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GOOD EVENING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
WELCOME TO OUR WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 8TH, 7 P.M.
CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.
VICE MAYOR BOLTON. GOOD EVENING, COMMISSIONER WRIGHT.
GOOD EVENING. COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS.
AFTER WE ARE DONE STANDING FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
IN A MOMENT OF SILENCE, I WILL ASK EVERYBODY TO PLEASE MUTE THEIR PHONES OR TURN IT OFF.
SO IF EVERYONE WOULD PLEASE STAND.
COMMISSIONER WRIGHT WILL LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. NO REPORT TONIGHT.
[2. CITY MANAGER REPORT]
CITY MANAGER.WE'RE GOING TO GO TO A PRESENTATION BY DR.
MAYOR. GOMEZ I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE IN FRONT OF THE TAMARAC COMMISSION.
I ACTUALLY FEEL LIKE VERY AT HOME BEING IN TAMARAC.
ACTUALLY, I HAVE FAMILY MEMBERS WHO LIVE IN TAMARAC AS WELL.
I'D LIKE TO ALSO THANK VICE MAYOR BOLTON FOR HAVING ME AND THE COMMISSIONERS.
COMMISSIONER. DR. DANIEL, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
AND ALSO, COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
AND COMMISSIONER WRIGHT, I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY.
ACTUALLY, THE PART OF TAMARAC THAT'S IN MY DISTRICT, WE DON'T HAVE ANY SCHOOLS IN DISTRICT FIVE IN TAMARAC, BUT NEVERTHELESS, I FELT THE NEED TO STOP BY BECAUSE IT'S ALSO A PART OF TAMARAC IS ALSO A PART OF DISTRICT FIVE.
SO THE PRESENTATION THAT IS BEFORE YOU TODAY, IT'S BROKEN DOWN IN THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES.
WE HAVE ENROLLMENT AND CAPACITY.
WE HAVE CLUBS AND ACTIVITIES BUILDING POSITIVE SCHOOL CLIMATE, THE SMART PROGRAM.
AND I'LL TAKE QUESTIONS AT THE END.
I KNOW THAT TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE.
SO IF YOU COULD HOLD YOUR QUESTIONS UNTIL THE END, THAT WOULD BE APPRECIATED.
SO THERE ARE FOUR SCHOOLS IN THIS SURROUNDING AREA THAT ARE CLOSE TO THE REGION OF DISTRICT FIVE THAT I AM A REPRESENTATIVE OF.
WE ALSO HAVE EAGLE RIDGE, TAMARAC AND MILLENNIUM SIX THROUGH 12.
AS YOU CAN SEE IN TERMS OF THE ENROLLMENT CAPACITY, IN TERMS OF ENROLLMENT AS OPPOSED TO CAPACITY, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS WORKING DILIGENTLY TO ADDRESS ISSUES OF ENROLLMENT.
TAMARAC IS DOING FAIRLY WELL WHEN WE LOOK AT THE THE SCHOOLS DISTRICT WIDE TAMARAC ELEMENTARY.
IT SHOWS, FOR EXAMPLE, THERE THERE IS SOME CONCERN THERE AS FAR AS THE ENROLLMENT.
IT'S 591 AND THE CAPACITY IS 1290.
HOWEVER, MILLENNIUM SIX THROUGH 12 IS NOT DOING BAD AT ALL.
THEY HAVE ENROLLMENT OF 1334 AND THE CAPACITY IS 1618.
NOW BROWARD COUNTY SCHOOLS ARE YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO BE COMPETITIVE IN ORDER TO KEEP STUDENTS WITHIN OUR SCHOOLS BECAUSE WE DO HAVE COMPETITION FROM CHARTER SCHOOLS. WE ALSO HAVE COMPETITION FROM VOUCHERS.
BUT NEVERTHELESS, THE CHALLENGE THAT WE HAVE AT BROWARD COUNTY SCHOOLS IS TO CREATE THE TYPE OF PROGRAMS THAT WOULD ATTRACT STUDENTS TO OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT AND TO ENSURE THAT OUR SCHOOLS ARE HIGH PERFORMING.
SO WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
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OKAY. NOW, IN CONTINUATION OF SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT, EACH SCHOOL IN THE CITY OF TAMARAC OFFERS AN ARRAY OF EXCELLENT PROGRAMS DESIGNED TO ENHANCE THE EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE FOR STUDENTS, AND THESE PROGRAMS ARE EFFECTIVELY MARKETED TO ATTRACT NEW FAMILIES TO THE SCHOOLS.AT CHALLENGER ELEMENTARY, STUDENTS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO JOIN FIVE DIFFERENT CLUBS.
THIS PROGRAM IS LED BY A SPECIALLY SELECTED GROUP OF FIFTH GRADE STUDENTS.
IN ADDITION, CHALLENGERS DEBATE CLUB TEAM EARN A TOTAL OF 1516 MEDALS AT THREE DEBATE TOURNAMENTS DURING THE 2022 2023 SCHOOL YEAR. EAGLE RIDGE ELEMENTARY STANDS OUT, STANDS OUT FOR OFFERING A STUDENT COUNCIL PROGRAM EMPHASIZING THE DEVELOPMENT OF SELF-ESTEEM, PRIDE, AND LEADERSHIP QUALITIES AMONG ITS STUDENTS REPRESENTATIVES.
TAMARAC ELEMENTARY PROVIDES STUDENTS WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN THE DEBATE CLUB.
STATISTICS HAVE DEMONSTRATED THAT STUDENTS ENGAGE IN DEBATE, EXHIBIT INCREASED PROBLEM SOLVING AND INNOVATIVE THINKING SKILLS, AND SIGNIFICANT ACHIEVEMENTS ARE HAPPENING AT MILLENNIUM SIX THROUGH 12.
SO LET'S GIVE THEM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR MILLENNIUM SIX THROUGH 12.
AND LIKE I MENTIONED BEFORE, THE SCHOOLS IN TAMARAC ARE NOT IN MY DISTRICT, BUT NEVERTHELESS I FELT THE NEED TO PROVIDE SOME UPDATES SINCE PARTS OF TAMARAC IS IN MY DISTRICT.
SO MILLENNIUM SIX THROUGH 12 IS ACTUALLY LORI ALHADEFF DISTRICT AS WELL.
BUT I WANTED TO PROVIDE YOU SOME UPDATES THERE AS WELL.
NOW, IN TERMS OF BUILDING POSITIVE SCHOOL CLIMATE, THE SCHOOL BOARD OF BROWARD COUNTY STRONGLY BELIEVE IN CREATING A POSITIVE SCHOOL CLIMATE THROUGH PROMOTING PRO-SOCIAL CLUBS, BULLYING PREVENTION PROGRAM AND PROVIDING RESOURCES TO STAFF AND STUDENTS.
PBIS IS A SYSTEMATIC FRAMEWORK TO BUILD A POSITIVE CULTURE AND COMMUNITY IN CLASSROOMS AND SCHOOLS.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE, SOME OF THE EXAMPLES THAT WE HAVE HERE OF BUILDING POSITIVE SCHOOL CLIMATE.
WE HAVE BULLYING PREVENTION WHEREBY BROWARD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS PROVIDE A LIST OF APPROVED BULLYING PREVENTION CURRICULUM PROGRAMS TO BE USED BOTH SCHOOL WIDE AND IN THE CLASSROOM. WE ALSO HAVE CHOOSE PEACE, STOP VIOLENCE, AND THIS IS A COMPREHENSIVE THREE YEAR INITIATIVE TO EDUCATE AND EMPOWER YOUTH TO TAKE ACTION TO PREVENT BULLYING AND YOUTH VIOLENCE.
SO WE'RE GOING TO GO ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
EACH SCHOOL COMMUNITY WAS ABLE TO SELECT ITEMS TO IMPROVE CONDITION OF INSTRUCTIONAL SPACES AND OR EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENTS, AND ALL SCHOOLS HAVE COMPLETED THEIR SCHOOL CHOICE ENHANCEMENT.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT CHALLENGER ELEMENTARY, $4 MILLION ALLOCATED AND THE SCOPE OF WORK INCLUDE FIREARM, MUSIC, ROOM RENOVATION, HVAC IMPROVEMENTS, AND SO ON.
BUT TAMARAC ELEMENTARY, WE ALLOCATED $3.3 MILLION, AND THAT'S TO FOR FIRE SPRINKLERS, HVAC IMPROVEMENTS, MEDIA CENTER IMPROVEMENTS, STUDENT RESTROOMS, AND ADA COMPLIANCE RENOVATIONS.
AND THEN WE HAVE MILLENNIUM SIX THROUGH 12.
AND BY THE WAY, I'M SURE MAYOR, YOU'RE AWARE HAS A NEW PRINCIPAL OVER THERE, RIGHT? SO WONDERFUL GUY.
I THINK HE'LL DO AN EXCELLENT JOB.
SO FOR MILLENNIUM SIX THROUGH 12, WE HAVE 6 MILLION, 6.1 MILLION ROUGHLY ALLOCATED.
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HVAC IMPROVEMENTS AS WELL.SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, AS FAR AS THE SMART PROJECTS, YOU CAN GO TO OUR WEBSITE, YOU CAN VISIT BROWARD COUNTY, BE BCP'S SMART FUTURES.COM FOR UPDATES ON THE SMART PROJECTS AT ANY SCHOOL IN TAMARAC.
SO FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO'D LIKE TO LOOK AT THE UPDATES FOR THE SCHOOLS IN TAMARAC, FEEL FREE.
YOU CAN TAKE A PICTURE OF OF THAT.
IT'S ON THE BROWARD COUNTY SCHOOLS WEBSITE AND YOU CAN GET MORE INFORMATION AS WELL.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. SO ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
THANK YOU. I DO NOT SEE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSION, BUT I'M SURE WE ALL SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK AND BRINGING IN PRESENTATION TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE UP TO DATE. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
ALL RIGHT, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE WILL NOW GO BACK TO OUR CITY MANAGER FOR HIS REPORT.
THANK YOU. MAYOR. I DO HAVE A NUMBER OF ITEMS THAT I WANT TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON.
OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT DID IT AGAIN.
I'D LIKE TO START WITH SOME MORE GOOD NEWS AGAIN.
OUT OF OUR FIRE RESCUE DEPARTMENT.
PLEASE JOIN ME IN CONGRATULATING OUR TEAM THAT TOOK FIRST PLACE THIS PAST WEEKEND AT THE 2023 BERNARD TILSON MEMORIAL EMS CHALLENGE IN BOCA RATON. SO CONGRATULATIONS, CAPTAIN BOHAN, LIEUTENANT MACE, LIEUTENANT CURBELO, AND FIREFIGHTER APRIL.
WE HAVE SOME EXCITING EVENTS COMING UP.
I JUST WANT TO TOUCH THEM VERY BRIEFLY.
IT WILL OPEN AFTER A LONG HIATUS.
WE WILL ALSO BE HAVING OUR GRAND.
WELL, THERE I SAID IT IN NOVEMBER.
IT'S GOING TO LOOK BEAUTIFUL, SO WE HOPE TO SEE YOU ALL THERE.
AND I WANT TO APPLY AGAIN ONE MORE TIME.
CALL NORTHWEST AND FAIRFIELD IN YESTERDAY WE WERE ALL OUT THERE, AND WE'RE EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE THAT THE NEW FAIRFIELD INN AND SUITES BY MARRIOTT AT CONWEST IS NOW OPEN FOR BUSINESS OFFICIALLY.
LAST NIGHT WE HELD THE OFFICIAL RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY FOR THE HOTEL.
THE HOTEL IS LOCATED RIGHT NEXT TO THE NEWEST CLUBHOUSE AND THE VIEW AT CALHOUN NEWEST RESTAURANT.
SO PLEASE STOP BY AND CHECK OUT ALL THAT'S NEW AT THE COLONY WEST.
A GREAT PLACE FOR YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY TO STAY, DINE OUT OR HOST YOUR NEXT EVENT.
AND FINALLY, OUR CITY HALL IS GOING TO BE CLOSED IN THE IN THE UPCOMING DAYS FOR THESE OBSERVED HOLIDAYS. SO JUST MAKE A NOTE OF IT.
EXCELLENT. WELL APPRECIATE THAT.
[3. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION]
AND HERE'S WHERE WE GO TO THE TIME WHEN WE USE OUR HAPPY HANDS.TAKE A LOOK AT THE BIG SCREEN AND YOU WILL SEE THE RULES FOR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.
THE HIGHLIGHTS ARE WHEN YOU PLEASE COME UP, STATE YOUR NAME.
YOU GET THREE MINUTES. WE DO NOT SHARE THREE MINUTES.
IF THERE'S AN ITEM THAT'S ON THE AGENDA.
I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO WAIT AND BE CALLED AGAIN AT THE TIME WHEN THAT ITEM IS ON THE AGENDA.
IF IT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA, YOU CAN HAVE YOUR THREE MINUTES.
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NOW, IF YOU HAVE AN ITEM YOU WISH TO SPEAK ABOUT THAT IS ON THE AGENDA AND YOUR THREE MINUTES IS A SEPARATE ITEM, YOU GET TO SPEAK AT THOSE TIMES TOO.THINK I COVERED IT ALL? AND AGAIN, WE'RE JUST VERY RESPECTFUL.
NOT EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM IS GOING TO APPRECIATE THE COMMENTS THAT SOMEBODY ELSE HAS.
PLEASE JUST EXPRESS YOURSELF IN A QUIET MANNER THAT IS NOT RUDE AND INTRUSIVE OR.
YOU GET MY DRIFT? WE'RE ALL ADULTS HERE, SO.
FIRST ONE ON THE LIST IS WILLIAM GOFFINET.
I SEE YOU ARE SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION AND SEPARATE FOR 60.
SO IF YOU WOULD PLEASE COME UP AND HAVE YOUR THREE MINUTES ON PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.
IS THERE A REASON THAT YOU JUST LIKE TO BE SPITEFUL, ROB? IT'S A FREE COUNTRY. YEAH, BUT WE HAVE RULES AND REGULATIONS HERE IN CITY HALL, AND I WOULD APPRECIATE IF YOU WOULD.
I WOULD APPRECIATE IF YOU WOULD LET HIM TALK.
WELL, WE ALSO HAVE THE RIGHT TO THROW PEOPLE OUT OF A ROOM, AND WE DON'T WANT TO GO THERE.
IT'S WAY TOO EARLY IN AN EVENING TO HAVE THIS.
AND THESE ARE FROM MANOR PARK, CORRECT? THANK YOU. PLEASE GIVE HER A SECOND TO HAND OUT YOUR ITEMS. I HAVE ONE MORE THAT YOU GUYS JUST.
DUE TO. WORK OVER THERE AT MANOR PARK.
YOU GUYS ARE THE LAST TO KNOW ABOUT THIS STUFF, BY THE WAY.
I'M GOING TO JUST ASK A QUICK MOMENT TO ASK THE CITY ATTORNEY GET A COPY OF THIS.
YES. HE DID. OKAY, YOU GOT THE FIRST COPY.
DOES THE CITY ATTORNEY HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY ABOUT THIS FIRST? MAYOR, I JUST GOT IT A FEW MINUTES AGO.
I HAVEN'T HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW IT.
PLEASE PROCEED. WILLIAM GOFF AT 5106 BAYBERRY LANE, TAMARAC.
ALL RIGHT. THE FIRST THING I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS THE ARSENIC AT MANOR PARK.
THESE GUYS HAVE NOT CLEARED THE ARSENIC AT ALL.
ACTUALLY, THE ARSENIC IS WORSE THAN IT WAS PRIOR TO THEM ACQUIRING THE PROPERTY.
THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO USE TWO FEET OF CLEAN FILL AT A MINIMUM TO MITIGATE THE ARSENIC.
IF YOU READ THROUGH ALL THIS AND YOU GUYS ARE ABLE TO VOTE YES TO ALLOW THEM TO COME TO THE WOODLANDS AND DESTROY THE WOODLANDS LIKE THEY HAVE MANOR PARK, YOU'RE IN DERELICTION OF DUTY.
YOU PEOPLE NEED TO DO THE RIGHT THING FOR A CHANGE.
I'M GOING TO LET THAT GO FOR NOW.
NOW I CAN SPEAK DURING THE WOODLANDS PART OF IT TOO.
THANK YOU. YOUR DOCUMENTS HAVE BEEN NOTED.
CITY ATTORNEY, ANYTHING FURTHER ON THE DOCUMENTS? AND? I WILL REVIEW IT IF THERE'S ANYTHING I NEED TO.
BUT IT IS NOT LEGAL DISCOVERY HERE.
WE'RE NOT A PARTY TO THIS CASE.
OBVIOUSLY IT IS A CRIMINAL MATTER.
IN FACT, IF BASED ON THE COMPLAINT.
SO WE HAVE NO IMPACT ON THE CITY IN TERMS OF OUR INVOLVEMENT.
I SEE A LONG LIST OF ITEMS, AND NONE OF WHICH ARE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.
IS THAT CORRECT, JEFFREY? I'M NOT SURE WHERE YOU SIT.
ALL RIGHT, PATTY FOX, LET'S WORK A.
AND JUST FOR EASE, I'M GOING TO ASK.
ROBERT ALFONSO TO BE READY TO SPEAK AFTER DARCY SCHILLER.
THANK YOU. DARCY SCHILLER, KINGS POINT.
ASIDE FROM BEING A GENIUS AND RECEIVING MULTIPLE NOBEL PRIZES, ONCE SAID INSANITY IS DOING THE SAME THING OVER AND OVER AGAIN AND EXPECTING DIFFERENT RESULTS.
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EACH. WHY DO THEY NEED THE MONEY? THEY DIDN'T NEED IT LAST YEAR.WHY NOW? IS THIS MONEY TO MAKE UP FOR THE 20,000 THAT THE OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL SAID WAS WASTEFUL AND ABUSIVE, AND WAS REQUIRED TO BE RETURNED? I ONLY HOPE AND PRAY THAT THERE WILL BE PURCHASE ORDERS REQUIRED BEFORE THE MONEY IS ALLOCATED, ALONG WITH RECEIPTS FOR THE FEES INCURRED.
ALLOW ME TO REMIND YOU COMMISSION THAT YOU AS A COMMISSION YOU SERVE TO WORK FOR US, YOUR CONSTITUENCY AND RESIDENTS, NOT YOUR CO COMMISSIONERS OR BROTHER.
COMMISSIONER FOR DISTRICT THREE HELD A PROGRAM FOR THE RESIDENTS OF KPET IN ORDER FOR THEM TO INPUT IMPORTANT INFORMATION INTO THE FIREFIGHTER APPLICATION CALLED COMMUNITY CONNECT.
I FOUND THIS EVENT TO BE A DISASTER.
NOT ONLY DID HE NOT HONOR THE GRANT, THE NOR, NOR DID HE HONOR OR GRANT THE APPOINTMENT, BUT HE WAS 45 MINUTES LATE STARTING. HE SAID HE NEEDED TO TAKE CARE OF THE PEOPLE WHO JUST SHOWED UP FIRST, AND THAT WE COULD WAIT AND HELP OURSELVES TO BRUNCH, AND WE'LL GET SERVED ON.
ALL THE OTHER RESIDENTS WHO SHOWED UP EARLY WERE DONE.
WHAT WAS THE IMPORTANCE OR THE ISSUE OF MAKING AN APPOINTMENT IF IT'S NOT GOING TO BE HONORED? BRUNCH WAS PORK AND HAM SANDWICHES.
GREAT FOOD CHOICE FOR A COMMUNITY THAT IS MADE UP OF A MAJORITY OF JEWISH PEOPLE.
MAYBE A LITTLE CULTURAL SENSITIVITY IS NEEDED.
MENDELSOHN HELP ME DOWNLOAD THE APP, SHE HELPED ME.
SHE SHOWED ME HOW TO ENTER THE DATA AND USE THE APP.
ON A MORE POSITIVE NOTE, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU, THE COMMISSION FOR GETTING THE LIFE RING PUT INTO TAMARAC, AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK WHOEVER TOOK CARE OF IT IN THE CITY OF TAMARAC FOR THE BRIEF OVERVIEW POSTED ON FACEBOOK HIGHLIGHTING WHAT THE COMMISSIONERS VOTE FOR AND AGAINST.
I HAD ASKED FOR FEEDBACK TO BE GIVEN TO THE PEOPLE, WHAT TRANSPIRES AND IT WAS GRANTED.
WE HAVE ROBERT ALFONSO AND THEN PATTY LYNN WILL BE NEXT.
SO I JUST WANT TO TALK ABOUT RECEIPTS.
BECAUSE I READ THE OIG REPORT, UM, APRIL 29TH, 2022.
NOW, I DON'T FOLLOW THE INS AND OUTS OF THIS LIKE YOU DO.
UM. THIS, THIS, THIS INTERESTING PIECE OF RULEMAKING HERE, WHICH OUTSIDE OF MANY OTHER THINGS, SAYS, MOREOVER, SINCE RECEIPTS ARE NOT REQUIRED, THERE IS NO WAY TO KNOW THAT THE TRAVEL ACTUALLY OCCURRED WITHIN THE 100 MILE RADIUS.
NOW, I'M TOLD THAT THIS IS NOT IN EFFECT.
IT IS IN EFFECT, DOESN'T MATTER.
YOU GUYS CRAFTED SOMETHING SO THAT YOU WOULDN'T HAVE TO SUBMIT RECEIPTS.
YOU JUST LIKE, GIVE ME THE MONEY AND I'LL SPEND IT ON WHATEVER I WANT.
ALL OF YOU WHO VOTED FOR IT ARE CORRUPT.
IT MUST BE NICE TO SIT UP THERE WITH YOUR LITTLE SMIRK.
YOU'RE THE. YOU'RE THE RINGLEADER OF THIS WHOLE THING.
GENERAL. TO ALL OF US, PLEASE.
MICHELLE. YOU'RE SUPER CORRUPT.
THE LADY WHO WANTED TO KICK ME OUT.
YOU WANT TO KICK ME OUT? GO AHEAD AND KICK ME OUT.
I HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO BE HERE.
I'M NOT MAKING ANY THREATS OR ANYTHING.
SO, YOU KNOW, YOU MUST FEEL LIKE YOU'RE.
YOU MUST FEEL DEFENSIVE FOR WANTING TO KICK ME OUT.
I DON'T I DON'T REALLY, YOU KNOW, I GUESS I GET TO SAY MY PIECE RIGHT WITHOUT BEING KICKED OUT.
WHAT CITY ORDINANCE WAS THAT? CONTINUE YOUR THREE MINUTES BECAUSE IT'S ON.
I THOUGHT YOU WEREN'T EVEN SUPPOSED TO TALK TO ME.
I THOUGHT THAT WAS HOW THIS WORKED.
WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT? I WAS BEING POLITE.
FORGIVE ME. I'M SORRY. IT WON'T HAPPEN AGAIN.
GREAT. ROBERT, DO YOU THINK THEY'LL MAKE IT PERSONAL? OKAY. ANYWAYS, I'M REALLY TIRED ABOUT HEARING ABOUT THIS STUFF.
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I'M STRUGGLING.I'M TRYING TO KEEP MY HOUSE AND I'M READING ABOUT YOU GUYS DOING MORE THINGS WITHOUT RECEIPTS.
AND WE WILL HAVE JODI AND REED NEXT.
I THINK THERE MUST BE A GENERATION GAP GOING ON HERE.
I'M RELATIVELY A LOT OLDER THAN MOST OF YOU.
WHEN PEOPLE USED TO RUN FOR OFFICE, THEY RAN FOR OFFICE TO SERVE THEIR COMMUNITIES.
BUT BUT I DON'T THINK THAT THAT'S WHAT'S GOING ON HERE.
AND. IT'S NOT PRETTY FOR THEM.
AND MEANWHILE, YOU'RE VOTING YOURSELF FUNDS TO HELP YOU.
YOU HAVE A CAR ALLOWANCE WITH NO DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED.
YOU COULD BE YOU COULD BE DOING A CAR ALLOWANCE FOR YOUR ENTIRE FAMILY.
$700 IS A LOT OF MONEY FOR A CAR ALLOWANCE IN THIS TOWN.
I MEAN, HOW MANY TIMES DO YOU GET TO GO SOMEPLACE ELSE AND HAVE A MEETING? ONCE A MONTH? TWICE A MONTH? YOU'RE GETTING RICH.
AND THAT'S THAT'S JUST NOT RIGHT.
UM, YOU FUND YOURSELF, RAISES YOUR ENTERPRISE OR DISCRETIONARY FUNDS WENT FROM $5000 TO $20,000.
AND IT'S STRANGE BECAUSE THIS IS A CAMPAIGN YEAR COMING UP.
AND I HAVE FUNNY FEELINGS THAT THAT'S CAMPAIGN MONEY.
IT IS GOING TO BE CAMPAIGN MONEY.
IT'S GOING TO BE SOMEBODY'S NAME ON TURKEYS OR SOMETHING.
BUT YOU DIDN'T FUND THE TURKEYS.
ALL THE MONEY YOU GIVE YOURSELF COMES FROM THE TAXPAYERS IN THIS CITY.
SOME OF THEM AREN'T BUYING MEDICINE.
SOME OF THEM AREN'T EATING REGULARLY.
BUT THEY'RE TRYING TO KEEP THEIR HOUSES.
I'M. USUALLY A REALLY HAPPY TAMARAC RESIDENT.
I'M JUST NOT WILD ABOUT THIS COMMISSION RIGHT NOW.
WE'VE GOT JODY AND REED COMING UP AND NADINE GORDON NEXT.
GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS JODI REED AND I'M FROM SHAKER VILLAGE.
THIS EVENING I WANT TO TALK ABOUT A TROUBLING INCONSISTENCY THAT I'VE PERSONALLY OBSERVED IN THE WAY VARIOUS COMMUNITIES ARE HANDLED DURING THESE MEETINGS. IN THE OCTOBER 11TH COMMISSION MEETING, SIX SHAKER VILLAGE RESIDENTS HAD THE COURAGE TO SPEAK ON THE RECORD CALMLY AND RESPECTFULLY, CORRECTING INACCURATE STATEMENTS THAT WERE MADE DURING THE SEPTEMBER 13TH MEETING.
DESPITE BEING INTERRUPTED SEVERAL TIMES DURING THEIR SPEECHES, NOT A SINGLE SHAKER VILLAGE RESIDENT RAISED THEIR VOICE OR MADE ANY DISRESPECTFUL STATEMENTS. HOWEVER, DESPITE PRESENTING FACTUAL ARGUMENTS IN A CALM AND RATIONAL MANNER, IT WAS STATED THAT, QUOTE, THE ANIMOSITY THAT IS SEEMINGLY GROWING FROM NEW MISINFORMATION THAT HAS BEEN GIVEN TO THE COMMITTEE AND HANDWRITTEN FOR THEM.
I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THIS KIND OF TONE POLICING IS A MICROAGGRESSION THAT UNDERMINES THE VALIDITY OF OUR CONCERN AND DISCOURAGES THE PARTICIPATION FROM THE PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
I WANT TO EARNESTLY ASSURE YOU THAT WE ARE NOT FILLED WITH ANIMOSITY.
WE ARE SIMPLY DEEPLY CONCERNED FOR THE FUTURE OF OUR COMMUNITY.
WHAT WAS MORE, EVEN MORE DISTURBING TO OBSERVE WAS THE CONSISTENT INSINUATION THAT OUR STATEMENTS ORIGINATED FROM A COMMISSIONER, WHICH SUGGESTED THAT THE MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY LACKED THE INTELLIGENCE OR MOTIVATION TO PARTICIPATE INDEPENDENTLY.
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OF THE SHAKER VILLAGE SALE.YET WHEN OUR COMMUNITY PARTICIPATES, WE ARE LABELED AS EMOTIONAL AND AGGRESSIVE.
I WOULD NEVER HAVE IMAGINED THAT A COMMUNITY CENTER WOULD BE THE CAUSE OF CONTROVERSY.
I PERSONALLY THINK SHAKER VILLAGE AND OUR RESIDENTS HAVE FOUND OURSELVES UNINTENTIONALLY EMBROILED IN A POLITICAL QUAGMIRE THAT GENUINELY HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH US OR THE WELL-BEING OF TAMARAC.
I WOULD LIKE TO URGE ALL THE COMMISSIONERS TO USE THEIR CONSCIENCE AND ADDRESS WHY PARTICIPATION FROM SOME COMMUNITIES IS ENCOURAGED, WHILE OTHERS FACE UNDUE SCRUTINY AND EVEN BARRIERS TO PARTICIPATION.
WHILE I CONTINUE TO REMAIN HOPEFUL FOR A FAVORABLE OUTCOME, I AM GRATEFUL THAT THIS SITUATION HAS BROUGHT TO LIGHT SOME DEEPLY ROOTED ISSUES IN OUR CITY THAT MAY NOT HAVE BEEN OTHERWISE ADDRESSED.
NADINE GORDON IS COMING UP AND WE HAVE CAROL.
GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS NADINE GORDON.
IN THE MEETING IN IN SEPTEMBER 13TH.
HE STATED, YOUR BUDGET, IT SHOWS 361 UNITS, BUT YET BROWARD COUNTY SHOWS 358 UNITS.
WHO IS THE HECK IS DOING YOUR ACCOUNTING? NOW, I WOULD LIKE TO CLARIFY THAT ACCOUNTANTS DO NOT HANDLE ZONING.
OUR BUDGET IS A FINANCIAL DOCUMENT AND DOES NOT DETERMINE THE ZONING OF OUR COMMUNITY.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT HERE.
INSURANCE COSTS HAS SURGED IN FLORIDA AND I'M SURE WE'RE ALL EXPERIENCING IT.
WE'RE FACING A HOME INSURANCE CRISIS IN THE STATE.
IT'S MISLEADING TO ATTRIBUTE THIS INCREASE SOLELY TO OUR CLUBHOUSE SITUATION.
WE GENUINELY PERPLEXED BY THE PERSONAL ATTACKS AND INACCURATE STATEMENTS.
AS A RESIDENT OF TAMARAC, WE SHOULD REJECT THE DECISIVE RHETORIC AND COME TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY.
IT'S IN OUR SHARED INTEREST TO BUILD A MORE HARMONIOUS AND UNITED CITY WHERE NOT JUST NUMBERS ON A BALANCE SHEET WHERE NEIGHBORS, FRIENDS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
LET'S FOSTER A SENSE OF UNITY AND UNDERSTANDING AND LET OUR COMMUNITY THRIVE ON THOSE VALUES.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
AND THEN I DO NOT HAVE ANYBODY ELSE THAT I HAVE ON MY LIST YET.
A RESIDENT OF SHAKER VILLAGE, BROUGHT THIS TO OUR ATTENTION CONCERNING A PROFESSIONAL CONNECTION BETWEEN THE LAWYER MYRON SEGAL BEHIND THE SHAKER VILLAGE LAWSUIT AND OUR MAYOR, MICHELLE GOMEZ.
IT IS CRUCIAL TO RECOGNIZE THAT MAYOR GOMEZ CURRENTLY SERVES AS THE PRESIDENT OF THE ATTORNEYS REAL ESTATE COUNCIL OF BROWARD COUNTY, WHILE MYRON SEGAL IS THE IMMEDIATE PAST PRESENT PRESIDENT.
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ON SEPTEMBER 7TH, AT 9:30 A.M., SEGAL EXPLICITLY INFORMED MAYOR GOMEZ VIA EMAIL ABOUT HIS INTENT TO FILE A LAWSUIT. A MERE FIVE DAYS LATER, HE INDEED FILED THE LAWSUIT.ON OCTOBER 31ST, AT 2:01 P.M..
ON NOVEMBER 8TH AT 8:58 A.M., IN LIGHT OF THIS PROFESSIONAL CONNECTION BETWEEN MAYOR GOMEZ AND MYRON SIEGEL, AS WELL AS MAYOR GOMEZ CLEAR OPPOSITION TO THE SALE, IT IS ENTIRELY REASONABLE TO QUESTION THE APPROPRIATENESS OF HER INVOLVEMENT IN THE LAWSUIT.
THIS MAYOR IS HEAVILY ENGAGED IN A LAWSUIT THAT DOESN'T HAVE A DIRECT BEARING ON HER POSITION.
AND WHY. MYRON SIEGEL FEELS COMPELLED TO SHARE THESE UPDATES SPECIFICALLY WITH HER.
WE EARNESTLY IMPLORE OUR RESPECTED COMMISSIONERS TO DO WHAT IS RIGHT.
ALL OF TAMARAC WILL BENEFIT SHAKER VILLAGE.
ALL OF US CAN BE UNITED BY THIS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR LISTENING.
THANK YOU. WE HAVE BARBARA MORGAN COMING UP AND JANELLE.
MY NAME IS BARBARA MORGAN, AND I'M FROM THE WOODLANDS.
FIRST OF ALL, I'D LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MICHEL.
ALL THE LIGHTS THAT I COMPLAINED ABOUT, THEY ARE NOT WORKING.
HOWEVER, I DO WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THERE.
BUT TONIGHT I'M HERE BECAUSE I AM REALLY ASHAMED OF THE CONDITION ON ROCK ISLAND. FOR 20 YEARS I'VE BEEN THERE.
I'VE NEVER SEEN IT IN THAT CONDITION.
I'VE COMPLAINED TO OUR MANAGEMENT COMPANY.
THEY SAID THAT THEY CONTACTED THE CITY AND THE ANSWER I'M GETTING IS NOT CLEAR.
SO I DON'T KNOW WHOSE RESPONSIBILITY THAT IS.
NOW, I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHOSE RESPONSIBILITY IT IS TO PUT THAT STREET BACK IN THE SAME CONDITION.
THE BUSHES ARE HANGING OVER AS YOU TURN.
YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE ANOTHER ACCIDENT BECAUSE WE HAVE ONE EVERY WEEK.
WE ARE NOT PROUD OF LIVING THERE.
SO I JUST WANTED TO REGISTER THAT FACT.
THANK YOU. JOHN DOHERTY WILL SPEAK WITH YOU AFTER THIS AND TALK WITH THE COUNTY REGARDING THIS, BUT.
BARBARA. JOHN DOHERTY WILL COME SEE YOU.
LENA. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. UM, ALL RIGHT.
AT THE SEPTEMBER 13TH, IF YOU WOULD JUST SHARE.
IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SHARE YOUR ADDRESS, CAN YOU SHARE YOUR LOCATION? NO, I'M FROM TAMARAC.
THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.
AT SEPTEMBER 13TH COMMISSION MEETING, I ADDRESSED THE RESPONSIBILITY TO ENSURE THAT ALL RESIDENTS AND COMMISSIONERS ARE TREATED WITH EQUITY AND RESPECT, REGARDLESS OF THEIR BACKGROUNDS.
I WAS UNABLE TO ATTEND THE OCTOBER 11TH MEETING, BUT I WATCHED IT ONLINE.
IN SEPTEMBER, I POINTED OUT SPECIFIC EXAMPLES THAT SHOW THE STARK DIFFERENCES IN HOW COMMISSIONER BOLTON AND FORMER COMMISSIONER MIKE GELIN HAVE BEEN TREATING THESE MEETINGS, GOING BACK AS FAR AS 2019.
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WE HAVE WITNESSED THE UNFORTUNATE REALITY THAT SOME RESIDENTS ARE ALLOWED TO DIRECTLY ADDRESS CERTAIN COMMISSIONERS, WHILE ANY CRITICISM OF OTHERS IS MET WITH SWIFT SHUT DOWNS.IN THE RECENT OCTOBER 11TH MEETING, THE INJUSTICES EXTEND TO RESIDENTS OF SHAKER VILLAGE.
SHE WAS IMMEDIATELY INTERRUPTED BY HIM WITHOUT ANY POINT OF ORDER.
IN CONTRAST, WHEN MR. WEBSTER TOOK THE FLOOR, HE LOOKED DIRECTLY AT COMMISSIONER BOLTON AND SAID, YOU GOT A PROBLEM WITH THAT? YOU ARE SO IMMATURE.
THERE WERE NO INTERRUPTIONS OR MENTIONS OF THE RULES OF CONDUCT.
THIS DISPARITY IS DISHEARTENING AND UNFAIR.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON AN ITEM THAT IS NOT ON THE AGENDA? OKAY. WE HAVE TWO HERE, SO.
HELLO, PLEASANT. GOOD NIGHT EVERYONE.
RESIDENT I'D LIKE TO DRAW TO YOUR ATTENTION TONIGHT TO A RATHER CONCERNING EXCHANGE THAT OCCURRED IN THE RECENT OCTOBER 11TH MEETING, WHERE I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION ON THE ASSOCIATION OWNED PROPERTIES.
COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS MENTIONED IN SEPTEMBER 13TH COMMISSION MEETING, I DETAILED THE DAUNTING $729,100 THAT WOULD NEED TO BE PAID ON THESE UNITS BEFORE THEY CAN BE SOLD.
IN RESPONSE, COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS MADE A SUGGESTION THAT LEFT ME ASTOUNDED.
HE STATED, AND IF YOU HAVE $729,000 IN BALANCES, SELL THEM.
IT IS CRUCIAL TO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS NOT HOW REAL ESTATE TRANSACTION WORK.
IT IS NOT HOW ANY OF THIS WORKS.
IF SOMEONE WITH SUCH A PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND CAN DISPLAY A PROFOUND MISUNDERSTANDING OF THE REAL ESTATE PROCESS, IT'S NO WONDER THAT THE AVERAGE TAMARAC RESIDENT MIGHT FALL PREY TO THESE FALSE STATEMENTS.
HOWEVER, THEY ARE MET WITH MORE OUTRAGEOUS CLAIMS AND FALSEHOODS.
IN LIGHT OF THIS, WE ARE HUMBLY ASKING FOR THE SAME RESPECT, FAIRNESS, AND INTEGRITY IN THE TREATMENT OF MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY AS OUR EXTENDED TO TAMARAC RESIDENTS ON THE WEST.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND YOU HAVE A BEAUTIFUL NIGHT.
THANK YOU. WE HAD TWO OTHER PEOPLE WHO WANTED TO.
YES, PLEASE. I'M SORRY. I DON'T KNOW YOUR NAME.
I'M NOT SURE IF I NEED TO DO THIS UNDER THE WOODLANDS EVENT.
I'M SORRY. SO YOU'RE HERE FOR FOR THE WOODLANDS ITEM? I AM HERE FOR CYPRESS HOLLOW.
AND REGARDING THE WOODLANDS ITEM, THEN I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO COME BACK, IF THAT'S OKAY, PLEASE.
SORRY. I KNOW YOU PROBABLY WANT TO GO HOME, BUT I DO.
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KAY JOHNSON, MAINLAND'S FATHER, HAD ACTUALLY WRITTEN THIS OUT.AND THEN I HAD DECIDED I WASN'T GOING TO SAY ANYTHING, AND I WAS GOING TO LET IT LIE.
LET'S SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT.
YES, SOME OF YOU RAISED YOUR VOICES AND YES, EVEN HELD A SIGN CALLING ME AN ENEMY.
SHAKER VILLAGE OWNS FIVE CONDOS.
THEY SAY THEY HAVE MORTGAGES, AS WAS JUST EXPLAINED, ONE AS LOW AS $21,000.
I REMEMBER THEM SAYING MORTGAGES AND LIENS ARE PAID OFF AT SALE.
YOU DO NOT COME UP WITH THE MONEY AHEAD OF TIME.
SO THAT EXCUSE IS A RED HERRING.
EACH ONE OF THOSE CONDOS CAN BE SOLD AND BE PROFITABLE, ALBEIT WITH VARYING AMOUNTS.
THEY SAY WE HAVE DIFFERENT BOARD MEMBERS NOW THAT ARE TRYING TO FIX THINGS.
GOOD. BUT WHERE WERE THOSE RESIDENTS THE LAST SIX YEARS? THEY SHOULD HAVE HELD THEIR PREVIOUS BOARD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE CONDITION OF THE PROPERTY.
WHERE WERE THEY WHEN THE CITY TRIED TO WORK OUT ARRANGEMENTS WITH THEM TO REPAIR THE CLUBHOUSE? MULTIPLE MEETINGS.
YOU SHOULD HAVE BEEN ACTIVE BEFORE THIS.
THEY SAY THIS IS AN EAST WEST THING, AND PEOPLE ON THE EAST WANT THIS COMMUNITY CENTER, AND THE RICH PEOPLE ON THE WEST ARE JUST BEING MEAN AGAINST US POOR FOLKS. NONSENSE.
IT IS NOT EVEN A RACIAL ISSUE AS IS PROMULGATED.
I DON'T THINK ANYONE ELSE IN TAMARAC WANTS THEIR TAX MONEY FOR A PRIVATE COMMUNITY, AND I AM SURE THEY WOULDN'T CARE WHERE IN TAMARAC IT WAS EAST, WEST, NORTH OR SOUTH.
THIS IS NOT POLITICAL, IT'S ABOUT OUR MONEY.
LASTLY, MAXINE CALLOWAY DID A POWERPOINT PRESENTATION ON SHAKER VILLAGE AND SAW SLIDE NUMBER FOUR STATED, AND I QUOTE AMOUNTING 43 LIENS ON THE PROPERTY AT OVER $3 MILLION, END QUOTE.
I DO NOT KNOW HOW THEY MIRACULOUSLY DISAPPEARED OFF THAT PROPERTY, BUT EVEN NOW, WE WERE RECENTLY TOLD THERE ARE OVER 12 MILLION IN FINES AND LIENS ON THEIR COMMON PROPERTY.
YOU CAN SLICE IT ANY WAY YOU WANT, BUT THERE IS STILL 12 MILLION OUTSTANDING.
UNLESS IT HAS ALSO POOF, DISAPPEARED.
THANK YOU. SEEING THAT MY LIST OF PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IS NOW CLOSED, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WE WILL NOW MOVE ALONG TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA.
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CITY MANAGER. ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONS OR DELETIONS TO THE AGENDA? YES, MAYOR.AT THE REQUEST OF THE PETITIONER, ITEM FIVE BE.
PETITION TO ESTABLISH A CD WILL BE WITHDRAWN FROM THE AGENDA.
BEING NO OTHER REQUEST TO MOVE AN ITEM.
I'LL ASK FOR A SECOND TO MY MOTION.
CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
THANK YOU. MOTION PASSES 5 TO 0.
THANK YOU. WE NOW GO TO ORDINANCES ON FIRST READING.
[5.a TO2544 - An Ordinance of the City Commission of the City of Tamarac, Florida granting a one year extension, nunc pro tunc to March 9, 2024, by approval of the first amendment to the amended and restated development agreement, attached hereto as Exhibit “A”, between the City of Tamarac, Pulte Home Corporation ("Pulte"), and Woodmont Country Club, Inc., for the development of property located within the Woodmont plat, as recorded in Plat Book 88, page 20, of the public records of Broward County, Florida, , and authorizing the appropriate City Officials to do all things necessary to effectuate the intent of this ordinance; providing for codification; providing for conflicts; providing for severability; and providing for an effective date.]
CITY ATTORNEY, PLEASE READ 58202.SORRY 20254 FOR TITLE FOR THE RECORD.
ITEM FIVE A ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSION AND CITY OF TAMARAC GRANTING A ONE YEAR EXTENSION TO TO MARCH 9TH, 2024, BY APPROVAL OF THE FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE AMENDED AND RESTATED DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF TAMARAC PAUL HOME CORPORATION AND WOODMONT COUNTRY CLUB FOR DEVELOPMENT OF PROPERTY LOCATED WITHIN THE WOODLAND PLANT AS RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 88, PAGE 20 OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF BROWARD COUNTY AUTHORIZED THE APPROPRIATE CITY OFFICIALS DO ALL THINGS NECESSARY TO EFFECTUATE THE INTENT OF THIS ORDINANCE. PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION.
PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS. PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY.
PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU.
AS THIS IS AN ORDINANCE ON FIRST READING, THERE IS NO PUBLIC COMMENT.
I WILL ASK FOR A MOTION A SECOND, PLEASE.
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SO MOVED. SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION BY THE VICE MAYOR OF A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS CHRISTINA BELENKY, COUNCIL FOR POLICY AND MAXINE CALLOWAY.OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR ARE AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
NOT SEEING ANY QUESTIONS BY THE COMMISSION.
CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
THANK YOU. MOTION PASSES 5 TO 0.
THANK YOU. MOVING NOW TO ORDINANCES ON SECOND READING.
[6.a TO2540 - An Ordinance of the City Commission of the City of Tamarac, Florida, awarding a towing services franchise agreement to D&G Towing & Recovery, LLC through July 31, 2027 including an option to renew for one additional five (5) year period and providing for month to month extensions as required; authorizing the collection of an administrative fee of 25% of the maximum towing rates to cover the City's cost pursuant to the requirements of Section 323.002(4), Florida Statutes; in accordance with the maximum towing rates as established under the Broward County Administrative Code part IX, chapter 40.50; authorizing the appropriate City Officials to execute the agreement providing for conflicts; providing for severability; and providing for an effective date.]
CITY ATTORNEY, PLEASE READ THE TITLE TO 6A202540.ITEM SIX A IS AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSION.
CITY TAMARAC WARREN TOWING SERVICES FRANCHISE AGREEMENT TO D AND G TOWING AND RECOVERY THROUGH JULY 31ST, 2027, INCLUDING AN OPTION TO RENEW FOR ONE ADDITIONAL FIVE YEAR PERIOD AND PROVIDING FOR A MONTH TO MONTH EXTENSIONS AS REQUIRED.
AUTHORIZING COLLECTION ADMINISTRATIVE FEE OF 25% OF THE MAXIMUM.
TOWING RATES TO COVER THE CITY COSTS PURSUANT TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 323 DASH PERIOD 002 FLORIDA STATUTES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE MAXIMUM TOWING RATES ESTABLISHED UNDER THE BROWARD COUNTY ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, CHAPTER 40.50, AUTHORIZING APPROPRIATE CITY OFFICIALS TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS. PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY.
PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND, PLEASE.
SO MOVED. SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION BY THE VICE MAYOR.
I HAVE A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS.
AT THIS TIME, I WILL OPEN THIS ITEM UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS.
I'M LOOKING THROUGH MY PAGES HERE.
I AM NOT SEEING ANYBODY OFF THE BAT FOR SIX A SO I COULD BE MISTAKEN.
IS THERE ANYBODY WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE, PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE NOW CLOSED.
KEITH GLASS, OUR PURCHASING AND CONTRACTS MANAGER, IS AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS BY THE COMMISSION.
SEEING NONE I WILL JUST MAKE MY COMMENTS.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE HAD THIS ON FIRST READING TWO WEEKS AGO.
I HAVE NO ISSUES WITH ANY OF THE PARTIES THAT ARE INVOLVED HERE, BUT I DO THINK THE PROCESS IS IMPROPER TO DO SOMETHING IN THE MIDDLE OF AN ITEM THAT WAS BID OUT AND EXPECTATIONS THAT WERE MADE THROUGH CONTRACTING AND YEARS OF SERVICE.
SO I DO JUST WISH THAT IN THE FUTURE, THE CITY WILL PUT OUT BIDS THAT ARE CLEAR AND THAT WILL MAKE SURE THAT IF ANYBODY IS GOING TO HAVE A SECOND. MID.
A SECOND PROVIDER OR ANY OTHER CHANGES, THERE ARE BETTER EXPECTATIONS FOR THE FUTURE.
CITY CLERK. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. COMMISSIONER DANIEL.
YES. MAYOR GOMEZ? NO. VICE MAYOR BOLTON.
THANK YOU. NOW GOING TO 6BT02539.
[6.b TO2539 - An Ordinance of the City Commission of the City of Tamarac, Florida, adopting the Second (2nd) Budget Amendment to the City of Tamarac operating budget, revenues and expenditures, the capital budget, and the financial policies for the Fiscal Year 2023, by increasing the total revenues and expenditures by a total of $4,596,514 as detailed in Attachment “A” attached hereto and summarized in Attachment “B” attached hereto and incorporated herein; providing that the 2nd Amendment is being adopted in the same manner as the original budget and serves as the new adopted budget: providing for conflicts; providing for severability; and providing for an effective date.]
CITY ATTORNEY, PLEASE READ THE TITLE FOR THE.THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. ITEM SIX B AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF CITY TAMARAC ADOPTED THE SECOND BUDGET AMENDMENT TO THE CITY OF TAMARAC OPERATING BUDGET REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES. THE CAPITAL BUDGET, THE FINANCIAL POLICIES FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2023 BY INCREASING THE TOTAL REVENUE EXPENDITURE BY A TOTAL OF $4,596,514.
ATTACHED YOU TO SUMMARIZE THE ATTACHMENT B ATTACHED TO INCORPORATE HEREIN.
PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY. PROVIDING FOR EFFECTIVE DATE.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I'LL TAKE A MOTION IN A SECOND, PLEASE.
I HAVE A MOTION BY THE VICE MAYOR.
I HAVE A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS.
I WILL NOW OPEN UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS.
THE ONLY ONE THAT I HAVE SEEN SIGN UP AT THIS MOMENT IS KATE JOHNSON.
IF THERE'S ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK, I'LL CALL ON YOU NEXT.
I LISTENED TO THE WORKSHOP MONDAY.
YOU ALL THROW AROUND MONEY LIKE IT'S CANDY.
YOUR JOB IS TO WATCH OVER OUR MONEY.
IS THE LACK OF GOOD DECISIONS IN KEEPING THE BUDGET IN MIND.
WHY THIS BUDGET HAD TO BE RAISED, INCLUDING ASKING FOR A RAISE IN LEGAL FEES.
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WHILE I CAN APPRECIATE THAT IT'S NICE TO HAVE SPLASH PADS IN EACH COMMUNITY, IS THAT THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THIS COMMISSION AND OUR TAX DOLLARS, OR IS THAT THE RESPONSIBILITY OF EACH COMMUNITY TO OFFER THAT RESIDENTS? IF YOU ARE IMPROVING ON LAND, AT LEAST LET THEM EACH OFFER SOMETHING DIFFERENT WHEN THEY ARE SO CLOSE TOGETHER? IF IT IS TRULY FOR PUBLIC USE, PEOPLE WON'T MIND GOING A MILE DOWN THE ROAD FOR A SPLASH PAD.ALSO, SOME OF THE NEW PLANS OFFERED FOR SABLE PALMS TO HAVE A COMMUNITY CENTER THERE.
GOOD. PUT THE COMMUNITY CENTER THERE RATHER THAN SHAKER VILLAGE AND IT'LL SAVE US MILLIONS.
ALSO, THE ESTIMATES FOR A COMMUNITY CENTER IN SABLE PALMS WERE 2.5 MILLION, YET THE COMMUNITY CENTER IN SHAKER VILLAGE IS 6 TO 8 MILLION. WHY THE DIFFERENCE? THESE ARE FIDUCIARY QUESTIONS YOU SHOULD BE ASKING.
THE COMMISSION THEN LOWERED THE AMOUNT FROM 25,000 TO 6000 EACH.
BUT THAT HASN'T LASTED A YEAR.
NOW YOU ARE SAYING IT'S NOT ENOUGH FOR WHOM? COMMISSIONER WRIGHT SPENT LESS THAN 3900 THIS YEAR, SO IT CAN BE ENOUGH.
PUT THE CITY NAME ON A FUNCTION SO YOU CAN GET MORE MONEY AS A LOOPHOLE.
WHAT? PENALTIES FOR GOING OVER BUDGET.
THERE ARE NONE. THERE IS A LOOPHOLE WHERE YOU DON'T HAVE TO GET BIDS FOR SERVICES, SO THE MONEY CAN GO TO YOUR COMPADRES OR SELECT BUSINESSES WITH NO OVERSIGHT.
AGAIN, THESE FUNDS ARE RIPE FOR ABUSE AND MISUSE.
AND I UNDERSTAND IT WENT INTO EFFECT MONDAY FIRST.
THANK YOU, MAYOR, FOR BEING THE ONLY ONE WITH SENSE ENOUGH TO VOTE AGAINST IT.
SECOND, WHY DIDN'T YOU DISCUSS IT IN THE OPEN AT A COMMISSION MEETING OR WHEN YOU WERE SETTING THE 2024 BUDGET? WHY WERE THERE NO PUBLIC COMMENTS ALLOWED, AS THE OIG CITED LAST TIME, LACK OF TRANSPARENCY ONLY SERVES THOSE TRYING TO HIDE.
THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IS NOW CLOSED.
VICE MAYOR IS YOUR LIGHT LIFT FOR QUESTIONS? ABSOLUTELY. PLEASE PROCEED.
GOOD EVENING MAYOR. GOOD EVENING, COMMISSIONER.
AND MISS, JUST A QUESTION FOR YOU, PLEASE.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COMMISSIONER CHRISTINE CAJUSTE, DIRECTOR OF FINANCIAL SERVICES.
IN THIS BUDGET AMENDMENT, CAN YOU IDENTIFY THE DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE POSITIVELY OR NEGATIVELY AFFECTED? THE APARTMENTS THAT ARE.
POSITIVE OR NEGATIVELY AFFECT IT? WAS THE QUESTION CORRECT? VICE MAYOR. SOME PEOPLE DIDN'T HEAR YOU.
OKAY. SO WE HAVE THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET.
WE HAD SOME INCREASE IN THE LEGAL FEES AND THERE WAS SOME INCREASE. WELL, IT WAS MOSTLY THE LEGAL FEES AND THE MOST OTHERS IS NON-DEPARTMENTAL.
MR.. JUST WHAT CITY DID YOU COME FROM? EXCUSE ME. WHAT CITY DID YOU COME FROM? BEFORE I CAME TO THIS CITY.
HOW MANY CITIES HAVE YOU WORKED IN? I'VE WORKED AT ONE OF THE CITIES.
DID YOU HAVE BUDGET AMENDMENTS? YES, SIR. WHY? BECAUSE SOMETIMES THE PLAN OF ACTION THAT WE HAVE AT THE INITIAL STAGE, THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS THAT ARE UNFORESEEN, SOMETHING THAT SOME THINGS THAT CAN GO OVER BUDGET. SO WE HAVE TO DO A BUDGET AMENDMENT TO BRING IT BACK INTO COMPLIANCE.
ARE YOU A PART OF ANY PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS? YES, SIR. HOW MANY? I AM PART OF THE GOVERNMENT FINANCE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION.
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YOU GO TO CONFERENCES? YES, SIR. WHEN YOU GO TO CONFERENCES, DO YOU TALK WITH OTHER CITY FINANCE DIRECTORS? YES, I DO IN THOSE CITIES.DO THEY DO BUDGET AMENDMENTS? YES THEY DO. WHY DO THEY DO THAT? FOR THE SAME REASON, I JUST I JUST MENTIONED BECAUSE WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE ALL THE DOLLARS ARE APPROPRIATED.
AND IF WE GO OVER BUDGET, WE HAVE TO BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE STATE OF FLORIDA.
SO WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE THE COMMISSION HAS APPROVED ANY INSTANCES WHERE WE GO OVER BUDGET.
SO BUDGET AMENDMENTS ARE NOT NECESSARILY A BAD THING.
NO. SOME SOME OF THE BUDGET AMENDMENT IS BECAUSE THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE HAD NOT FORESEEN.
FOR EXAMPLE, IF THERE IS A GRANT THAT WE HAVEN'T FORESEEN THAT WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO GET, OR IF THERE IS SOME PROJECTS THAT WAS UNFORESEEN THAT WAS APPROVED DURING THE YEAR BY A RESOLUTION, THEN WE HAVE TO PUT THOSE IN THE BUDGET AND IT HAS TO BE APPROVED IN THE SAME MANNER THAT THE BUDGET WAS APPROVED.
THANK YOU, MR. GALLO. WE HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU.
VICE MAYOR. YOU ARE THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, CORRECT? I AM, OKAY.
HOW MANY CITIES HAVE YOU WORKED WITH? UM, CITY OF NORTH MIAMI.
AND BEFORE THEN, I INTERNED WITH THE CITY OF CORAL SPRINGS.
VERY WELL. IN THOSE THREE CITIES, DID YOU DO BUDGET AMENDMENTS? NOT PERSONALLY, BUT I'VE SEEN THEM DONE.
AND TELL ME YOUR EXPERIENCE WITH BUDGET AMENDMENTS.
IT'S CONSISTENT WITH THE WAY WE'RE PROCESSING THIS BUDGET AMENDMENT.
AND IT'S ALSO GOVERNED BY FLORIDA STATUTE.
SO YOU THINK ALL OVER BROWARD COUNTY, 31 CITIES DO BUDGET AMENDMENTS.
THEY SHOULD PROCESS THEM THE SAME WAY.
YES. FOR A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WHO DOES NOT UNDERSTAND BUDGET AMENDMENTS, YOU WOULD UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS LEGAL AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS SANCTIONED BY THE BY THE STATE OF FLORIDA.
THE ADDITIONAL $20,000 THAT WAS MENTIONED ON MONDAY.
HOW DIFFERENT IS THAT FROM THE PREVIOUS TRAVEL STIPEND OR WHATEVER THE PUBLIC WANTS TO CALL IT? THE THE 20,000 THAT WAS MENTIONED AT THE COMMISSION WORKSHOP ON MONDAY REFERS TO THE COMMISSION INITIATIVE FUNDS, AND THE ONE THAT WAS MENTIONED FOR THE STIPEND WAS HAD TO DO WITH TRAVEL.
YES. HOW IS IT DIFFERENT? HOW HOW DOES THIS WORK? OKAY. THE TRAVEL UM, WELL, THE THE THE ORDINANCE THAT WE HAVE THAT WAS REPEALED.
IS THAT THE ONE YOU'RE REFERRING TO? YES. YEAH. THE ORDINANCE THAT WE HAVE WAS REPEALED WAS FOR A FIXED TRAVEL ALLOWANCE THAT WOULD HAVE GONE TO EACH COMMISSIONER.
IT WAS 15,000 A YEAR, AND IT WOULD BE JUST FOR ALL YOUR TRAVEL AND DID NOT REQUIRE RECEIPTS.
SO IT WAS IN THE SAME VEIN, LIKE A TRAVEL ALLOWANCE.
UM, WITH THE COMMISSION INITIATIVE OF FUNDS, YOU GO OUT, YOU YOU DO YOUR INITIATIVE.
IT COULD BE A FUNCTION, IT COULD BE MEETINGS WITH YOUR CONSTITUENTS.
IT COULD BE ITEMS THAT YOU PURCHASE FOR YOUR CONSTITUENTS.
WHEN YOU DO THAT, YOU'RE REQUIRED TO BRING THE RECEIPT BACK FOR REIMBURSEMENT.
IT GOES THROUGH WHERE YOU BRING IT BACK ON A CERTAIN FORM.
OKAY. SO IF I'M BUDGETED $20,000 OR $25,000, I CAN SPEND $20, $100 UP TO THAT AMOUNT, HOWEVER MUCH. YES. SO FOR A PRUDENT COMMISSIONER OR ELECTED OFFICIAL, SO TO SPEAK, IF YOU DON'T WANT $20,000 OR $25,000, YOU COULD THEORETICALLY JUST ELECT TO HAVE $6,000.
YES, YOU COULD ELECT TO SPEND HOWEVER MUCH YOU WANT TO SPEND.
CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
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WE ARE NOW GOING TO 6C22543.[6.c TO2543 - An Ordinance of the City Commission of the City of Tamarac, Florida, amending Chapter 10 of the City of Tamarac Code of Ordinances, entitled “Land Development Code” amending Article 2, entitled “Zoning Districts” amending Section 10-10-2.7(C), entitled “Woodlands Overlay District”, by specifically amending Subsection 10-2.7 (C)(4) entitled “General Maintenance Standards” to remove certain restrictions on fences and hedges; providing for codification; providing for conflicts; providing for severability; and providing for an effective date.]
CITY ATTORNEY, PLEASE READ THE TITLE FOR THE RECORD.ITEM SIX C IT'S AN ORDINANCE, CITY COMMISSION AND CITY OF TAMARAC AMENDING CHAPTER TEN OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC CODE OF ORDINANCE ENTITLED LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE AMENDING ARTICLE TWO ENTITLED ZONING DISTRICT AMENDING SECTION 1010 2.7 C ENTITLED WOODLANDS OVERLAY DISTRICT BY SPECIFICALLY AMENDING SUBSECTION TEN DASH 2.7 ENTITLED GENERAL MAINTENANCE STANDARDS TO REMOVE CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS ON FENCES AND HEDGES PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION.
PROVIDE FOR CONFLICT PROVIDED.
SEVERABILITY. PROVIDING FOR EFFECTIVE DATE.
THANK YOU. I'LL TAKE A MOTION AND A SECOND, PLEASE.
I HAVE A MOTION BY THE VICE MAYOR.
I HAVE A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER DANIEL.
I WILL NOW OPEN UP PUBLIC COMMENTS.
I SEE THAT WE HAVE JEFFREY SHAPIRO SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM.
AND IF THERE'S ANYONE ELSE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO AFTERWARDS.
I LIVE AT 6104 ORCHARD TREE LANE.
I'M HERE TONIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU AS A RESIDENT AND NOT A BOARD MEMBER OF THE MASTER ASSOCIATION OR MY SECTION EIGHT ASSOCIATION. I JUST WANT TO KNOW, I WAS HERE AT THE OTHER, THE FIRST READING FOR THIS AND WITH THE WITH THE TIMES CHANGING THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF POSSIBLY A LOT OF YOUNGER FAMILIES MOVING INTO THE COMMUNITY, I THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA FOR THE CHANGE.
I ALSO BELIEVE THAT THEN IT COULD BE LEFT UP TO THE INDIVIDUAL HOMEOWNER SECTIONS, TO HOW THEY WANT TO IMPLEMENT IT INTO THEIR BYLAWS FOR THAT, EACH SECTION OF THE COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM WHO HAS NOT SIGNED UP? SEEING NONE, PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE NOW CLOSED FOR SIX.
THERE SEEMS TO BE NO DISCUSSION BY THIS COMMISSION.
CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
THANK YOU. MOTION PASSES 4 TO 1.
ALL RIGHT. WE ARE GOING TO DO A LITTLE.
[8.a TO2541 - An Ordinance of the City Commission of the City of Tamarac, Florida, adopting a large scale local land use plan amendment to the City of Tamarac’s Comprehensive Plan Future Land Use Map in accordance with Chapter 163, specifically Section 163.3184 of the Florida State Statutes, for said lands situated, lying, and being in Broward County, Florida, and located at or bounded by west Commercial Boulevard to the north, Rock Island Road to the east, NW 64 Avenue to the west and NW 44 Street to the south, and more particularly described in the legal description shown in Exhibit “A” attached hereto, to change the future land use designation of approximately 109.93 gross acres of land within the former Woodlands Country Club golf course from “Commercial Recreation” to “Recreation” to facilitate the reservation of land for community recreation and open space and satisfy condition 1.a of Broward County Land Use Plan Amendment PC20-2 to provide consistency with the Broward County Adopted Future Land Use Plan Map in accordance with the intent of the comprehensive plan of the City of Tamarac; (Case No. 3-LUA-23) authorizing transmittal of the large scale land use map amendment to the Department Of Economic Opportunity and the appropriate reviewing agencies and the Broward County Planning Council for review, approval and recertification of the City of Tamarac Future Land Use Map; providing for amendment to the land use plan to reflect such change; providing for conflicts; providing for severability; and providing for an effective date.]
WE ARE GOING TO GO TO EIGHT A, IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING.8A202541. CITY ATTORNEY, PLEASE READ THE TITLE FOR THE RECORD.
MAY I JUST FOR THE RECORD, WE ARE HEARING ITEM EIGHT A BEFORE ITEM SEVEN A AND 60.
YES. SO BASICALLY WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO.
CONVEY FULL INFORMATION FOR EVERYBODY TO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON AND CERTAIN ITEMS WE ARE GOING TO TAKE THEM OUT OF TURN. SOME THINGS ARE ALSO QUASI-JUDICIAL, SOME ARE LEGISLATIVE.
WE WILL THEN BE GOING TO SIX D, THEN NINE A, BECAUSE SEVEN A DOES NOT COME INTO PLAY DEPENDING ON HOW CERTAIN THINGS ARE VOTED ON PRIOR TO.
SO AS ALL ITEMS ARE ALL INTERTWINED INTO THE WOODLANDS POTENTIAL REDEVELOPMENT.
CITY ATTORNEY. ITEM EIGHT A IS AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSION.
CITY OF TAMARAC ADOPTING A LARGE SCALE LOCAL LAND USE PLAN AMENDMENT.
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AMENDMENT TO THE CITY OF TAMARAC.COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. FUTURE LAND USE MAP.
IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER 163, SPECIFICALLY SECTION 163, PERIOD 3184 OF FLORIDA STATUTE FOR SAID LAND SITUATED, LYING AND BEING BROUGHT IN BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, LOCATED OR BOUNDED BY THE WEST COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD TO THE NORTH, ROCK ISLAND ROAD TO THE EAST, NORTHWEST FOURTH AVENUE TO THE WEST AND NORTHWEST 44TH STREET TO THE SOUTH.
AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBING IN DESCRIPTION EXHIBIT A TO CHANGE THE FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION.
APPROXIMATELY OF 109.93 GROSS ACRES OF LAND WITHIN THE FORMER WOODLANDS COUNTRY CLUB GOLF COURSE, FROM COMMERCIAL RECREATION TO RECREATION, TO FACILITATE THE RESERVATION OF LAND FOR THE COMMUNITY, RECREATION, OPEN SPACE AND SATISFY CONDITION ONE A OF BROWARD COUNTY LAND USE PLAN AMENDMENT PC 22.
TO PROVIDE CONSISTENCY WITH THE BROWARD COUNTY ADOPTED LAND USE PLAN MAP.
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTENT OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, THE CITY TAMARAC AUTHORIZED TRANSMITTAL OF THE LARGE SCALE LAND USE MAP AMENDMENT TO THE DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY AND THE APPROPRIATE REVIEWING AGENCIES AND BROWARD COUNTY PLANNING COUNCIL FOR REVIEW APPROVAL RE CERTIFICATION OF THE CITY TAMARAC FUTURE LAND USE MAP.
PROVIDING FOR AN AMENDMENT TO THE LAND USE PLAN TO REFLECT SUCH CHANGE.
PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS. PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY.
PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
I WILL TAKE A SECOND TO MY MOTION.
SECOND. VICE MAYOR SECONDED MY MOTION.
MR. BACKMAN IS A DESIGNATED AGENT FOR THE APPLICANT.
HE WILL BE MAKING A PRESENTATION.
MS.. CALLAWAY, DIRECTOR, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.
PUBLIC COMMENTS WILL BE HELD AFTER THE PRESENTATIONS.
TRYING TO GET THE PRESENTATION LOADED UP.
SCOTT BACKMAN, ON BEHALF OF THE PETITIONER, IT'S A PLEASURE TO SEE YOU ALL AGAIN THIS EVENING.
ALTHOUGH WHAT YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN IS ALL OF OUR APPLICATIONS.
I'M JUST GOING TO SLIP THROUGH THESE REALLY, REALLY QUICKLY.
WE WEREN'T AWARE UNTIL WE GOT HERE EXACTLY HOW THE ORDER OF ALL OF THIS WAS GOING TO BE, EITHER.
SO THE ITEM THAT'S BEFORE YOU IS THE CITY ATTORNEY.
JUST READ IN IS REALLY KIND OF WHAT I WOULD CALL SOMEWHAT OF A HOUSEKEEPING ITEM.
AND THIS WAS PART OF THE THE RESOLUTION THAT WAS JUST READ INTO THE RECORD.
THERE WAS A CONDITION THAT CONDITION WAS REALLY FOR THE BENEFIT AND PROTECTION OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC AND THE RESIDENTS OF THE WOODLANDS TO CHANGE THE OPEN SPACE ACREAGE OF THE LAND USE.
SO I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO FLIP TO THE NEXT SLIDE FROM COMMERCIAL RECREATION, WHICH IS WHAT THE 110 ACRES OF OPEN SPACE WAS AND REMAINED, REGARDLESS OF THE CHANGE TO THE RESIDENTIAL THAT WAS APPROVED AND CHANGE THAT TO RECREATION.
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AND SO AS PART OF THE PROTECTIONS THAT WERE PUT IN PLACE BY BROWARD COUNTY, THE IDEA WAS REMOVE THE COMMERCIAL COMPONENT AND SIMPLY TURN IT INTO RECREATION AND OPEN SPACE.IT IS AN ADDED PROTECTION TO THE COMMUNITY.
AS I MENTIONED, IT IS AN ADDED RESTRICTION ON THE PROPERTY.
SO AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S ACTUALLY A VERY GOOD CHANGE.
IT WAS ALWAYS SUPPOSED TO BE PART OF THE APPLICATIONS THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED.
JUST ONE OTHER POINT, AND THESE ARE KIND OF SOME OF THE ITEMS AND THE ANALYSIS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS.
YOU'RE TAKING AWAY DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS FROM THE PROPERTY.
YOU'RE BASICALLY STRIPPING IT FROM ANYTHING THAT'S NOT A PARK OR SOME OTHER FORM OF OPEN SPACE.
AND SO THE IMPACT IS SIGNIFICANTLY LESS.
AS I MENTIONED, THIS WAS A CONDITION OF APPROVAL IMPOSED BY BROWARD COUNTY.
AND SO THE COUNTY'S LAND USE IS RECREATION AND OPEN SPACE.
THE CITY'S LAND USE IS NOW MORE INTENSE THAN THE COUNTY'S, WHICH IT'S NOT ALLOWED TO BE.
THAT'S IT. I THINK A RELATIVELY SIMPLE ITEM, AS I MENTIONED, REALLY KIND OF MORE HOUSEKEEPING, BUT WE ARE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS THAT THE COMMISSION MAY HAVE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
IF THERE'S ANYBODY ELSE WHO WISH TO SPEAK, THEY WILL BE WELCOME TO DO SO.
OKAY, SO YOU'RE NOT SPEAKING, JEFFREY, IS THAT IT? OKAY. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK? IF SO, YOU'LL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY AFTERWARDS.
COMMISSIONERS. EILEEN LIEBERMAN MICHAELSON 4000 809 WOODLANDS BOULEVARD.
I ACTUALLY SUPPORT THIS CHANGE.
TO RECREATION FROM COMMERCIAL RECREATION, IT'S MORE RESTRICTIVE.
SINCE YOU'VE ALREADY APPROVED THE LAND USE PLAN AMENDMENT BACK IN MARCH.
THIS MAKES SURE THAT THOSE OPEN SPACES THAT THE DEVELOPER IS TALKING ABOUT DOING, WHICH YOU CAN DO IN RECREATION, BUT YOU WON'T BE THERE ARE A LOT MORE USES WHICH WOULD BE DETRIMENTAL TO THE COMMUNITY UNDER THE THE COMMERCIAL RECREATION DESIGNATION.
SO THIS IS PROBABLY SOMETHING THAT IS A GOOD THING TO FIX IN THE LAND USE PLAN AMENDMENT.
THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE, PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE NOW CLOSED.
YES, SIR. WE'RE ON EIGHT EIGHT.
EIGHT? YES. OKAY, SO CHANGING FROM COMMERCIAL TO RECREATION, IS IT EVERY SINGLE PIECE OF THE GOLF COURSE OR ARE YOU LEAVING SOME PARTS OUT? IT AS PART.
AND WE'LL TOUCH ON THIS IN MY SITE PLAN PRESENTATION A LITTLE BIT.
AS PART OF ALL THE OTHER CHANGES, THERE WERE 110 ACRES OF OPEN SPACE, 109.9 OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
IT'S BEEN DISCUSSED QUITE A BIT.
I NEED TO FLIP BACK THROUGH REALLY QUICKLY.
I'M JUST GOING TO SHOW YOU THE PARTS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SPECIFIC TO THIS.
RIGHT? IT ALL KIND OF IS LABELED AS RECREATION.
THAT IS ALL OF THAT 100 AND ALMOST 110 ACRES.
AND THIS IS JUST ONE ADDITIONAL MECHANISM TO DO THAT.
EVERYTHING IN DARK GREEN WOULD BE CHANGED TO RECREATION.
AND THEN EVERYTHING YOU SEE THERE IN BEIGE OR YELLOW THAT IS LABELED AS LO FI RESIDENTIAL WITH A CIRCLE IN A THREE WAS WHAT WAS THE LAND USE CHANGE THAT WAS APPROVED BACK IN MARCH FOR WHAT I'LL CALL THE RESIDENTIAL PODS THAT YOU'LL SEE ON MY SITE PLAN PRESENTATION.
AND I NOTICED THAT ON THE TOP RIGHT THERE IS LIGHT GREEN THAT SAYS COMMERCIAL RECREATION.
SO THAT IS GOING TO REMAIN COMMERCIAL RECREATION.
SO IT WILL THAT PARTICULAR PARCEL GOING ALL THE WAY BACK ALMOST SEVEN YEARS.
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WHEN WE STARTED THIS CLUBLINK DID NOT WANT TO SELL THAT PORTION OF THE PROPERTY TO 13TH FLOOR.WE DO NOT HAVE IT UNDER CONTRACT.
IT WAS NOT PART OF ANY OF OUR OTHER APPLICATIONS.
THAT IS AND WILL REMAIN OWNED BY CLUBLINK.
IT HAS NOT BEEN PART OF ANY DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION.
SO HAVE YOU HAD TALKS WITH CLUBLINK AS TO WHAT COULD GO THERE? I THINK OUR ASSUMPTION, WHAT I WILL TELL YOU IS THAT MAYBE THEY THINK AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE AS THE WORLD CHANGES, THAT IT MIGHT BE A GOOD COMMERCIAL PARCEL. IT'S NOT OUR OPINION.
WE'RE NOT INVOLVED. WE TOLD THEM WE'RE NOT GETTING INVOLVED IN THAT.
OKAY. WHO IS ANTON? ETHAN. ETHAN? ETHAN? YES. WHO'S THAT? NATHAN. MARK. HE IS ONE OF THE ATTORNEYS ON OUR TEAM.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. MY PLEASURE.
THANK YOU. SEEING NO OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSION, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. MAYOR.
YES. COMMISSIONER, RIGHT? YES. VICE MAYOR BOLTON.
THANK YOU. MOTION PASSES 5 TO 0.
[6.d TO2488 - An Ordinance of the City Commission of the City of Tamarac, Florida, providing notice of intent to approve a development agreement between Woodlands Club Holdings, LLLP and the City of Tamarac, for the development of a maximum of 335 single family dwelling units, not to exceed 30 ft. in height, located within residential pods, developed at a maximum density of 2.4 dwelling units per gross acre; a new clubhouse and amenity campus, not to exceed 60 ft. In height, located within the recreation pod; and accessory commercial uses incidental to the single family dwelling units; and a minimum of 160 acres of open space, for the development of property known as “the woodlands” bounded by West Commercial Boulevard to the north, Rock Island Road to the east, NW 64 Avenue to the west, and NW 44 Street to the south; as more fully described in the Development Agreement attached hereto as Exhibit “A”; authorizing the appropriate city officials to do all things necessary to effectuate the intent of this ordinance; providing for conflicts; providing for severability; and providing for an effective date.]
WE ARE NOW GOING TO GO TO SIX D.CITY ATTORNEY. PLEASE READ THE TITLE FOR THE RECORD FOR T02488.
CITY COMMISSION. CITY OF TAMARAC PROVIDING NOTICE OF INTENT TO APPROVE A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN WOODLANDS CLUBS HOLDINGS LLP AND CITY OF TAMARAC FOR DEVELOPMENT OF MAXIMUM OF 335 SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING UNITS NOT TO EXCEED 30FT IN HEIGHT.
LOCATED WITHIN THE RESIDENTIAL PARTS.
DEVELOPED MAXIMUM DENSITY OF 2.4 DWELLING UNITS PER GROSS ACRE, A NEW CLUBHOUSE AND MINI CAMPUS NOT TO EXCEED 60FT IN HEIGHT, LOCATED WITHIN THE RECREATIONAL POD AND ACCESSORY COMMERCIAL USES, AND INCIDENTAL INCIDENTAL TO THE SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING UNITS.
A MINIMUM OF 160 ACRES OF OPEN SPACE FOR DEVELOPMENT OF PROPERTY KNOWN AS THE WOODLANDS, BOUNDED BY WEST COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD AND TO THE NORTH, ROCK ISLAND ROAD TO THE EAST, NORTHWEST 64 AVENUE TO THE WEST, AND NORTHWEST 44TH STREET TO THE SOUTH.
AS MOST FULLY DESCRIBED IN THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT ATTACHED AS EXHIBIT A, AUTHORIZES THE APPROPRIATE CITY OFFICIALS TO DO ALL THE THINGS NECESSARY NECESSARY TO EFFECTUATE THE INTENT OF THIS ORDINANCE.
PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS. PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY.
I'LL TAKE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
SO MOVED. SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION BY THE VICE MAYOR.
I HAVE A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS.
I HAVE A LITTLE HOUSEKEEPING ITEM.
THAT IS ONE ANSWER, FOR IT HAS BEEN STATED CLEARLY FOR NOW.
I WANT TO JUST SAY ON THE RECORD PRIOR TO THIS ITEM COMING UP FOR DISCUSSION, THAT IF THERE'S ANYTHING, THERE'S ITEMS IN HERE THAT MAY PERTAIN DIRECTLY TO ANY BENEFIT OF HOMEOWNERS IN THE WOODLANDS.
I OWN TWO PROPERTIES IN THERE.
ON THE RECORD, I WAIVE ANY SUCH DIRECT BENEFIT TO MYSELF.
IF THE PROPERTY IS OWNED BY MYSELF OR ANY FAMILY MEMBER, IT WILL NOT COME TO ME WITH A RESERVATION.
SO I JUST WANT THIS DISCLAIMER ON THE RECORD.
SO THERE'S NO QUESTION AND EVERYBODY CAN FEEL COMFORTABLE ABOUT THE ITEMS. MR. BACKMAN, YOU ARE UP FOR MAYOR.
JUNIOR PRESENTATION A POINT OF ORDER.
YES. QUESTION FOR THE ATTORNEY.
WHICH ATTORNEY? WE'VE GOT TWO STANDING THERE.
GO AHEAD. CITY ATTORNEY QUESTION FOR OUR ATTORNEY.
PERCEIVING A CONFLICT WITH ANY OF THE BENEFITS THAT MIGHT BE PROVIDED TO THE WOODLANDS, WOULD THEN, WITH THAT RISE TO A CONFLICT FOR THE ENTIRE ITEM, THAT SHE WOULD HAVE TO EITHER ABSTAIN FROM THE ENTIRE ITEM OR, AS A DISCLAIMER, SIMPLY, OKAY, THE MAYOR DOES NOT HAVE A LEGAL CONFLICT RELATING TO THIS
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ITEM. SHE'S BASICALLY MAKING A VOLUNTARY PROFFER THAT SHE DOESN'T WANT ANY BENEFIT THAT MAY DERIVE TO THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE, WHICH IS HER RIGHT.AND SO THERE'S NO LEGAL CONFLICT RELATING TO HER VOTE ON THIS ITEM.
IT SOUNDED AS THOUGH THERE'S QUITE A BIT IN THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WHERE IT MIGHT MAKE SOME SENSE FOR ME TO MAKE MY FULL SITE PLAN PRESENTATION SO THAT FULL INFORMATION IS OUT THERE FOR EVERYONE, THE COMMISSION MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, BEFORE YOU VOTE ON THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
AND SO I WOULD ASK AT THE PLEASURE OF THE COMMISSION TO ALLOW ME TO MAKE MY SITE PLAN PRESENTATION, AT WHICH POINT THE COMMISSION CAN THEN AND I WILL INCLUDE MY DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT PRESENTATION AS PART OF THAT.
SO YEAH, SO THAT WAS THE UNDERSTANDING FROM CITY STAFF THAT THAT WOULD BE WHAT YOU WOULD DO.
BUT WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT WE WILL RESERVE ALL KINDS OF ITEMS AND QUESTIONS AND DISCLAIMERS, AND AFFECTED PARTIES WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY AFTER DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT IS DONE FOR A SEPARATE SECTION FOR THE SITE PLAN.
SO PLEASE PROCEED WITH YOUR PRESENTATIONS.
THANK YOU. SO JUST TO BE CLEAR, I HAVE TWO SEPARATE PRESENTATIONS I WILL PRESENT ON THE SITE PLAN IN DETAIL, AND THEN I WILL GO BACK AND PRESENT ON THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AGAIN IF THREE PRESENTATIONS IN ONE IN DIFFERENT ORDERS, BECAUSE I WASN'T SURE EXACTLY HOW THIS WAS GOING TO PLAY OUT BASED ON HOW THE AGENDA WAS ORDERED.
MAYOR, JUST POINT OF CLARIFICATION.
JUST TO MAKE SURE WE STAY, ARE WE DEALING WITH THE SITE PLAN ITEM? BECAUSE NO, WE'RE ONLY GOING TO RECEIVE THE PRESENTATION.
OKAY. SO THE PRESENTATION INTERLOCKS WITH ITEMS THAT ARE IN THE LAND USE DEVELOPMENT.
BECAUSE THE LAND USE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT REFERS TO CERTAIN ITEMS THAT ARE IN THE SITE PLAN, AND WE WILL KEEP THIS COMPLETELY SEPARATE, THEN THERE WILL BE WE WILL COME BACK FOR NINE A FOR THE QUASI JUDICIAL, WHERE YOU'LL SWEAR IN WITNESSES AND WE'LL DO DISCLOSURES AT THAT TIME.
OKAY. I JUST WANT TO ASK A POINT OF ORDER AND CLARIFICATION.
I THIS WILL STILL SERVE AS THE PRESENTATION ON THE SITE PLAN FOR THE SITE PLAN ITEM.
YOU WON'T HAVE TO REDO THE PRESENTATION FOR IT.
UNDER THAT WILL BE I WILL READ THE TITLE AND OBVIOUSLY THE INTERESTED PARTIES AND OBVIOUSLY ANY PUBLIC COMMENT WILL BE PERMITTED AFTER READING THE TITLE.
I DON'T BELIEVE THIS IS THE CASE.
I'M THE ONLY ONE THAT'S GOING TO BE PRESENTING DURING MY PRESENTATION.
DO I NEED TO BE SWORN TO GIVE MY SITE PLAN PRESENTATION? SINCE YOU DON'T INTEND TO COME BACK, I THINK LET'S SWEAR YOU IN.
JUST JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE WE DO IT THE RIGHT WAY.
SO ARE WE SWEARING IF YOU WOULD.
CITY CLERK'S WHERE MR. BACHMANN IN, PLEASE? MR. BACHMANN, DO YOU SWEAR TO TELL THE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH? I DO, THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
SORRY. JUST SOME HOUSEKEEPING ITEMS. AS I SAID, THIS FIRST SLIDE, I THINK, IS SEVERAL OF YOU HAVE SEEN OVER AND OVER AGAIN IS REALLY JUST A DEPICTION OF 13TH FLOOR AS AN ENTITY, VERY LARGE, MULTIFACETED DEVELOPMENT COMPANY THAT DEVELOPS ACROSS MULTIPLE SPECTRUMS, INCLUDING RESIDENTIAL, MULTIFAMILY, HIGH RISE, COMMERCIAL, MIXED USE, ETCETERA THROUGHOUT SOUTH FLORIDA AND OTHER SELECT REGIONS ON THE EAST COAST.
A COUPLE OF OTHER JUST POINTS BECAUSE THIS IS A QUASI JUDICIAL MATTER.
I WILL NOT BE FORMALLY PRESENTING THEIR TESTIMONY, BUT WE DO HAVE IN THE AUDIENCE TONIGHT RYAN WHEELER, OUR CIVIL ENGINEER, CHRIS HAGAN, OUR TRAFFIC ENGINEER, ED SILVA, OUR ARCHITECT, LINDSEY MURPHY, OUR PLANNER, HELEN COHEN, OUR LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT.
AND HOWARD NELSON, WHO IS AN ENVIRONMENTAL EXPERT AND ALSO OUR ENVIRONMENTAL ATTORNEY.
UNDERSTANDING ALL THE VARIOUS ISSUES THAT HAVE COME UP WITH REGARD TO THIS PROJECT.
OBVIOUSLY, THERE'S A VERY LARGE AND SIGNIFICANT STAFF REPORT.
THERE'S QUITE A BIT OF BACK UP INFORMATION, CORRESPONDENCE FROM OBVIOUSLY TONIGHT'S MEETING, AS WELL AS THE PLANNING BOARD MEETING, AS WELL AS THE RECORD FROM THE PLANNING BOARD MEETING.
OKAY. SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE WOODLANDS.
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I THINK EVERYONE SITTING ON THE DAIS IS VERY FAMILIAR WITH IT, A TOPIC OF CONVERSATION FOR FOR MANY OF YOU FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND FOR SOME OF YOU FOR THE BETTER PART OF A YEAR AND A HALF WITH YOUR CAMPAIGNS AND MOVING FORWARD INTO TODAY, WE VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE THIS EVENING.THERE WERE TWO GOLF COURSES THERE.
THE ENTIRE WOODLANDS COMMUNITY WAS DEVELOPED IN THE 1960S AND EARLY 1970S, 892 EXISTING HOMES, AND THERE WERE SOME SALES.
COUNTRY CLUB FOR A LOT OF YEARS, AND IT WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL AND IT THRIVED.
AND THE MEMBERS SOLD THE CLUB IN 2011 TO CLUBLINK.
AND OBVIOUSLY THINGS HAVE CHANGED OVER THE COURSE OF THAT PERIOD OF TIME.
AND SINCE 2017, MY CLIENT HAS BEEN UNDER CONTRACT WITH CLUBLINK AND WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THE CITY IN THE COMMUNITY IN VARIOUS CAPACITIES TO BRING FORWARD A REDEVELOPMENT OF THE FORMER GOLF COURSE PROPERTIES.
JUST SOME PHOTOS OF EXISTING CONDITIONS ON THE PROPERTY AND I THINK VERY IMPORTANT.
AND YOU ALL HAVE SEEN AND HEARD A LOT OF THIS, SO I WILL TRY AND WORK MY WAY THROUGH IT A LITTLE BIT, BUT VERY, VERY IMPORTANT TO THE PROCESS THAT WE'VE EMPLOYED AS WE'VE WORKED OUR WAY THROUGH THIS. WE HAVE SPENT YEARS WORKING WITH AND INVESTED IN THIS COMMUNITY.
COUNTLESS MEETINGS, PROGRAMS PUT IN PLACE TO TRY AND WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY AND AND ARRIVE AT A PROGRAM THAT WE FELT WORKED AND MADE SENSE.
ALL STAKEHOLDERS, ALL OF YOU, SOME OF YOUR PREDECESSORS, YOUR STAFF AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY TO TRY AND BRING TOGETHER THE SITE PLAN THAT WE'RE ULTIMATELY PRESENTING TO YOU THIS EVENING.
THIS IS THAT SLIDE THAT I WAS REFERENCING.
THERE WERE A COUPLE OF ITERATIONS VERY EARLY ON WHERE WE WERE AT LEAST PROPOSING ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE PROPERTY ADJACENT TO 44TH, SOME MULTIFAMILY THAT DIDN'T FLY WITH ANYONE.
AND THAT CHANGED A NUMBER OF TIMES OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS.
AGAIN, UNTIL WE'VE ARRIVED AT THE 335 UNITS THAT WE ARE PRESENTING ON THIS EVENING.
ALSO, AND THIS WILL BE DISCUSSED A FEW TIMES THIS EVENING.
THIS IS ONE OF THE MULTIPLE RESIDENT EVENTS THAT WERE HELD DURING THE COURSE OF THE PROJECT.
AGAIN, JUST TO REALLY SHOW A LOT OF THE OUTREACH AND A LOT OF THE EFFORT THAT HAS BEEN MADE IN ORDER TO TRY AND MOVE THIS FORWARD IN THE RIGHT, THE RIGHT MANNER, RIGHT, ENGAGING THE COMMUNITY, HAVING MULTIPLE DISCUSSIONS AS IT RELATES TO TO THE THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT.
THIS IS ESSENTIALLY A COLORED OR ILLUSTRATED VERSION OF THE SITE PLAN THAT YOU'RE SEEING.
AGAIN, THE OVERALL APPLICATION AREA IS THE 206 276.
I THINK IT'S TWO JUST OVER 275 ACRES.
AND IT ENCOMPASSES EVERYTHING YOU SEE THERE THAT'S NOT SHADED.
EVERYTHING YOU SEE SHADED IS THE 892 HOMES WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.
AND THEN WE HAD THE CONVERSATION AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT MULTIPLE TIMES.
IT'S 110 ACRES, HOWEVER, AND WE'LL DISCUSS THIS THROUGH THE SITE PLAN AS WELL.
THERE'S APPROXIMATELY ANOTHER, I BELIEVE, 70 PLUS ACRES THAT ARE ALSO BEING RESERVED AS OPEN SPACE AS PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM. I BELIEVE OUR DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT SAYS A MINIMUM OF 160 WILL BE DEED RESTRICTED.
SO OF 275 ACRES, A LITTLE ABOUT 100 ACRES OF THAT.
SO ALMOST ABOUT A THIRD ARE PROPOSED FOR SOME FORM OF REDEVELOPMENT.
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THAT NATURE, ALL OF WHICH WE'LL TALK ABOUT DURING THE COURSE OF THIS PRESENTATION.I DID JUST MENTION THE TRAIL SYSTEM, WHICH IS ABOUT SIX MILES THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.
AND WITH THE REHABILITATION OF SOME OF THE THE CART PATHS AND SIDEWALKS THAT ARE GOING TO BE CONSTRUCTED WITHIN THE NEW AREAS OF THE COMMUNITY, THERE WILL BE A FULL LOOP THAT'S OVER SIX MILES LONG.
THE LAST PIECE OF THIS, WHICH MY NEXT COUPLE OF SLIDES TOUCH ON, IS THE DENSITY.
THE DENSITY HERE OVER THE 275 ACRES IS 1.2 UNITS TO THE ACRE.
THE DENSITY JUST WITHIN OUR DEVELOPMENT AREA IS STILL VERY LOW AT 2.1 UNITS TO THE ACRE.
AND YOU CAN SEE THE DENSITIES OF THOSE SECTIONS.
AND THEN ADJACENT TO THAT YOU CAN SEE THE DENSITIES OF OUR PROPOSED PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT PODS.
THE COMMUNITY CURRENTLY WITHOUT OUR 275 ACRES IS 3.1 UNITS TO THE ACRE.
AND I JUST MENTIONED THE DENSITIES OF WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING.
AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE BLENDED DENSITY OF THE ENTIRE PROJECT IS ACTUALLY 2.2 UNITS TO THE ACRE, REALLY JUST SHOWING COMPATIBILITY AND THAT WE'RE REALLY NOT COMING IN AND TRYING TO PUT MORE THAN WHAT BELONGS THERE.
I JUST MENTIONED. I THINK IT'S CLOSER TO 79 SEPARATE RESIDENTIAL PODS, THE 110 ACRES OF OPEN SPACE THAT WE JUST MENTIONED, AS WELL AS THE VARIOUS OPEN SPACE PODS.
THOSE ARE ALL PART OF THE OVERALL SITE PLAN.
THAT IS FOR CONSIDERATION BY THE BY THE COMMISSION THIS EVENING, I WILL POINT OUT.
SO AGAIN, THIS IS THE PROJECT WE ARE PROPOSING AS PART OF OUR SITE PLAN HERE THIS EVENING.
AND I'LL DISCUSS IT IN A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL.
AS I SAID, WE CERTAINLY PAID ATTENTION TO THE DISCUSSION THAT TOOK PLACE ON MONDAY.
YOU'LL SEE ANOTHER SLIDE THAT KIND OF SHOWS POD BEING ELIMINATED.
AND I HAVE SOME LANGUAGE WHEN WE GET TO THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT THAT I'D LIKE TO PROPOSE, BECAUSE WHAT OUR GOAL WOULD BE IS WE HAVE THE DENSITY OF 335 UNITS PERMITTED WITHIN THE PROJECT.
WE WILL NOT PUT HOMES ON POTTY.
WE WILL NOT PUT HOMES ALONG THE BOULEVARD.
BUT WHAT WE WOULD ASK IS IF WE CAN FIND SOME ROOM FOR IT, WE WOULD LIKE TO REALLOCATE THOSE SEVEN LOTS SOMEWHERE ELSE WITHIN ONE OF OUR PODS, WITH A FUTURE SITE PLAN AMENDMENT THAT WE WOULD OBVIOUSLY WORK WITH THE CITY ON IN THE FUTURE.
WHAT WE TRIED TO DO IS KIND OF IDENTIFY EACH POD INDIVIDUALLY FOR YOU.
SO YOU CAN SEE POD A IS ADJACENT TO 64TH ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE COMMUNITY.
POD IS 19 TOTAL UNITS ON JUST OVER TEN ACRES, 1.79 UNITS TO THE ACRE.
THESE ARE SLIGHTLY LARGER LOTS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY COMPARED TO SOME OTHERS.
THERE ARE ABOUT 8000FT² AND AGAIN YOU CAN SEE MINIMUM PERVIOUS AREA LOT AREA.
THESE ARE ALL PART OF THE SITE PLAN CRITERIA THAT WE NEED TO MEET IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE CODE.
AND ANOTHER COMMENT THAT'S COME UP SEVERAL TIMES AND WE HAVE A FULL EXHIBIT ON IT LATER.
BUT WHAT WE TRIED TO DO WAS FIND LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT EACH OF THE PODS FOR SOME GUEST PARKING THAT'S OVER AND ABOVE ANY OF THE PARKING, WITHIN DRIVEWAYS AND WITHIN GARAGES FOR FOR GUESTS AND OTHERS THAT MAY COME.
THIS POD IN PARTICULAR HAS THREE SPACES, SOME HAVE MORE.
THERE'S ALSO A LOT OF GUEST PARKING, AS WE'LL TALK ABOUT AT THE RECREATION FACILITY.
POD B IS JUST TO THE NORTH AND EAST OF THAT.
IT IS 50, JUST OVER 15 ACRES IN SIZE, 36 TOTAL UNITS.
AGAIN, YOU SAW THAT EARLIER THERE IT WILL BE FULLY BUFFERED AROUND.
IT'S A CORNER LOT. IT'S ACTUALLY VERY SIGNIFICANT IN SIZE.
AND AGAIN THE MINIMUM THE MINIMUM IMPERVIOUS IMPERVIOUS AREAS ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE CODE.
AND TWO GUEST PARKING SPACES IN THIS POD.
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POD C IS AS YOU JUST COME IN OFF OF COMMERCIAL AND TURN RIGHT FROM WOODLANDS BOULEVARD.IT IS 12.5 ACRES, 31 UNITS DENSITY OF 2.48.
THE PERVIOUS AND IMPERVIOUS AREAS MEET YOUR CODE REQUIREMENTS AND THEREFORE GUEST PARKING SPACES.
IN THIS POD WE'RE GOING DOWN TO POD D, I GUESS WE'RE GOING IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER.
POD D IS OFF OF AND WILL ACCESS PRIMARILY 64TH AVENUE, GIVEN ITS LOCATION 20 ACRES, 25 UNITS, 1.25 UNITS IN SIZE. AND AGAIN, MINIMUM LOT SIZE IS.
THE SMALLEST LOT IS A LITTLE OVER 6000FT².
PARTY. NO REASON TO DISCUSS OUR INTENTION IS TO REMOVE IT.
PART F IS, IN ALL LIKELIHOOD WOULD BE ACCESSED FROM ROCK ISLAND OFF OF SAGO PALM.
PERVIOUS. WE'VE DISCUSSED, I THINK IN ALL CASES WE MEET IT IN FIVE FIVE GUEST PARKING SPACES.
POD F IS JUST TO THE SOUTH OF THAT 19.17 ACRES, 35 UNITS, 1.83 DWELLING UNITS IN SIZE.
POGGI IS ON THE VERY SOUTH SIDE OF THE COMMUNITY.
WE'VE HAD MULTIPLE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT POGGI IN THE PAST.
IT'S JUST UNDER 50 ACRES IN SIZE, 139 UNITS IN TOTAL, 2.8 DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE.
POGGI IS ADJACENT TO 44TH IMMEDIATELY AND ALSO ADJACENT TO OUR OUR RECREATION AREA AT THE VERY SOUTH END WHERE WOODLANDS BOULEVARD ENDS.
THE MINIMUM ARE 45,400FT² IN SIZE.
THE PERVIOUS AND IMPERVIOUS AREAS ARE ABOUT THE SAME.
THE CODE WOULD ALLOW US TO DO TWO STORY HOMES THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.
WE ARE RESTRICTING THE TWO STORIES TO POGGI.
AND EACH. I THINK THE LAST PART IS JUST UNDER 11 ACRES IN SIZE, 16 UNITS, ABOUT A ONE AND A HALF DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE, AND FOR GUEST PARKING SPACES.
SO MOVING FROM THE INDIVIDUAL SITE PLAN PODS INTO THE THE PRODUCT TYPE THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED.
THERE ARE 14 OR MORE DIFFERENT FLOOR PLANS THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED FOR DIFFERENT ELEVATION TYPES.
AND SO YOU ADD ALL THAT TOGETHER.
AND IT'S ACTUALLY I THINK COMES TO.
56, BUT WE'VE GOT MULTIPLE HOME CONFIGURATIONS.
THE POINT OF THIS SLIDE IS REALLY TO SHOW THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN THE VARIOUS HOUSING TYPE, TO ENSURE THAT THERE'S REALLY NOT MONOTONY WITHIN THE COMMUNITY, THAT THERE ARE MULTIPLE FLOOR PLANS AND ELEVATIONS TO CHOOSE FROM.
THIS SHOWS YOU THE VARIOUS MODEL TYPES, THE THE HEIGHT.
AND EVERY HOME HAS A TWO CAR GARAGE AND A TWO CAR DRIVEWAY.
THE PRODUCT TYPE. AND I KNOW THIS HAS BEEN OF QUITE A BIT OF DISCUSSION.
AND THESE PRODUCT TYPE IS VERY SIMILAR, ALMOST IDENTICAL TO WHAT WAS PART OF THE ORIGINAL DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AS AN EXHIBIT.
THESE WERE DESIGNED OUR ARCHITECT IS HERE TO PROVIDE COMPATIBILITY WITH THE MID-CENTURY MODERN ARCHITECTURAL STYLE THAT IS FOUND PRIMARILY THROUGHOUT THE WOODLANDS COMMUNITY. YOU SEE A LOT OF THE SLANT ROOFS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
I'M NOT GOING TO TRY AND BE AN ARCHITECT IF THERE ARE ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS.
WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME TALKING ABOUT THIS THROUGHOUT THE PROJECT.
THE AREA ESTHETICS AND BEAUTIFICATION.
THE NATURE OF THE WOODLANDS COMMUNITY KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT ON A NUMBER OF OUR PRIOR HEARINGS AND A NUMBER OF A LOT OF OTHER MEETINGS WHERE THE WOODLANDS WAS WHEN IT WAS A THRIVING COMMUNITY.
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AND OBVIOUSLY IT'S AT THIS POINT, I THINK, 50 PLUS YEARS OLD, AND IT NEEDS SOME REINVESTMENT.AND SO AS PART OF THIS DEVELOPMENT, WE ARE PROPOSING TO REINVEST SIGNIFICANT DOLLARS NOT JUST ASSOCIATED WITH THE HOMES THAT WE'RE PROPOSING TO BUILD, BUT FOR THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE. OBVIOUSLY, WHAT YOU SEE HERE ARE ADDITIONAL LAKES.
ANYONE THAT'S OUT THERE WILL TELL YOU.
I'VE CERTAINLY DRIVEN THROUGH THERE MYSELF AFTER A BAD STORMS. AND IT WAS BUILT AT A TIME WHEN REGULATIONS WERE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT, WHEN THERE WASN'T AS MUCH DEVELOPMENT AROUND IT.
AND SO WE'RE BUILDING A LOT MORE LAKES.
WE'RE ADDING MORE AERIFICATION SYSTEMS, WE'RE ADDING PERIMETER BUFFERS.
AS WE'LL TALK ABOUT. WE'RE ADDING SIGNAGE AND ENTRY FEATURES AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
WE'LL TALK IN JUST A FEW MOMENTS.
AND I KNOW YOU SPENT SOME TIME TALKING ABOUT AT THE WORKSHOP ON MONDAY AS WELL, UM, OPEN SPACE.
SO I MENTIONED EARLIER THE 109.93 ACRES, THE ALMOST 110 ACRES THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT WITH THE LAND USE PLAN AMENDMENT, WITH RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS, WITH A DEED RESTRICTION THAT WE ARE PUTTING IN PLACE OVER THOSE ALMOST 110 ACRES.
THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT OBLIGATED US, AT A MINIMUM, TO PRESERVE 50 ADDITIONAL ACRES OF OPEN SPACE.
I MENTIONED TO YOU I THOUGHT IT WAS 70 SOMETHING ACRES.
IT'S ACTUALLY VERY EXACT 85.859 ACRES OF ADDITIONAL OPEN SPACE WITHIN THESE DEVELOPMENT PODS.
SO REALISTICALLY, PLUS OR -90 ACRES ARE BEING PROPOSED FOR ACTUAL REDEVELOPMENT.
AND THE BALANCE OF THE SITE IS BEING PROPOSED TO REMAIN IN SOME FORM OF OPEN SPACE.
AND THAT OPEN SPACE, AS YOU'LL HEAR, WILL BE WE'LL BE ADDING POCKET PARKS AND SOME EXERCISE STATIONS AND THE RECREATION TRAIL, AND TRYING TO DO A LOT MORE TO IMPROVE AND BEAUTIFY THE COMMUNITY.
THIS IS THE EXERCISE TRAIL SLIDE.
AND SO WHAT YOU SEE THERE IS THE SIDEWALK SYSTEM.
AGAIN YOU CAN TAKE POTTY OUT OF THAT MIX.
THIS ALL HAPPENED VERY OVER THE LAST DAY AND A HALF.
WE DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO UPDATE EVERYTHING, AS YOU'VE NOTICED.
AND SO THE TRAIL SYSTEM KIND OF MEANDERS THROUGH THE COMMUNITY WITH THE NEW SIDEWALKS THAT WILL BE ON BOTH SIDES OF THE STREET WITHIN THE NEW DEVELOPMENT PODS, AND THEN THROUGHOUT SEVERAL OF THE OPEN SPACE AREAS.
AND I'LL SHOW YOU ON A FUTURE SLIDE.
THERE ARE SOME STRATEGICALLY PLACED EXERCISE STATIONS AT ONE OF THE POCKET PARKS, WITH THE IDEA THAT IT'S ABOUT HALFWAY THROUGH THE COMMUNITY, AND IF ANYONE'S LOOKING TO GET SOME EXERCISE, IT'S JUST A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO MAYBE STOP AND DO THAT.
AND JUST ONE OTHER POINT TO MENTION ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT.
SO I MENTIONED THE POCKET PARKS, ALL OF THE GREEN DOTS THAT YOU SEE THERE ARE THE PROPOSED POCKET PARKS AROUND THE COMMUNITY IN STRATEGICALLY PLACED AREAS ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE SCREEN, YOU SEE AN ARTIST'S RENDERING OF THE IDEA THAT THESE WILL TERMINATE AT AN AREA.
THERE'LL BE A PLACE TO SIT, THERE'LL BE A TRASH RECEPTACLE.
THERE'LL BE, YOU KNOW, THE DOGGY GARBAGE BAG STATIONS AND JUST ESTHETIC IMPROVEMENTS, LANDSCAPING, THINGS OF THAT NATURE. JUST A NICE, TRANQUIL PLACE FOR PEOPLE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY TO SPEND SOME TIME.
THE EXERCISE STATIONS ARE PROPOSED WHERE YOU SEE THE FOUR STARS.
BUT THESE ARE ITEMS THAT WE HAVE MINIMUMS. AS I MENTIONED EARLIER IN THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, WE ARE GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT PROVIDES.
BUT THROUGH SOME DISCUSSIONS THAT HAVE BEEN HAD, IT MIGHT MAKE SOME SENSE TO INCORPORATE THESE COUPLE OF ITEMS MORE SPECIFICALLY INTO THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT SO THAT WE ARE HELD TO THAT OBLIGATION. AND SO AGAIN, THERE ARE FEW MORE OF THESE THAT I WILL KIND OF REITERATE A LITTLE BIT, AS I'VE HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS OVER THE LAST SEVERAL DAYS, JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE WE ARE OBLIGATED TO DO AND LIVING UP TO ALL OF THE COMMITMENTS THAT WE HAVE MADE AND THAT THEY ARE KIND OF FORTIFIED IN THIS DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, WHICH IS A CONVERSATION THAT WE'VE BEEN HAVING FOR YEARS, THAT THIS DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WOULD ENSURE AND HOLD MY CLIENT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE OBLIGATIONS THAT THEY'VE COMMITTED TO.
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THAT NEEDS TO BE ACCOMMODATED FOR.WHAT YOU SEE ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE IS SOME OF THE RAIN EVENTS THAT I MENTIONED.
AND TRUTHFULLY, THE OVERALL DRAINAGE BASIN, NOT JUST WITHIN THE WOODLANDS.
AND SO ALL OF THIS ADDITIONAL LAKE AREA WILL WILL REALLY SERVE A WIDER SUBSECTION OF THE COMMUNITY BEYOND JUST THE WOODLANDS, BUT CERTAINLY MAKE SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS FOR DRAINAGE WITHIN THE WOODLANDS COMMUNITY.
I TOUCHED ON IT A LITTLE BIT, TALKING ABOUT THE SIDEWALKS.
WHAT YOU SEE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE SCREEN IS A CROSS SECTION.
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THE CITY REQUIRES.
THAT CODE REQUIRES THAT WORKING THROUGH THE DRC PROCESS WITH THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS WITHIN THE CITY WE ARE ENTITLED TO HAVE, WE ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE A CERTAIN SIZE ROADWAY SECTION. THIS IS NOT TYPICAL WITHIN THE WOODLANDS COMMUNITY, WHICH AGAIN WAS BUILT 50 YEARS AGO, BUT A 50 FOOT RIGHT OF WAY THAT HAS SIDEWALKS ON BOTH SIDES THAT HAS, I THINK IT'S CALLED INVERTED CROWN, THAT HAS DRAINAGE, ALL OF THAT KIND OF STUFF, KIND OF LISTEN OCCASIONALLY WHEN MY ENGINEERS TALK, BUT AND THEN YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THE SETBACKS AND THE LANDSCAPING AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
THAT'S A TYPICAL SECTION THAT YOU WOULD SEE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.
SO A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE CONTROLLED ACCESS.
AND AGAIN THIS IS ALL IDENTIFIED AND DISCUSSED IN THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AS WELL.
THE PROPOSED THE PROPOSED ENTRANCE FEATURE THE THE GATE THAT WOULD BE THE GATE ON THE TOP LEFT AT WOODLANDS BOULEVARD, THAT WOULD BE THE MAIN ENTRANCE. THERE WOULD BE TWO LANES, ONE ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE FOR VISITORS, ONE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE FOR RESIDENTS.
THE. THE IDEA IS THAT EVERY RESIDENT WITHIN THE COMMUNITY GOVERNANCE BY OR MANAGE BY THE SECTION NINE ASSOCIATION WILL PROVIDE BAR CODES TO EVERY SINGLE HOME WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.
THAT IS SOMETHING ELSE THAT WAS POINTED OUT TO ME.
THAT IS NOT IN THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, AND WE ARE HAPPY TO ADD TO THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AND ENSURE THAT THAT WILL BE DONE AT NO COST TO ANY OF THE EXISTING RESIDENTS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY, AND THERE WILL BE BAR CODE ACCESS FOR RESIDENTS AT THE MAIN GATE, AS WELL AS THE ACCESS POINT AT 60 FOR THE ACCESS POINT AT SAGO PALM, AND THE ACCESS POINT, WHICH IS CALLED PROPOSED NEW ACCESS.
WE CALL THE BEASLEY ACCESS POINT BECAUSE AS I THINK YOU ALL KNOW, WE WENT OUT AND WE ACTUALLY ACQUIRED PROPERTY FROM THE BEASLEY COMMUNICATIONS PROPERTY IN ORDER TO PROVIDE AN ADDITIONAL MEANS OF ACCESS IN AND OUT OF THE COMMUNITY.
I WILL EXPLAIN THE YELLOW AND THE BLUE FOR YOU BRIEFLY AS WELL.
AND THOSE ARE RESIDENT IN AND EVERYONE OUT MAINLANDS IS RESIDENT AND GUEST IN.
THEY ARE PROPOSED TO BE CLOSED TO INBOUND ACCESS THROUGH A GATING SYSTEM, AND THE GATE WILL AUTOMATICALLY GO UP TO ANYONE THAT WANTS TO EXIT THE COMMUNITY. THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT IMPOSES UPON US A REQUIREMENT FOR FOR CAMERAS TO READ LICENSE PLATES AT ALL ENTRANCE AND EXITS. OBVIOUSLY, WE ARE REAFFIRMING AND RECOMMITTING TO THAT.
THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION, I BELIEVE, ON MONDAY, AND IT JUST KIND OF RESTATING FOR THE RECORD, AND I'LL GET TO IT IN MY DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT SLIDES THAT AS EACH OF THESE BECOME ACTIVE, EACH OF THESE LOCATIONS AND THEY'RE CONNECTED TO THE SYSTEM WILL COORDINATE WITH THE CITY WITH BSO, AND THEY'LL BE PART OF WHAT I THINK IS CALLED THE BSO REAL TIME CRIME NETWORK, OR SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES, BUT BASICALLY PROVIDES IMMEDIATE ACCESS TO THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT SO THAT IT PROVIDES THAT MUCH MORE OF AN ADDED SECURITY FEATURE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.
WE'VE TALKED QUITE A BIT ABOUT THIS AS WELL OVER THE COURSE OF TIME.
IT'S COME UP A NUMBER OF TIMES.
WE ARE MAKING MULTIPLE OFF SITE IMPROVEMENTS.
NO ONE IS SAYING THAT THEY DON'T.
WHAT WE HAVE DONE THROUGH OUR TRAFFIC ENGINEER WHO IS HERE HAS BEEN WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH FDOT, BROWARD COUNTY, FPL, AS I THINK WE'VE DISCUSSED, MY CLIENT IS PREPARED AND IS COMMITTED AND AGREED IF THIS PROJECT IS APPROVED WITH THE SITE PLAN AND THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT TO SEVEN FIGURES WORTH OF IMPROVEMENTS
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THAT CAN ONLY BE MADE AS PART OF THIS PROJECT, BECAUSE WE ARE GIVING AWAY RIGHT OF WAY THAT DOES NOT CURRENTLY EXIST, WE'RE GIVING AWAY PROPERTY IN ORDER TO PROVIDE FOR THESE IMPROVEMENTS. ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE YOU SEE 64TH AVENUE AND COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD.WE WILL BE MAKING VERY SUBSTANTIAL IMPROVEMENTS AT THAT INTERSECTION BY EXTENDING AN EXISTING LEFT TURN LANE, ADDING A DEDICATED RIGHT TURN LANE, AND THERE WILL BE A DEDICATED THROUGH LANE. IT WILL SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVE AM TRAFFIC FOR PRIMARILY RESIDENTS WITHIN THE CITY OF LAUDERHILL.
THE COMMERCIAL AND ROCK ISLAND IMPROVEMENTS, AND IN PARTICULAR THE IMPROVEMENTS.
THE RIGHT HAND TURN FROM COMMERCIAL ONTO ROCK ISLAND AGAIN REQUIRES A DEDICATION OF PROPERTY.
THERE'S NOT CURRENTLY RIGHT OF WAY THERE.
AS YOU ALL ARE WELL AWARE, THERE ARE POWER LINES THAT TRAVERSE THAT ENTIRE INTERSECTION.
OUR TEAM HAS BEEN COORDINATING WITH FPL.
IT IS AN EXTREMELY, EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE ENDEAVOR, BUT WE UNDERSTOOD THAT GOING INTO IT, IT IS A COMMITMENT BEING MADE IN THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, AND THOSE IMPROVEMENTS WILL BE MADE AS PART OF THE PERMITTING PROCESS ASSOCIATED WITH MOVING FORWARD WITH THE DEVELOPMENT.
ANOTHER RIGHT TURN LANE GETTING VEHICLES IS WHAT'S SO IMPORTANT ABOUT THESE TURN LANES IS THEY THINK, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF TRAFFIC OUT THERE, BUT SOME OF THE TRAFFIC IS ALSO BECAUSE THERE'S NOT CURRENTLY A TURN LANE ON ROCK ISLAND OR ONTO WOODLANDS BOULEVARD.
AND SO ALL THE VEHICLES HAVE TO SLOW DOWN BEHIND THE VEHICLE THAT'S TRYING TO TURN, RATHER THAN CREATING A STACKING LANE FOR THIS TURN LANE AND ALLOW VEHICLES TO CONTINUE TO MOVE ALONG COMMERCIAL ALONG ROCK ISLAND UNIMPEDED, BECAUSE THE VEHICLES THAT ARE GOING TO BE IN THE TURN LANE.
AND SO THERE WILL BE A TURN LANE.
WE ARE DEDICATING ADDITIONAL PROPERTY AT WOODLANDS ON COMMERCIAL, AND THEN AGAIN A TURN LANE FROM ROCK ISLAND ONTO SAGO PALM INTO THAT NEW ACCESS POINT. A LOT MORE ON TRAFFIC.
I'M SURE THAT THAT YOU ALL WILL LIKELY WANT TO DISCUSS IT AS WE GO.
AS I MENTIONED, OUR TRAFFIC ENGINEER IS HERE.
AND ACTUALLY, WE MEET THE LEVEL OF SERVICE REQUIREMENTS AT 397 HOMES.
THAT'S WHERE WE WERE AT ONE POINT.
OBVIOUSLY, THIS ENTIRE PROJECT REDUCED TO 335.
AND SO THE FINDING IS THAT WE WE STILL MEET THE LEVEL OF SERVICE REQUIREMENTS.
I MENTIONED THE GUEST PARKING.
I'M ALMOST DONE. I MENTIONED THE GUEST PARKING.
IN TOTAL THERE'S 102 GUEST PARKING SPACES.
HALF OF THOSE ARE ON THE RECREATION POD, BUT THEY ARE AVAILABLE.
AND THEN THERE ARE A NUMBER OF GUEST PARKING SPACES.
AS YOU CAN SEE ON THIS MAP SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE VARIOUS DEVELOPMENT PODS.
SO THE AMENITY CAMPUS, WHICH IS A SITE PLAN THAT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED, THAT IS UNDER REVIEW BY YOUR PLANNING AND ZONING DEPARTMENT, THERE'S ACTUALLY A DRC MEETING ON IT TOMORROW, BUT THIS IS EFFECTIVELY AN ILLUSTRATED RENDERING OF THE PROPOSED AMENITIES CAMPUS THAT THAT MIRRORS THE SITE PLAN THAT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED, AGAIN, SUBSTANTIALLY IMPROVING THE ESTHETICS OF THE AREA A CLUBHOUSE, TWO TENNIS COURTS, TWO PADDLE BALL COURTS, A PLAYGROUND, A POOL, A SPA, JACUZZI, COVERED TERRACE, ALL OF THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
THIS IS A RENDERED SITE PLAN OF THE AMENITIES CAMPUS, AND YOU CAN SEE THE LANDSCAPING AROUND TO TRY AND HELP BUFFER SOME OF THE NOISE FROM THE AMENITIES.
THERE WERE ALSO SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT PHASING.
THIS KIND OF GOES TO SOME EXTENT HAND IN HAND WITH THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT CONSTRUCTION ACCESS.
THAT REMINDS ME OF ANOTHER ITEM I KNOW I'M GOING TO TOUCH ON.
OUR DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT TOUCHES ON A CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT PLAN.
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OFF OF THE BEASLEY ACCESS POINT.I THINK THAT IS VERY CLEAR IN THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
BUT THE OTHER ACCESS POINTS AS WELL, AND REALLY MORE DIRECTLY INTO THE PORTION OF THE PROPERTY THAT GOES STRAIGHT INTO THE PROPERTY THAT WE OWN AND NOT OTHER PORTIONS OF THE COMMUNITY. AND THEN AGAIN, AS YOU CAN SEE, WE CAN GET TO ALL THE VARIOUS PARTS OF THE COMMUNITY.
I'M SORRY, OF OUR PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT.
ALL RIGHT. LAST FEW SLIDES ON THE SITE PLAN.
AND THIS IS AGAIN, REALLY MORE HOUSEKEEPING.
THERE ARE THREE STANDARDS IN THE CITY CODE ASSOCIATED WITH WHETHER THE SITE PLAN IS CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, WILL COMPLY WITH THE APPLICABLE DISTRICT USE AND DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS, AND WILL COMPLY WITH ALL, ALL CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL.
OBVIOUSLY, THE LAND USE WAS CHANGED AND FOUND TO BE CONSISTENT.
SAME WITH THE ZONING. WE TALKED ABOUT IT.
I'M NOT GOING TO GET INTO ANY MORE DETAIL.
THERE'S A FULL STAFF REPORT THAT'S PART OF THE BACKUP AND RECORD THAT MAKES THE SAME FINDING AND ULTIMATELY CONCLUDES WITH IT IS THE OPINION OF THE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT THAT THE STANDARDS FOR SITE PLAN APPROVAL, AS OUTLINED IN THE APPLICABLE SECTION OF THE CODE, HAVE BEEN SATISFIED.
SO THAT LETS ME BREEZE THROUGH THESE FEW SLIDES AND STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL.
I WILL SAY TO ALL OF YOU, WE'VE BEEN AT THIS A VERY LONG TIME, BEEN A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE WITH ALL OF YOU, WITH MULTIPLE STAKEHOLDERS, VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE, TO BE PRESENTING THIS, AND CERTAINLY LOOK FORWARD TO AN ACTIVE DISCUSSION.
HOPEFULLY WE CAN ANSWER ALL OF YOUR QUESTIONS AND HOPEFULLY A FAVORABLE RESULT.
SO THAT'S MY SITE PLAN PRESENTATION.
IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE EASIER IF YOU GO BACK TO ALL THE WAY TO THE BEGINNING OF MY POWERPOINT.
AND THEN I GOT ONE RIGHT HERE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. COMMISSIONER.
CAN YOU HEAR THE VOICE STARTING TO CRACK? WHAT? GREAT.
OKAY, SO THIS IS RELATIVELY QUICK.
DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT I THINK I HAVE FOUR SLIDES HERE.
AND THE WAY IN WHICH I TRIED TO PRESENT THIS, CERTAINLY NOT GOING INTO THE DETAIL THAT MS..
CALLAWAY DID PARAGRAPH BY PARAGRAPH.
THAT'S WHAT MONDAY WAS FOR, IS TO SHOW A GENERAL OVERVIEW OF THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, WHICH HAS BEEN IN VARIOUS FORMS OF DRAFT AND NEGOTIATION WITH THE CITY FOR SEVERAL YEARS AT THIS POINT.
AND SO THIS KIND OF GENERALLY SUMMARIZES THE INTENT OF THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
THAT'S WHAT THIS SLIDE DOES. TALKS ABOUT THE NUMBER OF UNITS, THE NUMBER OF ACRES THAT ARE GOING TO BE RESTRICTED TO OPEN SPACE IN VARIOUS FORMS THROUGH AN OVERALL RESTRICTIVE COVENANT, THROUGH LAND USE CHANGES, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
I THINK WE'RE TRYING TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE SPECIFIC NOW THAT WE KNOW WHAT OUR SITE PLAN LOOKS LIKE, IF IT'S APPROVED, AND SO IF IT IS, WE WOULD PROPOSE INCORPORATING A NUMBER OF THESE ITEMS INTO THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
SO IT'S VERY CLEAR AND SPECIFIC.
TALK ANOTHER POINT WITH REGARD TO CONSISTENCY WITH THE ATTACHED SITE PLANS AND DRAWINGS.
AND I'VE DISCUSSED THIS WITH MS..
CALLAWAY. OUR SITE PLAN HAS BEEN EVOLVING THROUGHOUT ALL OF THIS.
RIGHT. WE SAW WE WERE AT 700 AND SOMETHING UNITS.
EVERYTHING WAS APPROVED IN MARCH.
A MONTH AGO, WE UPDATED A NUMBER OF OUR EXHIBITS TO THE TO THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, BUT THEY'RE NOT 100% MATCHING. AND SO THE IDEA HERE WOULD BE, IF THINGS ARE APPROVED THIS EVENING, THAT ALL OF THE EXHIBITS WOULD BE UPDATED TO MATCH THE APPROVED SITE PLAN, IF APPROVED.
AND ALL OF THAT WOULD BE SUBMITTED TO MS..
CALLAWAY TO MR. ARNOTT FOR REVIEW AND APPROVAL TO ENSURE EVERYTHING IS CONSISTENT IN THE SAME IN THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT ON THE SITE.
PLAN IN THE EXHIBITS BEFORE THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WAS ULTIMATELY EXECUTED AND RECORDED.
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COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH VARIOUS FEATURES, ALL OF WHICH THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT SAYS ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS, ARE BEING BORNE ENTIRELY BY THE SECTION NINE COMMUNITY, NO COST WHATSOEVER TO ANY OF THE EXISTING HOMEOWNERS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.RIGHT. AND THEN THE NEXT SLIDE IS GOING TO BE WHAT HAPPENED IN MARCH IN A MOMENT IN TIME.
AND THEN THE FOLLOWING SLIDES WILL BE A HANDFUL OF CHANGES.
AND MS.. CALLAWAY PROVIDED ME NOT CONCESSIONS CONSENSUS.
AND BASED ON ALL OF THAT, MS..
CALLAWAY PROVIDED ME SOME CHANGES TO THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
AND SO WE'LL TALK ABOUT ALL THOSE.
THE BUFFER WALL ON THE EAST SIDE OF ROCK ISLAND.
I THINK THAT ACTUALLY REFERENCES IT.
IT TALKS ABOUT IMPROVEMENTS FOR TRAFFIC CALMING, THE FDOT AGREEMENT, WHICH IF THIS IS ALL APPROVED, I BELIEVE IS ON THE AGENDA A LITTLE BIT LATER THIS EVENING, THE COMMITMENT TO FUND THE OFFSITE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT IN SIGNIFICANT DETAIL ON 64TH AND COMMERCIAL AND ROCK ISLAND, AND THEN A 2000 PER UNIT PAYMENT, WHICH COMES OUT TO $670,000 INTO THE CITY'S AFFORDABLE HOUSING FUND.
ALL OF THAT WAS PART OF ALL OF THE ORIGINAL APPROVALS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROJECT.
PRIOR TO FIRST READING, THERE WERE AGAIN A VARIETY OF DISCUSSIONS THAT WERE TAKING PLACE WITH VARIOUS STAKEHOLDERS AND INTERESTED PARTIES ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROJECT, AND THERE WERE A NUMBER OF OTHER IMPROVEMENTS AND CONTRIBUTIONS THAT WERE BEING PROPOSED AS PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT.
BUT THERE ARE ADDITIONAL PARAMETERS THAT WERE ADDED IN THE EVENT THAT DOESN'T GO THERE.
THE $120,000 CONTRIBUTION FOR THE CITY'S RENTAL ASSISTANCE, A COMMUNITY ENHANCEMENT FUND WITHIN THE WOODLANDS COMMUNITY, CONTRIBUTION TOWARDS THE CITY'S LANDSCAPE BEAUTIFICATION CONTRIBUTIONS TOWARDS VARIOUS CHARITIES, ALL OF WHICH ARE LISTED ON THE SCREEN BEFORE YOU, AND CONTRIBUTIONS TO ASSOCIATIONS WITHIN THE VICINITY OF THE PROJECT.
THIS WAS ALL I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR AND REMIND THE COMMISSION.
THIS WAS ALL DISCUSSED AT A COMMISSION WORKSHOP.
THIS IS ALL DISCUSSED AT A COMMISSION MEETING BACK IN MARCH.
WAS DISCUSSED. IT WAS DELIBERATED.
AND THIS IS WHERE WE FIND OURSELVES TODAY.
THIS IS WHAT WAS AGREED UPON BACK IN MARCH AFTER THAT MEETING.
AND AGAIN TODAY, WHERE WE FIND OURSELVES IS ON SECOND READING OF THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
ADDITIONAL CHANGES SUBSEQUENT TO FIRST READING.
I DON'T BELIEVE THERE'S ANYTHING TERRIBLY SUBSTANTIVE IN HERE.
THAT WAS IT'S AN EASY REQUEST.
THERE'S ANOTHER ONE. I THINK IT'S A LITTLE BIT LOWER DOWN THAT TALKS ABOUT SOMETHING SIMILAR TO PROVIDE CONDUIT WHILE WE'RE OUT THERE, AND WE'RE INSTALLING ALL THE ELECTRICITY AND INSTALLING LIGHT POLES TO PROVIDE SOME CONDUIT IN THE EVENT THE CITY ELECTS TO INSTALL DIGITAL BANNERS RATHER THAN THE CLOTH BANNERS THAT ARE THAT ARE INSTALLED ON OCCASION, A REQUIREMENT TO IMPOSE AN OBLIGATION ON MY CLIENT TO ACTUALLY START THE CLUBHOUSE WITHIN A REASONABLE PERIOD OF TIME SO THAT IT IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND MOVING THROUGH THE PROCESS WHILE WE'RE ALSO BUILDING HOMES.
THE LAND USE PLAN AMENDMENT THAT YOU HEARD AND APPROVED EARLIER, A A CLARIFICATION AS IT RELATES TO HOW WE'LL GO ABOUT CREATING LEGAL DESCRIPTIONS FOR THE PROPERTIES THAT THE SEVERAL OF THE IMPROVEMENTS BEING IMPACT FEE CREDITABLE.
ONE LAST ITEM AND THIS REALLY RELATED MORE TO THE IMPROVEMENTS ON 64TH.
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AND IT REALLY JUST THEY WANT TO ENSURE THAT IN ADDITION TO ANY IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE MADE IN PERMITTED THROUGH THE CITY OF TAMARAC THAT AS I BELIEVE MOST OF YOU KNOW, HALF OF LAUDERHILL, I'M SORRY, HALF OF 64TH ON THE WEST SIDE IS IN THE CITY OF LAUDERHILL, AND IT MAY BE NECESSARY, AS PART OF THE PERMITTING PROCESS FOR US TO APPROACH THE CITY OF LAUDERHILL FOR PERMITS.SO LASTLY RELATES TO THE DISCUSSION THAT TOOK PLACE ON MONDAY AT THE WORKSHOP.
I WANT TO BE CLEAR, EVERYTHING I'VE SHOWN, EVERYTHING THAT'S UP THERE WE EXPECT TO HAVE DISCUSSION ON, AND WE'RE HAPPY TO ADDRESS AND ANSWER QUESTIONS AND TRY AND FIND SOLUTIONS IN THE RIGHT LANGUAGE COLLECTIVELY FOR SOMETHING THAT WORKS FOR EVERYONE.
IT DOESN'T OWN ANY PROPERTY, AND SO THERE WAS SOME LANGUAGE THAT WAS DELETED TRYING TO BE VERY CLEAR WITH WITH THE COMMISSION AS TO THE CHANGES THE DELETION WITH REGARD TO FEE INCREASES BEING DISCLOSED.
I THINK THERE WAS SOME CONSENSUS ON THAT.
I DON'T KNOW THAT WE MIND EITHER WAY, BUT THAT WAS THERE.
THE DISTRIBUTION OF EXCESS FUNDS.
THIS RELATES PRIMARILY TO THE TRAFFIC CALMING IMPROVEMENTS ALONG WITHIN THE WOODLANDS AND ALONG NORTH WOODLANDS BOULEVARD THAT THE MONEY, IF THERE'S EXTRA, CAN BE ALLOCATED ONE WAY OR THE OTHER BY THE CITY COMMISSION.
I WILL SAY THAT THE THE OUR AMENITIES CAMPUS, WHICH YOU SAW ON A PRIOR SLIDE, IS CURRENTLY KIND OF FULL, RIGHT? WE'VE GOT PARKING REQUIREMENTS AND LANDSCAPING AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
SO THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES TO INSTALL A FULL COURT BASKETBALL BASKETBALL COURT.
THERE IS LIKELY ROOM FOR A HALF COURT BASKETBALL.
AGAIN, I'M JUST KIND OF PUTTING THIS OUT THERE FOR THE COMMISSION'S CONSIDERATION.
I THINK MAYBE THE BETTER APPROACH IS AS WE WORK OUR WAY THROUGH DRC TOMORROW AND THE THE CLUBHOUSE SITE PLAN, WHICH WE'LL COME BACK TO, AS MISS CALLOWAY SAID, MAYBE IN JANUARY OR FEBRUARY FOR US TO ADDRESS IT AS PART OF THAT PROCESS AND BRING BACK SOMETHING THAT THAT WORKS.
SO I'LL LEAVE THAT OUT THERE FOR THE TIME BEING, FOR DISCUSSION WHEN COMMISSION HAS QUESTIONS.
OKAY. THE CONNECTION TO THE BSO REAL TIME CRIME CENTER I TOUCHED ON EARLIER, THERE WERE SOME COMMENTS ABOUT HIRING AN ATTORNEY THAT WAS REGARDING INDEMNIFICATION, WHICH IS A STANDARD PROVISION.
IT WAS ACTUALLY LANGUAGE THAT THE CITY PROVIDED TO US AND PUT IN THE AGREEMENT.
AND SO OBVIOUSLY, IN THE EVENT THAT IS EVER TRIGGERED, THERE'S LANGUAGE IN THERE THAT MAKES IT VERY CLEAR THAT THAT IT'S NOT TO BE UNREASONABLY WITHHELD, THAT WE THAT WE WAIVE ANY RIGHTS AFTER A PERIOD OF TIME, UM, DEVELOPERS SHALL PROVIDE SECURITY MONITORING AT THE CONSTRUCTION ACCESS POINTS.
WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT, AGAIN, THEY'RE SAFE AND THAT WE KNOW WHO'S COMING AND GOING.
UM, SO THE 120,000 CONTRIBUTION THERE WAS A CONSENSUS ON TO BE APPLICABLE THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
YOU DISCUSSED AND APPROVED THAT EARLIER TODAY, AND WE'RE SIMPLY REPLACING THE LANGUAGE IN THE AGREEMENT WITH THE CODE SECTION, WHICH MAKES A LOT MORE SENSE, ESPECIALLY SINCE THE CODE SECTIONS LIVING AND BREATHING AND CHANGES REGULARLY, INCLUDING THIS EVENING.
SO I THINK THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS DISCUSSED AND A CONSENSUS WAS REACHED AT THE AT THE WORKSHOP AND THEN ADDITION OF PEDESTRIAN ONLY RESIDENT GATE AT NORTHWEST 44TH STREET TO ENSURE THAT PEOPLE CAN GET OUT OF THE COMMUNITY.
I TALKED EARLIER ABOUT THE ELIMINATION OF POTTY.
I ADDED THIS ONE AND AGAIN, THE LANGUAGE WE WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE IS ELIMINATION OF POTTY, WITH THE ABILITY TO REALLOCATE THE SEVEN LOTS THROUGH A FUTURE SITE PLAN AMENDMENT TO ANOTHER POD WITH APPROPRIATE LAND USE AND ZONING.
UM, AND THEN THERE ARE A FEW ITEMS HERE THAT THAT AGAIN.
THE COMMISSION REACHED CONSENSUS.
I DON'T THINK THESE ARE TERRIBLY SIGNIFICANT.
WE HAVE AN AGREEMENT IN PLACE WITH THE W.H.O.
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THAT THEY WILL BE A BENEFICIARY UNDER THE DECLARATION OF RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS, IN ADDITION TO SECTIONS ONE THROUGH EIGHT, IN ADDITION TO THE CITY.AGAIN, THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT CURRENTLY PROVIDES FOR A MAXIMUM OF A $100 FEE.
WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITHIN THIS COMMUNITY FOR YEARS.
THAT IS ALWAYS BEEN CRYSTAL CLEAR.
AND THEN THE LAST ITEM REGARDING EXISTING GOLF CART PATHS AND BRIDGES IN PARTICULAR BEING REPLACED.
WE ARE GOING TO BE REMOVING SOME.
WE WILL BE SUBSTANTIALLY REPAIRING ANY OF THE OTHERS THAT REMAIN SO THAT THEY ARE SAFE.
BUT BUT WE CANNOT AGREE TO THE REPLACEMENT LANGUAGE.
THEY WILL BE SUBSTANTIALLY IMPROVED.
PERMITS WILL BE PULLED, THE CITY WILL INSPECT THEM.
I THINK THAT COVERS ALMOST EVERYTHING ON THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
BUT I JUST HAVE ONE ONE LAST ITEM.
SO JUST A COUPLE OF OTHER POINTS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO JUST READ INTO THE RECORD AND ADDRESS.
IF I MISSED THEM DURING MY PRESENTATION I TRIED TO GET ALL OF THEM.
ALL THE BIKE LANES ARE GOING TO REMAIN ON WOODLANDS BOULEVARD.
WE WILL INCLUDE THAT IN THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
THERE WAS A REQUEST AND I THINK THIS MAKES SENSE.
TYPICALLY, I THINK WE WOULD HAVE TO COME IN AND SUBMIT A SITE PLAN FOR THE MODELS AT SOME POINT IN TIME, WHICH OBVIOUSLY WE WOULD DO, BUT MAYBE JUST IDENTIFYING AND REFERENCING THOSE WOULD BE THE TWO AREAS THAT WE WOULD PUT MODEL HOMES, UM, THE BEASLEY ACCESS POINT I MENTIONED EARLIER.
AND CAN YOU REPEAT THE LAST THING YOU SAID? SURE. SO THE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, THE 335 SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, WE'D PROBABLY BE BUILDING TWO, THREE, FOUR MODELS.
I THINK WE SHOWED YOU 14 OR 15 DIFFERENT BUILDINGS.
WE'D BE BUILDING EXAMPLE HOMES, WRIGHT MODEL HOMES.
THAT WOULD THEN LATER, ONCE THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY IS BUILT OUT, BE SOLD TO END CUSTOMERS AS WELL.
AND WE WOULD BE IDENTIFYING POD C AND G AGAIN, I CAN GO BACK TO A SITE PLAN, IDENTIFY WHERE THOSE ARE, THEY'RE STRATEGICALLY LOCATED, AND JUST IDENTIFYING ON THE PLAN THAT THAT'S WHERE OUR MODELS WOULD BE.
UM, I MENTIONED THE BEASLEY ACCESS POINTS AND WE WOULD INCLUDE THAT IN THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
SO IT'S A LITTLE MORE SPECIFIC.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT COMES UP A LOT.
YOUR CODE ALLOWS HOURS OF CONSTRUCTION SEVEN DAYS A WEEK FROM 8 A.M.
WE WOULD AGREE TO RESTRICT THAT ON SUNDAYS TO START CONSTRUCTION AT 10 A.M..
AND SO WE'D OBVIOUSLY FOLLOW THE CODE REQUIREMENTS.
WE'D BE FURTHER RESTRICTING THAT ON SUNDAY MORNINGS, WHERE CONSTRUCTION WOULD BEGIN AT 10 A.M..
HAPPY TO PUT THAT IN THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AS WELL.
OH, THERE'S I'VE ALSO HEARD I THINK THIS CAME UP AT YOUR WORKSHOP.
WE'VE HEARD FROM SOME OTHER SOURCES AS WELL.
THERE'S CONCERN ABOUT THE WILDLIFE HABITAT OUT THERE AND OBVIOUSLY AS PART OF OUR APPLICATION, ALTHOUGH I THINK IT WAS 2018 IS THE LAST TIME THAT WE DID A WILDLIFE STUDY. WE'VE CERTAINLY SEEN PICTURES, AND THERE'S BEEN CONCERN ABOUT SOME OF THE WILDLIFE THAT EXISTS OUT THERE.
AND WE WILL ADD TO THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, ALTHOUGH THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'D BE REQUIRED TO DO BY ANY OF THE PERMITS THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO PULL TO DEVELOP THE PROPERTY ANYWAY TO ENSURE THAT THOSE PARTICULAR AREAS, IF THEY'RE IDENTIFIED BURROWING OWLS, IS A GOOD EXAMPLE.
JUST AS AN ADDED SPECIFICATION, AGAIN, IT'S A PERMITTING REQUIREMENT.
BUT WE WOULD ADD THAT TO THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AS WELL.
I DON'T HAVE IT. PARAGRAPH 19 TALKS ABOUT.
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SUSTAINABILITY, NOT SMART COMMUNITY FEATURES, LED LIGHTING, WI-FI, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.AGAIN, MORE OF A HOUSEKEEPING ITEM, BUT JUST SOME ITEMS THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST SEVERAL DAYS AND WANTED TO AT LEAST MAKE SURE WE READ ON THE RECORD AND ADVISE THE COMMISSION OF.
THAT'S IT. THAT'S ALL I GOT ON THESE ITEMS. HAPPY TO ADDRESS OR ANSWER ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS THAT THE COMMISSION MAY HAVE.
APOLOGIZE FOR THAT IS IN PARAGRAPH 21 G.
JUST WANT TO AVOID THE CONFUSION.
WE HAVE THE OBLIGATION TO INSTALL THEM.
AND SO THAT'S IN PARAGRAPH 15 I BELIEVE.
THAT'S RIGHT. SO AGAIN IT'S MORE OF A HOUSEKEEPING ITEM THAN ANYTHING ELSE.
THANK YOU. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
THERE WILL BE A RESTROOM BREAK OR WHATEVER ELSE YOU WANT TO DO BETWEEN NOW AND 945.
WE'LL SEE YOU BACK. WE'RE IN RECESS.
I KNOW MR. BACKMAN SPOKE ABOUT BOTH, BUT IF WE GET INTO THE SITE PLAN WE HAVE TO GO TO ITEM NINE H.
SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THE RECORD IS CLEAR.
SO LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IF YOU COME UP TO THE PODIUM AND YOU START USING ANY OF YOUR THREE MINUTES FOR THE SITE PLAN ITEM, YOU ARE SUBJECT TO BEING INTERRUPTED BY MYSELF, THE CITY ATTORNEY, THE APPLICANT, MS..
CALLOWAY, OR ANYBODY WHO FEELS IN CITY STAFF THAT WE ARE WANDERING INTO SITE PLAN ITEMS. SO PLEASE KEEP YOUR COMMENTS TO.
SORRY, I WANTED TO GO TO THAT ITEM.
I GUESS THE LAND DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
ALL RIGHT. MR. GOUGH MET WILLIAM GOUGH AT FIVE 106 BAYBERRY LANE, TAMARAC.
I DIDN'T HEAR ANYTHING ABOUT THE MITIGATION OF THE ARSENIC.
HOW ARE YOU PLANNING ON? MR. GOUGH, WE PLEASE SPEAK INTO THE MICROPHONE.
HOW DO YOU PLAN ON MITIGATING THE ARSENIC AT WOODLANDS? MR. GOUGH, NOW, THAT IS A SITE PLAN ITEM.
OKAY. WHEN THE SITE PLAN ITEM IS BROUGHT UP, IF YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE SITE PLAN ITEM, YOU'LL BE YOU WERE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT THE SITE PLAN.
RIGHT NOW IS THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT THAT WAS DISCUSSED, WHICH HAD BASICALLY CERTAIN PROVISIONS THAT THE DEVELOPER IS REQUIRED TO COMPLY WITH.
ALL RIGHT. SO. SO WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT NOW? WE'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT WHAT THEY PLAN ON BUILDING.
NO, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AGREEMENT THAT THE DEVELOPER HAS AGREED TO ENTER INTO THE CITY THAT BASICALLY REQUIRE THE DEVELOPER TO TAKE CERTAIN STEPS, ONE, OBVIOUSLY, TO ENSURE THAT THE PROPERTY REMAIN RECREATIONAL USE
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ALSO. TWO, IT ALSO OUTLINES CERTAIN COMMUNITY BENEFITS THAT THE DEVELOPER HAS AGREED TO GIVE NOT ONLY THE CITY, BUT ALSO THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES NEAR WOODLANDS AND ALSO WOODLANDS.SO THOSE ARE ITEMS THAT WERE DISCUSSED.
OKAY, I'VE GOT A QUESTION I CAN ASK.
HOW ABOUT THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BONDS? IS THAT THE WAY THIS IS GOING TO BE DONE? YOU'RE GOING TO GIVE THEM ALL THE MONEY TO SCREW UP THE WOODLANDS.
IS THAT THE WAY THAT'S GOING? CAN YOU DO ME A FAVOR AND REPEAT YOUR QUESTION? BECAUSE I'M NOT HEARING YOU.
THAT'S USUALLY THE WAY THIS STUFF'S DONE, RIGHT? SO YOU GIVE THEM MONEY TO DEVELOP THE PROPERTY.
HOW MUCH DO THEY GO OUT OF POCKET TO DO THIS? THIS IS A SELF-FINANCED PROJECT.
THE CITY IS NOT FINANCING THIS DEVELOPMENT PROJECT.
IT'S THE DEVELOPER WILL FINANCE THAT PROJECT.
OKAY. IN THE FINANCING, THEN THERE WILL BE SOME ARSENIC MITIGATION.
AGAIN. MR. GOFFMAN, WE WILL SEE YOU WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE SITE PLAN.
HOW LONG IS THIS GOING TO BE? DEPENDING ON HOW LONG OUR NEIGHBORS AND OTHER PEOPLE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK NEXT UP AFTER THIS.
OH, YES, THAT IS WHAT WE HAVE SAID, MR. GOFFINET. THE SITE PLAN WILL BE AFTER 60.
WE WILL THEN BE GOING TO NINE.
NINE. A IS THE SITE PLAN? OKAY. OKAY.
JEFFREY SHAPIRO WITH PATTI FOX NEXT.
JEFFREY SHAPIRO 6104 ORCHARD TREE LANE IN THE WOODLANDS.
I JUST I'M JUST A LITTLE KIND OF CONFUSED BECAUSE THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT IS GOING TO BE BETWEEN THE CITY OF TAMARAC AND WOODLANDS CLUB HOLDINGS LLP, WHO IS WOODLANDS HOLDING LLP, BECAUSE WE HAVE THE DEVELOPER HERE, 13TH FLOOR, PRESENTING EVERYTHING AS IF THEY'RE THE ACTUAL DEVELOPER.
OR IS THIS A HOLDINGS COMPANY THAT'S SET UP BY CLUB LINK WHO CURRENTLY OWNS THE LAND? THAT I AM CONFUSED.
THANK YOU, PATTY FOX, AND THEN WALT SARICA.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, ANSWERS WILL COME THROUGH.
THIS IS JUST FOR YOU TO ASK US QUESTIONS, AND IT COMES THROUGH IN PROCESS.
HI, I'M PATTY FOX, I'M A WOODLANDS RESIDENT AND I'M JUST HERE ONCE AGAIN IN SUPPORT OF 13TH FLOOR.
I FEEL AND I FEEL THAT WE SHOULD REALLY MOVE FORWARD ON THIS AND GO AHEAD AND HELP REESTABLISH THE WOODLANDS ONCE AGAIN, AS IT WAS WHEN I FIRST MOVED IN THERE IN 2004.
WHILE STRIKER IS COMING TO THE PODIUM, THEN JIM MCDANIEL IS NEXT.
I'M WALT SAWKA, AND I'M A PROUD HOMEOWNER OF A HOME IN THE WOODLANDS, AND I BOUGHT MY HOME IN DECEMBER OF 2017 BECAUSE I READ AN ARTICLE THAT THE GOLF COURSE WAS PROBABLY GOING TO BE SOLD AND A NEW DEVELOPMENT WAS GOING TO TAKE OVER.
WE MOVED IN IN JANUARY OF 2018, AND I HAVE SUPPORTED 13TH FLOOR FROM DAY ONE.
I HAVE NOT MISSED A SINGLE MEETING.
I AM LOOKING SO FORWARD TO THIS BEING PASSED.
AND THE YES VOTE WILL DO THAT.
THANK YOU. SO JIM MCDANIEL IS COMING UP AND GAIL BOWIE WILL BE ON DECK.
I'M A HOMEOWNER ON ROYAL POINCIANA LANE IN THE WOODLANDS.
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I'M JUST HERE IN SUPPORT OF 13 FLOORS REDEVELOPMENT OF THE WOODLANDS.I HAVE DUNCAN WEST, WOOD WEST AGAIN.
I APOLOGIZE IF IN ADVANCE OR IF I SCREW UP ANYBODY'S NAMES.
I'M GAIL BOWIE AND I LIVE IN LAUDERHILL, AND I'M.
THAT'S A CYPRESS HOLLOW DEVELOPMENT.
AND I WANT TO FIRST OF ALL SAY THAT I'M THE PRESIDENT OF THE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION THERE.
AND WE HAVE 144 HOMES, AS YOU KNOW, WHICH IS WEST OF THE WOODLANDS AND NORTH OF FOREST LAKE ESTATES, OUR SISTER COMMUNITY, WHICH HAS 187 HOMES.
AND THERE'S A TOTAL OF 331 HOMES BETWEEN THE TWO COMMUNITIES.
BOTH CYPRESS HOLLOW AND AND FOREST LAKE ESTATES ARE PRIVATE GATED COMMUNITIES.
FOREST LAKE HAS A GUARD GATE, AND WE HAVE KEY ACCESS AND GATE GUARDS INTO OUR COMMUNITY.
THE PROPERTY VALUES RANGE FROM 550,000 TO JUST OVER A MILLION, AND WE ARE ASSESSED VERY SIGNIFICANTLY BY THE CITY FROM A TAX STANDPOINT. HOWEVER, THE HOMEOWNERS OF BOTH COMMUNITIES ARE VEHEMENTLY OPPOSED TO CREATING AN ENTRANCE FROM THE WOODLANDS TO 64TH AVENUE TO ACCOMMODATE TRAVEL TO AND FROM COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD.
WE KNOW, AND WE ESTIMATE, THAT THERE ARE PROBABLY TWO CARS TO EVERY HOUSE IN THOSE TWO COMMUNITIES, WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY 662 HOMEOWNERS THAT TRAVEL DAILY ON 64TH AVENUE.
THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE THE COMMERCIAL VEHICLES, THE VISITORS, THE SCHOOL BUSSES AND THOSE THAT COME DOWN 64TH BECAUSE THEY THINK IT'S A DEAD END STREET. ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC FROM THE WOODLANDS WOULD INCREASE THE TRAFFIC.
EXCUSE ME, MA'AM? YES, THIS IS A CITY ATTORNEY.
IF YOU CAN COME BACK AND BRING THAT ISSUE BACK UP.
AND JUST BEFORE YOU PROCEED, I'D LIKE.
YEAH, OKAY. BECAUSE I KNOW YOU'RE HAWKMAN COMING, SO ANYWAY, MIGHT GO AHEAD.
NO, NO. YOU'RE NEXT. HE'S ON TO TAKE A LITTLE BIT TO COME DOWN HERE.
IT'S YOUR TURN. HE'S GOING TO GIVE UP.
OKAY. PERFECT. I LIVE ON BAYBERRY.
MY NAME IS DUNCAN WEST. ROD I'M IN HERE.
I JUST WANT TO SAY I DO THINGS WITH MORTGAGE LENDING.
I KNOW IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY NEEDED HOMES.
AND I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE PHENOMENAL.
THE HOME VALUES ARE GOING TO GO THROUGH THE ROOF.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
COME ON WAYNE, SORRY THAT I'VE CHANGED YOUR LAST NAME, BUT I'M GOOD.
I'M GOOD LIKE THAT. I CHANGED NAMES ALL THE TIME.
REALLY? YOU CHANGED IT? YEAH, I DID, I CHANGED IT TO SOMEBODY WILL MARRY ME.
EXACTLY. YOU CAN TAKE A WOMAN'S NAME.
I LIVE IN THE WOODLANDS ON MANGO CIRCLE.
ANYWAY, I JUST WANTED TO TELL YOU THAT THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE OPPOSED TO THIS AND THEY'RE WRONG.
I HAVE A HOME. I DON'T WANT TO SEE THE VALUES GO THIS WAY.
THEREFORE, YOU SHOULD ALL APPROVE THIS AND JUST LET 13 FLOOR HOMES GET ON WITH THE BUILDING AT HAND.
SO THE VALUES GO UP, YOUR VALUES GO UP.
WHATEVER IS GOING ON, YOU'RE ENTITLED TO INCREASE YOUR VALUE.
WHEN THEY INCREASE THE WOODLANDS.
IT'S OKAY, I GOT NO PROBLEM WITH IT.
YES A YES YES YES YES AND LET'S MOVE ON AND TALK ABOUT SOMETHING ELSE.
THE MAN IN THE YELLOW SHIRT MUST HAVE A GOOD DAY.
THANK YOU, KAY JOHNSON, YOU'RE NEXT.
YOU KNOW, A LITTLE LAUGHTER IS NOT SO BAD, RIGHT? TRYING NOT TO CRY? NO, I PROMISE YOU DIDN'T KNOW.
YOU DIDN'T. I SAID LAUGHTER IS GOOD.
THE BEST MEDICINE RIGHT NOW, I'D SAY.
KATE JOHNSON, MAINLAND'S FOR ALL THESE NUMBERS THROWN AROUND, I'M FORGETTING WHICH ONE I'M AT.
TO BE CLEAR, I HAVE NOTHING AGAINST THIS PROJECT.
I REMEMBER ATTENDING COMMISSION MEETINGS WHERE THIS WAS ORIGINALLY DISCUSSED, AND IT WAS BROUGHT UP AT THAT TIME THAT THE DEVELOPER WAS BEING PRESSURED TO MAKE VARIOUS CONTRIBUTIONS AND HOW THIS WAS NOT GOOD BUSINESS AND WILL TURN OFF OTHER BUSINESSES FROM COMING TO TAMARAC.
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IT'S STILL NOT GOOD BUSINESS.IN HER PRESENTATION MONDAY, MS..
CALLAWAY CITED THAT THE DEVELOPER HAS AGREED TO GIVE $750,000 TO SHAKER VILLAGE EAST SIDE COMMUNITY CENTER, WITH THE CAVEAT IT CAN BE USED FOR ANY NEW COMMUNITY CENTER.
GREAT. LET'S USE IT TO OFFSET THE COST OF A COMMUNITY CENTER IN SABLE PALM.
WHO CHOSE THOSE CHARITIES OR WHO CHOSE SHAKER VILLAGE, I WONDER? AGAIN, THIS DEVELOPER IS ASKED TO DONATE $1 MILLION TO SPECIAL INTERESTS.
I CAN ONLY ASSUME THAT FOR THE SAKE OF THE DEAL, THEY ARE AGREEING.
WHY ARE THESE MILLION DOLLARS BEING GIVEN OUT THIS WAY? WHY WAS SHAKER VILLAGE MENTIONED SPECIFICALLY FOR THEIR CLUBHOUSE IN THE BEGINNING? IF WE WANT TO HELP TAMARAC, WHY IS THIS MONEY NOT FOR ALL RESIDENTS OF TAMARAC MAINLANDS FOR JUST HAD TO HAVE OUR CLUBHOUSE SEWER LINE REPLACED. WE'D LIKE THAT.
HOW ABOUT OUR POOL FILTERS WE NEED TO REPLACE TO THE TUNE OF $6,000.
ARE YOU GOING TO HELP WITH THAT? OUR PARKING LOTS NEED TO BE SURFACING.
HOW ABOUT THAT? MY POINT IS THAT MONEY LIKE THAT SHOULD NOT BE EARMARKED FOR ANY ONE COMMUNITY.
THERE ARE OTHER WAYS TO USE THAT MONEY.
OR WE CAN HELP OUR RESIDENTS EXPAND THEIR DRIVEWAYS DUE TO THE NO PARKING IN THE STREET ORDINANCE, OR ASSIST MORE LOW INCOME OR FIXED INCOME RESIDENTS TO MAKE REPAIRS TO THEIR HOMES, INCLUDING CLEANING ROOFS.
THERE ARE SO MANY MORE FAIR AND EQUITABLE USES FOR THAT MONEY.
I WONDER, ARE YOU GOING TO PRESSURE EVERY DEVELOPER TO MAKE SOME SORT OF CONTRIBUTION TO CHARITIES OR COMMUNITIES OF YOUR CHOOSING? IS THAT WHAT WE WANT TAMARAC TO BE KNOWN FOR? I DON'T, AND I DON'T THINK OTHERS DO EITHER.
UM, EILEEN LIEBERMAN AND BARRY BLIGHT IS ON DECK.
EILEEN LIEBERMAN MICHAELSON, 4809 WOODLANDS BOULEVARD.
I AGREE WITH YOUR STAFF THAT THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF THIS PROPOSAL, BECAUSE THAT'S THE WAY YOU HOLD THE DEVELOPERS FEET TO THE FIRE FOR WHATEVER THEY'VE PROMISED YOU, BE IT IN A PRESENTATION TONIGHT OR IN A PRIOR DISCUSSION WITH THEM.
IT DOESN'T. THAT'S THE PROBLEM.
FOR EXAMPLE, TONIGHT YOU HEARD ABOUT SEVEN POCKET PARKS BEING BUILT ALONG A RECREATION TRAIL.
EXCEPT ON PAGE EIGHT OF THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, IT SAYS THE RECREATION TRAIL SHALL INCLUDE AT LEAST ONE OUTDOOR EXERCISE STATION AND ONE SEATING AREA.
IT NEEDS TO BE AMENDED TO SAY THAT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE SEVEN POCKET PARKS.
IT ALSO SAYS ON PAGE 96 OF THE SITE PLAN APPLICATION THAT THEY'LL HAVE FOR EXERCISE.
YOU HIT THE KEY WORD OF SITE PLAN.
I'M SORRY. WHAT? SITE PLAN? WE CAN'T TALK ABOUT SITE PLAN.
I'M JUST TALKING ABOUT THE INCOMPATIBILITIES BETWEEN THE DEVELOPER.
I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT THEN IF YOU WISH TO DO THAT, THEN I NEED YOU TO DO IT DURING SITE PLAN.
I'M JUST MAKING REFERENCE TO WHERE THE SITE PLAN AND THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT DON'T MATCH.
THAT'S YOU STILL ON TOPIC? I CAN DO THAT, CORRECT? YES. WITHIN THE TIME LIMITS.
YOU OKAY? UM, SO ON PAGE 96, IT SAYS THAT HE'LL BUILD THE SEVEN POCKET PARKS.
THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT NEEDS TO HAVE THAT IN IT, AS WELL AS THE SIZE OF THE PARKS, AS WELL AS THE LOCATION OF THE PARKS, AS WELL AS THE AMENITIES THAT WILL BE ON THE POCKET PARK.
ALL NEED TO BE IN THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
THERE'S ALSO NO MENTION OF THE FOUR EXERCISE STATIONS.
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THERE'S ONLY A MENTION OF ONE EXERCISE STATION IN THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.IT NEEDS TO SAY THERE ARE FOUR.
AND FRANKLY, I DON'T THINK I WOULD PUT ALL FOUR PIECES OF EQUIPMENT IN THE SAME OPEN SPACE POD.
THE WAY THESE TRAILS WORK IS ONE POD HAS ONE PIECE OF EQUIPMENT AND THEN YOU GO TO ANOTHER.
THERE'S ABSOLUTELY ON PAGE 102, IT SAYS THAT ALL HOMES WILL HAVE FOUR PARKING SPACES.
AND SO WHAT I WANT TO URGE THE COMMISSION TO DO IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT IS AMENDED TO INCLUDE EVERYTHING THAT THE DEVELOPER SAID THEY WERE GOING TO DO, BECAUSE IT HAS TO BE IN THE AGREEMENT.
IT CAN'T JUST BE IN A PRESENTATION OR IT'S JUST NOT AS VALID AS IF IT WERE IN THE AGREEMENT.
THE AGREEMENT, AS YOUR STAFF SAYS, IS HOW YOU HOLD THEIR FEET TO THE FIRE.
GO AHEAD AND THEN. GOOD AFTERNOON.
THANK YOU ALL FOR HAVING US SPEAK HERE.
I'M SORRY, I, I YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE A PROFESSOR, I'VE GOT A LOT OF GRADING TO DO WHEN I GET HOME.
NORTH TRAVELERS, PALM LANE IN THE WOODLANDS.
AND WHEN I FIRST STARTED HEARING OF THIS DEVELOPMENT, I WAS REALLY OPPOSED.
AND I, YOU KNOW, 775 UNITS OR WHATEVER IT WAS AND ALL THIS.
BUT THEN I STARTED HEARING FROM OUR HOA HAO 13 FOUR HOMES WAS LISTENING, AND I DIDN'T KNOW THAT BUILDERS LISTENED TO HOA'S OR ANYTHING.
THEY JUST PUSH THINGS THROUGH AND GOT WHAT THEY WANTED AND DID THAT, AND I BECAME INTRIGUED.
I GOT ELECTED TO MY SECTION SEVEN HOA AND I'M ON THE HOA AS WELL FOR THE WOODLANDS, AND AS I'VE WATCHED THIS, I'VE BECOME VERY STRONGLY IN FAVOR OF THIS.
THEY'VE LISTENED AS MUCH AS YOU CAN.
YOU CAN'T GIVE EVERYTHING TO EVERYBODY.
BUT, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T GET EVERYTHING WE WANT.
BUT ANYWAY, I WANT TO SUPPORT THIS.
THANK YOU. WE'VE GOT BOB WOOD AND THEN ON DECK KAREN WOOD.
I'M BOB WOOD, 28 YEARS LIVING IN THE WOODLANDS.
I THINK 13 FLOORS REALLY SO FAR.
MADE US FEEL VERY COMFORTABLE.
AND I THINK THEY'RE GOING TO DO A FINE JOB.
AND I APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU VOTING FOR IT.
AND AS FAR AS THAT ARSENIC ISSUE, I'M A GENERAL CONTRACTOR.
COME BACK. YEAH, I'LL COME BACK.
BUT NINE EIGHT IS NOT THAT FAR AWAY.
PROMISE? ON DECK IS WENDY GOFFINET.
HI, I'M KAREN WOOD AND I'M COCO PALM, AND I APPROVE OF THIS.
I LOOK OUT EVERY DAY FROM MY PATIO.
I SAID, WHEN ARE THEY COMING? SO I REALLY LOVE YOU GUYS.
OKAY. THEN I BELIEVE I'VE COVERED EVERYBODY THAT I HAVE ON THE LIST FOR SIX D.
IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ON THE LAND USE DEVELOPMENT ITEM? SO COME ON UP FOR THE NEXT CONTESTANT.
THINK YOU'VE LEARNED THE DRILL.
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I'VE BEEN IN SUPPORT OF THIS 13TH FLOOR FROM DAY ONE.THE WOODLANDS REALLY NEEDED A MAKEOVER.
AT THIS POINT. IT'S GETTING OLD.
AND AS SOON AS YOU CAN DIG THAT SHOVEL IN, I'LL BE HAPPY.
AND I'M HAPPY THAT SOMEBODY TOUCHED ABOUT THE WILDLIFE.
I WAS A LITTLE BIT CONCERNED ABOUT THAT.
AS EVERYONE KNOW, I WAS NOT IN SUPPORT OF THIS DEVELOPMENT.
I'M STILL NOT IN SUPPORT OF IT.
BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT PASSED THE FIRST READING.
I HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH THESE CHAPS RIGHT HERE, MR. MICHAEL LANDON AND MR. BACHMANN, IN PRESENTING SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT I HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY AND SOME OF THEM WERE ADDRESSED TONIGHT.
IF WE CAN BRING THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT ON THE SCREEN, I KIND OF COMMINGLE MY NOTES.
SO EXCUSE ME IF I GO TO THE SITE PLAN AS WELL.
BECAUSE IF NOT COMMISSIONER RIGHT, WE'D HAVE TO SWEAR YOU IN.
WE HAVE TO DO ALL THE KINDS OF THINGS FOR SIGPLAN.
OKAY. UH, IN REFERENCE TO MONDAY MADAM MAYOR POINT OF ORDER.
SWEAR EVERYBODY IN SO THAT WE CAN TALK ABOUT SITE PLAN AS WELL.
BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO RUN AFOUL OF OF ANYTHING AS WELL.
SO, CITY ATTORNEY, PLEASE EXPLAIN.
SINCE THE ITEM THAT WAS READ IN THE RECORD WAS THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, WE HAVE TO STAY ON TOPIC.
BUT IF THE CITY COMMISSION WANT TO TALK ABOUT BOTH ITEM, WE WOULD HAVE TO GO INTO THE 9AI WOULD HAVE TO READ THE OBVIOUSLY THE QUASI JUDICIAL STATEMENT.
I WOULD HAVE TO READ THE TITLE THEN THEN OBVIOUSLY FOR DUE PROCESS OF THE APPLICANT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO JUST GO THROUGH THE PROCESS AND AFTER THE PROCESS COMMISSION CAN TALK ABOUT THOSE TWO ITEMS. HOW HARD IS THAT? IT'S UP TO THE COMMISSION.
BEFORE WE GO INTO THERE'S THERE'S DIFFERENT LEVELS OF WHAT WE THE LEGISLATIVE WAY IN WHICH WE ARE VOTING ON THESE ITEMS. AND THE CONCERN HAS BEEN TO SEPARATE THEM AND KEEP THEM SEPARATE.
IF APPLICANT WOULD LIKE TO COME UP AND IF APPLICANT IS COMFORTABLE.
WE HAVE NO OBJECTION TO OPENING UP IF WE DO IT THE RIGHT WAY.
AND THEN I THINK YOU JUST HAVE TO VOTE ON THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT BEFORE THE SITE PLAN.
SO THEN WE'LL DO THAT, WE'LL SWEAR THEM IN.
THEN WE'RE GOING TO PUBLIC COMMENTS BEFORE WE GO TO COMMISSION COMMENTS.
WE'LL TAKE NOTES. AND THEN THIS WAY YOU'VE GOT EVERYTHING SQUARED AWAY WITH FOR WHAT YOU NEED.
AND WE'RE NOT RUNNING AFOUL OF DUE PROCESS.
CITY ATTORNEY PLEASE READ IN NINE A.
ITEM NINE A IS A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION AND CITY TAMARAC GRANTING SITE PLAN APPROVAL WITH CONDITIONS TO ALLOW FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY, FORMERLY KNOWN AS WOODLAND GOLF COURSE, TO PERMIT THE CONSTRUCTION OF 335 SINGLE FAMILY HOMES AND NINE SEPARATE PATHS FOR PROPERTIES LOCATED SOUTH OF WEST COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD.
NORTH OF NORTHWEST 44TH STREET, EAST OF NORTHWEST 64TH AVENUE, AND WEST OF ROCK ISLAND ROAD.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEED TO READ THE QUASI JUDICIAL STATEMENT ALSO? YES, PLEASE. JUST AS A JUST TO PUT ON THE RECORD IT IS TR 14013.
ALL PERSONS TESTIFYING BEFORE THE CITY COMMISSION MUST BE SWORN IN IN REGARD TO THE ITEMS THAT ARE GOING TO BE CONSIDERED ON THE AGENDA AT THIS POINT, THE APPLICANT, CITY STAFF AND AFFECTED PARTIES SHOULD BE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT EVIDENCE, BRING FORTH WITNESS, CROSS EXAMINE ANY WITNESS AND REBUT ANY TESTIMONY.
ALL EVIDENCE THE ONLY RELIED UPON BY A REASONABLE, PRUDENT PERSON SHALL BE ADMISSIBLE.
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WHETHER SUCH EVIDENCE SHOULD BE ADMISSIBLE IN A COURT OF LAW, HOWEVER IMMATERIAL, UNDULY REPETITIOUS EVIDENCE SHALL BE EXCLUDED.STATEMENTS OF COUNSEL SHALL ONLY BE CONSIDERED AS ARGUMENT, NOT CONSIDER AS TESTIMONY.
HOWEVER, COUNSEL FOR PARTIES SHOULD SHALL NOT BE SUBJECT TO CROSS-EXAMINATION.
DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE MAY BE PRESENTED IN THE FORM OF A COPY OR ORIGINAL UPON REQUEST.
PARTIES SHOULD BE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO COMPARE THE COPY WITH THE ORIGINAL APPLICANT.
THE AFFECTED PARTIES SHALL BE ENTITLED TO CONDUCT CROSS-EXAMINATION WITH TESTIMONIES ARE PROVIDED.
ALL DOCUMENTS ARE MADE PART OF THE RECORD.
GENERALLY, THE FOLLOWING PROCEDURES PURSUANT TO THE CITY CODE WILL BE USED DURING THIS PROCESS.
FIRST, THE APPLICANT OR HIS OR HER REPRESENTATIVE WILL MAKE A PRESENTATION.
IN ADDITION, THE APPLICANT MAY INTRODUCE EVIDENCE.
SECOND, STAFF WILL THEN PRESENT ITS STAFF REPORT.
ANALYSIS OF THE APPLICATION CONSISTENT WITH THE CITY.
COMPREHENSIVE. PLANT AND CITY CODE.
LAST, THE CITY COMMISSION WILL DELIBERATE ON THE APPLICATION.
NO FURTHER TESTIMONY SHALL BE TAKEN, SO CITY COMMISSION WILL DISCUSS THE EVIDENCE THAT WAS PRESENTED AT THE PROCEEDING AND VOTE ON EACH APPLICATION SEPARATELY BASED ON THE COMPETENT, SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE IN THE RECORD.
UM. ACTUALLY, WE'RE GOING TO SWEAR IN THE WITNESSES FIRST.
THAT'S FINE. ANYBODY WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER, PLEASE STAND.
AND THE CITY CLERK IS GOING TO SWEAR YOU IN.
BLESS YOU. I ASKED ALL WITNESSES TO STAND AND RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.
DO YOU SWEAR TO TELL THE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH? MAYOR GOMEZ. ALL WITNESSES HAVE BEEN SWORN IN.
THANK YOU. EXCELLENT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
NOW WE'LL GO DOWN THE LINE FOR DISCLOSURES, VICE MAYOR.
I HAVE A LONG LIST, BUT I DON'T KNOW THEIR NAMES.
YOU KNOW, JUST THE MOST HANDSOME ONES.
THE ONES THAT ARE NOT SO HANDSOME? NO. UM, MANY OF THEM ARE LOTS OF PROTEIN FOR PEOPLE AND ATTORNEYS AND FOR THE REST THAT WERE SWORN IN, I THINK JEFFREY AND AND EILEEN LIEBERMAN.
COMMISSIONER, DANIEL. I THINK SEVERAL OF 13 FLOOR, PLUS THEIR ATTORNEY AND SEVERAL OF THE RESIDENTS.
SUFFICIENT ENOUGH. CITY CLERK.
CORRECT. I HAVE SPOKEN WITH THE APPLICANT.
I HAVE SPOKEN WITH THEIR ATTORNEY.
I HAVE SPOKEN WITH MOST OF MY THE RESIDENTS IN THIS ROOM AND THOSE WHO ARE NOT EVEN IN THIS ROOM.
IT'S BEEN A LONG 6 TO 7 YEARS, BOTH WITH THE APPLICANTS AND DOZENS OF RESIDENTS.
SAME HERE. I'VE MET WITH MISTER BECKMAN, MISTER MICHAEL, MISTER LANDON AND MANY OF THE RESIDENTS.
I WALK IN THE MORNING TIME IN THE WOODLANDS, SO I SEE MANY OF THEM FROM TIME TO TIME.
THANK YOU. NOW THAT ALL DISCLOSURES HAVE BEEN DONE.
I HAVE A QUESTION ON PROCEDURES FOR THE AFFECTED PARTIES.
OR IS THAT TO GO AFTER MR. BACHMANN? MR. BACHMANN, YOU GAVE A PRESENTATION EARLIER JUST FOR RECORD PURPOSES.
ARE YOU RELYING ON THAT PRESENTATION? I AM, AND THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I WANTED TO ADDRESS, JUST BECAUSE I KNOW WE TRIED TO DO SOME OF IT.
I WAS SWORN AND WE'RE DOING IT AGAIN.
I WON'T GO THROUGH IT AGAIN, BUT A LIST OF OUR EXPERTS, A LIST OF THE VARIOUS EVIDENCE AND TESTIMONY FROM THE PLANNING BOARD MEETING FROM THIS EVENING, JUST KIND OF WANT TO REAFFIRM THAT ALL OF THAT IS PART OF THE RECORD.
WE AFFIRMED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
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SECOND ON NINE A.THAT'S FINE. HOWEVER, WE WILL NOW GO TO STAFF PRESENTATION.
AFTER STAFF PRESENTATION, WE WILL REOPEN PUBLIC COMMENTS.
STAFF DOES NOT HAVE A PRESENTATION.
DO YOU HAVE THE. CAN YOU JUST GO TO THE MAJOR REVISED SITE PLAN? I JUST WANT TO INTRODUCE THE PROFESSIONAL STAFF INTO THE RECORD THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS AS WELL.
AT THIS TIME. WE GO TO PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR THE RECORD.
CITY OF LAUDERHILL IS NOT HERE THIS EVENING AND NEITHER IS WINSTON GRACE.
EILEEN LIEBERMAN. MICHAELSON AND I DEFER TO OUR CITY ATTORNEY TO THEN NOT TO COME UP AT THIS TIME.
THANK YOU. WE'RE GOING TO DO SOME PROCEDURES FIRST.
YOU KNOW, OPINED YES, I BELIEVE SHE WAS SUBMITTED AN AFFECTED PARTY APPLICATION WHICH WAS AT A WORKSHOP CONSENSUS WERE MET BY THE CITY COMMISSION AND SUBMITTED, I BELIEVE, YESTERDAY.
AND FROM A STANDPOINT OF MY REVIEW OF THE LAW, WE PROVIDE AN APPLICANT WITH DUE PROCESS AND THEY FEEL THEY NEED TO QUESTION MISS LIEBERMAN ABOUT HER PRESENTATION.
THE CITY COMMISSION HAS THE ABILITY TO WAIVE.
THIS RULE IS NOT IN THE CODE THAT PRECLUDES THE COMMISSION TO WAIVE IT.
I'M PRETTY CONFIDENT THAT IF THE APPLICANT WANTS TO VOIR DIRE.
MISS LIEBERMAN QUESTIONS THAT WILL MEET THE REQUIREMENT OF DUE PROCESS FOR THEM.
OKAY. APPLICANT OR APPLICANT? ATTORNEY? VERY.
JUST MAKING A STATEMENT FOR THE RECORD TO FOLLOW PROCEDURE.
OUR ATTORNEY, ETAN MARK, DID FILE A OBJECTION LETTER TO THIS EARLIER TODAY.
THIS IS JUST PURELY FOR THE RECORD.
I DO NOT INTEND ON VOIR DIRING OR CROSS-EXAMINING.
AND I UNDERSTAND THAT MS.. LIEBERMAN IS GOING TO SPEAK BASED ON WHAT HAPPENED ON MONDAY.
YOUR CODE VERY CLEARLY REQUIRES SEVEN DAYS ADVANCE NOTICE FOR AFFECTED PARTIES.
MISS LIEBERMAN WAS AT OUR PLANNING BOARD MEETING.
AFFECTED PARTY DISCUSSIONS HAPPENED.
SHE HAD PLENTY OF TIME, IRRESPECTIVE OF OTHER ISSUES, TO FILE IN ADVANCE OF THE SEVEN DAYS.
SO SIMPLY FOR THE RECORD UNDERSTANDING, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD TONIGHT.
OKAY. JUST MAKING SURE BECAUSE THERE WERE SOME OTHER ITEMS THAT WERE STATED.
WE WILL NOW GO TO AS AN EFFECTIVE PARTY.
THEY DO NOT HAVE THREE MINUTES.
THEY CAN TALK AS LONG AS THEY NEED AND THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO CROSS EXAMINE.
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EILEEN LIEBERMAN MICHAELSON, 4809 WOODLANDS BOULEVARD AND I'VE BEEN SWORN.THE SITE PLAN THAT'S IN FRONT OF YOU TONIGHT DOESN'T MATCH WHAT THE DEVELOPER SAID TONIGHT.
SO, FOR EXAMPLE, WHAT IT SAYS UNDER NINE A, IS THERE A NINE SEPARATE PODS? TONIGHT WE LEARNED FOR THE FIRST TIME THERE ARE EIGHT PODS THAT NEEDS TO BE FIXED IN THIS PARTICULAR ITEM SO THAT IT DOESN'T SAY NINE, BECAUSE THE DEVELOPER HAS SAID IT'S TAKING OUT POD E AND NOT PUTTING ANY MORE HOMES ON THE ON WOODLANDS BOULEVARD.
THE SITE PLAN NEEDS TO CLEARLY SHOW THAT THE BIKE LANES WILL BE REMAINING.
WE SEE PEOPLE RUNNING IN THE MORNING, WALKING IN THE MORNING.
WE SEE PEOPLE WITH KIDS ON BICYCLES.
WITH RESPECT TO SOME OF THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE PART OF THE SITE PLAN.
I JUST WANT TO BRING YOUR ATTENTION.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE THIS IN YOUR BACKUP, SO LET ME JUST GIVE THIS TO THE CITY CLERK.
AND HERE'S HERE'S ONE FOR YOU.
I ASK THAT YOU TURN TO THE PAGE IN HERE.
OKAY. I ALSO SUBMITTED THEM IN BACKUP.
IF YOU TURN TO THE PAGE WHERE THEY'RE MAKING THE IMPROVEMENT ON WOODLANDS BOULEVARD AND COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD, ONE OF THE PICTURES I WANT YOU TO TAKE A REALLY GOOD LOOK AT IS THE PICTURE THAT SHOWS YOU WHAT COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD AND WOODLANDS BOULEVARD LOOKS LIKE AT 7:20 A.M.
IN THE MORNING. TODAY, RESIDENTS CAN'T GET OUT FROM THE BOULEVARD IN A TIMELY FASHION BECAUSE PEOPLE WHO ARE TRAVELING ON EASTBOUND COMMERCIAL JUST PARK THEIR CARS RIGHT ACROSS THE INTERSECTION.
THEY EVEN THOUGH THE LIGHT IS RED, THEY STILL GO INTO THE INTERSECTION.
THIS IS AN ACTUAL PICTURE WHICH WAS TAKEN AT 720 IN THE MORNING.
AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT NOT ONLY DO THEY BLOCK THE INTERSECTION, BUT IN ADDITION TO BLOCKING THE INTERSECTION, THE TRAFFIC THAT'S TO THE WEST OF WOODLANDS BOULEVARD ON EASTBOUND COMMERCIAL IS BACKED UP ALL THE WAY TO BANYAN LANE.
AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS THE SITE PLAN NEEDS TO DO IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE TRAFFIC IS NOT FROM THIS, THIS ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT, THAT THE TRAFFIC IS NOT GOING TO EXACERBATE AN ALREADY UNACCEPTABLE SITUATION WHERE IT IS DIFFICULT TO GET OUT OF THE WOODLANDS IN THE MORNING DURING RUSH HOUR. WITH RESPECT TO THE SITE PLAN ITSELF.
THEY NEED TO ALSO MAKE SURE I NOTICED THAT THEY HAVE A RENDERING OF THE ENTRANCE WAY.
IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE TAKING DOWN THE WOODLAND SIGN AND PUTTING UP A NEW WOODLAND SIGN.
AND SO I WOULD ASK THAT YOU MAKE SURE THAT IN THIS SITE PLAN, THAT THE DEVELOPER AMENDS THE SITE PLAN TO MATCH THE REQUIREMENTS THAT HE HAS GIVEN YOU TONIGHT OR MADE IN HIS PRESENTATION.
YOU'RE AWAKE. YEAH. I SEE YOU OPENED THOSE EYES.
ALL RIGHT. CAN WE GET BACK TO THE ARSENIC FOR A MINUTE? IT'S WHATEVER YOU WANT TO DISCUSS FOR THREE MINUTES.
OKAY. I WANT TO KNOW YOUR PLAN TO REMEDIATE THE ARSENIC AT WOODLANDS.
YOU DIDN'T DO IT RIGHT AT MANOR PARK.
ARE YOU GOING TO DIG DOWN SIX FEET LIKE YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO CLEAN IT OUT? OR ARE YOU GOING TO JUST GO TWO FEET WITH CLEAN FILL, WHICH YOU DIDN'T DO THAT EITHER AT MANOR PARK? YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MITIGATE THAT AREA OVER THERE SOMEHOW.
AND YOU GOT TO TELL THOSE PEOPLE YOU NEVER TOLD THOSE PEOPLE NEVER TOLD THEM.
YOU NEVER TOLD THEIR LENDERS, HUH? KEEP IT ON WOODLANDS, PLEASE.
RIGHT. WELL, THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO FIND OUT.
DO THEY PLAN ON DOING SOMETHING DIFFERENT AT THE WOODLANDS?
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AND WHO KNEW? WHO KNEW ABOUT THIS OVER THERE, MICHELLE? WHO KNEW WHAT WAS GOING ON OVER MANOR PARK? WOODLANDS. I KNOW THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO GET AT.ARE THEY GOING TO TRUCK IT TO 150 MILES UP THE WAY AND PAY FIVE GRAND A TRUCKLOAD? ARE THEY GOING TO USE TWO FEET OF CLEAN FILL LIKE THEY SHOULD HAVE DONE AT MANOR PARK? IT WOULDN'T HAVE GOT THEM OFF THE.
LET ME SEE WHAT THIS IS CALLED AGAIN.
THIS IS CALLED THE BROWARD COUNTY LIST OF CONTAMINATED SITES, I BELIEVE.
OKAY. THOSE PEOPLE NEVER KNEW THAT WAS ON A SITE.
HOW COME? HOW COME THEY NEVER KNEW THAT? DON'T YOU THINK A PROSPECTIVE BUYER SHOULD HAVE THE RIGHT TO KNOW THAT THEY'RE LIVING ON A CONTAMINATED SITE? THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO KNOW AT THE WOODLANDS.
I BELIEVE THE PEOPLE HAVE A RIGHT TO KNOW.
I GUESS RIGHT NOW I'M TELLING THEM.
BECAUSE KARSENTI SAYS THAT HE'S NOT GOING TO TELL THE WOODLANDS PROSPECTIVE BUYERS EITHER.
THAT'S YOUR BOSS, RIGHT? SO LET ME KNOW.
WHAT'S IT GOING TO BE? YOU'RE GOING TO GET RID OF THE ARSENIC.
YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET RID OF THE ARSENIC.
THEIR INQUIRING MINDS WANT TO KNOW.
I'M GOING TO LEAVE IT AT THERE.
THE BROWARD COUNTY INVENTORY OF CONTAMINATED SITES LIST THE FILING ON THIS ONE WAS FILING NUMBER 184831984, FILED ON OCTOBER 26TH, 2023.
SO IF YOU WANT TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS, YOU CAN ANSWER THEM.
IF YOU DON'T, WE'LL LEAVE THEM OUT THERE TO LINGER.
I'M OUT OF HERE. GET HOME SAFELY.
I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY APPLES HAVE ARSENIC IN THEM.
DID NOT HEAR A WORD THAT WAS JUST SAID.
BUT IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK AFTERWARDS, PROMISE YOU CALL YOU UP.
JEFFREY SHAPIRO, 60 104 ORCHARD TREE LANE, TAMARAC, IN THE WOODLANDS.
AND I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE RESIDENTS IN WHICH I RESIDE.
AND FOR THE STREET I LIVE ON, IT'S AN ORCHARD, TREE LANE.
THERE'S A SITUATION POSSIBLY, JUST POSSIBLY, BECAUSE I HAVEN'T GOTTEN A CLEAR ANSWER ON THIS.
THE EVEN NUMBER OF HOMES ON ORCHARD TREE LANE BACK UP TO A WATERWAY.
I FOUND OUT THREE AND A HALF WEEKS AGO THE WATERWAY ACTUALLY BELONGS TO THE CLUB LINK.
THE CITY OF TAMARAC MAINTAINS IT ALSO AT THE BACK OF ALL OUR HOMES.
I ONLY FOUND OUT THREE AND A HALF WEEKS AGO THAT THE EASEMENT IS ALSO OWNED BY CLUB LINK, AND THE DIAGRAM OF THE WOODLANDS COUNTRY CLUB SITE PLAN, EXHIBIT B SHOWS THAT 12 HOMES THAT ARE EVEN NUMBERED HOMES, THE WATERWAYS ARE GOING TO BE SHIFTED A BIT TO THE NORTH, AND IN THE SHIFTING, IT'S GOING TO GO BACK TO THE PROPERTY LINES.
THE BIG PROBLEM WITH THAT IS, IS THAT THE ELEVATION CHANGES.
IF THERE ARE THEY ARE ENTITLED TO DO THIS.
AND SOME OF THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE HOMES ARE JUST 91IN OFF THE REAR PROPERTY LINE.
AND THOSE HOMES, THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT HAVE THE SIX.
THERE WOULD BE A SIX FOOT DROP DOWN IN THE WATERWAY, AND THE LAND WOULD HAVE TO BE COMPLETELY STABILIZED ALONG FOR THESE 12 HOMES.
AND I MENTIONED THIS NUMEROUS TIMES, SENT MANY EMAILS, AND I NEED CLARIFICATION ON THAT.
I NEED THIS TO BE AMENDED AND PUT INTO THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
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THEY WON'T HAVE TO THEN GO AHEAD AND STABILIZE THE LAND.BUT THE PROTECTION HAS TO BE WRITTEN IN THERE BECAUSE THIS COULD BE A HUGE POTENTIAL PROBLEM.
YOU COULD HAVE FOUNDATIONS GOING AND THREE OF THE HOMES JUST TWO DOORS DOWN FROM ME, BECAUSE THE REARS OF THE HOMES ARE SO CLOSE AND IT WOULD FRANKLY REQUIRE A SEAWALL.
SO PLEASE ASK ALL YOUR QUESTIONS AND I HOPE WE CAN WORK THIS SITUATION OUT.
AND THEN, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, I HAVE NO ONE ELSE SIGNED UP FOR NINE A BUT OF COURSE, I WILL ALWAYS OPEN THE FLOOR IN CASE SOMEBODY WISHES TO COME UP. I'M NOT GOING TO.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE HAVE NOT HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH THE DEVELOPER TOO RECENTLY SINCE THIS ALL STARTED AGAIN TO HAVE SOME DISCUSSION WITH THEM REGARDING SOME OF OUR CONCERNS.
WE'RE NOT OPPOSED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW WOODLANDS, AND WE ARE.
AND THE BENEFITS THE HOMEOWNERS WILL GAIN, AS WELL AS THE CITY OF TAMARAC.
HOWEVER, WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT THE SAFETY OF OUR FAMILY AND CHILDREN, THE POTENTIAL DECREASE IN OUR PROPERTY VALUES, THE INCREASED TRAFFIC CONGESTION ON 64TH AND WE ONLY HAVE ONE INTEREST IN AND ONE INTEREST OUT, AND THAT IS A CONCERN FOR US.
AND WE WANTED TO KNOW BASICALLY DOES ANYONE CARE IN THIS DEVELOPMENT.
HOW ABOUT HOW WE WOULD GET IN AND OUT OF THIS COMMUNITY WITH THE ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC? IF THERE WAS AN EMERGENCY, WOULD WE BE ALLOWED TO USE THE ACCESS OR ANYTHING THROUGH THE WOODLANDS IF WE HAD AN EMERGENCY, AND CYPRESS HOLLOW OR FOREST LAKE ESTATES? HAS ANYONE CONSIDERED THE BACKUP THAT WOULD OCCUR WHEN CYPRESS HOLLOW GATE ENTRANCES ARE CONGESTED OR MALFUNCTION, WHICH THEY FREQUENTLY DO, AND THIS WILL CAUSE A MAJOR BACKUP ON THE SOUTH SIDE AS YOU'RE GOING DOWN 64TH AVENUE.
AND AND WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, THE GUESTS, THE TRUCKS AND EVERYONE TRYING TO GET IN OUR COMMUNITY.
OBVIOUSLY, THIS PROJECT IS A SIGNIFICANT TAX BENEFIT TO YOUR CITY AND WILL REVITALIZE THE WOODLANDS.
WE ARE REQUESTING THAT BEFORE A FINAL DECISION IS MADE ON THE USE OF 64TH AVENUE, THAT THE CYPRESS HOLLOW RESIDENTS AND FOREST LAKE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH THE CITY, THE DEVELOPERS TO HEAR OUR CONCERNS.
AND YOU REQUEST OUR PETITIONS, WHICH WE HAVE GATHERED FROM OUR HOMEOWNERS ON THE OPPOSITION OF THE USE OF 64TH AVENUE AS A VEHICLE ACCESS POINT FOR THE WOODLANDS DEVELOPMENT PROJECT.
EXCUSE ME, MA'AM, CAN YOU GIVE THE CITY CLERK YOUR PETITIONS? YES, SIR. OKAY.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYONE WHO DID NOT SIGN UP WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? COME FORTH.
DO YOU HAVE YOUR THREE MINUTES? THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR. COMMISSIONERS.
I'M A RESIDENT OF THE WOODLANDS.
AFFECTED THE PLANS THAT WE SEE.
THE SITE PLANS ARE VERY VAGUE.
WHAT THEY REVEAL IS INTERESTING AND WHAT THEY COVER IS VERY VITAL.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE, AND I'M SURE THE ARCHITECT AND THE SITE PLANNER HAS THAT.
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I WOULD LIKE TO SEE AN EXPANDED VIEW OF PORT H, IF THAT'S THE CORRECT TERMINOLOGY.MY FEAR IS IF YOU MOVE THE WATERWAY TO THE PROPERTY LINES, AS JEFF INDICATED EARLIER ON, THEN WE, THE OWNERS ON THAT SIDE OF ORCHARD TREE ARE GOING TO BE ADVERSELY AFFECTED WITHOUT THE BUFFER THAT NOW EXISTS BETWEEN PROPERTY LINE AND WATERWAY.
I KNOW HOW TO COVER UP THINGS WHEN YOU CAN'T SHOW IT TO COVER YOU DON'T.
WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE IT, YOU YOU JUST YOU JUST BLUR.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A BLOW UP OF THAT SECTION TO SATISFY ME THAT I'M NOT BEING ADVERSELY AFFECTED BY THE CHANGES THAT ARE THERE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU. OH, I SEE BIKINIS ALL OVER THE PLACE COMING UP NOW.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK AFTER THIS WHO IS NOT YET SIGNED UP? IF THERE IS NO ONE ELSE AND YOU WILL BE OUR LAST PERSON TO SPEAK.
I LIVE ON BANYAN LANE AND I OVERLOOK THE 18TH HOLE ON THE WEST COURSE.
NOBODY'S BEEN SPRAYING A BLOODY THING THERE.
WE HAVE WEEDS EVERYWHERE AND NOW THEY'RE MOWING.
WE'RE WALKING OUR DOGS WHERE WE'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO, BUT WE ALL WALK OUR DOGS ALL OVER THE THING.
EVEN WHEN IT WAS BEING SPRAYED, ALL THE PEOPLE WERE PLAYING GOLF EVERY SINGLE MINUTE.
WE HAVE AN EXTREMELY HEALTHY GROUP OF COYOTES THAT LIVE THERE, AND THEY'RE NOT DROPPING DEAD.
AND WE HAVE THE OWL THINGS THAT ARE UNDERGROUND AND THEY COULD BE BEING POISONED.
BUT I DON'T THINK IT'S A BIG WORRY.
A BIG COMPANY THAT PRODUCES ARSENIC.
YEAH. THEN IT STAYS IN THE SOIL FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS.
BUT I JUST DON'T THINK IT'S THAT BIG A PROBLEM.
PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE NOW CLOSED.
MOVING THIS RIGHT BACK ALONG TO COMMISSIONER DISCUSSION.
GO FOR IT. I DON'T KNOW IF, MR. BACHMANN, YOU ARE REBUTTAL BECAUSE, MR. BACHMANN, MY APOLOGIES. GO AHEAD.
THANK YOU. AND I'LL DEFER TO THE COMMISSION.
I MEAN, WE ARE HAPPY IF THE COMMISSION WOULD LIKE TO GET UP AND ADDRESS VERY SPECIFICALLY ARSENIC AND SOME OF THE OTHER ITEMS, OR IF THE COMMISSION HAS SPECIFIC QUESTIONS FOR US, WE CAN ADDRESS THEM DURING QUESTION AND ANSWER.
IT'S REALLY THE PLEASURE OF THE COMMISSION.
NO PROBLEM. AGREE WITH MOST EVERYTHING THAT MS..
CALLAWAY TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE IF EVERYTHING IS APPROVED, BECAUSE IT'S AN IF UNTIL IT ACTUALLY HAPPENS THAT EVERYTHING WILL MATCH AND THAT NOTHING IS STAMPED AS FINAL OR EXECUTED OR RECORDED UNTIL THAT IS THE CASE.
UM, THERE'S SEVERAL OF THESE ARE NOTES FROM HER.
UM, THERE WAS A REFERENCE ABOUT WOODLANDS CLUB HOLDING.
THEY ARE EFFECTIVELY THE GENERAL PARTNER OF THAT ENTITY.
IT IS VERY STANDARD IN THE DEVELOPMENT WORLD TO CREATE WHAT ARE CALLED SINGLE PURPOSE ENTITIES.
AND AGAIN, 13TH FLOOR IS THE THE ENTITY BEHIND THAT ENTITY.
THERE'S REASONS YOU SET UP CORPORATIONS.
UM, I SIMPLY ON THE LAUDERHILL THING.
I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT WITH REGARD TO 64TH, WE MET WITH THE RESIDENTS ON ON AT LEAST TWO OCCASIONS IN THOSE TWO COMMUNITIES ON THE WEST SIDE OF 64TH. AT THE TIME WE MET, THEY REALLY WAS NO INTEREST IN MEETING WITH US OR SPEAKING WITH US OR HAVING A CONVERSATION.
PEOPLE REQUESTED TO MEET WITH US.
I ALSO WANT TO JUST MAKE SURE THAT THE COMMISSION IS ALSO AWARE.
I THINK I MENTIONED IT EARLIER.
64TH IS EFFECTIVELY SPLIT DOWN THE CENTER LINE.
LAUDERHILL IS ON THE WEST SIDE, TAMARAC IS ON THE EAST SIDE.
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I BELIEVE TAMARAC IS RESPONSIBLE FOR AND MAINTAINS A PORTION OF THAT ROADWAY, YET NO TAMARAC RESIDENTS ARE CURRENTLY USING IT.OBVIOUSLY WE ARE PROPOSING TO UTILIZE IT FOR SOME DEGREE OF TRAFFIC.
I BELIEVE THIS CAME UP VERY BRIEFLY IN YOUR WORKSHOP.
I BELIEVE MR. DOHERTY MENTIONED THAT TO YOU AS WELL.
IF WE DO, WE HAVE RESPONSIBILITIES.
WE ARE REQUIRED TO ENSURE THAT EVERYTHING'S GOOD.
WE ARE NOT ON THEIR PROPERTY, THE LAKE IS NOT ON THEIR PROPERTY.
WE ARE NOT IMPROVING OR TOUCHING THAT PORTION OF THE LAKE.
MR.. CITY ATTORNEY, MR. CITY MANAGER, MY NAME IS HOWARD NELSON.
I PRACTICE LAW WITH THE LAW FIRM OF BILLS AND SUMBERG.
BAENA, PRICE AND AXELROD, 1450 BRICKELL AVENUE, MIAMI, FLORIDA.
I HAVE CHAIRED THE ENVIRONMENTAL PRACTICE FOR THE LAST 25 YEARS.
A POINT OF CLARIFICATION ACCORDING TO THE BAR, I AM NOT AN ENVIRONMENTAL EXPERT.
THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A PRACTICING ATTORNEY THAT IS AN ENVIRONMENTAL EXPERT.
I DO CONCENTRATE MY PRACTICE IN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW, AND I HAVE BEEN DOING GOLF COURSE REMEDIATION AND IMPACTED SITE REMEDIATION, INCLUDING THE DRAFTING OF SOME OF THE LEGISLATION THAT AFFECTS IT FOR OVER 25 YEARS.
THE QUESTION CAME UP AS TO WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE ARSENIC.
AND IT'S A COMMON QUESTION IN GOLF COURSE REMEDIATION.
AND THERE'S A COUPLE OF FACTS THAT AFFECT THAT.
AND AS A CLOSED GOLF COURSE, IT MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS FOR HEALTH SAFETY.
THE SECOND THING, OR THE SECOND FACT, IS THAT GOLF COURSE REMEDIATION FROM THE ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS IS GOVERNED NOT BY ZONING CODES, BUT IN BROWARD COUNTY BY TWO DIFFERENT CODES.
NUMBER ONE, CHAPTER 27 OF THE BROWARD COUNTY CODE, THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROVISIONS, AND THEN THE PROVISIONS OF THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION UNDER CHAPTER 62 780. FLORIDA ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, WHICH PROVIDE THE PROCESS FOR ASSESSMENT.
A MORE COMPLETE ASSESSMENT RELATED TO A SITE PLAN OF THE SITE WITH RESPECT TO SOIL AND GROUNDWATER, AND LEACH ABILITY OF SOILS INTO THE GROUNDWATER, WHICH WILL TAKE MORE THAN A FEW MONTHS AND REALLY CAN'T BE EFFECTIVELY STARTED UNTIL A SITE PLAN IS APPROVED. ONCE THAT IS DONE TO BROWARD COUNTY AND, IF NECESSARY, DEP'S SATISFACTION, AND THAT MAY BE SEVERAL ITERATIONS OF THE PLAN, THEN A SOIL MANAGEMENT PLAN OR REMEDIAL ACTION PLAN WILL BE DEVELOPED FOR THE APPROVAL AND OVERSIGHT BY BROWARD COUNTY AS THE DELEGATE OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION THAT WILL ADDRESS BOTH PROTECTION OF SOIL AND GROUNDWATER THAT WILL ADDRESS HEALTH AND SAFETY PRACTICES AS IT RELATES TO ANY SOIL MOVEMENT, DUST CONTROL, AIR CONTROL, ALL TO MAKE SURE THAT ANY REMEDIATION ON THE SITE IS SAFE AND EFFECTIVE FOR THE NEIGHBORING RESIDENTS. FOR THE WORKERS WHO ARE DOING THE REMEDIATION, AND WILL RESULT UPON NUMEROUS SETS OF CERTIFICATIONS WITH A SAFE, CLOSED SITE.
THERE ARE MANY OPTIONS AVAILABLE UNDER CHAPTER 62 780 THAT WOULD INCLUDE REMOVAL, AND I ASSUME THERE WILL BE REMOVAL OF PORTIONS OF THE ARSENIC LOAD ON THIS SITE.
OTHERS MAY BE MANAGED ON SITE BY IMPOSITION OF A TWO FOOT CAP, BY IMPOSITION OF SLABS, BY IMPOSITION OF ROADWAYS ON TOP OF IT TO PREVENT DIRECT ACCESS TO ARSENIC CONTAMINATED SOIL, ALL OF WHICH ARE THE REQUIREMENTS OF AND THE TECHNIQUES APPROVED BY
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THE STATE OF FLORIDA, BROWARD COUNTY, AND THE US.WHILE I KNOW THIS HAS BEEN GOING THROUGH A LONG SITE PLAN AND LAND USE PROCESS OF WHICH YOU'VE SEEN VERY LITTLE OF ME, ALL OF THE AGENCY WILL START TO SEE ME ON A WEEKLY BASIS AS WE GO THROUGH THE NEXT YEAR OR SO OF THAT ASSESSMENT PROCESS AND ADOPTION OF A REMEDIAL PLAN.
I'VE KNOWN YOUR CITY ATTORNEY FOR MANY YEARS.
IF NOT, I'M HAPPY TO STAY UP HERE AS LONG AS YOU'D LIKE ME TO.
ANYTHING FURTHER FROM MR. BACKMAN? FROM YOU FOR NOW.
THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. AS I STATED EARLIER, I WAS NOT.
THE TRAFFIC AND ARSENIC ISSUES.
UM, YOU KNOW, INITIALLY WHEN I, WHEN I SAW THIS WHOLE DEVELOPMENT HAPPENING AND I WROTE TO OUR 13TH FLOOR, I WAS AFRAID, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE ALL THE STUFF THAT WAS CLOUDED WITH THIS PROJECT, I WAS EVEN AFRAID OF MR. BACKMAN JUST FOR READING IT IN THE NEWSPAPER.
BUT WITH TIME AND EXPERIENCE, YOU KNOW, YOU LIVE AND YOU LEARN.
LIKE MY SHOULDERS DUST MY SHOULDERS OFF AND MOVED ON.
NOW I HAVE TO ACT AS THE COMMISSIONER IN THE BEST INTEREST OF MY CONSTITUENTS, AND I HAVE TO BALANCE THE NEEDS OF MY CONSTITUENTS, BECAUSE I'M NOT SURE IF THIS IS GOING TO GET APPROVED TONIGHT OR NOT.
SO I AM HERE FIGHTING FOR THE NEEDS OF MY CONSTITUENTS IN THE EVENT THIS GETS APPROVED.
SO ONE OF THE FIRST QUESTIONS I WANT TO ADDRESS IS PART H IN REFERENCE TO THAT NORTH SIDE.
I'M SORRY. SO, SO AS I MENTIONED A FEW MOMENTS AGO AND OUR CIVIL ENGINEER IS HERE, WE ARE NOT INTENDING ON AFFECTING OR MODIFYING OR IN ANY WAY IMPROVING THE NORTH BANK OF THE LAKE THAT'S LOCATED IN THAT AREA ADJACENT TO POD H.
THERE WILL BE SOME IMPROVEMENTS THAT OCCUR ON THE SOUTH SIDE ADJACENT TO THE IN PREPARATION FOR THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT OF POD H, AND SO NONE OF THE LAKE IS CURRENTLY ON THE ADJACENT PROPERTIES ADJACENT TO ORCHARD TREE LANE.
AND SO AND AGAIN, I BELIEVE MR. DOHERTY MENTIONED THIS AS WELL ON MONDAY.
AND WE'VE DONE MULTIPLE DEVELOPMENTS, I BELIEVE 3 OR 4 OTHERS WITH 13 FLOOR WITHIN THE CITY, VERY SIMILAR SITUATIONS ADJACENT TO THE MAINLAND'S FOR FOR MANOR PARK, FOR CENTRAL PARK, THE IMPROVEMENTS STAY AWAY, YOU KNOW, PURPOSELY AND INTENTIONALLY TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE NOT CREATING ANY SORT OF ISSUE OR PROBLEM OR MAINTENANCE ISSUE FOR THOSE NEIGHBORS.
AND IS THERE A WAY WE CAN GET THAT IN SPECIFIC WRITING THAT YOU'RE NOT GOING TO IMPEDE OR INTERFERE WITH, WITH, WITH WITH THAT NORTH SIDE? YEAH. YES.
AND FOR THE RECORD, SO RYAN WHEELER, COLYFORD AND WHEELER, CIVIL ENGINEER FOR THE PROJECT.
SO WE WILL BE PROVIDING WITH OUR CONSTRUCTION PLANS, CROSS SECTIONS, CROSS SECTIONS THAT SHOW THOSE EXISTING PROPERTY LINES ALONG WITH HOW THAT'S GOING TO BE REMAINING, PLUS HOW WE'RE GOING TO BE CONSTRUCTING THE THE NEW LAKES, UH, PART OF E.
I'M, I SEE THAT YOU MENTIONED THAT WAS REMOVED AND I COMMEND YOU AND I THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT.
WAS IT 335 MINUS WHAT? SEVEN. THAT'S 328 IF MY MATH IS CORRECT.
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I'M DEFINITELY NOT IN FAVOR OF THAT.BUT I'M THANKFUL THAT YOU'VE GOTTEN RID OF PART E, UM, PART TWO STOREY HOMES.
I DON'T THINK THOSE ARE COMPATIBLE WITH THE COMMUNITY.
SO I DON'T THINK THAT'S THAT'S COMPATIBLE WITH THE COMMUNITY.
IN TERMS OF THE SECURITY, I THINK I SEE THAT YOU HAVE SECURITY MONITORING.
I THINK ON MONDAY I MENTIONED HAVING A DETAIL THAT WHILE THE CONSTRUCTION IS HAPPENING, WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A DETAILED IN THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE WE HAVE STRANGERS COMING IN AND OUT OF THE COMMUNITY.
SO I THINK THAT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL IN, IN MAINTAINING THE SECURITY OF THE COMMUNITY.
SOME OF OUR SOME OF OUR MISS LIEBERMAN'S.
MRS. LIEBERMAN'S POINT IN TERMS OF THE DETAILS, SPECIFIC DETAILS OF THOSE EXERCISE STATIONS, THE THE POCKETS AND THE AND THE THE EXERCISE STATION.
IF WE CAN GET DETAILS ON THOSE, THAT WILL BE VERY HELPFUL.
COMMISSIONER ALL OF THE DETAILS THERE ARE IN OUR SITE PLAN, APPLICATION PACKAGE, THE POCKET PARKS, THE SIZES, THE TYPE OF EQUIPMENT, ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE ALREADY PART OF THE FULL SITE PLAN PACKAGE.
AGAIN, WE'RE THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WAS MEANT TO EXPRESS MINIMUMS. WE'RE DOING MORE THAN WHAT THE MINIMUM IN THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WAS.
WE'RE HAPPY TO ACKNOWLEDGE SEVEN POCKET PARKS FOR EXERCISE STATIONS.
THEY'RE ALREADY PART OF THE PACKAGE.
WE CAN PUT THOSE AS EXHIBITS IN THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
THEY'RE ALREADY PART OF AN APPROVED SITE PLAN PACKAGE AS WELL.
BUT IF THAT'S THE COMMISSION'S DESIRE, WE HAVE NO OBJECTION.
WELL, YOU KNOW, THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT IS THE ITEM THAT HOLDS YOUR FEET TO THE FIRE.
AND I'M PLANNING TO BE HERE FOR THE NEXT 11 YEARS.
YOU KNOW, I'M TRYING TO GET RID OF THE SINGLE LIFE AND GET MARRIED SOON.
SO I DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO BE CALLING ME CONSTANTLY.
SO I'M JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL THE THINGS ARE IN THERE AND ALL THE DETAILS ARE IN THERE.
SO IF I'M A LITTLE STICKLER, I APOLOGIZE, BUT I'M DOING IT IN THE BEST INTEREST OF MY RESIDENTS.
I'VE LEARNED THAT FROM MY GOOD FRIEND, VICE MAYOR BOLTON TO BE A FIGHTER.
SO ANOTHER QUESTION THAT I HAVE, I THINK THE RESIDENTS WILL WANT TO KNOW THIS.
I THINK INITIALLY YOU TOLD ME THE SALES CENTER WAS GOING TO BE TO THE SOUTH, CLOSER TO 44TH.
AND I THINK WHAT I MET WITH THESE ARE TWO YOUNG CHAPS RIGHT HERE.
I THINK MICHAEL MENTIONED THAT IT'S GOING TO BE AT THE ENTRANCE.
IS THAT CORRECT? YOU. THE SALES CENTER.
GOT IT, GOT IT. SO WHEN I MENTIONED DURING MY PRESENTATION THE TWO PODS, POD C, WHICH IS AS YOU AND I'M HAPPY TO SHOW YOU ON THE SITE PLAN IF YOU WOULD LIKE.
YEAH. WELL WELL, I UNDERSTAND THE SITE PLAN.
I'M TALKING IN LAYMAN'S TERMS TO THE RESIDENTS.
SORRY, SORRY. THE CITIZENS ARE GOING TO BE AT THE FRONT.
THE INTEREST INTEREST OF COMMERCIAL IS GOING TO BE AT THE SOUTH.
WHERE IS IT GOING TO BE EXACTLY? IF WE IF WE HAVE THE TWO MODEL PODS, POD C AND POD G, THERE WOULD ACTUALLY BE A SALES REPRESENTATIVE WORKING OUT OF EACH OF THE MODEL CENTERS. SO IN ALL LIKELIHOOD, THERE WOULD BE ONE TO SHOW SOME OF THE HOMES ON SOME OF THE PODS UP IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE COMMUNITY, AND ANOTHER TO SHOW THE HOMES ON THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE COMMUNITY.
OKAY. AND I THINK YOU MENTIONED THE CONSTRUCTION ENTRANCE IS GOING TO BE ON BEASLEY.
THAT'S ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. AND I BELIEVE THAT THAT IS ALREADY IN THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
AND WE'VE AGREED THAT WE WOULD ADD THE BEASLEY PIECE TO THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
SURE. JUST JUST THESE, YOU KNOW, MAJOR ISSUES THAT THE RESIDENTS, OF COURSE, SPOKE ABOUT.
AND I THINK WE HAD A MEETING AND I GAVE YOU A LAUNDRY LIST OF STUFF WHICH YOU'VE ADDRESSED.
I STILL DON'T SEE ANY, UM, CONTRIBUTION FOR THE WOODLANDS COMMUNITY IN, IN, UM, IN THE PLACES OF CONTRIBUTIONS THAT YOU HAVE LISTED. THE ONE OF THE CONTRIBUTIONS IN THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT PROVIDES FOR COMMUNITY ENHANCEMENT FUND WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.
DON'T REMEMBER THE EXACT NUMBER, 100 PLUS OR -$180,000 WITHIN THE WOODLANDS COMMUNITY.
BUT THERE'S A THERE'S A 740,000 GOING INTO DISTRICT ONE.
UNDERSTOOD. AS WAS DISCUSSED BACK IN MARCH.
IT'S FOR THE COMMISSION TO DISCUSS AND DECIDE WHAT WAS AGREED UPON BACK IN MARCH IS OBVIOUSLY WHAT WAS AGREED UPON, AND THE COMMISSION CAN CERTAINLY ENTER ENTERTAIN A DISCUSSION.
I THINK IT'S FAIR AND JUST IF THE HOA IS NOT WOODLANDS ALSO ARE BE A PART OF THAT THAT DISTRIBUTION.
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STACKING AT THE FRONT, THE ENTRANCE.HOW WAS HOW WAS THAT GOING TO WORK WHEN THE CARS ENTER AT THE FRONT? UM. SO THERE REALLY SHOULDN'T BE MUCH OF A STACKING ISSUE.
BUT AND MAYBE THIS IS WHERE I CAN USE THE SITE PLAN.
JUST AS AN EXAMPLE, THE GATE IS PROPOSED TO BE LOCATED FAIRLY FAR SOUTH OF.
THERE REALLY SHOULDN'T BE MUCH OF A WEIGHT OR A LINE.
AND THE VISITOR ACCESS, AGAIN, AS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT WITH KIND OF THE THE SOFT AND OPEN GATE CONCEPT, THERE REALLY SHOULDN'T BE MUCH SORRY, MUCH OF A LINE OR A WAIT EITHER.
IS IT RIGHT ABOUT HERE? RIGHT, GUYS. SO YOU'VE GOT A FAIR AMOUNT OF STACKING.
I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT DIMENSION.
OKAY, THOSE ARE ALL MY QUESTIONS FOR NOW.
THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER. RIGHT.
AND THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION AND FOR LISTENING ON MONDAY FOR DOING EVERYTHING YOU GUYS HAVE DONE ON AND GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND.
YOU'VE GONE FROM ALMOST 800 HOMES TO 335 HOMES.
YOU MEAN THE CONCESSIONS YOU GUYS HAVE GIVEN UP IS TREMENDOUS.
AND THAT'S A GOOD PARTNERSHIP.
THAT'S THE KIND OF PARTNERSHIPS WE NEED.
UNLIKE SOME PARTNERSHIPS WE'VE HAD, THE CITY HAS HAD THAT GO SOUTH AND LEAVE US ABANDONED.
UM. I JUST WANT TO JUMP INTO WHAT COMMISSIONER WRIGHT SAID ABOUT TWO THINGS THAT I DON'T AGREE WITH.
I BELIEVE, CONSIDERING ALL THE CONCESSIONS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE, AND IT'S I THINK EVERYBODY HERE THAT HAD AN ISSUE, THEIR CONCERNS WERE ADDRESSED.
I BELIEVE THAT THIS COMMISSION SHOULD GRANT THE SEVEN HOMES TO BE RELOCATED SOMEWHERE WHERE THERE IS PLENTY OF LAND, PERHAPS WHERE THERE IS THE ONE POINT SOMETHING OR THE 2.1 PER ACRES.
SO AS FAR AS THE THE HOMES, THE TWO FLOORS, THE TWO FLOOR HOMES, YOU KNOW, IT'S ALL THE WAY SOUTH, IN MY OPINION. NO ONE'S REALLY GOING TO SEE IT.
I DON'T BELIEVE ANYONE LIVING NORTH OF THE WOODLANDS IS GOING TO BE TRAVELING ALL THE WAY SOUTH, RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE 44TH.
YOU HAVE APARTMENTS AND I AM SURE THEY DON'T CARE WHAT'S THERE.
I'M SURE THEY'RE GOING TO BE BEAUTIFUL.
THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF DEMAND FOR TWO FLOOR HOMES.
THERE'S STILL A DEMAND FOR TWO FLOOR HOMES.
I THINK IT'S ONLY FAIR THAT THIS COMMISSION GRANTS THOSE TWO.
AND JUST FOR THE RECORD, I'M NOT ARGUING WITH COMMISSIONERS WRITES OPINION.
I JUST BELIEVE THAT 13TH FLOOR HAS GONE ABOVE AND BEYOND.
YOU'RE ADDRESSING ISSUES THAT PEOPLE HAVE HAD FOR FOR MANY YEARS.
AND I THINK EVERYONE IN THE WOODLANDS LISTENING TO THIS MEETING AND THE ONES THAT ARE HERE THAT WILL BE SHARING THEIR EXPERIENCE WITH THEIR NEIGHBORS THAT HAD SIMILAR ISSUES, ARE GOING TO BE SAYING, HEY, YOU KNOW WHAT? THIS IS A SOUND PLAN.
BEFORE, YOU GUYS DIDN'T HAVE A SOUND PLAN.
YOU HAVE AGREED TO MAKE THE SITE PLAN AND THE DEVELOPERS AGREEMENT TO MATCH, AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE NEEDED TO HEAR, WHAT WE NEEDED TO KNOW.
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PROMISING AND PUTTING IN WRITING WILL BE DONE.BECAUSE THIS PROJECT IS GOING TO BE GOING ON FOR A LONG TIME.
THERE WAS ONE COMMENT THAT YOU WILL BE PROVIDING AN UPDATE ANNUALLY.
YES. SO TO CITY STAFF, I'M GOING TO REQUEST THAT THIS COMMISSION IS INFORMED OF THAT SO THAT WE KNOW THAT IF THERE'S ANY FUTURE PLANS IN TAMARAC, WE KNOW THAT YOU'RE GOING TO KEEP TO YOUR PROMISE WHEN MOVING FORWARD.
UM, AND MY LAST COMMENT IS GOING TO BE WITH COMMISSIONER WRIGHT'S REQUEST ON MONDAY, THAT $750,000 IS GOING TOWARDS A SPECIFIC AREA.
MANY OF THESE COMMUNITIES ARE NOT BEING AFFECTED.
CONTRARY TO WHAT YOU SAID, AND YOU KNOW YOUR OPINION, MY OPINION, THEY'RE NOT BEING AFFECTED BY IT.
AND. TWO TO TAKE THREE QUARTERS.
YOU WANT TO USE IT TO MAKE SURE.
THIS COMMISSION NEEDS TO REALLY DECIDE.
WE HAVE THREE PARKS POSSIBLY GOING INTO DISTRICT ONE FOR ALL THESE COMMUNITIES TO RECEIVE FUNDING FROM THIS PROJECT. YOU HAVE SHAKER VILLAGE FOR 750 YE IN THE ADDITIONAL COMMUNITIES THERE ALSO RECEIVING 75,000. WE HAVE COMMUNITIES IN DISTRICT TWO, IN DISTRICT TWO, WAY OUT WEST, RECEIVING MONEY, WHICH MAKES NO SENSE.
UH, IT NEEDS TO BE PUT IN A POT THAT WE KNOW THAT IT GOES TO THE ENTIRE CITY, NOT JUST ONE AREA.
IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE SHARE THOSE FUNDS.
ESPECIALLY. WE DON'T KNOW WHO IT IS, BUT STAFF KNOWS EXACTLY WHO NEEDS MONEY.
STAFF KNOWS PARKS AND RECREATION.
AND FOR US TO FOR 13TH FLOOR TO BE TOLD WHERE THIS MONEY SHOULD GO TO AND HOW IT'S BEING DEVIATED BY 75,000 TO 15,000. I DON'T THINK IT'S FAIR.
I'M NOT AGAINST THE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE NONPROFITS.
I STILL BELIEVE THAT IT SHOULD ONLY BE GOING TO NONPROFITS AND TAMARAC, NOT OUTSIDE OF TAMARAC.
AND WITH THAT, I JUST AGAIN WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR.
I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO DELIVER AN AWESOME PRODUCT AT THE END.
AND HONESTLY, I WOULD NOT MIND LIVING IN NEW ORLEANS AT THIS POINT.
I WAS JUST SHARING THAT WITH A COUPLE OF PEOPLE BECAUSE YOU'RE ACTUALLY IMPROVING OUR CITY.
I LOVE MY DISTRICT. I WON'T BE MOVING ANYTIME SOON.
SCOTT, YOU HAVE SAID ON PREVIOUS OCCASIONS THAT TRAFFIC IS A MAJOR CONCERN FOR RESIDENTS, AND YOU DON'T NECESSARILY DISAGREE.
YOU BELIEVE THAT THAT YOUR DEVELOPMENT WILL INCREASE TRAFFIC, DO YOU NOT? I AGREE THAT 335 NEW UNITS WILL ABSOLUTELY GENERATE ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC.
SO I KNOW MY DISTRICT VERY WELL, AND YOU MAY THINK THAT $740,000 IS A LOT OF MONEY TO MITIGATE ISSUES IN DISTRICT ONE, BUT IT IS NOT ENOUGH. AND IF WE'RE GOING TO CHANGE THAT LIST, I SUGGEST THAT WE INCREASE THAT AMOUNT.
TALKING ABOUT FIGHTING FOR MY DISTRICT, LET US TALK ABOUT FIGHTING MY DISTRICT.
THERE WILL BE NO TALKING FROM THE AUDIENCE YOU WILL RESPECT.
VICE MAYOR. CONTINUE WITH YOUR COMMENTS TO MAYOR.
YOU WILL TELL THEM TO DO YOUR HAPPY HANDS LIKE YOU TELL MY RESIDENTS TO.
AND THAT'S WHY I'M JUST ASKING YOU TO CONTINUE YOUR CONVERSATION.
EVERYONE'S GOT THEIR HANDS GOING WHEREVER THEY NEED TO BE GOING.
GO AHEAD. SO TRAFFIC ALONG COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD WILL, WILL, WILL BE ENORMOUS. RIGHT.
AND I BELIEVE THAT THE TRAFFIC WILL BE DIVERTED ONTO BAILEY ROAD IF YOU KNOW DISTRICT ONE.
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WELL, ALVIN, YOU LIVED AT BANYAN LAKES.IT WILL AFFECT BERMUDA CLUB, LAKES OF CARRIAGE HILLS, THE GATE COMMUNITY TRAFFIC WILL GO ALONG WOODLANDS BOULEVARD. THEY'LL PROBABLY CUT THROUGH STREETS IN SHAKER VILLAGE.
SO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT DISTRICT ONE COMMUNITIES NOT BEING AFFECTED.
AND I BELIEVE THAT THIS IS WHY THIS DEVELOPER CAN'T SPEAK SPEAK FOR THEM.
AND I'M VEHEMENTLY OPPOSED TO ANY CHANGING OF THE LIST FROM THESE HOA'S.
UM, SCOTT, YOU YOU HAVE AGREED TO TAKE OUT PADDY? YES. WHY HAVE YOU AGREED TO DO THAT? WELL, IT'S BEEN A SOURCE OF CONTENTION IN A VARIETY OF OUR DISCUSSIONS.
I THINK BOTH COMMISSIONERS, RIGHT.
THE CHANGES THAT HAVE OCCURRED TO THIS PROJECT AND THE SITE PLAN FOR THE LAST SEVEN YEARS.
WE'VE ALWAYS PROPOSED LOTS ON POTTY.
NO, DON'T EVEN THINK. IT GOT SMALLER AND SMALLER AS WE WENT.
AT ONE POINT THERE WAS DISCUSSION ABOUT REMOVING POTTY A WHILE AGO, BUT THAT'S WHEN WE WERE AT.
I THINK YOU SAW ON ONE OF THE SLIDES 397 UNITS.
AND AS WE CONTINUE TO REWORK THE THE SITE PLAN, IT JUST BECAME NATURAL FOR POTTY TO REMAIN.
FRANKLY, WE HEARD A CONVERSATION AMONGST A CONSENSUS FROM THIS COMMISSION ON MONDAY.
WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE OTHER RESIDENTS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY, IN PARTICULAR ALONG WOODLANDS BOULEVARD, THAT HAD VERY SIGNIFICANT CONCERNS ABOUT IT, AND IT JUST FELT LIKE IT WAS THE RIGHT THING TO DO AT THIS STAGE OF THE GAME, TO TRY AND GET SEVEN LOTS AND TO TRY AND FOREGO SEVEN LOTS.
CREATE ADDITIONAL OPEN SPACE AS PART OF THE PRESERVATION FOR THE LARGER PLAN.
SO WITH THESE SEVEN HOMES BEING REPLACED, YOU.
YOU DON'T MIND, BUT YOU ARE SAYING THAT YOU WOULD RATHER PUT THEM THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.
OUR LAND USE, AS YOU ALL KNOW, IS FOR 335 UNITS.
WE HAVE OPEN SPACE RESTRICTIONS.
WE HAVE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS THAT WE NEED TO MEET.
WE DON'T WANT TO GIVE UP THOSE SEVEN LOTS.
THEY ARE INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT.
WE ARE WILLING TO NOT PUT THEM ON POTTY AND GIVE US THE OPPORTUNITY TO FIND A PLACE FOR THEM.
AT THAT POINT, WE CAN'T PUT THEM THERE.
BUT IF WE CAN PUT ONE OR 2 OR 3 MORE, IT IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT TO A PROJECT THAT WE THOUGHT WAS GOING TO BE APPROVED AT 400 PLUS UNITS, THAT IS NOW AT 335.
DO YOU HAVE WRITTEN CONFIRMATION FROM FPL AND F DOT THAT THEY WILL RELOCATE ANY OF THEIR INFRASTRUCTURE CURRENTLY LOCATED AT THESE FOUR ROADWAY IMPROVEMENT SITES THAT YOU ARE PROPOSING? WE DO WE WE WILL BE RELOCATING THAT.
WE'LL MAKE THE IMPROVEMENTS THROUGH OUR CONTRACTORS.
BUT YES, WE HAVE BEEN WE STARTED INITIAL INVESTIGATION SEVEN YEARS OR SO AGO WHEN WE STARTED TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IT WAS GOING TO TAKE IN ORDER TO MOVE THIS PROJECT FORWARD. TOUCHING ON THE TRAFFIC ISSUE, WE KNEW WE WERE GOING TO NEED TO MAKE CONSIDERABLE OFF SITE IMPROVEMENTS.
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THOSE PRELIMINARY OUTREACH DISCUSSIONS STARTED TO TURN INTO MUCH MORE FORMAL DISCUSSIONS OVER, LET'S CALL IT.THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS WE HAVE MET WITH FPL, WE HAVE MET WITH FDOT, AND THEY HAVE CONFIRMED THAT EVERYTHING WE ARE PROPOSING TO DO CAN BE DONE AND OBVIOUSLY NOW NEEDS TO BE CONTRACTED AND PERMITTED.
AND NONE OF THAT STARTS MUCH LIKE A LOT OF THE ARSENIC DISCUSSION YOU HEARD, UNTIL WE HAVE HOPEFULLY AN APPROVAL TO MOVE FORWARD, YOU HAVE SOMETHING IN WRITING FROM THEM.
HAVE YOU ADMITTED ANY OF THAT DOCUMENTATION INTO THE RECORD ANYWHERE OF.
OKAY. SO IT HAS BEEN INCORPORATED AS PART OF THE RECORD.
IT HAS CERTAINLY BEEN REFERENCED.
I KNOW I'VE REFERENCED IT IN THE PAST AS WELL.
BUT YES, IT HAS BEEN PART OF THE RECORD.
WHAT IS THE STACKING CAPACITY FOR NON RESONANT LANES AT THE MAIN ENTRANCE? NEED TO DEFER TO MY TRAFFIC ENGINEER ON THAT ONE.
EITHER WAY IS FINE. WE CAN WAIT.
GREAT. YOU CAN ALWAYS GO HOME.
VICE MAYOR. NO COMMENTS TO THE PUBLIC, JUST AS NO PUBLIC COMMENTS TO YOU.
I NEED A MOTION TO EXTEND THIS ITEM, EXTEND OUR COMMISSION MEETING SO THAT WE CAN FINISH THIS ITEM.
DO I HAVE I HAVE A MOTION BY VICE MAYOR.
DO I HAVE A SECOND BY SAY I HAVE A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS.
CITY CLERK. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL COMMISSIONER.
VICE MAYOR. BOLTON. YES, MAYOR.
THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION MARKS IN THE AUDIENCE.
SO THEREFORE WE'VE EXTENDED IT BY A MOTION.
AND WE NOW ARE GOING TO BE HERE UNTIL WE FINISH THESE ITEMS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
YOU HAVE AN ANSWER? GREAT, THANKS.
GOOD EVENING. FOR THE RECORD, I'M CHRIS HAGAN WITH KIMLEY-HORN ASSOCIATES.
ADDRESS IS AT 477 ROSEMARY AVENUE, SUITE 215, IN WEST PALM BEACH.
AND I WAS SWORN IN AT THE MAIN ENTRANCE AT WOODLANDS BOULEVARD.
OKAY. WILL THERE BE A STAFFED GUARD HOUSE LOCATED AT THE MAIN ENTRANCE? WE'RE PROPOSING. THERE WOULD JUST BE.
IT IS NOT A MANNED GUARDHOUSE.
NO. SO IF THE GATE FAILS TO OPEN, HOW WILL THIS PROBLEM BE FIXED? THE WAY THESE GATES ARE PROGRAMED IS THAT IF THEY HAVE A MECHANICAL ERROR, THEIR DEFAULT IS IN THE UP POSITION.
AND THAT WAS PART OF THE DISCUSSION FROM EARLIER.
AND YOU'RE NOT GOING TO REMOVE THE BIKE LANES.
CORRECT. ARE YOU AMENABLE TO ADDING THAT TO THE TO THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT? WE ARE. OKAY.
EXACTLY WHAT ROADS AND WHERE WILL ANY HOMES FOR MODEL HOMES BE LOCATED? SURE. SO POD C IS AT THE VERY TOP OF THE SCREEN.
I THINK YOU GUYS HAVE IT IN FRONT OF YOU AS YOU COME OFF OF COMMERCIAL ON WOODLANDS BOULEVARD, AND YOU TAKE A RIGHT, THAT'S POD C AND THE FIRST, WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY HOW MANY MODELS THERE WILL BE 1 TO 5, PROBABLY SOMEWHERE IN THAT VICINITY.
AND SO THERE WOULD BE MODELS LOCATED THERE.
WHERE WILL THE CONSTRUCTION TRUCKS ENTER AND EXIT? THAT WOULD BE OFF OF THE BEASLEY ROAD ACCESS OFF OF ROCK ISLAND.
AND WE'LL RIGHT NOW THERE'S A LOT OF LANGUAGE IN THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT ABOUT CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT, BUT IT DOESN'T SPECIFICALLY SAY THAT THAT WOULD BE THE CONSTRUCTION ACCESS POINT.
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AND WE WILL ADD THAT COYOTES HAVE BEEN SEEN ON THE GOLF COURSE AND AND IN PEOPLE'S YARDS.HOW WILL YOU ADDRESS THAT? THAT'S A GOOD I'M NOT SURE HOW WE ADDRESS COYOTES.
DO YOU KNOW HOWARD? I'VE NOT HEARD THE QUESTION AGAIN.
WE ADDRESS WE ADDRESS OTHER TYPES OF WILDLIFE EARLIER.
BUT THAT'S TYPICALLY PROTECTED WILDLIFE, WHICH IS REQUIRED BY PERMIT.
COYOTES. DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW WE WOULD.
COMMISSIONER. NUMBER ONE COYOTES ARE AN INVASIVE EXOTIC SPECIES, WHICH ARE.
RECOMMENDED TO BE REMOVED FROM HABITAT BY FLORIDA GAME AND FRESHWATER FISH COMMISSION.
THERE IS NO PROTECTED SPECIES STATUS FOR THEM.
PROTECTED SPECIES WILL BE HANDLED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE PERMITTING PROCESS FOR EITHER PROTECTION AND OR APPROPRIATE RELOCATION, BASED UPON TIMING AND LOCATION, IN CONJUNCTION WITH FLORIDA GAME AND FRESHWATER FISH COMMISSION.
OKAY, SCOTT, YOU MENTIONED THAT YOU WOULD TALK ABOUT THE BASKETBALL, BUT YOU DIDN'T.
SO TELL US ABOUT TELL US ABOUT IT.
YEAH. SO THE THE AMENITIES CAMPUS I'LL ACTUALLY SHOW IT.
RIGHT. THERE ARE OTHER REQUIREMENTS IN THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT FOR THE AMENITIES CAMPUS AND THE WAY IT IS CURRENTLY DESIGNED AND BEING REVIEWED. I MENTIONED EARLIER THERE IS A DRC MEETING ON THE AMENITIES CAMPUS TOMORROW MORNING.
PERFECT AT THE MOMENT AS YOU'LL SEE PARKING, LANDSCAPING TO PADDLE BALL COURTS AND THEN TENNIS COURTS TO THE NORTH, CLUBHOUSE, POOL AND TOT LOT.
THERE'S NOT ROOM FOR A FULL COURT BASKETBALL, A FULL, FULL SIZE BASKETBALL COURT.
THAT DOESN'T MEAN THINGS CAN'T BE SHIFTED AND MOVED AROUND.
THERE MIGHT BE ROOM AND WE JUST HAVE TO PLAY WITH THIS.
WE'VE HAD OUR PLANNERS LOOK AT IT FOR HALF COURT.
MY SUGGESTION EARLIER WAS AS PART OF THE SITE PLAN PROCESS WITH THE CLUBHOUSE, WHICH WE ARE, WHICH IS ONGOING, WE CAN REVIEW AND ADDRESS THAT. OKAY, SO IF THE DISTRICT TWO COMMISSIONER STRONGLY WANTS THAT, THEN I WOULD SUPPORT IT.
MISS GALLOWAY. QUESTION FOR YOU.
NICE MAYOR. THIS DEVELOPMENT WILL INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF RESIDENTS TO THE CITY OF TAMARAC.
HOW MANY MORE POLICE OFFICERS WILL WE NEED? I WOULD HAVE TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE LEVEL OF SERVICE.
I CAN GET YOU THAT INFORMATION.
SHE DOES NOT CURRENTLY HAVE IT HERE.
SHE HAS JUST SAID SHE HAS TO GO BACK AND GET IT TO YOU.
HOW MANY SCHOOL BUSSES? HOW MANY SCHOOL BUSSES? HOW WILL THIS AFFECT OUR BUDGET? THE CITY'S BUDGET? YES. HOW MUCH MORE MONEY WILL WE NEED TO PROVIDE FOR POLICE SERVICES? OH, IN TERMS OF AD VALOREM TAXES THAT WILL BRING IN, THAT WAS IN THE LAND USE PLAN THAT WE.
I CAN GET YOU THAT INFORMATION.
I SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET IT TONIGHT.
OKAY. SCOTT, WHAT FINANCIAL ANALYSIS WAS PERFORMED OF THE COST OF LIVING, COST OF PROVIDING SERVICES TO THE 335 HOMES.
SO WE PREPARED AS PART OF THE LAND USE PACKAGE, A FULL ECONOMIC IMPACT AND MARKET ANALYSIS.
IT EVALUATED TAXES AND IMPACT FEES AND ALL OF THE COMPONENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE 335 HOMES, AND THE ECONOMIC BENEFIT IT WOULD HAVE TO THE CITY IN TERMS OF COST OF SERVICE.
I DO NOT KNOW THE SPECIFIC COSTS ON OUR END.
WHAT THE DEVELOPER DOES IS WE CONFIRM WITH ALL THE VARIOUS UTILITIES THAT THERE'S SUFFICIENT CAPACITY FOR WATER, FOR SEWER, FOR DRAINAGE, FOR ELECTRIC THINGS OF THAT NATURE. AND WE GET WHAT'S CALLED A WILL SERVE LETTER, THAT THERE IS CAPACITY TO ACCOMMODATE.
AND ANYTHING THAT WE ARE DOING WITH OUR 335 HOMES, THAT CAPACITY IS AVAILABLE, BUT IT IS BEING PAID FOR EVERY TIME WE PULL A PERMIT TO BUILD A HOME WITHIN THE CITY. IN THE PAST, YOU SAID THAT THERE WERE NO BURROWING OWLS ON THE GOLF COURSE.
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HAVE YOU HAS YOUR POSITION CHANGED? SO WE WE DID AN AN ANALYSIS.OUR CONSULTANT, OUR EXPERT WENT OUT AND DID AN ANALYSIS IN 2018.
AND IT DID FIND THAT THERE WERE NONE.
WHAT I WILL TELL YOU IS I'VE PERSONALLY SEEN PHOTOS THAT HAVE BEEN SHARED WITH ME, THAT THERE ARE OWLS OUT THERE ON THE ON THE COURSE IN CERTAIN AREAS. AND THAT'S PART OF THE THE DISCUSSION THAT WE'VE HAD ABOUT ADDING THE ADDITIONAL ADDING SOME ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE TO THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, ALTHOUGH IT'S REQUIRED AS PART OF THE PERMITTING PROCESS, THAT IT WILL BE HANDLED APPROPRIATELY, I BELIEVE.
NELSON VERY BRIEFLY TOUCHED ON IT AS WELL TO ENSURE THAT ANY, ANY, ANY SPECIES THAT ARE PROTECTED THAT ARE DISCOVERED DURING THE CONSTRUCTION PROCESS ARE ADDRESSED APPROPRIATELY.
SO IT'S JUST ADDING WHAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN THERE.
THANK YOU FOR THAT, COMMISSIONER.
IF YOU DON'T MIND. AND I SEE MISS CALLOWAY LEFT, WE WOULD HAVE TO DO IT.
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE AGREEING TO.
WE'D HAVE TO GO THROUGH A PROCESS THAT YOUR CITY HAS FILED A SITE PLAN, IDENTIFY THE LOTS, AND GO BACK THROUGH THE APPROVAL PROCESS BEFORE ANY OF THEM COULD EVER BE APPROVED OR BUILT. YEAH, I JUST DON'T.
WHILE I THINK YOU SHOULD HAVE THE SEVEN HOMES, I TOTALLY AGREE WITH THAT.
I DON'T WANT THAT I AM FIXING SOMEONE'S PROBLEM TO CREATE ANOTHER PROBLEM WITH ANOTHER RESIDENT.
UM, I TALKED ABOUT THE AGREEMENT, SO MY UNDERSTANDING ON MONDAY AND I PROBABLY UNDERSTOOD THIS WRONG WAS THAT THE STREETS HAVE PUBLIC ENTRANCE.
SO WHEN THE LADY SPOKE ABOUT FROM I THINK SHE'S FROM LAUDERHILL, SHE SAID IF THEY HAD AN EMERGENCY, COULD THEY GO THROUGH THE WOODLANDS? AND I WOULD THINK THE ANSWER IS YES.
WELL, ONLY IF THEY'RE COMING FROM WOODLANDS BOULEVARD, BECAUSE THE ONLY PUBLIC ACCESS IS FROM WOODLANDS BOULEVARD. THE OTHER ACCESS POINTS AT 64TH AT ROCK ISLAND AND AT.
YOU CAN'T SEE MY POINTER. RIGHT THERE.
THEY COULD POTENTIALLY COME THROUGH THE MAIN GATE TO GET TO THEIR COMMUNITY.
I THINK SHE MEANT TO COME THROUGH THE COMMUNITY THE OTHER WAY.
BUT THAT'S A RESIDENCE THEY HAVE, WHICH, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT IS A LOT OF HEALTH PROBLEM.
BUT BEING GOOD NEIGHBORS, SINCE THEY HAVE ONE WAY IN AND ONE THE THE ONE WAY IN AND ONE WAY OUT, SHE WAS SAYING IN CASE OF EMERGENCY, THIS IS WHAT I'M SAYING. WOULD THEY HAVE ACCESS? AND IF ALL THE STREETS IN WOODLANDS ARE PUBLIC, THE CITY IS TAKING CARE OF THOSE STREETS? YES. WOULD THEY HAVE ACCESS THEN? SO THE DESIGN OF THE COMMUNITY IS THAT THAT'S A RESIDENT ONLY GATE.
THE ONLY WAY TO GET IN THERE IS WITH A BAR CODE.
IF YOU LIVE IN THE COMMUNITY, THE PUBLIC ACCESS THAT ANYONE CAN GET THROUGH IS AT THE MAIN ENTRANCE ON WOODLANDS BOULEVARD HERE, AND I UNDERSTAND, BUT REMAIN IN PUBLIC.
I DON'T KNOW THE RULE, I GUESS, MISS CALLOWAY.
NO, I THINK IN THE CASE OF AN EMERGENCY AND I'LL OBVIOUSLY THIS IS A CITY DECISION.
BUT THAT IS NOT THE WAY THAT ACCESS POINT IS DESIGNED.
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IT DOESN'T MEAN THERE'S NOT A WAY TO FIGURE IT OUT.COMMISSIONER DANIEL, WOULD YOU MIND IF I JUST JUMP IN FOR ONE ITEM ON YOUR LIVING IN THIS COMMUNITY? THESE STREETS DO NOT ACTUALLY GO FLOWING THROUGH.
THAT WOULD HAVE ACCESS FOR VEHICLES TO GO THROUGH.
I THINK THAT AT THIS TIME, PROBABLY WHAT IS USED NOW WHEN THERE'S AN ACCIDENT, THERE IS.
SO I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
OKAY. SOMEBODY'S STILL TALKING.
I CAN TALK TO HIM. OH, AND THE OAK TREE LANE.
EXPLAIN THAT ONE TO ME BECAUSE IT KEEPS ON COMING BACK UP.
THAT AND MR. SHAPIRO SAID SOMETHING ABOUT IT AGAIN, ABOUT THE FILLING IN OF THE LAKE AND NOT KNOWING EXACTLY.
SO COULD YOU HAVE THAT DOCUMENT READY TO.
SO AGAIN, THEY DON'T COME BACK SAYING.
AND WE DIDN'T DO IT. BECAUSE IF IT'S NOT CLEAR, THAT'S NOT FAIR.
SURE. SO IF YOU CAN SEE ON THE SCREEN IN FRONT OF YOU WHERE IT SAYS PLOT H.
ALMOST IMMEDIATELY, IS IT ON YOUR SCREEN THERE? SO THE BOTTOM LEFT HAND SIDE OF THE SCREEN IS PLOT H, MAYBE A LITTLE SMALL, JUST ABOVE WHERE IT SAYS PLOT H AND A LITTLE BIT TO THE RIGHT OF THAT, I BELIEVE.
YEAH. IS THE AREA IN QUESTION? SEVERAL HOMES. I CAN'T REMEMBER HOW MANY.
ALL OF THAT LAKE THAT YOU SEE THERE IS ON IS ON CURRENTLY CLUBLINK WHAT WILL BE 13TH FLOOR PROPERTY IF EVERYTHING'S APPROVED IN THE IN THE PROPERTY CLOSES, WE ARE NOT IN ANY WAY IMPACTING OR IMPROVING THE NORTH SIDE OF THE LAKE.
IT IS NOT ON THE NEIGHBOR'S PROPERTY, IT IS ON THE CLUBLINK PROPERTY.
AND SO I BELIEVE THE CONCERN AND I DON'T WANT TO STATE SOMEONE ELSE'S CONCERN, BUT AS I UNDERSTAND IT, IS A CONCERN ABOUT EROSION ON ON THE INDIVIDUAL'S PROPERTIES AND SO CONCERN AS IT RELATES TO EROSION, I BELIEVE TO SOME EXTENT THAT'S A MAINTENANCE ISSUE FOR THE PROPERTY OWNER.
AND TO ANOTHER EXTENT, OBVIOUSLY THERE ARE MAINTENANCE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE LAKE.
AND SO SO THE LAKE WILL STILL BE THERE.
AND SOMEBODY SAID IT WAS BEING MOVED TO THE NORTH.
THERE ARE GOING TO BE SOME MINOR MODIFICATIONS TO THE LAKE THAT WILL SUBMIT A PERMIT AND PROCESS THROUGH THE CITY ON WHERE KIND OF WHERE IT SAYS POD H ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE LAKE. OKAY.
WE'RE PROPOSING. YEAH, WE'RE PROPOSING DIFFERENT SIGNAGE.
YEAH, JUST SOMETHING A LITTLE MORE.
I DON'T WANT TO. COME ON, GUYS, I DON'T WANT TO CRITICIZE WHAT'S ALREADY OUT THERE.
SOMETHING MORE ALONG THE LINES OF THIS.
THESE ARE CONCEPTUAL, BUT THESE WOULD BE AT THE ENTRANCE FEATURE.
YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE GATE IS ON THE RIGHT.
YOU CAN SEE BEYOND THAT IS A LITTLE FOUNTAIN.
AND THEN WE'RE PROPOSING SOMETHING ALONG THE LINES OF WHAT YOU SEE HERE FOR, FOR SIGNAGE.
OKAY, SO THE SIGN WILL BE CHANGED? YES. AND IF I HEARD CORRECTLY, YOU HAVE IN WRITING APPROVAL TO DO ALL THESE ADDITIONAL LANES, EVEN THOUGH I'VE GOTTEN PICTURES SHOWING AND I'M NOT AN ENGINEER, OBVIOUSLY, AND I DON'T KNOW THE NUMBERS, THAT IN ORDER FOR YOU TO DO THAT, YOU'D BE ON SOMEONE ELSE'S PROPERTY.
WELL, IN MOST CASES WE WOULD BE ON WHAT IS WHAT IS CURRENTLY CLUBLINK PROPERTY AND WOULD BECOME 13TH FLOOR PROPERTY WHERE A LOT OF THESE TURN LANES ARE PROPOSED WILL BE LAND THAT WE WILL BE GIVING.
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WE WILL BE PROVIDING AS RIGHT OF WAY AND THEN DOING THE CONSTRUCTION WORK IN OTHER LOCATIONS IN OUR TRAFFIC.SO OKAY, SO 64TH IN PARTICULAR, THERE ARE PEOPLE'S HOUSES.
THERE'S A WALL THAT THE CITY BUILT AND THEN THERE THERE'S PEOPLE'S HOUSES.
AND THEN THERE'S LIKE A I'M NOT SURE I BELIEVE THERE'S A SIDEWALK.
I MIGHT BE WRONG. THERE'S NO SIDEWALK.
HOLD ON. I THINK IT'S HERE, RIGHT? LANDON, IF I GO THE 64TH, LIKE THE FULL IMPROVEMENT PLAN.
THERE'S STILL RIGHT OF WAY THAT IS OWNED BY THE CITY OF TAMARAC THAT IS CURRENTLY SWALE GREEN AREA.
IT'S NOT PAVED THAT WE WILL BE MAKING IMPROVEMENTS TO ADD THE ADDITIONAL LANES IN THAT AREA BEFORE YOU GET TO THE WALL AND THE RESIDENT PROPERTIES. OKAY, SO THERE'S ENOUGH TAMARAC PROPERTY TO MAKE AND THE CITY'S OKAY.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU. NOT YET.
GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY, BUT SOON.
I'M NOT GOING TO BE IN ORDER, SO BEAR WITH ME.
YES. BUT I WANT TO REITERATE, IT'S EITHER OUR PROPERTY OR RIGHT OF WAY.
WE ARE NOT TAKING OR OR PUTTING IMPROVEMENTS ON PRIVATE PROPERTY.
YES. AND SO WHEN IT SAYS IN SECTION 17 AND I BELIEVE IT WAS 16, THESE OFF SITE IMPROVEMENTS, IT SAYS IN THE DEVELOPER'S AGREEMENT IF POSSIBLE OR SHALL BE ESPECIALLY IT WAS 16 D I BELIEVE THAT LITTLE CLARIFICATION WORDING IS COMING OUT BECAUSE YOU HAVE THE IMPROVEMENTS WHICH YOU HAVE ALREADY SAID ON THE RECORD.
RIGHT. WE HAVE NOT GONE THROUGH A PERMITTING PROCESS.
BUT WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH PERMITTING AND WE DON'T KNOW, WE MIGHT BE RIGHT NOW IN OUR DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, I BELIEVE, AND IN OTHER MATERIALS THAT WE'VE SUBMITTED ON THE RECORD ARE VERY CLEAR, DETAILED PLANS OF THE IMPROVEMENTS.
WE'RE NOT BACKING OFF OF A SINGLE IMPROVEMENT THAT WE'VE COMMITTED TO, BUT WE IT MIGHT CHANGE THIS WAY OR THAT WAY BY A FEW FEET OR SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES, DEPENDING ON WHAT, AT THE END OF THE DAY, FDOT, THE COUNTY OR THE CITY REQUIRE TO COMPLETE THAT IMPROVEMENT.
YOU CAN HAVE ALL THE FEET YOU NEED.
YOU CAN EVEN HAVE SOME INCHES.
WANT TO CONFIRM ON THE RECORD THAT WHEN THE CANALS THAT ARE BEING ADDED OR THE CANALS THAT WILL BE TAKEN OVER FOR YOUR MAINTENANCE, ALL COMMUNITIES, ALL PARTS OF THE COMMUNITY THAT PULL THEIR IRRIGATION WATER WILL NOT BE AFFECTED, AND ANY LINES THAT ARE BROKEN WILL BE REPAIRED.
THERE ARE COMMUNITIES, SOME COMMUNITIES THAT ARE OFF THE CANALS.
THEY HAVE THEIR IRRIGATION PULLED FROM THE CANAL.
THEY'RE NOT ON A SEPARATE IRRIGATION SYSTEM.
I'M SORRY. I THINK THIS IS SOMEWHAT.
SOMEONE'S DRAWING OUT. SO, SO SO WE'LL QUALIFY OUR ANSWER BY SAYING YES.
SO LONG AS THEY ARE LEGALLY AND ALLOWED TO BE IRRIGATING FROM THE FROM THE CANAL OR THE LAKE, WE'VE BEEN LEGALLY ALLOWED TO IRRIGATE FROM THE CANAL AS PEOPLE HAVE BEEN LIVING THERE FOR THE PAST 50 YEARS, AND SO NOTHING IN THIS DEVELOPMENT WILL CHANGE.
I HAVE NO I AM HAPPY THAT YOU ARE MOVING POTTY.
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I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THE ATTEMPT TO PUT IT ELSEWHERE.I AM GLAD IT WILL COME BACK AS A SITE PLAN, SO IF IT DOESN'T WORK, IT DOESN'T WORK.
MY QUESTION IS WE HAD THE TWO STORIES.
I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THE TWO STORIES IN THE AREA.
WE DO HAVE A LOT OF MORE TWO STORIES HAPPENING IN THE WOODLANDS COMMUNITY.
BECAUSE YOU CAN'T GO OUTWARD, YOU GOT TO GO UPWARDS.
THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE HAVE BEEN DOING.
IS THAT CORRECT? IN OUR AGREEMENT.
JUST. WE'RE JUST GETTING CONFIRMATION AS WELL.
YES. BASICALLY THE SAME HEIGHT LINE.
IT DOESN'T MATTER IF IT'S A ONE STORY OR A TWO STORY.
A MAXIMUM HEIGHT, MAXIMUM ONE COULDN'T BE RIGHT.
AND MAYOR, IF I MAY, I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY.
IT DOESN'T MEAN EVERY LOT IN POGGI IS GOING TO BE A TWO STORY LOT.
IT MEANS THAT'S THE ONLY PLACE THEY'RE ALLOWED.
IT'S AT THE ELECTION OF THE OF THE CUSTOMER.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S CLEAR.
NOT THE WHOLE THING IS GOING TO BE TWO STORIES CORRECT, I BELIEVE, FROM MY UNDERSTANDING AT LEAST.
WHEN YOU BRING IT BACK TO US TO HAVE YOUR.
EXTRA SEVEN HOMES IF THAT NEEDS TO BE IN YOUR SITE PLAN.
I PERSONALLY DO NOT HAVE ANY PROBLEM WITH MORE ALLOCATED TO THAT AREA.
I AM WHATEVER YOU'RE GOING TO DO ON THE AMENITY CAMPUS.
I KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO CONTINUE THE DISCUSSION.
I AM WHATEVER IS WORKING BEST.
SOMETIMES PEOPLE DON'T ALWAYS GO AROUND ALL SIX MILES OF WHAT IS GOING TO BE THE BARCODES COSTS.
I PRESUME THAT THAT'S GOING TO NOT BE A CHARGE TO ANYBODY.
AND CURRENTLY SECTIONS ONE THROUGH EIGHT.
THAT'S CORRECT. AND I STATED EARLIER FOR THE RECORD THAT WE'LL ADD THAT AGAIN.
I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'VE FIGURED THAT PIECE OF IT OUT YET, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU.
UM. THANK YOU FOR WORKING TO MEET WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD REGARDING THE BUS STOP THAT WILL BE AT THE AMENITY CAMPUS.
I UNDERSTAND WE CAN'T FINALIZE THAT UNTIL SUCH TIME THAT IF THIS SHOULD GO THROUGH.
I APPRECIATE THE CAMERAS ITEM.
APPRECIATE THE 7 TO 7 THAT WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER, THAT THERE'S SENSORS ACTIVATED, THE ARMS I WILL LET ON THE RECORD, I DID SPEAK TO NUMEROUS PEOPLE IN LAUDERHILL.
I HAD ASKED FOR THEM TO SET A MEETING.
THEY KEPT SAYING WE WERE GOING TO SET A MEETING.
I REACHED OUT TO THE OFFICIALS IN LAUDERHILL.
IT COMES A TIME TO WHEN YOU CAN ONLY DO SO MUCH.
YOU CAN'T BRING SOMEBODY TO THE TABLE THAT DOESN'T WANT TO TALK, TO TALK.
WE HAD SEVERAL CONVERSATIONS AND ARRIVED AT THE LANGUAGE THAT WE OFFERED EARLIER IN MY PRESENTATION.
I'M PRETTY NOT BELIEVING I HAVE 12 SECONDS LEFT, SO I'M JUST GOING TO SAY, I THINK THAT ALL THE MONEY THAT WAS IN SECTIONS B, C, AND D NEED TO BE PUT TOGETHER IN A KITTY.
IF YOU'RE GOING TO ADD TAMARAC CHARITIES, THE MOOSE IS RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT.
AND. COMMISSIONER, RIGHT? OH, THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.
I THINK DR. DANIEL IS KIND OF RIGHT.
YOU KNOW, WE DON'T WANT TO BE FIXED SOMEONE'S PROBLEM TO CREATE A PROBLEM FOR SOMEONE ELSE.
YOU KNOW, ON THAT NOTE, I THINK I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO TABLE A SITE PLAN AND THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT UNTIL THE DEVELOPER HAS SUBMITTED SUBMITS THE AMENDED AGREEMENT.
I THINK THAT'S FAIR, AND I THINK.
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COMMISSIONER RIGHT BEFORE YOU PROCEED WITH THAT.I DON'T THINK THAT CAN ACTUALLY HAPPEN.
SO I WILL DEFER TO OUR CITY ATTORNEY.
THE MAYOR IF BOTH ITEMS ARE BEING HEARD AT THE SAME TIME.
IN FACT, WITHOUT THE SITE PLAN, YOU DON'T HAVE A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
SO IF THE COMMISSION WANT TO TABLE DEFER THE SITE PLAN, THAT'S WITHIN THE COMMISSION DISCRETION.
AND BECAUSE WE'RE HEARING BOTH ITEMS AT THE SAME TIME.
WE'VE BEEN AT THIS FOR A LONG TIME.
I'M NOT SAYING BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN AT IT SO LONG.
WE WOULD LIKE TO NOT POSTPONE THIS.
IT'S TAKEN A MONUMENTAL EFFORT FOR 13TH FLOOR TO KEEP A PROPERTY UNDER CONTRACT WITH AN INTERNATIONAL PROPERTY FIRM FOREVER, AND WE'RE OUT OF TIME.
WE HAVE TILL THE END OF THE YEAR WITH VIRTUALLY NO TIME LEFT.
I ANTICIPATED THE CONCERN AND SOME OF THE ISSUES AND THE DISCUSSION.
MISS CALLOWAY AND I HAVE HAD CONVERSATIONS, I THINK, AND AGAIN, IT'S OBVIOUSLY AT THE DISCRETION OF THE COMMISSION, THAT, YES, THERE'S A LOT OF DISCUSSION AND ADDITIONS IN THE GRAND SCHEME OF THINGS.
THEY ARE NOT OVERLY SUBSTANTIVE AND DIFFICULT CHANGES TO MAKE TO THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, AND WE CAN MAKE CHANGES IN SUCH A MANNER THAT YOU CAN TRACK THE CHANGES AND SHOW WHAT'S BEEN MODIFIED FROM WHAT WAS PRESENTED TO YOU INITIALLY THIS EVENING, I WOULD ASK VERY, VERY KINDLY OF THIS COMMISSION BECAUSE WE ARE SIMPLY RUNNING OUT OF TIME WITH REGARD TO HOW WE CONTINUE TO PROCEED WITH THIS, AND WE THINK WE ARE VERY CLOSE TO THE FINISH LINE, THAT WE CONTINUE TO WORK ON THOSE ISSUES, MAKE THE CHANGES AND SUBMIT THEM TO THE CITY FOR REVIEW AND FINAL APPROVAL TO ENSURE THAT.
AND JUST BASED ON SOME THINGS THAT EVEN HAPPENED EARLIER TODAY, I BELIEVE MISS CALLOWAY, MR. ARNOTT, CITY STAFF ARE GOING TO GO BACK AND REVIEW THE TAPE AND DEFINITIVELY CONFIRM THAT EVERYTHING THAT WAS DISCUSSED HERE THIS EVENING HAS MADE ITS WAY INTO THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT. AND ONE INTERJECTION AS WELL.
CONFIRMATION THAT THIS IS PART FOR THE SITE PLAN IS QUASI JUDICIAL.
THIS IS PART OF AS IF WE ARE ACTING AS WE ARE IN COURT.
SO THE RECORD IS ALREADY BEING RECORDED.
IT HAS THE PROTECTIONS FROM WHICH THIS COMMISSION IS RECEIVING THEIR APPROVALS OR THEIR ACCEPTANCES AND THEIR AGREEMENTS FOR CHANGE. IS THAT CORRECT, CITY ATTORNEY? YES, WE ARE OPERATING UNDER QUASI JUDICIAL PROCEDURES.
IF AGAIN, IF THIS COMMISSION, MY RECOMMENDATION TO ME IS TO DEFER IT TO A DATE CERTAIN IF THAT VERSUS TABLE, A DATE CERTAIN AT LEAST WILL ONLY PERMIT NEWSPAPER ADVERTISING VERSUS INDIVIDUAL NOTICES TO RESIDENTS.
SO IT WOULD BE A COST ISSUE BECAUSE THOSE NOTICES ARE VERY EXPENSIVE.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? THAT'S GOOD FOR. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I AM BEING ASKED FOR A RECESS.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE A POINT OF ORDER BEFORE WE PROCEED.
AFTER DISCUSSING WITH OUR CITY ATTORNEY, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT A QUASI ITEM HERE AND THE FIVE MINUTE TWO MINUTE RULE. MAY NOT BE APPLICABLE.
WE'RE ACTUALLY ON SIX D TO TRY TO GET THE LAND DEVELOPMENT ITEM FINISHED.
AND THEN WE GO TO VOTE ON SIX.
SORRY NINE A AND WE STILL HAVE SEVEN A IF APPLICABLE.
THIS IS A REALLY BIG ITEM, AND I THINK I UNDERSTAND THE RIGHT TO ALLOW FOR MORE QUESTIONING AND ANSWERS BECAUSE THE PROCESS WE CHANGE THE PROCESS, RIGHT? BASED ON VICE MAYOR'S SUGGESTION TO BUNDLE IT.
RIGHT. WOULD YOU PLEASE JUST HANG ON FOR A FEW MORE MOMENTS WHILE I'M TRYING TO GIVE US A BREAK?
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THAT WE CAN ALL USE THE RESTROOM REAL FAST, AND IT WOULD BE APPRECIATED, UNLESS IT'S REALLY URGENT.IF YOU CAN, PLEASE HOLD ON TIGHT FOR A MOMENT.
THANK YOU. WE ARE ON SIX D, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, WE GET TO GO AHEAD TO OUR QUASI JUDICIAL PART OF SITE PLAN AND YOU CAN HAVE YOUR MINUTES THEN.
SO, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IT'S NOW 1151.
WE'LL SEE YOU BACK HERE AT THE STROKE OF MIDNIGHT.
THAT WOULD BE THE DEVELOPERS AGREEMENT.
COMMISSIONER, RIGHT? MADAM MAYOR? YES.
THE CLERK. JUST REMIND ME, BEFORE WE WENT TO THE QUASI JUDICIAL PROCESS, THERE WAS A MOTION AND A SECOND RELATING TO SIX, SIX, SIX D. AND SINCE THAT WAS MADE, WE NEED TO EITHER THE MAKER OF THAT MOTION NEED TO RESCIND IT.
SO IF WE'RE GOING TO OBVIOUSLY MOVE IN A DIFFERENT PROCESS.
OKAY. I'M REALLY NOT SURE I UNDERSTOOD WHAT YOU SAID.
WE ARE ON SIX D WE ALREADY HAVE A MOTION.
AND A SECOND IT WAS MADE BY THE MOTION WAS MADE BY VICE MAYOR BOLTON.
THE SECOND WAS BY COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS.
YEAH. SO IF WE ARE CONTEMPLATING A DIFFERENT PROCESS OR WE, THE MAKER OF THE MOTION, NEED TO RESCIND THAT MOTION, BECAUSE IF NOT, THERE NEEDS TO BE A VOTE ON THAT MOTION.
WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF FINISHING OUR CONVERSATION.
WE HAD OUR FIVE. WE'RE ON OUR TO ON SIX D.
SO THERE IS A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO PASS THE ORDINANCE OF 6D202488 AS HAS BEEN PROMISED WITH ALL THE. ACCOUTERMENT THAT HAS COME FROM THE TESTIMONY BETWEEN THIS AND SITE PLAN THAT HAS BEEN AGREED TO ON THE RECORD.
AND THAT IS, AGAIN, WE'RE FINISHING UP.
AND THEN WE GO INTO EIGHT A, NINE A FOR FOR THE SITE PLAN, WHICH IS QUASI JUDICIAL.
YEAH. WELL THERE WAS ON 60 THERE WAS A NUMBER OF RECOMMENDATIONS OR CHANGES DISCUSSED, BUT THAT MOTION THAT WAS MADE BY VICE MAYOR BOLTON WAS NOT WAS NOT A MOTION TO INCLUDE ANY OF THESE CHANGES OR AMENDMENTS THAT WAS DISCUSSED.
SO IF IF WE GO ON A MOTION AND SECOND, IT HAS TO BE AS IS, IF WE ARE LOOKING TO AMEND THE MOTION TO MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT FRIENDLY AMENDMENTS.
THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING BECAUSE I WAS NOT UNDERSTANDING YOU.
SO BASICALLY, I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, THAT IF WE'RE GOING TO PROCEED WITH CALLING THE ROLL ON THE MOTION FOR 60, THAT WAS MOTIONED BY VICE MAYOR BOLTON AND SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS IN ORDER TO ADD ANYTHING THAT WAS ALREADY SAID IN, THEY NEED TO ACCEPT THE AMENDMENTS PROVIDED BY THE APPLICANT IN ORDER FOR THE VOTE TO THEN GO THROUGH.
IF NOT, THEN THE VOTE GOES THROUGH WITHOUT ANY OF THE ITEMS THAT HAVE BEEN PROFFERED.
YES. OKAY, WE'LL DEAL WITH THAT SOON AS WE FINISH OFF OUR.
I'M SORRY. CAN YOU REPEAT THAT LAST LINE YOU SAID? WHICH ONE WAS MY LAST LINE? BASICALLY. AS IT STANDS NOW.
THE MOTION. AND SECOND IS FOR THE WAY WE ORIGINALLY CAME IN FOR THE AGREEMENT.
BUT DURING THIS PROCESS, THE APPLICANT HAS MADE SEVERAL OFFERS TO MAKE CHANGES TO THE DEVELOPERS AGREEMENT AND OTHER ITEMS THAT MAY BE ATTACHED IN THE SITE PLAN EXHIBITS IN ORDER FOR THOSE ITEMS TO BE VOTED UPON AND CONSIDERED APPROVED SO IT CAN BE INCLUDED.
THEN THE VICE MAYOR AND COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS BOTH HAVE TO AGREE TO THOSE AMENDMENTS AS A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT, SO THE VOTE CAN THEN JUST BE ON EVERYTHING THAT WAS DISCUSSED THIS EVENING AND AGREED UPON ALREADY.
THIS LIST IS LONG. OF ALL THE THINGS THAT WE'VE HAD, CHANGES AND THAT HAS BEEN AGREED UPON SO FAR, THAT WOULD THAT WOULD BE WHAT MR. SCOTT PUT IN HIS PRESENTATION, BECAUSE THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT WE AGREED UPON, RIGHT? CORRECT. CORRECT.
WE WE BASICALLY ADD ANYTHING ELSE THAT HAS BEEN CONFIRMED.
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RIGHT? BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T CONFIRMED ANY OF OUR DISCUSSION.WE CONFIRMED WHAT THEY PRESENTED.
RIGHT. IF I'M CORRECT, BECAUSE WE DID THE THINGS THAT ARE HANGING OUT ON THE.
I GUESS NON CONFIRMED CONSENSUS.
PART OF IT WOULD BE ITEMS IN 21, A 2121.
WELL, AND THAT NEEDS THAT NEEDS TO BE FINALIZED.
YES. THE REPLACEMENT OF THE SEVEN PODS RIGHT NOW ON THE RECORD THE APPLICANT HAS SAID HE'S REMOVING THEY'RE REMOVING THE SEVEN FROM E AND HAS MADE A REQUEST FOR US TO ACCEPT THE CHANGE TO THE SEVEN PODS, POTENTIALLY SOMEWHERE ELSE, SUBJECT TO AN AMENDED SITE PLAN, NOT JUST WILLY NILLY PUT IT.
ALL RIGHT. COMMISSIONER RIGHT. YOU WERE IN THE MIDDLE OF YOUR TWO MINUTE.
UM, YEAH, BUT IT WAS NOT SECONDED, SO.
OKAY. SO THE ATTORNEYS ARE RELIED ON TO SPEAK OR JUST DO LIGHT ON.
OKAY. IT'S EARLY IN THE MORNING.
DID ANYBODY ELSE WISH TO SAY ANYTHING ON THIS? OKAY, I'LL TAKE MY LAST TWO MINUTES AND ASK FOR US TO START DOING SOME CLARIFICATION.
WE NEED TO HAVE AN ACCEPTANCE BY THE VICE MAYOR.
AND. BUT AT THE SAME TOKEN, THERE ARE SO FEW ITEMS THAT HAVE HAD SOME REQUESTS FOR CHANGES, WHETHER IT BE THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST FOR THE SEVEN HOMES OR.
COMMISSIONER WRITES COMMENTS REGARDING FUNDING.
MY COMMENTS DURING FUNDING WERE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN HIS.
THE SEVEN HOMES WOULD BE THE SITE PLAN, NOT THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
THIS IS IF I CAN IN COMMISSIONER DANIEL TOUCHED ON THIS.
AND SO IF THE COMMISSION ACCEPTS IT, WE'LL ADD IT.
IT SAID SOMETHING ALONG THE LINES, I COULD PULL IT UP, BUT ELIMINATION OF POD E, WITH THE ABILITY TO REALLOCATE THE SEVEN LOTS TO ANOTHER POD THAT HAS APPROPRIATE LAND USE AND ZONING, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO AND THERE'S A LAUNDRY LIST OF ITEMS ON THAT LIST.
OTHERWISE, OUR POSITION IS WE'VE REAFFIRMED WHAT WHAT WAS APPROVED ON FIRST READING, WHAT HAS BEEN DISCUSSED SINCE THEN, CHANGES WE RECEIVED FROM MISS CALLOWAY AND EVERYTHING THAT'S BEEN DISCUSSED HERE TODAY, ALL OF WHICH I BELIEVE VERY EASILY CAN BE INCLUDED IN AN AGREEMENT THAT CAN BE PROVIDED TO THE CITY FOR REVIEW AND FINAL APPROVAL, WITH CONFIRMATION OF EVERYTHING THAT TRANSPIRED HERE THIS EVENING.
MR. BERGMAN, CAN YOU PUT YOUR LIST WITH RESPECT TO THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT? YOU HAD A LIST OF THINGS. ABSOLUTELY.
WOULD YOU MIND PUTTING THIS BACK ON? YEAH. THANK YOU. WE'RE ALL THE WAY BACK AT, LIKE, THE BEGINNING OF THE PRESENTATION.
YEAH. I GET A FEW LISTS IN THERE.
PERFECT. THIS WORKS. I CAN I CAN GET THERE REALLY QUICKLY FROM HERE.
HERE WE GO. THESE ARE ALL ALREADY IN THERE.
THIS IS ALL WHAT WAS APPROVED BACK IN MARCH.
SO THIS WOULD ALL NEED TO BE APPROVED.
IT'S ACTUALLY CAME FROM THE CITY AND WE'RE OKAY WITH THEM.
AGAIN ANOTHER AMENDMENT WITH BASED ON COORDINATION WITH THE CITY OF LAUDERHILL.
AND THEN THIS IS THAT LAST LIST OF THE CONSENSUS ITEMS FROM YOUR WORKSHOP ON MONDAY.
MY LANGUAGE ON POD E IS THERE IN BOLD IN THE MIDDLE.
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TO 10 ITEMS ACCESS OFF OF BEASLEY, THE BARCODES AT NO COST TO THE RESIDENTS.A NUMBER OF OTHER ITEMS THAT WERE DISCUSSED HERE.
VICE MAYOR. UM, CAN YOU ASK ANOTHER QUESTION? SO I FINISHED MY NOTES.
OKAY. COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS THOUGHT HE WAS.
THANK YOU. I AM, AFTER SPEAKING TO MS..
CALLOWAY DURING THE BREAK AND HEARING THAT THEY HAVE A TIME LIMIT, I GUESS BY THE END OF THE YEAR.
BUT WE DO HAVE ONE MORE MEETING, RIGHT? I KNOW, I'M SORRY.
WITH THE CHANGES YOU HAVE HERE, ADDING THAT WHATEVER VERBIAGE MISS CALLOWAY SAID FOR THE SITE PLAN, IF I'M SAYING IT CORRECTLY, FOR THE ADDITIONAL SEVEN HOUSES, MY CONCERNS WITH THE ADDITIONAL SEVEN HOUSES AND EVERYTHING STAYING AS IS BASED ON HIS PRESENTATION.
THAT'S WHAT I'M OKAY WITH FOR TONIGHT, IF THAT'S POSSIBLE.
I'M JUST GOING TO REITERATE IT FOR THE.
COMMISSIONER DANIEL IS AGREEING TO EVERYTHING THAT HAS BEEN HERE, AS AMENDED, WITH THE CONFIRMATION OF THE SAFEGUARD THAT THE OTHER SEVEN HOMES ARE GOING THROUGH THAT ADDITIONAL SITE PLAN BEFORE THEY JUST GET.
THEY'RE NOT JUST AUTOMATICALLY ACCEPTED.
AND THEREFORE, IF IT WORKS OUT THROUGH A SITE PLAN, IT WORKS OUT.
IF IT DOESN'T WORK OUT THROUGH A SITE PLAN.
YES. WE GOOD? ALL RIGHT. AND THAT RELATES TO THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
THAT'S A DEFINITE. BUT HE PROMISED THAT, OKAY, THAT THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT MATCHES.
IT WILL BE WHAT HE PRESENTED TODAY, RIGHT? YEAH. YES.
I'M SORRY, I CAN'T SEE YOU BEHIND THE PODIUM.
VICE MAYOR. HAVE WE STALLED LONG ENOUGH FOR YOU? YEAH. OKAY.
ALL RIGHT, SO I LISTENED TO COMMISSIONER.
RIGHT. AND THE THINGS THAT HE WANTED FOR DISTRICT TWO.
IF YOU WOULD JUST TAKE OUT THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
OKAY. OKAY, SO MATHEMATICS MAY TAKE JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN ONE MINUTE AND 38 SECONDS.
SO I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU CAME TO THE LIST OR THE AMOUNTS.
SO IF IF YOU WOULD BE, YOU PROBABLY NEED A PEN IF YOU'D BE AMENABLE TO REDUCING MAINLAND SIX BY 25,000. WELL, I'M GOING TO ASK FOR CONSENSUS, BUT I'M ASKING I'M I'M SAYING ON THE RECORD WHAT I BELIEVE THAT IS.
REDUCING REDUCING MAINLAND'S 6 TO 50,000 FROM 75.
REMOVING WOODLAND PLACE FROM 75 TO 25.
REMOVING REDUCING VILLAS AT WOODLAND GREEN FROM 75 TO 50.
REDUCING SHAKER VILLAGE FROM 75 TO 50.
REDUCING BANYAN LAKES FROM 75 TO 50.
REDUCING BERMUDA CLUB FROM 75 TO 50.
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REMOVING. REDUCING CHELSEA PLACE FROM 75 TO 50.I BELIEVE THAT OPENS UP $225,000.
ADDING $10,000 TO THE GATE CONDOMINIUM.
AND. AND ADDING $15,000 TO SABAL PALM VILLAGE.
THAT OPENS UP $200,000 FOR COMMISSIONER.
RIGHT. AND THE MAYOR WANTS TO THAT THAT THAT OPENS UP.
WE'RE RUNNING TWO MINUTES FROM THE NEXT SECTION.
THAT OPENS UP $200,000 FOR THE WOODLANDS COMMUNITY.
AND THAT OPENS UP $200,000 TO THE WOODLANDS COMMUNITY.
SO THAT IT COMMISSIONER RIGHT.
AND THE MAYOR CAN ADVOCATE FOR SOMETHING ELSE.
THAT THE. WE HAVE NO OBJECTION AT THE DISCRETION OF THE COMMISSION.
SO SO WHO'S WHO'S DICTATING? IT SEEMS LIKE THE VICE MAYOR IS THE ONE BEING DICTATING THIS STUFF.
UH, 200,000 FOR THE WOODLANDS COMMUNITY.
OKAY, SO WE CAN WE CAN GO BACK.
HENCE THIS REASON THE CONVERSATION SHOULD HAVE FINISHED UP ON MONDAY.
I DON'T CARE WHAT YOU SAY, AND I'M OKAY WITH WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
VICE MAYOR. IS THAT AMENDMENT TO YOUR INITIAL.
THERE IS NO CONSENSUS YET TO HIS COMMENT.
ALL RIGHT. FOR THE SAKE THAT SOME OF THESE PAGES ARE JUST BLURRING AT THIS POINT, MR. BACKMAN, PLEASE POINT US TO WHERE? IN THE SCREEN.
ON THIS DEVELOPER'S AGREEMENT.
THERE IS A SEGMENT WHERE 178,000 IS GOING TO THE WOODLANDS.
DO YOU HAVE THAT PARAGRAPH OFF THE TOP? NOT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, BUT I THINK I CAN FIND IT RELATIVELY, BECAUSE I SEEM TO BE PASSING THROUGH IT SEVERAL TIMES.
SO MAYBE I CAN'T PUT MY FINGER ON IT EITHER.
YES, IT IS THE VERY TOP OF PAGE 26.
SO THE PROPOSAL THAT HAS BEEN MADE BY THE VICE MAYOR IS TO PUT $200,000 INTO SECTION 18.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT SECTION 18 IS.
IT'S IN YOUR DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
IT IS THE $178,400 THAT WAS AMENDED, LEFT TO THE WOODLANDS COMMUNITY FOR DIVISION BY EACH OF THE HOMEOWNERS TO RECEIVE FUNDS TO HELP CLEAN OR MAINTAIN THEIR HOMES THROUGH THE CONSTRUCTION PROCESS.
AS WE WILL BE HAVING THE DIRT AND THE DEBRIS ON OUR HOMES.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT IS WHERE.
I THINK THERE'S A HOA IN THE WOODLANDS, I THINK.
I DON'T KNOW HOW TO DO IT. HE KNOWS HOW TO DO IT.
SO THERE ARE A HOA'S IN THE WOODLANDS.
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THERE ARE SIX THAT HAVE MANDATORY FEES.I DO NOT KNOW IF SECTION THREE PAYS ANY DUES.
SO I AS MUCH AS I WOULD LIKE TO THINK THAT SECTION THREE AND FOUR SHOULD HAVE SOMETHING, THE QUESTION WOULD THEN BECOME WHERE DOES IT GO WITHIN THOSE COMMUNITIES? BECAUSE THERE IS NOTHING ORGANIZED FOR THEM TO BE UTILIZING THOSE FUNDS FOR.
HAVE EVERY HOME THAT IS BEING AFFECTED BENEFIT UPON FOR CLARIFICATION FOR.
WHICH FRIEND? YOU GOT SEVERAL.
GO FOR IT. DO YOU KNOW HER? GRAY HAIR, GRAY GREEN HAVEN, 12 SECONDS.
DO YOU KNOW WHERE THE COMMUNITY CENTER IS? I DO, IT'S RIGHT BEHIND.
THAT'S WHERE GREEN HAVEN 12 IS.
THEY'RE NOT BEING IMPACTED AT ALL.
AND I CAN TALK ABOUT OTHER ONES, BUT UNDERSTOOD.
AND I THINK IT'S FAIR TO GO TO EACH AIRWAY IN THE WOODLANDS COMMUNITY.
I THINK THAT'S A FAIR, FAIR, FAIR THING.
AND THE HOA WILL DISTRIBUTE IT ACCORDINGLY.
WHEN YOU SAY FAIR COMMISSIONER.
RIGHT. SO MADAM MAYOR, YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU KNOW, THE NUANCES A LOT BETTER THAN I DO OF THE COMMUNITY.
UM, AND I'M JUST TRYING TO ADVOCATE AND BE FAIR.
VICE MAYOR BOLTON'S COMMUNITY GOT A BUNCH OF ALLOCATIONS.
I DON'T KNOW HOW IT WAS DONE, WHERE IT WAS DONE.
I AM JUST TRYING TO ADVOCATE FOR MY COMMUNITY.
THE WHEN IT OPENED IN THE PUBLIC, UM, AND I KNOW THERE'S EIGHT HOMES IN THE WOODLANDS, AND I THINK IT'S FAIR THAT EACH HOA GETS BENEFITS FROM, FROM, FROM, FROM, FROM THIS DISTRIBUTION BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO BE AFFECTED.
THERE'S SEVERAL HUNDRED HOMES IN SECTION ONE.
THERE ARE 35 HOMES IN SECTION FOUR.
THERE ARE 17 HOMES IN SECTION.
MY QUESTION TO YOU BECOMES IF YOU DIVIDE IT BY EIGHT 25,000 TO 8, DOES THAT SEEM EQUITABLE OR FAIR THAT THE SMALLER COMMUNITIES, SMALLER SECTIONS WILL GET MORE MONEY THEORETICALLY, THAN THE LARGER SECTIONS IN THE COMMUNITY? MAYOR GOMEZ, WHAT'S YOUR SUGGESTION? MY SUGGESTION IS TO PUT IT INTO THE SECTION IN SECTION 18 THAT IT'S TITLED CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT.
BUT THIS WAY ALL THAT MONEY THAT HAS BEEN PUT ASIDE GETS EQUALLY DISTRIBUTED PER HOUSE.
IF YOU LIVE IN THE COMMUNITY AND YOU ARE GOING THROUGH THE CONSTRUCTION PROCESS.
IT'S NATURAL, WHATEVER MITIGATION IS GOING TO BE ATTEMPTED, YET CODE IS STILL GOING TO COME OUT AND SITE HOMEOWNERS FOR DIRTY ROOFS, FOR DIRTY DRIVEWAYS, AND THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PAY FOR IT SOMEHOW.
SO WHILE UNDERSTANDABLY, AS I WATCHED SOME OF OUR RESIDENTS SQUIRM, IT MAY NOT BE EVEN ENOUGH.
I'VE BEEN COMPLAINING IT'S NOT ENOUGH.
AT 200. IT'S NOT ENOUGH AT 400.
I WOULD WANTED TO ACTUALLY, AS SCOTT WILL TELL YOU, I WANTED A 200.
BUT I WAS TOLD THAT THAT'S NOT ALLOWABLE.
SO IT'S GOTTEN NARROWED DOWN TO EVEN THIS.
SO AT THE OPPORTUNITY OF AT LEAST 440 SOMETHING DOLLARS PER HOME, IT COULD BE APPLIED TO WHATEVER.
RAMIFICATION CONSTRUCTION WILL CAUSE THE COMMUNITY.
AND THAT THEY HAVE TO MITIGATE AND CLEAN SO THEY DON'T GET CITED BY CODE.
WE CAN'T HAVE A RESOLUTION THAT SAYS THEY'RE NOT GOING TO GET CODE.
THEY'RE NOT GOING TO GET CITED THAT I TRIED THAT ONE TOO.
THAT WON'T WORK. SO THIS IS THE MOST IT'S KIND OF LIKE YOUR NON AD VALOREM TAXES.
EVERYBODY GETS TO PAY THE SAME AMOUNT THIS WAY.
EVERYBODY GETS PAID THE SAME AMOUNT AND THEY CAN USE IT FOR WHAT IT GOES THROUGH THE CITY.
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THE CITY DISPERSES IT PROPERLY TO MAKE SURE THAT THEIR HOME IN THE WOODLANDS, IF THEY HAVE BEEN CITED OR THEY'RE GOING TO BE CITED OR THEY'RE GOING TO CLEAN UP THEIR HOUSE AND THEY ONLY GET A ONE CHANCE AT THE APPLE, YOU DON'T GET EVERY YEAR THE MONEY YOU GET ONE TIME APPLICATION OF THOSE FUNDS TO CLEAN YOUR HOME UNDER CONSTRUCTION.I THINK THAT'S UNFAIR COMPARED TO THE DISTRICT ONE.
ABSOLUTELY. SO IT SHOULD IF YOU'RE GIVEN TO DISTRICT ONE, I THINK THE WOODLANDS DESERVE THE SAME.
AND I THINK WE DESERVE A LITTLE MORE.
AND I DON'T KNOW, BUT I HEAR WHAT YOU KNOW.
I AGREE, I AGREE WOODLANDS NEEDS MORE.
I DEFINITELY AGREE WITH WOODS MORE, WHICH IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I'M TRYING TO SAY TO YOU, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING AGAINST THE CHARITIES, BUT I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH WHY WE ARE GIVING MONEY TO CHARITIES WHEN THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF THESE FUNDS ARE TO HELP THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE DIRECTLY AFFECTED BY THE DEVELOPMENT AND THE PLAN AND THE BURDEN, SO TO SPEAK, OF THE DEVELOPMENT, THEN WHY IS THAT $250,000 GOING TO CHARITY? WE ALL MAKE OUR OWN CHARITABLE CHOICES THAT $250,000 SHOULD COME BACK TO THE WOODLANDS.
I KNOW YOU DO, BUT I'M JUST SAYING WE CAN'T ASK THE DEVELOPER FOR MORE MONEY THEY HAVE PUT OUT.
WE CAN. BASICALLY WE CAN, BUT I'M ALREADY IN AGREEMENT WITH WHATEVER THEY GAVE.
I DON'T MEAN WE GET IT, BUT WE CERTAINLY CAN.
REALISTICALLY, WE DON'T WANT TO START BACK AT THE DRAWING BOARD.
I THINK DISTRICT ONE HAS GOTTEN A LOT MORE.
I THINK THE WOODLANDS SHOULD GET SOME SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDS.
THEY'RE DIRECTLY AFFECTED BY THIS.
I UNDERSTAND THE CONCERNS WITH DISTRICT ONE.
ONE OF THE REASONS I VOTED FOR SHAKER VILLAGE IS BECAUSE IT WAS ADJACENT TO MY DISTRICT.
IT'S ON THE MAIN THOROUGHFARE, AND THE 750, I WOULD HAVE BEEN IN SUPPORT OF BRINGING THAT BACK TO A POOL IF SHAKER VILLAGE DOES NOT GO THROUGH, BECAUSE WE ALREADY APPROVED THAT MONEY.
I'M NOT INTO SHAKING OUR BUSINESS PEOPLE.
SO THAT WAS, THAT WAS THAT WAS MY THINKING ON MONDAY WHEN YOU ASKED THAT QUESTION.
AND THAT WAS MY RESPONSE BECAUSE WE HAD THAT CONVERSATION.
IN TERMS OF THE HOA, I DO THINK THE WOODLANDS ARE SHOULD GET A LITTLE MORE.
VICE MAYOR'S DISTRICT IS GETTING 740,000.
THAT'S ONLY ABOUT 20% OF THE TOTAL THAT'S BEING DISTRIBUTED.
I'M NOT EVEN GETTING 200,000 178,000, BUT THAT WOULD NOT.
I JUST WANT TO KNOW, FOR THE VICE MAYOR, THAT WOULD NOT BE AN ACCURATE STATEMENT.
I JUST WANT TO KNOW, FOR THE RECORD, THESE ARE VOLUNTARY PROFITS MADE BY THE DEVELOPER.
I JUST WANT TO KNOW THAT FOR THE RECORD.
OKAY. YES. AND SOME OF US STILL WANT TO KNOW HOW THE DEVELOPER DECIDED CERTAIN PLACES, PROPERTIES, CHARITIES, BUT WE'RE NOT GOING TO PUT THEM ON THE HOT SEAT TODAY BECAUSE ESPECIALLY AS YOU KNOW, I LOVE GREEN HAVEN.
THEY ARE RIGHT DOWN THE BLOCK ON PINE ISLAND.
THEN I HAVE HAD A CONCERN WITH 21 BE WHEN WE SAY THAT WE'RE PUTTING $750,000 FOR A SPECIFIC ITEM THAT WE CANNOT PROMISE WILL ACTUALLY GO THROUGH, AND WE JUST HAVE IT HANGING THERE IN A BUCKET THAT WILL POTENTIALLY NEVER, EVER BE USED, IF THAT.
YOU KNOW WHAT, IT MAY NEVER, EVER BE USED.
GIVE IT A REST, BUT WE MAY NEVER BE USED.
IF THERE, I AM GOING TO FINISH MY SENTENCE AND I HAVE ASKED FOR SOME SAFEGUARD LANGUAGE FOR THE CITY OF TAMARAC ON THAT, IN CASE IT DOES NOT GET USED.
AND IT IS SHOCKING HOW WE DO NOT WISH TO HAVE OUR FIDUCIARY LINE IN ORDER THAT KNOWS THAT IF IT SHOULD NOT HAPPEN IN A TIME CERTAIN 510 YEARS THAT THE NEXT COMMISSION IS DEALING WITH, THIS WILL HAVE ACCESS TO THOSE FUNDS THAT WOULD HELP THE COMMUNITY.
COME BACK TO THE COMMISSION FOR A FAIR PROCESS AND DIVIDING THAT MONEY TO WOODLANDS AND WHATEVER OTHER PROJECTS SAY, THE GATING OFF OF MANOR PARK OR LIKE THE WALL THAT COULD HAVE GONE AROUND ROCK ISLAND AND COMMERCIAL WHERE THAT SOUTH SIDE OF THE STREET, SOUTHEAST, SOUTH EAST SIDE OF THE STREET FROM THE BUSINESS PARK THAT NEVER GOT A CHANCE TO BE DISCUSSED WITH THAT VOTE.
THERE ARE CERTAIN OTHER THINGS THAT CAN GO BACK INTO CENTRAL PARK.
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ACTUALLY, IT'S CALLED SABAL PALM PARK.BUT THE COMMISSION, IT WILL COME BACK TO THE COMMISSION FOR A DISCUSSION ON IT.
YOU KIND OF TWISTED MY WORDS, MADAM MAYOR.
IF IT DOES NOT GO THROUGH, THAT SHOULD BE ALLOCATED TO SHAKER VILLAGE BECAUSE THERE'S NOTHING THERE.
THE DEVELOPER SAID THEY ALLOCATE THAT MONEY TO IMPROVE THAT EYESORE IN THE COMMUNITY, AND IF IT DOESN'T GO THROUGH BECAUSE WE APPROVE IT IN JULY, THEN THAT MONEY SHOULD BE GO BACK TOWARDS SHAKER VILLAGE.
THAT'S THAT. THAT WAS MY THINKING ON MONDAY.
THAT WAS DEFINITELY NOT UNDERSTOOD IN THE WHAT YOU SAID.
YEAH, NO, THAT WAS DEFINITELY NOT UNDERSTOOD SO COMPLETELY FAR BETWEEN AT THIS AT, AT THIS POINT IN TIME, WE HAD AT THIS POINT IN TIME 20 YEARS AGO.
WAS THAT 20 YEARS? NO, MADAM MAYOR, THIS IS WHAT THE DEVELOPER.
I DON'T CARE IF IT'S 20 YEARS. AT LEAST IT'S A SIGN, AN ITEM ON IT.
THE MONEY WAS ALLOCATED FOR THAT SPECIFIC PROJECT.
AGAIN, I WILL REMAIN ON THE RECORD THAT I HIGHLY DISAGREE THAT THIS WAS THE DEVELOPER'S CALL.
HE MAY BE AGREEING TO IT, BUT WE'RE NOT GOING TO.
THAT WAS YOU'RE NOT GOING TO CONVINCE.
NO, THAT'S THAT WAS MY CONVERSATION.
MR. BACKMAN WAS IN THE ROOM, PAM RYAN WAS IN THE ROOM AND WE HAD THAT CONVERSATION.
THAT'S FINE. IT DOESN'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE ANYMORE.
IT'S ALREADY ON HERE FIRST, I THINK I STILL HAVE A MINUTE AND 39 SECONDS ON MY ON MY FIRST GO ROUND.
I HAVE A POINT OF CLARIFICATION.
PLEASE, BOTH OF YOU, PLEASE WAIT.
VICE MAYOR IS IN HIS FIRST ROUND OF TWO MINUTES AND HE'LL DO HIS FIVE FOR SITE PLAN.
HE HAS PUT THESE ITEMS ON THE TABLE.
THERE WAS DISCUSSION ON WHETHER OR NOT THIS.
REALLOCATION, AS HE IS SUGGESTING, IS BEING ACCEPTED.
AT THIS POINT IN TIME, IT DOES NOT APPEAR THAT THE REALLOCATION.
THAT IS WHERE WE FELL OFF THE RAILS.
I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT CLARIFICATION.
THE DEVELOPER SAID THEY'VE ALLOCATED THE MONEY TO IMPROVE SHAKER VILLAGE AS AN EYESORE.
SO MY CLARIFICATION FOR THAT IS 750 WILL NOT DO ANYTHING TO SHAKER VILLAGE.
SHALL THEY NOT GET OUR $2 MILLION PLUS THE $10 MILLION? THIS IS WE CAN GO BACK TO 21, BE AFTER WE FINISH 21, SEE WHICH IS WHICH IS THE 950. WE'RE ON THE 950.
YES. THE SHAKER VILLAGE IS BEEN REDUCED IN THERE BECAUSE SHAKER VILLAGE WAS AT 75,000.
WHAT DID YOU CHANGE IT TO THEN? THE 950.
HE SAID IT WAS GOING TO BE 200,000 ALLOCATED TO THE WOODLANDS.
AND OUT OF THE 950, I AM SAYING THAT I THINK MORE SHOULD GO TO THE WOODLANDS COMMUNITY, WHICH IS WHY IF WE COULD JUST PUT THIS IN A BUCKET FOR THE COMMISSION TO REALLOCATE AT A LATER TIME THE $925,000, IT CAN BE PUT THROUGH A FULL DISCUSSION WITH WOODLANDS COMMUNITY, WITH WOODLANDS COMMUNITY AND ALL THE COMMUNITIES CURRENTLY LISTED.
GO AHEAD. I'M GOING TO FINISH MY ONE MINUTE AND 39 SECONDS.
MR. COMMISSIONER RIGHT THERE IS YOUR ANSWER.
WHICH ONE? WHAT I SAID, OR THE 950 IF IF WE CAN'T AGREE, I WANT THE WOODLANDS COMMUNITY SHOULD GET THE 950 I AGREE WITH SHOULD GO A POOL AND IT SHOULD BE REALLOCATED EQUITABLY BETWEEN THE WOODLANDS COMMUNITY AND ALL THE COMMUNITIES CURRENTLY LISTED ON THIS AGREEMENT.
AND OKAY. YES, THAT WAS WHAT HE'S SAYING.
OKAY. YOU WERE BACK VICE MAYOR AND I WOULD VEHEMENTLY OPPOSED.
THIS IS WHAT YOU GET WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO HELP PEOPLE.
UM, BUT REMEMBER THERE'S THREE PEOPLE THAT CAN AGREE TO THIS.
SO YOU ARE CONTINUE YOUR ONE MINUTE AND 39 SECONDS.
MR. BACHMANN, DO YOU DO YOU SEE THIS AS A SHAKEDOWN OR DO YOU SEE OR DO YOU STILL SEE THIS AS A VOLUNTARY PROFFER? WHAT WAS AGREED UPON BACK IN MARCH, AND THE DOLLARS THAT WERE IN THE AGREEMENT IN MARCH WERE PURELY VOLUNTARY.
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THE COMMISSION IS NOW HAVING A CONVERSATION ABOUT THE DOLLARS THAT ARE IN THE AGREEMENT.WE AGREED AND AFFIRMED WHAT WAS COMMITTED TO BACK IN MARCH.
IT'S YOU GUYS NEED TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION.
THAT'S NOT IT'S NOT A SHAKEDOWN.
WE ALREADY AGREED TO THE DOLLARS VOLUNTARILY BACK IN MARCH.
I DON'T IF YOU'RE ALL GOING TO HAVE A CONVERSATION AND FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO WITH THOSE DOLLARS.
I DON'T I DON'T WANT TO SAY ABOUT THAT.
I'M ALSO WILLING TO TAKE $250,000 FROM 21 BE.
REDUCING SHAKER VILLAGE TO $500,000.
ADDING $250,000 TO THE WOODLANDS COMMUNITY.
AND I'M SORRY. AND JUST AS AN ADDITIONAL PLUS $178,000 MAYBE FOR A DIFFERENT FUND.
BUT THAT'S ALSO GOING TO THE WOODLANDS COMMUNITY.
BASICALLY THOUGH, YOU JUST SAY D OR E.
REDUCING THE SHAKER VILLAGE AMOUNT FROM 21 B TO $500,000.
ADDING IT TO THE $200,000 THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN GOING TO THE WOODLANDS.
THE WHOLE POINT IS TO GET RID OF THE EYESORE.
SO NOW YOU'RE GOING AGAINST WHAT THE DEVELOPER WANTED.
OKAY. YOU SHOULD HAVE JUST LEFT IT LIKE THE DEVELOPER LEFT IT.
THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, WE'LL LEFT.
WE'LL LEAVE IT LIKE I'LL LEAVE IT AS THE DEVELOPER LEFT IT.
I AGREE WITH THAT, DOCTOR DANIELS.
THAT THAT'S WHAT THE DEVELOPER WANTED FOR THE EYESORE.
BUT IT ALL TO GET RID OF THE EYESORE.
OKAY, LEAVE IT THE WAY THE PEOPLE LEFT IT.
OKAY, I GO BACK TO THE ORIGINAL AGREEMENT.
NO, THEY NEED MORE THAN $2 MILLION.
MAYOR. OKAY, WE HAVE A WE HAVE A MOTION IN A SECOND ON THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
WE HAVE SOME AMENDMENTS AS PROPOSED BY THE DEVELOPER, WHICH THE COMMISSION, I BELIEVE I'M GOING TO SEE IF THERE'S CONSENSUS ON COMMISSIONER WRIGHT'S REQUEST TO PUT THE B INTO.
RIGHT. THAT WAS WHAT YOU ASKED FOR.
AND IF IT'S CONSENSUS, I CAN THEN GET IT PUT ONTO A MOTION.
YOU'D HAVE TO ASK ME FOR A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT, AND I'M NOT GOING TO AGREE TO THAT.
YES, THE 958 GO INTO A POOL IN A POOL WHICH INCLUDES THE WOODLANDS AND ALL.
COULD IT INCLUDE FIXING THE EYESORE IF IT GETS APPROVED? LOOK, LOOK, THE COMMUNITY IS GETTING MONEY JUST LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE.
NO, WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF CONSENSUS ON THIS ONE.
YOU ARE. YOU'RE ADDING THE $950,000 TO A POOL OF HOA FEES.
IF WE GO BACK TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, I GOT A POINT OF CLARIFICATION.
THE MOTION CAN GO FORWARD WITHOUT BEING FRIENDLY AMENDED AND IT COULD FAIL.
AND WHEN IT FAILS, A NEW MOTION WILL COME UP FOR DOING THE LAND USE AGREEMENT.
THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT LAND.
I DON'T KNOW WHY I KEEP SAYING LAND. I APOLOGIZE, THE LAND DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT CAN COME BACK BEING AMENDED AS THE PROFFERS HAVE BEEN MADE, INCLUDING 21 BE.
SO I'M CALLING THE QUESTION ON SIX D.
AS IT CURRENTLY STANDS, NO CHANGES.
THE LAND. THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITHOUT ANY CHANGES.
FOR NOW, IT'LL GOING TO REDO IT.
WITH RESPECT TO THE DEVELOPMENT AMENDMENTS.
IF THE VICE MAYOR WANT TO ACCEPT THOSE AS A FRIENDLY.
NO, NO, HE'S ALREADY SAID HE WILL NOT ACCEPT IT.
THEREFORE, THE MOTION THAT'S ON THE FLOOR.
THE MOTION WHAT? THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR IS NOT AMENDED.
IT IS AS IS AS IT CAME FORWARD, AND IT WILL BE VOTED UP OR IT WILL BE VOTED DOWN.
CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
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MAYOR GOMEZ. NO.COMMISSIONER, RIGHT? NO. VICE MAYOR.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE AN AYE MOTION, AS AMENDED, PER COMMISSIONER WRIGHT'S REQUEST.
INCLUDING THE PROFFERS, AMENDMENTS AND CONVERSE.
IS THAT CLEAR ENOUGH? CITY ATTORNEY? OR DO YOU CLARIFY FOR ME? CITY ATTORNEY? OKAY, BASICALLY THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR IS FOR SIX D.
I DON'T KNOW WHY I WANT TO CALL IT LAND USE.
I'M JUST MAKING SURE THIS IS SPECIFIC TO BE REMOVED AND SUBJECT TO AN ADDITIONAL SITE PLAN IF IT COULD BE FOUND TO BE PLACED ELSEWHERE, WITH SIX B BEING PUT INTO $925,000 BEING PUT INTO A POOL THAT INCLUDES WOODLANDS AND ALL THE OTHER.
COMMUNITIES LISTED CURRENTLY IN SIX BE, AS IT STANDS FOR DISCUSSION AND DISTRIBUTION, ACCORDING TO THE COMMISSION'S FUTURE WORKSHOP MAYOR.
JUST FOR CLARITY, THE AMENDMENTS THAT THE DEVELOPER LISTED TONIGHT ON ON HIS POWERPOINT RELATING TO THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT. OKAY.
YES. THAT WAS THAT'S THE THAT'S THE MOTION.
THAT WAS THE ONLY CHANGE IS THE HOA PART.
THE ONLY NEW PART IS THE HOA IS SECTION 921.
SEE. 21 C WITH ALL THOSE SECTIONS, INCLUDING THE WOODLANDS, COULD GO TO A POOL AND THEN TO BE DISCUSSED AND THEN DIVIDED. THROUGH ANOTHER MEETING AT ANOTHER TIME.
WE'VE GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS.
WE HAD A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER.
PLEASE DON'T PUT YOUR MIC ON. I'M SORRY.
THAT'S OKAY. SO IT WOULD IMPACT ONLY THE 925 FOR THE HOSE THAT'S AROUND THAT AREA, RIGHT? INCLUDING THE WOODLANDS.
BUT EVERYTHING ELSE HE PROMISED, WHICH BASICALLY HE ALREADY PROMISED THAT.
IS THAT CORRECT? AND AND AND THAT WOULD BE VOTING FOR THE ENTIRE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
CORRECT. IT IS THE DEVELOPER'S AGREEMENT AS AMENDED.
YOU NEED TO ADD IT MATCHES THE SITE PLAN.
AND WELL, THAT'S THAT'S WHATEVER'S BEEN PROFFERED.
YEAH. THAT'S IT MATCHES THE SITE PLAN AND THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT MATCH.
AND THE THE SEVEN HOMES WILL BE COME BACK TO US IN AN AMENDED SITE PLAN FOR WHEREVER THEY MAY BE PLACED, IF THEY ARE PLACED, AND THEN THE CITY WILL COME UP WITH ALLOCATION FOR THE 925.
UNLESS YOU DON'T WANT IT TO BE THE CITY.
I REALLY DON'T. OKAY, WELL, NO, DON'T LISTEN TO ME, BUT I REALLY DON'T, I THINK.
LOOK, WE SHOULD JUST LEAVE IT AS IT SHOULD.
GO TO STRATEGIC PLANNING. LEAVE IT AS IS FROM THE BEGINNING.
BUT YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T HAVE TO LISTEN PER THEIR.
OKAY. NO, NO I DO. I WANT TO LISTEN TO EVERYBODY.
TO EVERYBODY. I'VE GOT A MOTION.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. VICE MAYOR.
HOW AM I GOING TO SECOND IT? BECAUSE I'M GOING TO VOTE NO.
THAT'S OKAY. YOU'VE DONE THAT BEFORE.
I'LL SECOND IT. I DON'T CARE, I'VE SECOND IT.
CALL IT CALL. CALL THE QUESTION.
DO YOU NOT TELL HER HOW TO VOTE? NO. HE SAID HE'S VOTING. HE CAN'T TELL ME HOW TO VOTE.
HE SAID HE DOES IT ALL THE TIME.
COME ON, KIM, HE TELLS YOU TO.
OH, HE NEVER TELLS ME ANYTHING BECAUSE HE COMMISSIONER DANIELLE.
BOLTON. I DIDN'T HEAR WHO YOU CALLED NEXT.
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GOMEZ. YES.[9.a TR14013 - A Resolution of the City Commission of the City of Tamarac, Florida, granting site plan approval (major) with conditions to allow for the development of the subject property, formerly known as the Woodlands Golf Course, to permit the construction of three hundred thirty-five (335) single family homes in nine (9) separate pods for properties located south of W Commercial Boulevard, North of NW 44 Street, East of NW 64 Avenue, and West of Rock Island road, situated on various portions of the former “Woodlands Golf Course”, Tamarac, Florida (Case No. 14-SP19); providing for conflicts; providing for severability; and providing for an effective date.]
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON SITE PLAN COMMISSION? DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS? OKAY. IF THERE ARE NO COMMENTS.I'LL COMMENT. ONE LAST THING IS, I KNOW WE'LL HAVE A DISCUSSION ON THE CONSTRUCTION AND WILL BE INCLUDED, AND THE COMMUNITY WILL BE VERY MUCH AWARE OF WHEN THINGS ARE GOING TO HAPPEN.
SO THERE'S NO SURPRISES AND PEOPLE CAN PLAN ACCORDINGLY.
IT HAS BEEN AN EXTREMELY ROUGH SEVEN YEARS, WHETHER IT'S BEEN LIVING IN A COMMUNITY THAT HAS BEEN DIVIDED. PARTLY TOGETHER, GOING THROUGH THE HARD TIMES OF A.
COVID DIDN'T HELP, OR MAYBE IT HELPED THEM, DIDN'T HELP US.
MOST OF YOU HEARD WHAT I SAID WHEN WE SPOKE HERE IN MARCH.
FOR THE LIFEBLOOD OF THIS COMMUNITY.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN OF THE COMMUNITY.
IF IT PASSES, THIS WILL NOT NECESSARILY BE A FUN TIME.
UNPLEASANTNESS OF CONSTRUCTION OF SOME NEW PEOPLE MOVING IN TO AREAS WHERE WE DIDN'T HAVE PEOPLE LIVING BEFORE WILL BE OUTWEIGHED WHEN WE FINALLY GET THE TRAFFIC ITEMS THAT WE'VE BEEN ASKING FOR FOR YEARS, AND BEING ABLE TO GET IN AND OUT OF THE COMMUNITY WHERE WE'RE NOT BLOCKED BY TRAFFIC. EILEEN, I HAVE PLENTY OF PICTURES AS WELL OF BEING BLOCKED IN THE THREE MINUTE LIGHT THAT IF YOU MISS IT AT WOODLANDS BOULEVARD WILL BE CHANGED.
YOU CAN GET MORE THAN TWO CARS OUT PER LIGHT.
WE TRIED THE ND WE'VE ASKED TO DATE OUR COMMUNITY.
WE'VE ASKED TO CLOSE DOWN THE SAME PLACES THAT ARE BEING CLOSED.
WE'RE RECEIVING THINGS THAT WE CAN'T AFFORD TO PAY AND DO AS A CITY.
WE'RE GOING TO WE KNOW THAT OUR COMMUNITY WILL NEVER, WILL NOT FLOOD AGAIN.
VERY MUCH LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT IF THIS SHOULD PASS.
AND APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S PATIENCE THROUGH THIS.
WE STILL NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THE ITEM.
AND THAT'S A LEGAL WORD? YES. ALSO, THE EIGHT CONDITIONS THAT COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT HAD OUTLINED.
AND IT'S ALREADY IN THE MOTION FOR THE SITE PLAN.
YES. SO IT DOESN'T NEED TO BE ADDED IN.
IT'S ALREADY IN THE SITE PLAN.
THAT WAS THAT WAS A REQUEST BY THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR.
DO YOU WANT US TO READ ALL THOSE ITEMS IN? NO, JUST JUST TO NOTE IT ON THE RECORD.
FINE. DO I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND ON TR 14013 WITH THE EIGHT ITEMS THAT HAVE BEEN LISTED BY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT INCLUDED.
COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS MYSELF.
MADAM MAYOR. COMMISSIONER. VILLALOBOS.
THANK YOU. DO NOT THINK WE'RE DONE YET.
[7.a TR14026 - A Resolution of the City Commission of the City of Tamarac, Florida, authorizing the appropriate City Officials to execute a locally funded agreement between the State of Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) and the City of Tamarac, attached hereto as Exhibit “1”, and incorporated herein; to provide financial assistance in the amount of One Hundred Fourteen Thousand Nine Hundred Sixty Four Dollars and no cents ($114,964.00), in connection with FDOT’S construction of an adaptive traffic signal control system and associated upgrades along SR870/Commercial Boulevard from Rock Island Road to SR-5/US-1 in Broward County, Florida; Project # FM no. 441944-1-52-01; funded in Fiscal Year 2023/2024; providing for conflicts; providing for severability; and providing for an effective date.]
TITLE FOR THE RECORD.EXECUTE A LOCALLY FUNDED AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE STATE OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND CITY OF TAMARAC TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE IN THE AMOUNT OF 114,006 AND $64 AND THE CONNECTION WITH FDOT CONSTRUCTION AND ADAPTIVE TRAFFIC SIGNAL CONTROL
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SYSTEM. ASSOCIATED UPGRADES.PROVIDING FOR CONFLICT. PROVIDING FOR EFFECTIVE DATE.
DO YOU SAY USES ALONG COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD AND PROJECT 441944152.
SECOND COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS MOTION I SECOND.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE NOW OPEN.
SEEING. NOBODY WANTS TO SPEAK.
PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE NOW CLOSED.
MR. WILSON, THANK YOU FOR STAYING HERE SO LONG.
MR. WILSON IS HERE ON BEHALF OF FDOT AND MAXINE CALLOWAY.
OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR ARE AVAILABLE TO LET HIM SPEAK FOR.
THEY'RE AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS.
SEEING. NO QUESTIONS, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
THANK YOU. WHOEVER TOOK BEFORE 1:00.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. GOOD NIGHT.
THANK YOU ALL.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.