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GOOD EVENING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, AND IT IS 7:07.
OUR APOLOGIES FOR BEING LATE, BUT WELCOME TO OUR APRIL 10TH MEETING.
CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS.
GOOD EVENING. COMMISSIONER BOLTON.
GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. COMMISSIONER DANIEL.
EXCELLENT. IF EVERYONE WOULD PLEASE STAND.
COMMISSIONER DOCTOR DANIEL WILL LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
[2.CITY MANAGER REPORT]
STANDING. YOU'RE ALL WELCOME.WE'VE GOT PLENTY OF SEATS TO SIT AND BE COMFORTABLE.
AND WE'RE GOING TO START OUR STATE OF THE CITY ADDRESS.
COULD YOU MAKE THE SUN GO DOWN? THAT'S NOT WRITTEN IN THE POWERS OF THIS CHART.
I WISH IT WAS. TWO SEATS OVER THERE? POSSIBLY. IF YOU WANT.
YEAH. WHEREVER YOU'D LIKE TO BE COMFORTABLE.
THE POSSIBILITIES WERE AS ENDLESS AS THEY COULD BE.
THEIR ACTIONS AND VISION WOULD CREATE THE TAMARAC WE CALL HOME.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT THEY ALL HAD IN COMMON BESIDES LIVING IN TAMARAC? THEY TOOK CHANCES.
THEY BELIEVED THAT THEIR PURPOSE WAS TO BUILD AND GROW A VIBRANT CITY AND TOOK A CHANCE.
IN 1970, THE CITY OF TAMARAC WAS HOME TO 5193 RESIDENTS.
IN 1990, THE CITY WAS HOME TO 44,822 RESIDENTS, WITH AN AVERAGE AGE OF 63.
IN 2010, THE CITY WAS HOME TO 60,427 RESIDENTS WITH AN AVERAGE AGE OF 43.
TODAY IN 2024, THE CITY OF TAMARAC IS HOME TO AN ESTIMATED 72,000 RESIDENTS, WITH AN AVERAGE AGE SLIGHTLY UP TO 47, A HOUSING STOCK OF 34,663 UNITS, AND OVER 2000 BUSINESSES WITHIN APPROXIMATELY 12MI².
WE HAVE 13 BEAUTIFUL PARKS WITH OUR 14TH PARK, SABAL PALM PARK, BREAKING GROUND THIS YEAR.
I HOPE YOU'VE HEARD FROM THE DATA I SHARED.
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FIRST IS THAT THE MEDIAN AGE IN TAMARAC HAS DECREASED SIGNIFICANTLY FROM 63 TO 47 IN THE LAST 40 YEARS.IN 1980, THE AVERAGE CITIZEN IN TAMARAC WAS OF RETIREMENT AGE, BUT TODAY THE AVERAGE CITIZEN IS KNEE DEEP IN THEIR CAREERS, RAISING CHILDREN AND BEING ACTIVE IN THEIR COMMUNITIES.
THAT'S A MAJOR GROWTH AND REPRESENTS A MASSIVE SHIFT IN THE RESIDENTS WANTS AND NEEDS.
MORE IMPORTANTLY, THE NUMBERS SHOW THIS IS WHERE PEOPLE WANT TO LIVE.
IT IS FURTHER SUPPORTED BY A RECENT NEXSTAR MEDIA ARTICLE FROM MARCH 19TH, 2024, SHOWING MONEY GEEK RANKING TAMARAC IN THIRD PLACE AS THE BEST PLACE TO LIVE IN A SMALL UP AND COMING CITY, SHOWING THE MOST PROMISING FINANCIAL GROWTH OUT OF 211 SMALL CITIES IN THE UNITED STATES.
I MUST SAY I AM VERY PROUD OF THAT RECOGNITION.
SO HOW CAN WE KEEP OUR RANKING? OR BETTER YET, HOW CAN WE MOVE UP INTO FIRST PLACE? SO WE'RE STILL A SMALL TOWN WITH COMMUNITY FEEL, BUT STILL HAVE THE PERKS OF LIVING IN A CITY LIKE ENVIRONMENT? TO ECHO SOCRATES, WE MUST PLAN OUR CITIES AND COMMUNITIES WITH GREAT WISDOM.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, COLLEAGUES, CITY TEAM, SENATOR OSGOOD, REPRESENTATIVES DUNKLEY, DALY, EDWARD MEJIA AND FANTASTIC TEAM FROM CONGRESSWOMAN PHYLLIS MCCORMACK'S OFFICE.
FORMER FIRST LADY MAYOR OF TAMARAC BETH BISCOE, WHO WAS ALSO HERE ON BEHALF OF COMMISSIONER EUGENE AS HER HIS DISTRICT DIRECTOR, AND MR. EUGENE, OR COMMISSIONER.
EUGENE IS UNABLE TO ATTEND, AND I KNOW HE SENDS HIS BEST.
WE HAVE COMMISSIONER MCKENZIE HERE.
MAYOR VERONICA EDWARD PHILLIPS AND COMMISSIONER SHARON TAYLOR FROM LAUDERDALE LAKES HERE.
AND IF I'M MISSING ANY OTHER DIGNITARIES, I DO APOLOGIZE.
BUT I THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
I THANK EVERYBODY FOR BEING HERE AND JOINING ME TONIGHT.
OUR CITY HAS BEEN WORKING ON ITS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND MULTI-MODAL TRANSPORTATION MASTER PLAN.
THE PURPOSE IS TO INTENTIONALLY PLAN FOR THE NEXT 20 YEARS.
STARTING LAST SUMMER, WE HOSTED A SERIES OF CITYWIDE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SESSIONS.
THESE SESSIONS INCLUDED GATHERING DATA FROM PUBLIC WORKSHOPS, OUR WEB BASED PLATFORMS, AND MAILED IN RESPONSES TO HEAR YOUR THOUGHTS ON HOW YOU SEE TAMARAC CURRENT CONDITIONS AND STRENGTHS AND NEEDS, AND ALSO YOUR DESIRES FOR THE CITY IN THE NEXT 15 TO 20 YEARS.
YOU WANT MORE RESTAURANTS, UPGRADES TO OUR SHOPPING PLAZAS, MAINTAINING OUR SUBURBAN FEEL WHILE URBANIZING, PRESERVING OUR PARKS AND RECREATION, PROVIDING EXCELLENT QUALITY OF LIFE.
VARIOUS MODES OF TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE.
NOW, I MUST ADMIT, I STRUGGLED OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS TO WRITE THIS SCRIPT.
WHY, YOU MAY ASK? AFTER ALL, WE HAVE A GREAT CITY, OUTSTANDING EMPLOYEES, FANTASTIC RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES.
SO WHY WAS WRITING THIS YEAR'S STATE OF THE CITY PROVEN TO BE SO COMPLICATED FOR ME? BECAUSE, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE CITY OF TAMARAC IS AT A CROSSROADS.
AS OUR CITY ENTERS ITS SEVENTH DECADE, THE TIME HAS COME FOR US TO TAKE SOME CHANCES.
CHANCES THAT WILL SHAPE TAMARAC'S FUTURE FOR MANY GENERATIONS TO COME.
WE MUST SEIZE THIS MOMENT TO REIMAGINE WHAT OUR CITY CAN BE, AND TAKE BOLD STEPS TO REALIZE OUR VISION A VISION THAT HOLDS THE PROMISE OF PROSPERITY, VIBRANCY, AND PROGRESS FOR OUR BELOVED CITY AND RESIDENTS.
WE MUST OVERCOME THAT OF WHAT WE DON'T KNOW.
WE MUST TAKE CHANCES IN OUR CITY, AS OUR CITY'S FOUNDERS ONCE DID.
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CONSIDER THIS.WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF SPYGLASS BUILT IN 1973.
TUSCAN VILLAS BUILT IN 2008 CHELSEA PLACE, BUILT IN 2015.
PLUM BAY, PLUM HARBOR, HIDDEN HARBOR, KINGS POINT, LEGACY APARTMENTS, CENTRAL PARK, MANOR PARK, HIDDEN TRAILS SPORTS COMPLEX, WATER'S EDGE PARK, EXTRA SPACE STORAGE, AMAZON, SUNNY'S CAR WASH AND OTHERS HAD NOT BEEN BUILT OR ANNEXED DUE TO FEAR OR LACK OF VISION FROM OUR CITY.
AS WE CAN SEE, THESE PROJECTS WERE A SUCCESS AND HAVE BEEN A FANTASTIC ADDITION TO OUR CITY.
THERE WAS CONCERN WHEN THE CITY PROPOSED PURCHASING COLONY WEST GOLF CLUB, KNOCKING DOWN THE OLD CLUBHOUSE, RELOCATING THE CAR BARN, AND SELLING PART OF THE HOTEL TO A PART OF THE PROPERTY TO A HOTEL.
DID IT CAUSE CONCERN? ABSOLUTELY. IN FACT, I'D SAY THERE WAS MORE THAN CONCERN.
AT SOME TIMES THERE WAS OUTRAGE, PESSIMISM, AND OTHER SIMILAR FEELINGS.
BUT LOOK AT WHAT TAKING A CHANCE TO REINVEST IN OUR CITY LED TO THE SUCCESSFUL OPENING OF FAIRFIELD BY MARRIOT, ALONG WITH THE VIEW AT COLONY WEST, A BEAUTIFUL NEW CLUBHOUSE WHERE YOU CAN HAVE SPECIAL EVENTS, MEETINGS AND DELICIOUS DINING.
AND WE CAN'T FORGET ITS 218 HOLE GOLF COURSES CHAMPIONSHIP AND EXECUTIVE AKA GLADES.
WE ARE PROUD TO SHARE THAT THE CHAMPIONSHIP COURSE IS SPORTING NEW TEE BOXES AND FIXED UP BUNKERS.
WE WANT TO HEAR IF THERE'S A WAY TO REVITALIZE THAT COURSE INTO SOME OTHER GOLF RELATED PLAY.
AND IF YOU HAVEN'T HEARD, THE CITY HAS PLACED RESTRICTIVE COVENANT ON THE 232.2 ACRES OF COLONY WEST PROPERTY SO THAT THERE SHOULD BE NO FEAR THAT THIS COMMISSION WILL BUILD ANY RESIDENTIAL HOMES ON THAT LAND.
LAND THAT TOUCHES APPROXIMATELY 28 COMMUNITIES IN THE CITY OF TAMARAC.
WHERE PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED. WHEN THE CITY PROPOSED A THREE STAGES OF TAMARAC VILLAGE.
ABSOLUTELY. BUT WITH STAGES ONE AND TWO ALREADY COMPLETE, I HOPE MUCH OF THE CONCERN HAS DISSIPATED.
WE ARE NOW POISED TO MOVE FORWARD ON THE THIRD AND FINAL PHASE OF TAMARAC VILLAGE.
TO ACCOMPLISH THIS, WE MUST FACE THE CHALLENGES BEFORE US.
WE NEED TO EMBRACE OUR FEARS AND TRUST OUR VISION.
I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW OFTEN PEOPLE STOP ME AND SAY, MAYOR, WE NEED MORE RESTAURANTS.
WE NEED HOUSING TO BE MORE AFFORDABLE.
WE NEED TO CLEAN UP THESE PLAZAS, AND WE NEED TO MAKE THEM LOOK BETTER.
AND MY RESPONSE IS ALMOST ALWAYS, YES, WE DO.
HOW DO YOU PROPOSE WE, YOUR CITY GOVERNMENT, DO IT? WE DON'T OWN THE PLAZAS.
WE DON'T CONTROL PRICES OF PRIVATE PROPERTY SERVICES AND PROGRAMS COST MONEY.
WHAT DO WE DO? WHERE DO WE EVEN BEGIN? THE FIRST THING WE NEED TO DO IS OPEN OUR MINDS AND LISTEN.
WE NEED TO ALLOW POTENTIAL PROJECTS A CHANCE TO BE HEARD WITHOUT KILLING THE SPIRIT OF PLANNING.
THAT IS THE SPIRIT OF EQUITABLE AND INTELLIGENT PLANNING.
THERE'S A QUOTE FROM STEVEN SPIELBERG THAT SAYS, ALL GOOD IDEAS START OUT AS BAD IDEAS.
ANOTHER THING WE NEED TO DO IS STOP LETTING POLITICS INTERFERE WITH EFFECTIVE LOCAL GOVERNING.
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RUNNING A CITY IS A NONPARTISAN MISSION.WE NEED TO START SEEING THE BIGGER PICTURE AND REALIZE THAT OUR ACTIONS IMPACT FUTURE GENERATIONS.
PLEASE, LET'S PUT THE COMMUNITY FIRST AND LET'S DO RIGHT BY OUR RESIDENTS AND FUTURE RESIDENTS.
START THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX.
LET'S FACE IT, TAMARAC IS LIMITED IN SPACE.
IF WE CAN'T BUILD OUTWARDLY, THEN WE NEED TO GO UPWARD.
AS KIDS, WE WERE TAUGHT THAT THE SKY IS THE LIMIT AND WE MUST REACH FOR THE STARS.
WELL, WE COULD DO THE SAME FOR OUR CITY.
AND BEFORE YOU GET TOO EXCITED, I AM NOT SAYING WE NEED TO BUILD SKYSCRAPERS IN TAMARAC.
CURRENTLY, THE CITY IS WORKING WITH 415 EMPLOYEES, WHICH IS ABOUT NEARLY THE SAME NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES WE HAD 12 YEARS AGO, WHEN WE HAD ABOUT 12,000 FEWER RESIDENTS IN THE CITY OF TAMARAC.
WE HEAR YOUR REQUEST FOR MORE, BUT MORE REQUIRES COMPROMISE IN RETURN.
IT TAKES MONEY TO RUN AN EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT, VIBRANT CITY.
WE ALL NEED TO BE ABLE TO PAY FOR THE THINGS WE NEED AND STILL KEEP OUR TAXES LOW.
AS A GENTLE REMINDER, EVEN WITH TAMARAC'S CURRENT MILLAGE RATE, OUR CITY HAS THE SIXTH LOWEST TAXABLE VALUE FOR SINGLE FAMILY HOMES AMONG 31 CITIES IN BROWARD.
SO IF WE DON'T WANT TO INCREASE THE TAX MILLAGE RATE, WE NEED TO INCREASE DENSITY.
WHY? BECAUSE MORE TAXPAYERS MEAN LESSER BURDEN TAX BURDEN ON ALL OF US.
IF GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPLIT THE BILL AT A VERY FANCY RESTAURANT WITH TEN PEOPLE.
WHAT WOULD YOU DO? THE SAME IS TRUE FOR TAMARAC TO CARRY OUT THE VISION AND TO GET ALL THE THINGS YOU WANT FOR OUR CITY, WE NEED MULTIFAMILY HOUSING.
WHETHER IT'S FOR SALE OR FOR RENT.
MORE DENSITY WILL MAKE OUR VISION AFFORDABLE AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, ACHIEVABLE.
NOW BEFORE ANYONE SAYS GEEZ, SOUNDS LIKE THE CITY JUST WANTS TO MAKE SOME MORE MONEY.
LET ME BE CLEAR THE CITY IS A NON PROFIT BUSINESS.
YES, IT'S GOVERNMENT, BUT IT IS A BUSINESS.
BUT IT IS NOT SEEKING A PROFIT.
THIS BUSINESS NEEDS MONEY TO KEEP OUR CITY CLEAN AND LANDSCAPED, TO PURCHASE PRODUCTS FOR OUR CITY'S OPERATIONS, AND TO PROTECT US THROUGH BSO AND TAMARAC FIRE RESCUE, JUST TO NAME A FEW.
ANY MONEY COLLECTED IS REINVESTED INTO YOU.
OUR HOMEOWNERS AND OUR BUSINESSES ARE TAMARAC COMMUNITY.
HERE'S WHAT ADDITIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING WOULD DO FOR OUR CITY.
ONE, IT WOULD ALLOW TAMARAC TO REMAIN AFFORDABLE.
TWO, IT WOULD GENERATE MORE TAX REVENUE.
THREE IT WOULD ADD MORE PEOPLE TO TOWN.
PEOPLE WHO WOULD SPEND MONEY AT RESTAURANTS AND RETAIL CENTERS.
ROOFTOPS TO RETELLS, AS YOU MAY HAVE HEARD US STATE, IN ORDER TO ATTRACT THE BUSINESSES YOU WANT, THEY'LL NEED CLIENTELE, OTHERWISE NEW BUSINESSES WON'T PROSPER. PEOPLE ARE THE KEY TO TAMARAC'S ECONOMIC FUTURE, AND THE ONLY WAY TO BRING AROUND THE DESIRED RETAIL AND DINING.
OUR RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS CONTINUE TO GROW WITH THE COMPLETION OF EDEN WEST APARTMENTS ON MCNAB ROAD AND PINE ISLAND ROAD, AS WELL AS LEGACY APARTMENTS ON ROCK ISLAND ROAD AND BAILEY ROAD. TO OUR RESIDENTS, THE NEW ONES IN THESE APARTMENTS AND EVERYWHERE IN THE CITY OF TAMARAC, WE WELCOME YOU.
WE ARE GLAD THAT YOU DECIDED TO CALL TAMARAC HOME.
WHILE HCA WOODMONT HOSPITAL IS A PRIVATE HOSPITAL, THE CITY IS PROUD THEY'RE CALLING TAMARAC HOME.
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OVER THE PAST YEAR, THE HOSPITAL UPDATED ITS ICU, ADDED ANOTHER O.R.ROOM, COMPLETELY RENOVATED THE CAFETERIA, AND ALREADY BROKE TWO RECORDS WHILE IN TAMARAC, AN E.R.
VOLUME OF OVER 40,000 VISITS AND OVER 3100 CASES IN ITS O.R..
HCA ALSO HOLDS THE CURRENT RECORD AS THE CITY'S LARGEST EMPLOYER WITH 894 EMPLOYEES.
THEY ALSO RANK AMONG THE CITY'S TOP TAXPAYERS CAN.
CONTRIBUTING TO OVER $1 MILLION IN PROPERTY TAXES.
AND JUST THIS PAST MONTH, THE HOSPITAL INSTALLED A FANTASTIC NEW MONUMENT SIGN.
THIS YEAR, HCA IS CELEBRATING ITS 50TH ANNIVERSARY.
WE WILL SEE OVER $25 MILLION BEING INVESTED INTO THE CAMPUS, INCLUDING A NEW MAIN ENTRANCE LOBBY, PUBLIC CORRIDOR RENOVATIONS AND A NEW CATH LAB THAT IS SCHEDULED TO OPEN IN 2025.
THIS SUMMER, OUR CITY WILL ALSO WELCOME A NEW WELLNESS BUSINESS, PARKSIDE TAMARAC, A BRAND NEW 96 BED MEMORY CARE COMMUNITY INTENTIONALLY DESIGNED WITH FOUR NEIGHBORHOODS.
THIS COMMUNITY IS REDEFINING DEMENTIA CARE WITH DIGNITY.
AT PARKSIDE, TAMARAC EXPECT NOTHING LESS THAN WARM, NURTURING ENVIRONMENT WHERE RESIDENTS ARE CHERISHED IN THEIR UNIQUE NEEDS, ARE MET WITH COMPASSION, COMPASSION AND UNDERSTANDING. THIS SUMMER.
THE OLD BANK ATLANTIC BANK BUILDING, ON THE CORNER OF COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD AND NORTH UNIVERSITY DRIVE, WILL BE DEMOLISHED IN LATE MAY OR EARLY JUNE, AND IT IS EXPECTED TO BRING OUR MUCH ANTICIPATED RAISING CANE'S.
OUR NEW BUSINESS PARK CONTINUES TO ATTRACT NEW AND SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT WITH THE OPENING OF DIFFUSION PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY, WHO JUST ACQUIRED MORE THAN 165,000FT² OF MANUFACTURING SPACE IN TAMARAC.
DIFFUSION IS A US BASED GLOBAL PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY WITH A PRIMARY FOCUS ON DEVELOPING AND MANUFACTURING SPECIALTY THAT WILL HELP INCREASE ACCESSIBILITY TO HIGH QUALITY MEDICATION.
I AM PROUD TO SUPPORT THIS TYPE OF INNOVATION LOCATED RIGHT HERE IN OUR CITY.
FOR ME, THE CLUBHOUSE SPENT SPELLS.
THE CLUBHOUSE HELD SPECIAL MEMORIES.
IT WAS WHERE MY GRANDPARENTS HAD THEIR WEDDING.
I SPENT LOTS OF QUALITY TIME WITH MY FAMILY.
IT WAS WHERE I HAD FUN DURING SCHOOL BREAKS.
NOW. THE LAST CLUBHOUSE ON THE HILL IS GONE.
SHE WILL BE REPLACED WITH A NEW CLUBHOUSE AND A CAMPUS, WHICH WILL INCLUDE AMENITIES SUCH AS TENNIS COURTS, PADDLEBALL COURTS, A PLAYGROUND, FITNESS CENTER, SWIMMING POOL AND A CAFE. THE WOODLANDS PROJECT WILL BOAST A MAXIMUM OF 335 SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.
UPGRADES TO EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE ALONG THE 270 ACRE GOLF COURSE THAT WILL NOW HAVE 160 OF THOSE ACRES PROTECTED AS GREEN SPACE. IT WILL ALSO INCLUDE A SIX MILE WALKING TRAIL FOR PEOPLE AND THEIR PETS.
IT WILL ALSO BRING MUCH NEEDED ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS ALONG COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD AT NORTHWEST 64TH AVENUE, WOODLANDS BOULEVARD, ROCK ISLAND ROAD IN THE FORM OF ADDITIONAL DEDICATED STREETLIGHTS, TRAFFIC AND TURNING LANES, AND IMPROVED TIMING OF LIGHTS.
MORE ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS ARE ALSO IN THE WORKS.
AS YOU KNOW, ANOTHER REASON TAMARAC IS A GREAT LOCATION IS ITS EASY ACCESS OFF OF I-5 95, THE TURNPIKE, STATE ROAD SEVEN, ROUTE 441 AND FIVE I 95.
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THESE TWO NEW INTERCHANGES WOULD BE FANTASTIC FOR OUR CITY.IT WOULD REMOVE APPROXIMATELY 15,000 CARS FROM THE INTERCHANGE AT THE TURNPIKE AND COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD, THEREBY REDUCING CONGESTION AT 441 IN ROCK ISLAND ROAD AND IDEALLY, FEWER CRASHES.
I REMEMBER WHEN I FIRST JOINED THE COMMISSION PLAN WAS FOR ONLY ONE INTERCHANGE, EITHER AT OAKLAND PARK BOULEVARD OR AT CYPRESS CREEK AND MCNABB, BECAUSE THEY NEEDED A LOT OF LAND FOR THOSE TOLLBOOTHS.
MEANWHILE, WHILE I MISS THE PERSONAL TOUCH OF THE TOLL COLLECTOR, TECHNOLOGY WILL ALLOW US TO HAVE BOTH LOCATIONS, WHICH WILL ALSO BENEFIT OUR SISTER CITIES TO THE NORTH AND TO THE SOUTH OF US.
AND SPEAKING OF OUR SISTER CITIES, I'M SURE YOU'VE ALL NOTICED THEIR PROGRESS.
THEY ARE BEAUTIFYING THEIR CITIES WITH AND BRINGING IN NEW RESIDENTS AND NEW BUSINESSES.
CORAL SPRINGS, MARGATE, LAUDERHILL, LAUDERDALE LAKES, OAKLAND PARK, SUNRISE, JUST TO NAME A FEW.
THEY'RE WORKING WITH PLAZA OWNERS TO FIX UP THEIR PARCELS AND REDEVELOP THEM INTO TRUE MIXED USE LOCATIONS WHERE RESIDENTS AND RETAIL CAN THRIVE TOGETHER, AND THEIR EFFORTS SHOW. WE'VE HEARD THE COMPLAINTS THAT SOME OF OUR PLAZAS NEED AN OVERHAUL.
YOU SAID WE SHOULD GIVE THEM GRANT MONEY TO HELP THEM.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE TRUTH IS, WE'VE BEEN TRYING THAT FOR YEARS.
ONLY A FEW HAVE BEEN ABLE TO OR HAVE WANTED TO TAKE THE CITY UP ON THAT OFFER.
HOWEVER, WE MUST REMEMBER THAT EVEN IF PLAZAS OWNERS CAN GET SOME OF THE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO IMPROVE THE PLAZAS APPEARANCE, IF POTENTIAL BUSINESSES FEEL THAT THEY CAN'T BRING IN ENOUGH CUSTOMERS TO SUPPORT THEIR BUSINESS, THEY WON'T MOVE INTO THE PLAZA.
THAT MEANS THE PLAZA CAN REMAIN EMPTY EVEN AFTER THE IMPROVEMENTS ARE COMPLETED.
SO THE PROBLEM WITH OUR PLAZAS EXTENDS WELL BEYOND THE FACELIFT.
THE KEY TO THRIVING PLAZAS IS MORE COMPLEX.
MAINTAIN OUR WONDERFUL EVENTS WITHOUT CHARGING FOR THEM.
THEN WE NEED TO ADJUST OUR WAY OF THINKING ABOUT REDEVELOPMENT.
REDEVELOPMENT IS NOT A DIRTY WORD.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS A MARATHON, NOT A SPRINT.
FROM 2015 THROUGH 2018, THE CITY WORKED THROUGH WITH EXPERTS IN LAND USE PLANNING, THE COMMERCIAL INDUSTRY AND RESIDENTS TO REWRITE OUR LAND USE CODE SO THAT TAMARAC WOULD BE OPEN FOR SMART REDEVELOPMENT OF OUR BUILT OUT CITY.
WE KNOW THIS IS A SLOW PROCESS.
PLEASE UNDERSTAND THAT IT NEEDS TO BE THIS WAY.
WE NEED TO BE MINDFUL ABOUT ADDING NEW DEVELOPMENT ALONG OUR MAIN ROADWAYS.
WE DON'T WANT MAJOR COMMERCIAL REDEVELOPMENT IN THE MIDDLE OF RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES, YET WE HAVE LARGE, UNDERUTILIZED PLAZAS ALONG OUR MAJOR THOROUGHFARES SUCH AS UNIVERSITY DRIVE, COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD, MCNABB ROAD, PINE ISLAND 441, AND PROSPECT ROAD.
AND YOU'RE RIGHT, SOMETIMES THEY ARE.
HOWEVER, AS YOU MAY HAVE REALIZED, TRAVELING PEOPLE TRAVELING ON THESE ROADS PASSED THROUGH OUR CITY TO GET TO RESIDENTS, THEIR RESIDENTS, RESTAURANTS, BUSINESSES IN OUR SISTER CITY.
AND IF WE'RE GOING TO GET TRAFFIC DUE TO OTHER CITIES EXPANSION EFFORTS, THEN WHY DON'T WE ALSO EXPAND TO GET SOME OF THE BENEFITS IN RETURN? FOR EXAMPLE, THE DEVELOPER OF THE WOODLANDS PROJECT IS PAYING FOR THE MODERNIZATION OF COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD FROM NORTHWEST 64TH AVENUE THROUGH ROCK ISLAND ROAD.
ONE WAY FOR US TO LEAD BY EXAMPLE IS BY DRIVING INVESTMENT INTO THE LAND THE CITY ALREADY OWNS.
WE HAVE ENORMOUS UNTAPPED POTENTIAL IN THIS 15 ACRE SITE THAT WE'RE SITTING ON RIGHT NOW.
AS WELL AS THE 27 ACRES OF CITY OWNED LAND AT NOB HILL AT THE COMMERCE PARK.
BOTH SITES ARE UNDERUTILIZED AND HAVE OBSOLETE BUILDINGS.
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WE ARE PRESENTLY WORKING ON THE FEASIBILITY STUDY TO DETERMINE THE COST AND A BETTER WAY TO DELIVER IMPROVED PUBLIC SERVICES AND PUBLIC AMENITIES.BOTH ARE IDEALLY SUITED FOR REDEVELOPMENT THROUGH PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS TO BRING ABOUT FUTURE RESIDENTS, RETAIL, MIXED USE AND BEAUTIFULLY DESIGNED PUBLIC GATHERING SPACES THAT ARE CONTEMPORARY AND STYLISH.
THESE LARGE SCALE INVESTMENT PROJECTS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE PRIVATE SECTOR, HOLD GREAT POTENTIAL FOR OUR CITY AND CAN SERVE AS ECONOMIC ANCHORS OR CATALYSTS TO ATTRACT FUTURE PRIVATE INVESTMENTS TO OUR PRIVATE PLAZAS.
THIS MEANS THAT BY CULTIVATING DENSITY IN THE RIGHT PLACES, SUCH AS DESIGNATED ALONG OUR COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR, WILL ATTRACT NOT ONLY RESIDENTS AND MULTIFAMILY PROJECTS, BUT ALSO BUSINESSES AND BRAND NEW MODERN COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS, CREATING A ROBUST ECOSYSTEM OF INNOVATION AND CREATIVITY RIGHT HERE IN TAMARAC.
THE VISION FOR TAMARAC EXTENDS BEYOND MERE ECONOMIC PROSPERITY.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN ONCE SAID, THE BEST WAY TO PREDICT YOUR FUTURE IS TO CREATE IT.
SO IF WE WANT TAMARAC TO REMAIN VIBRANT AND PROSPEROUS CITY THAT IT IS, WE MUST CREATE IT NOW.
TO ACCOMPLISH THIS, WE NEED TO FOCUS ON SEVERAL KEY ECONOMIC ELEMENTS.
KEY ELEMENTS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
NEW HOUSING, TRANSPORTATION, ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY, AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
WE HAVE A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO SHAPE THE FUTURE OF TAMARAC AS WE FINALIZE THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, BUT IT WILL REQUIRE YOUR COURAGE, VISION AND LEADERSHIP AND COLLABORATION. BY WORKING TOGETHER, WE CAN ENSURE THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OR, AS I LIKE TO CALL IT, THE BLUEPRINT REFLECTS OUR VALUES, ASPIRATIONS AND VISION ALL THE WAY TO 2045 AND A TAMARAC THAT IS PROSPEROUS, DYNAMIC, INCLUSIVE AND RESILIENT.
OF COURSE, CONCERNS MAY ARISE ALONG THE WAY.
CHANGE IS NEVER EASY AND GROWTH CAN OFTEN BRING ABOUT FEAR.
BUT THE ALTERNATIVE TO REMAIN STAGNANT AND COMPLACENT SIMPLY IS NOT ACCEPTABLE.
REST ASSURED, OUR APPROACH WILL REMAIN MEASURED AND OUR VISION WILL BE DELIBERATE.
THESE CHANGES WILL REQUIRE YOUR PATIENCE.
CONSTRUCTION CAN BE DIRTY, MESSY, AND VERY INCONVENIENT.
PLEASE REMEMBER, IT'S ONLY FOR A VERY SHORT RELATIVE PERIOD OF TIME.
WHEN THE CONSTRUCTION IS OVER, YOU'RE LEFT WITH BEAUTIFUL PROJECTS LIKE TAMARAC VILLAGE, THE VIEW AT COLONY WEST, FAIRFIELD BY MARRIOT, LEGACY APARTMENTS, BOLERO AND CULVERS, NOT TO MENTION NEW NEIGHBORS AND GREAT NEW PLACES TO ENJOY WITH FRIENDS AND FAMILY.
MANY OF YOU HAVE HEARD ME SAY THIS BEFORE.
I STARTED COMING TO TAMARAC TO VISIT MY GRANDPARENTS AROUND 1978.
WHEN I OFFICIALLY MOVED HERE THE 4TH OF JULY IN 1994, I WAS ONLY GOING TO BE HERE FOR A YEAR BECAUSE TAMARAC WAS MORE SUITED FOR MY GRANDPARENTS BACK IN THE DAY. WELL, THIS JULY 4TH WILL MARK MY 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF LIVING IN THE CITY OF TAMARAC.
MY GRANDPARENTS TAMARAC WAS GREAT FOR THEIR TIME, BUT IT'S NOT THEIR TAMARAC ANYMORE.
TAMARAC HAS CHANGED THANKS TO THE COURAGE OF CITY COMMISSIONS, CITY STAFF, RESIDENTS PAST AND PRESENT WHO HAVE WORKED HARD TO ACHIEVE THIS NEW VISION, THIS NEW TAMARAC.
AS A COMMISSION, WE HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO THE PEOPLE OF TAMARAC TO WORK WITH OUR DEDICATED, HIGHLY TRAINED AND KNOWLEDGEABLE STAFF TO CARRY OUT THE NECESSARY CHANGES WE NEED TO CREATE A CITY THAT IS PRESENT AND FOR OUR FUTURE RESIDENTS WILL BE PROUD OF.
AS SOCRATES SAID, IT WILL TAKE GREAT WISDOM, BUT I KNOW WE WILL ACHIEVE IT.
THANK YOU, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
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LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I THANK YOU VERY MUCH.AND I REALLY DO THINK WE ARE A FANTASTIC CITY.
BE THE GREAT CITY WE ARE. SO WE THANK YOU.
SO. ON THAT NOTE, WE HAVE A LITTLE CHANGE ON SOME PARTS OF THE AGENDA.
WE HAVE REPRESENTATIVE LISA DUNKLEY WHO WILL COME SPEAK FIRST.
THEN WE HAVE REPRESENTATIVE DAN DALY WHO WILL SPEAK.
I KNOW THAT OUR SENATOR OSGOOD IS HERE.
I DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU WANTED TO SAY A FEW WORDS.
IF YOU. OKAY, SO AFTER REPRESENTATIVE DALY, IF YOU DON'T MIND, YOU'LL PLEASE COME UP.
SO, REPRESENTATIVE DUNKLEY, THE FLOOR IS YOURS.
THANK YOU TO MAYOR AND THE COMMISSION FOR ALLOWING ME THIS OPPORTUNITY.
THIS IS MY FIRST TIME SINCE TAKING OFFICE THAT I'VE BEEN ABLE TO BE PHYSICALLY HERE.
LAST YEAR WE WERE SOMEWHERE ELSE IN TALLAHASSEE.
I THINK IT WAS WHEN WE HAD OUR UPDATE.
AND I WANT TO RECOGNIZE SENATOR OSGOOD, MY COLLEAGUE DAN DAILEY, AS WELL AS COMMISSIONER MCKENZIE.
I WANT TO RECOGNIZE YOU AND ALL THE RESIDENTS OF THIS BEAUTIFUL CITY OF TAMARAC.
IT IS MY PLEASURE TO HAVE SERVED YOU DURING THESE LAST TWO LEGISLATIVE SESSIONS.
AND I WANTED TO GIVE YOU MY QUICK UPDATE FROM THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION.
BUT BEFORE I DO SO, I WANT TO SAY TO YOU, IT IS AMAZING WHAT I SEE THAT IS GOING ON IN TAMARAC.
EVERY TIME I USUALLY DRIVE, I WOULD HAVE SEEN THE THE DIFFERENT UPDATES AND UPGRADES THAT WERE HAPPENING HERE IN THE CITY, AND EVERY TIME A NEW BUILDING WOULD GO UP, ONE OF MY FRIENDS, SHE WOULD BE LIKE, DID YOU SEE THAT NEW BUILDING? I'M LIKE, YEAH, WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO OUTGROW US AROUND HERE? BUT I'M SO GRATEFUL THAT YOU HAVE THE VISION.
YOUR, THE COMMISSION AND THE STAFF HERE AT THE CITY HAS THE VISION TO NOT ONLY UNDERSTAND WHAT WE NEED IN THIS TIME, BUT TO GROW BEYOND.
SO I AM LISA DUNKLEY REPRESENTING DISTRICT 97.
THE CITIES THAT I COVER IS PARTS OF FORT LAUDERDALE, NORTH LAUDERDALE, YOU'RE HERE, TAMARAC PLANTATION, SUNRISE, LAUDERDALE LAKES AND LAUDERHILL.
WHILE I SERVED IN THE LEGISLATURE OVER THE LAST TWO SESSIONS, I SERVED ON THE FOLLOWING COMMITTEES HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE, CHOICE AND INNOVATION SUBCOMMITTEE, LOCAL ADMINISTRATION, FEDERAL AFFAIRS, AND SPECIAL DISTRICT SUBCOMMITTEE THAT I SERVE WITH MY COLLEAGUE DAN DALY, AS WELL AS POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE SUBCOMMITTEE, PRE-K APPROPRIATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE.
WATER QUALITY, SUPPLY, AND TREATMENT SUBCOMMITTEE.
THOSE ARE THE COMMITTEES THAT I SERVED.
THE CITY THAT I REPRESENT ALL ASKED ME TO BRING DIFFERENT APPROPRIATION PROJECTS, MEANING PROJECTS THAT WOULD AFFECT YOUR QUALITY OF LIFE IN YOUR CITIES.
HERE IN TAMARAC, I WAS ASKED TO CARRY THE 94TH AVENUE TRAFFIC AND PEDESTRIAN SAFETY IMPROVEMENT TO THE TUNE OF $716,533, AND THAT PROJECT IS ACTUALLY AT 94TH BY MILLENNIUM MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND IS TO IMPROVE THE WAY THE CHILDREN ARE CROSSING AND THE PARENTS TO IMPROVE SAFETY OVERALL IN THAT PROCESS.
AND SO THAT WAS ONE OF THE PROJECTS THAT I WAS ASKED TO CARRY.
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AND THROUGH THE WORK OF MYSELF AND MY SENATOR HERE, WE WERE ABLE TO GET IT IN THE BUDGET.AND ALSO ANOTHER PROJECT WHICH IS THE TAMARAC CANAL CULVERT GATE AND ALUMINUM HEADWALL IMPROVEMENT.
THIS IS FOR THE STORMWATER MANAGEMENT AREA, AND THAT WAS TO THE TUNE OF $451,081.
AND AGAIN, WITH THE WORK OF THE SENATOR AND MYSELF, WE WERE ABLE TO GET THAT IN THE BUDGET.
AND I KNOW SHE WOULD HAVE ACTUALLY SAID IT.
SO THAT PROCESS FOR US LOOKED LIKE WE ARE HAVING TO WORK ACROSS THE AISLES TO TALK TO OUR OTHER COLLEAGUES IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO GET THESE FUNDS IN THE BUDGET.
AND WE ARE WHEN WE GET DOWN TO THE WIRE OF IT, WE ARE LITERALLY ON A ONE HOUR NOTICE WHEN THESE APPROPRIATION COMMITTEES ARE MEETING FOR US TO ENSURE THAT THIS DOES NOT LEAVE OUT OF THE BUDGET, AND TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE PROJECTS THAT YOU THE CITY HAVE ASKED US TO CARRY.
SO I THINK, SENATOR, YOU LOST SOME SHOES.
I THINK I LOST I LOST FOUR PAIRS.
OH, SO, SENATOR, WE'RE IN FLATS.
SO YEAH, WE HAVE THAT'S KIND OF THE TASK OF HOW WE NAVIGATE TO BE ABLE TO GET OUR FUNDS INTO THE BUDGET, TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR CITIES ARE WHOLE BASED ON WHAT YOU ASK US TO DO, AND THAT WE'RE DOING THE JOB THAT YOU REALLY ASK US TO DO, AND A LOT OF THAT THE BUDGET. AND I THINK MY COLLEAGUE MAY SPEAK MORE TO IT.
SO THOSE ARE THE TWO PROJECTS THAT I CARRIED ON BEHALF OF THE CITIES.
AND THEN I ALSO WANT TO SHARE AGAIN, RELATIONSHIP IS EVERYTHING.
AND SO OUR BILLS THE HOUSE WE HAVE TO HAVE A SPONSORED SENATE.
AND THIS SESSION I WAS GRATEFUL WITH THE HARD WORK I WILL NOT I DO NOT WANT TO DIMINISH HOW MUCH WORK IT WAS ON THE BEHALF OF SENATOR OSGOOD TO BE ABLE TO HELP ME TO BE ABLE TO PASS A BILL THIS SESSION.
THE BILL IS CALLED A CAREER THEMED COURSE FOR MIDDLE SCHOOLERS.
AND SO THE SENATOR AND I PASSED THE BILL OF CAREER THEMED EDUCATION COURSES.
SO THAT WAS MY BILL THIS SESSION THAT WAS PASSED LAST SESSION.
THANK YOU. LAST SESSION, I WAS ABLE TO PASS THE PURPLE STAR CAMPUS BILL.
I AM A VETERAN IRAQ WAR VETERAN AND I WILL CARRY THE BILL.
THANK YOU AND SHOUT OUT TO THE VETERANS THAT ARE HERE THIS AFTERNOON.
I CARRIED A BILL FOR PURPLE STAR CAMPUSES, WHERE COLLEGE CAMPUSES CAN SELF-IDENTIFY, TO MAKE THE CAMPUS A PURPLE STAR, WHERE YOUR FAMILIES CAN REGISTER FOR THEIR COLLEGE COURSES, GRANDKIDS, CHILDREN, HUSBAND, SPOUSE.
ANY OF IT CAN REGISTER FOR COURSES AND GET PRIORITY AS YOU ARE REGISTERING.
AND SIMILARLY FOR THE VETERANS.
THE CLOSEST IS THE FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY, MY ALMA MATER.
I ALSO CO-SPONSORED A COUPLE BILLS THAT I THOUGHT WERE REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE SHOULD LOOK AT.
AND SO THERE IS A PROGRAM NOW THAT VETERANS, WHEN THEIR FAMILIES COME IN, THEIR SPOUSES, THEY CAN GET CERTIFICATION COURSES WITHOUT HAVING TO GO BACK AND RECERTIFY.
SO THEY WILL BE IMMEDIATELY WALK IN.
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SO THAT WAS ONE OF THE BILLS THAT I THAT I CO-SPONSORED.I ALSO WANT TO TALK ABOUT VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE KNOW IT'S BEEN A HOT BUTTON TOPIC ALL ACROSS THE STATE REGARDING INSURANCE AND JUST OR HOW WE'RE GOING TO NAVIGATE.
SO THIS SESSION, WE PASSED A BILL CALLED THE MY SAFE FLORIDA HOME CONDOMINIUM PILOT PROGRAM, WHICH OFFERS FUNDS OF 175,000 PER ASSOCIATION FOR MITIGATION PURPOSES, THAT IT HELPS TO HARDEN OR DIFFERENT CONDOMINIUMS AND ALLOW THEM TO REDUCE INSURANCE RATES THROUGH THESE FUNDS.
I KNOW IN ONE OF MY OTHER CITIES I WAS TOLD THEY HAVE BEGAN THE APPLICATION.
SO IF YOU HAVE NOT, I THINK THE WEBSITE IS ON DY0 DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY.
YOU CAN GO AND FIND THAT INFORMATION FOR THE MY SAFE FLORIDA HOME.
ANOTHER OF THE THE MY SAFE FLORIDA MY FAITH FLORIDA HOME PROGRAM ALSO HAS ANOTHER FOR OUR SINGLE FAMILY HOMES WHERE YOU CAN APPLY FOR MITIGATION GRANTS AS WELL.
AND THEY HAVE EXTENDED THROUGH THE BUDGET, HAVE EXTENDED MORE FUNDS TO BE ABLE FOR RESIDENTS TO APPLY FOR THESE FUNDS, TO BE ABLE TO HARDEN THEIR PROPERTIES SO THEY CAN REDUCE THEIR INSURANCE COST.
I ALSO WANTED TO SHARE IN THE BUDGET THAT I WAS GLAD TO SEE WAS IN OUR VP-K PROGRAM, THAT THERE WAS AN INCREASE FOR THE BASE ALLOCATION AMOUNT OF FUNDS FOR PARENTS WITH YOUNG CHILDREN, AND SINCE TAMPA, SINCE TAMARAC IS GOING YOUNGER, WHERE I KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO NEED YOUR FAMILIES ARE GOING TO NEED SOME OF THOSE FUNDS TO BE ABLE TO PUT IN THEIR VP-K WHERE CHILDREN CAN GO AT LONGER HOURS AND GET MORE THERE, MORE ALLOCATIONS AVAILABLE FOR THE VP-K PROGRAM.
SO THOSE ARE REALLY A LOT OF THE BILLS THAT I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT AND THE BUDGET.
I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUE SERVING YOU.
IF YOU ARE CLOSE BY AND YOU SO CHOOSE.
I'M DOING A FOOD DISTRIBUTION PROGRAM RIGHT AT THE CORNER OF PINE ISLAND AND 44TH STREET THAT YOU CAN COME ON OVER AND GET SOME FOOD IF YOU SO LIKE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME.
AGAIN TO I KNOW I SEE THE CITY MANAGER OVER HERE, AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU HAVE DONE TO HELP ME, TO MAKE SURE THAT I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOUR CITY NEEDS TO BE ABLE TO SERVE YOU WELL.
WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH, MAYOR.
AND IT IS AWESOME TO BE HERE TONIGHT.
FOURSCORE AND SEVEN YEARS AGO.
DID I DO IT RIGHT, MAYOR? THANK YOU SO MUCH. IT'S SO UNIQUE AND SUCH A COOL OPPORTUNITY TO BE WITH YOU ALL, ESPECIALLY FOR YOUR STATE OF THE CITY AND THE WORK THAT YOU DO AND THE COMMISSION DOES FOR THIS CITY, REALLY.
I KNOW A LOT OF TIMES IT IS A THANKLESS JOB.
YOU ALL DO, AND YOU CAN SEE IT.
SO LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IF WE HAVEN'T HAD THE GOOD FORTUNE TO MEET, MY NAME IS DAN DALEY, AND I HAVE THE PLEASURE TO BE ANOTHER ONE OF YOUR STATE REPRESENTATIVES HERE IN THE CITY OF TAMARAC. I REPRESENT DISTRICT 96.
THAT'S THE CITIES OF CORAL SPRINGS.
AND THEN A HUGE CHUNK OUT TO THE COUNTY LINE OF OUR FLORIDA EVERGLADES.
AND SO IT'S REALLY NICE TO BE HERE.
AND CANDIDLY, MAYOR, IT'S REALLY NICE TO NOT BE IN TALLAHASSEE.
AND BEFORE I DO THAT, AND I KNOW REPRESENTATIVE DUNKLEY HAD TO RUN, BUT IT IS AWESOME TO SERVE IN THE FLORIDA LEGISLATURE AND AS A MEMBER OF THE HOUSE DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS WITH REPRESENTATIVE DUNKLEY.
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AND SHE IS ALSO THE REASON OR ONE OF THE REASONS THAT I CAN'T EVER BUTTON MY JACKET DURING SESSION.I JUST COULDN'T BUTTON THE JACKET ON THE FLOOR.
SO IT'S REALLY GREAT TO WORK WITH REPRESENTATIVE DUNKLEY AND PARTICULARLY THE SENATOR.
SENATOR, AND I WOULD SAY THIS, WHETHER YOU'RE SITTING HERE OR NOT, YOU'RE A ROCK STAR.
AND IT IS AWESOME, PARTICULARLY DURING BUDGET TIME, TO WORK WITH SENATOR OSGOOD ON APPROPRIATIONS.
I HAD THE GOOD FORTUNE TO DO THAT AS WELL.
HEY, CAN YOU DO ME A FAVOR, SENATOR? CAN YOU GO TALK TO SOMEBODY? AND TWO SECONDS LATER. DONE.
AND NEXT THING YOU KNOW, THAT MONEY WAS IN THE BUDGET.
SO REALLY, YOU ARE TIRELESS FOR THIS COMMUNITY.
I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL YOU DO.
SO I WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU.
AND IT'S BEEN IT'S BEEN A LONG, LONG EVENING SO FAR.
SO I'LL BE BRIEF. I WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU A COUPLE OF MY POLICY OBJECTIVES FOR THIS YEAR.
I'M VERY FORTUNATE. I'VE BEEN AROUND THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS.
HE'S NOW A JUDGE. ARI ABRAHAM PERTH I SERVED AS HIS LEGISLATIVE AIDE WAY BACK IN THE DAY, ABOUT ABOUT ALMOST 13, 14, 14 YEARS AGO NOW AND HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH JULIE FISHMAN FORMER COMMISSIONER FISHMAN, AND WHO NOW GETS TO WORK WITH SENATOR.
AND I SAY IT ALL THE TIME, 99% OF THIS BUSINESS IS RELATIONSHIPS.
COMPROMISE SHOULDN'T BE A BAD WORD.
AND I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS I'VE BEEN VERY FORTUNATE.
THANK YOU SENATOR. THAT INCLUDES SIX BILLS FROM THIS LEGISLATIVE SESSION.
AND THE FIRST WAS HOUSE BILL 915 AND THAT RELATED TO OUTPATIENT HEALTH SERVICES.
AND ONE OF THE LESSONS THAT I LEARNED VERY QUICKLY IS THAT OUR MENTAL HEALTH CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM IN THIS STATE IS BROKEN, BAD AT ALL LEVELS, MISDEMEANOR LEVEL, FELONY LEVEL.
EVERYTHING NEEDS, NEEDS A REFRESH, NEEDS SOME WORK.
AND I'VE BEEN FORTUNATE TO WORK WITH A FRIEND AND A REPUBLICAN OUT OF THE PANHANDLE.
REPRESENTATIVE PAT MANEY, WHO'S A FORMER JUDGE.
FORMER GENERAL DOES INCREDIBLE WORK.
ARMY GENERAL. HE'S A PARATROOPER.
DON'T MESS WITH HIM. BUT HE DOES INCREDIBLE WORK IN THIS SPACE BECAUSE HE UNDERSTANDS IT.
AND IT TOOK ME ABOUT TWO MINUTES TO UNDERSTAND THAT OUR MENTAL HEALTH SYSTEM AT THE MISDEMEANOR LEVELS AND MISDEMEANOR PROSECUTORS, IS BROKEN WHEN SOMEONE COMMITS A MISDEMEANOR CRIME IN THIS STATE IF THEY ARE DEEMED INCOMPETENT TO PROCEED.
AFTER A YEAR, WE BASICALLY DISMISS THAT CASE, AND THAT INDIVIDUAL DOES NOT GET ANY SORT OF TREATMENT, DOES NOT ANY DOES NOT REMEDY ANY SORT OF RED FLAGS OR ANY ISSUES THAT ARE GOING ON. SO THAT INDIVIDUAL IS NOT GETTING THE TREATMENT THEY NEED.
RIGHT. AND THE COMMUNITY IS NOT GETTING ANYTHING FROM THE SITUATION EITHER.
SO THAT PERSON IS BEING SENT RIGHT BACK OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY AND GENERALLY RE-OFFEND.
SO IT BECOMES THAT REVOLVING DOOR.
SO I'M PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THAT THIS YEAR, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH REPRESENTATIVE MANEY, WE WERE ABLE TO PASS LANGUAGE THAT WILL ACTUALLY GIVE MISDEMEANOR COURTS AND COUNTY COURT JUDGES THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET THOSE INDIVIDUALS ACCESS TO THE HELP THAT THEY NEED TO STOP THAT REVOLVING DOOR AND FIX THAT PROBLEM.
AND I TOOK A WORKER'S I TOOK ONE WORKER'S COMP CLASS IN IN IN LAW SCHOOL.
AND CANDIDLY, UNTIL ABOUT SIX MONTHS AGO I DIDN'T REMEMBER A THING THAT I HAD LEARNED.
EMPLOYEES IN THIS STATE HAD MADE AN AGREEMENT.
RIGHT. ANYBODY BEEN IN THE WORKER'S COMPENSATION SYSTEM? IT'S NOT AN IDEAL SYSTEM BECAUSE IT DOESN'T ACTUALLY AFFORD THAT INDIVIDUAL, THE INJURED WORKER, THE ADEQUATE CARE, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO SPECIALISTS TO GET THE CARE THEY
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NEED TO GET HEALTHY AND TO GET BACK INTO THE WORKFORCE, WHICH IS ULTIMATELY THE GOAL OF WORKER'S COMPENSATION.SO WE WERE ABLE, FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 20 YEARS, THIS IS THE FIRST POLICY BILL ON THE ISSUE OF WORKER'S COMP TO PASS BOTH CHAMBERS, WITH THE HELP OF SENATOR BRADLEY FROM THE JACKSONVILLE AREA.
SO OUR SYSTEM CAN WORK AND OUR ECONOMY CAN CONTINUE TO FLOURISH.
AND THE LAST ONE THAT I'LL TOUCH ON.
AND THIS IS ACTUALLY WHAT'S CALLED A HOUSE MEMORIAL.
SO HOUSE MEMORIAL 1145 RELATED TO FLORIDA'S NATIONAL GUARD.
IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH FLORIDA'S NATIONAL GUARD, FLORIDA NATIONAL GUARD IS WOEFULLY UNDERFUNDED AND UNDERSTAFFED, AND WE'RE ACTUALLY CAPPED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ON THE NUMBER OF GUARDSMEN AND WOMEN WE CAN HAVE.
SO FOR A STATE, I'LL JUST PUT IT INTO PERSPECTIVE.
FOR A STATE OF ALMOST 23 MILLION PEOPLE, WE HAVE A FLORIDA NATIONAL GUARD CAPPED AT 12,000.
SO THESE FOLKS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE OUR CITIZEN SOLDIERS.
THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY WHO GIVE ONE WEEKEND A MONTH AND ONE WEEK A YEAR.
AND YET THEY ARE BEING CYCLED THROUGH AGAIN AND AGAIN BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE ADEQUATE NUMBER.
TO PUT IT IN PERSPECTIVE, THE STATE OF ALABAMA, NO OFFENSE TO ALABAMA.
IF YOU'RE FROM ALABAMA, THE STATE OF ALABAMA HAS 5 MILLION RESIDENTS.
SO THIS RESOLUTION PASSED AGAIN.
OR THIS HOUSE MEMORIAL PASSED AGAIN THIS YEAR, URGING CONGRESS TO REEVALUATE HOW IT'S DONE AND TO GIVE US THE STRENGTH THAT WE NEED IN ORDER TO ADDRESS ALL OF THE ISSUES AT THE STATE AND FEDERAL LEVEL. SO PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THAT THAT PASSED AS WELL.
I DID WANT TO GIVE ANOTHER SHOUT OUT TO THE SENATOR BECAUSE OUR FUNDING PROJECT, MAIER YOU TALKED ABOUT INCREASED SAFETY, INCREASED LAW ENFORCEMENT, AND VERY, VERY IMPORTANT IN PARTICULARLY IN THOSE 13 PARKS OR SOON TO BE 13 PARKS.
SO THE TAMARAC PARK SAFETY AND HEALTH ENHANCED 14TH SAFETY HEALTH ENHANCEMENTS PROJECT WAS FULLY FUNDED AND ASSUMING IT MAKES IT THROUGH THE GOVERNOR'S VETO, WHICH I FEEL CONFIDENT ABOUT, YOU'LL HAVE THAT FUNDING AS WELL, MAYOR.
SO LOOK FORWARD TO TO BEING AT THE RIBBON CUTTING.
AND THAT'S WHERE MY FRUSTRATION GROWS WITH THIS PROCESS.
AS AS SOMEBODY WHO GREW UP IN THIS PROCESS AND WHO LOVES THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS, WE SPEND SO MUCH TIME FIGHTING OVER THE PARTIZAN POLITICAL ISSUES THAT WE'RE NOT FOCUSING SOMETIMES ON THE KITCHEN TABLE ISSUES.
RIGHT? THAT THE ISSUES THAT YOU'LL GO HOME AT THE END OF THE NIGHT AND TALK ABOUT, HOW ARE WE GOING TO GET PROPERTY INSURANCE, HOW ARE WE GOING TO AFFORD IT? WE JUST GOT DROPPED.
RIGHT. HOW ARE WE GOING TO PUT FOOD ON THE TABLE? HOW ARE WE GOING TO GET ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE? SOMETIMES THOSE ISSUES GET OVERLOOKED.
AND THIS THIS SESSION CANDIDLY, WAS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THAT.
THE LEGISLATURE DID NOTHING ON PROPERTY INSURANCE THIS YEAR.
RIGHT. WE DIDN'T PASS A SINGLE THING.
WE HELD A SPECIAL SESSION TWO YEARS AGO.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT BILL ACTUALLY DID BECAUSE IT DIDN'T HAVE ANY SORT OF IMPACT.
SO NOT TO NOT TO END ON THIS NOTE, BUT THIS IS THE NUMBER ONE ISSUE THAT I HEAR ABOUT IN MY OFFICE.
IT DOESN'T MATTER IF I'M IN KINGS POINT.
IT DOESN'T MATTER IF I'M IN A MEETING IN CORAL SPRINGS OR HERE TONIGHT.
SOME OF YOU MAY GRAB ME ON THE WAY OUT.
HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE HAD AN ISSUE WITH YOUR PROPERTY INSURANCE CARRIER? HOW MANY OF YOU BEEN DROPPED? HOW MANY? HAVE YOU SEEN AN INCREASE? RIGHT. IT'S IT'S INSANE.
AND YET WE'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING IN THIS STATE.
SO MY HOPE, MY HOPE IS THAT WE MOVE FORWARD AND AS WE MOVE FORWARD, EITHER IT'S A SPECIAL SESSION OR THE NEXT REGULAR SESSION, WE DO SOMETHING THAT ACTUALLY ADDRESSES THE ISSUE AND DOES SOMETHING FOR THE CONSUMERS IN THE STATE.
YOU HAVE MY COMMITMENT. I KNOW YOU HAVE THE SENATOR'S COMMITMENT.
REPRESENTATIVE DUNKLEY'S AND SO MANY OF OUR COLLEAGUES, I DID WANT TO GIVE A QUICK SHOUT OUT TO MY AWESOME, AMAZING TEAM BETWEEN BEING IN THE COURTHOUSE EVERY SINGLE DAY WHEN I AM HOME OR BEING IN TALLAHASSEE FOR SUCH A LONG STRETCH, IT TAKES A REALLY, REALLY GOOD TEAM AND I'M FORTUNATE TO HAVE BOTH OF MY TEAM MEMBERS HERE WITH ME TONIGHT.
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THAT'S KIM SCHINTZIUS AND BRUCE SUAREZ.IF YOU HAVE ANY COMPLIMENTS, I WILL TAKE THEM.
IF YOU HAVE ANY COMPLAINTS, KIM WILL TAKE THEM.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IF WE CAN EVER BE OF ASSISTANCE, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT.
IT'S AN HONOR TO BE WITH YOU ALL. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COMMISSION.
WHAT I DO WANT TO SAY IS I'M ROBERT MCKENZIE.
MICHAEL YUDIN TAKES CARE OF THE OTHER HALF OF TAMARAC.
I'M NO STRANGER TO BROWARD COUNTY.
I SPENT ALL OF MY LIFE 6 OR 2 YEARS.
I'M HERE TO WORK WITH YOUR COMMISSION AND YOUR MAYOR.
IN DAY ONE. WHEN I GOT ELECTED, A YEAR AND A FEW MONTHS AGO, I ATTENDED THE FIRST MLK CELEBRATION WE HAD HERE IN THE CITY WITH COMMISSIONER BOLTON AND THE TURKEY TROT, BUT WOODMONT COLONY WEST.
I'VE BEEN MEMBERS AND I PLAY GOLF AT THE WOODLANDS EVERY TUESDAY AND THURSDAY MORNING AT 645.
SO I'M NO STRANGER TO TAMARAC.
AND WHAT I THINK IS IMPORTANT HERE TONIGHT IS THE VISION.
THE VISION OF THIS COMMISSION.
I WAS ALSO A LOCAL CITY COMMISSIONER NOT SO LONG AGO, FOR NINE YEARS IN THE CITY OF FORT LAUDERDALE.
CAN YOU IMAGINE CHANGE, DEVELOPMENT, REDEVELOPMENT, THE BAD IDEAS.
WHAT I DO, I CLICK YOUR $8 BILLION IN PROPERTY TAXES AND I GIVE IT BACK TO THE 31 CITIES.
I SAT ON THE MPO FOR YEARS, AND WE HAD TO GET THOSE PROJECTS TO THE CITIES.
SO IT WAS SO IMPORTANT THAT WE LOBBIED AND DID OUR HOMEWORK AND ROLLED UP OUR SLEEVES.
I'M HERE FOR YOU. THANK YOU AND GOOD NIGHT.
AGAIN, THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH TO ALL OF OUR PUBLIC SERVANTS WHO ARE HERE THIS EVENING.
AND THANK YOU FOR EVERYBODY WHO IS HERE AND LISTENED TO OUR REPRESENTATIVES.
WELL, 815 DEPENDING ON IF I COULD TELL TIME ON MY WATCH ANYMORE.
SO 835, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THIS MEETING IS IN RECESS.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING AS MANY OF YOU AS POSSIBLE BACK HERE.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, AND WELCOME BACK TO OUR CITY COMMISSION MEETING.
WE THANK YOU FOR SAYING IT IS A LITTLE BIT LATER THAN EXPECTED.
WE HAVE ICE CREAM FOR EVERYBODY. THAT WOULD BE AWESOME.
CONSIDERING I DON'T THINK WE DO, I'M GOING TO GO BACK TO OUR AGENDA AND WE HAVE ONE WALK ON PROCLAMATION AND ANOTHER PROCLAMATION. SO IF MY COLLEAGUES WOULD JOIN ME IN THE WELL, I WOULD APPRECIATE IT.
THIS PROCLAMATION WAS REQUESTED BY MYSELF.
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COME ON UP. GOOD TO SEE YOU.YOU'RE WELCOME TO STAND RIGHT HERE.
BOTH OF YOU. COME ON. KIND OF SPEAKING.
BUT YOU SEE MY NEW SHOES. I CAN SEE.
AND WHEREAS ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES, INCLUDING THE ABUSE AND NEGLECT OF CHILDREN, CAN CAUSE SEVERE AND COSTLY CONSEQUENCES FOR CHILDREN, FAMILIES AND SOCIETY AS A WHOLE. AND WHEREAS EVERY CHILD HAS A RIGHT TO SAFE, HEALTHY AND HAPPY CHILDHOOD WHERE THEY ARE EDUCATIONALLY AND DEVELOPMENTALLY ON TRACK.
AND WHEREAS RESEARCH SHOWS THAT PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS WHO HAVE SUPPORT SYSTEMS AND KNOW HOW TO SEEK HELP IN TIMES OF TROUBLE ARE MORE RESILIENT AND BETTER ABLE TO PROVIDE SAFE ENVIRONMENTS AND NURTURING EXPERIENCES FOR THEIR CHILDREN.
AND WHEREAS IT IS VITAL THAT INDIVIDUALS, BUSINESSES, SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS MAKE CHILDREN A TOP PRIORITY AND TAKE ACTION TO SUPPORT THE PHYSICAL, SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL AND EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND COMPETENCY OF ALL CHILDREN.
FAMILIES. CHILDREN AND FAMILIES AND THE OUNCE OF PREVENTION FUND OF FLORIDA IMPLEMENT PINWHEELS FOR PREVENTION AND WHEREAS, PINWHEELS FOR PREVENTION IS A STATEWIDE COORDINATED CAMPAIGN AIMED TO INCREASE AWARENESS OF CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION EFFORTS BY ENCOURAGING HEALTHY CHILD DEVELOPMENT, POSITIVE PARENTING PRACTICES, AND COMMUNITY SUPPORT.
ADMITTEDLY, WITH THE FONT SO SMALL IN MY EYES, WE'VE MADE IT A LITTLE BIT BIGGER ON A CHEAT SHEET.
AND WHEREAS CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION MONTH IS AN IMPORTANT OPPORTUNITY TO URGE ALL FLORIDIANS TO ENGAGE IN ACTIVITIES THAT STRENGTHEN FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES AND THAT PROVIDE THE OPTIMAL ENVIRONMENT FOR HEALTHY CHILD DEVELOPMENT.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS? WE JUST ON BEHALF OF THE CHILDREN'S SERVICES COUNCIL OF BROWARD COUNTY, WE JUST LIKE TO THANK THE CITY OF TAMARAC, THE MAYOR, THE COMMISSION FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO THE CHILDREN AND FAMILY OF BROWARD COUNTY, KEEPING THEM SAFE IN EVERYTHING YOU DO.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
CAN WE HAVE SOME PHOTOS? OH, GOOD. OKAY. THIS NEXT PROCLAMATION WAS REQUESTED BY MYSELF, AND WE ARE GOING TO PRESENT THIS TO LIEUTENANT STEPHEN MCLAUGHLIN AND FIREFIGHTER CHRIS JOLLY RODRIGUEZ AND THEIR FAMILIES, IF YOU'D LIKE TO COME DOWN.
YOU NEVER GET TITLES, RIGHT? OKAY. THANK YOU.
AND WHERE ARE MY AUTISM SHOES? MY LITTLE PUZZLES. THANK YOU.
ALSO REQUESTED BY TAMARAC FIRE DEPARTMENT.
MICHAEL AND JESSE, ALONG WITH MYSELF.
WHEREAS THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL ESTIMATES THAT 1 IN 36 CHILDREN HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER ASD IN THE UNITED STATES. AND WHEREAS AUTISM IS REPORTED TO OCCUR IN ALL RACIAL, ETHNIC, AND SOCIOECONOMIC GROUPS AFFECTING BOYS NEARLY FOUR TIMES AS MUCH AS
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GIRLS. AND WHEREAS THIS DISORDER IN REALITY AFFECTS MILLIONS OF FAMILIES EVERY DAY, EACH INDIVIDUAL SHOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO LIVE FULL, INDEPENDENT LIVES AND TO FOLLOW THEIR TALENTS WHEREVER THEY LEAD.AND WHEREAS EARLY DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT ARE ESSENTIAL FOR THOSE AFFECTED BY AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER, AND WE SUPPORT ANY HEALTH CARE SYSTEM THAT WORKS FOR CHILDREN AND ADULTS WITH ASD.
AND WHEREAS THE AUTISM SOCIETY HAS ESTABLISHED APRIL AS AUTISM AWARENESS MONTH, WE RECOGNIZE THOSE WITH ASD WHO ARE ACHIEVING AND BREAKING DOWN BARRIERS, AND WE STRIVE TO PROMOTE ACCEPTANCE, CELEBRATE THE DIFFERENCES AND INCLUSION TOWARDS AUTISTIC INDIVIDUALS AROUND US.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, MICHELLE J.
THANK YOU. OH, LOOK, I LIKE THOSE.
THE LOGO FOR AUTISM IN THE FIREFIGHTER SHIELD.
SO. BUT OH, IT'S UP THERE TOO.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING? NO. THANK YOU.
MY PLEASURE. JESUS. THANK YOU.
SUPER NICE. THANK YOU. THEY WILL COME UP.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU. APPRECIATE YOU VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU. WHERE ARE YOU GOING? YEAH. THANK YOU.
ALL RIGHT, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE'RE GOING TO GO UP AND START THE REST OF OUR MEETING.
DO YOU HAVE A REPORT? I DO, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS.
I'D LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO OFFICIALLY INTRODUCE AND EXTEND A WARM WELCOME TO MISS JOANNA JOHNSON, WHO STARTED WITH US TODAY AS THE CITY'S NEW COMMUNICATION AND MARKETING MANAGER.
OVER HER CAREER, SHE HAS HELD POSITIONS AT ISLAND TV, BETA PRODUCTIONS, WSVN CHANNEL SEVEN, AND MOST RECENTLY WITH THE CITY OF AVENTURA, WHERE SHE HELD THE POSITION AS COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER.
AS OUR COMMUNICATIONS AND MARKETING MANAGER, SHE WILL OVERSEE OUR PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICE AND BE RESPONSIBLE FOR COMMUNICATION AND MARKETING CAMPAIGNS, ADVERTISING, DIGITAL CONTENT AND OUR SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM AND MUCH MORE.
THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT, MAYOR.
WE ARE NOW GOING TO OUR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PART OF THE EVENING.
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THE RULES OF THE ROAD ARE SET FORTH ABOVE, BUT I'LL GIVE A GENERAL OVERALL.YOU'LL COME UP TO THIS PODIUM.
SO PLEASE FORGIVE ME IF I BUTCHER YOUR NAMES.
WE ASK YOU TO PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND IF YOU WISH TO GIVE US YOUR ADDRESS, GREAT.
IF NOT, GIVE US A COMMUNITY YOU LIVE IN OR THE CITY IN WHICH YOU LIVE.
YOU CANNOT BORROW SOMEONE ELSE'S TIME.
PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IS FOR THOSE ITEMS THAT ARE NOT ON THE AGENDA.
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AGENDA I AM NOT SEEING.WE HAVE ONE ITEM THAT'S AN ITEM ON FIRST READING.
SO THAT ITEM WE DO NOT HAVE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.
SO THAT ITEM YOU ARE WELCOME TO SPEAK DURING PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.
WE HEAR YOU, BUT FOR ITEMS ON FIRST READING, IT STAYS IN PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.
ALSO, THERE IS AN ITEM UNDER OTHER WHICH IS CONSIDERED A COMMISSION WORKSHOP ITEM.
THERE IS NO PUBLIC PARTICIPATION ON THAT EITHER.
BUT PLEASE KNOW THAT WE DO NOT TYPICALLY RESPOND BACK.
MOST TIMES WHEN THERE'S SOMETHING THAT IS PRESENTED TO US FOR A QUESTION, STAFF MEMBER WILL COME UP TO YOU AFTERWARDS AND TRY TO TALK WITH YOU AND BE ABLE TO HELP YOU IN THE INTERIM. SO IT'S NOT MEANT TO BE RUDE, IT'S JUST MEANT TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE THE MEETING ALONG.
AND I DO HAVE QUITE A FEW PEOPLE THAT WANT TO SPEAK ON WHICHEVER ITEM IT IS TODAY.
AND WE DO TRY TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY SPEAKS.
SOME OF YOU HAVE BEEN HERE BEFORE, IF YOU LIKE WHAT SOMEBODY SAYS, HAPPY HANDS, NICE AND QUIET.
IF YOU DON'T LIKE WHAT SOMEBODY SAYS, YOU CAN GIVE THEM THE THUMBS DOWN.
EVERYBODY DESERVES THE RESPECT TO BE HEARD.
RIGHT? I THINK WE COVERED EVERYTHING.
THERE'S ALSO A TIMER OVER THERE AND A TIMER OVER THERE TO HELP YOU ALONG THE WAY.
SO THIS IS PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.
IF MR. RIVERA WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK NOW.
SHOULD I SPEAK NOW OR WAIT FOR NUMBER TEN? YEAH. I'M SORRY. I'LL.
NO. NUMBER TEN IS A WORKSHOP ITEM.
AS I WAS SAYING, WE DON'T HAVE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION FOR A WORKSHOP ITEM.
WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT'S AN AVENUE FOR THE COMMISSION TO TALK ABOUT THINGS.
SO IF I DON'T REALLY HAVE ALL THE FACTS STRAIGHT, I APOLOGIZE.
I'M DEEPLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE PROPOSAL TO TRANSFORM OUR TRANQUIL GOLF COURSE INTO A DRIVING RANGE.
THE THOUGHT OF A 100 FOOT NETS TOWERING OVER OUR BACKYARDS IS UNSETTLING, TO SAY THE LEAST.
AND A RESTAURANT OR A BAR, AS SUGGESTED BY THE MAYOR, WILL ONLY AMPLIFY NOISE AND DISRUPT THE PEACE.
WE CURRENTLY ENJOY THE INTRODUCTION OF ROADS LEADING TO A PARKING LOT, ALONG WITH STREET LIGHTS AND DUMPSTERS, SIGNALS A SIGNIFICANT SHIFT FROM THE SERENE LANDSCAPE TO AN URBANIZED SETTING.
THE IDEA OF BUILDING FOR A GOLF CART STORE, A BUILDING FOR GOLF CART, GOLF CART STORAGE AND A LARGE CANOPY FOR THE DRIVING RANGE FURTHER DETRACTS FROM THE NATURAL BEAUTY WE'VE CHERISHED FOR YEARS, ACCORDING TO THE CITY OF TAMARAC.
QUOTE. THE CITY OF TAMARAC PURCHASED THE COLONY WEST GOLF COURSE IN DECEMBER 2011 AS A MEANS OF PRESERVING THE GREEN SPACE FOR ITS RESIDENTS, END QUOTE AND QUOTE. THE CITY OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC DESIRES TO MAINTAIN THE THE COLONY WEST PROPERTY AS A FULLY FUNCTIONAL GOLF COURSE, END QUOTE, AND THAT THE AGREEMENT APPROVAL OF THE RESOLUTION IS, QUOTE, IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CITIZENS AND RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC.
THE PURPOSE OF THESE RESTRICTIONS, FROM OUR COMMUNITY'S VIEWPOINT, IS TO MAINTAIN THE OPEN SPACE AND PREVENT PREVENT PROJECTS THAT WOULD DISTURB OUR PEACE, INTRODUCING A DRIVING RANGE OR, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S EXACTLY THE PROPOSAL, BUT INTRODUCING A DRIVING RANGE CONTRADICTS THE CORE REASONS BEHIND ANY PROHIBITIONS OF DEVELOPMENT ON THE LAND AND WOULD NOT BE IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CITIZENS AND RESIDENTS OF TAMARAC IF FINANCIAL LOSSES FROM THE GOLF COURSE ARE DRIVING THIS PROPOSAL, THE FOCUS SHOULD INSTEAD BE ON ENHANCING THE COURSE AND CONSIDERING AN INCREASE IN FEES OR OTHER ALTERNATIVE METHODS OF GENERATING REVENUE.
IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT ESTHETICS.
MOREOVER, THE POTENTIAL DECREASE IN PROPERTY VALUES IS ALARMING.
OUR HOMES ARE OUR INVESTMENTS, AND THIS PROPOSAL COULD SIGNIFICANTLY DIMINISH THEIR WORTH.
ADDITIONALLY, THE LOSS OF REVENUE FOR THE CITY FROM THE POTENTIAL REDUCTIONS IN PROPERTY VALUES, ALONG WITH THE LOSSES FROM REMOVING THE GOLF COURSE COULD HAVE LONG TERM FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS. THE FINANCIAL UTILITY OF PRESERVING THE COLONY WEST GOLF COURSE WILL INCREASE OVER TIME, AS OTHER GREEN SPACES AND GOLF COURSES ARE DESTROYED BY DEVELOPMENT.
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NEW REVENUE STREAMS TO SUSTAIN.THIS IS THE IS THE DEMOLITION OF THE GOLF COURSE TO MAKE UP FOR SORRY, LADIES AND GENTS.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I WILL NOT HAVE A PROBLEM THROWING EVERYBODY OUT.
PLEASE. I DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO DO THAT.
IT IS OKAY TO BE HAPPY ABOUT WHAT HE SAID.
BUT PLEASE BE RESPECTFUL TO THE RULES OF THE.
WE HAVE BEEN THROUGH THIS BEFORE.
SO, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN WHO HAVE NOT BEEN HERE BEFORE, PLEASE.
WE UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE GOING THROUGH.
SO THAT OTHER PEOPLE WHO MIGHT BE HERE TO SAY SOMETHING DIFFERENT FROM YOU ARE NOT MADE TO FEEL THAT THEY ARE NOT TO HAVE THEIR VOICE, TO PLEASE BE RESPECTFUL. THANK YOU.
ON REGARDING FOR E! ON BEHALF I'M MARK FROM TAMARAC LAKE SOUTH.
MEMBERS OF THE BOARD ASKED ME IF I WAS COMING TO THE MEETING TONIGHT.
WE HAD F AT&T IN OUR COMMUNITY INSTALLED FIBER THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE ARE WAITING FOR THEM TO PAY US BACK $23,000 THAT IT'S OWED TO THE IRRIGATION COMPANY BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T CHECK FOR PIPES OR WIRES, AND THEY BROKE SO MANY OF THE SPRINKLER PIPES AND WIRES THAT THE SYSTEM WAS NOT WORKING IN THE WHOLE COMMUNITY.
THEY'VE AGREED THAT THEY WOULD PAY IT.
IT'S NOW IN THE HANDS OF OUR LAWYERS GOING AFTER THEIR INSURANCE COMPANY.
I LIVE AT 8577 JAY DRIVE HERE IN TAMARAC.
I LIVE IN THE COMMUNITY OF SHANGRI-LA.
THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO ME.
MOST OF YOU KNOW, I COME AND RAISE MANY DIFFERENT ISSUES.
WHETHER IT'S CRIME, TRESPASSING.
BUT TONIGHT I DON'T I DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT.
I REALLY DON'T GOT LOTS OF PEOPLE HERE THAT HAVE SOME GRIPES WITH THE CITY.
I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE JUST A MOMENT.
AND BREAST CANCER FOR YOU LADIES.
WE JUST RECENTLY WENT TO MY OTHER HALF'S DOCTOR AND THIS IS IN HIS OFFICE.
YOU DON'T NEED TO WAIT UNTIL NEXT YEAR TO TALK TO YOUR DOCTOR ABOUT CANCER IN THE FAMILY.
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I'M SORRY FOR RAISING MY VOICE, BUT BOY, OH, BOY, I HEAR A LOT OF ISSUES.THANK YOU FOR RAISING THE POINT ABOUT AUTISM.
MY LITTLE NEPHEW DAX CALLS ME RONNIE.
AND LITTLE EDIE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ABUSE CHILDREN.
THERE ARE A LOT OF ATTORNEYS SITTING IN THIS ROOM.
THEY'VE HEARD ME SPEAK BEFORE.
I HOPE YOU MAKE THE RIGHT DECISION ON NUMEROUS CLUB ISSUES.
WHY ISN'T THAT RESTAURANT PACKED? WHY? BECAUSE MAYBE THERE ARE CERTAIN PEOPLE IN THAT POSITION WHO COULD CARE LESS ABOUT THE CUSTOMER.
THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO ME.
JEFFREY, I HAVE YOU FOR SEVEN A THIS AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA.
WAS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU WANTED TO SPEAK? THEN YOU CAN COME UP AT THAT TIME.
I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF RESIDENTS OF SPYGLASS.
PALM, PALM BAY AND PALM HARBOR.
IN RELATION TO THE GOLF COURSE.
NEED YOUR FULL NAME, PLEASE? OH, PLEASE. SORRY, I AM TUNED.
I KNOW I LIVE ON 9772 NORTH GRAND DUKE CIRCLE IN TAMARAC.
RIGHT. SO THIS TALK IS ABOUT THE GOLF COURSE DEVELOPMENT PROPOSED BEHIND THE COMMUNITY.
SO I WILL JUST READ SOMETHING QUICKLY CONVERTING A BEAUTIFUL GOLF COURSE INTO A COMMERCIAL DRIVING RANGE, A PARKING LOT AND A CLUBHOUSE WILL IN SEVERAL WAYS DIMINISH THE ESTHETIC OF THE COMMUNITY.
FIRSTLY, THE AREA WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY DIMINISHED.
INSTEAD OF LUSH GREEN FAIRWAYS AND MANICURED LANDSCAPES, RESIDENTS WILL BE FACED WITH UNSIGHTLY HIGH NETS, WHICH IS MEANT TO CATCH GOLF BALLS, DISRUPTING THE SCENIC VIEW ENJOYED BY ALMOST 100 HOMES.
SECONDLY, THE TRANQUILITY AND PEACE ASSOCIATED WITH THE GOLF COURSE SETTING WILL BE LOST.
A DRIVING RANGE TENDS TO GENERATE NOISE FROM THE CONSTANT TRACKS OF THE GOLF BALLS AND HUM OF MACHINERY, AND THE COMINGS AND GOINGS OF PATRONS.
WE ALL KNOW HOW DARE THE IDEA OF UPHOLDING A PROPERTY VALUE IS TO EVERYBODY, AND ANYTHING THAT WILL DETRACT FROM THAT IS A VERY SERIOUS MATTER THAT REQUIRES A LOT OF CONCENTRATION AND CONSIDERATION.
ADDITIONALLY, THE CONVERSION WILL LIKELY INCREASE TRAFFIC CONGESTION.
THIS COULD LEAD TO SAFETY CONCERNS FOR BOTH PEDESTRIANS AND DRIVERS AND WELL AND AS WELL EXACERBATE EXISTING ISSUES WITH PARKING AVAILABILITY. OVERALL, THE CONVERSION WILL NOT ONLY DETRACT FROM THE NATURAL BEAUTY AND SERENITY OF THE AREA, BUT ALSO NEGATIVELY IMPACT THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR RESIDENTS.
THEREFORE, IT IS ESSENTIAL TO CONSIDER ALTERNATIVE SOLUTIONS TO THAT PRESERVE THE INTEGRITY OF THE GOLF COURSE WHILE ADDRESSING ANY CONCERNS ABOUT ITS SUSTAINABILITY OR ECONOMIC VIABILITY.
IT'S A VERY, VERY IMPORTANT ISSUE TO THE LIVELIHOODS OF THE PEOPLE IN THAT AREA.
THANK YOU FOR THE HAPPY HANDS.
OKAY, SO I HAVE PETER MASON HERE, BUT I THINK HE WAS.
YES. OH, THERE YOU ARE, PETER.
I'M SORRY. DID YOU OKAY? YES, PLEASE. AND THEN WILLIAM GOFFINET IS HERE FOR AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA.
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CORRECT. ALSO.ARE YOU HERE FOR SOMETHING ON PUBLIC PARTICIPATION, JEFFREY? SO YOU'RE HERE FOR SOMETHING THAT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA.
SO THE NEXT. SO YOU ARE HERE FOR NUMBER THREE.
GOD, PETER MASON, CORAL SPRINGS.
GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR, CITY COMMISSION, CITY STAFF.
I AM EXCITED ABOUT THE PRESENTATION THIS EVENING.
SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
I'M HERE REPRESENTING THE NONPROFIT TAMARAC NORTH LAUDERDALE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, AND NEXT WEEK, THIS IS WHAT I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IS OUR ANNUAL RISE HEALTH, WEALTH AND SMALL BUSINESS EXPO.
SO FOR ONE, ONE DAY, THREE HOURS, WE'RE PUTTING ALL THE LOCAL BUSINESSES TOGETHER AT THE TAMARAC COMMUNITY CENTER BETWEEN 4 AND 7:00, AND WE'RE INVITING EVERYONE TO COME.
WE HAVE OVER 50 BOOTHS TO GO AND VISIT TO GO AND ENGAGE.
WE HAVE NINE LOCAL RESTAURANTS WHICH WILL BE OFFERING FREE.
DID I SAY FREE FOOD SAMPLES TO ENTICE YOU TO GO INTO THEIR TAMARAC RESTAURANTS? WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF GIVEAWAYS WE'VE GOT.
ASK THE ATTORNEY IF YOU WANT TO HAVE YOUR HEADSHOT UPDATED AT A VERY LOW COST.
WE'LL HAVE THAT AVAILABLE, SO IT SHOULD BE A FUN THREE HOURS TO ENGAGE, ENJOY AND EAT. AND I THINK A LOT OF RELATIONSHIPS THAT WAS MENTIONED THIS EVENING WILL BE FORMED.
THESE LOCAL BUSINESSES, WHO ARE HAVING A REALLY HARD TIME RIGHT NOW, WOULD APPRECIATE IT.
SO LET'S THINK LOCAL AND SUPPORT LOCAL BUSINESS.
AS WILLIAM GAFFNEY COMES DOWN, I HAVE KATE JOHNSON ON DECK.
BEFORE I START, I WANT EVERYBODY ON THE COMMISSION TO LOOK AT THIS.
GOOD ÖFFNET. MR. GOFFETT, PLEASE PROCEED.
ALL RIGHT, BEFORE I GET HEAVY ON EVERYBODY I'VE GOT A THIS IS WILLIAM GOFFIN AT 506 BAYBERRY LANE.
OKAY. NOW, ARSENIC REMEDIATION IN THE PAST USED TO BE SIX FEET.
YOU HAD TO GO DOWN SIX FEET TO CLEAR IT, AND YOU HAD TO TRUCK THAT OUT.
YOU HAD TO BRING IN FRESH FILL.
AND NOW WITH THE ADDITION OF RAISING THINGS, IT'S ANOTHER EXTRA FOOT OF FILL.
OKAY. THE BROWNFIELD ACT OF 2015, WHICH I'M SURE THESE GUYS WERE A PART OF THAT TOO.
OKAY, NOW, IN A HEAVY RAIN, ARSENIC WILL MOVE ANY DIRECTION.
IT'LL MOVE UP, IT'LL MOVE DOWN, IT'LL MOVE SIDEWAYS.
OKAY. NOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK BY BUILDING A HOME ON TOP OF AN ARSENIC AREA, THE FACT THAT YOU HAVE A PAD THERE OF FOUR INCHES. WELL, CAP, THAT THAT'S NOT TRUE.
AS SOON AS THAT PLASTIC IS PIERCED, THE ARSENIC CAN COME RIGHT ON UP.
HEAVY RAIN. PUSH IT RIGHT ON IN, AND THEN FROM THERE, IT CAN GET INSIDE YOUR HOUSE.
OKAY. THERE IS NO WAY TO REMOVE THE ARSENIC SAFELY ANYMORE.
NOBODY WANTS ARSENIC LADEN SOIL.
THERE'S A GUY UP THERE IN PALM BEACH RIGHT NOW.
NORTH PALM BEACH, OKAY, 18 FOOT WALL OF ARSENIC BEHIND HIS HOUSE.
HE GOES TO THE COUNTY COMMISSION TO TRY TO GET SOME RESOLUTION TO IT.
WHAT HAPPENS? THEY SAY IT'S TOO EXPENSIVE TO REMOVE.
1.65 MILLION IS WHAT THEY SAID IS GOING TO COST.
SO THEY SAID NO, THEY'D RATHER ONE PERSON, I GUESS, HAVE TO DEAL WITH IT THAN MORE.
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BUT AT THE WOODLANDS, THESE GUYS HAVE NOT TOUCHED THIS PROPERTY YET.KARSENTY, THE CEO OF 13TH FLOOR, SAYS IF HE GETS THE RIGHT TO BUILD ON WOODLANDS LAND, HE'S NOT GOING TO REMOVE THE ARSENIC EITHER. THAT'S IN A DEPOSITION.
BY THE WAY, I DROPPED THAT PAPERWORK ON YOU GUYS.
THE PDF, THE PDF PEOPLE IS 184831984.
I SUGGEST ALL YOU PEOPLE THAT LOVE GOLF.
OKAY. NOW ALSO, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT STATE STATUTES 838.015, WHICH IS BRIBERY.
AN 8380016, WHICH IS WHICH IS UNLAWFUL.
WE'LL SEE YOU WHEN YOU'RE BACK UP FOR THE CD AS KATE JOHNSON COMES UP.
DOCTOR. MY DENTIST SAYS SHE'S STILL HERE.
DOUGLAS BONILLA. DOUGLAS BONILLA HERE.
EILEEN MICHAELSON, FOR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.
KATE JOHNSON, MAINLANDS FOR FIRST I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO WHOEVER THOUGHT UP THE IDEA OF TAMARAC UNIVERSITY. I HAVE BEEN WE'VE HAD SIX WEEKS NOW.
I HAVE ENJOYED EVERY SINGLE CLASS, GETTING TO KNOW ALL OF THE STAFF FROM OUR CITY AND LISTENING TO EVERY SINGLE DEPARTMENT SAY THAT THEY ARE THE BEST.
I AGREE THEY ARE ALL THE BEST.
IT WOULD BE VERY HARD TO PICK ONE DEPARTMENT OVER THE OTHER, BUT I JUST WANT TO TAKE THIS MOMENT TO THANK EACH AND EVERY OUTSTANDING EMPLOYEE THAT WE HAVE WORKING FOR THIS CITY.
ONE ISSUE THAT CAME UP WAS THE VICE MAYOR POSITION.
WHY THIS KEEPS GOING ON AND ON IN DIFFERENT WAYS.
I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T UNDERSTAND.
ONE MINUTE THE MAJORITY WANTS A FORMULATED SYSTEM TO APPOINT PEOPLE, AND THE NEXT MINUTE THEY DON'T WANT A FORMULATED SYSTEM TO APPOINT PEOPLE.
WE WANT TO DEPEND ON COMMITMENTS MADE.
I HAVE SEEN OVER THE YEARS COMMITMENTS MADE TO ONE PERSON.
DON'T WORRY, YOU WILL BE VICE-MAYOR NEXT YEAR DURING ELECTION.
BE GOOD FOR YOU ONLY TO HAVE THAT PERSON NOT BE VICE-MAYOR BECAUSE COMMITMENTS CHANGE.
SO I WOULD RETHINK DEPENDING ON PEOPLE THAT YOU THINK ARE COMMITTED TO YOU BECAUSE IT DOESN'T ALWAYS HAPPEN.
THE OTHER ISSUE THAT I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT WAS THE MONEY FROM WOODLANDS, THE $925,000 FUND.
AS SOMEONE WHO LIVED THROUGH HIDDEN TRAILS BEING BUILT IN MY BACKYARD, I CAN TELL YOU $200 PER HOME WILL NOT BE ENOUGH TO CLEAN UP THE DIRT, THE SAND, AND THE MESS THAT ALL OF THAT CONSTRUCTION COSTS.
SO AS YOU ARE LOOKING AT WHERE THAT MONEY SHOULD GO, MAYBE SOMEONE FIND OUT HOW MUCH WOULD IT COST TO CLEAN UP A HOUSE, AND THEN MAKE SURE THAT AMOUNT OF MONEY IS ALLOCATED TO EACH HOME.
THE OTHER THING IS, AS YOU'RE LOOKING AT WHERE THAT MONEY GETS ALLOCATED, OF COURSE I'M GOING TO SAY MY COMMUNITY BECAUSE OUR ONLY INGRESS AND EGRESS IS ON COMMERCIAL TO GET SHOPPING, PHARMACIES AND WHATEVER.
BUT COMMISSIONER DANIEL WAS CONCERNED ABOUT BEAUTIFYING THE CITY.
MAKE IT A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT REQUIREMENT.
MICHAELSON I LIVE AT 4809 WOODLANDS BOULEVARD.
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THROUGH THE COMMUNITY AT LEAST ONCE A MONTH.AND THE REASON THAT SURPRISED ME IS BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK AT THE PICTURES THAT I'M HANDING OUT, THESE WERE TAKEN IN AUGUST OF 2023 BECAUSE I WALK MY COMMUNITY EVERY DAY.
SO IT KIND OF SURPRISES ME THAT IF THE STREET CLEANING EQUIPMENT GOES THROUGH WOULD IN THE PAST EIGHT MONTHS, EIGHT TIMES WHY THIS WASN'T REPORTED TO THE CITY, WHY THE METER READERS WHO GO THROUGH DIDN'T REPORT THIS TO THE CITY WHILE BSO, WHO IS SUPPOSED TO HAVE A DEPUTY CIRCULATING IN THE WOODLANDS, DIDN'T REPORT ANY OF THESE ISSUES.
AND CLEARLY THEY NEED TO BE FIXED.
THE FIRST PICTURE IS A SIGN THAT IS FADED.
IT'S NOT THE ONLY ONE IN THE WOODLANDS THAT'S FADED.
THERE'S A NUMBER OF THEM. THEY NEED TO BE REPLACED.
THERE'S A REASON THAT PEOPLE CAN'T PARK IN CERTAIN AREAS.
THE SECOND PICTURE IS A UTILITY BOX ON RED CYPRESS LANE.
ALL OF THE OTHER PICTURES SHOW OTHER UTILITY BOXES IN A SIMILAR STATE OF DISREPAIR.
NOW, I REALIZE THEY'RE NOT CITY PROPERTY, BUT I ASSURE YOU, THE CITY KNOWS WHETHER IT'S XFINITY, COMCAST, AT&T OR WHOMEVER THOSE BOXES BELONG TO.
AND I'M KIND OF SURPRISED THEY HAVEN'T TOLD THEM TO FIX THEM.
ONE OF THE PICTURES SHOWS YOU A NO PARKING SIGN THAT IS LAYING ON THE SIDE.
IT'S ON THE WEST SIDE OF WOODLANDS BOULEVARD, JUST NORTH OF HICKORY CIRCLE.
AND THE REASON I SHOWED YOU THAT IS BECAUSE THE OTHER DAY, A METER READER WAS WALKING THROUGH MY COMMUNITY, AND I POINTED THIS OUT TO HIM AND SAID, COULD YOU PLEASE TELL THE CITY THEY NEED TO PUT THE NO PARKING SIGN BACK UP? AND HE SAYS, OH NO, THEY'RE GOING TO WAIT FOR THIS PERSON TO FINISH DOING THEIR CONSTRUCTION, AND THEN THE PERSON WILL PUT IT BACK UP.
AND THEN YOU'LL SEE THERE'S SOME MORE PICTURES.
AND FINALLY, THE LAST PICTURE WHICH SHOWS A LEANING UTILITY IS JUST SOUTH OF MAIER GOMEZ HOUSE.
AND SO I KNOW SHE'S SEEN IT, AND I SORT OF WONDER WHY IT HASN'T BEEN TAKEN CARE OF.
I URGE YOU TO INSTRUCT CITY STAFF TO GO THROUGH THE WOODLANDS AND FIX THESE.
MY OLDEST GRANDSON, WHO JUST TURNED 20, IS AUTISTIC.
HE GOT INTO THERAPY WHEN HE WAS VERY YOUNG.
HE HAS A FULL SCHOLARSHIP TO COLLEGE.
HE WAS THE OUTSTANDING SENIOR OF HIS CLASS.
SO I ENCOURAGE ANYBODY WHOSE CHILD IS FACING AN AUTISM DIAGNOSIS GET THEM INTO THERAPY EARLY.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, AND THANK YOU FOR THE HAPPY HANDS.
DEFINITELY. AND ALSO SEE IT, CLICK IT, FIX IT.
THANK YOU. NOW JUDY MARGOLIS IS COMING UP AND THEN WE HAVE PAULA ANDREA ON DECK.
I LIVE AT 4704 QUEEN PALM LANE IN THE WOODLANDS.
IT SAYS WE WERE SHOWN THAT GOOD IDEAS MAY START OUT AS BAD, BUT NOT ALL BAD IDEAS MORPH INTO GOOD IDEAS. AND THAT IS TRUE WITH THE CD THAT IS PROPOSED FOR THE WOODLANDS.
I NEED TO CUT YOU OFF AND HAVE YOU SPEAK ABOUT THAT ITEM WHEN IT COMES UP BEFORE US.
OKAY, THIS ONE IS FOR ANY PUBLIC, ANY ITEMS THAT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA.
IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANTED TO TALK ABOUT? NOPE. THAT'S IT. OKAY.
WE'LL SEE YOU AT NUMBER SEVEN.
IS IT PAULA, ANDREA OR ANDREA? PLEASE COME UP. AND THEN I HAVE A QUESTION BEFORE MY TIMER STARTS, BECAUSE THE ITEM I'M TALKING ABOUT IS TEN A, RIGHT.
WE DO NOT TAKE PUBLIC COMMENTS DURING FIRST ORDINANCES OR NO, OR THE WORKSHOP ITEM.
THAT ITEM NUMBER TEN IS NOT DESIGNATED FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS.
IT'S ONLY FOR THE COMMISSION TO DISCUSS.
OKAY. AND THEN BEFORE YOU START TODD PRITCHARD.
MY NAME IS PAUL ANDREA PRITCHARD.
I AM A RESIDENT OF PELHAM BAY.
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I AM STANDING IN FRONT OF THIS HONORABLE COMMISSION TONIGHT, REPRESENTING NOT ONLY THE VOICES OF MY CHILDREN, BUT ALSO THE VOICES OF MANY RESIDENTS WHO ARE WHO ARE HERE OR COULDN'T BE HERE TONIGHT.BECAUSE OF HOW DEEPLY CONCERNED WE ALL HAVE ABOUT CHANGING OR DEVELOPING DEVELOPMENT.
THE NATURE OF THE GLADES COURSE AT COLONY WEST GOLF CLUB.
I AM ALL ABOUT PROGRESS AND ADVANCEMENT.
BUT JUST TO THINK OF THE POSSIBILITY OF BUILDING A TOUGH GOAL EXPERIENCE ON THE BACK OF MY HOUSE HAS FILLED ME WITH DEEP APPREHENSION AND WORRY.
CONCEPT ONE, WHICH TALKS ABOUT MAINTAINING AND REPAIRING THE EXISTING.
18 HOLE SCORES WILL CERTAINLY PROTECT THE INTEGRITY AND VALUE OF ALL THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND HOMES.
THAT SURROUNDED THIS BEAUTIFUL GREEN SPACE.
I KINDLY ASK YOU, COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS, TO RECONSIDER YOUR POSITION ON THIS MATTER.
IT WORRIES ME WHEN YOU SAID AT THE WORKSHOP MEETING BACK ON MARCH 11TH, 2024, REFERRING TO CONCEPT TWO, A TOP UP GOLF CLUB GOLF COURSE.
YOU'RE NOT GOING TO SEE IT OR IT WOULD INCREASE THE HOME VALUE IN THAT AREA.
DO YOU REALLY BELIEVE THAT? PLEASE MAKE THE RIGHT CHOICE TO PRESERVE THE PEACE AND TRANQUILITY OF THIS GREEN SPACE THAT THIS GREEN SPACE OFFERS TO THE RESIDENTS THAT LIVE NEARBY.
SINCE THIS UNIQUE VIEW PROVIDES WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO UNWIND AND RELEASE STRESS AFTER A LONG DAY OF WORK.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR LISTENING TO OUR CONCERNS.
COME ON. I'M GOING TO HAVE A LONG NIGHT.
TODD PRITCHARD IS COMING UP, AND I HAVE BARBARA MORGAN.
YOU'RE COMING FOR NUMBER SEVEN.
GOOD EVENING. LYNN. GIVE ME ONE MORE SECOND JUST TO GET LYNN PEARCE ON DECK FOR THE NEXT ITEM.
GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS TODD PRITCHARD.
I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE THE COLONY WEST GOLF COURSE ISSUE AS WELL.
I WANT TO THANK VICE MAYOR WRIGHT, WHO HAS BEEN HANDS ON WITH THIS ISSUE FROM THE VERY BEGINNING.
I STAND BEFORE THIS COMMISSION TONIGHT, NOT ONLY AS A CONCERNED RESIDENT, BUT AS AN ADVOCATE FOR PRESERVING THE BEAUTY AND INTEGRITY OF OUR BELOVED GOLF COURSE. THIS COURSE IS NOT JUST A PATCH OF LAND, IT'S A RECREATIONAL HAVEN FOR FAMILIES AND A CHERISHED PART OF OUR COMMUNITY'S IDENTITY.
I URGE EACH MEMBER OF THIS COMMISSION TO CONSIDER THE THE PROFOUND IMPACT THAT ANY PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT, PARTICULARLY A TOP GOLF EXPERIENCE OR DRIVING RANGE, WOULD HAVE ON OUR COMMUNITY.
WHILE A TOP GOLF OR SIMILAR EXPERIENCE MAY PROMISE ENTERTAINMENT AND REVENUE, IT WILL COME AT A COST TO THE COMMUNITY THAT IS FAR MORE DETRIMENTAL THAN ANY POTENTIAL BENEFIT THAT IT COULD BRING TO THE CITY.
IS THIS COMMISSION GOING TO PRIORITIZE PROFIT OR PRESERVATION? TONIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO HEAR PREVIOUS TALKING POINTS ABOUT HOW THE RESIDENTS DON'T OWN THE GOLF COURSE, OR IT'S THE CITY'S PROPERTY OR BETTER YET, MY PERSONAL FAVORITE ONE.
THE DRIVING RANGE NETS WILL ONLY BE 100FT HIGH.
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WE DO NOT WANT TO LIVE WITH THE NOISE AND POLLUTION THAT THIS WOULD BRING.I DO NOT KNOW MUCH ABOUT YOU, BUT I HOPE THAT YOU ARE ON THE RESIDENTS SIDE ON THIS MATTER.
WE NEED YOUR VOTE AND SUPPORT FOR CONCEPT NUMBER ONE.
THE RESIDENTS IN THESE COMMUNITIES WILL SURELY BE VOTING IN THE FUTURE BASED ON THIS, AND WE WOULD WELCOME YOUR SUPPORT WITH OPEN ARMS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MAYOR.
I HAVE A POINT OF ORDER. NO, NO, I HAD A POINT OF ORDER.
IF IT'S A COMMENT BACK THEN, I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY THAT THIS IS NOT A TOP GOLF.
UNFORTUNATELY. COMMISSIONER BOLTON SENT AN EMAIL OUT TO EVERYONE I COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I HAVE THIS, BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR HELP, I APPRECIATE IT.
WE WILL HAVE OUR CONVERSATION WHEN ITEM TEN COMES UP.
RIGHT NOW OUR COMMUNITY IS SPEAKING TO US.
WE CAN HAVE OUR OPINIONS ON WHETHER OR NOT IT'S BASED ON CURRENT INFORMATION OR NOT AT THAT TIME.
PLEASE LET'S WE HAVE A FEW MORE PEOPLE TO GO.
OKAY. I THEY WILL HAVE CLARIFICATION WHEN THEY HEAR US AT NUMBER TEN.
THEY WILL HAVE CLARIFICATION WHEN THEY HEAR US AT NUMBER TEN.
THANK YOU. SO I HAVE LYNN PIERCE COMING UP OR POSSIBLY ALREADY UP AND BARBARA CHISAPANI. AS ON DECK.
I JUST WANT TO SAY THIS IS A SECOND TIME THAT WE'VE HAD THIS.
WE STOOD OUT IN LINE FOR OUTSIDE FOR HOURS.
SPEAKING ABOUT WE WANT TO LEAVE OUR GOLF COURSE ALONE.
YOU GUYS TAKE GOOD CARE OF IT AND WE ENJOY IT.
BARBARA IS COMING UP AND THEN I DO NOT HAVE ANYBODY ELSE LISTED FOR NUMBER THREE.
I'VE COME HERE TONIGHT WITH A GRATEFUL HEART AND A SAD HEART AT THE SAME TIME.
FIRST I WOULD JUST BARBARA STATE I AM HERE.
NAME AND FULL NAME AND LOCATION, PLEASE.
AND YOUR LOCATION? YOUR FULL NAME. SORRY. I WAS GOING TO SAY SOMETHING ELSE, BUT I AM IN THE WOODLANDS ON BAYBERRY LANE.
THANK YOU. AND THE GRATEFULNESS IS THE FACT THAT AT LONG LAST, MY DREAM IS COMING TRUE.
AND THERE IS HOPE ON ONE ITEM.
ON THE SECOND ITEM, I AM GOING TO SAY THE REASON WHY I'M VOTING ON SECTION EIGHT.
NO, ON SECTION EIGHT IS WHEN MY HEART IS SAD TONIGHT.
AND THAT'S REGARDING THE WHAT MY NEIGHBOR CALLED.
THAT'S WHY I CAME. I WASN'T EVEN PLANNING ON COMING.
IS THAT AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA? YES. WE'LL TALK TO YOU ABOUT THAT ONE.
YEAH. YOU'LL COME BACK UP AT THAT TIME.
THANK YOU. AND I'M GLAD YOUR HEART IS HAPPY ABOUT MY GRATEFULNESS.
SO IS THERE ANOTHER BARBARA WHO IS AT 9803? SORRY, BARBARA. GO AHEAD.
THANK YOU. HI, MY NAME IS BARBARA.
EVEN THEN, EITHER AN EXTENSION OF THE GOLF COURSE OR MAYBE NEW BUILDINGS.
DO WE REALLY NEED NEW BUILDINGS? THANK YOU. NO.
THERE'S A SCHOOL ZONE CLOSE BY AND THE TRAFFIC IS ALREADY CONGESTED.
AND I HAVE ANOTHER, ANOTHER QUESTION.
WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO THE TAMARAC VILLAGE THAT WAS PROMISED TO US WITH NICE APARTMENTS AND SHOPS AND RESTAURANTS? THIS IS BESIDE THE PART, JUST BESIDE THE POINT.
SO WHATEVER THE PROPOSAL IS FOR THE NEW GOLF COURSE.
IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE A DISAPPOINTMENT TOO.
SO MY OPINION IS A RESOLUTE NO MORE BUILDINGS, NOTHING.
NO MORE STREETS, NO MORE STREET LIGHTS, NOTHING.
FINISH SPEAKING. PLEASE LEAVE THE GOLF COURSE AS IT IS.
I TALKED TO SOME OF THE GOLFERS.
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THEY ACTUALLY SAID MAYBE ON THAT EMPTY LOT.NOW THERE SHOULD BE A BATHROOM.
AND THEY WERE HOPING FOR THAT.
SO. BUT PLEASE, IS THIS THE CITY FOR YOUR LIFE THAT YOU WANT TO LIVE AMONG BUILDINGS AND BUILDINGS AND BUILDINGS OVER AND OVER AND OVER? THAT'S NOT THE CITY FOR YOUR LIFE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND THERE WAS A POINT OF CLARIFICATION HERE ON 94TH STREET.
THERE'S NO BUILDINGS GOING IN.
VICE MAYOR WRIGHT AND I WERE AT A MEETING, AND WE WERE ASKED TO DO WHAT WE CAN ABOUT THE TRASH PEOPLE LIVING IN THAT AREA AND THE AREA NOT BEING MAINTAINED. IT IS JUST TIMING AS IT WAS, WHERE EVERYTHING ALIGNS.
SO LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PLEASE PUT THAT ONE AWAY AND KNOW THAT THERE'S NOTHING BEING STARTED.
WE WERE JUST TRYING TO TIDY UP.
SO, DO I HAVE ANYONE ELSE? HELLO AND THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPRESS MY FEELINGS.
I JUST WANT TO SAY A FEW THINGS.
YES. MY NAME IS ANGELA GIRARDI.
I LIVE IN A 27, 20, 97, 24 NORTHWEST 65 STREET SPYGLASS.
OKAY. SO WHAT I WAS SAYING IS I WANT TO SHARE BECAUSE IT'S MY FEELING.
AND I HAVE SPOKE WITH SEVERAL OF MY NEIGHBORS AND THEY FEEL MORE OR LESS THE SAME.
LAST YEAR THERE WERE A MEETING LIKE THIS WHEN WE DISCUSSED MORE OR LESS THE SAME WHAT IS GOING THE PLANS THAT YOU HAVE FOR THE GOLF COURSE? AT THE END, YOU DECIDED YOU YOURSELF DECIDED THAT IT WAS A POLITICAL AGREEMENT PREVIOUS YEARS AGO TO KEEP THE GOLF AS IT IS.
SO I QUESTIONED MYSELF AND I QUESTION YOU ARE WE ARE WE THE NEIGHBORS? WE HAVE TO LIVE LIKE WE HAVE AND SORT OF DEMOCRACY IN OUR BACK EVERY, EVERY TIME, EVERY EIGHT MONTHS OR ONE YEAR, YOU ARE GOING AGAIN TO BRING THE SAME SITUATION.
WE WANT TO LIVE IN PEACE, AND WE WANT TO HAVE THE FEAR THAT THE CITY IS COMING WITH A NEW PROJECT FOR THE GOLF, JUST AS LYNN PIERCE SAID, IT'S HAPPENED BEFORE.
JUST MAKE A DECISION TO KEEP IT LIKE THIS AND KEEP IT.
NOW, IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK THAT HAS NOT SIGNED UP TO SPEAK FOR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION? OKAY. WE'LL HAVE LADIES FIRST AND THEN YOU'LL GO NEXT.
OKAY. REMEMBER, NAME AND LOCATION, PLEASE.
I JUST LIKE TO SAY, YOU THE COMMISSIONERS.
HOWEVER, WHO MAKES THE CITY? THE RESIDENTS YOU NEED TO CONSIDER HIGH PRIORITY OR INTEREST.
YOU ALSO NEED TO ENSURE YOU HAVE OUR BUY IN BEFORE YOU GO AHEAD AND MAKE CERTAIN DECISIONS.
THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.
MY NAME IS MICHAEL HENDERSON, 4709 WOODLANDS.
JUST TWO ITEMS TO ADDRESS THIS EVENING.
ONE IS AN UPDATE ON THE DILAPIDATED STRUCTURE THAT IS ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE WOODLANDS.
I BELIEVE THAT IS SHAKER VILLAGE.
IT'S BEEN QUITE A WHILE SINCE WE'VE GOT AN UPDATE ON THAT.
I UNDERSTAND THERE MAY BE LEGAL ACTION UNDERWAY.
ANY INFORMATION? TIMELINES WOULD BE GREAT.
ADDITIONALLY, I WANTED TO ADDRESS A HOME THAT IS ON WOODLANDS BOULEVARD.
I KNOW THIS PROPERTY AT 4902 WOODLANDS HAS BEEN DISCUSSED MULTIPLE TIMES SINCE I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT.
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CORRECTED FOR YEARS.ANY UPDATES WOULD BE APPRECIATED.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
OUR CITY ATTORNEY HAS DEFINITELY HEARD YOU 4902.
NOW, IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK DURING PUBLIC PARTICIPATION WHO HAS NOT YET SPOKEN? FOR ANYTHING THAT IS NOT ON THE AGENDA OR ONE THAT YOU ARE ABLE TO SPEAK.
OKAY. ACTUALLY, I HAVE A RICHARD GAINER ON A DIFFERENT SHEET.
IS RICHARD HERE TO SPEAK? NO. OKAY.
THANK YOU. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PORTION OF THE EVENING IS NOW CLOSED.
WE ARE NOW GOING TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA.
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MISS CALLOWAY, ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONS OR DELETIONS TO THE AGENDA? NO, MADAM MAYOR.COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS. DO YOU HAVE SOME? NO. OKAY. I WILL TAKE A.
I MADE THE MOTION FOR THIS ITEM.
I HAVE VICE MAYOR WRIGHT, WITH THE SECOND BEING NO CHANGES TO THE AGENDA.
CLERK DILLON, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
THANK YOU. MOTION PASSES 5 TO 0.
THANK YOU. WE ARE NOW GOING ON TO ITEM FIVE A TR 14102.
[5.a TR14102 - A Resolution of the City Commission of the City of Tamarac, Florida, Authorizing the City Manager to Implement an Administrative Policy for the Reimbursement of legal fees and costs for City Officials relating to ethics complaints, in substantially the form attached hereto as exhibit “a”; providing the City Manager and the City Attorney with the authority 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 FIVE A RESOLUTION OF CITY COMMISSION.
CITY OF TAMARAC AUTHORIZING CITY MANAGER TO IMPLEMENT ADMINISTRATIVE POLICY FOR THE REIMBURSEMENT OF LEGAL FEES AND COSTS FOR CITY OFFICIALS AND THE ETHICS COMPLAINT AND SUBSTANTIAL SAME FORM ATTACHED AS EXHIBIT A, PROVIDING CITY MANAGER, CITY ATTORNEY WITH AUTHORITY TO DO ALL THINGS NECESSARY TO EFFECTUATE THIS RESOLUTION.
PROVIDING CONFLICTS. PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY.
THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND.
I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS.
A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER REITZ.
I WILL NOW OPEN THIS ITEM TO PUBLIC COMMENTS.
IS THERE ANYBODY WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NO ONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE NOW CLOSED.
OUR CITY ATTORNEY IS AVAILABLE.
MR. ARNOTT IS AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
COMMISSION. COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS.
WHY ARE WE BRINGING THIS ITEM UP? THIS THIS BASICALLY MATTER OF GOOD POLICY AND TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A CLEAR POLICY WHEN IT COMES TO REIMBURSEMENT OF ATTORNEY'S FEES RELATING TO ETHICS COMPLAINT.
MANAGER AND I DECIDED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS POLICY BRINGING FORWARD TO THE COMMISSION.
AND IN THE EVENT THAT ANY CITY OFFICIAL, NOT JUST ELECTED OFFICIAL WILL NEED REIMBURSEMENT FOR SUCH MATTERS AS A POLICY IN PLACE VERSUS DISCRETIONARY DECISION BY STAFF OR THE CITY COMMISSION.
AND WE ANTICIPATE, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY, WE HAD SOME ISSUES RECENTLY WITH INVESTIGATION.
IF I HAVE A CONFLICT, I MAY NOT BE ABLE TO REPRESENT ANY OF THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION.
AND YOU'RE ENTITLED TO HIRE AN ATTORNEY.
SO I JUST WANTED TO ADOPT GOOD POLICY.
DO YOU BELIEVE THAT IF WE HOLD OURSELVES ACCOUNTABLE AND WITH WITH ETHICAL STANDARDS TO THE HIGHEST DEGREE, TO THE COMMUNITY, WOULD THIS ITEM BE ON HERE? THAT'S NOT A QUESTION THAT I CAN ANSWER, BECAUSE I CAN TELL YOU, I'VE BEEN A LOCAL GOVERNMENT ATTORNEY FOR 20 PLUS YEARS, AND I'VE BEEN A VICTIM OF NUMEROUS FEARLESS COMPLAINTS.
AND I HAVE NEVER, IN MY OPINION, DONE ANYTHING ILLEGAL.
IS THERE ANY CURRENT LITIGATION AMONG ANY OF THE MEMBERS OF THIS COMMISSION OR IN THE PAST THAT HAS BROUGHT THIS ITEM FORWARD? YOU WOULD HAVE TO ASK THE MEMBER WITH RESPECT TO OBVIOUSLY WE JUST, YOU KNOW, FOR TRANSPARENCY, WE HAD OIG INTERVIEW THAT WE HAD TO ATTEND SEVERAL A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, AS YOU KNOW MAYOR IS IT OKAY TO ASK ALL THE MEMBERS TO DISCLOSE ANY ISSUES THEY'VE HAD THAT THEY HAVE TO PAY OUT OF POCKET FOR ANY UNETHICAL BEHAVIOR THAT THEY WERE SUMMONED TO PAY AN
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ATTORNEY OR HIRE THEIR OWN ATTORNEY.AND IF THESE COMPLAINTS ARE DISMISSED, I DON'T WANT THE WORD UNETHICAL DOESN'T MEAN THAT THERE'S ANY VIOLATION.
IF IT'S IF A COMPLAINT IS FILED, IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THERE'S A VIOLATION OF ANY ETHICS LAW.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE, FOR THE RECORD.
THINK THE PROBLEM IS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CITY DOLLARS HERE.
SO IF YOU DO NOT WISH TO ANSWER THE QUESTION, THAT IS WHAT'S GOING TO COME TO ASK EACH OF US ON THE COMMISSION? THE QUESTION BEING ASKED, THESE ARE CITY DOLLARS TO BE EXPENDED, AND IT IS PUBLIC RECORD OF WHERE DOLLARS ARE EXPENDED.
IT IS TRANSPARENCY FOR WHICH THIS ITEM WAS BEING BROUGHT UP FOR.
SO. IN LIGHT OF THAT BEFORE THERE IS A.
HOWEVER, THERE'S ANOTHER THING FOR THAT.
NO, NO, I JUST WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR.
FOR THE RECORD, THERE'S NO REIMBURSEMENT IF A VIOLATION IS FOUND.
THAT'S NOT THE QUESTION I JUST WAS ASKED.
I'M JUST CLARIFYING THE RECORD.
UNDERSTOOD. BUT THAT WAS NOT THE QUESTION THAT COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS ASKED.
I THOUGHT THAT WAS THE QUESTION.
OKAY. WOULD YOU LIKE TO ASK THE CITY ATTORNEY YOUR QUESTION AGAIN? YES. WHO ON THIS COMMISSION HAS HAD A COMPLAINT THAT THEY HAVE HAD TO HIRE A PRIVATE ATTORNEY AND WERE NOT REIMBURSED OR WERE REIMBURSED EITHER OR AS I INDICATED TO YOU, YOU WOULD HAVE TO ASK THE MEMBER FOR THAT ANSWER.
SO BEFORE WE GO FORWARD ON THIS, I'M BRINGING THIS OUT TO THIS COMMISSION.
IT GOES I AM INTERRUPTING IS MY POINT OF PRIVILEGE THAT I'M ASKING THE CITY ATTORNEY.
THIS WAS BROUGHT ON A COMMISSION MEETING.
WHETHER IT WAS BROUGHT ON BY YOURSELF OR THE CITY MANAGER IS WHAT IS BEING ALLEGED.
IS THIS THE BEST FORMAT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A COMPLETE CONVERSATION ON THIS ITEM OR ANYTHING ELSE THAT IT MIGHT STEM TO? ANY THOUGHTS? I AM ASKING THIS TO YOU BECAUSE YOU SAY THAT THIS IS YOUR ITEM.
MAYOR, THIS IS ITEM THAT BASICALLY IT'S NOT A DISCRETIONARY ITEM.
THE CITY HAS TO REIMBURSE THE CITY OFFICIAL.
SO THERE'S NO DISCRETIONARY ISSUES WITH RESPECT TO THE LAW.
SO I'M BRINGING A STRAIGHTFORWARD ITEM THAT DOESN'T GIVE DISCRETION.
THEN WE CAN HAVE A DISCUSSION.
THAT'S A VERY CIRCULAR ANSWER.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. YOU CAN DO THE HAPPY HANDS.
OR YOU CAN DO THIS. IT'S THE SAME FOR EVERYTHING.
IT'S A STRAIGHTFORWARD ANSWER.
THE POINT BEING IS THE CITY ATTORNEY DOESN'T TYPICALLY BRING A TOPIC TO THE COMMISSION FOR DISCUSSION OR FOR AS AN ITEM, UNLESS THE CITY ATTORNEY IS ASKED BY A CONSENSUS OF THE COMMISSION TO DO SO, OR THERE IS SOME STATE LEGISLATION THAT REQUIRES US TO PASS SOMETHING, THEN YOU BRING IT FORTH.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR FOR THE RECORD.
WE HAVE A PROCEDURAL SITUATION HERE RIGHT NOW.
BECAUSE WE HAVE A COMMISSIONER, POSSIBLY OTHERS WHO WISH TO ASK INFORMATION THAT IS NOT.
DISCLOSED, BUT WE ARE BEING ASKED TO MAKE DECISIONS BASED ON A GENERAL, WHICH MIGHT BE A SPECIFIC.
WHICH IS WHY YOU'RE ASKING US TO CREATE A LAW.
NO, MARY, THE REIMBURSEMENT IS BASED ON THE LAW.
IF IF A IF AN ETHICS COMPLAINT IS NOT DISMISSED, THERE IS.
NO IF IT'S NOT IF THERE'S NO FINAL PROBABLE CAUSE, THE CITY IS NOT REQUIRED TO REIMBURSE.
BUT YOU'RE ASKING US TO CREATE A LAW.
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I GAVE YOU EXAMPLE IN A PACKAGE CITY OF TALLAHASSEE.WOULD YOU LIKE TO GIVE A FULL PRESENTATION? THIS WAY THE COMMISSION WILL BE ABLE TO HAVE A BETTER WAY TO ASK QUESTIONS.
NO, I'M JUST I'M JUST GIVING YOU WHAT WAS PRESENTED IN THE PACKAGE.
SO AGAIN, YOU'RE ASKING US TO CREATE A RESOLUTION WHICH IS POLICY TOWARDS LAW.
AND AND AND WE CITIES HAVE ADOPTED POLICY AS A PROCESS TO TO REIMBURSE ATTORNEY'S FEES.
SOME CITIES HAVE OBVIOUSLY CREATED POLICY CONSISTENT WITH THE LAW.
AND THIS IS ALL THAT IS AS A POLICY.
THIS IS A NARROWLY FOCUSED POLICY BEING MADE FROM.
MORE EXPANSIVE LAW THAT IS NOT INCLUDED IN THIS, WHICH IS THE REASON FOR THE QUESTION REGARDING BEING PUT ON A COMMISSION MEETING RATHER THAN A WORKSHOP FOR FULL DISCUSSION.
SO AT THIS POINT IN TIME, FAILURE TO GET MORE INFORMATION.
IT PUTS THIS COMMISSION INTO A POSITION WHERE.
THEY EITHER HAVE TO ASK QUESTIONS OF ONE ANOTHER, WHICH CAUSES AN UNPLEASANT ENVIRONMENT, AND POSSIBLY NOT THE PURPOSE OF WHAT THE GRAND SCHEME IS SUPPOSED TO BE. SO MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT IT'S UP TO $10,000.
SO LET'S SAY MICKEY MOUSE DECIDES TO FILE A COMPLAINT WITH THE OIG OR WHOEVER AGAINST ONE OF THE COMMISSION MEMBERS IN THIS COMMISSION, AND THAT DEPARTMENT FINDS THAT THEY HAVE PROBABLE CAUSE TO GO AFTER THIS INDIVIDUAL.
SO YOU'RE WANTING US TO SAY YOU'RE GOING TO COVER $10,000, THE CITY TO COVER $10,000 BASED ON THE ACTIONS, UNETHICAL ACTIONS, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT IT TALKS ABOUT OF ONE OF THE MEMBERS FROM THIS COMMISSION.
AND THAT MEANS, JUST FOR EDUCATION PURPOSES, THAT THE COMMISSION, ETHICS, OR OIG HAVE REASON TO FURTHER INVESTIGATE IF THERE WAS A FINDING OF PROBABLE CAUSE, THERE IS NO REIMBURSEMENT REQUIREMENT UNDER THIS POLICY.
HOWEVER, LET'S ASSUME THERE'S A FINDING OF PROBABLE CAUSE AND THE PROCESS.
GO TO A HEARING BEFORE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE OR BEFORE BOARD.
CONCLUDE. AFTER HEARING THAT THE CHARGES ARE DISMISSED AND REIMBURSEMENT IS ENTITLED UNDER THE LAW.
THIS POLICY JUST MIRRORS WHAT THE LAW IS.
SO MY QUESTION WOULD BE TO VICE MAYOR.
HAS HE HAD ANY LEGAL REPRESENTATION IN THE PAST FOR AN UNETHICAL COMPLAINT AND HOW MANY TIMES? I, MURRAY-WRIGHT JUNIOR HAVE NOT HAD ANY LEGAL COMPLAINTS.
I MURRAY-WRIGHT JUNIOR HAS NEVER BEEN ARRESTED.
I MURRAY-WRIGHT JUNIOR YOU'LL NEVER SEE A MUGSHOT OF THAT WITH ME.
I'M NOT GOING TO SAY ANYTHING UNETHICAL OR ANY UNETHICAL IS GOING TO BE ABLE TO FINISH THE.
RIGHT NOW. THAT'S THE PROBLEM OF DOING SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
THERE HAS BEEN NOTHING SAID TO US SAYING THAT THERE'S NOTHING PENDING.
THERE'S NOTHING SAYING THAT THIS IS JUST FOR SOMETHING SHOULD IT HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE.
AND BECAUSE EVERYBODY HERE KNOWS THAT ANYTHING WE SPEND ON THE DOLLAR AFFECTS THEM, RIGHT? SO COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS IS ASKING.
AND SINCE WE'RE GOING DOWN THE AISLE, I WILL JUMP IN AND SAY THERE IS NO ETHICS VIOLATIONS PENDING.
I HAVE DO NOT HAVE ANY ATTORNEY'S FEES PENDING FOR ANY ETHICS INVESTIGATION.
SO DID I ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? YES. THANK YOU. MAYOR. COMMISSIONER.
DANIEL, IF YOU WISH TO ANSWER, YOU ARE WELCOME TO.
BUT HOWEVER, OBVIOUSLY I DON'T HAVE ANY.
BUT, HOWEVER, I BELIEVE WE SHOULD BE COVERED IF WE ARE ON A JOB AND SOMEBODY I'VE BEEN ACCUSED, I GET I'M TALKING, BUT I APOLOGIZE.
BUT YOU ARE. NO, NO, NO, HE ASKED A SILLY QUESTION, A SIMPLE QUESTION, AND YOU WILL HAVE YOUR TURN.
YOU WILL HAVE YOUR TURN ABOUT WHETHER YOU THINK THIS IS A GOOD THING OR NOT.
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THAT'S YOU. YOU ANSWERED THE QUESTION.YES. WE SHOULD HAVE INSURANCE.
YOU WILL HAVE YOUR TIME, I PROMISE.
MAYOR, FOR CLARIFICATION, IT'S NOT THAT WE WHAT WE DO AS THE JOB REQUIRES.
THIS IS IF I COMMIT AN UNETHICAL BUT COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS.
LEGAL FEES PENDING ON ANY OF US FOR ETHICS ISSUES, RIGHT? THAT IS THE TOPIC AT HAND.
LET'S JUST TRY TO KEEP THIS ORGANIZED.
COMMISSIONER BOLTON YOU DO NOT HAVE TO ANSWER OR YOU CAN ANSWER.
I'M LIKE COMMISSIONER DANIEL, I.
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? SORRY. I, I IT'S NOT FOR YOU TO DECIDE IF YOU YES OR NO ANSWER NEEDS TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE ON WHETHER OR NOT YOU HAVE AN ISSUE.
FINE. BUT NOT TO WHETHER YOU SUPPORT THE ITEM, BECAUSE THAT WILL COME AFTERWARDS.
MADAM MAYOR, I DO NOT HAVE PENDING ETHICS COMPLAINTS AGAINST ME.
NOT. THANK YOU. DO YOU? OKAY. BUT THE QUESTION THE OTHER PART OF THE QUESTION WAS, DO YOU HAVE ANY INVOICES THAT WOULD NEED TO BE PAID OR HAVE HAD OR HAVE HAD? AND WHEN THE QUESTION CAME AROUND TO YOU, YOU DID NOT ANSWER THAT I DID TOO.
NO, YOU DID NOT. AND AS A JUST BECAUSE YOU DON'T LISTEN TO ME.
NO, NO. COMMISSIONER IF IT MAKES YOU FEEL BETTER, I WILL RESTATE IT.
I HAVE NOT NO LEGAL FEES PENDING FOR ETHICS VIOLATIONS.
COMPLAINT WHERE I HAVE ANY ATTORNEY'S FEES.
I DO NOT HAVE ANY ETHICS COMPLAINTS THAT I AM AWARE OF.
PENDING. AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
AND AS A MATTER OF FACT, MAYOR, YOU WERE DEPOSED BY THE CHASE AND YOU HAD TO HIRE A LAWYER, SOMETHING COMMISSIONER COMMISSIONER TO HIRE A LAWYER TO GO TO COURT. COMMISSIONER BECAUSE THEY BROUGHT YOU TO COURT.
I AM. THAT IS NOT AN ETHICS COMPLAINT.
COMMISSIONER MANAGER COMMISSIONER MILLION DOLLAR COMMISSIONER.
THANK YOU FOR NOT ANSWERING THE FULL QUESTION.
SO ANYWAY, I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY, I HAVE NOT HAD ANY OF SUCH THAT I WOULD REQUIRE A PERSONAL ATTORNEY TO REPRESENT ME FOR UNETHICAL BEHAVIOR OR ACTIONS, BUT COMMISSIONER BOLTON DID NOT ANSWER THE SECOND PART.
IF HE HAS HAD IN THE PAST THIS MATTER COME FORWARD.
NO, HE DID NOT. BUT AT THE SAME TOKEN, WE DON'T HAVE TO DO POLLING.
HE DID NOT ANSWER THE OTHER QUESTION.
SO NOW WE'RE MAKING A DECISION? NO. WELL, I DO BELIEVE SOMETIMES AN OMISSION IS NOT NECESSARILY AN.
BUT AT THE SAME TOKEN, DURING THE DISCUSSION OF WHETHER OR NOT WE WILL SET A POLICY, OBVIOUSLY IN PUBLIC RECORDS NEEDS TO BE DISCLOSED IF THERE ARE ANY ITEMS THAT THE CITY IS GOING TO PAY FOR FOR SOMEBODIES ETHICS ATTORNEY.
SO CAN I MAKE A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT TO MY MOTION TO TABLE THIS ITEM TO A WORKSHOP? YOU CAN DO SO.
I BELIEVE IT WAS COMMISSIONER WRIGHT WHO WAS THE SECOND.
YOU EITHER HAVE A MOTION TO TABLE AND YOU TABLE IT, OR THE MOTION TO TABLE DIES IF YOU DON'T FINISH HIS QUESTION, I ASKED HIM, BUT A MOTION TO TABLE CAN INTERRUPT ANYBODY AT ANY TIME.
THE MOTION IS TO TABLE THIS ITEM.
PUT IT ON A WORKSHOP SO WE HAVE MORE CLARITY AS TO WHY THIS SPECIFIC ITEM, AND WHY DO WE WANT TO SPEND $10,000 FOR ANY OF US MAKING A SILLY MISTAKE? UP TO 10,000 FOR US MAKING A SILLY MISTAKE THAT WE SHOULD KNOW BETTER.
WHEN IT COMES TO ETHICS, WE HAVE COURSES EVERY YEAR.
WE SHOULD KNOW WHAT IS RIGHT AND WHAT IS WRONG.
THIS IS THE TABLET. ARE YOU YOU'RE ASKING FOR A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT TO DO A MOTION TO TABLE.
YES. AND COMMISSIONER RIGHT WAS THE SECOND OR ACTUALLY NO.
I TAKE THAT BACK. YOU DON'T NEED TO DO A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT.
YOU JUST DO A MOTION TO TABLE.
AND IF SOMEBODY SECONDS IT, YOU DO THE VOTE.
SO IS THAT A MOTION TO TABLE? YES. YES.
MOTION TO TABLE TO A TIME CERTAIN AT A WORKSHOP.
YES. I'LL SECOND THAT MOTION TO TABLE IT TO A TIME CERTAIN FOR A WORKSHOP FOR THIS DISCUSSION.
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CITY CLERK. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.THREE TO THE MOTION TO TABLE DOES NOT PASS.
YOU STILL HAVE TIME ON YOUR CLOCK.
CITY ATTORNEY. DO WE HAVE ANY INVOICES THAT SHOW THAT THIS WILL REFLECT THAT INFORMATION ON THAT ITEM FOR ANYBODY ON THIS COMMISSION? I DON'T HAVE ANY INVOICE.
HAVE WE HAD EXPERIENCE IN THIS FROM BEFORE? CITY MANAGER.
IN AROUND 2012, THE CITY DID PAY FOR LEGAL FEES FOR A MEMBER OF THIS COMMISSION.
I BELIEVE IT WAS THE MAYOR AT THAT TIME.
LET'S MAKE SURE YOU PUT THE RIGHT MAYOR IN THAT ONE, PLEASE.
THANK YOU. THAT WAS NOT I, BUT IT WAS FOR LITIGATION.
WE KNOW WHAT'S RIGHT AND WRONG.
WE TAKE A COURSE EVERY YEAR TO KNOW HOW WE SHOULD BE ACTING ON BEHALF OF THE CITY WITH OUR FIDUCIARY DUTIES, WHETHER IT'S $1 OR A MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, WHETHER IT'S A CONVERSATION BEHIND BACK DOORS OR FRONT DOORS, WHETHER IT'S A SIDE DEALS OR ANY DEALS.
THIS IS A BIG DEAL, AND I DON'T BELIEVE IT SHOULD PASS BASED ON THAT.
THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS COMMISSIONER.
NO, I DIDN'T DOCTOR DANIELS BEFORE SHE.
DANIEL. YOU'RE RIGHT. COMMISSIONER.
COMMISSIONER. DANIEL. PLEASE PROCEED.
IF YOU'RE A PUBLIC SERVANT, WHICH.
THAT'S THE ONLY TYPE OF JOB I'VE EVER HAD AS A TEACHER.
AS A PRINCIPAL, YOU NEED PROTECTION.
YOU NEED INSURANCE ON YOUR JOB.
AND I'M BAFFLED WHY? THIS IS PERSONAL.
IF WE COULD JUST STOP BEING PERSONAL AND UNDERSTAND THAT ANYONE CAN SUE YOU, ANYONE CAN FILE AN ETHICS CLAIM, AND IT'S UP TO THE JUDGE OR WHOMEVER THE MAGISTRATE TO DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT IT'S TRUE.
PEOPLE HAVE FREEDOM TO SUE YOU EVERY DAY, AS FAR AS I CAN TELL.
SO YOU NEED PROTECTION IF YOU'RE GOING TO SERVE THE PUBLIC.
THAT'S NOT FAIR THAT ANYONE SHOULD GET ELECTED.
BEE, LET ME TELL YOU THE EMAILS I GET AND THE THREATS I GET THAT I HAD NO IDEA IT WOULD BE THAT BAD.
SO ABSOLUTELY WE SHOULD HAVE PROTECTION.
I'M APPALLED THAT THIS IS PERSONAL.
IT'S NOT PERSONAL. I DON'T CARE WHO.
I DON'T WANT TO KNOW YOUR BUSINESS.
I DON'T WANT TO KNOW YOUR PERSONAL BUSINESS.
I DON'T REALLY CARE WHO IT'S FOR.
IT'S THE CITY'S JOB TO PROTECT US.
WHY ARE WE GOING PERSONAL WITH THIS? I'M LOOKING AT THE FUTURE.
I DON'T KNOW WHICH ONE OF YOU IN THE AUDIENCE MIGHT FILE A COMPLAINT AGAINST ME.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, IF I'M GOING TO SERVE, I NEED PROTECTION AS WELL IN THAT FORMAT.
EVERY EMPLOYEE FOR THE CITY OF TAMARAC.
VICE MAYOR. RIGHT. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.
I DON'T KNOW THE SPECIFICS, BUT I'VE READ THAT SOMEPLACE.
I DON'T KNOW THE SPECIFICS, BUT THE CITY PAID HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS IN LEGAL FEES.
HOW DOES THAT WORK, AND HOW DOES THIS DIFFER FROM THAT SPECIFIC LAW? OKAY. LET ME YOU KNOW OBVIOUSLY MISS CALLOWAY COULD TALK ABOUT THE PREVIOUS MAYOR.
I BELIEVE THAT WAS A CRIMINAL CHARGE INVOLVED.
SO THERE'S A DIFFERENT STANDARD IN TERMS OF HOW CRIMINAL CHARGES ARE RESOLVED.
I'LL PASS IT OUT. IT'S SECTION ONE 1107 RELATING TO CIVIL LAWSUITS.
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CIVIL LAWSUITS, BASICALLY THE CITY.IF THE ACTION OR MISSION IS WITHIN THE SCOPE OF HIS OR HER EMPLOYMENT, UNLESS THAT CITY OFFICIAL ACTED IN BAD FAITH AND WANTON DISREGARD FOR THE LAW, THAT'S CIVIL.
SO IT DOESN'T COVER ETHICS COMPLAINT.
BUT UNDER THIS CONCEPT, THERE'S BEEN DECISIONS MADE.
IT COULD BE ME, IT COULD BE MISS CALLAWAY.
THEY ARE ENTITLED TO REIMBURSEMENT.
OF ATTORNEY'S FEES FOR ETHICS COMPLAINT.
IF. THE ACTION IS WITHIN THE SCOPE OF HIS OR HER RESPONSIBILITY.
AND IF THERE'S A PUBLIC PURPOSE.
SO. BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, THE CHARGES HAVE TO BE DISMISSED.
THAT CITY OFFICIAL HAS TO PREVAIL.
IF THERE'S FIRST STEP, IF THERE'S NO FINDING OF PROBABLE CAUSE IN THE PROCESS, THAT MEANS THE PROCESS IS NOT GOING FORWARD SO THAT CITY OFFICIAL PREVAIL. BUT IF THERE'S A FINAL PROBABLE CAUSE, THAT MEANS GO FORWARD TO HEARING AND THE COMMISSION OR THE MAGISTRATE FIND THE PERSON.
I'M GOING TO USE THE WORD NOT GUILTY.
BUT THAT'S NOT A WORD USED IN ETHICS.
BUT DISMISS THE CHARGE THAT INDIVIDUAL IS ENTITLED TO REIMBURSEMENT.
SO THERE'S NO DISCRETIONARY INVOLVEMENT.
IN FACT, THE STATE LAW, WITH RESPECT TO CIVIL LITIGATION, IT SAID IF THE CITY REFUSE TO PROVIDE LEGAL DEFENSE TO THE CITY OFFICIAL, THE CITY SHALL NOT MAY SHALL REIMBURSE THE CITY OFFICIAL.
IT DOESN'T GIVE A CARTE BLANCHE.
IF YOU'RE FOUND IN VIOLATION OF ETHICS LAW, THERE'S NO REIMBURSEMENT.
YOU YOU SPEND YOUR OWN MONEY AND YOU DON'T GET ANYTHING BACK.
SO I'M GOING TO PASS THE STATE LAW SO YOU CAN SEE IT.
AND QUESTION TO THE CITY MANAGER.
WELL, THE POLICY IS UP TO $10,000.
ANYTHING BEYOND THAT WOULD NEED TO COME TO THE CITY COMMISSION.
AND IF IF THIS HAPPENS, IT WILL BE DISCLOSED THAT WHO WAS PAID FOR THE REASON WAS PAID FOR.
IS THAT GOING TO BE ALL A PART OF THE PUBLIC RECORD, THE REASON WHY IT WAS PAID? IT WOULD BECOME A PART OF THE PUBLIC RECORD.
OKAY. AND DOESN'T THE CITY MANAGER HAVE AUTHORITY TO SPEND UP TO 65,000 IS IN REFERENCE UNDER THE PROCUREMENT CODE AND UNDER THE PROCUREMENT CODE, YOU CAN SPEND UP TO 65,000 ON ANY ITEM.
THE CITY MANAGER, NOT THE CITY MANAGER.
SO YOU'RE JUST ASKING FOR AN INCREASE FROM 5000 TO 10,000.
THAT'S BASICALLY THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE ASKING.
OKAY. IN THE DOCUMENT, CITY ATTORNEY 103.11, IT SAYS I PUT ON MY GLASSES.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? YOU YOU HAVE NOW THE BASICALLY, I IT GIVES A TIME PERIOD OF, I BELIEVE 90 OR 60 DAYS IF THE IF THE COMPLAINT.
WAS FILED WITHIN FROM ADOPTION.
I THINK YOU CAN GET REIMBURSEMENT.
THAT'S WHAT THAT'S I YOU KNOW WHICH WHICH SECTION YOU READ.
I'M, I'M I'M GOING OFF SECTION 10.111.
PAGE. WHICH ONE? NO. COMMISSIONER YOU READING FROM THE EXHIBIT?
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OH. I'M SORRY. THE POLICY.YEAH. NO, IT'S IT'S APPLIES TO WAIT FIVE A YEAH.
OKAY. SO THAT APPLIES TO I'M SORRY.
THAT'S THAT'S THAT'S THE OPINION THAT YOU GOT FROM THE, FROM THE, THE THE THE OKAY.
OKAY. OKAY. SORRY I WAS CONFUSED.
YEAH, THOSE THOSE WERE MY QUESTIONS.
JUST UNDERSTANDING EXACTLY WHAT IS THE PURPOSE.
OKAY. WE DEFINITELY NEED SOME LIGHTS UP HERE BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST YOUR GLASSES.
CITY ATTORNEY, THERE WAS JUST SOMETHING THAT WAS MENTIONED BY VICE MAYOR, RIGHT? THAT I DON'T SEE IN HERE.
THIS IS FOR ANY THING GOING IN THE FUTURE.
BILLS THAT ARE PRESENTLY PENDING.
IS THIS FOR AN ITEM FOR THE FUTURE? OR IS THIS ABLE TO.
IS THIS SUPPOSED TO BE BACKWARDS? LET ME MAKE SURE TO GIVE YOU THE PROVISION THAT'S APPLIES.
ANY. IT'S APPLIED TO ANY REIMBURSEMENT, I BELIEVE, WITHIN 60 DAYS.
LET ME REPHRASE IT FOR ANYTHING THAT HAPPENS IN THE FUTURE.
THIS WOULD APPLY THAT THIS IS NOT RETRO DATED FOR ANYTHING THAT HAS HAPPENED IN THE PAST.
IS THAT IT? NO, IT'S NOT PROSPECTIVE FROM THE FUTURE.
IT APPLIES IF OBVIOUSLY IF THE DISMISSAL TAKES PLACE WITHIN 60 DAYS.
LET ME MAKE SURE I DON'T WANT TO.
OKAY. LET ME REPHRASE THE QUESTION.
IF THIS GOES INTO EFFECT TODAY, APRIL 10TH, 2024, IS IT FOR ANY ISSUES THAT HAPPEN BY THIS COMMISSION IN THE FUTURE, OR IS THIS FOR ANY ISSUES THAT MAY HAVE HAPPENED IN THE PAST? OR IS THIS SILENT TO IT? OH, LET ME MAKE SURE.
MADAM MAYOR. WHAT IS THAT? WHAT, IF ANYTHING, IS PENDING, PROVIDED IT'S WITHIN 60 DAYS.
60 DAYS. RECEIVE THE POSITION.
YES. SO IT WILL APPLY TO ANYTHING.
IF NOT THE QUESTION BEING ASKED.
NO, I'M GIVING YOU A LANGUAGE.
IT'S NOT. LET'S SAY IF IT'S ADOPTED TODAY, YOU COULD HAVE A COMPLAINT PENDING OR AT THE ETHICS COMMISSION OR OIG, AND IT'S NOT REALLY RESOLVED IF IF WITHIN 60 DAYS.
A WRITTEN DISPOSITION OF OF OF THE COMPLAINT.
IF IT'S WITHIN THE 60 DAYS THIS POLICY WOULD APPLY.
THAT'S ANYTHING CURRENTLY PENDING IF IT GOES INTO EFFECT TODAY.
YES. BUT IF THERE HAS BEEN AN ETHICS COMPLAINT RESOLVED.
SO YOU'RE SAYING IT'S FOR ANYTHING RESOLVED? PERIOD WITHIN 60 DAYS FROM TODAY PAST, YOU'RE GIVING A 60 DAY RETRO DATE, IS WHAT YOU'RE SAYING FROM TODAY, CORRECT? THANK YOU. IS IT IN HERE? YES. AS A RETRO DATE.
IT'S NOT THE RATE. IS IT CLEAR? YEAH. IT'S.
WE'RE IN FINAL DISPOSITION OF THE COMPLAINT CHARGE OR OTHER INVESTIGATION.
AGAIN, THAT'S NOT CLEAR IN HERE.
THE WORDING DOES NOT STATE THAT THIS IS FROM TODAY'S DATE.
IN 60 DAYS PAST, IT IS NOT CLEAR.
THERE IS ALSO A QUESTION OF THE DEFINITION OF THE DEPARTMENT HEADS.
WE HAVE OFFICIALS, CITY OFFICIALS.
WE ARE NOT COVERING SOME OF OUR PEOPLE WHO ARE DEPARTMENT HEADS, WHO ARE NOT DEPARTMENT HEADS.
SAY SOMETHING SHOULD HAPPEN IN OUR PROCUREMENT DEPARTMENT.
SAY SOMETHING SHOULD HAPPEN TO US.
I FORGOT THE NAME OF HER TITLE.
THE CITY CHIEF OF STAFF TO THE CITY MANAGER POSITION.
NOT A DEPARTMENT HEAD NOT COVERED.
SHOULD THAT EMPLOYEE BE COVERED? I HAVE NO, I HAVE NO OBJECTION.
I APPRECIATE THAT MY POINT IS GOING TO SEVERAL THINGS.
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I DO THINK THIS ITEM IS TOO SPECIFIC, WHICH IS CAUSING SOME CONSTERNATION.I BELIEVE THAT THERE IS LANGUAGE IN HERE FOR THE LIMITATIONS.
IT'S ON PAGE TWO OF FOUR OF THE POLICY REIMBURSEMENT LIMITATIONS.
THE FINDING OF NO PROBABLE CAUSE CAUSES AN ISSUE WHEN YOU'RE USING THE SAME INFORMATION IN THE BACKUP ON PAGE 252 2225 ON THE LONG THING 103.04 OF DEFINITIONS FOR SUCCESSFULLY DEFEND OR PREVAIL, THERE SHOULD BE MODIFICATION ON THE LANGUAGE, AND I THINK IT SHOULD BE BROADER BECAUSE CITY ATTORNEY, DO WE ACTUALLY HAVE A POLICY FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE BEING SUED FOR CIVIL LITIGATION THAT IS COVERED? THE REASON WHY IT'S NOT IN THIS POLICY.
STATE LAW BASICALLY HAS A STRAIGHT PROVISION THAT CLEARLY PROVIDE THAT THE CITY HAS TO DEFEND CITY OFFICIALS FOR CIVIL LITIGATION.
AND UNLESS OBVIOUSLY, THEY CONDUCT IS WILLFUL AND BAD FAITH, BUT GENERALLY AND THERE'S NO REIMBURSEMENT, YOU KNOW REQUIREMENT UNLESS THE CITY REFUSED TO PROVIDE THAT DEFENSE.
SO THE CITY IF, LET'S SAY, IF YOU IF IF THIS BODY IS SUED FOR VIOLATION OF STATE LAW AND EACH MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION IS NAMED AS A DEFENDANT, WE HAVE TO PROVIDE DEFENSE TO EACH MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION.
AND IF A MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION WANT TO HIRE HIS OR HER LAWYER, WE HAVE TO BASICALLY IF IT'S WITHIN THE OFFICIAL CAPACITY, IF IT'S WITHIN THE SCOPE OF EMPLOYMENT, WE HAVE TO PAY THAT DEFENSE AND WE DON'T HAVE TO WAIT FOR REIMBURSEMENT BASED ON STATE LAW THAT ARE PROVIDED IN SECTION 111 .07.
ONE OF THE THINGS I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH.
AGAIN, BACK TO THE LANGUAGE THAT IS USED HERE.
YOUR LANGUAGE IN HERE OF USING PROBABLE CAUSE.
IS DISCONCERTING BECAUSE IT'S NOT THE FINAL.
THERE ARE DISPOSITIONS THAT ARE GIVEN THAT ARE AFTER FINDING PROBABLE CAUSE, CAUSE TO INVESTIGATE, THEY COME BACK WITH A VERDICT OF NOT PROCEEDING, NOT GUILTY OR COVERED, OR WHATEVER WORDING.
LET'S SEE. I REALLY CAN'T SEE UP HERE.
SUCCESSFULLY DEFENDED OR PREVAIL SHALL APPLY TO THE INDIVIDUAL CHARGES OR ALLEGATIONS, AND SHALL MEAN DISMISSAL WITHOUT A FINDING OF A VIOLATION OF THE FLORIDA ETHICS CODE. IT IS DIFFERENT THAN PROBABLE CAUSE.
PROBABLE CAUSE IS THE PROCESS IN WHICH THEY FIND ENOUGH INFORMATION TO PROCEED.
IN CERTAIN ETHICS ITEMS, TO BE ABLE TO HAVE HEARINGS WHICH PEOPLE WOULD THEN NEED AN ATTORNEY MAY.
IF THERE WAS A FINDING A PROBABLE CAUSE, THERE WAS NO REQUIREMENT FOR REIMBURSEMENT.
SO IT PROBABLE CAUSE IS FOUND.
AND AND THE HEARING PROCEED AGAINST THE INDIVIDUAL CITY OFFICIAL THAT THERE'S NO ENTITLEMENT TO REIMBURSEMENT UNTIL A RESOLUTION IF IT'S DISMISSED, THE THE INDIVIDUAL CAN COME TO THE COMMISSION AND ASK FOR REIMBURSEMENT.
YOUR THE PROBLEM IS AGAIN, BY GOING TO SPECIFIC, THE PROBLEM IS BY GOING TO SPECIFIC WITH CERTAIN POLICY, YOU ARE TRYING TO PUT A ONE SIZE FITS ALL ON CERTAIN THINGS WITH THE WITH ETHICS VIOLATIONS.
THERE ARE SEVERAL PATHS MAYOR AND I I'M TRYING TO BE HELPFUL TO AN ITEM THAT YOU WANT.
CITY ATTORNEY I PLEASE LET ME FINISH.
NO, I JUST I REPRESENT A CLIENT BEFORE THE ETHICS COMMISSION ALL THE TIME.
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I JUST WANT TO BE CANDID, BUT.BUT CITY ATTORNEY, YOU ARE NOT THE ONE REPRESENTING ANYBODY ON THE DAIS BECAUSE YOU CANNOT REPRESENT ANYBODY INDIVIDUALLY ON THE DAIS BECAUSE YOU REPRESENT THE CITY OF TAMARAC. YOU REPRESENT THE CONSENSUS ON THE DAIS.
PLUS YOU DO NOT REPRESENT ANY ONE OF US INDIVIDUALLY, WHICH IS THE REASON WHY, IF THERE'S ANY ETHICS ISSUES BY ANY OF US AND WE NEED TO BE REPRESENTED, WE CANNOT BE REPRESENTED BY YOU, WHICH IS THE REASON THIS IS BEING ASKED FOR, BECAUSE THERE IS POSSIBLY SOMETHING COMING DOWN THE PIKE, CAME DOWN THE PIKE, WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE IN THE POLICY.
SO IN ORDER TO GET TO WHAT YOU ARE TRYING TO ASK FOR, I'M ASKING THESE QUESTIONS ON PURPOSE BECAUSE IN MY OPINION, THIS IS TOO NARROWLY TAILORED AND WILL CAUSE ISSUE, AND WHICH IS WHY I AGREED TO WANTING TO TABLE THIS ITEM SO WE CAN HAVE FURTHER CONVERSATION AND BROADEN THIS TO A BETTER POLICY THAT FITS ALL THAT ARE SUPPOSEDLY BEING THOUGHT OF.
WHO MIGHT NEED THIS AS OUR EMPLOYEES, AS HAS BEEN MENTIONED, MIGHT HAVE ISSUES.
MAYBE WE SHOULD DISCUSS IT FOR WITNESSES WHO ARE CALLED INTO LAWSUITS BECAUSE WHILE THE COMMISSIONER BOLTON HAS THROWN ME IN THAT RING, THERE ARE SEVERAL OTHER PEOPLE WHO HAVE ALSO BEEN BROUGHT INTO THAT RING.
HAVE A FULL POLICY DRAFTED OUT WITH.
SECOND, I HAVE I HAVE DONE THE MOTION.
I HAVE A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS.
IT COULD BE AT THE NEXT WORKSHOP.
I PUT THE TIME CERTAIN FOR THE NEXT WORKSHOP, WHICH IS IN MAY.
IT DOESN'T MATTER. I COULD DO IT AGAIN.
IT WAS SOMEBODY ELSE'S MOTION.
I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.
I'VE SAID MY PIECE. EVERYBODY ELSE HAS SAID THEIR PIECE.
AT THIS TIME YOU HAVE NOT WANTED TO SPEAK.
I HAVE A MOTION TO TABLE ON THE TABLE.
CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
DANIEL. I THINK WE SHOULD DISCUSS IT NOW.
NO, NO, I THINK MOTION TO TABLE.
FROM WHAT? LET'S MOVE ON. NO NO NO OKAY.
DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WISH TO SAY? MAIER GOMEZ. I NEED COMMISSIONER DANIEL TO VERIFY HER VOTE.
PLEASE CAN YOU PLEASE VERIFY YOUR VOTE? IS IT A YES TO TABLE OR NO NO NO NO SHE DOES NOT WISH TO TABLE.
COMMISSIONER. DANIEL, YOU HAVE YOUR TWO MINUTES.
NO, I'M ALL FOR THE POLICY AGAIN.
IF I IF SOMEONE FILE A ETHICS.
MY UNDERSTANDING FROM WHAT I READ, IF SOMEONE FILE A ETHICS COMPLAINT AGAINST ME AND I CAN ONLY SPEAK FOR ME AND IT'S UNFOUNDED, I SHOULD GET REIMBURSED. IF I DID NOTHING WRONG, WHY AM I PAYING OUT OF POCKET? BECAUSE I AM A COMMISSIONER.
IT'S NOT RIGHT. SO I AM AGREEMENT IN AGREEMENT WITH THE POLICY IF WE WANT TO WORKSHOP AND ADD STUFF.
BUT APPARENTLY THE LAW COVERS.
FROM WHAT I'M HEARING BETWEEN YOUR DISCUSSION, I'M NOT A LAWYER, A LAWYER, SO I MIGHT NOT UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING, BUT APPARENTLY THE LAW COVERS CIVIL AND CRIMINAL. CIVIL, CIVIL.
BUT. AND SO WHAT ABOUT CRIMINAL? CRIMINAL BASICALLY BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY DIFFERENT ISSUES.
SO THAT'S SIMILAR TO WHAT I READ IN THE NEWSPAPER IN MIAMI.
AND HE HAS TO PAY BACK THE MONEY BECAUSE HE WAS FOUND GUILTY, WHICH WHICH CASE I DON'T.
OKAY, THERE'S SO MANY. BUT BUT BASICALLY THE GENERAL RULE IS IF IT'S WITHIN YOUR OFFICIAL CAPACITY AND, AND IS A PUBLIC PURPOSE, EVEN IF IT'S CRIMINAL, BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY DIFFERENT ISSUES WITH CRIMINAL.
IT IS BASICALLY UNTIL A JURY VERDICT OR DISMISSAL OF THE CHARGES.
SO IT'S JUST A LITTLE MORE COMPLICATED THAN ETHICS.
IF WE CAN CALL THE QUESTION, WE COULD.
BUT THERE ARE OTHER PEOPLE WHO HAVE THEIR MINUTES LEFT TO SPEAK.
BUT THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS, DO YOU HAVE YOUR TWO MINUTES? I WOULD LIKE TO AMEND THIS TO SAY THAT ALL CASES COME TO THIS COMMISSION FOR APPROVAL.
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I BELIEVE THAT IF ANY OF US HAVE BEHAVED IN A WAY THAT THE OIG OR THE ETHICS DEPARTMENT HAS FOUND TO PURSUE SOMETHING THAT WE ALL NEED TO KNOW ABOUT IT, ESPECIALLY IF WE'RE GOING TO BE SPENDING THE TAX DOLLARS ON IT.OTHERWISE, WHAT'S THE POINT OF US SPENDING TAXPAYERS MONEY? AM I, CAN I SPEAK OR YOU HAVE.
YEAH. BUT AND DEFINITELY NOT BE RETROACTIVE RETRO FITTED BECAUSE IT'S GOING FORWARD.
THANK YOU. OKAY, I'LL TAKE MY LAST TWO MINUTES.
AGREE THAT THERE SHOULD BE SOMETHING IN THERE.
MY PROBLEM IS THAT I FEEL THAT THIS IS NOT COMPLETE.
I DON'T LIKE SAYING YES TO SOMETHING THAT IS NOT COMPLETE FOR THE SAKE OF MAKING IT EASIER.
I LIKE TO HAVE MORE INFORMATION AND I HAVE A BETTER WELL ROUNDED BECAUSE THE REALITY IS THIS MAY NOT COME BACK FOR A WHILE AND THEN WHO KNOWS WHAT OTHER THINGS WILL HAPPEN IN THE IN BETWEEN.
I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH SAYING YES TO SOMETHING WITHOUT FULL DISCLOSURES THAT I BELIEVE HAVE NOT BEEN DISCLOSED PROPERLY, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THINGS CLEARLY IN THE SUNLIGHT.
SO THAT IS MY ISSUE WITH THIS.
I CAN'T VOTE YES FOR THIS BECAUSE I DON'T LIKE SOME OF THE WAY IT IS DRAFTED.
BUT THIS IS NOT TAKING CARE OF.
ALL THAT. I BELIEVE THAT IT SHOULD BE TAKEN CARE OF FOR PEOPLE THAT I KNOW WHO MAY HAVE.
TO COME TO USE THIS IN THE FUTURE.
I CAN'T I CAN'T DO THIS RIGHT NOW.
IT'S NOT APPROPRIATE AT THIS TIME, IN THIS WAY.
I JUST ASSUMED WE WERE COVERED, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU.
BUT THAT'S THE PROBLEM. WE HAVE ALL LEARNED TONIGHT THAT WE'RE NOT COVERED IN ONE BREATH.
WE'RE TOLD STATE STATUTE DOES IT IN ONE BREATH.
WE'RE TOLD LEGISLATION, CASE LAW DOES IT.
BUT TONIGHT WE'RE BEING TOLD, NO IT DOESN'T.
SO I AGREE WITH THERE BEING SOME POLICY, BUT IT NEEDS TO BE A MORE THOUGHT THROUGH POLICY THAT IS ACTUALLY PROTECTIVE OF ALL THE EMPLOYEES THAT IT WILL COVER, NOT JUST THE CITY COMMISSION.
AND IT NEEDS TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE FISHED OUT THE CITY COMMISSION.
YOU JUST SAID IT COVERS THE CITY COMMISSION.
CAN YOU TELL US WHAT IT COVERS, PLEASE? IT'S IN THERE. YOU SEE THE DEFINITION OF OFFICIAL.
MAIER ARMS. IGNITION SERIES. ALL MEMBERS OF THE MAYOR.
THE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE GENERALLY IN THE LINE OF FIRE DEPARTMENT HEADS.
ALL. IT DOES NOT TAKE CARE OF ANYBODY WHO WORKS FOR A DEPARTMENT HEAD, WHICH MEANS OTHER CITY STAFF WHO COULD BE BROUGHT IN. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I HAVE SOME MORE HISTORICAL KNOWLEDGE THAN MOST OF THE PEOPLE ON THIS DAIS RIGHT NOW.
SO I'M ASKING YOU TO UNDERSTAND.
WHY I AM ASKING FOR THIS TO BE MORE COMPLETE.
I KNOW, BUT SOMEBODY JUST SAID THEY NEED A BREAK, SO.
IF THE MAJORITY SEEMS TO BE OKAY.
IF THE CITY DAIS IS OKAY AND DOESN'T NEED TO HAVE SOMEBODY STAND IN FOR THEM, THEN WE WILL PROCEED.
BUT I ALSO HAVE TO CARE ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE ON THE DAIS AS WELL.
[6.a TO2552 - An Ordinance of the City Commission of the City of Tamarac, Florida, adopting the First (1st) Budget Amendment to the City of Tamarac operating budget, revenues and expenditures, the capital budget, and the financial policies for the Fiscal Year 2024, by increasing the total revenues and expenditures by a total of $5,147,461 as detailed in Attachment “A” attached hereto and summarized in Attachment “B” attached hereto and incorporated herein; providing that the 1st Amendment is being adopted in the same manner as the original budget and serves as the new adopted budget: providing for conflicts; providing for severability; and providing for an effective date.]
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IT'S A6AT02552.CITY ATTORNEY READ THE TITLE FOR THE RECORD.
CITY. CITY OF TAMARAC ADOPTING THE FIRST BUDGET AMENDMENT TO THE CITY OF TAMARAC.
OPERATING BUDGET, REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES.
THE CAPITAL BUDGET AND FINANCIAL POLICY OF THE FISCAL YEAR 2024 BY INCREASING TOTAL REVENUES AND EXPENDITURE TO A TOTAL OF $5,147,461.
SERVE AS A NEW ADOPTED BUDGET.
PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS. PROVIDING FOR EFFECTIVE DATE.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS.
WE HAD A FULL WORKSHOP ON THIS ON MONDAY.
THERE IS NO PUBLIC COMMENT AS THIS IS AN ITEM ON FIRST READING.
I'M NOT SEEING ANY QUESTIONS BY THE COMMISSION.
CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. COMMISSIONER DANIEL.
THANK YOU. MOTION PASSES 5 TO 0.
[7.a TO2553 - 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.]
CITY ATTORNEY READ THE TITLE FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.ITEM SEVEN A AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC.
DESCRIBING THE EXTERNAL BOUNDARIES OF THE DISTRICT.
NAMING FIVE PERSONS DESIGNATED TO BE THE INITIAL MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY. PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS.
PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER BOLTON.
I HAVE A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS.
I'M GOOD. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR.
COMMISSIONERS. GOOD TO SEE EVERYONE AGAIN.
WE ARE BACK FOR SECOND READING OF THE CD.
ALTHOUGH THE THIRD TIME YOU ARE ALL CONSIDERING THIS OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST FEW MONTHS.
YOU'VE SEEN THE PRESENTATION SEVERAL TIMES.
I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE THE TIME TO RUN THROUGH IT YET AGAIN FOR A THIRD TIME.
IF THERE ARE ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS, OBVIOUSLY WE'RE HAPPY TO ADDRESS THEM.
THE ONE THING I DID WANT TO TAKE SOME TIME TO ADDRESS SPECIFICALLY, AT THE VERY END OF THE LAST MEETING, WE HAD PRESENTED SOME COLLATERAL MATERIALS WITH REGARD TO KIND OF HOW THE SALES PROCESS WILL WORK, ENSURING THAT AS YOU COME INTO THE MODEL CENTER THAT IT IS, IT IS VERY VISIBLY DISPLAYED THE NATURE, THE TYPE OF THE COMMUNITY, THE FACT THAT THIS WOULD BE, IF APPROVED, A COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT PROMPTING INFORMATION, QUESTIONS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE, ADDITIONAL COLLATERAL MATERIALS, KIND OF A VERY SIMPLE, FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS WITHOUT ALL THE LEGAL EASE IN TERMS OF THIS FORM.
I BELIEVE THE CITY ATTORNEY HAS SEEN IT AS WELL.
A KIND OF VERY A BRIGHT RED PIECE OF PAPER THAT WILL BE PART OF THE CONTRACT, JUST MAKING IT VERY VISIBLY AND CRYSTAL CLEAR TO ANY FUTURE PROSPECTIVE BUYER WITHIN THE COMMUNITY THAT THIS WOULD BE A COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT.
WE WILL ALSO BE OFFERING EXCUSE ME TO ANY PROSPECTIVE BUYER EDUCATIONAL SEMINARS AND ONE ON ONE DISCUSSIONS AS IT RELATES TO THE EDUCATION OF A COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT AS WELL.
SO I JUST KIND OF WANTED TO GO INTO THAT AND A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL.
YOU HEARD FROM GINGER, WHO'S KIND OF THE GOVERNMENT LAW EXPERT ON COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT.
WE WILL NOW GO TO OUR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PART OF THE EVENING.
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ON DECK IS WILLIAM GAFFNEY.JEFFREY SHAPIRO, 6104 ORCHARD TREE LANE AT SECTION EIGHT OF THE WOODLANDS COMMUNITY.
I AM HERE TO STATE THAT WE NEED THE CD.
WITHOUT THE CD, ALL THE CURRENT HOMEOWNERS WITHIN THE WOODLANDS COMMUNITY WILL HAVE NO PROTECTIONS.
WITH WHAT THE COMMUNITY WILL LOOK LIKE FOR THE NEXT 30 YEARS, THAT'S HOW IMPORTANT THIS IS.
WITHOUT IT, THE DEVELOPERS ARE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO GUARANTEE THAT AFTER FIVE YEARS AND SELLING TO 135 NEW HOMES, NO. 335 NEW HOMEOWNERS THAT THEY WANT TO MAINTAIN OVER 160 ACRES OF COMMON LAND, WHICH THE CURRENT RESIDENTS OF THIS ENTIRE COMMUNITY HAVE NEVER, EVER BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR PAYING THE MAINTENANCE BECAUSE OF THIS.
IT'S VERY BENEFICIAL FOR HOW THE COMMUNITY WILL LOOK, ITS ESTHETICS AND THE GUARANTEES OF SOLID GREAT RETURN ON INVESTMENT.
WITHOUT IT, ALL THE EXISTING HOMEOWNERS I GUESS WITHIN 5 TO 7 YEARS WILL BE SUED.
AND FORCED IN COURT TO THEN START PAYING THEIR SHARE OF THE MAINTENANCE ON ALL OF THAT LAND.
I AM UPSET IT'S TAKEN THIS LONG IN THE EVENING FOR THIS TO COME UP.
BUT GUESS WHAT? THE COMMUNITY WILL JUST GO AND DISREPAIR.
AND IF YOU THINK IT LOOKS BAD NOW, JUST WAIT.
WE HAVE WILLIAM GOFFINET ON COMING UP.
AND THEN I HAVE EILEEN MICHAELSON ON DECK.
HIS LITTLE PHONE. SAME RULES APPLY, PLEASE.
WILLIAM. GOLFING AT 506 BAYBERRY LANE.
LISTEN, THIS SHOULD HAVE NEVER GOT TO A CD.
MICHELLE, YOU'VE KNOWN BACHMAN FOR HOW LONG NOW? HOW LONG? SCOTT. GIVE ME THE WORD.
HOW LONG YOU KNOWN HER FOR? SINCE 2010.
THAT'S A LONG. HE WISHES TO BURN HIS COMMENTS.
IT'S HIS TIME. THAT'S A LONG TIME FOR YOU TO KNOW SOMEBODY.
AND YOU DIDN'T RECUSE YOURSELF FROM A VOTE.
THE ONLY REASON I KNOW THAT IS BECAUSE I FORCED THE QUESTION ON YOU OKAY.
THIS IS A CONSPIRACY GOING ON RIGHT HERE.
YEAH YEAH YOU CAN LAUGH ALL YOU WANT, MICHELLE.
YOU'LL BE ANSWERING QUESTIONS.
THIS IS NOT THE WAY A COMMUNITY SHOULD BE DIVIDED UP, OKAY? PEOPLE LIVE THERE.
THEY PAID ALL THE WHATEVER THEY PAID FOR THEIR HOUSE.
COMMUNITY. OKAY, PEOPLE THAT YOU GUYS HAVE BOUGHT OFF WITH.
PANCAKES. WHAT ELSE WAS IT? PIZZA. TRY TO BUY A FEW VOTES JUST TO TRY TO KNOCK THOSE NUMBERS DOWN A LITTLE BIT.
WHEN WE STARTED OFF, WE HAD OVER 80% OF THE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT WERE AGAINST YOU.
HOW ABOUT THE ARSENIC AT MANOR PARK? WHAT DO YOU PLAN ON DOING ABOUT THAT? IT'S STILL THERE.
YOU NEVER REMOVED THE GODDAMN BIT OF IT, OKAY? AND THEY'RE NOT GOING TO DO IT AT THE WOODLANDS EITHER, BECAUSE, AS I SAID BEFORE, THERE IS NO PLACE TO TAKE THE ARSENIC.
OKAY. YOU CAN'T BURY IT DEEP ENOUGH BECAUSE THE WATER TABLE IS ONLY SIX FEET.
SO WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO? YOU'RE GOING TO JUST GO AHEAD AND PUT THOSE BUILDINGS RIGHT OVER THE TOP OF IT, OKAY? AND THAT ARSENIC IS GOING TO EVENTUALLY SEEP INSIDE THOSE HOUSES.
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I DON'T THINK YOU SHOULD BUILD ANYTHING AT THE WOODLANDS.KIDS THAT THAT'S THAT'S PLAY MONEY FOR YOU GUYS.
YOU GO TO THE CASINO WITH THAT.
OKAY? YOU'RE NOT PAYING FOR A DAMN THING.
AND YOU HAVEN'T RECUSED ON A VOTE FROM THE WORD JUMP.
OKAY. KNOWING FULL WELL YOU'VE KNOWN THIS GUY FOREVER.
OKAY. FINANCIALLY, YOU OWN TWO HOUSES IN THE WOODLANDS.
YOU CAN'T EXPLAIN THAT AWAY, EITHER.
YOU'RE A LAWYER? HE'S A LAWYER.
YOU'RE A TITLE LAWYER? I MEAN, HOW MUCH MORE COZY DOES IT GET? OKAY. THANK YOU.
GENTLEMEN. COMMISSIONER BOLTON, PLEASE.
AND LEARN WHAT YOU'RE CLAPPING ABOUT OR NOT.
SO ANYWAY, I SEE THAT YOU'RE NOT GOING TO WAIT FOR MY COMMENTS, SO.
IS JUDY MARGOLIS IF SHE IS STILL HERE.
OKAY. OKAY. EILEEN LIEBERMAN MICHAELSON, 4809 WOODLANDS BOULEVARD.
I RISE TO SPEAK ON THIS ISSUE BECAUSE I'M REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE STUFF I'VE READ IN THE BACKUP.
FIRST OF ALL, I THINK YOU ALL REMEMBER THAT THE LAST TIME 13TH FLOOR WAS IN FRONT OF YOU.
THEY TOLD YOU THEY WERE REMOVING POTTY.
IT'S STILL IN THIS ISSUE AND THEY PROMISED US IT WOULD NOT BE THERE.
SO IT CAUSES ME CONCERN THAT WE OBVIOUSLY CAN'T RELY ON PROMISES THAT ARE MADE.
IT'S CALLED A DECLARATION OF RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS.
THERE ARE EIGHT SECTIONS IN THE WOODLANDS RIGHT NOW.
NOT A SINGLE ONE OF THEM HAS A CD.
IT'S ALL HOW YOU DEFINE IT AND WHAT YOU PUT IN THE DECLARATION OF RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS.
THE LOCATION MAP THAT'S ON PAGE ONE OF MISS CALLOWAY'S MOTION.
IT'S NOT THE SAME AS THE LOCATION MAP THAT'S IN THE BACKUP FROM THE DEVELOPER.
AND ONE THING I WOULD SAY ABOUT MISS CALLOWAY, SHE SAYS THAT THE EXPECTED COST FROM THE TWO NON-AD VALOREM ASSESSMENTS WILL NOT EXCEED $6,000.
I'M WILLING TO BET SHE DIDN'T PULL THAT NUMBER OUT OF THE THIN AIR THAT SHE KNOWS WHAT SHE'S DOING ON THIS, WHICH MEANS IN ADDITION TO PROPERTY TAXES, THEY'LL BE PAYING AT LEAST ANOTHER 6000, IF NOT MORE, FOR TWO DIFFERENT NON-AD VALOREM ASSESSMENTS.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, THEY'LL ALSO BE CERTAIN ITEMS THAT SECTION NINE WILL BE PAYING FOR.
THE DEVELOPER SAYS IT'S CHEAPER THAN AN HOA.
THEY'RE WRONG. THE REASON THEY'RE WRONG IS BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK AT CHAPTER 190.006, IT SPECIFICALLY STATES THAT THE FIVE SUPERVISORS CAN GET A SALARY, THEY CAN HAVE THEIR EXPENSES REIMBURSED.
THEY HAVE TO HIRE A MANAGER BY STATUTE.
IT DOESN'T LIMIT WHAT THE SALARY IS FOR THE MANAGER.
THEY HAVE TO HIRE A TREASURER.
IT DOESN'T LIMIT WHAT YOU PAY THE TREASURER.
THEY DO THIS BECAUSE THEY LIVE IN THE COMMUNITY.
THE FIVE PEOPLE THE DEVELOPER IS PROPOSING.
NOT ONE OF THEM LIVES IN THE WOODLANDS.
AND SO I ASKED YOU NOT TO VOTE IN FAVOR OF THIS ITEM TONIGHT.
IT DOESN'T APPEAR TO BE IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE THE OTHER EXISTING SECTIONS OF THE WOODLANDS.
WE HAVE JUDY MARGOLIS, WHO IS NOT HERE.
THIS IS THE ITEM THAT YOU WANTED TO SPEAK TO.
HAVE YOU CHANGED YOUR MIND? THAT'S YOUR NEXT.
AND. I HAVE NOBODY ELSE THAT IS SIGNED UP BUT THAT.
THEY'RE TIRED. I GOT YOU, MICHAEL.
WELL, THE REASON I'M HERE NOW WAS SPECIFICALLY ON THIS MATTER, AND I FELT.
THAT I REALLY, IN ALL GOOD CONSCIENCE, HAVE TO VOTE NO TO THIS.
BECAUSE WHEN I HEAR THE WORD A 30 YEAR COMMITMENT, I'D BE DEAD BEFORE.
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AND I FEEL THAT THIS IS REALLY, REALLY UNREASONABLE IN TERMS OF IF YOU'VE LIVED IN A PROPERTY FOR OVER 20 YEARS, YOU DIDN'T BUDGET FOR THIS ENORMOUS AMOUNT IN TAXES.WE ARE ALREADY PAYING TAXES AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AN ADDITIONAL TAX ON IT.
FINISH YOUR COMMENT. YEAH OKAY.
WE'RE NOT INTERRUPTING YOU. GO AHEAD.
THERE'S A POINT OF INFORMATION THAT WANTS TO BE GIVEN, BUT WE WERE LETTING YOU FINISH YOUR COMMENT.
OKAY. SO BASICALLY THAT'S WHERE I STAND ON IT.
AND I REALLY HOPE THAT WE WILL DO OR EVERYONE WILL DO WHAT'S RIGHT AND NOT MAKE A GRAVE MISTAKE FOR IT TO COME BACK AND HAUNT US.
THE POINT OF CLARIFICATION IS THAT THIS IS NOT FOR SECTIONS ONE THROUGH EIGHT.
IT DOES NOT AFFECT ANYBODY CURRENTLY LIVING IN THE WOODLANDS THROUGH ONE THROUGH EIGHT.
THERE IS NO GUARANTEE IT'S NOT GOING TO FILTER DOWN TO SECTION ONE.
I HAD ASKED THIS QUESTION AT THE VERY FIRST MEETING AT SECTION ONE.
IS IT GOING TO AFFECT OUR TAXES? I WAS TOLD NO, BUT EVERYTHING ELSE IS CHANGING AND WE HAVE NOT REALLY HAD A MEETING FOR THEM TO REALLY DETAIL ALL THE THINGS THAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN.
THE MEETING IS CURRENTLY GOING ON RIGHT? IT'S ALREADY BEEN DISCUSSED ONE TIME OR ACTUALLY PRESENTED TWICE ALREADY.
RIGHT. AND IT'S PRESENTED FOR SECTION NINE.
IT IS NOT TO YOUR SECTION BECAUSE IT DOES NOT GO TO SECTIONS ONE THROUGH EIGHT.
SO GUARANTEE THEN IT'S ONLY SECTION NINE.
SO I DON'T NEED TO HAVE SLEEPLESS NIGHTS.
REALLY? YEAH. THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO CLARIFY TONIGHT.
IS THIS GOING TO BE SO SHOULD I START PACKING? THANK YOU FOR EXPLAINING THIS MATTER.
PLEASE. YOU ALL DO WHAT'S RIGHT.
MICHAEL HENDERSON, AND THEN I DON'T SEE ANYBODY ELSE ON THE LIST.
YOU DIDN'T SIGN UP? SO IF I'VE GOT EDGAR DELGADO, I GOT PATTY FOX.
PATTY. BUT GOOD EVENING AGAIN.
I'M MICHAEL HENDERSON, 4709 WOODLANDS BOULEVARD.
THANK YOU. THE QUESTION I HAVE IS HOW MANY CDS OR CD'S RATHER ARE PRESENTLY IN THE CITY OF TAMARAC BECAUSE TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE, THERE ARE THREE AND ALL OF THEM BELONG TO 13TH FLOOR. SO HOW WERE OTHER DEVELOPMENTS ABLE TO COME TO FRUITION WITHOUT A CD? AND WHY HAVE THE ONLY EXCEPTIONS OR OR AUTHORIZED CD'S BEEN ALL 13 FLOOR, WITH THE WOODLANDS PROPOSED TO BE NUMBER FOUR. ADDITIONALLY, ARE THE RECREATIONAL PORTIONS OF THIS PROJECT GOING TO BE COVERED UNDER THAT? THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
YOUR QUESTIONS WILL BE ANSWERED.
OTTO, AND THEN PATTY FOX'S NEXT.
I REALLY WASN'T PREPARED TO SPEAK TONIGHT.
BUT ALL I CAN SAY IS THAT YOU'VE GIVEN THEM THE THE ZONING.
YOU GAVE THEM THE ABILITY TO BUILD THE HOMES, NOW MAKE THEM USE THEIR OWN MONEY.
IT'S JUST NOT RIGHT THAT THESE PEOPLE HAVE TO PAY FOR IT, MAKE THEM USE THEIR OWN MONEY.
THEY GUARANTEED THAT THEY'RE GOING TO GIVE US ALL THIS MONEY, BUT THEY'RE NOT GIVING US ANYTHING.
THESE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO PAY FOR IT, AND YOU GUYS ARE ALLOWING IT.
THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SANDY HILL, YOU'RE NEXT.
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GOOD EVENING, I'M PATTY FOX.I LIVE AT 5601 MULBERRY DRIVE IN TAMARAC IN THE WOODLANDS.
I HAVE SEEN WHAT HAS HAPPENED IN THE WOODLANDS.
EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY HAS TO PAY.
LET ME TELL YOU HOW MANY, HOW MUCH OUR LEGAL FEES ARE NOW AND HOW MUCH WE HAVE TO PASS ON TO OUR RESIDENTS BECAUSE THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO DO NOT HAVE TO PAY. THOSE DO NOT PAY THEIR LEGAL THEIR FEES TO US FOR THEIR HOMES.
YOU HAVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO PAY EVERY MONTH.
THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT DON'T PAY THAT, AND I DO, AND SO DO SOME OF OUR OTHER PEOPLE.
BUT ALL THE PEOPLE THAT PAY NOW HAVE TO SUFFER AND SUPPORT THOSE WHO DON'T.
THAT'S WHY YOUR CD IS SO IMPORTANT TO HAVE SOMEWHERE.
I LIVED IN A CD COMMUNITY IN LAKE ASHTON UP IN FLORIDA.
ALL THEY HAVE NOW IS A SMALL MONTHLY HOA FEE BECAUSE THEIR CD WAS PAID IN FULL.
AND THERE'S, I BELIEVE IT WAS BACK IN 2012 WHEN IT WAS BUILT, THAT COMMUNITY.
OUR INFRASTRUCTURE IS GOING TO IMPROVE AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, THE WATERWAYS THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE, NICE NEW ROADS, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE NICE CLEAN WATERWAYS, NEW SEWAGE SECURITY, ALL OF THAT.
I DO HOPE THAT YOU DO VOTE FAVORABLY, BECAUSE I DO THINK THIS IS GOING TO INCREASE OUR HOME VALUES.
AND JUST BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE HAVE COME OUT AND SAID THAT THEY DID NOT KNOW ABOUT THE CD IN CENTRAL PARK, TO SOME OF THE COMMISSIONERS, I SAY THAT THAT IS THAT PERSON'S FAULT FOR NOT UNDERSTANDING WHAT THEY WERE STEPPING INTO.
THEY ARE GOING TO MAKE CLEAR TO EVERYONE.
IT WAS MADE CLEAR TO ME WHEN I BOUGHT MY HOME, I HAD AN HOA FEE.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW SOMEONE DOESN'T KNOW THAT THEY HAVE THESE CD'S.
HOW COULD YOU NOT KNOW THAT WHEN YOU BUY A HOME? SO I SAY THAT YOU NEED TO HELP THIS OUT AND GET THIS MOVING ALONG.
WE'VE BEEN AT THIS LONG ENOUGH TIME TO MOVE ON AND PASS THIS.
THANK YOU. WE'VE GOT SANDY HILL COMING UP.
IS THERE ANY OTHER PERSON WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE, THEN SANDY HILL WILL END OUR PUBLIC COMMENTS.
I'VE BEEN A TAMARAC HOMEOWNER AND TAXPAYER FOR 24 YEARS.
BUT ON THE HOA 11 YEARS AND MY SECTION ALSO.
SANDY, PLEASE MOVE THE MIC TO YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE.
WE MOVED INTO THE WOODLANDS, OF COURSE, BECAUSE IT'S GORGEOUS.
IT'S A GOLF COURSE AND EVERYTHING, AND IT'S ALSO VERY QUIET AND WHATEVER.
WE ARE 890 HOMES FOR TAXPAYERS.
SURROUNDING THIS PRISTINE EXISTENCE THAT WE HAD.
SOME MIGHT NOT EVEN BE IN TAMARAC AND WOODLANDS RESIDENTS ARE TO GET FOR AFTER THE CONSTRUCTION.
WE GET $200 A HOME TO CLEAN THE DIRT OFF OUR ROADS AND OUR DRIVEWAYS.
HOW COOL IS THAT? THAT'S REALLY COOL. SO KIDS, I FOUND THIS OLD FOLDER.
I RECENTLY FOUND THIS IN OUR THING IN MY CLUBHOUSE.
SORRY. I'M TIRED. IT'S ARTICLES FROM BY THE MIAMI HERALD AND THE SUN SENTINEL FROM 1969.
IT'S ABOUT THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH OF ARTICLES FROM 69 TO 72.
THEY'RE ALL REGARDING THE BUILDER, THE CITY OF TAMARAC AND THE WOODLANDS.
TRUST ME, YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT WENT ON BUT ONE INCH OF NEWSPAPER ARTICLES ABOUT ONE SUBJECT, WOODLANDS, AND WHAT REPORTERS FROM BOTH NEWSPAPERS UNCOVERED ABOUT YOU GUYS AND ABOUT THE DEVELOPER AND EVERYTHING THAT WAS GOING ON.
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WHAT HAD OCCURRED THAT AFTER TWO YEARS OF DEVELOPMENT, THE PLANS AND PROMISES IN PLACE STARTED BREAKING DOWN AND PROPERTIES AND COMMUNAL LANDSCAPING, ETC.WERE STARTING TO BECOME UNKEMPT AND LED TO EXTREME TURMOIL.
SEEDS ARE STARTING TO BECOME THE WAY OF THE FUTURE.
THE ABILITY OF CITIES TO OVERSEE THE UPKEEP OF PROPERTIES IN THEIR DISTRICTS, THE ABILITY OF NEW DEVELOPMENTS TO MAKE SURE THE COMMUNITY KEEPS GRASS MOWED, HOMES, LAKES AND AMENITIES MAINTAINED.
THIS ISN'T JUST FOR THEIR HOMES.
THIS IS FOR ALL THE BLOODY GRASS, THE WALKING TRAILS, THE LIGHTS, THE OUTSIDE GATED COMMUNITY.
AS THEY MENTIONED IN LAST MONTH'S CITY COMMISSION MEETING ABOUT CBDS, WE IN WOODLANDS ARE HOPING THIS IS OUR LAST ONE TRUE PERK, OUR ONE SALVATION FROM THESE UPCOMING YEARS OF DIGGING, POUNDING DIRT, FLYING DUMP TRUCKS, WORKING MEN WANDERING AROUND SOME OF OUR ROADS CLOSED, ETC.
WE AT LEAST WILL KNOW THAT THESE NEW HOMEOWNERS WILL BE INVOLVED IN A PROGRAM TO MAINTAIN THE VALUE OF THEIR HOMES AND OUR HOMES IN WOODLANDS, AND THERE IS NO THANK YOU POISON IN THE GRASS.
THANK YOU. WE NEED ALL THE TIME.
PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE NOW CLOSED.
WE COME TO THAT TIME WHERE THERE IS DISCUSSION BY THE COMMISSION.
CITY COMMISSION. VILLALOBOS, YOUR LIGHT IS LIT.
I JUST WANT TO BECAUSE WE HAVE TWO GOLF COURSES HERE.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE THAT THE FOLKS ON KANYE WEST UNDERSTAND THE WOODLANDS.
THE WOODLANDS HAS NOT HAD A GOLF COURSE IN YEARS.
IT'S TOTALLY OPPOSITE OF WHAT WE HAVE IN KANYE WEST.
SO I WANT TO MAKE THAT DISTINCTION.
I'M GOING TO I'M GOING TO DEFER TO OUR GOVERNMENT LAW EXPERT ON THAT.
GINGER. ANSWER. JIM, DO YOU HAVE THAT SLIDE WHERE IT HAS BOTH THE CD AND THE HOA AND THE POSITIVES AND NEGATIVES? IT'S THE THUMBS UP. AND WHILE SCOTT IS LOOKING AT THE SLIDE. GINGER, WILD BILL AND COCHRAN, 515 EAST LAS OLAS BOULEVARD, FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA.
SORRY, I'M A LITTLE TIRED, TOO.
THAT'S A SLIDE OF THE POWERPOINT THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY PROVIDED.
AND IT DOES GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF AN OVERVIEW OF CD VERSUS HOA.
AND WITH THAT YOU HAVE AS YOU HAVE TONIGHT, ANYONE CAN COME TO ANY OF THE MEETINGS.
ALL THE MEETINGS ARE ADVERTISED.
THERE IS A WEBSITE THAT PROVIDES THE INFORMATION AS TO THE MEETINGS.
AND YES, THERE IS A PROFESSIONAL MANAGER AND THAT PROFESSIONAL MANAGER, SIMILAR TO A CITY MANAGER, MANAGES THE CD, MANAGES THE GOVERNMENT. THE REQUIREMENTS AS TO DISCLOSURE ARE DIFFERENT THAN FROM AN HOA.
YOU CAN ASK SIMILAR PUBLIC RECORDS REQUESTS THAT YOU HAVE AS A CITY.
NOT JUST PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE DISTRICT ITSELF, BUT ANYBODY, ANYWHERE CAN ASK FOR THOSE RECORDS THAT ARE PUBLIC RECORDS AND HAVE TO BE PROVIDED. SO ALL OF YOUR BUDGET INFORMATION, ALL OF THE TAX INFORMATION, ALL THE INFORMATION IN REGARDS TO BONDS THAT IS AVAILABLE TO ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC, THOSE ARE THE MAIN DIFFERENCES FROM A GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY, FROM ONE THAT'S NOT WHETHER IT'S AN HOA OR IT'S A PO.
THANK YOU. AND IF ANYONE HAS EVER LIVED IN A CONDO HOA, YOU KNOW VERY WELL THE DPR IS A VERY DIFFICULT DEPARTMENT FROM THE FLORIDA STATE THAT IT IS NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO RESOLVE ANYTHING WHEN IT COMES TO YOUR HOA OR YOUR CONDO HOA.
I DO WANT TO ADDRESS AN EMAIL THAT WAS SENT TO THE ENTIRE CITY BY WILLIAM GOFFINET, THE GENTLEMAN THAT WAS SPEAKING EARLIER ON TODAY AGAINST MYSELF AND COMMISSIONER DANIEL, WHICH IS VERY DISGUSTING TO SAY THE LEAST, CONSIDERING THAT THERE IS NO FACTS GIVEN. I WON'T SPEAK FOR COMMISSIONER DANIEL.
IF SHE WANTS TO SPEAK ON IT, SHE CAN SPEAK ON IT.
BUT I WILL SPEAK ON MY BEHALF.
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IT WAS SAID HOW MUCH MONEY IS IN THE FINDING ITS WAY INTO ALVIN'S POCKETS? SO. AND THE REASON FOR THIS WAS BECAUSE I SOLD MY MY REAL ESTATE OFFICE, AND I MISSED OUT ON THE MOST BULLISH, BULLISH RUN ON ON ON BEING A REALTOR IN 2021 AND 2022 THAT HAS EVER EXISTED BECAUSE OF THIS ROWE THAT I HAVE FOR THE CITY AND THE RESPECT I HAVE FOR THIS CITY, SO TO SAY THAT I'M IN THE POCKETS OF A DEVELOPER FOR WHATEVER REASON, BECAUSE THEY BELIEVE THAT IS AN EXCHANGE.IF I DID NOT SELL MYSELF TO THE BULLISH MARKET IN 2021 AND 2022, WHAT MAKES YOU THINK, MR. WILLIAM, THAT I'M GOING TO SELL MYSELF TO A DEVELOPER? DO YOU THINK IT WAS A COINCIDENCE THAT ELVIN STOPPED WORKING AS A REALTOR AND BECOME A 13 SUPPORTER? I WAS NEVER A 13TH FLOOR SUPPORTER WHEN I HEARD ABOUT THE CD.
BUT WHAT CHANGED MY MIND? THEY WENT FROM 800 PLUS HOMES AT FIRST.
THEN THEY WERE REDUCING IT, REDUCING IT, REDUCING IT.
THE END PRODUCT THEY WERE PROVIDING WAS BETTER, THE QUALITY WAS BETTER AND BETTER AND BETTER.
THEIR LARGER HOMES NOW THEY BLEND REALLY WELL WITH THE COMMUNITY.
IT WAS NOT A COOKIE CUTTER HOMES.
I BELIEVE THEY HAVE ABOUT 12 OR 8 DIFFERENT MODELS.
SOME WERE THERE, THEIR UPWARDS IN THE MILLION DOLLAR RANGE.
NOTHING AT THE WOODLANDS HAS EVER SEEN BEFORE EXCEPT FOR A FEW HOMES IN THE WOODLANDS.
SO, MR. WILLIAM, GET YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT.
IT'S DISGUSTING THAT YOU ARE SENDING THIS EMAIL, AND NEXT TIME YOU MAY WANT TO WRITE IT YOURSELF.
AND I HAVE IT WRITTEN BY SOMEONE ELSE AND SENDING IT ON YOUR BEHALF.
GIVE ME ONE SECOND. HOLD THIS TIME.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE ARE IN A MANDATORY BREAK.
WE DO NOT HAVE OUR CITY ATTORNEY HERE.
WE NEED TO HAVE OUR ATTORNEY ON THE DAIS IN ORDER TO CONTINUE OUR MEETING.
AS SUCH, I DO KNOW THAT THERE ARE SOME OTHER MEMBERS WHO NEED TO USE THE FACILITIES.
I AM SORRY, I DO KNOW IT IS LATE, BUT WE ARE GOING INTO A TEN MINUTE BREAK.
SO IT'S A WHAT'S A MINUTE? COMMISSIONER BOLTON RECESS.
AND THIS UNTIL THE ITEMS ARE DONE.
IS THAT OKAY? LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WELCOME BACK.
WE APPRECIATE YOU FINDING YOUR SEATS.
OH, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE WANT TO GET THROUGH THIS.
THANK YOU MAYOR. AND I'M JUST GOING TO WRAP IT UP WITH.
THANK YOU. AGAIN, JUST TO WRAP UP MY COMMENTS VERY DIFFERENT FROM CONNIE WEST TO OTHER WOODLANDS.
I WAS TALKING ABOUT MR. WILLIAMS EMAIL THAT WAS SENT TO THE ENTIRE CITY.
OR ANY AVAILABLE EMAIL ADDRESS THAT WAS AVAILABLE TO THE CITY.
WAS OBTAINED BY MR. WILLIAM OR WHOEVER GAVE IT TO HIM.
AND THERE'S ONLY ONE OTHER PERSON ON THIS COMMISSION THAT HAD THAT ACCESS.
THAT GENTLEMAN FROM DISTRICT ONE.
TO HAVE ALL ITEMS ON THE ON THE AGENDA.
SO MOVED. SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS.
I HAVE A SECOND BY VICE MAYOR WRIGHT.
CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
THANK YOU. MOTION PASSES 5 TO 0.
THANK YOU. THAT WAS JUST A LITTLE HOUSEKEEPING.
THAT IS THE REASON FOR THAT EXTENSION.
VICE MAYOR. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.
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SO CD PARTY E, I THINK WE HAD A DISCUSSION THAT WE'RE GOING TO.FOR SOME REASON, I'M STILL SEEING IT IN THE BACKUP.
AND IF WE NEED A MORE FORMAL DESCRIPTION OF ALL OF THIS, MISS WALL CAN CERTAINLY COME BACK UP.
THE PARTY HAS COME OUT AS PART OF THE APPROVALS FROM THIS COMMISSION, AS PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT THAT I BELIEVE IS CURRENTLY, ALTHOUGH NOT FINALLY EXECUTED, SITTING WITH MISS CALLOWAY AT THIS VERY MOMENT.
IT'S NOT IN THE EXHIBITS, IT'S NOT ON OUR SITE PLAN.
SO IT'S EFFECTIVELY IRRELEVANT THAT IT'S IDENTIFIED IN THESE EXHIBITS FOR CONCEPTUAL PURPOSES.
I BELIEVE WHAT HAPPENED IS THAT THIS PETITION WAS PREPARED AT ONE POINT, QUITE, QUITE SOME TIME AGO, READY TO BE SUBMITTED, AND ONCE IT WAS FORMALLY SUBMITTED TO MOVE THROUGH THE PROCESS, IF YOU ALL REMEMBER, IT WAS GOING TO BE ON THAT NOVEMBER 8TH MEETING, SAME POSITION.
WE CAN CERTAINLY MODIFY THIS IF THAT MAKES THE COMMISSION MORE COMFORTABLE.
COMPLETELY AND TOTALLY, FROM A LEGAL STANDPOINT, IRRELEVANT.
WE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO BUILD IT.
THIS IS NOT APPROVING A SITE PLAN.
OUR SITE PLAN DOES NOT HAVE POTTY ON IT AS AT THE DIRECTION OF THIS COMMISSION.
IN REFERENCE TO YOUR FIVE EMPLOYEES BEING ON THE BOARD.
I MEAN, DON'T YOU GUYS BELIEVE IN DEMOCRACY? ISN'T THERE? THERE SHOULD BE MORE PEOPLE INVOLVED FROM THE COMMUNITY WHO WOULD BE ON THE BOARD.
I SO TO HELP ME UNDERSTAND THE THE FIVE MEMBERS ARE MEMBERS OF 13TH FLOOR.
ABSOLUTELY. SO, SO VIRTUALLY ALL CD'S, I MEAN, AS THEY'RE CREATED AND THEY'RE CONTROLLED BY THE DEVELOPER WHILE THE DEVELOPER IS GOING THROUGH THE THE BUILD OUT PROCESS, IT IS VERY STANDARD, COMPLETELY COMMONPLACE FOR THAT THOSE BOARD MEMBERS TO BE AFFILIATED WITH OR WORKING FOR THE DEVELOPER.
SO AS THE DEVELOPER HAS CONTROL OF EVERYTHING THAT'S HAPPENING WITH REGARD TO THE BUILD OUT WITHIN THE COMMUNITY AND THE 28 MILLION, DOES THAT INCLUDE THE EXERCISE TRAILS? IS THAT. IT DOES IT IT DOES, IT DOES.
OBVIOUSLY, YOU GUYS KNOW WAS NEVER IN FAVOR OF THIS PROJECT.
ALSO, YOU KNOW, THE PEOPLE DIDN'T REALLY WANT THIS, THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT.
AND I THINK SOMEONE MENTIONED A FEW WHEN WE FIRST DID THE CD.
SAID A VOTE AGAINST THE CD IS A VOTE AGAINST A WOODLANDS COMMUNITY.
AND IN THE MAYOR'S RACE, 70% VOTED FOR THE PERSON WHO WAS AGAINST THE DEVELOPMENT IN THE COMMUNITY.
SO I WAS NEVER IN SUPPORT OF THIS PROJECT.
I'M NOT IN SUPPORT OF DEVELOPMENT ON THE GOLF COURSE.
I COMMEND YOU GUYS FOR GOING FROM 800 HOME TO 335 HOMES.
YOU KNOW OBVIOUSLY YOU LISTEN TO SOME OF THE COMMUNITY'S CONCERNS.
I THINK THE CITY NEEDS USING OTHER PEOPLE'S MONEY.
YOU'RE BORROWING AGAINST THE FUTURE RESIDENTS.
I KNOW I'M GOING TO BE HERE FOR A LITTLE WHILE, AND THOSE ARE GOING TO BE MY FUTURE RESIDENTS.
SO I'M LOOKING OUT FOR WHO'S NEXT IN THE COMMUNITY.
AND I JUST DON'T THINK THIS CD IS IS A GOOD FIT FOR THE COMMUNITY.
I THINK IT'S GOING TO BURDEN THEM WITH A, YOU KNOW, ADDITIONAL TAXES.
SO OBVIOUSLY THERE'S A TRACK RECORD OF THAT, THAT, THAT HAPPENING.
HAVE YOU EVER HEARD OF BERNARD MADOFF? YES, SIR. YES, YES.
WELL, YOU KNOW, I READ AN ARTICLE IN 2009.
50 PEOPLE IN THE WOODLANDS WERE AFFECTED BY BERNARD MADOFF.
I THINK THIS IS WHAT THE CITY NEEDS DOING.
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AND I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, WE MIGHT NOT SEE THE EFFECTS NOW, BUT YOU WOULD WE WOULD SEE THE EFFECTS IN THE LONG RUN.AND I THINK HE'S GOING TO DEFINITELY AFFECT THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE YOU MADE A PROMISE.
YOU SAID YOU'RE GOING TO, YOU KNOW, INVEST MONEY INTO THE COMMUNITY.
HOW MANY OTHER ORGANIZATIONS USE CITIES DO BIG GUYS LIKE LENNAR AND PULTE? IS IT SOMETHING? ABSOLUTELY.
IT'S INCREDIBLY REGULAR, COMMONPLACE.
I BELIEVE WE SHOWED A SLIDE PREVIOUSLY THAT MORE THAN I BELIEVE IT'S 80% OF THE TOP COMMUNITIES IN IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA UTILIZE CDDS. EVERY MAJOR DEVELOPER UTILIZES THEM.
IT HAS BEEN IN OUR DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
WE'VE LIVED UP TO ALL OF THE PROMISES AND ALL OF THE REPRESENTATIONS WE MADE.
WE'RE DOING EXACTLY WHAT WE SAID WE WOULD BE DOING.
AND IN TERMS OF THE PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT MANAGERS AND THE TREASURERS.
ONE OF THE RESIDENTS VOICED THAT CONCERN.
CAN YOU ADDRESS THAT? HOW WOULD THAT PROCESS WORK? I'M SORRY, WHAT WAS THE QUESTION? THERE'S GOING TO BE PAID SALARIES FOR DISTRICT MANAGERS AND TREASURERS AND ALL THAT.
SO THE WAY THAT IT IS SET UP IS FOR THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
ONCE THE CD IS FORMED, THEY MAKE THE DETERMINATION OF WHO THEY'RE GOING TO HIRE, SIMILAR TO YOU AS CITY COMMISSIONERS, MAKE THE DETERMINATION WHO YOU'RE GOING TO HIRE AS A CITY MANAGER, WHO YOU'RE GOING TO HIRE AS A CITY ATTORNEY, CITY TREASURERS, BECAUSE CD'S ARE SMALL GOVERNMENTS, AND THERE'S ONLY A HANDFUL OF PROFESSIONAL MANAGERS THAT ACTUALLY HANDLE SPECIAL DISTRICTS, NOT JUST CD'S, BUT SPECIAL DISTRICTS THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF FLORIDA. WITH THAT, THEY USUALLY ALSO PROVIDE THE SERVICES OF A TREASURER, BUT IT DOESN'T REQUIRE THAT IT HAS TO BE A PROFESSIONAL MANAGER. THE TREASURER CAN ACTUALLY BE ONE OF THE SUPERVISORS.
IT IS ONE OF THOSE POSITIONS THAT CAN HAPPEN.
SO THE WAY THAT IT'S WRITTEN IN CHAPTER 190, WHICH WAS STATED BEFORE BY ONE OF THE RESIDENTS, IS THAT IT DOES HAVE A REQUIREMENT FOR CERTAIN OF THOSE POSITIONS. A SECRETARY A SECRETARY IS SIMILAR TO A CLERK FOR A CITY FOR CD.
AGAIN, I'M INCLINED TO VOTE NO.
AND YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE MY THOUGHTS.
YEAH, I GUESS I HAVE TO SPEAK.
COMMISSIONER. DANIEL. GO AHEAD. THANK YOU.
THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A HOT TOPIC.
I WAS AGAINST IT UNTIL I MET WITH YOU GUYS.
AND THEN NOW FOR THE SECOND HEARING.
SO I'M GOING TO CLARIFY WHY I CHANGED MY MIND.
AND THEN ASK SOME CLARIFICATION BASED ON SOME OF THE THINGS THAT RESIDENTS SAID IN THE EMAIL.
I REMEMBER THOSE DAYS AND DREAMT OF OWNING A HOUSE THERE OR SOMEWHERE THAT LOOKS LIKE THAT.
I'M GOING TO ALWAYS BE THE ONE TO SAY, LET'S REDEVELOP IT.
SO I'VE SAID THAT ON MY PLATFORM I HAVE NOT CHANGED.
SO I DON'T KNOW WHY PEOPLE ARE LIKE IN SHOCK.
I HAVE NOT CHANGED. I TRULY BELIEVE REDEVELOPMENT IS GOOD.
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THE SAME WAY YOU REMODEL YOUR HOUSE, YOU WANT IT TO KEEP UP AND KEEP THE VALUE.THIS IS PART OF KEEPING THE VALUE.
SO THAT'S ONE MIGHT INTEREST ME BECAUSE PEOPLE WERE HAVING FORECLOSURE.
THE AVERAGE PERSON DON'T LIVE IN THEIR HOUSE FOR 30 YEARS.
CHECK OUT THIS NEW GENERATION.
THEY DON'T EVEN BUY HOUSES, RIGHT? VICE MAYOR SAID YOU YOU INVEST YOUR OWN MONEY, DON'T USE OTHER PEOPLE'S MONEY.
THANK GOD FOR OTHER PEOPLE'S MONEY, I WOULDN'T HAVE A MORTGAGE.
SO I'M GRATEFUL FOR OTHER PEOPLE'S MONEY.
THANK YOU FOR LENDING ME MONEY SO THAT I COULD BUY A HOME.
YOU KNOW, MOST OF US IN HERE HAVE MORTGAGE.
AND GOD BLESS YOU. I WANT TO GET TO WHERE YOU ARE.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS AND CLARIFY IF I'M WRONG.
IT DOES NOT AFFECT ONE THROUGH EIGHT.
IT NEVER WILL. THIS IS THE PROTECTION THAT WILL KEEP IT FROM AFFECTING ONE THROUGH EIGHT.
THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING BECAUSE I'M GIVING YOU CLARIFICATION AS TO WHY I CHANGED MY MIND.
RIGHT? BECAUSE I HAVE NOTHING TO GAIN.
I HATE TO BRING UP MR. WILLIAM. I ENJOY HIM WHEN HE SPEAKS, I TRULY DO.
COME IN HERE EVERY DAY. LIKE THERE'S CERTAINLY ONE OF YOU, SIR, WITH THE CANCER.
I LOVE WHEN YOU SPEAK BECAUSE IT REMINDS ME.
THERE'S CERTAIN PEOPLE I JUST LOVE WHEN I DON'T SEE YOU.
A COUPLE OF COMMISSION MEETINGS.
BUT HE SAID I TAKE TAKE BRIBES.
ARE YOU KIDDING ME? I'M TRYING TO LIVE A GOOD LIFE.
BUT THE FACT THAT YOU BOUGHT A TABLE AT AN EVENT CELEBRATING WOMEN IS NOT A BRIBE.
FOR THE RECORD, I'M HAVING AN AUTISM AWARENESS PICNIC FUND RAISER.
IF YOU WANT TO VOLUNTEER OR BE A VENDOR, COME OUT ON THE 28TH.
I WILL TAKE A DONATION AS WELL TOWARDS IT.
SO, MR. WILLIAMS, YOU'RE FREE TO DONATE TO THAT.
WHAT ELSE? THANK YOU FOR TELLING ME THAT POD E IS NOT THERE, BECAUSE I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THAT AS WELL.
ONE OF MY REQUESTS WAS THAT COMMISSIONER RIGHT BEYOND YOUR.
BOARD. THE INITIAL BOARD, BECAUSE IT'S.
I WAS ABLE TO READ THE STATUE.
AND I THOUGHT THAT WOULD BE A GOOD THING.
CAN YOU APPOINT BECAUSE YOU CAN'T APPOINT? HOWEVER, THE CITY MANAGER DISAGREES WITH ME.
I ASKED HIM, HE SAID NO, THAT THERE MIGHT BE SOME CONFLICT.
I WOULDN'T WANT THAT. YEAH, WELL, MY MASTERS ARE THE RESIDENTS.
OKAY. BUT ANYWAY, NOT THE DEVELOPERS.
BUT BEING ON THE BOARD WOULD BE FOR THE RESIDENTS.
TO BE CLEAR, ANYWAY, WHATEVER THE CITY MANAGER, THE CITY ATTORNEY SAID NO.
SO OBVIOUSLY THAT'S WIPED OFF.
SO LET ME WIPE THAT OFF THE TABLE TO I DON'T WANT.
THAT'S WHY I'M WIPING OFF THAT REQUEST.
BUT PLEASE KNOW AND UNDERSTAND I SAW THIS PUTTING MY PERSONAL FEELINGS ASIDE AS A SECURITY FOR YOU.
I DID NOT SEE THIS AS A BURDEN YET.
I REQUESTED THAT THE LANGUAGE BE CLEAR AND YOU DID THAT.
AND I FORWARD IT TO THE CITY MANAGER, I THINK, AND THE CITY ATTORNEY THAT THE LANGUAGE BE CLEAR, THAT PEOPLE KNOW THAT THEY'RE BUYING INTO A CDC AND THE ENCLAVE THAT WAS JUST BUILT. I MY DREAM WAS TO LIVE IN A HOME THAT MY HUSBAND WAS PART OF A BUILDING.
WHEN I SAW THE HOA, I SAID, NO, WE'RE NOT WE'RE NOT GIVING UP $27 A MONTH TO GO PAY $400 A MONTH.
YOU'RE PAYING EITHER CDD OR HOA.
WHEN I ADD UP WHAT THE ENCLAVE PAID, IT'S ALMOST $5,000 FOR HOA.
SO GUESS WHAT? IT'S THE SAME MONEY.
AND THIS IS MORE TRANSPARENCY.
SOME OF THESE HOA PROBLEMS I'VE BEEN HEARING ABOUT STEALING MONEY.
THIS WOULD GUARANTEE THAT THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN BECAUSE OF THE TRANSPARENCY.
NOW WE'RE HUMANS AND PEOPLE ARE CRIMINAL.
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YOU CAN PAY THAT MONEY UP FRONT, OR YOU COULD PAY IT ON THE BACK END.NOW IT'S JUST GUARANTEEING THAT THE WOODLANDS WILL LOOK BETTER, AND THAT'S MY PERSPECTIVE ON IT.
SO PLEASE DON'T SEND ME ANY EMAILS THAT THAT, THAT THAT'S DAMNING ME TO HELL.
I FELT LIKE I NEEDED TO EXPLAIN MYSELF BECAUSE PEOPLE GET VERY RUDE.
PLEASE DON'T BE RUDE, I LOVE YOU.
THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER BOLTON.
THANK YOU. SCOTT, I'LL START WITH YOU.
WHAT CITY DO YOU LIVE IN? I LIVE IN PARKLAND.
DO YOU HAVE A CD? IT JUST RECENTLY EXPIRED.
BUT YES, THERE WAS A COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT FOR THE COMMUNITY WHEN IT WAS ORIGINALLY SET UP.
YES. NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS ARE NOT CD'S.
SO DO YOU HAVE A CD? DID YOU HAVE A CD OR NOT? IT WAS NOT SPECIFICALLY A CD, BUT YOU DID NOT HAVE A CD.
NOT A SPECIFICALLY A CD? NO. GOT IT.
SO YOU LIVE IN AN HOA? I DO LIVE IN AN HOA.
YES. HOW MUCH DO YOU PAY? OKAY. I'M SORRY, I'M SORRY.
THERE'S CERTAIN THINGS THAT ARE NOT RATIONAL TO THIS CONVERSATION.
AND WHAT MR. BACHMANN PAYS FOR HIS PRIVACY AND HIS HOME IS NOT RELEVANT HERE.
CITY ATTORNEY, DO YOU CARE TO ANSWER SCOTT BACHMANN, ATTORNEY SCOTT BACHMANN.
CITY ATTORNEY CAN WE STICK TO? COMMISSIONER. BOLTON THE SUBJECT THAT WE HEAR.
NO PERSONAL COMMENTS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, HE'S A MEMBER OF THE BAR.
GOTTA PROTECT HIM A LITTLE BIT.
OKAY. I'VE HEARD ATTORNEY GINGER AND I LIKE GINGER, OUR ATTORNEY.
STATE THAT CD'S ENSURE THE UPKEEP OF A COMMUNITY.
IS THAT RIGHT? SEEDS CAN ENSURE THE UPDATED COMMUNITY.
AND THAT'S A SELLING POINT FOR YOU GUYS.
THE JEFFREY SCREAMED AT US, SAYING THAT THIS WILL ENSURE THAT THE COMMUNITY IS WELL KEPT.
DO YOU AGREE WITH HIM? I DON'T KNOW HIM.
I CAN'T I CAN'T AGREE WITH HIS OPINION.
I I'M NOT GOING TO AGREE OR DISAGREE WITH HIM.
OKAY? YOU REMIND ME OF JULIE FISHMAN.
MR.. EXCUSE ME? YOU REMIND ME OF A FORMER COMMISSIONER.
OKAY? OKAY. I AM JUST A GOVERNMENTAL ATTORNEY.
POINT OF ORDER. CAN WE PLEASE KEEP CONTROL OF THE SITUATION WHERE THE DISRESPECT, THE DISRESPECT IS.
HOW IS IT A DISRESPECT FOR HER TO REMIND ME? THAT'S NOT THE REASON WHY, YOU KNOW.
AND AS ITS RELEVANCE TO THE WOODLANDS COMMUNITY, PLEASE.
OKAY. WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO ANSWER THE QUESTION? YES, PLEASE.
I THINK YOUR QUESTION WAS, DO WE BELIEVE IT'S A SELLING POINT FOR US? WE DO. WE BELIEVE MORE SO, AS WE'VE SHARED WITH ALL OF YOU THAT IT'S A STRONG SELLING POINT AND PROTECTION FOR THE COMMUNITY.
OKAY. AND DO YOU LIVE IN A IN A COMMUNITY THAT HAS AN HOA? AGAIN, THIS IS NOT ABOUT MR. BACHMAN AND HIS PRIVATE LIFE.
PLEASE KEEP THE CONVERSATION TO THE CITY OF MR..
MR. BACHMAN, IS YOUR COMMUNITY RUN DOWN? IT IS NOT OKAY.
OKAY. SO IS THE IS IS THERE A CD IN MENLO PARK? THERE IS.
OKAY. AND YOU REPRESENTED THE SAME DEVELOPER FROM MENLO PARK DURING THE APPROVAL PROCESS.
YES. FOR THE BALANCE OF OF IT IN THE CD.
NO. AND A PUBLIC RECORD REQUEST WOULD SHOW THAT THE GENTLEMAN FROM DISTRICT THREE ACTUALLY SENT ME AN EMAIL FROM A RESIDENT IN MY DISTRICT SAYING THAT THE CANAL IN MENLO PARK HAS NOT BEEN CLEANED YET.
INTERESTING. THAT PORTION OF THE CANAL I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH.
THE ISSUE IS ACTUALLY NOT IN A CD.
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THERE IS AN OWNERSHIP DISPUTE THAT'S BEEN GOING ON BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE FORMER DEVELOPER FOR A QUITE SOME TIME.WHO'S THE FORMER DEVELOPER? THE FORMER OWNERS OF THE PROPERTY.
YES. AND THERE WAS AN ASSOCIATION THAT WAS CREATED.
OKAY. WHAT CITIES DO THE FIVE NOMINATED SUPERVISORS LIVE IN? IT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
IS IT IN HERE? YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU LIVE, BUT IT'S IRRELEVANT.
THEY HAVE TO BE A UNITED STATES CITIZEN AND THEY HAVE TO RESIDE.
I ASKED, AND THEY HAVE TO RESIDE IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA.
THE FIVE THAT ARE LISTED IN THE PETITION ALL MEET THOSE REQUIREMENTS.
AND THE ADDRESSES THAT WERE PROVIDED ARE THEIR BUSINESS ADDRESSES, WHICH ARE IN FORT LAUDERDALE.
FORT LAUDERDALE NORTH TAMARAC.
OKAY, SO NO ONE WITH A TRUE STAKE LIVING IN THE CITY LIVES ON IS ON THAT FIVE MEMBER BOARD AGAIN.
IF YOU WERE ANOTHER ATTORNEY, I WOULD TELL YOU NO, BUT GO AHEAD.
THEY WILL. THEY WILL ALL LIVE IN TAMARAC.
THEY WILL ALL LIVE IN SECTION NINE AT THAT.
AT THE TIME, AS WE DISCUSSED EARLIER, I THINK VICE MAYOR WRIGHT HAD ASKED THE QUESTION THERE.
MEMBERS OF THE DEVELOPMENT TEAM WHO ARE CHARGED WITH ESTABLISHING THE INITIAL DEVELOPMENT AND ENSURING THAT THE CD IS SET UP AND CREATED PROPERLY SO THAT IT WHEN WHEN IT IS TURNED OVER TO THE RESIDENTS, IT WILL IT WILL SERVE THE PROTECTIONS THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT FOR THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS. BUT THE INITIAL BOARD ATTORNEY BECKMAN, YOU CAN TELL THAT TO ANOTHER COMMISSIONER WHO'S BEEN HERE PROBABLY FOR SIX MONTHS OR ALMOST FOUR YEARS, BUT THAT WON'T SELL WITH ME.
YOU WILL TURN IT OVER TO THE RESIDENTS, BUT THE INITIAL SUPERVISORS WILL BE YOUR FIGUREHEADS.
WILL BE WHAT? I'M SORRY. WILL BE FIVE PEOPLE WHO YOU HANDPICKED.
AND THEY LIVE IN FORT LAUDERDALE, PERHAPS.
OR THEIR BUSINESS ADDRESS THEIR EMPLOYEES OF 13TH FLOOR HOMES.
IS THE APPLICANT FOR THE CD ALSO THE DEVELOPER ACCORDING TO THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT? IT'S A GOOD QUESTION. I DON'T HAVE THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH ME.
I THINK SO I DON'T I DON'T HAVE THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH ME RIGHT NOW TO BE ABLE TO SAY DEFINITIVELY, I DON'T KNOW WHAT TYPE OF BONDS WILL THE CD BE ISSUING? YOU CAN'T ANSWER, SCOTT.
UNFORTUNATELY, COMMISSIONER I'M NOT AN EXPERT ON CD'S AND SO I UNDERSTAND.
YOU WISH ME TO ANSWER, SIR? YOU ARE MY ONLY OPTION.
YOU DON'T WANT TO HEAR WHAT HE HAD TO SAY.
IT WAS NOT PROPER. PLEASE PROCEED AND ANSWER THE QUESTION.
WHAT TYPE OF BONDS WILL THE CD BE ISSUING? THEY ARE TAX FREE MUNICIPAL BONDS.
IT IS ANTICIPATED THAT THEY ARE GOING TO ISSUE.
DON'T KNOW UNTIL IT HAPPENS BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO HAVE A CD FIRST.
BUT IT IS ANTICIPATED THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE 30 YEAR TAX FREE MUNICIPAL BONDS.
OKAY. AND WILL THE BONDS BE HOW WILL THE BONDS BE REFUNDED REFUNDED.
HOW WILL THE BONDS BE REFUNDED.
WHAT WILL BE THE TERMS TERM OF YEARS FOR THOSE BONDS? IT IS ANTICIPATED AS TO A BONDS THAT THEY WOULD BE A 30 YEAR TERM.
OKAY. HOW WAS THE CD? MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF $6,000 ANNUALLY.
DETERMINED AS LISTED IN THE MEMO FROM MISS CALLOWAY.
THAT WAS A REQUEST THAT WAS ASKED FOR SECTION NINE HOME BUYERS OBLIGATION TO REFUND THOSE BONDS.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE EXACT AMOUNT IS UNTIL WE ACTUALLY PROCEED FORWARD WITH THE PROCESS.
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THE SECOND AMOUNT OF THE $3,000 IS THE ESTIMATED OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE COST FOR THE CD, AND THESE ARE ESTIMATED NUMBERS BASED UPON THE COST. OKAY, LET ME GIVE YOU A BREAK AND GET A SOOTHING VOICE.WHAT? WHAT INFORMATION? TELL US AGAIN. WHAT INFORMATION WILL THE DEVELOPER GIVE TO PROSPECTIVE BUYERS ABOUT THE CD AND ITS COST? WHAT FORM WILL IT BE IN? SO, SO DURING MEETINGS AGAIN, WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THE CD ON AND OFF FOR QUITE SOME TIME DURING MEETINGS, PROBABLY OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS.
THERE'S BEEN A NUMBER OF CONCERNS, I THINK COMMISSIONER EVEN FROM YOU.
FOR FOR YEARS WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT CONCERNS WITH SABAL PALM.
YOU'VE HEARD FROM RESIDENTS IN YOUR DISTRICT ABOUT THAT SALES PROCESS.
AND AGAIN, WE WERE WE WERE IT WAS ALL DISCLOSED.
IT WAS, YOU KNOW, VERY CLEARLY ESTABLISHED THROUGH THE CONTRACTS AND OTHERWISE.
HOWEVER, IT CLEARLY WASN'T ENOUGH.
SO I THINK THE FIRST THING THAT WE HAD AT LEAST SHARED WITH YOU, AND THIS IS JUST A MOCK UP EXAMPLE, BUT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE SIGNAGE AND BOARDS IN THE SALES CENTER, MAKING IT CRYSTAL CLEAR TO ANYONE THAT WALKS IN THE DOOR THAT IT'S A COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT.
SO WE CREATED EFFECTIVELY A BOOKLET.
THIS IS WHAT GINGER DOES DAY IN AND DAY OUT FOR A LIVING.
WE KIND OF HAD HER PUT SOMETHING TOGETHER FOR US.
I'M SORRY. GINGER INITIALLY PREPARED SOMETHING THAT WE THEN TOOK AND TURNED INTO AGAIN, FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM, SOMETHING WE WILL ALL UNDERSTAND, RIGHT? IT HAS A NUMBER OF FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS.
IT WILL BE SHARED AND GIVEN IN EVERY SINGLE SALES FOLDER THAT IT'S GIVEN OUT.
WHETHER YOU'RE BUYING OR YOU'RE NOT, YOU'RE A PROSPECTIVE PURCHASER.
THIS IS, AGAIN, VERY SIMPLE CONTRACT LANGUAGE THAT IS EASILY UNDERSTOOD, THIS VERY PIECE OF PAPER.
IN THE EVENT YOU ELECT TO PURCHASE A HOME WITHIN THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT.
OKAY, HOW MANY YEARS DO YOU ESTIMATE THAT THE DEVELOPER WILL HAVE MAJORITY CONTROL OF THE WOODLAND CD? HOLD ON. 250 REGISTERED VOTERS AND SIX YEARS IS THE REQUIREMENT WHEN ASKED TO START TURNING.
THOSE ARE ALL MAXIMUM AND OUTSIDE DATES.
YES. SIX YEARS BEFORE A TAMARAC RESIDENT, NOT SOMEBODY WITH A FORT LAUDERDALE BUSINESS ADDRESS CAN ACTUALLY BE ON THE BOARD. NEXT.
GREAT. SO AS THE COMMUNITY IS BUILT OUT AND THIS TYPICAL OF JUST ABOUT ANYONE SIMILAR TO AN HOA OR ANY OTHER FORM AS THE COMMUNITY WE DO NOT INTEND ON BEING 13TH FLOOR DOES NOT INTEND ON BEING HERE FOR SIX YEARS.
THE GOAL IS TO SELL, BUILD OUT, BUILD HOMES, SELL HOMES, CONTINUE AND BUILD OUT.
AS THAT HAPPENS, IT IS VOLUNTARY.
AS I SAID, THAT'S A MAXIMUM TIME FRAME.
I THINK OUR MINDSET IS, AND I THINK WE'VE ALWAYS SAID PROBABLY SOMEWHERE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF FOUR YEARS, IDEALLY, WHERE WE'RE AT THAT POINT, GETTING OUT OF THE COMMUNITY AND PREPARING TO EFFECTIVELY TURN OVER WITH THE YEARS IS STILL TOO LONG.
WE KNOW WHAT FOUR YEARS HAVE DONE TO THIS.
THOSE WHO WILL SERVE THE CDD BOARD, ARE THEY COMPENSATED IN ANY WAY FOR BEING BOARD SUPERVISORS? SO SO THEY COULD BE THERE'S CERTAINLY ALLOWANCE IN THE STATUTE.
IT'S $200 PER MEETING PER YEAR.
ASSUMING YOU SHOW UP, IT'S A $2,400 MAXIMUM PER YEAR PER BOARD MEMBER TIMES FIVE.
THE MAJORITY OF CDD BOARDS AND SUPERVISORS, IT'S NOT A IT'S NOT A FULL TIME JOB.
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THEY'VE GOT A MANAGER. THEY SHOW UP ONCE A MONTH FOR MEETINGS.A VERY SIGNIFICANT NUMBER ACTUALLY DECLINE THE PAYMENT.
BUT THERE IS AN ALLOWANCE FOR IT.
OKAY. AND YOU KNOW, THE EMAIL FROM WILLIAM GOFFINET, I DID NOT SEE IT UNTIL THIS EVENING, AND I CERTAINLY DID NOT PARTICIPATE IN THAT EMAIL. I YOU KNOW, I'VE HEARD THAT 13TH FLOOR IS ARE DECEPTIVE PEOPLE.
I BELIEVE YOU DEAL WITH DECEPTIVE PEOPLE, BUT I DON'T THINK YOU ARE DECEPTIVE.
OR WHAT IS THAT WORD THEY WERE USING.
I HAVE NO PERSONAL, TANGIBLE INTEREST IN THE GOLF COURSE THAT HAS BEEN OR POSSIBLY BEING SOLD.
MY LIVING IN THE COMMUNITY HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH IT.
I DO NOT GET A PERSONAL BENEFIT.
AND IF YOU SHOULD GET CHANGED TO BE HIGHER OR LOWER, I WILL CONTINUE TO WAIVE IT.
I AM NOT RECEIVING A PERSONAL BENEFIT OF THIS.
THANK YOU. AND JUST THE FACT THAT I HAPPEN TO HAVE GOTTEN TO KNOW SCOTT BACKMAN AND THE FACT THAT I'VE BEEN ON THE DAIS SINCE 2010 DOES NOT MAKE ANYTHING ILLEGAL OR INAPPROPRIATE.
I'VE GOTTEN TO KNOW PLENTY OF PEOPLE SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE SINCE 2010.
I'VE GOT RELATIONSHIPS WITH A LOT OF YOU IN THE AUDIENCE.
DOESN'T MAKE IT INAPPROPRIATE.
ANYWAY. HOPEFULLY THAT'S TO BED.
IS THAT CORRECT, MR. BACKMAN? YES, MAYOR, IT'S INTENTIONALLY DESIGNED THAT WAY.
I PLAN ON HAVING THE SAME PATTERN HERE.
THE REALITY IS, IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE CD, THE PURCHASE PRICE OF THESE HOMES, WILL IT BE MORE EXPENSIVE? YES. WHY IS THAT? THE AGAIN.
I MAY NEED GINGER UP HERE, BUT I CAN PROBABLY HANDLE THIS TAX FREE MUNICIPAL BONDS OF A SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER RATE THAN TRADITIONAL FINANCING, I DON'T KNOW, 2 OR 3 PERCENTAGE POINTS DIFFERENCE. SO AS A RESULT, THE SALES PRICES OF THE DOLLARS ARE PASSING THROUGH REGARDLESS, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, TRADITIONAL FINANCING OR CD, ALL MAJOR DEVELOPERS, SINGLE FAMILY, HOME AND MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPERS UTILIZE BOTH OPTIONS.
TYPICAL. LIKE IF WE'RE GOING TO GO BUY A HAMBURGER FROM A RESTAURANT, WE'RE PAYING FOR THAT.
SECTIONS ONE THROUGH EIGHT ARE NOT PAYING ANYTHING FOR THIS.
IF THE CD GOES THROUGH AND IT ALSO IS NOT PAYING ANYTHING IF THE CD DOES NOT GO THROUGH, SECTIONS ONE THROUGH EIGHT HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THE NEW SECTION NINE OTHER THAN THE FACT THAT THE SECTION IS IN THE WOODLANDS.
SIMILAR TO SECTIONS THREE AND FOUR IN THE WOODLANDS, THAT HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THE OTHER REMAINING SECTIONS, BECAUSE THEY HAVE DIFFERENT DOCUMENTS, AND THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE THAT MAY NOT UNDERSTAND THAT.
SOME OF THE COMMENTS MADE BY PEOPLE HERE TODAY ARE IN SECTIONS THAT DO NOT PAY ASSOCIATION DUES, SO THEY MAY NOT HAVE THE EFFECT OR THE BURDEN OF WHEN SOME ASSOCIATIONS OR MEMBERS ARE NOT PAYING THEIR DUES BECAUSE THEY DON'T PAY DUES.
AND THERE WAS A WOUNDED THAT WAS ONCE CREATED TO TRY TO HELP THE COMMUNITY IN ORDER TO GET THE TAXES, TO BE THE ONES THAT WOULD BRING IN THE INCOME TO HELP THIS COMMUNITY THAT HAS BEEN GOING DOWNHILL.
I WILL TRY HARD NOT TO TAKE OFFENSE TO THE COMMENTS REGARDING THE PONZI SCHEME THAT WAS PLAYED ON SO MANY PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT I LIVE IN, PEOPLE THAT I LOVED, NEIGHBORS AND FRIENDS AND FAMILY FOR YEARS WHO HAVE HAD THEIR LIFE SAVINGS DESTROYED BY MADOFF, BEING PUT IN THE SAME SENTENCE WITH WHAT WAS JUST PUT AGAINST THE 13TH FLOOR. THAT IS VERY INSULTING.
AS FOR THE DATA, MAKE SURE YOU UNDERSTAND DATA IS ONLY AS GOOD AS THE DATA OF WHEN IT WAS OBTAINED.
SO. THERE WAS A QUESTION ASKED ABOUT WHY IS THIS BEING DONE ON ONLY 13TH FLOOR PROPERTIES? THESE ARE THE NEWEST PROPERTIES IN THE CITY OF TAMARAC, IS THAT CORRECT?
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THE FOR THE CD.YOUR 13TH FLOOR IS DOING THIS NOT BECAUSE IT'S 13TH FLOOR, BUT YOU HAVE A NEW DEVELOPMENT HERE.
CORRECT. THE OTHER PROPERTIES CAME THROUGH DEVELOPMENT IN WHAT YEARS? 2009, I THINK WE STARTED TEN.
AND IT'S UP TO THE DEVELOPER TO BRING FORTH THEIR QUESTION FOR WHETHER THEY WANT A CD.
IT'S A COMMUNITY THAT WAS BUILT IN THE 60S AND THE 70S AND THE 80S.
THERE WASN'T AN OPTION FOR KIDS AT THAT TIME.
THEY BECOME, AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE SCREEN, INCREDIBLY, INCREDIBLY POPULAR IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA, IN PARTICULAR AS A VERY BENEFICIAL FORM OF GOVERNANCE FOR COMMUNITIES.
AND I BELIEVE WE'LL CONTINUE TO BE SO FOR YEARS TO COME.
THANK YOU TO A PERSON WHO IS NOT HERE.
I'M GOING TO JUST MAKE SURE THE FLORIDA STATUTE GOVERNS THE CREATION OF THE CDC AND REQUIRES THAT ESTIMATES BE SUBMITTED IN GOOD FAITH, BUT ARE NOT BINDING, AND MAY BE SUBJECT TO CHANGE BECAUSE THERE WAS A QUESTION OF WHETHER THERE ARE SOME DIFFERENCES ON SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT WERE IN THE BACKUP FOR THE ESTIMATES.
IS THAT TRUE? YEAH, THE ANSWER IS YES.
I JUST WANTED TO PUT MY EYES ON IT, BUT GINGER HAD IT AVAILABLE, SO.
YES. THAT'S FINE. AND I BELIEVE YOU ALREADY CLARIFIED THAT THE CD DOES INCLUDE ALL THE OPEN SPACE AND LANDSCAPING, ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS, STORMWATER AND WASTEWATER, AND THE MECHANISM OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS WILL BE COMPRISED EVENTUALLY OF ALL SECTIONS NINE HOMEOWNERS, AND THERE WILL BE A CHECKS AND BALANCES ON THE ANNUAL BUDGET.
CORRECT? OKAY, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I'VE SAID THIS BEFORE ESPECIALLY BECAUSE I WAS ALSO ONE OF THE PEOPLE THAT SUPPORTED THE ONE ID, WHICH WAS A NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT THAT COMES ABOUT BY A COMMUNITY THAT'S ALREADY CREATED.
AND I BELIEVE MR. BACHMAN WAS STARTING TO EXPRESS WHERE HE LIVES.
THEY HAD A LATE END PUT TOGETHER OF A STATUTORY PROGRAM LIKE THIS.
AND ACTUALLY, I FIND IT HYPOCRITICAL BY SOME OF THE PEOPLE WHO MIGHT BE SPEAKING ON THIS ITEM, WHO ARE THE ONES WHO BROUGHT FORTH THE DESIRE FOR THE NEED THAT DID NOT COME TO FRUITION BECAUSE THE COMMUNITY COULDN'T GET AROUND IT, NEITHER HERE NOR THERE.
I'LL TAKE MY NEXT TWO MINUTES.
THE REALITY IS WE ARE IN A VERY CYCLICAL TIME WITH MONEY.
WE'RE IN A ROCKY ROAD RIGHT NOW.
SOMETIMES YOURSELF OR YOUR NEIGHBOR MIGHT BE HAVING TROUBLE TO PAY THAT MONEY.
DO YOU WANT YOUR PROPERTIES TO STILL LOOK GOOD? IF YOU HAVE IT COMING IN THROUGH THE TAX BILL, YOU ARE GUARANTEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT MONEY WILL STILL COME IN.
SOMEBODY IS GOING TO PAY THAT TAX BILL IN OCTOBER AND MY COMMUNITY WILL HAVE THE MONEY.
SO MY NEIGHBORS ARE NOT HAVING TO PAY FOR THE FACT THAT I CAN'T AFFORD MY PROPERTY.
THAT'S ONE OF THE BIGGEST BENEFITS FOR THE CD TO GO THROUGH.
THEY'VE ALREADY SAID TO ME, I'M THINKING ABOUT PURCHASING A $700,000 HOME.
DO YOU THINK I CARE ABOUT THE $6,000? I AM HAPPY THAT THAT $6,000 IS BEING COLLECTED ON MY TAX BILL, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT I AM SPENDING $700,000 ON A HOME THAT WILL REMAIN LOOKING GOOD AND MY INVESTMENT WILL CONTINUE TO GROW.
AND FOR SECTIONS ONE THROUGH EIGHT, OUR COMMUNITY, OUR VALUE, OUR INVESTMENTS WILL GROW AND SO WILL ALL THE SURROUNDING PLACES OF THE WOODLANDS, BECAUSE OUR PROPERTY VALUES WILL GO UP BASED ON THE NEW PROPERTY VALUES THAT ARE COMING IN.
SO I AM SUPPORTIVE OF THIS ITEM.
I THINK IT IS A VERY GOOD MECHANISM, AND I DO THINK IT PROTECTS OUR NEW FUTURE NINE RESIDENTS WHO I TO REPRESENT BECAUSE REMEMBER, I LIVE HERE AS WELL.
IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE, THEN WE'RE GOING TO CALL THE QUESTION.
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VICE MAYOR. RIGHT. NO.THANK YOU. MOTION PASSES 3 TO 2.
NOW FOR WHAT THE MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE ARE WAITING FOR.
[10.a Colony West Glades Course Concepts Discussion]
DISCUSSION. THIS WAS REQUESTED BY VICE MAYOR WRIGHT.PLEASE PROCEED. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.
BACK IN MARCH 11TH, WE HAD THE DISCUSSION.
JIM, IF YOU CAN BRING IT UP FOR ONE SECOND.
AND I WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUE COMMISSIONER BOLTON AND DOCTOR DANIELS, FOR THE SUPPORT IN PASSING THAT RESTRICTIVE COVENANT, WHICH BASICALLY MEANS THAT NO COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT CAN HAPPEN UNTIL THERE'S A VOTE BY THE COMMISSION IS NOT AS STRONG AS I WANT IT, BUT WE HAVE SOMETHING IN PLACE.
SO GOING FORWARD NOW ANY CHANGES YOU'LL BE NOTIFIED.
AND I UNDERSTAND THE POWER OF THE PEOPLE.
YOU GUYS ARE FAR MORE POWERFUL THAN THE PEOPLE IN POWER.
I SAW THAT WHEN I CAME TO YOUR HOUSE, TODD.
AND THAT'S WHY WHEN THIS CAME UP IN A WORKSHOP A FEW WEEKS AGO, I WAS ADAMANT.
AND I WAS, YOU KNOW, STRONG IN MY CONVICTION THAT THIS COMMUNITY DOES NOT WANT THAT.
I UNDERSTAND THE CONCERNS OF THE MAYOR AND DOCTOR DANIELS.
WE DO HAVE TO HAVE A FAMILY FRIENDLY ENVIRONMENT FOR TAMARAC, FOR THINGS, FOR PEOPLE TO DO.
POT. POT. I HEARD THE MAYOR VOICE THAT CONCERN.
BUT WHAT WAS LEFT OUT AS WELL? HOW THE GOLF COURSE IS THRIVING OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS.
HOW DO I SCROLL ON, JIM? OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS, IF YOU WOULD LOOK AT THE GOLF COURSE REVENUES HAS THE REVENUES FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS.
IT BROUGHT IN CLOSE TO $4 MILLION.
SO OBVIOUSLY THE GOLF COURSE, THE GOLF COURSE AS IS IS A THRIVING ENTITY.
IF IF YOU WOULD COMPARE THAT TO THE LARGEST COMPANY IN THE WORLD, WHICH IS WALMART, THEY HAD 18% GROWTH RATE IN THE PAST FIVE YEARS, WHEREAS THIS PARTICULAR GOLF COURSE HAD 160%. SO OBVIOUSLY, IF COLONY, WHICH WAS A PUBLIC COMPANY, WALL STREET WOULD BE LOVING IT.
SO THIS WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE PRESENTATION.
HOW THE GOLF COURSE IS GROWING.
SO OBVIOUSLY GOLFERS ARE PLAYING GOLF AND THEY'RE LOVING THE COLONY WEST GOLF COURSE AS IS.
THIS IS JUST BASED ON FACTS AND NUMBERS.
AGAIN, QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES.
THIS IS WHAT THE RESIDENTS WANT.
THEY WANT TO KEEP THE GOLF COURSE AS IS.
SO OBVIOUSLY THE GOLF COURSE IS DOING WELL.
SO THIS THESE WERE THE INITIAL CONCEPT.
THIS WAS CONCEPT ONE TO KEEP THE GOLF COURSE AS IS.
THIS WAS CONCEPT TWO TO BUILD THE TALL 100FT ON TOP GOLF.
RIGHT HERE. IF YOU LOOK AT THE MAP, YOU'LL SEE THERE WILL BE A PARKING LOT.
THERE'LL BE A BIG FENCE, THERE'LL BE A DRIVING RANGE, THERE'LL BE A CLUBHOUSE.
AND YOU CAN SEE THERE'S A HOME ALONG THE THE PROPERTY LINES.
AGAIN, THE RESIDENTS DON'T NECESSARILY WANT THEY DON'T WANT THIS DEVELOPMENT IN THEIR BACKYARDS.
THEY DON'T WANT PARKING LOTS. THEY DON'T WANT THE CLUBHOUSE.
THEY WANT TO KEEP THE GOLF COURSE AS IS.
AND HOW THE GOLF COURSE IS THRIVING WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE PRESENTATION.
SO I BROUGHT THIS ITEM UP SO WE CAN GET CONSENSUS ON WHERE WE'RE GOING TO GO.
IT'S VERY OBVIOUS. I'M IN FAVOR OF OPTION ONE, KEEPING THE GOLF COURSE AS IS.
YOU KNOW, THE NUMBERS ARE IN THE REVENUES.
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ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS FOR YOU.
SORRY. THAT WAS YOUR PRESENTATION.
MY PRESENTATION IS YOU'RE NOW DOING.
YOUR FIVE MINUTES ARE GOING TO YOUR FIVE MINUTES.
MISS CALLOWAY I THINK YOU SENT ME THESE NUMBERS EARLIER, BUT IF YOU CAN PUT IT ON THE RECORD, WHAT WAS THE COST OF THE COLONY WEST GOLF COURSE WHEN IT WAS PURCHASED IN 2011? I THINK THE DATA SHOWS.
COMMISSIONER. IF YOU CAN JUST GIVE ME A MOMENT TO FIND THAT COMMUNICATION.
OKAY. THE CITY PURCHASED THE GOLF COURSE IN DECEMBER OF 2011 FOR $3 MILLION.
WITH THE ADDITIONAL FEES WAS A TOTAL OF 3,300,455.
AND HOW MUCH DID IT COST FOR THE IMPROVEMENT TO THE GOLF COURSE? THE COST FOR THE CLUBHOUSE AND THE CART POND CONSTRUCTION WAS $10,000,938, 923.
AND HOW MUCH MONEY HAS THE GOLF COURSE BROUGHT IN SINCE IT'S BEEN IN EXISTENCE? SINCE A REVENUE FOR THE GOLF COURSE FROM 2014 TO DECEMBER 31ST, 2024 IS A TOTAL OF 23,241,009 29. SO YOU SPENT ABOUT 13 MILLION AND YOU BROUGHT IN ABOUT 20, 23 MILLION IN TOTAL REVENUES.
THAT WOULD BE AN ACCURATE STATEMENT.
THANKS. AND JUST FOR COMPARISON, HOW MUCH MONEY HAVE WE GOTTEN FROM TAMARAC VILLAGE IN TERMS OF THE CITY COFFERS? HOW MUCH HAVE YOU RECEIVED? WELL, THE FIGURES WE PROVIDED YOU WAS BASED ON THE LEASE REVENUE.
SINCE JUNE OF 2018 IS $1,801,200, AND THE GOLF COURSE IN ITS LIFETIME IS BROUGHT IN 23 MILLION THAT IT HAS JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT ON THE RECORD.
I'M DEFINITELY IN FAVOR OF OPTION ONE, KEEPING THE GOLF COURSE AS IS, BECAUSE IT'S THRIVING.
AND I THINK THAT IS THE RIGHT PLACE TO PUT A DRIVING RANGE.
POT. I THINK WE HAVE OTHER PLACES.
THERE'S TAMARAC VILLAGE, THERE'S A COMMERCIAL SPACE WHERE WE CAN BRING A POT PIE TYPE CONCEPT.
A POT POT CONCEPT ONLY NEEDS ABOUT ONE ACRE OF LAND.
THERE'S A POPULAR ONE IN DELRAY CALLED POP STROKE, WHERE YOU GO AND YOU DO POT.
I THINK I READ SOMEPLACE WHERE IT'S THE NEXT BILLION DOLLAR GOLF OPPORTUNITY.
SO THAT FULFILLS THE POT POT OPTION THAT YOU WANT THAT FULFILLS THE FAMILY EXPERIENCE.
I THINK THAT DOCTOR DANIEL IS LOOKING AT, I THINK WE HAVE TO BE CREATIVE AND THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX AND JUST NOT LOOK AT THIS PARTICULAR PLOT OF LAND AND SAY, WE'RE GOING TO BUILD OUR TOP GOLF LIKE CONCEPT.
I THINK THERE'S OTHER THINGS THAT WE CAN DO TO ACHIEVE THAT GOAL.
AND YOU SPOKE ABOUT INNOVATION EARLIER AND HAVING IDEAS AND TAKING THOSE IDEAS FURTHER.
I THINK WE CAN HAVE EVERYTHING.
BUT I DON'T THINK THAT PARTICULAR AREA AND WHAT WE HAVE IN PLACE IS A GREAT OPTION.
EXCUSE ME. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE DON'T HAVE TIME FOR GAMES TONIGHT.
IF YOUR LIGHT IS LIT, I'M GOING TO CALL ON YOU.
IF YOUR LIGHT'S NOT LIT, I'M NOT CALLING ON YOU.
WE'RE GOING TO SIT HERE AND WAIT TILL HE SAID.
SHE SAID WE'RE NEVER GOING TO.
WE'RE JUST GOING TO CALL THE QUESTION.
THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR, FOR BRINGING UP SOME POINTS.
THAT ALSO IS GOING TO MAKE ME QUESTION SOME STUFF.
THE FIRST AND FOREMOST, I'M ACTUALLY A GOLF PLAYER THAT HAS ACTUALLY GOLFED AT COLONY WEST SINCE THE INCEPTION OF THE BRAND NEW COURSE AND THE VIEW AND THE RESTAURANT AND EVERYTHING ELSE. AND I HAVE BROUGHT UP SINCE I STARTED PLAYING THE EXECUTIVE COURSE WHICH IS THE GLADES COURSE.
[04:15:02]
CARTS? WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THESE BUSHES? WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THIS? THE GREEN AND THE SAND, THE GRASS.THE SPRINKLERS ARE NOT WORKING.
I'M HERE SENDING MULTIPLE CARTS EVERY WEEKEND.
WHEN THIS FIRST CAME UP I WAS PUSHING THIS TO DO THE IMPROVEMENTS BECAUSE I KNOW IT NEEDED THE IMPROVEMENTS AND NEVER THE THOUGHT OF EVEN WHAT COMMISSIONER BOLTON EMAILED THE WHOLE ENTIRE CITY CALLING IT TOP GOLF BECAUSE IT'S NOTHING RELEVANT TO A TOP GOLF. AND.
DRIVING, RIGHT? SO AGAIN, A SECOND VICE MAYOR DO NOT PLAY GAMES RIGHT NOW.
I JUST, I JUST THAT'S YOU ALSO KNOW THAT THAT WAS REMOVED FROM THE PRESENTATION.
NO, I'M SURE I HAD TO ASK YOU TO PUT IT ON THERE.
LEAVE IT THE WAY IT IS. WELL, IF HE'S SAYING TOPGOLF VICE MAYOR, PLEASE.
LET COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS BE.
I DID NOT DO ANYTHING. I, I DID NOT DO ANYTHING.
FOR ME, IF YOU EVER BEEN TO TOP GOLF AND A DRIVING RANGE.
OKAY. WHEN I PUT THE PROPOSAL TO DO A MORATORIUM ON BUILDING, I DID NOT GET SUPPORT FROM THIS.
THE MAJORITY OF THIS COMMISSION, THEY DID NOT.
AND ALL OF A SUDDEN NOW THEY WANT TO ACT LIKE SUPERHEROES.
IT KIND OF GOES, KIND OF TELLS YOU A LOT.
MISS MAXINE, THE 20 MILLION, THE $23 MILLION, IS THAT NET OR GROSS? IT'S GROSS.
WHAT'S OUR NET? UNFORTUNATELY, THOSE FIGURES WERE PROVIDED BY THE FINANCE DIRECTOR.
I DON'T KNOW IF CHRISTINE IS AVAILABLE, AND IT CAN HELP ME WITH THAT.
OKAY, SO WHAT ABOUT THE MARGINS? IS IT 30%? I MEAN, WE CAN FIGURE OUT A QUICK NUMBER HERE.
THE MARGINS. FOR WHAT? FOR WHAT WE EXPECT AS FAR AS NETTING FROM THE GROSS.
$23 MILLION WAS GROSS, RIGHT? THOSE ARE THE REVENUES. YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN PAID OUT FOR THE CONTRACT AND OBLIGATIONS.
THERE'S THE GROSS AND THERE'S THE NET.
THE NET TELLS YOU EXACTLY HOW MUCH YOU MADE.
WE DIDN'T WE DID NOT MAKE $23 MILLION.
I'M NOT SAYING SO WHEN THIS WAS BROUGHT UP TO TO US.
WE REALLY. WE DON'T HAVE THAT MUCH MORE TIME.
WE'RE GOING TO FINISH THIS UP SOON.
AND AGAIN, THESE WERE JUST IDEAS.
I FELL IN LOVE WITH IT BECAUSE I'M, LIKE, THINKING, OKAY, WE KEEP HEARING FROM THE COMMUNITY, RIGHT? THAT THEY WANT ENTERTAINMENT, THEY WANT FOOD, THEY WANT TO DO THIS.
THEY WANT TO DO THAT. THEY HAVE TO GO OUTSIDE OF TAMARAC TO DO THINGS AND THIS AND THIS AND THAT.
RIGHT. AND SEE, WELL, I DO UNDERSTAND WHY YOU'RE YOU'RE DOING THAT.
PLEASE, YOU GOT TO KEEP IN MIND THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT BELONGS TO 74,000 RESIDENTS, NOT JUST ONE PARTICULAR COMMUNITY. OKAY? BUT WHEN I SEE AND THIS IS I PUSH FOR THIS VERY MUCH SO WHEN I SEE RESIDENTS COME OUT LIKE YOU GUYS ALL HAVE, THAT MAKES A HUGE DIFFERENCE. BECAUSE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE FOR AN OPTION, NUMBER TWO, THEY'RE NOT HERE AND THEY HAVE NOT EMAILED US AND THEY HAVE NOT CALLED US.
BUT WHEN WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE PUSHING FOR OPTION NUMBER ONE AND ARE EMAILING US AND CALLING US AND PUTTING COMMENTS ON ON NEXT DOOR AND ON FACEBOOK AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT MATTERS TO US, EVEN WAY MORE SO.
WHAT I WANT. OPTION NUMBER TWO.
ABSOLUTELY. AND I'M GOING TO USE MY TIME.
SO IF YOU'RE EXPECTING ME TO JUST STOP RIGHT HERE I'M NOT I'M GOING TO USE MY TIME.
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AND IT GOT TO THE POINT WHERE THIS WAS JUST A CONCEPT.THERE IS NOTHING SET IN STONE.
BUT HE FORGOT TO PUT HER NAME ON IT, RIGHT? COMMISSIONER BOLTON. SO SO MY POINT IS, THESE WERE JUST IDEAS.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PLEASE STOP.
IT'S BAD ENOUGH IF WE'RE NOT BEHAVING SOMETIME.
I REALLY DO NOT LIKE TO SAY THIS TO EVERYBODY.
THANK YOU. I DON'T LIKE THE FACT THAT WE GAVE STAFF CONSENSUS TO GO OUT TO THE COMMUNITY, NOT JUST PELHAM BAY, NOT JUST SPYGLASS, BUT TO THE CITY TO SEE WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE BEING PUT ON THE GOLF COURSE.
BUT THE PART THAT I LOVE IS, AGAIN, I'M GOING TO REPEAT IT.
I'M GOING TO FINISH WITH THIS IS THE FACT THAT ALL OF YOU HAS SHOWED UP.
MANY OF YOU HAVE STAYED UNTIL PAST MIDNIGHT, AND I'M GOING TO CONTINUE TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO THAT.
AND I BELIEVE, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN THE MAYOR I'M GONNA TAKE MY TWO MINUTES.
SO I VOTED AGAINST IT BECAUSE I WANTED MORE RESTRICTIVE COVENANT AND IT WAS SHUT DOWN.
THANK YOU. HELLO? HELLO. MISS PRITCHARD.
THANK YOU. MAYOR. I ACTUALLY BROUGHT MY WIFE AND MY SON TO PLAY.
TOPGOLF AT TOPGOLF IN POMPANO.
MY SON, ACTUALLY, AFTER THAT INSTANCE BROUGHT BOUGHT A A CLUB.
I DON'T PLAY GOLF, SO I DON'T KNOW THE PROPER TERMINOLOGIES.
I DON'T KNOW HOW WE PLAY GOLF WITH RUPTURED SHOULDERS, BUT.
AND I LOOKED OUT AT THE SCENERY.
I LOOKED AT WHERE IT WAS LOCATED.
AND STILL BALLS WERE GOING OVER THE NET.
SEE THAT NET? A LOT OF PEOPLE.
AND, YOU KNOW, THIS WAS ONLY A CONCEPT.
THIS WAS PRESENTED TO THE CITY.
MR.. VILLALOBOS. MR. VILLALOBOS. LET HIM FINISH OFF HIS.
WAS A 3.5 MINUTES LEFT OR WHATEVER IT IS, AND IT'S TWO IF YOU TASTE IT AND LET'S BE DONE.
I WANT TO MAKE IT CRYSTAL CLEAR THAT YOU DON'T GET UNDER MY SKIN, SIR.
SO. IT IS A TOPGOLF LIKE STRUCTURE.
AND PUTTING A DRIVING RANGE IN THE BACK OF PEOPLE'S YARDS.
AND CALLING IT A GOOD IDEA AND THEN BACKPEDALING BECAUSE VOTERS ARE HERE.
SO I'LL TALK ABOUT WHAT YOU WANT.
DON'T TALK ABOUT WHAT HE WANTS.
DON'T TALK ABOUT ANYBODY'S OPINION BUT YOURSELF FOR YOUR OWN ITEMS. THIS IS GETTING RIDICULOUS.
AND I'M SORRY, BUT I THINK WE SHOULD BE VERY WELL EMBARRASSED RIGHT NOW.
PLEASE PROCEED. ALL NIGHT SOMEBODY CALLS NAMES AND DO POINT OF ORDERS AND CALL OUT DESPICABLE.
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AND WHEN I DO IT ONCE, IT'S A PROBLEM.SO IN THE STATE OF THE CITY ADDRESS, IT WAS.
IT WAS SAID THAT WE NEED DENSITY.
WE NEED MORE PEOPLE IN ORDER TO MAKE RESTAURANTS AND COMMERCIAL VIABLE.
IS THAT AN ENCRYPTED MESSAGE FOR WHAT'S TO COME ON THAT GOLF COURSE THAT WE NEED MORE PEOPLE, MORE BUILDINGS, MORE PEOPLE TO MOVE IN OUR CITY SO THAT WE CAN HAVE MORE RESTAURANTS? I DON'T THINK SO.
AND RESTAURANTS THRIVE ON REGIONAL IMPACT, NOT JUST THE POPULATION OF A CITY.
THIS IS WHY, AS A TAMARAC RESIDENT, I GO TO SAWGRASS TO SHOP.
THIS IS WHY, AS A TAMARAC RESIDENT, I GO TO FORT LAUDERDALE, A GALLERIA MALL TO SHOP.
THIS IS WHY, AS A TAMARAC RESIDENT, I GO TO CORAL SPRINGS TO SHOP.
THIS IS WHY, AS A TAMARAC RESIDENT, I GO TO A BIRTHDAY PARTY AND EAT OUT AT CAILLOU'S, MY FAVORITE RESTAURANT IN PLANTATION. IT'S NOT ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT LIVES IN THE CITY.
REGIONAL IMPACT MEANS THAT THE PEOPLE IN THAT REGION SUPPORTS THE LOCAL BUSINESS.
WE DON'T NEED MORE BUILDINGS ON THIS GOLF COURSE TO SUSTAIN.
RESTAURANTS COMING HERE OR TO SUPPORT IT.
WE DON'T. AN ENCRYPTED MESSAGE? I THINK SO.
SO I AM FOR CONCEPT NUMBER ONE.
WE TALK ABOUT HEARING RESIDENTS OPINIONS.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT GOING OUT TO THE COMMUNITY.
WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING OUT.
WE DON'T HAVE TO GO OUT ANYMORE BECAUSE YOU'RE HERE.
DO I HAVE HOPE THAT THIS WILL CHANGE OTHER PEOPLE'S MINDS? NO. WE'RE STUCK WITH A STORAGE FACILITY ON THE CORNER OF ROCK ISLAND AND COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD.
SOME OF US WANTED MORE PROTECTIONS.
DON'T LISTEN TO THE BUY IN AND THE BALONEY.
SOME OF YOU WERE HERE. YOU HEARD MY SPEECH.
SO YES, BASED ON ABOUT A YEAR AGO WHEN YOU CAME FORWARD, UNFORTUNATELY, THE ROLLOUT HAD SOMETHING ABOUT COMMERCIAL AND IT HAD SOMETHING ABOUT RESIDENTIAL, SO IT DIDN'T WORK WELL FOR THE DISCUSSION.
SO WE AGREED WE WERE COMING BACK WITH A RESTRICTIVE COVENANT.
IT AFFECTS 28 COMMUNITIES, NOT JUST SPYGLASS, PLUM BAY, PLUM HARBOR, WEDGEWOOD, WESTWOOD AND SOME OF THE OTHERS THAT ARE ON THERE 28 COMMUNITIES.
AND I ALSO DO KNOW THAT I'M LOOKING AT SEVERAL PEOPLE IN THIS COMMUNITY THAT ACTUALLY ARE SUPPORTIVE OF HAVING THEIR VOICES HEARD, BUT THEY ARE AFRAID OF THE RAMIFICATIONS BY THE BULLYING THAT IS GOING ON ON SOME OF THE NEXT DOOR AND SOME OF THE OTHER OUTLETS AND SOME OF THE FEAR OF RETALIATION THAT THEY HAVE IN THE COMMUNITIES, WHICH IS WHY THEY HAVE NOT SPOKEN TONIGHT.
SO YOU CAN SHAKE YOUR HEADS ALL YOU WANT, BUT THERE'S A REALITY TO IT.
I TOLD EVERYBODY I WOULD LIKE TO SEE ABOUT A PUTT PUTT.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF THERE WAS ROOM FOR A DRIVING RANGE.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE ABOUT A PAR THREE, A NINE HOLE PAR THREE.
SO MANY TIMES WE DON'T COME OUT WITH A PICTURE.
YOU SAY YOU DON'T HAVE A PLAN.
SO WE COME OUT WITH A PICTURE SO WE CAN EVEN SEE IF IT'S GOOD OR NOT.
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SHOWS ME THAT THE DRIVING RANGE DOES NOT WORK THERE.THERE IS NOT A LOT OF ROOM THERE, WHICH IS WHY I HAVE NOT SAID I WANT THE DRIVING RANGE TO SAY, BUT AS I MENTIONED, YOU GOT TO LET THE THE IDEAS COME OUT TO FIND OUT IF IT'S A GOOD IDEA OR A BAD IDEA.
SO BY LOOKING AT THE CONCEPT TWO, I TO AGREE THE DRIVING RANGE IS NOT A GOOD IDEA THERE.
WE THEN DISCUSS OTHER WAYS TO FIGURE OUT IF IF SOMETHING ELSE CAN BE THERE.
WE ALSO AGREED THAT WE NEED TO SPEAK TO MORE THAN JUST THE PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE, AND SINCE THERE WAS NOT NOTICE THAT WAS MAILED OUT TO ALL 400 PEOPLE ON THE COMMUNITY FOR WHETHER OR NOT THERE BE ANY CHANGES TO THE PROPERTY, I THINK THAT THIS IS ACTUALLY A VIOLATION OF OUR DEED RESTRICTIONS THAT WE PUT IN OUR RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS THAT WE PUT IN.
WHICH IS WHY I SUPPORT US DOING WHAT WE SAID WE WERE GOING TO DO.
WE GO OUT TO THE DISTRICTS, WE HAVE OUR MEETING AND WE CAN HEAR.
AND IF YOUR VOICE IS ACTUALLY SAY, KEEP IT FOR ONE, WE KEEP IT FOR ONE.
THERE'S NO GOALPOST BEING MOVED.
THE GOALPOSTS ARE STAYING THE SAME.
IT IS THE PLAY ON WORDS THAT PEOPLE ARE USING TO TWIST THINGS INSTEAD OF REALITY.
EXCUSE ME. I AM HAPPY TO HAVE YOU GUYS REMOVED AT THIS POINT.
YOU DON'T WANT TO LISTEN TO ME.
SO YOU KNOW WHAT? THAT IS YOUR PREROGATIVE.
THAT IS YOUR PREROGATIVE, SIR.
BUT RIGHT NOW, I'M HERE DOING MY JOB, WHICH IS ALSO TO SPEAK FOR THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT HERE TO SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES, SO THAT BECAUSE THEY DID NOT GET THE 400FT. NOTICE THAT YOUR FAULT? NO, BUT IF YOU'D LIKE TO MAKE IT MINE, I'LL TAKE IT.
I'M GOING TO FINISH MY COMMENTS NOW.
THE REALITY IS THAT NOT EVERYBODY HAS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK REGARDING THIS, AND IT IS.
IS IT RIGHT FOR US TO MAKE THE DECISION BASED ON THAT? IF YOU WERE THE PEOPLE THAT WERE HOME TONIGHT AND DID NOT HAVE YOUR VOICES HEARD, WHAT WOULD YOU SAY? PUT YOURSELVES IN THE SHOES OF THE OTHER PEOPLE, BECAUSE THIS ITEM HAS BEEN DISCUSSED NUMEROUS TIMES, AND IT WAS SAID THAT HE WAS GOING TO GO TO DISTRICT MEETINGS TO HEAR FROM YOUR NEIGHBORS.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO LIKE WHAT I SAY.
THAT'S FINE. ALSO, I DON'T LIKE THE FACT THAT ONLY CERTAIN PARTS OF THIS WAS GIVEN OUT ON STUFF.
SO CITY MANAGER, THE INFORMATION THAT WAS PUT ON THIS SLIDE REGARDING GOLF COURSE REVENUES.
VICE MAYOR, IF YOU'LL PUT IT BACK, PLEASE.
THANK YOU. I'M TAKING BACK THE REVENUE.
EXACTLY I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU.
THERE YOU GO. IS THIS FOR BOTH COURSES OR IS THIS ONLY FOR THE GLAZE COURSE? I'LL TAKE MY TIP. IS THIS FOR BOTH COURSES OR ONLY FOR THE GLAZE COURSE? THE ENTIRE COLONY WEST.
YOU GUYS SEE? IT'S NOT. I'M ASKING THE GREENS FEES AND THE CARTS FEES AND THE GOLF.
IS IT? YOU WANT US TO SIT HERE AND LISTEN TO THE INFORMATION BEING PRESENTED TO THE COMMUNITY? AND YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT BOTH COURSES.
HOWEVER, WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT IS WHAT WE NEED TO DO IF WE NEED TO DO ANYTHING TO REVAMP AND REVITALIZE THE GLADES COURSE THAT HAS NO INFRASTRUCTURE WITHIN IT.
SO, CITY MANAGER, WILL YOU PLEASE ANSWER THE QUESTION THAT I ASKED, IS THIS FOR BOTH COURSES OR IS IT FOR ONE? IT'S FOR BOTH. THANK YOU.
SO NO WE HAVE GREENS FEES AND CARTS FEES.
BUT IT'S FOR WHETHER YOU'RE PLAYING ON THE GLADES COURSE AND IT'S NOT DIVIDED IN HERE.
SO YOU'RE BEING GIVEN FIGURES TO SHOW HOW SUCCESSFUL THINGS ARE.
BUT THEY'RE SUCCESSFUL AS BOTH VERSUS SAYING IS THE GLADES COURSE AS SUCCESSFUL AS IT COULD BE.
AND IF IT'S NOT, WHAT CAN WE BE DOING WITH IT? THE WHOLE POINT OF HAVING A CONVERSATION AND HAVING IT GO OUT TO THE PUBLIC IS NOT TO BE AFRAID OF WHAT MIGHT BE SAID TO US AND WHAT WE MIGHT LEARN THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO FIND SOME OTHER GOOD THINGS GOLF RELATED TO DO.
AND YES, I ACTUALLY ASKED THE CITY MANAGER IF THERE WAS A WAY WITH OUR NEW PROPERTY.
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IS PART OF THE 27 ACRES OF CITY PROPERTY.COULD WE DO AN EXPANSION THERE? BUT WE'RE NOT HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A CONVERSATION IF WE CUT IT OFF TODAY, BECAUSE ONLY CERTAIN PEOPLE'S IDEAS ARE BEING ABLE TO COUNT.
NOT ALL. SO I AM SAYING TO THIS COMMUNITY, I AM NOT SAYING ONE, I AM NOT SAYING TWO.
I AM SAYING WE OWE IT TO THE COMMUNITY TO GO OUT AND HEAR THEM ALL 28 COMMUNITIES.
COMMISSIONER. RIGHT. YOU HAVE YOUR TWO MINUTES AND THEN COMMISSIONER BOLTON YOU HAVE YOUR TWO.
ACTUALLY, THE REVENUES IS FOR THE ENTIRE GOLF COURSE.
SO I GET YOU TRYING TO BIFURCATE IT FOR YOUR ARGUMENT, BUT IT IT IS NOT APPLES TO APPLES.
THIS WAS NOT AN INITIAL PRESENTATION.
IN REFERENCE TO COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS POINT OF ORDER.
MAYOR. IN REFERENCE TO IN REFERENCE TO COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS CERTIFICATION.
COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS, IS IT DIRECTLY ON POINT WITH WHAT VICE MAYOR WRIGHT HAS JUST SAID? THE COURSES ARE RUN, OPERATED DIFFERENTLY.
THE THE MAIN COURSE IS WHERE THEY PUSH ALL THE GOLFERS TO THE OVERFLOW.
THAT'S ABOUT A $700,000 ANNUAL IN REVENUE.
SO YES, IT IS TOTALLY TWO DIFFERENT THINGS.
THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION, COMMISSIONER.
IT WAS NOT THE INITIAL PRESENTATION.
THE REVENUES OF THE GOLF COURSE WERE NOT WAS NOT IN THERE.
YOU TALK ABOUT OMITTING STUFF.
IT WAS NOT INVOLVED IN THAT ORIGINAL PRESENTATION.
SO I WENT AND I GOT THOSE NUMBERS IN TERMS OF HOW THE REVENUE OF THE GOLF COURSE IS PERFORMING.
THERE WAS A HUGE BARRYMORE INVITATION THAT HAPPENED A FEW WEEKS AGO.
BUT GUESS WHAT? THE PEOPLE IN YOUR COMMUNITY DID NOT WANT THAT TRACK.
AND YOU FIGHT TIRELESSLY NOT TO HAVE THAT TRACK IN YOUR COMMUNITY.
IT'S THE SAME THING. THESE PEOPLE DO NOT WANT THAT GOLF COURSE IN THEIR BACKYARD.
I UNDERSTAND YOU'RE SAYING IT'S A CITY WIDE ISSUE, BUT THAT PARTICULAR TRACK IN YOUR COMMUNITY, SOME PEOPLE IN THE CITY WOULD HAVE LOVED IT, RIGHT? NO, I'M IT'S NOT EVEN RELEVANT.
IT'S HIS TIME, RIGHT? THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING.
IT'S NOT RELEVANT, BUT IT'S HIS.
WHAT HE WANTS TO BRING UP A LITTLE BIT ALONE.
I'M JUST MAKING A COMPARISON OF PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY NOT WANTING SOMETHING.
THAT'S. THAT'S ALL I'M MAKING A COMPARISON TO.
SO THESE PEOPLE HAVE, YOU KNOW, LET THEIR VOICES BE HEARD.
AND I'M JUST LOOKING TO GET CONSENSUS FOR US TO JUST PROCEED WITH OPTION ONE SO WE CAN FOCUS ON, YOU KNOW, MAKING THE GOLF COURSE BETTER AND IN KEEPING THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THE INDIVIDUALS THAT LIVE IN THIS COMMUNITY.
YES, YES. COMMISSIONER BOLTON.
THANK YOU, MAYOR. AS I LISTENED TO THE DISCUSSION.
I ASKED MYSELF, DOES PRICE REALLY MATTER? DOES BUDGET REALLY MATTER? DOES NUMBERS REALLY MATTER? BECAUSE ONE OF THE THOUGHTS THAT COME TO MIND IS THAT PEACE CANNOT BE QUANTIFIED.
CANNOT BE. AND I LISTENED TO THE RESIDENT AS SHE VERY ELOQUENTLY.
SAID THAT WHEN SHE COMES HOME AFTER A LONG DAY OF WORK, SHE JUST WANTS TO BREATHE.
AND I KNOW THAT THIS MAY BE OFF TOPIC, BUT THANK YOU, RON WASSERMAN.
FOR ALWAYS COMING TO OUR COMMISSION AND TALKING ABOUT CANCER.
I CAME HOME AND WANTED TO BREATHE.
HEARING NEWS OF SOMEBODY IN YOUR FAMILY THAT HAS CANCER IS VERY TOUGH TO DEAL WITH.
WHAT THESE RESIDENTS GO THROUGH.
AS YOU'RE MAKING YOUR DECISION.
AND I. AND I WISH NOT TO HEAR YOUR VOICE OVER.
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PEOPLE JUST WANT TO BREATHE.AND AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME I WILL.
BUT FOR NOW, THIS IS NOT THE MEDIUM.
BUT GIVE THE PEOPLE WHAT THEY WANT.
OPEN TO THOSE WHO. MISS CALLOWAY.
IS THERE ANYTHING WE WOULD NEED TO KNOW ON A LEGAL MATTER REGARDING THIS ITEM AND THE RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS? I APOLOGIZE, MAYOR.
CAN YOU JUST CLARIFY? THE RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS THAT WE PUT OUT.
THAT SAID, WE WILL NOT MAKE ANY DECISIONS WITHOUT NOTICE.
DOES THIS LEGAL ISSUE? THERE JUST IS NO LEGAL ISSUE.
SO THE ITEM IS A NOT A MOTION.
WE DON'T DO MOTIONS ON WORKSHOP ITEMS. SO THE COMMISSIONER VICE MAYOR IS WISHING FOR CONSENSUS.
THAT WE REMOVE THIS CONVERSATION FROM THE DISTRICT MEETINGS.
COMMISSIONER. DANIEL, ARE WE VOTING? WE ARE HAVING CONSENSUS WHETHER OR NOT WE ARE REMOVING THIS FROM THE WORKSHOPS AND GOING ALONG AND JUST STOPPING THE CONVERSATION.
THERE WILL ONLY BE A GOLF COURSE THIS OPTION ONE.
NO, NO, I FROM THE LAST WORKSHOP, I THOUGHT THIS WAS JUST A DISCUSSION FROM THE LAST WORKSHOP.
WE SAID WE WILL BRING IT TO THE COMMUNITY, RIGHT.
BUT THE. AND I WANT TO BRING IT TO THE COMMUNITY.
SO TO SAY, NOW WE'RE GOING TO VOTE.
I. YOU KNOW, LET LET WHAT'S SO WRONG? IF THIS IS WHAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO DO, WHAT IS WRONG WITH GOING TO THE COMMUNITY? AND WHEN WE DO THE COMMUNITY DISCUSSION? YOU DON'T KNOW.
THIS IS A RHETORICAL QUESTION.
SHE'S NOT REALLY EXPECTING YOUR ANSWER.
I MEAN, YOU COULD TELL ME AFTERWARDS, I'M SURE.
I'M SURE YOU'LL BE TOLD AFTERWARDS.
I'M SURE WE'LL ALL BE TOLD SOMETHING AFTERWARDS IN SOME FORM OR FASHION.
SO COMMISSIONER DANIELS IS NOT IN SUPPORT OF THIS ITEM.
THIS IS THIS IS NOT A DISCUSSION.
VICE-MAYOR IS OBVIOUSLY IN SUPPORT OF IT.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE BOTTOM LINE OF WHAT HAS JUST HAPPENED IS THIS WILL GO OUT TO THE COMMUNITIES FOR CONVERSATION WHERE OKAY, OKAY, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PLEASE, PLEASE, NO, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I WILL TRY TO EXPLAIN THIS, BUT LET ME ASK YOU TO HEAR ME VERSUS YELLING AT ME.
FINE. YOU CAN HAVE THAT RIGHT TO DO SO.
SHUT UP. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE HAVE ABOUT A MINUTE AND A HALF LEFT, IF THAT LONG.
IT IS DEFINITELY AFTER MIDNIGHT SOMETIME.
WHAT IS BASICALLY GOING TO HAPPEN IS WHAT THE ORIGINAL PLAN WAS.
WE WILL START THE CONVERSATIONS OUT IN THE COMMUNITIES, IN THE DISTRICT COMMUNITIES.
THERE WILL BE DISTRICT ONE, TWO, THREE AND FOUR.
AND IN THOSE COMMUNITIES, PLEASE COME OUT TO YOUR DISTRICT MEETINGS.
THIS IS WHERE WE HAVE A WHOLE BUNCH OF STUFF TO SHARE WITH YOU.
YOU WILL ALSO THEN GIVE US YOUR INPUT.
I'M BAD WITH TITLES BECAUSE YOU'RE CHANGING YOUR TITLES FOR THE NIGHT.
[04:45:02]
GET THEM. IT WILL THEN BE COMPILED.WE WILL THEN HAVE ANOTHER CONVERSATION SO YOU KNOW WHERE IT STANDS.
OKAY, THIS IS NOT AS IF YOU HEARD ME EARLIER.
OKAY, SO IT MIGHT WIND UP WE'RE BACK TO ONE CONCEPT, ONE IT MIGHT NOT.
SOME PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE MAY SAY, OH, I LIKE THAT IDEA AND WE MIGHT ENJOY IT.
WE DON'T KNOW, BUT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION.
WE WILL. WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE CONVERSATION.
PLEASE GET HOME SAFELY AND IF YOU GET ANYTHING FROM TAMARAC POST, THAT'S COMMISSIONER BOLTON.
OKAY, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.
GET HOME SAFELY.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.