Oct 11, 2023 Regular

OH MY GOD. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WELCOME TO OUR COMMISSION MEETING.

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CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. MAYOR GOMEZ.

GOOD EVENING. VICE MAYOR BOLTON.

GOOD EVENING. COMMISSIONER WRIGHT.

COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS.

GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.

COMMISSIONER DANIEL. GOOD EVENING.

SO, EVERYONE, WE HAVE THE GREAT PLEASURE OF HAVING THE AMERICAN HERITAGE GIRLS.

AND OUR TROOP LED BY OUR TROOP COORDINATOR, RACHEL SUAREZ.

AND THEY WILL LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

SO IF EVERYONE WOULD PLEASE STAND.

AND AFTER WE ARE LED IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, WE WILL TAKE A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR EVERYTHING GOING ON IN THE STATE OF ISRAEL AND EVERYWHERE AROUND OUR COUNTRY.

THANK YOU. PLEASE BE SEATED.

AND DIDN'T THEY DO A GREAT JOB GIVING? AND WHEN YOU'RE READY TO DO YOUR GOVERNMENT BADGES, I BELIEVE THERE'S FIVE OF US UP HERE THAT ARE MORE THAN HAPPY TO WORK WITH YOU ON YOUR GOVERNMENT BADGES.

SO YOU JUST LET US KNOW, OKAY? THANK YOU. AND GET HOME SAFELY.

GOOD TO SEE YOU.

SO WHILE WE HAVE CUTENESS LEAVING OUR ROOM AND OUR YOUTH AND GIVING US GREAT HAPPINESS AND PROMISE FOR THE FUTURE, I WILL NOW HAVE COMMISSIONER WRIGHT MARTIN AS PRESENT.

SORRY WE COULDN'T HOLD IT ANY LONGER AND ASK FOR THE CITY MANAGER TO LET US KNOW IF THERE ARE ANY ADDITIONS OR DELETIONS, PLEASE.

YES, MADAM MAYOR.

WE HAVE FOUR ITEMS TONIGHT THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDED TO THE WALCOWNIA ITEMS THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDED TO TONIGHT'S AGENDA.

WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION STAND WITH ISRAEL THAT'S BEEN ADDED AS ITEM 2G.

WE HAVE A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING EFFORTS TO STUDY AND BUILD ALTERNATIVES FOR FLORIDA TURNPIKE AS ITEM FOUR J.

WE HAVE THE APPROVAL OF THE SEPTEMBER 14TH, 2023 FIRST BUDGET HEARING MEETING MINUTES AS ITEM 4K, AND THEN WE HAVE THE APPROVAL OF THE SEPTEMBER 26TH, 2023 FINAL BUDGET HEARING MEETING MINUTES AS ITEM FOUR L.

THANK YOU. THEY ARE NOW ADDED.

WE'LL MOVE TO OUR CITY ATTORNEY ANY REPORT.

NO, MADAM MAYOR, I DON'T HAVE ANY REPORT TONIGHT.

OKAY, WELL, I'M GOING TO JUST ASK YOU THEN A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.

WHAT IS THE STATUS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OPINION THAT WE HAD ASKED FOR IN JUNE? THAT OPINION, DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY PAMELA RYAN, HAS BASICALLY FINALIZED IT, AND IT WILL BE SUBMITTED TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL AS AS REQUESTED BY THE CITY COMMISSION.

OKAY. SO BASICALLY WHAT WE ASKED FOR AT THE END OF JUNE HAS NOT YET BEEN SUBMITTED IS FINALIZED, IN FACT, THIS WEEK, BECAUSE THE ATTORNEY GENERAL FORMAT HAS CHANGED.

AND TO GET THE MINUTES YOU HAD TO, YOU HAD TO WRITE A MEMO OF LAW AND AND BASICALLY SEND IT AS A PACKAGE.

SO IT'S ALMOST FINISHED.

IT'S FINISHED FROM A DRAFTING STANDPOINT.

SO IT WILL BE SENT OUT NO LATER THAN THIS WEEK.

OKAY. SO IT HAS NOT YET BEEN SUBMITTED.

SO WHAT IS THE ESTIMATED TIME THEN WE SHOULD EXPECT A RESPONSE.

DO WE HAVE AN IDEA? I DON'T BELIEVE THE ATTORNEY GENERAL HAVE GIVEN US ANY TIMEFRAME.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

AND WHAT IS THE STATUS OF THE LAWSUIT? IT'S BEEN A MONTH SINCE IT WAS FILED ON SHAKER VILLAGE AND THE ASSOCIATION.

HAVE YOU BEEN GIVEN AN UPDATE THAT LAWSUIT? I WE ARE NOT A PARTY.

I HAVEN'T RECEIVED ANY UPDATE FROM SHAKER VILLAGE ATTORNEY, BUT I'LL FOLLOW UP WITH THEM NEXT WEEK.

OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

CITY MANAGER. I KNOW YOU'LL GIVE YOUR REPORT AFTER.

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COMMISSION PLEASE. AND WE WILL START OFF WITH FIRE PREVENTION MONTH PROCLAMATION AS REQUESTED BY FIRE MARSHAL TOMMY DIMOPOULOS.

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RIGHT. ALL RIGHT.

SO. I'LL TAKE THE OTHER ONE.

THAT'S NOT THAT ONE YET.

JUST A SECOND. THERE WE GO.

THANK YOU. IT'S ALL GOOD.

ALL GOOD. THIS PROCLAMATION WAS REQUESTED BY TOMMY DIMOPOULOS, DIVISION CHIEF FIRE MARSHAL.

WHEREAS THE UNITED STATES FIRE ADMINISTRATION AND THE NATIONAL FIRE PREVENTION PROTECTION ASSOCIATION HAVE DESIGNATED THE WEEK OF OCTOBER 8TH THROUGH 14, 2023 AS FIRE PREVENTION WEEK, AND WHEREAS, THE THEME FOR THE 2023 FIRE PREVENTION WEEK IS COOKING SAFETY STARTS WITH YOU.

PAY ATTENTION TO FIRE PREVENTION.

AND WHEREAS COOKING IS THE PRIMARY CAUSE OF HOME FIRES AND THE LEADING CAUSE OF HOME FIRE INJURIES.

AND WHEREAS UNATTENDED COOKING IS A PRIMARY CAUSE OF HOME COOKING, FIRES AND RELATED DEATHS.

AND WHEREAS REMOVING COMBUSTIBLE ITEMS SUCH AS DISH TOWELS AND OVEN MITTS FROM COOK THE COOKING AREA, TURNING POT HANDLES AWAY FROM THE STOVE FRONT AND KEEPING A TIGHT FITTING LID. NEARBY ARE SAFETY TIPS WHEN COOKING.

AND WHEREAS YOUR TAMARAC COMMUNITY RISK REDUCTION PERSONNEL WORK TIRELESSLY DAY IN AND DAY OUT TO KEEP OUR RESIDENTIAL POPULATION AND BUSINESSES BUSINESS COMMUNITIES SAFE FROM FIRE AND OTHER EMERGENCIES.

AND NOW, THEREFORE, I, MICHELLE J.

GOMEZ, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC, BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, ON BEHALF OF THE COMMISSION, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 2023 AS FIRE PREVENTION MONTH IN THE CITY OF TAMARAC AND COMMEND THE TAMARAC COMMUNITY RISK REDUCTION DIVISION AND ALL OTHER INSPECTORS WITHIN THE CITY THAT ARE ROUTINELY ON THE LOOKOUT FOR SAFETY CONCERNS AND HAVE THE UTMOST REGARD IN PROTECTING THE LIVES AND PROPERTY OF THE CITY, THEIR STAFF, OUR RESIDENTS, OUR BUSINESSES AND GUESTS WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ANYTHING YOU WANT TO SAY? SURE YOU DO. I CAN NEVER TURN DOWN NOT TALKING, BUT I WILL TRY TO MAKE IT BRIEF.

I WANT TO GIVE A BRIEF HISTORY LESSON.

WHAT CAUSED FIRE PREVENTION WEEK? IT WAS ORIGINALLY FIRE PREVENTION DAY, BUT THE GREAT CHICAGO FIRE OF 1871 AND THE NATIONAL FIRE PROTECTION ASSOCIATION DECLARED IN 1922 FIRE PREVENTION DAY.

AND THEN PRESIDENT CALVIN COOLIDGE IN 1925 PROCLAIMED NATIONALLY FIRE PREVENTION WEEK, WHICH IS REALLY COOL.

AND WE CELEBRATE THAT TODAY.

AND YOUR FIRE PREVENTION DIVISION AND STAFF WORK TIRELESSLY.

WE DON'T HAVE ANY OF THEM HERE, BUT OUR ASSISTANT FIRE MARSHAL, FIRE INSPECTORS, PUBLIC EDUCATORS ARE OUT THERE EVERY DAY TRYING TO EDUCATE OUR RESIDENTS, OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITIES TO KEEP YOU ALL AND OUR FIREFIGHTERS SAFE.

SO THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING THAT.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. YOU'RE ACTUALLY QUITE ONE TO THE SECOND ONE THAT YOU'RE ACTUALLY PRESENTING, I DON'T HAVE.

IF. YOU WANT.

SO THIS. THIS IS WHERE I'M SUPPOSED TO TURN THE MIC OVER TO YOU? RIGHT. WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE NEXT PRESENTATION, WHICH WILL BE HANDLED BY FIRE CHIEF.

FIRE DEPARTMENT DIVISION CHIEF TOMMY DIMOPOULOS.

SORRY, SOMETHING.

SOMETHING LIKE THAT. I GET TO TALK TWICE TO YOU, WHICH IS AMAZING.

AND THERE ARE SOME STUDENTS IN HERE FROM DIFFERENT SCHOOLS.

AND IN LINE WITH FIRE PREVENTION WEEK, WE AND TAMARAC CELEBRATED ALL MONTH AND ONE OF OUR CONTESTS.

THIS IS OUR THIRD ANNUAL POSTER AND ESSAY CONTEST THAT WE SENT OUT TO ALL THE SCHOOLS.

AND WE HAD OVER 30 SUBMISSIONS BACK AND IT WAS REALLY HARD TO GRADE.

ALL OF US GOT TOGETHER AND LOOKED OVER ALL THE POSTERS AND LITERATURE AND EVERYTHING THAT WAS SUBMITTED.

AND I WANT TO RECOGNIZE ALL OF THE FIRST PLACE WINNERS.

SO I KNOW YOU SEE UP THERE, THAT IS THE FIRST PLACE FOR KINDERGARTEN THROUGH THIRD GRADE.

JULIETTA PERDOMO, YOU'RE HERE.

COME ON UP. OH, DON'T DROP IT. DON'T DROP IT. YEAH.

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THERE YOU GO. YOUR MOM AND DAD IN THERE.

COME ON IN. MOM AND DAD, COME ON IN.

THANK YOU. WELCOME.

GOOD JOB, GOOD JOB.

THANK YOU. I CAN'T HAVE THAT.

SORRY. MY HANDS. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING.

AND BEFORE I FORGET, ALL OF THESE PIECES OF WORK OR ART ARE DISPLAYED CURRENTLY AT OUR COMMUNITY CENTER ON THE WALL FOR THE ENTIRE MONTH OF OCTOBER.

SO ANYTIME YOU WANT TO SWING IN THERE, PLEASE STOP BY.

SO OUR NEXT FIRST PLACE IS K THROUGH THREE.

AND THIS IS FIRST PLACE FOR LITERATURE AND ARIA JAVADEKAR.

COME ON UP. AWESOME.

FAMILY.

YOU THINK? GOOD JOB.

NEXT UP IF YOU'LL COME UP HERE, IS FIRST PLACE GRADES FOUR THROUGH FIVE.

KYLE LOOPERS BECK.

AND THAT WAS FOR LITERATURE.

ALL RIGHT KYLE WHAT'S UP BUDDY? HOW ARE YOU REALLY? OH, NICE.

VERY NICE. FAMILY.

OKAY. COME ON.

WELL, YOU KNOW, NOT MINE EITHER.

BUT WE DO WHAT WE GOT TO DO.

THANK YOU. GOOD JOB.

THIS NEXT WINNER DIDN'T MAYBE WALKED IN AFTER I CAME UP HERE AND STARTED TALKING, BUT DID A REALLY THOMAS WALK IN? I DIDN'T THINK SO. BUT YOUR WORK IS UP HERE.

YAY! MAYBE YOU'RE WATCHING.

AND THAT'S FIRST PLACE SIX THROUGH EIGHT IN THE HAND-DRAWN.

SO CONGRATULATIONS.

AND LASTLY, I KNOW YOU'RE HERE FIRST PLACE GRADES FOUR THROUGH FIVE MATTHEW CERVANTES.

AWESOME. THAT LOOKS FANTASTIC.

OKAY.

HOLD ON. ONE MORE, ONE MORE. COME ON, FAMILY.

COME ON UP. ALL FAMILY.

WE'LL GET YOU PHOTOS. AND WE HAVE STAFF FROM RENAISSANCE, RIGHT? HEY! WHOA, WHOA.

THANK YOU. GOOD JOB.

SO THIS WAS MILLENNIUM MIDDLE.

CHALLENGER ELEMENTARY AND RENAISSANCE CHARTER THAT ALL HAD FIRST PLACE WINNERS AND PARTICIPATED.

THANK YOU. CHALLENGER HAS WON AGAIN.

THEY HAD THE MOST SUBMISSIONS BY ONE CLASS.

MS.. ZABINSKI. THEY WON AN ICE CREAM PARTY WITH SPARKY.

HEY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ONE SECOND. IF WE CAN GET ALL THE STUDENTS, THE WINNING STUDENTS TO COME AND JOIN US, WE'D LIKE ONE GROUP PHOTO TOGETHER, IF THAT'S ALL RIGHT.

PLEASE. COME ON UP.

COME ON. PLEASE.

YOU CAN BRING YOU, BRING YOU BRING YOUR TROPHIES, WHATEVER YOU'RE COMFORTABLE WITH.

COME ON UP. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. EXCELLENT.

NOT EVERYBODY.

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DOMESTIC VIOLENCE I LOVE THIS.

I KNOW THE PRINCE. A LITTLE SMALL ON THIS ONE.

THIS PROCLAMATION WAS REQUESTED BY MYSELF AND I'LL BE JOINED HERE BY DR.

KATE JOHNSON.

AND THIS IS FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH.

AND JUST SO I DON'T GET LIFE AND EMPOWERMENT.

LIVING IN FREEDOM AND EMPOWERMENT.

SORRY. LIFE.

THANK YOU. WHEREAS THE RESIDENTS OF TAMARAC ARE THE CITY'S MOST PRECIOUS RESOURCE IN ENSURING THEIR SAFETY, WELL-BEING AND POSITIVE DEVELOPMENT ARE OUR PRIORITIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES THAT WE ALL SHARE.

AND WHEREAS 1 IN 3 WOMEN AND 1 IN 4 MEN HAVE BEEN VICTIMS OF PHYSICAL VIOLENCE BY AN INTIMATE PARTNER WITHIN THEIR LIFETIME.

AND WHEREAS 37.9% OF WOMEN AND 29.3% OF MEN, WHICH IS 1 IN 4 WOMEN AND 1 IN 9 MEN EXPERIENCE INTIMATE, INTIMATE PARTNER, DATING VIOLENCE, INTIMATE PARTNER SEXUAL VIOLENCE AND OR INTIMATE PARTNER STALKING WITH IMPACTS SUCH AS INJURY, FEARFULNESS, POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER, USE OF VICTIM SERVICES, CONTRACTION OF SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, AND WHEREAS, DOMESTIC VICTIMIZATION IS CORRELATED WITH A HIGHER RATE OF DEPRESSION AND SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR, 72% OF ALL MURDER SUICIDES INVOLVE AN INTIMATE PARTNER.

94% OF THE VICTIMS OF THESE MURDER SUICIDES ARE FEMALE.

AND WHEREAS THE EXPOSURE OF YOUNG CHILDREN TO SUCH VIOLENCE IS OCCURRING AT AN ALARMING RATE.

THE US ADVISORY BOARD ON CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT SUGGESTS THAT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE MAY BE THE SINGLE MAJOR PRECURSOR TO CHILD ABUSE AND FATALITIES IN THIS COUNTRY.

AND WHEREAS CHILDREN RAISED IN ABUSIVE HOMES LEARN THAT VIOLENCE IS AN APPROPRIATE WAY TO SOLVE CONFLICT, THESE CHILDREN ARE THREE TIMES MORE LIKELY THAN THEIR PEERS TO ENGAGE IN VIOLENT BEHAVIOR IN A VARIETY OF VIOLENT AND NONVIOLENT CRIME, ALONG WITH BEING AN ABUSIVE, INTIMATE PARTNER.

RELATIONSHIPS IN THE FUTURE, EITHER AS VICTIMS OR PERPETRATORS.

AND WHEREAS, CHILDREN WHO WITNESS INCIDENTS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, A FORM OF CHILDHOOD TRAUMA, ARE A GREATER RISK OF SERIOUS ADULT HEALTH PROBLEMS, INCLUDING OBESITY, CANCER, HEART DISEASE, DEPRESSION, SUBSTANCE ABUSE, TOBACCO USE, AND UNINTENDED PREGNANCIES.

AND WHEREAS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IS AN UNDERREPORTED CRIME WITH LESS THAN 50% TELLING ANYONE.

WHEREAS BY PROVIDING INDIVIDUALS WITH EDUCATION ABOUT HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS, HELPING PEOPLE TO LEARN TO HAVE CONFIDENCE IN ONE'S SELF, AND CHANGING ATTITUDES THAT SUPPORT VIOLENCE, WE CAN WORK TO STOP DOMESTIC VIOLENCE FOR TAMARAC RESIDENTS.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, MICHELLE J.

GOMEZ, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC, FLORIDA, ALONG WITH THE CITY COMMISSIONERS, URGE EVERYONE TO EMPOWER AND ASSIST VICTIMS IN FINDING AND ACCESSING THE RESOURCES THEY NEED AND PROMOTING AWARENESS AND PREVENTION OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN OUR COMMUNITY AND HEREBY PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 2023 AS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH.

SO THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO, BUT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS? THANK YOU MAYOR AND THANK YOU COMMISSION FOR DOING THIS PROCLAMATION.

IT HAS BEEN MY MISSION FOR MANY, MANY YEARS, NOT ONLY BECAUSE I'M A SURVIVOR OF ABUSE IN MARRIAGE, BUT BECAUSE IT'S THE ORGANIZATION THAT WE HAVE CREATED TO INFORM THE COMMUNITY, TO EDUCATE WORKPLACES HOW TO BECOME SAFE PLACES, TO EDUCATE RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS.

WE KNOW THAT IF WE GET TO THE ROOT OF THE ISSUE, WHICH IS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, SO MANY OF THE OTHER ILLS IN OUR SOCIETY WILL BE CUT DOWN. FOR INSTANCE, 90% OF FEMALE INMATES WERE VICTIMS OF ABUSE.

SO THANK YOU FOR DOING THIS.

I AM GOING TO I HAVE A WRISTBAND ON AND I'M GOING TO LEAVE A BAG OF THEM AT THE BACK, AND I HAVE ONE FOR EACH OF YOU.

THEY SAY, NO MORE SILENCE, NO MORE VIOLENCE.

THE PURPLE IS FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, THE TEAL IS FOR SEXUAL ASSAULT, AND THE BLUE IS FOR CHILD ABUSE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

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THIS PROCLAMATION WAS REQUESTED BY MYSELF.

AND IF I CAN ASK JAY CUTLER.

BUT I THINK I HAVE THREE OF YOU HERE FROM SISTER CITIES.

OH, NO. BUT COME ON.

OH, YEAH. COME ON UP. HOW ARE YOU? I'M NOT USED TO SEEING YOU WITH A BEARD AND MUSTACHE.

SORRY. IT'S ALL GOOD.

IT'S ALL GOOD. WHEREAS SISTER CITIES INTERNATIONAL WAS FOUNDED AS A PRESIDENTIAL INITIATIVE BY PRESIDENT DWIGHT D EISENHOWER ON SEPTEMBER 11TH, 1956, AT THE WHITE HOUSE CONFERENCE ON CITIZEN DIPLOMACY TO CREATE MORE COMMUNITY LED GLOBAL RELATIONSHIPS.

AND WHEREAS, SISTER CITIES INTERNATIONAL IS A FITTING OCCASION TO COMMEMORATE THE IMPACT THAT THIS ORGANIZATION HAS MADE IN BUILDING BRIDGES ACROSS NATIONS, CITIES AND COMMUNITIES AROUND THE GLOBE TO CREATE AND SUSTAIN WORLD PEACE.

AND WHEREAS THERE'S NO BETTER DAY TO CELEBRATE THE BIRTH OF THE MODERN SISTER CITIES MOVEMENT THAN ON THE BIRTHDAY OF ITS FOUNDER, PRESIDENT DWIGHT D EISENHOWER, ON OCTOBER 14TH, AND WHERE, AS SISTER CITIES INTERNATIONAL CURRENTLY HAS 345 MEMBER CITIES, COUNTIES AND STATES WITH RELATIONSHIPS WITH 1800 COMMUNITIES IN 138 COUNTRIES ON SIX CONTINENTS.

AND WHEREAS SISTER CITIES INTERNATIONAL WILL BE HOLDING ITS NEXT REGIONAL SUMMIT, THE ALL AMERICANS, ALL AMERICA SISTER CITIES SUMMIT IN SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS ON MAY 28TH THROUGH 31, 2024.

AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF TAMARAC IS PROUD TO BE PART OF A GLOBAL NETWORK WITH SISTER CITY PARTNERSHIPS IN BROWARD COUNTY, AND WHEREAS, SISTER CITY RELATIONSHIPS INCLUDE EDUCATIONAL, ECONOMIC, CULTURAL, MUNICIPAL, AND HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE EXCHANGE PROGRAMS THAT ARE MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL TO EACH COMMUNITY.

AND WHEREAS SISTER CITIES INTERNATIONAL DAY IS A CALL TO ACTION FOR TAMARAC RESIDENTS AND CITIZENS OF THE WORLD TO COME TOGETHER TO CELEBRATE THE IMPORTANCE OF COMMUNITIES, CONTINUED COMMITMENT TO SUPPORTING A MORE PEACEFUL AND PROSPEROUS FUTURE THROUGH CONTINUED PEOPLE TO PEOPLE EXCHANGE.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, MICHELLE J.

GOMEZ, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC, BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, ON BEHALF OF THE COMMISSION, PROUDLY RECOGNIZE AND CELEBRATE OCTOBER 14TH, 2023, AS SISTER CITIES INTERNATIONAL DAY HERE IN THE CITY OF TAMARAC.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO BOTH OF YOU.

THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU COMMISSIONERS.

THANK YOU CITY MAYOR, CITY ATTORNEY, AND OF COURSE, RECORDING SECRETARY.

SISTER CITIES HAS COME A LONG WAY IN A VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.

I'VE HAD THE HONOR OF BEING THE APPOINTEE OF THE MAYOR TOWARD THIS COMMISSION.

WE'VE ATTENDED THE FITZY CONCERT CONVENTION.

EXCUSE ME. NOT A CONCERT AT BROWARD CONVENTION CENTER.

ONLY 80 COUNTRIES WERE REPRESENTED.

IT WAS AN AMAZING, AMAZING GATHERING OF PEOPLE.

BRINGING PEACE, BRINGING HUMILITY.

BRINGING HUMANITY.

ESPECIALLY IN DAYS OF THE CURRENT WARS CLOSER TOGETHER.

I THANK TAMARAC FOR THE HONOR.

I THANK THE MAYOR, THE COMMISSIONERS, AND HOPEFULLY ONTO EVEN LARGER AND BETTER SCALE.

WE HOPE TO PROSPER AND WE HOPE TO EXTEND OUR COMMITTEE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

NO. YOU SURE? NO.

NOT FIRST, BUT IT WILL FORCE YOU TO TAKE A PHOTO.

YOU TAKE A PHOTO. SO THE FIRST TIME FOR EVERYTHING.

BUT IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK, WE CAN JUST COME ON.

I JUST HAVE TO BE A PART OF THIS.

OH.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

OH I THINK. THAT'S NOT ME.

THAT'S OKAY. SIRI WAS TELLING YOU WHAT TO DO.

THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU.

EXCELLENT. MOVING RIGHT ALONG TO A PROCLAMATION THAT WAS REQUESTED BY VICE MAYOR MARLON DE BOLTON.

AND I BELIEVE MARY LOU TY IS HERE FROM BROWARD LEAGUE OF CITIES.

IF YOU'D LIKE TO COME UP OR YOU WANT.

OKIE DOKIE. SO WHEREAS CITY GOVERNMENT IS A BRANCH OF GOVERNMENT CLOSEST TO MOST CITIZENS, AND IT IS A MOST DIRECT DAILY

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AND WHEREAS CITY GOVERNMENT IS ADMINISTERED FOR AND BY ITS CITIZENS AND IS DEPENDENT UPON PUBLIC COMMITMENT AND UNDERSTANDING OF ITS MANY RESPONSIBILITIES, AND WHEREAS CITY GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS AND EMPLOYEES SHARE RESPONSIBILITIES OF PASSING ALONG THE UNDERSTANDING OF PUBLIC SERVICES AND THEIR BENEFITS.

AND WHEREAS FLORIDA CITY GOVERNMENT WEEK OFFERS AN OPPORTUNITY, AN IMPORTANT OPPORTUNITY FOR ELECTED OFFICIALS AND CITY STAFF TO SPREAD THE WORD TO ALL CITIZENS OF FLORIDA THAT THEY CAN SHAPE AND INFLUENCE THIS BRANCH OF GOVERNMENT.

AND WHEREAS THE FLORIDA LEAGUE OF CITIES AND ITS MEMBER CITIES HAVE JOINED TOGETHER TO TEACH CITIZENS ABOUT MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT THROUGH A VARIETY OF ACTIVITIES.

AND WHEREAS, THE CITY OF TAMARAC ENCOURAGES ALL CITY OFFICIALS AND EMPLOYEES TO PARTICIPATE IN EVENTS THAT RECOGNIZE AND CELEBRATE FLORIDA CITY GOVERNMENT WEEK.

AND WHEREAS, THE CITY OF TAMARAC ENCOURAGES EDUCATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN CITY GOVERNMENT AND SCHOOLS, AS WELL AS CIVIC GROUPS AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS.

AND WHEREAS, THE CITY OF TAMARAC SUPPORTS AND ENCOURAGES ALL FLORIDA CITY GOVERNMENTS TO ACTIVELY PROMOTE AND SPONSOR CITY.

FLORIDA CITY GOVERNMENT WEEK.

NOW, THEREFORE, ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COMMISSION, BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, WE DO HEREBY PROCLAIM OCTOBER 16TH THROUGH 22, 2023 AS FLORIDA CITY GOVERNMENT WEEK. SIGNED BY VICE MAYOR BOLTON AND MYSELF.

DO IT. OKAY, SO DO A PICTURE.

NOT SPEAKING.

THANK YOU.

I DON'T HAVE THE NAMES OF.

I DON'T HAVE THE SHEET.

SO WE NOW HAVE CELEBRATE BABIES WEEK PROCLAMATION REQUESTED BY VICE MAYOR BOLTON.

AND WE HAVE MICHELLE HUGHES, SENIOR PROGRAMS MANAGER OF CHILDREN'S SERVICES COUNCIL OF BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, AND ALICIA ANN SAMUELS, LOCAL FLORIDA ASSOCIATION FOR INFANT MENTAL HEALTH, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS A IMH CHAPTER COMMITTEE CHAIR.

AND I'M NOT SURE IF HARLENE HUTCHINSON IS NOT ABLE TO MAKE IT WELL.

YOU ARE HAPPY YOU DID SO.

OKAY. IT'S ONE THING TO KNOW THAT I'M BEING TAPED.

IT'S ANOTHER THING TO SEE THAT RIGHT THERE.

THAT'S A CAMERA. JUST A CAMERA.

OKAY, I'M GOING TO HAVE MY KNEES JITTERING NOW, BUT THAT'S ALL RIGHT.

SO THIS PROCLAMATION, AS I SAID, WAS REQUESTED BY VICE MAYOR BOLTON.

WHEREAS INFANTS AND YOUNG CHILDREN THRIVE WITHIN NURTURING ENVIRONMENTS AND STABLE RELATIONSHIPS THAT MEET THEIR DEVELOPMENT NEEDS.

AND THOSE WHO HELP CARE FOR INFANTS AND YOUNG CHILDREN ARE OFTEN IN VULNERABLE STATES AND REQUIRE SUPPORT AND RESOURCES TO HELP THEM CARE FOR THEIR YOUNG CHILDREN.

AND WHEREAS FLORIDA IS COMMITTED TO THE BELIEF THAT EARLY RELATIONSHIPS ARE THE FOUNDATION FOR A YOUNG CHILD'S PHYSIOLOGICAL, EMOTIONAL, DEVELOPMENTAL, AND PHYSICAL WELL BEING. FLORIDA HAS SEVERAL INITIATIVES THAT PLACE.

INITIATIVES IN PLACE, WITH A FOCUS ON COLLABORATION AND PARTNERSHIP TO HELP IMPROVE OUTCOMES FOR INFANTS, TODDLERS AND YOUNG CHILDREN.

AND WHEREAS, THE THIRD WEEK OF OCTOBER, THE FLORIDA ASSOCIATION OF INFANT MENTAL HEALTH, F A IMH AND THE F A IMH BROWARD CHAPTER BRING AWARENESS TO INFANT MENTAL HEALTH AND ENCOURAGE THE COMMUNITY TO HONOR AND CELEBRATE THE LIVES OF THE INFANTS AND THOSE WHO WORK WITH AND ON BEHALF OF THE YOUNG CHILDREN IN OUR COMMUNITIES.

WHEREAS F I'M H BROWARD CHAPTER IS COMPRISED OF PARTNERS FROM THE BROAD BROWARD COUNTY SYSTEM OF CARE WHO WORK WITH INFANTS AND FAMILIES TO COME TOGETHER MONTHLY TO COLLABORATE ON HOW BROWARD COUNTY CAN SUPPORT THE EARLY MENTAL HEALTH OF INFANTS AND THEIR FAMILIES WITHIN THE COUNTY THROUGH VARIOUS AVENUES.

THE F I IMH BROWARD CHAPTER ACKNOWLEDGES THAT WE MUST WORK TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY TO INCREASE AWARENESS AND PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING OF THE CRITICAL IMPORTANCE OF HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN INFANTS, TODDLERS, PARENTS, AND EARLY CHILDHOOD SYSTEMS OF CARE.

AND WHEREAS THE DATA SHOWS THE NEED TO ADDRESS DISPARITIES THROUGH THE CREATION OF INCLUSIVE SYSTEMS THAT PROVIDE EQUITABLE ACCESS TO SERVICES AND PROGRAMS THAT SUPPORT ALL INFANTS, TODDLERS, AND YOUNG CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES.

AND WHEREAS THROUGH INTENTIONAL COMMUNITY OUTREACH, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, NETWORKING, FUNDRAISING, SOCIAL ACTION AND POLICY AWARENESS EFFORTS, BABIES, THEIR

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NOW. THEREFORE, ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC, BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, WE HEREBY PROCLAIM OCTOBER 16TH THROUGH 20, 2023 AS CELEBRATE BABIES WEEK IN THE CITY OF FLORIDA.

ON BEHALF OF THIS WAS SIGNED BY VICE MAYOR BOLTON AND MYSELF ON BEHALF OF THE COMMISSION.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU. MAYOR.

CITY OF TAMARAC AND BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS.

I'M ALICIA AND SAMUEL ON BEHALF OF FAME.

IT'S OKAY. I'M ALSO A LOCAL BUSINESS OWNER FOR A PRACTICE FOR INFANT MENTAL HEALTH IN TAMARAC.

SO I BELIEVE DOING THIS WORK AND PLANTING THE SEED AT THIS POINT WITH OUR LITTLE ONES, WE SEE THEM SUCCEEDING.

IF WE START AS EARLY IN THE WOMB, THEY HAVE THE CHANCE OF BEING RESILIENT.

AND SO I HOPE YOU ALL CONTINUE TO POUR INTO YOUR TAMARAC BABIES.

HOPEFULLY NEXT YEAR WE CAN DO A CELEBRATE BABIES, READING A BOOK AT THE LIBRARY OR MORE INITIATIVES.

WE DO HAVE FUNDRAISERS COMING UP THIS WEEK FOR CELEBRATE BABIES WEEK, SO IF YOU'RE INTERESTED, I WOULD LOVE TO SHARE THAT INFORMATION AND HAVE YOU CITY AS TAMARAC JOIN WITH US IN THIS INITIATIVE.

AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK THE CITY OF TAMARAC MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, CITY MANAGERS, AND CITY CLERK FOR PARTICIPATING IN CELEBRATE BABIES WEEK.

THE CHILDREN'S SERVICES COUNCIL OF BROWARD COUNTY.

WE FUND VARIOUS PROGRAMS IN THE COMMUNITIES OF BROWARD COUNTY THAT HELP FAMILIES TO THRIVE.

WE DEFINITELY ASK EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU TO UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF THE YOUNGER ONES IN OUR COMMUNITY, BECAUSE WHEN THEY SUCCEED, WE ALL SUCCEED.

SO THAT MEANS WE ALL HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER AS PARENTS, NEIGHBORS, FAMILY, FRIENDS TO ENSURE THAT OUR BABIES ARE THRIVING.

AND WE DO HAVE.

ON OCTOBER 26TH, BROWARD READS FOR THE RECORD.

SO ALL OF YOU ARE WELCOME TO SIGN UP ON HANDS ON BROWARD TO GO TO OUR LOCAL CHILD CARE CENTERS, KINDERGARTEN, FIRST GRADE CLASSROOMS TO READ THE BROWARD, READ FOR THE RECORDS BOOK SO THAT YOUNG CHILDREN KNOW THAT WE CARE ABOUT HOW THEY ARE THRIVING IN OUR COMMUNITY.

SO THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK.

COME ON.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. GOOD THING.

OKAY. I'M SORRY.

THANK YOU. AND THIS ONE WAS REQUESTED BY MYSELF AND OUR HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR, LORENZO CALHOUN WILL BE COMING DOWN HERE.

ON BEHALF OF OUR EMPLOYEES AND THEIR FAMILIES.

AND EVERYBODY. THANK YOU.

THIS WAS REQUESTED BY MYSELF.

WHEREAS THE HISTORY OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL IS ONE MARKED BY DETERMINATION, RESILIENCE AND UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO THE PRINCIPLES OF DEMOCRACY, HUMAN RIGHTS AND SELF-DETERMINATION. AND WHEREAS, THE NATION OF ISRAEL, ESTABLISHED ON MAY 14TH, 1948, HAS SINCE ITS INCEPTION FACED NUMEROUS CHALLENGES, INCLUDING THREATS TO ITS SECURITY, SOVEREIGNTY AND THE WELL BEING OF ITS CITIZENS.

AND WHEREAS ISRAEL IS NOT ONLY ENDURED THESE CHALLENGES, BUT ALSO HAS THRIVED, BECOMING A BEACON OF INNOVATION, CULTURE AND PROGRESS IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND ON A GLOBAL STAGE.

AND WHEREAS ISRAEL AND THE UNITED STATES SHARE VALUES AND COMMON GOALS BETWEEN INCLUDING FREEDOM, DEMOCRACY, THE PURSUIT OF PEACE WHICH HAVE FORGED A STRONG BOND OF FRIENDSHIP AND COLLABORATION.

AND WHEREAS THE HISTORICAL AND SPIRITUAL SIGNIFICANCE OF JERUSALEM, A CITY SHARED TO MULTIPLE FAITHS, UNDERSCORES THE IMPORTANCE OF A PEACEFUL RESOLUTION TO ANY CONFLICT IN THE MIDDLE EAST. AND WHEREAS WE BELIEVE THE POWER OF DIALOG, DIPLOMACY AND COOPERATION TO ADDRESS THE COMPLEX ISSUES FACING THE REGION AND TO CREATE A BRIGHTER FUTURE FOR ALL ITS INHABITANTS. WHEREAS WE RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF SUPPORTING THE SECURITY AND WELL-BEING OF PEOPLE OF ISRAEL IN A CHALLENGING AND OFTEN TUMULTUOUS REGION.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, MICHEL J.

GOMEZ, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC, BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, HEREBY DECLARES OUR STEADFAST SUPPORT FOR THE STATE OF ISRAEL, EXTENDS OUR DEEPEST SYMPATHIES AND HEARTFELT COMPASSION TO OUR FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS IN THE JEWISH COMMUNITY AND ALL WHO HAVE LOVED ONES IN ISRAEL WHO HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY THE DEADLY ATTACKS.

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THANK YOU. MADAM MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION.

I STAND ON BEHALF OF THE CITY MANAGER AND THE EMPLOYEES OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC.

THANK YOU FOR THIS RESOLUTION AND STANDING WITH ISRAEL.

DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR ONCE SAID, INJUSTICE ANYWHERE IS A THREAT TO JUSTICE EVERYWHERE.

AND AS YOU KNOW, THESE ATROCITIES CAME KNOCKING AT OUR DOOR IN 2001.

SO YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL ARE GOING THROUGH.

AND WE THANK YOU FOR STANDING WITH ISRAEL UNTIL THIS EVIL IS ERADICATED ALL OVER THE WORLD.

SO THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF THE CITY MANAGER AND EMPLOYEES, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ALL RIGHT NOW.

WE ARE GOING TO GO BACK TO OUR CITY MANAGER AND HIS REPORT.

THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.

COMMISSIONERS. I'D LIKE TO START WITH THIS CONVERSATION ABOUT THE PRIVATIZATION COMMITTEE ACTIVATION OF THE PRIVATIZATION COMMITTEE. THIS STEMS FROM THE CONVERSATION ABOUT THE CITY'S DECISION TO TO EXPAND AND AND REPLACE THE PARATRANSIT SERVICES WITH THE FREEBEE SERVICES THAT THAT PROVIDES, THAT EXTENDS THE CITY SERVICES TO A MUCH LARGER AUDIENCE.

SO ANYTIME THE CITY INTENDS TO PRIVATIZE A PORTION OF ITS SERVICES, THIS COMMITTEE NEEDS TO BE ACTIVATED AS PART OF THE CITY'S CODE AND PROVIDE GUIDANCE TO THE CITY IN TERMS OF PRIVATIZING ANY PORTION OF THE CITY SERVICES.

AND SO THE COMMITTEE IS MADE UP OF SEVEN MEMBERS, AND EACH MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION HAS ONE APPOINTMENT.

THE MAYOR HAS TWO APPOINTMENTS, AND THEN ONE ADDITIONAL MEMBER IS APPOINTED BY THE ENTIRE COMMISSION.

SO HERE TONIGHT I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE APPLICATION PROCESS TO IDENTIFY THE RESIDENTS IN THE CITY, TO SERVE ON OUR SEVEN MEMBER PRIVATIZATION COMMITTEE.

THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE WOULD PROVIDE A NOTICE TO THE COMMITTEE AND PROVIDE YOU WITH THE APPLICATIONS FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND APPOINTMENT.

WE WOULD LIKE TO REVIVE THE PRIVATIZATION COMMITTEE TO HELP US TO RESEARCH AND EXPLORE THE POTENTIAL OF PRIVATIZING CERTAIN CITY SERVICES AFTER THE APPLICATION PROCESS IS COMPLETE. AND ONCE YOU'VE MADE YOUR SELECTIONS, WE WILL BRING BACK A RESOLUTION FORMALLY APPOINTING THE MEMBERS AND ACTIVATING THE COMMITTEE.

LET ME LET ME START THIS SLIDE WITH WITH THE WITH THE VIDEO.

JIM, I WANT TO SHOW THIS SHORT VIDEO FOR A SECOND.

TAMARAC NEIGHBORS. LET'S MAKE OUR CITY SHINE TOGETHER WITH SEECLICKFIX.

THIS EASY TO USE ONLINE RESOURCE ALLOWS YOU TO COMPLEMENT, SUGGEST, AND REPORT MATTERS ABOUT TAMARAC CLEANLINESS, SAFETY, SUSTAINABILITY, AND QUALITY OF LIFE WITH A FEW SIMPLE CLICKS ON YOUR COMPUTER OR MOBILE DEVICE, JUST VISIT TAMARAC OR CLICK THE HOW CAN WE HELP ICON, THEN PROCEED TO THE SITE TO MAP, CATEGORIZE AND EVEN PHOTOGRAPH YOUR AREAS OF FOCUS.

CITY OF TAMARAC STAFF ARE ON HAND TO RESPOND PROMPTLY AND PROVIDE TIMELY STATUS UPDATES.

HELP PRESERVE OUR VIBRANT CITY.

IT'S AT YOUR FINGERTIPS.

THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.

COMMISSIONERS, WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR FOR SOME TIME, AND THIS IS OUR EFFORT TO INVOLVE AND ENGAGE ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS TO HELP US IN BEAUTIFYING OUR, OUR CITY.

AND SO THIS IS A GREAT AND SIMPLE WAY TO REACH OUT TO US FOR OUR RESIDENTS TO TO CLICK ON THAT SIMPLE QR CODE OR GO TO THE CITY'S WEBSITE AND TELL US EXACTLY WHAT THEY SEE.

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WE ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO START USING THIS VALUABLE TOOL.

WE CAN GET STARTED BY SCANNING THE QR CODE WITH YOUR MOBILE DEVICE OR VISITING TAMARAC.ORG/HELP.

SO THANK YOU.

NEXT SLIDE. THE CITY OF TAMARAC IS CURRENTLY WORKING ON A MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION CONNECTIVITY MASTER PLAN, WHICH AIMS TO IMPROVE TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS AND CONNECTIVITY FOR RESIDENTS AND VISITORS.

AS PART OF THIS EFFORT, WE'RE HOSTING A PUBLIC MEETING TO GATHER COMMUNITY FEEDBACK AND INVITE THE PUBLIC, ELECTED OFFICIALS, AND TRANSPORTATION STAKEHOLDERS TO ATTEND.

THIS MEETING WILL BE HELD ON WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 18TH AT 6:30 P.M.

AT THE TAMARAC COMMUNITY CENTER.

HOPEFULLY IT WILL NOT BE A RAIN OUT THIS TIME, AND WE'LL WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING EVERYONE'S INPUT.

NEXT SLIDE.

I DON'T WANT TO SPEND TOO MUCH TIME ON THIS, BUT THE CITY'S FREE CHLORINATION OF DRINKING WATER SYSTEM.

IT STARTS OCTOBER 17TH AND IT ENDS NOVEMBER 7TH, 2023.

THIS IS A COMMON PRACTICE FOR WATER SYSTEMS USING COMBINED CHLORINE DISINFECTION.

IT SHOULDN'T HAVE ANY IMPACT ON THE ON THE QUALITY OF THE WATER, BUT YOU MAY NOTICE A SLIGHT CHANGE IN THE TASTE OR SMELL OF THE TAP WATER.

BUT IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE DO CONTACT US AND LET US KNOW.

WE HAVE A LOT OF EVENTS COMING UP THIS TIME OF THE YEAR.

GREAT PART OF THE YEAR.

SO OCTOBER 20TH WE HAVE THE HALLOWEEN HOOPLA WILL TAKE PLACE AT TAMARAC PARK FROM 6 P.M.

TO 8 P.M., WHICH IS ALWAYS A VERY POPULAR EVENT.

OCTOBER 21ST, THERE WILL BE A GREAT PUMPKIN SPLASH AT THE WORLD CENTER FROM 10 A.M.

TO 1 P.M. AND OCTOBER 28TH, WE WILL HAVE THE CAPARULA PARK GRAND REOPENING AND FOLLOWING CELEBRATION FROM 1 TO 3 P.M.

YOU CAN DEFINITELY FIND MORE OF THESE EVENTS AND DETAILS ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE AND OUR CALENDAR.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HEAR FROM OUR RESIDENTS IS, IS THE NEED FOR A GREAT SIT DOWN RESTAURANT IN THE CITY OF TAMARAC.

AND I'M HERE TO TELL YOU THAT THE VIEW AT COLONY WEST IS ONE OF THOSE BEAUTIFUL SIT DOWN RESTAURANTS.

IT HAS A GREAT VIEW, GREAT FOOD.

WE HAVE A NEW CHEF, AND SO WE INVITE ALL OUR RESIDENTS TO COME AND TRY AND ENJOY THE THE BEAUTIFUL CLUBHOUSE AND THE NEW RESTAURANT UNTIL WE HAVE OTHER RESTAURANTS.

THIS IS REALLY A GREAT WAY TO SPEND A LUNCHTIME OR AN EVENING HOURS AT THE CITY'S NEWEST GOLF CLUB, AND THEN A QUICK UPDATE ON THE SPECKLES.

FRECKLES. THIS IS THE PUBLIC ART PROJECT THAT'S GOING ON IN FRONT OF THE STATION 36 SO THE IMAGE ON THE RIGHT IS HOW IT'S GOING TO BE, AND AN IMAGE ON THE LEFT IS THE CURRENT STATUS.

SO WE EXPECT THIS TO BE COMPLETED IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS AND TAKE THE THE FINAL FORM.

SO THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

APPRECIATE THAT.

NOW WE WILL GO TO OUR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.

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WHEN YOU COME UP, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.

YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. YOU CAN'T SHARE MINUTES WITH OTHER PEOPLE.

IF YOU'RE HAPPY ABOUT SOMETHING, WE GO LIKE THIS.

IF YOU'RE NOT HAPPY ABOUT SOMETHING, YOU KIND OF GO LIKE THIS.

BUT WE'RE RESPECTFUL TO EVERYBODY WHO'S SPEAKING.

EVERYBODY HAS THE RIGHT TO HAVE THEIR OPINIONS SHARED AND.

THE ONLY OTHER THING IS, I THINK I DIDN'T SAY STATE WHERE YOU LIVE.

FOR THE RECORD, IF YOU DON'T WANT TO GIVE YOUR ADDRESS, JUST PLEASE SAY IF YOU LIVE IN TAMARAC OR IF YOU LIVE IN ANOTHER CITY.

SO WE KNOW.

AND FOR THAT WE WILL NOW GO TO KATE JOHNSON.

AND ACTUALLY WHILE.

KATIE JOHNSON IS COMING TO THE PODIUM.

IF IT'S AN ITEM THAT'S ON THE AGENDA, WE ASK THAT YOU WAIT UNTIL WE GET TO THAT ITEM TO SPEAK.

BUT IF THIS IS AN ITEM THAT IS NOT ON THE AGENDA, THIS IS THE TIME FOR YOU TO SPEAK NOW, PLEASE.

KATE JOHNSON MAINLANDS FOR ON MY WAY OVER HERE.

I WAS PRAYING FOR ISRAEL.

ONE SECOND PLEASE. TIMER.

TIMER. THERE YOU GO.

THANK YOU. OKAY, ON MY WAY OVER HERE.

I WAS PRAYING FOR ISRAEL, AND I SAW A HUGE RAINBOW IN THE SKY.

AND I WAS REMINDED OF GOD'S PROMISE TO THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL THAT THEY WOULD NEVER BE WIPED OFF THE EARTH AGAIN.

AND SO I'M HOLDING ON TO THAT PROMISE.

AND I THINK WE CONTINUE TO PRAY FOR THE CONFLICT OVER THERE AND THE RESOLUTION TO BE QUICK AND SWIFT

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WE CELEBRATE BABIES, WE CARE, AND YET WE HEAR WHAT'S HAPPENING TO BABIES OVER THERE.

IT'S JUST HORRENDOUS.

I WANT TO THANK PARKS AND RECREATION.

BEFORE GREG LEFT, HE AND I HAD HAD A DISCUSSION ABOUT FENCING OFF MAINLAND'S PARK BECAUSE THE CARS PARK ON THE GRASS, WHICH IS RIGHT ON TOP OF OUR SPRINKLER SYSTEM.

AND LAST YEAR IT COST US $1,000 TO FIX A LINE THAT WAS BROKEN.

AND HE PROMISED ME THAT IT WOULD BE TAKEN CARE OF.

AND I AM HAPPY TO SAY WE HAVE A WONDERFUL FENCE AROUND THE PARK, BETTER THAN I HAD ANTICIPATED.

AND I DO WANT TO THANK PARKS AND REC FOR THAT.

IT LOOKS IT FITS RIGHT IN.

AND AND WE'RE WE'RE THRILLED WITH THAT.

I DO HAVE A CONCERN.

THERE IS ANOTHER EVENT AT THAT PARK ON THE 14TH, AND EVIDENTLY IT'S A JOB FAIR IN THE MIDDLE OF A RETIREMENT COMMUNITY.

THAT DOESN'T MAKE A WHOLE LOT OF SENSE.

BUT IN ADDITION, OUR ROADS ARE THEY'VE STARTED PAVING THE ROADS THIS WEEK AND THEY'RE WORKING ON THAT PROJECT.

SO NOW YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE ROADS BEING PREPARED AND AN EVENT GOING ON, AND THAT'S GOING TO CREATE MORE PROBLEMS, I BELIEVE.

SO I JUST WANT EVERYBODY TO BE AWARE THAT THAT'S PROBABLY NOT THE BEST PLACE TO HAVE A JOB FAIR IN THE MIDDLE OF A RETIREMENT PARK.

AND LASTLY, I YOU KNOW HOW I FEEL ABOUT SHAKER VILLAGE.

I AM NOT GOING TO GO INTO THAT IN DETAIL.

I DON'T THINK THIS IS I THINK THIS IS THE TIME OF SOLEMNNESS.

AND SO.

ALL I WANT TO SAY IS EVERYTHING I'VE SAID, I REPEAT.

THANK YOU. AND LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, FOR THOSE WHO MAY BE COMING TO THE MIC, BECAUSE I HAVE A LIST OF PEOPLE WHO I'VE NOT SEEN HERE BEFORE OR HAVE NOT MAYBE SPOKE OFTEN.

THERE ARE TIMES WHEN WE BASICALLY JUST LISTEN.

AND IF THERE ARE THINGS THAT THERE ARE ISSUES AT HAND, THERE ARE PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE FROM OUR EXECUTIVE TEAM WHO WILL COME TALK WITH YOU AFTERWARDS ABOUT ANY KIND OF CONCERNS THAT YOU MAY HAVE. SO PLEASE KNOW THAT YOU'RE BEING HEARD, BUT DIRECT CONFIRMATION OR CONVERSATION WILL COME FROM CITY STAFF, THE EXECUTIVE TEAM THAT IS HERE.

ELIZABETH MCPHERSON.

GOOD EVENING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.

MY NAME IS ELIZABETH MCPHERSON, AND I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT OF TAMARAC FOR 25 PLUS YEARS.

TODAY I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE MISINFORMATION THAT'S GOING AROUND ABOUT SHAKER VILLAGE AND THE PROPOSED SALE OF THE CLUBHOUSE.

I'M DEEPLY CONCERNED BY THE STATEMENTS MADE BY COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS IN THE SEPTEMBER 13TH COMMISSION MEETING, WHERE HE STATED, AND UNITY AND ALL THOSE WORDS, I'M SORRY TO SAY THAT IT'S VERY SHAMEFUL ON YOUR END.

IT IS DISHEARTENING TO HEAR THAT HE FINDS THE IDEA OF UNITY WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY TO BE SHAMEFUL.

UNITY SHOULD NEVER BE A SOURCE OF SHAME.

MADAM MAYOR, MAY I.

HOLD. HOLD THE. HOLD THE.

HOLD HER MINUTES, PLEASE.

CITY ATTORNEY.

WOULD YOU PLEASE ADVISE PEOPLE WHAT WE'VE SHARED IN THE PAST ABOUT? WE DON'T CALL OUT INDIVIDUALS.

YOU COULD BE UNHAPPY ABOUT SOMETHING BEING SAID, BUT WE DON'T CALL OUT INDIVIDUALS.

IT'S SOMETHING THAT. WE HAVE BEEN TRYING VERY HARD.

TO MAKE SURE IT DOESN'T HAPPEN.

YOU'RE A PARLIAMENTARIAN.

MAY I THANK YOU? STATED TO THE SPEAKER.

SPEAK TO THE COMMISSION IN GENERAL, NOT TO ANY INDIVIDUAL.

IF THERE'S A FACTUAL ISSUE, DISAGREE.

YOU CAN STATE THE FACTUAL ISSUE, BUT JUST SPEAK TO THE COMMISSION AS A BODY, NOT THE INDIVIDUAL.

OKAY. NO PROBLEM.

THANK YOU. IT SHOULD BE OUR SHARED ASPIRATION AS A COMMUNITY.

IN THE SAME MEETING, IT WAS SAID THAT SHAKER VILLAGE PAYROLL EXPENSE IS AROUND $140,000.

AND IT WAS QUOTED BY THE COMMISSIONERS THAT, WHAT ARE YOU GUYS BEING PAID FOR? AND I JUST WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT I'M REITERATING THE EXACT WORDS THAT WERE HEARD.

IT'S IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT OUR BUDGET FOR 2023 INCLUDED ALLOTTING FUNDS FOR THE FOUR STAFF MEMBERS, EQUATING TO AN AVERAGE SALARY OF

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IN THE CURRENT ECONOMIC CLIMATE, WHERE INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES ARE FACING FINANCIAL HARDSHIPS, AND IT'S BAFFLING TO CONSIDER THIS AS AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT.

LET ME CLARIFY THAT SHAKER VILLAGE IS COMMITTED TO PROVIDING COMPLETE TRANSPARENCY IN ALL ASPECTS OF ITS BUDGET.

WE ARE NOT SEEKING A HANDOUT, BUT RATHER AIMING TO BUILD A COMMUNITY CENTER THAT WILL BENEFIT ALL TAMARAC RESIDENTS.

DESPITE THE WORDS THAT WERE SAID DURING THE SEPTEMBER 13TH MEETING ABOUT THE IDEA OF UNITY AND COMMUNITY, WE FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT THIS PROJECT IS A STEP TOWARD FOSTERING TOGETHERNESS AND INCLUSIVITY AND THE BETTERMENT OF OUR CITY.

IN CONCLUSION, LET US REMEMBER THAT UNITY, TRANSPARENCY, AND A SHARED COMMITMENT TO OUR COMMUNITY'S WELL BEING SHOULD NEVER BE MET WITH SHAME.

IT SHOULD BE CELEBRATED AND SUPPORTED AS THE FOUNDATION UPON WHICH WE CAN BUILD A BRIGHTER FUTURE FOR ALL TAMARAC RESIDENTS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR GRACE.

NO. IT'S A SHAME THAT PEOPLE ARE USING RACE VICE MAYOR FOR THIS COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS.

THAT'S WHAT I WAS TALKING VILLALOBOS.

NO.

BEAR WITH ME BECAUSE I'M NOT GOOD SOMETIMES WITH HANDWRITING.

ALICIA AND SO FULL SCOUT IS THERE.

ALICIA ANN IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK.

IS THAT A NO? OKAY. DARCY SCHILLER.

GOOD EVENING, DARCY SCHILLER, KINGS POINT.

FIRST AND FOREMOST, I STAND WITH ISRAEL.

I PUT IT ON FACEBOOK, I PUT IT ON NEXTDOOR.

AND I HOPE EVERYBODY, EVERYBODY IN THE UNITED STATES STANDS WITH ISRAEL.

OKAY, NOW FOR COMMISSION STUFF.

OUT OF RESPECT TO THE MAYOR, I WILL NOT MENTION NAMES, BUT OUR CITY MANAGER, OF WHICH I HAVE IT ON TAPE.

IF THERE'S ANY QUESTION, CITY MANAGER OF WHAT YOU SAID AND I CAN PLAY IT, MADE REFERENCE AT THE LAST MEETING ABOUT THE GAS MILEAGE AND HOW THE IRS HAS PUT TOGETHER A DIRECTIVE AND THAT THEY PAY THE GAS MILEAGE, AS DOES THE STATE AND COUNTY, BY GIVING A LUMP SUM OF MONEY. THE WAY WE DO THAT, YOU GET A MONTHLY ALLOWANCE.

WELL, I'M GOING TO PRESUME THAT YOU WERE MISTAKEN, AS OPPOSED TO YOU LYING AND FABRICATING BECAUSE I CALLED THE IRS MISS SCHILLER. DR.

SCHILLER. THANK YOU, DR. SCHILLER.

I CALLED THE IRS.

YES, I CALLED THE IRS, AND IN FACT, FOUND OUT THAT THEY DO NOT GIVE AN ALLOWANCE IN GAS MONEY THAT THEY HAVE TO FILL OUT PER MILEAGE, A FORM TO SUBMIT, AND THEN THEY GET REIMBURSED IF THE IRS FEELS IT'S APPROPRIATE.

SO WITH THAT, I WANT TO GET THAT CLARIFIED.

OKAY. SECONDLY, I WANT TO ASK THE CITY MANAGER, WHEN YOU SPEAK THAT YOU SPEAK MUCH SLOWER BECAUSE DR.

DARCY SCHILLER, IF YOU HAVE REQUESTS FOR HELPING HOW PEOPLE SPEAK ON THE DAY, IS YOU CAN TALK TO THEM AFTERWARDS.

WELL, THE PROBLEM IS WE CAN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT HE SAYS, SO WE LOSE EVERYTHING.

YOU'RE TRYING TO EMBARRASS SOMEBODY ON THE DAIS, AND WE ARE WORKING REALLY HARD TO HAVE THAT STOP IN THIS FACILITY.

ALL I'M ASKING IS THAT HE TALKS SLOWER.

THAT'S IT. SO WE CAN UNDERSTAND HIM.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

AND YOU WILL HAVE I'M LOOKING FOR HOUR.

AND YOU KNOW BY NOW I'M NOT GOOD WITH OUR TITLES.

ASSISTANT DEPUTY FINANCIAL DIRECTOR AGNEW WILL BE TALKING WITH YOU ABOUT THE CAR ALLOWANCE CONCERNS THAT YOU ARE DISCUSSING. CAREEN.

GRAHAM.

GOOD EVENING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.

MY NAME IS CORINNE SHAKER, VILLAGE RESIDENT.

I STAND BEFORE YOU TODAY TO ADDRESS THE MATTER THAT UNDERSCORES THE NEED FOR HONESTY, ACCURACY, AND A SENSE OF COMMUNITY WITHIN OUR CITY.

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A TOTAL OF 12 MILLION.

I'M NOT SURE HOW IT CAN BE CLAIMED THAT THEY HAVE NO FINES ON THIS PARTICULAR PIECE.

HOWEVER, WHEN QUESTIONED ON THE MATTER BY COMMISSIONER WRIGHT DURING THE SEPTEMBER 13TH MEETING, A CITY OF TAMARAC BUILDING OFFICIAL GEORGE FOWLER, WHO IS AN OFFICIAL SOURCE ON SUCH MATTERS, STATED WELL ON THE PARTICULAR PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT THE CITY IS BUYING, THERE ARE NO LIENS ON THAT PIECE OF PROPERTY.

WHEN PRESENTED WITH INFORMATION FROM AN OFFICIAL SOURCE, IT'S CONCERNING TO OBSERVE THAT CERTAIN TAMARAC RESIDENTS ARE COMMITTED TO MISUNDERSTANDING AND STILL REPEAT MISINFORMATION.

IT IS ESSENTIAL FOR US TO RECOGNIZE THAT INACCURACIES ARE NOT ONLY THE RESULT OF MISUNDERSTANDINGS, THEY CAN ALSO BE PERPETUATED BY THE CARELESSNESS OF INDIVIDUALS IN POSITIONS OF AUTHORITY.

IT'S CRUCIAL THAT OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS AND COMMISSIONS EXERCISE DUE DILIGENCE IN ENSURING THAT CORRECT INFORMATION IS DISSEMINATED AND MISINFORMATION IS CORRECTED.

OUR CITY THRIVES WHEN WE UPHOLD VALUES OF HONESTY AND INTEGRITY, AND WHEN WE WORK COLLECTIVELY TO ADDRESS CHALLENGES AND MISCONCEPTIONS.

A SENSE OF COMMUNITY IS NURTURED BY TRANSPARENT COMMUNICATION AND THE WILLINGNESS TO UNDERSTAND AND SUPPORT ONE ANOTHER.

IN CONCLUSION, I URGE ALL RESIDENTS TO EMBRACE THE IMPORTANCE OF HONESTY AND ACCURACY WHEN DISCUSSING MATTERS THAT IMPACT OUR COMMUNITY.

IT IS ONLY THROUGH A COMMITMENT TO TRUTH AND A SHARED SENSE OF COMMUNITY THAT WE CAN OVERCOME MISUNDERSTANDINGS AND WORK TOWARD A BRIGHT FUTURE FOR TAMARAC. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU JODY, AND READ HAPPY HANDS.

THANK YOU. RON WASSERMAN IS ON DECK.

GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS JORDAN REED AND I'M A RESIDENT OF SHAKER VILLAGE.

I'M THE CURRENT PRESIDENT.

UM, THIS EVENING I'D ALSO LIKE TO ADDRESS STATEMENTS THAT WERE MADE IN THE SEPTEMBER 13TH MEETING.

ONE COMMISSIONER ACCUSED ME, ALONG WITH OUR BOARD MEMBERS, OF NOT BEING, QUOTE UNQUOTE, REAL BOARD MEMBERS, STATING THAT HE REQUESTED CERTIFICATES FROM US ON SEPTEMBER 12TH AND WE FAILED TO PROVIDE THEM.

I WANT TO CLARIFY THAT NO SUCH REQUEST WAS MADE TO THE SHAKER VILLAGE BOARD OR OUR MANAGEMENT COMPANY, HOWEVER, AND I'M JUST READING A FACTUAL STATEMENT BASED ON AN EMAIL ON SEPTEMBER 15TH AT 6:39 A.M.

COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS SENT AN EMAIL TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, HANS OTTENAD, STATING, QUOTE, GOOD MORNING, MR. HANS SMILEY FACE.

IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT OUT OF NOWHERE, THE CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS DOES HAVE THEIR CERTIFICATIONS.

PLEASE PROVIDE COPIES.

I READ THAT STATEMENT VERBATIM, INCLUSIVE OF THE GRAMMATICAL ERROR.

AGAIN, THIS REQUEST WAS MADE TWO DAYS AFTER HIS STATEMENT IN HOW DO THEY HAVE PUBLIC RECORD WAS NOT REQUESTED BY ALLOW ME TO.

HOW DOES SHE OBTAIN PUBLIC RECORD IF CAN I CLARIFY WE'RE GOING TO HOLD ON ONE SECOND.

HOLD THE CLOCK.

COMMISSIONER COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS.

WHILE YOU MAY HAVE A QUESTION OF HOW SHE HAS OBTAINED AN EMAIL THAT WENT TO OR SHE'S PUTTING THAT ON RECORD NOW THAT SHE OBTAINED THIS RECORD, I CAN CLARIFY IF NECESSARY.

THE EMAIL WAS SENT TO JOSE VALERA, WHICH IS SHAKER VILLAGES COUNCIL, AND IT WAS FORWARDED TO FORWARDED TO MYSELF AND THE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS.

WE. WE WILL UNDERSTAND WHERE COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS VILLALOBOS MAY BE GOING.

HE MIGHT BE GOING TO ATTORNEY CLIENT COMMUNICATION.

AND HOW ATTORNEY CLIENT COMMUNICATION.

MAYOR, THIS IS NOT AS I AM.

IT'S A PUBLIC RECORD.

IT WAS THE QUESTION THAT WAS ASKED BY COMMISSIONER VILLA WAS FORWARD TO THE ATTORNEY THAT REPRESENT SHAKER VILLAGE WHO RESPONDED TO DIRECTLY, COMMISSIONER VILLA.

SO THERE WAS COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THEM.

UNDERSTOOD. BUT AT THE SAME TOKEN, THIS IS A DISCUSSION TO BE HAD AT ANOTHER TIME, BECAUSE AN ATTORNEY SHOULD NORMALLY NOT HAVE THE CLIENT'S INFORMATION SENT TO THE OTHER SIDE.

THAT INFORMATION SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN IN THERE BECAUSE IT COULD BE DEEMED ATTORNEY CLIENT INFORMATION.

ITEMS ARE NOT ALL NOT ITEMS OR PUBLIC RECORD IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA.

THERE ARE CERTAIN WE'RE NOT GOING TO ARGUE THIS NOW, BUT JUST PUTTING IT OUT THERE THAT THERE MIGHT NEED TO BE A DISCUSSION IN A WORKSHOP AND DISCUSSION WITH OUR CITY ATTORNEY ON HOW TO HANDLE CERTAIN THINGS THAT MAY BE CONSIDERED.

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COMMUNICATION. NEITHER HERE NOR THERE.

IT IS OVER.

WE WILL DISCUSS THIS AT ANOTHER TIME.

MISS REED IS GOING TO FINISH HER THREE MINUTES.

PLEASE PROCEED. OKAY.

AGAIN. THIS WRITTEN REQUEST WAS MADE TWO DAYS AFTER THE STATEMENT IN THE SEPTEMBER 13TH MEETING.

ALLOW ME TO SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT TONIGHT.

I HAVE COPIES OF OUR CERTIFICATES.

ROSLYN, OUR VICE PRESIDENT, AND I RECEIVED OUR CERTIFICATIONS ON MARCH 26TH, 2021.

NADINE GORDON, OUR TREASURER, RECEIVED HERS ON MARCH 18TH, 2021.

AND GLENDA BAILEY, OUR NEWEST BOARD MEMBER AND SECRETARY, RECEIVED HERS ON APRIL 20TH, 2023.

OUR ANNUAL MEETING IS HELD ON THE THIRD THURSDAY OF FEBRUARY, SO WE ALL RECEIVED OUR CERTIFICATIONS WITHIN THE 90 DAY TIMEFRAME.

I'D LIKE TO NOTE THAT WE CURRENTLY ONLY HAVE FOUR BOARD MEMBERS BECAUSE UNFORTUNATELY, NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE UP TO TAKE ON THIS CHALLENGE.

I'D LIKE TO ALSO ADD THAT IN THE SEPTEMBER 27TH MEETING, SHAKER VILLAGE RESIDENTS WHO SHAKER VILLAGE RESIDENT MONICA BICKFORD, WHO WAS THE VICE PRESIDENT OF SHAKER VILLAGE IN 2019 WHEN THE LAST INSURANCE CHECK FOR THE CLUBHOUSE WAS RECEIVED, SPOKE IN OPPOSITION OF THE CLUBHOUSE SALE AND WAS EVEN AN EVEN ALLOWED AN EXTRA MINUTE TO SPEAK. HOWEVER, WHILE SHE WAS THE PERFECT PERSON TO SHED LIGHT ON WHAT HAPPENED TO THE CLUBHOUSE FUNDS, IT'S INTERESTING TO NOTE THAT SHE WAS NOT TREATED IN THE SAME HARSH MANNER, NOR WAS SHE SUBJECTED TO THE UNTRUE STATEMENT AND VITRIOL THAT A MEMBER OF THE COMMISSIONER MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION HAS DIRECTED TOWARDS MYSELF AND THE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS IN THESE MEETINGS AND HIS ONLINE STATEMENTS.

THE CURRENT BOARD, WHO DID NOT MISAPPROPRIATE THE FUNDS AND WHO HAVE ALL VOLUNTEERED COUNTLESS HOURS, HAVE BEEN WORKING TIRELESSLY TO FIX THE SITUATION.

ONCE AGAIN, IT'S MY WISH FOR ALL THE COMMISSIONERS, IN FACT, ALL OF US TO DO BETTER, TO FOSTER A SENSE OF RESPECT, TRUTH AND UNDERSTANDING WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY. WHEN WE TREAT EACH OTHER WITH FAIRNESS AND EMPATHY, I BELIEVE WE CAN BUILD A STRONGER AND MORE HARMONIOUS TAMARAC.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

RON WASSERMAN WITH RUTH RUTH ABAD COMMISSIONER BOLTON VICE MAYOR I'M GOING TO RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT YOU DO NOT DO THAT.

YES. HOLD ON, HOLD ON.

YOU'RE BEING DISRESPECTFUL TO YOUR COLLEAGUE.

GENTLEMEN, GENTLEMEN, GENTLEMEN.

ACTUALLY. COMMISSIONERS COMMISSION.

THIS COMMISSION DOES NOT GET TO DO YAY OR NAY.

WE. WE ARE THE BODY.

IT'S A FREE COUNTRY.

YEAH, YOU KNOW WHAT? BUT WE HAVE RULES AND REGULATIONS, AND WE'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO HAVE OPINIONS ON THINGS THAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO JUST BE LISTENING TO OUR RESIDENTS.

THIS IS NOT QUASI JUDICIAL.

OKAY? YOU KNOW WHAT? WE CAN'T SEEM TO GET THROUGH MUCH WITHOUT ISSUE, AND IT'S EMBARRASSING.

AND WE DON'T NEED TO HAVE PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE FIGHTING WITH EACH OTHER EITHER.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THIS IS THE LAND OF THE FREE AND THE LAND OF FREE SPEECH.

AND WE ALSO ARE A LAND OF RULES AND REGULATIONS, AND WE HAVE TO ABIDE BY THEM.

SO IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT THAT WE HAVE RULES.

THERE'S THE DOOR.

IF YOU'RE READY TO SET BY THE RULES, ENJOY THE REST OF THE EVENING AND LET'S GO TO MR. WASSERMAN AS HE SPEAKS WITH RUTH ABAD ON DECK.

GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS RONALD WASSERMAN.

I LIVE IN A COMMUNITY CALLED SHANGRI-LA HERE IN TAMARAC.

I JUST WANT TO SAY I'M VERY CONFUSED ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON HERE, BUT I WILL SPEAK ABOUT WHAT I KNOW TO BE FACT.

I WOULD LIKE TO ASK EVERYONE WHO CAN HEAR MY VOICE.

THIS IS BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH.

PLEASE. LADIES, PLEASE.

IT'S A PREVENTABLE CANCER.

I'M LOOKING FOR YOUR HELP.

JOIN THE TEAM. WHATEVER IT IS THAT YOU THINK YOU DO.

INTERCEPT CANCER.

THAT'S NFL.

MADAM MAYOR.

AS A KID GROWING UP IN NEW YORK, AND I DON'T CARE IF I GET FEEDBACK ABOUT GROWING UP IN NEW YORK.

BUT AS A KID GROWING UP IN NEW YORK AND MY COMMUNITY IN QUEENS, I USED TO WALK DOWN THE STREET.

AND I USED TO HAVE TO FIGHT MY WAY DOWN MY STREET.

YOUR FATHER'S A BAGEL BENDER, YOU KIKE.

SUNDAY NIGHTS, YOU KIKE.

HITLER DIDN'T DO THE RIGHT JOB.

SO FOREVER.

YOU. WHO THINKS THAT? THAT'S A LITTLE DRAMATIC.

THINK ABOUT IT. US FOR UNITY.

I'M NOT SEEING A LOT OF UNITY HERE RECENTLY.

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I LIKE TO TELL STORIES.

MOST OF YOU KNOW THAT.

I WAS IN BY PIZZA.

MOST OF US ARE FAMILIAR WITH IT.

I WAS PICKING UP SOME DRY CLEANING, AND THERE WAS A CHARACTER AT THE FRONT OF THE DRY CLEANER, HOMELESS, TALKING TO HIMSELF, SMOKING A CIGAR, PEEING OUTSIDE.

SO THE LADY CALLED BSO.

SHE SAID, I'LL CALL HIM.

I'LL CALL HIM. DON'T WORRY.

LO AND BEHOLD, HERE COMES BSO.

SO I WANT TO THANK BSO FOR YOUR RESPONSE.

YOU KEPT YOUR EYES ON THIS CHARACTER.

HOMELESSNESS IS SUCH AN ISSUE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

SUCH AN ISSUE.

SO I'M GOING TO LEAVE IT AS THIS.

THANK YOU. TOMMY.

YOU ALWAYS DO A GOOD JOB.

WE APPRECIATE IT.

AND FOR THOSE WHO MAY WONDER, WE'VE BEEN LIVING IN OUR COMMUNITY FOR 25 YEARS.

WE PUT UP WITH A LOT.

I'M JUST GOING TO ASK FOR ONE THING ON THIS GO ROUND.

PLEASE HELP ME WITH THE DEBRIS THAT IS ALONG SOUTH GATE.

AND PLEASE HELP ME WITH DEBRIS THAT COMES FROM WOODMONT COUNTRY CLUB.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WOODMONT COUNTRY CLUB.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WE HAVE RUTH ABAD, AND THEN ON DECK IS PATTY LIN.

RUTH, ARE YOU HERE? OKAY. RUTH IS NOT HERE.

WE'LL GO TO PATTY LIN.

ON DECK IS LATOYA BOYD.

YOU'RE ON DECK, LATOYA.

MISS BOYD, YOU'RE ON DECK.

YOU'RE ON, ZACK. YOU'RE ON ZACK.

YOU'RE NEXT. PATTY LANE WILL BE NEXT.

THANK YOU. PATTY LIN, MAINLAND'S EIGHT TAMARAC.

I ALSO STAND WITH ISRAEL.

IN CASE YOU'RE NOT AWARE, AND EVERYBODY OUT THERE IN TELEVISION LAND ON SATURDAY, THE BROWARD VETERAN'S COALITION WILL BE HAVING A RESOURCE FAIR AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER.

IF YOU ARE A VETERAN, IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR A JOB, IF YOU NEED ASSISTANCE WITH MEDICAL OR WHATEVER, PLEASE BE SURE AND GO.

IT'S FREE AND THINK.

MISSION. MISSION UNITED MAY BE THERE WITH FOOD.

THEY'RE VERY, VERY GOOD.

TIME. OH 10:00.

SORRY. 10:00.

THEY COULD COME AT WHATEVER TIME THEY WANT TO COME.

LET THEM COME. SHAKER VILLAGE I'M VERY, VERY CONFUSED.

THERE IS. WE, THE CITY HAVE A CONTRACT TO BUY A PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT IS CONDOMINIUM COMMON AREA. TWO WAYS TO SELL CONDOMINIUM COMMON AREA ONE.

THE CONDOMINIUM DISSOLVES, THEN EVERYTHING CAN BE SOLD, OR TO 75% OF THE REGISTERED OWNERS AT THE TIME THAT THE SALE IS PROPOSED, WILL HAVE TO HAVE HAD CERTIFIED MAIL NOTIFICATION THAT THEY WANT TO SELL, AND THEY HAVE TO HAVE A MEETING, AND 75% OF THE OWNERS HAVE TO SAY YES.

NO ONE HAS BROUGHT THAT.

I MEAN, THAT'S THAT'S I THINK I THINK THAT THE ATTORNEY'S OPINION IS SUSPECT IN THERE BECAUSE THERE IS NO OPINION ABOUT THAT.

IT. I THINK THAT IF YOU HAVE A VESTED INTEREST IN THE PROPERTY AND YOU'RE A COMMISSIONER, YOU SHOULDN'T BE VOTING A VESTED INTEREST DOESN'T MEAN THE TITLE IS IN YOUR NAME.

IT COULD BE IN AN ENTITY THAT YOU RUN.

AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY.

THAT THAT COMMISSIONER WOULD NOT BE.

HAVE TO RECUSE HIMSELF.

THAT'S FRIGHTENING.

I THE CITY OPINION.

CITY ATTORNEY OPINION ON THAT WAS HE DIDN'T HAVE TO.

AND THAT'S ALSO SUSPECT FOR THE GOOD STUFF.

THANK YOU BSO FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO.

YOU'RE RIDING AROUND IN OUR COMMUNITY.

MY MY RESIDENTS DON'T LIKE THE SIGN ON 70TH AVENUE.

IT SCARED THEM.

BUT WE WILL EXPLAIN THAT TO THEM.

AND ONCE AGAIN, YOUR CITY EMPLOYEES ARE VERY, VERY GOOD.

BETTER THAN BETTER THAN AVERAGE.

AND YOU SHOULD BE VERY, VERY PROUD.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

SO WE NOW GO TO MS..

BOYD. LATOYA.

BOYD. BASEBALL'S A BIG THING IN MY FAMILY.

I APOLOGIZE ON DECK.

MEANS YOUR NEXT UP AND SO ON DECK.

NEXT UP IS NAOMI PEREZ.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

[01:10:01]

I WISH TO ADDRESS THE INTEGRITY AND TRUTHFULNESS OF THE ELECTED OFFICIALS.

FIRST OF ALL, MY NAME IS LATOYA BOYD, AND I'M LIVING IN TAMARAC IN SHAKER VILLAGE.

IN THE SEPTEMBER 13TH MEETING, WHEN ADDRESSING THE PROPERTIES OWNED BY SHAKER VILLAGE, ONE OF THE COMMISSIONERS STATED, FIVE PROPERTIES YOU GUYS OWN FIVE PROPERTIES OF OVER 1.5 MILLION.

IT'S WORTH NOTING THAT SHAKER VILLAGE RESIDENT THOMAS SMITH PROVIDED DETAILED INFORMATION ABOUT THOSE FIVE PROPERTIES DURING THE SAME MEETING, SEEKING TO SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT.

IT IS DISHEARTENING TO OBSERVE THE COMMISSIONER.

APPEARS TO BE COMMITTED TO SPREADING MISINFORMATION EVEN WHEN PRESENTED WITH THE FACTS.

AS RESIDENTS, WE LOOK TO OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS FOR GUIDANCE AND HONESTY, ESPECIALLY WHEN DISCUSSING MATTERS THAT IMPACT OUR COMMUNITY.

REMEMBER NOW IT'S ONE TAMARAC.

IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT MISINFORMATION, ONCE CORRECTED, DOES NOT PERSIST.

FURTHERMORE, THE COMMISSIONER PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND, WHICH INCLUDES BEING A LICENSED REALTOR SINCE 2018 AND SERVING ON MULTIPLE ASSOCIATION BOARDS, SHOULD PROVIDE HIM WITH A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF THE COMPLEXITIES INVOLVED IN ASSOCIATION OWNED PROPERTIES OBTAINED THROUGH FORECLOSURE ACTIONS.

IT'S ESSENTIAL THAT WE ALL STRIVE FOR ACCURACY WHEN DISCUSSING MATTERS THAT IMPACT OUR COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY WHEN OUR WORDS CARRY THE WEIGHT OF THE PUBLIC OFFICE. AS A REMINDER, THE PROPERTIES IN QUESTION, WHICH INCLUDE 44, A 44 AND LEE LANE FIVE, SPINNING WHEEL, LANE 30, CANTERBURY LANE 12, CANTERBURY LANE AND 11 AND LEE LANE HAVE OUTSTANDING MORTGAGES RANGING FROM 21,000 TO 209,000 EACH.

BEFORE THESE PROPERTIES CAN BE SOLD, THE ASSOCIATION WOULD NEED TO SETTLE THESE DELINQUENT MORTGAGE AMOUNTS TOTALING 729,000 PLUS OTHER CODE VIOLATION FEES.

GIVEN OUR CURRENT FINANCIAL SITUATION, THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT SUM THAT WE DO NOT HAVE AT OUR DISPOSAL AT THIS TIME AS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL.

THE COMMISSIONER HOLDS A MORAL AND ETHICAL OBLIGATION TO TELL THE TRUTH AT ALL TIMES, REGARDLESS OF HIS PERSONAL FEELINGS TOWARDS THE PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

THIS IS ONE TAMARAC.

LET US MAKE THE TAMARAC BEAUTIFUL.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND YOU HAVE A GOOD DAY.

THIS IS INAPPROPRIATE TO THINK THAT I, BY VICE MAYOR'S EMAILS TO THE COMMUNITY THAT HAVE BEEN SENT, THE MISINFORMATION THAT HAS BEEN SENT BY BY THE VICE MAYOR IS A DISGRACE.

I HAVE SEEN EMAILS.

I HAVE SEEN STUFF HANGING ON DOORS THAT IS MISLEADING.

AND IF YOU HAVE 729 IMBALANCES, SELL THEM.

YOU CAN GET $1.5 MILLION.

OKAY, SO SO COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS I HAVE THESE ARE STRATEGICALLY THIS INFORMATION IS STRATEGICALLY HAS BEEN PLACED HERE AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN.

YES. SO COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS I HEAR YOUR FRUSTRATION AND DON'T PUFF AND HUFF.

YOU KNOW VERY WELL I WAS YOU.

WE'RE NOT GOING TO TALK OVER ME AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO TALK OVER ME.

IT. YOU ARE MORE THAN WELCOME TO STEP OUTSIDE IF YOU'D LIKE.

IT'S HARD ENOUGH TO DEAL WITH IT UP HERE.

PLEASE. THANK YOU.

SO. WHAT INFORMATION WE KNOW SOMETIMES GOES OUT.

WE'LL GET RECTIFIED IN THE FUTURE.

WE ARE NOT DEALING WITH IT AT THIS MOMENT.

COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS. HAD WE HAD A MEETING WITH SHAKER VILLAGE, THIS WOULD NOT BE HAPPENING.

BUT WE HAVE NOT SAT WITH ANYONE EXCEPT COMMISSIONER, VICE MAYOR BOLTON AND YOURSELF AND HANS.

I AM LETTING YOU.

WE HAVE NO IDEA WHAT'S GOING ON.

UNDERSTOOD? THAT'S RIDICULOUS.

COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS. I AM TRYING REALLY HARD HERE TO KEEP SOME BALANCE.

AND WHILE I DEFINITELY AGREE WITH YOU AND THAT'S BEEN ONE OF THE COMMENTS SAID IN THE PAST, HAD WE HAD THE PROPER PROCEDURE DONE ON THIS, WHERE THE COMMUNITY AND THE COMMISSION ACTUALLY MET WITH FULL TRANSPARENCY AND DISCUSSION IN COMMUNITY, THAT WE SHOULD HAVE HAD, ALL OF THIS BALONEY WOULD NOT BE HERE.

AND THE ANIMOSITY THAT IS SEEMINGLY GROWING FROM NEW MISINFORMATION THAT HAS BEEN GIVEN TO THE COMMUNITY AND HANDWRITTEN FORUM, I GET

[01:15:06]

WE HAVE ONE MORE SPEAKER, MISS NAOMI PEREZ.

UNLESS THERE'S ANYONE ELSE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK.

OF COURSE. I WAS WONDERING WHY YOUR NAME WASN'T ON HERE, BUT I THINK YOU WERE TALKING.

WE HAVE TWO MORE PEOPLE WHO WISH TO SPEAK, AND THEN WE WILL BE DONE WITH PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.

AND THEN IN THE FUTURE, MAY ALL INFORMATION GO OUT.

THAT IS CORRECT.

AND MAY PEOPLE ASK QUESTIONS FIRST BEFORE ASSUMING THE WORST, WHICH IS SEEMINGLY WHAT IS DONE A LOT LATELY.

INSTEAD OF ANYBODY JUST TAKING SOME MOMENT TO ASK QUESTIONS AND BE CALM AND CIVIL WITH ONE ANOTHER.

MS.. PEREZ, THE FLOOR IS YOURS.

GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.

MY NAME IS NAOMI PEREZ, AND I'M HERE TODAY AS A SINGLE MOM.

YEAH. SORRY.

AS A SINGLE MOM AND A RESIDENT OF SHAKER VILLAGE, I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK FROM THE HEART.

IN THE SEPTEMBER 13TH MEETING, MANY VOICES SPOKE IN FAVOR OF A SPECIAL ASSESSMENT FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

INSTEAD OF BUYING THE CLUB HOUSE.

LET ME BE HONEST.

TO CORRECT OTHER ISSUES LIKE THE DRAINAGE, INSURANCE, ROOFS, PAVING, THE ROAD AND CLUBHOUSE, IT WOULD TAKE A SPECIAL ASSESSMENT OF AROUND 1470 PER PERSON FOR 12 MONTHS.

THE COST TO FEED THE DRAINAGE ALONE WILL BE AN ADDITIONAL $700 PER PERSON FOR SIX MONTHS.

THAT IS JUST NOT DOABLE FOR US.

AS FOR MOST OF PEOPLE OUT THERE.

EVEN IF THE ECONOMY WAS DOING BETTER, IT'S STILL A LOT OF MONEY AND IT IS THOUGHT WHEN YOU ARE TRYING TO MAKE ENDS MEET FOR YOUR FAMILY.

I WANT TO STRESS THAT THE THAT THE MANAGEMENT OF OUR HOA FUNDS IS NOT OUR FAULT.

WE DIDN'T ASK FOR THIS MESS.

THE SALE OF THE CLUBHOUSE IS NOT JUST ABOUT SHAKER VILLAGE RESIDENTS, IT IS ABOUT EVERYONE IN TAMARAC. OUR BUILDING ABOUT TO BUILDING SOMETHING THAT CAN HELP THE WHOLE COMMUNITY.

WE NEED TO REMEMBER THAT WE'RE NOT JUST NUMBERS ON A BALANCE SHEET.

WE ARE PEOPLE WITH FAMILY AND STRUGGLES.

WE NEED COMPASSION, A SENSE OF COMMUNITY AND UNDERSTANDING.

WE ARE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER AND TOGETHER WE CAN MAKE OUR CITY A BETTER PLACE.

THANK YOU FOR LISTENING AND LET'S WORK TOGETHER FOR A BRIGHTER FUTURE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU, MR. WEBSTER.

GOOD EVENING. ALL PROTOCOLS, OBSERVED MADAM MAYOR.

MR. CITY MANAGER, WE HAVE NO PROBLEMS HEARING YOU AND LOVING YOU.

DON'T STOP. YOU GOT A PROBLEM WITH THAT? OKAY. YOU'RE SO IMMATURE.

MY GOD. OKAY.

EVERY TIME I WANT TO ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF MY COMMUNITY.

SOMETHING. URGENT GETS IN THE WAY AND THROWS ME OFF.

TONIGHT WE.

WE'RE STILL SHAKING.

MADAME MAYOR, PLEASE CORRECT SOMETHING.

YOU READ INTO THE RECORD.

AT THE LAST EVENING'S MEETING, YOU STATED THAT I WANTED TO SPEAK ABOUT SHAKER VILLAGE AND THAT I DISAGREED WITH THE SITUATION.

I WANT TO DO THAT.

IT SHOULD BE CORRECTED.

AS IF THIS DISGUSTING FIASCO GOES ON.

I'M GOING TO ASK MY CONDO BOARD TO TRY THE SAME ACTION.

UNFORTUNATELY, THOUGH, WE WILL NOT.

WE DO NOT EXPECT THE SAME LEVEL OF SUPPORT FROM OUR COMMISSIONER, AS I THINK HE'S TOO PRINCIPLED TOMORROW TO ETHICAL. BUT ON THE OTHER HAND, ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS HAVE HIM BECOME A PASTOR PREACHING THE WORD OF GOD.

AND THEN ALL OF THAT COULD CHANGE.

[01:20:04]

WITH. WHAT? AN EXAMPLE TO SET.

I SAID THIS BEFORE, YET I'M GOING TO SAY IT.

LIKE MOST OF THE TRUTHFUL WORDS THAT ARE SPOKEN BY SOME OF THE PEOPLE UP HERE, UNFORTUNATELY, THEY TALK ABOUT RESPECT.

THEY TALK ABOUT DECORUM.

THEY ARE IGNORED.

MY PROBLEM IS THAT I'M OF THE COMMUNITY.

MOST OF THE PEOPLE UP THERE I KNOW PERSONALLY AND HAVE BEEN GUIDED BY THEM.

MADAM MAYOR I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU DO IT BECAUSE NONE OF THEM WOULD ALLOW THIS KIND OF BEHAVIOR.

THEY WOULDN'T.

THEY WOULD HAVE STRAIGHTEN THEM OUT IN FIVE SECONDS AND THEY WOULDN'T HAVE DONE IT AGAIN.

AND THE CITY ATTORNEY WOULD NEVER TALK OVER YOU.

HE WOULDN'T DARE.

NOT BECAUSE OF YOU PERSONALLY, BUT BECAUSE OF THE OFFICE THAT YOU HOLD.

COMMISSIONERS. WE ALL KNOW THAT THIS IS PART OF A PLAN, A PLAN THAT'S LARGER THAN THIS ONE.

EGREGIOUS ABUSE OF POWER AND PRIVILEGE.

MORE ANON TAMARAC IS NOT LACKING ATTORNEYS.

I CHALLENGE THEM TO EITHER INDIVIDUALLY OR COLLECTIVELY TO TIE THIS SHAKER FIASCO UP IN THE COURT SYSTEM UNTIL IT IS TIME TO VOTE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

AND I'M GOING TO JUST CORRECT ONE THING.

WHEN I SAID THAT YOU WERE AGAINST IT WAS YOU WERE NOT.

IT WAS YOU HAD A CARD THAT SAID AGAINST MEANING YOU WERE NOT FOR US VOTING FOR IT.

SO IF I MISSTATED, I APOLOGIZE.

I WENT BY THE CARD.

THANK YOU. AND IS THERE ANYONE ELSE AFTER JAY WHO WISHES JAY CUTLER WANTS TO SPEAK? NOPE. OKAY.

OH, OKAY.

YOU WILL BE OUR LAST PERSON THEN.

IF THAT'S OKAY, THEN EVERYONE HAS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY.

THANK YOU TO MAYOR AND COMMISSIONER AND TO EVERYONE HERE TONIGHT.

I WOULD JUST LIKE TO TALK ABOUT NAME AND LOCATION.

OH, I'M SORRY, I'M SHANAE LEWIS AND I LIVE IN MANOR PARK.

THANK YOU. I AM AN AVID WALKER.

I WALK THREE TO SOMETIMES SIX MILES THROUGHOUT THE WEEK PER DAY, AND I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE SAFETY ISSUES OF OUR LIGHTS.

NOW, I KNOW THAT IS DIRECTLY CONNECTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION OR BROWARD COUNTY, BUT I LIVE IN TAMARAC, SO I WALK IN TAMARAC AND I FIND THAT COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD.

THE LANES ARE SO WIDE, THE TIMER IS NOT GIVING US TIME TO WALK ACROSS WITHOUT RUNNING SO FAST.

SO YOU THINK YOU'RE GOING TO GET HIT.

SO I'VE SEEN THE ELDERLY TRY TO CROSS, AND I'M TRYING TO HELP THEM AS I'M TRYING TO GET ACROSS.

SO WHO DO WE NEED TO WORK WITH OR LOBBY TO HAVE THEM DO A SURVEY TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE GIVING US AMPLE TIME TO CROSS.

AND THIS IS FROM ALL THE WAY DOWN COMMERCIAL BECAUSE OF HOW LARGE OR WIDE THE LANES ARE.

THAT'S ALL I WOULD LIKE TO SAY.

THANK YOU. AND JOHN DOHERTY WILL BE SPEAKING WITH YOU.

AND THEN I HAVE A FEELING YOU'LL BE COMING TO OUR OCTOBER 18TH MEETING AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER, STARTING AT 630 THROUGH 830 TO DISCUSS MOVE TAMARAC, WHICH DEALS WITH TRANSPORTATION AND WALKING AND ALL THAT KIND OF GOOD STUFF.

THANK YOU.

GOOD EVENING AGAIN. MAYOR.

COMMISSIONERS. JAY COUCHER 8173, ROYAL PALM COURT IN THE BEAUTIFUL CITY OF TAMARAC.

AND YOU GUYS HAVE TAKEN A LOT OF GUFF TONIGHT AND I CAN APPRECIATE, I COULD SAY BEEN THERE, DONE THAT.

BUT WHAT HASN'T BEEN SAID IS ALL OF THE GREAT THINGS THAT TAMARAC IS DOING FOR ITS CITIZENS, FOR ITS COMMUNITY, FOR ITS OWN DEVELOPMENT COMPARED TO SO MANY OF OUR SISTER CITIES, NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH SISTER CITIES INTERNATIONAL AROUND US, WE ARE MAKING A LOT EASIER FOR SO MANY OF OUR CITIZENS TO COME TO, TO BE ABLE TO ENJOY, TO SWIM.

AND BY THE WAY, THAT FAIR THAT PATTY LYNN WAS SPEAKING ABOUT FOR VETS WILL INCLUDE FOOD FOR ALL VETERANS WHO ATTEND. THERE IS ONE MORE THING THAT I'D LIKE TO ADDRESS.

I SAID A LITTLE BIT EARLIER THAT I WAS AT THE FITZY CONVENTION, AND IT WAS ABSOLUTELY MIND BLOWING AND AMAZING.

[01:25:01]

LAUDERHILL HAD A TABLE THERE.

AND OUT OF, I BELIEVE, 210 TABLES, IF I'M CORRECT, LADIES, BECAUSE THEY WERE WITH ME.

I DID NOT SEE ONE FROM THE BEAUTIFUL CITY WHERE I LIVE.

YOU MIGHT KNOW THE NAME TAMARAC.

FOR NEXT YEAR, PARTICIPATION WOULD BE A DEFINITE PLUS.

IT MEANS WE'RE PART OF THE GREATER COMMUNITY THAT WE WANT TO INTERJECT, SHOW THE WORLD WHAT TAMARAC HAS DONE TO THIS POINT, AND BE PROUD OF WHERE WE ARE.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. AND I HAVE A FEELING THAT'S GOING TO COME THROUGH A BOARD COMMITTEE MEETING AT SISTER CITIES INTERNATIONAL TO THE APPROPRIATE PLACE.

SIR.

SINCE I TAKE OFF MY GLASSES HERE.

I CAN'T SEE YOU GUYS, BUT.

YOU KNOW, I WAS HERE BEFORE.

A LOT OF A LOT OF EMOTIONS.

YOUR NAME SIR? PLEASE.

E.G. AARON LIVE IN SHAKER VILLAGE.

THANK YOU. MY MOM LIVES TO THE WEST HERE IN TAMARAC.

MY FATHER LIVES TO THE EAST HERE IN TAMARAC.

AND I'D LIKE TO TELL A STORY JUST TO MAKE SURE WE GET THE POINT OF WHAT I'M SAYING.

I MET THIS GENTLEMAN IN GEORGIA.

SOUTH GEORGIA, YOU CAN IMAGINE GOING UP A DIRT ROAD ABOUT 2 OR 3 MILES BEFORE YOU GET TO HIS HOUSE.

YOU KNOW IT. MAN COMES OUT IN HIS OVERALLS.

YOU KNOW, CHUNKY GUY PEGLEG.

NOW THIS GUY OWNS 1500 ACRES.

CAN YOU PICTURE HIM? NOW HIS WIFE DIED.

WE GO ON HIS PROPERTY HUNTING.

LONG STORY. LOTS OF STORIES ANYWAY.

WIFE DIED.

SAD TIME.

HE HAD TWO KIDS. 12.

11. AS THEY GREW UP.

YOU KNOW, IN THE SAD TIMES.

HE. FIND SOME FINANCIAL DIFFICULTIES.

HE DID WHAT HE DIDN'T WANT TO DO, BUT HE DID IT ANYWAY.

IN ORDER FOR HIS KIDS TO HAVE A FUTURE THERE IN THE PROPERTY.

AND JUST TO END THE STORY, THEY DIDN'T WANT TO LIVE OUT THERE IN THE COUNTRY.

THEY WENT TO MOVE INTO THE CITY, BUT HE SOLD A PART OF THE LAND SO AS HIS CHILDREN WOULD NOT BE IN FINANCIAL DIFFICULTIES. HE CARED FOR HIS KIDS, RIGHT? THERE WAS A BUYER.

THERE WAS A SELLER.

THAT'S ALL IT WAS.

BUT THERE WAS A NEGOTIATION.

IT WAS SIMPLE AS THAT AT THE BEGINNING.

WE KNOW SOME INVESTIGATION.

SOMEBODY SEEMED TO PUT THEIR FOOT RIGHT INTO THAT WATER.

THAT WAS CRYSTAL CLEAR.

AND THEY MODDED IT. AND BECAUSE A11 FOOT GOING AND ALL OF A SUDDEN DIFFERENT TOYS START GETTING INTO IT.

AND THEN WE GET ALL THIS EMOTION, ALL OF THIS, YOU KNOW.

IT'S A SIMPLE FIX.

I REMEMBER WHEN THE CONTRACT WAS AMENDED.

I THOUGHT THAT WAS ENOUGH TO GET ALL THE FEED OUT AND THE DEAL TO GO AHEAD.

SOMETIMES SOME THINGS ARE JUST THAT SIMPLE, BUT SOMETIMES WE MAKE IT COMPLICATED.

I HEARD SOMETHING ABOUT BAILOUT, WHICH DOESN'T APPLY.

I CAN GO INTO THE DICTIONARY AND HAVE THE SITUATION, YOU KNOW, AND I HEARD RAISE TAXES.

YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A MOVIE.

O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU? OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

AND THERE IS A TERM IN THERE, IF YOU FEEL THAT THIS KIND OF MOVE GOING TO RAISE YOUR TAXES, YOU'RE DUMBER THAN A BAG OF HAMMERS, THEN THAT'S WHAT THE GUY SAID.

BUT I DON'T FEEL IT.

I JUST I JUST SEE EMOTIONS FROM MISINFORMATION.

I GUESS I'M RUNNING OUT OF TIME.

SO ALL I GOT TO SAY IS, MAN, IT'S SIMPLE AS THAT.

GO TAMARAC TUESDAY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.

OUR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IS NOW CLOSED.

APPRECIATE EVERYBODY SPEAKING TONIGHT.

IT IS NOW 833, AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE ON UNLESS ANYBODY SEVERELY NEEDS A BREAK.

I NEED A SECOND TO MY MOTION.

[4.CONSENT AGENDA]

CITY CLERK. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. COMMISSIONER DANIEL.

[01:30:01]

YES. COMMISSIONER.

VILLALOBOS. YES.

MAYOR. GOMEZ. YES.

VICE MAYOR BOLTON.

YES. MOTION PASSES 5 TO 0.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU. MOVING ON TO REGULAR AGENDA FIVE A TR 14019.

[5.a TR14019- A Resolution of the City Commission of the City of Tamarac, Florida, authorizing the appropriate city officials to award Bid #23-36, "Furnush, Deliver, and Discharge of Quicklime" to, and execute agreements with, Lhoist North America of Alabama, LLC for the City of Tamarac and additional twenty-three members of the Southeast Florida Governmental Purchasing Cooperative (Co-op); and with Carmeuse Lime and Stone on behalf of one Co-op member, the City of Hollywood, for a period of three (3) years with one additional three-year renewal option, providing for the extension and renewal of the agreements or approval of assignments and other amendments to the agreements in accordance with the provisions of the awarded agreements, and expenditure of appropriated funds by the City Manager or appropriate city officials for a total contract cost to the City of Tamarac of approximately $2,224,375 for the three (3) year term of the agreement or as determined by the actual usage of the product up to the budgeted amount, providing for conflicts; providing for severability; and providing for an effective date.]

YES. ITEM FIVE A IS A RESOLUTION OF CITY COMMISSION OF CITY TAMARAC AUTHORIZING APPROPRIATE CITY OFFICIALS TO AWARD BID NUMBER 2336 FURNISHED.

DELIVER THIS CHARGE A QUICK LINE TWO AND EXECUTE AGREEMENT WITH LHOIST NORTH AMERICA OF ALABAMA FOR THE CITY OF TAMARAC.

AND THIS YEAR, 23 MEMBERS OF THE SOUTHEAST GOVERNMENT PURCHASING COOPERATIVE WITH SALINE AND STONE ON BEHALF OF ONE CO-OP MEMBER OF THE CITY OF HOLLYWOOD FOR A PERIOD OF THREE YEARS.

ONE ADDITIONAL THREE YEAR RENEWAL OPTION PROVIDING FOR THE EXTENSION AND RENEWAL OF THE AGREEMENTS OR APPROVAL OF ASSIGNMENTS AND OTHER AMENDMENTS FOR AGREEMENTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE AWARD AGREEMENTS.

AWARDED AGREEMENTS AND EXPENDITURE.

APPROPRIATE FUNDS BY THE CITY MANAGER FOR APPROPRIATE CITY OFFICIALS FOR A CONTRACT.

COST OF CITY TAMARAC APPROXIMATELY.

2,224,375 FOR A THREE YEAR TERM, AS DETERMINED BY THE ACTUAL USAGE OF THE PRODUCT TO THE BUDGET AMOUNT.

PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS.

PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY. PROVIDING FOR EFFECTIVE DATE.

THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND.

SO MOVED. SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS.

A SECOND BY THE VICE MAYOR.

PUBLIC PARTICIPATION OR PUBLIC? YEP. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IS NOW OPEN SINCE THIS IS NOT A HEARING.

NOBODY WISHING TO SPEAK.

PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IS NOW CLOSED.

KEITH GLATZ, OUR PURCHASING CONTRACT MANAGER, IS AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.

YES, I HAVE A PRESENTATION IF YOU'D LIKE TO SEE IT.

COMMISSION. DO WE NEED THE PRESENTATION? NO, I THINK THIS IS ONE THAT WE'RE FAMILIAR WITH.

BUT THANK YOU FOR THE OFFER.

SEEING THAT THERE'S NO QUESTIONS BY THIS COMMISSION AND WE WILL HAVE A VOTE, PLEASE.

THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. MAYOR GOMEZ.

YES. VICE MAYOR BOLTON.

YES. COMMISSIONER DANIEL.

YES. COMMISSIONER WRIGHT.

YES. COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS.

YES. THANK YOU.

MOTION PASSES 5 TO 0.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WE'RE NOW MOVING TO FIVE B TR 1402 FOR CITY ATTORNEY.

[5.b TR14024 - A Resolution of the City Commission of the City of Tamarac, Florida, awarding RFP No. 23-20R and authorizing the city manager or designee to negotiate and enter into agreements with Juniper Landscaping of Florida, LLC and VisualScape Inc. for Citywide Landscape Maintenance, Mulching Installation and Irrigation Inspection and Wet Testing based on established contract fixed unit prices, in the best interest of the City; authorizing annual expenditures in accordance with the Agreements, including annual price escalation / de-escalation per RFP No 23-20R; authorizing the City Manager or designee to execute the Agreement and renewals, approve assignments and other amendments to the Agreements; ratifying the month-to-month extension of the current agreement with SFM Landscape Services, LLC.; providing for conflicts; providing for severability; and providing for an effective date.]

YES. ITEM 5BA RESOLUTION OF CITY COMMISSION.

CITY OF TAMARAC AWARDING RFP NUMBER 2320 R AND AUTHORIZING CITY MANAGER OR DESIGNEE TO NEGOTIATE.

ENTER AGREEMENTS WITH JUNIPER LANDSCAPING OF FLORIDA AND VISUAL SCAPE FOR CITYWIDE LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE, MULCHING, INSTALLATION, IRRIGATION INSPECTION, AND WET TESTING BASED ON ESTABLISHED CONTRACT.

FIXED FIXED UNIT PRICE.

AUTHORIZED ANNUAL EXPENDITURE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE AGREEMENTS, INCLUDING ANNUAL PRICE ESCALATION.

DE-ESCALATION PER RFP NUMBER 23 DASH 20 ARE AUTHORIZED.

CITY MANAGER DESIGNATE.

EXECUTE THE AGREEMENT AND WE KNEW IT WAS APPROVED.

ASSIGNMENTS AND OTHER AMENDMENTS TO THE AGREEMENTS RATIFYING THE MONTH TO MONTH EXTENSION OF THE CURRENT AGREEMENT WITH SFM.

LANDSCAPE SERVICES.

PROVIDING FOR CONFLICT.

PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY FOR UNFAIR FACULTY.

THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU.

MOTION A SECOND.

SO MOVE. SECOND MOTION BY COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS.

SECOND BY THE VICE MAYOR.

PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IS NOW OPEN.

PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IS NOW CLOSED.

JOHN DOHERTY, PUBLIC SERVICES DIRECTOR, IS AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.

SEEING THAT WE HAD A VERY DETAILED CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS ON MONDAY, I AM NOT SURPRISED THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THE MATTER, AND WE WILL CALL THE ROLL.

THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. VICE MAYOR BOLTON.

YES. COMMISSIONER.

VILLALOBOS. YES.

COMMISSIONER, RIGHT. YES.

MAYOR. GOMEZ. YES.

COMMISSIONER. DANIEL. YES.

THANK YOU. MOTION PASSES 5 TO 0.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WE ARE NOW ON ORDINANCES ON FIRST READING ON AN ITEM THAT IS FIRST READING.

WE DO NOT HAVE ANY PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.

6AT02538. CITY ATTORNEY, PLEASE READ THE TITLE FOR THE RECORD.

[6.aTO2538 - An Ordinance of the City Commission of the City of Tamarac, Florida, terminating “Zoning In Progress” by amending Chapter 10, Article 3, of the City of Tamarac Land Development Code, entitled “Use Regulations”, by amending Section 10-3.2, entitled “Table Of Allowed Uses”, by specifically amending Table 10-3.1, by creating a new “Use Type” under “Retail Sales” for “Vape/Smoke Shop And Liquor Store” and permitting “Vape/Smoke Shop And Liquor Store” as “Special Exception” in the MU-N (Mixed Use Neighborhood), MU-C (Mixed Use Corridor), MU-G (Mixed Use General), and NC (Neighborhood Commercial) zoning districts; and amending Section 10-3.3, entitled “Use-Specific Standards”, by creating Section 10-3.3(D)(15)(e), entitled “Vape/Smoke Shop And Liquor Store”, to provide for a minimum separation distance between similar uses of this “Use Type” and from the real property that comprises a public or private preschool, elementary school, middle school, or secondary school within the City’s municipal boundaries and neighboring cities; and by creating Section 10-3.3(D)(15)(f), entitled “Bar, Lounge Or Tavern”, to provide for a minimum separation distance between similar uses of this “Use Type” and from the real property that comprises a public or private preschool, elementary school, middle school, or secondary school within the city’s municipal boundaries and neighboring cities; providing for codification; providing for conflicts; providing for severability; and providing for an effective date.]

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSION AND CITY OF TAMARAC, FLORIDA, TERMINATING ZONING PROGRESS BY AMENDING CHAPTER TEN, ARTICLE THREE OF THE CITY TAMARAC LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE ENTITLED USE REGULATION BY AMENDING SECTION TEN DASH 3.2 ENTITLED TABLE OF ALLOWED USES BY SPECIFICALLY AMENDING TABLE TEN DASH 3.1 BY CREATING A NEW USE TYPE UNDER RETAIL SALES FOR VAPE, SMOKE SHOP AND LIQUOR STORE, PERMITTING VAPE SMOKE SHOP AND LIQUOR STORE AS SPECIAL EXCEPTION IN THE MODERN MIXED USE NEIGHBORHOOD.

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AMENDING SECTION TEN DASH 3.3.

ENTITLED TO USE SPECIFIC STANDARDS BY CREATING SECTION TEN DASH 3.3 D ENTITLED VAPE SMOKE SHOP AND LIQUOR STORE TO PROVIDE FOR MINIMUM SEPARATION DISTANCE BETWEEN SIMILAR USES OF THIS USE TYPE FROM THE FROM THE REAL PROPERTY THAT COMPRISES A PUBLIC.

A PRIVATE PRESCHOOL, ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, MIDDLE SCHOOL, OR SECONDARY SCHOOL WITHIN THE CITY, MUNICIPAL BOUNDARIES, AND NEIGHBORING CITIES.

BY CREATING SECTION TEN DASH 3.3 D ENTITLED BAR, LOUNGE OR TAVERN TO PROVIDE FOR MINIMUM SEPARATION DISTANCE BETWEEN SIMILAR USES OF THIS USE TYPE AND FROM THE REAL PROPERTY THAT COMPRISE A PUBLIC PRIVATE PRESCHOOL, ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, MIDDLE SCHOOL, SECONDARY SCHOOL WITHIN THE CITY, MUNICIPAL BOUNDARIES AND NEIGHBORING CITIES PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION.

PRIVATE CONFLICTS FOR SEVERABILITY.

PROVIDING FOR EFFECTIVE DATE. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WE WILL NOW HAVE A PRESENTATION BY OUR.

ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, MAXINE CALLOWAY.

THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.

MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION FOR THE RECORD.

MAXINE CALLOWAY. DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER.

JUST A QUICK PRESENTATION FOR YOU TONIGHT.

SINCE WE KNOW THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY TERMINATING THE ZONING IN PROGRESS AND JUST SOME BACKGROUND ON THIS ITEM.

ON DECEMBER 14TH, THAT'S WHEN STAFF WAS GIVEN A DIRECTIVE FROM THE CITY COMMISSION TO LOOK AT THESE USES SPECIFICALLY TO LOOK AT LIQUOR STORES, VAPE AND SMOKE SHOPS, BAR, LOUNGE AND TAVERN TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THEY'RE APPROPRIATELY DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

AND SO IN ORDER TO DO THAT, THE CODE PROVIDES FOR ZONING IN PROGRESS JUST TO ALLOW STAFF TO STUDY WHAT YOU HAVE ASKED US TO STUDY.

AND SO ON DECEMBER 22ND, 2022, THE CITY MANAGER INSTITUTED ZONING IN PROGRESS, WHICH WAS THEN RATIFIED BY THE CITY COMMISSION IN APRIL 24TH, 2023.

WE CAME BACK BEFORE THE CITY COMMISSION AT A WORKSHOP WHERE WE PROVIDED AN UPDATE.

DURING THAT TIME, YOU ASK US SPECIFICALLY TO BRING BACK THE SAME USES IN ADJOINING CITY, AND THAT WILL BE A PART OF THE PRESENTATION FOR YOU TO SEE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.

DURING THAT PRESENTATION, YOU ALSO ASKED US TO LOOK AT DISTANCE SEPARATION AND HOW WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT THESE USES DO NOT PROLIFERATE THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

AND SO WE WENT AHEAD AND INSTITUTED AN EXTENSION ON THE ZONING IN PROGRESS SO WE COULD CONTINUE TO STUDY THAT.

THAT WAS EXTENDED JUNE 14TH, 2023.

AND WE KNOW NOW THAT IT EXPIRES DECEMBER 11TH, 2023.

AND WHICH IS WHY WE'RE HERE BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING.

SO JUST TO BRING SOME CONTEXT TO THE DISCUSSION BEFORE WE GET TO THE CHANGES IN THE ORDINANCE, JUST WANT TO REMIND YOU THIS IS WHAT WE SHARED WITH YOU DURING THE WORKSHOP.

THE CITY OF TAMARAC HAS SIX VAPE SMOKE SHOPS CITYWIDE, AND THESE ARE THE ADDRESSES.

AND THIS IS A MAP JUST SHOWING YOU HOW IT'S DISPERSED THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

AND YOU CAN SEE IT'S FROM EAST TO WEST.

THIS IS WHERE THE SIX LIES.

WE ALSO LOOKED AT VAPE SMOKE SHOPS ON ADJACENT CITIES, AND WE JUST USED A TWO MILE RADIUS YOU ACCESS TO DO THIS AT THE WORKSHOP, AND YOU CAN SEE WE WERE ABLE TO LOCATE 12 THAT WERE IN VARIOUS CITIES WITHIN A TWO MILES OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC, AND THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE ON A MAP.

SO FOR IN THE CITY OF SUNRISE, LAUDERHILL.

AND AGAIN, THAT'S IN THE TWO MILE RADIUS.

WE DID THE SAME FOR LIQUOR STORES.

AND THESE ARE THE NUMBER OF LIQUOR STORES THAT ARE IN THE CITY OF TAMARAC.

WE HAVE A TOTAL OF 11.

AND WE APPLY THE SAME TYPE OF PARAMETER FOR TWO MILE RADIUS.

I'M SORRY. THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE ON A MAP.

THIS IS 11 ON THE MAP.

SO THROUGHOUT THE CITY. AND YOU SEE YOU HAVE SOME OVERLAP ON FIVE AND SIX AND EIGHT AND NINE AND THE RADIUS.

JUST FOR SOME CONTEXT, THE YELLOW CIRCLE IS 1000 FOOT RADIUS.

WE ALSO LOOKED AT LIQUOR STORES ADJACENT TO THE CITY WITHIN TWO MILES OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC, AND THERE WERE 13.

AND THAT'S REPRESENTED HERE ON THIS MAP.

AND YOU CAN SEE THE NUMBERS FOR DIFFERENT CITIES.

AND AGAIN THE CIRCLE REPRESENT A 1000 FOOT RADIUS.

BAR, LOUNGE AND TAVERN IS A PART OF THE ZONING IN PROGRESS AS WELL.

AND SO THIS SLIDE SHOWS YOU THAT THERE'S A TOTAL OF SIX BAR, LOUNGE AND TAVERNS IN THE CITY OF TAMARAC.

THE LOCATION OF THIS OF THESE USES, AND THIS IS HOW IT'S DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT THE CITY ON A MAP.

AGAIN, THERE'S AN OVERLAP WITH NUMBER FOUR AND FIVE, AND THE CIRCLE REPRESENT 1000 FOOT RADIUS.

THESE ARE ALL THE LOCATIONS, A TOTAL OF 11 BAR, LOUNGE AND TAVERNS THAT ARE TWO MILES FROM THE CITY OF TAMARAC.

AND THIS IS HOW IT'S DISTRIBUTED ON A MAP.

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WE'RE LOOKING AT THE AMENDMENT THAT'S BEING PROPOSED BY STAFF.

THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE CURRENT CODE CONFIGURATION AND WHAT IS ALLOWED BY CODE.

AND AS YOU RECALL, WHEN WE DISCUSSED THIS DURING THE WORKSHOP, WE POINTED OUT THAT LIQUOR STORE VAPE AND SMOKE SHOPS.

THERE'S NO DISTINCTION CURRENTLY IN THE CODE.

IT FALLS UNDER RETAIL SALES GENERAL.

AND YOU CAN SEE THAT IN THE CHART.

SO THE ONLY DISTINCTION IS WHETHER IT'S 10,000FT² OR GREATER THAN 10,000FT².

IT'S PERMITTED BY RIGHT IN A TOTAL OF SIX ZONING DISTRICT.

AND THAT'S THE ISSUE WE WERE HAVING.

SO IF A VAPE SHOP CAME IN, IT'S PERMITTED BY RIGHT.

IT'S CONSIDERED RETAIL.

IT JUST GOT A BUSINESS TAX RECEIPT.

THERE WAS NO PUBLIC HEARING.

AND SO THAT'S HOW THEY WERE OPENING UP.

THE SAME WITH BAR, LOUNGE AND TAVERN.

AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE CODE, THOSE ARE BY SPECIAL EXCEPTION.

AND SO WE ARE PROPOSING THAT THAT REMAINS THAT WAY.

SO THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE EXISTING CODE AND WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED BY STAFF.

SO AS OPPOSED TO HAVING SIX ZONING DISTRICTS THAT ALLOWS THE VAPE SHOP AND THE LIQUOR STORE STAFF IS PROPOSING TO HAVE ONLY FOUR AND TO CHANGE IT FROM PERMITTED BY RIGHT TO A SPECIAL EXCEPTION, MEANING THAT THAT APPLICATION WOULD COME BEFORE THE PLANNING BOARD AND THEN BEFORE THE CITY COMMISSION DREW A PUBLIC HEARING THE SAME WAY THE BAR, LOUNGE AND TAVERN CURRENTLY COMES BEFORE YOU AS A SPECIAL EXCEPTION.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, STAFF IS ALSO PROPOSING THAT WE ADOPT SOME YOUTH SPECIFIC STANDARDS.

AND THIS IS WHERE WE'RE PROPOSING THAT WE INSTITUTE A DISTANCE SEPARATION OF 1000FT.

AND THAT WOULD BE MEASURED FOR EACH VAPE SHOP LIQUOR STORE.

WE'RE ALSO PROPOSING TO APPLY THE SAME FOR BAR, LOUNGE AND TAVERN.

SO THIS WOULD BE MEASURED FROM ANY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, MIDDLE SCHOOL, SECONDARY SCHOOL WITHIN THE THE CITY'S MUNICIPAL BOUNDARIES AND NEIGHBORING CITIES AS WELL.

JUST TO ALSO BRING SOME CONTEXT TO THIS DISCUSSION, WE HAVE FOUND THAT CITIES ADJACENT TO US, THEY EMPLOY THE SIMILAR TYPE OF STANDARD.

LAUDERHILL HAS A 1000 FOOT DISTANCE SEPARATION, CORAL SPRINGS HAVE A 1000 FOOT AND THEY INCLUDE RESIDENTIAL AREAS AS WELL.

SUNRISE HAS 600FT AND THEN THE CITIES AT THE VERY BOTTOM NORTH LAUDERDALE, OAKLAND PARK, LAUDERDALE LAKES, PARKLAND, MIRAMAR AND DEERFIELD BEACH.

THEY HAVE ANYWHERE BETWEEN 500 TO 1000 FOOT FOR THE DISTANCE SEPARATION.

FOR ANY TEXT AMENDMENT THAT COMES BEFORE YOU, THE CODE SAYS THAT IT HAS TO ABIDE BY SEVEN STANDARDS THAT WE HAVE TO MEET AND INCLUDE IT IN YOUR MEMORANDUM ARE THE STANDARDS, AND THEY ALL HAVE BEEN MET BY THIS TEXT AMENDMENT.

THEY ALSO ARE IN CONFORMANCE WITH OUR GOALS AS WELL AS A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

SO AT THE PLANNING BOARD THEY RECOMMEND ADOPTION OF THESE PROPOSED CHANGES.

STAFF IS ALSO RECOMMENDING THAT THE CITY COMMISSION MOVE FORWARD WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS AS JUST AS DISCUSSED.

I'LL TAKE YOUR QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.

COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS.

THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU, MISS MAXINE, FOR THAT PRESENTATION.

PRIVATE PRESCHOOL.

IS THAT THE SAME AS DAYCARE? CHILD DAYCARE? YES.

OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

VICE MAYOR. THANK YOU, MISS CALLOWAY, FOR THE PRESENTATION.

FIRSTLY, HAVE WE BENCHMARK OTHER CITIES, PARTICULARLY NORTH LAUDERDALE, LAUDERHILL, SUNRISE.

I KNOW THAT YOU TALKED ABOUT THE DISTANCE SEPARATION FOR CONSUMPTION.

I SAW THAT, BUT I WAS NOT SURE IF THAT INCLUDED VAPE SHOP, VAPE SHOPS AND SMOKE SHOPS AS WELL.

YES, WE LOOKED AT THAT AS WELL.

AND MOST OF THOSE CITIES HAS IT AS A CONDITIONAL USE, WHICH IS SIMILAR TO OUR SPECIAL EXCEPTION PROCESS.

SO, FOR INSTANCE, TELL US HOW THE CITY OF TAMARAC WOULD BENCHMARK WITH THE CITY OF NORTH LAUDERDALE.

WHAT DO THEY HAVE FOR VAPE SHOPS AND SMOKE SHOPS? SO THE NUMBER OR IN TERMS OF THEIR PROCESS NUMBER AND NUMBER OF VAPE SHOPS AND ALSO THEIR PROCESS.

ALL RIGHT. SO I CAN GO BACK.

WE DID A TWO MILE RADIUS.

SO THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE THE TOTAL THAT IS IN THAT PARTICULAR CITY.

BUT WE WERE ABLE LET ME SEE.

NORTH LAUDERDALE AND THIS IS BAR LOUNGE AND TAVERN.

I SAW THAT, BUT I'M SPECIFICALLY ASKING ABOUT VAPE AND SMOKE SHOPS.

OKAY.

SO THIS ISN'T A TWO MILE RADIUS.

NORTH LAUDERDALE HAS THREE.

IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN THAT THE.

THAT'S ALL.

IT'S JUST WITHIN TWO MILES OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC.

SO IT'S LIKELY THAT THEY HAVE MORE.

SO AT LEAST THREE. TELL US ABOUT THEIR PROCESS AND HOW IT MATCHES UP WITH OURS.

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OKAY. AND ITS DISTANCE.

SEPARATION FROM WHAT? THE DISTANCE OPERATION.

OTHER SMOKE SHOPS OR FROM SCHOOLS.

NORTH LAUDERDALE WAS A BIT MORE GENERAL.

THEIR DISTANT SEPARATION WAS FROM OTHER USES SIMILAR TO THIS WITHIN BETWEEN 500FT AND 1000FT.

I DON'T HAVE THE SPECIFIC INFORMATION IF IT INCLUDES CHURCH AS WELL AS RESIDENTIAL, BUT IT DEFINITELY INCLUDES SCHOOLS.

DOES OUR CODE TALK ABOUT? I ANYTHING THAT WOULD.

PERHAPS. MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S SIGNS IN ESTABLISHMENTS LIKE SMOKE SHOPS AND VAPE SHOPS THAT SAYS CHILDREN ARE NOT ALLOWED OR YOU HAVE TO BE 21 OR OLDER TO PURCHASE THE PRODUCTS.

NO, WE ADOPTED SIGNAGE FOR RETAIL TO BE INCLUDED IN YOUR WALGREENS AND SO ON REGARDING SMOKING, BUT NOT IN THESE ESTABLISHMENTS.

WOULD IT BE UNDER THIS ITEM THAT WE ASKED FOR THAT, OR WOULD IT BE A SEPARATE ORDINANCE? THAT SIGNS BE ERECTED IN SMOKE SHOPS AND VAPE SHOPS, THAT CHILDREN OR PEOPLE UNDER 18 OR 20 OR WHATEVER IS NOT ALLOWED.

WELL, REGARDING THE SIGNAGE, IT WOULD NOT NECESSARILY IT WOULD BE MY RECOMMENDATION THAT YOU WOULD PUT THAT IN YOUR SIGNAGE PROVISION AND NOT NECESSARILY HERE.

SO IT WOULD BE UNDER A DIFFERENT AMENDMENT.

OKAY. SO CAN WE LIMIT THE NUMBER OF LIQUOR STORES THAT ONE PERSON OWNED? I DON'T BELIEVE SO.

I DON'T BELIEVE YOU CAN TARGET JUST BY PROPERTY OWNER.

BUT INSTEAD WE CAN USE THESE TYPE OF PARAMETERS, WHETHER IT BE DISTANCE, SEPARATION, WHETHER IT BE BY ZONING DISTRICT, REDUCING THE NUMBER OF ZONING DISTRICTS.

SO THAT WAY WE CAN LIMIT THE NUMBER, THE NUMBER OF LIQUOR STORES CITYWIDE.

SO WE COULDN'T SAY, FOR INSTANCE, TUBBY'S IS OWNED BY ONE PERSON, SO THEY HAVE TO GET RID OF ONE.

I'M JUST JOKING. JUST BUSTING YOUR CHOPS.

AND SO I SAW THE DISTANCE SEPARATION FOR LIQUOR STORES AS WELL.

GIVE GIVE US AN EXAMPLE OF HOW FAR 1000FT IS.

UH. THAT.

YEAH, THAT'S THAT'S A BIG DIFFICULT I DON'T KNOW IF THIS MAP IS HELPFUL AND MAYBE THOSE CIRCLES THAT IS SHOWING THE OVERLAP, WHETHER THAT'S HELPFUL ON THE ZONING MAP.

BUT IT'S HARD FOR ME TO.

YOU KNOW, BECAUSE.

SO THE DISTANCE SEPARATION WOULD INCLUDE, FOR INSTANCE, SUPERMARKETS AND WALGREENS AND THAT SORT OF STUFF AS WELL. SINCE YOU HAVE, FOR INSTANCE, WALGREENS, MAYBE ON EVERY CORNER NOW, DOES IT IMPACT SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS FROM STARTING THEIR SHOPS? WELL, THIS ONE.

LET'S GO BACK TO THE LIQUOR STORES.

LET'S LET'S SEE HOW MANY WE HAVE ON WHAT THAT MAP LOOKS LIKE.

THIS IS ADJACENT CITIES.

AND THESE ARE THE NUMBER OF LIQUOR STORES THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE.

WE DO HAVE SOME OVERLAP, WHICH MEANS NUMBER FIVE AND NUMBER SIX, NUMBER EIGHT AND NUMBER NINE.

IF THIS IS ADOPTED WOULD THEN BE LEGAL NONCONFORMING.

SO IT WOULD BE THEY WOULD NOT MEET THE DISTANCE SEPARATION FROM EACH OTHER.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, IT WOULD BE ANY LIQUOR STORE IN THE CITY THAT'S COMING IN THAT WOULD HAVE TO ONE BE BY SPECIAL EXCEPTION.

TWO WOULD HAVE TO MEET THE DISTANCE.

SEPARATION OF 1000FT AS IT IS NOW IS FROM SCHOOLS.

SO, SO RIGHT NOW, IF WE HAVE A COUPLE OF LIQUOR STORES OR VAPE SHOPS DIRECTLY BESIDE EACH OTHER OR WITHIN THE 1000FT, YOU'RE SAYING THERE ARE LEGAL NONCONFORMING, WHICH WOULD MEAN THAT THEY ARE GRANDFATHERED IN AND WE COULDN'T DO ANYTHING

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FIVE AND SIX AND EIGHT AND NINE.

YES. THEY ARE OVERLAPPING, MEANING THAT THEY'RE TOUCHING.

SO FROM PROPERTY LINE TO PROPERTY LINE, THEY'RE NOT MEETING THE 1000 FOOT.

SO THEY WOULD REMAIN FOR AS LONG AS THEY OPERATE.

I KNOW THAT THE LAST TIME WE TALKED ABOUT THIS, A BUSINESS OWNER WAS IN THE AUDIENCE, AND HE MENTIONED THAT HE WAS IN THE HOSPITAL FOR QUITE A WHILE WITH COVID AND THAT HE HAD SOME SORT OF APPLICATION PENDING, OR HIS APPLICATION WAS STALEMATE BECAUSE OF HIS ILLNESS.

JUST TELL US HOW THIS PIECE OF LEGISLATION WOULD AFFECT HIS BUSINESS OR WOULD NOT.

THAT WAS A NIGHTCLUB, SO THAT WOULD BE DIFFERENT.

AND THAT'S NOT CONSIDERED UNDER THIS APPLICATION.

SO THIS IS BAR, LOUNGE AND TAVERN.

I BELIEVE HIS USE IS A NIGHTCLUB.

BUT IF IT'S NOT AND HE'S A BAR, LOUNGE OR TAVERN, THEN IT WOULD NOT BE THE LIQUOR STORE.

IT WOULD BE THIS SLIDE.

AND. WAS IT I NINE THAT CAME BEFORE US? DO YOU REMEMBER IF THAT WAS.

I DON'T REMEMBER THE NAME.

YEAH, IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN I9 WHICH IS NUMBER FOUR.

AND AS YOU CAN SEE THAT WOULD BE IMPACTED.

THERE'S AN OVERLAP WITH NUMBER FOUR AND NUMBER FIVE WHICH IS LEFT TABERNA WHICH IS NOT AS IT IS NOW MEETING THE 1000 FOOT DISTANCE SEPARATION.

BUT THEY WILL CONTINUE TO OPERATE SHOULD THIS BE ADOPTED AS LEGAL NONCONFORMING UNTIL SUCH TIME AS THE USE IS ABANDONED.

NOW, HERE'S A CAREFUL QUESTION.

DO WE HAVE ANY INQUIRIES IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT OR OTHERWISE? MAYBE IN LAURIE'S DEPARTMENT THAT WHERE BUSINESS OWNERS ARE SEEKING TO OPEN A BAKE SHOP, SMOKE SHOP, BARS, LOUNGES OR TAVERNS THAT THIS PIECE OF POLICY WOULD WOULD AFFECT? WE DO NOT. BUT REMEMBER NOW THAT WE HAVE BEEN IN ZONING IN PROGRESS SINCE LATE 2022.

SO ANYONE COMING TO THE DEPARTMENT WOULD HAVE BEEN ADVISED AND PUT ON NOTICE OF THE ZONING IN PROGRESS.

SO NO, THERE IS NO PENDING APPLICATIONS.

SO IN LATE 2022, BEFORE THIS WAS ENACTED, I UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE LIFTING NOW.

AND OF COURSE WE STUDIED AND THEN WE'RE PUTTING IN THE THE REQUIREMENTS.

SO AT THE TIME WHEN THE ZONING AND PROGRESS WAS BEING PUT IN, WE DIDN'T HAVE ANYONE THAT WAS ADVERSELY AFFECTED.

NO, WE DO NOT.

OKAY. THANK YOU, MISS CALLOWAY.

ALL RIGHT.

SEEING NO OTHER QUESTIONS FROM OTHERS, I'M GOING TO.

ASK YOU IS 1000FT.

IF I AM AT THE CORNER OF MACNAB AND IN THE SHOPPING PLAZA, MACNAB AND PINE ISLAND.

NO, SORRY. MCNAB AND NOB HILL AND I GO UP NORTH.

DO I HIT THE KINGS POINT SHOPPING PLAZA? PROBABLY NOT. IT WOULD BE CLOSER.

IT IS CLOSER. SO IT'S WITHIN THE 1000FT? YES. OKAY.

I THINK IT SHOULD BE LARGER THAN 1000FT PERSONALLY.

AND THERE WAS A MENTION THAT CHURCHES AND SOMEBODY ELSE'S OR RELIGIOUS INSTITUTION AND ASSEMBLIES.

WE DON'T HAVE THAT IN OURS. CORRECT? NO, IT'S JUST WOULD BE MEASURED JUST FROM SCHOOL.

SOME OTHER CITIES HAD PARKS, SOME OTHER PLACES ALSO HAD RESIDENTIAL.

BUT BECAUSE WE ARE ALSO PROPOSING, PARTICULARLY FOR THE VAPE AND THE SMOKE SHOP, WE'RE DOING THE SPECIAL EXCEPTION, WHICH IS NO LONGER PERMITTED BY RIGHT.

WE THINK THAT THAT'S ONE DETERRENT TO THOSE TYPE OF APPLICATIONS.

SO YOU HAVE THE SPECIAL EXCEPTION, WHICH IS A 8 TO $10,000 APPLICATION, IS A PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE THE PLANNING BOARD AND THE CITY COMMISSION.

IN ADDITION TO THAT IS THE 1000 FOOT DISTANCE SEPARATION.

SO YOU HAVE TWO POTENTIAL BARRIERS FOR THIS VAPE AND SMOKE SHOPS.

I GUESS I DISAGREE BECAUSE IT'S A VERY LUCRATIVE BUSINESS.

THAT'S WHY SO MANY ARE POPPING UP ALL OVER THE PLACE AND THEY ARE POPPING UP NEAR OUR KIDS.

SO I ACTUALLY THINK IT SHOULD BE CLOSER TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE NOT BY OUR SCHOOLS AND OUR PARKS.

WE HAVE 12 PLUS BEAUTIFUL PARKS, AND WE SHOULD BE MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE NOT WORRYING THAT OUR KIDS OR THE ADULTS ARE SMOKING OR BEING TEMPTED TO SMOKE IN OUR PARKS.

WE JUST PASSED THE NO SMOKING IN PARKS, SO I WOULD BE MORE FOR ADDING THE LANGUAGE FOR RELIGIOUS ASSEMBLY AND PARKS.

PUBLIX I SEE IS LISTED TWICE FOR ALCOHOL.

DO THEY NOT? IS IT NOT MATTER THAT THEY SELL ALCOHOL AT REGULAR PUBLIX? I KNOW IT WAS RIGHT ON THIS SLIDE.

LET ME SEE.

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SO WE'RE NOT MAKING IF IT'S IN THE SHOPPING PUBLIX LIKE THE MAIN PUBLIX SUPERMARKET, IT'S NOT AN ISSUE.

IT'S JUST IF IT'S A SEPARATE STANDALONE BUSINESS.

AND TYPICALLY THEY DO HAVE WHERE YOU CAN ACCESS IT OUTSIDE OF THE THE RETAIL.

YOU SHOWED US THE MUG AND THOSE.

CAN YOU DESIGNATE OR TELL US THE CODE ON THIS MAP? LIKE THE COLOR CODE. SO IF YOU COULD TELL US WHERE THE MONEY MR MUG.

SURE. SO UP AND DOWN.

UM. PRIMARILY OVER ON THE EAST SIDE OF COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD.

THAT'S OUR MUC MIXED USE COMMERCIAL OR MIXED USE CORRIDOR DESIGNATION, PRIMARILY ON UNIVERSITY DRIVE.

YOU HAVE A MIXTURE OF MIXED USE COMMERCIAL.

YOU ALSO HAVE THAT LIGHT PURPLE, WHICH IS YOUR MIXED USE NEIGHBORHOOD DESIGNATION.

AND THEN YOU DO HAVE SOME MIXED IN, MIXED USE NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH YOU'RE WHICH IS YOUR PINK DESIGNATION.

THAT'S ALSO ON UNIVERSITY AND MACNAB AS WELL.

ALL RIGHT, MISS CALLOWAY, WE'RE NOT ON THE SAME COLOR.

WE'RE MISSING THE MAP. WOULD YOU GO? SORRY. WHEN THEY GAVE ME THE STREETS, I WAS GOOD.

BUT ONCE YOU WENT TO COLLEGE.

I DON'T HAVE A MAP IN THIS PRESENTATION, BUT I DO HAVE ONE THAT IS IN THE LIBRARY, SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT ME TO PULL THAT UP.

IF YOU CAN GO BACK TO THE WHERE YOU HAVE CIRCLES, YOU HAVE SOME COLORS IN THERE.

THESE ARE THE CHANGES WE'RE RECOMMENDING AND THIS IS THE RIGHT.

BUT IF YOU CAN GO BACK TO ONE OF THE MAPS WITH CIRCLES.

OKAY. YOU GOT COLORS HERE.

RIGHT THERE. SO YOU SEE, YOU HAVE THE RED, YOU HAVE THE BROWN, YOU HAVE THE PURPLE.

ALL RIGHT. SO YOUR RED IS YOUR MIXED USE CORRIDOR.

YOUR LIGHT PINK IF YOU'RE ABLE TO SEE THAT IS YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL.

YOUR DARK PURPLE IS YOUR MIXED USE GENERAL DESIGNATION.

AND YOUR LIGHTER PURPLE IS YOUR MIXED USE NEIGHBORHOOD DESIGNATION.

AND SO THERE WOULD BE ALLOWED IN THOSE AREAS RIGHT HERE UNDER SPECIFIC.

SPECIAL EXCEPTIONS IS WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.

SPECIAL EXCEPTIONS FOR YOUR BAR, LOUNGE AND TAVERN IS ALREADY SPECIAL EXCEPTION IN THE CODE.

WE'RE INSTITUTING THE DISTANCE SEPARATION FOR THAT, USE YOUR VAPE, SMOKE SHOP AND LIQUOR STORE.

THOSE ARE UNDER RETAIL.

THEY'RE PERMITTED BY RIGHT.

WE'RE PROPOSING TO CHANGE THAT FROM SIX DESIGNATION TO FOUR DESIGNATIONS TO INSTITUTE SPECIAL EXCEPTION TO MAKE THAT A PUBLIC HEARING AND THE DISTANCE SEPARATION AS WELL.

THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER.

DANIEL. QUESTION.

WOULD IT BE REVERSED? SAY, IF A DAYCARE OR SCHOOL, OR IF WE INCLUDE A RELIGIOUS FACILITY IN PARKS, WOULD IT BE REVERSED IF LIQUOR STORES THERE? THEN A SCHOOL CAN'T OPEN LESS THAN 1000FT OR A RELIGIOUS FACILITY OR NO, IT WOULD NOT IMPACT THE SCHOOL, BUT IT WOULD IMPACT THE USE FOR WHICH YOU'RE APPLYING THAT STANDARD.

SO IT WOULD IMPACT THE LIQUOR STORE FROM FROM OPENING, BUT IT WOULDN'T IMPACT IT WOULDN'T ADVERSELY IMPACT ANOTHER TYPE OF STANDARD.

EXACTLY. THE STANDARD WOULD THEN REVERSE AND SAY THE SCHOOL CANNOT LOCATE HERE BECAUSE.

SO THE SCHOOL WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO.

SO IT DOESN'T AUTOMATICALLY REVERSE SO THE SCHOOL CAN MOVE AS CLOSE AS IT WOULD.

IT WANTS TO MOVE TO ANY OF THESE USES AND IT WOULD NOT IMPACT.

SO SCHOOL COULD BE NEXT TO A PUBLIX LIQUOR STORE.

TECHNICALLY THE SCHOOL WANTS TO DO THAT, BUT THE LIQUOR STORE COMING IN IT WOULD WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO MOVE IN.

AND I AGREE, WE PROBABLY HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE SLIDE, BUT 1000FT IS LIKE A QUARTER ACRE.

THAT'S NOT A LOT. AM I WRONG? THAT SOUND LIKE THEY COULD BE? OH, TELL ME, HOW MUCH? 26 MONTHS.

26 MONTHS. 0.6 MILES.

THAT'S NOTHING. RIGHT? THAT'S WHY I TOLD THE MAYOR. YOU WOULD NOT HAVE GOTTEN TO THE KING'S POINT FROM THE.

SO CAN WE MAKE IT MORE? IT WOULD BE ABNORMAL FOR TAMARAC TO MAKE IT MORE THAN A THOUSAND.

IT'S UP TO US. BUT WHAT IS THE NORM? I KNOW WE HAD A SLIDE.

SO WHAT WE'RE SEEING IN MOST CITIES IS ANYWHERE FROM 500 TO 1000FT.

WE HAVE SEEN 600FT IN ONE CITY, BUT AN AVERAGE OF 500 TO 1000FT IS WHAT WE'RE SEEING.

COUPLED WITH THE CONDITIONAL USE, WHICH IS SIMILAR TO OUR SPECIAL EXCEPTION PROCESS.

UM, SO WHAT WOULD BE A SUGGESTION TO GO HIGHER?

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YOU MIGHT AS WELL NOT HAVE, YOU KNOW.

STAFF IS RECOMMENDING.

WE BELIEVE THE SPECIAL EXCEPTION CAN SERVE AS A DETERRENT.

THESE VAPE SHOPS ARE NORMALLY MOM AND POP, VERY SMALL.

AND SO IT'S VERY THEY COME IN, YOU'RE SEEING THE INFLUX BECAUSE IT'S PERMITTED BY RIGHT.

BUT THEY'RE NOT VERY SUSTAINABLE.

SO YOUR SPECIAL EXCEPTION IS A PUBLIC HEARING APPLICATION PROCESS THAT CAN SERVE AS ONE DETERRENT.

WE'RE RECOMMENDING 1000FT.

IF THAT IS NOT SUFFICIENT THEN WE'LL ENTERTAIN WHAT THIS COMMISSION.

IF SOMEONE COMES TO US AND IT'S 1000FT, WE CAN STILL SAY, NO, IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE A GOOD LOCATION.

YEAH, IT'S A SPECIAL EXCEPTION APPLICATION.

SO YES, YOU'RE ABLE TO EVEN THOUGH THEY MEET ALL THE CRITERIA, WE COULD STILL SAY NO.

THIS BODY HAS IN THE PAST AND SPECIAL EXCEPTION APPLICATIONS.

OKAY. VICE MAYOR.

THANK YOU. MAYOR. SO, MISS CALLOWAY, I DO ALSO AGREE THAT 1000 IS A LITTLE BIT TOO SHORT, BUT FROM FROM YOUR EXPERTISE, YOU'RE SAYING THAT 1000 IS ENOUGH BECAUSE IN OTHER CITIES IT IS BETWEEN 500 TO 1000. SO THE QUESTION THEN IS FOR LEGAL.

IF WE GO DOUBLE THAT AMOUNT MAYBE TO 2000FT, WHAT WOULD YOU SAY, HANS, IS THAT COULD THAT STAND UP IN COURT IF WE GO 1500 OR 2000? I, I'M IN AGREEMENT WITH MISS CALLOWAY BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THE 1000FT HAS BEEN TESTED AND, AND AND THAT KIND OF GAVE SOME PRECEDENT, BUT NEVERTHELESS IS THE ISSUE WHEN YOU HAVE BUFFERS IS WHETHER THE BUFFER IN ESSENCE ELIMINATION OF THE USE.

SO IF YOU HAVE A BUFFER THAT'S HAVE 1500 FEET, 2000, ARE YOU IN ESSENCE ELIMINATING THE USE IN THAT IN THAT CITY OR IN THAT AREA? SO THAT'S WHY MOST CITIES HAVE 1000FT.

AND THEN YOU HAVE, AS MISS CALLOWAY INDICATED, ON TOP OF THE BUFFER, YOU HAVE A SPECIAL EXCEPTION REQUIREMENT THAT THEY HAVE TO COME BEFORE THE COMMISSION.

SO THERE'S TWO BARRIERS TO ENTRIES.

SO THE DISTANCE REQUIREMENT AND THEN LET'S SAY THEY MEET THAT 1000FT REQUIREMENT.

BUT THEY NEAR A CERTAIN NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTS MAY HAVE SOME CONCERNS.

AND IN TERMS OF THE NEGATIVE EFFECT OF A VAPE SHOP, THE COMMISSION UNDER THE LAW CAN LOOK AT THAT AND REJECT THE SPECIAL EXCEPTION APPLICATION.

SO HAVING DEALT WITH BUFFERS BEFORE, I HAVE NOT SEEN IN MY 25 YEARS, AT LEAST 20 PLUS YEARS IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT BUFFERS, I WOULD SAY THEY EXCEED 1000FT.

I HAVE NOT SEEN IT. IT'S USUALLY 1000FT 500.

OKAY. MS..

CALLOWAY. IF WE IF WE ADD THEM TO THE LEGISLATION, CHURCHES AND PARKS, BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE THE OTHER THING THAT I WOULD BE IN FAVOR OF THEN THAT WOULD ALSO MAKE IT RESTRICTIVE.

SO LET'S SAY A SCHOOL IS 500FT AWAY FROM THE CHURCH, AND THE CHURCH IS ANOTHER TWO 1000FT AWAY FROM A SCHOOL.

THEN YOU SEE WHERE I'M GOING WITH THIS.

IT KIND OF THEN FURTHER RESTRICTS IT.

WOULD THAT PASS THE SMELL TEST IF WE IF WE DO THAT.

I THINK IT WOULD VICE MAYOR, BECAUSE WE ARE SEEING THAT ELSEWHERE.

WE ARE SEEING THAT SOME OTHER MUNICIPALITIES HAVE INCLUDED CHURCH PLACES OF WORSHIP.

THEY HAVE INCLUDED PARK.

WE HAVE ALSO SEEN WHERE THEY HAVE INCLUDED OTHER RESIDENTIALLY ZONED PROPERTIES.

SO THAT WOULD FURTHER RESTRICT AND LIMIT THE NUMBER OF THESE USES THAT YOU COULD HAVE IN THE CITY.

OKAY, SO IF IT PLEASES THE COMMISSION, THAT THAT WOULD BE MY PLEASURE AS WELL TO INCLUDE CHURCHES AND PARKS.

AND THERE'S A NEW TREND AS WELL, THAT THERE ARE POP UP SMOKE SHOPS IN BANQUET HALLS.

AND JUST AS EVENTS, WHAT IS OUR RECOURSE WITH THAT? IT'S A PART OF THE EVENT THAT SOMEONE IS HOSTING AND THEY HAVE LIKE A CIGAR BAR OR A PARAPHERNALIA.

IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE ASKING? YEAH. IT'S NOT CONTROLLED.

IF THEY'RE, UM. IT'S NOT CONTROLLED THROUGH THIS CODE OR ANYWHERE IN THE CODE.

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SOMETHING ELSE AS A PART OF THEIR EVENT.

I DIDN'T SEE A BENCHMARK FOR, FOR INSTANCE, PARKLAND PLANTATION.

DAVIE. DO YOU HAVE THAT INFORMATION? WE DIDN'T GO THAT FAR.

WE TRIED TO LOOK SPECIFICALLY AT ACTS TO SEE WHAT THE PROLIFERATION MIGHT BE IN CITIES THAT ARE ADJACENT TO OURS, SO WE FOCUSED ON THAT, AND THAT'S WHY WE USE THE TWO MILE RADIUS.

SO WE DIDN'T GO THAT FAR OUT.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER.

VILLALOBOS. THANK YOU.

MAYOR. I JUST WANT TO PUT IN PERSPECTIVE.

THE 1000FT. THE 1000FT IS THE END OF THIS BUILDING'S LOT, WHICH IS THE GRASS AREA WITH A LITTLE POND IS TO APPROXIMATELY JUST A LITTLE OVER THE FIRE STATION.

THAT'S YOUR 1000FT.

AND I THINK THAT'S FINE.

THANK YOU. SO IN LIGHT OF THE CONVERSATION ABOUT UP TO 1000FT, IT'S NOT A CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO HAVE CERTAIN THINGS.

AND I KNOW PERSONALLY I WOULD BE MORE SUPPORTIVE.

WE CAN LEAD THE CHARGE HERE AND WE CAN SAY 2000FT.

WE DON'T HAVE TO GO BY OTHER PEOPLE.

AND IT'S A SPECIAL EXCEPTION.

IF THEY WANT TO COME IN. THEY'LL STILL COME IN.

WHETHER IT'S 1000FT OR 2000FT, THEY'RE GOING TO SPEND THE MONEY AND ASK US FOR A SPECIAL EXCEPTION.

SO I THINK WE SHOULD BE PUTTING IT UP TO 2000FT.

LET'S INCLUDE THOSE RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS AND ALSO OUR PARKS AND SAY SOMETHING ABOUT THE CITY OF TAMARAC.

SOMETIMES WE DON'T HAVE TO FOLLOW EVERYBODY ELSE.

WHY DON'T WE BE THE LEADER? AND TO SAY THAT, OH, WE JUST LET IT GO BECAUSE OUR RESIDENTS WILL COME IN AND SPEAK.

LET US LET ME REMIND YOU, WE HAD RESIDENTS HERE SPEAKING LOUD AND CLEAR FROM MANOR PARK, SAYING THEY DID NOT WANT A MARIJUANA CLINIC IN THEIR PLACE.

AND GUESS WHAT HAPPENED? THIS COMMISSION DECIDED TO GO FORWARD 3 TO 2.

SO LET'S NOT PLAY GAMES.

ON SAYING THAT WE ALWAYS WILL MAKE THE DECISIONS THAT THE PUBLIC'S GOING TO WANT TO SAY HERE.

SO IF WE PUT THE RULES IN PLACE NOW, WE CAN FIGURE OUT THE SPECIAL EXCEPTIONS FOR THE FUTURE.

I HAVE THE CITY MANAGER WISHING TO SPEAK.

MADAM MAYOR, IF I MAY GO AHEAD.

I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THAT WE DO HAVE A NUMBER OF PLANS FOR FOR FUTURE MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT AND FURTHER RESTRICTIONS IN THE IN THE IN THESE KINDS OF ESTABLISHMENTS, WHICH COULD BE PART OF THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT WOULD HAVE A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON THE ON ON THE AVAILABILITY OF THESE FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS.

SO BUT THEN WE WILL HAVE, IN MY OPINION, A SPECIAL EXCEPTION HEARING ON IT AND WE WILL DEAL WITH IT TO WORRY I. UNDERSTAND.

IT MIGHT BE BARS, IT MIGHT BE RESTAURANTS, IT MIGHT BE TAVERN.

MAYBE WE WORK ON FIGURING OUT WHAT OUR TRUE DEFINITIONS OF A BAR LOUNGE, RESTAURANT, TAVERN IS, BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S WHERE SOME OF THE PROBLEM LIES, BECAUSE OUR CITY DOES WANT TO ADD RESTAURANTS THAT HAVE BARS AND DIFFERENT KIND OF LIKE WHETHER IT'S.

A ROADHOUSE OR SOME KIND OF RESTAURANT PLACE IN IT WITH ALCOHOL, I GET IT, BUT MAYBE WE HAVE A SEPARATE LOOK INTO WHAT OUR DEFINITIONS ARE.

BUT THE WHOLE THING BASICALLY STARTED OUT WITH VAPE SHOPS AND LIQUOR STORES, WHERE WE HAVE PEOPLE SAYING, THESE ARE THE EASIEST THINGS TO THROW INTO OUR SHOPPING PLAZAS, BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO MOVE IN, AND THEN PEOPLE ARE COMPLAINING TO US THAT WE DON'T HAVE RESTAURANTS, WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING NICE OR PLAZAS LOOK DECREPIT AND ALL THIS KIND OF STUFF. IT'S UP TO US TO START PUTTING SOME RESTRICTION IN THERE AND NOT ALLOW IT, AND THEN HAVE PEOPLE COME TO US AND LET'S FIGURE IT OUT WITH GOOD INFORMATION VERSUS JUST BECAUSE WE'VE DONE IT THIS WAY FOR SO LONG, WE SHOULD CONTINUE.

SO THAT'S MY OPINION.

SO, MAYOR, IF I MAY JUST TO POINT OUT THE DISTINCTION.

SO THIS SLIDE SHOWS YOU THAT IN THE USE SPECIFIC STANDARDS WE'RE PROPOSING, WE ARE SEPARATING VAPE SMOKE SHOP AND LIQUOR STORE FROM BAR LOUNGE OR TAVERN.

SO IF YOU'RE APPLYING ADDITIONAL RESTRICTIONS TO ONE, YOU DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO APPLY THAT TO 15, WHICH IS BAR, LOUNGE OR TAVERN.

SO YOU CAN APPLY THE SAME THING TO BOTH.

YOU CAN DO ADDITIONAL RESTRICTION JUST TO THE FIRST ONE.

THE BAR, LOUNGE AND TAVERN IS ALREADY SPECIAL EXCEPTION AND IT'S 1000FT FROM THE SCHOOL.

SO IF YOU'D LIKE TO ADD MORE RESTRICTIONS TO 15, THEN THAT'S POSSIBLE WITHOUT IMPACTING 15.

ALL RIGHTY THEN. AND WE CAN ALSO DO 1500 ON BAR LOUNGE TAVERN AND THEN 2000 VAPE SMOKE SHOP AND ADD CHURCHES AND PARKS INTO 15 E I'M I'M MOSTLY CONCERNED WITH 15 E NOT SAYING THAT BAR LOUNGE TAVERN ISN'T A CONCERN EITHER, BUT THEY'RE ALREADY A SPECIAL EXCEPTION.

AND. AS OTHER THINGS IN IT.

SO. SO YOU CAN JUST DIRECT US AS TO HOW YOU'D LIKE TO.

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I SAW YOU LIGHT AND THEN YOU UNLIT.

OKAY. IT SEEMS THAT THERE IS CONSENSUS AT LEAST BY THREE OF US TO.

ENHANCE THE 15 E.

I SAY WE GO TO 2000 AND WE ADD RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS AND PARKS IN 15 E AND FOR 15 F, MAKING IT 1500 FEET.

IF I MIGHT REPEAT THAT, I NEED MAYOR.

IF WE'RE GOING TO AMEND THE ORDINANCE, WE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE A MOTION WITH WITH THE NEW WITH THE AMENDMENT.

WE WILL. I'M JUST GOING TO SEE IF WE HAVE CONSENSUS PROCEDURALLY THAT WE IF WE ARE SEEKING TO AMEND THIS ORDINANCE FIRST READING, IF WE'RE GOING TO AMEND IT, I WILL ASK FOR ONCE, I DIDN'T WRITE IT DOWN.

I BELIEVE IT WAS WHO WAS MY FIRST AND SECOND.

COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS WAS WHO WAS.

THERE WAS NO FIRST AND SECOND.

WOW, I HAVEN'T EVEN DONE.

I DIDN'T DO A MOTION IN A SECOND, SO WE DON'T EVEN HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THAT.

WE HAVE NO MOTION ON THE FLOOR.

WHATEVER. I GUESS I WAS EXCITED TO GET TO THE LAST ITEM BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY SAID THAT THIS WAS GOING TO BE A QUICK MEETING, WHICH WHENEVER ANYBODY SAYS IT'S GOING TO BE A QUICK MEETING, NO, THAT'S THE KISS OF IT.

IT MEANS WE'RE GOING TO BE HERE FOR A WHILE.

SO THAT'S PROBABLY ONE OF THE PEOPLE WHO SAID IT.

ANYWAY, WE WILL THEN DO A MOTION IN A SECOND TO WHATEVER THE IT'S GOING TO BE CORRECTING OR AMENDING.

THAT'S FINE. YOUR TITLE.

SO I'VE GOT COMMISSIONER.

VILLALOBOS SAID THAT HE IS FINE WITH THE CHANGES.

COMMISSIONER WRIGHT HAS AGREED TO THOSE CHANGES.

COMMISSIONER DANIEL DOES AND THE VICE MAYOR HAS WALKED OVER THERE.

SO AT THIS TIME, I'M GOING TO ASK FOR A MOTION AND A SECOND TO TO 6AT02538, AS AMENDED, WITH SECTION 15 E BEING CHANGED TO A 2000 FOOT BOUNDARY, INCLUDING RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS, ASSEMBLIES AND PARKS, AND 15 F BEING AMENDED TO 1500 FEET.

SOME OF. SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WRIGHT.

IS THERE ANY OTHER CLARIFICATION THAT IS NEEDED BEFORE WE CALL THE VOTE? NO. IF I MAY, MADAM MAYOR, WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR AND A SECOND ON THE FLOOR, BUT GO AHEAD ON.

OUR RULES SAY WE CAN HAVE DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION BECAUSE WE CHANGED IT.

SO I HEAR THE CITY MANAGER'S VISION FOR THE CITY.

YOU KNOW, WE ARE ACTIVELY LOOKING AT WAYS THAT WE CAN BRING IN NEW BUSINESSES, MAKING SURE THAT TAMARAC STAYS VIBRANT WITH THE TYPES OF RESTAURANTS AND ESTABLISHMENTS THAT WE NEED.

UM, I WANT RESTRICTIONS.

I DON'T LIKE THESE USES, ESPECIALLY NEAR CLOSE TO CHURCHES.

THERE ARE STILL HONEST PASTORS OUT THERE.

UM, I DON'T LIKE THESE ESTABLISHMENTS CLOSE TO CHURCHES AND SCHOOLS AND.

YOU KNOW, AND OTHER RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS.

I'M THINKING ABOUT TAMARAC VILLAGE, AND I'M ALREADY THINKING ABOUT THE SCHOOL.

SCHOOLS THAT ARE TO THE WEST AND INSTITUTIONS, RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS THAT ARE TO THE EAST.

SO, SO WITH MY THINKING, I WAS THINKING THAT IT WOULD RESTRICT THEM, BUT.

I JUST DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS THE RIGHT MOVE NOW BECAUSE OF THE VISION THAT WE HAVE FOR THE CITY.

SO I'M GOING TO ASK FOR CLARIFICATION BECAUSE NO, PLEASE, NO.

WHEN WE'RE DEALING WITH REDOING TAMARAC VILLAGE AND ALL THE RULES AND REGULATIONS, THAT BABY HAS TO COME BACK TO US IN A COMPLETE SITE PLAN VARIANCES, REQUESTS, SPECIAL EXCEPTIONS AND ALL THAT KIND OF GOOD STUFF.

SO I'M NOT REALLY SURE HOW.

ADDING 1500 FEET TO THE BAR TAVERN LOUNGE ONE FOR 15 F, BECAUSE I'M PRESUMING THAT'S THE QUESTION AT HAND IS AN ISSUE BECAUSE WE'RE NOT ADDING ANYTHING MORE TO ALREADY BY SCHOOLS.

WE'RE NOT CHANGING THAT.

AND THERE WILL BE A SPECIAL EXCEPTION IF WE HAVE TO CHANGE THE SITE SEPARATION BY A FEW HUNDRED FEET.

I DON'T GET CHANGING THIS FOR THAT.

WE ALL KNOW WATER. I'M GOING TO FINISH MY SENTENCE.

AFTER YOUR SENTENCE, I HAVE A POINT OF ORDER.

IT NEEDS TO BE ABOUT.

OKAY. IT'S. IT'S ON SUBJECT.

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AND COMING BACK TO US NOVEMBER 16TH, WHERE IF I DO IF THIS ORDINANCE COMING BACK AT THE END OF OCTOBER, YES, IT DOES COME BACK.

THIS IS ON FIRST READING.

AND IF I MIGHT JUST ALSO SAY THAT THERE IS A SEPARATE DEFINITION FOR RESTAURANT WHICH DOES NOT INCLUDE BAR, LOUNGE AND TAVERN.

SO THERE IS A DISTINCTION IN THE CODE.

SO THEN I'M REALLY NOT SEEING BECAUSE WE NEVER WOULD PUT OUT A BID WHICH WOULD REQUIRE US TO HAVE AN ISSUE, BECAUSE AS YOU SAID EARLIER, WE'VE HAD THIS PLANNING ZONING IN PROGRESS SINCE DECEMBER 2022.

SO WHICH MEANT WE WOULD HAVE PUT OUT SOMETHING THAT WOULD PUT US IN A BAD SITUATION TO BEGIN WITH BECAUSE THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO GO TO DECEMBER 23RD.

SO I'M REALLY NOT SEEING HOW TAMARAC VILLAGE PLAYS A ROLE IN US.

ALL OF A SUDDEN WE WANT TO OPEN UP CERTAIN THINGS IN THE.

ARE BEING PRODUCED HERE THAT AGAIN WE WILL DEAL WITH WITH A SPECIAL EXCEPTION SITE PLAN BECAUSE IT HAS TO COME BEFORE US IN THAT MANNER IN THE FIRST PLACE.

SO I REALLY DON'T WANT TO MESS UP APPLES AND ORANGES AT THIS TIME.

THE ONLY THING THAT'S BEING REQUESTED ON 15 F IS 1000FT OR 1500 FEET.

THERE'S NO CHURCHES BEING INCLUDED.

IT'S ALREADY SAYING THAT WE BUY SCHOOLS.

SO I'M GUESS A LITTLE BIT CONFUSED BY WHY WE'RE POSSIBLY CHANGING.

THAT ONE WHEN WE HAVE TO.

IT'S IMAGINARY AT THIS TIME, MAYOR.

RIGHT. I AGREE WITH YOU.

AND WHERE'S LIGHTNING? LIGHTNING DOES HAVE A POINT.

AND HE HAD A POINT OF ORDER TO GO AHEAD, MAYOR.

YOU HAD CONSENSUS WITH FOUR MEMBERS OF THIS COMMISSION.

WE HAD A ROLL CALL IN PLACE.

SO ACTUALLY, IT'S A CALL THE QUESTION, IF I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY.

SO A POINT OF ORDER DISCUSSION ON THIS MATTER AND MAKE THE ROLL CALL.

THAT'S WHERE WE WERE HEADED.

CAN I GET MY TWO MINUTES? DIDN'T I DIDN'T I DIDN'T WELL, ACTUALLY TECHNICALLY NOT REALLY, BECAUSE THERE IS A MOTION ON THE FLOOR.

WE'VE HAD DISCUSSION BEFOREHAND.

THERE IS A CALL TO THE QUESTION.

AND TECHNICALLY WE'RE SUPPOSED TO VOTE.

SO UNLESS IT'S REALLY BURNING DESIRE COMMISSIONER RIGHT, I WILL TAKE MY MOTION BACK SO COMMISSIONER RAY CAN HAVE A DISCUSSION AND NOW WE CAN FINISH IT OFF PROPERLY. BECAUSE THIS IS THIS IS GETTING CONFUSING.

SO ONE SECOND, I.

OKAY. JUST ONE SECOND.

OKAY. BECAUSE.

I'M PULLING MY MOTION OFF THE TABLE FOR NOW.

NO, YOU CAN'T SOMEBODY ELSE SECOND IT SO YOU CAN'T KIND OF PULL IT.

YOU MEAN YOUR MOTION TO CALL? THE QUESTION IS YOU'RE BEING PULLED? NO. WE WERE. WE'RE VOTING TO CHANGE, MADAM MAYOR.

YES. PARLIAMENTARIAN. IT WAS A MOTION A SECOND.

AND AFTER THE MOTION IS SECOND, DISCUSSIONS WERE PERMITTED.

VICE MAYOR WAS PERMITTED TO DISCUSS.

SO WE'RE STILL IN DISCUSSION PHASE.

BUT ACTUALLY, TECHNICALLY WE HAD OUR DISCUSSION PHASE BECAUSE WE HAD IT BEFORE A MOTION WAS CALLED.

IT DOESN'T GIVE US WE'VE NEVER CHANGED THE RULES.

SO ALL OF A SUDDEN THEN START A DISCUSSION PHASE.

JUST BECAUSE THIS WAS A NEW MOTION WITH AMENDMENT, IT WASN'T A NEW MOTION.

IT WAS A FIRST MOTION. IT WAS THE ONLY MOTION.

YEAH. WITH AMENDMENT TWO, THOUGH, JUST BECAUSE THERE WAS AN ERROR, NOT HAVING THE MOTION SAID FIRST, WHICH YOU KIND OF COULD HAVE CALLED ME ON, IT DOESN'T START CONVERSATION AND JUST TRYING TO OVER THE VICE MAYOR WAS ALLOWED TO DISCUSS.

THEREFORE COMMISSIONER RIGHT.

COULD ALSO WE ALREADY RESOLVED THAT HE WAS HE WAS ABOUT TO SPEAK.

OKAY. THANK YOU. BUT THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. THANKS. ALL RIGHT. I DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING BECAUSE I CAME TO VOTE.

YES. BECAUSE WE DEALT WITH THIS BEFORE I ACCEPTED THE 1000FT.

BUT THE PASTOR AND THE PRINCIPAL WANTED TO CHANGE IT.

SO I WAS AGREEING WITH PEOPLE WHO WERE PROFESSIONALS IN THAT PARTICULAR, THOSE PARTICULAR FIELDS.

UM, I'M IN SUPPORT OF THE 1000FT BECAUSE I DO AGREE WITH THE CITY MANAGER'S VISION.

IT CAN STIFLE BUSINESSES COMING INTO THE CITY.

THE PRESIDENT SAYS THAT OTHER CITIES ARE 500 TO 1000.

WE'RE ACTUALLY ON THE CONSERVATIVE END BEING AT 1000.

SO I WOULD PUT MY SUPPORT BACK TO WHAT I HAD INITIALLY, WHICH IS TO SUPPORT WHAT YOU HAVE ALREADY.

IS THAT FOR THE E, THE F OR THE BOTH? IS THAT THE CHANGE FOR THE CHURCHES AND THE PARKS, FOR THE VAPE SHOP AND THE LIQUOR STORE, FOR THE CHANGE FROM 2000 BACK TO 1000? OR I CAME TO VOTE YES FOR WHATEVER WAS HERE, WHATEVER IT IS.

INITIALLY THAT WAS MY.

THAT'S WHAT. I DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING.

I JUST WANT TO VOTE YES.

WHATEVER YOU PRESENTED TO ME.

SO? SO. WE WILL HAVE TO CHANGE THE MOTION.

THE MOTION WAS ACTUALLY ON THERE FOR 2000FT WITH ADDING CHURCHES AND PARKS IN 15 E, AND IT WAS FOR 15 F TO HAVE 1500 FEET.

AND I'M BESIDE MYSELF TO THINK THAT OUR CITY WANTS TO HAVE MORE VAPE SHOPS AND SMOKE SHOPS AND LIQUOR STORES AND THINK THAT'S THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO BE

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BUT IF THAT'S THE DIRECTION OF THIS COMMISSION, THEN THAT'S THE WAY THIS COMMISSION WILL ROLL.

SO I HAVE NO IDEA WHERE THE MOTION STANDS ANYMORE, BECAUSE THE MOTION THAT'S ON THE FLOOR IS ONE THING AND IT'S STILL ON THE FLOOR.

COMMISSIONER DANIEL, YOU'RE REMOVING YOUR SECOND TO THE MOTION.

ARE YOU REMOVING YOUR MOTION? YOU WANT A SECOND? I NEED A POINT OF CLARITY BECAUSE YOU COMMISSIONER DANIEL WAS REFERRING TO ADDING, NO, WAIT.

VICE MAYOR WAS ADDING THE CHURCHES AND THE INSTITUTIONS, RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS AND THE SCHOOLING AND EVERYTHING ELSE TO ADD FEET.

SO WHAT ARE WE ACTUALLY ARE WE LEAVING THIS COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS? THERE'S TWO ISSUES. ONE IS, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO AMEND THE ORDINANCE TO ADD CHURCHES AND DIFFERENT INSTITUTIONS AS THE VICE MAYOR? THAT'S ONE ISSUE.

THE SECOND ISSUE IS DO NOT COMPLETING YOUR SENTENCE.

THE ISSUE IS WHETHER IF YOU LET ME IS ADDING THAT NOT BOTH OF THEM, I'M GOING TO ADDRESS THE SUBSTANCE IN TERMS OF DOES THE BUFFER ISSUE, WHICH RIGHT NOW UNDER THE CURRENT ORDINANCE IS 1000FT, CORRECT? MS.. CALLOWAY SO WHAT'S IN RED? CITY ATTORNEY IS A LANGUAGE STAFF IS PROPOSING CURRENTLY THERE'S NO DISTANCE SEPARATION FOR VAPE, SMOKE SHOP AND LIQUOR STORE, NOR IS THERE A DISTANCE SEPARATION FOR BAR, LOUNGE OR TAVERN.

SO WHAT'S IN RED? SECTION 15 AND SECTION 15? F IS WHAT STAFF IS PROPOSING TO ADD, WHICH IS WHY IT'S IN RED AND UNDERLINE.

THIS IS AND THIS IS DISTANT BUFFER.

THIS WOULD BE A SEPARATION OF 1000FT.

1000FT. OKAY.

AND THE MAYOR AND SOME OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION WANT TO INCREASE THAT FROM 1500 FEET AND 2000FT.

CORRECT. THAT APPEARS TO BE THE DISCUSSION.

OKAY. SO THE CHURCHES AND SO ON AND SO ON.

SO IT DOES CHANGE THE LANGUAGE HERE.

YEAH. SO THAT'S WHY THIS SLIDE IS IMPORTANT.

THIS IS THE USE SPECIFIC STANDARDS BY WHICH THE USES WOULD BE GOVERNED.

AND SO I WAS JUST SUGGESTING IF YOU MIGHT WANT TO CHANGE 15 E AND NOT 15 F, YOU MIGHT WANT TO CHANGE BOTH.

BUT IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE YOU SEE THAT WE SEPARATE THE USES HERE.

IT'S TWO SEPARATE SECTIONS.

AS MAYOR CAN WE SEPARATE BOTH OF THESE BECAUSE THERE'S CONFUSION WITH THESE TWO.

BUT OKAY.

OKAY. GIVE ME AGAIN.

COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS WAS THE A MOTION? COMMISSIONER RIGHT WAS THE SECOND RIGHT TO CLARIFY.

COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS MOTION.

COMMISSIONER RIGHT SECOND.

AMEND IT, AS AMENDED.

SO WITH THE AMENDMENTS THAT YOU'VE REQUESTED, THE 2000.

SEPARATION FROM CHURCHES.

RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS AND ASSEMBLIES IN PARKS 250.

LAST 15 F 1500 FEET.

SO THAT WAS THE MOTION WITH THE AMENDMENTS.

SO ARE WE VOTING ON THAT? YES OR NO? SO. SO THERE WAS CONSENSUS ON THOSE CHANGES.

BUT I THINK THE VICE MAYOR SAYING HE LIKES WHAT'S HERE ORIGINALLY.

CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG.

YES. SO SO WHAT I'M WHAT I'M SAYING IS THROUGH THROUGH DISCUSSION, I AM I'M INCLINED TO WANT TO ADD CHURCHES AND ALSO ADD THE DISTANCE, ADD A DISTANCE TO THIS.

BUT THE CITY MANAGER REMINDED US OF THE VISION THAT HE CASTED.

I THINK A QUICK FIX TO THIS IS VOTING, AS IS WITH WHAT MISS HOLLOWAY HAS PRESENTED TONIGHT.

THIS IS AN ORDINANCE ON FIRST READING.

IF WE WANT TO HAVE DISCUSSIONS WITH THE CITY MANAGER AND STAFF BETWEEN NOW AND SECOND READING, OR WE WANT TO HAVE A WORKSHOP BETWEEN NOW AND SECOND READING, JUST TO TRASH OUT SOME OF THE CHANGES BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READING.

I THINK THAT WOULD BE A VERY GOOD COMPROMISE BECAUSE ATTORNEY HAS A CLARIFICATION FOR YOU.

YES, BECAUSE I AM IN FAVOR OF WHAT THE MAYOR IS SAYING.

BUT I DON'T THINK THAT THIS MEDIUM RIGHT NOW IS APPROPRIATE TO BE GOING BACK AND FORTH WITH ALL THE CHANGES THAT WE MAY OR MAY NOT NEED.

SO BECAUSE THIS IS AN ORDINANCE AND FIRST, FIRST READING, I THINK WE CAN JUST PASS IT THE WAY IT IS NOW.

AND THEN BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READING, WE CAN MAKE ANOTHER CHANGE IF THERE'S ANOTHER CHANGE WARRANTED.

CITY ATTORNEY PROCEDURALLY, WE HAVE A MOTION.

SECOND COMMISSIONER.

RIGHT. IF YOU IF YOU WANT TO YOU YOU VOTE ON THAT OR YOU COULD HAVE YOU COULD RESCIND YOUR SECOND WITH RESPECT TO THE MOTION THAT MADE

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ALL RIGHT. ONE POINT OF CLARIFICATION FROM THE CITY MANAGER.

SINCE THE CITY MANAGER IS THE ONE THAT EVERYBODY IS SAYING THAT IS MAKING A REQUEST FOR THE CHANGE.

CITY MANAGER, ARE YOU MAKING THE REQUEST FOR THE CHANGE FOR E OR FOR F? BECAUSE I'D LIKE TO REMIND EVERYBODY THE REQUEST WAS FOR 15 E TO HAVE 2000 SEPARATION.

THE CHURCH, THE RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS AND THE PARKS F WAS ONLY TO CHANGE IT, TO INCREASE IT TO 1500.

IF THE CONCERN IS THE VISION OF THE CITY MANAGER AND THE DISCUSSION FOR THE FUTURE OF OUR CITY, I'M ASKING THE CITY MANAGER, IS IT FOR BOTH OR FOR F? MADAM MANAGER I MEAN, MADAM MAYOR, WE PROVIDED THESE CHANGES AND THESE REVISIONS TO THE STONE.

MISS CALLOWAY'S AND HER DEPARTMENT'S MOST PROFESSIONAL RESEARCH AND OPINIONS IN THE IN THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES FOR THESE KINDS OF RESTRICTIONS.

AND WE DO BELIEVE THAT THIS PROVIDES SUFFICIENT PROTECTION FOR THE CITY TO CONSIDER THESE ESTABLISHMENTS AS SPECIAL EXCEPTIONS.

BUT, YOU KNOW, IF YOU WISH TO ESTABLISH A LITTLE BIT MORE RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS FOR, FOR FOR SOME OF THESE ESTABLISHMENTS, WE'D LIKE TO EXCLUDE 15 F FROM THAT CONVERSATION, IF WE MAY.

SO IF I HEAR CORRECTLY, THE CITY MANAGER IS SAYING THAT IT IS 15 F AND KEEPING 15 F AT A THOUSAND, BUT THERE IS NOT A MIND ON THE CHANGES BEING MADE FOR 15 E.

COMMISSIONER. RIGHT. GO AHEAD.

SO I GET WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, CITY ATTORNEY.

I CAN WITHDRAW MY SECOND TO THE CURRENT MOTION, WHICH IS TO MAKE THE CHANGES.

AND I'M SAYING I CAME TO VOTE YES TO WHAT WAS THERE ORIGINALLY.

AND OBVIOUSLY THERE'S A CHANGE.

THERE WAS CONSENSUS THAT THEY WANT THE VICE MAYOR BOLTON AND COMMISSIONER DANIELS SUPPORTED THE CHANGES THAT THE MOTION THAT YOU'RE NOW MAKING.

AND I'M SAYING I WOULD WITHDRAW MY SECOND TO REVERT BACK TO WHAT CAME, WHAT I CAME TO VOTE FOR ORIGINALLY.

SO I WITHDRAW MY SECOND FOR THIS MOTION.

OKAY. RIGHT NOW YOU STILL HAVE COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS MOTION.

AND SO I WILL ASK COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS.

COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS HAD RESCINDED HIS MOTION.

IT WAS GOING TOWARDS COMMISSIONER RIGHT TO RESCIND HIS.

THERE IS NOW NO MOTION ON THE FLOOR.

THEREFORE, I WILL ASK FOR A MOTION.

FOR 15 E TO BE AMENDED FOR 2000, INCLUDING RELIGIOUS INSTITUTION AND PARKS AND 15 F TO REMAIN AS IS.

IS THERE A MOTION AND A SECOND? SO MOVED. WHAT DID WE JUST DO? CAN YOU REPEAT IT, MAYOR? YES. THE MOTION IS TO REQUEST THE 15 E FOR RECORD.

15 E IS DEALING WITH VAPE SMOKE SHOP AND LIQUOR STORE.

SAY THAT YES FOR VAPE SMOKE SHOP AND LIQUOR STORE.

ONE LITTLE I FOR THE DISTANCE SEPARATION TO BE 2000FT AND ADD IN RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS AND PARKS. THIS IS FOR VAPE SHOPS, SMOKE SHOPS, LIQUOR STORES AND THEN FOR 15 F LEAVE AS IS.

BUT MADAM MAYOR, I THINK WHAT COMMISSIONER WRIGHT SAID IS, IS THAT WE SHOULD GO BACK TO THE VERY I UNDERSTAND WHAT HIS WISHES IS.

HIS WISHES ARE AND THAT'S WHY HE REMOVED HIS SECOND.

BUT THERE. OKAY, BUT I AM ASKING.

I'VE GOT A MOTION. I'M ASKING FOR A SECOND FOR A NEW CHANGE.

I KNOW YOU'RE TRYING TO MAKE UP FOR WHATEVER HAPPENED ON MONDAY, BUT I AM BASICALLY ASKING FOR US TO PAY ATTENTION.

IT'S GETTING A LITTLE LATE AND WE HAVEN'T HAD OUR BREAK.

NO MADAM MAYOR YOU ASKED FOR CONSENSUS AND VICE MAYOR BOLTON AND COMMISSIONER DENNIS, RIGHT NOW I'M ASKING FOR A MOTION.

I'M ASKING IF THERE'S A MOTION.

IF THERE'S A MOTION, THERE'S A MOTION ON THE FLOOR.

IF THERE'S NOT A SECOND, WE USUALLY DON'T ASK QUESTIONS.

I KNOW THIS PART. SO YOU CAN FORGIVE ME.

GO AHEAD. BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT? WE'RE WE'RE OFF THE RAILS COMPLETELY.

GO AHEAD. SO IF A PUBLIX AND I'M JUST ASKING BECAUSE YOU HAD PUBLIX AS A LIQUOR STORE.

SO THAT WOULD MEAN A GROCERY STORE COULDN'T OPEN THAT SELL LIQUOR BECAUSE.

NO, SHE HAD PUBLIX THERE.

NO, BUT IT WAS A SEPARATE PUBLIX LIQUOR STORE, NOT A PUBLIX.

PUBLIX LIKE PINE ISLAND WHERE YOU HAD A LITTLE DOT.

THERE WAS NOT A SEPARATE LIQUOR STORE.

IT'S A FULL. THAT'S WHAT I WAS GOING TO.

WHERE ARE THESE? SEPARATE LIQUOR STORE.

THERE'S NOT ONE THERE. THERE IS SUNRISE.

ONE THAT'S SUNRISE.

ACROSS THE STREET FROM TAMARAC VILLAGE.

NO. SHE HAD ONE ON PINE ISLAND AS WELL.

CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE SLIDE, IF YOU WOULD, WITH THE WHICH MAYBE BY SECOND READING IF YOU WOULD DO A COMBINATION OF WHEN YOU HAVE OURS AND THEN DO THE

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I CAN DO THAT. THANK YOU.

IS THIS THE ONE YOU WERE LOOKING FOR? NO, THE ONE THERE WAS ONE.

I'M JUST TRYING TO GET BACK ON.

THERE'S A MOTION.

AND WITH RESPECT TO AMENDMENT 215, I CORRECT 15 E, I, 15 E, AND LITTLE I IS THE ONLY ITEM THAT IS BEING REQUESTED FOR A CHANGE WITH LIQUOR 2000FT BUFFER AND INCLUDING CHURCHES AND RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS OR ASSEMBLIES, ASSEMBLIES AND.

PARKS. THANK YOU.

OKAY. SO AND THAT IS WHAT'S BEING REQUESTED.

AND THE SECOND PROVISION REMAINED THE SAME.

THE SECOND PROVISION REMAINS THE SAME.

WE'RE NOT DEALING WITH BARS, LOUNGES, TAVERNS, RESTAURANTS, WHATEVER.

AND I KNOW RESTAURANTS ARE SEPARATE, BUT THERE'S NO CHANGE TO THAT.

SO IT'S ONLY CHANGING THE TOP ONE FOR VAPE.

THERE'S A MOTION FOR THERE'S A MOTION AND.

THERE DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE A SECOND.

OKAY, SO, VICE MAYOR, DO NOT TELL THE COMMISSIONER, RIGHT? HOW TO VOTE OR HOW TO ACT.

NO. WELL, I'M TRYING TO GO.

BASED ON WHAT? WHAT WAS BEING PROPOSED TO ADD THE CHURCHES, THE INSTITUTIONS, THE SCHOOLING, 1500 FEET.

SO NOW NOW NONE OF YOU WANT.

THAT IS WHAT I'M UNDERSTANDING.

MAY I RESPOND, MADAM MAYOR? NO, BECAUSE I REALLY DON'T WANT A RESPONSE AT THIS POINT IN TIME.

SO I'M JUST SAYING LET'S VOTE ON WHAT IT ORIGINALLY IS.

AND SO THERE'S THE ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION IS BASICALLY THAT.

SO THE COMMENTS THAT WERE MADE JUST WENT RIGHT BACK AROUND AND THEY DIDN'T COUNT FOR POOP NEXT.

SO THERE'S NO MOTION.

THERE'S NO SECOND. IT'S LIKE A MOTION AND A SECOND ON AS IS AS IS SO MOVED.

SECOND, I'VE GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS, A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WRIGHT.

PLEASE CALL THE ROLL AND IS BASICALLY ON THE MOTION, AS IS.

GO AHEAD. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER.

COMMISSIONER. VILLALOBOS.

YES. VICE MAYOR.

BOLTON. YES.

MAYOR. GOMEZ. NO.

COMMISSIONER, RIGHT? YES.

COMMISSIONER. DANIEL. NO.

MOTION PASSES 3 TO 2.

I'D LIKE TO RESCIND MY YES TO A NO.

IS THAT A MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION? DOES YOU NEED TO HAVE A SECOND? AND SO HE'S MADE A CHANGE ON THE RECORD TO A NO.

THAT THIS ITEM THEN FAILS.

YES. NO, HE WOULD HE WOULD MAYOR IN ORDER TO YOU COULD DO A MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION.

YES. HE ON MAKING A MOTION TO RECONSIDER AND SAID NO, NO YOU NEED SOMEONE NEED TO SECOND THE MOTION.

I'LL SECOND IT. HE CAN RECONSIDER HIS MOTION SECOND.

IT NEEDS TO BE VOTED ON, BUT IT DOESN'T NEED TO NEED TO BE VOTED ON.

IT NEEDS TO BE VOTED ON. HIS ABILITY TO RECONSIDER.

SO NOW THE MOTION ON THE TABLE IS COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION.

PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

WHO MOTION FIRST.

I COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS DID A MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION.

I SECONDED IT A SECOND.

COMMISSIONER, RIGHT? NO.

MAYOR. GOMEZ. YES.

COMMISSIONER. VILLALOBOS? YES. COMMISSIONER, DANIEL.

NO. VICE MAYOR BOWSER, NO TIME TO GO HOME UNTIL WE GET TIRED.

MOTION FAILS. THIS ITEM WILL BE ON SECOND READING ON OCTOBER 25TH, WHERE AT SUCH TIME YOU WILL HAVE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR US IN THE PRESENTATION, CORRECT? THANK YOU. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IT IS 938.

GET HOME SAFELY.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.