>> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE, AND WELCOME TO OUR FIRST MEETING,
[Call to Order]
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OUR FIRST WORKSHOP OF THE NEW YEAR. HAPPY YEAR.I HOPE EVERYONE HAD A GREAT HOLIDAY TIME.
2024 IS GOING TO BE FANTASTIC.
SO CITY CLERK, IF YOU WOULD, IT IS 1001 PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
GOOD MORNING, MADAM MAYOR, MAYOR GOMEZ.
IF EVERYONE WOULD PLEASE STAND, WE WILL HAVE A PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND A QUICK MOMENT OF SILENCE.
[1.a Inspiration Way Art Selection]
TO START THE NEW YEAR WITH SOME ART. COME ON.THIS WILL BE PRESENTED BY MAYOR [INAUDIBLE] OUR ASSISTANT COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR AND GEORGE GADSON OF GADSON.
WE WILL TALK INSPIRATION WAY ART SELECTION.
>> GOOD MORNING, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, GEORGE GADSON, GADSON.
HAPPY NEW YEAR, GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
I'M PLEASED TO PRESENT TO YOU THIS MORNING THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE PUBLIC ART COMMITTEE OF THE ARTWORK TO BE PRESENTED FOR INSPIRATION WAY 2024-2025.
THE ARTWORK THAT WILL BE INSTALLED WILL ACTUALLY BE UP FOR A COMPLETE 12 MONTHS.
I'M SURE PRIOR TO THIS MEETING, YOU HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK THROUGH THE WORK JUST TO RECAP, OUR CHALLENGE HAS ALWAYS BEEN AS WE DO THE CALL TO ARTISTS AND HAVING INDIVIDUALS SUBMIT THEIR ARTWORK, FINDING THE APPROPRIATE WORK THAT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED, AS WELL AS WORK THAT REALLY FITS WITHIN THE DIMENSIONS OF THE PARAMETERS OF THE PATHS THAT ARE ALREADY CONSTRUCTED.
BASED UPON YOUR ACCEPTING THESE RECOMMENDATIONS, THEN WE'LL BEGIN TO REACH BACK OUT TO THE ARTISTS AND SCHEDULE THE TIME FOR INSTALLATION.
THIS PARTICULAR ARTIST, JACK, HAS CONFIRMED, AND THAT WAS THE OTHER THING, ONCE THE PUBLIC ART COMMITTEE HAS SHORTLISTED FOR RECOMMENDING TO YOU, THEN WE CONTACT THE ARTISTS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEIR WORK IS STILL AVAILABLE AND EVERYONE THAT YOU'RE SEEING HERE TODAY IS AVAILABLE FOR BEING INSTALLED.
THIS PARTICULAR ARTIST LIM, I'LL JUST USE THE LAST NAME.
AGAIN, FITS WITHIN THE DIMENSIONS, THE ARTWORK IS NOT FOR SALE, 50,000 IT'S THEIR PRICE, I GUESS IN TERMS OF THEIR VALUE.
LEE BELL THIS PARTICULAR ARTISTS WORK HAS BEEN EXHIBITED WITH US BEFORE HERE AN INSPIRATION WAY AND WITH THE PURCHASE BUDGET THAT WAS AT THAT TIME THE CULTURE ARTISTS ALLOWED FOR THE ARTIST'S WORK WAS PURCHASED.
IT'S WORK IS IN PROCESS RIGHT NOW OF ACTUALLY HAVING A PAD DONE FOR THE SCULPTURE AND HAVING IT BEING INSTALLED NOT THIS PARTICULAR ONE, A DIFFERENT ONE THAT I THINK A COUPLE OF YEARS ITERATION BACK.
THIS PARTICULAR ARTIST HAD SUBMITTED BEFORE, AND THIS TIME AROUND WAS SELECTED AS BEING RECOMMENDED BY THE COMMITTEE TO PRESENT BEFORE YOU, AND THE WORK IS FOR SALE.
A LITTLE DIFFERENT, AGAIN, AS WE LOOK AT WHAT WAS SUBMITTED, KNOWING WHAT YOUR DESIRES ARE, THOSE WORKS THAT ARE LARGE IN SCALE THAT CAN MAKE AN IMPACT FOR PARTICULAR VEHICULAR TRAFFIC THIS PARTICULAR IS DIFFERENT WHIMSICAL AND HAS A LITTLE TOUCH OF COLOR AS WELL.
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THIS IS ARTIST HAS A, HOW CAN I SAY THIS? HE DOES HEARTS, YOU MAY HAVE SEEN THESE, ONE OF HIS WORKS I THINK, WHICH WAS PURCHASED BY THE CITY OF CARL SPRINGS, THE RED HEART, MR. COON HAS EXHIBITED WITH US BEFORE.MR. JUBRAN HE HAS EXHIBITED WITH US BEFORE AND ONE OF HIS PIECES WAS ACTUALLY PURCHASED BY THE CITY, WHICH IS NOW IN THE COMMUNITY IN THE LAGOS DE CAMPO.
I'M OPEN FOR ANY QUESTIONS EITHER OF YOU MAY HAVE.
SO AGAIN, HERE FOR YOUR RECOMMENDING FROM THE PUBLIC ART COMMITTEE YOU'RE APPROVING TO HAVE THESE EIGHT WORKS OF ART INSTALLED.
>> SO WE HAVE 15 PADS, EIGHT PIECES.
>> AND THERE'S CURRENTLY FOUR THAT WILL BE PART OF THAT ARE ALREADY UP.
>> SO THE FOUR THAT WE RECENTLY SELECTED.
>> SHARE WITH US WHICH ONES ARE THOSE FOUR THAT ARE STAYING THROUGHOUT THIS SEASON HERE WITH THESE EIGHT.
>> THESE EIGHT WILL BE ADDED TO THE FOUR THAT YOU HAD APPROVED PREVIOUSLY.
>> I DON'T REMEMBER AT THIS TIME WHICH ONES THEY ARE.
THERE WERE SOME OF THEM, THEY ALL LOOK SIMILAR, IF I'M ON THE RIGHT PAGE OF THE LAST TIME WE WERE HERE SO THAT MEANS IT KIND GOES AWAY WHERE'S ELLIE GOING? THE ELEPHANT. WHERE'S THE ELEPHANT GOING? UNLESS ANYBODY DOESN'T WANT ANY ONE OF THESE THEN SOME OF THE ONES THAT ARE THERE STAY OR WILL WE HAVE TO PURCHASE OTHERS? WE'VE PURCHASED THE ELEPHANT, DIDN'T WE PURCHASE THE ELEPHANT? WE WERE SUPPOSED TO PURCHASE THE ELEPHANT AT THE LAST TIME.
>> THE PURCHASE OF THE WORK IS REALLY NOT SOMETHING THAT IS A GIVEN ALTHOUGH THERE'S A $60,000 PURCHASE BUDGET BASED UPON AVAILABILITY OF SPACE TO PLACE THE WORK.
AGAIN, UPON YOUR DESIRING TO HAVE IT PURCHASED.
>> FORGIVE ME. I FEEL THIS CONVERSATION JUST FEELS A LITTLE DISJOINTED.
SO THE ELEPHANT IS WELL, I DON'T KNOW.
WE DON'T HAVE A WHOLE OVERVIEW OF THE CONVERSATION.
GIVE ME ONE SECOND, SUPPOSE I'M BEING ADVISED THAT THERE MIGHT BE SOME ONLINE DIFFICULTIES TO HEARING THIS.
IS EVERYTHING OKAY? DOUBLE-CHECK IF YOU WOULD PLEASE, UNLESS WE'RE NOT TALKING LOUD ENOUGH, WHICH IS ALWAYS SHOCKING.
SO THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE, THESE PIECES ROTATE EVERY YEAR.
WE WERE TRYING TO MAKE THEM ROTATE EVERY YEAR, DECIDING IN SEPTEMBER.
ROTATING INSTALLED HOPEFULLY BY THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, SO WE GET A FULL YEAR OF HAVING 12 PIECES AT A TIME.
RIGHT NOW, WE'RE BEING ASKED IF WE WILL APPROVE THESE EIGHT PIECES YET WE DON'T KNOW WHICH ONES ARE GOING AWAY.
WE HAVEN'T BEEN ASKED IF WE WANT TO HAVE ANY OF THE ONES THAT ARE THERE STAY WITH US.
WE HAVE NOT BEEN TOLD WHERE ONE MIGHT BE MOVING TO.
I JUST FEEL WE DON'T HAVE THE WHOLE COMPLETE PICTURE OF WHAT WE WILL BE LOOKING AT DOWN INSPIRATION WAY.
IS THERE ANY WAY TO QUICKLY PULL UP? GUESS NOT.
THE FOUR THAT WE RECENTLY SAID THAT WE WANTED TO HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT IT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE OR ARE WE JUST IN A POSITION OF, THIS IS IT WE'RE SHARING WITH YOU? UNLESS YOU REALLY DON'T LIKE IT, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO.
>> IF WHAT I'M HEARING YOU SAY IF YOU'D LIKE TO SEE THE PREVIOUS FOUR IN ADDITION TO THE EIGHT THAT WE'RE PRESENTING.
>> WELL, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN COMPLETE, IN MY OPINION,
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TO HAVE, HERE ARE THE EIGHT THAT WE WANT TO INCLUDE AND THESE ARE THE FOUR THAT ARE REMAINING.HOW MANY OF THEM THAT WE HAVE UP NOW? IS IT TOTAL? ARE WE UP TO 12? SO THESE EIGHT ARE GOING AWAY.
OF THESE EIGHT THAT ARE GOING AWAY, DO YOU HAVE ANY DESIRE TO ASK THEM TO STAY FOR ANOTHER YEAR OR NOT, AND THEN MAYBE NOT HAVE ONE OF THESE THAT ARE BEING OFFERED TO US THIS YEAR?
THE PUBLIC ART COMMITTEE DOES NOT RECOMMEND PURCHASING.
I MEAN, THE CITY COMMISSION HAS ONE STAGE EXHIBIT OR SHOW INTEREST IN A PARTICULAR ART PIECE.
YOU CAN ASK THE PUBLIC ART COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE, TO LOOK INTO PURCHASING THAT PIECE.
>> BUT THIS WOULD BE THE AVENUE THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO ASK YOU IF THERE'S INTEREST TO PURCHASE ANY OF THE PIECES.
WE'RE NOT BEING GIVEN THAT OPPORTUNITY AT THIS MEETING TO DO SO.
AND I HAVE NO IDEA IF MY COLLEAGUES WANT TO PURCHASE ANY OF THEM OR NOT.
I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S CONSENSUS FOR ANY OF THEM OR NOT.
I'M JUST THROWING IT OUT THERE THAT THERE'S SOME STUFF OUT THERE IN THE PROCESS THAT I'VE BECOME USED TO.
KNOWING THAT WE'VE HAD SOME ISSUES WITH GETTING OUR ARTIST AND WE DON'T WANT TO DELAY THIS, AND I'M NOT ASKING TO DELAY THIS, BUT I HAVE ONE SEPARATE QUESTION ABOUT SOME MORE PIECES AFTER THIS.
BUT ARE YOU JUST SHARING WITH US, THIS IS IT, ARE WE SAYING YES, WE LIKE THESE EIGHT PIECES? NO, WE DON'T LIKE THESE EIGHT PIECES.
WHAT IS YOUR ASK FOR US TODAY?
>> THESE EIGHT PIECES WERE SELECTED BY THE PUBLIC ART COMMITTEE.
I SIT ON THESE MEETINGS AND THESE WERE THE FINALS THEY SELECTED FOR.
I RECOMMENDED FOR YOU TO APPROVE HAVING THEM.
THE PREVIOUS FOUR PIECES THAT ARE THERE, AND THAT'S WHY THEY GO TO EIGHT RATHER THAN MORE [OVERLAPPING] AND THEY HAD MANY MORE, BUT SOME OF THEM WERE NOT TREATED TO A SIGNIFICANT EXTENT WHERE THEY WOULD BE RECOMMENDED.
>> SO THE FOUR THAT ARE UP THERE ARE GOING TO STAY ALONG THE SAME LINE OF TIME FRAME.
SO IF WE'RE DOING, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE DATE IS, BUT IF WE'RE DOING 2024, JANUARY TO DECEMBER, ALL 12 OF THEM WILL BE TO DECEMBER.
AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE BACK HERE IN SEPTEMBER PICKING ANOTHER FOUR?
>> NO, THOSE FOUR WILL GO ALL THE WAY.
>> ALL THESE EIGHT PLUS THE FOUR THAT ARE THERE, THEY WILL GO AWAY AT THE END OF THE 12 MONTHS.
SO WE WILL COME BEFORE YOU IN PLENTY OF TIME FOR YOU TO SELECT THE NEXT 12 IF YOU WILL.
THAT WILL THEN REPLACE THE 12 THAT WILL BE ON DISPLAY FOR THE YEAR.
>> I WANT TO CONFIRM THAT IT'S REALLY JUST SAY 16 MONTHS FOR THE FOUR BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN UP FOR FOUR MONTHS.
THE FOUR THAT WERE SELECTED OR THEY'RE NOT UP. AREN'T THEY UP?
I WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE ALL LEAVING TOGETHER.
>> THE FOUR THAT ARE ALREADY THERE ARE STAYING FOR THE SAME CYCLE AS THESE EIGHT.
>> THAT'S WHAT I JUST WANT. I WANT TO KNOW THAT THERE'S NO INTERMITTENT CYCLE AGAIN THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO SAY THE FOUR WERE BACK HERE AND WERE OFF ROTATION.
>> NO, THE FOUR ARE STAYING FOR THE SAME CYCLE.
>> AND THEY'RE UP. SO COMMISSIONER BOLTON, ANY OBJECTIONS TO ANY, ARE YOU FINE WITH ALL OF THEM, ANY COMMENT? I'LL JUST ASSUME YOU'RE IN CONSENSUS IF YOU DON'T.
ARE YOU FINE WITH THE FOUR OF THEM, OR ANY OF THEM YOU CAN'T STAND?
>> JUST FOR THE RECORD, HOW MANY ARE WE CHOOSING, OR ARE WE CHOOSING ALL EIGHT?
>> THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO FIND.
THEY'RE ASKING US TO ACCEPT ALL EIGHT AND SO I NEED TO KNOW IF YOU ARE FINE WITH ALL EIGHT OR IF THERE'S ANYTHING ON HERE YOU ARE NOT FINE WITH.
>> I'M FINE WITH ALL EIGHT. THERE'S NOTHING OFFENSIVE TO ME.
>> THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER DAN?
>> YES, I'M FINE WITH ALL EIGHT AND I'M GLAD TO SEE A CHANGE FROM WHAT WE'VE SEEN IN THE PAST.
>> THERE YOU GO. I'M FINE WITH IT.
COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS HAS A QUESTION OR COMMENT.
>> JUST TO CLARIFY, WE WERE NOT GOING TO HAVE EMPTY PATHS LIKE WE HAD LAST TIME, RIGHT? WE'RE GOING TO DO A NICE TRANSITION PERIOD.
>> AND THAT IS, AGAIN, I THANK GEORGE IN THE PERMITTING DEPARTMENT FOR HELPING MAKE THE STREAMLINE EVEN BETTER.
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THERE'S NO NEED NOW FOR SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WERE IMPLEMENTED PRIOR TO HIS COMING INTO THE POSITION ON BOARD.SO NO, AND WE MADE AN EFFORT TO BRING BEFORE YOU WELL AHEAD OF TIME THESE RECOMMENDATIONS BECAUSE NOW THE PROCESS, IT IS SO MUCH MORE SMOOTHLY.
I WILL SAY THIS, PLEASE UNDERSTAND THE HEART IN WHICH THIS IS BEING EXPRESSED.
WE UNDERSTAND ART IS VERY SUBJECTIVE.
YOUR MEMBERS THAT YOU'VE APPOINTED ON THE COMMITTEE HAVE WORKED HARD TO COME WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS TO YOU.
AND THESE RECOMMENDATIONS COMING TO YOU, AND YOU'VE SELECTED THEM TO SIT ON THE COMMITTEE BASED UPON YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF THEIR KNOWLEDGE OF ARTS AND THE AESTHETICS.
THEY'RE COMING TO YOU WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND MAYBE NOT LIKING TO YOU THEN WE'LL HAVE TO PULL A PIECE OF ARTWORK OUT OF THE SELECTION, WHICH THEN COULD CAUSE A PATH TO BE OPEN FOR SOME TIME.
GOING BACK TO, IF YOU WILL, THE NEXT ARTISTS THAT WERE SHORT-LISTED, THEIR WORK MAY OR MAY NOT BE AVAILABLE.
SO THAT CAUSES US, THE CONSULTANTS TO RUN INTO AN ARTIST WHOSE WORK WAS AVAILABLE IF THEY WERE SELECTED.
BUT NOW SINCE THEY WEREN'T SELECTED, THEY HAVE OTHER WAYS THAT THEY SUBMIT THEIR WORK AND THEN WE MAY HAVE THAT CHALLENGE AGAIN OF VACANT PATHS.
SO WHAT WE'RE PRESENTING TO YOU, WE'RE PRESENTING TO YOU ARTISTS THAT WE HAVE ALREADY CONTACTED AND ONCE WE GET YOUR APPROVAL, THEN THEIR WORK IS AVAILABLE AND THEY WILL RESERVE THAT FOR US TO BE INSTALLED.
>> SO THEN THERE WON'T BE ANY VACANT PATHS.
>> AND WHILE WE'RE AT THIS ON THIS SUBJECT AS CITY MANAGER CAN WE FIX THE TREE AREA WITH THE HOTEL AS YOU GET OFF THE SAWGRASS FOR THAT BIG ROUND GLOBE THING? YOU CAN'T SEE IT WHEN YOU GET OFF THE SAWGRASS LIKE NOBODY CAN SEE IT AT THIS POINT.
>> YES, WE CAN DEFINITELY LOOK INTO IT TO SEE IF WE CAN DO SOMETHING WITH THOSE TREES.
SOME WE CANNOT TOUCH PROBABLY BUT LET ME SEE WHAT WE CAN DO.
>> IF I MAY, I THINK PART OF THE ISSUE IS WE'VE ASKED THAT DEVELOPMENT TO INSTALL TREES.
THEY NEED TO GROW TO MATURITY.
AS THEY'RE GROWING THROUGH MATURITY, THERE'S A TEMPORARY BLOCKAGE OF OUR STRUCTURE OR OUR SCULPTURE UNTIL IT GROWS UP A LITTLE BIT PAST.
SO THERE'S A TREE LINE THAT YOU'LL SEE IT UNDERNEATH EVENTUALLY.
I THINK THAT'S BEEN PART OF THE PROBLEM FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND AND I'VE GOT SOME SHAKING HEADS, YES THAT I'M NOT SAYING ANYTHING WRONG. I'M ON IT.
I THINK WE NEED TO JUST GIVE A LITTLE GROWTH TIME AND THEN IT'LL ALL WORK OUT.
ANYTHING FURTHER FOR US THAT YOU'D LIKE TO BRING UP? NO?
>> WE'D LIKE YOUR RECOMMENDATION.
THE COMMISSION HAS GIVEN YOU A FIVE, ALL CONSENSUS ON THESE SCULPTURES.
APPRECIATE ALL YOUR HARD WORK. GO FOR IT.
>> GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. APPRECIATED.
>> THANK YOU. I'LL RESERVE THE ONE QUESTION I HAVE FOR YOU TILL LATER. SO THAT WILL BE GOOD.
>> THANK YOU. MOVING RIGHT ALONG.
WE ARE AT 1B, RON BOOK LOBBYING SERVICES AGREEMENT,
[1.b Ronald Book Lobbying Services Agreement: State Lobbyist]
OUR STATE LOBBYISTS.THIS WILL BE PRESENTED BY NEYSA HERRERA, CHIEF OF STAFF TO THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE.
>> GOOD MORNING, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS NEYSA HERRERA CHIEF OF STAFF.
THE ITEM THAT IS FOR DISCUSSION TODAY IS THE RENEWAL OF THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF TAMARAC AND RONALD BOOK FOR LOBBYING SERVICES.
THIS IS OUR CURRENT STATE LOBBYIST.
IN 2002, THE CITY ENTERED INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH RONALD BOOK FOR LOBBYING SERVICES AT THE STATE LEVEL, AND THE AGREEMENT HAS BEEN AMENDED ANNUALLY EVER SINCE TO EXTEND FOR NEXT THREE YEAR PERIOD.
TODAY, WE'RE LOOKING AT AMENDMENT NUMBER 21ST TO EXTEND THE AGREEMENT ONE YEAR FROM JANUARY 26 THIS YEAR THROUGH JANUARY 25TH NEXT YEAR IN THE AMOUNT OF $59,000 OF $9,400 WHICH
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IS CONSISTENT WITH THE AMOUNT THAT WE WERE PAYING THE CURRENT CONTRACT.THE SCOPE OF WORK UNDER THIS AGREEMENT IS TO ALLOW MR. BOOK AND HIS STAFF TO COMMUNICATE AND CONTRACT WITH AGENCIES AND OFFICERS AT THE STATE LEVEL TO ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE STATE LEGISLATORS, LOCAL AGENCIES, AND ELECTED OFFICIALS TO OBTAIN INFORMATION THAT IS RELATED TO LEGISLATION THAT MAY IMPACT TAMARAC IN ANY WAY.
TO MONITOR STATE LEGISLATION AS WE SAW DURING THE PROCESS OF ADOPTION OF THE CITY'S LEGISLATIVE AGENDA.
THIS AGREEMENT ALSO ALLOWS MR. BOOK TO ACT AS AN OFFICIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE CITY WITH MEMBERS OF THE STATE LEGISLATURE.
THIS AGREEMENT ALSO ALLOWS HIM TO ARRANGE MEETINGS BETWEEN CITY STAFF, CITY ELECTED OFFICIALS, AND STATE OFFICERS AND LEGISLATORS, ASSIST THE CITY OF TAMARAC IN IDENTIFYING FUNDING DURING THE PROCESS OF SUBMITTING APPROPRIATION REQUEST AND MONITORING GRANT APPLICATIONS THAT CITY STAFF SUBMITS.
ALSO ALLOWS THEM TO ASSIST THE CITY OF TAMARAC IN OBTAINING STATE PERMITS SHOULD THAT OPPORTUNITY EVER OR SHOULD THAT EVENT EVER ARISES.
THESE ARE SOME OF THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT RONALD BOOK HAS BEEN ABLE TO PROVIDE.
LAST YEAR, THE CITY WAS ABLE TO RECEIVE FULL FUNDING FOR THE TWO APPROPRIATION REQUESTS THAT WERE SUBMITTED.
ONE WAS THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT FOR WHICH WE SUBMITTED A REQUEST OF $600,000 WITH A CITY MATCH OF 98% WE WERE FULLY FUNDED, THERE WERE NO VETOED THIS YEAR, WHICH WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL AND WE WERE VERY SUCCESSFUL ON.
ADDITIONALLY, WE RECEIVED FUNDING FOR THE ONGOING TAMARAC STORMWATER CULVERT HEADWALLS IMPROVEMENT PROJECT PHASE 7.
THIS IS A PROJECT THAT HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN RECEIVING FUNDING ANNUALLY.
THE CITY ALSO SUBMITTED AN APPLICATION FOR CAPARELLA PARK AND THE AQUATIC CENTER UNDER THE FLORIDA REDEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM THAT USUALLY PROVIDES FUNDING FOR PARTS.
WE WERE SUCCESSFUL IN GETTING THAT FUNDING THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS.
THIS YEAR WE HAVE SUBMITTED THREE APPROPRIATION REQUESTS.
ONE IS TO CONTINUE TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE STORM WATER SYSTEM AND THE AMOUNT THAT YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN FOR $151,081 TO MOVE FORWARD THE NORTHWEST 94TH AVENUE CROSSINGS SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS.
AS YOU MAY KNOW, THIS IS A PROJECT THAT WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO REQUEST FUNDING THROUGH, SO TAX, BUT WE HAVE NOT BEEN SUCCESSFUL DUE TO THE CUMBERSOME ASSOCIATED WITH THAT PROGRAM AND SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT HAVE TO BE ADDRESSED WITH THE CURRENT PROGRAM GUIDELINES.
NOW WE'RE TRYING TO GET FUNDING THROUGH THESE OTHER SOURCE INVOLVING THE STATE.
THE THIRD APPROPRIATION THAT WE SUBMITTED REQUEST FOR IS THE SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS TO TAMARAC PARK.
THAT INCLUDES IMPROVED LIGHTING, FENCING, INCLUDING MEASURES AND OTHER SECURITY MEASURES FOR THAT FACILITY.
WITH THAT, I CONCLUDE MY PRESENTATION.
I'M OPEN TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
THIS ITEM IS ALSO GOING TO BE PART OF THE REGULAR COMMISSION MEETING.
>> SEEING THAT THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS BY THE COMMISSION, I'LL JUST MAKE A STATEMENT THAT I KNOW THAT WHEN I'VE HAD THE NEED TO TALK TO OUR LOBBYISTS AND SEEK THE ASSISTANCE FOR OUR CITY, THEY'VE BEEN ACTIVE AND THEY'VE BEEN VERY OPEN TO IDEAS AND THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DO FOR OUR CITY AND BEEN PROACTIVE AND HOPEFULLY THEY'VE BEEN GOOD FOR OUR CITY TO WORK WITH.
WE'LL SEE THIS ITEM ON WEDNESDAY'S AGENDA. THANK YOU.
>> NEXT WILL BE 1.C DISCUSSION REGARDING THE FERGUSON GROUP LOBBYING SERVICES AGREEMENT.
[1.c Discussion regarding The Ferguson Group Lobbying Services Agreement: Federal Lobbyist]
OUR FEDERAL LOBBYISTS PRESENTED BY NEYSA HERRERA CHIEF OF STAFF OF THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE.[00:25:03]
>> THANK YOU, MAYOR. NEYSA HERRERA CHIEF OF STAFF.
THE ITEM FOR DISCUSSION ALSO ON THIS AGENDA IS THE AMENDMENT NUMBER 15 TO THE AGREEMENT THAT THE CITY HAS BETWEEN OR WITH, FERGUSON GROUP FOR FEDERAL LOBBYING SERVICES.
THE CITY ENTERED INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH THE FERGUSON GROUP IN 2008 FOR LOBBYING SERVICES AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL.
THIS YEAR THE AGREEMENT IS BEING EXTENDED.
SHOULD THE COMMISSION DECIDE TO APPROVE THE AMENDMENT NUMBER 15, THE AGREEMENT WOULD BE EXTENDED FOR ONE YEAR PERIOD EFFECTIVE FEBRUARY 13, 2024, AND THE AMOUNT OF $85,500 WHICH IS CONSISTENT WITH THE CURRENT AGREEMENT THAT WE HAVE WITH THEM.
THE SCOPE OF WORK IS SIMILAR TO THE ONE WITH OUR STATE LOBBIES.
THIS ONE IS MORE SO AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL.
THEY WORK WITH US, THEY WORK WITH STAFF AND OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS IN IDENTIFYING FUNDING SOURCES THAT COULD BENEFIT SOME OF THE CITY PRIORITIES.
THEY HELP US CREATE THE LEGISLATIVE AGENDA AS WE SAW IN PRIOR MEETINGS AND PROVIDE AND ADVANCE THE LEGISLATIVE AGENDA WITH OUR FEDERAL REPRESENTATIVES.
THEY ALSO ESTABLISH LIAISONS AND MAINTAIN RELATIONSHIPS WITH OUR REPRESENTATIVES AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL.
THEY PROVIDE INFORMATION AND MONITOR LEGISLATION THAT MAY IMPACT THE CITY OF TAMARAC AND ANY OF THE ENTITLEMENTS THAT WE RECEIVE ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.
THEY ACT AS REPRESENTATIVES OF THE CITY AT THE STATE LEVEL AND ARRANGE MEETINGS WITH FEDERAL ELECTED OFFICIALS AND OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS TO DISCUSS ANY ISSUES PERTAINING TO THE CITY.
THEY ALSO LOOK FOR BILLS THAT OUR REPRESENTATIVES MAY BE SPONSORING AND HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH CITY STAFF TO SEE HOW WE CAN PARTICIPATE IN ADVANCING OR REJECTING FORMALLY THIS TYPE OF LEGISLATIONS.
ALL THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT WE'RE ABLE TO HIGHLIGHT FROM LAST YEAR IS THE $305,000 THAT WE RECEIVED FOR THE FIRST-TIME HOME BUYERS PROGRAM.
AS YOU MAY KNOW, THIS ITEM OR THIS REQUEST WAS SPONSORED BY OUR CONGRESSWOMAN, CHERFILUS-MCCORMICK, WHO LAST WEEK PARTICIPATED IN RECOGNITION TO THE FIRST RESIDENT IN TAMARAC THAT WAS ABLE TO BENEFIT FROM THOSE FUNDS.
WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL FOR MAKING THAT CONNECTION, ESTABLISHING THAT RELATIONSHIP WITH THE CONGRESSWOMAN.
WE ALSO RECEIVED THE GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF $516,485 UNDER THE US FOREST SERVICE URBAN FORESTRY GRANT.
WE ALSO WORK WITH THE FERGUSON GROUP IN UNDERSTANDING THE CRITERIA FOR THE ENTITLEMENT FUNDS THAT WE RECEIVED UNDER THE EECBG PROGRAM, WHICH IS AN ENERGY EFFICIENT PROGRAM.
WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THEM ON IDENTIFYING OR PROMOTING THE CONTINUOUS FUNDING OF THIS PROGRAM IN THIS FUTURE.
AS PART OF YOUR BACKUP INFORMATION, THE FERGUSON GROUP PROVIDED A MEMO HIGHLIGHTING ADDITIONAL IMPROVEMENTS AND SOME OF THE WORK THAT THEY HAVE BEEN DOING IN ENSURING THAT WE CONTINUE TO RECEIVE CDBG FUNDS, WHICH HELP US CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THE HOUSING PROGRAMS THAT THE CITY HAS.
WITH THAT, I CONCLUDE MY PRESENTATION AND I'M OPEN TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
>> I'M NOT SEEING ANY QUESTIONS, BUT VALEN HER TEAM AND FERGUSON GROUP AS WELL.
JUST LIKE OUR STATE LOBBYISTS OR OUR FEDERAL LOBBYSTS HAVE BEEN VERY OPEN AND ACCESSIBLE TO HEAR US AND TO WORK WITH US.
AND IT'S BEEN GOOD AND BOTH ORGANIZATIONS HAVE GIVEN US INFORMATION TO KEEP US AS A COMMISSION, UP TO DATE, SO WE KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON, BOTH IN THE STATE AND IN THE FEDERAL LEGISLATURE.
WHEN I WENT THROUGH LAW SCHOOL, ONE OF MY PROFESSORS SAID, NOTHING IS SAFE WHEN THE LEGISLATURE IS IN SESSION.
IT ALWAYS KEEPS US ON OUR TOES AND KEEPS US LEARNING MORE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
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>> NOW WE ARE MOVING RIGHT ALONG TO 1D: TO-2547.
[1.d 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.]
THIS IS AN ORDINANCE ON THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC, FLORIDA AMENDING CHAPTER 10, ARTICLE IV OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC'S LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE, ENTITLED DEVELOPMENT AND DESIGN STANDARDS.BY AMENDING SPECIFIC DEVELOPMENT AND DESIGN STANDARDS FOR ROADWAYS, SIDEWALKS, BICYCLE PATHS, DRAINAGE, PARKING, WASTEWATER, STORMWATER, 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 STATE ROAD 869, SAWGRASS EXPRESSWAY AND CLARIFY THE PERMITTED LOCATIONS FOR THE INSTALLATION OF BILLBOARD SIGNS AND THEIR DISTANCE SEPARATION FOR 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, PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BEING PRESENTED BY MAXINE CALLOWAY, OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR AND I ALSO SEE JOHN DOHERTY, OUR PUBLIC SERVICES DIRECTOR.
>> GOOD MORNING AGAIN. THANK YOU, MAYOR, FOR READING THAT VERY THOROUGH TITLE.
THIS ITEM WAS ON YOUR ONLY AGENDA IN DECEMBER, AND AS YOU RECALL, YOU ASKED THAT THE ITEM BE TABLED OR CONTINUED TO ALLOW FOR A WORKSHOP WHERE WE CAN HAVE FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THESE MAJOR CHANGES HAPPENING IN CHAPTER 10, SPECIFICALLY ARTICLE IV.
I'VE ASKED JOHN TO JOIN ME BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME TECHNICAL CHANGES THAT ARE SPECIFIC TO WHAT HIS OFFICE ADMINISTERED, AND SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THOSE, I'D LIKE HIM TO BE ABLE TO ASSIST ME IN RESPONDING.
ONCE AGAIN, THIS ITEM IS 6A ON WEDNESDAY'S AGENDA.
IT IS A CHANGE TO CHAPTER 10, WHICH IS THE CITY'S LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE.
SPECIFICALLY, WE'RE TACKLING ARTICLE IV.
ALL THESE CHANGES ARE IN ARTICLE IV AND WE'RE DOING THAT BECAUSE NORMALLY WHEN YOU ADOPT A NEW CODE, AS WE DID IN 2018, THEN SOMETIMES IT TAKES A WHILE FOR US TO SEE WHETHER OR NOT THERE ARE ANY CONFLICTS, ANY DISCREPANCIES.
AND OVER TIME THEN YOU'LL SEE US BRING IN CHANGES JUST TO MAKE SURE IT IS CONSISTENT WITH INDUSTRY STANDARD AND IT'S ADDRESSING ANY DISCREPANCIES THAT WE MIGHT HAVE FOUND WHILE THE CODE IS BEING ADMINISTERED.
AND ESSENTIALLY, THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING TODAY.
THESE ARE THE SPECIFIC ITEMS THAT WILL BE ADDRESSED AS A PART OF THE CHANGES THAT WE'LL TALK ABOUT.
I'LL WALK YOU THROUGH ALL THE RED LINE CHANGES IN ARTICLE IV AND TOUCH ON THE REASON AS TO WHY THOSE CHANGES ARE BEING MADE.
ROADS AND SIDEWALKS CALLED AS THAT.
BUT MUCH OF THE TRANSPORTATION ISSUES THAT HAPPENS IN RESIDENTIAL AND MIXED USE AS WELL AS SOME OTHER JUST CLEANUP THAT WE NEED TO DO.
AND FOR PUBLIC SERVICES, MOST OF THIS IS BEING DONE TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THEIR ENGINEERING MANUAL.
SO THE FIRST CHANGE WE SEE IN RED LINE IS IN SECTION 10-4.2, WHICH IS OUR TRANSPORTATION AND CONNECTIVITY.
WE'RE MAKING A LOT OF CHANGES IN THIS SECTION.
THE FIRST ONE REALLY IS TO REFERENCE THE TRAFFIC CALMING POLICY.
AS YOU MIGHT RECALL, FALL OF LAST YEAR, YOU ADOPTED CHANGES TO THE POLICY, AND IN THOSE CHANGES YOU ALSO CREATED A VARIANCE PROCESS FOR PEOPLE WHO DID NOT MEET THE REQUIREMENTS IN THE TRAFFIC CALMING POLICY.
SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CODE REFERENCES THE TRAFFIC CALMING POLICIES ON ISSUES THAT ARE RELATED TO TRAFFIC COMMON DEVICES, SO IT REFERENCES THE POLICY IN THIS CHANGE.
THE SECOND CHANGE IS ALSO UNDER SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL, IT IS IN OUR TRANSPORTATION AND CONNECTIVITY SECTION.
WE WANT TO QUALIFY THE REQUIREMENT AND PROVIDE FOR SOME LATITUDE FOR THE ENGINEER AND THE DEVELOPER AS IT RELATES TO CUL-DE-SAC.
AS IT IS NOW, THE CUL-DE-SAC LANGUAGE SAYS IT SHALL NOT EXCEED 600 FEET IN LENGTH.
BUT IN THE EVENT THAT YOU HAVE A DEVELOPMENT THAT EXCEEDS THAT, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THE DEVELOPER HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE THAT DETAILED INFORMATION AND THE ENGINEER HAS THE LATITUDE TO LOOK AT IT AND SEE WHETHER OR NOT THAT WILL WORK.
IT ALSO PROVIDES FOR A REQUIREMENT NOW FOR THE PAVED AREA FOR THE TURNAROUND, AND SO WE'RE PROPOSING OR WHAT'S BEING PUT IN IS CONSISTENT WITH THE ENGINEERING MANUAL AND IT'S A MINIMUM OF 80 FEET IN DIAMETER.
AND THAT'S FOR THE CIRCULAR TURNAROUND.
STILL KEEPING UNDER TRANSPORTATION AND CONNECTIVITY.
THIS HAS TO DO WITH MIXED-USE AND NON-RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES AS IT RELATES TO THOSE PROPERTIES THAT HAVE GUARDHOUSE.
THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE INCLUDED THE REQUIREMENT FOR
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A TAMARAC FIRE RESCUE APPROVED LOCKING DEVICE IN THE EVENT THAT THERE IS GOING TO BE GATES THAT ARE LOCKED.AND A SECOND PROVISION FOR THE TAMARAC FIRE RESCUE APPROVED KEY OVERRIDE, AND THAT IS JUST TO ASSURE ACCESSIBILITY OF THE FIRE APPARATUS OR THE FIRE VEHICLES FOR MIXED-USE AND NON-RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES.
SECTION 3 ON THE PEDESTRIAN CIRCULATION, ALSO ON THE TRANSPORTATION AND CONNECTIVITY.
WE'RE REMOVING SUBSECTION 2 AND REFERENCING THAT SIDEWALK SHALL BE CONSTRUCTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CURRENT CITY OF TAMARAC ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION STANDARDS.
WHAT IS BEING REMOVED IS AN OUT FOR NO SIDEWALK WHERE IT SAYS THIS REQUIREMENT SHALL NOT APPLY TO LOCAL STREETS IN STEEP SLOPE AREAS.
THAT IS NO LONGER APPLICABLE BECAUSE SIDEWALK IS REALLY REQUIRED FOR ALL NEW DEVELOPMENTS.
AND THEN THERE'S JUST A GENERAL REFERENCE TO THE ENGINEERING MANUAL FOR ALL SIDEWALKS CONSTRUCTION.
THIS TABLE IS ALSO UNDER OUR TRANSPORTATION AND CONNECTIVITY SECTION, OFF-STREET PARKING AND LOADING.
THAT'S A CHART THAT WE USE AS A PART OF THE DRC PROCESS AND WHEN WE REVIEW NEW DEVELOPMENT THAT COMES IN.
AND SPECIFICALLY, THERE ARE CHANGES THAT ARE BEING MADE FOR THE AISLE WIDTH, DEPENDING ON THE PARKING ANGLE, THE DEGREE.
YOUR PARKING STALLS ARE ALL BASED ON WHATEVER ANGLE AND WE HAVE 45 DEGREE ANGLE, 60 DEGREE ANGLE, 90 DEGREE ANGLE.
IF YOU FOLLOW THE COLUMN ACROSS, YOU'LL SEE THAT CHANGES ARE BEING PROPOSED.
IF THE PARKING STALL IS AT A 45 DEGREE ANGLE AS OPPOSED TO 14 FEET, THE AISLE WIDTH WOULD NEED TO BE 15 FEET.
IF IT'S A 60 DEGREE ANGLE, THEN THE AISLE WIDTH WOULD NEED TO BE 20 FEET.
AND IF IT'S A 90 DEGREE ANGLE, THEN THERE ARE SOME CHANGES THAT ARE BEING MADE TO THE DOUBLE ROW PARKING AISLE IF THERE'S AN AISLE AND IF IT'S FROM CURB TO CURB.
AND YOU'LL SEE THOSE CHANGES IN RED.
THOSE CHANGES ARE CONSISTENT WITH INDUSTRY STANDARD AND ARE CURRENTLY WHAT IS BEING REQUIRED OF DEVELOPERS THAT GO THROUGH THE DRC PROCESS.
SO THIS CHANGE IS JUST TO MAKE SURE IT'S CONSISTENT WITH WHAT WE'RE ALREADY ASKING DEVELOPERS TO DO.
WHAT'S IN THE ENGINEERING MANUAL AND WHAT'S INDUSTRY STANDARD.
STILL IN ARTICLE 4, BUT NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT LANDSCAPE AND TREE PRESERVATION.
THIS IS JUST ONE SENTENCE THAT WE'RE INTRODUCING ON THE IRRIGATION SYSTEM JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT IT IS CLEAR THAT ALL NEW DEVELOPMENT SHALL USE NON POTABLE WATER.
WE WANT YOU TO IRRIGATE FROM THE CANAL, FROM A WELL, FROM NON POTABLE, AND IF YOU HAVE TO USE POTABLE WATER, THEN YOU NEED TO HAVE A WAIVER PROVIDED, A RELIEF FROM THE CITY ENGINEER.
THAT'S WHAT THIS SENTENCE DOES.
UNDER ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND INFRASTRUCTURE, FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT SECTION, WE'RE MAKING A MAJOR CHANGE.
THE CITY ENGINEER IS NOT YOUR FLOODPLAIN MANAGER, THAT IS YOUR BUILDING OFFICIAL.
THE CITY ENGINEER IS NOT GIVING OUT CERTIFICATES OF COMPLIANCE.
THE CITY ENGINEER DOES HAVE A VERY IMPORTANT ROLE, HOWEVER.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE STILL EVALUATING CERTAIN FLOODPLAIN REQUIREMENTS, BUT SPECIFICALLY ISSUING CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE, THAT'S DONE BY YOUR BUILDING OFFICIAL WHO IS THE CITY FLOODPLAIN MANAGER.
THIS PROVISION, WHICH IS YOUR DRAINAGE AND YOUR RETENTION SYSTEM, WE'RE MAKING THE BIGGEST CHANGE UNDER THIS.
THESE PROVISIONS ARE NO LONGER APPLICABLE.
IN FACT, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, IT'S NEVER REALLY BEEN USED.
STARTING WITH THE DRAINAGE, THERE'S A REQUIREMENT FOR A DEVELOPER TO DEVELOP THE PROPERTY AND TO PROPOSE POSITIVE OUTLET DRAINAGE SYSTEM.
THEN WITHIN THIS PROVISION, THERE IS A PROCESS, IF THE DEVELOPER CANNOT DO THAT, TO PROVIDE AN ALTERNATE SYSTEM WHICH COMES BEFORE THE CITY COMMISSION PRIOR TO A SITE PLAN APPROVAL, AND THEN THERE'S A BANK THAT THEY PAY INTO FOR THE CITY TO CONSTRUCT THIS POSITIVE OUTLET DRAINAGE SYSTEM.
WHEN I READ IT, I HAD TO CALL JOHN, BECAUSE SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE, WE'VE NEVER DONE THAT, AND YOU'RE DOING THIS.
YOU'RE NOT APPROVING ALTERNATE DRAINAGE SYSTEM, NOR HAVE WE BEEN COLLECTING FROM DEVELOPERS TO PUT INTO A POT FOR THE CITY TO CONSTRUCT THAT FOR THEM.
THROUGHOUT THIS PROVISION, YOU SEE THAT'S WHAT WE'RE STRIKING.
NO ONE HAS EVER COME BEFORE YOU.
THIS IS ALL A PART OF THE SITE PLAN PROCESS AND THAT IS HATCHED OUT.
YOU'RE IN DRC. WE'RE STRIKING THIS OUTDATED REQUIREMENT FOR THE PAYMENT OF THE 150% BOND, INCLUDING THE REQUIREMENT WHERE THE DEVELOPER IS ABLE TO DO AN ALTERNATE SYSTEM AND THAT PROCESS TO DO SO.
WE'RE STRIKING SUBSECTION 5 HERE WHERE IT HAS TO DO WITH THE DESIGN AND WATER LEVELS.
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THAT TOO IS OUTDATED.WE'RE REMOVING THAT AND WE'RE REMOVING THE REFERENCE WHICH THE CITY COMMISSION MAY DEEM NECESSARY, BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW, THESE DO NOT COME BEFORE YOU.
THE REQUIREMENTS IS CONSISTENT WITH THE CODE, DONE AS A PART OF THE DRC, AS A PART OF THE SITE PLAN PROCESS.
WHEN YOU DO SEE A SITE PLAN, YOU'RE ALREADY SEEING A PROJECT THAT DRAINAGE AND RETENTION IS ALREADY MET, OTHERWISE, THE PROJECT WOULD NOT HAVE GOTTEN TO YOU.
THIS ENTIRE SECTION HAS TO DO WITH THE RETENTION.
IT'S SIMILAR, WHERE IT PROVIDES FOR A PAYMENT BY THE DEVELOPER IF THEY'RE UNABLE TO USE OPEN CANALS AND LAKES.
THIS SECTION HAS NEVER BEEN USED, AT LEAST SINCE I HAVE BEEN HERE, AND JOHN TELLS ME EVEN BEFORE.
IT REQUIRES CITY COMMISSION APPROVAL FOR ADDITIONAL RETENTION IF THEY CANNOT USE AN OPEN CANAL OR LAKES.
IT HAS A HARDSHIP PROVISION WHERE A PAYMENT IS MADE INTO AN ACCOUNT AND THEN THE CITY WOULD PROVIDE THE RETENTION IF THEY'RE UNABLE TO DO SO.
WE DON'T USE THIS PROVISION AND SO THAT'S BEEN STRICKEN.
AGAIN, UNDER THE PORTABLE WATER, JUST REFERENCE AGAIN IN TERMS OF THE DESIGN OF THE PORTABLE WATER SYSTEM.
IT HAS TO BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CITY OF TAMARAC ENGINEERING AND DESIGN PROCESSING MANUAL, WHICH WAS A BACK UP AS A PART OF THE ITEM ON WEDNESDAY, WHICH IS A MANUAL THAT THE PUBLIC SERVICES DEPARTMENT CONSISTENTLY USE AS A PART OF THEIR DRC REVIEW.
LANGUAGE AGAIN, SUBSECTION F IS BEING ADDED TO REFERENCE THE CITY OF TAMARAC DESIGN AND PROCESSING MANUAL AGAIN, AND THIS IS AS IT RELATES TO DESIGN AND WASTEWATER SYSTEMS. THE ONLY CHANGE IN THE BILLBOARD ORDINANCE, AS YOU RECALL, WE RECENTLY ADOPTED THIS ORDINANCE AND WE DO HAVE A PENDING APPLICATION RELATED TO THIS ORDINANCE.
HOWEVER, INTERSTATE 75, WHEN IT GETS TO THE CITY OF TAMARAC, IT'S NOT REFERENCED TO INTERSTATE 75, IT IS SAWGRASS EXPRESSWAY, SO WE NEEDED TO MAKE THAT CHANGE AND THAT DISTINCTION IN THE ORDINANCE.
WHILE WE WERE AT IT, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE CORRECT THE SENTENCE THAT HAD TO DO WITH A TWO SIGN FACE BILLBOARD SIGN.
WE HAD USED THE REFERENCE AT LEAST WHERE WE SHOULD HAVE SAID MORE THAN, AND SO WE'RE TAKING THE OPPORTUNITY NOW TO MAKE THAT CHANGE, BECAUSE THIS IS A VERY CRITICAL, IMPORTANT DISTINCTION TO ME.
IN THE MONUMENT AND ENTRANCE WALL SIGN CRITERIA, THIS IS UNDER THE SIGN SECTION.
IT'S JUST A TYPO THAT WE'RE CHANGING, THE GROSS FLOOR AREA, WE HAD GT AND AN SIGN, IT WAS JUST AN ARROW.
WE'RE PUTTING IN THE CORRECT SIGN WHICH IS GREATER THAN.
THOSE REQUIREMENTS THAT YOU SEE WOULD BE APPLICABLE IF A SIGN IS GREATER THAN 65,000 SQUARE FEET IN AREA.
WE'RE JUST CHANGING THE AND WHAT LOOK LIKE AN ARROW AND PUT IT IN THE GREATER.
ON THE MINIMUM RIGHT OF WAY WIDTH, ONCE AGAIN THESE ARE THE WIDTHS THAT DEVELOPMENT ARE SUBJECT TO THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY USING.
BUT WE FELT IT WAS NECESSARY TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY WERE ALSO IN THE CODE.
SO WE'RE INCLUDING THE MINIMUM PAVEMENT WIDTH.
THAT ENTIRE SECTION IS NEW THAT'S BEING ADDED.
THE MINIMUM RIGHT OF WAY WIDTH IN FEET, THAT DID NOT NEED ANY CHANGE.
THAT IS ACCURATE. THESE ARE REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY USED AS A PART OF THE DRC PROCESS.
WE'RE MAKING A CORRECTION ON ALLEYWAYS FROM 20 FEET TO 24 FEET, WHICH IS THE MEASUREMENT FOR EXISTING ALLEYWAY.
YOUR ALLEYWAYS ARE ALSO YOUR RIGHT OF WAY, SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE PREVIOUS CHART AS WELL.
THAT WAS QUICK. THESE ARE THE STANDARDS.
YOUR LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS AS WELL AS THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN GIVES US FULL DISCRETION TO AMEND THE CODE AT ANY TIME PROVIDED THAT IT MEETS CERTAIN STANDARDS.
THESE AMENDMENTS MEET THOSE STANDARDS BY CODE AND ALSO MEET THE STRATEGIC PLAN AND THE GOALS THAT ARE ESTABLISHED BY THE CITY AND BY THIS COMMISSION.
THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION AND JOHN AND MYSELF WILL TAKE QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.
>> THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU, MISS MAXINE, AND EVERYONE THAT PUT THIS TOGETHER.
MY QUESTION IS SIMPLE, HOW DID YOU ALL FIND ALL THESE ISSUES, LIKE WHEN AN APPLICANT COMES THROUGH AND SOMETHING SHOWS UP? I MEAN, SOMEONE DIGGING FOR THIS INFORMATION?
>> NO, IT'S TYPICAL WHEN YOU DO A MAMMOTH OF A PROJECT, LIKE WHAT WE DID WHEN WE DID THE 2018 CODE.
IT'S WHILE YOU'RE ADMINISTERING THAT THEY COME, AND SO WE TYPICALLY MAKE A LIST.
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WE DO HAVE A LIST FOR CHAPTER 5 AS WELL.AS THEY COME ALONG AND YOU'RE ADMINISTERING THE CODE AND YOU'RE SEEING THAT IT'S EITHER NOT COMPATIBLE, NOT CONSISTENT, OR YOU'RE FINDING ERRORS, WE DO JOT THEM DOWN SO WE CAN CREATE A COMPREHENSIVE LIST AND THEN BRING THAT BEFORE YOU.
WE DO HAVE SOME CHANGES WE'RE GOING TO BRING FORWARD ON THAT, BUT WE JUST DIDN'T WANT TO BRING THEM TOGETHER.
BUT THIS IS NORMAL WHEN YOU TAKE A FULL LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATION AND ONCE YOU'RE ADMINISTERING, YOU REALIZE THAT EITHER THE REWRITE MISSED A SENTENCE.
>> SURE. WELL, THANK YOU. KUDOS TO EVERYONE.
>> I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS AND I GUESS I'LL JUST GO THROUGH IT THROUGH THE PRESENTATION.
SIDEWALKS, ITEM NUMBER 7, I GUESS. PARDON?
>> LET'S SEE IF I GO ON NUMBER 7.
>> IS THAT THE SLIDE MAYOR, SIDEWALK SHALL BE CONSULTED OR IS IT THE ONE THAT WE ARE ELIMINATING?
>> IT'S ON PAGE 15 IN YOUR BOOK, BUT IT'S SEVEN ON PEDESTRIAN CIRCULATION AND SIDEWALKS REQUIRED. IT'S C22.
ACTUALLY NOT SO MUCH ON TWO, BUT HOW ONE AND THREE INTERACT.
THREE WILL BE NOW TWO, BUT IT SAYS SIDEWALKS SHALL BE INSTALLED.
THEN THE CITY ENGINEER MAY DETERMINE THAT THEY'RE NOT REQUIRED.
FIND A LITTLE BIT OF CONFLICT, AND AS YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHERE I'M GOING, I SEE THE SMIRKS ON THE FACE WHEN YOU HAVE A DEVELOPMENT THAT IS ALREADY ESTABLISHED, SOMETHING LIKE WOODLANDS COMMUNITY, WHERE CERTAIN CODE, I DON'T WANT THIS TO BE SOMETHING THAT WILL REQUIRE AN ESTABLISHED COMMUNITY TO BE SUBJECT TO THE SHALL PART.
THE NEW PART IS, AND THAT'S WHAT WOUND UP HAPPENING HERE.
JUST WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS LANGUAGE IS CLEAR FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT THAT MAY EVER HAVE THIS HAPPEN.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE EVER GOING TO HAVE AN ESTABLISHED COMMUNITY HAVE A MODIFICATION TO ITS PROPERTY AS WE'VE JUST GONE THROUGH.
BUT I DO KNOW THAT THIS CAUSED SOME CONCERN WITH THE SHALL AND THEN THE ESTABLISHED COMMUNITY.
JUST BRINGING THAT UP TO YOU GUYS.
>> ACTUALLY, WE CAN LOOK AT THAT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ALLOW SOME FLEXIBILITY IF NEEDED.
>> SURE. SUBSECTION 3 PROVIDES FOR THAT, WHICH IS WHAT WE WERE ABLE TO USE WITH THE WOODLANDS PROJECT, SPECIFICALLY WHERE WE HAD AN ESTABLISHED COMMUNITY WHERE IN SOME INSTANCES, THAT DID NOT MAKE ANY SENSE, AND SO WE WERE ABLE TO USE THAT FLEXIBILITY AND NOT HAVE IT BE INSTALLED ON IN THE EXISTING AREAS.
>> YES. AFTER SOME CONSTERNATION.
THAT'S WHY BECAUSE IT SAYS IN THE NUMBER 1 SHALL WITH NEW DEVELOPMENT OR REDEVELOPMENT AND THAT'S WHERE SOME OF THE BIT OF CONFLICT WAS FELT.
I'M HOPING WE DON'T HAVE THAT IN THE FUTURE AND IF THERE'S ANY WORDING OR MODIFICATION TO BE DONE OR ANY NOTE IN THE LEGISLATION TO BE DONE SAYING SO THEN IT MIGHT NEED TO BE IN THERE.
>> NOT A PROBLEM I CAN WORK WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY TO PUT SOME LANGUAGE THAT PROVIDES FOR MORE FLEXIBILITY.
>> THANK YOU. JUST FOR WHAT'S ESTABLISHED.
>> JUST TO BE CLEAR ON BOULEVARD, THAT WAS A REQUEST THAT WE MADE.
THE COMMUNITY SUPPORT WASN'T SUPPORTED.
>> YOU WEREN'T PRESSURING THE DEVELOPER TO DO THAT, WELL, YOU'RE ASKING THE DEVELOPER TO DO THAT.
>> NOT BEING A REQUIREMENT OF THE DEVELOPMENT.
YES. LET'S NOT WORRY ABOUT GOING THROUGH THAT, I'M JUST SAYING.
>> THERE MIGHT BE INSTANCES WHERE YOU WANT THAT DEVELOPER TO BUILD SIDEWALKS IN EXISTING COMMUNITIES BECAUSE THAT IS A FORM OF TRANSPORTATION.
YOU WANT THE RESIDENTS TO BE ABLE TO WALK ON A SAFE PATH.
THERE MIGHT BE INSTANCES WHERE IT IS A PERFECT OPPORTUNITY FOR THE DEVELOPER TO CONSTRUCT THOSE SIDEWALKS.
>> ON CITY PROPERTY OR THEIR OWN PROPERTY, NOT WHEN TAKING OTHER PEOPLE'S PROPERTY.
ANYWAY, WE'RE NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH THIS RIGHT NOW.
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I'M GLAD THAT YOU'RE WORKING ON THIS VERY MUCH.I DO THINK THAT SOME OF OUR PARKING REGULATIONS GOT TOO TIGHT.
IF WE LOOK, I THINK COLONY WEST IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE.
WE ALL CAN GO THERE AND SEE HOW MANY BIG VEHICLES WE HAVE PARKED RIGHT NEXT TO ONE ANOTHER, AND THEN HOW LITTLE VEHICLES TRY TO GET IN, BUT THERE'S NOT ENOUGH TURN RADIUS TO PULL OUT BECAUSE THEY'RE TRAPPED BY BIG VEHICLES.
I'M NOT SAYING THEY'RE NOT HAPPY AT COLONY WEST, BUT THAT'S JUST AN EXAMPLE OF WHERE THE NEWEST PROJECT WE HAD WITH PARKING.
I'M HOPEFUL THAT THIS WILL TAKE CARE OF THAT.
I THINK WE MIGHT NEED A LITTLE BIT MORE ELBOW ROOM TO OPEN OUR DOORS AND GET OUT OF THEM AND GET OUR KIDS OUT OF THEM OR GROCERIES OUT OF THEM, AND NOT WORRY ABOUT KNOCKING INTO, SAY, SOMEONE'S TESLA.
THERE MIGHT NEED TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE ROOM PUT IN HERE, IF NOT ALREADY IN THERE.
GOING TO PAGE 9. THE NEXT NINE.
I'M JUST SAYING HE WAS PAYING ATTENTION.
THAT'S ALL. IT'S ALL IN GOOD FUN.
>> THAT'S WHAT I WAS TRYING TO DO. IT'S ALL GOOD.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT BELONGS HERE.
ALL I KNOW IS THAT, AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT BELONGS HERE OR IF IT BELONGS IN STRATEGIC PLANNING, BUT WITH OUR PROTECTION OF OUR INFRASTRUCTURE FOR LANDSCAPING, PEOPLE WILL CUT THEIR GRASS, THEY'LL MOW THEIR LAWN, THEY WILL DO THEIR WHATEVER, AND THEN THE LEAF BLOWERS.
THEY BLOW IT RIGHT INTO OUR DRAINS, WHETHER IT'S A HOMEOWNER DOING IT INTO OUR DRAINS OR IT'S PEOPLE WHO ARE DOING A BUSINESS AND IT GOES INTO OUR DRAIN, AND THEN PEOPLE GET UPSET BECAUSE THERE'S FLOODING AND THERE'S DRAINAGE ISSUES OR WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE.
I LOVE OUR GUYS AND OUR TEAMS, THEY ARE OUT THERE AND THEY'RE DOING WHAT THEY NEED TO DO TO CLEAR IT OUT.
BUT IT WOULD BE NICE IF THERE WAS SOME RESTRICTION IF POSSIBLE.
IF PRACTICAL AND ENFORCEABLE, OF COURSE, TO SAY BAG YOUR LEAVES, BAG YOUR DEBRIS AND DON'T INTENTIONALLY, YOU CAN WATCH AS YOU DRIVE DOWN COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD WHEN SOME OF THEM ARE CUTTING THEIR GRASS, THEY'RE PUTTING IT RIGHT INTO OUR DRAINS.
IS THAT GO HERE? IS THAT SOMETHING FOR DISCUSSION AT ANOTHER TIME?
>> THERE'S DIVISIONS IN OTHER AREAS OF THE CODE TO PREVENT THAT.
IT DOESN'T REALLY BELONG HERE.
THAT IS MORE OF A DEVELOPING CODE.
I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT SECTION THAT'S IN, BUT IT IS IN THE CODE NOW.
>> IT'S IN THE CODE, AND THEN MAYBE WE NEED A LITTLE PIECE IN THE TOMOGRAM ADVISING BUSINESSES DON'T DO IT, DON'T BLOCK OUR CANALS, STOP PUTTING IT DOWN OUR DRAINS, BECAUSE UNFORTUNATELY, ALONG COMES THE POTATO CHIP BAG AND THE OTHER THINGS THAT GO DOWN OUR DRAINS AND THE SHOES OR STUFF, AND THEN PEOPLE GET UPSET.
>> WE DO DO THAT ANNUALLY IN THE TOMOGRAM AND IT'S PART OF OUR MPDS PERMIT REQUIREMENT.
WE DO TRY TO EDUCATE THE GENERAL PUBLIC AS MUCH AS WE CAN.
>> MAYBE WE'LL JUST DO IT A LITTLE BIT OLDER THIS YEAR.
>> THANK YOU. THEN ALSO MAYBE, I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE BUSINESSES THAT REGISTER WITH THE CITY THAT SAY I'M A LANDSCAPING COMPANY, SEND IT OUT TO OUR LANDSCAPE COMPANIES THAT ARE REGISTERING IN OUR BUSINESS AND LET EVERYBODY KNOW.
JUST IDEAS JUST TO THE ISSUES. SNEEZING AT THE TRUTH.
I'M VERY GLAD THAT YOU REMOVED ALL THIS STUFF THAT SAYS THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A CLUE ABOUT WHAT YOU WOULD HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT ON CAPACITY AND PERMITS FOR WATER AND POTABLE WATER AND ALL THAT STUFF.
ON THE BILLBOARD SIGNS, THIS CAME IN, IT WAS VOTED ON, 1,500 FEET.
THAT'S FROM THE BACK OF OUR BUILDING TO THE FRONT OF OUR BUILDING.
LESS THAN THAT, WHAT IS OUR 1,500 FEET?
>> BASICALLY THE ENTRYWAY INTO THE DRIVING INTO CITY HALL TO THE ENTRY WAY OF FIRE STATION 41? OR LESS THAN THAT?
>> YEAH, I THINK THE THE FRONT EDGE OF CITY HALL IS APPROXIMATELY 1,500 FEET FROM EDGE TO EDGE.
>> IT DOESN'T REALLY SEEM LIKE
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THAT'S A FAR ENOUGH DISTANCE SEPARATION FROM EACH OTHER AND FROM CERTAIN RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES SUCH AS CATALINA AND SOME OF THE PROPERTIES THAT WE HAVE ALONG THE SAWGRASS AND EVEN MAINLANDS FIVE.BUT I GUESS WHEN THEY COME BEFORE US WE'LL HAVE THIS DISCUSSION IN A LOT MORE DETAIL.
I LIKE THE RESTRICTIONS REGARDING YOU CAN'T MAKE IT LOOK LIKE THIS, AN EMERGENCY NO STOP, NO RED BLUE LIGHTS.
YOU CAN'T MAKE IT SEEM URGENCY COMING FROM THE TOP OF THE BILLBOARD SO WHEN PEOPLE ARE DRIVING, THEY DON'T THINK THAT THERE'S EMS AND BSO BEHIND THEM, AND THAT IT HAS TO BE A QUICK FLIP, IT'S NOT A ROLLING DISTRACTION.
BUT IT DOESN'T SAY ANYTHING IN THERE ABOUT A SUITABLE ADVERTISING FOR THE CITY AND ANY RESTRICTIONS THERE.
I THINK I WOULD HAVE THOUGHT WE WOULD HAVE PUT THAT IN OUR CODE TO SAY THAT WE'RE, UNLESS THE COMMISSION WANTS TO, BE ADVERTISING STRIP CLUBS AND TATTOO PARLORS AND OTHER THINGS THAT ARE NOT IN THE SUITABLE FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO GO ENJOY, BUT NOT SOMETHING THAT THEY WANTS TO BE IN THE MIDDLE OF ASSISTING THE ADVERTISING OF.
BUT I SEE NOTHING IN OUR DOCUMENTS RESTRICTING THEM.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE HAVE IN OUR, YOU OBVIOUSLY SAID THAT THERE IS A APPLICANT COMING BEFORE US.
JUST CLEAR, I'LL BE MAKING SURE THAT I'LL BE COMMENTING ON THAT, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT THE COMMISSION SHOULD BE THINKING OF DOING FOR FUTURE, IF WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS CODIFIED SO NOBODY COMES TO THE TABLE THINKING THAT THEY'RE PUTTING UP WHATEVER VARIOUS PLACES AND THEN WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE WHOLE QUASI JUDICIAL PROCESS, THEN THEY'RE UPSET BECAUSE HAD THEY KNOWN, THEY NEVER WOULD HAVE ADVERTISED OR ASKED OR SUBMITTED A VARIANCE APPLICATION AND ALL THIS KIND OF GOOD STUFF.
I DON'T KNOW WHO'S COMING BEFORE US.
>> I CAN RESPOND TO THAT, MAYOR, AND I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM, BUT YOUR SIGNAGE ORDINANCE MUST BE CONTENT NEUTRAL, SO WE CANNOT PUT THOSE RESTRICTIONS IN THE ORDINANCE.
BUT THE WAY WE WROTE THE BILLBOARD LEGISLATION AND THE LOCATIONS THAT THEY'RE ALLOWED, IT'S ONLY ON CITY RIGHT AWAY, AND WE SPELLED OUT THOSE RIGHT AWAY, WHICH MEANS IT'S SUBJECT TO A LEASE AGREEMENT OR A LICENSE AGREEMENT WITH THIS BODY.
THAT IS A TOOL THAT YOU WOULD USE THEN TO NEGOTIATE AND PUT INTO THAT.
PROVIDED THEY AGREE, THEN YOU CAN RESTRICT CERTAIN TYPE OF SIGNAGE, CERTAIN TYPE OF LANGUAGE, AND THAT'S A TOOL.
YOU'LL SEE ON THE LICENSE AGREEMENT THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY NEGOTIATING TO BRING TO YOU, WE ALREADY HAVE STARTED AS THAT, PUT IN SOME OF THOSE RESTRICTION IN, AS IT RELATES TO TOBACCO PRODUCTS AND CERTAIN OTHER THINGS WE HAVE PUT IN THERE.
BUT YOU CANNOT PUT THAT IN YOUR LEGISLATION.
>> THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT.
THEN THE LIGHTING AND THE BRIGHTNESS OF THESE SIGNS ARE SOMETHING THAT, I KNOW YOU TOUCH ON IT HERE, IT'S HARD FOR SOME OF US WHO DON'T HAVE THE CANDLE WITH AND THE SITES ARE AT THIS TIME.
BUT I GUESS WE WILL GO THROUGH IT WHEN THAT APPLICATION COMES FORWARD.
>> IT'S JUST A RECOMMENDATION I'M ASKING.
IN THE FUTURE FOR WHEN WE HAVE THINGS THAT HAVE DISTANCES AGAIN IN IT IN THE FUTURE, I'D LIKE SOME EXAMPLES.
HERE IS POTENTIAL LOCATION AT SAWGRASS AND HERE'S 1,500 FEET.
BOOM, HERE'S WHERE 1,500 FEET LOOKS LIKE.
I WANT SOME MORE VISUAL, PLEASE, FOR THIS YEAR, IT MIGHT HELP US NOT HAVE SOME OF MY COMMENTS.
>> SURE. WE DID THAT WHEN WE BROUGHT THE BILLBOARD ORDINANCE FORWARD, AND WE STILL HAVE THOSE IMAGES, SO I CAN PROVIDE THAT TO THE AMERICA COMMISSION.
WE DID SHOW EACH LOCATION A BILLBOARD POTENTIALLY GO CONSISTENT WITH THAT LEGISLATION, SO WE CAN SEND THAT VIA E MAIL TO ALL OF YOU AGAIN.
THOSE WERE GREAT IMAGES THAT WERE PREPARED.
>> NO, I'M NOT JUST TALKING BILLBOARDS, I'M TALKING WE'RE GOING TO SAY WE HAVE A PROPERTY BEING REDEVELOPED, AND THEY COME TO US AND THEY SAY, YOUR HEAD JUST WON'T BE, THEY'LL BE 50 FEET BETWEEN FROM THE ONE HEDGE LINE TO ANOTHER HEDGE LINE.
GIVE US SOMETHING TANGIBLE THAT WE CAN THIS WAY MAKE
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SOME EDUCATED DECISIONS TO HELP US WITH. THANK YOU.I HAVE TO TELL YOU, THIS IS IMPRESSIVE, THIS BOOK.
WHEN PEOPLE ARE ASKING US ALL THE TIME, WELL, HOW DO THEY DO THIS? HOW DO THEY DO THAT? ARE THEY SURE THAT THEY KNOW? LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IF YOU'RE WATCHING ONLINE, READ THE BOOK.
THE MANUAL IS VERY, VERY DETAILED, AND OUR TEAM AND THE TEAMS THAT THEY WORK WITH, VERY IMPRESSIVE. THANK YOU. [LAUGHTER]
>> THANK YOU. JOHN WAS HAPPY TO HEAR THAT.
[1.e Citywide Beautification Efforts Update/Shine Tamarac]
CITYWIDE BEAUTIFICATION EFFORTS UPDATE, SHINE TAMARAC, PRESENTED BY MAXINE CALLOWAY, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.>> NOT ON HERE, BUT CITY MANAGER.
>> GOOD MORNING, MAYOR, COMMISSION.
ONE OF OUR HIGHEST PRIORITIES, AS WE DISCUSSED IN THE PAST, IS TO MAKE OUR COMMUNITIES LOOK GOOD.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON A PROGRAM TO INCORPORATE ALL KINDS OF PROGRAMS IN PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE COMMUNITIES AND CREATE AN AWARENESS THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITIES TO IMPROVE OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND IMPROVE OUR COMMUNITIES.
IMPROVE THE LOOK IN APPEARANCE OF OUR ROADWAYS, STREETS, NEIGHBORHOODS, AND SO FOR THAT WE DEVELOPED THIS PROGRAM, SHINE TAMARAC.
WITH YOUR APPROVAL, WE'RE GOING TO DEPLOY THIS PROGRAM, IT'S A VERY COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH TO THE CITY'S IMPROVEMENT EFFORTS.
MAXINE IS GOING TO TALK ABOUT ALL OF THE ELEMENTS OF THIS PROGRAM AND ALL THE MATERIALS AND ELEMENTS OF THIS PROGRAM, HOW WE'RE GOING TO DEPLOY THIS, AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS EFFORT. THANK YOU, MAXINE.
>> THANK YOU, LEVANT. THAT REDUCES MY BACKGROUND.
LEVANT COVERED IT RELATIVE TO WHY WE'RE HERE.
I JUST WANT TO THANK LEVANT BEFORE I GO INTO THE PRESENTATION BECAUSE HE REALLY SPEARHEADED THIS EFFORT AND WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS WAS REALLY FOCUSED AND TARGETED AND ROBUST AS YOU'LL SEE THAT IT IS.
ALSO, JUST WANT TO THANK YOU AS WELL.
THIS CAME UP AS A PART OF THE 2023 STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS WHEN YOU SPECIFICALLY ASKED US TO CONTINUE TO ENHANCE THE CITY'S BEAUTIFICATION PROGRAM.
SO IT'S ONE OF YOUR 2023 PRIORITIES.
WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, I'LL GO INTO THE EFFORTS THAT WERE UNDERTAKEN. I'M SUPPOSED TO.
OH, THERE YOU GO. SHINE TAMARAC IS A CAMPAIGN THAT YOU'LL SEE GOING FORWARD, AND WE HAVE DEVELOPED A GREAT PLATFORM ON THE WEBSITE THAT IS GOING TO HELP.
THIS PROGRAM REALLY RELIES ON NOT JUST STAFF, IT NEEDS YOUR HELP AS WELL AS THE COMMUNITY'S INPUT AND PARTICIPATION TO MAKE IT A SUCCESS.
SO WE HAVE DEVELOPED THESE WONDERFUL ICONS.
IT'S GOING TO BE VERY EASY FOR RESIDENTS, MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY, FOR YOU, FOR STAFF TO IDENTIFY WHAT IT IS THAT THEY WANT TO REPORT OR TALK TO US ABOUT AS A PART OF THE SEE, CLICK, FIX CAMPAIGN WHICH YOU ALL ARE FAMILIAR WITH.
WE ALSO HAVE THIS COMPLIMENT SUGGEST REPORT CAMPAIGN THAT'S UNDERWAY.
YOU MIGHT HAVE SEEN, I BROUGHT MY OWN MAGNET THAT IS IN MY OFFICE.
YOU MIGHT HAVE SEEN IT ON SOCIAL MEDIA ALL OVER TAMERGRAM.
BUT THIS IS A QUICK WAY WHERE RESIDENTS CAN ALSO SCAN THE QR CODE AND BE ABLE TO GET STRAIGHT TO THE WEBSITE WHERE THEY CAN COMPLEMENT US.
WE JUST DON'T WANT THIS TO BE ABOUT REPORTING AN ORG SUGGESTION, SO WE WERE VERY JUST SOFT IN TERMS OF THE MESSAGE.
WE WANT TO HEAR WHERE WE'RE DOING WELL, BUT WE ALSO WANT YOU TO SUGGEST OR GIVE US RECOMMENDATIONS AND HOW WE CAN IMPROVE AND REPORT CERTAIN THINGS TO US.
I THINK EMBEDDED IN THIS SLIDE IS A, DO WE HAVE A VIDEO? IT'S DIRECTLY ON THE IMAGE, IF YOU CAN JUST CLICK.
>> [MUSIC] TAMARAC NEIGHBORS, LET'S MAKE OUR CITY SHINE TOGETHER WITH SEE, CLICK, FIX.
THIS EASY TO USE ONLINE RESOURCE ALLOWS YOU TO COMPLIMENT, SUGGEST, AND REPORT MATTERS ABOUT TAMARAC'S CLEANLINESS, SAFETY, SUSTAINABILITY, AND QUALITY OF LIFE.
WITH A FEW SIMPLE CLICKS ON YOUR COMPUTER OR MOBILE DEVICE, JUST VISIT TAMARAC.ORG, CLICK THE HOW COULD WE HELP ICON? PROCEED TO THE SITE TO MAP, CATEGORIZE, AND EVEN PHOTOGRAPH YOUR AREAS OF FOCUS.
CITY OF TAMARAC STAFF ARE ON HAND TO RESPOND PROMPTLY AND PROVIDE TIMELY STATUS UPDATES.
HELP PRESERVE OUR VIBRANT CITY.
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[MUSIC]>> THANK YOU. JUST TO WALK THROUGH SOME OF THE EFFORTS THAT ARE UNDERWAY JUST TO MAKE SURE OUR SHINE TAMARAC CAMPAIGN IS SUCCESSFUL.
AS A PART OF LAST YEAR'S BUDGET, WE DID INCLUDE TWO FULL TIME PERSONNEL THAT IS GOING TO BE A PART OF OUR JUST FOCUS ON LITTER CONTROL AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE DRIVING THESE VEHICLES THAT ARE GOING TO BE WRAP WHERE EVERYONE CAN SEE THAT THIS IS REALLY CONCERNING.
THE CLEANLINESS, THE WAY OUR CITY LOOKS, THE APPEARANCE, AND JUST FOCUS ON PICKING UP LITTER WHEREVER THEY SEE IT.
THIS IS JUST IMAGES OF WHAT THE VEHICLES WILL LOOK LIKE.
WRAP TWO DEDICATED PEOPLE TO DO THAT.
IN THE MEANTIME, WE ALSO HAVE EVERY FIRST WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH, THE COMPLETE PUBLIC SERVICE TEAM PARTICIPATES ACTIVELY IN A LITTER CLEANUP EFFORT.
UNTIL THE TWO FULL TIME, WE ARE WORKING ON BRINGING THOSE ONBOARD.
BUT THIS WILL BE JUST AN ONGOING CAMPAIGN.
PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE, I'LL TOUCH ON THEM JUST GOING FORWARD, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM WHICH HAS BEEN A VERY SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM.
YOU SEE IN LAST YEAR, 2023, WE WERE ABLE TO ASSIST HOA'S IN ALL FOUR DISTRICTS, DISTRICT 1, 2, 3, AND 4.
THIS IS AN ANNUAL PROGRAM WHERE YOU APPROVED AS A PART OF THE BUDGET UP TO $5,000 $4,999 TO HOAS THAT CAN APPLY FOR A SLEW OF COMMON AREA IMPROVEMENTS, WHETHER IT BE LANDSCAPE IN LIGHTING.
WE RECENTLY ADDED SOME FENCE TO THAT AS WELL.
BUT ANY HOA COMMON AREA IMPROVEMENTS THAT THEY MAY WANT TO HAVE DONE IN THEIR HOA, THEY CAN APPLY AND LAST YEAR WE WERE ABLE TO ASSIST HOA'S IN ALL FOUR DISTRICTS.
OUR NEIGHBORHOOD BEAUTIFICATION PROGRAM RECOGNITION.
THAT IS THE PROGRAM WE BRING TO YOU AT A COMMISSION MEETING.
IT'S ONCE EVERY QUARTER WHERE CODE COMPLIANCE WILL GO OUT AND NOMINATE A PROPERTY, TAKE PICTURES OF PROPERTIES THAT ARE LOOKING GREAT, WHETHER IT BE RESIDENTIAL OR COMMERCIAL.
WE GIVE ONE RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY, EACH DISTRICT ONE COMMERCIAL PROPERTY CITYWIDE.
I CAN TELL YOU THAT WHEN THE PROGRAM WAS ENVISION AND STARTED, THE INTENT WAS TO HAVE RESIDENTS NOMINATE THEIR NEIGHBOR.
THE CODE COMPLIANCE DIVISION HAS HAD TO HELP US, BUT WE ALSO WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY JUST TO REMIND YOUR RESIDENTS THAT WE WANT THEM TO PARTICIPATE AND NOMINATE THEIR RESIDENT WHEN THEY DRIVE BY ON THEIR STREET AND THEY SEE A BEAUTIFUL HOME OR A BEAUTIFUL PROPERTY, SEND US AN EMAIL, NOMINATE YOUR NEIGHBOR AND SO THAT WAY WE CAN KEEP THE PROGRAM GOING AND ACTIVE.
OUR MINOR HOME REPAIR PROGRAM IS RAN THROUGH THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT HOUSING DIVISION.
THAT PROGRAM HELPS WITH IMPACT RESISTANT WINDOWS, DOORS, ROOF REPLACEMENT.
IT ADDRESSES HEALTH AND SAFETY ISSUES, AND IT RECTIFIES BUILDING CODE AND CODE VIOLATIONS.
THIS PROGRAM HAS ALWAYS BEEN VERY, VERY ACTIVE.
THERE ARE MORE APPLICATIONS THAN WE HAVE FUNDS.
LAST YEAR, WE WERE ABLE TO ASSIST 10 PROPERTIES CITYWIDE, AND ALREADY WE HAVE SEVEN APPLICATIONS THAT ARE BEING PROCESSED CURRENTLY.
OUR CURB APPEAL PROGRAM, I THINK IT'S IN MAYBE ITS SECOND YEAR AND IT IS SUPER, SUPER ACTIVE.
EACH YEAR WE RUN OUT OF FUNDS BEFORE WE'RE DONE WITH THE FISCAL YEAR.
THIS PROGRAM GIVES ELIGIBLE HOMEOWNERS UP TO $3,000 AND THE PROGRAM RECENTLY IS ALSO BEING USED TO EXPAND DRIVEWAYS, WHICH WE KNOW THAT THAT HAS BEEN SOMETHING THAT'S COME UP.
I THINK AT LEAST TWO OR THREE PROPERTIES IN THE LAST PROGRAM WAS ABLE TO USE THESE FUNDS TO DO THAT.
THIS HAS BEEN A VERY ACTIVE, THE CURB APPEAL PROGRAM.
IT ALSO HELPS AND IT'S JUST LIKE THE NAME SAYS, CURB APPEAL WITH SIDEWALKS AND GARAGE DOORS AND PAINTING, IRRIGATION SYSTEM, LANDSCAPE, AND SO ON.
ANYTHING THAT'S GOING TO MAKE THAT PROPERTY POP AND GIVE YOU THAT CURB APPEAL.
THE PAINT REIMBURSEMENT PROGRAM ACTIVE, BUT WE PROBABLY NEED TO LOOK AGAIN AT THAT $500 FOR THE EXTERIOR PAINT.
WE KNOW IT'S A LITTLE BIT HIGHER, BUT SO FAR WE WERE ABLE TO ASSIST THREE RESIDENTS AND THOSE ARE THE ADDRESSES WITH THE PAINT PROGRAM.
YEAH, WE NEED TO LOOK AT THAT.
WE HAVE DISCUSSED THAT, SO WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THAT.
THE COMMERCIAL PROPERTY NONRESIDENTIAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM IS THE VERSION OF THE NIP 2.0 OR NIP 2.0 PROGRAM IS THE NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM JUST FOR RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY.
BUT LAST YEAR YOU FUNDED IN THE BUDGET.
THIS IS FOR COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES AND THIS IS NOT THE LORI PROGRAM.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DOES A MORE ROBUST FACADE PROGRAM TYPE OF PROJECTS.
THIS IS TO IDENTIFY HEDGE REPLACEMENT TO YOUR LANDSCAPING AND LIMITED SIGNAGE AND PARKING LOT YOU CAN SEE IT'S ONLY $5,000 BUT IT'S JUST SIMILAR TO THE CURB APPEAL.
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WE WANT TO GIVE THAT SAME CURB APPEAL TO THE COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES.AND SOMETIMES IT'S A HEDGE THAT MIGHT BE MISSING CERTAIN PLANT MATERIAL.
THE LANDSCAPING MIGHT BE DYING AND YOU NEED SOME ADDITIONAL TREES.
WE WANT TO GET THIS PROGRAM OUT, BUT THIS IS FOR COMMERCIAL PROPERTY.
OUR NUISANCE ABATEMENT PROGRAM IS BY ORDINANCE.
IT'S WHAT WE DO EVERY YEAR, BUT THIS ALLOWS THE CITY TO ASSIST WHEN IT'S DIFFICULT TO GET PROPERTY OWNERS TO RESPOND.
ON CERTAIN NUISANCES WE CAN GO IN AND WE HAVE GONE IN AS A PART OF THE BUDGET PROCESS, THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT WILL BRING TO YOU, NORMALLY 3-4 PROPERTIES THAT WE ABATE ON AN ANNUAL BASIS WHERE WE'LL GO IN AND DO THE CLEAN UP.
BUT THIS IS JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CITY IS DOING ITS PART OR ITS EFFORT AS IT RELATES TO CLEANING UP PROPERTIES THAT PROPERTY OWNERS ARE UNABLE TO CLEAN UP.
THIS YEAR WE CAME OUT REALLY STRONG WITH THE PRESSURE CLEANING LAST YEAR.
I FORGOT THAT WE'RE IN THE BEGINNING OF 2024.
LAST YEAR WE CAME OUT REALLY STRONG WITH OUR PRESSURE CLEANING PROJECTS.
WHAT WE HAVE DONE IS TO ENGAGE OR TO CONTRACT WITH MULTIPLE VENDORS THAT'S GOING TO HELP US THROUGHOUT THE CITY TO DO PRESSURE CLEANING OR CURBING IN OUR SIDEWALKS.
I THINK THAT IT'S BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL.
WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO RESPOND ALMOST IMMEDIATELY WHEN YOU BRING TO OUR ATTENTION CERTAIN AREAS THAT NEED TO BE PRESSURE CLEAN, WE'RE ABLE TO SEND THE CREW OUT ALMOST IMMEDIATELY.
THAT IS A PART OF THE BEAUTIFICATION EFFORT IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE TOUCHING THOSE PLACES THAT MIGHT JUST NEED SOME PRESSURE CLEANING TO BE DONE.
WE HAVE THE IN HOUSE LANDSCAPING PROJECT THAT'S UNDERWAY AS WELL, AND THAT'S A LIST OF SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN COMPLETED, AND SOME OF THE ONES THAT ARE COMMENCING SOON.
AS A PART OF THIS LIST IS THE 78TH STREET UNIVERSITY PROJECT.
THAT'S THE ENTRANCE INTO THE WOODMONT COMMUNITY.
YOU MIGHT HAVE PASSED BY AND SEE THAT ALL THAT LANDSCAPING HAS BEEN REMOVED, AND THAT'S IN PREPARATION FOR A REALLY ROBUST ENTRANCE THAT'S GOING IN THAT'S GOING TO BE PLANTED IN THE NEXT COMING WEEKS BY PULTE AS A PART OF THAT DEVELOPMENT PROJECT.
WE ARE IMPLEMENTING THE LANDSCAPE MASTER PLAN THAT'S UNDERWAY AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE INCLUDE IN THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.
THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN COMPLETED, SO IF YOU HAVE DRIVEN DOWN UNIVERSITY DRIVE, YOU MIGHT HAVE SEEN THOSE IMPROVEMENTS, BUT THAT IS ALREADY IN AND THAT'S THE PROJECT COST WHEN THAT WAS PUT IN.
THESE PROJECTS ARE PROGRAMMED FOR THIS YEAR AS A PART OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE LANDSCAPE MASTER PLAN THAT YOU ADOPTED.
YOU SEE THE LOCATIONS THAT ARE PART OF FISCAL YEAR 2024 FOR IMPLEMENTATION.
OUR BUFFER WALL PROGRAM, WITHOUT A DOUBT, IS VERY SUCCESSFUL.
JUST TO REMIND YOU THAT THAT TOO IS A PART OF THIS ENTIRE BEAUTIFICATION EFFORT, BECAUSE THOSE WALLS HAVE ADDED TREMENDOUS VALUE TO THE CITY.
NOT JUST THE PRICE OF THE WALLS, BUT THE APPEARANCE.
THEY ARE VERY BEAUTIFUL, AND SO THAT'S A PART OF OUR BEAUTIFICATION EFFORT.
PHASE 6, PROSPECT ROAD, THAT ESTIMATED THAT PROJECT HAS BEEN COMPLETED AND IT LOOKS AWESOME.
THESE ARE THE BUFFER WALL PROGRAMS THAT ARE COMING VERY SOON THAT ARE ESTIMATED TO START WINTER 2024 AND SPRING 2024, WE HAVE THE PINE ISLAND BETWEEN NORTHWEST 79TH STREET AND 81ST STREET THAT IS COMING SOON, AS WELL AS THE NORTH SIDE OF COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD BETWEEN NORTHWEST 58TH WAY AND ROCK ISLAND ROAD THAT IS COMING THIS YEAR AS WELL.
SUNSET HAMMOCK ARTWORK IS A PART OF THE PUBLIC ART PROGRAM AND OF COURSE, THAT ENHANCES ANY COMMUNITY APPEARANCE.
WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THIS PROJECT WE JUST COMPLETED.
I'VE HEARD NOTHING BUT GREAT THINGS IN TERMS OF WHAT YOU CAN SEE OFF THE SAWGRASS.
YES, NO. I'VE DRIVEN BUT IT LIGHTS UP.
I THINK IT'S REALLY AN ICON OFF OF THE SAWGRASS YOU'RE ABLE TO SEE IT.
OF COURSE, ALL OUR PUBLIC ART PROJECT IS REALLY DESIGNED AND DONE TO BE A PART OF OUR EFFORTS TO ENHANCE OUR IMAGE AND OUR APPEARANCE AND THE WAY WE LOOK.
JUST MORE PUBLIC ART SPECIFIC AS IT RELATES TO THE SOCIAL JUSTICE WALL.
THE ARTIST IS SCHEDULED TO GIVE US A START DATE, WHICH WE EXPECT TO BE IN THE NEXT MONTH OR SO.
THAT IS UNDERWAY, AND THEN YOU APPROVED AT ONE OF THE MEETING IN THE FALL, THE TAMARAC FIRE STATION FOR STATION 15.
THAT CONTRACT IS SCHEDULED TO COME BEFORE YOU, I BELIEVE, AT THE NEXT COMMISSION MEETING, THE FIRST COMMISSION MEETING IN FEBRUARY, AND THE TAMARAC SKATE PARK WALL MURAL, THOSE HAVE BEEN INSTALLED.
OUR NEIGHBORHOOD SIGNAGE PROGRAM IS VERY SUCCESSFUL AS WELL, AND IT'S ALSO A PART OF THIS EFFORT AND
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JUST SOME IMAGES OF SOME OF THE SIGNS THAT HAVE BEEN COMPLETED AS A PART OF THIS PROGRAM.WE WANTED TO INCLUDE THE COLONY WEST MONUMENT SIGN.
WE BELIEVE IT'S EXTREMELY ATTRACTIVE, ONE OF THE BEST LOOKING SIGNS OUT THERE, SO WE JUST WANTED TO INCLUDE THAT AS A PART OF THIS EFFORT, WE ARE GETTING PRICING FOR A THIRD SIGN TO BE INSTALLED AT THE SOUTH ENTRANCE, AND ALSO PRICING FOR A SIGN TO BE INSTALLED ON THE WALL FOR THE VIEW RESTAURANT.
I THINK THERE'S A TEMPORARY SIGN IF YOU'RE GOING INTO THE BUILDING THAT YOU SEE ON THE WALL, AND WE FELT THAT THAT DID NOT DO THAT BUILDING JUSTICE.
WE NEEDED SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT MORE PERMANENT, SO WE ARE GETTING PRICING FOR THAT.
OUR NEIGHBORHOOD SIGNAGE PROGRAM, AGAIN IN THE PIPELINE ARE SOME OF THESE SIGNS THAT ARE COMING IN DISTRICT 1 BANYAN LAKE SIGN SIGN NUMBER 1 IN THE SOUTHEAST CORNER, BANYAN LAKE IS GETTING TWO SIGNS AND THEN WE HAVE FOUR-SIDE COLONY WHICH IS GETTING A SIGN AS WELL.
THOSE ARE COMING VERY SOON IN 2024.
JUST TO MAKE SURE, THIS IS THE BOW OR THE RIBBON ON TOP OF THE BEAUTIFUL SHINE TAMARAC, OR CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, WE ARE MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE PROACTIVE CODE ENFORCEMENT, AND MAYBE IN THE PAST WE MIGHT HAVE NOT BEEN AS VIGILANT, BUT OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT THEY NEED TO BE MORE VIGILANT.
WE NEED TO CALL THINGS TO PEOPLE'S ATTENTION, MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE TOUCHING EVERY CORNER OF THE CITY AND MAKE SURE THAT OUR RESIDENTS ARE AWARE OF OUR EFFORTS AND PLAY A PART IN THIS IN THIS ROBUST CAMPAIGN THAT WE'RE ROLLING OUT.
THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER DANIEL?
>> BEFORE YOU START, WE ALSO ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR PARTICIPATION IN THE PROCESS AND YOUR ROLE IN THE ROLLING OUT OF THIS PROGRAM BECAUSE YOU HAVE VERY ACTIVE SOCIAL MEDIA.
THIS COULD REALLY HELP GET THE MESSAGE OUT TO THE DEPTHS OF OUR COMMUNITIES AND MAKE SURE WE RAISE AWARENESS THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITIES.
>> COMMISSIONER. THANK YOU FOR THAT WONDERFUL PRESENTATION REGARDING THE SIGNAGE, ANY UPDATES ON ADDITIONAL SIGNAGE IN THE WOODMONT AREA?
>> AS YOU KNOW, COMMISSIONER, WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF NEGOTIATING A SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT.
WE DID RECEIVE FUNDING FROM THE DEVELOPER FOR THE INSTALLATION OF OVER EIGHT SIGNS IN THAT COMMUNITY, BUT IT REQUIRES COLLABORATION FROM THE DEVELOPER, SPECIFICALLY THE DEVELOPERS SIGNING EASEMENT AGREEMENTS, WHICH UP TO DATE, HE HAS NOT SIGNED.
WE'RE CONTINUING TO WORK THROUGH THAT NEGOTIATION TO GET TO A PLACE WHERE WE CAN MOVE FORWARD AND HAVE THOSE INSTALLED.
>> THANK YOU, MAYOR. FIRST, CAN I REQUEST A COPY OF THIS PDF?
>> THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE FLOWERS, FOR THE POINT SITAS, I THINK THEY MADE A BIG DIFFERENCE, SO DEFINITELY KUDOS ON THAT.
WHEN IT COMES TO CURB APPEAL PROGRAM, WE CAN INCREASE THAT AMOUNT DURING BUDGET.
>> YES, THAT'S CAN BE SOMETHING YOU CAN DISCUSS THROUGH IN YOUR STRATEGIC PLANNING.
>> BECAUSE I THINK THE WIDENING, I CAN'T EVEN PRONOUNCE WIDENING.
THAT'S GOING TO BE VERY IMPORTANT CONSIDERING THAT A LOT OF FAMILIES ARE NOT SURE MOVING IN TOGETHER, AND I THINK WE ALL KNOW THAT AS FAR AS HEDGES ON COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES, SOME OF THEM DON'T EVEN CARE ON HOW BAD THEY ARE.
ARE WE FINING THEM? ARE ENFORCING?
>> WE ARE. WE HAVE A DEDICATED CODE COMPLIANCE OFFICER FOR COMMERCIAL PROPERTY AND WE ARE.
>> THEY LIKE IN THE THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS? AT LEAST POINT SOME OF THEM?
>> SOME PROPERTIES ARE, AND AT SOME POINT, I THINK IT WAS LAST YEAR, THE YEAR BEFORE, WE HAD A PRESENTATION JUST TO BRING TO YOU IN TERMS OF THE FINES AND THE LIENS THAT ARE ON COMMERCIAL PROPERTY RELATIVE TO OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS, SO WE CAN ALWAYS DO THAT, BUT YES.
>> ON THE PUBLIC ART SECTION YOU HAD ON THERE, I RECALL THERE WAS A SOCIAL MEDIA POST THAT WAS A CAMPAIGN SENT OUT ABOUT PICKING SOMETHING OR VOTING FOR ONE OF THE ART PIECES TO STAY.
DO WE KNOW WHO THE WINNER WAS ON INSPIRATION WAY?
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>> NO. THAT WAS THE ELEPHANT WANTED THE YEAR BEFORE.
IT'S THE BEHIND, SO THAT'S STAYING WITH US.
WE DIDN'T PURCHASE IT. BUT THAT CAMPAIGN WAS NOT FOR WHAT? TO BUY.
THE CAMPAIGN WAS FOR YOUR FAVORITE INSPIRATION? ARTWORK.
>> DO WE KNOW WHY IT WAS PURCHASED?
>> THE PUBLIC ART COMMITTEE DID NOT RECOMMEND PURCHASE IN ANY OF THE EXISTING BUT NOTWITHSTANDING, IT DOESN'T MEAN THE COMMISSION CAN'T HAVE A CONSENSUS ON ANY PIECE YOU'D LIKE US TO.
>> THEN LASTLY, THE MONUMENT WALLS ON BANYAN LAKE.
I RECALL WHEN THEY REMOVED THEIR OLD ONES.
BUT THAT TIME FRAME WHERE THEY REMOVED IT, I MEAN, RIGHT NOW IT LOOKS PRETTY TERRIBLE.
IS THERE A WAY FOR US TO LET THE COMMUNITIES IN ADVANCE KNOW IT'S GOING TO TAKE X AMOUNT OF TIME? BECAUSE FOR NOW THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW WHEN IT'S GOING TO BE.
THEN THEY TOOK IT OUT LIKE WHAT? LIKE MAYBE A FEW MONTHS AGO OR A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO.
>> IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE IT'S BEING INSTALLED ANY TIME SOON.
>> IF WE CAN JUST GIVE WHOEVER IS APPLYING FOR A HEADS UP ON THAT.
>> THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU, MAYOR.
>> THANK YOU. MISS CALLOWAY IS JUST GOING TO ASK SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT MANNION LAKES THAT IS IN MY DISTRICT.
TELL ME WHAT'S THE HOLD UP WITH WITH THAT SIGN?
>>DO YOU KNOW IF IT'S OH, SORRY.
>> MAYOR HERE CAN TELL ME. THANK YOU MAYOR.
>> ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.
THERE IS A STAGE BETWEEN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TAKEN IN THE APPLICATION AND PUBLIC SERVICES REACHING OUT TO THE VENDOR, WHICH IS BARN SIGNS, TO EXECUTE AND FINISH THE COMPLETE SIGN.
THIS IS WHERE WE ARE NOW. I THINK IT IS WITH THE MANUFACTURER AND THEY WANT THEY ARE IN THE PROCESS OF FINALIZING IT TO INSTALL IT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
>> OKAY, SO IT'S IN FABRICATION, YOU THINK?
>> I THINK IT STILL IS IN FABRICATION, YES.
THEY HAD A SHORTAGE OF MATERIAL OVER THE LAST TWO OR THREE YEARS AND IT'S ALWAYS BEEN ONE OF THE HURDLES IN THE SIGNS PROGRAM, THE NEIGHBOR SIGNAGE PROGRAM.
IT JUST SOME OF THESE MATERIALS WERE HARD TO ACQUIRE AND THAT'S WHY IT TOOK THEM LONGER TO FINISH EACH ONE.
AS FAR AS WE'VE BEEN DOING LAST YEAR, I THINK AT THE MAXIMUM, THEY THEY WERE DOING LIKE TWO AT A TIME.
IT'S THE PROCESS THE MANUFACTURING PROCESS.
ONCE IT CLEARS, ONCE WE DO THE EASEMENT, ONCE PUBLIC SERVICES AGREE AND ONCE THE HOA AGREES ON THE LOCATION AND ACCEPTS THE RENDERING BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO APPROVE IT FIRST.
JUST NOT ABOUT BANNING LAKES, BUT IN SOME CASES, THE APPROVAL PROCESS FROM THE HOA IS TAKING MUCH LONGER THAN WE ANTICIPATE.
THEY WOULD CHANGE THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND THEY WILL COME BACK AND THEY WOULD ASK FOR CHANGES AGAIN.
BUT IN THIS CASE, IT'S REALLY THE MANUFACTURING PROCESS.
>> WE CAN CHECK COMMISSIONER ADDRESS TO GET A TIMELINE ON WHEN THE FABRICATION IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED.
>> OKAY. FOR THE RECORD FOR [INAUDIBLE] IS NOT IN DISTRICT ONE. NO, DISTRICT.
>> FOR THE SIT, WE COULD FIX IT CAMPAIGN, HOW DO WE MEASURE THE SUCCESS OF THAT CAMPAIGN? HOW DO WE KNOW THAT IT'S WORKING?
>> WELL A NUMBER OF WAYS, I SUPPOSE, AND ONE OF THEM IS THE SURVEY PROCESS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE GOING THROUGH THIS YEAR.
WE'RE GOING TO FIND OUT WHAT THE COMMUNITY'S PERCEPTION IS OF OUR EFFORTS.
AND, UM, AND THEN WE ALSO LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE HAVE ESTABLISHED WITH THE COMMUNITIES.
THE GRANT APPLICATIONS GRANTED AND THE PROJECTS COMPLETED, THE BEAUTIFICATION PROJECTS THAT ARE COMPLETED, COMBINATION OF ALL OF THOSE EFFORTS.
THERE IS NOT A WAY TO MEASURE THE GATEWAY OF HOW RESIDENTS COMMUNICATE WITH US.
FOR INSTANCE, THEY COMMUNICATE WITH US THROUGH THE WEBSITE OR YOU CAN SEE THAT THIS COMMUNICATION HAPPENED BECAUSE THEY SCANNED QR CODE.
OR DO YOU SEE ANY COMPLAINTS OR ANY SUGGESTIONS COMING IN BECAUSE OF SEED FIX.
I'M NOT SURE IF THERE'S A SPECIFIC WAY OF MEASURING THAT.
BUT YOU KNOW, I THINK WE'RE DEFINITELY GOING TO BE LOOKING AT THE NUMBER OF
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INCOMING REQUESTS THROUGH THE SEA CLICK FIXED PROGRAM FOR THESE SPECIFIC ELEMENTS OF THE PROGRAM.IF THEY'RE CALLING IN TO RECOMMEND SOMETHING, SUGGEST SOMETHING, COMPLIMENT OR COMPLAINS [INAUDIBLE] .
BUT WE'RE GOING TO THINK THAT THOSE ARE INFLUENCED BY THIS PROGRAM.
>> AS FAR AS THE NEIGHBORHOOD CURB APPEAL PROGRAM, THIS PROGRAM, AS I RECALL, CAN EXPAND DRIVEWAYS AS WELL?
>> WE HAVE. YES, WE HAVE, I THINK TWO OR THREE IN THE PAST.
IT DOES. IT CAN BE UTILIZED FOR THAT AS WELL.
>> DO YOU REMEMBER WHAT COMMUNITIES THOSE WERE OR CAN YOU GET US THAT INFORMATION?
>> I CAN GET THAT INFORMATION BECAUSE I DID CHECK THIS MORNING WITH SCOTT.
THE FUNDS THOUGH, BY ITSELF, WHAT I'VE BEEN TOLD IS TYPICALLY NOT SUFFICIENT FOR THE 2-3 PROPERTIES THAT WE HAVE DONE.
THEY HAVE HAD TO SUPPLEMENT BECAUSE THE MAXIMUM IS 3,000 AND NORMALLY IT'S MORE THAN THAT FOR THAT EXPANSION.
THESE PROPERTY OWNERS HAVE HAD TO SUPPLEMENT THAT GRANT AMOUNT.
>> COMMISSIONER. SORRY. VICE MAYOR WRIGHT.
BUT COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS HAS A FOLLOW UP ON THAT, SO GO AHEAD.
>> A FOLLOW UP ON COMMISSIONER BOLTON'S EXPANSION THING.
DO THE CONTRACTORS KNOW THAT WE'RE SUPPLEMENTING FUNDS?
>> BECAUSE I WOULD SEE THAT AS AN ISSUE.
>> I WOULD. JUST BECAUSE EVERYTHING THAT YOU SAY, CITY, THEY JACK UP THE PRICES.
>> NO. THEY DON'T KNOW AT THE TIME THEY GET THE QUOTE.
AS A PART OF THE PROGRAM, YOU HAVE TO GET A QUOTE ON THE COST.
THE PROPERTY OWNER IS NOT SAYING I'M GETTING A GRANT.
THEY'RE JUST GETTING A QUOTE ON THE COST OF DOING AN EXPANSION.
THEY HAVE TO BRING THAT TO US, EVEN TO GET APPROVAL.
>> THE QUOTE COMES BEFORE THEY EVEN KNOW IF THE CITY WILL BE GIVING THEM THE FUNDS.
>> GOT IT. THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR.
ALL YOUR PROGRAMS ARE INCOME BASED.
>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION, MRS. CALLOWAY.
QUESTION 1, NEIGHBORHOOD PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM.
I SEE EVERY OTHER DISTRICT GOT THE MAXIMUM, WHEREAS DISTRICT 2 ONLY GOT THREE.
WAS IT THAT ONLY ONE HOA WAS WAS ALLOWED TO APPLY?
>> NO. NOT ONE HOA IS ALLOWED TO APPLY.
BUT THAT PROGRAM, SOMETIMES WE HAVE HAD TO ADVERTISE IT TWICE.
WE DON'T GET THE AMOUNT OF APPLICATIONS THAT SOMETIMES WOULD BE GREAT TO REVIEW AND TO AWARD.
THERE'S A SPECIFIC AMOUNT FOR EACH DISTRICT.
IT'S UP TO $5,000 PER DISTRICT.
>> I'M SEEING EACH DISTRICT GOT THE MAXIMUM, WHEREAS DISTRICT 2, THAT HOA ONLY GOT 3,000, WHICH IS 40% LESS.
I WAS THINKING, COULDN'T WE ALLOCATE THAT MONEY TOWARDS ANYBODY? [OVERLAPPING]
>> WE COULD HAVE, BUT IT COULD HAVE BEEN JUST ONE APPLICATION THAT CAME IN.
>> THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT.
>> NEXT QUESTION IN THE WALL PROGRAM.
PARADISE ESTATE, WHICH IS HERE ON PINE ISLAND AND 61ST, THAT WALL IS AN EYESORE.
I THINK IT'S NOT VERY ATTRACTIVE.
BUT THAT COMMUNITY DOES NOT HAVE AN HOA.
HOW CAN WE HELP THAT COMMUNITY IN MAKING THAT WALL LOOK A LITTLE MORE ATTRACTIVE?
>> IT'S WHERE THE [INAUDIBLE] IS ACROSS THE STREET [INAUDIBLE]?
>> NEAR THE CIP PROJECT [INAUDIBLE]
>> GOOD MORNING AGAIN. JOHN DOHERTY, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC SERVICES.
THAT PROJECT IS IN OUR CIP PROGRAM.
I CAN CONFIRM THAT AND GIVE YOU THAT INFORMATION.
THAT'S FY '26, YES, AND FY '27.
THAT PARTICULAR PROJECT, THEY ALREADY HAVE AN EXISTING WALL THERE.
WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO WITH THAT WALL IS WE'RE JUST GOING TO EXTEND IT A COUPLE FEET AND PAINT IT AND BEAUTIFY IT.
IT WON'T BE OUR TRADITIONAL WALL WE HAVE THROUGHOUT THE CITY, BUT IT WILL BE IMPROVED.
>> YOU WOULD ALSO FIX THE MULTIPLE ELEMENTS OF THAT WALL WHEN IT TAKES THAT CURVE?
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IT'S A HODGEPODGE OF WALL AT ONE HEIGHT AND AT ONE POINT IT DROPS DOWN AND SOME FOLKS HAVE PUT UP SOME PLASTIC FENCE AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.WHAT WE'LL DO IS WE'LL CLEAN IT UP.
IT'LL BE CONSISTENT THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE PROPERTY.
>> THANKS. MY LAST QUESTION, I'M REFERRING TO COMMISSIONER BOLTON, THE SEE IT, FIX IT PROGRAM.
IN TERMS OF MEASURING THAT, FOLLOWING UP ON HIS QUESTION, HOW DO WE TRACK THAT? IS IT A UNIQUE LINK THAT WE CAN SEE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING TO THIS LINK AND HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE SUBMITTED DIFFERENT QUESTIONS?
>> TRADITIONALLY, OUR MEASURE OF SUCCESS FOR THAT PROGRAM IS TO LOOK AT THE TIME OF RESOLUTION, THE RESOLUTION AT FIRST ATTEMPT.
THOSE ARE THE TYPICAL MEASURES OF SUCCESS FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE.
IN THE PAST, WE DID NOT NECESSARILY SEPARATE THIS PROGRAM OR THAT PROGRAM.
WE ONLY LOOKED AT THE INCOMING REQUESTS FROM THE COMMUNITY, FROM THE COMMISSION, AND FROM OTHERS, AND HOW QUICKLY AND HOW WELL WE RESOLVE THOSE CONCERNS.
THAT'S THE MEASURE OF SUCCESS FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE.
>> DO YOU KNOW OFFHAND HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE UTILIZED IT SO FAR?
>> I BELIEVE THAT THE NUMBERS FROM MOST RECENT ONE, I'M JUST TRYING TO REMEMBER, IT WAS AROUND 1,800.
WE CAN DEFINITELY GET YOU THAT NUMBER, BUT IT'S A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER THAT WE RECEIVE FROM THE COMMUNITY AND FROM OTHERS, FROM YOU, AND THEN WE PUT THAT INTO THE SYSTEM TO GET THOSE ITEMS RESOLVED.
>> I KNOW THIS IS BEAUTIFICATION, PHYSICAL THING, BUT I GET A LOT OF COMPLAINTS FROM RESIDENTS WHO COMPLAIN ABOUT THE PERMITTING PROCESS, THE TIME FRAME, THE TURNAROUND IN DOING WHATEVER.
HOW ARE WE GOING TO STREAMLINE THAT AND IMPROVE THAT SO RESIDENTS CAN GET THEIR PERMITS AND THEIR THINGS FASTER WHEN THEY'RE ENGAGED IN THE BEAUTIFICATION PROCESSES?
>> FOR THE MOST PART, THE PERMITTING DELAYS IS AN EDUCATION PROBLEM OR CONCERN, AND OUR PERMANENT PROCESS IS CODIFIED IN OUR BOOKS, IN THE BUILDING CODE.
THERE'S A STANDARD PROCESS FOR US TO PROCESS THOSE APPLICATIONS.
I BELIEVE THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT HAS A GREAT CONCIERGE SERVICE THAT HOLD HANDS WITH OUR RESIDENT APPLICANTS FOR THOSE PERMITS.
THEY DO GO OUT OF THEIR WAY TO ASSIST OUR RESIDENTS WITH THOSE PERMIT APPLICATIONS.
BUT NEVERTHELESS, SOMETIMES THERE ARE DELAYS WHEN THE PERMITS ARE DENIED BECAUSE OF MODIFICATIONS THAT ARE REQUIRED.
IT REMAINS WITH THE APPLICANT A LITTLE BIT LONGER THAN EXPECTED, WITH THE CONTRACTOR A LITTLE BIT LONGER THAN EXPECTED, AND IT CAUSES SOME DELAYS IN THE PROCESS.
>> BECAUSE I HAD A RESIDENT EMAIL ME A FEW DAYS AGO.
HE'S BEEN DOING IT SINCE NOVEMBER.
EVERY TIME I REACHED OUT TO HIM, HE'S BEEN RESPONSIVE AND THE TEAM HAS BEEN FANTASTIC.
THEY TOOK CARE OF THE PROBLEM A DAY AFTER.
BUT WHAT ARE THE WAYS WE CAN IMPROVE TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE RESIDENT? I ASSUME THAT THE STAFF HAD TO EMAIL THE RESIDENT, BUT WITH SPAM AND ALL THIS STUFF THAT'S HAPPENING, IS THERE OTHER THINGS THAT WE CAN ADD TO COMMUNICATE EVEN BETTER WITH THE RESIDENTS? BECAUSE THE TECHNOLOGY MIGHT SEND AN EMAIL, BUT THAT MIGHT GET LOST IN TRANSLATION WITH OUR BUSY LIVES.
BUT BY HIM EMAILING ME, I RESPOND TO MY EMAILS RIGHT AWAY, AND I REACHED OUT AND I DID WHATEVER.
BUT I THINK WE SHOULD ADD SOME ADDITIONAL THINGS WHERE WE CAN COMMUNICATE WITH RESIDENTS TO STREAMLINE THESE PROCESSES.
BECAUSE THIS GENTLEMAN WANTED TO IMPROVE HIS HOME AND HE WAS BUILDING UP SOMETHING THAT MAKES HIS HOME LOOK BETTER, BUT HE HAD THIS ISSUE AND HE WAS LIKE, THANK YOU FOR SOLVING MY PROBLEM.
I DIDN'T WANT TO TAKE CREDIT BECAUSE I FELT THAT WE ALL WORKED TOGETHER AND THERE'S WAYS THAT WE CAN IMPROVE THAT.
WE HAD AN ISSUE WITH THE SCHOOL WHERE THE FENCING, SHE WAS IN THE PROCESS AS WELL.
SHE WAS TAKING A LONG TIME TO GET THAT DONE.
I THINK THAT SHOULD BE A PART OF THE BEAUTIFICATION AS WELL, IMPROVING THESE PROCESSES AND MAKING IT MORE EFFICIENT, BECAUSE AGAIN, IT MAKES THE CITY LOOKS BETTER FASTER. [LAUGHTER]
>> ABSOLUTELY. WE DO HAVE A GREAT DEAL OF OUTREACH TO OUR COMMUNITIES THROUGH PARTICIPATING IN THEIR HOA MEETINGS.
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WE DO HAVE A LOT OF PRESENCE IN THE LARGER MEETINGS AND SUCH, SO WE CAN DEFINITELY MAKE THAT AND A WHOLE LOT OF OTHER EFFORTS PART OF THAT CONVERSATION, PART OF THAT PRESENTATION SO THAT WE BRING THAT OUT TO THE COMMUNITIES, AS WELL AS MAYBE UP IN OUR SOCIAL MEDIA MESSAGES FOR THOSE KINDS OF EFFORTS AND HOW WE CAN PARTNER WITH OUR RESIDENTS IN PERMIT APPLICATIONS.>> I THINK WE SHOULD ALSO ADD A LITTLE OLD-FASHIONED MARKETING.
I KNOW WE HAVE THE TAM-A-GRAM, BUT PERHAPS SENDING MAILERS TO RESIDENTS TO GET FEEDBACK AND THAT TYPE OF STUFF.
I THINK SOCIAL MEDIA IS GOOD, BUT OLD-FASHIONED MARKETING STILL WORKS AND PEOPLE STILL CHECK THEIR MAIL.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE STARTED SOME YEARS AGO TO ASSIST OUR RESIDENTS IN TERMS OF THOSE TIMELINES FOR HOW LONG THE PERMITS TAKE IS WHEN THEY APPLY FOR A PERMIT OR WHEN SOMEONE APPLIES FOR A PERMIT ON THEIR BEHALF, WE SEND THEM A POSTCARD.
WE STILL DO THAT. THE OWNER GETS A POSTCARD THAT THE APPLICATION HAS BEEN RECEIVED AND IT'S IN THE WORKS.
THAT IS TO NOTIFY THE HOMEOWNER THAT THAT'S THE TIME THAT THEIR PERMIT IS BEEN APPLIED.
THEN ANY PROCESS FROM THAT POINT FORWARD IS COMMUNICATION BETWEEN EITHER THE APPLICANT OR THE CONTRACTOR AND THE CITY FOR THE ELEMENTS TO BE CORRECTED AND FIXED AND COMPLY WITH THE PERMIT REQUIREMENTS.
WE TRY AND MAKE SURE THAT THE OWNER IS AWARE OF THE TIMELINES FROM THE TIME THAT THEY APPLY TO THE TIME THAT THEY RECEIVE THEIR PERMIT.
>> THANK YOU, MAYOR. JUMPING ON.
I FORGET THE COMMUNITY NAME THAT YOU SAID.
[INAUDIBLE] WOULD IT ALSO APPLY TO SPRING LAKES VILLA ON SOUTH GATE, THE EAST SIDE OF SPRING LAKES, ONE WITHOUT AN HOA?
>> I'M SORRY, COULD YOU REPEAT THAT?
>> IS THE SAME SITUATION WITH THE 61ST COMMUNITY THAT WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT WITH THE WALL, IT HAS NO HOA, SO PRETTY MUCH THE HOMEOWNERS DON'T TAKE CARE OF IT.
THE SAME THING IS HAPPENING IN SPRING LAKES VILLA ON SOUTH GATE.
THE WALL IS CRACKING, IS PEELING.
THERE'S NO HOA, THEY DON'T EVEN TAKE CARE OF IT.
>> THAT WALL IS ALSO PART OF THE SOUTHGATE BOULEVARD WALL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT.
AS YOU KNOW WE'VE BEEN STRUGGLING GETTING SOME EASEMENTS WITH THAT.
>> NO. THIS WOULD BE THE EAST SIDE OF KNOB HILL?
>> RIGHT. THAT PROJECT IS A VERY LONG PROJECT.
IT ACTUALLY GOES FROM THE WEST END OF SOUTH GATE BOULEVARD TO THE EAST END.
IT INCLUDES AND ENCOMPASSES THE PROPERTY YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT AS WELL.
AS YOU KNOW, SINCE WE'VE BEEN HAVING COLLECTING EASEMENTS, WE'VE PUSHED THAT PROJECT BACK A LITTLE BIT.
>> ALL RIGHT. I'LL GET WITH SOME MATTER ON THAT ONE.
DOES HE FIX CLICK THING? I THINK ALSO JUST A SUGGESTION TO THE COMMISSION, GENERAL COMMENT IS FOR US TO ALSO BE THE ONES PUSHING IT.
JUST ON SUNDAY, I SENT OVER TO ALIEN ALMOST SIX CRTS JUST BECAUSE I WENT WALK IN AND I SAW STUFF.
NOT ONLY IS IT UP TO US, BUT ALSO GETTING TO [INAUDIBLE] THE RESIDENTS TO, HEY, DO THIS IF YOU SEE SOMETHING, SEND THIS OVER HERE, DO THIS, DO THAT.
I THINK THE EDUCATIONAL PART, ON OUR END, IS VERY IMPORTANT.
AS FAR AS PERMITS, I WANT TO JUMP INTO VICE MAYOR'S COMMENTS ON THAT.
I USED TO THINK THAT IT WAS ALSO THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT'S FAILURE TO DO MANY THINGS, BUT OVER THE MANY YEARS,
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ALREADY THREE YEARS AND SO PLUS, I REALIZE IT'S MOSTLY THE CONTRACTORS THAT HAVE THE PROBLEM.WHEN THE HOMEOWNER PULLS A HOMEOWNER PERMIT, USUALLY THE HOMEOWNERS KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING AND THEY'RE GOING BACK AND FORTH WITH THE BUILDING.
THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT HELPS THEM OUT. THAT'S GREAT.
THE OTHER PART COMES, IT IS VERY COMPLICATED BECAUSE I HAVE DEALT WITH CONTRACTORS THAT WORK A LOT WITH THE CITY AND THEY KNOW THE SYSTEM PERFECTLY WELL AND IT GOES SMOOTHLY.
THE ONES THAT DO NOT KNOW THE PROCESS, IT'S THE FIRST TIME THEY'RE DOING SOMETHING IN THE CITY OF TAMARAC, ARE THE ONES THAT ARE HAVING ISSUES.
I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT BECAUSE I USED TO THINK IT WAS US, BUT THE MAJORITY IS THE CONTRACTOR AND WORKING WITH THE HOMEOWNER, JUST SAY, HEY, LET THE CONTRACTOR DO THEIR WORK.
THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> EXCELLENT. COMMISSIONER BOLTON.
>> YEAH. I INITIALLY TURNED MY CARD TO SAY JUST THAT, WHAT COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS SAID.
WORKING WITH THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT AND QUITE FRANKLY, I WISH THAT WE COULD CREATE 10 MORE GEORGES.
[LAUGHTER] IF WE HAD 10 MORE GEORGES IN THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT, I THINK THAT WOULD BE JUST PERFECT FOOTING.
BUT THE PROBLEM IS MOSTLY WITH THE CONTRACTORS.
EVERY TIME THERE'S AN ISSUE THAT WE HAVE TO RESOLVE, AND OF COURSE, THE RESIDENTS ARE VOCAL WITH REACHING OUT TO US, IT GOES BACK TO THE CONTRACTOR.
IT'S LIKE THEY'RE SAYING, OH THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT IS NOT DOING THEIR JOB.
BUT THEN THE CONTRACTOR DID NOT INFORM THE RESIDENT, HEY, THIS WAS DENIED OR HEY, I NEED TO UPLOAD SOMETHING NEW.
ALSO SOMETIMES IT'S THE CONTRACTORS THAT PROBABLY DON'T KNOW HOW TO USE THE NEW TECHNOLOGY SO TO ADD SOLUTIONS TO WHAT COMMISSIONER VICE MAYOR WRIGHT MENTIONED IS NUMBER 1, PERHAPS WE SHOULD START OR DO A CLASS FOR UTILIZING NEW BUILDING DEPARTMENT TECHNOLOGY.
THAT'S ONE. NUMBER 2, I KNOW THAT WE SEND A POSTCARD WHEN THEY SUBMIT A PERMIT, BUT THE FOLLOW UP SOMETIMES IS THROUGH EMAIL.
WE NOW KNOW THAT 98% OF TEXT MESSAGES ARE OPENED BY ITS USERS, AND 19.8% OF EMAILS ARE OPENED BY ITS USERS.
IF YOU SEND AN EMAIL TO THE RESIDENT OR THE CONTRACTOR SAYING, HEY, YOUR PERMIT IS DENIED, OR HEY, YOU NEED TO UPLOAD SOMETHING ELSE, THEY MAY NOT OPEN THAT EMAIL.
CHANCES ARE ONE OUT OF FIVE RESIDENT OR CONTRACTORS ARE OPENING THAT EMAIL.
BUT IF THEY SIGN UP FOR TEXT MESSAGE ALERTS OR IF YOU IMPLEMENT THAT IN THE TECHNOLOGY, THEN WE CAN SEE 98% OF THEM OPENING IT AND YOU WILL RESOLVE A LOT OF YOUR ISSUES THAT WAY.
NUMBER 1, DOING USER SEMINARS AND NUMBER 2, IMPLEMENTING TEXT MESSAGES.
YOU CAN SEND THE CHECK TO [INAUDIBLE] [LAUGHTER]
>> ALONG THOSE LINES ABOUT SPAM AND STUFF.
I KNOW THAT WITH ALL OF THE PROBLEMS, SOME OF THE PEOPLE ARE GETTING THROUGH PHISHING EMAILS AND ALL KINDS OF STUFF.
PROGRAMS, WHETHER IT'S GO DADDY OR OTHER SOFTWARE, APP MESSENGERS OR ALL THOSE THINGS.
THEY'RE CAPTURING A LOT OF EMAILS AND HOLDING THEM AND PEOPLE ARE NOT KNOWING THAT BECAUSE THEY DON'T REALIZE SOME OF THEIR SOUPED UP VIRUS PROTECTIONS ON THEIR COMPUTERS.
THERE IS A LOT TO BE SAID FOR SOME OF OUR TECHNOLOGY AND THERE'S ALSO SOMETHING TO BE SAID.
BUT HI, I'M CALLING YOU FROM THE CITY OF TAMARAC.
YOUR PERMIT HAS AN ISSUE. PLEASE CALL ME.
CALL ME OLD FASHION, BUT CERTAIN THINGS WORK.
ALSO, WHEN IT COMES TO THE CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW WELL IS OUR NEW ROLLOUT, IT JUST GOT STARTED.
I THINK WE ARE JUMPING THE GUN A LITTLE BIT.
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WELCOME TO 2024.ALL OF US ARE ON BOARD TO START PUSHING IT OUT, WHICHEVER MECHANISM IT IS, WHETHER IN PERSON, ON THE PHONE, SOCIAL MEDIA, TEXT, IT'LL GET OUT THERE.
I GUESS, BY THE END OF THE YEAR WE CAN SEE HOW GOOD WE'RE DOING OR SIX MONTHS AND SEE HOW GOOD IT'S DOING WHEN THERE ARE EVEN MORE CRTS THAN EVER, AND WE NEED JUST MAYBE ONE PERSON BUILDING ALL THE CRTS AND DIRECTING THEM ALL OUT, WE'LL KNOW.
BUT I'M PRETTY SURE THAT OUR TEAM IS WORKING VERY HARD BECAUSE WE'RE CONSTANTLY ADVISING OF SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT OUR RESIDENTS ARE SEEING AND SHARING WITH US.
I'M VERY EXCITED FOR THAT ADDITIONAL GOOD PERSON, TO WHICH I MIGHT HAVE TO BE BEGGING FOR ANOTHER GOOD PERSON TO COME HELP OUT BECAUSE IT'S ABOUT TIME THAT OUR CITY UNDERSTANDS.
WE ARE NOT 50,000 PEOPLE ANYMORE.
SHE MAKES HER OWN CLOTHES, SHE'S DOING GREAT.
SHE PROBABLY CAN DANCE CIRCLES AROUND SOME OF US.
BUT POINT BEING IS WE'RE OUT THERE, WE'RE SEEING WHAT'S GOING ON, AND WE'RE ASKING OUR RESIDENTS IF YOU SEE IT SAY SOMETHING AND WE NEED TO BE PREPARED TO HAVE THE PERSONNEL.
BUT WHEN THEY SEE IT THEY SAY SOMETHING NOW, DO SOMETHING OR ELSE IT'S GOING TO BE, WHY DO WE HAVE THIS THING? WHAT'S THE PURPOSE? THEN WE'LL JUST GET SLAMMED FOR NOT DOING THE NEXT STEPS.
COMMUNICATION IS EXTREMELY KEY.
I AM SO EXCITED THAT THE WALL WILL HOPEFULLY BE INSTALLED SOON ON THE NORTH SIDE OF COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD AND GOING UP ROCK ISLAND THAT IS EMPTY MOONS IN THE MAKING.
I DID SEE THE AREA ON UNIVERSITY IN WOODMONT AND WENT, OH MY GOD.
ALL THE TREES THAT PEOPLE HAVE BEEN COMPLAINING ABOUT, THE PARKING UP SIDEWALKS ARE SO SHOCKING THAT IT'S FINALLY HAPPENED.
LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING HOW BEAUTIFUL THE AREA WILL BE DONE THERE.
THE MINOR HOME REPAIRS, THERE'S TIMELINES ON THAT.
IT ONLY COMES OUT EVERY APRIL?
>> IT COMES OUT IN THE LATE SUMMER.
>> SUMMER. I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS, MAYBE IF WE CAN GET A SCHEDULE OF EVENTS, SO TO SPEAK, SO WHEN WE'RE TALKING TO OUR RESIDENTS AND THEY'RE ASKING US QUESTIONS, WE CAN MAKE SURE TO SAY, LOOK, WE KNOW YOU WANT TO APPLY, BUT HERE'S WHEN IT ROLLS OUT, BECAUSE HERE'S WHEN WE GET MONEY FROM THE GOVERNMENT THAT HELPS GO INTO THE PROGRAM, WHICH IS WHY WE'RE ABLE TO FUND THIS.
SAME THING WITH THE HERBOPAL PROGRAM.
I WILL TELL YOU THAT I KNOW FOR YEARS I'VE BEEN ASKING ABOUT WHAT WE CAN BE ABLE TO DO FOR DRIVEWAY EXPANSIONS AND HEDGES AND STUFF LIKE THIS AND I THINK THAT IT'S SOMETHING THAT OBVIOUSLY WE'LL BE HAVING A FURTHER DISCUSSION DURING STRATEGIC PLANNING ABOUT THE AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR THAT PROGRAM.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE'VE HAD IT OVERRUN YET BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW IF WE'VE KNOWN WELL ENOUGH ABOUT WHEN THE AVAILABILITY OF THOSE FUNDS ARE.
I KNOW WE'VE KNOWN ABOUT THE NIPPERT PROGRAM, THE NIPPERT 2.0 BUT WHEN WE FULLY OPENED IT UP TO ALLOW FOR THE EXPANSION OF THAT PROGRAM.
BUT ALL IN ALL, I'M EXCITED AS I SAID IN THE BEGINNING.
2024 IS GOING TO BE ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC.
I LOOK FORWARD TO ALL THE DIFFERENT WAYS WE'RE TRYING TO REACH PEOPLE.
IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE DO NEED OUR RESIDENTS TO REACH BACK TO US.
WE CAN ONLY DO SO MUCH OURSELVES.
THEY ARE OUR EYES AND EARS AS WELL SO HOPEFULLY, THEY WILL USE THIS PROGRAM AND THEN EVERYTHING WILL BE FANTASTIC.
ON THAT NOTE, SINCE THERE'S NOTHING ELSE FOR THIS, I HAVE BEEN ASKED FOR A BREAK.
YOU NEED ONE OTHER THING? YES.
>> JUST BEFORE THE BREAK, JUST TWO QUICK UPDATE, JUST FOR THE VICE MAYOR, JUST TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THE PARADISE WALL IS SCHEDULED FOR FISCAL YEAR 2027.
I KNOW YOU WERE TAKING NOTES, SO WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS ACCURATE.
FOR OUR COMMISSIONER ON BANYAN LAKE SIGNS, THEY HAVE BEEN FABRICATED.
WE WILL GET YOU AN INSTALL DATE IN THE EVENT YOU WANT TO BE THERE DURING INSTALLATION.
>> ACTUALLY WHILE YOU'RE ON THAT, CAN YOU GIVE US AN UPDATED SCHEDULE OF HOW MANY STILL REMAIN, HOW MANY WE'RE WAITING FOR?
>> BECAUSE THERE WAS LIKE 30 OR SO AT ONE POINT AND SOME WERE ON THE LIST, DIDN'T MAKE THE LIST, GOT ON THE LIST.
THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL, IF WE COULD HAVE AN UPDATE.
>> WE CAN PROVIDE THAT. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN SO IT'S 11:51, WE'LL BE BACK HERE AT 12:05, 15 MINUTES.
12:05. HEY, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE ACTUALLY DID TAKE THE 15 MINUTES TO GET TO 12:06 AND WE ARE BACK ON THE RECORD AND WE ARE TEEING
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THE 2024 COMMISSION MEETING SCHEDULED DISCUSSION BEING PRESENTED BY OUR CITY CLERK, KIMBERLY DILLON.>> GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, AND COMMISSIONERS.
THIS AFTERNOON, THE ITEM BEFORE YOU IS THE 2024 REGULAR COMMISSION MEETING SCHEDULE.
IN WORKING ON THE SCHEDULE FOR 2024, WE REALIZED THAT IN THE PAST WE WERE DIRECTED TO BRING TO YOU A LIST OF POTENTIAL MEETINGS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED BY A REGULAR RELIGIOUS HOLIDAY.
FOR THE YEAR 2024 AS PROVIDED IN YOUR BACKUP, THERE'S POTENTIALLY TWO MEETINGS THAT COULD BE IMPACTED BY A RELIGIOUS HOLIDAY.
THEN WE ALSO HAVE THE SEPTEMBER 11TH, MEETING THAT AS YOU MAY RECALL, AT THE DECEMBER WORKSHOP, THE COMMISSION DIRECTED STAFF TO MOVE FORWARD WITH MAKING THAT A CITY HOLIDAY.
WITH THAT, I'M JUST LOOKING FOR CONSENSUS ON WHETHER OR NOT WE WILL MOVE THOSE TWO MEETINGS AND THE POTENTIAL DATE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.
>> YOU WANT CONSENSUS TO MOVE THE MEETINGS, BUT DO YOU WANT US TO GIVE YOU THE DATE TO LOOK AT?
>> YES, MA'AM. PER OUR CODE IT DOES STATE THAT THE COMMISSION IS THE ONE THAT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR RESCHEDULING THOSE MEETINGS.
IT STATES THAT THOSE MEETINGS CAN BE RESCHEDULED THREE WORKING DAYS PRIOR OR THREE WORKING DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF THE MEETING.
>> I WILL SHARE THAT IN MY PAST EXPERIENCE HERE THE YEAR BEFORE, THE CITY MANAGER HAS ALWAYS MADE THE CHANGES TO SCHEDULE THAT HAVE NOT BEEN PUBLISHED JUST YET BECAUSE IT'S NOT A CANCELING, IT'S A MOVEMENT.
BUT UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE HERE.
I ALSO THINK, MAYBE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO ORGANIZE THIS BETTER BECAUSE SEPTEMBER 11TH IS SEPARATE, IT IS AN ESTABLISHED HOLIDAY OF THE CITY, AND THEREFORE, THAT SHOULDN'T BE COMING FOR US, IT'S NOT A RESCHEDULE.
>> MAYOR, AS CITY CLERK MENTIONED, ALL OF THE RESCHEDULING CANCELLATIONS AND INCLUDING RESCHEDULING, NEEDS TO BE APPROVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION.
IN RESCHEDULINGS ARE ABOUT THREE DAYS UP, THREE DAYS PAST.
>> DO WE HAVE SUGGESTIONS TO HELP US MAKE THIS A LITTLE BIT MORE SMOOTH SO WE CAN GO AHEAD.
WHY DON'T WE DO DATE BY DATE, IT MIGHT MAKE IT EASIER.
>> THAT'S CORRECT. THE FIRST MEETING THAT WE HAVE IS THE APRIL 24TH MEETING, AND THAT'S A JEWISH HOLIDAY THAT STATES THAT NO WORK IS PERMITTED.
THE POTENTIAL DATE THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT IS APRIL 25TH, THE DAY AFTER.
IT'S A WEDNESDAY MORNING MEETING, SO YOU'RE ASKING TO HAVE IT AT A MORNING MEETING ON THE THURSDAY SO SWITCHING IT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING TO THURSDAY MORNING.
COMMISSIONER DANIEL IS MP ON THAT DAY.
I HAVE BROWARD COUNTY PLANNING COUNSEL ON THAT DAY, BUT FOR ME NOT TO SAY THAT COMMISSIONER DANIEL HAS TO DO THE SAME.
>> THE COMMISSION CAN GIVE DIRECTION ON WHAT DATE YOU WOULD LIKE TO RESCHEDULE.
THE CODE DOES READ THE THREE DAYS PRIOR, THREE DAYS AFTER.
>> IT COULD BE ON MONDAY THE 22ND, WE DON'T HAVE A WORKSHOP? OR IF YOU WANT TO DO IT.
>> THE MONDAY OR THE THURSDAY IS FINE, WHATEVER WORKS BEST FOR YOU.
>> THE MONDAY BEFORE OR THE AFTER?
>> THE MONDAY BEFORE THE 22ND.
>> THE MONDAY BEFORE THE 22ND.
>> IT MAY BE PASSED OVER COMMISSIONER, BUT THE ONLY DATES THAT IS STATED PER THE JEWISH CALENDAR IS THAT THE 23RD THROUGH THE 24TH THOSE DAYS ARE NOT ALLOWED FOR IT.
>> THAT'S UP TO THE COMMISSION.
>> AT THIS TIME I'M CURIOUS, CITY MANAGER, DO WE KNOW ENOUGH IN ADVANCE HOW MUCH WORK WE WOULD BE LOSING AND HOW LONGER OUR OTHER COMMISSION MEETINGS MIGHT BE IF WE CANCEL A COMMISSION MEETING.
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WE HAVE IT ALMOST TO THE END OF MARCH, AND I DON'T THINK WE'VE STARTED POPULATING THE AGENDA ITEMS FOR APRIL YET.SHOULD WE PLAN AND THEN WE CAN ALWAYS CANCEL IF WE DON'T HAVE ANY WORK TO DO? WE'VE DONE THAT IN THE PAST.
I CAN'T IMAGINE THE CITY OF TAMARAC NOT HAVING MUCH WORK TO BE DONE.
I'M FINE WITH PUTTING IT ON THE 22ND.
I'M NOT COMFORTABLE WITH CANCELING A MEETING FOR THE CITY UNLESS WE KNOW THAT THERE'S NOTHING SCHEDULED.
BUT THAT'S ME. I'VE GOT ONE CANCELLATION.
COMMISSIONER DANIEL, WHAT WOULD 22ND? [BACKGROUND] VICE MAYOR.
>> YOU KNOW MONDAY IS PASSOVER AND WHILE IT IS NOT A DAY NOT PERMITTED TO WORK, IT'S A DAY THAT MY CHURCH OBSERVES.
SO I WOULD PREFER NOT TO DO THE MEETING ON THAT MONDAY.
>> IF I MAY, I'M NOT SURE WHEN YOUR OBSERVANCE STARTS, BUT PASSOVER FOR THE JEWISH RELIGION BEGINS AT SUNSET OF MONDAY THE 22ND.
THE FIRST NIGHT AND THE FIRST SEDER IS MONDAY NIGHT THE 22ND.
THE SECOND SEDER IS THE 23RD AND GOES INTO THE DAY AND ENDS BECAUSE THE JEWISH HOLIDAYS START THE EVENING BEFORE.
THIS IS A MORNING MEETING THAT WE'RE CALLING FOR.
>> WE'VE HAD ONE THAT WENT [OVERLAPPING].
>> YES. WE HAVE HAD SOME LONG ONES.
THEN THE ONLY OTHER OPTION THEN IT WOULD BE MOVING IT TO A FRIDAY, WHICH I DON'T REALLY KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE IN JULY FRIDAY MEETINGS AND THAT WOULD BE THE 26TH.
WHEN IT COMES TO CANCELING, PERSONALLY, I'M JUST NOT COMFORTABLE CANCELING A MEETING.
[BACKGROUND] OUR PEOPLE, WE HAVE HALF STAFF ON FRIDAYS OR DOES THAT CAUSE ANY ISSUES IN THE CITY IF WE HAVE A MEETING ON A FRIDAY?
>> MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY IS PROBABLY A BETTER CHOICES.
>> WHAT ABOUT THE FOLLOWING MONDAY? THAT WILL BE THREE WORK DAYS.
>> IS IT THREE WORK DAYS OR IS IT THREE COUNTER DAYS?
>> WHATEVER PLEASES THE MAYOR AND COMMISSION, I'M AMENABLE TO IT.
>> SO IT'S MONDAY THE 22ND OR MONDAY THE 29TH? COMMISSION.
>> MAYOR GOMEZ AND COMMISSIONERS, I JUST WANT TO ALSO STATE THAT THAT WEEK OF THE 29TH, WE'RE ALSO PLANNING THE NEXT COMMISSION MEETING AS WELL.
>> SO IT MAKES IT DIFFICULT TO PUT THAT ON THAT WEEK BECAUSE IT INTERFERES WITH THE SET SCHEDULE AND THE PLANNING PROCESS YOU HAVE BECAUSE YOU DO HAVE YOUR MEETINGS.
YEAH. IT'S SEEMINGLY VERY DIFFICULT WHEN WE HAVE HALF STAFF ON A FRIDAY.
UNLESS WE WANT IT ON A FRIDAY, I'M PRETTY SURE [OVERLAPPING].
>> JUST THURSDAY. THURSDAY THEN IT'S FINE.
>> WELL, UNFORTUNATELY, IT'S NOT FINE.
>> I HAVE AN AIRPORT MEETING TOO.
>> YOUR WORK IS PERMITTED. I'LL MISS BROWARD COUNTY PLANNING COUNCIL IF THE CITY WANTS TO PUT IT ON THURSDAY THE 22ND.
25TH, IS THAT WHAT WE'RE DOING?
>> IS EITHER MONDAY OKAY, 22ND OR THE 29TH?
>> 22ND IS GOOD FOR THREE OF US HERE.
IT'S NOT GOOD FOR FOUR OF US HERE.
>> 25TH IS NOT GOOD FOR TWO OF US HERE, BUT TWO OF US ARE BEING WILLING TO MISS A MEETING.
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>> THE 29TH IT'S VERY DIFFICULT FOR YOUR PLANNING PURPOSES OF THE CITY.
>> IT IS, BUT WE'LL TAKE THE BURDEN.
>> THEN MAYBE WE JUST PUT IT BACK ON THE 22ND AND IF SOMEBODY IS NOT ABLE TO ATTEND BECAUSE OF OBSERVANCE.
>> WELL, I THINK HE'S [INAUDIBLE].
>> CHURCH IS CELEBRATING IN THE MORNING.
>> WE'RE TRYING TO RESPECT THAT.
>> YOU SAID OBSERVING IN THE MORNING.
I SAID THAT OUR CHURCH OBSERVES PASSOVER. DID NOT SAY MORNING.
HOWEVER, YOU TALK A VERY LONG TIME AND WE MAY GO ALL DAY SINCE WE'RE GOING THERE. SO I'M JUST SAYING.
>> NO, YOU SAID OUR CHURCH OBSERVES IN THE MORNING.
I'M JUST PUTTING ON THE RECORD THAT I DID NOT SAY THAT.
>> OKAY, FINE. YOU DID NOT SAY THAT.
>> BUT YOU WERE NOT ABLE TO MAKE A MORNING MEETING YOU SAID.
>> BECAUSE THIS COMMISSION CAN GO ALL DAY, MADAM COMMISSIONER. MADAM MAYOR.
>> WE'LL JUST DO THEY 25TH OR MISS WHATEVER.
>> NO. WHY CAN'T THIS COMMISSION JUST BE ABLE TO SHORTEN THEMSELVES AT A COMMISSION MEETING ON THE 22ND SO EVERYBODY CAN GET OUT IN TIME FOR THEIR OBSERVANCES? LET'S JUST PUT IT ON THE 22ND.
WE HAVE CONSENSUS FOR THE 22ND AND PEOPLE WILL REFRAIN THEMSELVES FROM MAKING ASININE COMMENTS WHEN THEY'RE NOT NECESSARY.
MOVING RIGHT ALONG TO OUR SECOND.
>> THE SECOND MEETING IS THE JUNE 12TH MEETING.
>> I THINK WE'RE TRYING TO GET TO A COMMIT GROUND.
THE 22ND IS YOUR HOLIDAY AND SO YOU SHOULD CELEBRATE.
>> YES. AS LONG AS WE WEREN'T GOING ALONG BECAUSE OF PREPARATIONS.
>> ISN'T IT AN ENTIRE DAY ON THE 22ND?
>> THE ISSUE IS THAT THIS COMMISSION, WHATEVER MAY BE ON THAT AGENDA, MAY GO ALL DAY AND WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN THAT DAY.
SO IN AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION, I'D PREFER IT NOT TO BE THAT DAY BECAUSE WE HISTORICALLY DON'T KNOW WHEN THESE MEETINGS ARE GOING TO END.
>> ON THAT NOTE THOUGH, WE'RE WELL ENOUGH IN ADVANCE, THE CITY STAFF WHO'S PREPARING OUR MEETINGS WILL DO EVERYTHING YOU CAN TO MAKE SURE IT IS A RELATIVELY LIGHT MEETING SO THAT WE CAN CONDUCT THE SITTING OF THE BUSINESS IN A RELATIVELY SHORT TIME.
ACTUALLY, HISTORICALLY, ANYBODY CAN GO BACK ON THE VIDEOS OR I'LL GO BACK TO OUR CITY CLERK AND LOOK AT ALL THE MINUTES OF THE MEETINGS AND KNOW WHICH MEETINGS GO LONG AND WHICH MEETINGS DO NOT.
THERE'S AN ABILITY FOR PRE-PLANNING NOW TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T GO LONG.
>> I JUST WANT TO QUALIFY WITH COMMISSIONER BOLTON THAT IF THAT WAS HIS CHURCH DOES ON A RELIGIOUS DAY, I THOUGHT HE WANTED THE ENTIRE DAY OFF BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT HE OBSERVES AS A CHRISTIAN AND WITHIN HIS HIS CHURCH.
SO I THOUGHT HE WANTED THE ENTIRE MONDAY OFF TO CELEBRATE THE PASSOVER.
>> IT'S OKAY. IT'S FINE. I DON'T WANT TO INTERFERE WITH YOUR RELIGIOUS PRINCIPLES.
>> THERE'S CONSENSUS FOR THE 22ND.
>> WITH A SHORT AGENDA IS THE REQUEST FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE TEAM PUTTING THINGS TOGETHER.
OUR NEXT ITEM, JUNE 12TH MEETING.
THE TIME FRAME THAT IS NOT WORK IS NOT PERMITTED.
IT IS THE JUNE 11TH THROUGH JUNE 13TH.
THE ONLY POTENTIAL DATE PRIOR TO WOULD BE THE MONDAY OF THE WORKSHOP.
SO THE SUGGESTION WOULD TO BE INSTEAD OF HAVING THAT WORKSHOP TO MAKE THAT A COMMISSION MEETING.
WE COULD GO TO THE, NOT THE 14TH, BUT THE FOLLOWING MONDAY, WHICH IS THE 17TH.
PART OF WHAT YOU SAID GOT [OVERLAPPING].
>> THE TIME FRAME WHERE THAT WORK IS NOT PERMITTED IS JUNE 11TH THROUGH THE 13TH.
SO THE SUGGESTION WOULD BE TO HAVE THE MEETING ON THE 10TH SO THAT WORKSHOP THAT WOULD BE SCHEDULED FOR THE 10TH WOULD THEN BE A COMMISSION MEETING.
SO WE WOULDN'T HAVE OUR REGULAR WORKSHOP ON THE 10TH OR
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THE NEXT DATE WOULD BE JUNE 17TH, THE FOLLOWING MONDAY.>> OKAY. THE 17TH RUNS INTO THE SAME PLANNING PROBLEMS THAT WE HAVE WITH THE SCHEDULE.
SO INSTEAD OF HAVING A WORKSHOP, WE WOULD HAVE A COMMISSION MEETING ON THE 10TH.
WOULD WE BE PUTTING A WORKSHOP ON THE 24TH OR WE DON'T KNOW IF WE NEED THAT AT THIS TIME?
>> THE SUGGESTION [OVERLAPPING].
>> WE DON'T KNOW THE UPCOMING POTENTIAL AGENDA ITEM.
WE'LL PROBABLY KNOW BY APRIL, MAY, AND THEN AT THAT TIME WE CAN DEFINITELY LOOK FOR ANOTHER POTENTIAL DATE.
>> IF WE SHOULD NEED THAT WORKSHOP.
>> EVERYONE'S FINE WITH MAKING THE JUNE 10TH WORKSHOP AN ACTUAL COMMISSION MEETING INSTEAD?
>> YES. I'VE GOT NODDING HEADS.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THE LAST ONE IS THE SEPTEMBER 11TH MEETING.
AS PER THE LAST WORKSHOP, IT WAS CONSENSUS BY THE COMMISSION THAT THAT DAY WOULD BE A CITY HOLIDAY, AND SO THE SUGGESTION WOULD BE TO MOVE THAT MEETING TO SEPTEMBER 12TH, THURSDAY.
THE REQUEST IS TO GET RID OF A WORKSHOP AND MOVE IT TO THE TENTH, WHICH WOULD ACTUALLY BE THE NINTH, OR ARE YOU KEEPING WORKSHOP ON THE NINTH?
>> THAT IS THE POTENTIAL, BUT IT'S UP TO THE CITY MANAGER IF IT'S OKAY.
>> ONE OF THE CONCERNS IS FOR SEPTEMBER WE HAVE TO HAVE TWO BUDGET HEARING DATES AND SOME WORKSHOP CONVERSATIONS.
SO WE CAN TALK ABOUT BUDGET MILITATE AND ALL OF THOSE ELEMENTS SO THAT THE MEETINGS IN SEPTEMBER ARE CRITICAL.
>> YEAH, I'M GOOD WITH THE 12TH.
DOES IT WORK? OR DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER COMMITTEES? I'VE GOT THUMBS UP FROM COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS, COMMISSIONER WRIGHT.
FINE. FINE. NO COMMENT. CONSENSUS. [INAUDIBLE]
>> THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER. THANK YOU.
>> AND THEN ANY OTHER WORKSHOPS AND ITEMS PUT ON OUR CALENDAR, AND I KNOW THAT CITY TEAM IS TRYING TO PUT THOSE BUDGET WORKSHOPS AND ITEMS ON OUR CALENDARS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE PROBABLY BY THURSDAY OF THIS WEEK.
IF THE COMMISSION CAN UPDATE ITS CALENDAR BY FIVE O'CLOCK ON WEDNESDAY OF THIS WEEK, THEN THE CITY TEAM CAN KNOW HOW TO PROGRAM AND LOOK AT OUR CALENDAR FOR THINGS THAT ARE COMING UP.
COMMISSION IF WE COULD DO THAT, PLEASE, IT WOULD BE APPRECIATED BECAUSE IF NOT, IT'S GOING ON OUR CALENDAR AND THEN WE'RE DONE.
MOVING RIGHT ALONG TO ITEM 1G,
[1.g 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.]
THIS IS AN ITEM THAT I'VE ASKED FOR.I'M HOPING THAT EVERYBODY READ THE BACK OF THE BACKUP MATERIAL.
EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE, SOMETIMES WE READ THINGS THAT WE THOUGHT WE'VE KNOWN AND THEN THINGS JUST REMIND US AND GO, OH, IS THAT WHAT THAT SAYS? BECAUSE IT WAS REALLY TELLING TO RE-READ OUR CODE OF CONDUCT OBLIGATIONS AND THE REST BASICALLY AS WE ARE ELECTED OFFICIALS WHO HAVE SWORN OATH TO HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY, BEING A POSITIVE EXAMPLE AND SCRUPULOUSLY OBSERVING THE LETTER AND SPIRIT OF APPLICABLE LAWS.
IT IS OUR SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITY AND WE NEED TO PROMOTE PUBLIC CONFIDENCE IN CITY GOVERNMENT, SERVING THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE PUBLIC.
WE PLEDGE TO NOT MISUSE OUR OFFICE OR POSITION.
WE PLEDGE TO NOT ENGAGE, SOLICIT, NEGOTIATE, OR PROMISE TO ACCEPT CERTAIN THINGS.
WE AGREE TO BE HONEST, FAIR, AND RESPECTFUL TO EACH OTHER AND AVOID CONDUCT CREATING AN APPEARANCE OF IMPROPRIETY OR OTHERWISE UNBECOMING, AND UNBEFITTING A PUBLIC OFFICER.
WE WILL NOT MAKE FALSE ACCUSATIONS AND PERSONAL ATTACKS AGAINST OTHER PUBLIC OFFICERS.
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WE WILL NOT BEHAVE IN RANK OR AS CONTENTIOUS MATTER.WE WILL NOT UNDERMINE THE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES IN THE ROLE OF THE CITY MANAGER.
WE WILL NOT INFLUENCE PEDAL OR USE OUR POSITIONS TO GAIN FAVORS INCONSISTENT WITH OUR RULES.
WE ARE NOT TRYING TO USE OUR JOBS FOR CAMPAIGNING.
THERE'S A WHOLE BUNCH OF LOBBYING ITEMS IN HERE.
PROHIBITION OF USING OF LOBBYING STATEMENTS, DISCLOSURES AND PENALTIES.
THEN THERE'S SECTION 26-67, INTENT AND DECLARATION.
ESSENTIAL TO THE PROPER OPERATION OF GOVERNMENT IS THE COMMITMENT OF ITS ELECTED AND APPOINTED OFFICIALS AND GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS AND EMPLOYEES TO HAVE INDEPENDENT IMPARTIALITY AND RESPONSIBILITY TO THE PEOPLE THEY SERVE ACHIEVE ITS GOAL.
IT'S NECESSARY GOVERNMENT DECISION AND POLICY BE MADE THROUGH PROPER CHANNELS OF GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE, PUBLIC OFFICE AND EMPLOYMENT, NOT TO BE USED FOR PERSONAL GAIN, THAT PEOPLE HAVE CONFIDENCE IN THE INTEGRITY OF THEIR GOVERNMENT.
PUBLIC INTEREST THEREFORE REQUIRES LAWS TO PROTECT AGAINST ANY CONFLICT OF INTEREST, AND ESTABLISHED STANDARDS FOR CONDUCT GOES ON TO CHAPTER 12, CODE OF CONDUCT THAT IS THE POLICY OF THE COUNTY THAT THE CITY HAS PUT IN, AND THAT WE UPHOLD UTMOST REGARDS FOR PERSONAL INTEGRITY, TRUTHFULNESS, HONESTY, FAIRNESS IN CARRYING OUT OUR PUBLIC DUTIES AND MUST AVOID EVEN THE APPEARANCE OF IMPROPRIETY AND THE PERFORMANCE OF THEIR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES.
IT GOES ON AND ON FOR PUBLIC TRUST, INTEGRITY, THESE ARE JUST CAPTIONS, RESPONSIBILITY, FAIRNESS, COMPASSION AND RESPECT FOR OTHERS, AND A WHOLE BUNCH OF LISTING ITEMS THROUGHOUT.
I READ THAT PORTION OUT LOUD, JUST THERE'S REASONS FOR MY BRINGING THIS ITEM UP FOR A DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE CONSENSUS FOR THE CITY STAFF TO PREPARE AN AMENDMENT FOR OUR CODE OF CONDUCT AND LOBBYING ACTIVITIES THAT WE HAVE IN OUR CITY TO PROVIDE FOR GREATER TRANSPARENCY OF DECORUM AND GOVERN OUR EXPERT AT COMMUNICATIONS WITH OUR APPLICANTS, LOBBYISTS, AND DEVELOPERS.
OUR RESPONSIBILITY IS TO LISTEN TO OUR RESIDENTS AND WHEN DEVELOPERS COME THROUGH, THEY WANT TO TALK TO US. THEY WANT OUR VOTE.
THEY WANT OUR ABILITY TO SAY YES TO THEIR PROJECTS.
IT FEELS TO ME A SLIPPERY SLOPE HAS STARTED DESCENDING EVEN TO A MORE SUPERIOR AREA THAN HAS BEEN IN THE PAST.
I THINK TO AVOID THAT LOOK OF IMPROPRIETY, THE CONCERNS OF OUR PUBLIC AGAINST US AS A COMMISSION, TO AVOID DEVELOPERS SAYING TO US I DO NOT WANT TO DEVELOP IN TAMARAC, BECAUSE EVERY TIME I GO THERE, I FEEL LIKE MY ARM IS PUT BEHIND MY BACK.
IN ORDER TO GET AN APPROVAL, I HAVE TO PROMISE TO SUN, THE MOON AND THE STARS SO I DON'T GET MY PROJECT, WHICH IS A GOOD PROJECT.
OUR STAFF THINKS IT'S A GOOD PROJECT AND FOR THE MOST PART WE ALL PROBABLY DO THINK THERE'S A GOOD PROJECT, BUT GAMES ARE PLAYED, AND WE'RE NOT HERE ABOUT PLAYING GAMES, WE'RE ACTUALLY HERE FOR BUSINESS IN THE CITY.
I THINK THAT IF THERE COULD BE A WAY WHERE WE HAVE OUR MEETINGS WITH THE DEVELOPERS IN THE LOBBYISTS WHO COME IN, WE HEAR WHAT THEY HAVE TO SAY.
WE DO REPRESENT OUR COMMUNITIES.
WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO COME FORTH AND SAY, WELL, MY COMMUNITY FEELS THAT IT'S AFFECTED OR IMPACTED BY THIS NEW DEVELOPMENT, AND IT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL TO HAVE THIS, THIS, AND THIS.
BUT THEN IT COMES BACK TO OUR CITY COMMISSION WORKSHOP CONVERSATION TO DISCUSS THOSE ITEMS THAT WE EACH FEEL ARE OUR INPUT TO THAT POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT, AND THEN ALSO BE GUIDED BY OUR CITY STAFF, OUR PROFESSIONAL STAFF THAT KNOWS WHAT REALLY IS IMPACTED VERSUS WHAT WE MAY THINK IS IMPACTED.
BUT THE REALITY IS THERE'S NO SUCH IMPACT THAT COULD BE POTENTIALLY EVEN PUT TOGETHER.
I AM ASKING FOR CONSENSUS HERE ON THE COMMISSION TO HAVE OUR STAFF LOOK INTO SOME KIND OF LEGISLATIVE PROCESS TO HELP US BE ABLE TO HAVE DEVELOPERS WANT TO COME TO OUR COMMUNITY, OUR CITY, DEVELOP HERE, OR OUR COMMISSION FEEL COMFORTABLE TALKING TO THESE DEVELOPERS OR LOBBYISTS KNOWING THAT THIS ADDITIONAL PARAMETER IS IN PLACE AND THAT THERE WILL BE A FREE EXCHANGE OF DISCUSSIONS, AND AS A WHOLE, THE NEXT PROJECT THAT COMES FORWARD WITH DEVELOPER CONCESSIONS, THEY HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN DISCUSSED AND WORKSHOPPED PRIOR TO AND AVOIDS DELAY,
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CONSTERNATION AND CONCERN AND POTENTIAL DAMAGE TO A PROJECT, DAMAGE TO OUR CITY, OR DAMAGE TO OUR COMMISSION REPUTATION.HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
>> THANK YOU. I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THIS IS ABOUT, BUT I KNOW WHEN I MET WITH A DEVELOPER, I ASKED THE CITY MANAGER OFFICE OR SOMEONE TO SIT WITH ME.
SO I HAVE NO IDEA WHY THIS IS NEEDED AT ALL.
>> BECAUSE NOT EVERYBODY DOES WHAT YOU DO.
>> SO I'M FINE WITH THE WAY I CONDUCT MYSELF.
SO I HAVE NO NEED FOR THAT BECAUSE I MAKE SURE SOMEONE MEETS WITH ME.
>> WHILE THIS MAY BE A GOOD THING IN SOME REGARD, I THINK THAT IT IS COMING AT A TIME WHERE IT PROBABLY WOULD NOT HAVE THE SAME POTENCY AS IF IT WERE TO HAPPEN BEFORE THE WOODLANDS DEVELOPMENT HAD HAPPENED.
I WAS NOT THE ONE CRYING IN THE OFFICE OF A DEVELOPER BEGGING FOR THINGS TO BE PLACED IN THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
IF WE'RE GOING TO GO THERE, THEN I THINK THE DEVELOPERS SHOULD COME ON THE RECORD AND TALK ABOUT THE TEARS OF ELECTED OFFICIALS WANTING THEIR WAY AND POUNTING LIKE CHILDREN.
SO WHILE THIS DOES NOT AFFECT ME OR MY OFFICE, I THINK THAT IT MAY AFFECT OTHER PEOPLE.
I DON'T THINK THAT IT IS NEEDED.
I THINK THAT THIS IS JUST POLITICAL IN SOME REGARD.
FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS, I ACTUALLY DID NOT MEET WITH DEVELOPERS OR LOBBYISTS FOR A VERY LONG TIME, MAYBE LIKE 5,6 YEARS.
STAFF CAN TELL YOU HOW RELUCTANT I WAS TO MEET WITH 13TH FLOOR PEOPLE, VERY RELUCTANT.
WHEN OTHER LOBBYISTS CALLED AND ASKED TO MEET, I'M VERY RELUCTANT AS WELL.
AND SO I THINK THAT'S A MATTER OF PUBLIC RECORD.
DO YOU HAVE A LIST OF MEETINGS HELD BY DEVELOPERS AND LOBBYISTS? BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO REGISTER AND THEY HAVE TO SHOW WHO THEY'VE MET WITH.
>> I DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION READILY AVAILABLE.
>> CAN SOMEBODY FROM YOUR OFFICE GET IT WHILE WE'RE TALKING? BECAUSE THAT WOULD SHOW US.
I'LL FINISH MY POINT BECAUSE THAT WILL SHOW US WHO'S BEEN MEETING WITH LOBBYISTS.
I'M ALMOST SURE THAT THAT LIST COULD PROBABLY SHOW ME MEETING WITH LOBBYISTS AND DEVELOPERS ONCE OR TWICE AND THAT LIST COULD PROBABLY SHOW OTHER PEOPLE MEETING WITH LOBBYISTS AND DEVELOPERS SEVERAL TIMES.
I THINK THAT IS NECESSARY FOR THIS CONVERSATION.
>> ACTUALLY, I'M THE ONE WHO PUT IT ON THE AGENDA.
IT'S NOT TALKING ABOUT THE LOBBYING PROCESS THAT WE ALREADY HAVE AND THAT IS ALREADY IN THERE.
IT IS NOT TALKING ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT PEOPLE ON THIS COMMISSION HAVE MET WITH LOBBYISTS IN THE PAST.
THIS IS NOT OPENING IT FOR PANDORA'S HOPES AND DREAMS, OR CREATIVE CONVERSATION OF WHATEVER PEOPLE'S INTERPRETATIONS OF THE PAST.
BUT ONLY IT IS FOR GOING FORWARD ON HOW TO HAVE PRODUCTIVE CONVERSATIONS.
THE CITY MANAGER AND CITY MANAGEMENT TEAM AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CAN DISCUSS THE ACTUAL NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITIES WITH US AND IT COULD BE DONE IN AN OPEN FORUM BECAUSE THERE ARE THINGS THAT ARE NOT NECESSARILY BEING DONE IN OPEN FORUM FOR DETERMINATIONS OF WHAT ARE ACTUALLY NEEDED IN SOME OF THESE THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED, AND IT'S CAUSED SOME ISSUES. CITY MANAGER, GO AHEAD.
>> I'M NOT SURE WHICH ONE I NEED TO RESPOND FIRST, BUT IF YOU WANT ME TO THE ORIGINAL REQUEST FROM COMMISSIONER BOLTON, THAT INFORMATION IS READILY AVAILABLE ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE AND IT CAN BE PULLED UP BY ANYONE ACTUALLY.
IT'S UNDER THE OPEN GOVERNMENT SECTION OF THE WEBSITE.
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>> SINCE I HAVE THE FLOOR, I ACTUALLY JUST PULLED IT UP ON THE WEBSITE ALREADY FOR 2024.
SCOTT BACKMAN, MICHAEL NUNZIATA, AND HIS TEAM HAS MET WITH ELVIN VILLALOBOS.
THAT WAS ON 5TH OF JANUARY AT 1:45 PM.
THEY'VE ALREADY MET WITH YOU, MADAM MAYOR, ON THE SAME DAY AT 1:45 PM.
I THINK THAT WE COULD GO TO 2023 AND SEE HOW MANY TIMES THESE DEVELOPERS HAVE MET WITH ELECTED OFFICIALS.
>> AND WHILE WE CAN, AND I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE DOING, THE RELEVANCE TO GOING FORWARD FOR DISCUSSION ABOUT EACH OF THE COMMISSION PEOPLE ON. [OVERLAPPING]
>> ARE YOU BRIDGING MY TIME TO SPEAK OR DO I STILL HAVE THE FLOOR?
>> BUT I, AS THE PERSON RUNNING THE MEETING, HAVE THE ABILITY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE STAY WITHIN THE CONFINES OF WHAT THE TOPIC IS AND FOR WHATEVER YOUR PURPOSE IS, THAT'S NOT PART OF THE TOPIC GOING FORWARD.
IT'S TALKING ABOUT DEVELOPERS MEETING WITH ELECTED OFFICIALS AND THEIR REQUIREMENTS AND OUR REQUIREMENTS.
>> 2023 BETWEEN JANUARY AND NOVEMBER, SAME DEVELOPER MET WITH YOU 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 TIMES AND THEN LOGGED A MEETING WITH COMMISSIONER MOREY WRIGHT ONCE.
>> MY ITEM IS ABOUT THE FACT THAT WE ASKED FOR ITEMS FROM THESE DEVELOPERS THAT ARE NOT NECESSARILY WITHIN THE PUBLIC BENEFIT FOR THE AFFECTED OR IMPACTED LOCATIONS IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO DISCUSS THEM AS A WHOLE AND ALSO MAYBE HAVE GOOD IDEAS AS A WHOLE TOGETHER AS A COMMISSION THAT AFTER WE MEET WITH THEM AND WE HAVE IDEAS AND WE MEET WITH OUR RESIDENTS, WE FIGURE IT OUT IN A WORKSHOP AREA TO DISCUSS IT, SO THEN THE CITY STAFF CAN GO BACK AND FINISH THE NEGOTIATIONS OF WHAT GOES TO A PROJECT VERSUS ASKING FOR FIVE DIFFERENT FLAVORS OF ICE CREAM FROM THE DEVELOPER.
IT DRIVES OUR DEVELOPERS TO NOT WANT TO DO BUSINESS WITH US BECAUSE IT DOESN'T ALWAYS ACTUALLY IMPACT THE PROJECT, BUT THEY ARE GIVING IN TO CERTAIN THINGS BECAUSE THEY FEEL THEY HAVE TO IN ORDER TO GET SOME OF OUR VOTES.
>> OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION.
MISS CALLOWAY, CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION? SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE FOR SEVEN YEARS AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT IS MY FORTE AND I LOVE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.
I HAVE A LOT TO SAY AND I'VE LEARNED A LOT BECAUSE YOU HAVE BEEN SO INTELLIGENT AND SMART WITH YOUR PRESENTATIONS AND TEACHING US ON THE WAY EVERY TIME YOU COME HERE.
TEACH US, MISS CALLOWAY, WHAT A DEVELOPMENT OF REGIONAL IMPACT MEANS.
>> IT'S MOST OFTEN REFERRED TO AS A DRI IF YOU DON'T HEAR IT SPELLED OUT THAT WAY, BUT THAT IS A DEVELOPMENT BASED ON THE SCOPE.
THE SCOPE IS ESTABLISHED BY STATUTE, THE SIZE OF THAT DEVELOPMENT, MEANING IT IMPACTS OTHER JURISDICTION.
AND SO A PART OF THE REVIEW PROCESS INCLUDES YOU COLLABORATING WITH THOSE JURISDICTION.
THERE'S NOTICE THAT'S REQUIRED TO THOSE JURISDICTION AND WORKING WITH THOSE JURISDICTION.
SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE, WE HAD ONE DEVELOPMENT OF REGIONAL IMPACT, NOT DURING MY TIME, BUT IT WAS BEFORE THAT WE SINCE ASKED THE STATE TO RELEASE FROM DRI, THAT WAS THE BUSINESS PARK.
WHEN THAT WAS BEING DEVELOPED, PORTIONS OF THAT WAS CONSIDERED A DRI AND SO THERE WAS OUTREACH EFFORT OUTSIDE OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC BECAUSE OF THE SCOPE OF THAT DEVELOPMENT.
>> CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE LARGE SCALE? WHAT QUALIFIES AS A LARGE SCALE DEVELOPMENT?
>> SO THAT'S TYPICALLY A LARGE SCALE LAND USE AMENDMENT.
MOST RECENTLY LAST YEAR THE STATUTE CHANGED THAT FROM 10 ACRES TO 50 ACRES.
SO ANY DEVELOPMENT WHERE YOU'RE CHANGING THE LAND USE THAT'S GREATER THAN 50 ACRES IS CONSIDERED A LARGE SCALE LAND USE AMENDMENT.
AS I SAID BEFORE THAT SCALE WAS 10 ACRES BEFORE LAST YEAR WHEN THEY CHANGED IT TO 50 ACRES OR GREATER.
>> AND THE WOODLANDS DEVELOPMENT QUALIFIES THAT.
>> IT CONSTITUTES A LARGE SCALE BECAUSE IT'S OVER 50 ACRES.
>> GOT IT. AND THEY HAD TO GO THROUGH DRC AND THEY HAD TO JUMP THROUGH ALL THE HOOPS AND THEN WHEN THEY'VE JUMPED THROUGH ALL OF THE HOOPS AND THEY'VE
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COME TO YOUR OFFICE AND WORKED OUT DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, THEY HAVE TO THEN COME TO THE CITY COMMISSION TO DISCUSS THAT IN UNDER SUNSHINE.>> WE DISCUSSED THE NEEDS AND THEN BETWEEN FIRST READING AND SECOND READING, ARE WE ABLE TO MAKE ANY CHANGES OUTSIDE OF SUNSHINE OR DO WE NEED TO DISCUSS THOSE ON THE RECORD?
>> SO THE BIGGEST THING WITH THE LARGE SCALE IS THE STATE'S INVOLVEMENT ON YOUR FIRST READING THAT IS TRANSMITTED TO THE STATE AND YOU HAVE TO WAIT OVER 30 DAYS AS A THRESHOLD FOR THEM TO REVIEW.
YOU HAVE TO TRANSMIT IT TO REVIEWING AGENCIES, YOU WAIT FOR THAT.
ON A SMALL SCALE, A LOCAL GOVERNMENT CAN ADOPT ON ITS OWN, SO YOU ONLY TRANSMIT AFTER YOU'VE ADOPTED.
BUT WITH A LARGE SCALE, IT REQUIRES THAT TRANSMITTAL BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READING DEPENDING ON THE COMMENTS YOU RECEIVED BACK FROM THE STATE AND THE OTHER REVIEWING AGENCIES, YOU ARE ABLE TO MAKE SOME CHANGES IN THE SUNSHINE AS WELL BEFORE YOU ADOPT ON SECOND READING.
>> AND THESE ITEMS THAT ARE DISCUSSED, THESE ITEMS COME FROM YOU, COME FROM THE DEVELOPER, AND THEN THEY BRING THOSE ITEMS TO THE COMMISSION FOR DISCUSSION.
>> ON LARGE SCALE, SOME THINGS MIGHT COME FROM YOUR REVIEWING AGENCY.
FOR EXAMPLE, ON THE LARGE SCALE PROJECT WE JUST PROCESS REMEMBER WE HAD A COMMENT FROM FDOT REGARDING THE TRANSPORTATION AND THAT'S HOW WE WERE ABLE TO GET THAT CONTRIBUTION FROM THE DEVELOPER SO FDOT DID ISSUE A COMMENT ON THAT LARGE SCALE.
SO THOSE ARE INCORPORATED AS A PART OF THE ADOPTION.
>> SOME OF THESE LIST ITEMS THEN COMES FROM THE STATE, COMES FROM THE DEVELOPER.
>> REVIEWING AND THE STATUTE HAS REVIEWING AGENCIES, WE MUST TRANSMIT TO FDOTB, ONE OF THEM, SOME OTHER STATE AGENCY, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION BEING ONE YOU HAVE TO TRANSMIT TO THEM.
AND THOSE COMMENTS, ANY THAT THEY ISSUE, MUST BE INCORPORATED BEFORE ADOPTION.
>> AND THOSE NEEDS COULD LOOK LIKE THOSE ARE NEEDS FROM THE COMMISSION, BUT RATHER THEY COULD BE FROM THE STATE.
>> SOME COULD BE FROM THE STATE OR IN THE LAST ONE WE ALSO HAD SOME FROM THE COUNTY AS WELL.
IN YOUR DISCUSSION WITH THE DEVELOPER, DID THEY GIVE YOU ANY INCLINATION THAT THEY WERE UNDER DURESS OR THAT COMMISSIONERS WERE ASKING OR ELECTED OFFICIALS.
>> IRRELEVANT TO THE TOPIC AT HAND.
>> YOU SAID IT OUT OF YOUR OWN MOUTH.
YOU SAID THAT THE DEVELOPER MAY FEEL LIKE THEY [OVERLAPPING].
>> LIKE THAT MAY PERSON FEEL, I DID NOT SAY 13TH FLOOR.
YOU'RE THE ONE WHO OBVIOUSLY HAS A GUILTY CONSCIENCE AND WHY YOU ARE DOING WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THAT.
IT IS TRYING TO BRING THE CITY FORWARD.
>> THE BELL IS RINGING. HIGH SCHOOL IS OUT OF SESSION.
MISS CALLOWAY, HAS ANY DEVELOPER COME TO YOU IN THE PAST FIVE YEARS AND TOLD YOU THAT THEY'VE BEEN UNDER DURESS OR THIS COMMISSION OR ANY PARTS THEREOF, HAS BEEN ASKING FOR THINGS THAT THEY COULD NOT PROVIDE OR THEY FELT LIKE THEY WERE JUST BEING BEATEN OVER THEIR HEAD TO PROVIDE AND IF THEY DIDN'T PROVIDE IT, THEY WOULD NOT GET THEIR APPROVAL.
HAVE YOU HAD ANY SUCH CONVERSATION?
>> NO. DEVELOPERS DON'T HAVE THAT TYPE OF DISCUSSION WITH ME.
>> OKAY, SO ANY INNUENDO OR LIES OR ANY THING THEREOF THAT WOULD MAKE ANYBODY THINK THAT A DEVELOPER IS COMPLAINING COULD JUST BE A MATTER OF OPINION BY SOMEONE ELSE?
>> THEY MIGHT BE DISCUSSING IT WITH SOMEONE ELSE.
THEY DON'T HAVE THAT TYPE OF DISCUSSION WITH ME.
>> GOT IT. NO FURTHER QUESTIONS FOR NOW.
>> IT'S A SHAME THAT SOME PEOPLE FEEL SO GUILTY.
>> BE A MAYOR, NOT A PRINCIPAL.
>> I THINK THE COMMISSIONER SCORED 179 AS OPPOSED TO 165 AS ELSE SET.
>> YOU WERE GOING THROUGH THE LIST, YOU SAID THEY MAY HAVE MET WITH THE DEVELOPERS EIGHT TIMES AND THAT'S PUBLIC RECORD.
OBVIOUSLY, IT'S ON THE WEBSITE THAT IT'S PUBLIC RECORD AND LIKE DR. DANIELS MENTIONED, I DO NOT MEET WITH DEVELOPERS.
THE CITY ATTORNEY CAN ATTEST TO THAT WITHOUT HAVING HIM OR MISS PAM PRESENT.
I MET WITH 13 FLOOR LAST YEAR, I THINK ONCE AND OBVIOUSLY, I DIDN'T HIDE MY FEELINGS.
I WAS NOT IN SUPPORT OF THE PROJECT.
DEFINITELY ONE THING I TRIED TO DO IS NOT TALK TO DEVELOPERS OR VENDORS OR PEOPLE THAT DOES BUSINESS WITH THE CITY. I STICK TO THAT.
MAYBE SOMETIMES IT'S NOT A GOOD THING, BUT I'M VERY TRANSPARENT IN EVERYTHING THAT I DO.
I THINK COMMISSIONER BOLTON, GOING BACK TO WHAT YOU SAID YOU SAID, DID YOU MEET WITH THE DEVELOPERS, IS THAT PUBLIC RECORD?
>> ABSOLUTELY. I MET I MET WITH THE DEVELOPER.
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>> OH NO. I THOUGHT YOU SAID THE MAYOR DID IT EIGHT TIMES BUT I DID IT ONCE.
>> ACCORDING TO THIS WEBSITE, THE MAYOR DID IT EIGHT TIMES THAT WE KNOW OF.
>> [INAUDIBLE] DIDN'T YOU JUST HEAR OUR FELLOW CONDUCT YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE DOING THIS.
>> AGAIN, THIS IS NOT IN WINDOWS OR LIES.
>> WHICH YOU ARE TRYING TO MAKE IT SEEM LIKE I'VE DONE SOMETHING ILLEGAL AND CITY ATTORNEY IS JUST SITTING THERE.
I'VE JUST READ THE CODE WHICH SAYS YOU ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE DOING THIS.
>> THIS IS YOUR ITEM WE'RE DISCUSSING IT.
YOU ARE MAKING BULLSHIT AS WE GO ALONG.
YOU MAY NOT LIKE IT, MAYOR, BUT THIS IS YOUR ITEM AND WE'RE DISCUSSING IT, 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 TIMES THAT WE KNOW OF. [OVERLAPPING]
>> INCLUDING NOT MAKING FALSE ACCUSATIONS OR PERSONAL ATTACKS AGAINST ANOTHER PUBLIC OFFICE OR BEHAVING IN A RANCOROUS OR CONTENTIOUS MANNER, WHICH IS JUST COMPLETELY WHAT YOU WERE DOING AS YOU SIT HERE, FABRICATING VELONY.
>> VICE MAYOR RIGHT, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, I INSERTED THAT WE KNOW OF BECAUSE PERHAPS THESE MEETINGS ARE ONLY THROUGH CITY HALL.
FOR INSTANCE, I MET WITH 134 FOR COFFEE AND I ALSO PROVIDED THAT INFORMATION DURING MY EX PARTE, WHAT DO YOU CALL IT, DISCLOSURE THAT I MET WITH 134 MET WITH THEM FOR COFFEE.
THEREFORE, MY STATEMENT TO SAY THAT WE KNOW OF IS CERTAINLY REASONABLE BECAUSE THESE OBVIOUSLY ARE LOGS BASED ON THEM MEETING IN THE OFFICE.
>> YOU MET YOU MET WITH THEM IN THE OFFICE, COMMISSIONER RIGHT?
>> I MET THEM RIGHT IN THE OFFICE, YES. [OVERLAPPING].
>> THERE WE GO. THE ONE TIME THAT YOU MET WITH THEM IS LOGGED HERE.
[OVERLAPPING] THE EIGHT TIMES THAT THE MAYOR MET THEM IN THE OFFICE IS LOGGED HERE.
THE ONE TIME THAT I MET WITH THEM FOR COFFEE IS NOT LOGGED HERE.
>> THAT IS PUBLIC RECORDS SO EVERY TIME THEY MEET US, IT'S LOGGED THAT THEY'VE HAD A MEETING.
>> YES. I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN DEVELOPMENT FOR A LONG TIME.
LET ME MAKE IT CLEAR, WITH RESPECT TO THE LAW OR FISHER UNDER THIS CODE CAN MEET WITH A DEVELOPER, A CONCERNED RESIDENT ABOUT ANY DEVELOPMENT PROJECT.
THAT'S WHY UNDER THE SNYDER CASE, YOU HAVE THE EXPERT DISCLOSURE RULE, AND THAT'S ONE ASPECT OF THE LAW.
BUT SOME CITIES HAVE BASICALLY A RULE THAT YOU CANNOT HAVE EXPERT COMMUNICATION.
THAT YOU CANNOT TALK TO RESIDENTS, YOU CANNOT TALK TO DEVELOPERS.
OBVIOUSLY, THAT'S THE TWO AVENUES THAT FLORIDA LAW PERMITS.
WITH RESPECT TO DISCUSSION WITH DEVELOPER, YOU CAN MEET WITH THEM UNDER TAMARAC CODE UNDER STATE LAW AND IF THIS CITY WANTS TO GO THE OTHER WAY WHERE YOU CANNOT MEET WITH DEVELOPERS OR RESIDENTS TO DISCUSS PROJECT, THE LAW PERMITS THAT OR WITH RESPECT TO PROFITS MADE BY DEVELOPER I CAN TELL YOU FROM MY EXPERIENCE HERE, EXPERIENCE IN OTHER PLACE, DEVELOPER WILL TELL YOU THOSE PROFITS ARE VOLUNTARY.
IF THEY DON'T WANT TO GIVE, YOU COULD ASK FOR THE PIE.
THEY CAN SAY, WELL, I'M NOT GOING TO GIVE YOU THE PIE.
I MAY GIVE YOU WHAT I THINK I CAN GIVE YOU FROM A COMMUNITY BENEFIT STANDPOINT.
THEY ARE SOMETHING THAT OBVIOUSLY MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION CAN REQUEST, OR THEY CAN OBVIOUSLY NOT REQUEST.
WITH RESPECT TO MEETING WITH DEVELOPERS MOST CITIES, I HAVEN'T DONE THE SURVEY GENERALLY, ESPECIALLY SMALL CITIES, MIDSIZED CITIES ALLOW EXPERT COMMUNICATION.
SOME CITIES MAY NOT BUT OBVIOUSLY THE HISTORY OF BROAD COUNTY OR EVEN MIAMI DADE, IF A DEVELOPER FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE WITH A REQUEST AND THEY BELIEVE THE REQUEST IS NOT CONSISTENT WITH THE LAW THEY'LL BE THE FIRST ONE TO WALK TO THE STATE ATTORNEY OFFICE.
THE DEVELOPER, THESE ARE SOPHISTICATED BUSINESS PEOPLE, THEY'RE NOT AMATEURS.
BUT THIS IS REALLY A POLICY ISSUE WITH RESPECT TO WHETHER YOU WANT TO TALK TO DEVELOP BECAUSE YOU CAN'T SAY,
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I DON'T WANT TO TALK TO DEVELOPER, BUT I COULD TALK TO RESIDENTS.IF YOU WANT TO TALK TO RESIDENTS ABOUT PROJECTS, DEVELOPER HAS THE SAME RIGHT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT IT. THAT'S IT.
>> FOR CLARIFICATION, YOU'RE SAYING THAT WHAT THE MAYOR IS PRESENTING, IF WE DECIDE TO GO THAT ROUTE, WE CAN'T TALK TO DEVELOPERS, WE CAN'T TALK TO RESIDENTS?
>> I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S THE REQUEST.
I DON'T THINK STAFF, I REALLY DON'T THE REQUESTS BECAUSE I THINK IT'S JUST A GENERAL DIRECTION BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT SPECIFIC REQUESTS THAT THIS BODY WANT BUT I'M JUST GIVING YOU WHAT THE LAW OF THE LAND IS RIGHT NOW IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA WITH RESPECT TO DISCUSSION WITH DEVELOPERS, IS IT PERMISSIBLE UNDER LAW? YES. IF IT WASN'T WE WOULDN'T BE DOING IT.
BUT ON THE OTHER HAND, THERE HAVE BEEN FEW CITIES WHO STILL HAVE FOLLOWED THE OLD LAW WHERE THERE'S NO EXPERT COMMUNICATION AND I THINK EVEN AT THE COUNTY LEVEL, THE COUNTY, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY ALLOW PART COMMUNICATION WITH DEVELOPERS BUT THE LOGIC BEHIND EXPERT COMMUNICATION IS THAT HERE'S A CITY COMMISSIONER WHO'S MAKING A DECISION THAT WILL IMPACT RESIDENTS AND THAT THEY CANNOT COMMUNICATE WITH THE DEVELOPER OR RESIDENT.
IF THE RESIDENTS COME HERE AND SAY, LOOK, I DON'T WANT THIS PROJECT, I DON'T LIKE THIS PROJECT, AND THE RESPONSE THAT ELECTRIFIED WILL, I CAN'T TALK TO YOU BECAUSE OF THE EXPERT RULE.
MOST CITIES THAT I HAVE BEEN INVOLVED WITH HAVE THE EXPERT COMMUNICATION RULE, ALLOW DISCUSSION BETWEEN DEVELOPER INTERESTS, RESIDENT INTERESTS TO DISCUSS A PARTICULAR PROJECT.
THAT'S JUST A NORM BECAUSE IF YOU ASK ME PERSONALLY, I SAID, LOOK, YOU GUYS ARE PROFESSIONALS, DEVELOPERS ARE PROFESSIONALS YOU CAN TALK TO THEM.
IN FACT, YOU WANT TO HEAR FROM BECAUSE YOU MAY HAVE A PARTICULAR QUESTION THAT YOU MAY NOT WANT TO ASK IN PUBLIC.
YOU MAY WANT TO GIVE THE DEVELOPER OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THAT QUESTION ONE ON ONE.
IT'S UP TO THE ELECT OFFICIAL AS A BODY WHAT YOU GUYS WANT TO DO.
>> FOR EXAMPLE, IF THIS IS IN PLACE, HOW WOULD WE COMMUNICATE WITH THE DEVELOPER? WE'D HAVE TO COMMUNICATE VIA YOU? HOW WOULD THAT BE?
>> WELL, THAT'S THE PROBLEM AND THAT'S THE PROBLEM.
THAT YOU WILL EMPOWER STAFF [LAUGHTER]
THERE'S NO ONE SAYING TO NOT HAVE YOUR COMMUNICATIONS.
I AM RE-BRINGING IT BACK TO WHAT I'VE ASKED FOR VERSUS WHAT OTHER PEOPLE WANT TO DESTROY THE CONVERSATION TO BE AND MAKE IT SOME KIND OF A LONEY.
WHAT I'VE ASKED FOR IS A LEGAL, ORGANIZED MECHANISM FOR WHEN WE ARE ASKING FOR ITEMS FROM A DEVELOPER AS A PROCESS IS GOING THROUGH THAT WE DISCUSS IT AS A LEGAL, ORGANIZED WORKSHOP WHAT HAS BEEN ASKED FOR, WHERE THE PROCESS STANDS BEFORE IT COMES TO THE FIRST MEETING AND IT GETS TRANSMITTED AND THEN HAS TO COME BACK TO US AND THEN THERE'S ALL KINDS OF FLURRY AND FURY ABOUT THINGS THAT PEOPLE MAY NOT AGREE WITH ON THE DAIS OR MAY AGREE WITH OR THEIR RESIDENTS DON'T AGREE WITH OR MAYBE THE DEVELOPER DOESN'T AGREE WITH.
BUT THERE'S BEEN NO WAY OF HAVING AN ORGANIZED CONVERSATION AND AN OPEN PUBLIC CONVERSATION ABOUT, WELL, WHAT ARE YOU ASKING FOR IT'S IN YOUR DISTRICT? WHAT DID YOU THINK? IS IT THE SAME THING THAT MAYBE I'VE ALREADY ASKED FOR OR MAYBE ALVIN'S ASKED FOR OR MAYBE COMMISSIONER DANIELS ASKED FOR OR EVEN COMMISSIONER BOLTON? IT'S HAVING THAT ABILITY TO HAVE THAT ORGANIZED CONVERSATION IN THE LIGHT AND HAVING IT GO FORWARD.
SOME OF US, WE WERE ALL IN ALFAREDA AND I GUESS MAYBE THE CONVERSATION WAS HEARD FOR A MINUTE AND THEN OUT THE WINDOW WHEN WE FLEW BACK.
BUT THEY WERE VERY CLEAR ABOUT DEVELOPMENT AND THE SUCCESS OF DEVELOPMENT AND REDEVELOPMENT IN THEIR CITY BECAUSE THE COMMISSION STAYS OUT OF IT.
THEY HAVE SUGGESTIONS, BUT IT STAYS OUT OF IT AND THIS PROFESSIONAL STAFF DOES THE WORK OF THE CITY.
NOW, I'M NOT SAYING WE STAY OUT OF IT AND NOT BE A PART OF IT BECAUSE WE ARE THE CONDUIT TO OUR COMMUNITIES, WE LIVE THERE, THE BUSINESSES WE GO TO, AND WE SHOULD HAVE A SAY IN THE DISCUSSION.
BUT INSTEAD OF BRINGING BACK FIVE FLAVORS OF ICE CREAM, IF WE HAVE A CONVERSATION TOGETHER, WE CAN NARROW IT DOWN TO EITHER THREE.
WE CAN ACTUALLY POSSIBLY ALL AGREE TO THE SAME, BUT THEN WE BRING IT FORTH IN AN ORGANIZED MANNER THAT THE CITY STAFF IS ABLE TO GO FINISH THOSE NEGOTIATIONS.
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OUR PROCESS COULD BE SMOOTHER THAN POSSIBLY SOME OF OUR PROCESSES HAVE BEEN IN THE PAST.I'M NOT SAYING BAN, I AM NOT SAYING HAVE SOMEBODY IN THERE WITH YOU.
BY THE WAY, LOBBYING IS VERY STRUCTURED AND ALL THE RULES ARE FOLLOWED BY THE LOBBYISTS AND THEY PUT THEIR THINGS INTO OUR REGISTRATION.
>> THANK YOU, MAYOR. I THINK THIS SHOULD ALSO GO TO VENDORS, EVEN IF IT'S NOT A LOBBYIST OR A DEVELOPER.
I THINK IT GOES TO ALSO CONTRACTS THAT ARE SENT OFF FOR RFPS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
I THINK THE PROCESS OF COMING TO CITY HALL AND LOGGING IT IN, IT'S WONDERFUL, IS TRANSPARENT.
BUT THE PROBLEM IS IT'S THE PRIVATE CONVERSATIONS THAT PEOPLE DON'T REPORT.
UNFORTUNATELY, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS THAT DON'T GET REPORTED.
AND WHEN YOU ASK THE QUESTION, AND EVEN I KNOW CONVERSATIONS THAT HAVE GONE ON.
I CAN TESTIFY TO THEM, BUT BOTH PARTIES ON THE OTHER SIDE WILL SAY, NO, THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN.
WHY? BECAUSE THEY WANT SOMETHING TO GO THROUGH.
IRREGARDLESS OF WHO LOGGED WHAT IN, IS IT BETTER TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS IN CITY HALL IN FRONT OF YOU STAFF? YES, IT'S TRANSPARENT.
IT'S AN OPEN FORUM. I DON'T KNOW, I'M NOT SPEAKING FOR YOU.
I'M ASSUMING THIS IS COMING FROM SHAKER VILLAGE WHERE THE DEVELOPER WAS GIVING OUT $2 MILLION OR HOWEVER MUCH IT WAS TO DISTRICT 1, BUT ALSO TO DISTRICT 2 WHICH WAS NOT EVEN BEING IMPACTED.
HOW DID THAT HAPPEN? HOW DID WE NOT KNOW AS A BODY?
>> ISN'T WOODLAND IN DISTRICT 2? WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT?
>> NO, THERE'S A COMMUNITY WAY OUT WEST THAT WAS BENEFITING FROM IT, THAT WAS BEING IMPACTED BY THIS PROJECT.
THERE'S NO WAY THAT THE DEVELOPER IS JUST GOING TO EASILY SAY, SURE.
I THINK THAT'S WHERE THIS MAY HAVE COME FROM BECAUSE I TOO QUESTION THAT.
THE DEVELOPER IS GOING TO SAY NO, THAT'S NOT TRUE.
FOR ME, THAT'S TOTAL BS AND I BELIEVE THAT'S WHERE IT CAME FROM.
>> I'LL TELL YOU WHERE IT CAME FROM SINCE IT'S COMING FROM ME.
IT'S COMING FROM SEVERAL THINGS OVER THE YEARS AND DEVELOPMENT OVER THE YEARS, SEVERAL PROJECTS OVER THE YEARS.
ICING ON THE CAKE HAS BEEN THE LAST SIX MONTHS.
IT IS FROM SEVERAL THINGS THAT, AS I SAID, HAS GOTTEN TO A CULMINATION OF BEING WORSE RECENTLY, WHERE THE TRANSPARENCY IN THE CONVERSATION HAS NOT BEEN AS A COMMISSION AND AS IT SHOULD BE.
FOR WHOMEVER'S REASON WHY AND HOW IT HAPPENED, I'M NOT TRYING TO GO THERE AND ASK.
I'M NOT PUKING APART THE PAST.
I'M TRYING TO MOVE THIS COMMISSION FORWARD AND DEVELOPMENT, IF ANY, IS GOING TO HAPPEN FORWARD IN THE FUTURE IN A MORE ORGANIZED MANNER, A MORE TRANSPARENT MANNER, AND A MORE COLLEGIAL MANNER.
BUT IF THIS COMMISSION DOES NOT WISH TO GO FORWARD IN THAT WAY, THEN I'VE TRIED.
>> IT'S ALSO MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE RESTAURANT THAT WAS GOING TO BE TWO-ROOFTOP RESTAURANTS, THE OWNER DECIDED NOT TO PROCEED WITH THE PROJECT WAS BECAUSE OF THE CONTRIBUTIONS THAT WERE GOING TO HAVE TO BE MADE.
I BELIEVE BETWEEN THAT SHAKER VILLAGE SITUATION, HIDDEN MEETINGS, PHONE CALLS, PRIVATE MEETINGS AT THE BEACH, AT WHEREVER YOU WANT TO GO TO, ALL THOSE HAPPEN.
>> I DON'T. PLEASE DON'T SAY WE ALL.
>> WE ALL HAVE MEETINGS WITH ONE ANOTHER.
>> I DON'T MEET WITH ONE ANOTHER, SO PLEASE DON'T SAY THAT.
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IT SHOULD NEVER HAVE BECOME WHAT IT HAS BEEN BECAUSE IT'S NOT PERSONAL ATTACK TIME, IT IS NOT LET'S REVIEW THE PAST RECORD TIME.IT'S HOW TO MOVE THE CITY FORWARD, BUT FOR SOME REASON, OUR COMMISSION LIKES TO GET BOGGED DOWN IN POINTING FINGERS AND MAKING UP STUFF IN ORDER TO MAKE THEMSELVES FEEL BETTER.
THAT IS NOT THE PURPOSE OF THIS MEETING.
>> WHAT I'M SAYING WE, AS IN, NOT DIRECTLY TO ANYONE.
I'M TALKING IN GENERAL, AND I KNOW THAT HAPPENS IN EVERY CITY.
I KNOW THAT FOR A FACT THAT HAPPENS IN EVERY CITY, WHETHER THEY GET PAID OR NOT.
FOR US TO LOSE A RESTAURANT BECAUSE OF THE CONTRIBUTIONS THAT THEY HAVE TO MAKE FOR A DEVELOPER TO GET IN THE MIDDLE OF OF A COMMISSION BATTLE TO GET A PROJECT APPROVED IF THIS IF THAT THAT I THINK THAT'S WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM AND I'M OKAY WITH THAT.
I THINK IT SHOULD BE WE SHOULD NOT BE GETTING INVOLVED IN THAT WAY.
WITH THAT, YES. THANK YOU, MAYOR.
>> THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER DANIEL AND THEN COMMISSIONER BOLTON.
>> FIRST OF ALL, I DRAW THE LINE WHEN YOU SAY WE BECAUSE I HAVE NOT PARTICIPATED IN ANYTHING YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
I HAVE NOT SEEN IT, HEARD IT, KNOW OF IT.
WELL, WE CAN'T CHANGE WHAT WE IS, WE IS WHAT IT IS. IT'S A PRONOUN.
ANYWAY, THE MAYOR READ THE CODE ABOUT NOT TALKING ABOUT EACH OTHER, BUT APPARENTLY, DISCUSSION IS DIRECTED AT EACH OTHER.
EXCUSE ME, JUST BY WHAT IT STATES AND WHAT YOU SAID IT IS.
I ALREADY SAID HOW I CONDUCT MYSELF.
NOT EVERY INDIVIDUAL GOT TO DEAL WITH THEIR OWN CHARACTER AND THEIR OWN INTEGRITY. POINT BLANK.
BUT TO DICTATE TO ME, YOU GUYS MEET, THE DEVELOPER PREFERRED TO MEET WITH YOU.
WHATEVER THE DEVELOPER DECIDE ALREADY BEEN DISCUSSED BETWEEN THE MAYOR, IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 13 FORM BASED ON THE EIGHT VISIT.
QUITE FRANKLY, IF IT'S LEGAL, I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH IT.
I DON'T THINK YOU SHOULD HAVE A PROBLEM WITH ANYONE MEETING WITH DEVELOPER.
NOW YOUR INTEGRITY GOING TO TELL YOU WHAT YOU DO WITH THAT DEVELOPER AND I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH DEVELOPER HAVING TO AGREE WITH SOMETHING IN ORDER TO NEGOTIATE WITH THE CITY.
THEY SHOULDN'T JUST COME AND GET WHAT THEY WANT, ABSOLUTELY NOT.
THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO MAKE THE CITY BETTER, MORE BEAUTIFUL, AND GIVE SOMETHING TO THE RESIDENTS.
THEY'RE GETTING THE ABILITY TO BUILD AND MAKE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS FROM OUR LAND.
I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THEM GIVING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY.
EXCUSE ME, IF IT'S LOCATED IN THE CITY OF TAMARAC, IT IS. I DON'T MEAN I OWN IT.
BUT ANYWAY, I HAVE NO PROBLEM NEGOTIATING.
HAVE THE CITY STAFF NEGOTIATE, WHATEVER IT IS, BUT IT'S A BUSINESS.
THEY'RE COMING HERE TO DO BUSINESS, SO THEY SHOULDN'T JUST ASK FOR WHAT THEY WANT AND GET.
WE COULD ASK FOR WHAT THEY WANT, AND LIKE THE ATTORNEY SAID, THEY COULD SAY NO, ABSOLUTELY., AND THEY HAVE AND THAT'S FINE.
AS AN ENTITY, THEY CAN DECIDE NOT TO BUILD HERE, SOMEONE ELSE WILL COME AND BUILD. IT'S OKAY.
BUT ACCUSING EACH OTHER OF CRIMES BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE TO ME.
I THINK THAT'S WRONG AND I LIKE THE PROCESS JUST THE WAY IT IS.
NOW, IF YOU WANT TO GO COMMIT CRIME, SHAME ON YOU. YOU'RE ON YOUR OWN.
>> THANK YOU, MAYOR. EXPARTE DISCLOSURE, I'VE DONE MY PART.
THAT'S WHAT THAT MEANS. RIGHT, ATTORNEY?
>> YES. AT THE CONDITION IF YOU MEET WITH A RESIDENT AND DEVELOPER IN A PARTICULAR PROJECT, YOU HAVE TO DISCLOSE IT, WHY TO HIM AND THE APPLICANT.
>> I'VE DONE MY PART, CHECK THE RECORD.
THERE IS NO SECRET MEETINGS AND QUITE FRANKLY, I WISH THERE WERE SECRET TAPES WITH PEOPLE CRYING.
BUT THAT'S APART FROM THE DISCUSSION.
MISS CALLOWAY, A QUESTION FOR YOU, PLEASE.
>> MISS CALLOWAY, IF YOU WISH, YOU CAN.
THE WHOLE DISCUSSION IS SUPPOSED TO BE WHETHER OR NOT THIS COMMISSION WANTS TO ADD AN ITEM FOR DISCUSSION IN THE LIGHT OF ANY DESIRES THAT THEY WISH TO SEE ON A PROJECT.
IT IS NOT TO STOP HAVING MEETINGS, IS NOT TO MAKE ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS ON REGISTRATION.
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NO ONE'S SAYING THAT NOBODY HAS FOLLOWED THEIR RULES AND DONE EXPARTES OR NOT.ALL THE CONVERSATION SPECIFICALLY HAS BEEN ABOUT, AND WHAT I'VE ASKED FOR, IS WHETHER OR NOT WE WANT TO HAVE AN ADDITIONAL ITEM DISCUSSED OR LOOKED INTO FOR WHEN WE'VE MET WITH OUR DEVELOPERS AND OUR COMMUNITY BECAUSE THEY'RE THE ONES ASKING FOR THINGS TOO.
WE COME BACK IN A WORKSHOP SETTING TO DISCUSS THIS AS A BODY WITH OUR CITY STAFF TEAM TO SAY, SO AND SO OF COMMUNITY THAT IS BEING DEVELOPED IS ASKING FOR BUM, BUM, AND BUM.
I, AS THE COMMISSIONER OR THE MAYOR OR THE VICE MAYOR OR WHATEVER, IS THINKING THAT WE SHOULD DO, BUM, BUM, BUM.
WANT TO ASK THIS TO THE DEVELOPER? WHAT DO WE THINK? AND BEING AGAIN A BODY.
BUT AGAIN OUR COMMISSION SOMETIMES SEEMS LIKE IT RATHER HAVE NEGATIVITY VERSUS A POSITIVE, IS ALL I AM ASKING.
IT IS NOT AN ATTACK, IS NOT SAYING ANYBODY IS DOING ANYTHING WRONG, IS ASKING FOR THIS GOING FORWARD.
THIS CONVERSATION IS GOING NOWHERE.
IF THERE'S NO POINT OF THIS, BECAUSE THERE SEEMS TO BE NO SUPPORT FOR IT OTHER THAN THERE'S A SLIGHT SOUNDING POSSIBLY FROM COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS, BUT IF THERE'S NO SUPPORT FOR IT, THEN YOU KNOW, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
>> ACTUALLY. I MAY BE POSTURE TO SUPPORT IT.
MISS, CALLOWAY, CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION?
>> SO THAT WE HAVE THE FACTS, PLEASE? WHO LIKES LONG MEETINGS? MISS CALLOWAY?
>> MISS CALLOWAY, AT THE FIRST READING OF THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT FOR THE WOODLANDS, THERE WERE SEVERAL THINGS THAT WERE ASKED FOR IN THAT DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT THAT THEN WE HAD TO DISCUSS UNDER SUNSHINE.
ONE OF THOSE THINGS WERE POWER WASHING HOUSES IN THE WOODLANDS.
THAT WAS IN THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT BEFORE FIRST READING AND THEN DISCUSSED AT FIRST READING OR DID IT JUST COME OUT DURING DISCUSSION AT FIRST READING? BECAUSE FROM WHAT I REMEMBER, IT WAS ALREADY IN THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AND THAT'S PUBLIC RECORD. MISS CALLOWAY?
>> FEEL FREE TO RESPOND THAT THERE'S NO SUCH POWER WASHING ITEM IN THE DEVELOPER'S AGREEMENT.
>> CLEAN HOUSES, WASH HOUSES, POWER WASH ROOFS, WHATEVER IT IS, $200 A PIECE.
>> THE PRESENTATION THAT WAS MADE BY THE DEVELOPER ON FIRST READING, THAT POWERPOINT INCLUDED A CONTRIBUTION TO EACH PROPERTY OWNER IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF 200 OR SO PER PERSON FOR THE PURPOSE OF CLEANING.
>> GOOD. WHO CAME UP WITH THAT IDEA?
>> IT WAS IN DEVELOPER'S PRESENTATION.
>> I'VE ADMITTED THAT I'M THE ONE WHO ASKED FOR IT.
>> THERE'S NO ISSUE WITH THAT.
>> DECORUM. THE MAYOR AGREES THAT SHE ASKED THE DEVELOPER TO PUT THAT ITEM IN THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT BEFORE IT CAME TO FIRST READING.
YOU ARE ASKING FOR SOMETHING AT A DOUBLE STANDARD BECAUSE YOU ASKED FOR THAT ITEM PRIVATELY AND NOW YOU'RE SAYING THAT WE CAN'T ASK FOR THINGS PRIVATELY, WE SHOULD ASK FOR IT UNDER SUNSHINE.
THAT IS THE CRUX OF YOUR WORK.
[OVERLAPPING] HOLD ON A SECOND.
THE MAYOR IS SAYING THAT SHE WANTS NO DISCUSSIONS WITH ANYBODY ASKING FOR ANYTHING PRIOR TO ANYTHING, WE SHOULD DISCUSS IT UNDER SUNSHINE.
>> I WISH YOU WOULD LISTEN AND PAY ATTENTION.
YOU SHOULD STOP BEING ON YOUR PHONE, YOU MIGHT GET IT THE FIRST TIME AROUND.
>> I DID NOT TOUCH MY PHONE FOR A WHILE, I'VE BEEN ENGAGED.
MISS CALLOWAY, DID YOU HEAR THE DEVELOPER SAY ON RECORD THAT THEY WANTED TO CONTRIBUTE TO SHAKER VILLAGE? THAT THEY SAW THIS AS A BENEFIT AND THAT THIS WAS A VOLUNTARY PROFFER ON THEIR BEHALF? DID YOU HEAR THAT?
>> YEAH. EVERYTHING THAT WAS INCLUDED IN THEIR PRESENTATION THEY SAID WAS A VOLUNTARY PROFFER.
>> GOT IT. ONE LAST QUESTION SO I CAN STAND DOWN.
THE PROJECT'S BEEN APPROVED AND IT'S BEEN APPROVED AND AS A QUASI JUDICIAL PROJECT.
>> IT'S STILL IN THE PROCESS, IT MAY COME BACK BEFORE YOU ON SOMETHING. WE DON'T NEED TO.
>> MOVING ON FROM THE WOODLANDS.
>> ALSO, I THINK THERE'S CONSENSUS THAT THIS IS MOVING.
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I JUST DON'T WE GETTING BACK AND FORTH.THIS IS NEW YEAR, LET'S MOVE ON.
>> MOVING ON FROM THE WOODLANDS, MISS CALLOWAY, THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO CLEAR UP.
WAS THERE A RESTAURANT ON UNIVERSITY DRIVE AND COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD SOMEWHERE THERE THAT PULLED OUT OF THE CITY BECAUSE THIS COMMISSION OR ANY MEMBER OF THEREOF, ASKED FOR A CONTRIBUTION THAT THEY WERE NOT WILLING TO PROVIDE?
>> ON COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD AND UNIVERSITY?
>> IN A PRIVATE MEETING HE TOLD YOU HIMSELF? IN A PRIVATE MEETING?
>> FIRST OF ALL, THE LOCATION OF THE ROOFTOP IS NOT ON COMMERCIAL.
>> MISS CALLOWAY, DID THE ROOFTOP RESTAURANT DEVELOPER SAY THAT HE DID NOT WANT TO BE A PART OF THE CITY BECAUSE SOMEBODY ASKED FOR A CONTRIBUTION?
>> NO, THAT'S NOT THE REASON WHY THEY WITHDREW.
>> IF HE TOLD YOU THAT PRIVATELY, COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS, AND YOU JUST SAID THAT ON THE RECORD, PUT IT IN WRITING.
IF YOU DON'T, I WILL HAVE THE TAPE OF YOU JUST SAYING THIS SENT TO HIM AND AND WE'LL ASK HIM.
>> NO. FIRST OF ALL, THE PROJECT WAS ALREADY APPROVED.
THAT PROJECT WAS APPROVED SO WHATEVER CONVERSATIONS COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS WANTS TO HAVE WITH A PERSON THAT IS THERE IS IRRELEVANT TO THIS.
AGAIN, I KNOW YOU LIKE THINGS [OVERLAPPING].
>> FALSIFYING A PUBLIC RECORD IS [OVERLAPPING].
>> IS NOT FALSIFYING A PUBLIC RECORD.
>> WELL, HEY, BE CAREFUL THAT STONE YOU THROW BECAUSE GUESS WHAT? YOU'VE BEEN FALSIFYING PUBLIC RECORD ALL MORNING.
SO DON'T THROW ANY MORE STONES BECAUSE THIS GLASS HOUSE IS BROKEN.
>> I THINK WE HAVE BIG DECISIONS TO DRAFT.
COMMISSIONER, PLEASE LET'S [OVERLAPPING].
>> AGAIN, SPIN IT EVERY WAY YOU WISH TO SPIN IT BECAUSE IT'S EASIER FOR PEOPLE TO DIGEST IT.
OUR POLICIES AND PROCEDURES HAVE BEEN ALLOWING US TO DO THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN DONE.
AGAIN, THE REQUEST HAS BEEN BASIC AFTER WE HAVE OUR MEETINGS AND WE ARE ASKING FOR THINGS BECAUSE THERE ARE OTHER PEOPLE ON THE DAIS WHO HAVE ALSO BEEN ASKING FOR THINGS ON CERTAIN THINGS THAT MAY BE THE SAME.
INSTEAD OF BEING SILOS, WE GO SILO, WE COME TOGETHER AND WE TALK.
IT IS A SHAME THAT THIS COMMISSION HAS SUCH A PROBLEM WITH DISCUSSING MATTERS IN THE PUBLIC EYE AS A COMMISSION IN A WORKSHOP BECAUSE, I DON'T KNOW.
YOU KNOW WHAT? I HAVE PLENTY OF REASON WHY I THINK IT HAPPENS BUT ANY WHO.
AGAIN, THERE'S BEEN NO ACCUSATORY COMMENTS FROM SOME OF US.
COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS, PLEASE, IF IT'S RELEVANT, MAKE IT QUICK.
>> IT'S RELEVANT AND IT'S QUICK.
I AM ALL FOR NEGOTIATING WITH THE DEVELOPERS AND I THINK ALL OF US ARE.
I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO HAVE A MUTUAL CONVERSATION.
I THINK THE PROBLEM IS THAT, LIKE AS YOU JUST SAID, WE'RE HAVING SILO MEETINGS AND NOT EVERYONE IS INVOLVED.
NEGOTIATING TO GET THE MOST OUT OF THEM BECAUSE THEY WANT TO DEVELOP IN OUR CITY, ABSOLUTELY.
BUT WHEN THEY'RE BEING TAKEN A DIFFERENT ROUTE TO DO THAT AND WE'RE NOT INVOLVED AS A GROUP, I BELIEVE THAT'S WHAT THE MAYOR IS TRYING TO REQUEST, IS THAT WE DO THINGS AS A GROUP WHEN WE'RE NEGOTIATING THESE THINGS.
THERE'S BEEN PLENTY OF LAWSUITS IN THE CITY OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC, THEY'VE BEEN GOING ON SINCE 2009, '10, '11, '12, AND SO ON.
THERE MAY BE SOME MORE. WHO THE HELL KNOWS? THE COMMISSION'S HAPPY WITH IT THIS WAY, I'VE ATTEMPTED TO DO THIS, IT'S FAILED.
>> MADAM MAYOR, I'M IN FAVOR OF TRANSPARENCY, I'LL SUPPORT IT.
>> MADAM MAYOR, I'M IN FAVOR OF TRANSPARENCY, I'LL SUPPORT IT TOO.
>> BUT WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS THEN IF THAT'S TRULY THE CASE WHEN THE CITY STAFF BRINGS FORWARD LEGISLATION ON HOW TO MAKE THIS PROCESS BETTER FOR ALL PARTIES INVOLVED.
IT'S NEVER GOING TO, WHATEVER.
IT'S DONE SO CITY STAFF, GOOD LUCK.
CITY STAFF WILL BRING IT BACK WHEN IT HAS IT PREPARED.
IT HOPEFULLY WILL BE BEFORE THE NEXT NEW YEAR.
NO, I REFUSED TO SAY THAT TO CITY STAFF.
IT'S NOT LIKE THEY DON'T HAVE OTHER THINGS TO DO WHEN WE THINK WE SNAP OUR FINGERS AND THEY CAN ALL DO THE WORK.
IT IS 1:17, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
HAPPY NEW YEAR, I GUESS NOTHING'S CHANGED.
LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING YOU ON 07:00 P.M. JANUARY 10TH FOR OUR COMMISSION MEETING.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.