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IT IS CURRENTLY 7 P.M..BEING OUTSIDE, BEING IN ROOM 105 AND WATCHING US ONLINE.
CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.
GOOD EVENING. I'M DOING GREAT.
GOOD EVENING, COMMISSIONER WRIGHT.
GOOD EVENING, COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS.
GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. AND COMMISSIONER DANIEL.
WE'LL START WITH A LITTLE HOUSEKEEPING.
IF EVERYONE WOULD PLEASE TURN THEIR CELL PHONES TO VIBRATE OR SILENT, THAT WOULD BE APPRECIATED.
WE'RE OFF. AND THEN IF EVERYONE WOULD PLEASE STAND AND JOIN US WITH COMMISSIONER KISHA.
DANIEL LEADING US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. PLEASE BE SEATED.
WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THE FIRST LADY MAYOR OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC, MISS BETH TABASKO.
[1. CITY ATTORNEY REPORT]
THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.RECENTLY I TOOK A BUS TOUR WITH THE CITY MANAGER AND THE STAFF.
THREE PROPERTIES THAT THE CITY HAD DEEMED A PUBLIC RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY DEEMED A PUBLIC NUISANCE.
I JUST WANT TO REPORT THAT THESE PROPERTIES ARE CLEAN UP.
THEY ARE BASICALLY ALMOST IN COMPLIANCE WITH CITY COURT.
I WANT TO THANK THE CITY MANAGER AND HIS STAFF.
WE WERE ABLE TO USE LITIGATION TACTICS TO GET THESE OWNERS TO CLEAN UP THEIR PROPERTY.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
IF I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE YOUR REPORT TILL AFTER TO THE END OF ITEM NUMBER TWO.
IF YOU WOULD PLEASE JOIN ME DOWN IN THE WELL.
WHAT'S THE NAME OF THE. OH, THAT'S RIGHT.
ALL RIGHT. THIS PROCLAMATION WAS REQUESTED BY MYSELF.
MISS PATTY LYNN, COME ON DOWN.
THANK YOU. BECAUSE MY EYES CAN'T SEE.
IN FLORIDA, A PERSON DIES BY SUICIDE EVERY TWO HOURS ON AVERAGE.
SUICIDES IN FLORIDA FAR OUTNUMBER HOMICIDES.
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IN CHILD MENTAL HEALTH.WHEREAS, CRITICAL TO RECOGNIZE THE SIGNS OF DEPRESSION, THAT MAY LEAD TO THOUGHTS OF SUICIDE, INCLUDING SPEAKING ABOUT WANTING TO DIE, FEELINGS OF ISOLATION OR HOPELESSNESS. INCREASED USE OF DRUGS OR ALCOHOL AND SEVERE MOOD SWINGS.
WHEREAS IT'S CRITICAL TO RECOGNIZE THE BEST METHODS TO PREVENT SUICIDE.
WHEN A PERSON IS IN CRISIS, ASK IF THE PERSON IS THINKING OF TAKING THEIR LIFE.
DIAL 211 OR CALL THE NATIONAL SUICIDE PREVENTION LIFELINE 1-800-273-8825.
WHEREAS THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF BROWARD COUNTY HAS PROVIDED SIGNIFICANT LEADERSHIP IN SUICIDE PREVENTION THROUGH THE COMMUNITY, EDUCATION AND CREATION OF THEIR LOCK IT UP PROGRAM, GUN SAFETY PROGRAM.
MICHELLE J. GOMEZ VERY PROUD MAYOR OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC, BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA.
ON BEHALF OF THE COMMISSION, ENTHUSIASTICALLY SUPPORT THE MISSION OF LOCK IT UP THE LEAGUE AND THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS, BROWARD COUNTY GUN SAFETY COMMITTEE, AS WELL AS FLORIDA CHAPTER OF AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS.
BY ENCOURAGING SAFE STORAGE OF FIREARMS AND REMOVAL OF OTHER LETHAL MEANS TO PREVENT SUICIDE AND HEREBY PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER 2023 AS SUICIDE PREVENTION MONTH. YOU WANT TO HELP ME? PLEASE? YOU WANT ME TO HOLD ANYTHING? MY TURN TO HOLD. IS IT MY TURN TO HOLD? I CAN HOLD THIS FOR YOU WHILE YOU SPEAK.
I WANT TO THANK MICHEL AND THE CITY COMMISSION FOR GIVING US THIS PROCLAMATION.
45,000 PEOPLE DIE EACH YEAR FOR THROUGH SUICIDE WITH GUNS.
GUNS ARE THE LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH OF OUR CHILDREN.
THE NEW NUMBER FOR THE MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS IS NINE, EIGHT, EIGHT.
JUST DIAL NINE, EIGHT, EIGHT IF YOU KNOW THERE'S SOMEONE IN CRISIS.
THANK YOU. I'LL AMEND THIS AND PUT THE 988 ON IT.
I JUST WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU.
READY. ONE, THREE, TWO, THREE.
SMART. SO THIS NEXT PROCLAMATION I AM VERY PROUD TO GIVE OUT AS WELL.
IF THE FAMILY OF NINA'S JEWELRY WOULD LIKE TO COME DOWN, YOU ARE MORE THAN WELCOME TO.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU.
GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN. HI, CUTIE.
WHEREAS, AS THE HEART OF THE STORY LIES A FAMILY OF IMMIGRANTS MANU AND NINA AND THEIR THREE CHILDREN WHO EMBARKED ON A JOURNEY IN 1991 IN THE UNITED STATES, DRIVEN BY THE PURSUIT OF BETTER WORK AND A BRIGHTER EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES.
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$1. WHEREAS MANU'S AND NINA'S WELCOMING DEMEANOR AND AUTHENTIC APPROACH CREATED AN ATMOSPHERE THAT DREW ENTHUSIASTIC PATRONS, FORMING LINES, PATIENTLY WAITING THEIR TURN AT THE WATCH AND JEWELRY COUNTERS.AND. WHEREAS, FUELED BY HIS TRUST IN ONGOING CUSTOMER SUPPORT, MANU TOOK A DARING MOVE.
AND. WHEREAS, NINA'S HAS BECOME THE TRUSTED DESTINATION FOR AFFORDABLE, TOP NOTCH WATCH REPAIRS.
WATCH BATTERIES AND JEWELRY RESTORATION CUSTOMERS RELIED ON NINA'S FOR INTRICATE JEWELRY, REPAIRS OF COSTUME JEWELRY AND UNIQUE ITEMS. AND. WHEREAS, NINA'S SUCCESS STEMMED FROM MANU'S BUSINESS PHILOSOPHY MAKING JEWELRY AND WATCH REPAIRS AFFORDABLE FOR ALL AS THEIR REPUTATION FOR EXCELLENCE, EXCELLENCE, EXCELLENT SERVICE GREW.
NINA'S SUPPORTS GROUPS SUCH AS CITY OF HOPE AND HADASSAH, AS WELL AS THE KINGS POINT VETERANS CLUB, TAMARAC, NORTH LAUDERDALE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, MIAMI DADE ASIAN AMERICAN ADVISORY BOARD, MENTAL WELLNESS NETWORK ALLIANCE, VETERANS NETWORK ALLIANCE.
AND. WHEREAS, OVER TIME, NINA'S HAS WITNESSED A GENERATIONAL CUSTOMER CUSTOMERS WHO FONDLY REMEMBER VISITING WITH THEIR PARENTS OR GRANDPARENTS DURING THEIR YOUTH, SOME FORMER TAMARAC CUSTOMERS, EVEN AFTER RELOCATING, STILL MAKE TRIPS TO THE STORE.
AND. WHEREAS, UNCLE MAINTAINS A DEDICATED PRESENCE AT NINA'S WITH CUSTOMERS INQUIRING ABOUT HIM EXCHANGING GREETINGS AND PLAYFULLY REFERENCING THE FAMILY DISCOUNT, SHOWCASING THE STRONG COMMITMENT TO COMMUNITY AND THE CONNECTION THAT IT HAS BLOSSOMED OVER THE YEARS.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, MICHELLE JAY GOMEZ, VERY PROUD MAYOR OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC, BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COMMISSION, PROUDLY RECOGNIZES THE STRENGTH OF FAMILY, COMMUNITY, SMALL BUSINESS EXCELLENCE AND KINDNESS.
AS WE CELEBRATE THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF NINA'S JEWELRY AND WATCH SUPERSTORE IN TAMARAC.
I'D LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING. YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING? DO YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING? SO THANK YOU SO MUCH, MAYOR.
GOMEZ. THANK YOU TO THE ENTIRE COMMISSION.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR FOR THIS RECOGNITION THAT THAT WE'RE GETTING OVER HERE.
I THINK I WAS IN DIAPERS WHEN WE STARTED THE STORE.
YOU KNOW, I ALSO WANT TO EXTEND A THANK TO OUR EXTENDED FAMILY.
WE HAVE SOME OF OUR STAFF HERE AS WELL.
WE HAVE MARVIN NILOUFER, A COUPLE OF THE OTHERS THAT HAVE BEEN THE PILLARS AS WELL.
SO THANKS TO THEM AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, THANK ALL OF YOU.
THE COMMUNITY SUPPORT IS WHAT'S KEEPING US ALIVE.
THAT'S WHAT KEEPS ANY SMALL BUSINESS ALIVE.
WITHOUT THAT, WITHOUT YOUR FAITH IN US, WITHOUT YOUR TRUST, WE WOULD NOT BE HERE.
AND AND FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT DON'T KNOW WHERE WE ARE OR HAVE NOT BEEN TO OUR STORE, A QUICK PLUG.
HERE WE ARE ON UNIVERSITY AND MCNABB RIGHT IN THE ALDI SHOPPING CENTER.
WE DO WATCH BATTERIES AND JEWELRY REPAIR.
THANK YOU ALL FOR THIS RECOGNITION AND I REALLY APPRECIATE IT FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING? NO, NO, YOU SAID IT.
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HAPPY THAT WE HAVE WITH US MICHAEL WILSON OF FEEDING SOUTH FLORIDA.THIS PROCLAMATION WAS ALSO REQUESTED BY MYSELF.
PATIENTS. WHEREAS SINCE 1981, FEEDING SOUTH FLORIDA HAS WORKED TO END HUNGER IN THE CITY OF TAMARAC BY PROVIDING OUR COMMUNITY IN NEED WITH IMMEDIATE ACCESS TO NUTRITIOUS FOOD.
AND. WHEREAS, HUNGER DOES NOT DISCRIMINATE.
IT KNOWS NO RACE, RELIGION OR AGE.
IN SOUTH FLORIDA, APPROXIMATELY 1 MILLION INDIVIDUALS FACE HUNGER.
FOOD SHOULD NOT BE AN IMPOSSIBLE CHOICE FOR THE COMMUNITY OF OF TAMARAC.
AND. WHEREAS, FEEDING SOUTH FLORIDA LEADS HUNGER AND POVERTY ADVOCATION ADVOCACY EFFORTS IN OUR COMMUNITY WHILE TRANSFORMING LIVES THROUGH INNOVATIVE PROGRAMING AND EDUCATION THAT PROVIDES ECONOMIC GROWTH AND OVERALL WELL-BEING.
AND. WHEREAS, THE CITY OF TAMARAC IS GRATEFUL TO FEEDING SOUTH FLORIDA FOR ITS EFFORTS THROUGHOUT THE PANDEMIC IN PROVIDING ASSISTANCE THROUGH OUR FOOD DRIVE WITH BSO, CHRISTIAN LIFE CENTER, COMMUNITY, CHRISTIAN CHURCH AND KOREAN UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, WHICH STILL CONTINUES EVERY WEEK AT UMC.
NOW, THEREFORE, I. MICHELLE J.
GOMEZ, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC, BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA.
A VERY PROUD MAYOR, ENCOURAGES EVERYONE TO JOIN ME IN SUPPORTING FEEDING SOUTH FLORIDA, ESPECIALLY DURING SEPTEMBER 2023, AS I HEREBY PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER IN THE CITY OF TAMARAC HUNGER ACTION MONTH.
MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, CITY MANAGER, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
MOST IMPORTANTLY, CITIZENS OF TAMARAC.
THANK YOU. I ENCOURAGE ALL OF YOU TO GO HOME TONIGHT.
IT APPEARS TO ME WHEN I FIRST WALKED IN, I WENT, HOLY COW.
AND THEN I QUICKLY REALIZED YOU WERE HERE TO SEE NINAS.
I ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO GO HOME TONIGHT.
TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR OWN REFRIGERATOR, YOUR OWN CUPBOARDS, AND THEN TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR NEIGHBORS.
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE EACH HAVE.
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE EACH POSSESS.
AND LOOKING IN THIS ROOM, YOU CERTAINLY DO KNOW THE POWER OF OUR CAPABILITIES.
IF THERE'S A NEIGHBOR THAT YOU THINK THERE'S, YOU CAN FIND OUR PANTRIES BY ZIP CODE.
IF YOU WANT TO VOLUNTEER, YOU CAN ALSO DO THAT.
IT'S VERY APPRECIATED BY ALL OF US AT FEEDING SOUTH FLORIDA.
BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, THE WORK THAT WE'RE ALL DOING TOGETHER IS MOST NEEDED.
THANK YOU. ALREADY? A LITTLE. OFF SCRIPT.
THANK YOU. WANT TO JOIN US DOWN HERE.
YOU WANT TO STAY UP THERE? SO THE GENTLEMAN COMING FORTH IS A VERY SPECIAL PERSON TO THE CITY AND TO MYSELF.
I WILL TRY TO DO THIS WITHOUT CRYING.
ANYWAY. THIS PROCLAMATION WAS REQUESTED BY MYSELF.
WHEREAS GREG WARNER BEGAN HIS CAREER IN PARKS AND RECREATION OVER 30 YEARS AGO AND HAS HELPED PROVIDE TOP NOTCH RECREATION FACILITIES, SERVICES AND PROGRAMS FOR PEOPLE IN FLORIDA AND NEW YORK OVER THE YEARS.
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RECREATION AND IN 2006 WAS APPOINTED TO HIS CURRENT POSITION AS THE PARKS AND RECREATION DIRECTOR.AND WHEREAS, GREG'S TENURE WITH THE CITY.
HAS LED TO NUMEROUS SUCCESSES AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT HAVE ENHANCED OUR PARKS AND RECREATION PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT OR RECREATION DEPARTMENT'S EFFICIENCY AND REPUTATION THROUGHOUT THE REGION.
AND. WHEREAS, GREG'S LEADERSHIP AND DEDICATION TO HIS FIELD WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN THE DEPARTMENT RECEIVING DISTINGUISHED HONORS OF BECOMING AN ACCREDITED PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT BY THE COMMISSION FOR ACCREDITATION OF PARKS AND RECREATION AGENCIES AND MAINTAINING THAT STATUS OVER THE YEARS.
AND. WHEREAS, PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT HAS ALSO RECEIVED NUMEROUS ACCOLADES UNDER GREG'S LEADERSHIP, INCLUDING RECEIVING FACILITY SHOWCASE AWARDS, CITY LIVABILITY AWARDS AND LONG LIST OF AWARDS FROM FLORIDA RECREATION DEPARTMENT AND RECREATION ASSOCIATION, AS WELL AS BEING A LEADING CITY TO BE DESIGNATED AS PLAYFUL CITY USA.
AND. WHEREAS, GREG FOCUSES ON IMPROVING OUR RECREATION FACILITIES, SERVICES AND PROGRAMS HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE OVERALL QUALITY OF LIFE FOR OUR RESIDENTS, BUSINESSES AND VISITORS, AND HAVE TRULY HELPED MAKE THE CITY OF TAMARAC THE CITY FOR YOUR LIFE.
HONORABLY, HONORABLY FOR NEARLY 24 YEARS.
AND WE WISH HIM ALL THE BEST IN HIS NEXT CHAPTER.
MICHELLE J. GOMEZ VERY PROUD MAYOR OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC, BUT VERY SAD ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COMMISSION, DO HEREBY CONGRATULATE GREG ON HIS ACCOMPLISHMENTS PERSONALLY AND PROFESSIONALLY. THANK HIM FOR HIS UNPARALLELED DEDICATION AND SERVICE TO THE CITY OF TAMARAC AND HEREBY PROCLAIM SEPTEMBER 13TH, 2023, AS GREG WARNER DAY IN THE CITY OF TAMPA.
THANK YOU, MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION FOR ALL OF YOUR SUPPORT THROUGH THE YEARS.
CAN'T BE SUCCESSFUL WITHOUT THAT.
AS WELL AS I WANT TO THANK MY STAFF AND PARKS AND RECREATION, MY SECOND FAMILY, FOR ALL THE SUCCESS, AS WELL AS THE PUBLIC SERVICES DEPARTMENT FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO ALL THE SUCCESSES IN TAMARAC.
I JUST HOPE I'M GOING TO KEEP THIS SHORT BECAUSE I KNOW YOU HAVE SOME OTHER THINGS TO THINK ABOUT TONIGHT, BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY I HOPE THAT WE HAD TOUCHED YOUR LIVES IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER, WHETHER IT BE PROGRAMS, PARKS OR SERVICES OVER THE 2020 PLUS YEARS THAT I WAS HERE.
IN THE MOOD A LITTLE BIT. I'LL TELL A FUNNY STORY.
MY VERY FIRST HOLIDAY CEREMONY IN THE CITY OF TAMARAC.
I'VE ALREADY KNOWN GREG FOR QUITE SOME TIME.
I WENT THROUGH TAMARAC UNIVERSITY AND ALL THIS GOOD STUFF.
THAT I WAS HANDING OVER THE MIC AND I SAID, AND HERE'S GARY.
OOPS. GREG SO HE'S FORGIVEN ME SINCE THAT DAY, BUT THE FAMILY DOES FONDLY CALL HIM GARY.
ARE THEY HERE? THEY'RE NOT HERE.
THIS EVENING, WE, THE COMMISSION, PROUDLY PRESENT OUR 2023 FIRST SEMIANNUAL NEIGHBORHOOD BEAUTIFICATION RECOGNITION AWARDS. THE AWARD IS GIVEN TO RESIDENTIAL AND COMMUNITY PROPERTIES THAT DISPLAY ARCHITECTURAL APPEAL, OUTSTANDING LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE AND SUSTAINABLE DESIGNS. IN RECOGNITION OF YOUR PROPERTY'S CONTRIBUTION TO THE VISIBLE BEAUTY AND VIBRANCY OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC, IT IS A GREAT PLEASURE THAT I ANNOUNCE THE FOLLOWING.
FIRST SEMI ANNUAL 2023 WINNERS.
UNFORTUNATELY, REPRESENTATIVE COULD NOT BE WITH US THIS EVENING.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME DOWN, PLEASE?
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YOU WANT TO SAY A FEW WORDS? THANK YOU. MY NEIGHBOR ACTUALLY TOOK PICTURES AND SENT IT IN FOR ME, AND I HAD NO IDEA UNTIL I GOT A CALL FROM THE CITY.AND SO THAT WAS REALLY SURPRISING AND IT MAKES ME FEEL GOOD.
GIVE HER ANOTHER ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
UNFORTUNATELY, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THEY COULD NOT BE HERE TONIGHT.
OH, BUT YOU'RE HERE. WELL, THERE I GO.
LET'S TALK PODCAST. AND THEN WE HAVE.
SO WE JUST HAPPY TO GET THIS RECOGNITION.
WILLIAM MILLER, WHOSE PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT 10501 NORTHWEST 70TH STREET.
PRETTY NICE, HUH? WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS? WELL, I APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH THE RECOGNITION.
I JUST. THIS IS ME, THAT'S ALL.
LAST BUT DEFINITELY NOT LEAST, DISTRICT FOUR, PEDRO SILVA.
ARE YOU WITH US? YEAH. 8250 NORTHWEST 69TH AVENUE.
PEDRO IS NOT HERE TONIGHT, BUT WE CONGRATULATE HIM FOR BEING A JUST A WINNER.
HAVING ONE OF THE MOST ATTRACTIVE AND WELL MAINTAINED PROPERTIES IN OUR CITY.
WE THANK YOU FOR PLAYING YOUR PART AND HELPING TAMARAC THE CITY FOR YOUR LIFE.
SO MOVING RIGHT ALONG, WE WILL GO BACK TO OUR CITY MANAGER'S REPORT, PLEASE.
[2. CITY MANAGER REPORT]
THANK YOU, MAYOR. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR.LET ME RUN THROUGH THESE ANNOUNCEMENTS VERY QUICKLY.
UPCOMING FY 24 BUDGET HEARINGS.
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OUR SECOND PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE HELD TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26TH AT 5:05 P.M..THIS MEETING WILL INCLUDE THE ADOPTION OF THE FINAL MILLAGE RATE AND FY 24 BUDGET.
THE CITY OF TAMARAC IS CURRENTLY WORKING ON A MULTI-MODAL TRANSPORTATION CONNECTIVITY MASTER PLAN, WHICH AIMS TO IMPROVE TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS AND CONNECTIVITY FOR RESIDENTS AND VISITORS. THE CITY IS HOSTING A PUBLIC MEETING TO GATHER COMMUNITY FEEDBACK AND INVITES THE PUBLIC, ELECTED OFFICIALS AND TRANSPORTATION STAKEHOLDERS TO BE PART OF THIS EFFORT. THE MEETING WILL BE HELD ON THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21ST AT 6:30 P.M.
AT THE TAMARAC COMMUNITY CENTER.
AS PART OF THE PLAN, THE CITY IS ALSO SEEKING COMMUNITY INPUT THROUGH AN ONLINE SURVEY.
THE SURVEY IS OPEN THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30TH AND IS AVAILABLE ON THE PROJECT WEBSITE.
WE'RE ASKING FOR RESIDENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN OUR SOLID WASTE ONLINE SURVEY.
THE INPUT RECEIVED THROUGH THIS SURVEY IS CRUCIAL IN SHAPING OUR COMMUNITY'S WASTE MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES, ENSURING A CLEANER AND MORE SUSTAINABLE TAMARAC FOR GENERATIONS TO COME. THE SOLID WASTE ONLINE SURVEY IS AVAILABLE ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE, WHICH YOU CAN SEE ON THE ON THE SCREEN.
AS PART OF OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DEVELOPMENT, WE HAVE OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN SURVEY, WHICH PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR EVERYONE TO MAP AREAS OF INTEREST OR CONCERNS IN THE CITY THAT WILL HELP US PROVIDE LONG RANGE POLICY DIRECTION WHICH WILL BE UTILIZED TO GUIDE SEVERAL AREAS OF THE CITY'S DEVELOPMENT OVER THE NEXT 20 YEARS.
THE SURVEY IS AVAILABLE AT THE ADDRESS THAT'S SEEN ON THE ON THE WEBSITE.
THE CITY'S NEIGHBORHOOD PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM.
GRANTS WILL BE CAPPED AT 4999, A LITTLE UNDER $5,000 FOR EACH PROJECT, AND EACH NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, HOMEOWNER ASSOCIATION WILL BE EXPECTED TO MATCH AT LEAST 50% OF THE VALUE OF THE CITY'S CONTRIBUTION.
THE DEADLINE TO APPLY IS FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29TH AT 4 P.M.
OUR 68TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION CONTINUES.
EVERYONE IS INVITED TO JOIN US FOR AN OLD FASHIONED FAMILY FUN DAY THAT WILL INCLUDE GAMES, BOUNCE HOUSES, A MAGIC SHOW, FOOD VENDORS, FACE PAINTING, ARTS AND CRAFTS AND OTHER EXCITING ENTERTAINMENT.
THIS FUN FILLED EVENT WILL BE HELD ON SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 23RD, FROM 10 A.M.
TO 1 P.M. AT MAINLAND'S PARK, WHICH IS LOCATED AT 4500 MONTEREY DRIVE.
LAST BUT NOT LEAST, I'M PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THAT THIS OCTOBER, TAMARAC FIRE RESCUE EMS TEAM WILL TRAVEL TO SPAIN TO COMPETE AT THE WORLD RESCUE CHALLENGE 2023.
THE WORLD RESCUE CHALLENGE UNITES EMS TEAMS FROM OVER 50 DIFFERENT COUNTRIES AND PROVIDES EDUCATION ON NEW AND INNOVATIVE WAYS TO CARE FOR TRAUMA PATIENTS IN THE PRE-HOSPITAL SETTING.
BY ATTENDING THE WORLD RESCUE CHALLENGE, THE TAMARAC MS TEAM INTENDS TO BRING INTENDS ON BRINGING BACK LIFE SAVING INFORMATION TO SHARE WITH FELLOW FIREFIGHTERS FROM TAMARAC AND OUR NEIGHBORING CITIES.
[3. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION]
TO BEAR WITH ME.SO THE RULES ARE ON OUR SCREENS, WHICH ARE PROBABLY OUTSIDE AND IN ROOM 105.
BUT THE GIST OF IT IS WE ARE VERY RESPECTFUL FOR WHOMEVER SPEAKS.
IF WE ARE HAPPY WITH WHAT IS SAID, WE ASK YOU JUST DO THIS.
IF YOU'RE UNHAPPY, YOU COULD DO THIS.
ANY KIND OF POLITE HAND GESTURES ARE ACCEPTABLE.
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WE KNOW WE DON'T ALL AGREE ON THINGS, BUT WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO BE HEARD WHETHER WE AGREE WITH THINGS OR NOT.SO AT THIS VERY POINT IN TIME, WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO BE DOING GENERAL PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.
WE WOULD LIKE YOU TO STATE YOUR ADDRESS IF YOU CAN.
AND IF YOU DON'T WANT TO PUT YOUR ADDRESS, PLEASE TELL US THE CITY IN WHICH YOU LIVE.
OKAY? AND AGAIN, THIS IS ONLY FOR ANY ITEM NOT ON THE AGENDA.
THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE FOR SOMETHING THAT IS NOT ON THE AGENDA.
THERE ARE MANY THAT ARE HERE FROM THE ITEMS. THAT IS THE LAST ITEM ON THE LIST.
BUT PLEASE DO KEEP IN MIND THAT YOU WILL BE HEARD AND WE WILL DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO SPEED THROUGH THE ITEMS PRIOR TO YOURS. BUT WE WANTED IT AT THE END IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO GIVE EVERYBODY THE TIME THAT THEY WANTED TO HAVE TO BE HERE AND FEEL FREE TO SPEAK.
SO I THINK I'VE GOT THAT CLEARED.
AND YOU CAN'T SHARE YOUR MINUTES.
YOU DON'T FINISH YOUR MINUTES. YOU CAN'T PASS THEM OFF TO A FRIEND.
AND I'M GOING TO ASK YOU, BEAR WITH ME AS WELL AS I'VE GOT PAPERS AND I'VE GOT CARDS, SO.
YEAH. PATTY LYNN MAINLAND'S EIGHT TAMARAC.
I WANTED TO SAY THAT DEERFIELD BEACH IS GETTING A WONDERFUL EMPLOYEE AND WE ARE LOSING.
GREG WARNER, WHO HAS DONE SO MUCH FOR OUR CITY, HAS BEEN INVOLVED WITH THE DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION PROGRAMS. IT GOES OUT OF HIS WAY TO HELP PEOPLE HAS ALWAYS PROVIDED US IN MAINLAND'S EIGHT WITH FLIERS AND INFORMATION ON CITY PROGRAMS. AND HE WILL BE MISSED.
I WILL MISS YOU. YOU'RE SUPER.
AND I DID WANT TO MENTION BSO.
THEY DID AN AMAZING JOB ON THE FIRST WEEK WHEN SCHOOL WAS OPEN.
THEY'RE DRIVING. YOU KNOW, THE KIDS DON'T KNOW BETTER AND THEY DID A GOOD JOB.
YOU, THE CITY COMMISSION, THE CITY MANAGER.
YOU HAVE TO REALIZE YOUR EMPLOYEES ARE WHAT MAKE THE CITY.
YOU DO WELL FOR US, BUT YOUR EMPLOYEES SEE MORE OF US THAN THAN YOU DO.
AND SOME PEOPLE CAN BE REALLY NASTY.
SOMETIMES I'VE ACTUALLY RUN INTO THAT MYSELF, MAYBE EVEN DONE IT MYSELF A COUPLE OF TIMES.
BUT ME REALLY, THEY MAKE THIS CITY AND ANYTHING YOU CAN DO TO LET THEM KNOW THAT, PLEASE DO IT.
THANK YOU. AND YES, I'M GOING TO ASK EXACTLY.
HAPPY HANDS. DARCY SCHILLER, KPIT.
IT'S CROWDED HERE TONIGHT AND IT'S GREAT.
I HOPE WE GET THIS KIND OF INVOLVEMENT IN ALL THE COMMISSION MEETINGS.
ONE OF THE THINGS I WANT TO STRESS IS THAT EVERYBODY IS HERE FOR A SPECIFIC ISSUE.
I'M NOT BRINGING UP THE SHAKER VILLAGE OTHER THAN JUST ACKNOWLEDGING THIS SPECIAL ISSUE.
HOWEVER, THE BUDGET MEETING TOMORROW NIGHT AT 5:00 IN THIS ROOM AND ON SEPTEMBER 26TH AT 5:00 IN THIS ROOM, WILL WILL DETERMINE THE BUDGET THAT WILL RUN THE CITY.
IT'LL DETERMINE OUR MILLAGE RATE AND OUR TAXES.
AND I CANNOT EMPHASIZE ENOUGH WE NEED YOU MORE THERE THAN WE DO TONIGHT.
BARRY ROEDER. ARE YOU FOR KINGS POINT.
ARE YOU HERE FOR. I SIGNED THE WRONG SHEET.
ALL RIGHT, THEN. WE'LL CALL YOU A LITTLE BIT LATER.
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KAY JOHNSON MAINLAND'S FOR.YOU HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO DO YOUR DUE DILIGENCE ON ANY ISSUE THAT COMES BEFORE YOU.
THAT ALSO MEANS ANSWERING YOUR CONSTITUENTS WHEN THEY REACH OUT TO YOU.
SOME COMMISSIONERS ARE VERY GOOD AT THAT.
AS I LISTENED TO THE COMMISSION WORKSHOP YESTERDAY, I WAS APPALLED, ALTHOUGH NOT SURPRISED THAT THE CITY ATTORNEY IS NOT LOOKING OUT FOR THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE CITY. ALL MATERIALS CONTRACTS, NEGOTIATIONS SHOULD BE EXAMINED IN LIGHT OF WHAT IS BEST FOR THE CITY, NOT OTHER ENTITIES.
I'M TALKING IN GENERALITIES HERE.
ANY CONTRACT OR DEALS ENTERED INTO MUST PUT THE CITY FIRST PERIOD.
YESTERDAY, COMMISSIONER DANIELS STATED IT'S A BIG CITY.
IF YOU CALL 12MI² AND 72,000 RESIDENTS BIG.
ANOTHER THING I HEARD YESTERDAY WAS THAT THE IMPROVEMENTS AND DEVELOPMENT OF SABLE PARK NEAR CENTRAL PARK ARE BEING PUT ON HOLD UNTIL 2029. THAT'S SIX YEARS FROM NOW.
PARK. PLANS INCLUDE A SPLASH PAD, AN OFF LEASH DOG PARK, A BASKETBALL COURT, A MULTI-PURPOSE RECTANGULAR FIELD, A PLAYGROUND, A FITNESS AREA, RESTROOM FACILITIES, A PICNIC SHELTER AND A 50 SPACE PARKING LOT.
THAT SOUNDS LIKE A GREAT PLAN AND ONE WE ACTUALLY WOULD WANT.
AND YES, I LIVE ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE CITY.
PROJECT PLANS WERE INCLUDED IN THE CITY'S 2015 PARKS, RECREATION AND SOCIAL SERVICES MASTER PLAN.
AN INITIAL PUBLIC MEETING ABOUT THE PROJECT WAS HELD WITH RESIDENTS IN 2020.
YET HERE WE ARE IN 2023, WITH NO PROGRESS AND NOW NO MONEY BECAUSE OF ANOTHER PROJECT.
IF YOU TRULY CARE ABOUT ALL THE RESIDENTS, WHY IS THIS NOT A PRIORITY? YOU MADE A COMMITMENT.
YOU ALREADY HAVE THE LAND AND YOU HAVE THE MONEY.
GO FORWARD AND LIVE UP TO YOUR WORD.
BY THE WAY, WHAT HAPPENS IN ONE DISTRICT AFFECTS ALL OTHERS AND PEOPLE ARE WATCHING.
YOU CAN TELL BY THE NUMBERS HERE TONIGHT WE HAVE LONG MEMORIES.
WE WILL NOT FORGET THE DECISIONS AND VOTES YOU MAKE.
PLEASE, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, HANDS, PLEASE.
TO MY FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS, GOOD EVENING.
I LIVE AT 8577 JAY DRIVE HERE IN TAMARAC.
WE'VE BEEN LIVING IN THAT UNIT FOR 25 YEARS.
WE HAVE A REAL PROBLEM WITH HOW THINGS CONTINUOUSLY GO.
AND I KNOW WHATEVER SIDE YOU'RE ON TONIGHT ON THIS ISSUE AND THIS IS NOT MY MY DEAL.
BUT FOR WHEREVER YOU ARE, PLEASE TRY.
NOW I WOULD LIKE TO MADAM MAYOR I'D LIKE TO JUST TAKE A FEW MOMENTS.
I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU PERSONALLY FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT ABOUT CANCER.
MY OTHER HALF, MISS SANDY, WHO JUST CELEBRATED HER BIRTHDAY.
SHE HAD BREAST CANCER AT THE SAME TIME.
SO WE PUT UP WITH A LOT OF NONSENSE.
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SO NOT A LOT MATTERS TO ME WHEN IT COMES TO SOME OF THESE ISSUES.ALL OF YOU ARE LIVING HERE IN TAMARAC.
YOU'RE FROM ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT AREAS.
I'VE BEEN SPEAKING BEFORE THE CITY, MADAM MAYOR, AS YOU KNOW, PROBABLY 2006 TO 2017.
EXCUSE ME. THINGS HAVE COME AND GONE.
SO IF YOUR CHILDREN ARE SPEEDING DOWN SOUTH GATE, SHAME ON THEM.
I PERSONALLY WENT TO MILITARY HIGH SCHOOL.
CORPORAL PUNISHMENT WAS IN EFFECT DURING THAT TIME FRAME.
IT STILL EXISTS, BY THE WAY, IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY, PART OF THE STATE.
CHANGES IN ATTITUDE, CHANGES IN LATITUDE.
OKAY. SO GOOD LUCK TO EVERYONE.
I WANT TO AGAIN, THANK BSO, CAPTAIN COOPER, OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT.
YOU'VE SERVICED OUR HOME MANY TIMES.
THANK YOU. WE APPRECIATE ALL OF YOUR ASSISTANCE.
EXCELLENT. WE'LL GET THIS DOWN BY THE TIME WE GET TO NINE.
SEE, I HAVE A FEW MORE PEOPLE ON THE LIST.
IS SHE IN THE ROOM? OH, SHE IS THERE. THANK YOU.
OKAY. IS THAT BETTER? OKAY. IF YOU GIVE YOUR NAME AND ELIZABETH GRIFFITH.
I ACTUALLY LIVE IN NORTH LAUDERDALE.
MY HUSBAND WAS A TAMARAC FIREFIGHTER.
YOU COME BACK AND REACHED BACK OUT TO YOU.
THE PERSON THAT YOU REFERRED ME TO LAST MONTH.
I'VE BEEN FIGHTING FOR FIVE YEARS FOR MY HUSBAND WAS A TAMARAC FIREFIGHTER, PASSED AWAY FROM A MASSIVE HEART ATTACK IN 2018 AND I'VE BEEN FIGHTING FOR HIS PENSION SINCE HE PASSED AWAY AND STILL FIGHTING.
SO I JUST WANTED TO REACH BACK OUT TO YOU AND SEE IF SOMEBODY HERE CAN PUT ME IN A DIRECTION WITH SOMEONE THAT CAN ACTUALLY HELP ME, BECAUSE I'VE BEEN GOING TO ALL THE MEETINGS AND JUST BEEN GOING ON SO LONG THAT I THOUGHT I WOULD TRY ONE MORE TIME AND SEE IF HE COULD HELP. I'M SORRY THAT THE OTHER ONE DID NOT WORK OUT.
OKAY. HE WAS VERY NICE, BUT IT JUST DIDN'T WORK OUT WITH HIM.
WE'LL REACH BACK OUT AFTERWARDS.
THANK YOU. PLEASE FORGIVE ME IF I DON'T READ THE LAST NAME.
WE'LL SEE YOU ON YOUR AGENDA THEN.
AND SEEING ONE OF THE OTHER ROOMS OR.
OKAY, SO, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE'RE GOING TO FIGURE THIS OUT AND WE'RE GOING TO ROOM 105.
AND THERE IS STEWART AT THE PODIUM.
ALL RIGHT. HOLD ON ONE SECOND.
STEWART, YOUR THREE MINUTES BEGINS NOW.
GOOD EVENING. ALL PROTOCOLS OBSERVED.
STUART WEBSTER, VERSAILLES GARDENS.
I'M JEALOUS. NOBODY OFFERED ME A T SHIRT.
ARE WE UP TO T SHIRT NUMBER THREE OR NUMBER FOUR? SOME PEOPLE USE RED CAPS WITH WHITE WRITING ON THEM.
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SOME PEOPLE USE REALLY COOL T SHIRTS.AFTER ALL, WE NEED TO LET PEOPLE KNOW WHAT OUR DEAR LEADER STANDS FOR.
WILL SOMEBODY PLEASE CALL ME AND OFFER ME A T SHIRT NEXT TIME? BECAUSE MOST OF THE COMMISSIONERS ON THE DAIS KNOW ABSOLUTELY NOTHING ABOUT THE HISTORY OF TAMARAC ITS COMMUNITY NEEDS AND OR ITS.
THEY FEEL FREE TO LEAD US WHEREVER THEY'RE RAVING.
EGOMANIAC LEADERS TELL THEM TO GO.
TRUST ME, THEY'RE NOT THE ONES LEADING THIS ABUSE OF OUR DEAR CITY.
THEY'RE TAKING ORDERS AT THE SAME TIME.
THE SCOURGE IS REALLY CAUSED BY US, THE VOTERS, NOT THEM.
HOW MANY PEOPLE IN AND OUT OF THIS ROOM REMEMBER THE RECALL OF A TAMARAC CITY COMMISSIONER FOR MUCH LESS THAN THIS LEVEL OF CACA? THE ELECTORS IN THAT DISTRICT WOULD NOT STAND FOR IT AND DID SOMETHING ABOUT IT QUICKLY AND DECISIVELY.
I'M PROUD TO SAY THAT I WAS THE ONLY MINORITY PERSON WHO WALKED MY DISTRICT THREE TIMES HELPING TO COLLECT SIGNATURES IN SPITE OF THE PUSHBACK.
IS SOMEBODY TELLING ME THAT THERE ARE NO LEADERS IN THAT DISTRICT THAT CAN ACT SIMILARLY? DAMN, I DID NOT REALIZE THAT THERE WERE SO MANY SPINELESS AND GUTLESS VOTERS IN ONE PLACE.
SO LET THE ROLE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY GO ON RECORD ADVISING AN ELECTED OFFICIAL THAT SUCH A MOVE AS WILL BE ADDRESSED TONIGHT IS BOTH UNWISE AND MAY BE ILLEGAL.
WHO WAS TAMARAC'S REPRESENTATIVE IN THE COUNTY'S LEAGUE OF CITIES? AND FINALLY, UNFORTUNATELY, WE ARE LOSING OUR PARKS AND REC DIRECTOR GREG MR. WARNER, YOU WILL BE MISSED.
IT WAS ALWAYS A PLEASURE WORKING WITH YOU FOR SO VERY MANY YEARS.
ARE THE VOTERS IN TAMARAC ALLOWED INPUT INTO THE SELECTION PROCESS OF THE NEW DIRECTOR, OR WILL HE OR SHE BE SHOVED DOWN OUR THROATS AGAIN? I HOPE THAT THE COMMISSIONERS WILL STAY THE HELL AWAY FROM THE PROCESS AND LET THE CITY MANAGER WORK OBJECTIVELY.
IF NOT, THE DIRECTOR WILL BETTER GET READY FOR RELENTLESS CRITICISM FROM US, AT LEAST IN THE CITY.
HE HAS INCREDIBLE SHOES TO FILL.
MISS CLARK, ARE WE HAVING A LITTLE ISSUE WITH THE TIMER OR IS IT OKAY? THE TIMER IS OKAY, MA'AM.
FLUCTUATING A LITTLE BIT WHEN I'M OKAY.
SO PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND LOCATION IN THE CITY FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.
TAMARAC. IT IS OUR COLLECTIVE RESPONSIBILITY TO ENSURE THAT ALL RESIDENTS AND COMMISSIONERS ARE TREATED WITH EQUITY AND RESPECT, REGARDLESS OF THEIR BACKGROUND.
IN RECENT YEARS, I'VE OBSERVED INSTANCES THAT RAISE CONCERNS ABOUT DISPARATE TREATMENT.
LET'S EXAMINE SOME OF THESE SITUATIONS TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE ISSUES AT HAND.
IN THE JUNE 9TH, 2021, MEETING AT TAMARAC RESIDENT PUBLICLY LABELED COMMISSIONER MARLON BOLTON ENVIOUS, JEALOUS AND REFER TO HIM AND THEN COMMISSIONER MIKE GELIN AS CLASS CLOWNS.
WHEN COMMISSIONER, WHEN COMMISSIONER GELIN ATTEMPTED TO SPEAK, MAYOR MICHELLE GOMEZ STATED FIRMLY.
WE DO NOT INTERRUPT THE SPEAKER.
ON THE OTHER HAND, IN THE FEBRUARY 8TH, 2023, MEETING, WHEN A RESIDENT REFERRED TO COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS AS JORGE SANTOS, HE WAS IMMEDIATELY INTERRUPTED WITH A POINT OF ORDER FROM COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS AND THE RESIDENT WAS THREATENED WITH REMOVAL.
THIS RESULTED IN A REMOVAL WHEN THE RESIDENT MENTIONED IT WAS A PROMISE TO RETURN.
THIS CONTRAST IN RESPONSES RAISES QUESTIONS ABOUT EQUAL TREATMENT.
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DR. DARCY SCHILLER, WAS MAKING PERSONAL ATTACKS AGAINST ONE COMMISSIONER BY QUOTING INFLAMMATORY INFORMATION FROM AN ONLINE BLOG.ADDITIONALLY, DURING THE JULY 12TH, 2023, MEETING, TAMARAC RESIDENT ROSALYN HANNIGAN AS MAYOR GOMEZ TO HOLD TRUE TO PROMISES MADE DURING A RECORDING MEETING WITH RESIDENTS IN JUNE.
THIS UNDERSCORES INCONSISTENCIES IN HOW CERTAIN RESIDENTS ARE ALLOWED TO ENGAGE WITH THE COMMISSION.
IT WAS ONLY AFTER HE POINTED OUT THAT THIS DISPARITY IN TREATMENT THAT HE WAS ALLOWED TO FINISH.
WE MUST ACKNOWLEDGE THAT EQUAL AND FAIR TIME IS UP.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING.
THANK YOU. I'M JUST HERE BECAUSE I'M HERE AGAIN TO KEEP REMINDING THE COMMISSION THAT YOU'RE STILL COLLECTING YOUR $700 PER PERSON PER MONTH CAR ALLOWANCE.
AND ONE OF THEM ONE OF YOU HAS ELECTED TO OPT OUT OF THAT.
IT DOESN'T TAKE ANY KIND OF VOTES OR ANY KIND OF PROCESS OR PROCEDURE.
AND BY THE WAY, I WANT TO THANK COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS FOR DOING THIS.
UH, I BELIEVE IT SETS A NEW STANDARD FOR THE CITY.
BUT MORE. RIGHT? YOU THREE AND THE VILLALOBOS.
YOU THREE PROMISED TO VOTE TO GET RID OF THE CAR ALLOWANCE.
I UNDERSTAND THAT THE OTHER TWO COMMISSIONERS DIDN'T SUPPORT IT OR WHATEVER.
LET THEM BE ON THEIR OWN ISLAND.
THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYONE IN ROOM 105 WHO WISHES TO SPEAK? ANYBODY ELSE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON AN ITEM THAT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA? I'LL TAKE IT THAT THERE'S NO ONE ELSE IN.
GOOD EVENING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
I'M THE PRESIDENT OF KINGS POINT AND TAMARAC.
YOU ARE HERE TO SERVE THE PUBLIC, NOT YOURSELF.
I'M HERE TO CLEAR THE RECORD AND STATE THAT I AM LEGALLY BLIND.
I DON'T HAVE A DRIVER'S LICENSE AND I HAVEN'T DRIVEN A CAR IN OVER 18 YEARS.
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HE WAS ASTOUNDED BY YOUR WORDS AND EXPLAINED THAT THIS IS A CLEAR CASE OF DEFAMATION PER SE, AS YOU WRONGFULLY ACCUSED ME OF CRIMES, ACTS OF DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE.HOW DARE YOU SPEAK ABOUT ANY RESIDENT LIKE THIS? WAS IT? HOWEVER, HE ALSO EXPLAINED THAT POLITICIANS HAVE THE ABSOLUTE PRIVILEGE OF DEFAMING PEOPLE.
BECAUSE YOU SIT ON THAT DAIS AND I'M GLAD YOU'RE SMILING BECAUSE THAT SHOWS YOUR IGNORANCE, AS I UNDERSTAND IT, TO ALLOW YOU TO DO YOUR JOB WITHOUT THE FEAR OF BEING SUED.
CONTINUE. EVERY TIME YOU OPEN YOUR MOUTH.
WHEN YOU MADE YOUR STATEMENT ABOUT ME, THOUGH, WERE YOU REALLY WORKING FOR THE CITY OR YOURSELF? IT LOOKS TO ME THAT YOU TOOK AN ITEM OFF THE CONSENT AGENDA JUST TO LINE UP A SHOT AT ME.
TWO COMMUNITIES IN KINGS POINT ASKED BISO TO PATROL THEIR STREETS FOR SAFETY.
THE CITY HAD A SIGN SAD TO SIGN OFF THE AGREEMENT FOR BSO.
THE REASON THAT IT WAS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA WAS A NO BRAINER.
INSTEAD YOU PULLED IT OUT OF THE CONSENT AGENDA AND ASKED NAMED ASKED AN INANE QUESTION REGARDING HOW MUCH RESIDENTS WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR TRAFFIC INFRACTIONS BEFORE WILDLY VEERING OFF THE TOPIC AND LINING ME UP IN YOUR CROSSHAIRS.
EVEN AS MAYOR GOMEZ WARNED YOU.
HER BEST EFFORTS TO PULL YOUR FOOT OUT OF YOUR MOUTH.
I'M A BUSY GUY AS THE PRESIDENT OF KINGS POINT.
BUT I AM GOING TO MAKE IT MAKE SURE I HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO FOLLOW YOU AND YOUR AGENDA AND HAVE MY PEOPLE HERE EVERY DAMN MEETING TIME.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PLEASE.
BECAUSE REALLY, WE HAVE A LOT TO SAY.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO LIKE WHAT WAS SAID.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO LIKE WHAT WAS SAID.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE AGAINST IT.
OR ELSE I WILL HAVE TO ASK EVERYBODY TO STEP OUTSIDE AND READJUST.
OR I'LL HAVE TO HAVE A MEETING PLACE ON HOLD FOR A LITTLE BIT.
IT'S GOING TO BE A LONG NIGHT.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO HAS NOT SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION? THAT IS ON SOMETHING THAT IS NOT ON THE AGENDA.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.
I'M A FORMER PRESIDENT AND BOARD MEMBER AT FAIRFAX CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION.
AS I SIT HERE, I'M NOTICING SOME OF THE SIGNS AND I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'RE PUTTING UP, PUTTING UP, BUT YOU ARE SADLY MISDIRECTED.
THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS FIASCO IS TO ALL THE OWNERS IN SHAKER VILLAGE WHO EITHER SAT BY AND DID NOTHING.
OKAY. IF YOU'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT ANYTHING ELSE.
OKAY. WELL, LET ME GO FURTHER.
THE POINT OF THE MATTER, AS I STAND HERE AND THE VOTE THAT HAS TAKEN PLACE PREVIOUSLY, I AM JUST UNBELIEVABLY SAD TO SEE ON A LOCAL LEVEL THE GRIFTING THAT GOES ON AND TO SUPPOSEDLY INTELLIGENT COMMISSIONERS GO ALONG WITH THE GRIFTER.
I THINK YOU OUGHT TO THINK FOR YOURSELVES AS TO WHAT IS IMPORTANT FOR TAMARAC, NOT FOR A SINGLE ASSOCIATION OF ANY KIND.
THEY HAVE THEIR OWN MANAGEMENT.
THEY HAVE THEIR OWN RESPONSIBILITIES.
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THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON AN ITEM THAT IS NOT ON THE AGENDA? NOT ON THE AGENDA.
AND SEEING NO OTHER HANDS OR OTHER REQUESTS.
THIS WILL BE THE LAST PERSON FOR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.
ALL RIGHT. GOOD NIGHT, EVERYONE.
MY NAME IS JODY HENREID AND I'M A RESIDENT OF TAMARAC.
I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT GIVEN ALL OF THE TOPICS TONIGHT AND GIVEN THE TEMPERATURE OF TONIGHT'S MEETING, WE MUST ACKNOWLEDGE THAT EQUAL AND FAIR TREATMENT IS A CORNERSTONE OF OUR DEMOCRACY.
IT'S IMPERATIVE THAT WE HOLD OURSELVES TO THE HIGHEST STANDARDS OF CONDUCT AND IMPARTIALITY.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PLEASE, AS WE MOVE FORWARD, LET US COMMIT TO FOSTERING AN ENVIRONMENT OF EQUITY AND FAIRNESS IN OUR CITY WHERE EVERY RESIDENT'S VOICE IS HEARD AND EVERY COMMISSIONER IS TREATED WITH RESPECT.
THAT IS THE ESSENCE OF A JUST AND INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY.
HAPPY HANDS OR THIS? IT WORKS BOTH WAYS, EVERYBODY, THANK YOU.
ALL RIGHT. WE ARE NOW DONE WITH PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.
[4. CONSENT AGENDA]
AND WE ARE MOVING RIGHT ALONG TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA.CITY MANAGER ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONS OR DELETIONS TO OUR AGENDA? NO. MAYOR. EXCELLENT.
DO I HAVE ANYBODY MAKING A REQUEST TO PULL AN ITEM FOR DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE.
I'LL TAKE A SECOND TO MY MOTION, PLEASE.
SECOND COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS HAS SECOND THE MOTION AS THERE ARE NO CHANGES IN DELETIONS.
CITY CLERK, PLEASE CONDUCT ROLL CALL.
THANK YOU. MOVING TO SEVEN ORDINANCES ON SECOND READING.
78202534. CITY ATTORNEY PLEASE READ THE TITLE FOR THE RECORD.
[7.a TO2534 - An Ordinance of the City Commission of the City of Tamarac, Florida, adopting a Small Scale Local Land use Plan Amendment to the City of Tamarac’s Comprehensive Plan Future Land Use Map in accordance with Chapter 163, specifically Section 163.3187 of the Florida state statutes, for an area of approximately 3.0 net acres in size, located on the Northeast corner of Northwest 21 Avenue and West Prospect Road, addressed as 2099 West Prospect Road, fully described as Parcel “A,” “Prospect Plaza” according to the plat thereof, as recorded in Plat Book 136, page 2 of the public records of Broward County, Florida, to change the future land use designation from “Low-Density Residential” to “Low-Medium Residential” in order to allocate one (1) flexibility unit to facilitate the allowance of a school use and provide consistency with the Land Development Code in accordance with the intent of the comprehensive plan of the City of Tamarac; (Case No. 1-LUA-23) authorizing transmittal of the Small Scale Land Use Map Amendment to the Department of Economic Opportunity and the Broward County Planning Council for recertification of the City of Tamarac Future Land Use Map; providing for amendment to the land use plan to reflect such change; providing for conflicts; providing for severability; and providing for an effective date]
MADAM MAYOR SEVEN A AND SEVEN B ARE RELATED.WE CAN READ THE TITLE AND WE'LL VOTE SEPARATELY.
BUT IF YOU WOULD THEN READ SEVEN A AS WE JUST SAID, 7B222535 AND AS THE NEXT ONE, THE THIRD ITEM IS A QUASI JUDICIAL.
SO IF YOU'D READ ALL THREE FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE ALSO READ THE QUASI JUDICIAL.
WE'LL DO THE DISCLOSURES AND THEN WE'LL GO ONE BY ONE.
ITEM SEVEN A AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSION AND CITY TAMARAC ADOPTING A SMALL SCALE LOCAL LAND USE PLAN AMENDMENT TO THE CITY OF TAMARAC COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FUTURE LAND USE MAP. ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER SIX 163 OF FLORIDA STATUTES FOR AN AREA OF APPROXIMATELY THREE POINT NET ACRES IN SIZE LOCATED ON NORTHWEST CORNER OF NORTHWEST 21ST AVENUE AND WEST PROSPECT ROAD ADDRESS AT 2099 WEST PROSPECT ROAD AS FULLY DESCRIBED AS PARCEL A ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF AS RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 136, PAGE TWO OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF BROWARD COUNTY TO CHANGE THE FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION FROM LOW RESIDENTIAL LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL TO MEET LOW MEDIUM RESIDENTIAL IN ORDER TO ALLOCATE ONE FLEXIBILITY UNIT TO THE FACILITATE THE ALLOWANCE OF A SCHOOL USE. PROVIDE CONSISTENCY WITH THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTENT OF THE COMPREHENSIVE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OF THE CITY.
TAMARAC AUTHORIZE TRANSMITTAL OF THE SMALL SCALE LAND USE MAP AMENDMENT TO THE DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY AND BROWARD COUNTY PLANNING COUNCIL PROVIDING FOR AN AMENDMENT TO THE LAND USE PLAN TO REFLECT SUCH CHANGE, PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
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ITEM SEVEN BE AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSION.CITY OF TAMARAC AMENDING THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC REFERENCED IN SECTION TEN 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 ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF AS RECORDED IN THE PLAT 136, PAGE TWO OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF BROWARD COUNTY FROM THE CURRENT RESIDENTIAL ESTATE ZONING CLASSIFICATION TO MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL ZONING CLASSIFICATION FOR SUBJECT LOCATED AT 2099 WEST PROSPECT ROAD IN ORDER TO ALLOCATE ONE FLEXIBLE UNIT TO FACILITATE ALLOWANCE FOR SCHOOL USE AND PROVIDE CONSISTENCY WITH THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTENT OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OF THE CITY.
ITEM EIGHT A IS BOARD ORDER APPROVING OR DENIED SPECIAL EXCEPTION APPLICATION FOR PROPOSED SCHOOL USE AND A MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICT PURSUANT TO THE TAMARAC CITY CODE.
THE QUASI JUDICIAL STATEMENT FOR ALL WITNESSES TO FOLLOW AND ALSO AFFECTED PARTIES.
ALL EVIDENCE RELIED UPON REASONABLE, PRUDENT PERSON TO THEIR BUSINESS SHALL BE ADMISSIBLE.
STATEMENTS OF COUNSEL SHALL ONLY BE CONSIDERED AS ARGUMENT, NOT BE CONSIDERED AS TESTIMONY.
HOWEVER, COUNSEL FOR PARTIES SHALL NOT BE SUBJECT TO CROSS-EXAMINATION.
THE CITY COMMISSION SHALL HAVE AUTHORITY TO REFUSE HEARING TESTIMONY, WHICH IS IRRELEVANT AND REPETITIVE HEARSAY EVIDENCE MAY BE USED FOR PURPOSES OF SUPPLEMENTING OR EXPLAINING OTHER EVIDENCE, BUT IT SHOULD NOT BE SUFFICIENT BY ITSELF TO SUPPORT A FINDING.
DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE MAY BE PRESENTED IN THE FORM OF A COPY OR ORIGINAL UPON REQUEST OF THE PARTY SHALL BE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO COMPARE THE THE COPY WITH THE ORIGINAL. THE PARTY SHALL BE ENTITLED TO CONDUCT CROSS EXAMINATION WHEN TESTIMONIES ARE PROVIDED, DOCUMENTS ARE MADE PART OF THE RECORD.
GENERALLY, THE FOLLOWING PROCEDURE OR THE MANNER IN WHICH THE PRESENTATION IS MADE IS THAT FIRST, THE APPLICANT OR HIS OR HER REPRESENTATIVE WILL MAKE A PRESENTATION AND IF THE APPLICANT CHOOSES TO MAKE A PRESENTATION, IT SHOULD INCLUDE A DESCRIPTION OF THE NATURE OF THE APPLICATION AND IF THERE WAS ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
IN ADDITION, THE APPLICANT SHALL INTRODUCE ANY EXHIBITS, WITNESSES, A DESIRE OF THE CITY COMMISSION.
AFTER THE APPLICANT PRESENTATION, STAFF WILL PRESENT ITS REPORT.
STAFF REPORT WILL GENERALLY INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO A DESCRIPTION OF THE REQUEST OF THE APPLICANT AND ANALYSIS OF THE APPLICATION CONSISTENT WITH THE CITY COMPREHENSIVE AND THE CITY CODE.
PARTIES WHO ARE IN SUPPORT OF THE APPLICATION SHALL MAKE THE PRESENTATION.
THE PARTIES SHALL INTRODUCE ANY EXHIBIT OR WITNESS.
PARTIES WHO ARE IN OPPOSITION THEN CAN MAKE THEIR PRESENTATION.
THANK YOU. OKAY, WE WILL DO THE EX PARTE BEFORE THE SWEARING IN OF THE WITNESSES.
COMMISSIONER WRIGHT. I'VE MET THE.
NOTHING SINCE THE LAST MEETING.
OKAY. NONE. COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS.
NOTHING SINCE THE LAST MEETING.
COMMISSIONER, RIGHT. COMMISSIONER DANIELS? NOTHING SINCE THE LAST MEETING? VICE MAYOR NONE SINCE THE LAST MEETING.
OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL DISCLOSURES WERE MADE PRIOR MEETING FOR THE BEFORE.
CITY CLERK PLEASE SWEAR IN THE WITNESSES.
ALL WITNESSES THAT ARE HERE FOR THIS ITEM, PLEASE STAND AND RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.
DO YOU SWEAR TO TELL THE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH? THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.
WE'VE HAD QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSIONS.
WE WILL ALLOW FOR THE APPLICANT TO COME UP.
MAYOR JUST FOR REQUIREMENT OF THE LAW.
ITEM 7A7B, IF WE COULD OPEN THE PUBLIC MEETING.
I'M JUST. GOING THROUGH THE RULES HERE.
WE WILL START WITH A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THE FIRST ITEM.
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WE WILL GET THIS ON THE FLOOR FOR OPENING THE SECOND READING AND THEN WE WILL PROCEED.WE'VE GOT A MOTION BY THE VICE MAYOR.
ACTUALLY, WE'RE GIVING THE APPLICANT THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO HIS PRESENTATION FIRST PER OUR RULES.
SO. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION.
VICE MAYOR. MR. MANAGER, MR. ATTORNEY.
I WANT TO GET THIS RIGHT. 2099 WEST PROSPECT ROAD.
IT'S BEEN A SCHOOL FOR 35 YEARS.
THIS ALLOWS BETHLEHEM, WHICH IS ONE OF THE TOP PRIVATE 100% MINORITY SCHOOL IN TAMARAC TO MOVE TO THIS LOCATION. THIS IS JUST A FORMALITY UNDER YOUR CODE.
AS YOU MENTIONED, WE DID A FULL PRESENTATION AT THE LAST MEETING.
ALL OF OUR EXPERTS ARE HERE TONIGHT IN CASE YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
AND THEREFORE, WE'RE HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ON ANY OF THE THREE ITEMS. OKAY. SO THE ITEMS THAT YOU HAVE SUBMITTED INTO THE PUBLIC RECORD, YOU'RE NOT YOU ARE WAIVING AT THIS TIME TO HAVE A PRESENTATION OR WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO A BRIEF PRESENTATION? THANK YOU, MAYOR. WE HAVE A FULL PRESENTATION ON BOTH ALL THREE ITEMS AS IT RELATES TO THE SPECIAL EXCEPTION.
WE'VE ALSO RESUBMITTED ALL OF OUR CRITERIA, STATEMENTS ADDRESSING ALL OF THE ITEMS IN THE CODE.
SOUNDS GOOD. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
SO AT THIS TIME I WILL OPEN PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM AS THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING.
IS THERE ANYONE IN THIS ROOM OR 103, 105, ANYBODY OUTSIDE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? SEEING NONE FROM ALL LEVELS WAS THERE.
WAS THAT A YES OR A COUGH? I'LL TAKE IT AS A COUGH.
THIS PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED DISCUSSION BY THIS COMMISSION.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY COMMENTS FOR 7 A.M.? OKAY. NO COMMENTS.
CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
COMMISSIONER DANIEL? YES. COMMISSIONER WRIGHT.
YES. THANK YOU. MOTION PASSES 5 TO 0.
THANK YOU. I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR 70252, THREE, FIVE, PLEASE.
[7.b TO2535 - An Ordinance of the City Commission of the City of Tamarac, Florida, amending the Official Zoning Map of the City of Tamarac referenced in Section 10- 2.1(B) of Chapter 10 of the City of Tamarac Code of Ordinances to reflect the rezoning of certain real estate property fully described as Parcel “A,” “Prospect Plaza” according to the Plat thereof, as recorded in Plat Book 136, Page 2 of the public records of Broward County, Florida, from the current RE (Residential Estate) zoning classification to R-3 (Multi-Family Residential) zoning classification, for the subject property located at 2099 West Prospect Road, in order to allocate one (1) flexibility unit to facilitate the allowance of a school use and provide consistency with the Land Development Code in accordance with the intent of the Comprehensive Plan of the City of Tamarac; (Case No. 5-Z-23 & 1-FLX-23); providing for amendment to the Official Zoning Map to reflect such change; providing for conflicts; providing for severability; and providing for an effective date]
SO MOVED. SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION BY THE VICE MAYOR.I HAVE A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER RIGHTS.
WE'VE ALREADY DONE ALL THE OTHER STUFF.
THIS ITEM IS NOW OPEN FOR PUBLIC HEARING.
IS THERE ANYBODY WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? NO ONE IN ANY OF THE ROOMS. SO THANK YOU. PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS PART IS NOW CLOSED.
CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
COMMISSIONER DANIEL? YES. VICE MAYOR BOLTON.
YES. MAYOR GOMEZ? YES. COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS.
YES. THANK YOU. MOTION PASSES 5 TO 0.
THANK YOU. NOW MOVING ON TO OUR QUASI JUDICIAL EIGHT A TB.
[8.a TBO 79 - Board Order approving/denying Special Exception application for a proposed School use in an R-3 (Multi-Family Residential) zoning district, pursuant to the Tamarac Code of Ordinances]
079. I NEED A MOTION IN A SECOND, PLEASE.I'VE GOT A MOTION BY THE VICE MAYOR.
I HAVE A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WRIGHT.
SEEING NO PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM FOR THIS ROOM OR 105 OR OUTSIDE.
PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE NOW CLOSED.
CITY CLERK. ANY DISCUSSION BY THIS COMMISSION? SEEING NONE.
CITY CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. MAYOR GOMEZ? YES. COMMISSIONER WRIGHT.
YOUR NEW PLACE IN THE CITY OF TAMARAC.
ALL RIGHT. EIGHT B, WE ARE STILL UNDER OUR QUASI JUDICIAL HEARINGS.
[8.b 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]
THE RULES THAT HAVE BEEN READ BY THE CITY ATTORNEY REMAIN IN EFFECT.CITY ATTORNEY, PLEASE READ EIGHT B TBO 80.
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DASH 4.11.ENTRANCE. SIGN STANDARDS OF THE CITY CODE OF ORDINANCE OF FOR LEGACY OF TAMARAC.
ROCK ISLAND ROAD TAMARAC, FLORIDA.
AT THIS TIME, I'M GOING TO ASK THE COMMISSION FOR ANY DISCLOSURES.
VICE MAYOR. THE APPLICANT CALLED ME A WEEK AGO.
COMMISSIONER DANIEL. NOT SINCE THE LAST TIME HE WAS HERE.
COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS COMMISSIONER, RIGHT? NOT SINCE THE LAST TIME HE WAS HERE.
WHEN HE WAS HERE EARLIER. I SAID HI TO HIM.
SO I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND.
SECOND, I GOT A MOTION BY THE VICE MAYOR.
I HAVE A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER RICE.
AND THEN I HAVE ERIC VALDERRAMA.
COME FORWARD. WAS I DOING IT RIGHT? YOU'RE DOING GOOD. ALL RIGHT.
DO IT FOR ME, IF YOU WOULD, PLEASE.
THIS IS THE AGENT FOR THE APPLICANT WHO WILL BE MAKING A PRESENTATION.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE TODAY.
MY NAME IS ERIC VALDERRAMA, 6190 ROCK ISLAND ROAD.
I'LL TRY TO MAKE IT BRIEFER TODAY.
SO I REPRESENT THE OWNERS OF LEGACY AT TAMARAC.
IT'S A A APARTMENT COMPLEX THAT WAS JUST RECENTLY BUILT ON THE INTERSECTION OF ROCK ISLAND ROAD AND AND BAILEY'S.
THIS IS A LITTLE BIT ABOUT US AND OUR THE COMMUNITIES THAT WE ACTUALLY BUILD.
SO HERE TODAY FOR A VARIANCE FOR A MONUMENT SIGN, FOR AN INCREASE TO 152FT², THE HEIGHT AND THE MAXIMUM GRAPHIC LETTER SIGNAGE DUE TO THE LOCATION AND THE IMPACT THAT WE HAVE WITH THE EXISTING UTILITIES.
SO THOSE ARE EXISTING UNDERGROUND UTILITIES, THE PREEXISTING CONDITIONS THAT ARE IN PLACE, IT RUNS SOUTH OF OUR PROJECT, RUNS NEXT TO OUR PROJECT AND CONTINUES NORTH. ALSO OVERHEAD, IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THAT AREA, IT HAS A LOT OF OVERHEAD SIGNS, OVERHEAD POWER LINES.
SO IT KIND OF FORCES US TO PUSH OUR SIGN BACK.
AND REALLY THE ONLY PLACE THAT ALLOWS US IS IN THAT LITTLE CORNER ON THE ON THE SOUTHWEST SIDE.
SO WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR IS AS YOU'RE LOOKING AS FAR AS THE SIGNAGE IS SLIGHTLY INCREASE IN HEIGHT, THE INCREASE IN SIZE OF THE LETTERS ARE BECAUSE IT'S SET BACK DUE TO THE VISIBILITY OF WHERE IT'S AT IN THE HIGH TRAFFIC AREA.
WE'RE ASKING FOR A SLIGHTLY INCREASE OF OF OF FOUR INCHES ON ON THE LETTER SCHEMES.
AS YOU COULD ALSO SEE THAT THE SIGN IS ALSO CONFINED.
AND WITH THAT, I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.
AT THIS TIME. I'M GOING TO OPEN THE FLOOR FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
NO PUBLIC COMMENTS THAT I CAN SEE FROM 105 PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE NOW CLOSED.
HI. THANK YOU. JUST FOR THE RECORD, WHO'S THE OWNER OF RECORD FOR LEGACY OF TAMARAC? EXCUSE ME. WHO'S THE OWNER OF RECORD FOR THE LEGACY AT TAMARAC? I AM. OKAY.
AND THE COMPANY NAME? THE COMPANY NAME IS LEGACY RESIDENTIAL GROUP.
WELL, YEAH. THIS ONE IS TAMARAC APARTMENT.
INVESTORS. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. SEEING NO OTHER COMMENTS BY THE COMMISSION OR QUESTIONS BY THE COMMISSION.
CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE MADAM MAYOR.
NINE A ROCKING AND ROLLING HERE.
[9.a TR14001 - A Resolution of the City Commission of the City of Tamarac, Florida, providing notice to the public of a pending ordinance and directing staff to develop and process for adoption an ordinance to provide for certification of compliance of affordable housing projects and other land development regulations addressing affordable housing, mixed-use and multi-family projects; and providing an effective date and an expiration date of six (6) months]
TR 14001 CITY ATTORNEY.PLEASE READ THE TITLE FOR THE RECORD.
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PROCESS FOR ADOPTION AND ORDINANCE, PROVIDING FOR THE CERTIFICATION AND COMPLIANCE OF HOUSING PROJECTS AND OTHER LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS, ADDRESSING AFFORDABLE HOUSING, MIXED USE AND MULTIFAMILY PROJECTS, PROVIDING FOR EFFECTIVE DATE AND EXPIRATION DATE OF SIX MONTHS FROM THE ADOPTION.I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND, PLEASE.
SO MOVED. SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION BY THE VICE MAYOR.
I HAVE A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS.
AT THIS TIME, I'M OPENING PUBLIC COMMENTS.
IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? SEEING NONE HERE AND NONE IN 105.
FOR THIS ITEM, PLEASE COME FORWARD.
NAME AND LOCATION FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.
THREE MINUTES. MY NAME IS JOEY BLAIR.
THIS NEW PROPERTY THAT'S PROPOSED TO BE BUILT.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT TYPE AND WHAT PRICE RANGE THESE PROPERTIES WOULD BE AT? COME ON. FORGIVE ME.
ACTUALLY, TECHNICALLY, DURING PUBLIC COMMENTS, WE DON'T RESPOND BACK AND FORTH.
THE ITEM THAT IS BEING DISCUSSED IS BASICALLY WHAT'S CALLED A PENDING ORDINANCE TO DIRECT STAFF TO DEVELOP A NEW ORDINANCE ON HOW TO HANDLE FUTURE.
IT'S ALL GOOD. GOOD TO SEE YOU.
SO IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK? SEEING NONE.
I'M JUST GOING TO SHARE WITH EVERYBODY IN CASE FOR EARLIER PRESENTATION.
A DETAILED PRESENTATION WAS PROVIDED AT TUESDAY'S WORKSHOP, WHICH WAS YESTERDAY.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION BY THIS COMMISSION? SEEING NONE.
CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. COMMISSIONER.
COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS? YES. COMMISSIONER DANIEL? YES. VICE MAYOR.
THANK YOU. MOTION PASSES 5 TO 0.
[9.b TR14000 - A Resolution of the City Commission of the City of Tamarac, Florida approving a second amendment to agreement between Broward County and the City of Tamarac, attached hereto as Exhibit “1” to provide for bus stop improvements at an additional forty five (45) locations throughout the city; authorizing the appropriate City Officials to execute the second amendment to agreement attached hereto as Exhibit “1” and incorporated herein; providing for conflicts; providing for severability; and providing for an effective date]
PLEASE READ THE TITLE FOR THE RECORD.THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. 9BA RESOLUTION OF CITY COMMISSION AND CITY OF TAMARAC, FLORIDA, APPROVING THE SECOND AMENDMENT TO AGREEMENT WITH BROWARD COUNTY AND THE CITY OF TAMARAC TO PROVIDE FOR BUS STOP IMPROVEMENTS AT ADDITIONAL 45 LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE CITY, AUTHORIZING APPROPRIATE CITY OFFICIALS TO EXECUTE THE SECOND AMENDMENT TO TO THE AGREEMENT AND INCORPORATING HEREIN PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND, PLEASE.
I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS.
A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WRIGHT.
ANYBODY WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? SEEING NONE HERE OUTSIDE OR IN ROOM 105.
PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE NOW CLOSED.
MISS CALLOWAY IS AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS, IF WE HAVE ANY.
WE HAD A DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS AS WELL YESTERDAY.
AND SEEING NO COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSION.
THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. MAYOR GOMEZ? YES. VICE MAYOR BOLTON? YES. COMMISSIONER.
THANK YOU. AND I GUESS THERE'S NOTHING FURTHER TO DISCUSS TONIGHT, RIGHT? SO THE MOMENT THAT EVERYBODY SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR NINE C TR 14007 CITY ATTORNEY PLEASE READ THE TITLE FOR THE
[9.c TR14007 - A resolution of the City Commission of the City of Tamarac, Florida, approving in substantially the same form a shared use agreement between the City of Tamarac and Shaker Village Condominium Association, Inc., a Florida Not For Profit Corporation, attached hereto as Exhibit “A”, pursuant to a purchase and sale agreement and addendum to commercial contract to acquire the property located at Canterbury Lane, property Id No. 4941 11 01 0170 for the purpose of constructing a community center; authorizing the City Manager and the City Attorney to take all necessary actions to effectuate this resolution; providing for conflicts; providing for severability; and providing for an effective date]
RECORD. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.ITEM NINE C RESOLUTION OF CITY COMMISSION AND CITY TAMARAC WILL PROVE IN SUBSTANTIALLY THE SAME FORM AND SHALL USE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF TAMARAC AND SHAKER VILLAGE CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, INC, A FLORIDA NOT FOR PROFIT CORPORATION PURSUANT TO A PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT AND ADDENDUM.
THE COMMERCIAL CONTRACT TO ACQUIRE THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT CANTERBURY LANE.
PROPERTY ID NUMBER 49 4111 0101 70 FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONSTRUCTING A COMMUNITY CENTER, AUTHORIZED CITY MANAGER AND CITY ATTORNEY TO TAKE ALL ACTIONS TO EFFECTUATE THIS RESOLUTION, PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
OKAY, SO, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE HAD A SO MOVED.
THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO GET TO THAT.
WE HAD A VERY DETAILED PRESENTATION.
I'M GOING TO ASK FOR A MOTION AND A SECOND.
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MORE COMMISSIONER WRIGHT WITH A SECOND.SO JUST TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW THAT AT YESTERDAY'S WORKSHOP, THE CITY COMMISSION AGREED UPON THE FOLLOWING CHANGES THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE HERE THAT YOU DON'T HAVE.
AND IT WASN'T ONLINE YET BECAUSE IT WOULDN'T BE IN YOUR BACKUP.
BUT THE AGREED UPON CHANGES BY THE COMMISSION WERE THAT THERE WOULD BE NO BUSINESS SPACE.
WE YOU CAN'T HEAR ME? MY LOUDNESS, YOU CAN'T HEAR.
WOW. SO WHAT? THE AGREED UPON CHANGES BY THE COMMISSION AT YESTERDAY'S MEETING WAS THAT THERE WOULD NOT BE A BUSINESS SPACE IN THIS COMMUNITY CENTER.
SO TO MODIFY IT FOR SPECIAL HOLIDAYS AND THINGS WHEN THE CITY IS CLOSED.
AND SO THE OTHER THE OTHER ITEM THAT IS NOT LISTED ON HERE WAS THAT THE EFFECTIVE DATE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE CHANGED TO WHEN THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF CLOSING THAT ONE DIDN'T MAKE IT TO THE CHANGES.
AND THERE WAS AN ITEM THAT IS CHANGED ON HERE THAT IS THE INSTRUMENT PREPARED BY THAT SECTION ON THE ORIGINAL ITEM SAYS THAT IT WAS REPAIRED WITHOUT KNOWLEDGE OR REVIEW OF TITLE AND THAT WAS DONE BY THE CITY.
THE ATTORNEY FOR SHAKER VILLAGE, THE CITY OF TAMARAC, DOES NOT HAVE THAT AUTHORITY TO REMOVE THAT.
MAYOR, HE HE AGREED TO THE CHANGES.
DO WE HAVE HIS AGREEMENT IN WRITING? BECAUSE WHEN I SPOKE TO HIM, WHEN I WHEN BEFORE AT 5:00 IN GOING THROUGH THIS, I HAD BEEN ADVISED THAT WE HAD NOT YET RECEIVED AN APPROVAL IN WRITING.
HAS THERE SINCE BEEN AN APPROVAL IN WRITING? I EMAILED HIM.
I SAID, IF YOU HAD ANY OBJECTION TO THE CHANGES THAT WERE MADE, PLEASE ADVISE.
HE DID NOT ADVISE AND I SPOKE TO HIM BY TELEPHONE.
ALSO, HE DIDN'T HAVE ANY PROBLEM WITH THE REVISION.
I HAVE WORKED WITH HIM WITH THE CITY MANAGER FOR MAYBE A MONTH AND A HALF, AND IF HE HAS A PROBLEM WITH ANY REVISIONS, HE GENERALLY WILL LET US KNOW QUICKLY.
OKAY. FOR TIMING PURPOSES, JUST TO MAKE SURE WE'RE CLEAR.
SO HE DID YOU DID SEND THIS OVER TO HIM? YES. AND HE YOU SAID PLEASE RESPOND IF YOU HAVE ANY OBJECTIONS.
YOU SPOKE TO HIM AFTER YOUR EMAIL.
I SPOKE TO HIM BASICALLY RIGHT AFTER I FORWARDED THE EMAIL.
IN FACT, WE HAD A CONFERENCE CALL WITH HIM, THE MANAGER AND I, WE TOLD HIM THE CHANGES.
HE VERBALLY DID NOT HAVE ANY OBJECTION.
AND AS SUCH, THE FIRST PERSON WHO WILL BE SPEAKING ON THIS MATTER IS MYRON E SEGAL, ESQUIRE.
NOW, AS MR. SEGAL COMES TO THE PODIUM, I'M GOING TO REMIND EVERYBODY THREE MINUTES.
I HAVE TO BE SEE HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE SIGNED UP.
CAN YOU NOT HEAR ME? READY AND HAVE YOUR BUDGET MEETING TOMORROW.
YOU WILL HAVE YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.
I'M SORRY YOU'RE UNHAPPY, BUT I NEED TO KEEP THIS GOING THIS WAY.
MR. SIEGEL, YOUR THREE MINUTES.
THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, VICE, MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS AND ALL OF YOU RESIDENTS OF TAMARAC.
IT'S GREAT TO SEE SO MANY PEOPLE COME OUT ON THIS ISSUE.
I'M AN ATTORNEY, A REAL ESTATE ATTORNEY AND TRIAL ATTORNEY.
I REPRESENT A RESIDENT OF SHAKER VILLAGE.
AND YESTERDAY I FILED A LAWSUIT AGAINST SHAKER VILLAGE.
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THAT LAWSUIT IS ASKING THE COURT TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT.SHAKER VILLAGE ASSOCIATION HAS A RIGHT TO SELL THE PROPERTY TO THE CITY.
AND HAVING BEEN RECOGNIZED AS ONE OF THE TOP 50 REAL ESTATE LAWYERS HERE IN FLORIDA, I CAN TELL YOU OUR ANALYSIS IS THAT SHAKER VILLAGE CONDO ASSOCIATION DOES NOT HAVE THE RIGHT TO DO SO UNTIL.
THERE IS A VOTE BY THE OWNERS.
NOW, I'M NOT HERE TO DISCUSS WHETHER IT'S A GOOD IDEA.
I'M NOT HERE TO DISCUSS IF THERE ARE CONFLICTS OF INTEREST THAT APPLY.
I'M NOT HERE TO TALK ABOUT ANY OF THAT.
BUT I CAN TELL YOU THIS UNTIL THE COURT RULES.
AND I WOULD SUGGEST THAT UNTIL THAT CASE IS RESOLVED, THE CITY TABLE, ALL OF THIS DISCUSSION AND WAIT UNTIL THE COURT RULES, BECAUSE IF THE COURT DOES RULE THAT YOU NEED 75% OF THE OWNERS, THEN YOU HAVE TO HAVE THAT VOTE BEFORE THE ASSOCIATION CAN SELL THAT PROPERTY.
THAT IS THE PURPOSE THAT I'M HERE TONIGHT TO LET YOU KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.
THERE'S A MOTION THAT'S BEING FILED AS SOON AS THE CASE NUMBER IS ASSIGNED, SEEKING AN INJUNCTION PREVENTING SHAKER VILLAGE FROM PURSUING IT AND WAITING FOR THE COURT TO DETERMINE WHO HAS THE RIGHT TO DECIDE.
I'M HERE TO DETERMINE IF THOSE RIGHTS.
NOW, I REPRESENT PEOPLE WHO ARE DOWNTRODDEN, AND WE TOOK THIS CASE ON A PRO BONO BASIS BECAUSE WE AS LAWYERS ARE REQUIRED TO DO PRO BONO WORK AND WE DETERMINE THIS CASE WAS DESERVING.
SO WHETHER YOU'RE FOR OR AGAINST IT, I DON'T KNOW.
WHAT MATTERS IS DO THEY HAVE A RIGHT TO SELL IT? AND THAT IS WHY I'M HERE.
OKAY, SO, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PLEASE.
WE'VE ONLY GONE THROUGH ONE SPEAKER AGAIN.
WE WANT EVERYBODY TO HAVE THEIR OPPORTUNITY NOW, HUH? HE'S NOT GETTING A GOOD QUESTION.
ALL RIGHT. NOW, I AM GOING TO DO THIS AS BEST AS I CAN, SO I DO ASK FOR SOME PATIENCE AS I TRY TO MAKE SURE I DON'T KNOW WHO'S IN THIS ROOM.
I DON'T KNOW WHO IS IN ROOM 105.
SO AT THIS TIME I AM GOING TO DO AN AGAINST AN AN A FOR OR A FOR AND AGAINST. I'M GOING TO TRY TO FLIP IT BACK AND FORTH.
OKAY. I DO HAPPEN TO HAVE MUCH MORE OF A STACK FOR ONE THAN THE OTHER, SO.
COLLEEN MCCORMICK I DON'T HAVE IT WHERE THIS PERSON WISHES TO SPEAK OR WAIVE THE RIGHT TO SPEAK.
AS MISS MCCORMICK. I'M IN THE OTHER ROOM OVER THERE.
GO AHEAD. SO MY NAME IS COLLEEN MCCORMICK AND I LIVE IN TAMARAC.
I ACTUALLY LIVE ON CANTERBURY LANE.
SO THIS AFFECTS ME AND MY IMMEDIATE NEIGHBORS MORE THAN ANYBODY.
BUT I ACTUALLY AM ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE THAT THINK ABOUT THE GREATER PICTURE.
YOU ALL HAVE PUT SO MUCH MONEY INTO WEST TAMARAC AND WE ALL NOTICE THE CHANGES, RIGHT? IT'S GORGEOUS.
OKAY. PLEASE SPEND MONEY ALL OVER THE CITY BECAUSE IT BENEFITS EVERYONE.
OKAY. WHEN YOU LOOK IT UP ON THE MAP, ARE WEST TAMARAC NOT IN THE EAST.
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THERE IS NOT ONE IN THE EAST.OKAY. SO IT BENEFITS ONLY THE OLDER GENERATION TO CALL IT OUT.
AND THIS IS WHERE A LOT OF THESE PEOPLE NEED THIS COMMUNITY.
RIGHT. ANYTHING, WHETHER IT BE A PARK, A COMMUNITY BUILDING, WHATEVER YOU CAN COME UP WITH, HONESTLY, IT WILL BENEFIT EVERYONE, NOT JUST NOW, BUT FOR THE FUTURE.
OKAY, WE ALL KNOW THIS AND THIS CITY AND OUR COMMUNITY IS PUSHING FOR THIS.
OKAY. WE HAVE PUSHED BACK WITH OUR HOA.
TRUST ME, WE ARE NOT IDLE, OKAY? WE HAVE BEEN PUSHING BACK.
WE HAVE MADE A LOT OF CHANGES ON OUR BOARD AND THEY ARE PUTTING THE WORK IN.
WE GOT A NEW PROPERTY MANAGEMENT AND IT HAS BEEN A LOT OF WORK.
OKAY. SO TO MY KNOWLEDGE, THEY HAVE TALKED TO SEVERAL LAWYERS.
OKAY. AND THAT THEY SAY THAT WE DO HAVE THE ABILITY.
ALL RIGHT. SO IF WHATEVER TAMARAC CAN COME UP WITH, IT WOULD BE MUCH MORE IMPACTFUL OF A BUILDING THAN WHAT OUR COMMUNITY COULD EVER COME UP WITH OR AFFORD.
MOST COMMUNITIES WOULD NOT WANT TO SELL THEIR LAND, BUT FOR SELFISH REASONS.
SEVERAL OF OUR NEIGHBORS, LIKE I SAID, ARE HERE IN SUPPORT OF THIS.
ALL RIGHT. WE WILL NOW BE GOING TO JEFFREY SHAPIRO.
JEFFREY SHAPIRO, 6104 ORCHARD TREE LANE IN THE WOODLANDS.
I DIDN'T EXPECT TO BE CALLED SO SOON.
I THOUGHT MAYBE TOWARDS THE END.
I AM AGAINST THIS BECAUSE BASICALLY IT'S A CITY BAILING OUT A FAILED COMMUNITY DUE TO THE INFRASTRUCTURE OF THEIR ORIGINAL MAINTENANCE AND PROJECTING HOW MUCH EACH HOMEOWNER OR THAT COMMUNITY SHOULD HAVE BEEN PAYING INTO THEIR MAINTENANCE ALL ALONG.
AND I THINK IT'S TOTALLY WRONG.
FURTHERMORE, I BELIEVE YOU'D BE SETTING A CITY PRECEDENTS IN THIS PURCHASE.
AND I KNOW YOU WANT TO DEVELOP A BUILDING THERE FOR THE COMMUNITY.
BUT THE THE MAIN OBJECTIVE IS THE ONLY BUYER FOR THIS LAND WAS THE CITY.
SO, YOU KNOW, I JUST I'M TOTALLY AGAINST IT.
OTHER COMMUNITIES THAT START TO FAIL AND TAMARAC WILL THEN HAVE A RIGHT TO COME TO THE CITY FOR A BIG BAILOUT AND THE TAXPAYERS WILL HAVE TO PAY IT. AND I DON'T WANT THE OTHER RESIDENTS TO BE FORCED DOWN THIS ROAD.
SO I'M SORRY TO SAY TO MY NEIGHBORS TO THE NORTH THERE THAT I'M AGAINST IT.
AND I BELIEVE MOST OF THE HOMEOWNERS THAT LIVE IN THE WOODLANDS COMMUNITY ARE ALSO AGAINST IT.
DOING WELL. HAPPY HANDS ARE NOT SO HAPPY.
HANDS. I HAVE PAUL GORDON THE SECOND AND HE IS FOR IT, BUT HE HAS WAIVED HIS RIGHT TO SPEAK.
SO I HAVE EXPRESSED HIS OPINION.
HE WAIVED HIS RIGHT TO SPEAK, BUT HE IS AGAINST IT.
GORDON. HE WAVES HIS RIGHT TO SPEAK, BUT HE WANTS YOU TO KNOW HE IS FOR IT.
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BERWYN. THOMPSON.OR SHE. I APOLOGIZE, WAVES HIS RIGHT TO SPEAK AND IS AGAINST IT.
WAVES RIGHT TO SPEAK AND IS FOR IT.
WHICH WAY IS CARLENE MITCHELL? HERE OR IN THE OTHER ROOM.
SO I DON'T HAVE HER WISHING TO SPEAK OR WAVING THE RIGHT.
BUT IT DOES SAY THAT SHE IS FOR IT.
IS THIS CARLENE MITCHELL? NO. OKAY.
HELEN WANG WAIVES RIGHT TO SPEAK AGAINST.
AND NARODNY WAIVES RIGHT TO SPEAK FOR ITS.
SYLVIA AND MEL MARGOLIS WAVES.
THEY WAVE RIGHT TO SPEAK BOTH AGAINST.
WILLIE AND TAMARA DAVIS WAIVE RIGHT TO SPEAK FOR IT.
JOSEPH BOISE WAS RIGHT TO SPEAK AGAINST.
NADINE GORDON WISHES TO SPEAK.
IS NADINE IN THIS ROOM OR IN THE OUTSIDE? OR 105.
GOOD NIGHT. I'M NADINE GORDON AND I LIVE IN TAMARAC.
I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT IN THE SHAKER VILLAGE COMMUNITY FOR OVER 25 YEARS, AND I'M JUST HERE TO ADDRESS THE MATTER OF SIGNIFICANT IMPORTANCE TO THE FUTURE OF THE BELOVED CITY OF TAMARAC, BECAUSE WE ALL WILL BENEFIT FROM IT.
THIS PIECE OF LAND IS HOME TO A TORN DOWN CLUBHOUSE AND IT HAS ITS POTENTIAL TO BE TRANSFORMED TO A GREAT LANDSCAPE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
FIRST AND FOREMOST, IT'S CRUCIAL TO CLARIFY THE INTENTION BEHIND THIS ACQUISITION.
THE COMMUNITY CENTER WILL SERVE AS A BEACON OF UNITY AND INCLUSIVITY OF OUR LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
WE'RE GOING TO PAUSE THE CLOCK EVERY TIME THERE'S A NOISE.
IF WE DO THAT, WE'RE NOT GETTING OUT OF HERE UNTIL MAYBE FRIDAY.
THANK YOU. ONE OF THE DRIVING FACTORS BEHIND THE DECISION IS THE REALIZATION THAT MANY OF OUR FELLOW RESIDENTS ON THE EAST SIDE OF TAMARAC HAVE BEEN UNDERSERVED IN TERMS OF COMMUNITY FACILITIES AND SERVICES.
THIS DISTANCE OFTEN MAKES IT IMPRACTICAL FOR THEM TO FREQUENTLY ACCESS THE AMENITIES AND SERVICES THAT MANY OF THE WEST SIDE ENJOY REGULARLY. BY ACQUIRING THIS LAND AND BUILDING A COMMUNITY CENTER, WE'RE TAKING A SUBSTANTIAL STEP TOWARDS BRIDGING THIS DIVIDE.
THE NEW FACILITY WILL PROVIDE MUCH NEEDED ACCESSIBILITY TO OUR EAST SIDE RESIDENTS, OFFERING A WIDE RANGE OF PROGRAMS, ACTIVITIES AND SERVICES, THINGS THAT WILL ENRICH THE LIVES OF ALL TAMARAC CITIZENS.
THIS IS ABOUT CREATING A MORE EQUITABLE AND INCLUSIVE TAMARAC WHERE EVERY RESIDENT HAS EQUAL ACCESS TO THE OPPORTUNITY OUR CITY HAS TO OFFER.
IT'S ABOUT SEIZING THE OPPORTUNITY TO ENHANCE OUR COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE.
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THE BENEFITS OF THIS PROJECT EXTEND FAR BEYOND THE IMMEDIATE VICINITY, BENEFITING EVERYONE WHO CALLS CITY OF TAMARAC HOME.IT IS AN INVESTMENT IN OUR CITY'S FUTURE, A TESTAMENT TO OUR COMMITMENT TO ENSURING THAT TAMARAC REMAINS VIBRANT, THRIVING AND A UNITED COMMUNITY.
LET US COME TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY REGARDLESS OF WHERE WE RESIDE, AND BUILD A TAMARAC THAT IS ACCESSIBLE, INCLUSIVE AND WELCOMING TO ALL. LADIES, THANK YOU.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. I APPRECIATE YOUR EFFORTS TO HELP WITH THE TIME.
I PROMISE YOU WE HAVE A CLOCK HERE.
THE CITY CLERK AND MYSELF HAVE THIS UNDER CONTROL.
IT'S A LITTLE DIFFICULT, BUT I'M TRYING TO TEE IT UP SO THE NEXT PERSON WHO'S ON DECK TO SPEAK.
BUT SO I HAVE BETH FINKLER WHO WAVES RIGHT TO SPEAK, BUT IS AGAINST IT.
I HAVE CAMILLA ALLEN WAVES RIGHT TO SPEAK FOR IT.
CAROLYN THOMPSON WAVES RIGHT TO SPEAK.
I AM NOW GOING TO ASK I'M NOW GOING TO ASK, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IF I NEED TO CALL A BREAK.
I WILL. I KNOW THIS IS HEATED.
I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN SITTING HERE FOR A WHILE.
I WILL. IF WE'RE STILL HERE AT 930, I WILL CALL A LITTLE BIT OF A BREAK.
IF YOU NEED TO USE THE FACILITIES, PLEASE GO OUT THAT DOOR.
THERE'S A BATHROOM RIGHT OVER THERE.
YOU'RE WELCOME TO GO IN AND OUT.
OKAY. I HAVE CORINNE GRAHAM, WHO WISHES TO SPEAK.
I WISH FOR YOU TO COME TO THE PODIUM.
AND THEN ON DECK IS RICH BOBKER.
IS CAREEN GRAHAM HERE? WHEN YOU GO OUT OF ORDER FOR A LITTLE BIT AS KARINA IS COMING TO THE MIC, I HAVE JUDITH FETZER WHO IS WAVING RIGHT TO SPEAK AGAINST.
GOOD NIGHT. MY NAME IS KAREEN FROM CITY OF TAMRA SHAKER VILLAGE, TO BE EXACT.
I'VE BEEN LIVING THERE APPROXIMATELY 16 YEARS.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN OF THE COMMISSION, FELLOW RESIDENTS OF TAMARAC.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS YOU TODAY.
FIRSTLY, LET ME CLARIFY A POINT THAT HAS CAUSED CONFUSION.
REGRETTABLY, COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS HAS REPEATED THIS INACCURACY.
THESE RECORDS ARE ACCESSIBLE TO ALL COMMISSION MEMBERS AND RESIDENTS OF TAMARAC.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO RELY ON ACCURATE INFORMATION WHEN MAKING DECISIONS THAT AFFECT OUR COMMUNITY.
SECONDLY, THERE HAS BEEN SOME CONFUSION REGARDING THE LIENS ON SHAKER VILLAGE UNITS.
SHAKER VILLAGE DOES INDEED HAVE A TOTAL OF $3,126,800 IN LIENS.
CURRENTLY, WHEN ANY HOME IS SOLD IN SHAKER VILLAGE.
THESE FACTS ARE A MATTER OF PUBLIC RECORD ACCESSIBLE TO ANYONE WHO SEEKS TO VERIFY THEM.
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WE ENCOURAGE TRANSPARENCY AND ACCURATE REPRESENTATION OF FACTS IN ALL PUBLIC DISCUSSIONS.THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION.
AND ON DECK WILL BE BARRY SCHWARTZ.
I MEANT TO ASK HANS BEFORE, WHO DO YOU WORK FOR? THE CITY OF TAMARAC OR MARLON? DON'T HAVE TO ANSWER.
MY BIGGEST QUESTION IS HOW CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO THE RESIDENTS IN YOUR DISTRICTS EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOUR DISTRICTS? SOMEHOW IS A GOOD IDEA THERE TO POUR PUBLIC MONEY INTO A PRIVATE PROJECT.
THE SHAKER VILLAGE BOARD HAD A FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY TO TAKE CARE OF THEIR PROPERTY.
IT IS NOT UP TO THE TAXPAYERS.
I DON'T WANT TO SPEND A DIME OF MY MONEY.
WE'RE BEING HIT WITH INSURANCE.
DO YOU THINK IT'S CHEAPER FOR ANYONE ELSE IN THIS CITY AND YOU GUYS AREN'T EVEN THINKING OF IT? COMMISSIONER. VILLALOBOS.
VILLALOBOS. WHATEVER YOUR NAME IS.
WHEN HE FIRST JOINED, HE WAS TEAM MARLON ALL THE WAY.
OKAY. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? HE'S THE PROUD COMMISSIONER WE LOVE TODAY BECAUSE HE SAW THE LIGHT.
I ASKED THE REST OF YOU, COMMISSIONERS, TO OPEN YOUR EYES TO WHAT HAS BEEN GOING ON.
GOOGLE THIS GUY, OKAY? BECOME YOUR OWN PERSON.
ALL RIGHT. GOOGLE HANGOUTS FOR ALL I CARE.
ALL RIGHT. HE JUST RAN OUT OF MIAMI BEACH, AND I'D LIKE TO SAY HOW, BUT I WON'T BECOME THE LEADER WE EXPECT THAT YOU HAVE. OKAY.
DON'T JUST SIT THERE AND SMILE.
BARRY SCHWARTZ, YOU ARE ON DECK.
OH, ACTUALLY, BARRY SCHWARTZ, YOU ARE NEXT.
ARE YOU IN THIS ROOM OR THE OTHER ROOM? YOU ARE IN THE OTHER ROOM.
AS I TEE UP DENISE GOLDBERG, YOU ARE THE NEXT AFTER.
CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? I'M VERY SPORTS.
I WANTED TO INFORM YOU A GOOD NIGHT, EVERYONE.
I WISH TO PROVIDE MORE CLARITY IN SEVERAL KEY POINTS REGARDING THE PROPOSED COMMUNITY CENTER, AS WELL AS SOME RECENT MISUNDERSTANDINGS THAT HAVE ARISEN. IT HAS INDICATED REPORTED THAT THE COMMUNITY CENTER WILL COST TAMARAC AN ASTONISHING 24 MILLION. LET ME CLARIFY.
SUCH REPORTS, AS WE UNDERSTAND, HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE CONFUSION AND CONCERN AMONG RESIDENTS.
IN TRUTH, TAMARAC IS BUILDING BUDGETING A TOTAL OF $1,940,000 FOR THE PROJECT TO BREAK IT DOWN.
NINE NINE 900,000 WAS ALREADY ALLOCATED IN THE FISCAL BUDGET YEAR OF 2023 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM FOR THE ACQUISITION FOR THE PROPERTY, THE REMAINING MILLION 40,000.
OR IS INCLUDED IN THE LINE OF THE ITEM.
PROPOSED CAPITAL BUDGET IMPROVEMENT BUDGET FURTHERMORE IN ESTABLISHED THREE.
300,000. WATT HAS BEEN SET ASIDE IN THE TENTATIVE FISCAL YEAR OF 2024 BUDGET FOR THE DESIGN AND REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL RFP PROCESS WITH AN ADDITIONAL
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7,000,645 986 COUNTED IN THE FISCAL YEAR OF 2025.IT'S CRITICAL TO RECOGNIZE THE INVESTMENTS MADE IN DIFFERENT DISTRICTS OF TAMARAC FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FROM 2018 TO 2022. DISTRICT TWO RECEIVED 19.5 MILLION.
DISTRICT ONE RECEIVED A LITTLE OVER 6 MILLION.
DISTRICT THREE RECEIVED 5.6 MILLION, AND DISTRICT FOUR RECEIVED 11 MILLION.
IT IS ALSO IMPORTANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT THE PROPOSED COMMUNITY CENTER IS INTENDED FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL RESIDENTS OF TAMARAC. THIS FACILITY WILL BE ACCESSIBLE TO EVERY MEMBER OF OUR COMMUNITY.
WE. BARKLEY WANTS TO HIGHLIGHT THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS PROJECT FOR RESIDENTS ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE CITY, AS MAJORITY OF TAMARAC'S AMENITIES ARE SITUATED ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE COMMUNITY CENTER AMONGST TO PROVE THE BALANCE OF ACCESS TO RESIDENTIAL AND SOCIAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL.
I'M SORRY, BUT LASTLY, I'M SORRY, BUT TIME IS UP.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU.
I HAVE DENISE GOLDBERG'S GOING TO SPEAK.
I HAVE KATHY HORSFORD, IF SHE IN THIS ROOM OR IN 105.
HI, I'M DENISE GOLDBERG, A VERY PROUD FAIRFAX DRIVE RESIDENT FROM KINGS POINT.
I'VE READ QUITE A LOT ABOUT THIS SITUATION AND DON'T UNDERSTAND SEVERAL THINGS.
FIRST, SINCE SHAKER VILLAGE ALREADY RECEIVED $400,000 FROM THEIR INSURANCE COMPANY TO REPAIR THE WIND DAMAGE, WHY WASN'T THAT MONEY USED TO FIX THE PROBLEM? AND SINCE IT WASN'T USED FOR THE REASON IT WAS INTENDED, WHERE IS THE MONEY NOW? AND ISN'T THAT KIND OF ILLEGAL? SINCE I'M NOT AN ATTORNEY, I DON'T KNOW.
SECOND, I THINK I CAN SAFELY SAY THAT EVERYONE IS DEALING WITH HIGHER COSTS, PARTICULARLY DUE TO INSURANCE INCREASES AND THE SAFETY LAWS IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA SINCE THE SURFSIDE COLLAPSE.
THAT SAID, SHOULD WE ALL BE ASKING THE TAMARAC COMMISSION FOR MONEY TO ASSIST US WITH OUR EXTRA COSTS? I DON'T BELIEVE I HEAR ANYONE ELSE REQUESTING MONEY TO PAY FOR OUR BUILDINGS OR CLUBHOUSE REPAIRS, ALTHOUGH WE'VE HAD THEM AS WELL.
WE JUST TOOK CARE OF THEM OURSELVES.
TO END WITH, I WAS TAUGHT FROM MY VERY WISE MOTHER TO TAKE CARE OF MY OWN AND MY FAMILY'S FINANCIAL SITUATION, NOT ASK FOR HANDOUTS AND NOT SAY, WOW, WOW, WOW.
AND THAT'S WHAT I'M HEARING FROM MR. BOLTON REGARDING SHAKER VILLAGE.
AND TO THAT, I SAY, NO, TAKE CARE OF YOUR OWN HOME, JUST LIKE THE REST OF US ARE.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, HAPPY HANDS OR SAD HANDS? THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
AND WHILE YOU'RE COMING TO THE PODIUM, I HAVE JOAN FLORSHEIM ON DECK.
I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT OF TAMARAC FOR 26 YEARS.
GOOD NIGHT, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
MADAM MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONER, CITY MANAGER AND ALL TAMARAC RESIDENTS.
EVERYONE IN TAMARAC COMMUNITY, THE CITY OF TAMARAC, ALONG WITH ITS COMMISSIONERS, ALLOCATED A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF FUNDING AN ESTIMATED 10 MILLION TO ENHANCE THE COLONY WEST GOLF CLUB OR GOLF COURSES.
IT IS IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THE CONTEXT AND CONSIDER HOW THIS INVESTMENT COMPARES TO THE POTENTIAL BENEFIT OF A COMMUNITY CENTER, WHICH IS WHAT WE, THE RESIDENTS OF SHAKER VILLAGE, IS FIGHTING FOR.
A COMMUNITY CENTER FOR EVERYONE.
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PLAY GOLF ON A GOLF COURSE IN 2020.IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE GOLF IS A SPORT THAT IS TRADITIONALLY FAVORED BY A SPECIFIC DEMOGRAPHIC AND A SPECIFIC FINANCIAL STATUS.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PLEASE HOLD THE CALL.
PLEASE HOLD. PLEASE HOLD THE CLOCK.
WE DON'T HAVE TO LIKE WHAT IS SAID OR DISLIKE WHAT IS SAID.
THANK YOU. PLEASE RESUME THE COMMUNITY CENTER, WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR.
WILL HOLD THE PROMISE OF INCLUSIVITY.
IT WILL BE PLACED A PLACE FOR EVERY RESIDENT OF TAMARAC, REGARDLESS OF SEX, RACE, AGE OR INCOME.
RESIDENTS OF TAMARAC WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN VARIOUS ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAM.
IT WILL CATER TO DIVERSE POPULATION INTERESTS AND NEEDS OF THE ENTIRE TAMARAC COMMUNITY.
IT IS ESSENTIAL TO HIGHLIGHT TO THE BEST OF OUR KNOWLEDGE THAT RESIDENTS OF THE WEST SIDE OF TAMARAC DID NOT VOICE ANY OBJECTIONS TO THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE COLONY.
GOLF COURSE, WHICH COST AN ESTIMATED $10 MILLION.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PLEASE PROCEED.
HOWEVER, I BELIEVE AS A CITY OF TAMARAC COMMISSIONERS, WHEN THE OPPORTUNITY INVEST IN FACILITY THAT SERVES EVERYONE ACROSS REGARDLESS OF THE BACKGROUND OR INTEREST, IT IS A STEP TWO.
YOU NEED TO STEP FORWARD FOR MORE INCLUSIVITY AND A VIBRANT COMMUNITY.
IT IS DISHEARTENING TO SEE THE RESIDENTS TALKING ABOUT OTHER COMMISSIONERS.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I'VE GOT THOMAS SMITH ON DECK.
PLEASE, I DON'T LIKE HAVING TO INTERRUPT.
I REALLY DON'T LIKE SAYING STOP.
PLEASE DON'T PUT ME IN THIS SITUATION.
OKAY. BEFORE I SPEAK, WAS I INTENDED TO SAY I WANT TO JUST ANSWER THE LAST SPEAKER.
YOUR COMMUNITY. MY NAME IS JOAN FLORSHEIM.
I'M I LIVE IN KINGS POINT, SOUTHAMPTON.
OKAY. CAN I SAY THAT I, I UNDERSTAND.
OKAY. I I'M JUST REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT HOW WE GOT HERE.
WHEN A MEMBER OF THE CLERGY WHO IS SUPPOSED TO BE UPRIGHT AND ETHICAL AND MORAL.
ACTS IN A WAY WHICH ISN'T SO UPRIGHT AND ETHICAL AND MORAL AND.
AND PERSUADES OTHERS TO COME ALONG WITH HIM OR HER RATHER THAN ENCOURAGING THEM TO DEVELOP THEIR OWN OPINIONS. I FIND THAT VERY DISTRESSING AND I HOPE THAT ALL THE COMMISSIONERS WILL STAND UP FOR WHAT THEY THINK IS RIGHT AND NOT WHAT SOMEBODY ELSE TELLS THEM TO DO.
EACH. EACH OF YOU HAVE BEEN ELECTED TO SERVE YOUR COMMUNITIES, AND IT'S YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO SERVE YOUR COMMUNITIES AND TO TAKE IT INDIVIDUALLY AND NOT LISTEN TO SOMEBODY ELSE.
AND I FEEL I'M JUST SADDENED THAT IT HAS COME TO THIS POINT.
THAT'S BASICALLY ALL I WANT TO SAY, EXCEPT NOBODY.
NOBODY HAS GIVEN ME ANY KIND OF REWARD FOR SAYING THIS.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, AGAIN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I HAVE THOMAS SMITH WHO WISH TO SPEAK.
HE IS ON DECK. I'M NOT SURE I TAKE IT THIS IS MR. SMITH COMING COMING TO US.
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GOING. ON DECK IS KATE JOHNSON.MR. SMITH. HELLO, MY NAME IS THOMAS SMITH AND I LIVE.
OH, MY NAME IS THOMAS SMITH AND I LIVE IN THE CITY OF TAMARAC.
AND SPECIFICALLY, I LIVE IN SHAKER VILLAGE.
I'VE BEEN LIVING THERE SINCE 2020, SO I WAS NOT ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL.
I WAS NOT EVEN HERE WHEN THE CLUBHOUSE WAS INITIALLY DESTROYED.
AND I'M HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT ACCURACY AND ACCOUNTABILITY WITHIN THE CITY.
IT'S CRUCIAL THAT WE BASE OUR STATEMENTS AND DECISIONS ON FACTS AND NOT MISINFORMATION.
HE STATED THAT SHAKER VILLAGE HAS FIVE UNITS VALUED AT 1.5 MILLION THAT COULD BE SOLD.
THAT SHAKER VILLAGE IS REFUSING TO SELL.
THIS IS NOT ACCURATE BECAUSE THE PROPERTIES IN QUESTION 44 AND LANE FIVE SPINNING WHEEL LANE 30, CANTERBURY LANE 12, CANTERBURY LANE AND 11 AND LEE LANE HAVE DELINQUENT MORTGAGES RANGING FROM 21,000 TO $209,000.
SO MISINFORMATION CAN HARM EVERYONE.
AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT'S NOT THE CASE.
WE DON'T WANT YOU TO PAY FOR OUR CLUBHOUSE.
WE WANT YOU TO HAVE A COMMUNITY CENTER.
AND WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR HANDOUTS.
I'VE NEVER ASKED FOR HANDOUTS IN MY LIFE.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, BOTH WAYS.
MY FAVORITE SAYING MY DAD GAVE TO ME.
AND GOD BLESS THE CHILD WHO HAS HIS OWN.
SO AND YOU KNOW, I'M A TAXPAYING CITIZEN OF TAMARAC.
UM, I THINK THAT'S REALLY ALL I HAVE TO SAY TODAY BECAUSE I'M JUST.
AND I UNDERSTAND WHY PEOPLE ARE AGAINST THIS BECAUSE I HEARD THE MISINFORMATION YOU HEARD.
EVEN IF I EVEN LIVING IN SHAKER VILLAGE, IF I BELIEVE THAT MISINFORMATION, I WOULDN'T BE FOR IT BECAUSE I WOULDN'T WANT THE CITY TO SPEND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO BUY A CLUBHOUSE, AND THEN WE'D GET A CLUBHOUSE FOR FREE AND GET TO SHOVE IT IN EVERYONE'S FACE.
THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M HERE ABOUT.
UM, I REALLY AM IMPLORING YOU TO CONSIDER.
BUILDING A CLUBHOUSE FOR SHARED USE.
FOR ALL OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. HAVE A GOOD EVENING.
THANK YOU. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I'VE GOT KATE JOHNSON COMING TO THE MIC.
I HAVE DAMIAN GOLDING WHO IS ON DECK IS DAMIAN IN THIS ROOM.
THANK YOU. KEANE, KATE JOHNSON MAINLAND'S FOUR.
HERE IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF CITY ATTORNEY NOT LOOKING OUT FOR THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE CITY.
EVEN THOUGH IF WE ARE NOT PROTECTED THROUGH TITLE INSURANCE, WE MUST CANCEL SO THAT WE DO NOT LOSE OUR $100,000 DEPOSIT ALREADY MADE.
VICE MAYOR BOLTON EFFECTIVELY SAID SPENDING $10 MILLION OR MORE OF OUR CITY TAXES WAS NOT IMPORTANT ENOUGH TO VERIFY TITLE COMMITMENT AND SAID THERE WASN'T A PROBLEM.
YOU WOULDN'T BUY A HOUSE WITH TITLE ISSUES.
THIS WHOLE DEAL REEKS OF COLLUSION AND PRESSURE, AND NOW THE EAST SIDE IS NOT WANTING A COMMUNITY CENTER, EVEN THOUGH THE VICE MAYOR SAYS SO. I TRAVEL THREE MILES TO ATTEND EVENTS AT THE CURRENT COMMUNITY CENTER.
I LIVE ON THE EAST SIDE, FARTHER THAN SHAKER VILLAGE.
IF PEOPLE REALLY WANT SOMETHING, I WILL GUARANTEE YOU EVERY PERSON HERE DOES THE SAME THING.
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WE HAVE ASKED FOR A DOG PARK, BUT THAT WILL NOT BE PUT ON HOLD UNTIL 2029.IF THIS DEAL GOES THROUGH, I'M GLAD TO HEAR THE PRIVATE OFFICE SPACES BEING TAKEN OFF THE AGREEMENT.
OTHERWISE, I WOULD WANT ONE FOR MY NONPROFIT AS WELL.
AND IF OTHER ASSOCIATIONS HAVE TO PAY TO RENT CITY FACILITIES FOR MEETINGS, SO SHOULD THEY.
AGAIN, IF WE BUY THE PROPERTY, WHY WOULD WE LET SOMEONE DICTATE TO US WHAT WE ARE ALLOWED TO DO WITH OUR PROPERTY? AS THE CONTRACT AND SHARED AGREEMENT, BOTH STATE THAT THE THAT THEY ARE SELLING THE PROPERTY TO THE CITY PROVIDED THE CITY AGREES TO CONSTRUCT A COMMUNITY CENTER ON THE PROPERTY.
I UNDERSTAND WHY THEY WANT THAT.
BUT IF IT IS OUR PROPERTY, IT IS OURS.
I DON'T HOLD THAT AGAINST SHAKER VILLAGE OR THEIR BOARD.
THAT IS WHERE THE ONUS AND ANGER SQUARELY BELONG.
THERE SHOULD BE NO SHARED USE AGREEMENT.
THIS DEAL SHOULD NOT GO THROUGH.
DO YOUR DUE DILIGENCE AND STOP THIS DEAL FOR ALL OF TAMARAC.
THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU FOR GETTING THE HANDS.
EVERYBODY, PLEASE KNOW I AM VERY MUCH LISTENING TO EVERYONE WHO'S SPEAKING.
SO PLEASE KNOW THAT YOU ARE BEING HEARD FOR WHETHER YOU'RE FOR IT OR AGAINST IT.
I'M A PROUD RESIDENT OF TAMARAC.
I'M REPRESENTING SHAKER VILLAGE COMMUNITY.
TONIGHT I WILL PROVIDE FURTHER CLARITY ON THE MATTERS OF GREAT IMPORTANCE REGARDING THE INSURANCE PROCEEDS RECEIVED BY SHAKER VILLAGE FOR THE PURPOSE OF REBUILDING OUR BELOVED CLUBHOUSE.
THERE HAS BEEN SOME MISCONCEPTIONS AND MISINFORMATION THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED.
FIRST, IT IS CRITICAL TO CORRECT THE RECORD BECAUSE DURING AUGUST 23RD COMMISSION MEETING, TAMARAC RESIDENT DEBORAH BECK STATED THAT SHAKER VILLA RECEIVED 1.7 MILLION IN 2007 TO REBUILD THE CLUBHOUSE.
IN FACT, THE SHAKER VILLAGE RECEIVED A TOTAL OF $397,934.64 FROM INSURANCE PROCEEDS TO AID THE RECONSTRUCTION OF OUR CLUBHOUSE.
THE AMOUNT WAS DISPERSED OVER MULTIPLE OCCASIONS.
FIRST 50,000 ON AUGUST 26TH, 2017.
40 $242,685.45 ON DECEMBER 15TH, 2017 AND 109 $352.55 ON NOVEMBER 18TH, 2022.
NEXT, WE BELIEVE THAT DURING THE TENURE OF OUR FORMER MANAGEMENT COMPANY AND BOARD IN THE PLACE AT THE TIME THE INSURANCE FUND WAS PLACED INTO A GENERAL OPERATING ACCOUNT RATHER THAN DEDICATED ACCOUNT SPECIFIC PURPOSE FOR REPAIRING THE CLUBHOUSE.
PLEASE HOLD. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU WANT TO LEAVE.
I'M JUST GOING TO ASK IF WE CAN TRY TO KEEP IT DOWN.
WHILE THERE ARE INVOICES INDICATING THE USE OF MORE THAN 100,000 FOR A HURRICANE CLEANUP AND EXPENSES, WE CURRENTLY LACK THE MEANS TO INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE TRANSACTION.
MOREOVER, IT IS SUGGESTED BY COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS DURING JULY 12TH COMMISSION MEETING THE PURSUING LEGAL ACTIONS REGARDING THE PREVIOUS BOARD MEMBERS OF OUR INSURANCE PROVIDER.
IT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
WE WOULD LIKE TO CLARIFY THAT THE PREVIOUS BOARD DID INDEED ATTEMPT TO PURSUE LEGAL CASE AGAINST THE FORMER PROPERTY MANAGEMENT COMPANY ELEGANCE HOME PROPERTY MANAGEMENT.
THE BOARD COURT CASE FOR THIS CASE IS CA C19018903, WHICH IS RELATED TO THE GAIN ACCESS TO RECORDS TO SHED LIGHT ON THE FINANCIAL MATTERS AMONG PRESSING ISSUES.
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ADVISED LEGALLY TO DISMISS THE CASE.THANK YOU. ANDREA GRECO WILL BE THE LAST PERSON TO SPEAK FOR RIGHT NOW.
I REALIZE I SHOULD HAVE STARTED WITH SOMETHING ELSE.
WE WILL BE TAKING A 15 MINUTE BREAK AFTER MS..
GRECO SPEAKS AND WE WILL THEN RESUME WITH LATOYA BOYD ON DECK.
I MOVED TO THE MAINLAND ALMOST A YEAR AGO.
I DIDN'T START PAYING ATTENTION TO COMMISSION MEETINGS UNTIL THE APARTMENT BUILDING EXPLOSION.
AFTER THAT, I WAS ALREADY DISGUSTED WITH HOW SOME OF THE COMMISSIONERS SEEMED TO PUT THEIR OWN NEEDS BEFORE THAT OF THE RESIDENTS WHO VOTED FOR THEM AND ENTRUSTED THEM WITH THEIR TAX MONEY FROM BAD BUSINESS CONTRACTS LIKE TAMARAC VILLAGE TO THE GENEROUS CAR ALLOWANCES YOU GAVE YOURSELVES.
I THOUGHT, HOW MUCH WORSE COULD IT GET? OUR STREETS FLOOD AFTER A STORM? CRIME IS UP, TRAFFIC IS A NIGHTMARE.
RESIDENTIAL UNITS ARE STILL BEING BUILT.
A LARGE PERCENTAGE OF TAMARAC RESIDENTS LIVE UNDER SOME SORT OF HOA.
MY CLUBHOUSE IS A SMALL COMMUNITY ROOM, NOTHING IN IT, BUT MY FEES ARE NOT HIGH AND OUR HOUSES ARE PAINTED AND ROOFS CLEANED EVERY SO MANY YEARS ACCORDING TO A SATISFACTORY SCHEDULE. I BELIEVE MOST OF THE CLUBHOUSES IN MAINLANDS HAVE THEIR OWN CLUBHOUSE AND I'M PRETTY SURE THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANY MAJOR UPGRADES.
IT IS INCOMPREHENSIBLE THAT ANY HOA WOULD ASK THE CITY TO PURCHASE LAND, BUILD AND MAINTAIN THEIR CLUBHOUSE AT TAXPAYER EXPENSE.
AND IN THAT SCENARIO, THE CITY JUST SAYS, SURE, WHY WOULD THE TAXPAYERS CARE IF WE GIVE THEIR MONEY AWAY? NOBODY'S WATCHING.
WHILE IT MAY NOT BE THAT SIMPLE, SHAKER VILLAGE DID NOT CARE ABOUT A CLUBHOUSE FOR SIX YEARS.
PASSERS BY HAD TO LOOK AT THE DESTROYED CLUBHOUSE.
ALL THESE YEARS, WHERE DID THE INSURANCE MONEY GO THAT THEY RECEIVED? WHAT WAS IT USED FOR? WE ARE BEING ASKED TO FOOT THE BILL SO WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO KNOW.
MOST PEOPLE WILL NOT TRAVEL OUTSIDE THEIR OWN LITTLE CLUBHOUSE AREA.
TAMARAC ALREADY HAS A COMMUNITY CENTER AND AN AQUATIC CENTER.
THERE IS NO NEED FOR ANOTHER ONE.
WHY WEREN'T THE TAXPAYERS ASKED IF THEY WANTED THIS? IT IS OUR MONEY, ISN'T IT? BECAUSE SHAKER VILLAGE HOA MISMANAGED ITS FUNDS.
THE REST OF US HAVE TO PAY FOR THEIR MISTAKES.
THERE ARE MANY ALLEGATIONS AND SPECULATIONS GOING AROUND.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE CURRENT TIME IS 928.
WE ARE GOING TO TAKE A BREAK UNTIL 945.
I'M TRYING TO GET THROUGH ALL WHO WANT TO SPEAK FIRST, AND THEN I WILL READ THOSE WHO DO NOT WISH TO SPEAK BUT WISH TO WAIVE WHETHER THEY'RE IN SUPPORT OR AGAINST. ALL RIGHT.
GIVE ME A SECOND. I APOLOGIZE.
I DON'T THINK ANYBODY WANTS ME TO GO BACK IN REVERSE NOW, DO YOU? NO, I DIDN'T THINK SO.
ALL RIGHT. MISS BOYD, ARE YOU HERE? ALL RIGHT. AS SHE MAKES HER WAY UP, I'VE GOT SANFORD, ROTHBARD OR ROTHBARD PATHOLOGIES ON DECK.
PLEASE PROCEED. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.
RESIDENTS OF SHAKER VILLAGE OVER 19 YEARS.
I'D LIKE TO ADDRESS SPECIFIC ASPECTS OF THE PROPOSED COMMUNITY CENTER, ONE THAT RELATES TO RESERVATIONS AND THE CONCERNS THAT HAVE BEEN RAISED. IT'S ESSENTIAL TO CLARIFY SOME MISCONCEPTIONS THAT HAVE EMERGED, PARTICULARLY IN REGARD TO SHAKER VILLAGE REQUESTS FOR RESERVATIONS.
FIRST AND FOREMOST, THERE HAS BEEN AN INACCURATE PORTRAYAL OF SHAKER VILLAGE REQUESTS, SUGGESTING THAT THEY WILL BE RECEIVING AN ENTIRE ROOM ONCE THE COMMUNITY CENTER IS BUILT.
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REQUESTING SPECIFIC TIME SLOTS FOR USE.BETWEEN JANUARY 2ND, 2014 AND SEPTEMBER 7TH, 2023, THIS FACILITY HAS BEEN RESERVED A TOTAL OF 8322 TIMES.
SPECIFICALLY ANALYZE RESERVATIONS THAT DID NOT INCLUDE THE FITNESS FACILITIES.
WHAT WE FOUND IS THAT DURING THIS NINE YEAR PERIOD, ONLY 187 RESERVATIONS OVERLAPPED WITH THE PERIOD OF TIME THAT SHAKER VILLAGE'S REQUESTED. THATRILLIONEPRESENTS JUST 2.25% OF THE TOTAL RESERVATIONS MADE.
THESE NUMBERS DEMONSTRATE THAT THE PROPOSED RESERVATION TIMES FOR SHAKER VILLAGE WILL HAVE A MINIMAL IMPACT ON THE AVAILABILITY OF THE COMMUNITY CENTER FOR OTHER RESIDENTS OF TAMARAC.
LET US REMEMBER THE TRUE ESSENCE OF COMMUNITY TAMARAC IS JUST A PLACE WE RESIDE.
A PLACE WHERE WE COME TOGETHER, SUPPORT ONE ANOTHER AND BUILD LASTING CONNECTIONS.
THE COMMUNITY CENTER, BOTH CURRENT AND FUTURE, IS A SYMBOL OF OUR SHARED COMMITMENT TO ENHANCING OUR QUALITY OF LIFE AND CREATING OPPORTUNITIES AND MEMORIES FOR EVERYONE.
WE BELIEVE IN EXCLUSIVITY, COOPERATION AND THRIVING SPIRIT OF COMMUNITY WHERE WE CAN ALL BENEFIT FROM THE FACILITIES AND RESOURCES AVAILABLE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND YOU HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.
THANK YOU. SANFORD RUTHERFORD.
OKAY. I GUESS SANFORD MUST HAVE LEFT FOR THE EVENING, SO I WILL READ HIM AS WAVING IN SUPPORT AGAINST MR. SANFORD ROTHBARD.
I'M SORRY. I CAN'T TELL IF THIS IS A T OR A J.
ARE YOU HERE? OKAY. SO JANELLE IS.
NEIL GOLDBERG ON DECK IS MONIQUE BRADFORD.
IS MONIQUE BRADFORD IN THE ROOM? YOU'RE ON DECK. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS NEIL GOLDBERG.
I LIVE IN FAIRFAX IN KINGS POINT.
AND THEN SOME PEOPLE SAID SOME THINGS THAT JUST WERE INAPPROPRIATE.
SO LET ME TELL YOU A COUPLE OF THINGS ABOUT ME.
AND I WILL NEVER IN PRIVATE OR IN A PUBLIC FORUM EVER PLAY A RACE CARD.
IT'S BECAUSE I BELIEVE IN THIS BOARD AND THAT DESPITE OFTEN STAYING LATE HOURS AT NIGHT, THAT THEY'RE HERE FOR THE BEST INTERESTS AND THEY HAVE THE BEST INTERESTS OF TAMARAC AT HEART. I WOULD NOT BE HERE UNLESS THERE WAS SOMETHING SO SCREWED UP THAT I FELT ITRILLIONEQUIRED MY VOICE TO TALK TO THIS BOARD.
AND YET HERE I AM FOR THE SECOND TIME THIS YEAR.
I'M NOT GOING TO BORE YOU WITH STATISTICS IN THE HISTORY OF SHAKER VILLAGE THIS THIS DISASTER.
THERE ARE PLENTY OF OTHER FOLKS HERE READY AND WILLING TO DO THAT.
IF ANYBODY WANTS TO KNOW STATISTICS, THERE WAS A GREAT OP ED IN THE TAMARAC TALK THAT GAVE THE ENTIRE BREAKDOWN OF HOW MUCH THIS IS GOING TO COST. THEN IT WAS PICKED UP AS WELL BY THE SUN SENTINEL.
WHEN PEOPLE IN MIAMI ARE TELLING US THAT WE'RE MAKING BAD DECISIONS FOR OUR CITY.
WE ARE IN. WE TRULY ARE IN TROUBLE.
NOW, I ALSO NOTICED THAT I'M MAKING SOME STATEMENTS HERE AND I WANT TO RESPECT EVERYBODY ON THIS BOARD, EVEN THE ONES THAT LAUGH WHEN I'M MAKING A STATEMENT.
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I WANT TO RESPECT YOU, VICE MAYOR.OKAY. NOW, I'D LIKE EVERYBODY TO LISTEN CAREFULLY, BECAUSE ACCORDING TO THE STATISTICS THAT WERE IN THESE ARTICLES, THE WHOLE MESS HERE IS GOING TO COST THE TAXPAYERS OF TAMARAC ABOUT $24 MILLION, $24 MILLION.
SO LET'S LOOK AT WHAT THIS SAYS.
IF YOU VOTE FOR THIS, YOU HAVE TO GO BACK TO YOUR CONSTITUENTS AND EXPLAIN TO THEM WHY YOU SUPPORTED A HIKE OF $24 MILLION IN THE BUDGET THAT THEY HAVE TO PAY FOR.
THERE'S AN ELECTION COMING UP NEXT YEAR, AND JUDGING FROM THE MAYORAL RACE, THE LAST TIME PEOPLE VOTE FOR WHO THEY LIKE AND WHO HAS THE CITY'S BEST INTERESTS AT HEART.
I DON'T THINK YOUR CONSTITUENTS ARE GOING TO THINK SO.
MISS BRADFORD IS ON HER WAY UP.
THANK YOU. THIS PROCEED MONEY.
BRADFORD. THE CITY OF TAMARAC.
WHILE I'M NOT A RESIDENT OF SHAKER VILLAGE, I STAND BEFORE YOU TODAY AS A YOUNG RESIDENT OF TAMARAC, REPRESENTING THE PERSPECTIVE OF A GENERATION THAT BELIEVES IN THE POWER OF UNITY AND EQUALITY FOR ALL.
RECENTLY, THERE HAVE BEEN VARIOUS EXPRESSIONS AND COMMENTS FROM DIFFERENT RESIDENTS, WHICH HIGHLIGHT A DIVIDE BETWEEN THE WEST AND EAST SIDES OF THE CITY OR CITY.
FIRSTLY, WE'VE SEEN COMMENTS LIKE THE ONE BY TAMARAC RESIDENT BARRY AGAIT ON FACEBOOK, WHERE HE STATED DISTRICT ONE IS A SAD AREA OF FOLKS JUST TRYING TO SURVIVE TO AND FOR CARE MAINLY ABOUT REAL ESTATE.
SUCH DISPARITIES CAN LEAD TO FRUSTRATION AND MISUNDERSTANDINGS AMONG THE RESIDENTS.
IT'S VITAL THAT WE WORK COLLECTIVELY TO BRIDGE THESE GAPS AND ENSURE EQUITABLE ACCESS TO RESOURCES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL RESIDENTS, REGARDLESS OF THEIR DISTRICT.
SECONDLY, THE OFFER FROM A COMIC JOSHUA KUSHNICK, TO ROSE SHAKER VILLAGE RESIDENTS RAISED QUESTIONS ABOUT THE COMEDIC VALUE OF MOCKING INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE FACING CHALLENGES AND STRIVING TO MAKE THE BEST OF THEIR SITUATION.
OUR COMMUNITY IS STRONGER WHEN WE SUPPORT ONE ANOTHER AND SEEK TO UNDERSTAND EACH OTHER'S EXPERIENCES RATHER THAN USING HUMOR TO DIVIDE US. FURTHERMORE, SOME RESIDENTS, INCLUDING ONE IN THE TAMARAC TOK FACEBOOK GROUP, HAVE EXPRESSED NOSTALGIA FOR THE PAST PARTIES FOR THE 1960S.
FROM MY PERSPECTIVE AS A YOUNG RESIDENT, I BELIEVE THAT OUR GENERATION IS DRIVEN BY DESIRE TO MAKE POSITIVE CHANGES AND PROMOTE GREATER EQUALITY AND UNDERSTANDING AMONG ALL RESIDENTS.
WE VALUE INCLUSIVITY, DIVERSITY AND UNITY.
IN CONCLUSION, LET US NOT BE DEFINED BY DIVISIONS OR MISUNDERSTANDINGS.
INSTEAD, LET US EMBRACE THE SPIRIT OF UNITY, EMPATHY AND COOPERATION.
AS HERBERT STEIN COMES TO THE PODIUM, I HAVE JOANNE MADDY ON DECK.
HERBERT STEIN TAMARAC FAIRFAX DRIVE BUILDING H.
I DON'T COME HERE FOR OR AGAINST SHAKER VILLAGE.
I COME HERE ON THE SAME BASIS AS THE ATTORNEY WHO SPOKE BEFORE, BUT I COME HERE FROM A BUSINESS STANDPOINT AND THE JUDICIOUS USE OF MONIES.
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IT WAS THE RESPONSIBILITY.OF THAT NONPROFIT CORPORATION AND ITS BOARD MEMBERS TO HAVE JUDICIOUSLY USE THAT MONEY.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY DID WITH IT, BUT CERTAINLY IT'S CAUSED A FIASCO THAT'S TAKING PLACE NOW.
I AM NOT FOR GOVERNMENT BUYING AND TAKING OVER PROBLEMS. I AM FOR THE INDIVIDUAL NONPROFIT CORPORATIONS THAT EXIST IN TAMARAC TO BE RESPONSIBLE AND TO TAKE CARE OF THEIR OWN PROBLEMS AND USE THEIR MONEY JUDICIOUSLY.
I HAVE HEARD AND SEEN BOARD MEMBERS STEAL MONEY AND AND SO FORTH.
BUT NOW I STAND BEFORE THIS COMMISSION.
WITH SUPPOSEDLY INTELLIGENT PEOPLE TO JUST GO AHEAD AND UTILIZE CITY MONIES TO GO BUY AND BUILD ANOTHER COMMUNITY CENTER.
THAT IS A RESPONSIBILITY OF THE NONPROFIT CORPORATIONS THAT RUN THEIR COMMUNITIES, WHETHER THEY WANT TO BUILD A COMMUNITY CENTER OR NOT.
THERE EXISTS IN TAMARAC A COMMUNITY CENTER.
IF THAT PARTICULAR CORPORATION WANTS A COMMUNITY CENTER, IT IS THEIR RESPONSIBILITY TO APPLY THEIR MONIES, ASSESSMENTS, WHATEVER THEY WANT, TO BUILD THEIR OWN COMMUNITY CENTERS AS THEY SEE FIT.
LET THE CITY HELP WITH THE BUS SERVICE TO TRANSPORT PEOPLE TO THE COMMUNITY SERVICE THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE, BUT NOT TO SPEND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ON MISTAKES THAT WERE MADE BY A NONPROFIT CORPORATION.
THANK YOU. AS JOANNE COMES FORTH.
JOEY BLAIR IS ON DECK AS JOEY BLAIR STILL IN THE ROOM.
OKAY. HARRIET FREED WILL BE ON DECK.
IT IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO REMEMBER THAT WE ARE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER.
THESE ARE TIMES THAT CALL FOR UNITY, COMPASSION, AND A COLLECTIVE EFFORT TO UPLIFT ONE ANOTHER.
THESE ARE TIMES TO CALL FOR UNITY.
RECENTLY, THERE HAVE BEEN VOICES FROM THE WEST SIDE OF TAMARAC EXPRESSING CONCERNS ABOUT THE PROPOSED SALE OF THE LAND OF CITY OF TAMARAC, SUGGESTING IT IS A BAILOUT FOR SHAKER VILLAGE.
IT IS A SITUATION CAUSED BY A FEW INDIVIDUALS AND NOW EVERYONE WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY IS FEELING THE REPERCUSSIONS. WE MUST REMEMBER THAT THE PROPOSED SALE OF THE LAND.
IT IS A MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL ENDEAVOR THAT SEEKS TO CREATE POSITIVE CHANGE FOR THE ENTIRE CITY.
THE LAND IS BEING SOLD TO ENABLE ENABLE THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE COMMUNITY CENTER THAT WILL BENEFIT EVERY RESIDENT OF TAMARAC, REGARDLESS OF THEIR DISTRICT OR BACKGROUND.
THIS INITIATIVE IS NO DIFFERENT FROM PURCHASING A LAND FROM A PRIVATE DEVELOPER TO BUILD A BUILDING RESOURCE.
IT JUST HAPPENED TO BE A RESOURCE THAT ADDRESSES THE PRESENT NEEDS OF OUR UNDESERVED EAST SIDE.
NOW MORE THAN EVER, WE SHOULD FOCUS ON THE VALUES THAT DEFINE OUR COMMUNITY.
AS A COMMUNITY, WE SHOULD STRIVE TO UPLIFT EACH OTHER, SUPPORT ONE ANOTHER IN TIMES OF NEED, AND WORK COLLABORATIVELY TO CREATE A BRIGHTER FUTURE FOR ALL OF US.
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WE ARE OUR STRONGEST WHEN WE EXTEND A HELPING HAND.AS EVERYBODY KNOWS, FOR THOSE FACING CHALLENGES, UNDERSTAND THAT THEIR STRUGGLE ARE OUR STRUGGLES AND THEIR SUCCESSES ARE OUR SUCCESSES.
LET US REMEMBER THE POWER OF UNITY AND COMPASSION IN TIMES OF ADVERSITY.
TOGETHER, WE CAN OVERCOME THIS, THE CHALLENGES BEFORE US, AND BUILD A TAMARAC THAT EMBODIES THE SPIRIT OF A CARING AND SUPPORTIVE COMMUNITY FOR THE YOUNGER GENERATION.
AS HARRIET FREED COMES TO THE PODIUM, JOANNE REID IS ON DECK.
I KNOW YOU CAN'T SEE ME, BUT YOU CAN HEAR ME.
OKAY, FIRST OF ALL, I HAD WRITTEN SOME NOTES, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE OF I DID NOT REALIZE THAT WE WERE SUCH A DIVIDED INTO AN EAST AND A WEST.
AND I THOUGHT TAMARAC WAS TAMARAC AND THAT LIVING WEST IN A SENIOR DEVELOPMENT, I NEED THE PEOPLE TO KNOW WE HAVE A PHENOMENAL PARK THAT HAS A SKATEBOARD PARK AND BASEBALL AND FOOTBALL FIELDS TO WELCOME YOUNG PEOPLE.
SO WE'RE NOT JUST AN AREA OF SENIORS.
I'VE LIVED IN BROWARD COUNTY FOR OVER 40 YEARS AND HAVE BEEN A RESIDENT OF KINGS POINT FOR OVER 20.
UM, THIS PROJECT IS OPENING UP A PANDORA'S BOX.
IT IS ALLOWING EVERY COMMUNITY, EVERY HOMEOWNER'S ASSOCIATION, EVERY CONDO ASSOCIATION TO SAY WE NEED HELP, WE WANT MONEY, WE NEED FUNDS, AND WE CANNOT ALLOW OUR TAXPAYER MONEY TO GO FOR THIS PROJECT.
WE DO HAVE A GREAT COMMUNITY CENTER, AND I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY USING IT.
I HOPE THAT THE THIS COMMITTEE CAN UNDERSTAND THIS IS OUR MONEY.
WE'RE ALL WORKING TOGETHER FOR THIS MONEY AND THAT WE HAVE TO KEEP IT SAFE.
AND IT'S A CITY THAT I LOVE AND I THINK EVERYONE ELSE HERE LOVES.
WELL, JODY REED COMES TO THE PODIUM.
GOOD NIGHT, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
TONIGHT, I SPEAK NOT JUST AS A BOARD MEMBER AND PRESIDENT OF SHAKER VILLAGE, BUT AS SOMEONE WHO HAS PERSONALLY DEDICATED TIME AND EFFORT TO ADDRESS THE LEGACY OF MISMANAGEMENT THAT HAS PLAGUED OUR COMMUNITY, SOMETIMES SPANNING BACK AS FAR AS TWO DECADES.
BEFORE I DELVE INTO THE COMMUNITY'S ONGOING CHALLENGES, I'D LIKE TO ADDRESS A RECENT STATEMENT MADE BY COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS ON JULY 18TH AT 9:35 P.M. UNDER AN ARTICLE ON READ BROADCOM, HE STATED, I'D LIKE TO ADD THAT ALL FIVE HOA BOARD MEMBERS THAT VOTED YES HAD OUTSTANDING LIENS THAT WILL NOW BE REMOVED.
NOT TO MY SURPRISE, THIS STATEMENT IS UNEQUIVOCALLY FALSE.
NO BOARD MEMBER HAS OUTSTANDING LIENS ON THEIR PERSONAL PROPERTY.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT WE ALL HAVE THE RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO VERIFY INFORMATION BEFORE MAKING SUCH CLAIMS. I MEAN, TONIGHT JUST PROVES IT MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE.
IT WAS FRENCH WRITER AND PHILOSOPHER VOLTAIRE WHO SAID, ANYONE WHO CAN MAKE YOU, ANYONE WHO CAN MAKE YOU BELIEVE ABSURDITIES CAN MAKE YOU COMMIT ATROCITIES. IT IS ALSO CONCERNING TO WITNESS A SHIFT IN THE TONE OF PUBLIC DISCOURSE, WHERE ATTACKS THAT WERE ONCE COMMONPLACE AMONG COMMISSIONERS ARE NOW TRICKLING DOWN TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.
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WHILE I WAS NOT A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OR EVEN LIVING IN SHAKER VILLAGE WHEN MANY OF THE INITIAL ISSUES INITIALLY OCCURRED, I AM COMMITTED TO DEDICATING MY TIME AND RESOURCES TO HELPING PEOPLE AND ADVOCATING FOR THOSE WHO MAY NOT HAVE THE RESOURCES AND MEANS TO DO SO FOR THEMSELVES.AS LYNN COMES TO THE PODIUM, PATRICK ROBINSON, YOU'RE ON DECK.
IS PATRICK ROBINSON HERE? OKAY. I'M GOING TO PUT HIM TO THE WAV FILE.
THEN TRICIA SOMAN, YOU'LL BE ON DECK.
PLEASE RECEIVE. HELLO, I'M LYNN CAGGIANO AND I LIVE IN TAMARAC DISTRICT TWO.
I AM AGAINST THIS BECAUSE I BELIEVE IT'S A BAD PRECEDENT TO BAIL OUT ONE PRIVATE COMMUNITY WHEN THERE ARE OTHER COMMUNITIES WHO LACK THE FUNDS TO REPAIR THEIR CLUBHOUSES OR POOLS OR ANYTHING ELSE.
AND OTHER COMMUNITIES COULD END UP SAYING TO TAMARAC IN THE FUTURE OR NOW, WHY CAN'T I GET HELP? AND THE CITY DOESN'T HAVE MONEY TO HELP EVERY PRIVATE COMMUNITY.
SECONDLY, I DON'T LIKE THE IDEA OF A SHARED USE AGREEMENT.
I THINK IF IT IS DETERMINED THAT THE EAST SIDE NEEDS A COMMUNITY CENTER THERE, IT SHOULD BE BUILT SO IT'S NOT SHARED USE AND THE CITY HAS COMPLETE CONTROL OVER IT.
ALSO, I HAVE HEARD THAT VICE MAYOR BOLTON LIVES IN SHAKER VILLAGE.
THE RESIDENCE IS OWNED BY HIS CHURCH PERHAPS, AND HE LIVES THERE.
SO I THINK IT IS A CONFLICT OF INTEREST AND THAT HE SHOULD RECUSE HIMSELF FROM ANY VOTE.
ALSO, I WOULD ASK MY COMMISSIONER COMMISSIONER.
RIGHT. IS THIS REALLY BEST FOR.
THE CITY OR IS IT JUST BEST FOR VICE MAYOR BOLTON? THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
I'M JUST GOING TO ASK, THERE'S SOME THUMPING GOING ON AND IT'S COMING THROUGH THE SPEAKERS.
SO IF JUST WHEREVER THE THUMPING IS COMING FROM, JUST I'M ASKING FOR IT TO PLEASE STOP.
THANK YOU. BEFORE TRISHA SPEAKS, PAMELA BUSHNELL WILL BE ON DECK.
THANK YOU. GOOD. GOOD EVENING.
GOOD NIGHT. NOW, COMMISSIONERS AND EVERYONE, MY NAME IS TRISHA SOMAN.
I'M A RESIDENT OF CENTRAL PARK.
MY COMMUNITY IS ON THE EAST SIDE OF TAMARAC BETWEEN THE TURNPIKE AND A ROCK ISLAND ROAD.
IT'S A NEWER COMMUNITY IN TAMARAC.
I MOVED TO TAMARAC SEVEN YEARS AGO FROM THE CITY OF SUNRISE.
I HAVE A SIX YEAR OLD SON AND A 14 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER.
I SEE A LONG LIST OF CLASSES, INCLUDING SPORTS FITNESS, DANCE, COOKING, HOBBIES AND TONS OF OTHER CLASSES ON THE CITY WEBSITE, ALL OF WHICH HAPPEN ON THE WEST OF UNIVERSITY.
WE HAVE NO PARKS CLOSE BY FOR OUR KIDS TO PLAY.
WE WERE PROMISED A PARK NOW, WHICH I UNDERSTAND IS NOT GOING TO BE DONE FOR A WHILE.
BY THE TIME A PARK IS BUILT IN MY COMMUNITY, MY DAUGHTER WILL BE AN ADULT.
THE CLOSEST RECREATIONAL FACILITY I HAVE TO MY HOME IS LOCATED AT 8601 WEST COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD WITH THE AFTERNOON TRAFFIC TRAP ON COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD TO GET OUT OF MY COMMUNITY AND GET TO THE FACILITY TAKES ABOUT 20 TO 25 MINUTES.
WHATEVER CLASS I HAD PLANNED TO GO TO, I WILL BE LATE.
OUR COMMUNITIES ARE GROWING AND WE PAY A LOT OF TAXES.
WITH A NEW FACILITY AT BY SHAKER VILLAGE.
MY DRIVE WILL BE 5 TO 10 MINUTES.
THIS PROVIDES ACCESS TO ME, MY CHILDREN AND TENS OF THOUSANDS OF RESIDENTS ON THE EAST SIDE.
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I REMIND EVERYONE THAT THE ADDITION OF THE NEW TAMARAC FACILITY IS NOT ONLY FOR SHAKER VILLAGE RESIDENTS, BUT ALL EAST RESIDENTS LOCKED OUT OF ACCESS TO SERVICE. THANK YOU TO THE COMMISSION FOR BRINGING THIS TO THE TABLE.I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO WISH GREG WARNER ALL THE BEST ON HIS RETIREMENT.
TIM BUSHNELL IS NEXT IN LOMA THOMAS.
IS IS LOMA HERE? I'LL PUT HER TO THE WAVE SECTION WHEN I READ THAT OUT.
CAMILLE BURKE OKAY, I'LL READ THAT LATER.
ARE YOU STILL HERE? OKAY. OKAY.
I LIVE IN MAINLANDS ONE AND TWO, WHICH IS IN DISTRICT ONE.
I WAS A COMMISSIONER, FORMER COMMISSIONER FROM THE YEARS 2008 TO 2016 AND THEN FOLLOWED BY COMMISSIONER BOLTON. AND THAT MAKES 15 YEARS THAT THAT.
NO AMENITIES HAVE BEEN GIVEN TO THE PEOPLE IN SHAKER VILLAGE.
THERE'S TENNIS COURTS THAT ARE LOCKED UP AND ROTTEN.
THERE IS A SWIMMING POOL THAT'S NEVER BEEN USED AND THE CLUBHOUSE WHICH IN 2017.
HAD ITS LAST DEMISE, BUT THAT WASN'T BEING USED EITHER.
SO I WONDER FOR THE SAKE OF THE PEOPLE OF SHAKER VILLAGE, WHERE DID YOUR MONEY GO THAT YOU PAID ALL THESE AMENITIES FOR ALL THESE AMENITIES ALL THESE YEARS AND NEVER HAD ONE? DID YOU QUESTION IT THEN? DID YOU ASK WHERE YOUR MONEY WAS? DID YOU NEED A CLUBHOUSE THEN? OBVIOUSLY NOT BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T HAVE ONE.
I REALLY AM SAD THAT PEOPLE ARE NOW SAYING EAST AND WEST, WEST AND EAST BECAUSE WE ARE ONE CITY.
AND YOU MANAGE TO GET HERE, WHICH IS EVEN FARTHER THAN THE COMMUNITY CENTER.
WE HAVE TWO COMMUNITY CENTERS ACTUALLY IN IN TAMARAC, ONE'S ON UNIVERSITY AND ONE'S ON COMMERCIAL, AND ANYBODY CAN MAKE USE OF THEM. BUT FOR US TO SAY IT'S TOO FAR FOR PEOPLE ON THE EAST SIDE TO GO, THAT'S REALLY QUITE, QUITE RIDICULOUS.
WE'D GO SEVEN AND A HALF MILES TO GO TO THE BEACH.
SO TWO MILES TO GO TO THE COMMUNITY CENTER IS NOTHING.
WE HAVE A GREAT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM.
IT WOULD TAKE YOU ON A CITY BUS.
ANYTIME THERE'S SCHEDULES, THERE'S WAYS TO GET TO THE COMMUNITY CENTERS.
THERE'S PROGRAMS, THERE'S SPORTS PROGRAMS, THERE'S EVERYTHING YOU COULD POSSIBLY WANT.
BUT FOR THE CITY TO SET THE PRECEDENCE OF BAILING OUT OR TAKING OVER A PROPERTY THAT THAT THIS IS ILLEGAL AND IT'S IRRESPONSIBLE AND IT SHOULDN'T HAPPEN.
AND I HOPE YOU ALL KNOW THAT, AND I HOPE YOU ALL WILL PAY ATTENTION TO THE LIKES AND DISLIKES THAT YOU HAVE FACED IN FRONT OF YOU RIGHT NOW AND VOTE THE CORRECT WAY. WE DON'T NEED TO HAVE THIS PROPERTY TAKEN OVER BY THE CITY.
THANK YOU. NICHOLAS RAMOS IS NEXT.
SO I HAD ACTUALLY WAIVED MY RIGHT TO SPEAK, BUT THEN I WAS LISTENING OUTSIDE AND I WAS LISTENING TO MY FELLOW RESIDENTS IN THE CITY OF TAMARAC TALK ABOUT THIS TOPIC, AND SOMETHING BOTHERED ME.
IS IT THAT THE TERM THAT THEY USED FOR THE BANKS WITH THE US GOVERNMENT? SO ARE WE.
IS SHAKER VILLAGE BEING COMPARED TO THE BANKS WHO RAISED? LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
ANY OTHER WAY IS FINE, BUT PLEASE, NOT VERBALLY SO WE CAN ACTUALLY HEAR HIM.
THANK YOU. BUT WASN'T THAT THE.
WASN'T THAT THE TERM USED WITH THE BANKS THAT THE GOVERNMENT HELPED OR BAILED OUT? HOWEVER YOU WANT TO EXPRESS THAT.
BANKS THAT RAISED INTEREST FEES AND GAVE US GAVE US FEES TO USE OUR OWN MONEY.
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SO I JUST I JUST FOUND IT VERY FUNNY THAT THEY USE THAT TERM TOWARDS SHAKER VILLAGE.THE OTHER THING THAT I HEAR IS A LOT OF HATE.
HATE. I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY EVERYBODY TALKS ABOUT EAST AND WEST.
BUT THEN WHY IS IT THAT FOR SOMETHING THAT'S BENEFITING THE CITY, NOBODY WANTS TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT.
THEY WANT TO USE IT TOWARDS ONE PART OF THE CITY.
WHEN EXCUSE ME ONE SECOND ALL THE TIME.
I'M LIKING I'M LISTENING TO WHAT HE'S SAYING, BUT I CAN'T HEAR HIM OVER YOU.
BUT THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT, EVERYBODY.
SO IF THE CITY IS DOING SOMETHING FOR THE CITY, WHY ARE WE TRYING TO SPIN IT THAT IT'S BEING PERSONAL? THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU.
WE DON'T HAVE THAT MUCH MORE OF PEOPLE WHO WILL BE SPEAKING.
AND THEN I WILL BE READING PEOPLE'S NAMES, AND WE CAN GET TO THE CRUX OF THE MATTER.
PLEASE BEGIN. BUT DO ME A FAVOR AND HOLD THAT THOUGHT.
IS HE STILL HERE? OKAY. HE'S NOT HERE.
ALL RIGHT. AND THEN BEFORE YOU, I HAVE NO ONE ELSE IN THE FOURS.
IN THE FOURS THAT ARE FOR THIS TO SIGN UP, TO SPEAK.
YOURS IS NOT MARKED, WHICH IS WHY I'M MAKING THIS COMMENT OUT LOUD.
SO THEY'RE ALL POINTING AT YOU THAT YOU WANTED TO SPEAK AND YOUR HAND WAS RAISED.
OKAY, SO THEN I WILL CHANGE YOU FROM NOT WANTING TO SPEAK TO SPEAKING, AND THEREFORE YOU'RE ON DECK.
I'M THE PRESIDENT OF THE GRANVILLE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE TREASURER OF KINGS POINT COMMUNITIES.
THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TONIGHT IS TEAM EFFORT.
AND I'M TALKING TO ALL OF YOU BECAUSE TEAM IS TOGETHER.
EVERYONE ACCOMPLISHES MORE AND RESPECT.
SO WHAT I'M GOING TO SAY TODAY WAS I'M READY TO RADIATOR SOME OF THE WHAT THEY SAID BEFORE.
BUT MY QUESTION IS THE TAXPAYERS, WHY SHOULD WE PAY FOR THE ERRORS OF PAST BOARDS OF SHAKER VILLAGE? I'VE BEEN LIVING IN TAMARAC FOR 11 YEARS AND I'VE LIVED IN IN FLORIDA FOR 45 YEARS.
AND I'VE BEEN THROUGH MANY COMMUNITY COMMISSION MEETINGS.
HAVE WE REACHED OUT TO UNITED WAY? HAVE WE REACHED OUT TO HABITAT FOR HUMANITY FOR SOME OF THESE THINGS OVER THE YEARS? WHERE WERE THE WHERE WERE THE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT COMPANIES OVER THE YEARS? WHERE ARE THE ATTORNEYS FOR THE CITY AND THE COUNTY OFFICIALS? THE INSURANCE MONEY, THEY TOLD US THAT THEY WERE GIVEN MONEY, THE $400,000 DURING THE STORM.
WHERE DID IT GO? WHY HASN'T THE PAST BOARD MEMBERS BEEN SUED OR PROSECUTED FOR MISMANAGEMENT OR REMOVED WHERE THEY DIDN'T DO THEIR FIDUCIARY DUTY? THEY NEED TO DO THAT.
OTHER TAMARAC COMMUNITIES IN KINGS POINT AND AND TAMARAC HAVE HAD FINANCIAL ISSUES AND TOOK OUT LOANS OR ASSESSED THEIR OWNERS.
WHY SHOULD THE CITIZENS OF TAMARAC HAVE TO BURDEN THEMSELVES WITH HIGHER TAXES? FOR THIS REASON I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU WANT TO DO.
I UNDERSTAND YOU NEED A PLACE, BUT MAYBE THERE'S SOME OTHER PLACES THAT YOU CAN YOU CAN FIND.
I HEARD ABOUT THE CITY OWNS LAND EAST.
WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO PAY THAT $1.9 MILLION MAYBE TO USE THAT FOR SOMETHING.
BUT WHY WOULD THE CITY TAKE ON THE DEBT OF $10 MILLION TO PURCHASE AND REBUILD? IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE. THE CITY WOULD GET NO RETURN ON ITS INVESTMENT AND ONLY AN OPEN, AS SOMEONE SAID BEFORE, PANDORA'S BOX TO OTHER TAMARAC COMMUNITIES TO ASK FOR FUNDING IF THEY GET IN TROUBLE WITH THE NEW FLORIDA STATUTES ON RESERVE STUDIES, MILESTONES, INSURANCE GOING UP 50% AND MORE, CREATING AN ISSUE ALL OVER THE
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CITY, COUNTY AND STATE.THIS IS GOING TO. ASKED FOR TROUBLE ABOUT ASKING MONEY FOR THE CITY.
AND YES, I UNDERSTAND CITY HAS GRANTS AND THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT FOR PEOPLE THAT NEED IT.
BUT IS THIS THE RIGHT THING TO DO FOR THE COMMUNITY AT THIS POINT? AT THIS TIME, IS IT ETHICAL? NO. IS IT A CONFLICT OF INTEREST? YES. AND WE HAVE NO RIGHT TO BAIL OUT SHAKER VILLAGE AS TAXPAYERS.
I JUST WANT TO THANK THE MAYOR AND MAYOR GOMEZ AND COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS FOR VOTING NO.
LET'S HAVE INTEGRITY AND HONESTY.
THANK YOU AND THE PEOPLE OF TAMARAC.
THANK YOU. I HAVE ROSALYN HANNIGAN COMING DOWN AND THEN I HAVE LARRY LERNER ON DECK.
GOOD NIGHT. I'M ROSALYN HANNIGAN.
I WANT TO START OFF BY SAYING I APPLAUD THE STRATEGY OF HAVING MR. SIEGEL SPEAK FIRST.
ONE RESIDENT WISELY MENTIONED THE IMPORTANCE OF GOOGLING.
WHILE WE SHOULD NOT EXERCISE, WHILE WE SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION WHEN DRAWING CONCLUSIONS BASED ON ONLINE INFORMATION, IT IS WORTHY NOTING ONE OF MR. SIEGEL'S THREE STAR REVIEWS FRAUDSTER SPEAK TO THIS LOSS FOR A MOMENT AND YOU WILL KNOW ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW.
SLIME DEFRAUDED MY COMPANY COPIER ONE OUT OF $3,174 TWICE USING CHECK FRAUD.
I CAN DOCUMENT AND VERIFY OR I WOULDN'T PUT MY NAME ON IT.
IN CONTRAST, THE LAW FIRM THAT REPRESENTS SHAKER VILLAGE IS THE HIGHEST RATED, MOST RESPECTED FIRM IN SOUTH FLORIDA, WITH OVER 300 LAWYERS SPECIALIZING IN CONDO LAW.
NOW, IF WE'RE GOING TO STICK TO GOOGLING AND ONLINE REVIEWS, I SEE THAT.
SOMEONE WORKS FOR SAUNDERS, CURTIS AND SINISTER AND IS THE ONLY EMPLOYEE.
AND THAT'S VERIFIED BY THE FLORIDA BAR.
HER SINGLE NEGATIVE REVIEWS READ AVOID LIKE THE PLAGUE.
YOU BETTER OFF WORKING EXTRA AND FINDING ANOTHER GROUP TO SUPPORT YOUR HOUSING CLOSING.
MICHELLE AND JASON ARE CROOKS.
THEY ALSO HAVE GONE COMPLETELY UNRESPONSIVE TO CALLS EMAILS FROM MYSELF IN THE COUNTY.
THEY ARE CONTINUOUSLY INSULTING AND UNPROFESSIONAL.
SO IF YOU WANT TO ASK ME WHO WHOSE OPINION I'M GOING TO TRUST.
I THINK WE'LL STICK WITH BECKER AND POLIAKOFF.
AND AS I HAVE NO ONE ELSE IN THE FORE SEGMENT, I WILL READ THE NEXT PEOPLE JUST THERE FOR THAT.
SO, PATTY LYNN, YOU ARE ON DECK.
THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS.
MY NAME IS LARRY LERNER AND I LIVE IN THE GRANVILLE SECTION BUILDING F OF KINGS POINT.
I STATE THAT NOT BECAUSE I WANT FREE ADVERTISING OR NEW CLIENTS, BUT BECAUSE SINCE I WAS A FRESHMAN IN COLLEGE OVER 50 YEARS AGO, THEY HAVE EMBEDDED IN ME AS A CPA THAT WHEN I DO ATTESTATION WORK, I HAVE A FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY NOT ONLY TO PERFORM MY WORK, BUT TO AVOID.
AND IF I HAD A POWER PRESENTATION, I'D PUT THIS UP IN BIG LETTERS, AVOID THE APPEARANCE OF ANY IMPROPRIETY.
NOW THAT APPEARANCE IS ANY MINIMAL AMOUNT OF WORDS OR VISIONS AS A CPA.
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NOW THAT CERTAINLY DOESN'T HAVE ANY KIND OF MATERIAL EFFECT.BUT WHEN YOU HAVE, NUMBER ONE, A COMMISSIONER WHO RESIDES, WHETHER HE OWNS IT, WHETHER HE WORKS FOR THE OWNER, WHETHER IT'S PROVIDED TO HIM.
THE FACTS REALLY DON'T MATTER FOR THIS MEETING BECAUSE THAT WILL TAKE DAYS AND DAYS.
AND IF I WAS ON THIS BOARD AS A COMMISSIONER, I WOULD HAVE SET UP A COMMITTEE MADE UP OF THE EAST AND MADE UP OF THE WEST AND MADE UP OF THE COMMISSIONERS TO DETERMINE WHAT WAS NEEDED, WHAT'S NOT NEEDED, AND WHAT IS COST EFFECTIVE. AND AT THE SAME TIME WHAT FOLLOWS MY FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY.
AND THAT'S WHAT HASN'T HAPPENED.
NOW I'VE PUT IN A LETTER TO THE IG OFFICE WITH THE FACTS AS I KNEW THEM.
AND I HOPE THAT'S BEING FOLLOWED UP.
A COPY OF THAT WENT TO MICHELLE GOMEZ'S OFFICE, AND I THINK THE CITY SHOULD DO THEIR OWN INVESTIGATION AND LET THE PUBLIC HAVE TRANSPARENCY. ALL THE ARGUMENTS THAT I HEARD HERE TONIGHT MEAN NOTHING BECAUSE THERE'S NO FACTS BEHIND IT.
IT WAS PROBABLY PUT IN THE GENERAL OPERATING FUND, WHICH I THINK WAS MENTIONED HERE.
LET ME JUST I'M SORRY, WHICH I THINK WAS MENTIONED HERE.
I MEAN, THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU. SO WHILE PATTY LYNN IS COMING UP, PATRICK HARRIS IS WAVING FOR NEXT ON DECK. GIVE ME ONE SECOND, PATTY LYNN.
I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT. OH, SORRY.
I'M SORRY. MONA PEARLMAN IS ON DECK.
I'VE RESIDED IN TAMARAC NOW FOR 22 YEARS.
I DIDN'T KNOW THERE WAS AN EAST AND A WEST.
AND I'VE GONE IN MY MIND ALL THE WAY FROM PROSPECT ROAD CLOSE TO OAKLAND PARK AND COMING NEAR SOME ELDERLY PEOPLE THERE.
THEN THERE'S YOUNGER PEOPLE, THEN THERE'S ELDERLY.
AND AS YOU TRAVEL WEST FROM EAST TO WEST, YOU HAVE SOME YOUNG PEOPLE, SOME OLD PEOPLE.
IT'S NOT THAT THE OLD PEOPLE ALL LIVE WEST.
AND FOR THE LADY WHO LIVES IN CENTRAL PARK, THAT NICE YOUNG COMMUNITY, IF YOU GO ACROSS THE TURNPIKE BRIDGE MAINLAND'S PARK HAS SOME EXCELLENT, EXCELLENT RECREATIONAL FACILITIES IN THERE, SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO REALLY THAT FAR.
THE MAIN THING THAT WAS SAID TODAY WAS SAID BY THE ATTORNEY AND WAS ALSO SAID TO THE INSPECTOR GENERAL AND PLEASE, PLEASE PAY ATTENTION. WHAT KIND OF A LAWYER DO YOU HAVE WHO DOESN'T UNDERSTAND A BASIC RULE OF CONDOMINIUMS WHEN YOU'RE LIVING IN A WORKING IN A CITY THAT'S GOT A LOT OF CONDOMINIUMS, ALL COMMON ELEMENTS STAY WITH THE CONDOMINIUM UNLESS ONE THE CONDOMINIUM IS DISSOLVED OR TO 75% OF THE REGISTERED OWNERS OF THE CONDOMINIUM ARE SENT CERTIFIED LETTERS AND 75% OF THEM VOTE TO SELL.
WE'VE SPENT ALL THIS TIME AND MONEY BECAUSE WHERE DID THIS MAN COME FROM? NORTH MIAMI BEACH.
FORGET UNITY. FORGET ALL THIS STUFF.
I BELIEVE WHEN WE WERE DOING THE WOODLANDS THING THAT COMMISSIONER BOLTON WAS TRYING TO GET FUNDS FROM THE DEVELOPERS OF THE WOODLANDS TO REBUILD THAT CLUBHOUSE. I REMEMBER SEEING THAT IN THE PAPERWORK.
SO HE'S GOT A VESTED INTEREST.
IT'S A FINANCIAL INTEREST FOR HIM FOR THIS TO GO THROUGH.
AND YOU PEOPLE UP HERE, YOU NEED TO FIND OUT WHAT THE LAW IS AND STOP RELYING ON PEOPLE TO TELL YOU BASIC CONDOMINIUM LAW.
I KNOW, BUT I'M GOING TO READ IN BETWEEN.
SO I AM READING HER IN ON DECK IS BARBARA BICK.
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OKAY. ALL RIGHT.I LIVE IN GRANVILLE, PART OF KINGS POINT.
I AM A PRESIDENT OF A BUILDING.
AND IT'S A IT'S A GOOD COMMUNITY.
I'M ALSO A VICE PRESIDENT OF THE WHOLE GRANVILLE.
AND WHAT WE DO IS WE BUDGET PROPERLY.
MOST OF THE CONDOMINIUMS THAT ARE HERE IN TAMARAC ARE SENIOR CITIZENS.
DID ANY ANYONE OF YOU CONSIDER THE SENIORS WHO ARE LIVING PAY THEIR SOCIAL SECURITY, THEIR FUNDS? I MEAN, WITH THE WAY THEY CHANGE THE LAWS HERE IN FLORIDA IS SO UNFAIR BECAUSE WHEN MY PARENTS MOVED HERE, IT WAS CHEAPEST TO LIVE IN FLORIDA.
SO NOW YOU'RE ASKING SENIORS WHO AND I'M LOOKING AROUND AT SHAKER VILLAGE RESIDENTS, AND I CAN UNDERSTAND YOUR POINT THAT YOU HAD A POOR BOARD PRIOR THAT DID NOT REPRESENT YOU PROPERLY.
OKAY. SO THAT SHOULD NOT AND SHOULD NOT BE THE FAULT OF SENIORS THAT YOU'RE ASKING.
THE PEOPLE IN SHAKER VILLAGE ARE YOUNGER.
THESE PEOPLE DON'T HAVE EMPLOYMENT.
SO HOW DO I GO BACK AND TELL MY UNIT OWNERS, NOW YOU HAVE TO PAY MORE? WE DID AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO MAKE HIS FACE.
BUT WHAT ABOUT THEIR UNITY? OKAY, WHAT ABOUT HOW THEY LIVE? DID YOU LOOK AT THE 718 LAWS? AND I'M ASKING YOU THIS OR NOT? UM, DID YOU LOOK AT IT IN THE 718 LAWS NOT FOR PROFIT ORGANIZATION HAS TO RAISE? YOU HAVE TO BE CAREFUL BECAUSE IT'S NOT A CITY THAT CAN TAKE OVER PROPERTY.
OKAY. AND THEN YOU'RE OFFERING PEOPLE A CHANCE TO GO INTO YOUR COMMUNITY.
OKAY? WE HAVE OUR OWN CLUBHOUSES.
WE FIGURED OUT HOW TO FIX OUR BUILDINGS.
WE BORROWED AND WE DID ASSESSMENTS, SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS.
YOUR BOARD COULD HAVE DONE IT.
THAT IS NOT OUR RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS.
SO, YOU KNOW, AND I SEE SOME OF THE EXPRESSIONS UP HERE, BUT I'M SERIOUS.
THIS THERE ARE GOING TO BE FORECLOSURES.
SO NOW YOU'RE ASKING US TO THROW $10 MILLION INTO THEIR COMMUNITY.
I'M SORRY THAT YOU ALL ARE SUFFERING FROM THIS, BUT THIS IS NOT GRANVILLE MEAN.
THIS IS NOT THE SENIOR COMMUNITY'S PROBLEM.
THANK YOU AGAIN, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
I'VE GOT THE TIME. I APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH.
MY APOLOGIES. IT WAS DEBORAH BICK ON DECK.
AND WHILE DEBORAH IS COMING DOWN, I WILL READ OUR TUNNEL.
BALDEO AND ANDREA BALDEO ARE FOR IT.
OH, AND WHILE. SORRY, BARRY ROTOR, YOU'RE ON DECK.
OKAY. DARCY SCHILLER IS ON DECK.
I LIVE IN KINGS POINT IN GRANVILLE.
OKAY. I'VE BEEN LISTENING THE WHOLE NIGHT AS EVERYBODY ELSE, AND I FEEL VERY BAD THAT WE'RE HERE BECAUSE THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN RESOLVED WHEN SHAKER VILLAGE HAD THEIR CLUBHOUSE PRETTY WELL DEMOLISHED.
THEY HAD A BOARD THAT WAS ELECTED BY THE OWNERS AND THEY HAD A RESPONSIBILITY TO FIND OUT HOW THIS PROCESS WAS GOING TO GO AHEAD.
DID THEY GET CONTRACTORS? DID THEY GET PERMITS TO MOVE IT? NOW, COMMISSIONER BOLTON LIVES THERE.
WHAT PREVENTED HIM FROM PICKING UP THE PHONE AND ASKING THE PERMIT DEPARTMENT? HAS THERE ANY PERMITS BEEN ISSUED? AND IF NOT, YOU SAW THAT DECREPIT BUILDING EVERY DAY AS YOU DROVE IN AND OUT AND YOU DIDN'T DO
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ANYTHING. AND YOU KNOW HOW THE CITY WORKS, BUT YOU DIDN'T HELP THE OWNERS AND YOU DIDN'T ATTEND ANY MEETINGS TO SEE WHY IT WASN'T GOING AHEAD.SO WE REALLY SHOULDN'T BE HERE BECAUSE IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN RESOLVED THEN.
SO YOU DIDN'T STEP UP AND HELP THE PEOPLE IN SHAKER VILLAGE.
BECAUSE. THAT THE BOARD WASN'T DOING THEIR JOB.
THE OWNERS THEN COULD HAVE ASKED FOR THEIR RESIGNATION.
YOU COULD HAVE HELPED THEM AND YOU DIDN'T DO ANYTHING.
AND NOW I THINK THAT THEY HAVE TO PULL UP THEIR PANTS AND DO WHAT THEY HAVE TO DO TO HAVE A CLUBHOUSE.
BUT WE SHOULD NOT HAVE CROSSED THAT LINE.
AND THE CITY HAS LAND THAT WE CAN BUILD A DEVELOPMENT FOR THEM IN EAST THAT WILL SUPPLY 350 CARDS THAT AN AMBULANCE CAN GET IN THERE.
SHAKER VILLAGE IS NOT SET UP FOR THAT.
THEY DON'T KNOW WHO'S COMING INTO THEIR COMPLEX.
THERE WAS NO THOUGHT PUT INTO THIS.
AND ALL OF YOU ARE ACCOUNTABLE.
WHILE DARCY IS COMING UP, I AM GOING TO ASK RON WASSERMAN TO BE ON DECK AND READ.
MAUREEN KERR IS WAIVING HER RIGHT TO SPEAK AND SHE IS FOR IT.
I'M TAKING A VERY DIFFERENT ANGLE ON THIS ISSUE BETWEEN SHAKER VILLAGE AND THE COMMUNITY CENTER.
WE ARE NOT MIXING APPLES AND ORANGES.
WE'RE. WE'RE MIXING APPLES AND SQUARES BECAUSE SHAKER VILLAGE IS THEIR OWN PROPERTY.
WHAT THEY DO ON THEIR PROPERTY IS THEIR BUSINESS.
A SURVEY OF THE COMMUNITY AND AFTER A SURVEY FOR THE LAND.
I AGREE THAT MAYBE THE EAST WOULD BENEFIT FROM A COMMUNITY CENTER, BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN IT HAS TO BE ON THE PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION.
AND I HAVE TO WONDER WHERE YOUR IQ STANDS ON THE IQ SCALE.
I JUST THINK THAT AT THIS POINT WHATEVER'S GOING TO HAPPEN IS GOING TO HAPPEN.
BUT THE SAD PART IS, IS THAT WE ENDED UP MIXING APPLES AND AND SQUARES, NOT APPLES AND ORANGES.
AND I JUST THINK I FAULT THE ATTORNEY FOR THAT.
THANK YOU. SO AS RON WASSERMAN COMES UP.
EXCUSE ME ONE SECOND. IS MARA ENGLISH STILL PRESENT? NO. OKAY.
DAVID LIPSON STILL PRESENT THEN YOU'RE ON DECK.
EXCUSE ME. MY NAME IS RON WASSERMAN.
I LIVE IN THE COMMUNITY OF SHANGRI-LA.
WE'VE BEEN LIVING HERE A LONG TIME.
WE FINALLY MADE IT TO RETIREMENT.
AND MANY OF YOU WERE JUST RAISING THIS ISSUE OF SENIORS AND A.
YOU'RE LOOKING FOR UNITY IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND I'VE BEEN SPEAKING BEFORE THE CITY FOR A LONG TIME.
THERE'S ALL KINDS OF ISSUES THAT POP UP.
THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THAT SIGN UP.
SO HERE'S WHAT I'D LIKE TO SAY.
MY VOICE CAN GET REAL LOUD TO.
SO FOR YOU WHO WANT THIS PROJECT.
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GOOD. YOU HAD A HOMEOWNER ASSOCIATION THAT LET YOU DOWN.WE CAN'T THINK ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED.
BECAUSE THEY ALREADY CONNED YOU OUT OF THE MONEY.
AND FOR THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE NOW WHO JUST MOVED.
WELCOME. BUT WHY YOU THINK THAT? US IN THE WEST.
ANY OF US DON'T WANT TO HAVE UNITY WITH YOU.
WHAT'S THAT STORY? AND I GET COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
I'VE TRIED TO MAKE FRIENDS WITH EVERYONE ON THIS BOARD, AND YOU KNOW IT.
I'VE KNOWN YOU FOR A LONG TIME.
DR. DANIEL, I'VE GOTTEN TO KNOW YOU, BUT I'M PRETTY DISAPPOINTED IN MY REPRESENTATION.
I CANNOT BLAME THESE KIND OF THINGS ON JUST ONE PERSON.
FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO WANTED TO SPEAK LOUD ABOUT NOT HAVING UNITY, SHAME ON YOU.
WHY ARE YOU THINK? IT'S JUST BECAUSE YOU'RE YOUNG.
YOU CAN DEFINITELY LAUGH AT ME.
BUT I SHOW UP FOR MY COMMUNITY.
I DON'T SEE A LOT OF THESE OTHER PEOPLE.
YOU WANT DIVERSITY? YOU WANT ONE? TAMARAC.
AND BELIEVE ME, EARLY ON I HEARD META META.
SO LISTEN, FOLKS, YOU CAN BE DISENCHANTED BY A LOT OF WHAT HAPPENS.
BUT THESE PEOPLE REPRESENT US.
I'M MISSING THE BALL GAME OVER THIS.
ALL RIGHT. LAUGH WHILE YOU GOT IT.
GO FOR IT. YOU KNOW, WE COULD PUT THE TV ON OUTSIDE FOR ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO WATCH THE GAME.
AS DAVE AS DAVID LIPSON COMES TO THE PODIUM, DID YOU DO YOU WAVE INSTEAD TURN ABOUT? NO, NO. YOU HAVE TO COME TO THE PODIUM IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK.
I DO NOT SEE HIM, BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN HE'S NOT OUTSIDE.
JUDY IF I PRONOUNCE WRONG, I APOLOGIZE.
SHE IS WAIVING HER RIGHT TO SPEAK, BUT SHE IS FOR IT.
AND IF ROBERT ALPHONSO IS NOT OUTSIDE, I HAVE JENNIFER SPROUL ON DECK.
PLEASE PROCEED. DAVID LIPSON I LIVE IN KINGS POINT, FAIRFAX AND I WAS COMING HERE TO SPEAK NOT ONLY FOR FAIRFAX, KINGS POINT BUT FOR THE CITY, THE GREAT CITY OF TAMARAC.
AND WHEN I HEARD ALL THESE PEOPLE SPEAKING NOW I REALIZED THAT I'M ILL PREPARED TO OTHER THAN GET MAD OF WHAT'S HAPPENING BECAUSE ALL THESE PEOPLE SEEM TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON WITH SHAKER VILLAGE.
AND TO ME, A CLUBHOUSE SHOULD BE A CLUBHOUSE, NOT A COMMUNITY CENTER.
WHY CAN'T THEY USE THAT MONEY TO BUILD A NOT A COMMUNITY CENTER? IT'S RIDICULOUS.
THEY HAVE MORE THAN ENOUGH MONEY TO.
HOW BIG IS WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO BUILD? IT CAN'T BE BIGGER THAN MY I KNOW A CLUBHOUSE.
MR. BOLTON, I'M SORRY THAT YOU HAVE TO VOTE MORE FOR THE PEOPLE, NOT FOR YOU.
YOU LIVE THERE FREE THROUGH THE CHURCH.
WHAT DO YOU PAY? LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I UNDERSTAND YOU LIVE THERE FOR FREE.
AND THE CHURCH PROBABLY OWNS ABOUT TEN PROPERTIES, SO HOPEFULLY THEY'RE NOT INVOLVED.
AND THE BOARD? YOU JUST HAVE TO. YOU GOT $3 MILLION IN THE BANK.
FIX UP THE PROPERTIES AND LEAVE US ALONE.
ALL RIGHT, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I KNOW WE'RE GETTING TIRED.
IT'S 10 TO 11, AND WE STILL HAVE MORE PEOPLE WHO ARE ACTUALLY HERE WHO WISH TO SPEAK.
AND WHILE JENNIFER, BEFORE YOU BEGIN, I HAVE STUART WEBSTER, WHO WILL BE ON DECK NEXT.
AND AUDREY DAVIS HAS WAIVED THE RIGHT TO SPEAK AND SHE IS FOR IT.
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PLEASE PROCEED.GOOD NIGHT. I'VE HEARD A LOT TONIGHT.
AND TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH OF IT IS TRUE AND HOW MUCH IS IS NOT TRUE.
SO I'M NOT MUCH FURTHER DOWN THE ROAD IN UNDERSTANDING WHAT THIS PROBLEM IS, EXCEPT FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF BEING A PROPERTY OWNER AND HAVING TO PAY PROPERTY TAXES. I AM AN OWNER.
I LIVE IN FAIR HAVEN, BUT I DO HAVE PROPERTY IN LYME BAY.
ALSO, MY TAXES ARE CRUSHING ME.
AND I DON'T KNOW HOW I'M GOING TO HANDLE IT.
IF WE TAKE ON MORE AND MORE EXPENSES.
YOU CAN'T JUST BUILD A BILL US FOR TAXES.
THE MONEY HAS TO COME FROM SOMEWHERE.
AND THERE ARE A LOT OF US LIKE MYSELF, WHO ARE RETIREES.
THIS HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION CONDO ASSOCIATION WILL LET YOU LET DOWN SHAKER VILLAGE.
I'M SORRY. I WOULD NEVER LIKE THAT TO HAPPEN TO ME.
SO IT'S NOT AN UNUSUAL PROBLEM.
BUT I THINK THAT WHEN WE PURCHASED OUR PROPERTIES, WE SIGNED A CONTRACT AND WE MET WITH THE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION OR THE CONDO ASSOCIATION, AND WE AGREED THAT WE HAD RESPONSIBILITIES FOR OUR OWN PROPERTIES.
WE SHOULD NOT BE TAKING ON THE PROPERTIES.
THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF OTHER PROPERTIES.
WE HAVE TO HANDLE OUR OWN FINANCIAL PROBLEMS. I WOULD SUGGEST.
AND I WOULD SUGGEST THAT IF SHAKER VILLAGE CAN'T AFFORD TO REBUILD AT THIS POINT, THE LEVEL OF LAND LANDSCAPE IT UNTIL SHAKER VILLAGE CAN AFFORD TO REBUILD.
BY GETTING A LOAN AND INCREASING ASSESSMENTS, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW I'M PAYING MORE ASSESSMENTS FOR THE PROPERTY CONDO THAT I OWN BECAUSE THINGS NEED TO BE REPAIRED AND MONEY WASN'T COLLECTED BY THE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION OR THE CONDO ASSOCIATION.
AND I AM ALSO WORRIED THAT THIS BECOMES A BAILOUT FOR OTHER PLACES OR EXPECTATIONS FOR OTHER ASSOCIATIONS TO GET A BAILOUT. I KNOW PEOPLE DON'T LIKE THE TERM BAILOUT, BUT THAT'S WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.
AND WHERE DOES IT STOP? WHO PLAYS GOD AND DECIDE THAT THIS PLACE WILL GET A BAILOUT AND THIS ONE WON'T? YOU MIGHT AS WELL START DOING IT OR PLAN TO DO IT FOR EVERYBODY.
AND WE JUST CANNOT COME UP WITH THOSE TYPE OF PROPERTY TAXES TO DO IT.
SOMEBODY NEEDS TO START CARING ABOUT JUST LEVELING TAXES, PROPERTY TAXES ON US BECAUSE.
IT. THE BILL COMES AND YOU CAN'T PAY IT.
WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO? THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I SHOULD HAVE LET YOU KNOW THAT.
BOB MUNDO, YOU ARE ON DECK OR YOU'RE.
YOU'RE RIGHT UP THERE. SO YOU'RE NEXT.
BUT I'M GOING TO READ DON BOYD.
HE WAVES HIS RIGHT TO SPEAK, BUT HE IS FOR IT.
AND SO IF I AM WRONG, YOU'LL HAVE TO JUST SAY YOUR NAME NEXT.
I'M A RESIDENT IN WOODMONT AND I'VE BEEN LIVING IN TAMARAC FOR APPROXIMATELY 28 YEARS.
WHEN I FIRST MOVED TO TAMARAC, I WAS ON THE EAST SIDE OF TOWN DOWN OFF PROSPECT ROAD.
AND WE HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING BACK.
ARE WE EVEN CONDUCTING A PROPER HEARING ABOUT THIS? WITH THEM INSPECTING IT.
AND I'M VERY SORRY THAT THE PEOPLE IN SHAKER VILLAGE ELECTED BAD BOARD MEMBERS.
WE'VE DONE THE SAME THING IN TAMARAC WITH OUR CITY COMMISSION.
WE'VE MADE SOME VERY BAD MISTAKES ALSO AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL CORRECT THOSE.
BUT THEY OWE US THE CITY QUITE A BIT OF MONEY, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND.
ARE WE WILLING TO WAIVE THAT? THAT WOULD BE A LOSS ON TOP OF WHAT THEY'RE ASKING US TO LAY OUT FOR A NEW COMMUNITY CENTER.
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WE HAVE A COMMUNITY CENTER.WE DON'T NEED ANOTHER COMMUNITY CENTER.
SO, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I'M AT THE POINT WHERE I HAVE NOBODY ELSE WHO IS GOING TO SPEAK.
SO I'M GOING TO CONTINUE TO DO THE ONE.
YOU DON'T HAVE A CARD OVER HERE.
ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO GET CARL TO SIGN A CARD JUST SO HE CAN HAVE IT, PLEASE, BEFORE HE LEAVES.
SO I HAVE EVERYTHING. GOOD NIGHT.
AND THANK YOU. AS MY NAME IS CARL, AND I'M LEAVING.
CARL. CARL, WE NEED A LAST NAME.
WILLIAMS. I'M SORRY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I WANT TO REMIND THE RESIDENTS OF THIS CITY THAT RENTERS CANNOT PARTICIPATE IN COMMUNITY VOTERS.
WE HAVE HEARD COUNTLESS TIMES TONIGHT THAT COMMISSIONER BOLTON IS A RENTER.
THEREFORE, HE WOULD HAVE NO SAY IN WHO SITS ON THE BOARD WHICH DECISIONS ASSOCIATION MAKES.
INSTEAD, HE IS STANDING UP FOR THE TAMARAC RESIDENTS IN GETTING RIDES AND OF AND GETTING RID OF AN EYESORE THAT BRINGS A COMMUNITY CENTER TO A WELL DESERVED NEIGHBORHOOD.
I HEARD OUR VICE PRESIDENT ROSALYN ADVICE TO GOOGLE, SO I DID MY SEARCH.
THAT REVEALS THAT MERE GOMEZ IS RELATED TO BY BUSINESS.
THE ATTORNEYS SUING SHAKER VILLAGE AS THEY SIT ON THE SAME BOARD.
I ALSO DID A SEARCH OF PUBLIC RECORDS AND COMMISSIONERS.
VILLALOBOS SUED AN HOA AND TAMARAC.
WHO'S THE REAL VILLAIN HERE? WE ARE. WE ARE PROUD OF OUR COMMISSIONER FOR STANDING UP FOR US.
AND WE APPRECIATE YOU, COMMISSIONER WRIGHT.
DR. DANIEL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
THANK YOU. CARL. BEFORE MERVYN BRAMWELL SPEAKS, WE WILL BE OKAY.
DON'T WORRY. LOOK, EVERYTHING.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE'RE EVEN GETTING A LITTLE PUNCHY.
BUT WE'RE GOING TO LET THIS CONTINUE, RIGHT? BECAUSE KEEP IT ROLLING.
NO, HISSING IS JUST THE SAME AS NOISE.
JACKIE COWETT RAISED HER RIGHT TO SPEAK, BUT SHE IS AGAINST IT.
PLEASE COME UP. MY NAME IS MERVYN BRAMWELL.
GOOD NIGHT, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
YOU KNOW, I LISTEN TO ALL THE FORMER SPEAKER THAT HAVE COME UP HERE AND SPEAK, AND I THANK GOD THAT OUR GREAT COUNTRY, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, WE DON'T HAVE THAT CHAIN OF THOUGHT OF THOSE WHO ARE TALKING AGAINST THIS COMMUNITY CENTER.
I STAND BEFORE YOU TODAY AS SOMEONE WHO BELIEVES IN THE POWER OF COMMUNITY AND UNDERSTAND THAT THE WELL-BEING OF ONE NEIGHBORHOOD CAN HAVE A RIPPLE EFFECT ON THE ENTIRE CITY.
ALLOW ME TO SHARE SOME RESEARCH FROM THE BRENNAN CENTER FOR JUSTICE, WHICH DEMONSTRATE THE POSITIVE IMPACT OF NON COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS ACCORDING TO THEIR FINDINGS.
EACH NON PROFIT COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION LEADS TO A 1.2% DROP IN HOMICIDE AND THE HOMICIDE RATE A 1% REDUCTION IN VIOLENT CRIME RATE AND A 0.7% REDUCTION IN THE PROPERTY CRIME RATE.
THESE STATISTICS UNDERSCORE THE VITAL ROLE THAT COMMUNITY CENTERS PLAYED IN FOSTERING A SAFER AND MORE HARMONIOUS NEIGHBORHOOD.
AT THIS POINT, I WOULD EVEN LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE OUR FIRST RESPONDER FIRST RESPONDERS WHO WOULD VERY MUCH WELCOME SUCH REDUCTION IN THESE STATISTICS.
MOREOVER, IT IS HIGH TIME THAT WE ADDRESS THE INEQUALITY THAT EXISTS BETWEEN THE EAST AND THE WEST
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SIDE OF TAMARAC.WE CANNOT TURN A BLIND EYE TO THESE INEQUALITY.
THESE INEQUALITY THAT EXISTS WITHIN OUR CITY.
THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE NEW COMMUNITY CENTER IS NOT JUST ABOUT ADDRESSING THIS IMBALANCE, IS ABOUT NURTURING THE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY.
DIVERSITY IS A SOURCE OF STRENGTH, AND OUR CITY THRIVES WHEN WE HARNESS THE POWER OF DIVERSITY.
WILL BE A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE CAN COME TOGETHER AND EXCHANGE IDEAS AND CELEBRATE OUR DIFFERENCES. I URGE EVERYONE TO CONSIDER THE IMPORTANCE OF COMPASSION AND LOOKING OUT FOR ONE ANOTHER, NOT JUST WITHIN SHAKER VILLAGE, BUT WITHIN THE ENTIRE CITY.
ALL RIGHT, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IT IS TIME FOR READING QUICKLY.
ALL RIGHT. STEWART WEBSTER WAS RIGHT TO SPEAK AND IS AGAINST.
AMARI OR AMARI WHITE WAS RIGHT TO SPEAK FOR JOEY BLAIR. WAVE RIGHT.
WELL, HE'S NOT HERE, SO WAVE RIGHT TO SPEAK AGAINST.
HE WAS TRYING TO SPEAK EARLIER.
ELIZABETH MCPHERSON WAIVE RIGHT TO SPEAK FOR EDWARD BURCH HAD TO LEAVE.
HE WAS GOING TO HE WAS GOING TO SPEAK.
ADALINE LYNCH WAS RIGHT TO SPEAK FOR.
DARCY BERMAN WAS RIGHT TO SPEAK AGAINST.
LYLA PETERS WAS RIGHT TO SPEAK FOR IRIS FRIEDMAN WAS RIGHT TO SPEAK AGAINST. GLORIA STREET WAS RIGHT TO SPEAK FOR.
ROBERT ALFONSO IS NO LONGER HERE, SO THEREFORE HE WAIVES RIGHT TO SPEAK AGAINST.
SANDRA WALKER WAS RIGHT TO SPEAK FOR ANDREW LANE WAS RIGHT TO SPEAK.
MARGAUX MARGAUX LUXE CRUISE WAYS RIGHT TO SPEAK FOR.
SORRY, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, SOME HANDWRITING I JUST CAN'T READ.
JULIA LASHER WAYS RIGHT TO SPEAK AGAINST.
MARGIE ADINO WAS RIGHT TO SPEAK FOR SARAH.
JANE. ROSE WAS RIGHT TO SPEAK AGAINST BEVERLY PLUMMER WAS RIGHT TO SPEAK FOR PAT AND MEL GITLER.
WHERE'S RIGHT TO SPEAK RIGHTS YOU DO NOT GET FREE MONEY AGAINST.
LEROY ALLWOOD WAS RIGHT TO SPEAK FOR JAY GITTENS WAS RIGHT TO SPEAK.
NO SHAKER VILLAGE FUNDS AGAINST.
TINA. SHAWN WAS RIGHT TO SPEAK FOR MICHAEL KING WAS RIGHT TO SPEAK. NO SHAKER TAX.
JOY HART WAS RIGHT TO SPEAK FOR ME BECAUSE I DON'T WANT THEM THINKING THAT YOU'RE NOT.
ALL OF THEM HAVE NOTES ON THERE.
AND IF IT JUST SAYS SHAKER VILLAGE, IT'S TELLING ME WHAT THE ITEM IS.
SOME HAVE NOTES ON THERE FOR THEIR COMMENTS.
SO THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT IT IS.
KANE WAYS RIGHT TO SPEAK AGAINST.
AND WHAT I'M WRITING ON THE BACK IS AN R AND S, BECAUSE THIS WAY I KNOW THAT I'VE PUT THIS INTO THE RECORD IN CASE SOMETHING SHOULD HAPPEN, GOD FORBID, LIKE WE HAD AT ONE TIME BEFORE ONE OF THE CARDS GOT STUCK SOMEWHERE.
IT WASN'T INTENTIONAL, BUT IT GOT STUCK.
SO THIS WAY, IF IT GETS STUCK, WE'RE KEEPING TRACK OF IT, THAT'S ALL.
ELAINE PETERKIN OR PETER ERSKINE?
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WHERE'S RIGHT TO SPEAK FOR HOWARD PHILLIPS WAS RIGHT TO SPEAK AGAINST.ELISE WHITE WAYS RIGHT TO SPEAK FOR ROBERT CARPENTER.
SHARON BETTIS WAS RIGHT TO SPEAK FOR KEITH SMITH WAS RIGHT TO SPEAK AGAINST. RICHARD RICARDO BADESSI WAVES RIGHT TO SPEAK FOR DAVID ROSE WAVES RIGHT TO SPEAK AGAINST.
KRISTEN BADESSI WAS RIGHT TO SPEAK FOR.
I HAVE A DUPLICATE MARKING AS SUCH.
I HAVE ANOTHER DUPLICATE MARKING AS SUCH PULLING TO THE SIDE.
CALEB THOMPSON WAVE RIGHT TO SPEAK FOR JULIE GONZALEZ.
WAVES RIGHT TO SPEAK DENIED PURCHASE OF SHAKER VILLAGE.
AUDREY ALLEN WAS RIGHT TO SPEAK FOR JOSEPH.
WILLIAM GARDNER WAS RIGHT TO SPEAK AGAINST.
FRANCO RIGHT TO SPEAK FOR JAY BOBKER.
CAMILLE WAS RIGHT TO SPEAK FOR DONALD ABRAMS WAS RIGHT TO SPEAK AGAINST.
GIVE ME A SECOND. I THINK THIS IS A DUPLICATE.
RICHARD CALDER WAS RIGHT TO SPEAK AGAINST.
RITA EDWARDS WAS RIGHT TO SPEAK FOR CRAIG.
THEN IT WAS RIGHT TO SPEAK AGAINST.
MARK MITCHELL WAS RIGHT TO SPEAK FOR CATHY X WAS RIGHT TO SPEAK AGAINST MATTHEW DEAN.
DEAN HAMMER WAS RIGHT TO SPEAK FOR APRIL.
CALDER WAS RIGHT TO SPEAK AGAINST CARMEN ADORNO, WAS RIGHT TO SPEAK FOR SHARON. SPRING WAS RIGHT TO SPEAK AGAINST GERALDO.
JOSEPH WAS RIGHT TO SPEAK FOR LARRY FLAX WAS RIGHT TO SPEAK AGAINST.
AUDREY LIVINGSTONE WAS RIGHT TO SPEAK.
BONNER WAS RIGHT TO SPEAK AGAINST PETER SHAHEED WAS RIGHT TO SPEAK FOR HELEN SWAROVSKI WAS RIGHT TO SPEAK AGAINST.
WAYS RIGHT TO SPEAK AGAINST VICTORIA.
THOMAS WAS RIGHT TO SPEAK FOR ANNE BAILEY.
PATRICK ROBINSON WAS NOT HERE.
LORNA TAMAKI'S WAVE RIGHT TO SPEAK AS SHE'S NOT HERE FOR.
WAVE RIGHT TO SPEAK AGAINST CAMILLE BURKE.
SHE WISHED TO SPEAK. SHE'S NO LONGER HERE.
STEWART HARRIS WAS RIGHT TO SPEAK AGAINST.
RONALD SAFFMAN WAS RIGHT TO SPEAK AGAINST RANDY KAPLAN WAS RIGHT TO SPEAK AGAINST BONNIE SHULTZ.
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WAVE RIGHT TO SPEAK AGAINST EFRAIN ARROYO.WESLEY F BOERNER WAINWRIGHT TO SPEAK AGAINST WILLIAM PHILLIPS.
WAINWRIGHT. TO SPEAK AGAINST DUPLICATE LUCY SIEGLE.
WAINWRIGHT. TO SPEAK AGAINST HELEN BELL.
DOREEN SEJA WAINWRIGHT TO SPEAK AGAINST.
MARIE ENGLISH, WHO WISH TO SPEAK, IS NOT HERE.
SO THEREFORE SHE WAVES RIGHT TO SPEAK.
MY APOLOGIES. I HAVE HER IN THE WRONG BUCKET.
BRENDA NEWFIELD, WAIVE RIGHT TO SPEAK AGAINST YOU.
HOWL WAVE RIGHT TO SPEAK AGAINST SHELBY AND PETERS.
BARRY. BARRY ROEDER WISHED TO SPEAK.
HE IS NOT HERE. HE WAIVED HIS RIGHT TO SPEAK AGAINST VINCENT GIGLIO.
WAIVE RIGHT TO SPEAK AGAINST SUE.
ROUBIK WAIVE RIGHT TO SPEAK AGAINST SHERI LEWIS.
WAY RIGHT TO SPEAK AGAINST FRED LEWIS.
WAIVE RIGHT TO SPEAK AGAINST HONEY WORMAN.
WAIVE RIGHT TO SPEAK AGAINST JOYCE KANTER.
WAIVE RIGHT TO SPEAK AGAINST HELEN SEVERSON.
WAIVE RIGHT TO SPEAK AGAINST LINDA FINKELSTEIN.
LYNN GRUBERMAN WAVE RIGHT TO SPEAK AGAINST.
BRIDGET BELAND WAIVER TO SPEAK AGAINST SUSAN WARREN.
WAIVER RIGHT TO SPEAK AGAINST NANCY CARUSO WAIVER.
RIGHT TO SPEAK AGAINST LESLIE SCHUSTER.
WAIVE RIGHT TO SPEAK AGAINST MARCIA FISHER.
WE RIGHT TO SPEAK AGAINST CHERYL HANDSOME WE RIGHT TO SPEAK AGAINST REGINALD HANDSOME WAY RIGHT TO SPEAK AGAINST PEDAL MORRIS WAY RIGHT TO SPEAK AGAINST JOHN MORRIS WAY RIGHT TO SPEAK AGAINST. DONNA KOWALSKI WAY RIGHT TO SPEAK AGAINST SUZY SWISHER WAY RIGHT TO SPEAK AGAINST SANDY COHEN WAY RIGHT TO SPEAK AGAINST JACQUELINE LERNER WAY RIGHT TO SPEAK AGAINST SANDY OSTROVE.
SANDRA ASTRO WAY RIGHT TO SPEAK AGAINST PAUL WAXMAN.
WAY RIGHT TO SPEAK AGAINST CAROL COHEN WAY RIGHT TO SPEAK AGAINST RONNIE WERNICK.
RIGHT TO SPEAK AGAINST SHARON ROTHBARD.
WAVE RIGHT TO SPEAK AGAINST ARLENE WARNER.
WINTER WAVE. RIGHT TO SPEAK AGAINST JOAN CHIANG'S WAVE.
RIGHT TO SPEAK AGAINST SONJA GLASS WAVE.
RIGHT TO SPEAK AGAINST ROSALYN SCHRAGER.
WAVE RIGHT TO SPEAK AGAINST CORKY ZEUTHENER.
WAVE RIGHT TO SPEAK AGAINST KATE GELLER.
WAVE RIGHT TO SPEAK AGAINST JOY MILLER.
WAVE RIGHT TO SPEAK AGAINST PHYLLIS.
WAVE RIGHT TO SPEAK AGAINST ROCHELLE COHEN.
WAVE RIGHT TO SPEAK AGAINST JUDY GOODMAN.
WAVE RIGHT TO SPEAK AGAINST TOBY HOFFMAN.
WAVE RIGHT TO SPEAK AGAINST CAROL BROWN.
WAVE RIGHT TO SPEAK AGAINST LAUREN HALL.
WAVE RIGHT TO SPEAK AGAINST ROSE MEYER.
WAVE RIGHT TO SPEAK AGAINST LILA ISAACS.
WAVE RIGHT TO SPEAK AGAINST BERTHA JOHNSON.
WAVE RIGHT TO SPEAK AGAINST KIT MING WANG WAVE RIGHT TO SPEAK AGAINST PATRICIA MOORE.
WAVE RIGHT TO SPEAK AGAINST JOHN MOORE.
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WAVE RIGHT TO SPEAK AGAINST STEVE TURSHEN.WAVE RIGHT TO SPEAK AGAINST MARCELA TURSHEN.
WAVE RIGHT TO SPEAK AGAINST KATHERINE GLADSTONE.
WAVE RIGHT TO SPEAK AGAINST MAURICE GLADSTONE.
WAVE RIGHT TO SPEAK AGAINST CORINNE LINDENBERG CROSSED OUT WISHING TO SPEAK AGAINST.
RIGHT TO SPEAK AGAINST ROBERTA KRANTZ.
WAVE RIGHT TO SPEAK AGAINST MARILYN SCHNEIDER.
WAVE RIGHT TO SPEAK AGAINST JACKIE AXEL WADE RIGHT TO SPEAK AGAINST EVA.
FLAX WAVE. RIGHT TO SPEAK AGAINST.
NO MONEY TO SHAKE HER VILLAGE AGAINST ROSS WOLPIN WAINWRIGHT, TO SPEAK AGAINST EVELYN BORUCH WAINWRIGHT, TO SPEAK AGAINST LEONORE ROSENTHAL, WAINWRIGHT TO SPEAK AGAINST E LORRAINE JONES WILL WAVE RIGHT TO SPEAK AGAINST TERRY PARROTT, WAVE RIGHT TO SPEAK AGAINST WILLIE JOHNSON.
WAVE RIGHT TO SPEAK AGAINST EVELYN LENHOFF.
WAVE RIGHT TO SPEAK AGAINST STUART LENHOFF.
EILEEN TOPPER, WAVE RIGHT TO SPEAK AGAINST THEO GRAY.
WAVE RIGHT TO SPEAK AGAINST RITA GONZALEZ.
WAVE RIGHT TO SPEAK AGAINST SOPHIA POLLOCK.
WAVE RIGHT TO SPEAK AGAINST DIANE NEWBERG.
WAVE RIGHT TO SPEAK AGAINST MARTHA DOMENECH.
WAVE RIGHT TO SPEAK AGAINST LESLIE NICOLE.
WAVE RIGHT TO SPEAK AGAINST MR. AND MRS. LEVINE.
WAVE RIGHT TO SPEAK AGAINST RITA SCOTT.
WAVE RIGHT TO SPEAK AGAINST HOWARD AND LINDA KREITMAN.
WAVE RIGHT TO SPEAK AGAINST STEVEN SCOTT.
WAVE RIGHT TO SPEAK AGAINST SANDRA HARRIS.
WAVE RIGHT TO SPEAK AGAINST MARY KOWALSKI.
WAVE RIGHT TO SPEAK AGAINST MONICA MORGAN.
RIGHT TO SPEAK AGAINST HELEN MORSE.
RONNIE GELIN WAINWRIGHT TO SPEAK AGAINST DELHI.
MORRIS. WE'RE READY TO SPEAK AGAINST CHARMAINE SACHSE.
WAVE RIGHT TO SPEAK AGAINST DIANE.
LIBERTY. WAVE RIGHT TO SPEAK AGAINST GRETHEL.
LUDIA MCEACHIN, EASTMAN WAINWRIGHT TO SPEAK AGAINST PATRICIA FOX.
WAINWRIGHT TO SPEAK AGAINST JERRY CROSS, WAINWRIGHT TO SPEAK AGAINST SANDRA HILL, WAINWRIGHT TO SPEAK AGAINST OLIVIA LOPEZ.
VLADIMIR WAINWRIGHT TO SPEAK AGAINST WILLIAM MILLER.
WAINWRIGHT TO SPEAK AGAINST JUDY JAGOTA WAINWRIGHT TO SPEAK AGAINST MARVIN CHOLESKY WAINWRIGHT TO SPEAK AGAINST GEORGE HAWKINS.
DOUGLAS STOUT WAINWRIGHT TO SPEAK AGAINST KAREN LONG.
THIS IS NAMELESS DOES NOT COUNT.
OKAY. IF YOU WOULD PLEASE SAY YOUR NAME OUT LOUD.
ARE YOU FOR OR AGAINST? FOR. OKAY, WE WILL MARK IT DOWN.
YOU LIVE IN TAMARAC? YES. OKAY. MISS LORNA JAMES LIVES IN TAMARAC.
WE'RE GOING TO INCLUDE HER ON.
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JUST A SECOND, PLEASE.OKAY. MY HANDWRITING IS DISGUSTING ENOUGH AS IS.
YES. AND JUST MANAGER AND I WANT TO GIVE YOU NOTICE.
THANK YOU. I WILL DO THAT IN ONE SECOND.
SO, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, AT THIS TIME, PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE OFFICIALLY CLOSED.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR ALL STAYING HERE AND ALL WHO ARE STILL WATCHING AND BEARING WITH THIS, AS THE CITY ATTORNEY HAS JUST ADVISED US, IT IS 1120.
WE HAVE A USUAL HARD STOP AT 1130.
UNLESS I HAVE A MOTION TO EXTEND, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO EXTEND TO THE MATTER IS FINISHED.
SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS TO EXTEND THIS UNTIL THE MATTER IS FINISHED.
CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS? YES. COMMISSIONER DANIEL.
I DON'T REALLY WANT THIS TO FALL.
THERE'S NOBODY ELSE ONLINE. RIGHT? OKAY, THEN I'M JUST GOING TO TURN MY COMPUTER DOWN SO I CAN MAKE SOME ROOM HERE.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE AS WE NOW MOVE ON TO.
SORRY. I JUST WANTED TO GET TO MY AGENDA.
ALL RIGHT. COMMISSION CITY STAFF IS AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.
WE'RE OPEN FOR DISCUSSION BY OUR COMMISSION.
AND I SEE THE VICE MAYOR WISHES TO SPEAK FIRST.
HE DOESN'T WANT TO SPEAK. YOU'VE CHANGED YOUR MIND.
CHANGE? I DIDN'T CHANGE MY MIND.
YOUR LIFE WAS UNTIL YOU TURNED IT OFF.
THANK YOU. YOUR LIGHT IS JUST NOT WORKING.
CITY CLERK, PLEASE PUT THE CLOCK TO FIVE.
THANK YOU. I MIGHT TAKE MY SEVEN TO ACTUALLY.
CITY CLERK. THE COMMISSIONER WOULD LIKE TO TAKE HIS FULL SEVEN MINUTES AT ONE TIME.
WE'LL EXTEND IT IF HE NEEDS. GO AHEAD.
REBUTTALS HERE. WELL, THANK YOU, MAYOR, FOR YOUR TIME.
AND THANK YOU, EVERYONE, FOR BEING SHOWING UP.
IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR US TO HEAR FROM EVERYONE.
AND IT'S FOR ME PERSONALLY, IT'S A SHAME THAT PEOPLE ARE BRINGING RACE INTO THIS.
IT WAS A STUDY DONE ON THE EAST SIDE OF TAMARAC.
OUR STAFF IS 30, 30, 30 AND TEN OUT OF THE 500 PLUS EMPLOYEES THAT WE HAVE.
AND WHOEVER IS SPREADING THAT.
FOR THE RECORD, I'M JUST GOING TO GO AHEAD AND REPEAT OR NOT REPEAT SHARE THE INFORMATION THAT WAS BEING BROUGHT FORWARD TO US AND ACCUSING US BECAUSE NO INFORMATION THAT I SHARE IS GOING TO BE INACCURATE.
AND IF IT IS, I EXPECT MY COMMISSIONERS TO CORRECT ME.
I EXPECT CITY ATTORNEY TO CORRECT ME.
I EXPECT CITY MANAGER TO CORRECT ME.
SO I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND FORWARD WITH IT.
I SUE THE HOA BECAUSE THEY WERE STOPPING ME FROM SELLING AN INVESTMENT PROPERTY.
SO FOR THE GENTLEMAN THAT WAS ACCUSING ME OF SUCH, THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED AND THEY SETTLED.
SO I GUESS WE CAN TELL WHO ACTUALLY WAS THE VILLAIN THERE.
THE CHURCH IS OWNED BY COMMISSIONER BOLTON.
HE IS THE PASTOR. THEREFORE HE HAS A VOTE IN SHAKER VILLAGE.
THE $1 MILLION WAS PROPOSED BY COMMISSIONER BY VICE MAYOR THROUGH 13TH FLOOR.
BAILOUT GIVING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO A FAILING BUSINESS WITH SHAKER VILLAGE IS A BUSINESS.
IT'S A 501. C THREE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION.
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SO, YES, YOU ARE RECEIVING A BAILOUT.SHALL THIS GO FORWARD ONLY 20 TO 25 PARKING SPACES.
THIS IS NOT FOR YOUR KIDS TO COME OUT AND GET ON THE SWINGS AND HAVE MAGICAL TIME.
THIS IS A COMMUNITY CENTER WHICH WILL PROBABLY BE USED MORE TO OPEN A WATER BILL, PAY FOR UTILITIES AND INTO SUCH. TO THE LADY THAT TALKED ABOUT THE LIONS.
$5,000 EVERY BUYER HAS TO PAY FOR FOR YOU TO SELL A HOME AND FOR A BUYER TO BUY A HOUSE.
YOU HAVE OVER $12 MILLION IN LIENS.
AND I CONFIRM THAT WITH OUR BUILDING DEPARTMENT.
YES, $10 MILLION FOR OVER 300 ACRES.
THIS IS A 2.4 ACRE PROPERTY, PRIVATE PROPERTY, FOR THAT MATTER.
WELCOME, BECAUSE I HOPE YOU ALL ARE HERE, ALL FIVE OF YOU.
AND IF YOU ALL FIVE ARE NOT HERE, SHAME ON YOU.
I THINK THERE'S ONLY ONE BOARD MEMBER THAT I SEE.
OR TWO. SO THE REST OF YOU THAT DIDN'T SHOW UP.
CAN I HAVE MY TIME BACK? LET'S GO. LET'S GO, LET'S GO, LET'S GO.
I WAS. I REQUESTED YESTERDAY A CERTIFICATE THAT YOU COMPLIED WITH STATUTE 718 THAT YOU HAVE TO DO WITHIN 90 DAYS OF BEING ELECTED ON THE BOARD. NONE OF YOU PROVIDED THAT.
THAT MEANS THAT NONE OF YOU ARE ELECTED TO BE ON THE BOARD.
THAT MEANS THAT WHOEVER YOU HIRED AS THE ATTORNEY IS NOT REALLY AN ATTORNEY THAT'S REPRESENTING YOU.
THAT MEANS THAT THIS CITY SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN INTO CONTRACT WITH IT.
SO PLEASE CHECK YOUR RECORD BECAUSE RIGHT NOW YOU'RE NOT BOARD MEMBERS BECAUSE STATUTE 718, SECTION FOUR B SAYS IF YOU'RE NOT CERTIFIED, THAT MEANS YOU'RE KICKED OUT FOR FOR FOR THE RECORD HERE, FIVE PROPERTIES YOU GUYS OWN FIVE PROPERTIES OF WORTH OVER $1.5 MILLION WIRING.
YOU PUTTING SOME SKIN IN THE GAME.
I'M NOT AGAINST THIS PROJECT BECAUSE THERE'S THIS DIVIDING FACTOR.
IT'S THE IT'S WE HAVE A PROBLEM WITH HOW THIS WAS PROPOSED.
YOUR BUDGET. IT SHOWS 361 UNITS, BUT YET BROWARD COUNTY SHOWS 358 UNITS.
WHO THE HECK IS DOING YOUR ACCOUNTING? YOU GUYS INCREASED YOUR INSURANCE BY $300,000 BASED ON YOUR BUDGET.
WHY? BECAUSE YOU DID NOT FIX YOUR BUDGET, BECAUSE YOU DID NOT FIX YOUR CLUBHOUSE.
SO YOU KNOW WHAT? LET'S INCREASE IT BY 300,000.
I'M GOING. BASED ON YOUR BUDGET, MA'AM.
YOU HAVE RENTAL UNITS, FIVE RENTAL UNITS.
AND I'M GOING TO TAKE MY TWO MINUTES.
I HIGHLY DOUBT THAT'S WHERE YOU ARE CHARGING THESE FIVE UNITS.
RENTAL IS OVER $2,000, SO YOUR BUDGET ON THAT ITEM IS SCREWED UP AMONG YOUR TAXES EXPENSES ON PAYROLL $140,000. WHAT DO YOU WHO DO YOU GUYS ARE PAYING? OKAY, FINANCING FEE, $3,000.
WHAT DO YOU GUYS FINANCING? I DON'T I DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT FINANCING ITEM.
SO IS THE HOA BOARD THAT'S PRESENT HERE AMENABLE TO SELLING OFF FIVE UNITS TO CONTRIBUTE TO THIS $1.94 MILLION TO PUT INTO YOUR INFRASTRUCTURE? NOT ANYONE THAT'S GOING TO BENEFIT.
NO ONE ELSE BENEFITS BUT YOUR COMMUNITY.
SO ARE THEY ARE YOU GUYS AMENABLE TO THAT, TO PUTTING SELLING YOUR FIVE UNITS? NO, NO, NO, NO. OKAY. NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO.
NO, NO, NO. THEN YOU HAVE A PROPERTY NORTH OF SHAKER VILLAGE THAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACQUIRE.
YOU GUYS HAVE AN OFFICE, YOU GUYS HAVE A BUILDING, YOU GUYS HAVE A BASKETBALL COURT.
WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO WITH THAT? YOU GUYS WERE TRYING TO GET INTO A CONTRACT WITH US WITH THE CITY TO USE A SHARED AGREEMENT, BUT YET AT THE SAME TIME, YOU ALREADY HAVE A BUILDING.
NOW, WHO IS TO SAY YOU'RE NOT GOING TO TAKE CARE OF THE EXTRA 400 GRAND THAT YOU'RE ABOUT TO GET? BECAUSE WE ONLY ALLOCATED $1.5 MILLION INTO ESCROW? YOUR INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT IS WELL NORTH OF $2 MILLION.
YOU'RE GOING TO ASSESS EVERY UNIT OWNER.
I HIGHLY DOUBT YOU CAN DO THAT.
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SO THAT'S A BIG PROBLEM.ALL RIGHT. AT THIS TIME, IT IS 1130.
WE ARE GOING TO TAKE A 15 MINUTE BREAK.
THANK YOU. WE ARE BACK ON, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
THANK YOU. WE ARE RETURNING TO THE DAIS.
THANK YOU. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE STILL HERE AND STILL WATCHING AT HOME FOR YOUR PATIENCE.
WE ARE STILL AT COMMISSIONER COMMENTS.
I SEE NO COMMENTS FROM OTHERS ON THE DAIS.
SO WHILE WE WERE ACTUALLY HERE TO DISCUSS THE SHARED USE AGREEMENT, AND I DO APPRECIATE EVERYBODY COMING HERE, WHETHER YOU'RE FOR OR AGAINST, THERE'S A LOT OF COMPLICATION HERE ON THIS ITEM.
IT'S A SHAME THAT THIS DIDN'T START OUT AS A CONVERSATION THAT IT DID IN 2019 WHERE EVERYBODY ON THE COMMISSION AND EVERYBODY IN SHAKER VILLAGE, INCLUDING THE BOARD AND BOARDS THAT MAY HAVE TURNED OVER HAD THIS CONVERSATION TOGETHER VERSUS WHAT HAS HAPPENED.
THERE'S OBVIOUSLY A DISCREPANCY VIA LAW ON HOW THAT HAPPENS, AND THAT IS WHAT NEEDS TO BE FOUND OUT TO MAKE SURE THAT IF A PROCESS GOES FORWARD, THE PROCESS GOES FORWARD PROPERLY FOR EVERYONE.
SO I HAVE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT SOME TITLE ISSUES, SOME VERY TIME SENSITIVE TITLE ISSUES.
AND CITY ATTORNEY, I NEED YOUR HELP TO ADDRESS THEM, PLEASE.
HAVE YOU FORMALLY PROVIDED THE SELLER OUR TITLE NOTICE? YES, I HAVE.
IN FACT, TODAY WAS THE FIRST DAY I WAS ABLE TO OBTAIN A COPY OF THE LAWSUIT AND I FORWARD A COPY TO SHAKER VILLAGE ATTORNEY OF THE LAWSUIT.
OKAY. SO TODAY IS THE DAY YOU ADVISE HIM OF ONE TITLE ISSUE, THE LAWSUIT WITH RESPECT TO THE ISSUE OF THE LAWSUIT, IN TERMS OF OTHER TITLE ISSUE, THERE WAS A TITLE DEFECT LETTER THAT WENT OUT, I BELIEVE, MAYBE LAST WEEK, A WEEK AGO, TO GIVE HIM AN OPPORTUNITY BASED ON THE PRO FORMA TITLE COMMITMENT.
HERE'S SOME ISSUES THAT HE NEEDS TO RESOLVE.
CAN YOU PLEASE EXPLAIN OR WHAT WAS WRITTEN IN THAT LETTER, WHAT THE TITLE ISSUES, PLEASE? ONE, THERE WAS A RECREATIONAL LEASE THAT NEEDS TO BE PARTIALLY TERMINATED.
SECOND, THEY NEED TO BASICALLY CONFIRM THAT THE BOARD HAS AUTHORITY TO SELL THE PROPERTY WITHOUT YOU, THE OWNERS, BASED ON THEIR ROLES AND ALSO BASED ON MY RECOLLECTION, THERE WAS SOME MINOR THERE WAS A SHOE RELATED TO A BOAT DOCK THAT THE CITY AND SHAKER VILLAGE HAD ENTERED INTO.
SO THAT WAS REFERENCED IN ONE OF THE EXCEPTION.
AND WHAT HAS HAPPENED WITH THE RESPONSE FROM THE ATTORNEY REGARDING THOSE ITEMS? THE ATTORNEY SUBMITTED A RESPOND.
IN FACT, ALL TITLE OBJECTIONS OR DEFECTS OR OBJECTIONS NEED TO BE RESOLVED BY SEPTEMBER 26TH.
AND WITH THIS LAWSUIT, IN FACT, HE INDICATED, WHICH IS THE END OF THE DUE DILIGENCE PERIOD, AND SPEAKING TO THE ATTORNEY, HE INDICATED THAT, LOOK, HANS, YOU YOU'VE BEEN IN COURT.
HE CANNOT RESOLVE A LAWSUIT IN 14 DAYS.
HE WANTED TO EXTEND THE DUE DILIGENCE PERIOD UP TO 90 DAYS TO DEAL WITH THE LAWSUIT.
WHEN DID THIS RESPONSE COME TO YOU? THAT WAS I WAS COMMUNICATION THAT I HAD WITH HIM ABOUT THE LAWSUIT.
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WHEN DID IT COME IN, PLEASE? TODAY. THANK YOU.BECAUSE WE HAVE A FIVE DAY PERIOD TO RESPOND TO THAT.
SO STARTING FROM TODAY, BECAUSE PER OUR CONTRACT, THE EXECUTED COMMERCIAL CONTRACT, PAGE NUMBER TWO, SECTION THREE, SEE LITTLE TWO, I CLEARLY STATES THAT WE HAVE A TIME FRAME TO DO SO.
AND IF WE'VE ALREADY GIVEN HIM NOTICE AND HE TOLD US TODAY THAT'S FIVE, FIVE BUSINESS DAYS OR FIVE, NOT BUSINESS DAYS, FIVE DAYS FROM HIM GIVING US NOTICE.
WE NEED TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT WE ARE GOING TO ACCEPT THAT.
GO AHEAD AND FINISH IF YOU FEEL FREE.
THERE'S A WILD DEED LIST IN NUMBER THREE, THE EXCEPTIONS.
THIS IS THE INTEREST OF ROBERT MCMANUS, BETTY MCMANUS AND THE ASSIGNS.
IS SHAKER VILLAGE ASSOCIATION GOING TO BE FILING A QUIET TITLE ACTION TO CLEAR TITLE? MARY IN FACT, WHEN THIS COMMISSION APPROVED THE REAL ESTATE CONTRACT FOR PURCHASE AT THE JULY MEETING, BASICALLY THE CONTRACT SPECIFICALLY INDICATED THAT WE WOULD BUY THE PROPERTY SUBJECT TO THE 1 IN 3 58IN OF THIS FORMER UNIT OWNER AND STAFF, MYSELF, CITY MANAGER AND ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER.
SO THE CONTRACT THAT WAS APPROVED CLEARLY REFLECT THAT WAS AN INTEREST THAT WE WOULD BUY THE PROPERTY SUBJECT TO BECAUSE IT'S SUCH A DE MINIMIS INTEREST. WHY IS IT THAT WE WOULD BE IN A BETTER POSITION IF THEY HAVE SUCH A STELLAR ATTORNEY HANDLING THE MATTER FOR THEM? WHY ARE THEY NOT HAVING THEIR ATTORNEY CLEAR THEIR TITLE FOR THEM? WHY ARE WE DOING IT? MAYOR AT THE TIME WHEN THE CONTRACT WAS NEGOTIATED.
WE WANTED TO TAKE FULL CONTROL OF THE PROPERTY UPON CLOSING AND WE HAVING FULL CONTROL OF THE PROPERTY AND DEALING WITH ANY MATTERS AFTER CLOSING WOULD BE WE WOULD BE IN A BETTER POSITION.
SO YOU'RE SAYING WE'RE GOING TO BE PAYING FOR A QUIET TITLE LAWSUIT, IS THAT CORRECT? THAT WOULD BE A MATTER THAT WOULD BE HANDLED BY, OBVIOUSLY, MY OFFICE.
ADDITIONAL FEES AND COSTS THAT THE CITY WILL PAY FOR.
SO NUMBER TWO, RIGHTS AND TITLES RIGHTS OF THE LESSEES UNDER RECORDED UNRECORDED LEASES.
AND NUMBER SEVEN OF THE EXCEPTIONS.
UNDER NUMBER 15, IT SAYS THE LEASE AND WAIVER IS TO BE RELEASED OR TERMINATED.
HOW CAN THE OWNER'S INTEREST BE TERMINATED IN ORDER TO SATISFY THIS REQUIREMENT AND PROVIDE CLEAR TITLE? MAYOR THAT'S BASICALLY SHAKER VILLAGE ATTORNEY SENT A RESPONSE AND I COULD GIVE IT TO THE COMMISSION.
HE INDICATED THAT HE WILL BE ABLE TO RESOLVE IT.
I'M SORRY. DID YOU SAY HE WILL OR WILL NOT BE ABLE TO? HE INDICATED HE COULD RESOLVE IT IN HIS RESPONSE.
SO HE'S ON NOTICE THAT THIS IS A TITLE OBJECTION, CORRECT.
SO IN THAT TIME FRAME ALREADY RUNS OUT.
SO NEXT COMES FROM THE FACT THAT WE NO LONGER HAVE PRO FORMA TITLE COMMITMENT FROM AN UNDERWRITER.
THERE MEANS WE HAVE OUR UNDERWRITER.
WE HIRED OUR AGENT RECEIVED NOTICE THAT THE INSURANCE COMPANY CANCELED THE PRO FORMA COMMITMENT, WHICH WAS A PROPOSAL TO INSURE WE DO NOT KNOW OF ANY OTHER TITLE ITEMS THAT MAY BE ON THE PROPERTY.
FIVE AN UNRECORDED CONTRACT BETWEEN THE ASSOCIATION AND ANOTHER PARTY, SUCH AS THE UNRECORDED CONTRACT BETWEEN SHAKER VILLAGE ASSOCIATION AND UNITED SEA GENERAL CONTRACTOR LLC, WITH AN ADDENDUM DATED AUGUST 14TH, 2022, A DOCUMENT REFERRED TO AS CONTRACT DOCUMENTS TO REBUILD THE CLUBHOUSE THAT WAS FILED IN THE CITY IN ORDER TO STOP THE MAGISTRATE PROCEEDINGS.
THAT IS INCLUDED IN THE LIST OF OUR TITLE OBJECTIONS, I BELIEVE.
SO I DON'T I DON'T HAVE THE TITLE OBJECTION LETTER, BUT BUT I CAN GIVE THE COMMISSION A COPY OF BOTH THE TITLE OBJECTION AND SHAKER VILLAGE RESPONSE. AND BASED ON THE RESPONSE, HE INDICATED THAT HE WOULD CORRECT WHATEVER OBJECTIONS THAT WERE LISTED.
IN ADDITION TO THE LAWSUIT FILED AGAINST THE SHAKER VILLAGE ASSOCIATION.
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HAS NOW BEEN FILED AT THE WORKSHOP YESTERDAY, WHICH WE THOROUGHLY DISCUSSED THIS ISSUE, I INDICATED TO YOU AND THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION THAT BECAUSE OF THIS THREAT OF LAWSUIT, THAT THE TITLE INSURANCE WILL NOT INSURE US.AND THAT'S ANYTHING IF WE HAVE A DEVELOPMENT PROJECT.
HOWEVER, THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS THAT I'M PRETTY SURE I'VE JUST MENTIONED THAT ARE NOT IN THAT LETTER TO THE TITLE OBJECTIONS TO THE SELLER'S ATTORNEY, WHICH NEED TO BE DONE BECAUSE WE ARE UNDER A TIME CONSTRAINT, SO PLEASE DO SO.
MAYOR JUST WANT TO MAKE THE RECORD CLEAR.
LIKE ANY REAL ESTATE CONTRACT IF YOU TIME.
FRAMES CAN BE EXTENDED BASED ON CIRCUMSTANCE BETWEEN THE PARTIES.
IN FACT, YESTERDAY I RECOMMEND TO THE COMMISSION THAT DUE TO THIS ISSUE WITH THE LAWSUIT, THAT WE NEED TO EXTEND THE DUE DILIGENCE PERIOD FURTHER 30 DAYS.
AND IF DURING THAT PERIOD, SHAKER VILLAGE IS NOT ABLE TO RESOLVE THIS QUESTION RELATING TO THE SALE, THEN THE CITY HAS EVERY RIGHT UNDER THE CONTRACT TO TERMINATE THE CONTRACT AND BASICALLY NO LIABILITY ON THE CITY AND NO LIABILITY ON SHAKER VILLAGE.
CITY ATTORNEY SO WE HAVE NO MORE OBLIGATION.
PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT THE SELLER'S ATTORNEY IS AWARE OF ALL OF OUR TITLE ITEMS, NOT JUST THE LAWSUIT, SO THAT HE MAKES SURE THAT HE FIXES ALL OF THE ITEMS IN THAT TIME THAT YOU'RE ASKING. HE'S AWARE OF THEM.
PLEASE PUT IT IN WRITING BECAUSE THE TIME FRAME STARTS FOR US AS SOON AS IT GOES IN WRITING.
ALL TITLE OBJECTIONS ARE REQUIRED TO BE RESOLVED RIGHT NOW, AS WE SPEAK TODAY BY SEPTEMBER 26TH.
AND IF THE COMMISSION ALLOWS IT TO BE EXTENDED BECAUSE OF THIS LAWSUIT, WE HAVE ADDITIONAL TIME.
HE STILL NEEDS TO BE PUT ON NOTICE FOR OUR OBLIGATIONS UNDER CONTRACT.
THANK YOU. I AM NOT SEEING ANYBODY ELSE TO WISH TO SPEAK.
VICE MAYOR. YOU NOW WISH TO SPEAK OR ARE YOU WISHING TO VOTE? WISHING TO SPEAK, MADAM MAYOR.
GO AHEAD. UH, MADAM MAYOR, I JUST WANT TO STATE FOR THE RECORD FOR THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC THAT WHILE WE DO APPRECIATE RHETORIC AND NARRATIVES THAT SOUND LIKE SOUNDBITES, WE HAVE TO CORRECT THE RECORD.
AND SO I WANT TO CORRECT THE RECORD THAT THIS CITY COMMISSION AND PREVIOUS CITY COMMISSIONS KNEW THAT THIS SHAKER VILLAGE ITEM WAS BEING DISCUSSED.
I MADE A PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST AND SHAKER VILLAGE WAS DISCUSSED PUBLICLY ON JUNE 19TH, 2019 JUNE 26TH, 2019.
JANUARY 10TH, 2022, AND PRIOR TO THAT TAMARAC EAST SIDE PARKS FEASIBILITY STUDY IDENTIFYING SHAKER VILLAGE AS A SITE FOR A COMMUNITY CENTER WAS DISCUSSED.
THROUGH ALL OF THESE MEETINGS, THIS COMMISSION AND PREVIOUS SUPPORTED SHAKER VILLAGE.
TO ASK THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU'RE ASKING TONIGHT.
NO ONE THERE. HAVE A POINT OF ORDER.
PLEASE KEEP IT TO A POINT OF ORDER.
VICE MAYOR, CAN YOU CONFIRM HIS MIC IS NOT WORKING? GO AHEAD. CAN YOU CONFIRM CAN YOU CONFIRM WHETHER THAT WAS THE MEETINGS AT SHAKER VILLAGE WHERE YOU WERE ONLY PRESENT OR IT WAS DISCUSSED IN A WORKSHOP OR IT WAS DISCUSSED IN A REGULAR COMMISSION MEETING?
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MAY I RESPOND, MADAM MAYOR? YES, PLEASE. I THINK THE QUESTION IS MORE APPROPRIATE TO BE DIRECTED TO THE CITY CLERK.CITY CLERK. ARE YOU PREPARED TO BE ABLE TO ANSWER THIS QUESTION AT THIS TIME? COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS CAN YOU REPEAT YOUR QUESTION, PLEASE? LET ME SEE IF I'M ABLE TO ANSWER YOU AT THIS TIME.
VICE MAYOR MENTIONED LIKE 710 DIFFERENT DATES.
MY QUESTION IS, WERE THESE MEETINGS THAT WERE HELD AT SHAKER VILLAGE WITH SHAKER VILLAGE BY VICE MAYOR ON HIS OWN, OR WAS IT SPOKEN IN PUBLIC DURING A WORKSHOP OR A REGULAR MEETING? I BELIEVE THOSE WERE ALL COMMISSION MEETINGS OR WORKSHOPS.
HOWEVER, I WOULD HAVE TO REVIEW THE RECORD TO CONFIRM THAT.
HENCE MY MY QUESTION WAS DIRECTED TO VICE MAYOR BECAUSE HE WOULD KNOW.
CONTINUE. POINT OF CLARIFICATION, THE TOPICS THAT WERE THESE ITEMS WERE BROUGHT ABOUT.
ARE NOT BEING READ INTO THE RECORD AT A LATER DATE.
TO FULLY CLARIFY THE RECORD, PLEASE.
TO FURTHER CLARIFY, MADAM MAYOR, MY EMAIL TO THE CITY CLERK ON THURSDAY, JULY 27TH, 2023, AT 11 A.M..
READ AND I QUOTE MISS DYLAN, CAN YOU PROVIDE ME ALL PLANNING SESSIONS, WORKSHOPS AND REGULAR MEETINGS? MEETING DATES WHERE THE CITY COMMISSION DISCUSSED SHAKER VILLAGE? MISS DYLAN RESPONDED ON JULY 27TH, 2023.
THE LIST OF MEETINGS IS AS FOLLOWS.
JULY 10TH, 2023 AND JULY 12TH, 2023.
ALL OF THOSE MEETINGS, THIS CITY COMMISSION AND PREVIOUS SUPPORTED SHAKER VILLAGE.
THE ONLY TIME SHAKER VILLAGE WAS NOT SUPPORTED BY MEMBERS OF THIS COMMISSION.
NAMELY COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS AND MAYOR GOMEZ WAS JULY 10TH, 2023, AND JULY 12TH, 2023. ONLY AFTER 13 FLOOR MADE A VOLUNTARY PROFFER TO PLACE SHAKER VILLAGE AS ONE OF ITS BENEFICIARIES.
MY RHETORICAL QUESTION IS, COULD IT BE THAT THIS COMMISSION, THIS MAYOR, IS ONLY OBJECTING TO SHAKER VILLAGE BECAUSE RESOURCES ARE COMING FROM A PRIVATE DEVELOPER TO PAY FOR THE CLUBHOUSE? THAT WOULD BECOME A COMMUNITY CENTER.
THAT IS A QUESTION THAT TAMARAC NEEDS TO ASK.
THAT A PRIVATE DEVELOPER IS PAYING A PORTION OF THE PROCEEDS THAT WOULD BUY THIS CLUBHOUSE.
EVEN NOT YETRILLIONECEIVED IS NOT TAXPAYERS MONEY.
SEEING. THAT WASN'T ACTUALLY A QUESTION FOR US TO ANSWER.
OH, YOU HAVE A QUESTION? YEAH. SORRY.
OKAY. SORRY. QUESTION. QUESTION.
COMMISSIONER. RIGHT. UH, CITY ATTORNEY IN REFERENCE TO THE LAWSUIT.
BUT DOES THAT PROLONG THE CLOSING TIME? IF YOU COMMISSIONER GIVE THE MANAGER AND I AUTHORITY TO EXTEND THE DUE DILIGENCE PERIOD UP TO 90 DAYS.
IT AUTOMATICALLY EXTEND THE CLOSING TIME BECAUSE BASED ON THE CONTRACT CLOSING IS 30 DAY AFTER EXPIRATION OF THE DUE DILIGENCE, DUE DILIGENCE PERIOD.
CAN YOU REPEAT THE CHANGES AGAIN? BECAUSE THERE WERE SOME CHANGES. YES.
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MANAGEMENT OFFICE.THAT WAS REMOVED FROM THE SHARED USE AGREEMENT, AND SHAKER VILLAGE ATTORNEY DID NOT OBJECT TO IT.
ADDITIONALLY, THERE WAS A CONCERN RAISED BY THE MAYOR AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION THAT DURING HOLIDAYS THAT THE COMMUNITY CENTER WILL BE CLOSED, SO ANY ACTIVITY SHOULD NOT BE PERMITTED.
LANGUAGE WAS ADDED TO BASICALLY FOLLOW THAT DIRECTION THAT THE COMMISSION WANT WITH RESPECT TO NO ONE WILL USE OBVIOUSLY THE COMMUNITY CENTER DURING THE HOLIDAYS AND ALSO THE CITY WILL OBVIOUSLY EVENTS TAKE PRIORITY.
AND SOME OTHER FACTS THAT I HAVE HERE, MR. GEORGE, IF YOU CAN ANSWER IN TERMS OF THE LEANS, CAN YOU CAN YOU GIVE US THE AMOUNT IN TERMS OF LENS? I JUST WANT TO JUST FOR CLARIFICATION.
GEORGE FOWLER, CITY OF TAMARAC BUILDING OFFICIAL.
CAN YOU REPEAT THE QUESTION, PLEASE? YES, I THINK COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS WAS MADE A COMMENT THAT THERE WAS $12 MILLION WORTH OF LIENS.
BUT OF ALL THE COMMON LIENS, COMMON AREA.
BUT ON SHAKER VILLAGE, ON THEIR COMMON AREAS, THERE'S $12 MILLION IN LIENS.
OKAY. I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT.
OKAY. IS THAT IT? YEAH. THANKS.
I THINK SOMEONE MENTIONED EARLIER THAT WE LOSE, WE'LL LOSE OUR DEPOSIT IF IF THIS LAWSUIT HAPPENS.
IS THAT IS THAT TRUE? NO, THAT'S NOT ACCURATE.
IN FACT, IF SHAKER VILLAGE IS NOT ABLE TO RESOLVE BASICALLY A TITLE DEFECT WITH RESPECT TO THIS LAWSUIT, THE CITY HAS AN ABSOLUTE RIGHT TO TERMINATE THIS CONTRACT, AND THAT'S THE RIGHT THAT WE HAVE.
IT DEPENDS ON THE TITLE ITEMS THAT CAN BE CURED AND CANNOT BE CURED.
AND YOU'LL PROTECT THEM IF THERE'S AN EXTENSION.
OKAY, SO THERE'S NO ONE ELSE WHO'S WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER.
I'M NOT HEARING ANY OTHER MOTIONS.
CAN WE GET A GET A MOTION TO EXTEND THE.
MAKE AN ADDENDUM FOR EXTENSION.
SO ON CLARIFICATION, WE HAVE A MOTION PENDING.
MADAM MAYOR, POINT OF CLARIFICATION.
WHAT IS YOUR POINT OF CLARIFICATION? THANK YOU. CITY ATTORNEY CAN YOU STATE WHAT OUR MOTION SHOULD BE? THAT WAY WE CAN MAKE THE MOTION OR SECOND IT AS STATED AND AS POINT OF ORDER, HE WILL DO SO AFTER WE FINISH THE SHARED USE AGREEMENT ITEM BECAUSE THAT ONE'S ON THE TABLE.
AND THEN THE NEXT ITEM, IF THERE IS A MOTION, IT WILL BE BROUGHT FORTH.
SO, SO JUST TO BE CERTAIN, RIGHT NOW WE'RE VOTING ON THE SHARED USE AGREEMENT.
OKAY. THE SHARED USE AGREEMENT WITH THE CHANGES THAT WE'VE PRESENTED.
IT'S OUR POSITION THAT WE'VE PUT IT OUT THERE IF WE AGREE TO THE CHANGES THAT WE'VE PUT FORTH.
UNDERSTOOD. OKAY FOR CLARIFICATION.
SO AT THIS TIME, THE VOTE BEFORE US IS A SHARED USE AGREEMENT, AS THE CITY HAS AMENDED.
WE KNOW THAT SHAKER VILLAGE ASSOCIATION HAS AGREED TO THE CHANGES.
THEY HAVEN'T. YEAH, I'M AWARE OF THAT.
YES. AND JUST TO REITERATE, TO KEEP IT.
THE EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF HAS BEEN CHANGED TO BE WHEN IT IS SIGNED AT CLOSING?
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CORRECT. CITY ATTORNEY.THAT WAS SOMETHING DISCUSSED AT THE WORKSHOP THAT WILL BE INCLUDED.
YEAH. THE CHANGES ARE THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SHARED USE AGREEMENT WILL NOT BEGIN UNTIL IT'S SIGNED AT CLOSING BECAUSE THE ORIGINAL CONTRACT HAD IT BEING EXECUTED TONIGHT.
THEN THE TIME FRAME RAN AGAINST THE CITY TO BUILD A PROPERTY ON A PROPERTY WE DID NOT YET OWN, SO THEREFORE IT WAS CHANGED, BUT IT HAD NOT YET MADE IT INTO THE CHANGES.
ACCORDING TO OUR CITY ATTORNEY.
HOWEVER, THE WAY I READ IT IS AS THE EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF, WHICH DOESN'T MEAN WE SIGN IT TODAY.
IT MEANS THAT WE IT COULD BE SIGNED.
MAYOR. IT'S JUST AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
TRIGGER IS TRIGGERED BY THE CLOSING.
WE DON'T HAVE THAT PARTICULARLY WRITTEN IN.
SO YOU'RE GOING TO FIX THAT, CORRECT? YES, CORRECT. OKAY.
SO THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SHARED USE AGREEMENT WILL NOT BE UNTIL WHEN? AND IF THERE IS A CONTRACT.
THAT IS THAT WE GO THROUGH TO CLOSING.
AT CLOSING, THIS WILL HAVE AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
THE OTHER CHANGE IS THERE WILL BE NO.
WE HAVE CHANGES IN HERE TO SAY THE TIME FRAME IS FINE.
HOWEVER, IF THE CITY OF TAMARAC IS CLOSED, THE BUILDING IS CLOSED.
AND IT'S THANKSGIVING FOR ONE OF THOSE DAYS.
WE CANNOT HAVE THE BUILDING OPEN AT THAT TIME BECAUSE IT IS A HOLIDAY.
SO WE HAVE AMENDED THE CONTRACT TO MAKE SURE.
THAT THOSE DATES WOULD BE TAKEN CARE OF AND IT WOULD BE DISCUSSED WITH SHAKER VILLAGE.
DURING THE HOURS ESTABLISHED BY THE CITY.
THE OTHER CHANGE THAT WAS CHANGED BUT NOT CHANGED BY THIS COMMISSION WAS THAT ORIGINALLY IT SAID THIS INSTRUMENT WAS PREPARED BY JOSE VALERA WITHOUT REVIEW OF TITLE.
THAT ONE LINE WITHOUT REVIEW OF TITLE HAS BEEN REMOVED.
IS THERE A REASON WHY? I AM NOT SURE WHY THAT WAS REMOVED, BUT IT WAS REMOVED AND WITHOUT REVIEW OF TITLE OR OPINION OF TITLE, WAS REMOVED WHEN IT WAS SENT OVER TO JOSE.
AND AS OUR CITY ATTORNEY HAS SAID, JOSE.
HE HAS REVIEWED THIS AGREEMENT? YES. AND HE HAS AGREED TO THE CHANGES BEING MADE, HAS NO OBJECTION TO HIM.
AND AND WE'LL GET A COPY OF THAT EMAIL THAT SPECIFICALLY DELINEATES ALL OF THESE FOR OUR RECORDS.
CORRECT. SO DID I MAKE IT AS CLEAR AS MUD? WE GOT IT. ALL RIGHT.
CITY CLERK. WHAT DO YOU NEED ME TO DO TO PUT THIS BACK ON THE RAILS FOR YOU? JUST CALL THE ROLL.
THAT'S CORRECT. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
YES, WE DO. YOU WANT ME TO FIND OUT WHO? WE HAVE A MOTION BY VICE MAYOR BOLTON AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER RAY.
NOW, IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE IS A MOTION THAT IS GOING TO BE PUT FORTH.
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CITY ATTORNEY WOULD YOU LIKE TO STATE THE MOTION? YES, I BELIEVE THAT WAS DISCUSSED AT THE WORKSHOP.IN FACT, I BELIEVE COMMISSIONER FOR THE LAW BOARD BROUGHT THAT ISSUE UP.
IT'S REALLY ALLOWING THE CITY MANAGER AND I TO HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO EXTEND THE DUE DILIGENCE PERIOD, WHICH ENDS SEPTEMBER 26TH, TO ADDITIONAL 90 DAYS TO ALLOW A RESOLUTION RELATING TO THIS LITIGATION THAT WE OBVIOUSLY FOUND OUT THAT WAS FILED TODAY. AND AND DURING THAT PERIOD, SHAKER VILLAGE WOULD HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO RESOLVE THIS LITIGATION.
AND IF THEY OBVIOUSLY DON'T SAY THEY HAVE A RIGHT TO TERMINATE THE CONTRACT.
AND ANY OTHER TITLE DEFECTS THAT'S STILL OUTSTANDING.
OKAY. THE MOTION IS REQUESTING.
AND NEGOTIATE AN EXTENSION OF 90 DAYS FOR THE SELLERS FROM SEPTEMBER 26TH.
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90 DAYS FROM SEPTEMBER 26TH, 2023.CORRECT. TO TO ALLOW SHAKER VILLAGE ATTORNEY TO ADDRESS ALL TITLE DEFECTS, INCLUDING THE LITIGATION THAT WAS FILED TODAY. TO INCLUDE ALL OF THE ITEMS OUTSTANDING AS OF TODAY, AS DISCUSSED AT THIS COMMISSION MEETING.
ON THE PRO FORMA AND AS SUCH EXTEND ALL OBLIGATIONS OF THE CITY.
SO WE ARE NOT RUNNING UP AGAINST A TIME FRAME THAT IF WE HAVE STILL TITLE OBJECTIONS AFTER THE 90 DAYS THAT WE CAN'T DISCUSS, WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO EXTEND OUR FIVE DAYS UNDER SECTION THREE C FOR OUR TITLE OBJECTION PERIOD.
PERIODS GET EXTENDED BY 90 DAYS FOR THE CONTRACT.
YES. YOU'RE REFERRING RIGHT NOW.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE WE ON THE SAME PAGE.
IF WE ARE GIVING THE SELLERS 90 DAYS TO CLEAR TITLE, WE NEED TO GIVE THE CITY OF TAMARAC OPPORTUNITY TO DETERMINE IF ALL ITEMS WERE CLEARED TO OUR SATISFACTION.
AND IF NOT, WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THE ABILITY.
SO MY CONCERN IS MAKING SURE WE HAVE THAT TIME FOR US TO BE ABLE TO TALK, BECAUSE IF WE DON'T, THEN WE DO LOSE OUR DEPOSIT BECAUSE WE WILL NOT HAVE PROTECTED OUR DEPOSIT.
SO THE PURPOSE IS TO GIVE US TIME AFTER THE SELLER'S ATTORNEY DOES WHAT THEY NEED TO DO UNDER DUE DILIGENCE TO GIVE US EXTRA TIME TO DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE AND THEN 30 DAYS THEREAFTER TO CLOSE.
MAYOR ONE THING I CAN GUARANTEE AND WE WILL NOT LOSE OUR DEPOSIT, IN FACT, I WILL PERSONALLY PAY IT IF BECAUSE WE RESPECT TO THE TIME EXTENSION, I HAVE NO OBJECTION TO THE TIME EXTENSION TO 90 DAYS.
IF WE NEED ADDITIONAL 90 DAYS FOR CLOSING, YOU CAN ALWAYS CLOSE EARLIER.
SO IT'S NOT REALLY AN IMPEDIMENT.
AGREED 90 DAYS FOR ALL ITEMS IS IS NOT GOOD 90 DAYS FOR THEM TO THE SELLER TO TRY TO CLEAR TITLE.
14 BUSINESS DAYS AFTER THAT TIME.
RIGHT. IF THE LAWSUIT FINISHES UP BEFORE 90 DAYS AND THE DECLARATION COMES FORTH THAT THE 75% OWNERS NEED TO VOTE, THAT'S ONE THING.
IF IT COMES BACK AND IT SAYS YOU DON'T NEED 75%, THEN THE CONTRACT GETS TO GO FORWARD THAT WAY.
THAT MIGHT BE HANDLED SOONER THAN LATER.
BUT IF YOU HAVE THE 90 DAY PERIOD TO LET THE SELLER TRY TO CLEAR TITLE WITH ALL THESE ITEMS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IN 90 DAYS, IF HE'S ABLE TO CLEAR TWO LEAVES, TWO AND THEN THE OTHERS WELL CLEAR AS TWO LEAVES FOUR, WE THEN DETERMINE IF WE WANT TO ACCEPT IT TO THOSE OTHER FOUR.
THE SELLER HAS HIS 90 DAYS TO CLEAR TITLE.
9014 AND THEN WE THEN CAN DO 30 DAYS FROM AFTER.
THAT'S FINE. HAVE I LOST EVERYBODY OR YOU GOT ME? I JUST HAVE A POINT OF CLARIFICATION.
OKAY. SO AT THE 90 DAY MARK, CITY ATTORNEY PLEASES THE MAYOR.
WE THE LAWSUIT IS STILL PENDING.
WHAT WHAT THEN HAPPENS? DO WE COME BACK TO CITY COMMISSION TO TRY TO GET ANOTHER EXTENSION OR EVERYTHING ELSE FALLS THROUGH AT THAT TIME? BECAUSE IF IT'S THE LATTER, I WOULD NOW ASK THAT BEFORE THOSE 90 DAYS RUN OUT, IF THE LAWSUIT IS NOT YET
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SATISFIED, THEN THROUGH CITY ADMINISTRATION, WE COME HERE TO DISCUSS THIS AGAIN TO SEE IF WE CAN HAVE ANOTHER EXTENSION.I WOULD LIKE TO PUT THAT UP AS A PART OF THE MOTION, PART OF, IF I MAY.
THE MOTION ALREADY INCLUDES THE 90 DAYS AFTER THE 90 DAYS THAT 14 DAYS AFTER GIVES US AS BUYERS THE OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS IF WE'RE GOING FORWARD OR NOT.
AT THAT TIME, WE CAN DISCUSS THE DECISION IF THERE'S AN EXTENSION OR NOT, TO KNOW WHERE THE START.
BUT SO DURING THOSE 14 DAYS, ARE WE ADVOCATING TO CITY STAFF AND ATTORNEY TO MAKE THAT DECISION TO DO ANOTHER EXTENSION? OR DO WE COME BACK TO THE CITY COMMISSION, TO THE CITY COMMISSION? AND THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO CLARIFY.
OKAY. AND ANOTHER CLARIFICATION, MADAM MAYOR.
LET'S SAY DURING THESE 90 DAYS, SHAKER VILLAGE DECIDES TO GO OUT TO THE COMMUNITY AND GET 75% OF THE VOTES IN THE COMMUNITY AS A PRECAUTION.
DO DO WE THEN RECOGNIZE THAT AS AN ACTION TO GO FORWARD AND CLOSE, OR DO ARE THEY REQUIRED TO COME BACK TO THE CITY COMMISSION BECAUSE EVERYTHING STARTS OVER? WELL, FIRST OF ALL, POINT OF ORDER ON THAT.
I JUST WANT TO ADD FOR CLARIFICATION.
WE CAN HAVE A POINT OF ORDER TO A POINT OF ORDER.
IF YOU AFTER THE CITY ATTORNEY, IF YOU STILL HAVE A QUESTION TO CLARIFY, THEN YOU CAN ASK IT.
BUT LET THE VICE MAYOR LET THE VICE MAYOR'S QUESTION BE ANSWERED BY THE CITY ATTORNEY.
AND IF YOU STILL HAVE A QUESTION REGARDING THAT, YOU'LL BE RECOGNIZED IF SHAKER VILLAGE.
BASICALLY GO OUT AND GET UNIT OWNER VOTES, 75% THAT IS REQUIRED OR THAT IS STATED THAT IS A CRIME.
AND IN A LAWSUIT, IF THEY MEET THAT REQUIREMENT, THAT IN ESSENCE WILL MOOT THE LAWSUIT.
AND THEREFORE, YOU KNOW, IT SHOULD BE A RESOLUTION ISSUE.
THE MAIN ARGUMENT IN THE LAWSUIT IS THAT THE UNIT OWNERS IS REQUIRED TO VOTE TO SELL THE PROPERTY.
AND IF THEY ACHIEVE THAT GOAL, IN MY EYES, THAT EVENTUALLY THEY COULD MOVE THE COURT TO DISMISS LAWSUIT HAS BEEN MOVED, ISSUE HAS BEEN RESOLVED.
AND AND WE CAN HERE DECIDE THAT THAT IS WHAT THIS THAT THAT IS THE PLEASURE OF THIS COMMISSION THAT WE WOULD NOT REQUIRE SHAKER VILLAGE TO COME BACK TO US TO RESTART THE PROCESS.
THAT IF THEY GET 75% OF THE COMMUNITY TO AGREE AND AND THEREFORE MAKING THE LAWSUIT MOOT, THAT THE CITY HAS THE RIGHT TO CONTINUE TO CLOSE FROM FROM RIGHT NOW, THE IMPEDIMENT TO GOING FORWARD WITH CLOSING BASED ON THE TITLE INSURANCE IS THE LAWSUIT.
SO THE CRUX OF THE ISSUE IN THE LAWSUIT IS THAT UNIT OWNER VOTES IS REQUIRED FOR THE SALE.
IF YOU KNOW THE VOTE IS ACHIEVED.
THE LAWSUIT GENERALLY IS OVER.
AND BUT DO THEY NEED TO COME BACK TO US OR DO WE JUST CONTINUE AS IF NOTHING HAPPENED AND GO AND CLOSE? WELL, FROM A PROCEDURE STANDPOINT, IF THEY MEET THAT REQUIREMENT AND A LAWSUIT RESOLVE AND THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IS ABLE TO OBTAIN THE NECESSARY TITLE INSURANCE, YOU KNOW, WE CAN MOVE FORWARD CLOSE.
IF THERE'S NO LAWSUIT, I MEAN, WE HAVE MANAGER OFFICE AND I HAVE CLOSED ON SEVERAL PROPERTIES PURCHASED BY THE CITY AFTER APPROVAL OF THE CONTRACT AND DUE DILIGENCE PERIOD IS OVER, WE CLOSED.
WE DON'T COME BACK TO THE COMMISSION.
I WILL RECOGNIZE COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS, BUT THEN I HAVE A POINT OF ORDER AND CLARIFICATION.
PLEASE PROCEED. SO I'LL THROW YOU A BONE VICE MAYOR, JUST BECAUSE I KNOW YOU LOVE WALKING.
IN MOST AND IF NOT ALL, VOTING MATTERS.
WHEN IT COMES TO AN HOA, ESPECIALLY 718, YOU HAVE A CERTAIN TIMEFRAME TO COMPLETE ANY VOTING TASK THAT REQUIRES 75% OR MORE OF THE BODY.
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AND CITY ATTORNEY, I AM GOING TO ASK YOU TO NOT OPINE ON CERTAIN THINGS IN THE RESPECT THAT PER THE DECLARATION, WHICH IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS BEING BROUGHT FORTH IN THE LAWSUIT THAT IS BEING BROUGHT FORTH IN THE LAWSUIT.AND THIS ALSO FOLLOWS FLORIDA STATUTES 1.17718.113 THAT STATES THERE SHALL BE NO ALTERATION OR FURTHER IMPROVEMENT OF REAL PROPERTY, CONSTITUTING THE COMMON ELEMENTS WITHOUT PRIOR APPROVAL.
IN WRITING BY THE OWNERS OF NOT LESS THAN 75% OF THE MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATION.
IT ALSO GOES FURTHER TO STATE IN THEIR OWN DOCUMENTS THAT YOU NEED TO HAVE ON NUMBER SEVEN.
RESTRAINT AND SEPARATION OF PARTITION OF COMMON ELEMENTS.
THE FEE TITLE OF EACH CONDOMINIUM PARCEL SHALL INCLUDE BOTH THE CONDOMINIUM UNIT AND THE UNDIVIDED INTEREST IN THE COMMON ELEMENTS SAID UNDIVIDED INTEREST IN THE COMMON ELEMENTS TO BE DEEMED TO BE CONVEYED OR ENCUMBERED WITH THE RESPECTIVE CONDOMINIUM UNIT.
ANY ATTEMPT TO SEPARATE AND OR ACTION TO PARTITION THE FEE TITLE TO A CONDOMINIUM UNIT FROM THE UNDIVIDED INTEREST IN THE COMMON ELEMENTS APPURTENANT TO EACH UNIT SHALL BE NULL AND VOID, WHICH MEANS THE CONTRACT COULD BE DETERMINED NULL AND VOID.
YOU CAN'T ALL OF A SUDDEN RATIFY A CONTRACT THAT WAS NOT LEGALLY.
IF IN THE EYES OF THE COURT THE 75% IS NEEDED, THEN IT WAS NEEDED PRIOR TO CONTRACTING.
YOU CANNOT CURE THIS ONE DURING THE TIME IT WOULD HAVE TO COME BACK.
THAT IS FOR THE JUDGE TO DETERMINE.
AND THE ISSUE AGAIN, THE CASE NEEDS TO BE RESOLVED BY THE JUDGE OR THE PARTIES AS BEFORE.
BUT NO, BUT WHAT YOU SAID IS IF AT THIS TIME IN THE 90 DAYS, 75% OF THE PEOPLE IN SHAKER VILLAGE DECIDE TO VOTE YES ON THIS, THAT THEY CAN COME BACK HERE AND IT'LL RATIFY THE CONTRACT? MAYOR THAT WAS WHAT WAS ASKED.
NO, I MADE IT. SO ARE YOU ARE YOU CLARIFYING, PLEASE.
SO IF THE LAWSUIT IS PENDING, NOTWITHSTANDING A VOTE BY THE UNKNOWN, WE'RE STILL IN THE SAME BOAT.
THE LAWSUIT HAS TO BE RESOLVED.
THE LAWSUIT HAS TO BE RESOLVED.
EITHER WAY, 75% OF THE VOTE CANNOT BE EVEN IF IT'S ACCOMPLISHED PRIOR TO THE LAWSUIT.
SAY THE JUDGE SAYS THEY NEEDED 75% ON DECEMBER 1ST AND THEY GET 75% ON NOVEMBER 1ST.
IT WILL NOT CURE THEIR OWN DOCUMENTS.
THIS IS FOR WHAT THE JUDGE WILL DECIDE.
IT IS NULL AND VOID. IT'S NOT VOIDABLE.
IT IS NULL AND VOID. I DON'T DISAGREE.
WHATEVER THE COURT ORDER SAYS WILL CONTROL IF, IF AND THAT'S THE WAY IT WORKS.
SO WE HAVE A MOTION OR DISCUSSION ABOUT 90 DAY EXTENSION FOR THE DUE DILIGENCE PERIOD, ALSO GIVING THE CITY ADDITIONAL 14 DAYS TO REVIEW OBVIOUSLY TITLE RESPONSE FROM THE SELLER.
AND IF APPROVED, THEN WE GO FORWARD WITH CLOSING.
I'M MAKING SURE THE CITY CLERK HAS IT WRITTEN DOWN.
YOU'RE GOOD. 90 DAYS FROM SEPTEMBER 29TH, 26, 2023, 14 BUSINESS DAYS THEREAFTER FOR BUYERS TO DETERMINE THE BUYERS BEING THE CITY COMMISSION.
IF CITY COMMISSION DECIDES TO GO FORWARD.
CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
CLARIFICATION. OKAY, LET'S CLARIFY.
SO IF THE LAWSUIT IF THE COMMUNITY GETS 75% OF THE VOTE, WE DON'T HAVE TO COME BACK TO THE COMMISSION? IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? NO.
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TO OBTAIN TITLE INSURANCE.AND IF WE'RE ABLE TO OBTAIN TITLE INSURANCE, THAT MEANS THE TITLE COMPANY IS RECEPTIVE THAT THE LAWSUIT HAS BEEN RESOLVED, ANY POTENTIAL CLAIM, AND THAT WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH CLOSING WITHOUT TITLE INSURANCE, WE CANNOT MOVE FORWARD WITH CLOSING.
SO I THINK THE VICE MAYOR WAS SAYING.
IF THEY CAN GET THE 75%, THEN IT AND THE LAWSUIT DOESN'T GO THROUGH AND IT PROCEEDS TO CLOSE IN.
YEAH, THE LAWSUIT HAS TO BE RESOLVED.
HEY, WHERE ARE WE? LIKE ANY LITIGATION, YOU KNOW, WE CAN EVEN HAVE, YOU KNOW, EXECUTIVE SESSION IF NEEDED.
BUT THE LAWSUIT IS THE IMPEDIMENT TO TITLE INSURANCE RIGHT NOW.
YEAH. YEAH. AND SO IF SHAKER VILLAGE OBTAINED THE NECESSARY VOTES, THEN THE ATTORNEY OBVIOUSLY CAN GO TO COURT AND SAY, JUDGE, EVEN THOUGH WE MAY HAVE AUTHORITY TO SELL THE PROPERTY WITHOUT THE VOTES, BUT WE TOOK THE EXTRA STEP AND WENT OUT AND GOT THE NECESSARY VOTES.
AND IF THEY WHATEVER PROCESS, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT I'M NOT THE CONDO ATTORNEY FOR SHAKER VILLAGE, WHATEVER PROCESS, IF THEY MEET WHATEVER PROCESS TO OBTAIN THE NECESSARY VOTE, THEN THEN IF THE COURT FINDS THAT THEY DID AND ISSUE AN ORDER, THEN WE CAN GO FORWARD.
MAKING A VERY SIMPLE SITUATION COMPLICATED DOESN'T HELP.
ARE WE ASKING SHAKER VILLAGE ASSOCIATION TO PUT THE TIME AND ENERGY INTO DOING SOMETHING THAT IS POTENTIALLY NOT GOING TO BE A BENEFIT FOR THEM? NEVER MIND.
THE COURT DETERMINES THE STATUTE.
I DID NOT SAY OTHERWISE, MAYOR.
BUT YOU'RE SAYING BASICALLY IT SOUNDS KIND OF A LITTLE BIT LIKE YOU'RE NOT.
I'M SAYING THE RESOLUTION MUST BE WITH THE COURT.
THE LAWSUIT MUST BE RESOLVED? THE COURT YES, BUT IT IS NOT TO SAY THAT SHAKER VILLAGE ASSOCIATION WILL ACHIEVE THEIR DESIRED RESULTS.
AS YOU ARE SAYING, IF THEY GET 75% PRIOR TO THE RESOLUTION OF THE LAWSUIT.
THAT IS NOT A GUARANTEE TO THIS COMMUNITY THAT IT WILL CHANGE THE RESOLUTION OF THE COURT, BECAUSE IF THEY FIND THAT IT'S 75% PER THEIR DOCUMENTS, THE COURT WILL FIND PER STATUTE IN THEIR DOCUMENTS, USUALLY IF THEY FIND THE 75%, IT IS NOT RETRO.
THEY WOULD HAVE TO START ALL OVER AGAIN.
SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT TRYING TO TELL AN ASSOCIATION SOMETHING THAT MAY NOT BE TRUE, NOT SAYING IF YOU DON'T WANT TO TRY IT, BUT JUST TO BE REALISTIC. THERE'S AN ISSUE THERE AS WELL, AND IT WILL NOT BE THE FAULT OF THE CITY.
IF THAT SHOULD BE TRIED AND IT DOESN'T WORK OUT.
AND THAT'S AN ISSUE THAT THEY WILL RELY ON.
COUNSEL ARE NOT COUNSEL FOR SHAKER VILLAGE, COUNSEL FOR CITY OF TAMARAC AS BUYERS AND WORRYING ABOUT OUR ABILITY TO RECEIVE.
AND THAT'S CLEAR TITLE AND THAT'S WHY WE HAVE THIS TIME FRAME.
OKAY, 9014 AND AFTER THE 14 PERIOD, 30 DAYS TO CLOSE.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE. BLESS YOU FOR THAT WAS A SNEEZE.
ARE WE GOOD? ARE WE STILL CONFUSED? I WANT THIS CLEAR BEFORE WE GO FORWARD.
I REALLY DON'T. WE DON'T NEED ANY MORE MISCOMMUNICATION GOING ON.
SO COMMISSIONER RIGHT. IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION, PLEASE DO ASK.
I'M LOOKING AT COMMISSIONER, RIGHT.
HE'S THE ONE WHO HAD THE FLOOR.
IT'S LIKE WE'RE STARTING OVER.
BECAUSE NOW THE ISSUE THAT THEY'RE SAYING, WE'RE SAYING FROM BEFORE, IS THAT YOU NEED 75%.
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SO BY NOW GOING TO GET THE VOTES TO ME THAT THAT RESTARTS THE PROCESS.AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING'S DONE RIGHT.
RIGHT NOW, MY OPINION IS WE HAVE A TITLE ENCUMBRANCE WITH RESPECT TO THIS LAWSUIT AND SOME OTHER TITLE ISSUES NEED TO BE RESOLVED IN ORDER TO RESOLVE IT.
I'M ASKING THIS COMMISSION TO GIVE SHAKER VILLAGE ADDITIONAL TIME FROM 90 DAYS FROM SEPTEMBER 26TH AND AS MAYOR AND ANOTHER 14 DAY SO THE CITY CAN REVIEW BUSINESS DAYS, BUSINESS DAYS, THE RESPONSE WE HAVE BUSINESS DAYS FOR FOR THE 90 DAYS ALSO.
AND SO WHAT WAS WHAT WAS THAT.
NO I'M WE CAN HAVE BUSINESS DAYS FOR THE 90 DAYS.
WHY IF WE GIVE BUSINESS 90 DAYS BUSINESS 90 BUSINESS DAYS, IT'S ALMOST 180 DAYS.
OR WE CAN MAKE IT 45 BUSINESS DAYS BECAUSE THEORETICALLY THAT'S THE EXTENSION.
WITH RESPECT TO THE PROCESS OF THE VOTE RESULT, I GET I GET WHAT YOU'RE SAYING WITH THE EXTENSION IS THE VICE MAYOR WHO'S NO SAYING IN BETWEEN THERE WHAT IF WE GO CAN GET THE VOTES.
THE ISSUE IS IS THAT IT'S 75%.
THAT'S A STATE LAW. AND YOU'RE SAYING WE DON'T HAVE TO FOLLOW THAT.
BUT HE'S SAYING IN BETWEEN THAT WHAT IF WHAT I'M SAYING VOTES.
DOING THE PROCESS BECAUSE THAT ISSUE IS A ISSUE IN THE LITIGATION, AND THE LITIGATION IS THE IMPEDIMENT THAT WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH BECAUSE THE TITLE INSURANCE POLICY WILL NOT BE ISSUED UNTIL THIS LITIGATION RESOLVES.
IF WHAT THEY COUNSEL, THEY ABLE TO EITHER.
IF THE ISSUE BEFORE THE COURT IS THE 75%, YOU DON'T WANT TO VOTE.
IF THEY COUNSEL, ADVISE THEM, WELL, LET'S SEE IF WE CAN COMPLY AND THE COURT WILL APPROVE IT, THEN IT MAY RESOLVE THE LITIGATION. FROM MY STANDPOINT, THAT DOESN'T.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? WHAT I'M INDICATING TO YOU, IF.
IT DOESN'T RESOLVE THE ISSUE AUTOMATICALLY.
IT'S BECAUSE YOU HAVE A LAWSUIT.
THE LAWSUIT MUST BE RESOLVED AND I HAVE TO COME BACK.
THE MANAGER, WE HAVE TO COME BACK TO YOU GUYS AND GIVE YOU GUYS A STATUS REPORT.
OKAY, THE ISSUES BEEN RESOLVED OR HASN'T BEEN RESOLVED? OKAY. OKAY. POINT OF CLARIFICATION ON MY END.
THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS SIMPLE.
90 DAYS FROM SEPTEMBER 26TH, 2023 FOR THE SELLER TO ATTEMPT TO RESOLVE ALL TITLE ISSUES. 14 BUSINESS DAYS FROM THE 90TH DAY COMES BACK TO THE COMMISSION TO DISCUSS AND DECIDE.
IF THE COMMISSION DETERMINES THAT TITLE ISSUES ARE CLEAR TO OUR SATISFACTION.
ALL THIS OTHER DISCUSSION ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT SHAKER VILLAGE ASSOCIATION WISHES TO GAMBLE AND GET 75% VOTE FOR IT IS THE COMMUNITY'S GAMBLE TO BE DISCUSSED WITH THEIR ATTORNEY, NOT OURS, TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT IT WOULD BE AN EFFECTIVE ATTEMPT FOR THEM BEFORE THE COURT.
THERE'S NO THERE'S MORE OF A LIKELIHOOD THERE WON'T.
BUT ON THAT, THAT IS AN OPINION BASED ON STATUTE AND THEIR DOCUMENTS.
BUT AGAIN, THAT REALLY SHOULDN'T EVEN BE A DISCUSSION BY THIS COMMISSION BECAUSE THIS COMMISSION IS SUPPOSED TO BE LOOKING AT IT FROM THE EYES OF A BUYER, OF A PIECE OF PROPERTY, MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE PROPER CLEAR TITLE AND THAT THE SELLER IS ABLE TO LEGALLY SELL IT TO US.
AND MAYOR, THAT'S THAT'S BASICALLY MY POSITION AND WE HAVE THE TIME FRAME.
OKAY. SEEING THAT WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE, I GUESS AT THIS TIME YOU'VE GOT A VERY YOU'VE GOT IT.
CITY CLERK WHAT WE'RE VOTING ON OR DO YOU WANT ME TO READ IT WITHOUT THE OTHER STUFF IN THERE?
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I THINK THE MOTION I HAVE IS TO ALLOW THE CITY MANAGER AND CITY ATTORNEY AUTHORITY TO EXTEND THE DUE DILIGENCE PERIOD FOR 90 DAYS FROM FROM SEPTEMBER 23RD, 26TH, 2026, SORRY, 2023 TO ALLOW SHAKER VILLAGE TO RESOLVE ANY TITLE DEFECTS.FOR US AS A COMMISSION TO GO FORWARD.
THE REMOVAL IS FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY AND CITY MANAGER'S AUTHORITY.
IT'S NO LONGER THERE. IT'S OURS AFTER THE 90 DAYS HAS EXPIRED.
AND THEN THERE'S THE 30 DAYS TO CLOSE.
IF THE COMMISSION DECIDES DETERMINES THAT THE TITLE ISSUES ARE RESOLVED.
ON THAT CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
I DO NEED A MOTION IN A SECOND.
I GOT A MOTION BY THE VICE MAYOR.
SO I HAVE A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS.
NOW, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CALL THE ROLL.
THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. COMMISSIONER, RIGHT? YES. VICE MAYOR BOLTON? YES. COMMISSIONER.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, SEEING THAT THERE IS NOTHING ELSE BEFORE US THIS EVENING, IT IS 1241.
GET THERE SAFELY. THANK YOU.
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