Sep 06, 2023 Planning Board

ALL RIGHT. IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE READY TO BEGIN.

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[1. Call to Order]

ON WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6TH.

AND WE ARE IN SESSION.

WE'LL BEGIN WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

IF YOU CAN RISE WITH ME, PLEASE.

THANK YOU. YOU MAY BE SEATED.

WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE ROLL CALL LED BY SECRETARY COLLETTE.

ONE MOMENT, MADAM CHAIR.

I'M NOT GETTING A RECORDING.

. THANK YOU. THE NEXT ITEM IS APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM OUR LAST MEETING.

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BUT OUR LAST MEETING WAS AUGUST 2ND, CORRECT? CORRECT. OKAY.

SO WE'RE APPROVING THE MINUTES FROM THE LAST MEETING, WHICH WAS AUGUST 2ND, 2023.

DO WE HAVE ANYONE THAT WANTS TO MAKE AN AMENDMENT CHANGE OR COMMENT ON THE MEETING? ALL RIGHTY. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO MOVE FORWARD WITH APPROVING THE MINUTES AS IS? MOTION TO APPROVE.

DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I SECOND EVERYONE SECOND.

I THINK THE FIRST PERSON THAT I HEARD WAS ALEXANDRA.

OKAY. OKAY.

. MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF AUGUST 2ND, 2023 PASS.

DO WE HAVE ANY PLANNING BOARD DISCLOSURES? DOES ANYONE HAVE ANYTHING THEY'D LIKE TO REVEAL OR DISCLOSE REGARDING THE AGENDA THIS MORNING AND THE ITEMS WE'LL HEAR TODAY? LOOKS LIKE WE DON'T HAVE ANY DISCLOSURES FROM THE BOARD.

I WILL NOW RELINQUISH THE MIC TO OUR ATTORNEY FOR THE STATEMENT OF JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS.

[6. City Attorney Statement & Swearing In]

GOOD MORNING. OKAY ITEM AS IT STATES ON THE AGENDA, ITEM NINE A IS A QUASI JUDICIAL ITEM, AND THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT WILL GUIDE THE PROCEDURE BEFORE THE BOARD.

ALL PERSONS TESTIFYING BEFORE THE BOARD WILL BE SWORN IN.

THE APPLICANT AND ANY AFFECTED PARTY WILL BE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT EVIDENCE, BRING FORTH WITNESSES, CROSS-EXAMINE WITNESSES AND REBUT ANY TESTIMONY.

ALL EVIDENCE RELIED UPON BY PRUDENT, REASONABLY PRUDENT PERSONS SHALL BE ADMISSIBLE.

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

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

STATEMENTS FROM ATTORNEYS SHOULD ONLY BE CONSIDERED AS ARGUMENT AND NOT CONSIDERED AS TESTIMONY.

ATTORNEYS FOR PARTIES ARE NOT SUBJECT TO CROSS-EXAMINATION.

THE BOARD HAS THE AUTHORITY TO REFUSE TO HEAR ANY TESTIMONY WHICH IS IRRELEVANT OR REPETITIVE.

DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE MAY BE PRESENTED IN THE FORM OF AN ORIGINAL, A COPY OF THE ORIGINAL AND SHOULD BE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST.

ALL PARTIES SHALL BE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW EVIDENCE, COMPARE COPIES WITH ORIGINALS, AND QUESTIONED PARTIES ABOUT THEIR EVIDENCE.

THE ORDER OF PRESENTATION SHALL BE AS FOLLOWS.

THE APPLICANT OR THE APPLICANT'S REPRESENTATIVE WILL PRESENT FIRST.

STAFF WILL THEN GIVE A PRESENTATION IF REQUESTED BY THE BOARD.

AFFECTED PARTIES WILL BE ALLOWED TO PRESENT TESTIMONY.

PERSONS WHO ARE IN SUPPORT OR IN OPPOSITION CAN PROVIDE TESTIMONY OR STATEMENTS.

THE PARTIES WILL THEN BE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AND GIVE CLOSING STATEMENTS.

THE BOARD WILL THEN DELIBERATE ON THE PETITION AT THAT POINT.

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THE BOARD SHALL DISCUSS THE EVIDENCE, WHETHER IT'S WRITTEN OR TESTIMONIAL THAT WAS PRESENTED AT THE PROCEEDING, AND AFTER TAKING A MOTION, THE BOARD SHOULD VOTE ON THE APPLICATION EITHER FOR OR AGAINST WITH ANY CONDITIONS IF IT WISHES TO.

SO IMPOSE.

AT THIS TIME. WE'LL DO THE SWEARING IN OF ALL OF THE PARTIES AND THE REPRESENTATIVES.

SO IF YOU ARE HERE AND GIVING TESTIMONY, PLEASE RISE.

AND RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.

DO YOU SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT THE TESTIMONY YOU ARE ABOUT TO GIVE WILL BE THE WHOLE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH? IF SO, SAY YES.

THANK YOU. THE WITNESSES HAVE BEEN SWORN IN, AND WE MAY BEGIN.

THANK YOU. WE'LL BEGIN BY HEARING TEMPORARY BOARD ORDER 80 BOARD ORDER APPROVING OR DENYING A VARIANCE

[9.a TBO 80 - Board Order approving/denying a Variance application requesting relief from the requirements of Section 10-4.10(E)(1)(a), Table 10-4.11: Monument and Entrance Sign Standards, of the City’s Code of Ordinances for Legacy at Tamarac located at 6170-6190 Rock Island Road, Tamarac, Florida 33319.]

SUBSECTION E.

SUBSECTION ONE.

SUBSECTION A.

TABLE TEN DASH 4.11 MONUMENT ENTRANCE SIGN STANDARDS OF THE CITY OF CODE OF ORDINANCE FOR LEGACY AT TAMARAC LOCATED AT 6170 6190.

ROCK ISLAND ROAD TAMARAC, FLORIDA.

33319. WE'LL FIRST HEAR FROM THE APPLICANT.

EXCUSE ME. BEFORE WE BEGIN, DO WE HAVE ANYONE IN THE PUBLIC THAT WANTS TO MAKE A COMMENT? I HAVE TO ASK THE QUESTION.

THERE'S NO ONE HERE. THE FLOOR IS NOW CLOSED.

NOW WE'LL NOW HEAR FROM THE APPLICANT.

MY NAME IS [INAUDIBLE].

WE DON'T THINK HIS MICROPHONE IS ON.

THERE WE GO. OKAY.

GOOD MORNING AGAIN.

SO COULD YOU REPEAT YOUR NAME, PLEASE? SURE. MY NAME IS ERIC VALDERRAMA.

I'M WITH LEGACY RESIDENTIAL GROUP, AND WE ARE AT 6190 ROCK ISLAND ROAD.

AND THIS IS REGARDING THE LEGACY AT TAMARAC PROJECT.

AT FIRST, IF YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT DO YOU HAVE DO YOU GUYS CAN YOU SEE YOUR SCREEN? YOU SEE YOUR SCREEN THERE? OKAY.

I DIDN'T KNOW THAT. OKAY, GREAT.

ANYWAY, THESE ARE A COUPLE OF THE PICTURES OF OUR ACTUAL PROJECT.

AND OUR PROJECT IS LOCATED ALONG ROCK ISLAND ROAD AND AT THE INTERSECTION OF NORTHWEST 62ND STREET.

IF YOU KNOW WHERE THAT WHERE THAT'S AT.

SO IT'S ACTUALLY A LONG, EXTENDED PROJECT THAT RUNS NORTH AND SOUTH, AND IT HAS TWO SEPARATE BUILDINGS, THREE STORIES APIECE WITH A CLUBHOUSE AMENITIES THAT ARE USED FOR ALL THE TENANTS.

A LITTLE BIT ABOUT US.

AS YOU SEE THE BRANDING, WE BUILD COMMUNITIES.

WE HAVE DEVELOPMENTS THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF FLORIDA.

ABOUT 40 DEVELOPMENTS AND ALMOST CLOSE TO 7000 UNITS THAT WE OWN THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF FLORIDA.

AND THESE ARE SOME OF THE PICTURES.

AND THE REASON WHY I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT IS BECAUSE WE BUILD WE LITERALLY BUILD COMMUNITIES AND WE BUILD AND KEEP OUR OWN PRODUCTS.

SO IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US THAT WE MANAGE ALL OUR PRODUCTS ON A DAY TO DAY.

SO WHEN WE BUILD, WE BUILD WITH GOOD QUALITY MATERIAL, GOOD QUALITY AND WHAT WE KNOW, WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO LIVE IN.

SO IT'S IMPORTANT ON WHAT WE DO FOR ALL OUR INDIVIDUAL COMMUNITIES AND WE FEEL THAT WE DID SO HERE IN TAMARAC AS WELL.

LIKE I SAID, WE'RE ABOUT 120, 20 UNITS, THREE STORIES, TWO BUILDINGS.

AND HERE WE'RE HERE FOR THE VARIANCE OF THE MONUMENT SIGNAGE.

SO THIS IS THE RENDERING OF THE ACTUAL SIGNAGE THAT WE HAVE.

AND THERE'S THREE VARIANTS REQUESTS THAT WE'RE REQUESTING FROM YOU IS THE MAXIMUM SIGNAGE AREA FROM 152FT² IN LIEU OF A 40 TO A MAXIMUM OF HEIGHT OF 7.5FT VERSUS SIX, AND THE GRAPHIC LETTERS TO BE 22IN IN LIEU OF 18.

SO I GUESS I FIRST I WANT TO START WITH AN APOLOGY.

AND THE APOLOGY IS WHEN WHEN YOU BUILD IN MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENTS AND YOU'RE BUILDING MULTIPLE

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SO AS THEY'RE WORKING THROUGH THE BUILDINGS, THEY'RE BUILDING ALL THE INDIVIDUAL, THE CLUBHOUSE BUILDING ONE, BUILDING TWO AND DOING ALL THE SITE WORK AND ALL THAT AND HERE IS AN ACTUAL PICTURE OF THE SIGN AND YOU CAN SEE THE SIGN IN FRONT.

OKAY. SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A VARIANCE FOR A SIGN THAT'S BEEN BUILT INADVERTENTLY BUT IT'S BEEN BUILT.

AND SO I WANTED TO I THOUGHT THAT WAS A CRITICAL THING THAT I NEEDED TO SHARE WITH YOU AND SO THAT EVERYBODY WAS AWARE.

I THINK WHEN YOU ALSO LOOK AT THE SIGN, YOU COULD ALSO SEE THE ESTHETICS OF THE SIGN AS IS IN DIRECT CONTEXT TO THE ESTHETICS OF THE BUILDING.

IF YOU COULD SEE THE BUILDING BEHIND IT.

AND THAT WAS AN IMPORTANT PART THAT WE PLAYED THAT TOWARDS THE INVITING AREA OF WHAT OUR PROJECT IS ABOUT.

AND IF YOU ALSO NOTICE THE ACTUAL SIGN IS KIND OF A SUBSET OF THE MONUMENT SIGN WHEN WE GET INTO THE CONVERSATION OF TEXT.

SO THE FIRST KIND OF VARIANCE REQUEST THAT WE'RE DISCUSSING IS, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, THIS PROJECT IS LONG.

IT'S VERTICAL, CLOSE TO 600FT WHERE THE BUILDINGS ARE SPANNING NORTH SOUTH.

AND IT RUNS ALONG THAT ARTERIAL ROAD, WHICH IS ROCK ISLAND ROAD, WHICH IS PRETTY, PRETTY HEAVY IN TRAFFIC.

OKAY. AND SO ALONG THAT ROCK ISLAND ROAD OR AFTER THE SIDEWALK COMING INTO OUR PROPERTY IS ARE A BUNCH OF UTILITIES BECAUSE THE UTILITIES THAT FEED OUR COMMUNITY FEED OTHER COMMUNITIES AND THEY JUST RUN ALL ALONG THE SIDE OF THAT ROAD.

WHY IS THAT IMPORTANT IS BECAUSE THAT PUSHES THE OUR ABILITY TO BUILD SOMETHING FURTHER INSIDE.

IT MEANS IT'S FARTHER AWAY FROM THE ROAD, OKAY? IT'S FARTHER AWAY THE ROAD.

AND BETWEEN THERE AND THE FPL LINES.

AND AND IF YOU NOTICE THE FPL LINES, WE REALLY HAD TO DO SOME DESIGN AND CHANGES AND WE ACTUALLY HAD TO MOVE SOME POLES.

THOSE ARE EXPENSIVE POLES TO MOVE EARLY ON JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD THE PROPER PARKING, BECAUSE PARKING IS IMPORTANT FOR ALL OF US.

SO THE SIGN IS RECESSED A LITTLE BIT.

AND WE'RE REQUESTING HERE, YOU KNOW, THIS SPECIAL CONDITION BECAUSE IT'S THE ENTRANCE ALONG THE HIGH TRAFFIC AREA AND IT'S ONLY A NORTH BOUND SIDE.

SO IT'S CONFINED TO A NARROW CORNER AND IT'S ACTUALLY ANGLED IN LIEU OF STRAIGHT.

IF IT WAS JUST A STRAIGHT ONE, IT WOULD PROBABLY HAVE THE ABILITY TO BE NOT NEARLY AS LONG.

AND WHEN IT'S NOT AS LONG, THEN IT'S NOT AS BIG AS SQUARE AREA.

OKAY. SO.

HERE IS YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE RECESSED SIGNAGE.

OKAY. THE RECESSED SIGNAGE IS WHERE YOU SEE THE TEXT LOCATION.

THE TEXT LOCATION IS NOT THE BEST OF VISIBILITY FROM THE STREET.

AND WHEN YOU'RE GOING FOR THE HIGH TRAFFIC AREA.

RIGHT. AND ALSO, IF YOU COULD SEE OF OUR BRANDING, IF YOU LOOK CLOSELY, YOU'LL SEE THE L UNDER THE LEGACY.

IT'S THAT'S OUR BRANDING OF AN L AND YOU'LL NOTICE THAT IS WHERE THE 22IN IS VERSUS THE 18.

SO WE ACTUALLY HAVE TWO ROWS.

IF YOU LOOK AT THE TEXT IS LESS THAN 22IN EACH ROW ITSELF.

BUT IN TOTALITY, IT'S THE 22IN.

NOW BEING ONCE AGAIN THAT IT'S RECESSED AND OFF TO THE SIDE AND ANGLED AND KNOWING THAT OUR WORD, WHEN YOU DO IT, EVEN THAT THE TEXT IS JUST SLIGHTLY BIGGER, IT GOES HORIZONTAL, AND THAT'S WHERE THE ACTUAL SIGNAGE IS IN PLACE, WE ADDED.

TO WIT, FOR ESTHETIC REASONS, THE COLUMNS TO THE SIDE WHICH MATCH THE COLOR AND ESTHETICS AND THE PAINT OF THE BUILDING.

WHEN YOU DO THAT, IT ADDS A LITTLE BIT OF SQUARE FOOTAGE.

AND THEN WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE HEIGHT, THE HEIGHT OF THE SIGN, THE PHYSICAL HEIGHT IS WITHIN THE SIX FEET.

THE STUCCO BAND THAT GOES AROUND IT OR THAT LITTLE LIGHT GRAY IN WHITE IS WHAT IS MATCHING THE ROOF LINER OF THE BUILDING IS ALSO IS WHAT GIVES IT THAT EXTRA PLUS FOOT THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.

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AND WHEN PEOPLE ARE DRIVING DOWN A ROAD THAT YOU DRIVE AT A HIGHER RATES OF SPEED, IT WAS IMPORTANT TO HAVE THE SIGN A LITTLE BIT SLIGHTLY LARGER FOR THAT EVERYBODY COULD UNDERSTAND.

THE MINIMUM. THE REQUESTED THE REQUESTED 22IN TO MEET THE HEIGHT OF THE TOP AND BOTTOM ROW.

THE TO SET IS CONSIDERED REASONABLE FOR US AS, AGAIN, AS I MENTIONED, ABOUT OUR BRANDING AND OUR LOGO AND THE DEVIATION.

AND ABSOLUTELY, WE THINK THE VARIANCE HERE IS AND DEFINITELY IS IN HARMONY WITH THE PURPOSE AND INTENT OF THE CODE AND WITH THE SPECIFICS OF THE CHARACTERISTICS OF OUR BUILDING, WHICH WAS PREVIOUSLY APPROVED BY THE PREVIOUS BOARDS AND ALLOWED US TO BUILD THIS PROJECT.

ABSOLUTELY. I DON'T THINK HERE THAT OUR MONUMENT SIGNED VARIANCE AFFECTS IN ANY WAY THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF INDIVIDUALS.

I THINK IT'S QUITE THE CONTRARY.

HAVING A LITTLE BIT OF LARGER SIZE OF TEXT AND ALL THAT WHEN YOU'RE DRIVING AND EVERYBODY'S LOOKING AND LOOKING OFF TO THE SIDE IS PROBABLY A LOT SAFER THAN IT IS THE OPPOSITE WAY. AND AS IS WITH WORKING WITH THE BOARD, WWITH THE DEPARTMENT, WE FEEL AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT WE ARE DEFINITELY CONSISTENT HERE WITH WITH THE CITY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

AND WITH THAT.

THIS IS HERE YOU'RE LOOKING AT A COUPLE OF PICTURES OF THE ACTUAL PROJECT.

SO TO THE LEFT IS IS KIND OF AN ELEVATION OF THE BUILDING OF ONE OF THE BUILDINGS.

AND THEN ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE, WHICH IS KIND OF OUR DESIGN, AS I MENTIONED, IS NORTH SOUTH.

SO ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE BUILDING, ON THE EAST SIDE, THERE'S TWO PONDS AND THERE'S A PLAY AREA, EXERCISE AREA, AND YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE CLUBHOUSE ENTRANCE.

SO IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US, FOR ESTHETICS, THE ESTHETICS OF THE SIGN, THE ESTHETICS OF THE BUILDING AND FOR THE COMMUNITY TO HOPEFULLY ENJOY LIVING IN OUR FACILITIES.

AND WITH THAT, I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS IF THERE IS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THAT PRESENTATION.

WHAT I PROBABLY WOULD LIKE TO DO IS HAVE THE CITY PRESENT AND THEN WE'LL ASK UNLESS YOU HAVE QUESTIONS.

NOW, I KNOW LAST TIME IT WAS A LITTLE CONFUSING.

DOES ANYONE HAVE QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT NOW OR DO YOU WANT TO WAIT FOR THE STAFF PRESENTATION? I'D LIKE TO HEAR THE CITY BECAUSE THEY NORMALLY ANSWER ALL MY QUESTIONS.

THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED LAST TIME. THAT'S WHY I WAS ASKING.

OKAY, SO UNLESS ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS RIGHT NOW, I THINK WE'LL HOLD OUR QUESTIONS FOR THE STAFF PRESENTATION AND THEN WE'LL ASK YOU TO COME BACK UP AFTER, IF THAT'S OKAY WITH YOU. THAT'S OKAY. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. OKAY.

AT THIS TIME, WE'LL HEAR FROM THE CITY.

OKAY. GOOD MORNING.

THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. FOR THE RECORD.

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

ERIC VALDERRAMA, DESIGNATE AGENT FOR THE PROPERTY OWNER TAMARAC APARTMENT INVESTORS LLC, IS REQUESTING APPROVAL OF A VARIANCE REQUESTING RELIEF FROM SECTION 10- 4.11 CODE OF ORDINANCES.

THE TABLES NAME MONUMENT AND ENTRANCE SIGNS STANDARDS.

IT'S FOR A MONUMENT SIGN AND A RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT TO ALLOW A MAXIMUM LETTER AND GRAPHIC HEIGHT OF 22IN A MAXIMUM SIGN, HEIGHT OF SEVEN FEET AND SIX INCHES AND A MAXIMUM SIGN SIGN AREA OF 152FT² IN LIEU OF A MAXIMUM LETTER AND GRAPHIC HEIGHT OF 18IN A MAXIMUM SIGN, HEIGHT OF SIX FEET AND A MAXIMUM SIGN AREA OF 42FT², RESPECTIVELY.

SO THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS DEVELOPED AS THE LEGACY AT TAMARAC APARTMENTS AND IS LOCATED AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF ROCK ISLAND ROAD AND BAILEY ROAD.

LEGACY AT TAMARAC APARTMENTS IS ORIGINALLY KNOWN AS BAILLY SQUARE.

IT RECEIVED NEW DEVELOPMENT SITE PLAN APPROVAL FROM THE PLANNING BOARD ON JUNE 5TH, 2019 TO ALLOW FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF ONE THREE STORY MULTIFAMILY

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AND THEN ALSO ON THAT SAME DAY, THE PLANNING BOARD APPROVED THE VARIANCES TO ALLOW FOR THE BAILLY SQUARE APARTMENT DEVELOPMENT.

THE SUBJECT PROPERTY WAS THEN PURCHASED BY THE CURRENT PROPERTY OWNER, TAMARAC APARTMENT INVESTMENTS, LLC ON JULY 11TH, 2019, WHO THEN THEY SUBMITTED AN APPLICATION FOR MINOR SITE PLAN DEVELOPMENT APPROVAL TO REVISE THE SITE PLAN APPROVED BY THE PLANNING BOARD ON JUNE 5TH.

THE SINGLE LARGE APARTMENT BUILDING WITH THREE WINGS, IT WAS SEPARATED INTO THE TWO, THREE STORY BUILDINGS THAT YOU SEE NOW ON THE PROPERTY, WHICH CONTAIN 60 DWELLING UNITS IN EACH BUILDING.

AND NOW THEY ALSO HAVE A CLUBHOUSE BUILDING IN BETWEEN THE TWO BUILDINGS AND PROPOSE SOME SLIGHT FACADE AND DETENTION POND CHANGES.

ON JANUARY 25TH, 2021, THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT.

MODIFICATION. THE MINOR SITE PLAN RECEIVED A ADMINISTRATIVE REDUCTION OF LANDSCAPE PEDESTRIAN ZONE WIDTH, APPROVAL OF THE MINIMUM LANDSCAPE ZONE ZONE WIDTH AROUND THE BUILDINGS. AND THEN ON FEBRUARY 19TH, 2021, MINOR SITE PLAN DEVELOPMENT APPROVAL WAS RECEIVED FROM THE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TO ALLOW FOR THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT MODIFICATION OF THE TWO THREE STORY BUILDINGS CONTAINING 60 DWELLING UNITS IN EACH BUILDING AND THE CLUBHOUSE BUILDING WITH THE WITH A SLIGHT FACADE MODIFICATIONS.

AND THEN FINALLY, ON JULY 13TH, 2023, A UNIT TITLE WAS RECORDED TO COMBINE THE SUBJECT PROPERTY INTO ONE PARCEL.

SO THE PURPOSE OF THE VARIANCE IS TO ALLOW FOR THE PROPOSED SIGN TO EXCEED THE MAXIMUM LETTER AND GRAPHIC HEIGHT BY FOUR INCHES.

THE MAXIMUM SIGN HEIGHT PERMITTED BY ONE AND ONE HALF, ONE FOOT SIX INCHES, AND THE MAXIMUM SIGN AREA PERMITTED BY 110FT².

THE MONUMENT SIGN IS LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE ENTRANCE TO THE DEVELOPMENT ON ROCK ISLAND ROAD.

THE MONUMENT AND ENTRANCE SIGNS STANDARDS.

IT ALLOWS FOR A MAXIMUM LETTER AND GRAPHIC HEIGHT OF 18IN FOR MONUMENT SIGNS VERSUS THE 22IN PROPOSED.

IT ALLOWS FOR A MAXIMUM SIGN HEIGHT OF SIX FEET PERMITTED VERSUS THE 7.5FT PROPOSED.

IT ALLOWS FOR A MAXIMUM SIGN AREA OF 42FT² VERSUS THE 152FT² PROPOSED.

A VARIANCE IS A MEANS OF MODIFYING THE ZONING ORDINANCE REGULATIONS WHEN SUCH VARIANCE WILL NOT BE CONTRARY TO THE PUBLIC INTEREST AND WHEN OWING TO CONDITIONS PURSUANT PARTICULAR TO THE PROPERTY AND NOT THE RESULT OF THE APPLICANT.

LITERAL ENFORCEMENT OF THE ORDINANCE WOULD RESULT IN AN UNNECESSARY AND UNDUE HARDSHIP.

THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE IDENTIFIES GENERAL VARYING STANDARDS TO BE EMPLOYED.

VARIANTS SHALL ONLY BE RECOMMENDED AT THE PLANNING BOARD REACHES EACH OF THE GENERAL VARIANTS.

REVIEW STANDARD CONCLUSIONS BASED ON FINDINGS OF FACTS SUPPORTED BY COMPETENT, SUBSTANTIAL AND MATERIAL EVIDENCE.

THE EIGHT GENERAL REVIEW STANDARD CONCLUSIONS ARE SHOWN ON THE SCREEN IN FRONT OF YOU AND THE APPLICANT WENT OVER THEM IN THEIR PRESENTATION.

IT IS THE OPINION OF THE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT THAT THE VARIANCE REACHES EACH OF THE GENERAL VARIANCE REVIEW STANDARDS BASED ON COMPETENT, SUBSTANTIAL MATERIAL EVIDENCE. THE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SUPPORTS THE PETITION BASED ON THE FACT THAT OWING TO SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES OR CONDITIONS BEYOND THE LANDOWNER'S CONTROL, THE LITERAL APPLICATION OF THE STANDARDS WOULD RESULT IN AN UNDUE AND UNIQUE HARDSHIP TO THE LANDOWNER, AND THE DEVIATION WILL NOT BE CONTRARY TO THE PUBLIC INTEREST.

SO THIS ITEM SUPPORTS GOAL NUMBER ONE OF THE CITY'S 2040 STRATEGIC PLAN.

TAMARAC IS HOME.

THE APPROVAL OF THE VARIANCE WILL ALLOW THE PROPER IDENTIFICATION OF THE NEW MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL APARTMENT DEVELOPMENT.

AND SO THE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT RECOMMENDS THAT THE PLANNING BOARD FOR A FAVORABLE RECOMMENDATION FOR THE PROPOSED VARIANCE REQUEST FOR THE REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION TEN DASH 4.1 0E1A TABLE 4.11 MONUMENTS AND ENTRANCE SIGNS STANDARDS OF THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE OF THE CITY CODE OF ORDINANCES TO THE CITY COMMISSION AT ITS SEPTEMBER 13TH, 2023 MEETING.

AND THIS CONCLUDES STAFF PRESENTATIONS.

SO WE'LL ACCEPT ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.

THANK YOU.

AT THIS TIME, WE WILL OPEN THE FLOOR TO THE PUBLIC.

THERE IS NO ONE HERE, SO WE'LL NOW CLOSE THE FLOOR TO THE PUBLIC.

DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? OKAY. ERIC WE DO HAVE A QUESTION FROM ERIC.

ROB. WAS THE SIGN SHOWN ON THE MINOR SITE PLAN APPROVAL BACK IN 2021?

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AND THAT NOTE WAS ON THIS PLAN PROVIDED ON THE PLAN.

SO IN MY OPINION, IN ORDER FOR A VARIANCE LIKE THIS TO BE A REASONABLE REQUEST, IT WOULD HAVE TO BE ONE THAT FOR SOME REASON THE SPECIFIC CODE REQUIREMENT WOULD BE NOT APPLICABLE OR UNREASONABLE FOR THE SPECIFIC LOCATION.

OR IT JUST WOULDN'T WORK THE WAY THE CODE IS WRITTEN FOR THIS PARTICULAR APPLICATION.

IF. AND NOW THE HARDSHIP ON THE APPLICANT WOULD APPEAR TO BE IF THE VARIANCE IS NOT APPROVED BY THE BOARD, THEY WOULD HAVE TO DEMOLISH THE SIGN AND BUILD A NEW SIGN.

IF THEY HAD ASKED FOR THE VARIANCE BEFORE CONSTRUCTING THE SIGN AND YOUR OPINION, WOULD STAFF HAVE RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THE VARIANCE? AND IF SO, WHAT WOULD THAT RECOMMENDATION BE BASED ON? YES, WE WOULD STILL BE BASING IT OFF THE SAME CRITERIA.

THE REVIEW STANDARDS THAT ARE THAT ARE WITHIN THE CODE.

AND YOU KNOW, AS WE WENT THROUGH THE REVIEW STANDARDS, IT TALKED ABOUT THAT THEY HAVE VERY LITTLE AREA TO PLACE THE SIGN.

AND SO THERE'S VERY LITTLE WIDTH THERE.

AND SO BECAUSE OF THE ANGLE OF THE SIGN, THAT'S WHY THEY NEEDED TO INCREASE WIDTH TO GET THAT THE WIDTH THAT YOU WOULD ACTUALLY SEE IF THE SIGN WAS PARALLEL TO THE RIGHT OF WAY.

SO WHAT WOULD PREVENT? UM, TAMARAC VILLAGE OR EDEN WEST FROM REQUESTING A SIGN.

THREE AND A HALF TIMES THE.

PERMITTED SIZE.

NOTHING. THEY CAN REQUEST THAT.

AND IT WOULD COME TO THIS BOARD FOR RECOMMENDATION TO THE CITY COMMISSION.

AND IF THE SITUATION WERE SIMILAR, THE STAFF WOULD ALSO APPROVE THAT.

MY CONCERN IS I DON'T WANT 200 SIGNS IN THE CITY THAT ARE THREE AND A HALF TIMES THE PERMITTED SIZE.

NOT SAYING THAT WOULD HAPPEN, BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW WE COULD REFUSE SOMEONE ELSE WHO ASKED TO DO THE SAME THING IN A SIMILAR SITUATION.

ALL THE SIMILAR SITUATION NOT BEING THAT THEY BUILT THE SIGN AND IT FELL THROUGH THE CRACKS.

I'M NOT CONCERNED ABOUT THAT.

THE SIMILAR SITUATION BEING OUR ENTRANCE ISN'T IN A GREAT PLACE, YOU KNOW, AND WE DON'T HAVE A.

PERFECT PLACE THAT WE WANT TO PUT THE SIGN.

SO LET'S MAKE IT THREE AND A HALF TIMES BIGGER.

THAT DOESN'T SEEM REASONABLE TO ME.

IN MY OPINION. OKAY.

I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENT.

I UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU'RE GOING WITH THAT.

I'M NOT SURE IF THERE WAS A QUESTION THAT YOU WERE ASKING, RALPH.

THE ORIGINAL QUESTION WAS IF IT HAD NOT BEEN BUILT, WOULD IT BE APPROVED? AS IT IS CURRENTLY BUILT PRIOR TO CONSTRUCTION.

I UNDERSTAND. DO YOU FEEL THAT YOUR QUESTION WAS ANSWERED? YEAH, ROB ANSWERED.

I DON'T LIKE THE ANSWER, BUT I UNDERSTAND HIS LOGIC.

THAT'S OKAY WITH IT AND THAT'S OKAY.

MAY I COMMENT TO ERIC'S COMMENT? ABSOLUTELY. SO, ERIC, I KIND OF SEE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, BUT I ALSO THINK THAT THE CITY OF TAMARAC AS A WHOLE, RIGHT, WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THE NEW DEVELOPMENTS AND THE NEW CONSTRUCTIONS, EVERYTHING KIND OF HAS TO KIND OF MATCH OR ELSE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, LIKE A HODGEPODGE OF WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE CITY OF TAMARAC WITH THE SIGNAGE IS THAT ARE OUT AND SO FORTH.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, IN ORDER TO HAVE CONTINUITY IN THE CITY OF TAMARAC I WOULD MOTION THAT WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THE VARIANCE CHANGE AND ACCEPTING THE CHANGE FOR THIS PARTICULAR SIGNAGE.

WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE PICTURES, IT IS OBSTRUCTED.

THAT ALSO CAN BECOME A SAFETY CONCERN AS RESIDENTS ARE DRIVING IN THE CITY OF TAMARAC AND SO MAYBE THAT HELPS A LITTLE BIT WITH WHAT YOUR PROCESSING.

MY CONCERN IS JUST THE SIZE.

IT'S ALLOWED AT 42FT².

CORRECT. AND WE'RE OVER 150FT².

AND I DON'T SEE ANY REASON OTHER THAN THE FACT THAT THE SIGN EXISTS WHY IT WOULD HAVE BEEN APPROVED AT 142 OR 150FT².

INITIALLY IF IT HAD BEEN PERMITTED PRIOR TO BEING BUILT.

I THINK FOR THAT VERY REASON IS WHY EVEN IF IT WASN'T BUILT, IT WOULD STILL COME BEFORE US AS A VARIANCE.

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AND I WOULD STILL ASK THE QUESTIONS THAT I WOULD ASK IF IT'S NOT BEING BUILT, BECAUSE I WAS SURPRISED THAT IT'S ALREADY BUILT.

I WAS WONDERING IF THAT WAS JUST A GREAT PHOTO.

SIMS YOU KNOW, FOR THE SIGN, BUT I SEE IT'S BEEN BUILT.

WHAT IS A SETBACK FROM THE RIGHT OF WAY? IT'S A MINIMUM TEN FOOT STEP BACK, A TEN FOOT SETBACK.

IS THAT THE REQUIRED SETBACK OR WAS THAT A VARIANCE AS WELL? NO, THAT'S A REQUIRED SETBACK.

OKAY. AND CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE PICTURE? MAYBE IT WAS THE APPLICANTS OF THE POWER LINES.

I THINK THAT WAS THE APPLICANT'S PRESENTATION.

AND IS THERE ONLY ONE ENTRANCE? AND WE'RE DOING THIS FOR ONLY ONE SIDE.

I JUST WANTED TO SEE IT IN CONTEXT OF THE.

IS THERE A RENDERING OF WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE? IT'S ALREADY EXISTING.

THAT IS THE ACTUAL SIGN THERE.

YEAH. I'M SORRY.

THAT'S THE ACTUAL.

THAT'S THE ACTUAL SIGN THERE THAT YOU'RE SEEING.

RIGHT. BUT FOR THE VARIANCE, IS THERE LIKE A RENDERING OF WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE WITH THE CHANGE? NO. RIGHT.

WELL THIS THE SIGN, THE AS BUILT SIGN INCORPORATES THE VARIANCES.

OH, GOT IT. OKAY. IT'S LIKE AN AFTER THE FACT.

IT'S AN AFTER THE FACT. IT WAS ALREADY CONSTRUCTION.

YEAH. THE VARIANCE IS BEING REQUESTED AFTER THE FACT.

AFTER THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE SIGN.

GOT IT. OKAY. RIGHT.

CAN I SAY SOMETHING? I'M LIKE, THIS IS THE AREA, YOU KNOW, I DROVE THERE, YOU KNOW, EVERY DAY TO GO TO WORK.

I MEAN, LIKE, YOU KNOW, THAT'S MY AREA, YOU KNOW, PRETTY MUCH, YOU KNOW, TO THAT'S THE AREA, YOU KNOW, THAT I COMMUTE EVERY DAY TO GO TO WORK.

SO I TOTALLY AGREE, YOU KNOW, WITH THIS REQUEST, BECAUSE WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS PROPOSAL, YOU KNOW, I STRONGLY AGREE THAT THIS IS A VERY HIGH, HEAVY TRAFFIC AREA.

IT'S VERY NARROW.

YOU KNOW, THEREFORE, THERE'S A LACK OF VISIBILITY.

YOU KNOW, IF YOU TRY TO LOOK FOR THE APARTMENT AND TRAFFIC IS VERY HEAVY, THAT CAN BE A DANGER THAT, YOU KNOW, TO THE COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW, SO I BELIEVE THAT BY INCREASING THE SIGN THIS WILL ALLOW A DRIVER THE TRAFFIC TO FLOW BETTER, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY IF I'M TRYING TO LOOK FOR THE APARTMENT, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE IT'S REALLY HARD, YOU KNOW TO REALLY, YOU KNOW, SEE IT, YOU KNOW, SO I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS, YOU KNOW, HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DRIVE BY IN THAT LITTLE AREA.

BUT, YOU KNOW, I TOTALLY AGREE WITH THIS REQUEST, YOU KNOW, SO I DON'T KNOW.

THAT'S MY PERSONAL OPINION, YOU KNOW? SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

THANK YOU. CAN I GET CLARITY ON THE MATTER? SO AS OF RIGHT NOW, YOU GUYS, BECAUSE I WAS UNDERSTANDING THAT THE VARIANCE WAS TO ENLARGE THE SIGN.

THE VARIANCE IS TO ALLOW A LARGER SIGN THAN WHAT IS ALLOWED BY THE CODE.

CORRECT. AND SO THEY'RE REQUESTING INCREASE SIGN AREA AS WELL AS INCREASE SIGN HEIGHT AND THEN INCREASE LETTERING.

THAT'S WHAT I UNDERSTOOD.

AND SO, OKAY, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE.

SO IT'S JUST TO BE CLEAR, IT'S THAT EXISTING SIGN TO REMAIN RIGHT? THE EXISTING SIGN DOES NOT CONFORM TO THE CITY OF TAMARAC STANDARDS.

SO THE APPLICANT IS ASKING FOR THE EXISTING SIGN TO REMAIN AT THREE TIMES THREE AND A HALF TIMES THE SIZE THAT IT INITIALLY SHOULD HAVE BEEN.

GOT IT. OKAY.

THAT'S WHAT I UNDERSTOOD.

OKAY. I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.

WHILE I UNDERSTAND THE QUESTIONS AND I AGREE WITH SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT ARE BEING ASKED, I ALSO UNDERSTAND AND AGREE WITH MR. MOYES. I LIVE IN THE AREA AND I'VE SEEN THE SIGN AND I DO THINK THE SIGN IS APPROPRIATELY SIZED FOR THE CONDITION FOR THE ROAD CONDITIONS, ALTHOUGH I DO UNDERSTAND THE QUESTIONS THAT ERIC AND THE POINT OF VIEW THAT ERIC HAS, AND I AGREE WITH YOU ON THAT AS WELL.

AND I AGREE WITH WHAT ALEXANDRA IS GETTING AT.

BUT I DO UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT THE SIGN THAT EXISTS TODAY IS APPROPRIATE FOR THE ROAD CONDITIONS THAT ARE THERE CURRENTLY.

SO I THINK THAT WHAT WE MIGHT WANT TO PAY ATTENTION TO AND FOCUS ON IN THE FUTURE IS HOW DO WE PREVENT OR HOW DO WE MITIGATE A COMMUNITY BUILDER FROM BUILDING A SIGN OR BUILDING ANY THING, AND THEN COMING BACK LATER AND SAYING, HEY, WE DID IT, CAN WE GET A VARIANCE NOW?

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SO I THINK THAT'S WHAT.

BUT WITH THAT SAID, I DO THINK THAT THE SIGN IS APPROPRIATE FOR THE AREA.

ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT I HAVE, AND I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S APPROPRIATE TO ASK NOW, I'VE NOTICED THAT NORTH OF THE COMMUNITY AND SOUTH OF THE COMMUNITY THERE IS A BANKMENT I THINK WAS WHAT THEY CALL HER A THERE'S A PATCH OF GRASS THAT SEPARATES NORTH OF THE COMMUNITY AND SOUTH THAT SEPARATES THE STREET FROM THE. COMMUNITY, BUT WHERE THIS COMMUNITY IS LEGACY, THERE'S NOT.

AND SO THE COMMUNITY ACROSS THE STREET, WHICH IS THE GATE CONDOMINIUM I KNOW, GETS FLOODED QUITE OFTEN.

AND I'M WONDERING IF THAT HAS ANYTHING.

IF THERE THE AREA OF GRASS THAT'S NORTH AND SOUTH HELPS PREVENT COMMUNITIES FROM GETTING FLOODING AND HOW THIS.

COMMUNITY MIGHT AFFECT THE FLOODING OF THE COMMUNITY ACROSS THE STREET AND MIGHT ASK MY QUESTION IN A WAY THAT MAKES SENSE.

THE SWALE AREA IS THERE A RETENTION OR RETENTION AREA? THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING. THE RETENTION AREA IS THERE'S ONE NORTH THERE'S A HOUSING COMMUNITY NORTH OF LEGACY.

AND AGAIN, THIS IS NOT APPROPRIATE TO ASK TODAY.

I UNDERSTAND. AND LET ME KNOW.

YOU SAY ACROSS NORTHWEST 62ND STREET ON ROCK ISLAND ROAD, NORTH OF 62ND, THERE'S AN AREA OF GRASS.

IF YOU GO RIGHT THERE, LOOK THERE ABOVE.

YES, BAILEY AND THEN BELOW THE LEGACY COMMUNITY, YOU'LL SEE THERE'S ANOTHER APARTMENT COMPLEX AND THERE'S A SMELL OF GAS.

THE GRASS IS A RETENTION AREA THERE.

BUT WHERE WE HAVE LEGACY, THERE IS NO RETENTION.

DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM LEGACY IS THE GATE CONDOMINIUM.

AND THAT AREA GETS THAT COMMUNITY GETS FLOODED QUITE FREQUENTLY.

SO I'M WONDERING AND AGAIN, FORGIVE ME IF THIS IS NOT APPROPRIATE TO ASK NOW.

IF IT'S NOT, IT'S OKAY.

LET ME KNOW AND I'LL STOP THE QUESTIONING.

BUT I AM CURIOUS.

I THINK THE APPLICANT CAN PROBABLY ANSWER WHAT TYPE OF DRAINAGE AND BEFORE YOU ANSWER, MR. VALDERRAMA, I'M CURIOUS, ARE YOU THE ATTORNEY? ARE YOU THE ENGINEER? WHAT IS YOUR.

I'M THE OWNER'S REPRESENTATIVE.

OKAY. SO IF YOU LOOK AT JUST WEST OF OUR PROJECT ON THAT RED LINE, IT'S ACTUALLY A TURNING LANE GOING IN. SO THAT'S ASPHALT, RIGHT? THAT'S ALL ASPHALT. IT'S ALL PURE ROADWAY WITH A TURNING LANE.

THEN WHAT COMES AFTER IT IS THE SIDEWALK.

AFTER THE SIDEWALK, YOU START GETTING INTO THE COMPONENTS OF THE PROPERTY.

AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, THAT THERE IS SOME HEAVY UTILITIES, EXISTING UTILITIES THAT RUN UNDER THERE.

BUT IF YOU GO BACK, ROB, IF YOU DON'T MIND GOING BACK TO THE CIVIL PLAN, TO THE CIVIL SITE PLAN.

WELL, I JUST HAVE THE SITE PLAN.

IT'S NOT THE CIVIL PLAN. IT'S JUST THE SITE PLAN.

OKAY. ANYWAY, AS IT'S COMING UP, WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE IS.

A A PARKING AREA.

SO THERE IS A GRASS SECTION THAT IS PARTLY OVER THE UTILITY EASEMENT.

AND THEN YOU HAVE A PARKING AREA.

OUR PARKING AREA IS DESIGNED TO CONTAIN 100% OF THE RAINFALL THAT HAPPENS WITHIN OUR AREA.

AND THEN THE GRASS AREA IS OBVIOUSLY A PURPOSE PERVIOUS TYPE OF MATERIAL.

SO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION DIRECTLY IS, YEAH, THIS IS DESIGNED TO END ALL THE RAINFALLS THAT WE'VE HAD, ALL THE EXCESS RAINS THAT WE'VE HAD RECENTLY HAVE DEMONSTRATED THAT IT'S DESIGNED APPROPRIATELY SO MAYBE THOSE HAD EMBANKMENTS FOR OTHER REASONS.

BUT ONCE WE DO CALCULATIONS TO PUT PARKING OR STRUCTURES OR ANY KIND OF PERVIOUS, WE HAVE TO DO CALCULATIONS TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OUR DRAINAGE AROUND THE AREA COULD CONSUME THE HEAVY RAINFALLS AS DESIGNED.

THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE YOU GIVING ME THE EXPLANATION.

YES, THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER.

ALEXANDRA. SO GOING BACK TO THE CONVERSATION THAT THIS SIGN WAS DEVELOPED WITHOUT THE APPROPRIATE PERMISSION AND ZONING REQUIREMENTS WERE THEY FIND AT THAT TIME FOR THEIR ERROR? NO, I DON'T BELIEVE A CODE CASE WAS EVER STARTED ON THIS PROPERTY DUE TO THE APPLICANT SUBMITTING THE REQUEST FOR VARIANCE.

HOW WAS IT BROUGHT TO YOUR ATTENTION? WELL, THE APPLICANT SUBMITTED THE REQUEST.

OKAY. SO THEY IDENTIFIED THE ERROR AND WANTED TO FIX IT.

WE BROUGHT IT TO THE ATTENTION.

SO WE'RE THE OWNERS.

RIGHT. WE HIRE A GENERAL CONTRACTOR.

RIGHT. THAT'S WHAT YOUR PRESENTATION WAS ABOUT BEFORE.

RIGHT. SO AS WE HIRE THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR AND HE'S DOING HIS WORK AND HE'S IN THEORY, DOING HIS THINGS DILIGENTLY AND MOVING AND ACTIVE, BUT THAT SLIPPED THROUGH THE CRACKS ON HIS BEHALF.

SO ONCE ONCE WE FIGURED THAT OUT, WE PROMPTLY CAME OVER AND WE SAID WE GOT TO TAKE CARE OF THIS.

AND THAT'S WHAT LED US LED US TO TODAY.

AND AS YOU'RE.

WHEN YOU WERE LOOKING AT THE SIGN.

AND I UNDERSTAND MR.

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BUT WHEN YOU ALSO LOOK AT THE SIGN IN CONTEXT AND EVEN TO THE ADJACENT, IF WE LEFT IT TO A PLAIN VANILLA BOX, THAT WAS JUST WHERE THE ACTUAL TEXT IS AND WE DIDN'T ADD THE ESTHETIC, THE COLUMNS THAT GO NEXT TO IT, WHICH PROVIDE LIGHTS, WHICH AT NIGHT WHEN YOU'RE DRIVING AND YOU'RE SEEING THAT'S THE ONLY SIGNAGE WE HAVE TO THAT BUILDING.

AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE PLAN IN FRONT OF YOU NOW, YOU WILL NOTICE THERE'S NO PLACE TO PUT ANY OTHER SIGN BECAUSE WE HAVE PARKING SPACES THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE AREA. THERE'S NO PLACE TO PLACE IT.

IT'S AT THE COMPLETE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE SITE.

SO WITHIN CONTEXT, WE KEPT IT AS TIGHT AS IT IS THAT WE CAN.

AND REALLY THE GOVERNING FEATURE WAS REALLY THE DOUBLE TEXT THAT YOU LOOK AT WITH THE BRANDING THAT'S REALLY THE TEXT ITSELF ARE LESS THAN THE 18 INCH REQUIREMENT.

BUT THE CODE SAYS 18IN IN HEIGHT.

IT DOESN'T SAY ROWS NUMBER.

WE HAVE TWO ROWS FOR THE NAME OF THE AND THE BRANDING OF THE SQUARE, WHICH IS SLIGHTLY HIGHER.

EVERYTHING ELSE BECOMES PROPORTIONAL AROUND IT.

THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE CITY AND OR THE APPLICANT? ALL RIGHTY. IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE READY TO MAKE A VOTE ON THE ITEM BEFORE WE MAKE THE THE VOTE.

I WANT TO JUST CONFIRM THAT WE HAVE EVERYONE PRESENT TODAY.

SO WE HAVE FIVE BOARD MEMBERS AND TWO ALTERNATES.

AND IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE THE MEMBERS VOTE ON THE ISSUE.

AND SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE'LL PROCEED WITH THE VOTE.

DO WE HAVE A MOTION? WE DON'T HAVE A MOTION.

SHE TALKED ABOUT MAKING THE MOTION, BUT A MOTION WASN'T ACTUALLY MADE AND THERE NEEDS TO BE A SECOND TO THE MOTION.

I'M GETTING TO THAT RIGHT NOW. JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY.

I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE KNOWS THAT WE HAVE THE QUORUM THAT WE NEED AND TWO ALTERNATES PRESENT.

AND DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO MOVE FORWARD TO RECOMMEND THE ITEM AS PRESENTED? MOTION. A SECOND.

. MOTION TO MAKE A FAVORABLE RECOMMENDATION TO THE CITY COMMISSION PASSED 5 TO 0.

AWESOME. THANK YOU AND WELCOME TO THE COMMUNITY.

DO WE HAVE ANY PLANNING BOARD REPORTS? WELL, THANK YOU, EVERYBODY, FOR YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR.

THANK YOU. DO YOU HAVE ANYONE ON THE BOARD THAT LIKE TO GIVE A REPORT? ANY PLANNING BOARD REPORTS THIS MORNING.

ANY NEW INFORMATION.

OKAY, I'LL HAND IT OVER NOW TO OUR DIRECTOR, THE ESTEEMED MAXINE CALDWELL, CALLOWAY.

[11. Director's Report]

THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. JUST HAVE A FEW UPDATES FOR YOU BEFORE WE GO INTO OUR ELECTION PROCESS THIS MORNING.

JUST TO REPORT ON YOUR LAST MEETING ON AUGUST 2ND, YOU CONSIDERED THREE ITEMS RELATED TO THE [INAUDIBLE] SCHOOL AT 2099 WEST PROSPECT ROAD.

YOU RECOMMENDED APPROVAL FOR CONSIDERATION BY THE CITY COMMISSION AT THE CITY COMMISSION MEETING THAT WAS HELD ON AUGUST 23RD.

THE COMMISSION APPROVED ON FIRST READING THE LAND USE AMENDMENT, THE REZONING AND THE FLEX, AND THEN AT THE MEETING THAT IS SCHEDULED FOR SEPTEMBER 13TH, THEY'LL CONSIDER THOSE ITEMS AGAIN ON SECOND READING, ALONG WITH THE SPECIAL EXCEPTION REPORT ON THE VOTE AT YOUR NEXT MEETING IN ACCORDANCE WITH YOUR AGENDA.

WE'RE GOING INTO OR ELECTION THIS MORNING.

THE CODE REQUIRES ON AN ANNUAL BASIS THAT THIS ROTATION OCCURS WHERE THIS BODY WILL ELECT A CHAIR AND A VICE CHAIR IN ACCORDANCE WITH WHAT WE HAVE DONE THE LAST TIME WE ALLOW EVERY MEMBER.

ON THE BOARD TO TWO MINUTES.

TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOURSELF SO YOU CAN EDUCATE YOUR BOARD MEMBERS.

SO WHEN IT'S TIME FOR A VOTE, THEY'RE ABLE THEN TO MAKE THAT VOTE BASED ON AN INTELLIGENT, I GUESS, MORE INFORMATION ABOUT YOU.

SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND WE CAN START WITH EACH OF YOU.

JUST A LITTLE BACKGROUND ON YOURSELF.

JUST TWO MINUTES AND THEN MIGHT BE IT MIGHT BE HELPFUL TO SAY WHETHER OR NOT YOU HAVE AN INTEREST IN CHAIR OR VICE CHAIR SO YOUR FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS CAN KNOW HOW TO VOTE.

WE CAN BEGIN AT THIS TIME.

WE CAN START AT THE END.

YES. OKAY.

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I DO HOLD A DOCTORATE IN EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP.

I'VE BEEN IN THE CITY OF TAMARAC NOW 19 YEARS.

I AM A REAL ESTATE INVESTOR IN THE CITY OF TAMARAC.

SO THE DECISIONS THAT ARE MADE FOR THE CITY TRULY AFFECT ME.

RECENTLY, I RAN FOR CITY COMMISSIONER FOR DISTRICT TWO, FOR THE CITY OF TAMARAC, JUST TO STRENGTHEN THE EFFORTS.

AS A RESIDENT IN THE COMMUNITY, I BELIEVE IN STRONG LEADERSHIP.

I BELIEVE IN TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP.

I SEE THE CHANGES THAT ARE HAPPENING IN TAMARAC.

OBVIOUSLY, THEY DIRECTLY AFFECT ALL OF US.

AND SO I JUST WANTED TO BE A VOICE IN THE CITY OF TAMARAC.

FURTHERMORE, JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ME.

I AM DEDICATED TO STUDENTS AND FAMILIES OF CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES.

I AM AN AUTISM SPECIALIST FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND IN HOPES TO STRENGTHEN THE YOUTH AND STRENGTHEN OUR COMMUNITY.

I SIT HERE ON THE BOARD TODAY JUST AS A STUDENT, ESSENTIALLY TO LEARN AND TO JUST TAKE PART IN LEADERSHIP FOR OUR CITY.

AND SO FURTHERMORE, I'M INTERESTED IN ANY POSITION THAT YOU GUYS OFFER ME THE OPPORTUNITY FOR.

THANK YOU. I HAD SAJEEN.

OH, HI.

SAJEEN BELL-CLARK.

BEEN A RESIDENT OF TAMARAC OVER TEN YEARS.

TAMARAC UNIVERSITY.

GRADUATE. BEEN ON THE PLANNING BOARD FOR ABOUT TWO YEARS.

TWO AND A HALF. KIWANIS CLUB OF TAMARAC MEMBER.

I'M AN ARCHITECT BY PROFESSION.

ALMOST TEN YEARS ITSELF.

I LOVE THE CITY OF TAMARAC.

I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE.

AN ARCHITECTURAL ENGINEER PERSON ON THE BOARD, TOO.

YOU KNOW, LIKE I WAS EXPLAINING TO YOU, THE SWALES AND THE, YOU KNOW, TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON AND PROBABLY EVEN AFTER THE FACT, TO GIVE AN INSIGHT ON AND TO BREAK IT DOWN INTO LAYMAN'S TERMS, WHAT'S HAPPENING.

I'M INTERESTED IN THE.

VICE CHAIR. NOT CHAIR.

VICE CHAIR. [INAUDIBLE].

SO THANK YOU ALL.

GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS NIKOLE CLEARE.

I'VE BEEN ON THE PLANNING BOARD FOR, I BELIEVE, THREE YEARS NOW.

IT MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT LONGER THAN THREE, BUT I BELIEVE THREE YEARS NOW.

I'VE ENJOYED THE EXPERIENCE.

I'VE LEARNED A LOT ABOUT THE CITY AND HOW THINGS ARE DEVELOPED, AND I AM EAGER TO LEARN MORE ABOUT PLANNING IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA, NOT JUST TAMARAC I'VE LIVED IN TAMARAC FOR ABOUT 24 YEARS.

I ENJOY TAMARAC I'VE SEEN THE GROWTH AND I'M HAPPY TO BE A PART OF THE GROWTH GOING FORWARD.

I'VE BEEN THE CHAIR, I THINK, FOR ABOUT TWO YEARS.

I WAS VICE CHAIR BEFORE THAT.

I'M HAPPY TO CONTINUE AS CHAIR AND I'M HAPPY TO RELINQUISH AND I'M OPEN TO GIVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO SOMEONE ELSE IF THEY'RE INTERESTED IN IT AND IF SOMEONE ELSE GETS THE CHAIR POSITION, I'M HAPPY TO BE VICE CHAIR.

ONE MORE. A COUPLE MORE THINGS.

I HAVE A CONSTRUCTION BUSINESS, SO I DO UNDERSTAND SOME OF THE CONSTRUCTION TERMINOLOGY.

I ALSO HAVE A CUSTOMER SERVICE BASED BUSINESS.

I'M ALSO AN INSURANCE AGENT SPECIALIZING IN MEDICARE.

COMMUNITY IS IMPORTANT TO ME.

I TRY MY BEST TO DO WHAT I CAN TO SUPPORT THE RESIDENTS AND THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS, WHETHER THEY'RE TAMARAC MEMBERS OR ANYWHERE ELSE.

THAT'S IT. ALL RIGHT.

MY NAME IS JACQUES MOISE.

I AM. CAN YOU GUYS HEAR ME? YES. MY NAME IS JACQUES MOISE.

OH, SORRY. OH, SORRY.

SO. I DAVID LEVIN ORIGINALLY I CAME HERE FROM EVANSVILLE, INDIANA.

I'M A RETIRED MEMBER OF THE INDIANA BAR.

I LIVE IN KINGS POINT.

I'M ORIGINALLY FROM NEW YORK, BUT I DON'T HAVE A NEW YORK ATTITUDE.

I'M MUCH MORE RESERVED AND.

I'VE ACTIVE IN REPUBLICAN POLITICS IN TAMARAC WHICH IS A RARITY SINCE IT'S A VERY DEMOCRATIC CITY AND I'M NOT A CANDIDATE FOR ANY OFFICE ON THE PLANNING BOARD.

SINCE WE HAVE SO MANY OTHER QUALIFIED PEOPLE.

BUT I DO THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO ME.

YES. MY NAME IS JACQUES MOISE.

I AM A VERY PROUD RESIDENT OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC.

I'VE BEEN LIVING IN TAMARAC FOR A LITTLE BIT OVER 14 YEARS AND I AM A GRADUATE OF TAMARAC UNIVERSITY LAST YEAR.

SO, UM, A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MYSELF.

YOU KNOW, I DO HOLD A BACHELOR'S IN COMPUTER SCIENCE AND A MASTER'S IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION.

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YOU KNOW, I SERVE IN DIFFERENT CAPACITIES FROM BEING A COMPUTER SCIENCE TEACHER, FROM SERVING THE PRINCIPAL LEADERSHIP TEAM I SERVE IN THE SCHOOL BOARD, THE SCHOOL BOUNDARY, AND THEN I SERVE IN SO MANY DIFFERENT CAPACITY, YOU KNOW, AND I LOVE WHAT I DO EVERY DAY GIVING BACK TO OUR KIDS. YOU KNOW, I CAN RELATE, YOU KNOW, TO MR. ALVAREZ. YOU KNOW, SHE'S VERY PASSIONATE, YOU KNOW, WORKING WITH THE KIDS AS WELL.

SO I'M ALSO A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER IN THE CITY OF TAMARAC, IN BROWARD COUNTY FOR THE LAST 12 YEARS.

AND, UM, AND I'M A PROUD PARENT OF TWO CHILDREN AT TAMARAC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

SO I THE REASON WHY, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO BE PART OF THE PLANNING BOARD IS TO LEARN, YOU KNOW, MORE, YOU KNOW, LEARN, YOU KNOW, FROM THE VETERAN THAT ACTUALLY SERVE, YOU KNOW, IN THIS PLANNING BOARD, YOU KNOW, SO IT'S A PRIVILEGE.

YOU KNOW, I'M VERY EXCITED.

YOU KNOW, I'M LEARNING, YOU KNOW, LEARNING IS THE WAY TO GROW.

AND I FEEL VERY PROUD, YOU KNOW, TO GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE, YOU KNOW, IN THIS BOARD.

THANK YOU. WELL, AS FAR AS YOU KNOW, CHAIR, VICE CHAIR, LIKE I SAID, I'M NOT READY FOR VICE CHAIR OR CHAIR AT THIS TIME. MAYBE NEXT YEAR.

YOU KNOW, SO BUT AGAIN, THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.

ALL OF YOU. SO YOU HAVE YOUR BALLOT IN FRONT OF YOU AND YOU JUST HEARD WHO HAVE EXPRESSED AN INTEREST IN CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR.

SO I ENCOURAGE YOU NOW TO COMPLETE YOUR BALLOT AND COLLETTE WILL COLLECT THEM.

THANK YOU. AFTER THAT.

YOU KNOW, WE DID IT THIS WAY.

JUST.

SEE SOMETIME WHEN YOU ASSUME.

THANK YOU, COLLETTE. DO WE HAVE A CHAIR AND A VICE CHAIR? OKAY, SO I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH EACH AND.

CITY ATTORNEY MAXINE CAN YOU USE YOUR RESULT SHEET AND WORK WITH ME? DO YOU HAVE A RESULT SHEET? YEAH. YOU SEE IT IN YOUR BINDER? YES. ALL RIGHT.

SO THIS ONE IS ONE FOR NIKOLE FOR CHAIR, ONE FOR SAJEEN.

FOR VICE CHAIR.

NEXT ONE FOR NIKOLE.

ONE FOR ALEXANDRA.

FOR VICE CHAIR. [INAUDIBLE].

FOR CHAIR. SORRY, THIS IS THE SECOND ONE.

NEXT NIKOLE CHAIR.

SAJEEN VICE CHAIR.

NEXT NIKOLE CHAIR.

JAQ VICE CHAIR.

AND THE LAST ONE.

ALEXANDRA CHAIR.

ALEXANDRA VICE CHAIR.

ALL RIGHT. SO WE HAVE A TIE FOR VICE CHAIR.

BUT FOR CHAIR, WE HAVE FOUR FOR NIKOLE, ONE FOR ALEXANDRA FOR VICE CHAIR.

WE HAVE TWO.

FOR SAJEEN, TWO FOR ALEXANDRA AND ONE FOR JAQ.

OKAY. I HAVE THREE POSITIONS.

THREE? NO.

IT'S TWO. YEAH.

YEAH. BUT SOMEONE VOTED ONE FOR JAQ AND TWO FOR ALEXANDRIA AND TWO FOR SAJEEN.

I ONLY HAVE ONE FOR ALEXANDRIA.

I HAVE ONE CHAIR FOR ALEXANDRIA.

RIGHT. ALEXANDRA HAS ONE CHAIR AND TWO TO VICE CHAIR.

NO ONE VICE CHAIR FOR ALEXANDRA.

SO WE HAVE FIVE.

REMEMBER FIVE ON THE BOARD.

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FOR SAJEEN.

ONE FOR JAQ.

THIS IS VICE CHAIR.

YEAH, THAT'S CORRECT.

COLLETTE. SO DO WE HAVE ANOTHER BALLOT? LET'S GO AHEAD. AND JUST TO REMIND THE BOARD, I THINK JAQ HAD MADE EXPRESSED NO INTEREST, AT LEAST NOW FOR NEITHER CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR.

SO WHOEVER VOTED JACK, I THINK, UM.

OKAY. HE HAD EXPRESSED NO INTEREST.

SO DO WE HAVE ANOTHER SET WHERE WE CAN JUST DISTRIBUTE REAL QUICK AND THIS VOTE IS JUST FOR VICE CHAIR.

CONGRATULATIONS, NIKOLE ON MAINTAINING THE CHAIR AND WE'LL RECOGNIZE THAT AGAIN ONCE WE SELECT THE VICE CHAIR.

SO COLLETTE, IF YOU COULD DISTRIBUTE REAL QUICK FOR THE BOARD MEMBERS, THIS VOTE IS JUST FOR VICE CHAIR.

AND ONCE AGAIN, MR. MOISE HAD EXPRESSED NO INTEREST IN THIS ROLE.

OKAY, COLLETTE. WE'RE READY.

MYSELF AND THE CITY ATTORNEY WITH OUR RESULTS SHEET.

ALL RIGHT. SO SAJEEN.

DO THIS.

ALEXANDRA ONE.

SAJEEN. ALEXANDRA.

SO I HAVE THREE FOR SAJEEN.

TWO FOR ALEXANDRA.

AWESOME. CONGRATULATIONS SAJEEN ON THE BECOMING VICE CHAIR.

SO CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN TO BOTH OUR CHAIR NIKOLE CLEARE AND OUR VICE CHAIR.

SAJEEN BELL-CLARK.

THANK YOU SO MUCH AS ALWAYS AND THE ENTIRE BOARD FOR SERVING.

AND IF YOU WANT.

THANK YOU. IF I COULD, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR EVERYONE, FOR YOUR CONTINUED CONFIDENCE IN MY ABILITY.

AND THANK YOU, SAJEEN FOR STEPPING UP.

OKAY. MY PLEASURE.

THANK YOU, GUYS. OKAY.

IT IS NOW 10:04.

I'M SO SORRY. CAN I JUST TWO MORE UPDATES REAL QUICK, AND THEN WE CAN GO TO ADJOURNMENT.

SO, AS THE BOARD KNOWS, THE CITY IS IN THE PROCESS OF DEVELOPING OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, WHICH IS THE GUIDING DOCUMENT FOR THE CITY IN TERMS OF GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT. IT'S AN EXTENSIVE PROCESS AND I WANT TO APPLAUD SAJEEN.

I THINK YOU ARE APPEARED YOU SHOWED UP AT THE LAST WORKSHOP.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING OUT.

THAT DOCUMENT COMES BEFORE THIS BOARD.

SO I WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU WHEN WE DO ADVERTISE FUTURE WORKSHOPS AND WE WILL HAVE SOME MORE AT THIS TIME, THE CONSULTANT HAS GONE BACK FROM COLLECTING ALL THE INPUT FROM OUR RESIDENTS AND IS PREPARING A DRAFT DOCUMENT THAT WILL THEN GO OUT TO THE PUBLIC.

OH YES, WE HAD OUR ONE OF OUR ALTERNATE ATTEND ONE OF THE MEETINGS AS WELL.

BUT WE DO WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO COME OUT WHEN YOU CAN TO THOSE MEETINGS SO YOU CAN GET A FULL UNDERSTANDING, A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE DOCUMENT.

SO WHEN IT DOES COME BEFORE YOU, YOU DO HAVE SOME KNOWLEDGE OF THE ELEMENTS AND WHAT IT CONTAINS.

SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH THAT, WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF DEVELOPING OUR MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION MASTER PLAN.

IT WILL BE LOOKING AT CHALLENGES THROUGHOUT THE CITY AS IT RELATES TO TRANSPORTATION, AND OUR CONSULTANTS ARE GOING TO HELP US TO IDENTIFY HOW TO ADDRESS THOSE CHALLENGES.

AND WE DO KNOW THAT WE HAVE HEARD FROM OUR RESIDENTS THAT THERE ARE CHALLENGES ALONG COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD UNIVERSITY DRIVE.

YOU YOURSELF MIGHT HAVE EXPERIENCED THOSE CHALLENGES.

AND SO WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO COME OUT IN THE TO THE NEXT PUBLIC MEETING, WHICH IS SEPTEMBER 21ST AT 6:30 P.M.

AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER.

SO IF YOU ARE AVAILABLE SEPTEMBER 21ST AT 6:30 P.M., IS OUR KICKOFF PUBLIC HEARING.

WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO COME OUT, BE A PART OF THE CONVERSATION AND EXPRESS WHATEVER YOU WANT TO AS IT RELATES TO YOUR OWN TRANSPORTATION CHALLENGES THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF TAMARAC.

AND FINALLY, YOUR OCTOBER MEETING.

WE WILL BE BRINGING THE WOODLANDS SITE PLAN STAFF HAS BEEN WORKING DILIGENTLY ON THAT.

WE PLAN ON PUBLISHING AND ADVERTISING.

WE EXPECT THAT WILL BE A FULL MEETING ON AT THE OCTOBER MEETING, YOUR OCTOBER PLANNING BOARD MEETING.

SO I'LL ASK COLLETTE TO ORDER SOME LUNCH IN THE EVENT THE MEETING GOES ON TO ABOUT NOON.

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AND SO WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE AVAILABLE TO ATTEND THAT MEETING AND BE PREPARED FOR MAYBE A MINI MARATHON.

OKAY. AND THAT CONCLUDES MY UPDATE, MADAM CHAIR.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

IF I CAN JUST ADD THAT WOODLANDS MEETING, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVEN'T SEEN IT, MY ONE OF MY FIRST MEETINGS WAS A WOODLAND MEETING, AND IT WENT TILL ABOUT 1:00 AND IT WAS VERY INTENSE. IT WAS FUN.

AND I LEARNED. SO FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE NOT FAMILIAR, COME PREPARED.

CLEAR YOUR MORNING.

HOPEFULLY WE DON'T HAVE TO DO THAT, BUT JUST BE PREPARED FOR BEING HERE FOR A WHILE.

IF IT'S ANYTHING LIKE THE LAST MEETING THAT WE HAD.

WITH THAT SAID, IT'S 10:07 A.M.

AND OUR MEETING IS ADJOURNED.

THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.