Feb 12, 2024 Workshop

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ON THAT NOTE. GOOD MORNING, GOOD MORNING, GOOD MORNING.

[Call to Order]

WORKSHOP. IT IS MONDAY, FEBRUARY 12TH.

WE HAVE ALL SURVIVED WATCHING THE SUPER BOWL.

THERE MIGHT BE SOME YAWNS.

PLEASE DON'T TAKE IT PERSONALLY.

AND SHE'S RIGHT ON TIME.

YOU KNOW, JUST STARTING AT 10:00.

THE CITY CLERK. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

GOOD MORNING, MAYOR. VICE MAYOR RAY.

GOOD MORNING, MAYOR.

GOMEZ. GOOD MORNING, COMMISSIONER DANIEL.

GOOD MORNING. COMMISSIONER BOLTON.

GOOD MORNING, COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS.

GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. GOOD MORNING.

IF YOU WOULD PLEASE STAND.

COMMISSIONER ALVIN VILLALOBOS WILL LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, AND WE WILL HAVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE.

ALL RIGHTY.

STARTING WITH ITEM ONE, A OUR 2024 FEDERAL LEGISLATIVE AGENDA PRESENTATION.

[1.a 2024 Federal Legislative Agenda Presentation by The Ferguson Group]

VAL. HI.

CAN EVERYONE HEAR ME? YES. AND I SEE THAT WE HAVE AN OFFICIAL NAME CHANGE.

I CAN'T READ IT. YES, VALERIE.

CONGRATULATIONS. CONGRATULATIONS.

CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANKS. I IT WAS A IT WAS A IT WAS A GOOD TIME.

IT WAS A GREAT TIME.

ANYWAY, IT'S GREAT TO SEE EVERYBODY.

I HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF RESIDUAL HEAD COVID RECENTLY, SO PLEASE FORGIVE ME IF I.

IF I START TO COUGH.

HOPEFULLY I WILL NOT.

ANYWAY, IT'S NICE TO SEE EVERYONE AND I'M REALLY GLAD TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF WORKSHOP OUR FEDERAL LEGISLATIVE AGENDA FOR THE COMING YEAR.

IF WE COULD CHANGE THE SLIDE TO THE NEXT SLIDE, WE'RE GOING TO I'M GOING TO START OFF BY TALKING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PREVIOUS YEAR, HOW IT WENT.

SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HAPPENED, WHAT WE WERE WORKING ON, AND SOME OF OUR RESULTS.

AND THEN WE'LL, THEN I'LL MOVE INTO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT FOR THE COMING YEAR SO WE CAN KIND OF TALK THROUGH THAT AND, AND GET EVERYONE'S THOUGHTS.

LAST YEAR, IT WAS WONDERFUL TO HAVE EVERYBODY IN WASHINGTON SO YOU COULD GET A CHANCE TO KIND OF SEE, WITH YOUR OWN EYES.

SOME OF THE FOLKS THAT WERE MEETING WITH AND THE RESPONSES THAT WE GET, THE KIND OF DISCUSSIONS THAT WE HOLD, ON OUR PRIORITIES AND ALSO HOW THEY SEGUE WITH, YOU KNOW, PRIORITIES ON CAPITOL HILL AND ALSO IN THE AGENCIES.

I THINK IT WAS PRETTY CLEAR WHEN WE WENT IN TO VISIT WITH OUR CONGRESSWOMAN, THAT SHE IS VERY DIALED IN TO TAMARAC PRIORITIES.

AND IF YOU RECALL, WHEN WE WENT IN, WE HAD A, WE HAD WE WERE PLANNING ON MAKING A REQUEST OF $500,000 FOR OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROGRAM, FOR WHICH SHE RESPONDED, OH, NO, NO, WE NEED TO ASK FOR MUCH, MUCH MORE.

AND SO THAT REQUEST BECAME A $7 MILLION REQUEST.

AND, QUITE FRANKLY, I THINK IN MORE, MAYBE IN MORE OF AN ORDINARY, CONGRESSIONAL YEAR, WE WOULD HAVE BEEN CLOSER TO THAT, THAT 7 MILLION, THOSE MEMBERS THAT WEREN'T IN THE, IN THE MAJORITY, TENDED ON THE HOUSE SIDE ANYWAY, TENDED TO HAVE THEIR REQUESTS, CUT QUITE A BIT.

SO IN ANY CASE, WE STILL WOUND UP WITH, THE SECOND HIGHEST, HUD, APPROPRIATION IN HER DISTRICT, WHICH WAS QUITE GOOD. AND SO WE'RE WE HAVE A PENDING APPROPRIATION FOR OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT OF 1 MILLION, $50,000 THAT, WHEN CONGRESS HOPEFULLY WRAPS UP ITS APPROPRIATIONS FROM LAST YEAR, THAT MONEY WILL MAKE ITS WAY TOWARD US.

WE ALSO MET WITH THE THE WHITE HOUSE AND SEVERAL FEDERAL AGENCIES.

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY GAVE US SOME GREAT INFORMATION ON, NEW POLICIES AND PROGRAMS COMING OUT OF THOSE POLICIES.

THE LEGISLATION THAT CONGRESS PASSED ALMOST TWO YEARS AGO NOW, THE INFRASTRUCTURE LEGISLATION AND THE TAX LEGISLATION, REALLY OPENED THE DOORS TO A LOT OF TYPE NEW TYPES OF FUNDING FOR THINGS LIKE, ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATIONS, WHICH I KNOW THAT THE CITY IS, VERY INTERESTED IN.

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BECAUSE NOW LOCAL GOVERNMENTS WHO IN THE PAST WERE NOT ABLE TO, CLAIM ANY TAX BENEFITS BECAUSE YOU DON'T PAY TAX, FOR, FOR ENERGY PROJECTS ARE NOW ABLE TO DO SO.

SO I'M GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT LATER.

IT'S A IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE STARTED TALKING ABOUT IN THAT MEETING, IF YOU'LL RECALL.

I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT QUITE A FEW THINGS DURING THAT TRIP.

BUT NOW THAT, THAT POLICY IS STARTING TO GO INTO EFFECT, AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT I THINK THE CITY IS GOING TO WANT TO LOOK INTO, TAKING ADVANTAGE OF, THE LAST THING I WANTED TO NOTE WAS, THE EXCITEMENT OF, YOU KNOW, AFTER SEVERAL YEARS OF WORKING ON THIS AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROGRAM AND THE FIRST TIME HOMEBUYER ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR THE CITY THAT YOUR FIRST, RECIPIENT WAS AWARDED IN THE BEGINNING OF JANUARY.

AND THAT WAS EXCITING.

AS YOU KNOW, THE CONGRESSMAN, CONGRESSWOMAN WAS THERE, TO MAKE THAT AWARD AND TO GIVE A SPEECH AND, IT WAS, YOU KNOW, IT WAS IT WAS GRATIFYING TO BE ABLE TO BE THERE AND TO TO SEE THAT RECIPIENT, ACTUALLY, AND HER HER FAMILY THERE TO RECEIVE THAT AWARD.

OKAY. LET'S GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

I THINK EVERYONE IS PRETTY FAMILIAR WITH WHAT OUR PRIORITIES WERE LAST YEAR.

THEY ARE TO IN LARGE DEGREE.

SIMILAR THIS YEAR.

WE'VE GOT A FEW.

WE HAVE A FEW TWEAKS.

AND, TO THE AGENDA, BUT, ESSENTIALLY, YOU KNOW, THE, THE CITY'S FOCUS IS REMAIN SOLID, AND THAT'S IMPORTANT.

FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE AGENCIES AND ALSO YOUR CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

AND THIS JUST SORT OF ITEMIZES, FEDERAL FUNDING THAT CAME TO THE CITY, IN 2023.

IT'S A MIX OF, YOU KNOW, YOU'LL SEE THAT WE'VE HIT VARIOUS OF YOUR, OF YOUR PRIORITIES.

THE URBAN FORESTRY GRANT, WAS A GRANT THAT, CAME TO THE CITY FOR BEAUTIFICATION AND PLANTING OF TREES FOR THE CITY ENTRANCE.

E CBG GRANT IS A DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY GRANT, CDBG AND HOME FUNDS.

I LIST THOSE NOT BECAUSE WE HAVE TO DIRECTLY ADVOCATE FOR THE CITY OF TAMARAC TO RECEIVE THESE FUNDS, BUT BECAUSE THOSE FUNDS COME UNDER FIRE, OFTEN YEAR AFTER YEAR THAT THE CONGRESS, YOU KNOW, IN, IN THEIR, IN THEIR BUDGETING TENDS TO WANT TO, NOT EVERY YEAR BUT MANY YEARS WANT TO SLASH THAT FUNDING.

SO WE FIND OURSELVES WORKING, ALMOST ANNUALLY TO MAKE SURE THAT THE, THE FULL AMOUNT OF THOSE FUNDS ARE RESTORED, AND THAT COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY, INCLUDING TAMARAC, RECEIVE, WHAT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO RECEIVE FOR THAT.

SO IF YOU, IF YOU IF, IF WE LOOKED AT A, YOU KNOW, A DIAGRAM OVER THE LAST, FIVE, SIX, SEVEN YEARS, YOU'LL SEE THAT THE YOUR FUNDS FOR BOTH OF THOSE ACCOUNTS CONTINUE TO RISE, WHICH IS GOOD.

THE LAST THING THAT I WILL SAY, ABOUT 2023, WAS THAT IT WASN'T A PARTICULARLY, ACTIVE YEAR IN CONGRESS IN TERMS OF, BILLS PASSED.

THE CONGRESS ONLY MANAGED TO PASS 27 BILLS LAST YEAR, WHICH IS A VERY, VERY, VERY SMALL AMOUNT.

THAT'S REALLY DUE IN LARGE PART TO THE RAZOR THIN MAJORITIES IN BOTH THE HOUSE AND SENATE.

AND BECAUSE THE, MAJORITIES ARE DIFFERENT PARTIES IN BOTH THE HOUSE AND SENATE, THEY'RE FINDING IT HARD TO, YOU KNOW, TO COME TO AN AGREEMENT AND PASS PASS A LOT OF BILLS. SO WITH THAT SAID, FOR 2024, I THINK WE'RE GOING INTO THE NEXT.

YEAH, GOING INTO THE NEXT SLIDE HERE.

AND THE NEXT SLIDE AS WELL.

ALL RIGHT. YOU'LL SEE THAT, AS I MENTIONED, OUR, OUR PRIORITIES, REMAIN STEADY.

I, I TWEAKED A LITTLE BIT WHAT WE'VE GOT WRITTEN HERE UNDER INFRASTRUCTURE.

WE, PREVIOUS YEARS HAVE JUST WRITTEN TRANSPORTATION, WATER AND SEWER.

I ADDED FIBER TO THAT BECAUSE FIBER IS A, YOU KNOW, A BIG PART OF TAMARAC.

YOU KNOW, BECOMING MORE AND MORE OF A SMART CITY AND AND MAKING SURE TO OFFER, YOU KNOW, CONNECTIVITY AND EASE

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SO I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE.

SO WE BROUGHT THAT TO THE FOREFRONT.

INSURANCE USED TO JUST SAY FLOOD INSURANCE HAVE CHANGED THAT TO HOME INSURANCE BECAUSE REALLY, AND MAYBE IT SHOULD BE HOME AND BUSINESS INSURANCE.

HONESTLY. BUT FLOOD INSURANCE IS SOMETHING THAT IMPACTS BOTH, HOME AND, AND BUSINESS.

AND THERE'S ALSO THIS, THIS ISSUE THAT THAT STARTED TO BUBBLE UP LAST YEAR.

I THINK IT'S MORE OF A STATE ISSUE.

AND WE'RE LOOKING INTO THIS TO SEE IF THERE IS A FEDERAL NEXUS.

BUT THE THIS ISSUE OF, OF SOME INSURANCE BULLYING THAT I KNOW WE HAD DISCUSSED IN THE CONGRESSWOMAN'S OFFICE LAST YEAR AND HAS COME UP BEFORE, IS SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, I INSTEAD OF JUST WRITING FLOOD INSURANCE, I'VE JUST PUT HOME INSURANCE TO SORT OF, YOU KNOW, ENCOMPASS ALL OF THE, INSURANCE ISSUES THAT WE MAY BE DEALING WITH THIS YEAR IN TERMS OF THE FEDERAL OUTLOOK.

WE'RE IN THE 118TH CONGRESS.

WE'RE IN THE SECOND SESSION OF THAT CONGRESS.

WE HAVE THE SAME RAZOR THIN MAJORITIES THAT WE HAD LAST YEAR.

IN FACT, THEY'RE THEY'RE EVEN THINNER.

SO THE EXPECTATION IS THAT, CONGRESS WILL, AT A MINIMUM, HAVE THREE MAJOR PRIORITIES.

THE FIRST ONE IS TO FINISH UP THE APPROPRIATIONS BILLS FROM LAST YEAR.

THAT'S A BIG DEAL.

AND WE EXPECT THAT THOSE SHOULD BE, FINISHED WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS.

ONCE THAT HAPPENS, THAT WOULD, FINALIZE AND SOLIDIFY THIS A MILLION, $50,000 THAT WE'VE GOT PENDING FOR OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROGRAM. AND THEY ALSO NEED TO FINISH THOSE APPROPRIATIONS BILLS BEFORE WE CAN GET MOVING ON THIS YEAR'S APPROPRIATIONS BILLS.

THERE IS ALSO SOME EXPECTATION, THAT, THAT THE CONGRESS WILL.

MOVE FORWARD ON A TAX RELIEF BILL FOR AMERICAN FAMILIES AND WORKERS.

THE. THEY STARTED THAT WORK LAST YEAR.

BOTH THE HOUSE AND SENATE HAVE HAVE AGREED ON THE, PROVISIONS THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN THE BILL.

AND THAT AGREEMENT EXTENDS, YOU KNOW, FROM THE HOUSE TO THE SENATE.

SO THEY'VE AGREED ON THE SAME TYPES OF PROVISIONS THAT THEY WANT IN THE BILLS.

THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT IT'S A, YOU KNOW, A SURE BET FOR PASSAGE, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT IS HIGH ON THE LIST OF EXPECTATION.

SO WITHIN THE TAX BILL, THERE ARE A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT PROVISIONS THAT WOULD IMPACT, THAT WOULD POSITIVELY IMPACT THE CITY HAVING TO DO WITH CLEAN WATER AND DRINKING WATER, SAFE STREETS.

SOME, SOME MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, PROVISIONS AND, DISASTER ASSISTANCE.

THE OTHER THING THAT WE EXPECTED, WHICH IS, NOW, I WOULD SAY A BIT OF A QUESTION MARK IS IMMIGRATION.

YOU ALL PROBABLY SAW THAT, THAT THE HOUSE HAD, MOVED FORWARD WITH AN IMMIGRATION BILL AND WAS STEAMING AHEAD ON THAT, AND THEN, DECIDED TO UNDO WHAT THEY HAD DONE.

SO THERE'S A BIT OF A QUESTION MARK ABOUT IMMIGRATION, BUT THAT PRIOR TO, ABOUT A WEEK OR SO AGO WAS A WAS A MAJOR PRIORITY.

THE OTHER THING THAT I WANTED TO MENTION, AS A, AS A PRIORITY, NOT ONLY FOR NOT ONLY IN WASHINGTON, BUT REALLY FOR US IS GRANTS.

THERE ARE QUITE A FEW GRANTS THAT HAVE COME OUT OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE BILL THAT WAS PASSED ALMOST TWO YEARS AGO.

NOW, THAT WE CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF AND WILL WANT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF, PARTICULARLY NOW THAT YOU HAVE, A GRANTS PERSON ON STAFF. WHAT WE ARE WORKING WITH YOUR STAFF ON IS CREATING A, SORT OF A, A LIVING, I WANT TO SAY A DOCUMENT.

IT'S NOT IN A DOCUMENT FORM RIGHT NOW.

THERE'S SO MANY DIFFERENT GRANT PROGRAMS, WHICH I'VE DISCUSSED IN THE PAST, AND THE, THE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE FERGUSON GROUP REALLY TRIES TO HELP OUR CLIENTS WITH IS TO SIFT THROUGH ALL OF THOSE OPPORTUNITIES, AND ONE OF THEM DOWN TO THOSE THAT REALLY BEST MATCH WITH WHAT YOU'RE DOING.

AND SO WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS WORK WITH YOUR GRANT STAFF TO, YOU KNOW, PUT TOGETHER A CALENDAR SO THAT BECAUSE GRANTS TAKE A LOT OF WORK. AND SO YOU WANT TO KNOW SIX MONTHS OUT, THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE APPLYING FOR XYZ GRANT SO THAT YOU CAN NOT ONLY GET THE GRANT INFORMATION TOGETHER, BUT ANYTHING THAT YOU HAVE TO DO WITH SHOWING REGIONAL COOPERATION OR REGIONAL LETTERS OF INTENT, OR, YOU KNOW, ANY OF THOSE TYPES OF THINGS YOU WANT TO YOU WANT

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SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THINGS LIKE, YOU KNOW, DIGITAL EQUITY FOR ALL.

THERE'S GRANTS COMING OUT FOR THAT.

THERE'S SAFE STREETS AND ROADS.

THERE'S THE SMART, THE SMART GRANT THAT WE APPLIED FOR AND SUCCESSFULLY, LAST TIME.

SO THINGS LIKE THAT WERE WE'RE GOING TO BE ACTIVELY WORKING ON THAT QUITE A BIT THIS YEAR.

AND SO I, I WOULD ANTICIPATE THAT WE WILL PROBABLY BE, APPLYING FOR, HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE APPLYING FOR MORE FEDERAL GRANTS IN 2024.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

OKAY. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, OF COURSE, IS A HUGE PRIORITY FOR TAMARAC.

AND, A LOT OF THESE ITEMS, FOLKS ARE FAMILIAR WITH, WE HAVEN'T FOUND A NEED TO CHANGE.

I'M LOOKING THROUGH ANY OF THESE TO REALLY CHANGE ANY OF THESE.

I WANT TO NOTE THAT IN OUR UPCOMING, DC TRIP, WE ARE PLANNING ON HITTING SEVERAL AGENCIES TO DIRECTLY DISCUSS SOME OF THESE PROGRAMS. SO, FOR INSTANCE, THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, WE WANT TO TAKE YOU THERE SO THAT WE CAN TALK ABOUT SOME OF THEIR GRANT PROGRAMS LISTED HERE, CITYWIDE LANDSCAPE BEAUTIFICATION AND A FEW OTHER ITEMS. EPA WE MET WITH LAST TIME, YOU PROBABLY RECALL, AND STARTED TO DISCUSS, THINGS LIKE THEIR EPA BROWNFIELDS, GRANT PROGRAM, WHICH CAN BE USED TO HELP WITH SOME OF THE BLIGHTED, SHOPPING PLAZAS TO TO HELP, YOU KNOW, GO IN, MAKE SURE THAT THOSE ARE, ARE, DON'T HAVE ANY EPA, HAZARDS THAT WOULD PREVENT, YOU KNOW, FUTURE, YOU KNOW, BUYERS FROM OR, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE GOING IN AND, AND MAKING THOSE, RETAIL PLAZAS BETTER THAN THEY ARE.

WE ALSO MAY DECIDE TO GO AND MEET WITH THE NEA, WHICH IS THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS.

TAMARAC HAS RECEIVED FUNDING OVER THE YEARS FROM THEIR PROGRAMS. THEY HAVE A GRANT PROGRAM CALLED THE OUR OUR TOWN PROGRAM, WHICH FUNDS PUBLIC ART PROJECTS, WHICH THE CITY HAS TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF IN THE PAST.

THOSE ARE JUST A FEW, OF THE ITEMS UNDER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

THE NEXT SLIDE. AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

I'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING, AND I THINK EVERYONE'S PRETTY FAMILIAR WITH WHAT WE'RE DOING ON THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

YOU KNOW, FIRST TIME HOMEBUYERS PROJECT.

AND ALSO SOME OF THE OTHER ITEMS. SOME OF THE OTHER WAYS THAT THAT FUNDING THAT'S PENDING, THE MILLION DOLLARS THAT'S PENDING FOR THIS YEAR CAN BE USED.

WHAT I WANTED TO BRING EVERYONE'S ATTENTION TO, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT I, MY ATTENTION WAS JUST BROUGHT TO, AND THAT IS THAT, YOUR HOME FUNDING APPARENTLY DOES NOT COME DIRECTLY TO THE CITY.

IT YOU GET IT AS A SUBRECIPIENT, I BELIEVE, OF THE COUNTY.

AND I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE CITY WANTS TO LOOK INTO PURSUING A CHANGE TO SO THAT YOU GET THAT FUNDING DIRECTLY FROM HUD.

SO IF THAT IS THE CASE AND WE'LL BE GOING INTO HUD, ALMOST DEFINITELY WHEN WE GO TO DC TO START THAT DISCUSSION ON, ON ON THAT PROCESS AND WHAT THE REQUIREMENTS ARE TO MAKE THAT CHANGE.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

SO FAR SO GOOD.

NO COUGHING.

DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I FEEL LIKE THIS IS MORE OF A WORKSHOP, AND, I DON'T KNOW IF I SHOULD SORT OF STOP AND ASK YOU TO GIVE YOU A CHANCE TO TALK ABOUT THESE THINGS AS WE'RE GOING THROUGH THEM, OR WOULD YOU RATHER DO THAT AT THE END? WE'D RATHER DO IT AT THE END, PLEASE.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. VERY GOOD.

OKAY. THERE WE GO.

SO INFRASTRUCTURE ALSO SOMETHING EXTRAORDINARILY IMPORTANT, TO THE CITY.

I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT TRANSIT HERE.

BECAUSE WE'VE, WE IF YOU NOTICED IN THE LEGISLATIVE AGENDA, WE HAVE QUITE A BIT, OF, OF TRANSIT INFORMATION THERE THAT WE HADN'T, WE HADN'T LISTED IN, IN THAT SORT OF DETAIL IN PREVIOUS YEARS.

AND, THAT IS, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY AN OFFSHOOT OF THE COUNTYWIDE SURTAX THAT WAS PASSED AND A AN INTENTION ON THE PART OF THE CITY, TO SEEK, YOU KNOW, GREATER OPPORTUNITIES TO SUPPORT MASS TRANSIT AND LEVERAGE THAT COUNTYWIDE SURTAX.

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FIBER OPTIC NETWORK ON COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD PROJECT FORWARD.

LOOKING INTO PARKING GUIDANCE SYSTEMS. ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE THINGS THAT WE WOULD DISCUSS WITH THE FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION, WHICH IS ANOTHER AGENCY THAT I'M PROPOSING THAT WE GO IN AND TALK TO WHEN WE'RE IN WASHINGTON, D.C..

WE MAY NEED TO PURSUE A CHANGE IN DESIGNATION.

AS IT STANDS NOW, THE, YOU KNOW, THE BUSSES AND MASS TRANSIT, THAT TYPE OF FUNDING GOES THROUGH THE COUNTY.

IT MAY BE THAT YOUR POPULATION AND OTHER FACTORS ARE, ARE LARGE ENOUGH AND, AND SUCH THAT, THAT WE MAY BE ABLE TO PURSUE A DESIGNATION WHERE YOU CAN RECEIVE THIS, THESE TYPES OF FUNDING DIRECTLY TO THE CITY, WHICH I WOULD THINK IS PROBABLY SOMETHING THAT FOLKS ARE INTERESTED IN.

SO SO I REALLY WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT, I ALSO WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT ANOTHER THING, UNDER FIBER, THERE'S A LOT OF A LOT OF ACTION GOING ON, THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY ON, ON FIBER AND CONNECTIVITY AND, MUNICIPALITIES SORT OF STEPPING FORWARD TO, TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN IN THEIR COMMUNITIES.

SINCE JANUARY OF 21, THERE HAVE BEEN 47 NEW MUNICIPAL NETWORKS THAT HAVE COME ONLINE, THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY WHERE, YOU KNOW, CITIES HAVE EITHER WORKED WITH STATE OR FEDERAL, FUNDING SOURCES TO CREATE A MUNICIPAL BROADBAND NETWORK. I KNOW THAT IS SOMETHING THAT, THAT THE CITY HAS BEEN INTERESTED IN DOING, AT LEAST TO CONNECT ALL CITY SERVICES.

SO I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT, THAT THAT IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING, THAT IS HAPPENING THROUGHOUT THE NATION.

THE NEXT SLIDE IS PUBLIC SAFETY.

I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT SOMETHING THERE.

I KNOW THAT, THE, COMMUNITY POLICING GRANTS ALSO DON'T COME DIRECTLY TO THE CITY.

THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT WE'RE SUPPORTIVE OF, BUT DON'T DIRECTLY DRAW DOWN FUNDING.

THERE ARE NEW GRANTS, AND MORE MONEY FOR COMMUNITY SAFETY.

SO NOT NECESSARILY FOR THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE LISTED OR THE REAL TIME CRIME CENTER LICENSE PLATE READERS.

BUT THERE, THERE THERE ARE, A HANDFUL OF NEW GRANT PROGRAMS, HAVING TO DO WITH COMMUNITY SAFETY.

SO, THAT MAY BE SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO LOOK INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE DISASTER.

SORRY. THE NEXT SLIDE IS DISASTER PREPAREDNESS AND RECOVERY.

I MENTIONED THAT IN THE TAX BILL, IF THERE IS A NEW TAX BILL, THERE IS ALREADY AGREEMENT IN BOTH THE HOUSE AND SENATE SIDES TO ADD SOME, SOME LEGISLATIVE LANGUAGE IN THERE HAVING TO DO WITH SOME FAVORABLE PROVISIONS AND DISASTER PREPAREDNESS AND RECOVERY.

SO IF THAT STARTS TO MOVE FORWARD, I WILL PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION TO THE CITY.

SO YOU CAN TAKE A LOOK AT IT, MAKE SURE THAT IT'S IN LINE WITH YOUR PRIORITIES.

THE NEXT SLIDE IS IS HOME INSURANCE.

I ALREADY REALLY DISCUSSED THAT A LITTLE BIT EARLIER, IN THE PRESENTATION.

SO WE'LL KIND OF, GO TO THE NEXT ONE.

THERE HASN'T BEEN FOR YEARS NOW, 5 OR 6, SEVEN YEARS.

ON THE NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE, IT HAS NOT BEEN REAUTHORIZED.

SO WE'RE STILL LOOKING AT THAT.

LIKE I TALK ABOUT THAT EVERY YEAR AND IT'S NOT MOVED VERY MUCH.

GREEN INITIATIVES, LOTS OF INTERESTING THINGS HERE.

THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY'S NEW DIRECT PAY PROGRAM IS WHAT I HAD, STARTED TO TALK ABOUT EARLIER IN THIS PRESENTATION.

AND BASICALLY WHAT IT IS, IT'S CLEAN ENERGY TAX CREDITS.

THEY WERE INCLUDED IN THE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT.

AND THEY ARE THE DIRECT PAY IS, YOU'LL HEAR IT REFERRED TO AS EITHER ELECTIVE PAY OR TRANSFERABILITY.

AND BASICALLY IT ALLOWS TAMARAC OR ANY CITY, WHICH PREVIOUSLY COULD NOT BENEFIT FROM TAX INCENTIVES TO BENEFIT FROM THEM FOR THE FIRST TIME FOR THINGS LIKE, INSTALLING EV CHARGERS, FOR PURCHASING CLEAN VEHICLES FOR CITY FLEET.

SO WE BEGAN, LIKE I SAID, DISCUSSING THIS WITH DOE LAST YEAR.

AND, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE THERE ARE ALL THE STEPS ON HOW TO DO THIS ARE LAID OUT ON THE IRS WEBSITE.

BUT I, I'D REALLY LIKE TO SORT OF HIGHLIGHT THIS, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE STAND READY TO HELP SUPPORT YOU AND KIND OF UNDERSTANDING WHAT

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AND IF THEY CAN BENEFIT YOU AND THEN SORT OF HOW TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.

THE REST OF THE THINGS HERE.

WE'VE GOT A FEW NEW ITEMS, ON HERE.

THE ART IS TOWARDS THE BOTTOM.

THE THE EYE DRONE USE FOR MAINTENANCE OF FACILITIES AND PARKS.

WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING TO SEE IF THERE IS ANY, FUNDING FEDERAL FUNDING FOR THAT, DRONE DELIVERY OF MEDICAL SUPPLIES.

ALSO VERY INTERESTING.

WE'LL BE KEEPING AN EYE OUT FOR THAT.

ELECTRONIC DIGITAL SIGNAGE.

THE SAME. AND PROGRAMABLE PROGRAMABLE THERMOSTATS.

WITH THAT, WE'LL GO TO THE NEXT ITEM.

PARKS AND OPEN SPACE.

YOU TEND TO GET FUNDING FOR THAT THROUGH THE LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION FUND, WHICH IS A FEDERAL FUND, WHICH IS A FEDERAL FUND THAT FLOWS THROUGH, THE STATE.

AND THEN THE STATE, OF COURSE, HAS ITS OWN, ITS OWN SOURCES OF FUNDING THAT YOU GUYS HAVE ACCESS FOR, FOR PARKS AND DONE A NICE JOB IN GETTING FUNDING OVER THE YEARS FOR PARKS.

THE LAST THING IS BEHAVIORAL HEALTH ACCESS PROGRAM, AND WORKPLACE MENTAL HEALTH.

THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO FIND A HOME FOR ON THE FEDERAL LEVEL.

BUT WE WANTED TO KEEP IT ON THE, FEDERAL LEGISLATIVE AGENDA IN CASE THAT IN CASE THAT CHANGES.

SO THAT CONCLUDES THE LEGISLATIVE THE PROPOSED LEGISLATIVE AGENDA FOR 2024.

WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU AND HAVING ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL YEAR.

I, LIKE I'VE MENTIONED, THERE ARE A LOT OF, NEW THINGS AND NEW GRANT PROGRAMS THAT WERE SEEKING TO INTERACT WITH THE FEDERAL AGENCIES TO, TO FIND FUNDING FOR YOUR VARIOUS PROJECTS.

AND, OF COURSE, WE'LL BE DEVELOPING, ANOTHER EARMARK REQUEST, FOR THE CONGRESSWOMAN TO RUN WITH THIS YEAR.

AND WITH THAT, I'LL GIVE IT OVER TO QUESTIONS.

ALRIGHTY. WELL, AT THIS POINT IT LOOKS LIKE ONLY I HAVE QUESTIONS.

SO, DO YOU NEED US TO PROVIDE ANY DIRECTIVE FOR THE HOUSING ITEM AND THE, TRANSIT ONE WHERE WE ARE MOVING FROM? BEING A SUBRECIPIENT TO BEING A DIRECT RECIPIENT.

OR SINCE THIS IS ONE OF OUR LEGISLATIVE ITEMS, THIS IS JUST SOMETHING YOU CAN GO DO BECAUSE IT'S IN OUR BEST INTEREST.

I DON'T KNOW WHO THAT QUESTION ACTUALLY GOES TO.

PROVIDE DIRECTIVE AND WHAT AND WHAT FORMAT WHAT IS? YOU HAD MENTIONED THAT ON ONE OF THE LEGISLATIVE ITEMS YOU WERE LOOKING AT, AND YOU WERE NOTICING THAT WE WERE A SUBRECIPIENT, BUT WE MAY HAVE LARGE ENOUGH NUMBERS NOW WHERE WE COULD BE A DIRECT RECIPIENT, ESPECIALLY IN THE HOUSING AND THE TRANSIT.

SO IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU NEED US TO PROVIDE A CONSENSUS TO, OR BECAUSE THESE ARE OUR ITEMS ALREADY THAT WE WANT YOU TO GO FORTH AND HELP US OUT WITH IN THE BEST CAPACITY POSSIBLE? IS IT ALREADY SOMETHING YOU HAVE THE POWER TO DO WITHOUT US GIVING CONSENT? WELL, MY SENSE, MY SENSE IS THAT BECAUSE IT'S ON THE FEDERAL AGENDA, IF THE FEDERAL AGENDA IS APPROVED, THAT, THEN, YOU KNOW, THE BALL WOULD BE SORT OF IN OUR COURT TO WORK WITH YOUR STAFF TO FIGURE OUT, WHETHER, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE CRITERIA.

WELL, THE, THE BALL WOULD BE ON OUR COURT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE CRITERIA IS.

THEN WE WOULD WORK WITH YOUR STAFF TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU MEET THE CRITERIA.

AND THEN WE WOULD, YOU KNOW, SORT OF MUTUALLY DECIDE WHETHER IT'S IN YOUR BEST INTEREST, TO, TO BE A DIRECT RECIPIENT, BOTH FOR THE TRANSIT FUNDING FOR, YOU KNOW, TO, YOU KNOW, IF THAT WOULD HELP YOU.

I DON'T SEE HOW IT WOULD HARM YOU, BUT WE WOULD HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, FIGURE THAT OUT TO HELP YOU.

TO IT SEEMS TO ME IT WOULD HELP YOU IN PLANNING, IF YOU KNEW THAT YOU COULD BE A DIRECT RECIPIENT FOR BUSSES, TRANSIT HUBS, YOU KNOW, THINGS LIKE THAT. YOUR IT SORT OF.

IT WOULD ONLY AID YOUR PLANNING PROCESS FOR THE FUTURE.

I AGREE. I MEAN, I PERSONALLY THINK SO AS WELL.

SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE YOU DIDN'T NEED ANYTHING LEGISLATIVELY FROM US THAT WOULD HELP IN THE PROCESS.

SO I'M GETTING A I DON'T THINK SO.

SO IT'S ALL GOOD UNLESS.

YEAH. OKAY. YEAH.

AND ONE OTHER THING THAT I WANT TO BRING UP, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAD DISCUSSED IN THE PAST AND YOU GAVE US A PRESENTATION ON, IT WAS A LITTLE BIT MAYBE WE SHOULDN'T WORRY ABOUT IT AT THE TIME, BUT SEEING HOW WE HAVE CHANGED A LITTLE BIT AND WE CONTINUE TO GROW, IT'S ABOUT GETTING OUR OWN POSTAL CODE, WHETHER IT'S ALL THREE, THREE, THREE, THREE, ONE, THREE, THREE, THREE, TWO, ONE, BUT WE HAVE (333) 093-3319 3332 133333 3351.

AND DEPENDING ON IF YOU LOOK AT GOOGLE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY SOMETIMES TRUSTS WHICHEVER SEARCH ENGINE YOU WANT TO USE, WE ARE NOW IN 3306 3 OR

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THERE'S PEOPLE THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO PRESENT TO US WITH NUMBERS THAT DON'T WORK FOR OUR CITY.

THEY DO NOT REPRESENT OUR CITY.

AND THEN OUR CITY ACTUALLY DOES THINGS BASED ON NUMBERS THAT DON'T ALWAYS FULLY REPRESENT OUR CITY AS WELL, BECAUSE IT TAKES INTO POPULATIONS THAT ARE NOT OURS.

SO I'M WONDERING IF WE CAN HAVE THAT GO BACK.

IT'S BEEN ONE OF OUR INITIATIVES TO LOOK AND SEE IF THE REQUIREMENTS HAVE CHANGED AND SEE IF THERE WILL BE ANYTHING, IN A BETTER PROCESS FOR US TO CONSIDER IN THE FUTURE SO WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE MAKING DECISIONS BASED ON OUR POPULATION, NOTHING AGAINST EVERYBODY ELSE'S RESIDENTS, BUT WE GOT TO TAKE CARE OF OURS.

SO, GOOD.

IT. OKAY? WELL, IT'S BACK TO YOU.

OKAY. IS THERE CONSENSUS THAT WE SHOULD MOVE FORWARD ON THAT OR.

WELL, IT'S NOT TO DO THE PROJECT ITSELF, BUT TO GET UPDATED INFORMATION ON THE PROJECT.

FROM WHAT YOU HAD LAST TIME, BECAUSE THINGS MAY HAVE CHANGED, AND SEEING THE NUMBERS AND SEEING HOW LIKE I DID A QUICK SEARCH ON POST.

ON THE UNITED STATES POSTAL CODES.

RIGHT. AND DID THE ZIP BY ZIP.

AND YOU CAN SEE HOW THE POPULATION WHERE IT CAPTURES THREE, THREE, THREE, TWO, ONE IS BASICALLY EIGHT MILES OF OUR CITY.

AND THEN THREE, THREE, THREE, ONE NINE HAS A WHOLE BUNCH OF OTHERS ONLY OUT OF THREE, THREE, 309, WHICH IS PART OF US.

IT'S ONLY A LITTLE BIT OF US.

BUT WE USE ALL THOSE NUMBERS ALL THE TIME TO STATE.

WAS OURS AND WE MAKE DECISIONS BASED ON IT AS WELL, FOR FUNDING AND FOR NUMBERS AND BEING ABLE TO APPLY FOR THINGS IF IT SHOWS THAT.

WE MIGHT BE BETTER OFF GETTING SOME DIRECT FUNDING WHEN WE KNOW THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT OUR CITY.

WE'RE WORKING WITH OUR NUMBERS.

AND FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAVE, I BELIEVE, A TAMARAC VILLAGE.

I COULD BE MISTAKEN, BUT ANYWHERE TO THE WEST IN THAT AREA IS NOW 333, FIVE ONE.

AND PEOPLE ARE CALLING US SUNRISE, YOU KNOW? AND DON'T GET ME WRONG, SUNRISE IS GREAT, BUT IT'S NOT TAMARAC.

IT DOESN'T COME TO MY. SINCE.

YEAH. AND IT'S JUST IT CREATES PROBLEMS. WE'RE HAVING ENOUGH TROUBLE.

SORRY FOR THIS, BUT WE'RE HAVING TROUBLE WITH OUR POSTAL DELIVERY AND THINGS LIKE THAT, AND WE'RE WORKING.

I MENTIONED THIS TO YOU WHEN WE SPOKE TO SEE WHAT WE COULD DO TO GET IN TOUCH WITH THE POSTMASTER GENERAL THAT ACTUALLY WORKS FOR STUFF IN OUR CITY TO DEAL WITH THOSE ISSUES THAT WE'RE HAVING, SEPARATE AND ASIDE.

BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE BETTER OFF TO WE TALK ABOUT OUR IDENTITY.

WE TALK ABOUT OUR BRANDING.

WE TALK ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE KNOW TAMARAC IS HOME WHEN WE'RE HAVING ALL KINDS OF ISSUES WITH PEOPLE NOT BEING ABLE TO IDENTIFY US.

I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF WE WOULD RESUPPORT WHAT WE HAD ONCE SUPPORTED.

IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN A DIFFERENT COMMISSION, I DON'T KNOW, LOOKING INTO ANY OF THE CHANGES THAT COULD BE DONE TO MAKE US BE IDENTIFIED AS TAMARAC THROUGH OUR ZIP CODE.

SO IS THAT SOMETHING? I NEED CONSENSUS FROM THE COMMISSION AGAIN? IF SO, I'M ASKING FOR IT.

THAT'S. OKAY, I'VE GOT UNANIMOUS CONSENSUS.

WE MAY NOT HAVE HEARD IT, BUT WE'VE GOT ALL OF US SAYING YES.

SO PLEASE, IF YOU WOULD. THANK YOU.

OKAY. WILL DO.

ALL RIGHT. SEEING.

SO I'LL GET BACK. OKAY.

YEAH. THANK YOU.

I'LL GET BACK TO YOU.

THAT'D BE GREAT. WE NOW HAVE.

KEISHA HAS A QUESTION. COMMISSIONER.

DANIEL. SORRY. NO WORRIES.

GOOD MORNING. FIRST, LET ME START OFF BY SAYING THANK YOU FOR THE HARD WORK.

COMING BACK WITH TWO, ALMOST 2.5 MILLION.

I THINK THAT'S GREAT.

SO THE EFFORTS WERE DEFINITELY WORTH IT BECAUSE WE BROUGHT BACK OVER 2 MILLION.

2.3 MILLION.

A FEDERAL DOLLAR STORE.

CITIES. QUESTION AND THANK YOU FOR, I GUESS, STAFF WORK, BECAUSE ALMOST EVERYTHING I READ ARE THINGS THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO ME, MY DISTRICT.

SO I REALLY APPRECIATE IT, ESPECIALLY ON THE PART OF, THE CITYWIDE LANDSCAPE BEAUTIFICATION AND.

ALSO WITH THE PARKS.

BECAUSE I WOULD REALLY LIKE US TO LOOK AT THE BASEBALL FIELD AND THE PARKS AT UNIVERSITY.

SEE HOW WE COULD IMPROVE NOT ONLY THE BASKETBALL COURT, BUT POSSIBLY GET TRACK AND FIELD IN THAT AREA.

SO I'M WONDERING IF WE COULD GET GRANT SOME TYPE OF GRANT MONEY FROM, ONE OF YOUR CATEGORIES WAS PARKS AND OPEN SPACE. YEAH, I THINK THAT WOULD BE A NICE, A NICE WAY TO BRING MONEY AND BEAUTIFICATION TO OUR CITY AND UPDATE OUR PARKS.

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ALSO, WE HAVE A PROBLEM IN DISTRICT FOUR WITH THE PLAZAS.

NEED AN UPDATE? I THINK IF YOU DRIVE AROUND DISTRICT FOUR, PLAZAS MIGHT SOME OF THEM MIGHT STAND OUT TO BE SOME OF THE WORST AS FAR AS BEAUTIFICATION.

SO IF WE COULD FOCUS ON THAT, ESPECIALLY FROM MY DISTRICT, BECAUSE IT IS NEEDED TO UPLIFT OUR CITY TO MAKE IT MORE BEAUTIFUL, MORE ATTRACTIVE.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

ABSOLUTELY. AND ONCE AGAIN, GOOD JOB.

I WAS CONTEMPLATING NOT GOING ON THE TRIP, BUT I THINK I SHOULD GO IF IT BRINGS BACK MILLIONS.

YEAH I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE SHOULD ADVOCATE FOR.

THANK YOU. GREAT.

WELL THANK YOU. AND I DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT, TO GO AND SPEAK WITH YOUR ELECTED OFFICIALS AND PARTICULARLY THE GRANT, AGENCIES.

ALL RIGHT. SEEING THAT THERE ARE NO OTHER.

QUESTIONS. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.

CONTINUE TO FEEL BETTER.

AND AGAIN CONGRATULATIONS.

THANK YOU. THANKS SO MUCH.

AND I LOOK FORWARD TO.

DO WE KNOW WHO'S COMING? AND WE DON'T HAVE TO DISCUSS IT NOW TO DC WAS WHERE, WE'RE YOU'LL GET YOUR LIST.

I THINK THAT'S STILL BEING WORKED ON.

I CAN TELL YOU THAT YOU WON'T SEE ME, BUT MAYBE AT ANOTHER TIME FOR MYSELF, SO.

OKAY, WELL, I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH ALL OF YOU, AND THANK YOU.

IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. BYE BYE.

BYE. ALL RIGHT.

MOVING RIGHT ALONG.

[1.b TR14078 - A Resolution of the City Commission of the City of Tamarac, Florida,awarding RFP 23-37R to EU International LLC; and approving an Agreement ofPurchase and Sale of Real Property to EU International LLC to sell ±3.47-acres ofTamarac Village city-owned vacant land located at Commercial Boulevard and NW91st Avenue for $5.2 Million to construct a mixed-use restaurant, retail, and multi-family project with structured parking; and authorizing the City Manager and CityAttorney to take all necessary action to effectuate the disposition; providing forconflicts; providing for severability; and providing for an effective date. Presented by Assistant City Manager and Community Development Director MaxineCalloway]

DO YOU WANT ME TO READ THIS WHOLE THING? NORMALLY WE DON'T READ THE WHOLE TITLE IN THE IN THE WORKSHOP, SO.

ALL RIGHT.

BEING PRESENTED BY ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, MAXINE CALLOWAY AND COMING TO THE TABLE AS WELL.

OR THE HOT SEAT IS LORI FUNDERWHITE, OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MANAGER.

YES, I GET IT RIGHT. YES! WOOHOO! MAYOR BEFORE, BEFORE WE TURN THEM OVER TO THIS, INCREDIBLE TEAM, I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST RECENT, MOST EXCITING PROJECTS THAT'S COMING TO TAMARAC.

YOU KNOW, AND IT BRINGS THE LEVEL OF INVESTMENT AND THE, ATTRACTIVE, NATURE OF, OF DEVELOPMENT TO THIS PART OF, TAMARAC THAT THAT WILL BRING A LOT OF LIFE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND, PROSPERITY TO, TO THAT PART OF THE COMMUNITY.

SO, I'M VERY HAPPY AND PROUD TO BRING THIS BEFORE THE COMMISSION.

AND, WE'RE ALSO APPRECIATED OF, OUR PARTNERS IN THIS, COLLIER REALTY THERE IN THE AUDIENCE AND, FOR, BRINGING THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THE CITY.

AND WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO MAXINE AND LORI.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

LEVENT. THIS ITEM WILL APPEAR ON THE AGENDA ON WEDNESDAY AS ITEM FOUR E TO OUR NUMBER 14078.

LET ME JUST. AND AGAIN, MAXINE CALLOWAY FOR THE RECORD, WITH ME IS LORI FUNDERWHITE, WHO IS THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MANAGER WHO WORKED ON THIS ITEM.

AND SO I WANTED HER TO BE HERE AS A PART OF THIS PRESENTATION.

SO, AS MENTIONED BY THE CITY MANAGER, THIS IS TAMARAC VILLAGE.

AND JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHERE THE PROJECT IS LOCATED, YOU SEE RIGHT THERE ON THE SLIDE, IT'S THE AREA THAT'S IN BLUE THAT'S GOING TO BE THE, THIS MORNING'S DISCUSSION.

SO SOME BACKGROUND FOR YOUR TIMELINE.

THIS AGAIN IS TAMARAC VILLAGE.

AS YOU KNOW, THIS PROJECT STARTED WITH 25 PLUS OR MINUS ACRES THAT THE CITY HAD ACQUIRED OVER TIME.

ENTERED INTO A LEASE ARRANGEMENT WITH JKM AS YOU KNOW, TO DEVELOP THAT PROPERTY IN ITS ENTIRETY.

THE PROPERTY UNDER THAT LEASE, COMPRISED OF THREE PHASES.

PHASE ONE, WHICH WE KNOW IS COMPLETE AND WAS COMPLETED IN 2020.

PHASE TWO, WHICH IS ALSO COMPLETE, WAS RECENTLY COMPLETED IN 2023, WHICH INCLUDES THE PARK, THE AMPHITHEATER OR PUBLIC ART INSTALLATION, WHICH, BY THE WAY, I THINK WAS COMPLETED ON YESTERDAY.

IF YOU HAVEN'T GONE OUT TO SEE THE SOCIAL JUSTICE WALL, IT WAS DONE BY THE ARTIST OVER THE WEEKEND, SOME OFF SITE STORMWATER RETENTION PONDS, IMPROVEMENT, LANDSCAPING AND STREETSCAPING. SO THE CITY IS IN THE PROCESS CURRENTLY OF TRYING TO CLOSE OUT THAT PROJECT.

WE'RE IN TALKS WITH JKM TO FINALIZE THAT AND HAVE THE PARK TURNED OVER TO THE CITY, PERMANENTLY.

AND OF COURSE, PHASE THREE, WHICH IS A FINAL PHASE, WHICH WILL BE THE DISCUSSION THAT WE WILL HAVE THIS MORNING REGARDING, THE SOLICITATION AND THE AWARD.

SO THE ITEM FOR DISCUSSION.

AGAIN, TAMARAC VILLAGES IS JUST CONCERNED IN PHASE THREE, WHICH IS THE COMMERCIAL SITE WHICH WE KNOW IS COMPRISED OF PLUS OR -3.47 ACRES.

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IT'S STRADDLED BY 91ST STREET.

YOU SEE WHERE YOU HAVE A SMALLER PARCEL, WHICH IS A 0.83 ACRES, AND THE LARGER PARCEL, WHICH IS A 2.64 ACRES.

AND YOU SEE THE FOLIO NUMBERS THERE TO DESCRIBE BOTH PARCELS.

A TIMELINE AND SOME BACKGROUND.

IN JUNE, AS YOU KNOW, THIS ENTIRE PROPERTY WAS THE SUBJECT OF A LEASE AGREEMENT.

THERE WAS A TIME CERTAIN IN THE LEASE AGREEMENT FOR JKM TO LET THE CITY KNOW IF THEY WERE GOING TO BE DEVELOPING COMMERCIAL OR SELECTING A REPOSITIONING OPTION, WHICH WAS INCLUDED IN THE LEASE AGREEMENT.

AND AT OR AROUND, JUNE JKM LET US KNOW THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO GO WITH THE REPOSITIONING OPTION, WHICH THE CITY WAS NOT SATISFIED WITH.

THAT OPTION WOULD INCLUDE JUST THE CONSTRUCTION OF JUST MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL.

WE ALWAYS WANTED TO SEE RETAIL COMMERCIAL, WHICH HAS BEEN A PART OF THE CITY'S VISION.

AND SO ON JUNE 28TH, 2023, WE TERMINATED OUR LEASE ARRANGEMENT WITH JKM ON THE COMMERCIAL PARCEL.

IN THAT ITEM, WE ALSO AGREED TO HAVE COLLIERS OR PARTNERS HELP US TO GO OUT AND TO DO A FORMAL SOLICITATION TO MARKET THE PROPERTY FOR SALE, WHICH IS WHAT WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT THIS MORNING.

SO ON JUNE 28TH IS WHEN YOU ACTUALLY TERMINATED THAT LEASE AGREEMENT.

AND THEN ON AUGUST 17TH, WE WENT AHEAD AND DID THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL THAT WAS ISSUED FOR SEALED BID FOR THE COMMERCIAL PROJECT.

AND WE WERE LOOKING FOR PROPOSALS AS WELL AS AN OFFER PRICE TO BE SUBMITTED TO THE CITY ON NOVEMBER 16TH WAS THE DEADLINE.

THAT'S WHEN THAT WAS CLOSED.

AND THEN SHORTLY AFTER, ON DECEMBER 12TH IS WHEN THE CITY MANAGER APPOINTED STAFF, THROUGH.

AND THAT'S THE PROCESS WITH MOST OF OUR SOLICITATIONS TO BE A PART OF A COMMITTEE TO EVALUATE THE PROPOSALS THAT WE RECEIVE AND TO RANK THEM.

IT WAS DURING THAT TIME THAT EU INTERNATIONAL LLC WAS RANKED THE TOP RANKED PROPOSAL.

AND DURING THE MONTH OF DECEMBER, LATE DECEMBER INTO JANUARY IS WHEN STAFF COMMENCE A NEGOTIATION PROCESS AND DRAFTED THE PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT, WHICH IS THE ITEM THAT'S ON YOUR AGENDA. SO JUST TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE TWO PROPOSALS THAT WERE RECEIVED BY STAFF.

THE FIRST ONE, OF COURSE, PROPOSAL NUMBER ONE, EU INTERNATIONAL, THEY ARE A BOCA RATON BASED DEVELOPER, PRESIDENT AKRON USMAN, AND I APOLOGIZE IF I AM NOT PRONOUNCING THAT CORRECTLY.

AND THE PROPOSAL INCLUDED THE CONSTRUCTION OF A MIXED USE RETAIL PROJECT WITH MULTIFAMILY AS WELL THE RETAIL COMPONENT, ANYWHERE FROM 38,000 TO 44,000FT², AND THE MULTIFAMILY COMPONENT TO BE ANYWHERE FROM 302 UNITS UPWARDS TO 334 UNITS.

THE PROJECT PROPOSAL WOULD INCLUDE THE CITY'S FIRST STRUCTURED PARKING.

AND OF COURSE, THAT PROPOSAL HAD A PURCHASE PRICE OFFER OF $5.2 MILLION.

THIS IS A CONCEPTUAL PLAN THAT WAS INCLUDED AS WELL AS A PART OF THE PROPOSAL, WHICH WOULD INCLUDE CAFE, BAKERY, INDOOR OUTDOOR RESTAURANT SEATING, WHICH WOULD BE ADJACENT TO A NEWLY CONSTRUCTED TAMARAC VILLAGE PUBLIC PARK OR AMPHITHEATER AND OUR SPLASH PAD.

AND OF COURSE, WE FELT THAT THIS CREATED A NEW COMMUNITY GATHERING AREA WITH WHAT THE PROPOSAL INCLUDED.

THE SECOND PROPOSAL THE CITY RECEIVED WAS FROM P3 REAL ESTATE, LLC.

THEY'RE A MIAMI BASED DEVELOPER, GAURAV BHUTANI AS THE PRESIDENT.

THAT PROPOSAL INCLUDED A ONE STORY RESTAURANT RETAIL COMPRISING OF ABOUT 43,884FT², WHICH WOULD INCLUDE PLUS OR -14 TENANT SPACES AND OUTDOOR PLAZA SPACE AND PLUS OR -40 PARKING SPACES.

IT ALSO INCLUDED A PURCHASE PRICE OF $1 MILLION, AND IT WAS A BIT UNUSUAL, THIS REVENUE SHARING MODEL THAT WAS PROPOSED.

THE CITY WOULD RECEIVE THAT $1 MILLION OVER A 13 YEAR PERIOD IN REVENUE SHARES.

THAT WOULD BE SOMEWHERE AROUND 7% ANNUALLY.

IF THE PROJECT WERE OVER A HALF $1 MILLION, I GUESS, IN SALES.

SO IT WAS A BIT UNUSUAL TO SEE THIS PROPOSAL, BUT NOTWITHSTANDING, WAS $1 MILLION TO RECEIVE OVER 13 YEAR PERIOD.

SO THE EVALUATION COMMITTEE MET ON DECEMBER 12TH, 2023.

BOTH PROPOSAL CAME BEFORE THE CITY UNANIMOUSLY.

EU INTERNATIONAL WAS RECOMMENDED AND IS BEEN RECOMMENDED TO YOU AS THE TOP PROPOSER.

AND THAT WAS BASED ON A NUMBER OF FACTORS THAT STAFF CONSIDERED.

WE LOOKED AT THE FACT THAT THIS WOULD BE THE FIRST PROJECT THAT WOULD BRING THE HIGHEST AND BEST USE THE OFFERING PRICE OF $5.2 MILLION, THE FIRST STRUCTURED PARKING THAT WOULD BE IN THE CITY THAT WOULD ALSO BENEFIT THE CITY IN TERMS OF OUR EVENTS AND WOULD SUPPORT FUTURE PLANNING FOR THE CITY AS WELL.

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THIS PROPOSAL ALSO HAD THE GREATEST ECONOMIC IMPACT, AND IT WOULD GROW THE CITY'S TAX BASE AND, OF COURSE, MITIGATE THE BURDEN THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE ON OUR RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES.

WE ALSO APPRECIATED THE STRONG OFFER PRICE OF $5.2 MILLION, WHICH IS CONSISTENT WITH THE APPRAISED VALUE OF $5.435 MILLION. SO JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE CITY'S LOCAL ACTIVITY CENTER.

WE DISCUSSED THIS.

I THINK IT WAS LAST YEAR WHEN WE BROUGHT SOME GUIDELINES BEFORE YOU, BUT WE JUST WANTED TO EMPHASIZE WHY STAFF FELT THAT THIS PROPOSAL WAS STRONG, IS WAS WELL POSITIONED, HIGHEST AND BEST ALONG THE MAJOR CORRIDOR AND IN THE LOCAL ACTIVITY CENTER, WHICH IS DESIGNED TO SUPPORT PROJECTS OF THIS TYPE.

THE CITY IS ONE OF 37 LOCAL ACTIVITY CENTERS THAT IS LOCATED IN BROWARD COUNTY AND THE CITY OF TAMARAC LOCAL ACTIVITY CENTER IS IDENTIFIED IN BLUE.

THAT'S THE AREA THAT WE HAVE PLANNED, ALONG WITH THE COUNTY, TO SUPPORT FUTURE GROWTH, HIGH INTENSITY AND HIGH DENSITY BECAUSE OF COURSE, IT'S ON A MAJOR CORRIDOR, THE ABILITY TO SUPPORT TRANSIT AND FUTURE TRANSIT TO SUPPORT THE DENSITY THAT IS ENCOURAGED IN THE LOCAL ACTIVITY CENTER.

JUST TO SHOW YOU AND SHARE WITH YOU WHAT SOME OF OUR CITIES ARE DOING AROUND US.

YOU MIGHT HAVE DRIVEN BY, THIS PROJECT THAT IS CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION, ALMOST COMPLETED IN CORAL SPRINGS.

THIS IS WITHIN THE CORAL SPRINGS LOCAL ACTIVITY CENTER.

YOU CAN SEE THE INTENSITY AND THE DENSITY THAT'S, BEING CONSTRUCTED IN THIS LOCAL ACTIVITY CENTER.

THE SAME, OF COURSE, IS FOR LAUDERHILL.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO TOO FAR TO SEE THIS PROJECT.

I HAVE TO TELL YOU THAT IT LOOKS LIKE THESE IMAGES LOOK WAY BETTER THAN THE ACTUAL BUILD PRODUCT, BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO TOO FAR TO SEE WHAT IS HAPPENING IN LAUDERHILL.

AS OUR NEIGHBORS.

AND OF COURSE SUNRISE.

THIS IS IN THEIR LOCAL ACTIVITY CENTER AND TALKING ABOUT INTENSITY AND DENSITY.

YOU CAN SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING OR WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED.

HOTEL ALONG WITH SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF RESIDENTIAL UNITS AND THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF RETAIL AND OFFICE THAT'S BEING PROPOSED IN THEIR LOCAL ACTIVITY CENTER.

AND FINALLY, THIS IS THE CITY OF OAKLAND PARK, WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING AND THEIR LOCAL ACTIVITY CENTER, THEY'RE PROPOSING AS WELL, THEIR NEW CITY HALL AS A PART OF THE INTENSITY AND DENSITY THAT'S BEING PROPOSED THERE.

AND SO BEFORE WE GO INTO THE TERMS OF THE PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT, IT WAS STAFF BELIEVES THAT THIS PROPOSAL FROM EU INTERNATIONAL FULLY SUPPORTS OUR STRATEGIC PLANS AND OUR STRATEGIC GOALS.

SPECIFICALLY, TAMARAC IS ECONOMICALLY RESILIENT, WHICH IS GOAL NUMBER THREE, AND TAMARAC IS VIBRANT, WHICH IS GOAL NUMBER FOUR.

SO GOING INTO THE TERMS OF THE PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT.

AS MENTIONED BEFORE, THE PURCHASE PRICE THAT'S BEING OFFERED BY EU INTERNATIONAL IS $5.2 MILLION.

THIS IS TO CONSTRUCT.

THE PROPERTY WILL BE PURCHASED, MOVING THE CITY COMPLETELY AWAY FROM THE LEASE ARRANGEMENT THAT WE'RE ACCUSTOMED TO, THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY UNDER WITH THE REST OF TAMARAC VILLAGE. SO THIS WILL BE A FULL OUT PURCHASE BY EU INTERNATIONAL TO CONSTRUCT A MIXED USE PROJECT RANGING FROM 38,000 TO 44,000FT², WHICH WILL INCLUDE A RESTAURANT AND RETAIL WITH A MULTIFAMILY COMPONENT THAT WILL COMPRISE OF 302 TO 334 MULTIFAMILY UNITS.

THE PROJECT WILL ALSO INCLUDE STRUCTURED PARKING AND AN OFF SITE STORMWATER RETENTION POND, WHICH IS REQUIRED FOR DRAINAGE.

THE DUE DILIGENCE PERIOD AS ENUMERATED IN THE AGREEMENT IS A TOTAL OF 300 DAYS, 60 DAYS, WHICH WILL BE THE INSPECTION PERIOD, AND THEN AN APPROVAL PERIOD, WHICH WOULD INCLUDE THE SITE PLAN APPROVAL, WHICH WILL COME BEFORE THIS BODY, AS WELL AS THE PD AGREEMENT THAT IS 240 DAYS FOR THE APPROVAL PERIOD.

THE DEPOSITS THAT IS IN THE PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT IS $50,000.

IS THE INITIAL DEPOSIT WHICH IS UPON CONTRACT EXECUTIONS.

TO DO APPROVE THAT DEPOSIT IS REFUNDABLE, UNTIL APPROVALS IS RECEIVED AND ALL DEPOSITS THAT YOU SEE LISTED GOES TOWARDS THE PURCHASE PRICE.

THERE IS A SECOND DEPOSIT THAT IS PAID TO THE CITY UPON POST INSPECTION PERIOD.

SO THAT'S AT THE APPROVAL PERIOD.

AND THEN SHOULD THERE ANY SHOULD THERE BE ANY EXTENSION REQUESTS FROM INTERNATIONAL AFTER THE 240 DAYS OR THE COMBINED 300 DAYS, THEN THEY WOULD HAVE TO PAY $50,000 FOR AN EXTENSION, WHICH WOULD BE A 90 DAY EXTENSION.

THAT DEPOSIT IS NONREFUNDABLE IF IN FACT WE DON'T GO TO CLOSING.

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AND OF COURSE, CLOSING IS WITHIN 30 DAYS OF APPROVAL.

SO I JUST WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU SOME OF THE RENDERINGS THAT WE RECEIVED FROM EU INTERNATIONAL ON THE PROJECT, AND JUST WANT TO REMIND YOU THAT THIS IS CONCEPTUAL IN NATURE. THE PROJECT DOES REQUIRE SITE PLAN APPROVAL, DRC APPROVAL AS WELL AS A PD AGREEMENT, WHICH IS YOUR STANDARD IS TANTAMOUNT TO YOUR DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.

SO YOU WILL SEE IT. BUT THIS IS CONCEPTUAL IN NATURE.

AND JUST LIKE A MASS IN PLAN SHOWING THE BUILDINGS IN COMPARISON TO WHERE, TO THE EXISTING TAMARAC VILLAGE BUILDINGS AS WELL.

SO STAFF IS RECOMMENDING AND WILL BE RECOMMENDING ON WEDNESDAY THAT YOU AWARD THIS PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT TO EU INTERNATIONAL FOR $5.2 MILLION BASED ON THE TERMS THAT ARE ENUMERATED IN THE PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT.

AND WE BELIEVE THAT THIS RECOMMENDATION SUPPORTS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND IN THE STRATEGIC PLANS AND THE GOALS, IT REVITALIZES TAMARAC'S COMMERCIAL CORRIDORS AND ATTRACT NEW VIBRANT RESTAURANTS AND RETAIL.

IT CONCENTRATES TAMARAC DENSITY AND GROWTH IN THE RIGHT PLACE, WITHIN OUR DESIGNATED LOCAL ACTIVITY CENTER, WHICH IS DESIGNED TO SUPPORT THIS TYPE OF INTENSITY AND DENSITY.

IT ALSO SUPPORTS ECONOMIC GROWTH IN THAT OUR COMMERCIAL TAX BASE WILL BE REPLENISHED, AND IT WILL MITIGATE THE BURDEN THAT WE HAVE ON OUR RESIDENTIAL, TAX PAYERS. THE LAND SALES PROCEEDS WILL BE APPLIED TOWARDS THE TAMARAC VILLAGE FUND, DEBT FROM THE CITY'S LAND ACQUISITION, AND, THE COMMUNITY WILL BE ACTIVATED. IT WILL BE OFFERING THEM AND PROVIDING THE COMMUNITY WHAT WE'VE HEARD ABOUT THE RESTAURANT AND THE RETAIL AND THE COMMERCIAL COMPONENT AND WILL ACTIVATE HELP TO ACTIVATE, OF COURSE, THE AMPHITHEATER, THE PARK AREA, THE SPLASH PAD AND PROVIDE THE STRUCTURED PARKING THAT THE CITY IS, GOING TO NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT ACTIVATED SPACE IS SUCCESSFUL.

THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.

MYSELF AND LAURIE ARE AVAILABLE TO RESPOND TO ANY QUESTIONS.

COMMISSIONER BOLTON. ALL RIGHT.

GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING.

IT'S COMMISSIONER RIGHTS DISTRICT ATTORNEY, IF HE WANTS.

OKAY. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. SO.

LET'S START WITH THE COMMERCIAL SPACE.

YES. 45,000FT² WAS WHAT WAS REPORTED OVER THE WEEKEND.

I THINK IN BIZ JOURNAL OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

I'M HEARING 38,000 TO 44,000FT².

HOW BIG IS THAT? THAT'S EXACTLY THE SPACE THAT.

IF YOU GIVE ME A VISUAL OF WHAT? 38,000FT². LOOKS LIKE.

BECAUSE FROM MY RESEARCH OVER THE WEEKEND, THAT LOOKS LIKE A GYM.

OKAY, L.A. FITNESS OR IT KIND OF LOOKS LIKE A PUBLIC SCHOOL.

SO. SO GIVE ME YOUR PERSPECTIVE OF WHAT 38,000FT² LOOKS LIKE.

MAYBE A BIT LARGER THAN A PUBLIX, BUT FROM A VISUAL.

AND I WISH WE WOULD HAVE BROUGHT THAT.

IT IS EXACTLY.

IF YOU RECALL WHAT WE APPROVED BEFORE FOR THE COMMERCIAL PARCEL FOR TAMARAC VILLAGE.

WE WERE STICKING WITH THAT SAME SQUARE FOOTAGE, SINCE THAT'S WHAT WE DETERMINED WOULD BE VIABLE AT THAT LOCATION.

SO IT'S AROUND IF YOU CAN CONCEPTUALLY REMEMBER WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, BUT IT WOULD BE ON.

OKAY. AND COMMISSIONER, JUST TO ADD, SO THE PROPOSED SITE PLAN FOR ME YOU INCLUDES.

OH, THE PROPOSED SITE PLAN FROM EU INCLUDES A BREAKING UP OF THAT SPACE.

SO A CERTAIN AMOUNT IS DESIGNATED ON THE CONCEPTUAL SITE PLAN FOR, YOU KNOW, A BAKERY, A RESTAURANT, INDOOR AND OUTDOOR SEATING ALONG THE PARK AND THEN RETAIL ALONG COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD. WHEN WE WERE PROPOSING WHEN TAMARAC VILLAGE WAS FIRST PROPOSED.

THIS THIS ENTIRE AREA THAT'S NOW AVAILABLE.

WAS PROPOSED AS.

AS COMMERCIAL.

ALL COMMERCIAL. THAT'S CORRECT.

OKAY. WITH PARKING.

WITH SURFACE PARKING.

OKAY. SO ALL COMMERCIAL.

THAT'S WHAT WE TOLD THE RESIDENTS.

THAT'S WHAT WE DID.

AND THEN WE SAID THAT THE EXISTING BUILT OUT SECTION WOULD BE RESIDENTIAL.

YES, THAT'S WHAT WAS APPROVED, AS WELL AS A PART OF THE MASTER PLAN.

OKAY. WE'VE ALSO BEEN TELLING RESIDENTS AND COMMUNITY MEETINGS THAT WE'RE BRINGING RESIDENTS RESTAURANTS, AND WE'RE BRINGING MORE COMMERCIAL SPACES. THAT'S CORRECT.

OKAY. AND RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN TELLING US THAT WE DON'T NEED MORE RESIDENTIAL, THAT THIS KIND OF DENSITY,

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IS THAT WHAT WE'VE BEEN HEARING? I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE SECOND PART THAT I HEARD THAT THIS KIND OF RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN SAYING THAT WE'VE BEEN BUILDING TOO MUCH RESIDENTIAL.

THAT WE NEED COMMERCIAL.

WE NEED SHOPPING AREAS.

WE NEED RESTAURANTS.

IS THAT WHAT WE'VE BEEN HEARING? WE HAVE BEEN HEARING THAT. OKAY.

SO I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW WE COME FROM ALL OF THAT.

PROMISING RESIDENTS THAT THIS OPEN AREA WOULD BE ALL COMMERCIAL.

WE PROMISE RESIDENTS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BUILD RESTAURANTS AND SHOPPING AREAS.

AND THEN WE ARE NOW HEARING A PROPOSAL TO BUILD.

A TEN STORY PROJECT.

WITH 312 APARTMENTS, MAKING IT A TOTAL OF 713 APARTMENTS.

WITH A COMMERCIAL SPACE THAT LOOKS LIKE A PUBLIX.

EITHER SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH STAFF.

OR SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH MY EARS OR SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH.

QUIET. OR SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH HOW WE ARE INTERPRETING WHAT RESIDENTS ARE SAYING.

THIS PROJECT LOOKS.

LOOKS GRAND. IT LOOKS BEAUTIFUL.

I CAN'T KNOCK WHAT IT IS.

I THINK THE RENDERINGS ARE GREAT.

IT IT IT IT'S IT SELLS.

BUT. I CANNOT IN GOOD CONSCIENCE VOTE FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS.

NOT. NOT WHEN WE.

WE PROMISED RESIDENTS THAT WE'RE BRINGING IT DOWNTOWN.

WITH WITH EXISTING RESIDENTIAL AS TAMARAC VILLAGE WOULD BE.

AND IN COMMERCIAL.

RESTAURANTS AND SHOPPING AREAS.

I SAT IN A WORKSHOP YEARS AGO JUST LIKE THIS, AND I AND I SAID TO YOU AND THE CITY MANAGER AT THE TIME THAT I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT THAT SPACE IS GOING TO BECOME COMMERCIAL.

YOU REMEMBER THAT. YES.

AND EVERYBODY LOOKED AT ME AND THEY LAUGHED AND THEY WERE LIKE, OH, WE'RE GOING TO BUILD A COMMERCIAL.

WE'RE GOING TO BUILD A COMMERCIAL.

IT IS A DONE DEAL.

AND AND AND YEARS LATER TO TO SIT HERE AND AND JUST.

SEE THAT MY THE WORDS THAT I USED IS, IS REALLY COMING TO PASS.

IT IS JUST.

DISAPPOINTING. AND AGAIN, I BELIEVE THAT.

STAFF IS TAKING ADVANTAGE OF COMMISSIONERS WHO DO NOT KNOW BECAUSE THEY DO NOT KNOW THE HISTORY.

THEY DON'T NECESSARILY KNOW WHAT WAS PROMISED.

RESIDENTS. WE'RE TOLD.

WE'RE PROMISED THAT THIS ENTIRE AREA WOULD BE COMMERCIAL.

THAT'S WHAT THEY WERE TOLD.

AND WE'RE GOING BACK ON OUR WORD.

AND I AND I DON'T APPRECIATE IT.

AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT STAFF IS DOING A LOUSY JOB.

I'M NOT SAYING THAT STAFF IS HORRIBLE.

I THINK THAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING THE BEST THAT YOU CAN AND THAT YOU ARE BRINGING, YOU'RE YOU'RE BRINGING OPTIONS AND, AND AND WE APPRECIATE YOU FOR THAT.

BUT IT'S JUST.

IT'S JUST NOT WHAT? WE WERE.

WE PROMISED OUR RESIDENTS AND AND AND BECAUSE OF THAT PROMISE.

I AM NOT GOING TO SUPPORT IT.

MY COLLEAGUES CAN SUPPORT IT IF THEY WANT, IF THEY CHOOSE TO.

THEY'RE INTELLIGENT, INTELLECTUAL, INDEPENDENT PEOPLE.

MORE POWER TO YOU.

BUT I'M NOT GOING TO GO BACK ON MY WORD.

WHERE THE RESIDENTS ARE CONCERNED.

I WAS HERE.

WHEN TAMARAC VILLAGE WAS.

BEING PROPOSED.

IT WAS FIRST PROPOSED BEFORE MY TIME, BUT I WAS HERE.

I'M HERE LONG? LONG ENOUGH TO KNOW THE HISTORY.

AND AND AND.

I'M PREPARED TO BE THE SOLE LONE, THE SOLE NO VOTE ON THIS.

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FINANCE DIRECTOR, WHO, BY THE WAY, IS DOING AN AWESOME JOB.

PROCEED. CHRISTINE CAJUSTE, DIRECTOR OF FINANCIAL SERVICES.

HOW MUCH DO WE OWN THIS PROPERTY? WE OWN $16.2 MILLION.

$16.2 MILLION.

YES. WE'RE SELLING FOR 5.2.

YES. THE $16.2 MILLION ORIGINALLY COVERED PURCHASE OF ALL THREE PARCELS.

OKAY. YES.

AND AND HOW MUCH DO WE OWE, THEN ON THE AVAILABLE SPACE? THE OPEN LAND? THIS THIS PARCEL.

ACTUALLY, THE TWO ARE NOT CONNECTED.

THE DEBT REALLY, IS SEPARATE, AND IT'S NOT.

IT'S NOT BROKEN DOWN BY PARCEL.

THE DEBT IS ONE DEBT.

ON COMPANIES IN ALL THREE PARCELS, SO THERE IS NOT A BREAKDOWN.

OKAY, SO SO I DID MY RESEARCH.

SO PROCEED WITH CAUTION BECAUSE I KNOW THAT WHEN WE SELL THIS, WE'RE LOSING MONEY.

ARE WE LOSING MONEY OR NOT? THE TRUTH IS, WHEN WE, WHEN YOU TAKE ON THE PURCHASE PRICE AND ALL THAT WE'VE SPENT OVER THE YEARS.

THE. WHERE WE ARE IS MORE THAN.

WHAT THE DEBT IS RIGHT NOW.

SO IT'D BE LOSING MONEY.

AND I INTERJECT.

MAYOR, PLEASE, CITY MANAGER, GO AHEAD.

WHY IS EVERYBODY ALL OF A SUDDEN JUMPING IN? WE WANT TO. BECAUSE THE CITY MANAGER HAS THE RIGHT TO SPEAK.

HE IS THE ONE WHO DIRECTS. YES.

YES, HE. YES HE DOES.

BUT THE. BUT THE FINANCE DIRECTOR IS THE ONE WHO KNOWS NUMBERS.

AND I'M ASKING THE FINANCE DIRECTOR WHO KNOWS NUMBERS IF WE'RE LOSING MONEY.

IT'S A SIMPLE QUESTION, ACTUALLY, COMMISSIONER, IT IS NOT BECAUSE IT ENCOMPASSES VARIOUS OTHER THINGS.

AND YOUR QUESTION IS TOO BROAD IN ORDER FOR IT TO BE ANSWERED IN THE WAY THAT IT NEEDS TO BE ANSWERED.

AND MISS CAJUSTE IS DOING THE BEST SHE CAN WITHIN THE LIMITED SCOPE IN WHICH YOU'RE GIVING HER.

BUT IT IS PIGEONHOLING HER AND NOT BEING ABLE TO GIVE YOU A FULL ANSWER.

THEREFORE, THE CITY MANAGER WHO IS IN CHARGE OF OUR WONDERFUL TEAM, HAS THE RIGHT TO SPEAK AND CONTROLS.

IF ANYBODY ELSE WISHES TO SPEAK FROM HIS STAFF, PLEASE PROCEED.

THANK YOU MAYOR. I MEAN, WE CAN HAVE, OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.

DIRECTOR CHIME IN AS WELL.

AND I'VE BEEN PART OF, THIS PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT FROM THE BEGINNING.

AND SO, I'M EXTREMELY FAMILIAR WITH THE HISTORY OF THE, THE PROPERTY AND THE, THE PROGRESS OF WHAT WE HAVE DONE IN THAT LOCATION.

SO, AS CHRISTINE SAID, WE OWE ABOUT $16.2 MILLION ON THE PROPERTY, BUT THAT'S FOR THE ENTIRETY OF THE 25 ACRES.

SO THE REMAINING, THE FIRST TWO PHASES OF THE, TAMARAC VILLAGE, THEY STILL HAVE SOME OUTSTANDING BUYOUT OPTIONS THAT COULD ACTUALLY ADD UP TO MUCH MORE THAN WHAT WE OWE ON THE PROPERTY.

SO THIS IS ONLY A SMALL PORTION OF THAT PROPERTY THAT WE'RE SELLING FOR THE MARKET PRICE.

AND THE REMAINING TWO PARCELS, IF THE, JKLM PROPERTIES, EXERCISE THAT OPTION, THE BUYOUT OPTION, WHICH THEY MAY HAVE TO AT SOME POINT IF THEY DECIDE TO SELL THE PROPERTY, THEN THEN WE WOULD DEFINITELY BE MUCH MORE OR WAY AHEAD OF THE, THE REMAINING OUTSTANDING LOAN BALANCE.

IN FACT, EACH LEASE AGREEMENT HAVE, AS THE CITY MANAGER JUST SAID, A PAYMENT SCHEDULE.

I WAS JUST ASKING CHRISTINE, LIKE IF IT WERE TO BE PURCHASED THIS YEAR, WHAT THAT PAYMENT SCHEDULE, WHAT THE LAND WOULD BE BOUGHT FOR.

AND, I THINK SHE'S CHECKING THAT.

BUT IF THIS COMMERCIAL PARCEL UNDER THE LEASE ARRANGEMENT.

WE'RE NOT TERMINATED.

JAKE. AM I BOUGHT IT IN THIS YEAR.

THEY WOULD BE PAYING US A LITTLE BIT OVER $3 MILLION.

AND SHE'S GOING TO CONFIRM THAT.

SO THIS IS TO TELL YOU THAT SELLING THIS PARCEL AT THE MARKET VALUE AT 5.2 IS IN EXCESS OF WHAT WE WOULD HAVE GOTTEN HAD WE REMAINED IN THE LEASE AND JKM, BASED ON THE LEASE TERMS, HAD BOUGHT US OUT.

SIMILARLY, AS THE MANAGER JUST STATED, THE RESIDENTIAL LEASES AS WELL.

THEY BOTH INCLUDE A PAYMENT SCHEDULE TO TELL YOU WHAT THEY WOULD BE ENTITLED TO PAY US IF THEY WERE TO SELL THIS YEAR.

COMBINING THIS 5.2, IN ADDITION WITH THE TWO RESIDENTIAL PARCELS, IF THEY WERE TO BUY IT THIS YEAR WOULD PUT US WAY IN EXCESS.

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TALK ABOUT THE THIRD PARTY APPRAISAL.

HOW MUCH WAS IT APPRAISED FOR? GO AHEAD. IT APPRAISED.

THE MOST RECENT APPRAISALS IN JANUARY WERE FOR 5.4355.435.

AND HOW MUCH ARE WE SELLING FOR 5.2.

WE HAD A.

CHRISTINE, WHEN YOU GET THE FLOOR, SIR, YOU CAN TALK.

I WAS.

BUT ALSO IT WOULD BE NICE IF YOU LET THE SPEAKERS FINISH SPEAKING THEIR SENTENCES VERSUS COMMENTING THEM OFF.

WHEN YOU GET THE ANSWER YOU THINK YOU WANT TO HEAR.

I'M JUST GOING TO SAY WE HAD AN OPINION OF VALUE WHEN WE TOOK THE PROPERTY TO MARKET.

WE HAD A BROKER OPINION OF VALUE IN THE RANGE OF 4.4 TO 5 LAST SUMMER.

EVEN WORSE. SO THIRD PARTY APPRAISAL IS RIGHT NOW IS FIVE POINT FOUR.

MILLION DOLLARS.

CHRISTINE. THAT'S WHAT LAURIE REPORTED.

OKAY? AND WE'RE SELLING FOR $5.2 MILLION, SO WE'RE SELLING FOR LESS THAN THE APPRAISED VALUE.

I THINK THERE WERE TWO APPRAISAL, IF I RECALL, AT THE TIME.

SO YES.

SO WE HAD TWO APPRAISALS FROM JANUARY WHEN WE TOOK THE PROPERTY TO MARKET.

WE DID NOT DICTATE A SALES PRICE.

THIS WAS AN OPEN, YOU KNOW, SOLICITATION AND A SEALED BID PROCESS.

WE WANTED DEVELOPMENT PROPOSALS THAT BROUGHT, YOU KNOW, THE BEST PROPOSALS AND THEIR BEST PRICES IN A SEALED BID PROCESS.

SO THAT WAS INTENTIONAL NOT TO SET A FLOOR OR A PRICE.

WE JUST, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY PUT IT OUT TO MARKET, LET THE MARKET MARKET DICTATE.

GOT IT. MISS CALLOWAY, HOW TALL IS IS TAMARAC VILLAGE RIGHT NOW? IT'S FOUR STOREYS, FOUR STOREYS.

AND THIS NEW PROJECT WOULD BE.

PLUS OR -10 OR 11.

PLUS OR MINUS TEN.

EXCUSE ME. I'M GOING TO INTERRUPT.

I REALLY NEED YOU.

LADIES, TO PLEASE SPEAK INTO YOUR MICS.

SURE. THANK YOU. TAMARAC VILLAGE IS FOUR STORIES.

THAT'S CORRECT.

AND THIS NEW PROJECT IS PROPOSED TO BE PLUS OR -10 OR 11.

I WANTED TO JUST WHICH IS WHY WHEN I TALKED ABOUT THE CONCEPTUAL, I WANT TO REMIND YOU THAT SHOULD THIS PROCEED, IT GOES TO A SITE PLAN PROCESS.

AND SO THAT'S WHY THE PURCHASE AND SALE HAS PLUS OR MINUS.

YEAH. IT GOES TO SITE PLAN, MISS CALLOWAY.

BUT WHEN IT WHEN IT GOES TO SITE PLAN.

YOU'RE YOU'RE WE'RE.

YOU'RE NOT GOING TO THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BRING BACK THREE STORIES.

IT WOULDN'T IT WOULDN'T MAKE SENSE.

MONEY. MONEY WOULDN'T MAKE SENSE.

SO SO WE CAN'T THROW THROW AROUND SITE PLAN.

THE RENDERING IS IS 10 TO 11.

STORIES HIGH BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT MAKES SENSE FINANCIALLY FOR THE BUYERS.

SO WE ARE PUTTING.

DOUBLE THE HEIGHT.

OF TAMARAC VILLAGE.

IN FRONT OF TAMARAC VILLAGE.

SO ANYTHING EFFECTIVELY BEHIND THERE? WHOEVER BOUGHT WHOEVER RENTED THEIR APARTMENT FOR A VIEW OF COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD OR A VIEW OF WHATEVER IS GOING TO LOSE IT.

NOT. NOT INTO THAT.

OH. I'M SORRY.

COMMISSIONER RIGHT. YOU LIVE THERE, SO YOU'LL PROBABLY LOSE YOUR VIEW.

SO. AND.

SO THESE ARE 400.

ONE PLUS 312 713.

THE AMOUNT OF CARS ON COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD.

THE SCHOOL IS THERE.

THIS IS RENTAL.

I MEAN, GOOD LUCK TO YOU AND GOD BLESS ALL OF YOU.

VICE MAYOR, RIGHT? THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.

THANK GOD. I'M ASKING.

WHY DID WE PICK THIS PROPOSAL OVER THE OTHER PROPOSAL? THE OTHER PROPOSAL SEEMS LIKE IT MATCHES WHAT WAS THE ORIGINAL VISION OF TAMARAC VILLAGE, WHERE IT'S A SINGLE STORY, COMMERCIAL SPACE THAT FITS INTO THAT ORIGINAL VISION

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WHY DO WE WHY DO WE WHY DO WE PICK THIS OPTION? WELL IN COMPARISON, A NUMBER OF REASONS.

WE FELT THAT THIS PROPOSAL BROUGHT THE HIGHEST AND BEST RIGHT IN OUR LOCAL ACTIVITY CENTER, WHICH IS WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO ACTIVATE MOST OF OUR INTENSITY, INTENSITY AND DENSITY. IN ADDITION, THE PURCHASE PRICE, THIS IS 5.2 MILLION.

WHAT WAS PROPOSED IN THE OTHER PROPOSAL WAS 1 MILLION PAID TO THE CITY OVER TIME, WITH A REVENUE SHARE MODEL THAT WE DIDN'T QUITE UNDERSTAND. TO BE QUITE HONEST.

IT LOOKS LIKE IT WAS PREDICATED ON HOW THEY PROFITS THAT THEY RECEIVED.

THE PAYMENT WOULD BE MADE TO THE CITY OVER A 13 YEAR PERIOD.

SO FROM A TAX BASED PERSPECTIVE, FROM A REVENUE PERSPECTIVE TO THE CITY, WE FELT THAT IT WAS A BETTER PROJECT.

IT PROVIDED THE SAME COMMERCIAL IN TERMS OF SQUARE FOOTAGE, SIMILAR TO WHAT THE COMMUNITY HAS BEEN ASKING FOR, BUT SOMETHING MORE.

AND IF WE'RE BRINGING MORE TO THE CITY.

WE'VE ALWAYS FELT THAT THE LOCAL ACTIVITY CENTER IS A PLACE, BEST PLACE TO PUT THAT HIGH, TO PUT THAT INTENSE DENSITY AND INTENSITY.

SO FOR ALL THOSE REASONS, WE FELT LIKE THIS PROPOSAL, EU INTERNATIONAL HAD A STRONGER, BETTER PROPOSAL, NOT JUST FINANCIALLY BUT FROM DESIGN PERSPECTIVE, BRINGING TO US AS WELL THE STRUCTURED PARKING WHICH WE'RE HEARING NOW FOR THE MOST PART, THAT THERE ARE AREAS IN TAMARAC VILLAGE THAT IS UNDER PARKED.

SO BRINGING THAT STRUCTURED PARKING WILL ENABLE THE CITY TO PROPERLY PROGRAM THOSE AREAS.

WE HAVE THE AMPHITHEATER, WE HAVE THE SPLASH PAD.

THEN THERE WILL BE ADDITIONAL PARKING AS WELL FOR THE RETAIL, THE COMMERCIAL.

SO WE FELT THAT IT HAD ALL THOSE ELEMENTS THAT THE OTHER PROJECT DIDN'T BRING TO THE TABLE.

AND THE LOCAL ACTIVITY CENTER WAS THE BEST PLACE FOR US TO ENTERTAIN THAT TYPE OF PROPOSAL.

DO YOU THINK THIS DESIGN FIT THE ESTHETICS OF THE CURRENT TAMARAC VILLAGE DESIGN? WELL, IN TERMS OF ESTHETIC, THAT'S WHAT THE SITE PLAN WILL ALLOW US TO DO.

SO WE GET TO LOOK AT AND THAT'S WHY THESE ARE JUST RENDERING.

THEY'RE VERY CONCEPTUAL IN NATURE.

SO ESTHETIC WILL GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT HOW TO BEST PLACE IT ON THE PROPERTY, THE MASSING, AND THEN TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S CONSISTENT WITH THE OVERALL ESTHETIC.

SO THE SITE PLAN PROCESS WILL ALLOW US TO DO THAT.

AND WHAT WAS THE ISSUE WITH THE PREVIOUS DEVELOPER OF THE DEVELOPER OF TAMARAC VILLAGE, PHASE ONE AND TWO? WHAT WAS THE ISSUE WITH THE COMMERCIAL SPACE? WHY, WHY, WHY DIDN'T THEY? WHY COULDN'T THEY GET COMMERCIAL SPACE? WELL, WE BELIEVE THAT IT COULD BE THAT THEY'RE NOT NECESSARILY COMMERCIAL DEVELOPER, BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT THE CITY WASTED A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TIME TRYING TO WAIT AND WORK WITH THEM TO BRING US COMMERCIAL.

THEY BROUGHT US A SCHOOL.

WE SAID NO, THEY BROUGHT US, A DAYCARE.

WE SAID, THAT'S NOT WHAT WE WANT EITHER.

THEY DID TRY TO BRING US AN EAT IN, FOOD HALL, AND WE THOUGHT THAT THAT COULD BE, PALATABLE, BUT IT WAS A FOOD HALL BY ITSELF.

AND THEN ULTIMATELY, THEY DID EXERCISE THEIR OPTION AND BROUGHT US MULTIFAMILY WITH NO RETAIL, WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY WHY IN JUNE, THIS COMMISSION DECIDED TO TERMINATE, BECAUSE THAT'S NOT WHAT WE WANTED TO SEE THERE.

SO YOU SAID THE PREVIOUS GM WERE NOT, COMMERCIAL DEVELOPERS, EU INTERNATIONAL.

I WENT TO THEIR WEBSITE.

THEY DON'T SEEM LIKE THEY ARE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPERS AS WELL.

IT SAYS THAT IT'S A GENERAL CONTRACTOR AND CONSTRUCTION MANAGER, SO THEY CAN BE LIKE A HOLDING COMPANY FOR OTHER DEVELOPER.

IS THAT POSSIBLE? THAT'S ALWAYS POSSIBLE.

BUT IN OUR DISCUSSIONS WITH THEM, THIS IS SOMETHING THIS IS A THIS IS A PROJECT THAT THEY WILL DO.

THEY ARE FAMILIAR WITH MIXED USE PROJECT, WHICH IS WHAT THIS WILL BE.

SO IT'S NOT JUST COMMERCIAL.

IT HAS A MIXTURE OF USE.

THEY'LL BE WORKING HEAVILY WITH US TO MAKE SURE IT'S, IT HAS THE PROPER ALIGNMENT OF, YOU KNOW, RETAIL AND SO ON.

BUT IT'S QUITE POSSIBLE.

BUT IN OUR DISCUSSIONS, THEY HAVE TOLD US THAT IT IS THEIR INTENTION TO BUILD A PROJECT, BUT I DON'T SEE ANY HISTORY OF DEVELOPMENT ON THEIR WEBSITE.

I MEAN, IF YOU'RE A DEVELOPER, YOU'RE GOING TO SHOW A TRACK RECORD OF DEVELOPMENT.

IT SEEMS LIKE THEY'RE CONSTRUCTION WORKERS.

I MEAN, THEY'RE CONSTRUCTION, THEY'RE BUILDERS, BUT THEY'RE NECESSARILY DEVELOPERS.

IT'S LIKE ME SAYING, I'M GOING TO OPEN A RESTAURANT, I'M A CHEF, I KNOW THE COOK, BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW TO MARKET.

I DON'T KNOW HOW TO RUN THE RESTAURANT.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT ENTAILS TO REALLY RUN AN ACTUAL RESTAURANT.

I CAN COOK THE FOOD, BUT I DON'T HAVE THE SKILL SET TO DO ALL THE OTHER STUFF.

SO IT SEEMS LIKE EU INTERNATIONAL IS A THEY'RE BUILDERS, THEY'RE CONSTRUCTION PEOPLE, BUT THEY'RE NOT DEVELOPERS.

THEY MIGHT NOT HAVE THE SKILL SETS TO ATTRACT THE COMMERCIAL, ENTITIES THAT WE WANT IN THAT SPACE.

SO VICE MAYOR, YOU KNOW, WHEN IN THEIR PROPOSAL, THEY GAVE US A LIST OF DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS THAT THEY'VE WORKED ON, WHICH INCLUDES RESIDENTIAL, RETAIL, SOME MIX OF USES.

OKAY? YEAH.

AND IF I MAY, MAYOR, THE, THE, THE MANAGEMENT OR THE, THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE RESTAURANT AND OTHER RETAIL IS A IS A UNIQUE SPECIALTY.

AND, A LOT OF THE DEVELOPERS, WHEN THEY, BUILD THESE KINDS OF MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT, THEY ALSO WORK WITH RETAIL CONSULTANTS AND OTHER,

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IN TERMS OF HIGH AND BEST USES COMMERCIAL, IN TERMS OF THE LAND YOU GUYS ARE, YOU SAID IT'S VALUED AT.

YOU'RE SELLING FOR 5.2.

IF YOU LOOK AT THE COMPARABLES IN EDEN WEST RECENTLY SOLD.

THEY WENT FOR 344,000 PER UNIT.

AND IT HAD 212 UNITS, WHICH WAS EQUATE TO 73 MILLION, AND IT COST THEM ABOUT 25 MILLION TO BUILD.

THAT'S BASED ON AN INFORMATION IN THE REAL ESTATE.

THE REAL ESTATE WEBSITE.

SO IF THESE IF THIS PROJECT WAS TO GO THROUGH AT 312 UNITS, THAT MEANS THEY WOULD MAKE OVER 100 MILLION IF THEY DECIDE TO SELL.

SO IF WE APPROVE IT TODAY AND THEY DECIDE TO SELL IT, WHATEVER THE VALUE CAN BE UP TO 100 MILLION.

SO WHY WOULD WE BE SELLING FOR ONLY 5.2 WHEN THEY CAN MAKE LIKE TEN TIMES 20 TIMES THAT MONEY? THAT WAS AS BUILT.

SO WE'RE SELLING VACANT PARCELS THAT THEY WOULD THEN DEVELOP.

SO AS THE HIGHEST AND BEST USE FOR VACANT PARCELS.

AND THIS LOCATION IS 5.2 TO 5.4.

AND IF I MAY, VICE MAYOR, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S UNIQUE ABOUT THIS PROJECT IS THE PARKING GARAGE.

PARKING GARAGE IS IS AN EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE, COSTLY PART OF THE CONSTRUCTION.

NONE OF THE OTHER RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS OR COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENTS HAD THAT KIND OF INVESTMENT.

THIS IS A HUGE, FROM FROM OUR ESTIMATES, CLOSE TO $100 MILLION INVESTMENT IN THIS PROPERTY, IN THIS DEVELOPMENT BECAUSE OF THE PARKING GARAGE, BECAUSE OF THE RESTAURANT SPACE, BECAUSE OF THE SOCIAL, FACILITIES, BECAUSE OF THE, THE, THE BRIDGE AND THOSE KINDS OF AMENITIES.

SO IT'S A SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT IN THAT PROPERTY.

THAT'S UNIQUELY DIFFERENT THAN ALL OF THE OTHER PREVIOUS, DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS.

AND THE GREATER THE INVESTMENT, THE BETTER THE RETURN ON OUR AD VALOREM TAX.

SO. THAT IS WHAT WE CONSIDER AS WELL.

YEAH, BUT WE ALSO WE ARE ALSO STILL IN THAT LINE FROM A BUSINESS PERSPECTIVE, IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING OF VALUE, SOMEONE IS WILLING TO OVERPAY FOR IT BECAUSE THEY CAN MAKE A LOT MORE MONEY. SO WHY ARE WE GOING TO SELL SOMETHING? AND WE KNOW THAT ITS DEMAND FOR LAND IN SOUTH FLORIDA, A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE COMING HERE.

WE OBVIOUSLY HAVE COMPARABLES BASED ON EDEN WEST.

SO I MEAN WE'LL BE GIVING AWAY FOR FREE.

IT'S KIND OF LIKE IT'S NOT REALLY A GOOD DEAL IN TERMS OF WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO MAKE EVENTUALLY.

EDEN WEST IS A FINISHED PRODUCT AND THAT REQUIRED A LOT OF INVESTMENT, A LOT OF EFFORT, A LOT OF TIME, WHICH THEY'RE NOW, YOU KNOW, GETTING PAID FOR, FOR THEIR INVESTMENT.

AND SO WHAT WE HAVE IS A ROWE PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT WE LOOK TO SELL AND DEVELOP IN PARTNERSHIP.

BUT OUR ROLE IS TO, WHAT WE HAVE IS JUST A PROPERTY.

IT'S A ROWE PIECE OF PROPERTY AND ALL THE EFFORT THAT GOES INTO IT, THAT DEVELOPS IT, THAT BUILDS IT, THE INVESTMENT, THE FINANCING, ALL OF THAT BUILDS AN ADDITIONAL VALUE, WHICH WE BENEFIT AFTER IN THE AFTERMATH BY PROVIDING AN INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR RESIDENTS TO, TO ENJOY AND ALSO, BUILD A BUILD A GREAT COMMERCIAL TAX BASE.

NO, I GET THAT PART.

I GET WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IN TERMS OF TAXES AND RECURRING REVENUE AND A RESIDUAL INCOME.

IS THAT PART OF IT I GET FROM A BUSINESS PERSPECTIVE, I'M SAYING THAT SOUTH FLORIDA IS IN DEMAND.

EVERYONE WANTS TO COME HERE.

YOU'RE BUILDING 312 UNITS.

YOU'RE GOING FOR 350 PER UNIT.

WHEN IT'S DONE, THEY'RE GOING TO MAKE OVER 100 MILLION.

SO THEY'RE GOING TO BE MAKING A LOT OF MONEY.

IT'S NOT GOING TO COST THEM 100 MILLION TO BUILD THAT RIGHT.

BASED ON EDEN WEST IT COSTS THEM 30 MILLION.

AND THEY STILL LIVE FOR 73.

SO THEY DOUBLE THEIR MONEY JUST IN THE NICK OF TIME.

SO WHY ARE WE GOING TO SELL SOMETHING THAT HAS MORE VALUE TO TO THOSE? THEY NEED THE LAND MORE THAN WE NEED TO SELL THE LAND.

SO WE'RE KIND OF GIVING IT AWAY AT THAT PRICE.

WE'RE NOT ACTUALLY GIVING IT AWAY BECAUSE WHEN WE THINK ABOUT IT, THIS WAS A, COMPETITIVE SOLICITATION THAT WAS ADVERTISED THROUGH COLLIER REALTY ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. SO THIS, SALE REQUIRED OR RECEIVED A LOT OF PUBLICATIONS, ADVERTISING AND SOLICITATION EFFORTS, THROUGH OUR, REAL ESTATE, AGENCY.

AND SO THIS IS THE RESULT OF THAT COMPETITIVE SOLICITATION PROCESS THAT GENERATED THIS, THIS, THIS, THIS VALUE, BECAUSE

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THIS WAS SEEN BY A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, INTERESTED PARTIES, A LOT OF PARTIES ACTUALLY DOWNLOADED THE, THE INVESTMENT PACKAGE.

AND YET WE RECEIVED TWO PROPOSALS, ONE THAT COULD POSSIBLY PAY $1 MILLION OVER 13 YEARS, POSSIBLY.

AND TWO, A SOLID DEVELOPMENT THAT WILL, TOTALLY CHANGE THE FACE OF TAMARAC AND BRING THIS, THIS INCREDIBLE VALUE TO THAT PART OF THE COMMUNITY AND, OFFER AN INITIAL INVESTMENT OF FIVE POINT $2,000,000,000 MILLION.

AND, YOU KNOW, CREATE THAT RESIDUAL, REVENUE SOURCE FOR, FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS.

WHAT ABOUT THE CONCERNS WITH TRAFFIC? THE RESIDENTS HAVE CONCERNS WITH TRAFFIC.

THEY HAVE CONCERNS WITH, YOU KNOW, MORE BUILDING.

WHAT? WHAT ABOUT THOSE CONCERNS? YEAH. SO LET ME LET ME TALK ABOUT TRAFFIC A LITTLE BIT.

YOU KNOW, TAMARAC IS 12MI² IN A, NESTLED IN BROWARD COUNTY, SO TRAFFIC IS NOT A UNIQUE TAMARAC PROBLEM.

TAMARAC HAS A TRAFFIC PROBLEM, JUST LIKE ANY OTHER COMMUNITY IN THE BROWARD COUNTY IN SOUTH FLORIDA AND THE REST OF THE NATION.

YOU KNOW, TRAFFIC AND OVERCROWDING IS A NATIONAL, AND STATEWIDE PROBLEM.

SO WHILE WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT TRAFFIC AND OVERCROWDING AND RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT, OUR NEIGHBORS TO THE NORTH, OUR NEIGHBORS TO THE SOUTH, EAST AND WEST, THEY'RE ALL BUILDING AND TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THIS COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS THAT THAT NO, NO NO, NO.

WELL, RIGHT.

SO, OUR, OUR NEIGHBORS, CORAL SPRINGS, BOCA, OAKLAND PARK SUNRISE AND, YOU KNOW, FORT LAUDERDALE TODAY OR YESTERDAY, APPROVED A 40 STORY BUILDING.

SO IF THIS BUILDING WAS SOMEWHERE, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE EAST OF US IN FORT LAUDERDALE, THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN A SMALL DEVELOPMENT EFFORT.

YOU KNOW, IN ANY OF THOSE OTHER CITIES.

SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT TRAFFIC, BUT WE ARE PART OF THIS LARGER, ENVIRONMENT THAT HAS TO DEAL WITH THE TRAFFIC AND AND THE CROWDING.

WE HAVE 500 PEOPLE COMING INTO FLORIDA EVERY SINGLE DAY.

SO THEY NEED A PLACE TO GO.

AND THIS IS THE DEMAND AND THIS IS THE PRODUCT.

AND THIS IS THE, THE PRODUCT THAT THAT THAT FITS IN THIS HIGHLY COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR, WHICH WOULD HAVE THE LEAST AMOUNT OF IMPACT ON THE RESIDENTIAL, TRAFFIC, CONCERNS, FOR, FOR, FOR OUR RESIDENTS.

WILL THERE BE AN ALLOCATION FOR WORKFORCE HOUSING? AFFORDABLE HOUSING? YES. WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, TEACHERS, FIREFIGHTERS, OFFICERS.

YOU KNOW, RENTS ARE ASTRONOMICAL.

WHO ARE, YOU KNOW, LOOKING FOR WORKFORCE HOUSING.

IS THAT GOING TO BE AN ALLOCATION IN THERE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE PEOPLE THAT SERVE OUR COMMUNITY THAT THEY CAN AFFORD TO RENT IF IF THIS IS APPROVED? YEAH. SO ONE OF YOUR PRIORITIES IS TO BRING FORWARD AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING ORDINANCE OR.

I CALL IT INCLUSIONARY ZONING, WHERE YOU WOULD REQUIRE MARKET RATE DEVELOPERS TO SET ASIDE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF UNITS FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

THAT ITEM IS COMING BEFORE YOU IN APRIL, WHICH MEANS BY THE TIME THIS PROJECT COMES FORWARD WITH ITS SITE PLAN, IT WILL BE SUBJECT TO THAT, TO THAT ORDINANCE.

OKAY.

THOSE ARE ALL MY QUESTIONS.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IT IS 1123.

WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A BREAK TILL 1135.

AND. WE'LL SEE YOU BACK HERE.

HOPEFULLY THAT'S LONG ENOUGH.

EVERYONE ALL RIGHT? 1135.

SEE YOU BACK HERE. WELL, IT'S ABOUT TIME ANYWAY.

IT'S A 10TH.

1035. WELCOME BACK.

WE ARE ON THE RECORD AND WE ARE NOW UP TO COMMISSIONER DOCTOR DANIEL.

BEFORE THE COMMISSIONER GOES.

CAN I JUST CORRECT THE RECORD? WE WERE ABLE TO CHECK SOMETHING DURING THE BREAK.

WE CLOSE THE DOOR. YES, PLEASE.

YES. THE COMMERCIAL SCHEDULE.

WE DID CHECK THE LEASE AGREEMENT WITH THE COMMERCIAL SCHEDULE.

HAD JAY CAM PURCHASED THE PROPERTY UNDER THE LEASE THIS YEAR, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN FOR $4.1 MILLION.

SO I JUST WANTED TO CORRECT THE RECORD.

SO THE 5.2 IS SIGNIFICANTLY MORE THAN THE 4.1 IT WOULD HAVE SOLD FOR.

THANKS. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. SEVERAL QUESTIONS.

AND I THINK YOU MENTIONED THAT THERE WAS ONE.

WERE THERE ANY OTHER OFFER? I THINK I HEARD ONE OTHER OFFER.

AND HOW MUCH WAS THAT ONE FOR? IT WAS IT WAS $1 MILLION PAID TO THE CITY OVER A 13 YEAR PERIOD THROUGH A REVENUE SHARE MODEL.

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NO, $1 MILLION.

GO AHEAD. $1 MILLION PAID OVER A PERIOD OF TIME.

OH THAT'S HORRIBLE. AND THAT WAS THE ONLY OTHER OFFER? YES. THAT'S CORRECT.

AND JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, HOW MUCH WAS THE TOTAL OF THE THREE PARCELS? SIX. THE BOND WAS $16 MILLION.

NO. OKAY.

THE WRONG QUESTION.

ACREAGE. THE ACREAGE, I THINK 25, 25 PLUS OR MINUS.

AND WE'RE SELLING. HOW MANY FOR 3.47 PLUS ACRES.

OKAY. SO HE'S SELLING THREE POINT.

SO THAT WOULD MEAN OUT OF THE 16 MILLION THE 3.4 WOULD BE ABOUT 2 MILLION WORTH, RIGHT? WELL, NOT EXACTLY THAT WAY.

WE ENTERED INTO A LONG TERM LEASE, A 99 YEAR LEASE AGREEMENT THAT HAS A PAYMENT SCHEDULE IN EACH PHASE.

SO, THE COMMERCIAL PHASE, WHICH IS WHAT I JUST PUT ON THE RECORD.

IF IT HAD SOLD, WE WOULD HAVE GARNERED $4.1 MILLION IF IT HAD STAYED UNDER THE LEASE WITH JKM BASED ON THE SCHEDULE OF PAYMENT TO THE CITY IT HAS FOR EACH YEAR. IF THEY WERE TO BUY THE PARCEL FROM US, WHAT THEY WOULD HAVE PAID HAD THEY PURCHASED A PARCEL IN 2024, THEY WOULD HAVE PAID $4.1 MILLION.

GOTCHA. BUT THE TOTAL DEBT THEY WOULD HAVE HAD TO PAY YOU WAS 16 MILLION.

NO, THAT'S WHAT WE INCURRED.

BUT THERE'S A SCHEDULE FOR EACH PHASE OF THE PROPERTY.

SO HOW MUCH HAVE THEY PAID YOU ALREADY? NOT THEY HAVE NOT PURCHASED ANY OF THE RESIDENTIAL COMPONENTS.

SO IF THEY HAVE PURCHASED PHASE ONE OR PHASE 2 IN 2024, THE SCHEDULE DICTATES ABOUT $8.2 MILLION PER PHASE PER RESIDENTIAL.

SO THAT'S ONLY 16 MILLION.

SO COMMISSIONER.

YEAH, I'M TRYING TO GET THE PRICE AND IT'S LIKE GOING IN CIRCLES.

HERE'S THE DEAL WE HAVE WITH JKLM WITH TAMARAC VILLAGE.

SO THEY LEASE THOSE TWO COMMERCIAL PARCELS FOR 99 YEARS FOR $1 A YEAR FOR EACH PARCEL.

SO THEY PAY US $2 A YEAR FOR FOR THE COMMERCIAL PROPERTY THAT THEY BUILT TAMARAC VILLAGE ON.

ON TOP OF THAT, THEY ALSO HAVE WHAT WE CALL A FINE THAT THEY HAVE TO PAY EACH YEAR, THAT THEY DON'T PURCHASE THE PROPERTY, SO THEY HAVE AN OPTION TO BUY THE PROPERTY.

BUT IF THEY DON'T BUY IT FOR 99 YEARS, THEY JUST SIMPLY HAVE TO PAY US $750,000.

I THINK THAT'S THE TOTAL $800,000 IN LIKE A FINE, LIKE A PUNISHMENT EVERY YEAR FOR NOT BUYING THE PROPERTY.

HOW MANY YEARS HAVE THEY PAID THAT? 800. THIS IS THIS WOULD BE THE SECOND YEAR, I BELIEVE.

YEAH, IT JUST STARTED IN JUNE.

OKAY, SO THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR, RIGHT? SO FOR ALL THIS TIME, THEY PAID US, I THINK A DOLLAR FOR EACH, $2 A YEAR.

SINCE 2018, I BELIEVE.

AND. $100 A YEAR, AND THEN WE RECEIVED THAT 750 $800,000 FINE.

PUNISHMENT OR FINE? IS THAT A NORMAL DEAL? JUST. NO IT'S NOT, BUT BUT, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE REASONS, IS THAT, AGAIN, THERE WAS A, THERE WAS AN RFP SOLICITATION FOR, FOR THE ENTIRE DEVELOPMENT OF TAMARAC VILLAGE.

AND, DURING THOSE ECONOMIC TIMES, THERE WAS NO INTEREST AND THERE WASN'T A VIABLE, OPTION.

SO AT THAT TIME, JQM PROVIDED THIS, THIS MOST VIABLE, POTENTIAL, OPTION.

AND THAT'S WHAT THE CITY HAS GONE WITH.

AND SO IT'S NOT USUAL, BUT IT'S WHAT THE TIMES DICTATED, ECONOMIC CONDITIONS DICTATED BACK THEN AT THAT TIME.

SO IF THEY SOLD THE TWO PHASES TODAY OR THIS YEAR, WHAT WOULD WE GET FROM THAT FOR? NOW FOR, PHASE ONE.

8.216 MILLION.

AND FOR THE SECOND PHASE, 8.216 MILLION.

SO REPEAT, PLEASE.

IT'S ABOUT 17 CLOSE TO $17 MILLION.

THEY WOULD HAVE TO PAY US IF THEY SOLD THE ENTIRETY OF THEIR PROJECT.

ALL RIGHT, JUST A SECOND. LET ME CORRECT THAT.

WE'RE AT 6 TO 6 MONTHS NOW, SO IT WOULD BE 8.71566, 8.78.7.

SO ABOUT 17,000,017 517 FIVE PLUS THIS FIVE IF WE GO WITH THIS ONE.

SO WE'D MAKE.

QUESTION BEFORE I SAY WHAT WILL MAKE COMMISSIONER BOLTON BOLTON SAID THAT WE HAD OCCURRED COSTS OVER THE TIME.

HOW MUCH IS THAT COST? I CAN ANSWER THAT.

IT'S OUR CARRYING COST FOR THE ENTIRE TAMARAC VILLAGE LAND OPTION IS CLOSE TO 24 MILLION.

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SINCE THE DAY WE PURCHASED THE, SINCE WE, THEY WE STARTED COLLECTING THE, THE, THE LAND, THE FINANCING COST, CARRYING COSTS OF THE EXISTING LAND IS SOMEWHERE AROUND $24 MILLION.

HOW CAN WE MAKE THAT BACK? BECAUSE IT'S 16 PLUS THE FIVE.

I'M SORRY. THE 17 PLUS THE FIVE IS ONLY 22.

SO WE'RE SHORT 2 MILLION.

WE ARE. AND, THE REALITY IS THAT BACK THEN, THE IDEA WAS NOT NECESSARILY TO, MAKE MONEY OFF THE LAND, BUT TO DEVELOP IT IN THE RIGHT WAY, IN THE APPROPRIATE WAY TO PROVIDE A REVENUE SOURCE FOR, YOU KNOW, FOR, FOR THE FUTURE GENERATIONS.

AND, AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THIS IS ACCOMPLISHED, BECAUSE WE'RE REALIZING REVENUE FROM TAMARAC VILLAGE.

HOW MUCH REVENUE ARE YOU REALIZING FROM TAMARAC VILLAGE? ABOUT $407,000 A YEAR IN PROPERTY TAXES AND, OTHER COMMERCIAL.

HOW MANY OF THAT 400,000 HAVE WE COLLECTED ALREADY? WE'VE BEEN COLLECTING NOW SINCE IT'S BEEN ON THE TAX ROLLS.

SO IT'S BEEN. YES. SO, SO EACH PHASE AS IT'S COMPLETED AND THEY GIVE A SEAL, THEN IT GOES ON THE TAX ROLL.

SO SOME OF THE BUILDINGS HAVE BEEN ON TAX FOR ABOUT THREE YEARS, AND SOME CAME ON LAST YEAR.

AND THE LAST OF IT CAME ON THIS YEAR.

SO EACH BUILDING I'M ASSUMING DOES NOT GENERATE 400,000.

EACH PARCEL.

EACH PARCEL DOES.

YEAH. WE DON'T. IT'S IT'S PARCEL.

AND SOME OF THE PARCELS HAVE MORE THAN ONE BUILDING.

SO EACH PARCEL GENERATES 400,000 PLUS.

AND THAT'S A.

THAT'S A GIVE OR TAKE.

YES, YES.

SO THE FIRST PARCEL WAS COMPLETED.

HOW MANY YEARS AGO? I THINK 2020, 2020.

YEAH. SO ON THE FIRST PARCEL YOU'VE ALREADY COLLECTED THREE FOURS PER YEAR.

21. SO, SO TWO FOURS.

AND THE SECOND PARCEL.

HOW MUCH. I DON'T WANT TO COMMIT, BUT I WOULD HAVE TO LOOK AT LOOK AT THE VALUE.

BUT THE VALUE WAS JUST ABOUT ABOUT THE SAME, I THINK, LAST YEAR 79 MILLION WENT ON THE TAX ROLL FROM TAMARAC VILLAGE.

OR WAS IT PART OF 4 MILLION WENT ON THE TAX ROLL FROM TAMARAC VILLAGE.

SO THEY GARNER PROBABLY FOR THE CITY OF TAMARAC, AROUND ABOUT 400,000.

BUT I CAN GET THAT INFORMATION AND BRING IT BACK SO, SO FAR BECAUSE ON THE SECOND PARCEL IS HAD A OCCUPANCY FOR ONE YEAR OR MORE.

I AM NOT SURE ABOUT THE OCCUPANCY LEVEL, BUT FOR THE PURPOSES OF BROWARD COUNTY PROPERTY APPRAISER, IT'S WHEN THE THE BUILDINGS WENT IN SERVICE. RIGHT.

SO ONCE THEY GOT THE SEAL RIGHT.

THAT'S WHAT I MEANT. SERVICE. THEN THE NEXT YEAR IT'S ON THE TAX ROLL.

SO HAVE YOU COLLECTED MONEY ON THE SECOND PHASE? IS IT? YES.

OKAY. YES.

SO HOW MUCH? ONCE OR TWICE.

ONCE. SO THAT WOULD BE THREE FOURTHS.

SO WE'VE COLLECTED LIKE APPROXIMATELY 1.2 MILLION.

SO WE STILL POSSIBLY IF WE LOOK TODAY IN THE RED OF ABOUT 800,000.

IT'S A CALCULATION. IT'S AN ESTIMATE.

BUT JUST TO HAVE A NUMBER TO WORK WITH, THAT'S AN ESTIMATE.

HOPEFULLY A GOOD ESTIMATE.

SO AT THAT POINT THAT MEANS IN A YEAR WE SHOULD MAKE THAT 800,000.

FROM THE TWO PHASE.

YES, THEY ARE NOW REQUIRED TO PAY US $100.

NO. YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT HOW YOU MADE THAT 400,000, 400,000 FOR THE YEAR, WHICH IS AN ESTIMATE, BECAUSE THEN YOU'D HAVE TO TAKE OFF THE COST THAT YOU PAY FOR WORKERS AND ALL THAT. OKAY.

SO I DO SEE OUR WAY OF MAKING BACK THE 2 MILLION.

THERE. IT COULD HAVE BEEN BETTER.

BUT THERE IS A WAY. AND THE TIMES DICTATED.

OKAY, HERE WE GO.

TRYING TO MAKE SURE, AND I THINK THE HIGHER BUILDING WILL GIVE US A GOOD VIEW OF THE EVERGLADES.

THAT'S A BETTER VIEW THAN COMMERCIAL.

SO. YES, IT IS.

BEAUTIFUL VIEW OF THE EVERGLADES.

AND I'M OKAY WITH IT BEING WHERE IT IS, BECAUSE YOU SAID THAT'S WHAT WE AGREED UPON AS OUR LOCAL ACTIVITY CENTER.

SO THAT'S WHERE THAT SHOULD BE.

SO THERE SHOULDN'T BE ANY HOTEL IN LIKE DISTRICT FOUR IN WOODMONT.

RIGHT. NEXT TOPIC.

NEXT TOPIC I WASN'T I WAS GOING TO.

SO VILLALOBOS, HAVE YOU MADE UP YOUR MIND? ARE YOU SPEAKING OR NOT SPEAKING?

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I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION. THAT SUGGESTION.

ALL RIGHT. OKAY, SO I'M GOING TO BE ALL OVER THE PLACE BECAUSE MY NOTES ARE LIKE THAT FROM THE RANDOMNESS OF THE CONVERSATION.

SO YES. CERTAIN THINGS HAPPEN IN A TIME AND PLACE.

IT'S A SNAPSHOT.

IT TOOK ALMOST 20 YEARS TO DEVELOP THIS, AND THE BIGGEST GOAL WAS TO REVITALIZE AND ACTIVATE OUR CITY.

THAT IS THE PRIMARY GOAL OF THIS PROJECT.

I KNOW I WAS FIRST TO SAY NOT IN THIS LIFETIME WHEN WE WERE TAKING AWAY OUR.

3500 BECAUSE IT'S WHAT WAS TOUTED AS MORE 3500 TO 400,000FT².

THE 40,000FT².

EXCUSE ME, I DID MISS A NUMBER.

ALSO SPEAK IN NUMBERS. FIRST, I MUST CLARIFY.

WE CAME BACK ON THE RECORD AT 1135, NOT 1035, SO I APOLOGIZE.

I WILL SAY, WHEN WE GOT THE INITIAL PROPOSAL, I LOOKED AT IT AND WENT, OH MY GOD.

BECAUSE I WAS WORRIED ABOUT OUR 35,000FT² OF RETAIL RESTAURANTS AND WHAT WE WERE, WHAT WE PROMISED OUT.

AND I TOO DON'T WANT TO GO BACK ON MY WORD BECAUSE I WANT THAT.

I ALSO THINK IT'S WHAT WE PROMISED THE RESIDENTS THAT HAVE MOVED INTO TAMARAC VILLAGE AND ALONG THE WAY.

BUT I SEE THAT THIS PROJECT OFFERS A LOT MORE THAN WHAT WE EVER ANTICIPATED BY BUILDING IT UP.

TO BEING SOMEWHERE WHERE YOU CAN HAVE EVERYTHING UNDER THE SUN, EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE PROMISED, WHERE IT WILL BE ACTIVE.

SOME OF THE STUFF THAT WASN'T MENTIONED.

YOU HAVE PLANTATION, SOME AREAS IN OAKLAND PARK, CERTAIN AREAS WHERE THEY TOOK PLAZAS, HALF THE PLAZAS AND ADDED APARTMENTS IN THERE, OR CONDOS.

I'M NOT SURE WHICH ONES FOR SOME OF THEM BECAUSE THEY NEED TO ACTIVATE THE PLAZAS.

WE HAVE JUST FINISHED OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING.

WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN OUR RESULTS BACK, BUT WE KNOW WHAT OUR RESIDENTS SAID TO US.

THEY WANT MORE FOOD, THEY WANT MORE THIS.

THEY WANT MORE OF THAT.

THEY WANT THEY DON'T WANT TO PAY TAXES.

WELL, GUESS WHAT? YOU GOT TO HAVE A WAY TO HAVE SOMEONE ELSE HELP YOU SHARE IN PAYING THOSE TAXES.

SO YOU WANT RESTAURANTS.

WE NEED TO HAVE MORE PEOPLE.

WE'VE HAD THIS CONVERSATION BEFORE AS A COMMISSION WITH PRIOR COMMISSIONS.

IN ORDER TO GET WHAT YOU WANT, YOU'VE GOT TO LOOSEN UP ON SOME OF THE THINGS YOU DON'T WANT.

AND SOME OF THE THINGS WE HEAR WE DON'T WANT ARE DENSITY.

BUT THE ONLY WAY TO MAKE THIS WORK IS TO GO HIGHER.

I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH TEN STORIES.

IT'LL BE GIVE OR TAKE.

I THINK, AND I'VE ALWAYS SAID AS LONG AS IT'S IN THE SMART LOCATION, IN MY OPINION, ALONG COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD, WHERE IT'S NOT BLOCKING THE SUN OUT OF THE RESIDENTS THAT ARE BEHIND SMART LOCATION, I WOULDN'T WANT THIS IN THE MIDDLE WHERE HAMPTON HILLS IS.

THAT WOULD NOT BE A SMART LOCATION.

BUT WHETHER IT GOES TEN, EIGHT, SEVEN, WHATEVER IT IS, I THINK AS LONG AS IT FITS OTHER REQUIREMENTS THAT WE HAVE, I'M FINE WITH IT. WHY SHOULD WE BE THE ONLY CITY THAT STUNTS OUR OWN GROWTH? WHY SHOULD WE NOT BE THE ONES TO HAVE FORESIGHT? OUR RESIDENTS MAY NOT BE HAPPY WHEN THEY HEAR CERTAIN THINGS.

SOME OF THEM ARE AFRAID OF CHANGE.

BUT I'LL TELL YOU. I WALKED AROUND TAMARAC ONE TAMARAC THE OTHER NIGHT AND PEOPLE ARE HAPPY.

THEY LOVE THE NEW BUILDINGS, THE ONES THAT THEY WERE SCARED OF, WHICH TAMARAC VILLAGE.

THEY WERE SCARED OF EDEN WEST.

THEY WERE SCARED OF THE ONE ON ROCK ISLAND FOR LEGACY.

THEY'RE NOT SCARED NOW.

THEY SEE IT. THEY UNDERSTAND THE VISION.

EVEN THE BLUE STORAGE UNIT THAT'S NOT BLUE.

THEY SEE THE VISION AND THEY SEE THAT IT LOOKS AND IT FITS WHAT THE CITY HAS HAD IN MIND.

AND IN ORDER TO KEEP TAXES DOWN, WE NEED TO ADD TO THE TAX ROLL.

AND AS YOU MENTIONED, IF WE DO A PROJECT, THIS PROJECT WOULD INCREASE THE TAX ROLLS.

YES. DID THE PROJECT TAKE A LITTLE LONGER THAN WE HAD HOPED FOR WHEN IT CAME TO COME TO THIS CHANGE OF WHERE WE ARE NOW ADDING RESIDENTIAL AT THE SAME COMPONENT WITH COMMERCIAL? YES.

COVID HAPPENED.

THE DEVELOPER HAD HIS OWN, IT HAD HIS OWN ISSUES OR WHATEVER IT IS.

SOME THINGS TAKE TIME AND SOME THINGS MIGHT BE IN OUR BEST INTEREST THAT IT DIDN'T HAPPEN WHEN IT HAPPENED.

ON THE ACTUAL LOOK, I KNOW IT WILL GO THROUGH.

OUR SITE PLAN.

I'M HAPPY THAT THE IMAGES THAT ARE HERE ARE DIFFERENT THAN THE IMAGES THAT WERE IN THE BOOK THAT WE HAD.

I FELT THAT THAT WAS TO OLD SCHOOL AND DIDN'T FIT.

THIS LOOKS MORE MODERN.

IT HAS THE GRAYS, IT HAS THE CRISP LINES THAT MAKES YOU KNOW THAT YOU'RE IN TAMARAC.

AND WHAT WE'RE TRYING FOR PEOPLE TO SEE WHEN WE COME HERE, HAVING OUR OWN IDENTITY.

TRAFFIC. TRAFFIC IS ALWAYS AN ISSUE, BUT I DRIVE.

I DRIVE AROUND ALL THE TIME, AND I ACTUALLY MADE TIME DURING HEAVY TRAFFIC TIMES AND DURING ALL PARTS OF THE DAY TO DRIVE BY TAMARAC VILLAGE DRIVE ON UNIVERSITY MCNAB COMMERCIAL.

YOU KNOW WHAT? I STILL RACE THROUGH.

SORRY, OFFICERS.

DEPUTIES, YOU HEAR NOTHING.

I STILL WAS ABLE TO GET THROUGH WITHOUT ISSUE.

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AND THAT'S NOT GOING TO CHANGE WHETHER WE BUILD A TEN STORY HERE OR NOT, OR WHETHER WE BUILD NOTHING HERE OR NOT, IT'S GOING TO GROW UP BECAUSE WE HAVE EVERYBODY ELSE GROWING AROUND US, AND OUR COUNTY NEEDS TO BE PREPARED.

I DIDN'T WRITE DOWN THE NUMBERS, BUT THEY'RE STILL COMING IN IN DROVES.

I HAVE AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMMITTEE MEETING LATER TODAY.

THEY'RE STILL PEOPLE ARE STILL COMING TO SOUTH FLORIDA IN DROVES, AND THEY'RE COMING TO THE SOUTH FLORIDA AREA WAS ON A PANEL FOR, INVEST FLORIDA, AND WE WERE TALKING ABOUT IT THAT WE COULD BE OUR OWN STATE.

WE ARE WE ARE SO POPULOUS AND PEOPLE ARE COMING TO US.

SO WHY NOT GET WHAT PEOPLE WANT AND BRING IT TO THE GREATEST CITY IN BROWARD AND ACTUALLY POTENTIALLY ALL OF FLORIDA? WE DID PROMISE AS A COMMISSION WHEN WE SAID TO DO THIS IN JANUARY OR JUNE.

BUILD IT, THEY WILL COME.

WE SUPPORTED SHOWING THAT WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO BRING IN GOOD BUSINESS, NATIONAL BUSINESS, LOCAL BUSINESS AND THRIVE.

SO LET'S PROVE IT.

WHEN THERE'S CONCERNS ABOUT THE SCHOOLS, THE SCHOOLS ARE GOING TO LOVE IT.

OUR SCHOOLS ARE UNDER-ENROLLED.

I WAS AT A MAYOR'S MEETING WITH THE NEW SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT LAST WEEK.

RIGHT. WHATEVER THE THE FIRST WAS.

AND THIS WILL HELP OUR SCHOOLS HAVE MORE CHILDREN GO TO IT BECAUSE THEY WILL BE LIVING IN THOSE APARTMENTS.

IT'LL WIND UP BEING A LOT OF THE WALKING DISTANCE.

IT'S EVERYTHING WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WITH SMART GROWTH.

THE INCLUSIONARY ZONING, THE.

POTENTIAL CONTRACTING.

THE PURCHASER OF THE.

THIS PROPERTY IS HERE AND IS AWARE THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE HAD ON THE BOOKS AND WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT, SO THAT INCLUSION WON'T BE A SURPRISE.

I LOOK, I'M GOING, I'M JUST GOING, GOING THROUGH SOME OF MY NOTES.

THE HEIGHT OF THE BUILDING AND THE STRUCTURE AND THE WAY IT IS IN THE DESIGN IS VERY ARCHITECTURALLY PLEASING, WHICH ALSO ALLOWS LIGHT TO COME THROUGH AND MAKE SURE THAT THE PROPERTIES BEHIND WILL STILL HAVE THE LIGHT AND NOT BE BLOCKED OUT.

PLUS, EVEN THROUGH IN THE SITE PLAN, I KNOW THAT THAT WILL BE TAKEN CARE OF WITH ENGINEERING JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT IT IS MORE THAN JUST WHAT'S ON A SCREEN RIGHT NOW.

THE OTHER MIXED USE PLAZAS THAT THEY DID.

THEY WERE IN COLLABORATION AND COALITION WITH OTHER TEAM MEMBERS, AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE HAD COLLIERS GO OUT TO DO.

AND WE HAVE THE I FORGIVE ME, I'M NOT GOING TO REMEMBER THE ENTITY THAT'S GOING OUT AND HELPING US FIND OTHER.

RETAIL TO COME IN.

GO AHEAD. RETAIL STRATEGIES RETAIL STRATEGIES.

THAT'S WHAT WE DO. WE PUT TOGETHER THE BEST PEOPLE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THE BEST PRODUCT THAT'S COMING INTO THE CITY.

I KNOW YOU CAN'T DO THE FULL ESTIMATED TAX INCOME, BUT DO YOU HAVE AN IDEA IF THIS PROJECT WAS NOW, WHAT WOULD BE THE APPROXIMATE TAXABLE INCOME THAT THE CITY WOULD GET? FORGET ABOUT IT.

DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT. IT'S A LOT, RIGHT? OKAY. THE REALITY IS THAT THIS WAS PUT OUT AND NOBODY ELSE BID.

THAT'S THE HARD REALITY.

WE HAD TWO BEDS AND THE IDEA OF GETTING $1 MILLION SPREAD OUT OVER 7% OVER FIVE YEARS AFTER AFTER IT STARTED OUT, IT WAS AT 500,000, THEN UP. WHEN THEY HIT 500,000, THEN THEY WOULD START TO PAY US OVER 13 YEARS IS RIDICULOUS.

I KNOW WHAT THE VICE MAYOR WAS SAYING, BECAUSE I ACTUALLY HAVE A CLIENT THAT HAS 11 ACRES UP IN NORTH FLORIDA, AND I SAID THE SAME THING.

THIS PROPERTY IS GOING TO BE SO MUCH MORE VALUABLE TO YOU WHEN YOU BUILD IT.

SO WHY SHOULD MY CLIENT GIVE IT TO YOU FOR THIS REDUCED PRICE? THANKFULLY, THAT PURCHASER DID COME UP IN PRICE BECAUSE THAT PURCHASER DOES KNOW I HAVEN'T TRIED WHAT I'M ABOUT TO BRING OUT WITH THAT CLIENT, BUT I'M GOING TO THROW IT OUT HERE AS AN IDEA.

MAYBE WE CAN HAVE A STAGGERED STEP SO WE HAVE A PURCHASE PRICE OF THE 5.2.

RIGHT NOW WE KNOW THAT THE DEVELOPER IS GOING TO PUT IN, WHAT, ABOUT $20 MILLION AT LEAST, POSSIBLY EVEN MORE TO BUILD THIS PROBABLY EVEN MORE REALITY. SO THEY PROBABLY HAVE TO TAKE OUT FINANCING, BUT MAYBE WE CAN BE EITHER A SECOND OR A THIRD LOAN ON THE PROPERTY FOR A NOTE THAT WILL COME DUE AT A CERTAIN PERIOD OF TIME, WHEN THE UNITS ARE ALL BUILT IN FULL, OR 80% OF THE UNITS ARE BUILT IN FULL.

WE CAN STAGGER STEP WHEN WE CAN RECEIVE PAYMENT AND START PAYMENT, SO THE CITY COULD RECEIVE A LITTLE BIT OF A PROFIT SHARING IF WE'RE LEGALLY ALLOWED TO, OF THE BUILD OUT OF THIS PROPERTY. BECAUSE IT IS TRUE.

THIS IS A FANTASTIC PIECE OF LAND THAT WE HAVE.

IT IS GOING TO BE VERY VALUABLE.

IT WILL MAKE YOU A LOT OF MONEY AND SOMETIMES IT'S HARD TO GET THE MONEY NOW, BUT MAYBE WE CAN DO SOME KIND OF ADDITIONAL FUNDS IN THE FUTURE.

SO I THROW THAT OUT THERE AS A PLAN FOR YOU GUYS TO DISCUSS AND SEE IF IT'S AN OPTION THAT CAN BE DONE.

BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO LOSE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CITY TO BE ABLE TO CAPITALIZE ON ITS INVESTMENT, ON ITS 20 YEARS OF PLANNING, ACTUALLY NOW UP TO 28

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SO IT'S BEEN A REALLY LONG TIME, AND IT'S TIME THAT THE CITY START BEING ABLE TO.

THINK OF ITSELF AS A BUSINESS, THAT IT GETS SOME COMPENSATION BACK TO IT.

KIND OF LIKE THE LOANS THAT WE'VE DONE WITH SOME OF OUR RESIDENTS.

WE KNOW THERE'S GOING TO BE EQUITY.

WE NEED TO RECEIVE SOME OF THAT EQUITY BACK AT A SALE.

SO I THROW THAT OUT THERE FOR THE NEGOTIATIONS, IF POSSIBLE, FOR DISCUSSION.

BUT AS YOU CAN TELL, I'M EXCITED FOR SOME OF THIS.

I DO HAVE CONCERNS WITH PARKING.

I DO NOT THINK IT IS ENOUGH PARKING.

I ALSO ONLY SAW SIX UNITS OF THREE BEDROOMS. I THOUGHT THE UNITS WERE MAYBE A LITTLE SMALL.

I DO GET THAT THERE'S SHARED USE ON PARKING, BUT I'LL PUT THIS OUT THERE.

I LOVE COLONY WEST. EVERYBODY KNOWS I LOVE COLONY WEST AND I LOVE THE HOTEL.

BUT THE REALITY IS, AS A HOTEL GETS BUSIER AND AS WE START TO HAVE MORE GOLF PROGRAMS THERE AND TOURNAMENTS THERE, AND PEOPLE COME IN TO STAY OVERNIGHT, WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE ENOUGH PARKING OVER THERE WHERE WE DIDN'T PARK IT ENOUGH.

SHARED AGREEMENTS FOR PARKING DO NOT ALWAYS WORK WHEN YOU WANT TO ACTIVATE WHERE WE ARE.

WE WANT PEOPLE AT THE AMPHITHEATER.

WE WANT ADULTS AND KIDS OF ALL AGES PLAYING IN THAT SPLASH PAD.

WE WANT THEM GOING TO THE RESTAURANT, THE COFFEE SHOP, THE BAKERY.

WE WANT IT FULL.

WE WANT THE PEOPLE THAT ARE LIVING IN TAMARAC VILLAGE AS IT IS.

AND IF IT'S CALLED NEW TAMARAC VILLAGE CENTER, WE WANT THEM TO BE ABLE TO GO OUT, ENJOY, HAVE FRIENDS AND FAMILY OVER.

AND AS MUCH AS WE WENT ON TO SAY EVERYONE WANTS TO USE AN UBER, UBER HAS TO PARK SOMEWHERE TOO, ESPECIALLY IF THEY'RE LIVING IN TAMARAC VILLAGE AND THEY DRIVE THE UBER.

SO WORK ON THAT GETS THROUGH.

IF IT GOES THROUGH AND IT GOES THROUGH SITE PLAN, THAT IS A BIG ISSUE OF MINE.

SO COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS, ARE YOU NOW READY? I JUST WANT TO PUT SOME INFORMATION OUT THERE.

SO ON NOB HILL AND COMMERCIAL, THERE'S A PROPERTY THAT'S 11 ACRES THAT'S FOR SALE CURRENTLY.

I'M SURE THAT'S GOING TO BE A HUGE.

DO YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT BY ANY CHANCE? NOB HILL AND COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD ON THE SOUTH EAST CORNER.

IT WENT UP FOR SALE FOR ABOUT 11 POINT SOMETHING ACRES RIGHT NEXT TO THE VA HOSPITAL.

YEAH. OKAY. THAT'S THAT'S THE CITY OF SUNRISE.

THAT. RIGHT. SO THAT WAS RECENTLY PUT UP FOR SALE LAST YEAR.

YEAH. YEAH.

NO, THEY OFFICIALLY LIKE THEY THEY NEVER ENTERTAIN ANY OFFERS PRIOR TO LAST YEAR.

AND THEY JUST STARTED ENTERTAINING OFFERS LAST THE ENDING OF LAST YEAR.

RESPECTFULLY. COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS.

THAT PROPERTY HAS BEEN UP AND DOWN ON AND OFF.

OKAY. FROM OKAY. I'M SHARING FROM WHAT I KNOW, BUT THEY DID NOT ENTERTAIN ANY OFFERS BEFORE AND THEY'RE CURRENTLY ENTERTAINING OFFERS NOW BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THE MARKET'S SAYING, HEY, I'M ON FIRE, LIGHT ME UP.

SO. IF A GOOD.

IT'S 11 ACRES DOWN GOING TO THE SAWGRASS.

THERE'S ANOTHER FIVE ACRES GETTING READY TO, BE BUILT OUT WHETHER IT'S GOING TO BE COMMERCIAL OR RESIDENTIAL.

I DON'T SEE ANY SIGNS YET, BUT THEY CLEARED IT OUT.

SO THAT'S ONE THING TO TAKE NOTE OF.

I LOVE THE IDEA OF REDEVELOPING, TAMARAC VILLAGE.

AND WOW, IS IT POSSIBLE TO, DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT, PERHAPS THREE, FOUR FLOORS, WITH OPTION NUMBER TWO AND STILL SELL IT FOR $5 MILLION? I'M JUST THROWING THAT OUT THERE.

I'M. I DON'T SEE HOW THAT'S NOT FEASIBLE FOR A DEVELOPER TO DO OPTION TWO, PAY THE $5 MILLION AND DO 2 TO 4 FLOORS OR FIVE FLOORS, OR BE THE FIRST ONE TO, SAME THING AS WE'RE TRYING TO DO WITH COVERS.

I MEAN, NOT COVERS, CHEDDARS.

SO IS THAT AN OPTION THAT PERHAPS A WE CAN EXPLORE, BUT.

YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE A VERY DIVIDED COMMISSION ON THIS ON THIS ITEM HERE.

YOU GUYS CAN SEE IT.

IT SMELLS.

IT'S POLITICAL.

PEOPLE ARE PUTTING THEIR OWN EMOTIONS TO IT.

WE KNOW WE HAVE TO DEVELOP IT.

WE KNOW THAT OTHER CITIES ARE DOING THE SAME THING.

WE KNOW OTHER CITIES ARE GROWING.

WE KNOW THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE ARE MOVING INTO FLORIDA.

WE KNOW WE'RE THE 14TH LARGEST ECONOMY IN THE WORLD.

IF WE DON'T KEEP UP, IF WE DON'T DEVELOP IT PROPERLY, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AN ISSUE.

SO THAT'S MY $0.02 ON THAT.

I JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT TO YOUR ATTENTION AND SEE IF THERE'S, POSSIBLY SOME COMMENTS ON DOING SIX FLOORS AT LEAST.

PERHAPS IT COULD BE THE FIRST ONE BESIDES CHEDDAR'S TO BREAK THE FOUR FLOORS.

HEIGHT REQUIREMENT, 75FT, WHATEVER IT IS.

NO CITY.

MAYOR, WE HAVE THIS, TAMARAC IS ENJOYED.

A LOT OF PEACE AND QUIET, FOR A LONG TIME.

AND, IT WAS A RETIREMENT COMMUNITY AS IT WAS BUILT.

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IT'S ABOUT 30 MINUTES.

40 MINUTES. AND, YOU KNOW, SO TIMES ARE CHANGING AND, YOU KNOW, OUR POPULATION IS GROWING, AND SO, POPULATION IS DEMANDING DIFFERENT THINGS.

OUR DEMOGRAPHICS ARE CHANGING.

SO WE'RE NOT THE SAME, SLEEPY RETIREMENT BEDROOM COMMUNITY THAT WE WERE ONCE.

AND SO HEIGHT IS NOT A, IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD BE FEARFUL, YOU KNOW, AS THE MAYOR WAS SAYING, WE HAVE CERTAIN PARTS OF OUR COMMUNITY LIKE COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD, LIKE UNIVERSITY DRIVE THAT ARE, ABSOLUTE, CANDIDATES FOR, THE BEST AND POSSIBLE USE OF, OF THE EXISTING VERY REMAIN VERY LAST REMAINING, PARTS OF OUR, AVAILABLE PROPERTIES BECAUSE TAMARAC IS BUILT OUT, WE DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER REMAINING, PROPERTIES.

AND TO, TO UNDERUTILIZE THOSE PROPERTIES WOULD BE A SHAME.

AND IN THE NAME OF WHAT, HEIGHT, YOU KNOW, TAMARAC IS, IS, ENJOYED THE LOW HEIGHT, BUT.

DEMOGRAPHICS ARE CHANGING.

POPULATION IS CHANGING.

DEMAND IS CHANGING.

THE REQUIREMENTS ARE CHANGING, THE ENVIRONMENT IS CHANGING.

AND SO HEIGHT IS THE ONLY PLACE THAT WE CAN GO TO ACCOMMODATE, THE INCOMING, NEED OR DEMAND FOR, FOR YOU KNOW, VICE MAYOR ONCE SHARED AN ARTICLE FROM WALL STREET JOURNAL, ACTUALLY, A LOT MORE OF OUR POPULATION, NATIONAL POPULATION, ARE BECOMING RENTERS BECAUSE OF THEIR PREFERENCES.

THEN THEN THEN HOMEOWNERS.

AND THAT'S GOING TO BE THE TREND CONTINUING AS WE SPEAK.

SO HEIGHT IS NOT OUR ENEMY, AS THEY WERE SAYING IN THE, THE EARLY, CONVERSATION, YOU KNOW, HEIGHT IS HOW WE BRING IN, THE, THE POPULATION TO SUPPORT THE, THE KIND OF HIGH END, AMENITIES, RESTAURANTS, SHOPPING AND, YOU KNOW, THE LOCAL ACTIVITY CENTERS THAT WE WANT TO BUILD IN TAMARAC WE WANT TO BRING SOME ECONOMIC VITALITY, TO THOSE CERTAIN PARTS OF TAMARAC WHERE WE CAN AFFORD TO BRING THOSE, AMENITIES. AND WE CANNOT DO THIS IN THE MIDDLE OF WOODMONT.

WE CANNOT DO THIS IN THE MIDDLE OF WOODLANDS.

RIGHT. SO THESE, REMAINING, LOCATIONS ARE PRIME FOR THIS KIND OF DEVELOPMENT.

AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT JUST FOR, FOR, IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF LIFE OR FOR, LOCAL, OUR LOCAL RESIDENTS TO ENJOY THE RESTAURANTS AND SHOPPING, BAKERY, YOU KNOW, CAFETERIA WHILE THEIR KIDS ARE PLAYING AT THE SPLASH PAD OR WHILE THEY'RE ENJOYING, SOME, SOME MUSIC ACTIVITY AT THE AMPHITHEATER.

IT ALSO SHIFTS THE BURDEN FROM, THE TAX BURDEN FROM OUR, SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.

THE COST OF GOVERNMENT IS GOING UP EVERY SINGLE YEAR.

THIS YEAR, WE'RE GOING TO BE FACING A NEW BUDGET THAT'S GOING TO SEE, A TOTALLY DIFFERENT LEVEL OF, INCREASES IN OUR MOST, CRUCIAL SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE.

AND, IF WE DON'T DO THIS, COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT, IF WE DON'T ALLOW THE TYPE OF COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT EVERY OTHER COMMUNITY IS, IS, IS, GOING FOR, COMPETING FOR IN ALL THE SURROUNDING AREAS.

YOU KNOW, OUR ONLY OPTION IS GOING TO BE TO, YOU KNOW, PUT THAT BURDEN ON OUR, SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE.

AND SO FOR ALL THOSE REASONS, YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE RIGHT PLACE AND THE RIGHT KIND OF PROJECT.

I WISH WE COULD GO UP A LITTLE HIGHER, BUT BUT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE RIGHT PLACE AND THE RIGHT KIND OF PROJECT, TO TO, TO REVITALIZE THAT THAT COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR THAT WE HAVE IN TAMARAC.

SO, I REALLY AM.

ALONG WITH, OUR TEAM HERE, WE'RE TRULY PROUD TO HAVE RECEIVED THIS KIND OF A, PROPOSAL.

THIS KIND OF A PROJECT.

COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS. ARE YOU DONE? DUNCAN'S DO BAD.

COMMISSIONER BOLTON. I THINK I'VE, I'VE HEARD ALL OF THE DISCUSSION, AND AND WE'RE STILL MISSING, WE ARE STILL MISSING THE BIG PICTURE.

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THIS WAS THEN.

YOUR OWN BACKUP INFORMATION.

THIS WAS WHAT YOU PROMISED US YEARS AGO.

ALL SHOPPING, ALL RESTAURANTS.

UMA. AND PAM BUSHNELL AND HARRY DRESSLER AND ALL THE COMMISSIONERS THEN.

THIS IS WHAT WE PROMISED OUR RESIDENTS.

THIS IS HOW WE SOLD TAMARAC VILLAGE.

400 APARTMENTS, AND THOSE APARTMENTS WILL SUPPORT ALL COMMERCIAL LINED OUT LIKE BOCA.

THIS IS WHAT OUR RESIDENTS ARE ASKING FOR.

THIS IS WHAT THEY SAY TO US IN COMMUNITY MEETINGS EVERY SINGLE TIME WE GO TO THEM.

KINGS POINT.

DISTRICT ONE.

DISTRICT TWO.

DISTRICT FOUR.

RECURRING THEME.

THIS IS WHAT THEY ASKED FOR.

THIS IS WHAT WE PROMISED.

AND THIS IS WHAT WE'RE NOT GIVING THEM.

WHAT ARE WE GIVING THEM? THIS. EXHIBIT B.

YEAH I KNOW. THIS IS WHAT WE ARE OFFERING OUR RESIDENTS NOW.

AND MIGHT I ADD, A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO WHEN I SAID.

TWO. HARRY DRESSLER.

THE BETTER MAYOR THAT THAT THIS WOULD NOT HAPPEN.

HE SAT IN THE MIDDLE.

RIGHT WHERE MICHELLE IS.

AND AND HE AND HE SAID.

THAT'S THE NAME YOUR MAMA GAVE YOU.

HE SAID IT WILL HAPPEN.

HE SAID IT. HE SAID IT WILL HAPPEN.

RIGHT. AND TODAY IT'S NOT HAPPENING.

SO LET ME MAKE ANOTHER PROPHECY OR LET ME MAKE ANOTHER FORECAST.

WHEN WHEN WHEN THIS IS BUILT.

WHEN. COMMISSIONERS.

ARE PROBABLY BAMBOOZLED INTO VOTING FOR THIS.

THIS IS DONE.

AND THE SMALL PUBLIX FOR 45,000FT² THAT WE'RE PROMISED TODAY.

THAT IS GOING TO BE RESTAURANTS AND A BAKERY.

NOW WHAT WE'RE GOING TO HEAR.

NO RESTAURANT WANTS TO COME.

WE CAN'T DO IT.

I KNOW WE PROMISED IT, BUT UNFORTUNATELY NOT.

SO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO IS PROBABLY PUT IN A GYM.

OR MAYBE PUT IN AN AFTERCARE SCHOOL.

YOU KNOW THAT'S WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.

I THINK. I THINK THERE HAS TO BE A TIME WHEN WE PUT OUR FOOT DOWN AND SAY, ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.

BECAUSE ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.

WHEN WE MAKE A PROMISE TO OUR RESIDENTS, WE HAVE TO KEEP IT.

DON'T TELL US ABOUT TIMES THAT ARE CHANGING.

SUNRISE IS BUILDING.

CORAL SPRINGS IS BUILDING UP.

FORT LAUDERDALE'S BUILDING UP.

YOU KNOW WHAT? THEY CAN AFFORD TO DO IT BECAUSE THEY HAVE COMMERCIAL BASE, THEY HAVE RESTAURANTS, THEY HAVE SAWGRASS AND SUNRISE.

THEY HAVE THE WALK IN CORAL SPRINGS, THEY HAVE GALLERIA IN FORT LAUDERDALE AND LAS OLAS.

THEY HAVE ALL THESE COMMERCIAL PLACES AND RESTAURANTS AND ALL THAT.

THEY CAN'T DO IT. THEY CAN'T AFFORD TO DO IT.

WE CANNOT AFFORD TO DO THIS IN TAMARAC.

WE CANNOT AFFORD TO BUILD ALL OF THIS IN TAMARAC.

IT IS OUR LAST.

PIECE OF COMMERCIAL THAT WOULD BE ATTRACTIVE ENOUGH ON COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD.

WHAT PART OF THAT DON'T WE UNDERSTAND? IT IS OUR LAST PIECE OF GEM.

IF WE TRY TO PUT COMMERCIAL OR RESTAURANTS ANYWHERE ELSE, IT WILL NOT WORK.

MAYBE PUTT PUTT GOLF OR A LONG PINE ISLAND LIKE SOME PEOPLE HAVE PROMISED AND THEN RENEGED OR CHARGED.

YEAH. YEAH.

IT'S A MATTER OF FACT, A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, WHEN MISS CALLAWAY BROUGHT ZONING OFF ON, ZONING, IT IS.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD.

WE ARE IT IS IT IS IT IS CLEARLY ON TOPIC.

MISS CALLOWAY, REMEMBER ALONG COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD YEARS AGO WHEN YOU BROUGHT LEGISLATION TO US AND YOU SAID, OH, CHURCHES CAN GO ALONG COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD.

I WAS THE FIRST TO SAY, WHAT, YOU'RE OUT OF YOUR MIND BECAUSE THAT IS WHERE YOU PUT CHURCHES TO GO.

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I'VE BEEN FIGHTING AGAINST THESE LEGISLATIONS FOR YEARS.

IT IS NOT JUST A TODAY THING.

IT IS YEARS.

OKAY. SO AGAIN, I'M NOT GOING TO SUPPORT THIS BECAUSE THIS IS WAY TOO MUCH.

IT IS OUR LAST PIECE OF GEM ON COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD.

AND TO PUT EVERYTHING INTO PERSPECTIVE ALONG COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD, A LONG COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD.

IF SUNRISE BUILDS, IF THAT PIECE OF LAND THAT COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS IS TALKING ABOUT AND SUNRISE IS SOLD TO SOMEONE AND THEY BUILD APARTMENTS.

AND THEN IF WE IN TAMARAC BUILD OUR APARTMENTS.

TO THE OTHER DEVELOPERS WHO'S GOING TO MAKE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS? NO, HE HASN'T BEEN.

ALVIN COMMISSIONER.

THE SUNRISE.

IF THEY BUILD 500 APARTMENTS ON THAT VACANT PIECE OF LAND.

AND TAMARAC WE BUILT.

WE HAVE OUR 700 APARTMENTS AT TAMARAC VILLAGE, INCLUDING THIS.

AND THEN ON THE CHEDDAR'S PROPERTY WE HAVE ANOTHER.

HOW MUCH? 200 OR 300.

HOW MUCH? HOW MUCH ARE THE OTHER ONES PROPOSING? 272. THAT'S 300.

SO THAT'S ALREADY A THOUSAND APARTMENTS IN TAMARAC ALONG COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD.

THEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE ONES AT LAUDERHILL.

THAT'S MAYBE 500 OR 700 PLUS APARTMENTS.

THEN OUR LITTLE PIECE OF PROPERTY ALONG COMMERCIAL CLOSE TO BTU WHERE WE SAY, OH, WE WANT RESIDENTIAL, WE WANT RESTAURANTS.

UNIVERSITY AND COMMERCIAL.

WE SAY WE WANT RESTAURANTS.

WE MAY SAY A PROPOSAL FOR APARTMENTS BECAUSE I'M IN TUNED WITH THIS CITY.

I KNOW PEOPLE WHO ARE COMING IN AND ASKING QUESTIONS.

OH, I STAY ON TOP OF IT.

SO ALL OF THE RESIDENTS WHO THINK THAT THAT THAT RESTAURANTS ARE COMING HOME.

OH, THE HOLDING COMPANIES.

THAT PROBABLY WILL SELL TO US IN THE NEAR FUTURE.

APARTMENTS THAT'S COMING TO.

AND THEN WOODLANDS.

OH. OH MY GOSH.

I DON'T I DON'T, I DON'T UNDERSTAND.

LET'S LET'S GIVE IT BACK TO THIS PROJECT.

I DON'T I DON'T UNDERSTAND I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY.

WE'RE PUSHING THIS IT.

IT JUST MAKES NO SENSE.

AND AND WHEN OUR RESIDENTS CALCULATE MAYBE 2500 MORE UNITS.

WHEN YOU ADD EVERYTHING UP.

AT 707,500.

PERHAPS PEOPLE.

15,000 CARS.

BECAUSE THE TREND IS.

PEOPLE CAN'T LIVE ALONE ANYMORE.

THESE APARTMENTS WILL PROBABLY BE $2400 OR $3000, PERHAPS.

15,000 CARS AND TAMARAC.

YOU KNOW. MAY.

MAYBE, MAYBE YOU SHOULD ALL VOTE FOR IT.

BECAUSE, AS ELVIN SAID, IT'S PROBABLY A POLITICAL ISSUE.

GO RIGHT AHEAD.

NICE THERE. SO, I KIND OF AGREE WITH COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS IN TERMS OF THE PROPOSAL.

I'M NOT AGAINST THE DEVELOPMENT, IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A CHANGE IN CITY, CHANGE IN DEMOGRAPHIC.

YOU KNOW, TAMARAC IS A MICROCOSM OF AMERICA IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, DIVERSITY AND THE FACT THAT WE CAN GET A NICE HOME IN WOODMONT.

YOU CAN HAVE A NICE GOLF COURSE OUT, YOU KNOW, IN ON COLONY WEST.

SO WHAT I SEE IS THAT A YOUNG PERSON CAN START THEIR LIFE IN ONE OF THE APARTMENTS.

THEN YOU CAN MOVE TO PLUM, YOU KNOW, COLONY WEST OF PLUM HARBOR, ONE OF THOSE PLACES.

AND THEN AS YOU GET WEALTHIER, YOU MOVE INTO, WOODMONT.

I SEE, YOU KNOW, TAMARAC AS A PLACE AND A VISION.

WHAT? THE CITY MANAGER ECHOED AND IN REFERENCE TO THAT ARTICLE THAT I SENT YOU, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE HOMEOWNERS HAVE IS THAT THEY THINK RENTERS ARE TRANSIENT.

AND THAT ARTICLE MENTIONED THAT RENTERS, NOR HIGH INCOME PEOPLE WHO NO LONGER WANTS TO OWN A HOME, NO LONGER WANTS A BURDEN OF TAXES AND THAT TYPE OF STUFF, SO THAT THAT THAT NOTION OF TRANSIENT PEOPLE IS KIND OF LIKE, YOU KNOW, BEING PUSHED OUT THE DOOR BECAUSE PEOPLE IN THE MILLENNIAL GENERATION, WHICH IS THREE OF US ON HERE, PEOPLE BORN

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THEY THEY ARE THEY ARE THEY THEY THEIR WAY OF LIVING IS DIFFERENT.

AND AS A COMMUNITY, WE KIND OF HAVE TO ACCOMMODATE THEIR WAY OF LIVING.

ALSO, THERE WAS A ARTICLE IN TIME MAGAZINE THAT SAID THAT MORE AND MORE SHOPPING PLAZAS ARE TURNING INTO APARTMENT BUILDINGS BECAUSE OF HYBRID WORK FROM HOME, BECAUSE OF THE DEMAND OF THE DIFFERENT GENERATION.

SO THIS IS REALLY WHAT THE MARKET FORCES ARE DRIVING IN TERMS OF WHAT COMMUNITIES ARE SHIFTING TO AND WHAT COMMUNITIES WANT.

I THINK IT'S A VALUABLE PIECE OF LAND, AGAIN, BECAUSE WE'RE IN SOUTH FLORIDA, AND I THINK BECAUSE WE PUT IT OUT AS A COMMERCIAL REQUEST INITIALLY, I THINK IF WE PUT IT OUT AS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE NOW AS A MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT, I THINK WE'LL GET MORE RESPONSES BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT DEVELOPERS ARE INTERESTED IN.

I THINK A LOT OF DEVELOPERS ARE NOT INTERESTED IN COMMERCIAL BECAUSE IT DOESN'T YIELD A LOT OF PROFIT, IT DOESN'T YIELD A LOT OF REVENUES.

WHEREAS APARTMENTS, IF YOU'RE GOING TO GET 400 K PER UNIT, IT'S A VALUABLE, VALUABLE PIECE OF ASSET TO, TO OUR INVESTING.

SO YEAH, IF WE CAN COME BACK WITH SOMETHING ELSE THAT, THAT PERHAPS MIGHT NOT HAVE TEN FLOORS OR DIFFERENT PRESENTATIONS FROM DIFFERENT PEOPLE, THAT INCLUDES COMMERCIAL.

COMMISSIONER BOLTON IS KIND OF RIGHT.

DEVELOPERS MIGHT SAY THEY MIGHT BRING A GYM OR WHATEVER.

IF WE CAN KNOW IN ADVANCE WHO IS GOING TO BE THERE, WHETHER IT'S GOING TO BE A GROCERY STORE, WHAT IT'S GOING TO BE TRADER JOE'S, WHAT IT'S GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW, ALL THESE OR WHETHER IT'S GOING TO BE A NICE, FANCY RESTAURANT.

I WORK WITH A CLIENT DOWN IN MIAMI.

WHAT IS THAT NEW PLACE CALLED MIAMI WORLD? THEY HAVEN'T BUILT IT AS YET, BUT THEY'VE ALREADY SOLD THE RETAIL SPACES TO DIFFERENT PEOPLE.

COOKIE STORE LUCID IS THERE, APPLE IS THERE.

SO IN ADVANCE THEY KNEW WHO WAS COMING TO THE RETAIL SPACE SURROUNDING ALL THE APARTMENTS.

SO IF WE CAN HAVE THAT AND WE CAN ASSURE THE RESIDENTS THAT, HEY, THIS RESTAURANT IS COMING OR THIS PLACE IS COMING, THAT WILL BE VERY HELPFUL.

CITY MANAGER. GO AHEAD. YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.

VICE MAYOR, ONE OF THE DIFFICULTIES, IN TERMS OF, MAKING THOSE KINDS OF COMMITMENTS FROM A DEVELOPER PERSPECTIVE IS THAT, NO ENTITY IS GOING TO COMMIT TO A, A LOCATION WHEN THAT LOCATION IS NOT SECURED BECAUSE THAT LOCATION IS NOT SECURED AT THIS POINT UNTIL IT'S UNDER CONTRACT.

SO ONCE IT'S UNDER CONTRACT, THEN THE MARKETING EFFORTS AND SOUL STATION EFFORTS START, TO, TO SOLIDIFY THOSE, NAMES AND ENTITIES, FOR THE AVAILABLE COMMERCIAL SPACE.

UNDERSTOOD. AND IN TERMS OF THIS PRESENTATION, THIS IS YOU SAID THIS IS THE ONLY ONE THAT WE GOT.

THIS IS THE ONLY ONE THAT CAME BACK WITH WITH THIS BECAUSE WE WERE INITIALLY ASKING FOR COMMERCIAL SPACES.

SO WHAT MADE THESE THIS PARTICULAR GROUP COME BACK WITH RETAIL AS WELL? WE ASKED FOR, A NUMBER OF THINGS IN THE RFP AND WE CAN LET LORI RESPOND TO THAT.

BUT MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT WAS ONE OF THE ELEMENTS THAT WE IDENTIFIED AS POTENTIAL.

IS IS ONE OF THE POSSIBILITIES.

ABSOLUTELY. AND JUST ADDING TO WHAT THE CITY MANAGER SAID, WE REQUIRED RESTAURANT RETAIL AS PART OF ANY PROPOSAL, BUT WE PUT IN A LIST, A WISH LIST OF DESIRED STRUCTURED PARKING, WHICH IS EXPENSIVE.

WE ALSO SAID THE CITY WOULD CONSIDER PROPOSALS THAT INCLUDED A WELL DESIGNED VERTICAL MIXED USE, AS LONG AS RESTAURANT AND RETAIL WAS INCLUDED.

YES. AND THE PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT DOES HAVE RESTAURANT OR RETAIL.

SO WHILE YOU CANNOT NAME NECESSARILY THE NAME OF THE RESTAURANT THAT'S COMING IN, YOU CAN THAT CAN CERTAINLY BE A PART OF YOUR PURCHASE AND SALE CONTRACT.

SO THE DEVELOPER IS OBLIGATED TO BRING A RESTAURANT.

BUT WE DON'T WANT ANY RESTAURANT.

WE WANT WE NECESSARILY WANT A HIGH END RESTAURANT.

AND A MARKETER AS A MARKETER IS NOT AS WELL.

MARKETERS WANT, MOST OF THESE MODEST FRANCHISE COMPANIES WANT LIKE A, A CERTAIN DEMOGRAPHIC.

THEY'RE TRYING TO GET A CERTAIN AGE GROUP, YOU KNOW, THE YOUR PRIME AGE GROUP.

NO, NO, NO PUN AGAINST ANYONE WHO'S NOT WITHIN THE PRIME IS USUALLY, ACCORDING TO MARKETERS, BETWEEN 18 AND 54.

THAT'S THE PRIME DEMOGRAPHICS OF OF OF WHAT, WHAT PEOPLE LOOK FOR IN TERMS OF ATTRACTING THAT.

AND I THINK HAVING HAVING A YOUNGER DEMOGRAPHIC IN THE CITY ALSO WOULD BE HELPFUL IN ATTRACTING THOSE RESTAURANTS, BECAUSE IF WE DON'T HAVE THAT DEMOGRAPHICS, THE RESTAURANTS ARE NOT GOING TO COME. SO WE CAN BUILD THE COMMERCIAL SPACE, WE CAN BUILD THE FANCY PLACES.

BUT IF THAT DEMOGRAPHIC IS NOT THERE TO PRESENT TO THE FRANCHISE AND PRESENT TO THE MARKETERS, THEN WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET THESE RESTAURANTS TO COME.

SO KIND OF GOING TO COMMISSIONER, BOLTON POINT I REMEMBER AS A KID I WOULD COME TO, AND IT WAS A BATTING, BATTING CAGE AND LIKE A ROLLER COASTER, NOW IT'S DANA POINT.

IT'S BECOME A BEAUTIFUL.

YEAH. ALMOST TOOK ALMOST 20 YEARS.

IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DEVELOPMENT THAT'S ATTRACTED A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS.

SO I THINK IT'S A TREND THAT IS HAPPENING.

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I THINK IT MAKES US MORE REFLECTIVE OF AMERICA ON THE WHOLE IN TERMS OF HAVING, YOU KNOW, BEING ABLE TO START YOUR LIFE IN AN APARTMENT AND MOVE INTO OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY, AND YOU NEVER HAVE TO LEAVE TAMARAC, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN YOU CAN START OK AS A YOUNG DEPUTY, LIKE, LIKE, CAPTAIN COOPER DID, AND WITH AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND WORKFORCE HOUSING.

AND THEN YOU CAN KEEP MOVING TO OTHER PARTS OF THE COMMUNITY.

AND WHEN YOU BECOME A PRINCIPAL LIKE DOCTOR DANIELS, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN, YOU KNOW, MAKE IT TO WOODMONT.

SO, YEAH. SO SO I UNDERSTAND THE VISION AND I GET WHERE YOU WANT TO GO AND WHAT THE CITY WANTS TO DO.

AND SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT ABOUT THE NEXT ELECTION.

IT'S ABOUT THE NEXT GENERATION.

AND SOME PEOPLE MAKE IT POLITICAL BECAUSE IT'S ABOUT WINNING THE NEXT, NEXT, NEXT, NEXT ELECTION.

BUT PEOPLE DIDN'T VOTE FOR US FOR THE NEXT ELECTION.

THEY VOTED FOR US BECAUSE THEY WANTED PEOPLE WHO WOULD PREPARE THE CITY FOR THE NEXT GENERATION.

SO I THINK.

NO, I WOULDN'T BE A PREACHER.

I'M UNFINISHED MAN.

BUT YES. SO I GET THE VISION AND I UNDERSTAND.

AND I THINK IF WE.

YOU GUYS MAKE IT SEEM LIKE WE CAN'T GET ANOTHER OPTION IN TERMS OF PRESENTATION, IS THAT FEASIBLE FOR US TO GET ANOTHER DEVELOPMENT PROPOSAL OR.

THIS IS JUST THE ONLY OPTION THAT WE HAVE.

WE WENT THROUGH THE ENTIRE RFP PROCESS.

AND SO THIS IS THE RESULT OF THAT COMPETITIVE SOLICITATION PROCESS.

AND SO THAT'S THE THE THE PROCESS THAT WE FOLLOWED.

SO WE DID, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT SURE THE, ABOUT THE EXTENT OF THE, THE ADVERTISING, BUT BUT IT WAS, AT LEAST, STATEWIDE, IF NOT NATIONAL, THAT, THAT, INCLUDED A GREAT, MARKETING PACKAGE, ACTUALLY.

AND IT WENT TO, YOU KNOW, ALL KINDS OF PLACES.

SO DEVELOPERS, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY PICK AND CHOOSE.

NOW, ONE THING I DON'T WANT TO DO IS TO, YOU KNOW, REPOSITION THIS PROPERTY, INTO SOMETHING THAT IT'S NOT. AND, THREE AND A HALF ACRES IS WHAT WE HAVE LEFT, BUT IT'S NOT A WHOLE LOT OF PROPERTY.

IT'S NOT A SIZABLE PROPERTY WHEN IT COMES TO THE KINDS OF THINGS THAT WE'VE ORIGINALLY CONTEMPLATED, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, ORIGINAL CONTEMPLATION WAS 45,000FT² OF, YOU KNOW, SINGLE STORY, COMMERCIAL WITH A LOT OF SURFACE PARKING.

AND, SO THAT ONLY GETS YOU SO MUCH.

AND UNFORTUNATELY, WE ALREADY HAVE, SOME OF THOSE, COMMERCIAL SPACES.

YOU KNOW, A GOOD EXAMPLE IS WHAT WE HAVE ON COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD, ONE OF OUR MOST RECENT, NICELY DONE COMMERCIAL PLAZAS.

AND SO, LOOK AT THE, THE THE OCCUPANTS OF THAT, PROPERTY.

SO, I THINK THEY WERE HAVING DIFFICULTY UNTIL RECENTLY TO, TO, TO FILL IN THAT, THAT, COMMERCIAL SPACE AND WE PUT IN A, VAPE SHOP AND OR, OR SMOKE SHOP OR, YOU KNOW, SOME SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE.

SO THIS ACTUALLY IS AN ATTRACTIVE PACKAGE FOR A NATIONAL CHAIN.

WHEN THEY LOOK AT IT, THEY SEE THAT IMMEDIATELY IN THE AREA BETWEEN TAMARAC VILLAGE AND HAMPTON AND, MAYBE THE OTHERS, PLAY, OLD SHELDON PROPERTY.

THERE'S, THERE'S A BUILT IN CUSTOMER BASE ALONG 57, FOR, FOR A NATIONAL, RESTAURANT RETAIL AND, AND EVEN SOME HIGH END LOCAL, RETAIL PLACES TO COME IN AND, AND BE SUCCESSFUL.

BUT OTHERWISE, YOU KNOW, THE REASON THAT OUR SHOPPING PLAZAS ARE SUFFERING BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY DON'T ANSWER THE, THE KIND OF DEMAND THAT WE HAVE, IN TODAY'S MARKET.

AND THIS PROVIDES AN ATTRACTIVE OPTION FOR THOSE, NATIONAL ENTITIES TO COME IN AND BE SUCCESSFUL.

AND I KIND OF ECHOED THE SAME SENTIMENTS AS THE MAYOR, WHERE I WOULDN'T SUPPORT DEVELOPMENT IN COLONY WEST.

I WOULDN'T SUPPORT WHERE KEISHA LIVES, I GUESS, THE COMMUNITY IN WOODMONT, I WOULDN'T, BECAUSE THOSE ARE RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY.

BUT ALONG COMMERCIAL, THAT'S OUR CENTER CORRIDOR.

AND WHEN I DRIVE ALONG COMMERCIAL, COMING FROM THE TURNPIKE, I SEE A DILAPIDATED SHAKER VILLAGE.

I SEE OLD PLAZAS, I SEE DAN UNIVERSITY AND COMMERCIAL, YOU KNOW, THE ABANDONED BANK I DRIVE DOWN, I SEE DESOLATED LAND.

COME ALONG TAMARAC VILLAGE, I SEE DESOLATED VAN LAND.

AND AS WE GO WEST, IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE A VIBRANT CITY.

SO PART OF MY VISION IN 2030 IS WHEN I DRIVE ALONG COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD.

I SEE A COMMUNITY CENTER AT SHAKER VILLAGE.

I SEE THRIVING BUSINESSES.

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I SEE A THRIVING COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD ALONG 57TH WHERE WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WHO ARE ENJOYING THE COMMUNITY AND A VIBRANT COMMUNITY.

SO I WILL SUPPORT IT.

THANK. COMMISSIONER.

DANIEL. THANK YOU.

I'M GLAD YOU MENTIONED A COMMUNITY CENTER AT SHAKER VILLAGE.

THAT'S AWESOME. BECAUSE I AGREE, THAT WAS PART OF MY SENTIMENT IS.

COMMISSIONER BOLTON PUT UP A PICTURE OF BASICALLY A SHOPPING CENTER.

AND IF YOU HAVE BEEN MENTIONING I RAN ON THIS TICKET, THOSE SHOPPING CENTERS THAT WE HAVE, WE HAVE NOT EVEN TAKEN CARE OF WHAT YOU WANT TO BUILD NEW ONES.

LET'S FIX THE ONES WE HAVE.

THEY LOOK TERRIBLE FOR THE MOST PART.

AND I CAN SPEAK OF MY DISTRICT.

YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE A NEW ONE, BUT IT'S HALF EMPTY.

YEAH. SUPERMARKETS THAT LOOK PITIFUL.

YOU GO IN AND IT'S GRIMY AND WE'RE BUYING FOOD FROM THESE PLACES.

I DON'T WANT TO EAT FROM A RESTAURANT WHERE IT LOOKS DIRTY.

AND I EAT OUT A LOT BECAUSE OF MY JOBS, RIGHT? AND NOT ONLY SHOULD A RESTAURANT BE GOOD, BUT FOOD SHOULD BE GOOD.

BUT IT SHOULD BE CLEAN, RIGHT? SO CAN WE REVAMP WHAT WE HAVE BEFORE WE DEMAND THAT A DEVELOPER COME IN, PUT NEW RESTAURANTS IN, AND WE'RE NOT EVEN TAKING CARE OF THE ONES THAT WE HAVE THAT ARE RUNDOWN.

SO LET'S TAKE CARE OF SOME TYPE OF MISSION TOGETHER TO GET THESE.

THE CURRENT. LOTS THAT WE HAVE THAT HAVE RESTAURANTS, SHOPPING CENTERS, GET THEM UP TO PAR BEFORE WE TALK ABOUT, OH, THIS IS WHAT WE PROMISED. SO WHAT WE'LL BE PROMISING IS SPACE BECAUSE NOTHING IS IN THEM.

WE ALREADY HAVE SPACE, SO IF WE COULD FIX THAT, I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH HEIGHT.

I MEAN, WE ALL WENT TO THE SAME TRAINING.

WE'RE JUST COMFORTABLE GOING BACK TO WHAT WE'RE ACCUSTOMED TO.

RIGHT? WE NEED TO THINK FUTURISTIC, STOP BEING BEHIND THE TREND.

BECAUSE TECHNICALLY THAT'S WHAT WE ARE.

WE RUNNING BEHIND THE TREND BECAUSE THE OTHER CITIES THAT ARE IN COMMERCIAL, THEY ALREADY PUT THEIR STUFF IN PLACE.

THEY'RE NOT DISCUSSING HEIGHTS.

THEY ALREADY HAVE RESTAURANTS.

LAUDERHILL, SUNRISE.

YOU GO FURTHER UP, YOU HAVE FORT LAUDERDALE, OAKLAND PARK.

THEY ALREADY HAVE STUFF IN PLACE.

WE'RE JUST BEHIND THE EIGHT BALL.

LET'S STOP PLAYING AND WE'RE BEHIND THE EIGHT BALL BECAUSE OF DISCUSSIONS LIKE THIS WHERE PEOPLE WANT TO STICK TO WHAT USED TO BE.

THE AVERAGE AGE IS ALREADY 48, VICE MAYOR, IT'S ALREADY 48.

WE'RE NOT WAITING FOR IT TO BECOME.

IT ALREADY IS.

THAT POPULATION IS ALREADY HERE.

NOW, WHAT ARE WE DOING THAT WE'RE MANDATED TO DO TO MEET THE NEED OF THE POPULATION THAT LIVES IN TAMARAC? AND THAT IS BUILD STUFF THAT THEY WANT, BUILD STUFF THAT THEY NEED THAT MATCH THEIR LIFESTYLE.

CURRENTLY, YOU'RE RIGHT, THERE ARE NO RESTAURANT, BUT WE'RE NOT DOING OUR PART TO BRING THE RESTAURANTS IN AND WE NEED TO STOP STALLING.

THE SAME THING HAPPENED WITH SHAKER VILLAGE.

I WASN'T HERE AND I'M ONE OF THE MAIN ONES BEGGING FOR IT.

YOU ALL VOTED FOR IT YEARS AGO, HALF A DECADE AGO, AND YOU'RE STILL TALKING ABOUT IT.

SERIOUSLY, THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED.

PRICES DOUBLED WHEN YOU SIT AROUND AND TALK AND NO ACTION FOLLOWS IT.

AND EVERYTHING THAT WE FOUGHT ABOUT AND COME TO FRUITION, THE PEOPLE HAPPY, NO ONE COMPLAINING.

THEY ASKED ME WHEN THE BUILD IN EDEN, WHAT'S GOING TO BE FILLED.

THOSE ARE THE QUESTIONS I GET NOW.

WHY IS IT THERE? BUT WHEN IS IT GOING TO BE? IS IT FULL? ARE THEY GETTING TENANTS? IS THERE? WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN TO THAT PLAZA? THOSE ARE THE QUESTIONS I GET.

SO UNLESS WE TALK TO DIFFERENT RESIDENTS, THEY LIKE THE CHANGES THAT HAVE COME THAT MAKE OUR CITY MORE BEAUTIFUL.

NOW, IF YOU NEED TO AGREE WITH THE DEVELOPER ABOUT MORE COMMERCIAL SPACE, BUT BE SURE THAT YOU HAVE ENOUGH CLIENTS FOR THOSE COMMERCIAL SPACE.

DON'T JUST PUT SPACE THERE TO PUT SPACE THERE AND REMEMBER WHAT WE LEARNED FROM OUR TRAINING.

AND ON THAT NOTE, I WILL STOP TALKING.

BUT THAT WAS BEAUTIFUL.

I WISH ALL OUR COMMERCIAL SITES WOULD LOOK THAT BEAUTIFUL.

AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE COULD PUT ENERGY IN MAKING THESE SITES LOOK THAT BEAUTIFUL BECAUSE WE HAVE THEM.

LET'S MAKE THEM LOOK THAT BEAUTIFUL.

I AM ASHAMED TO SAY I GO BY LAUDERHILL AND THEY FIXING UP.

LOOK WHERE CHECKERS IS. I WAS LIKE, WHEN DID THEY FIX THIS UP? AND WE AGAIN BEHIND THE EIGHT BALL JUST TALKING, TALKING, TALKING.

LET'S FIX OUR STUFF UP.

I KNOW WE DON'T OWN THE PROPERTY A LOT OF.

THAT PROPERTY EITHER.

I'M SORRY, SHE SAID.

COME CLOSER. I'M BACK.

I'M FORT. FORGIVE ME.

YEAH. YEAH, LET'S WORK ON IT THERE.

I KNOW THE CITY MANAGER TOLD ME HE WILL PERSONALLY GO TAKE ME WITH HIM AND TALK TO ALL THE OWNERS.

THERE'S ALWAYS SOME PLACE TO, GET A WIN WIN AND COMPROMISE.

SO LET'S WORK ON THAT.

WE CAN'T JUST STEP BACK AND SAY BECAUSE IT'S PRIVATELY OWNED.

NO. I'VE SEEN YOU GUYS DO AMAZING THINGS WITH PRIVATELY OWNED STUFF, SO I KNOW YOU CAN.

THANK YOU. WE ARE GOING TO COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS.

THANK YOU, MAYOR, FOR HIS SECOND ROUND.

VICE MAYOR. DID YOU?

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OKAY. IT DOES, IT DOES.

SO OKAY.

NEXT IS COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS.

THANK YOU. MAYOR.

MAXINE OR LORI, CAN YOU TALK ON THE MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM KIND OF TIE THAT INTO WHAT WE'RE DOING FROM FOR THIS? WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH SUNRISE IS DOING WATER HILLS IS DOING WHAT EVERYBODY AND THEIR MOTHER IS DOING.

CAN YOU CAN YOU TALK ON THAT? AND THEN I'LL GO TO THE NEXT POINT.

I'M GOING TO ASK, IS THIS CONNECTED? AND I'M NOT TRYING TO BE PLAYING PUN ON WORDS.

IS THIS CONNECTED? YEAH. I THINK WHAT THE COMMISSIONER IS ASKING, AND WE KNOW THAT COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD IS A REGIONAL NETWORK IS SHARED BY MULTIPLE MULTIPLE MUNICIPALITIES.

SO CERTAINLY WE SEE A MASS TRANSIT AS A MODE OF TRANSPORTATION ON COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD.

THE MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION PLAN WILL SPEAK TO THAT.

THAT WILL BE A POLICY OR SOMETHING THAT WE'RE AIMING TOWARDS.

IT ALSO INCLUDE COORDINATION WITH THOSE MUNICIPALITIES.

SO THAT WILL HAPPEN AS A PART OF THIS ASSESSMENT.

BUT IT'S THE OVERALL IDENTIFY THE CHALLENGES THAT WE HAVE IN THE CITY.

AND WE KNOW THAT TRANSPORTATION ON ALL OUR CORRIDORS IS IDENTIFIED AS A CHALLENGE AND THEN OPPORTUNITIES WHAT IT IS THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO TO IMPROVE OR TO MAKE SURE IT'S BETTER FOR ALL MODES.

CAN YOU SPEAK ON, TURNPIKE? I THINK IT'S THE EXIT THEY'RE GOING TO BUILD ON OAKLAND.

YEAH. THAT IS CURRENTLY IN THE DESIGN, PHASE.

SO THAT IS STILL A POSSIBILITY, SO I MAY IT'S ALSO GOING TO BE CYPRESS CREEK.

IT'S OAKLAND PARK AND CYPRESS CREEK.

SO WE'RE GOING TO REMOVE A LOT OF CONGESTION OUT OF COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD.

THAT IS THE INTENT.

YEAH. OKAY. I JUST WANTED THAT, TO BE NOTED.

WHAT ARE WE DOING ABOUT PLAZAS? COMMISSIONER DANIELS BROUGHT UP A GOOD POINT.

I THINK WE DO HAVE A PROGRAM.

CAN YOU TIE THAT INTO THIS AS WELL? WE DO. ABSOLUTELY.

SO WE HAVE A DEVELOPER INCENTIVES PROGRAM.

IT ACTUALLY EXPIRED AT THE END OF LAST YEAR, BUT I DO HAVE ANOTHER PLAZA THAT WAS APPROVED BY OUR STAFF GRANT REVIEW PANEL THAT I'M GETTING READY TO BRING TO YOU GUYS SOON, BUT AND ALSO A REVISED, PROGRAM DEVELOPER INCENTIVE PROGRAM FOR SPECIFICALLY GEARED FOR OUR RETAIL PLAZA OWNERS AND INCENTIVIZING THEM TO NOT ONLY FIX UP THE FACADE, BUT THE ENTIRE EXTERIOR OF THE PROPERTY, ADDING, AND I'LL BE TALKING WITH YOU ABOUT THIS A LITTLE MORE IN A FUTURE WORKSHOP, BUT PROPOSING TO ADD, AN INCENTIVE FOR RESTAURANTS RECRUITING RESTAURANTS INTO OUTPARCELS OF THE PLAZA.

SO THAT IS THE PROGRAM THAT WE'RE GEARING TOWARD, THAT WE'VE ALSO RAMPED UP OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT WITH OUR CURRENT PLAZA OWNERS.

WE'VE ALSO, YOU KNOW, BIGGER PICTURE ADDED MIXED USE ZONING.

SEVERAL YEARS BACK IN 2018 WHEN WE UPDATED OUR LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE.

THERE IS A TREND.

AND COMMISSIONER DANIEL, I THINK TOUCHED ON THIS OF ADDING OR MAYBE VICE MAYOR.

RIGHT. ADDING MIXED USE COMPONENTS TO EXISTING RETAIL PLAZAS.

THAT'S JUST A TREND THAT'S HAPPENING WITH PLAZAS EVERYWHERE.

AND ADDING THAT MIXED USE COMPONENT IS, IT'S A POPULAR WAY TO ATTRACT A DIFFERENT COMMERCIAL MIX RETAIL RESTAURANT MIX INTO YOUR PLAZAS, AND MAKE IT MORE OF A, YOU KNOW, LIVE, WORK, PLAY TYPE PLACE MAKING, OPPORTUNITY.

SO ALL OF THOSE FACTORS ARE HAPPENING.

AND THEN JUST IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR MARKET, TOO, WE DO HAVE A TREND.

WE HAVE A LOT OF OUR PLAZAS RIGHT NOW THAT ARE UP FOR SALE AND OR TURNING OVER.

THEY'VE BEEN OWNED, WHICH IS ANOTHER GREAT OPPORTUNITY.

IT'S HAPPENING IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR, BUT IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US WITH A NEWLY REVAMPED DEVELOPER INCENTIVE PROGRAM TO APPROACH THE NEW PLAZA OWNERS ABOUT PARTICIPATING IN THAT PROGRAM. I'VE TALKED TO SEVERAL OF THE PROSPECT BUYERS OR RECENT NEW OWNERS OF THE PLAZAS, ABOUT TO GAUGE THEIR INTEREST IN PARTICIPATING IN THAT PROGRAM, AND I'VE GOTTEN A POSITIVE RESPONSE SO FAR.

SO THAT'S JUST A TREND HAPPENING IN THE PRIVATE MARKET.

I THINK THAT'S GOING TO HELP ON THAT FRONT, TOO.

THANK YOU. NOW, THE MAIN GOAL WAS TO ADD STORES AND RESTAURANTS.

SO I KNOW WE CAN REQUEST BY CONSENSUS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO SEE MORE RESTAURANTS.

WE WANT TO SEE 2 OR 3 RESTAURANTS.

RIGHT. WHAT IS YOUR TAKE ON THAT? WELL, I JUST WANT TO RESPOND TO WHAT WAS PROMISED TO THE COMMUNITY IN TERMS OF THE 44,000FT².

AND I THINK WHAT STAFF WAS DELIBERATE IN DOING IS MAKING SURE THAT THAT WAS STILL THERE.

THE 38,000 TO 44,000FT² WAS TO ENSURE THAT WHAT WAS IN THE PREVIOUS TAMARAC VILLAGE IS WHAT WE WOULD SEE, BUT JUST TO BRING MORE TO ENSURE ITS VIABILITY AND TO ENSURE THAT IT SUCCEEDED.

SO WE'RE GIVING THE COMMUNITY EXACTLY IN A DIFFERENT WAY WHAT WE TOLD THE COMMUNITY.

IT'S 38,000 TO 44,000FT², WHICH IS WHAT THE PREVIOUS COMMERCIAL COMPONENT SQUARE FOOTAGE WAS WITH OUTDOOR SEATING, PROMENADES, WHICH IS SOME OF THE THINGS WE DISCUSSED WITH THIS

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IT'S JUST IN A DIFFERENT DESIGN IN A WAY TO ENSURE THE VIABILITY AND THE SUCCESS OF THE OF THE RETAIL, THE RESIDENTIAL.

SO WE CAN ASK THEM TO JUST BREAK THAT DOWN, THAT 40,000 PLUS SQUARE, PLUS OR MINUS, BREAK IT DOWN AND ADD MORE THAN JUST ONE RESTAURANT.

ACTUALLY, IF I MAY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE WITH THIS PROJECT.

WE'RE DELIVERING A WHOLE LOT MORE THAN WHAT WAS PROMISED TO THE COMMUNITY, BECAUSE WHAT WAS PROMISED A SHOPPING PLAZA WITH ONE CORNER RESTAURANT AND OTHER UNIDENTIFIED, RETAIL SALON AND NAILS AND.

UNIDENTIFIED. AND SO WHAT WE'RE, BRINGING WITH THIS WITH THIS PROPOSAL IS A COMMITMENT TO BRING A NATIONAL RESTAURANT AND NATIONAL RETAIL.

AND ON THE SMALLER, COMMERCIAL PLACE, A LOCAL, HIGH END RETAIL OPPORTUNITY, MAYBE LIKE A, A PILATES STUDIO OR, A PET GROOMING SERVICE, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE.

BUT THIS ACTUALLY COMMITS TO BRINGING HIGH QUALITY, HIGH END RESTAURANT AND RETAIL, INTO THE COMMUNITY. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. SO, BASICALLY, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP.

ABOUT WHAT WAS PROMISED WAS THE 38 TO 40,000FT².

WHAT WAS THE CONCEPTUAL DESIGN? IS EXHIBIT D, E OR F, WHATEVER IT IS.

THAT'S A CONCEPTUAL DESIGN.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING WITH OUR PLAZAS TO TRY TO HELP.

OUR CITY HAS BEEN VERY ACTIVE, GOING OUT TO OUR PLAZA OWNERS AND TRYING TO REVAMP THEM.

WE CAN'T GET THEM.

THIS IS OUR THIRD ITERATION OF SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING.

PRIOR TO WHEN, MR FUNDERWHITE WAS HERE.

AND MISS CALLOWAY, I THINK, WAS HERE.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WERE HERE FOR THE SMALL 5 TO $10,000 ONE WE WERE TRYING TO DO.

NEVERTHELESS, WE CAN'T GET PLAZA OWNERS TO DO WHAT WE'RE ASKING THEM TO DO IF THEY DON'T WANT TO PARTICIPATE.

CORAL SPRINGS IS LOOKING PHENOMENAL WITH JUST SOME OF THIS PAINT IN THE CHANGES THAT THEY'RE DOING TO SOME OF THE FACADE, BUT HOPEFULLY WHATEVER ADDITIONAL ITERATION YOU'RE DOING WHEN YOU BRING IT BACK TO US, IT'LL IT'LL WORK OUT.

AND THEN AS A COMMUNITY, AS A COMMISSION, WE CAN DO A DIVIDE AND CONQUER WITH YOU AND GO ON THAT BUS TOUR WITH YOU IF YOU WANT.

I KNOW WE'VE BEEN ON THE BUS TOUR WITH THE DEVELOPERS AND BRINGING THEM TO THE LANDLORDS OF THE PLAZAS AND SAYING, PLEASE, PLEASE, YOU KNOW, LOOK AT THE GREAT STUFF WE HAVE HERE.

AND I'M SORRY THAT SOME OF THEM ARE SELLING, BUT IN SOME RESPECTS I'M NOT MAY REVITALIZE THOSE PLAZAS.

IT'S THEIR PRIVATE PROPERTY.

AND WE CAN ONLY DO WHAT WE CAN.

THIS IS NOT OUR LAST GEM, BUT IT IS A VERY BIG GEM.

I THINK THAT IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT WE HAVE BEEN AT THE AVERAGE AGE OF 48 FOR A MINIMUM OF 13 YEARS, AND WE HAVE NOT YET FULLY SUCCEEDED IN BRINGING OUT WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE TO KEEP MORE PEOPLE IN THE AVERAGE AGES COMING INTO OUR CITY.

WE DO NEED TO BUILD IT, FOR THEY WILL COME.

I AM HAPPY TO HEAR SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES THAT, STATE THAT WE NEED TO BASICALLY HAVE THE VISION.

WALTER DUKE WAS THE MAYOR OF DANA POINT.

HE WAS THE PERSON AT ULI WHO THAT WE ARE COMPLIMENTING NOW ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON AT DANIEL POINT.

IT WAS HIS VISION WITH HIS COMMISSION TO NOT BE AFRAID OF MOVING THINGS FORWARD AND GOING INTO THE NEXT GENERATION OF WHAT WILL BRING SUCCESS TO DANIA BEACH, WHICH IS DANA POINT.

WE SHOULD NOT BE AFRAID AS WELL.

WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT TRYING TO DO THINGS, AND WE SHOULD NOT LET FEAR CLOUD OUR GOOD JUDGMENT OF WHAT WE SHOULD DO.

PEOPLE ARE AFRAID OF COLONY WEST.

IT'S DOING GREAT.

WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO THINK BIGGER AND.

VETERAN ONE. NONE. WE SHOULDN'T BE BEHIND EVERYBODY.

WE SHOULDN'T GO. OH, LET'S SEE WHAT LAUDERHILL DOES WITH THEIR PROPERTY FIRST AND THEN GO, OKAY, NOW WE'RE CATCHING UP.

AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO GET THE POTENTIALLY POOP END OF A STICK.

YOU KNOW, I'M NOT PLEASED WITH SOME OF THAT BECAUSE WE'RE LETTING TIME GO BY AND IT IS TIME TO MOVE OURSELVES FORWARD.

WHEN IT COMES TO CERTAIN THINGS ABOUT TRAFFIC AND ALL THE COMPLAINTS, AS WE HAVE LEARNED, IF WE WERE PAYING ATTENTION AT ULI.

AND THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN SAID EARLIER.

IF NEEDS TO GET A LITTLE WORSE FOR THINGS TO GET BETTER.

F DOT WILL ONLY GIVE A CERTAIN CAPITAL, AND MPO WILL ONLY GIVE US CERTAIN CAPITAL, AND THE STATE WILL GIVE A CERTAIN CAPITAL WHEN WE HAVE CERTAIN THINGS SHOWING MORE USE.

AND THEN FORGIVE ME, I KNOW OUR POTENTIAL PURCHASER IS HERE, BUT USING OUR POTENTIAL PURCHASERS MONEY WILL BE THE ONES TO HELP US FIX THE PROBLEMS.

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THE SECURITY ISSUES, THE ACCIDENTS THAT ARE HAPPENING THAT'S GOING TO BE PAID FOR AND TAKEN CARE OF THROUGH MAJOR DEVELOPMENT IN THAT AREA.

WE CAN HAVE THE SAME THINGS HAPPENING ACROSS ALL ALONG COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD OR WHEREVER ELSE, IF WE ARE NOT AFRAID TO SAY YES.

I'D LIKE US TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT SKEWING THE NARRATIVE.

WHAT HAS BEEN PRESENTED TO US IS NOT 700 AND SOMETHING HOMES OR UNITS.

IT'S 302 TO 322 UNITS.

YES, IT WOULD BE ADDED ON TO THE 401 THAT ARE CURRENTLY THERE, BUT LET'S MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT BLURRING THE FACTS OR TRYING TO MAKE PEOPLE THINK THINGS ARE WORSE THAN THEY ARE BY SAYING CERTAIN THINGS IN A CERTAIN WAY.

WE'RE SPECIFICALLY TALKING ABOUT PHASE THREE.

OF TAMARAC VILLAGE AS A WHOLE.

WOULD IT TOTAL A CERTAIN AMOUNT? APPROXIMATELY 700, YES, BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT NOW, BECAUSE ALL PEOPLE ARE GOING TO HEAR BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO BE SCARED IS, OH MY GOD, THEY'RE BUILDING 700 UNITS ON THAT THREE ACRES OF PROPERTY, WHICH IS NOT HAPPENING.

JUST LIKE THE CONCEPT THAT WAS SET UP OF TAMARAC PLAZA.

POTENTIAL COMMERCIAL PART.

THIS IS A RENDERING.

IT'S JUST A CONCEPT.

IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THIS ISN'T PRETTY, BUT IT ALSO DOESN'T GIVE US ALL THE VIEWS OF WHAT IT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE FROM THE OTHER END, WITH THE RESTAURANT AND THE TREES.

AND IF YOU LOOKED AT SOME OF THE OTHER PICTURES OF WHAT COULD POTENTIALLY BE PUT OUT THERE FOR THE OUTSIDE DINING, IT'S A START.

WHO'S GOING TO INVEST ALL THAT MONEY PUTTING OUT ALL THOSE DESIGNS UNTIL WE KNOW THAT THEY'RE EVEN COMING ON BOARD? I THINK THAT OUR COMMISSION SHOULD EMBRACE WHAT WE BELIEVE IS A GREAT CITY.

I THINK IF WE SIT HERE TODAY AND SAY THEY'RE NOT COMING.

WHO WANTS TO GO THERE.

THEN WE'RE SAYING TO OUR CITY AND OUR STAFF AND OUR RESIDENTS AND OUR BUSINESSES.

YOU DON'T COUNT, YOU DON'T CARE.

WE DON'T THINK ANYTHING'S GOING TO WORK.

WE JUST MIGHT AS WELL JUST PACK OURSELVES UP AND SHRIVEL AWAY AND NOT BE VIBRANT BY US.

JUST SAYING IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.

WE SHOW NO CONVICTION IN OUR OWN BELIEFS THAT THIS IS SUCH A GREAT CITY, AND WE KNOW IT IS.

SO I THINK WE SHOULD WORK ON THE DENSITY THAT COMES WITH IT.

I WANTED TO ASK, AND I DON'T KNOW, DO YOU KNOW OUR SCALABLE, DENSITY.

OUR UNITS ARE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF UNITS THAT THE CITY COULD BE BUILT OUT TO.

IF ALL OF OUR FLEX UNITS AND WE BUILT UP IN OUR CITY COULD BE.

BUT I DO KNOW THE UNITS THAT ARE AVAILABLE IN THE LOCAL ACTIVITY CENTER, WHICH IS WHERE THIS PROJECT IS BEING PROPOSED.

SO WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OVER 1400 UNITS AVAILABLE IN THE LOCAL ACTIVITY CENTER.

WE HAVE ONLY DISPERSED ONCE, AND THAT WAS FOR THE TAMARAC VILLAGE PROJECT.

OKAY. SO OVER 1400 WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ONE USE AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT POTENTIALLY GOING UP AND ADDING ANOTHER ADDITIONAL 300 THAT THIS IS A MAX 322 UNITS.

RIGHT. IT'S 302 TO 334 334 MY APOLOGIES, I THOUGHT 322.

334. YEAH.

MY APOLOGIES. SO IT'S NOT 700 UNITS GOING UP IN THE THREE ACRES OF PROPERTY.

SO, I THINK WE SHOULD STOP MAKING COMMENTS FROM THE DAIS, MAKING THINGS SOUND POLITICAL, THROWING INNUENDOS THAT ARE A BUNCH OF BUNK, AND JUST GET BACK DOWN TO THE BASICS AND SAY, WHAT IS WHAT? WHAT IS THE BEST THING FOR OUR CITY AND WHAT DO WE NEED? WE HAVE BEEN THROUGH THIS.

WE HAVE PUT THROUGH THE PROPOSALS.

WE HAVE DONE EVERYTHING POSSIBLE.

WE HAD A PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP WITH SOMEONE ELSE.

IT DIDN'T WORK OUT.

THINGS HAVE CHANGED.

THIS IS A GREAT PROJECT THAT'S COMING TO US.

WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAKE IT EVEN BETTER FOR WHAT WE NEED ON BOTH SIDES.

BECAUSE I KNOW THAT, THEY'RE LISTENING AND PROBABLY HAVE SOME QUESTIONS I DON'T KNOW.

WE'RE NOT GOING TO SIGN ANYTHING.

WE'RE NOT GOING TO CONTRACT. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN TALK ABOUT THINGS PRIOR TO OR IF WE'RE STUCK.

ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WAS ASKED AND HASN'T I DIDN'T HEAR THE FULL ANSWER.

THE BID CAME IN ONE WAY.

ARE WE ALLOWED TO CONTINUE THE NEGOTIATION ON IT? WELL, AT THIS POINT, CONTRACT IS DRAFTED.

AND WHAT'S, BEFORE THE COMMISSION IS THE FINAL CONTRACT.

SO BEFORE WEDNESDAY NIGHT, BECAUSE I KNOW IT ALWAYS ALLOWS PROVISIONS FOR DISCUSSION.

IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK WITH THE DEVELOPER AND ASK ABOUT A POTENTIAL CHANGE IN, FINANCES? YOU KNOW, MAYBE SOME MONEY COMING BACK TO THE CITY AT A CERTAIN PERIOD IN TIME? THERE'S CONCERNS ABOUT THE DENSITY.

I DON'T THINK THE PROJECT CAN FINANCIALLY GO FORWARD WITHOUT HAVING A CERTAIN NUMBER OF UNITS.

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SO WHAT CAN BE DISCUSSED FOR SOME OF THE COMMENTS WE'VE MADE TODAY? I THINK, MAYOR, THE PURPOSE OF THIS WORKSHOP WAS TO LET STAFF KNOW THE COMMISSION VIEWPOINTS ON SOME ISSUES.

YES. STAFF CAN DISCUSS WITH THE DEVELOPERS SOME CONCERNS RAISED TODAY.

ADDITIONALLY, THE COMMISSION HAS THE AUTHORITY AT THE COMMISSION MEETING TO ALSO DIRECT STAFF TO.

GO BACK TO THE DEVELOPER TO ADDRESS SOME VIEWPOINTS.

OKAY. OKAY.

NOTWITHSTANDING A PROPOSED CONTRACT, BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE CONTRACT APPROVAL IS SUBJECT TO THE COMMISSION.

OKAY. BATMAN'S BEST METHODOLOGY FOR ADMINISTRATION IS WHAT YOU'VE HEARD OUR COMMENTS, EVERYONE'S HEARD OUR COMMENTS AND JUST GO FROM THERE.

YES, I BELIEVE SO.

AND IF THERE'S NEED FOR CLARIFICATION, THE MANAGER COULD TALK TO EACH MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION ONE ON ONE.

OKAY, OKAY.

CITY MANAGER WE'RE GOOD.

ALL RIGHT. SEEING THAT THAT THIS TOPIC IS NOW OVER.

IT IS 1247.

WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A HALF HOUR RECESS.

YES. 115.

SO SHORT BY THREE MINUTES.

MY APOLOGIES. 115 NO.

YES. 125.

OKAY. 125.

IT IS. AND WE WILL BE DONE BY 2:00, RIGHT? I WON 25.

IT IS, AND WE WILL BE DONE BY 2:00.

WE HOPE. WE PRAY.

25. AND WE ARE GOING TO START WITH ONE E THE AGREEMENT REGARDING CITY OF

[1.e TR14080 - A Resolution of the City Commission of the City of Tamarac, Florida,awarding and approving an agreement between the City of Tamarac and TD Bank,N.A. as the City’s depository and provider of banking and Treasury Management]

GO AHEAD. FINANCIAL SERVICES DIRECTOR, CHRISTINE CAJUSTE AND OUR PROCUREMENT AND CONTRACTS MANAGER, KEITH GLATZ.

THANK YOU. BECAUSE IT'S A TITLE THAT I HAVE TROUBLE WITH, NOT THE NAME.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. FOR THE RECORD, CHRISTINE CAJUSTE THE DIRECTOR OF FINANCIAL SERVICES.

ON WEDNESDAY, YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU AN ITEM FOR, THE APPROVAL OF OUR BANKING SERVICES CONTRACT.

IT'S FOR BANKING AND DEPOSITORY.

DEPOSITORY SERVICES.

OUR CHARTER. SECTION 7.08 A.

PROVIDES THAT THE CITY COMMISSION DESIGNATE A DEPOSITORY BANK TO TAKE CARE OF OUR SERVICES THAT WE REQUIRED.

THESE SERVICES INCLUDE ACCOUNT MAINTENANCE, CUSTODIAL SERVICES, AND OTHER MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES.

OTHER MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES COULD BE, YOU KNOW, ACCOUNT STATEMENT, CBAS REPORTS, POSITIVE PAY, DEBIT FILTER, LOCKBOX SERVICES, AMONG OTHER THINGS.

REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL R 2023 R WAS ISSUED IN JUNE 2023.

R 28. WHAT IS IT IN JUNE? 18 OF 2023.

IT CLOSED ON JULY 25TH, 2023.

IT WAS ADVERTISED IN MOST OF THE MAJOR MEDIA, INCLUDING THE SUN-SENTINEL AND BIDS AND TENDERS.

WE RECEIVED RESPONSES FROM EIGHT FROM SIX.

SORRY, INSTITUTION.

AND THESE ARE THE INSTITUTIONS I'M SORRY WITH SEVEN INSTITUTIONS THAT WE RECEIVED RESPONSES FROM AMR, BANG BANG BANKUNITED, JPMORGAN CHASE, SYNOVUS, TD BANK, TRUIST BANK AS AS WELL AS WELLS FARGO ANY.

WE WE GOT A EVALUATION COMMITTEE TOGETHER.

THIS WAS FACILITATED BY KEITH GLASS, WHO IS WITH ME TODAY.

SO THESE ARE THE MEMBERS OF THE EVALUATION COMMITTEE.

THIS WAS MYSELF, AGNEW JEAN-PIERRE, WHO IS THE ASSISTANT FINANCE DIRECTOR, AND HARRIS WINDSOR, SHE'S ONE OF OUR SENIOR ACCOUNTANTS.

INESSA HERRERA, OUR CHIEF OF STAFF, AND DANIEL MALDONADO FROM THE COMMUNITY OF THE, OUR COMMUNITY SERVICE MANAGER FROM THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT.

NOW THIS IS A SNAPSHOT OF THE CRITERIA THAT WAS USED FOR THE EVALUATION.

WE HAVE THE SUBJECTIVE THE SUBJECTIVE CRITERIA THAT THEY WERE EVALUATED ON, WHICH IS THE QUALITY OF RESPONSE, THE QUALIFICATION AND THE SCHEDULE.

AND THEN WE HAVE THE OBJECTIVE OBJECTIVE ONES WHICH WAS THE COST PRICE.

AND THEN THEY GOT SOME BONUS POINTS FOR IF THEY'RE A LOCAL VETERAN OR WOMEN OWNED BUSINESS.

AND WHETHER OR NOT THEY COMPLIED WITH THE CONVICTION IS THE POLICY.

A LITTLE BIT MORE ON THE SUBJECTIVE CRITERIA IN TERMS OF QUALITY.

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WE LOOK FOR COMPLETENESS RATHER THAN WHETHER THEY, YOU KNOW, ANSWERED ALL THE QUESTIONS FROM THE RFP.

WE TRY TO JUDGE THE LEVEL OF KNOWLEDGE.

AS WAS PRESENTED TO US AND THEIR ABILITY TO RESPOND TO THE PROPOSAL TO PROVIDE THE SERVICES THAT WE WE WANTED.

THEN WE LOOKED AT, THEIR QUALIFICATIONS, WHICH INCLUDE THE EXPERIENCE OF THE FIRM, YOU KNOW, THE PERSONNEL THAT WAS GOING TO BE ASSIGNED AND THE REFERENCES THAT WERE PROVIDED.

AND THEN IN TERMS OF SCHEDULE, WE LOOKED AT WHAT THEY PROVIDED US AND TRY TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THAT SCHEDULE LOOKED, LOOKED LIKE IT WOULD IT WOULD FULFILL WHAT WE NEED FOR THE SERVICES.

AT THE END OF OUR FIRST EVALUATION AFTER THE COMMITTEE MET, THESE WERE THE SCORES FOR EACH BANK.

AS YOU SEE, TD BANK, CAME OUT ON TOP.

THEN WE LOOKED AT THE OBJECTIVE CRITERIA, WHETHER OR NOT THEIR LOCAL, LOCAL BUSINESS WOMEN OWNED OR WHETHER THERE WAS A PREFERENCE, WHETHER THEY COMPLIED WITH THE CONVICTION.

HISTORY. POLICY.

IN TERMS OF PRICE.

WE TOOK ALL THE LINE ITEMS THAT WAS IN THE PROPOSAL.

WE PUT THEM SIDE BY SIDE FOR EACH BANK.

TD BANK CAME OUT AS THE LOWEST PRICE.

AND THEN THERE WERE SOME OTHER OFFERINGS IN EACH EVALUATION.

AS YOU CAN SEE, THESE ARE THINGS THAT WE REQUESTED, BUT THESE ARE THINGS THAT THEY SPECIFICALLY OFFERED THE TD BANK.

WE TALKED ABOUT THE EARNINGS CREDIT.

YOU CAN SEE TD BANK OFFERED 3.75%.

WELLS FARGO HAD THE LOWEST.

SYNOVUS HAD THE LOWEST OFFERED 1.25% FOR EARNINGS CREDIT.

AND UNITED BANK UNITED OFFERED 4.6 4.06% IN TERMS OF THE INTEREST ON DEPOSIT.

YOU CAN SEE WELLS FARGO WAS THE LOWEST AT 2.5%.

AMERICAN BANK OFFERED US A 5% INTEREST AND TD BANK OFFERED 4.7% 4.75%.

IN TERMS OF RESERVE REQUIREMENTS.

THERE ARE A COUPLE OF BANKS THAT WAIVED IT.

TD BANK AND BANK UNITED.

OTHERS WERE SILENT.

WHEN YOU SEE ANY, THAT MEANS THAT THEY WERE SILENT REGARDING THAT.

AND OTHERS TALK ABOUT WHAT'S REQUIRED AND WHAT'S REQUIRED TO OFFSET SERVICES IN TERMS OF FEE.

WE WERE OFFERED 1515 MONTHS FEE WAIVER FROM TD BANK.

JP MORGAN SAID 18 MONTHS TO A MAXIMUM OF 70 70,000.

WELLS FARGO DID 12 MONTHS WITH A MAXIMUM OF 45,000.

THEN, YOU KNOW, TOURISTS SAID 90 DAYS OF FEES.

SYNOVUS SAID SIX MONTHS.

THE OTHER TWO WERE SILENT.

IN TERMS OF FDIC INSURANCE.

TWO BANKS SPECIFICALLY SAID THAT IT WAS WAIVED.

OTHERS, WAS KIND OF SILENT.

THEY SAID NO, AS REQUIRED BY THE FDIC RULE, THEY TALK ABOUT ANYTHING OVER 250,000 NOT SUBJECT TO FDIC INSURANCE.

AND WELLS FARGO SPECIFICALLY STATED THAT THERE WILL BE A CHARGE RECOUPMENT FOR FDIC FEES.

TRAINING, AND ALL OF THEM WERE SILENT AS TO WHAT THEY WILL OFFER US IN TERMS OF TRAINING.

TD BANKS SPECIFICALLY SAID THAT THEY WILL BE OFFERS OFFERING US TRAINING FREE OF CHARGE, FREE OF CHARGE.

TRUIST SAID 90 DAYS AND BANK UNITED ALSO OFFERED FREE OF CHARGE.

THE IMPLEMENTATION FEE WAS WAIVED FOR QUITE A NUMBER OF BANKS, EXCEPT FOR TOURISTS.

THAT SAYS IT WILL BE WAIVED FOR 90 DAYS, AND BANK UNITED AND EMIRATE BANK WAS WAS SILENT.

IN TERMS OF SUPPLIES.

THESE ARE YOU KNOW, IT COULD RANGE FROM CHECK STOCK TO DEPOSIT TICKETS AND OTHER THINGS THAT WE NEED FOR TRANSACTION.

TD BANK OFFERED US $600 FOR FIVE YEARS.

JP MORGAN GAVE A FLAT AMOUNT OF $5,000.

SO WE SAID NO CHARGE DURING TRANSITION.

SYNOVUS BANK WAS WAS THE MOST GENEROUS AT $1,700 PER YEAR.

REMOTE DEPOSIT CAPTURE.

JPMORGAN CHASE WAS OFFERING US TWO MACHINES AT $1,000.

EACH BANK UNITED WAS OFFERING US ONE.

AND THIS WAS BASICALLY WHAT THEY OFFERED US OUTSIDE OF.

THE REGULAR FEES.

AT THE END.

THESE ARE HOW THE SCORES FELL.

WITH TD BANK BEING THE HIGHEST, FOLLOWED BY JP MORGAN CHASE WITH SECOND, AND TRUIST WOULD BE THE THIRD ROUND BANK.

[02:45:08]

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

OKAY. JUST TO LOOK A LITTLE BIT MORE IN THE IN TERMS OF THE TD BANK OFFERING.

AND THIS WAS ALSO ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE.

THEY'RE OFFERING US 4.75% BASIS POINTS FOR OUR INTEREST.

375 BASIS POINTS, WHICH IS 3.7% FOR OUR EARNINGS CREDIT.

THERE'S NO RESERVE REQUIREMENT.

THEY ARE GIVING US A 15 MONTH WAIVER OF ACCOUNT ANALYSIS FEE, NO FDIC CHARGES.

THEY ARE PROVIDING CUSTOM, CUSTOMIZED IN-PERSON AND VIRTUAL TRAINING.

A LOCAL RELATIONSHIP TEAM, THEY STATE THAT THE CITY WILL NOT INCUR ANY TRANSITION COSTS, I GUESS BECAUSE WE'RE AN INCUMBENT AND THEY'RE WAIVING ALL ONE TIME IMPLEMENTATION FEE.

A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE BANK.

TD BANK IS THE INCUMBENT BANK.

THEY'VE BEEN WITH US SINCE SINCE 2008.

THE RELATIONSHIP HAS BEEN POSITIVE AND THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO ADDRESS ALL THE CITY'S NEED NEEDS.

A LITTLE BIT MORE ON THE BANK.

AND THIS COMES FROM TD BANK.

THIS IS THEIR INFORMATION.

THEY HAVE THE COURTS THEMSELVES AS THE MOST AMERICA'S MOST CONVENIENT BANK.

THEY'RE OPEN 24/7.

THEY HAVE LIVE CUSTOMER SERVICE 24 OVER SEVEN.

I THINK THEY ONLY CLOSE A FEW HOLIDAYS, EASTER SUNDAY, I THINK THANKSGIVING, CHRISTMAS DAY, AND MAYBE A COUPLE OTHERS.

THEY HAVE $421.9 MILLION IN ASSETS.

AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THEY, THEY ARE WELL RATED FOR LONG TERM DEPOSIT.

THERE ARE TWO WITH MOODY'S MINUS WITH S&P, DOUBLE A WITH FISH WITH FITCH AND WITH BBR WHICH IS THE CANADIAN RATING SYSTEM. THEY'RE DOUBLE-A RIGHT IN.

SEE THE BANK IN FLORIDA.

THEY HAVE 23.1 BILLION IN DEPOSITS.

THEY HAVE 160 STORES THROUGHOUT THE THROUGHOUT THE STATE.

THEY HAVE 2962 EMPLOYEES.

THEY STATE THAT THEY ARE COMMITTED TO THE FLORIDA COMMUNITY AND IN THE STORES THAT THEY HAVE, THEY HAVE ONE RIGHT HERE ON COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD.

IN TERMS OF AWARDS AND RECOGNITION.

THEY REPORT THAT IN TERMS OF DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION, THE BANK WAS RECOGNIZED FOR THE SEVENTH YEAR, AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE SLIDE IN A ROW BY BLOOMBERG FINANCIAL SERVICES FOR GENDER EQUALITY INDEX FOR 2023 AND AMONG OTHERS.

I'LL POINT OUT THEY WERE RECOGNIZED BY FORBES, AND THEY WERE ON THE FORBES BEST EMPLOYER FOR DIVERSITY LIST FOR THE FOURTH YEAR IN A ROW IN 2022. THE BANK HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED WITH THE TOP SCORE OF 100% FOR THE EIGHTH CONSECUTIVE YEAR ON THE 2022 DISABILITY EQUALITY INDEX.

AND TD BANK WAS ACKNOWLEDGED BY THE BLACK JOURNAL AMONG THE TOP FINANCIAL, FINANCIAL AND BANKING COMPANIES IN 2020 AND AS A TOP EMPLOYER IN 21 AND AS A TOP COMPANY FOR THE LGBTQ EMPLOYEES IN 2022, AND AS A TOP COMPANY FOR DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION IN 2023. AND THIS IS JUST, A DEPICTION OF OF THOSE AWARDS.

AND THIS IS HOW TD BANKS STATES THAT THEY DIFFERENTIATE THEMSELVES FROM OTHERS.

THEY'RE A MEMBER OF THE TD BANK GROUP, WHICH IS ONE OF THE LARGEST FULL SERVICE FINANCIAL COMPANIES IN THE UNITED STATES.

BUT THEY SAY THAT UNLIKE MANY BANKS, THEY HAVE DEDICATED LOCAL TEAMS THAT WILL GET TO US AND ORGANIZE OUR ORGANIZATION TO SOLVE ANY ISSUES THAT WE HAVE.

THEY HAVE CONTINUOUS GROWTH, AND OVER THE LAST DECADE THEY HAVE DOUBLED THEIR EMPLOYEE BASE AND THEY'VE TRIPLED THEIR CAPITAL BASE.

AND AS OF JUNE 2023, AND IT'S TRUE TODAY, THERE ARE THE THIRD RANKED BANK FOR QPD IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA.

I THINK IT'S BEHIND BANK OF AMERICA.

AND. OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT THEY'RE A PART OF THE THEY SERVE CITY OF NORTH LAUDERDALE. CITY OF LAUDERHILL, INCLUDING CITY OF LAUDERHILL, CRA AND THE HOUSING AUTHORITY THEY SERVE.

CITY OF COCONUT CREEK PEMBROKE PINES.

CITY OF PARKLAND.

CITY OF SNAILBEACH.

CITY OF AVENTURA.

[02:50:02]

WHAT THEY HAVE TO OFFER US IN TERMS OF A AT WORK PROGRAM.

YOU KNOW, THEY TELL THEIR DIRECT DEPOSITS THAT THEY THAT THEY OFFER.

AND THE CONVENIENCE TO EMPLOYEES FOR OFFERING THE DIRECT DEPOSIT AND FOR THE EMPLOYEES, THEY OFFER CASH BONUSES WHEN THEY OPEN A NEW CHECKING ACCOUNT, AND THEY HAVE FLEXIBLE AND CONVENIENT LENDING SOLUTION WITH RATE DISCOUNTS AND CREDIT CARDS.

AND MORE.

AND JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT.

WHY DID THE BANK THINK THAT THEY SHOULD? THEY SHOULD BE THE CHOICE.

THEY ARE ONE OF THE SAFEST BANK IN THE WORLD.

ONE OF THE TOP 15 SAFEST BANK FOR GLOBAL FINANCE.

THEY HAVE CONSERVATIVE RISK MANAGEMENT.

AND, THEY HAVE A ROBUST TREASURY MANAGEMENT CAPABILITIES WITH CONTINUOUS REINVESTMENT, AND WE'VE SEEN SOME EVIDENCE OF THAT.

AND THEY HAVE LOCAL PRESENCE TO SERVE.

CITY OF TAMARAC.

HERE ARE SOME OF.

I'M SORRY. HERE ARE SOME OF THE INITIATIVES THAT THEY THEY HAVE HERE IN BROWARD COUNTY.

THEY ARE HEAVILY INVOLVED IN THE BROWARD LEAGUE, THE URBAN LEAGUE OF BROWARD COUNTY, MINOR BUSINESS EXPO.

THEY'VE BEEN DOING THAT FROM 2020 18 TO 2023.

CARIBE CARIBBEAN VILLAGE FESTIVAL 2018 TO 2022.

THEY ARE INVOLVED IN THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF BROWARD COUNTY WINE AND WOMEN AND SHOES, 2021 NORTH BROWARD SMALL BUSINESS EXPO POP UP PALOOZA 2021, AMONG OTHERS.

AND I COULD LEAVE THE SLIDE UP IF YOU WANT TO WANT TO READ THEM.

BUT WITH THAT, THAT IS ALL I HAVE.

AND NOW WE'RE OPEN FOR QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU. APPRECIATE.

MR. DENNY. I WAS WONDERING, DO YOU HAVE A SLIDE OR SOMETHING ON THE ACTUAL COST THAT.

THE. I DON'T KNOW.

HERE WE GO. OKAY, SO YOU SEE THIS ONE? THE. THE TOTAL COST FOR EACH SERVICE FOR THE WHOLE ENTIRE YEAR, FOR THE FIVE YEARS.

FOR THE WHOLE ENTIRE YEAR.

EACH YEAR. PER YEAR. PER YEAR.

I WAS WONDERING ABOUT. I THINK THE BIG DIFFERENCE WITH BANKING, NET IS THERE ARE A LOT MORE SERVICES IS A LOT HIGHER. THERE ARE LOCKBOX SERVICES NOW.

WE USE LOCKBOX SERVICES FOR OUR UTILITY BILLS AND FOR OUR MS BILLS.

THEY'RE A LOT HIGHER.

IT COULD BE THAT EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE PROVIDING THE SERVICES, THEY'RE USING THE THIRD PARTY.

WHILE THE OTHER BANKS MIGHT BE USING THEIR OWN.

VICE MAYOR. THANK YOU, MISS CHRISTINE.

QUESTION. IN TERMS OF THE INTEREST RATE BASIS POINTS, I THINK TD WAS AT FOUR FOR 75 AND CENOVUS WAS AT 520. YEAH THAT'S A DIFFERENCE OF 45 BASIS POINTS.

HOW MUCH HOW MUCH HOW MUCH MONEY DO WE HAVE IN THAT BANK ACCOUNT.

PRESENTLY WE HAVE ABOUT 160,000,160 MILLION 6106.

SO JUST BASIC MATH.

SO LET'S SAY 100 MILLION.

AND THAT'S A DIFFERENCE OF 50 BASIS POINTS.

SO THAT IS ABOUT 500,000 IN INTEREST.

CURRENTLY, WE, WE HAVE, UNDER $96 MILLION IN OUR DEPOSITORY ACCOUNT.

THAT DOESN'T STAY THE SAME.

OKAY. THE INTEREST RATE ENVIRONMENT AND WHAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING, HAS FORCED US TO KEEP SOME MONEY THERE, BUT REALLY, THE WE DON'T KEEP.

THAT MUCH CASH WAS THE AVERAGE DAILY BALANCE USED.

HIS AVERAGE DAILY BALANCE.

IS THAT WHAT THE BANK USED AS A METRIC TO SEE HOW MUCH MONEY YOU KEEP ON A REGULAR BASIS? YES THEY DO, BUT, BUT BUT THIS THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR QUITE SOME TIME NOW BECAUSE OF THE INTEREST RATE ENVIRONMENT, WE'VE BEEN KEEPING MORE MONEY IN THE BANK.

OKAY. WHICH MAKES SENSE.

I THINK WE'RE ALL DOING THAT.

I ACTUALLY GOT MY TAX STATEMENT FROM AN ONLINE BANK WHERE I GET 4.75.

SO I THINK WE'RE HAPPY WITH THE INTEREST RATE FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE.

LASTLY, WHEN I VOTED TO, GET RID OF TD BANK, THE PREVIOUS CITY MANAGER, SHE SAID THE INTEREST RATE WAS 2.18%.

[02:55:03]

AND THE REASON I VOTED WAS BECAUSE I FIGURED I WAS LOW.

THAT WAS A LOW INTEREST. THAT WAS A LOW INTEREST AMOUNT IN THESE HIGH INTEREST TIME.

SO HENCE THE REASON I VOTED AGAINST THE BANK.

AND NOW I'M SEEING THERE'S A DIFFERENCE OF 50 BASIS POINTS.

BASED ON THAT AMOUNT THAT YOU'RE TELLING ME I'M JUST DOING, YOU KNOW, NAPKIN MATH.

THAT'S 500,000.

SO EVEN THOUGH SOME OF THOSE COST IS 50,000, 25,000 MORE THAN TD BANK WILL GET 500,000 MORE IN INTEREST, WOULDN'T WE? WE HAVE OPTIONS.

IN TERMS OF OF INTEREST, YOU KNOW, WE CAN WE CAN MOVE MONEY OUT OF TD BANK IF WE WANT INTEREST.

BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WHAT WHAT WHAT WE LOOK AT IS THE SAFETY OF OUR DEPOSIT AND HOW THEY'RE ABLE TO SERVICE US FOR WHAT WE WHAT WE NEED THE DEPOSITORY BANK TO DO.

THAT'S WHY THE INTEREST WHICH CHANGES, IT'S A MANAGED INTEREST RATE BY EACH BANK AND AND CHANGES REGULARLY.

IT WAS NOT ONE OF THE CRITERIAS THAT WE USE FOR THE ASSESSMENT.

SO THE INTEREST INCOME THAT WE EARN.

I WAS TRYING TO LOOK AT THE BUDGET.

WHERE WHERE DOES THAT GO? THE INTEREST THAT WE EARN FROM THAT MONEY, WHERE DOES THAT GO? DOES THAT GO TO THE GENERAL FUNDS? WE HAVE POOL CASH.

WE HAVE POOL CASH.

SO EACH ONE OF THE FUNDS HAVE WHAT WE CALL EQUITY IN POOL CASH.

SO WHATEVER INTEREST WE LEARN, WE EARN FROM CASH AND INVESTMENT.

WE HAVE POOL CASH AND INVESTMENT.

SO WHATEVER INTEREST WE EARN FROM CASH AND INVESTMENT IS SPREAD AMONGST THE FUNDS.

IT'S SPREAD AMONGST THE DIFFERENT FUNDS.

YES. SO THE 50 BASIS POINT DIFFERENTIAL THAT'S GOING TO GIVE US A HALF $1 MILLION MORE.

WOULDN'T IT? AT 106 MILLION.

QUITE POSSIBLY.

IF IT DOESN'T CHANGE. YES.

SO HOW WAS SO? WE'LL BE. WE'LL BE GETTING MORE MONEY FOR THE RESIDENTS, WOULDN'T WE, AT A HIGHER INTEREST RATE IF, IF, IF, IF WE LOOK AT SCENARIOS BASED ON THE BASIS POINTS.

BUT. I'LL SAY YES TO THAT.

BUT I'LL ALSO POINT OUT THAT INTEREST RATES CHANGE ALL THE TIME.

SO OUR MAJOR CONCERN IS THE SAFETY OF OUR DEPOSIT UH.HUH PRINCIPAL PRESERVATION IS ALWAYS OUR TOP CONSIDERATION, NOT INTEREST.

BECAUSE IF YOU WERE LOOKING AT IT, AMERICAN BANK, WHO OFFERED US VERY LITTLE IN TERMS OF SERVICES, VERY LITTLE IN TERMS OF THEIR SUBMISSION, WAS AT THE HIGHEST INTEREST RATE.

WHY WOULD YOU SEE? WHY WOULD YOU SAY TDS HAS SUNG THE BANK THAN, THAN THAN SYNOVUS? WELL, WELL, WE LOOK AT SYNOVUS FOR ONE.

THEY DON'T HAVE A LOCAL PRESENCE, RIGHT.

THEY SEE MOSTLY ONLINE.

AND WE LOOK AT WHAT TD BANK OFFERS IN TERMS OF THEIR INFRASTRUCTURE.

WE LOOK AT THEIR REPUTATION.

WE LOOK AT THEIR, WELL, ALL THAT THEY PROVIDED TO US IN THE IN THE SUBMISSION.

SO WE LOOK AT HOW STRONG THE BANK IS, HOW HOW SAFE WE THINK THE FUNDS ARE GOING TO BE, HOW WHAT THEY OFFER US IN TERMS OF SERVICES.

WHAT DO WE NEED? WE NEED WE NEED DEBIT FILTERS.

WE NEED PROACTIVE NOTIFICATION.

WE NEED POSITIVE PAY.

HOW DO THEY PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES? WHY? WHY A CANADIAN BANK OVER AMERICAN BANK.

I. JUST THAT YOU LIKE TDS OR BETTER, BUT TD OFFERS EVERYTHING THAT WE NEED.

I'M JUST CURIOUS.

I DIDN'T I DIDN'T I KNOW THE THE SLIDE ABOUT FDIC, FDIC INSURANCE.

I THOUGHT 250 WAS JUST A STANDARD FEDERAL AMOUNT.

IT IS IT IS A STANDARD FOR, FOR FOR ALL BANKS.

YEAH. I THOUGHT THAT WAS STANDARD BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

BUT I MEAN, LOOK AT THE BREAKDOWN.

IT SAYS, THOSE OTHER BANKS DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE THAT.

BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS MANDATORY.

NO IT'S NOT.

SOME BANK DEPENDING ON THEIR EXPOSURE OR WHETHER OR NOT THEY HAVE HAD ISSUES WITH FDIC. YEAH, THEY ARE REQUIRED TO KEEP A HIGHER LEVEL OF FDIC INSURANCE THAT THEY PASS ON.

YEAH, I DON'T KNOW THE METRIC FOR DETERMINE THAT.

BUT I DO KNOW THAT WELLS FARGO, FOR EXAMPLE, THEY THEY DO CHARGE AFTER SOME FDIC INSURANCE.

OKAY. AND WHAT ABOUT RECENTLY? THERE WAS ISSUES IN THE BANKING SECTOR, AS THIS BANK CALLED SILICON VALLEY BANK, THAT HAD ISSUES WHERE IT FAILED AND IT WAS LIKE A RUN ON THE BANK.

THERE WAS AN ARTICLE CAME UP A FEW YEARS AGO SAYING TD AS WELL WAS HAVING THOSE ISSUES.

BUT I WANT TO GIVE TD CREDIT BECAUSE REMEMBER, IN 2008, DURING THE FINANCIAL CRISIS, THE CANADA HAD THE LONGEST AND STRONGEST BANKS IN THE WHOLE FINANCIAL CRISIS.

SO I UNDERSTAND THE STABILITY OF TD, BUT I'M FROM BACK THEN.

BUT RECENTLY I'VE SEEN THERE WAS SOME SORT OF ISSUES GOING ON IN TERMS OF THEY BEING NAMED AS ONE OF THE BANKS.

THEM CAN HAVE ISSUES IN TERMS OF LIKE SIMILAR TO SILICON VALLEY BANK.

[03:00:03]

OKAY. OKAY, OKAY.

WELL, YEAH, THOSE ARE JUST MY ONLY QUESTIONS THAT I HAD.

I'M NOT SEEING ANY.

I JUST KNOW AS A SMALL BUSINESS.

MUCH DIFFERENT THAN THE LARGE BUSINESS OF THE CITY.

IT'S BEEN EXCELLENT FOR.

MANY THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH.

I'M IN. CUSTOMER SERVICE IS SECOND TO NONE THERE AS WELL.

THEY KNOW THEIR BUSINESS CLIENTS.

THEY KNOW HOW TO MAKE SURE THAT THINGS GET RESOLVED.

AND IT'S SOMETHING GOOD TO HAVE RIGHT IN OUR BACKYARD.

SO IF THE CITY IS OBVIOUSLY BEEN DOING WELL WITH THEM, GREAT.

AS FAR AS TRYING TO GET MORE MONEY IN ONE HAND, WE HAVE TO SPEND MORE MONEY IN ANOTHER.

AND I SUPPORT THE TEAM THAT VETTED ALL THIS, AND, AM FINE WITH US MOVING FORWARD WITH IT.

SO, BUT THANK YOU FOR THE DETAIL ON IT.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

MOVING RIGHT ALONG TO OUR NEXT ITEM.

[1.c Spending Plan for ARPA Funds Discussion Presented by Assistant City Manager and Community Development Director MaxineCalloway]

I WILL ADVISE THIS COMMISSION THAT IT IS CURRENTLY 150.

THIS COMMISSION HAS ASKED THAT THIS ITEM THAT THIS MEETING BE OVER AT TWO.

THE REALITY IS, THERE IS NO WAY IN THIS WONDERFUL WORLD THAT WE LIVE IN, WE ARE GOING TO GET TO TWO ITEMS OR EVEN GET THROUGH ONE C, WHICH IS OUR ARPA FUNDS DISCUSSION. SO COMMISSION, DO WE WANT TO AT LEAST CONTINUE THIS ONE ITEM OR ARE WE GOING TO ROLL THIS BOTH OF THESE ITEMS OVER? I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THE URGENCY ON.

I UNDERSTAND THE DESIRE.

WE WANT TO GET THINGS DONE, DON'T GET ME WRONG, BUT HOW TO HANDLE THIS? SO, MISS CALLOWAY? WELL, WHAT'S ON THE AGENDA FOR WEDNESDAY, WHICH IS FOUR F IS THE RATIFICATION OF WHAT YOU DID AT THE LAST MEETING.

AT THE LAST MEETING, YOU AUTHORIZE, THE 200,000 THAT'S FOR RENTAL GAP ASSISTANCE TO ALSO BE USED FOR MORTGAGE ASSISTANCE.

SO THAT IS ALREADY THAT'S HAPPENING.

AND THE RESOLUTION RATIFIES THAT.

YOU ALSO WANTED TO TALK ABOUT SOME OTHER OPPORTUNITIES AS WELL AS TO UTILIZE THESE FUNDS FOR ASSESSMENT AND FOR HOA FEES.

AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE'LL BE DISCUSSING THIS MORNING.

OKAY. SO BECAUSE THAT ONE IS ACTUALLY ON THE AGENDA FOR WEDNESDAY, I WOULD LIKE US TO BE ABLE TO FINISH, IF WE CAN, THE ONE, THE ONE C AS IMPORTANT AS ONE D IS AS EVERYBODY KNOWS, BECAUSE I KNOW IT IS.

MOVE THAT ALONG TO THE NEXT ONE, NEXT MEETING, OR ELSE WE ARE GOING TO BE LOSING EVEN OUR QUORUM OR OUR ABILITY TO HAVE CONSENSUS BECAUSE PEOPLE HAVE TO GO.

SO, MADAM, MADAM MAYOR, I'M, I DIDN'T I DIDN'T GET WHEN WE ASKED THAT THE MEETING WOULD END AT 2:00.

IT WAS THAT PRIVATELY OR.

NO, IT WAS THE DISCUSSION ABOUT THE COMMISSION AS EVERYONE WAS LEAVING SAYING, CAN WE BE DONE BY TWO? I REMEMBER YOU SAYING THAT, BUT I DON'T REMEMBER.

NO, THERE WERE TWO OTHER PEOPLE, SO IF ANYTHING, I HAVE TO FINISH ALL ITEMS TODAY.

WELL, I DON'T KNOW IF WE'LL BE ABLE TO, BUT WE WILL TRY.

I KNOW WE'RE LOSING, AT LEAST.

TWO PEOPLE.

BUT. I'M GOOD.

OKAY. YOU CAN, YOU CAN.

SO. GOOD, RIGHT? MAXINE CALLOWAY, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER AND DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, FOR THE RECORD.

AS MENTIONED EARLIER, THIS ITEM IS ITEM FOUR F ON WEDNESDAY'S AGENDA.

TR 14086.

AND THIS IS A DISCUSSION ON THE ARPA FUNDS.

AS YOU RECALL, AT YOUR JANUARY 24TH MEETING, YOU GAVE STAFF THE AUTHORITY TO GO AHEAD AND TO OPEN UP THE $200,000 THAT WAS ALLOCATED FOR THE RENTAL GAP ASSISTANCE TO ALSO ASSIST PEOPLE WHO HAVE MORTGAGE NEEDS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

AND WE WENT AHEAD AND DID THAT.

SO ON THE AGENDA, THANK YOU.

ON THE AGENDA ON WEDNESDAY WILL BE A RESOLUTION RATIFYING WHAT YOU DID ON JANUARY 24TH.

THIS DISCUSSION TODAY IS TO TALK ABOUT, THE ENTIRE ARPA FUNDING THAT'S DEDICATED TO THE HOUSING DIVISION 897,000 ZERO ZERO $7.

AND THEN TO SOLICIT ANY FEEDBACK YOU MIGHT HAVE OR INPUT IN TERMS OF MAKING ANY CHANGES TO WHAT YOU SEE THERE.

SO THIS IS A SLIDE IS SHOWING THE INITIAL BUDGET THAT WAS APPROVED LAST YEAR FOR THE 897 THAT WAS DEDICATED TO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.

AS I JUST SAID, YOU MADE SOME CHANGES IN YOUR JANUARY 24TH MEETING FOR THE $200,000 THAT YOU SEE FOR RENTAL ASSISTANCE.

IT IS IMPORTANT THAT YOU WALK OUT.

ALL RIGHT. SO JUST TO TELL YOU WHERE WE ARE WITH EACH OF THE FUNDING AREA FOR THE HOUSING STABILITY SERVICES, YOU ALLOCATED $52,000.

[03:05:05]

THEY HAVE ALREADY THEY'RE ALREADY IN CONTRACT WITH US, AND WE HAVE ALREADY ASSISTED ONE FAMILY AND OUR HOUSING DIVISION LAST THANKSGIVING ATTENDED THEIR THANKSGIVING, FEED THE HOMELESS WHERE WE DID THAT ONE FAMILY WE ASSISTED WAS ALSO THERE.

AND SO THE $52,000 IS ALLOCATED FOR FOUR BEDS TO BE SET ASIDE FOR THE CITY OF TAMARAC.

AND SO THOSE FUNDS ARE ALREADY COMMITTED.

YOU ALSO ALLOCATED $50,000 FOR PARTNERSHIP FOR WOMEN IN DISTRESS.

THAT PARTNERSHIP IS ALREADY SOLIDIFIED AND SECURED, SO THOSE FUNDS ARE ALREADY COMMITTED.

YOU ARE LOCATED 505,307 FOR OUR ROOF AND WINDOWS REPLACEMENT PROGRAM.

AND AS YOU CAN SEE WITH THIS, WE HAVE APPROVED ONE PERSON AND THERE ARE SIX THAT'S IN THE PROCESS.

THIS FUNDING IS REALLY SET ASIDE JUST TO ASSIST PEOPLE WHO ARE HAVING ISSUES WITH INSURANCE GOING UP, BECAUSE THEY NEED TO REPLACE THEIR ROOF.

WE KNOW HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE GOTTEN NOTIFICATION FROM THEIR INSURANCE COMPANY THAT THEY NEED TO DO SOME ROOF REPLACEMENT, OR THE INSURANCE WILL INCREASE.

AND SO WE'RE TARGETING THESE INDIVIDUALS.

SO WE HAVE THIS 505,000.

THIS IS A $200,000 THAT YOU MADE THE ADJUSTMENT TO AT THE LAST COMMISSION MEETING.

THIS IS FIRST FOR THE GAP ASSISTANCE.

THIS IS FOR, ASSISTING RENTERS WHO FIND THAT THEIR RENTS ARE INCREASING AND THAT THEY HAVE THEY'RE SPENDING OVER 30% OF THEIR INCOME ON RENT ALONE.

AND SO THESE FUNDS ARE FOR THAT PURPOSE.

AT THE LAST MEETING, YOU MADE THAT ADJUSTMENT TO ALSO ASSIST PEOPLE WITH, MORTGAGE ISSUES.

AND SO WE THAT APPLICATION, WENT LIVE ON FEBRUARY 7TH AND IT'S NOW OPEN AND WE'RE ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS AND FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSES.

SO YOU CAN SEE WHAT WE HAVE SPENT TO DATE, 12,688 OUT OF THE 200,000 HAS BEEN SPENT TO DATE.

AND, WE HAVE EIGHT APPLICATIONS THAT ARE BEING PROCESSED.

AND YOU SEE, THE ELIGIBILITY THERE OF, $5,000 IS THE MAXIMUM YOU CAN BE AWARDED UNDER THIS PROGRAM.

AT THE LAST MEETING.

I KNOW THE MAYOR IN PARTICULAR, BUT REQUEST WAS MADE FOR US TO EXPLORE AND TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE GUIDELINES TO SEE WHETHER OR NOT THESE FUNDS COULD BE USED TO ASSIST PEOPLE WITH ASSESSMENT NEEDS AS WELL AS HOA FEES.

AND SO WE WENT BACK AND WE CHECKED WITH HUD, AND WE REVIEWED THE GUIDELINES.

AND WE CAN REPORT THAT THESE FUNDS CAN BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.

SO WE CAN USE THESE FUNDS TO ASSIST PEOPLE WHO HAVE AN ASSESSMENT, WITH THEIR HOA AS WELL AS TO ASSIST WITH HOA NEEDS.

SO THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.

WITH THE EXCEPTION OF IF YOU ARE PROPOSING TODAY TO MAKE ANY CHANGES WITH THESE FUNDING, WE ARE ASKING THAT CITY STAFF HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY OF, SPENDING BETWEEN THE RESIDENTIAL ASSISTANCE AND THE WEATHERIZATION PROGRAM UNTIL FUNDS ARE EXHAUSTED.

SO THAT WAY, THE 200,000 AND THE 550,000, WE'RE ABLE TO SPEND BETWEEN THOSE, BOTH OF THOSE PROGRAMS UNTIL ALL THE FUNDS ARE EXHAUSTED WITHOUT HAVING TO COME BACK TO THIS COMMISSION. AND THE LAST SLIDE IS JUST A 10% THAT WAS ALREADY SET ASIDE FOR ADMINISTRATION.

COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS. THANK YOU MAYOR.

CAN YOU EXPLAIN, MISS MAXINE, ABOUT THE HOA? ALL RIGHT. GO AHEAD. HOW? HOW? WE'RE HELPING HOMEOWNERS WITH THE HOA FEES.

WE'RE NOT AT THIS TIME, BUT A REQUEST WAS MADE AT THE LAST MEETING TO CHECK TO SEE WHETHER THESE FUNDS COULD BE USED FOR THAT.

SO WE ARE WE DID CHECK.

AND THE FUNDS CAN BE USED TO HELP WITH PEOPLE WHO MIGHT BE DELINQUENT OR BEHIND WITH THEIR HOA FEES OR JUST CAN'T AFFORD IT.

OR IF YOU'VE BEEN ASSESSED BY YOUR HOA AND YOU CAN AFFORD TO PAY THOSE ASSESSMENT, THESE FUNDS CAN BE USED FOR THAT.

WE'RE PROPOSING THAT IF THEY ARE, THAT IT WOULD BE SUBJECT TO SOME OF THE SAME GUIDELINES THAT WE HAVE, WHICH IS A MAXIMUM OF $5,000 PER, ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUAL, CAN IT BE COMBINED WITH MORTGAGE HELP AND HOA? YES YOU CAN, YEAH.

BUT NOT TO EXCEED $5,000 PER PERSON.

SO YOU CAN BE ASSISTED WITH, DELINQUENT MORTGAGE PAYMENT AND ALSO WITH ASSESSMENT AND HOA, PROVIDED THAT YOU DO NOT EXCEED $5,000.

COMMISSIONER, DANIEL. SO YES, I IT LOOKS LIKE THOSE ARE THE ONLY TWO POCKETS WE COULD ACTUALLY PLAY WITH. YES, YOU HAVE ALREADY PARTNERED WITH THE HOMELESS, SO THAT IS ALREADY THOSE FUNDS ARE ALREADY GONE.

AND OF COURSE THE ADMIN FUNDS ARE TO ADMINISTER THE PROGRAM.

AND YOU HAVE ALREADY PARTNERED WITH VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.

SO WITH THE ROOF AND WINDOWS INSURANCE RELATED, WE ONLY HAD SIX APPLICANTS OR ONLY SIX APPLICANTS.

[03:10:06]

BUT THESE FUNDS ARE SUBJECT TO THE HUD GUIDELINES.

IT'S 80% AMI.

SO WE DO HAVE APPLICATIONS.

BUT YES WE HAVE SIX THAT'S PENDING THAT'S PROCESSING AND ONE THAT'S APPROVED.

DID WE NOTIFY BECAUSE I'VE GOTTEN ASKED WHETHER OR NOT THEY APPLIED THE FIRST DAY AND THEY STILL HAVEN'T HEARD WHETHER OR NOT THEY GOT IT.

SO AT LEAST CAN WE NOTIFY THEM, LET THEM KNOW THEY'RE EITHER IN THE PROCESS OR THEY'RE NOT? WE SEND OUT ONCE YOU'VE APPLIED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT, APPARENTLY SOME PEOPLE HAVEN'T GOTTEN THAT LETTER.

OKAY. SO IF YOU COULD MAKE SURE THEY GET THE LETTER.

SURE. AND THE SIXTH, HOW MUCH OF THE 200, 500,000 WOULD THAT OR ONLY 5000 A PIECE? YES. SO NOW IF YOUR ROOF COSTS 25,000.

NO, THAT'S FOR THE HOA.

AND THE ASSESSMENT FOR THE.

SO THE ROOF IS THAT PROGRAM IS UP TO $60,000.

BUT WHAT WE HAVE BEEN SPENDING LET ME GO BACK TO THIS.

WHAT WE'VE BEEN SPENDING IS ANYWHERE FROM 18,000 TO 30,000.

THAT INCLUDES FOR THE AVERAGE COST OF A ROOF, SO 18,000 FOR THE SHINGLE AND BETWEEN 23 AND 30,000 FOR THE TILE ROOF.

SO THE SIX IS IT 6 OR 7 BECAUSE HE SAID ONE APPROVED.

SIX. SO THE SEVEN PEOPLE, HOW MUCH WOULD THAT RUN OUT OF THE FIVE? IT DEPENDS IF IT'S SHINGLE OR IF IT'S TILE AND THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THEIR HOME.

THAT'S JUST AVERAGE, SAY 25,000 AVERAGE OR 20,000 AVERAGE 20 TIMES SEVEN.

SO THEY'LL STILL BE MONEY LEFT OVER.

YEAH, I DIDN'T CALCULATE, BUT THAT'S.

AND THIS IS WHAT WE'RE SAYING.

IF WE ARE, IF YOU ARE GOING TO AS A PART OF THIS DISCUSSION, ALLOW US TO DO HOA AND ASSESSMENT AS WELL, THEN IT WOULD JUST BE A FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE.

WOULD THEY WOULD BE ASSISTED OUT OF THIS 505.

SO NOW YOU WOULD BE DOING ASSESSMENT HOA, THE MORTGAGE, THE RENTAL.

WE CAN EITHER POOL ALL THAT TOGETHER 505 PLUS 200,000.

AND JUST ANY APPLICATION THAT'S ELIGIBLE AND READY ARE ASSISTED WITH A TOTAL OF 705,307.

OKAY. SO, MY THING IS, AS LONG AS THE PEOPLE ARE NOTIFIED BECAUSE APPARENTLY THEY AREN'T.

I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW, I'M JUST GOING BY WHAT? I DON'T THINK THAT'S THE CASE.

YOU HAVE TO APPLY THROUGH THE NEIGHBORLY, NEIGHBORLY SOFTWARE.

AND WHEN YOUR APPLICATION IS FULLY POPULATED, IT AUTOMATICALLY GENERATES THAT LETTER THAT SAYS, THANK YOU.

YOU WILL BE NOTIFIED. THANK YOU FOR APPLYING, BUT YOU'LL BE NOTIFIED.

DON'T KNOW THAT THEY DIDN'T BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY YOU'RE DENIED SOME.

SO ONLY SEVEN WAS APPROVED.

WHAT? PEOPLE ARE IN LIMBO.

THEY'RE WAITING TO HEAR AN ANSWER WHETHER OR NOT THEY WERE APPROVED.

SO THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT YOU KNOW.

SO THEY KNOW THEY NEED TO COME UP WITH SOME OTHER OPTION BECAUSE THIS IS NOT GOING TO WORK.

GOTCHA. BUT I'M FINE WITH PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER AS LONG AS PEOPLE CAN STILL APPLY FOR THE ROOF.

YES. AND THE WINDOW ASSISTANCE AS WELL.

SO EVERY APPLICATION IS OPEN UNTIL.

YES, UNTIL FUNDS ARE EXHAUSTED.

COMMISSIONER BOLTON. THANK YOU.

MISS CALLOWAY, I DID SOME RESEARCH LAST WEEK, AND I REALIZED THAT, THE FUNDS, MAYBE ARE.

STILL IN YOUR COVERS BECAUSE IT IS A IT IS USED FOR RENTAL GAP, WHICH MEANS THAT, ONLY PEOPLE WHO ARE RENTERS AND THEIR RENT HAS GONE UP BY A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE ARE STILL EMPLOYED, AND AFFECTED BY COVID.

IS ELIGIBLE.

SO IF SOMEONE LIVES IN THE CITY AND THEY DO NOT AND THEIR RENT HAS NOT GONE UP, BUT THEY'RE BEHIND ON THEIR RENT.

AND THEY HAVE LOST THEIR JOB, THEN THEY DON'T QUALIFY.

SO CORRECT.

SO I THINK I THINK THAT'S A PROBLEM.

SO I THINK MAYBE WHAT, WHAT I COULD, WHAT WE COULD ASK YOU TO DO, IS MAKE THIS THE FUNDS FLEXIBLE, WHICH MEANS THAT IF SOMEBODY LOST THEIR JOB, IF THEY'RE BEHIND ON THEIR RENT, WHETHER OR NOT THEIR RENT WENT UP, THAT THEY'D BE ABLE TO QUALIFY FOR, ASSISTANCE, AS WELL AS PEOPLE WHO ARE BEHIND ON THEIR MORTGAGE, WHETHER OR NOT THEY'RE EMPLOYED, IF THEY LOST THEIR JOB, THEY CAN APPLY. AND FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE FACED WITH HOA, AND CONDO ASSOCIATION, FEES, THERE ARE BEHIND AS WELL, WHETHER OR NOT THEY HAVE A JOB, LOST THEIR JOB OR THAT'S THE STUFF THEY CAN APPLY.

SO THAT IS WHAT FLEXIBLE MEANS.

RIGHT NOW WHERE THE RENTAL PORTION IS CONCERNED, THE PERSON HAS TO BE EMPLOYED AND THEIR RENT HAS HAVE TO HAVE GONE UP, I THINK BY 5% OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

YES. AND AND I DON'T THINK THAT'S NECESSARILY, FAIR.

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THAT'S WHY THEY WANT HELP.

OR MAYBE THEY'RE, THEY'RE JUST BEHIND ON THEIR RENT AND, AND NEED A LITTLE ASSISTANCE TO GET BACK ON TRACK.

SO LIKE CONSENSUS FROM THE COMMISSION TO, TO ADD THAT, JUST JUST MAKING THE TERM FLEXIBLE, IF YOU CAN JUST HELP ME TO, ARTICULATE THAT A LITTLE BIT BETTER SO THAT THE COMMISSION WOULD UNDERSTAND.

NO, I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.

I'M JUST ASKING THAT IF THE COMMISSION WERE TO PROVIDE THAT FLEXIBILITY, IF IT COULD BE SUBJECT TO, THAT BEING ELIGIBLE ONLY BECAUSE THESE FUNDS ARE CORONA FUNDS THAT ARE MEANT TO, STABILIZE HOMES AND COMMUNITIES, MEANING THAT IF YOU ARE UNEMPLOYED AND YOU DO NOT HAVE A JOB AND YOU CANNOT DEMONSTRATE THAT YOU'RE ABLE TO PAY RENT, THEN OUR STABILIZATION WILL ONLY BE FOR A MONTH OR TWO, BECAUSE ONCE WE STABILIZE YOU, THEN YOU NO LONGER CAN PAY THAT RENT.

AND SO THE FUNDS ARE MEANT TO STABILIZE IN THAT WAY, WHICH IS WHY IT'S IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO HAVE A JOB.

BECAUSE IF WE PAY ONE ONE MONTH RENT, THEN IT'S LIKELY YOU'RE HOMELESS THE NEXT MONTH IF YOU'RE UNEMPLOYED.

SO WE WOULD NEED TO VERIFY WHETHER THE FUNDS CAN BE USED IN THAT REGARD.

SO SO SO TAKE FOR INSTANCE, RIGHT.

SOMEBODY IS IS RENTER.

AND I AND I UNDERSTAND RENTING BECAUSE I RENT I'VE ENTERED ALL MY LIFE.

SO YOU KNOW, IF, IF YOU DON'T PAY YOUR RENT, YOU KNOW, THREE DAYS YOU HAVE A THREE DAY NOTICE, YOU KNOW, THREE DAYS.

IT'S NOT LIKE WITH MORTGAGE, YOU DON'T PAY IT FOR 30 DAYS.

THEY SEND YOU A LETTER AND THEN 60 DAYS, THEY'RE LIKE, OKAY, THEIR CREDIT IS RUINED.

BUT THEN PERHAPS YOU'RE IN MORTGAGE COURT AND THEN YOU, YOU KNOW, TELL THEM, OH, I'M GOING TO FILE BANKRUPTCY.

AND THEN YOU'RE IN YOUR HOUSE FOR HOWEVER LONG, RIGHT? RENTERS. AND THREE DAYS YOU DON'T PAY, YOU KNOW, FIVE DAYS GET 3 OR 5 DAYS NOTICE, YOU'RE GONE TO COURT, YOU'RE EVICTED. I THINK THAT PEOPLE MAY HAVE LOST THEIR JOB, BUT I DON'T THINK THAT.

THEY WANT TO STAY UNEMPLOYED, RIGHT? SO IF SOMEBODY'S BEHIND ON THEIR RENT NOW AND THEY'RE UNEMPLOYED, IT'S YOU'RE STILL STABILIZING BECAUSE YOU'RE STILL KEEPING SOMEBODY IN THEIR HOUSE FOR A MONTH OR TWO, WHATEVER IT IS.

AND THEN DURING THAT TIME, THEY CAN HAVE THE PEACE OF MIND TO GO AND FIND A JOB.

BUT WHEN YOU'RE UNEMPLOYED, AND YOU ARE ALSO BEING EVICTED.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE REMEMBERED THOSE DAYS, BUT I REMEMBER THOSE DAYS BEING UNEMPLOYED AND BEING EVICTED, YOU KNOW, IT'S IT'S IT'S WHAT IT IS.

SO, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN THERE, SO I KNOW WHAT IT FEELS LIKE, TO TO BE FACING EVICTION AND NOT HAVING HAVING A JOB. AND YOU DON'T WANT TO STAY UNEMPLOYED BECAUSE IT'S ONLY GOING TO GET WORSE THE NEXT MONTH.

SO, SUBJECT TO, THAT BEING.

I'M LEGALLY SUFFICIENT.

I'D LIKE TO, YOU KNOW, HEAR, VERBALLY FROM MY COLLEAGUES THAT WE CAN MAKE THE, THE FUNDS FLEXIBLE FOR THOSE PEOPLE WHO MAY BE UNEMPLOYED AT THE TIME, ARE FACING EVICTION, ARE BEHIND ON THEIR RENT.

THEY CAN APPLY.

AND AND STILL GET ASSISTANCE.

PLEASE PROCEED. WE KNOW YOU WANT ONE OF YOUR ITEMS. CONTINUE YOUR OTHER COMMENTS.

YOU'RE YOU'RE SUGGESTING I HAVE MORE COMMENTS.

IF YOU HAVE MORE COMMENTS, PLEASE PROCEED.

OKAY, SO SO THAT THAT IS MY COMMENTARY.

AND AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME, I'D LIKE TO HEAR, CONSENSUS ON THAT.

WITH THAT, I YIELD FOR NOW.

YOU. FOR THE RECORD, COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS IS ON TEAMS, BUT I'M REALLY NOT SURE HOW TO GET HIM.

SITUATED ON THIS AND COMMISSIONER.

IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK, JUST SEND THE CITY MANAGER A TEXT OR CALL HIM.

OH, HE'S STILL WORKING ON GETTING OKAY.

OKAY. SO NEVER MIND.

SOME OF THE ITEMS HERE.

I'M CURIOUS. I ASKED THIS WHEN WE WERE HAVING THIS CONVERSATION.

WHAT HAVE WE DONE TO ADVERTISE ANY OF THIS? THE ROOF? YEAH, THE RENT ASSISTANCE.

WHAT HAVE WE DONE? I THINK WE DID A LITTLE ADVERTISING, BUT NOT A LOT.

WE DON'T HAVE A SHORTAGE OF APPLICATION NECESSARILY.

I THINK WHAT'S GOING ON IS THE 80% AMI, WHICH WE CANNOT CHANGE.

THAT IS THE, HUD GUIDELINES THAT WE'RE USING.

AND SO IT'S NOT BECAUSE THESE ARE ARPA FUNDS.

IT'S NOT EVERYONE THAT'S QUALIFYING.

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THE HOUSE FOR THE REPAIRS AND STUFF.

THE WINDOWS AND STUFF.

WE TELL THEM TO GO ONLINE AND ONLINE.

THEY'RE NOT SEEING THAT THERE'S ANY AVAILABILITY.

SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A MINOR HOME OR MINOR HOME REPAIR PROGRAM THAT OPENS IN AUGUST.

RIGHT. BUT WHERE WE ADVERTISING THE ARPA FUNDS FOR PEOPLE TO GO ONLINE TO DO THIS, IT'S NOT CURRENTLY ADVERTISED.

THAT'S THE PROBLEM.

THERE IS AN EXPECTATION OR BELIEF THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS.

HARDLY ANYBODY KNOWS, BECAUSE IF HAD THEY KNOWN, WE WOULDN'T STILL BE GETTING THE REQUESTS OF ARE THERE ANY FUNDS AVAILABLE? SO THERE'S AN ISSUE WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO CHANGE SOME THINGS AND ASK FOR SOME FLEXIBILITY.

AND I'M NOT SAYING I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH FLEXIBILITY.

MY PROBLEM IS WE'RE MAKING A PRESUMPTION RIGHT NOW THAT PEOPLE AREN'T INTERESTED AND THAT WE HAVE ALL THIS EXTRA MONEY WHEN IT COMES TO THE FACT THAT WE WANTED TO REPLACE ROOF AND WINDOWS AND DOORS TO ADDRESS ALL THE INSURANCE ISSUES THAT WE STILL HAVE THAT HASN'T GOTTEN FIXED.

BUT THEY'RE NOT PEOPLE JUMPING AT THIS BECAUSE.

THERE'S STILL A LOT WHO DON'T KNOW THAT IS AVAILABLE.

THAT'S MY MY ISSUE.

AND ALSO THE RENTAL ASSISTANCE PART.

THERE HAS NOT BEEN ANYTHING TO LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT IT'S AVAILABLE.

I ALSO DON'T LIKE AND YOU KNOW, I DON'T LIKE THIS.

I THINK IT'S WRONG FOR US TO TELL EVERYBODY YOU HAVE TO DO IT ONLINE.

THERE IS NO FLEXIBILITY TO GIVE IT BACK TO PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT COMPUTER SAVVY, AND SOMETIMES THE PEOPLE WHO NEED IT THE MOST ARE THE ONES WHO ARE NOT ABLE TO DO THIS VIA ONLINE. AND WE ARE BASICALLY TELLING A BIG PORTION OF OUR POPULATION, WE HAVE FUNDS FOR YOU, BUT YOU HAVE TO ONLY DO IT IN THE MOST TECHNOLOGICALLY SAVVY WAY.

SO. FORGIVE ME, BUT YOU GUESS WE DON'T.

YOU DON'T COUNT. IT MAKES IT FRUSTRATING FOR THEM.

AND THEN WE'RE NOT REALLY SERVING SOME OF THE POPULATION WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO GET COME TO WHEN WE'RE GOING TO.

IF WE INCREASE THIS TO HELP THE PEOPLE WITH CONDOS, IS IT FOR CONDO OR JUST COA? YOU ONLY HAVE HOA HERE.

IS IT ONLY HOA? NO, IT'S FOR CONDOS AS WELL.

THEN IT NEEDS TO BE WRITTEN TO BE CLEAR.

THAT IS FOR COA AND HOA.

THEY'RE NOT INTERCHANGEABLE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES VERSUS MULTIFAMILY.

SO WE'RE GOING TO BE TELLING A LOT OF PEOPLE, WELL, WE'RE GOING TO CHANGE THE PROGRAM AND BE FLEXIBLE, BUT GUESS WHAT? YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS IT BECAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW HOW TO DO IT ONLINE.

WE HAVEN'T MADE ANY PROVISION TO GO BACK TO MAKING SURE WE TAKE CARE OF OUR ENTIRE POPULATION.

SO IT MAKES ME VERY HARD TO SAY.

I WANT TO BE FLEXIBLE AND STUFF WHEN WE'RE NOT BEING FLEXIBLE OURSELVES.

MAN. I DON'T MEAN TO INTERRUPT, BUT EVERY TIME WE REQUESTED, ASSISTANCE WITH THE, PROCESS, WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN ABLE TO, HELP THEM.

PEOPLE GET TO A POINT WHEN THEY'RE SO FRUSTRATED THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BOTHER TO APPLY, SO THEY'RE NOT GOING TO ASK YOU FOR ASSISTANCE.

THEY'RE NOT GOING TO CALL ANYMORE BECAUSE THEY FEEL THAT THE CITY IS NOT PAYING ATTENTION TO THEM AND USING THE BUZZWORDS THAT EVERYBODY LIKES TO USE IN ADVERTISING.

LATELY, THEY'RE NOT SEEING ME.

WE ARE NOT SEEING THEM.

OKAY, I'M AT A POINT OF FRUSTRATION IF YOU CAN'T TELL, OKAY.

BECAUSE WE HAVE THE SAME CONVERSATIONS OVER AND OVER.

THEY GO NOWHERE.

BUT THEN THEY GET BROUGHT UP AGAIN WHEN A STRATEGICALLY TIMES AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN EVERYTHING IS DONE RIGHT? RIGHT. WE NEED TO GO BACK TO HELPING EVERY SINGLE ONE OF OUR RESIDENTS, WHETHER THEY HAVE A COMPUTER OR NOT. AND IF THEY CAN'T DO IT VIA A COMPUTER, THERE NEEDS TO BE SOMETHING ON THERE THAT SAYS FOR ACTUAL IN-PERSON ASSISTANCE, CALL THIS NUMBER.

WE TALK ABOUT BEING CUSTOMER SERVICE FRIENDLY AND LET'S GET BACK TO IT WHEN IT COMES TO THESE KIND OF THINGS.

MAXINE, YOU STARTED TO ANSWER THE QUESTION, BUT I DON'T REALLY KNOW IF THERE WAS A STRAIGHT ANSWER GIVEN ON IT.

WHOSE RULES DO WE HAVE TO FOLLOW? DOES RPA REQUIRE US WITH THE 80% AND ALL THESE OTHER RULES TO ONLY ALLOW FUNDS TO GO TO SOMEBODY WHO IS HAS A STEADY FLOW OF INCOME COMING IN, WHETHER IT'S THE SOCIAL SECURITY, DISABILITY OR JOB.

OR CAN IT GO? CAN THESE MONIES BE GIVEN TO SOMEBODY WHO'S NOT CURRENTLY EMPLOYED? WHO DOESN'T HAVE ANOTHER FRAME OF INCOME COMING IN.

WE HAVE TO VERIFY IT IS MEANT TO STABILIZE.

MEANING TYPICALLY YOU DON'T AWARD TO INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE UNEMPLOYED.

THEY ARE NOT SHOWING A MEANS OF CONTINUING WITH THAT STABILIZATION.

SO WHICH IS WHY I PREFACE IF WHAT THE COMMISSIONER IS ASKING FOR, IF IF IT ALSO COULD BE BASED ON STAFF GOING BACK AND VERIFYING WHETHER OR NOT THAT'S POSSIBLE, THAT'S A POSSIBILITY IF THERE'S A WAY, BECAUSE I KNOW WITH DEALING WITH MORTGAGES AND LENDERS HAVING TO GIVE THEM MORTGAGE, THEY WANT TO SEE 12 MONTHS OF VERIFIABLE PAYMENTS, SIX MONTHS OF VERIFIABLE PAYMENTS.

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OR IS IT A TWO YEAR JOB LOSS? RIGHT. BECAUSE I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH BEING FLEXIBLE AND TRYING TO HELP.

I THINK THAT'S THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF WHY WE'RE TRYING TO DO THESE THINGS.

I HAVE. BUT YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT TO SEE WHAT THE ACTUAL REQUIREMENT IS.

IT KEEPS US.

IN LINE WITH GOVERNMENT FUNDS.

THESE ARE THE ARPA FUNDS. THESE AREN'T.

OTHER FUNDS THAT WE GET MONEY FROM.

SO I HAVE NO PROBLEM ON THAT FLEXIBILITY SUBJECT TO WHAT THE RULES ARE.

BUT I DO HAVE A PROBLEM AT THIS TIME, CARVING TOO MUCH OUT OF THE 505 THAT WE SPECIFICALLY PUT IN PLACE TO HAVE PEOPLE NOT GO INTO FORECLOSURE AND NOT LOSE THEIR HOMES BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE INSURANCE ON THEIR HOUSE, HAVING FORCE PLACED IN THERE.

AND THEN SO WE TAKE A SOLUTION THAT WE TRY TO PUT IN PLACE THAT WE HAVEN'T ACTUALLY ROLLED OUT, PRETTY MUCH THE WAY WE ARE USUALLY ABLE TO ROLL THINGS OUT, AND THEN WE TRY TO MODIFY IT TO HELP OTHER PEOPLE WHO WERE POSSIBLY ALREADY IN THE BAD PLACE THAT THEY WERE.

HAD WE GIVEN OUT THE MONEY IN THE FIRST PLACE, LIKE, YOU KNOW.

IT'S A NICE LITTLE DESIGN WE'RE DOING, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE REALLY HELPING ANYBODY AT THIS POINT.

SO, AT THAT POINT.

DID YOU HAVE ANY OKAY.

SO AT THIS POINT YOU WANT CONSENSUS OR COMMISSIONER? BOLTON HAS SOMETHING ELSE HE HAS TO SAY.

YEAH. THANK YOU.

MAYOR, I JUST WANT TO FURTHER CLARIFY THAT, THIS IS THIS IS TWOFOLD.

AND I WANT MISS CALLOWAY TO TO TO UNDERSTAND IT PERFECTLY WHEN I TALK ABOUT, FLEXIBLE SPENDING, WHERE THE RENTAL IS CONCERNED OR THE MORTGAGE OR HOA PAYMENTS, NUMBER ONE, THE ABILITY TO HELP, PEOPLE NOT JUST WITH A GAP PROGRAM, BUT TO HELP THEM IF THEY'RE BEHIND ON THEIR MORTGAGE, RENT, OR WHATEVER IT IS.

REGARDLESS IF THE RENT HAS GONE UP BY 5%.

AND THAT WOULD BE WHETHER THEY ARE EMPLOYED OR UNEMPLOYED.

SO LET'S JUST SAY THEY ARE EMPLOYED.

IF WE CAN BE FLEXIBLE WITH THAT AND NOT JUST HAVE IT GAP, DO YOU UNDERSTAND THAT? AND NUMBER TWO, WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO HELP THEM, REGARDLESS IF THEY ARE, MAYBE IF THEY ARE BEHIND ON THEIR RENT OR THEIR MORTGAGE OR THEIR HOA FEE, BUT BUT UNEMPLOYED.

SO FIRST ONE IS, IS HELP THEM REGARDLESS IF THEY'RE BEHIND, IF THEY'RE EMPLOYED AND HELP THEM REGARDLESS IF THEY'RE BEHIND, IF THEY'RE UNEMPLOYED.

YES, I DO UNDERSTAND.

OKAY. AND THEN AND THEN NOT TO NOT TO GO.

LOOK, IF YOU CAN DO IT AND THEN COME BACK TO A WORKSHOP, IF YOU CAN DO IT, JUST ROLL OUT THE THE PROGRAM.

AND SO FOR THE BENEFIT OF THIS COMMISSION, THE 200,000 CURRENTLY IS JUST FOR RENTAL GAP, MEANING THAT IF YOUR RENT HAVE INCREASED UPWARDS OF 5% AND THAT YOU'RE PAYING OVER 30% OF YOUR INCOME ON RENTAL, WE'RE ABLE TO ASSESS YOU.

AT YOUR LAST MEETING.

YOU ALSO APPROVED THE MORTGAGE ASSISTANCE.

SO THOSE FUNDS ARE FOR THOSE TWO PROGRAMS ONLY.

SO WHAT THE COMMISSIONER IS ASKING FOR WOULD BE AN ADDITION.

I BELIEVE THE COMMISSION AGREED ALREADY AND APPROVED THE 200,000 TO BE UTILIZED FOR THAT GAP.

FOR RENTAL, FOR RENTAL GAP, ADDING THE MORTGAGE, ADDING THE COA AND THE HOA ASSISTANCE WITHIN THE 200,000 OF THE.

ORIGINAL RENTAL GAP.

YEAH, THAT WAS ALREADY WHAT WE HAD DISCUSSED.

IF YOU WERE ABLE TO GET US WHERE WE COULD DO THOSE THINGS.

SO THAT DOESN'T THAT CONSENSUS HAS BEEN GIVEN.

NOW, WHAT TO CHANGE NOW IS WHETHER OR NOT THE RULES WILL ALLOW US TO NOT HAVE THEM HAVE TO HAVE, A PERCENTAGE INCREASE IN ORDER FOR.

IT'S A GO THROUGH, RIGHT? JUST RENTAL ASSISTANCE.

IF YOU'RE BEHIND WITH YOUR RENT AND YOU'RE EMPLOYED, OR RENTAL ASSISTANCE IF YOU CANNOT AFFORD YOUR RENT AND YOU'RE UNEMPLOYED, RIGHT.

AND UNEMPLOYED WAS SUBJECT TO WHATEVER GOVERNMENTAL REGULATIONS THAT WE HAVE NO CONTROL OVER.

SO IT'S.

WOULD BE WITHIN THERE, BUT IT'S WITHIN THE $200,000 CONFINE.

NOT SAYING, I'M NOT SAYING YET THAT I CAN AGREE TO THE 505 WITHOUT KNOWING THAT WE'VE EVEN TRIED TO HELP THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE ABOUT TO HAVE ISSUES OR ARE HAVING ISSUES WITH THEIR INSURANCE AND THEIR HOME, AND WE HAVEN'T EVEN TRIED TO HELP THEM YET, BECAUSE IT'S NOT A MATTER LIKE.

MY MY FEAR IS THIS.

WITH THAT. WE HAVE A CERTAIN SUM OF MONEY THAT COSTS MORE THAN JUST THE 5000, RIGHT? AND THEN WE WIND UP GIVING SO MUCH TO THE 5000, WE'RE NOT ABLE TO HELP THE PEOPLE WE HAD STARTED THE PROGRAM WITH.

AND WE HAVEN'T REALLY ADVERTISED IT.

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THAT'S MY CONCERN.

SO I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THE FLEXIBILITY WITHIN THE 200 AND THE MAKING THE CHANGES SUBJECT TO THE RULES THAT WE'RE ALLOWED TO DO.

MY MY PROBLEM IS THE 505, WHICH ISN'T 505 ANYMORE.

SO YOU DON'T DO YOU NEED EXTRA CONSENSUS ON IT ON THE TWO, THE ORIGINAL 200 PART OF IT WHERE THERE WAS AGREED FLEXIBILITY? NO, BUT WE SHOULD STILL VOTE ON WHETHER TO COMBINE IT.

I KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT SEPARATELY.

THAT'S WHY I'M SAYING THERE'S NO ISSUE WITH THE 200 PERIOD.

NO ISSUE WITH MAKING VOTING ON TWO THINGS THE 700 TOTAL AND HELP EVERYBODY IN THAT TOTAL POT AND SECOND VOTE REGARDING, WELL, FIRST WE'RE GOING TO DO THE OTHER WAY AROUND, OKAY? RIGHT NOW WE'RE GOING TO GET RID OF ONE.

WE ALL HAVE CONSENSUS ON THE 200.

THAT. HOA HOA.

WHETHER YOU'VE LOST YOUR JOB, DEPENDING ON WHAT THE RULES OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SAY.

AND IT DOESN'T MATTER IF THERE'S NOT AN INCREASE IN YOUR YOUR.

AND YOUR RENT.

OR YOUR HOA.

YOU JUST HAVE A COA.

YOU JUST CAN'T AFFORD IT.

AS LONG AS YOU FOLLOW THE OTHER REQUIREMENTS, THEN THERE'S NO ISSUES WITH IT.

SO THAT'S ALL CONSENSUS ALREADY? YES. SO THE OTHER PART IS THE OTHER $500,000, WHICH IS ACTUALLY.

IT'S OUR 400.

LET'S SAY 440, RIGHT.

SO, SO THE SECOND PART THAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR, MAYOR, IS, EXACTLY WHAT WE JUST GAVE CONSENSUS ON, BUT JUST TO, MAKE THE AMOUNT HIGHER BY COMBINING EVERYTHING, RIGHT.

I'M WORRYING ABOUT REMOVING THE PROTECTIONS ON THE ROOF FOR PLACEMENT AND WINDOWS AND DOORS REPLACEMENT TO ADDRESS THE INSURANCE ISSUES THAT WE'RE HAVING RIGHT NOW.

AND THAT HAS NOW, WHAT ABOUT $440,000 REMAINING, 440,000 REMAINING? AND ONE'S STILL IN PROCESS.

DOES THAT INCLUDE IN THE COMMITMENTS TO DATES, THE 60 OR NOT? IT DOES NOT. OKAY, SO IF ALL ARE APPROVED, HOW MUCH REMAINS IN THIS 505 POT? ABOUT THREE 60.

YEAH. AND IF WE'RE IF WE'RE GOING TO USE 18,000, LET'S USE THE AVERAGE.

LET'S USE 18,000.

TIME SIX. I THINK THIS IS WHERE YOU WERE TRYING TO GET.

I'M JUST.

ALL RIGHT, BECAUSE THAT'S ONLY 108,000.

SO LET'S USE 23,000 TIMES SIX.

WE HAVE USE THE HIGHEST NUMBER.

THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT ME TO DO? LET'S USE 30,000 TIMES SIX.

THEN THAT'S 180.

YEAH, THAT'S 180,000 FROM WHAT'S REMAINING.

505 -180.

YEAH. SO YOU STILL HAVE 265.

I YOU KNOW, WE TOOK OUT THE 60,000.

WE TOOK OUT THE, 30,000 TIMES SIX.

THAT'S PENDING. SO YOU STILL HAVE 265.

SO I'M STILL CONCERNED.

BUT IF WE HAVE 180, THAT MEANS WE PROBABLY HAVE ANOTHER 200.

I WOULD SAY IF ANYTHING, LEAVE 200 REMAINING AND DO THE 65 BEING SOMETHING THAT COULD BE DIVIDED BETWEEN BOTH WORLDS.

THE MORTGAGE, RENT GAP, HOA, COA.

TAKE THE 65 AND KNOW THAT YOU HAVE 65 FLUID BETWEEN EITHER ONE, BECAUSE ONCE WE FINALLY ACTUALLY ADVERTISE IT TO THE POPULATION THAT HAS BEEN IN NEED FOR THIS, I THINK THERE WILL BE SIX MORE HOMEOWNERS THAT WILL TAKE OVER THE 200,000, AND THIS WAY IT'LL AT LEAST BE 12 OUT OF THE PEOPLE, OUT OF THE 20 THAT WE WERE TRYING TO HIT.

AND THEN YOU HAVE 65 LEFT OVER THE 65 IF IT GETS.

YOU CAN EITHER HELP TWO MORE PEOPLE OUT OF THE.

ROOF WINDOWS.

OR YOU CAN HAVE POTENTIALLY.

HELP. WELL, THAT DIDN'T WORK OUT.

I NEED TO ADD SOME MORE ZEROS ON THIS.

YOU CAN HELP 13 MORE PEOPLE ON THE RENT GAP HOA TYPE SITUATION.

SO I WOULD BE SUPPORTIVE OF THE OF 65 BEING THE BUBBLE THAT GOES BETWEEN THE TWO VERSUS THE WHOLE 265 THAT'S.

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SO I THINK WE DON'T KNOW WHO NEEDS HELP FOR WHAT.

SO I'M OKAY WITH THE FULL BEING IN ONE POT, AND THEN WHOEVER QUALIFIED FOR WHICHEVER HELP.

THAT WAY THERE'S NO MONEY LEFT ON THE TABLE AND EVERYONE GETS HELP THAT CAN GET HELP THAT APPLY, BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW IF IT'S ROOFS THAT NEED HELP, INSURANCE THAT NEED HELP, HOMELESS. I THINK INFLATION IS GOING TO TELL US THAT PEOPLE NEED HELP REGARDLESS, RIGHT? BECAUSE EVEN IF YOU'RE STILL IN YOUR JOB, THE RATE OF HOW THINGS ARE GOING, YOU PROBABLY NEED HELP.

SO I THINK WHAT ADVERTISEMENT YOU PROBABLY GET PEOPLE THAT NEED HELP IN ALL CATEGORIES.

I SAID, JUST PUT IT IN ONE BIG POT AND HELP AS MANY PEOPLE AS YOU CAN.

I, I YEAH, I TEND TO AGREE WITH THAT.

YOU KNOW, JUST JUST MAKE IT SIMPLE.

JUST, PUT ALL THE MONEY IN, IN ONE POT AND WHOEVER APPLIES, THEY APPLY FOR WHATEVER ISSUE THEY HAVE.

I MEAN, I LIVE IN A, I REPRESENT A DISTRICT, THAT IS OBVIOUSLY DIVERSE.

AND, WHEN I TALK ABOUT DIVERSITY, I'M ALSO TALKING ABOUT THE AGE GAP.

THERE'S, YOU KNOW, MAINLAND'S ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE, THERE'S MAINLAND SIX THAT HAS SENIORS AS WELL.

YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE SENIORS DON'T ARE NOT EMPLOYED.

THEY THEY LOST THEIR JOB.

THEY WANT THEIR ROOFS TO BE FIXED.

THEY THEY'RE ON A FIXED INCOME.

NOW, THE HOA HAS PUT ON $200 OR $400 ON, ON, ON THEIR FEES IN ORDER TO TAKE CARE OF STUFF.

IT'S NOT THAT THEY CAN'T.

IT'S NOT THAT THEY DON'T WANT TO TAKE CARE OF IT.

IT'S JUST THAT THEY'RE ON FIXED INCOME AND THEIR INCOME DOES NOT ALLOW THEM TO PAY FOR THINGS.

SO, SO SO THAT'S WHERE FLEXIBILITY COMES IN.

THAT'S WHERE JUST EVERYTHING IS PUT IN A POT.

SEE, SEE WHO WE CAN HELP AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.

AND WHEN IT RUNS OUT IT RUNS OUT.

BUT TO TO JUST, YOU KNOW, SPLIT MONEY HERE, SPLIT MONEY THERE, SPLIT MONEY HERE, I THINK WE'RE GOING TO END UP WITH THE SAME ISSUE WITH HAVING MONEY LEFT OVER, AND WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO WITH IT.

SO JUST PUT EVERYTHING IN ONE AND WHOEVER WANTS HELP.

GETS THAT HELP. VICE MAYOR.

SO JUST TO CLARIFY, WE'RE GOING TO PUT THE ROOF, INSURANCE, RENT, MORTGAGE, EVERYTHING IN JUST ONE POT.

THAT'S THAT'S A THAT'S WHAT YOU GUYS ARE SAYING.

AND THEN PEOPLE JUST QUALIFY BASED ON ALL THOSE DIFFERENT CRITERIA, WHETHER IT'S A ROOF RENTAL, WHATEVER.

WE HELP UNTIL THE MONEY'S FINISHED.

THOSE ARE QUALIFIED. THOSE THAT QUALIFY.

WELL. AND THE 180 WAS THE THE REMIND ME OF THE 180 AGAIN.

WE CALCULATED THAT SIX IN PROCESS.

YEAH. TO BE MAYBE AN AVERAGE OF 180 OKAY OKAY.

SO SIX TERM PROCESS AND A GOAL WAS WHAT 20.

WAS IT? I THINK I SAW THE GOAL WAS TO HELP.

YEAH. APPROXIMATELY 20.

OKAY, SO EVEN IF WE PUT IN ONE POOL, ARE WE GOING TO STILL HAVE GOALS IN TERMS OF HOW MANY PEOPLE AND STAFF WASN'T NECESSARILY ASKING FOR ONE POOL? BUT THAT WOULD WORK IS JUST THE FLEXIBILITY TO GO IN AND OUT OF EACH PART, DEPENDING DEPENDING ON DEMAND.

SO WE LEAVE IT HERE 505 FOR THIS PURPOSE, ADVERTISE IT FOR THIS PURPOSE, AND DO THE $200,000 FOR THAT PURPOSE.

BUT TO HAVE THAT FLEXIBILITY TO IF WE WERE TO RECEIVE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF APPLICATIONS FROM ONE WE'RE ABLE TO USE, GO INTO ONE POT.

SO WE JUST WANTED THE FLEXIBILITY TO TOUCH IN WHICH WHICH EXACTLY.

YEAH, IT AMOUNTS TO THE SAME THING.

OKAY. YEAH, I'M.

THAT WORKS FOR ME. THAT'S FINE.

I THINK THAT'S FAIR, THAT THAT GIVES US A LOT MORE FLEXIBILITY AND THE ABILITY TO HELP MORE PEOPLE.

SO, THAT'S FINE.

YOU'VE GOT CONSENSUS.

I ALSO WANT TO KNOW BY, SINCE WE'RE DISCUSSING THIS ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT, I WANT TO KNOW WHAT OUR ADVERTISING STRATEGY IS TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT IT.

BECAUSE PART OF THE REASON WE HAVE MONEY, EVEN SITTING IN THIS POT FOR THE PAST SIX MONTHS OR LONGER SINCE WE STARTED, IT, IS BECAUSE PEOPLE DO NOT KNOW.

AND I ALSO WANT TO KNOW THAT WE HAVE SOME KIND OF PLAN TO HELP OUR RESIDENTS WHEN THEY COME IN TO HAND, DELIVER AND BE ABLE TO BE PARTICIPATE, TO BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROCESS. IF I MAY, MAYOR? ABSOLUTELY. WE CAN.

I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY ONE THING.

IN THE CONVERSATION, WE TALKED ABOUT FLEXIBILITY A LOT, AND I SUPPOSE THAT'S THE FLEXIBILITY IN, UTILIZING THAT POOL OF MONEY FOR THE NUMBER OF PROGRAMS THAT WE DISCUSS HERE, BUT NOT THE FLEXIBILITY IN THE EVALUATION CRITERIA, BECAUSE I THINK WE'RE LIMITED BY, WHAT WE'RE OBLIGATED TO DO.

YES. JUST SO THAT WE WANT TO.

AND I THINK THAT WAS WHAT WE CAN LEGALLY DO.

YES. AND AND IN TERMS OF THE AND TERM OF THE APPLICATION, IS THERE A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE WHO DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO COMPUTER BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE MIGHT BE UNEMPLOYED AND ABOUT TO BE HOMELESS AND DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO THE INTERNET OR COMPUTER? IS THERE A PLACE AT CITY HALL WHERE THEY CAN COME AND DO IT THE OLD FASHIONED WAY?

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YES. OKAY. SO WE'LL GO BACK TO THAT STRATEGY AND DEPLOY THAT.

OKAY. AND A QUICK MENTION.

I MISS MISS CALLOWAY.

YOUR STAFF IS TO BE COMMENDED BECAUSE IN THE PAST, YOU KNOW, LAST YEAR OR WHENEVER IT WAS WHEN THERE WERE SENIORS APPLYING FOR WHETHER IT'S, HOME REHABILITATION PROGRAMS AND THAT SORT OF STUFF AND THE EMAIL AND OR THE CALL AND THEY ARE LIKE, HEY, I CAN'T DO THIS.

YOU KNOW, CAROLYN IN YOUR OFFICE, WAS WAS VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE AND WAS VERY ACCOMMODATING TO HAVE PEOPLE COME IN AND TALK TO THEM AND WALK THEM THROUGH THE PROCESS.

SO IT'S NOT JUST A TECHNOLOGY OR GOING ONLINE, IT'S ACTUALLY MEETING SENIORS WHERE THEY ARE.

AND SO YOU'RE TO BE COMMENDED FOR THAT AS WELL.

THANK YOU. ALRIGHTY, WE ARE NOW MOVING RIGHT ALONG.

IT IS 230 GOING TO 1D STREET PARKING DISCUSSION.

THIS WAS REQUESTED BY COMMISSIONER BOLTON BUT IT IS BEING PRESENTED BY THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR MAXINE CALLOWAY WHO ACTUALLY HAS A PRESENTATION.

[1.d Street Parking Discussion Requested by Commissioner Marlon Bolton Presented by Assistant City Manager and Community Development Director MaxineCalloway]

COMMISSIONER. BOLTON ASKED US TO, PUT TOGETHER THIS PRESENTATION.

THIS IS RIGHT AFTER HIS JANUARY 4TH MEETING WITH MAINLANDS THAT HE REQUESTED THAT THIS ITEM BE PLACED ON THE COMMISSION AND ASK US TO GIVE JUST A BRIEF BACKGROUND AND SOME INFORMATION FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSES.

SO FOR SOME BACKGROUND, WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT PARKING FOR A WHILE NOW.

WE STARTED BACK IN 2020 WHEN FIRST AN ORDINANCE WAS DRAFTED TO REPEAL WHAT'S EXISTING ON THE BOOKS, AND THAT WAS DURING COVID.

SO THAT DIDN'T GO ANYWHERE.

THE, RESOLUTION CAME BACK OR THE ORDINANCE CAME BACK IN 2022 AND THAT, ORDINANCE WAS DENIED.

IT WAS NOT APPROVED.

AND THEN IN FEBRUARY 27TH, 2023, THERE WAS A REQUEST TO BRING FORWARD CERTAIN QUALITY OF LIFE ORDINANCES, INCLUDING THE PARKING ORDINANCE, AGAIN, WHICH STAFF DID IN APRIL 12TH. IT WAS BROUGHT FORWARD WITH SOME CHANGES SPECIFICALLY TO BEGIN THE PARKING ENFORCEMENT AT 11 P.M.

AS OPPOSED TO 2 A.M.

AND AS YOU RECALL, THAT WAS NOT APPROVED.

SO JUST TO GO BACK THROUGH THE CHANGES THAT WAS BROUGHT IN APRIL THAT WERE NOT APPROVED, IT WAS A PARKING NO PARKING, ON PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAYS BEGINNING FROM 11 P.M.

TO 6 A.M. WHAT'S IN GREEN? WHAT'S THE PROPOSED LANGUAGE THAT WAS ULTIMATELY NOT APPROVED? PARKING OF MOTOR VEHICLES ON DEDICATED BICYCLE LANES AND BLOCKING DRIVEWAYS.

THAT, TOO, WAS A PART OF THE NEW LANGUAGE THAT WAS NOT APPROVED.

INCLUDED IN THE ORDINANCE WAS SOME LANGUAGE REGARDING ENFORCEMENT FOR, FOR THE PARKING VIOLATION TO BE USED IN CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND FIRE INSPECTOR PROVIDED THAT THEY MEET FLORIDA STATUTE, SECTION 316 PARKING QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENT AND 316 IN BOTH CASES.

AND LASTLY, A PUBLIC EDUCATION COMPONENT FOR OUR SIX MONTHS OF EDUCATION BEFORE ENFORCEMENT STARTED.

AND SO EVERYTHING IN GREEN WAS WHAT WAS PROPOSED IN APRIL AND WHAT WAS ULTIMATELY NOT APPROVED.

SO THIS IS THE LANGUAGE THAT'S CURRENTLY CONTAINED IN OUR CODE AND THAT'S BEING ENFORCED BY, BSO.

IT PROHIBITS THE PARKING OF VEHICLES ON PAVED RIGHT OF WAYS ANYWHERE IN THE STREET FROM 2 A.M.

TO 6 A.M., AND THEN PARKING OF MOTOR VEHICLES ANYWHERE ON WOODLANDS BOULEVARD RIGHT OF WAY DURING ANY TIME OF NIGHT OR DAY IS PROHIBITED.

SO THAT'S WHAT'S CURRENTLY ON THE BOOKS.

AND IT'S BEEN ON THE BOOKS SINCE 1975.

IN PREPARATION FOR THIS DISCUSSION, WE HAD, PROVIDED THIS INFORMATION TO YOU IN THE PAST, AND WE JUST WENT BACK AND LOOKED AND UPDATED.

WHAT OTHER CITIES ARE DOING RELATIVE TO PARKING, BECAUSE THIS IS NOT AN ANOMALY HERE IN THE CITY OF TAMARAC, MOST COMMUNITIES ARE EXPERIENCING THE SAME ISSUES.

AND SO WE LOOKED AND MOST COMMUNITIES HAVE PARKING ALLOWED ON RIGHT OF WAY PROVIDE PROVIDED IT DOES NOT IMPEDE EMERGENCY VEHICLES OR THE FREE FLOW OF TRAFFIC. THAT SEEMS TO BE THE STANDARD IN EVERY COMMUNITY.

SO AS YOU CAN SEE IN PARKLAND, IT'S ALLOWED, PROVIDED OF COURSE THERE ARE SIGNAGE ON ON THE STREETS FOR PARKING.

IN MIRAMAR IT'S ALLOWED.

AND THEY HAVE THE LANGUAGE PROVIDED.

IT DOES NOT IMPEDE THE FREE FLOW OF TRAFFIC OR INTERFERE WITH THE PASSAGE OF EMERGENCY VEHICLES, WHICH SEEMS TO BE THE STANDARD.

LAUDERHILL IS A LITTLE BIT UNIQUE.

IT'S NOT ALLOWED.

BUT IN RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES, YOU CAN PARK ON THE STREET BETWEEN 7 P.M.

AND 7 A.M.

AND I GUESS THAT'S WHEN YOU GET HOME FROM WORK.

AND CORAL SPRINGS ALLOWS ON RIGHT OF WAY RESERVE FOR PARKING PURPOSES.

AND SO THOSE ARE SIGNED AS WELL.

IN, SUNRISE.

THEY GO ONE STEP FURTHER AND PARKING IN THE SWALE AREA IN NORTH LAUDERDALE, WE HAVE THE SAME STANDARD LANGUAGE, PROVIDED IT DOES NOT IMPEDE EMERGENCY VEHICLES. AND IN OAKLAND PARK AND ONE OF THE CITIES THE SAME.

IT'S ALLOWED, BUT THEY CANNOT HAVE SALE AND DISPLAY OF ADVERTISEMENT AND SO ON ON THEIR VEHICLES.

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IT'S SIMILAR AS IN OAKLAND PARK IN FORT LAUDERDALE.

THEY HAVE NO PARKING BETWEEN 2 A.M.

AND 5 A.M..

LAUDERDALE LAKES IS, THE IMPEDING AND INTERFERENCE STANDARD THAT MOST COMMUNITIES HAVE.

IN THE COMMISSIONER'S EMAIL, HE ALSO ASKS, IN TERMS OF HOW MUCH IS CHARGED FOR PARKING CURRENTLY AND HOW MANY CITATIONS WERE ISSUED, IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS. AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THIS IS WHAT BSO ASSESSES FOR VARIOUS TYPES OF VIOLATION.

WE, DID AN INCREASE IN PARKING ENFORCEMENT.

THE. BEGIN IN JANUARY OR PROBABLY THE LAST SIX MONTHS.

AND I KNOW THAT BSO REALLY DID SOME EXTRA ENFORCEMENT IN THE LAST MONTH OR SO IN VARIOUS COMMUNITIES.

IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS, WE HAVE WRITTEN 216 CITATIONS.

AND THAT TOTAL AMOUNT, I THINK IT CAN BE MISLEADING.

THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE COLLECTED FROM THE COUNTY ON CITATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN PAID, AND REALLY DOES NOT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE 216 CITATIONS THAT WERE JUST RECENTLY WRITTEN.

SO I JUST WANTED TO SHOW THE COST FOR EACH TICKET, WHICH IS $21 FOR EACH CITATION, WHETHER IT'S IMPROPER PARKING OR IMPROPER PARKING BETWEEN 2 A.M.

AND 6 A.M., BSO ALSO WRITES CITATIONS OR VIOLATIONS FOR THESE OTHER INFRACTIONS AS WELL, AND IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS, THEY HAVE WRITTEN 216 IN TOTAL.

AND SO WE WERE ALSO ASKED TO, DETERMINE THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, WHETHER THERE WAS ANYTHING THAT WOULD PRECLUDE THESE FEES THAT ARE COLLECTED FOR PARKING FROM BEING USED FOR, CITY PURPOSE, FOR DRIVEWAY EXPANSION AND OTHER THINGS THAT THE CITY DEEMS NECESSARY.

AND THERE WAS NOTHING PRECLUDING PROVIDED, OF COURSE, THE PUBLIC PURPOSE TEST WAS MET.

SO WE FOUND THAT THERE WAS NO LEGISLATION PRECLUDING THE USE OF THESE FUNDS FOR THAT PURPOSE.

FOR. THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.

COMMISSIONER BOLTON. THANK YOU, MISS CALLOWAY.

AND THANK YOU, MAYOR. YOU KNOW, FIRST, FIRST OF ALL, I REMEMBER WHEN THIS WAS, FIRST BROUGHT UP.

IT WAS BROUGHT UP BY THE MAYOR.

IT WAS, IT WAS SUPPORTED BY, COMMISSIONER, VILLALOBOS.

AND IT AND IT DIED BECAUSE, MYSELF, COMMISSIONER.

RIGHT. VICE MAYOR.

RIGHT. AND, COMMISSIONER DANIEL DID NOT SUPPORT IT.

HOWEVER, I'VE BEEN INUNDATED WITH, WITH PHONE CALLS, AND COMMUNICATIONS FROM VARIOUS COMMUNITIES, NOT JUST IN DISTRICT ONE, BUT IN OTHER DISTRICTS AS WELL.

SO I THINK THAT IT IS IMPORTANT TO, TAKE A SECOND LOOK, AT THIS, IN DISTRICT ONE, PARTICULARLY THE, ISSUES, LIE IN, TAMARAC LAKES, SOUTH BOULEVARD.

JEFF TAMARAC ONE AND TWO, MAINLANDS ONE THROUGH SIX AND MAINLAND SEVEN.

SO THOSE ARE THE COMMUNITIES ESPECIALLY, THAT HAVE BEEN, TALKING ABOUT, PARKING ISSUES IN THEIR COMMUNITY, AND OFFERING INFORMATION THAT IT IS, DANGEROUS FOR, FOR PEOPLE, THAT, THAT LIVE THERE.

BSO HAS ALSO OPINED THE THE CAPTAIN HAS ALSO OPINED THAT, YOU KNOW, IT IS A PUBLIC SAFETY CONCERN.

IN MAINLAND SIX, THERE WAS A HOUSE THAT BURNT DOWN, AND HAD THERE BEEN, A STREET PARKING ISSUE, THAT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WOULD NOT HAVE GOTTEN TO THAT HOUSE IN TIME.

SO, IT IS IT IS A CONCERN.

SO I DON'T WANT TO, DIMINISH THAT.

AND I ALSO DON'T WANT TO DIMINISH THE FACT THAT, THIS IS THE MAYOR'S IDEA, SO I'M NOT TRYING TO TAKE OVER, THE MAYOR'S IDEA BY BY ANY STRETCH OF OF IMAGINATION. I HAD A MEETING WITH MAINLANDS ONE THROUGH FIVE, AND I ALSO HAD A MEETING WITH THE LEADERSHIP OF MAINLAND SIX.

AND, AT THE MAINLAND'S, ONE THROUGH FIVE.

MEETING? A COUPLE OF PEOPLE ARE NINE PEOPLE FELT THAT PARKING ENFORCEMENT SHOULD REMAIN, AT 2 A.M. TO 6 P.M., 6 A.M..

AND ONE PERSON ASKED THAT ENFORCEMENT SHOULD BE 24 HOURS.

BUT THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY, THE REST OF THE ROOM, SAID THAT THEY WANT ENFORCEMENT TO BE, YOU KNOW, 11 P.M.

THROUGH TO 6 A.M..

AND SO, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THE LEGISLATION ABOUT, THE, THE PARKING REVENUES, WHETHER OR NOT IT CAN BE

[03:50:06]

AND THAT'S THE STUFF, BECAUSE I THINK WE NEED TO TAKE A PROACTIVE APPROACH IN LOOKING AT HOW WE CAN HELP RESIDENTS, AND NOT NECESSARILY TAKE DRACONIAN, MEASURES AGAINST THEM.

SO WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO HELP THEM TO FIX THEIR DRIVEWAY IF THEY IF THEY NEED TO.

AND I KNOW THAT WHEN WE GO TO WASHINGTON, THERE ARE OTHER FUNDS THAT CAN BE USED TO HELP, RESIDENTS TO FIX DRIVEWAYS AND THAT SORT OF STUFF, BUT THIS WOULD JUST TO BE ABLE TO BOLSTER, THAT THOSE FUNDS.

SO, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT THE TOPIC IS STILL SENSITIVE, FOR MYSELF AND PERHAPS FOR, FOR THE REST OF MY COLLEAGUES, YOU KNOW, IT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I NEVER WANT TO DO IS TO, TICKET RESIDENTS.

AND, WHEN BSO WENT OUT IN THE LAST MONTH OR SO TO TICKET RESIDENTS, YOU KNOW, I WAS I WAS UPSET, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I WAS NOT TOLD AND I WANTED TO WAIT FOR THIS DISCUSSION TO BE HAD.

AND I'M SURE THESE 216 TICKETS MAYBE WERE, WRITTEN IN THE LAST MONTH.

YOU JUST FANCIED IT UP BY SAYING THE PAST SIX MONTHS AS IF THEY WERE DOING THE JOB.

BUT ANYWAY, YOU KNOW, SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE RESIDENTS ALSO TALKED ABOUT WAS WHETHER OR NOT WE CAN HAVE A PRIVATE, ENTITY, GO OUT AND WRITE THE TICKETS INSTEAD OF HAVING BSO, TIE UP THEIR TIME WHEN THEY COULD BE DOING OTHER THINGS THAT ARE MORE LIFE THREATENING, THAN TO BE OUT THERE BETWEEN 11 P.M.

AND 6 A.M.

TO WRITE TICKETS. SO, TO THE EXTENT THAT THAT CAN HAPPEN AND TO THE EXTENT THAT MY COLLEAGUES, YOU KNOW, AGREE THAT STREET PARKING SHOULD BE ENFORCED, I WOULD LIKE TO US TO, TO LOOK AT THAT AS WELL.

SO AS AN ALTERNATIVE, I'VE BEEN I'M DOING SOME RESEARCH.

NOT THAT I'M AN ATTORNEY OR NOT, THAT I'M, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.

BUT I THINK THAT ONE AN ALTERNATIVE COULD BE THAT WE, DESIGNATE SOME OF THE AREAS THAT ARE PROBLEM AREAS, AS AN OVERLAY DISTRICT. AND IN THAT OVERLAY DISTRICT SAY THAT STREET PARKING IS NOT ALLOWED BETWEEN 11 P.M.

AND 6 A.M..

SO, FOR INSTANCE, MAINLANDS ONE THROUGH SEVEN WOULD BE DESIGNATED AN OVERLAY DISTRICT, OR MAINLANDS TEN WOULD BE DESIGNATED AN OVERLAY DISTRICT THAT SAYS NO PARKING BETWEEN 11 P.M.

AND 6 A.M..

SO IT IS NOT NECESSARILY, NO PARKING ALL OVER THE CITY BECAUSE THEN IN SOME COMMUNITIES, MAYBE IT WORKS, RIGHT? YOU KNOW, PERHAPS AT TAMARAC VILLAGE, IT'S A YOUNGER CROWD.

IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S MORE HIP, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WHO ARE LIVELY LIVE THERE.

IT'S STILL STREETS, I GET IT.

BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST OFFERING A COMPROMISE.

SO. SO THAT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE HAVE, AN OPPORTUNITY.

BECAUSE ONE WAY OR THE OTHER, I AM NOW IN FAVOR OF.

ENFORCING STREET PARKING.

SO WHETHER WE DO IT AS AN OVERLAY OR WHETHER WE DO IT AS THE REGULAR ORDINANCE.

YOU KNOW, I'LL BE I'LL BE FOR ONE OF THOSE MEASURES, BUT I'M JUST SAYING.

IF WE DON'T WANT TO DO THIS ACROSS THE CITY, WE COULD JUST, IMPLEMENT AN OVERLAY DISTRICT.

WHERE IN, IN THE IN EVERY COMMUNITY THAT THERE IS AN ISSUE, WE DESIGNATE THOSE COMMUNITIES AS AN OVERLAY DISTRICT.

IF THAT DOES NOT WORK.

I AM FOR, TRYING TO RESOLVE THIS.

STREET PARKING ISSUE AT THE MEETING.

OVERWHELMINGLY THE ROOM.

SAID THAT THEY WANTED IT TO SUNSET.

I'M TRYING TO GO BACK THROUGH MY NOTES TO SEE HOW.

LONG. IT WAS SUNSET.

IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN SUNSET.

I THINK THEY SAID LIKE TWO YEARS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

SO THE, THE ORDINANCE AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT SUNSETTING, IT JUST MEANS AN EXPIRATION DATE.

WE, WE, WE LOOK AT THIS TO SEE IF IT'S WORKING AFTER SIX MONTHS OR A YEAR OR 2 OR 2 YEARS OR WHATEVER IT IS.

SO AFTER A PERIOD OF TIME, IT WOULD SUNSET.

WE LOOK TO SEE IF IT WORKED.

IF IT WORKED, WE CONTINUE IT FOREVER.

IF IT DID NOT WORK, THEN WE WE LOOK AT OTHER SOLUTIONS.

SO AGAIN, I'M JUST I'M JUST PRESENTING WHAT THE ROOM SAID, AND PRESENTING IT FOR DISCUSSION TODAY AND SEE

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THAT'S IT. WELL, I GUESS I'LL GO.

I DON'T SEE THE PURPOSE OF AN OVERLAY.

I THINK YOU DO AN OVERLAY.

YOU ARE BASICALLY IN THE SAME PLACE WHERE WE WERE BEFORE.

ALL THE COMMUNITIES THAT NEED IT NEED TO BE ENFORCED.

2 TO 6 IS WHAT WE HAVE.

IT'S ALREADY IN PLACE.

I SUPPORT, OBVIOUSLY, GOING BACK TO THE 11 OR 12 THAT WAS PRESENTED.

I SUPPORT ACTUALLY GOING BACK TO WHAT WAS PRESENTED IN THE LAST.

WHENEVER IT CAME FORWARD.

THAT WAS NOT ACCEPTED BY THE COMMISSION AND INCLUDING IN IT ALREADY HAD THE ABILITY TO GET IT OFF OF OUR POLICE AND OUR ENFORCEMENT.

IF YOU GO TO SLIDE FOUR.

PREVIOUS PROPOSED LEGISLATION, SECTION 14 DASH 37, PARKING VIOLATION ENFORCEMENT, IF YOU GO TO BE IT WOULD BE TICKETED BY THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER, FIRE INSPECTOR, AND ANY OTHER PERSON APPOINTED BY THE CITY MANAGER AUTHORIZED TO BE A PARKING ENFORCEMENT SPECIALIST AFTER MEETING ALL THE REQUIREMENTS UNDER THE SECTION OF FLORIDA STATUTES AND AMENDED TO CARRY OUT ALL THE RULES AND DUTIES AS ALSO AMENDED IN HERE.

SO, YOU KNOW, IT TAKES CARE OF WHAT IS NOW BEING ASKED, WHICH IS ALREADY HAS BEEN ASKED.

SO IF THE ASK IS TO JUST BRING IT FORWARD AND SUPPORT IT, THEN THAT WOULD BE ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC.

THAT'S PART ONE.

IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WHAT TO DO WITH CAPITAL THAT COMES FROM ANY OF THE, MONEY'S ON THE TICKETING.

I WILL SHARE WITH YOU THAT, I QUICKLY AM TRYING TO WORK MY NEW LITTLE PHONE THAT GOES BACK TO, THE SMALLEST SCREEN POSSIBLE.

I'M NOT GETTING TO, WHERE? ON SLIDE 12.

IT ALLOWS US TO UTILIZE THE MONEY.

PER FLORIDA STATUTES.

IT SAYS NO LEGISLATION PRECLUDED FROM USING CITY FUNDS.

MY PROBLEM IS THAT IT SAYS VERY CLEARLY A COUNTY MUNICIPALITY MAY, BY A MAJORITY VOTE GOVERNING THE BOARD OF RESPECTIVE US, IMPOSE A SURCHARGE FOR THE SOLE PURPOSE OF FUNDING SCHOOL CROSSING GUARD PROGRAMS. WE WE MAY BE ABLE TO SET ASIDE FUNDS FOR RECURRING ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.

GREAT. PROCEEDS OF THE CHARGE SURCHARGE MUST BE PLACED IN A TRUST FUND, ALL FOR SECURITY GUARDS.

THEN IT GOES. MONEY PAID TO A MUNICIPALITY OR DISTRICT.

IMPROVEMENT MUST BE USED TO FUND LOCAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE TRAINING.

BUT I DON'T SEE WHERE IT REFERS US TO SUBPARAGRAPH 2G1, BUT I CAN'T GET TO 2G1, SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT ACTUALLY MEANS.

BOTTOM LINE IS, I DON'T SEE WHERE IT SAYS THAT WE ACTUALLY AND ANY OTHER LAWFUL PURPOSE.

SO THAT'S WHAT THE CITY ATTORNEY.

OKAY. WELL, THAT'S JUST NOT REALLY CLEAR IN THIS PART.

SO THAT'S WHY I JUST MADE IT AT THE VERY TOP THAT THERE WAS NOTHING PRECLUDING US FROM.

YEAH, RIGHT. BUT IT'S THE WAY IT READS FROM WHAT WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN, IT LOOKS LIKE ONLY MONEY CAN GO TO THOSE KIND OF THINGS.

YEAH. IF IT'S A CASE WHERE CONFIRM THAT WITH FINANCE MAYOR.

FINE. AND AGAIN, I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH IT.

IT'S JUST WHAT I'M BEING GIVEN QUICKLY TO REVIEW.

DOESN'T SHOW WHERE IT ACTUALLY SAYS.

THAT KEY LANGUAGE.

RIGHT. AND SO ALL I GET IS IT SHALL BE IT SHOULD, YOU KNOW, IT NEEDS TO BE.

MAY DO, BUT I DON'T GET SO IF IT ALLOWS US TO BE ABLE TO CREATE A FUND TO ASSIST RESIDENTS WITH EXPANDING THEIR DRIVEWAYS.

ALL FOR IT, NOT A PROBLEM.

AS FAR AS SUNSETTING, IF OUR CURRENT RULES ARE IN PLACE, NOT SUNSETTING.

IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PUTTING IN THE NEW PLAN THAT WE BROUGHT FORTH AND GOT VOTED DOWN.

I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S A SUNSET OR IF IT'S JUST.

IN TWO YEARS. WE SHALL HEREBY REVIEW TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THIS ORDINANCE IS EFFECTIVE.

IS EFFECTIVE IN ITS CURRENT FORM.

I DON'T KNOW IF THE WORD SUNSETTING IS, A LITTLE TOO DRACONIAN ON ON THE RULES ON THIS, BUT EITHER WAY, THOSE.

THAT'S MY $0.50.

COMMISSIONER, DANIEL. I'M FINE WITH WHAT THE CODE IS NOW FOR IT TO REMAIN THE SAME AND JUST ENFORCE IT. I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH A THIRD PARTY OR A CODE INSPECTOR WHOMEVER, BUT I LIKE IT AT 2 A.M.

AND JUST ENFORCE IT LIKE IT'S WHATEVER YOU DID IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS, A MONTH.

ACCORDING TO COMMISSIONER, BOLTON ENFORCE WHAT THE RULE IS BECAUSE IT'S CITYWIDE.

IT'S NOT JUST FOR THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HE REFERRED TO, BUT IT'S CITYWIDE.

AND THE MAYOR SAID THERE SHOULDN'T BE AN OVERLAY.

SO ENFORCE WHAT WE HAVE.

IF YOU WANT TO HELP RESIDENTS PAY TO EXPAND THEIR DRIVEWAY LIKE I HAD TO EXPAND MINE, I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THAT AS WELL.

IF I, IF I MAY ADD, MADAM COMMISSIONER, MADAM MAYOR, TO THAT POINT.

IN THE MEETING THAT THAT WE HAD, A LOT OF, RESIDENTS SAID THAT IT WOULD BE, HARD FOR THEM TO GET UP.

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THEY COULD PARK THEIR CAR, LET'S SAY 11, 12 ONE.

TWO. AND THEN HAVING TO GO MOVE THE CAR AT 2:00 IN THE MORNING.

SO, THAT'S WHERE THE 11 P.M., CAME IN FROM 11 P.M..

THEY DON'T HAVE TO WAIT TILL 2:00.

UNDERSTAND. BUT SOME OF THE SOME OF THE PARTIES THOUGH SOME OF SOME PARTIES.

HAPPEN AFTER A CERTAIN TIME.

SO IF WE PUT IT TO 11 P.M., THEN.

IT. IT'S ALSO TELLING PEOPLE YOU MUST SHUT OFF YOUR PARTIES BY 11 P.M.

AND NOT 1:00.

IT'S SO HARD TO BE ARGUING SOMETHING THAT THE MAYOR ASKED FOR, BY THE WAY.

YOU'RE NOT BURNING. BUT THIS IS THIS IS FOR THE RESIDENTS.

AND I GET IT.

SO, YOU KNOW, WHETHER OR NOT IT'S 11 P.M.

OR OR TWO, 2 A.M..

I'M FINE WITH IT.

I'M JUST TELLING YOU WHAT THE RESIDENTS ASKED FOR.

AND MAJORITY OF THEM ARE ASKING FOR 11 P.M..

THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR.

THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. I KIND OF ECHOED THE SAME SENTIMENTS AS, COMMISSIONER DANIELS.

I KIND OF LIKE IT THE WAY, WE VOTED BEFORE, BUT I UNDERSTAND THE CONCERNS OF THE RESIDENTS, ESPECIALLY, MISS PATTY LANE IN IN MIDLANDS EIGHT.

SHE CONSTANTLY TELLS ME THE ISSUES THAT WE HAVE WITH SENIORS AND THE PARKING AND ALL THAT STUFF, AND I'M NOT DISCOUNTING THAT AT ALL.

BUT LIKE I SAID A FEW MONTHS AGO, I THINK WE HAVE OUR YOUNGEST SITTING, I THINK 11:11 P.M.

PEOPLE ARE STILL, YOU KNOW, IT'S STILL KIND OF EARLY WITH A CITY THAT'S, THAT'S THAT'S GETTING YOUNGER AND YOUNGER.

SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, I STILL HAVE MY SAME VIEW AS I DID A FEW MONTHS AGO.

OBVIOUSLY, MY GOOD FRIEND COMMISSIONER BOLTON GOT DELIVERANCE AND HE'S, HE'S HE'S SIDING WITH THE MAYOR.

SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S PART OF DEMOCRACY.

AND, YOU KNOW, WE'LL MOVE ON TO WHAT'S NEXT.

AND I SHOULD END THE MEETING RIGHT THERE BECAUSE THERE'S TWO OF US WHO, YOU KNOW, WE ACTUALLY AGREE.

BUT I WOULD HAVE I DO HAVE TO SAY THAT IT ALSO HELPS THE 11:00 PART HELPS WITH THE FACT THAT WE STILL HAVE A LOT OF NOISE ORDINANCE ISSUES.

THAT PART WOULD BE HELPFUL BECAUSE PEOPLE WOULD KNOW THAT.

YOU NEED TO GO PUT THE PARTY ON.

QUIET. IT DOESN'T HELP THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHEN THEY'RE HAVING ISSUES AT 11:00.

AND AS MUCH AS WE LIKE TO SAY IT'S NOW 48, LET ME REMIND YOU PEOPLE, IT'S BEEN OVER 15 YEARS THAT WE'VE BEEN AT 48.

SO IT'S ALSO THE 48 YEAR OLDS AND THE 37 YEAR OLDS WHO ARE ASKING FOR SOME OF THIS.

IT'S NOT JUST 55 AND OLDER.

SO THERE'S A LOT OF MISCONCEPTIONS, CONCEPTION THAT IT'S ONLY THE ELDER POPULATION THAT'S ASKING FOR THIS.

REMEMBER, WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE WORKING WHO WORK ALL HOURS, AND THEY HAVE THE NIGHT SHIFT AND THEY HAVE TO GO TO WORK, AND THEY HAVE THEIR OWN ISSUES THAT THEY HAVE TO DEAL WITH. AND, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE, NO MATTER WHAT, WOULD HAVE TO DO, EVEN IF WE KEPT IT AT TWO, WHICH I REALLY WOULD RATHER KEEP IT, MOVE IT TO 11 AND THEN KEEP PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY, IF THEY'RE HAVING A PARTY CAN WORK THINGS OUT WITH THE POLICE, THEY CAN WORK THINGS OUT WITH THE CODE ENFORCEMENT PERSON.

THEY CAN WORK THINGS OUT WITHIN THEIR COMMUNITY ABOUT ASKING FOR A SPECIAL DISPENSATION.

SAY IT'S A SUPER BOWL PARTY THAT JUST HAPPENED TO GO PAST 11 P.M., AND THEY NEEDED TO WORK ON THE PARKING.

I'M SURE NO ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS ARE GOING TO BE COMING AROUND ON CERTAIN HOLIDAYS OR SPECIAL EVENT, THINGS LIKE THAT.

IT'S NOT THE GOAL TO TOW.

IT'S NOT THE GOAL TO TICKET.

BUT THOSE THINGS HAVE TO BE CONSIDERED.

AND PLUS THE FACT OUR ORDINANCE CURRENTLY DOES NOT ALLOW CODE ENFORCEMENT OR ANY OTHER DESIGNATED PERSON IN THEIR CAPACITY TO EFFECTUATE THE TICKET PART.

SO IN ORDER TO HELP BSO, NO MATTER WHAT, WE HAVE TO FIX OUR ORDINANCE FOR THAT PART.

SO, I CAN'T YOU'VE GOT CONSENSUS FOR PARTS OF IT.

I CAN'T SAY YOU DON'T HAVE CONSENSUS FOR OTHER PARTS OF IT WE'RE MISSING.

THE FIFTH, BUT I THINK THAT.

LEGALLY, WHAT ARE WE ALLOWED TO DO? BECAUSE. I'M ASKING THE CITY ATTORNEY AND CITY ADMINISTRATION, CAN YOU TALK TO COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS AND DETERMINE WHAT TO BRING BACK? DOES THIS COME BACK TO US IN ANOTHER ORDINANCE FOR ANOTHER WORKSHOP WITH.

BECAUSE YOU GOT TWO AND TWO RIGHT NOW.

BUT YOU. LET'S JUST DEAL WITH WHAT WE HAVE.

CONSENSUS. WHICH IS IVORY.

AND. VICE MAYOR AGREE THAT.

YES. ENFORCEABLE. RIGHT.

PERIOD. BUT I THOUGHT THAT'S WHAT WE DID.

WE ENFORCE CODE WHERE WE'RE ENFORCING THE CODE.

WE HAVE CONSENSUS ON ENFORCING THE CODE, WHICH WE REALLY WE HAVE CONSENSUS ON THEN CHANGING IT TO ALLOW THE ABILITY TO.

HAVE SOMEBODY OTHER THAN THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE ENFORCE THE CODE.

THAT'S CONSENSUS FROM ALL OF US.

THE ONE ITEM THAT IS NOT NECESSARILY.

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CONSENT. THANK YOU. YES, I SAY LEAVE IT AT 2 A.M.

BECAUSE IT'S CITYWIDE.

AND, I'M BAFFLED THAT WE WOULD WANT TO TELL PEOPLE WHO OWN THEIR OWN PROPERTY THAT THEY GOT TO SHUT DOWN AT 11:00 AND GO TO SLEEP.

THAT BOTHERS ME. THEY DON'T HAVE TO GO TO SLEEP.

THEY JUST CAN'T PARK HERE.

IF YOU HAVE COMPANY, THEY GOT TO LEAVE BY 11 A.M..

NO, WE'RE NOT IN PRISON.

AND I DON'T WANT TO FEEL THAT WAY.

AND I DON'T WANT TO LET ANYONE ELSE FEEL THAT WAY.

AND IT'S NOT MY PLACE TO MAKE ANYONE FEEL THAT WAY.

SO 2 A.M. IS JUST FINE WITH ME.

BUT I DO AGREE. ENFORCE IT.

WE KNOW WHAT THE LAW IS. ENFORCE IT.

SOME COMMUNITIES HAVE ASKED FOR 12 AND I THINK THAT'S AN ITEM FOR DISCUSSION.

BUT HERE AMONGST THE HOA, IF YOU WANT YOUR HOA TO SAY THIS, WORK WITH YOUR HOA.

BUT NO PART OF THE PROBLEM IS MANY OF THE HOA DON'T HAVE.

THERE'S A LOT OF THE RULES AND REGULATIONS THAT ARE ANTIQUATED AND THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO DO THINGS.

BUT ONE OF THE THINGS ACTUALLY WAS, SOME OF THE HOA PRESIDENTS DID SAY THAT THEY WOULD OPEN UP THEIR CLUBHOUSES FOR PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO PARK THERE OVERNIGHT.

SO THAT THAT'S, THAT'S ONE OF THE SOLUTIONS THAT CAME OUT OF, ONE OF THOSE MEETINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, IF YOU LIVE IN A COMMUNITY WHERE YOU'RE PARKING ON THE STREET, NOW YOU CAN PARK ON THE HOA PROPERTY AND THAT OF COURSE, WE CAN'T REGULATE, BUT THEY ARE WILLING TO ALSO, REGULATE, YOU KNOW, AND IT'S AND IT'S NOT THAT WE ARE TELLING PEOPLE TO.

YOU KNOW, SHUT DOWN PARTIES OR THAT SORT OF STUFF.

AT 11 P.M., I ACTUALLY, WENT OUT FOR A WHOLE WEEK.

THIS THIS WEEK AND LAST WEEK, ACTUALLY GOT HOME AFTER ONE, 2:00 BECAUSE I WAS OUT DRIVING, SEEING THE ISSUES IN THE IN THE DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES, NOT JUST DISTRICT ONE, BUT CITYWIDE.

AND IT IS A PROBLEM.

MAINLAND SEVEN.

MY CAR COULDN'T EVEN GET THROUGH AND I DRIVE A LITTLE CAR.

SO I IMAGINE LIKE A FIRE TRUCK, YOU KNOW.

SO. I DON'T WANT SOMETHING TO HAPPEN TO ANY OF MY RESIDENTS ON MY ON MY TIME, YOU KNOW? SO. I GET IT.

YOU KNOW I. YOU.

I GET IT? I GET IT. SAME TOKEN, WE DON'T HAVE.

IT'S NOT, IN MY OPINION.

IT'S WE'VE GOT THE MAIN CONSENSUS ON PART.

THE OTHER PART IS STILL UP IN THE AIR.

WE DON'T HAVE THE FIFTH LEG TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT WHICH WAY IT'S GOING TO GO.

AND THAT CAN ALWAYS COME BACK FOR A CONTINUAL DISCUSSION.

I DO HAVE ONE ITEM TO JUST CAMP ON THAT JUST FOR ADVERTISING PURPOSES.

DRIVING DOWN 84TH, DRIVING DOWN 70TH, DRIVING DOWN CERTAIN OTHER PLACES, WHEN YOU'RE DRIVING AND PEOPLE ARE PARKED DURING THE DAY, BUT THEY HAVE THEIR GARBAGE CANS.

IN FRONT OF THEIR CAR THAT'S DOUBLE PARKED ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, AND YOU HAVE TRAFFIC.

AND THEN THERE'S THE GARBAGE TRUCK THAT IS TRYING TO GET TO THAT WASTE MANAGEMENT GARBAGE THING TO DUMP IT.

THEY CAN'T. THEY'RE BLOCKED.

SO THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME KIND OF.

FUTURE THOUGHT AND DISCUSSION.

IF I IF WE CAN FIGURE IT OUT, WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT AS STRATEGIC PLANNING.

NOT FOR NOW, BUT I JUST WANT TO THROW IT OUT THERE BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PARKING RULES.

OF SOME OF THE CONCERNS ABOUT.

THE ISSUES THAT WE HAVE GETTING SERVICES TO OUR RESIDENTS WHEN THINGS ARE DOUBLE PARKED THAT, GO AHEAD.

AND YOU TALKED ABOUT THE FIRE, BUT THERE WASN'T BLOCKAGE.

A FIREFIGHTER WAS FIGHTERS WERE ABLE TO GET THROUGH ANOTHER THING.

THERE ARE CITIES OLDER THAN OURS.

THERE'S OTHER WAYS THEY DO.

ONE WAY, YOU KNOW, MAKE STREET, STREETS ONE WAY, GOING ONE WAY INSTEAD OF TWO WAY, THEREFORE, THAT YOU CAN HAVE A BETTER FLOW OF TRAFFIC.

SO THERE ARE OTHER WAYS TRY TO ENFORCE NOW LET PEOPLE NOT DRIVE, BUT TO SHUT DOWN OUR WHOLE CITY, A RESIDENTIAL CITY AT THAT, AT 11.

I MEAN, THAT'S TOO MUCH GOVERNMENT INVOLVEMENT, IF YOU ASK ME.

THAT'S SCARY. ALL RIGHT.

IT IS. MADAM.

MADAM MAYOR, JUST, ONE ONE THING.

THERE, THERE ARE ALWAYS ASKING, ABOUT THE MONEY FROM THE PROCEEDS FOR THE WOODLANDS.

HOW WE'RE GOING TO SPLIT THAT MONEY.

SO I'M PUBLICLY ASKING THE CITY MANAGER TO ADD TO THE NEXT WORKSHOP.

THE DISCUSSION ON HOW THE MONEY, THE PROCEEDS FROM WHAT THE WOODLANDS ARE GIVING TO THE HOAS, TO BE TO BE USED.

I KNOW THAT MAINLAND SIX IS ASKING MAINTENANCE FOR IS ASKING, A WHOLE LOT OF COMMUNITIES ARE ASKING BECAUSE THEY GOT WIND OF IT.

LAKES OF CARRIAGE HILLS CALLED ME.

LAST WEEK.

BECAUSE THE LIST OBVIOUSLY WAS WAS PUBLIC.

THE AMOUNTS WERE WERE PUBLIC.

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SO I WOULD LIKE AT THE NEXT WORKSHOP THAT WE, DISCUSS HOW THAT MONEY IS GOING TO BE USED.

259. THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.

SEE YOU WEDNESDAY.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.