIKE VICE MAYOR BOLTON SAID, SHE'S LIKE, 350K, WE CAN GET YOU SEVEN MILLION.

EVEN SENATOR RICK SCOTT WANTED TO MEET WITH US BECAUSE HE WANTED TO MEET WITH THE PEOPLE FROM THE CITIES.

THIS IS A BUSY SENATOR WHO WAS IN CHARGE OF THE REPUBLICAN CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE, WHO WAS WILLING TO MEET WITH US FROM TAMARAC.

THEN WE EVEN GOT TO GO TO THE WHITE HOUSE.

INTERESTINGLY, WHEN WE PULLED UP AT THE GATE AT THE WHITE HOUSE, THERE WAS A UNIFORM SECRET SERVICE AGENT, AND HE SAW ID AND HE SAID, "I'M FROM TAMARAC."

>> HE SURE DID.

>> I'M FROM TAMARAC. HE WAS PROUD AND WE WERE PROUD BECAUSE WE WERE LIKE HOW INTERESTING IS THAT? HOW SMALL IS THE WORLD THAT THIS IS A SECRET SERVICE AGENT UNIFORM AND HE WAS FROM TAMARAC.

THOSE THINGS YOU CAN QUANTIFY MEETING A REPRESENTATIVE IN-PERSON, SPEAKING WITH THEM, LOOKING AT THEM IN EYE AND LISTENING TO YOUR NEEDS.

THE ONLY PART I WILL AGREE WITH, I DON'T THINK THAT COMMISSIONERS SHOULD SHARE OTHER COMMISSIONERS' MONEY.

I THINK WE SHOULD BE ALLOCATED 10,000 EACH AND THEN WE SPEND WHAT WE HAVE AND NOT DEPEND ON SOMEONE'S ELSE POOL.

I WOULD SUPPORT YOU IN THAT PART OF YOUR MOTION.

>> COMMISSIONER DANIEL.

>> FIRST OF ALL YOU DIDN'T ATTEND THAT DAY, ELVIN, NOW I'M GOING TO BE TRUTHFUL.

IF WE'RE HERE, WE'RE GOING TO TALK THE TRUTH.

YOU WEREN'T THERE, YOU DIDN'T ATTEND THE MEETINGS.

>> IF YOU OPEN THIS WORM IT'S GOING TO BE A BIGGER WORM, COMMISSIONER.

>> COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS.

>> NOT ABOUT WORMS IT'S ABOUT TRUTH.

>> COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS YOU DO NOT HAVE THE FLOOR.

COMMISSIONER DANIEL, I'M ASKING YOU TO JUST YOU CAN SHARE YOUR REFLECTION IN A DIFFERENT MANNER OF WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO SAY, PLEASE. THANK YOU.

>> WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY IS IT MADE A DIFFERENCE.

BIGGER IMPACT, GOING TO BE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENT THE SENATORS, WORKERS, THEY'VE NEVER BEEN TO TAMARAC, SO NO, YOU CANNOT MEET WITH THE PEOPLE ON THE GROUND IN TAMARAC ACTUALLY DO THE WORK JUST LIKE OUR CITY WORKERS.

NO, YOU CANNOT BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T EVEN KNOW WHERE TAMARAC WAS AND THAT'S THE TRUTH.

THEY GIVE ME CONNECTIONS TO THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS WHERE YOU HAD TO GET TO 125,000, YOU HAD TO BE IN DC BECAUSE THAT DEPARTMENT IS NOT IN TAMARAC. I DISAGREE.

>> ALL RIGHT. THE ONE IN THE MIDDLE.

>> I HAPPEN TO THINK THAT THERE ARE WORTHY TRIPS AND THERE ARE SOME TRIPS THAT ARE NOT AS WORTHY.

AS FOR MY TRAVEL, I USED TO TRAVEL OFTEN, BUT I CAME DOWN WITH CANCER, COULDN'T TRAVEL.

THEN WE HAD COVID.

THEN WHEN COVID WAS OVER, EVERYTHING WAS STILL ZOOM BASED AND I DID NOT FEEL IT APPROPRIATE FOR ME PERSONALLY AS THE MAYOR GOING TO THINGS WHEN I CAN GO TO THEM ON ZOOM.

WOULD I LIKE TO START TRAVELING A LITTLE BIT THIS YEAR, THERE'S THE US CONFERENCE OF MAYORS THAT I BELIEVE THAT THERE ARE SOME THINGS THROUGH THAT I WANT TO DO.

YES, I PROBABLY WILL START TRAVELING A LITTLE BIT MORE NOW THAT THE WORLD IS COMING OUT AND ABOUT.

SOME OF THESE PROGRAMS ARE NO LONGER ZOOM ACCESSIBLE.

THERE USED TO BE A TIME WHEN THE MAYOR ACTUALLY HAD $5,000 MORE OR $10,000 MORE THAN THE REST OF THE BUDGET BECAUSE THE MAYOR DOES THOSE CONFERENCES ARE A LITTLE BIT MORE OF THEM AND A LITTLE BIT LONGER FOR SOME OF THEM, BUT NEITHER HERE NOR THERE WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT PART OF IT DURING BUDGET TIME AT OUR BUDGET MEETING IN JUNE.

FOR RIGHT NOW WHILE I RESPECT TO CONVERSATION, I DO AGREE WITH COMMISSIONER WRIGHT AND I'VE ALWAYS HAD A PROBLEM WITH WHEN WE HAD ISSUES WHEN THE FIRST PROBLEM CAME AROUND IN APPROXIMATELY 2016 WHEN THE BUDGET WENT, AND WHICH IS WHY WE BROUGHT IT DOWN AND WE SAID, YOU'LL HAVE 10, YOU'LL HAVE 10, YOU'LL HAVE 10 AND I BELIEVE THE MAYOR HAD MORE.

WE WERE SUPPOSED TO STAY WITHIN THE CONFINES OF THAT BUDGET.

HOWEVER, PEOPLE ON THE COMMISSION DIDN'T STAY WITHIN THE CONFINES OF THE BUDGET AND NEEDED MORE MONEY AND SO THEY GOT WHAT THEY WANTED AND THE BUDGET, GOT EXPANDED AND THEY GOT TO GO TO THESE THINGS.

THEN THANKS TO COVID, IS WHEN OUR BUDGET STARTED GOING BACK DOWN AND PEOPLE NOT REALLY GO INTO PLACES.

LET'S LOOK AT THE REALITY AS REALITY IS GOING FORWARD.

IF WE'RE GOING TO KEEP THE BUDGET IN THIS PRICES THAT WE'RE DOING IT RIGHT NOW, WE CAN TALK ABOUT EXTENSIONS OR CHANGES TO IT WITH OUR BUDGET MEETING.

MY ATTITUDE IS I'M GOING TO PLAY ON MY TRIPS BASED ON MY $10,000 IF I DON'T PLAN MY OTHER TRIPS BEFORE SOMEBODY ELSE WHO PLANS THE WHOLE ENTIRE YEAR AND THEY DECIDE TO USE MY MONEY THEN I'M NOT ALLOWED TO GO ON MY TRIP FOR THE CITY, WHICH IS IMPORTANT.

I DON'T THINK IT'S RIGHT.

EVERYBODY IS RESPONSIBLE HERE.

THESE ARE YOUR TRIPS THAT YOU WANT TO TAKE ON BEHALF OF THE CITY.

ANYTHING THAT WE TAKE IS REVIEWED BY THE CITY STAFF, CITY MANAGER, OUR CITY FINANCIAL DIRECTOR, TO MAKE SURE THAT IT IS SOMETHING THAT IS FOR OUR BENEFIT OF OUR CITY.

[02:35:01]

IT'S NOT JUST WILLY-NILLY GOING TO SIT ON A BEACH SOMEWHERE.

BUT I SAID, I AGREE IT IS OUR OWN POT OF MONEY.

I DON'T WANT MINE TAKEN AWAY BECAUSE I PLAN FOR LATER THINGS ALSO, BUT I WILL SAY AFTER SOMETIMES THESE TRIPS, I HAVE THE FORTUNATE ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO REACH OUT TO CONGRESSWOMAN MCCORMICK I CAN TALK TO HER ON THE PHONE.

I HAVE SPOKEN TO HER ON THE PHONE.

YOU GUYS WERE UP THERE DEALING WITH SOMETHING AND I SENT HER PAPERWORK THAT I KNOW WAS GOING TO HELP THAT GRANT.

SHE WAS VERY APPRECIATED BECAUSE I SPOKE TO HER ABOUT IT AFTERWARDS.

PLUS, SHE DOES HAVE HER TEAM HERE AS WELL TO SPEAK TO.

FOR SENATOR SCOTT.

I HAPPEN TO BE ABLE TO CALL UP HIS REPRESENTATIVE.

IT'S FOR THIS DISTRICT AND SPEAK TO HIM AND THEN SPEAK TO THE SENATOR IF I SHOULD NEED TO.

I HAVE BUILT RELATIONSHIPS THROUGH SOME OF THESE PROGRAMS WHERE I'VE BEEN UP THERE AND SOME OF OUR OTHER REPRESENTATIVES BY GOING TO TALLAHASSEE AND GOING INTO DC TO WHERE I HAVE THE ABILITY TO REACH OUT DIRECTLY TO THEM.

IT IS A NETWORKING THING.

IT IS BRINGING BACK CERTAIN THINGS THAT HELPS LIKE, MY GOD, YOU HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM WITH YOUR 72,000-PERSON PLACE.

WE THOUGHT ONLY WE DID.

YOU WORK THINGS OUT AND YOU GET SOME IDEAS.

BUT THERE ARE TIMES WHEN YOU COULD DO IT FROM THE HOME BASE.

IT JUST IS ALL NEEDS TO BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT AND CONSIDERATION WITH WHAT IT IS.

WE CAN'T BLANKTLY SAY CERTAIN THINGS.

THAT'S WHY THERE'S A BUDGET AND THAT'S WHY WE WERE TOLD YOU HAVE THIS BUDGET, YOU HAVE THIS BUDGET, MAKE PLANS ACCORDINGLY. THAT'S MY PIECE.

I THINK THE CONVERSATION HAS SAID THAT WE'RE NOT CHANGING THE AMOUNT RIGHT NOW.

ANYTHING FURTHER FOR CHANGING AMOUNTS NEEDS TO BE DISCUSSED AT BUDGET TIME, THIS IS NOT THE APPROPRIATE FORUM TO BE DOING THIS.

>> I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT I WOULD AGREE WITH YOU AND COMMISSIONER WRIGHT SO THIS IS NOT GOING ANYWHERE, AT LEAST THAT GETS RESOLVED.

>> THEN ON THAT BECAUSE THAT'S A PROCEDURAL ITEM FOR THERE IS A REQUEST FOR A CONSENSUS, I'LL COME TO YOU IN A SECOND.

A REQUEST FOR CONSENSUS THAT EVERYBODY STAYS IN THEIR LANE OR IN THEIR OWN POCKETBOOK FOR TRAVEL UNTIL SUCH TIME, WE ALSO DO WHATEVER WE DO, IF ANYTHING, WITH THE BUDGET DURING THE BUDGET TIME. VICE MAYOR.

>> THANK YOU, MAYOR. JUST QUICKLY, WHEN I ATTENDED THE US CONFERENCE OF MAYORS TO HAVE THE PLEASURE OF DOING THAT.

BUT SO MANY FRIENDS WHO SHARED WHAT THEIR CONCERNS WERE IN THEIR CITIES AND IT HELPED TO SHAPE OUR CITY WITH SOME OF THE IDEAS THAT WE HAVE SO GREAT ON THERE.

I WILL ALSO SUPPORT COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS ON HIS ASK TO STAY IN OUR LANE.

I'VE ALWAYS STAYED IN MY LANE IN 2018, I WAS WAY UNDER BUDGET AT 38%, WHILE OTHER COMMISSIONERS WERE AT 86%.

COMMISSIONER FISHMAN WAS THAT 139%.

THAT MEANS SHE WENT OVER BY 39%.

I WAS WAY BELOW THAT N ALL THE YEARS AND SO FORTH.

I'VE ALWAYS BEEN FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE.

JUST TO RESPOND TO COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS, THAT BILL WAS THE UNSAFE STRUCTURES BILL HB 1317, SB 1346, THAT HAD TO DO WITH DEEMING A BUILDING UNSAFE AND DEMOLISH IT, AND THEN A PREEMPTION FROM MOST OF REGULATING WHAT HAPPENS.

THE PROBLEM MIAMI BEACH AND OTHERS HAVE IS THAT IT DOESN'T EXEMPT HISTORIC DISTRICTS AND SO WHY DID THEY URGENTLY HAVE TO GO TO TALLAHASSEE BECAUSE THE BILL WAS BEING SOLD, AS IT DOES, EXEMPT FEDERALLY DESIGNATED PROPERTIES, BUT MOST OF THE BUILDINGS IN MIAMI BEACH DESIGNATED DISTRICTS, ENCOMPASSING MANY BUILDINGS EACH.

THEY WENT UP BECAUSE THE BILL WAS BEING HEARD IN COMMITTEE AND THEY WANTED TO MEET WITH MEMBERS TO TRY AND HEAD IT OFF AND SO FORTH.

I'LL JUST STOP THERE. BUT IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT FOR THEM TO GO DOWN THERE BECAUSE OF WHAT HAPPENED IN SURFSIDE AND THE BILL WOULD HAVE AFFECTED THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH.

THAT IS WHY TRAVEL IS IMPORTANT. THANK YOU.

>> COMMISSIONER, WRIGHT.

>> THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. ALSO JUST TO GIVE COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS SOME PERSPECTIVE, EVERY TRIP TO SOME COLLEAGUES AND SISTER CITIES AND IN A LOT OF HILL TO GET LIKE 9,000 PER COMMISSIONER FOR TRAVEL, AND AT SUNRISE, THEY GET 45,000 IN A POOL THAT CAN BE SHARED AMONGST THEIR DIFFERENT COLLEAGUES.

JUST TO GIVE YOU PERSPECTIVE, I REACHED UP TO TWO COMMISSIONERS FROM THOSE CITIES JUST TO UNDERSTAND IF WE WERE OUT OF LINE OR IN LINE IN TERMS OF WHAT WE HAD AS A TRAVEL BUDGET.

BASED ON THOSE NUMBERS, IT SEEMED LIKE WELL, VERY INLINE.

>> THANK YOU. USUALLY, YOU HAVE NOT BEEN THROUGH THE PROCESS WITH US, BUT WE DO MAKE SURE THAT WE TRY TO BE WITHIN LINE AND WE HAD THAT DISCUSSION.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THERE'S CONSENSUS FOR US TO STAY IN

[02:40:02]

OUR LANES AND STATE OUR OWN PROGRAMS. ANYWAY.

[10.d Discussion with a decision to reduce the amount of Community Engagement Liaisons (CEL) per Commission Member]

WE HAVE ONE MORE ITEM ON THE AGENDA.

IT IS 10D SO COMMISSIONER, PROCEED. [OVERLAPPING]

>> THANK YOU, MAYOR. JUST TO CLARIFY A COMMENT THAT WAS MADE EARLIER BY THE PUBLIC, I WAS ACTUALLY THIRD IN USING THE HOURS, SO I WAS NOT THE MAIN CORPORATE.

BUT AS IT IS WRITTEN AND POORLY WRITTEN WHEN IT WAS INTRODUCED TO ALLOW UP TO THREE PER COMMISSIONER, WE HAVE NOW REALIZED WE DON'T NEED THREE PER COMMISSIONER, ESPECIALLY WHEN THERE'S 25 HOURS ONLY ALLOCATED.

IF WE EACH GET THREE AND GIVE THEM FIVE HOURS OR THOSE 25 HOURS DIVIDED BY THREE, PER COMMISSIONER, IT'S ACTUALLY COSTING US MORE BECAUSE OF STAFF.

STAFF IS THE HIRING PROCESS, THE ONBOARDING PROCESS, THE PAYROLL PROCESS.

CLEARLY, ONE PER PERSON IS MORE THAN ENOUGH.

MY CURRENT LIAISON DOES BETWEEN FIVE AND 15 HOURS, 20 HOURS A WEEK.

SHE DOESN'T EVEN TOUCH 25 HOURS PER WEEK.

JUST DISCUSSION DECISION IS TO REDUCE IT FROM THE CURRENT, HOW IT'S WRITTEN FROM THREE TO ONE.

>> I'M GOING TO JUMP IN ON THIS ONE.

I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THREE TO ONE, I HAVE NO PROBLEM AT TWO.

I WILL TELL YOU ON A LEGAL ITEM, MY SECOND LIAISON WAS BROUGHT TO BOARD BECAUSE MY FIRST LIAISON NEEDED TO CUT BACK SOME OF OUR HOURS.

THAT WAS THE REASON BEING, AND I BROUGHT ON A VERY NICE YOUNG MARINE.

MY MARINE HAS BEEN DEPLOYED DURING HIS SERVICE HERE AT THE CITY OF TAMARAC.

THEREFORE, IF WE SHOULD CHANGE IT TO BEING GOING DOWN TO ONE.

WHEN MY MARINE COMES BACK, HE'S NOT MY MARINE, BUT OUR COUNTRY'S MARINE COMES BACK FROM HIS DEPLOYMENT, FROM ACT OF SERVICE, THE CITY IS OBLIGATED TO REHIRE HIM IN THE POSITION IN WHICH HE WAS OR GIVE HIM SOMETHING SIMILAR.

I'M JUST PUTTING THAT OUT AS A DISCLAIMER BECAUSE THAT NEEDS TO BE UNDERSTOOD FOR WHATEVER CHANGES WE MAY MAKE TODAY.

IF WE MAKE THEM, THAT NEEDS TO BE UNDERSTOOD THAT THAT PART IS NOT CHANGING FOR MYSELF.

BUT I'VE ALWAYS HAD AN ISSUE.

I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THE NEED FOR THREE, BUT WE HAD MADE THE AGREEMENT FOR THE THREE BASED ON AS LONG AS THE DOLLARS WERE NOT GOING TO GO UP ANY HIGHER THAN WHAT THEY CURRENTLY ARE BUDGETED FOR.

I STILL THINK IT COULD COME DOWN, BUT THIS IS ALSO FURTHER THINGS FOR DISCUSSION IN MORE DEPTH IF NEED BE AT BUDGET.

THEN JUST FOR THE RECORD, FOR PEOPLE WHO WERE CONCERNED ABOUT HOW MUCH MONEY ONE WAS BEING SPENT, WE ALSO NEED TO KEEP IN MIND, WE HAVE TWO NEW COMMISSIONERS, ONE WHO I BELIEVE JUST HIRED THEIR LIAISON.

I'M NOT SURE IF THE OTHER ONE IS HIRING ONE OR NOT.

BUT THEIR NUMBERS ARE OBVIOUSLY GOING TO BE LESS BECAUSE THEY JUST CAME ON BOARD. VICE MAYOR?

>> THANK YOU, MAYOR. MY CONTENTION IS FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY, WHETHER WE REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT LIAISONS OR INCREASE IT OR DECREASE IT OR WHATEVER WE WANT TO DO, IT DOES NOT IMPACT OUR FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY.

IT STILL REMAINS AT 25,000.

FOR THE PEOPLE THAT ARE IN INTERNET WORLD OR IN THE ROOM, IT IS NOT $25,000 × 3, IT'S $25,000/3/ OR DIVIDED BY 2 OR DIVIDED BY 1 OR REMAINS WHATEVER IT IS.

TO ME, WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR CODE, OUR CODE SAYS WE SHOULD HAVE THREE UNPAID LEGISLATIVE AIDS.

REALLY AND TRULY TO ME, THIS IS MOOT.

HERE'S WHY I HAVE HAD TWO OR THREE OR ONE IN THE PAST.

SOMETIMES I ONLY HAVE ONE, SOMETIMES WE ONLY HAVE TWO.

BUT FOR ME, MY COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT LIAISONS DO NOT GO TO HOA MEETINGS.

THAT'S A NO, NO. THEY CANNOT GO TO HOA MEETINGS.

I WANT THAT PERSONAL TOUCH.

THEY DON'T COME TO COMMISSION MEETINGS LIKE OTHER COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT LIAISONS HAVE DONE, WHERE THEY COME IN HERE AND SIT DOWN AND BUILD TIME, THEY DON'T DO THAT.

WHAT MY PEOPLE DO IS PODCASTS, IS VIDEOS, IS GETTING INFORMATION OUT TO OUR RESIDENTS.

[02:45:02]

THE VALUE THAT THEY BRING TO DO THAT, THEY DO IT ON A SHOESTRING BUDGET.

MY COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT LIAISON THAT DOES PODCAST FOR ALL THE TIME THAT HE'S HERE, HE'S ONLY BEEN PAID $3,850.

IF THAT WERE A FULL-TIME STAFF MEMBER DOING A PODCAST, THEY'LL BE DOING PODCASTS AND SITTING HERE BEING PAID MAYBE 60 WITH BENEFITS.

[LAUGHTER] [BACKGROUND] WE JUST HIRED A PERSON TO DO OUR FLYERS AND PIO OR GRAPHICS AND PIO.

HOW MUCH IS THAT PERSON BEING PAID? I DON'T HAVE SOMEBODY TO DO GRAPHICS AND VIDEOS ANYMORE BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE THE NEED TO DO THAT.

I THINK THAT DOING MY PODCASTS NOW IS GETTING MORE TRACTION AND GETTING MORE INFORMATION OUT TO RESIDENTS.

MORE RESIDENTS ARE LISTENING TO THE PODCAST THAN WATCHING THE VIDEOS.

THAT IS WHY I MOVED AWAY FROM VIDEOS AND PUT MORE ENERGY INTO PODCASTING.

I CAN'T FIND THE SAME SKILL SET IN ONE PERSON BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THAT THAT ONE PERSON IS WELL-ROUNDED ENOUGH TO DO ALL THE THINGS THAT I WANT.

IT BRINGS FLEXIBILITY AND IT BRINGS A LEVEL OF OKAY, THREE PEOPLE CAN WORK.

THEY'RE DIVVYING UP THAT MONEY, FINE, LET ONE PERSON DO THIS, ONE PERSON DO THAT, ONE PERSON, AND IT HELPS THE RESIDENTS.

YOU KNOW WHEN RESIDENTS CALL ME AND SAY, THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR THE PODCASTS THAT YOU DID LAST WEEK, THAT WAS GREAT INFORMATION.

IT SAVED ME A TRIP FROM CALLING THE MARTY CARRIERS OFFICE OR I DIDN'T KNOW THE CONGRESSWOMAN WAS DOING THINGS AND THEY LOVE THIS.

A BUSINESS OWNER THE OTHER DAY, I WALKED INTO HIS STORE OFFER 441 IS A FURNITURE STORE AND HE SAYS, MAN, I LISTENED TO YOUR PODCAST, DID NOT KNOW THAT THE SMALL BUSINESS OFFICE, WHEN I TALK TO MACDONALD, HAD THE PROGRAMS THAT THEY DID AND I LEARNED THAT INFORMATION FROM YOUR PODCAST.

THAT PODCAST IS GOING PLACES.

BY THE WAY, COMMISSIONER, WHAT'S HIS NAME? THE ONE IN CORAL SPRINGS HAD A PODCAST HIMSELF, CONVERSATIONS, AND IT WON THE CITY A EMMY AWARD.

IT'S LIKE THIS IS THE CUTTING EDGE IDEAS THAT WE HAVE FOR OUR CITY.

IT'S WORKING, IT'S GETTING INFORMATION OUT.

THE WHEEL IS NOT BROKEN, WE DON'T FIX IT.

IF THIS WAS ABOUT FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY, REDUCE THE AMOUNT, BUT REDUCING THE AMOUNT OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT LIAISONS WHILE WE ARE KEEPING THE SAME AMOUNT OF MONEY FOR WHAT? [LAUGHTER] LET'S KEEP THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE AND LET'S WORK WITHIN OUR MEANS AND ASK FOR THESE NUMBERS, I'M WORKING BELOW MY MEANS.

FOR THE TIME WHEN MY COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT LIAISON WORK HERE, ALL THREE CAME IN LESS MONEY THAN THE MAYOR WHO HAD ONE DURING THE SAME TIME.

LET'S THINK ABOUT THAT.

LET THAT SINK IN FOR A WHILE. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> OKAY.

>> COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS.

>> DO WE HAVE LEGISLATION OR IN THE POLICY OR AN ORDINANCE THAT IN THE FUTURE IT WOULD NOT INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF HOURS PER LIAISON? BECAUSE MY CONCERN IS WHEN THIS WAS DRAFTED THAT IT WAS THREE FOR 25 HOURS A WEEK.

IS THERE A LOOPHOLE OR A FUTURE THOUGHT THAT NOW, WAIT, WE HAVE THREE FOR 25, BUT NOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE 50 HOURS FOR THREE? AM I UNDERSTOOD?

>> MADAM MAYOR, THIS AMOUNT IS SUBJECT TO BUDGET APPROVAL BY THE COMMISSION, SO WHEN THE BUDGET IS PRESENTED, YOU HAVE THE OPTION TO LOOK AT THE NUMBERS. [OVERLAPPING]

>> YOU'RE SAYING TO ME THAT IN JUNE WHEN WE COME UP FOR THE BUDGET SEASON, THAT ONE OF US CAN PROPOSE AN INCREASE OF 50 HOURS PER WEEK AND SHARE THAT AMONG THREE LIAISONS SO THAT OUR PERSONAL REFLECTION ON TO THE COMMUNITY, THE CITY PAYS FOR?

>> IT MAY BE REQUESTED AS LONG AS THE COMMISSIONER APPROVES FOR IT, IT GOES THROUGH, OTHERWISE, IT REMAINS THE SAME.

>> SO WE DON'T SEE A PROBLEM WITH THAT? WE'RE JUST GOING TO KEEP INCREASING HOURS AND HOURS UP TO THREE LIAISONS FOR 25 HOURS

[02:50:03]

EACH GIVING A TOTAL OF 75 HOURS PER WEEK PER COMMISSIONER.

WE'RE TRYING TO BE PHYSICAL RESPONSIBLE.

I DON'T SEE HOW THAT'S THE RESPONSIBILITY.

WE TRY TO SAVE MONEY, WE SAY WE'RE CUTTING BACK AND NONE OF THIS IS GETTING CUT BACK.

>> THANK YOU. CITY MANAGER, DID YOU WISH TO SPEAK AGAIN?

>> MAYOR, DO I NEED TO CLARIFY MYSELF OR MY [BACKGROUND] POINT WAS THAT THIS NUMBER IS PRESENTED TO YOU AS PART OF THE BUDGET PRESENTATION.

AT THAT TIME, IF THERE IS A PROPOSAL TO CHANGE THAT NUMBER, THE COMMISSION HAS THE RIGHT TO RECONSIDER AND PROCEED WITH THAT.

>> I UNDERSTOOD WHAT YOU SAID. WHAT I'M SAYING IS WHAT I SAID.

AT THAT TIME, ONE OF US HERE CAN THEN SAY, DURING THE BUDGET SEASON, LET'S INCREASE FROM 25 HOURS TO 75 HOURS.

IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING?

>> THAT'S ABSOLUTELY POSSIBLE.

>> THAT'S MY POINT. NOW WE WENT FROM 25 HOURS TO 75 HOURS PER COMMISSIONER SO THAT WE CAN DO PODCAST AND SOUND ALL DANDY ON THE CITY'S DINE.

>> OR GO TO THE SUPERMARKET FOR YOUR RESIDENTS.

>> VICE MAYOR, ENOUGH WITH THE PUFFERY.

>> I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO CONSIDER IS WHEN JUNE COMES AROUND, ARE WE GOING TO INCREASE? BECAUSE I'M PRETTY SURE IT'LL BE PROPOSED 75 HOURS OR HOWEVER MANY HOURS PER WEEK PER COMMISSIONER.

WE ALL KNOW THAT WE DO NOT NEED THAT.

>> THANK YOU. I HAD [OVERLAPPING]

>> OR GO TO [OVERLAPPING] I'M NOT ABREAST ON THE COMMUNITY LIAISON STUFF BECAUSE I HAVEN'T HIRED ONE AND I HAVEN'T HAD THE IMPORTANCE TO HIRE ONE.

BECAUSE AS A STUDENT OF AMERICAN GOVERNMENT, WE IN THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT ARE CLOSEST TO THE PEOPLE AND WE SHOULD BE AVAILABLE TO THE PEOPLE.

FOR ME, I HAVEN'T LOOKED INTO LIAISON BECAUSE I WANT TO BE ABLE TO INTERACT WITH THE RESIDENTS.

WHAT I'VE DONE IS USE MY EXPERIENCE IN TECHNOLOGY TO CREATE INNOVATIVE TOOL.

I HAVE A BOOKING CALENDAR THAT IS SENT TO RESIDENTS WHERE THEY CAN EASILY BOOK A MEETING AS OPPOSED TO GOING BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN THE LIAISON OR ASSISTANT.

ACTUALLY, THE FORMER MAYOR WAS TRYING TO HAVE A MEETING WITH ME BECAUSE SHE WORKS WITH THE COMMISSIONER, AND I SENT HER THAT TOOL AND SHE WAS IMPRESSED HOW EASY IT WAS FOR HER TO JUST BOOK A MEETING.

I MET A RESIDENT LAST SATURDAY AND I'M NOT GOING TO CALL A NAME, BUT A PREVIOUS COMMISSIONER, SHE WAS TRYING TO GET A MEETING WITH THAT PERSON AND SHE'S LIKE WITH YOUR BOOKING CALENDAR, IT WAS EASY FOR HER TO JUST BOOK A MEETING AND I JUST SHOWED UP.

FOR ME, FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY MIGHT BE A BUZZWORD, BUT IT'S SOMETHING I TRY TO LIVE AND DO, BUT BY USING INNOVATION IN TOOLS AND THINGS THAT I KNOW.

BECAUSE ONE OF THE REASON I RUN FOR OFFICE IS TO BRING THAT TO GOVERNMENT, TO BRING THAT INNOVATION, BRING THOSE EXPERTISE.

SO HAVING THE LIAISON, I HAVEN'T LOOKED AT IT, I HAVEN'T THINK ABOUT IT, I THINK I SPOKE TO THE HR DIRECTOR ONCE BUT FROM THEN, I HAVEN'T PAID ATTENTION BECAUSE WE AS COMMISSIONERS AND MAYOR, WE ARE CLOSEST TO THE PEOPLE.

IN THE HIERARCHY OF AMERICAN GOVERNMENT, WE SHOULD BE ACCESSIBLE TO THOSE PEOPLE.

WE SHOULDN'T HAVE PEOPLE IN BETWEEN THE RESIDENTS, SO THAT'S MY TAKE ON A COMMUNITY LIAISON TOPIC.

>> THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER DANIEL.

>> THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER WRIGHT, I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU SAID.

I HAVEN'T HIRED YET, BUT ONE OF THE REASON, EVERYONE I TRY TO HIRE EITHER THE PAY IS NOT ENOUGH FOR THEM TO LEAVE THEIR OTHER JOB AND HELP OUT OR WHATEVER IT IS TIME TO INTERVIEW AND VET THEM, HOPEFULLY, I'VE FOUND THE RIGHT PERSON AT THIS POINT, BUT I AGREE WITH YOU AT THE TECHNOLOGY AND TRUTH BE TOLD, I CAN'T DO A PODCAST.

I HAVE NO IDEA HOW TO DO A PODCAST, BUT I WAS EXTREMELY IMPRESSED.

I THINK IT WAS THE MAYOR OF CORAL SPRINGS, HE DID THAT WHOLE SUICIDE AWARENESS.

IT HAD ME CRYING.

IT'S NOT THAT WE'RE NOT IN TOUCH WITH THE COMMUNITY, BUT SOME PEOPLE HAVE SUCH TALENTS THAT WE ALL DON'T HAVE THE SAME TALENTS AND THERE'S JUST 24 HOURS IN A DAY, WE CAN'T DO EVERYTHING.

THAT'S WHY WE HAVE A CITY AND 400 STAFF AND THE CITY NEEDS MORE STAFF.

BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF IDEAS OUT, THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE COULD BE DOING, MIMICKING MAKING BETTER, BUT WE JUST DON'T HAVE THE MANPOWER FOR IT.

I DON'T THINK IS TO KEEP US AWAY FROM THE COMMUNITY, EVEN THOUGH I DON'T HAVE ONE AT THE TIME, I DO WANT ONE, BUT I WANT THE RIGHT ONE THAT CAN HAVE THE TALENTS NECESSARILY I DON'T HAVE.

UNLIKE YOU, I DON'T HAVE THOSE TECHNICAL SKILLS.

I WANT IT, I TRY, BUT WHAT WILL TAKE YOU AN HOUR TO LEARN IT'S TAKEN ME 10 MONTHS.

[02:55:01]

SO I JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT OUT THERE.

>> THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER WRIGHT.

>> YEAH, AND I DO AGREE. I HAVE LISTENED TO COMMISSIONER VICE MAYOR BOLTON'S PODCAST, I'VE LISTENED TO MARDI KERR WITH SHEILA AND I MUST SAY IT'S A WELL-PRODUCED PODCAST.

IT'S VERY INFORMATIVE.

IT'S HELPFUL TO THE COMMUNITY SO I GET WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE, BUT IN TERMS OF FISCAL RESPONSIBILITIES AND US AS ELECTED OFFICIALS HAVING LIAISON YET IT CAN DO SOME OF THE GROUNDWORK, BUT IT'S UP TO US TO BE THERE TO ACCESS TO THE RESIDENTS AND UNDERSTAND THEM AND HEAR THEM AND THE LIAISON ARE JUST SOMEONE IN-BETWEEN IN THAT PROCESS.

LIKE I SAID, FOR ME, I'M NOT GOING TO HIRE ONE.

I'M GOING TO DO IT AS MUCH AS I CAN.

MY CALENDAR IS AVAILABLE ON WEEKENDS, WEDNESDAYS I'M OFF, I'M AVAILABLE AT NIGHTS AND I DO VIRTUAL MEETINGS BECAUSE I WANT TO HEAR THE RESIDENTS' CONCERNS.

I WANT TO LISTEN TO THEM, LOOK THEM IN THE EYE, AND UNDERSTAND ALL THEIR NEEDS.

THOSE THINGS LIKE PODCASTS, WHATEVER, IF YOU WORK IN TECHNOLOGY, YOU CAN GO TO FIVERR OR UPWORK OR ONE OF THOSE WEBSITE AND PAY SOMEONE 50 BUCKS TO DO STUFF LIKE THAT.

IN THE ESSENCE OF FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY, THERE'S WAYS WE CAN BE MORE INNOVATIVE AND THAT'S WHAT I'M DOING FROM MY PERSPECTIVE.

>> THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER BOLTON.

>> THANK YOU, MAYOR. COMMISSIONER WRIGHT, YOU'RE RIGHT.

AGAIN, NO PUN INTENDED.

THAT'S WHY I SAID THAT I LIKE TO TOUCH MY RESIDENTS.

I LIKE TO TALK TO THEM.

I LIKE TO GO TO SPEAK WITH THEM.

ONE OF MY DOWNFALLS, AND I'M FIRST TO SAY THIS, IS THAT I SHARE MY CELL PHONE NUMBER EVERYWHERE IN THE TAMARAC, IN EVERY MEETING.

IF I'M WALKING ON THE STREET, I SHARE MY PHONE NUMBER.

ONE MONTH, I HAD OVER 270 CALLS.

THAT'S THE AMOUNT OF EFFORT I PUT INTO REACHING MY RESIDENCE.

THAT'S WHY I DON'T HAVE MY COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT LIAISONS GOING TO MEETINGS OR TALKING TO THE RESIDENTS AND SHOWING UP TO THIS OR THAT STUFF, I DO THAT MYSELF.

BUT I'M ALSO DOING WHAT YOU DO, MAKING SURE THAT TECHNOLOGY DOES AN EASIER WORK BY MAKING SURE THAT THE PODCASTS REACH RESIDENTS.

INSTEAD OF MAKING 1,000 PHONE CALLS TO GIVE THEM THE INFORMATION, USE THE PODCAST TO DISSEMINATE TO 1,000 PEOPLE.

SO THAT'S EVEN MORE REASONS WHY WE SHOULD HAVE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT LIAISONS DO THAT WORK.

IT'S NOT DOING MY WORK, IT'S DOING THE WORK THAT YOU ARE LIMITED IN DOING BECAUSE I CANNOT OPERATE THE EQUIPMENT WHILE TALKING TO SOMEBODY.

DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? I CAN'T OPERATE BOTH MICS WHILE TALKING TO SOMEBODY, SO SOMEBODY HAS TO BE THERE PHYSICALLY TO DO THAT.

MY ENGAGEMENT LIAISON IS NOT DOING MY WORK, IT'S JUST MAKING SURE THAT THE PODCAST IS PROPERLY PRODUCED AS YOU SAID, THAT COULD BE ONE DAY AN EMMY AWARD-WINNING PODCAST JUST LIKE ALL THE CITIES.

>> ALL RIGHT THEN, I'M GOING TO END THIS CONVERSATION WITH MY LAST COMMENT AND THEN WE WILL BE DONE.

BASICALLY, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, LET'S REMEMBER THAT WE HAD IN OUR CODE VOLUNTEERS THROUGH PRIOR COMMISSION IN CONVERSATION IT THEN CREATED THIS COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT LIAISON, WE HAD ONE.

THERE WAS A REQUEST THROUGH A COMMISSION ITEM, A COMMISSIONER PUT IT ON THE AGENDA, IT WENT UP TO THREE, BUT GOT HIT WITH IT'S NOT GOING PAST 25,000.

HAVE A LIAISON, DON'T HAVE A LIAISON, HAVE MORE THAN ONE LIAISON, THEY'RE SUBJECT TO THE 25,000 UNTIL SUCH TIME THAT THAT BUDGET ITEM MAY CHANGE, BUT IF THAT BUDGET ITEM CHANGE, IT'LL BE EVOKED BY THIS COMMISSION.

IT COULD GO DOWN.

IT COULD GET DONE AWAY WITH IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE IT WELL, BUT IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN IT'S GOING TO GO UP BECAUSE IT DIDN'T GO UP LAST TIME.

PERSONALLY, I'M LIKE COMMISSIONER DANIEL, I THINK I COULD DO CERTAIN THINGS ON SOCIAL MEDIA, BUT WE KNOW VERY WELL THAT I'M LIMITED, SO NO ONE BARELY EVER SEES MY LIAISON.

SHE'S ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL, BUT SHE HELPS ME WITH THE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS BECAUSE I CAN'T GET TO ALL THAT BECAUSE I'M ACTUALLY ATTENDING MY EVENTS AND MY MEETINGS AND I'M DOING THE WORK.

SO THAT'S WHY I WAS MORE OR LESS FORCED TO HAVE MY COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT LIAISON AND I'M GLAD I WAS BECAUSE SHE'S ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC.

WHEN MAUREEN WAS HERE, HE WAS ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC FOR FILLING IN THAT PART FOR HER AS WELL.

BUT ANYWHO, IT COMES DOWN TO US BEING PERSONALLY RESPONSIBLE, GETTING OUT THERE WITH OUR RESIDENTS, DOING THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DO AND IF YOU WANT YOUR ONE, YOU HAVE YOUR ONE,

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YOU WANT YOU TWO, YOU HAVE YOUR TWO, YOU WANT YOUR THREE, YOU HAVE YOUR THREE YOU GET A $25,000 OR 25 HOURS PER WEEK AND THAT'S JUST THE WAY IT IS.

I HAPPEN TO AGREE WITH COMMISSIONER DANIEL, I'VE BEEN SAYING IT, WE NEED MORE EMPLOYEES.

WE ARE A BIGGER CITY, WE CANNOT OPERATE AS WE WERE WHEN WE WERE A 60,000-PERSON CITY OR A 50,000 YET WE SEEM TO BE RUNNING ON A SHOESTRING STAFF.

BUT IT IS TIME THAT WE GET THE EMPLOYEES THAT OUR CITY NEEDS.

ON THAT NOTE, THERE'S NOTHING ELSE I BELIEVE SHOULD BE DONE WITH THIS.

IT'S NOT REALLY A CONSENSUS OTHER THAN IT IS WHAT IT IS.

IT IS CURRENTLY 12:45.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, GO HAVE A GREAT DAY.

MEETING ADJOURNED. THAT WASN'T OFFICIAL ENOUGH.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.