I CAME. GOOD EVENING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
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IT IS 7 P.M..IT IS WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13TH, AND YOU ARE ALL AT THE TAMARAC CITY COMMISSION MEETING.
SO WELCOME, CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. MAYOR GOMEZ.
GOOD EVENING, COMMISSIONER BOLTON.
GOOD EVENING, VICE MAYOR WRIGHT.
GOOD EVENING. COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS.
GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. COMMISSIONER.
THANK YOU. I'LL BRING YOU BACK.
THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO BE LED BY LORENZO CALHOUN.
AND IF EVERYONE WILL PLEASE STAND, WE'LL HAVE A PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, AND WE WILL HAVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE THEREAFTER.
OF ALLEGIANCE] CITY ATTORNEY ANY REPORT.
[1.CITY ATTORNEY REPORT]
MADAM MAYOR. THE CITY MANAGER AND I WANTED TO GIVE GOOD NEWS, BUT WE ARE VERY CLOSE TO A SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT WITH THE CASE OF WOODMONT COUNTRY CLUB.WITH RESPECT TO COMPLIANCE OF THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
MOST OF THE TERMS HAVE BEEN RESOLVED.
THERE'S A COUPLE OF MINOR ISSUES THAT WE NEED TO WORK OUT.
WE EXPECT THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT TO BE EXECUTED IN NEAR FUTURE.
I'M NOT SURE IF WE'RE A LOT OF COMMENTS.
[2.CITY MANAGER REPORT]
OUR. I'M SO BAD WITH TITLES.JAMES TWIGGER, OUR DIRECTOR OF IT, WILL BE PLAYING SOMETHING FOR EVERYBODY TO ENJOY.
SO, COLLEAGUES, WILL YOU PLEASE COME TO THE BELL? WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO SEE IT FIRST.
MADAM MAYOR, BEFORE WE START THE PRESENTATION, I WANTED TO JUST SAY THAT WE'RE PROUD TO PRESENT THIS THIS 2023 HIGHLIGHTS. AND SO THANK YOU FOR COMING DOWN.
AND PLEASE ENJOY THE THE VIDEO THAT THAT SHOWS THE THE HIGHLIGHTS FROM 2023.
HELLO FRIENDS, FAMILIES AND CHERISHED NEIGHBORS.
I EXTEND MY HEARTFELT GRATITUDE FOR CHOOSING TAMARAC FLORIDA TO BE THE CITY FOR YOUR LIFE IN PRESERVING TAMARAC DELIGHTFUL SMALL TOWN CHARM, WERE ACTIVELY SHAPING AND FORTIFYING THE GROUNDWORK FOR A PROMISING FUTURE.
2023 WAS A SIGNIFICANT YEAR FOR OUR AMAZING CITY.
IN 2023, WE CELEBRATED TAMARAC'S 60TH ANNIVERSARY WITH A PLETHORA OF MEMORABLE EVENTS SIX YEARS OF HISTORY, GROWTH AND COMMUNITY SPIRIT THAT ILLUMINATED OUR PATH. LET'S CHERISH THE MEMORIES CREATED DURING THIS SIGNIFICANT MILESTONE AND CONTINUE BUILDING A VIBRANT FUTURE TOGETHER, SETTING THE COURSE TO CREATE A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE FOR OUR RESIDENTS AND BY THE RESIDENTS.
TOGETHER, WE'RE SHAPING HOW OUR COMMUNITY COMMUTES.
IN 2023, THE CITY HELD THE FIRST OF TWO PUBLIC WORKSHOPS TO GUIDE THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CITY'S MULTI-MODAL TRANSPORTATION PLAN, DISTRIBUTED SURVEYS VIA SOCIAL MEDIA, AND CONDUCTED COMMUNITY OUTREACH AT EVENTS TO GATHER FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY.
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AND NOW I, MAYOR MICHELLE J.GOMEZ AND THE CITY COMMISSION ARE PROUD TO PRESENT YOU WITH THE KEY HIGHLIGHTS FROM 2023.
THE CITY'S LATEST ADDITION TO THE TAMARAC ECOSYSTEM IS A FAIRFIELD BY MARRIOT.
FAIRFIELD BY MARRIOT OFFICIALLY OPENED ITS DOORS LAST NOVEMBER AT COLONY WEST.
THE 62,000 SQUARE FOOT HOTEL BOASTS 120 ROOMS AND STRETCHES FIVE STORIES HIGH.
THE HOTEL INCLUDES A POOL, BUSINESS CENTER, ON SITE PARKING AND A 24 HOUR FITNESS CENTER.
RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO THE FAIRFIELD BY MARRIOT IS A COLONY WEST GOLF CLUB, THE VIEW RESTAURANT AND EVENT CENTER, WHERE GUESTS CAN ENJOY A ROUND OF GOLF OR A BEAUTIFUL DINING EXPERIENCE. TAMARAC IS ON AN UPWARD TRAJECTORY, EXPERIENCING UNPRECEDENTED GROWTH THAT EXPANDED BEYOND JUST NUMBERS IN 2020, THREE.
OUR VISION FOR PHASE THREE OF THE TAMARAC VILLAGE COMMERCIAL PARCEL HAS SHIFTED TO ALIGN WITH OUR NEEDS, AND THE NEW VISION COMING OUT OF THE TAMARAC 2040 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. WE ARE ENTERTAINING PROPOSALS FOR A GAME CHANGING PROJECT, DELIVERING TO THE COMMUNITY WHAT WAS PROMISED AND MORE.
BEYOND OFFERING FREE WIFI, TAMARAC PUBLIC GREEN SPACES OFFER A WIDE RANGE OF AMENITIES DESIGNED TO CATER TO THE DIVERSE INTERESTS AND NEEDS OF ITS RESIDENTS.
THE TRANSFORMATION ENCOMPASSED THE RECONSTRUCTION OF EXISTING RESTROOM FACILITIES, MODIFICATIONS TO THE PARKING LOT, SECURITY UPGRADES, AND CAPTIVATING ENHANCEMENTS TO THE REVERED VETERANS MONUMENT.
WHILE OUR RESIDENTS LOVE PARKS JUST A SHORT DRIVE FROM VETERANS PARK, CABRILLO PARK HAS UNDERGONE A COMPREHENSIVE MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR RENOVATION ENHANCEMENT THAT WELCOMED A PICNIC SHELTER, 5000 SQUARE FOOT PLAYGROUND, MULTI-PURPOSE WALKING PATH, NON-MOTORIZED BOAT LAUNCH WITH A FLOATING DOCK, SPLASH PAD, CENTRAL COVERED FITNESS STATION, LANDSCAPING, RESTROOM FACILITIES WITH CONCESSION AREA, AMPHITHEATER AND A PARKING LOT.
EXPANSION. LET'S MAKE OUR WAY BACK WEST.
SUNSET HAMMOCK ALSO INCLUDES AN OUTDOOR CLASSROOM TO SERVE AS AN ICONIC ARTISTIC SYMBOL OF THE PARK.
TAMARAC 60 YEAR JOURNEY IS MARKED BY A HARMONIOUS BLEND OF INNOVATION, CHARM, AND DEDICATION TO SAFETY, MAKING IT AN EXCEPTIONAL COMMUNITY TO CALL HOME. LET'S TRAVEL TOGETHER AND ENJOY MARKING THIS SIGNIFICANT MILESTONE WITH THE AMAZING EVENTS WE HELD IN 2023.
TAMARAC IS A 60 YEAR ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION MARKED A MOMENTOUS OCCASION ALONGSIDE NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENTS BY THE CITY'S HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT. THE YEAR CONCLUDED WITH MORE THAN 90 NEW HIRES AND 37 PROMOTIONS, EMPHASIZING THE CITY'S COMMITMENT TO PROFESSIONAL GROWTH WITHIN THE WORKFORCE OVER 400 EMPLOYEES.
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A SIGNIFICANT MILESTONE WAS THE COMPLETION OF THE COMPREHENSIVE JOB CLASSIFICATION AND COMPENSATION STUDY, RESULTING IN A ROBUST SYSTEM FOR COMPETITIVE RECRUITMENT, STAFF RETENTION, AND PERFORMANCE MOTIVATION.THE UPDATED FRAMEWORK ALIGNS INTERNAL ROLES AND ESTABLISHES MARKET COMPETITIVE PAY RANGES.
TAMARAC OFFERS THE PERFECT BALANCE BETWEEN LEISURE AND COMMERCE, WHERE RESIDENTS CAN SPEND THEIR MORNINGS IN THE PARK, REVELING IN NATURE'S BEAUTY AND THEIR AFTERNOONS EXPLORING THE CITY'S THRIVING NEW BUSINESSES.
LIFE AND ART IS THE PERFECT EXCURSION FOR CREATIVES.
THE PHOTO STUDIO HAS VARIOUS PHOTO BACKDROPS THAT MAKE FOR LONG LASTING MEMORIES.
WITH THE RECENT OPENING OF SAFEGUARD IMPACT WINDOWS AND DOORS.
TAMARAC EMERGING RESTAURANTS ARE SERVING UP A DELECTABLE ARRAY OF CULINARY DELIGHTS.
HIBACHI WAY PROVIDES A PERFECT TAKEOUT OPTION FOR LOVERS OF JAPANESE CUISINE, AND HIGH VALUE BARBECUE BRINGS COURIER'S DYNAMIC ENTERTAINMENT AND CUISINE TO TAMARAC.
THE PROGRAM INCLUDES MORE THAN 15 PROGRAMS TO KEEP OUR CITY LOOKING AMAZING, AND MAKES TAMARAC AN EXCEPTIONAL PLACE TO CALL HOME. WANT TO HELP TAMARAC SHINE? VISIT TAMARAC.
ORG FORWARD SLASH SHINE TO SEE HOW THESE PROGRAMS CAN BENEFIT YOU AND IN RETURN, BENEFIT THE CITY.
AS TAMARAC UNDERGOES BEAUTIFICATION PROJECTS, SAFETY TAKES PRECEDENCE WITH CAREFUL PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTING STRATEGIES IN PLACE TO CREATE A CITY THAT IS VISUALLY CAPTIVATING AND SAFE FOR ALL.
WE SWIFTLY RESPONDED TO MORE THAN 14,000 CALLS.
THAT'S AN AVERAGE OF NEARLY 40 CALLS A DAY.
SAFETY IS OUR COMMITMENT AND OUR DEDICATED CREWS EXCELLED, WINNING GOLD IN VARIOUS COMPETITIONS, NOTABLY TRIUMPHING IN THE TRAUMA STANDARD SCENARIO AT THE WORLD RESCUE CHALLENGE COMPETITION IN LA ROTA, SPAIN.
AT TAMARAC FIRE, RESCUE EXCELLENCE IS NOT JUST A GO.
TOGETHER, THEY INSTALLED A TOTAL OF 487 SMOKE ALARMS AND TEN CARBON MONOXIDE ALARMS IN 187 HOMES.
ORG FORWARD SLASH CPR TO SIGN UP FOR AN UPCOMING CPR CLASS TODAY.
AS YOU CAN SEE, COMMUNITY SAFETY IS OUR TOP PRIORITY.
IN 2023, BSO TAMARAC, IN COLLABORATION WITH TAMARAC FIRE RESCUE, LED A JOINT ACTIVE KILLER TRAINING DRILL WITH PERSONNEL FROM THE SUNRISE, LAUDERHILL, AND NORTH LAUDERDALE FIRE RESCUE DEPARTMENTS.
BSO'S TAMARAC DEDICATION TO THE SAFETY AND WELL-BEING OF THE COMMUNITY WAS EVIDENT, AS THEY EFFICIENTLY HANDLED A STAGGERING 49,215 CALLS, SWIFTLY RESPONDED TO AND INVESTIGATED 1966 CRASHES, AND ISSUED 13,572 CITATIONS.
AS WE GAZE INTO THE FUTURE, IT'S EASY TO SEE THAT THE CITY OF TAMARAC IS PROGRESSING FORWARD TO ENHANCE THE WELL-BEING OF ALL RESIDENTS, INCLUDING OUR FUR BABIES, WITH THE ADDITION OF TAMARAC PET PANTRY.
OUR FUTURE BECOMES EVEN BRIGHTER WITH EACH PASSING DAY.
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OUR DEDICATED CITY STAFF STRIVES TO UPHOLD TAMARAC AS A SAFE AND ENJOYABLE PLACE TO CALL HOME.THE OLD PROVERB MEASURE TWICE, CUT ONCE.
STAND STRONG WITH TAMARAC PLANS FOR THE FUTURE.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S A LOT GOING ON IN TAMARAC FROM NEW BUSINESSES CHOOSING TO CALL TAMARAC HOME TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS AND FUN EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES FOR EVERYONE TO ENJOY. WE ARE TAMARAC THE CITY FOR YOUR LIFE.
EXCELLENT. WELL THANK YOU EVERYBODY FOR WATCHING THAT WITH US.
AND. THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO WORKED SO HARD TO PUT THAT TOGETHER AND MY COLLEAGUES FOR.
2023. SEMIANNUAL NEIGHBORHOOD BEAUTIFICATION RECOGNITION AWARDS.
IN RECOGNITION OF YOUR PROPERTY'S CONTRIBUTION TO THE VISUAL BEAUTY AND VIBRANCY OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC, IT IS WITH GREAT PLEASURE THAT I ANNOUNCE THE SECOND SEMIANNUAL 2023 AWARDS. SO FOR CITYWIDE COMMERCIAL PROPERTY, IT IS MY TAMARAC DENTIST WHOSE PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT 7030 NORTHWEST 57TH STREET IN TAMARAC.
APPRECIATE. AND I DRIVE IT EVERY DAY.
THANK YOU. SORRY MY HANDS ARE COLD.
I'M WELCOME TO THE OFFICE WHENEVER.
THANK YOU. WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS TO THE COMMUNITY? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THERE YOU GO.
WELL. OH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WELL, THANK YOU, ALL OF YOU, FOR THIS BEAUTIFUL AWARD.
THANK YOU FOR THE CITY TO THE CITY OF TAMARAC.
AND WE'RE PROUD TO HAVE BEEN SERVING THE COMMUNITY FOR ABOUT THREE YEARS NOW.
WE'RE PROUD TO SAY WE'RE THE FASTEST GROWING DENTAL OFFICE IN THE, IN THE AREA AND THE THE MOST HIGHLY RATED OFFICE WITHIN AT LEAST A 10 TO 15 MILE RADIUS.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU EVERYBODY.
CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
ALL RIGHT. OUR NEXT IS DISTRICT ONE.
LINDA MERRILL, WHOSE PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT 2800 NORTHWEST 48TH STREET IN TAMARAC.
LINDA, ARE YOU HERE? I DON'T BELIEVE SHE'S COMING TONIGHT.
BUT LET'S GIVE HER A BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
AND THE NEXT ONE IS FOR DISTRICT TWO.
LINDA DRAPEAUX, WHOSE PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT 6460 NORTHWEST 89TH AVENUE IN TAMARAC.
RIGHT. AND I KNOW YOU DIDN'T WANT TO SAY ANYTHING, BUT I'LL SAY IT.
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THIS. THANK YOU, MAYOR FOR LIFE.ALL RIGHT. OUR NEXT PROPERTY IS IN DISTRICT THREE.
I'VE BEEN WANTING THIS. MOVED IN SIX YEARS AGO.
THANK YOU. FOR DISTRICT FOUR, WE HAVE GREG ALLEN AND JODY CAMPBELL, WHOSE PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT 6807 NORTHWEST 87TH COURT.
IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THEY ARE NOT HERE TONIGHT.
THEY ARE NOT. SO LET'S GIVE THEM A BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
THANK YOU FOR PLAYING YOUR PART IN HELPING MAKE TAMARAC THE CITY FOR YOUR LIFE.
AND IF WE CAN GET ANOTHER BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR EVERYBODY.
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TO ASK THE CITY MANAGER TO COME DOWN.AND IT WAS WITH GREAT PRIDE AND A LITTLE BIT OF LOT, A BIT OF SADNESS.
THAT I READ THE FOLLOWING PROCLAMATION FOR LORENZO CALHOUN.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO PLEASE COME DOWN? THIS IS OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC FOR HUMAN RESOURCES.
I'LL GET, I'LL GET, I'LL GET IT TOGETHER.
THAT'S WHY I USED TO WALK DOWN HERE SO I CAN GET IT TOGETHER.
TAKING A BREATH. NOW YOU CAN GO THAT WAY AND SAY HELLO BECAUSE I'M JUST STILL GETTING IT TOGETHER.
ALL RIGHT. WHEREAS LORENZO CALHOUN BEGAN HIS CAREER IN THE HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT AND LEGAL PROFESSION OVER 25 YEARS AGO, AND HAS HELD VARIOUS POSITIONS IN AREAS OF LABOR LAW, RECRUITMENT, NEGOTIATIONS AND LABOR RELATIONS WITH AGENCIES IN FLORIDA AND ILLINOIS.
AND WHEREAS, LORENZO BEGAN HIS CAREER HERE IN TAMARAC IN 2016 AS ASSISTANT HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR, AND IN 2017 HE WAS APPOINTED TO HIS CURRENT POSITION AS THE DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES.
AND WHEREAS LORENZO'S TENURE WITH THE CITY HAS LED TO NUMEROUS SUCCESSES AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT HAVE ENHANCED OUR WORKFORCE AND HELPED ACHIEVE OUR STRATEGIC GOAL OF BEING A DYNAMIC WORKPLACE.
AND WHEREAS LORENZO'S LEADERSHIP AND DEDICATION TO HIS PROFESSION WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN THE DEPARTMENT REACHING MANY MILESTONES, INCLUDING THE 2019 AND 2020 CIGNA'S OUTSTANDING CULTURE OF WELL-BEING AWARD, THE 2022 AND 2023 CIGNA'S GOLD LEVEL HEALTHY WORKFORCE DESIGNATION AWARD, THE EXCELLENCE AND SAFETY CERTIFICATION FROM THE FLORIDA MUNICIPAL INSURANCE TRUST, AND THE 2022 HUMAN RESOURCES AGENCY AWARD OF EXCELLENCE.
AND WHEREAS, LORENZO'S FOCUS ON EMPLOYEE RELATIONS, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, EMPLOYEE WELLNESS, AND PROMOTING A CULTURE OF EXCELLENCE HAS CONTRIBUTED TO THE HIGH LEVEL OF EMPLOYEE SATISFACTION AND OVERALL QUALITY OF LIFE FOR OUR EMPLOYEES, BUSINESSES AND VISITORS, AND HAS TRULY HELPED MAKE THE CITY OF TAMARAC THE CITY FOR YOUR LIFE. AND WHEREAS LORENZO TRULY HAS HAD THE OPEN DOOR POLICY FOR ANYONE WHO NEEDED TO SPEAK WITH HIM, ALWAYS THE CONSUMMATE PROFESSIONAL AND A GENTLEMAN WHO WILL PROVIDE COMFORT AND GUIDANCE, HIS DEPARTURE WILL LEAVE A BIG VOID IN OUR CITY.
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THE BEST IN HIS NEXT CHAPTER.GOMEZ VERY PROUD MAYOR OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC, ON BEHALF OF THIS WONDERFUL COMMISSION, HEREBY APPLAUDS LORENZO ON HIS ACCOMPLISHMENT, ACCOMPLISHMENTS PERSONALLY AND PROFESSIONALLY AND THANK HIM FOR HIS UNPARALLELED DEDICATION AND SERVICE TO THE CITY OF TAMARAC OUR EMPLOYEES AND PROCLAIMS MARCH 13TH, 2024 AS LORENZO CALHOUN DAY IN THE CITY OF TAMARAC.
MADAM MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION.
DID YOU GET MY GOOD SIDE? 20 POUNDS LIGHTER, PLEASE.
IT'S BEEN MY PRIVILEGE AND MY HONOR TO SERVE THIS COMMUNITY.
PATTY LYNN, A RESIDENT, OFTEN SAYS IT.
SO. SO I'M THANKFUL TO GOD FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE SERVED.
NOW GOD HAS CALLED ME ON TO JOIN THE BSO FAMILY WHICH IS NOT A NEW FAMILY.
IT'S JUST PART OF OUR EXTENDED FAMILY.
SO I WILL STILL BE WATCHING YOU, TAMARAC.
I'LL STILL BE HERE WITH YOU IN SPIRIT.
AND MY SHAMELESS PLUG, I WILL BE AT REJOICE CAFE HAVING LUNCH, PROBABLY WITH A BUNCH OF OFFICERS.
GOD BLESS YOU AND I WISH YOU THE BEST.
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO GREATER THINGS FOR TAMARAC.
THANK YOU. MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.
I JUST WANT TO MENTION THAT YOU KNOW, IT'S VERY RARE WHEN ONE OF OUR MEMBERS OF THE STAFF LEAVES SUCH A DEEP MARK IN THE ORGANIZATION IN SUCH A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME, YOU KNOW, COMPARED TO SOME OF OUR LONG TERM EMPLOYEES, YOU KNOW, SEVEN YEARS IS A IS A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME.
BUT BUT LORENZO LEFT A DEEP MARK IN THE ORGANIZATION.
AND HIS CONTRIBUTIONS AND HIS EFFORTS WILL BE FOREVER PART OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC.
AND SO, ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE WORKFORCE.
LORENZO, I WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY AGAIN IN PUBLIC TO THANK YOU AND EXTEND OUR MOST SINCERE APPRECIATION FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE DONE FOR THE CITY OF TAMARAC.
THANK YOU. DID YOU GET A PHOTO? WE'RE AGAIN. WE'RE GOING BACKWARDS.
IS THERE ANYTHING FURTHER THAT YOU HAVE AND HAVE FOR YOUR REPORT? NO, MA'AM. THANK YOU.
CAN'T BEAT THAT RIGHT NOW. RIGHT.
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PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.WE DO NOT SHARE THREE MINUTES.
IT IS YOUR THREE MINUTES AND YOURS ALONE.
IF YOU LIKE WHAT PEOPLE SAY, WE GO YAY QUIETLY JUST LIKE THIS.
I'M ALSO GOING TO LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT IF YOU HAVE AN ITEM THAT IS ON THE AGENDA THAT IS OTHER THAN THE ORDINANCES ON FIRST READING, YOU WILL SPEAK AT THAT TIME IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK ON ANY ITEM, ON ORDINANCES, ON FIRST READING, WHICH WOULD BE CONSIDERED THE CONSENT AGENDA, AND ACTUALLY SECTION
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FOUR, WHICH IS THE CONSENT AGENDA AND REGULAR AGENDA.IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, YOU'LL JUST LET ME KNOW.
FIRST AND FOREMOST, YOU ALL ARE VOTED INTO YOUR POSITIONS.
AND AS MORRIS SAID REPEATEDLY THE OTHER DAY AT THE COMMISSION MEETING, HE'S HERE TO REPRESENT HIS PEOPLE, WHICH IS GREAT. AND APPARENTLY HE DID THAT.
AND HE ALSO EXPERIENCED A SITUATION.
AND AS A RESULT, THE COMMISSION AS A WHOLE AGREED UPON THE FIRE DEPARTMENT STAYING HERE IN TAMARAC AND NOT BEING TRANSFERRED TO BSO, WHICH IS WHAT THE GREATER CITY OF TAMARAC WANTED.
HOWEVER, WE TRUST YOU, YOU ALL SHOULD TRUST US.
WE WENT CRAZY GETTING PETITIONS TO KEEP THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HERE.
WHY DOES A PERSONAL TRAGEDY HAVE TO AFFLICT A COMMISSIONER BEFORE THEY TRUST THE PEOPLE? THAT WAS MY ONE COMMENT.
BUT I'M GLAD EVERYTHING WORKED OUT.
AND I'M GLAD EVERYTHING IS GOOD.
AS YOU ALL KNOW, I'VE BEEN A BIG PROPONENT AGAINST THIS ABOUT MORE APARTMENTS AND THE HOPEFULLY FOREGONE FOREVER 11 STORY BUILDING APARTMENT BUILDING.
HOWEVER, NOW THEY'RE LOOKING AT BUILDING THE CHEDDARS AREA INTO ANOTHER APARTMENT BUILDING.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE PEOPLE KEEP ON SAYING, NO MORE APARTMENTS, NO MORE RENTALS, NO MORE TRAFFIC.
WHY DON'T THE COMMISSION AS A WHOLE LISTEN TO THE PEOPLE? I KNOW THAT THE CITY IS HURTING FOR MONEY IN SOME RESPECTS, BUT I IN SOME RESPECTS, THAT WE ALWAYS WANT MORE BUSINESSES TO IMPROVE, OUR CITY TO IMPROVE, IMPROVE OUR HOUSING VALUES.
PEOPLE AREN'T MOVING IN, OKAY.
THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BUILD AS LONG AS WE HAVE THE PROBLEMS WE HAVE.
I THINK THE COMMISSION NEEDS TO SPEND MONEY ON FIXING UP THOSE DILAPIDATED STRIP MALLS.
REGARDING THE MINI GOLF COURSE, I KNOW THERE'S A BIG CONTROVERSY OVER WHAT SHOULD BE DONE NEXT TO THE GOLF COURSE, WHAT'S KNOWN AS THE GLADES OR THE EXECUTIVE OR WHATEVER IT'S CALLED. PEOPLE BUY THEIR PROPERTY BECAUSE THEY WANT TO VIEW THE LAND.
THEY WANT TO LIVE ON GREENERY.
BY TAKING THAT AWAY, ALL YOU'RE DOING IS FORCING THEM TO MOVE.
AND I THINK THAT'S VERY UNFAIR.
THE LAST THING, WHICH IS ALWAYS AN ISSUE IS THE COMMISSION RESPECTING EACH OTHER.
THE OUTBURST ON MONDAYS WORKSHOP WAS HORRIFIC.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, PATTY LYNN, AND MY APOLOGIES FOR NOT PUTTING THE NEXT PERSON ON DECK.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I APPRECIATE, BUT REMEMBER.
AWESOME. PATTY LYNN IS COMING UP.
GOOD EVENING. PATTY LYNN, MAINLAND'S EIGHT AND TAMARAC.
LORENZO CALHOUN LEAVING IS A BIG, BIG.
HERE WERE WE'RE WATCHING A FILM THAT SAYS WE'RE.
WE'RE WORKING FOR STAFF RETENTION, AND HE ABANDONS US.
HE'S HE'S BEEN OUR ADVISER ON THE RUTH BADER GINSBURG TAMARAC COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN AND WORK WITH GREG WARNER WITH THE DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION PROGRAM.
AND WHICH IS GOING TO CONTINUE, I UNDERSTAND, WITH FROM THE WORKSHOP, WHICH IS WONDERFUL.
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THAT'S ON YOU.THANK YOU. AND YOU LEFT IT IN GOOD HANDS AND WE KNOW IT'S GOING TO BE FINE.
JUST MORE EMPLOYEES OF THE CITY DOING VERY WELL.
I'M GLAD THAT THAT IT'S WONDERFUL TO KNOW IF TAMARAC FIRE RESCUE WILL CONTINUE TO EXIST.
THE ENTIRE DEPARTMENT WORKS AS A FANTASTIC TEAM AND THAT ONLY BENEFITS US.
MY ONE LITTLE QUESTION AND COMMENT.
AND PROBLEM IS YOUR REJECTION OF THE SCHOOL ZONE CAMERAS, SPEED CAMERAS.
I REALLY WOULD LIKE YOU TO TAKE SOME TIME EVERY MORNING, PICK A SCHOOL ZONE, THE ONES ON COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD FOR 94TH AVENUE AND AT PINE ISLAND.
THE PEOPLE FORGET WHEN THEY SIT AT A RED LIGHT.
AND WHAT ARE WE DOING? WE'RE JEOPARDIZING OUR KIDS.
I DON'T CARE HOW FAST THEY'RE GOING.
I CARE THAT THEY'RE BREAKING THE LAW AND THEY'RE GOING TO HURT A KID.
THAT THAT SHOULD BE YOUR MAIN CONCERN.
WHAT POSSIBLE HARM COULD THOSE SCHOOL ZONE SPEED CAMERAS DO? WHAT POSSIBLE HARM COULD THEY DO? AND THEY MAY SAY, SAVE A LIFE.
PLEASE CONSIDER RECONSIDER THEM AT YOUR EARLIEST CONVENIENCE.
PLEASE TAKE THE TIME TO GO OUT AT A SCHOOL ZONE AND SIT THERE FOR AN HOUR.
MAYBE. MAYBE IF THEY HIT YOU, HIT THEM IN THE POCKETBOOK, THAT WOULD CHANGE.
THANK YOU. AS KATE JOHNSON IS COMING, AS KATE JOHNSON IS COMING TO THE PODIUM.
THEREFORE YOU'LL SPEAK DURING NUMBER EIGHT.
SO MEL YODER WILL BE AFTERWARDS.
AS THE OTHER SPEAKERS HAVE SAID, I COMMEND AND THANK THIS COMMISSION FOR VOTING TO KEEP TAMARAC FIRE RESCUE IN TAMARAC AND NOT OUTSOURCING IT TO BSO.
WE ARE VERY BLESSED TO HAVE THEM IN OUR CITY.
SO AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR DOING THE RIGHT THING AND GIVING THEM AND THE CITY SECURITY AN ISSUE.
I WOULD LIKE THIS COMMISSION TO CONSIDER REGARDS THE INITIATIVE FUNDS.
IF I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY, COMMISSIONERS NOW HAVE $20,000 EACH IN THEIR INITIATIVE FUNDS AND THE MAYOR HAS 25,000 TOTALING $105,000. IT IS VERY CONVENIENT THAT THIS WAS DONE RIGHT BEFORE AN ELECTION YEAR, AND I BELIEVE MANY RESIDENTS ARE AWARE OF ITS USE DURING PRIOR ELECTION SEASONS.
WHILE THE CITY IS STRENGTHENING ITS ETHICS CODES TO BE MORE TRANSPARENT AND ETHICAL, ONE THING TO CONSIDER IS HOW TO DETER FUNDS FROM BEING USED TO BOLSTER VOTE GETTING.
HOW CAN THIS BE INCORPORATED INTO THE ETHICS CODE FOR CITY OFFICIALS? I'M NOT SURE, BUT THIS COMMISSION SHOULD CONSIDER VOTING A MORATORIUM ON GIVING OUT GIFT CARDS THREE MONTHS BEFORE AN ELECTION TO DETER ANY IMPROPRIETIES OR BUYING VOTES, OR THE APPEARANCE OF BUYING VOTES.
AS HAS BEEN THE CASE, IF THESE GIFT CARDS AND INITIATIVE FUNDS ARE TRULY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE RESIDENTS, AND NOT AS CAMPAIGN ENTICEMENTS FOR VOTES, GIVING GIFT CARDS CAN BE DONE MONTHS PRIOR TO ANY ELECTION.
IF A RESIDENT TRULY HAS A NEED IN THOSE FINAL THREE MONTHS, MAYBE THERE CAN BE A SEPARATE FUND AT CITY HALL TO WHICH THEY CAN APPLY AND NO COMMISSIONER GETS THE CREDIT.
TAKE $5,000 FROM EACH COMMISSIONER AND OF THEIR FUND, AND PUT IT INTO A $25,000 GENERAL FUND AND ASSIGN.
A CITY EMPLOYEE TO OVERSEE IT.
THIS WOULD BE THE MOST ETHICAL AND HONEST WAY TO HANDLE THIS MONEY.
ELECTIONS SHOULD BE ABOVEBOARD AND AS HONEST AND FAIR AS POSSIBLE AS SHOULD ANY COMMISSIONER.
SO THIS, TO ME WOULD SEEM A REASONABLE RULE AND PROCEDURE TO PUT IN PLACE.
I WOULD ASK THE COMMISSION TO SERIOUSLY CONSIDER THESE CHANGES.
LASTLY, WHEN THE CITY IS HOLDING OR SPONSORING AN EVENT, IT WOULD BE NICE IF IT WAS STATED AS SUCH.
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IT IS CONFUSING TO RESIDENTS, MYSELF INCLUDED, WHEN CERTAIN COMMISSIONERS PICTURES ARE PUT ON EVENTS THAT ARE DONE BY THE CITY, BUT OTHERS ARE NOT.IF IT IS A CITY SPONSORED EVENT, IT SHOULD BE DONE AS SUCH.
AS MEL YODER IS COMING TO THE PODIUM, I HAVE CECILIA KINCAID ON DECK.
YOU'RE NEXT. OH, SORRY, CECILIA.
THAT'S DEFINITELY NOT YOUR LAST NAME.
GO AHEAD. MEL YODER, KING'S POINT, ON BEHALF OF THE WELDON NEIGHBORHOOD OF KING'S POINT, I WANT TO COMPLIMENT AND COMMEND THE PUBLIC SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND IN PARTICULAR PAUL JOHNSON, FOR THE HELP THAT THEY GAVE US TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
I EMAILED HIM ON MONDAY A QUESTION ABOUT GETTING OUR FIRE HYDRANTS PAINTED.
MINOR ITEM, BUT WHEN YOU GOT MULTICOLORED HYDRANTS, IT'S A LITTLE DISTRACTION.
IN BETWEEN THE DAILY OPERATIONS AND ANY SPECIAL PROJECTS THAT CAME.
AND BY TUESDAY THEY WERE COMPLETE.
SO PAUL JOHNSON, PUBLIC SERVICES DEPARTMENT, GREAT EMPLOYEES, JUST LIKE EVERYBODY WAS SAYING.
TAMARAC DOES HAVE SOME OF THE BEST EMPLOYEES.
AND CECILIA, I AM SO SORRY FOR I DON'T KNOW WHY I NAMED YOU KINCAID.
I HAVE NO IDEA. I JUST CAN'T READ TONIGHT.
HI. CECILIA KLEIN RICHARDS AT 6203 HAZELWOOD CIRCLE.
I JUST WANT TO SAY WE'VE COME SO FAR FOR SO LONG WITH THE DEVELOPMENT IN THE WOODLANDS.
AND NOW I KNOW THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF WHATEVER.
IF THE CD, AM I SAYING IT RIGHT, IS GOING TO BE PASSED AND I'M BEGGING YOU, COMMISSIONERS, PLEASE PASS IT SO WE CAN PUT THE ICING ON THE CAKE AND HAVE OUR BEAUTIFUL DEVELOPMENT.
HATE ME LATER. JEFFREY SHAPIRO IS COMING UP, AND RANDY SCOTT IS NEXT.
THE WOODLANDS COMMUNITY IS VERY UNIQUE, LAID OUT COMMUNITY, AND WITH THE NEW REDEVELOPMENT THAT WE'RE ALL LOOKING FORWARD TO IN THE COMMUNITY, IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT THIS COMMUNITY BE DONE WITH A CD.
THE EXISTING HOMEOWNERS ALL NEED THEIR PROTECTIONS BECAUSE OF THE UNIQUE LAYOUT OF THE COMMUNITY.
THE NEW SECTION NINE WOULD BE THE ONES RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF ALMOST 160 ACRES, WHICH CURRENTLY NONE OF THE HOMEOWNERS IN THE COMMUNITY HAVE EVER BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR, WHICH ALSO INCLUDE THE MEDIAN STRIP ON WOODLANDS BOULEVARD. EVENTUALLY, THE CITY IS GOING TO GIVE UP MAINTAINING THAT, AND IT'S GOING TO BE THE SECTION NINE TO MAINTAIN THAT, TO KEEP THE BALANCE AND MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING'S MAINTAINED WITHOUT THE EXISTING HOMEOWNERS HAVING A LAWSUIT PUT AGAINST THEM JUST A COUPLE OF YEARS FROM NOW BECAUSE OF AN IMBALANCE OF THE MAINTENANCE.
ONCE THE NEW HOMEOWNERS REALIZE HOW MUCH HOW MUCH COMMON AREA THERE IS, THE EXISTING HOMEOWNERS ALL NEED THIS PROTECTION.
AND PLEASE DO THE RIGHT THING AND PASS THIS ON FIRST READING.
YOU ALREADY PASSED FOR THE REDEVELOPMENT TO START AND WITH THE DIAGRAMS AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.
THANK YOU. HAVE A GREAT EVENING.
WHILE RANDY SCOTT IS COMING UP SANDRA HILL IS NEXT.
OKAY. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS.
I LIVE AT 4912 UMBRELLA TREE LANE OVER IN THE WOODLANDS.
I'M ALSO THE PRESIDENT OF THE HOA, AND I WANTED TO SPEAK ON THE CD.
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I LISTENED TO SOME COMMISSION MEETINGS, SOME PRIOR COMMISSION MEETINGS, AND THE INFORMATION THAT I HEARD REFERENCING THE CD.I DON'T WANT TO CALL IT MISINFORMATION, BUT IT WAS INCORRECT.
THE CD IS BASICALLY COVERING THE DEVELOPER OR CONTRACTOR THAT IS DOING THAT WORK, WHICH WOULD BE, AS THEY CALL IT NOW, SECTION NINE OF THE WOODLANDS, AND IT'S CALLED SECTION NINE STRICTLY FOR NOMENCLATURE.
THE ASSESSMENTS FROM THE CD WILL BE BORNE BY THE HOMEOWNERS OR RESIDENTS OF THAT SECTION NINE, AND NOT THE EIGHT SECTIONS OF THE HOA. I WANTED TO HAVE THAT CLEAR.
I'VE DEALT WITH CD'S FOR YEARS AS ARCHITECTURAL PROJECT MANAGER AROUND TOWN WITH VARIOUS MUNICIPALITIES AND WHATEVER THE DEVELOPERS DO, 13TH FLOOR, WHATEVER THEY DO TO DEVELOP THE COUNTRY CLUB OR THE GOLF COURSE AREA, WHICH IS A PRIVATE PIECE OF PROPERTY.
IT'S NOT A PROPERTY OF THE WOODLANDS.
AND THAT'S WHAT THEY ARE DEVELOPING.
AND THE CD WILL NOT ALLOW THEM.
BUT THE CD IS THERE BECAUSE THEY, THE CONTRACTORS NEED TO HAVE ACCESS TO THEIR DEVELOPMENT AND HAVING ACCESS TO THEIR DEVELOPMENT. THE CD WILL COVER CERTAIN THINGS IN THERE OR, OR HAVE THEM HAVE A LOAN SO THAT THEY CAN COVER CERTAIN THINGS IN ORDER TO GET TO THEIR DEVELOPMENT.
BUT THE CD AND I WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR BEFORE I END THE CD ONLY COVERS THAT DEVELOPMENT.
THERE WON'T BE ASSESSMENTS TO THE EIGHT SECTIONS OF THE WOODLANDS AT ALL FROM THE CD.
I THINK THAT PRETTY MUCH COVERS IT.
SO AS SANDI, SANDRA HILL IS COMING UP, IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE WHO WISH TO SPEAK ON AN ITEM THAT DID NOT HAVE A CHANCE TO SIGN UP? THAT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA? NO. THEN SANDRA HILL WILL BE OUR LAST SPEAKER FOR THE NIGHT ON PUBLIC COMMENTS.
11 YEARS. I'M ON THE MY HOA BOARD AND I'M ON THE HOA 11 YEARS.
SO FORGIVE ME FOR READING, BUT I GET NERVOUS IF I DON'T.
MANY NEW DEVELOPMENTS GOING UP.
ACTUALLY A FEW THOUSAND IN FLORIDA ARE IMPLEMENTING CD'S NOW.
SIX OF OUR SECTIONS HAVE FORMED AN HOA OF WHICH I'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD.
THE OTHER TWO SECTIONS, WHICH WE CALL THE RICH SECTIONS, CHOOSE NOT TO BE PART OF OUR HOA AND THEY CANNOT AGREE ON HIRING BSO PATROL, GETTING LANDSCAPE DONE, OR CONTROLLING SOME OF THE HOMES RIGHT ON WOODLANDS BOULEVARD THAT ARE RUN DOWN WITH WEEDS AND JUNK CARS AND DRIVEWAYS.
SO A CD IS A WAY OF KEEPING PROPERTY VALUES IN CITIES FOR THE BENEFIT OF TAMARAC.
A CD IS A STATUTORY ORGANIZATION THAT HAS STRICT RULES TO BE FOLLOWED.
THAT'S US IN WOODLANDS WILL BE PAID.
THE MONEY IS GUARANTEED THROUGH THE CD PROCESS.
THE SECTION NINE HOMEOWNER WILL BE INFORMED AT CLOSING.
HE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CD AND HIS TAXES PAYABLE TO TAMARAC.
SECTION NINE IS BEING BUILT ON LAND SOLD TO THE DEVELOPER ADJACENT TO OUR PROPERTIES.
THEY ARE PUTTING APPROXIMATELY 325 HOMES, WALKING TRAILS, LAKES, MAKING THIS A GATED COMMUNITY.
MONEY THAT IS PART OF THEIR TAX STRUCTURE FOR THE ENSURED UPKEEP, ENSURED UPKEEP OF THEIR SECTION.
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SO NO EXCUSES FOR HOMEOWNERS THAT REFUSE TO KEEP UP THE AMENITIES, ETC..THE CD AND THE CITY OF TAMARAC WILL MAKE SURE THAT THINGS ARE MAINTAINED IN THIS PROJECT.
THE LONG TERM PROPERTY VALUES OF SECTION NINE, SO IT WILL ACTUALLY HELP SECTION NINE THEMSELVES.
WELL, I HEARD AT LEAST ONE PERSON, SO THAT'S GOOD.
NEVERTHELESS MY NAME IS ADLEY WISDOM.
NOW. THIS IS MY THIRD TIME HERE.
ON THE TWO PREVIOUS OCCASIONS I THOUGHT THAT THE IDEA.
OF BUILDING ON THE GOLF COURSE.
NOW, I UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE VOTING THIS EVENING ON A RESTRICTIVE COVENANT WHICH WOULD PROHIBIT THE CITY FROM SO MR. WISDOM WE HAVE.
DO ME ONE FAVOR. IS THAT ON FIRST READING OR SECOND READING, IS THAT A A RESOLUTION? COULD SPEAK ON THAT. WE'LL HAVE COMMENTS AT THAT TIME.
OH YOU'RE NOT ADDRESSING THAT NOW.
NO. MY APOLOGIES. YOU COME BACK TO AT THAT TIME I WILL VERY WELL TRY TO.
EXCELLENT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
GOD BLESS YOU. ALL RIGHT, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN ANYONE ELSE WHO HAS ANY COMMENTS THAT ARE NOT ON ITEM THAT ARE ON THE AGENDA OR ON AN ORDINANCE ON FIRST MEETING.
SEEING NONE, THEN WE WILL NOW CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENTS AND MOVE TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA.
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MANAGER. ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONS OR DELETIONS? NO, MAYOR.ALL RIGHT. I'LL TAKE A SECOND TO MY MOTION.
SECOND. COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS GAVE A SECOND.
CITY CLERK. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. COMMISSIONER.
THANK YOU. MOTION PASSES 5 TO 0.
THANK YOU. WE ARE NOW ON FIVE A TR 14085.
[5.aTR14085 - A Resolution of the City Commission of the City of Tamarac, Florida, authorizing a reasonable time extension of the notice to the public of a pending ordinance for an additional one hundred and eighty (180) days in accordance with chapter 10, section 10-5.4(U)(3)(b)(iii) of the City of Tamarac code of ordinances; and authorizing and directing the City Manager to undertake further study and review of Florida State Statutes as set forth in Chapter 2023-17, laws of Florida, Section 166.04151, Florida Statutes (2023), Senate Bill 328, and other land development regulations addressing affordable housing, mixed-use and multi-family projects to develop and process for adoption an ordinance to provide for certification of compliance of affordable housing projects and other land development regulations addressing affordable housing, mixed-use and multi-family projects and providing an effective date and an expiration date of six (6) months.]
CITY ATTORNEY. PLEASE READ THE TITLE FOR THE RECORD.THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. ITEM 5AA RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF CITY OF TAMARAC AUTHORIZED A REASONABLE TIME EXTENSION OF THE NOTICE OF OF THE PUBLIC OF A PENDING ORDINANCE OF ANY ADDITION, AN ADDITIONAL 180 DAYS IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER TEN, SECTION TEN DASH 5.4 OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC.
CODE OF ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER TO UNDERTAKE FURTHER STUDY AND REVIEW OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTES AS SET FORTH IN CHAPTER 2023, DASH 17 AND SECTION 166 .041 FLORIDA STATUTE.
ANOTHER LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATION ADDRESSING AFFORDABLE HOUSING, MIXED USE MULTIFAMILY PROJECTS DEVELOP AND PROCESS FOR ADOPTION AND ORDINANCE PROVIDE FOR CERTIFICATION COMPLIANCE OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS AND OTHER LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATION ADDRESSING AFFORDABLE HOUSING, MIXED USE MULTIFAMILY PROJECT AND PROVIDING FOR EFFECTIVE DATE EXPIRATION DATE OF SIX MONTHS.
THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU.
I'LL TAKE A MOTION AND A SECOND, PLEASE.
I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS.
I HAVE A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER BOLTON.
IS THERE ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE NOW CLOSED.
MISS CALLOWAY, OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, IS AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
ANY DISCUSSION BY THE COMMISSION.
SEEING NONE. CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
VICE MAYOR. WRIGHT. YES, COMMISSIONER.
THANK YOU. WE ARE NOW ON FIVE B TR 14095.
[5.bTR14095 - A Resolution of the City Commission of the City of Tamarac, Florida, approving a Restrictive Covenant for the property commonly known as the Colony West Championship and Glades Golf Courses located in the City of Tamarac and restricting the use of the property in perpetuity as recreational, golf course use, open space, and cultural facility, attached hereto as exhibit “a”; providing the City Manager and the City Attorney to do all things necessary to effectuate this resolution ; providing for conflicts; providing for severability; and providing for an effective date.]
CITY ATTORNEY, PLEASE READ THE TITLE FOR THE RECORD.ITEM 5BA RESOLUTION OF CITY COMMISSION AND CITY TAMARAC APPROVING A RESTRICTIVE COVENANT FOR THE PROPERTY, COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE COUNTY WEST CHAMPIONSHIP AND GLADES GOLF COURSE, LOCATED IN THE CITY OF TAMARAC, RESTRICTING THE USE OF THE PROPERTY IN PERPETUITY AS RECREATIONAL GOLF COURSE USE.
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PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS. PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY.PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
THANK YOU. I'LL TAKE A MOTION AND A SECOND, PLEASE.
SO MOVED. SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER BOLTON.
A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS.
I WILL NOW OPEN UP PUBLIC COMMENTS.
SIGNED UP TO SPEAK IS DAN TARQUIN YOU KNOW,.
AND THEN, MR. WISDOM, YOU'LL GO NEXT.
NOW, NEXT. RIGHT AFTER MR. TAKINO. THANK YOU.
AS THE GENTLEMAN WAS STARTING TO SAY, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN THROUGH THIS.
I'VE BEEN IN PELHAM BAY FOR 18 YEARS.
SO THIS HAS COME UP EVERY FEW YEARS.
THE IDEA OF DEVELOPING ON THE GOLF COURSE.
I WON'T SAY THE GOLF COURSE, BUT WHATEVER.
I THINK IT'S A CRITICALLY IMPORTANT SOME OF THE RUMORS AND IDEAS THAT I HEAR OF WHAT MIGHT BE DEVELOPED BACK THERE WOULD BE JUST DEVASTATING, CERTAINLY, TO THE PROPERTY VALUES OF PEOPLE LIKE ME WHO LIVE RIGHT ON THE GOLF COURSE, BUT WOULD JUST CHANGE THE FABRIC OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN THERE FOR, YOU KNOW, A GOOD LONG TIME LIKE I HAVE, LIKE I SAID, 18 YEARS.
BUT TO ME, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF FOLKS MIGHT BE MORE ON THE SOME OF THE STRIP MALLS.
AND, YOU KNOW, THE THE USE OF LAND IS CHANGING, OBVIOUSLY.
BUT I THINK ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS IS, YOU KNOW, IS MAINTAINING THAT GREEN SPACE.
SO THAT'S WHY I JUST WANTED TO STEP UP TODAY AND JUST MENTION THAT, THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE FULLY IN SUPPORT OF THIS RESTRICTIVE COVENANT TO PROTECT THAT PROPERTY AS GREEN SPACE GOING FORWARD.
THANKS. THANK YOU, MISS ROSEN.
NO, NO, PLEASE. MR. WISDOM, AS WE SAID, HAPPY HANDS.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS AND RESIDENTS.
I AM IN AGREEMENT WITH THE GENTLEMAN THAT JUST SPOKE A WHILE AGO AND WE TRULY NEED THAT GREEN SPACE BACK THERE. I'VE BEEN THERE FOR 20 YEARS AND I LOOK AROUND THE CITY AND THERE ARE LOTS OF DEVELOPMENTS.
YOU KNOW, IT LOOKS LIKE A GHETTO.
PEOPLE ARE JUST ON TOP OF PEOPLE.
THEY'RE JUST ON TOP OF. THERE'S NO SPACE.
I MEAN, THERE'S NOT EVEN ONE TREE THERE.
YOU KNOW, I MEAN, WE CAN DO BETTER THAN THAT, YOU KNOW? PARDON? OH, IT'S NOT OUR CITY.
A SUNRISE, IS IT? LAUDERHILL. OKAY, WELL, I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT.
BUT THEN AGAIN, I LOOK ABOUT WHAT THEY CALL DOWNTOWN TAMARAC ACROSS FROM THE PUBLIX.
YOU KNOW, THEY JUST STACK IT ON TOP OF STACKING THEM.
YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE PARKING SPACES DOWN THERE.
THERE'S ANOTHER LITTLE PIECE OF LAND THEY HAD RIGHT THERE AT 90FT BEFORE YOU GET INTO PLUM HARBOR.
PLUM BAY. NOW, THEY BUILT LIKE SIX TOWNHOUSES THERE AND STUFF.
I MEAN, YOU CAN'T EVEN PARK IN THERE, YOU KNOW? AND, OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, AS I SAID BEFORE THIS IS MY THIRD TIME COMING ABOUT BUILDING ON THE GOLF COURSE.
AND WHAT THEY WOULD DO WITH IT WOULD BE JUST WOULD BE TERRIBLE.
AND SO I'M PLEADING WITH YOU, MADAM MAYOR.
COMMISSIONERS. WE NEED THE GREEN SPACE.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE? MOSTLY. THANK YOU.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? WHO HAS NOT RAISED THEIR HAND TO SPEAK? SEEING NONE. THANK YOU, RESIDENTS, FOR COMING OUT AND SPEAKING ON THIS MATTER.
PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE NOW CLOSED.
I'M SORRY. SORRY. IT'S ALL GOOD.
VICE MAYOR. RIGHT. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.
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AS YOU'RE AWARE, ON JULY 12TH, 2023, I ASKED THE QUESTION TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, AND I HAVE THE TRANSCRIPT IN FRONT OF ME ABOUT RESTRICTIVE, RESTRICTIVE COVENANT.THERE WAS A VOTE BY US NOT TO GIVE UP THE GOLF COURSE.
AND THE CITY TOLD THE RESIDENTS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO MAINTAIN IT.
AND I'M LOOKING AT THE RESTRICTIVE COVENANT AND CITY ATTORNEY.
MY QUESTION TO YOU IS DOES THIS COVENANT PREVENT US FROM BUILDING THAT TYPE OF STRUCTURE AND ON THE GOLF COURSE? THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.
IF OBVIOUSLY THIS COVENANT WILL MAINTAIN THE GREEN SPACE AS GOLF COURSE USE TOP GOLF FACILITY IS GENERALLY DEEMED A GOLF COURSE USE.
SO THIS COVENANT DOESN'T ADDRESS THAT ISSUE IN TERMS OF PRECLUDING FACILITY LIKE TOP GOLF FROM FROM BEING BECAUSE THE ISSUE IS GOLF COURSE USE.
IF THE USE IS GOLF COURSE, THEN IT WOULD FALL INTO THAT USE.
AND HOW CAN WE ALTER THE LANGUAGE TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S NOT A PART OF THE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT? AGAIN THE SIMPLE ANSWER IS THAT THE LANGUAGE COULD BE AMENDED TO SAY THE GOLF COURSE NEED TO STAY A 18 HOLE, WHATEVER IT IS, 18 HOLE GOLF COURSE.
AND NO OTHER USE SHOULD BE PERMITTED.
WITH THIS COVENANT, IT WILL INFORM THE RESIDENTS IF THERE'S ANY DEVELOPMENT IN THE FUTURE THIS COVENANT WILL BE RECORDED AND THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF BROWARD COUNTY, IF ANY COMMISSION SEEK TO RESCIND OR TERMINATE THIS COVENANT THE RESIDENTS WHO LIVE WITHIN THE 400FT RADIUS OF THE CHAMPIONSHIP GOLF COURSE OR GLADES GOLF COURSE SHALL RECEIVE INDIVIDUAL NOTICE OF ANY PUBLIC HEARING, IF ANY CURRENT COMMISSION OR FUTURE COMMISSION SEEK TO TERMINATE THIS COVENANT.
SO WHAT I WHAT WHAT WILL BE THE NEXT STEP TO MAKING THAT CHANGE FOR THE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT IN TERMS OF THE MAKING IT AN 18 HOLE CHAMPIONSHIP GOLF COURSE ONLY WHERE WE DON'T HAVE THAT TOP LIFE GOLF LIKE STRUCTURE.
WHAT? WE HAVE TO MAKE AN AMENDMENT TO THIS CURRENT COVENANT.
AND THE LANGUAGE WOULD BE TO PROHIBIT A TOP GOLF COURSE, USE AND MAINTAIN THE GOLF COURSE, BOTH GOLF COURSE, AS AN 18 HOLE GOLF COURSE.
SO I WOULD HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR.
WE CURRENTLY HAVE A MOTION MOTION TO APPROVE AS IS.
SO WE CURRENTLY I WOULD REALLY LOVE TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK EVERYBODY.
WE CURRENTLY HAVE THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR AS A RESOLUTION THAT WAS ALREADY READ INTO THE RECORD.
IT DOES NOT HAVE WHAT IS BEING ASKED AS A MOTION FROM VICE MAYOR.
RIGHT? SO THEREFORE, IF ANYTHING.
THOUGH THERE HAS BEEN NO DISCUSSION, IT WOULD NEED TO HAVE COMMISSIONER BOLTON APPROVE A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT AND I'VE COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS SECOND, THAT FRIENDLY AMENDMENT.
SO I'D LIKE TO MAKE A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT COMMISSIONER BOLTON THAT MAKES THIS COVENANT AN 18 HOLE GOLF COURSE WITH NO COMMERCIAL USE OF TOP GOLF LIKE STRUCTURE.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CLARIFY THAT THIS IS NOT A TOP GOLF LIKE STRUCTURE.
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COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS I HEAR THE WORD BEING USED.COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS, PLEASE, I HEAR YOU, I DO.
BUT THAT WILL BE WHAT THE CONTINUED DISCUSSION WILL BE, OR YOU DO NOT HAVE TO SECOND THE AMENDMENT.
I AM NOT GOING TO SECOND THAT AMENDMENT.
OKAY. SO, COMMISSIONER, VICE MAYOR WRIGHT HAS ASKED FOR AN AMENDMENT TO FIVE B AS IT IS WRITTEN, COMMISSIONER BOLTON WAS ABOUT TO YES OR NO.
THE APPROVAL OF THE FRIENDLY AMENDMENT.
MAY I BE RECOGNIZED? I JUST RECOGNIZED YOU TO EITHER YES OR NO.
THE FRIENDLY AMENDMENT. THANK YOU.
VICE MAYOR WRIGHT HAS MADE A VALID POINT, MAYOR.
POINT OF ORDER. I'M GETTING THERE.
COMMISSIONER BOLTON IT IS A YES OR NO.
DO YOU ACCEPT HIS FRIENDLY AMENDMENT? MADAM MAYOR, I THINK IT WOULD.
NO, YOU CAN SPEAK TO THE MATTER AFTERWARDS.
DO YOU ACCEPT HIS FRIENDLY AMENDMENT? MADAM MAYOR, WE CAN BE.
YOU COULD ASSIST THE VICE MAYOR.
CITY ATTORNEY. THE THE THE RULES OF RULES ARE NO MAIER IS THE THE RULES.
THE RULES OF THIS MEETING IS THAT THERE IS NO NAME CALLING.
THERE'S NO NAME. ONE MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION CALLS MY NAME.
COMMISSIONER. BOLTON YOU ALLOWED THAT TO HAPPEN? YOU ALLOWED THAT TO HAPPEN.
YOU ALLOWED ANOTHER MEMBER TO CALL MY NAME.
AND I TOLD HIM, BUT YOU WILL NOT ALLOW ME TO SPEAK NOW BECAUSE YOU ARE NOT ASKING.
IT IS NOT A DOUBLE. STOPPED ME FROM SPEAKING.
COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS ENOUGH.
THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER BOLTON DO NOT TURN THINGS AROUND AND START WOE IS ME.
THE SIMPLE FACT IS RIGHT NOW YOU ARE ASKED A QUESTION.
DO YOU ACCEPT THE FRIENDLY AMENDMENT OF VICE MAYOR OR NOT? I ABSOLUTELY ACCEPT THE FRIENDLY AMENDMENT.
NO. OKAY, SO THAT FRIENDLY AMENDMENT HAS FAILED.
PLEASE CONTINUE, VICE MAYOR, WITH YOUR TIME AND WE WILL CONTINUE ON THIS PATH.
AND WE CAN. EITHER IT EITHER GETS DENIED OR IT GETS AMENDED LATER ON OR IT GETS ACCEPTED AS IS.
PLEASE PROCEED. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.
SINCE THE FRIENDLY AMENDMENT IS NOT GOING TO BE MADE.
I GUESS WE CONTINUE WITH THE DISCUSSION.
COMMISSIONER BOLTON. DO YOU WISH TO SAY ANYTHING? ABSOLUTELY. ALL RIGHT.
PLEASE PROCEED. YOU'VE GOT YOUR FIVE.
SO, RESIDENTS OF DISTRICT TWO ARE HERE.
AND I WANT THEM TO HEAR ME EXTREMELY CLEARLY.
THIS PIECE OF LEGISLATION IN MY EYES, IS RUBBISH.
EVEN IF THIS IS PASSED TONIGHT, THIS CITY HAS A TRACK RECORD OF CHANGING ITS MIND.
SO THAT IS A LIE YOU'RE BEING TOLD.
THE ONLY WAY THAT THIS HAS TEETH IS THAT MEMBERS OF THIS COMMISSION HAS TO VOTE TONIGHT ON 100% OF THE COMMUNITY VOTING.
TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS NO CHANGE TO THIS PIECE OF LEGISLATION.
IT SHOULD NOT BE IN THE HANDS OF THE CITY COMMISSION.
AND THIS IS WHAT IS HAPPENING.
I WILL NOT BE SILENCED WHEN THIS COMMISSION MUST FIGHT FOR THE RESIDENTS OF THIS CITY.
I READ THIS PIECE OF LEGISLATION AND IT IS ABSOLUTELY RUBBISH.
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FORGET ABOUT TOP GOLF STYLE STRUCTURE IN YOUR BACKYARDS.IT CAN SAY WHATEVER IT WANTS TO SAY, BUT IF IT DOES NOT, GIVE THE RESIDENTS 100%. AUTHORITY TO CHANGE THE COVENANT.
I GUARANTEE YOU THIS COMMISSION OR ANOTHER ONE WILL CHANGE ITS MIND, JUST LIKE IT DID WITH TAMARAC VILLAGE. SO THINK WHAT YOU WANT TO THINK.
LET ONE PERSON DEMONIZE ME ALL THE TIME.
BUT I WILL ALWAYS FIGHT FOR THESE RESIDENTS OF THIS CITY OF TAMARAC.
ALWAYS. PUT YOUR MOUTH WHERE THIS LEGISLATION IS.
PUT YOUR SIGNATURE WHERE THIS LEGISLATION IS, PUT ACTION WHERE IT WHERE IT SHOULD BE.
PUT THE ACTION IN THE RESIDENT'S HAND.
IT SHOULD SAY THAT THE RESIDENTS OF THIS CITY HAS THE AUTHORITY TO CHANGE THE COVENANT.
IF IT DOES NOT SAY THAT IT DOES NOT HAVE TEETH, BECAUSE THIS COMMISSION.
THIS COMMISSION MAY CHANGE ITS MIND IN THE FUTURE.
BUT I'VE SAID IT BEFORE, AND I'VE.
AND I'LL SAY IT AGAIN, THIS CITY HALL HAS TOO MANY SECRETS, TOO MANY BACKDOOR DEALS.
AND WHEN I WANT TO TALK, THERE ARE MEMBERS OF THIS COMMISSION WHO THROW INNUENDOS AND LIES TO MAKE IT SEEM THAT I'M CRAZY, OR MAKE IT SEEM THAT I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M DOING.
BUT I READ AND YOU CANNOT HIDE SOMETHING FROM THIS BLACK MAN I READ.
SO IF YOU CARE ABOUT THESE RESIDENTS, ALL OF US, IF WE CARE ABOUT THESE RESIDENTS, WE MUST.
WE MUST PUT THE AUTHORITY IN THEIR HANDS.
WE'RE GOING TO HEAR THAT THEY DON'T OWN THE GOLF COURSE.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO HEAR.
WE'RE GOING TO HEAR THAT IT DOESN'T BELONG TO THEM.
WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT? THEY BOUGHT THEIR GOLF COURSE WITH THE IDEA THAT THEY'LL LOOK OUTSIDE.
AND STOP BEING IN THE POCKETS OF DEVELOPERS.
ONE PERSON'S OPINION THAT HAS BEEN EXPRESSED.
THAT PERSON'S OPINION DOESN'T MEAN IT'S FACT.
SO WE ARE NOT GOING TO HAVE THIS BACK AND FORTH.
COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS YOU WISH TO SPEAK? NO. OKAY.
SO YES, THAT COMMENT WAS CORRECT.
THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY IS THE CITY OF TAMARAC.
THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY IS WHO BOUGHT THE PROPERTY WHEN THERE WAS A PROBLEM.
IT'S NOT MY PROBLEM AT THIS POINT.
WHEN YOU WERE HERE LAST, THE CITY COMMISSION PROMISED THAT WE WOULD KEEP IT WITH GOLF COURSE THINGS TO ENHANCE THE GOLF COURSE, THINGS THAT ENHANCE PEOPLE COMING TO THE CITY OF TAMARAC AS AN AMENITY.
IT WAS WHAT WAS PROMISED WHEN THE CITY OF TAMARAC BOUGHT THE PROPERTY.
TORE DOWN COLONY WEST IS A BUILDING, REBUILT THE CLUBHOUSE, REBUILT THE AND SOLD THE PROPERTY TO THE HOTEL IN ORDER TO BRING BUSINESS IN.
IN ORDER TO REVITALIZE THE CITY AND THE CONVERSATIONS THAT ARE BEING HAD THAT SOMEHOW ARE BEING MISCONSTRUED, IN MY OPINION, BECAUSE IT IS AN OPINION, IS THAT WE SHARED WITH YOU THAT THERE IS SOME REDEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL IN THIS GLADES COURSE, BECAUSE IT IS NOT MADE THE SAME WAY AS THE CHAMPIONSHIP COURSE.
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IT DOESN'T HAVE THE SAME WATER INFRASTRUCTURE, IT DOESN'T HAVE BUNKERS, IT DOESN'T RISE TO THE SAME LEVEL AS THE CHAMPIONSHIP COURSE.BOTH COURSES HAVE BEEN IN DIRE NEED OF MAINTENANCE TO BRING GOLF PLAY, TO BRING FAMILY STYLE ENJOYMENT THAT IS NOT ALL SERIOUS 18 HOLE GOLF.
SO A PRESENTATION WAS MADE TO THE CITY COMMISSION.
HOWEVER, IN THE INTERIM, THE ATTEMPT HERE FOR THE RESOLUTION THAT THE CITY ATTORNEY HAS DRAFTED IS TO SHOW THE COMMUNITY THERE IS NO RESIDENTIAL, THERE IS NO COMMERCIAL, BUT THERE IS POTENTIAL THAT THERE MAY BE OTHER GOLF AVENUES TO BE PRESENTED AND UTILIZED.
THAT IS WHAT IS BEING PRESENTED HERE, BECAUSE TRADITIONALLY, NO CITY WILL TAKE ITS PROPERTY AND TELL 100% OF OWNERS THAT IT SURROUNDS THE PROPERTY 232 ACRES OF PROPERTY, THAT THE COMMUNITIES WILL TELL THE CITY HOW TO DEAL WITH CERTAIN THINGS.
INPUT? YES, VOTE NOT THE WAY IT USUALLY WORKS.
I WILL ALSO SHARE WHILE THERE ARE PEOPLE HERE THAT ARE AGAINST IT, THERE ARE PEOPLE HERE WHO HAVE TOLD ME THERE FOR SOME KIND OF CHANGE TO REVITALIZE GOLF, BRING IN FAMILY PLAY, BRING IN THE VITALITY, BRING IN THE ACTIVITY.
SO THIS IS A COMPROMISE THAT SAYS, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, YOU ARE GUARANTEED THERE'S NO COMMERCIAL.
THERE'S ONLY THERE'S NO RESIDENTIAL.
THAT KIND OF STUFF'S NOT GOING HERE.
BUT THERE'S NEVER BEEN A PROMISE TO THE COMMUNITY THAT WE AREN'T GOING TO ENHANCE GOLF SOMEHOW.
SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S BEING TWISTED AROUND AND GETTING PEOPLE ALL A TWITTER.
WHETHER THEY'RE GOOD, BAD OR UGLY, THEY ARE FACTS.
WHETHER OR NOT THEY CAN BE CHANGED IN THE FUTURE.
WHAT LAWS CAN'T BE CHANGED IN THE FUTURE? IS IT THE PROMISE THAT IT WON'T BE CHANGED IN THE FUTURE, AT LEAST BY THIS COMMISSION, UNLESS IT'S INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY SAYING OTHERWISE? THAT IS THIS GOAL.
BUT WE HAVE ALWAYS SAID THAT WE ARE TRYING TO FULFILL THAT STRATEGIC PLAN TO BRING SOME VITALITY INTO OUR CITY, AND THAT WAS THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF BUYING THE PROPERTY, WHICH WAS TO HELP THE THREE 232 ACRES OF GREEN SPACE AND GOLF AREA AND THE RESIDENTS AROUND IT.
BUT IT WASN'T TO TELL THE RESIDENTS AROUND IT THAT IT WILL NEVER BE UPGRADED.
FOR GOLF AND AN UPGRADED MIND.
AND SO AS A COMMUNITY, IT'LL GO FORTH WITH THE MEETING.
WHATEVER THEY'RE PREACHING AND HULLABALOO IS GOING ON NEEDS TO STOP.
THESE ARE THE WORDS THAT ARE IN HERE.
I HAVE A CONCERN ABOUT THE NO NIGHTTIME GOLF, AND I'LL TAKE MY TWO MINUTES AFTER MY 15 ARE UP.
IF A RESTRICTION SAYS NO NIGHTTIME GOLF, THEN YOU'RE BASICALLY TELLING EVERYBODY WHEN 6 P.M.
HITS, BECAUSE LEGALLY THAT IS THE NIGHT TIME.
THEN DURING OUR WONDERFUL SUMMER MONTHS WHERE WE HAVE EVENING PLAY, YOU CANNOT PLAY.
AND GOLF IS EXPECTED IN SUMMER MONTHS.
IN THE SPRINGTIME TIME, WHEN THE LIGHT STAYS, THE SUNLIGHT IS LIT AND GOLF IS PLAYED.
WE'RE NOW GOING TO TELL OUR OWN BUSINESS AND OUR OWN COMMUNITIES THAT ARE USED TO IT.
I HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THAT WORDING.
THAT'S WHY I'VE MADE MY CONTINUED COURSE SINCE I'VE BEEN ON THE DAIS AND SUPPORTED THE PURCHASE OF THIS PROPERTY WHERE I CAN'T SAY THAT EVERYBODY ELSE HAS ON THIS DAIS. THEY MAY NOT HAVE BEEN HERE, BUT I KNOW THAT'S WHY I HAVE SUPPORTED THE PURCHASE.
THREE 232 ACRES OF GREEN SPACE, WHICH INCLUDES GOLF.
THANK YOU. MAYOR. CITY ATTORNEY.
DOES THIS COVENANT PROTECT THE RESIDENTS AS IT IS WRITTEN NOW? ASIDE FROM THE RECREATIONAL GOLF USE FOR THE FUTURE.
THIS COVENANT PROHIBITS COMMERCIAL RESIDENTIAL USE.
IT BASICALLY MAINTAINS THE RECREATIONAL USE.
NOW, OBVIOUSLY THAT'S THE PURPOSE TO MAINTAIN THE STATUS QUO AS MUCH.
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JIM, DO YOU HAVE THE PRESENTATION THAT WAS GIVEN TO US ON MONDAY WORKSHOP.COMMISSIONER. THAT PRESENTATION WAS DELIVERED BY THE PARKS AND RECREATION DIRECTOR.
FOR THE RECORD, THAT PRESENTATION ON MONDAY WAS DELIVERED BY THE PARKS AND RECREATION DIRECTOR.
DO YOU WANT HIM HERE? IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THAT PRESENTATION? NOT NECESSARILY.
I JUST WANT TO SHOW THE IMAGES.
SO ON MONDAY OF THIS WEEK WE HAD A PRESENTATION A CONCEPT PRESENTATION.
IT WAS NO TWO FLOORS, NOT THREE FLOORS, NOT TOP GOLF LIKE IT WAS A DRIVING RANGE.
IT WAS SOME JIM, CAN YOU SHOW? THAT'S A GOOD ONE.
THERE IS AN EMAIL SENT BY THE DISTRICT ONE COMMISSIONER THIS AFTERNOON, WHICH STATES THAT I AND THE MAYOR WERE IN FAVOR OF SPENDING $7 MILLION, BUT GET OMITTED THAT COMMISSIONER DANIEL WAS ALSO IN FAVOR OF IT.
OMISSION OF INFORMATION TO RENOVATE THIS COURSE IS $5 MILLION.
TO UPGRADE IT WITH THESE AMENITIES FOR THE RESIDENTS IS $7 MILLION.
IT WILL BRING REVENUE OF 1.2 MILLION APPROXIMATELY EVERY YEAR.
THIS IS A FAMILY FRIENDLY LOCATION.
YOU'RE NOT GOING TO SEE THE PARKING LOT.
YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HEAR ALL THIS NOISE.
YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE A LIGHTS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT.
DO I LOVE IT? ABSOLUTELY. DO YOU UNDERSTAND THAT? I LOVE THE CONCEPT.
THE PARKING LOT. HEY HEY HEY HEY HEY.
IT IS A DISCUSSION FOR A LATER TIME.
YOU WILL DEFINITELY BE ABLE TO SPEAK AT THAT TIME, REMEMBER? WELL, THIS IS NOT SOMETHING TO BE ANXIETIES OVER.
WE'RE ALSO REALLY TRYING TO TALK ABOUT THE RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS.
OKAY. THE REASON FOR MONDAY'S WORKSHOP AND ALL WE DID ON MONDAY WAS TO TELL STAFF, WHICH WAS COMMISSIONER DANIEL MAYOR AND MYSELF, TO COME BACK TO US WITH OPTIONS.
IF IT DOESN'T PASS, IT DOESN'T PASS.
I GOLF AT THE WOODMONT COURSE.
NO ONE IN THIS COMMISSION GOLFS AT THIS AT THESE LOCATIONS.
SO I KNOW THE WORK THAT IT NEEDS.
THIS IS THE LEFTOVER OF THE CHAMPIONS COURSE.
IDEAS ARE BRINGING ARE COMING TO US.
IT'S JUST WE HAVE A DIFFERENCES, BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE CANNOT EXPLORE THESE OPTIONS.
THE PROBLEM IS THAT WE HAVE EMAILS GOING OUT BY COMMISSIONERS OF THIS COMMISSION SAYING THINGS THAT ARE NOT ACCURATE, AND THEN IT GETS THE COMMUNITY ALL ROOTED UP WHEN WE DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT'S COMING BEFORE US AT THE NEXT WORKSHOP.
AGAIN, WE ARE RESTRICTING COMMERCIAL BUILDING.
WE ARE RESTRICTING COMMERCIAL RESIDENTIAL UNITS.
THERE WON'T BE NO MORE THAN ONE FLOOR OF JUST SWINGING THE CLUB.
THAT'S IT. I BELIEVE THE COVENANT PROTECTS THE RESIDENTS.
WHOEVER DOES NOT THINK THAT THIS DOES NOT ADD VALUE TO YOUR HOMES.
YOU NEED TO GET WITH AN APPRAISER.
YOU NEED TO GET WITH YOUR REALTOR, YOUR LENDERS.
YOU NEED TO SPEAK TO DEVELOPERS BECAUSE THIS IS AN ENHANCEMENT TO THE COMMUNITY.
YOU'RE NOT GOING TO EVEN SEE IT.
IF YOU HAVE HEDGES AND WE BUILT HEDGES, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO SEE IT.
YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HEAR THE GOLF BALLS.
THERE'S ONLY 30 SPOTS AT THE CURRENT MOMENT THAT WILL BE USED.
SO IT'S NOT EVEN A HUGE PLACE TO EVEN MAKE NOISE THAT WE THINK OR HAS BEEN SUGGESTED.
THERE IS NO LIGHTING THAT'S GOING TO AFFECT THE BACKYARDS OF ANYONE LIVING IN THIS AREA.
IF ANYBODY KNOWS HOW HIGH THAT TOWER THAT WE HAVE HERE.
THE SHORTEST TOWER IS 180FT, APPROXIMATELY THE NETTING.
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AND YOU CAN'T. EVEN IF YOU STAND OUTSIDE, YOU WON'T EVEN SEE IT BECAUSE OF THE TREES.IT'S 100FT APPROXIMATELY, SO IT'S EVEN SHORTER THAN THE SHORTEST TOWER THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE.
YOU CAN SAY WHATEVER YOU WANT.
I'M TELLING YOU THE FACTS THAT HAVE BEEN PRESENTED ON MONDAY.
SO AGAIN, THIS IS NOT A YES OR NO.
BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN I'M GOING TO TAKE MY TWO MINUTES.
WE HAVE LOWERED THE MILLAGE FOR THREE YEARS.
WE HAVE KEPT THE MILLAGE RATE.
THE CITY MILLAGE RATE THE SAME.
IF WE DO NOT INCREASE THE REVENUE FROM BUSINESSES, WHERE DO YOU THINK THAT'S GOING TO COME FROM? SO I JUST WANT TO PUT THAT IN PERSPECTIVE.
TAMARAC POST CONTINUES TO DISENFRANCHIZE OUR COMMUNITY BY LYING.
AND THAT IS WRITTEN BY COMMISSIONER BOLTON.
I AM GOING TO HAVE COMMISSIONER DANIEL SPEAK NEXT AND THEN COMMISSIONER WRIGHT WILL GO NEXT.
BUT I DO WANT TO BRING IT BACK INTO THE CONVERSATION OF WE'RE HERE ON AN ORDINANCE FOR RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS THAT DEAL WITH. I'M TRYING TO OPEN SPACE, RECREATIONAL AND CULTURAL FACILITIES WITHIN THE CITY OF TAMARAC.
REGARDING THIS THREE 232.11 ACRES.
COMMISSIONER DANIEL. THANK YOU.
I WAS JUST LISTENING. SO LET ME CLARIFY.
I WAS UNDER THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THE RESIDENTS WAS OKAY WITH IT, STAYING GREEN SPACE AND STILL HAVING ACTIVITIES THAT GENERATED INCOME AND ALLOWED FAMILIES TO HAVE SOMETHING TO DO.
BECAUSE MOST FAMILIES LIKE MYSELF, WE DON'T GOLF.
BUT TO ME, IF THE CITY OWNS GREEN SPACE, EVERYONE SHOULD BE ABLE TO ENJOY IT, RIGHT? SO THE SPACE WAS STILL STAY GREEN AND WE HAVE THESE ACTIVITIES NOW.
MY AGREEMENT AT THE END OF THE WORKSHOP, AND I THOUGHT THIS WAS ALL OUR AGREEMENT, WAS THAT IT WOULD BE PRESENTED TO THE RESIDENTS AS A WHOLE FROM DISTRICT TO DISTRICT, AND THEY DECIDE THEY LET US KNOW WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE.
SO NOT SURE I'M OKAY WITH LIKING AN IDEA, SO I'M NOT SURE WHERE THAT THE PROBLEM COMES WITH THAT.
PEOPLE, CHILDREN, FAMILIES HAVING AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN HOW TO GOLF.
I DON'T SEE A PROBLEM WITH THAT.
AND I, I'M ALSO OKAY WITH THE GOLF PARK OPENING, LIKE THE REGULAR PARK AND REC FACILITIES.
SO FOR ME, THIS PROBABLY NEEDS TO GO BACK TO THE DRAWING TABLE AND COME BACK TO US WITH MORE OF THESE THINGS AND THESE ADJUSTMENTS BEING MADE, BECAUSE APPARENTLY WE'RE NOT ALL IN AGREEMENT WITH IT.
SO IF THIS COULD JUST COME BACK, I'M NOT SURE HOW TO HANDLE THAT.
COMMISSIONER. DANIEL. DANIEL, ARE YOU ASKING FOR A MOTION TO TABLE THIS ITEM TO A TIME CERTAIN TO BRING THIS BACK AT A WORKSHOP WHERE IT COULD BE REVISED AND DISCUSSED? A SECOND. OKAY.
COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS. SECONDED.
NOW WE WE WE HAVE A MOTION TO WE HAVE TO VOTE ON THE MOTION.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE'VE DONE THIS BEFORE.
A MOTION TO TABLE CIRCUM CIRCLE.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND CLARIFICATION.
YOU CAN GET A POINT OF CLARIFICATION, VICE MAYOR.
WHAT ARE WE TABLING? NO, WE WE HAVE A MOTION A SECOND ALREADY, MAYOR.
AND CITY ATTORNEY, I'M NOT GOING TO ARGUE WITH YOU.
WE TALKED ABOUT THIS AT THE LAST MEETING.
NO, NO, A MOTION TO TABLE CIRCUM.
ARE WE ARE WE TABLING FIVE B? WE'RE TABLING FIVE B TO BRING IT BACK.
SECOND. YOU NEED TO VOTE ON THAT MOTION.
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DO YOU WANT TO GO ROLL BACK THE TAPE TO THE LAST MEETING WHEN WE HAD THIS? THAT DOESN'T MEAN THE RULE.YOU HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND, YOU NEED TO VOTE ON IT.
NO, THE PURPOSE OF A MOTION TO TABLE IS TO.
LEARN THE RULES. YOU HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND VOTE ON IT.
IF IT FAILS, THEN YOU CAN TABLE A MOTION TO TABLE STOPS DISCUSSION ON A PREVIOUS MOTION THAT HAS BEEN IN DISCUSSION IN ORDER TO MOVE IT TO A TIME CERTAIN, AND IT HAS BEEN EXPRESSED HOW YOU HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND I AND SAY IT ALL YOU WANT, BUT THAT'S NOT THE RULES.
THAT'S THAT'S THE RULE. AND WE JUST DID IT AT OUR LAST MEETING.
REMEMBER, MARY, WE ALWAYS HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
YOU HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
I'M NOT DEBATING WITH YOU. VOTE.
WE HAVE A MOTION. MOTION SECOND TO TABLE THIS ITEM FOR A WORKSHOP.
AND THE MOTION CITY ATTORNEY, WE ARE PROCEEDING THE SAME.
IF THE COMMISSION MAJORITY COMMISSION IS UP TO THE MAJORITY COMMISSION, MY MY POSITION WILL BE VOTING ON THE MOTION TO TABLE TO A TIME CERTAIN WHEN THIS WILL COME BACK AT A WORKSHOP INCORPORATING COMMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE HERE TODAY, AND WE WILL HAVE IT WORKSHOPPED.
CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE MOTION TO TABLE AS STATED BY COMMISSIONER DANIEL.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS.
MAYOR. GOMEZ. YES, COMMISSIONER.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THIS ITEM HAS BEEN TABLED.
IT WILL BE GOING BACK TO A WORKSHOP FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION AND BEING ABLE TO WRITE THE RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS THAT HAVE BEEN EXPRESSED AS FAR AS ANY DISCUSSION REGARDING ANY POTENTIAL.
UPGRADES OF THE GOLF COURSE, SPECIFICALLY THE GLADES COURSE AND THE MAINTENANCE THAT IS GOING IN IT.
THOSE ITEMS WILL BE COMING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY IN A COMMUNITY DISCUSSION.
IT WILL BE PUT INTO THAT LITTLE BAKE CAKE THAT SOME PEOPLE HAVE HEARD ME DESCRIBE FOR OTHER THINGS BEFORE, AND THEN COME BACK OUT TO THE COMMUNITY AGAIN UNTIL WE GET SOMETHING THAT IS EITHER APPROVABLE OR NOT APPROVABLE, BUT THAT IS A SEPARATE TOPIC THAN FOR WHAT WAS BEING DONE TONIGHT.
SO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT.
IF YOU DON'T LEAVE, THAT'S GREAT TOO.
I BELIEVE THAT I HAVE BEEN ASKED FOR A BREAK.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE ARE IN RECESS.
THANK YOU. BUT THERE WERE SOME OF THE REASONS WHY IT IS A 45. IF EVERYONE WOULD PLEASE FIND THEIR SEATS, IT WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED.
WE ARE NOW ON ORDINANCES ON FIRST READING.
[6.aTO2553 - An Ordinance of the City Commission of the City of Tamarac, Florida establishing the Woodlands Section 9 Community Development District; making certain findings regarding the district; describing the external boundaries of the district; naming five persons designated to be the initial members of the Board of Supervisors; providing for severability; providing for conflicts; and providing an effective date.]
6A2, TWO FIVE.CITY ATTORNEY, PLEASE READ THE TITLE FOR THE RECORD.
ITEM SIX A IS AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC, ESTABLISHING WITHIN SECTION NINE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT, MAKING CERTAIN FINDINGS REGARDING THE DISTRICT, DESCRIBING THE EXTERNAL BOUNDARIES OF THE DISTRICT.
NAMING FIVE PERSONS DESIGNATE TO THE INITIAL MEMBERS.
CITY ATTORNEY, PLEASE START FROM THE TOP.
ITEM SIX A AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSION.
CITY TAMARAC ESTABLISHING THE WOODLAND.
SECTION NINE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT.
MAKING CERTAIN FINDINGS REGARDING THE DISTRICT.
DESCRIBING THE EXTERNAL BOUNDARIES OF THE DISTRICT.
PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS. PROVIDING FOR EFFECTIVE DATE.
I'LL TAKE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
SO MOVED. SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER BOLTON.
I HAVE A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS.
GINGER WALLED ATTORNEY FOR THE AGENT.
PETITIONER IS AVAILABLE TO MAKE A PRESENTATION.
BUT I SEE SCOTT BACKMAN GOING TO THE PODIUM, SO GOOD EVENING.
SCOTT BACKMAN I'M GOING TO TAKE LEAD ON THIS.
AND GINGER WILL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF NECESSARY.
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ONE MOMENT.I THINK WE WERE HERE AT THE END OF JANUARY WITH THE SAME REQUEST.
THERE'S OBVIOUSLY A FAIRLY LENGTHY DISCUSSION AND A LENGTHY PRESENTATION.
I'M GOING TO PROBABLY BLOW THROUGH A LOT OF THAT RELATIVELY QUICKLY, BECAUSE I THINK WE GAVE A LOT OF THE ABCS OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS IN GENERAL, AND REALLY FOCUS A LITTLE BIT MORE ON WHAT WERE SOME OF THE KEY DISCUSSION AND FOCUS POINTS.
THE IDEA BACK IN JANUARY WAS THERE WAS A LOT PRESENTED THAT EVENING, MAYBE A LITTLE BIT OF CONFUSION AS TO SOME OF THE ITEMS. WE TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY FOLLOWING THAT MEETING TO MEET OR SPEAK.
I BELIEVE WITH ALL OR MOST OF YOU, JUST TO DISCUSS THE CD AND A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL AND A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A ONE ON ONE SETTING IN ORDER TO BETTER UNDERSTAND SOME OF THOSE ABCS I CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT.
AND SO WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO VERY BRIEFLY SHOW THESE SLIDES.
AND THEN CD FINANCING, WHICH IS A KEY COMPONENT OF THIS AS WELL, AND ACTUALLY HELPS KEEP COSTS DOWN WITHIN A CD FOR THOSE RESIDENTS THAT ARE LOCATED AND BUYING WITHIN A CD.
WHAT YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN BEFORE YOU IS A CONCEPTUAL OR NOT CONCEPTUAL, BUT KIND OF A GENERAL HIGHLIGHT OF THE BOUNDARIES OF THE PROPERTY THAT 13TH FLOOR IS ACQUIRING FOR WHAT IS BEING CALLED SECTION NINE WITHIN THE WOODLANDS COMMUNITY.
THE BALANCE OF WHICH WHICH IS, I THINK I HEARD ONE OF THE RESIDENTS SAY EARLIER, 160 ACRES.
I THINK IT'S CLOSER TO 180 PLUS ACRES OF OPEN SPACE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE, ALL OF THE HOMES THAT ARE NOT WITHIN THE ORANGE AND YELLOW HIGHLIGHT, THERE ARE 892 HOMES THAT EXIST WITHIN THE WOODLANDS COMMUNITY TODAY.
AND THE GOAL, ONE OF THE MAIN CONCEPTS OF THIS CD IS TO ENSURE THAT THAT 180 PLUS ACRES THAT IS THERE AND USABLE AND AVAILABLE FOR THE 335 NEW HOMES THAT WILL BE BUILT.
BUT THE EXISTING RESIDENTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY OCCUPY THE 892 HOMES WILL HAVE THE CORRECT MAINTENANCE AND THE FUNDS NECESSARY TO ENSURE THAT THE PROTECTIONS FOR THE ENTIRETY OF THE WOODLANDS COMMUNITY ARE THERE TODAY AS THIS PROPERTY IS DEVELOPED AND IN PERPETUITY.
AGAIN, THESE ARE GENERAL IDEAS, BUT A LOT OF THE THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE FINANCED THROUGH THE CDD, MAINTAINED THROUGH THE CDD.
AGAIN, THE VAST MAJORITY OF THESE ITEMS AND THE LONG TERM, I JUST USED THE WORD PERPETUITY, THE LONG TERM MAINTENANCE OF NEW ENTRANCE FEATURES AND GATES AND PERIMETER BUFFERS AND 180 PLUS ACRES OF OPEN SPACE WILL BE AT THE PROTECTION OF EFFECTIVELY THIS THIS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT THAT IS HELD TO SUCH A HIGHER STANDARD THAN A THAN A TYPICAL HOA.
RIGHT. THEY'RE ALL SEPARATE ASSOCIATIONS.
SOME OF THEM, SIX OF THEM WORK COLLABORATIVELY TOGETHER.
THERE'S REALLY NOT AN OPPORTUNITY.
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THEY HAVE THE RIGHT AND THE ABILITY, JUST AS THEY COULD COME TO A COMMISSION MEETING TO SHOW UP AT A CDD MEETING, THEY WILL BE NOTICED.THEY CAN BE THERE, THEY CAN BE HEARD, THEY DON'T HAVE A VOTE.
THAT'S THAT'S THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE.
SO AGAIN, WE'VE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MAINTENANCE.
I MENTIONED EARLIER THE LOWER COSTS.
I JUST MENTIONED THE PUBLIC MEETINGS, THE NOTICE, THE MANDATORY WEBSITE, THE OTHER PIECE OF ALL OF THIS, AND THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING DISCUSSION THAT WE'VE HEARD FROM ALL FIVE OF YOU, RELATES TO HOW IS THIS FROM A TRANSPARENCY STANDPOINT AS A DEVELOPER, GOING TO BE SHARED WITH PROSPECTIVE BUYERS AND BUYERS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY? AND SO THAT'S REALLY THE LAST PIECE OF THIS.
THERE WE GO. SO WE HAVE PREPARED A COUPLE OF OF ITEMS BASED ON SOME DISCUSSIONS THAT WE'VE HAD.
RIGHT. AGAIN, THESE ARE PREPARED, FILLED OUT.
OBVIOUSLY, THESE WILL BE PART OF ANY PACKAGE FOR A PROSPECTIVE BUYER THAT COMES ALONG INTO THE SALES CENTER TO FULLY UNDERSTAND THE ABCS OR CD FOR DUMMIES.
RIGHT. THE WAY THOSE THOSE YELLOW BOOKS ARE WRITTEN.
RIGHT. BIG BOLD LETTERS, JUST TWO PAGES.
NOT A LOT OF INFORMATION WRITTEN VERY EASILY AND SIMPLY FOR SOMEONE TO UNDERSTAND.
THESE WILL BE PART OF EVERY PROSPECTIVE BUYERS PACKAGE.
THESE WILL BE PART OF EVERY SALES PACKAGE.
IT WILL NOT JUST BE SOME OTHER REGULAR PIECE OF PAPER WITHIN THE CONTRACT.
IT'S GOT THREE PARAGRAPHS ON IT.
IT PROVIDES NOTICE REQUIREMENTS, ALL OF THE INFORMATION THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT PREVIOUSLY TO ENSURE VERY CLEARLY THAT SOMEONE UNDERSTANDS, WELL, WHY IS THAT RED PIECE OF PAPER WITHIN MY CONTRACT? WHAT AM I SIGNING.
RIGHT. AND SO AGAIN, SOMETHING ELSE THAT'S THAT'S INCLUDED AS PART OF THE CONTRACT.
BUT IN OUR SALES CENTER YOU WILL COME IN.
AND OBVIOUSLY, AS WE GET CLOSER AND CLOSER TO MOVING FORWARD THROUGH THE SALES PROCESS, THESE WILL BE ENHANCED AND PREPARED IN MORE DETAIL SO THAT THEY ARE READY FOR DISTRIBUTION TO ANY PROSPECTIVE BUYERS AND BUYERS THAT COME IN WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.
AND THEN LASTLY IS OBVIOUSLY THE ENSURING THAT ALL OF THIS INFORMATION IS BEING RELAYED PROPERLY AND CORRECTLY TO ANYONE THAT DOES COME INTO THE COMMUNITY AND IS CONSIDERING BUYING WITHIN WOODLAND SECTION NINE.
SO AGAIN, WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME FOCUSING ON TRANSPARENCY.
I THINK IT'S INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT, THE FACT THAT ANY CD, ANY BOARD WITHIN THE CD IS SUBJECT TO STATE STATUTE, TO FLORIDA SUNSHINE LAWS, THAT THE RESIDENTS WITHIN THE WOODLANDS COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE, NOT JUST THESE 335 HOMES, HAVE THE RIGHT AND THE ABILITY TO ACTUALLY LET THEIR VOICES BE HEARD, AS OPPOSED TO IF THIS COMMUNITY AND AGAIN, REMEMBER, IT'S NOT JUST 335 HOMES AND A FEW AMENITIES.
IT IS THESE ARE AMENITIES AND OPEN SPACE THAT AFFECT THE ENTIRETY OF THIS COMMUNITY.
I THINK ONE OF THE THE BIG COMPONENTS, THE REALLY BIG SELLING POINTS HERE IS THE NATURE OF THE WOODLANDS COMMUNITY AND THE FACT THAT THERE IS NOW AN APPROVED REDEVELOPMENT WITHIN THAT COMMUNITY THAT HAS SUCH A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF ADDITIONAL OPEN SPACE.
AND SO IT JUST CONTINUES TO CREATE THAT STRUCTURE THAT WILL OFFER SOME COHESIVENESS WITHIN THIS COMMUNITY FOR EVERY RESIDENT BOTH, BOTH EXISTING AND NEW.
AND THEN AGAIN, SAME THING WITH WATER MANAGEMENT, ACTUALLY.
AND THIS IS A STATEMENT FROM SOMEONE WITH THE SAINT JOHNS WATER CONTROL DISTRICT.
BUT IN TERMS OF MANAGEMENT AND MAINTENANCE FOR WATER CONTROL AREAS, THE CD IS ACTUALLY A PREFERRED METHOD AS WELL, GIVEN THE STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS FOR ALWAYS HAVING A DISTRICT ENGINEER AND A DISTRICT ATTORNEY ON HAND IN ORDER TO ADDRESS ANY SIGNIFICANT ISSUES THAT MAY POP UP.
OBVIOUSLY A COUPLE OF THEM ON THE TOP TWO ARE IN THE CITY OF TAMARAC.
PARKVIEW AT HILLCREST IS IN THE CITY OF HOLLYWOOD.
AND THEN THIS NEXT SLIDE ACTUALLY SHOWS YOU, ESPECIALLY SINCE THE CD STATUTE HAS BEEN PUT IN PLACE THE MOST WELL RUN, THE MOST EFFICIENT, THE HIGHLY VOTED COMMUNITIES WITHIN THE STATE OF FLORIDA, THE TOP TWO THIRDS OF THEM ARE ACTUALLY GOVERNED BY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS FOR A LOT OF THE
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REASONS THAT I'VE HIGHLIGHTED.SO THIS IS LASTLY, JUST KIND OF A THUMBS UP, THUMBS DOWN SLIDE THAT IDENTIFY, NOT THAT AN HOA IS A BAD FORM OF GOVERNMENT GOVERNANCE, BUT GIVEN THE NATURE OF THIS COMMUNITY AND WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH AND THE PROTECTIONS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO PROVIDE NOT ONLY TO THE NEW RESIDENTS BUT TO THE EXISTING RESIDENTS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY, JUST WHY A COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT IS REALLY THE PREFERRED FORM OF GOVERNANCE HERE.
I BELIEVE THAT ENDS MY PRESENTATION AGAIN.
WE ARE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT THE COMMISSION MAY HAVE.
DOES THAT MEAN WE'RE MOVING ON TO VOTING? COMMISSIONER BOLTON.
THIS PRESENTATION, THE CD ITEM, THIS.
IS IT CONTROLLED BY THE CITY'S LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE? I BELIEVE BASED ON THE APPLICATION PROCESS THAT WAS SUBMITTED TO OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, THAT APPLICANT HAS TO FILE APPLICATION, AND THERE'S A PROCESS THAT THEY HAVE TO FOLLOW CONSISTENT WITH THE CITY CODE.
MISS CALLOWAY IS PROBABLY THE BEST PERSON TO SPEAK IN TERMS OF THE PROCESS.
THANK YOU, MISS. MAXINE CALLOWAY, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR.
NO, IT IS NOT GOVERNED BY THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE.
IT'S GOVERNED STRICTLY BY FLORIDA STATUTE.
WELL, THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE PROVIDES FOR CERTAIN APPLICATION TYPE.
THIS IS NOT AN APPLICATION TYPE.
A DISTRICT THAT IS GOVERNED BY FLORIDA STATUTE, THE FEE STRUCTURE, AS WELL AS THE FEE THAT THE APPLICANT PAID AND THE PROCESS BY WHICH WE HAVE TO REVIEW THIS APPLICATION IS ALSO GOVERNED BY FLORIDA STATUTE.
SO IT IS YOUR PROFESSIONAL ADVICE THAT THIS IS NOT GOVERNED BY THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE? IT IS NOT. OKAY.
OKAY. WE HAVE SUDDENLY GONE QUIET.
SO I WILL SAY REPEAT MY COMMENTS FROM LAST TIME.
AND TO SOME PEOPLE WHO I KNOW ARE WATCHING.
A CD IN THIS PARTICULAR INSTANCE WILL BE EXTREMELY HELPFUL TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CURRENT WOODLANDS COMMUNITY, ALL EIGHT SECTIONS WILL BE PROTECTED AND KNOW THAT THE MONIES WILL ALWAYS COME IN BECAUSE IT WILL ALWAYS COME IN OFF THE TAX ROLLS.
SO EVEN IF A RESIDENT IN SECTION NINE FAILS TO PAY, SOMEONE WILL ALWAYS BUY A TAX BILL AND PAY IT AND THE MONEY WILL COME IN IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT HAS BEEN PUT IN AND THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONAL FACILITY OF THE THE CLUBHOUSE THAT WILL BE THERE FOR SECTION NINE AND MAKING SURE THE WALKING TRAILS ARE GOOD, THE FITNESS TRAILS ARE GOOD, THE GRASS IS MOWED, THE LP'S ARE WORKING, ALL THE THINGS THAT WERE PROMISED TO THE COMMUNITY IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS WHOLE PROJECT, ALL OF WOODLANDS SECTIONS ONE THROUGH NINE, ARE A GREAT SUCCESS.
I'VE HEARD PEOPLE SAY, WELL, THE DEVELOPER SHOULD BE PAYING FOR IT.
THE THE APPLICANT SHOULD BE PAYING FOR IT.
LET'S BE REALISTIC, EVERYBODY.
SO WITH A CD, IT GIVES THE DEVELOPER AN OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE CERTAIN ITEMS LIKE INFRASTRUCTURE.
THAT BETTER INTEREST RATE GETS PASSED ON TO THE NEW SECTION NINE HOMEOWNER, INSTEAD OF IF THEY DO NOT HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A LOWER INTEREST RATE ON THIS PORTION OF THE LOANS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE, GUESS WHAT? YOU'RE GOING TO BE PAYING MORE FOR YOUR HOME.
SO IT IS A BENEFIT FOR THE NEW HOMEOWNER.
THE NEW HOMEOWNER IS FULLY AWARE OF WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
MOST NEW HOMEOWNERS, WHEN THEY ARE AWARE OF THIS, ARE GOING TO BE VERY HAPPY BECAUSE THEY KNOW THAT IF WE HAVE ANOTHER DOWNTURN IN THE ECONOMY AND HOMES VALUES GO SOUTH, THEY WON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT HAVING TO PAY FOR THEIR NEIGHBOR'S BILL BECAUSE IT WILL ALREADY BE PAID BY THEMSELVES ON THEIR OWN TAX BILL, WHEREAS THE REST OF THE HOA
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OR HOA, OR SECTIONS ONE THROUGH EIGHT IN THE COMMUNITY WILL NOT HAVE THAT PLEASURE.SECTIONS ONE THROUGH EIGHT HAD THE OPPORTUNITY.
UNFORTUNATELY, IT DID NOT WORK OUT FOR THEM.
MAYBE IN THE FUTURE THE SECTIONS ONE THROUGH EIGHT WILL TRY AGAIN, BUT THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED IN THE COMMUNITY FOR ONE OF THE MANY THINGS OF WHY THERE'S SUCH A DISPARITY ON SOME OF THE PROPERTIES, WHERE SOME PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO AFFORD TO TAKE CARE OF THEIR HOME, AND SOME NEIGHBORS MAY HAVE STOPPED, AND THEN SOME OTHER NEIGHBORS ARE NOW HAVING TO PAY A HIGHER HOA FEE TO TAKE CARE OF THEIR NEIGHBOR'S PROPERTY.
SO WHILE THE STRUCTURE COULD BE DEEMED SCARY, IT'S BUYER BEWARE.
WHEN YOU BUY A PIECE OF PROPERTY.
YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE BUYING.
IF YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE BUYING, PLEASE GET AN ATTORNEY.
AND I BELIEVE THE APPLICANT HAS SHOWN US THE PROTECTIVE MEASURES THAT WE'VE HAD CONCERNS WITH ON HOW TO MAKE SURE THAT IF SOMEONE'S COMING TO LOOK AT A HOME ON THIS PROPERTY, THAT THEY ARE FULLY AWARE OF WHAT'S GOING TO BE HAPPENING AND WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR, SO THERE WILL BE NO SURPRISES IN THE FUTURE.
SO I APPRECIATE THAT YOU'VE GONE THROUGH THAT STEP.
AND THEREFORE, AS YOU CAN TELL, I AM IN SUPPORT OF PROTECTING SECTIONS ONE THROUGH EIGHT.
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THE NEW SECTION NINE WHEN IT COMES ON.
BUT I DO HOPE IT COMES ON WITH A CD TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS COMMUNITY FLOURISHES.
COMMISSIONER. DANIEL. THANK YOU.
I HAVE MY OWN PERSONAL VIEWS OF CBDS.
WHAT DID YOU SAY YOU WERE? I'M SORRY.
GINGER WALD. I REPRESENT SEEDS FOR THE PROPOSED CD.
CORRECT? IT DID, AND I'M GLAD I DID SPEAK TO THEM.
I WISH THEY SPOKE TO ME BEFORE.
MY CONCERN WAS, IS, STILL IS, WAS AND STILL IS FOR THE RESIDENTS THAT ARE COMING IN.
I KNOW MISTER SHAPIRO, BUT MY CONCERN IS STILL FOR THEM.
AND ONE OF THE STIPULATIONS I ASKED THE DEVELOPER WAS TO MAKE IT IN CLEARER LANGUAGE.
BECAUSE NO, EVERYBODY DON'T READ THE FINE PRINT.
WHAT EXACTLY THEY'RE GETTING INTO.
AND I THINK ONE OF THE THE OWNERS ARE THE 13TH FLOOR.
MEMBERS SAID THAT IT WASN'T 6009 MONTHS, IT WAS ACTUALLY 3000.
SO REGARDLESS WHETHER THEY GET THE CD D OR NOT, THEY HAVE TO PAY THAT MONEY, THAT ADDITIONAL 3000 FOR MAINTENANCE AND THEY WOULD HAVE TO FORMULATE A HOA FOR IT.
SO BECAUSE OF THAT, I AM INCLINED TO AGREE WITH THIS AT THIS MOMENT.
I WOULD LIKE SAMPLES OF WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO PRESENT TO THE NEW, NEW BUYERS.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR MR. BECKMANN. YES, SIR.
SORRY. IN ONE OF YOUR DOCUMENTS, IT SAYS THAT 13TH FLOOR WILL BEAR THE BURDEN OF ALL IMPROVEMENTS, WHICH WE ESTIMATE AT $15 MILLION.
OKAY. SO THAT THAT IS THAT IS BASICALLY SAYING THAT YOU'RE GOING TO INCUR, INCUR THE COST, RIGHT? SURE. THE THE I THAT SOUNDS LIKE SOMETHING THAT WE WERE PROVIDING IN PRESENTATIONS THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS DATING BACK MANY YEARS.
THE INTENTION WAS ALWAYS THAT THAT COST WOULD BE BORNE BY THE DEVELOPER AND THE NEW HOMES THAT ARE BEING BUILT WITHIN THE COMMUNITY AND NOT THE EXISTING HOMES WITHIN THE WOODLANDS. SO YOU DIDN'T MARKET IT AS IF 13TH FLOOR HAD 15 MILLION BUCKS, AND THEY'RE GOING TO USE THAT TO IMPROVE THE COMMUNITY.
I THINK THE IN THE, THE I DON'T I DON'T KNOW THAT IT WAS MARKETING.
I THINK THE PRESENTATIONS THAT WERE BEING MADE ASSOCIATED WITH THE $15 MILLION WERE TO ENSURE THAT THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WAS GOING TO BE SPENT WITHIN THE COMMUNITY WAS NOT GOING TO BE BORNE BY ANY OF THE EXISTING HOMEOWNERS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.
THE INTENTION WAS ALWAYS THAT THE DEVELOPER, THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS, WOULD, WOULD, WOULD HAVE THE FUNDS, WHETHER THAT IS THROUGH THE FUNDING FROM A CD OR THROUGH THE FUNDING FROM THE SALE OF HOMES IN ORDER TO PROVIDE FOR THOSE IMPROVEMENTS.
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COLUMBIA ARE EDUCATED ON MICHAEL CAN CAN ANSWER THAT QUESTION SINCE HE'S THE BUSINESSMAN.SO IN TERMS OF THE THE THE MONEY, ARE YOU ARE YOU TAKING MONEY OUT OF YOUR BANK ACCOUNT RIGHT AWAY WITH A CD? KNOW THAT EITHER WAY, THERE'S GOING TO BE FINANCING, WHETHER IT'S BANK FINANCING OR CD FINANCING, WHICH IS A LOWER INTEREST RATE FORM OF FINANCING.
THE IMPROVEMENTS ARE GOING TO BE FINANCED.
SO YOU'RE KIND OF LIKE USING OTHER PEOPLE'S MONEY.
BUT BASED ON THE DEVELOPER THAT BUILDS IN YOUR CITY, DEVELOPS THE EXACT SAME WAY.
I UNDERSTAND, I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND, BUT I'M SAYING THAT BASED ON YOUR DOCUMENTS, YOU MAKE IT.
IT WAS IT WAS NEVER REPRESENTED THAT WAY.
IT WAS THAT 13TH FLOOR WOULD WOULD BEAR THE COST OF THE $15 MILLION OUT OF ITS OWN BANK ACCOUNT.
I'M JUST TALKING IN LAYMAN'S TERM.
I'M NOT I'M NOT TALKING IN IVY LEAGUE COLUMBIA, YOU KNOW, LEGAL LANGUAGE.
I'M TALKING JUST IN LAYMAN'S TERMS. I'M TALKING IN LAYMAN'S TERMS. THAT $15 MILLION IS ALWAYS GOING TO BE BORNE THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT AND CONSTRUCTION PROCESS, WHICH IS EITHER BANK FINANCING OR CD FINANCING.
WELL, OBVIOUSLY YOU HAVE CONSENSUS.
SO SOME OF MY QUESTIONS, YOU KNOW, NO, THEY'RE FAIR.
WE'RE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY OF THEM.
KNOW THAT YOU ALREADY HAVE CONSENSUS.
SO YOU KNOW THAT'S THOSE ARE ALL MY QUESTIONS OKAY.
NO OTHER COMMENTS ARE BEING REQUESTED.
CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. VICE MAYOR.
THANK YOU. SO NO, NO, NO, NO HAPPY HANDS.
WE ARE NOW ON TO 6BTO2, FIVE FIVE FOR CITY ATTORNEY.
[ 6.bTO2554 - An Ordinance of the City Commission of the City of Tamarac, Florida granting a one year extension, Nunc Pro tunic to March 9, 2025, by approval of the second amendment to the amended and restated development agreement, attached hereto as Exhibit “A”, between the City of Tamarac, Pulte Home Corporation (“PULTE”), and Woodmont Country Club, Inc., for the development of property located within the Woodmont plat, as recorded in Plat Book 88, Page 20, of the public records of Broward County, Florida, and authorizing the appropriate City Officials to do all things necessary to effectuate the intent of this ordinance; providing for conflicts; providing for severability; and providing for an effective date.]
PLEASE READ THE TITLE FOR THE RECORD ITEM SIX B AN ORDINANCE CITY COMMISSIONER CITY OF TAMARAC, FLORIDA GRANTING ONE YEAR EXTENSION TO MARCH 9TH, 2025, BY APPROVAL OF THE SECOND AMENDMENT TO AMEND ITS RESTATED DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF TAMARAC, PULTE HOME AND WOODMEN COUNTRY CLUB FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF PROPERTY LOCATED WITHIN THE WOODLAND PLAT 88, PAGE 20 OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF BROWARD COUNTY, AUTHORIZING APPROPRIATE CITY OFFICIALS TO DO ALL THINGS NECESSARY TO EFFECTUATE THE INTENT OF THIS ORDINANCE.PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
I'LL TAKE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER BOLTON.
I HAVE A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS.
I AM NOT SEEING ANY DISCUSSION BY THIS COMMISSION.
CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. MAYOR.
ALL RIGHT, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE ARE ON.
ORDINANCES ON SECOND READING, 8AT02551.
[8.aTO2551 - An Ordinance of the City Commission of the City of Tamarac, Florida amending Chapter 10, Article 3, Section 10-3.2, entitled “Table of Allowed Uses”, of the City of Tamarac Land Development Code, specifically Table 10-3.1: allowed uses, establishing “Religious Assembly” use in the (BP) Business Park zoning district; providing for codification; providing for conflicts; providing for severability; and providing for an effective date.]
CITY ATTORNEY, PLEASE READ THE TITLE FOR THE RECORD.EIGHT A AND ALL THE CITY COMMISSION OR CITY OF TAMARAC AMENDING CHAPTER TEN, ARTICLE THREE, SECTION TEN DASH 3.2, ENTITLED TABLE OF ALLOWED USES A CITY OF TAMARAC LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE, SPECIFICALLY TABLE TEN DASH 3.1 ALLOW USES ESTABLISH RELIGIOUS ASSEMBLY USE IN THE BP BUSINESS PARK ZONING DISTRICT.
PROVIDE CONFLICTS. PROVIDE SEVERABILITY.
SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER BOLTON.
I HAVE A SECOND BY VICE MAYOR WRIGHT.
I WILL NOW OPEN THIS UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS.
AND BEFORE WE GO TO HAND-RAISING I HAVE ALICIA JARRETT, WHO HAD SIGNED UP.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM WHO DID NOT SIGN UP? NO. OKAY.
TAMARAC TO THE MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, AND ALL OTHER MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
GOOD EVENING. IF YOU WOULD OBLIGE, I'D LIKE JUST TWO MINUTES TO TELL MY STORY.
AS STATED EARLIER, MY NAME IS ASHLEY JARRETT, AND I'M A NATIVE OF JAMAICA.
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IN 2015, I MOVED TO THE UNITED STATES TO EMBARK ON MY JOURNEY TO COMPLETE MY TERTIARY EDUCATION.SOMEWHERE ALONG THAT JOURNEY, I STARTED HAVING VARIOUS MEDICAL COMPLICATIONS, AND BECAUSE OF THEM, I HAD TO NOT JUST FIGHT FOR MY LIFE, BUT ALSO FIGHT TO COMPLETE SCHOOL, ALL WHILE BEING IN A FOREIGN LAND.
WE MAY NOT ALL BELIEVE IN THE SAME THING, BUT I KNOW ONE THING IS IS THE SAME.
AND FOR ME, THROUGH THAT JOURNEY OF FIGHTING FOR MY LIFE, THE HUB INTERNATIONAL WAS MY RAY OF HOPE.
MOST MEMBERS AT THE HUB CAN SHARE MY STORY AND SHARE IT QUITE VIVIDLY, BECAUSE MOST OF THEM WERE THERE FOR ME WHEN I NEEDED SUPPORT THE MOST.
MANY OF THEM WERE A HAND TO HOLD, SOME EVEN QUITE LITERALLY, IN TIMES WHEN I WAS IMMOBILE.
THEY WERE A SHOULDER TO CRY ON AND SO MUCH MORE.
AND TODAY, THROUGH THE HOPE THAT THEY OFFERED, I'M ABLE TO STAND IN FRONT OF YOU AND BOLDLY STATE THAT THE HUB INTERNATIONAL IS TRULY A BEACON IN THE LIVES OF MANY, MINE INCLUDED.
AS YOU MOVE TO MAKE THIS DECISION ON APPROVING THEIR ZONING REQUEST, IF YOU REMEMBER NOTHING ABOUT THE HUB, REMEMBER MY STORY. REMEMBER THE LITTLE JAMAICAN GIRL WHO MOVED TO THE STATES TO COMPLETE COLLEGE BUT FELL ILL AND THEY OFFERED A RAY OF HOPE? REMEMBER THE LITTLE JAMAICAN GIRL WHO IS NOW IN FRONT OF YOU AND CAN PROUDLY STATE THAT I NOT ONLY COMPLETED MY BACHELOR'S DEGREE, BUT I ALSO COMPLETED MY MASTER'S AND IS NOW SITTING FOR MY DOCTORATE THANKS TO THE HUB INTERNATIONAL.
IN REMEMBERING MY STORY, REMEMBER THAT YOU TOO MAY SOMEDAY NEED A RAY OF HOPE.
SEEING THAT THERE'S NO ONE ELSE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK.
I WAS A LITTLE DISAPPOINTED IN THE LAST MEETING WHEN WE KIND OF MOVED AHEAD WITH THIS, BECAUSE I REALLY AM HOPING THAT THE COMMISSIONERS, THE WHOLE TEAM, WILL HAVE A VISION, A CLEAR VISION OF WHERE YOU WANT TAMARAC TO GO.
ONCE YOU MAKE CERTAIN DECISIONS, YOU CANNOT CHANGE IT.
WE LOVE WHAT THEY'RE DOING FOR THE COMMUNITY.
IF YOU IF I AM A SOMEONE WHO GOES AND RENT IN A BUSINESS PARK, I'M EXPECTING CERTAIN THINGS THAT A BUSINESS PARK PROVIDES.
A CHURCH IS NOT SOMETHING THAT YOU PUT IN A BUSINESS PARK.
THIS IS NOT MAKING ANY SENSE TO ME.
WE NEED TO BROADEN OUR VISION TO SEE, BECAUSE TAMARAC NEED TO CATCH UP WITH WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE OTHER CITIES AROUND ARE WE ARE GOING TO BE LEFT BEHIND. THANK YOU.
NOW, SEEING THAT THERE'S NO OTHER COMMENTS, PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE NOW CLOSED.
IT IS NOW UP FOR DISCUSSION BY THE COMMISSION.
VICE MAYOR. RIGHT. I SEE YOUR FINGERS POISED.
OKAY. IT SEEMS THAT WE'RE PLAYING COY TODAY, SO.
AND THAT'S NOT DIRECTED AT THE VICE MAYOR.
I'LL GO. I AM VERY PROUD FOR AND OF YOU, MISS JARRETT.
I REMIND EVERYBODY THIS IS NOT ABOUT YOUR CHURCH.
IT IS NOT ABOUT SOMEBODY ELSE'S RELIGIOUS INSTITUTION.
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THE CITY OF TAMARAC'S GROWTH.IT IS NOT AGAINST YOUR CHURCH'S GROWTH.
I HAD THE PLEASURE OF GOING TO THE SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH THIS PAST WEEKEND, AND THEY HAVE BEEN SAVING FOR 25 YEARS, AND THEIR STRATEGIC PLAN IS COMING TO LIGHT IN ORDER TO BUILD THEIR CHURCH ON A PROPERTY IN TAMARAC THAT IS ALREADY DEVELOPABLE AND.
LAND USE APPROPRIATE FOR CHURCH.
THERE WAS A LOT OF CONVERSATION LAST TIME YOU WERE HERE THROWING AROUND THAT CHURCH ON THE CORNER OF HIATUS BR CLAUSE, NOB HILL AND THAT PROPERTY, THAT COMMUNITY TOOK A LONG TIME TO DEVELOP THAT PROPERTY.
IT WAS GIVEN DONATIONS AND I CALLED THE CHURCH.
I CALLED THE PASTOR AND I SPECIFICALLY ASKED THE PASTOR, WHAT IS THE.
BREAKDOWN OF THE DEMOGRAPHICS.
COMMUNITY CHRISTIAN CHURCH IS AVERAGING 4500 ATTENDEES THIS YEAR, BOTH IN PERSON AND IN PUBLIC.
THE LARGEST DEMOGRAPHIC IS BLACK, BETWEEN 35% AND 40% OF OUR CHURCH.
WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THE PARTNERSHIP WE HAVE WITHIN THE CITY OF TAMARAC.
THIS IS NOT ABOUT ONE PERSON'S CHURCH OR ANOTHER PERSON'S CHURCH.
IT IS 12% OF OUR CITY'S DEMOGRAPHIC.
WE HAVE ABILITY TO GO INTO 40 OTHER 40% ELSEWHERE FOR A CHURCH.
MISS CALLOWAY, WOULD YOU MIND COMING TO THE PODIUM? I APPRECIATE YOU AND YOUR TEAM FOR.
LOOKING INTO OTHER CITIES, AND DO THEY ALLOW INDUSTRIAL IN THEIR INDUSTRIAL PARKS OR BUSINESS PARKS? DO THEY ALLOW RELIGIOUS ASSEMBLY? WOULD YOU PLEASE TELL US YOUR FINDINGS? MAYOR, YOU ASK US TO PUT TOGETHER AN ASSESSMENT OF WHAT HAPPENS IN JURISDICTIONS AROUND US.
AND WE LOOKED AT A MAJORITY OF THE JURISDICTIONS IN BROWARD COUNTY AND FOUND THAT ABOUT 80% DOES NOT ALLOW RELIGIOUS ASSEMBLY IN THEIR BUSINESS, PARK OR INDUSTRIAL.
CORAL SPRINGS IS YOUR INDUSTRIAL ZONING DISTRICT.
CORAL SPRINGS DOES NOT ALLOW NORTH LAUDERDALE.
LAUDERHILL. IT'S NOT PERMITTED.
LAUDERDALE. LAKES. IT'S NOT PERMITTED OAKLAND PARK.
IT'S NOT PERMITTED IN THE INDUSTRIAL MIRAMAR.
IT'S NOT PERMITTED IN THEIR EMPLOYMENT CENTER OR THEIR INDUSTRIAL PLANTATION.
IT IS NOT PERMITTED PEMBROKE PINES.
IT IS PERMITTED IN THEIR LIGHT INDUSTRIAL WESTON.
WESTON DOES NOT HAVE THEY HAVE AN OFFICE DISTRICT.
IT'S NOT PERMITTED IN THEIR OWN OFFICE DISTRICT.
AND BUT IT'S PERMITTED IN THEIR INDUSTRIAL, WHICH IS EQUIVALENT TO OUR BUSINESS PARK, POMPANO BEACH.
IT'S NOT PERMITTED COOPER CITY.
IT'S NOT PERMITTED DEERFIELD BEACH, IT'S NOT PERMITTED.
THANK YOU, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
THE POINT OF WHAT I JUST ASKED MISS CALLOWAY TO DO IS TO SHOW YOU THAT IT IS THE PURPOSE OF A CITY TO GROW AND FUNCTION AND BE ABLE TO SUPPORT EVERYTHING AROUND FOR ITS ECONOMIC GROWTH AND ITS GROWTH, FOR THE RESIDENTS TO NOT HAVE ALL RESIDENTIAL BORN ON ITS BACK TO PAY TAXES IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A THRIVING INDUSTRIAL CENTER.
THIS COMMISSION HAS SPOKEN ABOUT ITS WISHES TO GROW AND BE SUSTAINABLE, AND AS SUCH, IT IS MY OPINION THAT WE NEED TO KEEP OUR INDUSTRIAL PARK AS AN INDUSTRIAL PARK.
WHO'S GOING TO MOVE IN THERE BY RIGHT? THERE'S NO MORE HAVING TO COME TO THE CITY TO MAKE SURE THERE'S PARKING.
MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE RIGHT SERVICES.
MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE RIGHT FIRE RESCUE, BSO AND ENOUGH IN THERE THINGS THAT OUR CITY GOES THROUGH VERY CAREFULLY WHEN WE DO THESE THINGS THAT REQUIRE SPECIAL EXCEPTIONS AND SERVICES AND VARIANCES.
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AND IT IS SAYING TO THIS COMMISSION, IF THIS COMMISSION CHANGES IT, THAT BASICALLY ALL THE STRATEGIC PLANS OF THE PAST, WHICH AREN'T THAT FAR IN THE PAST, IT ONLY JUST FINISHED IN 2018, ARE FOR NOT ALL THE PROFESSIONALS WHO HAVE COME FORTH, WHO HAVE DONE THE HARD WORK, AND ALL THE COMMUNITY INPUT AND CONVERSATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN HAD ARE FOR NOT ALL BECAUSE WE WANT TO CHANGE IT, BECAUSE WHAT HAS BEEN PRESENTED TO US AS EMOTIONAL, WHAT HAS BEEN PRESENTED TO US, IS NOT ON A LOGICAL BASIS.IT IS BEING PRESENTED TO US TO PLAY OUR HEARTSTRINGS FOR THE GOOD OF A CHURCH.
AND I WISH YOU FIND A HOME ELSEWHERE IN OUR CITY THAT IS BETTER ATTRIBUTED TO YOU.
I AM NOT SEEING ANYBODY ELSE WHO WISHES TO BE OKAY.
COMMISSIONER BOLTON. OH, YOU WERE NOT LATE.
I APPRECIATE THIS CHURCH FOR MOVING INTO THE CITY OF TAMARAC.
THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS THUS FAR.
AND JUST IN CLOSING, I THANK GOD THAT WE DO NOT WEIGH OUR FAITH ON HIM BY LUCK. WE TRUST GOD.
FOR SOMETHING GREATER THAN LUCK.
AND ON SUNDAY, WHEN YOU GO TO CHURCH.
RENOUNCE ANY WORD FROM ANYONE THAT SAYS THAT THEY DO NOT WISH YOU GOOD LUCK.
AND CAST OUT EVERY DEMON THAT TRIES TO GRAB YOU LIKE A PYTHON.
COMMISSIONER DANIEL ON THAT NOTE.
ALWAYS. ANYWAY I WON'T SPEAK LONG BECAUSE I THINK I'VE ALREADY SAID MY PIECE THE LAST TIME.
I'M HOPING THAT THE COMMISSION WILL AGREE THAT YOU BELONG THERE AND YOU SHOULD BE THERE.
WE JUST VOTED PATRIOT DAY FOR THE FIRST TIME.
I AGREED WITH IT EVEN THOUGH I HAD SOME RESERVATION.
THERE ARE OTHER CITIES THAT HAVE CHURCHES IN THEIR BUSINESS PARK.
THE. THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER JUST SAID THAT.
SO I'M I'M CONFUSED AS TO THE PROBLEM.
WE HAVE MADE PLENTY OF CHANGES AND WE WERE THE FIRST FOR MANY THINGS, BUT.
I WON'T, I WON'T SAY THE COMMENT THAT I'M THINKING, BUT YOU COULD FULLY IN THE END.
BUT AND YOU COULD FILL IN WHATEVER YOU WANT AFTER THE.
BUT. SO I WISH YOU ALL THE BEST.
BUT YOU HAVE YOU KNOW THAT YOU'LL ALWAYS HAVE MY VOTE.
VICE MAYOR. RIGHT. YES, COMMISSIONER.
THANK YOU. MOTION PASSES 4 TO 1.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
AND FOR THOSE OF US WHO ARE NOT AT THE SAME.
MADAM MAYOR. REALLY, REALLY QUICKLY, JUST JUST A POINT OF CLARIFICATION.
CITY MANAGER JUST TO SAY PUBLICLY IF YOU IF YOU WOULD, IF YOU WOULD JUST INSTITUTE POINT OF ORDER.
A MORATORIUM ON RELIGIOUS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.
GOOD NIGHT. GET HOME SAFELY.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.