>> GOOD EVENING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
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AND WELCOME TO OUR JUNE 14TH MEETING AND IS 7:00 PM.IT'S THE ARMIES BIRTHDAY AND ALL THAT GOOD STUFF.
CITY CLERK OR ASSISTANT CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
>> COMMISSIONER MOREY WRIGHT, JR WILL LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND WE WILL HAVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE THEREAFTER.
PLEASE BE SEATED. CITY ATTORNEY, ANY REPORT.
>> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. OUR CITY MANAGER IS GOING TO PROVIDE HIS REPORT TOWARDS THE END.
I'M LOOKING FOR OUR SENATOR, DR. ROSALIND OSGOOD.
I'M NOT SEEING HER JUST YET, SO WHEN SHE ARRIVES, WE WILL ASK HER TO COME UP.
AT THIS TIME WE WILL GO TO ADEN PERRY HERO LIFE RINGS INITIATIVE.
[2. CITY MANAGER REPORT]
THIS IS GOING TO BE PRESENTED BY MS. SARAH PERRY, WHO WILL BE DOING A PRESENTATION FOR US.>> HI. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW ME, I'M ADEN'S MOM.
A YEAR AGO, I LOST MY SON WHEN HE AND I WERE WALKING, A CAR LOST CONTROL OF HIS CAR, AND ULTIMATELY LANDED IN THE LAKE.
WHEN MY SON AND I WERE CALLING 911, HE RAN, HE TIED UP MY DOG AND WITHOUT ME REALIZING IT, MY SON JUMPED INTO LAKE.
MY SON DIED INSTANTLY, AND THE DRIVER OF THE CAR ALSO DIED IN FRONT OF ME.
AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, MY LIFE HAS BEEN FOREVER CHANGED AT THAT MOMENT.
I NEVER REALIZED AT THAT MOMENT THAT THERE WAS ANYTHING THERE IN THESE CIRCUMSTANCES, BUT AFTER LOSING MY SON I REALIZED THAT THERE WAS NOTHING ELSE MY SON COULD HAVE DONE.
THE ANSWER IS QUITE SIMPLE, AND THAT ANSWER IS LIFE RINGS.
AS YOU'RE GOING TO SEE IN THE SHORT VIDEO THAT I'VE PROVIDED, LIFE RINGS ARE EASY TO USE, EASY TO IMPLEMENT, EASY TO INSTALL, AND THEY ARE QUITE COST-EFFECTIVE.
THEY'VE BEEN AROUND FOR MANY YEARS.
THEY JUST HAVE TO BE AVAILABLE TO BE USED TO DO THEIR JOB.
I'M ADEN'S MOM. I RECENTLY LOST MY SON TRAGICALLY WHEN HE JUMPED IN THE LAKE TO TRY TO SAVE THE LIFE OF SOMEBODY ELSE.
SINCE THAT MOMENT, IT'S BEEN MY MISSION AND MY PASSION TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN MY SON'S NAME.
RECENTLY I WENT ABROAD AND WHILE I WAS AWAY I NOTICED THAT ALL THE LAKES THAT THEY HAVE THERE, THEY HAVE LIFE RINGS BY ALL THE LAKES.
UPON COMING BACK, I REALIZE IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE HERE.
IT WASN'T UNTIL I LOST MY SON THAT I REALIZED THERE WAS SUCH A NEED.
IN HIS NAME, WE ARE WORKING TO GET LIFE RINGS LIKE THIS INSTALLED ON LAKES THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITIES, PARKS, HOAS, TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO HOPEFULLY IF THIS WERE PERHAPS HAPPEN AGAIN THERE'LL BE SOMETHING THERE THAT PEOPLE COULD THROW IN AND SAVE THE LIFE OF SOMEBODY.
I'M AN ASSISTANT SCOUTMASTER WITH A BOY SCOUT TROOP 346, AND WE ARE DOING A SCOUT SERVICE PROJECT ON BEHALF OF THE HERO PROJECT FOR ADEN PERRY.
WE HAVE PUT UP THESE POSTS AROUND THIS LAKE IN OUR COMMUNITY WITH LIFE PRESERVERS ON THEM IN CASE SOMEONE FALLS IN THE WATER AND IF THEY'RE HAVING A WATER EMERGENCY, ANYONE THAT'S PASSING BY NOW HAS THE MEANS TO BE ABLE TO HELP AFFECT A RESCUE.
ONE OF THE VERY FIRST THING IS THAT THEY SHOULD DO THOUGH BEFORE THEY EVER TRY AND ATTEMPT TO RESCUE IS TO CALL 911 AND I GET THE PROFESSIONALS ON THEIR WAY.
THE WAY THIS IS GOING TO WORK IS OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE LIFE RING HERE.
WE HAVE ROPE, AND WHAT WE HAVE IS A HOOKUP HERE ATTACHED WITH VELCRO.
THE ROPE IS SECURED TO THE POST WITH ANOTHER VELCRO STRAP, AND IN THE END IS ATTACHED TO THE BOTTOM WITH ANOTHER PIECE OF VELCRO.
IF YOU NEED TO GO AND TAKE IT APART, YOU'RE ABLE TO MOVE.
YOU'RE NOT STUCK IN THIS ONE POSITION.
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WE HAVE IT HERE ATTACHED TO THIS WAY BECAUSE MOST PEOPLE IN AN EMERGENCY SITUATION AREN'T THINKING AND SOMETIMES THEY WANT TO THROW THE RING AND THE ROPE ALTOGETHER AND THEY LOSE BOTH OF THEM, SO WE ACTUALLY HAVE IT ATTACHED TO THE ROPE.IF THEY THROW THE RING, THE END IS STILL ATTACHED TO LAND.
WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO NOW IS I'M GOING TO DEMONSTRATE HOW THIS IS GOING TO WORK.
IF THERE WAS A VICTIM IN THE WATER AND I'M PASSING ALONG, I COULD RUN OUT HERE.
I'M GOING TO RELEASE THE VELCRO FOR THE RING.
I CAN RELEASE THE VELCRO HERE, AND YOU SEE IT'S STILL ATTACHED.
IF I NEED TO MOVE SOMEWHERE ELSE TO A DIFFERENT LOCATION, I CAN UNSTRAP IT AND THEN WALK TO WHERE I NEED TO BE.
BUT I'M NOT GOING TO DO THAT FOR THIS DEMONSTRATION.
AT THIS POINT HERE, I'M GOING TO WALK OUT HERE, IT'S STILL ATTACHED TO MY POLE, AND THEN HOPEFULLY THE VICTIM WILL GRAB IT, AND THEN WE CAN PULL THEM TO SHORE, AND THAT'S HOW IT WORKS.
>> AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THAT VIDEO, THEY'RE QUITE EASY TO INSTALL.
THOSE ARE THE BOY SCOUTS WHO CAME TO MY COMMUNITY'S HOA PRESIDENT.
I HAVE THEM INSTALLED IN LAKE IN MY COMMUNITY.
AS I MENTIONED, AFTER MY SON PASSED AWAY, I WENT SYMBOLICALLY ALONE ON A CHIP.
HE AND I WERE SUPPOSED TO GO ABROAD.
WHILE I WAS AWAY, I WAS STRUCK BY THE AMOUNT OF LIFE RINGS THAT WERE THERE EVEN THE MOST OBSCURE, REMOTE LOCATIONS.
IT WAS SO IMPACTFUL THAT I INQUIRED AS TO THE WHY.
I WAS TOLD THAT BECAUSE OF A TRAGEDY IT BECOME A MANDATE.
I DIDN'T REALIZE THE MAGNITUDE OF WHAT I SAW UNTIL IT CAME BACK HOME AND I WAS RUNNING WITH SOME FRIENDS AT LONG LAST SOLOS ON A PATH I'D RUN MANY TIMES BEFORE.
THIS NIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD, BY A HOUSE THAT THEY WERE DOING SOME CONSTRUCTION ON BY THE ROAD THERE WAS A MAKESHIFT LIFE RING.
THAT MOMENT THAT I STOPPED, I LOOKED UP AND I SAID ADEN I GOT IT.
I KNEW AT THAT MOMENT WHAT HE WANTED ME TO DO AND I KNEW WHAT I HAD TO DO.
FROM THAT MOMENT IT'S BECOME MY MISSION.
TO GET ONE OF THESE LIFE RINGS IN EVERY CITY BY EVERY WATERWAY POSSIBLE, AND I'M HAPPY TO SAY THAT I HAVE ALMOST ALL THIS HALF THE CITIES OF BROWARD COUNTY ON BOARD, AND I HAD TWO MAJOR COUNTIES AND THEY'RE FAR AWAY IS RIGHT NOW IS ORLANDO.
THE LIFE RING MODEL THAT YOU SEE HERE IN FRONT OF US THROUGH A GENEROUS DONATION THROUGH THE ADEN PERRY GOOD SAMARITAN AND SCHOLARSHIP FUND, A FOUNDATION SET UP AN HONOR OF MY SON, AND A PARTNERSHIP WITH [INAUDIBLE] IS THE MODEL YOU SEE IN FRONT OF US WITH MY SON'S IMAGE ON IT.
EVERY CITY THAT INSTALLS IT HAS THE OPPORTUNITY DEPENDING WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO PUT THEM IN TO MAKE CHANGES ON THE POST OR IF THERE'S ALREADY AN EXISTING POST TO ATTACH IT TO THAT.
THE IMPORTANT INGREDIENTS TO HAVE ARE THE RING AND THE ROPE.
THEY TRULY ARE LIFE-SAVING. THEY HAVE TO BE THERE.
THROUGH THE PARTNERSHIP WITH [INAUDIBLE], THESE HAVE COME WITH A LIFETIME GUARANTEE THROUGH THE FOUNDATION.
EVERY CITY THAT JOINS ME ON MY MISSION, WE DONATE LIFE RINGS TO EVERY CITY TO GET THEM STARTED.
SEVERAL HARDWARE STORES ALSO HAPPY TO MAKE DONATIONS FROM THE CITIES WHERE THEY SUPPLY THE MATERIALS TO THEM.
ANY RINGS THAT ARE NEEDED BEYOND WHAT WE'RE ABLE TO DONATE THROUGH [INAUDIBLE] WHERE I'M GIVING IT AT COST PRICE.
IT'S REALLY THE COST IS QUITE INEXPENSIVE.
BUT WHEN YOU COMPARE THAT TO THE COST OF SAVING A LIFE, IT'S PRICELESS.
I'M HERE TODAY WITH THE HOPE THAT I CAN HAVE YOUR CITY JOIN ME ON MY MISSION TO GET THESE LIFE RINGS IN YOUR CITY.
L CAN HONESTLY TELL YOU THAT IN THE MANY CITIES THAT THEY ARE RIGHT NOW, THE OUTPOURING HAS BEEN AMAZING.
IT'S BEEN A TRUE COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE COMMISSION, THE CITY MANAGER, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT OF PARKS, AND PUBLIC WORKS, AND THE COMMUNITY IS QUITE HAPPY.
I GO CITY TO CITY TO THE WATER SAFETY EVENTS.
WE BRING RINGS WITH ME, I LET THE COMMUNITY THROW THEM IN SO THEY CAN SEE EVERYBODY CAN USE THEM, DOESN'T MATTER YOUR AGE.
IT COULD BE THE YOUNGEST CHILD TO GRANDMA, GRANDPA, YOU CAN THROW THEM IN AND YOU CAN BE LIFESAVING.
THE IMPORTANT THING IS TO HAVE THEM THERE.
CITY BY CITY WE'RE GETTING THEM THERE.
WE CAN GET THEM ON PROPERTIES.
RBC HAS THE CITY PROPERTY WHERE YOU CAN HAVE JURISDICTION ON THAT.
THE HOA SO I'M HOPING WHEN THEY SEE WHAT WE'RE DOING AND WHEN THEY GO TO YOUR WATER SAFETY EVENTS, PEOPLE FROM HOA ARE THERE, HAND OUT MY CARDS, I'M HOPING THAT THEY COULD FOLLOW YOUR EXAMPLE.
MY SON, HE'S A HERO, AND BECAUSE OF THAT HE WAS AWARDED THE CARNEGIE HERO AWARD WHICH I JUST ACCEPTED IN HIS HONOR LAST WEEK.
I'M HOPING THAT YOU AND EVERYBODY ELSE WHO JOINS MY CITY THEY WILL BE HEROES AS WELL BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO SAVE LIVES.
THEY JUST HAVE TO BE THERE TO BE SAVED.
>> THANK YOU AND WE'RE VERY SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS AND VERY PROUD FOR YOU THAT YOUR SON WAS VERY HEROIC.
>> THANK YOU FOR PUTTING YOUR GRIEF TO SUCH A GOOD WAY OF TRYING TO HELP AND SAVE OTHERS.
>> THAT'S VERY MUCH APPRECIATED.
>> THANK YOU, AND WE ALSO HAVE THESE SIGNS THAT SORRY, THAT WE ALSO USE.
I'VE PARTNERSHIP WITH BROWARD SIGNS AND THESE ARE SIGNS THAT WE PUT BY EVERY LIFE RING.
THE CITIES PUT THEM THERE, SO THEY SAY THEY WOULD CALL 911 WHICH IS OBVIOUSLY THE FIRST AND MOST IMPORTANT THING TO DO, AND SIGNS LETTING PEOPLE KNOW THEY ARE AN EMERGENCY DEVICE.
THEY ARE A UNIVERSAL SYMBOL, SO PEOPLE KNOW WHAT THEY'RE FOR.
BUT JUST HAVING THIS THERE JUST
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BRINGS ATTENTION TO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO AND THE USE THAT THEY ARE THERE FOR.>> THANK YOU. VICE MAYOR BOLTON WOULD LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING.
>> THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR COMING HERE TONIGHT AND HAVING THE COURAGE TO SPEAK TO US ABOUT YOUR SON.
I KNOW THAT THE EVENTS SURROUNDING YOUR SON IS TRAGIC, BUT YOU'VE FOUND THE COURAGE AND BOLDNESS TO TURN THAT INTO A POSITIVE AND I'M COMMITTED TO SUPPORTING YOUR INITIATIVE.
THERE WAS A RESIDENT WHO TOLD ME ABOUT THIS INITIATIVE AND ALSO THAT I THINK YOU WENT TO THE CITY FROM OUR GATE TO PRESENT THIS AS WELL.
THIS IS A VERY GOOD INITIATIVE, I BELIEVE, AND I'M DEFINITELY GOING TO SUPPORT YOU IN WHATEVER YOUR ENDEAVORS ARE.
OF COURSE, AT THE NEXT MEETING, WE'LL HOPE TO PUT ON THE AGENDA, AN ITEM TO ADD YOUR CHARITY TO THE CITY'S LIST OF CHARITIES.
>> SO THAT WE'RE ABLE TO SUBMIT SOLICIT FUNDS AND OF COURSE, SUPPORT YOU IN ANY WAY POSSIBLE.
>> VERY AMAZING. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> THANK VERY MUCH. ACTUALLY, I HAVE A QUESTION. WE HAVE IN 4D, OUR RESOLUTION REGARDING LIST OF CHARITABLE ENTITIES.
IF WE PULL 4D OFF AND DO A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT, WOULD WE BE ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF LISTING THE CHARITY TONIGHT INSTEAD OF WAITING FOR TWO WEEKS.
>> IT'S UP TO YOU, MADAM MAYOR, BUT WE DO HAVE COUPLE OF OTHER ENTITIES THAT WE NEED TO ADD THERE, SO WE WILL PLAN TO BRING ANOTHER ITEM ON THE NEXT MEETING SO WE CAN ADD THIS ONE [OVERLAPPING].
>> [INAUDIBLE] THE PROPER PROCEDURE.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.
>> THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WE WILL NOW BE HAPPILY WELCOMING OUR STATE SENATOR, DR. ROSALIND OSGOOD.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US THIS EVENING.
>> THANK YOU, MAYOR GOMEZ TO VICE MAYOR BOLTON TO COMMISSIONER WRIGHT COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS, AND COMMISSIONER DR. DANIELS TO THE CITY STAFF.
I HAD A GREAT FIRST SESSION WORKING REALLY HARD TO BUILD BI-PARTISAN RELATIONSHIPS AND GET LOCAL PROJECTS FUNDED.
THANK YOU TO VICE MAYOR BOLTON AND COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS FOR VISITING TALLAHASSEE TO DISCUSS YOUR APPROPRIATION NEEDS.
I WAS ABLE TO GET TWO OF THOSE APPROPRIATIONS IN THE BUDGET.
WE HOPE THAT THEY SURVIVE THE GOVERNOR'S VETO PEN, THE STONE WATER COVID HEART WALLS IMPROVEMENT PROJECT PHASE $7,400,000, AND THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT CONTROL BUILDING FOR $600,000.
BOTH OF THESE PROJECTS ARE PART OF THE CITY'S ONGOING EFFORT TO MAINTAIN THE CITY'S INFRASTRUCTURE AND TO STAY AHEAD OF THE CHANGING NEEDS OF THE GROWING POPULATION.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR LAYING OUT YOUR NEEDS AND MAKING IT EASY FOR ME TO BE YOUR CHAMPION IN TALLAHASSEE.
IT'S ALWAYS GOOD WHEN WE WORK TOGETHER ELECTED OFFICIAL TO ELECTED OFFICIAL, I AM AS STRONG AS YOU MAKE ME, THE MORE YOU COMMUNICATE YOUR CITY'S NEEDS AND MAKE ME AWARE OF IT EMPOWERS ME TO REPRESENT YOU WELL IN TALLAHASSEE.
I'M GOING TO SHIFT NOW TO TALK ABOUT A FEW BILLS.
WE KNOW THAT THERE WERE 336 BILLS THAT ACTUALLY PASS BOTH THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE.
BILLS GO THROUGH COMMITTEES, THEN THEY GO THROUGH THE SENATE FLOOR IN THE HOUSE FLOOR.
BECAUSE I AM IN THE MINORITY PARTY, I HAD THE WONDERFUL PLEASURE OF SERVING ON NINE COMMITTEES DURING THIS LEGISLATIVE SESSION.
THE RULES COMMITTEE IN FISCAL POLICY, WHICH MOST BILLS, LIKE 99% OF THE BILLS GO THROUGH WITH A LOT OF READING.
JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF BILLS, WILL BE GLAD TO COME BACK AND PROVIDE INFORMATION IF YOU HAVE PREFERENCES OF BILLS THAT YOU WANT INFORMATION ABOUT, PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF YOU'RE NOT ON MY E-BLAST LIST, I GIVE A WEEKLY UPDATE WHEN I'M IN SESSION, I TRIED TO COMMUNICATE SO THAT YOU KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.
SO ONE BILL HB1, THE UNIVERSAL VOUCHER BILL, IS GOING TO COST AT LEAST $890 MILLION THIS SCHOOL YEAR IS SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD PAY ATTENTION TO.
WE KNOW THAT WE SUPPORT EDUCATION, WHETHER IT'S TRADITIONAL PUBLIC, TRADITIONAL CHARTER SCHOOL OR PRIVATE SCHOOL,
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WE WANT EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES, BUT WE DO HAVE TO WATCH HOW WE FUND THEM.WE HAVE TO FIND WAYS TO FUND THEM, WE'RE NOT TAKING FROM ONE AND GIVEN TO THE OTHER.
SOMETHING WE REALLY NEED TO PAY ATTENTION TO.
MY MOST FAVORITE BILL, THIS SESSION IN WHICH I WAS ABLE TO WORK IN A BIPARTISAN WAY TO GET PASSED.
AND I'M VICE MAYOR BOLTON, I'M LOSING A LOT OF COOL POINTS WITH MY STUDENTS, BUT IT WAS HOUSE BILL 739, WHICH WAS THE EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY BILL.
SO WHEN JULY 1ST COME, STUDENTS WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO USE SOCIAL MEDIA DOING INSTRUCTION TIME IN SCHOOL.
THEY WILL ONLY BE ABLE TO ACCESS SOCIAL MEDIA IF IT'S A PART OF THE SCHOOL CURRICULUM.
WHY IS THAT IMPORTANT? IT'S IMPORTANT MANY OF YOU ALL KNOW, I SERVE 9 1/2 YEARS ON THE SCHOOL BOARD.
WE HAVE A LOT OF FIGHTS, A LOT OF COMMUNICATION THAT TAKE PLACE ACROSS SOCIAL MEDIA DURING SCHOOL TIME.
IT'S VERY EASY FOR STUDENTS TO ARRANGE MEETINGS WHEN ADULTS ARE NOT PAYING ATTENTION.
I THINK THIS BILL IS GOING TO HAVE A MAJOR IMPACT IN REDUCING BULLYING AND SCHOOL FIGHTS.
THIS BILL ALSO REQUIRES SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO TEACH SOCIAL MEDIA EDUCATION. THINK ABOUT IT.
SOCIAL MEDIA CAME, WE GAVE OUR CHILDREN A PHONE AND WE JUST TURNED THEM OVER TO IT.
I BELIEVE SOCIAL MEDIA CAN BE DEADLY FOR A CHILD IS DRIVING A CAR WITHOUT TRAINING AND HAVING A LICENSE TO DO SO.
THE BILL ALSO INCLUDES A HUMAN TRAFFICKING EDUCATION COMPONENT.
WE HAVE A LOT OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING GOING ON IN BROWARD COUNTY.
AND A LOT OF OUR KIDS ARE SOUGHT AFTER AND PURSUE THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA WHERE THEY'RE MANIPULATED AND DIFFERENT PREDATORS HAVE ACCESS TO THEM BY DOING WHAT WE CALL CAT FISHING.
THOSE OF YOU THAT MIGHT BE A LITTLE OLDER, THAT DON'T NOTICE MILLENNIAL LANGUAGE THAT I'M TALKING.
IT MEANS PEOPLE PORTRAY THEMSELVES TO BE SOMEONE ELSE ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND LURE OUR KIDS.
ANOTHER BILL THAT CAME OUT OF A LOT OF CONTROVERSY ABOUT AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDIES AND THIS WHOLE ELIMINATION OF IT.
SO I WANT TO BE CLEAR WHEN I SAY THIS.
AFRICAN-AMERICAN INSTRUCTION IS A REQUIRED COURSE, FLORIDA IN K-12 SCHOOLS SINCE AROUND 1994.
A BILL CAME OUT IN THE HOUSE, HB 999 THAT STARTED THIS WHOLE CONVERSATION ABOUT GETTING RID OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY AND THEN A SENATE COMPANION 266.
TWO BI-PARTISAN LEGISLATORS GOT TOGETHER IN HOUSE BILL 551, WHICH NOW REQUIRES THAT SCHOOL SYSTEMS REPORT HOW THEY'RE TEACHING AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY.
THE LAW WAS ALREADY ON THE BOOKS, BUT THERE WAS NO ACCOUNTABILITY PIECE.
THIS BILL GIVES AN ACCOUNTABILITY PIECE.
IF ANYONE ASKS YOU IF THEY'VE ELIMINATED AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY IN K-12 SCHOOLS YOUR ANSWER IS ABSOLUTELY NOT.
REGARDLESS OF WHAT YOU SEE ON SOCIAL MEDIA, JUST GO TO HOUSE BILL 551 AND YOU WILL GET IT.
THE MORE CONTROVERSIAL PARTS OF THOSE OTHER BILLS IS DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION.
WE KNOW THAT WHILE WE HAVE TO HAVE THOSE SUBJECTS, BECAUSE WHEN WE LOOK AT ANY PROCUREMENT PROCESSES, A LOT OF THINGS WE DO, WE SEE THE MAJOR DISPARITY WHEN IT COMES TO MINORITIES.
I MOVE NEXT TO A HOUSE BILL 1259, CHARTER SCHOOL, SHARING OF CAPITAL OUTLAY DOLLARS.
THIS BILL IS GOING TO CAUSE BROWARD COUNTY SCHOOL SYSTEM ALONE $58 MILLION IN THE NEXT COMING YEAR.
IT'S WHERE NOW THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS, IT'S GOING TO HAVE TO SHARE THE MONEY THAT THEY USE TO IMPROVE FACILITIES WITH CHARTER SCHOOLS.
I BELIEVE WHOLEHEARTEDLY THAT KIDS THAT GO TO SCHOOLS AND CHARTER SCHOOLS SHOULD HAVE CLEAN BUILDINGS AND THOSE BUILDINGS SHOULD BE UP TO CODE.
WHERE MY DISAGREEMENT IS IS THAT IN THE TRADITIONAL PUBLIC SCHOOL, WE AS THE PUBLIC ON THE BUILDING AND CHARTER SCHOOL SETTINGS A LOT OF TIMES THAT BUILDINGS ARE OWNED BY INDIVIDUALS.
I'M JUST NOT A PROPONENT OF TAKING OUR PUBLIC DOLLARS AND INVEST IN THEM TO SOMEONE ELSE'S REAL ESTATE.
THE FUNDS WILL BE APPROPRIATED IN A PER PUPIL ALLOWANCE.
YOU NEVER DO CAPITAL OUTLAY DOLLARS BASED ON A PER PUPIL IS BASED ON THE NEED OF THE FACILITY.
PRINCIPLE CAN HAVE 5,000 KIDS IN A BUILDING THAT NEEDS NO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT.
ANOTHER PRINCIPLE CAN HAVE 1,000 KIDS WITH A BAD AIR CONDITIONER, LEAKING ROOF, AND WON'T HAVE THE MONEY FOR PER PUPIL.
SOMETHING WE NEED TO PAY ATTENTION TO.
THE FINAL TWO BILLS, HB 543 PERMIT LESS CARING.
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I AM A PROPONENT OF SECOND AMENDMENT RIGHTS.I BELIEVE IF YOU ARE AN ADULT AND YOU WANT TO HAVE A GUN, YOU SHOULD HAVE IT.
BUT THIS BILL NOW ALLOWS PEOPLE TO PERMIT LESS CARE.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE ANY TRAINING, NO LICENSE, NO BACKGROUND SCREENING.
BUT YOU DO HAVE TO HAVE THE GUN CONCEALED.
IT'S NOT OPEN CARE, AND IT'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO PAY ATTENTION TO AND LISTEN AT LAW ENFORCEMENT ABOUT BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF OTHER RULES.
IF YOU HAVE YOUR GUN AND YOU LAY IT ON THE CITY, YOUR CAR, THAT'S NOT PERMIT LESS CARE.
I AM ON A FAST TRACK TO TRY TO DO WORK WITH MOMS DEMAND ACTION TO DO AS MUCH GUN SAFETY EDUCATION.
THAT'S WHERE I THINK WE SHOULD GO.
WE HAVE TO MINIMIZE THE POTENTIAL IMPACT OF THIS LEGISLATION.
I'M GOING TO BEG ANYBODY THAT'S LISTENING, IF YOU OWN A GUN AND YOU HAVE CHILDREN IN YOUR CAR AND YOUR HOUSE OR ANYWHERE THAT GUN IS, I'M GOING TO BEG YOU TO LOCK IT UP.
THE STATES THAT HAVE IMPLEMENTED THIS, THEY'VE SEEN A COUPLE OF THINGS HAPPEN.
AN INCREASE IN GUN DEATHS WITH AFRICAN-AMERICANS AS IT RELATES TO ARE HOMICIDES, AN INCREASE IN WHITE MALE SUICIDE RATE, OF INCREASE IN CHILDREN'S SUICIDE RATE, AND ALSO AN INCREASE IN ACCIDENTAL DEATHS BY STUDENTS.
IT'S NOT OKAY TO JUST HIDE IT UNDER THE PILLOW OR HAD IT IN THE CLOSET.
IF THE CHILDREN TAKE THE GUN TO SCHOOL, THEY WILL BE ARRESTED.
IF YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A GUN, BE RESPONSIBLE WITH IT.
THE FINAL BILL IS 77050, WHICH IS THE ELECTION BILL.
I'VE GIVEN YOU LIKE ONE-PAGE IS ON THESE BILLS ARE JUST A SNAPSHOT.
THE ELECTION BILL CHANGES SOME DIFFERENT THINGS.
IF YOU HAVE NOT READ REQUESTED YOUR VOTE BY MAIL BALLOT SINCE JANUARY 1, YOU NEED TO DO SO.
WE WILL ALL KICKED OFF THE ROLE.
WHEN YOU RE-REQUEST IT, IT'S GOING TO ASK YOU FOR YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY, THE LAST FOUR DIGITS OF YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER OR YOUR DRIVER'S LICENSE NUMBER.
YOU'RE HERE IN BROWARD, YOU CAN GO TO WWWBROWARDVOTES WITH AN S.GOV AND DO IT RIGHT NOW AS I'M TALKING, YOU CAN READ REQUEST YOUR VOTE BY MAIL BALLOT.
YOU HAVE TO DO IT EVERY TWO YEARS AND YOU HAVE TO IDENTIFY YOURSELF WITH YOUR DRIVER'S LICENSE NUMBER OR THE LAST FOUR DIGITS OF YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER.
JUST LIKE IF HE WAS VOTING IN PERSON, YOU WOULD HAVE TO GIVE YOUR DRIVER'S LICENSE NUMBER.
THIS NEW LAW IS GOING TO HAVE TWO INTERESTING THINGS THAT WE NEED TO PAY ATTENTION TO.
ANYBODY THAT REGISTERS TO VOTE AS A NEW VOTER, THEY WILL RECEIVE A CARD IN THE MAIL.
THE CARD WILL SAY THAT THIS CARD IS TO CONFIRM THAT YOU'VE REGISTERED TO VOTE.
A SMALL INSCRIPTION THAT IT'S GOING TO SAY, IT DOES NOT MEAN THAT YOU ARE ELIGIBLE TO VOTE.
IT IS UP TO THE INDIVIDUAL VOTER TO CHECK WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF ELECTIONS TO MAKE SURE YOU ARE ELIGIBLE TO THE VOTE.
THE WORD INTENT THAT WAS IN THE LEGISLATION BEFORE WITH PEOPLE VOTING THAT WILL NOT ELIGIBLE TO VOTE RETURNING CITIZENS AND ETC.
YOU SAW PEOPLE ON TV GET ARRESTED.
THEY ENDED UP GETTING OFF BECAUSE THE WORD INTENT WAS IN THAT BILL.
THIS BILL REMOVED THE WORD INTENSE.
IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT YOU MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE ELIGIBLE TO VOTE.
THAT CARD THAT YOU GET WHEN YOU REGISTERED FOR THE FIRST TIME DOES NOT ESTABLISH YOUR ELIGIBILITY.
WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PAYING ATTENTION TO THAT AND THAT WE UNDERSTAND THESE NEW CHANGES.
THE NEXT CHANGE IS THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TWO DAYS LESS TO REQUEST THAT VOTE BY MAIL BALLOTS.
ONCE EARLY VOTING START YOU CAN'T REQUEST YOUR VOTE BY MAIL BALLOT.
THEN FINALLY, WHAT WE KNOW AS PALM CARDS OR VOTER CARDS OR THE WAY THAT WE OPERATE DURING TIMES OF VOTING TO EDUCATE THE COMMUNITY ABOUT DIFFERENT CANDIDATES.
THERE ARE CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS THAT THOSE MATERIALS MUST HAVE, AND WE MUST MAKE SURE WE UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY ARE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR GIVING ME THIS TIME TO GIVE YOU A SNAPSHOT OF THREE MONTHS OF LEGISLATIVE SESSION.
I AM SO HAPPY AND HONORED TO BE YOUR STATE SENATOR AND THE PARTNERSHIP THAT WE HAVE WITH THE CITY AND JUST THE GREAT THINGS THAT YOU'RE DOING HERE AS WE CONTINUE TO SEE BROWARD COUNTY DIVERSIFY.
WE KNOW THAT WE'RE MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION AND I'LL STOP IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS.
>> JUST, THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT AND THANK YOU. MS. [INAUDIBLE]
>> NO OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. THANK YOU.
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I KNOW IT WAS A VERY LONG, SHORT TIME, SO TO SPEAK, UP THERE.I'M SORRY, THAT WAS NOT ABLE TO PERSONALLY GET UP THERE, BUT I APPRECIATE TALKING WITH YOU AND TALKING WITH YOUR CHIEF OF STAFF, ALSO, FORMER COMMISSIONER JULIE FISHMAN.
WE THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND THANK YOU FOR THIS AND HAVING YOUR DOOR IS ALWAYS OPEN TO US FOR US TO BE ABLE TO TALK WITH YOU ABOUT OUR NEEDS AND CHAMPIONING THEM FOR US.
BEFORE YOU LEAVE, ON BEHALF OF THE COMMISSION, AS YOU MAY KNOW, THE CITY OF TAMARAC IS TURNING 60 ON JULY 19TH.
WE'RE VERY PROUD OF GETTING OLDER AND DOING THINGS WELL AND AS SUCH, THE CITY HAS A GIFT FOR YOU THAT IS GOING TO BE PRESENTED BY OUR CITY MANAGER EVENTS AS YOU.
>> OH, WOW. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND REPRESENTING US AND LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU HOPEFULLY FRIDAY NIGHT AT 7:00 P.M. WE HAVE OUR JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION AT OUR SPORTS COMPLEX.
THEN COMING BACK AROUND ON JULY 4TH FOR OUR BIG UNITED STATES CELEBRATION AND THEN ON JULY 19TH, TIME AND LOCATION TO BE ANNOUNCED FOR WHEN WE'RE CELEBRATING OUR BIRTHDAY.
SPEAKING ABOUT PROCLAMATIONS AND CELEBRATIONS ON THE SCREEN, AND WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE DON'T HAVE SOMEBODY TO PRESENT IT TO.
WE WILL HAVE THE PROCLAMATIONS IN THE BACK.
AS YOU WILL SEE, PROCLAMATION CELEBRATING JUNETEENTH REQUESTED BY VICE MAYOR BOLTON AND YOU'LL SEE IT ON THE SCREEN.
THE NEXT PROCLAMATION IS OUR LGBTQ PRIDE MONTH PROCLAMATION REQUESTED BY MYSELF AND I'M NOT SURE IF YOU CAN SEE THE BEAUTIFUL LOGO FOR OUR TAMARAC FIRE RESCUE.
THEN THE NEXT ONE IS GROUPING AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH, ALSO REQUESTED BY MYSELF.
UP HERE FOR YOU TO READ, BUT ALSO IN THE BACK IN CASE YOU WANT TO READ IT DURING THE COMMISSION MEETING OR RIGHT AFTER THE COMMISSION MEETING UNLESS YOU CAN ALSO FIND IT ONLINE.
WE THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO OUR PRESENTATION OF OUR 2022 ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT.
THIS WILL BE PRESENTED BY CHRISTINE COULD USE OUR FINANCIAL SERVICES DIRECTOR AND NEIL HARRIS OF RSM, US. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION, CHRISTINE CAJUSTE, DIRECTOR OF FINANCIAL SERVICES.
I HAVE WITH ME AGNEW JEAN-PIERRE, THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF FINANCIAL SERVICES, AND I HAVE ALSO LISTENING TO STAFF OF THE ACCOUNTANT DIVISION OF THE FINANCIAL SERVICES DIVISION THAT, [NOISE] I'M SORRY, DID ALL THE HEAVY LIFTING IN PREPARING THIS FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
ALSO HERE IS ANNA HARRIS AND BAD FREEDMAN, PARTNERS AND MANAGER FOR RSM LLP OUR INDEPENDENT AUDITORS.
BEFORE YOU, IS THE ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT FOR FISCAL YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2022.
THESE REPORTS ARE REQUIRED BY FLORIDA STATUTE 218.39.
THE COMPONENTS OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENT IS THE INTRODUCTORY SECTION.
THE INTRODUCTORY SECTION CONTAINS A LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL, AS WELL AS THE GFR CERTIFICATE OF ACHIEVEMENT, WHICH IS THE AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN FINANCIAL REPORTING, WHICH HAS BEEN GIVEN TO THE CITY FOR 34 CONSECUTIVE YEARS.
THE SECOND PART IS THE FINANCIAL SECTION.
IN THIS SECTION, WE HAVE THE INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT.
I WON'T SAY MUCH ABOUT THE INDEPENDENT AUDITOR REPORT, ALTHOUGH THE AUDITORS WILL BE SPEAKING ON THAT.
BUT I WILL SAY THAT WE HAVE, AGAIN, BEEN GIVEN AN UNMODIFIED OPINION.
THE NEXT SECTION IS THE GOVERNMENT-WIDE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS WITH WHICH FOCUSES ON ACCRUAL AND ECONOMIC RESOURCE MEASUREMENT AS WELL AS THE FUND FINANCIAL STATEMENT, WHICH FOCUSES ON THE MODIFIED ACCRUAL AND CURRENT FINANCIAL RESOURCES.
THE NEXT SECTION IS THE STATISTICAL SECTION WITH HAS QUITE A FEW DEMOGRAPHIC AND FINANCIAL DATA, AND TIES IN THE DEMOGRAPHIC WITH THE FINANCIAL DATA AS WELL.
NOT LISTED THERE, IS THE COMPLIANCE SECTION.
IN THE COMPLIANCE SECTION, WE HAVE THE SINGLE AUDIT REPORT, OR WHAT WE REFER TO AS THE GRANT AUDIT.
THAT'S DONE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE 2CFR PART 200, PINS A MANAGEMENT LETTER, AND I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT THE MANAGEMENT LETTER CONTAINS NO FINDINGS.
THE REPORT FOCUSES ON THREE AREAS.
IF WE'RE FOCUSING ON NEAR-TERM FINANCING,
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MEANING HAVING SUFFICIENT RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO PAY BILLS IN THE NEAR TERM, USUALLY ONE YEAR OR LESS.THE FINANCIAL POSITION FOCUSES ON THE SET OF ASSETS, AND LIABILITIES, AND FUND BALANCE, AND THEIR INTERRELATIONSHIP WITH THE ORGANIZATION AS REFLECTED IN THE FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
ECONOMIC POSITION, THE CONDITION OF FINANCES, THAT'S BASED ON THE NUMBER OF FACTORS AND INPUTS.
THOSE FINANCES, SUCH AS THE VALUATION OF PROPERTY, ADEQUACY OF USER FEES, POPULATION, UNEMPLOYMENT, ETC.
THE GENERAL FUND REPORTED A NET INCREASE IN FUND BALANCE OF 9.7 MILLION THIS YEAR.
THIS IS A LITTLE LESS THAN LAST YEAR, WE REPORTED 13.1 MILLION.
THE GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS REPORTED A NET INCREASE IN FUND BALANCE OF 12.4 MILLION WHICH IS A LITTLE BIT DOWN FROM THE 21.6 MILLION THAT WERE REPORTED LAST YEAR.
THE ENTERPRISE FUND REPORTED A NET INCREASE IN NET POSITION OF 4.1 MILLION, WHICH IS ALSO A LITTLE BIT DOWN FROM NINE MILLION THAT WE REPORTED LAST YEAR.
AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 2022, THE GOVERNMENT-WIDE NET POSITION IS 401.5 MILLION.
GOVERNMENTAL ACTIVITIES NET POSITION WAS 240.6 MILLION, AND THE BUSINESS TYPE ACTIVITIES WAS 160.9 MILLION.
THE GOVERNMENT-WIDE NET POSITION INCREASED BY 15.8 MILLION.
AS YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN, THESE ARE THE GOVERNMENTAL ACCOUNTING STANDARDS BOARD OR REFERRED TO AS GASB STATEMENTS THAT WERE IMPLEMENTED THIS YEAR.
WE IMPLEMENTED GASB 87, 92, 93, AND 97.
BY FAR THE ONLY ONE THAT HAS A SIGNIFICANT EFFECT ON THE FINANCIAL STATEMENT IS GASB 87, WHICH DEALS WITH LEASES.
WE HAVE TO DO A VERY LARGE PROJECT THIS YEAR.
WE'VE GOT ALL OUR CONTRACT MAKING SURE IF THEY DON'T HAVE EMBEDDED LEASES, AND IF THEY DO HAVE EMBEDDED LEASES, WE REPORTED THEM.
THE RESULT IS THAT WE REPORTED $9.4 MILLION, WHICH IS NO ONE ASSET CALLED LEASE RECEIVABLE IN THE FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
WE HAVE A CORRESPONDENT $9.1 MILLION IN DEFERRED INFLOWS RELATING TO THE LEASE PAYABLES.
WE ALSO REPORTED ABOUT 139,000 IN LEASE INTEREST REVENUE THIS FISCAL YEAR.
AS FAR AS OUR FINANCIAL CONDITION IS CONCERNED, WE HAVE A FAVORABLE CASH POSITION.
WE HAVE A FAVORABLE FINANCIAL PROFILE WITH A RATING AGENCIES WE'VE BEEN HOLDING STRONG IN TERMS OF OUR RATINGS.
WE HAVE STABLE THAT PER CAPITA.
WE HAVE A STABLE EXPENDITURE PER POPULATION OF ABOUT $860.
AS I SAID BEFORE, OUR RATINGS ARE STRONG, OUR BOND RATINGS HAVE BEEN AFFIRMED, WE HAVE HAD MONITORING IN 2022 WA WITH FITCH AS WELL AS SMP.
OUR TREND IN PROPERTY VALUES HAVE BEEN MODERATE.
WE'VE BEEN SEEING MODERATE RISE IN PROPERTY VALUES.
OUR REVENUES HAVE CONTINUED TO INCREASE.
OUR EXPENDITURES, LIKEWISE INCREASE.
OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS ARE ALSO INCREASING, BUT THERE'S ALSO THE OTHER EFFECTS OF THE SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUE THAT IS CAUSING DELAYS IN OUR PROJECTS, AND DELAYS MEANS ADDITIONAL COSTS AS WELL.
IN CONCLUSION, I WOULD SAY THAT THE NEAR-TERM FINANCING IS GOOD.
THE CITY CONTINUES TO BE ABLE TO MEET ITS ONGOING OBLIGATION.
THE CITY'S FINANCIAL POSITION AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 2022 IS GOOD, AND OVERALL ECONOMIC CONDITION IS STABLE FOR THE FUTURE.
WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO NOW TURN IT OVER FOR QUESTIONS TO ANNA, WHO WILL PRESENT ON THE REPORT TO THOSE CHARGED WITH GOVERNMENTS.
>> I JUST HAD ONE QUESTION, MAYOR.
WHEN IT STATES NEAR-TERM AND NEAR FUTURE, WHAT TIME PERIOD IS THAT?
>> NEAR-TERM IS USUALLY ONE YEAR OR LESS.
>> I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING [OVERLAPPING] MAKES SENSE.
>> THANK YOU. GOODNIGHT COMMISSIONERS.
THE NEIL HARRIS WITH RSM, SENIOR MANAGER.
SO I'M GOING TO BE GOING OVER IT THE SECOND BOOKLET THAT YOU HAVE, WHICH IS THE REQUIRED COMMUNICATIONS THAT WE AS AUDITORS, THE AUDITING STANDARDS REQUIRES US TO COMMUNICATE CERTAIN THINGS TO YOU IN YOUR ROLE AS GOVERNANCE.
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BEGINNING ON PAGE 1, WE ISSUED AN UNMODIFIED OPINION AND AS CHRISTINE SAYS, IT'S A CLEAN OPINION OR AT LEAST THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF ASSURANCE WE AS AUDITORS CAN PROVIDE TO ANY CLIENT.BASICALLY, WHAT THE OPINION SAYS IS THAT ALL BALANCES ARE FAIRLY STATED AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ACCOUNTING STANDARDS.
MOVING DOWN THE PAGE, CHRISTINE ALSO MENTIONED THIS YEAR WAS UNIQUE IN THAT THE GOVERNMENTAL ACCOUNTING BOARD REQUIRED ALL GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES TO ADOPT TO A LEASING STANDARD AND REALLY ESSENTIALLY WHAT THAT DID WAS REQUIRED ALL LEASES TO BE PUT ON THE BALANCE SHEET, IN PREVIOUS YEARS, IT WAS MORE ON A CASH BASIS WHEN YOU RECORDED REVENUES, WHEN PAYMENT IS RECEIVED.
NOW ALL THE BALANCE IS ACTUALLY ON THE STATEMENTS.
SO YOU CAN SEE ACTUALLY BOTH YOUR ASSETS.
IF YOU HAVE RECEIVABLES OR IF YOU HAVE A LIABILITY, THAT WILL ALSO BE SHOWN GOING FORWARD.
A COUPLE OF OTHER ITEMS WE DID, THERE WERE NO OTHER SIGNIFICANT POLICIES ADOPTED BY THE CITY THAT WE'RE AWARE OF.
THERE WERE NO SIGNIFICANT UNUSUAL TRANSACTIONS TO BRING [NOISE] YOUR ATTENTION.
IF THERE WERE, WE WOULD HAVE LISTED THEM HERE.
MOVING ON TO PAGE 2, THERE WERE NO AUDIT ADJUSTMENTS.
THAT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE, DURING THE YEAR WHEN THE NUMBERS ARE NOT AUDITED AND YOU RECEIVE INFORMATION FROM FINANCE, IT GIVES YOU THE CONFIDENCE THAT THAT INFORMATION IS ACCURATELY STATED IN THE INTERIM.
THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS WERE RESTATED FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NEW STANDARD LEASING CENTER, BUT THAT'S REQUIRED BY THE STANDARD, SO DOESN'T INDICATE ANY DEFICIENCIES IN A PART OF MANAGEMENT.
TOWARDS THE BOTTOM OF PAGE 2, WE HAD NO DISAGREEMENTS WITH MANAGEMENT.
WE'RE NOT AWARE THAT THEY CONSULT WITH OTHER ACCOUNTANTS IN REGARDS TO THE AUDIT OPINION OR TO GET DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES.
WE HAD NO DIFFICULTIES THROUGHOUT THE AUDIT PROCESS, WE HAD ACCESS TO ALL WORK PAPERS, ALL STAFF WITHIN THE CITY.
MOVING ON TO PAGE 3, IN ADDITION TO OUR REPORT ON THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, WE ALSO ISSUE A NUMBER OF OTHER REPORTS.
ONE IS GENERALLY ON INTERNAL CONTROLS OVER FINANCIAL REPORTING.
WE HAD NO FINDINGS, SO IT'S A CLEAN OPINION.
WE ALSO ISSUED A REPORT ON THE GRANTS.
THE CITY EXPANDED FEDERAL DOLLARS IN THE CURRENT YEAR.
WE ADDED THOSE MAJOR PROGRAMS AND FOUND NO ISSUES, MEANING THE CITY COMPLIED WITH ALL THOSE REQUIREMENTS.
WE ALSO ISSUED A REPORT ON INVESTMENTS REQUIRED BY THE STATE, ESSENTIALLY SAYING THAT THE CITY'S INVESTMENT POLICY AND INVESTMENTS HELD IN AND ACCORDANCE WITH STATE STATUTES.
THEN MOVING ON TO PAGE 4 AND 5, HERE WE LIST THE NUMBER OF WHAT WE CALL SIGNIFICANT ESTIMATES, AND ESSENTIALLY THESE ARE BALANCES THAT ARE NOT JUST BASED ON ACTUAL TRANSACTIONS, ARE BASED ON ESTIMATES BY ACTUARIES.
THE ONES THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO OUR SELF-INSURANCE LIABILITY.
SO THAT THE SEAS WORK IN WORKERS COMPENSATION, HEALTH INSURANCE LIABILITIES.
THE CITY'S LIABILITY FOR ITS OTHER POST EMPLOYMENT BENEFITS PENSION PLAN, AND ALSO ITS LIABILITIES FOR HIS ACTUAL PENSION PLANS.
IN ALL THOSE CASES, WE HAD OUR ACTUARIES LOOK AT THE ASSUMPTIONS AND METHODS OF THE SEAS ACTUARIES, USES TO CALCULATE THOSE LIABILITY, SO THE DETERMINANT IN ALL INSTANCES THERE ARE FAIRLY STATED.
THAT WILL CONCLUDE THE PRESENTATION HERE AND I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE.
>> YOU'RE WELCOME. SO NOW WE WILL GO TO THE CITY MANAGER'S RECORD, PLEASE.
>> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS.
I WANT TO START BY SHARING SOME GOOD NEWS FROM TAMARAC FIRE RESCUE.
AGAIN, THE CITY'S ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT TEAM IS BROUGHT HOME ANOTHER WIN FROM THE FIRST THERE FIRST CARE CONFERENCE COMPETITION [APPLAUSE] THIS PAST WEEKEND, WHICH WAS HELD AT THE SEMINOLE HARD ROCK HOTEL.
THIS YEAR'S THEME, DO MORE THAN EVER BEFORE, HIGHLIGHTED THE BROAD SPECTRUM OF SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE, AND ABILITIES EXPECTED OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE PROVIDERS.
PLEASE JOIN ME IN CONGRATULATING TEAM MEMBERS, CAPTAIN BOWEN, LIEUTENANT MACE, FIREFIGHTER HERO, AND FIREFIGHTER CRUBELLO. WELL DONE, EVERYONE.
WE WILL ALSO HAVE SOME UPCOMING EVENTS.
WE WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE ABOUT THIS FRIDAY, JUNE 16TH, FROM 7:00-9:30 PM AT THE TIME OF EXPORTS COMPLEX, WE WILL CELEBRATE JUNETEENTH, A DAY THAT SYMBOLIZES THE ABOLITION OF SLAVERY IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
THIS EVENT WILL INCLUDE PERFORMANCES BY ASHANTI CULTURAL ARTS, LINE MUSIC FOR A MOTOWN MAGIC, FOOD VENDORS, A KID'S AREA, AND MUCH MORE.
ANOTHER EXCITING EVENT COMING UP IS ON JULY 4TH, WE WILL CELEBRATE TAMARAC 60TH ANNIVERSARY WITH THE BIGGEST AND BEST BIRTHDAY PARTY IN THE CITY OF TAMARAC AT OUR ALL AMERICAN CELEBRATION EVENT.
WE WILL HAVE FREE OUTDOOR CONCERT FEATURING ORIGINAL STUDIO 54 BEN, KIDS AREA WITH INFLATABLE, FACE PAINTINGS, ARTS AND CRAFTS, AND FOOD TRIBES.
AND THE NIGHT IS NOT OVER UNTIL AFTER THE
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IMPRESSIVE AND CHOREOGRAPHED PYROTECHNICAL FIREWORK DISPLAY, WHICH KICKS OFF PROMPTLY AT 9:00 PM.THERE'S LIMITED ON-SITE PARKING, SO WE ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO USE THE FREE SHUTTLE SERVICE AVAILABLE FROM TAMARAC CITY HALL OR END THE TAMARAC COMMUNITY CENTER.
THE SHUTTLE WILL RUN FROM 5:30 PM-8:15 PM FOLLOWING THE FIREWORKS.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, JUST GO TO THE CITY'S WEBSITE, TAMARAC.ORG, OR FOLLOW THE CITY ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
YOU MIGHT ALSO CALL US AND THEN WE'LL GET YOU MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THAT.
BUT JUST FOLLOW TAMARAC ON SOCIAL MEDIA, FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM, ALL THOSE, TWITTER PLACES AND WE'LL BE PLACED IN A LOT OF NOTICE ON THE CITY'S SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS. THANK YOU.
NOW WE WILL MOVE TO PUBLIC PARTICIPATION,
[3. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION]
AND OUR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION RULES ARE ON THE SCREEN.THE HIGHLIGHTS ARE, YOU'VE GOT THREE MINUTES.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, YOUR ADDRESS IF COMFORTABLE, AT LEAST IF NOT YOUR ADDRESS THE COUNTY OR CITY IN WHICH YOU LIVE IN, AND FALLS A LITTLE RED LITTLE BUTTONS OVER THERE YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES AND WE DO NOT SHARE TIME AND AUDIENCE WE DO HAPPY HANDS OR UNHAPPY HANDS AND WE ARE CIVIL AS EVERYBODY SPEAKS.
I THINK I'VE GOT THE HIGHLIGHTS AND WE WILL NOW GO TO OUR FIRST-PERSON.
THE FIRST TWO PEOPLE LISTED HERE ARE LISTED FOR 9A AND 9B, SO I WILL BE SKIPPING THEM. JEFFREY SHAPIRO.
>> JEFFREY SHAPIRO, 6104 ORCHARD, TREE LANES AND WOODLANDS COMMUNITY OF TAMARAC.
I HOPE YOU'RE ALL HAVING A VERY NICE EVENING.
SO FAR, IT'S BEEN VERY GOOD IN HERE. ANYWAY, THE REASON WHY I WANTED TO COME UP AND SPEAK, IT HAPPENS TO BE ABOUT 13TH FLOOR IN THE WOODLANDS COMMUNITY ONCE AGAIN.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE AWARE OF IT OR ANYBODY IS AWARE OF IT, BUT 13TH FLOOR STILL HAS NOT PURCHASED ANY OF THE LAND FROM CLUBLINK.
I KNOW THE COMMISSIONERS HERE AND THE MAYOR IS WELL AWARE OF THE SITUATION WHERE, UNFORTUNATELY, THE CURRENT OWNER OF THE LAND DOESN'T WANT TO MAINTAIN THE LAND.
I KNOW THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF HEARTACHE THROUGH THE COMMISSIONERS AND THE MAYOR TO TRY AND GET SOMETHING DONE.
IT SEEMS LIKE THE AREAS OF THE COMMUNITY WHERE WE COMPLAIN THE MOST, THAT'S WHAT'S GETTING ATTENTION AT THE MOMENT, BUT THE REST OF THE PLACE IS BEING IGNORED.
ANOTHER THING I WANT TO MENTION IS THAT 13TH FLOOR HOMES, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THEY WERE TRYING TO DO SOIL SAMPLES TO CHECK FOR ARSENIC OR ANYTHING ELSE THAT MIGHT BE BAD IN THE SOIL AND CLUBLINK PUT A STOP TO THAT.
THEY PRETTY MUCH STATED TO 13TH FLOOR, YOU DON'T OWN THE LAND.
WHATEVER THEY WERE TRYING TO DO TO HELP BENEFIT THE WHOLE PROCESS, I GUESS IS AT A STANDSTILL.
ONE OTHER THING I WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW IS CLUBLINK'S SUBSIDIARY COMPANY THAT OWNS CLUBLINK, THEY ARE DEVELOPERS.
FOR WHAT YOU HAVE AGREED TO GIVE THE REZONING ON THAT LAND, IF CLUBLINK WANTED TO REDEVELOP IT AT THIS POINT, THEY CAN BECAUSE YOU OPENED THE DOOR FOR THAT.
I NOTICED THE PAST WEEK, CLUBLINK HAS MOVED AN EXCAVATOR ONTO THE PROPERTY.
IT'S THEIR PROPERTY, THEY'RE ALLOWED TO DO THAT.
THEY HID IT BEHIND THE MAINTENANCE BUILDINGS OF OFF 44TH STREET.
SO THEY CAN DIG OR MOVE WHATEVER THEY WANT AT THIS POINT.
BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THEY'RE GOING TO BUILD ANYTHING.
BUT I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THIS.
WITH THE IDEA THAT 13TH FLOOR IS GOING [OVERLAPPING]
>> THAT'S OKAY. BUT REMEMBER, FACT OVER FICTION, RUMORS DON'T WORK.
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WE'RE VERY MUCH AWARE, PEOPLE HAVE DUE PROCESS AND THE PROCESS IS STILL CONTINUING.I'LL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO REITERATE ALL THAT AGAIN IN FINER DETAIL WITH YOU LATER. THANK YOU.
>> HAVE A NICE EVENING. THANK YOU.
>> PATTY LYNN, MAINLANDS 8, TAMARAC.
FIRST THING IS THANK YOU TO THE CITY EMPLOYEES.
THEY GOT BACK TO ME ABOUT THE SPEED BUMPS AND WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH AND SEE IF WE CAN GET THAT DONE.
THE BOAT THAT DOES THE SPRAYING IN THE CANALS WENT BY TODAY AND IT WAS LIKE A CANOE, IT WASN'T MAKING ANY NOISE, IT WASN'T MAKING ANY WAVES, I WAS SO EXCITED.
BECAUSE WHEN YOU GET OLD THESE KINDS OF THINGS EXCITING YOU.
[LAUGHTER] SENATOR OSGOOD MENTIONED ABOUT LOCKING UP YOUR GUNS IF YOU HAVE THEM AND YOU HAVE CHILDREN.
THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS GIVES OUT FREE GUN LOCKS, SO ANYBODY LISTENING OUT THERE, IF YOU HAVE A GUN AND YOU NEED A LOCK, CONTACT THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS, THEY WILL GIVE YOU FREE LOCKS FOR ANY GUN YOU HAVE.
THE CITY EMPLOYEES ARE DOING OKAY, BUT I'M REALLY NOT HAPPY WITH THE COMMISSION.
WE HAVE TWO THINGS THAT HAVE GONE BY HERE IN THE LAST MONTH AND A HALF THAT JUST SEEM LIKE THEY'RE NOT DOING THE RIGHT THING FOR THE RESIDENTS.
THE NOISE ORDINANCE, WHAT'S YOU GOT TO SAY AFTER 11:00, THAT IS CRAZINESS.
IF THE NOISE IS SO HORRIBLE AND IT'S 10 O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING, WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT KIDS PLAYING, WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT THAT.
>> EXCUSE ME ONE SECOND, WE'LL BE DISCUSSING THAT ON SECOND READING SO ANYTHING.
>> OKAY, SO WE'LL FORGET THAT.
>> YOU CAN SPEAK DURING PUBLIC COMMENTS TO THAT ONE IF YOU WILL, PLEASE. THANK YOU.
>> THE RENTAL HALL OVER ARTHUR'S, WHERE ARE THESE PEOPLE GOING TO PARK? THE LAST THING I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS THE CHARITY THAT YOU WANT TO ADD HOPE SOUTH FLORIDA.
THERE'S NO BACKUP MATERIAL IN THE BACKUP MATERIAL ABOUT IT OTHER THAN WHO THE DIRECTORS ARE.
THERE'S ONE PERSON WHO'S A DIRECTOR WHO LIVES IN TAMARAC, EVERYBODY ELSE'S IN FORT LAUDERDALE.
YOU HAVE TO DO SOME DIGGING TO FIND OUT THEY HAVE ASSETS ARE MORE THAN FOUR MILLION DOLLARS, WHY DO THEY NEED OUR MONEY? THEY'RE FEEDING PEOPLE AND THEY'RE FEEDING HOMELESS PEOPLE.
WE HAVE HOW MANY PROGRAMS IN THIS COUNTY DOING THAT? I HAVE A CHARITY, VERONICA'S WING IN HONOR OF MY DECEASED DAUGHTER, WE GIVE OUT SCHOLARSHIPS, AT LEAST TWO EVERY YEAR AND USUALLY FOUR OF $1,000 EACH TO LOCAL KIDS.
I THINK YOU NEED MORE INFORMATION IN THE BACKUP OF YOU CAN'T ADD EVERY CHARITY IN THE WORLD.
THAT'S THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU. WE WILL HEAR FROM YOU WHEN WE GO TO THE NOISE ORDINANCE. LIZ GRIFFITH.
I'M ELIZABETH GRIFFITH, AND I LIVE IN NORTH LAUDERDALE.
MY HUSBAND WAS A FIREFIGHTER FOR TAMARAC.
HE STARTED IN 1987 AND HE PASSED AWAY 2018.
THE REASON I'M COMING TO THE COMMISSION, I KNOW IT'S REALLY NOT, YOU'RE NOT IN CHARGE OF THE FIRE PENSION PER SE.
BUT, FOR FIVE YEARS, I HAVE DONE EVERYTHING I'VE BEEN ASKED TO DO, WAITING TO TRY TO GET MY HUSBAND'S PENSION.
THEY NEVER DID IT WHEN HE WAS ALIVE.
IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE DONE IN 2012 AND THEY NEVER BROUGHT HIM BACK.
WHY I'M HERE TONIGHT IS BECAUSE I'VE GONE THROUGH ALL THE MOTIONS, I'VE DONE EVERYTHING I WAS ASKED.
I'M SUPPOSED TO GET A LETTER OF APPEAL AND YOU HAVE 30 DAYS, IT'S IN THEIR PENSION RULES, AND IT'S BEEN 130 DAYS.
I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS LETTER AND I WENT TO LAST PENSION MEETING AND I BROUGHT THE OLD BOARD PRESIDENT FOR THE FIREFIGHTERS WITH ME AND HE WAS VERY HELPFUL.
BUT WE NEVER GOT AN ANSWER AS TO WHEN I'M JUST GOING TO RECEIVE THIS LETTER.
THE ATTORNEY SAID THAT THEY HAD LEGAL GROUND,
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BUT 130 DAYS COMPARED TO 30 DAYS IS A LOT OF LEGAL GROUND.I'VE BEEN WAITING VERY PATIENTLY AND TO TRY TO DO ALL THE STEPS AND SEE THIS THROUGH.
MY HUSBAND, UNFORTUNATELY, WAS ONE OF THREE FIREFIGHTERS THAT WERE PUT ON THE BACK BURNER.
IN 2012, HE WAS NEVER BROUGHT BACK IN TO CONVERT OVER TO A REGULAR RETIREMENT.
I'M SORRY, I'M NERVOUS, BUT I CAME TO YOU TO HOPE THAT MAYBE SOMEBODY CAN HELP ME JUST GET THEM MOVING AND SO I CAN GO THROUGH ALL THE STEPS I NEED TO GO THROUGH TO TAKE IT WHERE I NEED TO TAKE IT.
IF THEY DON'T WANT TO GO BY EVERY RULE IN PENSION ORDINANCE OR WHATEVER, THEN I NEED TO TAKE IT FURTHER.
BUT I'VE DONE EVERYTHING, HE WAS DONE AN INJUSTICE AND I'M FIGHTING IT, I'VE BEEN FIGHTING OVER FIVE YEARS, SO I'M HOPING SOMEBODY CAN HELP ME.
>> APPRECIATE AND SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS, BUT DO ALSO APPRECIATE YOUR HUSBAND'S SERVICE TO OUR CITY.
LORENZO CALHOUN, I'M NOT TRUE IF YOU SPOKEN WITH HIM, BUT, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE SPEAK WITH HIM, HE'S THE GENTLEMAN GOING TOWARDS THE BACK.
>> LORENZO CALHOUN, HE'S A GENTLEMAN RIGHT OVER THERE.
>> I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME, I REALLY DO. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THE ONLY THING I WANTED TO SPEAK ABOUT AND THEN I WILL SPEAK DURING THE ORDINANCE IS REGARDING THE 2,040 COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING MEETINGS.
I DID NOT KNOW WHEN MY DISTRICT WAS, SO I WENT TO DISTRICT 2 TO HEAR WHAT WAS ALL ABOUT.
I HOPE THAT YOU'RE ALL LISTENING TO THE CONCERNS OF THE RESIDENTS AS THEY SPEAK ABOUT WHAT THEY ARE CONCERNED ABOUT, AS WE SPEAK ABOUT WHAT WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT.
I DO THINK IT WOULD HAVE BEEN HELPFUL TO HAVE ALL OF THE DISTRICT MEETINGS ORGANIZED AHEAD OF TIME SO THAT A MASS MAILING LIKE THE ONE DONE FOR ONE TAMARAC COULD HAVE BEEN DONE AND THEN ALL OF THE RESIDENTS WOULD HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED ABOUT THESE MEETINGS AND COULD HAVE ATTENDED AND MAYBE THEY WOULD BE BETTER ATTENDED.
THAT BRINGS ME TO DISTRICT 1, I HAD WANTED TO SEND A NOTICE TO OUR RESIDENTS AND COULD HAVE INCLUDED IT IN OUR NEWSLETTER AHEAD OF TIME HAD I KNOWN THE DATE.
UNFORTUNATELY, THAT WASN'T AVAILABLE.
I DID FINALLY HEAR FROM VICE MAYOR, BOLTON, TWO DAYS AGO, THANK YOU FOR THAT.
BUT UNDERSTAND THAT DISTRICT 1 IS SET FOR JUNE 28TH.
THAT IS THE SAME DAY AS THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BOWLING EVENT, WHICH PROMOTES AND SOME PORTS ARE SMALL BUSINESSES LIKE MINE AND MANY OTHERS.
I DO HOPE THAT THE DATE WILL BE CHANGED SO AS NOT TO CONFLICT.
I THINK BOTH EVENTS ARE VERY IMPORTANT AND BOTH SHOULD BE SUPPORTED AND CANNOT BE SUPPORTED IF THEY'RE ON THE SAME DAY.
>> THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYONE WHO IS IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK WHO DID NOT HAVE A CHANCE TO SIGN UP? NO? THEN SEEING, PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE NOW CLOSED.
WE WILL NOW MOVE TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.
[4. CONSENT AGENDA]
CITY MANAGER, ANY ADDITIONS OR DELETIONS TO THE AGENDA?>> NO, MA'AM. WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THAT ITEM THAT YOU WANTED TO MODIFY.
>> WE'RE GOING TO PUT ON ADDING IN PERRY HERO LIFE MAINS INITIATIVE TO THIS TODAY?
>> ADEN PERRY, GOOD SAMARITAN AND SCHOLARSHIP FUND INC, THAT'S THE NAME OF THE CHARITY.
>> WILL YOU SAY IT ONE MORE TIME, PLEASE?
>> ADEN PERRY, GOOD SAMARITAN AND SCHOLARSHIP FUND INC, THAT'S THE NAME OF THE CHARITY.
>> THANK YOU. I THINK I WAS JUST WAS GOING BASED ON THE AGENDA ITEM LISTED.
I'M JUST LOOKING TO SEE IF ANYBODY ELSE IN THE [OVERLAPPING]
>> AS THE COMMISSION HAD INDICATED EARLIER,
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WE ADD IN THAT CHARITY AS [OVERLAPPING]>> WE CAN PULL IT OFF, IF THE COMMISSION WANTS TO PULL IT OFF AND VOTE ON IT SEPARATELY, WE CAN OR WE CAN HAVE IT AMENDED AND GO THROUGH A [OVERLAPPING]
>> PROCEDURALLY MAYOR, LET'S PULL IT OFF AND PUT THEM RIGHT.
>> WE'RE GOING TO PULL OFF 4DTR13950.
>> WE WILL DISCUSS THAT AS WELL.
SEEING NO OTHER ADDITIONS OR DELETIONS OR ANYTHING ELSE BEING PULLED OFF, I WILL ASK FOR A SECOND, PLEASE.
>> COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS, A SECOND MY MOTION.
WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL?
>> THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS.
>> MOTION PASSED, FIVE TO ZERO.
>> THANK YOU. I NOW NEED ACTUALLY SEE ATTORNEY,
[4.d TR13950 - A Resolution of the City Commission of The City of Tamarac, Florida, by adding "HOPE South Florida, Inc.", to the list of charitable entities with whom the City of Tamarac recognizes a formally approved relationship for the express purpose of compliance with Section 1-19(c)(5)a.4 of the Broward County Code of Ordinances; providing for conflicts; providing for severability; and providing for an effective date.]
WILL YOU PLEASE READ FOR DTR13950 FOR THE RECORD.>> ITEM 4D IS A RESOLUTION AND CITY COMMISSION, CITY OF TAMARAC, FLORIDA, BY ADDING HOPE SOUTH FLORIDA TO THE LIST OF CHARITABLE ENTITIES WITH HOMELESS CITY, TAMARAC RECOGNIZE A FORMALLY APPROVED RELATIONS FOR THE EXPRESS PURPOSE OF COMPLIANCE, SECTION 1-19C5 OF THE BROWARD COUNTY CODE OF ORDINANCE PROVIDES THE CONFLICTS, PROVIDES FOR [INAUDIBLE] AND PROVIDE FOR EFFECTIVE DATE. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.
>> THANK YOU. VICE MAYOR, IS YOUR LIGHT LIT FOR A COMMENT OR IS YOUR LIGHT LIT, I THINK YOUR LIGHT IS NO LONGER LIT. THANK YOU.
>> MAYOR, JUST FOR THE RECORD, WE NEED A FRIENDLY MOTION TO ADD THE NAME OF THE CHARITY, ADEN PERRY, GOOD SAMARITAN AND SCHOLARSHIP FUND INC, WHICH I BELIEVE IT WAS DISCUSSED EARLIER AND WE WERE GOING TO DO IT AT A FUTURE COMMISSION MEETING.
THE MANAGER AND MYSELF DISCUSSED THAT WE WANTED TO ADD THEM TONIGHT IF IT'S POSSIBLE.
>> MADAM MAYOR, I JUST NEED TO CLARIFY SOMETHING THAT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO FOR THESE CHARITIES IS A BIT OF A DUE DILIGENCE TO CHECK THE CORPORATE RECORDS TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE ELIGIBLE NON-PROFIT FOUNDATIONS.
IF WE CAN ADD SUBJECT TO VERIFICATION BY CITY STAFF AS WE ADD THEM.
>> I DON'T HAVE ANY PROBLEM WITH IT.
IF THE COMMISSION PREFERS TO JUST WAIT UNTIL TWO WEEKS FROM NOW, THEN WALKING AWAY FROM TWO WEEKS FROM NOW TO GET THE CITY DUE DILIGENCE TIME.
I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THAT EITHER.
I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT UP THAT, I KNOW THERE WAS A CONCERN MENTIONED ABOUT ONE OF THE ENTITIES OR HOPE SOUTH FLORIDA, WHETHER IT HAS DUE DILIGENCE AND THAT THE CITY STAFF DOES DUE DILIGENCE.
>> I TOO DO NOT SEE IT IN THE BACKUP, BUT I'VE BEEN FAMILIAR WITH IT BECAUSE IT COMES TO PRESENTATION TO THE CITIES BEFORE.
JUST, I GUESS IN THE FUTURE, IF WE'RE GOING TO BE ADDING CHARITIES, WE SHOULD BE PUTTING THE INFORMATION IN THE BACKUP ABOUT THE CHARITY SO PEOPLE CAN HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO READ IT STRAIGHT FROM THERE.
>> [INAUDIBLE] OF ORDER MADAM MAYOR, I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE THE SAME BOOK, BUT I DO SEE THE BACKUP INFORMATION FOR THE CHARITIES AT 4D.
I HAVE TO KNOW THE CHARITY, SO I DID NOT LOOK AT 4D BECAUSE I'VE READ IT AND I'M FAMILIAR WITH THEM.
BUT IF WE HAVE SOMEBODY IN THE AUDIENCE, A RESIDENT, PATTY LYNN, WHEN THE AUDIENCE WAS SAYING THAT SHE DID NOT SEE IT, THEN ALL IT IS IN BACK HERE IS A REGISTRATION RATING PAGE, TEMPORARY RESO, AND IT SAYS HOPE SOUTH FLORIDA IS YOUR NON-PROFIT.
IT'S A RATING BY, I'M NOT EVEN SURE WHO RATES THIS.
>> WE DO LISTEN THE BACKUP DEBIT.
IT WAS VERIFIED BY STAFF THAT IT'S AN ELIGIBLE 501C CORPORATION
>> THAT'S FINE. YOU CAN DO THAT PART.
BUT THE COMMENT THAT SAYS CITY STAFF HAS VERIFIED THAT HOPE SOUTH FLORIDA, AS CERTIFIABLE, BUT THE COMMENT WAS MADE THAT THERE'S NO INFORMATION IN HERE.
ALL IT SAYS IS HOPE SOUTH FLORIDA MISSION PROVIDES HOPE FOR THE HOMELESS.
HURTING THROUGH SERVICES AND PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY HELPS SCHOLARS TO BRING ABOUT TRANSFER FORM.
MORE IF YOU CLICK ON THIS, IT'S NOT EVEN BY THE CITY OF HOPE.
HOWEVER, IF YOU GO ONLINE AND LOOK AT IT, THERE'S INFORMATION, AND QUITE HONESTLY, THE INFORMATION IN THE BACKUP SHOULD BE SOMETHING FROM THEIR ACTUAL WEB-PAGE, NOT A SCAN OF WHEREVER AND WHOMEVER MIGHT HAVE DECIDED TO WRITE THIS AND SUE.
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I THINK THAT'S WHAT THE CONCERN IS COMING FROM OUR RESONANCE WHEN WE'RE SAYING WE'RE GOING TO ADD THIS TO A CHARITY LIST AND WE'RE GOING TO GIVE CITY FUNDS TO A CHARITY.WITH THAT BEING SAID, I HAVE NO MOTION, NO SECOND YET.
DO I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THE MOTION AS STATED?
>> I HAVE A MOTION FOR HOPE SOUTH FLORIDA BY THE VICE MAYOR, I HAVE A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS.
AT THIS TIME, I DO NOT HEAR ANY FRIENDLY AMENDMENTS.
AND THEREFORE, WE WILL JUST TALK ABOUT HAVING ADEN PERRY GOOD SAMARITAN SCHOLARSHIP FUND BROUGHT ABOUT ON THE NEXT COMMISSION MEETING AFTER DUE DILIGENCE, OF COURSE.
SEEING THAT THIS IS STILL CONSENT.
AGENDA, CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM. COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS?
>> THANK YOU. MOTION PASSES FIVE TO ZERO.
>> THANK YOU. NOW, WE WILL BE MOVING ON TO ORDINANCES ON FIRST READING.
AND THE FIRST ONE WE HAVE IS 6802530.
[6.a TO2530 - An Ordinance of the City Commission of the City of Tamarac, Florida amending Chapter 10, Article 4, of the Land Development Code of the City of Tamarac, Florida, entitled “Development and Design Standards”, by making certain deletions and additions, by specifically amending Section 10-4.4, entitled “Landscaping and Tree Preservation”, to allow the City of Tamarac to adopt and enforce its own tree preservation regulations, by providing for comparably stringent requirements and standards to the Broward County Code of Ordinances, Chapter 27, Article XIV, entitled “Tree Preservation and Abuse Ordinance”, by specifically complying with Section 27-407, entitled “Municipal Certification”; providing for codification; providing for severability; and providing for an effective date]
CITY ATTORNEY, PLEASE READ THE TITLE FIRST.>> ITEM 6 SAY IS THE ODYSSEY THE CITY COMMISSIONERS, CITY OF TAMARAC, FLORIDA AMENDING CHAPTER 10, ARTICLE 4 OF THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC, ENTITLED DEVELOPMENT AND DESIGN STANDARDS BY MAKING CERTAIN DELETIONS.
IN ADDITION, SPECIFICALLY AMENDING SECTION 10-4.4 ENTITLED LANDSCAPING AND TREE PRESERVATION TO ALLOW THE CITY OF TAMARAC TO ADOPT ENFORCES ZONE TREE PRESERVATION REGULATIONS BY PROVIDING FOR A BATTERY STRINGENT REQUIREMENTS AND STANDARD TO BROWARD COUNTY CODE CHAPTER 27, ARTICLE [NOISE] 14, INTENT TO TREE PRESENTATION ABUSE ORDINANCE, MY SPECIFICALLY COMPLIANT WITH SECTION 27-407 AND TIRED OF MUSICAL CERTIFICATION.
FOR CLARIFICATION, [INAUDIBLE] PRIMED FOR EFFECTIVE DATE. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. I WILL TAKE A MOTION AND A SECOND, PLEASE.
>> I HAVE A MOTION BY THE VICE MAYOR.
I HAVE A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WRIGHT.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MS. MAXINE CALLOWAY, OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, WILL GIVE US A PRESENTATION.
THERE WILL NOT BE ANY PUBLIC PARTICIPATION AS THIS IS AN ORDINANCE ON FIRST READING.
>> THANK YOU, MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION. GOOD EVENING.
MAXINE CALLOWAY FOR THE RECORD, DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER.
WE HAVE A BIT OF A GOOD NEWS FOR YOU THIS EVENING.
THANK YOU. THE TITLE WAS READ BY THE CITY ATTORNEY AND I HAVE A BIT OF A GOOD NEWS FOR YOU THIS EVENING ON THIS TREE PRESERVATION ORDINANCE.
THE CITY OF TAMARAC, OF COURSE, IS PROPOSING TO TAKE THIS PROCESS OVER FROM THE COUNTY AND TO ADMINISTER OWN TREE PRESERVATION, TREE REMOVAL PROCESS, WHICH OF COURSE WILL LOCALIZE THE PROCESS, MAKE IT MORE EFFICIENT FOR RESIDENTS.
INSTEAD OF GOING TO THE COUNTY, OF COURSE, THEY'D BE COMING TO US.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE THOUGHT ABOUT FOR QUITE SOME TIME, BUT IT WAS A MAIN DISCUSSION AT OR STRATEGIC PLANNING SESSION THAT OCCURRED ON FEBRUARY 13TH WHEN STAFF WAS DIRECTED TO LOOK INTO THIS AND TO BRING THAT PROCESS IN HOUSE.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE DONE.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE COUNTY FOR SEVERAL MONTHS GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS.
THE COUNTY REQUIRES A VERY STRINGENT PROCESS, SOMETHING CONSISTENT WITH THEIRS.
AND SO WE HAD TO GO THROUGH REDOING OUR CODE, INCLUDING SOME OF THE COUNTY'S REQUIREMENTS, THE TREE PRESERVATION PROCESS, AS WELL AS HOW TO TREAT THE LICENSE ARE ISSUED, WHO ISSUES THE LICENSE, WHICH IN THIS CASE WOULD BE CITY AND CITY STAFF.
THAT PROCESS TOOK SOME BACK-AND-FORTH TO THE COUNTY, WHICH IS SOMEWHAT SUMMARIZED ON THIS SLIDE.
I KNOWING YOUR BACKUP, YOU HAVE ALMOST 60 PAGES OF THIS TREE PRESERVATION ORDINANCE BECAUSE WE HAD TO INCORPORATE MUCH OF A BROAD COUNTY'S PROCESS AND JUST TO BE SPECIFIC HERE, THIS IS SOME OF THE SECTIONS THAT WE HAD TO INCORPORATE DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE, WHICH SPOKE TO SEVERAL OF A STATE DOCUMENTS AND COUNTY DOCUMENTS THAT ARE INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE.
WE INCLUDED A DEFINITION SECTION, WE INCLUDED A GENERAL PROHIBITION SECTION, AND GENERAL EXEMPTION SECTION, THE TRUE AND MOVE A LICENSE REQUIREMENTS, STANDARDS AND PROCESSES, WHICH SPEAKS ABOUT THE APPLICATION AND HOW IT'S PROCESSED.
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CONSTRUCTION AND LAND CLEARING, TREE ABUSE, TREE PRESERVATION FUN, WHICH ACCOUNTING REQUIRES THAT IT'D BE ESTABLISHED BY THE CITY SO THE ORDINANCE ESTABLISHES THAT FUND AND ALL MONIES THAT ARE COLLECTED AS A PART OF THE LICENSE AND PROCESS WILL THEN BE WE'LL GO INTO THIS FUND AND THE FUND IS USED TO ENHANCE THE CITY'S TREE CANOPY THROUGHOUT THE CITY.WE ALSO HAD TO INCORPORATE BROAD COUNTIES TREE AND PALM REPLACEMENT TABLES.
WE MADE SOME CHANGES WHILE WE WERE IN THERE AND WE DID SOME DELETIONS TO REMOVE SOME REDUNDANCY THAT WAS THERE AND WE DID SOME MINOR EDITING FOR CONTEXTS AND SUBSECTIONS RENAMING.
WHEN WE PROCESS A TEXT AMENDMENT, THE CODE PRESCRIBES CERTAIN STANDARDS THAT MUST BE MET FOR TEXT AMENDMENT TO THE CODE.
THIS JUST LISTS ALL THE STANDARDS WHICH WE BELIEVE THIS TEXT AMENDMENT IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH.
THIS ORDINANCE WE BELIEVE IS CONSISTENT WITH GOAL NUMBER ONE, TAMARAC IS HOME AND TAMARAC IS VIBRANT BY PROVIDING THE SERVICE WHILE NEEDED SERVICE BRINGING IT INTERNALLY, MANAGING OUR OWN PROCESS, AND MAKING THIS LOCAL TO OUR RESIDENTS AS OPPOSED TO GOING TO THE COUNTY.
THIS WAS ALSO HEARD BY THE PLANET BOARD AT THEIR LAST MEETING.
STAFF IS ALSO RECOMMENDING THAT THE CITY COMMISSION APPROVED THIS ON FIRST READING TONIGHT, AND THEN ON SECOND READING AT THE NEXT MEETING ON JUNE 28TH.
THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.
>> MS. CALLOWAY EXPLAIN AGAIN THE COUNTY'S PROCESS AND WHY YOU BELIEVE IT'S ONEROUS.
>> VICE MAYOR AS IT IS NOW IF A RESIDENT, DEVELOPER EVEN THE CITY OF TAMARAC IF WE NEED TO REMOVE A TREE, DURING THE TREE REPLACEMENT THE APPLICATION IS MADE THROUGH THE COUNTY.
IT TAKES A WHILE YOU HAVE NO CONTROL OVER THE PROCESS, THE CITY ITSELF HAS ENCOUNTERED SOME CHALLENGES WITH THE COUNTY RELATIVE TO OUR OWN PROJECTS.
YOU CAN UNDERSTAND WHEN THE COUNTY MANAGING THE PROCESS IT REMOVES THAT FROM THE CITY, IN TERMS OF WHAT WE CAN AFFORD OR RESIDENT WHO WOULD HAVE TO GO DOWNTOWN, GO TO THE COUNTY IF THEY ARE SUBMITTED IN A TREE REMOVAL OR REPLACEMENT APPLICATION.
>> HAVE YOU LOOKED AT HOW MANY CITIES USE THE COUNTY'S PROCESS, VERSUS HOW MANY CITIES ARE NOW USING THEIR OWN PROCESS OR HAVE ADOPTED THEIR OWN PROCESS?
>> YEAH, WE DID AND A MAJORITY OF THE CITIES HAVE THEIR OWN PROCESS.
WE DID SEE THAT TAMARAC WAS ONE OF THE FEW, AND IT'S BEEN SEVERAL YEARS THAT WE'VE THOUGHT ABOUT THIS, BUT REALLY DID NOT EMBARK ON THIS MISSION UNTIL RECENTLY AS A PART OF THE STRATEGIC PLANNING SESSION.
BUT WE DID DO SOME RESEARCH AND IT WAS A LIMITED AMOUNT OF CITIES THAT WERE STILL UNDER THE COUNTY'S UMBRELLA, WHICH IS WHY THE COUNTY HAS AN UPTIGHT PROGRAM.
IT'S A CERTIFICATION PROCESS WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH NOW.
>> MS. CALLOWAY EXPLAIN IF THIS WOULD BE TO REMOVE TREES, CUT TREES OR JUST REMOVAL UNDER THE COUNTY'S PROGRAM? IF SOMEBODY CUTS A TREE HOW DO THEY REPLACE IT? WHAT DID THE COUNTY OFFER?
>> WHAT YOU SEE IN THE ORDINANCE WHICH IS UNDERLINE IS MIRRORING THE COUNTY'S PROCESS, EXACTLY.
THE ONLY THING THAT MIGHT DIFFER IS THE FEES WHICH WE'LL BRING TO YOU AT THE NEXT MEETING.
ESSENTIALLY IF YOU'RE PRUNING, IF YOU'RE HAT RACKING A TREE, IF YOU'RE DESTROYING THE TREE THE PROCESS IS THE SAME.
THE SAME EXEMPTIONS ARE PROVIDED, SO IF YOU'RE A RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY, SINGLE-FAMILY HOME THERE'S AN EXEMPTION PROVIDED FOR YOU.
IF THE TREE PROVIDES SOME RISKS TO YOUR SAFETY, THERE IS A REMOVAL THAT CAN BE DONE WHICH IS SIMILAR TO THE COUNTY PROCESS.
EVERYTHING THAT'S UNDERLYING MIRRORS THE COUNTY PROCESS, WHICH IS WHAT THE COUNTY REQUIRED IN ORDER FOR US TO OPT OUT.
>> WHEN DO YOU BELIEVE THAT WE ALL SEE THE FEE SCHEDULE FOR THIS?
>> WE INTEND TO BRING IT AT THE SECOND READING JUNE 28 ALONG WITH SECOND READING.
>> DO YOU ENVISION THAT THE FEE SCHEDULE WILL BE HIGHER OR LOWER THAN THE COUNTY?
>> WE'RE LOOKING AT THE COUNTY AND SOME OF THE OTHER CITIES JUST TO SEE WHAT THEIR CHARGE WILL BE, I CAN DISCUSS THAT IN FURTHER DETAIL WHEN THAT ITEM IS BEFORE YOU BUT WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT NOW.
WE CAN HAVE OUR OWN FEES LOOKING AT THE COUNTY AND WHAT OTHER CITIES ARE ASSESSING CURRENTLY.
>> I THINK THIS IS A GOOD THING FOR THE CITY BECAUSE I REMEMBER A COUPLE OF RESIDENTS HAD A PROBLEM, AND FIRST THEY CAME TO US AND THEY HAD TO GO BACK TO THE COUNTY, THEN THEY HAD TO COME BACK TO US AND IT WAS A LONG PROCESS THAT I BELIEVE IS STILL NOT COMPLETED.
>> THANK YOU. SEEING NO OTHER QUESTIONS FROM OTHERS AT THIS TIME.
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IF I HAVE A TREE THAT IS GROWING NEXT TO A RESONANCE HOME THAT WAS PUT THERE BY A DEVELOPER, BECAUSE THAT'S THE WAY THE CITY PLANNED IT OUT AND IT IS DESTROYING THEIR HOME.THEY NOW CAN JUST COME TO THE CITY AND BE TOLD THAT THEY CAN REMOVE IT WITHOUT HAVING TO REPLACE THE SAME TYPE TREE, IN THE SAME LOCATION TO CREATE THE SAME PROBLEMS IT HAD IN THE PAST AS THEY HAVE BEEN DIRECTED AT THIS TIME BY THE COUNTY. IS THAT CORRECT?
>> YEAH, SO THERE'S A COUPLE OF EXEMPTION.
IF IT'S DETERMINED THAT THE TREE IS PUT IN THE PROPERTY OR THE PERSON AT RISK, THEN YES THE TREE CAN BE REMOVED WITHOUT A LICENSE OR A FEE.
>> BUT CURRENTLY THAT PERSON WHO'S COMPLAINED AND HAD ISSUES WITH, IT HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO DO SO BECAUSE THEY'VE HAD TO PUT IT BACK THE SAME TREE BACK AT THE SAME PLACE AND THEIR HOME.
>> IT WILL BE HELPFUL BECAUSE NOW THIS IS MANAGED BY THE CITY AND OF COURSE, WE CAN HAVE SOMEONE ON OUR STAFF GO OUT AND STUDY SO THIS IS MORE OF A LOCALIZED PROCESS.
>> IN THE SAME THING WHEN THERE'S NOT ENOUGH TREE CANOPY, THE CITY, THE RESIDENT CAN NOW ACTUALLY PUT IN TREES TO HELP THEIR TREE CANOPY BY GOING TO OUR CITY VERSUS HAVING TO GO DOWNTOWN?
>> ABSOLUTELY, AND THAT'S WHAT WE ENCOURAGED THE MORE TREE CANOPY THE BETTER.
>> THEN ALSO IF THERE'S A NEIGHBOR THAT DECIDES THAT THEY'RE GOING TO HAT RACK A BEAUTIFUL BIG OLD TREE THAT'S BEEN HERE FOR 40, 50, 60 YEARS AND LEAVE THE STUMPS HANGING OUT AND BEING UGLY ON A 7:15 IN THE MORNING ON A SUNDAY.
THE CITY CAN ACTUALLY BE HANDLING IT VERSUS WAITING FOR THE COUNTY TO ACTUALLY BE DOING SAME.
>> AND THEN WHEN WE GET TO BRING THIS BACK AND HOW THE GRANT FUNDS WORK, WE CAN DETERMINE HOW WE CAN HELP RESIDENCE AND EVEN COMMUNITIES.
I KNOW THAT THERE WAS A COMMUNITY THAT HAD A COUPLE OF TREES THAT WERE IN THE MEDIAN THAT IS NOT THEIRS, BUT THEY HAVE TO MAINTAIN AND THEY HAD TO DEAL WITH THE COUNTY AND ALL THE REPLACEMENT AND THE COST THAT SMALL COMMUNITY OF 48 HOMES.
A LOT OF MONEY AND NOW IT CAN BE WORKED OUT THROUGH THE CITY THROUGH THIS NEW PLAN, IS THAT CORRECT?
>> THAT LICENSE PROCESS WOULD BE MANAGED SOLELY BY THE CITY IN CONJUNCTION OF COURSE, WITH OUR ARBORS. YES.
>> THEN BECAUSE WE'D HAVE THE ARBOR'S ON SITE AND THINGS WOULD BE DOING THROUGH LICENSURE HERE.
IF THEY CAN'T PUT IT ON THEIR PROPERTY, THERE'LL BE ABLE TO PUT IT ON OTHER COMMUNAL PROPERTY.
>> WE'LL HAVE OPTIONS, THE ENTIRE PROCESS WILL BE MANAGED BY US.
>> EXCELLENT. I'M VERY EXCITED FOR THIS TO COME FORTH AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO HOPEFULLY THIS PASSING TODAY AND IN TWO WEEKS. VICE MAYOR.
>> MS. CALLOWAY DO WE HAVE AN ARBORS ON STAFF OR WILL THE ARBORS BE CONTRACTED?
>> THE ARBORS WILL BE CONTRACTED.
>> AND THAT WILL COME TO US AT A FUTURE MEETING [INAUDIBLE]?
>> YEAH, IT'S A PART OF THE YOU'LL HEAR ABOUT IT A LITTLE BIT MORE NEXT THURSDAY DURING YOUR BUDGET MEETING, AND IT WILL BE A PART OF YOUR BUDGET APPROVAL PROCESS. YES.
>> WILL THE SECOND READING ALSO TALK ABOUT THE PENALTIES FOR REMOVING A TREE LEGALLY?
>> THE PENALTIES ARE SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE 60 PAGES, SO THERE'S NOT ONE ENFORCEMENT PROVISION IT'S THROUGHOUT.
DEPENDING ON IF YOU WERE TO HACK ROCKETRY OR IF YOU WERE TO REMOVE A TREE WITHOUT A LICENSE, IT IS THROUGHOUT THE ORDINANCE THAT YOU WILL FIND THE PENALTY.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, THERE'S A SECTION THAT SPEAKS TO ENFORCEMENT THAT USES OUR EXISTING CODE ENFORCEMENT PROCESS.
>> YOU MENTIONED EARLIER THAT SOME CITIES ARE STILL ON THE COUNTY'S PLAN, DO YOU KNOW THE AMOUNT OF CITIES CORRESPOND THE COUNTY'S PLAN?
>> I DON'T BUT I CAN PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION.
>> DID YOU LOOK AT SOME OF THE ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF STAYING WITH THE COUNTY VERSUS OUR PLAN?
>> WE DID. LIKE I SAID WE'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT THIS FOR QUITE SOME TIME, MAYBE FOUR OR FIVE YEARS NOW BECAUSE WE HAVE HAD OUR OWN CHALLENGES WITH THE COUNTY.
CLEARLY HAVING AUTONOMY OVER YOUR OWN PROCESS IS A BENEFIT NO MATTER WHAT IT IS, AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT THIS DOES MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE.
>> THAT IS A BENEFIT. CAN YOU DESCRIBE THE DISADVANTAGE OF OPTING OUT OF THE COUNTIES PLAN?
>> IS NOT HAVING AUTONOMY OVER YOUR OWN PROCESS AND YOUR RESIDENTS GO INTO THE COUNTY COMPLAINING AS THEY HAVE BEEN DOING.
OF COURSE, NOT HAVING CONTROL OVER YOUR OWN DESTINY AND YOUR OWN PROCESS AND YOUR OWN BEAUTIFICATION EFFORTS.
>> THIS ORDINANCE MIRRORS THE COUNTIES ORDINANCE, WILL IT NOT BE THE SAME ISSUES THAT THEY WILL HAVE EXCEPT FOR TAKING A TRIP DOWN TO THE COUNTY?
>> I WOULDN'T SAY SO BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE CITY STAFF MANAGING THE PROCESS NECESSARILY, AND IT HAD TO MIRROR I'M CERTAIN DEGREE THE COUNTY BECAUSE OF THE CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.
IN ORDER FOR CITIES TO OPT OUT YOU HAVE TO BE CERTIFIED BY THE COUNTY, AND THE REQUIREMENTS HAVE TO BE MORE STRINGENT THAN WE CURRENTLY HAVE.
THEY HAD TO REVIEW IT WHICH THEY DID BEFORE WE BROUGHT IT TO YOU, SO I WOULDN'T NECESSARILY SAY THAT IT'S ONLY MAKING THAT TRIP TO THE COUNTY IS THE ONLY BENEFIT.
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IT LOCALIZES THE PROCESS, YES BUT IT BRINGS THOSE FUNDS ALSO TO THE CITY.CURRENTLY THE COUNTY CHARGES THERE'S A TREE FUND ACCORDING TO THE COUNTY, THE CITY IS SUPPOSED TO BE GETTING THOSE FUNDS ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.
I DON'T BELIEVE WE HAVE BEEN GETTING THOSE FUNDS, BUT AT LEAST NOW WITH OUR OWN TREE TRUST FUND, THOSE FUNDS WOULD COME TO THE CITY AND THEY CAN BE USED FOR ANY TYPE OF LANDSCAPE ENHANCEMENT, INCLUDING IMPLEMENTING YOUR LANDSCAPE MASTER PLAN.
ANY BEAUTIFICATION EFFORT LANDSCAPE ORIENTED THAT WOULD ENHANCE OUR TREE CANOPY, THOSE FUNDS CAN BE USED FOR.
>> I LOOK FORWARD TO SUPPORTING THIS I BELIEVE IT'S CREATIVE, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I'VE ASKED FOR OVER THE TIME THAT I'VE BEEN ELECTED HERE.
WE HAVE HAD SEVERAL CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THIS PRIVATELY, RESIDENTS HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT THIS FOR SEVERAL YEARS.
I THINK IT'S DUE TIME TO SWITCH OVER FROM THE COUNTY TO ALL THOSE RESIDENTS THAT HAVE COMPLAINED OVER THE PAST, AND LOG THOSE COMPLAINTS WITH YOUR OFFICE AS WELL I'D BE HAPPY TO TELL THEM THAT THIS PASSED AT LEAST ON FIRST READING, I'VE LOOKED AT THE ORDINANCE A LITTLE BIT MORE TO SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE THAT WE CAN ADD ON SECOND READING. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU. JUST ONE ALSO WE HAD TALKED ABOUT THIS AND I KNOW IT'LL COME BACK.
SOME OF THE FUNDS COULD ACTUALLY GO TO COVER THE COST OF THE ARBORIST OR KNOW THE THINGS THAT THE CITIES ARE DOING.
GRANT BRANDS FOR PEOPLE WHO WANT MORE TREES WHO CAN AFFORD TO DO THE TREE PRUNING AND THINGS OF THE LIKE, AND THAT'S ALL STUFF THAT WE CAN TALK ABOUT WHEN WE BRING IT IN AT SECOND READING.
BUT ADDING THE FLEXIBILITY THAT WE DON'T HAVE CURRENTLY AND YES, WE'RE RESTRICTED AND STRICT AS A COUNTY OR MORE SO WHEN IT COMES TO CERTIFICATION.
BUT WE CAN BE MORE LENIENT HAVING IT BE OUR OWN, BY NOT HAVING TO REPLACE THE SAME TREE OR THE SAME AMOUNT OF TREES IN THE SAME LOCATION WITH THE SAME TYPE OF TREE THAT'S ALREADY KILLING A RESIDENCE HOME OR PLACE, SO THAT I THINK IS ALSO ONE OF THE OTHER KEY ITEMS IS THE FREEDOM FOR THE CITY TO BE ABLE TO DETERMINE THE BEST IN WELFARE FOR THE RESIDENT, THE BUSINESS OWNER AND ALSO IN A MANNER THAT IT WILL MAKE IT MORE IN LINE OF WHAT THE PURPOSE OF BASICALLY DEALING WITH OUR ENVIRONMENT, AND MAKING IT ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY AND HELPFUL TO OUR RESIDENTS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL OF THIS, AND IT WAS A LOVELY 60 PAGES OF DELIGHTFUL READING.
BUT IT WAS WORTH IT AND SO I'M HOPING THAT THE PEOPLE THAT ARE LISTENING WHO HAD BEEN PART OF WANTING THE CHANGES HERE, WILL REALIZE THAT WE'RE TAKING THAT STEP FORWARD.
AT THIS POINT IN TIME SEEING THERE'S NO OTHER COMMENTS LET'S CALL THE ROLL.
>> THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. COMMISSIONER WRIGHT?
>> MOTION PASSES, 5-0. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. THE NEXT ITEM ON FIRST READING,
[6.b TO2532 - An Ordinance of the City Commission of the City of Tamarac, Florida; amending Chapter 10, Article 6, entitled “Rules of Construction and Definitions”, by specifically amending Section 10-6.2 entitled “Use Categories and Use Types Defined” of the City of Tamarac Code of Ordinances, to allow for the amendment to the definitions of the use “Child Care Facility”, amending the definition of the use “School”, amending the definition of the use “Auto Towing”, and amending the definition of the use “Auto Wrecking and Salvage Yard”; to allow for updated definitions in accordance with Florida Statutes, providing for codification; providing for conflicts; providing for severability; and providing for an effective date.]
WHICH IS ALSO ANOTHER ITEM THAT WILL NOT HAVE PUBLIC COMMENTS, IS 6B 202532.CITY ATTORNEY, PLEASE READ THE TITLE FOR THE RECORD.
>> ITEM 6B, AN ORDINANCE OF CITY COMMISSIONERS CITY OF TAMARAC IN CHAPTER 10, ARTICLES 6, ENTITLED RULES OF CONSTRUCTION DEFINITION.
BY SPECIFICALLY AMENDING SECTION 10-6.2, ENTITLED USE CATEGORIES, USED TYPES THAT DEFINE.
OUR CITY TAMARAC CODE OF ORDINANCES TO ALLOW FOR AN AMENDMENT TO THE DEFINITION OF USE CHILDCARE FACILITY, AMENDING DEFINITION OF USE SCHOOL, AMENDING DEFINITION OF USE AUTO-TOWING, AMENDING DEFINITION OF USE AUTO RECORD AND SALVAGE YARD.
ALLOW FOR UPDATE DEFINITION COINS FOR FLORIDA STATUTES, PROVIDE FOR CLARIFICATION, PLAN FOR CONFLICTS, PLAN FOR SUSTAINABILITY.
SO REALLY PRIMED FOR EFFECTIVE DATE. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.
>> THANK YOU. NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND, PLEASE.
>> I HAVE A MOTION BY VICE MAYOR.
I HAVE A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS.
MS. CALLOWAY, IF YOU WOULD, OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, PROVIDE US WITH THE PRESENTATION.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION.
THIS ITEM TONIGHT REALLY IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE SOME USE DEFINITIONS THAT'S CONSISTENT WITH FLORIDA STATUTE.
AS IT IS NOW, WE HAVE SOME PENDING APPLICATIONS THAT ARE RELIANT ON OUR USE CATEGORIES BEING CONSISTENT WITH FLORIDA STATUTE.
IN SOME OF THE USES THAT I WILL SPEAK TO TONIGHT, YOU CAN SEE ON THIS SLIDE, PARTICULARLY FLORIDA STATUTES 402325, WHICH SPEAKS TO SCHOOLS, WHICH IS ONE OF THE USES THAT WE NEED TO UPDATE, WHICH ALLOWS SCHOOLS TO HAVE CHILDREN BETWEEN THE AGES OF THREE TO FIVE YEARS OLD, WHICH OUR CURRENT DEFINITION DOES NOT.
FLORIDA STATUTE 713786, WHICH SPEAKS TO VEHICLE AND VESSELS BEING TOWED AND THE ABILITY OF
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THAT PROPERTY OWNER TO BE ABLE TO PUT FOR PUBLIC AUCTION AND SELL THOSE VEHICLES, OUR DEFINITION DOES NOT INCLUDE THAT.SO TONIGHT, WE'RE HOPING TO UPDATE THOSE DEFINITIONS.
AS MENTIONED, CHILDCARE FACILITY, SCHOOL, AUTO-TOWING AND AUTO-WRECKING AND SALVAGE YARD ARE THE DEFINITIONS THAT WE'RE OPEN TO UPDATE TO ALLOW FOR OUR BUSINESSES AND PROPERTY OWNERS TO BE ABLE TO PROCESS THEIR PENDING APPLICATIONS.
I'M SORRY. CHILDCARE FACILITY, THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE EXISTING DEFINITION OF CHILDCARE FACILITY THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE PRIVATE SCHOOLS.
SO FOR THIS DEFINITION, ALL WE'RE DOING IS ADDING PRIVATE SCHOOLS.
IT WILL READ A CHILDCARE FACILITY INCLUDES PUBLIC SCHOOL AND PRIVATE SCHOOL PROGRAMS, WHICH IS REFERENCED IN FLORIDA STATUTE AND ADD IN THE SECOND FLORIDA STATUTE REFERENCE, WHICH IS SECTION 402-3025(1)(B) AND (2)(A) IN THIS DEFINITION.
IT'S ALSO ADDED AN I FOR PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS JUST TO MAKE SURE PRIVATE SCHOOLS ARE INCLUDED IN THAT DEFINITION.
FOR THE SCHOOL DEFINITION, THIS IS THE MAIN DISTINCTION THAT WE'D LIKE TO MAKE.
OUR CURRENT DEFINITION IS NOT CONSISTENT WITH FLORIDA STATUTE, WHICH ALLOWS PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOL TO BE ABLE TO HAVE PRE-K CHILDREN BETWEEN THE AGES OF 3-5, PROVIDED THAT THE SCHOOL ITSELF DOES NOT CATER TO A MAJORITY OF THESE CHILDREN BETWEEN THE AGES OF 3-5 YEARS OLD.
OUR SCHOOL DEFINITION WOULD BE UPDATED TO INCLUDE SCHOOL SHALL INCLUDE PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN OR BETWEEN 3-5 YEARS OF AGE, WHICH ARE NOT CHILDCARE FACILITIES PROVIDED THE PROGRAMS IN THE SCHOOLS ARE OPERATING AND STAFFED DIRECTLY BY THE SCHOOLS.
PROVIDED THE PROGRAM TO MEET AGE-APPROPRIATE STANDARDS AS ADOPTED BY THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
PROVIDED A MAJORITY OF THE CHILDREN ENROLLED INTO SCHOOLS ARE FIVE YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER FOR PRIVATE SCHOOLS AND PROVIDED THERE IS COMPLIANCE WITH THE SCREENING REQUIREMENTS.
THIS WILL ALLOW YOUR SCHOOL, ANY SCHOOL, WHETHER PUBLIC OR PRIVATE, TO HAVE A PRE-K PROGRAM THAT CATERS TO CHILDREN BELOW THE AGE OF FIVE, BUT NOT LESS THAN THE AGE OF THREE.
THE AUTO TOWING DEFINITION IS CURRENTLY NOT CONSISTENT WITH FLORIDA STATUTE AS WELL.
FLORIDA STATUTE ALLOWS WHEN A VEHICLE OR VESSEL IS TOWED THAT THAT OPERATOR, THAT BUSINESS OWNER HAS A CERTAIN PERIOD OF TIME IN WHICH THEY CAN THEN AUCTION THOSE VEHICLES IF IT'S NOT CLAIMED BY THE OWNER OF THE VEHICLE.
AND OUR DEFINITION DID NOT INCLUDE THE ABILITY TO DO THAT.
SO WE'RE UPDATED TO INCLUDE A VEHICLE OR VESSEL OF ANY KIND, WHICH IS CAPABLE OR INCAPABLE OF BEING OPERATED DUE TO CONDITION OR LACK OF LICENSE OR REGISTRATION.
THIS SHALL INCLUDE THE SALE OF A VEHICLE OR VESSEL AT PUBLIC SALE FOR CASH IN COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 713.786 OF FLORIDA STATUTE.
FINALLY, THE LAST DEFINITION, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE A CLEAR DISTINCTION BETWEEN TOWING OF VEHICLES AND AUTO WRECKING AND SALVAGE YARD.
WE HAVE ADDED TO THIS DEFINITION.
THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE VEHICLES OR VESSELS INCAPABLE OF BEING OPERATED DUE TO CONDITION OR LACK OF LICENSE OR REGISTRATION THAT HAVE BEEN TOWED, CARRIED, OLD, OR PUSHED FROM PUBLIC OR PRIVATE PROPERTY WHEN SUCH VEHICLE OR VESSEL HASN'T BEEN ORDERED TO BE IMPOUNDED TO A PUBLIC OR PRIVATE IMPOUND LOT.
THIS IS TO MAKE THAT CLEAR DISTINCTION THAT THIS TYPE OF BUSINESS CANNOT BE A TOWING BUSINESS AND IT CAN ONLY SELL FOR THE PURPOSE OF RECYCLING OR RESALE PARTS.
IT'S YOUR REGULAR AUTO WRECKING AND SALVAGE YARD.
YOU DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO SELL THOSE VEHICLES.
YOU JUST HAVE INOPERABLE VEHICLES ON YOUR PROPERTY FOR THE PURPOSE OF OBTAINING PARTS FOR RECYCLING OR RESALE.
THIS IS JUST TO MAKE THAT CLEAR DISTINCTION BETWEEN AUTO WRECKING AND SALVAGE YARD AND JUST A TOWING BUSINESS.
[LAUGHTER] THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
>> IT'LL BE ME. WELL, AUTO WRECKING SALVAGE YARDS.
WE DON'T CURRENTLY HAVE ANY AUTO WRECKING SALVAGE YARDS IN THE CITY, DO WE?
>> I DON'T BELIEVE WE DO, BUT WE DO HAVE THE DEFINITION.
THE USE IS AVAILABLE IN OUR YOUTH CHARGE.
SO IT'S A USE THAT IS ALLOWABLE IN THE INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT.
>> WHAT HAPPENS IF I HAVE AN AUTO WRECKING SALVAGE YARD IN ONE HAND AND THEN I HAVE ANOTHER PARCEL THAT IS MY AUTO TOWING?
>> SO YOU HAVE TWO SEPARATE BUSINESS TAX RECEIPT AND YOU'D BE ALLOWED ON THE AUTO TOWING TO DO WHAT THEY USE SAYS YOU CAN DO AND ON THE WRECKAGE, THEN YOU'LL BE SELLING THOSE PARTS FOR SALE.
YOU WOULD NOT BE TOWING INOPERABLE VEHICLES TO THAT PROPERTY.
>> I'LL JUST PUT ALL MY THOUGHTS OUT HERE FOR RIGHT NOW.
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I APPRECIATE THAT YOU CLARIFIED THE SCHOOL ITEM FOR THE 3-5 AND THE REASON WHY IT'S 3-5 WITH MAJORITY OF FIVE.>> IT'S BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE IT'S ACTUALLY A SCHOOL FACILITY.
>> NOT A DAYCARE FACILITY TRYING TO.
>> SO I'M COMPLETELY FINE WITH THAT ONE.
I HAVE A LOT OF TROUBLE WITH THE AUTO PARTS SITUATION HERE.
WHILE I DO UNDERSTAND A TOW YARD AND HAVING A VEHICLE ON THEIR PROPERTY FOR A LITTLE BIT.
THEN I UNDERSTOOD THAT IN THE VERY BEGINNING, BUT THEN I READ THIS A LITTLE MORE DETAIL.
I HAVE A BIG PROBLEM WITH GIVING AUTHORITY TO A TOW COMPANY TO SAY 35 DAYS.
NOW YOU CAN GO SELL THIS PERSON'S VEHICLE.
GRANTED, IF IT'S THREE YEARS OLD, YOU HAVE THIS WAY TO GO AND IF IT'S LESS THAN THREE YEARS OLD, YOU HAVE THIS WAY TO GO.
THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS THERE'S SOME PEOPLE WHO GET TOWED AND THEY GET TOWED AND THEY DON'T GET PAID FOR 30 DAYS.
THEY CAN'T FIND SOMEBODY TO HELP GET THEM THE MONEY TO PAY THE TOW FEES AND THE DAILY TOW FEES AND THEN THE IMPACT FEES THAT ARE GOING ON.
NOW WE'RE GOING TO SAY TO THIS PERSON WHO IS ALREADY HAVING TROUBLE.
SO SORRY, WE'VE AUTHORIZED THE SALE OF YOUR VEHICLE WITHIN 35 DAYS.
I THINK THAT THAT IS INAPPROPRIATE FOR US TO DO.
MS. CALLOWAY, ARE WE ALLOWED TO EXTEND THE TIME AND SAY YOU CANNOT SELL THAT VEHICLE BEFORE SIX MONTHS? I GUESS IF THAT'S NOT AN ANSWER FOR YOU IN THIS POSITION, I WILL ASK THE CITY ATTORNEY.
>> IF THE CITY ATTORNEY, I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN BRING YOU THE SECTION OF STATUTE IF YOU'D LIKE TO LOOK AT IT.
BUT IT'S 35 DAYS IF THE VEHICLE IS LESS THAN THREE YEARS OF AGE, AND 50 DAYS IF THE VEHICLE OR VESSEL IS THREE YEARS OF AGE OR LESS.
IT'S 35 DAYS. IT'S A THREE YEARS OR MORE THAN 50 DAYS.
>> IT'S ONE MONTH OR LESS THAN TWO MONTHS TO BE ABLE TO GET BACK YOUR CAR IF YOU HAVE PARKED.
GRANTED THERE'S SOME KINDS OF, EVERYBODY HAS ONE-OFF, BUT CITY ATTORNEY.
>> MADAM MAYOR, I WILL GET TO GET.
THIS IS FIRST READING BECAUSE TOWING VEHICLE IS HEAVILY REGULATED BY STATE LAW.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE IN COMPLIANCE.
GENERALLY, THE RULE WHERE YOU CAN BE MORE RESTRICTIVE, BUT WITH TOWING OF VEHICLES, I THINK LET ME GET MY OFFICE MEET WITH MS. CALLOWAY AND WILL PROVIDE YOU BETTER GUIDANCE ON THAT ISSUE.
>> THAT'S FINE. BUT WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT TOWING THE VEHICLES.
THE VEHICLE HAS ALREADY BEEN TOWED.
WHAT WE'RE NOW SAYING IS TOW COMPANY, I UNDERSTAND YOU'RE LOT MAY BE SMALL AND YOU'VE HAD THIS VEHICLE ON YOUR LAP FOR SOME DAYS.
>> THE SALE VEHICLES. [OVERLAPPING]
>> BUT CITY OF TAMARAC IS NOW SAYING, IF THIS GOES THROUGH, YOU ARE HEREBY AUTHORIZED TO SELL THIS PERSON'S VEHICLE WITHIN 30-50 DAYS, DEPENDING ON WHAT IT IS.
SOME OF THEM MAY HAVE LIENS AS A WHOLE BIG THING HERE.
I GET IT. I'VE READ THE STATUTE.
BUT THE POINT BEING IS, ONE, I DON'T THINK THESE ARE BOTH SHOULD BE TOGETHER BECAUSE I CAN SUPPORT ONE AND THEY CAN'T SUPPORT THE OTHER, UNLESS THERE'S SOME CHANGES TO IT.
BEING MORE RESTRICTIVE IS SAYING NO.
THAT'S WHAT IT IS. WE DON'T HAVE TO MIRROR THE STATUTE RIGHT NOW.
I WOULD SUPPORT A BIFURCATION OF THIS ITEM TO HAVE THE SCHOOL GO THROUGH BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO HURT THE SCHOOL.
BUT I ALSO DON'T WANT TO SAY YES TO AN ITEM THAT I DO NOT THINK IS FULLY READY FOR US TO GO TO A SECOND READING ON.
COMMISSIONER, JIM, YOUR LIGHT IS LIT.
>> OF COURSE, MY UNDERSTANDING WAS THAT WE WERE TRYING TO MIMIC THE STATE LAW. I AGREE WITH HER.
I WOULDN'T WANT ANYONE TO SUFFER MORE FINANCIAL BURDEN WITH THEIR CAR, BUT WILL THE STATE LAW OVERRIDE US ANYWAY?
>> SO THAT'S WHAT THE CITY ATTORNEYS SUGGESTING THAT HE WOULD NEED SOME TIME TO LOOK INTO IT, BUT THIS IS THE AUTO TOWING DEFINITION THAT IS IN QUESTION AND THE LANGUAGE UNDERLYING IS WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING TO INCLUDE, WHICH WILL SAY THEY SHALL INCLUDE THE SALE OF A VEHICLE OR VESSEL AT PUBLIC SALE FOR CASH IN COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 713.786, FLORIDA STATUTE.
THE REASON WHY WE'RE DOING THIS AMENDMENT IS BECAUSE THESE DEFINITIONS WERE NOT IN COMPLIANCE WITH FLORIDA STATUTES.
>> PROBABLY MS. CALLOWAY, MAYBE WE CAN GET PROVISION AND COME BACK WITH RESPECT TO THAT SECTION IS JUST A DEFINITION ISSUE.
>> THAT'S PRIMARILY WHY IT'S BEFORE THE COMMISSION.
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WE HAVE A PENDING APPLICATION WHERE THIS IS IMPEDING THEIR BUSINESS AND ALL THESE ARE DUE TO APPEND AN APPLICATION THAT WE NEED TO CLEAN OUR CODE UP BEFORE WE BRING THEM FORWARD TO YOU.AS IT IS NOW, WITHOUT THIS CHANGE, THE APPLICANT IS ABLE TO CONFORM TO FLORIDA STATUTE AND BE ABLE TO AUCTION VEHICLES CONSISTENT WITH FLORIDA STATUTE.
>> BUT OUR CODE DOESN'T ALLOW IT AND WE'RE NOT IN NON-COMPLIANCE.
IS THERE ANY RULE FROM THE STATE THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE EVERY ONE OF OUR CODES CHANGE TO BE IN COMPLIANCE? THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS STATUTES ARE IN PLACE FOR WHEN THE CITY DOESN'T HAVE RULES IN THERE UNLESS THERE'S PREEMPTIVE LANGUAGE.
THERE WAS NO PREEMPTIVE LANGUAGE IN THIS STATE STATUTE THAT IS HERE SAYING THAT WE HAVE TO AMEND TO BE AS IT SAYS.
WE ARE ABLE TO BE AS WE ARE WITHOUT HAVING TO CHANGE IT AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE MAY BE AN APPLICATION PENDING IN THE FUTURE, BUT WE'RE HERE WITH LIMITED KNOWLEDGE ON WHAT THAT PENDING APPLICATION IS, AND I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD BE PARTIALLY DETERMINING THAT WE SHOULD BE CHANGING AN APPLICATION FOR AN APPLICATION WE DON'T EVEN KNOW IF IT'S COMING BEFORE US AND IF WE'RE GOING TO APPROVE IT.
I REALLY TRULY THINK THAT WE DON'T HAVE A FULL PICTURE HERE, BUT ON THE SCHOOL ONE, WHILE I UNDERSTAND THERE'S AN APPLICATION PENDING ON IT, I KNOW THE BACKGROUND ON IT, BUT IT'S DEALING WITH SCHOOLS AND THERE'S NOTHING THAT SEEMS TO BE HURTFUL TO ANY CHILDREN OR ANY PARENTS OR ANY SCHOOL BOARD SO THAT'S WHY I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THAT ONE.
BUT WITH THE SECOND ONE, TO TRY TO CHANGE OUR RULES TO POSSIBLY MAKE SOME ENTITY THAT MAY BE COMING FOR US HAPPY WHEN WE DON'T EVEN KNOW IF WE'RE GOING TO GRANT THAT, I THINK WE'RE CHANGING THE RULES.
[BACKGROUND] SOMEBODY NEEDS TO ANSWER THE PHONE.
I DON'T THINK THAT'S THE PROPER WAY TO BE DOING THIS.
I FEEL IN THE DARK AND I'M NOT HAPPY ABOUT BEING IN THE DARK. CITY ATTORNEY.
>> AGAIN, I THINK THE BEST ACTION THAT WE CAN DO TONIGHT IS TO RESEARCH THIS ISSUE, COME BACK WITH MORE CLARITY.
WE CAN OBVIOUSLY DELETE THE SECTION AND EVENTUALLY COME BACK EITHER WITH MORE INFORMATION HAS BEEN REQUESTED OR CLARIFY WHAT THE DEFINITION, BUT I DON'T HAVE ANY OBJECTION TO WORKING WITH MS. CALLOWAY AND GIVEN THE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THAT THIS COMMISSION MAY NEED ON THIS AREA.
>> THEN I GUESS AT THAT POINT IT WINDS UP BEING A REQUEST TO THE COMMISSION.
IF IT'S IN FAVOR OF A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT AND BEING SUPPORTED BY THE VICE MAYOR WHO MADE THE MOTION AND SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS, WHO SECONDED THE MOTION ON WHETHER OR NOT IT WILL ALLOW FOR THE BIFURCATION AND THE REMOVAL OF ANYTHING DEALING WITH THE AUTOMOTIVE PART TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE SCHOOL PART.
THEN IT'S SUCH TIME WHEN THE AUTOMOTIVE IS ACTUALLY READY TO COME BACK BEFORE US. IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING?
>> CORRECT AND WHATEVER LAW IS IN PLACE NOW IS THE LAW THAT WE WILL HAVE TO FOLLOW.
IF IT'S STATE LAW, GENERALLY, STATE LAW PREEMPTS LOCAL LAW, UNLESS IS PERMITTED, THERE IS NO CONFLICT.
>> STATE LAW ONLY PREAMPS WHEN IT SAYS SO SPECIFICALLY WITH [OVERLAPPING] SAYING THAT THERE WAS A PREEMPTION AT THIS TIME.
>> THAT IS OUT THERE POROSITY ATTORNEYS? VICE MAYOR?
>> THANK YOU, MAYOR. MS. CALLOWAY, YOU'RE SAYING THAT STATE LAW GIVES THE ABILITY.
>> IT DOES, SO A TOWING AUDITORY BUSINESS BY STATE LAW.
ONCE A VEHICLE IS IMPOUNDED, IF IT'S NOT RECLAIMED BY THAT OWNER, THEY CAN SELL AND THEY HAVE BEEN AND THEY CAN DO THAT CONSISTENT WITH STATE LAW.
>> YOU CAN YOU PUT THE VEHICLE UP FOR A PUBLIC AUCTION AND THE VEHICLE CAN BE SOLD.
ALL WE'RE SAYING IS THAT WE ARE COMPLYING WITH STATE LAW.
>> YES, THE LANGUAGE SAYS IT WILL BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 713, 786, FLORIDA STATUTE, WHICH IS A SECTION THAT SPEAKS TO THE ABILITY TO SELL VEHICLES.
>> WHAT IS THE BENEFIT OF DOING THIS FOR THE CITY?
>> OUR TOW COMPANIES TO BEGIN WITH, YOUR CODE SAYS THAT YOUR ORDINANCES MUST BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH STATE LAW SO THAT'S A PROVISION IN YOUR CODE AS IT IS, SO THAT ALLOWS US TO DO THAT AND ALLOWS OUR TOW COMPANIES TO BE ABLE TO DO THEIR BUSINESS CONSISTENT WITH STATE LAW AND NOT JUST A PORTION OF THEIR BUSINESS.
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>> YEAH, SO THERE'S GENERAL LANGUAGE IN YOUR CODE THAT SAYS THAT IT HAS TO BE CONSISTENT WITH STATE LAW.
THAT'S WHAT WE STRIVE TO DO WHENEVER THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY IF OUR CODE IS UNCLEAR, IF IT'S NOT CONSISTENT WITH STATE LAW, WE ATTEMPT TO CLEAN IT UP AS WE ARE IN THIS CASE.
>> IF WE PASS THIS AS THIS TONIGHT, THE CITY ATTORNEY COULD DO SOME RESEARCH IN THE INTERIM AND THEN MAKE THE CHANGE ON SECOND READING.
>> I THINK THAT'S OUR CLEANEST WAY TO DO IT.
IT ADDRESSES WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO.
IT ADDRESSES WHAT THE CITY ATTORNEY WOULD TRY TO DO TO DO MORE RESEARCH.
THEN ON SECOND READING, WE COULD TRY TO FIGURE OUT IF THE CHANGES IS GOOD OR NOT, SO I WOULD SUPPORT IT AS IT IS.
>> THANK YOU MAYOR. MAYOR BROUGHT UP A POINT ABOUT SOME APPLICATION IN THE PROCESS.
IF WE DO AS SUGGESTED BY THE VICE MAYOR WHEREAS THAT APPLICATION STANDING ON.
>> YOU'RE STILL CONSIDERING THAT APPLICATION I THINK IT'S SCHEDULED TO COME BEFORE YOU AT THE NEXT MEETING, JUNE 28TH.
ON SECOND READING, SIMULTANEOUS WITH THAT APPLICATION, YOU'LL SEE BOTH.
I THINK I AM AN AGREEMENT WITH THE MAYOR IF THERE'S AN APPLICATION IN THE PROCESS NOW, IT NEEDS TO BE DIVIDED NOW FOR THE CITY ATTORNEY TO PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION PRIOR TO APPROVING ANY APPLICATION AS PENDING.
CITY ATTORNEY, WHAT'S YOUR OPINION?
>> OBVIOUSLY, FIRSTLY MEANS THE LAW IS NOT AN EFFECT.
IF THE COMMISSION ADOPT TONIGHT, I'LL GET TOGETHER WITH MS. CALLOWAY TOMORROW ON THE LATTER ON FRIDAY, WE'LL START WORKING ON IT WAY BEFORE SECOND READING.
IF THERE'S AN ISSUE WITH RESPECT TO STATE LAW AND IN TERMS OF WHETHER THIS CITY HAS A RIGHT TO BASICALLY BE MORE RESTRICTIVE THAN STATE LAW OR THAT WE HAVE TO COMPLY, I WILL ADVISE MS. CALLOWAY, BUT GENERALLY, WHEN IT COMES TO TOW REGULATION, IT'S HEAVILY REGULATED AREA BY STATE LAW GENERALLY, WE HAVE TO COME IN COMPLIANCE WITH STATE LAW, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY FOR SECOND READING TO DISCUSS THAT WITH MS. CALLOWAY SO WE CAN GIVE THIS COMMISSION BETTER LEGAL ADVICE, BETTER FACTUAL ADVICE.
WITH RESPECT TO THE APPLICATION, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IS IRRELEVANT TO THE RESEARCH THAT WE'LL CONDUCT IN TERMS OF A LAW BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY IS WHETHER THE STATE LAW CONTROLS OR WHETHER WE HAVE AUTHORITY TO MAKE IT MORE RESTRICTIVE. THAT'S THE ISSUE.
>> I DO UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT I THINK WITH ANY APPLICATION WE SHOULDN'T EXCEPT ANY OR MAKE ANY CHANGES IF WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S COMING BEFORE US IS MY CONCERN.
>> IF I MAY RESPOND, BUT THE PRIMARY REASON OF THESE CHANGES IS TO COME INTO COMPLIANCE WITH STATE LAW.
WHEN AN APPLICATION IS FILLING ON OFFICE AND IT'S BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION THAT WE HAVE PROVISIONS IN THE CODE THAT'S INCONSISTENT WITH STATE LAW, THEN IT'S OUR DUTY TO BRING THOSE FORWARD TO YOU AND THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING SO IT WAS BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION THAT THIS WAS INCONSISTENT WITH STATE LAW, THEY USE DEFINITION AS OUTLINED IN THE CODE, SO TONIGHT, THAT'S THE PURPOSE IS TO MAKE THEM CONFORM.
>> IS THERE A COST BURDEN TO THE APPLICANTS FROM NOW UNTIL THE SECOND READING? ADDITIONAL COST BURDEN?
>> THE APPLICANT BUSINESSES IS A TOW BUSINESS AND BY STATE LAW, THEY'RE ABLE TO AUCTION AND SELL THEIR VEHICLES AND BY VIRTUE OF THE DEFINITION, NOT BEING IN COMPLIANCE WITH STATE STATUTE IS NOT ALLOWING THE APPLICANT TO DO SO, SO THE BUSINESS IS AFFECTED.
>> YEAH. I'M A LITTLE BIT IN THE MIDDLE HERE BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT CHANGE IS OR IF IT'S GOING TO BE APPROVED OR NOT.
LET ME DRINK MY WATER BEFORE MY NEXT QUESTION.
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IN TERMS OF THE STATE LAW, DOES IT STATE SPECIFICALLY HOW MANY DAYS BEFORE [INAUDIBLE] COMPANY CAN SELL THE CAR?>> THIS IS SPECIFICALLY FROM THE STATE LAW THAT YOU'RE MIMICKING.
>> ABSOLUTELY, WHICH IS WHY WE DIDN'T REPEAT THE ENTIRE SECTION, WE JUST REFERENCED THE SECTION 713786, WHICH DOES SAY THAT THE OWNER-OPERATOR OF THE STORAGE SPACE FOR SUCH STORAGE, HAS 35 DAYS AFTER THE VEHICLE OR VESSEL IS STORED TO SELL IF THE VESSEL IS MORE THAN THREE YEARS OF AGE, AND THEY HAVE 50 DAYS AFTER THE VEHICLE OR VESSEL IS STORED IF THE VESSEL OR VEHICLE IS THREE YEARS OF AGE OR LESS.
>> STATE LAW, LIKE THE MA'AM MENTIONED, IS STATE LAW DOESN'T DELINEATE THAT IT'S A PREEMPTION.
CAN WE CREATE OUR OWN STATUTE? [BACKGROUND]
>> THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT I ADVISE THE COMMISSION THAT I WOULD LIKE TO CONDUCT SOME ADDITIONAL RESEARCH TO CONFIRM WHETHER THE STATE REGULATION PREEMPTS ANY LOCAL REGULATION.
OR WHETHER THE STATE REGULATION ALLOW US TO BE A LITTLE MORE RESTRICTIVE.
OR IN OTHER WORDS, IF THE STATE LAW SAY 35 DAYS, CAN WE SAY 45 DAYS? THAT'S THE RESEARCH I WOULD LIKE TO CONDUCT BEFORE SECOND READING TO ENSURE THAT THERE'S CLARITY ON THAT ISSUE.
BECAUSE WHEN IT COMES TO CERTAIN AREAS, THE STATE GENERALLY WILL REGULARLY MORE HEAVILY THAN LOCAL JURISDICTION, AND BECAUSE OF THAT, THERE MAY BE A PREEMPTION, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO CONFIRM THAT.
I CANNOT CONFIRM WITHOUT LOOKING AT THE LAW AND LOOKING AT SOME OPINIONS WITH THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OFFICE. [BACKGROUND].
>> I WAS ACTUALLY GOING TO DRINK A SIP BEFORE MY NEXT QUESTION WAS ASKED.
>> NO, I CUT YOU OFF BECAUSE I THOUGHT YOU WERE DONE.
[OVERLAPPING] WE'LL LET COMMISSIONER WRIGHT JUST FINISH OUT HIS QUESTION WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY.
>> I GAVE YOU AN EXAMPLE, A VERY SIMPLE EXAMPLE.
STATE LAW REQUIRE THE POSTING OF NO TOWING SIGNS BEFORE YOU TOW A VEHICLE.
A CITY CANNOT BASICALLY EXEMPT THEMSELVES FROM THAT REQUIREMENT IF THE LAW SPECIFICALLY SAY YOU HAVE TO GIVE NOTICE TO THE OWNER OF THE VEHICLE BY POSTING A SIGN THAT SAY THAT VEHICLE WILL BE TOWED IF YOU PARK ILLEGALLY.
THAT IS A MANDATORY REQUIREMENT UNDER STATE LAW.
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS CANNOT EXEMPT THEMSELVES FROM THAT REQUIREMENT.
I WOULD LIKE TO CONFIRM IN TERMS OF THE NOTICE ISSUE, IN TERMS OF THE TIME PERIOD TO SELL A VEHICLE, THAT IS IT MANDATORY OR A PERMISSIVE REQUIREMENT.
>> THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS, BACK TO YOU.
>> LET ME GET THIS UNDERSTANDING MS. CALLOWAY.
IF WE DON'T PASS THIS TONIGHT, IT MEANS THAT FIRST READING COULD BE THE NEXT MEETING.
SECOND READING WOULD BE THE OTHER MEETING AFTER THAT.
IF WE DON'T PASS THIS TONIGHT, WHEN WE GET TO SECOND READING, WHOEVER THE APPLICANT IS, IS NOT ABLE TO COME THAT NIGHT, THAT'S WHY THEY WOULD BE DISADVANTAGED BECAUSE WE WOULD NOT HAVE HAD AN ORDINANCE TO PASS IN SECOND READING, THUS GIVING THEM THE ABILITY TO ADVANCE THEIR APPLICATION, CORRECT?
>> WE HAVE ALREADY NOTICED THE APPLICATION.
YOU ARE SEEING THE APPLICATION ON JUNE 28.
YOU WILL HAVE THE ABILITY TO EITHER POSTPONE THE APPLICATION, TABLE THE APPLICATION, OR NOT APPROVE THE APPLICATION, BUT THE APPLICATION IS SCHEDULED FOR JUNE 28TH.
>> THEN FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY'S PERSPECTIVE, YOU'RE SAYING THAT YOU WANT TO DO SOME MORE RESEARCH.
WHAT WE CAN DO AS A COMMISSION IS PASS THIS ON FIRST READING.
YOU HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO DO MORE RESEARCH BEFORE SECOND READING,
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WHICH IS THE NEXT MEETING, AND THAT IS SUFFICIENT TIME FOR YOU.>> MS. CALLOWAY, YOU'RE SAYING THAT WE WOULD NEED TO MAKE THIS CHANGE BECAUSE IT'S BEST PRACTICES FOR THE CITY IN GENERAL AND WE MUST DO THINGS IN ACCORDANCE WITH STATE LAW?
>> AGAIN, WITH THAT COMMENTARY, I'M OKAY WITH PASSING THIS AS IS TONIGHT, GIVING THE CITY ATTORNEY THE ABILITY TO DO MORE RESEARCH BEFORE SECOND READING.
THEN ON SECOND READING, IF THERE'S ANY CHANGE THAT NEEDS TO BE MADE OR THE CITY ATTORNEY IS NOT COMFORTABLE, THEN AT THAT TIME, WE CAN VOTE YES OR NO, AND THAT BECOMES A LAW YES OR NO. [NOISE]
>> I GUESS I HAD ASKED MY QUESTION BEFORE THAT BELL RANG.
>> THERE'S NO RESPONSE FOR YOU.
>> CAN I RESPOND, MAYOR? YES, WHATEVER YOU ADOPT BECOMES THE ORDINANCE, IT BECOMES A LOCAL LAW.
BUT I THINK THE CITY ATTORNEY IS GOING TO VERIFY WHETHER THE STATE STATUTE PREEMPTS, AND WE BELIEVE, AT LEAST THIS PROVISION THAT'S BEING PROPOSED, IF IT'S NOT INCLUDED, IT PRECLUDES THAT BUSINESS OWNER FROM CONDUCTING A MAJOR PART OF THEIR BUSINESS, WHICH IS THE ABILITY TO SELL VEHICLES.
>> THANKS. WE'RE TRYING TO PASS THIS SO THE BUSINESS CAN START SELLING VEHICLES.
>> THE BUSINESS HAS BEEN FOLLOWING STATE STATUTE, AND SO THEY'VE BEEN FOLLOWING, THEY'VE BEEN DOING THIS AS A BUSINESS THAT IS LOCATED IN ANOTHER JURISDICTION.
IN THAT JURISDICTION, THIS IS WHAT THEY'VE BEEN DOING.
OF COURSE, THAT JURISDICTION DEFINITION HAS BEEN UPDATED CONSISTENT WITH FLORIDA STATUTE.
THEY MOVE TO THE CITY OF TAMARAC.
IT WAS BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION THAT THIS IS A PART OF OUR BUSINESS.
STATE STATUTE ALLOWS US TO DO THIS AS A PART OF OUR BUSINESS.
THIS EXERCISE IS JUST TO UPDATE OUR OWN USE DEFINITION TO BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH FLORIDA STATUTE.
>> NO MATTER WHAT, THEY CAN STILL SELL VEHICLES.
BASED ON THE STATE STATUTE, THEY CAN SELL VEHICLES BASED ON THESE NUMBERS?
>> THAT IS MY OPINION, BUT I'LL HAVE THE CITY ATTORNEY OPINE.
[OVERLAPPING] GO AHEAD AND REPEAT.
>> I DON'T DISAGREE WITH YOUR OPINION. WE JUST WANT TO VERIFY.
>> BECAUSE I'M NOT COMFORTABLE WITH THE DAYS TO SELL THE CARS. PEOPLE ARE STRUGGLING.
I'M NOT COMFORTABLE WITH THAT.
TAKE A LONG TIME TO GET PAID. I AGREE WITH THE MAYOR.
>> THIS BUSINESS THAT WE'RE WORRYING ABOUT RIGHT NOW IS THE BUSINESS IN OUR SETTING?
THIS IS NOT A MAJOR FUNCTION OF THEIR BUSINESS?
>> BUT THEY'VE BEEN PERFORMING IN OUR CITY FOR HOW LONG?
>> MY CONCERN ABOUT PASSING IT NOW AND WAITING FOR TWO WEEKS, THEN HAVING A COMEBACK, AND IT'S GOING TO BE A SUBSTANTIAL CHANGE TO THE ORDINANCE AND WE WILL STILL HAVE TO DO ANOTHER TWO READINGS.
I THINK THAT BY HAVING TO MAKE US HAVE TO CHANGE SOMETHING FOR A POTENTIAL, WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE CHANGING THIS.
BUT THE GUYS AS WE'RE CHANGING THIS BECAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO BECOMING CONFORMING.
BUT NOW I'M HEARING WE'RE REALLY ONLY TRYING TO DO THIS BECAUSE WE HAVE A BUSINESS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO CONFORM TO.
THE OTHER THING IS OUR RULES WERE IN PLACE PRIOR TO WHEN THIS CHANGES WERE MADE BY THE STATE, THEN OUR RULES STAY IN EFFECT.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE CITY ATTORNEY WILL LOOK INTO ON THE DATE OF THESE CHANGES.
THERE'S NOTHING IN THE STATUTE THAT I HAVE SEEN THAT SAYS THIS IS A PREEMPTION AND ALL CITIES MUST PREEMPT AND GO BY THIS RULE.
I THINK ALSO IT'S A PICK AND CHOOSE BY WHICH ONE OF OUR CITY RULES THAT THE CITY IS GOING TO DECIDE TO CHANGE TO FOLLOW THE STATE.
THE CITIES ARE ALWAYS FIGHTING FOR HOME RULE, ALWAYS FINDING THAT THE RULES BY OUR CITY OR WHAT NEEDS TO BE FOLLOWED, NOT TO GIVE EVERYTHING OVER TO WHAT THE STATE HAS.
I THINK IT'S A LITTLE BIT DISINGENUOUS FOR US TO ALL OF A SUDDEN SAY, WE NEED TO BE COMPLIANT WITH WHAT THE STATE SAYS BECAUSE WE CAN BE MORE RESTRICTED AND WE CAN DO THINGS WHAT'S IN THE BEST INTERESTS FOR OUR CITY, WHICH WOULD INCLUDE OUR CITY'S RESIDENTS CARS NOT BEING SOLD OUT FROM UNDER HIM WITHIN 35-50 DAYS DEPENDING ON IF IT'S A NEW CAR OR NOT.
WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO HAVE OUR OWN RULES IN PLACE.
CITIES CAN MAKE LAWS THAT ARE STRICTER THAN THE STATE.
THE STATE HAS NOT RESERVED THE RIGHT FOR THIS.
THEREFORE, I DO NOT THINK THAT WE SHOULD BE MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS FOR
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THE POTENTIAL ISSUE OF WHAT NEW BUSINESS THANK YOU FOR COMING TO THE CITY OF TAMARAC, BUT YOU SHOULD HAVE READ THE RULES IN PLACE FIRST AND EXPECT US TO HAVE TO NOW GO, OH, THEY'RE IN OUR CITY, NOW WE GOT TO CHANGE EVERYTHING.THAT'S NOT HOW WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE WORKING.
I STILL SUPPORT THE BIFURCATION OF THIS TO LET THE SCHOOL BOARD ITEM THE SCHOOL CHANGE GO THROUGH, BUT IF IT STAYS TOGETHER AS ONE, I WILL BE VOTING NO.
IF VICE MAYOR IS NOT WILLING TO DO THE FRIENDLY AMENDMENT AND BIFURCATE THESE TWO ITEMS.
>> I'M SORRY. YOU DID HAVE A SECOND.
GO AHEAD, COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS.
>> I WOULD AGREE WITH YOU, MAYOR.
I THINK WE'RE CHANGING RULES FOR ONE APPLICANT.
AS COMMISSIONER WRIGHT SAID, WE CAN CHANGE IT, BUT TO CHANGE IT NOW VERSUS LATER, THEY'VE BEEN DOING BUSINESS ALREADY IN WHEREVER THEY'VE BEEN DOING BUSINESS AT I'M SURE THEY CAN CONTINUE DOING THEIR BUSINESS THERE.
THEY'RE JUST MOVING TO TAMARAC AND NOW WE'RE TRYING TO BEND OVER BACKWARDS OVER HERE FOR THIS APPLICATION.
>> CITY ATTORNEY, CAN THE SECOND BE PULLED?
>> PROCEDURALLY, YES, YOU CAN RESEND THE SECOND FOR THE MOTION
>> AT THIS MOMENT I RESEND MY SECOND IN FAVOR OF THE WORD, SPLIT THE ITEMS.
>> PROCEDURALLY, THAT MEANS MOTION THAT'S BEEN MADE DIE SO WE NEED A NEW MOTION.
>> I NEED A NEW MOTION. I'LL MAKE A MOTION FOR BIFURCATION OF THESE ITEMS TO ALLOW THESE SCHOOL ITEM TO GO FORWARD AND THE TOWING ITEM TO COME BACK TO US AT NEXT MEETING WITH THE RULES AND REGULATIONS BEING CHECKED.
NOW, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE CALL THE ROLES.
>> THANK YOU. COMMISSION. WE HAVE BIFURCATED THE MOTION WAS TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE SCHOOL.
>> SCHOOL AND CHILD CARE FACILITY.
>> CHARTER FACILITY. THAT IS MOVING FORWARD.
NEXT COMMISSION MEETING WILL COME BACK WITH THE DETAILS CAN BE WORKED OUT FOR THE TELLING ITEM TO COME BACK ON FIRST READING OR WHENEVER THAT WILL BE READY.
NOW WE WILL MOVE ON TO UNLESS ANYBODY NEEDS A RESTROOM BREAK? NO, WE'RE GOOD. RESTROOM BREAK?.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IT IS 08:53.
WE WILL BE BACK HERE AND READY TO GO AT 08:05 [NOISE] WELCOME BACK, EVERYBODY.
THANK YOU. IT IS NOW 09:05 AND WE ARE ORDINANCES ON SECOND READING.
[8.a TO2531 - An Ordinance of the City Commission of the City of Tamarac, Florida, amending Chapter Nine “Health, Sanitation and Nuisances”, Article III “Noise”, to reduce the distance for the measurement of noise; provide for the regulations of fireworks and easier enforcement of, and enhanced penalties for violations of the city’s noise regulations; providing for codification; providing for conflicts; providing for scrivener’s errors, severability; and providing for an effective date]
WE ARE ON 88TO2531.CITY ATTORNEY, PLEASE READ THE TITLE FOR THE RECORD.
>> ORDINANCE 8A IS ON THE CITY COMMISSIONERS, CITY TAMARAC AMENDED CHAPTER 9 HEALTH, SANITATION AND NUISANCE ARTICLE 3 NOISE TO REDUCE THE DISTANCE FOR THE MEASUREMENT OF NOISE PROVIDED FOR THE REGULATION OF FIREWORKS AND EASY ENFORCEMENT OF AND ENHANCE PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS OF THE CITY NOISE REGULATION, PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION, PROVIDING CONFIDENCE, PROVIDING FOR SCRIVENERS, SEVERAL AND PROVIDING FOR EFFECTIVE DATE. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I'LL TAKE A MOTION AND A SECOND, PLEASE.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS, TO THE MOTION, COMMISSIONER WRIGHT WITH A SECOND.
JOHNSON WANTED TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM. I'M SORRY.
PATTY LYNN. YOU WERE FIRST I APOLOGIZE. PATTY LYNN?
I WOULD LIKE VERY MUCH IF THERE ARE NO HOURS IN THAT ORDINANCE.
A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO, WE HAD THE GUYS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, THE PEOPLE ACROSS THE STREET WHO OPENED THEIR GARAGE AND HAD HUMUNGOUS SPEAKERS BLAST AND ACROSS THE STREET, WE HAD ANOTHER PERSON WITH NOISE AND IT'S NOT 11:00 NOISE, IT'S DURING THE DAY.
NO ONE'S GOING TO ARREST KIDS OR STOP KIDS FROM PLAYING.
IF SOMEBODY IS CALLED ON A NOISE COMPLAINT, BSO KNOWS WHAT NOISE IS AND KNOWS WHAT'S DISTURBING AND WHAT'S NOT DISTURBING,
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I DON'T THINK IT SHOULD BE RESTRICTED AT ALL.ONCE YOU PUT 11:00, PEOPLE TEND TO READ THE ORDINANCE AS I CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT IT'S NOT 11:00.
JUST PLEASE RECONSIDER. THANK YOU.
I KNOW I SPOKE ABOUT THE NOISE ORDINANCE BEFORE AT THE FIRST READING, DURING GENERAL COMMENTS, BUT A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I LISTENED TO COMMISSIONER SAY AFTERWARDS WHEN YOU ARE DISCUSSING IT IS WE DON'T WANT TO STOP CHILDREN FROM PLAYING.
THIS HAS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO DO WITH CHILDREN PLAYING.
THE CHILDREN LIVE ACROSS THE CANAL FROM ME, THEY PLAY ALL DAY LONG, EVERY WEEKEND NOT A PROBLEM.
IT IS ALSO NOT ABOUT TAMPERING FUN IN TAMARAC AND MAKING IT A CITY THAT YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO HAVE FUN IN, OF COURSE YOU CAN HAVE FUN.
THE PROBLEM IS, IT IS LOUD AND CONTINUOUS AND ENTERS OUR HOMES.
WHEN IT ENTERS OUR HOMES, EVEN THROUGH IMPACT WINDOWS, IT'S TOO LOUD WHEN THEY ARE 100 FEET AWAY AND I CAN HEAR THAT CLEARLY IN MY HOUSE ALL DAY LONG ON A SATURDAY OR A SUNDAY, AND IT DOESN'T STOP UNTIL 11:00 OR 12:00 THEN THEY SAY, OOPS, THE ORDINANCE KICKS IN AND THEY STOPPED THEIR MUSIC.
THAT DOESN'T HELP FROM ENJOYING MY PROPERTY ALL DAY LONG.
I WOULD ASK AGAIN THAT THIS COMMISSION TAKE OUT THE HOURS BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO READ THAT AND THEY ARE GOING TO SAY AS THEY DO NOW, THIS ONLY TAKES EFFECT FROM 11:00 THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT VERSUS THEY CAN'T HAVE THIS LOUD MUSIC DURING THE DAY BECAUSE I CERTAINLY COULDN'T SIT OUTSIDE ON MY FRONT PORCH WITHOUT HAVING THE MUSIC BLARING ALL DAY.
I SWEAR I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW THEY CAN ENJOY EACH OTHER'S CONVERSATION IN THE HOME BECAUSE THE MUSIC IS SO LOUD.
I WOULDN'T ASK YOU TO AGAIN, ASK THAT YOU PLEASE REMOVE THOSE HOUR RESTRICTIONS BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH IT DOES NOT RESTRICT THE ORDINANCE FROM BEING TAKEN TO AFFECT, PEOPLE WILL READ IT AS IF IT DOES, AND THEN THEY WILL IGNORE IT ALL DAY LONG UNTIL IT GETS TO 11:00 AT NIGHT.
WHILE THE ORDINANCE, THE WAY IT'S WRITTEN, ALLOWS FOR IT TO BE IMPLEMENTED DURING THE DAY, IT DOES NOT APPEAR IN COMMON READING TO SAY THAT. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? SEEING THAT NO ONE ELSE WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER, PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE NOW CLOSED.
MS. CALLOWAY IS AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS IF WE SHOULD HAVE THEM.
ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS FROM THE COMMISSION? COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS.
>> THANK YOU, MAYOR. I'M LISTENING TO THE COMMENTS.
EVEN YESTERDAY WHEN THE SCHOOL BOARD VOTED FIVE TO FOUR FOR THE CLEAR BACKPACKS, WHEN THE RESIDENTS AND SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS AND TEACHERS AND EVERYONE ELSE CAME UP TO SPEED FOR 30 SECONDS, WHICH WAS PRETTY CRAPPY.
WHILE I'M LISTENING TO RESIDENTS SAY THAT WE SHOULD HAVE KNOW LET NO OF HOURS, WE HAVE MANY THAT ACTUALLY WANT TO ENJOY THE MUSIC LOUD AND WE'RE NOT HEARING FROM THEM.
I'M ONE TO PUT IT LOUD FOR MYSELF WHILE I'M CLEANING MY HOUSE.
IT'S LIKE ONE OF THOSE I DON'T NEED TO BE TALKING TO ANYONE.
I'M HOME ALONE, JAMMING TO MY MUSIC.
THEY DO UNDERSTAND BECAUSE I DO HAVE SOME NEIGHBORS THAT BLAST THEIR MUSIC AND IT GOES RIGHT THROUGH MY WINDOWS.
>> IF NO ONE ELSE WANTS TO SPEAK, I'M JUST THINKING, COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS, THAT'S CALLED PAYBACK.
IS WHY THEY'RE BLASTING THEIR MUSIC REALLY LOUD.
BECAUSE IF THEY HEAR YOUR MUSIC SO LOUD THAT'S INTERFERING WITH THEIR DAY AND SO THAT'S POSSIBLY WHAT THAT COULD BE.
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>> LOOK, I LIVE WITH A DRUMMER.
I UNDERSTAND LOUD MUSIC, BUT IT'S THE CONFINES OF MY HOME.
WE ALL ENJOY THINGS IN THE CONFINES OF OUR OWN HOME.
THE POINT HAS BEEN SIMILAR TO THE PARTY HOUSE.
WHEN THE PARTY HOUSE LEAVES THE CONFINES OF THAT HOME FOR THE SAFETY, SECURITY, ENJOYMENT, AND WELL-BEING OF OTHERS.
AS WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT, WE ARE NO LONGER THE CITY OF RETIREMENT WORLD SO PEOPLE ACTUALLY WORK DURING THE NIGHT AND HAVE TO SLEEP DURING THE DAY.
PEOPLE, WE HAVE TO LIVE TOGETHER, WORK TOGETHER.
THIS IS NOT SAYING YOU CAN'T ENJOY LIFE, BUT, YOU KNOW, ACTUALLY WHAT WOULD HAPPEN, I DON'T KNOW IF MY NEIGHBOR HEARD ME.
MY NEIGHBOR WHOSE MUSIC THAT I HEARD VERY CLEARLY THROUGH MY HOUSE, ALL OF A SUDDEN WAS A LITTLE LOWER LAST WEEKEND AND I DIDN'T HEAR IT THROUGH MY HOUSE. MAYBE HE HEARD ME.
MAYBE HE REALIZE THE MUSIC CAN BE DOWN JUST A LITTLE BIT TO MAKE IT A NICE, PEACEFUL AND QUIET ENVIRONMENT.
MAYBE THE RESIDENTS WHO WERE HERE AND THE REASON THAT THEY'RE NOT HERE ABOUT THE PERSON WHO HAD THE MUSIC COMING OUT OF THEIR DRIVEWAY GARAGE.
THEY MOVED AFTER BEING RESIDENTS FOR 30 PLUS YEARS AND BEING TORMENTED BY THIS NEIGHBORS BOYFRIEND WHO HAD BEEN LIVING WITH THEM FINALLY MOVED BECAUSE THEY WERE TIRED OF THE CURSING MUSIC THAT WAS COMING ACROSS AND GOING THROUGH INTO THEIR HOUSE SO THEIR GRANDCHILD WOULD HEAR IT.
THERE IS A REASON FOR NEEDING SOME RULES NOW BECAUSE UNFORTUNATELY, THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE MOVING IN WHO ARE NOT CARING ABOUT THE NEIGHBORLY COMMUNITY OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC.
UNFORTUNATELY, THESE ARE DECISIONS THAT WE'RE BEING ASKED TO HAVE TO MAKE IN ORDER TO BRING SOME COMPLIANCE IN THERE SO EVERYBODY CAN PEACEFULLY ENJOY THE COMFORTS OF THEIR OWN HOME.
WHETHER IT'S SUNDAY MORNING AT 10 OC'LOCK OR IT'S SATURDAY NIGHT AT 11:30 OR WHATEVER IT IS.
HAVE YOUR MUSIC, BUT BEING RESPECTFUL OF YOUR NEIGHBORS, AND UNFORTUNATELY, WE AS A COMMISSION NOW HAVE TO REGULATE RESPECT. IT IS TRUE.
THIS ORDINANCE DOESN'T SAY ONLY 11, AND IT DOES GIVE OUR OFFICERS AND EVENTUALLY KNOCK WOOD HOPEFULLY CODE ENFORCEMENT PERSON THAT WE GET PERSONNEL THAT WE'VE BEEN PROMISED.
WE'LL BE ABLE TO SHUT IT DOWN DURING OTHER HOURS IF IT'S SO LOUD AND OBNOXIOUS.
BUT IT WOULD HELP TO HELP OUR RESIDENTS KNOW THE RULES IF WE DO REMOVE THE WORD, PARTICULARLY IN THE TIME-FRAME.
WE CAN JUST SAY, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE RULES ARE IN PLACE FOR YOU TO BE NEIGHBORLY.
IF YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A PARTY, INVITE YOUR NEIGHBORS, TELL THEM WHEN YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE IT AND TRY NOT TO HAVE IT EVERY NIGHT OF THE WEEK.
FOR EVERY SATURDAY AFTERNOON OR EVERY WHATEVER DAY IT IS GOING TO BE.
BUT I WOULD SUPPORT THE CHANGE IN THE ORDINANCE OF REMOVING PARTICULARLY AND THE TIME-FRAME.
BECAUSE I ALSO DO COMPLETELY BELIEVE IN OUR OFFICERS AND OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT THAT WILL BE HERE, THAT IT'S NOT GOING TO TAKE SOME KIDS AND PARENTS JUST HAVING A GOOD TIME OUTSIDE AND HAVING THE MUSIC UP A LITTLE BIT LOUD AND GIVING THEM A VIOLATION.
IT'LL BE LIKE, HEY, YOU KNOW WHAT? YOUR NEIGHBORS FOUR BLOCKS DOWN OR HEARING THE JETS LOSE TO THE DOLPHINS, AND I KNOW WE'RE ALL EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
SORRY CAPTAIN GLASMAN, IF YOU'RE WATCHING THIS.
BUT CAN YOU TONE IT DOWN A LITTLE BIT.
THAT'S WHAT NEIGHBORLY POLICING DOES AND NEIGHBORLY CODE ENFORCEMENT DOES, AND THAT'S WHAT BEING NEIGHBORS IS ALL ABOUT.
MY COMMENTARY. [NOISE] SEEING THAT THERE'S NO DESIRE OR WISHES FOR THIS COMMISSION TO DO ANYTHING FURTHER.
CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. VICE MAYOR BOLTON?
WE'RE NOW GOING TO OUR LAST ITEM, QUASI-JUDICIAL HEARINGS.
[Items 9.a & 9.b]
>> WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE RULES OF THE ROAD READ, BUT I'M GOING TO ASK THE CITY ATTORNEY TO READ BOTH TITLES FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.
THEN THE RULES OF THE ROAD FOR QUASI-JUDICIAL HEARINGS WILL BE SET BY THE CITY ATTORNEY.
THE CITY CLERK WILL THEN SWEAR BECAUSE IT'S THE SAME ITEM FOR THE SAME APPLICANT, WE'LL THEN SWEAR ALL WITNESSES IN.
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THEN WE WILL DO DISCLOSURES, AND THEN WE WILL HANDLE EACH OF THEM SEPARATELY, BUT WE WILL HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THE FIRST ONE TO GET US STARTED.>> ITEM 9A IS BOARD ORDER APPROVING SPECIAL RECESSION PROOF MCDONALD'S PINE ISLAND, TO ALLOW FOR THE ADDITION OF A SECOND DRIVE-THROUGH LANE FOR AN EXISTING FAST FOOD RESTAURANT WITH DRIVE THROUGH SERVICE IN THE MUC ZONING DISTRICT PURSUANT TO THE TIMELINE QUOTA BONUS.
ITEM 9B IS BOARD ORDER, APPROVE A VARIOUS APPLICATION MCDONALD'S ON PINE ISLAND FROM SECTION 10-4.3D, TO TABLE 10- 4.1 OF THE CODED ONES TO ALLOW FOR THE TOTAL OF 24 PARKING SPACES AND LOWER MINIMUM REQUIRED 28 PARKING SPACE.
THE REDUCTION OF FOUR PARKING SPACE FROM AN OFF-STREET PARKING REQUIREMENTS FOR THE RESTAURANT FAST FOOD WITH DRIVE TROUGH IN THE MUC ZONING DISTRICT.
REGARDING THE RULES OF THE ROAD, ALL PERSON TESTIFYING FOR A CITY COMMISSION MUST BE SWORN IN WITH REGARD TO OUR ITEMS BEFORE THE COMMISSION.
APPLICANT, IN THE EFFECT OF A PERSON SHALL BE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT EVIDENCE, BRING FOURTH WITNESSES, CROSS-EXAMINING WITNESSES, WHO BROUGHT ANY TESTIMONY.
ALL EVIDENCE RELIED UPON REASONABLE PROOF AND PASSIONATE TO THEIR BUSINESS SHALL BE ADMISSIBLE THE WAY THAT SUCH EVIDENCE WOULD BE ADMISSIBLE IN A COURT OF LAW.
IMMATERIAL, UNDULY REPETITIOUS, EVIDENCE SHALL BE EXCLUDED.
STATEMENTS OF COUNSEL SHOULD ONLY BE CONSIDERED AS ARGUMENT, NOT BE CONSIDERED AS TESTIMONY.
HOWEVER COUNCIL OF PARTIES SHOULD NOT BE SUBJECT TO CROSS-EXAMINE.
THE CITY COMMISSION SHALL HAVE AUTHORITY TO REFUSE TO HEAR ANY TESTIMONY WHICH IS IRRELEVANT AND REPETITIOUS.
HEARSAY EVIDENCE MAY BE USED FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUPPLEMENT, I EXPLAINED THAT IN EVIDENCE, BUT SHOULD NOT BE SUFFICIENT ITSELF TO SUPPORT A FINDING.
DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE MAY PRESENT A FORM A COPY OF THE ORIGINAL, IF AVAILABLE.
UPON REQUEST PARTY SHOULD BE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO COMPARE THE COPY OF THE ORIGINAL.
THE PARTY SHOULD BE ENTITLED TO CONDUCT CROSS-EXAMINATION WITH TESTIMONIES WHEN PROVIDED.
DOCUMENTS ARE MADE PART OF RECORD.
GENERALLY THE FOLLOWING PROCEDURE OR THE MANNER IN WHICH PRESENTATION IS MADE, AS FIRST APPLICANT OR HIS OR HER ABRUPTION THAT WOULD MAKE THE PRESENTATION.
IF THE APPLICANT CHOOSE TO MAKE YOUR PRESENTATION, IT SHOULD INCLUDE A DESCRIPTION OR NATURE OF THE APPLICATION IF THERE'S ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
IN ADDITION, THE APPLICANT WILL SHOW INTRODUCING THE EXHIBIT WITNESS AT DESIRES OF THE CITY COMMISSIONER TO CONSIDER.
IT IS THE RESPONSE. NEXT. STAFF WILL PRESENT A REPORT.
STAFF REPORT WILL GENERALLY INCLUDE BUT NOT LIMITED TO A DISCRETIONARY REQUESTS OF APPLICANT, ANALYSIS OF THE APPLICATION, CONSISTENCY WITH THE CITY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND THE CITY CODE.
PARTIES WHO ARE IN SUPPORT OF APPLICANTS, SHOULD MAKE THE PRESENTATION PARTIALLY INTRODUCING THE EXHIBITS AND WITNESSES.
PARTIES WHO ARE IN OPPOSITION, AND MAKE THE PRESENTATION SHOULD BE PERSONALIZED AND OPINIONS SHALL PROVIDE A RESPONSE TO ANY PARTY TO THE PROCEEDINGS IN THE FINAL PRESENTATION.
THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. IF THERE'S ANY EX PARTE COMMUNICATION, INVOLVED IN THIS APPLICATION, PLEASE DISCLOSE IT NOW.
>> WE WILL DO THAT IN THAT ORDER THEN.
COMMISSIONER WRIGHT WE'LL GO DOWN FROM YOU.
>> VILLALOBOS NO. MYSELF, I JUST ACTUALLY SPOKE WITH CRAIG MCDONALD'S AND DARRELL JOHNSON DURING THE BREAK.
>> THANK YOU. CITY CLERK, WILL YOU NOW SWEAR IN THE WITNESSES.
>> THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. WILL ALL THE WITNESSES STAND AND RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.
>> WILL YOU SWEAR TO TELL THE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH?
>> MADAM MAYOR, OUR WITNESSES HAVE BEEN SWORN.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AT THIS TIME, I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR 98TV071.
>> I HAVE A MOTION BY THE VICE MAYOR, I HAVE A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WRIGHT.
WE NOW HAVE MR. MCDONALD MAKING A PRESENTATION FOR THE RECORD.
>> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, CRAIG MCDONALD, WITH CORPORATE PROPERTY SERVICES ON BEHALF OF MCDONALD'S CORPORATION.
BY THE WAY, THIS IS THE MCDONALD'S A375 NORTH PILINE ROAD.
CURRENTLY IT'S A 3,327 SQUARE FOOT RESTAURANT WITH A SINGLE DRIVE THROUGH AND IT'S GOT THE OLD ARCHITECTURE WITH THE DOUBLE MANSARD THAT YOU'RE USED TO SEEING IN MCDONALD'S OVER THE LAST 30, 40 YEARS.
TONIGHT WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF REQUESTS BEFORE YOU.
WE'RE PROPOSING TO ADD A SECOND DRIVE-THROUGH LANE.
YOU'VE PROBABLY SEEN THEM IN A LOT OF MCDONALD'S, BUT IT CREATES A SIDE-BY-SIDE DRIVE-THROUGH.
IF ONE PERSON IS TAKING A LITTLE WHILE IN AN ORDER LANE,
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THE OTHER ORDER CAN BE TAKEN AND MOVES CUSTOMERS THROUGH THE DRIVE-THRU WITH GREATER EFFICIENCY.THE SECOND ONE IS TO TRY TO BRING THOSE SITE INTO COMPLIANCE WITH THE NEW CODE.
RIGHT NOW, WE'RE CAUSING A PARKING VARIANCE FOR FOUR SPACES.
THE CODE REQUIRES 28 SPACES, WE ONLY HAVE 24 ON-SITE RIGHT NOW.
WE PHYSICALLY DON'T HAVE ANY PLACE ELSE TO PUT MORE PARKING, BUT 24 IS SUFFICIENT FOR US.
THE THIRD ONE IS JUST A MINOR SITE PLAN APPROVAL.
WE'RE PROPOSING TO MODIFY THE EXTERIOR ELEVATIONS AT AN 85 SQUARE FOOT ADDITION RIGHT IN THE DRIVE-THROUGH BOOTH AREA, NOT TO THE CUSTOMER SERVICE AREA OF THE RESTAURANT AT ALL.
WHAT THAT DOES, IT CREATES GREATER EFFICIENCY WITH BETWEEN THE KITCHEN AND THE ORDERING POINT AT THE MENU BOARD SO THAT THE FOOD CAN COME OUT RIGHT ON TIME AND MOVE PEOPLE THROUGH THE DRIVE-THROUGH WITH GREATER EFFICIENCY.
WE'RE UPGRADING THE ELEVATIONS AS WELL, GIVING THEM A MORE MODERN LOOK.
WE'VE ADDED LANDSCAPING EVERYWHERE WE CAN THROUGHOUT THE SITE, TREES, HEDGES, GROUND COVER, SOD.
ALL THE SITE ACCESS CIRCULATION WILL ALL STAY THE SAME.
I'LL JUST RUN YOU THROUGH A COUPLE.
THAT'S THE EXISTING SITE YOU SEE TODAY.
BEHIND THE BUILDING, THE STRIPED AREA IS JUST A LOADING ZONE.
THEN WE HAVE A LANDSCAPE ISLAND, IT'S JUST A SINGLE DRIVE-THROUGH LANE TODAY IN THE PARKING AROUND ALL SIDES.
RIGHT NOW, WE'RE REQUESTING THE PARK GARAGE.
RIGHT NOW THERE IS THE 24 SPACES, JUST SO YOU SEE, YOU GOT 10 ADJACENT TO THE BUILDINGS, SIX IN THE FRONT, AND EIGHT PRETTY MUCH TO THE REAR OF THE SITE.
WE ALSO HAVE CROSS PARKING AGREEMENT WITH THE SHOPPING CENTER THAT'S IN PLACE NOT FOR A SPECIFIC CERTAIN AMOUNT, BUT ACROSS PARKING CROSS ACTORS, ARE IN OUR LEASE.
RIGHT NOW, YOU CAN SEE THE BLUE ARROW, THAT JUST POINTS WHAT WE'RE DOING, WE'RE SHRINKING DOWN THAT LITTLE LANDSCAPE WHILE IN AND CREATING THAT SECOND LANE OF THE DRIVE-THROUGH.
THE TWO LANES MERGED BACK INTO ONE AND PROCEED TO THE PAY WINDOW OF THE DRIVE-THROUGH.
RIGHT NOW, AS I TOLD YOU THAT THE EXISTING BUILDING IS 3,327 SQ FT, WE'RE ADDING 85 SQ FT, COME TO 3,411, OR BASICALLY 304,012, AND BASED UPON THE CODE THAT REQUIRES 28 SPACES.
RIGHT NOW, IT'S ILLEGAL NON-CONFORMING, PARKING ON-SITE.
WE'RE TRYING TO BRING IT INTO COMPLIANCE WITH THE CODE.
NOWADAYS, ABOUT 70% OF MCDONALD'S BUSINESS IS DONE THROUGH THE DRIVE-THROUGH.
THERE'S 24 SPACES MORE THAN ENOUGH INADEQUATE TO SERVE THE CUSTOMERS FROM MCDONALD'S.
THIS SHOWS YOU ON THE DRIVE-THROUGH SIDE WHERE WE'RE ADDING THE 85 SQUARE FOOT BOTH ADDITION IN THE WINDOW.
IT'S JUST A COLORED SITE PLAN AND LANDSCAPE PLAN THAT SHOWS ALL THE ENTIRE SITE.
AS YOU CAN SEE, IF WE COULD ADD PARKING, WE WOULD, WE JUST DON'T HAVE ANY PLACE TO PHYSICALLY ADD ANY PARKING, AND LIKE I SAID, WE'VE COMPLETELY LANDSCAPED IT WHEREVER POSSIBLE.
THESE ARE THE MORE MODERN MCDONALD'S BUILDING ELEVATIONS THAT YOU SEE ON THAT DOUBLE MANSARD TO BE TAKEN OFF AND IT'S JUST A NEW CLEANER LOOK, MORE MODERN.
NON DRIVE-THROUGH SIDE, AND THE DRIVE-THROUGH SIDE.
WITH THAT, YOU KNOW, THE PROPOSED PROJECTS CERTAINLY CAN ENHANCE SUPPLY AND IS SURROUNDING COMMERCIAL USES AND FOSTER THE CITY'S ECONOMIC GOALS.
I WAS ABLE TO SPEAK TO THE MAYOR.
I LEARNED TONIGHT, THERE'S BEEN SOME ISSUES IN THE CENTER WITH SOME OF THE STUDENTS IN THE AREA, I'VE AGREED TO PUT THE MAYOR IN TOUCH.
THIS IS A NEW OWNER-OPERATOR, SO I'LL BE WITHIN TOUCH WITH THEM TOMORROW AND HAVE HER CONTACT REACH OUT TO THE MAYOR'S OFFICE, I'LL FACILITATE THAT MYSELF SO WE CAN START TALKS ON WHAT TO DO, HOW TO IMPROVE THAT.
WITH THAT I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THE COMMISSION MIGHT HAVE.
>> THANK YOU. APPRECIATE THAT.
AT THIS TIME, I HAVE COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS.
>> THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU FOR DOING THIS.
I THINK IT'LL BE A GREAT ADDITION AND LOOK TO THE COMMUNITY.
THE SAME THING WITH MAYOR'S CONCERN WITH THE STUDENTS.
I DON'T THINK I'VE BEEN THERE MANY TIMES BECAUSE THAT'S MY DISTRICT AND THAT'S WHERE THE PLAZA ITS PUBLICS, THE GYM, THAT'S WHEREVER I DO A LOT OF SHOPPING THERE AND GO TO MANY OTHER PLACES THAT ARE THERE.
MY KIDS TEND TO EAT MCDONALD'S TO WHICH IS NOT THE BEST FOOD, BUT IT SATISFIES THEIR NEEDS.
JUST BECAUSE YOU'RE HERE BEFORE US, I DON'T THINK THERE WAS EVER A DRIVE-THROUGH CONCERN, I THINK IT WAS A CUSTOMER SERVICE CONCERN THAT I'VE ALWAYS HAD AT MCDONALD'S WITH WHO'S HIRED.
PERHAPS A LITTLE BIT MORE BETTER TRAINING, AND THE HIRING PROCESS PERHAPS SHOULD BE A LITTLE BIT MORE STRINGENT TO MAKE SURE
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YOU GUYS ARE HIRING THE PROPER PEOPLE BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE I PERSONALLY SAW THE DELAYS AND THE FAULTS, NOT THE DRIVE-THROUGH.BUT I DO LOVE EXTRA DRIVE-THROUGH, IT'S ALWAYS BETTER TO HAVE TWO-IN-ONE.
>> WELL, I THINK IT'LL SPEED PEOPLE THROUGH THE DRIVE-THRU WITH GREATER EFFICIENCY.
AS I WAS TELLING THE MAYOR THERE'S A NEW OWNER OPERATOR THAT'S GOING TO BE RUNNING THIS STORE NOW, SO I WOULD EXPECT THE SERVICE TO BE BETTER.
>> THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER DANIEL.
>> THANK YOU. I DO SEE THE NEED FOR EXTRA DRIVE-THROUGH.
LEAST MY RIMS WON'T GET SCRATCHED ANYMORE WHEN OTHER PEOPLE'S GOING THROUGH.
I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO UPLIFT THE ELEVATION, MAKE IT LOOK BETTER, BRINGING MY TREE MORE LANDSCAPED.
YOU'RE RIGHT, THERE'S NOT A LOT OF NEED FOR PARKING SPACE BECAUSE MOST OF US JUST USE THE DRIVE THROUGH.
FORTUNATELY, OR UNFORTUNATELY I'M THERE ALMOST DAILY.
ONE OF MY CONCERNS, I DO SEE GOOD CUSTOMER SERVICE, SO I JUST WANTED TO PIGGYBACK ON THAT, ESPECIALLY TO THE STUDENTS BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE DON'T TREAT THEM AS GOOD, BUT MCDONALD'S DOES.
IT'S PROBABLY YOUR BEST CUSTOMERS.
BUT I DO SEE THE NEED FOR THE EXTRA DRIVE THROUGH AND PROBABLY WIDENING THE ONES THAT'S THERE.
WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO WIDEN THE ONE THAT'S ALREADY THERE?
>> I THINK WE'VE WIDEN THEM OUT ABOUT AS MUCH AS WE CAN.
WE ACTUALLY, I THINK, HAD TO PUT A BALL TO ONE SIDE FOR THAT ANGLE PARKING.
>> I CAN'T TELL. BECAUSE YOU HAVE THAT VERY SHARP TURN TO COME AROUND IT.
>> WHEN YOU COUNT AROUND. YOU CAN SEE IT RIGHT THERE, THEY HAD THE LANDSCAPE ISLANDS AND I THINK THEY ARE [INAUDIBLE], IT SHOULD BE AT LEAST 11 FEET THERE.
WHEN YOU SEE WHEN THEY MERGE BACK TOGETHER, THAT'S A WIDE AREA RIGHT THERE.
THAT AREA OPENS UP BEFORE YOU GET TO THE TURN AROUND TO BUILDING THERE.
ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE TURN WHEN THEY 90 DEGREES OFF AND YOU GET CLOSER TO THE WINDOW?
YOU GOT TO PRAY YOU MAKE IT WITHOUT RUBBING SOMETHING.
>> I'LL SEE IF WE CAN INCREASE THAT RADIUS A LITTLE BIT RIGHT THERE FOR YOU.
>> YEAH, I'M SEEING IT RIGHT THERE, RIGHT WHERE IT STARTS TURNING INTO STRAIGHT RIGHT THERE.
>> I'M VERY GLAD FOR ANY TYPE OF BEAUTIFICATION THAT'S AWESOME.
THE CHANGE IN ELEVATION WILL REALLY WAKE UP THE PLAZA AS WELL.
>> THE INTERIOR DINING ROOM, I DIDN'T MENTIONED THIS, WE'LL ALSO BE GIVING A COMPLETELY NEW FACE LIFT TOO.
>> YOU'LL BE WELCOMING TO THE STUDENTS, OF COURSE.
>> SINCE MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION ARE BRINGING UP THINGS THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH QUASI-JUDICIAL HEARINGS, [BACKGROUND] WHAT DO YOU PUT IN YOUR FRIES TO MAKE IT SO HEARD? [LAUGHTER]
>> EVEN I DON'T KNOW THAT SECRET [LAUGHTER].
>> MY CONTENTION WITH ANY APPLICATION, AS WITH THIS ONE IS LANDSCAPING.
OFTEN WE BRING FANCY PLANS AND WE'RE GOING TO PUT IN THIS AMOUNT OF TREES AND WE'RE GOING TO BEAUTIFY THIS.
BUT THEN THE MAIN TENANTS OF IT DOES NOT HAVE A PLAN.
SO TELL ME ABOUT YOUR PLAN FOR MAINTENANCE.
>> WELL, AS YOU CAN SEE, WE WORK WITH STAFF ON THIS AS PART OF THE SPECIAL EXCEPTION TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEREVER THERE WAS OPPORTUNITY TO PLAN AN ADDITIONAL TREE OR SOME GROUND COVERS AND WE EVEN GOT RID OF A SIDEWALK AND THE REAR TO ADD LANDSCAPE BECAUSE SIDEWALK DIDN'T SEEM TO SERVE A PURPOSE BACK THERE.
BUT THE MAINTENANCE OF THESE ARE THEY HAVE A MAINTENANCE COMPANY COME OUT HERE.
THEY TRIM THE TREES, THEY SHOULD BE KEEPING THIS, ESPECIALLY WITH THIS NEW THE MONEY THEY'RE GOING TO SPEND ON THIS PROJECT.
THERE'LL BE ONE TO KEEP THIS UP.
>> THAT'S ALL THE QUESTION I HAVE.
ACTUALLY, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO THROUGH THIS EXTENSIVELY IN LOOKING AT YOUR PLANET, AND I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH IT.
>> THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS?
I'LL MAKE A COMMENT AND WHENEVER I FEEL LIKE IT, WHETHER IT'S A QUASI-JUDICIAL OR VERY REGULAR ITEM AND I'LL JUST SHARE MY COMMENTS WITH YOU.
THAT'S NOT GOING TO AFFECT MY VOTE. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. WHAT I MENTIONED TO YOU, THE GENTLEMAN, SO PEOPLE KNOW WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT IS THIS PLAZA IS VERY MUCH INUNDATED WITH STUDENTS AFTER SCHOOL,
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AND WE'VE HAD ISSUES IN THIS PLAZA SINCE BEFORE 2019.OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT IS THEY'RE BASICALLY FROM 245-4, MAKING SURE WE HAVE SAFETY CONCERNS.
TAKING CARE OF THE PLAZA OWNERS, THE BUSINESSES, WE'VE MET WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD, WE'VE MET WITH THE PRINCIPAL, WE'VE MET WITH EVERYBODY TRYING TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO.
THE BUSINESSES HAVE OFFERED TO HAVE INTERNSHIPS OR A LITTLE PAID JOBS TO HELP GET THE KIDS WHO ARE IN THEIR AFTER-SCHOOL.
SOMETIMES THERE'S SOME THAT TRAVEL IN A PACK.
WE'VE HAD ISSUES WITH SOME OF OUR SENIORS.
IT'S A VERY MUCH THE PLAZA FOR OUR SENIORS FROM KING'S POINT.
WE'VE HAD BUSINESSES THAT HAVE LEFT THERE.
I'M IN THAT PLAZA OFTEN, NOT AS OFTEN AS THEY SHOULD BE BY GOING TO THE GYM, BUT IN THEIR OFTEN AND THERE ARE KIDS THAT ARE HANGING ON THE WALL RIGHT BEHIND YOUR DRIVE-THROUGH WHERE YOUR DRIVE-THROUGH IS? IN THE BACK HERE, AND THEN ON THE NEIGHBORS PLAZA AS WELL AND THEY RUN THROUGH BETWEEN THE CARS SOMETIMES.
SO I APPRECIATE THAT THROUGH THE NEW OPERATOR, THEY WILL DO WHAT THEY CAN TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S NOT HAPPENING.
BECAUSE WHILE KIDS MAY BE WANTING TO HAVE FUN, IT'S NOT GOING TO BE FUN FOR THE DRIVER OF THAT VEHICLE, ESPECIALLY IF IT'S ONE OF OUR COMMISSIONERS GOING THROUGH OR MYSELF GOING AND GET IT FRIES BECAUSE THEY TASTE SO GOOD.
BUT THE SECRET SAUCE ON THE HAMBURGER IS WHAT YOU REALLY NEED TO BE ASKING THE QUESTION ABOUT VICE MAYOR.
BUT ANYWAY, THAT'S WHAT THE CONCERN CZAR.
YOU'RE ALREADY A PRODUCTIVE MEMBER OF OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY.
LOOK FORWARD TO HOPEFULLY HAVING MORE ACTIVITY FROM THE NEW OWNER OPERATOR IN PARTICIPATING WITH OUR WONDERFUL CHAMBER, WHICH IS LOCATED RIGHT THROUGH THOSE DOORS AND BEING INVOLVED IN OUR CITY A BIT MORE AND NONE OF THIS IS BEING SAID THAT YOU HAVE TO DO IT IN ORDER TO GET OUR SUPPORT.
I'M JUST SAYING THESE ARE WHAT WE LOOK FORWARD TO.
IT WOULD BE WHEN I'VE HAD THESE MEETINGS WITH THE BUSINESSES, IT REALLY WOULD HAVE BEEN NICE TO HAVE MCDONALD'S IN THERE AS WELL.
WE HAD CHASED THEIR SECURITY PEOPLE THERE AND TO HAVE SOME OF THE BUY-IN AND SUPPORT TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO NOT HAVE OTHER BUSINESSES HAVE TO FAIL AND NOT HAVE THEIR BUSINESSES BE SERVED BECAUSE OF A STUDENT POPULATION THAT'S COMING THROUGH AND KIDS SOMETIMES BEING KIDS OR THE PARKING SPACE IS BEING TAKEN UP BY KIDS WHO DON'T WANT TO PAY FOR THE PARKING SLOT THAT THEY HAVE OVER AT THE SCHOOL WHERE THERE'S PLENTY OF AMPLE PARKING, BUT THEY DECIDED IT'S EASIER JUST TO PARK IN THE SPACES OF THE BUSINESSES INSTEAD.
SO WHILE YOU SAY YOU HAVE ENOUGH SPOTS AND I AGREE YOU DO, I HAVE NO ISSUES WITH THE PARKING PART OF IT.
I HAPPEN TO KNOW THAT ONE OF YOUR SISTER FRANCHISES ON COMMERCIAL AND UNIVERSITY HAS A DOUBLE LINES AND IT'S VERY SMOOTH TRANSITION.
I'VE GOTTEN THERE SEVERAL TIMES MYSELF.
BUT I AGREE THAT MAYBE YOU SHOULD DRIVE A BIG SUV, BORROW SOMEONE'S WHAT IS THE LARGEST ONE, THE EXCURSION AND DRIVE IT THROUGH YOUR DRIVE-THROUGH LANES BEFORE YOU ACTUALLY FINALIZE IT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE NOT HAVING RIMS BEING DENTED AND ALIGNMENT IS GOING OFF BECAUSE THAT IS ONE OF THE WORST THINGS ABOUT A DRIVE-THROUGH.
YOU GO THROUGH YOUR NARROW AND YOU CAN'T MAKE THE TURNS AND YOU POP ATTIRE OR HAVE AN ISSUE THERE, OR USE SCUFF UP THE WAY YOU WILL HAVE TO REPAINT BECAUSE WE THINK TOO SMALL AND WE THINK THAT EVERY CAR IS GOING DOWN TO THE SIZE OF A GOLF CART, IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.
SO I DO ALSO REQUEST WHATEVER IS BEING DONE, WHETHER IT'S THROUGH THE CITY AND THROUGH YOUR PLANS.
I HEAR YOU SAID YOU WILL MAKE SURE OF IT SO I APPRECIATE YOU PUTTING THAT ON THE RECORD.
YOU WILL MAKE SURE THAT THESE ARE TURNABOUT TURNING LANES FOR VEHICLES TO GO THROUGH.
>> IF I COULD JUST IF YOU LOOK IN OUR PLANS BECAUSE YOU SEE THE OUTER LANE AND THERE'S FOUR ANGLED SPACES WE ACTUALLY RAN A TRUCK CHARGING PATH AND AS PART OF OUR PACKAGE HERE FOR OUR F150, WHICH IS AS BIG AS A TRUCK IS BIG AS A BIG SUV.
I MEAN, I HAVE A GMC AND IT MADE IT THROUGH.
THEY'RE FINE AND WE DID THAT JUST TO MAKE SURE IT WASN'T AT THE BIGGER END OF THE TRUCK, WASN'T GOING TO HIT THE CAR PARKED IN THAT ONE SPACE RIGHT THERE AS THEY MADE THE TERMS. SO WE'D HAVE RUN IT THROUGH THERE.
BUT AGAIN, I WILL DOUBLE-CHECK IT NOW AND I'LL GET BACK WITH STAFF AND LET THEM KNOW THAT'LL WORK.
>> I APPRECIATE THAT YOU DID DO THAT DILIGENCE BEFOREHAND.
I WAS A KID ALWAYS WONDERING IF MCDONALD'S WAS EVER GOING TO CHANGE THIS LAYOUT.
I'M LIKE NO, THEY'LL NEVER CHANGE IT.
THEY'LL NEVER CHANGE IT AND THEN SURE ENOUGH YOU ARE, AND I'M NOT COMPLAINING.
I HAPPEN TO LIKE THE MORE MODERN LOOK OF THE BUILDING AND I APPRECIATE THAT YOU WERE INVESTING IN THE CITY TO MAKE THEM MORE MARTIN, LOOK AT THE BUILDING ON THE OUTSIDE AND THE INSIDE.
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SO I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH YOUR PLAN AND I WILL HAVE CONFIDENCE BY NOT MAKING IT AN EXCEPTION OR MAKING IT A CONTINGENCY ITEM.BECAUSE I KNOW YOU CAN'T BIND THE OWNER OPERATOR, I CAN WISH WE COULD HAVE GOTTEN HER ON THE PHONE TO TALK TO HER ABOUT SOME THINGS, BUT WE DIDN'T AND THAT'S FINE.
BUT I WILL NOT HOLD THIS PACKAGE HOSTAGE ON THAT AND I WILL HAVE FAITH THAT SHE WILL WORK WITH THE SCHOOL [NOISE] THE CHILDREN, AND THE BUSINESSES IN THERE IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANY ISSUES.
[BACKGROUND] OH, NO, I WANT A FRIES AND THE SMOOTH AND THE CHOCOLATE SHAKE AND ALL THAT STUFF.
I GO STRAIGHT FOR NOTHING HEALTHY.
IF THERE'S NO OTHER COMMENTS AT THIS TIME WE WILL CALL THE ROLL ON THE FIRST ITEM WE ARE HERE ON THIS IS FOR.
>> PARDON ME, YOU CAN HAVE A COMBINED VOTE FOR 9A AND 9B.
>> WE ONLY HAD A WE HAD SAID WE WERE PUTTING THEM SEPARATELY.
BUT IF IT'S UP TO THE COMMISSION, [OVERLAPPING] WE'RE GOING TO READ BOTH TITLES IN THE RECORD.
>> YOU READ IT WHILE IT'S IN THE RECORD. WE MOTIONS ON THE FIRST ONE WILL CONTINUE JUST IN CASE AS YOU SAW EARLIER, WE BIFURCATE.
SO LET'S JUST WHILE WE'RE READY TO HAVE A BIFURCATED, WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE ON VOTING FOR 9ATBO71, WHICH IS THE ADDITION OF THE DRIVE-THRU LANE.
SO CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
>> THANK YOU, MAYOR. COMMISSIONER DANIEL?
>> THANK YOU. NOW, I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND ON 9B, WHICH IS TBO73, APPROVING THE VARIANCES ON THE APPLICATIONS OF THE PARKING SPOT AND I GUESS THE OTHER ITEMS THAT ARE GOING TO BE FIXING UP THE BUILDING.
>> I HAVE A MOTION BY THE VICE MAYOR AND I HAVE A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WREK.
CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
>> [INAUDIBLE] COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS?
>> THANK YOU MOTION PASSES 5-0.
>> THANK YOU AND I'LL BE IN TOUCH WITH YOU ALSO.
>> YOU GUYS HAVE A GREAT NIGHT.
WE ARE NOW MOVING TO ITEM 10A, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT UPDATE,
[10.a Emergency Management Update]
AND WE WILL BE UPDATED BY FIRE CHIEF MEGAN EC AND SEEING THEM AS OUR PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER THEN SHOWING.>> OKAY. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION.
FOR THE RECORD, MIKE NIXON FIRE CHIEF AND I HAVE VAN SCHOEN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR WITH ME HERE TO GIVE YOU A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
INCIDENT COMMAND, NIMS CHAPTER 2, ARTICLE 14, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, WE IMPLEMENTED THAT LAST YEAR ON THIS AMENDMENT CODIFIED A ONE UNIFIED COMPREHENSIVE PROVISION DESIGNED TO PLACE ALL REGULATIONS RELATED TO EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT UNDER ONE SINGLE ARTICLE, ARTICLE 14, WHICH WILL ALLOW FOR THE REQUIRED AUTHORIZATION, EASE OF ACCESS, USE, AND REFERENCE.
THE CITY MANAGER MAY BE MADE BY WRITTEN EXECUTIVE ORDER, DECLARE A STATE OF EMERGENCY, IMPLEMENT THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLAN, IMPLEMENT THE RECOVERY PLAN, AND DELEGATE, CONFIRM, AND OR DIRECT AS NECESSARILY THE POWERS DUTIES, FUNCTIONS, OBLIGATIONS OF THE CITY'S PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENT HEADS AS APPROPRIATE TO PLAN FOR AN EMERGENCY OR TO DEAL WITH THAT EMERGENCY WHEN SUCH ARISES.
WE DID SOME LANGUAGE CLEANUP LAST YEAR TO DO THIS STUFF HERE.
I'M IN THE ABSENCE OF THE CITY MANAGER WHO CAN DECLARE EMERGENCY AND CONFIRMATION OF AUTHORITIES, THE ABSENCE OF THE CITY MANAGER, THE ACTING CITY MANAGER WOULD BE IN PLACE, THEN THE MAYOR, THE VICE MAYOR.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THE ANY ELECTED OFFICIAL MOTOR OF TENURE OF COMMISSION SERVICE THAN PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENT HEADS, FIRE CHIEF, POLICE CAPTAIN, BUILDING OFFICIAL, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC SERVICES.
THIS IS OF COURSE MOST LIKELY I'M NOT GOING TO GET DOWN TO THAT.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AN ACTING CITY MANAGER IN PLACE, AND AGAIN, THIS IS JUST TO DECLARE THE EMERGENCY ITSELF.
DECLARATION OF EMERGENCIES AND CONFIRMATION OF AUTHORITY.
WHEN A STATE OF EMERGENCY IS DECLARED, THE FOLLOWING EXECUTIVE AND POLICE POWER SHALL BE VESTED IN THE CITY MANAGER.
IN ESSENCE, WE ARE SAYING THAT THE POWER SET FORTH ABOVE IS ASSISTING REALLY THE PRESIDENT OF UNITED STATES WHEN THIS OCCURS.
THE GOVERNOR, THE HEAD OF BROWARD COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, BROWARD COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR, ALL WORKING TOGETHER TO MITIGATE THE EMERGENCY AND THAT WE'RE ALLOWING
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THE CITY MANAGER OR ACTING CITY MANAGER TO IMPLEMENT THOSE POWERS TO MAKE THIS WORK.THIS IS INCIDENT ICS, AN ESSENCE ORG CHART.
THIS IS HOW BIG IT CAN GET, LET'S SAY DURING HURRICANE, SEVERAL BRANCHES HAVE OPERATIONS SECTIONS, PLANNING SECTIONS, ALL DIRECTORS, LOGISTICS SECTIONS, FINANCE, ADMINISTRATION, AND IT GOES UP TO THE INCIDENT COMMANDER, WHICH IS THE CITY MANAGER AND THE FIRE CHIEF AT TOP, THE PIO SAFETY OFFICER, LIAISON OFFICER.
THERE'S A LOT THAT GOES INTO THIS AS YOU CAN SEE IS IT FOLLOWS DOWN, BECAUSE IT'S A VERY LARGE EMERGENCY.
WE HAVE TO HAVE A LARGE ORGANIZATION TO MITIGATE THE EMERGENCY.
BUT THIS IS HOW THIS LOOKS AS IT COMES TOGETHER.
LOTS OF PEOPLE INVOLVED, LOTS OF PEOPLE WORKING HARD TO MITIGATE THE ISSUE.
TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THIS HERE, IF YOU HAVEN'T DONE IT AT ALL THIS ICS 100, 200, 700, THESE ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE.
WE CAN SEND YOU THESE LINKS IF YOU HAVEN'T DONE SO ALREADY.
GIVES A GOOD OVERVIEW OF HOW THE SYSTEM WORKS, HOW FEMA WORKS WITH US AND THE CITIES AND GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF HOW WE WORKED THROUGH IT WHEN WE DO HAVE A PROBLEM.
THE ROLE OF ELECTED OFFICIALS.
IN ESSENCE, WE'RE SUPPORTING THE OPERATIONS, PROVIDING FEEDBACK FROM THE CONSTITUENCY, INSTILLING CONFIDENCE IN THE TAMARAC RESIDENTS, SHARE OFFICIAL PUBLIC INFORMATION RELEASES TO THE CONSTITUENCIES, ADVOCATE RESOURCES AND SUPPORT COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND MONITOR THE RESPONSE EFFORT.
WE'RE LOOKING FOR YOU TO GO OUT THERE AND JUST SHARE THAT MESSAGE. HOW IS THIS ACCOMPLISHED? THE EOC LIAISON, THE ASSIGNED EXECUTIVE WILL HELP YOU STAY INFORMED DURING THE ANSWER.
THIS IS AT THE TOP OF THAT CHART THAT WE SHOWED YOU.
LIAISON OFFICER WILL BE ASSIGNED BY THE CITY MANAGER, MOST LIKELY MAY EVEN BE THE CITY MANAGER, BUT HE MAY ASSIGN SOMEONE ELSE TO GIVE YOU ALL UPDATES AS WE'RE EVOLVING THROUGH THE INCIDENT TO KEEP YOU INFORMED, SO YOU'RE INVOLVING YOUR FOLKS AS TO WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE CITY.
SPEAKING WITH ONE VOICE. THIS IS ONE BIG PIECE HERE.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE PUT OUT A UNIFIED MESSAGE, SO WE'RE ALL SAYING THE SAME THING SO THAT EVERYONE'S THINKING THE SAME THING AND WE'RE ACCOMPLISHING THE SAME MISSION.
WE HAVE TO COORDINATE THOSE MESSAGES, USUALLY THROUGH THE PIO.
SHE'LL SHARE THE MESSAGES AS TO HOW IT'S GOING THROUGH FLASH REPORTS AND SO FORTH.
WE ALSO UTILIZE CODE RED, AS YOU CAN SEE HERE.
THIS IS IMPORTANT MEMBER BECAUSE AGAIN, WE'RE SPEAKING THROUGH ONE VOICE OR WHETHER IT'S THE MAYOR, THE VICE MAYOR, WHOEVER IS, THAT'S SPEAKING HERE, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT LEADER OF THE COMMUNITY IS PROVIDING THAT UNIFIED MESSAGE.
EVERYONE'S ON THE SAME PAGE, SO WE'RE NOT DOING DIFFERENT MISSIONS, WE'RE DOING ONE UNIFIED MISSION.
ROLE OF THE DIRECTORS. DIRECTORS OF COURSE, ARE PART OF THE PLANNING TEAM.
THEIR ROLE IS OUTLINED IN THE CEMP AND IS AS FOLLOWS.
THE PLANNING TEAM WILL OPERATE OUT OF THE CHOSEN LOCATION DECIDED BY THE INCIDENT COMMANDER, WHICH IS TYPICALLY GOING TO BE FIRE STATION 15 UPSTAIRS IN THE TRAINING ROOM.
THAT'S WHERE WE USE DUE TO THE EOC.
WE HAVE DONE IT VIRTUALLY BECAUSE OF COVID OF COURSE, SO WE HAVE EXPANDED THAT A LITTLE BIT.
GIVES A LITTLE MORE ROOM TO BREATHE OVER AT FIRE STATION 15.
OTHERWISE, WE'RE ALL CROWDED UPSTAIRS AND IT BECOMES A LITTLE CHAOTIC.
BUT OF COURSE, EACH DEPARTMENT HEAD HAS A SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITY WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION AS WE DEVELOP THROUGH A FINANCES.
FINANCE PUBLIC SERVICES IS CLEAR IN THE STREETS.
FIRE RESCUE IS DEALING WITH EMERGENCIES.
EVERYBODY HAS THEIR PART IN THIS WHOLE THING, AND YOU'RE PART OF IT AS WELL.
IN OUR INTRANET, YOU CAN FIND EACH ONE OF OUR EMERGENCY PLANS IN HERE.
IF YOU CLICK ON EACH ONE, I BELIEVE YOU HAVE ACCESS.
YOU CAN SEE HOW OUR PLANS EVOLVE AND WHAT GOES ON INDIVIDUALLY WITHIN EACH DEPARTMENT.
THE CEMP, WHICH IS THE COMPREHENSIVE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLAN, HAS BASICALLY A ROAD-MAP THAT GOES ALONG WITH HOW WE OPERATE DURING THE EMERGENCY, AND EACH DEPARTMENT HAS THEIR OWN LIKE I SAID BEFORE, IT'S LISTED INSIDE OF THOSE, YOU'LL FIND THESE IN THE INTRANET.
CONTINUITY OF OPERATIONS PLAN.
THAT'S AN ESSENCE IF A SPECIFIC PIECE OF OUR ORGANIZATION GOES DOWN.
SAY, THIS BUILDING FLOODS OUT.
HOW ARE WE GOING TO DEAL WITH IT? WHERE ARE WE GOING TO MOVE PEOPLE? HOW ARE WE GOING TO CONTINUE TO OPERATE AS A GOVERNMENT? THAT'S ALL LAID OUT IN THERE.
THERE'S LOCATIONS. WE'VE GONE THROUGH THAT EXTENSIVELY.
VAN BEHIND ME HERE HAS DONE A LOT OF WORK DEVELOPING THOSE AND WORKING WITH EACH INDIVIDUAL DEPARTMENT AND EVERYONE'S DONE REALLY WELL PREPARING FOR IT.
THIS IS AN EXAMPLE RIGHT HERE.
I KNOW IT'S SMALL, BUT THIS IS SOME OF THE THINGS WE'VE BEEN DOING.
WE'VE GONE AROUND TO EACH CITY DEPARTMENT.
WE'VE MET WITH THESE DIRECTOR, THEIR TEAM.
WE'VE GONE OVER ALL THESE LITTLE ASPECTS OF IT.
JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY IS READY AGAIN ON THE SAME PAGE, WE'RE ALL AWARE OF WHAT WE'RE DOING? HOW WE'RE DOING IT? HOW THINGS ARE GOING TO BE ACCOMPLISHED SO THAT WE'RE NOT GUESSING WHEN THE INCIDENT OCCURS.
WE'RE AHEAD OF THE CURVE AND WE'VE ALREADY DISCUSSED IT, AND WE'RE READY TO GO NOW SO THAT WE'RE READY FOR THE HURRICANE OR WHATEVER MAY COME OUR WAY.
WE DO THIS EVERY YEAR TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ON TRACK.
SOME OF THE PLANS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, FAMILY ASSISTANCE CENTER PLAN, FAMILY REUNIFICATION, CIVIL UNREST, SUCCESSION PLANS, DISASTER HOUSING, SHELTER PLAN, MASS FEEDING PLAN, POD PLAN, DONATIONS CENTER PLANT.
THERE'S JUST A LOT THAT GOES INTO IT, BUT WE HAVE DISCUSSED IT WITH EACH ONE OF THE DEPARTMENTS SO WE KNOW WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR WHICH AREA AND WE CAN STAND IT UP WHEN WE NEED TO.
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COMMUNICATIONS IS COMING BACK TO THAT. IT'S A VERY BIG ISSUE.WE WANT TO MAKE SURE AGAIN, WE HAVE THAT UNIFIED MESSAGE.
WE HAVE A LOT OF MEETINGS INTERNALLY, MS TEAMS, EMAILS, FACEBOOK, FIRE RESCUE HAVE BEEN USING RING.
LOCAL TV RELEASES, LOCAL RADIO, CITY MESSAGE BOARDS, HURRICANE HOTLINE, RECORDED UPDATES, WEBSITE, TAM A GRAM.
WE TRIED TO GET THE INFORMATION OUT THERE AS BEST WE CAN.
AS WE KNOW, IT DOESN'T ALWAYS WORK OUT THAT WAY AND SOMEONE'S ALWAYS CALLING US TO FIND OUT WHAT'S GOING ON.
BUT WE DO OUR BEST TO SHARE THIS INFORMATION AND WE COUNT ON YOU ALL TO HELP US SHARE THAT INFORMATION.
HERE'S SOME EXAMPLES OF WHAT WE HAVE DONE.
FACEBOOK, WE'VE DONE POSTS SHARING INFORMATION ABOUT HURRICANE PREPAREDNESS, WATER SAFETY, HURRICANE SEASON, SLIP AND FALL OF STUFF.
ALL INFORMATION WE PUT OUT ON A REGULAR BASIS SO THAT WE CAN SHARE WITH THE PUBLIC AND WE'LL BE DOING IT AS WELL WITH THIS.
HERE'S SOME RING COMMUNICATIONS THAT WE SENT OUT.
BUT OBVIOUSLY RECENTLY THERE WAS SOME FLOODING IN FORT LAUDERDALE, SO WE SHARED WHAT WE KNEW ABOUT THAT.
I'M JUST TRYING TO INFORM THE PUBLIC AS TO WHAT'S GOING ON AND WHAT WE'RE DOING AS A CITY TO BRING THEM BACK TO NORMAL.
>> WHY DID YOU USE THE HOUSE WHEN YOU SAY SPEAKING ON ONE VOICE.
THEY DON'T SPEAK WITH ONE VOICE.
>> IT WAS JUST A PICTURE ABOUT JUST SPEAKING WITH ONE VOICE.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO STRESS, BUT IT WAS JUST A PHOTO.
YOU'RE SAYING THAT SPEAKING WITH ONE VOICE IS CHANNELING THE COMMUNICATION THROUGH PIO, NOT GOING ON NEXT DOOR BY OURSELVES AND POSTING ABOUT HURRICANES OR DOING OUR OWN MESSAGING OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
YOU WANT ONE VOICE COMING FROM PIO AND THEN USUALLY THAT IS THE MAYOR SENDING OUT CODERED MESSAGES, AND SPEAKING VIA SOCIAL MEDIA, DOING VIDEOS AND DOING NEXT DOOR POSTS AND THAT SORT OF STUFF?
>> CORRECT. WE'RE TRYING TO GET THAT SAME MESSAGE OUT.
IF THE MAYOR IS SAYING ONE MESSAGE AND YOU'RE STEERING WITH YOUR CONSTITUENTS, WE JUST WANT YOU ALL TO STEER THE SAME MESSAGE.
DOESN'T HAVE TO BE ONE PERSON, BUT WE WANT TO HAVE ONE MESSAGE SO THAT WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE.
>> THEN YOU'RE SAYING THAT ONE MESSAGE MEANS THE SAME CONTENT?
>> OR FORWARDING THE MAYOR'S MESSAGE? ONE MESSAGE CAN BE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS.
IF THE MAYOR SAYS, GO INSIDE OF YOUR HOUSE NOW, AND THAT'S COMING FROM THE MAYOR, THAT'S ONE MESSAGE, YOU'RE SAYING, I CAN TELL MY RESIDENTS GO INTO THE HOUSE NOW BECAUSE THE MAYOR JUST SAID IT.
OR ARE YOU SAYING FORWARD THE MAYORS MESSAGE TO MY CONSTITUENTS OR ARE YOU SAYING JUST LET THEM MAYOR SPEAK TO ALL CONSTITUENTS?
>> I THINK YOUR CONSTITUENTS ARE GOING TO REACH OUT TO YOU SO WHAT I WOULD EXPECT YOU TO DO, HOPE THAT YOU WOULD, IS TO SHARE THAT SAME MESSAGE THAT SHE SAID.
IF THE MESSAGE IS, EVERYONE GO INSIDE THE HOUSE AND STAY SAFE, WHEN PEOPLE REACH OUT TO YOU, YOU'RE SAYING THE SAME THING, EVERYONE'S SAYING THE SAME MESSAGE.
UNIFIED MESSAGE THAT IS COMING FROM THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, PIO, WE'RE SHARING THAT AMONGST ALL OF US.
SAME THING WITH US, IF WE'RE PUTTING OUT A RING ANNOUNCEMENT OR A CODERED, OR A FACEBOOK POST, WE WANT IT TO SAY THE SAME THING.
>> THEN I COULD COPY THE MAYOR'S MESSAGE WITH MY OWN BRANDING SAYING THE SAME THING ON SOCIAL MEDIA? I WANT TO CLARIFY BECAUSE SAME MESSAGE AND WHATEVER YOU SAY, I'LL FOLLOW, BUT JUST MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE WHERE SAME MESSAGE IS CONCERNED.
IT'S NOT SEMANTICS, I'VE BEEN THROUGH A LOT OF HURRICANES SINCE BEING ELECTED, SO JUST MAKE SURE THAT WE UNDERSTAND THAT.
>> CITY MANAGER WISH TO SAY SOMETHING.
>> I JUST WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT WE DEVELOP A LOT OF CONTENT DURING THESE EMERGENCIES AND WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE ALL OF OUR COMMISSIONERS TO DEPLOY AND SPREAD THAT MESSAGE.
OBVIOUSLY, THERE MAY BE SOME VARIATION, SO IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE EXACT SAME, BUT IT NEEDS TO RELATE THE SAME ESSENCE OF THE MESSAGE AND THE SAME ESSENCE OF THE WARNINGS AND INFORMATION THAT WE'RE TRYING TO SPREAD TO THE COMMUNITY.
>> YOU'RE SAYING THEN IF THE MESSAGE THAT'S COMING FROM THE TOP SAYS,
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GO INTO YOUR HOUSE, THEN I CAN SHARE THAT SAME MESSAGE WITH MY BRANDING BECAUSE IT IS SAYING GOING INTO YOUR HOUSE.>> THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ENCOURAGING ACTUALLY.
THE CITY IS GOING TO PUBLISH A LOT OF CONTENT ABOUT THE DIRECTIONS, AND WARNINGS, AND THE INFORMATION AND SO YOU WANT TO SHARE THAT IN YOUR COMMUNITY WITH YOUR BRAND, WE ENCOURAGE THAT ACTUALLY.
>> BECAUSE THEN ONE WOULD DISAGREE WITH YOU THAT IT NEEDS TO BE THE SAME BRANDING, SAME CONTENT, SAME MESSAGE, SAME EVERYTHING.
I'M CURIOUS TO HEAR THE COMMENTARY TONIGHT AND GO FROM THERE.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION, I APPRECIATE IT.
HURRICANE SEASON HAS STARTED AND RESIDENTS SHOULD BE PREPARED
>> WELL, I'LL JUMP IN. THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF WHAT I UNDERSTOOD YOUR PRESENTATION TO BE AS YOU'RE SAYING IT, IS ONE MESSAGE.
IF NOW WE'RE ALL CHANGING THE MESSAGE WITH BRANDING OF INDIVIDUALIZATION, WE'RE NOW REMOVING THAT ONE MESSAGE AND THEN WE WE'RE MAKING IT FROM ONE PERSON.
VICE MAYOR IS SMACKING AND SMILING BECAUSE HE KNOWS.
THAT HAS BEEN ONE OF THE REASONS THAT, I GUESS FROM WHAT I'M SENSING, THIS IS PUT INTO PLACE, BECAUSE THIS IS NOT ONE, PERSONALLY CARING ABOUT THEIR COMMUNITY, IT IS ONE MESSAGE SENT BY THE CITY OF TAMARAC, WE ALL SEEM TO HAVE OUR FACES ALL OVER EVERYTHING, IT'S ONE MESSAGE.
NOW WE'RE GOING TO SAY, THE CITY'S MESSAGE IS NOW LET'S REMOVE THE FACE, I'M GOING TO THROW MY MICHELLE J. GOMEZ, WHATEVER IT IS THAT I CREATE AND PUT IT OUT THERE AS IF IT'S MY MESSAGE, THAT'S A DEFEATIST PURPOSE OF THE ONE VOICE.
IF WE'RE SAYING THAT THIS IS THE PROCEDURE, ONE VOICE MEANS THE CITY OF TAMARAC HAS THAT MESSAGE THAT GOES OUT.
IN SOCIAL MEDIA PRINT THINGS GO OUT, THEN IT GOES OUT AS IS.
WE CAN TAKE WHETHER IT'S COMMISSIONER DANIEL'S, COMMISSIONER WRIGHT, VICE MAYOR, ELVIN, OR MY MAYOR'S MESSAGE, BUT IN THAT MESSAGE, I'M PUTTING IN THAT FLIER THAT IS THE MESSAGE OF THE CITY.
THAT'S THE WAY IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE.
IF WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT CODERED, WHEN IT IS SOMETHING THAT IS AFFECTING THE ENTIRE CITY, IT IS WHOEVER THE MAYOR IS, WHO IS DOING THE CODERED.
IF IT IS SOMETHING THAT IS ONLY AFFECTING A DISTRICT, LIKE WE HAD AN ISSUE WITH WATER IN DISTRICT 1, THEN IT IS THE DISTRICT COMMISSIONER WHO WILL DO IT.
THAT IS HOW WE DO THINGS AND WE HAVE DONE THEM AND THERE HASN'T BEEN A PROBLEM WITH THAT PART OF IT.
I THINK WE STAY CONSISTENT WITH THAT.
WHILE I APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING FORTH THIS, THIS IS ADMINISTRATION. CITY MANAGER.
>> MADAM MAYOR, YOU'RE CORRECT.
THIS IS ADMINISTRATION, SO WE'RE GIVING THIS PRESENTATION TO YOU AS AN INFORMATION ONLY AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SEASON IN PREPARATION FOR WHAT TO EXPECT.
IN TERMS OF REPLICATING THE CITY'S MESSAGE, THE CITY'S MESSAGE IS ONE, AND THAT'S THROUGH CODERED OR SOCIAL MEDIA AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS, SO IT'S ONE.
BUT OUR REACH IS LIMITED SO IF WE CAN EXTEND THAT REACH BY THE EFFORTS OF THE CITY COMMISSION, WE APPRECIATE THAT AND WE WELCOME THAT.
OBVIOUSLY THE PREFERRED EXTENSION OF THE CITY'S MESSAGE IS TO REPLICATE THE EXACT SAME CONTENT THAT WE HAVE GENERATED BUT IF YOU WANT TO PUT YOUR BRAND ON IT TO DISTRIBUTE THAT IN YOUR OWN DISTRICT AND IN YOUR OWN SOCIAL MEDIA CIRCLES, AS LONG AS THE ESSENCE OF THE MESSAGE IS THE SAME, THEN I THINK IT SERVES THE SAME PURPOSE.
IT DOESN'T SERVE THE SAME PURPOSE IF THAT'S THE WHOLE THING AND THE POINT OF DOING ONE MESSAGE IF YOU ARE TAKING A AWAY THE MESSAGE THAT IS THE CITY'S.
IF VICE MAYOR WANTS TO PUT IT ON AN EMAIL BLAST, THAT'S FROM THE VICE MAYOR AND HE HAS A POST OF THE ACTUAL MESSAGE AND HAS HIS LITTLE BRANDING THAT'S DIFFERENT.
BUT TO TAKE THE ACTUAL POST MESSAGE AND CHANGE IT TO JUST HAVE, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN STAY IN YOUR HOUSES, THERE'S A HURRICANE COMING, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT OUR MESSAGES BUT DOESN'T HAVE THE CITY OF TAMARAC, DOESN'T HAVE THE REST OF IT, DOESN'T HAVE US AS A UNIFIED COMMISSION AS WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE, THEN THAT'S NOT THE MESSAGE THAT IS BEING PORTRAYED.
IT'S BEING PORTRAYED THAT IS ONE ONLY IN VERSUS ALL.
THAT'S NOT WHAT I HEAR IS COMING THROUGH OR HAVE READ WHEN IS COMING THROUGH.
I DON'T BELIEVE THAT VICE MAYOR WAS FIGHTING THIS AND HE'S SAYING HE WILL DO WHATEVER IS BEING FOLLOWED.
THEREFORE, THEN THERE SHOULD HOPEFULLY BE CONSENSUS VICE MAYOR,
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THAT IF YOU WANT TO PUT IT OUT ON A FLYER IN YOUR THING, THE FLYER STAYS THE WAY IT IS AS THE CITY PRESENTED TO US, YOU WANT TO HAVE YOUR SIGNATURE AND YOUR GOLD SIGNATURE WITH YOUR FACE ON IT, WHICH YOU'VE USED ALL THE TIME, THEN THAT'S YOUR CALL OR WHICHEVER PHOTO YOU'RE UP TO FOR THIS ONE.YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? BUT THAT'S DIFFERENT IN THE DISSEMINATION OF US INDIVIDUALIZING OUR DISSEMINATION VERSUS CHANGING WHAT THE ACTUAL MESSAGE IS.
>> I THINK WHAT BOTH ARE SAYING IS THE SAME AS WHAT THE FIRE CHIEF SAID.
IF YOU'RE IN AN ORGANIZATION AND YOU'RE A SEPARATE ENTITY WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION, YOU COULD BRAND THAT AND STILL HAVE THE SAME CONTENT.
ONE HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE OTHER.
EVEN WITH THE SCHOOLWORK, WE ALL SEND SEPARATELY, BUT IT'S COMING FROM MY SCHOOL, SO WE ALL BRAND IT TO OUR SCHOOL.
ONE HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE OTHER.
THE POINT IS TO GET THE MESSAGE OUT THERE TO A WIDER SECTION, A BROADER INFLUENCE.
IF I WANT TO PUT IT ON MY PERSONAL WEBSITE, I CAN JUST PUT ONE LINE.
THE BRAND HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH A CONTENT.
IT'S JUST THAT HIS BRAND MIGHT REACH SOMEWHERE, MY BRAND MIGHT REACH ANOTHER SEGMENT.
THE MAIN PURPOSE IS TO GET THE CONTENT OUT TO AS MANY RESIDENTS AS POSSIBLE IS WHAT I'M HEARING FROM EVERYONE.
IF IT'S GOING TO REACH A LARGER SEGMENT, BRAND IT.
>> [OVERLAPPING] MADAM MAYOR, IF THIS HAPPENS ORGANICALLY, WHEN WE PUT OUT A MESSAGE, A LOT OF OTHER ENTITIES FOLLOW OUR MESSAGE AND REPLICATE THAT ON THEIR WEBSITE, WHETHER IT'D BE BLOGGERS AND OTHER CONCERNED ACTIVISTS AND RESIDENTS.
THEY TAKE OUR MESSAGE AND THEN THEY REPLICATE IT ON THEIR WEBSITE, ON THEIR SOCIAL MEDIA.
IT HAPPENS NATURALLY, AND WE APPRECIATE THAT BECAUSE IT DISSEMINATES THE MESSAGE TO A LARGER COMMUNITY.
WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE, ACTUALLY.
>> THANK YOU, MAYOR. I THINK WE'RE ALL IN A SIMILAR PAGE.
BUT THE WORD BRANDING, I MEAN, WE'RE ELECTED OFFICIALS.
WE'RE NOT A COMPANY, WE'RE NOT AN ENTITY ON OUR OWN.
THIS WORD BRANDING IS BEING THROWN OUT AS IF I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THE WORD EVEN CAME UP.
BUT YES, I WOULD SAY THAT IF IT COMES FROM THE PIO, IF IT COMES FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, IF IT COMES FROM ESPECIALLY THE CITY MANAGER, THAT INFORMATION THROW ALL YOUR FACE ON THERE, THROW YOUR CONTACT NUMBER ON THERE BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO BE THE POINT OF CONTACT THAT YOU GUYS HAVE, SO IF THERE'S AN EMERGENCY, I'M GOING TO BE CONTACTING YOU.
I'M GOING TO BE DISSEMINATING THAT INFORMATION TO MY RESIDENCE OR JUST PUTTING IT OUT THERE.
I DON'T NECESSARILY DO WHAT VICE MAYOR DOES, BUT EITHER OR, IT DOESN'T MATTER.
BUT I THINK WE SHOULD REMOVE THIS WORD BRANDING FROM THESE COMMISSIONERS, IT'S INAPPROPRIATE.
WE'RE ELECTED OFFICIALS, NOT COMPANIES.
>> I HAPPEN TO AGREE THE BRAND IS THE CITY OF TAMARAC.
THE BRAND IS NOT ONE OF US INDIVIDUALLY, AND THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE LOST OUR FOCUS OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS.
WE'RE NOT HERE TO BE PUTTING OUR FACES ALL OVER EVERYTHING AND OUR NAMES ALL OVER EVERYTHING.
THE FOCUS IS THE CITY OF TAMARAC AND GETTING THE CITY OF TAMARAC'S MESSAGE OUT.
THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS WE CAN SIMPLY SEND OUT OUR MESSAGE.
CITY MANAGER, YOU MIGHT BE THINKING YOU CAN, YES, PUT SEND ON SOCIAL MEDIA, YOU SHARE, BUT WHAT YOU'RE SHARING IS THE SAME MESSAGE THAT IS THE CITY OF TAMARAC.
THE CITY TAMARAC LOGOS ON THERE, THE CITY OF TAMARAC MESSAGES ON THERE.
WHAT IS BEING SUDDENLY SPOKEN ABOUT IS BASICALLY TAKING THE MESSAGE, CARVING OUT THE CITY OF TAMARAC, CARVING OUT THAT IS THE MESSAGE FROM THE CITY OF TAMARAC AND BECOMING THE MESSAGE OF ONE VERSUS THE FIVE OF US, AND FIRE RESCUE AND CITY MANAGEMENT, AND EVERYBODY WHO WORKS IN THE CITY IN ORDER TO EFFECTUATE, MAKING SURE THAT OUR CITY IS SAFE DURING A STORM, PUBLIC SERVICES, PIO, PARK AND REC.
WE'RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER, NOT JUST ONE.
SO THAT IS WHY I'M BRISTLING ABOUT THIS, AND I KNOW THAT THERE SEEMS TO BE WHATEVER GOING ON.
BUT THE POINT IS, WE ARE ONE AND THE CITY NEEDS TO START ACTING AS ONE AND PUTTING FORTH A MESSAGE, ESPECIALLY DURING HURRICANE TIMES.
BECAUSE IF YOU DON T THINK THAT PEOPLE SEE THROUGH SOME OF THIS BRANDING AND IS FIRST TO SERVE TO SAY THAT HERE'S WHAT I'VE DONE,
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OUR RESIDENTS ARE VERY INTELLIGENT, THEY SEE IT ALL.IT'S TIME THAT WE ACTUALLY JUST START DOING WHAT WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN DOING ALL ALONG AND WHAT WE USED TO DO.
WE DIDN'T HAVE OUR OWN LOGOS, WE DIDN'T HAVE OUR OWN LITTLE BUSINESS CARDS THAT WEREN'T THE SAME.
WE WERE ONE CITY, ONE BRAND AND THE BRAND IS THE CITY OF TAMARAC, AND THAT'S WHAT WE ARE.
THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS BEFORE US.
>> THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE YOU, CHIEF.
I WILL SHARE THE INFORMATION AS ONE CITY OF COURSE, I'LL PUT MY HANDSOME FACE AND MY WONDERFUL SIGNATURE ON THERE JUST TO SHOW THE RESIDENTS THAT I ALSO CARE.
THEY APPRECIATE THAT. THEY APPRECIATE THAT THERE ARE COMMISSIONERS WORKING FOR THEM AND GIVING THEM INFORMATION THAT IS IMPORTANT IN A HURRICANE.
SOMETIMES WHEN WE SHARE OTHER PEOPLE'S PICTURES ON THERE, IT JUST SOMETIMES DIMINISHES OR CHEAPENS WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO SAY, BECAUSE THEIR BRAND IS SYNONYMOUS WITH THE DUCKS ARE WALKING ACROSS THE STREET TODAY OR THERE'S A LIGHTENING COMING OR I'M AT MCDONALD'S, HERE'S A PHOTO.
IT'S TIME TO BRING BACK SERIOUSNESS TO THE BRAND.
I APPRECIATE THE COMMENTARY AND I WILL DEFINITELY BE SHARING INFORMATION WITH MY HANDSOME FACE AND THE SIGNATURE BETWEEN NOW AND NOVEMBER 30TH. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> MADAM MAYOR, I JUST WANT TO SAY EXPRESS OUR APPRECIATION AND GRATITUDE FOR CHIEF AND BEN.
THEY'VE ACTUALLY IN PREPARATION FOR THIS SEASON, NOT ONLY UPDATED THE CITY'S CMP AND THE COOP PLAN, BUT THEY ALSO MET WITH EACH INDIVIDUAL DEPARTMENT AND WENT OVER THE PREPARATIONS FOR THE SEASON.
WE APPRECIATE THEIR EFFORTS AND WORK ON THIS AHEAD OF THE SEASON.
OF COURSE, WE THINK THE WORLD OF TAMARAC FIRE RESCUE, CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR NEWEST ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND FROM THE TEAM.
>> BUT I'M GOING TO JUST MAKE NOTE THAT WE DON'T HAVE CONSENSUS TO GO ANY OTHER WAY THAN WHAT YOU HAVE IT, WHICH IS ONE.
UNLESS THERE'S CONSENSUS TO ALL OF A SUDDEN, ALLOW BRANDING THAT IS SEPARATE FROM THE CITY OF TAMARAC, WHICH WE DO NOT CURRENTLY HAVE, THEN COMMISSIONER, VICE MAYOR, YOU'D BE ROGUE AND IT WOULD NOT BE ALLOWED UNDER OUR POLICY.
AT THIS TIME NOW, WE'RE GOING TO GO TO ITEM 10B,
[10.b Authorization to Initiate Legal Action against Gregory H/E Meador, Meador, Patricia for Property located at 7804 NW 74 Avenue, Tamarac]
AUTHORIZATION TO INITIATE LEGAL ACTION AGAINST MR. GREGORY MEDOR AND MS. PATRICIA MEDOR FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 7804 NORTHWEST 74TH AVENUE IN TAMARAC.CITY ATTORNEY, WILL YOU PLEASE SUMMARIZE THE ITEM.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. HURRICANE PREPAREDNESS IS A GOOD SEGUE TO THIS ITEM.
THIS HOUSE IS LOCATED ON DISTRICT 4, ADDRESS 7408 NORTHWEST 74TH AVENUE.
THIS HOUSE, BASICALLY IS A PUBLIC NUISANCE AND IT'S ALSO A HEALTH RISK.
THE CITY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT AND CODE DEPARTMENT HAVE BEEN WORKING, I WOULD SAY OVER FIVE YEARS TO CLEAN UP THIS HOUSE.
THIS HOUSE IS BASICALLY A JUNKYARD.
PICTURE IS WORTH 1,000 WORDS MAYOR.
I'M IN WORK WITH THE CITY MANAGER AND HIS TEAM WITH MS. CALLOWAY, TO CLEAN UP THE CITY, ESPECIALLY WITH PUBLIC NUISANCE.
IF MS. CALLOWAY CAN SHOW THE PICTURES, THAT WILL BASICALLY GIVE THE JUSTIFICATION THAT I NEED FROM THE CITY COMMISSION TO TAKE LEGAL ACTION, OBVIOUSLY, TO CLEAN UP THIS PROPERTY, TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH THE CODE.
AT THIS TIME, CURRENTLY, THE CITY HAS OVER HALF A MILLION DOLLAR OF CODE LEASE AGAINST THIS PROPERTY AND THE PROPERTY OWNER HAS NOT COME INTO COMPLIANCE.
UNFORTUNATELY, THIS IS A HOMESTEAD PROPERTY, A CITY CAN NOT TAKE THE PROPERTY, AND SO WE HAVE NO OTHER CHOICE BUT TO USE THE COURT SYSTEM TO SEEK COMPLIANCE.
ADDITIONALLY, WE WILL MEET WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER AS ONE LAST EFFORT TO GET VOLUNTARY COMPLIANCE NEXT WEEK.
IF NOT, HAVE THE COMMISSION GIVE THE CITY ATTORNEY OFFICE WITH THE CITY MANAGER SUPPORT TO FILE A LEGAL ACTION.
GUESS, PROBABLY GOING TO BE WELL, [INAUDIBLE] BACKGROUND.
>> I THINK IT WAS VICE MAYOR BOLTON,
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THAT ONCE SAID, WE DON'T WAIT FOR THIS DURING THE TIME WHEN WE HAD ANOTHER PROPERTY IN DISTRICT 4.I DON'T SEE WHY WE NEED TO WAIT IF IT'S BEEN $500,000 IN LANES.
THIS IS VERY DETRIMENTAL TO THE NEIGHBORS.
HURRICANE SEASON IS UPON US, AND I WILL SAY JUST MOVE FORWARD WITH IT.
I THINK ONE MORE THING I WANT TO ADD TO REALLY QUICKLY IS, I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT LEVANT.
JUST A WHOLE SWEEPING OF THE ENTIRE CITY, ESPECIALLY WITH THE HELP OF THE COMMISSION, IF WE CAN DO DRIVE AROUND TO FIND THESE PROPERTIES BEFORE A NEIGHBOR'S THE ONE COMPLAINING TO US BECAUSE THAT'S PUBLIC RECORD.
WE DON'T WANT THIS HOMEOWNER TO RETALIATE AGAINST THE NEIGHBOR NEXT DOOR.
WE SHOULD BE DOING PART OF THAT, WE SHOULD TAKE THAT INITIATIVE.
DRIVE AROUND, IT LITERALLY TAKES ABOUT AN HOUR OR AN HOUR-AND-A-HALF.
THERE'S A HOUSE THAT LOOKS LIKE THIS OR NEAR THIS.
BEFORE IT GETS WORSE, LET'S JUST REPORT IT, SO THAT'S JUST MY RECOMMENDATION.
>> JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE CITY MANAGER, THE CITY ATTORNEY FOR ACTING SO QUICKLY ON THIS, ONCE IT WAS BROUGHT TO THEIR ATTENTION.
THIS BEEN A PROBLEM SINCE 2014. IT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR QUITE AWHILE, AND I THINK COURT HAS REACHED A POINT WHERE THEY HAVE DONE ALL THEY CAN, SO WE DO NEED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS.
>> CITY MANAGER, DO YOU WISH TO SAY SOMETHING?
>> MADAM MAYOR, I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT WE APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT ON THIS ONE BUT WE ALREADY HAVE A LONG LIST OF SIMILAR PROPERTIES WITH A LONG LIST OF LIENS ON THEM, SO WE EXPECT TO BRING THESE BACK TO YOU FOR AUTHORIZATION IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
>> THIS IS THE 1% OF THE TIME THAT I'LL AGREE WITH ALVIN.
WE NEED TO MOVE NOW INSTEAD OF WAITING A WEEK OR TWO WEEKS OR THREE WEEKS OR WHATEVER LONG IT IS.
I THINK THAT THIS IS, LOOK AT IT.
LET'S MOVE ON IT TOMORROW MORNING, PLEASE. IT'S JUST ABSURD.
WITH THE COURTS, HOW WOULD THAT BENEFIT US IF IT'S STILL A HOMESTEAD PROPERTY?
>> BECAUSE IS HOMESTEAD WE CANNOT FORECLOSE UNDER THE LAW.
HOWEVER, WE DO HAVE A NUISANCE ABATEMENT LAW.
A PROCESS WILL ALLOW THE CITY TO RECOVER OR RECOUP THE COST THAT THE CITY OBVIOUSLY WOULD ALLOCATE TO CLEANUP THE PROPERTY, AND UNDER THE CITY CODE THAT COST CAN BE IMPOSED AGAINST PRICE OF SPECIAL ASSESSMENT.
BUT WE HAVE TO FOLLOW THAT PROCESS THAT'S IN THE CODE TO MAKE SURE WE ARE ABLE TO RECOVER THE COST.
>> THEN AFTER WE CLEAN IT UP AND HE OR SHE PUTS BACK THE SAME TRASH THERE BECAUSE WE CAN'T TAKE THE HOUSE, WHAT HAPPENS?
>> WELL, VICE MAYOR, THOSE LIENS ARE RECORDED.
EVEN THOUGH WE CANNOT TAKE THE HOUSE, IF THE HOUSE IS SOLD, THEY HAVE TO PAY THOSE LIENS EVENTUALLY.
OBVIOUSLY, WE CANNOT FORECLOSE BUT IT IS A HINDRANCE ON ABILITY TO SELL A PROPERTY, SO THOSE LIENS WILL HAVE TO BE PAID ONE DAY.
>> I UNDERSTAND, BUT THAT'S THE SAME THING WE'RE DOING NOW, PILING UP THE LIENS.
I'M SAYING IF WE GO TO THE COURT, WHAT ADDITIONAL THING.
>> WE CAN GET AN INJUNCTIVE RELIEF.
THE COURT GAVE US AUTHORITY TO CLEAN UP THE PROPERTY AND BASICALLY USE BECAUSE WE CANNOT JUST GO ON TO A PRIVATE PROPERTY WITHOUT PERMISSION.
THE COURT WILL GIVE US THAT AUTHORITY TO GO IN THIS PROPERTY OBVIOUSLY UNDER NUISANCE LAW AND ALLOW US TO CLEAN IT UP FOR PUBLIC SAFETY REASON.
THAT'S THE AUTHORITY THE COURT WILL GIVE US THAT WE DON'T HAVE RIGHT NOW.
>> UNDER NUISANCE ABATEMENT PROGRAM.
MS. CALLOWAY, CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION?
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>> DO YOU AGREE WITH THE ATTORNEY THAT UNDER A NUISANCE ABATEMENT PROGRAM WE DO NOT HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO GO INTO PRIVATE PROPERTY RIGHT NOW AND CLEAN IT UP, THAT WE HAVE TO GO TO THE COURTS TO DO SO?
>> IN THIS CASE IN PARTICULAR, THIS IS CONSISTENT WITH WHAT WE HAVE DONE AT LEAST ONE TIME SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE IN THE PAST WITH I THINK IT WAS ANTHONY ORDAIN, WHERE WE DID GO TO THE COURT AND RECEIVE INJUNCTIVE RELIEF TO GO ON AND TO CLEAN IT UP.
NUISANCE ABATEMENT ORDINANCE IS VERY SPECIFIC IN TERMS OF WHAT CONSTITUTES A NUISANCE.
ON THOSE WE HAVE GONE LIKE OVERGROWN GRASS OR WATER IN A SWIMMING POOL WHERE WE CAN FENCE IT UP.
IT'S VERY SPECIFIC ONLY THOSE THINGS WE CAN ABATE, AND THEN WE HAVE BROUGHT THEM TO YOU IN THE PAST AND IT GOES ON THE TAX ROLL.
SOMETHING LIKE THIS IS NOT DESCRIBED IN THE NUISANCE ABATEMENT ORDINANCE WHICH IS WHY THE CITY ATTORNEY IS RECOMMENDING AN INJUNCTION.
>> I PREFER TO HEAR IT FROM YOU.
THIS HOUSE, HOW LONG WILL WE GET THE INJUNCTIVE RELIEF, HOW LONG DOES THAT TAKE?
>> IF I COULD JUST DEFER TO OUR BARRICADE BALTIMORE CITY ATTORNEY.
>> UNFORTUNATELY YOU HAVE TO HEAR IT FROM ME NOW.
OBVIOUSLY, WE'LL ASK FOR EMERGENCY HEARING.
WE CAN CONTROL, OBVIOUSLY, NOT THE COURT SYSTEM VERY WELL AS BASE ON THE JUDGE DOCKET AND ABILITY TO GIVE US A HEARING ON AN EMERGENCY BASIS.
>> DO WE KNOW HOW OLD THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY IS?
>> LET ME SEE IF SCOTT, I KNOW THAT SCOTT IS WATCHING.
SCOTT, CAN YOU JUST TEXT ME, I THINK THE AGE.
HE MET WITH HIM TODAY AND HE'S BEEN SPEAKING WITH HIM, SO I'M NOT CERTAIN.
>> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> WHILE WE WAIT FOR THE AGE WHICH BASICALLY GREGORY OWNS THE PROPERTY.
IT COULD BE HIS SISTER, COULD BE HIS MOTHER, COULD BE AN AUNT, WHO KNOWS? HE OWNS A PROPERTY WITH PATRICIA.
>> MID-40S. PATRICIA DOES NOT LIVE THERE.
HER HOMESTEAD IS A PROPERTY IN SUNRISE, AND SHE HAS HOMESTEAD ON THAT.
IS THIS A MATTER OF WELFARE SECURITY, THE POOR RESIDENTS LIVING AROUND THEIR PROPERTY VALUES.
THE FACT THAT WE DON'T ALLOW YARD SALES UNLESS THERE'S A PERMIT.
THIS LOOKS LIKE A PERPETUAL YARD SALE AND NOBODY'S BUYING.
SINCE WE ONLY HAVE LIMITED ABILITIES INJUNCTIVE RELIEF AND TO ASK FOR IT, WE WILL HAVE IT PUT ONTO THE TAX BILL FOR THE AMOUNT OF MONEY EXPENDED HERE.
I'M PRETTY SURE THE CITY WILL REDO ITS LIENS EVERY 10 YEARS IF IT NEEDS TO BE USED UNTIL THIS PROPERTY IS SOLD. I'M ALL FOR IT.
I AGREE WITH COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS.
WE SHOULDN'T BE WAITING UNTIL IT GETS TO SIX YEARS, FIVE YEARS, NINE YEARS, AND WAIT TILL IT GETS TO A MILLION DOLLARS.
AS A PERSON WHO LIVED BEHIND OR NEXT TO OR TO THE SIDE OF THE $2.8 MILLION HOUSE THAT WAS DILAPIDATED AND STUNK LIKE A ZOO, AND WE DIDN'T DO ANYTHING BECAUSE IT WAS OUR HOMESTEAD, I FEEL SO VERY BAD FOR THESE RESIDENTS THAT ARE AROUND ON THIS BLOCK AND DRIVING THROUGH THIS.
IN MAY, THE HOMEOWNER FINALLY REALIZED HE NEEDS HELP CLEANING IT UP.
HE NEEDS HELP MAINTAINING IT AND WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT A WAY AND MAYBE HIS SISTER WILL DO SO AS WELL.
AS FAR AS THE OTHER ONES AND THE LONG LIST THAT YOU HAVE BECAUSE I'M PRETTY SURE THAT WE HAD THIS WHOLE NUISANCE ITEMS COME BEFORE US, AND THERE WAS ABOUT SEVEN OTHER PROPERTIES WHEN WE WENT FORWARD WITH AMADOR.
WHY ARE WE WAITING? THAT'S LIKE THREE YEARS AGO, FOUR YEARS AGO AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
IF THIS COMMISSION IS SO INCLINED, MAYBE WE CAN DIRECT STAFF TO PROCEED ON THEM NOW.
WE DON'T NEED TO WAIT ANY LONGER.
WHAT IS THE PURPOSES OF US WAITING? THIS IS ADMINISTRATION. THIS IS BY YOU.
ADMINISTRATE, TAKE THEM TO COURT, GET THE PROPERTIES CLEANED UP.
WE'LL TRY TO GET THEM WHATEVER HELP THEY NEED.
IF THEY'RE HAVING SOME EMOTIONAL, MENTAL ISSUES THAT ARE CAUSING SUCH TYPE OF CODING AND COLLECTING, WE'LL SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO HELP.
BUT AT THE SAME TOKEN, IT'S LIKE THE MUSIC.
THIS IS A SILENT EVERYDAY ITEM THAT'S COMING UP TO OUR NEIGHBORS CONSTANTLY 24/7 SAYING,
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I ONLY CARE ABOUT MY PLACE AND IT'S GOTTEN OUTSIDE OF THE HOUSE.I WOULD LIKE THE COMMISSION TO APPROVE ALL ITEMS THAT ARE WITHIN CODE AND EMPOWER CODE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH CITY ATTORNEY AND GET THESE RESOLVE FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
I WILL COME ACROSS AND ASK, COMMISSIONER WRIGHT?
>> COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS? COMMISSIONER DANIEL?
>> YES, I BELIEVE THE CITY ALREADY HAD SOME PLAN.
I THINK HE WANTED TO SPEAK ON IT, BUT YES ABSOLUTELY.
>> IT'S YES FOR CONSENSUS SO FAR, VICE MAYOR, DO YOU AGREE?
>> TO MOVE IMMEDIATELY NOW, YES.
>> ON NOT JUST THIS ONE BUT ALL OF THEM THAT HAVE GOTTEN TO THIS OBSCENE LEVEL OF, YES.
>> WITHOUT BRINGING IT BACK TO US.
>> CORRECT. CITY TEAM, YOU ARE HERE BY HEARING FROM THE COMMISSION, DON'T BRING THIS TO US, PLEASE.
PROCEED. YOU'VE GOT THESE THINGS CODE, YOU ARE HEREBY EMPOWERED TO DO WHAT YOU NEED TO DO, PLEASE.
SEEING NOTHING FURTHER ON THIS ITEM, CORRECT? ALL RIGHT.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, HAPPY FATHER'S DAY TO ALL FATHERS, ALL MEN WHO ARE FATHERS AND MOMS WHO ARE FATHERS AS WELL.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. HAVE A GREAT NIGHT.
GET HOME SAFELY. IT IS CURRENTLY 10:18. GOOD NIGHT.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.