[5.a TR13967 - A Resolution of the City Commission of Tamarac, Florida authorizing the renewal of General Liability, Automobile Liability, Automobile Physical Damage, Workers' Compensation, and Property Lines of coverage including any endorsements with the Florida Municipal Insurance Trust (FMIT) for a one (1) year period beginning October 1, 2023 at a cost of $1,858,963 and payment of any increase resulting from the annual premium audit and/or additions to the property schedule; providing for conflicts; providing for severability; and providing for an effective date.]

ITEM FIVE A RESOLUTION OF CITY COMMISSION CITY OF TAMARAC AUTHORIZING RENEWAL OF GENERAL LIABILITY.

AUTOMOBILE LIABILITY.

AUTOMOBILE PHYSICAL DAMAGE, WORKER'S COMPENSATION, PROPERTY LINES COVERAGE, INCLUDING ANY ENDORSEMENTS WITH THE FLORIDA MUNICIPAL INSURANCE TRUST FOR A ONE YEAR PERIOD BEGINNING OCTOBER 1ST, 2023, AT A COST OF $1,858,963 AND PAYMENT OF ANY INCREASE RESULTING FROM ANNUAL PREMIUM AUDIT OR ADDITION TO THE PROPERTY SCHEDULE.

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

THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND? SO MOVED. SECOND.

I HAVE A MOTION BY THE VICE MAYOR AND I HAVE A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WRIGHT.

I WILL NOW OPEN UP PUBLIC COMMENTS.

IS THERE ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE WISHING TO MAKE A COMMENT ON THIS MATTER? SEEING NONE. PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE NOW CLOSED.

I HAVE LORENZO CALHOUN, DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES.

KATHY ACKERMAN, RISK SAFETY MANAGER, AND MIKE MORRELL FROM FLORIDA LEAGUE OF CITIES, AVAILABLE TO PRESENT TO US A PRESENTATION COMMISSION.

DO WE NEED ONE? CONSENSUS IS THAT WE DO NOT NEED ONE.

ANY DISCUSSION BY THE COMMISSION? SEEING NONE. CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.

VICE MAYOR BOLTON? YES.

COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS? YES. COMMISSIONER.

DANIEL? YES.

COMMISSIONER WRIGHT.

YES. MAYOR GOMEZ.

YES. THANK YOU. MOTION PASSES 5 TO 0.

THANK YOU. WE ARE NOW AT 5B013973.

[5.b TR13973 - A Resolution of the City Commission of the City of Tamarac, Florida, approving Agreement Amendment #2 to the Agreement with Troon Golf, LLC for Golf Course Operations Services at the Colony West Country Club dated October 24, 2013; approving an extension of the existing Agreement for a period of three (3) years in accordance with the provisions contained in the Agreement; authorizing the appropriate City Officials to execute Agreement Amendment #2 to the Agreement for Management and Maintenance of the Golf Course and the amenities available in the clubhouse including foodservice and Proshop operations for a period of three (3) years, for the effective period of October 24, 2023 through October 23, 2026 ; providing for conflicts; providing for severability; and providing for an effective date. ]

CITY ATTORNEY PLEASE READ THE TITLE FOR THE RECORD.

ITEM FIVE B IS A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY.

TAMARAC CITY COMMISSIONER CITY TAMARAC APPROVE AN AGREEMENT.

AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO TO THE AGREEMENT WITH TROON GOLF, LLC FOR GOLF COURSE OPERATIONS SERVICES AT THE COLONY WEST COUNTRY CLUB, DATED OCTOBER 24TH, 2013, PROVING AN EXTENSION OF EXISTING AGREEMENT FOR A PERIOD OF THREE YEARS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS IN THE AGREEMENT AUTHORIZING APPROPRIATE CITY OFFICIALS TO EXECUTE AGREEMENT AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO TO THE AGREEMENT FOR MANAGEMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF THE GOLF COURSE AND AMENITIES AVAILABLE IN THE CLUBHOUSE, INCLUDING FOOD SERVICE AND PRO SHOP OPERATIONS FOR A PERIOD OF THREE YEARS AND FOR EFFECTIVE PERIOD OF OCTOBER 24TH, 2023 THROUGH OCTOBER 23RD, 2026, PRIOR TO CONFLICTS PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, PROVIDING FOR EFFECTIVE DATE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

I NEED A MOTION. A SECOND.

SO MOVED. SECOND.

I HAVE A MOTION BY THE VICE MAYOR.

A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS.

I WILL NOW OPEN THIS UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS.

ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE WISH TO MAKE ANY COMMENTS? SEEING NONE, PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE NOW CLOSED.

GREG WARNER, DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION, IS HERE TO MAKE A PRESENTATION.

GOOD MORNING, MAYOR.

VICE MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION FOR THE RECORD, GREG WARNER, DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION.

AND THE RESOLUTION THAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU IS FOR THE APPROVAL OF AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO TO THE AGREEMENT WITH TROON GOLF LLC FOR GOLF SERVICE OPERATIONS AND MANAGEMENT SERVICES AT THE COUNTY WEST COUNTRY CLUB.

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AND IN DOING THIS, YOU WOULD BE ALLOWING A WAIVER OF PROCUREMENT PROCEDURES PER SECTION 646-148I OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC CODE AND APPROVING AN EXTENSION WITH THE EXISTING AGREEMENT FOR A PERIOD OF THREE YEARS, WHICH WOULD BE EFFECTIVE FROM OCTOBER 20TH 3RD OR OCTOBER 24TH, 2023 THROUGH OCTOBER 23RD, 2026.

SO I DO HAVE A PRESENTATION FOR YOU TO RUN THROUGH SOME OF THE DETAILS OF THIS OF THIS RESOLUTION.

SO SOME SOME QUICK BACKGROUND ON THE COUNTY WEST COURSE.

IN DECEMBER OF 2011, THE CITY PURCHASED THE COUNTY WEST COUNTRY CLUB FROM THE EDWARD RAT CORPORATION AS A MEANS TO PRESERVE GREEN SPACE AND TO CONTROL THE PROPERTY.

AT THAT POINT, THE CITY LEASED THE FACILITY TO SANDTRAP MANAGEMENT INC.

FOR A PERIOD OF THREE YEARS.

IN AUGUST OF 2013, SANDTRAP MANAGEMENT CLOSED COLONY WEST AND ABANDONED THE LEASE.

AT THAT TIME, THE CITY COMMISSION MOVED FORWARD.

THE CITY MOVED FORWARD WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO PLACE AN RFP OUT FOR GOLF COURSE MANAGEMENT SERVICES.

AND IN OCTOBER OF 2013, THE CITY COMMISSION APPROVED A RESOLUTION AWARDING MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT TO BILLY CASPER GOLF, LLC FOR A PERIOD OF FIVE YEARS, WITH ONE OPTION FOR A FIVE YEAR RENEWAL.

IN 2018, THE CITY COMMISSION APPROVED THE RESOLUTION TO EXERCISE THAT FIVE YEAR RENEWAL OF THE AGREEMENT, BRINGING US UP TO 2023. SO SOME OF THE CONSIDERATIONS FOR EXTENSION OF THIS AGREEMENT, AGAIN, THE ORIGINAL AGREEMENT PROVIDED FOR A SINGLE FIVE YEAR RENEWAL, WHICH EXPIRES ON OCTOBER 23RD OF THIS YEAR, 2023.

STAFF IS RECOMMENDING A THREE YEAR EXTENSION AT THE SAME TERMS AND CONDITIONS DUE TO THE CONTINUITY OF SUCCESSFUL OPERATIONS BEING IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CITY. AND SOME HIGHLIGHTS OF OF THE SUCCESS AT THE GOLF COURSE.

TROON GOLF HAS BUILT UPON A NET INCOME EACH OF THE PAST THREE YEARS WITH $140,000.

ON THE POSITIVE SIDE, IN 2019, 2270 9000 PLUS IN 20 2021, AND IN 20 2122. OVER $500,000 ON THE ON THE POSITIVE SIDE IN OPERATIONAL NET REVENUES.

THROUGH THIS PERIOD OF THREE YEARS.

TROON GOLF HAS SHOWN THE SUCCESS DURING A LOT OF CHALLENGES THAT I'M SURE THE COMMISSION IS ALL AWARE OF.

CHALLENGES SUCH AS GOING THROUGH COVID, HAVING TO SHUT DOWN FOR A CERTAIN PERIOD OF TIME AND THEN REOPENING TO THE PUBLIC.

THE DELAYS IN THE CLUBHOUSE CONSTRUCTION.

SO TROON WAS OPERATING THAT FACILITY DURING THE TIME WHEN WE DID NOT HAVE A CLUBHOUSE TO OPERATE.

AND THE DELAY IN THE THE OPENING OF THE PLANT HOTEL, WHICH WE'RE KEEPING OUR FINGERS CROSSED AND LOOKING LIKE IT'S GOING TO BE OPENING THIS FALL, BUT THAT THOSE IN THE PLANNING FOR FOR TROON GOLF AS THEY WERE OPENING THE THE NEW.

NEW CLUBHOUSE WAS PLANNED FOR THAT HOTEL TO BE THERE TO MARKET WEDDINGS, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS, AND BENEFIT FROM THOSE.

SO THEY HAVE HAD SOME CHALLENGES OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS.

AND THIS YEAR AND OPERATING YEAR, 2023 THROUGH JUNE OF 2023.

TROON GOLF IS SHOWING AN INCREASE OF $156,559 IN NET REVENUE AND AN INCREASE OF MORE THAN 5000 ROUNDS OF GOLF PLAYED OVER THE SAME TIME LAST YEAR.

SO THEY'RE CONTINUING THAT SUCCESS.

CURRENT PROJECTIONS FOR FOR THIS YEAR TO END THIS FISCAL YEAR WITH A NET INCOME OF OVER $600,000.

SO THEY DO CONTINUE TO TO BE SUCCESSFUL.

AND JUST AS A REMINDER, THIS PAST YEAR CAME BEFORE THE COMMISSION TO APPROVE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE GOLF COURSE, IMPROVEMENTS TO THE TEE BOXES AND THE BUNKERS OF THE COURSE, AND AT A COST OF A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN $600,000.

AND JUST AS A REMINDER, WE WERE ABLE TO FUND THOSE IMPROVEMENTS THROUGH GOLF COURSE REVENUE.

SO THE GOLF COURSE IS PROVIDING A LOT OF SUCCESS TO PAY A LOT OF THE ITEMS FOR THEMSELF.

AND THE SUCCESS IN OPERATIONS HAS ALLOWED FOR THOSE MAJOR GOLF COURSE RENOVATIONS.

AND I WANTED TO PUT UP A COMPARISON GAME IN FRONT OF YOU FOR THE GOLF COURSE RENOVATIONS.

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BUT SOME OF THE COMPARISONS OF THE THE WESTERN CENTRAL BROWARD AND ACTUALLY ONE EASTERN BROWARD GOLF COURSE. SO PLANTATION PRESERVE IS KNOWN AS ONE OF THE THE GEMS OF BROWARD COUNTY.

AS FAR AS A GOLF COURSE GOES.

AND IN LOOKING AT THEIR THEIR BUDGET FROM FISCAL YEAR 22, THE CITY HAD TO DO AN APPROPRIATION FROM FUND BALANCE IN THE AMOUNT OF $253,935 TO BALANCE THAT BUDGET.

SO THEY WERE OPERATING AS AN ENTERPRISE FUND, SO THE CITY HAD TO APPROPRIATE, APPROPRIATE DOLLARS FROM THE FROM THE GENERAL FUND TO TO MEET THEIR THEIR BUDGET FOR THAT.

IF YOU LOOK AT SUNRISE, THE SPRING STREET COURSE IS OPERATED AS AN ENTERPRISE FUND AS WELL.

AND THEY HAVE TO DO A GENERAL FUND TRANSFER EACH YEAR TO BALANCE OUT THAT BUDGET.

IN 2022, IT WAS IN EXCESS OF $900,000.

SO THESE GOLF COURSES ARE NOT PAYING FOR THEMSELVES LIKE THE SUCCESS OF COUNTY WEST IS.

AND THEN POMPANO BEACH ALSO.

AND THEY OPERATE THEIR THEIR GOLF COURSE OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND AND THEIR OPERATING EXPENSES FOR THE GOLF COURSE EXCEEDED REVENUES BY APPROXIMATELY $1.5 MILLION AT THAT TIME.

SO I JUST WANTED TO TO SHARE THAT INFORMATION WITH YOU TO SHOW THAT WE ARE KIND OF AN OUTLIER AT THE COUNTY WEST GOLF COURSE.

AND IT'S GREAT NEWS.

SO MORE CONSIDERATIONS FOR FOR THE AGREEMENT AND THE EXTENSION EXCUSE ME, THE THREE YEAR EXTENSION AT THE SAME TERMS AND CONDITIONS AND SOME OF THOSE TERMS AND CONDITIONS AND THE FINANCIAL SIDE.

EXCUSE ME. SO THERE'S A BASE MANAGEMENT FEE THAT THE THE CITY IS PAYING AND THAT WILL BE $9,854.94 PER MONTH IN THE FIRST YEAR OF THE EXTENSION.

AND THAT EXCUSE ME, THAT BASE MANAGEMENT FEE WILL ANNUALLY ADJUST AS IT WAS IN THE ORIGINAL AGREEMENT, UP 3% UPWARD BY 3%.

ALSO, THERE IS AN INCENTIVE FEE, INCENTIVE MANAGEMENT FEE.

SO ONCE THOSE THOSE NET REVENUES EXCEED $150,000, TROON GOLF WILL WILL RECEIVE 15% OF ANYTHING ABOVE $150,000 IN EXCESS ANNUALLY.

THANK YOU. OKAY.

SO IN 2020, FISCAL YEAR 2022, THE INCENTIVE MANAGEMENT FEE THAT WAS PAID TO TROON GOLF WAS $64,000 WITH AN ANNUAL NET OPERATING INCOME TOTALING $580,000.

AND ONE NOTE, ONE NOTE WITHIN THAT AGREEMENT, THE INCENTIVE MANAGEMENT FEE CANNOT EXCEED IN ANY ONE YEAR THE BASE MANAGEMENT FEE.

SO WITH THAT FIRST YEAR BEING AT $99,854, IF YOU MULTIPLY THAT BY THE 12 MONTHS, IT'S APPROXIMATELY 120, $123,000.

THE BASE OR THE INCENTIVE MANAGEMENT FEE COULD NOT EXCEED $123,000 FOR THAT YEAR.

AND OTHER THINGS OF NOTE.

BOTH THE BASE MANAGEMENT FEE AND THE INCENTIVE MANAGEMENT FEE, AGAIN, ARE PAID FOR THROUGH GOLF COURSE REVENUES.

SO THE FISCAL IMPACT.

AGGREGATE BASE MANAGEMENT FEE 365,527 FROM THE THREE YEAR EXTENSION.

SO THAT'S FOR THE FULL THREE YEARS.

THAT WOULD BE THE TOTAL BASE MANAGEMENT FEE.

AND AGAIN, THE ON AN AVERAGE, THE INCENTIVE MANAGEMENT FEE COULD NOT EXCEED 121,842IN ANY OF THOSE ANY OF THOSE THREE YEARS.

SO I DID THE TOTAL IMPACT, NOT INCLUDING THE INCENTIVE FEE BECAUSE THAT'S THAT'S AN UNKNOWN BASED ON REVENUES WILL BE THE 365,527 FOR THE THREE YEAR EXTENSION AND AGAIN PAID FOR THROUGH GOLF COURSE OPERATING REVENUES.

IN SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE AGREEMENT THAT I WANT TO POINT OUT.

THE CITY WILL RECEIVE ALL NET REVENUE.

CITY APPROVES ANNUAL BUDGETS OPERATING AND MARKETING PLAN AGREEMENT PROVIDES FOR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS OF THE COURSE AND CLUBHOUSE FACILITIES.

CITY MANAGER.

OR DESIGNATE A STAFF SHALL HAVE THE INPUT ON THE KEY EMPLOYEES, SUCH AS THE GENERAL MANAGER, CORPS SUPERINTENDENT AND GOLF PROFESSIONAL AND.

THE. OKAY, HERE'S A TYPO.

IT'S TROON GOLF, NOT BCG ANYMORE.

WE'LL PROVIDE A MONTHLY FINANCIAL REPORT TO THE CITY NO LATER THAN 20TH DAY OF EACH MONTH FOR THE PREVIOUS MONTH.

SO STAFF REVIEWS THAT FINANCIAL REPORT EACH MONTH WITH WITH TROON STAFF.

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AND THE FINANCIAL RECORDS ARE SUBJECT TO THE CITY AUDIT BY OUR EXTERNAL AUDITORS.

AND I APOLOGIZE, BUT I DO HAVE DAN ZIMMER, VICE PRESIDENT OF OPERATIONS, AND KEN CLARABELLE, THE GENERAL MANAGER FOR OUR COLONY WEST GOLF CLUB, WITH US TODAY TO ANSWER ANY OF YOUR QUESTIONS.

AND STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THE EXTENT THE THREE YEAR EXTENSION AT THE SAME TERMS OF CONDITIONS AND THE RESOLUTION ACTIONS.

AND IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT FROM THE PAST.

BUT THE FIRST ACTION IS AUTHORIZE A WAIVER OF PROCUREMENT PROCEDURES PER SECTION, SECTION 6-148I OF THE CITY CODE OF ORDINANCES TITLED EXCLUSIONS AND EXCEPTIONS TO BID AND PROPOSAL REQUIREMENTS AND WHAT IT STATES UNDER THERE, A CITY COMMISSION MAY AUTHORIZE THE WAIVER OF PROCUREMENT PROCEDURES UPON THE RECOMMENDATION OF A CITY MANAGER THAT IS IN THE BEST INTEREST TO DO SO TO OBTAIN GOODS AND SERVICES.

THE SUCCESS OF THE COUNTY WEST GOLF CLUB UNDER THE DIRECTION OF TROON GOLF DURING CHALLENGING CIRCUMSTANCES HAS BEEN NOTED.

THE CLUB IS IN GOOD FINANCIAL HEALTH CURRENTLY AND WILL GET STRONGER ONCE THE LONG AWAITED HOTEL OPENS.

TO MAINTAIN THIS SUCCESS.

STAFF BELIEVES IT IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CITY TO WAIVE THE PROCUREMENT PROCEDURES TO APPROVE THE THREE YEAR EXTENSION BY PROVIDING CONTINUITY AND OPERATIONS OF THE COUNTY WEST GOLF CLUB.

I BELIEVE THAT THAT POSITIVE MOMENTUM IS NOT NOT IN THE CITY'S BEST INTEREST TO INTERRUPT THAT RIGHT NOW.

AND SECONDLY, IT WOULD BE APPROVING THE AMENDMENT, NUMBER TWO, TO THE AGREEMENT WITH TROON GOLF TO MANAGE AND MAINTAIN THE OPERATIONS OF THE GOLF COURSE AND AMENITIES AVAILABLE IN THE CLUBHOUSE.

AND AGAIN, AT THREE YEAR EXTENSION, THE SAME TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE ORIGINAL AGREEMENT AND AUTHORIZE THE APPROPRIATE CITY OFFICIALS TO EXECUTE AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO.

SO WITH THAT, WE ARE AVAILABLE FOR FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

NOT SEEING ANY QUESTIONS.

I'M JUST GOING TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU. TO TROON AND COLONY WEST AND THE TEAM OVER THERE FOR ALL THE GOOD WORK THAT YOU'VE BEEN DOING.

IT HAS NOT BEEN AN EASY TIME.

IT HAS BEEN NOT AN INTENTIONAL SET UP FOR YOU NOT TO SUCCEED.

IT HAS BEEN WHATEVER HAS HAPPENED IN THE WORLD AND YOU HAD NO CONTROL OVER IT, YET YOU HAVE BEEN SUCCEEDING AND WE ARE VERY PROUD OF THAT AND VERY GLAD THAT YOU HAVE BEEN DOING SO WELL. AND I KNOW WHEN THAT HOTEL OPENS UP, WHICH IT WILL BE SOON, IT WILL ONLY BRING EVEN GREATER SUCCESS TO COLONY WEST, THE HOTEL, THE CITY OF TAMARAC, AND EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE BEEN LOOKING FORWARD TO FOR EVERYBODY TO ENJOY IN OUR CITY.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AND WITH THAT, I'LL CALL THE ROLL MAYOR.

I'M SORRY, IF I COULD SAY ONE MORE THING, A LITTLE PLUG.

THE TROON HAS BROUGHT IN A REASONABLY NEW CHEF, AND THEY HAVE INTRODUCED A NEW NEW MENU OVER THE PAST MONTH.

AND I HAVE TO SAY, IN TASTING THE ITEMS FROM THE NEW MENU AND THE ITEMS FROM THE NEW CHEF, THEY ARE EXCELLENT.

SO I ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO TO GET OVER THERE AND TRY.

I'VE HAD THE PLEASURE OF DOING THAT AND ACTUALLY GOING TO ANOTHER RESTAURANT AND BEING APPROACHED BY A RESIDENT WHO OR RESIDENTS BECAUSE THEY GO TO COLONY WEST AND THEY HAVE APPLAUDED. THE NEW MENU IS ALWAYS VERY NICE TO HEAR AS WELL.

SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

GIVE ME A CALL. HIS MIKE MIKE'S OFF.

THAT'S WHAT HE CAN'T HEAR YOU. THAT'S HIS JOKE.

COMMISSIONER. RIGHT. ARE YOU FOR A COMMENT? YES. I JUST WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT TO MR. WARNER. I WAS INVOLVED IN A TASTE TESTING AND IT WAS.

IT WAS A LOVELY MENU.

I GO TO COLONY WEST EVERY WEEKEND NOW, AND I'VE SEEN A LOT OF IMPROVEMENTS ON YOUR SERVICES.

BUT I WAS ALSO AT THE LEAGUE OF CITIES A FEW WEEKS AGO, AND A FRIEND OF MINE, ANGELO CASTILLO COMMISSIONER CASTILLO, SAID TO ME BACK IN 1996, COLONY WEST WAS LISTED ON THE TOP 25 GOLF COURSE IN THE COUNTRY.

SO I'M HOPING THAT YOU GUYS CAN BRING US BACK TO THOSE LEVELS WHERE COLONY WEST IS LISTED AS ONE OF THE TOP GOLF COURSES IN THIS COUNTRY.

AND I WANT TO THANK YOU AND COMMEND YOU FOR YOUR WORK.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THAT IS THE GOAL, RIGHT? AND HEY, WHY DID YOU GET TO GO TO THE TASTE TESTING? I DON'T KNOW. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS BECAUSE EVERYBODY KNOWS I EAT.

SO ANYWAY, ON THAT NOTE.

YES, I MY PLASTIC GOES WELL THERE, TOO.

ON THAT NOTE, LET'S CALL HER.

THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS? YES. MAYOR GOMEZ? YES. COMMISSIONER DANIEL? YES. COMMISSIONER WRIGHT? YES. VICE MAYOR BOLTON, MAYBE.

OH, GOODNESS GRACIOUS. YES. IT'S NOT AN OPTION.

THANK YOU. MOTION PASSES 5 TO 0.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.

I'D LIKE TO.

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ASK THE CITY ATTORNEY ON THIS ONE.

WE HAVE PUBLIC HEARING 7802534 WHERE IT WILL CHANGE THE LAND USE.

CORRECT? IT IS TIED TO NINE.

A QUASI JUDICIAL HEARING OF 22535.

ONE MIGHT SAY THAT IT IS.

ODD TO CHANGE THE LAND USE IF WE DON'T KNOW THAT THE VARIANCE IS GOING TO GO THROUGH AND THE APPROVAL IS GOING TO HAPPEN.

DO WE STILL HAVE TO DO IT THIS WAY? MAYOR. I THINK THE BEST COURSE IS WE COULD FOLLOW THE AGENDA.

REVIEW 97A IS FIRST READING, NO PUBLIC COMMENT.

AND THEN WE HAVE THREE OBVIOUSLY QUASI JUDICIAL HEARING THAT WE HAVE TO SWEAR IN WITNESSES.

THAT WOULD BE EASIER.

OKAY. WELL, I HEAR YOU JUST TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING, THERE IS PUBLIC COMMENT.

THIS IS NOT ON FIRST READING.

ON. OH, YES.

SEVEN, EIGHT, YES, SEVEN, EIGHT.

OKAY. IF YOU IF WE IN THE COMMISSION, IF YOU WANT TO COMBINE THEM SINCE THEY RELATE IT, I HAVE NO OBJECTION.

WE'D LIKE TO COMBINE THEM SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO MAKE TWO PRESENTATIONS.

IF THE APPLICANT IS OKAY WITH THAT, WE'RE GOING TO COMBINE THIS, WHICH MAKES IT MORE QUASI JUDICIAL THAN THAN REGULAR PUBLIC HEARING, BUT HOPEFULLY THAT WON'T BE AN ISSUE.

SO IF YOU ALLOW ME TO READ THE GENERAL STATEMENT THERE.

OKAY, YOU GOT IT.

THANK YOU. I'VE HAD MY COFFEE TODAY.

MAYBE TOO MUCH. SO.

ANYWHO, CITY ATTORNEY, PLEASE READ THE TITLE OF A POINT OF ORDER.

MAYOR. JUST. JUST A QUESTION.

SO YOU'RE SAYING SEVEN, EIGHT AND NINE A WOULD BE COMBINED IS SEVEN, EIGHT, SEVEN, SEVEN, EIGHT.

AND THEY'RE BEING COMBINED FOR PRESENTATION AND FOR DISCUSSION.

THE VOTE WILL BE HANDLED SEPARATELY.

SEVEN A AND SEVEN AND NINE A CORRECT.

CORRECT. SO, SO SEVEN A IS, IS LEGISLATIVE OR IS IT QUASI JUDICIAL? 78A IS LEGISLATIVE LEGISLATIVE SO WE CAN COMBINE LEGISLATIVE AND QUASI JUDICIAL ITEM.

WE'RE NOT COMBINING THEM.

I'M ASKING A QUESTION TO THE ATTORNEY.

YES. BASICALLY FOR PURPOSES THEY ARE BASICALLY CONTINGENT ON EACH OTHER, ESPECIALLY SEVEN A WE ARE BASICALLY READING THE TITLES.

THEY WILL BE VOTED SEPARATELY AND AND THE PRESENTATION BY THE ATTORNEY WILL ALSO BE MADE FOR BOTH OF THEM.

SO THANK YOU.

OKAY. WE WILL DO THE QUASI JUDICIAL DISCLOSURES, READ THE TITLES, AND THEN WE WILL DO OUR DISCLOSURES AND THEN WE WILL PROCEED ON THIS ITEM.

OKAY? CITY ATTORNEY, PLEASE.

YES. ITEM SEVEN, A ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF CITY OF TAMARAC, FLORIDA, ADOPTING A SMALL SCALE LAND USE PLAN AMENDMENT TO THE CITY OF TAMARAC

[Items 7A & 9A]

COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FUTURE LAND USE MAP ACCORDANCE TO CHAPTER 163 OF FLORIDA STATUTES FOR AN AREA APPROXIMATELY 3.0 NET ACRES IN SIZE LOCATED ON THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF NORTHWEST 21ST AVENUE WEST PROSPECT ROAD ADDRESS 2099 WEST PROSPECT ROAD, AS FULLY DESCRIBED IN EXHIBIT A ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF AS PLAT 136, PAGE TWO OF PUBLIC RECORDS OF BROWARD COUNTY TO CHANGE THE FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION FROM LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL TO LOW MEDIUM RESIDENTIAL IN ORDER TO ALLOCATE ONE FLEXIBLE UNIT TO FACILITATE THE ALLOWANCE OF SCHOOL USE.

PROVIDE CONSISTENCY WITH THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTENT OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC.

AUTHORIZE TRANSMITTAL OF SMALL SCALE LAND USE AMENDMENT TO THE DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY AND THE BROWARD COUNTY PLANNING COUNCIL FOR RECERTIFICATION OF CITY TAMARAC FUTURE LAND USE MAP PROVIDING FOR AMENDMENT TO THE LAND USE PLAN TO REFLECT SUCH CHANGE.

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

ITEM. MY A IS AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COMMISSIONER CITY OF TAMARAC FOR AMENDING THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC AND SECTION TEN DASH 2.1 B OF CHAPTER TEN OF THE CITY TAMARAC CODE OF ORDINANCE TO REFLECT THE REZONING OF CERTAIN REAL ESTATE PROPERTY FULLY DESCRIBED AS PARCEL A.

PROSPECT PLAZA CORNER PLAT THEREOF AS RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 136, PAGE TWO OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF BROWARD COUNTY FROM THE CURRENT RESIDENTIAL STATUS ZONING CLARIFICATION TO ALL THREE MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL ZONING CLARIFICATION FOR THE SUBJECT PROPERTY LOCATED AT 2099 WEST PROSPECT ROAD.

IN ORDER TO ALLOCATE ONE FLEXIBLE UNIT TO FACILITATE THE ALLOWANCE OF SCHOOL USE, PROVIDE CONSISTENCY WITH THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTENT OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC.

PROVIDING FOR AMENDMENT TO THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP TO REFLECT SUCH CHANGE, PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY AND EFFECTIVE DATE.

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THANK YOU. PLEASE READ THE RULES FOR QUASI JUDICIAL HEARINGS.

THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.

ALL PERSONS TESTIFYING FOR THE CITY COMMISSION MUST BE SWORN IN WITH REGARD TO THE ITEM THAT ARE GOING TO BE CONSIDERED.

THE APPLICANT OR ANY AFFECTED PERSON WILL BE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT EVIDENCE, BRING FORTH WITNESS CROSS-EXAMINING THE WITNESS REPORT, ANY TESTIMONY.

ALL EVIDENCE RELIED UPON REASONABLY PRUDENT PERSON.

TODAY, BUSINESS SHALL BE ADMISSIBLE.

WHETHER SUCH EVIDENCE WOULD BE ADMISSIBLE IN COURT OF LAW, HOWEVER IMMATERIAL OR UNDULY REPETITIOUS EVIDENCE SHALL BE EXCLUDED.

STATEMENTS OF COUNSEL SHALL ONLY BE CONSIDERED AS ARGUMENT, NOT CONSIDERED AS TESTIMONY.

THE COMMISSION SHALL HAVE AUTHORITY TO REFUSE TO HEAR ANY TESTIMONY, WHICH IS IRRELEVANT.

HEARSAY EVIDENCE MAY BE USED FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUPPLEMENTING OR EXPLAINING OTHER EVIDENCE, BUT SHOULD NOT BE SUFFICIENT BY ITSELF TO SUPPORT A FINDING.

DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE MAY BE PRESENTED IN THE FORM OF COPY OF THE ORIGINAL IF AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST.

PARTIES SHOULD BE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO COMPARE THE COPY WITH THE ORIGINAL.

THE PARTIES SHALL BE ENTITLED TO CONDUCT CROSS EXAMINATION WHEN THE TESTIMONY IS PROVIDED OR DOCUMENTS ARE MADE PART OF THE RECORD.

GENERALLY, THE PROCEDURES OR THE MANNER IN WHICH THE PRESENTATION IS MADE AS FIRST THE APPLICANT OR HIS OR HER APPRENTICE WILL MAKE THE PRESENTATION.

IF THE APPLICANT CHOOSES TO MAKE A PRESENTATION, SHALL BE INCLUDED IN THE DESCRIPTION OF THE NATURE OF THE APPLICATION.

IF THE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION HAS NOT BEEN PREVIOUSLY PROVIDED TO YOU OR BY THE CITY.

IN ADDITION, THE APPLICANT SHALL INTRODUCE ANY EXHIBIT WITNESSES AS DESIRED BY THE CITY COMMISSION TO CONSIDER.

IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE APPLICANT TO DEMONSTRATE HIS APPLICANT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE CITY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IF APPLICABLE, AND THE CITY CODE.

STAFF WILL THEN PRESENT A REPORT.

STAFF REPORT WILL GENERALLY INCLUDE, BUT NOT LIMITED TO A DESCRIPTION OF THE REQUESTS OF THE APPLICANT AND ANALYSIS OF THE APPLICATION.

CONSISTENCY WITH THE CITY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND THE CITY CODE.

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

THE PARTY SHALL INTRODUCE ANY EXHIBIT AND WITNESSES PARTY WHO ARE IN OPPOSITION, THEN MAKE THEIR PRESENT CITY PERSONAL ATTENDANTS TO PROVIDE RESPONSES TO ANY PARTY TO THE PROCEEDING AND FINAL PRESENTATION ARE THEN MADE BY THE APPLICANT CITY STAFF.

MADAM MAYOR, IF THERE WAS ANY EX-PARTE COMMUNICATION, WE NEED TO DISCLOSE THEM AT THIS POINT.

ALL RIGHT. READY FOR DISCLOSURES, COMMISSIONER? RIGHT. I'VE MET THE APPLICANT AND I'VE TOURED THEIR CURRENT SCHOOL.

OKAY. COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS NINE.

MYSELF, I HAVE KNOWN THE APPLICANTS FOR QUITE SOME TIME.

I'VE BEEN TO THEIR CURRENT SCHOOL.

I'VE BEEN TO THEIR EVENTS.

I HAVE BEEN AWARE OF THIS PROJECT.

I HAVE HAD DISCUSSIONS ORIGINALLY WHEN THEY HAD THEIR ATTORNEY BROUGHT THEIR ATTORNEY ON BOARD.

I HAVE NOT HAD ANY CONVERSATIONS WITH THE ATTORNEYS SINCE THE APPLICATION HAS BEEN MADE, BUT I HAVE BEEN IN COMMUNICATION WITH THE APPLICANTS.

I HAVE HAD THE PLEASURE OF TOURING THE SCHOOL SEVERAL YEARS AGO AND WAS EXTREMELY IMPRESSED.

I WAS ECSTATIC WHEN I SAW THE BACKGROUND, WHAT SCHOOL IT WAS.

PHENOMENAL WORK.

I EVEN SAW A TIKTOK ON YOUR MOM WHEN SHE STARTED THE SCHOOL.

I DON'T KNOW IF, YOU KNOW THAT'S OUT THERE, BUT SOMEONE FROM THE KIWANIS CLUB SENT IT TO ME, I THINK, LAST YEAR.

VERY IMPRESSED AND INSPIRING.

COMMISSIONER BOLTON VICE MAYOR BOLTON TRIED TO KEEP IT WITH UNDER FIVE MINUTES.

I'VE HAD THE PLEASURE OF MEETING THE SISTERS FOR THE SCHOOL.

HAD THE PLEASURE OF HAVING ONE OF THEM CAMPAIGN AGAINST ME FOR IMMINENTLY AT MY OLD LANDLORD THAT IS SITTING IN THE BACK.

CHEF JONES, WELCOME BACK TO TAMARAC.

OKAY, LET'S AGAIN, DISCLOSURE.

KEEP IT SIMPLE, KEEP IT NICE.

THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS THE APPLICANT.

BUT THEY'RE ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL.

I'VE HAD THE PLEASURE OF TALKING TO THEM ABOUT THE PROJECT, SEEN THEM A COUPLE OF EVENTS AND I BELIEVE THEY'RE GREAT.

THANK YOU. NOW THAT THAT PART IS OVER, THE CITY ATTORNEY DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE YOU WISH TO SAY? NO, JUST. ALL RIGHT.

MADAM CLERK. THE SWEARING, THE WITNESSES.

ALL RIGHT. ANYBODY WHO IS GOING TO SPEAKING ON SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, PLEASE STAND UP AND BE SWORN IN.

THANK YOU. DO YOU SWEAR TO TELL THE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH? THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.

WITNESSES HAVE BEEN SWORN. WITNESSES ARE SWORN.

I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND, PLEASE.

SO MOVED. SECOND.

I HAVE A MOTION BY THE VICE MAYOR.

HAVE A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WRIGHT.

MR. KEITH POLIAKOFF, ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT IS GOING TO COME TO OUR PODIUM AND MAKE A PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU, SIR. GOOD MORNING, MAYOR.

VICE MAYOR. MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION.

MR. CITY ATTORNEY. MR. MANAGER. PLANNING STAFF.

KEITH POLYAKOV ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT.

I'M GOING TO CHANGE THIS UP A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE YOU ALL STARTED WITH HOW WONDERFUL THE SCHOOL IS.

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AND IT TRULY IS A WONDERFUL INSTITUTION FOR THE CITY OF TAMARAC.

AUDREY, HER SISTER, HER MOM HAVE BEEN HERE FOR NEARLY 15 YEARS IN TAMARAC, WHERE THEY STARTED THEIR SCHOOL.

PART OF MY JOB.

I GOT REALLY LUCKY THIS TIME BECAUSE NOT ONLY DO I HAVE A WONDERFUL CLIENT, BUT THEY'RE WONDERFUL PEOPLE AND TO SEE WHAT THEY'VE DONE IN THIS COMMUNITY IS REALLY INCREDIBLE.

THEY AUDRIE'S MOM, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVEN'T MET HER YET, ACTUALLY WORKED AT A PUBLIC SCHOOL AND WAS TEACHING VERY YOUNG KIDS, ELEMENTARY KIDS HOW TO READ AND WRITE AND ACTUALLY GOT IN TROUBLE FOR IT.

IF YOU ASK HER AND HEAR THE STORY, THEY SAID THEY'RE TOO YOUNG.

THEY SHOULDN'T BE LEARNING HOW TO READ AND WRITE AT THIS AGE.

AND SHE SAID, WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? I'M FROM THE ENGLISH SYSTEM.

THIS IS HOW WE LEARN.

THIS IS HOW THESE STUDENTS LEARN.

AND SO SHE ENDED UP LEAVING THAT SCHOOL AND ACTUALLY STARTED TUTORING AT HER OWN HOUSE.

AND THEN SHE REALIZED THAT THERE WAS SUCH A DEMAND IN THE COMMUNITY FOR THIS EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM THAT SHE STARTED HER FIRST SCHOOL IN TAMARAC, WHICH HAS GROWN AND PROSPER. IT'S A PRIVATE SCHOOL THAT IS 100% MINORITY, ATTENDED.

THE STUDENTS IN THIS SCHOOL HAVE INCREDIBLE TESTING RESULTS.

I'LL GET THERE IN A MINUTE.

GRADES. I'VE MET SOME OF HER STUDENTS AND SPOKEN TO THEM.

SHE HAS A 16 YEAR OLD STUDENT WHO ACTUALLY GOT INTO SCHOLARSHIP AT UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI.

WHAT SHE HAS DONE WITH THIS STUDENT POPULATION SHOULD BE EMULATED THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE STATE OF FLORIDA, IF NOT THE COUNTRY.

AND IT'S REALLY EXCITING THAT SHE'S IN THE CITY OF TAMARAC.

SO, SO, SO I KNOW THIS THIS SCHOOL WHERE WE'RE GOING IS IN VICE MAYOR BOLTON'S DISTRICT.

SO HE'S VERY WELL OF THIS AREA AND AUDREY SCHOOL.

SO I'M GOING TO GO BACK TO GO FORWARD.

WHY WE'RE HERE TODAY IS A LITTLE BIT STRANGE.

THIS SCHOOL AT 2900 WEST PROSPECT HAS BEEN THERE SINCE THE 1980S, ACTUALLY STARTED WORKING ON SCHOOL ISSUES HERE PROBABLY 20 YEARS AGO. SO THE SCHOOL HAS BEEN HERE AN INCREDIBLY LONG TIME.

IT'S REALLY ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF TAMARAC.

IT'S ONE OF THE LAST PROPERTIES DIRECTLY IN THE CITY OF TAMARAC.

FOR THOSE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO DON'T KNOW WHERE IT IS, IT'S EXACTLY WHERE THE NEW SUPERVISOR OF ELECTIONS BUILDING IS BEING BUILT.

THE BIG BUILDING RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO IT IS WHERE THIS SCHOOL IS LOCATED.

IT'S ALWAYS BEEN FUNCTIONING AS A SCHOOL.

IN 2018, THE CITY TOTALLY REVAMPED ITS LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE, AND FOR SOME REASON, WHEN IT DID SO, IT CHANGED THIS PROPERTY'S ZONING TO A DISTRICT THAT DOES NOT ALLOW SCHOOLS.

IT'S STRANGE. NO ONE KNOWS WHY THIS HAPPENED.

WE LOOK BACK IN THE RECORDS AND THERE'S NO REASON WHY THIS HAPPENED.

BUT A SCHOOL, WHICH HAS ALWAYS BEEN A SCHOOL, WAS REZONED TO A LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL THAT DOESN'T ALLOW SCHOOLS.

THE PRIOR SCHOOL THAT WAS THERE WAS GOOD.

IT WAS ACTUALLY SUCCESSFUL FOR SOME TIME, BUT IT WENT OUT OF BUSINESS DURING COVID.

THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE MONEY OR RESOURCES TO REVAMP THAT SCHOOL, TO HAVE ONLINE EDUCATION AND THE LIKE, AND THEY WENT OUT OF BUSINESS BECAUSE THEY WENT OUT OF BUSINESS.

THEY ACTUALLY LOST THEIR CONFORMING STATUS.

SO WHEN AUDREY FOUND THIS PROPERTY AND MADE AN OFFER TO BUY IT, THE BANK WAS EXCITED.

SHE THOUGHT THAT SHE WAS GOING TO MOVE IN IMMEDIATELY AND THEN QUICKLY FOUND OUT, WAIT A MINUTE HERE.

THIS COULD NO LONGER BE A SCHOOL.

YOU HAVE TO NOW GO BACK TO THE CITY TO GO THROUGH AN ENTIRE PROCESS TO ALLOW IT TO BE UTILIZED AS A SCHOOL, WHICH IS WHAT IT'S BUILT FOR.

FORTUNATELY, YOU ALL HAVE MAXINE CALLOWAY AND ROB JOHNSON, WHO WERE ABLE TO FIGURE OUT A VERY CREATIVE WAY OF GETTING THIS RECTIFIED WITHIN A MUCH SHORTER TIME FRAME THAN WE ORIGINALLY THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BE.

SO WHAT DO WE HAVE TO DO TO MAKE THIS SCHOOL BACK AS SCHOOL? ESSENTIALLY, WE HAVE TO REZONE IT TO R3, WHICH IS THE LEAST INTENSIVE RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT THAT ALLOWS SCHOOLS IN TAMARAC.

THE LAND USE PLAN AMENDMENT HAS TO CHANGE FROM LOW MEDIUM TEN RESIDENTIAL TO ENABLE THE REZONING.

AND UNDER THE COUNTY RULES, WE ACTUALLY HAVE TO ADD ONE FLEX UNIT TO THIS SITE IN ORDER TO ALLOW IT TO QUALIFY TO BE A SCHOOL.

ALL THIS TO RECTIFY SOMETHING THAT INADVERTENTLY OCCURRED IN 2018.

TO SHOW YOU HOW STRANGE THIS IS.

AND THE CITY HAS A WONDERFUL PRESENTATION.

DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE GOING TO DO IT, BUT WE DID IT BEFORE PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD AND WE CONSOLIDATED IT.

THEY'RE GOING TO SHOW YOU TRAFFIC PATTERN IN THAT.

BUT I'M GOING TO JUST SHOW YOU THE GENERAL OVERVIEW.

LOOK WHAT HAPPENED HERE.

OUR SUBJECT SITE IS YELLOW.

IT'S WEIRD BECAUSE THERE'S NOT A SINGLE YELLOW SITE SURROUNDING THIS PROPERTY AT ALL.

BUT IN 2018, THE CITY MADE IT YELLOW.

SO WHAT ARE WE LOOKING TO DO?

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WE'RE LOOKING TO SWITCH IT FROM YELLOW TO ORANGE TO MATCH THE CATEGORY DIRECTLY NEXT DOOR.

SO LOW FIVE TO LOW, MEDIUM TEN.

IT'S NOT AN ISOLATED DISTRICT.

IT DIRECTLY MATCHES THE ONE NEXT DOOR.

EXACTLY. SO AGAIN, WE'RE HERE TO REESTABLISH THE LAWFUL USE OF THE SCHOOL.

THE SUBJECT SITE IS FLANKED BY THE OTHER CITIES TO THE NORTH AND THE SOUTH.

IT'S ALSO NEXT TO THE INDUSTRIAL AND EMPLOYMENT CENTER AND ONLY PARCEL WITHOUT A RESIDENTIAL, LOW MEDIUM LAND USE DESIGNATION IN THIS ENTIRE AREA. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO VISITED THIS SCHOOL AND THIS PROPERTY, YOU KNOW, IT HAS AN ENORMOUS CONCRETE WALL THAT SEPARATES IT BETWEEN THEM AND THE RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY ADJACENT TO IT.

OVER SINCE THE 1980S, THERE'S NEVER BEEN COMPLAINTS ABOUT A SCHOOL THERE.

YOU CAN LOOK IN THE CITY'S RECORDS.

IT'S ALWAYS OPERATED.

THERE'S NEVER BEEN TRAFFIC BUILD UP ON THE ROADS BECAUSE IT'S GOT A PROPER TRAFFIC MOVEMENT AND THERE'S NEVER BEEN A PROBLEM.

SO WHAT IS AUDITORY WANT TO DO? SHE WANTS TO CONSOLIDATE HER TWO SCHOOLS IN TAMARAC.

SHE HAS HER RIGHT NOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND HER PRE-K SCHOOL.

SHE WANTS TO PUT THEM UNDER ONE PROPERTY SO SHE'D HAVE 300 K THROUGH EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS, 150 PRE K STUDENTS.

SCHOOL HOURS ARE TYPICAL 8 TO 3 P.M.

WITH AFTERCARE THAT GOES TO 6 P.M.

SHE STAGGERS HER DROP OFF AND PICKUPS TO ENSURE THAT NO ROADWAY ISSUES WILL BE AFFECTED.

BUT EVEN IN THE PAST, WHEN THEY DIDN'T STAGGER, THERE WAS NEVER A BACKUP ON THAT ROADWAY.

BUT SHE'S GOING TO STAGGER IT ANYWAY TO ENSURE SAFE AND EFFICIENT TRAFFIC.

MOVEMENT. THE AERIAL OF THE BUILDING, YOU CAN SEE WITH THE WAY THAT THE PARENTS COME IN AND OUT.

THEY HAVE THE PRESCHOOL ROUTE AND THE IN THE K THROUGH EIGHT ROUTE AND DESIGNATION WHERE THE STAFF MEMBERS STAND.

THIS WAS ALL APPROVED BY BROWARD COUNTY YEARS AGO WHEN THE ORIGINAL SCHOOLS WERE CREATED.

FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVEN'T BEEN IN THE BUILDING IN A WHILE, IT'S STILL MOVE IN READY.

IT STILL HAS ITS PLAYGROUND.

IT STILL HAS ITS CLASSROOMS, ITS FURNITURE.

IN FACT, WE HAD OUR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION MEETING IN THE CAFETERIA.

EVERYTHING STILL EXISTS AS IT ORIGINALLY DID.

THAT'S WHAT THE BUILDING LOOKS LIKE TODAY.

HERE ARE SOME OTHER PHOTOS AGAIN OF THE PARKING, THE BUILDING ITSELF, WHICH AUDREY PLANS TO UPDATE AS WELL.

WE STARTED BY SPEAKING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE MISSION OF THE SCHOOL.

IT'S TO EMPOWER MINORITY STUDENTS TO EXCEL AND ACHIEVE IN FAITH BASED ENVIRONMENT.

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

ONE OF THE MOST AMAZING THINGS TO SEE HERE IS ACTUALLY HOW THE SCORE, HOW THE SCHOOL DOES.

AND THESE ARE REALLY RESULTS THAT ARE RIGHT AFTER COVID IN ALL LEVELS OF EDUCATION.

THEY EXCEED THE ACHIEVEMENT SCORES OF THEIR COMPETITORS.

SO THIS IS AN AMAZING SCHOOL.

IT'S A TREMENDOUS ASSET TO TAMARAC.

WE HAVE OUR EXPERT HERE, JEFF KATIMS, WHO IS OUR EXPERT PLANNER, WHO ASSISTED IN FIGURING OUT HOW TO MAKE THIS ALL OCCUR.

WE'RE ALL HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

AND IF YOU NEED US TO ELABORATE ON ANYTHING, WE'RE HAPPY TO DO SO.

BUT FOR NOW, WE WILL REST.

THANK YOU, MAYOR, VICE, MAYOR, COMMISSION.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MISS CALLOWAY.

WILL YOU BE MAKING A PRESENTATION? NO. OKAY.

I DON'T KNOW IF WE ACTUALLY NEED ONE.

IF WE DO. WE'LL. WE'LL ASK.

BLESS YOU. SNEEZING TO THE TRUTH TWICE.

BLESS YOU. UM.

I DO. IS THAT A REQUEST TO SPEAK? MR. VICE MAYOR, ARE YOU READY TO VOTE? NO QUESTIONS. OKAY.

AM I RECOGNIZED? YOU ARE.

THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.

UM, MR. POLYAKOV. THAT'S YOUR NAME? CORRECT, MR. BOLTON? OKAY. YES.

VICE MAYOR BOLTON.

YEAH, I EARNED THAT TITLE.

SCHOOL BUSSES.

TELL ME ABOUT SCHOOL BUSSES.

WILL YOU? LET ME FINISH THE QUESTION? KEEP IT LIGHT, PLEASE.

I'M TRYING.

WILL THERE BE SCHOOL BUSSES OR WILL THERE BE A PRIVATE BUS FOR THE SCHOOL? IT'S ALL PARENT DROP OFF.

THERE'S NO BUSSING.

OKAY. THE PHOTOS THAT YOU SHOWED, HOW RECENT ARE THOSE PHOTOS OF THE SCHOOL? A COUPLE OF MONTHS NOW.

YEAH, BECAUSE THE GRASS IS OVERGROWN.

SO IF YOU'RE GOING TO REPRESENT HONEST INDIVIDUALS, I THINK THE PICTURE SHOULD BE HONEST.

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THOSE WEREN'T HONEST.

I'M A LITTLE BIT CONCERNED ABOUT THE NOISE BECAUSE RESIDENTS HAVE COMPLAINED IN THE PAST ABOUT THE NOISE THAT EMITS FROM THE SCHOOL TO THE NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES.

HOW WILL THE SCHOOL MITIGATE NOISE? WELL, THE SCHOOL ONLY OPERATES DURING THOSE HOURS THAT I PREVIOUSLY SHOWED.

THERE IS A SOUND WALL, A CONCRETE WALL THAT DIVIDES THEM FROM THE RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY.

THEY DO HAVE A PLAYGROUND.

THEY'VE ALWAYS OPERATED THERE.

IN FACT, I THINK YOUR RECORDS SHOW THAT THE SCHOOL WAS THERE PRIOR TO THE RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY.

BUT THEY'RE KIDS. SO, YES, THERE WILL BE DAYTIME NOISE FROM KIDS PLAYING ON A PLAYGROUND.

IT HAPPENS, BUT IT'S ALWAYS BEEN THERE.

AND ACTUALLY, I CHECKED THE RECORDS.

I DIDN'T FIND THOSE COMPLAINTS.

BUT IF YOU HAVE RESIDENTS WHO HAVE ISSUES, PLEASE, I'LL GIVE YOU MY CELL PHONE.

HAVE THEM CALL ME AND WE'LL BE HAPPY TO WORK WITH THEM.

UM, MISS CALLOWAY, QUICK QUESTION FOR YOU.

MAXINE CALLOWAY. FOR THE RECORD, VICE MAYOR, SOME TIME AGO, THE THE THE LAW WAS CHANGED.

I THINK MR. POLIAKOFF WAS WAS TALKING ABOUT THAT, BUT HE SAID THAT HE DIDN'T SEE WHY THE LAW WAS CHANGED OR FOUND A REASON.

CAN YOU ELABORATE ON THAT? SURE. AND AS YOU RECALL, VICE MAYOR, IN 2018, WE DID AN OVERHAUL OF OUR ZONING CODE.

WE UPDATED THE ENTIRE ZONING MAP.

WE REDUCED SOME OF OUR ZONING DESIGNATION TO TO LIMIT THE NUMBER, THE NUMBERS THAT WERE ON THE MAP.

WE ALSO DID AN UPDATE TO OUR LAND USE MAP.

IN DOING SO, SOME OF THE ZONING DISTRICT TRANSFERRED OVER TO NEW ZONING DISTRICTS.

SO AT THE TIME THIS PROPERTY WAS ZONED R1 C THAT TRANSITIONED OVER TO RESIDENTIAL ESTATE.

RE AND IN OUR RESIDENTIAL ESTATE, ZONING IS NOT A PERMITTED USE.

I'M SORRY, SCHOOL IS NOT A PERMITTED USE.

OKAY. DID WE REQUIRE A TRAFFIC STUDY OR ENVIRONMENTAL? WE DID. BUT WHAT'S BEFORE NOT AN ENVIRONMENTAL BUT A TRAFFIC STUDY WAS DONE.

BUT WHAT'S BEFORE YOU TODAY IS A REZONING THE ASSIGNMENT OF ONE FLEX UNIT AS WELL AS THE LAND USE AMENDMENT.

THE SPECIAL EXCEPTION WHICH YOUR CODE REQUIRES FOR ALL SCHOOL WILL COME BEFORE YOU ON SEPTEMBER 27TH.

DURING THAT TIME IS WHEN WE WILL DO A DETAILED PRESENTATION THAT SHOWS THE TRAFFIC PATTERN.

OKAY. AND THAT IS WHEN WE'LL TALK ABOUT HOW THE SITE LOOKS.

AND ABSOLUTELY, YOU'LL SEE THE SITE PLAN, THE CIRCULATION, THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS WILL REPEAT AGAIN.

BUT TODAY IT'S JUST TO ENTITLE THE PROPERTY FOR A SCHOOL USE AND THEN THE SPECIAL EXCEPTION WILL COME BEFORE YOU.

OKAY. AND THEN THIS IS LOW TO LOW TO MEDIUM TEN RESIDENTIAL TO ENABLE REZONING.

EXPLAIN THIS.

THIS PART THAT WAS THE LEAST IMPACTFUL OR THE LOWEST RESIDENTIAL DESIGNATION THAT ALLOWS A SCHOOL USE BY SPECIAL EXCEPTION.

SO YOUR RESIDENTIAL ESTATE IS YOUR LOWEST ZONING DESIGNATION THAT DOES NOT ALLOW A SCHOOL.

THE NEXT DESIGNATION ABOVE THAT IS WHICH ALLOWS A SCHOOL IS THAT DESIGNATION.

OKAY.

WHAT ARE THE AGES OF THE STUDENTS THAT WILL COME TO THE SCHOOL? TALK ABOUT THAT AGAIN.

K K THROUGH.

K THROUGH EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS.

MISS CALLOWAY, IF I MAY ANSWER.

APPROXIMATELY 2 TO 13 YEARS OLD.

MISS CALLOWAY, YOU CAN'T ANSWER THE QUESTION.

AGES APPROXIMATELY 2 TO 13 YEARS OLD.

OKAY. AND ARE THERE ROOMS THAT IN THE SCHOOL THAT WILL.

ENABLE THE SCHOOL TO HAVE TWO YEAR OLDS? YEAH IT'S BEEN A SCHOOL AND ITS FUNCTION AS A SCHOOL SINCE 2010 WHEN WE HAD KATHLEEN SEAWRIGHT THAT OCCUPIED THAT LOCATION AND BEEN A SCHOOL SINCE 2010 THAT HAS HAD PRE-K AND SMALLER KIDS ATTENDING THAT SCHOOL.

SO IT'S DESIGNED TO ACCOMMODATE THESE THESE AGES.

GOT IT. OKAY.

I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER ISSUES WITH THE PROJECT.

JUST WANT TO PUT ON THE RECORD THAT RESIDENTS HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT THAT SITE WITH THE NOISE BEFORE, NOT NECESSARILY THIS SITE.

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AND I DON'T BELIEVE WELL, HOPEFULLY THEY DON'T MAKE A LOT OF NOISE.

BUT, YOU KNOW, I HAVE TO REPRESENT MY RESIDENTS AND PUT THAT ON THE RECORD THAT THEY HAVE IN THE PAST COMPLAINED ABOUT NOISE EMITTING FROM THE FROM THE SCHOOL.

SO TO THE EXTENT THAT, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY GOES BACK TO WATCH THIS, THEY WOULD AT LEAST SEE THAT I PLACE THIS ON THE RECORD. OTHER THAN THAT, I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE PROJECT.

AND I'LL COME BACK TO SEE IF I HAVE ANY QUESTIONS LATER.

THANK YOU. AND, VICE MAYOR, WHEN SHOULD THIS ITEM PROGRESS? TO THE SPECIAL EXCEPTION, THAT'S WHEN YOU WANT TO PUT THAT ON THE RECORD AGAIN AND LOOK AT SOME CONSIDERATIONS TO ADDRESS THE NOISE IF THE APPLICANT AGREES.

WILL THEY BRING BACK THIS ATTORNEY OR THEY'LL HAVE ANOTHER ONE.

I RESENT THAT QUESTION. THANK YOU.

OKAY. SO SEEING THAT NOBODY ELSE WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, I'M GOING TO ASK SOME QUESTIONS.

MR. POLYAKOV, IF YOU WOULD.

PLEASE. YOU STATED THAT THERE WAS COMMUNITY OUTREACH.

CORRECT. DID ANYBODY COME TO THIS MEETING AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND COMPLAIN ABOUT THE NOISE IN THE COMMUNITY? AGAIN, WE HAVE CHECKED THE RECORD AND THERE HAS NEVER BEEN A COMPLAINT CODE VIOLATION OR ANYTHING ELSE CONCERNING THIS PROPERTY RELATING TO THE NOISE.

I WOULD ASK THE VICE MAYOR TO PLEASE PROVIDE US WITH THE NAMES SO HE CAN STATE THEM ON THE RECORD OF THOSE WHO COMPLAINED ABOUT THE NOISE SO I CAN PERSONALLY REACH OUT TO THEM TO SEE HOW WE CAN MAKE THEM HAPPY.

HAPPY TO DO SO.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, AT THE COMMUNITY MEETING, WHICH WAS POSTED MAIL, EVERYTHING WE REQUIRED, WE SAT IN THE CAFETERIA FOR NEARLY 45 MINUTES AND WITH BAGELS AND DRINKS AND NO ONE SHOWED UP BECAUSE THIS SCHOOL PREDATED THE THE USES AROUND IT.

IT'S WELL KNOWN AND WE'VE NEVER HAD A PROBLEM.

SO I'M SURPRISED TO HEAR TODAY THAT RESIDENTS COMPLAINED ABOUT NOISE.

THERE. I'D LOVE TO SPEAK TO THEM.

IF YOU COULD PLEASE GIVE ME THE LIST, I'D APPRECIATE IT.

I'M SURE IT'S PUBLIC RECORD, SO I'M HAPPY TO SEEK IT LATER TODAY.

THANK YOU. AND I'M SURE THE PRESIDENT OF THE ASSOCIATION WOULD ALSO REACH OUT TO YOU IF THERE WAS ANY ISSUES.

THIS WAS THE CASE, RIGHT BUILDING.

AS WAS MENTIONED, I HAD THE PLEASURE OF GOING THERE WHEN JETBLUE AND THE PANTHERS HAD A BIG EVENT THERE IN ORDER TO PUT SOME OF THE PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT THERE. WHEN THE NEXT SCHOOL WAS THERE, I'VE BEEN THERE AS WELL, AND I KNOW THAT.

ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE COMMUNITY OR EAST SIDE OF THE COMMUNITY THAT'S THERE.

BETWEEN THE TWO COMMUNITIES.

THERE IS A PARK AND RECREATION AREA THERE AS WELL.

GRANTED, IT'S A MORE QUIET PARK.

IT'S A PASSIVE PARK, BUT A PARK NONETHELESS.

THERE IS A NEW PROPERTY TO THE SOUTH OF IT, OR CATTY CORNER.

WHEN OAK BROOK GOLF COURSE IS NOW CONVERTED INTO HOMES.

A LOT OF HOMES.

OAK TREE. YEAH.

SORRY. OAK. THE GOLF COURSE IN OAKLAND PARK OVER THERE HAS CONVERTED TO A LOT OF HOMES.

MAY THAT BRING YOU SOME CHILDREN TO HELP WITH YOUR BUSINESS AND YOU CAN EDUCATE THEM WONDERFULLY, AS YOU WILL.

THE TRAFFIC PART YOU'LL DISCUSS IN THE FUTURE.

AND I KNOW YOU'LL TAKE CARE OF AND APPRECIATE THAT YOU WILL BE STAGGERING EVERYTHING TO MAKE IT WHERE IT WILL BE LESS BURDENSOME ON YOUR PARENTS WHO ARE DELIVERING AND DROPPING OFF THE KIDS OR PICKING THEM UP AND THE COMMUNITY AROUND THERE.

I HAVE ONE QUESTION.

I BELIEVE THIS IS FOR MAXINE, MISS KELLY.

IF WE APPROVE THIS TODAY, CAN THIS SCHOOL FINALLY OPEN UP TODAY? NO. THE SPECIAL EXCEPTION IS WHAT AUTHORIZES THE USE ITSELF.

AND YOU WILL NOT HEAR THAT UNTIL THE REZONING AND THE LAND USE AMENDMENT AND THE ASSIGNMENT OF THE FLEX UNITS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED AND APPROVED.

AND THAT REQUIRES TWO READING.

IS THERE A REASON WHY IT'S NOT ON OUR SEPTEMBER 13TH MEETING SO WE CAN HAVE IT FULLY OFFICIAL BY THE END OF THE SEPTEMBER MONTH? I WILL CHECK TO SEE IF IT'S BEEN NOTICED FOR THE 27TH.

IF IT'S NOT BEEN NOTICED, WE CAN ADVANCE IT TO THE 13TH.

SO I CAN DO THAT IF THE COMMISSION WOULD APPROVE THAT.

I DON'T KNOW IF WE NEED APPROVAL.

IF WE DON'T NEED APPROVAL, IT'S IN YOUR POWER.

JUST DO IT, PLEASE.

BECAUSE THE CHILDREN ARE STILL BEING EDUCATED WHERE THEY CURRENTLY ARE IN A VERY GOOD PLACE, BUT IT WILL GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO START EXPANDING AND DOING WHAT THEY NEED TO

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DO IN THEIR NEW HOME.

SO I WOULD APPRECIATE THAT IF YOU CAN'T TELL EVERYBODY, I AM DEFINITELY IN FAVOR OF THIS.

I WISH WE WOULD HAVE GOTTEN THIS DONE SOONER, BUT I KNOW TECHNICALITY AND JUST DOING IT RIGHT IS IMPORTANT AND I KNOW THE PROPERTY IS MAINTAINED, WILL BE MAINTAINED AND COMPLETELY TAKEN CARE OF AS THE NELSON SISTERS AND MOM NELSON DO WHAT THEY NEED TO DO TO MAKE SURE THEY CONTINUE TO EDUCATE OUR CHILDREN.

SO IF THERE'S NOTHING FURTHER, THEN WE ARE GOING TO DO THE ROLL CALL TWICE, PLEASE.

WE ARE GOING TO VOTE ON ITEM SEVEN A.

T02534. CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.

COMMISSIONER, RIGHT? YES. COMMISSIONER.

VILLALOBOS? YES.

COMMISSIONER. DANIEL? YES. MAYOR GOMEZ? YES. VICE MAYOR.

BOLTON. ABSOLUTELY.

THANK YOU. MOTION PASSES 5 TO 0.

THANK YOU. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON QUASI-JUDICIAL.

ITEM 9A02535.

THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.

COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS.

YES. VICE MAYOR.

BOLTON? YES.

COMMISSIONER. COMMISSIONER, RIGHT? YES. COMMISSIONER DANIEL.

YES. MAYOR GOMEZ.

YES, BUT.

AND THE REASON FOR THE BUT IS.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I POOPED UP.

I FORGOT TO DO PUBLIC HEARING, PUBLIC COMMENTS.

PUBLIC COMMENTS. SO BACK TO SEVEN A BEFORE THE ROLL CALL.

YEAH. IS THERE ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WISHES? I GUESS I WAS JUST EXCITED.

IS THERE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WISHES TO MAKE ANY COMMENTS ON ITEM SEVEN? A SEEING NONE PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE NOW CLOSED.

CITY ATTORNEY CAN THIS BE PRODUKTONG? CAN WE JUST. YES.

OKAY. WE'RE GOING BACK.

ALL HAS BEEN APPROVED. 57A HAS BEEN APPROVED.

5 TO 0.

NOW PUBLIC COMMENTS ON A QUASI JUDICIAL.

THIS HEARING IS NOW OPEN.

IS THERE ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WISHES TO MAKE ANY COMMENTS ON THIS PUBLIC HEARING ITEM? SEEING NONE, IT IS NOW CLOSED.

CITY ATTORNEY. WE WERE GOING TO NON-PRO TOWN AND PUT MY FULL.

YES. AND NOW MAKE IT A50.

WE HAVE APPROVED THIS.

THANK YOU. SORRY.

I JUST WAS GETTING EXCITED.

SO CONGRATULATIONS.

WE WILL HOPEFULLY SEE YOU HERE IN SEPTEMBER 13TH.

IF NOT, WE WILL SEE YOU SEPTEMBER 27TH.

THANK YOU. AND MOVING RIGHT ALONG TO OUR LAST ITEM.

[9.b TBO75 - Board Order approving/denying variance application for Eden West, from Section 10-4.10(D)(2)(b)(ii), to allow for Entrance Wall signs to be located on the perimeter walls of the site, in lieu of the requirement of Entrance Wall signs to be located at vehicular entrance.]

GET HOME SAFELY. TEN A APPOINTMENT OF A REPRESENTATIVE AND ALTERNATE TO THE SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL.

OH, I APOLOGIZE.

I REALLY GUESS I WAS GETTING EXCITED.

NINE. IT'S NOT. IT'S NOT MEANT TO BE ANY REFLECTION ON THE ITEM.

IT'S ALSO AT THIS POINT IN TIME, I USUALLY ALSO GET ASKED FOR RESTROOM BREAKS AND WAS TRYING TO RAISE IT THROUGH.

SO IF WE'RE GOOD, WE WILL CONTINUE GOING FORWARD WITHOUT THAT RESTROOM BREAK AND GO TO NINE B TB 075 CITY ATTORNEY PLEASE READ THIS QUASI-JUDICIAL ITEM FOR THE RECORD.

NINE B IS A BOARD ORDER APPROVING DENYING VARIANCE APPLICATION FOR EDEN WEST FOR SECTION TEN DASH 4.10 TO ALLOW ENTRANCE WALL SIGNS TO BE LOCATED ON PERMANENT WALLS OF THE SITE IN LIEU OF REQUIREMENT OF ENTRANCE WALL SIGNS TO BE LOCATED AT THE VEHICLE ENTRANCE.

ALSO, MADAM CLERK, IF YOU COULD SWEAR IN THE WITNESS ON THIS ONE ALSO.

THANK YOU. DO YOU DO YOU SWEAR TO TELL THE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH? YES. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.

WITNESSES HAVE BEEN SWORN IN.

THANK YOU. WE'LL DO DISCLOSURES.

VICE MAYOR. NONE.

COMMISSIONER DANIEL. NONE.

MYSELF? NONE. NONE.

NONE. NONE. NO DISCLOSURES OR NOTHING TO DISCLOSE.

I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND.

SO MOVED. SECOND.

FIRST MOTION BY VICE MAYOR.

SECOND BY COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS AND MR. VOIGHT, ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT, WILL BE MAKING A PRESENTATION.

THE. UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR.

VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS JON VOIGHT, DUMAR ELLSWORTH, ON BEHALF OF EDEN WEST.

THIS. IS OUR REQUEST TO, AS THEY SAID, LOCATE THE TWO ENTRANCE SIGNS.

THAT WOULD BE AT THE VEHICULAR ENTRANCE ON NORTHWEST 70TH TO PUT THEM ON PINE ISLAND AT THE NORTHWEST AND SOUTHWEST CORNERS OF THE PROPERTY WHERE THEY HAVE GREATER VISIBILITY ON THE SCREEN.

OBVIOUSLY, YOU SEE THE APARTMENTS THAT ARE JUST DOWN THE STREET.

UH. THE.

THIS SHOWS THE CURRENT SIGNS THAT ARE ON MCNABB.

WHAT THEY WOULD LOOK LIKE IN THE NEW SIGNS PROPOSED WOULD MATCH THOSE.

AND YOU SEE THERE ON EACH SIDE OF THE ENTRANCE AND EXIT ON MCNABB BOULEVARD.

AND THAT'S WHAT THE CODE REQUIRES, THAT YOU CAN HAVE A SIGN ON EACH SIDE OF THE ENTRANCE TO THE APARTMENTS, AND THOSE ARE THERE IN EXISTING.

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THIS IS THE SITE PLAN.

AND YOU SEE IN BLUE UP AT THE TOP IS WHERE THE CODE WOULD REQUIRE THAT THE TWO NORTHERN SIGNS GO ON EACH SIDE OF THE ENTRANCE THERE ON NORTHWEST 70TH. APPLICANT FEELS THAT REALLY NORTHWEST 70TH STREET IS LIKE THE ENTRANCE DRIVE TO THE COMMUNITY.

SO THEY WANT TO PUT THEM OUT ON PINE ISLAND WHERE THEY WOULD ACTUALLY HELP DIRECT SOMEONE THERE BECAUSE AS IT IS NOW ON MCNAB, YOU WOULD OBVIOUSLY SEE IT.

BUT COMING NORTH ON PINE ISLAND, THERE'S NO SIGNAGE.

IN FACT, I SAW THIS MORNING YOU HAVE THE BLANK WALL THERE AND YOU HAVE TWO TEMPORARY BANNERS.

AND ON THE NORTH WEST CORNER YOU HAVE THE SAME THING, ALTHOUGH THERE WAS CONSTRUCTION GOING ON THERE TODAY.

SO 70TH WAS ACTUALLY CLOSED.

BUT THE COMPLEX IS EXISTING AND THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE NOT ASKING FOR EXTRA SIGNS.

THEY'RE JUST ASKING TO PUT THEM ON PINE ISLAND RATHER THAN WHERE THE CODE WOULD REQUIRE.

THIS IS AGAIN, A CLOSE UP OF WHAT THE SIGN WOULD LOOK LIKE.

THE DIMENSIONS, IT'S A BACKLIT CHANNEL LETTERS.

THE CODE ALLOWS UP TO 18 INCH HIGH LETTERS.

THEY'RE USING 16 INCH LETTERS.

SO IT'S NOT ANYTHING GARISH, IT'S NOT BRIGHTLY COLORED.

IT'S JUST A THE GRAY WITH THE BLACK LETTERING.

THIS IS, AGAIN, THE SHOWING ON THE LEFT, THE TWO EXISTING SIGNS WITH THE LANDSCAPING.

AND OBVIOUSLY RIGHT ABOVE THE LANDSCAPING IS WHERE THE EDEN WEST WORDS WOULD GO.

TO THE RIGHT IS THE APPROVED SITE PLAN.

THIS IS AGAIN, A PHOTO OF WHAT CURRENTLY EXISTS.

THE TOP PHOTO IS THAT AS THE SUN'S GOING DOWN, YOU'RE ON MCNAB ROAD SO YOU CAN SEE THE BACKLIGHTING ON EDEN WEST AND WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.

SO YOU SEE THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE ANY LIGHT POLLUTION FROM IT AND.

ON THE LOWER ONE IS ONE OF THE SIGNS WHERE THE SAME EDEN WEST LETTERING WOULD GO WITH EDEN ABOVE IT AND WEST SMALLER BELOW IT.

THE NEXT ONE AGAIN ON THE TOP, THAT'S NORTHBOUND ON PINE ISLAND.

WHAT YOU SEE NOW, YOU SEE THE TEMPORARY BANNERS TO THE RIGHT.

AND THEN THIS IS THE LOWER PHOTO IS THE NORTH SIDE ENTRANCE AND NORTHWEST 70TH, WHERE YOU SEE THEY DON'T HAVE ROOM TO PUT IN THE MONUMENT STYLE WALLS THERE AND FELT LIKE IF ONCE YOU TURN ON 70TH, YOU'RE GOING TO KNOW THAT THIS IS THE APARTMENT COMPLEX AND IT DIDN'T NEED FURTHER IDENTIFYING THERE.

AGAIN, THEY DIDN'T WANT TO ASK FOR, YOU KNOW, SIGNS EVERYWHERE.

THESE ARE THE VARIANT STANDARDS THAT ARE JUST SUMMARIZED AND OUR POSITION, I'LL RUN THROUGH THEM BRIEFLY.

NUMBER ONE, THAT THERE ARE SPECIAL CONDITIONS AND CIRCUMSTANCES THAT DON'T APPLY TO OTHERS.

OUR POSITION WOULD BE THAT ON NORTHWEST 70TH, NO ONE WOULD SEE THE SIGNS THERE AND THEY WOULDN'T SERVE ANY FUNCTION AND THAT THE SITE PLAN WAS APPROVED WITH THESE WALLS ON PINE ISLAND.

IT MAKES SENSE TO PUT THEM THERE.

THE NUMBER TWO, THE SPECIAL CONDITIONS ARE NOT THE RESULT OF THE ACTIONS OF THE LANDOWNER.

AS YOU KNOW, WE CERTAINLY PICKED UP A LONG, NARROW PARCEL THAT'S BEING REHABILITATED AND REVITALIZED.

AND SO WE FEEL THAT THAT WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE THE MOST SENSE OF USING OF THAT PARCEL.

THE NUMBER THREE, THAT IT WOULD DEPRIVE THE LANDOWNER OF THE USE DENYING.

THE VARIANCE. WELL, IT WOULD TAKE AWAY SIGNAGE AND THE BRANDING ON PINE ISLAND, WHICH OF COURSE IS A MAJOR ARTERIAL AND I THINK WOULD FOR BOTH APPEARANCE AND FOR SAFETY, HELPS TO HAVE THE IDENTIFICATION ON PINE ISLAND ROAD.

NUMBER FOUR IS THAT IT WOULD CONFER A SPECIAL PRIVILEGE.

WE WOULD SAY THIS WAS NOT A SPECIAL PRIVILEGE.

THIS IS A REASONABLE, REALLY RATIONAL APPROACH TO THE PROBLEM.

FIVE THAT THE EXTENT OF THE VARIANCE IS THE MINIMUM NECESSARY.

WELL, AS I SAID, WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR EXTRA SIGNS.

SO WE WOULD SAY WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE FOUR SIGNS ALLOWED, JUST TWO OF THEM IN A DIFFERENT LOCATION.

THE NUMBER SIX, THAT THE VARIANCE IS IN HARMONY WITH THE INTENT OF THE CODE.

WE BELIEVE IT IS.

THERE'S NOTHING THAT WOULD BE VIOLATIVE OF THE CODE.

IT'S THE SIGNS THEMSELVES ARE WITHIN THE DIMENSIONS, COLORS AND STYLE APPROVED AND THEY WOULD MATCH WHAT'S THERE.

NUMBER SEVEN, IT'S NOT GOING TO ADVERSELY AFFECT HEALTH, SAFETY OR WELFARE.

IF ANYTHING, IT WILL ENHANCE THAT.

AND NUMBER EIGHT, THAT IT'S CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

THE STAFF HAS REVIEWED IT.

YOU KNOW, THEIR REPORT, THEY FIND IT'S CONSISTENT AND WE AGREE WITH THAT.

AND THAT'S IT'S A SIMPLE REQUEST, BUT IT'S.

ONE. HOPEFULLY WE WE ASK THAT YOU WOULD AGREE WITH AND GRANT AND CERTAINLY YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE OWNER HERE, IF THERE ARE ANY OPERATIONAL QUESTIONS ABOUT THE APARTMENTS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

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SEE NO QUESTIONS. I DO HAVE ONE, MAYBE TWO, AND I DON'T REALLY KNOW WHO TO ASK THIS TO.

I THINK IT LOOKS GREAT AND I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH IT.

AND I UNDERSTAND BECAUSE ON THE BACK ROAD BY THAT TIME, YOU KNOW, MOST PEOPLE COMING HOME KNOW THAT'S THEIR HOME VERSUS THE VISITORS WHO WILL PROBABLY BE COMING IN ON THE FRONT.

SO THAT MAKES SENSE.

ON THE CORNERS, WHAT I HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF CONCERN WITH AND IF YOU GO BACK TO THE PHOTOS, PLEASE, OF THE WHERE THEY CURRENTLY ARE.

RIGHT. RIGHT THERE.

NO, THE OTHER ONE. THANK YOU. PERFECT.

SO AS BEAUTIFUL AS THE LANDSCAPING IS, AND I'M PRETTY SURE IT WAS PROBABLY US THAT REQUIRE IT, LANDSCAPING GROWS AND GROWS CONSTANTLY, AND THEN YOU CAN'T SEE THE BEAUTIFUL LETTERING AND YOU CAN'T SEE THE DEVELOPMENT.

I HAVE PROBLEMS, WHETHER IT'S THIS OR ANY OF OUR OTHER MONUMENT SIGNS WHERE WE REQUIRE LANDSCAPING THAT BLOCKS THE NUMBERS AND THE NAME OF THE PROPERTY, IT MAKES NO SENSE.

IT'S A DEFEATIST PURPOSE OF OUR MONUMENT SIGN.

SO WHAT CAN WE DO TO HELP THIS PROCESS NOW? ASKING WITH THE APPLICANT TO HOPEFULLY APPROVE OR FIGURE THIS OUT SOMEWHERE ELSE.

BUT I DON'T WANT TO HAVE EDEN WEST BLOCK IN ANY OF OUR OTHER ONES FOR FUTURE REFERENCE ON WHAT WE'RE GOING TO FIX POSSIBLY IN THE FUTURE GETTING CODE VIOLATIONS BECAUSE THE LETTERS ARE BLOCKED OR PEOPLE COMPLAINING THEY CAN'T TELL WHICH COMMUNITY IS BECAUSE THE LETTERS ARE BLOCKED BY BEAUTIFUL LANDSCAPING.

SO HELP.

I CAN HELP TO RESPOND.

THE APPLICANT WILL, I'M SURE, MAKE SURE IT IS TRIMMED BACK.

BUT MAYOR, YOU HAVE ALREADY ADDRESSED THIS.

WHEN WE BROUGHT THE SIGN CODE FORWARD.

THAT IS ONE THING THAT YOU BROUGHT UP THAT WAS INCLUDED IN THE SIGN CODE TO ENSURE THAT LANDSCAPING WAS TRIMMED BACK SUFFICIENT ENOUGH SO YOU CAN SEE THE NAME.

SO WE'LL WORK WITH THE APPLICANT JUST TO MAKE SURE IT'S TRIMMED BACK.

AND SO YOU'RE ABLE TO SEE THE LETTERING AND THE NAME, BUT IT IS NOW INCLUDED IN THE CODE, RIGHT? BUT NOT TO PUT THE APPLICANT IN A POSITION.

BUT IF I'M LOOKING AT THIS PHOTO, I DON'T KNOW WHEN THE PHOTO WAS TAKEN, AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT THE PHOTO IS A LIE OR MISREPRESENTING ANYTHING.

WHAT I AM SAYING IS THAT YOU CAN ALREADY SEE NOT MATURE YET.

HEDGES ON THE RIGHT SIDE DEFINITELY, DEFINITELY ON THE LEFT.

THAT WILL GROW UP.

OH, NO, I'M HAVING FUN WITH HIM RIGHT NOW.

HE KNOWS WHAT I'M NOT SO SORRY.

GOT TO HAVE A LITTLE LIGHT WITH US.

IT'S ALREADY BLOCKING, SO IT'S GOING TO CONSTANTLY HAVE YOU OUT THERE WITH THE TRIMMERS BECAUSE IT'S FLORIDA, IT'S RAINING, IT'S LUSH.

YOU'RE NEVER GOING TO REALLY, EVER SEE WEST YET.

WE'RE GOING TO BE MAKING THE APPLICANT HAVE TO CONSTANTLY GO OUT THERE AND TRIM BECAUSE WE HAVE A LANDSCAPING REQUIREMENT THERE.

THAT, IN MY OPINION, DOESN'T REALLY MAKE SENSE.

WE'RE TRYING TO BEAUTIFY IT.

I GET IT. BUT WE HAVE A LITTLE TOO MUCH GOING ON THERE, WHICH ALSO PUTS A LOT OF ONUS ON AN APPLICANT OR EVENTUAL, YOU KNOW, THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY TO GET FINED OR HAVE ISSUES AND OR WE WIND UP SAYING WE'RE NOT GOING TO BOTHER TO WORRY ABOUT ENFORCING IT RIGHT NOW.

AND THEN WE HAVE RESIDENTS MAD AT CODE BECAUSE WE'RE NOT GOING TO GO OUT AND CONSTANTLY SAY THAT YOU'VE GOT TO TRIM THIS BECAUSE EVERY THREE DAYS IT GROWS LIKE A WEED.

SO I'M JUST ASKING FOR THIS TO BE RESOLVED.

I'M NOT SAYING THAT I'M HOLDING ANYTHING BACK, BUT I JUST THINK THIS IS AN ISSUE WE SHOULD BE MINDFUL OF ON ALL SIDES.

SO THANK YOU.

TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, THESE PHOTOS WERE TAKEN BY THE CITY STAFF, I BELIEVE, ON AUGUST THE 2ND.

IT WAS THE NIGHT BEFORE THE PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD MEETING.

I APPRECIATE. I APPRECIATE THAT.

THANK YOU. I WAS JUST HAVING A LITTLE FUN.

SO THREE WEEKS LATER, YOU COULD SEE WEST EVEN LESS UP ON THE RIGHT.

POSSIBLY. PROBABLY RIGHT.

SO. AND THEN I FEEL BAD FOR THE TRIMMING AND ALL THESE POOR LITTLE FLOWERS THAT COULD HAVE BEEN TAKEN CARE OF AND PLANTED SOMEWHERE ELSE VERSUS HAVING TO LOSE THEIR TOP CONSTANTLY.

ANYWAY, I DIGRESS.

SINCE NOBODY ELSE WISHES TO SAY ANYTHING, I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO CALL THE ROLL.

THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.

COMMISSIONER DANIEL, CAN.

CAN WE OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING? YEAH, WE CAN. I'M SO SORRY.

I GUESS I JUST.

FOR EVERYBODY WHO'S WATCHING, THERE'S NOT LIKE THERE'S.

SORRY. DARCY AND KATE AND A FEW OTHER PEOPLE.

PATTY, I DON'T MEAN TO NOT ASK YOU IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK, BUT DO YOU WISH TO SPEAK? ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? YEAH, I'M SEEING THE EXPRESSIONS OF MOVE IT ALONG.

SO THE ANSWER IS NO.

NOBODY ELSE WISHES TO SPEAK.

PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE NOW CLOSED.

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.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, NOW WE ARE GETTING TO ITEM TEN A.

[10.a Appointment of a Representative and an Alternate to the Solid Waste Disposal and Recyclable Materials Processing Authority of Broward County.]

APPOINTMENT OF A REPRESENTATIVE AND AN ALTERNATE TO THE SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL AND RECYCLABLE MATERIALS PROCESSING AUTHORITY OF BROWARD COUNTY.

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I KNOW. NICE TITLE, RIGHT? TROY GUYS, OUR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC SERVICES IS HERE TO SUMMARIZE THE ITEM.

AND THERE GOES AT LEAST ONE OF OUR REMAINING PUBLIC PEOPLE.

NO OFFENSE. TROY GUICE, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF FOR PUBLIC SERVICES.

JUST REALLY QUICKLY BACKGROUND ON THIS IS IN MAY OF 2023, YOU THE COMMISSION APPROVED THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT AUTHORIZING THE BROWARD COUNTY SOLID WASTE AUTHORITY.

IN THAT ERA, WE ARE NOW REQUIRED TO NAME A REPRESENTATIVE AND AN ALTERNATE TO THE GOVERNING BOARD.

AND BY THE WAY, AS OF AUGUST 7TH, WE HAD 28 OF THE 31 MUNICIPALITIES APPROVED THE ILHA, WHICH IS FANTASTIC.

THAT REPRESENTS 83% OF THE COUNTY'S POPULATION EXCEEDING THE 75% REQUIRED.

NOW IN THIS REQUIREMENT OF NAMING A REPRESENTATIVE AND AN ALTERNATE, THESE WOULD BE OUR REPRESENTATIVES TO THE GOVERNING BOARD, WHICH YOU CAN CONSIDER AS THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FOR THE SOLID WASTE AUTHORITY.

THAT COMMITTEE WOULD BE REQUIRED TO MEET AT LEAST TWICE, TWICE EACH FISCAL YEAR.

AND THE MAIN REPRESENTATIVE WOULD OBVIOUSLY BE REQUIRED TO ATTEND ALL THOSE MEETINGS.