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WELCOME TO THE DECEMBER 13TH, 2023 COMMISSION.[CALL TO ORDER]
IT IS CURRENTLY 7:03.IF YOU WOULD PLEASE TURN YOUR PHONES OFF OR TO SILENCE AND CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.
MAYOR GOMEZ. GOOD EVENING, VICE MAYOR BOLTON.
GOOD EVENING, COMMISSIONER WRIGHT.
GOOD EVENING. COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS.
GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. COMMISSIONER DANIEL.
EXCELLENT. IF EVERYONE WOULD PLEASE STAND.
COMMISSIONER DANIEL WILL LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
AND WE WILL HAVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE THEREAFTER.
UH, THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. NO REPORT, NO REPORT.
ALL RIGHTY. IN THE CITY MANAGER SECTION.
[2. CITY MANAGER REPORT]
WE ARE VERY EXCITED TO.HAVE. A PROCLAMATION FOR TAMARAC FIRE RESCUE EMS WORLD RESCUE CHALLENGE TEAM AND THE 2023 BERNIE TILSON MEMORIAL EMS CHALLENGE TEAM TO BE PRESENTED BY COUNTY COMMISSIONER DISTRICT THREE MICHAEL YUDIN.
WHICH NOTHING AGAINST OUR COMMISSIONER UDDIN.
WE ARE VERY EXCITED TO HAVE FORMER MAYOR BETHEL BISCOE BE THE ONE TO DO THE PROCLAMATION.
WOULD YOU LIKE THE TEAM TO COME DOWN OR YOU WITH THE TEAM? PLEASE COME DOWN.
HI. WHERE IS EVERYONE? EVERYONE.
SEE, I'M DRESSED BECAUSE I AM THE NEWEST MEMBER OF THE EMS TEAM.
TERRIFIC. WELL, IT REALLY IS AN HONOR TO BE BACK HERE.
MANY OF YOU MAY KNOW, OR MANY OF YOU MAY NOT KNOW, I SPENT A GOOD PART OF MY, UM, LATER YEARS IN THIS CHAMBER, AND I STARTED OUT AS, UM, COUNTY COMMISSIONER.
WHO DID YOU RUN AGAINST ME TOO, OR SOMEBODY ELSE? NO. SOMEBODY ELSE.
WELL, IT'S LOVELY TO BE HERE, AND IT IS AN HONOR TO BE HERE.
I SEE SOME OF MY OLD FRIENDS FROM STAFF AND THIS WONDERFUL COMMISSION AND MAYOR.
I HAVE THE PLEASURE OF WORKING FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER MICHAEL YUDIN.
UM, REGRETFULLY, HE CANNOT BE HERE TONIGHT.
SO I'M HERE AND IN MY CAPACITY AS DISTRICT DIRECTOR FOR COMMISSION FOR DISTRICT THREE, WHICH MEANS HE, AS COUNTY COMMISSIONER, REPRESENTS TAMARAC CORAL SPRINGS PARKLAND AND A LITTLE BIT OF NORTH LAUDERDALE.
THIS GREAT GROUP OF FIRST RESPONDERS IN THEIR LITTLE TRIP TO SPAIN.
WE DECIDED THAT WOULD BE ME, THAT A PROCLAMATION WAS IN ORDER.
SO IT IS MY HONOR TO READ THIS WHOLE THING, SO BEAR WITH ME.
I REMEMBER WHEN WE DIDN'T HAVE TO WEAR GLASSES AND YOU WERE A LOT YOUNGER.
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PROCLAMATION REQUESTED BY COMMISSIONER MICHAEL UDIN BROWARD COUNTY.WHEREAS THE WORLD RESCUE CHALLENGE TOOK PLACE ON OCTOBER 21ST IN LANZAROTE, SPAIN, IN THE CANARY ISLANDS, AND WHEREAS, THE FIVE DAY INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION TITLED THE TRAUMA STANDARD SCENARIO, IS HELD ANNUALLY FOR TEAMS OF FIRST RESPONDERS FROM AROUND THE WORLD, WHEREAS ONLY THREE TEAMS FROM THE UNITED STATES QUALIFIED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION.
COINCIDENTALLY, ALL THREE WERE FROM FLORIDA TAMARAC DERBY AND MIAMI-DADE COUNTY.
TONY. AND WHEREAS THE COMPETITION WAS ROUGH WITH ACTORS CARRYING OUT A FICTITIOUS SCENARIO OF A HORRIFIC CONSTRUCTION ACCIDENT INVOLVING A YOUNG MALE VICTIM WHO WAS FOUND UNRESPONSIVE, BLEEDING HEAVILY THROUGH HIS ABDOMEN, AND WHEREAS IN THE END IT WAS TRAINING AND SKILLS OF THE TAMARAC FIRE DEPARTMENT THAT WOULD EARN THEM FIRST PLACE OUT OF 32 TEAMS. KEY HERE, 32 TEAMS PARTICIPATING IN THE INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION.
AND WHEREAS THE ASSESSING JUDGES WERE EMERGENCY ROOM DOCTORS FROM AROUND THE GLOBE WHO WOULD NAME THE TAMARAC FIRE DEPARTMENT THE WORLD'S BEST TEAM IN THE 2023 WORLD RESCUE CHALLENGE.
THAT'S. I REMEMBER WHEN, UM, A FORMER VICE PRESIDENT SAID TO A PRESIDENT, WHEN SOMETHING WAS PAST, HE WHISPERED IN HIS EAR, THIS IS A BIG DEAL.
WHEREAS THE TAMARAC FIRE DEPARTMENT PRACTICES FREQUENTLY AND HAS COMPETED IN OTHER COMPETITIONS AND ARE RANKED NUMBER ONE IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA, NUMBER ONE IN THE STATE IN FLORIDA.
AND WHEREAS THE FOUR WINNING TEAM MEMBERS ARE CAPTAIN MICHAEL BOHAN.
FRANCOIS AVRIL AND CHRIS CURBELO.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT PROCLAIMED BY THE BROWARD COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS THAT THE BOARD HEREBY PROCLAIMS WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13TH, 2023, AS TAMARAC FIRE DEPARTMENT APPRECIATION DAY IN BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA AS WE CONGRATULATE THEM FOR WINNING FIRST PLACE IN THE WORLD RESCUE CHALLENGE SIGNED BY OUR MAYOR, NAN RICH.
HOWEVER, WHAT MY BOSS WOULD SAY IS, SINCE IT'S THE END OF THE DAY, YOU GET IT TOMORROW ALSO.
SO WE'RE GOING TO MAKE IT TOMORROW AS WELL.
AND IT'S AN HONOR ON BEHALF OF MICHAEL AND MYSELF AND THE COUNTY TO PRESENT THIS TO YOU ALL.
HONESTLY, IT WAS A HONOR FOR US TO BE ABLE TO TRAVEL.
UH, THIS IS PROBABLY THE BEST YEAR WE'VE EVER HAD AS AN EMS COMPETITION.
I'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR EIGHT YEARS, AND WE'VE GONE THROUGH THE STRUGGLE.
BUS. UH, WE SCORED LAST WHEN WE STARTED, AND WE'VE GOTTEN BETTER AND BETTER AND BETTER.
AND NOW WE ARE THE BEST IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA.
SO SMALL DEPARTMENT TAMARAC IS MAKING A SCENE, AND WE'RE HAPPY TO BE HERE.
NEXT THING I'LL TELL YOU ABOUT SPAIN.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALL THE SUPPORT THAT THAT EVERYBODY GIVES US REALLY ALLOWED US THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO OVER TO SPAIN AND PUT LITTLE TAMARAC IN SOUTH FLORIDA ON THIS INTERNATIONAL LEVEL.
AND I THINK WE'RE ON THAT PATH.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYBODY'S SUPPORT.
WELL. I DID TRY REALLY HARD TO JUST MAKE IT ABOUT YOU AND THE COUNTY AND THESE FINE FIREFIGHTERS, BUT I'M ALWAYS IN AWE OF ALL OF THEM.
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ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS I DID WHEN I GOT ON THE COMMISSION WAS WENT THROUGH ONE OF THE FIRE.SCHOOLS, ACADEMIES AND SAW WHAT THEY DID.
AND THEN WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO FIRE OPS 101, WHERE WE GOT TO DRAG A DUMMY AND WE GOT TO DO BREAKING INTO A CAR AND GOT TO DO THE HOSE AND ALL THIS KIND OF STUFF AND OH MY GOD, THAT WAS JUST A DAY.
I CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT ALL THEY HAVE TO DO EVERY DAY, AND THEY DO IT WITH A SMILE.
AND ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS ARE SO VERY APPRECIATIVE.
OUR BUSINESS OWNERS ARE APPRECIATIVE.
SO WE'RE GLAD FOR THE WHOLE TEAM.
BUT AS. OKAY, I CAN SEE, BETH SAYS.
BETH SAID, UM, WE CAN'T DO IT INDIVIDUALLY.
AND SO THANK YOU FOR BEING SUCH A GREAT TEAM AND THANK YOU FOR REPRESENTING TAMARAC SO VERY WELL.
OKAY, WELL, THAT'S A FIRE CHIEF.
I COULDN'T BE MORE PROUD OF THIS TEAM.
IN THIS DEPARTMENT. TAMARAC IS NUMBER ONE.
THEY'RE ALWAYS NUMBER ONE. SO LET'S HEAR IT FOR TAMARAC.
HE'S DONE A GREAT JOB. THANK YOU, LEVENT FOR THE SUPPORT THE REST OF THE CITY DEPARTMENTS AS WELL.
SO THANK YOU. AND OF COURSE, BETH.
ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOOD PICTURES AS MUCH AS WE CAN FOR THE PHOTO.
ALL RIGHT. GETTING A LITTLE CLOSER. REMEMBER, I'M ON THE NO.
NECK AND SHOULDERS. 3 TO 4 OF YOU COME DOWN AND KNEEL DOWN IN THE CENTER, PLEASE.
THANK YOU GUYS. YOU GUYS? ABSOLUTELY. YEAH.
FOR FUN. REALLY? REALLY. MICHAEL.
WELL, THAT WAS ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL.
AND I KNOW YOU'RE ALL LEAVING US, BUT YOU'RE ALWAYS WELCOME TO STAY.
IF NOT, JUST BE SAFE WHEREVER YOU'RE GOING.
UM, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO TOP THIS, BUT I DO HAVE SOME NEWS MYSELF.
UM, SO THANK YOU, JIM, FOR PUTTING THAT UP.
UM, I WANT TO INTRODUCE START OUT TONIGHT.
UM, AND WELCOME OUR NEW PARKS AND RECREATION DIRECTOR, RUDOLPH RUDY GALINDO.
UM, IF YOU CAN STAND UP FOR A SECOND.
SO RUDY COMES TO TAMARAC FROM THE CITY OF LAKE WORTH, WHERE HE CURRENTLY OVERSEES NINE DIVISIONS, WHICH ENCOMPASSES PARK MAINTENANCE, GOLF COURSE MANAGEMENT, SPECIAL EVENTS, RECREATION, MANAGING THE CITY'S PARKING STRUCTURE AND COMMUNICATIONS, AND WEBSITE MAINTENANCE.
HE POSSESSES DON'T DON'T DON'T BE FOOLED THAT HE LOOKS SO YOUNG, BUT HE COMES WITH 20 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT WITH AN EMPHASIS ON PARKS, RECREATION, LEISURE SERVICES AS WELL AS CAPITAL BOND PROJECTS, PROJECT MANAGEMENT, MANAGING GRANT PROJECTS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
WE WISH HIM A LONG AND SUCCESSFUL CAREER HERE IN TAMARAC, AND LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING ALL THE EXCITING NEW IDEAS AND PROGRAMS HE BRINGS TO OUR PARKS AND RECREATION ACTIVITIES. WELCOME! WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS? NO HOTSY. JUST IF YOU WANT TO.
YOU DO IF YOU WANT TO DO YOUR CAREER HERE.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COMMISSION.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME THIS EVENING.
I'M ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT JOINING THE TEAM WITH THE CITY OF TAMARAC.
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A SUCCESS. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH ALL OF YOU.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU TOO.
THANK YOU. RUDY. WELCOME AGAIN.
IN MORE GOOD NEWS, I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE OUR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT.
JIM HERE LEADING THE DEPARTMENT.
ON NOVEMBER 16TH, THE CITY OF TAMARAC WAS RECOGNIZED AT THE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES CITY SUMMIT IN ATLANTA, GEORGIA, AS ONE OF THE TOP RANKED DIGITAL CITIES BY THE CENTER FOR DIGITAL GOVERNMENT.
TAMARAC RANKED FIRST IN THE NATION IN THE UP TO 75,000 POPULATION CATEGORY.
CITIES WERE SELECTED THROUGH THE 2023 DIGITAL CITY SURVEY, WHICH RECOGNIZES COMMUNITIES UTILIZING TECHNOLOGY TO TACKLE SOCIAL CHALLENGES, ENHANCE SERVICES, STRENGTHEN CYBERSECURITY, AND MUCH MORE.
THIS IS THE 10TH CONSECUTIVE YEAR WINNING THIS AWARD.
AND. IT'S THAT TIME OF THE YEAR AGAIN.
TAMARAC UNIVERSITY WILL SOON BE BACK IN SESSION.
OUR ANNUAL CITIZENS ACADEMY RUNS FOR EIGHT WEEKS.
APPLICATIONS FOR THE TWO CLASS OF 2024 ARE BEING ACCEPTED THROUGH JANUARY 26TH.
ORG SLASH TWO FOR MORE INFORMATION AND TO APPLY FOR THIS.
UM, I ALSO WANT TO, UM, TALK ABOUT CONNIE WEST AND FAIRFIELD INN.
IF YOU HAVE FAMILY MEMBERS DURING THESE HOLIDAYS THAT NEED A PLACE TO STAY, UM, AND YOU WANT TO KEEP THEM CLOSE, BUT NOT THAT CLOSE, UM, DURING THE HOLIDAYS, THIS WOULD BE A PERFECT PLACE FOR THEM TO STAY.
AND DON'T MISS THIS OPPORTUNITY TO STOP BY THE VIEW AT COLONY WEST TO CELEBRATE THE HOLIDAYS WITH SOME GOOD FOOD, GREAT COMPANY, AND WONDERFUL VIEWS, YOU CAN RESERVE YOUR TABLE AT THE VIEW TO HELP MAKE THIS HOLIDAY SEASON A TRULY REMARKABLE ONE.
AND THEN WE'LL BE BACK IN FULL SESSION, UM, BEGINNING, UM, UH, 2024.
SO BEFORE I END MY REPORT, SINCE THIS IS OUR LAST COMMISSION MEETING OF 2023, I'D LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO WISH EVERYONE A HAPPY HOLIDAY SEASON AND A HAPPY, HEALTHY NEW YEAR.
SO THANK YOU. THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT, MADAM MAYOR.
THANK YOU. AND WE FEEL THE SAME FOR YOU AND EVERYONE ELSE.
THANK YOU. SO THIS IS A TIME OF GOING TO OUR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.
[3. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION]
EVERYBODY GETS UP TO THREE MINUTES.YOU CANNOT SHARE YOUR THREE MINUTES.
WE ASK THAT YOU COME TO THE PODIUM OVER HERE AND YOU STATE YOUR NAME, YOUR FULL NAME.
IF YOU WOULD GIVE US YOUR ADDRESS, GREAT.
WE ASK THAT EVERYBODY BE RESPECTFUL OF EVERYBODY WHO COMES TO THE MIC.
AT THIS TIME IS WHEN WE GO INTO MORE SUBDUED MODE AND WE CAN DO OUR LITTLE HAPPY HANDS, OR WE CAN DO OUR UNHAPPY HANDS, BUT WE DON'T WANT TO INTIMIDATE ANYBODY WHO'S SPEAKING AND GIVE EVERYBODY THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HEARD.
SO. DURING PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.
WE HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK ON ANYTHING THAT IS NOT ON THE AGENDA ITEM.
CONSENT DOES NOT HAVE ITS OWN SEPARATE PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION.
EVERYTHING ELSE ON THE DOCKET DOES, EXCEPT FOR FIRST READING ON ORDINANCES.
THAT WILL BE SECTION SIX, AND THAT IS A TIME WHEN THERE IS NO PUBLIC COMMENT.
SO I THINK ALL THE RULES HAVE BEEN STATED AND WE WILL GO ALONG THE LIST.
WE'VE GOT NEIL GOLDBERG AND THEN ON DECK OR THE NEXT PERSON UP WILL BE ELAINE TOPPER.
AND THEN DARCY SCHILLER, IF YOU'LL BE ON DECK.
ALL RIGHT. NEIL GOLDBERG, 7409 FAIRFAX DRIVE.
BUILDING F FOR FUN IN THE KINGS POINT COMMUNITY.
UM, AM I ALLOWED TO TALK ABOUT SHAKER VILLAGE? GIVE ME A SECOND.
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OKAY. ALL RIGHT.UM, I'M PROBABLY NOT GOING TO SAY WHAT I HAD PLANNED ON SAYING TONIGHT.
UM, HERE AGAIN, THIS IS MY THIRD TIME THIS YEAR.
FIRST TIME I WAS HERE TO MAKE SOME COMMENTS ABOUT WHAT I CONSIDERED A BONEHEAD IDEA OF MOVING THE FIRE DEPARTMENT OUT OF TAMARAC, OUR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP FIRE DEPARTMENT.
THEN I WAS HERE THE SECOND TIME TO VOICE MY OPINION, A RATHER DECIDEDLY LOW OPINION ABOUT THE SHAKER VILLAGE PROJECT AND HOW BAD AN IDEA IT WAS. AND I WAS HOPING THAT THE JUST THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT WERE HERE THAT SHARED THE SAME OPINION I DID WOULD HAVE REGISTERED WITH THE COUNCIL. THEY ALL THOUGHT IT WAS A BAD IDEA TOO.
NOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT GIVING IT A ONE YEAR EXTENSION.
THE ONLY REASON THAT I CAN SEE FOR ONE YEAR EXTENSION, AND I GOING TO BE VERY BLUNT HERE, IS SO THAT THEY HAVE ANOTHER YEAR TO BROWBEAT, INTIMIDATE OR WHATEVER THEY NEED TO DO TO GET PEOPLE TO SIGN ON THAT HAVEN'T SIGNED ON ALREADY.
BUT THEN I WALKED IN TONIGHT AND I WAS INFORMED I'VE BEEN OUT OF ACTION FOR ABOUT A MONTH AND A HALF WITH SOME HEALTH PROBLEMS. I WAS INFORMED THAT I MAY NOT BE UP TO DATE WITH EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON WITH THE COUNCIL, AND THERE IS SOMETHING GOING ON ABOUT GETTING A STUDY DONE TO SPEND UPWARDS OF $10 MILLION FOR A NEW TOWN HALL.
EVERY TIME I COME HERE, IT SEEMS THAT I'M ASKING THE COMMISSION WHO IS HAS GOT THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE CITIZENS OF TAMARAC AT HEART, AND WHO DOES NOT, WHO IS SPENDING MONEY SO THAT IT MAKES OUR LIFE BETTER AND WHO IS NOT. WHEN YOU DO SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO PAY FOR, WHICH IS EVERYTHING, BECAUSE WE'RE PAYING TAXES AND IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.
LIKE SHAKER VILLAGE, LIKE A $10 MILLION PROJECT FOR A BUILDING THAT JUST NEEDS A NEW ROOF.
I DON'T KNOW WHY SOME SOME OF THE, UM, COMMISSION MEMBERS REALLY DO HAVE OUR BEST INTERESTS AT HEART AND WHY SOME DO NOT.
FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT DO, I WANT TO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
SO I'M GOING TO YIELD WHATEVER TIME I HAVE LEFT AND LET THEM COME UP.
AND MAYBE I'LL GET AN EDUCATION TONIGHT.
AS DARCY SCHILLER COMES TO THE PODIUM.
DARCY SCHILLER, KING'S POINT, TAMARAC.
HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO THE COMMISSION AND TO ALL OF THOSE WHO ARE LISTENING.
WITH THAT SAID, I WANT TO KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON WITH OUR COMMISSION AND OUR CITY.
UH, I SAT FOR THE LAST TWO DAYS, INCLUDING MONDAY AT OUR RECENT WORKSHOP AND YESTERDAY ALL DAY AND PART OF TODAY LISTENING TO THE JUNE AND JULY WORKSHOPS OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN AND TIME AND TIME AGAIN.
UH. BOLTON HAD STATED THE RESIDENTS DO NOT WANT MORE HOUSING.
THAT IS A COMMON STATEMENT OF ALL THE RESIDENTS.
A FEW MONTHS AGO, VILLALOBOS MENTIONED HE WANTED TO PUT A MORATORIUM ON BUILDING.
THAT IS WHAT WE, THE RESIDENTS, WANT.
AND YET YOU ALL KEEP ON PAYING MONEY TO COLLIER INC.
TO BRING IN BEAUTIFUL, MAGNIFICENT $80,000 WORTH OF RECOMMENDATIONS FOR A CITY HALL WITH RESTAURANTS AND RESIDENTIAL FIRST, AND NOT ONLY RESTAURANTS, BUT UPSCALE BUSINESSES.
THEY COME IN, THEY TAKE A LOOK AT OUR TAMARAC COMMISSION, WHICH IS A NIGHTMARE BECAUSE YOU'RE CONSTANTLY FIGHTING AMONGST EACH OTHER, AND THEN THE RESTAURANTS COME IN, WILL PUT DOWN MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.
THEY CAN'T RECOUP IT IN 2 OR 3 MONTHS.
THEIR FANTASY OF BECOMING BILLIONAIRES OVERNIGHT IS BURST AND THEY LEAVE.
SO WHAT ARE WE LEFT WITH? DUMPY PLAZAS THAT I THINK IF WE HAVE THE MONEY TO BUILD A CITY HALL, WE SHOULD BE PUTTING THE MONEY INTO THOSE QUOTE UNQUOTE, DUMPY PLAZAS TO BRING THEM UP TO SNUFF TO, YOU KNOW, LURE PEOPLE IN HERE.
I JUST DON'T SEE WHY WE KEEP ON REPEATING OURSELVES, WHY EVERY SINGLE TIME ARE WE BACK TO THE SAME DRAWING BOARD OF BUILDING RESIDENTIAL? AND I'M TELLING YOU, BOLTON MUST HAVE 100 TIMES OVER SAID THE PEOPLE DO NOT WANT RESIDENTIAL.
SO WHY ARE WE THERE? OKAY. WITH THAT SAID, UM, THE ONLY OKAY WITH THAT SAID, I'M NOT GOING TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE WITH THE VICE MAYOR BECAUSE IT'S BEING HANDLED. IT WAS PULLED. IT WASN'T PULLED.
IT WAS TAKEN OFF OF ONE SECTION, PUT IN ANOTHER.
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HOPEFULLY THAT WILL BE OKAY.MY LAST STATEMENT IS THAT IF WE HAVE THIS 100 MILLION, THE 25 MILLION FOR THIS, THE 73 MILLION FOR THAT, WE HAVE $73 MILLION IN RESERVES.
RESERVES ARE FOR HURRICANE EMERGENCY.
THIS IS WHAT YOU ALL MENTIONED AT THE WORKSHOP.
OKAY. WE HAVE $73 MILLION IN RESERVES.
THEN IT SHOULD BE SAVED TO RESERVE FOR RESERVES, NOT TO BUILD THE BRAND NEW COMPLEX.
AND IF WE HAVE THAT MUCH MONEY THAT WE DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH, THEN WHY DON'T WE BUILD SOMETHING ON THE OTHER END OF TAMARAC, WHICH HAS BEEN BIFURCATED TO EAST TAMARAC AND GIVE THEM SOMETHING CALLED TAMARAC HOME? THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
WE HAVE MARK COMING UP AND THEN JOAN FLORSHEIM.
I'D LIKE TO TOUCH UPON THE SHAKER VILLAGE.
BEEN THERE FOR 23 YEARS AND HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCED IN THE FIELD OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
AND STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE, MARK GOGGIN.
UM. VERY SHAPING EXPERIENCE, ALONG WITH OTHER RESIDENTS OUT THERE IN EAST TAMARAC EAST TAMARAC.
YOU KNOW, EAST OF 441, THE SHAKER VILLAGE HAD A DAMAGED DURING HURRICANE IRMA.
THEY GOT MONEY FROM THEIR INSURANCE COMPANY.
THEY SHOULD HAVE GONE TO FEMA TO GET MONEY IF THEY NEEDED TO REBUILD THEIR CENTER, NOT TO THE RESIDENTS FROM KINGS POINT, FROM EAST TAMARAC, FROM CENTRAL TAMARAC.
THAT'S FOR THEM TO BUILD A BETTER CLUBHOUSE FOR THEMSELVES.
WE HAVE BUILT OUR CLUBHOUSE $500,000.
WE DIDN'T GET ANY MONEY FROM THE CITY.
WE RAISED IT OURSELVES WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.
NEED FOR SHAKER VILLAGE IS A KNOW THAT MONEY.
IF YOU HAVE IT, SPEND IT ON SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO HELP THE WHOLE CITY.
SOMEBODY DO PARKING ENFORCEMENT.
GO RIDE THE STREETS, ESPECIALLY IN EAST TAMARAC.
YOU'RE LUCKY TO GET A FIRE TRUCK OR A CAR DOWN HALF THE TIME BECAUSE OF THE WAY PEOPLE ARE PARKED.
WE NEED TO COVER ALL THAT AND TAKE CARE OF THAT AREA.
CITY HALL, BUILD A RENOVATION BACK.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WHILE JOAN COMES UP, WE HAVE RON WASSERMAN NEXT.
I'M JUST GOING TO REITERATE WHAT HAS BEEN SAID.
WHEN I HEARD DAME JOAN, I'M SORRY, JOAN FLORSHEIM, KINGS POINT, I'M GOING TO REITERATE WHAT WAS JUST SAID WHEN I HEARD THAT SHAKER VILLAGE WAS ON THE AGENDA AGAIN, I WAS FURIOUS.
PUTTING IT OFF A YEAR DOESN'T ACCOMPLISH ANYTHING.
WE NEED TO GET IT OFF OF THE AGENDA.
IT IS THE RESIDENTS OF SHAKER VILLAGE WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR IT AND NOT THE CITY.
AND I DIDN'T EVEN THINK I COULD COME TONIGHT WHEN I COULD.
I WAS SO GLAD, BECAUSE I AM FURIOUS THAT THERE'S ANY CONSIDERATION OF SPENDING OUR TAXPAYERS DOLLARS FOR FOR A COMMUNITY THAT BLEW IT DIDN'T TAKE CARE OF WHAT THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO WHEN THEY DID AND GOT THEIR INSURANCE.
IN ADDITION, THE CITY HALL IDEA IS RIDICULOUS.
IT'S NOT PERFECT WHAT WE HAVE, BUT IT WORKS.
AND I THINK IT'S TIME WE STARTED LOOKING AT OUR FINANCES A LITTLE MORE RESPONSIBLY.
AND EACH OF US AND I GO TO EACH OF YOU ON THE COUNCIL SHOULD THINK FOR YOURSELVES.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO FOLLOW IN LOCKSTEP WITH ONE ANOTHER.
YOU ARE ALL INDEPENDENT PEOPLE.
YOU ARE ALL INTELLIGENT PEOPLE.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO WHAT ONE PERSON SAYS BECAUSE THAT PERSON SAYS IT.
GEORGE JOHNSON, YOU'RE ON DECK.
NO, NO. GEORGE JOHNSON ON DECK.
WHAT IF IS GEORGE? HE WAS SPEAKING OF SHAKER VILLAGE.
WE'RE NUMBER THREE. THAT'S NUMBER FOUR.
GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS RONALD WASSERMAN.
I LIVE AT 8577 JAY DRIVE HERE IN TAMARAC.
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I LIVE IN A COMMUNITY CALLED SHANGRI-LA.HELLO COMMISSION, HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO ALL OF YOU, THE PEOPLE SITTING BEHIND ME.
I'D JUST LIKE TO REMIND THIS IS A HAPPY TIME FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE.
I WAS INVITED TO A NUMBER OF EVENTS.
BY THE WAY, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR INVITING ME.
I JUST WOULD LIKE TO, IN THIS TIME OF HAPPINESS, TO KEEP DARKNESS AWAY.
PLEASE. I REACH OUT AS A CANCER SURVIVOR.
PLEASE. PLEASE CHECK YOUR COLON.
AT THE SAME TIME, DURING THE PANDEMIC, I'M CANCER FREE NOW.
FOR FOUR YEARS DURING THE PANDEMIC, MY OTHER HALF HAD BREAST CANCER.
SO I'M ASKING YOU, LADIES, PLEASE, PLEASE HELP YOURSELVES.
A LOT OF PEOPLE SAY TO ME, RON, YOU'VE BEEN SPEAKING BEFORE THE CITY FOR QUITE SOME TIME.
WHAT DO YOU GET OUT OF THAT? WELL, WHAT I GET IS I'M FREE.
I CAN COME UP HERE AND SAY WHATEVER I WANT.
THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE YOU DON'T AGREE WITH WHAT I SAY, THAT'S OKAY WITH ME.
BUT I ADVISE EVERYONE TO LOOK INWARD.
INWARD, PLEASE, AND KNOW THAT YOU'RE DOING THE RIGHT JOB WHEN YOU TELL PEOPLE.
I'LL TALK TO YOU TOMORROW OR I'LL FOLLOW UP WITH YOU.
I TAKE THAT AS GOSPEL, AS MS, AS WORD.
SO I'M JUST ASKING YOU TO LOOK INWARD.
DON'T ALWAYS THINK THAT WE AS RESIDENTS WANT TO FOLLOW UP WITH EMAILS AND EMAILS AND PICTURES AND EMAILS AND PHONE CALLS, I MEAN THAT.
WHAT'S WRONG WITH A CLEAN, SAFE COMMUNITY? WHAT'S WRONG WITH THAT? WHAT'S WRONG WITH A SAFE COMMUNITY? NO MATTER WHERE WE GO, NO MATTER WHAT WE READ, WE SEE CRIME.
WHO ARE THE CHARACTERS THAT ROAM BEHIND MY HOME? THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO ME.
I WISH EVERYONE TRULY THE HAPPIEST OF HOLIDAYS AND FOR PEOPLE WHO DON'T FOLLOW UP WITH ME.
I CONTINUE AND I DON'T GIVE UP.
AFTER GEORGE JOHNSON, WE HAVE KATE JOHNSON.
AND SAY GOOD EVENING TO THE COMMISSION.
WHILE THIS INFORMATION, ALONG WITH THE DOCUMENTATION, WAS SENT TO EACH MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION.
AND THE THE CITY CLERK BY BY EMAIL.
TODAY I WANT TO FORMALLY BE PART OF THE RECORD.
I HAVE BEEN A BROKER AND REAL ESTATE AGENT FOR OVER 40 YEARS.
GIVEN THE ISSUES WITH THE SHAKER VILLAGE SALE AND PURCHASE, I DECIDED TO DO MY OWN RESEARCH.
I HAVE READ THROUGH COUNTLESS DOCUMENTS, SOME OF WHICH I HAVE ATTACHED.
AS I SAID IN THE EMAIL, A PARTICULAR NOTE OR PAGES 11, 13, 15, 16, 18, 20, 19 AND 20, ALL OF WHICH STATE THAT THE COMMON AREA BELONGS IN UNDIVIDED SHARE TO ALL 358 OWNERS IN SHAKER VILLAGE.
THAT HAS BEEN ATTACHED TO THEIR CONDOMINIUM PROPERTY.
I ASK YOU TO PLEASE STAY AS PAY SPECIAL ATTENTION TO PAGE 18, WHICH IS SHAKER VILLAGE'S OWN LAWSUIT AGAINST AN OWNER, IN WHICH THEY MAKE MENTION THAT THE OWNER OWES FOR THEIR PORTION OF THE COMMON AREA WHICH THE OWNER SHARES RESPONSIBILITY FOR.
THE COMMON AREA INCLUDES ALL SHARED AMENITIES.
NOW ALLOWING FOR CLEAR TITLE, I ASK YOU TO EXTEND THE CONTRACT.
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FOR THIS PURCHASE, I ASK YOU NOT TO EXTEND THE CONTRACT FOR THE PURCHASE OF SHAKER VILLAGE.IT IS SET TO EXPIRE DECEMBER 26TH, AS IT SHOULD BE.
IF AND WHEN THEY CAN CLEAR TITLE, THE CONTRACT CAN BE ALWAYS RE EXECUTED.
WHY SHOULD WE BE SPENDING MORE TIME AND MONEY TO FORCE A DEAL? WHY SHOULD THE CITY PUT ANY MORE ENERGY AND EXPENSE INTO MAKING IT WORK? PLEASE VOTE NO ON THE EXTENSION.
THANK YOU. KATE JOHNSON IS COMING UP.
WE'LL HAVE MONA PEARLMAN NEXT.
AFTER. YOU DON'T WANT TO SPEAK IN PUBLIC COMMENTS.
UM, YOU KNOW WHAT? BECAUSE THE SHAPE OF. HUH? UM, BEFORE THE CLOCK STARTS.
ARE YOU SAYING THAT SHAKER VILLAGE IS NOT BEING PULLED AND THERE WILL NOT BE COMMENTS, THEN? PROCEDURALLY. AT THIS TIME, I'M SUPPOSED TO GO IN ORDER OF OUR AGENDA.
I AM NOT SAYING IT MAY NOT BE PULLED.
BUT EVEN IF IT'S PULLED, I HAVE TO PROCEED WITH THE AGENDA THAT'S BEFORE US.
THE REASON THE VICE MAYOR ITEM WAS PULLED IS THERE WAS NO CONSENT.
DURING WORKSHOP, AND THAT'S WHY I CAME OFF AUTOMATICALLY TO GO ON TO THE ORIGINAL ORIGINAL AGENDA.
DURING WORKSHOP, THERE WAS CONSENT.
FOR, FOR AND AS SUCH IT STAYS ON CONSENT AGENDA.
THE ITEM IF IT IS BEING PULLED OR ANY ITEMS THAT GET PULLED.
THAT CONSENT AGENDA DO NOT HAPPEN UNTIL CONSENT AGENDA ITEM.
THERE IS NOT A PROCESS IN PLACE THAT'S LET'S ME DO ANY OF THE PULLING OF THAT AT THIS TIME.
IT HAS TO BE DONE THROUGH THE PROCEDURE.
THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS I WAS DELAYING THE MEETING TO START.
SO SPEAK YOUR MIND HERE IF IT GETS PULLED CONSENT.
THERE'S COMMENTS AT THAT TIME TOO.
KATE JOHNSON MAINLANDS FOR SOMETIMES I FEEL LIKE DEJA VU WHEN THIS TOPIC COMES UP.
IT'S LIKE THAT MOUSE YOU THINK YOU'VE GOTTEN RID OF.
ONLY FIND ITS DROPPINGS IN YOUR KITCHEN AGAIN.
FIRST, LET ME SAY THAT WHILE DISCUSS DISCUSSION IS ONGOING, IF THE ATTORNEY IS SO CONFIDENT IN HIS POSITION, HE SHOULD NOT INTERRUPT ANYONE SPEAKING.
LET THEM FINISH AND THEN RESPOND.
THANK YOU. ALSO, I WONDER IF THE RESIDENTS OF SHAKER VILLAGE UNDERSTAND THEY ARE NOT ONLY SELLING THE CLUBHOUSE PROPERTY, BUT THE POOL AND TENNIS COURTS AS WELL.
YOU WILL NO LONGER HAVE THOSE AMENITIES IN YOUR COMMUNITY.
THERE ARE NO PLANS TO REBUILD THEM OR EVEN KEEP THEM.
ANOTHER ISSUE IS THE PLANS FOR THIS PROPERTY.
DID ANYONE ATTEND THE FUNCTIONS AT MAINLANDS PARK OR CAPORELLA PARK? PARKING AT BOTH EVENTS WAS ATROCIOUS.
SORRY, IT WILL BE NO BETTER AT SHAKER VILLAGE.
DO THE RESIDENTS OF SHAKER VILLAGE UNDERSTAND ALL OF THE PARKING THAT WILL BE ON THEIR ROADS AND IN FRONT OF THEIR HOMES WHEN EVENTS ARE SCHEDULED, IF EVENTS ARE SCHEDULED AND IF THERE ARE NO EVENTS, THEN WHAT'S THE SENSE AND WHY DOES SHAKER VILLAGE GET TO DEMAND WHAT IS DONE WITH THE PROPERTY? AND WHEN THAT IN ITSELF IS NOT IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CITY, WHICH IS WHAT OUR CITY ATTORNEY IS SUPPOSED TO BE WATCHING OUT FOR OUR INTEREST. AS HAS BEEN STATED AT NAUSEAM, THERE ARE MANY TITLE ISSUES WITH THESE PROPERTIES.
THE LAWSUIT IS THE LEAST OF YOUR WORRIES.
EVERY HOME MUST HAVE CLEAR TITLE 100% OF OWNERS AND MORTGAGE COMPANIES MUST AGREE TO THE SALE AS THEY ARE LOSING PART OF THEIR PROPERTY, WHICH THEY OWN, AND IT AFFECTS THE VALUATIONS THAT MORTGAGE COMPANIES RELY ON TO DETERMINE LENDING.
ALL THAT BEING SAID, I HAVE NEVER HEARD OF A SALES CONTRACT BEING EXTENDED FOR A YEAR AND A HALF.
I'D LIKE TO KNOW HOW MUCH WE HAVE SPENT ON THIS DEAL TO DATE, HOW MUCH IN LEGAL FEES HAVE BEEN PAID IN EXCESS OF REGULAR SALARY OF $50,000 A MONTH, AND HOW MUCH EMPLOYEE TIME AND EXPENSE HAS BEEN ACCUMULATED? AND NOW YOU WANT TO SPEND MORE TIME, MONEY AND TAXPAYER DOLLARS WHILE WE WAIT.
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LET THE DEAL EXPIRE ON DECEMBER 22ND AS IS SCHEDULED, AND HAVE OUR DOWN PAYMENT OF $100,000 RETURNED. IF IN THE FUTURE THEY CAN CLEAR TITLE, AND IF THE COURT FINDS IN THE BOARD'S FAVOR, AND IF ALL 100% OF RESIDENTS AGREE, THEN YOU CAN RENEGOTIATE THE CONTRACT.THANK YOU. WHILE MONA COMES TO THE WE WILL HAVE JODI AND REED WILL BE NEXT.
OKAY. MY NAME IS MONA PERLMAN.
I LIVE IN GRANVILLE, TAMARAC UM, WHEN IT CAME TO MY I CAME TO THE LAST MEETING.
IT CAME TO MY ATTENTION, THE SHAKER VILLAGE.
NOW, I DON'T KNOW IF ALL THE COMMISSIONERS HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT THE STRUCTURAL ENGINEER COST AND WHAT MANY COMMUNITIES, INCLUDING MINE, SPENT IN FIXING THEIR STRUCTURE OF THEIR BUILDINGS AND PAINTING AND DOING ALL THE NECESSARY THINGS THAT THE FLORIDA LEGISLATURE REQUIRES.
AND IN AND IN EXCESS OF THAT INSURANCE HAS GONE UP.
SO YOU'RE PUTTING UNIT OWNERS THAT CAN BARELY AFFORD.
AND IT'S MANY OF THE SENIORS THAT LIVE DOWN HERE ON A FIXED INCOME.
YOU'RE ASKING FOR THEM WITH THE SHAKER VILLAGE TO, TO, YOU KNOW, PUT OUT 500 BETWEEN 500 AND $600 TO PAY FOR A $10 MILLION, UM, COMPLEX.
WHATEVER YOU'RE DOING OVER THERE, I'M CONFUSED WITH THE FACT THAT YOU PUT IT OFF FOR A YEAR.
I THINK IT SHOULD BE COMPLETELY OFF BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE FORECLOSURES.
YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE PEOPLE NOT MOVING HERE.
I'D RATHER SEE THAT MONEY GO INTO ECONOMICS, TO BUILD A BUSINESSES HERE, TO BRING IN DIFFERENT PEOPLE INTO TAMARAC.
WELL, JODY ANN REED IS COMING DOWN.
GOOD EVENING, JODI AND REED TAMARAC.
OKAY. THIS EVENING I'M FRUSTRATED.
I'M FRUSTRATED BECAUSE WE'VE STOOD HERE MONTH AFTER MONTH PRESENTING FACTS, FIGURES, EXACT DATES, TIMES, PLACES, RECORDINGS, AND OVERWHELMING AMOUNT OF EVIDENCE FACTUAL INFORMATION.
AND EACH TIME OUR FACTUAL ARGUMENTS ARE MET WITH REBUTTALS THAT DEMONSTRATE A LACK OF CRITICAL THINKING AND A DOWNRIGHT STUBBORN REFUSAL TO ACKNOWLEDGE THIS CURRENT REALITY.
DESPITE OUR SINCERE ATTEMPTS, UH, INDIVIDUALS LIKE KATE JOHNSON IN TONIGHT'S MEETING AND IN THE NOVEMBER 8TH MEETING PERSISTED IN WEAVING A WEB OF LIES AND HALF TRUTHS, AS SHE CALLED IT.
IT'S FRUSTRATING TO WITNESS HOW THESE UNTRUTHS OVERSHADOW WELL-FOUNDED EVIDENCE.
FOR EXAMPLE, IN THE SEPTEMBER 13TH MEETING, CITY OF TAMARAC BUILDING OFFICIAL GEORGE FOWLER STATED ON THE RECORD, THERE ARE NO LIENS AGAINST THE PARTICULAR PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT IS BEING PURCHASED BY THE CITY.
SHAKER VILLAGE RESIDENTS SPOKE ON THE RECORD ON TWO DIFFERENT OCCASIONS AND CITED MR. FOWLER'S STATEMENT.
AND YET ALL OF THAT WAS MET WITH ESSENTIALLY A I DON'T BELIEVE YOU BECAUSE, WELL, I JUST DON'T.
FROM THE OPPOSING SIDE, THE GUIDANCE FROM TRUSTED REAL ESTATE AGENTS AND FIVE DIFFERENT SETS OF ATTORNEYS THAT DECLARED THE CLUBHOUSE ASSOCIATION OWNED PROPERTY AND NOT A COMMON ELEMENT WAS ALSO DISMISSED.
THERE ARE ALSO NO TITLE ISSUES, AS EXPLAINED AS NAUSEAM BY OUR CURRENT AND PREVIOUS ATTORNEYS.
AS WE PREPARE TO HEAR OPPOSING VIEWS, I IMPLORE EVERYONE TO TAKE NOTICE OF THE RECURRING PATTERN WHERE CREDIBLE EVIDENCE IS DISMISSED IN FAVOR OF GROUNDLESS CLAIMS AND PARTIAL TRUTHS.
HE HAD MANY QUESTIONS, AND IN ANSWERING THOSE QUESTIONS, I REVEALED THAT A CITY EMPLOYEE HAD VERIFIED THE LACK OF LIENS ON THE CLUBHOUSE PROPERTY DURING THAT SEPTEMBER 13TH MEETING.
UM, THEY EXPERIENCED BEWILDERMENT AT THE PERSISTENCE OF MISINFORMATION.
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THEY ALSO SAID THAT THEY WATCHED THESE MEETINGS ONLINE.THAT CALL GAVE ME A BIT OF HOPE BECAUSE WITH EVERY TELLING OF THIS STORY, I WITNESSED A WAVE OF UNDERSTANDING WASH OVER THOSE WHO ACTUALLY LISTEN, THOSE WHO HAVE NO SECRET BIASES AND ULTERIOR MOTIVES.
IT LEADS ME TO HOLD ON TO THE HOPE THAT ONCE THE NOISE OF THIS VERY SOPHISTICATED MISINFORMATION CAMPAIGN IS SILENCED, THE RATIONAL MINDS AMONG US WILL UNITE IN AGREEMENT THAT THE SALE OF THE CLUBHOUSE AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF A COMMUNITY CENTER IS UNDENIABLY IN EVERYONE'S BEST INTEREST.
WHILE NADINE COMES UP, WE HAVE E.G.
I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT IN THE CITY OF TAMARAC FOR OVER 25 YEARS.
AND AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF SHAKER VILLAGE.
UM, IT'S JUST CRAZY WHAT'S GOING ON.
AS JODY JUST MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, INFORMATION OUT THERE IS NOT CORRECT.
ANYWAY, FIRSTLY, LET'S ADDRESS A RECURRENT STATEMENT.
GUESS WHAT? SHAKER VILLAGE WE LIVE IN TAMARAC TWO.
SO AS MEMBERS OF A TAMARAC WHERE IT'S EVERYBODY'S TAX MONEY, UNDOUBTEDLY THE FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS ARE CRUCIAL. BUT IT'S VITAL TO REMEMBER THAT SHAKER VILLAGE RESIDENTS AND OTHER NEIGHBORS ON THE EAST SIDE OF TAMARAC CONTRIBUTE TO THESE TAXES AS WELL.
OUR VOICES, OUR CONCERNS, AND OUR HARD EARNED DOLLARS DESERVE EQUAL CONSIDERATION.
NOW, THE DECISION TO EXTEND THE CONTRACT IS MERELY IS NOT MERELY PRACTICAL.
EXTENDING THE CONTRACT OFFERS US THE TIME WE NEED TO DISPEL THESE DOUBTS AND SEEK A RESOLUTION RESOLUTION THAT TRULY SERVES THE INTERESTS OF ALL PARTIES INVOLVED.
I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND EVERYONE OF THE PROFESSIONAL CONNECTION BETWEEN MAYOR GOMEZ AND THE LAWYER SPEARHEADING HEADING THIS LAWSUIT, MARION E SEGAL, MAYOR GOMEZ.
AS THE PRESIDENT OF THE ATTORNEYS REAL ESTATE COUNCIL OF BROWARD COUNTY, SHARES A PROFESSIONAL ALLIANCE WITH MR. SEGAL, THE IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT OF THE ASSOCIATION.
THIS RAISES UNDERSTANDABLE CONCERNS ABOUT A POTENTIAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST, AND UNDERSCORES THE NEED FOR THOROUGH AND IMPARTIAL EXAMINATION OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES.
I IMPLORE EACH COMMISSIONERS TO RISE ABOVE POLITICS, TO RISE ABOVE PERSONAL CONNECTIONS, AND TO FOCUS ON A BROADER COMMUNITY'S WELFARE.
WE ARE A DIVERSE CITY, MADE RICHER BY OUR DIFFERENCES, BUT OUR DECISIONS MAY BE GROUNDED IN FAIRNESS AND EQUITY AS WE NAVIGATE THROUGH THESE CHALLENGING TIMES.
LET US REMEMBER THE STRENGTH THAT COMES FROM UNITY.
TAMARAC IS NOT JUST A COLLECTION OF NEIGHBORHOODS.
IT'S A COMMUNITY BOUND TOGETHER BY SHARED DREAMS, CHALLENGES, AND SHARED COMMITMENT TO MAKING THE CITY A BETTER PLACE FOR EVERYONE. THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
I DO NOT HAVE ANYBODY ELSE LISTED AFTER I'M UP TO PAGE TWO.
IF THERE'S A PAGE THREE, I DO NOT YET HAVE IT.
SO, PATTY, YOU'LL BE GOING NEXT.
YOU'RE ON DECK AND WE'LL GO FROM THERE.
E.G. HERON. UM, LET ME APOLOGIZE.
FIRST OF ALL, I SHOULD ADDRESS MR. CITY MANAGER, CITY LAWYER, MY FIVE COMMISSIONERS.
AND BEAUTIFUL DAMSEL OVER THERE IS TAKING CARE OF THE TIME.
AND I'M HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT THE SHAKER VILLAGE ISSUE.
LIFE EXPERIENCES USUALLY HELP US WITH SOME DECISIONS WE MAKE.
YOU KNOW, I WAS TRAVELING NORTHBOUND 31ST AVENUE, UH, NORTH OF OAKLAND PARK BOULEVARD.
I CAME UP TO ABOUT 41ST STREET.
YOU KNOW, I'M IN THE MIDDLE LANE.
THERE'S A WHITE CAR IN THE RIGHT LANE, ABOUT THREE CAR LENGTHS AHEAD OF ME.
OUT OF THE CORNER OF MY EYE, I NOTICED THAT ONE OF THE WHAT THE KIDS WAS MISSING.
I'M STILL EMOTIONAL ABOUT THIS BECAUSE LIKE YESTERDAY AND I WAS A CAR MOVED FORWARD.
WHAT EMERGED FROM UNDERNEATH THAT CAR WAS A CHUNKY LITTLE KID.
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UNBELIEVABLE. DID I REALLY SEE WHAT I JUST SAW? I LOOKED TO MY LEFT, AND I REMEMBER THE GUY'S FACE IN THE PICKUP TRUCK NEXT TO ME.I MEAN, SO JUST TO CUT THE STORY SHORT, YOU KNOW, PULL UP IN FRONT OF THE GUY.
THE GUY STOPPED THAT, RAN OVER THE KID.
YOU KNOW, I CAME BACK TO TRY AND HELP OUT.
AND I'M TELLING YOU, RIGHT THERE, THE CROWD GATHERED.
AS THAT CROWD GATHERED, THERE'S THE WHITE MAN THAT RAN OVER THE BLACK KID.
YOU KNOW, I HAD TO DO SOMETHING RIGHT THERE.
I HAD TO TAKE THE SITUATION UNDER CONTROL AND TRY TO GET EVERYBODY ON THE SIDEWALK.
THE EMOTION WAS FIRST ANGER, BUT THEN I REALIZED HE NEEDED TO GET AWAY FROM THE SCENE.
YOU KNOW, SOMEHOW, SOME WAY, YOU CONTINUE TO THINK ABOUT THE DECISIONS THAT WAS MADE THAT DAY.
THE CROWD WAS GATHERING AND THEY WERE POINTING TO THE GENTLEMAN, A BLACK CROWD, WHITE GENTLEMAN.
NOW. WHEN? WHEN AMBULANCE CAME IN, EVERYBODY DISSIPATED WITHIN TWO MINUTES OF THE CHILD GOING UNCONSCIOUS AND THEY TAKE THEM AWAY.
AND I STARTED THINKING ABOUT DECISIONS THAT WAS MADE THAT DAY.
BUT, YOU KNOW, THE CROWD BENEFITED FROM THE DECISION BECAUSE THE CROWD COULD HAVE LOST CONTROL IF I DIDN'T TAKE THAT MATTER INTO THAT SITUATION UNDER CONTROL.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE FIVE COMMISSIONERS.
WHERE ONE TAMARAC SHAKER VILLAGE, EVERYBODY.
I DO NOT HAVE ANYBODY ELSE ON A LIST.
SO IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK? OKAY, SO WE'LL GO. SUE WEBSTER IS NEXT BECAUSE HE HAD HIS HAND UP FIRST AND THEN LADY IN THE BACK.
I'M SORRY. CANNOT SEE YOU VERY WELL.
PATTI LYNN. MAINLAND'S EIGHT TAMARAC.
UM. SHAKER VILLAGES IS NEEDS TO BE PULLED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA AND SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE.
I MEAN, YOU CAN READ WHAT'S WHAT THE FACTS ARE.
AND YET PEOPLE DON'T THINK THEY'RE REAL AND THEY ARE REAL.
IT'S A COMMUNITY, A CONDO COMMUNITY, AND IT'S A COMMON ELEMENT.
I WANT TO CONGRATULATE OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT TEAM AND, UM, UH, ASK THAT EVERYBODY HAVE A GOOD HOLIDAY SEASON, A SAFE HOLIDAY SEASON.
YOU KNOW, I WANT A COMMISSION THAT THINKS FOR THEMSELVES, EACH INDIVIDUAL THINKING FOR THEMSELVES.
ALSO ON MY LIST IS TO PROTECT OUR PUBLIC SAFETY EMPLOYEES DURING THE HOLIDAY SEASON.
AWFUL LOT OF PEOPLE DRINKING AND DRIVING.
WE'VE HAD THREE SHOOTINGS INSIDE OF, WHAT, TEN DAYS IN TAMARAC? THOSE ARE TRAUMATIC THINGS THAT PEOPLE SHOULD NEVER HAVE TO SEE AND THEY HAVE TO LIVE WITH FOREVER.
SO WE NEED TO WE NEED TO PROTECT THEM.
UM, ALSO ON MY WISH LIST IS NEVER TO HAVE TO SPEAK ABOUT SHAKER VILLAGE AGAIN.
UM, WHICH IS ADD ANOTHER $100 TO MY MORTGAGE EVERY MONTH AND I MAY BE HAPPY GO LUCKY.
I HAVE FOOD ON MY TABLE, BUT THAT'S A BIG CHUNK OF MONEY OUT OF A RETIREMENT.
UM, YOU ALL BE SAFE OVER THE HOLIDAY SEASON.
TAKE CARE OF YOURSELVES AND YOUR FAMILY, BECAUSE THAT'S ALL THERE REALLY IS.
I'M SORRY. IS A FILE OKAY? PHIL WILL BE NEXT. AND IF THERE'S NO ONE ELSE, THEN PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION WILL BE OVER.
WE'LL BE CLOSED. STUART WEBSTER, VERSAILLES GARDENS.
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MADAM MAYOR. ALL PROTOCOLS OBSERVED.SOME EVENINGS AGO, A CHARACTER CAME TO THIS DAIS AND PERSONALLY CASTIGATED ME FOR SAYING NEGATIVES ABOUT HER DEAR INNOCENT DYNAMIC COMMISSIONER.
IN MY MANY MORE THAN TEN YEARS IN POLITICS, IN TAMARAC SUBJECT TO CORRECTION, I HAVE NEVER HEARD ANYBODY PUBLICLY AND ON THE RECORD STATE THE NAME OF SOMEONE WHO WAS USING THE PRIVILEGE OF STATING HIS POSITION ON A CITY MATTER FROM THIS PODIUM ALSO HAPPENED TONIGHT. AT THE SAME TIME, I'M NOT SURPRISED BECAUSE OF BOTH THE PERSON AND THE CONTEXT.
THEREFORE, I WILL NOT WASTE ANOTHER WORD COMMENTING FURTHER ON THAT HORSE MANURE.
MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS, I'M BEGINNING TO GET REALLY BOTHERED ABOUT THE SHAKERS.
MEMBERS OF THAT COMMUNITY, AIDED AND DIRECTED BY OTHERS, HAVE COME BEFORE THE COMMISSIONER COMMISSION SANCTIMONIOUSLY EDUCATING US THAT IF WE DO NOT ALLOW SUCH AN UNPRECEDENTED PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTOR PARTNERSHIP, THE ENTIRE CITY OF TAMARAC WOULD BE THE LOSERS. REALLY, I HAVE NO IDEA HOW MANY OTHERS ARE LIKE ME AND SEE THROUGH THIS COMMUNITY BULLYING BY A SMALL GROUP WHO FEEL THAT WE ARE NOT SMART ENOUGH TO KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A PRIVATE SECTOR POWER LAND GRAB AND THE NEEDS AND BETTERMENT OF TAMARAC AT LARGE.
THERE ARE MANY OTHER PLACES WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE THAT ARE MORE CONDUCIVE AND DO NOT HAVE THE UNPRECEDENTED RESTRICTIONS THAT THE CITY WOULD HAVE TO ADHERE TO. AS AN INDUSTRIAL PSYCHOLOGIST WITH MORE THAN 40 YEARS OF CORPORATE EXPERIENCE, WHO HAS NEGOTIATED AND OR BEEN PART OF MANY SIMILAR NATIONAL, UH.
EVENTS. I'M YET TO SEE LITERALLY ANY ADVANTAGE TO THIS UNPRECEDENTED POWER GRAB, OTHER THAN THE SATIATING OF THE PERSONAL AND POLITICAL APPETITE OR ONE OF OF ONE OR MORE PEOPLE.
IT IS ONLY IS IT ONLY ME WHO SEES SIMILAR GRAMMATICAL ERRORS AND OR WRITING STYLES ALMOST ACROSS ALL OF THEM? FOOD FOR THOUGHT.
BECAUSE OF EITHER THE INEPTITUDE OR COWARDICE, COWARDICE OF THE LEADERS IN THAT PARTICULAR DISTRICT WHO DO NOT HAVE THE GUTS TO SAY ENOUGH ALREADY. I EXPECT WE'LL HAVE TO TOLERATE MORE UNLESS FURTHER LEGAL CHALLENGES APPEAR, AND I HOPE.
THAT THE ITEM IS EITHER PULLED.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS? ALL RIGHT. YOU ARE THE LAST ONE.
IF YOU'LL GIVE US. I MAY HAVE SAID YOUR NAME, BUT I NEED YOU TO SAY YOUR NAME AND LOCATION, PLEASE.
SORRY. UM, MY NAME IS VIOLA WATSON.
I LIVE AT 4930 EAST SABLE PALM BOULEVARD IN THE CITY OF TAMARAC.
UM, ON THE LAST COMMISSION MEETING THAT I ATTENDED, THERE WAS A DISCUSSION ABOUT, UH, FROM THE 13TH FLOOR DEVELOPERS THAT THERE WAS MONEY THAT WAS GOING TO BE ALLOCATED TO CHARITY.
MY CONCERN ABOUT THAT IS TAMARAC ITSELF OR RESIDENTS HERE.
WE DO NEED MONEY TO IMPROVE OUR OWN COMMUNITIES.
WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE OUR CITY LOOKING BETTER THAN IT IS.
AND I KNOW THERE'S A LOT WE CAN THAT CAN BE DONE.
SO MY CONCERN IS WHY ARE WE LOOKING AT MONEY GIVING TO CHARITY WHEN CHARITY SHOULD START AT HOME? THE THIS COMMUNITY IS OVERWHELMINGLY A LOT OF SENIORS AND THE COST OF THINGS FOR THE SENIOR IS IS INCREDIBLE.
WE HAVE SENIORS IN MY COMMUNITY IN PARTICULAR.
I CAN SAY THAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT THEY DON'T KNOW HOW THEY'RE GOING TO LIVE.
SO FOR ME, INSTEAD OF LOOKING AT GIVING MONIES TO ALL OF THESE OTHER THINGS THAT WEREN'T EVEN MEANT TO TAKE A VILLAGE BECAUSE ENOUGH OF PEOPLE HAVE COMMENTED ABOUT THAT ALREADY, WE NEED TO LOOK AT WHAT WE CAN DO TO IMPROVE OUR CITY AND OUR RESIDENTS HERE.
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I WANT TO WISH EVERYBODY A HAPPY HOLIDAY, AND I HOPE THAT IN YOUR CONSIDERATIONS OF ALL THESE ITEMS THAT YOU WILL CONSIDER WHAT YOU'RE VOTING PUBLIC IS ASKING YOU TO DO.AND ON THAT NOTE, PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE NOW CLOSED AND WE ARE GOING TO.
OUR CONSENT AGENDA CITY MANAGER, ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONS OR DELETIONS TO THE AGENDA?
[4. CONSENT AGENDA]
THANK YOU FOR THE LIGHT. NO.OKAY. ANYBODY ON THE COMMISSION WISHING TO PULL AN ITEM? YES. WAS THAT A YES? COMMISSIONER. VILLALOBOS.
WHAT ITEM ARE YOU WISHING TO PULL? SORRY, I WASN'T READY.
FOR OUR. MY HABIT IS FOUR HOURS IF FOUR Q.
APOLOGIES FOR QUEUE FOR QUEUE IS PULLED.
ANY OTHER ITEMS YOU WISH TO PULL? UH, NO MADAM MAYOR.
NO ONE ELSE HAS AN ITEM TO PULL.
THEN I NEED A SECOND TO MY MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA MINUS FOUR Q.
SECOND CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. COMMISSIONER.
VILLALOBOS. YES, COMMISSIONER.
THANK YOU. MOTION PASSES 520, AS AMENDED.
CITY ATTORNEY, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ FOR QTR14068 TITLE FOR THE RECORD.
UM, MADAM MAYOR, UM, POINT OF CLARIFICATION.
UM, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE CITY ATTORNEY.
IS IT AT CAN THE DOES THE MAYOR HAVE THE ABILITY TO REARRANGE IT AS SHE PLEASES, OR CAN THE OR IS THAT A RESPONSIBILITY OF THE CITY COMMISSION AT LARGE TO WHERE IN THE TO TO.
IS THIS RELATIVE TO CONSENT AGENDA? YES. UH, RESPECT.
RESPECT. TO PULL AN ITEM, ANY MEMBER CAN PULL THE ITEM.
UH GELIN ME, WHEN WE PULL THE ITEM IS THE ITEM THAT BASICALLY, UH, DISCUSS MERELY, UH, RIGHT AFTER THE CONSENT AGENDA, TALKING ABOUT THE ORDER OF OF THE ITEMS. UM, CAN THE MAYOR, UM, IN HER SOUL? NO, THAT'S THAT'S A COMMISSION DECISION.
OKAY. THIS IS IRRELEVANT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA.
UM, MADAM MAYOR, BECAUSE, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE COMMISSION TO HEAR THE THE ITEM FOR VICE MAYOR BEFORE WE HEAR THE ITEM OF SHAKER VILLAGE, BECAUSE THIS WAS PULLED.
THE ITEM FOR THE VICE MAYOR BECAME AN AGENDA ITEM.
REGULAR AGENDA ITEM. IT IS NOW IN NUMBER FIVE.
I'M. IT WAS. I'M ASKING SO WE ARE IN CONSENT AGENDA.
WE'RE OUT OF CONSENT AGENDA, MADAM MAYOR.
BECAUSE. NO, THIS IS THE END OF CONSENT AGENDA.
IT REMAINS FOR DISCUSSION ON CONSENT AGENDA.
DOES NOT ALL OF A SUDDEN BECOME NUMBER FIVE, MADAM MAYOR? UH, IF THE VICE MAYOR WANTS TO HEAR THAT, IT WOULD YOU NEED A MOTION IN A SECOND AND THE COMMISSION NEED TO VOTE.
WE HAVE AN ITEM THAT IS IN THE PROCESS OF BEING MOTIONED ON FOR CONSENT AGENDA.
WE HAVE NEVER, UNDER THE RULES THAT PRECLUDE THE VICE MAYOR FROM MAKING A MOTION.
AND IF IF IN A SECOND, IF A SECOND IS THERE TO MOVE AN ITEM UP THIS WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS. WE ARE WE ARE NOT IN THE MIDDLE OF CONSENT AGENDA.
YES WE HAVE. WE'VE ALREADY VOTED ON CONSENT AGENDA, WITH THE EXCEPTION TO WHICH WE ALWAYS HAVE THE NEXT ITEM, WHICH IS THE ITEM THAT IS PULLED FROM CONSENT AS THE NEXT ITEM. IT IS STILL PART, IT IS STILL FOR QUEUE.
IT DOES NOT GET RENAMED TO FIVE Q, IT IS STILL FOUR Q.
THE RULES ALLOW THE COMMISSION TO TO MOVE A ITEM UP IF THEY WITHIN THEIR DISCRETION.
AND I'M ASKING YOU'RE ASKING FOR POLITICAL REASONS, MADAM MAYOR.
SO I WOULD LIKE FOR THE VICE MAYOR ITEM TO BE DISCUSSED BEFORE THE SHAKER VILLAGE ITEM.
SECOND. THANK YOU, LITTLE GAMES.
SO IF THERE'S ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION FROM THE COMMISSION ON.
ARE WE CHANGING THE RULES NOW ON THAT OR ARE WE?
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BECAUSE IT'S THE DISCUSSION TO MOVE THE ITEM.THIS IS JUST MOVING AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA.
THERE'S NO PUBLIC DISCUSSION NEEDED ON THAT.
OKAY. THAT IS WHAT IS THE MOTION TO REQUEST TO BE DONE? IT DOES NOT MEAN IT IS BEING DONE UNTIL SUCH TIME THERE IS A VOTE ON THE ITEM.
CITY CLERK, YOU WISH TO SAY SOMETHING, PLEASE? NO, MADAM MAYOR, I'M JUST WAITING TO CALL THE ROLL.
GO FOR COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS THE CITY ATTORNEY.
IRREGARDLESS TO ANOTHER MOTION BEING MADE BY THE ANY MEMBERS OF THIS COMMISSION, ISN'T THE CHAIR RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS AGENDA AS AS AS HOW IT'S GOING TO PLAY OUT? OR AM I MISTAKEN? UH, NOT UNDER THE RULES.
THE COMMISSION, UH, AS A BODY, UH, CAN.
SO ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER DOES NOT.
PARDON ME. CAN WE CAN WE SOMEONE JUST PULL THAT UP BEFORE WE CONTINUE SO THAT WE HAVE CLARIFICATION AS TO WHAT I'M GIVING AS PARLIAMENTARIAN? I'M GIVING CLARIFICATION THAT, UH, A MOTION CAN BE MADE TO MOVE ITEM IN WHICH IT HAS BEEN MADE.
AND THERE'S A SECOND. SO THERE NEEDS TO BE A VOTE.
YEAH. BUT WE ALSO HAD THE SAME SITUATION ON FORKIO.
WE MADE A MOTION, THERE WAS A SECOND, AND IT WENT NOWHERE BEFORE EVEN MOVING TO ANOTHER MOTION.
NO, THERE WAS, THERE WAS, THERE WAS, THERE WAS A MOTION TO APPROVE MY POINT.
THERE WAS A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA THAT WAS APPROVED FOR Q ONE.
ITEM FOUR, Q WAS WAS MOVED TO REGULAR AGENDA, AND THEREAFTER VICE MAYOR BOLTON REQUESTED THAT THE VICE MAYOR ITEM BE MOVED.
YEAH, BUT BEFORE Q HAD A MOTION A SECOND AND IT DIED RIGHT THERE.
NO, NO, FOLK DID NOT HAVE A MOTION.
I'M SAYING BY THAT IS THAT WE HAD NO VOTE ON IT.
UH COMMISSIONER. CAN WE AND IN THE FUTURE, CITY MANAGER, WHEN YOU'RE GOING TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS, SINCE YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE OUR PARLIAMENTARIAN, PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THE RULE EXACTLY AS TO WHICH ONE WE ARE FOLLOWING SO WE CAN HAVE IT, AND IT CAN BE LOOKED UPON IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE WE ARE FOLLOWING THE PARLIAMENT PROCEDURES PROCESS PROPERLY, WE FOLLOW AN APPROPRIATE PROCEDURE.
YEAH. THANK YOU. BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, TO DO THIS WITHOUT HAVING THAT LISTED.
YOU'VE NEVER INTERRUPTED CONSENT AGENDA BEFORE, BUT IT IS WHAT IT IS.
IT IS WHAT IT IS. IT IS WHAT IT IS.
AT THIS POINT IN TIME, SEEING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND AS TO MOVING.
55A. BEFORE GOING TO FOR Q CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
COMMISSIONER WRIGHT. YES, COMMISSIONER.
AT THIS TIME, WE WILL READ 5ATR14058.
[5.a TR14058 - A Resolution of the City Commission of the City of Tamarac, Florida, electing a Vice Mayor to serve a term of one year beginning December 13, 2023 with no succession; providing for conflicts; providing for severability; and providing for an effective date.]
CITY ATTORNEY, PLEASE READ THE TITLE FOR THE RECORD.ITEM FIVE A IS A RESOLUTION OF CITY COMMISSION.
CITY TAMARAC ELECT A VICE MAYOR TO SERVE A TUM.
THANK YOU. NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND.
SO MOVED. I'VE GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS.
I'VE GOT A SECOND BY VICE MAYOR BOLTON AT THIS MOMENT.
I WILL NOW OPEN THE FLOOR TO PUBLIC COMMENTS.
IS THERE ANYONE WHO WISHES TO MAKE A COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM.
THIS IS WHAT I MEAN ABOUT BEING A JOKE.
THIS WAS AN EXAMPLE FROM THE WORKSHOP ABOUT HOW THIS COMMISSION WORKS.
BOTH COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS AND RIGHT WANT THE POSITION.
THE DISCUSSION ON VICE MAYOR WAS ENTIRELY POLITICALLY MOTIVATED AT THE WORKSHOP AND SELF-SERVING.
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HERE'S AN EXAMPLE.TRANSLATION I'M WAITING TO SEE HOW MORI VOTES ON SHAKER VILLAGE TO SEE IF I GIVE HIM MY VOTE.
HOWEVER, A FAIR PROCESS, AS THE MAYOR EXPLAINED, WOULD BE COMMISSIONERS TO BE APPOINTED DURING THEIR NON-ELECTION TERMS SO THAT EACH COMMISSIONER HAS A CHANCE TO SERVE DURING THEIR CURRENT ELECTION CYCLE.
THAT WOULD NEGATE THE EQUITY OF THE PROCESS AS EVERYONE FOLLOWING ME.
SO SINCE DISTRICT ONE SERVED UNTIL TODAY, THEN DISTRICT THREE SHOULD SERVE NEXT.
BUT BEING THAT COMMISSIONER WRIGHT WOULD NOT SERVE THIS COMING TERME AS HE DESIRES TO DO, COMMISSIONER DANIEL THEN WITHDREW HER DESIRE FOR A ROTATION BECAUSE IT DID NOT FIT THE NARRATIVE AND OUTCOMES SHE DESIRED.
SINCE THEN, SHE SAID, COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS SERVED PREVIOUSLY.
SO COMMISSIONER DANIEL BACKS OUT OF HER COMMITMENT TO A FAIR PROCESS.
LET'S BE HONEST, IT REALLY WASN'T ABOUT FAIRNESS OR EQUITY, BUT A WAY TO HAVE COMMISSIONER WRIGHT VOTED IN WITHOUT ACTUALLY HAVING TO VOTE.
SO WHAT WILL BE THE OUTCOME? WHEN COMMISSIONER BOLTON WAS VOTED IN LAST? WHEN COMMISSIONER BOLTON WAS VOTED IN LAST YEAR, HE MADE A COMMITMENT TO COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS THAT HE WOULD BE THE VICE MAYOR THIS YEAR.
IS THAT GOING TO HAPPEN? I DOUBT IT.
THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK? I'VE GOT PATTY LYNN COMING DOWN, VERY DETERMINED AT THIS POINT.
AND THEN WE'LL HAVE STUART WEBSTER.
AND I'M DISAPPOINTED IN YOU, LEVENT.
AND I'M. I'M ALREADY OVER OUR SUPPOSED CITY ATTORNEY AND I.
THIS HAS NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE, AND IT IS JUST POLITICAL AND IT'S UNCALLED FOR.
COMMISSIONERS NEED TO THINK FOR THEMSELVES, WORK TOGETHER, BUT THINK FOR YOURSELF.
YOU'RE NOT THINKING FOR YOURSELVES.
THIS. EVERYTHING YOU DO HERE IS WATCHED BY THE ENTIRE CITY.
YOU ACT LIKE FOLLOW THE LEADER.
FOLLOW. WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH YOU GUYS? AND WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO TAKE A VOTE TO GET RID OF THIS CITY ATTORNEY? BECAUSE HE DOES NOT WORK IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE RESIDENTS OF THIS CITY.
MR. WEBSTER IS COMING DOWN, THEN DARCY SCHILLER.
STUART WEBSTER, RIVERSIDE GARDENS AGAIN.
I'M TRYING TO CONTROL MYSELF WHEN I LOOK AT ALMOST EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM.
ESPECIALLY THE PEOPLE ON THE DAIS AND ESPECIALLY THE PEOPLE TO MY IMMEDIATE LEFT.
I LOOK AND LISTEN AND SEE THE TOTAL, ABSOLUTE AND DISGUSTING DISRESPECT THAT PEOPLE GIVE TO EACH OTHER. I AM ABSOLUTELY SICK OF THE DISRESPECT THAT THE CITY ATTORNEY HAS ABSOLUTELY NO PROBLEM TALKING OVER.
INTERRUPTING. LITERALLY ANYBODY, ANY OF THE COMMISSIONERS AND THE MAYOR, THE MAYOR AND THE COMMISSIONERS ON THIS DAIS.
WOW. PEOPLE, IT'S KNOWN AS RESPECT.
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DO YOU REALIZE THAT AFTER EVERY ONE OF YOU LEAVE THE DAIS, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE LIVES AFTER AND YOUR REPUTATION IS GOING TO GO AFTER THE TWO PEOPLE THAT SPOKE BEFORE, ESPECIALLY THE FIRST LADY THAT CAME UP, WAS RIGHT ON TARGET. THAT WAS THE REASON FOR THE POWER.YOU REMEMBER EARLIER I TALKED ABOUT THE POWER GRAB? WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A POWER MOVE.
THIS IS SICK AND PEOPLE SEE THIS AND IT'S DISGUSTING.
IT IS ABSOLUTELY DISGUSTING WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
AND THEN YOU'RE GOING TO COME ON DOWN AND YOU'RE GOING TO STRUT AND GRIN AS COMMISSIONERS.
YOU'RE GOING TO STRUT AND GRIN.
AND THE ATTORNEY WHO I WAS GIVING THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT UNTIL THIS EVENING.
I'M GOING TO LOOK AT THEM DIFFERENTLY.
REALIZE THAT ALL OF Y'ALL ARE GOING TO BE DOWN AND OUT, JUST LIKE ALL OF US.
DARCY SCHILLER, IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? RON WASSERMAN, YOU ARE NEXT.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WISH TO SPEAK AFTER RON? AS SUCH, PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM WILL BE CLOSED.
I CONCUR WITH MR. WEBSTER AS FAR AS HIS, UM, STATEMENTS AND OPINION ABOUT OUR SO-CALLED CITY ATTORNEY.
MY SUGGESTION WOULD BE IN THE FUTURE IF IT CAN BE DONE LEGALLY.
I DON'T HAVE TO WRITE AN ORDINANCE OR A LAW OR WHATEVER IT IS THAT HAS TO BE DONE BY THE COMMISSION.
BUT I'M WONDERING, JUST FOR BASIS OF EXPERIENCE, THAT EACH VICE MAYOR, WHEN THEY COME AROUND, HAVE TO SERVE AS A COMMISSIONER FOR AN ENTIRE YEAR BEFORE THEY CAN BE VOTED IN AS A VICE MAYOR, SO THAT WHEN THEY BECAME VOTED IN IN WHENEVER THEY WERE VOTED IN, IT HAS NOT BEEN AN ENTIRE YEAR YET AS A COMMISSIONER.
SO THEY WOULDN'T BE ELIGIBLE RIGHT NOW FOR VICE MAYOR, BUT NEXT YEAR THEY WOULD BE.
DO YOU FOLLOW WHAT I'M SAYING? A YEAR IS A COMMISSIONER IN PLACE BEFORE THEY BECOME VICE MAYOR? BECAUSE TO HAVE A VICE MAYOR COME IN GREENER THAN GREEN, THEY'RE NOT ONLY LEARNING THE JOB OF THE COMMISSIONER, BUT THEN THEY'VE GOT THE POWER OF VICE MAYOR, WHICH REALLY IS NOT THAT DIFFERENT UNTIL THE MAYOR IS NOT HERE, THEN THAT VICE MAYOR HAS TO MAKE UNBELIEVABLE DECISIONS AND HAS NO EXPERIENCE. THAT'S MY SUGGESTION.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT CAN BE DONE.
I DON'T KNOW HOW IT WOULD BE DONE, BUT THANK YOU.
MY NAME IS RON WASSERMAN, RONALD J.
AS A LONG TIME RESIDENT, I'VE HAD TO USE THE SERVICES OF THE CITY QUITE OFTEN.
QUITE OFTEN, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THE HELP THAT NUMEROUS PEOPLE HAVE GIVEN ME.
WHAT DO WE MEAN BY THAT? FIRE RESCUE HAS BEEN TO MY HOME THREE TIMES.
SERVICE PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY SEVEN EIGHT TIMES.
SO WHAT I'M ASKING FOR, I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED IN.
I DON'T GET ANYWHERE BY SAYING THIS KIND OF STUFF.
I DON'T WANT TO INSULT YOU, SIR, BUT YOU'RE NOT FOR TAMARAC.
YOU'RE VERY DISMISSIVE, BUT THAT'S OKAY.
THE PEOPLE STANDING IN FRONT OF ME ARE SITTING IN FRONT OF ME.
WHY DO WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH THIS AND BELIEVE ME.
75, 77,000 PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND I GET ONE COMMISSIONER WHO POSTS ALL THE TIME.
THEN THERE WERE OTHERS WHO DO NOTHING FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
NOTHING. AND YOU KNOW IT, FOLKS.
WHY DO I RAISE MY VOICE? IT'S BECAUSE.
BECAUSE WHY? I'D LOOK FOR SOME HELP FROM MY DISTRICT AND I HAVE NOT GOTTEN IT.
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WITH. THAT'S OKAY.AND WHAT A LACK OF RESPECT I'M LOOKING AROUND NOW FOR YOU FOLKS WHO WORK FOR THE CITY.
YOU WORK FOR US? WE HAVE SOME INCOMPETENT PEOPLE FOR SURE.
AND I KNOW AFTER SPEAKING FOR YEARS, HARRY DRESSLER WAS OUR MAYOR.
I KNOW THAT I HAVE TO KEEP ON REMINDING YOU.
SO I APPRECIATE YOUR ASSISTANCE.
YOU'VE HEARD IT. I DON'T LIKE TO SAY THIS DURING HANUKKAH OR CHRISTMAS OR WHATEVER, BUT MY GOODNESS, AS PEOPLE SAID BEFORE ME, MAKE SOME SENSE.
YOU HAVE A REAL HIGH BUDGET IN THIS CITY.
AND BOY, IT'S JUST INCREASING LEFT AND RIGHT.
AND FOR YOU, SIR, NOT TO PAY ATTENTION WIPING YOUR GLASSES.
THANK YOU RON. YOU'RE WELCOME.
PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE NOW CLOSED.
UM, I'M JUST GOING TO ECHO SOME OF THE COMMENTS THAT WERE MADE DURING THE WORKSHOP.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW THIS IS A CEREMONIAL POSITION AND THE ABSENCE OF THE MAYOR, THE VICE MAYOR DOES TAKE ON THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR WHATEVER IT MAY BE. UM, WE'RE ALWAYS GOING TO DISAGREE.
UH, VICE MAYOR, UH, COMMISSIONER DANIEL.
RIGHT. BUT I BELIEVE THAT THIS POSITION AS THE VICE MAYOR, UH, TO THE ONE ACCEPTING IT, THE ONE WANTING IT, AND AND THAT'S REALLY EVERY ELECTED OFFICIAL IN ALL 311 CITIES IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA.
UM, AND WITH THAT, I THINK WHILE WE CAN DISAGREE ON MANY ITEMS, SHAKER VILLAGE OR WHATEVER ELSE, I THINK WHEN IT COMES TO SELECTING THE VICE MAYOR ROWE GOING FROM FROM TODAY AND GOING FORWARD, IF WE CAN SOMEHOW PUT IT IN THERE IN THE CODE OR HOWEVER, WHEREVER IT GOES.
THAT EVERY DISTRICT, REGARDLESS OF WHO HAS BEEN THERE OR NOT, IT GOES IN ORDER.
RIGHT. AND AT THIS POINT I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE COMMISSIONER.
RIGHT. AND I WOULD LIKE FOR THIS COMMISSION TO GET UNANIMOUS, UH, THIS, UH, MAKE A UNANIMOUS DECISION ON THAT, UH, JUST SO THAT WE CAN AT LEAST BE UNIFIED IN HOW WE OPERATE THE VICE MAYOR ROWE, SOME OF US BELIEVE THAT IT'S NOT IMPORTANT AND IT'S NOT TRUE, BECAUSE FOR EVERYONE ON THIS COMMISSION, THE VICE MAYOR ROLE IS IMPORTANT.
AND WE ALL KNOW THAT REGARDLESS OF THE COMMENTS THAT WERE MADE ON MONDAY.
SO WITH THAT, UH, THAT'S MY NOMINATION.
THANK YOU. I HAVE COMMISSIONER DANIEL NEXT.
MY COMMENTS ON MONDAY WAS FAIR.
WHEN I FIRST GOT ELECTED, THE MAYOR ASKED IF I IT WAS MY TURN TO BE VICE MAYOR.
I TURNED IT DOWN BECAUSE I SAID, I WANT TO LEARN TO BE A COMMISSIONER FIRST.
BOLTON SERVED TWICE, AND HE SERVED TWICE AS VICE MAYOR.
SO IT'S ONLY FAIR THAT IT WOULD HAVE BEEN MYSELF.
WHICH AGAIN OR MR. RIGHT TO BE AT THIS TIME.
EVERYBODY MAKES THEIR COMMENTS.
AGAIN FOR ALL COMMENTS GOING FORWARD.
YOU SPEAK IN GENERAL TERMS. YOU ARE NOT USING NAMES.
WE ARE NOT TALKING AT ONE ANOTHER.
WE'RE TALKING TO ONE ANOTHER AND WE ARE ENTITLED TO EXPRESS OUR OPINIONS IN THE GENERAL SENSE.
WE DO NOT NEED TO BE ATTACKING ANYONE.
WHILE YOU STILL HAVE THE TITLE VICE MAYOR, YOUR LIGHT IS LIT.
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THANK YOU. MAYOR.UM, SO, YOU KNOW, I HEAR SEVERAL NARRATIVES OUT TONIGHT, AND, YOU KNOW, IF IF THE NARRATIVE IS TRUE, IF YOUR CLAIM IS TRUE, UM, THAT I AM SO CONFIDENT THAT I KNOW HOW DOCTOR DANIEL OR COMMISSIONER WRIGHT WILL VOTE, THEN I WOULDN'T NEED TO HOLD MY VOTE OVER THEIR HEADS. UH, IF YOUR NARRATIVE IS THAT WE VOTE DEADLOCK WITH EACH OTHER ALL THE TIME, THEN I WOULD NOT HAVE TO.
THEN I WOULD HAVE VOTED ON MONDAY IMMEDIATELY FOR COMMISSIONER WRIGHT.
SO. YOU NEED TO CHOOSE A NARRATIVE.
WHOEVER COMES HERE NEEDS TO CHOOSE A NARRATIVE.
UM, BOTH GENTLEMEN ARE STELLAR, UH, LEADERS.
AND THIS WAS THE DRAWBACK ON MONDAY.
UH, BECAUSE I SEE THAT COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS IS IS TRYING.
WE'VE MADE HEADWAY IN TRYING TO BE COLLEGIATE.
I SEE COMMISSIONER RIGHT AS AS AS AN INTELLIGENT, UH, MAN WITH WITH TWO MASTER'S DEGREES.
UM, HE ASKS INTELLIGENT QUESTIONS ALL THE TIME.
SO, YOU KNOW, THIS WAS THE DRAWBACK, CHOOSING BETWEEN TWO PEOPLE, UM, THAT THAT HAS A STELLAR RECORD OF OF THINKING FOR THEMSELVES. AND, AND MIND YOU, THE SELECTION OF VICE MAYOR IN THIS CITY HAS ALWAYS BEEN POLITICAL, ALWAYS BEEN POLITICAL.
WHEN IT WAS MY TIME TO BE VICE MAYOR, I WAS SKIPPED.
THAT WAS POLITICAL BECAUSE I WAS TOLD THAT I DID NOT SUPPORT ANOTHER PERSON FOR FOR MAYOR.
I WAS SKIPPED WHEN IT WAS MY TURN.
WHEN WHEN IT WHEN WHEN COMMISSIONER PLACKO BECAME VICE MAYOR, SHE NOMINATED HERSELF.
THE NEXT DAY, INSTEAD OF CELEBRATING HER, SHE WAS GIVEN A CROWN FROM BURGER KING ONLINE.
SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO SIT HERE AND SAY THAT THAT THIS IS IS NOT IS NOT POLITICAL.
ON MONDAY, I ASK THAT WE EXPLORE A ROTATION SYSTEM SO THAT WE TAKE THE GUESSING OUT OF WHO BECOMES VICE MAYOR SO THAT IT IS NOT POLITICAL IN THE FUTURE.
UH, SO SO WITH THAT SAID, I'M, I'M HAPPY THAT, YOU KNOW, COMMISSIONER, UM, VILLALOBOS HAS MADE IT, UM, EASY TONIGHT TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS UNIFIED.
AND THIS IS, THIS GOES, UH, UM, YOU KNOW, WELL, UM, AND I'M GLAD THAT WE'RE DISCUSSING THIS ITEM, UH, NOW BEFORE THE NEXT ITEM, BECAUSE CLEARLY, CLEARLY, PEOPLE HAD THEIR PREPARED SPEECH TO MAKE THIS SEEM AS IF IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A POLITICAL DECISION, AND IT WAS NOT.
SO, UM, WITH WITH THAT SAID, I SUPPORT.
GO AHEAD. AND I HAVE ONE MINUTE AND 34 SECONDS.
SO WITH WITH WITH THIS UH, SAID I'M HAPPY THAT I CAN SUPPORT, UM, COMMISSIONER WRIGHT TONIGHT FOR FOR VICE MAYOR.
UM, GO BACK TO ALL OF THE MEETINGS.
I DON'T THINK THAT ANY OF THESE DISCUSSIONS IN THE PAST WERE, WERE, WERE EVER, UM, SMOOTH.
UH, AND TONIGHT IS IS NO DIFFERENT.
HE WILL BE AN EXCELLENT VICE MAYOR.
I BELIEVE THAT HE WILL SERVE THE CITY WELL.
IGNORE INNUENDO OF BALONEY BY UM COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS.
THANK YOU. MAYOR. UH, AND JUST FOR THE RECORD, I WAS CONFUSED AS TO WHAT VICE MAYOR WAS SAYING.
THAT IT'S NOT POLITICAL, BUT IT IS POLITICAL.
UM, IT IS POLITICAL, AND WE ALL UNDERSTAND THAT.
SO BEFORE WE GET CONSENSUS ON THIS OR JUST VOTE ON THIS ITEM, IF WE CAN AGREE TO HAVE A PROCESS, UH, MOVING FORWARD. SO THAT MEANS THAT FOR 2025, IT'LL BE SEAT NUMBER THREE, DISTRICT THREE 2026 WOULD BE DISTRICT FOUR AND SO ON.
SO HOW DO WE PUT THAT? HOW DO WE INK THAT ON PAPER SO THAT THIS DOES NOT OCCUR.
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BECAUSE THIS IS EMBARRASSING FOR EVERY SINGLE PERSON IN THIS ROOM, EVERY SINGLE PERSON WATCHING THIS AND EVERYBODY THAT REPRESENTS THE ENTIRE STATE OF FLORIDA, THIS IS NOT THE WAY IT SHOULD BE DONE.SO, CITY ATTORNEY, HOW DO WE PUT IT SO THAT REGARDLESS OF WHO IS IN POSITION, THAT DISTRICT THREE WOULD BE IN 2025, IN 2026 WOULD BE DISTRICT 4 IN 2027, WE'LL GO BACK TO DISTRICT ONE AND SO ON AND SO FORTH. HOW DO WE DO THAT BEFORE WE GO THROUGH? BECAUSE IT COMES THROUGH THE CHAIR.
YES. SORRY. AND THIS IS ACTUALLY A CLERK ITEM.
SO THE CITY CLERK I'M GOING TO ASK YOU IF YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS REGARDING THIS.
AND IS THIS SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE PUSHED BACK FOR THE SECOND PART OF THIS TO A COMMISSION MEETING IN A WORKSHOP? MY TIME. SORRY.
SO THAT THIS COULD BE THOROUGHLY DISCUSSED, BECAUSE THAT IS NOT THE ITEM ON THE AGENDA.
IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE ON THE AGENDA FOR MONDAY AND IT DIDN'T FINISH PLAYING OUT.
I WOULD BELIEVE THAT IT WOULD BE BEST FOR US TO COME BACK AT WORKSHOP AND DETERMINE THAT.
AND SO OUR NEXT CHARTER REVIEW IS IN 2027.
OKAY. CAN YOU PLEASE EXPLAIN WHAT THE CHARTER WHAT DOES IT SAY IN THE CHARTER? CITY CLERK.
DID YOU WANT TO ANSWER HIS QUESTION, OR WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO GIVE IT TO THE CITY ATTORNEY? CITY ATTORNEY? YES, MADAM MAYOR, I THINK, UH, VICE.
VILLALOBOS WAS TALKING ABOUT THE ROTATION THAT HAS BEEN USED IN THE PAST.
UH, THE ROTATION I DON'T BELIEVE IS IN THE CHARTER.
UH, WITH RESPECT TO THAT, UH, THIS COMMISSION HAS A PROCESS.
IF THEY WANT TO CODIFY THE ROTATION, UH, GENERALLY, THE COMMISSION WOULD HAVE MAYBE A WORKSHOP, AS THE CITY CLERK INDICATED, TO VET IT AND DISCUSS IT. AND AND YOU COULD DIRECT STAFF TO COME WITH PROPOSED LEGISLATION.
SO AT THIS TIME, EVEN THOUGH WE'RE ON ANOTHER ITEM, I WILL ASK FOR CONSENSUS TO PUT THIS ON A WORKSHOP IN THE FUTURE FOR REGARDING FOR PROCEDURE. WHETHER OR NOT IT HAS TO GO THROUGH CHARTER, OR WHETHER IT COULD JUST BE SOMETHING WE CAN PROCEDURALLY DO AND DISCUSS AT A FUTURE WORKSHOP.
I'M MARRIED. BEFORE YOU MAKE A POINT OF ORDER ON THAT ONE.
OKAY, CAN WE FIRST GET CONSENSUS THAT WHATEVER WE SAY TODAY ABOUT WHAT YOU ARE TRYING TO GET CONSENSUS ON, EVERYBODY WILL STICK TO THEIR WORD AND NOT CHANGE THEIR MINDS THEREAFTER? COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS. AS MUCH AS I WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT, WE ALL KNOW IF WE CANNOT DO THAT, CAN WE GET IT ON RECORD? EVERYBODY'S ON RECORD, CAMERAS ARE GOING, PEOPLE ARE HERE.
WE'RE RECORDED LIVE, WE'RE STREAMING, THEY'RE HEARING US.
SO. SO JUST FOR THE RECORD, THEN, I JUST WANT THE INTEGRITY OF THE PERSON THAT'S ABOUT TO MAKE THIS CONSENSUS THAT WE ARE GOING TO MAKE A PROCESS STICK TO THEIR WORD. WE WILL HAVE A IF THERE'S CONSENSUS, WE WILL HAVE THIS AT A WORKSHOP IN THE FUTURE.
COMMISSIONER DANIEL, FOR THE ROTATION OF THE WORKSHOP AT A WORKSHOP.
VICE MAYOR CONSENSUS FOR A ROTATION TO BE DISCUSSED AT A WORKSHOP? YES, BUT WE HAVE NOT.
WE HAVE NOT MADE THE THE THE ROTATION.
WE WILL DISCUSS. WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS IT AT A WORKSHOP.
I HAVE NOT COMMISSIONER RIGHT IS NODDING OBVIOUSLY.
COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS I AGREE YOU'VE GOT CONSENSUS AT A FUTURE WORKSHOP.
OKAY. COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS STILL HAS.
GO AHEAD. UH, AND WITH THAT, UH, ANYONE LISTENING THAT WANTS TO RUN IN THE FUTURE, JUST CONSIDER WHAT WE ARE SAYING NOW SO THAT YOU'RE CONSIDERATE TO YOUR COLLEAGUES WHEN WE'RE DOING THIS PROCESS.
UH, AND AS WELL AS EVERYONE ON THIS COMMISSION AT THIS MOMENT.
UM. THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU, MAYOR.
OH, I WISH THAT EVERYBODY WOULD GIVE UNANIMOUS DECISION EVERY SINGLE TIME, BUT.
ALRIGHTY THEN. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
UM. AT THIS POINT IN TIME, I'M CALLING THE QUESTION.
I'M DOING A MOTION FOR COMMISSIONER RIGHT TO BE VICE MAYOR.
SECOND. I HAVE A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS.
CITY. WHAT DID I DO WRONG? WHAT AM I MISSING? MAYOR, WE ALREADY HAD A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER.
OH WE DID. I APOLOGIZE, BUT WE DIDN'T HAVE THE NAME IN THERE, SO NEVER MIND.
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I'M CALLING THE QUESTION.I'M INSERTING COMMISSIONER RIGHT INTO THE TITLE.
LET'S VOTE. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.
THANK YOU. MOTION PASSES 5 TO 0.
AND IN RECOGNITION OF YOUR POSITION NOW, VICE MAYOR.
RIGHT. SIR JAMES, I'M GOING TO ASK A FAVOR.
IT'S NOT LIKE IT'S DONE IN OUR BACK IN OUR ROOM.
SO I WAS JUST GOING TO HAVE FUN AND HAVE THE VICE MAYOR TITLE MOVED ON OVER TO COMMISSIONER.
RIGHT. BUT I GUESS I'M NOT HAVING FUN TONIGHT.
SO GOING BACK TO THE ORIGINAL ITEM THAT WE WERE GOING TO TALK ABOUT.
WELL, HE MIGHT COMMISSIONER COMMISSIONER BOLTON MAY WANT COMMISSIONER BOLTON MAY WANT TO TAKE THAT HOME OR PUT IT IN HIS OFFICE, WHATEVER HE WANTS TO DO WITH IT, IT IS HIS TO HAVE FUN WITH.
SO ON THAT NOTE, WE'RE MOVING ON TO AN ITEM THAT IS NOT FUN FOR EVERYBODY.
IT IS VERY SERIOUS, BUT ALL IN ALL, WE WILL GET THROUGH ALL OF THIS.
FOR Q TR 14068 CITY ATTORNEY, PLEASE READ THE TITLE FOR THE RECORD.
[4.q TR14068 - A Resolution of the City Commission of the City of Tamarac, Florida, authorizing the City Manager and City Attorney to execute an amendment to the sale and purchase agreement to extend the due diligence period for the purchase of the Shaker Village Clubhouse; authorizing the City Manager and the City Attorney to take all necessary actions to effectuate the extension; providing for conflicts; providing for severability; and providing for an effective date.]
THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.UH, ITEM FOUR Q RESOLUTION OF CITY COMMISSION, CITY TAMARAC AUTHORIZING CITY MANAGER, CITY ATTORNEY TO EXECUTE AMENDMENT TO THE SALE AND PURCHASE AGREEMENT TO EXTEND THE DUE DILIGENCE PERIOD FOR THE PURCHASE OF SACRED VILLAGE CLUBHOUSE, AUTHORIZING CITY MANAGER AND CITY ATTORNEY TO TAKE ALL NECESSARY ACTIONS TO EFFECTUATE THE EXTENSION.
PROVIDING FOR CONFLICT. PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY.
PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
THANK YOU. DO I HAVE A MOTION? AND A SECOND. SO MOVED.
SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS.
I HAVE A SECOND BY VICE MAYOR RICE.
WE WILL NOW OPEN THIS FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS.
IS THERE ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? KATE JOHNSON.
FOR THE RECORD, I HAVE NEVER ATTACKED A SINGLE MEMBER OF SHAKER VILLAGE.
YET I CONTINUE TO BE ATTACKED.
AND NOW TONIGHT I'M CALLED A LIAR.
I HAVE SPOKEN ABOUT THE ISSUES, NOT THE PEOPLE.
TRUE CHARACTER IS SHOWN BY THESE ACTIONS, THE FACTUAL.
ARGUMENTS, LIES, AND HALF TRUTHS.
OBVIOUSLY WE DISAGREE ON THE FACTS.
FOR INSTANCE, LEON'S, WHICH KEEPS GETTING BROUGHT UP.
MAXINE CALLOWAY OWN PRESENTATION SAID THERE ARE $12 MILLION IN LIENS ON THE SHAKER VILLAGE PROPERTY. THE FOIA REQUEST SHOWED A BREAKDOWN OF ALL OF THOSE LIENS OWED BY SHAKER VILLAGE.
THERE ARE LIENS AGAINST THE CLUBHOUSE PROPERTY.
WHEN THEY SAY IT IS ASSOCIATION OWNED PROPERTY.
WHO IS THE ASSOCIATION? THE MEMBERS.
THE OWNERS MAKE UP THE ASSOCIATION, NOT THE BOARD.
THE BOARD SERVES THE ASSOCIATION.
I AM PRESIDENT OF MAINLANDS FOR HOA.
I DO NOT GET TO MAKE A RULE A DECISION, AND OUR BOARD DOES NOT GET TO MAKE ANY DECISION OF VALUE WITHOUT THE MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATION VOTING, SO TO SAY THAT IT IS NOT OWNED BY THE ASSOCIATION BUT THE BOARD.
THE ASSOCIATION IS THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
I MEAN, THESE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY, THE OWNERS, 358 OF THEM MAKE UP THE ASSOCIATION.
SO WHILE WE CAN DISAGREE ON THE FACTS.
NONE OF THE FACTS I HAVE EVER STATED HAVE NOT BEEN RESEARCHED AND LOOKED AT THOROUGHLY FROM THE CITY
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STANDPOINT, FROM WATCHING PRESENTATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE IN MAXINE CALLOWAY OWN POWERPOINT.THAT SAID, $12 MILLION IN LIENS OWED BY SHAKER VILLAGE.
SO WHEN YOU WANT TO CALL ME A LIAR, HAVE YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT.
THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE, PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE.
WHICHEVER ONE OF YOU, YOU YOU BOTH PUT YOUR HANDS UP AT THE SAME TIME.
SO JODY AND REED IS FIRST AND THEN E OR HERON OR EGG.
SORRY. ARE YOU COMING SECOND? I'M NOT FORCING YOU.
JUST, YOU KNOW, YOU WANT TO FINISH THE STORY ABOUT THE CHILD.
YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.
SO. GOOD EVENING AGAIN, EVERYONE.
MY NAME IS JODY HENREID AND I'M FROM TAMARAC.
SO ONCE AGAIN, I'M HERE TO ADDRESS THE FACTS.
EVERYTHING THAT I HAVE STATED CAN BE FOUND IN THE ONLINE RECORDED MEETINGS.
AGAIN, THIS WAS HER OWN STATEMENT.
WE'VE BEEN PERSONALLY ATTACKED ONLINE IN A PRIVATE FACEBOOK GROUP.
AS FAR AS THE LIONS ARE CONCERNED.
MYSELF AND SEVERAL RESIDENTS HAVE ADDRESSED THIS IN SEVERAL MEETINGS.
THERE ARE $3 MILLION WORTH OF LIENS ON THE GENERAL AREAS OF SHAKER VILLAGE.
THOSE LIENS WILL NOT GO AWAY WITH THIS SALE AGAIN.
A CITY EMPLOYEE STATED THAT THERE ARE NO LIENS.
I HAVE A PRINTOUT OF THE FACT THAT THERE ARE NO LIENS.
I'M WILLING TO SHARE IT WITH ANYBODY WHO IS RATIONAL AND WILLING TO LISTEN TO THE FACTS.
WITH REGARDS TO THE ASSOCIATION AND THE STATEMENT THAT WAS MADE ABOUT THE ASSOCIATION BEING THE MEMBERS AND NOT THE BOARD, THIS IS TECHNICALLY INCORRECT ASSOCIATION OWNED PROPERTY. I'LL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE.
FOR INSTANCE, IF YOU WERE TO FORECLOSE ON A PROPERTY THAT IS ASSOCIATION OWNED PROPERTY, WHEN YOU SELL THE PROPERTY, YOU ARE NOT REQUIRED BY LAW TO DIVVY UP THE PROFITS TO ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY OF THE OF THE COMMUNITY.
IT'S ASSOCIATION OWNED PROPERTY, AND THE BOARD MAKES THOSE DECISIONS ON BEHALF OF THE ASSOCIATION.
THIS TYPE OF IGNORANCE FROM PEOPLE WHO SERVE ON BOARDS ARE A PART OF THE.
IT'S A PART OF THE REASON WHY SHAKER VILLAGE IS IN THIS TYPE OF MESS.
NONE OF THE FACTS THAT HAVE BEEN STATED HAVE NOT BEEN RESEARCHED, ETC.
AND AGAIN, I'M NOT HERE TO STOKE, UM, YOU KNOW, ANY DIVISION.
I'M NOT HERE TO ARGUE OVER THINGS, FACTS OR FACTS.
EVERY SINGLE THING MYSELF AND ALL OTHER SHAKER VILLAGE RESIDENTS HAVE SAID, DESPITE THE MANY ACCUSATIONS, THAT WE'RE NOT INTELLIGENT ENOUGH TO COME UP WITH STATEMENTS, DESPITE READING STATEMENTS WHERE OTHER PEOPLE HAVE READ STATEMENTS AND I'VE NOT BEEN CRITICIZED, I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I AM WILLING TO REVIEW THESE FACTS FOR HOURS, HOWEVER LONG IT TAKES.
I'M WILLING TO REVIEW IT WITH ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WHO IS WILLING TO LISTEN.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. HERON. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK? MARK DUGGAN, YOU'RE NEXT.
I DIDN'T SEE YOUR AFTER, MARK.
HERON. UM, THE POINT THAT I SAW WAS JUST DECISION MAKING, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT BENEFITS ONE, IT BENEFITS TWO PEOPLE OR IT BENEFITS ALL PRESENT.
AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, I RAN OUT OF TIME BEFORE I COULD MAKE THAT POINT.
BECAUSE WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT, FOR ONE TAMARAC WHEN I CALL YOU MY FIVE COMMISSIONERS, THAT'S IT.
OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO DISAGREE.
YOU KNOW WHY? BECAUSE HEART IS IN IT.
IT'S HARD. WE MAY DISAGREE, BUT IT'S HEART IS IN IT.
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MY HEART IS IN THIS.THE CITY SEES THAT THEY CAN USE IT.
THEY HAVE MONEY SET ASIDE FOR THIS KIND OF THING.
UH, AM I WRONG OR AM I? YOU KEEP IT HERE, RIGHT? SO. THE WHOLE POINT OF THIS IS FACTS, FACTS, PEOPLE.
IT DEPENDS ON LIKE SOMEONE WAS MENTIONING.
NARRATIVE DEPENDS ON WHAT COMES TO YOU, COMES IN YOUR MIND, WHAT COMES BEFORE YOU TO LOOK AT YOU BASE YOUR OPINION ON THOSE FACTS AND THE FACT IS THIS IT WILL BENEFIT TAMARAC.
IT'S A SALE? RIGHT. WE AT IN SHAKER VILLAGE.
YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW Y Y Y Y'ALL THIS BACK AND FORTH, BUT I REALLY BECKON YOU FIVE COMMISSIONERS, YOU KNOW? I UNDERSTAND.
BECAUSE I DID SOME RESEARCH AND FOUND OUT WHY SOME WERE OPPOSED.
MAYBE IF WE DRINK ENOUGH, I'LL GET THE TRUTH.
AND A DECISION THAT CAN BENEFIT.
BUT. I'M GOING TO TELL YOU THIS.
THE POSITIVES, WHEN YOU TAKE IT ALL INTO CONSIDERATION, OUTWEIGH THE NEGATIVES.
THE POSITIVES OUTWEIGH THE NEGATIVES.
THE POSITIVE OUTWEIGH THE NEGATIVES.
I'M SORRY I DON'T HAVE THE LADY'S NAME IN THE BACK, BUT IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK? IF NOT, AFTER SHE SPEAKS, PUBLIC COMMENTS WILL NOW BE CLOSED AND WE WILL CONTINUE ON FOR THE COMMISSION DISCUSSION.
GOOD EVENING AGAIN, MARK OGDEN.
EAST TAMARAC SHAKER VILLAGE IS SHAKER VILLAGE.
AS I SAID BEFORE, THEY GOT INSURANCE MONEY FOR IT.
THERE WAS MONEY FROM FEMA, THE STATE LOW INTEREST LOANS AFTER A HURRICANE.
THEY SHOULD HAVE USED THAT TO REBUILD IF THEY NEEDED A CLUBHOUSE FACILITY FIXED.
THE MONEY THAT SOME PEOPLE WANT TO SPEND ON THIS IS A WASTE.
THERE ARE OTHER ASSOCIATIONS IN EAST TAMARAC MAINLAND'S ONE TAMARAC LAKE SOUTH TO BEGIN WITH.
ONLY ONE DEPARTMENT, OUR GREAT FIRE DEPARTMENT, ACCEPTED US.
WE OFFERED A CPR COURSE IN OUR CLUBHOUSE FOR ALL THE RESIDENTS, AND WE HAD RESIDENTS FROM ALL SIX OF THE DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES IN EAST TAMARAC EAST OF THE TURNPIKE THERE.
GOOD EVENING, CITY COMMISSION BOARD, AND A VERY GOOD EVENING TO THE MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC.
MY NAME IS CAMMY BAILEY, CITY OF SUNRISE.
THOUGH NOT A RESIDENT OF THE CITY, I DO HAVE EXTREMELY CLOSE AFFILIATIONS WITH INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE.
I VIVIDLY RECALL MY YOUNGER YEARS DRIVING THROUGH THE CITY AND IGNORANTLY BELIEVING THAT TAMARAC WAS MERELY THE CITY OF THE ELDERLY, PRIMARILY BECAUSE OF THE DOMINANCE OF THE KINGS POINT COMMUNITY.
WHAT I SEE IS A GLORIOUS CITY WITH SO MUCH POTENTIAL.
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ON THE OTHER HAND, THAT THE CITY MUST COME TO THE AID OF THE SHAKER VILLAGE BECAUSE IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO.THESE ARE ALL POINTS THAT CAN BE ARGUED AND DEBATED TODAY, AS WE'VE ALL ALREADY WITNESSED.
I'M HERE TO STATE THAT REGARDLESS OF WHETHER TAXPAYER FUNDS GOES TOWARDS THE PARTICULAR PURCHASE OR NOT, THE FUTURE OF TAMARAC IS ALREADY PLANNED OUT WELL BEYOND WHAT WE CAN CONCEIVE HERE TODAY.
BECAUSE THAT IS ALL THAT TRULY MATTERS.
CURRENTLY, WITHOUT A SHADOW OF DOUBT, THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS OF THE SHAKER VILLAGE NEEDS YOUR HELP.
WHAT EXACTLY DOES THAT MEAN TO YOU? TO ANYONE HERE TODAY.
THERE IS ONLY ONE TAMARAC COMMISSION BOARD.
UM, AND THEREFORE, I HAD PULLED AN ITEM FOR THAT.
BUT, YOU KNOW, WE KEEP BEATING A DEAD HORSE HERE.
UM, THERE'S A RIGHT WAY AND A WRONG WAY OF DOING THINGS.
THE WAY THAT THIS WAS DONE WAS THE WRONG WAY OF DOING IT.
THAT'S ONE MAIN REASON WHY I OPPOSE THIS.
AND THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY THIS IS WHERE IT IS TODAY.
BECAUSE IT WAS WRONGFULLY DONE THE WAY THE PROCESS WAS MADE.
AND THAT IS WHY IN THIS AGENDA, WE HAVE NOW A GRANT APPLICATION BEING PUSHED THROUGH THIS COMMISSION BECAUSE IT FAILED TO DO THE PROPER WAY OF IT FAILED.
EXCUSE ME. AND NOW WE'RE TRYING TO FIND AN EXTENSION FOR A YEAR, TO FIND A GRANT SOMEWHERE AND ALLOW THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO GIVE US MONEY TO BUILD, NOT EVEN BUILD THIS CLUBHOUSE JUST TO BUY THE LAND FOR $2 MILLION.
WHY AM I OPPOSED TO THIS? BECAUSE THE ENTIRE AMOUNT OF 1.94 IS NOT EVEN BEING ESCROWED.
IT'S ONLY BEING ESCROWED FOR 1.5.
AND THAT IS WHY THE ENTIRE AMOUNT, UH, WAS NOT ESCROWED WOULD I BE IN FAVOR IF IT WAS ESCROWED COMPLETELY JUST FOR THE INFRASTRUCTURE? ABSOLUTELY. BUT THAT'S NOT THE WAY THE CONTRACT WAS WRITTEN, AND I'M AGAINST THAT.
I'M ALSO AGAINST THE FACT THAT WHY IS ONLY SHAKER VILLAGE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT THEY HAVE FOR THE DRAINAGE OR THE WATER MAINS, WHEN THERE'S OTHER COMMUNITIES TO THE WEST SIDE OF IT THAT USE THE ROADS? WHY AREN'T THEY PARTICIPATING IN THIS? WHY DIDN'T THIS ENTIRE COMMISSION PARTICIPATE IN THE CONVERSATIONS THAT WERE GOING ON WITH SHAKER VILLAGE? WE DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT SHAKER VILLAGE UNTIL IT WAS TOO LATE, BECAUSE ONLY ONE MEMBER OF THIS COMMISSION WAS HAVING DISCUSSIONS WITH THEM.
UM. SHAKER VILLAGE OWNS FIVE UNITS.
I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S OUTSTANDING LOANS ON THOSE UNITS.
THOSE FIVE PROPERTIES ARE WORTH WAY OVER 1.2, 1.4 OR $1.5 MILLION.
WHY ISN'T SHAKER VILLAGE SELLING THOSE PROPERTIES? SABAL PALM. SABAL PALM WILL BE JUST A COUPLE OF MILES AWAY BEING BUILT.
AND BY THE WAY, SUGAR VILLAGE BUILDING WILL COST OVER $10 MILLION.
NOT INCLUDING THE LAND, NOT INCLUDING THE MAINTENANCE.
YOU KNOW, THEY SAY THAT IT'S AN EYESORE.
I I'VE BEEN SEEING THE EYESORE SINCE I MOVED TO TAMARAC IN 2015.
IT'S AS EASY AS KNOCKING THOSE WALLS DOWN.
STOP PAYING FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF HOLDING THOSE WALLS UP AND PUT GRASS ON IT.
SHAKER VILLAGE ALREADY HAS AND OWNS A BUILDING NORTH OF THIS PARCEL.
THEY HAVE A TENNIS COURT, I BELIEVE THEY HAVE A BASKETBALL COURT.
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THEIR BUDGET DOES NOT REFLECT THE UNITS THAT ARE ACTUALLY IN BROWARD COUNTY.I HAVE A PROBLEM WHEN THEY HAVE WHAT THEY HAVE IN THEIR BUDGET.
UH, JEEZ, I JUST HAD A BRAIN FART.
UH, OR CITY MANAGER? WHY IS IT THAT THERE ARE LANES ON THE OTHER COMMON AREAS? BUT THIS MASSIVE SAW THAT DOESN'T EVEN HAVE WALL WINDOWS OR ROOFS DOES NOT HAVE ANY LIENS ATTACHED TO IT? HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE? COMMISSIONER. I MAY INVITE, UM, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR.
IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE CITY, THROUGH STRATEGIC PLANNING AND THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS, HAD INTENDED ON PURCHASING THIS PROPERTY AND BECAUSE OF THAT DIRECTION, THE PREVIOUS CITY MANAGER HAD GIVEN DIRECTION NOT TO PLACE LIENS ON A PROPERTY.
WE KNOW THAT THE CITY HAD AN INTENTION OF ACQUIRING.
WHAT DATE DID THAT TAKE PLACE WHEN THEY WHEN YOU WERE INFORMED TO STOP IT? THIS WAS THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT THAT WAS INFORMED NOT TO PROCEED, GIVEN THE FACT THAT THE CITY HAD INTENTIONS OF ACQUIRING THE PROPERTY.
THIS WAS OVER THREE YEARS OR SO AGO, SO OVER THREE YEARS AGO.
SO WHAT HAPPENED PRIOR TO THAT? DID THE LIENS JUST DISAPPEAR THAT WERE ALREADY ATTACHED TO IT? THERE WERE NO LIENS. FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, THE LIENS WERE ASSOCIATED WITH THE APPEARANCE OF THE BUILDING AND WHAT THE CONDITION RIGHT AFTER THE HURRICANE.
WHY ARE YOU ARE THEY WHY IS THERE COMMON LIENS ON THE PROPERTY IN SHAKER VILLAGE ITSELF? THAT IS FOR THE OTHER COMMON AREAS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY THAT'S ASSOCIATED WITH, UH, COMMON ROOF MEMBRANE OR OPEN SPACE AREA. JUST VARIOUS LIENS, A LIST OF LIENS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY.
SO THE SMALL ISSUES HAVE LEANS OVER $3 MILLION.
THAT'S WHY EVERY UNIT PAYS ALMOST $4,600 PER UNIT WHEN THEY SELL IT.
BUT THIS MASSIVE SORENESS DOES NOT HAVE ANY LIENS ON IT.
WHAT WOULD YOU ESTIMATE THAT THOSE LIENS TO BE HAD THAT MANAGER NOT APPROVED THAT TO STOP IT? THAT'S DIFFICULT TO DETERMINE.
RIGHT BECAUSE THE PROCESS WAS NOT DONE THE PROPER WAY.
AND NOW SHAKER VILLAGE AND WHATEVER PARTY ARE INVOLVED ARE TRYING TO FIND ANOTHER LOOPHOLE OR ANOTHER WAY TO GET A LOAN FROM. HEY, JODY.
RIGHT. UH, THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.
AND I'M HUMBLED AND HONORED TO SERVE AS VICE MAYOR TO THE CITY AND A RESIDENT OF TAMARAC.
AND IT'S IT KIND OF HURTS ME BECAUSE I THINK I'M THE LEAST POLITICAL PERSON ON THE DAIS.
I'VE APPOINTED TWO OF MY OPPONENTS TO MY FORMER POLITICAL OPPONENTS, TO OUR TO OUR BOARDS OF ALSO, YOU KNOW, TRY TO CREATE A RELATIONSHIP WITH COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS WHO ATTACK ME DURING THE ELECTION.
UH, MAY I ATTEND ALL YOUR EVENTS? EVEN ON MY BIRTHDAY? I SHOWED UP FOR YOUR EXERCISE EVENT.
UM, SO IT WAS KIND OF HURTFUL THAT I DID NOT GET THE INITIAL UNANIMOUS SUPPORT.
BUT, DOCTOR DANIELS, YOU BELIEVED IN ME.
AND THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING ME.
UM, I THINK IN TERMS OF SHAKER VILLAGE, IN TERMS OF SAYING THAT MY VOTE WAS POLITICAL, IT WAS NOT POLITICAL BECAUSE I CHANGED MY VOTE ON THE 911 HOLIDAY.
I WENT IN THE FACTS AND I SAW WHAT WE DID FOR JUNETEENTH, AND I CHANGED IT FOR THAT.
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FRIENDS WITH AND TRY TO UNDERSTAND AND TRY TO BE A UNIFIED COMMUNITY.I SHOW UP TO EVERY COMMUNITY, WHETHER IT'S THE THE SYNAGOGUE EVENTS, WHAT IS THE TEMPLE? YOU KNOW, I TRY TO BELIEVE AND I DO BELIEVE IN THAT, IN THAT ONE.
TAMARAC BECAUSE I'VE SEEN HOW FAR TAMARAC HAS COME.
THE NEIGHBOR THOUGHT HE WAS A MAINTENANCE GUY AND HE HAD BOUGHT THAT HOME.
IF YOU KNOW MY STORY, UH, I WAS BORN TO TEENAGE PARENTS.
MY FATHER GOT THE SHOT THAT THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE ABORTED.
I WAS BORN ON MOTHER'S DAY, AND I GREW UP IN A SMALL LITTLE ISLAND.
I CAN STAND HERE ONLY IN THIS COUNTRY I CAN ACHIEVE THAT.
AND THAT'S THE PROMISE OF AMERICA THAT WE ARE SUPPOSED TO FIGHT AND MAKE EVERY GENERATION BETTER.
WE ARE SUPPOSED TO IMPROVE THIS COMMUNITY.
AND IN MY FIRST MOVE AS VICE MAYOR, I WENT HOME.
I DID MY RESEARCH, AND I WOULD NOW CHANGE FROM 12 MONTHS TO 60 DAYS.
I WOULD GIVE YOU 60 DAYS FOR SHAKER VILLAGE AND CITY MANAGER AND CITY ATTORNEY.
LET'S FIND SOME OTHER WAYS WHERE WE CAN GET RID OF THE EYESORE.
I VOTED FOR SHAKER VILLAGE TO GET RID OF THE EYESORE.
IT'S COMING ON COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD, AND I AM WILLING TO COMPROMISE.
I'M SHOWING THAT OF COMPROMISE.
AND I DON'T LIKE THE INFIGHTING.
I DON'T LIKE THE RACIAL DIVIDE.
ALL THE STUFF THAT HAPPENED, IT IS NOT ME.
AND IT'S WHY I TRY SO HARD TO UNIFY AND BRING THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER.
VICE MAYOR BOLTON YOU KNOW, YOU DIDN'T SUPPORT ME INITIALLY.
AND YOU WILL MAKE A FINE VICE MAYOR.
BUT I'M STILL NOT GIVING OVER THE GAVEL BECAUSE THAT'S JUST ME ANYWAY.
AND THAT'S JUST FOR FUN, PEOPLE.
UM, COMMISSIONER DANIEL, UM, THANK YOU FOR THE ACCOLADES, FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
AND THANK YOU FOR SEEING THAT.
IT'S AN EYESORE. SO AT LEAST EVERYBODY'S AGREEMENT WITH THAT.
WHAT ABOUT THE COMMUNITY CENTER? THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF BUILDING A COMMUNITY CENTER EAST, THAT'S NO LONGER A PROBLEM.
WE'RE FORGETTING THE REASON WHY WE'RE BUYING THIS PROPERTY ONE.
WASN'T EVEN ABOUT THE EYESORE, RIGHT? IT WAS BECAUSE THE COMMUNITY CENTER WAS NEEDED EAST AND THAT PROPERTY WAS A GOOD ONE.
SO THESE PROBLEMS AREN'T BEING RESOLVED.
WAIT A MOMENT. SO I FIND MY NOTES.
UM. SO WHEN I GOT ELECTED SEVERAL YEARS AGO, RESIDENTS ASKED, BEGGED, PLEADED NOT TO BE TREATED AS A STEPCHILDREN OF TAMARAC.
WE HEARD IT SEVERAL TIMES OVER.
WE HEARD IT FROM MARC GOERGEN, WHO WAS PRESIDENT AT TAMARAC LAKES SOUTH AT THE TIME.
RESIDENTS OVER AND OVER ASKED FOR US TO DO SOMETHING IN EAST TAMARAC.
WE MADE SURE THAT COPPOLA PARK.
THE CITY MANAGER HEARD THOSE CRIES AT THE TIME.
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FROM RESIDENTS.WHO WOULD ASK HIM SEVERAL TIMES IN COMMUNITY MEETINGS.
WE USED TO DO DISTRICT MEETINGS.
EXCEPTING FOR A FEW, SUPPORTED THAT VISION.
CONSTANTLY SUPPORTED THAT VISION.
VOTED YES ON THE EAST SIDE OF EAST SIDE FEASIBILITY STUDY.
VOTED YES ON IMPROVING THE EAST SIDE OF TAMARAC.
POLITICALLY MOTIVATED, PERHAPS, BUT SOMETHING CHANGED.
I WORK IN THE COURT SYSTEM AS A MEDIATOR.
LAWYERS ARE NOT GOING TO MAKE THIS A PRIORITY.
WITH CHRISTMAS AND HANUKKAH, KWANZAA AND NEW YEAR'S, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO MAKE THIS A PRIORITY.
SHAKER VILLAGE NEEDS THE LIFELINE.
THIS IS A NOT A MARLON BOLTON IDEA.
IT IS A CITY OF TAMARAC INITIATIVE.
IF THERE'S COMPROMISES TO BE MADE, IT IS NOT 60 DAYS.
WHAT THAT IS DOING IS EARLY JANUARY OR FEBRUARY.
SAME PEOPLE FRUSTRATED WITHOUT A SOLUTION COMING BACK TO CITY HALL.
IT IS NOT GOING TO BE RESOLVED IN THAT TIME.
I'M FIGHTING FOR MY RESIDENCE IN TAMARAC.
AND I'M ASKING THIS COMMISSION FOR A FIGHTING CHANCE FOR THEM.
YOU WOULD FIGHT FOR YOUR RESIDENTS TO.
COMMISSIONER WRIGHT FOUGHT FOR THE GLADES GOLF COURSE.
MAYOR GOMEZ, YOU FOUGHT FOR THE WOODLANDS.
COMMISSIONER PLACKO FOUGHT FOR WOODMONT.
WHY CAN'T I FIGHT FOR MY RESIDENTS WITHOUT PEOPLE POINTING FINGERS AND SAYING THAT I HAVE A STAKE IN IT? I HAVE NO STAKE.
MY CHURCH OWNS A PROPERTY IN SHAKER VILLAGE.
BECAUSE I COULD NOT AFFORD TO BUY A PROPERTY.
I AM NOT AS RICH AS PEOPLE THINK THAT I AM.
I DON'T LIVE IN BOCA OR PARKLAND.
I LIVE IN SHAKER VILLAGE AS A RENTER, AND EVERY SINGLE DAY PEOPLE ASK ME.
THE VICE MAYOR LIVES IN SHAKER VILLAGE WITH A RUNDOWN CLUBHOUSE IN THE FRONT.
THAT IS NOT SHOWING GOOD LEADERSHIP.
HOW? VICE MAYOR, RIGHT? UH, CITY MANAGER QUESTION.
IF THE CONTRACT EXPIRES, WHAT HAPPENS? CITY MANAGER. CITY ATTORNEY.
AND IS IT POSSIBLE WE'LL HAVE TO START OVER THE WHOLE PROCESS? IF THAT WAS THE DIRECTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION, IT WOULD.
UM, INITIALLY ON MONDAY, ACTUALLY ABOUT THE 90 DAY EXTENSION.
AND I THINK YOU GAVE ME AN ANSWER THAT I DIDN'T REALLY UNDERSTAND.
WE'VE GOTTEN 750,000 FROM THE DEVELOPER SO WE CAN BE MORE CREATIVE.
THERE'S THERE'S THINGS THAT WE CAN DO.
I'M NOT AGAINST SHAKER VILLAGE, I AM FOR I VOTED FOR THE PROJECT.
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I SUPPORT THE PROJECT.BUT 12 MONTHS, THE TIME FRAME, THAT TYPE OF STUFF.
I THINK THERE'S OTHER THINGS THAT WE CAN DO, AND I THINK WE SHOULD BE A LITTLE MORE CREATIVE.
AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE, IF POSSIBLE, IF THE REAL ESTATE ATTORNEY CAN COME, THE REAL ESTATE ATTORNEY FOR FOR THAT WORKS WITH YOU IN TERMS OF QUESTIONS THAT WE HAVE, IF THAT IS POSSIBLE.
UH, COMMISSIONER THROUGH THE MAYOR.
UH, THEREAFTER, I HAVE CHECKED THE DOCKET EVERY TWO WEEKS.
UH, REALIZE THIS CASE WASN'T MOVING FAST, AND AND AND FROM TALKING TO OBVIOUSLY SACRED VILLAGE ATTORNEY LOOKING AT THE DOCKET, UH, I ASKED HIM, LOOK, WE DON'T NEED TO COME BACK BEFORE THE COMMISSION AGAIN AND AGAIN.
UH, I KNOW I'VE BEEN IN COURT.
I'M A LITIGATOR. FROM MY EXPERIENCE.
YOU NEED TIME BECAUSE A JUDGE CONTROL THE CALENDAR.
IT NEEDS TO BE HAD. SO? SO BASICALLY, MOST OF LITIGATION TAKES SIGNIFICANT TIME.
UH, AND IT WAS FILED WITH THE TRAPEZE AND THAT'S WAS FILED, I BELIEVE, IN 2020.
SO LITIGATION IS TIME CONSUMING AND SO DIDN'T WANT TO LOSE THE WORK THAT WE ALREADY COMMITTED STAFF COMMITTED IN TERMS OF THE CONTRACT, THE DUE DILIGENCE THAT WAS CARRIED OUT ALREADY.
SO THERE WAS SIGNIFICANT WORK THAT WAS ALREADY DONE.
SO TO AT LEAST ALLOW SHAKER VILLAGE UH ASSOCIATION CLEAR UP THE PENDING LAWSUIT, BECAUSE THAT WAS IS, IN MY OPINION, THE MAJOR IMPEDIMENT THAT PRECLUDES US FROM PURCHASING, UH, AS AS YOU RECOMMENDED, I SAY IF WE, UH, WE DISCUSSED IT.
UH, ALSO, UH, IF YOU GIVE US THIS YEAR EXTENSION, WE CAN COME UP, STAFF CAN COME UP WITH POSSIBLE OTHER ALTERNATIVE IF YOU WANT TO LOOK AT IT.
YOU KNOW, IF, FOR EXAMPLE, IF THIS COMMISSION HAVE THE APPETITE TO MOVE TOWARDS EMINENT DOMAIN, I WOULD LIKE I, I WOULD LIKE TO BRING AN ANALYSIS UH, OF, OF CAUSE AND THE STEPS TAKE I DON'T WANT TO GIVE IT TO YOU OFF OFF VERBAL.
AND I STRONGLY BELIEVE THAT, UH, IT PUTS THE BURDEN ON THEM THAT THEY CANNOT COME BACK HERE AND ASK FOR MORE EXTENSION, BECAUSE WE GAVE YOU SUFFICIENT TIME TO RESOLVE IT BASED ON ANY DELAYS IN COURT.
UH, YOU KNOW, JUDGE, TAKE VACATION, JUDGE, CONTROL THE CALENDAR.
WE CANNOT CONTROL THE COURTS AS AS AN ATTORNEY.
VICE MAYOR. DO YOU HAVE MORE? OKAY. COMMISSIONER.
UH, THANK YOU, CITY ATTORNEY, FOR THAT.
AND I THINK EMINENT DOMAIN WOULD BE A GREAT START.
AND USING 13TH FLOOR MONEY TO DO SOMETHING TO AT LEAST REMOVE THE EYESORE.
I AM ALMOST CERTAIN 13TH FLOOR WILL BE AMENABLE TO AMENDING THEIR CONTRACT.
SO THAT WE CAN USE $80,000 TO DEMOLISH THAT EYESORE THAT WE KEEP TALKING ABOUT.
UH, I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH A CRIMINAL CASE HERE.
THIS IS A PROPERTY BEING PURCHASED.
THIS IS A REAL ESTATE TRANSACTION.
I JODY'S BEEN RECORDED, BY THE WAY.
YOU KNOW, SOMEONE MENTIONED IF THIS, IF THAT, IF THAT.
IF ALL THOSE IFS WERE DONE, I WOULD THINK I MYSELF WOULD HAVE A DIFFERENT POSITION ON THIS.
BUT ALL THOSE IFS WERE NEVER DONE.
THAT'S WHY I STAND WITH MY POSITION.
IS IT A PRIORITY? YES. THERE'S NO LAND.
THERE'S NO BUILDINGS IN THE EAST SIDE OF TAMARAC.
AND I'M GOING TO KEEP SHARING THIS STORY.
I WAS TOLD BY SOMEONE THAT WAS HERE FOR DECADES THAT WE USED TO OWN FOR LAUDERDALE EXECUTIVE AIRPORT, AND WE SOLD IT BECAUSE THE COMMISSION AT THAT TIME DID NOT FORESEE THE FUTURE AND SOLD THE PROPERTY AND HAVE SOLD OTHER PROPERTIES DOWN COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD.
THAT'S A PROBLEM FOR US AND THAT'S ANOTHER.
I'M GOING TO BRING THAT UP AGAIN ON A SEPARATE ITEM.
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WE'RE ASSEMBLING A THIRD PARCEL POSSIBLY ON 441.WE SPENT MILLIONS OF DOLLARS AT CAPPARELLA PARK.
WE HAVE IMPROVED THE WATERWAYS, UH, TAKING THEM OFF THE THE FORT LAUDERDALE WATERS INTO TAMARAC.
RIGHT. SO WE'RE GOING TO BE BUILDING A MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR STABLE, PALM PARK.
SO. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I AM 23 YEARS IN THE BUSINESS.
I DO THIS FOR A LIVING AND I AM VERY PROUD OF IT.
SO YOU CAN SAY WHAT YOU WANT, BUT THIS IS MY SECOND ROTATION TO BE PUT IN AS PRESIDENT.
ON IT, I'VE BEEN TREASURER, I'VE BEEN SECRETARY ALL THAT KIND OF GOOD STUFF.
SO WE'LL JUST LEAVE IT AT THAT.
SO I'M GOING TO TALK TO SHAKER VILLAGE COMMUNITY.
MY CONCERNS ARE FOR THE COMMUNITY.
LAWSUIT ASIDE, YOU HAVE SOME TITLE ISSUES HERE.
YOU TALK ABOUT THE STUFF THAT IS THIS COMMON ELEMENT.
BY LOOKING AT YOUR OWN DOCUMENTS IN 1986, BEFORE ALL OF US WERE PROBABLY HERE, MOST OF US, UM, UNIT OWNERS OF SHAKER VILLAGE, ACCORDING FROM WHEN THEY TOOK OVER THE REC RECREATION LEASE, PAID ALL OF THEIR ALLOCABLE SHARE OF THEIR PURCHASE PRICE OF THE DEMISED PREMISES.
THE ASSESSMENTS LEVIED AGAINST THEIR UNIT BY THE ASSOCIATION.
BECAUSE YOU DID THAT, YOU HEREBY GET TO ENJOY THE USE OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY OF ALL THE UNIT OWNERS OF THE CONDOMINIUM FOR SO LONG AS THE UNIT OWNERS CONTINUE TO PAY THEIR SHARE OF COMMON EXPENSES OF THE CONDOMINIUM ATTRIBUTED TO THE LEASED PREMISES, WHICH IS YOUR CLUBHOUSE.
SO WHATEVER ELSE YOU WANT TO SAY, GET RID OF THE LAWSUIT TOMORROW.
BOTH SIDES SAVE YOUR MONEY, BOTH SIDES.
BECAUSE THE SITUATION IS THIS.
YOU HAVE TITLE ISSUES WHERE EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOUR PROPERTIES NEED TO BE SEARCHED, WHERE YOU GET TO SEE IF YOU HAVE YOUR RESIDENTS AND YOUR NEIGHBORS HAVE ANY KIND OF JUDGMENTS AND ALL ERRORS IN THE PUBLIC RECORDS MECHANICALLY, BANKRUPTCIES, LIENS FOR CHILD SUPPORT, LIENS FOR PAST DUE SPOUSAL SUPPORT, OTHER UNKNOWN LIENS, DELINQUENT TAXES, ILLEGAL DEEDS, UNDISCOVERED ENCUMBRANCES, UNKNOWN EASEMENTS, BOUNDARY DISPUTES.
LOOK AT YOUR OWN MORTGAGES IF YOU HAVE THEM.
LOOK AT NUMBER 17, YOUR TRANSFER OF PROPERTY STANDARD ON SOME ON THE FIRST MORTGAGE.
AND THEY'RE GOING TO WANT MONEY.
MAYBE THEY'LL ONLY WANT A FEW THOUSAND.
WHO'S PAYING FOR IT? LOOK AT THE ACCELERATION NUMBER 22 IN YOUR MORTGAGE DOCUMENTS.
YOU MAY NOT HAVE A MORTGAGE ON YOUR PROPERTY.
THERE ARE AT LEAST 25 LOANS PEOPLE THAT HAVE LOANS ON THEIR PROPERTY.
IF WE GET RID OF THE CONCERN ABOUT WHO'S BUYING IT, THE CITY STOPS TRYING TO BUY IT.
I AGREE WITH COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS.
HAVE IT GOES STRAIGHT TO THE SHAKER VILLAGE COMMUNITY? SHAKER VILLAGE COMMUNITY CAN THEN DETERMINE WHAT IT NEEDS TO DO.
THE ONLY CAVEAT I WOULD PUT IN THERE TAKE DOWN THE EYESORE.
TAKE IT DOWN. YOU WANT TO REBUILD? THAT'S UP TO YOU AS A COMMUNITY BECAUSE IT'S A COMMON ELEMENT.
YOU'RE ALL PAYING YOUR MORTGAGE, YOU'RE PAYING YOUR MAINTENANCE TO IT.
YOU WOULD NOT HAVE GOTTEN INSURANCE MONEY AS AN ASSOCIATION IF ALL OF YOU DIDN'T PAY IT, AND YOU WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GET THE ALMOST $400,000 TO BUILD IT IF IT WASN'T A COMMON ELEMENT.
LET'S STOP DEALING WITH SLICING CERTAIN SEMANTICS AND DEAL WITH THE FACTS.
YOU PUT THAT IN THE ASSOCIATION'S BANK.
YOU HAVE APPROXIMATELY $1.5 MILLION IN REPAIRS THAT YOU NEED TO DO FOR YOUR PIPES.
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750,000 TO MAYBE EVEN $1 MILLION, YOU HAVE COLLATERAL BESIDES THE PROPERTY AS WELL.YOU'LL BE ABLE TO PAY IT OFF OVER A PERIOD OF TIME.
IF YOU SAW THE NEWS LATELY, CONDOMINIUMS ARE BEING AND YOU GUYS ARE, CONDOMINIUMS ARE BEING GIVEN MORE ABILITY TO TAKE LOANS OUT BECAUSE OF ALL THE INSURANCE ISSUES. SO LET'S TAKE THIS WHOLE SALE PROCESS AWAY AND TRY TO FIGURE SOMETHING OUT.
I'M ACTUALLY JUST GOING TO TAKE MY OTHER TWO MINUTES.
AND THEY WILL SAY TO YOU, YOU TAKE THIS DOWN.
IF YOU DON'T, LIENS WILL CONTINUE TO ACCRUE.
THE CITY OF TAMARAC CANNOT COME IN.
AND TAKE CARE OF IT FOR YOU, BECAUSE IT'S NOT THE CITY THE CITY LIENS WILL ACCRUE.
COULD WE EVENTUALLY TALK ABOUT MITIGATION? YES. BUT WHY DO YOU WANT TO LEAVE ALL THAT FOR ANOTHER YEAR? FOR NOW, WHY DO YOU WANT TO CONTINUE TO PAY MONEY OUT OF YOUR ASSOCIATION DUES TO HOLD UP THOSE WALLS? STOP WASTING GOOD MONEY AFTER BAD AND LET US IF YOU WANT TO.
AFTER THIS, GET RID OF THE LAWSUIT.
BECAUSE IF YOU WATCH THE VOTES, I'M THE ONE WHO'S VOTED FOR THIS UP UNTIL RECENTLY, WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN A CONTRACT CAME BEFORE US THAT WASN'T EVEN DISCUSSED WITH US IN A BUDGET MEETING. THAT WAS MY PROBLEM.
THERE WAS NO TRANSPARENCY IN THE ACTION.
I HAD BEEN ASKING FOR YEARS BECAUSE IT STARTED IN 2019, FOUR YEARS.
WHAT'S GOING ON WITH SHAKER VILLAGE? WHY ARE WE NOT HAVING ANY COMMUNICATION? WHY IS THE COMMISSION NOT INVOLVED IN THIS? WHY CAN'T THIS PROCESS BE TRANSPARENT? SO THERE'S NONE OF THIS PEOPLE MAD AT ONE ANOTHER.
I DON'T LIKE BEING MAD AT ONE ANOTHER.
IT IS NOT MICHELLE AGAINST SHAKER VILLAGE.
I THINK IT'S A GOOD COMMUNITY.
REMEMBER, I'VE BEEN HERE A LOT LONGER THAN MANY PEOPLE.
I'VE WATCHED IT AS IT'S UNFORTUNATELY HAD ITS ISSUES.
LET'S NOT HAVE PEOPLE ARGUING WITH ONE ANOTHER AND FIGURE OUT A BETTER WAY TO DEAL WITH THIS.
BUT THAT ASIDE, LET'S FIGURE SOMETHING ELSE OUT.
AND ACTUALLY EMINENT DOMAIN BECAUSE IT WAS DECIDED OVER THE PAST FOUR YEARS THERE WAS NO TRUE PUBLIC PURPOSE, WHICH IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY SHAKER VILLAGE GOT PUT INTO THE PLAN FOR THE PARK AND REC EAST SIDE STUFF.
UM, I'M JUST SITTING HERE TRYING TO JUST HOLD MY PEACE BECAUSE WE TALK ABOUT WE CARE.
AND REALLY, IT'S JUST ABOUT INDIVIDUALS PERSONAL VENDETTA AND GAINS.
OVER $100 MILLION PROJECT TO BUILD ANOTHER CITY HALL, BUT TO BUILD A COMMUNITY CENTER WHERE THE MONEY WAS ALREADY ALLOTTED WAY BEFORE MY TIME. I'M NOT A POLITICIAN.
YOU KNOW, I'M AN EDUCATOR BY TRADE, SO I JUST KNOW HOW TO SERVE BASICALLY, YOU KNOW.
THEY NEED A COMMUNITY CENTER ON THE EAST SIDE.
I'VE BEEN SAYING THIS FROM THE BEGINNING WHEN IT WAS AT, UH, SABAL PALM.
NOW WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY WHERE THE $2 MILLION IS GOING BACK INTO THE CITY.
BUT BECAUSE WE HAVE PERSONAL VENDETTA, YOU WASH IT, BUT YOU WANT A MILLION, HUNDRED, $600 MILLION PROJECT, RIGHT? WHATEVER IT IS.
BECAUSE I HEAR ALL THESE FIGURES BEING THROWN OUT.
BUT WE CANNOT GIVE OUR COMMUNITY.
OUR RESIDENTS SOMETHING FOR 2 MILLION NOW.
I MIGHT NOT BE HERE 12 YEARS OR HOWEVER MANY YEARS SOME OF YOU HAVE BEEN HERE.
TWO TERMS, ONE TERME, THREE TERMS, FOUR TERMS. BUT I DO KNOW WHEN I SEE A NEED.
AND THE WHOLE POINT IN SITTING ON THIS, UH, COMMISSION IS TO TRY TO FIX ANYTHING.
I DON'T GET IT RIGHT ALL THE TIME, BUT I'LL GET IT EVEN BETTER AND BETTER AS I GO ALONG.
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SPEAK. DANIEL OVER AND OVER AGAIN.DANIEL, ARE YOU USING YOUR NEXT? SURE, BECAUSE I'M SURE I DIDN'T USE FIVE BECAUSE I DON'T TALK AS MUCH AS SOME PEOPLE ON, ON, ON THIS COMMISSION, SO I'M SURE I HAVE LEFTOVER MINUTES FROM BEFORE.
IT'S LIKE YOUNG AGAINST OLD, WHITE AGAINST BLACK.
IT'S NOT RIGHT. JUST RIGHT IS RIGHT.
WRONG IS WRONG. AND THIS MISEDUCATION.
IF PEOPLE JUST LISTEN AND LISTEN TO WHAT THE RESIDENTS ARE SAYING AND DON'T LISTEN.
GO ASK THE PEOPLE IN SHAKER VILLAGE.
WE ARE. WE WERE JUST BUYING PROPERTY AND SOMEBODY MADE IT MESSY ON THIS COMMISSION, BASICALLY.
AND THEN IT GOT IT SPREAD LIKE LIKE LEAVEN.
THE BIBLE SAID, YOU LEAVE A LET IT JUST SPREAD.
SO NOW PEOPLE CHANGE IN THEIR MIND FOR WHAT? IT'S THE SAME THING NOW THE COMMUNITY CENTER IS NOT BEING TALKED ABOUT AT ALL.
NOW YOU WANT TO THROW $750,000 AT SHAKER VILLAGE.
WE'RE JUST GOING TO GIVE THEM THE $750 MILLION.
AND WHAT HAPPENED TO THE COMMUNITY CENTER? WE'RE NOT BUILDING A COMMUNITY CENTER ON THE EAST SIDE ANYMORE.
NO, WE'RE GOING TO BUILD $100 MILLION PROJECT JUST SO THAT WE CAN WORK AND SIT IN A BETTER BUILDING.
COMMISSIONER RIGHT, VICE MAYOR.
RIGHT. YOU'VE ACTUALLY HAD YOUR TWO TURNS, BUT THAT'S FINE.
SO? WE ARE AT THE POINT WHERE.
COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS DID THE MOTION COMMISSIONER RIGHT.
ARE YOU MAKING A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT TO YOUR TO THE FRIENDLY AMENDMENT 90 DAYS SAYING THAT WE HAD BEFORE COME BACK IN 90 DAYS, I'LL MAKE A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT FOR 90 DAYS AND THEN WE CAN LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, OTHER OPTIONS.
YOU WERE THE ONE WHO MADE THE.
I SEE YOU WANTED TO SPEAK SECOND THAT SO NECESSARY? COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS SUPPORTS THE FRIENDLY AMENDMENT.
SO THE MOTION IS NOW FOR A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION, THE CITY OF TAMARAC, FLORIDA, AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER, CITY ATTORNEY TO EXECUTE AN AMENDMENT TO THE SALE AND PURCHASE AGREEMENT TO EXTEND THE DUE DILIGENCE PERIOD FOR THE SHAKER VILLAGE CLUBHOUSE, AUTHORIZING CITY MANAGER AND CITY ATTORNEY TO TAKE.
WELL, THIS ONE DOESN'T HAVE THE AMOUNT OF TIME IN THE TITLE, BUT IT WOULD BE 90 DAYS IN THE TITLE.
SO EXTEND THE DUE DILIGENCE PERIOD FOR 90 DAYS FOR THE PURCHASE OF SHAKER VILLAGE CLUBHOUSE, AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER AND CITY ATTORNEY TO TAKE ALL NECESSARY ACTIONS TO EFFECTUATE THE EXTENSION, PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
SO WE'VE GOT A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THAT CITY MANAGER.
COMMISSIONER BOLTON YOUR VOTE, PLEASE.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A RECESS SO COMMISSIONER BOLTON CAN COLLECT HIMSELF.
AND WE WILL BE BACK IN 15 MINUTES, AND WE WILL START OUR VOTE.
THEN IT IS CURRENTLY 932, SO WE'LL JUST SAY 945.
WE WERE IN THE MIDDLE OF VOTING.
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THE COMMISSION HAS MAJORITY.PARLIAMENTARIAN. ARE WE NOW TO START A CLOCK ON HOW LONG IT TAKES US TO VOTE? COMMISSIONER BOLTON. PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE FOR THE RECORD.
YES. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER DANIEL.
COMMISSIONER DANIEL IS IN THE PROCESS OF WALKING IN.
MOTION PASSES 4 TO 1, AS AMENDED.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I'M EXCITED TO SHARE WITH YOU THAT WE ARE NOW UP TO FIVE B TR 14063.
[5.b TR14063 - A Resolution of the City Commission of the City of Tamarac, Florida, authorizing the appropriate City Officials to execute an agreement with the Federation of Public Employees, a Division of the National Federation of Public and Private Employees affiliated with District 1 - MEBA (AFL-CIO) for the period from October 1, 2023, through September 30, 2026; providing for conflicts; providing for severability; and providing for an effective date.]
CITY ATTORNEY, PLEASE READ THE TITLE FOR THE RECORD.EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT WITH THE FEDERATION OF PUBLIC EMPLOYEES, A DIVISION OF NATIONAL FEDERATION OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE EMPLOYEES AFFILIATED WITH DISTRICT ONE UH, FOR THE PERIOD FROM OCTOBER 1ST, 2023 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2026.
PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY. PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
I'LL TAKE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS.
THIS IS NOW OPEN FOR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.
IS THERE ANYBODY WHO WISHES TO MAKE A COMMENT ABOUT THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME? SEEING NONE, PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE NOW CLOSED.
LORENZO CALHOUN, OUR HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR, IS AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
THIS IS NOW UP FOR COMMISSION DISCUSSION.
NOT DISTRICT ONE, AS IN TAMARAC DISTRICT ONE, EAST SIDE OF TAMARAC.
THANK YOU. MAYOR. A POINT OF CLARIFICATION.
THIS IS NOT DISTRICT ONE IN THE CITY OF TAMARAC WHATSOEVER.
IT IS DISTRICT ONE DEALING WITH MEP, A PART OF THE AFL-CIO THAT IS DEALING WITH OUR EMPLOYEES AND THE UNION. SO IT IS MORE ENCOMPASSING THAN JUST CITY OF TAMARAC.
SEEING NO OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSIONS BY THE COMMISSION.
CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. COMMISSIONER.
THANK YOU. MOTION PASSES 5 TO 0.
EXCELLENT. NOW TO FIVE C TR 14065.
[5.c TR14065 - A Resolution of the City Commission of the City of Tamarac, Florida, authorizing the appropriate City Officials to apply for a Florida Communities Trust (FCT), Florida Forever Program, Parks and Open Space Grant Application, attached hereto as Exhibit “A”, in an amount not to exceed $2.5 million, for reimbursement acquisition costs for the Shaker Village property; agreeing to a minimum local match of 25%, not to exceed $750,000; providing for conflicts; providing for severability; and providing for an effective date. ]
CITY ATTORNEY, PLEASE READ THE TITLE FOR THE RECORD.ITEM FIVE C IS A RESOLUTION OF CITY COMMISSION.
CITY AUTHORIZED AND APPROPRIATE CITY OFFICIALS APPLY FOR A FLORIDA COMMUNITIES TRUST.
PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS. PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY.
I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND, PLEASE.
I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS.
A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER BOLTON.
I WILL NOW OPEN THIS UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS.
IS THERE ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WISHES TO MAKE ANY COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE, PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE NOW CLOSED.
MAXINE CALLOWAY OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS BY THIS COMMISSION? YES. GO AHEAD.
SORRY, COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS.
GO AHEAD. I CAN ONE OF YOU PLEASE EXPLAIN WHAT THIS IS SO THAT THE AUDIENCE.
AND BECAUSE WE'RE JUST GETTING MORE SUGAR VILLAGE.
SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS.
CAN YOU EXPLAIN THIS GRANT THAT WE'RE TRYING TO APPLY AND HOW LONG THE PROCESS WILL TAKE?
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GOOD EVENING.COMMISSIONERS. TANYA WILLIAMS, GRANTS ADMINISTRATOR.
SO, AS INDICATED, THE NAME OF THIS UM, GRANT PROGRAM IS PARKS AND OPEN SPACE. UM, IT'S PROVIDED BY FLORIDA COMMUNITIES TRUST.
UM, THIS GRANT ALLOWS US TO BE REIMBURSED THE COST FOR ACQUISITION.
THAT IS, IF WE ACQUIRE SHAKER VILLAGE, WE CAN BE REIMBURSED THE COST.
HOW LONG IS THE PROCESS? THE APPLICATION PERIOD ENDS ON JANUARY THE 10TH, AND THE RANKING AND SELECTION PERIOD WILL BE HELD IN A MEETING.
SO THAT'S APPROXIMATELY FIVE MONTHS AFTER 4 TO 5 MONTHS AFTER THE APPLICATION IS SUBMITTED.
UM, THAT THE SELECTION IS MADE, WE HAVE ONE YEAR.
IF SELECTED TO RECEIVE THIS GRANT, WE WILL HAVE ONE YEAR AFTER WE'VE SIGNED A GRANT AGREEMENT IN WHICH TO COMPLETE OUR DUE DILIGENCE AND ACQUIRE AND BE REIMBURSED FOR FOR THE PROPERTY.
WE ALSO HAVE THE POSSIBILITY OF AN ADDITIONAL YEAR IF FCT, THAT IS FLORIDA'S COMMUNITIES TRUST.
UM, IF WE REQUESTED AND THEY AGREE, WE CAN GET AN ADDITIONAL YEAR.
SO UP TO TWO YEARS IN WHICH TO ACQUIRE.
AND BE REIMBURSED FOR SHAKER VILLAGE AGAIN, THAT IS.
THIS GRANT IS CONDITIONED ON THE ACQUISITION OF SHAKER VILLAGE, ITS REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE COST OF ACQUISITION.
THANK YOU. OKAY, SEEING NO OTHER QUESTIONS.
UM, IF YOU WOULD GO TO PAGE 22 OF OUR BACKUP OR NUMBER SEVEN ACQUISITION TYPE.
IT HAS A REQUIREMENT THAT JUST IN BOLD.
SO WHEN THERE'S BEEN DISCUSSION THIS EVENING ABOUT POTENTIAL EMINENT DOMAIN TO BE DISCUSSED, WOULD THAT NEGATE THE ABILITY TO GET THIS GRANT? SO THERE IS DISCUSSION, BUT THERE'S ACTUALLY NO EMINENT DEBATE.
UM, EMINENT DOMAIN ACTUALLY BEING EFFECTUATED AGAINST THIS PROPERTY.
THERE IS DISCUSSION OF AGAIN, THE GRANT IS CONDITIONAL ON.
SO WE CAN APPLY AT THE TIME OF MY APPLICATION, IF THERE IS NO EMINENT DOMAIN PROCEEDING OR THE UM, THEN THERE SHOULD BE NO RESTRICTION TO US BEING ABLE TO APPLY FOR THAT GRANT BASED ON THAT ONE ELEMENT, UM, OR ONE CONDITION IN THE APPLICATION.
AND AGAIN, THAT'S JUST THAT'S ONE CONDITION THAT THEY LOOK AT.
UM, I'M NOT SURE I UNDERSTAND.
LIKEWISE I'M ASKING WE'RE ASKING FOR PERMISSION TO SUBMIT AN APPLICATION IN THE EVENT THAT WE ARE ABLE TO ACQUIRE SHAKER VILLAGE.
NOW, OF COURSE, IF THE CONTRACT FALLS THROUGH AND WE'RE UNABLE TO ACQUIRE SHAKER VILLAGE, THEN THIS IS MOOT BECAUSE ACQUISITION IS A REQUIREMENT.
BUT ACQUISITION NOT THROUGH EMINENT DOMAIN.
CORRECT. AND AS FAR AS AS BASED ON WHAT I'VE HEARD, I HAVE NOT HEARD THAT WE HAVE OR WILL BE ACQUIRING THIS PROPERTY THROUGH EMINENT DOMAIN.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN SAID, BUT THAT IS.
SO AGAIN, I WOULD ARGUE THAT WE WOULD QUALIFY AT THIS TIME, AT THIS CURRENT TIME TO APPLY.
AND ONE OF THE ALTERNATIVES WAS EMINENT DOMAIN.
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SO I WANT IT VERY CLEAR ON THE RECORD.CORRECT. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.
AND JUST KEEPING IN MIND ANY GRANT WE APPLY FOR.
THE UNDERWRITERS ARE WATCHING THIS VIDEO.
THEY'RE WATCHING ALL OF THE LAST FEW VIDEOS, AND THEY KNOW EXACTLY WHAT'S HAPPENING.
AND THEY TOO WILL LOOK AT THE TITLE ISSUES ON THIS.
FOR THOSE WHO DON'T WANT TO ACCEPT THAT THERE ARE OTHER TITLE ISSUES, THERE ARE, AND THOSE IN THE INDUSTRY WILL KNOW THAT, AND IT WILL BE A WEIGHT ON WHETHER OR NOT WE WILL BE ABLE TO OBTAIN THE GRANT FOR THIS PROPERTY.
UM. YOU HAVE NOT PROVIDED US A FILLED OUT APPLICATION.
CORRECT. YOUR HONOR, I'M SORRY.
WELL, I THANK YOU. NOT YET, NOT YET.
MAYBE AFTER MY THIRD TURN IS OVER.
MADAM MAYOR, MAY I ASK WHY? FOR ONE, BECAUSE THIS HAS BEEN A VERY CONTENTIOUS ISSUE, AND I HAD NO IDEA WHERE WE WERE GOING WITH THIS.
BECAUSE IF THE VOTE HAD GONE THE OTHER WAY, THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN MOOT.
UM, SO I'VE BEEN WATCHING WHAT'S GOING ON, AND ONE OF THE REASONS I ALSO HAVE RECOMMENDED THAT WE CONSIDER THIS GRANT IS BECAUSE OF THE FEASIBILITY STUDY THAT WAS DONE, THE NEED FOR A PARK OR RECREATIONAL FACILITY ON THE EAST SIDE OF UNIVERSITY.
AND I THOUGHT THAT IT WOULD ACTUALLY BE A UNIFIER FOR THOSE WHO ARE FOR AND AGAINST THE THE PROJECT.
BUT IN ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION, THE.
I HAVE REVIEWED THE APPLICATION EXTENSIVELY.
I'VE SHARED THE CONTENT OF THE APPLICATION WITH THE DIRECTORS AND STAFF WHO NEEDS TO BE AWARE OF THIS, SO THEY'RE AWARE OF THE CONDITIONS AND ELEMENTS THAT NEEDS TO BE SATISFIED.
BUT I DID NOT WANT TO BE PREMATURE AND COMPLETE AN APPLICATION WITHOUT FIRST GETTING THE PERMISSION OF THE COMMISSION TO DO SO.
THAT IS CORRECT. OKAY, SO IT'S ALL GOOD.
BUT WE STILL HAVEN'T MADE A DECISION.
WE STILL HAVE 90 DAYS, AND SO.
AND YOU HAVEN'T MADE A DECISION AS IT RELATES TO.
THIS IS AN APPLICATION AND IT'S BASED ON ACQUISITION.
SO THERE'S REALLY NO HARM IN APPLYING.
IS THERE ANOTHER PARCEL IN THE CITY OF TAMARAC THAT WOULD BE ABLE TO USE THE DOLLARS? IS THIS TRANSFERABLE IF THIS SHOULD BE APPROVED.
BUT THE PROJECT DOESN'T GO THROUGH BECAUSE OF THE TITLE ISSUES.
AND WE'RE SO THIS IS JUST FOR THIS.
THERE IS NO OTHER PROPERTY THAT THIS WOULD BE ABLE TO BE UTILIZED FOR BECAUSE IT'S SITE SPECIFIC.
CORRECT. WE'RE APPLYING WE HAVE TO IDENTIFY THE SITE.
THAT WE WILL BE ACQUIRING OR HAVE ACQUIRED.
SO IF THERE IS A PARCEL OUT THERE THAT WE HAVE ACQUIRED TWO YEARS, UM, BASICALLY THIS IS THE IDENTIFIABLE PROJECT CURRENTLY, UM, THAT I BASED ON THE CRITERIA, IT ALLOWS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A BUILDING WHILE ALSO PROVIDES OUT OUTDOOR RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE EAST EAST OF UNIVERSITY.
AND I'M NOT SURE WHERE EAST OR WEST TAMARAC IS, BUT EAST OF UNIVERSITY IT'S ONE TAMARAC, CORRECT? AND SO I.
THANK YOU MAYOR. UM, SO IF I'M HEARING CORRECTLY.
YOU'RE SAYING OUTDOOR RECREATION.
BUT THERE WILL NOT BE ANY OUTDOOR RECREATION HERE.
NOW. THE SHAKER VILLAGE COMMUNITY HAS BEEN ASKING FOR A COMMUNITY CENTER.
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ONE OF THE ELEMENTS OR.UM. WITH THIS GRANT, WE'RE ABLE TO GIVE THEM A COMMUNITY CENTER, BUT THERE'S ALSO ENOUGH OUTDOOR SPACE TO PROVIDE FOR PARK AND OPEN SPACE.
IT CAN INCLUDE A MULTI-PURPOSE, YOU KNOW, TRAIL.
A BASKETBALL COURT, YOU KNOW? SO I DON'T MEAN TO CUT YOU OFF.
UM. I'M TRYING TO SAVE OURSELVES FROM OPEN CAN OF WORMS HERE.
UM, LET ME ASK YOU A DIFFERENT QUESTION.
WE GET THIS GRANT? DOES THAT MEAN THAT THE 750,000 THAT 13TH FLOOR IS GIVING US IS ALSO GOING TO 13TH FLOOR? THAT'S A QUESTION FOR CITY MANAGER.
SHAKER VILLAGE? NO, COMMISSIONER.
SO LET'S JUST SAY WE GET THIS GRANT, $2 MILLION, WE GET REIMBURSED, SUGAR VILLAGE GETS THE 2 MILLION, PLUS, THEY GET THE 750 FROM 13TH FLOOR.
THAT'S CORRECT, THAT'S CORRECT.
WELL, I MEAN, CHEROKEE VILLAGE DOESN'T GET THAT.
RIGHT. WELL, THIS IS THIS WAS TECHNICALLY THE ONE.
SO WE GET THIS GRANT TO BUY THIS PLUS THE 750 FROM 13TH FLOOR.
SO THE GRANT APPLICATION PROVIDES FOR A 25% MINIMUM MATCH.
AND SO PART OF THIS ITEM IS ASKING FOR AUTHORIZATION TO APPLY FOR THE GRANT.
AND THEN TO USE THAT $750,000 THAT'S ALLOCATED FOR SHAKER VILLAGE AS THE REQUIRED MATCH FOR THE GRANT, NOT TO EXCEED THAT 750,000. DOES THE GRANT INCLUDE THE 10 MILLION PLUS DOLLARS THAT WILL BE REQUIRED TO BE TO BUILD THE FACILITY? WE'RE ASKING TO APPLY FOR A MAXIMUM OF $2.5 MILLION, SO IT WILL INCLUDE THE PURCHASE PRICE, AS WELL AS ANY INCIDENTAL PRICES OR COSTS THAT'S ASSOCIATED WITH CLOSING. SO WE STILL NEED TEN MORE MILLION DOLLARS TO BUILD IT.
IT DOES NOT INCLUDE THE CONSTRUCTION.
UM, I DON'T SEE WHY WE SHOULDN'T BE DOING THIS.
WE CAN GIVE IT A SHOT AND, UH, LET THE PROCEEDINGS GO FORWARD AND SEE HOW WHERE THE CHIPS LAND.
SO THE $2 MILLION JUST DOING THE NUMBERS, $2 MILLION THAT WE WOULD RECEIVE, THE $750,000 THAT IS EARMARKED FROM THE 13TH FLOOR IS AGREEMENT.
YES. IS IT ABLE TO GO TO THE 25% MATCH, WHICH WOULD LEAVE ANOTHER $250,000 FROM THAT MATCH TO BE UTILIZED FOR THE OTHER ITEMS UP HERE? I JUST WANT TO MAKE A LITTLE CLARIFICATION.
THIS IS NOT THE SHAKER VILLAGE CLUBHOUSE.
AND WHAT HAS BEEN PRESENTED TO THIS COMMISSION HAS ONLY BEEN A CLUBHOUSE.
WHILE THERE'S A POOL THERE, THERE ARE TENNIS COURTS THERE, BELIEVE, OR BASKETBALL COURTS.
AGAIN, THAT ALL COMES TO PART OF TITLE, WHICH NOBODY WANTS TO ADDRESS ANYWAY.
THESE ARE ITEMS THAT NEED TO BE DISCUSSED.
UM, PERSONALLY, I THINK WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET IT.
DIFFICULT FOR THE PEOPLE WHO WILL DO.
THE UNDERWRITING AND REVIEW OF THIS MAY NOT BE SO.
MAY THEY THINK WE'RE GOING TO WORK IT OUT.
BUT THE REALITY IS WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS IN 90 DAYS.
AND IF YOU PULL IT OR YOU PULL IT, BUT YOU'RE GOING TO PUT THE WORK INTO IT.
I SUPPORT THE CITY BEING ABLE TO GET FUNDS FOR GOOD THINGS FOR THE CITY.
UM. AND I'M SORRY FOR BEING THE PESSIMIST ON THIS.
THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. VICE MAYOR.
THANK YOU. WE ARE MOVING LIKE WILDFIRE.
NOW WE ARE ON TO ORDINANCES ON FIRST READING IN SECTION SIX.
AT THESE WE HAVE TWO OF THEM HERE.
UM, ACTUALLY WE HAVE ONE OF THEM.
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RIGHT. LET'S GO TO 6802548 CITY ATTORNEY, PLEASE READ THE TITLE FOR THE.[6.a TO2548 - An Ordinance of the City Commission of the City of Tamarac, Florida, amending Chapter 2, of the City of Tamarac Code of Ordinances, entitled Administration, specifically, Article IV, Division 3, entitled, "Human Resources," by creating Section 2-252 entitled "Screening of Employees, Appointees, Contractors, and Vendors" for the purpose of establishing criminal history record checks for certain employees, appointees, private contractors, employees of private contractors and vendors in accordance with Section 166.0442, Florida Statutes; providing for codification; providing for conflicts; providing for severability; and providing for an effective date.]
THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. ORDINANCE SIX A AS ORDINANCE.CITY COMMISSION. CITY TAMARAC AMENDING CHAPTER TWO OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC CODE OF ORDINANCE ENTITLED ADMINISTRATION, SPECIFICALLY ARTICLE FOUR, DIVISION THREE, ENTITLED HUMAN RESOURCE BY CREATING SECTION 2-2 52 ENTITLED SCREENING EMPLOYEES, APPOINTEES, CONTRACTORS AND VENDORS FOR THE PURPOSE OF ESTABLISHING CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD CHECKS FOR CERTAIN EMPLOYEES, APPOINTEES, PRIVATE CONTRACTORS, EMPLOYEES OF PRIVATE CONTRACTS, AND VENDORS IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 166 .04 42 FLORIDA STATUTES PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION.
PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS, PROVIDING FOR EFFECTIVE DATE.
THANK YOU. I'LL TAKE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
SO MOVED. SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS.
RIGHT. AT THIS TIME BECAUSE IT IS AN ITEM.
ON FIRST READING, I REMIND YOU THAT THERE ARE NO PUBLIC COMMENTS.
LORENZO CALHOUN, OUR HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR, IS AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
FOR ANYBODY WHO WISHES TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS, CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
THANK YOU. CITY MANAGER ON 6B202547, PLEASE.
[6.b TO2547 - An Ordinance of the City Commission of the City of Tamarac, Florida, amending Chapter 10, Article 4 of the City of Tamarac Land Development Code, entitled “Development and Design Standards” by amending specific development and design standards for roadways, sidewalks, bicycle paths, drainage, parking, waste water, storm water, potable water, and irrigation systems, consistent with updated engineering standards; modifying dimensions of alleys, parking stalls, and required paved rights of way, to provide for consistency with the City of Tamarac Engineering Design and Processing manual; updating fire emergency access requirements for guard houses with security locking mechanisms; amending the City’s right-of-way sign provisions to appropriately identify SR 869/Sawgrass Expressway and clarify the permitted location for the installation of billboard signs and their distance separation from residential property; and modifying the height of numerical building addresses on monument signs to enhance visibility and comply with fire code safety standards; providing for conflicts; providing for severability; providing for codification; and providing for an effective date.]
YES, MAYOR. IF WE IF WE CAN, WE'D LIKE TO RESCHEDULE THIS ITEM FOR SOME TIME IN THE FUTURE.CITY MANAGER. THIS IS YOURS TO CALL.
WE'LL MOVE IT UP. WE'LL MOVE IT.
CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO A FUTURE DATE? UH, THE CITY ATTORNEY WOULD LIKE US TO DO A MOTION ON THIS.
THEREFORE, I AM ASKING FOR A SECOND TO THE MOTION ON MOVING 6BTO2547.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSION AND CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER TEN, ARTICLE FOUR OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE ENTITLED DEVELOPMENT AND DESIGN STANDARDS BY AMENDING SPECIFIC DEVELOPMENT AND DESIGN STANDARDS FOR ROADWAY, SIDEWALKS, BICYCLE PATHS, DRAINAGE, PARKING, WASTEWATER, STORMWATER, PORTABLE WATER, AND IRRIGATION SYSTEMS CONSISTENT WITH UPDATED ENGINEERING STANDARDS, MODIFYING DIMENSIONS OF ALLEYS, PARKING STALLS, AND REQUIRED PAVED RIGHTS OF WAY TO PROVIDE FOR CONSISTENCY WITH THE CITY OF TAMARAC. ENGINEERING, DESIGN AND PROCESSING.
MANUAL UPDATING FIRE EMERGENCY ACCESS REQUIREMENTS FOR GUARD HOUSES WITH SECURITY LOCKING MECHANISMS. AMENDING THE CITY'S RIGHT OF WAY SIGN PROVISIONS TO APPROPRIATELY IDENTIFY SR 869 SAWGRASS EXPRESSWAY AND TO CLARIFY CLARIFY THE PERMITTED LOCATION FOR INSTALLATION OF BILLBOARD SIGNS AND THEIR DISTANCE, SEPARATION FROM RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY, AND MODIFYING THE HEIGHT OF NUMERICAL BUILDING ADDRESSES ON MONUMENT SIGNS TO ENHANCE VISIBILITY AND COMPLY WITH FIRE CODE SAFETY STANDARDS.
PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. THANK YOU.
I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO.
I THINK THE MOTION TO TABLE THIS IS A MOTION TO TABLE UNTIL A FUTURE WORKSHOP WHERE THE CITY MANAGER AND TEAM HAS THE AUTHORITY TO PUT IT ON WHICH WORKSHOP HE SO CHOOSES.
THAT'S CORRECT. I HAVE A MOTION TO A SECOND.
THERE'S NO DISCUSSION ON A MOTION TO TABLE.
CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
MAYOR GOMEZ. YES, COMMISSIONER.
DID YOU? I DID OKAY, NO WORRIES.
I'M SAYING YES. IN THE BEGINNING.
I'LL SAY YES. AT THE END, I SAY YES.
MOVING RIGHT ALONG TO ORDINANCES ON SECOND READING.
7A20242544. CITY ATTORNEY, PLEASE READ THE TITLE FOR THE RECORD.
[7.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.]
ITEM SEVEN A AS AN ORDINANCE.CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC GRANTED ONE YEAR EXTENSION TO MARCH 9TH, 2024, BY APPROVAL OF THE FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE AMENDMENT AND RESTATED DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF TAMARAC, PULTE HOME CORPORATION AND WOODMONT COUNTRY CLUB FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF PROPERTY LOCATED WITHIN WOODMEN.
PLOT. UH IN PLAT, BOOK 88, PAGE 20 OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS BROWARD COUNTY AND AUTHORIZING APPROPRIATE CITY OFFICIALS TO DO ALL THE THINGS NECESSARY TO EFFECTUATE THE INTENT OF THE ORDINANCE.
PROVIDE FOR CONFLICTS FROM SEVERABILITY.
PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND, PLEASE.
SO MOVE. SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS.
I HAVE A SECOND BY VICE MAYOR REITZ.
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I WILL NOW OPEN UP PUBLIC COMMENTS.IS THERE ANYBODY WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE NOW CLOSED.
SEEING THAT THERE IS NO DISCUSSION BY THIS COMMISSION.
CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. VICE MAYOR.
VILLALOBOS. NOW, COMMISSIONER DANIEL.
THANK YOU. MOTION PASSES 4 TO 1.
WE ARE DEFINITELY MOVING FAST.
WE ARE AT NINE A TB 082 BOARD ORDER.
[9.a TBO82 - Board Order approving/denying a Variance application requesting relief from Section 10-4.10(E)(1) "Directional, Directory, Monument and Entrance Wall Signs" of the City's Code of Ordinances for HCA Florida Woodmont Hospital located at 7201 North University Drive, Tamarac, Florida 33321.]
OKAY. CITY ATTORNEY, PLEASE READ THE TITLE.FOR THE RECORD, I WAS GETTING EXCITED.
ITEM NINE A BOARD ORDER APPROVING DENYING A VARIANCE APPLICATION REQUESTING RELIEF FROM SECTION TEN DASH 4.10 DIRECTIONAL DIRECTORY, MONUMENT AND ENTRANCE SIGN.
IN FACT, MAYOR, UH, I HAVE TO READ THE QUASI JUDICIAL STATEMENT FIRST.
I'M SORRY. CAN YOU SAY THAT ONE MORE TIME, PLEASE? THIS IS THE QUASI JUDICIAL.
GENERALLY, I READ THE RULES AND THEN I READ.
DO WHAT YOU WISH. JUST THANK YOU.
PLEASE PROCEED. ALL PERSONS TESTIFYING BEFORE THE CITY COMMISSION MUST BE SWORN IN.
WITH REGARD TO THE ITEMS THAT ARE GOING TO BE CONSIDERED ON THE AGENDA AT THIS POINT, THE APPLICANT, CITY STAFF AND THE AFFECTED PARTIES SHOULD BE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT EVIDENCE, BRING FORTH WITNESS CROSS-EXAMINING, WITNESS REPORT, ANY TESTIMONY.
ALL EVIDENCE GENERALLY RELIED UPON BY REASONABLE PRUDENT PERSON WOULD BE ADMISSIBLE.
STATEMENTS OF COUNSEL WILL ONLY BE CONSIDERED AN ARGUMENT, NOT BE CONSIDERED AS TESTIMONY.
HOWEVER, COUNSEL FOR PARTIES SHALL NOT BE SUBJECT TO CROSS EXAMINATION.
THE PARTIES SHOULD BE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO COMPARE THE COPY WITH THE ORIGINAL APPLICANT, AND THE EFFECT SHOULD BE ENTITLED TO CROSS EXAMINE WHEN TESTIMONY ARE PROVIDED, ALL DOCUMENTS ARE MADE PART OF THE RECORD.
GENERALLY, THE FOLLOWING PROCEDURES PURSUANT TO CITY CODE WILL BE UTILIZED FOR THIS PUBLIC HEARING.
FIRST APPLICANT WILL, UH HIS OR HER PRESIDENT WILL MAKE A PRESENTATION.
IF APPLICANT DOES MAKE A PRESENTATION SHOULD BE INCLUDED A DESCRIPTION OF NATURE OF THE APPLICATION.
IN ADDITION, APPLICANT MAY INTRODUCE ANY EXHIBITS AND WITNESSES IN SUPPORT OF THE APPLICATION.
SECOND STAFF WILL PRESENT ITS REPORT.
THIRD, THE AFFECTED PARTIES WILL BE PRESENTED WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT THEIR CASE IN CHIEF.
WITNESSES ARE AGAINST ANY AGAINST THE PROJECT MANAGERS.
ANY EXHIBITS INTO EVIDENCE FORTH UPON THE COMPLETION OF PROJECT PRESENTATION.
MAYOR SHALL PERMIT PUBLIC COMMENT DURING PUBLIC HEARING SECTION AS STATED, PREVIOUS PUBLIC COMMENT WILL BE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER SPEAKER AND THE MAYOR HAS DISCRETION LIMIT. REPETITIOUS COMMENTS FOR MARLON.
LAST CITY COMMISSIONER DELIBERATE ON THE APPLICATION.
NO FURTHER TESTIMONY SHALL BE TAKEN.
CITY ATTORNEY, PLEASE READ THE TITLE OF 982082.
FOR THE RECORD. ITEM NINE, A BOARD ORDER APPROVING DENIED A VARIANCE APPLICATION REQUESTING RELIEF FROM SECTION TEN DASH 4.10 DIRECTIONAL DIRECTORY, MONUMENT AND ENTRANCE WALL SIGN.
THANK YOU. NOW THE CITY CLERK WILL SWEAR IN ANY WITNESSES.
THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. ALL WITNESSES FOR THIS ITEM.
PLEASE STAND AND RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.
DO YOU SWEAR TO TELL THE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH? THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.
THANK YOU. NOW I'M GOING TO ASK FOR ANY DISCLOSURES BY THE COMMISSION.
NONE. I HAVE SPOKEN, I AM ON THE HCA BOARD, TRUSTEE, BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
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SO I'M VERY FAMILIAR THAT THEY WERE GOING TO MAKE APPLICATION.JUST GRABBING THE CLICKER. ALL RIGHT.
I WILL NOW ASK FOR A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THIS ITEM.
SO MOVED. SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS, A SECOND BY VICE MAYOR WRIGHT, AND WE NOW HAVE COREY MEAD, OUR CEO FOR HCA WOODMONT, WHO WILL BE MAKING A PRESENTATION.
OKAY. GOOD EVENING COMMISSION AND THOSE IN THE AUDIENCE.
AS MAYOR GOMEZ MENTIONED, MY NAME IS COREY MEADE.
I'M THE SITTING CEO AT HCA FLORIDA WOODMONT.
SO AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, THERE'S AN AERIAL FOOTAGE.
AERIAL PHOTO FROM GOOGLE MAPS RIGHT IN THE FRONT OF THE HOSPITAL.
THE MAIN PURPOSE OF US COMING BEFORE YOU TODAY ARE WE'RE ASKING FOR APPROVAL FOR THREE VARIANCES TO THE CODE FOR A MONUMENT SIGN ON THE WEST HAND SIDE OF UNIVERSITY DRIVE.
THE MAIN PURPOSE OF THIS IS WE CURRENTLY DON'T HAVE A MONUMENT SIGN FOR THOSE FIRST RESPONDERS FROM AN URGENT AND EMERGENT PERSPECTIVE FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND THEN AS WELL FOR OUR STAFF. IT IS VERY HARD TO ACTUALLY SEE THE HOSPITAL FROM THE ROAD.
AND I'LL SHOW YOU A PHOTO ON THE NEXT SLIDE AS WELL TOO.
REGARDING THAT, DUE TO OUR VEGETATION, TREES, ETC.
THE THREE VARIANCES ARE GOING TO BE IN RELATION TO THE SIGN SIZE, THE ACTUAL PHYSICAL SPACE THAT THE SIGN MAKES UP, THE MINIMUM DISTANCE FROM ANOTHER MONUMENT SIGN THAT IS ACTUALLY ON OUR CAMPUS, THAT IS OWNED AND OPERATED BY A MEDICAL OFFICE BUILDING TO THE NORTHEAST OF THE CAMPUS THAT WE AGAIN DO NOT OWN.
AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, YOU CAN SEE THE MEDICAL OFFICE BUILDING THAT WE ACTUALLY DON'T OWN.
THERE IS A MONUMENT SIGN HERE THAT SAYS UNIVERSITY MEDICAL BUILDING PLAZA TECHNICALLY.
AND AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE THE TURN IN LANES AND THERE IS NO VISIBLE SIGN DIRECTIONAL SIGN IN ORDER TO DENOTE WHERE THE ACTUAL HOSPITAL IS OR WHERE OUR VISITORS OR FIRST RESPONDERS SHOULD GO ONCE THEY COME ONTO OUR CAMPUS.
THIS IS A RENDERING OF THE SIGN THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR APPROVAL.
AND THEN THIS IS A NIGHTTIME PHOTO AS WELL.
WE DID WORK WITH OUR ARCHITECTS AND OUR DESIGN TEAM IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT THE LIGHT EMISSION FROM THE SIGN WAS APPROPRIATE AND WAS NOT A BIG HINDRANCE, AS PEOPLE WERE DRIVING BY OR WOULD CAUSE ANY ISSUES FOR THE PUBLIC OR FOR FIRST RESPONDERS.
AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, THIS IS NOT DRAWN TO SCALE, BUT JUST TO SHOW YOU WHERE THE SIGN WOULD TECHNICALLY BE LOCATED ON OUR PROPERTY, THE CODE STATES THAT ANY MONUMENT SIGN HAS TO BE 72FT² IN SIZE.
THIS SIGN, AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE PREVIOUS PAGE, DUE TO THE SIGNIFICANCE OF IT AND THE IMPORTANCE FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND FIRST RESPONDERS AND STAFF TO KNOW WHERE THE ORGANIZATION IS, IS TECHNICALLY 400, A LITTLE A LITTLE OVER 432FT² IN SIZE.
THE SECOND VARIATION THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR APPROVAL ON IS THAT FIRST MONUMENT SIGN FOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL PLAZA THAT I MENTIONED HERE, WHICH IS ON OUR PROPERTY BUT IS NOT OWNED AND OPERATED BY OUR ORGANIZATION, IS TECHNICALLY 102FT FROM THE SIGN THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO BUILD.
THE CODE STATES THAT ALL MONUMENT SIGNS NEED TO BE AT LEAST 150FT APART FROM EACH OTHER.
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WELL. AND THEN THE LAST VARIANCE THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO BE APPROVED TONIGHT IS THE SHEER SIZE AND PHYSICAL SIZE OF THE TEXT ON THE ACTUAL MONUMENT SIGN, THE.SO AS WE CONTINUE AS I'VE JOINED THE ORGANIZATION, AS I AS I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO MEET WITH MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY AND BE WITHIN THE TAMARAC CITY, WE'RE CONTINUING TO INVEST IN TAMARAC AND BY DOING SO, INVESTING IN THE ORGANIZATION.
SO WE ACTUALLY ARE TURNING 50 YEAR, 50 YEARS OLD NEXT YEAR.
WE CURRENTLY HAVE $10 MILLION OF CAPITAL AND FLIGHT.
WE'RE RENOVATING ALL OF OUR OUR 15 BED ICU UNIT.
AND THEN WE'RE ALSO RENOVATING SOME OF THE OTHER PUBLIC AREAS.
OUR MAIN LOBBY IS GOING TO BE RENOVATED, AND WE'RE HOPEFULLY GOING TO BE ABLE TO ANNOUNCE SOME OTHER EXCITING NEWS SHORTLY AS WELL, TOO, ABOUT SOME OTHER SERVICE LINES WE'LL BE ABLE TO ADD TO THE COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
MISS CALLOWAY IS AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
I'M GOING TO OPEN THIS UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS.
THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING. ANYBODY WISHING TO STATE ANY OPINIONS AT THIS TIME? SEEING NONE.
PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE NOW CLOSED.
DISCUSSION BY THE COMMISSION I SEE COMMISSIONER DANIEL.
I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT ALL THIS RENOVATION.
BUT WHAT ARE YOU DOING FOR CUSTOMER SERVICE? BECAUSE I'VE. I MYSELF HAD HAD HORRIBLE TREATMENT WHILE I'M THERE, AND I WAS EVEN ACCUSED OF BEING A DRUG ADDICT. AND I'VE HAD I KNOW IT'S CRAZY, BUT HE SAID THAT HE WAS RENOVATING.
SO WHAT ARE YOU DOING FOR CUSTOMER SERVICE? I'VE HAD OTHER, UM, THE I GET IT.
I'VE HAD OTHER RESIDENTS COMPLAIN ABOUT THE CUSTOMER SERVICE.
SO WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO RENOVATE ORDER? CITY ATTORNEY, CITY ATTORNEY.
THE TOPIC IS NOT THEIR BUSINESS.
THERE'S A POINT OF ORDER BEING ASKED FOR.
COMMISSIONER IS IT'S GOT TO BE ABOUT THE TOPIC.
GO AHEAD. WE'RE DISCUSSING WALL MONUMENTS, NOTHING ELSE.
IT WAS MENTIONED ABOUT RENOVATIONS.
COMMISSIONER DANIEL. NOT NOT TO TAKE AWAY FROM THE CONCERNS THAT COMMISSIONER DANIEL HAS.
BUT RIGHT NOW, THE ITEM ON HAND IS THE WALL MONUMENTS.
AND WE NEED TO STICK TO WHAT'S ON THE AGENDA.
MONUMENTS. CORRECT OR INCORRECT.
MARY. THIS IS A ZONING QUASI-JUDICIAL MANNER WHICH IS BEFORE THE COMMISSION.
UH, THE RULES DOESN'T PRECLUDE THE COMMISSION FROM ASKING WHATEVER QUESTIONS SHE WANTS TO ASK.
SO THERE'S NO RULES THAT PRECLUDE HER FROM ASKING APPLICANT ANY QUESTIONS.
SO, UH, I HAVE, UH, THERE'S NOTHING ON THE BOOKS.
SO, APPLICANT, YOU'RE HERE ON A WALL VARIANCE.
IT'S YOUR CALL IF YOU WISH TO ANSWER HOWEVER YOU WISH TO ANSWER.
COMMISSIONER DANIEL, PLEASE CONTINUE.
NO. OR WERE YOU DONE WITH YOUR QUESTIONS? YOU WERE BEING INTERRUPTED. YOU WERE HAVING A POINT OF ORDER BEING ASKED IN THE MIDDLE OF YOUR QUESTIONS.
SO WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU FINISHED ASKING YOUR QUESTIONS AND SO THE APPLICANT CAN CONTINUE? SURE. YEAH. OF COURSE.
WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR FEEDBACK AND HOW WE CAN CONTINUE TO IMPROVE PATIENT CARE.
NO, I JUST HEARD ABOUT ALL THE RENOVATION TO MAKES IT BETTER.
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SO I JUST WONDERED IF THAT WAS PART OF THE PLAN BECAUSE THAT SHOULD BE A CORE CONCERN.I THINK EVERYBODY ALSO HERE KNOWS THAT WE DO HAVE STILL SEMI-PRIVATE BEDS.
AND IN 2024, I DON'T THINK PEOPLE LIKE HAVING ROOMMATES.
I'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO SPEAK WITH YOU AND LEARN ABOUT YOUR SPECIFIC SITUATION.
COMMISSIONER THERE'S NO PLANS FOR THAT.
I WAS JUST THAT WAS MY QUESTION.
YES, COMMISSIONER. DANIEL, IF YOU'D LIKE, UM, FOR.
OKAY. HE'S WILLING TO TALK WITH YOU.
MR. MEADE JUST GAVE A PRESENTATION AT.
SOME OF US WERE AT THE CHAMBER BREAKFAST, WHICH WOULD.
I'M SORRY, I WAS ASKING HIM, NOT YOU.
AND I WANTED HIM TO TELL ME THAT, THAT'S ALL.
NO. NO PROBLEM. WE CAN MOVE ON.
DANIEL, YOUR RUDENESS IS APPARENT.
I AM SEEING IF MR. MEADE WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT SOME OF THAT TO YOU EITHER.
NOW, TO HELP ANSWER THE QUESTIONS, BECAUSE SOME ASSUMPTIONS ARE COMING, ARE BEING THROWN OUTSIDE, OR IF THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THE HOSPITAL COME, GIVE THE PRESENTATION TO THE COMMISSION AT A LATER DATE TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS YOUR CONCERNS.
INSTEAD OF ASSUMPTIONS BEING MADE THAT YOUR CONCERNS ARE NOT BEING ADDRESSED.
THAT IS MY POINT OF ORDER ON THIS ONE SIMPLE QUESTION, SIR.
THAT'S OKAY. CUSTOMER SERVICE IS ALWAYS A TOP PRIORITY.
ME AND MY TEAM TALK ABOUT IT ON A DAILY AND WEEKLY BASIS, AND IF WE FELL SHORT IN SOME SITUATIONS, I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT AND WOULD LOVE TO CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION TO LEARN MORE. OKAY.
PERSONALLY, I THINK IT IS A GREAT IDEA SO PEOPLE CAN KNOW WHERE YOU ARE.
SEEING NO OTHER COMMENTS ON THIS ONE, LET'S CALL THE ROLL.
THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. COMMISSIONER DANIEL.
VILLALOBOS. YES, COMMISSIONER.
THANK YOU. MOTION PASSES 5 TO 0.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS.
GET HOME SAFELY. WE ARE ON NINE B TB 081.
[Items 9.b & 9.c]
CITY ATTORNEY, PLEASE READ THE TITLE FOR THE RECORD.SEPARATION FROM THE CLOSEST RESIDENTIAL ZONE PROPERTY IN THE MUCK MIXED ZONING DISTRICT PURSUANT TO TAMARAC CODE OF ORDINANCE FOR I NINE RESTAURANT NIGHTCLUB LOCATED ON AT 50 305 NORTH STATE ROAD 710 TAMARAC, FLORIDA.
HOURS PERMITTED FOR I NINE RESTAURANT NIGHTCLUB LOCATED AT 5305 NORTH STATE ROAD SEVEN, TAMARAC, FLORIDA, ALLOWING ALCOHOL SALES AND CONSUMPTION ON PREMISE ONLY FROM 2 A.M. TO 4 A.M.
ON THURSDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAYS.
ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 3-4 OF THE CITY OF TAMPA.
CODE OF ORDINANCE. PROVIDING FOR CONFLICT.
PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY. PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
NOW WE WILL ASK FOR THE CITY CLERK.
WE'VE ALREADY DONE THE RULES FOR QUASI JUDICIAL CITY CLERK.
PLEASE SWEAR IN ANY WITNESSES.
ALL WITNESSES FOR THESE ITEMS, PLEASE STAND AND RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.
DO YOU SWEAR TO TELL THE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH? THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.
EXCELLENT. I WILL ASK FOR DISCLOSURE, STARTING WITH VICE MAYOR.
I JUST MET THE APPLICANT IN THE RESTAURANT.
I HAVE JUST SAID HELLO TO THE APPLICANT SINCE THEY'VE BEEN HERE.
WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS ONE AT A TIME, DESPITE READING BOTH OF THEM IN.
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SO I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR A9B, PLEASE.SO MOVED. SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER BOLTON.
I HAVE A SECOND BY THE VICE MAYOR.
AND WE HAVE DANIEL ARONSON, DESIGNATED AGENT FOR THE APPLICANT WHO WILL BE MAKING A PRESENTATION.
WELL, I'M GOING TO TRY TO MAKE A PRESENTATION AS BEST I CAN.
ALL RIGHT. YOU'VE GOT THE CLICKER.
EXCUSE ME. YOU HAVE THE CLICKER.
HOW TO USE IT IS ANOTHER STORY, BUT I'LL FIGURE IT OUT.
EXCUSE ME. MR. TRIGGER. MR. TRIGGER WILL BE HAPPY TO HELP YOU IF YOU SHOULD NEED.
THANK YOU. YOU KNOW, IF I MIGHT DIGRESS FOR A MOMENT, I'VE SAT HERE FOR SEVERAL HOURS, AND, MAYOR, I'M NOT SURE WHETHER YOU WILL VOTE FOR US OR AGAINST US.
THAT'S IRRELEVANT. BUT YOU KEEP ON SAYING THAT, YOU KNOW YOU HAVE TO HAVE FUN.
IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS, I SUPPOSE I HAVE BEEN SUPPOSED TO DIE TWICE, AND I'M STILL STANDING HERE, AND I'VE LEARNED FROM THAT MORE THAN ANYTHING IN THIS WORLD.
YOU ONLY HAVE ONE LIFE ON THIS EARTH AND USE IT.
THANK YOU. I'M HERE IN FRONT BEFORE YOU FOR I NINE RESTAURANT AND NIGHTCLUB.
I'M GOING TO DIGRESS A LITTLE BIT FROM THE PRESENTATION AND ACTUALLY DO THE TAIL END OF IT FIRST.
AND, AND THE REASON WHY I WANT TO DO THAT IS BECAUSE WHEN I WAS BEFORE THE PLANNING COMMISSION, I REALIZED THAT WHAT I SAID LAST IS REALLY WHAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN SAID FIRST. IN 2018, THIS CITY COMMISSION GAVE A SPECIAL EXCEPTION TO I-9 BAR AND GRILL, THE SAME ENTITY, THE SAME PEOPLE.
AND ONE OF THE STIPULATIONS WAS THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO GET THE PROJECT UNDERWAY AND GET THEIR COES AND RCAS AND WHATNOT WITHIN A YEAR. WELL, WHAT HAPPENED WAS THE PRINCIPAL, MR. EMMANUEL CLAUDE, UM, DAPHNIS GOT VERY SICK.
AND BECAUSE HE GOT SICK AND I'LL HAVE A TIMELINE OF HIS ILLNESSES.
AND WHILE HE WAS SICK, HE COULDN'T, YOU KNOW, DO WHAT HE NEEDED TO DO.
AND THEN WHEN HE GOT HEALTHY ENOUGH, HE REALIZED THE PEOPLE THAT WERE DOING THE KITCHEN.
JUST WALKED OFF THE JOB, SO WE HAD TO FIND NEW PEOPLE.
AND NOW HE FINALLY GETS HEALTHY AFTER YEARS.
AND WHAT HAPPENS? COVID COMES AND WHAT HAPPENS WHEN COVID COMES.
YOU CAN'T GET WORKERS, YOU CAN'T GET SUPPLIES.
AND THEN EVEN AFTER COVID IS OVER IN 2021, IF YOU REMEMBER, THERE WAS THE ALL THE STUFF FROM CHINA THAT HAD TO COME IN THAT PEOPLE WERE WAITING MONTHS AND MONTHS AND MONTHS, AND THAT'S WHAT HE WENT THROUGH.
AND DURING THIS TIME, DURING THIS TIME, HE'S PUT IN, WE ESTIMATE ABOUT $1.3 MILLION INTO THIS CLUB, INTO THIS RESTAURANT. AND IT REALLY IS JUST STARTED BEING OPENED IN THE LAST MONTHS, JUST JUST FOR, UH, FOR MEALS.
HE HAS POURED HIS HEART, HIS SOUL, HIS LIFE, HIS HEALTH, EVERYTHING INTO THIS.
AND BUT FOR HIS HEALTH AND BUT FOR THE, THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF OF WHAT HAPPENED ON THIS EARTH, WE WOULDN'T BE HERE BECAUSE WE WOULD HAVE HAD HIS SPECIAL EXCEPTION.
BUT, YOU KNOW, LIFE THROWS TRICKS AT YOU.
AND THIS WAS WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM.
I'M NOT SURE THAT ANYBODY WAS HERE.
I THINK MR. BOLTON MAY HAVE BEEN HERE AT THE TIME, BUT THAT IT WAS VOTED ON.
SO NOW I'LL DO A POOR PRESENTATION BECAUSE THIS IS NEW TECHNOLOGY WAY BEYOND MY ABILITIES.
THE LOCATION IS FIVE 305 NORTH STATE ROAD SEVEN TAMARAC.
I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF YOU KNOW WHERE THAT IS.
YOU ALL KNOW YOUR YOUR COMMUNITY, YOUR CITY BETTER THAN I DO, AND I'M SURE YOU PROBABLY DO.
YOU'RE GOING TO LOOK, YOU SEE THERE'S AN X THERE.
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WE HAD SENT IN ONE WITH A STAR.IT DIDN'T MAKE IT TO THE PRESENTATION.
AND THEN YOU'LL SEE A BETTER X HERE.
IF YOU SEE THERE IN THE IT'S CERTAINLY MORE ILLUMINATED.
THAT'S WHERE THE THE RESTAURANT AND NIGHTCLUB IS.
WE'RE HOPING TO MAKE IT INTO THE RESTAURANT.
NIGHTCLUB? THERE ARE HOURS OF OPERATION RIGHT NOW.
WE'RE OPEN AT FOUR IN THE MORNING.
IF WE GET THE SPECIAL EXCEPTION, THEN ON WEEKDAYS WE'LL BE OPEN TILL 2 A.M..
SAME OPEN CLOSING AT 2 A.M., SAME OPENING TIME, AND WE'LL BE OPENING AT NOON AND 2 A.M.
I BELIEVE IT IS THAT WE WOULD BE ENTITLED TO STAY OPEN TILL FOUR AND WE WILL, WHATEVER THE THE COMMISSION RULES ON, WHATEVER YOU GIVE US, WHATEVER RIGHTS WE WILL ABIDE BY IT COMPLETELY AND AND TO THE LETTER OF THE LAW.
YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THERE ARE THESE.
TWO DOORS DOWN, THERE'S COLUMBIA AND IT'S A RESTAURANT.
AND IT'S NOT A GOVERNMENT STORE, IT'S A PRIVATE STORE.
THIS IS WHAT THE MARQUEE LOOKS LIKE OUT FRONT.
AND YOU SEE THAT X AGAIN I'M GREAT WITH X'S.
THAT'S WHERE THE WHERE THE RESTAURANT AND NIGHTCLUB IS.
THAT'S WHERE THE RESTAURANT IS.
AND THE RESTAURANT NIGHTCLUB WILL BE.
AND THIS IS JUST ANOTHER PICTURE OF THE PLAZA.
JUST TO GIVE YOU A FEELING OF THE PLAZA.
I BELIEVE IT'S THE CITY SURVEY ACTUALLY FROM ABOUT 4 OR 5 YEARS AGO.
BUT IT SHOWS THE THE PLAZA, THE PARKING AND WHATNOT.
SEVEN OF THEM ARE HANDICAPPED.
I LEARNED AT THE PLANNING AND ZONING HEARING THAT WE ARE ONE PARKING SPOT SHORT THAT WE NEEDED 199.
WE DIDN'T PUT IT IN FOR VARIANCE, DIDN'T KNOW IT AT THE TIME THAT WE WOULD NEED THAT VARIANCE.
WE WANTED TO SHOW WHY THAT THAT SPACE DOESN'T REALLY MATTER.
SO HERE YOU HAVE A PICTURE OF THE PARKING LOT AT 4:00 IN THE AFTERNOON WHEN WE OPEN UP.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE ARE NUMEROUS SPACES AVAILABLE.
WE HAVE A PICTURE OF THE PARKING LOT AT 10 P.M..
I'M GOING TO SAY A FIFTH FILL FULL.
AND THEN WE WENT TO 12 MIDNIGHT ON A FRIDAY.
IF IT'S EVER GOING TO BE BUSY ON AT NIGHT TIME, IT'S GOING TO BE 12 MIDNIGHT ON A FRIDAY.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE ARE STILL PLENTY OF SPACES.
LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PREMISES.
WE ALREADY HAVE SECURITY PERSONNEL.
WE WILL MEET WHATEVER SECURITY PERSONNEL THE COMMISSION PUTS ON US.
I EXPECT THAT YOU WILL REQUIRE SOME TYPE OF SECURITY SPECIALTY AT THE LATE NIGHT HOURS.
WE'RE ON BOARD. WE ALREADY HAVE SECURITY.
THIS IS FROM THE SECOND FLOOR, LOOKING DOWN.
OBVIOUSLY I DON'T HAVE TO TELL ANYBODY WHAT THAT IS, BUT IT'S A BAR.
THIS IS THE YOU SEE THE BAR HERE? HERE'S THE THE DINING AND LOUNGE AREA.
AGAIN FROM UP ABOVE, DOWN, JUST TO SHOW THE WHOLE PLACE.
AND WHAT RESTAURANT DOESN'T HAVE A KITCHEN? WE DON'T HAVE THE FULL KITCHEN IN IT.
I DIDN'T THINK WE NEEDED TO HAVE EVERYTHING JUST TO SHOW THAT WE ARE A BONA FIDE RESTAURANT.
THE MENU IS CONTINUALLY CHANGING AND WE DO ALLOW WE HAVE SPECIALS THAT ARE NOT ON THE MENU, AND WE ALSO ALLOW PEOPLE TO ORDER OFF THE MENU TO CREATE WHATEVER ELSE THEY WANTED.
HERE'S JUST A THIS IS THE ALCOHOL.
THIS IS JUST A LITTLE SAMPLE OF THE FOOD THAT WE MAKE.
AND BOY, I COULD EAT THAT RIGHT NOW.
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EXCUSE ME. THAT WOULD BE A GOOD WAY TO SEE IF.OH, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN GREAT IF I SERVED EACH ONE OF YOU A PLATE OF THEM RIGHT NOW.
IF I WAS SMART ENOUGH, I WOULD HAVE DONE IT EVEN FOR EVERYBODY OUT HERE.
ANYHOW, THESE ARE ALL THE THE REVIEW STANDINGS AND I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH EACH ONE.
STANDARDS. THE BOTTOM LINE OF IT IS WE MEET EACH ONE.
UH, SAFETY OF THE COMMUNITY AND WHATNOT.
WE MEET IT. I ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THE PREVIOUS SPECIAL EXCEPTION, BUT HERE IS THE ORDER APPROVING IT.
THIS IS JUST I PUT IN THERE THE EXACT TIMELINE OF MR. DAPHNE'S MEDICAL PROBLEMS AND THE MONEY THAT HE'S PUT IN.
AND THIS WAS OBVIOUSLY A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO WHEN WE PUT THIS TOGETHER.
BUT AS YOU SAW, BY 2016, HE HAD ALREADY SPENT 400,000 IN RENT AND RENOVATIONS OF 800,000.
WE WE KNOW WE'RE OVER $1.3 MILLION INTO THIS PROJECT.
UM, I DON'T NEED TO GO THROUGH HIS ILLNESSES.
THERE CERTAINLY COULD BE DOCUMENTED.
AND THAT'S WHAT I GOT FOR YOU.
WHAT I GOT FOR YOU IS A HARD WORKING PERSON.
WHO HAS PUT HIS LIFE SAVINGS INTO THIS PROJECT.
WHO BUT FOR HEALTH? BUT FOR COVID AND THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THIS WORLD WOULD NOT BE IN FRONT OF YOU.
YOUR PRESENTATION IS FOR ONE ITEM OR IS IT FOR THE BOTH ITEMS? I'M HAPPY TO DO THE SECOND.
ALL WE'RE ASKING FOR IN THE SECOND ITEM IS THAT WE HAVE THE AFTER THE EXTENDED HOURS.
THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO BE OPEN ON THE WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY AND FRIDAY FROM 2 TO 4:00.
I WILL POINT OUT THAT WE KNOW OF NO NOISE COMPLAINTS WHATSOEVER FROM OUR ESTABLISHMENT.
THERE'S THERE'S NO LAW ENFORCEMENT, NO NOISE.
WE WE'RE JUST GOOD TENANTS AND GOOD NEIGHBORS AND GOOD FOR THE CITY OF TAMARAC.
WELL, YES, BECAUSE I ALREADY OPENED UP PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THIS.
ANY QUESTIONS? UM, NO, I DID NOT OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT YET.
IS THERE ANYBODY WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON THE MATTER? SEEING NONE, PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE NOW CLOSED.
YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK. THANK YOU.
UM, CAN YOU GO TO SLIDE? I THINK IT WAS A FEW SLIDES BACK TOWARDS THE END WHERE IT SHOWED HOW THE COMMISSION AT THAT TIME VOTED.
I THINK IT'S RIGHT BEFORE THIS ONE.
OKAY, WELL, I DIDN'T REALIZE THERE WAS A NOTE.
HE'S ASKING FOR A CAPTAIN COOPER TO COME.
CAPTAIN COOPER, BROWARD SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
THANK YOU. CAPTAIN. UH, JUST QUICKLY, UH, ANY ISSUES THAT WE CAN PERCEIVE OR HAVE PERCEIVED IN THE PAST? NO ISSUES AT ALL.
UH, THANK YOU FOR THAT PRESENTATION.
IT WAS, UM, YOU KNOW, MOVING, UM.
HISTORICALLY, I DON'T VOTE ON YES ON ITEMS SUCH AS THESE.
TO HAVE SITUATIONAL CONFLICTS ARE SOMETIMES, UM, I CAN'T REMEMBER THE CIRCUMSTANCES BEYOND THAT. UM, BUT CERTAINLY I THINK I REMEMBER THAT THERE WERE SOME SEVERAL THERE THERE WERE SEVERAL
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COMPLAINTS, UM, BROUGHT ON BY RESIDENTS IN THAT IN THAT AREA.UM, THIS IS, UH, MY DISTRICT, AND I DID NOT THINK AT THE TIME THAT THE THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN A CLUB THERE.
UM, IT IS NOT THE VISION THAT I HAVE FOR DISTRICT ONE.
UM, I THINK THAT FOR 41, UM, IS A CORRIDOR THAT COULD BE BETTER.
UM, WITH, UM, UH, BUSINESSES THAT SUPPORT, UH, THE BETTERMENT OF OUR RESIDENTS.
AND I DIDN'T BELIEVE AT THE TIME THAT, UM, A CLUB WOULD HAVE WOULD HAVE DONE THAT.
UH, I THINK THAT COUPLED WITH THE SICKNESSES OF THE OWNER AND THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT HE'S PUT INTO THE, UM, THE ESTABLISHMENT, I THINK IT WARRANTS A YES FROM ME TONIGHT.
UM, YOU KNOW, BUT IT'S THAT ONE TIME THAT I'D PROBABLY MAKE AN EXCEPTION TO SITUATION OR CONFLICTS OR, UM, IT'S IT'S ALREADY THERE.
I DON'T PUT MY PERSONAL BIASES OR LIKES OR DISLIKES INTO MY VOTE, BUT, UM, I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, GIVEN HIS, HIS ILLNESS AND AND, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY HE'S TRYING AS A BUSINESS OWNER, UH, PUTTING IN $1.2 MILLION IN THE BUSINESS.
UH, SOUNDS LIKE HE BELIEVES IN HIS DREAMS. SO IF I MIGHT, THOUGH, MAKE YOU FEEL A LITTLE BIT BETTER.
AND I'M GLAD YOU'RE. I ALREADY FEEL BETTER.
UM, NO, BUT I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW WHEN YOU VOTED AGAINST IT.
LAST TIME WE WERE, WE HAD NOT EVER OPENED UP.
YEAH. AND AND LISTEN, IT'S IT'S NOT IT'S NOT PERSONAL TO YOU.
UM. I VOTED NO ON TRAPEZE, TOO.
AND I THINK I REMEMBER THIS THIS NIGHT VERY, VERY WELL.
UM, SO IT'S IT'S JUST CONSISTENTLY.
NO. AND ITEMS LIKE THESE, UM, BY VIRTUE OF MY DISTRICT AND DIVISION THAT I HAVE IN THAT AREA, BUT OBVIOUSLY THE, THE BUSINESS OWNER, I THINK THE LAST TIME HE WAS HERE, CORRECT ME IF I WAS WRONG, THERE WAS ANOTHER ITEM, I THINK IT WAS A WOODLANDS AND AND HE WAS IN THE BACK.
UM, AND I THINK HE LIFTED UP HIS SHIRT AND SHOWED THE, THE KNIFE SCARS WHERE THEY OPENED HIS BELLY AND HEART AND THAT SORT OF STUFF. UM.
BUT THAT'S ENOUGH THAT I HEARD.
WHILE I MAY HAVE A PERSONAL PROBLEM WITH THIS AND THE PERSONAL CONFLICT, I WON'T LET THAT STAND IN THE WAY OF, UM, SUPPORTING HIS DREAMS GOING FORWARD.
THEN WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR VOTE.
I AM GLAD YOU ARE HERE AND FEELING BETTER.
I UNDERSTAND COVID IN 2020 THROUGH 2022 BEING.
I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF THEY'RE ON THE CALENDAR.
UM, I RESPECT SMALL BUSINESS TRYING TO DO WHAT THEY NEED TO DO.
UM, I HAVE HAD CONCERNS FROM THE COMMUNITY AROUND THERE.
UM, WHEN I WOULD BE GOING THROUGH THERE AROUND COVID TIME AND CHECKING THINGS OUT.
UM, THAT SAID, WHEN DID YOU REOPEN FULLY? TO GO TO DINNER.
HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN BACK IN OPERATION? OKAY. UM, THE FIRST TIME WE OPENED WAS JULY 22ND.
OKAY. SO YOU'VE BEEN OPEN TO JULY 23RD.
UM, AND YOU'RE SEEING BUSINESS GROW.
BUT IT'S GETTING BETTER THOUGH.
AND IT IS RESTAURANT, SO IT IS SLOW.
UM. MR. HARRISON, I RESPECT AND UNDERSTAND THAT YOU'VE HAD NO NOISE COMPLAINTS BECAUSE YOU'VE ONLY BEEN OPEN TILL 12.
YOU HAVE NOT BEEN OPEN TO TWO, NOR HAVE YOU BEEN OPEN TILL FOUR.
UM, I WILL TELL YOU RIGHT NOW, I WILL NOT SUPPORT THE SECOND 1 TO 4.
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THERE'S NOTHING GOOD THAT HAPPENS AFTER 2 A.M.ESPECIALLY, UM, AGREEING WITH COMMISSIONER BOLTON ON THE VISION OF WHAT WE SEE ON STATE ROAD 44.
AND YOU ARE VERY CLOSE TO HOMES.
I DO NOT THINK 140FT SEPARATION BETWEEN THE RESTAURANT, NIGHTCLUB AND ISLAND CLUB APARTMENTS AND OTHER RESIDENTIAL IS SUFFICIENT, AND I DO NOT KNOW IF THERE'S ENOUGH SOUND BARRIER BEING PUT IN TO HELP THEM.
THERE'S A FRIDAY. SATURDAY? UM, ANY COMPLAINTS FROM THE COMMUNITY THAT THEY SHOULD HAVE AS YOU START TO DO BUSINESS AT THAT TIME AND STAYING OPEN? UM, I WOULD WANT TO KNOW THAT YOU WILL DEFINITELY TAKE CARE OF SOUNDPROOFING.
YOUR SECURITY WILL MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S NO LOUD DISCUSSIONS.
I'VE BEEN DANCING IN THE PARKING LOT, WHICH I'VE BEEN KNOWN TO DO EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE.
I KNOW IT MAY NOT SEEM IT, BUT NOT AT THAT HOUR.
UM, SO ARE YOU AMENABLE TO THAT? YES. THANK YOU.
UM. I SEE THE IMPROVEMENTS ON THE LIGHTING IN THE SHOPPING PLAZA.
I KNOW THAT'S BEEN PARTLY YOURSELF AND PARTLY WITH THE DEVELOPER, THE LANDLORD OF THE COMMUNITY, KNOWING THAT THERE HAVE BEEN ISSUES WITH THE PAVING AND THE LIGHTING AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF.
UM. MISS GALLOWAY, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU.
ALWAYS UNTIL THE CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY IS OUT THERE.
OR HAS IT BEEN A YEAR LIKE WE'VE DONE WITH A 2 TO 4? IS THAT ORDINANCE ALWAYS WHY YOU HAVE OCCUPANCY? YEAH, SO THAT'S A PART.
IF IT'S A SPECIAL EXCEPTION, YOU'RE ABLE TO OPEN UNTIL 2 A.M.
AND THEN THE SPECIAL PERMIT IS FROM 2 TO 4 A.M.
ONLY ON THURSDAY, FRIDAY AND SATURDAYS.
THAT'S AN ANNUAL PERMIT THAT HAS TO BE APPLIED FOR AND COME BEFORE THIS COMMISSION.
AND THIS PARTICULAR ONE IS STILL ONE.
IS THURSDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY FOR TILL 2:00.
IT'S NOT EVERY DAY OF THE WEEK THURSDAY, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY TILL 4 A.M..
NO, I'M TALKING ABOUT THE APPLICATION THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT NOW.
IT'S A SPECIAL EXCEPTION TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A NIGHTCLUB.
YES, BUT THAT'S EVERY DAY OF THE WEEK OR IT'S, IT'S EVERY DAY OF THE WEEK.
AND THE APPLICANT IS ASKING FOR EVERY DAY OF THE WEEK.
WE WERE ASKING TO BE A NIGHTCLUB, OKAY.
WE WE ASKING FOR 2:00 IN THE MORNING TILL WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY WE WANT TO BE OPEN UNTIL 4:00. RIGHT. BUT IF YOU CAN'T BE OPEN TILL FOUR, WHICH MAYBE WE'LL TAKE IT.
YOU'LL TAKE YOU WANT SEVEN DAYS A WEEK.
I'M SORRY I. I MISSED THE SENTENCE WHERE YOU SAID YOU WANT TO BE OPEN TILL TWO.
IS THAT MONDAY? MONDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.
EVERY DAY YOU WANT TO BE EVERY DAY TILL 2:00.
2:00. BUT, UM, IN THE WEEKEND WE WOULD LIKE TO WRITE.
THE SECOND FOR THE 2 TO 4 IS THE NEXT ITEM.
AND YOU'RE SAYING YOU WANT TO BE OPEN TILL 2:00 SEVEN DAYS A WEEK.
THE FIRST ITEM IS A SPECIAL EXCEPTION FOR A NIGHTCLUB.
THE OPERATING HOURS FOR A NIGHTCLUB IS FROM THE OPEN UNTIL 2 A.M., SEVEN DAYS A WEEK? YES, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK.
THAT'S THE PART I WAS JUST TRYING TO GET.
WHETHER IT'S WHETHER IT'S RELEVANT, IRRELEVANT, MATTERS GOOD OR BAD.
THANK YOU. JUST LETTING YOU KNOW WHAT I KNOW.
I STILL SAY I DON'T SUPPORT THE 2 TO 4, SO I WAS GOING TO ASK A QUESTION IF I MIGHT OF YOU.
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TO WAIT BEFORE WE CAN COME BACK AND ASK FOR THAT? IS THERE A SIX MONTH A YEAR? I THINK MISS GALLAGHER HAD AN ANSWER TO THE QUESTION.YEAH. UM, I THINK THE CODE SAYS, AND I NEED TO VERIFY IT SAYS SIX MONTHS FOR YOU TO REAPPLY.
BUT THE CODE PROVISION FOR THE SECOND, UH, APPLICATION FROM THE 2 TO 4, THAT'S AN ANNUAL.
WE RECENTLY AMENDED THAT MAYBE THREE, FOUR YEARS AGO WHERE WE PUT IN WHERE IT'S AN ANNUAL APPLICATION ONLY ON THURSDAY, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY TO BE OPEN FROM 2 TO 4 AND ACTUALLY BRINGING UP LOTS OF VERNA.
THEIR APPLICATION IS PROBABLY UP FOR RENEWAL BECAUSE IT'S BEEN A WHILE.
AND SO WHAT? LET'S NOT DEAL WITH THEM RIGHT NOW.
IT'S SIX MONTHS, BUT SHE WAS GOING TO DOUBLE CHECK.
OKAY. SO, UM, COMMISSIONER DANIEL.
AND HE SAID THERE WAS A NIGHTCLUB, I ASSUME, ALREADY OPEN AT THAT TIME.
WHAT OTHER BUSINESSES ARE OPEN TILL FOUR? AND IF IT'S FOR ONE YEAR? UM, I'M OPEN TO GIVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY.
AND THAT WAS A DISCUSSION SURROUNDING, UH, HAVING IT BE ANNUAL TO GIVE THE COMMISSION AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE HOW IT PERFORMS AND THEN BE ABLE TO MAKE ANY ADJUSTMENT OR TO BE ABLE TO MAKE SOME CONSIDERATION WHEN THE APPLICANT IS BACK BEFORE YOU.
THAT IS THE 2 TO 4 PART, WHICH IS 2 TO 4 NINE.
SEE NOT NINE B RIGHT NOW IS TO GIVE THEM BACK THEIR SPECIAL SPECIAL EXCEPTION TO BE A NIGHTCLUB IN GENERAL, WHICH KEEPS THEM OPEN TO 2 A.M., SEVEN DAYS A WEEK.
SO THANKS FOR THE DISCOURSE, YOU GUYS.
SO IF THERE ARE, I BELIEVE THEY DESERVE A CHANCE AS WELL.
IT'S OKAY. WE'RE TRYING TO GET GOING.
SO THE FIRST ITEM IS FOR SPECIAL EXCEPTION TO ALLOW A NIGHTCLUB, SHOULD THAT BE GRANTED.
AND THE HOURS OF OPERATION FOR A NIGHTCLUB IS SEVEN DAYS A WEEK UNTIL 2 A.M..
THE SECOND APPLICATION IS FOR AN EXTENDED HOUR PERMIT.
ON THURSDAY, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, AND THEY ARE CURRENTLY OPERATING ON UNTIL 2 A.M.
SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, 12:00 UNTIL 12:00 AS A RESTAURANT.
SO THE SPECIAL EXCEPTION ALLOWS A NIGHTCLUB, AND THEN THEY'RE ASKING FOR AN EXTENDED HOUR PERMIT.
OKAY. SEE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS ON NINE B, WHICH IS TO GIVE THE SPECIAL EXCEPTION APPLICATION TO ALLOW FOR A NIGHTCLUB.
RESIDENTIAL SEPARATION FROM THE CLOSEST BORDER.
I'M NOT READING THE OLD TITLE.
SUBJECT TO THE NINE CONDITIONS THAT ARE PLACED, WHICH INCLUDE SOME OF THE THINGS YOU DISCUSSED THE SECURITY GUARD, NO PARTYING IN THE PARKING LOT AND AND SOME OTHER CONDITIONS.
BUT THERE ARE NINE CONDITIONS THAT'S INCLUDED.
SEVEN DAYS A WEEK BECAUSE THAT'S OUR CODE.
IF THE APPLICANT IS AMENABLE TO AN ADDITIONAL CONDITION, THAT'S UP TO THE APPLICANT.
BUT THAT'S NOT HOW THE OTHER BUSINESS, PARTICULARLY THE OTHER NIGHTCLUB, IS OPERATING.
SO THAT WOULD BE A RESTRICTION.
AND IT DEPENDS ON THE APPLICANT IF THEY'D LIKE TO ACCEPT THAT AS A CONDITION.
AND THE OTHER APPLICANT WHEN IT COMES BY BECAUSE IT'S ANOTHER APPLICANT, IS SUBJECT THERE.
THEY'RE SPECIAL EXCEPTION IS ALREADY GIVEN.
IT DOESN'T COME BACK FOR RENEWAL.
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THAT'S CORRECT. UNLESS THEY VIOLATE ANY CONDITION OF THE SPECIALS.THAT'S CORRECT. UNLESS IT'S A VIOLATION.
SO ANY KIND OF FUTURE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE MAY WANT TO HAVE REGARDING OUR ORDINANCES AND OUR SPECIAL EXCEPTIONS AND OUR TIMING IN OUR CITY CAN BE HAD AT A WORKSHOP LATER ON? YES, IT COULD BE.
NINE BE BOARD ORDER APPROVING OR DENYING THE SPECIAL EXCEPTION FOR A NIGHTCLUB.
ALL THAT OTHER GOOD STUFF UP UNTIL 2 A.M., SEVEN DAYS A WEEK.
CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
THANK YOU. MOTION PASSES 5 TO 0.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE ARE NOW GOING TO NINE C.
THE TITLE WAS ALREADY READ TO THE RECORD.
UM, WE'VE DONE OUR DISCLOSURES.
I NOW NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND PLEASE.
SO MOVED. SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS AND A SECOND BY VICE MAYOR.
RIGHT. MR. ARONSON, ANYTHING FURTHER IN A PRESENTATION YOU WANT TO PROVIDE? I JUST WISH I HAD THAT FOOD HERE FOR YOU ALL.
YEAH, YEAH, MY TUMMY DOES TOO.
UM, MISS CALLOWAY, ANYTHING FURTHER AT THIS ITEM? NO. GOING TO OPEN PUBLIC COMMENTS.
IS THERE ANYBODY WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE. PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE NOW CLOSED.
THANK YOU. MAYOR. UH, CONGRATULATIONS ON THE PREVIOUS ITEM.
UH, I TOO SHARE SOME SENTIMENTS ON THE 4 A.M..
UH, JUST BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT GONE TO THE 2 A.M..
UM. BUT CONSIDERING THAT CAPTAIN COOPER HAS NOT HAD AN ISSUE, THERE'S CURRENTLY ANOTHER BUSINESS OPERATING THAT'S GOING TO COME BEFORE US. UM.
I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR MY COLLEAGUES ON THIS ONE, ESPECIALLY FROM COMMISSIONER BOLTON.
IF HE'S AMENABLE TO SHARING HIS THOUGHTS.
COMMISSIONER BOLTON. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO SPEAK.
IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK, YOU ARE WELCOME TO RESPOND, MA'AM.
IF YOU WISH, YOU ARE WELCOME TO GO FOR IT.
UM, THE THE THERE IS A SIMILAR BUSINESS IN THE PLAZA THAT GOES UNTIL 4 A.M..
UM. SO I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH GOING TO FORUM.
THAT PART OF IT IS IS ONLY FOR ONE YEAR.
UM, SO YOU KNOW, WE CAN LOOK TO FORUM BUT, BUT JUST MAKE SURE THAT DURING THAT YEAR THERE ARE NO ISSUES.
YEAH. BUT THOSE ARE MY THOUGHTS.
OKAY. THE LADY NEXT TO US, SHE CLOSED BY 230 BECAUSE SHE HAD NO BUSINESS GOING ON AT HER PLACE.
THERE'S NO BUSINESS GOING ON, SO WE DON'T HAVE NO ISSUE WITH HER.
IT'S LIKE SHE SAID, THE STUFF THAT WE'RE SELLING, SHE DON'T SELL THESE STUFF.
SO THERE'S NO ISSUE GOING ON WITH WITH HER.
YEAH. SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT CLEAR.
OBVIOUSLY, YOUR SERVICES ARE DIFFERENT.
IT'S STILL NIGHTCLUB TO NIGHTCLUB.
UM, AND THIS IS NOT NECESSARILY, IN MY OPINION, NIGHTCLUB, BRO.
UM, I CAN'T STATE MY OPINION ON WHEN THEY COME BACK TO US BECAUSE IT'S QUASI JUDICIAL.
UM, AND WE'RE TAKING THIS IN THE TOTALITY FOR YOU GUYS.
YOU GUYS HAVE NOT EVEN YET BEEN OPEN TILL TWO.
I'M NOT SAYING YOU WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO DO THE BUSINESS BETWEEN 2 AND 4.
IT IS NOT ABOUT THE TRUST OF WHETHER OR NOT YOU'D BE ABLE TO DO THE BUSINESS.
FOR ME, I DO NOT FEEL OUR CITY AS MUCH AS WE WANT TO BE.
THAT IS. DANCING THE NIGHT AWAY TILL 4 A.M..
I KNOW THAT THERE'S ANOTHER CLUB HOUSE CLUB IN THE CITY THAT MAY BE OPEN TO CERTAIN HOURS.
I'VE DRIVEN BY AT SOME OF THOSE HOURS.
I'M NOT EXACTLY PLEASED WITH WHAT I SEE IN THE PARKING LOT.
I'M NOT SAYING THAT WOULD BE WITH YOU.
I'M NOT HOLDING THE SINS OF ANOTHER AGAINST YOU.
I JUST DO NOT FEEL THAT IS 2 TO 4.
THE NATURE OF WHAT I FEEL IS GOOD FOR OUR CITY AND IN OUR COMMUNITY.
I. YOU WILL ALWAYS BE ABLE TO COME BACK, WHETHER IT'S SIX MONTHS TO A YEAR.
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SEE HOW WELL YOU'RE DOING TILL TWO.UM, SEE HOW BOTH BUSINESSES THRIVE? BECAUSE IT MIGHT BE WHEN YOU OPEN UP TILL TWO THAT THEY MIGHT BE ABLE TO STAY PAST TWO ANYWAY.
IS THAT WHY MISS MISS MAXINE? YES. THEY'RE NOT THE SPECIAL EXCEPTION.
YES, THEY'RE EXTENDED HOURS HAVE BEEN CUT BECAUSE THEY HAVE NOT COME BACK FOR RENEWAL.
THAT IS CORRECT. SO THAT'S WHY THEY'RE NOT OPEN TILL FOUR IN THE MORNING.
IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT.
OKAY. SO AGAIN, TRYING TO MAKE SURE WE ARE KEEPING THINGS ON THE PROPER PARALLEL, COMPARING THAT WHICH IS ACTUALLY THE SAME AND NOT SAYING, WELL, ONE PERSON GETS TO DO IT, THEN I SHOULD BE ABLE TO DO IT.
THEY MAY NOT REALLY BE ABLE TO DO IT RIGHT.
SO, UM, I'M SORRY, BUT I CAN'T SUPPORT THE 2 TO 4 AT THIS TIME.
I'M NOT SURE IF I'LL SUPPORT IT IN THE FUTURE OR NOT.
IF MY ATTITUDE, MY FEELING OF HOW THE CITY SHOULD BE AGAIN, IT'S THE CORRIDOR.
I JUST DON'T THINK IT'S THE RIGHT THING, IN MY OPINION.
SO, UM, THAT'S MY FEELINGS ON IT.
AND AGAIN, IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH YOU PERSONALLY ANY.
RIGHT. AND I GOT TO BE CAREFUL BECAUSE IT'S QUASI JUDICIAL.
SO YOU CAN'T HAVE PRECONCEIVED NOTIONS AND ALL THIS KIND OF GOOD STUFF.
SO I DON'T WANT TO GET IN TROUBLE FOR ANYTHING.
WHAT ABOUT 3 A.M.? I'M TRYING TO GET SOMEWHERE WHERE WE'RE SUPPORTING THE BUSINESS.
THEY'RE TRYING TO RECOVER FROM THE LOSSES.
THE NEXT THING WE KNOW, IT'S 6 A.M., RIGHT? WE DON'T WANT THAT.
I'M. UH, I THINK, UM, TAMARAC IS BECOMING A YOUNG COMMUNITY, PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, UH, STAY UP A LITTLE LATER.
I THINK THE 441 CORRIDOR, UH, IS A PLACE WHERE WE CAN HAVE THAT TYPE OF THESE TYPE OF, UM.
YOU GUYS HAVE PROVEN THAT YOU'RE SAFE, GOOD STEWARDS OF THE COMMUNITY AND I WILL SUPPORT YOU.
CITY CLERK. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.
THANK YOU. MOTION PASSES 4 TO 1.
GET HOME SAFELY AND DON'T STAY UP TOO LATE.
WELL, WE HAVE ONE ITEM LEFT ON THE AGENDA, AND IT IS ITEM TEN A AND IT WAS A.
GET HOME SAFELY. I'M JUST, AS YOU COULD PROBABLY UNDERSTAND, TRYING TO RUSH THIS THROUGH.
UM, I FLEW IN FROM ATLANTA FOR THIS.
I WAS IN FRONT OF THE 11TH CIRCUIT TODAY.
OH, SO YOU DEFINITELY WANT TO GET HOME AND GET SOME REST.
I WAS WORRIED I WASN'T GOING TO GET HERE IN TIME.
YEAH, YOU SHOULD HAVE CALLED US AND ASKED US WHAT OUR SCHEDULE IS LIKE.
WE WOULD HAVE TOLD YOU TO TAKE YOUR TIME.
[10.a Discussion and consensus to direct staff to prepare amendments to the City’s Standards of Conduct and Lobbying Activities Ordinances to provide for greater transparency, decorum, and standards, to govern the Commission’s ex-parte communications with Applicants, Lobbyist and Developers.]
ACTIVITIES, TO ORDINANCES TO PROVIDE FOR GREATER TRANSPARENCY, DECORUM AND STANDARDS TO GOVERN THE COMMISSION'S EX-PARTE COMMUNICATIONS WITH APPLICANTS, LOBBYISTS AND DEVELOPERS.UM, I AM RESPECTFULLY REQUESTING TO TABLE THIS ITEM AND PUT IT ON A WORKSHOP IN THE FUTURE.
UM, AND SO WE CAN ALL GO HOME BEFORE 1130.
AND SO WHOEVER HAD THE BID FOR 2 A.M.
OH, ACTUALLY, I WASN'T EVEN TALKING ABOUT THE COMMISSION.
AND I ASKED FOR THIS, UM, REALLY JUST WANT A WORKSHOP, THIS ITEM.
DO I NEED THIS AS A CONSENSUS CITY ATTORNEY, OR DO I JUST.
SINCE IT'S MY ITEM, I'M ASKING FOR THIS.
THERE'S NO MOTION TO TABLE. IT'S JUST AS ITEM.
THANK YOU, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
TOMORROW NIGHT IS THE LAST NIGHT OF HANUKKAH.
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ENJOY HANUKKAH, MERRY CHRISTMAS, HAPPY KWANZAA, AND A VERY HAPPY, HEALTHY.AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A FANTASTIC 2024.
GOOD NIGHT.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.