Aug 02, 2023 Planning Board

YES. MOTION TO MAKE A FAVORABLE RECOMMENDATION TO THE CITY COMMISSION WITH CONDITIONS OUTLINED BY STAFF AND THE BOARD.

YES. VIOLA WATSON.

PASS 5 TO 0.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. IF I MAY ADD, WE'RE GOING TO LOOK FURTHER INTO THE CODE JUST TO VERIFY THE TWO SIGNS THAT THEY'RE PROPOSING NOW, BECAUSE THERE'S ONE CODE RELIEF.

ONCE AGAIN, THIS IS FOR ONE CODE RELIEF FOR THE LOCATION OF THE NORTHERN SIGN.

AND WE HAVE TO VERIFY IF A MONUMENT SIGN WOULD BE ALLOWED THERE, YOU KNOW, FOR THE ADDITIONAL LOCATION THAT YOU GUYS REQUESTED OR RECOMMENDED.

IF WE'RE NOT ABLE TO DO A MONUMENT SIGN, CAN THEY DO A VARIANCE AND DO A SMALLER SOMETHING SMALLER OR ANYTHING ELSE? THEIR MINIMUM REQUIRED IS SIX FEET HIGH SO THEY CAN GO SHORT IF THEY LIKE HIGH, IT STILL REQUIRES A LANDSCAPING BASE.

SO THAT'S TO TAKE A CONSIDERATION.

GO AHEAD. DO HAVE MADAM CHAIR.

YES. ROBERT JOHNSON, SENIOR PLANNER FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.

A DIRECTIONAL SIGN WOULD BE PERMITTED ON ONE OF THOSE COLUMNS.

OKAY. AND THAT'S PERMITTED BY CODE.

OKAY, THAT WORKS.

OKAY. OKAY.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AWESOME WILL NOW MOVE ON.

WE'RE GOING TO READ ITEM 8A AND ITEM 9A TOGETHER AS THEY ARE RELATED.

[8.a TO2534 - An ordinance of the City Commission of the City of Tamarac, Florida, adopting a Small Scale Local Land use Plan Amendment to the City of Tamarac’s Comprehensive Plan Future Land Use Map in accordance with Chapter 163, specifically Section 163.3187 of the Florida state statutes, for an area of approximately 3.0 net acres in size, located on the Northeast corner of Northwest 21 Avenue and West Prospect Road, addressed as 2099 West Prospect Road, fully described as Parcel “A,” “Prospect Plaza” according to the plat thereof, as recorded in Plat Book 136, page 2 of the public records of Broward County, Florida, to change the future land use designation from “Low-Density Residential” to “Low-Medium, Residential” in order to allocate one (1) flexibility unit to facilitate the allowance of a school use and provide consistency with the Land Development Code in accordance with the intent of the comprehensive plan of the City of Tamarac; (Case No. 1-LUA-23) authorizing transmittal of the Small Scale Land Use Map Amendment to the Department of Economic Opportunity and the Broward County Planning Council for recertification of the City of Tamarac Future Land Use Map; providing for amendment to the land use plan to reflect such change; providing for conflicts; providing for severability; and providing for an effective date.]

AND 9B AS WELL.

OKAY. YEAH, I TOOK A LOOK AT THAT ONE.

I DIDN'T REALIZE IT. ITEM 8A IS TEMPORARY ORDER 2534.

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC, FLORIDA, ADOPTING A SMALL SCALE LOCAL LAND USE PLAN AMENDMENT TO THE CITY OF TAMARAC COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FUTURE USE MAP IN ACCORDANCE TO CHAPTER 163, SPECIFICALLY SECTION 163.3187 OF THE FLORIDA STATUTES FOR AN AREA OF APPROXIMATELY THREE NET ACRES IN SIZE LOCATED ON THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF NORTHWEST 21ST AVENUE AND WEST PROSPECT ROAD, ADDRESSED AS 2099 WEST PROSPECT ROAD FULLY DESCRIBED AS PARCEL A PROSPECT PLAZA ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREFORE AS RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 136, PAGE TWO OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF THE BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA TO CHANGE FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION FROM LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL TO LOW MEDIUM RESIDENTIAL IN ORDER TO ALLOCATE ONE FLEXIBILITY UNIT TO FACILITATE THE ALLOWANCE OF SCHOOL USE AND PROVIDE CONSISTENCY WITH THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE AND ORDINANCE WITH THE INTENT OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC CASE NUMBER 1LUA-23.

ACCORDING TO TRANSMITTAL OF THE SMALL SCALE LAND USE MAP AMENDMENT TO THE DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY AND THE BROWARD COUNTY PLANNING COUNCIL FOR THE CERTIFICATION OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC FUTURE LAND USE MAP PROVIDING FOR THE AMENDMENT TO THE LAND USE PLAN TO REFLECT SUCH CHANGE, PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

WE'LL ALSO HEAR ITEM 9A TEMPORARY ORDER 2535 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC REFERENCED IN SECTION 10-2.1 B OF THE CHAPTER 10 OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC CODE OF ORDINANCE TO REFLECT REZONING OF A CERTAIN REAL ESTATE PROPERTY FULLY DESCRIBED AS PARCEL A PROSPECT PLAZA ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREFORE THEREOF AS RECORDED A PLAT BOOK 136, PAGE TWO OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, FROM CURRENT RESIDENTIAL ESTATE ZONING CLASSIFICATION TO R3 MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL ZONING CLASSIFICATION FOR THE SUBJECT PROPERTY LOCATED AT 2099 WEST PROSPECT ROAD IN ORDER TO ALLOCATE ONE FLEXIBILITY UNIT TO FACILITATE ALLOWANCE. EXCUSE ME.

I'M READING THE SAME ONE OVER.

SORRY ABOUT THAT.

I'M GOING TO MOVE DOWN TO 9B TEMPORARY BOARD ORDER 79.

BOARD ORDER, APPROVING, DENYING OR APPROVING SPECIAL EXCEPTION APPLICATION FOR A PROPOSED SCHOOL USE IN AN R-3 MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL

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ZONING DISTRICT PURSUANT TO THE TAMARAC CODE OF ORDINANCE, AS WELL AS ITEM 9B TEMPORARY BOARD ORDER 75 BOARD ORDER APPROVING OR DENYING VARIANCE APPLICATION FOR.

I GOT CONFUSED WITH 9A, 9B AND 8A.

9A AND 8A READ ALMOST IDENTICALLY.

SO I APOLOGIZE. I WAS READING THE CORRECT ONE.

IT SOUNDED FAMILIAR.

SO I'LL REREAD 9A STARTING FROM THE TOP.

9A TEMPORARY ORDER 2535.

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC, FLORIDA AMENDING THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC REFERENCED IN SECTION 10.2.1 B OF THE CHAPTER 10 OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC CODE OF ORDINANCE TO REFLECT REZONING OF A CERTAIN REAL ESTATE PROPERTY FULLY DESCRIBED AS PARCEL A PROSPECT PLAZA, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF, AS RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 136, PAGE TWO OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, FROM THE CURRENT RESIDENTIAL ESTATE ZONING CLASSIFICATION R3 MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL ZONING CLASSIFICATION FOR THE SUBJECT PROPERTY LOCATED AT 2099 WEST PROSPECT ROAD.

IN ORDER TO ALLOCATE ONE FLEXIBILITY UNIT TO FACILITATE THE ALLOWANCE OF A SCHOOL USE AND PROVIDE CONSISTENCY WITH THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTENT OF COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC.

CASE NUMBER 5-Z-23 AND 1-FLX-23 PROVIDING FOR THE AMENDMENT FOR OFFICIAL ZONING MAP TO REFLECT SUCH CHANGE, PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

I WILL READ AGAIN 9B JUST FOR CLARITY.

WE'LL ALSO HEAR ITEM 9B TEMPORARY BOARD ORDER 79 BOARD ORDER APPROVING AND OR DENYING SPECIAL EXCEPTION APPLICATION FOR A PROPOSED SCHOOL USE IN OUR, A, MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICT PURSUANT TO TAMARAC CODE FOR ORDINANCE.

WE'LL HEAR FROM THE APPLICANT FIRST ON ITEMS 8A, 9A, AND 9B.

AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE ON THAT.

THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

I PRINTED COPIES OF THE PRESENTATION IN CASE YOU WANTED TO FLIP THROUGH IT AS WELL.

KEITH POLIAKOFF HERE ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT.

THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR, FOR READING A VERY LONG EXPLANATION OF WHY WE'RE HERE.

BUT I'M GOING TO TRY TO MAKE IT CLEARER WHY WE'RE HERE.

AND IT'S GREAT SEEING YOUR CITY ATTORNEY AGAIN.

AND I'D LIKE TO START BY THANKING CHRISTIAN, ROB AND OF COURSE, MAXINE CALLOWAY FOR FIGURING OUT WHAT WE NEEDED TO DO TO GET BETHLEHEM AT THIS LOCATION.

THIS PROPERTY HAS ALWAYS BEEN A SCHOOL.

BEFORE I START, I WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE KNOWS WHERE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.

THIS IS BUILT AS A SCHOOL.

IT WAS DEVELOPED AS A SCHOOL.

IT'S ALWAYS BEEN A SCHOOL.

THE PROBLEM OCCURRED IN 2018.

THE CITY DID A REWRITE OF ITS ZONING CODE, AND WHEN IT DID, THIS PROPERTY WAS NO LONGER DESIGNATED AS A SCHOOL.

COULD HAVE BEEN A SCRIVENER'S ERROR.

NO ONE CAN REALLY TELL WHAT OCCURRED WHEN WE LOOKED THROUGH THE MAPS AND THE SYSTEM.

THERE WAS A SCHOOL THERE, SO NO ONE CARED.

YOU KNOW, IT WAS FINE.

IT WAS OPEN. IT WAS CONSIDERED A NON-CONFORMING USE BECAUSE THE SCHOOL OPERATED AS IT ALWAYS HAS.

THEN COVID OCCURRED, AND WHEN COVID OCCURRED, THE SCHOOL WENT OUT OF BUSINESS.

AND SINCE THAT SCHOOL WENT OUT OF BUSINESS FOR SIX MONTHS, IT LOST ITS RIGHTS TO BE A SCHOOL UNDER THE CODE.

SO THEN WHEN BETHLEHEM CAME AND SAID, WE'D LOVE TO OPEN THIS YEAR, WE'RE ALREADY IN TAMARAC.

WE'VE BEEN IN TAMARACK FOREVER.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALL KNOW BETHLEHEM, BUT BY WAY OF BACKGROUND, IT'S 100% MINORITY PRIVATE SCHOOL, ONE OF THE TOP TEN PUBLIC PRIVATE SCHOOLS IN THE AREA.

IT'S GOT A 90% RATE OF STUDENTS THAT MATRICULATE ONTO COLLEGE, EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE K THROUGH 8 PRE K THROUGH 8.

MOST OF THE STUDENTS END UP GOING TO PRIVATE SCHOOLS ON SCHOLARSHIPS TWO STUDENTS GOT INTO COLLEGES AT AGE OF 16 WITH RIDES AT UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI.

STUDENT RECENTLY JUST GRADUATED FOR FROM AN IVY LEAGUE SCHOOL IN ENGINEERING SO TRULY FANTASTIC FAMILY THAT IS A REAL TAMARAC SUCCESS STORY.

IN FACT, I WAS FORTUNATE THAT I'M HERE BECAUSE I GOT TO LEARN SO MUCH ABOUT THE SCHOOL AND THEIR OWNERSHIP.

THE MATRIARCH OF THE SCHOOL, ACTUALLY, THEY'RE FROM JAMAICA AND TEACH THE ENGLISH SYSTEM.

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AND THE ENGLISH SYSTEM IS, QUITE FRANKLY, MUCH MORE ADVANCED THAN THE AMERICAN SYSTEM OF EDUCATION.

AND SHE WAS TEACHING STUDENTS HOW TO WRITE AT AGE OF FOUR IN HER SCHOOL AND GOT IN TROUBLE AND SAID, THEY ARE FOUR YEARS OLD.

THEY DON'T THEY'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO WRITE AT AGE FOUR.

YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE YOU DOING? SO SHE ENDED UP LEAVING THE SCHOOL AND YEARS AND YEARS AGO STARTED THE SCHOOL ACTUALLY IN HER HOUSE, YOU KNOW, WITH TUTORING STUDENTS HOW TO WRITE AT A YOUNG AGE. AND THAT EVENTUALLY DEVELOPED INTO THE FIRST TAMARAC SCHOOL AT 6855 WEST COMMERCIAL.

THEY'VE BEEN BEYOND SUCCESSFUL.

THEY HAVE TWO CAMPUSES NOW, ONE IN TAMARAC, AND THEN THEY HAD TO OPEN UP A PRE K NOT TOO FAR AWAY, BUT ACROSS THE BORDER IN NORTH LAUDERDALE.

AND THIS WOULD GIVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME TO ONE CAMPUS, WHICH IS WHAT THEY'VE DESIRED.

THE FACT THAT IT LOST ITS GRANDFATHERED STATUS IS WHY WE'RE HERE TODAY.

IT PROBABLY TOOK 90 DAYS OR MORE FOR STAFF TO EVEN FIGURE OUT HOW TO UNWIND THIS BECAUSE IT'S SO CONFUSING ONCE IT WENT THROUGH THE SYSTEM IN 2018.

SO I'M GOING TO TRY TO EXPLAIN WHAT HAPPENED AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO UNDO IT SO THAT THE SCHOOL CAN OPEN.

THE LOCATION IS 2900 WEST PROSPECT ROAD.

FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO KNOW THIS LOCATION, IT'S RIGHT NEXT TO THE SUPERVISOR OF ELECTIONS BUILDING, THE NEW ONE THAT'S BEING BUILT THERE.

IF YOU GO THERE, IT'S LIKE REALLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

YOU CAN SEE IT BEING BUILT.

AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, THAT'S A PHOTO OF THE SCHOOL.

IT'S ALWAYS BEEN THERE.

IT'S BEEN THERE AS LONG AS I CAN REMEMBER.

AND IT PROBABLY DATES BACK TO THE 1980S FROM WHAT THE RECORDS SHOW.

AS I MENTIONED, THIS IS A SIMPLIFIED VIEW OF IT.

2018, THE CITY OVERHAULED ITS LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE AND CHANGED IT TO SAY THAT SCHOOLS AREN'T PERMITTED.

THE PREVIOUS SCHOOL CLOSED DURING COVID, WHICH STOPPED ITS NON-CONFORMING USE, WHICH IS WHY WE'RE HERE TODAY.

SO IN ORDER TO PUT IT BACK TO THE WAY IT IS, WE'VE HAD TO GO THROUGH THIS INCREDIBLY ARDUOUS, LONG PROCESS THAT INVOLVES BOTH THE CITY AND THE COUNTY.

AND ESSENTIALLY WE HAVE TO REZONE THE PROPERTY TO R3 BECAUSE THAT'S THE DISTRICT THAT ALLOWS SCHOOL.

WE HAVE TO DO A LAND USE PLAN AMENDMENT FOR LOW MEDIUM BECAUSE THAT'S THE DISTRICT THAT ALLOWS SCHOOL.

AND THEN THE COUNTY SAYS WE HAVE TO ADD ONE FLEX UNIT TO MAKE IT CONSISTENT WITH ITS COMP PLAN TO ALLOW A SCHOOL.

AND THEN WE HAVE TO GET A SPECIAL EXCEPTION FOR A SCHOOL.

SO ALL THESE THINGS, JUST TO PUT IT BACK TO THE WAY IT WAS AND HAS ALWAYS BEEN SINCE THE 1980S.

BUT UNFORTUNATELY, THAT'S WHAT TRANSPIRED AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE.

TO SHOW YOU THE MAP AND THIS IS WHAT'S EVEN INTERESTING.

THIS IS YOUR EXISTING LAND USE PLAN.

LOOK, EVERYTHING AROUND IT IS YOU HAVE THE GREEN, THEN THE ORANGE AND THEN THE INDUSTRIAL, WHICH, YOU KNOW, WHICH IS RIGHT ACROSS THE ROAD, WHICH I MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY.

IT'S RIGHT ON THE BORDER.

I MENTIONED BETWEEN OAKLAND PARK AND FORT LAUDERDALE AS WELL.

BUT LOOK, IT'S YELLOW.

WHY IS IT YELLOW? IT REALLY DIDN'T MAKE SENSE WHEN WE LOOKED AT IT.

IT WAS CLEARLY SOMETHING HAPPENED IN ERROR.

SO WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE SWITCHING IT TO ORANGE, WHICH MATCHES EVERYTHING AROUND IT.

AND THAT ORANGE CATEGORY ALLOWS IT TO MAINTAIN A SCHOOL.

SO THAT CHANGE IS THE LAND USE CHANGE.

THEN FOR THE ZONING CHANGE AGAIN, WE DON'T KNOW HOW IT WAS ASSIGNED THIS COLOR BECAUSE IT DOESN'T EVEN MATCH THE COLORS AROUND IT.

SO IT WAS ASSIGNED THIS RESIDENTIAL ESTATE CATEGORY FOR THE SCHOOL.

WE'RE SWITCHING IT TO THE BROWN ONLY BECAUSE YOUR CODE CHANGE AND YOUR CODE SAID THAT YOU NEED TO BE IN THE BROWN CATEGORY IN ORDER TO HAVE A SCHOOL.

SO ESSENTIALLY WHY WE'RE HERE, WE'RE HERE AGAIN TO REESTABLISH THE LAWFUL USE OF THE SCHOOL ON THE SITE.

WE ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE THIS LAND USE CATEGORY WHICH MATCHES THE LAND USE NEXT DOOR TO IT.

THE SUBJECT SITE IS DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO OTHER CITIES.

IT IS SUBJECT SITES NOW ALSO ADJACENT TO THE SUPERVISOR OF ELECTIONS BUILDING.

I'M VERY PROUD OF THIS SCHOOL, SO I'LL JUST TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT.

EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT REALLY PART OF THE APPLICATION, THEY HAVE 300 OR THEY PROPOSE TO HAVE 300 K THROUGH EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS, 150 PRESCHOOL STUDENTS. THE SCHOOL CAN ACCOMMODATE MORE, HOPEFULLY BASED ON SUCCESS.

SCHOOL HOURS ARE THE SAME AS THE PRIOR ONES THAT USED TO BE THERE 8 TO 3 WITH AFTER CARE OF 4 TO 6.

THEY ALWAYS HAVE STAGGERED DROP OFF AND PICK UP AND TRAFFIC'S NEVER BEEN AN ISSUE HERE.

THEY HAVE SAFE AND EFFICIENT CIRCULATION.

IT'S THE SAME CIRCULATION THAT IT'S ALWAYS BEEN FOR THE SCHOOL WITH THE PRESCHOOL IN ONE LANE AND THE OLDER GRADES IN THE OTHER LANE.

SOME PICTURES THAT WE TOOK RECENTLY OF THE SCHOOL.

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IT'S GOT PLAYGROUNDS.

IT'S, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU GO INSIDE WITH THE LINOLEUM FLOORS AND EVERYTHING, IT'S TOTALLY DESIGNED AS A SCHOOL.

THIS WAS NEVER RESIDENTIAL.

IN FACT, IT'S GOT A HUGE WALL BEHIND IT BETWEEN ITSELF AND THE RESIDENTS NEXT TO IT.

I THINK IT MUST BE EIGHT FEET OR HIGHER, WHICH MIGHT HAVE BEEN ALLOWED IN THE CODE BACK THEN, BUT IT'S ALWAYS BEEN THERE SEPARATING THEM.

A LITTLE BIT ABOUT BETHLEHEM.

THEIR MISSION IS TO EMPOWER MINORITY STUDENTS TO EXCEL AND ACHIEVE IN A FAITH BASED ENVIRONMENT.

THEY CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH STUDENTS DEVELOP SPIRITUALLY, EMOTIONALLY, SOCIALLY AND INTELLECTUALLY.

I THOUGHT THIS WAS REALLY COOL.

SO I PUT THIS IN HERE.

IT SHOWS THAT THEIR TEST SCORES ARE FAR ABOVE THE NATIONAL AVERAGE.

AND WHEN SPEAKING WITH THE OWNER SEVERAL TIMES BUT EVEN THIS MORNING I SAID, HOW DID YOU GUYS DO DURING COVID? WHAT DID YOU ALL DO? AND OF COURSE THEY WENT VIRTUAL.

BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? ALL OF THEIR KIDS PASSED AND ALL OF THEIR KIDS STILL EXCEEDED STATE LEVELS FOR EDUCATION, WHICH IS REALLY IMPRESSIVE.

SO IT'S A WONDERFUL INSTITUTION.

IT'S A GREAT ONE FOR TAMARAC.

WE'RE SORRY YOU HAD TO READ THREE PAGES OF WHY WE'RE HERE, BUT I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTION.

I'M SURE STAFF IS AND THE SCHOOL WOULD BE WILLING TO SPEAK TO YOU AND TELL YOU HOW GREAT THEY ARE AS WELL.

BUT THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT.

WE'LL HEAR FROM THE CITY PRESENTATION.

OKAY. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

FOR THE RECORD, I'M ROB JOHNSON, I'M SENIOR PLANNER OF THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.

SO KEITH POLIAKOFF, ESQUIRE DESIGNATION FOR THE PROPERTY OWNER CHARTER BC TAMARAC PROSPECT, LLC.

SO THEY'RE REQUESTING THE SMALL SCALE LAND USE PLAN AMENDMENT TO GO FROM LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL TO LOW, MEDIUM RESIDENTIAL.

AND IT'S LOCATED IN COMMISSION DISTRICT ONE, WHICH IS VICE MAYOR MARLON BOLTON.

THEN ALSO, THEY'RE REQUESTING THE REZONING FROM RE RESIDENTIAL ESTATE TO R-3 AND THE ALLOCATION OF ONE FLEXIBILITY UNIT.

AND THEN WELL, AND THEN ALSO AND THEN FINALLY, THEY'RE REQUESTING THAT THE SPECIAL EXCEPTION TO ALLOW FOR THE SCHOOL IN THE R3 ZONING DISTRICT BETHLEHEM JUNIOR ACADEMY THEY'RE CURRENTLY LOCATED AT 6827 WEST COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD IN THE MARKETPLACE OF TAMARAC.

AND THEN ON AUGUST 5TH OF 2020, THEY RECEIVED BETHLEHEM JUNIOR ACADEMY.

THEY RECEIVED A SPECIAL EXCEPTION APPROVAL IN THEIR LOCATION TO EXPAND FOR GRADES K THROUGH 8.

AND SO NOW THEY'RE PROPOSING TO RELOCATE TO THE SUBJECT PROPERTY AT 2099 TO INCREASE THE CAPACITY.

SO HERE'S THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.

SO WE TALKED ABOUT THE USE TO THE NORTH, TO THE SOUTH, ACROSS PROSPECT, YOU HAVE A SINGLE FAMILY SUBDIVISION IN OAKLAND PARK AND THEN TO THE WEST IS A TELECOMMUNICATION BUILDING AND THEN TO THE EAST IS THE SINGLE FAMILY SUBDIVISION OF THE TAMARAC LAKE SECOND SECTION.

SO THE PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY COMPRISED OF TWO BUILDINGS.

YOU'VE GOT A COVERED WALKWAY THAT CONNECTS THE TWO BUILDINGS WITH A COMMON ROOF.

YOU GOT PARKING, PLAYGROUND AND LANDSCAPING.

YOU HAVE THE BUILDING ON THE BUILDING A IT'S 9085FT².

BUILDING B SHOWN ON THE SCREEN, 9120FT² FOR A TOTAL COMBINED OF 18,205FT².

AND THEN IT'S SEPARATED.

THEN THIS PROPERTY IS SEPARATED, AS KEITH SAID, FROM THE SUBDIVISION TO THE EAST BY A WALL AND A BUNCH OF MATURE TREES.

OKAY. SO THROUGH THE HISTORY, THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS A FORMER SITE OF THE KATHLEEN C WRIGHT CHARTER SCHOOL, WHICH WAS OCCUPIED THE SPACE THROUGH 2010 THROUGH 2013. THEY TAUGHT K THROUGH EIGHT.

IN 2014, SITE WAS APPROVED BY THE CITY OF HOUSE CHAMPS CAREER PREP HIGH SCHOOL.

THEY EXPECTED AN ENROLLMENT OF 400 STUDENTS, BUT THE SCHOOL NEVER OPENED FOR INTERNAL REASONS.

THEN ON JULY 11TH, 2018, THE CITY COMMISSION APPROVED SPECIAL EXCEPTION APPROVAL FOR EXCELSIOR CHARTER OF BROWARD TO ALLOW FOR THE SCHOOL IN AN R-1C ZONING DISTRICT

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WITH A CONDITION OF APPROVAL THAT THE REQUIRED SPECIAL EXCEPTION TO ONLY REMAIN VALID DURING THE PERIOD OF WHICH CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY AND BUSINESS LICENSE HAS EXPIRED.

THEN, ADDITIONALLY, ON JUNE 11TH, ON THAT SAME DAY, THE CITY DID THE CITYWIDE REZONING AND REZONED THE PROPERTY FROM R-1C TO RE AS PART OF THE CITYWIDE REZONING, THEREBY MAKING IT A NON-CONFORMING USE.

THEN ON AUGUST 9TH OF 2018, EXCELSIOR CHARTER THEY FILED.

THEN THEY MOVED INTO THE 2099 LOCATION.

AND, YOU KNOW, AND THEN IT BECAME THE NONCONFORMING USE DURING THE DUE TO THE SCHOOL BEING PROHIBITED IN THE RE ZONING DISTRICT.

EXCELSIOR CHARTER AT THE TIME, THEY HAD OVER 200 STUDENTS IN GRADES K THROUGH EIGHT, K THROUGH FIVE, AND THEY DESIRED TO INCREASE ENROLLMENT TO 450 STUDENTS FOR GRADES K THROUGH EIGHT AT THE 2099 LOCATION.

DURING THE 2020-2021 SCHOOL YEAR EXCELSIOR CHARTER, THEY SERVED 157 STUDENTS.

AND THEN ON OCTOBER, AUGUST 10TH OF 2021, THEY CONSTRUCTED THE NEW PLAYGROUND THAT WAS DESTROYED BY HURRICANE IRMA.

BUT UNFORTUNATELY, EXCELSIOR CHARTER, THEY SHUTTERED IN 2022 DUE TO FINANCIAL ISSUES FROM THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC. AND UNFORTUNATELY, THE BUSINESS LICENSE WAS NOT RENEWED AND THEN IT EXPIRED.

AND SO THEN IT NO LONGER THE SPECIAL EXCEPTION, NO LONGER MET THAT CONDITIONAL APPROVAL, WHICH IS WHY NOW SPECIAL EXCEPTION APPROVAL IS REQUIRED DUE TO THE REZONING AND THE NEW ZONING DISTRICT.

SO YEAH, SO THESE SO THE EXISTING USE OF THE SCHOOL CEASED FOR MORE THAN 60 DAYS AND THE BUSINESS LICENSE EXPIRED, THEREBY REQUIRING THE NEW SPECIAL EXCEPTION.

OKAY. SO THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT, THEY'RE GOING FROM LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL TO LOW MEDIUM RESIDENTIAL TO ALLOW FOR THE SCHOOL USE.

IT'S A SMALL SCALE LAND USE PLAN AMENDMENT, SO IT DOES NOT REQUIRE EVALUATION BY A REVIEWING AGENCIES PURSUANT TO STATE STATUTE.

IT ONLY INVOLVES LESS THAN 50 ACRES AND DOES NOT INVOLVE A TEXT CHANGE AND ISN'T LOCATED IN AN AREA OF CRITICAL STATE CONCERN.

SO IT DOESN'T REQUIRE AN AMENDMENT THROUGH BROWARD COUNTY, BUT IT WILL REQUIRE RECERTIFICATION OF OUR LAND USE MAP AND FLEX TABLE AND WILL REQUIRE THE APPLICANT TO DO THAT AS A CONDITION OF APPROVAL.

THE PROPOSED REZONING FROM RE TO R3 ALLOWS FOR THE SCHOOL THROUGH A SPECIAL EXCEPTION.

THE ALLOCATION OF ONE FLEX UNIT IS NEEDED TO PROVIDE THE RESIDENTIAL DENSITY TO GET US TO THAT R3 ZONING WITHOUT AMENDING THE BROWARD COUNTY LAND USE PLAN AND TO REMAIN CONSISTENT WITH THE ADMINISTRATIVE RULES DOCUMENT THAT BROWARD COUNTY PROVIDES.

SO BETHLEHEM, THEY'RE PROPOSING TO HAVE AN ENROLLMENT OF UP TO 300 KINDERGARTEN THROUGH EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS AND WILL ALSO HOUSE A PRE KINDERGARTEN PROGRAM OF UP TO 150 STUDENTS.

BETHLEHEM, THE SCHOOL HOURS ARE GOING TO BE 8 A.M.

TO 3 P.M. FOR THE K THROUGH EIGHTH GRADE.

THE PRE KINDERGARTEN IS GOING TO BE 8:30 A.M.

TO 2:30 P.M..

PARENTS, THE DROP OFF IS GOING TO BE 7:30 A.M.

TO 9 A.M.

AND THEN PICK UP IS 2:30 TO 6:00 P.M.

. AND THEN KINDERGARTEN THE PRE KINDERGARTEN PARENTS MAY CHOOSE TO PARK AND PICK UP THEIR STUDENTS ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE BUILDING, AND THEN THEY'LL HAVE STAFF MEMBERS TO ASSIST WITH THAT. OKAY, SO BACK TO THE ACCESS PLAN.

ACCESS IS PROVIDED VIA THE TWO DRIVEWAYS.

THE SOUTH SIDE CONNECTS TO PROSPECT ROAD.

HAS A RIGHT IN, RIGHT OUT.

HOWEVER, DURING THE PICKUP AND DROP OFFS, IT WILL BE THE EXIT ONLY PER THE PLAN.

THE WEST SIDE CONNECTS TO 21ST AVENUE.

THAT'S A RIGHT IN RIGHT OUT.

AND THEN DURING THE PICKUP AND DROP OFF, THAT'S GOING TO BE THE ENTRANCE.

BROWARD COUNTY, THEY PREVIOUSLY DETERMINED THAT NO SCHOOL FLASHERS OR REDUCED SPEED ZONES ARE REQUIRED IN THE AREA FOR THE SCHOOL.

THEY SUBMITTED A TRAFFIC STUDY THAT WAS SUBMITTED TO ADDRESS THE INTERNAL QUEUING AND TRAFFIC CIRCULATION FOR THE DROP OFF AND PICKUP.

THE VEHICLE CIRCULATION PLAN THAT'S SHOWN THAT SHOWS THE INTENDED METHOD FOR THE ACCESS AROUND THE SCHOOL, THE CIRCULATION AND THE EGRESS ONTO PROSPECT.

IT SHOWS THERE'S 535FT BETWEEN THE EGRESS INGRESS EXCUSE ME, ON NORTHWEST 21ST AVENUE AND THE DROP OFF PICKUP AREA

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OVER THERE ON THE EAST SIDE.

THE 75 FOOT, IT'S A 75 FOOT DROP OFF PICKUP AREA THAT WILL ACCOMMODATE THREE VEHICLES AT A TIME.

225 STUDENTS WILL BE PICKED UP USING THIS PICKUP LANE AND THE REMAINING 50 WILL BE PICKED UP BY PARENTS WHO'S GOING TO WALK OR IS GOING TO PARK? SCHOOL STAFF MEMBERS ARE GOING TO ENSURE PROPER CIRCULATION ON SITE.

AND YOU CAN SEE THE GREEN POINTS THAT SHOW WHERE THE STAFF MEMBERS ARE GOING TO BE LOCATED AT THE ENTRANCE ON 21ST AND THEN THE EGRESS ON PROSPECT. ADDITIONALLY, YOU GOT THE THERE'S THAT EXIT ONLY SIGN THAT'S SHOWN THAT REINFORCES THE TRAFFIC FLOW.

A TRAFFIC STUDY.

THE TRAFFIC STUDY ALSO PROVIDED A PARKING ANALYSIS.

A TOTAL OF 47 PARKING SPACES ARE REQUIRED FOR THE PROPOSED SCHOOL AND 133 PARKING SPACES ARE LOCATED ON THE PROPERTY, OF WHICH FIVE ARE HANDICAPPED ACCESSIBLE.

THE STUDY EXPECTED THAT 150 STUDENTS WOULD BE WALKED INTO SCHOOL AND THE REMAINING 300 ARE GOING TO BE TRANSPORTED BY THEIR PARENTS.

AND THEN THERE'S ALSO GOING TO BE NO BUSSES THAT WILL TRANSPORT THE STUDENTS OR WILL PARK ON THE PROPERTY.

THE DURATION THEY'RE EXPECTING THE VEHICLES TO BE PARKED IS LESS THAN FIVE MINUTES.

ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES ARE SPREAD OUT IN AN HOUR AND A HALF IN THE AFTERNOON.

SO THE 133 PARKING SPACES THAT ARE ON SITE WILL ACCOMMODATE THOSE WHO CHOOSE TO PARK AND PICK UP.

SO THEN THE TRAFFIC STUDY CONCLUDES THAT THE SCHOOL WILL NOT HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON THE ADJACENT ROADWAY, NETWORK LEVEL OF SERVICE AND ON SITE VEHICULAR STORAGE AND IS NOT EXPECTED TO HAVE ANY IMPACT ON THE ADJACENT ROADWAY TRAFFIC IN THE PARKING SUPPLY IS MORE THAN ADEQUATE FOR THE DEMAND OF THE PROPOSED SCHOOL.

THE CITY'S TRAFFIC CONSULTANT TRAFF TECH, THEY REVIEWED THE TRAFFIC STUDY AND CONCURRED WITH THE METHODOLOGY, THE ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES AND THE FINDINGS IN THE STUDY.

SO THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE AND IT IDENTIFIES THESE REVIEW STANDARDS FOR EACH ONE OF THESE ITEMS. SO YOU HAVE THE FIVE STANDARDS FOR THE SMALL SCALE LAND USE PLAN AMENDMENT AND THE DIRECTOR OF SPORTS REQUEST FOR THE SMALL SCALE LAND USE PLAN AMENDMENT BASED UPON THE ANALYSIS WITH THE REVIEW STANDARDS EMPLOYED.

THEN WE GOT THE REVIEW STANDARDS FOR THE FLEX UNITS.

AND SO THE DIRECTOR ALSO SUPPORTS THE REQUEST FOR THE FLEX UNITS BASED UPON THE ANALYSIS OF THE APPLICATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REVIEW STANDARDS EMPLOYED. AND THEN SIMILAR TO THE FLEX UNITS, YOU HAVE THE REZONING WHICH HAS THE [INAUDIBLE] STANDARDS OF APPROVAL AND THE DIRECTOR SUPPORTS THE REQUEST FOR THE PROPOSED REZONING BASED ON THE ANALYSIS.

AND THEN FINALLY, WE HAVE THE SPECIAL EXCEPTION.

AND THE PURPOSE OF THE SPECIAL EXCEPTION IS TO PROVIDE INDIVIDUALIZED REVIEW OF CERTAIN USES THAT DUE TO THEIR NATURE RELATIONSHIP TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND POTENTIAL ADVERSE IMPACTS ON SURROUNDING AREA, THEY REQUIRE SPECIAL CONSIDERATION OF THE LOCATION, DESIGN AND METHODS OF OPERATION, AS WELL AS IMPOSITION OF CONDITIONS TO MITIGATE CONCERNS BEFORE THEY CAN BE DEEMED APPROPRIATE IN THE ZONING DISTRICT AND COMPATIBLE WITH THEIR SURROUNDINGS.

THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE THEN GIVES TEN STANDARDS FOR THE SPECIAL EXCEPTION, AND IT IS THE OPINION OF THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR THAT THE REQUEST FOR THE SPECIAL EXCEPTION MEETS EACH OF THE REVIEW STANDARDS BASED ON COMPETENT SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE.

AND THE DIRECTOR SUPPORTS THE PETITION BASED ON THE FACT THAT ALL CONCERNS REGARDING THE POTENTIAL ADVERSE IMPACTS ON THE SURROUNDING AREA HAVE BEEN MITIGATED AND THE SCHOOL USE IS DEEMED APPROPRIATE IN THE R-3 ZONING DISTRICT.

ALL RIGHT. SO THEN THE SMALL SCALE LAND USE THAT SUPPORTS GOAL NUMBER FOUR, TAMARAC IS VIBRANT.

THE APPROVAL WILL PROVIDE THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVITALIZE A VACANT PROPERTY WITHIN THE CITY.

THE DIRECTOR RECOMMENDS THAT THE PLANNING BOARD FORWARD A FAVORABLE RECOMMENDATION FOR THE PROPOSED SMALL SCALE PLAN AMENDMENT AND THE ALLOCATION OF ONE FLEXIBILITY UNIT TO FACILITATE THE ALLOWANCE OF A SCHOOL USE TO THE CITY COMMISSION AT ITS AUGUST 23RD, 2023, MEETING FOR FIRST READING AND ITS SEPTEMBER 13TH, 2023 MEETING FOR SECOND READING WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITION OF APPROVAL.

THE APPLICANT SHALL SUBMIT THE APPROPRIATE APPLICATIONS TO THE BROWARD COUNTY PLANNING COUNCIL TO RECERTIFY THE CITY'S FUTURE LAND USE MAP AND SUPPLY A COPY OF THE APPROVED RECERTIFIED MAP TO THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT PRIOR TO THE ISSUANCE OF A BUILDING PERMIT.

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OKAY. SO IN ADDITION, THE REZONING AND ALLOCATION OF THE FLEX UNIT, IT SUPPORTS POLICY 1.4 OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. THE APPROVAL OF THE REZONING AND FLEXIBILITY UNIT FACILITATES A SCHOOL USE ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.

AFTER CONSIDERATION OF THE CRITERIA OUTLINED IN THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE.

THE DIRECTOR SHE SUPPORTS THE PLANNING.

SHE RECOMMENDS THAT THE PLANNING BOARD FORWARD A FAVORABLE RECOMMENDATION FOR THE PROPOSED REZONING CONCURRENT WITH THE ALLOCATION OF ONE FLEX UNIT AT ITS AUGUST 23RD, 2023, MEETING FOR FIRST READING AND ITS SEPTEMBER 13TH, 2023 MEETING FOR SECOND READING WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL.

NUMBER ONE THAT THE APPLICANT SHALL SUBMIT THE APPROPRIATE APPLICATIONS TO THE BROWARD COUNTY PLANNING COUNCIL TO RECERTIFY THE CITY'S FUTURE LAND USE MAP AND SUPPLY A COPY OF THE APPROVED RECERTIFIED MAP TO THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT PRIOR TO THE ISSUANCE OF A BUILDING PERMIT.

AND THEN FINALLY, THE SPECIAL EXCEPTION.

SUPPORT GOAL NUMBER ONE OF THE CITY'S 2040 STRATEGIC PLAN.

TAMARAC IS HOME.

THE APPROVAL OF THE SPECIAL EXCEPTION FOR THE SCHOOL FACILITY IN R-3 ZONING DISTRICT.

IT WILL ENHANCE THE CITY'S QUALITY OF LIFE AND EDUCATIONAL GREATNESS OF THE CITY BY REVIVING A FORMER SCHOOL LOCATION.

AS YOU CAN SEE, GREAT EDUCATION THAT'S PART OF THAT GOAL.

SO FINALLY, THE DIRECTOR RECOMMENDS THAT THE PLANNING BOARD APPROVE THE SPECIAL EXCEPTION FOR THE BETHLEHEM JUNIOR ACADEMY TO ALLOW FOR THE OPERATION OF A SCHOOL USE IN THE R-3 ZONING DISTRICT AT ITS SEPTEMBER 13TH, 2023, MEETING, WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL.

NUMBER ONE, THE SPECIAL EXCEPTION SHALL ONLY REMAIN VALID DURING THE PERIOD OF WHICH CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY AND BUSINESS LICENSE REMAIN ACTIVE.

NUMBER TWO THE SPECIAL EXCEPTION IS TRANSFERABLE ADMINISTRATIVELY PURSUANT TO COMPLIANCE WITH CITY CODE, SUBMITTING DOCUMENTATION OF PAYMENT AND FEES ONLY AFTER THE PREVIOUS CONDITION IS MET.

NUMBER THREE ANY FUTURE FENCING GATING OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY FOR SECURITY REASONS SHALL BE ACCOMPLISHED WITHOUT CREATING A STACKING ISSUE INTO EITHER PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY THROUGH THE APPROVAL OF A SEPARATE BUILDING PERMIT.

NUMBER FOUR NO BUSSES WILL BE STORED ON THE PROPERTY AT ANY TIME UNLESS A SITE PLAN REVISION IS SUBMITTED AND APPROVED TO REVISE THE EXISTING PARKING LOT.

AND THEN NUMBER FIVE, THE PARENT DROP OFF PICKUP OPERATIONS SHALL BE MONITORED BY SCHOOL STAFF TO ENSURE THAT THE VEHICLE QUEUES DO NOT AFFECT THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY, INCLUDING THE NORTHBOUND RIGHT TURN LANE ON NORTHWEST 21ST AVENUE.

STAGGERED START AND RELEASE TIMES SHALL BE PROVIDED IF VEHICLE QUEUES AFFECT THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY AND THEN SITE PLAN APPROVAL WILL BE REQUIRED TO ADD A SECOND DROP OFF PICKUP LANE OF VEHICLE QUEUES CONTINUING TO AFFECT THE PUBLIC LANE CONTINUED, ARE DETERMINED TO CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY FOLLOWING THE APPLICATION OF STAGGERED START AND RELEASE TIMES.

AND THIS CONCLUDES STAFF PRESENTATION.

WE'LL ACCEPT QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? SAJEEN. I DO.

CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO ME THE FLEX UNIT AND WHAT IT IS? YEAH, THE FLEX UNIT.

BROWARD COUNTY GIVES US BASICALLY FLEXIBILITY TO ADD DENSITY TO TO THE PROPERTY WITHOUT HAVING TO GO AND DO A LAND USE CHANGE THROUGH THEM.

SO THAT'S WHAT THIS IS DOING.

WE'RE ALLOCATING THE ONE FLEXIBILITY UNIT AND THAT'S NEEDED TO TO GET TO THAT R-3 ZONING BECAUSE THAT WOULD ALLOW THAT ADDITIONAL DENSITY IN THE R-3 ZONING.

AND DID YOU SAY ONE FLEXIBLE.

YEAH, WE ONLY NEED TO.

IS IT LIKE? WE ONLY NEED TO ALLOCATE ONE AT THIS POINT.

IF THE PROPERTY WAS TO BE DEVELOPED AS FUTURE MULTIFAMILY, RESIDENTIAL ALLOCATION OF FUTURE FLEXIBILITY UNITS MAY BE REQUIRED.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. I GUESS I HAVE TO REVIEW THAT.

THE SECOND QUESTION, WILL THERE BE ANY IMPROVEMENTS TO THE PROPERTY TO FACILITATE THIS NEW OCCUPATION? WE'LL LET THE APPLICANT.

SORRY. KEITH POLIAKOFF.

THE PROPERTY IS IN MOVING CONDITION.

IT'S IN MOVING CONDITION.

AND IN FACT, WHEN MR. JOHNSON SHOWED YOU THE TRAFFIC PLAN AND ALL THAT, IT'S NOT EVEN LIKE SOMETHING YOU HAVEN'T IT'S BEEN OPERATIONAL FOR SO MANY YEARS THAT WE KNOW THERE'S NO QUEUING PROBLEM.

WE KNOW THERE'S NO PARKING PROBLEM.

I THINK, YOU KNOW, THE OWNERSHIP IS LOOKING.

THEY'RE BUYING THE PROPERTY.

BY THE WAY, I WANT TO MAKE THAT CLEAR.

THEY'RE NOT LEASING IT.

SO THE MINUTE THAT THIS IS APPROVED, THE BANK PROVIDES THEM THE FINANCING AND THEY'RE OWNING.

I'M SURE THEY'LL MAKE THEIR OWN IMPROVEMENTS, SUCH AS THEY WANT TO REPAINT AND DO SOME OTHER.

WITH NO CONSTRUCTION? NO CONSTRUCTION.

IT'S A MOVEIN CONDITION.

OKAY. YEAH. SORRY.

LONG WINDED ANSWER FOR THAT.

THANK YOU.

I HAVE A QUESTION.

DOES IT MEET AND THE DOES TAMARAC HAVE AN EDUCATIONAL OCCUPANCY REQUIREMENT? AND DOES THIS DEVELOPMENT MEET THAT? WE DO NOT HAVE AN EDUCATIONAL OCCUPANCY REQUIREMENT?

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OKAY. THANK YOU. DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YEAH, MY ONLY CONCERN WAS ABOUT THE TRAFFIC, BUT IT SEEMED LIKE YOU HAVE DONE YOUR RESEARCH ALREADY ON THAT AND IT'S APPROPRIATE.

SO IF THAT'S ALL, I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH IT.

I THINK IT'S A GOOD THING.

GOING BACK TO THE LAST QUESTION REALLY QUICKLY, BROWARD COUNTY DID REVIEW OR THE SCHOOL BOARD DID REVIEW THE LAND USE PLAN AMENDMENT.

AND WE HAVE THEIR REPORT WAS PROVIDED IN THE BACK UP.

AWESOME. AND ALSO THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT SIGNS OFF ON THE SCHOOL AND CAPACITY THROUGH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

SO IT'S ALL IN THAT.

AWESOME. THIS IS JUST FOR CLARIFICATION ON THE CURRENT VEHICULAR CIRCULATION PLAN.

I SEE THAT THERE ARE TWO EXITS, ONE ON THE RIGHT WHERE IT SAYS EXIT ONLY THROUGH THE COMMUNITY AND THEN ANOTHER ON PROSPECT ROAD.

SO THE K THROUGH 8 TRAFFIC, WHICH IS GOING TO BE A HIGHER TRAFFIC FLOW THAN THE PRE SCHOOL TRAFFIC WILL HAVE TWO EXIT OPPORTUNITIES.

AM I CORRECT ABOUT THAT? I SEE A WHITE CIRCLE HERE AND A BOX THAT SAYS EXIT ONLY.

NO, THAT'S JUST A SIGN.

THAT'S A SIGN THAT REINFORCES THE TRAFFIC FLOW TO MAKE SURE.

OKAY, SO THERE'S JUST THE ONE EXIT.

OKAY. RIGHT. PEOPLE DON'T GO UP THERE TO EXIT OR THAT'S AN EXIT ONLY.

THERE IS A EIGHT FOOT WALL ON THAT ENTIRE SIDE.

SO THERE'S NO WAY THROUGH THE COMMUNITY.

OKAY. YEAH, I'M TRYING TO VISUALIZE THE LOCATION.

I KNOW THAT 2800, BUT I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW FAR.

WHAT'S THE ADDRESS AGAIN? 2029. I KNOW 2800 HAS A SCHOOL REDEEMING WORD CHRISTIAN CENTER INTERNATIONAL.

THAT'S CORRECT OVER ON PROSPECT THERE.

OKAY. OKAY.

SO I WASN'T SURE HOW THE CONNECTION OR HOW CLOSE THE CONNECTION WAS BETWEEN THIS PARTICULAR ENTITY AND THE REDEEMING WORD FOR THE TRAFFICKING PURPOSES OF THE SCHOOL. THIS IS SOUTH OF COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD.

THE REDEEMING WORD IS NORTH OF COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD.

THANK YOU FAR, VERY FAR.

WILL THIS BE A CHARTER SCHOOL? IS IT A CHARTER SCHOOL? THIS IS NOT A CHARTER SCHOOL.

IT'S A PRIVATE SCHOOL.

OKAY. THAT'S FUNDED IN PART BY THE STATE.

AND THE PARENTS PICK UP THE OTHER HALF.

AND HOW MANY EMPLOYEES OR.

CURRENTLY ABOUT 40.

SORRY. FOR THE RECORD 40.

40. I'M SORRY. OKAY.

OKAY. I HAVE ONE OTHER QUESTION.

WILL THE PARENTS BE PULLING IN AND PARKING TO PICK UP THEIR CHILDREN OR ARE THEY GOING BECAUSE MANY OF THE SCHOOL THAT I HAVE TO PASS BY, THERE ARE THESE LONG LINES THAT SOMETIMES REALLY IMPACT TRAFFIC BECAUSE THEY'RE THERE TO PICK UP THEIR KIDS.

AND IT'S JUST ON HOW IS THAT? THERE'S PLENTY OF PARKING SPOTS, AS MR. JOHNSON SHOWED YOU.

THERE'S LIKE OVER NEARLY 100 EXTRA PARKING SPOTS HERE.

BUT BECAUSE OF THEIR STAGGERED TIMES, THEY DO HALF HOUR PICK UP INCREMENTS.

THERE IS NOT LONG LINES HERE.

IT GOES VERY SMOOTHLY FOR PICK UP AND DROP OFF.

SO WOULD THERE BE PARKING TO PICK UP THEIR CHILDREN? NOT NORMALLY. ONCE IN A WHILE.

FOR THE YOUNGER STUDENTS, THE PRE K AND K.

SOMETIMES PARENTS LIKE TO PARK TO WALK INSIDE TO PICK UP THEIR KIDS.

THERE'S AMPLE PARKING FOR THAT.

BUT THE MAJORITY WILL USE THE TRAFFIC PATTERN THAT'S SHOWN UP THERE, WHICH IS MORE THAN ENOUGH STACKING, IN FACT, FOR THE SINCE THE 1980S THAT THIS BUILDING'S BEEN USED, THERE HAS NOT BEEN A SINGLE COMPLAINT AT THE CITY ABOUT STACKING WITH 450 STUDENTS THERE INTO RIGHT OF WAY.

IT'S NEVER OCCURRED SINCE 1985, ROB OR WHEREVER THAT INITIAL SCHOOL WAS.

YEAH. WAS STARTED SOMEWHERE AROUND THERE.

OKAY. DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YES. SO I DID SEE THAT AT SOME POINT IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT THIS PARTICULAR SITE GO THROUGH A RE CERTIFICATION PROCESS.

WAS THAT DONE? THAT WILL BE DONE FOLLOWING THE APPROVAL OF THE SMALL SCALE LAND USE PLAN.

THE APPLICANT WILL BE REQUIRED TO RECERTIFY OUR FUTURE LAND USE MAP AND OUR FLEXIBILITY TABLE THROUGH BROWARD COUNTY.

AND THERE WAS SOME PREVIOUS INTERNAL PROBLEMS IN REGARDS TO WHY THE SCHOOL DIDN'T OPEN UP IN THE FIRST PLACE.

THAT WAS CHAMPS.

THAT WAS LIKE TWO, TWO SCHOOLS AGO, 2 OR 3 SCHOOLS AGO.

OKAY. SO THE INTERNAL PROBLEMS DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE REZONING, RECERTIFICATION? NO. OKAY. THANK YOU.

WILL THERE BE BUSSES? SOME OF THE CHILDREN ARRIVING ON BUSSES? NO.

NO BUSSES.

OKAY. AND THAT'S A CONDITION OF APPROVAL IN THE SPECIAL EXCEPTION, THE NO BUSSES.

OKAY. THAT WAS.

OKAY. DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO. OKAY.

THANK YOU BOTH. WE'D LIKE TO OPEN THE FLOOR TO THE PUBLIC.

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IF THERE'S ANYONE HERE THAT WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT OR ASK A QUESTION.

THE FLOOR IS NOW OPEN AND IT DOESN'T APPEAR THAT THERE IS ANYONE HERE, SO THE FLOOR IS NOW CLOSED.

I'D LIKE TO ASK FOR A MOTION TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE VOTE RECOMMENDING.

SO, MADAM CHAIR, WE'LL NEED TO TAKE EACH ITEM SEPARATELY.

YEAH, WE CAN DO IT THIS WAY, MADAM CHAIR.

WE NEED TO VOTE FOR ITEM 8A, WHICH IS THE ORDINANCE, AND THAT'S TO 2534.

CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE IN A SECOND? ITEM 8A.

NO APPROVE. I SECOND.

CAN YOU LET ME KNOW WHO MOVED? I MOVED. WHO MOVED THE MOTION? JACQUES MOISE MADE A MOTION TO MOVE TO APPROVE.

WHO SECOND? VIOLA.

OKAY. NIKOLE CLEARE.

YES. MOTION TO MAKE A FAVORABLE RECOMMENDATION TO THE CITY COMMISSION.

YES. VIOLA WATSON.

PASSED 5 TO 0.

AWESOME. I'D LIKE TO ASK FOR A MOTION FOR ITEM 9A TEMPORARY ORDER 2535.

[9.a TO2535 - An ordinance of the City Commission of the City of Tamarac, Florida, amending the Official Zoning Map of the City of Tamarac referenced in Section 10-2.1(B) of Chapter 10 of the City of Tamarac Code of Ordinances to reflect the rezoning of certain real estate property fully described as Parcel “A,” “Prospect Plaza” according to the Plat thereof, as recorded in Plat Book 136, Page 2 of the public records of Broward County, Florida, from the current RE (Residential Estate) zoning classification to R-3 (Multi-Family Residential) zoning classification, for the subject property located at 2099 West Prospect Road, in order to allocate one (1) flexibility unit to facilitate the allowance of a school use and provide consistency with the Land Development Code in accordance with the intent of the Comprehensive Plan of the City of Tamarac; (Case No. 5-Z-23 & 1-FLX-23); providing for amendment to the Official Zoning Map to reflect such change; providing for conflicts; providing for severability; and providing for an effective date.]

DO I HAVE A MOTION TO MOVE FORWARD.

YES. A MOTION MADE BY JACQUES MOISE.

SECOND. NIKOLE CLEARE.

YES. MOTION TO MAKE A FAVORABLE RECOMMENDATION TO THE CITY COMMISSION.

YES. VIOLA WATSON.

PASS 5 TO 0.

AND FINALLY, I'M ASKING FOR A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 9B TEMPORARY BOARD ORDER 79 APPROVING A SPECIAL

[9.b TBO 79 - Board Order approving/denying Special Exception application for a proposed School use in an R-3 (Multi-Family Residential) zoning district, pursuant to the Tamarac Code of Ordinances]

EXCEPTION FOR PROPOSED USE IN A R-3 MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICT.

DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? MY MOTION TO APPROVE.

SECOND IT. VIOLA WATSON.