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[CALL TO ORDER]
HAPPY AND HEALTHY FANTASTIC NEW YEAR TO EVERYBODY.IT'S NICE TO SEE EVERYONE HERE.
IF YOU WOULD PLEASE SILENCE YOUR PHONES.
AND OUR CITY CLERK IS GOING TO CALL THE ROLL.
GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.
MAYOR GOMEZ. GOOD EVENING, COMMISSIONER BOLTON.
GOOD EVENING, VICE MAYOR WRIGHT COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS.
GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. COMMISSIONER DANIEL.
EXCELLENT. NOW, IF EVERYONE WOULD PLEASE STAND.
COMMISSIONER MARLON BOLTON WILL LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND THEN WE WILL HAVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE.
UH, I DON'T HAVE ANY REPORT TODAY.
CITY COMMISSION, WILL YOU PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE WALL ? THIS PROCLAMATION WAS REQUESTED BY TAMARAC FIRE DEPARTMENT FIRE CHIEF MIKE ANNESE.
[2. CITY MANAGER REPORT]
WHEREAS EACH YEAR, THE MEMBERS OF THE TAMARAC FIRE RESCUE NOMINATE THEIR PEERS FOR TAMARAC FIRE RESCUE FIREFIGHTER OF THE YEAR AWARD AND THE SELECTION COMMITTEE REVIEWS ALL NOMINATIONS SUBMITTED.HIS CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT ATTENTION TO DETAIL HAS PLAYED A VITAL ROLE OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS IN THE RESEARCH AND PURCHASING OF NEW FIRE APPARATUS AND FIRE EQUIPMENT FOR THE DEPARTMENT.
AND WHEREAS DRIVER ENGINEER SCOTT HUDANICH ALWAYS GOES ABOVE AND BEYOND WHEN ON CALLS, AND IS A TEAM PLAYER WHO WORKS WITH HIS FELLOW FIREFIGHTERS ON ANY PROJECT. HE IS ONE WHO HAS SET THE BAR FAR FOR THOSE PROMOTED TO THE POSITION OF DRIVER ENGINEER AND SERVES AS A MENTOR TO MANY OF HIS COWORKERS, HAS A STRONG WORK ETHIC, LEADING BY EXAMPLE, AND IS ONE WHO PROMOTES A HIGHER LEVEL OF ACCOUNTABILITY.
AND WHEREAS DRIVER ENGINEER SCOTT HUDANICH WAS ALSO APPOINTED TO COCHAIRMAN OF THE TAMARAC FIRE RESCUE BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION AND WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN, ALONG WITH OTHER MEMBERS, IN CHALLENGING AND CHANGING THE BENEVOLENT FUND TO A 501C3 TAX EXEMPT STATUS, WHICH ALLOWS FOR TAX DEDUCTIBLE CONTRIBUTIONS FROM CORPORATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS.
AND WHEREAS DRIVER ENGINEER HUDANICH ALWAYS HAS A GREAT ATTITUDE AND A SMILE ON HIS FACE, HE EXEMPLIFIES ALL THE GOOD QUALITIES AND TRAITS THAT EVERY FIREFIGHTER, DRIVER, ENGINEER AND FIRE OFFICER SHOULD ASPIRE TO BE.
GOMEZ, VERY PROUD MAYOR OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC ON BEHALF OF THIS COMMISSION, COMMEND DRIVER ENGINEER, SCOTT HUDANICH FOR HIS ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND ACTIONS ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC AND CONGRATULATE HIM ON BEING SELECTED THE 2023 TAMARAC [INAUDIBLE] OF TAMARAC FIREFIGHTER OF THE YEAR [APPLAUSE].
UH, THIS YEAR WE CHOSE SCOTT HUDANICH.
AND REALLY HE DOES EXEMPLIFY WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT TO BE A TAMARAC FIREFIGHTER HERE.
HE STRIVES TO BE THE BEST HIMSELF, AND HE EXPECTS THAT OF OTHERS.
AND IT'S AN HONOR TO WORK WITH HIM.
AND HE IS DEFINITELY THE FIREFIGHTER OF THE YEAR FOR 2023.
THANK YOU [APPLAUSE]. THANK YOU.
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THANK YOU VERY MUCH.THIS NEXT PROCLAMATION WAS REQUESTED BY COMMISSIONER ALVIN VILLALOBOS.
WHEREAS MR. WAYNE GEORGE LINTON, A DISTINGUISHED MEMBER OF THE TAMARAC COMMUNITY, HAS BEEN A RESIDENT SINCE 2004, DILIGENTLY CONTRIBUTING TO THE GROWTH AND VIBRANCY OF THE CITY.
AND WHEREAS MR. WAYNE WITHIN THE FAMILIAR SPHERE FAMILIAL SPHERE IS SUPPORTED BY HIS WIFE, ANGELA LINTON, AND ARE PROUD PARENTS OF A SON, DARREN LINTON, AND A DAUGHTER, DANIELLE LINTON.
FOSTERING A FOUNDATION OF LOVE AND UNITY.
AND WHEREAS HIS DEVOTION TO COMMUNITY SERVICE IS EXEMPLIFIED THROUGH HIS REMARKABLE INVOLVEMENT WITH THE KIWANIS CLUB, HAVING JOINED IN JAMAICA IN 1990 AND CONTINUED HIS IMPACTFUL JOURNEY IN TAMARAC SINCE 2014.
AND WHEREAS MR. LINTON'S LEADERSHIP HAS SHOWN WITHIN THE TAMARAC KIWANIS WHILE SERVING AS PRESIDENT FROM 2021 TO 2023, ON TOP OF HIS INITIATION ON THE [INAUDIBLE] BOARD, THE PARK AND REC FOUNDATION OF TAMARAC BOARD IN 2021, SHOWCASING HIS DEDICATION TO THE BETTERMENT OF OUR SOCIETY.
AND WHEREAS, HIS INSTRUMENTAL ROLE IN ELEVATING THE KIWANIS NAME IN TAMARAC IS EVIDENT THROUGH THE CREATION OF THE STORY TRAIL AT WATER'S EDGE PARK, A TESTAMENT TO HIS VISION AND COMMITMENT TO THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
AND WHEREAS MR. LINTON'S ENDEAVORS EXTEND BEYOND KIWANIS, INCLUDING FUNDING SOME CHILD'S CAMP FEES, SPONSORING KEY CLUBS FOR CONFERENCES, DELIVERING ESSENTIALS TO LOW INCOME FAMILIES AND HOMELESS SHELTERS, AND PROVIDING GIFTS FOR COMMUNITY EVENTS.
AND WHEREAS HIS NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENTS AS A WEBINAR PRESENTER ON SCORE BROWARD, OFFERING EXPERTISE IN ACCOUNTING, QUICKBOOKS ONLINE TRAINING, AND BUDGETING FOR SMALL BUSINESSES UNDERSCORE HIS COMMITMENT TO EDUCATION AND EMPOWERMENT.
AND WHEREAS ENCAPSULATING HIS SPIRIT, ONE OF MR. LINTON'S SAYINGS IS DON'T WORRY, WE'LL GET IT DONE.
AND HIS LIFE'S MOTTO THE BRAVE MAY FALL BUT NEVER YIELD.
REFLECTING A RESILIENT AND DETERMINED APPROACH, HIS COMMUNITY MOTTO, PREPARING YOUNG MINDS FOR THE FUTURE, ECHOES HIS DEDICATION TO SHAPING A BRIGHTER TOMORROW. AND WHEREAS THE COMMUNITY ACKNOWLEDGES AND COMMENDS WAYNE LINTON'S UNWAVERING COMMITMENT, RECOGNIZING HIS PROFOUND IMPACT ON TAMARAC AND BEYOND, BOTH WITHIN THE KIWANIS ORGANIZATION AND THROUGH HIS OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS IN VARIOUS REALMS. NOW, THEREFORE, I, MICHELLE J.
UM, I'D JUST LIKE TO THANK THE SUPPORT.
I COULD NOT HAVE DONE IT ALONE.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THE ROOM IS FILLED WITH ORANGE.
AND I SAID, WELL, WHEN YOU HAVE TO COME AND, UM, OKAY.
I SAID, I'LL TURN UP. AND UM, WHEN I STEPPED THROUGH THE DOOR, HONESTLY, I WAS VERY SURPRISED.
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I SAW MY KIWANIS FROM EVEN AS FAR BACK AS CANADA WHO CAME DOWN.YOU KNOW, GARY AND JULIA LOVE YOU GUYS.
AND, UM, THANK YOU ALL FOR THE SUPPORT.
AND I WILL CONTINUE MY SUPPORT WITH THE CITY.
AND MY HEART IS ALWAYS WITH THE KIDS AND THE ELDERLY, THE HOMELESS, AND WITH THE SUPPORT OF MY FAMILY AND MY KIWANIS FAMILY, MY EXTENDED FAMILY, THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING OUT AND SUPPORTING ME. THANK YOU VERY MUCH [APPLAUSE].
MIC] ALL RIGHT, CITY MANAGER, YOUR REPORT.
I'D LIKE TO START MY REPORT TONIGHT BY MENTIONING A TOOL THAT WE'RE USING TO HELP ASSIST US IN OUR CITY BEAUTIFICATION EFFORTS, THE SEE, CLICK, FIX ONLINE PLATFORM. YOU'RE GOING TO BE SEEING THIS FORMAT THROUGHOUT THE CITY QUITE OFTEN.
HERE YOU CAN SHARE COMPLIMENTS WE LIKE THAT, PROVIDE FEEDBACK AND SUBMIT CITY OF TAMARAC SERVICE REQUESTS SO YOU CAN GET STARTED BY SCANNING THE QR CODE WITH YOUR MOBILE DEVICE OR BY VISITING TAMARAC.ORG/HELP.
THIS IS ACTUALLY YOUR EASIEST WAY TO CONNECT WITH US WHEN YOU SEE SOMETHING.
UM, YOU KNOW, AS THE BSO SAYS, WHEN YOU SEE SOMETHING, SAY SOMETHING.
THIS IS THE EASIEST WAY TO GET TO US WITH YOUR, UM, UH, COMPLAINTS AND CONCERNS AND COMPLIMENTS.
SO IT'S A GREAT WAY TO, UM, HELP US MAKE OUR CITY SHINE.
SO, UM, WE HAVE SOME EXCITING NEW EVENTS COMING UP.
UM, THE CITY OF TAMARAC IN COLLABORATION WITH ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA SORORITY INCORPORATION AND PSI CHI OMEGA CHAPTER, INVITES YOU TO CELEBRATE THE LIFE AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER DOCTOR MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR ON SATURDAY, JANUARY 13TH AT 10 A.M.. DOCTOR MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR HEALTH AND RESOURCES FAIR AND FAMILY FUN DAY WILL BE HELD AT TAMARAC PARK.
UH, IT'S ON 7501 NORTH UNIVERSITY DRIVE AND WE'LL HAVE LIVE ENTERTAINMENT, GAMES, FOOD TRUCKS, INFLATABLES, HEALTH AND EDUCATION RESOURCES, AND MORE. NEXT, WE'RE INVITING ALL CAR ENTHUSIASTS TO JOIN US FOR A DAY OF FUN AT OUR ROCK N RIDE CONCERT AND CAR SHOW.
THIS FREE EVENT IS BEING HELD SATURDAY, JANUARY 27TH, 3 TO 6 P.M.
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AT THE TAMARAC SPORTS COMPLEX.AND PLEASE MARK YOUR CALENDARS AS WE, UM, CELEBRATE TAMARAC'S MANY FACES AND VOICES AT THE FREE ONE TAMARAC MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL FEATURING ENTERTAINMENT, CULTURAL PERFORMANCES, EXHIBITS, FOOD TRUCKS, A CHILDREN'S FUN ZONE AND A LASER SHOW FINALE.
ONE TAMARAC WILL BE HELD AT THE TAMARAC SPORTS COMPLEX AGAIN THAT'S ON 9901 NORTHWEST 77TH STREET ON SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 10TH FROM 4 TO 7:30 P.M.
ON SITE PARKING WILL BE LIMITED.
PLEASE USE THE FREE SHUTTLE SERVICE FROM TAMARAC CITY HALL, UM OR THE TAMARAC COMMUNITY CENTER.
BY THE WAY, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO, UM, SHARE THESE NEWS THAT YOU HEAR HERE TONIGHT AND, UM, YOU KNOW, RETWEET THEM, REPOST THEM, AND, UH, MAKE SURE YOU, UH, SPREAD THAT TO THE, UH, TO THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY.
UM, ON JANUARY 4TH, RESIDENTS, DOG LOVERS AND SOME LOCAL DALMATIANS AND ONE HANDSOME POODLE CAME OUT TO FIRE STATION 36 TO OFFICIALLY WELCOME SPECKLES MCFRECKLES TO THE CITY.
IT'S ON STATION 36 ON UNIVERSITY DRIVE.
UH TAMARAC UNIVERSITY, UM, IS COMING BACK.
AND, UH, TAMARAC UNIVERSITY APPLICATION PERIOD IS NOW OPEN.
TU PROVIDES THE OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT CITY FACILITIES AND LEARN FROM ELECTED OFFICIALS, DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS AND OTHER CITY STAFF ABOUT THE ROLE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC SERVICE. IT SERVES AS A TRAINING GROUND FOR VOLUNTEERS AND PROVIDES NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES FOR CIVIC MINDED RESIDENTS.
APPLICATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED THROUGH FRIDAY, JANUARY 26TH, 2024 5 P.M.
. UM IN OBSERVATION OF UPCOMING HOLIDAYS, THE CITY FACILITIES WILL BE CLOSED FOR THE FOLLOWING DAYS.
AND THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT, MADAM MAYOR.
NOW WE WILL MOVE TO PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.
[3.PUBLIC PARTICIPATION ]
THE RULES OF THE ROAD ARE ON THE SCREEN, UM, HIGHLIGHTING THE FACT THAT WE HAVE THREE MINUTES.WE DO NOT SHARE THEM WITH ANYBODY.
UM, WE ARE MINDFUL OF OUR DECORUM.
THERE MIGHT BE THINGS THAT PEOPLE SAY THAT WE DON'T LIKE.
WE DON'T BOO THEM. WE DON'T JEER THEM.
WE CAN GO LIKE THIS IF WE'RE VERY EXCITED WITH THINGS THAT PEOPLE LIKE, WE DON'T CLAP THEM.
WE DON'T GO HOOTING, HOLLERING.
WE TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT NOBODY FEELS INTIMIDATED FOR THEIR SPEECH.
WE ALSO REQUEST THAT WHEN YOU ARE UP HERE, YOU CAN SAY THAT YOU DON'T LIKE THINGS IN GENERAL, BUT WE ARE GOING TO ASK AND WE'RE GOING TO START 2024 ON THIS NOTE, THERE WILL BE NO PERSONAL ATTACKS FROM THE PODIUM.
PLEASE, YOU CAN SAY THINGS IN GENERAL, BUT LET'S NOT HAVE 2024 START OFF WITH PERSONAL ATTACKS.
SO ON THAT WONDERFUL NOTE, WE HAVE ABOUT 15 PEOPLE LINED UP TO SPEAK.
AND IF YOU'RE NOT ON THE LIST, I WILL ASK YOU TO.
IF YOU HAVEN'T SIGNED UP AND YOU WANT TO SPEAK AT THE END, I WILL CALL ON YOU.
SO WHEN YOU COME UP TO THE PODIUM, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS.
IF YOU'RE NOT COMFORTABLE GIVING YOUR ADDRESS, PLEASE SAY WHERE YOU LIVE.
YOUR CITY WOULD BE APPRECIATED.
AND WE HAVE KATHY HORSFORD, AND I APOLOGIZE IF I DON'T READ PEOPLE'S HANDWRITING OR PRONOUNCE PEOPLE'S NAMES PROPERLY, SO FORGIVE ME IN ADVANCE AND THEN THE NEXT PERSON WILL GO WILL BE GREGORY RENDERER.
UM, THAT PERSON WILL BE ON DECK SO.
GOODNIGHT. GOODNIGHT, COMMISSIONERS.
I LIVE AT 25 SPINNING WHEEL LANE IN TAMARAC.
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I'M HERE TO REINFORCE PREVIOUS STATEMENTS BECAUSE IT IS CLEARLY REPETITIVE BECAUSE CLEAR REPETITION IS NEEDED.ONE OF THE COMMISSIONERS HAS SUGGESTED THAT OUR COMMUNITY, SHAKER VILLAGE, POSSESS FIVE UNITS THAT COULD BE SOLD FOR A TOTAL OF $1.5 MILLION.
DESPITE RESIDENTS FROM SHAKER VILLAGE PRESENTING ACCURATE INFORMATION IN VARIOUS MEETINGS, THE COMMISSIONER FELT THE NEED TO REITERATE THESE UNTRUE CLAIMS DURING THE DECEMBER 13TH, 2023 COMMISSION MEETING.
I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE SOME DETAILS ON ONE OF THESE UNITS.
THIS PROPERTY IS OWNED BY THE ASSOCIATION THROUGH CERTIFICATE OF TITLE OBTAINED IN A FORECLOSURE AGAINST THE FORMER OWNER BY A CERTIFICATE OF TITLE.
FROM MARCH 1ST, 2016, THE ASSOCIATION FOR CLOSURE ACTION.
THE FIRST MORTGAGE IS NOT WIPED OUT AND THEREFORE IN THIS INSTANCE IT CONTINUED TO BE IN EXISTENCE.
THE TITLE COMMITTEE REFLECT IT IS IN FAVOR OF THE HOME LOAN STORE, ORIGINATING IN THE AMOUNT OF $209,000 ON DECEMBER 28TH, 2005, AND SUBSEQUENTLY ASSIGNING TO OPT ONE MORTGAGE CORPORATION AND REASSIGNED TO DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY IN 2010.
THE CURRENT MORTGAGE BALANCE WOULD BE MUCH HIGHER THAN 2009, AS SIX YEARS OF INTEREST HAD ACCRUED OCCURRED, AND POSSIBLY MORE. THE TITLE COMMITMENT ALSO REFLECTS A CODE ENFORCEMENT LIEN.
REAL ESTATE TAXES ON THESE PROPERTIES THIS PROPERTY ARE CURRENT THROUGH 2021.
THE BALANCE IS PART OF THE $7,029 THAT COULD WOULD NEED TO BE PAID BEFORE THE ASSOCIATION CAN SELL ANY OF THEIR UNITS, A FACT THAT WAS STATED BY ONE OF THE RESIDENT, MISS BOYD, IN THE OCTOBER 11TH, 2023 MEETING AND REPEATED AGAIN IN THE NOVEMBER 8TH, 2023 MEETING.
SINCE I HAVE LIMITED TIME, I WILL ALLOW OTHER NEIGHBORS WHERE I LIVE TO SHARE INFORMATION ABOUT THE UNIT, AND IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO KNOW WE, THE RESIDENTS OF SHAKER VILLAGE.
WE DO SHARE AMOUNT EACH OTHER AND WE DO ORGANIZE.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
SO WE HAVE GREGORY RENDERER IS ON HIS WAY AND PATTY LYNN IS NEXT.
AS A TAXPAYING RESIDENT OF TAMARAC, I NEED YOU TO SAY YOUR NAME.
OH, SORRY. I'M GREGORY RENDERER, UH, FROM 56 SPINNING WHEEL.
WE'RE ALL TAXPAYERS, NEIGHBORS, AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
THIS POLARIZING LANGUAGE PUSHED BY SOME COMMISSIONERS IS NOT ONLY UNPRODUCTIVE, BUT HARMFUL.
AS RESIDENTS, WE RELY ON ACCURATE INFORMATION TO MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS.
WHEN OUR LEADERS SPREAD WRONG INFORMATION ON PURPOSE, IT BREAKS THE TRUST BETWEEN US AND THEM.
WE NEED LEADERS WHO CARE ABOUT TELLING THE TRUTH, BEING OPEN AND DOING THE RIGHT THING.
I ALSO WANT TO EMPHASIZE OUR FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT TO VOICE OUR OPINIONS IN PUBLIC FORUMS. MANY TIMES THE RULES HAVE BEEN CHANGED TO SUIT THE SPEAKER.
THAT IS UNFAIR AND UNACCEPTABLE.
ATTEMPTS TO PRESSURE US INTO SILENCE WILL NOT BE TOLERATED.
OUR VOICES MATTER AND THEY CONTRIBUTE TO THE DIVERSITY OF OUR COMMUNITY.
PATTY LYNN IS COMING UP AND DIONNE BROOKS IS NEXT.
PATTY LYNN MAINLAND'S EIGHT TAMARAC.
UM, I WAS GLAD TO SEE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AWARD.
IN THE LAST MONTH AND A HALF I THINK BSO AND OUR TAMARAC FIRE RESCUE HAS BEEN BUSIER THAN I'VE EVER SEEN THEM WITH THE STUFF THAT'S GOING ON.
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UH, PART OF THE STUFF GOING ON WAS A VERY BAD ACCIDENT AT WEST COMMERCIAL AND 70TH AVENUE ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO NOW.IT INVOLVED ONE OF OUR RESIDENTS IN MAINLAND'S EIGHT.
UH, SHE JUST GOT BACK TO HER HOME TODAY FROM TWO HOSPITALS AND, UM, AND A REHAB.
WE NEED TO ADDRESS THE COUNTY AND SEE ABOUT FIXING THE LIGHTS AT THAT INTERSECTION.
NORTH SOUTH TRAFFIC ON 70TH AVENUE THERE ARE NO DIRECTIONAL, NO, NO TURNS SIGNALS THERE.
IT'S HIT AND MISS, AND SOMETIMES PEOPLE ARE HIT.
I KNOW WE'VE HAD AT LEAST TWO FATALITIES, MAYBE THREE AT THAT INTERSECTION.
THERE WE NEED TURN SIGNALS GOING NORTH AND SOUTH.
HOWEVER, WHEN THE TURN SIGNALS GO OFF, THEY GO GREEN.
IF YOU ARE GOING EITHER EAST OR WESTBOUND AND ARE IN THE TURN LANE, IF THERE IS ANYBODY OPPOSITE YOU IN THE TURN LANE, IT IS DIFFICULT TO SEE AROUND THOSE CARS. PEOPLE NOSE OUT AND NOSE OUT AND NOSE OUT.
THINK THEY CAN MAKE IT? THEY CAN'T.
AND THAT'S THE T-BONES THAT WE'RE GETTING THERE.
I THINK THAT TRAFFIC SIGNAL NEEDS TO MAINTAIN RED AFTER THE TURN INDICATOR.
UM, UNDER NEW SEE, CLICK AND FIX EVERYTHING IS ELECTRONIC.
IT. WILL THE PROGRAM HAVE A PHONE NUMBER THAT SOMEBODY CAN CALL AND LEAVE A MESSAGE? UH, BECAUSE SOME OF THE I KNOW SOME OF THE PEOPLE IN MY COMMUNITY, THEY HAVE PHONES THAT ARE SMART, BUT THEY DON'T KNOW HOW TO WORK THEM.
I WAS WATCHING THE WORKSHOP MEETING ON MONDAY.
WE REALLY NEED TO STRENGTHEN THE ETHICS CODE.
IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW ETHICAL ANY ONE OF YOU ARE.
YOU GUYS MAY BE THE MOST ETHICAL PEOPLE IN THE WORLD.
YOU MAY HAVE THE BEST DECORUM IN THE WORLD.
HOWEVER, YOU MAY HAVE SOMEBODY WHO COMES UP HERE AND IS NOT GOING TO BE AS ETHICAL AND AS PROPERLY, PROPERLY ACTING ON THE ON THE DAIS.
IT DOESN'T HURT TO HAVE STRICT ETHICS AND DECORUM RULES.
IT HELPS. IT SHOWS THAT THE CITY OF TAMARAC VALUES, THAT THEIR COMMISSIONERS ARE TOP NOTCH, AND NO ONE HAS TO QUESTION NEITHER THEIR AUTHORITY, THEIR ETHICS, OR THEIR DECORUM.
I'D LIKE YOU TO PLEASE RECONSIDER WHAT YOU PASSED OVER THE OTHER DAY.
THE CITY MANAGER WILL BE BACK IN TOUCH REGARDING A PHONE.
YOU WANT TO SAY IT NOW? MAYOR OUR EXISTING TELEPHONE NUMBERS ARE STILL IN SERVICE, SO WE ALWAYS ACCEPT INCOMING CALLS FROM OUR RESIDENTS FOR SERVICE OR OTHER CONCERNS. SO THAT DID NOT CHANGE.
THANK YOU. AND PLEASE KNOW THAT THE LIGHT AT 70TH AND COMMERCIAL IS BEING LOOKED INTO ALREADY.
SO WE HAVE DIANE BROOKS COMING.
DIONNE, SORRY IF I'M PRONOUNCING YOUR NAME WRONG.
DIANE. AND THEN WE HAVE ANDREA POSNER.
THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF A CUT IN MY PAPER HERE, SO HOPEFULLY I'VE GOT YOUR NAME CORRECT.
MY NAME IS DIANE AND I'M A RESIDENT OF SHAKER VILLAGE.
WITH MY TIME, I'D LIKE TO PROVIDE DETAILS ON THREE OF THE FIVE ASSOCIATIONS.
WE'RE GOING TO COMMISSIONER BROUGHT UP AT THE MEETING, PLEASE.
OKAY. THANK YOU. 12 CANTERBURY LANE IS OWNED BY THE ASSOCIATION THROUGH A CERTIFICATE OF TITLE OBTAINED AT A T IN A FORECLOSURE ACTION AGAINST THE FORMER OWNER.
THE CERTIFICATE OF TITLE IS DATED JANUARY 26TH, 2010.
AS A TITLE INSURANCE COMMITMENT REFLECTS.
THERE IS A FIRST MORTGAGE IN FAVOR OF NEW CANTERBURY NEW CENTURY MORTGAGE CORPORATION AGREEMENT THE MORTGAGE NOW BEING HELD BY [INAUDIBLE] BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION IS IN AS TRUSTEE. THE ORIGINAL LOAN AMOUNT WAS $186,400 FROM DECEMBER 12TH, 2006, PLUS ACCURATE INTEREST ACCRUED.
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I'M SORRY. PLUS ACCRUED INTEREST.AT LEAST TAKE UH TAXES HAVE BEEN PAID UP TO 2021.
THE SECOND ONE IS 5 SPINNING WHEEL LANE IS ALSO OWNED BY THE ASSOCIATION THROUGH CERTIFICATE OF TITLE DATED APRIL 27TH, 2010, OBTAINED IN A FORECLOSURE ACTION AGAINST THE FORMER OWNER.
AS THE TITLE INSURANCE COMMITMENT REFLECTS, THERE IS A FIRST MORTGAGE IN FAVOR OF CHASE BANK IN THE ORIGINAL PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF $157,500 DATED JANUARY 5TH, 2007. DELINQUENT INTEREST HAS ACCRUED AT LEAST SINCE 2010.
RENTAL PROPERTY TAXES ARE PAID CURRENTLY THROUGH 2021.
FINALLY, 11 [INAUDIBLE] ANN LEE LANE IS OWNED BY THE ASSOCIATION THROUGH A CERTIFICATE OF TITLE OBTAINED IN A FORECLOSURE ACTION AGAINST THE FORMER OWNER.
THIS CERTIFICATE OF TITLE IS DATED DECEMBER 29TH, 2009.
THE ORIGINAL LOAN AMOUNT WAS $155,200 ON AUGUST 17TH, 2005 OKAY. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. ANDREA IS ON HER WAY UP.
HI MY NAME IS ANDREA BASNER, AND I'M A HOMEOWNER HERE IN TAMARAC.
MY CONCERN TODAY IS ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY, HEALTH, AGRICULTURE, ECONOMY, AND TOURISM.
I HAVE LIVED IN SOUTH FLORIDA FOR 46 YEARS AND I KNOW WHAT MY SKIES LOOK LIKE.
PEOPLE COME FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD TO SEE SOUTH FLORIDA'S SUNNY SKIES, EVEN IN THE WINTER.
LOOK UP. MOST OF THE DAYS WE SEE DOTTED, PUFFY CLOUDS.
SOME DAYS IT'S COMPLETELY OVERCAST.
DO YOU KNOW THAT 12 NEW CLOUD FORMATIONS HAVE BEEN ADDED FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 30 YEARS? WHY IS THIS? FORMER STATE SENATOR KAREN JOHNSON WAS PART OF A DOCUMENTARY THAT WAS PRODUCED ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN OUR SKIES.
RESEARCH INDICATED THAT THE TRAILS ARE PART OF A GEOENGINEERING PROGRAM.
SCIENTISTS AT CARNEGIE INSTITUTION USING TAXPAYER MONEY TO LAY THE GROUNDWORK FOR INJECTING THE ATMOSPHERE WITH MATERIALS THEY BELIEVE WILL ARTIFICIALLY COOL THE PLANET IN ORDER TO STOP GLOBAL WARMING.
THE DATA FOUND FROM THE PRODUCERS OF THE SHOW WERE DISTURBING.
CHEMICALS BEING SPRAYED IS ALUMINUM OXIDE, WHICH IS TOXIC TO ALL LIFE.
ALZHEIMER'S HAS INCREASED RAPIDLY SINCE THEY STARTED SPRAYING IN THE LATE 1990S.
THEIR IDEA TO BLOCK SUNLIGHT IN ORDER TO STOP GLOBAL WARMING.
THE PROBLEM WITH THAT WITH BLOCKING SUN, DELIBERATELY MANIPULATING THE EARTH'S NATURAL SYSTEM AND GOD'S DIVINE CREATION, IS THAT WE NEED THE SUN FOR LIFE. THE SUN IS THE ONLY WAY HUMANS CAN SYNTHESIZE VITAMIN D, WHICH HELPS OUR IMMUNE SYSTEM FIGHT INFECTIONS.
PLANTS, TREES, VEGETABLES ALL NEED THE SUN TO SURVIVE, SO BLOCKING THE SUN IS NOT AN OPTION.
A FEW DAYS AGO, NEW HAMPSHIRE IS THE SECOND STATE TO JOIN THE FIGHT TO PRESERVE HUMAN LIFE.
A HOUSE BILL 1700, 2024 READ THE FINDINGS WERE THE GENERAL COURT FINDS THAT MANY ATMOSPHERIC ACTIVITIES SUCH AS WEATHER MODIFICATION, GEOENGINEERING AND INTENTIONAL RELEASE OF POLLUTION EMISSIONS HARM HUMAN HEALTH AND SAFETY, THE ENVIRONMENT, AGRICULTURE, WILDLIFE, AVIATION, STATE SECURITY AND THE ECONOMY OF THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.
BUT THIS IS NOT ONLY HAPPENING IN NEW HAMPSHIRE, BUT IN FLORIDA AND RIGHT HERE IN TAMARAC.
SO I AM PLEADING WITH ALL OF YOU TO PLEASE LET THIS BILL, THIS BILL BE INTRODUCED.
LET'S JOIN TEXAS AND NEW HAMPSHIRE, START A PETITION AND COLLECTING SIGNATURES TO ASK STATE REPRESENTATIVES TO PASS LAWS BANNING DANGEROUS ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOL SPRAYING WITHOUT PRIOR APPROVAL AND TESTING OF THE CHEMICALS BEING SPRAYED.
THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS MATTER, AND I PRAY THAT YOU WILL STAND UP FOR WHAT IS RIGHT.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME [APPLAUSE].
[INAUDIBLE] I'M SORRY, I CAN'T READ THE HANDWRITING.
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WELL, BUT YOU'RE NEXT.I LIVE IN LAKESIDE AT TAMARAC.
I'M A FORMER POLICE OFFICER, FORMER FIREFIGHTER AND MILITARY VETERAN.
AND WHAT I'M GOING TO TALK TO YOU TONIGHT IS SOMETHING THAT'S VERY I'M VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT AND WHY I FEEL LAW ENFORCEMENT, THE BSO, IS FAILING OUR COMMUNITY.
MOST RECENTLY, WE CAUGHT SOMEONE DUMPING ILLEGAL TRASH ON OUR PROPERTY.
WE HAD ONE OF THE DEPUTIES SHOW UP AS SOON AS HE SHOWED UP.
HE SHOWED UP. VERY LACKADAISICAL ATTITUDE AN I DON'T CARE ATTITUDE.
HE WANTED TO. I KNEW WHAT HE WANTED.
UH, AND I TOLD HIM I ACTUALLY HAD VIDEO OF WHAT HAD HAPPENED.
AND THE GUY LEFT AND THE THE THE OFFICER, THE DEPUTY THAT RESPONDED WAS VERY AGGRESSIVE AND RELATING WHEN I TOLD HIM WHAT HAPPENED AND I SHOWED HIM WHAT HAPPENED, HE SAYS, OH, WELL, YOU'RE BLOCKING THE ROAD.
I HAVE TO YIELD TO THE PEDESTRIAN.
I HAVE CONTACTED THE SERGEANT AND I WOULD ASK YOU, MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS, THAT YOU WOULD INVESTIGATE THIS MATTER AND MAKE SURE THAT NOTHING, NOTHING THAT THIS GETS RESOLVED BECAUSE LAW ENFORCEMENT AFFECTS US ALL.
AS A POLICE OFFICER, YOU MUST BE ABOVE REPROACH.
YOU MUST KNOW HOW TO DEAL WITH THAT PUBLIC.
WHATEVER HAPPENED PRIOR TO THAT CALL HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH ME.
AND EVEN IF WE DISAGREE, HE MUST BE COURTEOUS AND PROFESSIONAL.
I WAS NOT TREATED WITH COURTESY.
I WAS NOT TREATED WITH PROFESSIONALISM.
I WAS I WAS TREATED AS A AS AS SOMETHING TO GET RID OF.
AND I WILL SAY THIS NINE TIMES OUT OF TEN, WHEN I FELT WHEN I DEALT WITH BSO AND THE DEPUTY SHERIFFS, I HAVE, I HAVE I'VE SAID IT'S BEEN A GOOD, GOOD, UH, RELATIONSHIP.
THERE'S BEEN A GOOD COMMUNICATION SO FAR, AS MUCH THAT I HAVE.
I HAVE SUBMITTED LETTERS OF COMMENDATION TO BSO ON EXCELLENT OFFICERS.
I BELIEVE IF SOMEONE IS DOING A GOOD JOB, THEY SHOULD BE REWARDED AND THEY SHOULD BE RECOGNIZED.
AND I'M TELLING YOU, MADAM MAYOR, THERE'S A PROBLEM THERE.
I'VE ALREADY CONTACTED COMMISSIONER BOLTON.
I'VE ALREADY LEFT MESSAGE WITH HIM.
I WOULD LIKE TO GET SOMETHING DONE.
I WANT THIS LOOKED AT AND I WANT A FOLLOW UP INVESTIGATION INTO THIS MATTER.
I DON'T KNOW IF THIS OFFICER WAS WEARING THE CAMERA.
MADAM MAYOR, DEPUTY COMMISSIONERS, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.
THANK YOU. WE HAVE CORINNE COMING UP AND THOMAS SMITH NEXT.
MY NAME IS CORINNE GRAHAM I'M FROM SHAKER VILLAGE RESIDENT.
AS MY COMMUNITY MIGHT HAVE MENTIONED EARLIER, I'M HERE TO SHARE DETAILS ABOUT ANOTHER ONE OF THE SHAKER VILLAGE OWNED UNITS THAT THE COMMISSION IS INSISTING THAT WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO SELL.
THE CERTIFICATE OF TITLE DATED JUNE 23RD, 2009.
THE BALANCE ON THE SECOND MORTGAGE IN 2006 WAS ORIGINALLY $21,000.
WHICH WOULD RAISE THIS AMOUNT SUBSTANTIALLY.
THE MORTGAGE EXPIRED ON ITS FACE ON FEBRUARY 1ST, 2021, BEING A 15 YEAR SECOND MORTGAGE, AND FLORIDA LAW STATES THAT IT IF THE ASSOCIATION WERE TO WAIT FIVE YEARS FROM THAT DATE, NAMELY FEBRUARY 1ST, 2026, THEN IN SUCH EVENT, THE MORTGAGE IS CONSIDERED TERMINATED AS A RESULT OF THE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS, AND THE ASSOCIATION WOULD OWN THE PROPERTY AND BE ABLE TO SELL AT THAT TIME FREE AND CLEAR.
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I WOULD ANTICIPATE BEING IN THE $80,000 TO $100,000 PAYOFF RANGE NOW WITH ACCRUED INTEREST.IN ADDITION, AS MENTIONED, THERE IS A CODE VIOLATION ON THIS UNIT AS WELL.
PROPERTY TAXES ARE PAID CURRENT THROUGH 2021.
THIS HAS BEEN STATED OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
THE $729,100 BALANCE HAS TO BE SETTLED BEFORE THE PROPERTIES CAN BE SOLD.
WHILE THOMAS SMITH IS COMING TO THE MICROPHONE, JODY-ANN REID IS NEXT.
AND I HOPE EVERYONE HERE SAYS THE SAME ABOUT TAMARAC.
OKAY, SORRY KIND OF DERAILED ME, BUT, UM, REGARDING THAT MISINFORMATION ABOUT THE SHAKER VILLAGE SALE, I CAME HERE BECAUSE OF ONE THING I HEARD, AND I HOPE IT'S MISINFORMATION ABOUT EMINENT DOMAIN BEING LEVIED AGAINST THE CLUBHOUSE.
I THINK THAT'S JUST KICKING SOMEONE WHEN THEY'RE DOWN.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HEARD ALL WE HAD TO HEAR ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED AT SHAKER VILLAGE, THAT WE HAD A BOARD THAT MISMANAGED OR EITHER DELIBERATELY OR THROUGH INCOMPETENCE, FUNDS TO REPAIR THE CLUBHOUSE.
AND I UNDERSTAND PEOPLE OPPOSED TO THE SALE SAY, WELL, THAT'S YOUR PROBLEM TO DEAL WITH.
THAT'S A FAIR POINT. YOU KNOW, YOU GET SCAMMED, YOU'RE OUT YOUR MONEY.
BUT WHAT'S NOT FAIR IS YOU GET SCAMMED.
YOU KNOW, WE WERE ACCUSED OF WANTING A HANDOUT AND NOW WE'RE BEING THREATENED TO BE TAKEN FROM.
I REALLY HOPE THAT IS MISINFORMATION THAT I HEARD.
AND I'D BE ABLE TO SLEEP SLEEP BETTER IF IT WAS.
AND I WANT TO SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, WE DID HAVE A VOTE TO SELL THE CLUBHOUSE.
AND I KNOCKED ON A LOT OF DOORS.
AND THE PEOPLE I SAW WERE, UH, PEOPLE WITH CHILDREN, SINGLE PARENTS.
I SAW PEOPLE WHO WORKED LONG HOURS, LIKE NURSES AND, UH, CONTRACT WORKERS WHO WORK WITH THEIR HANDS, YOU KNOW, SO WHEN THEY DON'T SHOW UP TO THE MEETING, I HOPE YOU DON'T TAKE THAT PERSONALLY, THAT THEY DID HAVE OTHER THINGS TO DO.
THEY HAD WORK. I BARELY GOT HERE MYSELF BECAUSE MY WORK RAN KIND OF LATE.
SO I GOT IN LIKE JUST AS WE STARTED TO START.
SO I HOPE YOU JUST KEEP IN MIND WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THESE THINGS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT EMINENT DOMAIN, THAT, THAT MAYBE THAT WAS BROUGHT UP AS A HYPOTHETICAL, BUT THAT THAT SHOULDN'T EVEN BE BROUGHT UP IN THOSE TERMS. UM. AS THAT'S BECAUSE IF YOU SAY YOU DON'T WANT THE LAND, THEN THEN IF YOU DON'T WANT TO BUY IT, THEN DON'T TAKE IT.
AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU.
HAVE A GOOD NIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WHILE JODY-ANN REID IS ON HER WAY DOWN.
GOOD NIGHT, JODY-ANN REID, TAMARAC.
IT'S A NEW YEAR, BUT I'M GOING TO BRING UP SOME OLD NEWS.
AS ALWAYS, I STRIVE FOR TRUTH AND FAIRNESS.
HOWEVER, ON THAT VERY NIGHT, SOMEONE NOT AFFILIATED WITH OUR RESIDENTS USED A PERSON'S NAME.
JUST LIKE IT MADE ME WONDER TONIGHT, WHY ARE WE BEING HELD TO A DIFFERENT STANDARD? FURTHERMORE, THE SAME INDIVIDUAL CRITICIZED OUR PARTICIPATION, IMPLIED THAT ALL OUR SPEECHES ARE WRITTEN FOR US QUESTIONED OR INTELLIGENCE AND CLAIM TO IDENTIFY IMPROPER GRAMMAR.
NOW HERE'S WHERE THINGS GET IRONIC.
JUST MINUTES LATER, A GRAMMATICAL ERROR SLIPPED THROUGH FROM THAT SAME GENTLEMAN.
OH, SORRY. LET ME REPEAT, HE SAID, AND I QUOTE, DO YOU REALIZE THAT AFTER EVERY ONE OF YOU LEAVE THE DAIS, YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE LIVES? THE CORRECT WORD SHOULD HAVE BEEN LEAVES.
IT'S CURIOUS TO QUESTION GRAMMAR WHEN ONE MIGHT NOT HAVE A SOLID GRASP OF IT THEMSELVES.
IT'S HARD FOR ME TO OVERLOOK THE PATTERN OF UNFAIRNESS I SEE AT THESE MEETINGS.
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YES, WE DO ORGANIZE AHEAD OF TIME, AND DEMOCRACY OFTEN ENCOURAGES SUCH ENGAGEMENT.HOWEVER, WHEN WE AS RESIDENTS ORGANIZE, IT SUDDENLY LABELED AS NEGATIVE.
I WONDERED WHY, UNTIL ANOTHER SPEAKER IN THAT DECEMBER MEETING MADE THIS STATEMENT, AND I QUOTE, I'D RATHER SEE THAT MONEY GO INTO ECONOMICS TO BUILD BUSINESSES HERE, TO BRING IN DIFFERENT PEOPLE INTO TAMARAC END QUOTE, DIFFERENT PEOPLE, DIFFERENT PEOPLE.
I'M GUESSING THOSE ARE THE TYPES OF PEOPLE WHO LONG FOR THE GOOD OLD DAYS WHEN AMERICA WAS GREAT.
IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE STARTING TO SAY THE QUIET PART OUT LOUD.
I'VE OBSERVED THAT SOME PEOPLE DISPLAY MORE DISCOMFORT WHEN CONFRONTED WITH THE REVELATION OF INEQUALITIES THAN THEY DO WITH ACTUAL INJUSTICE. IT'S A CURIOUS PARADOX WHERE THE DISCOMFORT OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT ECLIPSES THE DISCOMFORT OF THE ACTUAL WRONGDOING.
I WOULD ENCOURAGE EVERYONE HERE TONIGHT TO STRIVE TO BE BETTER THAN THOSE KINDS OF PEOPLE.
WHILE ERNEST LEONE IS COMING TO THE PODIUM, WE HAVE DARCY SCHILLER ON DECK.
OKAY. IS ERNEST WITH US? SEEING THAT ERNEST IS NOT WITH US.
DARCY SCHILLER IS UP AND KATE JOHNSON IS NEXT.
WE HAVE A VERY DIVERSE COMMISSION.
WE HAVE A LATINO, A HAITIAN AND AMERICAN, A JAMAICAN CARIBBEAN VARIETY.
AND HERE WE ARE COMING UP UPON MARTIN LUTHER KING'S CELEBRATION ON MONDAY.
IF I GOT THE IF I GOT THE, THE, UM, ETHNICITIES WRONG, I APOLOGIZE.
BUT WE HAVE HAITIAN, JAMAICAN, CARIBBEAN, LATINO, AMERICAN.
RIGHT. THANK YOU. OKAY, SO WITH THAT, MONDAY COMES MARTIN LUTHER KING'S BIRTHDAY, AND I NOTICED THAT THE CITY IS PUTTING ON A CELEBRATION OF HIM.
BUT NOWHERE DOES IT SAY WHY WE'RE CELEBRATING HIM.
WE'RE HAVING BOUNCE HOUSES, WE'RE HAVING FOOD TRUCKS.
WHY DIDN'T WE HAVE THE KIDS? AND I'VE BEEN SITTING HERE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHICH PARTS TO QUOTE.
BUT I WANT TO UNDERSTAND WHY WE COULDN'T HAVE PUT THIS OUT TO THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS HIGH SCHOOL WHO HAVE THE ABILITY TO READ BIG WORDS AS OPPOSED TO THE SEVEN YEAR OLD'S AND GIVE THEM PORTIONS TO READ AT MARTIN LUTHER KING PRESENTATION.
BUT THE PARENTS WHO ARE TAKING THE KIDS THERE, DO THEY UNDERSTAND? DO THE KIDS UNDERSTAND? ALL THEY SEE ARE BOUNCE HOUSES AND FREE FOOD OR NOT FREE FOOD, FREE BOUNCE HOUSES, CLOWNS, GAMES, FUN.
IT'S NOT TO ME WHAT IT'S ABOUT.
BUT HE SAYS, WHEN WE LET FREEDOM RING, WHEN WE LET IT RING FROM EVERY TENEMENT, FROM EVERY HAMLET, FROM EVERY STATE IN EVERY CITY, WE WILL BE ABLE TO SPEED UP THAT DAY WHEN ALL OF GOD'S CHILDREN, BLACK MEN AND WHITE MEN, JEWS AND GENTILES, PROTESTANTS AND CATHOLICS WILL BE ABLE TO JOIN HANDS AND SING, IN THE WORDS OF THE OLD SPIRITUALS, SPIRITUAL.
THANK GOD ALMIGHTY, WE ARE FREE AT LAST.
AND IN MY CONCLUDING STATEMENT, I AM SO SORRY THAT HERE WE ARE HAVING THIS EVENT ON MONDAY AND NO WAY DID WE GET THE KIDS INVOLVED TO SAY THANK YOU AND SHARE WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT.
THANK YOU. THE EVENT IS ON SATURDAY.
UM, PARKS AND REC HAS HEARD YOU AND I'M SURE THE SCHOOLS HAVE, UM, HOPEFULLY STUFF AS WELL.
BUT WE HAVE KATE JOHNSON COMING UP AND CARLENE MITCHELL.
KATE JOHNSON, MAINLAND'S FOUR.
I'VE ASKED THE CLERK TO GIVE YOU EACH A PACKET OF INFORMATION.
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FIRST, I WANT TO SAY HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYONE AND LET THIS BE OUR MOST BLESSED YEAR YET.AT THE LAST COMMISSION MEETING, AS I RESPONDED TO ALLEGATIONS STILL BEING MADE ON NEXT DOOR, I MADE THE COMMENT THAT I GOT $12 MILLION IN FINES AMOUNT OF SHAKER VILLAGE FROM MISS CALLOWAY'S PRESENTATION.
I TOLD MISS CALLOWAY THAT I WOULD CHECK AND CORRECT THE RECORD IF NEEDED.
I DID, I WAS WRONG, AND I APOLOGIZE.
INTEGRITY MATTERS TO ME, AS DOES HONESTY.
SO IF I MAKE A MISTAKE, I AM WILLING TO OWN IT.
TO CORRECT THE RECORD, HERE IS WHERE I GATHERED THAT INFORMATION FROM.
I HAVE GIVEN YOU THE PACKETS THAT YOU HAVE.
AS YOU CAN SEE, MISS CALLOWAY'S POWERPOINT HAD ON IT, QUOTE, AMOUNTING LIENS ON THE PROPERTY AT OVER $3 MILLION END QUOTE. BEFORE I LEAVE THAT, I'M NOT SURE HOW THE LIENS WENT FROM $3 MILLION AS OF JULY 10TH, THE DATE OF THE PRESENTATION TO AT THE END OF THE YEAR, SAYING THERE ARE NO LIENS ON THE PROPERTY.
YOU CAN SEE ON THE SHAKER VILLAGE LIEN TRACKING SPREADSHEET IN YOUR PACKET, LAST DATED JULY 3RD 23, PAGE THREE, THAT THE SUBTOTAL OF FINES AND LIENS IS $12,571,300.
SO THAT IS WHERE THE TOTAL LEAN AMOUNT OF $12 MILLION WAS AFFIRMED.
LASTLY, THE ORIGINAL CONTRACT FOR SHAKER VILLAGE DATED 6-14-23, PAGE SEVEN, WHICH YOU HAVE IN YOUR PACKET CALLED FOR AND I QUOTE.
BUYER AGREES TO WAIVE ANY EXISTING CODE, FINES OR LIENS RECORDED AGAINST THE PROPERTY END QUOTE.
THE ORIGINAL NEGOTIATIONS CALLED FOR ALL LIENS AGAINST ALL PROPERTIES TO BE WAIVED, SO IN ESSENCE $12 MILLION, THAT WAS LATER REMOVED FROM THE CONTRACT, BUT IT WAS IN THE ORIGINAL AND OF COURSE, MIRACULOUSLY, THESE LIENS HAVE NOW DISAPPEARED.
NOW THAT THAT HAS BEEN CLEARED UP AND THE FACTS I PRESENTED WERE TRUE AND CORRECT AS OF THE DATES THEY WERE STATED, WE CAN MOVE ON. I WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THANK THE MEN AND WOMEN OF TAMARAC FIRE RESCUE FOR THEIR EXPEDIENT HANDLING OF A HOUSE FIRE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
IT IS ANOTHER REASON WE CAN BE PROUD OF TAMARAC FIRE RESCUE.
THANK YOU. WHILE CARLENE MITCHELL COMES TO THE PODIUM, BENJAMIN CARROLL.
MY NAME IS CARLENE MITCHELL, SHAKER VILLAGE RESIDENT.
AT THE LAST COMMISSION MEETING IN DECEMBER, IT WAS STATED WE CAN ASK 13TH FLOOR IF THEY'D BE WILLING TO AMEND THE RESTRICTIONS FOR A REQUIRED CLUBHOUSE, HAVE IT GO STRAIGHT TO THE SHAKER VILLAGE COMMUNITY.
SHAKER VILLAGE COMMUNITY CAN THEN DETERMINE WHAT IT NEEDS TO DO.
YOU CAN TAKE DOWN THE CLUBHOUSE, $50,000, $80,000, WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE, THE BALANCE OF IT.
TO CLARIFY, THE PROPOSAL ESSENTIALLY WAS TO GIVE SHAKER VILLAGE $750,000 WITHOUT THE CITY RECEIVING ANYTHING IN RETURN.
THIS SEEMS CONTRADICTORY TO THE CONCERNS PREVIOUSLY EXPRESSED ABOUT AVOIDING HANDOUTS AND RELUCTANCE TO USE TAXPAYER MONEY FOR BAILOUTS. IT RAISES QUESTIONS ABOUT WHY THE ADVOCATE SOMEONE IS ADVOCATING FOR GIVING SHAKER VILLAGE FREE MONEY, WHILE NOT SUPPORTING THE PURCHASE OF A LAND FOR A COMMUNITY CENTER BENEFITING ALL OF TAMARAC RESIDENTS.
THIS HIGHLIGHTS THE POLITICAL NATURE OF THIS ISSUE, AS SOME MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION APPEAR WILLINGLY TO PROVIDE FREE FUNDS TO THE COMMUNITY, BUT DON'T SUPPORT ACQUIRING LAND FOR THE CITY AND EXCHANGE.
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REQUEST THAT CAME FROM SHAKER VILLAGE.WE AIM TO SELL THE LAND AND THERE ARE DISCREPANCIES THAT WILL CONTINUE THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO ADDRESS UNTIL THIS MATTER GAINS THE ATTENTION IT DESERVES.
AND BARRY SCHWARTZ, YOU ARE ON DECK.
GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. MAYOR, CITY MANAGER COMMISSIONERS.
EMINENT DOMAIN IS PURSUED WITHOUT FAIRNESS WOULD BE UNJUST TO THE RESIDENTS.
IT'S ABOUT FAIRNESS AND MAKING SURE EVERYONE IS TREATED WITH RESPECT AND CONSIDERATION.
IT'S DISHEARTENING THAT OUR COMMUNITY'S BEING ACCUSED OF BULLYING, WHEN IN REALITY, AN ATTEMPT TO SEIZE THE LAND THROUGH EMINENT DOMAIN COULD BE SEEN AS THE ULTIMATE FORM OF BULLYING.
TAKING AWAY PROPERTY WITHOUT PROPER CONSIDERATION AND FAIR COMPENSATION IS NOT THE WAY WE WE SHOULD TREAT OUR FELLOW RESIDENTS, NO MATTER WHAT'S TAKING PLACE, UH, IN OUR ASSOCIATION.
I BELIEVE THAT THERE ARE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO CONSIDER.
UH, I HAVE TO ADMIT, THIS IS MY FIRST COMMISSION MEETING.
UH, BECAUSE I'M RETIRED I HAVE MORE TIME.
AND SO I'LL BE SHOWING UP AT THIS MEETING.
I SHOW UP AT MEETINGS IN PALM BEACH COUNTY OFTEN, SO I'LL DO THAT IN MY COMMUNITY AND BEAR A DUAL RESPONSIBILITY AND HOPE TO FIND SOME SOLUTIONS, BECAUSE I BELIEVE THERE ARE THERE SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO US THERE ARE GRANT FUNDING'S THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO US.
I'M EMBARRASSED BECAUSE SOMEONE TOLD ME THEY SAW US ON THE NEWS.
SO I HOPE THAT YOU WOULD TAKE THESE COMMENTS SERIOUSLY.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION, I APPRECIATE IT.
WE NOW HAVE BARRY SCHWARTZ NEXT, AND I, HE IS THE LAST PERSON I HAVE ON MY LIST.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK? I'VE GOT STUART WEBSTER.
SO, STUART [INAUDIBLE] PLEASE PROCEED.
LATER ON, THE COMMUNITY GOT CRITICIZED FOR ATTENDING THESE MEETINGS AND SPEAKING UP.
PEOPLE ACCUSED US OF TEAMING UP WITH A COMMISSIONER TO PUSH AN AGENDA, READING STATEMENTS THAT WEREN'T OUR OWN AND JUST WANTING HANDOUTS.
WE'VE BEEN CALLED NAMES, AND WHEN WE REPEAT WHAT'S SAID ON RECORD, SOME DENY IT, EVEN THOUGH THE RECORDS PROVE OTHERWISE, IT FEELS LIKE WE'RE BEING COLLECTIVELY GAS LIT.
I'VE NOTICED OTHER TAMARAC RESIDENTS READING STATEMENTS WHEN THEY SPEAK.
WHY ARE WE TREATED DIFFERENTLY? WE'VE BEEN SCOLDED FOR POINTING OUT THIS UNEQUAL TREATMENT.
I BELIEVE THE ISSUE HAS SHIFTED FROM THE LAND SALE TO REVEAL A BIGGER PROBLEM IN TAMARAC.
SOME DENY THERE'S A PROBLEM AND OTHERS MIGHT SHAME US FOR SPEAKING OUT.
THOSE ON THE WRONG SIDE OF HISTORY FEEL EXPOSURE.
BECAUSE OF CALLING OUT THESE THINGS IS BRINGING LIGHT TO A DARK CORNER.
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UNFORTUNATELY FOR THEM, BECAUSE IT REVEALS THE [INAUDIBLE] PREJUDICE THEY HIDE IN THE SHADOWS.OUR COMMUNITY IS NOT LOOKING FOR A HANDOUT.
OUR COMMUNITY IS NOT ASKING FOR OUR CLUBHOUSE TO BE REBUILT.
WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO SELL THE LAND TO THE CITY WHICH THEY WILL USE TO BUILD THE COMMUNITY CENTER.
COMMISSIONERS, ALL PROTOCOLS OBSERVED STUART WEBSTER, VERSAILLES GARDENS.
FIRST OF ALL, I WISH ALL OF US A 2024 THAT WE WILL APPRECIATE AND LET'S BE POSITIVE ABOUT IT.
UNFORTUNATELY, A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO I HAD TO WITNESS OUR BSO AND OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT WORKING.
I REALLY DIDN'T WANT TO, BUT I WAS FORCED TO DO THAT.
AND WHEN I DID, I WATCHED THEM WORK VERY CAREFULLY, VERY DILIGENTLY, INCREDIBLY EFFICIENTLY, AND THEY TOOK CARE OF WHAT THEY NEEDED TO TAKE.
I WAS FORCED TO STAND FOR ALMOST FIVE SIX HOURS AND WATCH THEM OPERATE, AND IT WAS AMAZING.
IT WAS REALLY GRATIFYING TO REALIZE THAT I'M PROBABLY IN THE BEST CITY, AND AT LEAST IN SOUTH FLORIDA, AND I FEEL GOOD ABOUT THAT. UM, I ALSO WATCH AND HEARD MY MAYOR AND MY BSO SHERIFF DO WHAT THEY NEED TO DO.
AND A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE WILL COME UP HERE, THEY'LL CARRY ON ABOUT HOW THINGS ARE.
WELL, UNFORTUNATELY, IT STARTED TONIGHT.
SO THEREFORE, I THOUGHT EVEN I CAME JUST TO SIT.
I JUST WANT EVERYBODY TO REALIZE THAT BSO FIRE DEPARTMENT AND ALSO THE OVERALL, UH, EMPLOYEES OF TAMARAC ARE DOING A FANTASTIC JOB.
WE ARE ALL LUCKY TO BE IN THIS CITY, PROBABLY THE BEST CITY IN SOUTH FLORIDA.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK? YOU'LL GO NEXT.
JEFFREY SHAPIRO, THE WOODLANDS.
A HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYONE UP HERE ON THE DAIS AND HAPPY AND HEALTHY ONE BETTER NEW YEAR FOR 2024. I'VE BEEN LISTENING TO ALL THE COMMENTS ABOUT SHAKER VILLAGE THIS EVENING WITH OPEN EARS AND KIND OF AN OPEN HEART, BUT I AM A LITTLE BIT CONFUSED, AND I THINK THERE'S MORE QUESTIONS THAT NEED TO BE ANSWERED. UH, AS SEVERAL OF THE, UH, OTHER SPEAKERS SPOKE, UM, I CONCLUDED THAT FOUR OUT OF THE FIVE DWELLINGS WHICH THE COMMUNITY OBTAINED IN FORECLOSURE.
WHY WOULD THEY GO AHEAD, FORECLOSE, AND THEN IMMEDIATELY WELL, WITHIN 24 MONTHS, LIQUIDATE THESE UNITS. ARE THEY USING THE UNITS FOR OTHER RENTAL INCOME? I DON'T GET IT.
OKAY. AND THEY'RE ALLOWING ALL OF THESE MORTGAGES AND THINGS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH FINES AND INTEREST TO ACCUMULATE HIGHER.
I REALIZE THE CURRENT BOARD'S NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS BECAUSE THIS HAPPENED OVER 14 YEARS AGO.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, YOU HAVE TO WONDER WHY.
THEY SHOULD HAVE DONE SOMETHING WITH THESE PROPERTIES LONG AGO.
AND I CAN UNDERSTAND MAYBE THEY WERE IN A SITUATION BACK THEN.
BUT, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO WONDER WHY IT'S 2024, NOT 2010.
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THANK YOU. I WISH THE BEST TO THE RESIDENTS OF SHAKER VILLAGE.AND IF IT'S TRUE THAT ALL THE FINES AND LEVIES FROM $12 MILLION ARE NOW DOWN TO ZERO, THE COMMUNITY HAS ALREADY GOTTEN A HUGE BENEFIT. IF THAT'S TRUE, I DON'T KNOW.
UNLESS THERE'S SOMEONE ELSE WHO HAS CHANGED THEIR MIND.
OKAY. YOU ARE OUR LAST SPEAKER.
THANK YOU. ROSALIND HENNIGAN, CITY OF TAMARAC.
SO LET'S SEE WHAT WAS HAPPENING IN 2010, HUH? A MORTGAGE CRISIS, MAYBE, I DON'T KNOW, PROPERTY VALUES WENT, THEY TANKED.
EVERYONE WAS UPSIDE DOWN IN THEIR MORTGAGE.
WHY COULDN'T SHAKER VILLAGE BUY ALL THOSE PROPERTIES? HMM. MAYBE THEY WERE UNDERVALUED.
MAYBE THAT PEOPLE HAD MORTGAGES FOR $200,000 IN THEIR PROPERTIES ARE NOW WORTH $50,000- $70,000.
I WONDER WHAT WAS GOING ON IN 2010.
SO $12 MILLION IN LIENS, $3 MILLION IN LIENS, WHATEVER IT IS ON THE PROPERTY THAT IS OWNED BY INDIVIDUALS, NOT ON THE CLUBHOUSE.
NOW, IF YOU WERE PURCHASING ALL OF SHAKER VILLAGE AND ALL OF THE RESIDENTS, THEN YES, THE FINES, THE WAY IT'S WRITTEN WOULD HAVE BEEN WIPED OUT.
BUT IT SEEMS TO ME THAT YOU'RE ONLY PURCHASING ONE PROPERTY ON WHAT, ONE PARCEL OF LAND? THAT'S THE CLUBHOUSE THAT HAS NO LIENS.
WHY DO WE NOT HAVE ANY LIENS? OH, BECAUSE THERE WAS A COMMISSION MEETING WHERE THERE WAS A MEETING WHERE SO GRACEFULLY SAID 20 MILLION TIMES BY SOMEONE WHO'S BEEN ON THIS BOARD FOREVER, HAS COME OUT WITH THE PREVIOUS BOARD AND SAID THAT IF YOU GUYS ARE IN NEGOTIATIONS, IF WE'RE TALKING, THEN WE WOULDN'T PUT LIENS ON THE PROPERTY.
SO GUESS WHAT? THAT'S WHY THERE ARE NO LIENS ON THE PROPERTY.
WE DON'T PUT OUR OWN LIENS ON THE PROPERTY.
I WONDER, HAVE YOU SEEN THIS PACKET BEFORE? DO YOU KNOW WHAT WAS GIVEN TO YOU BY A RESIDENT? THAT WHAT THEY HAVE IN THEIR PACKET IS ACCURATE AND SELLING IT AS TRUTH? OH, YOU WANT TO READ? READ ALL ABOUT IT. DID YOU READ WHAT WAS IN THE PACKET? CAN I GET A COPY OF THE PACKET. OH.
THANK YOU. BECAUSE WE TAKE WHAT SOME RESIDENTS SAY FOR TRUTH.
BUT ANYONE ELSE? WE QUESTION IT.
WE WE HAVE DIFFICULTY WRAPPING OUR MIND AROUND THINGS.
AND BY THE WAY, I DIDN'T EVEN READ MY SPEECH.
THANK YOU AND HAVE A GREAT DAY.
THAT ENDS PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.
WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA.
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CITY MANAGER ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONS OR DELETIONS? NO, MAYOR. THANK YOU.I HAVE A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS TO MY MOTION.
CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
THANK YOU. MOTION PASSES 5 TO 0.
WE ARE NOW ON TO ORDINANCES ON FIRST READING.
[6.a 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.]
6A TO2547 CITY ATTORNEY, PLEASE READ THE TITLE FOR THE RECORD.ITEM 6A IS AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSION AND CITY TAMARAC AMENDING CHAPTER TEN, ARTICLE FOUR OF THE CITY TAMARAC LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE ENTITLED DEVELOPMENT AND DESIGN STANDARDS BY MANY SPECIFIC DEVELOPMENT AND DESIGN STANDARDS FOR ROADWAY, SIDEWALKS, BICYCLE PATHS, DRAINAGE, PARKING, WASTEWATER, STORM WATER, POTABLE WATER, AND
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IRRIGATION SYSTEM CONSISTENT WITH UPDATED ENGINEERING STANDARDS, MODIFYING DIMENSIONS OF ALLEYS, PARKING STALLS, AND REQUIRE PAVE RIGHTS OF WAY TO PROVIDE FOR CONSISTENT WITH THE CITY OF TAMARAC ENGINEERING DESIGN PROCESS AND MANUAL.UPDATING FIRE EMERGENCY ACCESS REQUIREMENT FOR GUARD HOUSES WITH SECURITY LOCKING MECHANISM.
AMEND THE CITY RIGHT OF WAY SIGN PROVISION TO APPROPRIATELY IDENTIFY STATE ROAD 869, ALSO KNOWN AS SAWGRASS EXPRESSWAY, AND CLARIFIED THE PERMITTED LOCATION FOR THE INSTALLATION OF BILLBOARD SIGNS.
[INAUDIBLE] DISTANCE SEPARATION FROM RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY.
MODIFYING THE HEIGHT OF [INAUDIBLE] BUILDING ADDRESS ON MONUMENT SIGNS TO ENHANCE VISIBILITY.
COMPLY WITH FIRE CODE SAFETY STANDARDS.
PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS. PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY.
PROVIDE FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU.
I'LL TAKE A MOTION AND A SECOND, PLEASE.
I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER BOLTON.
I HAVE A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER DANIEL.
UM, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THIS IS AN ORDINANCE ON FIRST READING.
AS SUCH, WE DO NOT HAVE PUBLIC COMMENTS.
ANY DISCUSSION BY THE COMMISSION.
CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE ARE NOW ON ORDINANCES ON SECOND READING.
[8.a TO2548 - An Ordinance of the City Commission of the City of Tamarac, Florida, amending Chapter 2, of the City of Tamarac Code of Ordinances, entitled Administration, specifically, Article IV, Division 3, entitled, "Human Resources," by creating Section 2-252 entitled "Screening of Employees, Appointees, Contractors, and Vendors" for the purpose of establishing criminal history record checks for certain employees, appointees, private contractors, employees of private contractors and vendors in accordance with Section 166.0442, Florida Statutes; providing for codification; providing for conflicts; providing for severability; and providing for an effective date.]
8A 202548 CITY ATTORNEY, PLEASE READ THE TITLE FOR THE RECORD.ITEM 8A AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSION.
AMENDING CHAPTER TWO OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC.
CODE OF ORDINANCES ENTITLED ADMINISTRATION, SPECIFICALLY ARTICLE FOUR, DIVISION THREE, ENTITLED HUMAN RESOURCE BY CREATING SECTION 2-252 ENTITLED SCREENING EMPLOYEES, APPOINTEES, CONTRACTORS AND VENDORS.
FOR THE PURPOSE OF ESTABLISHING CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD CHECKS FOR CERTAIN EMPLOYEES, APPOINTEES, PRIVATE CONTRACTORS, EMPLOYEES OF PRIVATE CONTRACTORS, AND VENDORS IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 166 FLORIDA STATUTE.
PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS. PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY.
PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.
THANK YOU. I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND, PLEASE.
SO MOVED. SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER BOLTON A SECOND BY VICE MAYOR WRIGHT.
AS THIS IS AN ORDINANCE ON SECOND READING, PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE NOW OPEN.
IS THERE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WISHES TO MAKE A COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE NOW CLOSED.
LORENZO CALHOUN, OUR HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR, IS AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
VICE MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION LORENZO CALHOUN, DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES FOR THE RECORD.
DIRECTOR CALHOUN THE ITEM, UH, SAYS THAT YOU ARE GOING TO, UM, YOU WANT US TO PASS THIS ITEM IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 166.0442 OF FLORIDA STATUTES.
UM, CAN YOU TELL ME, UM, WHEN WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME THAT STATUTE WAS UPDATED? UM, I DON'T HAVE IT RIGHT BEFORE ME, BUT WHAT I CAN TELL YOU, THE PREVIOUS STATUTE THAT GAVE US THE AUTHORITY TO WORK WITH THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AND FBI TO UTILIZE THEIR RESOURCES FOR BACKGROUND CHECKS, UH, WAS NO LONGER IS NO LONGER PROVIDES THAT NO LONGER PROVIDES THAT AUTHORITY FOR US.
SO LAST YEAR, UH, THIS ORDINANCE OR THIS PARTICULAR, UM, STATUTE, THE FBI DID SAY THAT THEY WOULD ACCEPT THIS AS AUTHORITY FOR MUNICIPALITIES TO WORK WITH THEM, TO UTILIZE THEIR RESOURCES.
IF A MUNICIPALITY WOULD PASS AN ORDINANCE IN FAVOR OF IT.
AND HAVE YOU LOOKED AT OTHER CITIES TO SEE WHAT THEY'RE DOING IN THE SAME REGARD I HAVE, AND WHAT ARE OTHER CITIES DOING? OTHER SIMILAR OTHER CITIES ARE PASSING AN ORDINANCE IN SUPPORT, VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING HERE TONIGHT.
UM, WE ARE, I COULD SAY, BEHIND THE OTHER MUNICIPALITIES THAT HAVE PASSED, THE CITY OF FORT LAUDERDALE HAS PASSED SUCH AN ORDINANCE, UM, BOCA RATON, UH, SOME OF THE LARGER MUNICIPALITIES AND SMALLER ONES AS WELL.
OKAY. UM, ANYTHING IN NORTH LAUDERDALE OR SUNRISE OR CORAL SPRINGS? UH, I CANNOT RECALL OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.
YOU'RE WELCOME. SEEING NO OTHER QUESTIONS.
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CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.THANK YOU. MOTION PASSES 5 TO 0.
WE ARE NOW GOING TO QUASI JUDICIAL.
[ Items 9.a & 9.b]
UM, OUR CITY ATTORNEY WILL READ THE TITLE OF THE RECORD, WHICH IS FOR 9A TB083 CITY ATTORNEY.AND ACTUALLY, IF YOU WOULD, SINCE THERE ARE PRESENTATIONS AND EVERYTHING TOGETHER, BUT OUR VOTES WILL BE SEPARATE.
ITEM 9A IS BOARD ORDER APPROVING DENYING SPECIAL EXCEPTION APPLICATION TO ALLOW FOR PROPOSED RESTAURANT FAST FOOD WITH DRIVE THRU USE AND THE MU-G ZONING DISTRICT PURSUANT TO THE TABLE OF ALLOWED USE.
SECTION 10-3.2 COURT OF ORDINANCE LOCATED IN THE NOUVEAU QUARTER QUARTER REDEVELOPMENT AREA OF NORTHEAST CORNER OF NORTH UNIVERSITY DRIVE WEST COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD AT 5600 NORTH UNIVERSITY DRIVE.
UH RESTAURANT NAME IS RAISING CANE'S.
ITEM 9B IS A RESOLUTION CITY COMMISSION, CITY OF TAMARAC, FLORIDA GRANTED SITE PLAN APPROVAL WITH CONDITIONS TO ALLOW THE DEMOLITION OF EXISTING ONE STORY [INAUDIBLE] ONE STORY, 4,545FT² COMMERCIAL BANK BUILDING AND REDEVELOPMENT OF PROPERTY FOR A 2,978 FT² FAST FOOD RESTAURANT BUILDING WITH 540 540 SQUARE FOOT OUTDOOR COVERED PATIO WITH TWO LANE DRIVE THRU WITH 25 VEHICLE OCCURRING POSITIONS FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 5600 NORTH UNIVERSITY DRIVE, PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY AND PROVIDING FOR A EFFECTIVE DATE. THANK YOU.
UM, AT THIS TIME, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ THE RULES FOR QUASI JUDICIAL? THANK YOU. ALL PERSONS TESTIFYING BEFORE THE CITY COMMISSION MUST BE SWORN IN WITH REGARD TO THE ITEMS THAT ARE GOING TO BE CONSIDERED.
ALL EVIDENCE RELIED UPON REASONABLE, PRUDENT PERSON TO DAY BUSINESS SHALL BE ADMISSIBLE WHETHER SUCH EVIDENCE WILL BE ADMISSIBLE IN THE COURT OF LAW, HOWEVER IMMATERIAL, UNDULY REPETITIOUS EVIDENCE SHALL BE EXCLUDED.
STATEMENT COUNCIL SHALL ONLY BE CONSIDERED AS ARGUMENT, NOT BE CONSIDERED AS TESTIMONY.
HOWEVER, COUNSEL FOR PARTIES SHALL NOT BE SUBJECT TO CROSS-EXAMINATION.
DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE MAY BE PRESENTED IN THE FORM OF A COPY OF THE ORIGINAL.
UPON REQUEST PARTIES SHALL BE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO COMPARE THE COPY WITH THE ORIGINAL.
GENERALLY, THE FOLLOWING PROCEDURES ARE THE MANNER IN WHICH THE PRESENTATION IS MADE F IRST, THE APPLICANT OR HIS OR HER REPRESENTATIVE WILL MAKE A PRESENTATION AND THE APPLICANT CHOOSE TO MAKE PRESENTATION SHOULD INCLUDE A DESCRIPTION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROJECT AND IF THERE IS ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THAT HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY PROVIDED TO YOU OR BY THE CITY.
STAFF WILL THEN PRESENT THIS REPORT IF NECESSARY.
ANALYSIS OF THE APPLICANT CONSISTENT WITH THE CITY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND THE CITY CODE.
PARTIES WHO ARE IN SUPPORT OF THE APPLICATION SHALL MAKE THEIR PRESENTATION.
PARTIES SHALL INTRODUCE ANY EXHIBIT AND WITNESS.
PARTIES WHO ARE IN OPPOSITION THEN MAKE THEIR PRESENTATION.
UH, AT THIS POINT, UH, MADAM MAYOR, IF THERE'S ANY EX-PARTE COMMUNICATION, PLEASE ADVISE.
WELL, WE WERE GOING TO DO THE SWEARING OF THE WITNESSES, BUT SURE.
MYSELF I'VE SPOKEN TO THE ATTORNEY YESTERDAY.
ALL RIGHT. SO THERE ARE THE DISCLOSURES NOW, CITY CLERK, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE SWEAR IN ANY WITNESSES.
ALL WITNESSES, PLEASE STAND AND RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.
DO YOU SWEAR TO TELL THE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH?
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THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. WITNESSES HAVE BEEN SWORN IN.EXCELLENT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
NOW I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR 9A PLEASE.
I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER BOLTON AND I HAVE A SECOND BY VICE MAYOR WRIGHT.
CHRISTINA BELENKY, THE ATTORNEY DESIGNATED AGENT FOR THE APPLICANT, WILL MAKE A PRESENTATION ON BOTH THE SPECIAL EXCEPTION 9A AND THE MAJOR CYBERVISION SITE, PLAN 9B TOGETHER.
AS I'VE SAID EARLIER, WE WILL VOTE ON THESE ITEMS SEPARATELY.
GOOD EVENING FOR THE RECORD, CHRISTINA BELENKY OF [INAUDIBLE].
MY ADDRESS IS 14 SOUTHEAST FOURTH STREET IN BOCA RATON.
IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING, REPRESENTING RAISING CANE'S.
UM, SO JUST TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY'S FAMILIAR WITH THE PROPERTY, I MEAN, IT'S ALONG A FAIRLY PROMINENT INTERSECTION IN THE CITY, SO I'M SURE EVERYBODY IS FAIRLY FAMILIAR WITH IT. BUT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE PARCEL THAT'S LOCATED ON THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD AND UNIVERSITY DRIVE.
UM, IT IS ABOUT 1.21 ACRES IN SIZE.
IT'S ADJACENT TO THE ADVANCED AUTO PARTS.
UM, THE EXISTING LAND USE IS COMMERCIAL.
THE EXISTING ZONING IS MIXED USE, GENERAL, AND IT'S CURRENTLY DEVELOPED WITH A BANK THAT'S A LITTLE BIT OVER 4,500FT² IN SIZE WITH, I BELIEVE, THREE DRIVE THRU LANES.
UM, THE BANK USE WAS DEVELOPED AT SOME POINT IN THE 70S, UM, AND HAS BEEN A COUPLE DIFFERENT BANKS OVER TIME, UNTIL MOST RECENTLY 2022 WHEN IT CEASED OPERATIONS.
AND SO THAT BUILDING IN THE PROPERTY HAS BEEN VACANT SINCE THAT POINT IN TIME.
WE ARE HERE BEFORE YOU FOR TWO REQUESTS THIS EVENING.
A SPECIAL EXCEPTION TO ALLOW FOR THE PROPOSED RESTAURANT FAST FOOD WITH DRIVE THRU WITHIN THE MU-G ZONING DISTRICT, AND A SITE PLAN APPROVAL TO ALLOW FOR THE FAST FOOD RESTAURANT.
UM, AND THE AERIAL ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE SCREEN SHOWS A FEW DIFFERENT ARROWS AS TO HOW THE SITE HAS BEEN ACCESSED HISTORICALLY.
UM, AND THAT'S A LITTLE BIT IMPORTANT AS WE WALK THROUGH OUR PROPOSED SITE PLAN.
UM, THERE IS AN EXISTING ACCESS POINT OFF COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD.
UH, YOU CAN SEE IT IN THE BLUE ARROWS THERE.
UM, SIMILARLY, ON THE NORTH HAND SIDE OF THE SITE, THERE'S AN EXISTING ACCESS POINT ON OFF OF 57TH STREET, WHICH IS AGAIN ADJACENT TO AN EXISTING ACCESS POINT FOR THE PROPERTY NEXT DOOR.
UM, WHEN WE HAD MET WITH FDOT RELATED TO THE SITE ACCESS, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY HAD DETERMINED ESSENTIALLY THAT ALONG COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD, THOSE TWO ACCESS POINTS WERE IN VERY CLOSE PROXIMITY AND REQUESTED WE CLOSE THE ACCESS OFF COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD, WHICH WE AGREED TO.
UM, SO THEN ACCESS DIRECTLY OFF COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD IS BEING CLOSED INTO THIS PROPERTY.
THERE IS AN EXISTING ACCESS POINT ON UNIVERSITY DRIVE.
UM, FDOT HAS JURISDICTION OVER THAT ROADWAY AND AGREED THAT WE CAN KEEP THAT ACCESS POINT.
UM, AND SO THAT'S IN LINE WITH WHERE WE'RE PROPOSING ACCESS WITH THIS PLAN.
UM, THAT SHARED ACCESS CONNECTION IS NOT SO VISIBLE ON THE AERIAL, BUT IT DOES EXIST TODAY.
AND WE'LL GET INTO THAT IN A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
UM, SO RELATED TO THE SPECIAL EXCEPTION REQUEST, THE CODE DEFINES A RESTAURANT FAST FOOD AS AN ESTABLISHMENT THAT DISPENSES FOOD FOR CONSUMPTION ON OR OFF THE PREMISES, AND THAT HAS THE FOLLOWING CHARACTERISTICS.
A LIMITED MENU, ITEMS PREPARED IN ADVANCE OR PREPARED OR HEATED QUICKLY.
NO TABLE ORDERS AND FOOD SERVED IN DISPOSABLE, UNWRAPPED CONTAINERS.
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UM, A LITTLE BIT OF ABOUT RAISING CANE'S.FOR THOSE THAT ARE NOT SO FAMILIAR, THEY ARE STARTING TO COME INTO SOUTH FLORIDA.
I BELIEVE THEY HAVE THREE LOCATIONS CURRENTLY WITHIN, UM, KIND OF THE TRI COUNTY AREA BEING ROYAL PALM BEACH, BOYNTON BEACH AND POMPANO BEACH.
UM, SO THEY ARE QUICKLY LOOKING TO EXPAND IN SOUTH FLORIDA AND WANT TO CALL TAMARAC HOME.
UM, RAISING CANE'S SERVES CHICKEN FINGERS.
UH, THAT IS ESSENTIALLY THEIR MENU.
IT IS QUITE LIMITED, AS OPPOSED TO OTHER FAST FOOD RESTAURANTS THAT MIGHT HAVE, YOU KNOW, A VARIETY OF SANDWICH OPTIONS, SALAD OPTIONS, WRAPS, CHICKEN FINGERS UM, AND KIND OF A MORE FULL MENU.
AT RAISING CANE'S YOUR ORDER IS DO YOU WANT 3, 4 OR 6 CHICKEN FINGERS ESSENTIALLY.
ALL OF THE SIDES ARE THE SAME.
YOU GET IT WITH TEXAS TOAST, YOU GET IT WITH COLESLAW, AND YOU GET IT WITH FRENCH FRIES.
YOU DO HAVE A SELECTION OF THEIR BEVERAGE, BUT BY LIMITING THEIR MENU, THEY'RE ESSENTIALLY IN THE BACK, FRYING UP CHICKEN FINGERS CONSTANTLY SO THAT THEY CAN TURN AROUND THEIR DRIVE THRU ORDERS AND THEIR IN STORE ORDERS QUICKLY AS WELL.
UM. SO AGAIN JUST GOING BACK TO THE SITE IMPROVEMENTS.
SO THIS SHOWS THE SURVEY OF THE EXISTING PROPERTY WHERE YOU CAN SEE SEVERAL OF THE ACCESS POINTS.
I THINK IF I CLICK HERE, YES, WE SHOW THE PROPOSED SITE PLAN.
SO YOU CAN SEE THERE'S KIND OF A BUBBLED AREA AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE SITE WHERE ACCESS WAS PREVIOUSLY THAT HAS BEEN CLOSED FROM COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD. THE ACCESS OFF UNIVERSITY DRIVE IS IN THE SAME LOCATION AS WHAT'S EXISTING, AND IT'S ESSENTIALLY HALFWAY BETWEEN THE TWO INTERSECTIONS, WHICH WAS DEEMED A SAFE LOCATION.
AND THEN WE ARE CLOSING THE ACCESS OFF 57TH AND CONNECTING THROUGH AN EXISTING CROSS ACCESS POINT.
NOW, AS THE SITE WAS DEVELOPED BACK IN THE 70S, UM, YOU KNOW THAT THAT CROSS ACCESS HAS BEEN THERE FOR QUITE SOME TIME, BUT UNFORTUNATELY IT WAS NEVER APPROPRIATELY DOCUMENTED. AND SO WE ARE CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS OF WORKING WITH THE ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNER TO FORMALIZE THAT CROSS ACCESS.
WE'VE PROVIDED THEM WITH DRAFT DOCUMENTS THAT HAVE GONE THROUGH, UH, SEVERAL LAYERS OF REVIEW.
SO THAT IS A CONDITION OF APPROVAL THAT'S NOTED IN YOUR STAFF REPORT FOR THE SITE PLAN.
AND WE ARE ACTIVELY PURSUING THAT TO RESOLVE THAT ISSUE.
WE ALSO HAVE INCREASED PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIONS TO THE SITE.
THERE'S LOTS OF ALTERNATE MODES OF TRANSPORTATION, LOTS OF BUSINESSES IN THE AREA.
UM, ONE OTHER THING THAT'S VERY UNIQUE ABOUT THIS PROPERTY.
OBVIOUSLY, WITH FDOT HAVING JURISDICTION OF THE NEIGHBORING ROADWAYS, WE WENT TO THEM VERY EARLY ON IN OUR, UM, REVIEW OF THIS SITE, AND THEY ACTUALLY REQUIRED DEDICATION OF A 40 FOOT WIDE EASEMENT ALONG UNIVERSITY DRIVE.
THAT IS THE AREA THAT'S HIGHLIGHTED BY THE GREEN BOX.
UM, SO, YOU KNOW, IN THE EVENT FDOT DECIDES IN THE FUTURE TO EXPAND THE ROADWAY, THEY HAVE SUFFICIENT, UH, AVAILABILITY TO DO SO. UM, A SIMILAR EASEMENT WAS PREVIOUSLY DEDICATED ALONG COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD, AND THAT'S WHAT'S SHOWN IN BLUE.
THIS PLAN ESSENTIALLY SHOWS ACCESS IN A ONE DIRECTIONAL KIND OF COUNTERCLOCKWISE MANNER.
SO YOU WOULD ENTER FROM, AGAIN, THE SHARED ACCESS POINT FROM 57TH OR FROM UNIVERSITY DRIVE.
YOU'D HEAD TO THE SOUTH END OF THE SITE AND ENTER THE DRIVE THRU AREA, ESSENTIALLY IN THE SAME AREA WHERE THE EXISTING BANK HAS THEIR DRIVE THRU, UM, KIND OF TOWARDS THAT SOUTHEAST CORNER AND THEN HEAD NORTH.
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THERE WILL BE TEAM MEMBERS THAT ARE TAKING ORDERS.UH, THE TWO DRIVE THRU LANES PROVIDES QUEUING FOR 25 VEHICLES.
I'LL GET INTO THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE AS WE MOVE FORWARD, BUT WE DID SUBMIT A QUEUING ANALYSIS AS PART OF OUR TRAFFIC STUDY THAT DEMONSTRATED THAT WAS SUFFICIENT AS WELL.
AND HERE'S OUR PROPOSED LANDSCAPE PLAN.
SO ALONG UNIVERSITY DRIVE WE HAVE QUITE A BIT OF LANDSCAPE AREA.
AGAIN, BY WAY OF THAT 40 FOOT EASEMENT.
WE WEREN'T ABLE TO PUT MAJOR IMPROVEMENTS IN THERE, BUT LANDSCAPING WAS ACCEPTABLE.
SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT AREA, IT WAS STILL A VERY ATTRACTIVE IN APPEARANCE.
I THINK ONE THING THAT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE IN TERMS OF THE LANDSCAPING IS THROUGH THIS PLAN, WE'RE ACTUALLY ABLE TO, UH, KEEP 30 EXISTING SHADE TREES, LARGE SHADE TREES ON THE PROPERTY.
UM, SO WE DID PROVIDE A PARKING STUDY FOR RAISING CANE'S.
WE LOOKED AT FOUR DIFFERENT LOCATIONS.
I MEAN, SOME OF THE COMPETITORS ALSO FOCUS HEAVILY ON THE DRIVE THRU FUNCTION, BUT THAT'S REALLY WHERE THEY'RE CONSTANTLY TURNING OVER THEIR PROPERTY OR THEIR, THEIR CUSTOMERS. UM, THERE IS INDOOR SEATING PROVIDING FOR ABOUT 50 SEATS.
SO WE DID LOOK AT EXISTING RAISING CANE'S LOCATIONS TO SEE WHAT WAS REQUIRED IN TERMS OF PARKING.
THE ANALYSIS WAS DONE AT PEAK HOURS FROM THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY FROM 10 A.M.
AND THAT WAS DETERMINED TO BE 24 PARKING SPACES, WHICH IS WHAT IS PROVIDED.
WE'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE THOSE 24 PARKING SPACES BY WAY OF CERTAIN CODE REDUCTIONS.
THERE'S A REDUCTION FOR BEING ALONG THE, UH, MORE TRANSIT ORIENTED CORRIDORS, UH, ADJACENT TO BUS ROUTES AND WHERE THOSE ALTERNATE MODES OF TRANSPORTATIONS ARE AVAILABLE.
UM, THE RESTAURANT USE DID HAVE AN INCREASE IN AM PEAK HOUR TRIPS, BUT ACTUALLY A DECREASE IN PM PEAK HOUR TRIPS AS OPPOSED TO OR I GUESS IN A YEAH, AS OPPOSED TO THE DRIVE THRU BANK USE THAT HAS HISTORICALLY BEEN IN OPERATION ON THE SITE. UM, THE STUDY ALSO CONCLUDED THAT THE CHANGE OF USE IS NOT GOING TO RESULT IN ANY CHANGE TO THE BACKGROUND LEVEL OF SERVICE AT THE INTERSECTION OF COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD OR UNIVERSITY DRIVE.
SO OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, THE BANK USE HAS BEEN VACANT.
WE HAVEN'T BEEN SEEING TRIPS AT THAT SITE WITHIN THE LAST YEAR OR SO, BUT COMPARED TO THE HISTORICAL USE ON THE PROPERTY, THERE REALLY IS NO IMPACT WITH THIS CHANGE OF USE.
AND THEN EXCUSE ME, IN TERMS OF QUEUING, UM, AGAIN, WE DID CONDUCT QUEUING ANALYSIS FOR RAISING CANE'S, STUDYING VARIOUS LOCATIONS THAT ARE IN OPERATION TODAY, UM, THAT ARE COMPARABLE IN SIZE AND TRAFFIC.
AND AT THE 95TH PERCENTILE, SIMILAR RESTAURANT SIZES SHOWED 21 VEHICLES WITHIN THEIR DRIVE THRU.
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SO ESSENTIALLY WITHIN THE DRIVE THRU LANES THEMSELVES, WE ARE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE 25 VEHICLES, WHICH IS IN EXCESS OF KIND OF THE PEAK DEMAND THAT'S SEEN AT ANY OTHER RESTAURANT UM, THAT WAS STUDIED.UM, WE DO HAVE AN EVENT MANAGEMENT PLAN IN PLACE IN THE EVENT THAT THE VEHICLES EXCEED 25 STACKING POSITIONS. UM, SO, FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN THE RESTAURANT FIRST OPENS UP AND THERE'S QUITE A BIT OF EXCITEMENT ABOUT THIS USE, AND WE SEE KIND OF MORE CUSTOMERS THAN WOULD NORMALLY BE SEEN AS, AS THE USE IS KIND OF OPEN AND OPERATIONAL FOR A WHILE.
UM, WE UNDERSTAND THAT POTENTIALLY THERE MIGHT BE MORE THAN 25 VEHICLES.
SO WE HAVE THIS PLAN IN PLACE.
IT WAS INCORPORATED INTO THE TRAFFIC STUDY AND AGAIN REVIEWED BY THE CITY AND THE CITY'S TRAFFIC CONSULTANT, UM, DEMONSTRATING HOW WE CAN ACCOMMODATE UP TO 100 VEHICLES. AND SO, UM, IT'S IT'S A LITTLE COMPLICATED WITH THIS GRAPHIC, BUT ESSENTIALLY WE'RE LOOKING AT THE GREEN ARROW THAT STARTS AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE DRIVE THRU AND WORKING BACKWARDS.
SO YOU HAVE THE TRAFFIC CREW, WHICH IS RAISING CANE'S EMPLOYEE.
AND IT WOULD GO BACK TO WHERE YOU SEE THAT 25, THAT 25 REPRESENTS AN ADDITIONAL 25 VEHICLES THAT CAN BE ACCOMMODATED WITHIN THE PROPERTY ITSELF. IN THOSE EVENTS, WITH INCREASED DEMAND, WE WOULD CLOSE OFF THE ACCESS POINT ON UNIVERSITY SO THAT ALL OF THE CUSTOMERS ARE ACCESSING FROM 57TH OR FROM THE ADJACENT PROPERTY, UH, CONTINUING ALONG WITH THE GREEN ARROWS, UM, ALONG THE NORTH PORTION OF THE PROPERTY.
AND THEN WE WOULD ENTER INTO THE ADJACENT PARCEL.
AND AGAIN, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS CONTEMPLATED AS PART OF THE CROSS ACCESS AGREEMENT.
UM, BUT YOU'D HEAD SOUTH TO WHERE YOU HAVE THAT OFFICER WITH THE NUMBER 50.
GOING EASTWARD ALONG COMMERCIAL, YOU CAN ACCOMMODATE ANOTHER 25 VEHICLES THERE, UM, AND THEN NORTH TOWARDS 57TH THAT'S HOW YOU CAN ACCOMMODATE 100 VEHICLES.
THE RED SHOWS HOW CUSTOMERS WOULD LEAVE THE SITE IN THOSE EVENTS.
SO THIS WOULD BE A COMBINATION OF UTILIZING RAISING CANE'S TEAM MEMBERS AS WELL AS, UH, OFF DUTY OFFICERS AND SOLICITING THEIR ASSISTANCE IN THOSE KIND OF PEAK HOUR DEMANDS.
AND RAISING CANE'S JUST TO KIND OF ELABORATE ON THAT, HAS A LOT OF SECURITY PROTOCOLS IN PLACE.
THEY WANT TO ENSURE THAT, UM, NOT ONLY THEIR CUSTOMERS ARE SAFE AND NOT ONLY IN THESE, YOU KNOW, PEAK DEMAND INSTANCES, BUT OVERALL, UM, SO OBVIOUSLY WITH THE SITE PLAN, WE'RE GOING TO BE UPGRADING THE SITE LIGHTING, UM, TO COME INTO COMPLIANCE WITH CURRENT CODE AS OPPOSED TO WHAT'S OUT THERE THAT WAS PROBABLY IN EXISTENCE IN THE 1970S.
UM, AND WE'RE MEETING THE MINIMUM AND MAXIMUM FOOT CANDLES REQUIRED, BUT ALSO IN TERMS OF PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE COMMUNITY. YOU KNOW, THEY REALLY WORK WITH LOCAL, UH, POLICE OFFICERS AND, UM, THERE'S A NAME FOR IT, BUT, UM, TO, TO ENSURE THEY HAVE THAT.
I THAT SORRY PARTNERSHIP WITH THE LOCAL POLICE OFFICERS THAT THEY KNOW THEM.
IT'S GOING RIGHT UP TO THE TOP SO THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, THOSE IN LEADERSHIP POSITIONS ARE VERY FAMILIAR WITH WHAT'S HAPPENING AT THE GROUND LEVEL AND CAN WORK TO ADDRESS IT AND RESOLVE IT.
THEY HAVE STRONG POLICIES IN PLACE RELATED TO TRESPASSING AND ENSURING THAT THEIR TEAM MEMBERS ARE, UM, PROPERLY TRAINED WITH TECHNIQUES TO HANDLE THAT AND WORK WITH LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TO ADDRESS THOSE AREAS AS WELL.
UM, SO THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, AGAIN, NOT ONLY IN THESE EVENT, UM, THESE HIGH DEMAND EVENTS, BUT KIND OF ALL THROUGHOUT THEIR OPERATIONS THAT THEIR TEAM MEMBERS ARE SAFE, THAT THEIR CUSTOMERS ARE SAFE.
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UM, AND THIS IS ONE OF THE WAYS WE MANAGE THAT.AND THEN JUST FLIPPING THROUGH SOME OF THE PROJECT ELEVATIONS.
IT'S OBVIOUSLY A FAIRLY CLEAN AND MODERN LOOK.
UM, HERE YOU HAVE THE NORTH AND SIDE ELEVATIONS.
I THINK THE RENDERINGS SHOW A LITTLE BIT BETTER WHAT CAN BE EXPECTED ON THE SITE.
SO THIS IS LOOKING AT THE SITE FROM THE INTERSECTION OF COMMERCIAL AND UNIVERSITY.
YOU SEE THAT KIND OF EXPANSIVE GREEN AREA, WHICH IS THAT 40 FOOT EASEMENT.
FROM THE SOUTHEAST CORNER SHOWING THE ENTRANCE.
SORRY, THE ENTRANCE TO THE DRIVE THRU.
UM, AND WITH THAT, OUR TEAM IS AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE THIS EVENING.
AT THIS TIME COMMISSION DO YOU DESIRE A PRESENTATION BY MISS CALLOWAY? NOT SEEING A DESIRE AT THIS TIME, MISS CALLOWAY.
UM, I'M GOING TO OPEN PUBLIC COMMENTS.
IS THERE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WISHES TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS MATTER? ALL RIGHT. COME ON.
UM WERE YOU SWORN IN? OR WOULD YOU RATHER SWEAR IN.
JUST IN CASE? YES. YES, MADAM MAYOR.
SORRY. DO YOU SWEAR TO TELL THE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH? YES, I DO, THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. PATTY LYNN, MAINLAND'S EIGHT.
I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE ACCESS ON, UM, 57TH STREET.
UM, BECAUSE I USED THE BANK THERE.
AND COMING OUT, YOU CAME OUT ON 57TH STREET.
UM, SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE IF THERE'S GOING TO BE A DIFFERENT, UM, ACCESS POINT, I KNOW A LITTLE FURTHER EAST OF WHERE WHERE THAT EXIT WAS FROM THE BANK, THERE WAS A CUT THROUGH.
SO FOR THE PEOPLE TO GET INTO THE GYM.
BUT I'M LOOKING AT TRYING PEOPLE TRYING TO MAKE U-TURNS THERE.
THE SECOND CONCERN I HAVE IS ON UNIVERSITY DRIVE, BECAUSE THE ACCESS POINT IS RIGHT AT THE BUS STOP.
THOSE ARE THE ONLY TWO QUESTIONS I HAVE.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WISHES TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS OR MAKE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? SEEING NONE, PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE NOW CLOSED AND WE WILL GO TO A DISCUSSION BY OUR COMMISSION.
I SEE COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS LIGHT IS LIT.
THANK YOU, MAYOR, AND THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
UM I THINK THIS IS A GREAT PROJECT, BUT IT DEVIATES FROM WHAT I BELIEVE THIS COMMISSION AND OUR CITY HAS BEEN ASKING FOR.
THIS IS A VERY PRIME LOCATION.
UM, PERHAPS YOUR CLIENT CAN COME BACK WITH A RESTAURANT IDEA.
I'M NOT SPEAKING FOR ANYONE ELSE.
I UNDERSTAND. IT'S NOT A FAST FOOD RESTAURANT.
UH, IT'S A HIGHER END TIER PER SE, BUT I THE DIRECTION THAT WE'RE GOING ON, UM, THIS IS NOT PART OF THAT FROM MY OPINION.
AND AGAIN, I'M GOING TO REPEAT WHAT I JUST SAID.
I WISH I WOULD HAVE SEEN THIS, THE IDEA OF IT FIRST BEFORE I EVEN GOT THIS FAR.
UM, THIS IS JUST MY THOUGHTS, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING EVERYONE ELSE'S.
VICE MAYOR WRIGHT. UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
I THINK THEIR MARKETING THINGS THAT THE CHICK FIL A KILLER.
UM, I REMEMBER SEEING THE CEO ON UNDERCOVER BILLIONAIRE, LIKE, 12 YEARS AGO.
IT WAS ONLY A LOUISIANA FRANCHISE THEN, AND IT'S GROWING EXPONENTIALLY ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
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I REMEMBER GOING TO BOSTON JUST TO TASTE IT.THAT'S ONE OF OUR PRIME MINISTER OF PRIME LOCATION.
YOU KNOW, THAT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, IN THE HEART, 59TH AND FIFTH AVENUE.
SO I KIND OF AGREE WITH WHAT COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS IS SAYING.
UM, IN TERMS OF THE, THE THE LAYOUT ON 57TH, I ALSO AGREE WITH PATTY IN TERMS OF MAKING IT RIGHT.
AND IT'S ALSO ON THEIR MAJOR STREET, WHICH IS BOYNTON BOULEVARD, WHICH IS SIMILAR TO COMMERCIAL.
AND THE TRAFFIC GOES OUT ON BOYNTON.
IT'S HORRIBLE TRAFFIC LEADING INTO THE STORES.
BUT WE'RE ON IT'S LITERALLY ON TWO MAJOR STREETS, UNIVERSITY AND COMMERCIAL.
AND I'M HAPPY THAT YOU CLOSED OFF COMMERCIAL, BECAUSE I SEE THE ISSUE THAT HAPPENED IN BOYNTON.
I'M CURIOUS TO WHY DIDN'T YOU HAVE AN ACTUAL ENTRANCE ON 57TH? WHY WHY WAS THAT NOT A PART OF IT? WHY ARE YOU DIVERTING THEM TO THE PLAZA THAT'S NEXT DOOR? YEAH, WE WE DID EXPLORE HAVING ACCESS DIRECTLY FROM 57TH.
IT'S LITERALLY ONLY A FEW FEET OVER WHICH, UM, CREATES SOME POTENTIAL CONFLICTS WITH CARS IN EACH OF THE ACTS OR THE DRIVE AISLES TRYING TO MAKE MOVEMENTS AND NOT PAYING ATTENTION TO THE DRIVEWAY ALMOST IMMEDIATELY NEXT TO IT. I BELIEVE THERE WERE ALSO SOME UTILITY ISSUES THAT PREVENTED US TO HAVE THAT ACCESS.
I'M GOING TO BRING OUR ENGINEER UP HERE TO DETAIL THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE.
HI. GOOD EVENING. KRISTINA BELT WITH KIMLEY-HORN.
I'M THE CIVIL ENGINEER FOR THE PROJECT.
AND LIKE CHRISTINA SAID, IT REALLY WAS MORE SO THE DISTANCE TO THE EXISTING DRIVE.
AND THIS IS A SAFER CONFIGURATION TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, THROUGH THE EXISTING [INAUDIBLE] ACCESS, THEY'RE ABLE TO USE JUST THE ONE, THE ONE EXISTING DRIVEWAY THAT'S ALREADY THERE TODAY.
SO EXISTING. AND BY CLOSING THAT OTHER ONE, UM, IN OUR CONVERSATIONS WITH STAFF OVER THE LAST YEAR, WORKING THROUGH THE SITE PLAN, IT WAS DISCUSSED THAT, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD GO AHEAD AND DO THAT AND CLOSE THAT DRIVE TO MAKE IT A SAFER CONDITION.
UM, THEY HAVE, LIKE, AN OVERFLOW PARKING LOT ON THAT SIDE.
WHEREAS I DON'T SEE THAT IN YOUR CONTINGENCY PLAN.
I SEE YOU HAVE THE PARKING WITHIN THE THE DEVELOPMENT, BUT THEY ACTUALLY HAVE AN EXTRA PARKING LOT WHERE THERE'S SPACE AND EXTRA SPACES IF YOU IF YOU WANT TO PARK AND WHEN IT GETS BUSY BECAUSE IT DOES GET BUSY ON THAT SIDE, YOU SEE A LOT OF THE CARS ARE IN THAT OVERFLOW PARKING LOT.
SO I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN PROBABLY THINK ABOUT TO MAKE IT, YOU KNOW, MAKE IT MORE EFFECTIVE AND WE KNOW IT'S GOING TO GET BUSIER AND IT'S GOING TO BE AS BUSY AS CHICK FIL A. SO THAT'S JUST MY THOUGHTS, ESPECIALLY WITH THAT AREA, WITH THE AUTO, WITH THE AUTO STORE AND ALSO GOING ON 57TH.
IF IT WAS JUST LAND, IT WOULD BE DIFFERENT.
BUT JUST HAVING THAT VACANT BUILDING THERE TO ME DOESN'T BENEFIT ANYONE.
I UNDERSTAND WHY YOU'D CLOSE OFF 57TH, BECAUSE YOU SAY IT WILL ALLOW YOU TO ACCOMMODATE LIKE 100 CARS, AM I CORRECT? THAT'S WHY YOU'RE CLOSING OFF 57TH.
UM, SO 57TH IS ON THE NORTH SIDE, SO THAT'S BECAUSE OF THE DRIVEWAY TO THE ADJACENT PROPERTY.
THAT'S ONLY LITERALLY A FEW FEET AWAY.
RIGHT. UM, IN THE EMERGENCY KIND OF SITUATION WHERE WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, 25, 50 PLUS ADDITIONAL CARS THAT NEED TO BE STACKED, WE WOULD CLOSE OFF UNIVERSITY DRIVE TEMPORARILY.
SO YOU'LL CLOSE OFF UNIVERSITY DRIVE AND YOU'RE.
IS THERE A ACCESS TO 57TH CURRENTLY? CURRENTLY THERE IS AN ACCESS POINT FROM 57TH, SO WE WOULD UTILIZE THE ONE IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO IT SO THAT THERE AREN'T.
SO YOU'RE GOING TO CLOSE OFF THE ACCESS ON 57TH.
YEAH. SO THAT WILL BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE MORE CARS.
WELL WHAT IF THE ADJACENT PROPERTY DOESN'T AGREE TO YOUR PLAN.
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THAT'S GONE THROUGH VARIOUS ROUNDS OF REVIEW WITH THEM INTERNALLY.AND WE'VE RECEIVED POSITIVE FEEDBACK SO FAR.
SO ALL INDICATION IS THAT THAT DOCUMENT WILL BE SIGNED.
IT'S JUST GETTING TO THAT FINAL STAGE.
AND I REMEMBER I USED TO GO TO THE BANK.
THERE WAS TWO DIFFERENT BANKS, BUT I'M WONDERING AND I DIDN'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE BUS STOP.
SO I KNOW SOMEONE MENTIONED THE BUS STOP.
HOW WOULD YOU, UM, FIX THAT PROBLEM IF IT IS? I DIDN'T SEE IT AS A PROBLEM WHEN I WAS GOING TO THE BANK.
BUT IF IT IS A PROBLEM, HOW ARE YOU GOING TO FIX THAT? YEAH, I MEAN, IT'S AN EXISTING CONDITION.
THE BUS STOPS ARE, UM, DETERMINED BY BROWARD COUNTY TRANSIT.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE CAN CERTAINLY REACH OUT AND SEE IF THEY'RE WILLING TO RELOCATE IT.
BUT I HAVE A FEELING BASED ON THIS PRIME INTERSECTION THAT'S AT ITS CURRENT LOCATION FOR A REASON.
ALL RIGHT. SO NO MATTER WHAT BUSINESS GOES THERE, THAT'S JUST SOMETHING WE'LL HAVE TO DEAL WITH.
NOW, WILL WE BE ABLE TO? AND I WOULD THINK CUSTOMERS DON'T NEED PERMISSION.
BUT WILL THERE BE AN AGREEMENT TO USE? BECAUSE ALL THOSE, UM, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, ALL THOSE BUSINESSES ARE CONNECTED.
SO WHAT IF THE CUSTOMERS START GOING INTO THE OTHER BUSINESSES ENTRANCE TO GET TO YOU? WOULD THAT BE ALLOWED THE WAY YOU HAVE IT SET UP? SO THAT WOULD BE ALLOWED THROUGH THIS CROSS ACCESS AGREEMENT THAT WE ARE WORKING TO FINALIZE.
AND THAT'S A CONDITION OF APPROVAL THAT IT IS SIGNED AND RECORDED PRIOR TO PERMITTING.
THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS.
SO, UM, YOU MAY KNOW POPEYE'S DOWN THE ROAD.
UH, HAD TO CREATE A DUPLICATE OF THEIR BUILDING BECAUSE THE LINES WERE SO LONG.
IT WAS GOING INTO COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD.
SO THEY BOUGHT THE LAND NEXT TO THEIR CURRENT OR THEIR THEIR FIRST LOCATION, AND LITERALLY BUILT A SECOND LOCATION TO OFFSET THE TRAFFIC.
UH, SAME THING GOES WITH CHICK FIL A.
CHICK FIL A GETS REALLY CRAZY.
UH, ACROSS THE STREET FROM CHICK FIL A.
UH, THE BUS STOP IS DEFINITELY AN ISSUE.
UM, AND AGAIN, I'M JUST GOING TO SHARE THAT.
UM. IF THE CLIENT COMES BACK WITH A RESTAURANT WHERE THEY CAN FACILITATE A GOOD AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC WITHOUT, UM, HAVING TO HIRE, YOU KNOW, BSO OR PRIVATE, UH, POLICING, I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO GET IN THE BUSINESS OF HAVING TO HIRE POLICING.
JUST IT'S ON UNIVERSITY AND COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD.
UM, IN LOOKING AT THE RENDERING, THE RENDERING LOOKS VERY PRETTY.
IS THERE A CURB CUT? IS THERE A DEDICATED TURN LANE INTO YOU? [INAUDIBLE] SO I'M PRESUMING.
NO, THERE WAS NOT ONE CALLED FOR.
I TOO HAVE CONCERNS ON THE TRAFFIC PATTERN FOR THIS.
I KNOW THE BACK CUT WAY ON 57TH VERY WELL.
I KNOW HOW PEOPLE DO GO IN FROM THE PLAZA TO THE NORTH THROUGH THE SOUTH, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO WAIT AT THE LIGHT, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE THERE'S SOMETIMES PEOPLE STANDING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET WHERE THEY DON'T WANT TO BE DEALING WITH THAT EITHER.
I'M WORRIED ABOUT THE PEOPLE ON THE BUS STOP.
THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY UTILIZE THE BUS STOP AND PEOPLE WHO JUST SIT ON THE BUS.
THERE'S TWO BUS STOPS THERE RIGHT NOW OR BENCHES.
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WHO'S BEEN STUCK IN TRAFFIC.AND SINCE I AM PRESUMING GREAT SUCCESS, IF IT'S GOING TO GO THERE, UM, THIS RESTAURANT THAT I AM VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THOSE ISSUES, UM, AND THEN PEOPLE DRIVING ONTO THE NORTH PART OF IT AND THEN COMING IN PROBABLY BE A MUCH MORE USABLE ACCESS POINT.
UM, BUT I DO HAVE CONCERNS WITH THE LANDSCAPING AND VISIBILITY AND WHAT WE THINK LOOKS REALLY GOOD NOW, THE PROBLEM IS, ONCE IT GOES INTO EFFECT, HOW DO WE GET IT FIXED? AND THEN YOU'RE ALREADY IN THERE.
FORGIVE ME, BUT YOU'RE ALREADY IN THERE.
AND THEN WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH WITH ISSUES.
I'M HAPPY TO HEAR THAT THERE'S GOOD CONVERSATION WITH ADVANCED AUTO.
UM. I UNDERSTAND MY COLLEAGUES CONCERNS ABOUT OUR DESIRES FOR A RESTAURANT THAT'S MORE THAN CHICKEN FINGERS. DON'T GET ME WRONG.
MY MOTHER LOVES CHICKEN FINGERS.
YOU WOULD THINK THAT MY MOTHER IS ACTUALLY MY FOUR YEAR OLD VERSUS MY MY MOTHER.
UM, SO IF SHE'S WATCHING, SHE'S MAD AT ME.
BUT THAT'S THAT'S THE WAY IT IS.
SO I UNDERSTAND THE CONCERNS OF MY COLLEAGUES.
WE ARE TRYING TO UPSCALE OUR CITY.
WE'RE TRYING TO BRING IN MORE JUST NORTH, NOT EVEN IN THAT NEXT PLAZA PAST DENNY'S IS KFC.
I'M NOT SAYING YOU DON'T HAVE A VIABLE PRODUCT COMPARATIVELY.
BUT IT DRAWS SOME CONCERNS WITH POPEYES.
WE NEED WE'RE LOOKING FOR OUR CITY'S STABILITY AND OUR CITY'S VIBRANCE.
RIGHT. I'VE BEEN PROUD TO HEAR THAT RAISING CANE'S IS COMING.
I DIDN'T REALIZE IT WAS AS LIMITED A MENU.
YOU DO HAVE CHICKEN FINGERS ON A SANDWICH, BUT IT'S STILL ALL CHICKEN FINGERS.
UM, BUT I AM CONCERNED WITH THE TRAFFIC FLOW.
I DIDN'T REALIZE IT WAS COMING IN ALL OFF OF UNIVERSITY.
I MEAN, YOU DO HAVE SOME ON 57TH AND TRAFFIC WILL LEARN, BUT I HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT ABOUT THAT.
UM. IS THERE ANYONE FROM ENGINEERING OR OUR CITY THAT CAN HELP US WITH THE IDEA OF THE TRAFFIC COMING IN THERE NOT BEING A CURB CUT TO TO FLOW IN TRAFFIC, WHERE PEOPLE WHO ARE COMING IN IN THE MORNING, WHO ARE TRYING TO GET TO WHERE THEY NEED TO GO BECAUSE RUSH HOUR [INAUDIBLE].
AM IS THE MOST TRAFFIC SECTION HERE ON THE ROADWAY.
UM AND IT GOES TO A FROM A D TO AN E ON SOME OF IT.
NOBODY HAS ANY PATIENCE ANYMORE.
IT'S A SHAME. IS THERE ANYTHING THAT COULD BE SUGGESTED TO BE DONE TO HELP US OUT HERE WITH THIS? UM, SO I'M NOT ENTIRELY SURE, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, IF, IF THE COMMISSION DESIRES YOU KNOW, WE'VE OBVIOUSLY HEARD A LOT OF THE CONCERNS THAT YOU HAVE, AND WE'RE HAPPY TO LOOK BACK AT THAT AND COME BACK TO YOU WITH SOME MORE INFORMATION THAT MIGHT HELP, UH, ADDRESS SOME OF THOSE ITEMS. AND I KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN WAITING A REALLY LONG TIME.
I REALLY WANTED THAT BUILDING TURNED OVER AND DONE SOMETHING WHEN IT WAS BANK ATLANTIC A ND THEN IT WAS BB&T, AND THEN IT'S BEEN VACANT SO LONG THAT PEOPLE HAVE DECIDED THAT THAT'S THEIR NEW HOME ADDRESS.
UM, AND IT'S DIRTY AND IT'S NOT WHAT WE HAVE PRIDE IN, IN OUR CITY.
UM. MAY I ASK YOU IF THAT IS SOMETHING THAT YOU ARE ABLE TO DO WHERE IT DOESN'T PUT YOU? IF WE DO A CONTINUANCE OF THIS ITEM, DOES IT KEEP YOU IN LINE FOR WHATEVER YOUR PUBLIC DISCLOSURES, YOUR NOTICES, YOUR, UM.
WHERE IT DOESN'T KIBOSH YOUR PROJECT, BUT IT DOESN'T PUT YOUR PROJECT.
UM, IF WE TABLE AND INSTEAD WE DO A CONTINUANCE, OR MAYBE IT'S ALL THE SAME THING.
HOW DOES HOW CAN WE MAYBE GIVE YOU THAT TIME YOU NEED TO MAYBE FIND OUT SOME OF THE QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS AND MAYBE YOU ALREADY HAVE IT, BUT JUST WE'RE NOT GETTING RECEIVING IT. RIGHT? WE CERTAINLY WANT TO MAKE SURE WE GET THE COMMISSION, THE INFORMATION THAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR, AND MAKE SURE YOU'RE COMFORTABLE WITH ALL OF THESE VARIOUS ITEMS THAT WERE NOTED TODAY.
SO, UM, CERTAINLY IF WE CAN COME BACK AND TAKE THE TIME TO REGROUP AND FOCUS ON SOME OF THOSE AND MAYBE DISCUSS MORE WITH THE CITY'S TRAFFIC CONSULTANTS AS WELL, UM, THEN WE CAN COME BACK, YOU KNOW, AT [INAUDIBLE] TIME, MAYBE TO PROVIDE YOU WITH ALL OF THAT INFORMATION.
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RIGHT. HELPING WITH THE TRAFFIC PATTERN ON UNIVERSITY FOR STACKING.YEAH. MAYOR, WITH RESPECT TO IT'S REALLY A NOTICE ISSUE.
BUT IF WE CONTINUE IT PAST, THEN YOU WOULD HAVE TO START, YOU KNOW, ANEW IN TERMS OF THE NOTICES TO ENSURE EVERYBODY RECEIVED ADEQUATE, UH, INDIVIDUAL NOTICE IN THE NEWSPAPER NOTICE.
GENERALLY, UH, BASED ON IF IT'S CONTINUED TO THE NEXT COMMISSION MEETING.
IS THAT THE CASE? YOU CAN ONLY DO A NOTICE HERE AT THIS MEETING IS ONLY GOOD FOR TWO WEEKS.
WE CAN'T BE GIVING NOTICE FOR A MONTH'S TIME . AND I CERTAINLY THINK WE CAN RE NOTICE I DON'T BELIEVE IT WAS YOU KNOW A LARGE NOTICE MAILING.
SO IF WE NEED TO DO THAT WE CAN WE CAN HANDLE THAT.
YEAH. WELL I'LL HOLD MY MOTION UM TO EXTEND TIME FOR THAT, BECAUSE I SEE THAT, UM, VICE MAYOR WRIGHT WOULD LIKE HIS TWO MINUTES. UM.
UH, UH, HOW LONG HAVE THE APPLICANT BEEN IN THE PROCESS? MAXINE. I APOLOGIZE MAXINE CALLOWAY FOR THE RECORD, IT'S BEEN QUITE SOME TIME. I WANT TO SAY ABOUT A YEAR THAT WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT THIS APPLICATION.
WE HAVE HAD A SIGNIFICANT MEETINGS AND COMPLICATIONS WITH FDOT, AS MENTIONED BY CHRISTINA.
SO IT'S TAKEN A WHILE TO GET TO THIS POINT.
SO IT'S BEEN ONE YEAR SINCE APPLICANT APPLICANT HAS BEEN DOING THIS.
IS THERE SOMETHING ELSE WE CAN DO, CITY ATTORNEY, WHERE WE CAN MAKE A CHANGE? THAT SAYING THAT THEY'RE GOING TO PAY ATTENTION TO THE, UH, THE UNIVERSITY TRAFFIC? UH, I BELIEVE, UH, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY, MISS CALLOWAY.
WHAT WHAT CONDITIONS, UH, THAT WERE ADDED TO THERE'S ANY TRAFFIC MITIGATION CONDITIONS.
AND YOUR RECOMMENDATION? WELL, THE CROSS ACCESS AGREEMENT AND THE MANAGEMENT PLAN IS A PART OF THE EIGHT CONDITIONS THAT'S ATTACHED TO THE SITE PLAN APPROVAL.
AND WHAT OTHER, UH, RESTAURANTS DO WE TRY TO GET FOR THAT LOCATION? I APOLOGIZE. WHAT OTHER COMPANIES DID WE TRY TO RECRUIT FOR THAT SPECIFIC LOCATION? OTHER THAN RAISING CANE'S, WERE THERE ANY OTHER RESTAURANTS THAT WERE INTERESTED IN THAT LOCATION? NO, THERE WEREN'T, AND WE WERE VERY EXCITED WHEN WE HEARD THAT RAISING CANE'S HAD AN INTEREST IN THAT LOCATION BECAUSE OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IMPACT THAT THE RESTAURANT WILL HAVE COMING INTO THAT LOCATION.
THE TRAFFIC AND RAISING CANE'S IS ONE OF THOSE RESTAURANTS THAT IS A PEOPLE GO TO.
OKAY. SO I WOULD I WOULD SUPPORT I'M NOT INTO STIFLING THE BUSINESS.
UH, IF WE CAN MAKE THOSE CONTINGENCY, IF WE CAN PUT THAT IN THERE, I'LL PROCEED.
I'LL SUPPORT IN MOVING THIS ALONG.
AND JUST ADDING THOSE CONTINGENCY FOR UNIVERSITY AND 57TH.
I'M JUST WAITING TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY.
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MISS CALLOWAY, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANTED TO ADD? YES. THE CITY MANAGER JUST REMINDED ME THAT IF THERE ARE ANY ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS THAT YOU'D LIKE TO ATTACH BEYOND THE EIGHT THAT'S THERE, TONIGHT IS THE BEST TIME TO VOCALIZE THOSE AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE INCLUDED AS A PART OF THE THE RECOMMENDATION.OKAY. I SEE THAT COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS WOULD LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING.
UM, CONSIDERING THERE'S TWO ITEMS, THIS, AND WE'RE VOTING ON THEM SEPARATELY.
I JUST DON'T SEE HOW WE'RE GOING TO MITIGATE THOUSANDS OF VEHICLES.
UM, DRIVING THROUGH UNIVERSITY AND COMMERCIAL NEARLY EVERY HOUR.
UM, WHAT CONDITION DO YOU PUT ON ON THAT YOU CAN'T JUST SAY STOP THE TRAFFIC.
SO JUST JUST WANTED FOR THE RECORD THAT THERE'S NO MITIGATION ON TRAFFIC.
WE I DRIVE IT THREE, FOUR TIMES A WEEK.
UH, MORNING, AFTERNOON, EVENING.
I CAN JUST OFFER THAT WE DID THE BEST AS A PART OF THE REVIEW.
WE DID THE ORIENTATION SO THE QUEUEING CAN START TOWARDS THE BACK OF THE BUILDING.
WE MADE SURE THAT, UH, ONE MORE THING.
UM, THIS IS JUST FOR RECOMMENDATION FOR US.
IF STAFF CAN PLEASE BRING THIS TO US WAY AHEAD OF TIME, UM, FOR DISCUSSION PRIOR TO ANYONE SPENDING ANY SORT OF SORT OF MONEY ON ANYTHING GOING FORWARD.
IF IF MY COLLEAGUES ARE OKAY WITH THAT AND NOT WAIT UNTIL WE'RE HERE TODAY TO TRY TO SEE HOW WE'RE GOING TO MITIGATE A HEAVY LOAD OF TRAFFIC. OKAY.
SO LET'S BE REASONABLE IF WE WANT BUSINESS TO GO THERE IT CAUSES TRAFFIC.
SO TO TO STOP ONE BUSINESS BECAUSE OF TRAFFIC.
WELL, ANYONE WHO COMES BEFORE US TRAFFIC IS A PROBLEM.
THE BUILDING IS CURRENTLY VACANT.
THERE'S A LOT OF HOMELESS PEOPLE THERE.
SO BY NOT ALLOWING BUSINESS TO COME IN, WE'RE NOT PROGRESSING OUR PLANS.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE WE REMEMBER THAT.
SO I AM IN SUPPORT OF MOVING ALONG.
I AM NOT IN SUPPORT OF, UM, STIFLING BUSINESS.
AND THIS IS ONE YEAR. SO I'M NOT INTO SLOWING DOWN BUSINESSES.
AND I AGREE WITH DOCTOR DANIELS THAT WE SHOULD.
THAT BANK IS AN EYESORE IN ADDITION TO SHAKER VILLAGE.
SO THIS BEAUTIFUL RENDERING JUST MAKES IT LOOK BETTER.
SO AGAIN, I AM IN SUPPORT AND, UH, YOU'LL HAVE MY VOTE.
JUST WE HAVE ACCESS, WE GET TO DRC, WE KNOW IT'S COMING.
WE'VE HAD THE PLANS IN FRONT OF US.
IF WE DON'T LOOK AT IT, THAT'S OUR FAULT AND OUR APOLOGIES.
AND OBVIOUSLY IT'S GONE THROUGH OUR ENGINEERING AND ALL THAT STUFF.
WE COME AT THIS AS A UTILIZING BODY.
RIGHT. SO I STILL DO HAVE CONCERNS ON THE PROPERTY.
I'M WONDERING IF WE CAN'T DO A CURB CUT TO GET TRAFFIC TO COME INTO YOU.
IS THERE A WAY TO DO A CURB CUT FOR THE BUS, MAKING IT CLEAR THAT THE BUS DOESN'T INTERFERE WITH TRAFFIC ON THIS? GOOD EVENING, STEPHANIE GUERRA WITH KIMLEY-HORN.
I'M THE TRAFFIC ENGINEER ON THE PROJECT.
WHEN WE MET WITH FDOT, THEY INDICATED THAT THAT 40FT OF RIGHT OF WAY ALONG UNIVERSITY NEEDED TO BE THAT WE COULDN'T HAVE ESSENTIALLY A TURN LANE OR A BUS BAY IN THAT LOCATION.
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AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE THE COMPLICATIONS FOR WHY WE WERE NOT ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE THAT.THAT WOULD SEEM TO BE A HELPFUL ITEM.
I'M REALLY WORRIED ABOUT THE ACCIDENTS THAT COULD HAPPEN THERE.
UM, WE'VE ALL WE ALL KNOW OUR DRIVERS.
I KNOW THEY JUST PUT IN A BRAND NEW, UM, SHELTER.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADD THAT MIRROR AS A CONDITION? CAN WE, I MEAN WILL DILIGENTLY WORK WITH THE COUNTY.
SO WE'RE WE'RE HAPPY TO MAKE THAT OUTREACH.
THANK YOU. IT'S NOT OUR PROPERTY.
WE CAN ASK PROPERTY AND PEOPLE TO COME TO YOUR PROPERTY AND SAY, WOULD YOU PUT THIS ON HERE? WOULD YOU PUT THIS ON HERE? IT'S NOT FOR US TO SAY WE CAN ONLY INTRODUCE PEOPLE.
WHO YOU ARE HERE ON BEHALF OF.
AND THIS IS THE BUSINESS THAT THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY HAS BEEN IN COMMUNICATION WITH.
AND THE BEST CONNECTION THAT HAS BEEN, UM.
HOW MANY? AT THIS TIME RAISING CANE'S IS COMING UP.
IS THERE A REQUIREMENT THAT WE'LL NOT HAVE ANOTHER RAISING CANE'S WITHIN A BLANK RADIUS OF THIS ONE. [INAUDIBLE] BECAUSE WHAT I WANT TO KNOW, IF WE'RE SAYING THAT THIS IS THIS HOT COMMODITY AND PEOPLE WILL COME ACROSS AND COME HERE FOR THIS, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW THAT THERE IS A SUFFICIENT RADIUS, THAT THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE ANOTHER RAISING CANE'S COMING UP UNLESS IT'S IN OUR CITY AND IT'S ON THE, YOU KNOW, EAST SIDE OF TOWN, AND WE'VE AGREED TO IT OR THE NORTH SIDE OF THE CITY, AND WE'VE AGREED TO IT. DO YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? I DO UNDERSTAND, AND I DON'T KNOW THAT RAISING CANE'S HAS A SPECIFIC RADIUS THAT THEY LOOK FOR AS THEY ARE JUST STARTING TO ENTER INTO THE SOUTH FLORIDA MARKET. THEY'RE NOT LOOKING TO GO, YOU KNOW, NEIGHBORING TO ONE OF THEIR EXISTING LOCATIONS.
THEY'RE TRYING TO SPREAD OUT A LITTLE BIT.
WELL, HOPEFULLY THEY WILL NOT DO IT WITHIN A FIVE MILE RADIUS.
IS THAT REASONABLE? FIVE MILE RADIUS? UM. YEAH.
ALL RIGHT. I AGREE WITH MY COLLEAGUES ON.
WE NEED TO WHETHER SOME PEOPLE MAY FEEL THAT THIS IS THE HIGHEST AND BEST RESTAURANT USE.
IT'S NOT A RESTAURANT AT THIS TIME.
THAT'S WHY YOU'RE HERE FOR A SPECIAL EXCEPTION.
NO ONE ELSE IS ASKING US FOR A SPECIAL EXCEPTION TO COME AND SAY, CAN WE PUT A RESTAURANT ON YOUR PLACE? THEY COULD HAVE. THEY HAD THE SAME OPPORTUNITY.
UM. I AM VERY HOPEFUL THAT YOU WILL BE TENACIOUS AND BE ABLE TO GET US THOSE CURB CUTS.
OR ACTUALLY, SINCE YOU CAN'T GET THE CURB CUTS, WE KNOW YOU CAN'T GET THE CURB CUTS.
YOU'RE GOING TO GET THAT BUS STOP REMOVED.
I BELIEVE THAT THERE'S SOME RESIDENTS IN THE AUDIENCE, AND IF THEY'RE NOT IN THE AUDIENCE, THEY'RE WATCHING, THEY WILL BE HAPPY TO BACK YOU UP AS WELL AND HELP YOU OUT FOR WHATEVER YOU NEED FOR PUBLIC COMMUNICATION TO THE COUNTY BEGGING FOR THAT BUS TO BE MOVED UP SO WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT THE HEALTH, WELFARE AND SAFETY OF THE DRIVERS AND THE PEOPLE ON THE BUSSES AND WALKERS WILL BE ABLE TO AND STILL BE ABLE TO HAVE A VIABLE BUSINESS IN THE CITY.
SO, UM, SEEING NO FURTHER COMMENTS ON THIS ONE, I DO HAVE TO, I WILL.
BEFORE I FORGET, I KNOW I HAVE TO OPEN UP ANOTHER PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THE NEXT ONE, RIGHT? OKAY, SO FOR THIS ONE, LET'S CALL THE VOTE.
THANK YOU. MOTION PASSES 4 TO 1.
THANK YOU. I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR 9B TR14064.
I HAVE A FIRST BY COMMISSIONER BOLTON, A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS.
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AT THIS TIME I AM GOING TO OPEN UP PUBLIC COMMENTS.ANYONE FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS? NO, SEEING NO PUBLIC COMMENTS.
PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE NOW CLOSED.
COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS. UM, AGAIN, I'M ALL FOR DEMOLITION AND FOR A DIFFERENT PROJECT FOR THE DEVELOPER FOR THE WHOLE TEAM.
UM, JUST NOT FOR MY PREVIOUS ITEM.
ALL RIGHT. CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
THANK YOU. MOTION PASSES 5 TO 0.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME THIS EVENING.
GOOD EVENING. GET HOME SAFELY.
SEE YOU ON THE 13TH AS WE CELEBRATE MARTIN LUTHER KING AT TAMARAC PARK FROM 10 A.M.
TO NOON.
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