Jul 12, 2023 Regular

GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY.

[CALL TO ORDER]

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IT IS CURRENTLY 7:02.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE AS WE WERE A LITTLE BIT LATE TODAY, WE'RE ALL GOING TO SILENCE OUR PHONES, INCLUDING MYSELF, SINCE WE ARE NOW HERE. CITY CLERK.

PLEASE CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER.

THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. MAYOR GOMEZ? YES. VICE MAYOR BOLTON? GOOD EVENING. COMMISSIONER WRIGHT? YES. COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS? GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. COMMISSIONER DANIEL.

GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.

THANK YOU. IF EVERYONE WOULD PLEASE STAND.

VICE MAYOR MARLON BOLTON WILL LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, AND THEN WE WILL HAVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE.

OKAY, AT THIS TIME, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE AROUND THE AGENDA JUST FOR A BIT BECAUSE WE HAVE OUR

[2. CITY MANAGER REPORT]

AND WE'RE GOING TO GO TO 2B FIRST.

AND IT IS A PLEASURE TO WELCOME EDWARD MEJIA AND PEYTON DAVIS ON BEHALF OF REPRESENTATIVE SHEILA CHERFILUS-MCCORMICK, WHO WILL BE GIVING US A PRESENTATION.

HELLO. GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY.

GOOD EVENING, MISS MAYOR. MR. VICE MAYOR AND THE COUNCIL, I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME TONIGHT.

UM, I'M HERE REPRESENTING THE UNITED STATES CONGRESSWOMAN SHEILA CHERFILUS-MCCORMICK, AND WE'RE DOING OUR LEGISLATIVE UPDATES WE HAVE A COUPLE MATTERS ON THE AGENDA HERE.

ONE OF OUR KEY THINGS THAT WE ARE MOVING FORWARD.

EXCUSE ME FOR A SECOND. CAN YOU TELL US WHICH I'VE MENTIONED TWO NAMES AND I APOLOGIZE.

I DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO MEET EITHER OF YOU.

I APOLOGIZE. MY NAME IS PEYTON DAVIS.

THANK YOU. UM.

AND MY NAME IS EDWARD.

EDWARD MEJIA. DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

AS I WAS GOING THE THINGS ON THE AGENDA TODAY.

SO WE ARE WORKING AT CREATING ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY WITHIN DISTRICT 20, FLORIDA, OUR LARGEST THING THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS OVER $120 MILLION IN COMMUNITY INITIATIVE SUPPORT LETTERS TO FIGHT FOR FUNDING TO SUPPORT LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT TRANSPORTATION SERVICES, AS WELL AS HEALTH CARE SERVICES AND FIRST RESPONDERS.

WE HAVE WORKED FOR OVER $5 MILLION FOR SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS, WHICH WAS DELIVERED TO THE BROWARD METROPOLITAN ORGANIZATION FOR COUNTYWIDE SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS TO PREVENT ROADWAY DEATHS AND SERIOUS INJURIES FOR SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS.

RECENTLY, WE JUST ANNOUNCED A $15.4 MILLION GRANT FOR BROWARD COUNTY FOR THE FIRST EVER ROUND OF FUNDING FOR THE INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT IN JOBS ACT, NEW RAILROAD CROSSING ELIMINATION, THE RCE PROGRAM TO HELP REDUCE TRAIN COLLISION FATALITIES.

THE NEXT THING WE'RE GOING TO GO AND MOVE OVER TO IS FIXING THE HOUSING CRISIS, SOMETHING THAT THE CONGRESSWOMAN HAS REALLY BEEN FOCUSING ON FOR THE DISTRICT.

OVER $32 MILLION HAS BEEN REQUESTED THIS YEAR TO TACKLE THE HOUSING CRISIS IN FLORIDA, 20 INCLUDING $3.9 MILLION IN RENT AND MORTGAGE ASSISTANCE, AS WELL AS $3 MILLION MORE TO DOUBLE THE CAPACITY OF BROWARD COUNTY'S OVERNIGHT HOMELESS SHELTER.

INTRODUCED THE, WE INTRODUCED THE FEDERAL DISASTER HOUSING STABILITY ACT OF 2023, WHICH COULD HELP KEEP RENTERS AND HOMEOWNERS UNDER THEIR ROOFS IN TIMES OF DISASTER, PERTAINING TO THE HISTORIC FLOODING THAT HIT LIKE MUCH OF THE DISTRICT.

OUR NEXT PART OF OUR AGENDA THAT WE'RE UPDATING YOU GUYS ON TODAY IS OUR FOCUS ON PRESERVING FAMILIES AND SAVING LIVES THROUGHOUT DISTRICT 20. WE INTRODUCED THE DISPOSABLE ENDS PRODUCT ENFORCEMENT ACT OF 2023 TO KEEP DANGEROUS DISPOSABLE VAPES AWAY FROM CHILDREN.

INTRODUCED THE ACCESS TO AIDS ACT TO HELP SCHOOLS KEEP KIDS SAFE FROM SUDDEN CARDIAC ARREST.

AND THEN WE CONTINUED WITH OUR WITH OUR ONGOING INITIATIVE TO PROTECT OUR VETERANS.

AS DEMOCRATIC LEADER FOR THE VETERANS AFFAIRS SUBCOMMITTEE ON TECHNOLOGY MODERNIZATION FOR THE 118TH CONGRESS, CONGRESSWOMAN, FEARLESS MCCORMICK IS COMMITTED TO DELIVERING

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WE INTRODUCED THE HEALTHY FOUNDATIONS FOR HOMELESS VETERANS ACT TO HELP MAKE SURE THAT EVERY VETERAN HAS A HOME.

ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS TO THE CONGRESSWOMAN IS PROTECTING OUR SENIORS, ENSURING THAT THEY HAVE AN ADEQUATE CONDITION OF LIFE.

SHE FOUGHT TO PROTECT SENIORS FROM DEVASTATING SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE CUTS, AS WELL AS SUPPORTED LEGISLATION THAT CAPPED INSTALLATION INSULIN AT $35 PER MONTH.

THAT CONCLUDES OUR LEGISLATIVE UPDATE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU. APPRECIATE ALL THAT OUR CONGRESSWOMAN HAS DONE.

I KNOW SHE'S BEEN IN THERE AND DOING A FANTASTIC JOB AND WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR HER.

IS THERE ANYTHING FURTHER THAT WAS GOING TO BE ADDED? IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSION.

OKAY. SORRY. YES.

NO, THAT WILL BE ALL.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. MAYOR.

MR. VICE MAYOR AND COMMISSION AND AUDIENCE.

AUDIENCE FOR BEING HERE.

YOU ALL HAVE A GREAT NIGHT.

WE'RE TAKING A. AS YOU MAY SEE FROM OUR SCHEDULE, WE ARE CELEBRATING THE CITY'S 60TH ANNIVERSARY.

SOMETIMES WE CALL IT BIRTHDAY, SOMETIMES WE SAY BIRTHDAY.

WHATEVER IT IS, WE'RE CELEBRATING THE FACT THAT WE TURNED 60, WE'RE TURNING 60 IN A WEEK, AND WE JUST, ON BEHALF OF THE CITY, ON BEHALF OF THE COMMISSION, WE JUST WANT TO PRESENT THIS TO YOU, TO PROVIDE TO OUR WONDERFUL CONGRESSWOMAN A LITTLE TOKEN OF OUR APPRECIATION SO SHE CAN REMEMBER THE CITY OF TAMARAC AND KEEP FIGHTING THE GOOD FIGHT AND ADVOCATING FOR ALL THAT WE NEED HERE IN THE CITY OF TAMARAC.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH [APPLAUSE]. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. WE'RE DOING THINGS BACKWARDS.

COME ON. EVERYBODY, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOU TO REPRESENTATIVE DAN DALEY [APPLAUSE].

WE'RE GOING TO SKIP WE'RE GOING TO LET HIM SPEAK AFTERWARDS, BUT BEFOREHAND WE'RE GOING TO SAY THE SAME THING TO YOU ON BEHALF OF THE CITY, WE THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR SERVICE TO THE CITY OF TAMARAC, MANY YEARS OF SERVICE THAT YOU'VE PUT IN.

AND WE CELEBRATE OUR 60TH BIRTHDAY ANNIVERSARY WITH YOU.

AND WE HOPE THAT YOU WILL KEEP THIS ON YOUR DESK.

AND REMEMBER TO CONTINUE TO KEEP UP ADVOCATING VERY WELL FOR OUR CITY OF TAMARAC AND DOING WHAT YOU DO.

THANK YOU [APPLAUSE].

WELL, GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.

GOOD EVENING.

MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, IT IS GOOD TO BE BACK IN THE CITY OF TAMARAC.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT RECOGNITION.

SORRY FOR THE CONFUSION. IT'S BEEN A LONG DAY, BUT I BUT I APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH.

IT'S VERY MEANINGFUL TO ME.

UM, FIRST AND FOREMOST, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TAMARAC.

STICK AROUND FOR THE VIDEO IF YOU CAN.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. I WILL.

I UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S YOUR 60TH BIRTHDAY, BUT YOU DON'T LOOK A DAY OVER 35.

SO I APPRECIATE THAT.

IT IS SO IT IS SO NICE TO BE HOME.

I WILL TELL YOU, I'VE KNOWN MANY OF YOU A VERY LONG TIME AND I'M GETTING TO KNOW SOME OF THE NEWER MEMBERS, I HOPE, PRETTY WELL AS WE CONTINUE TO WORK TOGETHER.

I APPRECIATE YOUR WILLINGNESS TO DO SO.

I WILL TELL YOU, FOR THOSE THAT DON'T KNOW, I HAVE BEEN BLESSED TO BE THE STATE REPRESENTATIVE FOR THIS AREA, THE DISTRICT, WHAT WAS DISTRICT 97, WHAT IS NOW DISTRICT 96, SO PARTS OF TAMARAC, CORAL SPRINGS, SUNRISE AND A HUGE CHUNK OF OUR FLORIDA EVERGLADES, BASICALLY FROM THE WEST OF US, ALL THE WAY TO THE BROWARD COUNTY LINE, ALL THE WAY DOWN

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I THINK THEY VOTED FOR ME. I HOPE SO.

BUT IT HAS BEEN AN HONOR TO SERVE IN THIS CAPACITY FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS AND TO WORK WITH YOU ALL.

AND FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT DON'T KNOW, PRIOR TO THAT, I WAS A CITY COMMISSIONER IN THE CITY OF CORAL SPRINGS FOR SEVEN YEARS.

SO I HAVE SERVED AT THE LOCAL LEVEL WITH MANY OF THESE FOLKS UP HERE.

AND IT'S NOT EASY.

IT'S NOT EASY BEING A LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIAL IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA AND THE LEGISLATURE DOESN'T MAKE IT EASY.

SO I'LL TALK ABOUT SOME OF THAT TONIGHT.

BUT THIS IN TOTAL, BETWEEN MY TIME AS A LEGISLATIVE AIDE AND AS A MEMBER OF THE STATE LEGISLATURE, THIS WAS MY EIGHTH LEGISLATIVE SESSION.

AND I HAVE THE GRAY HAIR AND THE RECEDING HAIRLINE TO PROVE IT.

THAT'S A JOKE, GUYS. THEY GET FUNNIER AS I GO.

YOU KNOW, IT REALLY WAS DIFFICULT BECAUSE IT'S GOTTEN MORE DIVISIVE.

WE LOOK AT PLACES LIKE WASHINGTON, D.C., AND WE'VE SEEN THAT D.C.

IS DIVISIVE FOR YEARS NOW.

IT'S STARTING TO BECOME THAT WAY A LITTLE BIT MORE IN TALLAHASSEE.

AND IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THAT WAY.

I TRY TO BE PRAGMATIC.

I TRY TO WORK ACROSS THE AISLE WHERE I CAN.

I STAND UP FOR THE ISSUES THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO ME AND TO MY DISTRICT AND WILL FIGHT TOOTH AND NAIL AGAINST SOME OF THE BAD LEGISLATION IN TALLAHASSEE.

BUT ULTIMATELY, IF THERE IS A WAY FOR ME TO WORK TOGETHER, IF THERE'S A WAY FOR ME TO PASS WHAT I BELIEVE IS GOOD LEGISLATION, IF THERE'S A WAY FOR ME TO BRING HOME MONEY, I'LL GET TO THAT IN A SECOND.

I WILL DO THAT.

BUT IT'S BECOMING INCREASINGLY MORE DIFFICULT BECAUSE THE WAY I LOOK AT IT, WE ARE SPENDING MORE TIME ON THE PARTISAN SUPER POLITICAL ISSUES IN TALLAHASSEE AND LESS TIME ON THE ISSUES THAT MATTER TO TO FLORIDIANS.

AND I'LL TELL YOU BY WAY OF EXAMPLE, I TRY TO MAKE TABLE TUESDAY AT KINGS POINT WHEN I CAN THE LAST TABLE TUESDAY I WENT TO AT KINGS POINT.

THE NUMBER ONE ISSUE THAT I HEARD ABOUT WAS PROPERTY INSURANCE AND CONDO REFORM.

I DIDN'T HEAR A SINGLE THING ABOUT DRAG SHOWS.

I DIDN'T HEAR A SINGLE THING ABOUT WHAT WE'RE TEACHING IN THE CLASSROOM, DIDN'T HEAR A SINGLE THING ABOUT REMOVING A BOOK ON ROSA PARKS FROM A BOOKSHELF.

RIGHT? SO MANY OF THE THINGS THAT TALLAHASSEE HAS BEEN FOCUSED ON ARE NOT IMPORTANT TO THE EVERYDAY FLORIDIAN.

I CALL THEM THE KITCHEN TABLE ISSUES.

RIGHT? WHAT ARE FOLKS SITTING AROUND THEIR KITCHEN TABLE AT THE END OF THE DAY TALKING ABOUT? RIGHT. IT'S PROPERTY INSURANCE, WHICH OBVIOUSLY JUST SAW ANOTHER BLIP IN THE NEWS WITH WITH FARMERS NOW LOOKING TO PULL OUT OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA.

THAT'S AN ENTITY THAT'S AN INDUSTRY, RATHER, THAT'S BEEN IN CRISIS FOR YEARS AND WE'VE KNOWN ABOUT IT.

AND THE LEGISLATURE REALLY HASN'T DONE THAT MUCH TO ADDRESS IT.

RIGHT. WE HELD A DOG AND PONY SHOW SPECIAL ELECTION EXCUSE ME, SPECIAL SESSION, RATHER, BEFORE THE LAST ELECTION REALLY DIDN'T ACCOMPLISH MUCH OF ANYTHING, BUT IT ALLOWED THE LEGISLATURE TO GO BACK TO THEIR DISTRICTS AND SAY, SEE, WE DID IT.

WE DID SOMETHING ON PROPERTY INSURANCE, FOLKS.

WE DIDN'T. I WAS THERE.

I READ THE BILL. THAT'S NOT GOING TO IMPACT THE PROPERTY INSURANCE MARKET.

IT'S NOT GOING TO MEAN YOUR BILLS GO DOWN.

IT'S NOT GOING TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR YOU TO FIND AN INSURANCE COMPANY.

IT'S NOT GOING TO MAKE IT HARDER, HARDER FOR YOUR INSURER TO DROP YOU.

SHOW OF HANDS REAL QUICK, IF I MAY, MAYOR, HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE SEEN AN INCREASE IN PROPERTY PROPERTY INSURANCE? HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE BEEN DROPPED BY YOUR INSURER? YOU KNOW HOW MUCH TIME WE REALLY SPENT IN TALLAHASSEE ON THE ISSUE? NEXT TO NONE, 48 HOURS IN A SPECIAL SESSION, AND THEN A BILL THAT I THINK WENT IN THE COMPLETE WRONG DIRECTION DURING THE REGULAR SESSION.

SO, YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT TO MAKE IT SOUND LIKE ALL DOOM AND GLOOM, BUT IT WAS DEFINITELY THE MOST CHALLENGING OF THE SESSIONS THAT I'VE THAT I'VE BEEN THROUGH IN TALLAHASSEE.

I DID WANT TO TOUCH BRIEFLY ON A COUPLE OF THE BILLS THAT I DID PASS THAT I WAS ABLE TO WORK ON THIS YEAR.

FIRST AND FOREMOST, MADAM MAYOR, I WORK EVERY YEAR, IF I CAN, ON A NATIONAL GUARD RELATED ISSUE.

THESE ARE THE MEN AND WOMEN THAT ARE THE CITIZEN SOLDIERS.

THEY'RE THE ONES THAT PROTECT US BOTH HERE AND ABROAD.

WHAT A LOT OF FOLKS DON'T UNDERSTAND, UNLESS YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THE NATIONAL GUARD, THEY CAN ACTUALLY BE ACTIVATED FOR DOMESTIC ISSUES LIKE A LIKE A HURRICANE IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA, BUT THEN ALSO ACTIVATED FEDERALLY.

SO WE HAVE BY WAY OF EXAMPLE, WE HAVE FLORIDA NATIONAL GUARDSMEN AND WOMEN IN FIVE OUT OF THE SIX COMBATANT COMMANDS AROUND THE WORLD.

DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY NATIONAL GUARDSMEN WE HAVE IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA? 12,000. 12,000 MEN AND WOMEN FOR A STATE OF 22 MILLION.

NOW, HOW DOES THAT COMPARE TO A STATE LIKE ALABAMA? ANYBODY FROM ALABAMA? OKAY. DON'T TAKE OFFENSE TO THIS.

ALABAMA HAS A POPULATION OF 5 MILLION.

YOU KNOW HOW MANY NATIONAL GUARDSMEN THEY HAVE? 12,000. SAME AMOUNT, RIGHT? WE HAVE MUCH MORE COASTLINE, MUCH MORE SIGNIFICANT PROPENSITY FOR NATURAL DISASTERS.

AND WE HAVE BEEN ASKING THESE SAME 12,000 MEN AND WOMEN TO DO MORE EVERY SINGLE YEAR.

SO I HAVE TRIED TO DO PIECES OF LEGISLATION EVERY YEAR TO INCREASE THE SIZE OF OUR NATIONAL GUARD, TO INCREASE THE READINESS AND THE RETENTION OF OUR NATIONAL GUARD.

AND SO WE WERE ABLE TO DO THAT THIS YEAR WITH THE NATIONAL GUARD BILL.

IT'S CALLED THE J.E.E.P. PROGRAM.

AND WHAT IT DOES IS ANY ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL GUARD OR FORMER MEMBER CAN RECEIVE AN INCENTIVE PAYMENT IF THEY'RE ABLE TO RECRUIT A FRIEND, A FAMILY MEMBER, A NEIGHBOR THAT

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SO PROUD TO SAY THAT THAT PASSED AND WE WERE ABLE TO PUT $7 MILLION IN THE BUDGET FOR THAT PROGRAM.

I THINK THAT'S A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

NEXT, I HAD A BILL THAT WAS RELATED TO CHOKING INSTRUCTIONS, AND IT WAS ACTUALLY A HIGH SCHOOL BILL IDEA, HIGH SCHOOL BILL CONTEST THAT MY OFFICE HAS RUN FOR YEARS NOW OUT OF MACARTHUR HIGH SCHOOL.

AND THEY CAME UP WITH THIS IDEA THAT THEY WANTED TO PUT INSTRUCTIONS IN EVERY CAFETERIA IN THE STATE TO JUST SIMPLY SHOW SOMEONE HOW TO DO THE BASIC HEIMLICH MANEUVER STEPS WHAT TO DO IN THE EVENT SOMEBODY WAS HAVING A CHOKING EMERGENCY.

THAT BILL HAS ALSO PASSED AND GONE INTO LAW.

AND WHAT'S REALLY NEAT ABOUT THAT IS THE STUDENTS GET TO PARTICIPATE, RIGHT? THE STUDENTS GET TO COME UP WITH THE BILL CONCEPT.

WE PICK THE BILL, WE FILE IT, WE WORK IT THROUGH THE PROCESS WITH THEM.

THEY UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS AND HOW IT WORKS ITS WAY THROUGH THE LEGISLATURE IN FLORIDA.

AND KNOCK ON WOOD, I DON'T WANT TO JINX MYSELF, BUT WE'RE TWO FOR TWO.

THE LAST TWO YEARS WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO GET THE HIGH SCHOOL BILL IDEA INTO LAW.

SO I'M VERY PROUD OF THAT ONE BILL THAT I'D LIKE TO MENTION THAT I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO PASS, BUT I HAVE FILED EVERY YEAR THAT I HAVE BEEN IN THE LEGISLATURE AND I WILL CONTINUE TO FILE IS JAMIE'S LAW.

SOME OF YOU MAY KNOW I'M A GRADUATE OF MARJORY STONEMAN DOUGLAS HIGH SCHOOL.

I WAS ON THE CITY COMMISSION, THE DAY OF THE SHOOTING.

I WAS AT THE SCHOOL WITHIN ABOUT 30 MINUTES, ABOUT 30 MINUTES OF THE SHOOTING.

AND A LOT OF WHAT I WORK ON IN TALLAHASSEE IS RELATED TO THAT AND MAKING SURE THAT THAT NEVER HAPPENS AGAIN, WHETHER THAT'S SCHOOL SAFETY REFORM, WHETHER THAT'S MENTAL HEALTH REFORM, AND YES, WHETHER THAT'S GUN SAFETY REFORM.

AND SO I HAVE RUN EVERY YEAR SINCE I HAVE BEEN ELECTED.

JAMIE'S LAW, NAMED AFTER JAMIE GUTTENBERG, WORKED WITH FRED GUTTENBERG, HER FATHER.

AND THAT WOULD PUT A BACKGROUND CHECK ON AMMUNITION IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA.

AND IT HAS NOT EVEN SEEN THE LIGHT OF DAY BECAUSE FOLKS IN TALLAHASSEE ARE THAT AFRAID OF HAVING A CONVERSATION.

ALL I WANT IS TO AT LEAST HAVE THAT CONVERSATION.

WE WILL CONTINUE TO FILE THAT EVERY SINGLE YEAR, BECAUSE I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THAT CONVERSATION FINALLY BE HAD IN THIS STATE.

MEANWHILE, THE STATE OF FLORIDA KIND OF WENT IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION, IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THE PERMITLESS CARRY BILL, WHICH WHICH WENT INTO EFFECT ON JULY 1ST, I THINK THAT MAKES OUR COMMUNITIES LESS SAFE.

AND FOLKS, I'M NOT ANTI-SECOND AMENDMENT.

I'M NOT ANTI-GUN.

I SUPPORT THE SECOND AMENDMENT.

I'VE HAD A CONCEALED CARRY PERMIT.

WE NO LONGER REQUIRE PERMITS IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA.

AS LONG AS YOU MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OTHER THAN THE ID AND THE APPLICATION TO THE STATE, YOU ARE NOW PERMITTED TO CONCEAL CARRY A FIREARM IN THIS STATE.

HOW MANY OF YOU KNOW WHAT THOSE REQUIREMENTS ARE? RIGHT. THERE'S VERY FEW OF US, RIGHT.

BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF FOLKS NOW WHO ARE GOING TO BE CARRYING A CONCEALED FIREARM THAT ARE NOT GOING TO HAVE THAT KIND OF UNDERSTANDING EITHER.

AND I WOULD SAY NOT HAVE THAT TRAINING EITHER.

SO I THINK WE HAVE DONE WHEN IT COMES TO GUNS, I THINK WE'VE DONE THE OPPOSITE OF GOOD WORK IN TALLAHASSEE.

I THINK WE'VE TRIED TO SCALE BACK SOME OF THE GOOD STEPS WE TOOK FORWARD POST PARKLAND SHOOTING.

YOU SAW MASSIVE CHANGES THIS YEAR IN OTHER AREAS OF OF OF LAW AND LIFE AS WELL WITH HB-1 RELATED TO SCHOOL CHOICE.

WE SPENT OUR TIME ON AN IMMIGRATION BILL.

WE'RE NOT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. WHY ARE WE DEBATING IMMIGRATION BILLS? WHY ARE WE SPENDING FLORIDIAN TAXPAYER DOLLARS TO SEND THE NATIONAL GUARD AND TO SEND THE FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL TO THE MEXICAN BORDER? OTHER THAN THE FACT THAT OUR GOVERNOR HAPPENS TO BE RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT, WE'VE GOTTEN INTO A FIGHT WITH ONE OF THE BIGGEST EMPLOYERS IN THIS STATE.

WE'VE MADE IT MORE DIFFICULT FOR EMPLOYERS IN THE AGRICULTURE INDUSTRY AND THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY TO FIND FOLKS WHO WANT AND CAN WORK RIGHT.

SO I WOULD ARGUE WE'VE DONE A LOT OF BAD THIS LAST YEAR, AND THAT'S NOT TO BE SUPER POLITICAL OR PARTISAN.

I THINK I TRY TO LOOK AT THINGS THROUGH A THROUGH A WHAT'S GOOD GOVERNMENT AND GOOD POLICY LENS AND I'M JUST NOT SEEING A WHOLE HECK OF A LOT OF GOOD POLICY IN TALLAHASSEE THESE DAYS.

BUT I'LL TELL YOU, THOSE ARE THE COUPLE OF BILLS THAT I WORKED ON.

I HAVE OTHERS, BUT I KNOW YOU HAVE A BUSY AGENDA, SO I'LL BE BRIEF.

I DID WANT TO MENTION SHOUT OUT THIS YEAR WE HAD A $117 BILLION BUDGET.

I'M PROUD TO SAY I BROUGHT ALMOST $9 MILLION HOME, WHICH INCLUDES $600,000 FOR TAMARAC WATER TREATMENT.

SO KUDOS TO TAMARAC [APPLAUSE].

THAT IS YOUR THAT IS YOUR 60TH BIRTHDAY PRESENT, BY THE WAY.

WE'LL SEE WHAT WE CAN DO NEXT YEAR.

I APPRECIATE YOUR WORK THAT YOU ALL DO IN THE COMMUNITY COMING UP TO TALLAHASSEE MEETING WITH ME AND OTHERS WHILE WE'RE UP THERE.

YOUR LOBBYISTS DO A FANTASTIC JOB.

I DID, MAYOR, IF YOU LET ME, BECAUSE I'VE BEEN BLABBING ON.

I DID WANT TO INTRODUCE MY TEAM VERY BRIEFLY.

SO YOU HAVE THE AWESOME KIM SCHINTZIUS, WHO'S MY DISTRICT AIDE.

KIM IS AT ALL OF THE EVENTS THAT SHE CAN GET TO HERE IN THE CITY OF TAMARAC.

NICOLE PONCE IS ON OUR TEAM, BUT ALSO ON SOMEONE ELSE'S TEAM HERE AS WELL.

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COMMISSIONER WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A TALK.

NICOLE WORKS WITH KIM AS WELL AND THEN MY NEW LEGISLATIVE AIDE THAT WILL SPEND TIME DOWN HERE.

BUT ALSO WITH ME IN TALLAHASSEE IS BRUCE SUAREZ.

SO IF YOU ALL EVER NEED ANYTHING, PLEASE REACH OUT.

I'LL GIVE MY CELL PHONE NUMBER, I'LL GIVE MY EMAIL ADDRESS.

YOUR COMMISSION AND MAYOR, THEY ALL KNOW HOW TO REACH ME.

WE TRY TO BE VERY ACCESSIBLE.

MY NUMBER ONE JOB IS TO BE RESPONSIVE TO THE CONSTITUENTS AND HELP YOU WITH WHATEVER ISSUES MAY COME YOUR WAY.

SO WITH THAT, MADAM MAYOR, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HAVING ME AND I'LL OPEN IT UP TO ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.

WELL, IT DOESN'T APPEAR THAT WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

WE JUST THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED SERVICE.

THANKS, GUYS. THANK YOU [APPLAUSE].

NOW GOING BACK TO OUR REGULAR SCHEDULED PROGRAMING WITH ONE LITTLE FOOTNOTE, WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE FROM WHAT I CAN SEE FROM SIGNING UP AND SEE PEOPLE CONTINUALLY COMING IN AND I'M FAMILIAR WITH SOME OF YOU AND WHERE YOU LIVE.

SORRY, I DON'T MEAN TO SOUND LIKE A STALKER, BUT IT DID, DIDN'T IT? WE'RE GOING TO MOVE.

WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH THE CITY ATTORNEY REPORT, CITY MANAGER REPORT.

WE WILL GO THROUGH PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.

WE WILL GO THROUGH THE CONSENT AGENDA AND THEN WE WILL MOVE ITEMS 5H AND 5I TO THE FIRST PART OF 5 AND THEN PROCEED ON WITH OUR REGULAR SCHEDULED PROGRAMING.

OF COURSE, THIS DOES NOT MEAN YOU HAVE TO LEAVE WHEN YOUR ITEM IS DONE.

YOU'RE ALWAYS WELCOME TO STAY.

BUT JUST IN CASE SOME PEOPLE WOULD LIKE TO NOT BE HERE UNTIL AT LEAST 11:30.

SO, CITY ATTORNEY, ANY REPORT? NO, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. QUICK AND EASY NOW.

CITY MANAGER, YOUR REPORT? YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, JIM. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

SO CITY OF TAMARAC WILL BE STARTING A NEW CODE ENFORCEMENT CAMPAIGN TO HELP KEEP OUR COMMUNITIES SAFE, CLEAN, AND BEAUTIFUL.

IN AN EFFORT TO HELP IMPROVE OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, WE'RE HEIGHTENING OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS TO ENSURE THAT TAMARAC REMAINS A VIBRANT AND THRIVING COMMUNITY FOR ALL OF US TO ENJOY. SO WE HAVE ON THE SCREEN, THE WEBSITE ADDRESS TO REPORT CODE VIOLATIONS.

AND THEN WE HAVE THE TELEPHONE NUMBER UP THERE FOR YOU TO TELL US WHAT'S GOING ON IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

NEXT SLIDE. CITY OF TAMARACK IS MAKING SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS WITH ITS 2040 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

BUILDING UPON THE VALUABLE INSIGHT GATHERED DURING THE RECENT PUBLIC INPUT WORKSHOPS, WE'RE NOW IN THE PROCESS OF CRAFTING A PLAN THAT REFLECTS THE INPUT SHARED BY OUR RESIDENTS TO ENSURE YOUR VISION IS HEARD.

WE KINDLY INVITE YOU PARTICIPATE IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN SURVEY, WHICH IS AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE.

THE NEXT CITY WIDE 2040 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN PUBLIC INPUT WORKSHOP WILL BE HELD ON TUESDAY, AUGUST 22ND FROM 6:30 TO 8:30 P.M.

AT THE TAMARAC COMMUNITY CENTER.

WE WOULD APPRECIATE AND ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO PARTICIPATE AND OUR 60TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS WILL CONTINUE.

THE TAMARAC SHINES BRIGHT LIKE A DIAMOND 60TH ANNIVERSARY BASH WILL TAKE PLACE ON WEDNESDAY, JULY 19TH AT THE TAMARAC COMMUNITY CENTER, WHERE WE WILL PAY HOMAGE TO OUR CITY'S HISTORY AND PIONEERS.

THE EVENT WILL FEATURE LIVE MUSIC BY FABULOUS AND INCLUDE DANCING, LIGHT REFRESHMENTS AND GIVEAWAYS.

THIS EVENT IS FREE, BUT SPACE IS LIMITED.

ONLINE REGISTRATION IS CLOSED.

INTERESTED ATTENDEES MAY CALL THE CITY'S PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT TO RESERVE THEIR SPOT.

THANK YOU. THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT.

BUT BEFORE I CLOSE, MADAM MAYOR, AS YOU MENTIONED, THIS IS THE LAST MEETING OF THE THE FIRST HALF OF THE YEAR.

SO THE COMMISSION WILL BE ON A HIATUS.

AND SO WE WISH YOU ALL A GOOD, HAPPY REST AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK AND RESUME THE CITY BUSINESS IN AUGUST.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

TYPICALLY, WHAT IT MEANS IS YOU DON'T HAVE ONE OF THESE MEETINGS, BUT I THINK I SPEAK FREELY FOR THIS COMMISSION.

WE'RE ALL STILL WORKING.

WE'RE ALL STILL AVAILABLE.

THERE MAY JUST BE A MOMENT IN TIME WHERE IT MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT LONGER TO GET BACK, BUT NOT THAT LONG.

SO WE'RE STILL HERE FOR YOU.

ALL RIGHT. WE WILL NOW GO TO 2C.

CITY OF TAMARAC 60TH ANNIVERSARY PROCLAMATION.

I THOUGHT THIS WAS A VIDEO FIRST.

DO YOU WANT TO DO THE VIDEO FIRST OR DO YOU WANT TO DO THE PROCLAMATION? THE VIDEO FIRST. ALL RIGHT.

LET'S DO THE VIDEO FIRST. SO WE'RE GOING TO ACTUALLY GO OUT OF ORDER AND GO 2D.

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SO IT IS MY PRIVILEGE.

THIS PROCLAMATION WAS REQUESTED BY THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE AND IT IS BEING PRESENTED TO OUR WONDERFUL HISTORICAL SOCIETY.

AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT [INAUDIBLE] CAPSULIZE, IF THAT'S THE RIGHT WORD.

STORE OUR HISTORY AND MAKE SURE THAT WE ALL KNOW WHERE WE'VE COME FROM, WHERE WE ARE AND WHERE WE'RE GOING.

SO THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU [APPLAUSE]. WHEREAS THE CITY OF TAMARAC WAS INCORPORATED ON JULY 19TH, 1963.

AND THIS YEAR MARKS THE 60TH ANNIVERSARY OF OUR CITY.

AND WHEREAS, THE CITY WAS ORIGINALLY FOUNDED BY MR. KENNETH E BEHRING, A REAL ESTATE DEVELOPER WHO DECIDED TO TAKE LAND THAT WAS ONCE CONSIDERED INHABITABLE AND DEVELOPED IT TO ITS OWN CITY WHERE HOMEOWNERS COULD LIVE WITH THE CONDOMINIUM AMENITIES.

AND WHEREAS, MR. BEHRING CONTINUED TO ACQUIRE ADDITIONAL LAND WESTWARD OVER THE YEARS, MAKING TAMARAC INTO THE VIBRANT CITY WE ALL LOVE AND RESIDE IN TODAY.

AND WHEREAS, THE CITY OF TAMARAC IS NOW A MULTICULTURAL AND MULTIGENERATIONAL CITY, HOME TO OVER 72,000 RESIDENTS AS WELL AS OVER 2,000 BUSINESSES.

AND WHEREAS, IT IS FITTING THAT WE SHOULD JOIN IN THE EXPRESSION OF OUR PRIDE AND APPRECIATION FOR MANY CIVIC AND ECONOMIC BENEFITS THAT OUR COMMUNITY HAS ENJOYED OVER THE PAST 60 YEARS BECAUSE OF GROWTH AND PROSPERITY OF OUR CITY.

AND NOW, THEREFORE, I, MICHELLE J.

GOMEZ, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC, ON BEHALF OF THIS COMMISSION, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM AND ACKNOWLEDGE AND COMMEND AND PROCLAIM JULY 19TH, 2023, AS CITY OF TAMARAC 60TH ANNIVERSARY, AND URGE EVERYONE TO JOIN US IN CELEBRATING THE CITY OF TAMARAC'S 60TH ANNIVERSARY.

THANK YOU [APPLAUSE]. HISTORICAL SOCIETY.

YOU'RE ALL WELCOME TO COME UP, BARBARA.

[INAUDIBLE] I JUST WANTED TO LET EVERYONE KNOW THAT WE WERE HONORED TO COME AND ACCEPT THIS.

WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO WITH THIS PROCLAMATION AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT WE FIND THAT HAS OUR 60TH ANNIVERSARY LOGO ON IT IS SAVE IT FOR OUR TIME CAPSULE, WHICH FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO WERE AROUND WHEN WE HAD OUR 50TH ANNIVERSARY, WE ACTUALLY DID CREATE A TIME CAPSULE WHICH IS AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER IN A BIG BROWN

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SO IT DOESN'T GET LOST IN THE MUD AND DETERIORATING LIKE LIKE THE LAST ONE DID.

SO WE WILL PRESERVE IT AND PUT THAT IN THE NEXT ONE AS WE OPEN IT ON 2038, WHICH WILL BE OUR 75TH AND THEN REFILL IT WITH ALL OF THESE ITEMS. EXCELLENT. SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. WE'RE ALL GOING TO BE HERE FOR IT.

SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. ABSOLUTELY.

[APPLAUSE] HISTORICAL SOCIETY.

DON'T BE SHY. BE SHY.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.

RANDY HIBSHMAN COULD NOT BE HERE TO PRESENT THE COMMISSION WITH A PLAQUE FOR US AND OUR SUPPORT OF CHALLENGER BASEBALL.

THEY WILL BE HERE AT THE AUGUST MEETING, SO WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK UP.

WE WILL NOW MOVE TO PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.

[3. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION]

BASICALLY, OUR RULES ARE SIMPLE.

PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME OR THE ADDRESS OR THE LOCATION WHERE YOU LIVE, COULD JUST BE TAMARAC.

IT COULD BE PLANTATION WHEREVER YOU'RE HERE FROM.

YOUR FULL NAME, IF YOU WOULD.

AND THEN YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.

WE HAVE LEARNED TO KEEP TO THREE MINUTES.

WE DON'T LEAVE TIME TO SOMEBODY ELSE.

AND WE WILL DO THE BEST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN HEAR FROM EVERYBODY.

SO THE FIRST PART OF PUBLIC PARTICIPATION WILL BE FOR ANYBODY HERE FOR SOMETHING THAT IS NOT ON THE AGENDA.

SO I HAVE SOME PEOPLE'S NAMES HERE.

IF I SKIP YOU, IT'S BECAUSE YOU'VE GIVEN ME THE ITEM NUMBER THAT YOU'RE HERE FOR, WHICH I APPRECIATE.

AND IF I CALL YOUR NAME AND THERE'S SOMETHING ON THE AGENDA THAT YOU WANT TO SPEAK ABOUT, I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO JUST WAVE AND THEN I'LL CALL YOU BACK AT THE TIME FOR YOU TO SPEAK ON THAT ITEM. AND THEN IF THERE'S ANYBODY WHO DID NOT HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SIGN UP, WE'LL ASK YOU AT THE END OF THIS ROUND AS WELL.

SO EVERYONE WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY.

SO MOVING RIGHT ALONG THROUGH THE LIST AT THIS TIME, WE GO TO DARCY SHILLER.

OH, AND THE OTHER THING WHILE DARCY'S COMING UP.

MICHELLE IS COMING UP.

WHILE WE WERE CLAPPING EARLIER GREAT.

BUT DURING PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN COMMENTS, IF WE'RE HAPPY ABOUT IT, WE USUALLY GO LIKE THIS.

YAY! WE DON'T LIKE IT.

WE GO LIKE THIS, WE DON'T MAKE SOUNDS OR WE DON'T MAKE ANYBODY FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE FOR THEIR OPINIONS.

SO IF YOU WOULD, WE WOULD APPRECIATE YOU HELPING US KEEP THAT DECORUM.

THANK YOU. DARCY SCHILLER, KING'S POINT.

THE VERY FIRST THING I WANT TO DO IS APOLOGIZE TO COMMISSIONER WRIGHT.

I MISSPOKE LAST MEETING STATING THAT HE WAS NOT IN FAVOR OF GETTING RID OF THE GAS ALLOWANCE.

IT WAS VERY CONFUSING.

I WENT BACK AND FORTH, BACK AND FORTH, BUT ULTIMATELY, HE STOOD BY HIS WORDS FROM HIS CAMPAIGN THAT HE WAS AGAINST KEEPING THE GAS ALLOWANCE.

SO I APOLOGIZE FOR THE MISCOMMUNICATION ON MY PART AND MISUNDERSTANDING.

OKAY. UM, THIS IS A SORE SUBJECT WITH EVERYBODY, THE COMMISSIONERS, STAFF AND PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY, ALTHOUGH WITH INFLATION EXPENSES GO UP THAT WE CANNOT FIX WHAT'S WRONG WITH THE COMMUNITY CENTER AND THIS CITY HALL INSTEAD OF SPENDING.

IS THAT ON THE AGENDA TO COME? THEN I'LL WAIT TILL THAT POINT.

LET ME KNOW WHEN THAT HAPPENS.

OKAY? PERFECT.

SORRY. OKAY.

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CAN I COMMENT ABOUT THE GOLF CARTS OR IS THAT.

GOLF CARTS IS ON THE AGENDA LATER ON.

OKAY, THEN THAT'S A NO.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT, THEN.

I GUESS THAT PRETTY MUCH WRAPS UP EVERYTHING AND YOU'LL LET ME KNOW WHICH AND WHERE.

YOU BETCHA. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I HAVE KATE JOHNSON.

ON DECK IS ANNETTE BUDEN.

KATE JOHNSON, MAINLAND'S FOUR.

THANK YOU FOR PULLING THE GOLF COURSE ISSUE FROM THE AGENDA.

THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO YOUR CONSTITUENTS.

I KNOW THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF FEEDBACK I HEARD.

I REMEMBER.

WE'RE GOING TO PULL THAT LATER ON IN THE AGENDA.

WE HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO DO IT YET DUE TO PROCEDURES.

OKAY. SO THEN WAIT TO SAY WHAT I WAS GOING TO.

ANYTHING. YES. OKAY.

NO PROBLEM. THANK YOU.

REGARDING ITEM TEN ISSUES, THREE THINGS I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT ALL THREE ITEMS 10A, LIFE RINGS AND 10B FREE SWIMMING LESSONS ARE EASY STOP THE CLOCK FOR ONE SECOND.

AND I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT.

FOR LADIES AND GENTLEMEN WHO MAY NOT BE TO THE MEETINGS BEFORE, YOU MAY BE WONDERING WHY IF I SAID THAT WE DON'T TALK ABOUT AN ITEM THAT'S ON THE AGENDA UNTIL THAT ITEM, WHEN IT COMES TO THE NUMBER 10 ITEMS, IT IS CONSIDERED A WORKSHOP ITEM.

WE'VE HAD SOME MODIFICATIONS SINCE COVID AND HOW WE DID THINGS.

SO WE DON'T TALK DURING WORKSHOP ITEMS LIKE WE DON'T HAVE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION DURING WORKSHOP ITEMS. SO WE ALLOW THE COMMENTS TO BE MADE DURING THE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PART OF THE COMMISSION MEETING AND THIS IS WHY IT IS BEING SPOKEN ABOUT RIGHT NOW.

THANK YOU. GO AHEAD. OKAY.

UM, WHERE WAS I? OKAY, EASY VOTES.

WE WANT TO SAVE LIVES.

AND IF THESE RINGS AND LESSONS SAVE LIVES, IT IS A NO BRAINER TO VOTE YES.

WHAT'S A LIFE WORTH? THESE MINIMAL COSTS AT LEAST.

MANY PEOPLE CANNOT AFFORD TO PAY FOR SWIMMING LESSONS FOR THEIR CHILDREN.

SO THE CITY PROVIDING THEM IS A LIFE AND SAFETY ISSUE THAT MAY SAVE LIVES IN THE FUTURE.

SO PLEASE VOTE YES ON BOTH OF THOSE.

10C AGENDA ITEMS. BACKUP IS NECESSARY.

I READ THE BACKUP MATERIALS, AS DO OTHER RESIDENTS.

IT IT HELPS US TO KNOW HOW TO SPEAK INTELLIGENTLY ON ITEMS. SO I HOPE PROVIDING BACKUP MATERIALS IS INCLUDED IN YOUR DISCUSSION.

UNFORTUNATELY, DUE TO THE WAY THIS COMMISSION HAS VOTED ON THIS ISSUE, I DON'T HOLD OUT MUCH HOPE.

I WOULD LOVE TO BE PROVEN WRONG.

ALTHOUGH VICE-MAYOR BOLTON CHECKED OFF BACKUP MATERIALS FOR THE THREE ITEMS UNDER NUMBER 10.

THERE WAS NO BACKUP MATERIAL.

HOWEVER, FROM THE TRANSPARENT DESCRIPTIONS, WE AT LEAST KNOW WHAT IT IS ABOUT.

UNLIKE AT OTHER TIMES, HOWEVER, WE REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT HE WANTS TO TALK ABOUT WITH THIS AGENDA ITEM.

ITEM 10C BECAUSE THE DESCRIPTOR IS WEAK.

AGAIN, I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO STAND BEHIND YOUR AGENDA ITEMS IN A TRANSPARENT WAY, AND PROVIDING BACKUP MATERIALS WOULD SHOW YOUR CONSTITUENTS YOU HAVE NOTHING TO HIDE AND YOU ARE NOT TRYING TO BE DECEPTIVE.

I UNDERSTAND THAT I CAN ADDRESS THE OTHER ITEMS, SO THAT'S GREAT.

ONE LAST THING YOU TALKED ABOUT THE HANDS AND EVERYTHING.

I'VE WATCHED OTHER COMMISSION MEETINGS AND WHAT THEY SOMETIMES DO IS IF YOU AGREE WITH THE SPEAKER, YOU STAND.

AND THAT IS AN EASY, VISIBLE WAY TO SHOW YOUR SUPPORT AND IT STOPS PEOPLE FROM SPEAKING OUT OR GETTING LOUD.

AND IT MAY BE SOMETHING THAT THIS COMMISSION WANTS TO CONSIDER.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

I HAVE KRYSTAL SWINTON AND I'M NOT SURE IF ON DECK, IS KRYSTAL WITH YOU ON THE SAME ITEM? DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK TOGETHER? OKAY. I BELIEVE THAT THERE'S SOME MORE IN YOUR TEAM.

YES. THEN BRING THEM ON UP.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ALL I'M GOING TO ASK IF THEY'RE GOING TO SPEAK.

IF THEY WOULDN'T MIND. IF EVERYONE WOULDN'T MIND JUST STATING THE NAME FOR THE RECORD.

OKAY. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.

GOOD EVENING. MAYOR GOMEZ VICE MAYOR BOLTON COMMISSIONER WRIGHT, COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS AND COMMISSIONER DANIEL.

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ALONG WITH SOME OF MY FELLOW GRADUATE MEMBERS, SHE WOULD LIKE US EACH TO INTRODUCE OURSELVES.

PARENT LEADER, MADELEINE NOEL.

PARENT LEADER CARLA FIGUEROA.

PARENT LEADER, ARETHA WIMBERLY.

PARENT LEADER, JESSIE ALLAIN, CLASS OF 2017.

PARENT LEADER, SANDRA [INAUDIBLE] CLASS OF 2023.

FAMILY CENTRAL'S PARENT LEADERSHIP TRAINING INSTITUTE GRADUATES WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO EXTEND OUR SINCERE GRATITUDE TO THE CITY OF SAN TAMARAC FOR RECOGNIZING JUNE 20TH, 2023, AS THE PARENT LEADERSHIP TRAINING INSTITUTE DAY, PLTI OF BROWARD.

YOUR SUPPORT FOR THE PARENT LEADERSHIP TRAINING INSTITUTE OVER THE YEARS HAS BEEN INVALUABLE IN HELPING US ACHIEVE OUR MISSION FOR EMPOWERING PARENTS TO BECOME EFFECTIVE ADVOCATES FOR THEIR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES.

WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE ELAINE BENJAMIN, ADMINISTRATIVE COORDINATOR FOR THE MAYOR AND COMMISSION OFFICE OF CITY OF TAMARAC.

ELAINE PLAYED AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN MAKING SURE OUR PROCLAMATION REQUEST WAS PUSHED THROUGH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE.

WE APPRECIATE ELAINE GOING THE EXTRA MILE AND FOLLOWING UP WITH THE PROCLAMATIONS, ENSURING WE RECEIVE THEM IN TIME FOR GRADUATION.

THE PROCLAMATION PROVIDED US.

THE PROCLAMATION PROVIDED TO US SIGNIFIES YOUR DEDICATION AND PROVIDES US WITH AN OFFICIAL RECOGNITION OF OUR EFFORTS.

WE CANNOT THANK YOU ENOUGH FOR YOUR UNWAVERING SUPPORT.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH YOU AND WORKING TOGETHER TO ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR FAMILIES IN OUR COMMUNITIES.

ONCE AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT.

THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO AND ACCOMPLISHED.

IT'S BEEN VERY.

OH, SORRY. GO AHEAD. HI.

GOOD EVENING. I'M CRYSTAL SWINTON, THE DIRECTOR OF BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING AT FAMILY CENTRAL.

GOOD EVENING. MAYOR GOMEZ, VICE MAYOR AND ALL OF THE CITY COMMISSIONERS, MANAGER AND ATTORNEY.

TONIGHT, I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT A CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION TO THE CITY OF TAMARAC IN RECOGNITION OF YOUR SUPPORT FOR OUR PARENT LEADERSHIP TRAINING INITIATIVE BY HELPING PARENTS BECOME LEADING ADVOCATES FOR THEIR CHILDREN AND COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT BROWARD COUNTY.

WE APPRECIATE YOUR CITY'S EFFORTS IN MAKING THIS PROGRAM POSSIBLE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND I KNOW IT'S A LITTLE BIT OUT OF SORTS, SO TO SPEAK, BUT COMMISSION, CAN WE PLEASE GO DOWN AND TAKE A PHOTOGRAPH? MIC] THANK YOU AGAIN. AND AS I THINK I MENTIONED AT THE TOP OF THIS MEETING THAT THINGS WERE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT, BUT THAT WAS VERY SWEET, UNEXPECTED, AND WE APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH. SO THANK YOU FOR LETTING US TAKE THAT MOMENT.

NOW BACK TO OUR LIST.

WE HAVE RON WASSERMAN AND JEFFREY SHAPIRO IS ON DECK.

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MY NAME IS RONALD WASSERMAN.

I LIVE AT 8577 JAY DRIVE HERE IN TAMARAC IN THE COMMUNITY CALLED SHANGRI-LA.

FIRST OFF, IF I COULD, MADAM MAYOR.

ANYONE WHO CAN HEAR MY VOICE.

I'M ASKING YOU TONIGHT.

PLEASE TEST YOURSELF FOR CANCER.

COLON CANCER.

AND BREAST CANCER.

I ASK YOU.

IT'S NOT A JOKE.

DON'T LET IT ROLL, PLEASE.

I COME HERE QUITE CONSISTENTLY AND ASK YOU FOLKS.

WE ALL KNOW SOMEONE WHO HAS HAD PROBLEMS WITH CANCER.

THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO ME ON THAT.

MADAM MAYOR, AGAIN, I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT AN AMERICAN HERO WHO JUST PASSED.

JOHN AMBROSI.

KOREAN WAR VETERAN.

I WAS SUCKING MY THUMB WHEN HE WENT TO WAR.

A GRACIOUS MAN, A HUMBLE VETERAN.

PLEASE REMEMBER THAT NAME.

HE'S SCHEDULED TO GO UP ON OUR VETERANS PARK AT SOME POINT.

SO WE APPRECIATE IT.

HIS FAMILY SENDS THEIR REGARDS TO THE COMMISSION.

THEY KNOW THEY HAVE BEEN LONG TIME RESIDENTS OF TAMARAC.

JOHN WAS 90 YEARS OLD.

WE'LL MISS YOU, JOHN.

AND THE LAST, MAY I JUST SAY, WE ALL GO THROUGH SOME DIFFICULT TIMES.

AND QUITE FRANKLY, I COME HERE AND I SPEAK QUITE OFTEN.

SOME OF YOU COULD CARE LESS WHETHER YOU HEAR MY VOICE.

BUT I'LL TELL YOU ONE QUICK STORY.

I HAVE 45 SECONDS.

MANY OF YOU KNOW I'M A CANCER SURVIVOR, COLON CANCER.

AND I WAS THE HEIGHT OF THE PANDEMIC.

AND I HAD TO GO INTO THE HOSPITAL.

AND I KEPT ON ASKING EVERYBODY, WHAT DO I DO DOCTOR, WHAT DO I DO MA'AM, WHAT DO I DO? AND THEY LOOKED AT ME AND SAID, MR. WASSERMAN, IT'S UP TO YOU.

SO I WILL ADVOCATE FOR MYSELF AND MY OTHER HALF WHEN IT COMES TO HEALTH ISSUES.

POLICE ISSUES.

QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES.

SPEEDING. LITTERING.

THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO ME.

LOOK INWARD.

WHAT I'M SAYING HERE TONIGHT.

IT'S NO LIE.

THANK YOU. JEFFREY SHAPIRO.

AND NEXT ON DECK IS PATTY LYNN.

JEFFREY SHAPIRO, 6104 ORCHARD TREE LANE IN THE WOODLANDS.

I HAVE SEVERAL THINGS I WANT TO MENTION TONIGHT.

FIRST BEING THAT I THINK THE CITY SHOULD BE ASHAMED FOR VOTING FOR THE REZONING OF THE WOODLANDS COMMUNITY GOLF COURSE. THE REZONING ONLY HELPED ONE ENTITY, THE OWNER AND CURRENT OWNER AND OWNER, THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE PROCESS WHEN 13TH FLOOR WAS PRESENTING.

YOU VOTED TO GRANT THE REZONING FOR RESIDENTIAL TO BE BUILT WITHIN THE COMMUNITY, BUT YOU HAD DONE THAT WITHOUT AN APPROVED SITE PLAN WITH NOTHING.

YOU THEY JUST CAME, THEY SPOKE AND THAT WAS IT.

BUT WHEN IT CAME DOWN TO THE ACTUAL PLANS, WHAT IS IT GOING TO BE DEVELOPERS AGREEMENT.

THEY HAD NOTHING.

OKAY. SO THAT EVENING, BY THE FOLLOWING MORNING WHAT YOU HAD DONE WAS YOU INCREASED THE VALUE OF THAT GOLF COURSE

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AND SO THE ONLY ONE BENEFITING IS CLUB LINK.

CLUB LINKS PARENT COMPANY THAT OWNS CLUB LINK IS A REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT COMPANY.

THEY DON'T NEED 13TH FLOOR HOMES ANYMORE.

YOU SENT A PROVISION OF HOW MANY HOMES CAN BE BUILT.

NOW CLUB LINK CAN TAKE IT IN THEIR HANDS AND WORK WITH THAT.

AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENS IN THE FUTURE.

IF CLUB LINK THEN COMES TO YOU AND WANTED TO DO A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT BECAUSE YOU'RE ALREADY GRANTED THE REZONING, YOU PUT THE HORSE, YOU PUT THE HORSE BEFORE THE CART.

AND I'M SORRY, I'M A RESIDENT OF THE COMMUNITY, AS MOST OF YOU KNOW, AND BEEN TO MY HOME.

IT'S LOCATED RIGHT OFF THE GOLF COURSE.

NEXT THING I WANT TO SPEAK ABOUT IS GLOBAL WARMING.

WHAT EVERYBODY HAS TO REALLY KNOW IS IT'S REAL AND WE'RE LIVING IT DAILY NOW.

AND WE SHOULD BE CONCERNED BECAUSE OUR OCEANS WATERS RIGHT NOW TOWARDS THE KEYS IN THE ATLANTIC AND IN THE GULF SIDE HAS ALREADY TOPPED 100 DEGREES.

THAT'S NOT GOOD NEWS.

SO ANY STORMS HAVE A HIGHLY LIKELIHOOD OF COMING THROUGH SOUTH FLORIDA, ENDANGERING US ALL.

SO GLOBAL WARMING FOR THOSE NAYSAYERS, IT'S REAL.

NEXT THING I'D LIKE TO BE ABLE TO COME UP LATER AND SPEAK ON THE SHAKER VILLAGE AND THE GOLF COURSE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU. WE WILL PUT YOU DOWN FOR THOSE ITEMS. SO I CAN'T REALLY CALL OUT THE NEXT PERSON JUST YET BECAUSE I'M REALLY NOT SURE.

SO WE'LL JUST PATTI LYNN AND THEN I'LL GO.

PATTI LYNN MAINLANDS EIGHT.

I'VE BEEN IN TAMARAC 22 YEARS AND I LIKE THE FILM THAT YOU DID FOR THE ANNIVERSARY OR BIRTHDAY, WHICHEVER IT IS, PARKS AND RECREATION IS TO BE COMMENDED.

GREG HAS DONE A TREMENDOUS JOB SINCE HE'S BEEN APPOINTED.

AND YEAH, I DO THAT.

I'M ALREADY STANDING UP, IN CASE YOU COULDN'T TELL.

IT'S AMAZING. THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY HAS TAKEN WHAT THE OLD PEOPLE DID 30 YEARS AGO HERE AND STARTED PRESERVING IT.

WE'VE GOT A YOUNGER COMMISSION IN THE LAST SEVERAL, SEVERAL TERMS, AND THAT IS THAT IS BENEFICIAL FOR ALL OF US HERE.

I AM DEALING WITH THE CODE ENFORCEMENT AND YOUR ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT BECAUSE OF AN ISSUE IN OUR ASSOCIATION. AND IT'S VERY, VERY STRESSFUL AND VERY, VERY EXPENSIVE.

AND SCOTT AND I NEVER SAY HIS LAST NAME, RIGHT.

THE HEAD OF HE'S DOING HE'S DOING A GOOD JOB.

HE CAME OUT AND MET WITH OUR RESIDENTS ON HIS OWN TIME.

HE'S GOING TO DO IT AGAIN ON AUGUST 3RD.

AND WE'RE MOVING FORWARD JUST LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE.

THAT WORKS FOR YOUR COMMISSION, YOUR CITY.

DON'T, DON'T, DON'T EVER PAT YOURSELVES ON THE BACK TOO MUCH BECAUSE YOU'RE ONLY LOOKING GOOD BECAUSE THESE PEOPLE ARE WORKING HERE.

REMEMBER THAT.

AND THEY ARE NICER TO EVERY RESIDENT THAN ANYBODY ELSE THAT SITS UP HERE.

BECAUSE YOUR POLITICIANS ARE EMPLOYEES.

I WOULD LIKE TO MENTION THAT ON YOUR 10B THE SENIORS THING OR THE SWIMMING THING.

INFANTS YOUNGER THAN TWO YEARS AND SENIORS THAT DON'T KNOW HOW TO SWIM.

WE HAD A GUY DROWN FROM FELL IN THE CANAL WHILE FISHING AND WATER HILL.

THEY DON'T KNOW HOW TO SWIM EITHER.

YOU MIGHT WANT TO EXPAND THAT TO ANYBODY WHO CAN'T SWIM AND START AN INFANTS PROGRAM JUST TO KEEP KIDS AFLOAT TILL THEY CAN BE RESCUED.

IT'S A BAD THING.

IT'S A BAD THING FOR WE'RE SURROUNDED BY WATER.

EVERY HOUSE HAS A POOL.

YOU NEED TO DO WHAT YOU CAN TO HELP MORE PEOPLE LEARN TO SWIM, PLEASE.

AGAIN, THANK YOU TO EVERY EMPLOYEE THAT WORKS FOR THE CITY OF TAMARAC.

I APPRECIATE YOU.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

SO ON THIS NEXT SHEET, I DON'T HAVE ITEM NUMBERS, SO I'M GOING TO CALL NAMES AND I'M GOING TO CALL NAMES AS BEST AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE FORGIVE ME, ONE THE LIGHTING'S NOT TOO GOOD UP HERE.

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SO IF YOU'RE HERE FOR ANOTHER ITEM OTHER THAN GENERAL, JUST SCREAM OUT WHATEVER IT IS AND I'LL PUT IT DOWN.

ALONZO MARAME.

OH, NOT EVEN HERE.

ELMER O.

6390 NORTHWEST 90TH.

OKAY. OH, SORRY.

I JUST. I REALLY.

ARE YOU HERE FOR A GENERAL ITEM OR SPECIFIC ITEM? IT'S A GENERAL ITEM. GENERAL ITEM.

COME ON UP. AND IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND, PLEASE PRONOUNCE YOUR NAME PROPERLY FOR ME.

THANK YOU. YOU'RE OBVIOUSLY, UNFORTUNATELY USED TO THIS.

AND THEN PATRICIA OFFICER, IS THAT FOR A GENERAL ITEM OR 5H.

THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY.

MY NAME IS ELMER ORELLANA.

THANK YOU. I'M A RESIDENT OF TAMARAC, AND I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY OVER HERE.

AND I JUST WANT TO TELL YOU GUYS THAT I GOT A NOTICE OF PROPERTIES BEING BUILT ON COLONY WEST.

FORGIVE ME. I'M GOING TO CUT YOU OFF AND I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO COME BACK UP WHEN WE'RE ON THAT ITEM.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

SO LYNETTE SMITH.

YES. GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE.

I LIVE IN COLONY WEST AND I AM A RESIDENT OF TAMARAC FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS.

I AM A LITTLE BIT CONCERNED ABOUT THE FACT THAT OUR GENERAL TAXES ARE GOING SKY HIGH, ASTRONOMICALLY HIGH.

AND I THINK IT'S FAIR TO SAY THAT TAXES ARE THERE TODAY.

THERE'S. PARDON? I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT.

WE ARE TALKING ABOUT TAXES LIKE WE HAVE A SPECIFIC SECTION ON TAXES LATER IN THE AGENDA.

OKAY. AM I? MY POINT WAS TO MAKE I WAS TO SAY THAT I THINK WE ARE NEEDING TO DO A LOT MORE TO INCREASE BUSINESSES IN THIS THE CITY SO THAT WE CAN FIND PLACES WHERE WE CAN GO AND HAVE A DECENT MEAL AND DON'T HAVE TO DRIVE UP TO CORAL SPRING EVERY TIME BECAUSE THEY ARE RICHER STATE THAN WE ARE, RICHER CITY THAN WE ARE.

SO WE REALLY NEED TO THINK ABOUT THAT.

SO I'M GOING TO TAKE OUT THE TAXES PART OF IT AND SAY THAT YOU'RE HERE TO SUPPORT US FOR BUSINESS AND MORE FOOD IN THE CITY, MORE INCREASE IN BUSINESS.

EXCELLENT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AND IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN TO OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING MEETING, PLEASE DO ATTEND THAT AUGUST 22ND AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER.

WE'RE NEXT UP FOR YADIRA LUGO.

AM I PRONOUNCING THE NAME WRONG? NEXT. IS THIS FOR COLONY WEST? OKAY, I GOT YOU.

OKAY. AND WENDY SOTO, COLONY WEST.

DIANA DURANT.

OKAY. 6710 NORTHWEST 89TH.

COLONY WEST. ALL RIGHT.

MOVING RIGHT ALONG TO COLONY WEST.

HENRY SANDERS.

ALL RIGHT. WE'LL CALL YOU BACK.

BARBARA SANDERS.

OH, ARE YOU HERE? OH, YEAH.

THANK YOU. SORRY.

DIANE [INAUDIBLE].

OKAY. LILLIAN LOPEZ.

COLONY. OKAY. I KNOW YOU'RE HERE FOR COLONY.

SO IS THERE ANYONE WHO DID NOT HAVE A CHANCE TO SIGN UP WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ABOUT A GENERAL ITEM? ANYONE AFTER STUART WEBSTER THAT WANTS TO SPEAK ON A GENERAL ITEM? NO. OKAY.

STUART BEFORE. EXCUSE ME.

BEFORE YOU SAY YOUR NAME AND BEFORE YOU START YOUR MINUTES, WE'RE ALL TRYING TO READ YOUR SHIRT.

WOULD YOU PLEASE READ YOUR SHIRT TO US? UNLESS IT'S INAPPROPRIATE.

PLEASE READ IT OUT LOUD. OH, SURE.

GET IN TROUBLE.

GOOD TROUBLE. NECESSARY TROUBLE.

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AND THIS IS SOMETHING I LITERALLY LIVE BY FOR MY ENTIRE LIFE.

AND FORTUNATELY, I DON'T LIKE BLOWING MY OWN TRUMPET.

BUT THIS IS SOMEBODY I HAD THE HONOR, THE ABSOLUTE HONOR TO SHAKE HIS HAND.

I WAS I WAS BASICALLY IT SO.

EXCELLENT. SO ARE YOU HERE FOR GOOD TROUBLE? NECESSARY TROUBLE OR WHAT KIND OF TROUBLE? [LAUGHTER] PLEASE PROCEED. THE ONLY TROUBLE IS ALWAYS GOOD TROUBLE, NOT FOR ME, BUT FOR MY COMMUNITY.

STU WEBSTER, FIRST HALF.

PLEASE PUT ME DOWN FOR 5H AND 5I.

STU WEBSTER. VERSAILLES GARDENS.

BEFORE I GET INTO THE MAIN REASON FOR ME BEING HERE THIS EVENING, I AND I FEEL THAT THERE ARE MANY OTHERS THANK THE CITY FOR ITS CONSTANTLY IMPROVING EXCELLENCE WHEN IT COMES TO THE QUALITY OF PUBLIC EVENTS FOR COMMUNITY.

KUDOS AT THE SAME TIME.

I SWITCHED IT OFF. I DID A LOUSY LIAR.

AT THE SAME TIME, I CAN SEE THE EVER INCREASING NUMBERS SUBJECT TO CORRECTION.

I ASK IS TRANSPORTATION ACCOMMODATION BEING MADE FOR THOSE IN THE FAR EASTERN SIDE OF OUR CITY? WHILE I DON'T KNOW ANY DETAILS, I CANNOT SEE WHY 1 OR 2 COACHES COULD NOT MOVE PEOPLE ALONG COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD AND STRAIGHT UP NOB HILL. ON MONDAY I ATTENDED A WORKSHOP BECAUSE OF THE URGENT ISSUES THAT ARE UPON US NOW.

ONE THING SCREAMED OUT AT ME FOR THE ENTIRE MEETING WAS THE ABSENCE OF ONE OF OUR FIVE ELECTED OFFICIALS.

WHILE I WILL NEVER QUESTION, I IMAGINE A CONDESCENDING, I DO NOT HAVE TO REPORT TO ANYBODY RESPONSE.

SO I BETTER LEAVE THAT THERE.

I HAVE NOT GOTTEN AROUND YET TO DISCUSSING THIS WITH ANY OF THE VOTERS IN THAT DISTRICT, AND TRUST ME, I WILL.

THERE IS AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA THAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE REMOVED THIS EVENING IN THE WEAK KNEED, VAGUE PRESENTATION.

I CANNOT IMAGINE WHY SOMEBODY FROM THE PGA AND SIMILAR TOUR WAS NOT INVITED TO LOOK AT OUR GORGEOUS.

MR. WEBSTER YOU'RE TOWING THAT LINE.

FROM THE PGA. GOLF AND THE TOPIC.

BUT GO AHEAD, TREAD LIGHTLY.

GO AHEAD. SHAME ON ME.

MAY I FINISH OR.

OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY.

THAT WOULD TAKE CARE OF.

I CANNOT IMAGINE WHY SOMEBODY FROM THE PGA OR SIMILAR TOUR WAS NOT INVITED TO OUR GORGEOUS JEWEL.

THAT WOULD TAKE CARE OF TWO THINGS.

ONE WOULD GIVE US A BUY IN TO US GOLF AND TWO, THE NATURAL NATIONAL EXPOSURE WE DESERVE.

I KNOW OF WHAT I SPEAK.

ANOTHER THING.

WHY DOES ONE HAVE ONE COMPANY HAVE TO BE GIVEN THREE SEARCH CONTRACTS? HOW ABOUT HEALTHY COMPETITION BETWEEN COMPANIES? I EASILY I CAN PERSONALLY EASILY THINK OF THREE NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL COMPANIES RIGHT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD WHO WOULD BE HAPPY TO WORK. AND I GUARANTEE YOU WOULD BRING A HIGHER LEVEL OF EXCELLENCE.

I KNOW OF WHAT I SPEAK.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

AND PLEASE KNOW WE DO FOLLOW PROCUREMENT POLICIES HERE IN THE CITY.

OKAY. PLEASE, MAY I RESPOND? NO. I GET YELLED AT WHEN I DON'T DO A RESPONSE.

I GET YELLED AT IF I DO GIVE A RESPONSE, YOU KNOW, I TRY.

I'M TRYING TO BALANCE EVERYBODY.

IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON AN ITEM THAT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA? NO. ALL RIGHT.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IS NOW CLOSED AND WE'RE MOVING ON TO 5H WHICH SOUNDS LIKE. OH, HISTORICAL SOCIETY.

GET HOME SAFELY. MADAM MAYOR, THEY'RE HAVING A MEETING, SO THEY'RE CONSENT AGENDA FIRST.

[4. CONSENT AGENDA]

OKAY, NEVER MIND.

CITY MANAGER. ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONS OR DELETIONS TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA? NO, MAYOR. EXCELLENT.

DO NOT HAVE ANYTHING BEING PULLED FROM THE COMMISSION.

SO AT THIS POINT IN TIME, I WILL ASK FOR A SECOND.

I'D LIKE TO PULL AN AGENDA ITEM.

OKAY. BE A LITTLE FASTER ON THE BALL FOR ME RIGHT NOW.

SORRY. I THOUGHT THE CITY MANAGER WAS GONNA BE PULLING IT.

WHAT ITEM WOULD YOU LIKE TO PULL? [INAUDIBLE] NO, THAT'S NOT ON CONSENT.

OKAY. I APOLOGIZE.

NO WORRIES. NO WORRIES.

SECOND. I'VE GOT A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA.

CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.

COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS.

[01:05:01]

YES. COMMISSIONER DANIEL.

YES. VICE MAYOR BOLTON.

YES. MAYOR GOMEZ.

YES. THANK YOU.

MOTION PASSES 5 TO 0.

ALL RIGHTY. SO EVERYBODY HEAR THIS OUT?

[5.h TR13972 - A Resolution of the City Commission of the City of Tamarac, Florida, approving feasibility study and advisory services proposals between the City of Tamarac and Colliers International Florida LLC for study of city-owned properties including a new government campus and the Colony West Glades Golf Course; utilizing the terms and conditions for advisory services per the City of Tamarac term agreement with Colliers International Florida LLC effective July 5, 2022 through May 28, 2024 from the City of Fort Lauderdale piggyback agreement RFP No. 12630-225; approving the use of this agreement and approving aggregate funding in an amount not to exceed $92,000.00 in total for both proposals; providing for conflicts; providing for severability; and providing for an effective date]

THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.

ITEM 5H IS A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION AND THE CITY TAMARAC APPROVING A FEASIBILITY STUDY AND ADVISORY SERVICE PROPOSALS BETWEEN THE CITY OF TAMARAC AND COLLIERS INTERNATIONAL, FLORIDA, FOR A STUDY OF CITY OWNED PROPERTIES, INCLUDING A NEW GOVERNMENT CAMPUS AND COLONY WEST GLADES GOLF COURSE.

UTILIZING THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR THE ADVISORY SERVICE PER THE CITY TAMARAC TERM AGREEMENT WITH COLLIERS INTERNATIONAL EFFECTIVE JULY 5TH, 2022 THROUGH MAY 28TH, 2024, FROM THE CITY OF FLORIDA.

PIGGYBACK AGREEMENT APPROVING THE USE OF THIS AGREEMENT, APPROVING AGGREGATE FUNDING IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $92,000 AND TOTAL FOR BOTH PROPOSALS PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU.

I WILL TAKE A SECOND, PLEASE, TO MY MOTION TO AMEND THE ITEM TO REMOVE THE COLONY WEST GLADES GOLF COURSE PROPOSAL FROM CONSIDERATION.

SECOND. I HAVE A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS.

NOW AT THIS TIME, IT DOES ALLOW FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS.

IF ALL THE PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE TO SAY THAT YOU WOULD LIKE IT REMOVED, YOU ARE STILL WELCOME TO COME UP.

HAVE YOUR MOMENTS TO SAY SO, OR I CAN JUST ASK FOR EVERYBODY WHO'S IN FAVOR OF HAVING US HAVE IT REMOVED FEEL FREE TO RAISE YOUR HANDS.

I'VE GOT A COUPLE OF HANDS OF ONE PERSON.

ALL RIGHT. LOOKS LIKE EVERYBODY WHO WAS ON THIS AGENDA.

THERE'S ACTUALLY A COUPLE OF PEOPLE THAT ACTUALLY WANT TO SPECIFICALLY MENTION SOMETHING.

I UNDERSTAND THAT. BUT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE REMOVAL OF IT.

SO I'M TALKING ABOUT WHETHER WE'RE MOVING IT FROM THE AGENDA SO WE CAN VOTE ON IT.

SO BECAUSE THEN AFTER WE GET THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR.

IF PEOPLE NEED TO STILL COME UP, WE CAN COME UP.

ALL RIGHT. SO AGAIN, WE'RE DOING A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY TODAY.

IT'S STILL UNDER PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURES, CORRECT? WE'RE GOOD. OBJECTION.

BUT IF PEOPLE WANT TO SPEAK AFTERWARDS FOR THAT, THEY CAN.

SO I'M JUST REMOVING ANYBODY WHO JUST WANTS TO SAY, PLEASE REMOVE IT FROM HAVING TO COME UP UNLESS YOU REALLY WANT TO.

IF YOU WANT TO MAKE SEPARATE COMMENTS, THEN THE FLOOR WILL BE YOURS.

SO I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH THE LIST SO EVERYBODY HAS THEIR OPPORTUNITY.

BUT I HOPE EVERYBODY HEARS THAT.

WE'RE SAYING WE WANT TO REMOVE IT FROM CONSIDERATION.

IT'S GOING AWAY AND THE REST OF THE VOTE WILL BE ON WHETHER OR NOT WE WILL BE APPROVING THE CITY HALL STUDY.

SO THE COLONY WEST ITEM IS NOT EVEN A CONSIDERATION.

IT IS NOT WE'RE NOT DISCUSSING IT FURTHER IN THE RESPECTS THAT IT'S GOING NOWHERE.

WE'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING WITH IT.

OKAY. SO IT'S LIKE IT NEVER HAPPENED.

IT GOES BACK AS IT NEVER EXISTED.

YES, RIGHT. SO IF YOU STILL WANT TO COME UP WHEN I SAY YOUR NAME, YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO.

OKAY. BUT I'M GOING TO GO I'M GOING THROUGH THE LIST.

I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH HOW EVERYBODY SIGNED UP.

OKAY. BUT JUST GIVING THAT OPPORTUNITY IN CASE PEOPLE WANT TO SAY, PLEASE DON'T VOTE ON IT.

THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF THIS AMENDMENT IS FOR US, NOT TO INCLUDE IT IN THE ITEM.

IS THIS CLEAR? OKAY.

OKAY. COMMISSIONER. I HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE CITY MANAGER.

DO WE HAVE A RESTRICTIVE COVENANT IN PLACE THAT MAINTAIN THE GOLF COURSE AS A GOLF COURSE INTO PERPETUITY? ACTUALLY, THAT'S NOT PART OF THIS RIGHT NOW.

I'M NOT TRYING TO, BUT WE'RE IN PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.

SO IT'S NOT SAYING IT'S NOT VALID.

I'M NOT SAYING IT'S NOT VALID.

BUT I'M TRYING TO DO THIS IN AN ORDER WHICH IN THE ORDER RIGHT NOW IS FOR YOU TO SHARE YOUR COMMENTS.

AND THEN WE DO OURS INSTEAD OF IT BEING US SPEAKING AND THEN YOU GOING AFTERWARDS.

WE HEAR YOU FIRST.

AND IF SOMEBODY IN THE AUDIENCE SHOULD HAPPEN TO ASK THE SAME QUESTION THAT THE COMMISSIONER JUST ASKED, IT DOESN'T GET ANSWERED FROM US DURING THIS PART.

IT'LL BE ANSWERED AFTERWARDS.

[01:10:03]

WE'RE TRYING. THIS IS.

IT'S A GOOD QUESTION.

I'M GOING TO LET THEM SPEAK FIRST.

THANK YOU. SO, JOHN DEUTCHMAN.

THIS IS 5H. THIS IS THE ITEM.

YOU'RE LATER ON IN THE LIST.

HOLD ON. WHAT? WE JUST STARTED.

I JUST STARTED. GIVE ME A BREAK.

HAVEN'T HAD ENOUGH COFFEE YET.

GO AHEAD. JOHN DEUTCHMAN, 6331 NORTHWEST 89TH AVENUE.

MAYOR GOMEZ COMMISSIONER.

THANK YOU. MR. COMMISSIONER WRIGHT. THANK YOU.

THAT WAS WHY WE'RE HERE TONIGHT.

AND THANK YOU FOR REMOVING IT FROM THE STUDY CONSIDERATION.

I BELIEVE THAT THE FAIRFIELD MARRIOTT DEVELOPMENT IS GOING TO HELP SPUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND IT'S BEEN A HARD ROAD FOR THOSE IN THE HOSPITALITY BUSINESS TO GET WHERE THEY ARE TODAY, WHICH IS ABOUT TO OPEN.

I THINK THAT WITH IT, OPENING WILL SPUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND BRING COLONY WEST CHAMPIONSHIP GLADES COURSE AND OUR BEAUTIFUL VIEW RESTAURANT MORE BUSINESS AND MORE ECONOMIC FRUIT.

I BELIEVE THAT THE PROMISE THAT WAS MADE TO US 12 YEARS AGO AND MR. WRIGHT'S COMMENTS ABOUT PERPETUITY IS REALLY WHY WE'RE ALL HERE TONIGHT.

THIS IS THE CITY OF OUR YOUR LIFE, OF OUR LIFE.

I BELIEVE OUR GRANDCHILDREN'S CHILDREN DESERVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ENJOY THIS GREEN SPACE FOR THEIR LIVES AS WELL.

AND WE HAVE TO PROTECT IT WITH PERPETUITY.

SO THOSE THAT CITY THAT WORK IN THE CITY THAT ARE DOING THEIR JOBS, THAT ARE TRYING TO BRING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UNDERSTAND THAT THAT'S OFF THE CHARTS.

IT'S NOT VIABLE AND THERE HAS TO BE SOMETHING ELSE FOR THAT TO COME TO THIS STAGE IS THEM JUST DOING THEIR JOB.

WE WANT TO DELIVER ON OUR PROMISE AND IF WE DON'T HAVE IT, I WANT AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US VOTERS, FOR THE VOTERS TO MAKE IT A VIABLE PERPETUITY.

AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU FOR THE HAPPY HANDS.

THANK YOU. ROSALIND.

OH, NO, THAT'S THE NEXT ONE.

LAURIE AND MITCHELL HALBERG.

YOU'RE NOT SPEAKING, BUT I KNOW YOU'RE IN SUPPORT OF THE REMOVAL.

YES. THANK YOU [INAUDIBLE].

PAM [INAUDIBLE]. OH, I'M SO SORRY.

ACTUALLY. GO AHEAD, PAM. AND THEN DARCY'S BUSY ANYWAY.

SHE'LL GO NEXT. YES.

NO, NO. YES. YES.

MY NAME IS PAMELA BUSHNELL.

MAINLAND'S ONE AND TWO.

AND IT JUST HAPPENS THAT IN 2011, I WAS THE MAYOR OF THIS FAIR CITY OF TAMARAC, AND I'M ACTUALLY THE ONE WHO SIGNED TO BUY THE GOLF COURSE COLONY WEST.

IT WAS SOMETHING I DID PROUDLY.

IT WAS SOMETHING I DID BECAUSE THE CITY HAD LEARNED ITS LESSON FROM THE SALE OF MONTEREY GOLF COURSE AND SABLE PALM GOLF COURSE, WHICH NO MATTER HOW MANY TIMES WE CAME TO CITY HALL TO PROTEST ITS SALE TO A DEVELOPER, IT DIDN'T HAPPEN.

THE COMMISSION ALREADY HAD DECIDED THOSE THOSE GOLF COURSES WERE FOR SALE.

AND SO WE LOST AS RESIDENTS OUR TWO GOLF COURSES.

SO IN THE CASE OF COLONY WEST, WE ALLOWED THE RESIDENTS TO MAKE THE CHOICE AND THE RESIDENTS CAME HERE AND THEY DIDN'T WANT A DEVELOPMENT.

THEY WANTED US TO SAVE THE GOLF COURSE.

WE SPENT $3 MILLION, DID IT, AND IT'S A VIABLE OPTION TODAY.

SO IF SOMETHING'S WRONG WITH IT, THEN I BEG YOU, JUST FIX IT.

DON'T CHANGE IT.

DON'T ADD ANY MORE APARTMENTS OR TOWNHOUSES, ANYTHING.

I WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR LISTENING TO THE RESIDENTS IF THEY WANTED TO CHANGE, THEN LISTEN TO THEM.

IF THEY DON'T, THEN LISTEN TO THEM TOO.

AND THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU'VE DONE FOR DISTRICT ONE.

I APPRECIATE THAT ALSO.

THANK YOU. HAPPY HANDS.

DARCY SCHILLER.

DARCY SCHILLER, KINGS POINT.

IF I'M READING THIS RIGHT, IT SAYS THE FEASIBILITY STUDY AND ADVISORY SERVICES PROPOSALS BETWEEN THE CITY OF TAMARAC AND COLLIERS FOR A STUDY OF CITY

[01:15:07]

I UNDERSTAND YOU'RE TAKING OUT THE GOLF COURSE.

I AM VERY MUCH OPPOSED TO A NEW CITY CAMPUS, NEW GOVERNMENT CAMPUS AND NOT TO MAKE FUN OF, BUT IT WAS SADLY HUMOROUS.

THE CONSUMMATE PROFESSIONAL EXPERT DID NOT WHEN ASKED IF WE COULD AFFORD AND THE CITY MANAGER HAD STATED WE COULD NOT AFFORD A NEW CITY GOVERNMENT.

SO IF WE DON'T HAVE THE MONEY FOR THE CITY GOVERNMENT, OKAY, THEN WHY ARE WE EVEN BOTHERING WITH THE WHOLE 5H, WE'RE GETTING RID OF THE COLONY WEST.

OF COURSE YOU CAN TAKE OUT BONDS AND LOANS.

AND YOU KNOW, OF COURSE WE THE COMMUNITY WILL BE PAYING FOR IT.

BUT I JUST DON'T THINK THIS IS THE TIME.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE ENTIRE 5H SCRATCHED NOT JUST THE COLONY, NOT JUST THE COLONY GOLF COURSE.

I MEAN, I WANT THAT. I WANT THAT AS A GOLF COURSE, TOO.

BUT I WOULD LIKE THE WHOLE THING SCRATCHED AND THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO COME UP AND SPEAK.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

KATE JOHNSON.

KATE JOHNSON MAINLAND'S FOUR.

NOW I'LL GO BACK TO WHAT I WAS SAYING BEFORE.

I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU MAY BE PULLING THE GOLF COURSE ISSUE FROM THE AGENDA.

THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO YOUR CONSTITUENTS.

WHEN I SAW THIS ON THE AGENDA, I WAS SURPRISED AS I SAT HERE NOT LONG AGO TO HEAR A PRESENTATION ON HOW WONDERFULLY THE GOLF COURSE WAS DOING AND HOW IT NEEDED SOME UPGRADES TO THE TEES WAS, BUT WAS EXPECTED TO COVER THE COSTS WITHIN A YEAR OR TWO FROM FEES.

ALTHOUGH I DON'T PLAY GOLF, I THINK THE IDEA OF MAYBE ADDING A MINIATURE GOLF AND A DRIVING RANGE MIGHT BE A GOOD ADDITION.

I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T PLAY GOLF.

BUT THOSE CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED WITH UPGRADES TO MEET WHAT THE CITY DESIRES TO DO.

REGARDING THE NEW GOVERNMENT CENTER, THE CURRENT CITY HALL WAS BUILT IN 1978, SO IT IS NEWER THAN MOST HOUSES, INCLUDING MINE.

I HAVE MANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS PROJECT.

DO WE NEED ANOTHER CITY HALL GOVERNMENT CENTER? WHEN IN COLLIER'S OWN WORDS, THEY WILL, QUOTE, EVALUATE THE UNDERUTILIZED CITY HALL, END QUOTE.

SO WE DON'T FULLY USE WHAT WE HAVE, BUT WE ARE GOING TO LOOK INTO BUILDING A NEW ONE.

FOR WHAT PURPOSE? AND I UNDERSTAND THERE ARE OTHER GOVERNMENT PROPERTIES THAT ARE UNDERUTILIZED.

SHOULDN'T A BETTER USE OF EXISTING PROPERTIES BE LOOKED AT FIRST? ISN'T THAT YOUR FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY? WHAT IS THE LIFE OF THIS CURRENT BUILDING? WHAT IS THE COST OF FIXING WHAT NEEDS TO BE FIXED? ISN'T THAT MORE PRACTICAL THAN BUILDING A WHOLE NEW COMPLEX THAT WILL COST MILLIONS? I DON'T SEE THIS AS PART OF THE UPCOMING ASSESSMENT CURRENTLY OUTLINED IN THE BACKUP MATERIAL, AND IT SHOULD BE.

THE NEW GOVERNMENT CAMPUS STUDY WITH A TOTAL COST OF $79,500 SHOULD INCLUDE WHETHER THIS PROJECT IS EVEN NECESSARY.

THE LIFE AND USE OF THE CURRENT BUILDING AND APPROXIMATE COST TO BUILD A NEW COMPLEX.

FOR $80,000 ALL THESE QUESTIONS SHOULD BE ANSWERED BEFORE PROCEEDING FURTHER.

ONE LAST POINT AS WE TALK ABOUT NEEDING THINGS ON THE EAST SIDE OF TAMARAC, YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT MOVING THIS COMPLEX FURTHER WEST, NEAR THE OUTSKIRTS OF TAMARAC FROM WHAT I CAN TELL FROM THE MAP, HOW DOES THIS HELP ACCESSIBILITY OF ALL RESIDENTS? MORE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ARE NEEDED BEFORE PROCEEDING, AND IF YOU ARE DETERMINED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS STUDY, I HOPE THIS STUDY ADDRESSES THEM ALL. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

STEPHEN [INAUDIBLE].

GOOD AFTERNOON.

STEVE [INAUDIBLE].

[01:20:01]

THANK YOU. I WILL GET ARRESTED WITH YOU ON THE GOLF COURSE IF THEY DO ANYTHING WITH BULLDOZING AND ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

DO WE HAVE A AGREEMENT? CANCELLATION AGREEMENT WITH COLLIERS BECAUSE IT'S DATED TILL 2024.

I KNOW IT'S OFF THE AGENDA, BUT NOBODY NOTIFIED ANYBODY.

NOBODY SENT ANYTHING IN THE MAIL.

NOBODY SENT ANYTHING OTHER THAN FINDING OUT FROM THE SUN SENTINEL OR JOHN.

THAT'S IT. HE WAS THE ONE.

AND FOR THE CITY TO TRY TO PUSH SOMETHING LIKE THIS THROUGH.

IT'S DISGUSTING.

IT'S BAD ENOUGH I HAVE URINATION BEHIND MY HOUSE, WHICH WE DISCUSSED OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN.

THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT'S BEEN AT THE HOUSE.

THEY CAN'T DO ANYTHING.

IT'S PUBLIC LAND.

LEWD BEHAVIOR IN STATE OF FLORIDA IS ILLEGAL.

SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE.

THE 16TH TEE, THAT RUBBER TREE.

THERE'S A DRAIN UNDERNEATH IT.

A SEWER DRAIN THAT HAS BEEN CLOGGED.

THAT'S WHY THE GOLF COURSE FLOODS.

I HAVE PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE OTHER DAYS TORRENTIAL RAIN.

IT'S TERRIBLE.

IT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. AND LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, SOME OF THE QUESTIONS YOU'RE ASKING AGAIN WILL BE ADDRESSED AFTER YOU SPEAK.

ALL RIGHT. ALONSO MARNIE.

STILL NOT HERE, SO. OKAY.

ELMER. AH, ELMER, YOU JUST WANT TO WAVE.

YOU'RE GOOD. YOU WANT TO SPEAK? I WAS ABOUT TO SING A SONG I WASN'T.

I WON'T DO THAT TO YOU FROM GREECE.

YOU CAN STAND NEXT TO EACH OTHER, BE SUPPORTIVE OF EACH OTHER.

GO FOR IT. BUT YOU HAVE YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.

YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. AND JUST STATE YOUR NAMES.

GOOD EVENING. WENDY SOTO.

ELMER ORELLANA. SO REALLY QUICKLY.

I HAVE BEEN LIVING IN TAMARAC FOR THE PAST ALMOST SEVEN YEARS AND I LOVE MY COMMUNITY, LOVE MY NEIGHBORS.

I'M SUPER HAPPY OF BEING PART OF THIS COMMUNITY.

WHAT I'M HEARING FROM PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN THERE WAY BEFORE ME IS THAT, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY IS LIKE PANICKING AND NOT SUPPORTIVE OF THIS POSSIBLE, UM, CONSTRUCTIONS BEING MADE TO THE COLONY WEST OF THE GOLF COURSE.

THAT WILL BE SAD FOR US TO SEE SUCH A TRANSFORMATION OF WHAT WE FELL IN LOVE WHEN WE MOVED INTO TAMARAC THAT THIS IS WHAT WE ENVISION AS OUR FUTURE HOME BECAUSE WE JUST FELL IN LOVE WITH WITH HOW IT IS RIGHT NOW AND WE WANT TO PRESERVE IT.

MY QUESTION IS, WHAT CAN I DO AS A CITIZEN, AS A COMMUNITY MEMBER, TO MAKE MY VOTE COUNT AGAINST IT? IS THERE SOMETHING PRACTICAL, SOMETHING I KNOW I'M HERE AND I'M EXPRESSING MY WANTS AND I'M EXPRESSING MY OPINIONS, BUT I WANT SOMETHING THAT IT'S ACTUALLY MORE OFFICIAL THAN THAT.

SO WHAT'S WHAT IS THE NEXT THING THAT I CAN DO? AS I SAID, WE'LL ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS AFTERWARDS SORRY, BUT.

ALL I WANT TO DO IS THANK ALL MY NEIGHBORS.

HAPPY HANDS FOR EVERYBODY.

YOU GUYS ARE FAMILY TO ME.

I MOVED TO TAMARAC FOLLOWING MY BEST FRIEND, WHICH IS HER AND HER HUSBAND.

AND WE THEY LOVE THE GOLF COURSE.

WE LOVED THE ENVIRONMENT.

AND ALL THOSE NEIGHBORS ARE LIKE FAMILY TO ME.

ALL MY FAMILY IS BACK HOME IN NEW YORK, AND THIS IS MY NEW FAMILY.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

AND WELCOME TO NEW YORK SOUTH.

ALL RIGHT, PATRICIA OFFICER.

GOOD. GOOD EVENING TO EVERYONE.

THIS IS NOT MY FAVORITE THING TO DO.

SO OBVIOUSLY I'M VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS.

LIKE WHAT WAS SAID ALREADY.

WE FACED THIS ABOUT 12 YEARS AGO.

[01:25:02]

I'M GLAD IT'S BEEN REMOVED, BUT I WANT MORE.

I DON'T WANT APATHY TO GET US BECAUSE IF THIS SHOULD HAPPEN AGAIN AND WE DON'T HAVE SO ONE EYE ON THE BALL, THIS MAY HAPPEN.

SO WHEN I READ IN THE TAMARAC TALK THAT YOU MRS. VILLALOBOS SAID A PROMISE MIGHT HAVE TO BE BROKEN.

THAT MEANS I'M NOT SURE IF WE'RE NOT GOING TO FACE THIS AGAIN.

SO. MR. WRIGHT, I HOPE THEY DO TALK ABOUT THIS MORE, BUT WE WANT THIS TO BE THE LAST TIME WE HAVE TO FACE THIS.

OKAY, THAT'S IT.

AND I WILL SAY, THIS IS PATRICIA OFFICER, AND SHE'S THE COLONY WEST COMMUNITIES AROUND THERE.

I'M NOT GOING TO READ YOUR ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, BUT I'VE GOT IT HERE.

THE CITY OWNS THE PROPERTY.

WE CAN'T LEASE IT FROM OURSELVES.

WE CAN WORK ON THINGS.

DON'T WORRY. WE'LL WORK ON THINGS.

WE HEAR YOU, LYNETTE SMITH.

YOU'VE ALREADY SPOKEN REGARDING OTHER ITEMS, BUT DID YOU STILL WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM OR NO? MY.

FOR THIS ITEM. YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT IT.

I CAN CALL YOU BACK LATER FOR THE OTHER ITEMS. YES, MY CONCERN WAS ABOUT COLONY WEST AND WHAT ARE THE DEVELOPMENT PLANS FOR BEHIND US, THE GOLF COURSE.

SO THE ASSURANCE WE NEED NOW IS WHETHER THERE IS GOING TO BE BUILDINGS GOING UP BEHIND US OR NOT. OKAY.

THANK YOU. OKAY.

YADIRA LUGO.

SAME THING. AND I GOT YOU.

WENDY. SO I DON'T THINK I PRONOUNCED IT RIGHT THE FIRST TIME.

BUT DIANA [INAUDIBLE].

HELLO, MY NAME IS DAVID GARCIA.

DIANA ADRIANSEN IS MY WIFE.

SHE SIGNED THE LIST FOR US, SO SHE DOESN'T WANT TO COME UP AND TALK.

SHE'S A LITTLE SHY.

WE'RE BASICALLY HERE BECAUSE OF THE CONCERN WE HAVE ABOUT THE GOLF COURSE SALE.

AND WE MOVED HERE A YEAR AGO AND WE LIVE BEHIND THE GOLF COURSE.

AND, YOU KNOW, WE LOVE IT.

AND NOW, GRANTED, THERE'S SOME TRASH THAT BLOWS IN, THE SCORECARDS AND CIGAR TUBES OR WHATEVER, BUT I ACCEPT IT AS PART OF THE TOLL OF LIVING BEHIND A GOLF COURSE. A VERY PLEASANT AND A VERY CHARMING EXPERIENCE TO BE THERE.

THIS CONSTRUCTION DOES NOT GUARANTEE THAT IT'S GOING TO BE LUXURY HOMES.

THINGS CHANGE IN THE PROCESS OF DEVELOPMENT.

THIS COULD BE LOW INCOME HOUSING GOING UP.

THIS COULD BE CONDOMINIUMS GOING UP.

EVERYTHING CAN CHANGE IN THE DETAILS.

IT CAN BE SHUFFLED.

RIGHT NOW, IT'S PERFECT THE WAY IT IS.

ALSO, I'D LIKE TO ADDRESS THAT.

LISTEN, EVERYONE HERE HAS A BIG HEART, AND I'M SURE THEY CARE ABOUT THE HOMELESS COMMUNITY.

I'M CONCERNED THAT FACILITIES FOR HOMELESS PEOPLE, IF THEY'RE MADE TOO BIG, WE COULD HAVE AN ISSUE LIKE SAN FRANCISCO.

EVERYONE WOULD LOVE TO SEE PEOPLE OFF THE STREET AND SAFE AND CLOTHED AND FED.

BUT THE REALITY IS, IS THAT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO STAY IN A HOMELESS SHELTER.

THEY'RE GOING TO LEAVE OR HOPEFULLY THEY'LL FIND JOBS, BUT MORE THAN LIKELY, THEY'LL PANHANDLE.

SOME ARE CRIMINALS.

SOME WILL BRING DRUGS TO THE AREA AND PROSTITUTION AND PEDOPHILIA.

THIS IS SERIOUS STUFF.

YOU'RE INVITING A LARGE GROUP OF HOMELESS PEOPLE TO LIVE IN THE CITY, BUT I DON'T THINK ANYBODY HERE WOULD INVITE ONE TO LIVE IN THEIR HOUSE.

SO YOU SHOULD KEEP THAT IN MIND.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I HAVE HENRY AND BARBARA SANDERS.

WE'RE NOT SPEAKING. YOU'RE NOT SPEAKING.

ALL RIGHT. JUST DOUBLE CHECKING.

THANK YOU, DIANE [INAUDIBLE].

LIKE YOU'RE GOOD AND SORRY IF I DIDN'T SAY YOUR NAME RIGHT.

THANK YOU. LILLIAN LOPEZ.

AND DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK OR ARE YOU JUST.

THANK YOU. MANUELA [INAUDIBLE] KELLER.

OH, GOD. YOU KNOW, IT'D ONLY WILL TAKE ME ANOTHER 12 YEARS TO GET THAT RIGHT.

I'M SORRY. OKAY.

THANK YOU. AGAIN, I WANT TO EXPRESS MY THANKS TO THE COMMISSION FOR REMOVING THAT PART OF THE GOLF COURSE.

[01:30:02]

BUT I ALSO WANT TO SHARE THE CONCERN OF THE PEOPLE WHO ALREADY SPOKE IS THAT THIS IS OKAY NOW.

BUT WHAT ASSURANCE DO WE HAVE THAT IN THE FUTURE, THAT POSITION THAT YOU HAVE CAN CHANGE? SO I SUGGEST THAT YOU MAKE A RESOLUTION THAT ANY FURTHER STUDIES TO IMPROVE OR DEVELOP THE COLONY GOLF COURSE WILL EXCLUDE RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT.

THAT'S, I THINK, VERY SPECIFIC.

SO AND THEN IT GIVES YOU THE CHANCE TO IMPROVE THE TO DO THE NEEDED IMPROVEMENT FOR THE GOLF COURSE.

THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

STUART WEBSTER.

MR. WEBSTER. VERSAILLES GARDENS, MADAM MAYOR.

ALL PROTOCOL OBSERVED.

COMMISSIONER WRIGHT I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU'RE GOING TO HANDLE ALL OF THESE PEOPLE STANDING BY THE BULLDOZER.

OKAY. A LOT OF US.

MADAM MAYOR, I VERY RESPECTFULLY PUSH BACK TO WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT THE RFP, BECAUSE AS I TALK ABOUT MYSELF AS FORMAL CONTRACTS AND GRANTS ADMINISTRATOR WITH BROWARD COUNTY, ONE THING IS THE RFP.

THE OTHER SIDE IS HOW IT'S ADVERTISED.

AS ONE WHO HAS HAD MORE THAN 30 YEARS OF DEEP AND EXTENSIVE AND INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE IN THE AREA OF PUBLIC SECTOR GOVERNANCE, I WAS SHOCKINGLY AMAZED AT THE LACKLUSTER AND VAGUE PRESENTATION FROM COLLIER ABOUT CITY HALL.

HAVING SAT IN A POSITION OF AUTHORITY THROUGH VERY MANY PRESENTATIONS LIKE THAT ALL OVER THE WORLD, I WAS COMPLETELY UNDERWHELMED. TALK ABOUT AN UNINSPIRING AND A DULL COOKIE CUTTER PRESENTATION.

THAT WAS IT.

WHETHER IT WAS TAMARAC, PEORIA, CHICAGO OR BILOXI, THE PRESENTATION WOULD WORK PERFECTLY IN EACH AND EVERY PLACE.

COME ON STAFF, CAN'T WE DO BETTER THAN THAT FOR COMPANIES TO PUT FORWARD, FOR OUR COMMISSIONERS TO REVIEW? JUST A FEW DAYS AGO, THE CITY HAD A SERIES OF WALKABOUTS AND THE INK IS NOT EVEN DRY ON THE NOTES TAKEN.

AS TO LOCATION OPTIONS FROM MY EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE, I CANNOT IMAGINE WHY A COMPACT AND MULTISTORY CITY HALL CANNOT BE BUILT ON THE WESTERN SIDE OF THIS PIECE OF LAND.

IT WOULD PROBABLY BE THE LEAST DISRUPTIVE AND MORE SATISFACTORY TO THE RESIDENTS ON THE WESTERN SIDE OF THE CANAL.

ANOTHER OPTION, THE CORNER OF COMMERCIAL AND ROCK ISLAND.

BUT I CAN IMAGINE THE NIMBY ATTITUDE THAT WOULD COME OUT OF THAT COMMUNITY.

I PROPOSE THAT WE SHOULD NOT HEAD ANY FURTHER WEST.

WE ARE IGNORING THE POSSIBILITIES ON THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE CITY AND THAT'S A SHAME.

WE NEED A WIDER SEARCH THAT WOULD REACH OUT TO PROMINENT ARCHITECTS.

JUST WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE RFP AND ITS ADVERTISING, PROMINENT ARCHITECTS, NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL.

I PERSONALLY KNOW THE ARCHITECT WHO DESIGNED THE CNN TOWER IN TORONTO, AND WE HAVE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THIS CITY HALL.

TAMARAC NEEDS TO MAKE A STATEMENT.

WE NEED TO BE PROGRESSIVE.

WE NEED TO BE A LOT MORE FORTHCOMING.

THIS CITY HAS AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF GOOD STUFF.

WE HAVE A LOT OF WORDS FROM THE COMMUNITY.

WE NEED TO HAVE A THEME, A THEME OF EXCELLENCE.

I KNOW OF WHAT I SPEAK.

THANK YOU.

NOW, IS THERE ANYONE WHO WANTED TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM WHO HAS NOT HAD A CHANCE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? OKAY. WELL, WE'RE GOING TO GO ONE, TWO, THEN JENNIFER THREE SO JUST KIND OF, I GUESS.

WE'LL JUST LINE YOU UP RIGHT HERE.

COME ON TO THE FIRST ROW.

YOU'LL BE SECOND OR THIRD.

NAME AND..

MY NAME IS DAWN WISDOM.

AND I WANT TO SAY GOOD EVENING TO EVERYONE IN THE COMMISSION AND EVERYONE HERE.

WE HAVE BEEN A RESIDENT OF TAMARAC FOR OVER 20 YEARS AND WE HAVE BEEN HERE THE LAST TIME WHEN

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WE WERE SURPRISED TO LEARN THIS FROM THE NEWSPAPER, WHICH IS JUST IT'S SAD THAT WE COULDN'T HAVE HEARD ABOUT IT FROM THE CITY OF TAMARAC THAT THIS WAS GOING TO BE DONE.

SO WE WANT TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT IF SOMETHING IS GOING TO BE DONE, THE PEOPLE IN THE CITY SHOULD KNOW OF THIS.

IT SHOULD BE OPEN, NOT SOMETHING HIDDEN.

AND I'M VERY SAD JUST TO BE, YOU KNOW, IN THIS SITUATION NOW AFTER LIVING IN TAMARAC FOR 20 OVER 20 YEARS.

AND I'M SITTING.

WE'RE SITTING HERE WAITING TO GET THE ANSWER TO COMMISSIONER MURRAY WHITE'S QUESTION.

THANK YOU. HI, MY NAME IS LINDA BORKOWSKI AND I CAME.

I DO NOT LIVE BY THE GOLF COURSE, BUT I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT LOSING GREEN SPACES.

I WAS AT A BROWARD COUNTY SIERRA CLUB MEETING A FEW YEARS AGO, AND THEY WERE SHOWING THAT THE TREE CANOPY OF DIFFERENT CITIES IN BROWARD AND WE HAD LIKE ONE OF THE LEAST AMOUNT OF TREE CANOPIES COMPARED TO OTHER CITIES IN BROWARD.

SO I JUST WANTED TO ENCOURAGE GREEN SPACE AND, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, SO I DIDN'T WANT TO LOSE GREEN SPACE.

THANK YOU. JUST CLARIFYING.

YOU LIVE IN TAMARAC LIVE IN.

OKAY. JUST WANT TO PUT IT DOWN.

THANK YOU. NO WORRIES.

IT'S ALL GOOD. SO I'M JENNIFER LACY AND I AM IN COLONY WEST, SO. JUST LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE.

I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS TOOK THAT OFF.

MY CONCERN IS I FOUND OUT FROM MY NEIGHBOR WHO FOUND OUT FROM THE NEWSPAPER.

SO IT'S KIND OF LIKE A LACK OF TRANSPARENCY, I GUESS, IN HAVING THIS BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION.

YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A LOT OF UNFINISHED PROJECTS IN THE CITY.

WE HAVE THE CITY PLACE OVER ON COMMERCIAL.

WE HAVE THE HOTEL THAT'S YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN GETTING BUILT FOR A WHILE.

SO WE HAVE ALL THESE APARTMENTS GETTING BUILT EVERYWHERE ACROSS THE STREET, DOWN COMMERCIAL BOTH WAYS.

I JUST CAN'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE WOULD FOCUS ON DEVELOPING THIS COURSE WITH ALL THAT STUFF GOING ON.

AND LIKE THE PREVIOUS SPEAKER SAID, WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF GREEN SPACE.

SO JUST THINK ABOUT THAT.

YOU KNOW, SOMEONE MENTIONED CORAL SPRINGS.

THEY HAVE A LOT OF PARKS, THEY HAVE NATURE CENTERS, THEY HAVE NATURE PRESERVES.

WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

WE HAVE GOLF COURSES.

SO THAT'S OUR GREEN SPACE.

THAT'S OUR PEACE AND QUIET.

AND YOU GUYS REALLY NEED TO TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION.

THE COMMUNITY WILL STAND AGAINST ANY DEVELOPMENT.

SO I'M WITH THEM THAT WE NEED TO GET SOMETHING PUT IN PLACE SO WE DON'T HAVE THIS POP UP KIND OF UNANNOUNCED TO US.

SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

NOW, IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? NO, WE'RE GOOD.

ALL RIGHT. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION FOR FIVE AGE IS NOW CLOSED.

BEFORE WE GO ON TO QUESTIONS, WE HAVE OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER AND DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, MAXINE CALLOWAY HERE FOR QUESTIONS AND ALSO FOR POSSIBLE SOME RESPONSES.

AND KEN KRASNOW, VICE CHAIRMAN AND INSTITUTIONAL INVESTOR SERVICES FROM COLLIERS INTERNATIONAL, FLORIDA, AVAILABLE AS WELL.

SO THAT IS ON THE TABLE.

MISS MAXINE, WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE ANY PRESENTATION OR COMMENTS OR.

KEN? I'M NOT FORCING YOU TO, BUT YOU'RE LOOKING AT ME, SO I JUST NEED A YES OR A NO.

AWESOME. ALL RIGHT.

COMMISSIONER. RIGHT. YOU HAD THE FLOOR AND THEN COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS.

THERE YOU GO. THANK YOU, MAYOR.

THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER. RIGHT.

JUST SO THAT EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS, CAN CITY STAFF JUST GIVE US THE GENESIS OF THIS ITEM AND HOW IT CAME ABOUT SO THAT THE RESIDENTS CAN UNDERSTAND WHY THIS WAS BROUGHT UP? THANK YOU. MR.

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YES. ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER MAXINE CALLOWAY.

YES. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COMMISSION MAXINE CALLOWAY FOR THE RECORD, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER AND DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.

AS YOU MAY RECALL, COMMISSIONER, AT A RECENT STRATEGIC PLANNING MEETING, THIS BODY ASKED THE STAFF TO GO BACK AND TO ASSESS THE VIABILITY, TO LOOK AT WHAT OPTIONS THAT MIGHT BE AVAILABLE TO IMPROVE THAT AREA.

AND SO WHAT IS BEFORE YOU ON THIS AGENDA THAT WAS MOST RECENTLY REMOVED IS JUST AN EXPLORATORY STUDY JUST TO LOOK AT WHAT MIGHT BE POSSIBLE TO IMPROVE THE PROPERTY, ANYTHING.

THERE IS NOTHING BEFORE YOU OR WHAT'S BEFORE YOU THAT HAD TO DO WITH DEVELOPMENT, BUILDING, CONSTRUCTING.

IT'S JUST AN EXPLORATORY STUDY.

IN THE EVENT SOMETHING WERE TO HAPPEN THAT WOULD REQUIRE CONSTRUCTION, THEN A TREMENDOUS, TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF NOTICE WOULD BE NECESSARY AND REQUIRED. THE PROPERTY IS ZONED RECREATION, IT HAS A LAND USE OF RECREATION.

AND SO IN ORDER TO CONSTRUCT ON THE PROPERTY, THOSE ZONING AND LAND USE DESIGNATION WOULD NEED TO BE CHANGED.

AND THE STATUTE IN YOUR CODE REQUIRES SIGNIFICANT NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER.

SO ALL THAT WAS HAPPENING AS A CONSEQUENCE OF THIS ITEM WAS JUST AN EXPLORATORY STUDY.

THANK YOU, MISS MAXINE.

AND CAN YOU ALSO TOUCH ON THE SUBJECT THAT MANY HAD ABOUT TRANSPARENCY AND THE NOTIFICATION PROCESS? YOU KNOW, AS YOU JUST SAID, IT WAS JUST TO EXPLORE THE IT WAS A FEASIBILITY STUDY.

ABSOLUTELY. AND SO THERE WAS THERE'S NO PROPOSAL FOR CONSTRUCTION.

AND SHOULD THE STUDY REVEAL SOMETHING THAT WOULD CAUSE THIS COMMISSION TO GO FURTHER AND CONSIDER ANY CONSTRUCTION ON THE PROPERTY, THEN THE ZONING DESIGNATION AND THE LAND USE DESIGNATION WOULD NEED TO BE CHANGED.

AND BY FLORIDA STATUTE, IN YOUR OWN CODE, YOU WOULD BE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE SIGNIFICANT NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNERS ON AND AROUND THE GOLF COURSE.

THANK YOU, MISS MAXINE.

AND LASTLY, PERHAPS BEFORE THE RESIDENTS KNOW SOMETHING, IF WE CAN.

WELL, IT'S IT DEPENDS.

FOR EXAMPLE, IF IT'S AN ITEM THAT'S IN MY DISTRICT THAT'S AFFECTING MY RESIDENTS, I KIND OF GET A LITTLE BIT MORE INVOLVED.

HOW CAN WE ALL GET INVOLVED IN LETTING THE RESIDENTS KNOW WHICH WITH WHATEVER DISTRICT IT IS, WHEN IT BECOMES AN ITEM, THAT'S GOING TO BECOME AN ISSUE? IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO PRELIMINARY BEFORE IT GETS ON THE AGENDA OR THIS IS JUST THE WAY THE POLICY IS? CITY MANAGER TO ANSWER THE QUESTION.

CITY MANAGER WE'VE BEEN GETTING.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER OUR TRANSPARENCY IS IS FOR FOR ALL CITY TRANSACTIONS IS THROUGH THE PUBLISHING OF THE COMMISSION AGENDA. AND THIS ITEM WAS DISCUSSED IN DETAIL DURING THE PUBLIC BUDGET WORKSHOP.

IT WAS DISCUSSED IN THE PUBLIC COMMISSION WORKSHOP AND IT'S PUBLISHED IN THE TRANSPARENT AND PUBLIC WEBSITE, AND IT'S ALSO SENT OUT THROUGH THE EMAIL TO THOSE THAT ARE REGISTERED.

SO WE APPRECIATE THE PUBLIC SENTIMENT ABOUT THE THE FUTURE POSSIBILITIES OF THIS ITEM MAY MAY BRING.

BUT THIS IS THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER MENTIONED.

THIS IS EXPLORING THE POSSIBILITIES OF OF COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT ALONG THIS CORRIDOR ALONG PINE ISLAND AND AND COMMERCIAL AND OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY.

SO THERE IS NO ACTION ASSOCIATED WITH THIS IS IS.

IS DESCRIBED.

SO AT THIS POINT, I WOULD SAY THAT THIS ITEM IS HAS BEEN AS TRANSPARENT AS ANY OTHER CITY TRANSACTION IS ON THE COMMISSION AGENDA. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. AND I'D LIKE TO ADD THAT THE CITY STAFF AND CITY MANAGER HAS BEEN INFORMED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH FINDING THE RESOURCES THAT WE NEED TO IMPROVE THE COURSE.

AS SOMEONE MENTIONED, THERE WAS BIG PUDDLES AND CERTAIN ISSUES THAT THE COURSE HAS WITH AN APPROXIMATE COST OF $4 MILLION.

SO JUST WANT TO TOUCH THAT UP.

I DON'T WANT TO TAKE COMMISSIONER WRIGHT'S THUNDER.

I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT HE ADDRESSES HIS CONSTITUENTS BEFORE I ASK ANY OTHER FURTHER QUESTIONS THAT HE MIGHT NOT ASK.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. I THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER.

YOU'RE GOOD TO GO. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. OUR CITY ATTORNEY, GOING BACK TO MY QUESTION ABOUT THE RESTRICTIVE COVENANT THAT REQUIRES THE GOLF COURSE TO BE MAINTAINED AS A GOLF COURSE INTO PERPETUITY.

IS THAT POSSIBLE?

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YEP. YEP.

SORRY. ARE YOU GOOD? YEAH. AND MADAM MAYOR.

DO WE MAKE A MOTION OR DO WE HAVE TO GET A CONSENSUS? IF I CAN ASK THIS.

WE CURRENTLY HAVE AN AMENDED MOTION ON THE FLOOR THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH.

WE CAN EITHER.

ASK TO AMEND OR COME BACK WITH A CONSENSUS TO HAVE CITY STAFF REVIEW AND COME BACK TO US FOR DISCUSSION ON WHAT COULD BE DONE TO PUT.

PRESERVING LANGUAGE INTO CITY STATUTES OR ROME WITH THE LAND BECAUSE THERE IS FURTHER DISCUSSION ON IF WE MAKE IT TOO RESTRICTIVE RIGHT NOW, WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO DO WHAT WE NEED TO DO FOR MODIFICATION AND CHANGES THAT THE CITY NEEDS TO DO FOR THE COURSES AS IS.

SO IF WE CAN FINISH OFF THIS PART AND THEN DO A MOTION FOR CONSENSUS OR CONSENSUS TO HAVE STAFF COME BACK TO US WITH AN ORDINANCE OR. IT'LL BE AN ORDINANCE, CORRECT? I WOULD, BECAUSE IT'S A STRICT COVENANT.

IT WOULD BE A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE RESTRICTIVE COVENANT AND EVENTUALLY IT WILL BE RECORDED IN THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF BROWARD COUNTY.

OKAY. WHICHEVER MECHANISM IT WILL BE, THEN WE CAN WORK ON THAT.

AFTER WE FINISH THIS.

YES, MAYOR, I HAVE NO OBJECTION.

YOU COULD VOTE ON THE PENDING MOTION AND THEN CONSENSUS DIRECTING STAFF TO WORK ON WHAT COMMISSIONER WRIGHT WOULD LIKE TO WORK US TO WORK ON.

SO WE'LL DO THAT AFTERWARDS.

OKAY, SO LET'S FINISH OFF THIS PARTICULAR ITEM, WHICH IS REMOVING GOLF COURSE AND DOING A STUDY OF IT AND THEN CONTINUING ON WITH THE REST OF IT AS STATED, BUT REDUCING THE PRICE TO 75 NINE VERSUS THE $9,200 IN THE TITLE.

ARE YOU ARE YOU DONE WITH YOUR COMMENTS? OKAY. ALL RIGHT, THEN I'LL JUST THROW IN A FEW ITEMS OF MINE.

AND ONE OF THE REASONS FOR WANTING TO MOVE THE RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS SITUATION, PART OF IT IS, AS WE DO HEAR, THAT THERE ARE SOME NEEDS TO FIX THE PROPERTY.

WE DO HAVE SOME RESIDENTS WHO HAVE ASKED US TO STOP HAVING THE GOLF BALLS GO IN THEIR HOME.

AND SO IF WE PUT IN SOMETHING IN A KNEE JERK REACTION THAT IS NOT THOUGHT OUT, WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO HELP THOSE HOMEOWNERS THAT ARE ASKING US TO DO CERTAIN THINGS TO THE COURSE TO HELP THEM ENJOY THEIR LIVES.

SO PLEASE UNDERSTAND THAT THE QUESTION OF WHAT TO DO TO MAKE THIS OFFICIAL, THIS IS WHAT YOU'RE HERE FOR.

THIS IS WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO AND EVENTUALLY BE ABLE TO MAKE IT MORE OFFICIAL.

AND AS WAS TALKED ABOUT, THE NOTICE HAS BEEN PROVIDED AS THE BEST WAY POSSIBLE CITY HAS.

AS WE'VE EVOLVED, WE TRY TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO GET CITIZEN ENGAGEMENT.

SO WITH THE ADVENT OF SOCIAL MEDIA, WE SEND OUT EMAILS, WE ALL SEND OUT NOTICES.

BUT IF WE ONLY KNOW THE AGENDA OURSELVES THE THURSDAY OR FRIDAY, IT'S OFFICIAL.

BEFORE THE WEDNESDAY MEETING OR A MONDAY WORKSHOP.

WE DO THE BEST WE CAN AND YOU DID A GREAT JOB.

THAT'S THE WHOLE POINT.

YOU GOT INVOLVED, YOU READ WHAT WAS OUT THERE.

YOU GAVE NOTICES TO YOUR NEIGHBORS.

WE WORKED TOGETHER HERE TO GIVE THAT NOTICE.

IT'S NOT US NOT HELPING YOU.

YOU'RE HELPING US REACH EVERYBODY.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR CIVIC INVOLVEMENT.

PLEASE STAY AND CONTINUE TO DO SO.

SO PLEASE KNOW IT'S NOT BEEN A LACK OF TRYING TO BE TRANSPARENT.

WE ONLY HAVE SO MUCH ENERGY TO BE, YOU KNOW, ABILITIES TO REACH EVERYBODY AND SAY, PLEASE READ YOUR EMAIL OR PLEASE READ YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA OR PLEASE GET ONLINE AND CHECK WHAT THE AGENDA IS EVERY WEEK.

SO CONTINUE TO DO THAT.

WE APPRECIATE IT.

AS FOR TREE CANOPY, I AM A LITTLE SURPRISED TO HEAR THAT WE HAVE NOT GREAT TREE CANOPY, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE WE'RE IN OUR 2630.

WHAT YEAR ARE WE IN OUR TREE TREE USA? IF YOU KNOW IT OFF THE TOP OF THAT.

IF NOT, WHERE? TREE USA CITY.

I THINK WE'RE OVER 2 OR 3 DECADES ON IT.

SO WE HAVE SIGNS AS WELL.

BUT WE ARE ALSO WORKING ON OUR TREE LANDSCAPING AND OUR ESTHETICS IN THE CITY, WHICH INCLUDE THE MEDIANS, MEDIANS AND AND TREES.

SO PLEASE KNOW WE ARE WORKING ON THAT.

JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS THE HOTEL.

AS MUCH AS I'M SUPER EXCITED.

IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE OPENING QUIETLY AT THE END OF THIS MONTH AND THEN OFFICIALLY AT THE END OF NEXT MONTH.

THE HOTEL DOESN'T BELONG TO THE CITY OF TAMARAC.

WE DID NOT BUILD IT.

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THEY BOUGHT THAT PROPERTY.

SO WHILE THERE'S CERTAIN OTHER THINGS THAT ARE GOING UP ALONG COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD IN THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE STREET, SOUTH SIDE OF THE STREET DOES NOT BELONG TO THE CITY OF TAMARAC.

WOULD WE LIKE TO TAKE IT OVER? YES, BUT IT BELONGS TO LAURA HILL WITH THE THE HOMES ARE FOR TARGET.

IT WAS NOT TAMARAC PROPERTY.

AND ON THE OTHER PART OF IT, IT IS SUNRISE.

THAT IS POTENTIAL NEW DEVELOPMENT GOING THERE.

SO WE WORK WITH OUR SISTER CITIES AS BEST AS POSSIBLE AND THEY PUT OUT NOTICES TO AND THEN WE DO THE BEST WE CAN.

BUT PLEASE KNOW SOME OF THE STUFF THAT YOU MAY NOT BE HAPPY WITH THE CITY OF TAMARAC ABOUT.

THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH WE CAN DO BECAUSE WE DON'T OWN IT.

AND SOME OF THESE THINGS THAT ARE GOING UP ARE ALSO PRIVATE PEOPLE MODIFYING THEIR OWN PROPERTIES.

IT'S NOT CITY LAND.

THE CITY OWNS VERY LIMITED LAND, WHICH IS WHY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE BEST AND MOST EFFECTIVE USE OF THIS PROPERTY AND THE CITY HALL PROPERTY.

THIS PROPERTY IS 14 ACRES, THE CITY OF TAMARAC PROPERTY WHERE WE HAVE PUBLIC SERVICES AND IT AND PARK AND REC AND THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT AND ALL OF OUR FLEET AND EVEN HAVE FIRE STATION 15 THAT'S 27 ACRES AND THERE'S A PART OF THAT PROPERTY THAT'S NOT EVEN BEING UTILIZED.

SO HOW DO WE MAKE THINGS BE UTILIZED PROPERLY, ESPECIALLY WITH OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN? PEOPLE ARE ASKING US FOR MORE COMMERCIAL.

THEY'RE ASKING US FOR MORE RESTAURANTS.

WELL, WHERE DO WE DO IT WHEN WE ONLY HAVE CERTAIN CONTROL OVER OUR CITY PROPERTY AND THE REST OF THE PROPERTY BELONGS TO OTHERS? WE TRY TO ENCOURAGE OTHER LANDOWNERS TO DO WHAT WE CAN AND WE INTRODUCE THEM TO PEOPLE TO DEVELOP.

BUT WE CAN ONLY DO SO MUCH ON SOME OF THAT.

WE CAN'T FORCE CERTAIN THINGS.

AS FOR THE PARKS, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, OUR CITY OF TAMARACK PROUDLY HAS 12 PARKS IN OUR 12 SQUARE MILE RADIUS.

AND ONE MORE PARK GOING INTO CENTRAL PARK BEING BUILT WILL BE 13 PARKS, AND WE HAVE WOODMONT NATURE PRESERVE ALONG 80 NORTHWEST 80TH.

SO I'M SORRY IF SOME PEOPLE ARE NOT AWARE OF HOW MUCH PARK SPACE WE HAVE IN OUR PARK.

I INVITE YOU TO COME. PLEASE LOOK ONLINE, DRIVE AROUND OUR CITY AND SEE OUR BEAUTIFUL PARKS.

WE HAVE FANTASTIC PARKS AND THANK YOU TO THE PARK AND REC AND OUR PUBLIC SERVICES FOR ALL THAT THEY DO.

SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THAT.

WE'RE GOING TO GET TO.

I GUESS IT NOW SEEMS THAT.

YOU WANT ONE, SO I'M GOING TO JUST GO TO.

THE VICE MAYOR IS LIT. VICE MAYOR.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. MAYOR, WE ARE REMOVING THE COLIN WEST PORTION FROM THE ITEM, BUT ARE WE ALSO ADDRESSING THE FIRST PART OF THE ITEM AS WELL AT THIS TIME? YES.

YOUR COMMENTS ARE FOR THAT, PLEASE. OKAY.

THANK YOU, SIR, VERY MUCH.

UM, CAN I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR YOU? GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR.

VICE MAYOR, COMMISSION AGAIN.

KEN KRASNOW FROM COLLIERS.

ON MONDAY, YOU INTELLIGENTLY TOLD THE COMMISSION THAT YOU WERE A CONSUMMATE PROFESSIONAL AND OF COURSE YOU'RE AN EXPERT.

SO JUST GO OVER YOUR EXPERTISE AND HOW YOU FEEL THAT YOU ARE QUALIFIED TO DO THIS STUDY.

I'VE BEEN IN THE COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE BUSINESS FOR OVER 35 YEARS, AND COLLIERS IS ONE OF THE TOP THREE GLOBAL COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE FIRMS IN THE WORLD, WITH MORE THAN 18,000 PROFESSIONALS, EXPERTS IN EVERY ASPECT OF COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE. SO WE WILL ASSEMBLE A TEAM THAT WILL CONDUCT THIS STUDY AND COME BACK TO YOU WITH VERY DETAILED, METHODICAL, TRUE INFORMATION FROM WHICH, AS I SAID, YOU WILL THEN BE ABLE TO MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS ABOUT WHAT TO DO WITH THIS PROPERTY OR THE OTHER PROPERTY OR DO NOTHING AT ALL.

HOW MANY CITIES HAVE YOU WORKED WITH? THAT WOULD BE LIKE TO THIS PROJECT THAT YOU'D BE WORKING ON? SPECIFICALLY WITH REGARDS TO THE THIS THIS STUDY.

RIGHT NOW WE'RE WORKING IN THREE CITIES.

HOW MANY PROJECTS HAVE YOU WORKED ON IN THE CITY OF TAMARAC? NOT NECESSARILY FOR THIS STUDY, BUT OTHER PROJECTS.

HOW MANY OTHER PROJECTS HAVE YOU BEEN WORKING ON? UH, WE DID.

APPROXIMATELY THREE OTHER PROJECTS.

WHAT IS THE DOLLAR VALUE FOR THOSE PROJECTS? EXCUSE ME. WHAT IS THE DOLLAR VALUE FOR THOSE PROJECTS?

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WE YOU'VE BEEN WITH YOUR COMPANY FOR 35 YEARS, CORRECT? I'VE BEEN IN THE BUSINESS FOR 38 YEARS.

EIGHT YEARS WITH YOUR COMPANY.

HOW MANY WHAT'S THE DOLLAR PROJECT FOR THE PROJECTS THAT YOU'RE DOING WITH THE CITY OF TAMARAC? I DON'T HAVE THAT WITH ME.

WE SOLD THE BUILDING MANAGER.

DO YOU HAVE THE ANSWER TO THAT, OR DOES KEITH GLATZ HAVE THE HAVE THE ANSWER TO THAT OR THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER? I DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION WITH ME.

BUT IN THE PRESENTATION FROM FROM MONDAY, THERE WERE SOME SLIDES ON THE THE GLOBAL NUMBERS OF OF COLLIERS.

SO IF THAT HELPS, WE CAN PULL THAT UP.

I THOUGHT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE SPECIFIC PROJECTS AND TAMARAC.

IT WAS SPECIFIC PROJECTS AND TAMARAC.

CORRECT. YEAH. SO IF MISS MISS CALLAWAY IS CALLING.

YEAH. COLLIERS WHO SERVE AS OUR PARTNER, SPECIFICALLY WITH THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OFFICE AND HELPING US WITH THE ACQUISITION OF SOME OF OUR PROPERTIES.

AND SO DO YOU HAVE THE INFORMATION WE'VE ACQUIRED? COLLIERS HAS HELPED US ACQUIRE LAURIE FUNDERWHITE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MANAGER.

COLLIERS HAS HELPED US ACQUIRE TWO PROPERTIES ON 441 FOR APPROXIMATELY 2.1 MILLION IN TOTAL, WHERE THEY ALSO HELPED US MARKET TO GET A ROOFTOP RESTAURANT AND RETAIL DEVELOPER TO BUILD ON 7200 NORTH UNIVERSITY, AND THEY'RE IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING THE APPROVALS FOR THEIR DESIGNS. AND LET ME REPHRASE MY QUESTION LAURIE HOW MUCH HAVE WE PAID COLLIER FOR THEIR SERVICES? COLLIER IS ACTUALLY THE CITY DOESN'T PAY BROKERAGE FEES, SO THE BUYER OR THE SELLER PAYS THEIR BROKERAGE FEES.

WE JUST PAY THEM ADVISORY SERVICE FEES.

ALL IN ALL, PROBABLY SO FAR, 25,000, GIVE OR TAKE.

KEN, WHAT IS THE PERCENTAGE FOR YOUR BROKER'S FEE? JUST A MINUTE.

CITY MANAGER.

CITY ATTORNEY. THE RELEVANCY OF HIS.

SEE HERE ON THIS WHEN THIS IS WE HAVE WHAT'S BEFORE US FOR THE ITEM IN THE COST.

AND IT HAS BEEN EXPLAINED AT THE MEETING THE OTHER DAY.

UM. WHAT CAN I ANSWER? MAYOR KEN IS HERE TO TO TALK ABOUT THE, THE SERVICES THAT THAT WE'RE PROPOSING.

AND SO IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN HIGHLIGHT OR ANSWER, WE'D BE HAPPY TO.

SO AND IF THERE'S INFORMATION THAT IS NOT YET AVAILABLE BECAUSE IT WAS NOT PART OF THE UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THE PRESENTATION IS TODAY. IS IT ITEMS THAT COULD BE PROVIDED AT A LATER TIME? BECAUSE THESE ARE THINGS THAT NOT NECESSARILY ARE KEPT IN MIND WHEN PRESENTING A DIFFERENT TYPE OF STUDY VERSUS BEING.

ASKED ABOUT NUMBERS THAT ARE NOT PART OF THIS.

THE EXTENT OF THE SERVICES THAT ARE GOING TO BE PROVIDING IS IS WHAT'S IN THE ITEM.

BUT, YOU KNOW, WE OBVIOUSLY ENCOURAGE THE PRESENTER TO TO ANSWER TO THE BEST OF HIS ABILITY.

HAPPY TO DO SO.

YOUR BROKER'S FEES.

FOR. EXCUSE ME, CAN YOU SAY $2.1 MILLION PROJECT THAT YOU DID WITH THE CITY? HOW MUCH DID YOU EARN FROM THAT PROJECT? AGAIN, BROKERAGE FEES ARE PAID BY THE BUYER, NOT BY THE CITY.

AND THOSE ARE, I THINK, 4% FEES.

THEY ACTUALLY ARE THOSE ON THE ON THIS PROJECT, ON THIS PROJECT.

POINT OF ORDER.

ARE BROKERAGE FEES, THEY'RE NOT IF HUD'S AND SETTLEMENT STATEMENTS AND CONTRACTS ARE NOT OF PUBLIC RECORD, THOSE ARE ITEMS THAT HIS COMPANY GETS PAID SEPARATELY.

ARE THERE SOMETHING THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO BE DISCUSSED IN THIS MANNER? BECAUSE THIS IS NOT SOMETHING PAID BY THE CITY OF TAMARAC AND THIS IS PRIVATE IN THAT.

BUT I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER THIS QUESTION.

OKAY. BUT JUST IF IT IS, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S BECAUSE I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

MAYOR BUT JUST ALSO, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE CITY FOR FOR A WHILE.

WE'RE HAPPY TO BE HERE AND AGAIN, HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY OF YOUR QUESTIONS.

ABSOLUTELY. AND WE MOVE FORWARD FROM THAT QUESTION HAVE A QUESTION FOR KEITH.

PLEASE HOPE HE'LL BE MORE TRANSPARENT.

KEITH GLATZ, PURCHASING CONTRACTS MANAGER.

KEITH, WE ARE PAYING COLLIERS FOR THIS STUDY, INCLUDING BOTH STUDIES.

HOW MUCH WOULD IT HAVE BEEN UP TO AT THIS POINT?

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I BELIEVE THIS CONTRACT.

EXCUSE ME. HOW MUCH MONEY ARE WE PAYING WOULD BE PAYING FOR THESE PROJECTS? ONE, TWO. THAT IS ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT.

I BELIEVE IT'S 87,000.

92,000. NO.

OKAY. JUST SEGREGATED.

THE COLONY WEST GOLF COURSE IS 12,500 AND THE.

RIGHT. I JUST WANT YOU TO CALCULATE BOTH TOGETHER BECAUSE THIS ITEM HAVE THEM TOGETHER.

AND THE GOVERNMENT COMPLEX IS $79,500.

DID WE FACTOR IN A DISCOUNT? BECAUSE HE'S DOING HE WOULD BE DOING BOTH PROJECTS OR WERE THEY PRICED SEPARATELY? I BELIEVE THERE WERE. THEY WERE PRICED SEPARATELY.

THEY WERE PROBABLY SEPARATELY VICE MAYOR, WHICH IS WHY I GAVE THEM SEPARATELY.

HOW DID WE COME TO GIVEN COLLIER THIS CONTRACT VIA RFP OR PIGGYBACK? A PIGGYBACK. THE CITY OF FORT LAUDERDALE.

WHY DID WE USE THE PIGGYBACK MODEL INSTEAD OF RFP? THE TERMS IN THE PIGGYBACK FOR THE CITY OF FORT LAUDERDALE WAS ACCEPTABLE GIVEN THE SERVICE AND THE SCOPE THAT WE WERE LOOKING TO DO.

AND AS SAID BEFORE, COLLIERS HAS SERVED AS OUR PARTNER WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOR AT LEAST OVER FIVE OR SO YEARS.

MAXINE. IT IS IT IT IS AN EXISTING AGREEMENT THAT WE HAVE FOR THE PIGGYBACK.

VICE MAYOR. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH, MISTER MANAGER.

WHAT IS YOUR SPENDING AUTHORITY? 6 TO $5000.

WE'RE BIFURCATING TWO ITEMS TONIGHT ON THIS AGENDA.

CORRECT. YES, WE ARE, VICE MAYOR.

YES, WE ARE VICE MAYOR.

SO IF WE TAKE OUT THE COLUMN IN THE WEST GOLF COURSE FROM THIS, IT WOULD ONLY BE $12,000, CORRECT? NO, IT WOULD NOT.

VICE MAYOR COLONY WEST BY ITSELF.

MISS CALLAWAY IS $12,500, CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT. MR. MANAGER, WHAT IS YOUR SPENDING AUTHORITY? CAN YOU REPEAT? $65,000.

SO YOU CAN SPEND LESS THAN $65,000 WITHOUT COMMISSION AUTHORITY? CORRECT? YES, THAT'S CORRECT.

THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.

OKAY. COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MAYOR. YEAH.

A QUESTION FOR CITY MANAGER MS..

MAXINE. IF ANYONE HERE IS NOT SIGNED UP TO RECEIVE THE EMAIL NOTIFICATIONS FOR FOR ANYTHING THAT WE HAVE IN THE CITY, WHO WHO SHOULD THEY CONTACT? IF I MAY, COMMISSIONER, ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE, THERE'S A SECTION CALLED NOTIFY ME.

AND THAT WOULD BE THE EASIEST WAY TO SIGN UP FOR NOT JUST THE COMMISSION AGENDA ITEMS, BUT ALL KINDS OF OTHER AREAS OF INTEREST.

SO MY COMMENT FOR THAT WAS FOR EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM.

IF YOU GO TO TAMARAC.

ORG AT THE BOTTOM THERE'S A NOTIFICATION WITH THE MANAGER JUST SAID AND IF YOU CAN PLEASE SIGN UP, IT DOES.

IT'S A LOT OF INFORMATION THERE, WHICH IS AWESOME INFORMATION AND THAT'S THE BEST WAY TO KEEP STAY INFORMED THROUGH OUR PIO OFFICE. AND I ALSO WANT TO SAY ON THIS TR 13972 THAT TWO MONTHS AGO I HAD PROPOSED A MORATORIUM ON BUILDING ANY NEW CONSTRUCTION UNTIL THE CITY HAS ESTABLISHED WHAT HAS THE CAPACITY AND WHAT WHAT CAPACITY WE DON'T HAVE. AND WITH THAT, I'M NOT IN SUPPORT OF THIS ITEM IN ITS ENTIRETY.

SO JUST WANT TO SHARE THAT COMMENT WITH MY COLLEAGUES AND EVERYBODY HERE.

SO I BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE HEARD FROM MANY RESIDENTS WHEN IT COMES TO BUILDING AND WE HAVE A LOT OF PROJECTS IN THE WORKS AND I APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT STAFF DOES, I REALLY DO.

AND IT'S ALMOST LIKE A BURDEN PUT ON YOU TO TO COME UP WITH ALL THESE IDEAS AFTER WE HAVE AS A GROUP OR A MAJORITY TO TELL YOU WHAT TO DO.

AND THEN WE COME BEFORE YOU TO SAY, HOLD OFF ON EVERYTHING.

BUT THAT'S JUST MY COMMENTS.

AND AGAIN, IF EVERYONE CAN GO ON TAMARAC.ORG AND STAY INFORMED THAT WAY OR FACEBOOK OR NEXTDOOR OR THROUGH YOUR COMMISSIONER WHICH IS MOSTLY EVERYBODY HERE IS FOR DISTRICT TWO.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

COMMISSIONER. RIGHT. THANK YOU.

[02:05:01]

MADAM MAYOR, VICE MAYOR MENTIONED THAT I JUST WANT FOR THE RESIDENTS WHO ARE HERE, I SAW THEM ALL WHEN HE MADE THAT COMMENT THAT THE STUDY IS OFF THE TABLE AND IT WAS FOR 12,500. SO JUST TO CLARIFY, SINCE YOUR SPENDING LIMIT IS 65,000, YOU CAN'T SPEND 12,500 AND DO THE STUDY.

UNKNOWN TO US.

THAT'S CORRECT. THEORETICALLY.

BUT BUT THE REASON THAT WE HAVE THIS AGENDA ITEM IN FRONT OF YOU IS ANOTHER SIGN OF OUR TRANSPARENCY THAT THAT WE DON'T WANT TO TAKE THESE KINDS OF ACTIONS WITHOUT THE COMMISSION AND PUBLIC CONSENT.

JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY, BECAUSE I KNOW THE VICE MAYOR ENDED ON THAT NOTE AND I DIDN'T WANT TO LEAVE IT OPEN BECAUSE THESE ARE MY RESIDENTS.

AND I JUST WANT TO GIVE CLARIFICATION THAT IT'S OFF THE AGENDA AND WE'RE GOING TO PUT THAT WE'RE GOING TO PUT THAT PERPETUITY IN PLACE.

MR.. CITY ATTORNEY AND GOING BACK TO ELVIN'S COMMENT, COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS, YOU DID PUT UP THAT MORATORIUM, BUT YOU ALSO VOTED FOR DEVELOPMENT IN THE WOODLANDS, WHICH IS OUT EAST, ANOTHER GOLF COURSE.

YOU SUPPORTED THAT DEVELOPMENT.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT CLEAR.

AND IN REFERENCE TO THE CITY HALL, KEN.

SORRY, GO AHEAD. YES, SIR.

IN REFERENCE TO THE PRESENTATION ON MONDAY, WE WE ASKED YOU ABOUT YOU GIVING AN EXAMPLE, ACTUALLY ABOUT SARASOTA, WHERE YOU SAID YOU SPENT 25 MILLION FOR THIS, SPENT 25 MILLION BUYING THE OLD CITY HALL.

AND YOU COULDN'T GIVE US A NUMBER ON ON WHAT WAS THE TOTAL COST AFTER THAT? I DID A SIMPLE GOOGLE SEARCH AND I SAW I WAS LIKE 74 MILLION.

SO YOU'RE THE CONSUMMATE PROFESSIONAL, THE GUY WHO WAS THE EXPERT IN THIS FIELD.

AND I WOULD AGREE WITH ONE OF MY CONSTITUENTS THAT I FELT THE PRESENTATION WAS LACKLUSTER AS WELL.

IF WE'RE GOING TO INVEST IN A CITY HALL, IT'S A BIG INVESTMENT.

PERHAPS ONE OF THE BIGGEST INVESTMENTS THAT WE'RE GOING TO MAKE AS A COMMISSION.

AND IF YOU DON'T KNOW THOSE BASICS OF WHAT YOU GUYS DID FOR A PREVIOUS PROJECT THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT DOESN'T REALLY EXCITE ME AND NOT KNOWING SOME OF THE COSTS OFFHAND BASED ON YOUR PREVIOUS PROJECTS, AGAIN, THAT THAT DIDN'T REALLY EXCITE ME AS WELL.

SO A LOT OF THE PRESENTATION WASN'T THAT EXCITING.

AND I AGREE WITH ONE OF THE CONSTITUENTS.

LET ME LET ME CLARIFY FOR THE FOR THE RECORD WITH REGARD TO SARASOTA.

SARASOTA, BEFORE WE WERE HIRED, BEFORE WE WERE ENGAGED, HAD MADE A DECISION ALREADY TO BUILD A CAMPUS ON LAND THAT THEY OWNED.

WE WERE NOT INVOLVED IN THAT IN ANY WAY, SHAPE OR FORM.

THEY VOTED.

THEY VOTED THE VOTERS.

RESIDENTS VOTED TO SPEND THE MONEY TO BUILD A NEW CAMPUS.

THEY CAME TO US WITH REGARDS TO DISPOSITION OF THEIR CURRENT FACILITY.

AND WE THEY HAD AN APPRAISAL FOR $20 MILLION.

WE GOT THEM $25 MILLION.

SO SARASOTA WAS ECSTATIC THAT THEY HAD AN EXTRA $5 MILLION TO SPEND TOWARDS THE CONSTRUCTION OF THEIR NEW FACILITY.

I WASN'T ABLE TO SHARE WITH YOU THE COSTS OF THEIR NEW FACILITY BECAUSE WE WERE NOT INVOLVED IN THAT ASPECT OF THE PROJECT.

I COULD READ A GOOGLE, YOU KNOW, AS WELL, BUT AGAIN, I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE YOU AND WHEN I COME BACK TO YOU WITH A STUDY AT THE END OF THIS RESULT, I'M GOING TO COME BACK TO YOU WITH REAL NUMBERS, NUMBERS THAT YOU CAN COUNT ON, THAT YOU CAN BANK ON, THAT YOU CAN THEN USE TO MAKE DECISIONS, NOT SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN READ IN THE NEWSPAPER OR THAT YOU'RE GOING TO GET ON FACEBOOK.

I'M GOING TO COME BACK TO YOU WITH ACTUAL DATA.

ALSO, NUMBER TWO, YOU WEREN'T REALLY FOCUSED ON HOW WE CAN REDEVELOP THE EXISTING CITY HALL OR WHAT WE CAN DO HERE.

YOU WERE VERY FOCUSED ON THE NEW DEVELOPMENT.

IT DIDN'T SEEM LIKE. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER.

YOU CAN FINISH ANSWERING THE QUESTION.

AGAIN, THE SCOPE OF THE STUDY WAS TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT COULD BE DONE WITH THE 27 ACRES THAT YOU CURRENTLY OWN AND WHAT COULD BE DONE WITH THE ROUGHLY 15 ACRES YOU KNOW THAT YOU HAVE HERE.

SO THAT THAT'S THE THE, YOU KNOW, THE SCOPE OF THE STUDY.

WE COULD EXPAND IT TO INCLUDE THE, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT AT THIS BUILDING AS WELL.

BUT THIS WAS REALLY MEANT TO, AGAIN, GIVE YOU ONE DATA POINT THAT YOU WOULD THEN BE ABLE TO USE, AND I WOULD ASSUME TO BE ABLE TO WEIGH AGAINST WHAT IT WOULD BE TO POTENTIALLY RENOVATE THIS BUILDING.

AGAIN, THE OTHER ASPECTS THAT WILL GO INTO THIS STUDY THAT YOU HAVE TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT AS PART OF THE REDEVELOPMENT POTENTIALLY OF THIS SITE IS TO ATTRACT THE NEW RESTAURANTS AND AND THE RETAIL AND THE ECONOMIC ACTIVITY AND ALL OF THE TAX REVENUE THAT WOULD BE GENERATED FROM POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT.

SO IT'S JUST DATA.

AGAIN, NOBODY'S MAKING ANY DECISIONS.

[02:10:01]

WE'RE COMING TO YOU WITH A WHOLE HOST OF FACTS AND DATA FROM WHICH YOU'LL THEN BE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, HAVE DEBATE AND TALK AMONGST YOURSELVES AND THE RESIDENTS AND DETERMINE WHAT THE NEXT COURSE OF ACTION WOULD BE.

THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR.

MR. CALLOWAY. QUESTION.

VICE MAYOR. DURING THE FIRST WORKSHOP, YOU SAID DURING YOUR PRESENTATION THAT THE COLONY WEST GOLF COURSE, THE GLADES GOLF COURSE, IF DEVELOPED, YOUR IDEA WOULD BE TO BUILD MOSTLY RESIDENTIAL AND THEN A FEW SPARSE COMMERCIAL ALONG PINE ISLAND.

IS THAT WHAT YOU SAID? YES. SO THEN THE CITY ALREADY HAD A POSTURE TO BUILD RESIDENTIAL EVEN BEFORE THE STUDY.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT EXPLORATORY STUDY, BUT WE'RE THINKING ALSO WHAT MIGHT BE MOST COMPATIBLE GIVEN THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT.

SO I MADE THAT STATEMENT, YOU KNOW, THINKING ABOUT WHAT'S MOST COMPATIBLE WITH WHAT'S THERE.

AND JUST FOR THE RECORD, COMMISSIONER WRIGHT WAS IN THE BATHROOM WHEN THIS COMMENTARY IS BEING HAD, AND I WAS THE ONLY ONE THAT WENT AGAINST WHAT YOU SAID.

WENT ON THE RECORD TO SAY THAT I WAS NOT FOR RESIDENTIAL IN THAT COMMUNITY.

IS THAT CORRECT? YOU DID.

OKAY. KEN, QUESTION.

YES, SIR. DURING YOUR COMMENTARY ON MONDAY, YOU SAID THAT RESIDENTIAL IS MORE VALUABLE THAN COMMERCIAL.

CORRECT. GENERAL STATEMENT, YES.

HERE'S WHY I WILL NOT ENTERTAIN THE STUDY, NOT BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THAT YOU'RE FORTHCOMING WITH YOUR ANSWERS.

I THINK THAT THE RESIDENTS OF TAMARAC HAS ALWAYS ASKED FOR COMMERCIAL.

THEY'RE ASKING FOR MORE RESTAURANTS.

THEY'RE ASKING FOR MORE SIT DOWN RESTAURANTS, NOT RESIDENTIAL.

I DO NOT THINK THAT WE SHOULD GO AGAINST WHAT OUR RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN ASKING AND SPEND ALMOST $80,000 TO GET AN ANSWER THAT WE DON'T WANT TO GET.

SO I WILL NOT BE SUPPORTING THIS STUDY TO MOVE CITY HALL.

NEITHER A STUDY FOR THE GLADES GOLF COURSE.

I DO NOT THINK THAT YOUR FORTHCOMING WITH YOUR ANSWERS AND I DO NOT THINK THAT THIS STUDY IS NEEDED.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.

HAPPY HANDS.

PLEASE, COME ON.

THANK YOU.

WE'VE GOTTEN THIS FAR, AND I KNOW PEOPLE WANT A BREAK, BUT WE'VE GOT JUST A LITTLE BIT LONGER.

ALL RIGHT? SO.

CAN. I AM SORRY, BECAUSE I THINK SOME OF THIS HAS BEEN DISINGENUOUS TO YOU.

THAT'S I UNDERSTAND.

AND AGAIN, THE STUDY IS NOT PREJUDGED TO DO ANYTHING OTHER THAN TO GIVE YOU FACTS.

IF YOU DON'T WANT FACTS, I UNDERSTAND THAT.

BUT THAT'S WHAT THE STUDY IS MEANT TO DO.

YOU ASK ME A GENERAL QUESTION ABOUT WHAT'S MORE VALUABLE, NOT NECESSARILY WHAT THE STUDY IS GOING TO TALK ABOUT OR OR DICTATE.

WE ARE GOING TO GIVE YOU INFORMATION FROM WHICH, AGAIN, YOU WILL THEN BE ABLE TO MAKE WHATEVER DECISIONS YOU CHOOSE TO MAKE.

SO I HOPE YOU KNOW, VICE MAYOR, THAT, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF BEING FORTHCOMING, OUR STUDY IS LITERALLY MEANT TO DO JUST THAT, GIVE YOU ALL OF THE INFORMATION, ALL OF THE DATA, ALL OF THE EXPERIENCE THAT WE HAVE, AND PRESENT YOU WITH A BUNCH OF INFORMATION FROM WHICH YOU WOULD THEN BE ABLE TO MAKE DECISIONS.

THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU.

AND SO AS WE'VE BEEN HEARING FROM RESIDENTS SAYING, WHAT ABOUT THIS? WHAT ABOUT THIS? WHAT ABOUT THIS? WHAT ABOUT THIS? WHAT ABOUT THIS? WE ARE NOT IN THE BUSINESS TO GIVE THE ANSWERS TO THE WHAT ABOUT THIS? WHAT WILL FIT? WHAT RESTAURANTS ARE GOOD? WHAT WHAT WOULD BELONG IN THIS LOCATION? COLLIERS THROUGH YOUR COMPANY AND YOURSELF AND YOUR EIGHT YEARS OF EXPERIENCE THERE AND YOUR 35 YEARS EXPERIENCE IN GENERAL HAS THE EXPERIENCE TO COME BACK AND GIVE US SOMETHING TO EDUCATE US.

SO AT THE NEXT TIME WE CAN COME BACK AND TALK TO YOU ABOUT SOMETHING OTHER THAN SAYING WE'RE NOT REALLY SURE BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW.

THAT'S YOUR PROFESSION, CORRECT? CORRECT. THE PROJECTS ARE CURRENTLY GOING ON IN THE CITY THAT BELONG TO THE CITY OF TAMARAC TAMARAC VILLAGE.

THE. THE PROJECT WITH THE GREEN SPACE ON TOP BY THE HOTEL.

[02:15:06]

OLD PICCADILLY. SORRY, OLD PICCADILLY.

ACTUALLY, WHY DON'T YOU TELL ME WHAT THE PROJECTS ARE CURRENTLY THAT ARE CITY OF TAMARAC PROJECTS, PLEASE? MISS MAXINE OR MISS LAURIE? EITHER ONE. I'M NOT REALLY PARTICULAR AT THIS POINT.

YOU ALL KNOW YOUR STUFF AT THIS POINT.

CITY OWNED. WE HAVE 7200 NORTH UNIVERSITY IN FRONT OF FIRE STATION 36 FOR ROOFTOP RESTAURANTS AND RETAIL.

THEY'RE IN THEIR REVIEW PROCESS RIGHT NOW.

AND THEN, AS YOU MENTIONED, TAMARACK VILLAGE WILL BE TAKING OUR YOU AUTHORIZE US TO DO AN RFP TO SEEK COMMERCIAL DEVELOPER, TO BUILD RESTAURANTS AND RETAIL AT THAT LOCATION. IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE IN THE CITY THAT'S BEING BUILT BY THE CITY? ON. OTHER THAN PARKS? NO, I DON'T THINK SO.

WHAT IS BEING BUILT BY OTHER PEOPLE IN OUR CITY CURRENTLY STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION? WELL, WE HAVE TAMARAC VILLAGE, THE MULTIFAMILY PORTION THAT'S BEING CONSTRUCTED ON LEASED PROPERTY.

WE HAVE WOODMONT RESIDENTIAL THAT IS STILL IN THE FINAL STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT.

I'M TRYING TO SEE WHAT ELSE AND WE HAVE CENTRAL PARK MANOR PARK.

THOSE PROJECTS ARE PRETTY MUCH BUILT, COMPLETELY CONSTRUCTED.

SO EDEN WEST AND BAILEY SQUARE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF CONCLUDING AS WELL.

EXCELLENT. AND ANYTHING ELSE THAT'S BEING DONE OR PART OF THE SOD PROGRAM.

CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THOSE PROGRAMS? THOSE ITEMS BEING FIXED? SURE. YES, ABSOLUTELY.

SO OUR DEVELOPER INCENTIVES PROGRAM, WE HAVE PLAZA OWNERS WHO HAVE BEEN APPROVED TO FIX UP THEIR PLAZAS AND RECRUIT RETAIL AND RESTAURANT INTO THEIR PROJECTS.

SO THE VACANT WINN-DIXIE PLAZA UNIVERSITY AND MCNABB, THEY'RE BUILDING OUT THEIR SPACE RIGHT NOW.

THERE'S GOING TO BE A BRAVO IN THAT SPACE AS WELL AS AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 MORE TENANTS THAT THEY'RE WORKING TO SECURE RIGHT NOW.

AND THEN WE HAVE ANOTHER PLAZA ON MCNABB, MCNABB COMMONS THAT THERE WHERE GOLF TRADER IS.

AND SO THEY'RE GOING THROUGH GETTING THEIR PLAZA FIXED UP AS WELL.

AND WE HAVE SEVERAL OTHER APPLICANTS THAT HAVE FILED AND ARE COMPLETING THEIR PROJECTS TO BRING TO YOU.

THANK YOU. WHICH IS WHY I'M AGAINST ANY MORATORIUM, BECAUSE WE ARE ASKING OUR BUSINESS PLAZAS TO FIX THEMSELVES UP, WE'RE BEING TOLD, THROUGH OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PLANNING.

BUT EVERYBODY COMING SAYING GIVE US MORE RESTAURANTS, GIVE US MORE FOOD, GIVE US SOME PEOPLE WANT RESIDENTIAL BECAUSE THEY'RE TELLING US THAT OUR RENTS ARE TOO HIGH AND OUR REAL ESTATE IS TOO HIGH AND THEY CAN'T AFFORD ANYTHING.

WELL, UNLESS WE HAVE SOME POTENTIAL NEW PLACES FOR SOME HOUSING IN SMART LOCATIONS, WE CAN'T HAVE RENTS IN ANYTHING GO DOWN.

ANYTHING WILL ALWAYS GO UP.

IT'S CALLED SUPPLY AND DEMAND.

I HAVE 18 SECONDS LEFT, WHICH IS WHY I'M SPEAKING SO FAST.

SO THE BOTTOM LINE IS WE NEED TO KNOW MORE.

MAYBE WE NEED TO ADD TO THIS THE $12,500.

WILL YOU DO THAT TO SEE WHAT IT WOULD BE TO FIX THIS PLAZA UP SO WE KNOW WHEN WE'RE DOING HERE VERSUS THERE AND WHAT'S THE BEST USE OR MAYBE COME BACK TO US AT ANOTHER TIME AND FIGURE OUT HOW MUCH IT WOULD BE TO STUDY THIS, BOTH IN CONJUNCTION.

MEANWHILE, AT THIS POINT, I'M DR.

DANIEL. DR.

DANIEL WILL NOW HAVE THE FLOOR.

GO AHEAD. GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE.

IT'S BEEN VERY INTERESTING THE LAST FEW MEETINGS.

ONE QUESTION AS FAR AS RESEARCH CAN I THINK, LORI, CAN OUR OWN DEPARTMENT CONDUCT WHATEVER RESEARCH YOU NEED CONDUCTED? BASED ON THE SCOPE.

COMMISSIONER WHAT WE'RE ASKING TO BE DONE IS LOOKING AT NOT JUST THE VIABILITY, BUT ALSO A SPACE ASSESSMENT IN TERMS OF MOST EFFICIENTLY PUTTING ALL CITY STAFF IN ONE LOCATION AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.

IN ADDITION TO THAT VALUE EVALUATION OF THE COST OF RELOCATING CITY HALL AND HAVE EVERYONE IN ONE LOCATION.

SO THE LEVEL OF THE WORK, THE SCOPE OF THE WORK IS NOT WITHIN STAFF'S PURVIEW.

IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE'D BE ABLE TO DO, BUT YOU PROBABLY COULD DO A BRIEF ORIENTATION OF WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE, SINCE THE IDEA BELONGS TO STAFF.

NOT FOR THE EVALUATION COMPONENT.

WE DON'T HAVE THE EXPERTISE ALSO FOR THE SPACE EVALUATION COMPONENT AS WELL.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

WE'RE NOW GOING TO GO TO VOTE.

HOWEVER. QUESTION THE RESTRICTIVE COVENANT.

CAN WE GET CONSENSUS ON THAT BEFORE?..

WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT? AFTER WE FINISH THE FIRST SLIDE? I PROMISE YOU.

I PROMISE YOU I HAVE IT DOWN.

I'M NOT FALLING ASLEEP YET, BUT I HAVE A CLARIFICATION PART OF THIS BECAUSE THERE WAS ONE THING WE DIDN'T WE DISCUSSED ON MONDAY.

THAT WAS NOT BROUGHT UP ON HERE FOR CONSENSUS.

AND I DON'T KNOW. WE HAD CONSENSUS THEN OR NOT.

NOT MOVING THE STUDY THAT'S BEING DONE TO NOT INCLUDE THE COMMUNITY CENTER BEING MOVED, BUT THE COMMUNITY CENTER STAYING WHERE IT IS AND

[02:20:10]

EXCELLENT. CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

MAYOR, JUST FOR THE RECORD, THIS FIRST MOTION AND SECOND DEALS WITH THE REMOVAL OF THE STUDY RELATED TO THE GOLF COURSE.

THIS IS MAKING TR 13972 RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC, FLORIDA, PROVING FEASIBILITY STUDY AND ADVISORY SERVICE PROPOSALS BETWEEN THE CITY OF TAMARAC AND COLLIERS INTERNATIONAL, FLORIDA LLC FOR A STUDY OF CITY OWNED GOLF CITY OWNED PROPERTIES, INCLUDING A NEW GOVERNMENT CAMPUS.

UTILIZING THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR ADVISORY SERVICES FOR THE CITY OF TAMARAC TERM AGREEMENT WITH COLLIERS INTERNATIONAL, FLORIDA LLC, EFFECTIVE JULY 5TH, 2022 THROUGH MAY 28TH, 2024, FROM THE CITY OF FORT LAUDERDALE.

PIGGYBACK AGREEMENT, RFP NUMBER 12630225 APPROVING THE USE AGREEMENT AND APPROVING AGGREGATE FUNDING IN THE OR APPROVING FUNDING IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $75,900.

$79,579. 70 OH, SORRY.

$79,500 FOR THAT.

FOR THE FOR THE RECORD, I THINK JUST FOR CLARITY, I THINK BECAUSE THE MOTION WAS MADE TO REMOVE THE GOLF COURSE ITEM THAT SHOULD BE VOTED ON. AND SECOND, BECAUSE THERE SHOULD BE A NOW A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION WITH THE PRICE REDUCTION FOR THE GOVERNMENT CENTER. IF WE HAVE A MOTION TO THE SECOND, WE ALREADY HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND TO REMOVE IT ALL IN ONE.

WE ALREADY HAVE THAT ON THERE. AND WHAT I WAS DOING IS READING IT AS ENTIRETY AS AMENDED.

WELL, IT IF IT WAS, IT WAS ALREADY IT WAS ALREADY MOTION.

IT WAS ONLY A MOTION TO REMOVE INITIALLY THE ITEM.

SO IF WE ARE NO THE MOTION WAS TO AMEND THE ITEM NOT.

THE MOTION WAS TO AMEND THE ITEM ACCORDINGLY.

SO THE MOTION WOULD BE TO AMEND ITEM FIVE A TO APPROVE THE GOVERNMENT STUDY WITH THE REDUCTION NOT TO EXCEED 75,079 FIVE.

AND WE MOVE IN THE STUDY RELATING TO THE GOLF COURSE.

I BELIEVE THAT'S WHAT I WAS SAYING.

OKAY. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE.

YEAH, I WAS READING THE TITLE AS IF IT WAS ALREADY AMENDED.

SO WE CAN VOTE CLEARLY ON IT AND JUST MAKING SURE THAT EVERYBODY UNDERSTOOD THAT GOLF IS GONE AND THAT THE PRICE WAS NOT TO EXCEED $79,500 FOR THE ONE PROPOSAL.

PROVIDING FOR COMPLEX, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

AND AND THE MAKER OF THE MOTION WAS ME AND IT WAS SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS.

WE'RE ALL GOOD. NO, JUST.

JUST TO BE CLEAR. POINT OF ORDER.

SO RIGHT NOW, THIS VOTE IS REMOVING THE GLADES GOLF COURSE FROM THE ITEM.

THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO VOTE ON, CORRECT? NO, NO.

IF IT'S VOTING ON THE MOTION, YOU READ THE TITLE INDICATING THAT YOU'RE REMOVING THE GLADES GOLF COURSE, BUT ALSO WITH THE MODIFICATION OF THE GOVERNMENT STUDY, THAT YOU VOTED ON ONE ITEM TOGETHER.

SO IF I'M HEARING LET'S SEE, THE THING IS AS AMENDED.

IT'S AS AMENDED.

SO I WOULD IF WE WANT TO BIFURCATE, LET'S BIFURCATE IT FOR CLARITY.

I'M GOING TO BIFURCATE AS A MAKER OF THE MOTION.

I BIFURCATE.

YOU SECOND IT.

SO WE'RE JUST GOING TO PUT IT ON THE TABLE.

THE FIRST MOTION AS BIFURCATED IS TO REMOVE THE STUDY OF COLONY WEST AND THE 12,500 AS IT PERTAINS TO THE STUDY ON COLONY WEST THEREFORE BEING NO STUDY BEING DONE ON COLONY WEST.

WE'LL DEAL WITH THAT.

COMMISSIONER I GOTCHA, I GOTCHA, I PROMISE.

CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.

MOTION PASSES 5 TO 0.

THANK YOU.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IF YOU'D LIKE TO STICK AROUND FOR A LITTLE BIT LONGER, PLEASE.

THAT'D BE GREAT. IF NOT, YOU'RE FREE TO MOVE ABOUT THE CABIN.

NOW FOR 5HB, SO TO SPEAK, OR TWO.

[02:25:03]

ON CONTINUING WITH THE FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR COLLIERS INTERNATIONAL AND THE CITY OF TAMARAC FOR CITY OWNED PARCELS IN DEALING WITH THE NEW GOVERNMENT CAMPUS.

WITH THE AGREEMENT TERM FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL EFFECTIVE JULY 5TH, 2022 THROUGH MAY 28TH, 2024, FROM THE CITY OF FORT LAUDERDALE.

PIGGYBACK AGREEMENT RFP NUMBER 1263-0225 APPROVING THE USE OF AGREEMENT AND FUNDING NOT TO EXCEED $79,500 FOR THIS PROPOSAL.

PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

I NEED A SECOND.

SECOND. I GOT A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS.

DISCUSSION HAS ALREADY BEEN HAD.

CITY CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.

MOTION FAILS 4 TO 1.

ALL RIGHT. NOW, FOR THE ITEM THAT I PROMISED WE WOULD GET BACK TO.

I WOULD LIKE CONSENSUS ON BEHALF OF THE CITY FOR THE CITY ADMINISTRATION TO COME BACK TO.

AT THE NEXT AVAILABLE WORKSHOP THAT'S AVAILABLE.

WE HAVE VACATION. I KNOW SOME PEOPLE WON'T BE HERE, SO MAY NOT BE THE FIRST ONE IN AUGUST.

IT MIGHT BE SEPTEMBER TOO, AND WE HAVE BUDGET.

TO COME BACK TO US WITH A PROPER RESOLUTION FOR US TO DISCUSS AND VOTE UPON REGARDING THE GOLF COURSE PROPERTY. RESTRICTIVE COVENANT.

IT'S A RESTRICTIVE COVENANT.

AT THE SAME TOKEN.

WE'VE ONLY BEEN TALKING ABOUT THE GLADES COURSE.

SO IT NEEDS TO BE DISCUSSED IN FURTHER DETAIL ABOUT THE WIDENING IT.

FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP, OF COURSE.

SO PLEASE BRING US SOMETHING BACK IN OUR IN TOTALITY FOR US TO DISCUSS AT A WORKSHOP AND THEN RESOLUTION THEREOF.

NOW, DO I HAVE CONSENSUS ON THAT? YES. I'VE GOT NODDING HEADS, BUT I NEED.

ALL RIGHT. COMMISSIONER.

DANIEL. I'VE GOT NODDING HEADS.

BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? OUR CITY CLERK.

WE GOT THE DIRECTION, MAYOR.

WE GOT IT. WE'VE GOT CONSENSUS.

THANK YOU, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.

AGAIN, YOU'RE WELCOME TO STAY. WE ARE GOING TO HAVE, WHAT CURRENT TIME IS IT? IT IS 9:30.

WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A 15 MINUTE BREAK.

AND DURING THAT TIME, WE WILL THEN BE GOING TO THE NEXT ITEM BEFORE THE BREAK.

WE'RE GOING TO THE NEXT ITEM WILL BE SHAKER VILLAGE.

IF YOU HAVE NOT READ THE PACKAGE, IF YOU NEEDED ANOTHER PACKAGE IN MY [INAUDIBLE] I WOULD APPRECIATE IF YOU WOULD READ IT AS WELL.

WE'RE IN RESOURCE.

THANK YOU. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THIS MEETING IS BACK.

WE ARE BACK. WE ARE LATE.

WHAT ELSE IS NEW? IT IS CURRENTLY 9:47.

IT IS 9:47 AND WE ARE PROCEEDING WITH THE NEXT ITEM AS WE HAVE GONE OUT OF ORDER.

[5.i TR13981 - A Resolution of the City Commission of the City of Tamarac, Florida, approving a purchase and sale agreement between the city of Tamarac and Shaker Village Condominium Association, Inc., in the amount of one million nine hundred forty thousand dollars ($1,940,000.00) in substantially the same form as Exhibit “1” attached hereto; to acquire the old Shaker Village Clubhouse property located on Canterbury Lane, property id # 4941 11 01 0170, as more particularly described in the legal description attached in Exhibit “A”, pursuant to section 2-316 of the city of Tamarac code of ordinances; directing the City Manager and City Attorney to negotiate a shared use agreement subject to the approval of the City Commission with Shaker Village Condominium Association for the use of a proposed city community center to replace the old Shaker Village Clubhouse; authorizing the City Manager and the City Attorney to take all necessary actions to effectuate the purchase; authorizing the appropriation of funds; providing for conflicts; providing for severability; and providing for an effective date]

CITY ATTORNEY. PLEASE READ THE TITLE FOR THE RECORD.

THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.

ITEM 5I IS A RESOLUTION OF CITY COMMISSION, CITY OF TAMARAC APPROVING A PURCHASE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF TAMARAC AND SHAKER VILLAGE CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION.

AN AMOUNT OF $1,940,000 IS SUBSTANTIALLY THE SAME FORM AS EXHIBIT ONE TO ACQUIRE THE OLD SHAKER VILLAGE CLUBHOUSE PROPERTY LOCATED ON CANTERBURY LANE, AS PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION ATTACHED AS EXHIBIT A.

PURSUANT TO CITY SECTION 2-3 16 OF CITY TAMARAC CODE OF ORDINANCE DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER CITY ATTORNEY TO NEGOTIATE THE SALE USE AGREEMENT SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF THE CITY COMMISSION WITH SHAKER VILLAGE CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION FOR THE USE OF A PROPOSED CITY COMMUNITY CENTER TO REPLACE THE OLD SHAKER VILLAGE CLUBHOUSE.

AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER AND THE CITY ATTORNEY TO TAKE ALL NECESSARY ACTIONS TO EFFECTUATE THE PURCHASE, AUTHORIZE THE APPROPRIATE FUNDS, PROVIDING FOR CONFLICT, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. EXCELLENT.

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

SO MOVED. GOD BLESS YOU.

THANK YOU. MOTION BY VICE MAYOR.

SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS.

WE CURRENTLY HAVE AN ADDENDUM ON OUR DAIS.

CITY ATTORNEY PLEASE READ SUMMARIZE THE CHANGES FOR US.

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WE ADDED A CLAUSE IN THE ADDENDUM THAT REQUIRE THE CITY TO HOLD BACK $1.5 MILLION FROM THE SALE PROCEEDS OF 1.94 SPECIFICALLY FOR SHAKER VILLAGE TO UNDERTAKE THE DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENT THAT WAS DOCUMENTED BY THE CITY IN 2021.

THE CONDITION REQUIRED OBVIOUSLY THE APPROVAL OF THE CITY COMMISSION AND SHAKER VILLAGE BOARD AND IT WILL SURVIVE THE CLOSING OF THE PROPERTY.

SHAKER VILLAGE IS REQUIRED TO MAKE SUCH IMPROVEMENT WITHIN 18 MONTHS FROM THE DATE OF CLOSING.

ADDITIONALLY, THIS PROVISION, IF MODIFIED, REQUIRE THE APPROVAL OF THIS COMMISSION AND ALSO SHAKER VILLAGE BOARD.

THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.

THANK YOU. JUST GOING TO TAKE SOME JUDICIAL NOTICE ON THE ADDENDUM THAT WAS DONE.

PLEASE CORRECT THE PROPERTY ID NUMBER TO BE 4941-1101-0170. PUTTING IN THE CITY MANAGER'S NAME INTO THE BUYER AS LEVENT SUCUOGLU.

FALLING. THANK YOU.

AT THIS TIME, THIS ITEM IS OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS.

I WILL GO BACK TO MY PAGES OF OUR SIGN IN.

ROSALIND, FORGIVE ME.

I MAY NOT PRONOUNCE YOUR LAST NAME RIGHT.

HANNIGAN. DID I DO IT RIGHT OR WRONG? YEAH. YEAH. JUST THINK HONEY, HANNIGAN.

HANNIGAN. HANNIGAN. YES.

THERE YOU GO. SO, MY NAME IS ROSLYN HANNIGAN.

I AM.

I WOULD LIKE TO FIRST START OFF BY SAYING GOOD EVENING TO THE COMMISSIONERS.

GOOD EVENING TO OUR CITY RESIDENTS.

TODAY I STAND BEFORE YOU, A RESIDENT OF TAMARAC, A HOME OWNER OF SHAKER VILLAGE.

AND I WANT TO REMIND MAYOR GOMEZ THAT JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO YOU WERE AT OUR ASSOCIATION COMMUNITY MEETING VIA ZOOM, AND YOU EXPRESSED YOUR SUPPORT FOR THIS PROJECT AND YOU MADE IT VERY CLEAR THAT YOUR ONLY OPPOSITION WOULD BE THE POSSIBILITY THAT THERE MAY MIGHT BE MULTIPLE DEEDS ASSOCIATED WITH THE SHAKER VILLAGE CLUBHOUSE.

MAYOR GOMEZ, YOU CITED THAT THE POSSIBILITY OF THOSE DEEDS WERE YOUR MAIN OBJECTIVE OR YOUR MAIN OBSTACLE DURING THAT MEETING WITH THE RESIDENTS AND THE BOARD AND OUR ATTORNEY, WE HEARD YOUR CONCERNS.

WE DID OUR DUE DILIGENCE TO ENSURE THAT THOSE CONCERNS WERE ADDRESSED.

THOSE CONCERNS WERE NOT SUBSTANTIATED.

THE TWO DIFFERENT CITY ATTORNEYS CONFIRMED THIS.

SHAKER VILLAGE ASSOCIATION LAWYERS CONFIRMED THIS.

WE EVEN HIRED AN ADDITIONAL ATTORNEY TO REVIEW THE PAPERWORK.

AND GUESS WHAT? THEY ALL CONFIRMED AND CAME TO THE SAME CONCLUSION THAT THE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION BOARD HAS ALL AUTHORITY TO SELL THE CLUBHOUSE TO THE CITY.

THE CITY AND SHAKER VILLAGE HAVE INVESTED MONEY INTO THIS PROJECT SINCE 2021.

THERE HAVE EVEN BEEN CONCEPT MAPS FEATURED IN TAMARAC PUBLICATIONS THAT HAVE MADE REFERENCE TO THE POSSIBILITIES OF WHAT COULD BE PLACED ON OUR VERY OWN PROPERTY.

MAYOR GOMEZ I.

WE IMPLORE YOU TO KEEP YOUR WORD AND CONFIRM YOUR COMMITMENT TO SUPPORTING THIS PROJECT.

I AM ASKING YOU, WE ARE ASKING YOU TO VOTE YES.

MAYOR GOMEZ WE HAVE A LOT IN COMMON.

WE BOTH ARE LONG TIME RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC AND WE WANT WHAT'S BEST FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

YOU MADE THE DIFFICULT DECISION TO REZONE YOUR COMMUNITY IN THE WOODLANDS GOLF COURSE FROM RECREATIONAL TO RESIDENTIAL.

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YOU VOTED YES BECAUSE YOU KNEW IT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL FOR YOUR COMMUNITY AND THE CITY.

I'M ASKING YOU TODAY TO VOTE YES BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE BENEFICIAL FOR THIS CITY AND OUR COMMUNITY.

MAYOR GOMEZ, THE PEOPLE OF TAMARAC AND RESIDENTS OF SHAKER VILLAGE ARE WATCHING AND THEY'RE COUNTING ON YOU TO DELIVER ON THE PROMISES THAT YOU MADE AT THAT MEETING. I TRUST THAT YOU WILL MAKE THE RIGHT DECISION IN REMEMBERING THE WORDS THAT YOU SPOKE.

AND FOR EVERYBODY ELSE, ALL OF THE SUGGESTIONS THAT EVERYBODY SPOKE ABOUT.

YOU CAN PUT THEM IN FRONT OF SHAKER VILLAGE.

AND WE'RE EAST OF HERE.

OKAY. AND TRADITIONALLY WE DON'T TALK TO SPECIFICALLY ANY ONE OF US, BUT I'LL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO TAKE IT.

SO GOING DOWN THE LIST AND I SEE NEXT AS KATE JOHNSON.

KAY JOHNSON MAINLAND'S FOR.

THIS IS ANOTHER ISSUE THAT BRINGS UP A LOT OF QUESTIONS, A LOT OF QUESTIONS ON WHAT'S GOING ON.

ONE QUESTION I HAVE IS THAT WHILE WE'RE RESCUING PRIVATE COMMUNITIES, OUR CLUBHOUSE NEEDS NEW WINDOWS.

ARE YOU GOING TO PAY FOR THOSE AS WELL? BECAUSE WE COULD USE IT.

AS AN ASIDE, VICE MAYOR BOLTON LIVES IN SHAKER VILLAGE AND WOULD BENEFIT FINANCIALLY FROM THIS PURCHASE AS THERE WOULD BE NO ASSESSMENTS AGAINST THE PROPERTY OWNERS IN ORDER TO FIX IT.

THEREFORE, HIS RENT WOULD NOT GO UP, SO HE SHOULD RECUSE HIMSELF FROM VOTING ON THIS ISSUE.

I READ THE HISTORY ON THE ISSUE AFTER THE CITY MET WITH SHAKER VILLAGE BOARD MULTIPLE TIMES AND GAVE THEM MANY RECOMMENDATIONS AS OUTLINED IN THE BACKUP MATERIAL.

SHAKER VILLAGE DID NOTHING.

ARE WE NOW GOING TO REWARD THEIR INACTIVITY AND LACK OF DESIRE TO IMPROVE THEIR OWN COMMUNITY? AGAIN, YOU ARE ASKING ALL TAMARAC TAXPAYERS TO FOOT THE BILL FOR AN INEPTLY RUN PRIVATE ASSOCIATION.

ARE WE GOING TO TURN OVER MILLIONS TO THEM FOR CONTINUED MISMANAGEMENT WHEN THEY RECEIVED $400,000 TO FIX THE CLUBHOUSE BUT DID NOT? THEY COULD HAVE USED THOSE FUNDS TO TEAR DOWN THE REMAINING CLUBHOUSE AT THE COST OF $75,000 AND STILL HAD MONEY LEFT TO IMPROVE THE LAND.

THEY CHOSE NOT TO.

IT WAS A CHOICE THEY MADE FOR WHICH THE TAXPAYERS OF TAMARAC SHOULD NOT FIT THE BILL.

FOOT THE BILL.

ANOTHER ISSUE, THE CONTRACT ADDENDUM STATES AT CLOSING BUYER WILL ACCEPT TITLE TO THE PROPERTY WITHOUT SET OFF OR ADJUSTMENT TO THE PURCHASE PRICE FOR ALL SUMS DUE AND OWING IN CONNECTION WITH THE SAME.

IN ADDITION, ANY LIENS VIOLATION CITATIONS OPEN OR EXPIRED PERMITS SUBJECT TO THE JURISDICTION OF BROWARD COUNTY SHALL BE ASSUMED BY THE BUYER.

SO TAMARAC RESIDENTS ARE AGAIN ON THE HOOK FOR MONIES OWED TO THE CITY AND COUNTY BECAUSE OF MISMANAGEMENT BY A PRIVATE ASSOCIATION, I'M TOLD, TO THE TUNE OF $12 MILLION.

HERE IS ANOTHER CONCERN.

SECTION FIVE STATES THAT WE ENTER INTO A SHARED USE AGREEMENT WITH SHAKER VILLAGE.

WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? IT IS NOT SPECIFIED IN THE CONTRACT.

DOES THAT MEAN WE ARE BASICALLY BUILDING THEM A NEW CLUBHOUSE THAT THEY CAN USE AND HAVE SPECIAL PRIVILEGES AT? IF TAMARAC OWNS IT, THERE IS NO SHARED USE OTHER THAN THAT WHICH ALL RESIDENTS OF TAMARAC CAN EMPLOY.

HERE'S MY RECOMMENDATION.

CONDEMN THE PROPERTY AND ASSUME IT FOR OUTSTANDING DEBT TO THE CITY WHICH IS CURRENTLY IN THE MILLIONS.

AS TAMARAC CODE OF ORDINANCES ALLOWS YOU TO DO.

ONCE OWNED, TEAR DOWN THE EXISTING STRUCTURE, REBUILD OR EXPAND THE TENNIS COURTS AND PUT IN A DOG PARK.

THANK YOU.

AND WENT PAST DARCY.

BUT I THINK YOU SAID YOU WANTED TO BE PART OF THIS CONVERSATION TOO, SO PLEASE PROCEED.

DARCI SCHILLER, KING'S POINT.

WELL, I HAVE TO GIVE IT TO KATE.

I'M NOT NEARLY AS LITERATE OR WELL VERSED AS SHE IS BECAUSE SHE HAS THE PAPERWORK.

BUT I'VE GOT MIXED FEELINGS ALL OVER THE PLACE.

I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE SHAKER VILLAGE BUILDING, WHATEVER, DEMOLISHED, WHATEVER DESTROYED.

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MAKE IT MULTIPLE STORIES, HAVE MAYBE A SWIMMING POOL PUT ON THE PROPERTY, IF THAT'S AT ALL POSSIBLE.

HAVE TENNIS COURTS, A BASKETBALL COURT.

WHEN I LIVED IN EAST TAMARAC IN THE VILLAGE OF SABAL PALM, I WAS RAISING A YOUNG BOY AND THERE WAS NO PLACE FOR HIM TO PLAY BASKETBALL EXCEPT FOR THE 7-ELEVEN ON THE CORNER OF 441 AND BAILEY.

THERE WERE NO PLACES FOR THE CHILDREN TO PLAY, AND MY HOUSE WAS A CONSTANT PLACE OF KIDS COMING IN AND OUT, IN AND OUT.

AND IT WAS THE SAME STORY THAT THEY WENT TO MY POOL AND I HAD TO GO DOWN TO THE POOL AND SUPERVISE THEM BECAUSE YOU HAD TO HAVE SOMEBODY OVER 16 OR THERE WAS NO PLACE.

SO JUST ON THAT ALONE, I WOULD BE IN FAVOR OF A COMMUNITY CENTER OR A BUILDING OF SORTS FOR THE KIDS TO PLAY IN.

IF YOU DID IT MULTIPLE FLOORS, THIS WOULD BE SOMETHING TO BE WORKED OUT IN A CONTRACT.

MAYBE SHAKER VILLAGE WOULD HAVE OWNERSHIP OF ONE FLOOR SO THEY COULD HAVE THEIR PARTIES AND WHATEVER ELSE THEY WANT, WHENEVER THEY WANT.

AND THE OTHER FLOOR IS WHETHER IT'S A SECOND, THIRD, FIRST, SECOND, WHATEVER, CAN HAVE IT AS A CLUBHOUSE FOR THEIR MEETINGS, FOR THEIR CARDS.

NOW, I UNDERSTAND THAT THE SPACE IS VERY LIMITED IN THE EAST AND IT'S VERY HARD TO FIND A SPOT TO NECESSARILY BUILD A CLUBHOUSE.

I ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S LOTS OF BUILDINGS, COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONS OUT THERE, HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATIONS THAT HAVE THEIR OWN CLUBHOUSES.

SO THEY MAY NOT BE A BIG NEED FOR SOMETHING LIKE WHAT WE HAVE THE COMMUNITY CENTER YET KINGS POINT HAS THEIR OWN AND THE OTHER PLACES OUT WEST HAVE THEIR OWN AND YET PEOPLE STILL CONGREGATE.

SO I'M NOT OPPOSED TO IT BEING OUT THERE.

I'M OUT EAST.

I'M NOT OPPOSED TO SHARING IT WITH SHAKER VILLAGE, BUT I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE DONE STRATEGICALLY SO THAT THE CITY OWNS IT.

THEY ONLY GET THE THE BECAUSE WE'RE PAYING FOR EVERYTHING, INCLUDING STAFF AND ALL THE BILLS THEY GET MAYBE A FLOOR OR A PORTION OF IT THAT THEY HAVE CONTROL OVER, WHICH LETS THEM FEEL LIKE IT'S THEIRS, BUT IT'S ALSO CITY RUN.

AND I REALLY THINK IT WOULD IT WOULD DO WELL BECAUSE I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE FROM KINGS POINT COME OVER TO OUR SENIOR CENTER OVER HERE AND DO A LOT, WHICH MEANS THAT THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BUILDINGS OUT THERE CAN COME FURTHER WEST.

ALSO TO THINK ABOUT HAVING TO DRIVE FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF 441 OR EVEN BY WHERE I WAS BY VILLAGE DISABLED PALM, WHICH IS RIGHT INVOLVED RIGHT BY LAKES, SABAL PALM OR CABBAGE HILLS, EXCUSE ME.

THAT IS A LOT CLOSER TO OUR COMMUNITY CENTER THAN THE PEOPLE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF 441.

AND I'D LIKE THEM TO FEEL LIKE THEY'RE A PART OF US.

NOT THAT THEY'RE THE SISTER.

SO THAT'S MY STATEMENT.

TAKE IT FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHTY. WE NOW HAVE JEFFREY SHAPIRO.

JEFFREY SHAPIRO, THE WOODLANDS, TAMARAC.

UNFORTUNATELY, I AM AGAINST THIS.

I'M AGAINST THE CITY USING CITY DOLLARS THAT WERE GENERATED FROM THE TAXPAYERS OF THE CITY, AND I DON'T SEE A BENEFIT IN IT AT ALL.

I'M SORRY TO SAY THIS, BUT THE WHAT HAPPENED IN SHAKER VILLAGE OVER THE YEARS AND THE HURRICANE THAT DESTROYED THAT CLUBHOUSE ABOUT 8 OR 9 YEARS AGO, THAT WAS ON THEIR COMMUNITY TO DEAL WITH.

AND NOW, YOU KNOW, AS A TAXPAYER OF THE CITY.

I'M JUST AGAINST IT BECAUSE YOU START DOING THIS FOR THIS SMALLER CONDOMINIUM, YOU'RE GOING TO OPEN YOURSELVES UP TO HOW MANY OF THE OTHER CONDOMINIUMS THAT ARE HERE THAT ARE GOING ON 50 YEARS OLD AND NEED REPAIRS OR NEED SOMETHING ELSE.

AND IT'S JUST GOING TO BE THE BURDEN OF THE REST OF THE TAXPAYERS THAT LIVE WITHIN THE CITY.

AT SOME POINT, THE TAXPAYERS THAT LIVE IN THIS CITY.

AND WHEN THEY FIGURE OUT WHY THEIR TAXES ARE GOING UP OR WHY THE MILLAGE RATE MIGHT GO UP, AND AS THEIR PROPERTY VALUES GO UP, THEIR TAXES GO UP AND THEY'RE GOING TO GO, WELL, MAYBE I SHOULD GO LIVE SOMEWHERE ELSE, OR MAYBE I SHOULD JUST GO OUT AND RENT, BUT NOT IN TAMARAC.

I JUST DON'T GET IT.

I DON'T BELIEVE IT SHOULD BE SUPPORTED.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

STUART WEBSTER.

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I JUST HAPPENED TO MENTION MET SOME OF THE MEMBERS OF THE CURRENT BOARD AND YES, I KNOW I'M AS OLD AS DIRT, BUT BOY, I TELL YOU WHAT A DIFFERENCE TO THAT TO THE DIRECTORS OF THE HOA VERSUS THE ONES IN THE PAST.

WOW. I'M VERY MUCH IN FAVOR OF THIS, BUT I'M EXTREMELY CONCERNED AND I INVITE THE CITY TO BE JUST AS CONCERNED AS I AM.

THIS IS WHERE WE TALK ABOUT DUE DILIGENCE.

I THINK OF THE EXCELLENCE OF THIS PROPERTY.

IT COULD BE LIKE THE COMMUNITY CENTER EAST.

THERE ARE MANY THINGS, MANY POSITIVES.

PEOPLE MUST STOP THINKING OF MILLAGE RATES AND ALL OF THAT AND THINK OF PEOPLE.

AND I THINK THE CITY IS TAKING THE PERSPECTIVE THAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT THE PEOPLE.

I THINK WE NEED TO GIVE STAFF CREDIT.

WE NEED TO GIVE OUR ATTORNEYS, OUR CITY MANAGERS CREDIT.

THEY'RE GOING TO DO THE DUE DILIGENCE BECAUSE GOD KNOWS, I DON'T WANT TO BE BACK UP HERE SAYING I TOLD YOU SO.

BUT THEN ON THE OTHER HAND, I COME BACK AGAIN, DUE DILIGENCE.

AND WHAT WE ALSO NEED TO KNOW THAT HOA IS CHANGE THE SAME WAY THEY HAVE CHANGED THE SAME WAY THEY COULD CHANGE TAMARAC AIN'T GOING NOWHERE, BUT HOA IS JUST MIGHT.

SO I HOPE A WHOLE LOT OF HOMEWORK.

I HOPE SOMEBODY OUT THERE IS HAVING A SLEEPLESS NIGHT AS HAVING A NUMBER OF SLEEPLESS NIGHTS ABOUT THIS.

WHETHER WE WANT TO START DOWN THIS SLIPPERY SLOPE, PLEASE BE VERY CAREFUL AT THIS PARTICULAR TIME.

IT LOOKS ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC.

LET'S GO OUT FOR THE FIRST DATE.

BUT DON'T FORGET, THERE ARE A WHOLE LOT OF DATES AFTER THAT.

THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM HAS NOT YET.

OKAY. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WANTS TO GO NEXT? CAROL MENDELSOHN WOODMONT.

I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT WHAT I'M ABOUT TO SAY IS GOING TO CREATE SOME COGNITIVE DISSONANCE AMONG THE PEOPLE HERE.

HAVING ATTENDED ALL THE DISTRICTS FOR THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR 2040.

IT BECAME CLEAR TO ME THAT THERE ARE MANY DISCREPANCIES IN THIS CITY.

I LIVE IN DISTRICT FOUR IN WOODMONT.

WE WANT RESTAURANTS.

DISTRICT THREE WANTS RESTAURANTS.

I CAN'T SPEAK FOR DISTRICT TWO BECAUSE THEIR FLIER ARRIVED LATE, ONLY FOUR PEOPLE SHOWED UP, SO I REALLY COULDN'T GET A PICTURE OF THAT.

IT'S INCOMPREHENSIBLE TO ME THAT WE COULD THINK ABOUT MOVING CITY HALL AND THE COMMUNITY CENTER, WHICH THE CITY MANAGER SAID WE DON'T HAVE THE MONEY FOR IN EXCESS OF $120 MILLION.

WHEN CLEARLY THERE ARE ISSUES IN THE CITY.

EAST HAS TO TRAVEL AT LEAST 15 MINUTES IN TRAFFIC TO GET ANYWHERE.

ALL THE EVENTS IN THIS CITY ARE ON THE WEST.

IT TAKES ME LESS THAN FIVE MINUTES TO GET ANYWHERE AT ANY TIME FOR ANY EVENT.

ISN'T THE EAST PART OF THE CITY? CLEARLY, I DON'T KNOW ALL OF THE FACTS ABOUT SHAKER VILLAGE.

HOWEVER, THEY DO NOT HAVE ANY OF THE AMENITIES THERE THAT ARE ON THE WEST SIDE.

I THINK IT'S TIME TO HAVE TRANSPARENCY AND EQUITY.

WE'RE ALL ONE CITY.

DISTRICT ONE HAS BEEN THE FORGOTTEN DISTRICT.

THANK YOU. SHOW IT EARLY ON.

HI. GOOD NIGHT. MY NAME IS JODI REED AND I AM THE CURRENT PRESIDENT OF SHAKER VILLAGE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE COMPLIMENT EARLIER.

WE HAVE FOUR OF OUR FIVE PERSON BOARD HERE TONIGHT JUST TO SHOW YOU HOW COMMITTED WE ARE.

I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND THE CONCERNS THAT THE OTHER RESIDENTS OF TAMARAC HAVE SHARED TONIGHT.

I MYSELF HAVE SHARED SOME.

AND IN THE INTEREST OF TRANSPARENCY, I HAVE REACHED OUT TO MORE THAN ONE MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION JUST TO SPEAK ABOUT THIS.

WE'VE SPOKEN TO COMMISSIONER BOLTON.

HE'S BEEN TO A LOT OF OUR MEETINGS.

AND AS ROSALYN SHARED EARLIER, SO WAS MAYOR GOMEZ.

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SHE SPOKE ABOUT, I BELIEVE ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT SHE SPOKE ABOUT WAS THE MONEY THAT WAS GIVEN TO SHAKER VILLAGE.

AGAIN, THIS WAS IN 2017.

IT WAS AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT BOARD.

WE DID NOT HAVE ANY CONTROL OVER THOSE FUNDS.

AND I AGREE IT WAS MISMANAGED.

AS A MATTER OF FACT, HOW WE GOT INVOLVED IN THIS BOARD WAS THROUGH ACTIVISM.

IN 2020, ROSLYN AND MYSELF GOT TOGETHER TO CHALLENGE THAT CURRENT BOARD, TO RECALL THEM.

THEY ENDED UP QUITTING, RIGHT? AND THEN WE TOOK OVER. SO FOR THE LAST PART OF 2020, WE DIDN'T EVEN HAVE ANY BOARD MEMBERS FOR SHAKER VILLAGE.

SO THIS HAS BEEN A LONG STANDING ISSUE.

WE HAVE WORKED TIRELESSLY.

WE'RE ALL VOLUNTEERS, WERE NOT COMPENSATED FOR OUR TIME.

WE'RE HERE AT 10:00 AT NIGHT TRYING TO GET SOME TYPE OF RESOLVE FOR THIS ISSUE.

AND AS THE GENTLEMAN BEFORE ME HAD SHARED EARLIER, WE ARE ALL ONE CITY.

WE'RE ONE RESIDENT.

AND I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY ELSE HAS NOTICED THERE'S KIND OF A DEMARCATION HERE TONIGHT AT US AGAINST THEM, YOU KNOW, SAYING, YOU KNOW, THOSE PEOPLE OR THOSE DISTRICTS DON'T DESERVE THIS MONEY.

I RESPECTFULLY DISAGREE WITH THAT.

THE MAIN ISSUE THAT THE MAYOR AND I HAVE SPOKEN ABOUT AND SHE'S SPOKEN ABOUT OUR WITH OUR COMMUNITY ABOUT IS THE FACT THAT WE DON'T KNOW WHETHER OR NOT THE BOARD HAS THE LEGAL RIGHT TO SELL IT.

SO THAT HAS BEEN THE CONTENTION AND THAT'S WHAT WE'VE WORKED ARDUOUSLY WITH TWO DIFFERENT SETS OF ATTORNEYS.

WE'VE CONSIDERED MAYOR GOMEZ HER OPINION ON THIS ISSUE.

BUT AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT WHATEVER MISMANAGEMENT OF FUNDS THAT HAPPENED WITH THE PREVIOUS BOARD, IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS CURRENT BOARD.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO CORRECT.

IT'S AN EYESORE ON COMMERCIAL RIGHT NOW.

I KNOW THAT EVERYBODY SEES IT.

I, I PERSONALLY DON'T EVEN INVITE PEOPLE INTO MY COMMUNITY ANYMORE BECAUSE I'M JUST SO SICK OF IT.

AND I JUST WANT US TO I'M URGING ALL OF US TO THINK ABOUT TONIGHT OF TAMARAC AS A WHOLE, NOT THOSE COMMUNITIES.

AS I'VE KIND OF HEARD IN THE CODED LANGUAGE THAT WAS SHARED TONIGHT.

BUT THINK ABOUT THE CITY AND EVERYBODY, BECAUSE AGAIN, AS THAT GENTLEMAN SHARED EARLIER, THIS HOA WILL CHANGE.

I MEAN, WE'LL LIKELY MOVE OUT AT SOME POINT IN TIME.

BUT THIS WHAT IS BEING PROPOSED FOR TAMARAC TODAY OR THIS NIGHT, IT'S GOING TO BE HERE FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS TO COME.

SO I JUST WANT TO URGE EVERYBODY TO THINK ABOUT THAT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

IS THERE. GOOD EVENING.

MY NAME IS COLLEEN SANDOVAL REYES.

I'VE BEEN IN THE SHAKER VILLAGE FOR 13 YEARS NOW.

I WAS THE VICE PRESIDENT FOR ALMOST THREE YEARS IN THE COMMUNITY, AND I LEFT BECAUSE I DIDN'T LIKE THE REST OF THE BOARD MEMBERS AND HOW THEY WERE OPERATING.

SINCE THAT TIME, I HAVE SEEN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS THE BIG CHANGES THAT HAVE BEEN MADE BY THE NEW BOARDS THAT HAVE TAKEN OVER.

THEY'VE WORKED TIRELESSLY TO THE END OF TIME TRYING TO GET THINGS RECTIFIED.

THESE THIS CLUBHOUSE HAS BEEN AN EYESORE AGAIN, LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE HAS SAID.

BUT IN EVERY COMMUNITY, THERE'S SOMETHING THAT EVERY COMMUNITY WANTS.

I HEARD EARLIER THE COLONIAL, THE OTHER SIDE, THE FIVE H, THEY'RE LOOKING FOR A WAY NOT TO HAVE GOLF BALLS IN THEIR HOUSE.

THAT'S GOING TO BE AN EXPENSE THAT THEY'RE LOOKING THAT THE CITY MIGHT COME UPON.

THERE'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE IN EVERY COMMUNITY, THERE'S GOING TO BE THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO ARISE THAT ARE GOING TO NEED ASSISTANCE.

THIS ONE IS NOT SO MUCH OF ASSISTANCE.

IT'S AN INVESTMENT FOR THE CITY THAT ENDS UP BEING SOMETHING LATER ON DOWN THE ROAD FOR THE WHOLE ENTIRE CITY.

CITY OF TAMARAC WILL HAVE ACCESS TO.

SO IT'S NOT JUST FOR SHAKER VILLAGE, BUT IT'S TO HELP THE CITY, TO HELP SHAKER VILLAGE, AND TO BUILD THE COMMUNITY BACK UP.

BECAUSE AGAIN, IT IS SOMEPLACE THAT WE ALL LIVE.

I'VE LIVED IN TAMARACK FOR 20 YEARS NOW, OVER 20 YEARS, AND I WOULD NOT CHANGE IT FOR ANYTHING IN THIS WORLD.

SO THAT'S MY OPINION.

THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? WAS THAT JUST HAPPY HANDS OR WERE YOU WANTING TO SPEAK? NO, NO. THE LADY IN THE BACK WITH HER MOTHER.

NO, YOU'RE JUST HAPPY HANDS.

OKAY. COULDN'T TELL IF IT WAS A WAVE.

I WANT TO SPEAK OR WE'RE READY TO GO.

ANYONE ELSE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? ALL RIGHT. SEEING THAT NOBODY ELSE WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE NOW CLOSED.

COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. AND THANK YOU, EVERYBODY, FOR BEING HERE.

I KNOW THE GREAT IMPORTANCE OF VOLUNTEERING FOR HOA BOARDS.

I'VE BEEN PRESIDENT FOR TWO DIFFERENT HOA'S AND I HAVE RECALLED THREE HOAS BECAUSE OF THEIR MISMANAGEMENT.

THIS ONE IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT AND JUST BECAUSE OF THE COMMENTARY THAT WAS MADE CONDEMNING THE BUILDING SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE IN MY OPINION . SOMEONE SAID THAT THEY DON'T HAVE AMENITIES.

SHAKER VILLAGE HAS A TENNIS COURT, A BASKETBALL COURT, A POOL AND A PLAY AREA.

WE ARE DEFINITELY LOOKING INTO OUR DUE DILIGENCE AND IT'S EXACTLY WHY WE ARE HERE NOW.

UM, THANK YOU FOR OUT OF THE FIVE BOARD MEMBERS THAT ARE HERE TONIGHT, I'M JUST GOING TO READ SOME STUFF FOR THE RECORD.

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I JUST WANT THIS FOR THE RECORD AS WE DISCUSS THIS AT LENGTH IN OUR WORKSHOP THIS PAST MONDAY.

THESE ARE ALL BASED ON FACTS PER FLORIDA STATUTE 718 THAT GOVERNS THE CONDO ASSOCIATION AND REQUIRES 75% OF MEMBERSHIP TO VOTE TO SELL ANY COMMON AREAS, WHICH IS IN DISCUSSION AT THIS MOMENT.

BUT THREE BOARD MEMBERS THROUGH THE HOA ATTORNEY IS SAYING IT'S OKAY TO SELL COMMON AREA WITHOUT THE CONSENT OF THE REST OF THE 75% NEEDED ON THIS VOTING MATTER.

THE CITY SHALL GO FORWARD WITH THIS DEAL, WILL BE PAYING OVER $700,000 MORE THAN THEY SHOULD BE BECAUSE OF THE MISINFORMATION ON THE APPRAISALS. SHAKER VILLAGE COLLECTED APPROXIMATELY $400,000, WHICH YOU, I THINK IT WAS DUE, THAT EXPLAINED THAT IT WAS A MISMATCH.

AND PART OF IT, HOWEVER, THAT IS STILL A RESPONSIBILITY OF THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO BE ACTIVE AND GO AFTER THOSE BOARD MEMBERS AND SUE THOSE BOARD MEMBERS OR YOUR INSURANCE FOR THAT MONEY THROUGH YOUR DO POLICY.

THE DEMOLITION WILL COST THE CITY TAXPAYERS $75,000 OR MORE WHEN IT COMES TO THE LIENS.

THE POWERPOINT STATES $3 MILLION.

BUT I OVERHEARD MAYOR GOMEZ SAY IT WAS 12 MILLION, SO I JUST WANT CLARITY ON THAT.

I UNDERSTAND THAT THESE ARE ALL COMMON AREAS ON THE LANES.

THE CITY WILL FOREGO ON COLLECTING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS WORTH OF LIENS, EVEN THOUGH THE ASSOCIATION IS COLLECTING $450 PER UNIT AND THE MAJORITY OF THE HOMEOWNERS ARE PAYING IT BECAUSE DUE TO THEIR ACCORDING TO THEIR BUDGET, YOU'RE ONLY SPENDING 20,000 ON LEGAL FEES.

THAT MEANS WITH THAT LITTLE BIT OF MONEY AND LEGAL FEES, THAT MEANS THE MAJORITY OF THE HOMEOWNERS ARE PAYING.

SO WHERE ARE THOSE $2 MILLION A YEAR GOING TO? OTHERWISE, THERE'S A PROBLEM WITH THE BUDGET.

PRIOR TO US SIGNING THIS CONTRACT, THE CITY SHOULD HAVE THE ASSURANCE THAT THE TAX DOLLARS ARE GOING DIRECTLY TO INFRASTRUCTURE, WHICH WAS, AS CITY ATTORNEY SAID, WHICH CONCERNS ME BECAUSE WE AGREED THAT THE THE TOTALITY WILL BE PUT INTO ESCROW AND NOT 1.5.

$9. AND THAT'S BASED ON WHAT WAS THE CONSENSUS ON MONDAY.

IT WILL COST APPROXIMATELY $100,000 OF TAXPAYERS ANNUALLY TO OPERATE IN ADDITION TO MAINTAINING THE CLUBHOUSE.

THE CITY HAS NO CONTROL OF THE ROADS AND MAY BE REQUIRED TO TAKE THE EXPENSE.

SHALL THERE BE FUTURE ISSUES WITH THE INGRESS AND EGRESS? CONSIDERING THE DISTANCE FROM COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD TO THE ANTICIPATED PARKING LOT, WHICH RANGES FROM 200FT TO 300FT.

SO THAT MEANS ANY EVENT THAT WE HAVE THAT WE HAVE 100 PEOPLE OR MORE IS GETTING ON COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD AND THE PARKING LOT IS ONLY GOING TO HAVE 25 PARKING SPACES.

SO WHO'S GOING TO BE USING THAT CLUBHOUSE? BECAUSE WITH ONLY 25 SPACES, THAT'S NOT EVEN A QUARTER.

THAT'S I CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE.

IT'S NOBODY. BECAUSE THERE IS 361 HOMES.

SO GO FIGURE THAT NUMBER OUT.

SO THAT MEANS THAT NOBODY CAN ENJOY THE CLUBHOUSE.

NO HOMEOWNER WILL BE COMPENSATED, ALTHOUGH THEY OWN A PERCENTAGE OF THE CLUBHOUSE, ALSO KNOWN AS THE COMMON AREA.

NOW THAT WE DO HAVE THAT 1.5 MILLION, WHAT HAPPENS TO THE EXTRA 400,000 THAT'S REMAINING IF THIS SHALL GO THROUGH, THE COMMUNITY CENTER WILL COST APPROXIMATELY $10 MILLION TO BUILD, WHICH WILL THEN DELAY OTHER PROJECTS THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY EARMARKED.

THIS CLUBHOUSE IS A COMPARATIVE IN COMPARISON TO OTHER FACILITIES, AS DISCUSSED ON MONDAY.

IT'S THE SMALLEST, BUT YET THE HUGE NUMBERS AND THE MOST EXPENSIVE IN TEAMWORKS HISTORY, IT WILL ONLY HAVE THE CAPACITY.

AGAIN, LIKE I SAID, FOR 100 PEOPLE AND 25 VEHICLES, WHICH IS A BIG PROBLEM, THAT MEANS THAT NOBODY IN THE CITY WILL BE ABLE TO USE IT OTHER THAN 25 CARS.

THE ASSOCIATION OWNS FIVE PROPERTIES WORTH OVER $1.5 MILLION.

WHY ISN'T SHAKER VILLAGE PUTTING THEIR SKIN IN THIS GAME IF THERE'S A PARTNERSHIP? YOU. SHAKER VILLAGE HAS ONE POINT OVER 1.5 MILLION WORTH OF PROPERTIES THAT THEY CAN SELL.

CAN I TAKE MY TWO MINUTES? AND I FIND THAT APPALLING THAT IF THIS IS A PARTNERSHIP, WHY ARE IS IT A SHAKER VILLAGE BOARD AGREEING TO SELL THOSE PROPERTIES AND HELP THE CITY WITH THE SHARED COST? ADDING TO THAT, THE CITY, ALTHOUGH IS PAYING FULL PRICE IN ADDITION TO ALL THESE PERKS, IS DOING A SHARE AGREEMENT BY BY WHICH SHAKER VILLAGE WILL HAVE THE FIRST RIGHT OF USE BEFORE ANY OTHER MEMBER OF THE CITY.

THE CITY WILL BE REQUIRED TO REPAY SHAKER VILLAGE PRIVATE ROAD, AS IT DID IN 2015, AND HAS MANY INFRASTRUCTURE ISSUES WHICH ASSOCIATION HAS NOT PUT MONEY IN FOR RESERVES, NOR

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AND IF YOU DO HAVE THAT LINE ITEM, I APOLOGIZE.

I'M GOING BASED ON YOUR 2023 BUDGET, TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THE $2 MILLION IN TAXPAYERS MONEY THAT SHOULD BE PUT INTO ESCROW AND DICT AND THE CITY SHOULD DICTATE THE COMMUNITY HOW IT WILL BE SPENT, NOT HOW SHAKER VILLAGE WANTS TO SPEND IT, BUT HOW THE CITY FEELS IT NEEDS TO BE SPENT ON INFRASTRUCTURE.

I APPRECIATE THE EFFORTS OF THE CITY STAFF TO TAKE MY RECOMMENDATION TO PUT THIS ON ESCROW.

BUT AGAIN, THE $1.455 MILLION SHOULD BE THE ENTIRETY OF THE CONTRACT PRICE OF 1.94 AND NOT LEAVE ANY REMAINING MONEY UNACCOUNTED FOR BECAUSE IT'S UNACCOUNTED FOR AND IT'S INAPPROPRIATE TO LEAVE MONEY OUT THERE WHERE ANYBODY LIKE THE PREVIOUS BOARD MISMANAGED IT.

THE ENTIRE AMOUNT SHOULD BE PLACED ON ESCROW, LEAVING NEARLY 400,000.

I WENT THROUGH THAT. I'M SORRY.

UM. AND I'M GOING TO ASK THIS QUESTION, IS THERE ANY REASON WHY THE ENTIRE AMOUNT IS NOT BEING PLACED ON ESCROW? CITY ATTORNEY. I GUESS YOU DROPPED IT, SO.

COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS, THIS AMOUNT WAS BASED ON HISTORICAL KNOWLEDGE THAT THERE WAS AN ESTIMATE AROUND 1.4 JUST TO BE CONSERVATIVE.

1.5 WAS USED AND BASICALLY THAT ADDENDUM WHICH BASED ON THE INSTRUCTION, THE COMMISSION AT THE WORKSHOP, YOU KNOW, I DISCUSSED IT WITH THE BOARD ATTORNEY, I SAID, THIS IS WHAT COMING TO YOU AND SEND THEM THE DRAFT.

AND HE WILL DISCUSS IT WITH HIS BOARD EVENTUALLY IF IT'S PASSED TONIGHT.

SO THAT'S WHERE THAT NUMBER CAME FROM..

BECAUSE THE CONSENSUS WAS THE FULL AMOUNT.

UM, WE NEED FUNDING FOR THE ROADS, WE NEED MONEY, WE NEED $4 MILLION FOR COLONY WEST.

WE JUST HAD A BIG GROUP OF COLONY WEST RESIDENTS AND WE DO NOT HAVE FUNDING TO REPLACE ANY OF THAT.

AND THAT MONEY SHOULD BE GOING TO THERE.

WHY ISN'T THIS BEING PUT FORWARD AHEAD OF THAT? I JUST HAVE LIKE THREE MORE THINGS TO TALK ABOUT IF I CAN.

NO, SORRY. WE'RE STICKING TO THE SEVEN MINUTES FOR ALL OF US.

IT'S. THANK YOU.

SORRY. MADAM.

I JUST WANT MS..

CALLOWAY TO PRESENT A PRESENTATION.

ASK HER, AS WE DID ON THE LAST ITEM.

DO A PRESENTATION ON THE LAST ITEM.

SHE'S AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS.

ARE YOU ASKING HER TO DO A PRESENTATION? I'M ASKING HER TO DO A PRESENTATION.

IF ONE PERSON ON THE COMMISSION WANTS A PRESENTATION.

YOU ASK? YOU WANT A PRESENTATION? YOU ALREADY WENT THROUGH A PRESENTATION.

WE'VE GOT VICE MAYOR WANTS A PRESENTATION.

COMMISSIONER DANIEL, DO YOU WANT THE PRESENTATION? SHE WANTS THE PRESENTATION.

AND OBVIOUSLY COMMISSIONER WRIGHT WANTS A PRESENTATION.

SO THEREFORE THERE'S THREE PEOPLE WHO WANT THE PRESENTATION.

MISS MAXINE, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE DO THE PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION.

FOR THE RECORD, MAXINE CALLOWAY, I'M THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER AND I'M THE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND I WILL DELIVER THE PRESENTATION THAT WAS DELIVERED AT MONDAY'S WORKSHOP.

THIS IS REGARDING THE SHAKER VILLAGE ITEM THAT'S BEFORE YOU.

JUST SOME INFORMATION ON THE HISTORY OF SHAKER VILLAGE.

IT WAS BUILT IN 1973, 1974, CONSTRUCTED TO BE A 3774 SQUARE FOOT CLUBHOUSE.

AS WE KNOW, THAT IS IN CURRENTLY A DILAPIDATED CONDITION, WITH THE PROPERTY ID AS SEEN ON THE SLIDE.

THE PROPERTY STARTED GOING DOWN IN AROUND 2017, BUT THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE PROGRESSION OF THE PROPERTY DEGRADING BEGINNING IN 2015, WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE FROM AN AERIAL VIEW.

THEN IN 2016 AND 17 WHEN THE ROOF WAS DAMAGED, AS YOU CAN SEE IN THAT SLIDE AND THEN GOING ON TO JANUARY 2023 TO SEE ITS CURRENT CONDITION.

JUST A HISTORY AS IT RELATES TO WHEN THE ROOF WAS COLLAPSED IN 2017 AND THEN A PERMIT THAT WAS PULLED BY THE ASSOCIATION BACK THEN TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE GOING TO JUNE 2020, WHEN A COURTESY NOTICE NOTICE WAS POSTED ON THE PROPERTY TO COMPLETE DEMOLITION OF THE REMAINING STRUCTURE.

THE HOA FILED A PERMIT WITH THE CITY TO RESOLVE THAT.

IN AUGUST 2020, THE MAGISTRATE RECOMMENDED A 30 DAYS FOR COMPLIANCE AND IN SEPTEMBER THE MAGISTRATE HAD A HEARING AND A PENALTY HEARING.

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AND AT THE TIME I REPORTED THAT THE AMOUNT OF LIENS THAT ARE AGAINST THE PROPERTY IS ABOUT 43 AND OVER $3 MILLION, AND THAT IS ON ALL THE COMMON AREA.

SINCE THEN, STAFF HAS DONE SOME RESEARCH AND SPECIFICALLY AS IT RELATES TO THE 2.53 ACRE THAT IS CURRENTLY THE SUBJECT OF THIS PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT.

THERE ARE NO OUTSTANDING LEAN ON THAT PROPERTY AND THERE'S NO OUTSTANDING COUNTY LIEN ON THAT PROPERTY.

JUST SOME ADDITIONAL BACKGROUND AS WELL.

SINCE 2019, THE CITY HAS ATTEMPTED TO FIND SOLUTIONS WITH SHAKER VILLAGE.

THE WE HAD MEETINGS ON MARCH AND THEN JUNE 2019 WITH THE BOARD AND THEN WITH THE COMMUNITY.

I BELIEVE THOSE MEETINGS WERE HOSTED AT THE LOCATION AS WELL AS THE COMMUNITY CENTER.

AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WERE DISCUSSED AT THAT TIME WAS A LONG TERM LEASE PARTNERSHIP.

A NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT WAS DISCUSSED AS WELL, A HYBRID PARTNERSHIP TO INCLUDE A NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT AND THEN A PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT.

THOSE DID NOT PROGRESS ANYWHERE.

AND THEN IN 2020, IN RESPONSE TO THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, A FINDING OF A DEFICIENT LEVEL OF SERVICE.

CURRENTLY, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN SHOWS THAT EAST OF UNIVERSITY DRIVE THE LEVEL OF SERVICE IS NOT CONSISTENT WITH WHAT YOU WOULD SEE ON THE WEST SIDE.

IT IS LOW AND THEREFORE THE CITY AT THE TIME COMMISSIONED A FEASIBILITY STUDY.

AN RFQ WAS ISSUED IN 2020 TO LOOK AT OPPORTUNITIES TO INCREASE THE LEVEL OF SERVICE AND PROVIDE PARK FACILITIES EAST OF UNIVERSITY DRIVE.

AND OUT OF THAT CAME THE SCOPE INCLUDED IDENTIFYING AND PRIORITIZING PARK FACILITIES BASED ON CURRENT AND FUTURE ANTICIPATED NEEDS AND EVALUATION OF POTENTIAL SITES FOR FUTURE RECREATION FACILITIES TO INCLUDE BOTH CITY AND PRIVATELY OWNED PROPERTIES.

IN 2021, THE CITY OF TAMARAC COMMISSION ADOPTED THE EASTSIDE PARKS FEASIBILITY STUDY, WHICH IDENTIFIED THE SHAKER VILLAGE CLUBHOUSE PROPERTY AS A VIABLE OPTION TO FACILITATE THE EXPANSION OF CITY'S PARK FACILITIES ON THE EAST SIDE AND ULTIMATELY MEETING THE LEVEL OF SERVICE REQUIRED IN THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

IN THE PARK IN THE EAST SIDE FEASIBILITY STUDY INCLUDED SOME OPTIONS.

THESE ARE JUST CONCEPTUAL IN NATURE.

IT DOES NOT NECESSARILY MEAN THAT THE CITY CAN'T BUILD SOMETHING LARGER, BUT THE STUDY SHOWED THAT THERE'S A POSSIBILITY TO BUILD A 5000 SQUARE FOOT COMMUNITY CENTER WITH COVERED PLAYGROUNDS, MULTIPURPOSE COURTS, SO ON AND SO FORTH.

AND THESE WERE SOME OF THE OPTIONS THAT WERE INCLUDED IN THE EASTSIDE FEASIBILITY STUDY.

IN RESPONSE TO THE EASTSIDE FEASIBILITY STUDY, THE CITY STARTED POSTURING JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT FUNDS WOULD BE SET ASIDE AND AVAILABLE AND PROGRAMED IN THE CIP.

SO, ALTHOUGH NOT AVAILABLE IN A SPECIFIC YEAR, WAS PROGRAMED OUT TO A FUTURE YEAR YEAR TO MAKE SURE ACQUISITION OF THE PROPERTY COULD BE VIABLE AND THEN DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION IN A FUTURE YEAR COULD BE VIABLE.

SO THIS SLIDE JUST SHOWS THE CITY.

BUDGET IN CERTAIN FUNDS OUT IN SOME OUT YEARS IN THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM TO ENSURE THAT ACQUISITION FUNDS WERE AVAILABLE AND THEN FUNDS FOR DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT. WHAT IS IN FISCAL YEAR 2023 BUDGET IS A $900,000 FOR THE ACQUISITION OF THE PROPERTY.

AND SO GOING INTO THE PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT, THE CITY OF TAMARAC CODE OF ORDINANCES, SECTION TWO, DASH 316 PROVIDES THAT THE CITY MAY ACQUIRE BY PURCHASE, GIFT, DEVISE, CONDEMNATION OR OTHERWISE REAL PROPERTY FOR THE PURPOSE OF USING FOR PUBLIC PARKS, PUBLIC GOLF LINKS, PUBLIC BASEBALL.

AND SO WE BELIEVE THIS PROVISION PROVIDES AUTHORIZATION NECESSARY TO ACQUIRE THE PROPERTY.

AND SO IN AN EFFORT TO MOVE FORWARD, THE CITY COMMISSIONED APPRAISALS IN 2021.

THOSE APPRAISALS ARE LISTED ON THIS SLIDE.

950,000 AT THE TIME FROM MILLER AND 1.4 MILLION INCHES APRIL 2021.

AND THEN THIS YEAR, MOVING FORWARD WITH THE ACQUISITION, WE UPDATED THOSE APPRAISAL AND YOU CAN SEE THOSE NUMBERS 1.94, WHICH IS THE LOWEST APPRAISED PRICE, WHICH IS WHAT THE CITY IS PROPOSING AS A PART OF THE PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT.

AND THEN GONZALEZ, WHO CAME IN AT $2.2 MILLION.

AND SO SPECIFICALLY AS IT RELATES TO THE PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT, JUST SOME KEY TERMS, WANT TO TOUCH ON THE SALE PRICE, AS MENTIONED BEFORE, IS $1.9 MILLION OR $1,940,000.

THIS IS FOR PARCEL B, WHICH IS AT 2.53 ACRES.

THIS IS A PARCEL ON WHICH A CLUBHOUSE SITS.

THE AGREEMENT CALLS FOR A DEPOSIT OF $50,000 WITHIN THREE DAYS AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE AND THEN A SECOND DEPOSIT OF $50,000 WITHIN THREE DAYS AFTER

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THE EFFECTIVE DATE IS THE LAST EXECUTED BY THE SELLER AND BUYER, BUT NO LATER THAN JULY 31ST, 2023.

THE DUE DILIGENCE PERIOD IS 60 DAYS, AND THAT'S FROM THE EFFECTIVE DATE.

THERE IS A CONDITION PRECEDENT THAT WAS MENTIONED, WHICH IS THE NEGOTIATION AND AGREEMENT OF A SHARED USE AGREEMENT THAT HAS TO BE APPROVED BY BOTH PARTIES AND THE CLOSING WOULD OCCUR 30 DAYS FROM THE EXPIRATION OF THE DUE DILIGENCE PERIOD.

AND AS MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY, THERE IS $900,000 THAT'S IN FISCAL YEAR 2023 BUDGET FOR THE ACQUISITION.

AND AS A PART OF THIS ITEM, STAFF IS ASKING THAT $1,040,000 BE APPROPRIATED TO AS A PART OF A BUDGET AMENDMENT SO WE CAN ARRIVE AT THE TOTAL PURCHASE PRICE OF 1.9 40.

THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.

COMMISSIONER VICE MAYOR BOLTON.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

MS. CALLOWAY, WHEN DID WE START LOOKING AT ACQUIRING THE SHAKER VILLAGE PROPERTY? AROUND 2020.

SHORTLY AFTER THE FEASIBILITY STUDIES WHEN WE STARTED, INCLUDING IT IN THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.

OKAY. AND YOU MENTIONED IN YOUR PRESENTATION THAT SEVERAL MEETINGS HAPPENED AT SHAKER VILLAGE.

WE OFFERED THEM OR DISCUSSED VARIOUS OPTIONS THAT THEY COULD HAVE UTILIZED, AND NONE OF THEM WERE FEASIBLE EXCEPT FOR PURCHASING THE CLUBHOUSE AT THIS TIME.

WELL, YES, THE PURCHASE, THOSE WERE DISCUSSED AND THEN THE OPPORTUNITY PRESENTED ITSELF, I BELIEVE, AFTER THE FEASIBILITY STUDY.

AND IT WAS MADE CLEAR THAT THERE WAS A LEVEL OF SERVICE DEFICIENCY EAST OF UNIVERSITY DRIVE.

AND THE APPRAISAL THAT WE ARE USING, ISOLATING ONLY THE VALUE OF PARCEL A AND ONLY THE VALUE OF PARCEL.

C HOW MUCH IS THE VALUE OF PARCEL A IF IT WERE TO BE PURCHASED ONLY BY ITSELF? I WOULD HAVE TO FETCH IT. I THINK IT WAS BOTH DETERMINED TO BE THE MINIMIS, BUT I HAVE IT.

IF YOU GIVE ME A MOMENT, I'LL FETCH THE APPRAISAL.

IN THE INTERIM, WOULD IT BE BEST IF WE CAN HAVE JIM PUT ON THE SCREEN THE APPRAISAL? NO, I'LL PREFER MS. CALLOWAY. GIVE ME THE NUMBERS.

PARCEL A WAS APPRAISED AT 23,000 AND PARCEL C WAS APPRAISED AT 34,500.

WITH. WITH A DISCLAIMER THAT THOSE FIGURES ARE NOT THE HIGHEST AND BEST USE.

OKAY, SO $23,000, THE VALUE FOR PARCEL A AND $34,500 FOR PARCEL C? THAT'S CORRECT.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

AND THIS PICTURE THAT WE'RE SEEING ON THE SCREEN IS NOT NECESSARILY HOW THE COMMUNITY CENTER WOULD LOOK.

THIS IS JUST THEORETICAL.

THAT IS CORRECT.

OKAY. SO, MS. CALLOWAY, HAS THE CITY BOUGHT PROPERTY FROM OTHER ENTITIES BEFORE, PRIVATE OR PUBLIC? YES, WE HAVE.

CAN YOU GIVE US AN EXAMPLE OF OF ONE SUCH PROPERTY? WELL, OUR MOST RECENT ACQUISITION WAS ON 441.

WE PURCHASED TWO SEPARATE PARCELS AND I THINK THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MANAGER SPOKE OF THOSE TOTALING A BIT OVER $2 MILLION.

SO WE HAVE DONE LARGE SIZE PURCHASES BEFORE.

YES, WE HAVE. DID WE ASK THOSE SELLERS OR DID WE INVESTIGATE WHETHER OR NOT THOSE SELLERS WERE MISMANAGING FUNDS OR LOOKING THEIR ACCOUNTING BOOKS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? ALL RIGHT. RECLAIMING MY TIME.

MADAM MAYOR, TO BE QUITE HONEST, I WAS NOT A PART OF THOSE TRANSACTIONS, BUT I DON'T RECALL THOSE DISCUSSIONS OCCURRING AT THE COMMISSION MEETING WHICH I ATTENDED.

OKAY. CITY ATTORNEY OR MANAGER?

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THIS IS A PRIVATE COMMUNITY, NOT A PRIVATE BUSINESS.

SO THAT'S IRRELEVANT.

SO BASICALLY THE QUESTION IS A MATTER.

THE COMMUNITY IS AN ENTITY OF PRIVATE HOMEOWNERS AND NOT A PRIVATE BUSINESS.

THAT'S THE POINT OF CLARIFICATION, IS WHAT BEING ASKED IS SPECIFIC TO THE PURCHASES THAT HAVE BEEN DONE.

HAVE THEY BEEN OF A RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY OR THEY HAVE THEY BEEN OF A COMMERCIAL NATURE? OUR ACQUISITIONS IN THE PAST HAVE BEEN COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES.

THANK YOU. AND WHEN WE ARE PURCHASING FROM COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES OR RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES OR WHOEVER WE'RE PURCHASING FROM, WOULD IT BE OUR PRACTICE TO ASK THAT THE SELLER TELL US WHETHER THEY ARE FINANCIALLY VIABLE OR NOT? NO, IT'S NOT. OKAY.

AND I'VE SPOKEN TO A COUPLE OF REALTORS, AS A MATTER OF FACT, EVEN CALLED THE REALTORS ASSOCIATION AND REALLY AND TRULY SELLER BUYER.

DOESN'T MATTER.

WHO BUYER IS IS BUYING FROM DOESN'T MATTER WHAT THEIR FINANCIAL SITUATION IS.

IT DOESN'T MATTER IF IT'S AN ASSOCIATION.

IT DOESN'T MATTER IF IT'S COMMERCIAL.

IT DOESN'T MATTER IF IT'S RESIDENTIAL.

DOESN'T MATTER WHO THE OTHER SIDE IS.

MAYOR, POINT OF ORDER? NO.

NO, POINT OF ORDER, MAYOR.

IS IT SPECIFIC? IT IS SPECIFIC. WHEN YOU ASK THE BOARD OF REALTORS THAT QUESTION, THEY ARE ANSWERING TO A SPECIFIC SALE OF A HOME, NOT A COMMON AREA OF A COMMUNITY.

OKAY. THANK YOU. BUT AT THE SAME TOKEN, THEN, AT THIS POINT IN TIME.

YES, BUT.

THE OTHER PROBLEM IS THAT THE INFORMATION IS NOT BEING, IT'S NOT BEING TRANSPARENT.

SO I HAVE TO CORRECT THE RECORD.

UNDERSTOOD. UNDERSTOOD.

PROCEED. THANK YOU, MAYOR.

SO, YOU KNOW, WHEN BUYER IS PURCHASING PROPERTY FROM SELLER, IT DOESN'T MATTER WHO'S ON THE OTHER SIDE OR WHAT THEIR FINANCES LOOK LIKE.

WHAT REALLY MATTERS IS WHETHER BUYER HAS DONE DUE DILIGENCE OR NOT, WHETHER BUYER HAS THE AMOUNT OF MONEY TO PURCHASE THE PROPERTY WHEREVER THE PROPERTY IS OR NOT.

SO IN THIS INSTANCE, OUR ATTORNEY, THE ASSOCIATION'S ATTORNEY, HAS OPINED THAT THE ASSOCIATION HAS THE LEGAL AUTHORITY TO SELL THE PROPERTY AND GIVE US YOUR OPINION, JUST FOR THE RECORD, ATTORNEY . THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR.

AND IN FACT, THIS MATTER WAS ASSIGNED TO THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE FOR LEGAL REVIEW IN FEBRUARY.

AND OBVIOUSLY IT TOOK A WHILE FOR BY CITY MANAGER AND MYSELF TO PRESENT IT TO THE CITY COMMISSION AND DEALING WITH AND RESEARCHING THIS MATTER.

WHEN I STARTED COMMUNICATION WITH SHAKER VILLAGE ATTORNEY, MY FIRST QUESTION TO THEM, BECAUSE OF MY EXPERIENCE IN ACQUIRING PROPERTY THAT MAY BE OWNED BY CONDO ASSOCIATION, I WAS CITY ATTORNEY IN SUNNY ISLES BEACH FOR 14 YEARS, A CONDO HAVEN.

AND MY FIRST QUESTION TO THEM, LOOK, I NEED TO KNOW, NOT VERBAL, BUT IN WRITING, CAN YOU SELL THE CLUBHOUSE PROPERTY WITHOUT UNIT ON THE CONSENT? AND THE ATTORNEY AT THE TIME, CHARLES ALDO AND STEVE STRALEY, RESPONDED AND SAY, BASED ON THEIR RESEARCH, BASED ON REVIEW OF OBVIOUSLY THE CONDO DOCS AND TITLE HISTORY, THAT THE HOA CAN SELL THE PROPERTY WITHOUT UNIT OWNERS.

IN ADDITION, I CONDUCT, WITHIN MY FIRM, WITH MY REAL ESTATE OF COUNSEL GENERALLY, WE IN THE TRANSACTION NOT BEING INVOLVED WITH A NUMBER OF REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS, ESPECIALLY WITH GOVERNMENT.

I GENERALLY DON'T ASK FOR A TITLE REPORT UNTIL AFTER A CONTRACT HAS BEEN EXECUTED, BUT BECAUSE OF SOME OF THE HISTORY OF THIS

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THE ASSOCIATION WAS THE LEGAL OWNER OF THE PROPERTY WHICH CONFIRM IT.

DOUBLE CHECK WITH MY REAL ESTATE COUNCIL.

SHE CONFIRMED IT AND OBVIOUSLY SUBSEQUENTLY, SUBSTATION HIRED A NEW ATTORNEY AFTER SOME CONTRACT NEGOTIATION.

TRUST ME, FOR ME, I THOUGHT, OH MY GOD.

WE FINALLY REACH A MEETING OF THE MINE ASSOCIATION, HIRE A NEW ATTORNEY.

THAT MEANS, YOU KNOW, HE HAS TO RESEARCH, LEARN THE ISSUE JUST LIKE I HAD IN FEBRUARY, STARTING IN FEBRUARY.

BUT HE CAME BACK.

I ASKED HIM THE SAME QUESTION THAT I ASKED THE PREVIOUS ATTORNEY.

AND THIS ATTORNEY IS FROM THE FIRM OF BECKER POLIKOFF, WHICH IS A PREEMINENT CONDO ASSOCIATION LAW FIRM IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA.

AND HIS SAID HIS NAME IS JOSE BARLETTA.

I SAID, JOSE, LOOK, I HAVE AGAIN ONE QUESTION AND WHETHER THE ASSOCIATION CAN SELL THIS PROPERTY WITHOUT, YOU KNOW, ON THE CONSENT.

HE OBVIOUSLY CAME BACK AND SAID YES AND EVENTUALLY WAS DIRECTED TO FINALIZE THE NEGOTIATION THAT WAS COMMENCED BY THE PREVIOUS ATTORNEY.

AND WE'RE HERE TONIGHT.

I'M PRETTY CONFIDENT THAT WE DID NECESSARY DUE DILIGENCE INITIALLY IN ADDITION.

IF THIS CONTRACT IS APPROVED, WE'RE GOING TO CONDUCT SOME ADDITIONAL DUE DILIGENCE.

I MEAN, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GET A TITLE INSURANCE.

AND THE TITLE COMPANY WILL ALSO REVIEW THE TITLE ISSUES TO ENSURE THAT WHAT THAT THE HOA IS THE PROPER LEGAL OWNER.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

MS. CALLOWAY? VICE MAYOR? WHILE THE VALUES OF THE PARCEL A, B AND C ARE ISOLATED IN THE MILLER PROPOSAL.

IS IT ISOLATED IN THE GONZALEZ PROPOSAL? THE GONZALEZ PROPOSAL INCLUDES ALL THREE PARCELS, BUT THE VALUE IS ONLY SPECIFIC TO THE 2.53 ACRES.

SO THAT VALUE OF $2.2 MILLION WAS ONLY ATTRIBUTED TO THE 2.53 ACRE CLUBHOUSE PROPERTY. OKAY.

I HAVE A QUESTION FOR GREG WARNER.

FOR THE RECORD, GREG WARNER, DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION.

YES. VICE MAYOR.

THANK YOU. GREG, HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN WITH THE CITY? PARDON? HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN WITH THE CITY? JUST OVER 20 YEARS.

OKAY. IN YOUR YEARS OF BEING WITH THE CITY, DO YOU FEEL THAT COMMUNITY FACILITIES, PARKS, TENNIS COURTS, COMMUNITY CENTERS, DO THEY ADD VALUE TO THE CITY OF TAMARAC? MOST DEFINITELY.

TELL US WHY. IT'S JUST, IT'S A SERVICE TO THE RESIDENTS.

IT OPENS UP GREEN SPACE.

IT PROVIDES OPPORTUNITY FOR FOR RESIDENTS TO BETTER THEIR LIVES, BETTER QUALITY OF LIFE.

AND THERE WAS A FEASIBILITY STUDY DONE SOME YEARS AGO AND SHAKER VILLAGE PROPERTY WAS IDENTIFIED AS AN AREA TO PUT A COMMUNITY CENTER.

TELL US ABOUT THAT.

THE EASTSIDE PARK FEASIBILITY STUDY WAS COMMISSIONED TO IDENTIFY AREAS THAT WE CAN DEVELOP ADDITIONAL PARK, PARK SPACE AS WELL AS FACILITIES.

AND PART OF THAT COMMISSION WAS FOR THEM TO LOOK AT SOME PRIVATE PARCEL OPPORTUNITIES AND LOOKING AT HOAS AND SOME COMMON AREAS TO DO SO.

SHAKER VILLAGE WAS IDENTIFIED AS ONE ONE AREA THAT WOULD BE SUITABLE FOR PARK PROPERTY.

OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

CITY ATTORNEY.

HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN PRACTICING LAW? OH, 20, 27 YEARS, I BELIEVE, OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.

OKAY. SO WE CAN CONSTANTLY RELY ON YOUR TIME AS A LAWYER, DUE DILIGENCE IN THIS MATTER.

VICE MAYOR, WHEN I WORK WITH THE CITY MANAGER AND MS.

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WE MAKE SURE THAT WHEN WE ARE PRESENTING ITEM, ESPECIALLY ANY PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE, THAT WE CONDUCT NECESSARY DUE DILIGENCE.

AND WHEN I ISSUE OPINION, I FEEL VERY CONFIDENT IN MY OPINION.

AND AND GENERALLY, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN IN SITUATIONS SIMILAR TO THIS BEFORE AND MAKE SURE THAT WE COVER ALL OUR BASES BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU KNOW, MY JOB IS TO PROTECT THE CITY FROM LIABILITY.

AND I BELIEVE IN THIS CASE THAT WE HAVE DONE NECESSARY DUE DILIGENCE TO BRING IT BEFORE THE COMMISSION.

AND WE WILL CONTINUE DUE DILIGENCE AS REQUIRED BY LAW.

AND FROM A REAL ESTATE PERSPECTIVE, WHEN YOU'RE BUYING PROPERTY FROM A CORPORATE ENTITY, FROM A NONPROFIT ENTITY, THEY HAVE TO GIVE YOU A CORPORATE RESOLUTION, WHICH THEIR ATTORNEY HAS TO GENERALLY DRAFT TO CLEARLY INDICATE THAT THEY HAVE AUTHORITY TO SELL THE PROPERTY.

SO WE WILL ADDITIONALLY HAVE FURTHER PROOF IF THIS MATTER GO FORWARD.

SO ESSENTIALLY, AS STUART WEBSTER WOULD SAY, WE CAN DANCE NOW, BUT WE'LL ALSO HAVE TO DO SOME DANCES LATER.

UH, I'M NOT A DANCER.

WHATEVER YOU MEAN.

IT'S GOOD. I GOT TWO LEFT FEET.

OKAY, SO, YES.

QUESTION FOR THE CITY CLERK.

DO YOU RECALL THIS OR THE PRIOR COMMISSION GIVING CONSENSUS TO MOVE FORWARD ON SHAKER VILLAGE? VICE MAYOR, AT THE MOMENT, I DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION.

IT'S SOMETHING THAT I CAN RESEARCH AND GET BACK TO YOU.

BUT AT THE TIME WHEN CONVERSATIONS WERE BEING HAD, I WAS NOT THE CITY CLERK.

AND SO I'D HAVE TO DO SOME RESEARCH AND GET BACK TO YOU.

OKAY. ATTORNEY.

HOW LONG HAS BECKER POLIKOFF BEEN AROUND? VICE MAYOR, JUST TO ASSIST THE CITY CLERK, THAT QUESTION I RESEARCHED, IN FACT, WAS ABLE TO GET SOME MINUTES FOR IN THE CITY RECORDS THAT CONFIRM THAT COMMISSION HAVE HAD GIVEN THE THE GO AHEAD TO GO FORWARD AND TRY TO ACQUIRE THE PROPERTY, EVEN DISCUSSION ABOUT EMINENT DOMAIN.

I HAD DISCUSSED THAT WITH THE CITY MANAGER HAVING BEEN INVOLVED IN 5 OR 6 EMINENT DOMAIN CASE AND SAID, LOOK, IF YOU CAN PURCHASE A PROPERTY VOLUNTARILY, DO IT BECAUSE EMINENT DOMAIN IS A COSTLY VENTURE.

SO THERE IS SUFFICIENT RECORD THAT CLEARLY INDICATE PRIOR COMMISSIONS HAVE DIRECTED STAFF TO MOVE FORWARD.

THAT'S WHY THE MANAGER ASKED ME TO RESEARCH THE OWNERSHIP ISSUE AND FIND EVIDENCE THAT SUPPORT THAT IS THE BUDGETARY ITEM. OKAY.

SO THEN, ATTORNEY YOU'RE NOT YOU'RE NOT OPERATING IN A VACUUM WITHOUT PRIOR APPROVAL TO MOVE FORWARD? NO. NOTWITHSTANDING THE RECORD, WE'RE BACK HERE TONIGHT TO MAKE SURE IT'S CLEAR EVEN MORE.

OKAY. I YIELD THE REST OF MY TWO SECONDS.

COMMISSIONER? THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR.

CITY ATTORNEY, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU.

I THINK ONE OF THE ISSUES I HEARD MY COLLEAGUES COMPLAINING ABOUT IS CONFLICT OF INTEREST, BECAUSE THE VICE MAYOR'S OWN CHURCH PURCHASED A PROPERTY WITHIN SHAKER VILLAGE.

IF MY RECOLLECTION IS RIGHT, THE MAYOR OWNS TWO PROPERTIES IN THE WOODLANDS.

WAS THAT A CONFLICT OF INTEREST? COMMISSIONER WRIGHT, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN A CITY ATTORNEY OVER 15 YEARS, WORKED IN MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT OVER 23 YEARS.

THAT ISSUE BEEN AN ISSUE THAT I HAVE DEALT WITH SO MANY YEARS.

I CAN TELL YOU WHEN A BENEFIT IS TO A WHOLE GROUP THAT IS NOT TO ANY INDIVIDUAL PROPERTY.

IT IS NOT A CONFLICT OF INTEREST UNDER FLORIDA LAW OR UNDER OBVIOUSLY LOCAL LAWS.

WE HAVE, JUST LIKE I HEARD, ACCUSATION FROM CERTAIN RESIDENTS, OBJECTORS THAT MAYOR GOMEZ HAD A CONFLICT RELATING TO WOODLANDS.

I CAME DOWN WITH THE SAME LEGAL CONCLUSION, DIDN'T HAVE A CONFLICT.

LIKEWISE, VICE MAYOR BOLTON, YOU KNOW, HE'S OBVIOUSLY LIVED IN THAT COMMUNITY, BUT

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IT'S A COMMUNITY BENEFIT.

MAYOR, POINT OF ORDER? ACCORDING TO THEIR DOCUMENTS, EACH OWNER OWNS ONE PIECE OF 361.

SO IT'S WAY DIFFERENT THAN WHAT YOU'RE SUGGESTING.

SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S UNDERSTOOD.

THEIR DOCUMENTS SPECIFICALLY SAYS THAT EACH OWNER OWNS THE CLUBHOUSE.

SO IT'S DIFFERENT.

I UNDERSTAND. COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS.

AND I'M JUST GETTING TO MY POINT.

SO COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS RECENTLY SOLD A HOME IN THE LANDINGS.

THE LANDINGS WAS AFFILIATED WITH COLONY WEST GOLF COURSE.

IS THAT? WAS THAT A CONFLICT OF INTEREST FOR HIM TO VOTE ON? I DON'T HAVE ALL THE FACTS.

A POINT OF CLARIFICATION ON THAT.

THE COLONY WEST SALE WAS DONE.

THE COLONY WEST SIDE STUDY.

I'M SORRY. I APOLOGIZE. THE STUDY WAS VOTED ON.

THAT STUDY. THE FEASIBILITY STUDY.

WAS THAT A CONFLICT OF INTEREST? THE COLONY WEST, AGAIN, IS NOT TO ONE.

IT'S A GENERAL ISSUE.

IT'S NOT TO ONE PARTICULAR ELECTED OFFICIAL.

IT'S NOT A DIRECT OR PECUNIARY BENEFIT IN TERMS OF FINANCIAL BENEFIT.

IT'S A GENERAL TO THE WHOLE COMMUNITY.

YOU DON'T HAVE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST WHEN THE BENEFIT IS TO THE WHOLE COMMUNITY.

UNDER THE LAW. SO IF WE SELL, IF WE SHAKER VILLAGE GETS THIS MONEY FROM THE CITY AND 358 HOMES GET MONEY, WOULDN'T VICE MAYOR BOLTON THE CHURCH AS WELL BENEFIT FROM THAT? WOULD THAT BE A BENEFIT AS WHAT COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS WAS MENTIONING? I DON'T WANT TO SPECULATE.

BUT AGAIN, IF A BENEFIT IS TO THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY UNDER THE LAW GENERALLY IS NOT A CONFLICT OF INTEREST.

SO THERE'S NO CONFLICT OF INTEREST WITH THE CHURCH? WHEN YOU ARE DEALING BASED ON FLORIDA LAW, WHEN A BENEFIT COMES TO THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY, NOT TO ONE PARTICULAR PERSON, IT'S NOT A CONFLICT OF INTEREST.

OKAY. JUST WANTED TO GET CLARIFICATION ON THAT.

MY OTHER QUESTION IS, I THINK VICE MAYOR ASKED THIS QUESTION, HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN PRACTICING LAW? YOU SEE A LOT OF GRAY HAIRS TOO LONG.

ABOUT 27 YEARS.

26 YEARS. I'M JUST, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES.

SO I ACTUALLY PULLED YOUR FLORIDA BAR PROFILE AND I SAW THAT YOU STARTED IN 1995.

IS THAT CORRECT? YOU GRADUATED FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI, ACCORDING TO THE PUBLIC RECORD.

AND I STARTED PRACTICE IN 1996.

OKAY. AND I SEE.

NO. NO COMPLAINTS ON YOUR BAR RECORD? NO, NO COMPLAINTS, THANK GOD.

PUBLIC COMPLAINTS.

IN THIS BUSINESS, YOU GET COMPLAINTS ALL THE TIME.

BUT I'VE BEEN ABLE TO STAY CLEAR OF ANY BAR COMPLAINTS BECAUSE OF MAKING SURE I PROVIDE MY CLIENTS GOOD LEGAL ADVICE. AND HAVE YOU DONE TRANSACTIONS LIKE THESE BEFORE? I HAVE NEGOTIATED PROBABLY SOME OF THE MOST EXPENSIVE ACQUISITION FOR PARK PROPERTY IN ANY LOCATION.

SOUTH FLORIDA, SUNNY ISLES BEACH, OVER PROBABLY $100 MILLION ACQUISITIONS TAKEN BY VOLUNTARY PURCHASE, EMINENT DOMAIN AND REAL TOUGH, TOUGH REAL ESTATE ISSUES.

SO THIS TRANSACTION, IN TERMS OF MONETARY AMOUNT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT I HAVE DEALT WITH, WAY MORE MONEY AT STAKE.

YEAH. AND IT'S MS. CALLOWAY WORKING WITH YOU ON THIS TRANSACTION AS WELL? I THINK I WANT TO THANK MS. CALLOWAY. I WANT TO THANK CITY MANAGER, BECAUSE ALL OF US HAD TO BE ON THE SAME PAGE.

IT WASN'T JUST CITY ATTORNEY OFFICE, BUT ALL OF US.

THERE WAS SOME HISTORICAL KNOWLEDGE I DIDN'T HAVE.

THEY HAD. AND SO THAT HISTORICAL KNOWLEDGE HELPED OBVIOUSLY.

FINE TUNE MY LEGAL OPINION.

MS. CALLOWAY, CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION, PLEASE, IF YOU DON'T MIND? IN YOUR ROLE AS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, DO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTORS USUALLY HAVE LAW DEGREES? IS IT A PREREQUISITE? IT'S NOT TYPICAL. I'D LIKE TO THINK THAT I'M UNIQUE IN THAT SENSE.

ABSOLUTELY. AND I SAW THAT YOU WERE ADMITTED TO THE BAR IN, I'M NOT TRYING TO TAKE BACK.

ADMITTED TO THE BAR IN 1996.

AND THAT YOU GRADUATED FROM UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA LAW SCHOOL.

JUST FOR THE RECORD, ACCORDING TO US NEWS AND WORLD REPORT, UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA IS ONE OF THE TOP FIVE PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES IN THE COUNTRY.

I JUST WANTED TO GET THAT OUT THERE. COMMISSIONER MOREY WRIGHT, I GRADUATED FROM, UM.

YOU DIDN'T NOTE THAT FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.

I'M NOT A GATOR. SO, WE AGAIN, WE ARE GETTING DOUBLE DUE DILIGENCE BY HAVING YOU AS A QUALIFIED

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YES. COMMISSIONER WRIGHT'S INDICATING THAT MS. MAXINE IS A REAL ESTATE ATTORNEY VERSUS.

NO, NO, I'M NOT. WHICH LAWS ARE VERY DIFFERENT? NO, NO, NO I'M NOT.

I'M GOING TO LET YOU TALK.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE ON THE SAME PAGE HERE.

ARE YOU AN ATTORNEY IN LAW IN REAL ESTATE? JUST WANT THAT FOR THE RECORD? NO, I DON'T PRACTICE THAT SPECIALTY.

THANK YOU, MS. CALLOWAY.

BUT YOU ARE ADMITTED TO THE BAR? I AM. IT'S PUBLIC RECORD.

YES, 1996.

YES. I HAVE IT RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME.

I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT.

AND I'M ASKING THESE QUESTIONS BECAUSE WE ARE TRUSTING THESE INDIVIDUALS TO MAKE A DECISION.

I DIDN'T GO TO LAW SCHOOL LIKE THESE INDIVIDUALS, BUT I WENT TO BUSINESS SCHOOL.

AND IN BUSINESS SCHOOL THEY TEACH YOU.

YOU GET AS MUCH INFORMATION AS POSSIBLE.

YOU HIRE THE RIGHT PEOPLE AROUND YOU AND YOU TRUST THEIR JUDGMENT.

IN THIS SITUATION, I'M NOT A REAL ESTATE EXPERT LIKE YOU ARE.

I'M NOT AN HOA EXPERT LIKE YOU ARE.

BUT I GOT TO TRUST THE KNOWLEDGE AND THE EXPERTISE OF THESE INDIVIDUALS.

SO I JUST WANT OUR RESIDENTS TO KNOW HOW QUALIFIED THESE INDIVIDUALS ARE.

AND I KNOW YOU HAVE A TENDENCY TO ATTACK PEOPLE WHO ARE QUALIFIED, BUT I AM STATING ALL OF THIS BECAUSE IT'S PUBLIC RECORD.

NO, NO, NO.

YOU'VE DONE IT BEFORE.

YOU'VE DONE IT BEFORE.

SO I AM JUST ASKING THESE QUESTIONS JUST TO MAKE SURE THE RESIDENTS UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE A QUALIFIED STAFF, WE HAVE A QUALIFIED TEAM.

AND I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT WEBSTER'S QUOTE, BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THE DETAILS AND EVERYTHING ON THE BACK END IS WELL TAKEN CARE OF.

AND WE HAVE A TEAM THAT WE CAN TRUST.

AND I JUST WANT TO REMIND THE RESIDENTS HOW QUALIFIED THESE INDIVIDUALS ARE.

SO THAT IS MY POINT.

THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING THESE QUESTIONS.

AND IT'S BASED ON PUBLIC RECORD.

IT'S BASED ON FACT.

SO I AM NOT STATING THAT SHE'S AN ATTORNEY.

I HAVE IT RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME.

I'M JUST SAYING THAT SHE'S ADMITTED TO THE BAR AND WE GET AN EXTRA DUE DILIGENCE BY HAVING HER ALSO BEING AN ATTORNEY, WHICH SHE SAID SHE'S UNIQUE AND WE'RE BLESSED TO HAVE THAT IN YOUR POSITION BECAUSE YOU'RE ADMITTED TO THE BAR.

SO I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY THIS STUFF AND HAVE IT ON THE RECORD THAT WE HAVE A VERY, VERY QUALIFIED TEAM THAT'S HANDLING THIS TRANSACTION.

AND THAT'S ALL MY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

ASK MAXINE IF SHE'LL COME BACK UP.

JIM, IF YOU'LL PLEASE PUT UP PAGES FOR 72 OF OUR BACKUP.

IT'S BASICALLY THE MILLER APPRAISAL.

PAGE TWO IN THERE, MISS MAXINE.

WE SPOKE EARLIER TODAY.

AND DID YOU NOT STATE THAT YOU DID NOT READ THIS AS A REVIEW, AS AN ATTORNEY, AND YOU RELIED ON OUR ATTORNEY'S REVIEW? I'M SORRY, MAYOR, CAN YOU REPEAT THAT? DID YOU REVIEW THIS AS AN ATTORNEY AS IT PERTAINS TO THE LAW, OR DID YOU RELY ON OUR CITY ATTORNEY'S REVIEW? NOT AS AN ATTORNEY.

THE APPRAISALS YOU'RE REFERRING TO? NO, THIS WHOLE THING.

YES, I RELIED ON THE CITY ATTORNEY AS IT RELATES TO THE LEGAL ASPECT, YES, OF THIS TRANSACTION.

THANK YOU. I'M NOT SURE HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE ABLE TO COLLECT THE PACKET THAT I PUT UP FRONT.

CITY CLERK THROUGH CITY PARLIAMENTARIAN.

I'M ASKING THIS TO BE SUBMITTED FOR THE RECORD.

YOU CAN STOP THE CLOCK. I'M NOT SPEAKING RIGHT NOW.

FOR THE RECORD, I AM AN ATTORNEY.

I HAVE BEEN PRACTICING ALMOST 23 YEARS.

I DO REAL ESTATE.

I ACTUALLY UNDERWRITE ON THE FUND, WHICH IS THE SAME UNDERWRITING COUNSEL THAT OUR CITY ATTORNEY HAS ASKED FOR A TITLE REPORT.

IF YOU SHOULD GO TO SECTION FOUR OF THIS, IT CLEARLY STATES THAT THIS IS A TITLE REPORT AND IT DOES NOT PROVIDE THE REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE NEEDED FOR MAKING SURE THAT THERE IS CLEAN TITLE FOR SOMEBODY WHO IS BUYING PROPERTY TO BE ABLE TO KNOW IF THEY ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO BUY CLEAR TITLE.

AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE NEXT PAGES ON IT, YOU WILL SEE FROM THE FUND THAT WITH A TITLE COMMITMENT, WE NEED 358 TITLES RUN FOR EVERY SINGLE PERSON IN THE COMMUNITY.

AND THEN WITH THAT, WE WILL NEED TO NOW IF THERE IS A MORTGAGE ON IT AND IF THERE'S A LIEN ON IT, WE NEED TO HAVE THEM SUBORDINATED.

IF THERE IS, YOU CAN SHAKE YOUR HEAD NO ALL YOU WANT.

I'M THE ONE WHO DOES THIS PROFESSIONALLY.

SO THIS IS BASICALLY WHAT THE CITY OF TAMARAC WILL HAVE TO GO THROUGH AND UNDERWRITE TO BE ABLE TO DETERMINE IF WE COULD DO THIS.

[03:40:07]

I AM IN FAVOR OF TRYING TO HELP, HOWEVER, WHEN I MET WITH EVERYBODY FOR THE SECOND TIME, BECAUSE THE FIRST TIME IN 2019, WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT THINGS, SOME OF US WERE NEVER, EVER, EVER INVITED BACK FOR THE DISCUSSIONS.

FOR SOME REASON, IT WAS ONLY ONE PERSON ON THIS DAIS WHO WAS ALLOWED TO DISCUSS THINGS WITH THE COMMUNITY.

THIS COMMISSION NEVER HAD NOTICE OF MEETINGS, NEVER WAS INVITED TO MEETINGS, NEVER ABLE TO NEGOTIATE.

YOU CAN SHAKE YOUR HEAD NO ALL YOU WANT.

IT'S THE REALITY.

MY FIRST MEETING WAS WHEN I FOUND OUT THAT THERE WAS A CONTRACT AND I DIDN'T FIND OUT FROM MY OWN CITY STAFF THAT WE HAD A CONTRACT OUT THERE, WHICH WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED. THIS IS A ONE OFF.

WE HAVE NEVER BOUGHT A RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL OR RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY BEFORE, HAVE WE, MS. MAXINE? NOT THAT I CAN RECOLLECT.

WAS SHAKER VILLAGE ORIGINALLY PART OF THE PARK STUDY? OR WAS IT PUT IN AFTERWARDS? IT WAS A PART OF THE 2020 STUDY.

IT BECAME A PART OF IT. WAS IT ORIGINALLY ONE OF THE PARCELS LOOKED AT? WAS IT PUT INTO IT? IT WAS ONE OF THE PARCELS THAT WAS PROVIDED TO THE CONSULTANT BEFORE THE STUDY WAS DONE.

WAS IT ONE OF THE ORIGINAL PARCELS TO BE INCLUDED IN THE STUDY? WOOD GLEN WAS IN A COUPLE OF OTHERS.

WAS THAT ORIGINALLY PART OF IT? SHAKER VILLAGE WAS PART OF THAT.

THANK YOU. WHEN THESE MEETINGS WERE HELD TO DISCUSS NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE COMMUNITY, WHY WEREN'T THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS PEOPLE ON THE COMMISSION INVITED? I APOLOGIZE. ARE YOU REFERRING TO THE 2019 MEETINGS? NO. ANY OTHER ONE THAT THIS COMMISSION HAS BEEN ABLE TO GET A CONTRACT HERE WITH FIVE DIFFERENT ITEMS ON IT AND A PURCHASE PRICE.

WHY WASN'T THE CITY COMMISSION INVITED TO ANY OF THESE MEETINGS TO DISCUSS AND NEGOTIATE WITH THE RESIDENTS? YOU HAVE NO ANSWER. THAT'S FINE.

YOU'VE ALREADY PUT ON THE RECORD.

THE CITY HAS NEVER BOUGHT A PIECE OF PROPERTY LIKE THIS.

ALL PROPERTIES THAT HAVE BEEN PURCHASED HAVE NOT BEEN PRIVATE RESIDENTIAL.

MY ISSUE WHEN THIS CAME BEFORE ME WAS THE PURCHASE PRICE.

WILL YOU PLEASE PULL THAT PAGE THAT I ASKED FOR? IT'S PAGE IT'S EITHER 472 IS WHAT THE BOTTOM NUMBER IS, 15, 16.

YEAH. OKAY.

RIGHT THERE. I'D LIKE EVERYBODY TO READ THIS FOR A SECOND, PLEASE.

YOU CAN STOP THE CLOCK WHILE EVERYONE'S READING, PLEASE.

BASICALLY THE $1.94 MILLION IS FOR ALL THREE PARCELS.

YET THE CITY OF TAMARAC IS ONLY BUYING ONE PARCEL OF PARCEL B.

WHY IS THAT? OKAY.

NO ANSWER. NEXT PAGE.

I'M ACTUALLY ON PARCEL B HOW MUCH DOES IT SAY MAXINE PARCEL B IS ACTUALLY WORTH? PARCEL B $1.25 MILLION.

BUT THERE'S ALSO A DISCLAIMER THAT PER YOUR REQUEST, WE EVALUATED THE THREE PARCELS SEPARATELY AS STANDALONE PARCELS.

THE SUMMARY OF THESE THREE PARCELS DOES NOT EQUAL THE MARKET VALUE OF THE THREE AS A WHOLE PROPERTY, AND THIS IS NOT REFLECTED OF THE HIGHEST AND BEST USE.

AND SO BASED ON THAT DISCLAIMER, IT IS NOT EQUIVALENT.

MAYOR I HAVE A POINT OF CLARIFICATION.

I DON'T THINK ANYBODY UNDERSTOOD WHAT YOU JUST SAID AND I JUST READ.

CAN YOU. CAN YOU REPHRASE? CAN YOU CAN YOU REPHRASE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? SURE. SO THE MAYOR WANTED ME TO READ THE VALUE FOR PARCEL B, WHICH IS A 2.53 ACRES, WHICH IS THE SUBJECT OF THE PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT.

THAT VALUE IS $1,250,000.

BUT I WANTED TO QUALIFY ON THE RECORD THAT THERE IS A DISCLAIMER INCLUDED IN THE REPORT WHICH I'M GOING TO READ PER YOUR REQUEST, BECAUSE THE CITY ASKED THEM TO SEPARATE IF THEY COULD.

WE HAVE VALUED THE THREE PARCELS SEPARATELY AS STANDALONE PARCELS.

THE SUMMARY OF THESE THREE VALUES DOES NOT EQUAL THE MARKET VALUE OF THE THREE AS ONE WHOLE PROPERTY, AND THIS IS NOT REFLECTIVE OF THE HIGHEST AND BEST USE, MEANING THAT IT IS NOT COMPATIBLE WITH THE OTHER APPRAISAL THAT WAS DONE, WHICH IS THE HIGHEST AND BEST USE AND NOT COMPATIBLE WITH HOW THEY HAVE BEEN.

THE METHODOLOGY THEY HAVE USED THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE REPORT, WHICH IS HIGHEST AND BEST USE.

[03:45:05]

WHERE'D YOU GO? GO TO THE HIGHEST BEST USE PAGE 19.

HERE WHILE YOU'RE SCROLLING, CAN I JUST PUT ON THE RECORD? I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT THE CITY IN THE PAST HAVE PURCHASED RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY THROUGH ITS NEIGHBORHOOD STABILIZATION PROGRAM.

AND WHILE YOU'RE GOING TO CLARIFY AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO PUT THIS ON MY MINUTES, THAT WAS FOR USE.

FOR WHAT? FOR RESIDENTIAL PURPOSES.

TO REHAB A HOME TO SELL IT FOR THE HIGHEST AND BEST USE.

YES. BUT I JUST WANTED TO RECAP TO RECOUP OUR MONEY, CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT. SO THEN NOT APPLES TO APPLES.

YOU'RE NOT EVEN FUJI TO WASHINGTON HERE.

HIGHEST AND BEST USE. WHAT IS THIS STUDY SAY? WHAT IS IT SAID TO US IN THE HIGHEST AND BEST USE FOR THIS PROPERTY TO GET $1.94 MILLION? YOU WANT ME TO READ THE HIGHEST AND BEST USE? YOU CAN EITHER READ IT OR YOU CAN JUST SHARE IT.

GO AHEAD.

IT'S THE BOTTOM LINE.

THE SUBJECT IMPROVEMENTS DO NOT.

THAT VERY END? THE SUBJECT IMPROVEMENTS WOULD NOT CONTRIBUTE TO THE LAND VALUE WILL NOT BE RAISED.

THE USES AND BUILDINGS ARE NO LONGER FUNCTIONAL OR INHABITABLE.

THE HIGHEST AND BEST USE IS FOR FUTURE MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT.

ARE WE PLANNING FUTURE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT ON THIS PROPERTY? NO, BUT THE PROPERTY IS ZONED RESIDENTIAL AND SO THIS IS CONSISTENT WITH THE METHODOLOGY USED FOR APPRAISALS.

UNDERSTOOD. BUT NOW WE'RE PRESENTING TO BUY A PIECE OF PROPERTY.

OUR FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY.

WE'RE SAYING WE'RE GOING TO BUY IT FOR $1.9 MILLION WHEN IT'S NOT GOING TO BE USED FOR THE HIGHEST AND BEST USE.

WE'VE NOT BOTHERED TO FIND OUT HOW MUCH IT WOULD BE FOR A CONDO FOR PUTTING UP A COMMUNITY CENTER.

DID WE? WE DID NOT, BECAUSE THAT'S NOT THE METHODOLOGY THAT IS CONSISTENTLY USED TO MAKE AN OFFER TO PURCHASE PROPERTY . THAT COULD BE SAID OVER AND OVER AGAIN, BUT THAT IS NOT THE FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY THAT THIS COMMISSION HAS.

WE BOUGHT COLONY WEST FOR $3 MILLION AND FOR APPROXIMATELY 200 ACRES, CORRECT? WE DID. BUT I'M NOT, I WASN'T AROUND TO SEE WHAT THE APPRAISAL WAS ON THAT.

IT WAS A SHORT SALE. OKAY.

AND WE'RE NOW TALKING ABOUT BUYING THIS FOR $2 MILLION FOR 2.5 ACRES, WHICH IS LESS THAN THE ALL THREE PROPERTIES TOGETHER.

IS THAT CORRECT? SAY THAT AGAIN, MAYOR.

WE'RE NOT BUYING IT FOR ALL THREE PROPERTIES, WE'RE BUYING ONE PROPERTY? YES, THE 2.53 ACRES.

FOR $2 MILLION APPROXIMATELY? RIGHT, THAT IS CORRECT.

BASICALLY, I'M GOING TO WIND UP PUTTING MY TWO MINUTES ON HERE AND GOING THROUGH.

AS FAR AS THE CONCERNS, THIS IS NOT PERSONAL, BUT VICE MAYOR DOES OWN THE PROPERTY AND THIS IS A PUBLIC PROPERTY THAT BELONGS TO HIM.

IT IS A PART OF FLORIDA STATUTES 718113.

IT'S ALSO PART OF FLORIDA STATUTES, 107.1 AND 108.

IT BASICALLY SAYS THAT IT'S A COMMON ELEMENT TO THEIR PARCEL.

AND THEREFORE, IF THE COMMUNITY IS GOING TO GET MONEY BACK AND YOU DIVIDE THE PROPERTY, JUST SAY $2 MILLION DIVIDED BY 260 PEOPLE, EVERYBODY'S GETTING APPROXIMATELY $5,500.

AND WHETHER YOU'RE GETTING IT BACK IN YOUR POCKET OR WHETHER YOU'RE GETTING IT SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO SPEND IT ON YOUR ASSOCIATION ASSESSMENTS ANYMORE, YOU ARE GETTING A FINANCIAL BENEFIT FOR THE FACT THAT WE HAD SOMEBODY NEGOTIATE THIS THAT WAS INVOLVED IS A PROBLEM AND WE'LL LET THE AUTHORITIES TAKE CARE OF THIS.

I SUBMIT AGAIN THAT YOUR DOCUMENTS SAY 11.2.2 COMMON ELEMENTS, ALTERATION AND IMPROVEMENT, THAT BASICALLY YOU NEED 75% OF YOUR COMMUNITY.

AGAIN, SHAKE YOUR HEAD ALL YOU WANT.

4.1 OF YOUR BYLAWS ONLY ALLOWS YOU TO DO CERTAIN THINGS THAT ARE NOT SUBJECT TO THE REST OF YOUR DOCUMENTS.

THE REST OF YOUR DOCUMENTS DO SAY THAT YOU NEED 75% OF YOUR BOARD.

YOU HAVE NOT YET CHANGED IT TO YOUR BYLAWS OR YOUR BYLAWS HAVE SAID THAT YOU CAN THEN CHANGE YOUR DECK BY 50% MAJORITY.

IF YOU SHOULD EVER DO THAT, THEN IT'S 50%.

BUT YOU'VE NOT YET DONE THAT DILIGENCE.

THERE'S NO WAY THIS IS GOING TO BE DONE IN 60 DAYS.

PLUS THE FACT YOU DO NOT HAVE THE LEGAL AUTHORITY TO CONTRACT BECAUSE YOU ARE DOING IT AGAINST YOUR DOCUMENTS.

AGAIN, SHAKE YOUR HEAD ALL YOU WANT.

THERE'S LEGAL DESCRIPTION, THERE'S CASE LAW.

IT'S ALL IN THAT PACKAGE.

IT'S ALL SUBMITTED FOR THE RECORD.

AGAIN, I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH TRYING TO HELP THE COMMUNITY, BUT WE SHOULDN'T BE HELPING THE COMMUNITY THEN BUILDING YOU A COMPLEX, THEN TELLING THE REST OF THE CITY THAT THEY CAN'T USE IT AT CERTAIN PERIODS OF TIME AND THAT THEY HAVE TO PAY AND FOOT THE BILL.

THAT IS NOT GOOD PUBLIC POLICY.

AND WHEN THIS IS PRESENTED BEFORE, WE DIDN'T HAVE ALL THIS INFORMATION.

SO YEAH, TWO WEEKS LATER, I'M TELLING YOU, I'M NOT IN FAVOR AS IS.

AND I REALLY THINK THIS MATTER NEEDS TO BE TABLED BECAUSE WE ARE WALKING INTO A MAJOR PROBLEM WHERE WE HAVE NOT FINISHED DISCUSSING THIS AND NEGOTIATING THIS PROPERLY.

AND DESPITE WHAT SOME OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE SHAKING THEIR HEAD NO ABOUT, THERE ARE PEOPLE IN YOUR COMMUNITY WHO ARE NOT FOR THIS BECAUSE THEY DO NOT WANT THEIR HARD EARNED MONEY TAKEN FROM THE PROPERTY THAT THEY PURCHASED.

[03:50:04]

MARLON, YOU WANT YOUR TWO MINUTES? YOU'VE GOT IT. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO THANK THE RESIDENTS OF SHAKER VILLAGE FOR COMING OUT TONIGHT.

I APPRECIATE YOU.

I APPRECIATE THE HARD WORK THAT YOU HAVE DONE ON THIS.

WE HAVE BEEN FIGHTING FOR THIS COMMUNITY FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.

EVERYBODY HAS AGREED THAT THIS IS AN EYESORE FOR ALL OF TAMARAC WHEN THIS PROPERTY IS PURCHASED FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC, I BELIEVE THAT IT WILL IMPROVE THE CITY AS A WHOLE, AND I'M JUST EXCITED ABOUT THE POSSIBILITIES AFTER THIS.

I KNOW THAT BACK IN 2017, YOU KNOW, WHEN CAMPAIGNING, MY CAMPAIGN PARTNER AT THE TIME, WE PRAYED IN MANY DRIVEWAYS IN SHAKER VILLAGE AND OTHER COMMUNITIES IN SHAKER VILLAGE.

MY CAMPAIGN PARTNER AT THE TIME UNDERSTOOD ALL THAT IS NEEDED IN DISTRICT ONE AND I BELIEVE STILL UNDERSTANDS.

I HOPE THAT MY MY CAMPAIGN PARTNER IS STILL LISTENING, IS STILL A GOOD MAN, IS STILL AN HONORABLE MAN, AND WILL STAND UP FOR THIS COMMUNITY AS I'VE STAND UP, STOOD UP FOR THIS COMMUNITY FOR A VERY LONG TIME.

THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.

HAVE A POINT OF CLARIFICATION, MAYOR.

YOU GUYS CAN COMMENT ALL YOU WANT.

I'M JUST, ON MONDAY, CONSENSUS WAS GIVEN FOR THE ENTIRE $1.94 MILLION TO BE PUT ON ESCROW FOR THE INFRASTRUCTURE.

AND THIS CONTRACT NOW HAS $1.5 MILLION.

SO ACCORDING TO MONDAY'S WORKSHOP, THE ENTIRE, SHALL IT GO THROUGH, THE ENTIRETY OF THE SALE PRICE WAS SAID TO BE SET FOR THE ENTIRE AMOUNT.

AND THAT NEEDS TO BE FIXED BEFORE WE EVEN MOVE FORWARD.

BECAUSE RIGHT NOW IT'S INCORRECT.

THE CONTRACT IS NOT CORRECT.

SO AT THIS TIME, CITY ATTORNEY, YOU'RE THE ONE WHO SUBMITTED THE ADDENDUM TO THIS CONTRACT WITHOUT ACTUALLY HAVING FULL CONSENSUS FOR YOU TO DO SO, BECAUSE IT WAS FOR THE FULL AMOUNT IF IT WAS TO BE DONE. BUT YOU WERE NOT DIRECTED TO DO ANY CHANGES.

I WILL GO THROUGH THE LINE.

I WILL GO THROUGH THE LINE AND ASK IF IT'S BACK TO THE CONSENSUS THAT IT WAS OR HAS IT CHANGED? MAYOR, I JUST WANT TO NOTE FOR THE RECORD THE $1.5 WAS THROUGH DISCUSSION WITH THE CITY MANAGER OFFICE AND REVIEWING THE ESTIMATE.

AGAIN, NOTWITHSTANDING THIS ADDENDUM, IF THE MAJORITY COMMISSION WANT TO KEEP THE $1.5 THEY CAN IF THEY WANT TO AMEND IT AS THE MAJORITY COMMISSION VOTE.

SO BASICALLY THE COMMISSION HAS DISCRETION TO KEEP IT AS IS.

SO MY POINT OF CLARIFICATION IN ONE BREATH, WE'RE BEING TOLD THAT IT WAS SENT OVER BECAUSE IT WAS CONSENSUS OF WHAT THE CITY COMMISSION WANTED.

AND THEN THE NEXT ITEM, IT'S NOT WHAT THE CITY COMMISSION WANTED BECAUSE THE CITY COMMISSION WANTED THE FULL AMOUNT GOING IN.

BUT THIS WAS THROUGH DISCUSSION WITH THE CITY MANAGER THAT THE AMOUNT WAS CHANGED.

THERE'S SOME HYPOCRISY ON THAT ONE.

IT DOESN'T SMELL RIGHT.

SO ANYWAY, POINT OF ORDER MADAM MAYOR.

NO, I'M FINISHING MY POINT OF ORDER.

THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS THERE IS AN ADDENDUM OUT IN THERE RIGHT NOW.

AND SO WE WILL REDO WHAT THAT CONSENSUS MIGHT BE FOR THAT AMOUNT OF MONEY GOING INTO THE ADDENDUM.

INSTEAD OF GOING BACK AND FORTH AND DEALING WITH ANYTHING ELSE, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A POINT OF CLARIFICATION ON THE CONSENSUS OF WHAT THAT ADDENDUM AMOUNT IS.

VICE MAYOR, WHAT ADDENDUM AMOUNT? THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.

MY POINT OF ORDER IS THAT ON MONDAY, THERE'S A THERE'S A QUESTION ON THE TABLE.

WHAT ADDENDUM AMOUNT? I'M ON A POINT OF ORDER, MADAM MAYOR.

BUT I DIDN'T RECOGNIZE THE POINT OF ORDER.

RIGHT NOW I'M IN THE MIDDLE OF DEALING WITH THE CONSENSUS AMOUNT.

MADAM MAYOR, YOU HAVE GIVEN COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS ABOUT 5 POINT OF ORDERS OR 6 OR 7 DURING DURING TONIGHT.

THAT IS TRUE. I'M ASKING.

I'M ASKING YOU. ASKING TO BE CONSISTENT.

[03:55:01]

I JUST RECOGNIZED IT.

THANK YOU. ON MONDAY, WE TALKED ABOUT THE DRAINAGE FOR SHAKER VILLAGE.

WE DID NOT TALK ABOUT THE FULL AMOUNT OF THE CONTRACT.

WE TALKED ABOUT A TIME IN THE PAST WHERE A PORTION OF THE PROCEEDS OF THE SALE OF THE PROPERTY WOULD GO TO FIXING THE DRAINAGE.

AT THE TIME, THE CITY WAS WAS OFFERING $950,000 FOR THE PROPERTY BASED ON APPRAISAL.

AT THE TIME, THE COST OF FIXING THE DRAINAGE WAS $1.4 MILLION OR $1.44 MILLION AT THE TIME.

DO YOU RECALL THAT NUMBER, MISS CALLOWAY? YEAH, THAT'S CORRECT.

VICE MAYOR. OKAY.

SO WITH THE HISTORY, WITH THE HISTORY OF KNOWING OR THE DOCUMENTATION THAT THERE THE COST OF FIXING THE DRAINAGE AT THE TIME IS $1.44 MILLION.

I THINK IT IS ONLY FAIR THAT THE CITY TAKES OR RETAINS ONLY $1.5 MILLION FOR FIXING THE DRAINAGE IN SHAKER VILLAGE. AND I THINK THAT IS PERFECTLY FAIR TO CLARIFICATION.

NO, IT'S JUST THERE'S SO MUCH MISINFORMATION.

NO, NO, NO.

THERE'S A LOT OF. I UNDERSTAND.

NO. RIGHT NOW. SO BASICALLY, WHAT HAS JUST BEEN PROVEN BY VICE MAYOR'S OWN WORDS, CITY ATTORNEY AND CITY MANAGER, YOU DID NOT HAVE CONSENSUS AT ALL TO SEND OVER THAT ADDENDUM BECAUSE THE VICE MAYOR HAD A DIFFERENT AMOUNT FROM WHAT COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS HAD AT THAT MONDAY MEETING AND FROM WHAT EVER COMMISSIONER WRIGHT MAY HAD . AND EVEN IF I HAD TO SAY WE DIDN'T HAVE THREE.

AND SO THEREFORE THIS ADDENDUM SHOULD HAVE NEVER HAVE BEEN BROUGHT OVER BECAUSE THIS ITEM HAS NOT BEEN DISCUSSED.

NOW, THIS DOESN'T NEED TO BE ANSWERED.

THIS JUST NEEDS TO BE UNDERSTOOD.

WE HAVE HEARD FROM VICE MAYOR BOLTON, AND HE THINKS THAT THE ESCROW AMOUNT OUT OF THIS PURCHASE PRICE OF $1,000,940 SHOULD BE $1.5.

CAN YOU CLARIFY WHERE THAT MONEY IS GOING? BECAUSE I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS IT'S FOR INFRASTRUCTURE PURPOSES.

YES, THAT WAS WHAT WAS SAID.

IT WAS WHAT WAS SAID.

COMMISSIONER DANIEL.

NO, I'M ASKING FOR CONSENSUS ON THE AMOUNT OF MONEY.

BASED ON WHAT I HEARD, IT WAS BROUGHT UP PRIOR TO ME BEING ON THE COMMISSION.

THAT MONEY WAS SUPPOSED TO SET ASIDE TO FIX THE DRAINAGE.

CORRECT. AND WHATEVER THE DRAINAGE IS, I AGREE WITH THE COMMISSIONER THAT THAT MONEY SHOULD GO IN ESCROW.

OBVIOUSLY, WE DON'T HAVE A QUOTE ON WHAT IT COSTS TO FIX UNLESS SOMEBODY, WE HAVE A QUOTE.

WHAT IS THE QUOTE? [INAUDIBLE] MS. GALLOWAY DO WE HAVE A CURRENT 2023 QUOTE ON HOW MUCH IT WOULD COST TO FIX THE DRAINAGE? AND IS IT THE CITY'S RESPONSIBILITY TO HAVE A CURRENT 2023 QUOTE TO FIX THE DRAINAGE, OR DOES THAT BELONG TO THE ASSOCIATION WHICH IS MADE UP OF ITS UNIT OWNERS? SO THE CURRENT QUOTE BELONGS TO THE ASSOCIATION.

THE CITY DOES HAVE A QUOTE FROM 2021 THAT HAS BEEN UPDATED.

YES. SO CAN I.

SO IS THE QUOTE TO TODAY THAT HAS BEEN UPDATED.

IT'S 2021, UPDATED QUOTE.

SO IT WAS UPDATED LAST IN 2021.

THERE WAS A QUOTE WHERE ONE FIGURE WE INITIALLY PROVIDED $1.4 THAT FIGURE WAS DEEMED TO NOT INCLUDE CERTAIN INFORMATION.

AND SO THAT WAS UPDATED TO $1.8.

BUT THAT'S STILL A 2021 NUMBER.

OKAY. SO WE'RE STILL NOT IN 2023.

RIGHT. SO THAT WOULD BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE HOA TO OBTAIN AN UPDATED QUOTE.

A 2023 NUMBER BASED ON A BID BASED ON SECURING A CONTRACTOR BASED ON THE SCOPE OF SERVICES? YES. IS IT BASED ON THREE BIDS OR ONE BID, OR DO WE HAVE ANY RULES AND REGULATIONS OVER THAT? WE DON'T. IT'S JUST BASED ON THAT.

THAT'S THE HOA'S RESPONSIBILITY.

OKAY. SO COMMISSIONER DANIEL, THAT IS THE ANSWER TO.

RIGHT. SO WE DON'T HAVE A QUOTE.

SO THE QUESTION IS, ARE WE ASKING THEM AS COMMISSIONER REQUESTED, ARE WE ASKING THEM TO ESCROW THE ENTIRE AMOUNT UNTIL WE HAVE A QUOTE?

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OR MAYBE THE QUOTE WOULD EVEN BE MORE THAN THE $1.9.

I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THE QUOTE WILL BE.

AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT THE CITY ATTORNEY WAS SUGGESTING, THAT GIVEN WHAT THIS COMMISSION THAT SOUNDS REASONABLE TO ME.

YOU CAN DIRECT. OKAY.

SO AT THIS TIME, I HAVE TWO PEOPLE FOR THE FULL AMOUNT OF THE MONEY TO GO INTO.

I'M SAYING COMING DOWN THE LINE.

COMING DOWN THE LINE. NO, I'M SAYING IN AGREEMENT WITH WHAT MAXINE JUST SAID, BASED ON WHATEVER THE QUOTE IS, THEN THAT'S THE MONEY WE PUT IN ESCROW.

BUT ONCE WE GET A QUOTE, ONCE WE GET A QUOTE, I WOULD AGREE WITH YOU, DON'T GET A QUOTE UNTIL AFTER THEY OWN THE PROPERTY.

IF THEY DON'T OWN THE PROPERTY, THEY'RE NOT GETTING THE MONEY.

THEY'RE NOT GOING TO GET YOU A QUOTE THAT'S GOING TO BE CURRENT.

ARE WE TALKING THAT I THOUGHT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT HOA.

I'M SORRY. THEY OWN IT.

THEY'RE REPRESENTING THE OWNERSHIP OF IT.

WELL, IF THEY'RE GOING TO GET A QUOTE PRIOR TO YOU, YOU CAN'T FORCE THEM TO GET IT REQUIRED TO GET THREE QUOTES BECAUSE IT'S OVER A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF MONEY.

THAT'S THE ASSOCIATION'S RULES TO FOLLOW.

WE DON'T DICTATE.

RIGHT? WE DON'T DICTATE.

SO I GET A CLARIFICATION, PLEASE.

SO $1.5 WAS BASED ON A NUMBER THAT THE CITY MANAGER ESTIMATE THAT WILL BE THE COST OF THE REPAIRS.

IS THAT JUST TO CONFIRM THE CONSENSUS WE RECEIVED FROM THE MONDAY'S WORKSHOP WAS A PORTION OF THE PROCEEDS WAS TO BE ESCROWED FOR INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS AND THERE WASN'T A NUMBER THAT WE HAVE SPOKEN I DON'T REMEMBER, ON MONDAY'S WORKSHOP.

SO WE, BASED ON OUR PREVIOUS RECOLLECTION OF NUMBERS FROM THE PUBLIC SERVICES DIRECTOR, CAME UP WITH THAT NUMBER. SO YOU YOU CAME UP WITH THAT NUMBER BASED ON PRECEDENT, BASED ON HISTORY, THAT YOU KNOW WHAT IT WOULD COST AND YOU.

THAT'S CORRECT. A QUOTE THAT YOU OBTAINED.

SO THAT'S THAT'S THAT'S LIKE A THAT'S IN LIEU OF THEM ACTUALLY GETTING A QUOTE.

IT WAS A QUOTE IN 2021.

OKAY. IT'S A QUOTE IN 2021.

IT WASN'T IN LIEU OF ANYTHING.

OKAY. OKAY. QUOTE FROM 2021.

CAN WE, UM.

WAS THE ASSOCIATION IN OPPOSITION OF ESCROW? I'M NOT SURE WHY WE'RE ON THIS SOLO.

NO, IT'S NOT A MATTER THAT.

WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF MONEY.

COMMISSIONER DANIEL. UH, AGAIN, UH.

THE ASSOCIATION WAS GIVEN THIS REVISED ADDENDUM WITH THE SET ASIDE OF $1.5 MILLION BASED ON THE DIRECTION FROM THE COMMISSION STAFF THROUGH OBVIOUSLY RESEARCH AND DISCUSSION WITH THE CITY MANAGER.

WE CAME UP WITH $1.5 AS THE NUMBER.

THE PORTION SET ASIDE THAT THE CITY, NOT THE SOCIAL WORKER, THE CITY WILL KEEP FOR THE DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENT AND REQUIRED THAT THESE DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS AT LEAST BE COMPLETED WITHIN 18 MONTH OF CLOSING.

SO THERE'S A THERE'S A TIME FRAME, THERE'S A SET AMOUNT BECAUSE THERE WAS A CONCERN THAT SOME OF THESE FUNDS MAY BE OBVIOUSLY WASTED NOT GOING TOWARDS THE INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT.

SO THE $1.5, WHICH IS WAY MORE THAN 80% OF THE FUNDS, WAS A NUMBER THAT WE, THE STAFF, BASED ON THEIR RESEARCH COULD JUSTIFY.

OKAY. AND I'M GOING TO ASK THIS QUESTION, AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT THE ASSOCIATION WON'T DO IT IF THIS SHOULD GO THROUGH.

BUT THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS, IF WE'RE PUTTING $1.5.

THEY'RE NOT GETTING ALL $1.9 BECAUSE THERE'S COSTS INVOLVED.

BUT WHATEVER COMES DOWN TO IF IT WINDS UP BEING BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT DONE A FULL THEY HAVE NOT DONE A THREE YEARS LATER MINIMUM OF THREE YEARS LATER, A STUDY TO KNOW HOW MUCH IT'S GOING TO COST AND WHAT HAS HAPPENED WITH INFLATION AND VALUE OF SUPPLY.

RIGHT. CONCRETE AND ALL THE GOOD STUFF THAT GOES INTO THE DRAINAGE.

WHAT HAPPENS IF THEY CAN'T AFFORD THE BALANCE OR THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO PUT IT IN THE BALANCE? THAT'S THEIR BUSINESS TO DO WHAT THEY WANT WITH THE FIVE HOUSES.

I UNDERSTAND THAT. BUT WE HAVE IN THERE IN THE CONTRACT THAT THEY WILL DO THIS IN 18 MONTHS, BUT YET YOU DON'T HAVE WHAT HAPPENS NEXT IF THEY DEFAULT ON IT AND NOT DO ANYTHING. DOES THE PROPERTY REVERT BACK TO THE CITY? WE CAN'T TAKE THE ROADS.

I MEAN, THERE'S SOME ISSUES THERE THAT AGAIN, I'M NOT AGAINST TRYING TO HELP THE COMMUNITY.

I'M AGAINST THE FACT THAT WE HAVE NOT FULLY VETTED THIS OUT.

AND YET WE'RE TRYING TO SIT HERE TODAY TO APPEASE I'M SORRY, BUT TO APPEASE PART OF THE OWNERSHIP THAT WE ARE AND WE'RE TRYING TO SAY THAT WE HAVE 60 DAYS FROM CONTRACT, THAT WE CAN CLEAN ALL THIS UP.

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WE HAVEN'T HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH THE COMMUNITY.

THE COMMUNITY HASN'T HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH THE COMMUNITY TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.

POINT OF ORDER. MADAM MAYOR, YOUR SEVEN MINUTES HAS EXPIRED.

I UNDERSTAND THAT. BUT WE STILL HAVE A PROBLEM HERE.

BUT YOU ARE CONTINUING A COMMENTARY.

YES, I AM.

IT'S ABOUT THE FACT THAT WE HAVE AN ADDENDUM THAT I'M TRYING TO GET TO TO THIS.

WE HAVE TO HAVE. YOUR SEVEN MINUTES HAVE EXPIRED.

YES, COMMISSIONER VICE MAYOR, THANK YOU.

SO THE POINT BEING, WE HAVE THIS ADDENDUM.

IS THIS AMOUNT OF MONEY SUFFICIENT AT ONLY BEING $1.5 WHEN IT MIGHT COST MORE, I'M GOING TO FINISH GOING DOWN THE LINE. MY ORIGINAL RECOMMENDATION WAS IF THEY'RE GOING TO BE THE RECIPIENTS OF ALL THIS MONEY THAT TAXPAYERS ARE FOOTING OUT, THAT THE ENTIRE AMOUNT SHOULD BE PUT ON I AM GOING DOWN THE LINE TO FINISH THE ADDENDUM PART.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO LIKE IT, BUT YOU SPOKE WHEN YOU WANTED TO MAKE YOUR POINT CLEAR ABOUT WHAT TO DO WITH THE ADDENDUM AND MAKE SURE THAT WE KNEW THE AMOUNT OF MONEY WAS $1.5 MILLION AND YOU WERE GOOD FOR IT, SO THEREFORE IT'S GOING TO CONTINUE.

I NEVER SAID A PORTION.

I NEVER SAID AN AMOUNT. I SAID THE ENTIRE AMOUNT.

IF THE COMMUNITY IS BENEFITING FROM IT, THAT MEANS THE ENTIRE AMOUNT SHOULD BE PUT BACK INTO THE INFRASTRUCTURE.

OKAY. WHETHER IT'S $1.7 OR 2, CLOSING PROCEEDS NEED TO BE ALL THE PROCEEDS.

AND BESIDES FROM THAT, IN 2021, THE PRICE WAS $950.

$950,000 IN 2023, WE'RE PAYING DOUBLE.

WHAT? WHO MAKES MORE THAN DOUBLE? SO WE KNOW FOR A FACT THE INFRASTRUCTURE COST IS GOING TO BE MORE THAN $1.5 MILLION.

AND ON TOP OF THAT, THEY'RE GOING TO BE REPAVING IT FOR FREE.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

SO YOU WANT ALL CLOSING PROCEEDS TO GO INTO ESCROW TO MAKE SURE THAT IT IS USED FOR THE DRAINAGE.

AND I KNOW THE ASSOCIATION HAS NO PROBLEM WITH IT.

IT'S NOT ABOUT YOU GUYS NOT SAYING YOU HAVE A PROBLEM WITH IT.

IT'S A MATTER OF WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE SIGNING A CONTRACT, WE HAVE THE RIGHT TERMS IN IT.

SO COMMISSIONER WRIGHT YOU SAID WHAT, $1.5, $1.5 COMMISSIONER DANIEL YOU SAID FULL AMOUNT AND THEN YOU CHANGED BACK TO $1.5.

ARE YOU AT $1.5 OR.

I AM FINE WITH $1.5.

I'M FINE WITH EITHER OF IT. IF THE ASSOCIATION SEEMS TO NOT HAVE A PROBLEM WITH IT BECAUSE, YES, INFLATION, THE PRICE MIGHT GO UP.

SO IF THE PRICE IS LESS, THE ASSOCIATION GETS BACK THE MONEY.

[INAUDIBLE] THEN ACTUALLY, THE PROBLEM LIES.

I WANT THE FULL IF, IF I'M EVEN APPROVING THIS BECAUSE I'M NOT SAYING I AM BECAUSE I STILL HAVE SIGNIFICANT ISSUES WITH IT AS IT STANDS TO EVEN SAY THAT BUT IF IT SHOULD GO THROUGH, I WOULD SAY IT NEEDS TO BE THE FULL PURCHASE.

FULL CLOSING PROCEEDS NEED TO GO IN ESCROW IN ORDER TO BE UTILIZED FOR THE DRAINAGE AND NOT HAVE A CHANCE OF ANY OF THE MONEY NOT GOING TOWARDS THE DRAINAGE WHICH EVERYBODY IS COMPLAINING AND THE COMMUNITY NEEDS THE HELP AND THEY NEED THE HELP IN PAYMENT FOR.

SO I ONLY SUPPORT IT GOING INTO THAT.

SO THEREFORE, COMMISSIONER DANIEL, YOU ARE FOR EITHER ONE AND THEREFORE YOU NEED TO MAKE THE TIE.

OH, THERE'S A TIE. OKAY.

OKAY. I SAY GO AHEAD AND DO THE $1.5 AND IF THE COST COMES UP TO BE MORE, THEN THEY WOULD HAVE TO PUT WHATEVER MONEY THEY HAVE.

BE TELLING THEM THIS. I SHOULD BE ABLE TO TELL THEM THAT PUT WHATEVER MONEY THEY HAVE BACK INTO THE COST.

ABOUT POINT OF ORDER, IT IS 11:27.

WE HAVE A STRICT RULE WHERE THIS ENDS AT 11:30.

WE HAVE TAXES TO DEAL WITH THAT MUST BE NOTICED BY WITHIN WEEKS.

SO THEREFORE I NEED A MOTION TO EXTEND MOTION TO EXTEND UNTIL THE COMMISSION AGENDA IS FINISHED.

SECOND. SECOND.

I NEED A ROLL CALL.

I KNOW. I'M JUST LETTING.

I KNOW YOU'RE WAITING TO GET YOUR STUFF, MISS DILLON.

I'M JUST LETTING THE TEAM KNOW THAT THEY CAN'T JUMP ON.

I'M NOT TAKING A BREAK.

YES, VICE MAYOR.

COMMISSIONER WRIGHT. YES.

COMMISSIONER. VILLALOBOS.

YES. MAYOR GOMEZ.

YES. COMMISSIONER DANIEL.

YES. THANK YOU.

MOTION PASSES 5 TO 0.

ALL RIGHT, BACK TO THIS.

COMMISSIONER DANIEL WHAT ABOUT IF THE FULL AMOUNT AND IF IT'S LESS, THEN THEY KEEP THE REST TO DO.

BUT THAT'S NORMALLY WHAT WOULD HAPPEN, RIGHT? BUT BECAUSE ONCE WE ONCE WE SAY LESS AND IT'S MORE, THERE WON'T BE ABLE TO BE TO DO IT BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE THE FUNDS TO DO IT.

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SO SO IF YOU HAVE $1,500, WHAT IS IT? [INAUDIBLE] $1.5 MILLION ALLOTTED TO FIX SOMETHING.

IT NEEDS TO BE FIXED WITHIN THAT $1.5 MILLION BECAUSE IT MIGHT COME UP TO BE $3 MILLION.

THEY STILL WON'T HAVE THAT.

SO WHATEVER QUOTES THEY GET, THEY CAN ONLY FIX WITH THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THEY HAVE.

SO WE CAN'T REALLY DICTATE.

WHAT IF THE BID COME BACK [INAUDIBLE]? WE ASKING FOR $3 MILLION.

THEY CAN ONLY FIX $1.5.

IN MY UNDERSTANDING, IF I ONLY HAVE A MILLION AND A HALF, I CAN'T FIX SOMETHING THAT'S $3 MILLION LIKE THE PREVIOUS BOARD MISMATCH.

$400,000. SO NO, NO, WE DON'T WANT THAT TO OCCUR.

NO, I'M JUST SAYING WE DON'T WANT THAT TO OCCUR.

NO, I'M JUST SAYING WE JUST DON'T WANT THAT TO HAPPEN.

STOP PLEASE. I'M.

PLEASE. THE REALITY IS THERE COULD BE MORE MONEY.

IT'LL BE IF THIS GOES THROUGH.

IT'S INCUMBENT ON THIS COMMUNITY TO KNOW AS SOON AS THE PROJECT IS BID HOW MUCH IT'S GOING TO COST AND HOW MUCH TO ASSESS THE ASSOCIATION MEMBERS IF THEY'RE GOING TO NEED MORE MONEY THAN WHAT THEY GET OUT OF THE PROCEEDS.

IT IS UP TO THEM BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT COMMUNITY, IF THIS SHOULD GO THROUGH, ALL EYES ARE ON YOU.

AND IF ANY PROBLEM COMES BACK, ALL EYES ARE ON YOU.

SO. AT THIS POINT IN TIME THE AMENDMENT.

DO I NEED A VOTE TO CHANGE THE AMENDMENT? WITH ALL $1.5 ALREADY SO THERE'S NO ISSUE.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

MOVING RIGHT ALONG LIKE MOLASSES OVER HERE.

AT THIS TIME.

IT COMES FOR A VOTE ON WHETHER OR NOT TR 13981.

WITH THE AMENDMENT, WITH THE MINOR AMENDMENTS.

RIGHT. I MEAN, THE TYPOS.

NOTHING MAJOR. MISS DILLON, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. COMMISSIONER DANIEL.

YES. COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS.

NO. MAYOR GOMEZ.

NO. COMMISSIONER WRIGHT.

YES. VICE MAYOR BOLTON.

YES, THANK YOU.

MOTION PASSES. 3 TO 2.

ALL RIGHTY, THEN. MOVING BACK TO GET HOME SAFELY.

EVERYBODY MOVING BACK TO REGULAR AGENDA 5A, DOES THIS COMMISSION NEED A BATHROOM BREAK? EVERYBODY, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, YOU'VE GOT TEN MINUTES.

PLEASE GO QUICKLY.

IT IS 11:32 BE BACK HERE AT 11:40.

SO YOU GOT.

NO. 11:45.

READY. ALL RIGHT, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE ARE BACK IN ACTION.

WE ARE AT NUMBER 5A CR 13953.

[5.a TR13953 - A Resolution of the City Commission of the City of Tamarac, Florida, approving the proposed millage rate of 7.1766 mills for general operating purposes; approving September 14, 2023 at 5:05 p.m. at the Tamarac Commission Chambers, 7525 N.W. 88th Avenue, Tamarac, Florida, as the date, time and place for the first Public Hearing to set the tentative millage rate and budget for Fiscal Year 2024; approving September 26, 2023 at 5:05 p.m. at the Tamarac Commission Chambers, 7525 N.W. 88th Avenue, Tamarac, Florida, as the date, time, and place for the second Public Hearing to adopt the millage rate and budget for Fiscal Year 2024; authorizing the City Manager to send the proposed millage rate of 7.1766 and the date, time and place for both the first and second Public Hearings to the Broward County Property Appraiser for Fiscal Year 2024; providing for conflicts; providing for severability; and providing for an effective date]

ITEM 5A RESOLUTION OF CITY COMMISSION.

CITY OF TAMARAC APPROVING THE PROPOSED MILLAGE RATE OF 7.1766 MILLS FOR GENERAL OPERATING PURPOSES, APPROVING SEPTEMBER 14TH, 2023 AT 5:05 P.M.

AT THE TAMARAC COMMISSION CHAMBERS AS THE DATE, TIME AND PLACE FOR THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING TO SET THE TENTATIVE MILLAGE RATE AND BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024, APPROVING SEPTEMBER 26TH, 2023 AT 5:05 P.M.

AT TAMARAC COMMISSION CHAMBERS AS THE DATE, TIME AND PLACE FOR THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING TO ADOPT THE MILLAGE RATE AND BUDGETS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024, AUTHORIZING CITY MANAGER TO SEND THE PROPOSED MILLAGE RATE OF 7.1766 MILLS AND THE DATE AND TIME PLACE OF BOTH THE FIRST AND SECOND PUBLIC HEARINGS TO THE BROWARD COUNTY PROPERTY APPRAISER FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024.

PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, PROVIDING FOR EFFECTIVE DATE.

THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU.

I'LL TAKE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

SO MOVED. SECOND.

MOTION BY COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS.

SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WRIGHT.

I WILL NOW OPEN PUBLIC COMMENTS.

IS THERE ANYBODY WHO'S LEFT IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WISHES TO MAKE A COMMENT AT THIS TIME? SEEING NONE. PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE NOW CLOSED.

MRS CHRISTINE CAJUSTE, THE DIRECTOR OF FINANCIAL SERVICES, AND MR. JEFF STREDER, BUDGET MANAGER, WILL MAKE A PRESENTATION.

FOR THE RECORD, JEFF STREDER, BUDGET MANAGER.

TR NUMBER 13953 WOULD SET THE PRELIMINARY MILLAGE RATE AND IT WOULD AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO SEND THE DATE,

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THE OPERATING THE THE PRELIMINARY MILLAGE RATE IS PROPOSED AT 7.1766 MILLS AND I WILL GIVE PROVIDE YOU WITH THE REASONING BEHIND THAT A LITTLE BIT LATER IN THE PRESENTATION.

AS PROPOSED, THE PRELIMINARY MILLAGE RATE WOULD EXCEED.

THE ROLLBACK RATE OF 6.3441 MILLS.

BY 13.12% AND THAT 6.3441 AS A ROLLBACK RATE IS SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE SHOWED YOU AT THE WORKSHOP, AND I'LL GIVE YOU DETAILS ON THAT A LITTLE BIT LATER IN THE PRESENTATION ALSO.

THE RATE APPROVED TONIGHT IN THIS RESOLUTION WILL CONSTITUTE A NOT TO EXCEED RATE FOR THE SEPTEMBER PUBLIC HEARINGS AND MILLAGE RATES ARE GENERALLY EXPRESSED IN TERMS OF RATE PER THOUSAND OF VALUE.

SO LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT AN EXAMPLE.

SO TAKE $50,000 OF TAXABLE VALUE.

WHAT YOU DO IS YOU TAKE THE $50,000 OF VALUE DIVIDE BY $1,000, MULTIPLY BY THE MILLAGE RATE, WHATEVER THAT MAY BE, AND THAT GIVES YOU THE TAXES LEVIED ON THAT $50,000 PROPERTY.

THE PROPOSED PRELIMINARY MILLAGE RATE OF 7.1766 MILLS WOULD SUPPORT THE PROPOSED OPERATING BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024, AS PRESENTED TO YOU AT THE JUNE 1ST, 21 WORKSHOP.

IT WILL ALSO SUPPORT THE CONTINUITY OF CURRENT SERVICE LEVELS.

THE FUNDING FOR THREE ADDITIONAL FULL TIME POSITIONS AND THE FUNDING FOR THE CONVERSION OF TWO PART TIME POSITIONS TO FULL TIME, WHICH WAS DETAILED AT THE JUNE [INAUDIBLE] WORKSHOP.

FUNDING FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS IN THE FISCAL YEAR 2024.

PROPOSED BUDGET RELIES HEAVILY ON APPROPRIATED FUND BALANCE.

ONLY A SMALL PERCENTAGE OF THE TOTAL FUNDING THAT'S BEING PROPOSED FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS WOULD BE GENERATED IN FISCAL YEAR 2024.

RESULTING IN THE CITY ESSENTIALLY HAVING TO RELY ON UNDESIGNATED SAVINGS AS IT HAS IN PAST YEARS.

THIS SHOWS WHAT THE PRELIMINARY MILLAGE RATE AND THE ASSESSMENTS AS BEING BROUGHT FORWARD TONIGHT MIGHT LOOK LIKE IN THE TRIM NOTICE.

THIS IS AN EXAMPLES FOR THE MEDIAN TAXABLE VALUE.

THIS IS THE JULY 1 TO JULY 1ST CERTIFIED MEDIAN TAXABLE VALUE FOR A TAMARAC SINGLE FAMILY HOME AS PUBLISHED BY THE PROPERTY APPRAISER.

IT ONLY WENT DOWN BY $5.

IT WENT DOWN FROM $160,325 TO $160,320.

SO THIS SHOWS YOU WHAT THE PRELIMINARY MILLAGE RATE AS PROPOSED AND THE ASSESSMENTS WOULD LOOK LIKE IN TRIM NOTICES FOR THE MEDIAN PROPERTY AND A FEW EXAMPLES BELOW THE MEDIAN, INCLUDING A TAXABLE VALUE OF ZERO.

SO I'LL LEAVE THAT UP THERE SO YOU CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THAT FOR A LITTLE BIT.

THIS DOES THE SAME THING, BUT IT DOES IT FOR SOME HIGHER VALUE TAXABLE, SOME HIGHER TAXABLE VALUES.

IT IT LOOKS AT $250,000, $300,000 AND $450,000.

AND THESE ARE THE PRELIMINARY MILLAGE.

THIS IS HOW THE TAXES WOULD LOOK BASED ON THE PRELIMINARY MILLAGE RATE AS PROPOSED AT 7.1766 AND THE ASSESSMENTS AS PROPOSED THAT WILL BE MAKING PRESENTATIONS ON LATER.

THIS SHOWS YOU THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE JULY, THE JUNE 1ST ESTIMATE AND THE JULY 1ST CERTIFIED VALUES.

THE DIFFERENCE IN THE ITEMS THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THE TAXABLE VALUE REPORT.

AS YOU CAN SEE, THE CITY TOTAL TAXABLE VALUE JUMPED $65.5 MILLION.

THE INCREASE FROM THE PRIOR YEAR CHANGED FROM 9.88% TO 11.11%.

THAT'S MAINLY BECAUSE THE NEW CONSTRUCTION VALUE WENT UP BY ALMOST $50 MILLION.

AND WHAT I BELIEVE WHAT HAPPENED THERE IS THAT SOME OF THE TAMARAC VILLAGE VALUE GOT ADDED LATE.

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SO THAT'S WHEN AND THAT ACTUALLY ALIGNS MORE WITH WHAT MARTY KIAR TOLD YOU WHEN HE CAME HERE AND MADE A PRESENTATION.

I RECALL HE SAID THAT THE NEW CONSTRUCTION VALUE WAS ABOUT $100 MILLION AND HERE YOU ARE AT ABOUT $100 MILLION, $97,319,720. THIS ALSO SHOWS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT THE TAXES LEVIED WOULD BE AT THE MILLAGE RATE PROPOSED IN THE FISCAL YEAR 2024 BUDGET AND THE LEVY WOULD GO UP BY $458,000 AND THE BUDGETED PROPERTY TAX REVENUE FROM THAT LEVY WOULD GO UP $435,000 OR APPROXIMATELY $436,000.

AND HERE'S WHERE WE SHOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE CALCULATED TRIM COMPLIANCE RATES.

THE JUNE 1ST ROLLED BACK RATE WAS 6.3635.

NOW, THE JULY 1ST CERTIFIED RATE IS 6.3441.

THE MAXIMUM MAJORITY VOTE RATE WAS 6.5442, AND THAT IS NOW 6.5242 AND THE SUPERMAJORITY VOTE RATE WAS, WHAT, JUNE 1ST 7.1986.

AND AT THE BUDGET WORKSHOP STAFF WAS DIRECTED TO BRING THE PRELIMINARY MILLAGE RATE AT 7.1986.

AT THE TIME, THAT WAS THE MAXIMUM SUPERMAJORITY VOTE RATE.

SO 7.1766 IS ESSENTIALLY THE EQUIVALENT OF 7.1986 BASED ON THE JULY 1ST CERTIFIED VALUES.

THAT'S WHY IT'S BEING BROUGHT FORWARD AT 7.1766.

ACTUALLY. AS A RESULT OF THE JULY 1ST CERTIFIED VALUES NOW, THE 7.1986 WOULD REQUIRE A UNANIMOUS VOTE.

WHEN YOU VOTE ON IT, A FINAL ADOPTED MILLAGE RATE.

THIS TABLE SHOWS THE IMPACT OF THE VARIOUS TRIMS COMPLIANCE RATES CALCULATED FOR JUNE 1 AND JULY 1. IT SHOWS THE IMPACT ON THE BUDGETED REVENUE AND THE BUDGETED REVENUE CHANGED FROM JUNE 1ST TO JULY 1ST AT THE PROPOSED AT THE MILLAGE RATE THAT'S IN THE FISCAL YEAR 2024 PROPOSED BUDGET INCREASES BY $435,000.

THE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE CURRENT BUDGET THE FISCAL YEAR 2023 BUDGETED REVENUE. AND THE ROLLBACK RATE IN JUNE, THERE WAS A LOSS OF $39,466.

NOW, IN WITH THE JULY 1ST CERTIFIED VALUE, THERE'S AN INCREASE OVER LAST YEAR OF $247, 621.

AND WITH THE MAXIMUM MAJORITY VOTE RATE.

THE INCREASE OVER THE FISCAL YEAR 2023 BUDGETED REVENUE WAS $966,000.

AND WITH THE JUNE 1ST VALUES, IT IS NOW $1.261 MILLION.

AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, THE MAXIMUM SUPERMAJORITY VOTE RATE.

THE INCREASE OVER THE JUNE OVER THE FISCAL YEAR 2023.

BUDGETED REVENUE BASED ON THE JUNE 1ST ESTIMATE WAS $4.6 MILLION.

THAT JUMPED TO $4.9 MILLION WITH THE JULY 1ST CERTIFIED VALUES.

THIS TABLE SHOWS YOU THE IMPACT OF THE VARIOUS JULY 1ST CALCULATED MILLAGE RATES AND THE RATE THAT'S IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET.

AND THE MEDIAN SINGLE FAMILY VALUE TAXPAYER.

YOU CAN SEE THAT THE IMPACT OF KEEPING THE MILLAGE RATE AT 7.00 BETWEEN LAST YEAR AND THIS YEAR ON THE MEDIAN TAXPAYER IS $42.88.

THE IMPACT ON THE MEDIAN TAXPAYER OF THE ROLLBACK RATE IS A REDUCTION OF $62.27.

THE IMPACT ON THE MEDIAN TAXPAYER WITH A MAXIMUM MAJORITY VOTE RATE IS A REDUCTION OF $33.40.

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THIS TABLE SHOWS THE IMPACT OF THE PRELIMINARY MILLAGE RATE AS PROPOSED.

AND VARIOUS TAXABLE VALUE TAXPAYERS RANGING FROM $25,000 ALL THE WAY UP TO $450,000 IN INCREMENTS OF $25,000.

AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THE IMPACT RANGES FROM $20.56 UP TO $187.12 BASED ON THE 7.1766 PROPOSED PRELIMINARY MILLAGE RATE. AND AGAIN, THE MEDIAN WHICH IS HIGHLIGHTED FOR YOU IS THE IMPACT IS $71.19.

NOW, BEFORE THE MEETING STARTED, THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT PROVIDED THE CITY COMMISSION AND THE CITY MANAGER WITH FOUR SPREADSHEETS THAT SHOW YOU THE IMPACT ON VARIOUS TAXABLE VALUE.

VARIOUS TAXABLE VALUES AT RANGING FROM $25,000 TO $450,000 IN INCREMENTS OF $25,000 FOR EACH ONE OF THE CALCULATED RATES.

THE ROLLBACK RATE.

THE MAJORITY VOTE RATE, THE SUPERMAJORITY VOTE RATE AND THE MILLAGE RATE AS PROPOSED IN THE FISCAL YEAR 2024 BUDGET.

SO YOU'VE GOT A SPREADSHEET THAT SHOWS IMPACTS ON A RANGE OF TAXPAYERS FOR ALL OF THOSE DIFFERENT MILLAGE RATES, RATHER THAN PUT IT IN A SLIDE AND JUST, YOU KNOW, LOAD UP THIS PRESENTATION.

SO LAST, I WANT TO LEAVE YOU WITH SOME IMPORTANT TIMELINE DATES.

NO LATER THAN AUGUST 4TH, 2023, THE CITY MUST SUBMIT THE ADOPTED PRELIMINARY MILLAGE RATE ALONG WITH THE FOUR ASSESSMENT RATES TO THE PROPERTY APPRAISER'S OFFICE.

ON AUGUST 12TH ON OR AROUND AUGUST 12TH, THE PROPERTY APPRAISER WILL BEGIN MAILING TRIM NOTICES.

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14TH, 2023 AT 5:05 P.M.

WILL BE THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING THAT WILL BE TO ADOPT A TENTATIVE MILLAGE RATE AND BUDGET AND FINAL PUBLIC HEARING TO ADOPT FINAL ASSESSMENT RATES.

SEPTEMBER 23RD, 2023 THE BUDGET AD WILL APPEAR IN THE SUN SENTINEL.

AND TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26TH, 2023 AT 5:05 P.M.

WILL BE THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING AND THAT WILL BE TO ADOPT THE FINAL MILLAGE RATE AND BUDGET.

JUST TO RECAP, THE GENERAL FUND OPERATING MILLAGE RATE PROPOSED IS 7.166 MILLS, AND THAT IS PROPOSED AS A NOT TO EXCEED RATE FOR THE SEPTEMBER PUBLIC HEARINGS.

IT PROVIDES FOR GENERAL OPERATIONS OF THE CITY FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024.

IT MAINTAINS CURRENT SERVICE LEVELS AT A TIME WHEN THE CITY WILL PAY WILL BE PAYING CONSIDERABLY MORE FOR ALL GOODS AND SERVICES, AND IT FUNDS THE DESIRED LEVEL OF CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS.

AND WITH THAT, CHRISTINE AND I ARE AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.

COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS. SO BACK TWO YEARS AGO, WE FOUGHT REALLY HARD TO DROP IT TO 7.0.

LAST YEAR I THINK IT WAS ONE OF TAMARACS HOME RUN MEETINGS.

WHEN IT CAME TO THE MILLAGE RATE TO LOWER THE MILLAGE RATE, WHOSE IDEA WAS IT TO INCREASE IT TO 7.1766? THAT WAS DIRECTION THAT WE RECEIVED AT THE BUDGET WORKSHOP AT THE VERY END.

THAT'S RIGHT. THAT WAS VICE MAYOR.

SORRY. UM, I'M.

I'M NOT IN FAVOR OF IT.

I'M IN FAVOR OF KEEPING IT THE SAME AT THE 7.0.

AND I THINK WE NEED TO FIGURE THAT OUT HOWEVER HOWEVER IT TAKES, I DON'T SEE WHY WE NEED TO INCREASE THE TAXES FROM WHAT PEOPLE ARE ALREADY USED TO CONSIDERING EVERY INCREASE THEY'VE HAD.

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WE'RE GOING TO SPEND $4 MILLION ON X PROJECT AS THE EXCUSE BECAUSE WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN RESPONSIBLE BEFORE THIS ITEM SHOULD HAVE BEEN HERE BEFORE. AND THEN CONSIDER THOSE BUYING THOSE PROPERTIES OR UPGRADING ANYTHING.

THAT'S ABOUT IT. I'M NOT GOING TO DISCUSS IT ANYMORE.

COMMISSIONER DANIEL, JUST FOR CLARIFICATION.

THAT WAS PUT ASKED TO PUT THERE BECAUSE WE WERE DISCUSSING THE FIRE ASSESSMENT WHETHER OR NOT IT WOULD BE BEST TO.

I KNOW IT'S SEPARATE, BUT I'M SAYING DURING THAT WORKSHOP IT WAS WHETHER OR NOT WE WERE GOING TO DO THE FIRE ASSESSMENT AND IF WE DIDN'T APPROVE THAT, WE HAD TO PAY FOR THE THE BILL.

SO WHAT ARE WE GOING TO RAISE THE INCREASE THE MILLAGE RATE? SO AND WE WERE TOLD THAT WE WOULD VOTE ON IT.

SO NO ONE WAS IN AGREEMENT TO MAKE IT THIS.

IT WAS ABOUT HEARING THE FIRE ASSESSMENT PRESENTATION.

AND WOULD THAT BE THE BEST ROUTE TO GO FOR THE FIRE? YOU KNOW, NOT RELEVANT.

VICE MAYOR. THANK YOU, MR. STREDER. WHEN WE SET THE WHEN WE GIVE CONSENSUS ABOUT THE MILLAGE RATE, THE DISCUSSION WAS THAT EVEN IF WE SET IT AT 7.1766 MILLS, THAT AT THESE MEETINGS WE CAN LOWER IT, BUT WE CAN'T GO ABOVE IT.

THAT WAS PRETTY MUCH THE CRUX OF THE MATTER, RIGHT? THAT'S CORRECT. THE MILLAGE RATE ADOPTED TONIGHT WOULD BE AN NOT TO EXCEED RATE THAT YOU COULD ONLY LOWER AT THE SEPTEMBER PUBLIC HEARINGS WITHOUT A SIGNIFICANT COST TO THE CITY.

WHAT WOULD HAVE TO HAPPEN IS IN ORDER TO INCREASE IT, WE WOULD HAVE TO NOTICE 32,000 DIFFERENT INDIVIDUAL PROPERTY OWNERS AND THAT COMES WITH A SIGNIFICANT COST.

OKAY, APPROXIMATELY 32,000.

SO IN ESSENCE, WHEN WE SAY THE NOT TO EXCEED RATE IS 7.1766 MILLS, WE'RE NOT SAYING THAT WE WANT TO INCREASE TAXES. WE'RE JUST SAYING THAT WE DON'T WANT TO GO ABOVE THAT NUMBER.

THAT'S WHAT YOU'D BE SAYING TONIGHT BY ADOPTING THAT, CORRECT.

OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

DO YOU WANT TO TAKE YOUR NEXT ROUND OR NO? THANK YOU FOR YOUR VERY THOUGHT OUT PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU FOR ALL THE DETAIL.

WE APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH.

IT IS NOT TO EXCEED AND IS FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION WHEN WE ACTUALLY GO THROUGH MORE BUDGET WORKSHOPS IN SEPTEMBER AND CONSIDERING THE NEEDS FOR MORE POLICE, CONSIDERING THE NEEDS FOR VARIOUS THINGS THAT WE HAVE DISCUSSED, I THINK THAT IT IS GOOD TO PUT IT OUT THERE FOR THE HIGHEST AND FIGURE IT OUT BETWEEN NOW AND SEPTEMBER.

SO I DON'T KNOW.

I DON'T SEE ANYBODY ELSE WISHING TO MAKE A COMMENT.

THEREFORE. CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.

COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS.

NO. COMMISSIONER DANIEL.

YES. MAYOR GOMEZ.

YES. VICE MAYOR BOLTON.

YES. COMMISSIONER WRIGHT.

YES. THANK YOU.

MOTION PASSES. 4 TO 1.

THANK YOU. WE ARE NOW GOING TO 5B.

TR 13954 RESOLUTION TO BE READ FOR THE RECORD BY THE CITY ATTORNEY.

[5.b TR13954 - A Resolution of the City Commission of the City of Tamarac, Florida, relating to the provision of Fire Rescue services, facility and programs in the City of Tamarac, Florida; establishing the estimated assessment rate for Fire Rescue Assessments for the Fiscal Year beginning October 1, 2023; directing the preparation of an Assessment Roll; authorizing a public hearing and directing the provision of notice thereof; providing for conflicts; providing for severability; and providing for an effective date]

THANK YOU. I'LL TAKE A SECOND.

SECOND. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WRIGHT.

OH, I'M SORRY. COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS.

IT SOUNDED SO FAR AWAY.

IT WAS SO QUIET THAT I THOUGHT IT WAS LIKE TWO YEARS DOWN.

PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE NOW OPEN.

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MS.CAJUSTE OR MR. STREDER WILL MAKE A PRESENTATION.

DO YOU NEED YOUR TITLES FOR THE RECORD? FOR THE RECORD, JEFF STREDER, BUDGET MANAGER.

THANK YOU, TR 13954 WOULD ESTABLISH THE FISCAL YEAR 2024 PRELIMINARY FIRE RESCUE ASSESSMENT.

THE PRELIMINARY RESIDENTIAL RATE OF $420 IS BEING PROPOSED, WHICH IS A $70 INCREASE FROM THE FISCAL YEAR 2023 RATE OF $350.

THIS IS AS A RESULT OF A RECENT UPDATE TO THE FIRE RESCUE ASSESSMENT.

DONE BY GOVERNMENT SERVICES GROUP.

THE ESTIMATED NET TOTAL ASSESSMENT ROLL IS $16,824,210, WHICH WOULD RESULT IN BUDGETED REVENUE FOR THE FIRE RESCUE FUND OF $15,983,000.

IT PROVIDES FUNDING AT 93.45% OF THE COST OF FIRE SERVICES ONLY ON A FIVE YEAR AVERAGE, AND IT REPRESENTS 50.6% OF TOTAL FUNDING OF THE FIRE RESCUE DEPARTMENT BUDGET OF $31.4 MILLION APPROXIMATELY.

THESE ARE THE INDIVIDUAL RATES FOR COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL AND INSTITUTIONAL BASED ON A RANGE OF SQUARE FOOTAGE.

THESE ARE WHAT THOSE INDIVIDUAL RATES WOULD BE IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE $420 RESIDENTIAL RATE.

I'LL LEAVE THOSE UP THERE FOR A LITTLE BIT SO YOU CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THOSE.

TR 13954 ESTABLISHES THE PRELIMINARY FIRE RESCUE ASSESSMENT FOR NOTICE PURPOSES.

THE PRELIMINARY FIRE RESCUE ASSESSMENTS WILL BE PUBLISHED IN THE TRIM NOTICES BEGINNING AUGUST 12TH, 2023.

NOTICE OF THE PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE PUBLISHED ON AUGUST 16TH, 2023.

AND THE PUBLIC HEARING IS TO BE HELD ON SEPTEMBER 14TH, 2023 TO ADOPT THE FINAL FIRE RESCUE ASSESSMENT RATE. AND WITH THAT, CHRISTINE AND I ARE HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.

SEEING NO QUESTION. IS THERE A QUESTION? COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS.

SO IF WE DON'T APPROVE IT, THAT MEANS THAT THE GENERAL FUND WOULD HAVE TO BE USED TO COVER THE DIFFERENCE ? EITHER THAT OR YOU'D HAVE TO RELY MORE HEAVILY ON AN APPROPRIATION FROM FUND BALANCE IN THE FIRE RESCUE FUND OR A COMBINATION OF BOTH.

SO EITHER WAY, WE GET THE SAME SERVICE WHICHEVER WAY WE CHOOSE OF PAYING IT, CORRECT? AS LONG AS WE CAN KEEP THE BUDGET AT THE SAME LEVEL.

OKAY. WHAT I CAN TELL YOU THAT IF THE $350,000 OR I'M SORRY, THE $350 RESIDENTIAL RATE WOULD GENERATE APPROXIMATELY BUDGETED REVENUE OF ABOUT $13.4 OR $13.5 MILLION.

IN COMPARISON TO $15,000,983.

SO THAT'S ABOUT TWO AND A $2.5 MILLION SWING IN BUDGETED REVENUE FOR THE FIRE RESCUE FUND.

BETWEEN THE $350 RATE AND THE $420.

SO THAT MEANS THAT.

I CAN EITHER. WE.

I'M SORRY. I JUST WANT TO ADD SOMETHING TO THAT.

YES. THAT IN ORDER TO WITH THE CHANGE IN THE RATE STRUCTURE, IN ORDER TO EVEN GET THE SAME REVENUE THAT WE GOT THIS YEAR, NEXT YEAR, WITH THE CHANGE IN THE RATE STRUCTURE, THE RATE WOULD HAVE TO BE $351.

SO $351 WOULD BE THE COST NEUTRAL RATE.

SO IF WE DO THE $420, THAT'S EVERYBODY PAYS THE SAME.

WHETHER YOUR CONDO IS $100,000 OR YOUR HOUSE IS $1 MILLION, YOU'RE PAYING $420, ALL RESIDENTIAL, RIGHT? SO IF WE DON'T DO THAT, THAT MEANS EVERYBODY PAYS THEIR SHARE PORTION IF WE NEED TO OFFSET THAT BALANCE.

I'M NOT SURE I UNDERSTAND THAT QUESTION.

SO THE $2.5 MILLION THAT'S IN QUESTION, RIGHT? WHO PAYS THAT DIFFERENCE? HOW DOES IT GET PAID? WELL, IT WOULD BE, AS JEFF SAID, IT WOULD BE A COMBINATION OF EITHER THE GENERAL FUND SUPPORTING THE FIRE FUND OR UTILIZING APPROPRIATED

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SO IF OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT WON'T BE HINDERED BY EITHER OR DECISION THAT WE MAKE.

YES. OKAY.

THANK YOU.

CAN YOU CLARIFY HOW IT'S NOT HINDERED OR BECAUSE WE WOULD MAKE WE WOULD HAVE TO MAKE IT WHOLE BY USING THE GENERAL FUND TO SUPPORT THE FIRE FUND OR UTILIZING THEIR SAVINGS.

AND AT SOME POINT THEIR SAVINGS WOULD DWINDLE DOWN TO NOTHING AND THEN THEN IT WOULD BE DETRIMENTAL TO THE FIRE.

CITY MANAGER. IT'S OKAY.

I JUST I WAS GOING TO CLARIFY, YOU KNOW WHAT WE'RE SAYING HERE, BUT.

BUT IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I WON'T.

WHAT WE'RE SAYING, MAYOR, IS THAT FIRE RESCUE OPERATION COSTS A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF DOLLARS AND THAT AMOUNT NEEDS TO BE MADE EITHER THROUGH FIRE ASSESSMENT OR THROUGH GENERAL FUND AND OTHER MEANS.

AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE SAYING HERE.

BASICALLY FIRE WILL BE FUNDED.

HOWEVER, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE ARE PAYING FOR IT IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.

IT DOESN'T MATTER WHICH WAY WE SAY IT, IT'S COMING OUT OF A POCKET SOMEWHERE AND IS GOING TO BE PAID.

PERIOD. YES.

YES. OKAY.

UNLESS THERE'S CUTS MADE TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

OH, THAT'S NOT HAPPENING. RIGHT.

THEN LET'S NOT EVEN GO THERE.

THAT'S NOT HAPPENING. LIKE WE'RE NOT EVEN GOING THROUGH THAT DISCUSSION.

WE'RE SIMPLY HERE TODAY FOR THIS PART AT 12:15 IN THE MORNING, ABOUT 420.

CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.

COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS FIRST AGAIN.

IT'S RANDOM COMMISSIONER.

IT'S NOT SO GOOD AT IT'S RANDOM.

NO, IT'S REALLY NOT SO GOOD AS RANDOM.

GO AHEAD. AND ANSWER THE QUESTION.

ALL RIGHT. SAID NO. OKAY.

SORRY. COMMISSIONER, RIGHT.

NO. MAYOR GOMEZ? YES. REMINDS ME A BOLTON.

YES. COMMISSIONER.

DANIEL. YES.

THANK YOU. MOTION PASSES 3 TO 2.

ALL RIGHT.

THAT'S UP TO YOU GUYS.

5C TR 13955.

CITY ATTORNEY PLEASE READ THE TITLE FOR THE RECORD.

[5.c TR13955 - A Resolution of the City Commission of the City of Tamarac, Florida, relating to the provision of stormwater management provided by the City’s Stormwater Utility; determining that certain real property will be specifically benefited thereby; establishing and confirming the method of calculating the cost of stormwater management service against the real property that will be specifically benefited thereby; directing the City Manager to prepare or direct the preparation of a preliminary Stormwater Utility Management Fee Roll based upon the methodology set forth herein; establishing a public hearing for the proposed Stormwater Utility Management Fees and directing the provision of notice in connection therewith; providing for conflict; providing for severability; and providing for an effective date]

CITY TAMARAC LADY.

FOR THE VISUAL ORDER.

THANK YOU. STORMWATER MANAGEMENT PROVIDED BY THE CITY STORMWATER UTILITY DETERMINED THAT CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY WILL BE SPECIFICALLY BENEFITED.

ESTABLISHING AND CONFIRMING THE METHOD OF CALCULATING THE COST OF STORMWATER MANAGEMENT SERVICE AGAINST THE REAL PROPERTY THAT WILL BE SPECIFICALLY BENEFITED.

DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER TO PREPARE OR DIRECT THE PREPARATION OF PRELIMINARY STORMWATER UTILITY MANAGEMENT FEE ROLE BASED UPON THE METHODOLOGY SET FORTH HEREIN.

ESTABLISHING A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE PROPOSED STORMWATER UTILITY MANAGEMENT FEES DIRECTING THE PROVISION OF NOTICE IN CONNECTION THEREWITH, PROVIDING FOR CONFLICT, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, PROVIDING FOR EFFECTIVE DATE.

THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

LET'S TAKE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

SO MOVED. SECOND.

MOTION BY COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WRIGHT.

PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE NOT OPEN.

PUBLIC COMMENTS SEEM TO BE CLOSED.

MRS. GEORGIA'S DIRECTOR OF FINANCIAL SERVICES AND MR. STREDER BUDGET MANAGER, IS UP TO MAKE A PRESENTATION FOR THE RECORD.

JEFF STREDER BUDGET MANAGER.

TR 13955 WOULD SET THE PRELIMINARY STORMWATER UTILITY MANAGEMENT FEE SPECIAL ASSESSMENT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024. THE ASSESSMENT WAS AUTHORIZED ON APRIL 24TH, 2013.

THE PROPOSED ASSESSMENT IS $160.61 PER EQUIVALENT RESIDENTIAL UNIT OR TWO.

THIS IS $6.16 HIGHER THAN THE.

WELL, LET ME GO BACK.

A RESIDENTIAL HOME IS CONSIDERED ONE THROUGH AND 8000 HUNDRED AND 30FT² FOR OTHER TYPES OF PROPERTY IS CONSIDERED ONE THROUGH.

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AND THIS IS CONSISTENT WITH SECTION 22 TO 54 CODE OF ORDINANCES THAT ALLOWS FOR THE INCREASE OF 3% OR THE CPI, WHICHEVER IS HIGHER.

AND BASED ON THE MAY 20TH 23RD CPI RELEASE, WHICH ALL THAT WAS AVAILABLE AT THE TIME THAT THIS RESOLUTION WAS BEING PREPARED.

IT'S A IT'S A 4.0% CHANGE IN CPI.

AND THE ASSESSMENT WILL FUND THE ANNUAL OPERATIONS OF THE STORMWATER SYSTEM, INCLUDING CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS AND CAPITAL EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT.

TR 13955 ESTABLISHES THE PRELIMINARY RATE.

THE PRELIMINARY STORMWATER ASSESSMENT WILL BE PUBLISHED VIA TRIM NOTICES BEGINNING AUGUST 12TH.

THE NOTICE OF THE HEARING WILL BE PUBLISHED IN THE SUN SENTINEL ON AUGUST 16TH, 2023, AND THE PUBLIC HEARING TO ADOPT THE FINAL ASSESSMENT WILL BE AT 5:05 P.M.

ON THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14TH, 2023.

AND WITH THAT, CHRISTINA AND I ARE AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS.

MR. DOHERTY, WOULD YOU MIND COMING UP, PLEASE? THROUGH THE CITY MANAGER. WHEN WE SAY.

THIS MONEY FUNDS THE ANNUAL OPERATIONS OF STORMWATER SYSTEM, INCLUDING CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS AND CAPITAL EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT.

CAN YOU PLEASE DETAIL FOR EVERYBODY WHAT THAT GOES TO SPEND IN OUR CITY TO KEEP OUR WATER RUNNING AND ALL THAT GOOD STUFF? ON THE OPERATIONS SIDE, THAT INCLUDES, FOR THE RECORD, JOHN DOHERTY, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC SERVICES ON THE OPERATIONS SIDE.

THAT INCLUDES ALL THE STORMWATER CHEMICALS THAT GO INTO THE WATERWAYS FOR AQUATIC GROWTH TREATMENT.

IT INCLUDES STAFF SALARIES, IT INCLUDES THE EQUIPMENT NECESSARY TO KEEP OUR STORMWATER SYSTEM RUNNING AND FUNCTIONING PROPERLY AND INCLUDES CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS THAT IMPROVE OUR STORMWATER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND TO KEEP US FROM FLOODING IN EVENT OF STORMWATER EVENTS.

THE NOT SO NICE SIDE. IT KEEPS US FROM HAVING ISSUES LIKE SISTER CITIES WHEN THEY HAVE THEIR.

WATER GO DOWN ALL THE TIME AND WHEN THEIR PIPES HAVE ISSUES.

AND BLESS YOU.

SNEEZING AT THE TRUTH, AS MY GRANDMOTHER WOULD SAY.

DOES IT HELP MAKE SURE THAT OUR INFRASTRUCTURE FOR OUR CITY.

PIPES ARE GOOD? YES, IT COVERS OUR ENTIRE INFRASTRUCTURE.

IT ALSO COVERS OUR THREE MASTER STORMWATER PUMP STATIONS.

WE HAVE THE BENEFIT OF HAVING THOSE STATIONS.

SOME OF OUR SISTER CITIES DO NOT HAVE MASTER STORMWATER PUMP STATIONS AND THEY RELY STRICTLY ON GRAVITY.

OUR EAST SIDE OF THE CITY IS ON GRAVITY.

OUR WEST SIDE OF CITY IS ON PUMP STATIONS, SO THOSE FUNDS ALSO GO INTO MAINTAINING THOSE MASTER STORMWATER PUMP STATIONS.

AND ALSO WHEN YOU SAID EMPLOYEE SALARY, IT ALSO GOES FOR THOSE MEN WHO HAVE TO GO OUT DURING THE STORMS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE OUR SYSTEM BEING ABLE TO LOWER THE CANALS AND TAKE CARE OF ALL THOSE THINGS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T FLOOD IN OUR HOMES.

AND YES, DURING STORMWATER EVENTS WE OFTEN HAVE STAFF WORKING AROUND THE CLOCK TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR STREETS ARE NOT FLOODED IN OUR CATCH BASINS ARE FREE OF DEBRIS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE THINK IT'S SMART TO THROW THEIR MATTRESSES IN OUR CANALS.

RIGHT? I DON'T RECOMMEND IT.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

SEEING NO OTHER COMMENTS, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.

VICE MAYOR BOLTON? YES.

COMMISSIONER DANIEL.

YES. YES.

COMMISSIONER WRIGHT. YES.

YES. COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS.

YES. THANK YOU.

MOTION PASSES 5 TO 0.

THANK YOU. MOVING NOW TO 5D, TR 13956.

CITY ATTORNEY. PLEASE READ THE TITLE FOR THE RECORD.

[5.d TR13956 - A Resolution of the City Commission of the City of Tamarac, Florida, relating to the provision of residential solid waste collection services and facilities and programs in the City of Tamarac, Florida; providing for purpose and definitions; providing for legislative determinations; establishing the estimated rate for the Residential Solid Waste Collection Services Assessment for the Fiscal Year beginning October 1, 2023; directing the preparation of a Residential Solid Waste Collection Services Special Assessment Roll; authorizing a public hearing and directing the provision of notice thereof; providing for conflicts; providing for severability; and providing for an effective date]

PROVIDING FOR LEGISLATIVE DETERMINATIONS.

SERVICE ESTIMATE RATE FOR THE RESIDENTIAL RESIDENTIAL SOLID WASTE COLLECTION SERVICE ASSESSMENT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING OCTOBER 1ST, 2023.

DIRECTING THE PREPARATION OF RESIDENTIAL SOLID WASTE COLLECTION SERVICE SPECIAL ASSESSMENT ROLE AUTHORIZING PUBLIC HEARING AND DIRECTING THE PROVISION OF NOTICE PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY PROVIDES FOR EFFECTIVE DATE.

THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND.

SO I MOVED. SECOND.

[04:50:08]

COMMISSIONER WRIGHT FOR THE SECOND.

OPENING IT UP NOW FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS.

PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE NOW CLOSED.

WHISKEY JUICE DIRECTOR OF FINANCIAL SERVICES AND JEFF STREETER BUDGET MANAGER ARE AVAILABLE AND MR. STREDER WILL MAKE A PRESENTATION FOR THE RECORD.

JEFF STREDER BUDGET MANAGER.

TR 13956 WOULD SET THE FISCAL YEAR 2024 PRELIMINARY SOLID WASTE COLLECTION SERVICES ASSESSMENT.

THE PROPOSED RESIDENTIAL RATE OF 278 75.

THERE REPRESENTS NO CHANGE FROM THE PRIOR YEAR OR MANY YEARS PRIOR TO THAT.

THE ESTIMATED TOTAL ASSESSMENT ROLE TO BE GENERATED IS $5,127,606.

IT PROVIDES FUNDING TO COVER THE COST OF SOLID WASTE COLLECTION SERVICES FOR SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL, WHICH IS CURBSIDE PICKUP, INCLUDING COLLECTION COSTS BY THE CITY OF TAMARAC FRANCHISEE WASTE MANAGEMENT.

IT COVERS DISPOSAL FEES AT BROWARD COUNTY AND IT PAYS FOR ADMINISTRATIVE FEES, INCLUDING COLLECTION AND BILLING FEES BY BROWARD COUNTY.

TR 13956 ESTABLISHES THE PRELIMINARY RATE.

THE PRELIMINARY RATE ASSESSMENT WILL BE PUBLISHED VIA TRIM NOTICES BEGINNING AUGUST 12TH, 2023.

NOTICE OF THE PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE IN THE SUN SENTINEL AUGUST 16TH, 2023, AND THE PUBLIC HEARING TO ADOPT THE FINAL ASSESSMENT WILL AGAIN BE ON SEPTEMBER 14TH, 2023 AT 5:05 P.M.

AND CHRISTINE AND I ARE HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.

SEEING NO QUESTIONS. LET'S CALL THE ROLL.

THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.

MAYOR GOMEZ? YES.

VICE MAYOR BOLTON. YES.

COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS? YES. COMMISSIONER DANIEL.

YES, COMMISSIONER WRIGHT.

YES. THANK YOU.

MOTION PASSES 5 TO 0.

THANK YOU. MOVING TO 5E TR13957.

[5.e TR13957 - A Resolution of the City Commission of the City of Tamarac, Florida, relating to the provision of nuisance abatement on certain real properties by the city in accordance with Chapter 9, Article II, Division V of the City’s Code of Ordinances; determining that certain real property has been specially benefited by the city’s abatement of nuisances thereon; directing the City Manager to prepare or direct the preparation of a Preliminary Nuisance Abatement Assessment Roll; establishing a public hearing for the proposed levy of unpaid Nuisance Abatement Assessments on the annual tax bill and directing the provision of notice in connection therewith; providing for conflict; providing for severability; and providing for an effective date]

YES. ITEM 5E RESOLUTION CITY COMMISSION.

CITY OF TAMARAC RELATING TO THE PROVISION OF NUISANCE ABATEMENT ON CERTAIN REAL PROPERTIES BY THE CITY IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER NINE, ARTICLE TWO, DIVISION FIVE OF CITY CODE OF ORDINANCE DETERMINE THAT REAL CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY HAS BEEN SPECIFICALLY BENEFITED BY THE CITY ABATEMENT OF NUISANCE, DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER TO DIRECT THE PREPARATION AND PRELIMINARY NUISANCE ABATEMENT ASSESSMENT WILL ESTABLISH A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE PROPOSED LEVY UNPAID NUISANCE ABATEMENT ASSESSMENT ON ANNUAL TAX BILL AND DIRECTING PROVISION OF NOTICE PROVIDING FOR CONFLICT, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY AND PROVIDING FOR EFFECTIVE DATE.

THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.

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

SO MOVED.

SECOND MOTION BY COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS.

SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WRIGHT.

PUBLIC COMMENTS NOW OPEN.

PUBLIC COMMENTS NOW CLOSED.

CHRISTINE CAJUSTE, DIRECTOR OF FINANCIAL SERVICES, AND JEFF STREDER, BUDGET MANAGER HERE FOR A PRESENTATION.

ALL RIGHT, FINAL ONE.

JEFF STREDER, BUDGET MANAGER FOR THE RECORD.

TR 13957 WOULD ESTABLISH THE FISCAL YEAR 2024 PRELIMINARY PUBLIC NUISANCE ABATEMENT ASSESSMENT.

THE ASSESSMENT WAS AUTHORIZED ON MAY 9TH, 20, 2012 BY ORDINANCE.

BETWEEN JUNE 1ST, 2022 AND MAY 31ST, 2023.

CODE COMPLIANCE ABATED SEVEN NUISANCES ON FOUR PROPERTIES AT A COST OF $1,625.

CITY STAFF HAS COMPLIED WITH TERMS AND CONDITIONS IN THE GOVERNING ORDINANCE, AND NONE OF THESE FOUR PROPERTY OWNERS AVAIL THEMSELVES TO THE APPEALS PROCESS THAT'S PROVIDED IN THAT ORDINANCE.

PROPOSED ASSESSMENTS ON THE FOUR PROPERTIES RANGE FROM $564.22 TO $1692.66.

AND THE PRELIMINARY NUISANCE ABATEMENT ASSESSMENT ROLL TOTAL.

IS $4,003.23.

THIS THIS IS THE 1625 THAT I DETAILED IN THE PREVIOUS SLIDE.

PLUS, BROWARD COUNTY APPRAISER, FREE TAX COLLECTOR FEE ANY ADMINISTRATIVE FEE TO DEVELOP THE ASSESSMENT AND A GROSS UP FOR DISCOUNTS FOR EARLY PAYMENT.

TR 13957 ESTABLISHES THE PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT.

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THE PRELIMINARY PUBLIC NUISANCE ABATEMENT ASSESSMENTS WILL BE PUBLISHED VIA TRIM.

VIA TRIM NOTICES BEGINNING AUGUST 12TH.

NOTICE OF THE PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE PUBLISHED IN THE SUN SENTINEL ON AUGUST 16TH, 2023, AND THE PUBLIC HEARING TO ADOPT THE FINAL ASSESSMENT WILL BE ON SEPTEMBER 14TH, 2023.

AND WITH THAT, CHRISTINA AND I ARE HERE FOR QUESTIONS.

SEEING. NO QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOU, CHRISTINE.

THE WHOLE TEAM IN FINANCE FOR ALL THAT YOU DO.

CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.

COMMISSIONER DANIEL.

YES. COMMISSIONER WRIGHT.

YES. COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS.

YES. MAYOR GOMEZ.

YES. VICE MAYOR BOLTON.

YES. THANK YOU.

MOTION PASSES 5 TO 0.

5F TR 13952.

[5.f TR13952 - A Resolution of the City Commission of the City of Tamarac, Florida, authorizing the appropriate City Officials to execute a 60 month lease agreement with Yamaha Motor Finance Corporation, USA for the lease of 100 Yamaha golf carts at a monthly rate of $10,564.99; providing for conflicts; providing for severability; and providing for an effective date]

ITEM 5F A RESOLUTION OF CITY COMMISSION CITY OF TAMARAC AUTHORIZING APPROPRIATE CITY OFFICIALS TO EXECUTE A 60 MONTH LEASE AGREEMENT WITH YAMAHA MOTOR FINANCE CORPORATION FOR THE LEASE OF 100 YAMAHA GOLF COURSE AT A MONTHLY RATE OF 10,564.99 CENTS PER I'VE OF CONFLICT PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.

THANK YOU. NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND? SO MOVED. SECOND.

MOTION BY THE VICE MAYOR.

SECOND BY COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS.

PUBLIC COMMENTS NOW OPEN.

PUBLIC COMMENTS NOW CLOSED.

WE HAVE GREG WARNER, A PARK AND REC DIRECTOR, AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS.

I HAVE A QUESTION.

ALL RIGHT. COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS.

JUST QUICKLY, SO IT'S FOR 100 GOLF CARTS.

HOW MANY APPROXIMATELY GETS USED UP PER MONTH ASIDE FROM THE TOURNAMENTS? JUST MORE OR LESS. THERE WAS A QUESTION ASKED EARLIER AND FOR THE RECORD, GREG WARNER, DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION.

I CAN'T SPEAK SPECIFICALLY TO I DO HAVE CANDACE CLATTERBUCK HERE, OUR GENERAL MANAGER AT THE GOLF COURSE.

SHE MAY BE ABLE TO BE BETTER ABLE TO ANSWER THAT, BUT I DO KNOW THE CHAMPIONSHIP COURSE PUTS OUT ABOUT 800 ROUNDS PER MONTH AND THE GLADES COURSE ABOUT JUST UNDER 500 ROUNDS PER MONTH.

SO THE GOLF CARTS GO OUT IN THAT IN THAT MANNER.

YES, THOSE GOLF CARTS.

AND THESE ARE THESE 100 GOLF CARTS ARE REPLACING THE 100 CURRENTLY THAT WE HAVE ON LEASE.

THE CURRENT LEASE EXPIRES ON OCTOBER 1ST OF 2023.

AND THESE GOLF CARTS ARE A EXCUSE ME, LITHIUM BATTERY AND INDEPENDENT REAR SUSPENSION, WHICH WILL ALLOW THEM TO BE A LOT MORE COMFORTABLE ON THE ROUGH, ROUGH PATCHES AS WELL AS THEY WILL BE MORE DURABLE.

AND JUST FOR THE RECORD, SOME OF THEM ARE VERY IN BAD SHAPE.

SO, I MEAN, I'M HAPPY.

HOPEFULLY IT DOESN'T GET VOTED DOWN BECAUSE I'M HAPPY.

COMMISSIONER WRIGHT. JUST A QUICK QUESTION.

THE PREVIOUS LEASE WAS FOR 3200 PER MONTH AND THIS NEW LEASE IS FOR LIKE 10,000.

WHY IS SUCH A HUGE DIFFERENCE IN THE SPAN OF FIVE YEARS? SO WHEN THE CITY TOOK OVER THE GOLF COURSE IN 2011, THERE WERE SOME EXISTING GOLF CARTS AND THE CITY REPLACED THOSE AND THEY PURCHASED THE GOLF CARTS. AT THAT TIME, IN 2018, IT WAS DEEMED MORE FISCALLY SOUND TO TO LEASE THE GOLF CARTS.

SO AT THAT TIME, OWNING THE THE OLD GOLF CARTS, WE WERE ABLE TO TRADE THOSE IN.

SO THAT VALUE OFFSET THE LEASE COST.

AND THAT'S WHY WE ARE WE'RE SO LOW.

SO AT THAT TIME WE DID A 42 MONTH LEASE AND THEN WE EXTENDED IT BY TWO ONE YEAR EXTENSIONS, KEEPING THEM AS LONG AS WE COULD AT THAT $3,000 RATE.

SO NOW WE'RE LEASING WITH NO TRADE IN.

SO THAT VALUE HAS THAT MONTHLY COST HAS INCREASED BY THAT AMOUNT.

QUESTION, GREG.

THE PAYMENT OF THESE CARDS.

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CORRECT. CORRECT.

SO THIS IS JUST MAKING SURE THAT WE SPEND WISELY.

AND THEN THE PEOPLE WHO WILL BE PLAYING GOLF AND USING THE CARDS WILL BE PAYING IT THROUGH THEIR USER FEES.

CORRECT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

CITY CLERK. HUH? OH, I KNOW. I SEE HER. SHE'S BEEN HERE ALL NIGHT.

GOOD TO SEE YOU.

SHE'S HUNG WITH US ALL NIGHT.

YEP. GOOD JOB. THANK YOU.

CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

THANK YOU, MAYOR GOMEZ.

COMMISSIONER WRIGHT? YES.

COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS? YES. COMMISSIONER DANIEL? YES. MAYOR GOMEZ? YES. COMMISSIONER.

VICE MAYOR. BOLTON. YES.

THANK YOU. MOTION PASSES 5 TO 0.

5G TR 13979.

CITY ATTORNEY PLEASE READ THE TITLE FOR THE RECORD.

[5.g TR13979 - A Resolution of the City Commission of the City of Tamarac, Florida, authorizing the appropriate City Officials to award RFP 23-22R and execute an Agreement with Beefree, LLC, dba Freebee for the provision of On-Demand Rideshare Services for a three (3) year Agreement at an amount not to exceed $1,049,992.30, plus a contingency in the amount of $150,000.00 for a total three (3) year budget of $1,199,992.30; providing for the extension and renewal of the agreements or approval of assignments and other amendments to the agreements by the City Manager or appropriate City Officials; authorizing the appropriation of funds; providing for conflicts; providing for severability; and providing an effective date]

CITY COMMISSION SAMING TAMARAC AUTHORIZING APPROPRIATE CITY OFFICIALS TO AWARD RFP 2320 TO ALL AND EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT WITH FREEBEE LLC DOING BUSINESS AS FREEBEE FOR THE PROVISION OF ON DEMAND RIDESHARE SERVICE FOR A THREE YEAR AGREEMENT, AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $1,049,992.30 PLUS CONTINGENCY AMOUNT OF $150,000 FOR A THREE YEAR BUDGET $1,199,992.30 FOR EXTENSION AND RENEWALS PROVIDING FOR EFFECTIVE DATE.

THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND.

MADAM MAYOR, IF I MAY, I'M ASKING YOUR CONSENT TO PULL THIS ITEM FROM THE AGENDA TONIGHT.

I'VE GOT MINE. UM, CITY MANAGERS WISHING TO PULL THIS ITEM FROM THE AGENDA.

OKAY WITH COMMISSIONER WRIGHT? NO.

OKAY. NOT OKAY WITH COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS.

VERY OKAY WITH ME.

COMMISSIONER DANIEL. SHE'S OKAY WITH IT.

YES. YES.

4 TO 1. THANK YOU.

PUBLIC HEARINGS. I'M KIND OF GIVING ME A SECOND.

I'M JUST MAKING SURE THAT I'M SEEING THIS CORRECTLY.

WE ARE NOW DONE WITH A REGULAR AGENDA.

WE ARE NOW MOVING TO ITEM NUMBER 7, OUR PUBLIC HEARINGS.

[7.a TR13959 - A Resolution of the City Commission of the City of Tamarac, Florida, approving the projects recommended for inclusion in the Fiscal Year 2023/2024 Annual Action Plan for expenditure of the Community Development Block Grant Funds estimated to be $497,807 for the twenty fourth program year, attached hereto as Exhibit “A”; authorizing the appropriate City Officials to submit said Annual Action Plan and related documents to the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development; authorizing the Mayor or appropriate City Officials to execute Fiscal Year 2023-2024 Annual Action Plan federal application for funding; providing for conflicts; providing for severability; and providing for an effective date]

OKAY. 7A R13959.

CITY ATTORNEY PLEASE READ THE TITLE FOR THE RECORD.

YES, ITEM 7A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF CITY OF TAMARAC APPROVING A BUDGET THE PROJECT'S AMENDED FOR INCLUSION IN FISCAL YEAR 2023-2024 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN FOR THE EXPENDITURE OF THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANTS, ESTIMATED AT TO BE $497,807 FOR THE 24TH PROGRAM YEAR, ATTACHED AS EXHIBIT A AUTHORIZING CITY OFFICIALS TO SUBMIT ANNUAL ACTION PLAN AND RELATED DOCUMENTS TO THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT.

AUTHORIZED MAYOR APPROPRIATE CITY OFFICIALS TO EXECUTE FISCAL YEAR 2023 TO 2024 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN FOR APPLICATION FUND AND PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, PROVIDING FOR EFFECTIVE DATE.

THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND.

SO MOVED. SECOND, SECOND.

I'VE GOT A MOTION BY THE VICE MAYOR AND I'VE GOT A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WRIGHT.

I DID THAT RIGHT? OKAY.

I HEARD SOMETHING. PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE NOW OPEN.

PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE NOW CLOSED.

WE HAD A PRESENTATION FOR THIS ITEM AT MONDAY'S WORKSHOP.

MS. GALLOWAY, THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER AND DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, IS AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS WE MAY HAVE.

NOT SEEING ANY QUESTIONS BY THIS COMMISSION.

CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.

VICE MAYOR BOLTON. YES.

COMMISSIONER DANIEL.

YES. COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS.

YES. MAYOR GOMEZ.

YES. COMMISSIONER WRIGHT.

YES. THANK YOU.

MOTION PASSES 5 TO 0.

EXCELLENT. WE ARE NOW GOING TO OUR ORDINANCES ON SECOND READING.

8A T02532.

CITY ATTORNEY PLEASE READ THE TITLE FOR THE RECORD.

[8.a 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 an amendment to the definition of “Child Care Facility” to include private schools and to the definition of “School” to be consistent with Florida Statutes; providing for codification; providing for conflicts; providing for severability; and providing for an effective date]

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ALLOW FOR AN AMENDMENT TO THE DEFINITION OF CHILD CARE FACILITY TO INCLUDE PRIVATE SCHOOLS AND THE DEFINITION OF SCHOOL TO BE CONSISTENT WITH FLORIDA STATUTES PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION, PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS, PROVIDING SEVERABILITY, AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU.

I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND.

SECOND VICE MAYOR WITH A MOTION.

COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS WITH A SECOND.

THIS IS A AN ORDINANCE.

AN ORDINANCE ON SECOND READING.

AND PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE NOW OPEN.

PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE NOW CLOSED.

A PRESENTATION FOR THIS ITEM WAS DELIVERED AT FIRST READING BY MAXINE CALLOWAY ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, AND SHE IS AVAILABLE FOR ALL QUESTIONS.

SEEING NO DISCUSSION BY THIS COMMISSION.

CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.

COMMISSIONER WRIGHT.

YES. VICE MAYOR BOLTON.

YES. COMMISSIONER DANIEL.

YES. COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS.

YES. MAYOR GOMEZ.

YES. THANK YOU.

MOTION PASSES 5 TO 0.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WE NOW TURN TO THE SECTION CALLED OTHER.

10A DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE MOTION OR CONSENSUS TO ADOPT A LIFE RING INITIATIVE AND APPROPRIATE.

[10.a Discussion and possible motion or consensus to adopt the Life Ring Initiative and appropriate the fiscal impact in the FY 24 budget. Requested by Vice Mayor Marlon Bolton]

THIS WAS REQUESTED BY VICE MAYOR BOLTON.

PLEASE SUMMARIZE THE ITEM.

VICE MAYOR BOLTON. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.

SOME WEEKS AGO, REPRESENTATIVE.

WELL, AIDEN'S MOM CAME TO THE CITY OF TAMARACK COMMISSION TO EXPLAIN WHAT AIDEN PERRY HERO LIFE RING INITIATIVE IS ABOUT.

SO RECALLING THAT PRESENTATION, THE PRESENTATION SAID, AFTER RECENTLY LOSING MY SON, TRAGICALLY, WHEN HE JUMPED INTO A LAKE TO TRY TO SAVE THE LIFE OF A DRIVER WHOSE CAR WENT INTO THE LAKE, I'M DETERMINED TO DO ANYTHING I CAN TO TRY AND PREVENT ANY GOOD SAMARITAN FROM SUFFERING THE SAME FATE.

AS YOU KNOW, ALSO, THERE WAS A CHILD THAT DROWNED IN THE CANAL IN MY COMMUNITY.

I THOUGHT THAT THIS WAS A GREAT IDEA FROM LIFE RING.

AND SO ON THAT NIGHT, I DIDN'T HEAR CLEAR CONSENSUS TO ADOPT THE PROGRAM AND MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PROGRAM. THE FISCAL IMPACT PER SIGN IS $34.50.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO GET CONSENSUS FROM THE COMMISSION WHETHER OR NOT WE WOULD LIKE TO ADOPT THIS PROGRAM.

AND OF COURSE, THE INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED TO THE CITY COMMISSION AT THE TIME THAT THE PRESENTER WAS HERE.

COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS IF VICE MAYOR WOULD GIVE US DETAILS ON THE 3450, IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT WE CAN POSSIBLY GET THEM FOR FREE.

FROM MY CONVERSATION, I BELIEVE HER NAME IS SARAH.

OUR. AIDEN'S MOTHER.

UM, BECAUSE HOME DEPOT AND LOWE'S, SHE HAS CONNECTIONS WITH THEM AND THEY CAN PROVIDE THE WOOD, THE SCREWS, VOLUNTEERS CAN INSTALL THEM.

I THINK THE ONLY THING WE NEED TO PAY FOR WOULD BE THE RINGS THEMSELVES, AND I THINK THAT GETS DONATED AS WELL.

SO. I MEAN.

I DON'T SEE WHY NOT.

I MEAN, IT'S A.

HOW MANY ARE WE? IF THE VICE MAYOR WOULD CONSIDER IT IS HIS ITEM.

HOW MANY WOULD BE INSTALLED? NOT THAT WE'RE TRYING TO PUT A DOLLAR FIGURE, BUT.

COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS.

YOU ARE. YOU ARE CORRECT.

THE PARENT DID SAY THAT THE WOOD AND THE LIFE RINGS WOULD BE FOR FREE AND THEY WOULD BE DONATED.

THAT IS WHAT WHAT I HEARD.

WE HEARD THE SAME THING TONIGHT.

I TOLD YOU THAT $334.50 IS THE COST OF THE SIGN.

AND THE SIGN SAYS, IN CASE OF EMERGENCY, DIAL 911.

USE AT YOUR OWN RISK.

THROW. DON'T GO.

RESCUE RING IS FOR EMERGENCY USE ONLY.

THAT'S THE SIGN.

THAT'S THE COST PER SIGN THAT I TOLD YOU ABOUT.

AND THAT IS FROM HER PRESENTATION.

SO FOR BUDGETING PURPOSES, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE FISCAL IMPACT OF THIS WOULD BE.

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AND I'M SURE THAT IS AN OVERZEALOUS PRICE.

IF STAFF SURE BUYS 100 SIGNS, THAT IS.

$3,450. I DON'T KNOW THE COST OF LUMBER.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS TO MOVE THOSE NUMBERS.

SO I'LL JUST SAY THE COST NOT TO EXCEED $5,000 IF THAT'S OKAY.

YEAH. SHE SAID THAT SHE'LL CONNECT US WITH HOME DEPOT AND THEY'LL BE HAPPY, MORE THAN HAPPY TO HELP WITH THIS MISSION.

SO I'M A YES ON THIS.

VICE MAYOR. DO WE KNOW WHERE THESE ARE GOING? MADAM MAYOR, I'M NO EXPERT.

AND SO I WOULD ASK THAT STAFF IDENTIFY THE AREAS THAT THEY COULD GO INTO.

AND THEN ONCE THEY IDENTIFY THE AREAS, THEY CAN COME BACK TO THE CITY COMMISSION AT A AT A FUTURE WORKSHOP TO TELL US WHERE THEY HAVE IDENTIFIED TO PLACE THESE SIGNS.

MR. DOHERTY.

PLEASE COME FORWARD.

MY UNDERSTANDING THAT WE'RE HONESTLY ONLY TALKING ABOUT CITY PROPERTY BECAUSE WE CAN'T PUT IT ON PRIVATE RESIDENTIAL.

I WAS JUST FOR THE RECORD, JOHN DORY, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC SERVICES.

YEAH, WE HAVE ABOUT 560 ACRES OF WATERWAY IN THE CITY OF TAMARAC.

THE LARGE MAJORITY OF THAT IS ON PUBLIC PROPERTY.

WE DO HAVE MAINTENANCE EASEMENTS IN MOST OF THE MOST OF THOSE WATERS ALONG THE WATER'S EDGE.

WHAT WAS THAT? YOU HAVE MAINTENANCE EASEMENTS ALONG THE WATER'S EDGE JUST FOR MAINTENANCE PURPOSES.

BUT ONLY A SMALL PORTION OF THAT WATERFRONT IS ON PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY.

I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT AMOUNT OR LINEAR FOOTAGE IS ON PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY, BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY OBTAIN THAT INFORMATION.

DO YOU KNOW IF WE HAVE LADDERS ON OUR CANALS, ON THE SEAWALLS? WE DO NOT.

WE DO HAVE WE CURRENTLY DO HAVE A LIFE RINGS ON ALL OF OUR PUBLIC DOCKS.

TAMARAC SPORTS COMPLEX, MAINLAND'S PARK.

WE WILL HAVE IT AT CABRILLO PARK OBVIOUSLY, AND ALONG OUR TO DOCKS ON OUR TELFORD PARK, OUR LINEAR PARK ALONG SOUTHGATE BOULEVARD.

DON'T GO. VICE MAYOR.

DID YOU FIND OUT WHAT THE.

APPROPRIATE SQUARE OR LINEAR FEET BETWEEN LIFE RINGS WOULD BE.

I DID NOT. MADAM MAYOR, I WOULD SUGGEST THAT STAFF DOES THE RESEARCH AND PROVIDE US WITH THAT INFORMATION AT THE LATER WORKSHOP. WHAT WAS THE QUESTION? MILLENNIALS. HOW MANY SQUARE FEET? HOW MANY FEET BETWEEN POSTS? I THINK IT WAS 150 OR 200.

I'M NOT SURE WHAT THAT EQUALS TO WHAT, 500 AND OR 50, 560 ACRES? YEAH, WE HAVE 560 ACRES OF WATERWAY IS SEVERAL MILES OF WATERFRONT.

AND AGAIN, ONLY SMALL PORTION OF THAT IS ON PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY.

I DO KNOW THAT NORTH LAUDERDALE HAS SOME SORT OF PROGRAM LIKE THIS.

WE CAN REACH OUT TO THEM AND SEE WHAT THEIR GUIDELINES ARE FOR INSTALLING THOSE AROUND SOME OF THEIR CANAL SYSTEMS. I'M NOT SURE WHO CAN ANSWER THE QUESTION ON THIS ON RISK.

ONCE WE ESTABLISH THIS AND WE PUT THIS UP, WHAT IS THE LIABILITY ON THE CITY IF IT'S NOT PUT UP RIGHT AND SOMEBODY TRIES TO GRAB A RING OR IF SOMEBODY STEALS A RING AND THEN WE DON'T HAVE IT THERE IF WE SHOULD BE NEEDED.

DOES ANYBODY KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION? I THINK SHE ANSWERED THAT QUESTION.

SHE CAN'T ANSWER THAT QUESTION FOR OUR CITY'S RISK.

I CAN TELL YOU THAT WE PERIODICALLY INSPECT THE ONES WE HAVE ON OUR BOAT.

DOCK. BOAT. EXCUSE ME, OUR DOCKS.

AND IF WE WERE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS THIS PROGRAM, WE WOULD PERIODICALLY INSPECT THEM.

AS FAR AS THE RISK FACTOR GOES, I'M NOT TOO SURE ABOUT THAT.

OKAY. SOMETHING WE NEED TO FIND OUT FROM OUR RISK.

I'M NOT SURE WE CAN ANSWER THIS QUESTION.

HAVE WE HAD ANYBODY DROWN IN OUR CITY CANALS? I BELIEVE THERE WAS AN INCIDENT THAT THE VICE MAYOR MENTIONED WITH THE YOUNG BOY THAT HE WAS AT A PRIVATE HOME IN A PRIVATE COMMUNITY.

SHAKER VILLAGE IS A PRIVATE COMMUNITY, SO THAT WATERWAY IS NOT CONSIDERED A CITY CANAL THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO PUT A LIFE RING IN.

THE CANALS ARE RIGHT OF WAY.

THE ADJACENT PROPERTY IS PRIVATE PROPERTY.

WELL, ACTUALLY, THERE'S A WHOLE DISCREPANCY ON SHAKER VILLAGE.

THE BOTTOM PART OF IT, WHERE IT SHOWS THAT IT'S OWNED BY THEM, BUT YET WE MAINTAIN IT.

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ALL RIGHT. LET'S NOT GO THERE.

I AM NOT AGAINST TRYING TO DO SOMETHING TO HELP.

I JUST DON'T WANT TO DO SOMETHING BECAUSE IT SOUNDS GOOD AND BECAUSE IT GIVES US THE WARM FUZZIES AND IT CAN MAKE US FEEL LIKE WE'VE DONE SOMETHING WELL.

THE CITY IS 60 YEARS OLD.

WE'VE HAD AN UNFORTUNATE SITUATION IN.

VICE MAYOR SHAKER VILLAGE COMMUNITY, WHERE HE LIVES WITH A VISITOR WHO CAME INTO TOWN AND THE SON WENT THROUGH THE SCREEN DOOR AND RAN OUT AND WAS NOT FOUND FOR A WHILE, WHATEVER THE REASON MAY BE.

THAT'S NOT IT'S NOT A JUDGMENT CALL ON WHAT HAPPENED.

MY THING IS WE ARE BEING ASKED TO DO SOMETHING.

AGAIN, IT SOUNDS GOOD, BUT WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION.

ON IF WE PLACE IT.

HOW MANY WOULD HAVE PLACE OUT? IF WE'RE GOING TO DO IT, I THINK OUR CITY LIKES TO DO THINGS AND DO IT RIGHT.

NOT JUST HALF.

HALFWAY DONE. AND SO I HAVE CONCERNS.

ABOUT JUST SAYING, LET'S TAKE $1,000 AND $5,000 AND WE'LL SPEND UP TO $5,000.

AND IF IT'S NOT SUFFICIENT TO COVER.

IT. AND THEN AGAIN, LIABILITY BECAUSE WE'VE CHOSEN TO ONLY HIT CERTAIN PLACES WITH IT AND NOT THE REST.

SO I THINK THE VICE MAYOR WAS SAYING, COME BACK, COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS.

I'M NOT LOOKING FOR ANYBODY TO INTERPRET SOMEBODY ELSE'S COMMENTS.

I'M PRETTY SURE WHAT I'M THINKING AND WHAT I'M SAYING.

SO BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH ANYWAY.

THESE ARE MY CONCERNS AND THEIR ANSWERS CAN'T BE DONE WHETHER IT'S BY THE VICE MAYOR OR YOURSELF, BECAUSE RISK IS NOT HERE AND WE DON'T HAVE A NUMBER AND WE DON'T HAVE THAT HERE.

SO THOSE ARE MY CONCERNS.

IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE ON THIS ITEM, I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS A REQUEST FOR A CONSENSUS.

SO. I WILL GO DOWN THE LINE.

IS THERE A CONSENSUS TO MOVE FORWARD? AND THIS IS DIRECTING STAFF TO LOOK INTO THE MATTER.

NOW, MY QUESTION IS, IS THIS DIRECTING STAFF TO LOOK INTO THE MATTER AND COME BACK WITH SOME EDUCATED INFORMATION, OR IS THIS JUST TELLING STAFF TO GO FORWARD WITH BLANK AMOUNT OF MONEY AND DO IT? BECAUSE MORE INFORMATION THAN YOU SAY 5000.

I CAN'T COMPLY. FIVE. SO WHAT I'M REQUESTING IS THAT WE ADOPT THIS INITIATIVE AT AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $5,000. AND WHEREVER THAT MONEY GOES, THAT MONEY GOES.

HOWEVER IT STRETCHES. IT STRETCHES.

I HEAR YOU AS WELL.

BUT I'M ALSO CONCERNED OF WELL, WE HAVE SO MANY ON THIS SIDE OF TOWN AND THEN WE DON'T HAVE SO MANY ON THAT SIDE OF TOWN.

AND THEN IS THERE GOING TO BE ISSUES WITHOUT DISCUSSING THIS FURTHER? I'M JUST BRINGING UP STUFF THAT IS FOR CONSIDERATION.

SO. EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT IN HERE FOR.

WITH THE DOLLAR AMOUNT.

THE VICE MAYOR IS ASKING FOR $5,000 TO GO TOWARDS THE ADOPT LIFE RING INITIATIVE AND A PLAN, WHICHEVER WILL BE CREATED BY THE CITY.

PUBLIC SERVICES TEAM.

IS THAT THE CORRECT DEPARTMENT THAT WILL BE DOING THIS? AND SOME VOLUNTEERS BECAUSE THEY PROVIDE VOLUNTEERS.

THAT NEEDS TO BE DEFERRED TO THE CITY RISK ON WHO IS GOING TO PLACE THESE RINGS.

THIS IS JUST SHARING.

I'LL JUST SAY DIRECTOR, CITY MANAGER TO FIND THE CORRECT PERSONNEL TO DO IT AT $5,000.

NOT TO EXCEED. OKAY.

SO THERE SEEMS TO BE CONSENSUS THAT IT'S GOING FORWARD AS SUCH.

TEN BE DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE MOTION CONSENSUS TO PROVIDE FREE SWIMMING LESSONS TO TAMARAC RESIDENTS AGES 2 TO 17 AND TO APPROPRIATE THE FISCAL

[10.b Discussion and possible motion/ consensus to provide free swimming lessons to Tamarac Residents ages 2-17 and to appropriate the fiscal impact in the FY24 budget. Requested by Vice Mayor Marlon Bolton]

THIS IS ALSO BY VICE MAYOR BOLTON.

PLEASE PROCEED.

OKAY. SO IN AN ARTICLE BY BLUE BIG BLUE BLOG GAVE TEN BENEFITS OF SWIM LESSONS FOR KIDS.

IT SAYS LEARNING TO SWIM CAN OPEN A WORLD OF OPPORTUNITY FOR YOUR LITTLE ONES.

THE LESSONS LEARNED DURING SWIM LESSONS CAN BENEFIT YOUR CHILD FOR HER OR HIS ENTIRE LIFE.

THE LESSONS CAN BE LIFE SAVING.

KIDS WHO TAKE FORMAL SWIM LESSONS HAVE AN 88% LESS CHANCE OF DROWNING.

THEY'RE ALSO MORE LIKELY TO ESTABLISH A HEALTHY RELATIONSHIP WITH EXERCISE AND FITNESS.

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NUMBER TWO, SUPERIOR MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT.

NUMBER THREE, A HEALTHIER HEART.

NUMBER FOUR, A LIFELONG LOVE FOR EXERCISE.

NUMBER FIVE, BETTER SLEEP.

NUMBER SIX, SUPERIOR MENTAL HEALTH.

NUMBER SEVEN, INCREASED CONFIDENCE.

NUMBER EIGHT, BETTER COGNITIVE FUNCTION.

NUMBER NINE, IMPROVED COORDINATION AND BALANCE.

AND NUMBER TEN, SUPERIOR SOCIAL SKILLS.

AND THIS IS A PEER REVIEWED ARTICLE.

IN NUMBER ONE.

SORRY. COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS.

OKAY. OKAY. OKAY.

AND NUMBER ONE, WHERE SAFETY IS CONCERNED.

THE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION STATES THAT DROWNING IS THE NUMBER ONE CAUSE OF INJURY RELATED DEATH AMONG KIDS, 1 TO 4. IT IS THE SECOND LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH FOR OLDER KIDS AGES 5 TO 14.

THE IMPORTANCE OF LEARNING TO SWIM IS THEREFORE EVIDENT IN A CONVERSATION.

OR I BELIEVE I HEARD THIS SOMEWHERE.

I DON'T REMEMBER. IT WAS A CONVERSATION OR I HEARD SHERIFF TONY SAY THAT WHEN HE WAS GOING INTO THE ACADEMY, HE DID NOT KNOW HOW TO SWIM AND HE HAD TO LEARN HOW TO SWIM.

I BELIEVE THAT WE SHOULD GO UP TO AGE 17 BECAUSE THAT'S THE TIME WHEN OUR KIDS ARE OBVIOUSLY GOING TO TURN ADULTS. LEARNING TO SWIM GIVES THEM A GREATER ABILITY TO JOIN THE POLICE FORCE OR JOIN THE ARMY TO BECOME GREAT FIREFIGHTERS OR THE NAVY, THAT SORT OF STUFF.

SO I THINK THAT WE SHOULD GO UP TO AGE 17.

I DO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR GREG.

I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS THE APPROPRIATE TIME TO ASK OR THAT'S THE END OF THE DISCUSSION, AND THEN YOU'D OPEN UP FOR QUESTIONS.

VICE MAYOR. FINISH YOUR QUESTIONS, PLEASE.

THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.

MR. WARNER, DO WE HAVE A PROGRAM LIKE THIS IN THE CITY OF TAMARAC? AND IF WE DO, WHAT AGE DO WE PROVIDE IT FOR? AND THROUGH WHAT AGENCY DO WE HAVE SUCH A PROGRAM? FOR THE RECORD. EXCUSE ME.

GREG WARNER, DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION.

WE HAVE A FEW DIFFERENT TYPES OF SWIM LESSONS AND I'LL GO THROUGH EACH ONE.

ONE IS WE WORK THROUGH BROWARD COUNTY WITH THE SWIM CENTRAL PROGRAM, AND THOSE ARE FREE LESSONS FOR THE PARTICIPANTS.

AND THE CITY IS REIMBURSED $3.25 PER PER CHILD PER LESSON.

SO THAT ENTAILS MOSTLY WE WORK WITH THE THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IN THE AREA AND IT GOES ALL THE WAY FROM PRE-K UP TO THE THIRD GRADE.

THE SCHOOLS HAVE BEEN BRINGING IN IN STUDENTS.

SO I CAN SPEAK TO IN JUST IN FISCAL YEAR 23, THIS PAST SCHOOL YEAR, WE HAD 240 CHILDREN COME THROUGH THAT SWIM CENTRAL PROGRAM.

AND THERE'S THOSE ARE LARGER GROUP GROUP LESSONS WHEN THE CLASSES COME IN.

THEY'RE DONE 20 AT A TIME, 20 KIDS AT A TIME, AND THEY GET TEN, TEN SESSIONS THAT THEY COME FOR.

SO THAT'S THAT'S ONE PROGRAM THAT WE WE OFFER AT THE AQUATIC CENTER.

THE OTHER IS WE HAVE WE HAVE PAID LESSONS THAT ARE MUCH SMALLER GROUPS.

THERE ARE GROUPS OF FOUR CHILDREN.

THAT'S $45 FOR A RESIDENT AND $55 FOR A NON RESIDENT.

THOSE LESSONS ARE EIGHT MEETINGS, EIGHT HALF HOUR MEETINGS.

AND AS I SAID, THERE ARE GROUPS OF FOUR.

AND THEN IN FISCAL YEAR 22, WE HAD ABOUT 524 KIDS PUT THROUGH THOSE SWIM LESSONS.

SO WE WE OFFER THOSE TWO.

AND AS PART OF THAT, THOSE PAID LESSONS, WE ALSO WORK WITH WATERSMART.

WATERSMART, BROWARD AND WATERSMART BROWARD REIMBURSES THE CITY $40 OF THAT $45.

SO THE CITY IS STILL GETTING ITS REGISTRATION DOLLARS, BUT THE PARTICIPANTS ONLY HAVE TO PAY $5 FOR FOR THAT PROGRAM.

AND WITH WATERSMART, WE HAD ABOUT 115 OF THOSE 500 PLUS KIDS THAT TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THE WATERSMART.

WATERSMART GRANT PROGRAM.

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AND THEY RANGE IN AGE FROM AGE TWO WHERE WE DO PARENT CHILD SWIM LESSONS AND IT GOES ALL THE WAY UP THROUGH ADULT.

SO THE WATER SMART PROGRAM.

HOW MUCH IS THE REGISTRATION? THE WATER SMART PROGRAM.

WHAT THEY DO IS THEY'LL REIMBURSE UP TO $40 PER CHILD FOR A LESSON.

AND IT'S A VOUCHER. IT'S A VOUCHER PROGRAM OR A COUPON PROGRAM.

I'M SORRY, NOT VOUCHER.

OKAY. AND HOW HOW MANY CHILDREN DID YOU SAY SIGNED UP THE LAST TIME THAT THE AMOUNT OF CHILDREN THAT TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THAT IN FISCAL YEAR 22 WAS 115? SO THE FISCAL IMPACT FOR 115 KIDS AT $40 $4,600 WOULD BE $4,600.

THAT WOULD BE THE FISCAL IMPACT IF YOU WERE TO PROVIDE THAT CLASS FOR FREE.

CORRECT. CORRECT.

AND THE IF YOU IF YOU LOOK AT THE OR IF I LOOK AT THE TOTALS, I CAN PROVIDE YOU WITH FISCAL YEAR 22.

WITH ALL SWIM LESSONS COMBINED.

WE BROUGHT IN ABOUT $25,400.

THAT'S HOW MUCH WE, THE CITY BROUGHT IN FOR SWIM LESSONS.

AND THAT THAT INCLUDES THE SWIM CENTRAL REIMBURSEMENTS, THE WATERSMART BROWARD REIMBURSEMENTS, AND THEN THE THE DIRECT PAY.

REGISTRATIONS. OKAY.

AND THOSE STUDENTS, WHERE DO THEY COME FROM? ARE THEY TAMARAC RESIDENTS OR ARE THEY FROM OTHER CITIES? THE THE BREAKDOWN IN FISCAL YEAR 22 OF THE 524 KIDS IN THE THE REGULAR SWIM LESSON PROGRAM, 326 WERE RESIDENTS AND 198 NON RESIDENTS IN THE WATERSMART THE WATER THOSE THE WATERSMART ARE INCLUDED IN THOSE NUMBERS.

I DON'T HAVE A BREAKDOWN OF THE WATERSMART NUMBERS.

AS FAR AS RESIDENT NON RESIDENT, I JUST HAVE THE OVERALL BREAKDOWN.

SO 115 WATERSMART ARE INCLUDED IN THAT 524 OKAY.

SO, SO THOSE 115 COULD BE TAMARAC RESIDENTS OR COULD NOT BE TAMARAC RESIDENTS.

YES. OKAY.

AND THE 326 IS INCLUSIVE OF ALL OF THE PROGRAMS THAT WE KNOW.

THE 326 IS THE DIRECT PAY AND THE WATERSMART.

SO THEY THEY DO THE SMALLER, SMALLER GROUP LESSONS.

OKAY. SO, SO, SO WE'RE JUST AT 115 PEOPLE THEN THAT COULD BE TAMARAC RESIDENTS.

SO SO BECAUSE WHAT WHAT I'M ASKING FOR IS THAT THE LESSONS BE PROVIDED TO TAMARAC RESIDENTS FOR FREE.

SO THE FISCAL IMPACT IS NOT NECESSARILY THEN $4,600.

IT'S LESS BECAUSE WE IT COULD BE LESS TAMARAC RESIDENTS.

WELL, YOU WOULD IF YOU IF YOU LOOKED AT THE REGULAR LESSONS WITH 326 TIMES $45, THAT WOULD BE THE FISCAL IMPACT.

I DON'T HAVE THAT THAT FIGURE WORKED OUT.

14,670. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. SO.

AND DO THE CLASSES MEET MINIMUM RED CROSS.

INTERMEDIATE LEVEL. INTERMEDIATE LEVEL.

THEY HAVE DIFFERENT LEVELS.

THEY ARE RED CROSS CERTIFIED LESSONS.

AND THEN THERE'S DIFFERENT LEVELS BASED ON, LIKE I SAY, THE YOUNGER GROUP WITH THE PARENT CHILD.

AND THEN THERE'S BEGINNER, INTERMEDIATE AND ADVANCED LESSONS.

OKAY. DO YOU THINK THAT OFFERING THIS CLASS OR THESE CLASSES FOR FREE TO TAMARAC RESIDENTS WOULD BE A BENEFIT OR. DISADVANTAGED OR NON BENEFIT THERE? DEFINITELY. IT'S A BENEFIT FOR OUR RESIDENTS, THERE'S NO DOUBT.

AND EVERYTHING THAT YOU SAID ABOUT DROWNING, IT'S ONE OF THE NUMBER ONE KILLERS OF OUR OUR CHILDREN IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA IS GOING TO BE A BENEFIT. THERE'S SOME CHALLENGES WHEN WE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT OFFERING FREE CLASSES AND IT'S IT'S GOING TO BE FIRST COME FIRST SERVE.

WE ONLY HAVE THE CAPACITY TO OFFER CERTAIN AMOUNT OF SESSIONS IN THAT TYPE OF THING.

SO WE WOULD WE WOULD WORK THROUGH THAT CHALLENGE, BUT DEFINITELY A BENEFIT.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

COMMISSIONER DANIEL COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS WOULD SWIM CENTRAL, BE ABLE TO REPLACE REIMBURSE

[05:30:04]

I KNOW THEY DO IT FOR THE SCHOOLS, BUT WOULD THEY BE ABLE TO REIMBURSE SOMETHING THAT THE CITY PROVIDES OR THE SWIM SWIM CENTRAL PROGRAM IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT FROM OUR RED CROSS LESSONS.

AND LIKE I SAY, THOSE ARE THEY WANT THE THE LARGER NUMBERS OF CHILDREN TO GET AND IT'S MORE FOR WATER EXPOSURE AND AND BEGINNER TO GET THEM COMFORTABLE IN THE WATER THAT TYPE OF THING.

SO BUT WHAT IF WE OFFER IT FOR US FROM THE CITY, NOT JUST FOR STUDENTS IN SCHOOL BUT FOR ANY PARENT, MAYBE THEIR HOME SCHOOL? YOU OFFER THAT.

SO THAT COULD BE WHERE THE CITY GET REIMBURSED FOR THOSE ADDITIONAL CLASSES AND THE CLASSES.

I KNOW PRE-PANDEMIC WHEN I WAS BRINGING MY KIDS FOR THE SWIM LESSONS, WHICH ARE GREAT, THEY DO GET FULL QUICKLY BECAUSE I ENDED UP IN SUNRISE ONE AT A TIME BECAUSE OURS WAS FULL, SO I COULD ONLY IMAGINE ONCE WE DO IT FOR FREE PARENTS LIKE MYSELF, YOU KNOW.

WE CAN CHECK ON IT.

GREAT ADDITIONAL TIMES FOR THE SWIM CENTRAL.

IT WOULD HAVE TO BE AND WE'D HAVE TO FIND THE POOL TIME.

SO IF IT'S HOMESCHOOLED CHILDREN, THAT TYPE OF THING, WE COULD OFFER SOMETHING LIKE THAT DURING THE DAY WHEN OTHER KIDS ARE IN SCHOOL.

WE ALSO WITH SWIM CENTRAL, WE WE OFFER THAT DURING THE SUMMER AS WELL.

SO SOME OF THE SUMMER CAMPS THAT COME AND VISIT OUR POOL, WE PUT THEM THROUGH THOSE LESSONS AS WELL.

AND THAT WAS INDICATED IN THE NUMBERS YOU GAVE AS WELL.

YES. OKAY. COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. THE SMARTWATER PROGRAM, YOU SAID THAT IN ESSENCE, THE RESIDENT OR THE SWIMMER PAYS ONLY $5.

RIGHT AFTER THE COUPON, CORRECT.

SO WOULD THAT BE THE REAL IMPACT ON THE RESIDENTS? SO IN ESSENCE, WE'RE PAYING WE'RE ONLY LOSING OUT.

WE'RE NOT REALLY. IT'S ALMOST FREE TO THEM FOR $5.

THEY'RE GETTING A SWIMMING LESSON.

CORRECT. AND THEY'RE WITH THE THE WATER SMART BROWARD PROGRAM.

IT THERE ARE CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS THAT THE AND I DON'T I DON'T HAVE THOSE OFFHAND BUT THERE ARE CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS TO QUALIFY FOR THOSE THAT COUPON SO IT'S JUST NOT ANYBODY CORRECT UM.

JUST ONE LAST QUESTION.

THE START AND STOP RATES.

DO WE HAPPEN TO HAVE THAT INFORMATION? THEY START SUPPOSED TO BE EIGHT CLASSES, BUT THEN THEY STARTED AND THEN ON WEEK NUMBER TWO, THEY DON'T SHOW UP.

IS THERE A I DON'T HAVE A SPECIFIC PERCENTAGE, BUT THAT DOES NOT HAPPEN VERY OFTEN.

OKAY. UM.

I MEAN, I THINK WE'RE ALMOST GIVING IT FOR FREE.

I DON'T. FOR THE $5? NO, IT'S NOT FREE.

WHEN YOU SIGN UP, YOU PAY I THINK IT'S $45.

$45 FOR THE REGULAR SWIM LESSON PROGRAM.

FOR THE REGULAR SWIM LESSON PROGRAM IS $45.

IF YOU GET THE VOUCHER FROM THE COUNTY, YOU GET $40 OFF, YOU PAY BY $5.

AND WHAT YOU'RE IN ESSENCE, WHAT YOU'RE.

EXCUSE ME. IN ESSENCE, WHAT YOU'RE PAYING FOR WHEN YOU PAY FOR THAT $45 IS YOU'RE PAYING FOR A MUCH SMALLER GROUP LESSON THAN WHAT YOU WOULD GET THROUGH THE SWIM CENTRAL PROGRAM. SO IT WOULD BE FOR FOUR CHILDREN IN A CLASS VERSUS 20.

AND QUESTION FOR THE VICE MAYOR, IS THERE AN APPROXIMATE NUMBER OF KID CHILDREN THAT.

WE'RE TRYING TO ASSIST HERE.

I'M NOT CONFUSED, BUT I JUST.

I JUST WANT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT.

AND HOW WE OPERATE THAT.

BECAUSE AGAIN, THIS IS TAXPAYER TAMARAC DOLLARS.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S TAMARAC SWIMMERS AND NOT, YOU KNOW, OPEN TO THE PUBLIC PER SE.

NOT THAT I'M AGAINST THAT, BUT AGAIN, IT'S TAMARAC DOLLARS.

VICE MAYOR COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS YOU'VE DRAWN A VERY GOOD POINT.

AND TO THE EXTENT THAT MR. WARNER AND PARKS AND RECREATION CAN OPINE ON THAT, HOW WE WOULD BE ABLE TO CONTROL WHO GETS THE VOUCHER. IS THERE PROBABLY LIKE SHOWING TAMARAC ID OR A UTILITY BILL OR SOMETHING TO PROVE THAT THEY ARE TAMARAC RESIDENTS? YES, FOR ALL OF OUR OR THE MAJORITY OF OUR PROGRAMS THAT WE DO HAVE RESIDENT AND NONRESIDENT RATES.

WHEN THEY REGISTER, THEY HAVE TO SHOW A PROOF OF PROOF OF RESIDENCY.

[05:35:04]

IF THIS WERE FAVORABLE, YOU KNOW, WE COULD PUT A CAP TO IT FOR FISCAL IMPACT PURPOSES. SO I'M OPEN TO HEARING WHAT EACH PERSON HAS TO SAY ABOUT THE CAP.

IS THERE ANY DATA ON HOW MANY KIDS DON'T KNOW HOW TO SWIM UNDER THE AGE OF 17? I HAVE NOT SEEN ANY.

THAT'S REALLY A HARD THING TO TO GAUGE.

AND TRACK.

CURRENTLY SWIM CENTRAL DOES THE GROUPS AND IT GOES THROUGH OUR SCHOOL.

CORRECT? CORRECT.

SO WE'RE TALKING PRIMARILY FOR THE ONES THAT COME INDIVIDUALLY THROUGH OUR CITY FOR THE DIRECT SWIM AND SWIM.

SMART. YES.

CURRENTLY WE HAVE 524 PEOPLE THAT HAVE GONE THROUGH LAST YEAR.

CORRECT. IF WE ARE TO EXPAND THE PROGRAM, HOW MANY MORE PEOPLE COULD WE POSSIBLY.

EXPAND IT TO THAT.

524 IS PROBABLY ABOUT OUR LIMIT.

THAT WAS 100% CLASS OFFERINGS.

OKAY. SO WE'RE ALREADY AT OUR LIMIT.

YES. AND I THINK THE ONE DIFFERENCE WOULD BE IF WE IF WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS AND WE RESTRICT IT TO JUST TAMARAC RESIDENTS, THEN WE WOULD BE BENEFITING. IF WE GO WITH THESE NUMBERS.

198 MORE TAMARAC RESIDENT CHILDREN.

DO WE KNOW FOR CERTAIN? WE HAVE 198 MORE TAMARAC RESIDENTS THAT WANT THIS.

WE GET CALLS ALL THE TIME WITH OUR CLASSES BEING CLOSED OUT.

SO SO THERE'S NO DIFFERENCE FOR ADMINISTRATION OF THIS PROGRAM.

IF WE WERE TO DO IT AND WE WOULD LIMIT OUR WATER SAFETY TO TAMARAC ONLY.

THERE WOULD NOT BE ANY INCREASE IN ADMINISTRATION.

I AM HAVING A LITTLE TROUBLE HERE.

SO HOW MANY OUT OF THE ONE? 15 IS PAID FOR BY THE COUNTY? THAT'S HOW MANY. HOW MANY VOUCHERS DO WE GET FROM THE COUNTY? IS THERE AN UNLIMITED AMOUNT OF VOUCHERS THAT THE PEOPLE CAN APPLY FOR THE WITH WATER SPORTS, BROWARD OR BROWARD GIVING US $40 FOR WATER? SMART BROWARD.

I AM GOING TO HAVE TO RESEARCH IT A LITTLE BIT MORE TO GET SOME FURTHER BACKGROUND ON WATER SMART BROWARD.

I DON'T I DON'T THINK THEY WOULD LIMIT THE COUPON NUMBER OF COUPONS BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT 100%.

BUT THERE'S QUALIFICATIONS IN ORDER TO GET THAT COUPON.

YES. YES.

SO WE'RE NOT NECESSARILY CERTAIN WE NEED $5 OR $45.

CAN I. I'M REALLY TRYING TO FINISH.

IS THAT CORRECT? IS BECAUSE YOU CAN ONLY OPEN IT UP FOR 198 PEOPLE MORE.

YEAH. AND I THINK THAT'S THAT'S JUST PLAYING WITH SEMANTICS WITH WHETHER IT'S THE $5 OR THE $45.

IF WE IF WE HAVE A MAXIMUM AMOUNT THAT CAN BE DEDICATED, THEN WE CAN WORK WITH THAT NUMBER.

IF WE DON'T SPEND IT ALL, WE DON'T SPEND IT ALL.

SO THEN IT REALLY ISN'T 326 OF 45, IT'S 198 TO 45.

OR ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT EVERYBODY FOR FOR 524 SWIMMERS THAT WE CAN DO.

SO IT'S REALLY 520.

FOR WITH WITH THOSE WITH THOSE SMALL GROUP CLASSES.

THAT'S ALL WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. SMALL RIGHT.

SO BASICALLY, IF WE'RE SAYING WE'RE GOING TO DO A PROGRAM OF 524 PEOPLE BECAUSE IT'S THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF PEOPLE WE CAN HAVE SWIM.

AT $45.

THE MAXIMUM BUDGET AMOUNT IS 23,580.

I WAS JUST SAYING, CLARIFYING THAT YOU HAVE WATER SAFETY AND SWIM LESSONS ARE TWO DIFFERENT BECAUSE YOU COULD COME OUT OF WATER SAFETY AND NOT KNOW HOW TO SWIM.

JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, THE SWIM CENTRAL.

BUT IT'S IT'S TEN LESSONS.

SO IT'S GETTING COMFORTABLE WITH WATER.

IT'S LEARNING THE VERY BASICS.

SO IS IT FOR SWIM CENTRAL AND THE TEN SWIMMING LESSONS 45 EACH? OR IS IT A SWIM CERTAIN FOR THE WHOLE TEN TIMES? NO, THE WITH SWIM CENTRAL SWIM CENTRAL IS FREE TO THE THE PARTICIPANT THE SWIM CENTRAL PROGRAM THROUGH BROWARD COUNTY AND THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT IT'S SWIM CENTRAL AND THEN IT'S WATERSMART SWIM CENTRAL IS THE ONE WE'VE BEEN DOING WITH THE SCHOOL CLASSES.

[05:40:08]

SO THAT DOESN'T NEED TO BE A PART OF THIS.

CORRECT? BECAUSE WE'RE NOT PAYING FOR IT ANYWAY.

IT DOESN'T MATTER.

RIGHT. SO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT 524 NOW, TAMARAC RESIDENTS THAT WE'RE SAYING WE'RE THINKING ABOUT PAYING $45 ONE TIME FOR EACH OF THEM OR DO THEY TAKE MORE THAN ONE CLASS? IN MY MY ESTIMATION, AND THIS IS SOME OF THE RESEARCH WE CAN DO AND COME BACK TO YOU WITH THE RECOMMENDATION.

I WOULD THINK THAT IT WOULD BE ONE LEVEL THAT WE COVER THEIR COSTS FOR BECAUSE WHAT THEY'RE AT THE BEGINNER LEVEL, THEY'RE LEARNING TO SWIM. THEY'RE LEARNING TO BECOME WATER SAFE.

IF THEY ADVANCE OUT OF THAT, THEY'RE AN INTERMEDIATE.

THEY DON'T NECESSARILY NEED THAT FREE LESSON.

THAT'S A CHOICE TO EXPAND THEIR SWIMMING SKILLS AT A SECONDARY LEVEL.

SO I WOULD I WOULD THINK IT'S ONE LEVEL THAT WE WOULD THAT BEGINNER LEVEL THAT WE WOULD BE FUNDING THIS BIG, THIS BEGINNER LEVEL AT THIS POINT IN TIME IS ONLY FOR UNDER AGE 17 OR IS IT FOR ADULTS TOO? IT'S FOR ADULTS ALSO.

SO I WOULD SUPPORT SOMETHING THAT IS FOR ALL AGES ON A BEGINNER LEVEL, BECAUSE THE POINT IS THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO COME TO THIS COUNTRY WHO'VE NEVER LEARNED HOW TO SWIM.

THEY'RE LIVING IN OUR CITY.

THEY NEED TO LEARN HOW TO SWIM TO THEIR LIVES ARE JUST AS VALUABLE AS AN INFANT.

I AGREE WITH YOU, MAYOR.

SO I WOULD PERSONALLY LIKE TO HAVE THIS COME BACK WITH A LITTLE BIT MORE.

DETAIL AND SPECIFIC OF WHAT WE'RE SAYING VERSUS JUST SAYING WE'RE GOING TO GIVE AWAY FOR FREE.

I'D LIKE TO HAVE A PROGRAM PUT TOGETHER THAT WE'D BE ABLE TO ACTUALLY.

FEEL COMFORTABLE THAT WE'RE APPROVING AND KNOW WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WHEN WE'RE TRYING TO GET PEOPLE TO WANT TO PARTICIPATE.

SO THAT IS MY $0.02.

DO I HAVE CONSENSUS? SO THE CONSENSUS WOULD BE TO FOR THE CITY MANAGER TO DIRECT STAFF TO BUILD OUT A PROGRAM FOR SWIMMING LESSONS AND WATER SAFETY FOR THE BEGINNER LEVEL THAT IS RED CROSS CERTIFIED FOR ALL AGES.

AND THAT WOULD BE AT THE FIRST AVAILABLE WORKSHOP AFTER OUR HIATUS.

ALL RIGHT. THERE SEEMS TO BE A CONSENSUS FOR US TO DISCUSS IT.

AT THE FIRST AVAILABLE WORKSHOP AFTER HIATUS, AFTER EVERYTHING IS PUT TOGETHER THAT WE CAN MAKE AN EDUCATED DECISION ON.

WE'RE NOW ON TO ITEM TEN C DISCUSSION TO PROVIDE FURTHER CLARITY ON HOW AGENDA ITEMS ARE PLACED ON THE WORKSHOP, REGULAR AGENDAS AND PROVIDE DIRECTION TO THE CITY

[10.c Discussion to provide further clarity on how agenda items are placed on the Workshop and Regular agendas and provide direction to the City Manager on how the Commission wishes to proceed. Requested by Vice Mayor Marlon Bolton]

VICE MAYOR. THANK YOU, MAYOR.

I'LL BEGIN BY ASKING THE CITY ATTORNEY OR CITY MANAGER OR CITY CITY ATTORNEY, DO WE HAVE ANY ANY RULES IN PLACE ON HOW TO PLACE ITEMS ON THE AGENDA? THERE'S IN THE CITY COMMISSION, I BELIEVE RULES OF PROCEDURE TWO DASH 35 OR 65. LET ME IN FACT, I.

IT'S RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME.

TWO. DASH 34.

BASICALLY. PROVIDES.

MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION MAY MAY SUBMIT ITEMS FOR PLACEMENT ON AGENDA.

ALL THE PROPOSED AGENDA ITEMS SHALL BE DELIVERED TO THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE AT A MINIMUM.

SIX DAYS FOR THE CITY COMMISSION MEETING.

THESE ITEMS SHALL BE PART OF THE MEETING.

NOTICE PART OF THE MEETING AGENDA.

NO MEMBER OF THE CITY COMMISSION MAY PRESENT MORE THAN FOUR ITEMS AT ANY MEETING.

THIS LIMITATION WITH RESPECT TO AGENDA ITEMS DOES NOT APPLY TO PROCLAMATION ACCUSING CITY.

THAT'S THE ONLY PROVISION THAT I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO REVIEW RELATING TO MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION.

PLACE AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA.

OKAY. CITY MANAGER HOW HAVE ITEMS BEEN PLACED ON THE AGENDA IN THE PAST? WORKSHOP AGENDAS OR REGULAR AGENDA.

BOTH THE THE WORKSHOP AGENDAS.

WE HAVE TWO WAYS.

ONE IS ASKING THE CITY MANAGER TO PLACE IT ON THE ON THE WORKSHOP AGENDA.

[05:45:03]

AND THEN THAT ITEM GETS ON THE AGENDA AND IT GETS DISCUSSED HERE AS WE'RE DOING TODAY.

AND THEN WHEN THERE'S CONSENSUS, THEN IT GETS FURTHER PROCESSING.

SO IF I WANT TO PLACE AN ITEM, LET'S SAY ON THE WORKSHOP, HOW DO I DO IT? SO YOU CAN YOU CAN DIRECT THE CITY MANAGER TO HAVE IT ON THE WORKSHOP AGENDA.

THE REGULAR WORKSHOP AGENDA FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION BY THE COMMISSION TO REACH A CONSENSUS AND THAT WOULD BE THE WAY.

AND BECAUSE I'M NOT ASKING FOR.

SO YOU'RE SAYING AS AN INDIVIDUAL, I CAN ASK YOU TO PUT AN ITEM ON THE WORKSHOP AGENDA SO THAT I CAN ASK MY COLLEAGUES FOR CONSENSUS FOR THE IDEA THAT I'VE HAD.

THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY.

UM, AND JUST FOR THOSE WHO ARE LISTENING, I DID HAVE BACKUP INFORMATION.

I DID ASK, UM, ROZ AND THE ASSISTANT IN THE OFFICE AND THE CITY CLERK TO PROVIDE COPIES TO THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THESE ARE THE COPIES FOR THEM OR THEY HAVE HAVE COPIES.

THEY DO. OKAY.

SO APRIL 6TH, 2015, SHOWS THAT COMMISSIONERS HAVE PLACED ITEMS ON THE AGENDA WITHOUT HAVING TO COME TO A MEETING IN ORDER TO HAVE CONSENSUS TO PLACE THAT ITEM ON THE AGENDA.

APRIL 6TH, 2015.

OKAY, I CAN.

I CAN GIVE YOU THIS COPY.

OKAY, SO JUNE 12TH, 2017, JULY 10TH, 2017, JANUARY 8TH, 2018.

JANUARY 7TH, 2019.

JANUARY 22ND, 2019.

FEBRUARY 25TH, 2019.

MARCH 25TH 2019.

APRIL 8TH 2019.

APRIL 22ND 2019.

MAY 6TH, 2019.

VICE MAYOR. I'M SORRY, CAN YOU.

I'M NOT SURE. I DIDN'T HEAR THE BEGINNING WHEN YOU STARTED SPEAKING.

YOU'RE LOOKING.

WHAT ARE WE LOOKING FOR? THESE ARE EXAMPLES OF.

OF HOW AND WHEN YOUR PREDECESSOR AND US HAVE ASKED TO PLACE ITEMS ON THE WORKSHOP AGENDA. THEY DID NOT HAVE TO COME TO A CITY COMMISSION MEETING TO ASK FOR PERMISSION TO PLACE THOSE ITEMS ON THE AGENDA.

THEY SIMPLY JUST ASKED THE CITY MANAGER TO PLACE THAT ITEM ON THE AGENDA SO THAT THAT ITEM CAN BE DISCUSSED.

SO GOING FORWARD WITH HISTORY, MAY 20TH, 2019.

JUNE 10TH, 2019.

JUNE 24TH, 2019.

JULY 8TH, 2019.

AUGUST 26TH 2019.

AUGUST 9TH. SEPTEMBER 9TH, 2019.

SEPTEMBER 23RD 2019.

OCTOBER 7TH, 2019.

OCTOBER 21ST, 2019.

NOVEMBER 12TH, 2019.

DECEMBER 9TH, 2019.

JANUARY 6TH, 2020.

FEBRUARY 10TH 2020.

FEBRUARY 24TH 2020.

JANUARY 11TH, 2021.

FEBRUARY, JANUARY 25TH, 2021.

MARCH 10TH, 2021.

MARCH 24TH 2021.

APRIL 28TH 2021.

MAY 12TH 2021.

MAY 26TH, 2021.

JUNE 9TH, 2021.

AUGUST 23RD, 2021.

SEPTEMBER 20TH, 2021.

THESE ARE JUST A FEW.

EXAMPLES OF HOW.

CITY OF TAMARAC COMMISSIONERS HAVE PLACED ITEMS ON THE AGENDA.

WE'VE NEVER HAD TO COME TO A COMMISSION MEETING TO ASK FOR CONSENSUS AND THEN PUT IT ON THE AGENDA.

WE JUST ASK THE CITY MANAGER TO PUT IT ON THE AGENDA.

THAT'S HOW IT'S BEEN DONE.

THE OTHER PART OF THIS IS THAT SIX DAYS.

SIX DAYS BEFORE THE COMMISSION MEETING? IS THAT WHAT 234 SAYS?

[05:50:02]

IT'S. I BELIEVE IT'S REGULAR DAYS.

MADAM CLERK DIDN'T SAY BUSINESS DAYS.

LET ME DOUBLE CHECK.

IT'S JUST SIX.

LET ME DOUBLE CHECK. SIX BUSINESS DAYS.

BUSINESS DAYS. OKAY.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

SO WEDNESDAY TO TUESDAY.

ONE. WEDNESDAY TO MONDAY, TWO.

MONDAY TO FRIDAY.

THREE FRIDAY TO THURSDAY, FOUR THURSDAY TO WEDNESDAY.

FIVE WEDNESDAY TO TUESDAY, SIX.

THEREFORE, IN IN THE PAST, SOME OF THESE COMMISSIONERS DID PLACE ITEMS ON THE AGENDA ON WEDNESDAY INSTEAD OF TUESDAY.

SO JUST TO BE CLEAR, I WANT TO BE FAIR THAT.

SOME OF THESE COMMISSIONERS, INCLUDING DIANE GLASSER.

MAY HER SOUL REST IN PEACE.

PLACED ITEMS ON THE AGENDA ON ON A WEDNESDAY INSTEAD OF TUESDAY.

SO THE CITY HAS NOT NECESSARILY BEEN SQUEAKY CLEAN AND HOW IT'S DONE THINGS, BUT WHAT HAS ALWAYS BEEN CONSISTENT IS THAT COMMISSIONERS HAVE ALWAYS HAD THE RIGHT TO PLACE AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA WITHOUT HAVING TO COME TO THE COMMISSION MEETING TO ASK FOR CONSENSUS IN ORDER TO PUT TO PLACE THE ITEM ON THE AGENDA.

DON'T NEED TO GO THROUGH THE HISTORY OF WHY I'M ASKING THIS.

THIS IS IRRELEVANT TO THIS TIME OF THE NIGHT OR MORNING.

UM, SO I JUST WANT THE RECORD TO BE CLEAR THAT WE CAN AT ANY TIME ASK FOR ITEMS TO BE PLACED ON THE AGENDA ONCE IT'S SIX DAYS BEFORE, CORRECT? THAT'S WHAT THE CODE CLEARLY INDICATE.

AND WE RESPECT TO ANY PRACTICE THAT YOU GUYS HAVE OBVIOUSLY ADOPTED THAT'S WITHIN THE COMMISSION DISCRETION.

GOT IT. QUESTIONS? YEAH, I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PUTTING IT.

ON TEN A VERSES TELLING THE CITY MANAGER I WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS ABOUT WATER.

IS THERE GOING TO BE BACKUP INFORMATION PROVIDED TO EVERYBODY SO THAT EVERYONE IS PREPARED FOR THE ITEM? AH, I'M.

I DON'T. I DON'T.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE.

COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS. A VERY GOOD QUESTION.

THIS THIS VERY COMMISSION VOTED ON OR GAVE CONSENSUS THAT BACKUP INFORMATION WAS NOT WAS NOT NEEDED.

THIS WAS A PREVIOUS COMMISSION MEETING.

UM, RESPECTIVE TO THAT I PROVIDED BACKUP INFORMATION TONIGHT BECAUSE BACKUP INFORMATION IN MY MIND WAS NECESSARY.

SO TO ANY RESIDENT THAT WAS HERE OR PERHAPS, YOU KNOW, STILL LISTENING OR WILL LISTEN AT A FUTURE DATE, WE DON'T NEED BACKUP INFORMATION.

THIS COMMISSION OPINED THAT, UM, HOWEVER, AT A RECENT COMMISSION MEETING, ONE OF OUR COLLEAGUES DID SAY THAT IN ORDER TO GET SOMETHING ON THE WORKSHOP AGENDA HAS TO GO TO OTHER AND THEN TO WORKSHOP AND THEN TO COMMISSION MEETING THAT IS ON RECORD. I DON'T BELIEVE THAT I HEARD INCORRECTLY.

WE HAVE VIDEO AND WE HAVE THE ILLUSTRIOUS CITY CLERK WHO CAN GO BACK THROUGH THE RECORDS.

BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE THE RECORD CLEAR THAT OUR RIGHTS SHOULD NOT BE ABRIDGED.

IF I RECALL CORRECTLY.

HANS, CAN YOU HELP ME HERE? WAS A REASON FOR THE BACKUP AND FOR NOT DOING WHAT VICE MAYOR IS SAYING WAS.

WAS THE ISSUE WITH THE TRACK IN DISTRICT THREE OVER THE SPORTS COMPLEX WHERE THE ITEM WAS JUST PUT ON THE AGENDA VERSUS A WORKSHOP OR OTHER? AND WE WERE ASKED TO VOTE THAT NIGHT FOR TO INSTALL A TRACK, A RUNNING TRACK.

UM, OVER THE FOOTBALL FIELDS OF THE SPORTS COMPLEX.

ISN'T THAT THE REASON? I DON'T. I DON'T RECALL.

THAT'S THE REASON I THINK THE.

SO CAN THAT HAPPEN? SO, FOR EXAMPLE, I SAW THE CITY MANAGER.

CITY MANAGER. I WANT A RUNNING TRACK IN THE SPORTS COMPLEX.

I WANT IT ON THE AGENDA.

I DON'T HAVE BACKUP INFORMATION.

WE COME TO THE MEETING AND THEN WE VOTE.

[05:55:02]

IT WOULD BE FOR DISCUSSION AND COMMISSION CONSENSUS TO MOVE FORWARD OR DO REGARDLESS IF THERE'S NO BACKUP AND ALL THAT.

WELL, IT WOULDN'T BE TO TAKE ACTION IN TERMS OF BUILDING SOMETHING, BECAUSE AT THAT TIME WE WERE GOING TO TAKE ACTION.

THAT MEETING WAS EARLY, EARLY THE FIRST QUARTER OF THE YEAR.

AND COMMISSIONER GELIN THEN SAID, I WANT I WANT TO VOTE, AND IF IT PASSES, WE NEED TO START BUILDING IT IN SEPTEMBER.

AND I KNOW THIS CLEARLY BECAUSE IT WAS MY DISTRICT AND AT THAT TIME WE HAD JUST BUILT THE FOOTBALL FIELDS AND IT WAS GOING TO SWALLOW UP ALL THE THE GRASS AREA AT THE SPORTS COMPLEX.

COMMISSIONER SO YOU'RE SAYING THAT THAT WON'T HAPPEN? COMMISSIONER I BELIEVE BASED ON MY KNOWLEDGE, THAT THAT ISSUE HAS BEEN RUN THROUGH THE CITY MANAGER.

AND BASICALLY WITH RESPECT TO SOME OF THE DUE DILIGENCE THAT WAS BEEN CONDUCTED, IT WAS WITH THE CITY MANAGER OFFICE ALSO.

SO BASED ON MY KNOWLEDGE OF IT, IT WASN'T JUST, YOU KNOW, COMMISSIONER GELIN JUST WOKE UP AND SAY, HEY, LET ME PUT THIS ITEM ON THE COMMISSION. WELL, THAT'S THE WAY WE TOOK IT AS BECAUSE NOBODY KNEW INFORMATION.

ABOUT THE TRACK. AND THEN WE WERE ASKED TO VOTE FOR THE TRACK.

SO I JUST WANT TO UNDERSTAND.

HOW WE'RE MOVING FORWARD.

I MEAN, I DON'T CARE EITHER OR.

BUT AS LONG AS WE HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO DO OUR OWN DUE DILIGENCE, OUR OWN RESEARCH ON SOMETHING THAT'S BEING PROPOSED ON THE AGENDA.

YEAH, I THINK, LOOK, THE CITY CODE ALLOWS EACH MEMBER TO PUT ITEMS ON THE AGENDA TO THE CITY MANAGER AND CITY CLERK OFFICE. AND OBVIOUSLY IF IT'S NOT ADEQUATELY IN TERMS OF ESPECIALLY IF IT'S A MATTER HAS FISCAL IMPACT, THE MANAGEMENT IS NOT PROVIDING ANY INFORMATION.

COMMISSION MEMBERS.

THE COMMISSION CAN VOTE NO BECAUSE I NEED MORE INFORMATION.

SO THAT'S THAT'S YOU KNOW, BUT I THINK FROM THE MANAGER'S PERSPECTIVE, IF SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK FOR HIM, BUT BUT OBVIOUSLY, IF IT'S SOMETHING HAS A FISCAL IMPACT, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY THERE'LL BE SOME INFORMATION TO DETERMINE, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS THE POTENTIAL COST.

YEAH. YEAH.

WE ONLY GOT THIS PACKAGE WHEN WE GOT HERE.

THERE FOR SO LONG, IT WAS ONLY BEING PREPARED AND TAKEN CARE OF AND GIVEN US RIGHT HERE.

SO CLEARING THAT ONE UP AS FAR AS APRIL 26TH, WHEN THE MADAM MAYOR, THE INFORMATION THAT YOU GAVE US ON SHAKER VILLAGE WAS JUST GIVEN TONIGHT, I UNDERSTOOD.

BUT I DON'T HAVE AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA.

YOU'RE RIGHT. I UNDERSTAND.

BUT I'M NOT SAYING ANYTHING OTHER THAN JUST CLARIFYING THE STATEMENT.

AND I SAID MY THING CAME TO YOU.

DO YOU DO THE SAME THING? I WASN'T ALLOWED TO GIVE IT TO YOU.

YOU PROVIDED US. YOU PROVIDED US PROPAGANDA.

BUT, VICE MAYOR, I WASN'T ALLOWED BY THE CITY MANAGER AND THE CITY ATTORNEY TO GIVE IT TO YOU GUYS.

BEFOREHAND. I WAS TOLD I HAD TO PRESENT IT HERE TONIGHT AND GIVE IT TO YOU.

THEN I DON'T HAVE AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA.

THAT WAS AN ITEM ALREADY ON THE AGENDA.

IT'S NEITHER HERE NOR THERE.

THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS THAT WE NEED TO BE IF WE TALK ABOUT TRANSPARENCY, THEN PUT IT OUT THERE.