8.a TO2546 - An ordinance of the City Commission of the City of Tamarac, Florida amending Chapter 10, Article 3, Section 10-3.2, entitled “Table of Allowed Uses”, of the City of Tamarac Land Development Code, specifically Table 10-3.1: Allowed Uses, establishing an “Extended Stay Hotel” use type within certain zoning districts under the lodging use category for commercial uses; and amending Chapter 10, Article 3, Section 10-3.3 entitled “Use-Specific Standards”, to create a section entitled “Extended Stay Hotel” to provide for specific use standards and requirements governing “Extended Stay Hotels”; and amending Chapter 10, Article 6, Section 10-6.2, entitled “Use Categories and Use Types Defined”, specifically Section 10-6.2(C)(4), entitled “Lodging” to provide for a definition of extended stay hotel; providing for codification; providing for conflicts; providing for severability; and providing for an effective date.

[8.a TO2546 - An ordinance of the City Commission of the City of Tamarac, Florida amending Chapter 10, Article 3, Section 10-3.2, entitled “Table of Allowed Uses”, of the City of Tamarac Land Development Code, specifically Table 10-3.1: Allowed Uses, establishing an “Extended Stay Hotel” use type within certain zoning districts under the lodging use category for commercial uses; and amending Chapter 10, Article 3, Section 10-3.3 entitled “Use-Specific Standards”, to create a section entitled “Extended Stay Hotel” to provide for specific use standards and requirements governing “Extended Stay Hotels”; and amending Chapter 10, Article 6, Section 10-6.2, entitled “Use Categories and Use Types Defined”, specifically Section 10-6.2(C)(4), entitled “Lodging” to provide for a definition of extended stay hotel; providing for codification; providing for conflicts; providing for severability; and providing for an effective date.]

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC, FLORIDA.

AMENDING CHAPTER TEN, ARTICLE THREE, SECTION 10-3.2, ENTITLED TABLE OF ALLOWED USES OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE, SPECIFICALLY TABLE 10-3.1 ALLOWED USES ESTABLISHING AN EXTENDED STAY HOTEL USE TYPE WITHIN A CERTAIN CERTAIN ZONING DISTRICTS UNDER THE LODGING USE CODE CATEGORY FOR COMMERCIAL USES AND AMENDING CHAPTER TEN, ARTICLE THREE, SECTION 10-3.3, ENTITLED SPECIFIC STANDARDS TO CREATE A SECTION ENTITLED EXTENDED STAY HOTEL TO PROVIDE FOR SPECIFIC USE STANDARDS AND REQUIREMENTS GOVERNING EXTENDED STAY HOTELS AND AMENDING.

CHAPTER TEN, ARTICLE SIX, SECTION 10-6.2, ENTITLED USE CATEGORIES AND USE TYPE DEFINED, SPECIFICALLY SECTION 10-6.2, SUBSECTION C, AND FOR ENTITLED LODGING TO PROVIDE FOR DEFINITION OF AN EXTENDED STAY HOTEL PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION, PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

FIRST, WE'LL HEAR THE APPLICANT WITH THEIR PRESENTATION.

GOOD MORNING. GOOD.

OKAY. GOOD MORNING.

MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION.

MY NAME IS LINUS SUPPLIES.

I'M AN ARCHITECT OUT OF CANADA.

I'M HERE TO DISCUSS THE AMENDMENT THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT AND SPECIFICALLY AT THE WOODMONT GOLF AND TENNIS VILLAS.

THE TEXT AMENDMENT IS A SPECIAL EXEMPTION USE TYPE EXTENDED STAY HOTEL.

THE PURPOSE I'M TRYNA TO WORK THIS.

THERE IT GOES.

OKAY. THANKS, ROB.

THE. IT'S A TEXT AMENDMENT.

WE'RE LOOKING FOR A SPECIAL EXEMPTION FOR THE USE EXTENDED STAY HOTEL THE PURPOSE FOR SPECIAL PURPOSE FOR THE DISTRICT IS RC RECREATION AND USE CATEGORY IS LODGING.

WE'RE LOOKING TO ESTABLISH A THE PROPOSAL IS SUE IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE PATRONS AND OVERNIGHT ACCOMMODATIONS FOR A MAXIMUM OF FIVE NIGHTS FIVE NIGHT STAYS TO A MAXIMUM OF SIX CONSECUTIVE MONTHS.

THE EXCEPTION IN THE EVENT OF SPECIAL OCCASIONS, HOLIDAYS OR OTHER.

OTHERWISE THE PROPERTY AT OWNER'S DISCRETION.

WE'RE LOOKING AT A THREE STORY, HOTEL THAT IS BASICALLY GOING TO BE FOR RESIDENTS OF THE WOODMONT GOLF AND COUNTRY CLUB TO COME IN HERE FOR PICKLEBALL, FOR GOLF, AND FOR PRIMARY RECREATION. THE UNITS THEMSELVES ARE APARTMENT LIKE AND WILL INCLUDE, KITCHEN FULL KITCHENS

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WITH BREAKFAST AREAS AND PRIMARILY TWO BEDROOM OR STUDIO UNITS. I GUESS WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR IS NOT SPECIFICALLY FOR THE PROJECT, BUT FOR THE INTENDED USE TO ALLOW FOR THIS USE, WE REQUIRE A TEXT CHANGE. AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS PROPERTY FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS TO TRY TO MAKE IT MELD WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND WE'VE LOOKED AT EVEN THOUGH THE HOTEL USE IS ALLOWED ON THE PROPERTY, WE'VE COME BACK WITH THIS SPECIALTY USE TO AGAIN, BLEND INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND TRY TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE CONDUCIVE TO THE RESIDENTS AND THINGS LIKE HEIGHT, DENSITY AND OPERATIONS.

I THINK THE COMMISSION HAS LOOKED THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION HAS SEEN THIS PRESENTATION.

SO I DON'T NEED TO GO INTO ALL OF THE PARTICULARS OF IT.

BUT THE ACCESSORY USES ARE BARS, LOUNGES AND CONFERENCE AND MEETING ROOM FACILITIES.

BUT THIS BUILDING ITSELF DOES NOT HAVE THAT.

WE ARE PIGGYBACKING ON THE WOODMONT, CLUBHOUSE FOR ALL OF ITS ACTIVITIES AND AMENITIES.

IT'S A SHORT PRESENTATION.

IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS, I CAN ANSWER THEM.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

BEFORE WE ASK YOU QUESTIONS, WE'LL HEAR FROM THE CITY ON THE ITEM.

SURE. DO WE HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE CITY THIS MORNING.

YES. GIVE ME ONE SECOND TO PULL THE PRESENTATION UP.

THANK YOU. OH, AWESOME. THANK YOU.

OKAY. GOOD MORNING.

FOR THE RECORD, I'M ROB JOHNSON, SENIOR PLANNER WITH THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.

DAVID BERNARD, API INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, DESIGNATED AGENT FOR THE PROPERTY OWNER WOODMONT COUNTRY CLUB, INC IS REQUESTING APPROVAL OF THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN EXTENDED STAY HOTEL.

USE IN THE TABLE OF ALLOWED USES IN THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE AND ADDITIONALLY THE SAME APPLICANT, DAVID BERNARD API INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, DESIGNATED DESIGNATED AGENT FOR THE PROPERTY OWNER WOODMONT COUNTRY CLUB, INC.

IS REQUESTING APPROVAL OF THE FOLLOWING TEXT.

AMENDMENT TO THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE.

AN AMENDMENT TO SECTION 10-3.2 H TO TABLE 10-3.1 TO TABLE THE ALLOWED USES AN AMENDMENT TO SECTION 10-3.3 USE SPECIFIC STANDARDS AND AMENDMENT TO SECTION 10-6.2 USE CATEGORIES AND USE TYPES DEFINED.

THE PURPOSE OF THE PROPOSED ESTABLISHMENT OF USE IS TO ESTABLISH AN EXTENDED STAY HOTEL USE TYPE WITHIN THE CITY, AS THERE IS A DEFICIENCY IN THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE LIMITING STAYS FOR LODGING USES.

THE PURPOSE OF THE PROPOSED TEXT AMENDMENT IS TO ADD AN EXTENDED STAY HOTEL USE TYPE TO THE TABLE OF ALLOWED USES PERMITTED IN THE MU-C MIXED USE CORRIDOR MU-G MIXED USE GENERAL ZONING DISTRICTS, AND A SPECIAL EXCEPTION IN THE RC RECREATION ZONING DISTRICT.

IT'S ALSO TO ADD USE SPECIFIC STANDARDS TO GOVERN THE PROPOSED EXTENDED STAY HOTEL USE TYPE, AND IT'S ALSO TO AMEND THE LODGING USE CATEGORY DEFINITION AND ADD AN EXTENDED STAY HOTEL USE TYPE DEFINITION.

AND IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THERE IS NO APPLICATION FOR SITE PLAN APPROVAL OF AN EXTENDED STAY HOTEL USE THAT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED TO THE CITY AT THIS TIME.

THE ESTABLISHMENT OF USE AND TEXT AMENDMENT TO THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE WILL PROVIDE A DIFFERENTIATION BETWEEN THE EXISTING HOTEL USE TYPE AND THE PROPOSED EXTENDED STAY HOTEL USE TYPE, AND WILL AMEND THE LODGING USE CATEGORY DEFINITION TO REMOVE THE REQUIREMENT OF SHORT TERM STAYS.

SO, AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE SCREEN IN FRONT OF YOU, THE PROPOSING TO ADD THE EXTENDED STAY HOTEL USE TYPE TO THE TABLE OF ALLOWED USES PERMITTED IN THE SAME ZONING DISTRICTS AS A HOTEL AND MU-C AND MU-G, AND THEN SIMILAR TO A HOTEL AS A SPECIAL EXCEPTION IN THE RC.

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THE RECREATION ZONING DISTRICT.

BUT THEY'RE GOING TO.

THESE ARE GOING TO DIFFER BETWEEN THE DEFINITIONS AND USE STANDARDS THAT I'M GOING TO GO INTO NOW.

SO THE HOTEL USE DEFINITION IS DEFINED AS A BUILDING OR GROUP OF BUILDINGS USED, KEPT, MAINTAINED, ADVERTISED, OR HELD OUT TO THE PUBLIC AS A PLACE WHERE AT LEAST NINE OR MORE GUEST ROOMS ARE OFFERED FOR RENTAL, FOR OCCUPANCY BY TRANSIT OR PERMANENT GUESTS OR TENANTS ON AN OVERNIGHT BASIS, AND WITH GENERALLY INDOOR COVERED ACCESS, NOT OUTDOOR PROVIDED TO EACH ROOM.

SUCH USES MAY INCLUDE KITCHENETTES, MICROWAVES, AND REFRIGERATORS FOR EACH GUEST UNIT.

ACCESSORY UNITS MAY INCLUDE RESTAURANTS, BARS, LOUNGES, CONFERENCE AND MEETING ROOMS, BUSINESS CENTERS, NEWSSTANDS, GIFT SHOPS, EXERCISE OR FITNESS FACILITIES, SWIMMING POOLS, ETC. THIS USE DOES NOT INCLUDE A MOTEL, WHICH IS A BUILDING OR GROUP OF BUILDINGS IN WHICH SLEEPING ACCOMMODATIONS ARE OFFERED TO THE PUBLIC AND HAS DIRECT OUTSIDE ACCESS TO EACH ROOM. THE EXTENDED STAY.

HOTEL USE.

IS PROPOSED TO BE DEFINED AS A BUILDING OR GROUP OF BUILDINGS USED, KEPT, MAINTAINED, ADVERTISED, OR HELD OUT TO THE PUBLIC AS A PLACE WHERE AT LEAST TEN OR MORE FURNISHED GUEST ROOMS ARE OFFERED FOR RENTAL OCCUPANCY ON AN OVERNIGHT BASIS, FOR A MINIMUM OF FIVE CONSECUTIVE NIGHTS, AND UP TO A MAXIMUM OF SIX CONSECUTIVE MONTHS, WITH EXCEPTIONS PERMITTED IN THE EVENT OF SPECIAL OCCASIONS OR HOLIDAYS.

SUCH USES MAY PROVIDE A DETACHED RECEPTION AND MANAGEMENT.

PATRON BUILDING INDOOR OR OUTDOOR COVERED ACCESS TO EACH GUEST ROOM, ELEVATOR SERVICE OR STAIR ACCESS TO ALL FLOORS ABOVE GRADE AND SHALL INCLUDE FULL SIZE KITCHENS, MICROWAVES AND REFRIGERATORS, ALONG WITH LAUNDRY FACILITIES IN EACH FOR EACH UNIT.

ACCESSORY UNITS MAY INCLUDE RESTAURANTS, BARS OR LOUNGES, CONFERENCE AND MEETING ROOM, BUSINESS CENTERS, EXERCISE AND FITNESS FACILITIES, SWIMMING POOLS, ETC..

THE EXTENDED STAY USE TYPE DEFINITION DIFFERS FROM THE EXISTING HOTEL USE TYPE DEFINITION BY REQUIRING A MINIMUM OF TEN GUEST ROOMS, VERSUS A MINIMUM OF NINE GUEST ROOMS. A MINIMUM STAY OF FIVE CONSECUTIVE NIGHTS VERSUS A MINIMUM OF ONE NIGHT STAY A MAXIMUM OF SIX CONSECUTIVE MONTH STAY VERSUS A MAXIMUM OF 30 CONSECUTIVE NIGHT STAY.

FULL SIZE KITCHEN.

MICROWAVES AND REFRIGERATORS VERSUS KITCHENETTES, MICROWAVES AND REFRIGERATORS.

LAUNDRY FACILITIES IN EACH UNIT VERSUS NO LAUNDRY FACILITIES.

INDOOR OR OUTDOOR COVERED ACCESS PROVIDED TO EACH GUEST ROOM VERSUS INDOOR COVERED ACCESS PROVIDED TO EACH GUEST ROOM.

AND FINALLY, THE ALLOWED ACCESSORY USES ARE CONSISTENT BETWEEN THE EXTENDED STAY HOTEL AND THE HOTEL USE TYPES.

WITH THE EXCEPTION OF NEWSSTANDS AND GIFT SHOPS BEING REMOVED FROM THE EXTENDED STAY USE DEFINITION, AS WE FELT THOSE WERE ANTIQUATED USES.

A PLANNERS DICTIONARY BY THE AMERICAN PLANNING ASSOCIATION, PROVIDES A DEFINITION FOR THE EXTENDED STAY HOTEL FROM THE CITY OF CONCORD, NORTH CAROLINA, THAT STATES ANY BUILDING CONTAINING SIX OR MORE UNITS INTENDED OR DESIGNED TO BE USED, RENTED OR HIRED OUT TO BE OCCUPIED AND OR ARE OCCUPIED FOR SLEEPING PURPOSES FOR GUESTS, AND IN WHICH UNITS CONTAIN KITCHEN FACILITIES FOR PREPARATION, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO SUCH FACILITIES AS REFRIGERATORS, STOVES AND OVENS.

EXTENDED STAY LODGING FACILITIES MAY CONTAIN LOBBIES, CONFERENCE ROOMS, MEETING ROOMS, CHILD PLAY AREAS AND OR RESTAURANTS.

SO THEREFORE, THE CITY OF TAMARAC PROPOSED EXTENDED STAY HOTEL DEFINITION IS CONSISTENT WITH THE DEFINITION OF AN EXTENDED STAY HOTEL PROVIDED BY THE AMERICAN PLANNING ASSOCIATION. THE EXISTING USE SPECIFIC STANDARDS FOR A HOTEL REQUIRE ALL GUEST ROOMS TO BE ACCESSED FROM THE INTERIOR OF THE STRUCTURE.

GUEST ROOMS WITHIN THE HOTEL TO NOT BE UNDER SEPARATE OWNERSHIP OR AND NOT BE ASSIGNED BY LEASE AGREEMENT OR SIMILAR INSTRUMENT.

HAVE A CENTRAL SWITCHBOARD.

PROVIDE DAILY ROOM CLEANING SERVICE.

HAVE A REGULAR STAFF CONCIERGE SERVICE, PORTER SERVICE, AND VALET PARKING.

THE HOTEL STRUCTURE SHALL PROVIDE ELEVATOR SERVICE TO ALL FLOORS ABOVE GRADE.

AND THE FOLLOWING USES SHALL BE LOCATED WITHIN THE STRUCTURE OF THE PRIMARY.

USE A BAR, FULL SERVICE RESTAURANT, MEETING, CONFERENCE AND BANQUET FACILITIES, OFFICE, CENTER, AND SUNDRY OR GIFT SHOPS.

THE PROPOSED USE SPECIFIC STANDARDS FOR EXTENDED STAY HOTEL PROVIDE THE SAME.

USE SPECIFIC STANDARDS OF A HOTEL THAT REQUIRE GUEST ROOMS TO NOT BE UNDER SEPARATE OWNERSHIP OR LEASE, AND ALLOWS FOR ACCESSORY USES, BUT DOES NOT REQUIRE THE ACCESSORY USES TO BE WITHIN THE PRINCIPAL STRUCTURE.

ALSO, THE EXTENDED STAY USE SPECIFIC STANDARDS DO NOT REQUIRE ACCESS FROM THE INTERIOR OF THE STRUCTURE.

ELEVATOR SERVICE TO ALL FLOORS AND REMOVES THE REQUIREMENT FOR A CENTRAL SWITCHBOARD, DAILY ROOM CLEANING SERVICE, REGULAR STAFF, CONCIERGE SERVICE, PORTER SERVICE AND VALET PARKING AS REQUIRED IN HOTELS.

FINALLY, THE EXISTING LODGING USE CATEGORY DEFINITION IS PROPOSED TO BE AMENDED TO REMOVE THE REQUIREMENT OF SHORT TERM STAYS OF LESS THAN 30 DAYS DUE TO THE REQUIREMENT DUE TO THE

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EXTENDED STAY USE TYPE DEFINITION THAT PROPOSES STAYS UP TO A MAXIMUM OF SIX CONSECUTIVE MONTHS.

THE CITY. WE CURRENTLY HAVE TWO EXISTING EXTENDED STAY HOTELS IN TOWN.

WE HAVE THE INTOWN SUITES EXTENDED STAY, LOCATED AT 8191 WEST COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD.

AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE THE EXTENDED STAY AMERICA, LOCATED AT 3873 WEST COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD.

THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE IDENTIFIES GENERAL REVIEW STANDARDS TO BE EMPLOYED FOR APPROVAL OF AN ESTABLISHMENT OF USE.

THOSE FIVE REVIEW STANDARDS ARE SHOWN ON THE SCREEN AND THEN PROVIDED IN THE [INAUDIBLE] OFFICE MEMORANDUM.

THERE'S RESPONSES TO EACH OF THE GENERAL STANDARDS, HOW THEY APPLY TO THE TEXT AMENDMENT OR TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF USE REQUESTED.

AND THEN ALSO THERE'S GENERAL REVIEW STANDARDS TO BE EMPLOYED FOR ALSO A TEXT AMENDMENT AS WELL.

THERE'S SEVEN OF THEM. THOSE ARE ALSO ON THE SCREEN.

AND THEN IN THE MEMO, WE ALSO PROVIDE THE RESPONSES TO EACH OF THESE, EACH INDIVIDUAL REVIEW STANDARDS AS IT APPLIES TO THE TEXT AMENDMENT. SO AS A RESULT OF THE FINDINGS, THE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT HAS DETERMINED THE ESTABLISHED CRITERIA FOR THE GRANTING OF THE ESTABLISHMENT OF USE AND TEXT AMENDMENT TO THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE HAS BEEN MET.

THIS ITEM SUPPORTS THE CITY'S STRATEGIC PLAN.

GOAL NUMBER THREE. TAMARAC IS ECONOMICALLY RESILIENT BY ESTABLISHING A USE TYPE, USE SPECIFIC STANDARDS, AND A USE TYPE DEFINITION THAT SATISFIES THE TRENDS FOR HOTELS OFFERING LONG TERM ACCOMMODATIONS.

AND THIS IS SOMETHING, LIKE I SAID, THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE A DEFICIENCY IN OUR CODE.

THE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, RECOMMENDS THAT THE PLANNING BOARD FOR AFFORD A FAVORABLE RECOMMENDATION OF THE APPROVAL OF THE ADOPTION OF THE PROPOSED ESTABLISHMENT OF USE AND THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE.

TEXT AMENDMENT FOR AN EXTENDED STAY HOTEL TO THE CITY COMMISSION ON FIRST READING AT ITS FEBRUARY 14TH, 2024 MEETING, AND ON SECOND READING AT ITS FEBRUARY 28TH, 2024 MEETING.

AND WE'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU BOTH.

I'M GOING TO ASK THE PUBLIC IF THEY HAVE ANY COMMENTS AND THEY'RE GOING TO USE THIS PODIUM.

SO IF YOU JUST HANG TIGHT FOR A COUPLE OF MINUTES, AT THIS TIME, WE'D LIKE TO OPEN THE FLOOR TO THE PUBLIC FOR ANY COMMENTS.

IF YOU HAVE A COMMENT, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.

I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF, NAMES ON MY LIST.

THE FIRST PERSON THAT DOESN'T INDICATE WHAT COMMENT YOU WANT TO, WHAT ITEM YOU WANT TO COMMENT ON, BUT I'M GOING TO ASSUME IT'S THIS.

IF IT'S NOT, LET ME KNOW.

MICHAEL COFER, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK? PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM, SPEAK INTO THE MIC AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.

MADAM CHAIR, BEFORE WE BEGIN, I ALSO RECEIVED A EMAIL FROM A RESIDENT REGARDING THIS THAT I'D LIKE TO ENTER INTO THE RECORD.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO READ IT FIRST OR DO YOU WANT TO? SHOULD I READ IT? PLEASE? NO I DON'T, BELIEVE WE READ EMAILS PURSUANT TO THE.

THAT'S CORRECT. YOU JUST SAY WHETHER OR NOT IT'S IN SUPPORT.

YEAH, IT IS IN OPPOSITION.

YEAH, IT IS IN OPPOSITION TO THE REQUEST.

MY APOLOGIES. THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION, DIRECTOR.

GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING.

MY NAME IS MICHAEL COFER.

AND I AM A RESIDENT OF WOODMONT ENCLAVE.

WE FOUND OUT.

I GUESS IT WAS IN JANUARY THAT AGAIN.

WOODMONT IS TRYING TO BRING A HOTEL.

EXTENDED STAY.

THIS ISN'T A QUESTION, BUT I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU ALL TO THINK ABOUT EXTENDED STAY AND WHAT YOU'VE SEEN AND HEARD OF.

EXTENDED STAY.

AND THEY WANT TO PUT THAT IN MY BACKYARD.

I BACK UP TO THE PARKING LOT.

I PAID OVER $800,000 FOR MY HOME TWO YEARS AGO, AND NOW I'M BEING TOLD THAT THEY WANT TO PUT AN EXTENDED STAY HOTEL IN MY BACKYARD.

I AM, ALONG WITH SEVERAL OF MY.

NEIGHBORS OR ADAMANTLY OPPOSED TO THIS HAPPENING.

AND I JUST WANT THE CITY TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE STRONGLY ARE AGAINST THIS.

OUR MAIN CONCERNS, INCLUDING 24 HOURS, SEVEN DAY A WEEK SAFETY ISSUES, IS NOISE AND LIGHT AND PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO BE STAYING TRANSIENT, PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT GOING TO BE LIVING IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT THEY'RE GOING TO BE STAYING AT THIS HOTEL.

YOU CAN CALL IT A VILLA, YOU CAN CALL IT WHATEVER YOU WANT, AND YOU CAN GIVE IT TO A HILTON OR TO A MARRIOTT OR WHATEVER, BUT IT'S STILL GOING TO BE AN EXTENDED STAY IN MY BACKYARD.

SO WE ARE OPPOSED TO THIS AND JUST WANT THE COUNCIL TO UNDERSTAND THAT.

WE THOUGHT THIS WAS TONIGHT, SO I'M REALLY MYSELF AND A NEIGHBOR ARE THE ONLY TWO THAT COULD COME THIS MORNING.

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I WORK AT A COUNTRY CLUB IN BROWARD COUNTY.

I RUN TWO GOLF COURSES IN BROWARD COUNTY.

TOGETHER THEY DO ABOUT 40,000 ROUNDS OF GOLF A YEAR.

THE CLUB BEHIND ME, WHICH I'M A PART OF WOODMONT, DOES OVER 60,000 ROUNDS OF GOLF A YEAR.

IT'S A BUSY PLACE ALREADY, AND NOW THEY WANT TO PUT A EXTENDED STAY HOTEL IN MY BACKYARD.

SO AGAIN, I AM TERRIBLY OPPOSED TO THIS AND I WILL DO WHATEVER I CAN TO MAKE IT NOT HAPPEN.

SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU.

MR. ESTEBAN [INAUDIBLE].

YOU KNOW, WE DIDN'T DO BEFORE AND I'M GOING TO PROBABLY HAVE IF I NEED TO HAVE MR. COFER COME BACK AND STATE HIS NAME AND HIS ADDRESS.

DID WE NEED HIS ADDRESS ON RECORD? YES, I'M VERY SORRY ABOUT THAT.

MICHAEL COFER.

C-O-F-E-R, 8 NORTHWEST 78TH STREET, TAMARAC.

THANK YOU. YES, MA'AM.

MR. ESTEBAN, CAN YOU STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS BEFORE YOU BEGIN? GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS ESTEBAN .

ADDRESS IS 8016 NORTHWEST 78TH STREET.

I BASICALLY SECOND EVERY SINGLE WORD OF WHAT MY NEIGHBOR SAID.

WE ARE EXTREMELY OPPOSED TO THIS.

IN FACT, THE MAIN REASON WHY I MOVED TO TAMARAC A LITTLE OVER ALMOST THREE YEARS AGO WAS BECAUSE I USED TO LIVE NEXT DOOR TO A HOTEL.

WE CAN CALL THIS ANYTHING YOU WANT.

IN FACT, A LOT OF THE STUFF THAT THEY WERE TELLING US ABOUT, YOU KNOW, KEPT USING THE TERM VILLA.

WE'RE NOT FOOLS.

WE KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THIS IS.

WE KNOW EXACTLY ITS TRUE SHAPE.

AND HERE WE HAVE IT IN PLAIN ENGLISH AND LARGE FORMAT HOTEL.

THAT TERM WAS NEVER USED WHEN THIS PRESENTATION WAS MADE TO US.

WE LIVE BASICALLY RIGHT NEXT TO THE [INAUDIBLE] CLUBHOUSE.

SO WE WERE I FEEL LIKE WE WERE ALREADY LIED TO.

WE WERE ALSO PROMISED THAT THIS IF THIS PASSES, IT WILL ONLY BE AN EXTENDED STAY HOTEL OR VILLA OR WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT, BUT IT WILL NOT INCLUDE ANY RESTAURANTS OR RECREATIONAL AREAS.

THAT'S NOT WHAT I JUST READ OVER THERE.

I CANNOT EMPHASIZE WHAT LIVING NEXT DOOR TO OUR HOTEL REALLY ENTAILS.

THAT'S WHAT I ESCAPED TOO.

I CAME TO THIS CITY THINKING THIS WILL BE BETTER.

AND NOW I AM DEVASTATED AND DISGUSTED TO SEE THAT I BASICALLY WAS WRONG.

THIS IS LIKE MY NEIGHBOR SAID, LITERALLY A HOTEL IN OUR BACKYARDS.

THIS ONLY BENEFITS THE CLUBHOUSE OWNER.

IT DOES NOT BENEFIT US NEIGHBORS.

IT DOES NOT BENEFIT THE COMMUNITY.

IT DOES NOT BENEFIT THE CITY.

WE DO NOT NEED ANY MORE HOTELS.

THERE'S PLENTY TO GO AROUND.

THEY CAN CAMOUFLAGE THIS UNDER ANY GUISE THAT THEY MAY CHOOSE, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, THIS IS ONLY GOING TO HELP A SPECIFIC GROUP OF PEOPLE AND NOT ANY OF US.

SO I STRONGLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO THINK BEFORE YOU PASS THIS, BECAUSE IT CAN ONLY DO A LOT OF HARM TO A CITY THAT PRIDES ITSELF, YOU KNOW, WOODMONT, IT'S ALL ABOUT PEACE AND QUIET.

IT'S A BEAUTIFUL NEIGHBORHOOD.

THIS WILL ONLY RUIN THAT.

THINK ABOUT THE CONSEQUENCES, THE TRANSFORMATION THAT THIS WILL BRING TO THE CITY.

AND THIS IS A FIRST STEP.

YOU'RE GOING TO SET A PRECEDENT TODAY WHICH WILL, YOU KNOW, HAVE REPERCUSSIONS, NEGATIVE REPERCUSSIONS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

PLEASE CONSIDER US.

AND, YOU KNOW, THINK OF THIS WHAT HE SAID WE HAVE WE WILL HAVE A HOTEL, LITERALLY, QUITE LITERALLY, I MEAN, A FEW YARDS FROM OUR BACKYARD.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU. MISS CLAUDIA MCGRATH.

WHEN YOU APPROACH THE PODIUM, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS BEFORE BEGINNING.

IF YOU CAN COME TO THIS, DOES IT MATTER WHICH ONE THEY GO TO? I GUESS IT DOESN'T MATTER. I'M SORRY.

GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS CLAUDIA MCGRATH.

I'M A RETIRED ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL FROM IN BROWARD COUNTY.

I LIVE AT 7909 NORTHWEST 83RD STREET.

I AM STRICTLY OPPOSED TO THE BUILDING OF THIS EXTENDED STAY HOTEL.

I HAVE LIVED IN WOODMONT FOR 35 YEARS.

IT IS A LOVELY, QUIET COMMUNITY, BUT IT IS NOT A DESTINATION.

ANY THOUGHT OF PUTTING A MOTEL, HOTEL OR EXTENDED STAY IS ONCE AGAIN ILL CONCEIVED, BUT THAT'S THE OWNER'S CONCERN.

HERE ARE MY CONCERNS.

AN EXTENDED STAY STRUCTURE, EVEN WITH A FANCY NAME LIKE WOODMONT GOLF AND TENNIS VILLAS, IS A BAD IDEA AND SHOULD NOT, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES,

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BE APPROVED BY THE CITY OF TAMARAC FOR THE FOLLOWING REASONS.

NUMBER ONE.

THE PROPOSED ESA HAS THE POTENTIAL TO JEOPARDIZE THE SAFETY OF THE WOODMONT COMMUNITY.

WE ALL KNOW THAT MOTELS, HOTELS, AIRBNBS AND VENUES ARE VENUES WHERE CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES HAPPEN, AND WE ALSO KNOW THAT THESE CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES ARE OFTEN VERY OF A VERY SERIOUS NATURE, SUCH AS HUMAN TRAFFICKING, PROSTITUTION, DRUGS, DRUG DEALING, AND EVEN HOMICIDES.

UNFORTUNATELY, AND VERY SADLY, A LITTLE CHILD WAS A VICTIM IN NOVEMBER 2023 AT A LOCAL EXTENDED STAY HOTEL, WHICH WAS MENTIONED IN ONE OF THE PREVIOUS SLIDES.

WHY WOULD WE WANT TO EXPOSE OUR COMMUNITY TO THESE TYPES OF DANGERS? TO FURTHER EXPOUND THE PROPOSED EXTENDED STAY, HOTEL HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PUT OUR COMMUNITY'S CHILDREN AT INCREASED RISK. OUR LOCAL SCHOOL, TAMARAC ELEMENTARY, IS JUST A FEW BLOCKS FROM THE PROPOSED SITE.

OUR CHILDREN ARE WAITING FOR SCHOOL BUSSES OR WALKING TO AND FROM SCHOOL DAILY.

I ACTUALLY SAW A FEW THIS MORNING AND MY HEART GOES OUT TO THEM.

HOTELS DON'T DO BACKGROUND CHECKS SO YOU CAN HAVE REGISTERED SEX OFFENDERS, PEDOPHILES WHO COULD ACTUALLY BE STAYING IN THIS EXTENDED STAY FACILITY.

WHY WOULD WE EVER SUBJECT OUR CHILDREN TO THESE THINGS? ON ANOTHER NOTE, ASIDE FROM OUR LOVED ONES, FOR MOST OF US, OUR HOMES ARE OUR MOST VALUED POSSESSIONS AND WE SHOULD NEVER ALLOW ANYTHING TO NEGATIVELY IMPACT OUR PROPERTY VALUES.

THE PROPOSED EXTENDED STAY HOTEL VENTURE COULD CERTAINLY DO THIS.

IF THE FACILITY IS POORLY MAINTAINED AND OR IF THERE IS AN UPTICK.

IF THERE IS AN UPTICK IN CRIME, WHY WOULD WE PUT OUR PROPERTY VALUES AT RISK? ADDITIONALLY, THE PROPOSED EXTENDED STAY HOTEL WILL NEGATIVELY AFFECT TRAFFIC ON 80TH AVENUE, WHICH HAS BEEN STEADILY INCREASING OVER THE YEARS. WHY WOULD WE WANT TO BE INCONVENIENCED? AND LASTLY, THE STRUCTURE DOESN'T FIT IN WITH THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

LINUS [INAUDIBLE].

OKAY. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT.

IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE HEARD EVERYONE IN THE PUBLIC.

WE'LL NOW TURN TO THE BOARD AND HEAR ANY QUESTIONS.

EXCUSE ME. BEFORE WE DO THAT, WE'LL CLOSE THE FLOOR TO THE PUBLIC.

IT IS NOW 9:36, AND WE'LL HEAR FROM THE PLANNING BOARD WITH ANY QUESTIONS.

DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? SAJEEN. GOOD MORNING ALL.

FROM THE CITY'S PRESENTATION AND THE CLIENT PRESENTATION.

I DIDN'T SEE WHERE THIS LOCATION IS.

THAT'S IN QUESTION FOR THE REZONING OR THE.

YEAH. THIS ISN'T, THIS IS NOT THIS REQUEST IS NOT SITE SPECIFIC.

IT IS REQUESTING THE TEXT AMENDMENT TO THE CODE AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF USE TO ESTABLISH THE USE WITHIN THE CODE.

SO THERE IS NO APPLICATION YET FOR ANY EXTENDED STAY HOTEL USE.

HOWEVER, WHEN THE PUBLIC SPOKE, THEY SEEMED TO BE OF THE IDEA THAT THERE'S A LOCATION.

THAT THEY'RE REFERRING TO IN THEIR BACKYARD CLOSE TO TAMARAC ELEMENTARY.

[INAUDIBLE] YEAH, THAT IS CORRECT.

THIS IS THE SAME APPLICANT THAT PREVIOUSLY PROPOSED THE HOTEL ON THE SITE, BACK IN, OH, GOSH.

WHAT YEAR WAS THAT? 19, 2019 [INAUDIBLE] . YEAH. ALL RIGHT. I'LL PUT A PIN IN THAT QUESTION.

I'LL PROBABLY GO AND CHECK THE LOCATION ON MY PHONE.

I BELIEVE IT'S, THERE'S A GOLF CLUB, A COUNTRY, COMMUNITY CLUBHOUSE THERE NOW.

YEAH, THERE'S THE CLUBHOUSE.

YEAH. BUT WE ARE SPECIFICALLY TALKING ABOUT, EXCUSE ME, THE TOPIC THERE, BUT JUST SO YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE LOCATION.

[INAUDIBLE] I KNOW BECAUSE I'M A RESIDENT OF WOODLAND AS WELL, AND I HAVE NOT, YOU KNOW, HEARD OF [INAUDIBLE] . OKAY.

THE APPLICATION WAS SUBMITTED BY WOODMONT COUNTRY CLUB, INC.

OKAY. TO ESTABLISH THE THE EXTENDED STAY HOTEL USE TYPE AND TO ADD THE AND THEN THE TEXT AMENDMENT TO THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE.

[INAUDIBLE]. OKAY.

I THINK WE HAVE TO KIND OF WE HAVE TO KEEP IT TO THREE MINUTES FOR [INAUDIBLE].

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IT'S OKAY THOUGH. DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I DO, SO ONE OF THE PUBLIC PRESENTATION IS THAT THE.

EXTENDED STAY.

YOU KNOW, IT'S GOING TO BE TRANSIENT IN NATURE, BUT ACTUALLY A HOTEL ITSELF IS MORE TRANSIENT NATION THAN THE EXTENDED STAY.

THE TURNAROUND WOULDN'T BE THAT GREAT.

SO WHAT WE'RE VOTING ON TODAY IS JUST THE? JUST THE LANGUAGE.

RIGHT. YOU'RE YOU'RE VOTING TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT IT SHOULD BE CONSIDERED A PERMITTED USE IN A PARTICULAR ZONING DISTRICT.

AND ALTHOUGH THERE'S NO SITE PLAN IN FRONT OF YOU, I THINK THE APPLICANT MADE IT CLEAR THAT THEY ARE INTENDING TO BUILD AN EXTENDED, HOTEL IN THE LOCATION THAT HAS BEEN DISCUSSED, SO WE WILL COME IN FRONT OF US.

YOU CAN ASK GENERAL QUESTIONS, BUT THERE IS NO SITE PLAN IN FRONT OF YOU.

RIGHT. BUT I MEAN, IT'S VERY CLEAR THAT THEY ARE TRYING TO CHANGE THE CODE TO ALLOW THIS USE TO BE IN THE IT LOOKS LIKE THE RC SECTION IS A SPECIAL PURPOSE AS HE HAS ON THE BOARD.

SO THERE'S NO MAP YOU HAVE CAN SHOW ME THE AREA IN.

NO, BECAUSE THIS IS NOT THIS APPLICATION IS NOT SITE SPECIFIC.

THIS IS JUST FOR THE THIS VOTE IS JUST ON THE LANGUAGE USE.

OKAY. YEAH.

SO IF I MIGHT ADD AND YOU CAN SEE THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT CHART THAT'S ON YOUR SCREEN.

SO THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE HAS A TABLE OF ALLOWED USES.

THAT IS WHAT WE USE TO DO OUR JOB TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT A USE IS PERMISSIBLE IN A PARTICULAR ZONING DISTRICT.

IN THIS CASE, THE USE ITSELF EXTENDED STAY HOTEL IS JUST NOT LISTED.

IT DOES NOT EXIST IN OUR CODE.

SO THIS APP? [INAUDIBLE] YES.

SO THIS APPLICATION IS SEEKING TO ESTABLISH THAT TO HAVE IT LISTED IN YOUR IN THE CODE IN THIS LIST, AS YOU CAN SEE.

SO WHAT'S UNDERLINED IS NEW LANGUAGE THAT'S BEING PROPOSED.

YOU SEE EXTENDED STAY.

AND THEN IF YOU FOLLOW THE COLUMN ACROSS IT'S BEING PROPOSED IN THE MIXED USE COMMERCIAL DISTRICT AS PERMITTED BY RIGHT.

AND IT'S BEING PROPOSED IN THE MIXED USE GENERAL DISTRICT, AS PERMITTED BY RIGHT.

IT'S ALSO PROPOSED IN THE RC ZONING DISTRICT, WHICH IS OUR RECREATION ZONING DISTRICT, WHICH WOULD IMPACT THIS APPLICANT THAT SPOKE.

AND IN THAT ZONING DISTRICT, IT'S BEING PROPOSED AS A SPECIAL EXCEPTION.

SO SHOULD THIS TEXT BE APPROVED GOING FORWARD? AND THE APPLICANT WHO SPOKE IS THEN FILING AN APPLICATION WITH US TO BUILD AN EXTENDED STAY HOTEL.

IT WOULD BE THROUGH A SPECIAL EXCEPTION APPLICATION, WHICH WOULD THEN COME BACK BEFORE THIS BODY AND TO THE CITY COMMISSION.

GOCTCA. THANK YOU FOR THAT EXPLANATION.

THANK YOU. DOES EVERYONE UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE VOTING ON AND DOES EVERYONE UNDERSTAND THE TEXT.

[INAUDIBLE] PLEASE.

SIR, WE NEED YOU TO.

WE'VE GIVEN YOU THREE MINUTES.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENT, BUT WE HAVE TO KEEP ORDER TODAY.

BUT THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENT.

DOES EVERYONE UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE VOTING ON AND UNDERSTAND WHAT'S BEFORE US? ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? I'M REALLY TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THIS WHOLE PRESENTATION FROM THE CITY AND THEN ALSO FEEDBACK FROM THE RESIDENT, YOU KNOW, SEEM LIKE THERE'S A CONCERN WITH THE COMMUNITY.

SO, MY QUESTION IS THAT, DID THEY DO A SURVEY TO GET EVERYBODY FEEDBACK [INAUDIBLE].

YOU KNOW, BECAUSE AS A RESIDENT OF TAMARAC, AS A FATHER, AND I DO HAVE MY CHILD THAT ATTEND TAMARAC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

SO I'M A LITTLE CONCERNED, YOU KNOW, BUT AT THIS TIME, IF I CAN INTERRUPT TODAY, WE'RE NOT VOTING ON WHETHER OR NOT THE FACILITY SHOULD BE PLACED IN THIS COMMUNITY.

THAT'S NOT BEFORE US.

WHAT WE'RE VOTING ON TODAY IS THE LANGUAGE OF ALLOWING AN EXTENDED STAY TO BE ADDED TO THE TEXT.

IT'S NOT THAT SPECIFIC.

TOP, TITLING IS NOT THERE.

SO WE'RE VOTING TO ADD IT.

WE'RE NOT VOTING ON WHETHER OR NOT THAT SPECIFIC HOTEL SHOULD BE IN THAT SPECIFIC COMMUNITY.

WE'RE ONLY VOTING ON THE LANGUAGE.

DO WE WANT TO CHANGE THE LANGUAGE TO ALLOW FOR IT IN THE FUTURE IN ANY PART OF TAMARAC? THAT'S WHAT WE'RE VOTING ON TODAY.

AND JUST TO HELP IN THAT DELIBERATION, THE QUESTION CAN BE, DOES THIS BODY BELIEVE THAT AN EXTENDED STAY HOTEL IS AN APPROPRIATE USE TO INTRODUCE IN THE CITY, WHETHER IT BE IN THOSE ZONING DISTRICT, ON OUR COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR? I THINK THAT WOULD HELP IN THE DELIBERATION.

DO YOU BELIEVE AN EXTENDED STAY HOTEL, GIVEN THE DEFINITION THAT ROB HAS READ INTO THE RECORD AND THE LOCATIONS THAT IT'S BEING PROPOSED, DO YOU BELIEVE IT'S AN APPROPRIATE USE TO ADD TO THE LIST OF USES? AND SO THAT MIGHT HELP IN YOUR DELIBERATION.

THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION.

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THANK YOU. WELL, IF WE LOOK AT IT.

SO I ALWAYS WELCOME, YOU KNOW, PROJECT TO THE CITY.

GREAT PROJECT. YOU KNOW, THAT WILL ENHANCE THE COMMUNITY.

BUT IF THIS APPROVE, SO CAN THEY LOOK AT SOME OTHER, LOCATION FOR THAT EXTENDED STAY? DOES IT HAS TO BE SPECIFICALLY INSIDE THE WOODMONT COMMUNITY? I THINK IT'S A BEAUTIFUL PROJECT, DON'T GET ME WRONG.

BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, CAN THEY, LOOK AT SOME OTHER AREA, YOU KNOW, TO ESTABLISH THAT EXTENDED STAY? BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO MAKE SURE THE RESIDENTS ARE VERY HAPPY, AND THAT'S INVESTMENT, THAT THEY MADE, YOU KNOW, THEY FEEL SAFE.

THEY WANT TO BE HAPPY AND WHERE'S THE FAMILY? SO, IF WE MOVE FORWARD, WILL THEY BE LOOKING AT SOME OTHER, YOU KNOW, AREA WITHIN THE CITY OF TAMARAC, YOU KNOW, TO ESTABLISH THAT EXTENDED STAY? THANK YOU FOR THAT COMMENT.

I THINK IN THIS SECTION OF THE MEETING OR THIS TIME, THAT DOESN'T APPLY TO WHAT WE'RE VOTING ON.

SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE FOCUSED AND CLEAR ABOUT WHAT WE'RE ACTUALLY VOTING ON.

IT'S JUST THE VERBIAGE.

ALTHOUGH I DO UNDERSTAND AND EMPATHIZE AND APPRECIATE THE COMMUNITY COMING TODAY, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE, AS THE BOARD UNDERSTAND WHAT OUR ASK IS TODAY VOTING ON THIS SPECIFIC TOPIC.

ON WHETHER OR NOT TO ADD, EXTENDED STAY.

TO THE LIST FOR THE TAX CODE AMENDMENT.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? VIOLA, I HAVE QUITE A FEW QUESTIONS.

HOW MANY HOMES ARE IN THIS COMMUNITY? DO WE KNOW 150 RESIDENTS IN THE WOODMONT ENCLAVES? HOLD ON. WAIT. I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE ORDER.

WE? I'M SORRY.

GO AHEAD. I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY YOU CAN'T JUST SHOUT.

WE HAVE TO KEEP A RECORD.

IF THE BOARD WILL ALLOW MORE COMMENT FROM THE PUBLIC, THEY'LL ASK YOU TO COME UP.

IF NOT, YOU HAVE TO JUST.

SORRY. LET STAFF ANSWER THE QUESTIONS, PLEASE.

THANK YOU. IF IT HAPPENS AGAIN, WHAT'S OUR RECOURSE? WELL, WE'LL DEAL WITH IT THEN.

OKAY. THESE ARE NICE PEOPLE.

ALL RIGHT. VIOLA.

YEAH. THE FACT THAT THE COMMUNITY IS HERE SPEAKING OUT, THAT'S A BIG CONCERN OF MINE.

CAN YOU HEAR ME? CAN EVERYBODY HEAR? YES. OKAY.

THE FACT THAT THE COMMUNITY IS HERE SPEAKING OUT AND THEY ARE IN OPPOSITION, THEY'RE THE ONES THAT LIVE THERE.

AND I THINK WE SHOULD LISTEN TO THEM NOW.

ABSOLUTELY. ROB SAID HE HAD A LETTER THAT SOMEONE ALSO SENT IN AND THEY'RE ALSO IN OPPOSITION.

AND I AM THINKING IT'S KIND OF THE EARLY MORNING.

A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE PROBABLY ARE AT WORK AND THEY COULD NOT COME OUT TO VOICE THEIR OPINION.

SO I AM THINKING OF ALL THAT.

AND IF WE CHANGE THIS ZONING, WHAT THEY'RE ASKING US TO DO, THEN THAT IS DEFINITELY GOING TO OPEN THE DOOR LATER ON.

WE WANT TO HAVE A CHOICE.

SO I AM LISTENING TO WHAT THE COMMUNITY IS SAYING AND THEN TAKING EVERYTHING AS A WHOLE.

AND I THINK I AGREE WITH THE COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENT.

I THINK THAT, THE COMMENTS THAT WERE MADE MAY HAVE CONFUSED THE ASSIGNMENT FOR US BECAUSE ALTHOUGH I THOUGH I RESPECT, APPRECIATE UNDERSTAND THE COMMENTS, THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE VOTING ON TODAY.

OKAY. CAN I ASK ROB, CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION? I'M SORRY I CALLED YOU ROB [INAUDIBLE].

YOU CAN CALL ME ROB.

IF WE APPROVE THIS, THEN IT'S GOING TO ADD THE EXTENDED STAY OPPORTUNITY THERE, WHICH CLOSE MORE INTO THE FACT THAT THEY REALLY DON'T WANT A HOTEL OR MOTEL OR WHATEVER IN THEIR COMMUNITY.

SO IF WE APPROVE THIS CHANGE, THEN IT PRETTY MUCH OPENED THE DOOR EVEN MORE FOR THESE POSSIBILITIES OF BED AND BREAKFAST, HOTEL OR AN EXTENDED STAY.

AM I UNDERSTANDING THAT CORRECTLY? YEAH. IF YOU RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE APPLICATION, IT WOULD BE GO BEFORE THE CITY COMMISSION FOR ULTIMATE APPROVAL ON FEBRUARY 14TH FOR FIRST READING AND THEN FEBRUARY 28TH FOR SECOND READING.

AND THEN IF THAT WAS TO BE APPROVED TO THE CITY COMMISSION BY THE CITY COMMISSION, THEN THEN THE USE AND THE LANGUAGE WOULD BE ADDED INTO THE CODE THAT WOULD ALLOW FOR THE EXTENDED STAY HOTEL PURSUANT TO THE DEFINITION THAT WAS PROVIDED IN THE USE SPECIFIC STANDARDS IN THE MU-C AND MU-G ZONING DISTRICTS AS A SPECIAL EXCEPTION, AND THEN A SPECIAL EXCEPTION OR PERMITTED IN THE MU-C AND MU-G AND THEN A SPECIAL EXCEPTION IN THE RC ZONING DISTRICT, MEANING IT TAKES SPECIAL APPROVAL BY THE CITY COMMISSION AFTER A RECOMMENDATION FROM THE PLANNING BOARD TO ALLOW FOR THE USE ON A RECREATION ZONE PROPERTY.

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OKAY. THANK YOU.

CAN I ADD THE.

SO. I KNOW WHERE THE PUBLIC CAME OUT AND SPOKE ABOUT THIS COMMUNITY IN PARTICULAR.

HOWEVER, THIS IS FOR THE WHOLE CITY OF TAMARAC, CORRECT? SO THERE MAY BE OTHER AREAS IN TAMARAC THAT ARE WELL DESERVING OF, AN EXTENDED STAY BECAUSE OF THE ZONING.

THAT'S CORRECT. THE CITY IS IN FAVOR BECAUSE WE HAVE TWO EXISTING EXTENDED STAY HOTELS IN TOWN, AND THERE'S A DEFICIENCY IN THE CODE TO ALLOW FOR EXTENDED STAY HOTELS.

SO THE CITY IS THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR IS IN SUPPORT OF THE ESTABLISHMENT OF USE AND TEXT AMENDMENT CHANGE.

AND WE HAVE RC ZONING, WE HAVE RC ZONING SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF TAMARAC.

CORRECT. OR IS IT JUST.

YEAH, WE HAVE RECREATION ZONING THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF TAMARAC.

TYPICALLY IN OUR GOLF COURSES, YOU KNOW, ARE THE RECREATION, ZONING.

OKAY. HOW MANY GOLF COURSES WE HAVE JUST OFF THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD? WELL, WE HAVE WE HAVE WOODLAND.

COLONY WEST AND WOODLANDS IS CLOSED.

OH, OKAY.

SO ESSENTIALLY, YES, IT WOULD ALLOW SHOULD THIS BE APPROVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION, IT WOULD ALLOW THIS APPLICANT AND ANY FUTURE APPLICANT THE ABILITY TO FILE AN APPLICATION FOR AN EXTENDED STAY HOTEL PERMITTED BY RIGHT, MEANING JUST A SITE PLAN WOULD COME BEFORE YOU FOR THE MU-C, MU-G. RIGHT.

AND A SPECIAL EXCEPTION IN THE RC ZONING DISTRICT CITYWIDE.

SO WHEREVER THOSE ZONING DISTRICT EXISTS, THEN AN APPLICANT, THIS ONE OR ANYONE IN THE FUTURE WOULD BE ABLE TO APPLY FOR AN EXTENDED DAY STAY IN THOSE ZONING DISTRICTS, CORRECT CITYWIDE.

ONE SECOND.

WOULD THE BOARD LIKE TO HEAR THE COMMENT FROM THE PERSON IN THE AUDIENCE? WOULD YOU LIKE TO HEAR THE COMMENT? OKAY, JUST ONE SECOND.

I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THE CONNECTION BETWEEN HAVING THE APPLICANT HERE AND THE VOTE.

CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO ME THE CORRELATIONS THAT WHY YOU THOUGHT IT WAS HELPFUL TO HAVE THE APPLICANT HERE TODAY? SURE. BECAUSE THE APPLICANT IS THE PERSON WHO MADE THE APPLICATION.

THE WAY OUR CODE IS STRUCTURED, YOU CAN HAVE AN ESTABLISHMENT OF USER, A TEXT AMENDMENT THAT'S EITHER INITIATED BY THE CITY OR INITIATED BY AN INDIVIDUAL.

OKAY. SO BECAUSE THIS PARTICULAR APPLICANT HAS INTENTIONS IN THE FUTURE TO MAKE AN APPLICATION, THEY INITIATED THIS APPLICATION.

IT'S CALLED AN ESTABLISHMENT OF USE APPLICATION COUPLED WITH A TEXT AMENDMENT.

SO THEY'RE THE ONES WHO MADE THIS APPLICATION.

GOT IT. SO ALTHOUGH THE IMPACT IS BROAD SWEEPING THE APPLICATION WAS MADE BY THEM.

GOT IT. WE'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM THIS GENTLEMAN.

YES. COME ON UP. WHEN YOU COME ON UP PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.

AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.

MADAM CHAIR, ARE YOU REOPENING PUBLIC? WE'RE REOPENING THE FLOOR TO PUBLIC COMMENTS AT, 9:52.

WE'LL HEAR FROM THIS GENTLEMAN AGAIN.

NAME, ADDRESS AND THREE MINUTES, PLEASE.

YES, MISS CHAIRWOMAN, MY NAME IS ROBERT MCGRATH.

I LIVE AT SEVEN 909 NORTHWEST 79TH STREET IN WOODMONT.

I'VE LIVED THERE FOR 30 YEARS.

I UNDERSTAND THAT WHAT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO VOTE ON NOW IS A CHANGE AND AN ADJUSTMENT TO THE CODE.

HOWEVER, EVERYTHING THAT HAS BEEN SPOKEN ABOUT RIGHT UP THERE WOODMONT GOLF AND TENNIS, THIS IS SPECIFICALLY GOING TO CHANGE WOODMONT. I UNDERSTAND IT'S GOING TO THAT WITHOUT ANY DISCUSSION BY THE RESIDENTS OF TAMARAC THAT THE CITY IS RECOMMENDING TO DO THIS, HOWEVER, WHICH I DON'T AGREE WITH.

I DON'T KNOW WHY WE CAN'T VOTE ON SOMETHING LIKE THIS, BUT THIS WHETHER IT SAYS WHETHER WE'RE SAYING AND PRESENTING THAT THIS AFFECTS THE TAMARAC CODE, THIS IS SPECIFICALLY ABOUT WOODMONT.

AND THIS HAS HAPPENED FOR THE LAST 30 YEARS.

ORIGINALLY, THERE WAS A PERPETUAL CODE THAT SAID THAT THIS PROPERTY WAS RECREATIONAL PROPERTY.

MR. SCHMIDT CAME AND FOR 20 YEARS HAS BEEN PROPOSING THAT WE BUILD ADDITIONAL.

AND IT WAS APPROVED THE ADDITIONAL HOMES, THE ENCLAVE HOMES THAT THESE PEOPLE LIVE IN.

AND IT KEEPS CHANGING.

PERPETUAL CODE MEANS FOREVER, AND IT KEEPS CHANGING EVERY TEN, 15, 20 YEARS.

WHEN WHEN SOMEONE NEEDS TO BENEFIT FINANCIALLY, THESE CITIZENS, THE RESIDENTS OF WOODMONT, DON'T BENEFIT FROM THIS.

THE OWNER OF THE WOODMONT COUNTRY CLUB BENEFITS FROM THIS.

AND IF YOU THINK YOU'RE VOTING ON CHANGING THE TAMARAC CODE, MAYBE YOU ARE, BUT THIS IS SPECIFICALLY AFFECTING WOODMONT.

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LET THE PEOPLE OF WOODMONT.

WHY HAVEN'T WE BEEN SURVEYED? THEY DID HAVE A MEETING WITH THE RESIDENTS OF THE ENCLAVE TO GET THEIR AGREEMENT TO THIS.

WHY ISN'T THAT MR. [INAUDIBLE]? YEAH, I AGREE WITH YOU.

WHY DON'T WE SURVEY THIS? WHY DON'T WE ASK THE PEOPLE WHAT THEY BELIEVE? WHY DOES THIS COME UP NEARLY SURREPTITIOUSLY JUST TO THE PLANNING BOARD? THE CITY IS RECOMMENDING THIS.

I LIVE IN THE CITY.

I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING.

WHERE WAS MY VOTE IN THIS IS SUCH A GREAT PLAN.

MAYBE IT'S GREAT FOR CITY OF TAMARAC.

BUT THIS IS ABOUT WOODMONT, NOT TAMARAC.

THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME TALK.

THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME.

WE WILL ALLOW FOR ONE MORE.

GO AHEAD. MA'AM, IF YOU CAN, STATE YOUR NAME, YOUR ADDRESS, AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO MAKE YOUR COMMENT.

SHE ALSO NEEDS TO BE SWORN IN.

OKAY. THIS IS NOT QUASI JUDICIAL.

THIS IS A LEGISLATIVE, APPLICATION, SO SHE DOESN'T HAVE TO BE SWORN IN.

MY NAME IS CAROL COFER.

I LIVE AT 8028 NORTHWEST 78TH STREET IN TAMARAC, AND WE HAVE LIVED THERE ROUGHLY TWO YEARS.

WE BUILT THERE AND OUR HOME DIRECTLY BACKS UP TO WOODMONT COUNTRY CLUB'S PARKING LOT, WHICH IS WHERE THEY'RE PROPOSING TO BUILD THE HILTON HOTEL BUILDINGS.

SO, YOU KNOW, OUR THE PARKING LOT BACK THERE ALREADY HAS LIGHT OF COURSE, 24 SEVEN AND YOU KNOW FOR OUR HOME IT IN PARTICULAR AND EVERYONE PROBABLY ABOUT 6 OR 8 HOUSES ALONG THAT STRIP THAT BACK UP TO THE PARKING LOT.

WE WILL BE SO DIRECTLY IMPACTED BY THIS.

THERE WILL BE CRIME, MUCH MORE CRIME.

MY HUSBAND'S CAR HAS ALREADY BEEN BROKEN INTO THERE.

YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST NOT OKAY TO PUT PEOPLE IN A POSITION TO BENEFIT.

ONE FAMILY WHO'S ALREADY MAKING $2.5 MILLION A YEAR ON JUST BROWN'S GOLF ALONE.

NOT TO MENTION OUR MEMBERSHIP DUES WERE REQUIRED TO PAY.

SO THEY'RE MAKING MILLIONS, BUT THEY'RE MAKING THEMSELVES SEEM LIKE THEY DON'T HAVE A DIME AT OUR EXPENSE.

I JUST IT'S UNCONSCIONABLE WHAT THEY ARE PROPOSING.

I KNOW THAT THIS MAN WANTS TO DEVELOP.

THAT'S HIS JOB. THAT'S FINE.

BUT WHY ON THE BACKS OF INNOCENT PEOPLE WHO DON'T DESERVE IT? THAT'S I WOULD STRONGLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO VOTE NO.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR COMMENT.

IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT WANTS TO MAKE A COMMENT? ALL RIGHT, WE'LL CLOSE THE FLOOR.

IT'S 9:56.

EXCUSE ME ONE SECOND, MADAM ATTORNEY.

THE EMAIL THAT I READ INTO THE RECORD THIS MORNING WAS FROM MISS CAROL COFER, WHO JUST SPOKE TODAY.

SO SHOULD THE EMAIL BE REMOVED FROM THE RECORD DUE TO HER SPEAKING? NO, GO AHEAD AND INCLUDE IT IN THE RECORD.

BUT PUT A NOTE ON THE BOTTOM OF IT THAT SHE ALSO PARTICIPATED AT THE MEETING.

THANK YOU. JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT CLEAR.

ALRIGHTY. I WANT TO JUST, MAKE A COMMENT TO EVERYONE.

JUST CLARIFYING THAT OUR VOTE TODAY IS NOT VOTING WHETHER YAY OR NAY.

IT'S NOT VOTING TO ALLOW THE APPLICANT TO BREAK GROUND.

WE ARE ONLY VOTING TO ALLOW THE POSSIBILITY OF EXTENDED STAY IN THE CITY OF TAMARAC, ANYWHERE IN TAMARAC, WHETHER THAT BE WOODMONT OR ANYWHERE ELSE IN TAMARAC.

SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE BOARD UNDERSTANDS THE ASK THIS MORNING WHAT THE VOTE IS ABOUT.

AND NOT, MISCONSTRUE, THE FEELINGS AND THE EMOTIONS WITH THE ACTUAL ASSIGNMENT.

ALL RIGHT. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? ALRIGHTY. IF WE CAN HAVE A MOTION TO MOVE THE ITEM BEFORE THE CITY COMMISSION.

I'D LIKE YOU TO STATE WHAT YOUR POSITION IS WHEN YOU CALL THE MOTION WHOMEVER IS GOING TO CALL IT.

SO THE MOTION WHEN WE MAKE THE MOTION? TO EITHER APPROVE OR DENY.

OKAY. I WILL MOTION THAT WE DO NOT APPROVE THIS.

DO WE HAVE A SECOND? WE DON'T HAVE A SECOND.

DO WE HAVE A MOTION IN ANOTHER MOTION? IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION.

I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE ORDINANCE.

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DO WE HAVE A SECOND? ALL RIGHT. HOW DO WE.

WELL, YOU CAN DELIBERATE A LITTLE MORE UNTIL YOU, COME UP WITH A MOTION.

IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE A MOTION ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.

SO MAYBE YOU SHOULD HAVE A LITTLE MORE CONVERSATION.

I'M ACTUALLY WILL APPROVE THE MOTION TO MOVE FORWARD WITH APPROVING IT.

AM I OKAY TO SECOND IT? YOU ARE OKAY TO SECONDED.

OKAY, SO I SECOND MR. LEVIN. LEVIN'S MOTION.

I SECONDED.

THE MOTION. YOUR MOTION, MR. LEVIN HAS BEEN SECONDED BY.

THE MOTION WAS TO MOVE FORWARD.

GO AHEAD. I'M SORRY.

NO. YOU'RE FINE. YOUR MOTION WAS TO MOVE FORWARD, AND I SECOND SECONDED.

TO APPROVE.

OKAY.

. MOTION TO MAKE A FAVORABLE RECOMMENDATION TO THE CITY COMMISSION FAILED 2 TO 3.

ALRIGHTY. THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR PARTICIPATION IN THAT.

WE'LL MOVE ALONG TO ITEM EIGHT B TEMPORARY ORDER 2551 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC, FLORIDA.

[8.b TO2551 - An ordinance of the City Commission of the City of Tamarac, Florida amending Chapter 10, Article 3, Section 10-3.2, entitled “Table of Allowed Uses”, of the City of Tamarac Land Development Code, specifically Table 10-3.1: allowed uses, establishing “Religious Assembly” use in the (BP) Business Park zoning district; providing for codification; providing for conflicts; providing for severability; and providing for an effective date.]

AMENDING CHAPTER TEN, ARTICLE THREE, SECTION 10-3.2, ENTITLED TABLE OF ALLOWANCE ALLOWED USES OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE, SPECIFICALLY TEN DASH 3.1 ALLOWED USES ESTABLISHING RELIGIOUS ASSEMBLY USE IN THE BP BUSINESS PARK ZONING DISTRICT.

PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION, PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

WE'RE HERE FIRST FROM THE APPLICATION.

APPLICANT.

THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING.

MY NAME IS MICHAEL MARINO.

I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF THE HUB HOLY UNITED BELIEVERS INTERNATIONAL CHURCH, LOCATED AT 6691 NOB HILL ROAD.

AND WHAT WE'RE HERE TO PRESENT IS TO WE WANT TO WE AIM TO ESTABLISH A RELIGIOUS FACILITY USE AT THE PROPERTY.

AND OUR OBJECTIVE IS TO DEMONSTRATE THAT IT IS COMPATIBLE WITH THE EXISTING AND SURROUNDING BUSINESSES.

PRIMARILY BECAUSE OF DIFFERING TRAFFIC PATTERNS AND BUSINESS HOURS, THE BUSINESS PARK OPERATES ON GENERALLY 9 TO 5 MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, AND THIS USE WOULD NOT CONFLICT WITH THE TRAFFIC PATTERNS THERE AND NOT CONFLICT WITH THE BUSINESS HOURS OF THE OTHER BUSINESSES.

AND ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS I WANTED TO POINT OUT IS THAT, 10-2.382 WHICH TALKS ABOUT NONRESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS.

IT SAYS THAT THEY'RE SPECIFICALLY INTENDED TO PROVIDE A RANGE OF SERVICES THAT INCLUDE OFFICE, RETAIL, AND SPECIFICALLY AND NOTABLY INSTITUTIONAL AND RELATED USES THAT ARE CLOSE TO THE CITY'S RESIDENTS, BUSINESSES AND WORKERS.

OKAY. AND IT ALSO SAYS THAT IT'S TO MINIMIZE THE IMPACT OF COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT, NONRESIDENTIAL USES.

AND I WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT WHAT THE WORD INSTITUTION MEANS IN THE DICTIONARY, WHICH IS A SOCIETY OR ORGANIZATION FOUNDED FOR AGAIN, NOTABLY RELIGIOUS PURPOSES, AMONG OTHER USES.

SO WE THINK THAT BASED ON THAT LANGUAGE ALONE, THIS IS CONSISTENT.

IT ALSO IN THE BUSINESS PARK DEFINITION TALKS ABOUT THAT THE DISTRICT IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE FOR A MIXTURE OF, AMONG OTHER THINGS, OFFICE AND LIMITED USES, AN INDUSTRIAL PARK OR CAMPUS SETTING.

AND, YOU KNOW, CAMPUS ALSO IS HAS A SPECIFIC DEFINITION, WHICH IS THE GROUNDS OF A SCHOOL, HOSPITAL OR OTHER INSTITUTION WHICH, AS I MENTIONED, IS ALSO HAS A RELIGION, ITS DEFICIT DEFINITION.

THIS I GUESS THIS I HIT THE ARROW, THE FRONT ARROW.

OKAY. SO THE EXISTING USE OF THIS PARTICULAR BUILDING IS OFFICE.

OUR CURRENT OWNER, AS I MENTIONED, IS HUB HOLY WHO THEY WERE FOUNDED IN 2017.

AND I'LL TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THEM IN A MINUTE.

BUT THE PROPOSED USES FOR OFFICE, BECAUSE OF COURSE THE CHURCH DOES HAVE AN OFFICE.

SOME OFFICE FUNCTIONS THAT THEY USE THE BUILDING FOR, BUT PRIMARILY WOULD BE FOR RELIGIOUS ASSEMBLY.

THE BUILDING WAS BUILT IN 1997.

IT'S A 17,110FT².

THE LAND OCCUPIES ABOUT 2.74 ACRES.

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THEY ACQUIRED THE BUILDING IN 2022 FOR APPROXIMATELY $4 MILLION.

$4.2 MILLION.

THE BUILDING HAS A THREE DISABILITY BATHROOMS, 135 SPOT PARKING SPACES, AND SIX PARKING SPOTS FOR DISABLED FOR THE DISABLED.

THE CURRENT ZONING IS BUSINESS PARK.

THE PERMITTED USAGE IS FOR OFFICE SPACE, AND THE FUTURE LAND DESIGNATION IS CATEGORIZED AS INDUSTRIAL.

HERE'S AN AERIAL PHOTO OF THE PROPERTY.

IT IS RIGHT ON NOB HILL ROAD.

AND I THINK IT'S THE CORNER OF NOB HILL AND MCNAB, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN.

THERE'S, OF COURSE, A LARGE BODY OF WATER BEHIND IT, BUT IT IS ON THE MAIN DRAG THERE ON NOB HILL.

SO IT'S NOT REALLY, YOU KNOW, DEEP INSIDE THE PARK.

LET ME GO BACK TO THAT.

HERE'S THE SURVEY OF THE PROPERTY, WHICH SHOWS ALL OF THE PARKING SPOTS.

AND SO AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE ARE A LOT OF PARKING SPOTS, PLENTY OF PARKING FOR THE CONTEMPLATED USE OR THE USE THAT WE'D LIKE TO, CHANGE IT TO.

HERE'S SOME EXTERIOR PHOTOS OF THE BUILDING.

A PRETTY FAIRLY LARGE BUILDING AND WE BELIEVE IT.

YOU KNOW, IT WOULD NOT AGAIN CONFLICT.

AND THEN THE HISTORY.

IT WAS BOUGHT IN 1988, THE LAND BY A GROUP OF SAM BUTTERS AND NATHAN BUTTERS, AND IT REMAINED VACANT FOR A BIT, AND THEN THEY FINALLY BUILT A BUILDING ON IT IN 1997. IN 2004, THEY SELL IT TO THE BUTTERS.

SELL IT TO AN INSURANCE COMPANY.

WE BELIEVE THE USE THAT DURING THAT TIME WAS FOR AN INSURANCE COMPANY.

EVENTUALLY THE INSURANCE COMPANY, I BELIEVE I GUESS, WENT UNDER AND FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES TOOK IT OVER.

AND THEY USE DURING THIS PERIOD APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN A COMPUTER SOFTWARE COMPANY IN DECEMBER OF 2022.

THE HUB HOLY UNITED BELIEVERS PURCHASED IT FROM G&L PROPERTIES.

AND AGAIN, THE WE INTEND OUR INTENDED USE FOR IT WAS A FOR RELIGIOUS ASSEMBLY IN OFFICE.

THE HUB HOLY, WANTED TO TELL A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THEM.

THEY WERE ESTABLISHED AS AN ENTITY IN FEBRUARY 2017, AND THEY OFFICIALLY LAUNCHED THEIR FIRST SERVICE IN MAY OF 2017.

THEY'VE OPERATED IN THE CITY OF TAMARAC, SERVING ITS RESIDENTS SINCE ITS INCEPTION.

AND THEY, SINCE THAT TIME, HAD HELD SERVICES AND EVENTS AT THE TAMARAC COMMUNITY CENTER.

FROM 2017 UNTIL RECENTLY.

THE CHURCH HAS ABOUT 150 INDIVIDUALS AS MEMBERS, ABOUT 85 FAMILIES.

AND THE PLAN IS THEY WOULD LIKE TO HOLD SOME, YOU KNOW, WEEKLY WEEKEND, AND SOME OCCASIONAL AND OCCASIONAL EVENTS ON THE WEEKEND AS WELL.

THEY HAVE ONE LOCATION WHICH IS AT THE NOB HILL ROAD LOCATION.

THEY OPERATE ON SUNDAYS AT 11 A.M., TUESDAY, WEDNESDAYS AND FRIDAYS IN THE EVENING AT 7 P.M., TWICE A MONTH ON THURSDAYS AT 7 P.M.

AND OCCASIONAL EVENTS ON SATURDAYS.

THE OFFICE HOURS ARE FROM 9 A.M.

TO 5 P.M. MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, AND THEY WOULD ONLY HAVE FIVE EMPLOYEES DURING THAT TIME.

SO AGAIN, THE YOU KNOW, DURING THE WEEK THERE WOULD BE NO CONFLICT.

AND DURING THE WEEKENDS CERTAINLY THERE WOULDN'T BE BECAUSE OF THE TRAFFIC PATTERNS AND BECAUSE THE BUSINESS PARK GENERALLY IS CLOSED DURING THAT TIME.

SOME VIOLATIONS THAT WAS ASKED TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE VIOLATIONS AND WHAT THE STATUS OF THOSE ARE.

WE HAD A BUSINESS LICENSE VIOLATION.

ALL REQUIRED BUSINESS LICENSE HAS BEEN INFORMATION HAS BEEN SUBMITTED.

WE'RE WAITING ON OUR SAFETY INSPECTION.

FINAL INSPECTION.

THE LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE VIOLATION WAS RESOLVED ALMOST IMMEDIATELY AFTER RECEIVING A COURTESY NOTICE.

WE DID A COMMISSION, A TRAFFIC STUDY THAT WAS PREPARED BY SUZANNE DANIELSON OF DC ENGINEERS, INC.

AND THE ANALYSIS UNDERTAKEN FOR DAILY MORNING PEAK HOURS, EVENING PEAK HOURS.

AND IT SHOWED A DECREASE IN VEHICLE TRIPS WITH THE PROPOSED FACILITY, RELIGIOUS FACILITY ON A TYPICAL WEEKDAY ACROSS VARIOUS STUDY SCENARIOS AND SHE CONFIRMED THAT THERE ARE SUFFICIENT SPACES ON SITE TO SUPPORT THE PROPOSED CONVERSION FROM OFFICE TO RELIGIOUS FACILITY.

WE 144 VEHICLE TRIPS PER DAY ON A TYPICAL WEEKDAY, WITH FOUR VEHICLE TRIPS OCCURRING DURING THE MORNING HOURS AND 11 IN THE EVENING HOURS.

AND PER THE INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE BASED ON OUR CHURCH MEMBERSHIP, WE ANTICIPATE APPROXIMATELY 60 VEHICLE TRIPS ON SUNDAY MORNINGS.

THE EXISTING OFFICE SPACE LIKELY WILL PRODUCE 250 VEHICLE TRIPS PER DAY, WITH 37 VEHICLE TRIPS IN THE MORNING AND 38 IN THE EVENING.

THAT WOULD BE THE EXISTING USE IF IT WAS USED AS AN OFFICE.

THE CHURCH FACILITY, WHICH HAS 17,091FT² REQUIRED, WOULD REQUIRE 68 PARKING SPACES.

WE HAVE 135 PARKING SPACES.

SO JUST, YOU KNOW, ALMOST DOUBLE, PER MISS DANIELSON THERE SUFFICIENT PARKING SPACES ON SITE TO SUPPORT THE PROPOSED CONVERSION.

AND AGAIN, THERE ARE SIX SPOTS FOR DISABLED PARKING.

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THE PROPOSED CHANGE IN USE IS AGAIN EXPECTED TO RESULT IN A DECREASE IN VEHICLE TRIPS ACROSS ALL OF THE STUDY SCENARIOS.

AND THERE AGAIN, THERE'S MORE THAN ENOUGH PARKING TO ACCOMMODATE BOTH EMPLOYEES AND PATRONS OF THE PROPOSED RELIGIOUS FACILITY.

HERE'S AN INTERIOR SKETCH OF WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.

NOW. THIS IS THE EXISTING FLOOR PLAN, WITH THE DEMOLITIONS THERE.

NOTED. AND THEN THIS IS THE EXISTING AND PROPOSED FLOOR PLAN.

AS YOU CAN SEE, THE INTENTION IS TO PUT A STAGE AREA THERE AND TO PUT SEATING THERE ON THE, IN THE BUILDING FOR THE SERVICES. NOT RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS.

AGAIN, ARE INTENDED, AS I NOTED IN THE VERY BEGINNING, TO PROVIDE A RANGE OF SERVICES WHICH AGAIN INCLUDE OFFICE, RETAIL, AND AGAIN NOTABLY INSTITUTIONAL AND RELATED USES THAT ARE IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE RESIDENTS AND THE BUSINESSES AND THE WORKERS.

THE CODE DEFINES, AGAIN, A BUSINESS DISTRICT, AGAIN, AS A DISTRICT INTENDED TO PROVIDE FOR A MIXTURE OF USES, IN, IN A BUSINESS PARK, INDUSTRIAL PARK, OR CAMPUS SETTING.

AND AGAIN, THE CODE PERMITS VARIOUS USES, INCLUDING EDUCATIONAL, CLINICAL, MEDICAL, RETAIL, AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES.

AS WELL SOME OF THE SUMMARY OF ORDINANCES THAT WE LOOKED AT.

BUT IN SUMMARY, THE PROPOSED USE, WE THINK, IS GOING TO BE SUPPORTIVE OF THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY.

IT'LL HAVE AMPLE PARKING.

THERE'S NON CONFLICTING TRAFFIC PATTERNS.

AND AGAIN, THE CODE DOES SPECIFICALLY REFER TO INSTITUTIONAL USES, WHICH BY DEFINITION WOULD INCLUDE RELIGIOUS ASSEMBLY USES.

AND SO WE'RE HERE WITHIN THE HOPE THAT YOU'LL, APPROVE THIS, TO ALLOW US TO GO IN FRONT OF THE COMMISSION TO FURTHER EXPLORE THIS ESTABLISHMENT OF USE CHANGE.

AND THAT IS ALL I HAVE.

THANK YOU FOR THAT PRESENTATION.

YOU'RE WELCOME. WE'LL NOW HEAR FROM THE CITY.

GOOD MORNING, MADAM CHAIR.

MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. MY NAME IS ANNE JOHNSON, SENIOR PLANNER, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.

THE DESIGNATED AGENT FOR THE APPLICANT, MICHAEL H.

MARINO IS PROPOSING THE REQUEST OF THE APPROVAL OF AN ESTABLISHMENT OF USE APPLICATION TO PERMIT THE RELIGIOUS ASSEMBLY USE IN THE BUSINESS PARK ZONING DISTRICT.

SO TO GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW ABOUT THE PROPERTY SO THAT YOU HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A BETTER CONTEXT INTO WHICH THE CITY IS SEEKING THE POTENTIAL, THE RECOMMENDED DENIAL OF THE APPLICATION.

THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT 6691 NOB HILL ROAD AND IS ZONED BUSINESS PARK.

THE UNDERLYING FUTURE LAND USE FOR THE PROPERTY IS INDUSTRIAL.

AS YOU'LL NOTE ON THE IMAGE BEFORE YOU, ALL OF THE PROPERTIES SURROUNDING THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS ALSO ZONED BUSINESS PARK.

AND SO THERE ARE A FEW THINGS I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT REGARDING THIS PARTICULAR AREA OF THE CITY.

AGAIN, THE SIZE OF THE PROPERTY IS 2.74 ACRES.

IT DOES CONTAIN ABOUT A 17,000 SQUARE FOOT OFFICE BUILDING.

MORE IMPORTANTLY, THIS PARTICULAR AREA OF THE CITY IS ONE OF THE LARGEST EMPLOYMENT CENTERS IN THE CITY.

AND SO WHAT WE HAVE ARE A NUMBER OF BUSINESSES THAT ARE SURROUNDING THIS PROPERTY THAT EMPLOY SOME OF THE LARGEST NUMBERS THAT WE HAVE WITHIN THE CITY OF TAMARAC. SO THE INDUSTRIES IS LOCATED ON THE SCREEN.

THEY HAVE ANYWHERE FROM ABOUT 300 ON THE LOW END TO ABOUT 600 EMPLOYEES ON THE HIGH END.

JUST A QUARTER MILE DOWN THE ROAD IS ALSO THE AMAZON BUILDING, WHICH ALSO EMPLOYS ABOUT 600 PEOPLE AS WELL.

YOU'LL NOTE THE LOCATION OF THE BUILDING.

THE BUILDING FRONTS NOB HILL ROAD, AND NOB HILL IS WHAT WE CALL A MAJOR ARTERIAL.

THIS TYPE OF ROAD IS MEANT TO FACILITATE THIS TYPE OF VOLUME.

THESE TYPES OF ROADS ARE MEANT TO FACILITATE THE HEAVY TRUCKING TRAFFIC THAT IS ALSO ASSOCIATED WITH SOME OF THESE WAREHOUSE USES THAT ARE LOCATED IN THIS AREA.

AND THEN YOU'LL ALSO NOTE, IF YOU JUST GO A LITTLE BIT FURTHER WEST, JUST OFF THE SCREEN WE HAVE SAWGRASS EXPRESSWAY.

SO RESERVING THESE ROADWAYS AND PRESERVING THIS AREA IS ALSO MEANT TO DIRECT THIS HEAVY TRAFFIC TO THE EXPRESSWAYS AND MINIMIZING THEIR IMPACT ON THE RESIDENTIAL AREA THAT IS ACTUALLY RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET.

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SO BECAUSE THE APPLICANT TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE HISTORY AND OCCUPANCY OF THE BUILDING, I'M GOING TO BE VERY BRIEF ON THIS SLIDE HERE.

THE INTENT OF THIS SLIDE IS TO SHOW YOU THAT HISTORICALLY, THIS BUILDING HAS ALWAYS BEEN USED AS AN OFFICE BUILDING FOR THE PAST 27 YEARS.

THE APPLICANT PURCHASED THE PROPERTY IN FEBRUARY OF 2023, AND IT WAS GRANTED A RELIGIOUS EXEMPTION FOR THE PROPERTY.

AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THAT A LITTLE BIT LATER IN THE PRESENTATION.

ESSENTIALLY, WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT THE CITY WILL NOT COLLECT ANY BUSINESS TAX FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY FROM THIS POINT GOING FORWARD IN PERPETUITY, SHOULD THE LOSE, SHOULD THE USE BE APPROVED, AND THE CITY WILL ALSO BE UNABLE TO COLLECT ANY AD VALOREM REVENUE FOR THIS PROPERTY AS WELL, SHOULD THE USE BE APPROVED.

SO SINCE THAT BUILDING HAS BEEN ACQUIRED IN FEBRUARY 2023, NO BUSINESS TAX HAS BEEN COLLECTED FOR THIS FACILITY.

AS THEY ALSO POINTED OUT AS WELL, THERE ARE TWO ACTIVE VIOLATIONS ON THE PROPERTY SOME TIME AFTER THE ACQUISITION OF THE PROPERTY BY THE APPLICANT. THE BUSINESS DID NOT OBTAIN A BUSINESS LICENSE FROM THE CITY OF TAMARAC.

SO AT THIS TIME, THAT VIOLATION IS STILL ACTIVE.

AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, THE FIRE PROTECTION SYSTEMS WERE ALSO NOT MAINTAINED.

AND SO THE FIRE INSPECTOR ALSO TAGGED THE BUILDING AS AN UNSAFE BUILDING.

AND THE STRUCTURE WAS ORDERED TO CLOSE.

AND SO AT THIS TIME, THE BUILDING DOES REMAIN CLOSED BECAUSE THE VIOLATION IS STILL ACTIVE.

SO ESSENTIALLY WHAT THIS APPLICATION WILL DO I'VE HIGHLIGHTED IN RED ON THE USE CHART HERE.

IT WILL PERMIT THE ESTABLISHMENT OF RELIGIOUS USE IN THE BUSINESS PARK ZONING DISTRICT.

SO THIS APPLICATION IS NOT JUST APPLICABLE TO THIS SUBJECT PROPERTY, BUT IT WILL ALSO BE APPLICABLE TO ALL BUSINESS PARK PROPERTIES THROUGHOUT THE CITY. ALSO, AS NOTED ON THE SCREEN, THE CITY DOES PERMIT RELIGIOUS USE IN ALL OF ITS MIXED USE CORRIDORS. IN ADDITION TO ITS PUBLIC FACILITIES DISTRICT, THE CITY BELIEVES THESE DISTRICTS ARE WHERE IT IS MOST APPROPRIATE TO LOCATE THE USES. AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, THE CITY HAS BEEN STRATEGIC ABOUT PRESERVING ITS MOST VALUABLE LAND IN THE BUSINESS PARK FOR BUSINESS AND INDUSTRIAL USES. I JUST WANTED TO BACK UP JUST A LITTLE BIT.

AND JUST TO HIGHLIGHT, THERE CURRENTLY ARE 27 LICENSED RELIGIOUS FACILITIES IN THE CITY OF TAMARAC, LOCATED THROUGHOUT ALL OF THOSE DISTRICTS THAT I PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED.

SO JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF THAT, HERE IS A DEPICTION OF THE CITY'S ZONING MAP AND NOTED ON THE ZONING MAP.

I JUST WANTED YOU TO HAVE AN IDEA OF WHERE WE DO CURRENTLY PERMIT THESE FACILITIES.

SO ANY PARCEL THAT IS COLORED RED, ANY PARCEL THAT IS COLORED PURPLE, EVEN THAT REDDISH BROWN COLOR.

AND IN ADDITION TO THE PUBLIC FACILITIES DESIGNATION AS WELL, WHICH IS NOTED AS LIKE THE DARKER GREEN.

SO THERE ARE A NUMBER OF AREAS THROUGHOUT THE CITY THAT ARE DISTRIBUTED EVENLY THROUGHOUT THE CITY, AS WELL AS TO WHERE THE CITY DOES PERMIT RELIGIOUS ASSEMBLY.

THE STAR INDICATES WHERE THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TO ESTABLISH THEIR LOCATION, AND YOU'LL NOTE THAT IS IN THE HEART OF THE CITY'S BUSINESS PARK DISTRICT AS WELL.

SO A FEW MONTHS PRIOR TO THIS PARTICULAR APPLICATION BEING SUBMITTED, THE CITY HAD TO CONDUCT A COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL LAND ANALYSIS DUE TO A NEW SENATE BILL THAT WAS COMING OUT THAT WOULD REQUIRE THE CITY TO INSTITUTE, EXCUSE ME, AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN ITS COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS. AND SO, AS A RESULT OF THIS COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL LAND ANALYSIS, WHAT WE'VE DISCOVERED IS THAT THE CITY OF TAMARAC HAS JUST 11.9% OF ITS LAND THAT IS ZONED FOR COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL USES.

AS YOU ALSO MAY BE AWARE THAT THE CITY OF TAMARAC IS ESSENTIALLY BUILT OUT.

SO ABOUT 99% OF OUR LAND MASS HAS ALSO BEEN UTILIZED.

AND SO THIS CREATES A SCARCITY.

WE HAVE A SCARCITY OF COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL ZONE LANDS.

AND THIS WILL CONTINUE TO POSE A CHALLENGE AS THE CITY ATTEMPTS TO CREATE AND EXPAND ITS ECONOMIC DRIVERS.

AND AGAIN, AS I STATED BEFORE, TAMARAC LARGEST EMPLOYMENT CENTERS ARE IN THOSE BUSINESS PARKS AND THE RETAIL PLAZA AREAS.

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SO JUST FOR YOU TO NOTE ON THE MAP, THE AREA IN PURPLE IS WHAT WE HAVE LEFT FOR INDUSTRIAL.

AS YOU'LL KNOW, THAT'S A VERY SMALL AREA LESS THAN THREE SQUARE MILES CITYWIDE, AND THEN ALSO THE AREA IN RED.

THOSE ARE OUR COMMERCIAL CORRIDORS AND THAT'S OUR COMMERCIAL PROPERTY AS WELL.

SO EVERYTHING ELSE THAT'S IN WHITE IS BASICALLY ZONED EITHER RESIDENTIAL OR RECREATION, SOMETHING THAT WE ARE UNABLE TO USE FOR COMMERCIAL OR INDUSTRIAL USES.

MOREOVER, WE DRILLED DOWN TO JUST BUSINESS PARK ONLY AND THE SITUATION BECOMES A LITTLE BIT MORE DIRE WHEN YOU LOOK JUST AT WHAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE FOR BUSINESS PARK. SO TAMARAC ENCOMPASSES APPROXIMATELY 12MI², AND WE HAVE LESS THAN TWO SQUARE MILES LEFT THAT IS AVAILABLE FOR BUSINESS PARK DEVELOPMENT. AND THE BULK OF THAT, AGAIN, IS ESSENTIALLY BUILT OUT.

THE BUSINESS PARK DISTRICT THAT IS WEST OF UNIVERSITY ENCOMPASSES ABOUT HALF OF WHAT THE TAMARAC CITY OF TAMARAC HAS AVAILABLE FOR BUSINESS PARK, AND THAT'S ABOUT ONE SQUARE MILE OF ALL THE LAND THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE FOR THAT TYPE OF USE.

AND SO WITH THESE LIMITED LAND SUPPLIES, THIS MAKES THIS RESOURCE EXTREMELY SCARCE AND REQUIRES THAT THE CITY STRATEGICALLY INVEST IN THESE AREAS TO MAXIMIZE THE BENEFITS.

THE CODE OUTLINES THE REVIEW STANDARDS FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF USE APPLICATION, AND THE RESPONSES TO THOSE STANDARDS ARE ALSO LISTED IN THE STAFF REPORT PROVIDED TO YOU AS WELL.

AND BUT I'M ALSO GOING TO GO THROUGH THEM INDIVIDUALLY IN RELATIONSHIP TO THIS APPLICATION TO DISCUSS, HOW THE APPLICATION DOES NOT MEET THOSE STANDARDS. SO THE NATURE OF THE USE IS WHAT WE CONSIDER IN REGARDS TO THIS APPLICATION AND WHETHER IT INVOLVES DWELLING ACTIVITY, SALES PROCESS AND TYPE, PRODUCT STORAGE AND AMOUNT THE NATURE THEREOF, ENCLOSED OR OPEN STORAGE.

SO AGAIN, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT ESTABLISHING A USE, IT IS NOT JUST FOR A SPECIFIC PIECE OF PROPERTY.

THIS IS FOR THE ENTIRE CITY OF TAMARAC AND THE NATURE OF RELIGIOUS ASSEMBLY.

IT IS INCONSISTENT WITH THE INTENT OF THE BUSINESS PARK ZONING DISTRICT, ESPECIALLY WITH THE UNDERLYING LAND USE BEING INDUSTRIAL.

THE ZONING ESTABLISHING THIS USE IN THE BUSINESS PARK WOULD SET AN UNDESIRABLE PRECEDENT IN THESE DISTRICTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY, AND FURTHER CONTRIBUTE TO THE DECREASE IN THE LIMITED LAND SUPPLY AVAILABLE FOR COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL USES.

THE USE DOES NOT INVOLVE DWELLING ACTIVITY OR SALES OR PROCESSING, OR ANY TYPE OF COMMERCIAL PRODUCT ACTIVITY, AND HAS BEEN EXEMPTED FROM THE ASSESSMENT OF THE AD VALOREM REVENUE FOR THE CITY AND A CONTINUED DECLINE IN AD VALOREM REVENUE WITH WITHIN THE BUSINESS PARK WOULD HAVE A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON THE CITY AS A WHOLE AND CONTINUE TO EXPOSE IT DISPROPORTIONATELY.

SO TO THE EXCUSE ME, TO THE VULNERABILITIES IN THE HOUSING MARKET AS WELL.

SO THE INTENT OF THE BUSINESS PART, AS OUTLINED IN THE CITY'S CODE, IS TO PROVIDE FOR A MIXTURE OF LIGHT INDUSTRIAL, OFFICE MANUFACTURING, LIMITED RETAIL AND USES IN A BUSINESS PARK SETTING OR AN INDUSTRIAL PARK SETTING.

WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THAT CAMPUS SETTING, SO THAT CAMPUS SETTING, YES, IS RELATIVE, BUT IT IS RELATIVE TO A BUSINESS PARK OR AN INDUSTRIAL PARK SETTING.

THE INTENDED USE IN ITS OPERATIONS ARE ALSO IN DIRECT CONFLICT WITH THE CITY'S STRATEGIC GOALS.

SO THE CITY'S STRATEGIC GOAL NUMBER THREE RELATES TO TAMARAC BEING ECONOMICALLY RESILIENT.

AND ECONOMIC RESILIENCE IS THE ABILITY TO ESTABLISH STRONG EMPLOYMENT CENTERS AND MAINTAIN THOSE EMPLOYMENT CENTERS IN THE CITY'S BUSINESS PARK. THE APPLICANT, AGAIN AS EXPRESSED BEFORE, IS TAX EXEMPT FOR THE PURCHASE OF THIS PROPERTY.

THE STAFF WOULD CONSIST MAINLY OF VOLUNTEERS, ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF AND CLERGY MEMBERS.

THEY WILL OPERATE MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

THEY WILL HOST SOME WEEKEND EVENTS AS WELL.

BUT THE DRIVING POINT HERE IS THAT THE INTENDED OPERATIONS DO NOT ALIGN WITH THE INTENT OF THE BUSINESS PARK.

ANOTHER STANDARD WOULD BE ANTICIPATED EMPLOYMENT.

SO AGAIN THIS IS THE BUSINESS PART.

THE INTEGRITY OF THE CITY'S BUSINESS PART IS PREDICATED ON ITS ABILITY TO ATTRACT AND RETAIN A HIGHLY SKILLED WORKFORCE, AND IT IS AN INTEGRAL COMPONENT OF DEVELOPING A STRONGER LOCAL ECONOMY AS WELL.

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SKILLED WORKERS ALSO CONTRIBUTE TO THE GROWTH OF SMALL BUSINESSES IN THE AREA, AND THEY ALSO INCREASED DEMAND FOR SERVICES THAT ARE LOCAL TO THE CITY OF TAMARAC. RELIGIOUS ASSEMBLY USES DO NOT TYPICALLY REQUIRE SKILLED WORKERS AND NOT GENERALLY CONSIDERED LARGE EMPLOYMENT CENTERS, AND SO TO THAT END, THE ANTICIPATED EMPLOYMENT TO BE GENERATED BY THE USE.

AGAIN, IT IS INCONSISTENT WITH THE OUTCOMES THAT THE CITY HAS INTENDED FOR ITS BUSINESS PARK.

ANOTHER REQUIREMENT IS REGARDING THE TRANSPORTATION.

AS THE APPLICANT HAS INDICATED, THERE WAS A TRANSPORTATION STUDY CONDUCTED FOR THE PROPERTY AND THE PREVIOUS OFFICE FACILITY ACTUALLY REQUIRED LESS PARKING.

SO THE PREVIOUS OFFICE THAT OCCUPIED THE FACILITY REQUIRED THE USE OF 43 PARKING SPACES.

THE PROPOSED CHURCH WILL REQUIRE 68, AND SO THAT WILL REQUIRE THE USE OF AN ADDITIONAL 25 PARKING SPACES.

WHILE THERE IS SUFFICIENT PARKING LOCATED ON THE SITE, AGAIN THIS TYPE OF SITE, IT IS INTENDED TO BE UTILIZED FOR A LARGE OFFICE OR A BUSINESS USE, AND SO THAT IS WHY THE PARKING HAS BEEN ALLOCATED AS SUCH, AS THE USE MAY ALSO PRODUCE FEWER PEAK HOUR TRIPS. AGAIN, THAT'S REALLY NOT THE INTENT OF THIS AREA.

THE INTENT OF THIS AREA IS THAT THE BUILDING IS SITUATED, THAT IT CAN HANDLE THE HEAVY TRAFFIC VOLUME THAT COMES FROM THE WAREHOUSE DISTRICT, THAT COMES FROM THE TRUCKING TRAFFIC THAT IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE WAREHOUSE DISTRICT.

AND SO AND THE INTENT OF DOING THAT IS TO KEEP THIS TYPE OF TRAFFIC OFF OF LOCAL ROADS AND RESIDENTIAL STREETS.

ANOTHER CRITERIA IS THE AMOUNT OF NOISE, ODOR, FUMES, TOXIC MATERIAL AND VIBRATION LIKELY TO BE GENERATED.

AND SO, AS WE HAVE ALSO ACKNOWLEDGED, THAT THE CHURCH MAY NOT POSE A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN THE NOISE ORDER AND FUMES. WHAT WE HAVE AGAIN OUTLINED IN THE STAFF REPORT IS THAT THE BULK OF THE WORSHIP ACTIVITIES WILL TAKE PLACE WITHIN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, AND SO THE TRAFFIC THAT WOULD BE COMING AND GOING FROM THE SITE WOULD BE A LARGER AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC IN A SHORT WINDOW.

SO TYPICALLY AT THE BEGINNING OF SERVICE AND THEN LEAVING AT THE END OF SERVICE, AND THIS WOULD BE DURING THE OFF PEAK HOURS WHEN TYPICALLY THE PEOPLE ACROSS THE STREET IN THE ADJACENT NEIGHBORHOODS WOULD BE HOME.

A TYPICAL OFFICE BUILDING WOULD BE CLOSED AT THIS TIME, AND SO IT WOULD NOT POSE THAT TYPE OF IMPACT ON THE RESIDENTS THAT RESIDE ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE PROPERTY.

AND THE LAST CRITERIA ARE THE REQUIREMENTS FOR PUBLIC UTILITIES SUCH AS WATER AND SANITARY SEWER.

SO ONE OF THE BENEFITS OF THE BUILDING THAT IN IT'S SITUATED IN THE LOCATION IS THE FACT THAT THE INFRASTRUCTURE UNDERGROUND IS ALMOST JUST AS VALUABLE AS THE INFRASTRUCTURE ABOVE GROUND, SO MUCH SO THAT THE CITY OUTLINED THE UNDERGROUND INFRASTRUCTURE AND ONE OF ITS RFPS FOR TAMARAC VILLAGE.

WHEN DEVELOPERS ARE LOOKING TO DEVELOP IN THE BUSINESS PARK, HAVING THE ABILITY TO COME IN TO A FACILITY THAT IS ALREADY.

PRETTY MUCH BUILT OUT WITH THE APPROPRIATE INFRASTRUCTURE UNDERGROUND TO FACILITATE WAREHOUSE OPERATIONS, MAKES THE PROPERTY VERY VALUABLE. THEY DON'T HAVE TO GO IN AND CHANGE WATER MAINS.

THEY DON'T HAVE TO GO IN AND APPROACH THE COUNTY ABOUT GETTING NEW SURFACE WATER PERMITS, BECAUSE THAT INFRASTRUCTURE IS ALREADY LOCATED UNDERGROUND.

AND SO WHAT THIS DOES IS IT HELPS THE CITY BE ABLE TO EXPEDITE PERMITS, BOTH AT THE CITY LEVEL, AND IT HELPS THE APPLICANT TO BE ABLE TO RECEIVE EXPEDITED PERMITS AT THE COUNTY LEVEL AS WELL.

AND GIVEN THE SMALL AMOUNT OF AREA THAT HAS THESE TYPE OF RESOURCES THAT ARE AVAILABLE IN THESE AREAS, THAT MAKES THAT PROPERTY THAT MUCH MORE VALUABLE IN THE BUSINESS PARK.

AND SO BOARD.

AS YOU MAY RECALL, SOME OF YOU HAD ATTENDED THE ULI PRESENTATION LAST WEEK, AND WE DISCUSSED THE BENEFITS OF A DIVERSIFIED COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL TAX BASE AND ITS BENEFITS TO THE CITY.

AND YOU'LL NOTE ON THE CHART ON THE SCREEN THAT TAMARAC HAS ENJOYED SOME OF THE LOWEST PER CAPITA TAX BURDENS OF ALL THE CITIES IN BROWARD COUNTY.

WE'RE LIKE THE THIRD LOWEST.

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AND THAT HAS BEEN STRATEGICALLY DONE AS A RESULT OF ENSURING THAT THE MILLAGE RATES ARE IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE PROPERTY VALUES.

OUR SENIORS, THEY ALSO ENJOY AN EXEMPTION FOR A LONGEVITY TAX EXEMPTION AS WELL.

AND THESE ALL RELATE TO AD VALOREM REVENUE AND WHAT IS COLLECTED FOR THE CITY.

SO ENSURING THAT THE BUSINESS PARKS AND THE INDUSTRIAL AREAS MAINTAIN THEIR ABILITY TO COLLECT AD VALOREM REVENUE, IT WILL REDUCE THE BURDEN THAT IS PLACED ON RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY.

IT STRENGTHENS THE CITY'S FISCAL RESILIENCY.

IT ALLOWS FOR MORE FLEXIBILITY IN ESTABLISHING MILLAGE RATES.

MILLAGE RATES.

IT SUPPORTS THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES WITHIN THE CITY.

AND AGAIN, IT PLACES LESS PRESSURE ON THE RESIDENTIAL AD VALOREM CAPS AND PROGRAMS THAT HAVE HISTORIC [INAUDIBLE].

SO THIS CHART WAS TAKEN FROM THE FISCAL YEAR 2024 CITY'S BUDGET.

AND I'D LIKE TO DIRECT YOUR ATTENTION TO THE COLUMNS THAT ARE HIGHLIGHTED IN RED.

AND SO THESE COLUMNS INDICATE THE PROPERTY CLASS TYPE, AND ALSO THE AMOUNT OF AD VALOREM REVENUE THAT WAS COLLECTED FOR THE CITY BASED ON THAT PROPERTY TYPE.

AND IF YOU'LL NOTE AT THE VERY TOP, THE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL CATEGORY ALREADY COLLECTS THE HIGHEST AMOUNT OF AD VALOREM REVENUE FROM THE CITY.

AND THEN RIGHT UP UNDER THAT, WE HAVE MULTIFAMILY, RESIDENTIAL AND CONDOMINIUMS. WHEN YOU ADD UP THOSE THREE CATEGORIES, IT PLACES THE BURDEN OF AD VALOREM TAX REVENUE ON THE CITY'S RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY.

YOU'LL NOTE THAT FROM THE COLUMN OF FISCAL YEAR 2023 TO THE COLUMN OF FISCAL YEAR 2024, THERE WAS ACTUALLY A DECLINE IN AD VALOREM REVENUE THAT WE WERE ABLE TO COLLECT FOR IMPROVED COMMERCIAL PROPERTY.

SO WE HAD A DECLINE IN COMMERCIAL REVENUE THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO COLLECT.

AND THEN WE'VE ALSO EXPERIENCED LESS THAN A 10TH PERCENT OF AN INCREASE IN OUR INDUSTRIAL REVENUE [INAUDIBLE] AS WELL.

SO JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT, AGAIN, THESE THIS CONTINUED DECLINE IN THESE AREAS WILL PLACE THE BURDEN ON SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL, MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL AND CONDOMINIUMS WITHIN THE CITY.

THE FISCAL YEAR 2024 BUDGET, ALSO CONCLUDES THAT THE CITY OF TAMARAC, WANTS TO CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN ITS CURRENT OVERALL LEVEL OF SERVICES.

SO AGAIN, THEY WANT TO ENHANCE SERVICES FOR TECHNOLOGY, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, INFRASTRUCTURE AND ALSO PUT MONEY INTO THE PHYSICAL APPEARANCE OF THE CITY. AND THESE ITEMS ARE ALL DEPENDENT ON THAT [INAUDIBLE] REVENUE THAT THE CITY IS ABLE TO COLLECT.

FURTHER, THE CITY IS WILL CONTINUE TO FACE CHALLENGES DUE TO A SLOW OR MODERATE INCREASES THAT HAS ALREADY OCCURRED IN CERTAIN CATEGORIES AS WELL, PUTTING A FURTHER STRAIN ON THE CITY'S BUDGET AS WELL.

LEGISLATIVE AND CONSTITUTIONAL MEASURES HAVE LIMITED THE GROWTH IN TAXABLE VALUES THROUGHOUT THE YEARS, AND THEREFORE NEW CONSTRUCTION IS CRITICAL TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL REVENUE AS NEW HOUSING AND COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT WILL EVENTUALLY BE ADDED TO THE TAX ROLLS OVER TIME TO KEEP PACE WITH THE INCREASED COST OF OPERATIONS AND THE NEED FOR FUNDING.

IT WILL BECOME NECESSARY, UNLESS SOME OF THE BURDEN IS CURRENTLY BORNE BY PROPERTY TAX REVENUE THAT CAN BE SHIFTED TO OTHER GENERAL FUND REVENUE RESOURCES.

AND SO ESSENTIALLY WHAT THAT TRANSLATES TO IS WE HAVE TO MAINTAIN OUR ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO COLLECT [INAUDIBLE] REVENUE, ON PROPERTIES OTHER THAN RESIDENTIAL.

THE FISCAL IMPACT OF THIS ESTABLISHMENT OF USE APPLICATION IS SIGNIFICANT BECAUSE IT NOT ONLY CONSIDERS THE USE ON THIS PROPERTY, BUT ANY PROPERTY ON WHICH A RELIGIOUS EXEMPTION WOULD BE GRANTED, ESPECIALLY IN OUR COMMERCIAL AND BUSINESS PARKS. SO THE VALUATION THAT STAFF WAS ABLE TO PULL FROM THE BROWARD COUNTY PROPERTY APPRAISALS REPORT FOR THIS

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PARTICULAR PROPERTY WAS APPROXIMATELY $3 MILLION.

AND AGAIN, AS I STATED EARLIER, THE APPLICANT HAS OBTAINED A RELIGIOUS EXEMPTION FOR THIS PROPERTY.

AND SO THE CITY WILL NOT COLLECT THE PORTION OF THE $76,000 THAT IT IS TYPICALLY RECEIVED FOR THE PAST 27 YEARS FOR THIS PROPERTY AS WELL.

AS SUCH, THE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT RECOMMENDS THAT THE PLANNING BOARD FORWARD A RECOMMENDATION OF DENIAL FOR THE PROPOSED ESTABLISHMENT OF USE APPLICATION TO PERMIT RELIGIOUS ASSEMBLY WITHIN THE BUSINESS PARK ZONING DISTRICT TO THE CITY COMMISSION AT ITS FEBRUARY 14TH, 2024 MEETING AS THE PROPOSED APPLICATION AND ORDINANCE, SHOULD IT BE APPROVED, WILL HAVE A SIGNIFICANT NEGATIVE IMPACT ON THE OVERALL ECONOMIC GROWTH OF THE CITY, AND IT IS ALSO INCONSISTENT WITH THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE, ITS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, THE STRATEGIC PLAN AND THE CITY'S FUTURE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PLANS.

THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION AND I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.

MADAM CHAIR.

YES, MA'AM. JUST FOR THE RECORD, ALEXANDRA ALVAREZ ARRIVED AT 10:04 A.M., AND NOW WE HAVE ALL FIVE REGULAR VOTING MEMBERS PRESENT.

GOT IT. I UNDERSTAND.

ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU FOR THAT PRESENTATION.

WE WILL OPEN THE FLOOR FOR THE PUBLIC.

IS THERE ANYONE HERE IN THE PUBLIC THAT WANTS TO MAKE A COMMENT AT THIS TIME? ALL RIGHT. THE FLOOR WAS OPEN AT 10:35.

YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT, SIR.

DID HE NEED TO SIGN IN? COLLETTE. MADAM SECRETARY, OR DO WE JUST KIND OF CALL HIM UP AND.

IT'S OKAY. HE CAN GO UP AND INTRODUCE HIMSELF.

YOU CAN ALSO ADD IT TO THE LIST.

AWESOME. I'LL HAVE THAT DONE.

IF YOU CAN COME UP TO THE PODIUM, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.

AND THEN YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.

WELL, I'M SORRY SIR.

EXCUSE ME FOR ONE MOMENT, SIR.

I'M SORRY. BEFORE YOU BEGIN, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE.

WHAT IS YOUR RELATIONSHIP TO THE APPLICATION PROCESS? WE JUST WANTED TO PUT IT ON THE RECORD AS WELL.

YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I'M WONDERING.

I AM NOT A RESIDENT OF THE CITY.

I AM JUST SOMEBODY THAT HAS BEEN ASSISTING HIM WITH, MAKING THE APPLICATION FOR THE CURRENT USE OF THE BUILDING, WHICH IS WHY IT'S ALREADY A TAX EXEMPT.

SO IT'S MY IT'S I'M PAUL DEAN I'M THE BUILDING CONTRACTOR TONY DEAN CONSTRUCTION.

THAT'S ACTUALLY HELPING.

I APOLOGIZE, I DON'T MEAN TO INTERRUPT YOU.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE FOLLOWING PROPER PROTOCOL.

CITY ATTORNEY, THE APPLICANT HAS WORKED WITH THE, I'M SORRY.

THE GENTLEMAN AT THE PODIUM HAS WORKED WITH THE APPLICANT PREVIOUSLY IN ESTABLISHING THE USE ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.

DOES HE NEED TO BE SWORN IN AS A PARTY TO THE APPLICATION? FROM WHAT I'M UNDERSTANDING, THIS IS A LEGISLATIVE PROCESS AS WELL.

SO THERE'S NO SWEARING IN AND HE CAN SPEAK AS A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC.

UNDERSTOOD. I'M SORRY SIR.

PLEASE. OKAY, PROCEED.

DO WE NEED TO DOCUMENT HIS NAME? AND WE WILL ADDRESS.

THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. WE WILL DOCUMENT HIS NAME AND HIS RELATIONSHIP TO THE APPLICATION ON RECORD.

IF YOU CAN, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND RELATIONSHIPS THAT WE CAN HAVE IT RECORDED.

ANOTHER QUESTION. IS YOUR NAME ON THE APPLICATION? ARE YOU A PART OF THE APPLICATION FOR THE BUSINESS TAX APPLICATION THAT WAS SUBMITTED? YOUR NAME IS ALSO NOT ON THE BUSINESS TAX APPLICATION AS WELL.

THE BUSINESS TAX APPLICATION IN THE CITY OR THIS PARTICULAR PROCEEDING.

THE BUSINESS TAX APPLICATION IN THE CITY THAT WAS SUBMITTED TO THE CITY IS THAT I'M ON THAT.

I JUST SO WE JUST, I APOLOGIZE.

WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CLARIFY FOR THE RECORD THE RELATIONSHIP TO THE SPEAKER, TO THE PROPERTY.

WE HAVE TO DO THAT ON THE RECORD.

SO, MATT, MADAM SECRETARY, IF YOU COULD NOTE THAT THE GENTLEMAN AT THE PODIUM IS ALSO THE APPLICANT FOR THE BUSINESS REVENUE APPLICATION FOR THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.

[INAUDIBLE] JUST POINT OF INFORMATION.

THE CURRENT USE THAT IS GOING TO BE THERE.

EVEN WITHOUT THE RELIGIOUS ASSEMBLY WOULD BE A LIFE SKILL CENTER.

AND ALSO BECAUSE THAT'S RIGHT, THAT'S GOING TO BE A PART OF THE ABUSE.

IT WILL BE A SECONDARY USE ONCE THIS GOES THROUGH, BUT RIGHT NOW IT WILL BE THE PRIMARY USE AND THAT THE PRIMARY USE, THIS IS ALREADY APPROVED BY THE ZONING, THE BUSINESS PARK ZONING IT'S ALLOWED TO BE.

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IT'S UNDER THE VOCATIONAL THING WHERE YOU'RE ALLOWED TO HAVE IN THAT AREA THE TEACHING, THE INSTRUCTION AND THE HELPING OF PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY IN THAT CAPACITY, IT WILL BE HAVING OFFICES.

IT WILL BE DOING THE SAME PROCESS IT'S BEEN DOING.

SO IT WILL BE IN A NONPROFIT VERSION.

SO YOU WON'T BE GETTING THE 70,000.

BUT IF I'M LOOKING AT THAT ONE PARTICULAR PROPERTY, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT LESS THAN 1/10 OF 1%.

AND I'M LOOKING AT MOST OF THE.

THE VALUATION OF THE PROBLEM WITH THE WITH THE BUILDING BEING USED IS THAT IT'S AN ECONOMIC STRAIN ON THE CITY'S INTEREST.

I DON'T THINK THAT LESS THAN 1% OF THE CITY'S INCOME IS GOING TO BE A MAJOR STRAIN FOR JUST SLIDE AFTER SLIDE AFTER SLIDE.

JUST TALKED ABOUT THE ECONOMIC IMPACT.

IT'S AN ECONOMIC IMPACT THAT'S ALREADY THERE.

BECAUSE THE OTHER PARTS ARE ALREADY APPROVED AND IT'S GOING TO BE THAT REGARDLESS.

SO THE IF THE BASIS OF ALL OF THE CITY'S ISSUE IS THAT IT'S NOT GOING TO BE A STRAIN IN THE COMMUNITY.

IT'S A FOUR LANE HIGHWAY FROM THE OTHER PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY, SO THEY DON'T HAVE AN ISSUE, BUT IT WILL ACTUALLY, UNLIKE OTHER THINGS, BE A DIRECT BENEFIT TO THE OCCUPANTS BECAUSE IT WILL BE PROVIDING LIFE SKILLS TRAINING, LEADERSHIP TRAINING, PARENTING TRAINING FACILITIES FOR THE KIDS FOR THINGS TO GROW UP, THE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY.

UNLIKE OTHER THINGS THAT ARE JUST HAVE AN ECONOMIC INTEREST BUT DOES NOT BENEFIT THE COMMUNITY.

YOU'RE ACTUALLY GETTING THINGS THAT ARE BENEFITING THE COMMUNITY, ALONG WITH SPIRITUAL AND RELIGIOUS, FROM A RELIGIOUS AND SPIRITUAL PERSPECTIVE. THE HUB INTERNATIONAL IS A VERY UNIQUE CHURCH IN THAT IT JUST DOESN'T TALK ABOUT HIS RELIGIOUS RESPONSIBILITY TO GOD.

IT ACTUALLY HAS A VERY FIRM, COMMUNITY BASED ASPECT TO IT.

SO IT IS A VIABLE ELEMENT OF THE COMMUNITY.

AND I THINK UNLIKE OTHER THINGS THAT MAY COME BEFORE THIS BOARD, LIKE TODAY, WHERE YOU GO TO THIS COMMUNITY AND SAY, WOULD YOU RATHER HAVE STUFF THAT BENEFITS MY KIDS, TAKES CARE OF US AS A PEOPLE, TEACH YOU VALUES THAT TAKES DOWN CRIME, TEACH YOU VALUES, THAT HELPS TO STABILIZE THE FAMILY, TEACH YOU VALUES, THAT HELPS TO AND DO ACTIVITIES THAT DIRECTLY IMPACT THAT WAY.

THAT'S THE STUFF THAT DIDN'T GET DISCUSSED THAT I HAVE TO.

I THOUGHT THAT SINCE I HAVE SOME PARTICULAR INFORMATION ABOUT IT, THAT LIFE SKILLS THE TRAINING IN THE ARTS AND THE SCIENCES, THINGS THAT WILL DO AFTER SCHOOL TUTORING FOR FREE BECAUSE WE WANT TO GET GPAS AND SAT SCORES UP BECAUSE THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE DON'T FOCUS ON.

AND THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT TYPICAL CHURCHES DON'T FOCUS ON.

BUT WE UNDERSTAND THAT AN EDUCATED COMMUNITY IS BEST FOR ALL OF US.

THANK YOU. MADAM CHAIR, IF I COULD GET HIS NAME FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE, SIR, CAN YOU REITERATE YOUR NAME? DID HE NOT SAY IT THE FIRST TIME? YEAH. [INAUDIBLE] SAY IT IN THE MICROPHONE PLEASE.

PAUL DEAN.

THANK YOU.

IF YOU CAN. COME ON UP.

GOOD MORNING. PANEL.

MY NAME IS MICHAEL NIKOLE.

I'M CO-COUNSEL WITH MICHAEL MARINO.

A MAJOR POINT WAS BROUGHT UP REGARDING THE AD VALOREM TAX OF $76,000.

THAT THE CITY OF TAMARAC WILL LOSE.

WE ARE AMENABLE TO SOME SORT OF NEGOTIATION REGARDING THOSE TAXES.

WE UNDERSTAND THE CITY'S CONCERN REGARDING THE LOSS OF INCOME AND THE TARGET, THE FOCUS, THE SUSTAINABILITY OF FINANCES, AND NOT RELYING ON THE RESIDENTIAL TAXES ONLY.

SO THE OWNER, THE CHURCH, IS WILLING TO ENTER INTO NEGOTIATIONS REGARDING THE AD VALOREM TAX.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR COMMENT.

DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT, WE'LL CLOSE THE FLOOR.

IT'S 10:43.

DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD? SAJEEN? I DIDN'T SEE, GOOD MORNING.

THE BUILDING IS CURRENTLY OCCUPIED BY THE APPLICANT.

THE BUILDING WAS ORDERED CLOSED AS A RESULT OF THE APPLICANT NOT OBTAINING THE REQUIRED BUSINESS LICENSE AND THE SAFETY INSPECTION.

THAT IS REQUIRED FOR THE BUILDING.

SO AT THIS TIME, THE BUILDING HAS BEEN ORDERED CLOSED.

THERE IS A NOTICE ON THE DOOR THAT WAS POSTED BY EITHER THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT OR THE FIRE.

I BELIEVE IT WAS THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT, BUT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT CITED IT AS A UNSAFE STRUCTURE BECAUSE THE FIRE SYSTEMS HAD NOT BEEN MAINTAINED AS WELL.

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AND WHEN THEY WERE OPERATING BEFORE IT WAS CLOSED, WAS IT UNDER RELIGIOUS, USE? I BELIEVE THAT WOULD BE A BETTER QUESTION FOR THE APPLICANT.

THE APPLICANT, SUBMITTED AN APPLICATION FOR THAT VOCATIONAL USE THAT WAS DESCRIBED, SOME MONTHS BEFORE SUBMITTING THE APPLICATION TO ESTABLISH THE RELIGIOUS USE ON THE PROPERTY.

THE APPLICANT CONSULTED WITH PLANNING AND ZONING STAFF PRIOR TO PURCHASING THE STRUCTURE AS WELL.

AND SOME TIME BETWEEN HAVING THE CONVERSATION WITH STAFF AND, PURCHASING THE BUILDING SERVICES MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE BEEN OCCURRING IN THE BUILDING, BUT I WILL NOT SPECULATE ON WHAT WAS OCCURRING IN THE BUILDING.

ONLY THAT THE TECHNICAL FINDINGS OF THE INSPECTOR WAS THAT THE APPROPRIATE BUSINESS LICENSE, SAFETY INSPECTION AND FIRE INSPECTIONS WERE NOT PASSED, AND SO THE BUILDING WAS ORDERED SHUT.

OKAY. I GUESS I'M ASKING AS WELL THE APPLICATION.

SO RELIGIOUS FACILITY IS THEIR PRIMARY FUNCTION IN THE VOCATIONAL SECONDARY.

IS THAT CORRECT? THE APPLICATION BEING BROUGHT BEFORE YOU TODAY IS ONLY FOR RELIGIOUS FACILITY.

THE VOCATION IS SOMETHING THAT THE APPLICANT MAY HAVE CONTEMPLATED BEFORE.

SO I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY FOR THE RECORD.

THIS INFORMATION WAS NOT PROVIDED TO STAFF PRIOR TO THIS MEETING.

WE ARE JUST NOW HEARING THE INFORMATION REGARDING THE DETAILS OF THE VOCATIONAL COMPONENT AS IT RELATES TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF USE APPLICATION.

IF YOU SEE IN YOUR BACKUP, THE JUSTIFICATION LETTER IS ONLY TO PERMIT THE FACILITY AS A CHURCH.

THERE IS NO MENTION OF VOCATIONAL TRAINING IN THE APPLICATION THAT WAS SUBMITTED.

OKAY. SO I DO NOT THINK THAT THE RELIGIOUS FACILITY IS THE HIGHEST AND BEST USE PRACTICE FOR THIS LOT.

PRIMARILY BECAUSE OF WHAT THE CITY PRESENTED TO US AS WELL.

WHAT WE LEARNED WILL HAVE EXCESS PARKING SPACES THAT'S NOT BEING USED THAT COULD BE BETTER SUITED FOR AN INDUSTRIAL OR, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER THE BP BUSINESS, ZONING, I UNDERSTAND THAT AND EVEN FROM THE FLOOR PLAN THAT WAS PRESENTED, THE BRIEF SNIPPET THAT I SAW, THE USE OF THE THAT SUCH A LARGE BUILDING WOULD NOT BE IT'S NOT THE BEST USE OF THE BUILDING.

AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THE VOCATIONAL IS WOULD BE PROBABLY AN AUXILIARY USE OR A SECONDARY USE, BUT IT'S.

REALLY JUST SEEMS LIKE AN ADD ON TO, IF I MAY.

AND I JUST WANT TO JUST ADD TO YOUR DELIBERATION.

JUST TO MAKE IT CLEAR, I KNOW ANNE WAS VERY THOROUGH.

SHE DELIVERED A VERY GOOD PRESENTATION.

BUT WHILE THIS APPLICATION WAS MADE BY A PARTICULAR PROPERTY, THE NATURE OF THE APPLICATION IS THAT IT WOULD BE ESTABLISHING RELIGIOUS USE WITHIN ALL YOUR BUSINESS PARKS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

SO WHEN THERE'S CONTEXT MADE REGARDING AD VALOREM ON THIS PROPERTY, THIS IS ONLY BECAUSE THIS IS THE APPLICANT.

BUT THAT CONCEPT, THAT CONTEXT IS BROADER IN THAT IF THIS WERE APPROVED AND THE GATES ARE OPEN, THEN ANY RELIGIOUS USE CHURCH GOING FORWARD WOULD BE ABLE TO COME INTO ALL OUR BUSINESS PARKS.

THE ONE IN THE CENTER OF THE CITY, THE ONE ON THE EAST SIDE, AS WELL AS THE ONE ON THE WEST.

SO THIS APPLICATION OPENS THAT ALLOWS RELIGIOUS USE TO BE PERMISSIBLE IN THE BUSINESS PARK ZONING DISTRICT, CITYWIDE.

SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S UNDERSTOOD AS YOU DELIBERATE.

MAY I ALSO INTERJECT, WHEN WE HAD OUR CONFERENCES WITH PLANNING AND ZONING AND, INITIALLY, A LOT OF THESE THINGS WERE THROWN AROUND ESTABLISHMENT USE.

WHAT WOULD BE BETTER? THERE WAS A FEW, I GUESS, OF THE PEOPLE THAT WE SPOKE WITH THAT SAID THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS WHAT YOU KNOW, THE WAY THAT IT WOULD HAVE THE BEST CHANCE OF APPROVAL.

SO THAT'S WHAT WE WENT WITH.

BUT WE'RE NOT OPPOSED TO I MEAN WE DON'T WANT TO OPEN, YOU KNOW, PANDORA'S BOX ALSO AND CAUSE ISSUES FOR THE CITY WHERE EVERY RELIGIOUS, YOU KNOW, EVERY CHURCH WANTS TO OPEN IN A BUSINESS PARK, IF CHANGING THE APPLICATION TO A SPECIAL EXCEPTION TYPE USE, WE WOULD NOT BE OPPOSED TO THAT.

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WE'RE YOU KNOW AND TO GO BACK TO THE POINT OF THE EDUCATIONAL FACILITY, WHY IT'S NOT PART OF THE APPLICATION.

OUR UNDERSTANDING AND BASED ON THE TABLE OF USES THAT EDUCATIONAL, BUSINESS, TRADE, VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS ARE PERMITTED, IN THE BUSINESS PARK.

AT LEAST THAT'S WHAT THE WHAT I READ HERE.

IF I'M MISTAKEN, THEN LET ME KNOW.

SO, THAT'S WHY WE'RE APPLYING FOR THAT LICENSE AND, TRYING TO DO ALL WE CAN TO COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE CITY SO THAT WE CAN OPEN UP AS AN OFFICE AND ALSO AS A SCHOOL.

SO THESE ARE THE RELIGIOUS USE IS SOMETHING THAT OBVIOUSLY WE UNDERSTAND IS NOT PERMITTED, BUT IT'S WHY THE APPLICATION ONLY ADDRESSES, THE RELIGIOUS FACILITY AND NOT EDUCATIONAL. THANK YOU.

DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? VIOLA? YES.

WHEN THE APPLICANT CAME TO, THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT, WHAT WAS THEIR PURCHASE? WHAT WAS THEIR PURPOSE TOLD TO YOU IN THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT THAT THEY WERE PURCHASING THAT LOCATION FOR AT THE TIME THAT THE APPLICANT APPROACHED PLANNING STAFF? THERE WAS AN INQUIRY ABOUT WHAT IS PERMITTED ON THE PROPERTY.

NO INFORMATION HAD BEEN SHARED, REGARDING THE INTENT TO PURCHASE, BUT JUST THE INQUIRY REGARDING WHAT IS PERMITTED.

AND SO WE SHARED WITH THE APPLICANT WHAT IS PERMITTED ON THE PROPERTY.

WE ALSO SHARED WITH THE APPLICANT WHAT WOULD NOT BE PERMITTED ON THE PROPERTY.

AND SO AGAIN, THERE WERE, SOME ACTIONS THAT MAY HAVE OCCURRED, SINCE THE DISCUSSION WITH STAFF, UNBEKNOWNST TO STAFF, THAT THE PURCHASE HAD GONE FORWARD.

SO STAFF DID NOT BECOME AWARE OF THE PURCHASE OF THE BUILDING UNTIL AFTER IT HAD BEEN ACQUIRED.

IF I'M ADDRESSING YOUR QUESTION CORRECTLY.

THANK YOU, MISS JOHNSON.

THANK YOU.

DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? OKAY. MY QUESTION IS THERE'S GOING TO BE.

YOU HAVE A QUESTION, SIR? I THINK I THOUGHT SHE HAD A QUESTION.

OH, I'M SORRY, ALEXANDRA, I DIDN'T SEE YOU.

IT'S OKAY. SO CONSIDERING THAT THE APPLICANT HAS ACQUIRED THE PROPERTY.

SO WHAT IS THE PROCESS? AS OF NOW, AS IT STANDS, IN ORDER TO MOVE FORWARD WITH A DENIAL.

SO IF THE PLANNING BOARD DENIES THEM THE OPPORTUNITY, WHAT WOULD THE APPLICANT HAVE TO DO? WELL, AT THIS POINT THIS IS THE ONLY APPLICATION AND CONSIDERATION.

SO IF THE PLANNING BOARD WERE TO FORWARD A RECOMMENDATION OF DENIAL, IT WOULD STILL HAVE TO GO BEFORE THE CITY COMMISSION.

THE CITY COMMISSION IS THE ULTIMATE DECIDING BODY.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

I UNDERSTAND THAT PROCESS.

I GUESS I WAS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, IN REFERENCE TO THE APPLICANT BEING AT ODDS WITH WHAT THE CITY HAS DETERMINED, THEN WHAT IS THEIR OTHER OPTION? I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND PLANNING IF FORWARD.

GOING FORWARD AGAIN, WE WOULD HAVE TO CONSIDER THIS APPLICATION ON ITS FACE.

AND THE NEXT COURSE OF ACTION AGAIN I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK FOR THE CITY COMMISSION.

SO I'M GOING TO DEFER TO WHAT THEIR COURSE OF ACTION WOULD BE ON THE APPLICATION.

GOT IT. MY OTHER QUESTION IS IF THE INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL AREA THAT'S ASSIGNED FOR THE CITY OF TAMARAC IS AT AN 11, WAS IT AN 11.4 OR 11.9%? NINE 9%.

AND THIS PROPERTY IS THEN UTILIZED.

WHAT IS THE, PERCENTAGE THAT IT TAKES AWAY FROM THAT 11.9%? WELL, AGAIN, BEFORE I ANSWER THAT, I JUST WANTED TO GIVE CONTEXT THIS APPLICATION BEING APPROVED WILL NOT JUST IMPACT THIS PROPERTY, IT WILL BE ALL PROPERTY IN THE BUSINESS PARK DISTRICT.

SO THE IMPACT IS CITYWIDE.

SO IF WE WERE TO TALK ABOUT PERCENTAGE, THAT'S THE ENTIRE BUSINESS AREA THAT I SHOWED ON THE MAP IN THE GREEN.

SO. YEAH.

AND THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE UNDERSTOOD THAT, SIMILAR TO THE PREVIOUS APPLICATION, THERE IS SOME INFORMATION THAT'S PROVIDED BY ON THIS APPLICANT ONLY BECAUSE THE APPLICANT INITIATED THE APPLICATION.

BUT THE APPLICATION HAS BROAD SWEEPING EFFECTS.

IT IMPACTS ALL THE BUSINESS PARK ZONED AREA IN THE CITY.

SO THAT'S THE MAP THAT ANNE JUST PUT ON THE SCREEN.

SO IF THIS WERE TO BE SUCCESSFUL OR APPROVED THEN CHURCHES WOULD BE PERMISSIBLE IN ALL THE GREEN AREAS YOU SEE CURRENTLY ON THE

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MAP. IS THERE A CURRENT DESIGNATION THAT SAYS THAT CHURCHES CAN'T BE X AMOUNT OF KILOMETERS MILES DISTANCE FROM EACH OTHER? SO FOR EXAMPLE, IF THIS IS APPROVED, IS IT FEASIBLE THAT THERE COULD BE A CONCENTRATION IN THE SOUTHWEST PORTION OF TAMARAC? IF IT'S APPROVED.

NO, WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL WHEN IT COMES TO PUTTING THOSE DISTANCE SEPARATION ON RELIGIOUS INSTITUTION.

THERE'S FEDERAL PROTECTION.

THERE'S A RELIGIOUS AND LAND USE AND INSTITUTIONALIZED PERSONS ACT THAT RESTRICTS US FROM.

WHICH IS WHY IF WE OPEN IT TO THIS APPLICANT, IT WOULD HAVE TO BE OPEN TO EVERY CHURCH.

WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO PUT DISTANCE SEPARATION, BUT AND POINTED OUT THAT THIS CITY IS VERY WELCOMING TO CHURCHES, WHICH IS WHY WE HAVE OVER 30 CHURCHES IN OF UPWARD OF FIVE ZONING DISTRICTS CITYWIDE.

SO WE ENCOURAGE CHURCHES, AND IT'S EVIDENT BY THE FACT THAT WE HAVE AS MANY AS WE DO IN FIVE ZONING DISTRICTS.

SO WHAT STAFF IS SAYING IS THAT THE VOCATIONAL, ALL THOSE BENEFITS THAT CAN BE BROUGHT BY THIS APPLICANT IS REALLY ENCOURAGED IN THE CITY OF TAMARAC IN THE APPROPRIATE ZONING DESIGNATIONS, WE'RE SAYING NOT IN THE BUSINESS PARK, BUT ANYWHERE ELSE WHERE CHURCHES ARE PERMITTED.

GOTCHA. THAT'S WHERE IT'S APPROPRIATE.

THANK YOU. ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? I JUST HAVE ONE OF THOSE AGAIN.

BUT MY QUESTION WOULD BE IS WHAT? YOU KNOW, WHAT OTHER ALTERNATIVES MIGHT THERE BE THAT MIGHT BE LESS? INTRUSIVE OR THAT WOULDN'T AGAIN OPEN UP, YOU KNOW, ALL BUSINESS PARKS TO, YOU KNOW, TO RELIGIOUS USES.

AGAIN, WE ARE NOT OPPOSED TO, YOU KNOW, SOME SORT OF A, YOU KNOW, SPECIAL EXCEPTION JUST FOR THAT PARTICULAR PROPERTY.

AND SECONDLY, AS MY COLLEAGUE MICHAEL NICOLO, COMMENTED, WE ARE ALSO NOT OPPOSED TO, DISCUSSING THE TAX IMPACT.

WE'RE CONSCIOUS OF THAT.

YOU KNOW, WE'VE SPENT QUITE A BIT OF MONEY TO PURCHASE THE BUILDING.

AND BY THE WAY, I WASN'T PART OF THE ORIGINAL ACQUISITION, SO I DIDN'T I DON'T KNOW WHAT, DUE DILIGENCE THEY DID OR DIDN'T DO.

BUT, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, AS MR. DEAN ALSO STATED, I MEAN, THIS IS A, CHURCH THAT JUST ISN'T ABOUT, YOU KNOW, RELIGIOUS SERVICES.

THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE A SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY.

THERE ARE A LOT OF RESIDENCES RIGHT AROUND, THAT PROPERTY, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, FROM THE SATELLITE PHOTO, IT LOOKS LIKE RIGHT ACROSS THE WAY THERE'S NEIGHBORHOODS.

AND, WE THINK IT WOULD BE A GREAT SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY.

BUT AGAIN, WE'RE NOT OPPOSED TO DISCUSSING THE TAX ISSUE OR, YOU KNOW, GOING THROUGH SOME ALTERNATIVE PROCESS THAT WOULD GIVE US A SPECIAL EXEMPTION FOR THAT PARTICULAR PROPERTY SO THAT IT DOESN'T IMPACT BUSINESS PARKS CITYWIDE.

THAT'S IT. OKAY.

THANK YOU. I HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE ATTORNEY.

SURE. MADAM ATTORNEY, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION.

HOWEVER, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION WITH CONSIDERATION FOR THE SPECIAL EXCEPTION.

HOW MUCH? THAT'S NOT ALLOWED.

OKAY, LET ME JUST CLARIFY.

FOR THE RECORD, THE USE IS NOT PERMISSIBLE CURRENTLY IN THE BUSINESS PARK, SO THERE WOULD NOT BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A SPECIAL EXCEPTION APPLICATION.

I UNDERSTAND USE IS NOT LISTED IN THE CODE IN THE BUSINESS PARK DESIGNATION.

I UNDERSTAND. SO WE DID DISCUSS WITH THE APPLICANT THAT THERE ARE TWO APPLICATIONS THAT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE FOR THIS CONSIDERATION THIS APPLICATION AND A REZONING APPLICATION.

BOTH APPLICATIONS WE DID SHARE WITH THE APPLICANT THAT WE WOULD NOT SUPPORT, WE WOULD NOT ENCOURAGE.

THOSE ARE THE APPLICATION TYPES THAT ARE AVAILABLE, ESTABLISHMENT OF USE AND A REZONING WHICH WOULD PROBABLY CONSTITUTE THIS LOCATION SPOT ZONING.

AND WE ADVISE THE APPLICANT THAT NEITHER APPLICATION WOULD BE SUPPORTED BY STAFF.

BUT THOSE ARE THE ONLY TWO, APPLICATIONS THAT ARE APPROPRIATE AT THIS TIME, I UNDERSTAND.

ALL RIGHT. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION FOR DENIAL OF THE PROPOSED ESTABLISH USE APPLICATION TO ALLOW FOR RELIGIOUS ASSEMBLY WITHIN THE BUSINESS PARK ZONING DISTRICT.

DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. NIKOLE I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOUR YOU'RE RECOMMENDING THAT WE DENY IT. YES.

OKAY. READY? CALL].

MOTION TO FORWARD A RECOMMENDATION OF DENIAL TO THE CITY COMMISSION PASSED 5 TO 0.

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THANK YOU. VERY SORRY, BUT THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

NEXT ON THE AGENDA AGENDA IS THE QUASI JUDICIAL HEARING.

[9.a TBO 84 - Board Order approving/denying a Variance application requesting relief from the requirements of Section 5-33(a), Code of Ordinances, to allow the total height of accessory equipment installed on the roof of the proposed building to be three (3) feet higher than the height of exterior building walls located in the Nouveau Quarter – Redevelopment Area on the northeast corner of N University Drive and W Commercial Boulevard at 5600 N University Drive (Raising Cane's).]

ITEM NINE A TEMPORARY BOARD ORDER 84 BOARD APPROVING OR DENYING A VARIANCE APPLICATION REQUESTING FOR RELIEF FROM THE REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION FIVE DASH 33, A CODE OF ORDINANCE TO ALLOW TOTAL HEIGHT OF AN ACCESSORY EQUIPMENT INSTALLED ON THE ROOF OF THE PROPOSED BUILDING TO BE THREE FEET HIGHER THAN THE HEIGHT OF THE EXTERIOR BUILDING WALLS.

LOCATED IN THE NUEVO QUARTER REDEVELOPMENT AREA ON THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF NORTH UNIVERSITY DRIVE AND WEST COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD AT 5600 NORTH UNIVERSITY DRIVE, RAISING CANE'S.

WE'LL HEAR FROM THE CITY.

GOOD MORNING, MADAME [INAUDIBLE], ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.

ON FEBRUARY 5TH, WE RECEIVED FROM THE APPLICANT A SUBMITTAL TO REQUEST TO FORMALLY WITHDRAW THE VARIANCE APPLICATION.

THE APPLICANT INTENDS TO MEET SECTION 5-33, SET A CITY OF TAMARAC ORDINANCES FOR THE PROPOSED RAISING CANE'S RESTAURANT BUILDING, AND WILL NOT NEED APPROVAL OF VARIANCE FROM THE CITY COMMISSION FROM SECTION 533, A CITY CODE OF ORDINANCES.

SO BASICALLY THEY WILL THEY CHANGE THE.

THEY WOULD NOT NEED A THEY WILL COMPLY WITH THE ORIGINAL CODE WHICH THEY WOULD NOT GO ABOVE THE PARAPET AND IT WILL BE COVERED.

SO THERE IS NO NEED FOR THE VARIANCE TO MOVE FORWARD ANYMORE.

THEY JUST WITHDREW IT.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

SIMPLE AND EASY.