May 08, 2024 Regular

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GOOD EVENING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.

[CALL TO ORDER]

FORGIVE ME AS A.

IT IS CURRENTLY 7 P.M.

ON WEDNESDAY, MAY 8TH.

CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.

GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. MAYOR GOMEZ.

GOOD EVENING, COMMISSIONER BOLTON.

GOOD EVENING, VICE MAYOR WRIGHT.

GOOD EVENING. COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS.

GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. COMMISSIONER.

DANIEL. GOOD EVENING.

THANK YOU. IF EVERYONE WOULD PLEASE STAND.

COMMISSIONER. MARLON. BOLTON WILL LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

AND WE WILL HAVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE IN HONOR AND MEMORY OF MARSHA AUBURN, A WONDERFUL CITY EMPLOYEE WHO HAS PASSED AWAY.

AND FOR ANYONE ELSE THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE YOUR MOMENTS OF SILENCE WITH.

CITY ATTORNEY, ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY.

MISS RYAN, DO YOU HAVE ANY REPORT FOR US? MADAM MAYOR, I DO NOT HAVE A REPORT THIS EVENING.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

CITY MANAGER, YOU'RE GOING TO DO YOUR REPORT AT THE END.

YES, MA'AM. ALL RIGHT, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE HAVE A LOT TO CELEBRATE TODAY.

[2.CITY MANAGER REPORT ]

WELL, PLEASE.

EXCELLENT. EXCELLENT.

SO, OUR FIRST PROCLAMATION WAS REQUESTED BY MYSELF.

AND WE'RE HERE TO PRESENT TO MR. JEAN-PIERRE TURGOT, PRESIDENT OF THE HAITIAN AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, AND [INAUDIBLE] DANOS, ASSISTANT VICE PRESIDENT OF THE HAITIAN AMERICAN CHAMBER.

YOU'RE WELCOME TO STAND WITH US IF YOU WISH.

IT MIGHT BE BETTER THAN THE SUN THAT'S COMING INTO YOUR EYES.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

WHEREAS HAITI IS A CARIBBEAN COUNTRY OCCUPYING THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE ISLAND OF HISPANIOLA, WHICH IT SHARES WITH THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC.

AND WHEREAS HAITIAN HERITAGE MONTH, A MAJOR CELEBRATION WITH PARADES AND CULTURAL AND ATHLETIC EVENTS OBSERVED IN MANY CITIES IN HAITI SINCE THE 1930S, IS AN EXPANSION OF HAITIAN FLAG DAY ON MAY 18TH, WHICH COMMEMORATES THE ADOPTION OF THE BLUE AND RED NATIONAL FLAG BY THE HAITIAN CONGRESS IN 1803, AND HAITIAN HERITAGE MONTH IS A CELEBRATION IN THE UNITED STATES OF HAITIAN HERITAGE AND CULTURE WHICH WAS FIRST CELEBRATED IN BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS IN 1998.

AND WHEREAS HAITIAN HERITAGE MONTH IS A NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED OPPORTUNITY FOR THE HAITIAN DIASPORA AND LOVERS OF HAITIAN COMMUNITY TO CELEBRATE ITS RICH CULTURE, DISTINCTIVE ART, DELICIOUS FOOD, AND TO LEARN THE TRADITIONS OF HAITI AND ITS PEOPLE.

AND WHEREAS HAITIAN AMERICANS HAVE MADE IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO AMERICAN CULTURE AND SOCIETY IN MANY FIELDS ACROSS BOTH PRIVATE AND PUBLIC SECTORS, FROM ACADEMIA AND THE ARTS TO BUSINESS AND GOVERNMENT, INCLUDING CHARLES L REASON, THE FIRST BLACK COLLEGE PROFESSOR IN THE UNITED STATES.

EUGENE BULLARD, THE FIRST BLACK AMERICAN MILITARY PILOT.

JOHN JAMES AUDUBON, PAINTER AND NATURALIST RALPH GILES, CHIEF DESIGN ENGINEER FOR SANTILLAS WHO DESIGNED THE 2005 CAR OF THE YEAR, CHRYSLER 300 AND NAOMI OSAKA TENNIS STAR.

AND WHEREAS SOUTH FLORIDA IS HOME TO THE LARGEST HAITIAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY IN THE UNITED STATES, AND NOW THEREFORE, I, MICHELLE J.

GOMEZ, VERY PROUD MAYOR OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC, ON BEHALF OF OUR COMMISSION, JOIN IN RECOGNIZING AND CELEBRATING THE CULTURAL CULTURE, HERITAGE AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE HAITIAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY AND HEREBY PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF MAY 2024 AS HAITIAN AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH.

AS I SEE. SORRY ABOUT THAT.

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THANK YOU. FIRST AND FOREMOST, I WANT TO TAKE THE TIME TO THANK THE COMMISSION AND ALL THE CONSTITUENTS OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC.

OKAY? WE HAVE MANY, MANY HAITIANS LIVING HERE.

I'M SURE THAT YOU KNOW WHAT? AS OF LATE, YOU HAVE HEARD A LOT OF BAD NEWS.

BUT HAITIAN, MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS, REST ASSURED.

REST ASSURED, ONE DAY ALL THIS BAD NEWS, UNWANTED ATTENTION THAT WE ARE RECEIVING IN HAITI.

ALL THAT WILL BE IN THE PAST.

PLEASE TAKE A PHOTO OF IT.

THIS NEXT PROCLAMATION IS MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH AND BEING PRESENTED TO JUDITH MILLER AND BLAKE COHEN OF NAMI.

WE ALSO CALL AS NAMI THE BOARD MEMBERS AND THEY ARE COMING RIGHT DOWN FOR US.

THANK YOU. THANK. WHEREAS NAMI BROWARD'S MISSION IS TO ENHANCE AWARENESS AND PROVIDE PROGRAMS IN BROWARD COUNTY THAT SUPPORT A WORLD CLASS SYSTEM FOR THE TREATMENT AND RECOVERY OF INDIVIDUALS FACING MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGES.

NAMI BROWARD DELIVERS SUPPORT, EDUCATION AND ADVOCACY TO NURTURE BETTER UNDERSTANDING COPING STRATEGIES AND POSITIVE OUTCOMES FOR PEOPLE AND THEIR FAMILIES NAVIGATING THE COMPLEXITIES OF MENTAL HEALTH.

AND WHEREAS MENTAL HEALTH CONDITIONS ARE TREATABLE, HEALTH CONCERNS THAT ARE WIDESPREAD AND MANAGEABLE.

WHEREAS COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH CARE ENCOMPASSES MENTAL HEALTH CARE, WHICH MUST BE ACCESSIBLE TO ALL INDIVIDUALS IRRESPECTIVE OF RACE, GENDER, AGE, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS, VALUES, AND CULTURAL BELIEFS.

IT IS VITAL THAT THESE FACTORS ARE INTEGRATED INTO TREATMENT, ALLOWING THE COMMUNITY TO BECOME A BASTION OF SUPPORT.

AND WHEREAS THE BREADTH OF MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS AFFECTING BOTH CHILDREN AND ADULTS IS PROFOUND, 1 IN 5 ADULTS WILL ENCOUNTER A MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGE IN ANY GIVEN YEAR.

HALF OF ALL MENTAL HEALTH CONDITIONS BEGIN BY AGE 14 AND 75% BY 24 YEARS OLD.

PROMPT INTERVENTION LEADS TO MORE FAVORABLE OUTCOMES.

AND WHEREAS HALF THE CHILDREN AND ADULTS LIVING WITH MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGES NEVER RECEIVE TRANSFORMATIVE TREATMENT DUE TO BARRIERS TO CARE AND STIGMA, AND THE RESILIENCE AND RECOVERY JOURNEY OF INDIVIDUALS DIAGNOSED WITH A MENTAL HEALTH CONDITION SHOULD BE CELEBRATED RATHER THAN STIGMATIZED.

AND WHEREAS MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGES ARE NOT CRIMINAL ISSUES.

NONETHELESS, INDIVIDUALS WITH MENTAL HEALTH DIAGNOSES ARE DISPROPORTIONATELY REPRESENTED IN JAILS AND IN PRISONS.

NAMI COMMENDS THE IMPLEMENTATION OF CRISIS INTERVENTION TRAINING FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, DIVERSION PROGRAMS, AND MOBILE CRISIS RESPONSE TEAMS THAT EFFECTIVELY REDUCE INVOLVEMENT IN THE JUSTICE SYSTEM AND ENHANCE SAFETY.

AND WHEREAS, INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGES ARE CAPABLE OF LEADING MEANINGFUL LIVES AND CONTRIBUTING SIGNIFICANTLY TO SOCIETY, COMMUNITIES AID THOSE WITH MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGES BY ENSURING ACCESS TO QUALITY CARE AND APPROPRIATE SUPPORTS.

AND WHEREAS NAMI BROWARD DESIGNATES THE MONTH OF MAY AS MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH TO PROMOTE MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS, TO INSPIRE THOSE LIVING WITH MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGES, TO SEEK SUPPORT AND TO BE UPLIFTED BY OUR MESSAGE.

YOU ARE NOT ALONE.

NOW THEREFORE, I, MICHELLE J GOMEZ, VERY PROUD MAYOR OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC, ON BEHALF OF THIS WONDERFUL COMMISSION, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM MAY 2024 AS MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH IN THE CITY OF TAMARAC. HI, EVERYBODY.

I'M BLAKE.

I'M SOMEBODY WHO HAS FAMILY MEMBERS AND MYSELF WHO'VE BEEN AFFECTED BY MENTAL HEALTH CONCERNS.

SO, WE REALLY APPRECIATE THIS, THIS OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS MENTAL HEALTH, BECAUSE I CAN PRETTY MUCH GUARANTEE THERE'S NOT A SINGLE PERSON IN THIS ROOM WHO HASN'T BEEN TOUCHED OR KNOWS SOMEBODY WHO'S BEEN TOUCHED BY SOME TYPE OF MENTAL HEALTH CONCERN, SOME MORE SEVERE THAN OTHERS.

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THERE'S NO SHAME IN THAT.

IN THE SAME WAY YOU WOULD GET A BROKEN ARM OR GET TREATED FOR THE FLU, IT'S ALL THE SAME.

I'M SUPPOSED TO MAKE SURE TO MENTION THAT PLEASE GO TO NAMI BROWARD.

ORG TO FIND OUT ALL OF OUR SERVICES.

WE DO OFFER A NUMBER OF PEER AND INDIVIDUAL SUPPORT GROUPS TO EVERYBODY IN BROWARD COUNTY FOR FREE.

SO, THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH.

AND MAYOR GOMEZ, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS.

THIS NEXT PROCLAMATION WAS REQUESTED BY MYSELF, AND I'M PRESENT HERE TO RECEIVE THE PROCLAMATION.

AS DENISE LEHTO, CHAIR OF THE JEWISH COMMUNITY RELATIONS COUNCIL OF BROWARD COUNTY.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME UP? YOU'RE WELCOME TO BRING HIM UP.

YOUR HUSBAND'S A GOOD MAN. WHEREAS ON APRIL 20TH, 2006, PRESIDENT GEORGE W BUSH PROCLAIMED THAT MAY WOULD BE JEWISH AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH, JAHM, CAPPING AN HISTORIC ACHIEVEMENT BY AN IMPRESSIVE GROUP LED BY THE JEWISH MUSEUM OF FLORIDA AND THE SOUTH FLORIDA JEWISH COMMUNITY LEADERS, WHICH EVENTUALLY RESULTED IN THE CONGRESSIONAL RESOLUTIONS INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE DEBBIE WASSERMAN SCHULTZ AND SENATOR ARLEN SPECTER.

AND WHEREAS JAHM RECOGNIZES MORE THAN 360-YEAR HISTORY OF JEWISH CONTRIBUTIONS TO AMERICAN CULTURE AND SOCIETY FROM HISTORY, SPORTS, ARTS, MUSIC AND ENTERTAINMENT TO MEDICINE, BUSINESS, SCIENCE, GOVERNMENT AND MILITARY SERVICE ACROSS THESE FIELDS, MANY JEWISH AMERICANS HAVE CONTRIBUTED SIGNIFICANTLY TO THIS NATION'S STRUGGLE FOR FREEDOM, JUSTICE, AND LIBERTY.

HAVING HELPED BRING ABOUT PROGRESS IN ALL ASPECTS OF THIS NATION'S VALUES AND CHARACTERS.

AND WHEREAS MANY JEWISH WOMEN AND MEN HAVE MADE LIFELONG COMMITMENTS TO CONFRONT THE ENEMY OF AMERICAN'S NOBLEST GOALS RACISM AND OPPRESSION, THEY FOUND SOLIDARITY IN THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT, IN THE FIGHT FOR WOMEN'S AND LGBTQ RIGHTS, AND IN STRUGGLES WHICH OFTEN MIRROR THE STORY OF EXODUS.

AND THE JEWISH PEOPLE'S JOURNEY THROUGH THE AGES, MANY JEWISH PEOPLE FOUND AMERICA'S BEST VALUES IN EACH OF THESE CAUSES AND DEMAND FOR FAIRNESS, EQUALITY AND JUSTICE. WHEREAS THE RISE IN ANTI-SEMITISM DEMANDS THAT ALL AMERICANS KNOW THAT LESSONS OF THE HOLOCAUST, WE MUST RECOGNIZE THAT THERE IS AN URGENT IMPERATIVE TO CONTINUALLY COMBAT PREJUDICE BEFORE IT FIRMLY TAKES ROOT.

THIS REEMERGENCE OF VIOLENT ANTI-SEMITISM MUST STOP.

THERE IS NO PLACE FOR HATE IN OUR COUNTRY, AND THAT WE MUST RECOMMIT THROUGH ACTION AND SOLIDARITY.

THAT ATTACK ON THE FAITH OF ONE IS AN ATTACK ON THE FAITH OF ALL.

AND WHEREAS THROUGHOUT MAY 2024, OVER 100 ORGANIZATIONS AROUND THE US WILL COME TOGETHER TO HELP AMERICANS OF ALL BACKGROUNDS DISCOVER, EXPLORE, AND CELEBRATE THE VIBRANT AND VARIED AMERICAN JEWISH EXPERIENCE FROM THE DAWN OF OUR NATION TO THE PRESENT DAY, AND TO SHOW THAT EDUCATION BRINGS UPON UNDERSTANDING, WHICH BRINGS UPON UNITY FOR ALL OF US TO BE ONE. NOW THEREFORE, I, MICHELLE J.

GOMEZ, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC, BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, ALONG WITH OUR CITY COMMISSION, JOIN IN RECOGNIZING AND CELEBRATING THE CULTURE, HERITAGE, AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE JEWISH AMERICAN COMMUNITY AND HEREBY PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF MAY 2024 AS JEWISH AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH.

I WILL ALSO BE BRIEF.

I JUST WANT TO THANK THE MAYOR, THE VICE MAYOR, THE COMMISSIONERS.

AS YOU MAY ALL BE AWARE, SINCE OCTOBER 7TH, OUR COMMUNITY HAS BEEN ESPECIALLY REELING.

I'M ALSO REALLY HAPPY TO REPRESENT THE JEWISH FEDERATION IN THE CAPACITY AS THEIR CHAIR OF JEWISH COMMUNITY RELATIONS COUNCIL.

JUST SO THAT YOU ARE AWARE, ISRAEL ALSO LOOKS VERY MUCH LIKE THE UNITED STATES.

WE COME IN ALL COLORS, SHAPES AND SIZES.

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I JUST WANT YOU TO MAKE SURE.

I WANT YOU TO BE SURE THAT IT IS NOT ESPECIALLY IT'S PRETTY BALANCED OUT IN TERMS OF THE POPULATION THAT LIVES THERE.

VERY, VERY DIVERSE MOROCCAN, ETHIOPIAN, YOU NAME IT.

BUT WE ARE ALL HERE TOGETHER.

NOT ONLY IN ISRAEL, BUT ALSO IN THE UNITED STATES.

AND WE ARE PROUDLY, PROUDLY FIGHTING FOR THE RIGHTS OF EVERYONE.

SO JUST REALLY THRILLED TO GET THIS AWARD, PARTICULARLY AT THIS TIME.

AND THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

THIS IS REQUESTED BY KIMBERLY DILLON, OUR WONDERFUL CITY CLERK, AND SHE'S MAKING HER WAY DOWN HERE.

AND I DID PROMISE TO NOT ASK HER IF SHE WANTED TO SAY SOMETHING AFTERWARDS.

SO. COME ON, MONICA.

WHEREAS THE OFFICE OF PROFESSIONAL MUNICIPAL CLERK, A TIME HONORED AND VITAL PART OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT, EXISTS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.

AND WHEREAS THE OFFICE OF PROFESSIONAL MUNICIPAL CLERK IS THE OLDEST AMONG PUBLIC SERVANTS, AND WHEREAS THE OFFICE OF THE PROFESSIONAL MUNICIPAL CLERK PROVIDES THE PROFESSIONAL LINK BETWEEN THE CITIZENS, LOCAL GOVERNING BODIES AND AGENCIES OF GOVERNMENT AT ALL OTHER LEVELS.

AND WHEREAS PROFESSIONAL MUNICIPAL CLERKS HAVE PLEDGED TO BE EVER MINDFUL OF THEIR NEUTRALITY AND IMPARTIALITY, RENDERING EQUAL SERVICE TO ALL.

AND WHEREAS THE PROFESSIONAL MUNICIPAL CLERK SERVES AS THE INFORMATION CENTER ON FUNCTIONS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND COMMUNITY.

AND WHEREAS, MUNICIPAL PROFESSIONAL MUNICIPAL CLERKS CONTINUALLY STRIVE TO IMPROVE THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE AFFAIRS OF THE OFFICE OF THE PROFESSIONAL MUNICIPAL CLERK TO PARTICIPATION IN EDUCATION PROGRAMS, SEMINARS, WORKSHOPS AND ANNUAL MEETINGS OF THEIR STATE, PROVINCIAL, COUNTY AND INTERNATIONAL PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS.

WHEREAS IT IS MOST APPROPRIATE THAT WE RECOGNIZE THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE OFFICE OF THE PROFESSIONAL MUNICIPAL CLERK.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, MICHELLE J.

GOMEZ, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC, ON BEHALF OF THIS COMMISSION, DO HEREBY RECOGNIZE THE WEEK OF MAY 5TH THROUGH 11, 2024, AS THE 55TH ANNUAL PROFESSIONAL MUNICIPAL CLERKS WEEK, AND FURTHER EXTEND APPRECIATION TO ALL PROFESSIONAL MUNICIPAL CLERKS FOR THEIR VITAL SERVICES THEY PERFORM AND THEIR EXEMPLARY DEDICATION TO THE COMMUNITIES THEY REPRESENT.

WE THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.

I GOT TWO NOS ON THAT ONE.

THIS NEXT PROCLAMATION WAS REQUESTED BY COMMISSIONER MARLON DE BOLTON AND JENNIFER FLOWER OF CHALLENGE ELEMENTARY.

SORRY.

LET'S COME ON IN.

JUST HANG TIGHT WITH ME.

HERE WE GO. WHEREAS OUR DEDICATED TEACHERS IN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS, FROM PRESCHOOL THROUGHOUT HIGH SCHOOL AND BEYOND MERIT OUR GRATITUDE FOR THEIR WISDOM, SACRIFICE, SERVICE, AND COMMITMENT TO THEIR STUDENTS AT THE CITY, COUNTY AND STATE LEVELS.

AND WHEREAS TEACHERS ARE THE BACKBONE OF OUR EDUCATION SYSTEM, DEDICATING THEMSELVES TO SHAPING THE MINDS AND FUTURES OF OUR CHILDREN.

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WHEREAS TEACHERS ARE ROLE MODELS, MENTORS, AND INSPIRATIONS TO THEIR STUDENTS, INSTILLING IN THEM A LOVE OF LEARNING AND DESIRE TO ACHIEVE.

AND WHEREAS TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK IS A TIME TO RECOGNIZE AND CELEBRATE THE TIRELESS EFFORTS AND DEDICATION TO OUR TEACHERS.

AND NOW, THEREFORE, I, MICHELLE J.

GOMEZ, ON BEHALF OF THIS COMMISSION, DO PROUDLY PROCLAIM AND TAKE IMMENSE PRIDE IN RECOGNIZING AND HONORING THE WEEK OF MAY 6TH THROUGH TEN, 2024 AS TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK IN THE CITY.

YOU WANNA SAY ANYTHING? WITH THE VERY SCARED LOOK I RECEIVED.

WHEN I ASKED HER IF SHE WANTED TO SAY ANYTHING, THE ANSWER WAS NO.

BUT WE WILL TAKE A PHOTO.

AND AS A DAUGHTER OF A WOMAN, MY MOTHER, WHO TAUGHT FOR 36 YEARS I APPRECIATE VERY MUCH ALL THAT OUR TEACHERS AND THE ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF AND EVERYTHING THAT YOU HAVE DONE TO HELP RAISE AND EDUCATE OUR CHILDREN AND CONTINUE TO DO SO.

PROCLAMATION WAS REQUESTED BY VICE MAYOR MAURY WRIGHT, JR FOR STROKE AWARENESS MONTH, AND WE HAVE MICHAEL AND CAROLYN HILTON, FOUNDERS AND PRESIDENTS OF THE SMILEY'S VOICE FOUNDATION, A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF MANY THROUGH STROKE AWARENESS AND PREVENTION PROGRAMS. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

WHEREAS STROKE HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED AS A MEDICAL CONDITION FOR CENTURIES, WITH EARLY DESCRIPTIONS DATING BACK TO ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS, AND IT WASN'T UNTIL THE 20TH CENTURY THAT MEDICAL ADVANCEMENTS BEGAN TO SHED LIGHT ON ITS CAUSES, TREATMENT, AND PREVENTION STRATEGIES.

AND WHEREAS THE DEVASTATING IMPACT OF STROKE ON INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITIES HAS LED TO INCREASED AWARENESS AND ADVOCACY EFFORTS, CULMINATING IN THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKES BY THE UNITED STATES FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IN 1950, MARKING A PIVOTAL MOMENT IN STROKE RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH INITIATIVES.

AND WHEREAS, OVER THE YEARS, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS CONTINUED TO PRIORITIZE STROKE PREVENTION AND CARE THROUGHOUT INITIATIVES SUCH AS THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE PAUL COVERDELL NATIONAL ACUTE STROKE PROGRAM IN 2001, AIMED AT IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF STROKE CARE AND REDUCING DISPARITIES IN ACCESS TO TREATMENT ACROSS THE NATION.

AND WHEREAS, STATE GOVERNMENTS HAVE ALSO PLAYED A CRUCIAL ROLE IN ADDRESSING THE BURDEN OF STROKE, IMPLEMENTING STROKE SYSTEMS OF CARE AND ACTING LEGISLATION TO SUPPORT STROKE PREVENTION AND EDUCATION PROGRAMS, AND INVESTING IN INITIATIVES TO ENHANCE EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND REHABILITATION SERVICES FOR STROKE SURVIVORS.

AND WHEREAS ORGANIZATIONS LIKE SMILEY'S VOICE FOUNDATION IS INCREASING STROKE AWARENESS AND PREVENTION IN POPULATIONS IDENTIFIED AS BEING AT HIGH RISK, PROVIDING RESOURCES TO FAMILIES, CARING FOR YOUNG ADULTS, RECOVERING FROM STROKE SUPPORT GROUPS TO PARENTS AND SIBLINGS WHO HAVE SUFFERED LOSS.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, MICHELLE J.

GOMEZ, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC, BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, ALONG WITH THIS CITY COMMISSION, HONOR THE LEGACY OF PROGRESS IN STROKE CARE AND PREVENTION, REAFFIRMING OUR COMMITMENT TO RAISING AWARENESS, ADVOCATING FOR CONTINUED ADVANCEMENTS, AND SUPPORTING ALL THOSE AFFECTED BY STROKE, AND HEREBY PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF MAY 2024 AS STROKE AWARENESS MONTH.

AS I SAY, IT'S ALL GOOD.

I DON'T WANT TO SAY.

OKAY. I JUST CAN'T DO IT.

ON BEHALF OF SMILIES VOICE FOUNDATION, I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU.

MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS.

IN 2009, WE LOST OUR SON, MICHAEL HILTON, JR.

HE WAS 29 YEARS OLD FROM A STROKE.

SO, WE TOOK A VERY NEGATIVE EXPERIENCE.

AND WE PARTNERED WITH COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS HOSPITALS, PHYSICIANS TO BASICALLY INCREASE THE AWARENESS OF STROKE AND ITS IMPACT IN OUR COMMUNITY.

SO, IN 2009, STROKE WAS THE THIRD LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH, AND IT IS NOW THE FIFTH LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH.

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ONE OF THE MAJOR THINGS THAT OCCURRED FROM 2009 UNTIL NOW THE PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY OF THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT SERVICES AT THAT TIME WAS TO TAKE THE PATIENT TO THE CLOSEST CENTER EMERGENCY ROOM, I SHOULD SAY.

BUT OVER TIME, THEY REALIZED THAT IF IT TOOK AN EXTRA 15 OR 20 MINUTES TO TAKE THE STROKE PATIENT TO A COMPREHENSIVE STROKE CENTER WHERE THEY'RE ADEQUATELY EQUIPPED TO CARE FOR THAT PATIENT AND TO RENDER THE SERVICES NEEDED, THEN THE IMPACT OF THE STROKE COULD BE CLEARLY MITIGATED AND DECREASED AND THE POSSIBILITY OF SURVIVING INCREASE.

SO THAT'S THE MAJOR AND THAT'S THROUGH EDUCATION AGAIN IN THE COMMUNITY.

SO, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

IT'S BEEN A LABOR OF LOVE.

THANK YOU.

AS WELL.

YES. I JUST WANT TO THANK THE VICE MAYOR.

MY NAME IS MICHAEL HILTON, AND I JUST WANT TO THANK THE VICE MAYOR TO INVITE US OUT HERE TO GET THIS PROCLAMATION FROM THE CITY OF TAMARAC, WHICH IS A BEAUTIFUL CITY AND BEAUTIFUL CITIZENS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

WE HAVE IN A FREE HEALTH FAIR, OR I SAY STROKE AWARENESS THE 1ST OF JUNE.

IN THE TAMARAC RECREATION CENTER OFF UNIVERSITY, AND IT'S FREE FOR ALL THE RESIDENTS OF TAMARAC AND THE ADJOINING AREA.

SO COME OUT, GET EDUCATED, LEARN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT STROKES.

SO, WHEN WE SEE OUR FAMILY MEMBER OR GOING THROUGH CHANGES, WE CAN IDENTIFY WHAT IT IS AND TRY TO GET HELP FOR THEM.

SO, I JUST WANT TO SAY AGAIN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AND THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

OKAY. AT THIS TIME, WE ARE MOVING TO TAMARAC UNIVERSITY, AND WE ARE HERE TO CELEBRATE OUR GRADUATES.

YOU CAN CLAP. IT'S OKAY.

THIS IS THE TIME WE LIKE THE INTERACTION.

AS TAMARAC GRADUATES, SOME OF US HERE ON YOUR DAIS, WE ARE VERY PROUD OF THE PROGRAM.

WE VERY MUCH APPRECIATE ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENTS OR DEPARTMENT HEADS AND ALL THE ENERGY AND EFFORT THAT HAS GONE INTO THE LAST EIGHT WEEKS OF THIS PROGRAM.

FOR ANYBODY WHO MAY NOT BE AWARE OF WHAT TAMARAC UNIVERSITY IS, IT'S AN EIGHT-WEEK PROGRAM.

IT'S FREE. OUR RESIDENTS OR PEOPLE WHO DO BUSINESS IN THE CITY, GET TO GO THROUGH A TWO-HOUR CLASS EVERY TUESDAY NIGHT AND LEARN ABOUT ALL THE DEPARTMENTS IN THE CITY AND ASK QUESTIONS AND BECOME BETTER AWARE OF WHAT THEIR CITY DOES, AND EVEN ACTUALLY MAKE SUGGESTIONS TO HELP US IMPROVE.

SO, IT IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY.

SO, IF YOU HAVE NOT PARTICIPATED IN TAMARAC UNIVERSITY, I HIGHLY RECOMMEND YOU DO.

I SEE SOME OF OUR FELLOW GRADUATES AND I KNOW ONE OF MY CLASSMATES, MR. WEBSTER IS RIGHT THERE, AND WE WERE IN CLASS OF 2009.

BUT ANYWAY, THAT ASIDE, IT NOW GIVES US GREAT PLEASURE TO PASS THIS OFF TO THE DEAN OR SO ASSOCIATE DEAN.

SO, PROMOTE ME.

SO, CONGRATULATIONS.

I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF SPENDING THE LAST, MOST OF THE LAST EIGHT WEEKS WITH THESE FOLKS, AND THEY'VE WORKED HARD TO EARN THIS EVENING.

AND SO, LET'S GET STARTED.

MR. EDWARD "EDDIE" BURCH. JANESSA

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JULIA DERVIN.

JEFFREY HATCHER.

RYAN HAYWOOD.

JOHNSON.

DANIEL LANE.

SHERI LIPSON.

ROBIN MARSH.

LOUISE. MADELEINE.

BRUCE MINKER.

DIANE MINKER.

CRYSTAL PATTERSON. JODY RAFT. ALAN STARK.

EDWARD SULLIVAN.

MARIA TAKAICHI. MARLON TEN. VICTOR TEN.

GERVASIO WALKER.

AND OUR LAST GRADUATE THIS EVENING, FRANK ZEHNDER.

CONGRATULATIONS, GRADUATES.

YOU DID IT! BACK DOWN HERE FOR A PHOTO.

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CONGRATULATIONS. HAPPY BIRTHDAY.

WE WISH YOU A WHOLE LOT MORE.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY.

ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE ONE MORE PROCLAMATION.

I'M. REQUESTED BY MYSELF.

I MAKE NO PROMISES ABOUT ME ON THIS ONE ABOUT CRYING.

YEAH. SO, BREATHING.

YOU MAY. WHEREAS REGINA SKENANDORE JOINED THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE IN THE CITY OF TAMARAC OVER 23 YEARS AGO, COMMENCING HER CAREER IN 2001 AS AN ADMINISTRATIVE SECRETARY, THEN ADVANCED TO ADMINISTRATIVE COORDINATOR IN 2003 AND SUBSEQUENTLY TO EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT IN 2020, SHOWCASING HER MULTIFACETED SKILLS AND STEADFAST COMMITMENT TO THE CITY OF TAMARAC.

AND WHEREAS, THROUGHOUT HER TENURE IN THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, GINA HAS BEEN DEDICATED AND FAITHFUL TO HER ROLES, NOTABLY EARNING THE AFFECTIONATE NICKNAMES AGENDA QUEEN AND THE ADVISOR FROM HER PEERS AND COLLEAGUES.

AND WHEREAS GINA HAS PLAYED MANY VITAL ROLES IN OUR CITY AS A LEADER IN THE WORKFORCE FOCUSED EMPLOYEE COMMITTEE, THE UNITED WAY COMMITTEE, AND THE REACHING FOR THE STARS COMMITTEE AS A MENTOR OF OUR ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF AND INTERNS, WHICH HAS SIGNIFICANTLY CONTRIBUTED TO THEIR PROFESSIONAL GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT, AND AS A CONSUMMATE PROFESSIONAL WITH EVERYONE SHE ENCOUNTERED.

AND WHEREAS GINA'S ACTIVE ENGAGEMENT LED TO VARIOUS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ACHIEVEMENTS FOR THE CITY, INCLUDING ASSISTING WITH THE PURCHASE OF ALL THE LAND NOW KNOWN AS TAMARAC VILLAGE AND OBTAINING GRANTS THAT LED TO MUCH OF THE ACQUISITION OF THE LAND AND AMENITIES AT OUR CURRENT PARKS, SUCH AS TAMARAC SPORTS COMPLEX AND SUNSET POINT PARK.

AND WHEREAS, GINA ALSO CHAMPIONED THE CITY'S STRATEGIC PLAN TO HELP TAMARAC BECOME WHAT IT IS TODAY BY PROUDLY REPRESENTING THE CITY AT CONFERENCES SUCH AS ICSC ORLANDO REALTORS ANNUAL MAYOR'S BREAKFAST FORUM AND TAMARAC NORTH LAUDERDALE CHAMBER OF BUSINESS EXPOS, FURTHER DEMONSTRATING HER COMMITMENT TO COMMUNITY AND CIVIC INVOLVEMENT. AND THANK YOU BECAUSE.

THANK YOU. WHEREAS GINA'S PROFOUND PROFESSIONALISM, TREMENDOUS EXPERIENCE, AND VAST HISTORICAL KNOWLEDGE IN THE CITY HAVE BEEN CRUCIAL IN DELIVERING EXCELLENT CUSTOMER SERVICE AND PRODUCING TIMELY, HIGH-QUALITY WORK, THEREBY ENHANCING THE FUNCTION AND REPUTATION OF THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE AND THE CITY.

WHEREAS GINA IS WIDELY ESTEEMED INDIVIDUAL WHOM EVERYONE WOULD GO TO FOR ADVICE AND DIRECTION AS A TRUSTED CONFIDANT AND CARING PERSON.

SHE HAS GARNERED NUMEROUS ACCOLADES AND RECOGNITION FROM ALL DEPARTMENTS, INCLUDING A BRAVO AWARD THAT SUCCINCTLY CAPTURES THE UNANIMOUS SENTIMENT THROUGHOUT CITY HALL.

EVERYONE NEEDS A GINA.

AND WHILE SOME OF US NEVER THOUGHT THIS DAY WOULD COME, GINA HAS DECIDED TO RETIRE.

EXACTLY. SHE WILL ENJOY SPENDING TIME WITH HER FAMILY, INCLUDING HER BELOVED PUPS PEANUT AND PEPPER, TRAVELING TO AND FROM HER FAMILY'S CABIN IN WISCONSIN, ALL WHILE ENJOYING AN ICE COLD CAN OF DIET COKE.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, MICHELLE J.

GOMEZ, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC.

TOGETHER WITH THE CITY COMMISSIONER ENTIRE CITY STAFF HEREBY EXTEND OUR HEARTFELT GRATITUDE TO GINA FOR HER 23 YEARS OF UNWAVERING SERVICE.

WE WILL MISS OUR GO TO GINA, HER BRILLIANT SMILE THAT WOULD ALWAYS LET US KNOW EVERYTHING WILL BE HANDLED PERFECTLY, AND HER DEDICATION IN DELIVERING EXCELLENCE, ALWAYS BOTH TO THE COMMUNITY AND HER PEERS.

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THANK YOU EVERYBODY.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

I'M NOT ONE TO DO PUBLIC SPEAKING, BUT JUST WANT TO SAY THIS 23 PLUS YEARS AGO, I ALMOST DIDN'T TAKE THIS JOB.

ALMOST. BUT BY FAR, IT'S THE BEST DECISION I'VE EVER MADE.

AND I THANK EVERYBODY WHO I'VE WORKED WITH OVER THE YEARS, AND I'LL TRULY MISS IT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

MAYOR, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT PROCLAMATION.

AND I COULD ADD ANOTHER TEN PAGES TO EVERYTHING THAT THAT'S ALREADY SAID THERE.

BUT IT'S GOING TO BE A SAD DAY ON MAY 16TH WHEN GINA LEAVES AND YOU KNOW ENJOYS THE OTHER HALF OF HER LIFE IN RETIREMENT.

AND WE CONGRATULATE YOU.

WE WISH YOU ALL THE WELL. BUT I MUST TELL YOU THAT, YOU KNOW, WE ALL HAVE SO RELIED UPON GINA'S ASSISTANCE IN NAVIGATING THROUGH CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE IN THE PAST.

AND GINA, FOR ME, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR MAKING MY LIFE A WHOLE LOT EASIER, ALONG WITH MAXINE AND EVERYBODY ELSE'S IN THE CITY.

SO, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

WE CONGRATULATE YOU.

WISH YOU ALL THE BEST.

AND ENJOY.

CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, PLEASE COME ON DOWN.

OH, IT'S A HAPPY NOTE FOR GINA.

SAD FOR SOME OF US.

MOST OF US, IF NOT ALL.

WE UNDERSTAND THAT SOME PEOPLE MIGHT BE LEAVING.

WE WISH YOU SAFE TRAVELS HOME.

YOU ARE MORE THAN WELCOME TO STAY IF YOU WISH.

AND WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK UP AND PROCEED WITH PUBLIC COMMENT.

ACTUALLY, I MISSPOKE.

DOWN IN THE WELL, WE HAVE JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE OF ITEM NUMBER TWO.

CITY MANAGER, YOU HAVE A REPORT I DO.

MADAM MAYOR, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

GOOD EVENING. MAYOR.

COMMISSIONERS, I DO WANT TO CONGRATULATE AGAIN THE GRADUATING CLASS.

WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THEM.

AND WE'RE VERY PROUD OF OUR PROGRAM.

TAMARAC UNIVERSITY.

AND IN CASE YOU MISSED OUR FIRST NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING FOR DISTRICT TWO, WE'D LIKE TO INVITE YOU TO ATTEND ONE OF THE UPCOMING THREE MEETINGS.

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YOU'RE WELCOME TO JOIN TAMARAC AS ELECTED OFFICIALS AND STAFF FOR AN INSIGHTFUL DISCUSSION ON ONGOING PROJECTS AND THEIR COMMUNITY IMPACT.

AT ONE OF THESE DISTRICT NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS, YOU CAN GAIN VALUABLE INSIGHT INTO THE VISION OF THE CITY AND PARTICIPATE IN SHAPING THAT DIALOG.

THE NEXT NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING IS OUR DISTRICT THREE MEETING.

IT'S THIS COMING MONDAY, MAY 13TH.

IT'S GOING TO BE AT THE KING'S POINT PALACE THEATER STARTING AT 6:30 P.M.

WE HOPE TO SEE YOU ALL THERE.

AND THEN WE DO HAVE SOME EXCITING EVENTS COMING UP.

ON FRIDAY, MAY 10TH, EVERYONE IS INVITED FOR A FUN NIGHT OUT WITH A MOVIE IN THE PARK AT THE TAMARAC SPORTS COMPLEX, FREE POPCORN AND WATCHED THE GOONIES. IT'S OUR LAST MOVIE OF THE SEASON.

KIDS ACTIVITIES WILL BEGIN AT 6:30 P.M.

AND THE MOVIE STARTS AT 8 P.M.

MAY IS NATIONAL WATER SAFETY MONTH, SO PLEASE JOIN US ON SATURDAY, MAY 18TH AT THE CAPRAROLA AQUATIC CENTER FOR A DAY OF FUN AND LEARNING.

THIS EVENT WILL DELIVER HANDS ON, LIFESAVING SWIM LESSONS, A DROWNING PREVENTION RESCUE MISSION, AND A HAND ON HANDS ON EDUCATIONAL SEMINAR. AFTER THE LEARNING, YOU CAN ENJOY THE FUN IN THE POOL, SPRAY GROUND AND THE SLIDE AND TO COMPLETE MONTH OF MAY.

ON MAY 27TH, WE INVITE YOU TO JOIN US FOR OUR ANNUAL MEMORIAL DAY CEREMONY, WHERE WE WILL PAY TRIBUTE AND SHOW GRATITUDE TO THOSE WHO MADE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE TO PROTECT OUR FREEDOM.

THE CEREMONY WILL BE HELD AT VETERANS PARK STARTING AT 10:30 A.M.

BROWARD SHERIFF'S OFFICE INVITES YOU TO HELP PREVENT PRESCRIPTION DRUG ABUSE IN IDENTITY THEFT AT THEIR UPCOMING CHARLOTTETOWN AND OPERATION MEDICINE CABINET EVENT, WHICH WILL BE HELD THIS SATURDAY, MAY 11TH, FROM 10 A.M.

TO 1 P.M. AT KINGS POINT.

SO HERE YOU CAN BRING YOUR UNWANTED OR EXPIRED MEDICATION FOR PROPER DISPOSAL ALONG WITH ANY INFORMATION.

SENSITIVE DOCUMENTS FOR SHREDDING.

THIS IS A FREE SERVICE TO THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY.

AND BEFORE I CLOSE, I KNOW I INTRODUCED HER AT OUR WORKSHOP MEETING THIS MONDAY, BUT I DO WANT TO INTRODUCE HER AGAIN.

MISS DANIEL DURGAN, OUR NEW HR DIRECTOR, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC.

WELCOME ABOARD.

AND THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT, MADAM MAYOR.

THANK YOU. AT THIS TIME, WE ARE GOING TO PUBLIC PARTICIPATION AND THE RULES OF PUBLIC PARTICIPATION ARE ABOVE.

[3.PUBLIC PARTICIPATION ]

YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.

PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS.

IF YOU'RE NOT COMFORTABLE PUTTING YOUR ADDRESS IN THE RECORD, PLEASE STATE THE CITY IN WHICH YOU LIVE.

YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR YOURSELF.

WE DO NOT ADD MINUTES ON FOR OTHER PEOPLE, AS WE WANT TO HAVE EVERYBODY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPRESS THEMSELVES AND NOT FEEL THAT THEY CANNOT SAY WHAT THEY WANT TO SAY.

WE DO NOT. WE ASK FOR YOU TO DO HAPPY HANDS, OR YOU CAN DO YOUR THUMBS DOWN IF YOU DON'T AGREE.

THIS WAY, WE DON'T TAKE AWAY FROM ANYBODY'S ABILITY TO SHARE AND FEEL INTIMIDATED.

AND NUMBER THREE ON THIS ITEM IS FOR ANY ITEM THAT IS NOT ON THE AGENDA.

OR ITEM NUMBER ONE.

ITEMS ON FIRST READING BECAUSE ON ITEMS ON FIRST READING AT THAT PARTICULAR TIME, WE DO NOT HAVE ANY COMMENTARY.

SO, WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, I HAVE A LIST OF PEOPLE HERE.

I'LL READ THROUGH IT AND THEN IF YOUR NAME.

IF YOU DO NOT HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SIGN IN, I WILL CALL AND ASK YOU IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK.

SO, JEFFREY SHAPIRO AND THEN I HAVE KATHY HYATT ON DECK.

JEFFREY SHAPIRO, A WOODLAND SECTION EIGHT, IN THE WOODLANDS COMMUNITY.

I ATTENDED LAST WEEK.

THE DISTRICT TWO MEETING.

IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE COMMUNITY MEETING, BUT I THOUGHT IT WOULD ENCOMPASS ALL COMMUNITIES WITHIN OR DEVELOPMENTS WITHIN THE CITY OF TAMARAC.

AFTER THE BEAUTIFUL PRESENTATION THAT WAS DONE THE MEETING SEEMED TO BE TAKEN OVER BY JUST ONE COMMUNITY WITHIN TAMARAC, AND ALL THE PARTICIPANTS THAT LINED UP TO VOICE THEIR VOCAL CONCERNS WERE JUST

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SO, I DID NOT TAKE THE TIME.

I DIDN'T GET IN LINE.

THEY WANT THEIR COMMUNITY WANTED TO BE HEARD, AND I LET THEM BE HEARD.

BUT NOW IS MY OPPORTUNITY.

OKAY. WITHIN THE WOODLANDS COMMUNITY, ALL OF OUR TAXPAYERS, ALL OF THEM ARE PAYING IN OUR TAXES FOR POLICE.

NOT ONLY POLICE, BUT FIRE RESCUE ALL THE OTHER IMPORTANT, VITAL THINGS TO THE COMMUNITY.

BUT RECENTLY.

WE DO NOT REALLY HAVE A POLICE SERVICE THAT COMES AND PATROLS THE COMMUNITY.

I DO SEE AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK THAT SOMEONE HAS A DETAIL.

THAT'S A DETAIL FROM THE CITY AND NOT THE COMMUNITY, THE COMMUNITY.

FOR SOME REASON, I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED, BUT WE DON'T HAVE ANY LONGER A COMMUNITY DETAIL THAT'S TAKING PLACE REGULARLY, AND I FEEL THAT OUR COMMUNITY IS NOT BEING POLICED THE WAY IT SHOULD.

SECONDLY, WE HAVE A VARIATION OF NEW HOMEOWNERS THAT HAVE PURCHASED WITHIN THE WOODLANDS, AND THERE DOESN'T SEEM TO BE ANY CODE ENFORCEMENT.

AND SOME OF THESE HOMES ARE LOCATED RIGHT ON WOODLANDS BOULEVARD WHERE YOU CANNOT MISS THEM.

AND THE HOMEOWNERS HAVE TAKEN ON THEIR SELVES JUST TO GO AHEAD.

OKAY, I NEVER HAD A SWIMMING POOL.

I'LL BUILD A SWIMMING POOL WITHOUT EVEN A PERMIT.

I'LL WRECK MY YARD.

I'LL HAVE TRUCKS AND CARS AND EVERYTHING ALL OVER THE PLACE.

IT IS VERY BAD LOOKING FOR THE COMMUNITY.

WE NEED A REGULAR CODE ENFORCEMENT.

IF RON DESANTIS SIGNS WHICH ON HIS DESK, IT'S GOING TO MAKE IT THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE CITY ANYWAY TO DO THE CODE ENFORCEMENT. AND AS OUR COMMUNITY HAS BEEN FORMED AND THE WAY IT'S WRITTEN, WE WILL NO LONGER BE ABLE TO POLICE THAT. SO, RON DESANTIS HAS A BILL ON HIS DESK.

IF HE SIGNS IT, THE CITY IS GOING TO HAVE TO DO IT ANYWAY.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU, KATHY HYATT.

AND THEN I HAVE KATE JOHNSON FOR PUBLIC OR IS THAT OKAY? OKAY. CATHERINE HIATT OF 5406 BAYBERRY LANE.

WHEN LISTENING TO MADAM MAYOR GIVE HER SPEECH ON THE STATE OF THE CITY ADDRESS, SHE PASSIONATELY SPOKE OF TAMARAC, THE CITY OF YOUR LIFE AND YOUR VISION TO HAVE RESIDENTS LIVE HERE AND WANT TO WORK HERE, THAT LOCAL ENTREPRENEURS AND OTHER BUSINESSES WOULD BREATHE NEW LIFE INTO THE VERY SOUL OF THIS CITY.

THIS IS WHY I'M SPEAKING HERE TODAY.

I AM A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER WORKING AS A REALTOR FOR RE MAX.

AS YOU KNOW, REALTORS PLAY SEVERAL ROLES HELPING A CITY SUCH AS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, HOUSING AVAILABILITY.

MATTER OF FACT, IN TWO WEEKS I HAVE A VERY NICE LADY MOVING INTO YOUR GOOD CITY JUST UP THE ROAD ON MCNABB AND PINE ISLAND ROAD.

MADAM MAYOR, IN YOUR SPEECH YOU STATED THAT TAMARAC CAN BE A PLACE WHERE GOOD IDEAS CAN FLOURISH.

I HAVE A HOME IN WOODLANDS ONE AND HAVE COMMUNICATED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS TO YOUR CODE ENFORCEMENT DEPARTMENT THAT A BIG RIG TRUCKER CAB PARKS EVERY DAY ON ROCK ISLAND ROAD, DIRECTLY NEXT TO THE HOUSE I AM SELLING, RECEIVING NO HELP AT ALL FROM EITHER TODD OR SCOTT IN CODE ENFORCEMENT, WHO ULTIMATELY STOPPED TAKING MY CALLS ONE MORNING.

I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO CATCH THIS TRUCKER AND SUCCESSFULLY PLEADED WITH HIM TO PARK ELSEWHERE.

THERE IS A BICYCLE THAT REPEATEDLY PARKS AND CHAINED ON ROCK ISLAND ROAD, AGAIN NEAR THE HOME I AM SELLING.

APPARENTLY, CODE ENFORCEMENT DOES NOT CARRY BOLT CUTTERS AND HAS NO ACTION HAS BEEN TAKEN.

I MENTIONED THESE AS EXAMPLES.

AS FOR THIS PAST WEEKEND, THERE WERE SEVERAL OPEN HOUSES IN YOUR GOOD CITY, ONE OF WHICH WAS MINE.

ALONG WITH THE KELLER WILLIAMS AGENT, I HAD 16 OPEN HOUSE SIGNS PLACED ALONG THIS SAME ROADWAY.

THESE ARE PICTURES OF MY SIGNS.

THESE ARE NOT. WE BUY JUNK SIGNS, OR WE FIX COMPUTER SIGNS THAT ARE PLACED INDEFINITELY WITH NO REGARD.

I INVESTED TIME AND MONIES INTO THESE FOR THE SOLE PURPOSE TO HELP PEOPLE BUY AND SELL; WHILE CREATING VALUE IN THE CITY OF TAMARAC TODD, YOUR CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER ONLY REMOVED MY SIGNS.

WHICH BEGS THE QUESTION WAS THIS A MATTER OF SELECTIVE ENFORCEMENT? IT WAS I WHO REACHED OUT FOR HELP TO WITH THE BIG RECORD TRUCK.

IT WAS I WHO REACHED OUT FOR HELP TO REMOVE THE BICYCLE CHAIN NEXT TO MY LISTING THAT DAY.

I IMMEDIATELY MADE CALLS TO BOTH TODD AND TROY AND PUBLIC WORKS.

NO REFUND, NO RETURN PHONE CALL.

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TODD DOES NOT GIVE ME MY SIGNS.

I CAN SEE THEM IN THE BACK OF HIS PICKUP TRUCK.

WHAT DOES HE DO? HE SMUGLY GETS IN HIS PICKUP TRUCK AND DROVE AWAY.

WHILE I AM PLEADING TO GIVE ME BACK MY SIGNS.

IN THIS DAY AND AGE, YOU CAN EXPECT TO HAVE A VIDEO CAMERA ON EVERY DOOR THAT CAPTURED THIS MOMENT IN TIME.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE THIS WITH YOU, ALONG WITH PICTURES AS EVIDENCE.

I HAVE REQUESTED TO MEET WITH EACH OF YOU, SO I MAY SHARE DIRECT DETAILS THAT I CANNOT DO WITHIN THREE MINUTES.

THANK YOU, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.

HAPPY HANDS ARE UP, PLEASE.

THANK YOU. KATE JOHNSON IS COMING TO THE MIC, AND WE HAVE PATTY LYNN ON DECK.

KAY JOHNSON, MIDLANDS FOUR.

GOOD EVENING.

I WATCH AND ATTEND THE VARIOUS MEETINGS, INCLUDING THE WORKSHOPS, WHEN I CAN.

I AM OFTEN DISAPPOINTED AT THE BEHAVIOR DISPLAYED.

WHAT I OFTEN FIND IS THAT COMMISSIONERS ARE TRYING TO UNDERMINE EACH OTHER, SEE WHERE THEY CAN LOOK FOR GOTCHA MOMENTS, AND THEN MAKE ACCUSATIONS AND SET UP OTHERS TO BE SEEN BY THE PUBLIC AS AGAINST THE RESIDENTS.

HONESTLY, IS THIS REALLY WHAT WE WANT OUR CITY GOVERNMENT TO BE KNOWN FOR? DISDAIN FOR ONE ANOTHER, AND AN INABILITY TO WORK AS A TEAM FOR PERSONAL GAIN? YOU STIR UP THE RESIDENTS AGAINST CERTAIN MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION.

WHY CAN YOU NOT REPRESENT YOUR CONSTITUENTS WITHOUT DEMONIZING OTHERS? YOU DO NOT NEED TO DEFAME, DISPARAGE, OR INSINUATE AGAINST ANYONE.

PLEASE STOP IT.

THE CITIZENS OF TAMARAC DESERVE NOTHING LESS THAN YOUR BEST.

BUT TOO OFTEN WE SEE YOUR WORST.

TAKE, FOR INSTANCE, MONDAY.

WE'RE AT THE WORKSHOP. ONE COMMISSIONER USED TIME TO INSINUATE PAYOFFS AND BRIBES BEING RECEIVED BY OTHERS, WHILE AT THE SAME TIME IGNORING HIS OWN CONTRIBUTIONS THAT WERE MADE TO HIS CAMPAIGN.

WHERE TWO AND WHERE, LO AND BEHOLD, HE THEN VOTED THE WAY THOSE COMPANIES WANTED ON ISSUES THAT AFFECTED THEM DIRECTLY.

LET YOU, WHO IS WITHOUT SIN, CAST THE FIRST STONE.

IT IS ALARMING THAT COMPANIES GIVE TO A CAMPAIGN AND THEN ARE VOTED ON BY THESE SAME OFFICIALS WITHOUT DISCLOSURES BEING MADE.

SO, WHILE YOU ARE CLEANING UP THE ETHICS RULES, HOW ABOUT ADDING THAT IF YOU RECEIVE A CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTION FROM A PERSON, COMPANY OR ORGANIZATION, WHO THEN COMES BEFORE THE COMMISSION THAT IS DISCLOSED FOR TRUE TRANSPARENCY? WHEN THE QUESTIONS OF CONFLICT ARISE, ANSWER THEM AND DISCLOSE.

IF YOU'VE RECEIVED MONEY FROM THESE COMPANIES, THAT SHOWS INTEGRITY.

I LEAVE YOU WITH THIS FROM JAMES THREE VERSES 13 THROUGH 18.

ARE ANY OF YOU, WISE AND UNDERSTANDING? SHOW THAT YOUR ACTIONS ARE GOOD WITH A HUMBLE LIFESTYLE THAT COMES FROM WISDOM.

HOWEVER, IF YOU HAVE BITTER JEALOUSY AND SELFISH AMBITION IN YOUR HEART, THEN STOP BRAGGING AND LIVING IN WAYS THAT DENY THE TRUTH.

THIS IS NOT THE WISDOM THAT COMES DOWN FROM ABOVE.

INSTEAD, IT IS FROM THE EARTH, NATURAL AND DEMONIC.

WHEREVER THERE IS JEALOUSY AND SELFISH AMBITION, THERE IS DISORDER AND EVERYTHING THAT IS EVIL.

WHAT OF THE WISDOM FROM ABOVE? FIRST IT IS PURE, THEN PEACEABLE, GENTLE, OBEDIENT, FILLED WITH MERCY AND GOOD ACTIONS, FAIR AND GENUINE.

LET THOSE WHO MAKE PEACE SOW THE SEEDS OF PEACEFUL ACTS.

THANK YOU, PATTY LYNN.

I BELIEVE BLAKE AND SHERRY WERE HERE FOR RECEIVING.

AND THEN RON WASSERMAN, YOU'RE ON DECK.

PATTI LYNN, MAINLAND.

GOOD EVENING.

EXCELLENT SHOW WITH TAMARAC UNIVERSITY AND SOME REALLY GOOD PROCLAMATIONS.

JEWISH AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH, HAITIAN HERITAGE MONTH.

AND OF COURSE, WE HAVE THE ATTACK ON WOMEN'S REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS.

SO, ALL THESE PEOPLE NEED OUR HELP.

IT SEEMS TO BE A LITTLE BIT OF HATE GOING AROUND HERE, AND WE REALLY DON'T NEED THAT.

I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHO ENFORCES THE SOLICITATION LAW, THE SOLICITORS' LAW IN THE CITY OF TAMARAC.

I KNOW, OR I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT IN ORDER TO SOLICIT DOOR TO DOOR AND TAMARAC, YOU HAVE TO COME BEFORE THE CITY CLERK OR SOMEBODY AND GET A LICENSE

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DOESN'T MATTER.

NO ONE'S GOT ONE AND THERE'S NOBODY TO CALL.

YOU CALL THE POLICE. OH, WELL, THEY DID A JOB FOR SOMEBODY DOWN THE STREET THREE WEEKS AGO.

SO, THEY THEY'RE ALLOWED TO BE IN THE AREA.

NOBODY SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO BE KNOCKING DOOR TO DOOR IN ANY COMMUNITY IN TAMARAC.

PROBABLY THE YOUNGER ONES ARE A LOT SMARTER THAN THOSE OF US WHO ARE OLDER.

AND A LOT OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE YOUNGER AREN'T HOME ANYWAY, AND THE ONLY PEOPLE AT HOME SOMETIMES ARE THE RETIRED PEOPLE, THE OLD PEOPLE LIKE ME AND SOME PEOPLE JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND.

THAT THEY COULD BE A TARGET AND THERE'S NO WAY TO EXPLAIN TO THEM.

THE NORMAL THING.

SOMEBODY KNOCKS ON THE DOOR, YOU OPEN THE DOOR AND SAY HELLO, AND THEY LET PEOPLE IN THEIR HOUSES.

WE'VE HAD SOMEBODY GOING DOOR TO DOOR, AND WE LOST THEM AND KNOCKED ON A NEIGHBOR'S DOOR.

AND THERE THEY ARE, SITTING IN THE DINING ROOM OF OF A 80 YEAR OLD LADY WHO HAD NO IDEA WHAT WAS GOING ON.

WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT SOLICITATION IN THIS CITY.

IT EVERYBODY IS SELLING WINDOWS, EVERYBODY IS SELLING IMPACT WINDOWS.

EVERYBODY IS SELLING IMPACT DOORS.

EVERYBODY IS SELLING NEW ROOFS.

WE NEED TO GET CONTROL ON THAT, PLEASE.

AND HAVE WE HIRED ANYBODY TO DO THE STREET PARKING TICKETING? WE'VE HAD SERIOUS PROBLEMS. IF YOU COME INTO NORTHWEST 57TH COURT FROM NORTHWEST 64TH AVENUE.

YOU BETTER HOPE THAT AS YOU'RE MAKING THE RIGHT TURN TO COME IN THERE, THAT NOBODY'S COMING OUT BECAUSE THERE'S A CAR PARKED A LITTLE WAYS OFF OF THAT INTERSECTION, AND THEY HAVE TO GO AROUND IT, AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A HEAD ON COLLISION PRETTY SOON.

I'M JUST ASKING.

PLEASE, PLEASE, LET'S STOP THE ON STREET PARKING WHERE WE HAVE NARROW STREETS.

WE DON'T HAVE BROAD DIVIDED ROADS, WE HAVE NO SIDEWALKS, AND PEOPLE AREN'T SMART ENOUGH TO EVEN PUT REFLECTORS ON THEIR BODIES WHEN THEY'RE WALKING AT NIGHT.

THEY WALK AROUND THE CARS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET.

PLEASE DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE STREET PARKING.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU. AS MR. WASSERMAN IS ON HIS WAY DOWN, WE HAVE EILEEN LIEBERMAN MICHAELSON ON DECK.

GOOD EVENING.

MY NAME IS RONALD J.

WASSERMAN. I LIVE AT 8577 JAY DRIVE HERE IN TAMARAC.

33321. I'VE BEEN SPEAKING TO BEFORE THE CITY FOR QUITE SOME TIME.

MANY OF YOU KNOW ME.

LOTS OF YOU DON'T.

I'M GOING TO SPEAK ABOUT A FEW THINGS FAIRLY QUICKLY.

YOU KNOW, I'M FROM NEW YORK.

I CAN SPEAK REALLY QUICKLY.

SO LISTEN, IF I'M BORING YOU FROM WHAT I'M ABOUT TO SAY, LOOK AWAY.

BECAUSE MANY OF YOU, I'VE BEEN SPEAKING BEFORE THIS, THIS COMMISSION, FOR SO LONG, I GET THE VIBES AND SO DO A LOT OF US. I WANT TO ASK.

FOR THOSE WHO WILL LISTEN, I HAVE A MESSAGE.

THERE'S A COUPLE OF MESSAGES IN ME TODAY.

I WANT TO JUST THANK.

THE MAYOR FOR THE JEWISH AMERICAN PROCLAMATION.

ANTI-SEMITES! GET OUT OF HERE! GO! YOU EXIST.

WE KNOW YOU EXIST.

TEACHERS APPRECIATION WEEK.

WE LOVE OUR TEACHERS.

WE ACTUALLY LOVE OUR TEACHERS.

WE SUPPORT YOU 100%.

AND FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T WANT TO SUPPORT TEACHERS, SHAME ON YOU! STROKE AWARENESS.

THANK THE HILTONS FOR THEIR AWARENESS, THEIR CHILD DYING SO YOUNG.

THIS IS THE OTHER MESSAGE.

MANY OF YOU KNOW I'M A CANCER SURVIVOR.

I SPEAK ABOUT CANCER CONSTANTLY.

I URGE EVERYONE WHO CAN HEAR MY VOICE, WHETHER YOU WANT TO LISTEN OR NOT.

BE TESTED FOR COLON CANCER.

IT'S AN EASY COLON CANCER TEST.

IT CAN SAVE YOUR LIFE.

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I URGE THE CITY.

KEEP UP CLEANLINESS.

I LIVE OFF OF SOUTH GATE.

IT HAS TO BE ONE OF THE DIRTIEST STREETS IN THE CITY.

MCDONALD'S. ALL KINDS OF CRAP THAT YOUR KIDS WANT TO DUMP ON US.

LISTEN TO ME NOW OR LISTEN TO ME LATER.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. AS.

EILEEN LIEBERMAN MICKELSON IS COMING TO THE PODIUM.

I DO NOT HAVE ANYONE ELSE WHO HAS SIGNED UP.

IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON PUBLIC PARTICIPATION WHO DID NOT SIGN UP? NO. THEN SHE WILL BE OUR LAST SPEAKER, AND THEN WE'LL PROCEED.

EILEEN LIEBERMAN.

MICHAELSON, 4809 WOODLANDS BOULEVARD.

GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY.

I APPEARED IN FRONT OF YOU ABOUT FOUR WEEKS AGO, AND I GAVE YOU PICTURES OF SOME PROBLEMS IN THE WOODLANDS WITH SIGNS, UTILITY BOXES AND A HALF OF A DEAD TREE TRUNK IN THE MEDIAN ON WOODLANDS BOULEVARD.

I'M HERE TO REPORT THAT AFTER FOUR WEEKS, MOST OF THE SIGN ISSUES HAVE BEEN TAKEN CARE OF, EXCEPT FOR A FEW.

MOST NOTABLY, THE SIGN THAT SAID NO PARKING AT ANY TIME THAT HAD BEEN LAYING ON ITS SIDE ON THE WEST SIDE OF WOODLANDS BOULEVARD JUST NORTH OF WHITE HICKORY CIRCLE, WAS REMOVED AND NO SIGN WAS EVER PUT UP TO REPLACE IT.

NOT A SINGLE UTILITY BOX HAS BEEN FIXED IN THE FOUR WEEKS SINCE I BROUGHT THIS TO YOUR ATTENTION.

AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, THE HALF A DEAD TREE TRUNK IS STILL IN THE MEDIAN.

TONIGHT, I'M HERE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT PART TWO OF PROBLEMS IN THE WOODLANDS.

THE PICTURES THAT I'M GIVING TO YOU ARE NOT THE EXHAUSTIVE EVERY PROBLEM PICTURES.

BECAUSE IF I DID THAT, YOU WOULD BE GETTING A BOOK LARGER THAN THE BIBLE.

AND SO WHAT I'M GIVING YOU ARE EXAMPLES.

THE FIRST PICTURE SHOWS HOW WEEDS HAVE GROWN UP IN THE ROADWAY.

THE CITY HAS NOT REMOVED THEM.

THE SECOND PICTURE SHOWS YOU THAT THE STORM DRAINS HAVE WEEDS AROUND THEM, AND THIS IS JUST ONE OF MANY WITH WEEDS.

NUMBER THREE SHOWS YOU POTHOLES THAT ARE IN THE STREET THAT THE CITY IS NOT FIXED.

NUMBER FOUR ACTUALLY SHOWS YOU HOW THE WHITE LINES DEPICTING THE BIKE TRAIL HAVE NOT BEEN REPAINTED, HAVE FADED FROM VIEW, OR ARE SPORADICALLY LISTED.

THE NEXT PICTURE AGAIN SHOWS YOU CRACKS IN THE PAVEMENT, AS WELL AS POTHOLES, AS WELL AS MORE CRACKS THROUGHOUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

THEN UP BY THE ENTRANCE BY WOODLANDS BOULEVARD, YOU CAN SEE HOW THE LINES FOR THE BIKE PATH HAVE FADED, AS WELL AS CRACKS IN THE PAVEMENT.

FOR SOME REASON, THERE'S A WHOLE BUNCH OF X'S ON BAYBERRY LANE IN THE PAVEMENT.

NO EXPLANATION.

IN ADDITION, THE NEXT PICTURE SHOWS YOU DEBRIS THAT'S IN THE ROADWAY, AND IT'S BEEN THERE FOR AT LEAST A MONTH.

IT'S STILL THERE.

FINALLY, THERE ARE A FEW OTHER PICTURES THAT JUST SHOW YOU DIFFERENT TYPES OF CRACKS AND POTHOLES THAT ARE IN THAT ARE ON SECTION FOUR SECTION, AS WELL AS SECTION ONE, WHICH I WALK EVERY MORNING.

YOU HAVE A PICTURE OF WHERE THE CITY DID A IMPROVEMENT AND FIXED A CRACK IN THE PAVEMENT, BUT NEVER REPAINTED THE BIKE LINES.

IN ADDITION, YOU HAVE SOME SORRY, A LOT OF PICTURES HERE, BUT NOT ALL OF THEM.

YOU HAVE SOME PICTURES SHOWING THE CRACKS AND VERY.

FINALLY, THE LAST PICTURE SHOWS YOU THE BACK OF SOMEONE'S HOUSE WHO LIVES ON WOODLANDS BOULEVARD BUT IS VISIBLE FROM THE STREET WHO'S HANGING THEIR LAUNDRY OUT IN THE BACKYARD.

I BRING THIS TO YOUR ATTENTION BECAUSE CODE ENFORCEMENT NEEDS TO DO ITS JOB.

I CAN'T REMEMBER THE LAST TIME THE CITY PAVED THE ROADS IN THE WOODLANDS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH AS PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IS NOW UP.

MR. PETERS, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY.

HELLO EVERYONE.

MY NAME IS ED PETERS.

I'M THE MUNICIPAL MARKETING REPRESENTATIVE FOR COASTAL WASTE AND RECYCLING.

SO TODAY I WANT TO JUST GO OVER AN EMAIL THAT I WANTED TO SEND TO YOU GUYS, THE COMMISSION, AND I'LL JUST READ VERBATIM BECAUSE I

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I HOPE THIS EMAIL FINDS YOU WELL.

SHOULD WE BE GRANTED THE PRIVILEGE TO SERVE TAMARAC? MY INVOLVEMENT IN COMMUNITY PROJECTS AND INNOVATION WOULD BE OF PARAMOUNT IMPORTANCE TO BOTH ME AND COASTAL.

MY EXPERIENCE SPANS OVER A DECADE IN MILITARY SERVICE, A DEEP COMMITMENT TO THE EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES AND INNER-CITY COMMUNITIES STEMMING FROM MY UPBRINGING IN BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

AND A PROUD CONNECTION TO BLACK AND MINORITY COMMUNITIES.

I BELIEVE THIS BACKGROUND EQUIPS ME TO EFFECTIVELY BRIDGE THE GAP BETWEEN LARGE CORPORATIONS AND THE COMMUNITIES THEY SERVE.

I HOPE THE INQUIRIES RAISED IN TAMARAC WORKSHOP THE OTHER DAY WERE COMPREHENSIVELY ADDRESSED AND RESOLVED THROUGH THE INFORMATION WE'VE PROVIDED, WHICH AFFIRMS OR CLARIFIES OUR STATED POSITIONS.

MY AIM IS NOT TO SWAY YOUR DECISION, BUT RATHER SHOWCASE OUR DEDICATION TO TREATING LOCAL COMMUNITIES AS PARTNERS RATHER THAN MERE COMPONENTS OF A LARGE, DISCONNECTED CORPORATION.

AS A LOCALLY BASED ORGANIZATION, WE GUARANTEE THAT EACH MUNICIPALITY GAINS THE SUPPORT AND INVESTMENT IT DESERVES, ESPECIALLY BY ENGAGING PERSONALLY AND INTEGRATING INTO THE COMMUNITIES THAT WELCOME US.

OUR RECENT EXPANSION IS A TESTAMENT TO OUR COMMITMENT, AS WE CONSISTENTLY OFFER COMPETITIVE PRICING TAILORED TO THE NEEDS OF EACH MUNICIPALITY.

WE REMAIN OPEN TO EITHER PRICE MATCHING OR NEGOTIATING REDUCTIONS TO DELIVER THE BEST SOLUTIONS TO THE MUNICIPALITIES THAT WE SERVE.

PLEASE DO NOT HESITATE TO REACH OUT TO ME.

I'M WILLING TO ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS.

I REMAIN DEDICATED TO ALL COMMUNITIES, ESPECIALLY MINORITY COMMUNITIES, THAT BROWARD COUNTY WHERE PEOPLE IN BROWARD COUNTY CALLS HOME.

I AM A NEWER RESIDENT OF CORAL SPRINGS.

I'VE BEEN IN BROWARD COUNTY FOR ABOUT TEN YEARS, AND THROUGHOUT THIS ENTIRE TIME, I'VE DEDICATED MYSELF TO MY COMMUNITY AND TO ALL THE PEOPLE WHO I'VE COME TO CALL FAMILY AND FRIENDS.

AND I BRING THAT TYPE OF COMMITMENT TO THIS CITY.

I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF PROBLEMS THAT OCCUR IN ALL OF THESE CITIES, ESPECIALLY WITH THINGS GOING ON AROUND THE WORLD.

AND WE AT COASTAL, WE ACTUALLY WE PUT IN AN EFFORT TO MAKE AS MANY VOICES HEARD THROUGH FINANCE, THROUGH PARTICIPATION, AND THROUGH OUR DEDICATION TO EVERY RESIDENT, EVERY MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY WHO WE HOLD DEAR.

WE COME TO INTEGRATE OURSELVES WITHIN THE COMMUNITY, AND WE HOPE THAT YOU CONSIDER US.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

AT THIS TIME.

PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IS NOW CLOSED.

WE THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AS WE MOVE TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA.

[4.CONSENT AGENDA]

SEEING THAT THERE'S NO REQUEST FROM ANYBODY ON THE COMMISSION TO PULL AN ITEM FOR DISCUSSION, I'M GOING TO ASK FOR A SECOND TO MY MOTION.

SECOND. I APPRECIATE THE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.

CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

ACTUALLY. SECOND.

THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.

. THANK YOU.

MOTION PASSES 5 TO 0.

THANK YOU. WE ARE NOW MOVING TO ORDINANCES ON FIRST READING.

[6.aTO2556 - An Ordinance of the City Commission of the City of Tamarac, Florida, awarding RFP No. 24-01r and authorizing the City Manager or designee to negotiate and enter into an agreement with Waste Management of Florida, Inc. For furnishing collection and disposal of residential solid waste and recycling and commercial solid waste; authorizing the appropriate City Officials to execute the franchise agreement; and to take action consistent with the intent of this ordinance; providing for the ability to revise rates for solid waste and recycling collection and disposal services through the adoption of a resolution by the City Commission; providing for conflicts; providing for severability; and providing for an effective date.]

SO, THE CITY ATTORNEY WILL READ THE TITLE FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE, OF 6822556.

THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC, FLORIDA, AWARDING RFP NUMBER 20 4-01R AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER, OR DESIGNEE TO NEGOTIATE AND ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH WASTE MANAGEMENT OF FLORIDA, INC.

FOR FURNISHING, COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL OF RESIDENTIAL SOLID WASTE AND RECYCLING AND COMMERCIAL SOLID WASTE, AUTHORIZING THE APPROPRIATE CITY OFFICIALS TO EXECUTE THE FRANCHISE AGREEMENT AND TO TAKE ACTION CONSISTENT WITH THE INTENT OF THIS ORDINANCE.

PROVIDING FOR THE ABILITY TO REVISE RATES FOR SOLID WASTE AND RECYCLING COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL SERVICES THROUGH THE ADOPTION OF A RESOLUTION BY THE CITY COMMISSION PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I'LL TAKE A MOTION A SECOND.

SO MOVED. SECOND.

I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER BOLTON.

I HAVE A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS.

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TROY GEIST, ASSISTANT PUBLIC SERVICES DIRECTOR KEITH GLASS, PROCUREMENT AND CONTRACTS MANAGER, ARE AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.

WE HAD EXTENSION DISCUSSION AT OUR WORKSHOP ON MONDAY.

COMMISSIONER. DANIEL, IS YOUR LIGHT LIT? NO. I HAVE COMMISSIONER BOLTON THEN I HAVE COMMISSIONER WRIGHT.

I THANK YOU, MAYOR.

MAYBE KEITH FIRST.

KEITH, MAY I ASK YOU A QUESTION? IS THAT YOUR PERSONAL CONTRACT MANAGER? THANK YOU. KEITH.

DO YOU AND THE EVALUATION COMMITTEE NORMALLY MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO THE CITY ON ON ANYTHING THAT YOU TAKE CARE OF? CAN'T HEAR YOURSELF.

WE DO MAKE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS.

OKAY. TYPICALLY, WHAT IS YOUR RECOMMENDATION BASED ON? RECOMMENDATION IS BASED ON THE CRITERIA THAT WE EVALUATE.

AND USUALLY, THE HIGHEST SCORE IS.

RECOMMENDED FIRM THAT WE RECOMMENDED TO YOU.

OKAY. HOW MANY TIMES IN THE PAST HAVE YOU SEEN CITY COMMISSIONS DEVIATE FROM THE HIGHEST? THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THAT I'VE SEEN THAT.

OKAY. THE HIGHEST TIME.

EXCUSE ME? FROM THE HIGHEST RANKED.

YES. NO.

I'M SORRY.

VERY RARELY.

I CAN'T EVEN REMEMBER.

I THINK ONE TIME, SEVERAL YEARS AGO.

OKAY. AND HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN HERE? 20 YEARS PLUS.

OKAY. AND IF A NONMEMBER OF THE EVALUATION COMMITTEE JUST ARBITRARILY.

THROW OUT THE SCORE ONE, TWO, THREE POINTS.

IS THAT.

TYPICAL. THAT'S NOT TYPICAL, BUT THIS IS NOT A TYPICAL SITUATION.

COMMISSIONER. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

CITY ATTORNEY. ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY.

HAVE. DO YOU THINK THAT SOMEONE CAN JUST ARBITRARILY THROW OUT NUMBERS OR CHANGE NUMBERS OR.

WELL, YOU'RE NOT BEING PRECISE, BUT I THINK WHAT YOU'RE ASKING IS IF A MEMBER OF THIS COMMISSION COULD THROW OUT POINTS THAT WERE GIVEN BY THE EVALUATION COMMITTEE.

COULD BE. YEAH. OKAY.

IF THAT'S THE QUESTION YOU'RE ASKING.

YOU CAN'T THE EVALUATION COMMITTEE HAS GIVEN ITS RECOMMENDATION OR HAS GIVEN YOU THEIR POINTS AND THEIR CRITERIA AND HOW THEY FELT ABOUT IT. SO THOSE NUMBERS STAND AT THIS POINT.

IT'S UP TO YOU TO MAKE A DECISION ON WHETHER OR NOT TO MOVE FORWARD, DEPENDING, YOU KNOW, WITH YOU CAN GO WITH THE HIGHEST OR AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO IT'S UP TO YOU. SO, MY INTERPRETATION IS THAT WHEN A MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION SAYS, I'M TAKING AWAY A POINT THEY'RE ONLY TALKING ABOUT IN THEIR MIND IN TERMS OF HOW THEY WANT TO RANK A PARTICULAR VENDOR.

OKAY. QUESTION FOR THE CITY MANAGER.

WELL, QUESTION FOR THE CITY CLERK THROUGH THE CITY MANAGER, IF YOU CAN ANSWER.

GREAT. WHEN I RUN FOR ELECTIONS 2016, 2020, I WON BY A LANDSLIDE.

BUT THERE ARE TIMES WHEN PEOPLE WIN OR LOSE ELECTIONS BASED ON FIVE VOTES.

ONE. THERE WAS A COUNCIL MEMBER IN TAMPA THAT LOST AN ELECTION.

HE WAS AN INCUMBENT WHO LOST AN ELECTION BY ONE VOTE.

IF SOMEBODY WINS BY ONE VOTE AND IT'S COUNTED, RECOUNTED, TABULATED, AND THEY WIN BY ONE VOTE DOES THE LOSER GET TO COME AND SIT IN MY CHAIR BECAUSE HE JUST LOST BY ONE VOTE? COMMISSIONER BOLTON.

IN MY OWN PERSONAL OPINION, I WOULD SAY NO, BUT I WOULD ALSO BE HAPPY TO DEFER THAT LEGAL ELEMENT OF THAT QUESTION TO OUR CITY ATTORNEY.

OKAY. CITY ATTORNEY THE CHALLENGERS TO [INAUDIBLE] MCCORMICK.

FIVE VOTES.

DOES THE LOSER GET TO GO TO CONGRESS AND REPRESENT ALL OF US?

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THANK YOU SO MUCH.

VICE MAYOR. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.

MR. GLASS. YES.

YOUR VICE MAYOR. I THINK ON MONDAY, MY QUESTION WAS ABOUT THE EXTRA POINT THAT THAT THE HIGHEST FIRM RECEIVED.

AND THEY EMAILED ME EXACTLY THE EXPLANATION OF BAN THE BOX.

I THINK MY MIND IS THE DECISION WAS BASED ON PRICING, THE FACT THAT THERE WERE $1 MILLION HIGHER THAN THE COMPETITOR. IN THIS IN THIS SITUATION, AGAIN, I AM FOR THE PROCESS I WAS ON.

I WAS A CHAIRMAN OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE, AND I WENT THROUGH THAT WHOLE PROCESS.

I'VE WORKED WITH YOU.

YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE STELLAR CREDENTIAL.

I THINK YOU'RE FAIR AND YOU'RE AN HONEST PERSON.

AND I AM A STUDENT OF PROCESS.

AND I WANT THIS TO BE FAIR.

I DON'T WANT IT TO BE TAINTED IN ANY WAY.

BECAUSE I THINK IT'S.

IT'S OKAY TO BE FAIR.

WHAT OPTIONS CAN WE GIVE TO THE OTHER COMPANY THAT SAID THAT THEY WOULD OFFER THE SAME PRICE.

HOW CAN WE ALLOW TAXPAYERS TO SAVE MONEY AND STILL MAKE THIS PROCESS FAIR? BECAUSE I WANT THIS TO BE A WIN-WIN SITUATION.

WE FOLLOW OUR PROCESSES.

BUT AT THE SAME TIME, MY DECISION WAS BASED ON THE FISCAL ASPECT OF THE PRESENTATION.

SO, YOU'RE THE EXPERT.

TELL ME, HOW CAN WE MAKE THE PROCESS FAIR? BECAUSE ONE COMPANY GOT 94 AND ONE GOT 93, AND AGAIN, I DID NOT.

I READ IT IN THE BACK UP, BUT I DIDN'T TOTALLY UNDERSTAND THE BAND BOX SITUATION.

THEY EMAIL ME THEIR INFORMATION; THEY SEND IT TO THE CLERK.

I READ IT AND ANALYZED IT, AND I WANT IT TO BE A FAIR AND HONEST AND TRANSPARENT PROCESS.

WELL, THIS PROCESS, ONCE WE COMPLETED, ONCE THE POINTS ARE PROVIDED TO YOU, THEY'RE ON AN RFP SITUATION. YOU DON'T HAVE TO ACCEPT THEM, OR YOU CAN'T ACCEPT THEM.

AND IT'S UP TO YOU AS A SOVEREIGN BOND BODY TO MAKE THE DECISION ON WHICH WAY YOU WANT TO GO.

NOW, CAN WE IF YOU AWARD TO A CERTAIN CONTRACTOR, THAT'S THE VENDOR WITH WHOM WE NEGOTIATE AND IF THERE ARE ANY PRICING ISSUES TO BE RESOLVED, WE WORK WITH THAT VENDOR TO SEE IF WE CAN NEGOTIATE THE PRICING DOWN TO THAT POINT.

AT THIS POINT, THE COMMISSION HAS LISTED ONE VENDOR WHOSE NAME IS IN THE RESOLUTION.

AND THAT WOULD BE THE VENDOR WE WOULD NEGOTIATE IF THE COMMISSION CHANGES THEIR MIND TONIGHT AND THAT'S ANOTHER STORY, THEN WE WOULD NEGOTIATE WITH THE FIRM THAT THE COMMISSION APPROVES THIS EVENING.

AND AGAIN, MY DECISION WAS BASED ON PRICE AND THE FIRM THAT THE FIRM THAT HAD THE BETTER PRICE WAS THE FIRM THAT I, THAT THAT THE ONE THAT I PICKED.

SO, IS IT IS THERE A WAY THAT THE FIRM THE OTHER FIRM CAN MATCH THAT? IS THAT POSSIBLE? IF YOU DECIDE NOT TO MAKE AN AWARD TONIGHT, THEN WE COULD GO BACK AND NEGOTIATE WITH THE FIRMS. AGAIN. THAT'S YOUR PREROGATIVE.

VICE MAYOR AS A COMMISSION.

OKAY. COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS.

THANK YOU. MAYOR. AGAIN, I'M GOING TO REQUEST FROM COMMISSIONER BOLTON THAT HE RECUSE HIMSELF FROM VOTING ON THIS ITEM.

FOR THE MERE FACT THAT HE RECEIVED $20,000 THROUGH A PAC THAT HE MANAGES.

AND THEREFORE, IT SHOULD DISQUALIFY HIM AS BE ABLE TO VOTE WITH INTEGRITY TO SERVICE OUR CITY.

AND AGAIN, THAT'S GOING TO BE AN ASK.

I DON'T BELIEVE THAT ANYONE HAVING RECEIVED $20,000 FROM ANY VENDOR REGARDLESS OF IT'S THROUGH A PAC OR A CONTRIBUTION BE ABLE TO VOTE ON SUCH ITEMS THAT AFFECT THE BUDGET.

OUR BUDGET THAT AFFECTS OUR RESIDENTS.

ANYBODY THAT RECEIVES ANYTHING OVER THE LEGAL AMOUNT DOES NOT, IN MY OPINION, HOLD THEMSELVES TO THAT INTEGRITY AND ETHICAL MANNER TO BE ABLE TO VOTE.

THANK YOU. AND THAT GOES THROUGH COMMISSIONER BOLTON.

COMMISSIONER DANIEL.

THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED TO STATE, BASED ON THIS ITEM, IF THE THREE OF YOU COULD RECONSIDER, BECAUSE IN OUR PAST MEETING WITH THE COMMUNITY, THE NUMBER, THE TOP THREE COMPLAINTS FROM THE COMMUNITY.

AND I KNOW IT WAS NOT JUST DISTRICT FOUR, I BELIEVE IT WAS 138 COMPLAINTS WAS FROM WASTE MANAGEMENT.

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SO, I WAS SHOCKED IN THE WORKSHOP WHEN SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES SAID THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO FIX WHAT'S BROKEN.

IT WAS BROKEN AND WE DID NOT DEMAND THAT IT GET FIXED.

IT'S OBVIOUSLY BROKEN BECAUSE THE PEOPLE SAID IT WAS THEIR NUMBER THREE, THEIR TOP THREE CONCERN IN OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

AND THE DATA IS THERE TO SHOW THAT I BELIEVE IT WAS 138 COMPLAINTS.

SO, I WAS SHOCKED TO HEAR THAT.

WE'RE SAYING THAT EVERYTHING IS FINE AND DANDY.

THAT IS NOT TRUE.

SO, I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT A CHANGE.

THANK YOU.

MR. GLATZ.

YES, MAYOR. THE BIDS WENT OUT AND THE SCORES THAT CAME BACK WERE WEIGHTED.

IS IT CORRECT THAT THE COST OF SERVICES IS THE MOST HIGHLY WEIGHTED? YES. THAT'S CORRECT.

SO, THERE IS THIS ONE ITEM THAT SEPARATES THE TWO TOP.

CORRECT. IT'S WHETHER OR NOT THEY COMPLIED WITH FOR LACK OF A IT WAS ACTUALLY A BONUS POINT.

IT WAS A BONUS POINT.

SO ONE APPLICANT HAD A BONUS POINT.

THE OTHER APPLICANT DID NOT HAVE A BONUS POINT.

BUT IT IS A BONUS POINT.

CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.

SO, WHEN WE WENT OUT FOR THE BID AND WE PUT OUT OUR PROPOSALS PUBLICLY AND ASKED EVERYTHING TO BE FAIR AND WEIGHTED ACCORDINGLY, WE HAD IT WEIGHTED AT 35% FOR IT TO BE FINANCIAL CORRECT.

THAT'S CORRECT. YES.

OKAY. SO, IF THE EXTRA POINT WAS GIVEN, THEN THEY BOTH BE TIED IN ONE WAY.

IF THE EXTRA POINT WAS NOT THERE, THEY'D BOTH BE TYING ONE WAY.

AND IT'S ONLY ABOUT ONE EXTRA POINT.

IT IS NOT ABOUT THE HIGHEST PRIORITY THAT THE CITY PUT OUT TO THE PUBLIC FOR THEIR BID WAS ABOUT THIS PRICING, NOT ABOUT THAT ONE EXTRA POINT, IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT. IF THERE WERE NO BONUS POINTS AVAILABLE, THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN TIED.

OKAY. SO, BUT THE BONUS POINTS IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT IF THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN TIED WITHOUT THE BONUS POINTS, THE TOP SCORE.

WOULD HAVE BEEN WASTE MANAGEMENT DUE TO COST.

WHERE IF YOU'RE LOOKING ACROSS THE NUMBERS.

OR IT ACTUALLY STILL IS VERY CLOSE.

TWO POINTS.

.8.1. BUT STILL THE.

WOULD HAVE BEEN ON WASTE MANAGEMENT ON THE WAITED SIDE FOR COSTS.

IS THAT CORRECT? YES, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN, YES.

WASTE MANAGEMENT HAS STATED THAT THERE WERE ISSUES, HAS ALWAYS BEEN ISSUES.

THERE'S ALSO LOVELY LITTLE SITUATION OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS OF COVID AND HOW TO REACT AND HOW TO DEAL WITH THINGS, A LOSS OF EMPLOYEES.

AND WHILE THERE HAVE BEEN COMPLAINTS, THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THEM AND THAT THE COMPLAINTS HAVE BEEN RESOLVED.

I DON'T BELIEVE IT'S BEEN SAID THAT IT'S NOT BROKEN IN THE RESPECTS, THAT THERE AREN'T ISSUES THAT HAPPENED, BUT THINGS ARE BEING RESOLVED AND HAVE BEEN RESOLVED.

OUT OF THE COMPLAINTS THAT WE'VE RECEIVED IN THE PAST YEAR, CAN WE SAY, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS FOR YOU OR IF THIS IS FOR TROY.

ARE THINGS BEING RESOLVED TIMELY? I'LL LET TROY ANSWER THAT ONE.

TROY, GUYS ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC SERVICES.

SO, I CAN SAY KIND OF CATEGORICALLY THAT THE PERFORMANCE OF WASTE MANAGEMENT HAS BEEN GENERALLY IMPROVING THE ONE AREA THAT WE HAVE ISSUES IS CUSTOMER SERVICE.

AS FAR AS PHONE CALLS, I KNOW THAT THEY'RE IN THE PROCESS OF CHANGING THAT SYSTEM OVER.

SO, THERE ARE SOME GROWING PAINS THERE.

BUT AS FAR AS THEIR PERFORMANCE ON THE ON THE STREET, WE CONTINUE TO HAVE RELATIVELY LOW NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS AND THE BULK IS A SUBCONTRACTOR. THAT'S THE AREA THAT WE GET GREATER COMPLAINTS THAN, THAN ANYTHING.

AND AGAIN, I FEEL AS THOUGH THEY ARE ADDRESSING THOSE IN A TIMELY BASIS.

AND BASICALLY, ON MONDAY'S WORKSHOP, THEY SAID THAT THEY WOULD BE DEALING WITH WHETHER OR NOT FOR BULK OF THE ISSUES THAT THEY'RE HAVING AS A SUBCONTRACTOR, THEY WOULD BE WILLING TO TALK ABOUT BRINGING IT IN-HOUSE, SO WE'D HAVE BETTER COMMUNICATION AND ASSISTANCE ON DEALING WITH ANY OF THE COMPLAINTS WITH BULK.

IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S THE WAY I UNDERSTAND IT.

I WON'T SAY THAT THEY WOULD NOT BE USING A SUBCONTRACTOR, BUT KEEP IN MIND THAT THIS IS A NEW CONTRACT.

SO EVEN IF IT'S AWARDED TO WASTE MANAGEMENT, IT IS A NEW CONTRACT.

OUR REQUIREMENTS AND STANDARDS BASED ON THIS CONTRACT THAT ARE DIFFERENT FROM WHAT WE HAVE IN THE EXISTING ONE, WE HAVE A MUCH MORE ROBUST SET OF LIQUIDATED DAMAGES.

SO THAT GIVES US MORE ABILITY TO DEAL WITH ANY ISSUES AS THEY DO ARISE.

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I KNOW THAT THEY HAD MADE THE PROMISE AT THE WORKSHOP THAT THAT WOULD BE THE DELIVERY OF THOSE TRUCKS, WOULD BE SPED UP.

SO, I WOULD ANTICIPATE SEEING NEW VEHICLES ON THE GROUND ROUGHLY IN OCTOBER.

SO AGAIN, THIS IS NOT THIS IS EVEN IF IT'S WASTE MANAGEMENT, IT'S NOT STATUS QUO.

IT IS A NEW CONTRACT.

AND THERE ARE AND THERE ARE CHANGES THAT COME WITH THAT CONTRACT.

I BELIEVE THAT THEY ALSO SAID THAT THERE'LL BE ALL BRAND-NEW VEHICLES SERVING THE CITY OF TAMARAC AND STARTING IN 2024, AND IF SOONER IF THEY ARE AVAILABLE, THEY WOULD THINK ABOUT THE IN ADDING THE GUPPIES, AS THEY CALL THEM, THE SMALLER VEHICLES TO HELP IN THE COMMUNITIES THAT WE'RE HAVING ISSUES THAT ARE TIGHT IN THE AREA THAT LED TO SOME OF THE COMPLAINTS. CORRECT.

THAT IS MY UNDERSTANDING FROM THE WORKSHOP.

AND ALSO, WE HAVE OUR STANDARD MONTHLY TAMARAC TUESDAYS, AS THEY CALL THEM.

AND SO THAT THAT MEETING WAS ACTUALLY THIS WEEK, AND IT WAS REITERATED THE IDEA OF GETTING VEHICLES OUT ON THE ROAD AS NEW VEHICLES IN THE CITY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

AND THEY ALSO PRESENTED US A NEW WEBSITE AND NEW ACCESS AND NEW ABILITY TO MAKE IT MORE EXPANSIVE FOR PEOPLE TO COMMUNICATE DIRECTLY WITH THEM.

IN ADDITION TO THE CITY'S SEE CLICK AND FIX PROGRAM, WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO ENCOURAGE OUR RESIDENTS TO ASSIST THEMSELVES AND ASSIST US IN HELPING THEM WITH ANY ISSUES THAT THEY HAVE IN THE CITY. THAT IS MY UNDERSTANDING AS WELL.

OKAY. AND I BELIEVE THEY ALSO SAID THEY EMPLOY 27 RESIDENTS IN THE CITY.

I KNOW YOU CAN'T. YOU CAN SAY WHETHER OR NOT YOU HEARD THAT.

IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S WHAT I HEARD.

ALSO, I DO BELIEVE THERE'S A HANDFUL OF THEM IN THE ROOM TONIGHT.

OKAY, EXCELLENT.

AS I MENTIONED AT MONDAY'S WORKSHOP, I DO THINK THAT COASTAL HAD A NICE PRESENTATION.

I RESPECT THAT THEY CAME OUT.

AND FOR ME, I UNDERSTAND THE POINTS.

I UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS.

I RESPECT IT, BUT FOR WHAT I SEE IN THE PROCESS, FOR WHAT WE HAD ASKED FOR DURING OUR RFP AND WHAT WE NEEDED TO SEE FOR OUR CITY, AND TO KNOW THAT OUR RESIDENTS WOULD HAVE ACCESS TO THE HAULER TO BE ABLE TO SAY IF THEY NEEDED HELP.

I KNOW THAT THEY'VE MY RESIDENTS, WHEN THEY'VE TALKED TO ME, WHEN THEY SENT ME A COMPLAINT, THEY'VE ALSO REACHED OUT AT THE SAME TIME.

AND THEN BY THE TIME I GET BACK TO THEM, SAID, DON'T WORRY, IT'S ALREADY RESOLVED.

SO, I KNOW TO LEARN FROM THE PAST, BUT LOOK FORWARD IN THE FUTURE AND REALIZE THAT THINGS WILL GET BETTER.

I DO BELIEVE THAT WE SHOULD STAY WITH WASTE MANAGEMENT.

ALL THINGS BEING EQUAL AND IMPROVING.

I DO SEE THAT THE IMPROVEMENT WILL BE THERE, AND FOR THAT I WILL STICK BY MY DECISION TO SUPPORT THE CONTRACT GOING TO WASTE MANAGEMENT. COMMISSIONER DANIEL, YOU WISH FOR YOUR TWO? YES. I HAVE A CONCERN.

HOW LONG IS HAVE WE BEEN IN CONTRACT WITH WASTE MANAGEMENT? THE CURRENT CONTRACT HAS BEEN IN PLACE SINCE 2010.

THEY WERE A PROVIDER BEFORE THEN.

PRIOR TO 2010, WE HAD A PATCHWORK OF THREE DIFFERENT CONTRACTS FOR, SO THEY'VE BEEN WITH US MAYBE TWO DECADES, 20, 20, 15, 20 YEARS AT LEAST.

I'VE BEEN WITH THE CITY SINCE 2005.

THEY WERE. THEY HAD ALREADY BEEN.

THAT'S A LONG TIME.

IT IS. THEY HAD ALREADY BEEN UNDER CONTRACT AT THAT TIME.

THEY HAD BEEN ONE OF THE MAIN MULTIFAMILY PROVIDERS PRIOR TO THAT, I WANT TO SAY ROUGHLY 2000 IN THAT AREA AT LEAST.

SO, THEY SO THEY HAVE BEEN UNDER CONTRACT WITH THE CITY FOR MORE THAN 20 YEARS.

AND THAT BEING SAID, THAT WAS AMPLE TIME TO GET NEW TRUCKS, TO FIX SITUATION, TO FIGURE OUT THE SYSTEM TO NOT SUBCONTRACT FOR BULK. RIGHT.

THAT WAS THEY HAD PLENTY OF TIME TO FIX THE PROBLEMS THAT THEY CURRENTLY HAVE.

I BELIEVE COASTAL SAID THEY WERE BRINGING IN ALL NEW TRUCKS.

IT WASN'T A PROMISE.

THEY ALREADY HAVE THE TRUCKS.

THEY ALSO OFFERED THE TAMARAC RESIDENTS THAT WORK FOR WASTE MANAGEMENT TO COME AND WORK FOR THEM AS WELL, SINCE THEY ALREADY KNOW THE ROUTE.

SO GIVEN THAT WE'VE ALREADY GIVEN THEM OVER 20 YEARS OF CONTRACT, AND WE STILL HAVE PROBLEM EXISTS AND THE RESIDENTS THAT CONTACT ME, I'M YOU KNOW, IT WAS AN ONGOING THING.

THEY DID GET RESOLVED, I ASSUME, BECAUSE IT STOPPED, BUT IT WAS ONGOING.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS I WAS LOOKING AT WAS THAT COMMUNICATE DIRECTLY WITH THE RESIDENT IF THERE'S A PROBLEM, GARBAGE.

NOT I MEAN, SOME COMMUNITIES GARBAGE WASN'T PICKED UP FOR DAYS.

THAT'S NOT RIGHT.

WASTE MANAGEMENT SHOULD HAVE BEEN THE ONE TO SAY YOUR GARBAGE IS NOT BEING PICKED UP.

RESIDENTS SHOULDN'T HAVE TO CONTACT ME, CONTACT THE CITY.

THEY SHOULD KNOW THAT THEIR GARBAGE WASN'T BEING PICKED UP THAT DAY.

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THEY DIDN'T LEAVE IT OUT FOR DAYS.

AND I HAVE HANDICAPPED RESIDENTS AND I TRIED TO GET THEM HELP.

NO, THEY DID NOT GET HELP.

WHO COULDN'T CARRY THEIR GARBAGE CAN BACK AND FORTH.

SO, I THINK 20 YEARS IS AMPLE TIME TO FIX.

PROBLEM IS TIME TO TRY SOMETHING NEW.

THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR.

THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. LIKE I STATED ON MONDAY, I WATCHED THE MEETING WITH THE RECENT CONTRACT IN CORAL SPRINGS.

AND VERBATIM, THEY SAID, HEY, COASTAL IS AGGRESSIVELY WANTED THIS CONTRACT AND THEY CAME WITH THEIR BEST PRICE.

I FELT NOT HAVING THAT PRICE OFFERED TO TAMARAC, I FELT THAT WAS A DISSERVICE TO OUR RESIDENTS.

I THINK NOW I HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY WHERE I THINK I RECALL THE SENIOR OFFICER FROM COASTAL SAYING THAT HE'S WILLING TO MAKE THE BEST AND FINAL OFFER.

I'M OPEN TO AN OFFER BECAUSE IT SAVES THE RESIDENT MORE MONEY.

SO, CITY ATTORNEY IF WHAT PROCESS CAN WE WHAT IS THE NEXT PROCESS FOR US TO BRING BACK THE CONTRACTORS AND SEE IF WE CAN GET AN EVEN BETTER OFFER IN TERMS OF PRICING FOR OUR RESIDENTS? WELL, THE PROBLEM IS YOU'VE ALREADY HAD A PROCESS AND THEY HAVE GIVEN YOU, THEIR PRICES.

BUT, YOU KNOW, THIS SAYS NEGOTIATE.

SO, THE MANAGER HAS THE DISCRETION TO NEGOTIATE FURTHER.

IF YOU MAKE ONCE YOU MAKE THE SELECTION BRINGING THEM BACK IN FRONT OF THE COMMISSION, YOU WANT TO DO THAT AND HAVE ALL OF THEM REPRESENT. I DON'T THINK THAT'S.

WELL, MANAGER, HOW WOULD THE PROCESS WORK? I WANT TO GIVE BOTH CONTRACTORS AN OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT THEIR, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF BETTER PRICING.

SO, THE ORDINANCE BEFORE YOU TODAY PROVIDE ME WITH THE AUTHORITY TO GO AHEAD AND NEGOTIATE A CONTRACT.

BUT BEFORE THAT THE COMMISSION OBVIOUSLY NEEDS TO MAKE A SELECTION OF THE COMPANY THAT I NEED TO GO NEGOTIATE WITH.

AND SO THAT'S THE QUESTION.

I WOULD PUT BEFORE YOU.

COMMISSIONER. BOLTON. KEITH.

WHAT DOES A BAFO MEAN? BEST AND FINAL OFFER.

CAN A BEST AND FINAL OFFER BE APPLIED IN THIS INSTANCE? I'M SORRY, COULD YOU REPEAT BEST, AND FINAL OFFER BE APPLIED IN THIS INSTANCE? I'M GOING TO DEFER THAT TO THE CITY ATTORNEY.

I'M NOT SURE WE CAN DO IT AT THIS POINT.

YEAH, WE'D HAVE TO GO BACK THROUGH THE, AGAIN, WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THE RFP PROCESS. AND WHAT DID WE SAY IN THE RFP? WE CAN'T SAY ONE THING IN THE RFP AND THEN DECIDE TO DEVIATE FROM THAT.

WHAT WE SAID IN THE RFP WAS THAT IT WOULD BE EVALUATED AND COME BEFORE THE COMMISSION FOR AN AWARD.

IF WE'RE GOING WITH THE RFP PROCESS, ONE COMPANY ALREADY WON BY POINTS.

AND SO, IT'S BEFORE US NOW THE 500 COMPLAINTS, NOT 100 AND SOMETHING, IT'S ACTUALLY 500, ALMOST 500 COMPLAINTS SAYS THAT WE SHOULD CHANGE THE CURRENT HAULER.

ON DECEMBER 22ND, I WAS IN PLUM BAY, AND I AND I WITNESSED A WASTE MANAGEMENT TRUCK LEAKING OIL ON THE ROADS, BROKEN DOWN ON THE SIDE OF THE STREET.

THEY CANNOT DENY IT BECAUSE I HAVE A PICTURE OF IT.

AND I HAVE VIDEOS OF IT.

THESE ARE THE ISSUES THAT WE HAVE.

I DON'T HAVE AN ISSUE WITH A COMPANY.

I HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THE SERVICE AND THE LEVEL OF SERVICE THAT THEY PROVIDE.

OUR RESIDENTS ARE FED UP WITH THIS COMPANY.

AND SO, THEY DO NOT HAVE THE VEHICLES YET.

COASTAL HAVE SAID THAT THEY ALREADY HAVE NEW VEHICLES.

THE COMMENTARY FROM MONDAY ALREADY STATES THAT THEY WILL PRICE MATCH.

THE COMMENTARY ON MONDAY ALREADY SAID THAT THEY WILL MATCH THE COMMUNITY BENEFITS.

THE COMMENTARY ON MONDAY ALREADY SAID THAT THEY'LL MATCH EVERYTHING THAT THE OTHER COMPANY IS PROVIDING US. SO, IT IS A NO BRAINER.

SO, AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME, IF IT IS NOW, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A SUBSTITUTE MOTION TO IT'S NOT APPROPRIATE AT THIS TIME.

IT'S NOT APPROPRIATE. NOW LET ME KNOW WHEN IT'S APPROPRIATE.

THANK YOU. SO BASICALLY, BEING HERE FOR LIVING, YOU'RE ALMOST 30 YEARS JULY 4TH.

I WILL TELL YOU THAT ALL SERVICE RESCUE, REFUSE WAS MY HAULER THROUGH APPROXIMATELY 2010 2011.

SO ACTUALLY, YOU MAYBE EVEN LONGER THAN THAT, BUT NEITHER HERE NOR THERE.

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NEW TRUCKS, NO MATTER WHAT FOR NEW COMPANY WOULDN'T GO ON UNTIL OCTOBER.

POTENTIALLY A WASTE MANAGEMENT CAN GO ON SOONER IF THEY GET THEM AVAILABLE.

500 COMPLAINTS.

100 COMPLAINTS. I'M TELLING YOU, I WILL ONLY ACCEPT DATA, ACTUAL DATA FROM THE CITY.

AND AS YOU KNOW, AS I SAID ON MONDAY, I HAVE A DISTRUST ON CERTAIN DATA ANYWAY, BECAUSE DATA CAN ALWAYS BE SKEWED.

I THINK THAT IT'S.

A SHAME THAT OUR CITY IS STARTING TO LOOK EVEN MORE AND MORE UNABLE TO HANDLE OUR CONTRACTS AND OUR RFPS.

THIS IS THE THIRD ONE OF THESE THAT NOT NECESSARILY WITH WASTE, BUT OUR THIRD RFP PROCESS THAT WE'VE PUT OUT AND THAT WE ARE COMING BACK, AND WE ARE DESTROYING THE PROCESS BY ASKING TO HAVE PEOPLE WHO AND BUSINESSES WHO'VE TAKEN HOURS, DAYS, MONTHS, ALMOST A YEAR TO PUT THINGS TOGETHER AND HAVING THEM VOLLEY BACK AND FORTH AND BACK AND FORTH.

THERE IS A PROCESS IN PLACE.

IT SHOULD BE RESPECTED.

WE SHOULD BE RESPECTING THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE WORKED SO HARD ON IT.

COMMISSIONER. VILLALOBOS YOUR TWO MINUTES.

THANK YOU. MAYOR. I'M JUST GOING TO ECHO JUST YOUR BEGINNING ABOUT THE 500 COMPLAINTS.

I'VE BEEN ON THIS COMMISSION FOR FOUR YEARS, GOING ON FOUR YEARS, AND I THINK I CAN COUNT THREE OF THEM.

AND I'M A VERY ACTIVE COMMISSIONER, SO I KNOW WHEN PEOPLE COMPLAIN ABOUT IT.

I'M ON NEXTDOOR, I'M ON FACEBOOK.

I SEE THE COMPLAINTS.

I SUBMIT THOSE COMPLAINTS.

I CAN COUNT MAYBE THREE WHERE THEY'VE BEEN SUBMITTED AND RESOLVED.

SO, TO SAY THAT WE HAVE 500 THAT I JUST I NEED TO SEE THAT, AND WE'VE NEVER EVEN BEEN PRESENTED THAT INFORMATION.

TO THIS COMMISSION. SO, I'M GOING TO SAY THAT'S NOT FACTUAL.

PERHAPS 138.

BUT YOU'RE TALKING CITY MANAGER QUESTION HOW MANY HOMES DO WE HAVE IN TAMARAC? YOU PUT ME ON THE SPOT.

COMMISSIONER. I BELIEVE ABOUT 32,000.

32 34,000 SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.

I'M SORRY.

I WANT TO SAY THAT SINGLE FAMILY HOMES ARE ROUGHLY 17,000, AND THEN THERE'S ROUGHLY THAT SAME NUMBER OF MULTIFAMILY.

BUT YOU ARE LOOKING AT EACH OF THOSE PROPERTIES ARE SERVICED TWICE.

SO, YOU'VE GOT OR ARGUABLY FOUR TIMES BECAUSE THERE'S GARBAGE TWICE A WEEK, THERE'S RECYCLING ONCE A WEEK, AND THEN THERE'S BULK.

NOT EVERYBODY USES BULK AND RECYCLING EVERY TIME.

BUT EVEN IF YOU LOOK AT JUST THE GARBAGE, YOU'RE LOOKING AT ROUGHLY 34,000 CUSTOMER INTERACTIONS.

SO, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT EACH WEEK 0.002% OF AN ACTUAL ISSUE.

I DO NOT KNOW ANY COMPANY THAT DOES NOT HAVE ANY ISSUES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

A COMPANY DOESN'T RUN LATE, OR SOMEBODY CALLS OUT SICK.

I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD HOLD ANYONE TO THAT LEVEL OF PERFECTION.

BUT ALSO, IF MY MAIN ISSUE IS THAT THIS COMMISSION SEEMS VERY OKAY WITH ONE OF OUR COMMISSIONERS RECEIVING $20,000 TO GET TO VOTE IN FAVOR OF A COMPANY.

THAT'S MY MAIN ISSUE.

YOU KNOW, HAD THEY JUST DISCLOSED THIS INFORMATION, I WOULD HAVE TO SEE IT DIFFERENTLY.

BUT THEY WANT TO HIDE THROUGH THAT AND THEN WE'RE OKAY WITH IT.

I DON'T THINK, COMMISSIONER DANIEL, I DON'T THINK ANY OF US WOULD BE OKAY WITH RECEIVING 20,000 FOR A VOTE.

WHEN WE REPRESENT PEOPLE, THERE'S AN ISSUE WITH THAT.

REGARDLESS OF IT. WENT TO A PAC OR A PERSONAL CAMPAIGN ACCOUNT THAT THAT IS THAT PERSON SHOULD NOT BE ABLE TO VOTE ON THAT.

BUT AGAIN, 0.002 OF COMPLAINTS.

THAT'S REALLY NOT GIVE ME A COMPANY THAT'S PERFECT.

A PERFECT. I THINK WE SHOULD CONTINUE WHAT WE WERE DOING, WHAT WE HAD STARTED ON MONDAY.

AND JUST GO WITH IT.

I AM, SIR, THANK YOU.

MAYOR. THANK YOU.

AT THIS TIME, THE ORDINANCE THAT HAS A MOTION AND A SECOND IS 680002556.

CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

MADAM MAYOR, YOU CAN.

WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE TABLE.

SHOULD FAIL.

THEN YOU CAN BRING YOUR ALTERNATE MOTION.

BUT THERE IS NO SWAPPING OUT THE CURRENT MOTION.

MADAM MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A SUBSTITUTE MOTION.

ROBERT'S RULE SAYS I CAN MAKE A SUBSTITUTE MOTION AT ANY TIME DURING THE MEETING.

I'D LIKE TO MAKE. GIVE ME A SECOND.

CITY CLERK AND SUBSTITUTE MOTIONS COME BEFORE THE MAIN MOTION.

NO. THEY DON'T.

WE'VE BEEN THROUGH THIS BEFORE.

YOU ACTUALLY AGREED WITH ME THE LAST MEETING? NO, I DIDN'T, CITY CLERK.

COMMISSIONER BOLTON. YOU'RE GOING TO HOLD FOR ONE SECOND.

MY FIRST AND MY SECOND ON THIS WERE WHO?

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SO, WHAT WAS AGREED UPON AT THE LAST MEETING WAS TO DO A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT TO THE MOTION AT HAND, BUT IT WAS NEVER A SUBSTITUTE MOTION.

WE DO NOT DO SUBSTITUTE MOTIONS; WE DO SUBSTITUTE MOTIONS.

WE DO NOT DO SUB RULES.

YOU CANNOT CHANGE ROBERT'S RULES.

YOU CITY ATTORNEY AS OUR PARLIAMENTARIAN.

OKAY. HE MADE A, I'M SORRY COMMISSIONER BOLTON MADE THE ORIGINAL MOTION.

IF HE WANTS TO RETRACT HIS MOTION AND MAKE A SUBSTITUTE MOTION, I BELIEVE THAT HE CAN DO THAT UNDER.

I RETRACT MY MOTION AND I'LL MAKE A SUBSTITUTE MOTION.

BUT IT WOULD HAVE TO BE APPROVED.

IT'S CALLED AN AMENDMENT TO THE MOTION AS WELL.

IT WOULD HAVE TO BE APPROVED BY AMENDING MY ORIGINAL MOTION.

WOULD YOU PLEASE HAVE SOME DECORUM? IT WOULD HAVE TO BE APPROVED BY THE SECONDER.

AN AMENDMENT.

WELL, SOMEBODY ELSE HAS TO.

IT DOES HAVE TO BE SECONDED.

BUT AN AMENDMENT IS WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR RIGHT NOW THAT WAS SECONDED.

RIGHT. BUT HE CAN ALWAYS PULL BACK HIS MOTION.

SO THAT'S NOT A SUBSTITUTE MOTION.

THAT'S A RETRACTION OF THE MOTION.

AND THEREFORE, IF HE IS RETRACTING HIS MOTION THEN SET A NEW MOTION.

THEN THE SECOND DOES NOT TO BE FOLLOWED.

THERE'S NO SECOND.

THE PERSON WHO SECONDED THE ORIGINAL MOTION IS NOT NEEDED.

CORRECT? CORRECT. BECAUSE.

CORRECT. YES. SO, IT IS NOT A SUBSTITUTE.

IT IS NOT AN AMENDMENT.

IT IS A RETRACTION.

SO, COMMISSIONER BOLTON, YOU ARE RETRACTING YOUR? YES. THEREFORE, THERE IS NO AMENDMENT.

THERE IS NO MOTION ON THE FLOOR.

I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A SUBSTITUTE MOTION.

I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION.

POINT OF ORDER. COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS.

IS THIS REGARDING THE PROCESS? YES. WHAT IS YOUR REQUEST? DOES THAT MEAN THAT THE ITEM COMES BACK AS AN ORIGINAL ITEM, AND SOMEBODY HAS TO MOTION THAT ITEM VERSUS A SUBSTITUTE MOTION CURRENTLY? COMMISSIONER BOLTON IS TAKING ORDINANCE ON FIRST READING 6820556.

AND HE IS.

VERY LIKELY GOING TO BE EXPRESSING IT WITH AN AMENDMENT WITHIN IT AND THEN ASKING FOR A SECOND.

RIGHT. BUT WOULDN'T THAT PUT IT BACK TO ITS ORIGINAL STATE OF EMOTION? IT BECOMES A NEW MOTION.

BUT IT'S AN AMENDED MOTION.

NEW MOTION. THIS IS AN AMENDED ORDINANCE ITEM.

THE HEADING IS AMENDED.

I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE AN AMENDED MOTION THAT WE AWARD ITEM 6A202556, AS IS, EXCEPT FOR THAT WE CHANGE THE COMPANY THAT WE'RE NEGOTIATING TO, TO COASTAL WASTE.

PROVIDING THAT COASTAL WASTE CAN MATCH THE PRICE OF THE AS WASTE MANAGEMENT AND MATCH THE COMMUNITY BENEFITS. I'M GOING TO DO A POINT OF ORDER HERE AND ASK THE CITY ATTORNEY.

ABOUT THE LEGALITIES OF THAT.

WELL, AGAIN, YOUR ORDINANCE STATES THAT THE MANAGER WILL NEGOTIATE THE CONTRACT.

I THINK THAT'S THE WAY IT'S ALWAYS BEEN.

I THINK THAT IF, AND I LOOKED AT YOUR RFP, YOUR RFP DOES STATE THAT THE CITY RESERVES THE RIGHT TO ENTER INTO CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE SELECTED PROPOSER.

IF THE CITY AND THE SELECTED PROPOSER CANNOT NEGOTIATE A SUCCESSFUL CONTRACT, THE CITY MAY TERMINATE SUCH NEGOTIATIONS AND BEGIN NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE NEXT SELECTED PROPOSER. SO, I THINK IT WOULD BE BETTER IF YOU JUST MADE A MOTION TO AWARD THE RFP TO COASTAL WITH DIRECTION TO THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE WHAT YOU JUST SAID, AND IF IT FAILS TO BRING IT BACK TO THE COMMISSION.

OKAY. SO, THAT'S IN YOUR RFP.

POINT OF ORDER.

I'M NOT, I'M COMFORTABLE KNOWING THAT WE'RE GETTING THE PRICE.

FOR ME, IT CAME DOWN TO FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY.

AND I WANT THAT TO BE I'M COMFORTABLE ONLY DOING THAT IF IT'S GOING TO BE THE SAME PRICE AND THE PROCESS IS KEPT AS IS IN TERMS OF COASTAL HAD THE HIGHEST NUMBER, BUT MY DECISION CAME DOWN BASED ON PRICING.

SO, I DON'T WANT TO ENTER INTO AGREEMENT.

AND THEN WE DON'T GET THE PRICING THAT WASTE MANAGEMENT OFFER.

BUT THAT'S WHAT THE ATTORNEY JUST SAID.

AND IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT.

DID THEY SAY THAT ON MONDAY NIGHT AT YOUR MONDAY MORNING AT YOUR WORKSHOP THAT THEY WOULD MATCH THE PRICE?

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THE COMMENTS WERE THAT THEY WOULD MATCH THE PRICE.

THERE WAS NOT FULL DISCUSSION ON THE QUOTE OUTREACH.

THERE WAS DISCUSSION ON THAT.

THEY HAVE THEIR OWN OUTREACH.

THEY DO OUTREACH.

MY EXACT WORDS WERE YOUR EXACT WORDS.

THE QUESTION WAS, WHAT WAS THEIR WORDS? NOT YOURS. NO, THE EXACT COMMENTARY, MAYOR, WAS IF THE DECISION IS BASED ON PRICE COASTAL IS AGREEABLE TO MATCH IT. THEY SAID YES.

IF THE DECISION IS BASED ON COMMUNITY BENEFITS, IF COASTAL WILL MATCH IT.

THEY SAID YES. WE SAID ALL OF THESE THINGS ON MONDAY.

AND I BELIEVE I HEARD THE CITY ATTORNEY SAY THAT THE MANAGER CAN NEGOTIATE THE PRICE AND IF IT DOES NOT HAVE A PRICE MATCH OR THE THINGS THAT WE WANT TO BE MATCHED, THEN IT FAILS AND IT COMES BACK TO US.

CORRECT? IT'S NOT JUST PRICE, IT CAN BE OTHER THINGS AS WELL.

RIGHT? SO, IF IT'S NOT AGREEABLE TO BEING FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE, THE MAYOR, THE MANAGER HAS THE ABILITY TO BRING IT BACK TO US. CORRECT.

CORRECT. OKAY.

SO, SO THAT THAT WOULD BE MY MOTION TO AWARD THE AGREEMENT TO YOUR POINT OF ORDER TO AWARD THE AGREEMENT TO [INAUDIBLE], TO AWARD THE AGREEMENT TO KOSTOW.

MAYOR, POINT OF ORDER. I HEARD YOU LET HIM FINISH HIS REDUNDANT SECTION BECAUSE HE'S REPEATING THE SAME THING HE JUST DID.

AND THEN I WILL RECOGNIZE YOU.

PLEASE. SO, THAT IS THE MOTION FOR THE MANAGER FOR US TO AWARD THE CONTRACT TO COASTAL.

THE MANAGER HAS THE ABILITY TO NEGOTIATE AND COME UP WITH THE SAME MOTION.

HE'S DISCUSSING IT.

COMMISSIONER BOLTON.

COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS IS RIGHT.

A MOTION DOES NOT HAVE COMMENTARY.

YOUR MOTION IS THAT YOU WISH TO HAVE TWO, TWO, FIVE, FIVE, SIX BE AMENDED TO REFLECT COASTAL THEIR FULL PROPER NAME.

MY APOLOGIES. COASTAL WASTE AND RECYCLING.

AS THE.

AWARDEE OF THE BID, WHERE THE CITY MANAGER WILL FOLLOW THROUGH ON WITHIN HIS POWER AND UNDER RFP CONTRACT TERMS TO DEAL WITH NEGOTIATING THE CONTRACT.

NOW. COMMISSIONER. VILLALOBOS.

IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU WISH TO SAY ON YOUR POINT? YES. THIS IS A QUESTION FOR THE CITY ATTORNEY.

CITY ATTORNEY? WHAT'S THE LEGALITY OF A COMMISSIONER RECEIVING OVER COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS? I AM GOING TO NOT HAVE THAT ONE ANSWERED.

THIS HAS BEEN ASKED AND ANSWERED.

COMMISSIONER WE HAVE A PROBLEM.

COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS HAS BEEN ASKED AND ANSWERED.

ASKED AND ANSWERED.

THAT'S DONE.

I SECOND THE MOTION.

OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER DANIEL.

WE HAVE A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER.

I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER BOLTON.

WE HAVE A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER DANIEL.

MADAM MAYOR, I'M SORRY.

I WANT TO ALSO MAKE THIS COMMENT THAT THIS IS AN ORDINANCE ON FIRST READING.

SO, WHEN IT COMES BACK ON SECOND READING WITH THE CONTRACT, YOU'LL IT'LL.

SO, YOU WILL HAVE EVERYTHING AT THAT POINT.

YOU'RE SAYING THAT WHEN IT COMES BACK ON SECOND READING BECAUSE WE WOULD KNOW ALL THE THAT THE PRICING HAS CHANGED, AND IT'S LOWERED.

CORRECT. SO, WE WOULD VOTE AGAIN ON THAT LOWERED PRICE.

CORRECT. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT ISN'T IT. YEAH.

TO THE CITY ATTORNEY.

CAN I ANSWER MY QUESTION? NO. NO, BECAUSE IT'S BEEN ASKED AND ANSWERED.

IT WAS ASKED AND ANSWERED ON MONDAY.

NO, BUT IT WASN'T AN ATTORNEY.

AND WE HAVE A DIFFERENT MEETING TODAY.

IT'S AN ASK AND ANSWER BY THE CITY ATTORNEY WHETHER IT IS MR. [INAUDIBLE] OR MISS RYAN.

IT HAS BEEN ASKED AND ANSWERED.

IT IS NOT GOING TO CHANGE HER OPINION.

IT MIGHT BE DIFFERENT. IT IS.

IT DOESN'T MATTER.

IT DOES NOT MATTER.

THIS COMMISSION IS OKAY.

IT'S NOT SOMEBODY BEING BRIBED.

AND WE'RE OKAY WITH SOMEONE RECEIVING MONEY IN EXCESS AND YOU GUYS ARE OKAY WITH IT.

I'M COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS THAT COMMISSIONER.

THIS IS LAWFUL FOR YOU. FOR YOU, COMMISSIONER DANIEL COMMISSIONER.

RIGHT. COMMISSIONER BOLTON AGAIN.

COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS.

THIS IS NOT THE FORUM.

NOT THE FORUM.

WE ARE LEGALLY BOUND FOR SALE.

THIS COMMISSION IS FOR SALE.

EVERYBODY. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THIS COMMISSION IS FOR SALE.

THAT'S RIDICULOUS. UNTIL 915.

ALL RIGHT, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE ARE BACK.

IT IS 9:15.

WOOHOO! AS WE WAIT FOR EVERYBODY TO RESUME THEIR SEATS.

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THE MOTION ON THE TABLE FOR VOTING AT THIS TIME, UNLESS THERE'S ANYTHING THE CITY ATTORNEY HAS TO SHARE.

THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.

I WOULD I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH THE MANAGER AND WITH THE WITH MR. GLATZ. AND WHAT WE DISCUSSED WAS, AGAIN, THIS IS AN UNUSUAL SITUATION.

USUALLY, THE COMMISSION IS GIVEN A RECOMMENDATION.

IN THIS SITUATION, YOU WERE NOT GIVEN A RECOMMENDATION.

THE EVALUATION, THE WHOLE THE COMMITTEE, THE EVALUATION PROCESS, THE RFP PROCESS IS BASICALLY OVER.

AND YOU ALL CAN MAKE YOUR DECISION BASED ON THE TOTALITY OF THE INFORMATION.

AND SO, IF THE COMMISSION WANTS TO MAKE A MOTION TO SELECT A CERTAIN PROPOSER, YOU CAN DO SO. AND YOU CAN, YOU CAN, YOU CAN SAY AT A CERTAIN PRICE WHAT WE DID ASK WE ASKED COASTAL BASED UPON THEIR STATEMENTS ON MONDAY MORNING ABOUT HAVING THE SAME RATES.

THEY DID CONFIRM TO US WE DON'T WANT TO CALL THEM UP, BUT THEY DID CONFIRM THAT THEY WOULD BE CONSISTENT WITH THEIR COMMENTS ON MONDAY NIGHT.

I'M SORRY. MONDAY MORNING, THEY WOULD MATCH THE PRICES AS DISCUSSED AT THE MEETING ON MONDAY.

SO YOU INSTEAD OF HAVING THE MANAGER NEGOTIATE THAT PART, YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND DO IT BECAUSE THE WHOLE THE WHOLE COMMITTEE AND EVALUATION PROCESS IS NOW OVER.

SO, IT REALLY IS YOUR DECISION TO MAKE.

AND YOU CAN MAKE WHATEVER TYPE OF MOTION YOU WANT TO MAKE.

OKAY. BUT THE MOTION ALREADY ON THE TABLE IS FOR TWO, TWO, FIVE, FIVE, SIX.

HAVING THE.

WHETHER OR NOT WE DO IT THROUGH THE CITY MANAGER, IT'S ALREADY THERE.

OUT IN THE PUBLIC IS FOR COASTAL WASTE AND RECYCLING TO BE THE HAULER.

WITH THE SAME RATES AND PROVISIONS.

THAT WAS MOTION. THAT WAS A MOTION.

THAT WAS A MOTION. SO THAT'S ALREADY ON THE TABLE BY COMMISSIONER BOLTON.

IT WAS SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER DANIEL.

AT THIS POINT, NO FURTHER DISCUSSION.

CITY CLERK. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.

MOTION FAILS 3-2.

THANK YOU. VICE MAYOR.

I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A SUBSTITUTE MOTION.

YOU MAKE A NEW MOTION. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A SUBSTITUTE MOTION FOR THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE WITH COASTAL WASTE MANAGEMENT AND WASTEPRO TO GET THE BEST CUSTOMER SERVICE AND THE BEST PRICE. SECOND.

READY FOR THE CLERK.

CITY CLERK WHEN YOU'RE READY.

THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.

THANK YOU.

MOTION PASSES 3 TO 2.

OKAY, SO FOR CLARIFICATION PURPOSES ONLY, WHILE THE RFP HAS BEEN COMPLETED.

CITY MANAGER IS NOW TO GO BACK OUT TO THESE THREE COMPANIES.

WHERE THE PROCESS HAS ALREADY ESTABLISHED WHAT IS OUT THERE.

AND WITHIN WHICHEVER TIMELINE THERE IS, BECAUSE IT'S NO MORE NO LONGER UNDER AN RFP TO GO BACK OUT AND RENEGOTIATE TERMS. IS THAT WHAT WAS APPROVED? MADAM MAYOR, MY UNDERSTANDING IS BASED ON THE MOTION.

MY TASK WOULD BE TO GO OUT AND ASK FOR A BEST AND FINAL OFFER FROM EACH ONE OF THE PROPOSALS AND BRING BACK TO THE COMMISSION.

CITY ATTORNEY. THAT'S A PROPER PROCESS, CORRECT? IT'S APPROPRIATE YOU CAN DO THIS PROCESS.

SO. MR.

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REGARDING. PRICE.

AND YOU SAID CUSTOMER SERVICE? YES. AND CUSTOMER SERVICE.

TO GET THE BEST PRICE FROM ALL THREE FIRMS. AND TRYING TO GET TAXPAYERS THE BEST PRICE AND THE BEST CUSTOMER SERVICE.

I'M GOING TO ASK FOR A CLARIFICATION AS WELL.

IT'S ALREADY BEEN APPROVED.

DOES THIS MEAN WHEN THE CITY MANAGER IS FINISHED WITH WHATEVER HE GOT, HE JUST SIGNS IT AND DOES NOT COME BACK TO THE CITY COMMISSION? CORRECT? THAT'S NOT MY UNDERSTANDING.

MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT I BRING THE THE FINAL RESULTS BACK TO THE COMMISSION FOR FINAL APPROVAL.

SECOND READING OF THE.

IS IT SECOND READING OR IS IT A START OF A NEW PROCESS? MAYBE IT IS THE FIRST.

WELL, IT'S NOT A START OF A NEW PROCESS.

WE'RE STILL THIS IS WE'RE NOT THROWING AWAY THE RFP.

SO, IT'S STILL THE SAME PROCESS.

BUT I THINK THAT THE ORDINANCE WOULD PROBABLY HAVE TO COME BACK ON FIRST READING.

IT'S COMPLETELY NEW TERMS AND EVERYTHING IS NEW.

IT IS NOT A SECOND READING.

AND I WOULD ASK FOR CLARIFICATION.

DOESN'T HAVE TO BE DONE TONIGHT, BUT BASICALLY WAS SAID PRIOR TO COMING HERE, THE RFP PROCESS WAS COMPLETED JUST BEFORE.

WHEN WE JUST CAME BACK, THE RFP PROCESS WAS COMPLETED.

SO, IF THE RFP PROCESS IS COMPLETED, IT'S A NEW PROCESS FOR FINAL.

RIGHT. BUT IT'S BUT WHAT I'M SAYING IS DON'T THROW AWAY THE RFP PROCESS.

THOSE NUMBERS STILL ARE ALIVE.

EVERYTHING THAT'S IN THAT THEY SUBMITTED IS STILL ALIVE.

RIGHT. THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IS THE SAME.

BUT YOU'RE RENEGOTIATING THINGS ANYWAY AND YOU'RE DOING IT FOR BEST PRICE.

SO, IT IS A THEORETICALLY.

AND I'M GOING TO ASK THIS TO KEITH, FORGIVE ME BECAUSE HE IS OUR AWARD-WINNING PROCUREMENT MANAGER.

AND SO, I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM YOURSELF THE ACTUAL PROPER PROCESS.

AND I ASK THIS BECAUSE I DO NOT WANT TO BE COMING BACK TO YOU FOR A LAWSUIT.

PLEASE. THE PROCESS IS WE WILL NOW CONTACT EACH OF THE THREE PROPOSERS.

EACH OF THE THREE PROPOSERS WILL NOW BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE THEIR BEST AND FINAL OFFER AND YOUR PROCESSING, AND FOR ANY OTHER CONDITION.

THAT'S CORRECT. YOU WILL PUT IN WHATEVER TIME FRAME FOR IT TO HAPPEN, AND THEN IT WILL BE COMING BACK TO US ON FIRST READING.

YES. OKAY, WE'RE ALL CLEAR ON THAT.

GOOD. AS MY FATHER WOULD SAY.

[INAUDIBLE]. OKAY.

THANK YOU. WE ARE NOW GOING TO MOVE ON.

AND FOR THE RECORD WHOEVER THINKS THAT YOU CAN BE BOUGHT.

NO, NO, THIS NO, THIS.

WE ARE GOING TO CLARIFY THIS.

THIS IS UNETHICAL.

THIS IS CORRUPT.

THIS IS THE PROBLEM THAT WE HAVE HERE.

I'M GOING TO HAVE YOU REMOVED.

WE HAVE A PROBLEM, MAYOR.

AND IF I GET REMOVED FROM HERE BECAUSE I'M STANDING UP AGAINST CORRUPTION, I WILL BE REMOVED BECAUSE I'M OKAY BEING REMOVED FROM THIS COMMISSION. WHERE DO WE LAST FIVE MINUTES, NORMAN? ALL RIGHT, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE GAMES BEGIN AGAIN.

IT IS NOW WE ARE UP TO 7A ORDINANCES ON SECOND READING.

[7.aTO2552 - 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.]

THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.

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

ADOPTING THE FIRST BUDGET AMENDMENT TO THE CITY OF TAMARAC.

OPERATING BUDGET, REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES, THE CAPITAL BUDGET AND THE FINANCIAL POLICIES FOR THE 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 FIRST AMENDMENT IS BEING ADOPTED IN THE SAME MANNER AS THE ORIGINAL BUDGET AND SERVES AS THE NEW BUDGET.

NEW ADOPTED BUDGET, PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I'LL TAKE A MOTION AND A SECOND, PLEASE.

SO MOVED. SECOND.

I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER BOLTON.

I HAVE A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER.

THIS ITEM IS NOW OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS.

IS THERE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WISHES TO MAKE A COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE, PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE NOW CLOSED.

MISS CHRISTINE CAJUSTE, OUR FINANCIAL SERVICES DIRECTOR, IS AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.

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THANK YOU.

CHRISTINE.

CHRISTINE CAJUSTE, DIRECTOR OF FINANCIAL SERVICES.

CHRISTINE, JUST EXPLAIN WHAT A BUDGET AMENDMENT IS, HOW MANY TIMES WE'VE DONE IT SINCE YOU'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE CITY.

A BUDGET AMENDMENT AMENDS THE BUDGET.

IT'S USUALLY AN INCREASE TO THE APPROPRIATION FOR ITEMS THAT WERE NOT IN THE BUDGET AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, USUALLY UNFORESEEN ITEMS AND OTHER THINGS THAT COME UP DURING THE YEAR.

TYPICALLY, WE DO A BUDGET AMENDMENT TWICE A YEAR, ONCE IN APRIL OR MAY AND ANOTHER ONE IN NOVEMBER ONCE THE YEAR IS COMPLETE AND BUDGET AMENDMENTS ALSO RATIFY PRIOR ACTIONS.

YES. OKAY.

IN THIS BUDGET AMENDMENT, WHAT ITEMS ARE WE RATIFYING? WE ARE RATIFYING SOME ITEMS THAT WERE RESOLUTIONS FOR SOME PURCHASES.

WE ARE RATIFYING SOME NAME THE PURCHASES.

I'M SORRY. MISS CHRISTINE, IF YOU WANT THE FY 2024 BUDGET AMENDMENT, WHAT WE WENT ON FOR FIRST READING.

THE PRESENTATION IS AVAILABLE IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THAT ON THE SCREEN.

I KNOW I DO HAVE THE INFORMATION.

THE FIRST ONE IS I KNOW I WOULD LOVE FOR IT TO BE ON THE SCREEN AS WELL.

THANK YOU. OKAY.

YEAH. YOU MAY.

TELL THEM WHERE TO FIND THE PRESENTATION.

THE PRESENTATION? OH! THE PRESENTATION.

OH, THERE IT IS. THERE YOU GO.

YOU GOT IT. THANK YOU. CHRISTINE.

OKAY. WE ARE RATIFYING A RESOLUTION WITH A CONTRACT WITH HOMESTEAD CONCRETE AND DRAINAGE FOR THE 77TH AVENUE STREET SWALE PROJECT, WHERE WE ARE INCREASING THE BUDGET BY $46,546.

WE ARE RATIFYING A RESOLUTION WITH COLLIERS INTERNATIONAL FOR FEASIBILITY STUDY.

WHICH WAS 12,500, WHICH WAS A PART OF THAT? THE COST.

WE ARE RATIFYING THE DECISION ON THE EXPENDITURE OF THE ARPA FUND FOR 97000007. WE ARE RATIFYING A CONTRACT FOR TREE TRIMMING THAT INCREASED THE COST BY 68,003 75.

WE ARE ALSO WHICH IS A HOUSEKEEPING ITEM RATIFYING THE ENCUMBRANCES FROM LAST YEAR THAT WERE ROLL OVER.

IT WAS IN THE CONTINGENCY.

BUT WE HAVE TO APPROPRIATE THE FUNDS TO THE APPROPRIATE CATEGORIES.

SO THAT WAS BOTH FOR GENERAL FUND 815 628 AND FOR THE FIRE RESCUE FUND, 652 OR 81.

WE ALSO HAVE TWO SURTAX PROJECTS THAT WERE FUNDED IN PRIOR YEAR BUT WERE NOT COMPLETE.

SO, WE HAVE TO RE-BUDGET BECAUSE THEY'RE IN SPECIAL REVENUE FUND AND THE BUDGET DIED WITH THE YEAR.

SO THAT'S 3 MILLION.

196 840.

WE'RE ALSO RATIFYING AN INCREASE IN THE INITIATIVE DOLLARS FOR THE COMMISSION WHICH WENT TO 25,000 FOR THE MAYOR, $20,000 FOR THE COMMISSIONERS, AND THAT'S [INAUDIBLE].

WE ARE ALSO RATIFYING A DECISION TO INCREASE THE HOURS FOR THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT LIAISON FROM 25 TO 32 HOURS, AND THAT'S 45,500.

AND THE LAST ONE WAS THE PURCHASE OF TWO ELECTRIC VEHICLES, ONE FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND ONE FOR THE CITY COMMISSION.

WHERE THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT VEHICLE WAS PARTIALLY FUNDED.

SO, WE NEEDED $2,000 MORE, BUT WE ALSO NEEDED $34,000 FOR THE COMMISSION VEHICLES.

HENCE THE AMENDMENT IS 37,000 OR 31.

OKAY. SO.

LET'S START WITH THE THE THE EXPENSE ACCOUNT FROM 6000 TO $25,000.

MORE I TALKED TO THE RESIDENTS IS THE MORE I REALIZED THAT THIS IS A BAD IDEA.

AND SO, I'D LIKE THAT TO BE STRICKEN FROM THE BUDGET AMENDMENT.

I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS MIGHT BE RATIFYING PRIOR ACTIONS, BUT I WOULD LIKE FOR THAT ITEM TO BE TAKEN OFF AND ANY MONEY SPENT. IS WHAT WE RATIFY TONIGHT.

ALSO, THERE WAS A RESIDENT DOCTOR, KATE JOHNSON, THAT CAME TO THE PODIUM TO TALK ABOUT HOW IT COULD BE MISUSED IN AN ELECTION YEAR.

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I'M UP FOR REELECTION.

COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS IS UP FOR REELECTION.

THIS AMOUNT OF MONEY RESTARTS ON OCTOBER 1ST, A MONTH BEFORE THE ELECTION.

I'M NOT SAYING THAT ANY OF US WOULD MISUSE THE MONEY, BUT IT CERTAINLY TEMPTS SOMEONE TO MAYBE BUY CHICKEN DINNERS, FOR INSTANCE, IN KINGS POINT TO WIN OVER VOTES.

SO, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SURE TO ME A FAVOR.

I KEEP YOUR, MY NAME AND MY DISTRICT'S AND MY RESIDENTS OUT OF YOUR MOUTH ALREADY.

DUDE, SERIOUSLY, COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS.

YOU CAN EASILY BE ACCUSING ME, TOO.

YOU CAN TALK ABOUT YOUR RESIDENTS.

YOU CAN DO WHATEVER YOU WANT WITH YOUR RESIDENTS.

WORRY ABOUT IT. YOU HANDLE YOUR BUSINESS, AND I HANDLE MY BUSINESS.

YOU DON'T BRING ME UP.

OKAY, ENOUGH.

COMMISSIONER BOLTON. YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING.

YOU KNOW WHAT GAME YOU'RE PLAYING.

PLEASE STOP. THIS IS NOT FOR THE BENEFIT OF AN AUDIENCE THAT ACTUALLY WANTS TO HEAR THIS.

SO, TO THE BUSINESS AT HAND, PLEASE.

COMMISSIONER. BOLTON. JUST FOR CLARIFICATION THIS DECISION WAS TAKEN ON THE NOVEMBER 6TH, 2023, WORKSHOP.

YES. AND IT WAS PASSED TO BE BROUGHT IN A FUTURE BUDGET AMENDMENT.

SO, YOU ARE SAYING THEN THAT THE EXPENDITURES THAT WERE MADE OVER AND ABOVE THE ORIGINAL 6000.

THAT IS ALREADY DONE.

YOU WANT THAT TO BE INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET AMENDMENT, BUT NOTHING ELSE? YES, MA'AM. AND IT WILL TAKE SOME TIME FOR US TO DO THAT CALCULATION.

I WOULD NOT HAVE THAT NUMBER TONIGHT.

GOT IT. IT IS THE PREROGATIVE OF THE CITY COMMISSION TO DO THAT.

AND DURING OUR BUDGET WORKSHOP, I'LL BRING UP THE 25,000 AND THE 20,000, RESPECTIVELY TO REDUCE IT TO 6000.

LET'S TALK ABOUT MAYOR.

POINT OF ORDER. WHAT THE HECK WAS THAT? WHAT WAS THAT? YOU HAVE NO CONSENSUS TO MOVE FORWARD WITH WHAT HE JUST SAID.

EXACTLY. THAT'S HE'S GOT HIS REST OF HIS THREE MINUTES TO BABBLE ON OF WHATEVER HE WANTS TO SPEAK FOR THE NEXT THREE MINUTES AND 14 SECONDS.

JUST BECAUSE HE'S MAKING HIS DESIRE DOES NOT MAKE.

THAT IS WHAT THE COMMISSION HAS CONSENTED TO.

IT ALSO DOES NOT MAKE IT THAT HE HAS THE LIBERTY TO DETERMINE THE BUDGETS, THAT MAYBE PEOPLE ON THE COMMISSION HAVE ALREADY BEEN UTILIZING AND PLANNING FOR, BASED ON RESOLUTIONS THAT WERE DONE IN JANUARY.

SO JUST SIT, PLEASE, AND LET HIM FINISH AND THEN WE WILL PROCEED ON.

THANK YOU. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SAY THAT I WAS THE ONE TO ASK FOR THE HOURS FOR THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT LIAISONS TO BE INCREASED.

SINCE TALKING TO SOME RESIDENTS, THEY HAVE, THEY'RE VEHEMENTLY OPPOSED TO THAT.

$45,000 IS JUST TOO MUCH.

SO, I'D LIKE TO GO BACK ON THAT AND ASK FOR THAT TO BE REMOVED FROM THE BUDGET AMENDMENT.

AND ALSO, THE ELECTRIC VEHICLES.

HOW IS IT THAT WE'RE BUYING AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE FOR THE CITY COMMISSION OFFICE OR CITY COMMISSIONERS? I DIDN'T ASK FOR AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE.

WHO ASKED FOR AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE? I NOT PRIVY TO WHO ASKED FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLES, BUT I KNOW CITY MANAGER.

THIS IS A QUESTION THAT WILL GO TO THE CITY MANAGER.

AND AS THERE ARE FIVE PEOPLE ON THIS COMMISSION, IT DOES NOT MATTER IF ONE PERSON FEELS THAT THEY HAVE NOT ASKED FOR IT.

SO, CITY MANAGER, WOULD YOU PLEASE ANSWER THE QUESTION? WELL, THE LONG STORY SHORT, MAYOR, THE ELECTRIC VEHICLE CONVERSATION STARTED OFF AT THE LAST YEAR'S JUNE COMMISSION WORKSHOP. BUDGET WORKSHOP.

AND IT WAS PART OF A CONVERSATION ABOUT THE COMMISSION ALLOWANCES.

AND WE TALKED ABOUT SOME, SOME ELECTRIC VEHICLES LEASE BEING YOU KNOW REASONABLE NUMBER.

AND THAT'S HOW THE CONVERSATION STARTED ABOUT THE ELECTRIC VEHICLES IN A PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST THAT I DID, IT REVEALED THAT A COMMISSIONER ON THIS DAIS WAS COMMUNICATING WITH YOU, TALKING ABOUT DRIVING THAT VEHICLE.

WHO WAS THAT? COMMISSIONER? RELEVANCY AT THIS POINT IN TIME, CITY ATTORNEY, THE RELEVANCY OF THIS IS THIS FOR EMBARRASSMENT.

IS THIS FOR A POINT OF THE FACT THAT THIS IS ALREADY A BUDGETED ITEM? THERE'S ALREADY A VEHICLE THAT HAS BEEN BOUGHT FOR OR PAID FOR, AND IT'S EXPENDED THE RELEVANCY OF THIS.

RIGHT. COMMISSIONER.

BOLTON. IF POSSIBLE.

CAN WE HAVE THE DISCUSSION WITHOUT SAYING NAMES? I NEVER SAID A NAME, BUT YOU ARE ASKING THE CITY MANAGER TO SPECIFICALLY GIVE YOU NAMES BASED ON THE APPOINT, AND THE NAME HAS BEEN CALLED MANY TIMES THROUGHOUT THIS MEETING. I SAID NOT A WORD AND NOW WE CAN'T CALL NAMES.

[02:15:05]

PLEASE GET OVER YOURSELF ON THAT.

OH, WE'RE NOT GOING DOWN THAT ROAD AGAIN.

YOU LIKE TO BRING IT UP WHENEVER YOU DON'T WANT TO ANSWER THE QUESTION OR DEAL WITH THE FACTS THAT ARE BEFORE US.

THE FACTS BEFORE US ARE THAT THIS IS A SECOND READING OF BUDGET AMENDMENT RULES APPLY TO ALL ITEMS MEETING, WHERE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT BUDGET AMENDMENTS OF ITEMS THAT HAVE RESOLUTIONS THAT HAVE PASSED ON THIS CITY ATTORNEY.

OKAY, SO I DON'T WANT TO GET IN THE MIDDLE OF A CITY ATTORNEY DISCUSSION.

CITY ATTORNEY YES, WE WOULD AS HE HAS A QUESTION BEFORE HER RIGHT NOW THAT SHE'S GOING TO FINISH ANSWERING.

RIGHT. HE HAS HIS TIME.

IF HE IS TALKING ABOUT A PUBLIC RECORD, I THINK IF YOU WANT TO SAY INSTEAD OF HAVING THE MANAGER SAY WHO THE COMMISSIONER IS, MAKE YOUR COMMENTS, YOU STATE THE NAMES.

IT'S JUST I JUST THINK IT WOULD JUST BE BETTER.

IT'S NOT A LEGAL ISSUE, BUT JUST IN THEIR STATEMENTS OF FACT, WHAT'S GOING ON? OKAY. SO, MANAGER, DID YOU AUTHORIZE THROUGH AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT THAT COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS WOULD DRIVE THAT ELECTRIC VEHICLE? YES, COMMISSIONER.

OKAY. SO, THE ELECTRIC VEHICLE THEN IS FOR HIS USE BECAUSE AS A BODY COLLEGIATE, WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO DOUBLE DIP.

WE ALREADY GET A $700 CAR ALLOWANCE.

AND SO, IF WE HAVE THAT CAR ALLOWANCE, WE COULD NOT DRIVE THAT VEHICLE.

IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY.

SO, WE ARE SPENDING $32,000 TO BUY AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE FOR SOMEBODY WHO SAID THAT THEY DO NOT WANT A $700 CAR ALLOWANCE, BY THE WAY, THAT PERSON IS ON THE BALLOT IN NOVEMBER.

THAT PERSON MAY NOT BE HERE IN NOVEMBER.

SO, WE ARE GOING TO SPEND $32,000 FOR A VEHICLE THAT MAY BE SITTING IN THE PARKING LOT.

UNDRIVEN, BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHO'S GOING TO WIN THAT ELECTION IN NOVEMBER.

PERHAPS THE PERSON WHO WINS DOES NOT WANT AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE.

THIS IS A WASTE OF TAXPAYERS' MONEY.

OKAY. WHY? WHO AUTHORIZED THIS? WHO WOULD SAY THAT? WE DID NOT DO THAT ANYWAY; HE'S GOT 50S LEFT.

LET HIM FINISH IT OFF.

WE HAVE A CITY COMMISSIONER WHO SAYS I DO NOT WANT $700 CAR ALLOWANCE.

THAT CITY COMMISSIONER ARBITRARILY SAYS I WANT MILEAGE REIMBURSEMENTS.

AND BY THE WAY, MISS CHRISTINE, THOSE MILEAGE REIMBURSEMENTS THAT YOU AUTHORIZED FOR THAT COMMISSIONER, THAT COMMISSIONER WENT TO A LIQUOR STORE, THAT COMMISSIONER WENT TO A VETERINARIAN.

UNLESS YOU HAVE FACTS, THE COMMISSIONER WENT TO A DOCTOR'S OFFICE.

BOLTON, YOU ARE DONE.

THAT COMMISSIONER WENT TO [INAUDIBLE].

AND YOU GAVE HIM THE MONEY.

BOLTON. MAYOR. NO, NO, NO, NO.

CHILDREN GROW UP.

YES, AND I APPRECIATE, BUT I'M GOING TO ASK FOR HAPPY HANDS, BECAUSE, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE ARE GOING TO GET THROUGH THIS EVENING BEFORE DAWN.

IN MY HOPE.

REMEMBER, PEOPLE WILL SAY THINGS JUST BECAUSE THEY SAY IT FROM HERE DOESN'T MAKE IT 100% TRUE.

IT IS HIS.

HE'S GOT 20S.

YOU KEEP IT TO THE FACTS OF WHAT THIS IS.

THIS IS ABOUT A BUDGET AMENDMENT.

IF YOU DON'T WANT IT, THAT'S FINE.

YOU VOTE NO.

BUT THAT IS ABOUT THE SIZE OF IT AND THE SIZE OF YOUR POWER ON THIS ONE.

COMMISSIONER BOLTON, THESE ARE FACTS, AND THESE ARE YOUR FACTS.

THESE ARE FACTS THROUGH YOUR THESE ARE FACTS THROUGH A PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST THAT THE OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL HAS.

AND I AM NOT GOING TO SIT HERE AND VOTE ON A $32,000 VEHICLE.

IT IS A WASTE OF TAXPAYERS' MONEY.

OKAY, THANK YOU FOR YOUR OPINION.

COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS YOU ARE BEING RECOGNIZED TO ONLY DEAL WITH THE MATTERS AT HAND.

NO POLITICS.

I'M TIRED OF POLITICS.

THIS IS A HOUSE THAT POLITICS DOES NOT BELONG IN.

PLEASE PROCEED.

THE ELECTRIC VEHICLE WAS BROUGHT FORWARD BY COMMISSIONER DANIEL AS A SUGGESTION.

THROUGH. OKAY.

JUST GO LOOK AT THE VIDEO.

IF YOU GUYS DON'T BELIEVE ME, GO WATCH THE VIDEO.

I ALREADY WATCHED THEM MYSELF, AND THE MANAGER WATCHED IT, SO PLEASE DON'T NOT ARGUE WITH ME, OKAY? COMMISSIONER DANIEL BROUGHT IT FORWARD AS AN OPTION.

I DO NOT GET THE CAR ALLOWANCE LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE HERE DOES.

YOU GUYS GET $700 A MONTH AND FROM MY RECOLLECTION, COMMISSIONER, ON MY RIGHT-HAND SIDE TO DISTRICT ONE, YOU SAID YOU WERE GOING TO FORFEIT YOUR $700 CAR ALLOWANCE AND YOU HAVE NOT.

SO, CHECK YOURSELF ON THAT.

SECONDLY, COMMISSIONER DANIEL BROUGHT THIS FORWARD AS AN OPTION.

I STOPPED GETTING THE CAR ALLOWANCE.

I STOPPED GETTING THE REIMBURSEMENT OF THE IRS REIMBURSEMENT.

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OKAY, CITY BUSINESS, NOT NO LIQUOR STORE.

OKAY, BECAUSE THE MAP CAN PUT YOU ON, PINPOINT YOU ONE PLACE AND GUESS WHAT? THE WHOLE PLAZA, THE WHOLE PLAZA HAS ALL SORTS OF STORES.

SECONDLY, I MEAN, THIRDLY.

MY LIAISON HOURS HAVE BEEN PHENOMENAL.

WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO ADDRESS MANY ISSUES.

WE GO. WE DO A LOT.

SO TO SAY THAT WE NEED TO REDUCE IT AFTER WE JUST INCREASED IT, THIS WISHY WASHY THING HERE, IT JUST MAKES NO SENSE AS TO HOW WE DECIDE ONE THING, AND THEN THE NEXT DAY WE'RE DECIDING SOMETHING ELSE.

WE KNOW WE NEED THEM.

WE'RE A VERY ACTIVE COMMISSION, VERY ACTIVE COMMUNITY.

IT'S NOT THE COMMUNITY OF THE OF THE PAST TO SAY THAT WE'RE GOING TO MISUSE THE MONEY ON ON GIVING IT BACK TO THE COMMUNITY TO HAVE COMMUNITY EVENTS. COME ON.

DON'T YOU KNOW WHAT? SO. SO TO THE POINT OF THE ELECTRIC VEHICLE.

IT WAS DETERMINED IT'LL BE A CARPOOLED VEHICLE, TO THE POINT THAT I HAVE NOT EVEN USED IT, BECAUSE THIS ITEM IS GOING TO COME BACK AGAIN, AND I USE IT FOR CITY BUSINESS.

I EVEN REQUESTED FOR CAMERAS TO BE INSTALLED, SO IF ANYBODY WANTS TO DO A PUBLIC RECORD, THEY CAN SEE WHERE I HAVE BEEN.

OKAY. AGAIN.

I DO NOT TAKE THE CAR ALLOWANCE.

I DO NOT TAKE THE REIMBURSEMENT.

I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO HANDLE CITY BUSINESS.

SO. I'M GOING TO LEAVE IT THERE.

THERE'S NO POINT. VICE MAYOR.

THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. I JUST WANT TO RECORD TO REFLECT THAT.

I THINK IT WAS YOU.

MADAM MAYOR AND MYSELF WERE THE ONES WHO WERE NOT IN FAVOR OF INCREASING THE COMMUNITY.

HOURS FROM 22, FROM 25 TO 32.

I DID STATE THAT I DON'T THINK ANYWHERE IN AMERICA, SOMEONE SHOULD WORK 32 HOURS AND NOT HAVE INSURANCE OR THOSE TYPE OF BENEFITS.

I JUST WANT THAT TO REFLECT THE RECORD.

BUT I ALSO WANT TO SPEND A FEW MINUTES SAYING THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU TWO GENTLEMEN SHOULD JUST, YOU KNOW, JUST DISCONTINUE THIS BEHAVIOR.

COMMISSIONER BOLTON. YOU'RE A MAN OF THE CLOTH.

YOU'RE A MAN OF GOD. YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T HAVE TO GET INTO THESE BICKERING WITH COMMISSIONER.

VILLALOBOS. YOU GUYS ARE BOTH HUSBANDS.

YOU GUYS HAVE KIDS.

YOU KNOW? YOU'RE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE CITY.

PEOPLE LOOK UP TO YOU.

PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO SEE FIGHTING AND BACK AND FORTH.

WE CAN HAVE GOOD DEBATES, BUT WE DON'T HAVE TO GET INTO PERSONAL MUDSLINGING AND NAME CALLING.

SOMETIMES A MAN I MIGHT DEBATE, BUT I WOULD STILL TEXT ABOUT BASKETBALL.

I WOULD STILL TEXT AND ASK HOW YOUR MOM IS DOING.

WE SHOULDN'T LET POLITICS BECOME SO PERSONAL.

I THINK COMMISSIONER BOLTON SAID TO ME, YOU GUYS ARE ONE'S BROTHERS THAT PRAY TOGETHER.

YOU PRAY TOGETHER.

SO WE CAN'T CONTINUE WITH THIS BEHAVIOR.

IT IS NOT A GOOD REFLECTION OF US.

IT'S NOT A GOOD REFLECTION OF THE COMMUNITY, THE RESIDENTS.

THESE FINE PEOPLE HERE ARE FROM THE ELIJAH ADVENTIST CHURCH, AND THEY'RE HERE TO GET THEIR STUFF DONE.

THEY DON'T WANT TO BE BACK AND FORTH BICKERING AND THAT TYPE OF STUFF.

SO LET'S MOVE ON.

LET'S, LET'S, LET'S JUST GO AND DO WHAT'S IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CITY.

AND FOR YOU GENTLEMEN, YOU GUYS HAVE TO QUIT IT.

I'M GOING TO STAND UP AND BE THE MAN AND THE COMMISSIONER.

YOU HAVE TO QUIT IT.

EITHER WE CAN GO OUT IN THE BACKYARD AND I CAN BE THE REFEREE, AND YOU GUYS CAN JUST DUKE IT OUT.

THAT'S WHAT WE CAN DO.

ALL RIGHT, I DID LET THAT GO BECAUSE ADMITTEDLY, I HOPE IT WAS HEARD.

COMMISSIONER DANIEL, THANK YOU.

I DID NOT BRING THIS UP.

THE $20,000 OR WHATEVER FOR THE CAR.

I HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THAT.

BUT WHAT I DID SAY WAS THAT YOU SHOULD HAVE OPTIONS.

AND IF THIS IS YOUR OPTION, SO BE IT.

I'M FINE WITH YOUR OPTION, BUT I DID NOT SAY ANYONE SHOULD GO GET AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE.

I SAID WE SHOULD HAVE OPTION.

IF YOU DON'T WANT THE CAR LOANS, DON'T TAKE THE CAR LOANS.

I MEAN IT PAYS GAS REALLY AFTER TAXES.

BUT IF YOU WANT AN ELECTRIC CAR, THAT'S YOUR OPTION.

IF YOU WANT NOTHING, TAKE NOTHING.

BE A GOOD SAMARITAN.

BUT IT'S. I SAID WE SHOULD HAVE OPTIONS.

JUST FOR CLARIFICATION.

AND I DO AGREE WITH THE INITIATIVE FUNDS.

I THINK SOME OF US HAVE ALREADY SPENT SOME.

SO TO TAKE IT AWAY NOW IS DON'T THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA BECAUSE IT'S ALREADY SPENT.

AND IT DOES IMPACT THE COMMUNITY.

THERE'S GOING TO IMPACT THE COMMUNITY THROUGH US, OR IT'S GOING TO IMPACT THE COMMUNITY THROUGH THE CITY.

SO I'M NOT IN AGREEMENT WITH THAT.

THANK YOU, CITY MANAGER.

JUST PLEASE CLARIFY WHEN THE DECISION WAS MADE BY WHOM TO PURCHASE ELECTRIC VEHICLES FOR THE CITY.

MAYOR, IN ALL HONESTY AFTER THAT CONVERSATION AND COMMISSIONER DANIELS.

[02:25:01]

OUR, OUR BELIEF WAS THAT THERE WAS A CONSENSUS ON EXACTLY THAT, YOU KNOW, PICK YOUR CHOICE ALLOWANCE, NO ALLOWANCE MILEAGE OR OR A POOL VEHICLE THAT THE CITY COMMISSION CAN CAN UTILIZE.

AND SO WE MOVED BASED ON THAT CONVERSATION, AND WE PROCURED THOSE ELECTRIC VEHICLES, ONE ACTUALLY, FOR THE FOR THE COMMISSION POOL. AND BUT GOING BACK LOOKING AT THE RECORD, THERE WAS ACTUALLY NO CONSENSUS, WHICH WAS AT THE VERY TAIL END OF THE CONVERSATION. SO WE RETRACTED THAT ACTION.

AND, AND SO THAT VEHICLE IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE TO THE COMMISSION.

IT'S IT'S SENT BACK TO THE FLEET FOR, FOR REPURPOSING.

AND SO WE'RE WE'RE BACK TO SQUARE ONE.

FOR THAT CLARIFICATION.

THAT WAS THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THAT IS WHAT HAD HAD HAPPENED.

AND I AGREE WITH COMMISSIONER DANIEL, AT THIS POINT IN TIME, WHILE THERE WAS OPPORTUNITY TO NOT HAVE THE INCREASES FROM THE 6000 TO THE 20 AND THE 25, THE COMPLETE DISCUSSIONS THAT WERE HAD AT NAUSEAM, THE DISCUSSIONS TO NOT INCREASE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THREE LIAISONS UP TO 32 HOURS MAXIMUM, WITH ONE PERSON NOT GOING MORE THAN 30 HOURS A WEEK.

THERE ARE PEOPLE AND PLANS AND BUDGETING THAT HAS BEEN PLACED, WHETHER IT'S BEEN BY THIS COMMISSION OR BY CITY STAFF, AND TO ALL OF A SUDDEN RETRACTED BECAUSE NOW WE MIGHT BE LISTENING TO OUR RESIDENTS, OR NOW WE MIGHT BE WORRYING ABOUT THE OPTICS.

NOW IS NOT THE TIME TO DO IT.

NOW IS THE TIME TO APPROVE THE BUDGET.

BECAUSE OF THE HARD WORK AND DEDICATION OF OUR CITY TEAM THAT HAS DONE THIS, YOU HAVE THE OPTION OF NOT UTILIZING ALL 32 HOURS A WEEK FOR UP TO THREE LIAISONS.

YOU HAVE THE OPTION OF NOT UTILIZING ALL YOUR MONEY, AND IF THAT'S HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT IT THIS TIME AROUND, THEN SO BE.

IT DOESN'T MEAN THE DIRECTOR WON'T REFLECT WHEN IT WAS UTILIZED IN THE PAST AND CURRENTLY OR IN THE FUTURE.

WE WILL DEAL WITH AS WE CONTINUE THROUGH THE BUDGET CYCLE FOR WHAT WILL HAPPEN IN THE NEXT BUDGET CYCLE, FOR WHETHER THERE ARE TWO NEW CAN PEOPLE IN THE DISTRICTS OR THE SAME TWO PEOPLE OR WHATEVER COMBINATION THEREOF.

WE WILL DEAL WITH THAT IN OCTOBER.

SO FOR TODAY, WE'RE GOING BACK TO OUR BASICS, AND WE'RE GOING TO HOPEFULLY RATIFY THE FY 2021 FIRST BUDGET AMENDMENT ITEMS ON SECOND READING.

AND LET US GO BACK TO THE BUSINESS AND HAND OF THE CITY, AND THEN MAYBE WE WILL TAKE A HARDER LOOK AT OURSELVES BEFORE APPROVING CERTAIN THINGS IN THE FUTURE.

SEEING NO OTHER COMMENTS.

CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THAT ROLL.

THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.

COMMISSIONER DANIEL.

YES, COMMISSIONER.

VILLALOBOS. YES, MAYOR.

GOMEZ. YES.

VICE MAYOR WRIGHT.

YES, COMMISSIONER.

BOLTON. NO.

THANK YOU. MOTION PASSES 4 TO 1.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

SPEEDILY ALONG.

WE ARE GOING TO QUASI JUDICIAL HEARINGS.

[Items 9.a - 9.c]

AND THEREFORE, OUR CITY ATTORNEY IS GOING TO READ FULL TITLES IN THE RECORD OF NINE A TB 087, TB 088 AND TR 14114.

CITY ATTORNEY, PLEASE READ ALL THREE TITLES FOR THE RECORD.

AND THEN SHE IS GOING TO READ OUR QUASI JUDICIAL HEARING RULES.

THE CITY CLERK WILL SWEAR IN ANY WITNESSES.

THERE WILL THEN BE DISCLOSURES BY THIS COMMISSION.

MOTIONS AND SECONDS PRESENTATIONS.

APPLICANT WILL MAKE THEIR PRESENTATION.

THE CITY WILL MEET PRESENTATIONS IF NEEDED, THEN WE WILL OPEN UP PUBLIC COMMENTS.

THEN THERE WILL BE DISCUSSION BY THE CITY COMMISSION AND THEN WE WILL INDIVIDUALLY, WE WILL VOTE ON EACH OF THESE THREE ITEMS INDIVIDUALLY.

THAT'S THE.

GAME PLAN. THEY'RE SO CITY ATTORNEY.

PLEASE READ ALL THREE, I WILL.

MADAM CHAIR.

MAYOR, IF I CAN SAY THIS WHEN I READ THE QUASI JUDICIAL STATEMENTS, IT'S FOR ALL OF THE ITEMS. CORRECT. EVERYTHING THAT YOU'RE GOING TO READ AFTER YOU READ THE TITLES WILL BE FOR ALL STATEMENTS.

THE SWEARING IN WILL BE FOR ALL STATEMENTS, THE DISCLOSURES FOR ALL STATEMENTS, THE PRESENTATIONS FOR ALL.

BUT WE WILL ONLY HAVE A MOTION ON ONE.

AND THEN WE'LL DO SEPARATE MOTIONS AND VOTING FOR EACH.

OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.

NINE, A BOARD ORDER APPROVING OR DENYING VARIANCE APPLICATION REQUESTING RELIEF FROM SECTIONS TEN, DASH 4.7, D, FOUR A AND B TO ALLOW FOR A REDUCTION OF THE REQUIRED HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL ARTICULATION.

[02:30:02]

33321. NINE BE.

BOARD ORDER.

ORDER APPROVING OR DENYING VARIANCE.

APPLICATIONS REQUESTING RELIEF FROM SECTION TEN DASH 4.4 L3CI.

TO PERMIT THE INSTALLATION OF A LANDSCAPE BUFFER 22FT IN WIDTH AT ITS NARROWEST POINT, IN LIEU OF A 25 FOOT CONTINUOUS LANDSCAPE BUFFER REQUIRED BETWEEN RESIDENTIAL AND NONRESIDENTIAL PROPERTY ALONG THE EAST PROPERTY LINE AT 7400 THROUGH 7550 NORTH UNIVERSITY DRIVE, TAMARAC, FLORIDA.

AND NINE.

SEE A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC, FLORIDA GRANTING SITE PLAN APPROVAL.

MAJOR WITH CONDITIONS FOR ELY.

THERE YOU GO. SORRY I TRIED SO HARD.

SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH TO ALLOW FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF AN 18,430 SQUARE FOOT RELIGIOUS FACILITY WITH A BUFFER WALL, PARKING LOT, AND LANDSCAPE FEATURES FOR THE PROPERTY.

LOCATED AT 7400 THROUGH 7550 NORTH UNIVERSITY DRIVE, TAMARAC, FLORIDA.

CASE NUMBER NINE DASH SP, DASH 20 PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

THANK YOU. CITY ATTORNEY, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ THE QUASI JUDICIAL HEARING RULES? YES, MADAM MAYOR.

ALL PERSONS TESTIFYING BEFORE THE CITY COMMISSION MUST BE SWORN IN.

WITH REGARD TO THE QUASI JUDICIAL ITEMS BEING CONSIDERED ON THE AGENDA.

THE PETITIONER AND ANY AFFECTED PERSON SHALL BE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT EVIDENCE, BRING FORTH WITNESSES, CROSS-EXAMINE WITNESSES, AND REBUT ANY TESTIMONY.

ALL EVIDENCE RELIED UPON BY REASONABLY PRUDENT PERSONS SHALL BE ADMISSIBLE.

WHETHER SUCH EVIDENCE WOULD BE ADMISSIBLE IN A COURT OF LAW, HOWEVER IMMATERIAL OR UNDULY REPETITIOUS EVIDENCE SHALL BE EXCLUDED.

HEARSAY EVIDENCE MAY BE USED FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUPPLEMENTING OR EXPLAINING OTHER EVIDENCE, BUT IT SHOULD NOT BE SUFFICIENT BY ITSELF TO SUPPORT A FINDING.

STATEMENTS OF ATTORNEYS SHALL BE CONSIDERED ONLY AS ARGUMENT AND NOT BE CONSIDERED AS TESTIMONY.

ATTORNEYS FOR PARTIES ARE NOT SUBJECT TO CROSS EXAMINATION.

THE CITY COMMISSION SHALL HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO REFUSE TO HEAR ANY TESTIMONY WHICH IS IRRELEVANT OR REPETITIVE.

DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE MAY BE PRESENTED IN THE FORM OF A COPY OF THE ORIGINAL, IF AVAILABLE.

UPON REQUEST, THE PARTIES SHALL BE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO COMPARE THE COPY WITH THE ORIGINAL.

ALL PARTIES SHALL BE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO CROSS-EXAMINE WITNESSES AND QUESTION PARTIES ABOUT THEIR EVIDENCE.

GENERALLY, THE ORDER OF PRESENTATION SHALL BE AS FOLLOWS.

THE PETITIONER OR PETITIONERS REPRESENTATIVE WILL PRESENT FIRST.

IF THE PETITIONER CHOOSES TO MAKE A PRESENTATION, IT SHOULD INCLUDE A DESCRIPTION OF THE NATURE OF THE PETITION AND IF THERE IS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THAT HAS NOT BEEN PREVIOUSLY PROVIDED TO TO THE PETITIONER BY THE CITY, THE PETITIONER MAY INTRODUCE EVIDENCE AND PRESENT WITNESSES FOR COMMISSION CONSIDERATION.

IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE PETITIONER TO DEMONSTRATE THAT ITS APPLICATION IS CONSISTENT WITH THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, IF APPLICABLE, AND THAT IT MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE CITY CODE.

STAFF WILL THEN GIVE A PRESENTATION.

THE PRESENTATION WILL GENERALLY INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, A DESCRIPTION OF THE PETITIONERS REQUEST AND ANALYSIS OF THE PETITIONS.

CONSISTENCY WITH THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, IF APPLICABLE, AND WHETHER THE PETITION DOES OR DOES NOT MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE CITY CODE.

AFFECTED PARTIES WILL BE ALLOWED TO PRESENT TESTIMONY.

THEY MAY INTRODUCE EVIDENCE AND HAVE WITNESS TESTIMONY.

PERSONS WHO ARE IN SUPPORT OR IN OPPOSITION CAN PROVIDE TESTIMONY OR STATEMENTS.

THE PARTIES WILL THEN BE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AND GIVE CLOSING STATEMENTS.

FINALLY, THE CITY COMMISSION SHALL DELIBERATE ON THE PETITION.

AT THAT POINT, NO FURTHER TESTIMONY SHALL BE TAKEN AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COMMISSION SHALL NOT ASK FURTHER QUESTIONS OF PERSONS PRESENTING TESTIMONY.

THE CITY COMMISSION SHALL DISCUSS THE EVIDENCE THAT WAS PRESENTED AT THE PROCEEDING, AND VOTE ON THE PETITION BASED UPON THE COMPETENT, SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE IN THE RECORD.

THANK YOU. OKAY.

AT THIS TIME, THE CITY CLERK WILL SWEAR IN ANY WITNESSES.

I APOLOGIZE, I NEED TO THE DISCLOSURES.

DO YOU WANT TO DO THAT? WE USUALLY DO. DO IT AFTER.

YEAH. OKAY. THANKS. I'M SORRY.

NO WORRIES. ALL GOOD.

THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.

ALL WITNESSES FOR ITEMS NINE A, B AND C, PLEASE STAND AND RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.

ANYBODY WHO IS GOING TO BE MAKING ANY TESTIMONY BEFORE US TODAY.

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DO YOU SWEAR TO TELL THE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH? YES. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.

WITNESSES HAVE BEEN SWORN IN.

EXCELLENT. AND NOW WE WILL GO DOWN THE LINE FOR DISCLOSURES.

COMMISSIONER. VILLALOBOS.

ANY DISCLOSURES? NONE. VICE MAYOR. RIGHT.

I, I ATTENDED THE CHURCH.

I WAS AT THE GROUNDBREAKING.

I'VE HAD THE PLEASURE OF ATTENDING THE CHURCH AND BEING AT THE GROUNDBREAKING AND WITH THE CHURCH FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.

SO THAT IS MY DISCLOSURE.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER DANIEL.

YES, I HAVE ATTENDED THE CHURCH SEVERAL TIMES.

LOVE THE CHURCH. KNOW SEVERAL MEMBERS THERE.

COMMISSIONER BOLTON I HAVE ATTENDED THE CHURCH AS WELL.

LOVE THE CHURCH. LOVE.

EW EW EW EW EW EW EW EW EW EW EW.

HEY. SO WE'VE HAD OUR DISCLOSURES.

WE ARE NOW GOING TO GO FOR A MOTION AND A SECOND, PLEASE.

ON NINE A TB 087.

SO MOVED. SECOND.

THANK YOU. I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER BOLTON.

I HAVE A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WRIGHT.

AND AT THIS TIME WE HAVE PASTOR GREG BALDEO AND ARCHITECT PARAS BOGADI.

MY APOLOGIES IF I'VE DESTROYED THAT DESIGNATED AGENT FOR THE APPLICANT, AND THEY WILL BE MAKING PRESENTATIONS ON A, B, AND C.

GOOD TO SEE YOU. COME ON UP.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS.

GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.

I JUST WANT TO SAY BEFORE I START, WE HAVE SOME MILLENNIALS AND GEN Z'S WHO ARE HERE, AND THEY HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THREE HOURS.

YOU BETTER NOT COMPLAIN WHEN MY SERMON IS LONG.

COMMISSIONERS. IT IS WITH GREAT PLEASURE THAT WE COME TO THIS POINT AS A CHURCH.

FOR THE LAST 22 YEARS, THIS CHURCH HAS BEEN WAITING FOR THIS MOMENT.

I WAS SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS IN NEW YORK A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO.

LAST YEAR AT THIS TIME A LARGE DISTRICT COVERING NEW YORK, NEW YORK CITY, CONNECTICUT BOSTON.

AND I THOUGHT I WOULD LEAVE THERE AND GO AND DO MY CONSULTING IN STRATEGIC PLANNING INTO RETIREMENT.

BUT HERE I AM.

I CAME AND I FOUND A PEOPLE WHO WERE DISCOURAGED AND FRUSTRATED, YET RESOLUTE IN THEIR FAITH TO GOD AND SERVICE TO THIS, THE TAMARAC COMMUNITY, OUR CONGREGATION, ARE SCATTERED ACROSS TAMARAC AND BEYOND.

A MATTER OF FACT, EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE INDIVIDUALS LIVE IN EACH OF YOUR DISTRICTS.

FOR THE LAST 22 YEARS, 25 YEARS.

RATHER, THE SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH HAS BEEN SERVING THE TAMARAC COMMUNITY WITH PRIDE AND EXCELLENCE, OFFERING SPIRITUAL COUNSELING, FOOD DISTRIBUTION, YOUTH PROGRAMS THAT HAVE KEPT MANY YOUTH OUT OF PRISON AND AWAY FROM CRIME.

WE OFFER HEALTH PROGRAMS AND YEARLY HEALTH FAIRS, TUTORING FOR YOUNG PEOPLE, BABY BLESSINGS, SOCIAL AND SPORT ACTIVITIES.

EARLIER THIS YEAR, WE LAUNCHED OUR STRATEGIC PLAN OR STRATEGIC PLAN IS AIMED TO SERVE NOT JUST THOSE THAT YOU SEE HERE, BUT THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY OF TAMARAC.

WE PRESENT TO YOU THIS EVENING AND HUMBLY ASK.

FOR YOUR FAVORITE FAVORABLE VOTES TO TWO VARIANCES AND ONE MAJOR SITE PLAN, WHICH MR. PERUSE WILL EXPOUND ON IN A LITTLE BIT.

FIRST, VARIANCE IS REQUIRED BECAUSE OF OUR FIRST PHASE OF BUILDING, WHICH WILL BE NO MORE AS WE GO INTO OUR SECOND PHASE.

OUR SECOND VARIANCE IS BECAUSE WE ARE TRYING TO MEET A REQUIREMENT OF 100FT AT THE FRONT, AND OF COURSE, OUR BEAUTIFUL SITE PLAN THAT WILL ENHANCE THE TAMARAC COMMUNITY.

WE SEEK TO BUILD A BEAUTIFUL EDIFICE THAT WILL NOT ONLY MEET SOME GOALS IN TAMARAC STRATEGIC PLAN, BUT ALL THE GOALS IN TAMARAC STRATEGIC PLAN.

AND LET ME QUICKLY SAY.

GOAL ONE.

TAMARAC IS HOME.

IT IS HOME FOR MOST OF US.

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GOAL TWO. TAMARAC IS A SAFE.

PLACE AND PEOPLE KNOW IT.

WE SUBMIT TO YOU TONIGHT THAT OUR CHURCH WOULD CONTRIBUTE TO THE LEASE OF CRIME IN THIS COMMUNITY.

ALSO, TAMARAC IS ECONOMICALLY RESILIENT.

WE HAVE A FOOTPRINT OF OVER $10 MILLION IN THIS COMMUNITY.

GOAL FOR TAMARAC IS VIBRANT, GREEN, SUSTAINABLE, ATTRACTIVE.

THAT'S WHAT WE'RE OFFERING TO TAMARAC RIGHT NOW.

WE HAVE BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE, AS YOU CAN SEE.

GOAL FIVE.

TAMARAC IS SMART AND CONNECTED.

WE WANT TO BUILD A MULTIFACETED, STATE OF THE ART FACILITY EQUIPPED WITH THE LATEST DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE.

I WANT TO ALSO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE HAVE YOUNG PEOPLE PRESENTLY WORKING ON A WEB SERIES, A PRODUCTION THAT WILL BE SHOWN, AND LATER ON THIS YEAR WE'LL ALSO BE WORKING ON A SHORT FILM TECHNOLOGY AND SIX TAMARAC IS A DYNAMIC WORKPLACE.

EVERY PROFESSIONAL THAT YOU CAN THINK OF AND SKILLED WORKERS IS LOCATED IN THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH.

ELLIOTT IS EMBARKING ON A NEW THING.

WE ARE UNITED TO IMPACT WITH IMPACTFUL SERVICE AND MISSION TO THE TAMARAC COMMUNITY.

TONIGHT, WE ASK THAT YOU HELP US TO DO MORE FOR THIS CITY OF TAMARAC.

JUST AS YOU SAID EARLIER, EVERYONE NEEDS A GINA TAMARAC NEEDS AN ALEATHA.

GOOD EVENING.

MY NAME IS PARIS BOURGEOIS AND I'M VITALY ENGINEERING.

I'M REPRESENTING THE SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH, ABBREVIATED AS SDA.

WE ARE HERE TO.

GET APPROVAL FOR OUR FIRST PHASE OF OUR SITE PLAN.

WELL, THERE I. OKAY.

THIS THIS IS ACTUALLY THE SITE.

AS YOU SEE THAT THERE IS A SMALL CHURCH THAT THEY UTILIZING RIGHT NOW FOR WORSHIP.

AND WE ARE.

HAVE ADJACENT RESIDENCES.

AND FACING UNIVERSITY DRIVE.

THIS IS TOTALLY CONSISTS OF A FEW PARCELS, BUT TOTALLY ABOUT 5.7 ACRES.

AND THE FIRST PHASE OF THE SITE PLAN, WE ARE PLANNING TO DEVELOP THE ENTIRE SITE.

TO INCLUDE FULL DRAINAGE FOR THE ENTIRE SITE, HANDICAP ACCESSIBILITY, CONTINUOUS SIDEWALK LANDSCAPING, AND SITE LIGHTING.

THIS IS A SITE PLAN, AS YOU SEE.

FOR THE FIRST PHASE OF OUR CONSTRUCTION, WE ARE DEVELOPING THE ENTIRE SITE, AS YOU SEE THAT THE.

SIDEWALK ALL THE WAY.

THROUGHOUT THE PROPERTY AND ACCESS TO THE PUBLIC SIDEWALK.

HANDICAPPED ACCESSIBILITY FOR THE EXISTING CHURCH AS WELL AS THE PROPOSED CHURCH.

PROVIDING. BECAUSE WE ARE ADJACENT TO THE RESIDENCES, PROVIDING MASONRY WALL AND 25 FOOT LANDSCAPE BUFFER ZONE.

AND TOTAL LANDSCAPING FOR THE SITE, AS WELL AS.

SIDE LIGHTING.

WE ARE DEVELOPING THIS SITE.

FOR THE FUTURE OR THE SECOND PHASE OF THE PROJECT.

THEY'VE BEEN SOME CHALLENGES.

WE. HAS STARTED THIS PROCESS.

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WE REALIZE THAT THE ZONING WAS CHANGED EVEN THOUGH WE HAD THE ZONING, BUT WE COULDN'T BUILD CHURCHES, CHURCH ALONG THE UNIVERSITY DRIVE.

SO WE CAME IN FRONT OF THIS COMMISSION AND GOT OUR APPROVAL.

AND THEN WE PROCEEDED WITH THE SITE PLAN PROCESS.

BEEN SOME CHALLENGES ALONG THE WAY.

AND WHEN WE APPROACH COUNTY.

WHEN WE APPROACHED COUNTY.

THERE IS AN EXISTING.

EXIT. INTEREST.

INTEREST. I MEAN.

EXIT. ENTRANCE FROM THE UNIVERSITY DRIVE THAT IS IN EXISTENCE, BUT COUNTY AND DOT, THEY DIDN'T HAVE NO RECORD THAT THIS THING EVER BUILT.

SO THEY TOLD US THAT YOU HAVE A PROPERTY WITH NO ACCESS.

SO WE HAD TO GO THROUGH THE WHOLE PROCESS OF TRAFFIC STUDY TO PROVE TO THEM THAT THIS INTERNET EXIT IS SAFE TO BE UTILIZED DUE TO THE.

TRAFFIC GENERATION THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW, PROVIDING BECAUSE OF THE CHURCH.

AND FINALLY, AFTER TWO YEARS GOING BACK AND FORTH, WE GOT OUR APPROVAL WITH CONDITION.

THE CONDITION IS PUT ON ON US.

WE HAVE TO PROVIDE TURNING LANE FROM THE UNIVERSITY BY ADDING ANOTHER LANE TO UNIVERSITY DRIVE, WHICH IS GOING TO BE TREMENDOUS COST TO US.

IN ADDITION, THEY FORCED US TO.

PUSH THE CHURCH BACK 100FT FROM THE PROPERTY LINE BECAUSE OF THE STACKING.

WE WENT THROUGH ALL THIS PROCESS AND WE GOT ALL THE APPROVAL.

I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY AT THIS TIME.

AND THANKS COMMUNITY CITY OF TAMARAC COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FOR PATIENTLY WORKING WITH US DURING THIS LONG.

SITE PLAN APPROVAL PROCESS.

AND ESPECIALLY I WOULD LIKE TO THANK MISS JOHNSON FOR COORDINATING ALL THESE EFFORTS.

FINALLY, WE ARE HERE AND WE HAVE ALL OUR APPROVAL FROM ALL THE AGENCIES.

YOU KNOW, DURING ALL THIS PROCESS.

AND. ALL THE COMMENT THAT WE RECEIVED THAT WE WERE SATISFIED.

I SAT DOWN WITH THE PASTOR AND EXPLAINING TO HIM HOW WE ARE GOING TO GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS TO TRY TO SATISFY THIS COMMENT.

HE WAS VERY PATIENTLY LISTENING TO ME, BUT THERE WAS AN EXPRESSION IN HIS FACE THAT HE WAS I COULD READ THE EXPRESSION THAT HE WAS ASKING ME.

WHEN CAN I GET MY CHURCH? SO WE ARE HERE TO SEE IF WE CAN GET THE APPROVAL SO WE CAN GIVE HIM HIS CHURCH.

ALONG WITH THE SITE PLAN WE ARE GOING TO CONSTRUCT.

18,430FT² OF THE AUDITORIUM.

WE MEET ALL THE SEATING CAPACITY AND PARKING CAPACITY FOR THE PHASE ONE AND PHASE TWO OF THE PROJECT.

THIS IS A VERY ATTRACTIVE CHURCH.

THE ELEVATION SHOWS THE WEST.

THE WEST ELEVATION ACTUALLY IS A FRONT ELEVATION THAT IS FACING UNIVERSITY DRIVE.

AND ALONG THE.

IN ORDER TO MEET ALL THE DESIGN CRITERIA.

WE HAVE TO BUILD ADDITIONAL STRUCTURES IN THIS PHASE THAT ACTUALLY BEEN USED FOR THE SECOND PHASE.

BUT IN ORDER TO MEET ALL THE ARTICULATION, HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL ARTICULATION ELEMENTS, DESIGN ELEMENTS, WE HAD TO DO THAT.

THIS IS A RENDERING OF THE CHURCH WHICH IS AFTER CHURCHES COMPLETED IS

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THIS IS A SHORT ELEVATION IN A SLIGHT ELEVATION.

WE MET ALL THE REQUIREMENTS.

OF THE DESIGN CRITERIA.

AND THIS IS A RENDERING OF THE WEST ELEVATION.

I MEAN, SORRY, THE SOUTH ELEVATION.

THIS IS THE NORTH ELEVATION AS YOU'RE DRIVING UNIVERSITY DRIVE.

SOUTHBOUND, YOU HAVE A ANGLED VIEW OF THIS ELEVATION.

IN THIS ELEVATION, WE COULD NOT MEET.

THERE ARE ALL THE HORIZONTAL VERTICAL INTEGRATION DESIGN ELEMENTS, BECAUSE ANY CHANGES THAT WOULD BE MADE TO THIS ELEVATION, IT WOULD INTERFERE WITH THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OR THE SECOND PHASE OF THE PROJECT.

SO THIS IS WAS ONE OF THE REASONS WE ASKED FOR VARIANCE.

IT'S GOING TO BE A TEMPORARY VARIANCE BECAUSE WHEN WE ADD THE WING THEN WE ARE GOING TO BRING THE WHOLE PROJECT TO COMPLIANCE.

THE REASON I.

AND THIS IS A RENDERING OF THE NORTH ELEVATION.

TOP VIEW THAT SHOWS THE AUDITORIUM.

AND THIS IS A FLOOR PLAN THAT ON ON THIS PHASE OF THE PROJECT, WE ONLY BUILDING THE AUDITORIUM SUPPORTED BY THE BATHROOM FACILITY AND LOBBIES.

BUT THIS STRUCTURE IS NOT REALLY FULLY FUNCTIONAL UNTIL THE WINGS BE ADDED TO THE PROJECT, WHICH THEY ARE PLANNING TO. ADD THOSE AT THE SECOND PHASE.

THIS IS ONE OF THE VARIANTS THAT WE ARE REQUESTING BECAUSE WE ARE NOT MEETING THE.

REQUIREMENT FOR THE DESIGN ELEMENT.

OF SATURATION.

IN THE VARIANTS.

YOU SEE THAT IN A SALT ELEVATION WE MEETING THE CRITERIA ON A NORTH ELEVATION.

WE ARE NOT MEETING THE CRITERIA.

THE SECOND VARIANCE IS.

ASSOCIATED WITH THE LANDSCAPE BUFFER ZONE.

THE AREA THAT IS HIGHLIGHTED IN PINK.

THAT IS THE AREA THAT WE ARE NOT MEETING.

THE BUFFER ZONE REQUIREMENT REQUIREMENT IS 25FT.

IN THAT PARTICULAR AREA WE CAN ONLY PROVIDE 22.

AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS BECAUSE THIS WAS ONE OF THE RESTRICTIONS THEY PUT ON US BY D.O.T.

THAT PUSHED THE.

BUILDING HUNDRED FEET FROM THE PROPERTY LINE.

THAT AND THEN WE COULDN'T PROVIDE ADDITIONAL PARKING.

SO IN ORDER TO MEET THE PARKING REQUIREMENT AND TRAFFIC CIRCULATION AS WELL AS SINCE THIS PIECE OF LAND IS NOT TOTALLY A SQUARE.

SO PUT THE HARDSHIP ON US.

SO THAT'S THE BEST WE COULD DO.

AND WE REQUESTED VARIANCE.

THE REASON I'M SHOWING THIS SLIDE IS THIS SLIDE SHOWS THAT WHEN THE TWO WING TO THE NORTH AND THE SOUTH ELEVATION ADDED, THEN WE ARE GOING TO MEET ALL THE CRITERIA REQUIREMENT.

SO WITH THIS.

SO WITH THIS

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WE HAVE ADVANCED THE DRAWING.

SO WE ARE AT 85% DRAWING COMPLETION.

SO AS SOON AS WE GET THE SITE PLAN APPROVED, IF YOU ARE IN A POSITION TO PUT OUR DRAWING TO THE CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENT TO THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT FOR PERMIT, THEY ARE READY AND THEY ARE EXCITED.

AND WE NEED YOUR APPROVAL TO GIVE THEM THEIR CHURCH.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MISS CALLOWAY.

WILL YOU BE. NO PRESENTATION.

OKAY. AS WE HAVE HAD ALL OF THE PRESENTATIONS FOR A, B AND C, NINE A, B AND C, WE ARE NOW GOING.

I AM NOW GOING TO OPEN PUBLIC COMMENTS.

IS THERE ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM OR BASICALLY A, B AND C? MR. SHAPIRO, COME ON UP.

SAME RULES APPLY AS ALL PUBLIC SPEAKING.

YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. STATE YOUR NAME.

ALL THAT GOOD STUFF.

I KNOW YOU'RE OLD HAT AT THIS.

YOU GOT THIS. GO FOR IT.

JEFFREY SHAPIRO, THE WOODLANDS, AND TAMARAC.

EVEN THOUGH I DON'T LIVE THIS CLOSE ON UNIVERSITY DRIVE, BUT THIS IS A MAJOR ARTERY ARTERY IN TAMARAC.

I THOUGHT THE PRESENTATION WAS DONE VERY WELL.

VERY THOUGHTFUL AND VERY THOUGHT OUT.

I EVIDENTLY THEY DON'T WANT TO GO BACK AND FORTH ANYMORE.

THEY HAD ENOUGH WITH BROWARD COUNTY FROM THE ELEVATIONS IN THE DRAWINGS AND THE WAY IT WAS PRESENTED.

I THINK THAT YOU SHOULD APPROVE THE VARIANCES FOR THIS PROJECT, AND I THINK IT WILL TURN OUT VERY NICE, AND I THINK IT'S A GOOD USE OF THAT LAND.

BEING THAT THERE ARE NUMEROUS SHOPPING PLAZAS AND OTHER THINGS ALONG THAT PORTION OF UNIVERSITY DRIVE.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU. HAPPY HANDS.

HAPPY HANDS. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU SO.

IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK? SEEING NONE THEN PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IS NOW OVER.

WE GET TO GO TO THE DISCUSSION AND I HAVE COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS.

THANK YOU. MAYOR.

THANK YOU FOR THAT.

AS SHAPIRO SAID.

CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE FIRST SLIDE? I THINK WITH THE AERIAL IMAGE AND THIS CAN BE OFF ALMOST OFF THE SUBJECT HERE.

THE AREA THAT ONE.

SO WHERE THOSE TREES ARE AT THE ADJACENT PART OF IT, WHICH I BELIEVE IS THE EAST SIDE OF IT.

THE CHURCH OWNS THAT LAND WHERE THOSE TOWNHOMES ARE AT.

WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO WITH THAT? YOU'RE JUST GOING TO BLOCK THAT IN? WELL, THE WE WE ARE GOING TO BUILD THE YOU'RE GOING TO BUILD SIX FOOT MASONRY WALL EXACTLY WHERE THE RESIDENTS ARE.

OKAY. OKAY.

AND BY THE DEVELOPMENT CODE, WE HAVE TO PROVIDE 25FT LANDSCAPE BUFFER ZONE.

IN ORDER TO MEET THE CRITERIA, YOU'VE GOT THE PASTOR READY TO TAG TEAM IN ON YOU RIGHT NOW.

YES, HE'S RIGHT BEHIND YOU.

HE WANTS TO ADD A LITTLE BIT, PLEASE.

AS SOON AS YOU APPROVE THIS AND WE SPEND THE MONEY THAT WE HAVE ON THIS, THEN WE CAN TALK ABOUT RIGHT THERE OVER THE FENCE.

BUT RIGHT NOW, WE ARE RIGHT HERE.

AND WE WE WE WE HAVE SOME VISION THAT WE WANT TO DO, BUT IT'S NOT TIME YET TO SAY THAT UNTIL WE HAVE DONE RIGHT HERE.

LISTEN. I'M IN. I'M HE'S RACING YOU TO YOUR NEXT STEP.

I'M GOOD WITH IT. I JUST WANT TO KNOW BECAUSE YOU KNOW, CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW YOU HAVE HOMES THERE.

AND I THINK SOME OF THE RESIDENTS THERE WERE USING THAT FOR PARKING AS WELL.

IT'S NO FENCED RIGHT NOW.

IT'S NOT FENCED. BUT IF YOU'RE GOING TO USE IT FOR YOUR PROPERTY, I'M TRYING TO THINK ABOUT THE RESIDENTS ON THE NORTH SIDE, HOW THEY'RE GOING TO BE AFFECTED.

SO THAT IS ZONED RESIDENTIAL.

SO IT WILL HAVE TO BE USED FOR RESIDENTIAL PURPOSES.

AND THE CHURCH AT THIS POINT HAVE NO INTENTION OF COMING TO THE COMMISSIONERS TO REZONE IT.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THAT'S ALL.

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THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.

AND THANK YOU. DOCTOR BELL, IS THAT HOW I PRONOUNCE IT? YES. DOCTOR BELL AND I JUST WANT TO.

I CAME TO THE BUILDING GROUNDBREAKING.

AND YOU GUYS HAD A WONDERFUL PRESENTATION.

AND HOW YOU WANT TO HELP THE COMMUNITY, HOW YOUR TEAM IS WORKING.

AND I ALSO MENTIONED THAT MY MOM IS ADVENTIST.

I CAN'T DISTURB HER ON SATURDAY.

THAT'S WHY SHE DIDN'T VOLUNTEER FOR YOUR PET EVENT, MADAM MAYOR.

SHE DOESN'T DO ANYTHING ON SATURDAYS.

BUT, YOU KNOW, THE THING WITH THE ADVENTIST CHURCH IS AN ORGANIZATION.

YOU GUYS ARE WELL ORGANIZED AND SAW PEOPLE CAME FROM TALLAHASSEE, THE PRESIDENT OF THE OF THE ADVENTIST FOUNDATION.

AND THIS MODERN DAY WORLD WHERE WE HAVE PASTORS WHO ARE CELEBRITY.

THIS IS A COMMUNITY.

THIS IS AN ORGANIZATION THAT WORKS TOGETHER.

YOU TALK ABOUT GIVING UP YOUR YOUR CAREER IN NEW YORK AND COMING DOWN HERE TO SPREAD THE WORD.

SO I KNOW IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT BENEFIT TO THE COMMUNITY.

WE'RE HAPPY TO HAVE YOU GUYS IN TAMARAC.

AND AS I SAID THERE, AND I'LL SAY IT AGAIN, THAT INCLINED TO SUPPORT YOU ON THIS PROJECT.

THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER BOLTON.

THANK YOU. MAYOR.

YOU KNOW, MY QUESTION IS, IS, IS THE BUILDING BIG ENOUGH? BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU GUYS HAVE EVENTS AT THE CHURCH, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO USE ANOTHER BUILDING.

AND YOU KNOW, ILITHA IS IS GROWING AND AND, YOU KNOW, WE WONDER IF IF THIS BUILDING IS, IS BIG ENOUGH.

I'M NOT GOING INTO YOUR BUSINESS, BUT MAYBE IT COULD HAVE BEEN A TWO STORY, YOU KNOW, BUILDING WITH, YOU KNOW, SOCIAL HALL UPSTAIRS.

YOU KNOW WHY? WHY THIS DESIGN AS A PASTOR? MY MY, MY MY BRAIN GOES, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY.

AS A MAN OF THE CLOTH, WE APPRECIATE GLORY.

WE APPRECIATE YOU NOTICING THAT.

YES. AND UNLIKE CERTAIN PLACES, THE CHURCH DO TAKE DONATIONS TO MAKE THINGS BIGGER.

MAN I KNOW YOU ENJOY YOUR PASTOR.

YOU KNOW, I'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF OF ATTENDING THE CHURCH.

AND AS A MATTER OF FACT, ONE OF YOUR MEMBERS LIVE ON MY STREET.

I WON'T TELL YOU WHERE I LIVE, BUT.

WELL, ACTUALLY COMMISSIONER WRIGHT, VICE MAYOR WRIGHT TOLD THE WHOLE WORLD WHERE I LIVE.

BUT, YOU KNOW, ONE OF YOUR MEMBERS LIVE ON MY STREET, AND SHE ALWAYS IF I'M OUTSIDE, SHE STOPS AND SHE SAYS, REMEMBER MY CHURCH? AND AS I'M VOTING TONIGHT, I'LL REMEMBER HER THERE IS A PROPERTY ON ROCK ISLAND ROAD AND BAILEY AND SEVERAL YEARS AGO, A CHURCH OWNED THAT PROPERTY.

AND I SPOKE TO THE PASTOR OF OF THE OF THAT PROPERTY.

WHY DIDN'T YOU BUILD? THE PASTOR SAID IT WAS JUST TOO MUCH.

YOU KNOW, THESE AGENCIES ASKED FOR WAY TOO MUCH, AND HE SOLD THE PROPERTY.

NOW IT'S AN APARTMENT COMPLEX.

BUT YOU GUYS ARE A TRUE TESTAMENT OF HABAKKUK TWO AND VERSE TWO.

WRITE THE VISION AND MAKE IT PLAIN UPON TABLES.

AND WE ARE READING THAT TONIGHT.

AND SO YOU ARE VISIONARIES.

WE LOVE WHAT YOU'RE DOING.

I LOVE WHAT YOU'RE DOING.

YOU KNOW, AND PASTOR DOCTOR BADILLO, YOU KNOW, YOU YOU ARE THE, THE TESTAMENT TO OF JOHN CHAPTER FOUR AND VERSE 38.

YOU KNOW, IT REMINDS US THAT YOU ARE GOING TO REAP WHERE YOU DID NOT SOW.

AND AND, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN.

I'VE BEEN HERE SEVERAL YEARS.

AND I'VE REALIZED SEEING THE BACK AND FORTH OF OF DIFFERENT PASTORS COMING AND DIFFERENT MEMBERS ASKING US FOR FOR ASSISTANCE.

AND I'VE SEEN THE ROADBLOCKS I'VE WITNESSED THEM, HEARD THEM LOBBIED THE THE PREVIOUS MANAGER CITY COMMISSIONER THAT WAS HERE, DEBORAH PLACKO, YOU KNOW, WAS ADAMANT THAT THIS WAS PASSED.

AND SO I'VE SEEN THE SACRIFICE.

AND SO NOW YOU YOU SWEEP IN AND YOU, YOU REAP THE REWARDS.

BUT BUT YOU KNOW, THIS THIS IS A GOOD THING.

AND AND GLAD THAT IT'S HAPPENING UNDER YOUR LEADERSHIP.

THAT I CAN BE ASSOCIATE PASTOR ONE DAY.

WHY NOT? I'LL PUT MY APPLICATION IN, AND THEY KICK ME OUT OF OFFICE.

RIGHT, KATE? BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR FOR COMING.

YOU GUYS ARE ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL.

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YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES THE DEVIL JUST, YOU KNOW.

BUT I MAY GO HOME TONIGHT AND SHOW MY ISLAND, YOU KNOW.

GOD BLESS YOU GUYS. THANK YOU FOR COMING.

COMMISSIONER. DANIEL.

THE FLOOR IS YOURS.

THANK YOU. IT'S A GOOD NIGHT.

I CONSIDER MYSELF FAMILY.

YES. ONE.

YOU GUYS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN SUPPORTIVE, AND I PROMISE THAT I WAS GOING TO BE SUPPORTIVE TO THE POINT THAT I EVEN HAVE YOUR MEMBER ON THE PLANNING BOARD, BECAUSE WE WERE GOING TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN.

AND IT'S A GOOD NOTE TO END THE NIGHT ON THAT.

YOU GUYS HAVE PERSEVERED.

IT'S NOT THE LAST ITEM.

I KNOW IT'S NOT THE LAST, BUT IT'S A GOOD NOTE TO END ON COMPARED TO HOW WE BEGAN.

AND IT WILL LAST.

I KNOW THE AND VERY GOOD JOB ON THE PRESENTATION, BY THE WAY.

A LOT OF INFORMATION, BUT GOOD JOB, GOOD JOB, GOOD JOB.

SO CONGRATULATIONS.

I JUST FROM THE CONVERSATION I COULD TELL THAT EVERYONE IS IN AGREEMENT.

SO CONGRATULATIONS AND I'D LIKE TO TALK.

SORRY I MISSED THE GROUNDBREAKING.

WE'RE IN D.C.

TRYING TO GET MONEY FOR THE CITY, BUT I'D LIKE TO TALK TO SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO HELP THE COMMUNITY IN THE BACK.

SO. THANK YOU.

BASICALLY, AS YOU HEARD ME SAY EARLIER, I'M HERE ALMOST 30 YEARS.

I'VE BEEN COMING DOWN SINCE THE 70S, AND I WOULD ALWAYS ENJOY.

AND I STILL HEARD THEM LAST WEEK.

I THINK IT WAS LAST WEEK HEARING THE DRUMS OUT THERE.

SO I'M NOT SURE WHERE WE'RE PUTTING THE DRUMS WHEN YOU'RE DOING ALL THIS, BECAUSE I'M GOING TO MISS THAT.

AND ALSO, YOU PLAYED CRICKET AND YOU PLAYED SOCCER, AND I'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO JUMP OUT OF THE CAR AND JOIN.

SO BUT I AM VERY, VERY, VERY EXCITED FOR ALL THAT YOU HAVE PUT INTO IT.

AND I WILL DISAGREE.

FRIENDLY DISAGREE ABOUT REAPING WHAT YOU DID NOT.

SO WHEN I KNOW YOU HAVE SOWN, YOU HAD HELPED.

THERE WAS A BEAUTIFUL STRATEGIC PLAN.

YOU AS A COMMUNITY HAVE WORKED SO HARD TO COME TOGETHER AND RAISE A LOT OF MONEY, WHICH IS WHY RIGHT NOW YOU ONLY HAVE THE FIRST FLOOR.

YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT TOMORROW MAY BRING.

BUT ON A SERIOUS NOTE, I AM GOING TO ASK THIS QUESTION BECAUSE YOU'RE ASKING FOR AN ELEVATION OR A VARIANCE ON THE NORTH SIDE ELEVATION, AND I DO BELIEVE YOU WILL RAISE THE FUNDS QUICKLY, BUT IN REALITY IS WHAT WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH.

APPROXIMATELY. HOW LONG DO YOU THINK IT'S GOING TO TAKE FOR RAISING THAT FUND TO PUT THE WINGS ON? SORRY TO BRING SOME BUSINESS INTO THE EQUATION.

NO. THAT'S GOOD, THAT'S GOOD.

MAYOR, AFTER YOUR VOTE TONIGHT.

I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW MARLON'S LOADED.

HE'S READY TO GIVE YOU MONEY.

WAIT A SECOND, WAIT A SECOND.

I DON'T KNOW, CITY ATTORNEY.

MAYBE, MAYBE MAYBE WE SHOULD.

YOU KNOW, WE GOT TO BE CAREFUL RIGHT NOW, BUT PLEASE BE CAREFUL.

ALL IN. JUST AND GOOD.

GO AHEAD. SO, MADAM MAYOR WE HAVE THE MONEY TO COMPLETE OUR FIRST PHASE AND THE MONEY IS THERE TO COMPLETE COMPLETE THE SECOND PHASE.

IT'S JUST FOR ME NOW TO GET IT OUT OF THEIR POCKETS AND THEIR BANK ACCOUNTS.

NO PRESSURE THERE.

NO, BUT BUT IN SHORT ORDER, WE'RE HOPING THAT WITHIN OUR STRATEGIC PERIOD THAT EVERYTHING WILL BE COMPLETED.

I DID READ YOUR FIVE YEAR PLAN.

I WAS VERY IMPRESSED. AND YOUR TEN YEAR PLAN? YOUR WHOLE ENTIRE THING. IT REALLY WAS QUITE AN INSPIRATION TO SEE HOW YOU'VE ORGANIZED THIS, WHERE IT'S A VERY BIG ENDEAVOR.

AND AGAIN, I'M VERY PROUD FOR AN OF YOU AND WITH YOU.

MY QUESTION TO YOU IS THIS IN REALITY, IF YOU THINK IT'S GOING TO TAKE SEVERAL YEARS.

DO YOU THINK YOU CAN PAINT SOMETHING ON THAT SIDE TO MAKE IT LOOK A LITTLE BIT LESS? A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN JUST A FLAT PANEL WITHOUT ANY KIND OF.

JENESSA QUA, WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT, TO ACHIEVE THE BEAUTY THAT IS YOUR CHURCH.

SO IS THERE A WAY WOULD YOU BE AMENABLE TO DOING SOME KIND OF.

RELATIVELY INEXPENSIVE.

DOESN'T HAVE TO BE A LOT, BUT A REALLY PRETTY DESIGN.

MAYBE WITH SOME PAINT IN THERE.

WOULD YOU BE AMENABLE FOR THAT? ABSOLUTELY. ALL RIGHT.

ABSOLUTELY. WE'LL DO ALL IN OUR POWER TO GET IT FULLY FINISHED.

A MATTER OF FACT OR REQUIREMENTS.

WE HAVE SURPASSED ALL REQUIREMENTS LANDSCAPING, ALL THE OTHER REQUIREMENTS.

WE HAVE NOT ONLY MET THOSE REQUIREMENTS, WE HAVE SURPASSED THOSE REQUIREMENTS.

AND WE WILL DO WHATEVER IT TAKES TO MAKE SURE THAT THE, THE, THE LOOK OF THE COMMUNITY IS DEVELOPED AT THAT SPOT.

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I DON'T WANT YOU TO PUT ANYTHING BIG THAT YOU'D HAVE TO MOVE.

AND BUT AND I SUPPORT IT EITHER WAY.

I'M JUST ASKING IN YOUR CONSIDERATION OF THIS TO JUST MAKE THAT ELEVATION LOOK A LITTLE BIT MORE POSSESSED.

ABSOLUTELY. THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

THAT'D BE GREAT. AND IT'S JUST A REQUEST.

SO YOUR REQUEST WILL BE GRANTED.

THANK YOU. GOOD. THANK YOU.

SO ON THAT NOTE AND THEN MAKE SURE YOUR FOUNDATION, I KNOW YOU HAVE A STRONG FOUNDATION AS IS AS A CHURCH, BUT IF YOUR FOUNDATION IS STRONG ENOUGH ON THE BOTTOM, YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOUR NEXT STORY COULD BRING.

FOR THE FUTURE. SO I WILL NOT BELABOR THIS.

I AM JUST VERY EXCITED FOR FOR THIS CHURCH TO SUCCEED IN WHAT WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING SO FORWARD TO.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR PERSEVERANCE, YOUR DEDICATION, AND YOUR DETERMINATION TO BUILD A WONDERFUL CHURCH THAT WE KNOW THAT WE'VE HAD THE GROUNDBREAKING.

WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE RIBBON CUTTING.

SO ON THAT NOTE.

LET'S CALL THE ROLL.

THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.

COMMISSIONER. BOLTON.

YES. COMMISSIONER.

VILLALOBOS. YES.

COMMISSIONER. DANIEL.

YES. VICE MAYOR.

RIGHT. YES, MAYOR.

GOMEZ. YES.

THANK YOU. NOW, THAT'S ONLY ON ONE.

THAT'S THE ONLY ONE. WE GOT TO DO THIS TWO MORE TIMES.

MOTION PASSES, 5 TO 0.

ALL RIGHT, WE'RE NOW ON NINE B.

I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND, PLEASE.

SO MOVED. SECOND.

I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER BOLTON.

I HAVE A SECOND BY VICE MAYOR WRIGHT.

NO FURTHER DISCUSSION.

CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

VICE MAYOR, RIGHT? YES, COMMISSIONER.

DANIEL. YES, MAYOR.

GOMEZ. YES, COMMISSIONER.

VILLALOBOS. YES, COMMISSIONER.

BOLTON. MAYBE.

YES. ALL RIGHT.

WE GOT TWO OUT OF 3 TO 0 GOING FOR TRIFECTA.

I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND.

SO MOVED SECOND.

I GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER BOLTON.

I HAVE A SECOND BY VICE MAYOR.

RIGHT BEFORE I ASK YOU TO CALL THE ROLL, I WILL LET OUR CITY CLERK ACTUALLY FINISH THE LAST ITEM.

I APOLOGIZE. GO AHEAD.

THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. COMMISSIONER DANIEL.

YES, MAYOR.

GOMEZ. YES, COMMISSIONER.

BOLTON. YES, VICE MAYOR.

RIGHT. YES, COMMISSIONER.

VILLALOBOS. YES.

MOTION PASSES 5 TO 0.

NOW GO AHEAD.

CHAIR. NOW ON THIS ONE.

HAPPY HANDS ARE UP THERE.

GO UP YOUR HANDS. ONLY HAPPY HANDS.

NAH. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IT'S BEEN GREAT TO SEE YOU HERE YOU ARE MORE THAN WELCOME TO STAY, IF YOU WISH.

I HAD THAT FEELING.

AS YOU GO HOME.

BE SAFE. LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING YOU AT CHURCH ON SATURDAY.

OH, ME, THIS, THIS SABBATH.

THIS MAY BE OUT OF THE NORMAL, BUT WITH SO MANY OF US HERE AND I KNOW TIME IS WELL SPENT.

CAN I TAKE 30S AND PRAY FOR THE CITY OF TAMARAC? YES, HE.

IT IS A HOUSE OF WHERE WE SEPARATE OUR CHURCH AND STATE.

AND FORGIVE ME, WE'VE HAD PLENTY OF CHURCH TONIGHT.

I KNOW, I KNOW, I KNOW, SO I FORGIVE ME.

WE WILL WE WILL GO ON THE OUTSIDE, PLEASE.

YES. AND WE WILL PRAY FOR YOU.

MOST DEFINITELY.

PLEASE. WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOU PRAYING FOR US OUTSIDE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

GET HOME SAFELY.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

GOOD TO SEE YOU, EVERYBODY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU. SO MUCH.

WE LOVE THE WORLD THAT HE GAVE US.

HIS SON WILLIAM AND HIS WIFE OPENED FOR SIN AND OPENED THE LAST KINGDOM ONLY FOR.

PRAISE THE LORD.

PRAISE THE LORD.

PRAISE THE LORD.

PRAISE THE LORD. PRAISE THE LORD.

ALL RIGHT.

WE ARE NOW GOING TO 9DTO2555 CITY ATTORNEY.

[9.dTO2555 - An Ordinance of the City Commission of the City of Tamarac, Florida, amending the Official Zoning Map of the City of Tamarac referenced in Section 10-2.1(B) of Chapter 10 of the City of Tamarac Code of Ordinances for approximately 3.01 acres of land located at 7351 W Commercial Boulevard, situated, lying, and being in Broward County, Florida, and legally described in Exhibit “A”, from the current MU-G (Mixed-Use General) zoning classification to PD (Planned Development) zoning classification, to facilitate the development of Advantis Tamarac and provide consistency with the Land Development Code in accordance with the intent of the Comprehensive Plan of the City of Tamarac; (Case No. 3-Z-23 & 1-PD-23); providing for amendment to the Official Zoning Map to reflect such change; providing for a waiver of the minimum ten (10) acres contiguous land requirement; providing for a bonus density greater than fifty (50) dwelling units per acre; providing for the assignment of two hundred seventy-eight (278) mid-rise apartment local activity center residential dwelling units; providing for conflicts; providing for severability; and providing for an effective date.]

THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.

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CODE OF ORDINANCES FOR APPROXIMATELY 3.01 ACRES OF LAND LOCATED AT SEVEN.

351 WEST COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD SITUATED LYING AND BEING IN BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA AND LEGALLY DESCRIBED IN EXHIBIT A FROM THE CURRENT MU DASH G MIXED USE GENERAL ZONING CLASSIFICATION TO PD PLANNED DEVELOPMENT ZONING CLASSIFICATION TO FACILITATE THE DEVELOPMENT OF ADVANCED TAMARAC AND PROVIDE CONSISTENCY WITH THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTENT OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC.

CASE NUMBER THREE, DASH Z-3, DASH Z DASH 23 AND ONE DASH PD DASH 23.

PROVIDING FOR AMENDMENT TO THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP TO REFLECT SUCH CHANGE.

PROVIDING FOR A WAIVER OF THE MINIMUM TEN ACRES CONTIGUOUS LAND REQUIREMENT.

PROVIDING FOR A BONUS DENSITY GREATER THAN 50 DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE.

PROVIDING FOR THE ASSIGNMENT OF 278 MID-RISE APARTMENT LOCAL ACTIVITY CENTER, RESIDENTIAL DWELLING UNITS PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AND YOU'VE ALREADY READ THE RULES OF THE ROAD FOR QUASI JUDICIAL HEARINGS.

SO WE'RE GOOD. OKAY, GREAT.

YOU'RE GOOD. YES. CITY CLERK, PLEASE SWEAR IN ANY WITNESSES.

THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.

ALL WITNESSES FOR THIS ITEM.

PLEASE REASON. STAND AND RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.

DO YOU SWEAR TO TELL THE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH? THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.

WITNESSES HAVE BEEN SWORN IN.

EXCELLENT. I WILL NOW ASK FOR DISCLOSURES BY THIS COMMISSION, STARTING WITH COMMISSIONER BOLTON.

I BELIEVE SCOTT BACKMAN CALLED ME ON THIS.

I WENT TO THE COMMISSION.

I WENT TO THE COMMUNITY MEETING.

AND LISTENED TO THE PRESENTATION.

AND I DON'T KNOW IF I'VE MET ANY OF THE OTHER ONES.

OKAY. I DID DECLINE THE MEETING.

SORRY. I'M BUSY.

COMMISSIONER, DANIEL. I DID MEET WITH THE.

I FORGOT YOUR NAME AND WHAT THE ATTORNEY DID.

YEAH. ZACH AND THE ATTORNEY.

THANK YOU. I HAVE HAD THE COMMUNITY MEETING.

I'VE MET WITH THE CITY, THE ATTORNEY.

EXCUSE ME. NOT THE CITY ATTORNEY, BUT THE ATTORNEY, THE APPLICANT AND A COUPLE OF THE APPLICANTS OVER THE COURSE OF THIS BEING BROUGHT FORWARD TO THE CITY.

VICE MAYOR. YES, I MET WITH THE APPLICANT AT CITY HALL.

I RAN INTO MR. BECKMAN AT THE HOCKEY GAME A FEW DAYS AGO.

I MET WITH BOTH THE APPLICANT AND THE ATTORNEY OF RECORD.

ALL RIGHTY. DISCLOSURES ARE DONE.

I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND, PLEASE.

SO MOVED. SECOND.

I HAVE A MOTION BY MARLON BOLTON COMMISSIONER BOLTON.

I HAVE A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS.

THE ATTORNEY, SCOTT BACKMAN, THE DESIGNATED AGENT FOR THE APPLICANT, WILL BE MAKING A PRESENTATION.

GOOD EVENING. MAYOR.

VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS SCOTT BACHMAN, ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT.

A PLEASURE TO BE HERE.

I WISH I COULD SAY THIS IS THE LATEST.

I STARTED AN ITEM IN THIS CITY, BUT UNFORTUNATELY, IT'S NOT VERY EXCITED TO BE HERE THIS EVENING.

AS WAS READ INTO THE RECORD JUST A MOMENT AGO, PRESENTING A VERY EXCITING PROJECT TO YOU IN A LOCATION THAT THIS CITY CHOSE.

AS YOU'LL SEE THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF MY PRESENTATION ABOUT 15, 16 YEARS AGO WITH THE INTENTION OF ATTRACTING DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS JUST LIKE THE ONE THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE PRESENTING TO YOU THIS EVENING.

SO VERY FESTIVE OUT THERE, BY THE WAY.

IT WAS VERY ENJOYABLE TO, TO BE A PART OF AND TO TO WATCH WHAT TOOK PLACE JUST BEFORE OUR ITEM.

HOPE THOSE THAT GOODWILL CONTINUES HERE.

SO I THINK EVERYONE'S AWARE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE THE OLD CHEDDAR SITE.

IT'S ABOUT A FOUR ACRE, FOUR GROSS ACRE PIECE OF PROPERTY AN OLD, JUST OVER 8000 SQUARE FOOT RESTAURANT THAT EXISTED ON THE SITE FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS WAS GREAT.

RESTAURANT WITHIN THE CITY.

I TEND TO FREQUENT IT SOMEWHAT REGULARLY.

MY IN-LAWS LIVED IN WOODMONT FOR A LOT OF YEARS, AND THAT'S PRETTY MUCH WHERE WE'D ALWAYS GO AND GRAB A BITE TO EAT.

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AND FOR WHATEVER REASON THESE ESTABLISHMENTS BYPASSED TAMARAC AND GO TO CORAL SPRINGS AND GO TO SUNRISE ALONG UNIVERSITY DRIVE.

AND I THINK THE GOAL HERE, COLLECTIVELY AND IN PARTICULAR ALONG THIS CORRIDOR, IS TO REALLY TRY AND CHANGE THAT.

AND I THINK A PROJECT LIKE THE ONE THAT WE'RE PRESENTING BEFORE YOU AND YOU'LL YOU'LL SEE I'M GOING TO SPEND A LOT OF TIME TALKING ABOUT YOUR LOCAL ACTIVITY CENTER.

AND THE NATURE OF THE ZONING ARE ALL INTENDED TO ESTABLISH A SET OF CIRCUMSTANCES THAT WILL ACTUALLY PROMOTE THAT EXACT TYPE OF USE AND CREATING THAT ADDITIONAL INTEREST.

OBVIOUSLY, YOU'VE GOT YOUR TAMARAC VILLAGE PROJECT AND THE UNDEVELOPED COMMERCIAL PORTION OF THAT PROJECT JUST UP THE STREET.

AND I THINK THAT, AGAIN, DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS LIKE THIS IN TAMARAC VILLAGE AND THE PLANNING EFFORT THAT THE CITY HAS PUT IN PLACE FOR THE LAST 15 YEARS SERVE AS A CATALYST TO REALLY SHOW THE THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY AND THE VARIOUS USERS THAT THIS CITY WANTS TO ATTRACT, THAT, YOU KNOW, CITY OF TAMARAC IS OPEN FOR BUSINESS AND THAT THE THE RIGHT DEMOGRAPHIC AND THE RIGHT, THE RIGHT GROUP OF OF OF KIND OF THE RIGHT GROUPING OF OF PROPERTIES AND USERS OR REALLY IN PLACE TO WARRANT A LOT OF THESE OTHER USES TO KIND OF COME INTO PLACE.

I JUST WANT THE COMMISSION TO TAKE QUICK NOTE OF THE AERIAL IN FRONT OF THEM.

AGAIN, THE CHEDDAR'S PROPERTY IS HIGHLIGHTED.

WHAT I WOULD REALLY WANT TO POINT OUT ARE THE USES ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD IS, I BELIEVE YOU'RE ALL AWARE THAT'S IN THE CITY OF LAUDERHILL, NOT THE CITY OF TAMARAC. YOU CAN SEE THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE OLD TARGET PROPERTY WITH THE A NUMBER OF APARTMENT UNITS ON THE HARD CORNER, THE VACANT PROPERTY THAT YOU ALSO SEE ON THE THE WEST SIDE OF THE SCREEN ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD, ALSO IN LAUDERHILL, HAS APPROVALS FOR DEVELOPMENT OF APARTMENTS WITH SOME RETAIL COMPONENT FURTHER TO THE WEST IN THE CITY OF SUNRISE IS A NUMBER OF VACANT PROPERTIES ACROSS THE STREET FROM TAMARAC THAT ARE ALSO SLATED FOR VARIOUS TYPES OF DEVELOPMENT AND REDEVELOPMENT.

THAT WILL LIKELY ALSO INCLUDE A MIX OF USES SIMILAR TO THE PROJECTS LIKE WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING AND THEN AGAIN ON THE NORTH SIDE, AS WE'LL GET INTO IN MORE DETAIL, IS THE CITY'S LOCAL ACTIVITY CENTER AND REALLY CREATING A CORRIDOR THAT'S ALREADY GOT YOU KNOW, IT'S IT'S CERTAINLY A BUSY CORRIDOR, BUT THE IDEA BEHIND PLANNING ALONG A BUSY CORRIDOR TO CREATE WHAT THE CITY PUT IN PLACE ALMOST 20 YEARS AGO, BACK IN 2005, TO ESTABLISH A MAIN STREET AND A PEDESTRIAN ORIENTED AREA WITHIN THE CITY OF TAMARAC, AND IN COLLABORATION WITH THE OTHER DEVELOPMENT THAT'S HAPPENING WILL ATTRACT EXACTLY THE TYPE OF USERS AND THE TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT AND THE TYPE OF YOUNG PROFESSIONALS AND YOUNG FAMILIES AND STARTER HOMES THAT I THINK THE CITY OF TAMARAC WANTS TO SEE, GIVEN THE OTHER HOUSING INVENTORY THAT EXISTS AND IS ALSO IN PLANNING PHASES WITHIN THE CITY.

SO ALL OF THAT WAS KIND OF A GENERAL INTRODUCTION.

WE'VE GOT A FULL DEVELOPMENT TEAM, AS YOU CAN SEE, AND SITTING HERE IN THE FIRST FEW ROWS THE, THE OBVIOUSLY MY FIRM, WGUY AND BAKER BARRIOS, ARE THE PLANNING CONSULTANTS THAT HAVE SPENT THE BETTER PART OF THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF WORKING CLOSELY WITH YOUR STAFF, WITH CITY ADMINISTRATION.

SOME OF THEM HAVE MET WITH ALL OF YOU AS WELL TO KIND OF PRESENT THIS PROJECT.

THE TWO GROUPS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SCREEN THAT YOU SEE THERE, MIDTOWN CAPITAL PARTNERS, PROSPECT REAL ESTATE GROUP, THAT IS THE JOINT VENTURE PARTNERSHIP, TWO DIFFERENT SEASONS DEVELOPMENT COMPANIES THAT HAVE A WEALTH OF DEVELOPMENT EXPERIENCE WITH THE TYPE OF PROJECTS THAT WE'RE PRESENTING HERE TODAY, AS WELL AS A VARIETY OF OTHER ASSET CLASSES THEY'VE BEEN DEVELOPING AROUND THE STATE OF FLORIDA, SOUTH FLORIDA IN PARTICULAR AROUND THE COUNTRY AND AROUND THE WORLD.

I MEAN, WE'VE GOT A VERY SEASONED AND EXPERIENCED DEVELOPER THAT'S THAT'S REALLY COME TO THIS CITY IN SOME TO SOME EXTENT, AS THE CITY KIND OF INVITED THIS DEVELOPER AND OTHER DEVELOPERS IN WITH THE LAND USE THAT'S IN PLACE WITH THE ZONING THAT'S IN PLACE TO PROMOTE AND MOVE FORWARD WITH PROJECTS LIKE WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED HERE.

SO MIDTOWN HAS BEEN AROUND, AS I SAID, FOR A VERY LONG TIME, DEVELOPING SIGNIFICANTLY IN VARIOUS LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE STATE AND WITH WITH OFFICES IN OTHER, OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD AS WELL, INCLUDING MADRID AND PROSPECT AS WELL.

AGAIN, BOTH OF THEM, I THINK, CREATE THAT VALUE, ADD OPPORTUNITY THAT THE CITY IS REALLY LOOKING FOR TO PULL OFF A SUCCESSFUL DEVELOPMENT HERE.

THESE ARE EXAMPLES OF DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE IN VARIOUS STAGES OF THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS OR HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED.

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THERE IS ANOTHER ONE UP THERE IN THE DEVELOPMENT STAGES IN SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH.

THESE ARE ALL PROJECTS FROM THIS JOINT VENTURE PARTNERSHIP THAT'S ALSO IN THE ROOM HERE THIS EVENING.

SO IMPORTANTLY, THERE ARE TWO FULL APPLICATIONS THAT ARE PENDING.

WHAT'S BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING IS SOLELY THE REZONING.

IT IS A REZONING FROM THE MOOG MIXED USE GENERAL ZONING CATEGORY TO THE PLANNED DEVELOPMENT CATEGORY, WHICH IS IS REALLY KIND OF THE INTENDED AND AND WHAT'S THE WORD I'M LOOKING FOR PREFERRED ZONING DESIGNATION FOR DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS LIKE THIS.

IT'S EXACTLY HOW TAMARAC VILLAGE, ALSO LOCATED IN THE LOCAL ACTIVITY CENTER WITHIN THE CITY.

WAS WAS ZONED AS WELL THE SITE PLAN COMPONENT, ALTHOUGH I'M GOING TO PRESENT THE ENTIRETY OF THE PROJECT THIS EVENING, IS IS SLATED TO MOVE FORWARD AND BE FORMALLY CONSIDERED BY THE COMMISSION IN TWO WEEKS WITH THE ASSUMPTION THAT HOPEFULLY WE'RE APPROVED ON FIRST READING THIS EVENING AND THEN THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, WHICH KIND OF OUTLINES THE SPECIFIC TERMS OF HOW THIS DEVELOPMENT WILL PROCEED.

WE'LL MOVE FORWARD HOPEFULLY IN TWO WEEKS, ALONG WITH THE FORMAL REZONING APPROVAL ON SECOND READING AND THE FORMAL SITE PLAN APPLICATION.

SO THIS IS JUST A CLOSE UP OF THE SUBJECT SITE.

YOU'VE GOT COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD ON THE SOUTH SIDE.

YOU'VE GOT 57TH STREET ON THE NORTH SIDE.

WE'RE ALSO GOING TO SPEND SOME TIME THIS EVENING TALKING ABOUT 57TH STREET, AND IN PARTICULAR, THE MANNER IN WHICH WE CAN HELP CONTINUE WHAT WAS PROPOSED, WHAT WAS CONSTRUCTED FOR TAMARAC VILLAGE THROUGHOUT THE CORRIDOR WITHIN THE CITY? THAT'S A MASTER PLAN THAT THE CITY ADOPTED IN 2005, WITH THE INTENT OF REALLY CREATING ALMOST A LINEAR PARK ALONG 57TH STREET.

SO I THINK THAT'S A VERY IMPORTANT COMPONENT OF THE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT AND THE WORK WE'VE BEEN DOING WITH YOUR STAFF.

TAKE NOTE TO THE EAST AND THE WEST, SPECIFICALLY OF THIS SITE THERE.

THERE'S A 7-ELEVEN GAS STATION ON THE EAST SIDE KIND OF IN AN OLDER HOTEL THAT WE'VE HEARD FROM.

FROM SOME OF YOU, FROM OTHERS IN THE CITY ISN'T NECESSARILY HELD IN THE HIGHEST ESTEEM.

CERTAINLY OUR BELIEF AND I THINK THE CITY'S, WITH THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE LOCAL ACTIVITY CENTER, THAT OTHER REDEVELOPMENT POTENTIALLY OF THIS THIS OLDER HOTEL WILL ACTUALLY ALSO PROCEED FORWARD AT SOME POINT, AGAIN, AS A CATALYST OF PROJECTS LIKE TAMARAC VILLAGE AND HOPEFULLY THIS PROJECT AND AGAIN ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD, YOU CAN SEE THE RETAIL ON THE NORTH SIDE.

THERE ARE SOME TOWNHOMES AND THEN A NUMBER OF SINGLE FAMILY HOMES IMMEDIATELY TO THE NORTH.

AND THEN JUST OFF TO THE NORTHEAST IS A VERY LARGE COMMERCIAL BLOCK.

I BELIEVE A COUPLE OF YOU MENTIONED THAT WE DID HOLD A COMMUNITY MEETING.

IT WAS, I DON'T KNOW, 4 TO 6 WEEKS AGO.

IT WAS NOTICED THERE WERE MAYBE ABOUT TEN INDIVIDUALS FROM THE ADJACENT COMMUNITIES, BOTH THE TOWNHOMES AND THE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES THAT OPTED TO ATTEND THAT MEETING. AND IT WAS A GOOD MEETING, GOOD DISCUSSION, A FAIR AMOUNT OF SUPPORT EXPRESSED AT THAT MEETING BY IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT RESIDENTS UNDERSTANDING THE POSITIVES AND THE BENEFITS OF A PROJECT LIKE THIS AND THE REDEVELOPMENT LIKE THIS ALONG THE CORRIDOR AT THE SAME TIME, THERE WERE A HANDFUL OF INDIVIDUALS AT THE MEETING THAT CERTAINLY EXPRESSED SOME, SOME CONCERN ASSOCIATED WITH APPROVING A DEVELOPMENT PROJECT THAT'S AS DENSE AS AS WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING.

ALTHOUGH AS YOU'LL SEE ON THE NEXT FEW SLIDES, IT'S EXACTLY WHAT WAS ENVISIONED WHEN THE LOCAL ACTIVITY CENTER WAS APPROVED BY THE CITY IN 2010.

SO UNDERLYING LAND USE OF THE PROPERTY, AS I'VE MENTIONED A FEW TIMES NOW, IS LOCAL ACTIVITY CENTER.

I'M GOING TO FLIP TO THE NEXT SLIDE SO YOU CAN REALLY GET A FEEL FOR WHAT THE CITY ENACTED AND REALLY STARTED PLANNING FOR BACK, IF YOU REMEMBER, 2010.

AND BY THE WAY, THAT'S WHEN IT WAS APPROVED.

SO THE PLANNING FOR THAT PROBABLY STARTED SOMETIME IN 2007, 2008.

WE WERE HEADING TOWARDS A RECESSION AROUND THAT TIME, AND A LOT OF OTHER CITIES THROUGHOUT BROWARD COUNTY REALLY STARTED PUTTING PLANNING TOOLS IN PLACE DURING THAT WINDOW OF TIME SO THAT THEY COULD REALLY START ENCOURAGING.

WHEN WE CAME OUT OF THE RECESSION, DEVELOPMENT OPTIONS AND DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES.

AND INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, THIS WAS ALL APPROVED IN 2010, AND THE TAMARAC VILLAGE ACQUISITION AND THE TAMARAC VILLAGE JOINT VENTURE PARTNERSHIP REALLY PROCEEDED. YOU KNOW, A HANDFUL OF YEARS LATER THAT PROJECT MOVED FORWARD, YOU KNOW, WAS CERTAINLY SUCCESSFUL ON THE RESIDENTIAL END.

AND I BELIEVE ULTIMATELY WILL BE INCREDIBLY SUCCESSFUL ON THE COMMERCIAL SIDE AS WELL.

ONCE THE RIGHT DEVELOPER IS CHOSEN AND THE RIGHT USERS ARE FOUND, IT'S ON AN UNBELIEVABLE CORRIDOR, VERY CLOSE PROXIMITY TO MAJOR HIGHWAYS.

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THE COMMUNITY SPECIFIC USES THAT WERE ACTUALLY CONSTRUCTED WILL ULTIMATELY SERVE AS KIND OF A GATHERING AREA ALONG THE ENTIRETY OF THE CORRIDOR.

SO THE LOCAL ACTIVITY CENTER WAS APPROVED WITH ABOUT 9900 UNITS.

AND AND I DON'T REMEMBER THE SPECIFIC ACREAGE, BUT A SIGNIFICANT ACREAGE OF COMMERCIAL, RETAIL, OFFICE SPECIFIC USES AS WELL, ALL WITH THE IDEA, AS I'VE SAID A FEW TIMES NOW, OF REALLY ENCOURAGING AND PROMOTING THE DEVELOPMENTS EXACTLY LIKE WHAT WE'RE SEEING HERE.

HIGH DENSITY, THE IDEA OF BRINGING IN A MIX OF USES AND TRYING TO START ATTRACTING A LOT OF THE, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THESE APARTMENTS, I BELIEVE, WILL BE OCCUPIED BY PEOPLE THAT ARE LIVING IN SOME OF THE CITIES, MAYBE A LITTLE BIT FURTHER EAST, WHERE IT'S MAYBE A LITTLE BIT LESS AFFORDABLE.

SO YOU'LL HAVE A LOT OF YOUNG PROFESSIONALS, A LOT OF YOUNG FAMILIES STARTING OUT, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER REALLY THROUGHOUT THIS CORRIDOR THAT YOU SEE KIND OF ON THE NORTH AND NORTH SIDE OF COMMERCIAL SOUTH OF 57TH OR NORTH AND NORTH AND SOUTH, NORTH AND SOUTH SIDES OF 57TH, DEPENDING ON WHERE YOU'RE SPECIFICALLY LOCATED.

THAT JUST SUMMARIZES EVERYTHING I JUST SAID.

SO THE ZONING COMPONENT OF THIS, WHICH IS REALLY WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR TODAY, CURRENTLY, THE SITE IS MIXED USE, GENERAL.

AND AS I STATED, THE LOCAL ACTIVITY CENTER REALLY KIND OF PROMOTES AND ENCOURAGES, JUST LIKE TAMARAC VILLAGE FOR THESE.

THERE WE GO. FOR THESE PROJECTS TO BE DEVELOPED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PLANNED DEVELOPMENT, YOUR PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT, WHAT IT REALLY DOES, IS IT KIND OF SET SITE SPECIFIC ZONING ON A PROPERTY.

THERE'S A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT THAT ALLOWS THE CITY TO VERY SPECIFICALLY GOVERN AND REGULATE HOW THIS PROPERTY IS DEVELOPED, AND ULTIMATELY HOW THIS PROPERTY IS OPERATED AS TIME AS TIME MOVES ON.

SO IN ALL LIKELIHOOD, THERE MAY BE SOME ASSEMBLAGE OF OTHER PROPERTIES AS THE YEARS GO ON.

AND SO YOU'LL START TO SEE OTHER PLANNED DEVELOPMENTS ALONG THE COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD BOULEVARD CORRIDOR, IMPLEMENTING ALL OF THE VARIOUS PLANNING CONTEMPLATED BY THE LOCAL ACTIVITY CENTER.

OTHER TYPES OF USES.

EVERYTHING WON'T BE MIXED USE OR ALL APARTMENT LIVING.

THERE'LL BE A WIDE VARIETY OF OTHER USERS THAT ARE LIKELY TO COME IN AS THESE OTHER DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS MOVE FORWARD IN SUBSEQUENT TO THE HOPEFUL DEVELOPMENT OF THIS PROPERTY.

THAT JUST SUMMARIZES WHAT I JUST SAID.

SO AGAIN, WE'RE HERE TONIGHT.

REALLY FIRST READING OF THE REZONING.

THE NEXT SEVERAL SLIDES REALLY TALK YOU THROUGH, SPECIFICALLY THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT OF OUR SITE PLAN.

YOU'LL SEE SOME BUILDING ELEVATIONS, SOME ARCHITECTURE, REALLY TRYING TO ESTABLISH AND CREATE THE SENSE OF PLACE AND VISION BY THE LOCAL ACTIVITY CENTER, THE CONNECTIVITY ALONG 57TH, GETTING THE PEDESTRIANS OFF OF COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD AND CREATING ALMOST THAT LINEAR PARK TYPE FEEL BETWEEN UNIVERSITY DRIVE AND 94TH ON THE EAST AND ON THE WEST, AND REALLY KIND OF CREATING THAT CENTRAL HUB THAT THE CITY PUT IN PLACE AT TAMARAC VILLAGE WITH THE AMPHITHEATER.

HOPEFULLY WITH THAT, THAT COMMERCIAL CENTER WITH THE SPLASH PAD AS TIME GOES ON IS REALLY KIND OF A COMMUNITY GATHERING AREA.

SO THE PROJECT ITSELF, IT'S IT'S A SIX STORY, 278 UNIT MID-RISE MULTIFAMILY APARTMENT BUILDING.

THE CONCEPT BEHIND THIS IS REALLY KIND OF LUXURY APARTMENT LIVING, VERY RESORT LIKE LIVING.

YOU CAN SEE THE POOL IN THE MIDDLE THERE, WHICH I'LL HIGHLIGHT IN JUST A MOMENT.

ENTRANCES AND EXITS TO INS AND OUTS OFF OF COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD ONE INTO THE GARAGE ON THE FAR WEST SIDE OF THE SITE WHERE YOU CAN SEE THAT YELLOW CAR YOU DRIVE INTO THE GARAGE.

IT IS A SIX STORY GARAGE THAT IS FULLY WRAPPED BY THE BUILDING.

SO THE ARCHITECTURE OF THIS BUILDING, YOU WILL NOT SEE THE GARAGE.

THERE ARE UNITS ON THE WEST SIDE, ON THE SOUTH SIDE, ON THE EAST SIDE AND ON THE NORTH SIDE.

AND THEN THERE'S AN EXIT IN AND OUT OF THE GARAGE ON NORTHWEST 57TH STREET AS WELL.

ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHT FEATURES OF THE PROJECT THAT'S NOW BEING PRESENTED TO YOU, AND I BELIEVE MOST, IF NOT ALL OF YOU SAW THE A VERSION OF THIS PROJECT LAST YEAR IN JULY, AUGUST, SEPTEMBER.

I DON'T REMEMBER EXACTLY WHEN WHERE THERE WERE DIFFERENT COMPONENTS, LESS CONTEMPLATION FOR MORE OF A SUNDRY SHOP TYPE OF USE.

I THINK AT ONE POINT WE HAD 1800 2000FT² OF SOME TYPE OF RETAIL OR COMMERCIAL USE, TUCKED FURTHER BACK IN SOMEWHERE WHERE THAT FITNESS CENTER IS THROUGH A VARIETY OF DISCUSSIONS AND WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE CITY'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, AS WELL AS THE OUTSIDE RETAIL GROUP THAT THE CITY HAS HIRED.

I KNOW YOU'VE HEARD FROM SEVERAL TIMES ON TAMARAC VILLAGE AND OTHER PROJECTS.

WE'VE BEEN WORKING CLOSELY WITH THEM ON THE RESTAURANT CONCEPT.

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WE'RE TALKING TO A NUMBER OF USERS, OBVIOUSLY, ALL OF THAT UNTIL A FORMAL LEASE IS SIGNED IS SUBJECT TO CONFIDENTIALITY.

BUT WE'VE HEARD ALL IDEAS FROM ALL OF YOU.

THE GOAL HERE IS TO REALLY CREATE A WARM, WELCOMING LOCATION THAT FAMILIES FEEL COMFORTABLE, THAT PEOPLE WANT TO SPEND SOME TIME THAT MIGHT STAY OPEN.

NOT TERRIBLY LATE, BUT A LITTLE LATE.

MAYBE YOU CAN GET A DRINK AND REALLY JUST CREATE A REALLY GOOD VIBE FOR THE CITY OF TAMARAC THAT'LL THAT'LL FIT RIGHT IN WITH THE NATURE AND STYLE OF THE BUILDING IS I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU WITH THE ELEVATIONS.

WE THEN ATTEMPTED ALONG THE BALANCE OF THE FRONTAGE OF THE PROPERTY TO CONTINUE TO CREATE THAT, THAT ACTIVE, THAT ACTIVE USE, RIGHT? TO CREATE THAT PEDESTRIAN FEEL.

YOU CAN SEE A LARGE A VERY WIDE, LARGE, PAVED SIDEWALK THAT RUNS ALL ALONG THE INTERIOR OF THE SITE.

FROM COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD, THERE'S AMENITY AND LEASING SPACE, AS WELL AS A LARGE FITNESS CENTER THAT'S GOT WINDOWS ON ALL SIDES, WILL ACTUALLY CREATE A REALLY NICE AMENITY, AND THEN A CENTRAL WALKWAY BACK TO A RESORT STYLE POOL AREA THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR ALL OF THE RESIDENTS AS WELL.

IN ADDITION OBVIOUSLY IT'S VERY IMPORTANT IF 57TH STREET IS GOING TO SERVE AS A PEDESTRIAN CORRIDOR, A LINEAR PARK, ENSURING THAT THERE IS ACCESSIBILITY FROM ONE SIDE OF THE PROPERTY TO THE OTHER.

AND SO THERE'LL BE A A NICELY LANDSCAPED AND PAVED SIDEWALK FROM ONE SIDE OF THE PROPERTY TO THE OTHER.

SO 57TH STREET I MENTIONED EARLIER, I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO SPEND A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TALKING ABOUT THIS.

THIS IS A CONCEPTUAL SITE PLAN RENDERING OF WHAT WE WOULD ENVISION THE 57TH STREET CORRIDOR WOULD LOOK LIKE IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO EXTENDING A LITTLE BIT FURTHER EAST AND WEST OF THIS PROPERTY.

THIS CONCEPT WAS TAKEN BASED OFF OF THE PLANS THAT WERE APPROVED AND ULTIMATELY CONSTRUCTED FOR TAMARAC VILLAGE.

RIGHT? THE IDEA ULTIMATELY BEING, AND I THINK THIS SO HERE'S HERE'S WHAT TAMARAC VILLAGE LOOKS LIKE, JUST TO GIVE YOU A ON THE GROUND FEEL FOR TAMARAC VILLAGE.

SORRY, I'M TRYING TO GET TO ANOTHER SLIDE AND THEN HOLD ON.

I'M GOING TO SKIP AHEAD FOR A SECOND.

THERE WE GO. SO THE IDEA BEING THAT FROM UNIVERSITY DRIVE ON THE EAST, WHICH IS JUST TO THE EAST OF THIS SITE, ALL THE WAY TO THE WEST. AND SO NOW I'M GOING TO GO BACKWARDS TO ALL THE WAY OUT TO NOB HILL, THE TAMARAC VILLAGE PORTION OF THAT, AT LEAST OUT TO THE RED DASH LINE, HAS ALREADY BEEN CONSTRUCTED.

THERE'S OTHER SEGMENTS OF IT THAT HAVE BEEN CONSTRUCTED A LITTLE BIT FURTHER EAST TO NORTH PINE ISLAND ROAD.

AND THEN THE IDEA WOULD ULTIMATELY BE TO CONTINUE AND EXTEND THAT THE BALANCE OF THE WAY.

SO THAT YOU'RE I MENTIONED EARLIER, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THE COMMISSION HEARD.

SO BACK IN 2005, THE CITY APPROVED A 57TH STREET MAIN STREET CORRIDOR STUDY.

IT WAS KIND OF A BIGGER PLANNING AREA, BUT IT REALLY ENVISIONED 57TH STREET SERVING AS THIS THIS PEDESTRIAN CORRIDOR THAT RUNS ALONG THIS, THIS PATH. AND THAT'S WHERE AND I KNOW I HAD IT SOMEWHAT OUT OF PLACE HERE, BUT THAT'S WHERE THE IDEA OF WHAT THE CITY PUT IN PLACE WHEN IT ENVISIONED TAMARAC VILLAGE AND CREATING THIS, YOU KNOW, LOCAL GATHERING AREA.

THE IDEA, OBVIOUSLY, IS THAT WITH THE THE LARGE LAWN AND THE AMPHITHEATER, THAT THE COMMERCIAL PORTION OF TAMARAC VILLAGE WILL BE BUILT AROUND THAT.

AND AS I SAID EARLIER, WILL HOPEFULLY SERVE AS KIND OF A CENTRAL RETAIL AND COMMERCIAL GATHERING SPACE FOR REALLY THE ENTIRETY OF THIS AREA WITHIN THE CITY. SO WE ARE WORKING CLOSELY WITH STAFF AT THE MOMENT ON, ON A CONDITION THAT WE'RE STILL WORKING THROUGH.

BASED ON A CONVERSATION WE HAD YESTERDAY THAT INCLUDED MISS CALLOWAY.

MR. DOHERTY WE'RE TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THE DESIGN COSTS, THE CONSTRUCTION COSTS PROPORTIONATE SHARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE FRONTAGE OF OUR PROPERTY AND REALLY WORKING TOWARDS IMPLEMENTING THIS, CREATING THE DESIGN FOR THE ENTIRE STRETCH HERE FROM PINE ISLAND TO UNIVERSITY DRIVE, THAT WOULD THEN ULTIMATELY ALLOW IT TO BE DEVELOPED IN CERTAIN SEGMENTS, ENSURING.

AND THIS IS WHERE MR. DOHERTY'S PIECE OF THE CONVERSATION CAME IN, ENSURING THAT IT'S DONE PROPERLY.

AND, YOU KNOW, IT'LL PROBABLY BE DONE OVER TIME, SOMEWHAT PIECEMEAL, BUT ENSURING THAT YOU'VE GOT BIG ENOUGH CHUNKS AND THAT THE ADJACENT PROPERTIES ARE ACTUALLY BENEFITING FROM IT. SO THE NEXT FEW SLIDES ARE REALLY GOING TO SHARE WITH YOU KIND OF THE REAL VISION FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT PROJECT.

IT'S EFFECTIVELY AN L SHAPED BUILDING AT THE MOMENT.

YOU'RE STANDING ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD, LOOKING TO THE NORTH AND TO THE WEST, KIND OF INTO THE CORNER OF THE DEVELOPMENT SITE.

THIS IS THE DRIVEWAY THAT YOU SEE.

THERE IS THE EASTERNMOST DRIVEWAY FOR THE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT.

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THERE'S THERE'S INTERIOR SPACES, EXTERIOR SPACES, BALCONIES, LOTS OF INS AND OUTS.

AND, YOU KNOW, THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT YOU TEND TO SEE A LOT.

OR ARCHITECT IS HERE THIS EVENING, BUT REALLY SPENT A LOT OF TIME WORKING ON THE ARTICULATION AND ENSURING THAT THESE WERE ATTRACTIVE FACADES FOR THESE BUILDINGS.

SO THIS IS A LITTLE BIT OF A CLOSE UP OF THAT, THAT WHERE THE L KIND OF TURNS AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, WE REALLY WANTED TO SPEND SOME TIME HIGHLIGHTING YOU KNOW, THE I THINK IT'S ABOUT A 900 SQUARE FOOT OUTSIDE SEATING AREA FOR THE RESTAURANT.

BEYOND THAT, OBVIOUSLY YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE RESTAURANT.

THERE'S A LARGE ARCADE THERE AS WELL THAT CONTINUES ALL THE WAY AROUND THE BUILDING.

SO THERE'S A COVERED AREA AS WELL AS ADDITIONAL SPACE WITHIN THAT LARGER PAVED SIDEWALK THAT I HAD SHOWN EARLIER FOR FOR GATHERING, FOR PEDESTRIAN ACTIVITY, FOR FOR THE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT.

JUST ANOTHER CLOSE UP OF THE RESTAURANT SPACE, THE ADJACENT OUTSIDE SEATING AREA.

AND AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE THE RESTAURANT WITH THE INTENTION OF KIND OF CREATING THE, THAT COMMERCIAL COMPONENT OF THE RESTAURANT, BRINGING IT ALL THE WAY OUT TO COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD. AND REALLY CREATING KIND OF A SENSE OF FEEL OUT ALONG COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD IN THAT LOCATION.

AND AGAIN, YOU CAN KIND OF SEE SOME OF THE THIS IS THE PEDESTRIAN CORRIDOR THAT RUNS STRAIGHT THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE BUILDING, WITH THE OFFICE AMENITIES ON THE LEFT SIDE WITH THE THE FITNESS CENTER ON THE RIGHT SIDE.

YOU CAN SEE THE FLOOR TO CEILING GLASS.

YOU KNOW, REALLY A LOT OF TIME AND ATTENTION WAS TAKEN BY THE ARCHITECT.

AND DESIGNING THIS TO ENSURE THAT IT ESTABLISHED A SENSE OF ACTIVITY BOTH INSIDE THE BUILDING AND OUTSIDE THE BUILDING FROM THE GROUND FLOOR.

THIS IS A VIEW OF THE BUILDING FROM THE NORTH, LOOKING SOUTH ALONG 57TH STREET.

AND THESE NEXT FEW SLIDES ARE REALLY DESIGNED TO JUST GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF SENSE OF FEEL TO GET GET A SENSE OF THE QUALITY.

I MENTIONED EARLIER, THIS IS REALLY DESIGNED AS KIND OF LUXURY RESORT STYLE LIVING.

SO YOU'VE GOT INTERIOR CORRIDORS.

THERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT LOBBIES.

YOU'RE LOOKING AT SOME OF THE CARPETING, SOME OF THE TILE, THE ELEVATOR LOBBY.

THESE ARE SOME OF THE INTERIOR CORRIDORS, SOME OF THE LIGHTING CONCEPTS.

AGAIN, THESE ARE ALL CONCEPTUAL, BUT BUT WE'RE PRETTY FAR ALONG WITH OUR ARCHITECTS AND OUR INTERIOR DESIGNERS AND WANTED TO SHARE SOME OF THESE CONCEPTS WITH THE COMMISSION, SOME OF THE, SOME OF THE BATHROOM CONCEPTS, SOME OF THE FINISHES THAT YOU WOULD SEE AGAIN, INTERIORS OF UNITS CENTRAL ISLANDS WITHIN KITCHENS, HIGH END APPLIANCES WITHIN EACH OF THE UNITS.

AND AGAIN, MORE BATHROOM FIXTURES.

SO I THINK ALSO VERY IMPORTANTLY IS KIND OF WHAT, WHAT IS THIS PROPERTY CURRENTLY.

RIGHT. IT'S IT'S AN OLD CHEDDAR'S RESTAURANT THAT THE RESTAURANT GROUP.

I BELIEVE THE COMMISSION'S AWARE, BUT IT'S OWNED BY A LARGE NATIONAL RESTAURANT GROUP THAT HAS A LOT OF VERY HIGH END AND WELL KNOWN RESTAURANT BRANDS.

AND THEY THEY EVALUATED THIS SITE WHEN THE TIME CAME AND THEY COULD NOT FIGURE OUT HOW TO PUT ONE OF THEIR BRANDS IN THERE OR REPURPOSE THIS PROPERTY AS A RESTAURANT.

RIGHT. I BELIEVE THE DAYS OF THIS RESTAURANT, THIS, THIS PROPERTY OPERATING AS A RESTAURANT, CERTAINLY A RESTAURANT OF THAT SIZE CURRENTLY IN THAT LOCATION HAVE GONE RIGHT. AND SO AT THE MOMENT IT'S A VACANT RESTAURANT.

WE'VE RUN SOME NUMBERS, I THINK CURRENTLY TODAY THE PROPERTY IS GENERATES ABOUT 84,000, ALMOST $85,000 WORTH OF TAX REVENUE FOR THE CITY.

WITH THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT WITH THE 278 UNITS, WITH THE WITH THE RETAIL COMPONENT, WE COORDINATED WITH BROWARD COUNTY AND THE PROPERTY WOULD SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE IN TAX BASIS.

I WANT TO BE CLEAR. THE 85,000 ISN'T ALL GO TO THE CITY.

I THINK THE CITY GETS SOMEWHERE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF 20 TO 30% OF THAT, BASED ON THE WAY IT BREAKS DOWN.

OBVIOUSLY, BROWARD COUNTY, THE SCHOOL BOARD, THERE ARE A VARIETY OF OTHER TAXING AUTHORITIES THAT ALSO RECEIVE THE TAXES.

BUT THE CITY'S NUMBERS INCREASE INCREMENTALLY, MUCH LIKE MUCH LIKE THE BALANCE OF THIS.

AND THE TAX BASE IS INCREASING FROM 85,000 TO 2.

2,300,000 IS OBVIOUSLY A VERY SIGNIFICANT NUMBER, AGAIN SHOWING THE THE BENEFITS OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, THE CATALYST THAT A TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT PROJECT LIKE THIS CAN HAVE, RATHER THAN THE PROPERTY CONTINUING.

TO SIT VACANT. ALSO, YOU CAN SEE THE ECONOMIC IMPACT ASSOCIATED WITH THE IMPACT FEES.

ALMOST $1 MILLION IN VARIOUS IMPACT FEES THAT WILL BE PAID DIRECTLY TO THE CITY.

SO I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT ALL OF THIS, BUT JUST IN SUMMARY ADAPTIVE REUSE AND REDEVELOPMENT CONSISTENCY WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, YOU KNOW, THE PEDESTRIAN ORIENTED NATURE OF WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING IS WHOLLY IN LINE WITH THE CITY'S LOCAL ACTIVITY CENTER THAT IT PUT INTO PLACE ABOUT 15 YEARS AGO.

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BUT THE MANNER IN WHICH THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN DESIGNED, IT ALSO CREATES A LARGER COMMUNITY AMENITY, BOTH ON ON THE COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD SIDE SIDE WITH THE FRONTAGE, WITH THE RESTAURANT SPACE AS WELL AS WITH THE IMPROVEMENTS ON 57TH.

JUST MENTIONED THE RESTAURANT ACTIVATION OF THE CITY'S LOCAL ACTIVITY CENTER.

AND AGAIN, THE LAST SLIDE REFERENCED THE VARIOUS COMMUNITY FUNDING COMPONENTS.

WE WERE BEFORE YOUR PLANNING BOARD LAST WEDNESDAY.

THAT MEETING WENT VERY WELL.

IT WAS A40 RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL BY YOUR PLANNING BOARD.

YOUR STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THIS DEVELOPMENT PROJECT AS WELL.

AND THAT IS MY PRESENTATION.

WE HAVE OUR ENTIRE DEVELOPMENT TEAM HERE, AND WE'RE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT THE COMMISSION MAY HAVE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

I HAVE ONE HOUSEKEEPING ITEM THAT I'M GOING TO TURN TO THE ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY TO ADDRESS, PLEASE.

THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.

THE MAYOR WAS KIND ENOUGH TO BRING TO OUR ATTENTION THAT THE ORDINANCE AS READ, STATES THAT THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT 7351 WEST COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD WHEN IT'S IN FACT, 7951.

IT WAS A SCRIVENER'S ERROR TO TO SUBSTITUTE THE THREE WHEN IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN A NINE.

BUT WE'VE CONFIRMED THAT IT WAS ADVERTISED WITH THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION OR THE MAP SHOWING THE ACTUAL SPOT OF THE, THE THE SITE. SO THAT IS SUFFICIENT FOR LEGAL PURPOSES, AND WE WILL HAVE IT CORRECTED ON SECOND READING.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

MISS CALLOWAY IS AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.

AT THIS TIME. I'M GOING TO OPEN THIS UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS.

I KNOW THAT KATE JOHNSON HAD SIGNED UP ORIGINALLY FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS.

SO AFTER KATE, WE'VE GOT JEFFREY SHAPIRO, AND THEN IF THERE'S ANYBODY ELSE WHO WISHES TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENTS.

WE'LL GO FROM THERE.

THANK YOU. KATE JOHNSON, MAINLAND'S FOR.

THANK YOU FOR CLEARING UP THE.

ADDRESS BECAUSE I WAS VERY CONFUSED WHEN I WAS SITTING HERE LISTENING.

THE PROPOSED USE OF THIS PROPERTY NEEDS SERIOUS CONSIDERATION, AND NOT JUST FOR THE TAX BASE.

ALTHOUGH THIS IS A CONSIDERATION, IT WILL ALSO AFFECT THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR CURRENT TAMARAC RESIDENTS.

TRAFFIC WILL ADD APPROXIMATELY ANOTHER 600 CARS TO AN ALREADY CROWDED ROADWAY.

YES, WE WILL EVENTUALLY HAVE NEW EXITS OFF THE TURNPIKE THAT WILL EASE TRAFFIC, BUT THERE ARE MANY YEARS AWAY.

IN THE MEANTIME, WHAT ARE WE LEFT WITH? I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS PROPERTY IS BEING CONSIDERED FOR AN ADDITIONAL 278 APARTMENTS.

WHEN THE DENSITY CALLS FOR NO MORE THAN 50 PER ACRE, THAT IS ALMOST DOUBLE OF THE LAND REQUIREMENTS AT 150 DWELLING UNITS FOR THREE ACRES.

IT IS ALSO ASKING FOR A WAIVER OF THE TEN ACRE MINIMUM LAND REQUIREMENT.

AND I'M NOT EVEN DISCUSSING THE HEIGHT WAIVER THAT I'M SURE IS GOING TO BE NEEDED BECAUSE IT'S SIX STORIES.

SO THE COMMISSION IS CONSIDERING WAIVING THE LAND REQUIREMENT, WAIVING THE MAXIMUM UNIT REQUIREMENT, RECLASSIFYING THE LAND, ALLOWING 278 ADDITIONAL UNITS BE ADDED TO AN ALREADY OVERCROWDED COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD.

AND THAT DOESN'T INCLUDE MORE APARTMENTS THAT WILL SURELY BE BUILT IN PHASE THREE OF TAMARAC VILLAGE, WHILE A TEN STORY PROPOSAL WAS DENIED.

I AM CONFIDENT ANOTHER PROPOSAL WILL BE FORTHCOMING.

I CAN'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE HAVE THESE RULES AND GUIDELINES FOR OUR MIXED USE AND PLANNED DEVELOPMENT WHEN WE KEEP CHANGING THEM AND BREAKING THEM. MAYBE SOMEONE CAN EXPLAIN TO ME WHY WE EVEN PUT THEM IN IN THE FIRST PLACE.

EVERY BUILDERS PROPOSAL IS SAYING, TRUST US, WE'LL GET YOU SOME GOOD RESTAURANTS UNDER OUR MONEY MAKING UNITS.

HOW DID THAT WORK OUT FOR TAMARAC VILLAGE? THAT BUILDER, ONCE THEY GOT THEIR MONEY, SAID, OOPS, SORRY, COULDN'T FIND YOU A RESTAURANT.

SO WE'RE PULLING OUT AND THEN THE CITY LET THEM KNOW.

PENALTIES. THEY MADE THEIR MONEY AND SAID GOODBYE.

WILL THAT HAPPEN AGAIN? WHAT SAFEGUARDS HAS THE CITY LEARNED TO PUT IN PLACE SO THAT DOES NOT HAPPEN?

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AND AS A SIDE POINT, LUXURY LIVING IS GREAT, BUT IT DOES NOT PROVIDE THE NEEDED, NEEDED AFFORDABLE HOUSING THAT OUR LOWER INCOME RESIDENTS NEED.

JEFFREY.

JEFFREY SHAPIRO, RESIDENT OF TAMARAC IN THE WOODLANDS.

I THINK I'M GOING TO SURPRISE EVERYBODY IN HERE WITH WITH MY COMMENTS.

OKAY. AND I DON'T MEAN TO SHOCK MR. BACKMAN EITHER.

OKAY. THE DESIGN.

I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF YOU HAVE EVER HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA, WHERE MANY OF THEIR BUILDINGS ARE DESIGNED LIKE THIS.

I, DURING MY WORKING CAREER, SPENT 19 SUMMERS, MINIMAL, FOUR AND A HALF TO SIX MONTHS A YEAR WORKING AT A BRITISH COLUMBIA.

AND THE TYPE RESIDENCES ARE THIS TYPE, BUT THEY GO UP 32 STOREYS.

OKAY, WHERE YOUR EARS POP AFTER THE 28TH FLOOR, BECAUSE I'VE HAD TO LIVE IN ONE OF THOSE APARTMENTS FOR THAT DURATION.

SO. I THINK THE ARCHITECTURE IS REALLY UPCOMING FOR THE AREA.

I DO HAVE QUESTIONS AND I KNOW THEY CAN PROBABLY ANSWER THEM.

I'M WONDERING IF THE PARKING GARAGE WILL BE GATED.

IF A PERSON LIKE MYSELF WANTED TO RENT A UNIT IN THERE, IS IT POSSIBLE TO GET FOUR GARAGE SPACES? I HAVE FOUR VEHICLES.

YOU KNOW, IT LOOKS PRETTY ATTRACTIVE FOR THE CITY.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE AWARE OF IT, BUT THERE IS NEW DEVELOPMENT OFF OF UNIVERSITY DRIVE AND SAMPLE, WHICH IS MUCH HIGHER.

HIGH RISES THAT ARE BEING BUILT WITH A COMMERCIAL SPACE ON THE LOWER FLOORS.

IT'S ALMOST COMPLETED.

I HAPPEN TO PASS BY THERE EVERY THURSDAY NIGHT WHEN I GO TO VISIT FRIENDS.

SO IT'S IT'S INTRIGUING.

TO SAY THE LEAST.

AND WHAT I'M THINKING ABOUT, WHICH NOBODY REALLY HAS SAID IS CANADA, BRITISH COLUMBIA.

EVERYTHING'S WALKABLE.

THIS IS THE START OF A WALKABLE TAMARAC WHERE YOU CAN WALK TO THINGS.

GET A LOT MORE EXERCISE, SO I DON'T KNOW.

IT MAY BE COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD WILL BE CHANGING IN THE FUTURE.

WE'LL SEE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

IS THERE ANYONE ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE, PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE NOW CLOSED.

WHICH LEADS US TO THE SECTION BY DISCUSSION BY THIS COMMISSION.

I'M GOING TO DO ONE HOUSEKEEPING ITEM BEFOREHAND.

IT IS CURRENTLY 1118.

I SEEK A SECOND TO MY MOTION TO CONTINUE THIS ITEM.

CONTINUE THE MEETING UNTIL THIS ITEM IS DONE.

MAY I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.

I HAVE A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER DANIEL.

CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

COMMISSIONER DANIEL.

YES. COMMISSIONER.

BOLTON. MAYOR.

GOMEZ. YES.

COMMISSIONER. VILLALOBOS.

YES. VICE MAYOR.

RIGHT. YES.

THANK YOU. MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO.

COMMISSIONER. VILLALOBOS.

THANK YOU. MAYOR.

MR. BECKMAN, CAN YOU GET BACK IN THE MIC? YES, SIR. CAN YOU TALK TO ME ABOUT THE MEETING THAT YOU HELD FOR THE RESIDENTS IN THE BACK? SURE. THE COMMUNITY MEETING? YEAH. YES.

YEAH. WE HELD THE MEETING AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER IN MARCH.

I THINK IT WAS IN LATE MARCH.

I WANT TO SAY SOME SIX WEEKS AGO, MAYBE.

IT'S A REQUIREMENT, OBVIOUSLY, IN THE CITY THAT I THINK 21 DAYS PRIOR TO YOUR FIRST PUBLIC HEARING, WHICH WOULD BE OUR PLANNING BOARD MEETING THAT WE HAD LAST WEEK, WE HAVE TO HOLD A COMMUNITY WIDE MEETING.

THAT MEETING IS, NOTICE, 500FT.

SORRY. LOOKING AT MISS CALLOWAY, 400FT RADIUS OF THE PROPERTY, WHICH INCLUDES, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, AND FORGIVE ME, I DON'T REMEMBER THE NAMES.

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I DON'T THINK IS IN THE NOTICE RADIUS, BUT OBVIOUSLY YOU SEND OUT NOTICE AND WORD OF MOUTH.

AND SO SO THE ATTENDEES WERE FROM THOSE ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR COMMUNITIES.

THERE WERE NINE PEOPLE THERE, I THINK THERE WERE 4 OR 5 PEOPLE THAT SPOKE THAT KIND OF SPOKE TO THE, TO THE TUNE OF MISTER SHAPIRO.

THIS WOULD BE GREAT.

WALKABLE TAMARAC NEEDS TO CHANGE.

YOU KNOW, WE UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S DENSE, BUT IF WE'RE GOING TO SEE THIS AND THEN LIVE RIGHT THERE, IF WE'RE GOING TO SEE THIS ALONG THE CORRIDOR AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THESE TYPES OF OPPORTUNITIES, THIS IS THE RIGHT PLACE TO DO IT.

AND THEY WERE VERY SUPPORTIVE.

THERE WERE THREE PEOPLE THAT WERE VERY OPPOSED.

WHAT ARE WE DOING.

THIS DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.

WHY ARE THEY ALLOWED TO EVEN ASK FOR THIS.

VERY OPPOSED. RIGHT.

AND THERE WAS SOME INTERESTING INTERACTIONS, VERY CIVIL CONVERSATION.

IT WASN'T A VERY BIG ROOM FULL OF PEOPLE.

BUT IT WAS AN INTERESTING INTERACTION.

AND, YOU KNOW, I SPENT A LOT OF TIME TRYING TO EXPLAIN.

IT'S INTERESTING. MR. SHAPIRO BROUGHT UP THE PROJECT IN CORAL SPRINGS THAT THAT HE MENTIONED AT TEMPLE UNIVERSITY.

I WORKED ON THAT DEVELOPMENT AS WELL.

IT WAS VERY POLARIZING.

FIRST PROJECT OF THAT NATURE IN THE CITY OF CORAL SPRINGS AND A LOT OF CHATTER, A LOT OF A LOT MORE PEOPLE AT THEIR COMMISSION MEETING THAN ARE HERE THIS EVENING ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ISSUE. BUT THE IDEA WAS VERY SIMILAR AT WHAT THEY CALL THEIR FOUR CORNERS TO WHAT TAMARAC AT LEAST PUT IN PLACE WITH THE LOCAL ACTIVITY CENTER.

AND THIS IDEA OF WALKABLE WALKABILITY ALONG 57TH.

SO WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME HAVING THAT CONVERSATION.

AND AT THE END OF THE MEETING, THERE WERE THREE PEOPLE THAT REALLY DIDN'T LIKE IT.

THERE WERE 4 OR 5 THAT DID.

THERE WAS ONE THAT.

WAS THERE TO COMPLAIN ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF PUTTING PARKING ON 57TH, LIKE YOU SEE AT TAMARAC VILLAGE.

SO THOSE ARE THE NINE I THINK THE MAYOR, THE CITY MANAGER, COMMISSIONER BOLTON WERE ALL IN ATTENDANCE DURING VARIOUS PORTIONS OF THE MEETING AS WELL.

IT WAS A GOOD MEETING.

FRANKLY, I WISH THERE WERE MORE PEOPLE THERE.

I DON'T I THINK WE WOULD HAVE SEEN A SIMILAR TURNOUT OF.

SOME PEOPLE WANT IT, SOME PEOPLE DON'T.

TWO PEOPLE SPOKE TONIGHT. ONE, ONE INDIVIDUAL SAYS, HEY, IT'S INTRIGUING.

THE OTHERS, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, WHY ARE WE DOING THIS? I GET IT, I UNDERSTAND RIGHT.

YOU DID IT WITH TAMARAC VILLAGE.

WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT IT'S GOING TO MOVE FORWARD HERE THIS EVENING.

THESE FIRST COUPLE OF PROJECTS THAT KIND OF CREATE THAT CATALYST AND THAT IDEA THAT TAMARAC IS LOOKING FOR, DEVELOPMENTS LIKE THIS TEND TO HAVE THAT.

AND THEN AS YOU START TO SEE THAT THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE AREA AND THE TRUE WALKABILITY ALONG THE CORRIDOR IN A DIRECTION THAT I KNOW I'VE SPOKEN WITH EACH OF YOU INDIVIDUALLY, THAT IDEALLY THE CITY MIGHT MOVE IN ONE DAY.

YOU KNOW, IT'S A LITTLE SCARY AT FIRST.

AND SO THAT WAS KIND OF THE SENTIMENT IN THE MEETING THROUGHOUT.

THANK YOU. WHAT ABOUT A TRAFFIC STUDY? HAS IT BEEN CONDUCTED? IT HAS, YEAH, THERE WAS A TRAFFIC STUDY.

I THINK WE HAVE OUR TRAFFIC ENGINEER HERE.

I DON'T BELIEVE THE CITY DOES, BECAUSE I THINK THE MAJORITY OF THAT IS SITE PLAN, NOT ZONING.

BUT YES, WE DID A TRAFFIC STUDY.

I'LL SUMMARIZE IT THE BEST I CAN.

IF YOU WANT MORE INFORMATION, YOU CAN CERTAINLY HEAR FROM MY TRAFFIC ENGINEER.

THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD.

THERE'S A LOT OF TRAFFIC.

THERE WERE A FEW ISSUES ON A COUPLE OF THE DRIVEWAYS AND INTERSECTIONS THAT, BASED ON THE WAY TRAFFIC WORKS.

I KNOW WE'VE ALL BEEN THROUGH THIS ON OTHER PROJECTS BASED ON THE IMPACT OF OUR PROJECT CAN BE MITIGATED WITH IMPROVEMENTS.

WORKING WITH BROWARD COUNTY ON SIGNAL TIMING AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

IT FIXES, YOU KNOW, HOW MANY SECONDS YOU SIT AT THE LIGHT.

LESS SO THERE IS TRAFFIC.

WE DO IMPACT IT.

NEVER GOING TO SIT HERE AND SAY THAT WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING DOESN'T, BUT IT CAN ALL BE ADDRESSED, IMPACTED IN A WAY, I'M SORRY, MITIGATED IN A WAY THAT BOTH TRAFFIC ENGINEERS DETERMINE THAT IT'S WHAT'S CALLED DE MINIMIS.

THERE'S TRAFFIC THERE, BUT IT'S NOT A SUCH A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON THE COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD CORRIDOR THAT IT'S PROBLEMATIC.

MISS MAXINE.

OH, ONE MORE QUESTION, MR. SCOTT. WHAT YOU MENTIONED SUNRISE POSSIBLY DOING THE SAME ACROSS THE STREET, THE SOUTH SIDE OF COMMERCIAL.

DO YOU HAVE ANY MORE INFORMATION ON THAT OR JUST KIND OF SPECULATING, OR ARE WE DEFINITELY NOT SPECULATING? THERE ARE SO OVER WHERE I THINK IT'S CALLED THE FAITH CENTER.

RIGHT. THE OLD SUNRISE MUSICAL CENTER.

THERE ARE VACANT PROPERTIES ON THE EAST AND WEST SIDES.

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THERE'S ALSO EXCESS LAND ON THE HARD CORNER OF HIATUS AND COMMERCIAL, I BELIEVE IT IS.

AND ALL OF THAT IS OUT IN THE REAL ESTATE INDUSTRY FOR DEVELOPERS OR OR BIDDING ON IT.

I BELIEVE THE PROPERTY ON HIATUS IS UNDER CONTRACT.

I BELIEVE THERE ARE DEVELOPMENT APPLICATIONS IN AND UNDER REVIEW.

SO THAT IS ALL IN THE WORKS FOR, YOU KNOW, VARIOUS FORMS OF, I BELIEVE, MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT AS WELL.

THANK YOU, MISS MAXINE.

HOW MANY APPLICANTS HAVE COME FORWARD FOR CHARTERS OR DID COME FORWARD OR.

OTHER THAN THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT? JUST THIS APPLICANT.

WE HAVE NOT GOTTEN ANY INQUIRY FROM ANYONE ELSE.

WHAT ELSE CAN WE PUT ON THERE IF THIS DOES NOT GO THROUGH? WELL, IT'S OWN MUG.

THERE'S A SERIES OF USES THAT YOU CAN PUT THERE.

THE APPLICATION BEFORE YOU IS TO REZONE IT TO THE PD DESIGNATION.

BUT YOU CAN DO MIXED USE PROJECT.

PROJECT. IN FACT, IT'S IN YOUR LOCAL ACTIVITY CENTER WITH A MUG ZONING DESIGNATION.

SO THE IDEAL PROJECT WOULD BE SOMETHING SIMILAR TO THIS PROJECT, A MIXED USE PROJECT WITH RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL.

WELL, WE DEFINITELY DON'T WANT ANOTHER AUTO SHOP.

WE DON'T WANT A CAR WASH.

WE WANT SOMETHING THAT'S MORE VIBRANT.

WHERE I AM CONFLICTED AT.

MR. SCOTT IS THE LAST YEAR I PROPOSED A MORATORIUM FOR BUILDING BECAUSE I'M LIKE, OKAY, WE HAVE A LOT OF PROJECTS GOING ON.

WE HAVE A LOT OF PROJECTS STILL IN THE WORKS, AND I WOULD PERSONALLY LIKE TO SEE THEM FINISHED BEFORE SEEING A NEW PROJECT COME FORWARD AND SEE HOW MUCH OF AN IMPACT THE CURRENT PROJECTS ACTUALLY CAUSE.

BUT I PERSONALLY, I'M GONNA GIVE YOU TWO VIEWPOINTS.

I PERSONALLY LOVE THE PROJECT.

AND AS YOU SAW THE FEEDBACK ON SOCIAL MEDIA THAT I CREATED AND SOME FEEDBACK ON ON WHAT RESIDENTS HAVE CREATED.

I WOULD SAY MAJORITY ARE AGAINST IT.

AGAIN, ME PERSONALLY, I LOVE IT JUST BECAUSE OF THE IDEA, RIGHT? WE KNOW WE WANT TO ATTRACT NEW RESIDENTS.

IT AFFECTS THE CURRENT RESIDENTS, WE WANT TO ATTRACT NEW BUSINESSES AND WE AFFECT THE CURRENT BUSINESSES.

SO IT'S LIKE A WHOLE, YOU KNOW, CRAFT THAT WE HAVE TO PUT TOGETHER HERE.

SO I JUST WANTED TO KNOW HOW THE MEETING WENT.

IT'S PRETTY SAD THAT ONLY NINE PEOPLE WENT I'M NOT SURPRISED.

I MEAN, THERE'S NOBODY HERE NOW TO TALK ABOUT IT, SO BUT NEVERTHELESS WE DO HEAR THEM THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA, THROUGH EMAILS, THROUGH TEXT, THROUGH PHONE CALLS. YOU KNOW, THEY SHOW UP TO OTHER DIFFERENT MEETINGS.

THEY WANT TO MEET UP WITH US AND EVERYTHING ELSE IN BETWEEN.

SO THEY MIGHT NOT BE HERE PHYSICALLY, BUT WE DO KNOW OF THEM.

AND THOSE MEANS.

SO FOR NOW WITHHOLD ANY MORE COMMENTS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.

ACTUALLY, BEFORE WE PROCEED ANY FURTHER, I'VE BEEN ASKED BY A COUPLE FOR SOME RESTROOM BREAK.

IT IS 1130.

WE WILL TAKE A TEN MINUTE BREAK.

WE WILL BE BACK AT 1140.

THANK YOU. WE'RE IN RECESS.

I APPRECIATE IT. WELCOME BACK.

IT IS 1140.

WE ARE BACK FROM OUR RECESS AND WE HAD JUST FINISHED WITH COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS ASKING HIS QUESTIONS.

I DO NOT HAVE ANYBODY ELSE LIT JUST YET, BUT WE ARE ALL GETTING BACK IN OUR SEATS.

GREAT. VICE MAYOR WRIGHT, THE FLOOR IS YOURS.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION, MR..

MR. BACHMANN.

AND I JUST HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS IN TERMS OF THE RESTAURANT.

YOU SAID, YOU KNOW, THAT THERE MIGHT BE A RESTAURANT, A NATIONAL CHAIN THAT MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN COMING INTO THE PROJECT, ANY ANY NAME THAT YOU CAN MENTION.

SO UNFORTUNATELY, NO NAMES THE WAY IT WORKS IN THE COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE INDUSTRY.

AND I MENTIONED THE PROJECT ON SAMPLE AND UNIVERSITIES.

PERFECT EXAMPLE BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT MORE SPACE THERE.

UNTIL A LEASE IS SIGNED.

NONE OF THESE GROUPS WANT THEIR NAME OUT ON THE STREET WHO THEY'RE COMPETING WITH, WHERE ELSE THEY MIGHT GO.

AND SO WE'RE UNDER STRICT CONFIDENTIALITY FROM THE GROUPS THAT WE'RE TALKING TO.

BUT I THINK 20, 25 DIFFERENT GROUPS THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING TO, MAYBE NATIONAL, MAYBE LOCAL.

SO I WANT TO BE CLEAR ON THAT.

THE OTHER THING I FAILED TO MENTION IN MY PRESENTATION THIS SPACE IS BEING BUILT TO BE A RESTAURANT.

I THINK WE SHARED THAT WITH SOME OF YOU DURING SOME OF OUR MEETINGS.

MR. FOX, WHO'S SITTING IN THE AUDIENCE.

THE IDEA HERE IS TO REALLY BUILD THIS SPACE OUT AND DELIVER IT SO THAT IT IS EFFECTIVELY READY TO BE COMPLETED AND OCCUPIED AS A RESTAURANT, AS OPPOSED TO A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT

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AND THEN YOU FIND YOUR TENANT AND THEN THEY HAVE TO COME IN AND SPEND, YOU KNOW, PROBABLY CLOSE TO A YEAR, MAYBE LONGER IN PERMITTING AND BUILD OUT.

WE'RE TRYING TO REALLY EXPEDITE ALL OF THAT.

SO THAT IS THE PROJECT'S DELIVERED.

SO IS THE RESTAURANT.

SORRY, THAT'S MORE THAN WHAT YOU ASKED.

IT'S INTERESTING THAT YOU MENTIONED THE PROJECT IN CORAL SPRINGS.

IS THAT COMPANY PRE-DISCO WAS WAS SO THAT WAS THEY WERE INVOLVED AT ONE POINT.

THE, THE ULTIMATE BUILDER OF THAT PROJECT IS A NATIONAL MIXED USE AND MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPER CALLED MILL CREEK.

BUT PRE-DISCO WAS THE THEY ASSEMBLED THE THE PARCELS.

OKAY. BECAUSE I'M LOOKING AT AN ARTICLE FROM CORAL SPRINGS TALK WHERE YOU ATTORNEY BECKMAN SAID THERE'S RESTAURANTS COMING AND YOU MENTION THE NAMES.

IT WAS P.F. CHANG'S, JAY ALEXANDER, AND CAPITAL BURGER.

SO THAT WAS A WORKSHOP.

AND WHAT WE DID THERE WAS GIVE THE IDEA OF CONCEPTS THAT MIGHT BE COMING, NOT THOSE SPECIFICALLY NOT I DON'T THINK ANY OF THEM SPECIFICALLY ARE COMING TO THAT SPECIFIC LOCATION.

I THINK IT'S MY I DON'T THINK WE SPECIFICALLY GAVE THE NAMES OF THE ACTUAL USERS THAT WERE COMING.

THIS IS WHAT I'M READING IN CORAL SPRINGS TALK.

I DON'T KNOW IF IF IT'S NOT A LEGIT PUBLICATION, BUT CORAL SPRINGS TALK HAS THE, YOU KNOW, ARTICLE, SAYS SCOTT BECKMAN, AN ATTORNEY REPRESENTING DEVELOPMENT COMPANY PRE-DISCO, STATED DEVELOPERS WERE IN TALKS WITH 2000 RESTAURANTS AND RETAILERS ABOUT TO OPEN UP AT CORNERSTONE.

THESE INCLUDES P.F.

CHANG'S JAY ALEXANDER, YARD HOUSE AND CAPITAL BURGER.

OKAY, JUST JUST WANTED TO KNOW.

SURE, I BECAUSE I SEE THIS ARTICLE AND I THOUGHT, LIKE IN THE INDUSTRY YOU WOULD KNOW WHAT RESTAURANTS ARE COMING BECAUSE AS DOCTOR JOHNSON MENTIONED EARLIER, I KNOW IN THESE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS YOU SAY YOU'RE GOING TO BRING RESTAURANTS, BUT THAT IS JUST COLUMN, FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD, FOR THE APARTMENTS THAT ARE ABOVE IT.

AND THE REAL REVENUE COMES FROM THE APARTMENTS.

AND THIS WHOLE PROJECT IS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE.

THE ONE THING PEOPLE COMPLAIN ABOUT IS HAVING A RESTAURANTS, HAVING A RESTAURANT IN TAMARAC.

A LOT OF THE PEOPLE IN THOSE SAME COMMUNITIES THAT YOU MENTIONED BEHIND THERE, THEY COMPLAINED ABOUT HAVING A RESTAURANT.

AND WE MENTIONED SUNRISE AND LAUDERHILL.

THEY'RE ALSO BUILDING UP AS WELL.

SO IF EVERYONE BUILDS UP AND WE BUILD UP ALL THESE NUMBERS OF PEOPLE IN THIS AREA WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN FOR RESTAURANTS? BECAUSE THINK OF IT, IF LAUDERHILL BUILDS, IF SUNRISE BUILDS, THAT'S ANOTHER 2 OR 3000 PEOPLE.

SO NOW WHEN THE RESTAURANTS DO THE DEMOGRAPHICS AND TAMARAC BECOMES MORE ATTRACTIVE.

EXACTLY. THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT.

YES. BUT WHY WOULD WE WANT TO GIVE AWAY A RESTAURANT SPACE WHILE AROUND US, THESE OTHER COMMUNITIES ARE BUILDING AND BRINGING ALL THE PEOPLE IN THE APARTMENTS? WHY WOULDN'T WE SAVE THAT LEVERAGE AND SAY, OKAY, SUNRISE IS GOING TO BUILD, A LOT OF HILLS ARE GOING TO BUILD, THEY'RE GOING TO GIVE US THE NUMBERS, THEY'RE GOING TO DRIVE THE DEMOGRAPHICS UP BECAUSE RETAILERS LOOK AT THE SURROUNDING AREAS, AND THEN THIS RESTAURANT SPACE WILL BECOME MORE ATTRACTIVE TO TO COMPANIES AND RESTAURANTS.

SURE. I THINK MY TAKE ON THAT IS YOU'D BE LETTING THE CITIES AROUND YOU GET THE BENEFIT OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND THE TAX BENEFITS AND THE DOLLARS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT. WHILE THIS LOCAL ACTIVITY CENTER THAT THE CITY PUT IN PLACE FOR EXACTLY THAT PURPOSE ISN'T BEING UTILIZED TO ITS HIGHEST AND BEST USE.

BUT BUT I UNDERSTAND I DON'T DISAGREE WITH THE CONCEPT OF WHAT YOU'RE SUGGESTING.

I ALSO BELIEVE AND OBVIOUSLY MY MY CLIENTS WHO ARE MORE EXPERTS IN THE INDUSTRY COULD PROBABLY ADDRESS A RESTAURANT OF THAT SIZE AND THAT AGE.

I MEAN, MAYBE MAYBE IT WOULD BE REDEVELOPED AS, YOU KNOW, TORN DOWN AND BUILT AS A DIFFERENT RESTAURANT.

AND WE'RE TRYING TO PROVIDE THE BENEFIT OF BOTH IN OUR DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS.

SO THAT MEANS THAT'S ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC.

THAT'S ALSO GOING TO COME ALONG COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD, THE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT.

SURE. I MENTIONED THE TRAFFIC ISSUE EARLIER.

ANOTHER A COMPONENT OF THIS WHEN THE LOCAL ACTIVITY CENTER WAS ACTUALLY APPROVED IN 2010, TRAFFIC STUDIES WERE DONE FOR THE COMMERCIAL COMPONENT FOR THE.

1900 UNITS, OF WHICH WE'RE ONLY ASKING FOR 278, ACKNOWLEDGING THAT THE CORRIDOR CAN ACCOMMODATE THE TRAFFIC.

SO IT WAS DONE. IN 2010.

A STUDY WAS DONE AGAIN HERE, ACKNOWLEDGING THERE'S ABSOLUTELY A TRAFFIC IMPACT, NO QUESTION ABOUT THAT.

BUT THE TRAFFIC IMPACT CAN EASILY BE ACCOMMODATED AND MITIGATED FOR.

AND I'M GOING TO DO LIKE COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS I'M GOING TO VACILLATE BETWEEN MAURY, RIGHT, AND VICE MAYOR.

RIGHT. MAURY.

RIGHT. I WALK IN THAT PATH EVERY DAY.

I LIVE IN TAMARAC VILLAGE.

I LIKE THE WHOLE WALKABLE AREA.

I LIKE THAT LIKE THE CONCEPT THAT YOU GUYS HAVE PRESENTED FOR THE, FOR, FOR, FOR THE COMMUNITY.

BUT VICE MAYOR, RIGHT? I REPRESENT PEOPLE.

AND THE ONE THING I CAN HEAR CONCERNS ARE TRAFFIC, TRAFFIC, TRAFFIC, TRAFFIC.

AND YOU'RE TAKING SOMETHING THAT WAS ZONED FOR LIKE A RESTAURANT, AND YOU'RE TRYING TO PACK 278 UNITS.

I MEAN, THAT'S GONNA I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT LOOKS IN THAT, IN THAT SPECIFIC AREA.

AND DON'T GET ME WRONG, I WAS WALKING A FEW DAYS AGO AND I SAW SOME HOMELESS PEOPLE HANGING OUT AT THE.

I THINK I MENTIONED THAT TO YOU, AND I RAN INTO YOU AT THE HOCKEY GAME.

I PASSED THAT ALONG. YEAH.

AND I ALSO TEXT.

I ALSO TEXT THE THE SURGEON WHAT'S HER NAME? DEPUTY. DEPUTY MARION.

SORRY. AND SHE TOLD ME THE OWNER HAS TO REPORT IT, BUT YES, IT DOES LOOK DESOLATED.

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COMMISSIONER, DANIEL. GOOD NIGHT EVERYONE.

I LOVE THE PROJECT.

I THINK YOU GUYS TOOK THE TIME TO LISTEN TO WHAT WE HAD TO SAY AND BUILD IN OUR CONCERN.

IT REMINDED ME OF WHEN MY HUSBAND AND I JUST GOT MARRIED.

WE MOVED INTO TAO, AND IT WAS A GOOD EXPERIENCE UNTIL WE STARTED HAVING FAMILY.

WE LOVE THAT LIFESTYLE.

I COULD WALK TO THE MALL.

THAT WAS THE BAD PART.

WE ATE, WE ATE.

THAT WAS THE HORRIBLE PART.

I REMEMBER BEING PREGNANT AND GOING TO TARGET FOR STARBUCKS.

CARAMEL FRAPPUCCINO DAILY.

SO THE CONCEPT WORKS BECAUSE I WAS A VICTIM OF IT.

AND I HOPE EVERYBODY COULD SEE IT THAT WAY.

I MEAN, I COULD SEE THE THOUGHTFULNESS, THE ARCHITECTURE, WHAT YOU PUT INTO THIS WORK.

LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. IT WILL CHANGE THE DEMOGRAPHICS ON THE COMMERCIAL INSTEAD OF HOMELESS.

NOW WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY PAY RENT, RIGHT.

AND IT BRINGS UP OUR INCOME AND IT IT ACTUALLY DOES MORE BECAUSE IT BRINGS A RESTAURANT AND MORE DENSITY.

SO IT'S BETTER THAN JUST HAVING A RESTAURANT THERE WHEN YOU, YOU KNOW, LOOK AT IT, THERE'S A HOTEL, A MOTEL RIGHT NEXT TO IT, EXTENDED STAY WHERE A CHILD GOT SHOT.

COME ON NOW, LET'S CHANGE AND ACTUALLY STEP OUT TO WHAT WE SAID WE WANT AND WE BELIEVE IN.

WE CAN'T VOTE NO ON EVERYTHING.

AND YOU ACTUALLY HAVE A GOOD PROJECT IN FRONT OF YOU.

I MEAN, YOU CAN'T HELP BUT LIKE IT.

I DON'T CARE WHAT Y'ALL SAY. Y'ALL LIKE THIS PROJECT, SO, YEAH, YOU LIKE IT? SO AND TRAFFIC, I LIVE.

I TOLD YOU, I LIVE THERE.

TRAFFIC IS NOT A PROBLEM.

I'M TELLING YOU, ON THE DAYS WHERE THEY HAD HOCKEY GAMES, YOU JUST WALK.

THAT'S IT.

AND WALKING IS GOOD.

SO PLEASE LET THE RESIDENTS KNOW THAT IT'S JUST A FEAR.

THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER BOLTON.

SO, LIKE A PROJECT, IT'S PRETTY.

LIKE A PROJECT FOR THE RESIDENTS? NO, I ACTUALLY SCOUR SOCIAL MEDIA WHEN THINGS LIKE THIS IS COMING ON.

AND AN OLD FRIEND MADE A POST ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND I READ ALL THE COMMENTS AND 90% ACTUALLY PLUGGED THEM IN AN EXCEL SPREADSHEET.

92% OF THEM SAID, ABSOLUTELY NOT.

THEY DON'T LIKE THIS.

AND THEY SAID IT WITH GOOD REASON.

THEY THEY MADE SOME VALID POINTS.

AND I TOOK THOSE POINTS INTO CONSIDERATION.

BUT LET ME ASK YOU A QUESTION.

WHERE SECURITY IS CONCERNED.

THE THE RESTAURANT IS IS DOWNSTAIRS.

OBVIOUSLY, PUBLIC HAS ACCESS TO THE RESTAURANT.

HOW WILL RESIDENTS BE PROTECTED SO THAT THE PUBLIC WHO IS FREQUENTING THE RESTAURANT DOES NOT THEN GO INTO GO UP TO SOMEBODY'S APARTMENT OR THAT'S THE STUFF.

SO THERE'S FULL SECURITY, INTERIOR LOBBIES, CORRIDORS, KEY FOBS.

I MEAN, IT'S A SECURED BUILDING.

IT WOULDN'T HAVE GENERAL ACCESS.

WHERE THE RESTAURANT IS A SEPARATE EXTERNAL, EXTERNAL PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT.

OKAY, LET'S TALK ABOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

ATTAINABLE HOUSING.

TELL ME THE PERCENTAGE OF THE PROPERTY THAT'S SUBJECT TO ATTAINABLE HOUSING.

SURE. IT'S IT'S 10%, 28 UNITS.

AND THEN HOW IS THAT CALCULATED FOR RENT? SO WHAT DO YOU DO? SURE. THE THE CONDITION CURRENTLY THAT HAS THAT WE'VE PROPOSED AS PART OF THE PD AGREEMENT IS 120% OF AREA MEDIAN INCOME.

THAT IS THE MODERATE LEVEL PER BROWARD COUNTY.

THAT IS THE WAY IT WORKS WITH AMI.

THE STATE OF FLORIDA ANNUALLY PUBLISHES A TABLE.

AND SO YOU EVALUATE RENTS BASED ON THAT.

I DON'T HAVE THE TABLE HERE WITH ME.

I THINK RENTS FOR STUDIOS ALL THE WAY UP THROUGH THREE BEDROOMS RANGE IN PRICE FROM, I WANT TO SAY ABOUT $2,000 TO. I CAN'T REMEMBER THE HIGHER END NUMBER, BUT IT'S ALL ESTABLISHED BY THE STATE OF FLORIDA IN ACCORDANCE WITH THAT MODERATE LEVEL INCOME.

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SO THERE'S A NUMBER OF COMPONENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE WORKFORCE HOUSING.

ONE OF THE COMPONENTS OF THE CONDITION THAT WILL BE INCORPORATED INTO THE PD AGREEMENT IS A 30 YEAR RESTRICTIVE COVENANT, SO THAT IT STARTS EFFECTIVE WHEN THE BUILDING OPENS.

AND THEN IT'S ALMOST LIKE RENT CONTROL, FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM, AS THE MARKET GOES UP, THOSE UNITS, ALTHOUGH AREA MEDIAN INCOME MIGHT RISE, YOU'RE STILL SUBJECT TO A MUCH LOWER RENT BASIS FOR A 30 YEAR PERIOD OF TIME.

WE THE DEVELOPER, THE OPERATOR, THE LEASING ENTITY IS CHARGED WITH INCOME QUALIFYING THE RESIDENTS FOR THOSE UNITS, ESTABLISHING THAT THEY MEET THE INCOME QUALIFICATION SO THE SAME CHART QUALIFIES INCOME.

I THINK BROWARD COUNTY AREA MEDIAN INCOME RIGHT NOW IS $8,900.

AND SO YOU CALCULATE IT BASED OFF OF THAT FOR A ONE PERSON HOUSEHOLD, A TWO PERSON HOUSEHOLD, A THREE PERSON HOUSEHOLD.

AND THE CHART DOES THAT ALL THE WAY UP TO, I WANT TO SAY LIKE A NINE OR A TEN PERSON HOUSEHOLD.

AND SO YOU KIND OF USE THOSE COMPONENTS.

AND THIS IS WHERE I'LL DEFER TO MISS CALLOWAY TO AN EXTENT.

BUT WE ARE RESPONSIBLE TO INCOME QUALIFY.

BUT WE HAVE TO REPORT ANNUALLY TO THE CITY, CORRECT.

SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

SO AN EXHIBIT TO THE PD AGREEMENT WILL BE A WORKFORCE HOUSING BONUS DENSITY AGREEMENT THAT YOU'LL ENTER INTO.

AND THERE'S AN EXHIBIT TO THAT WHERE ANNUALLY YOU'LL BE REPORTING, AS WELL AS THE ELIGIBILITY OF THESE UNITS WILL BE DONE BY THE DEVELOPER AS WELL AS THE CITY. SO THE CITY IS INVOLVED IN EACH APPLICATION AND ITS ELIGIBILITY.

SO THE.

AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

SO I LEARNED SOMETHING AT THE COUNTY.

THERE'S A PARTICULAR PERCENTAGE, IF IT GOES OVER THE AMOUNT OF PERCENTAGE OF THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS, THEN THE.

PROPERTY OWNER DOESN'T PAY TAXES.

SO. SO I FORGOT WHAT THAT IS.

IT'S CALLED. DO YOU, DO YOU KNOW, LIKE, IF THERE'S A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE OF ATTAINABLE HOUSING UNITS INSIDE, THEY END UP NOT PAYING ANY TAXES FOR FOR THE. SO SO I BELIEVE I BELIEVE WHAT YOU MIGHT BE REFERENCING IS ACTUALLY THE LIVE LOCAL ACT THAT WAS PASSED BY THE STATE AND LIVE LOCAL AT CERTAIN PERCENTAGES.

AND I THINK THE QUALIFYING PERCENTAGES VARY.

IT'S 10% IN ONE CASE AND 40% IN ANOTHER.

ALLOW FOR CERTAIN TAX CREDITS, BUT I DON'T THINK IT'S WHOLLY TAX WAIVED.

SO I THINK THAT THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE REFERENCING, AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE INNER WORKINGS OF THAT MYSELF.

OKAY. MISS CALLOWAY, TELL ME THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THE CHEDDAR'S PROPERTY.

SO THE EXISTING CHEDDAR'S RESTAURANT OR THE NOW VACANT CHEDDAR'S RESTAURANT IS 8735FT².

8000. 8735FT².

AND THAT'S OF DINING SPACE.

YES, THAT'S THE ENTIRE BUILDING.

OKAY. AND THIS NEW PROPERTY.

HUM. WHAT'S THE SQUARE FOOTAGE FOR THE RESTAURANT? TOTAL INDOOR AND OUTDOOR DINING 4135FT².

SO IT'S LESS THAN.

IT'S MORE THAN HALF.

THIS IS LESS THAN HALF OF THE SQUARE FOOTAGE FOR FOR.

CHEDDAR'S. YES.

ISOLATE ONLY THE INDOOR SQUARE FOOTAGE 3002 46.

246 AND THAT IS THE ENTIRE INSIDE OF THE RESTAURANT.

THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY.

AND, YOU KNOW, RESTAURANTS HAVE TO HAVE A KITCHEN AND YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE COOKING AREA, AND THAT'S THE STUFF.

WHAT DO YOU THINK THAT WOULD BE? I'M NOT CERTAIN.

I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A. I DON'T THINK THERE'S A FLOOR PLAN YET FOR THE RESTAURANT SPACE.

DID SOME RESEARCH. ABOUT 33% OF IT.

SOME PEOPLE SAY 25%.

SOME PEOPLE SAY 22%.

SO IT'S DEPENDING ON THE RESTAURANT ITSELF.

YEAH. AND SO IF WE'RE GOING TO ATTRACT NATIONAL TYPE RESTAURANT, THEY NEED A BIG KITCHEN.

WHAT DO YOU SAY TO THAT? WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT IT. WE WERE SOMEWHERE IN THE 20 TO 25% SCHOOL IN TERMS OF OCCUPIABLE SPACE INSIDE.

AGAIN, WE'VE BEEN TALKING TO A NUMBER OF GROUPS I HAD SHARED WHEN IN RESPONSE TO VICE MAYOR WRIGHT.

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AND SO THE OTHER COMPONENT, I THINK OF THE QUESTION OF, OF WHAT DO YOU SAY TO THAT? I THINK AN 8800 SQUARE FOOT RESTAURANT RIGHT NOW IN VIRTUALLY ANYWHERE OTHER THAN IN INCREDIBLY DENSE POPULATED AREAS, PROBABLY DESTINED TO FAIL.

WE'RE SEEING IT LEFT AND RIGHT.

HAVING THE RIGHT SIZED RESTAURANT THAT CAN ACCOMMODATE THE TYPE OF ENVIRONMENT THAT WE'VE HEARD FROM SEVERAL OF YOU THAT YOU'D LIKE TO SEE HERE IS WHAT MAKES SENSE.

WE ARE TRYING TO SET THIS ENTIRE PROJECT UP, INCLUDING THE RESTAURANT COMPONENT OF IT, TO BE SUCCESSFUL.

AND AGAIN, AS I SHARED EARLIER, WE'VE SPOKEN WITH THE CITY'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, THE CITY'S OUTSIDE REAL ESTATE CONSULTANT, AS WELL AS OBVIOUSLY, OUR EXPERTISE IN TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WOULD ULTIMATELY BE SUCCESSFUL HERE, WHAT WOULD THE RIGHT TENANTS WOULD BE.

AND WE BELIEVE THAT WHAT WE'VE PROPOSED IS, IS CORRECT FOR WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING TO DEVELOP.

SO YOU'RE SAYING THAT TAMARAC ONLY DESERVES.

I MOST CERTAINLY DID NOT SAY THAT.

COMMISSIONER BOLTON. NO, I THINK THAT THIS RESTAURANT IN THIS LOCATION RIGHT NOW WILL ACCOMMODATE AND ATTRACT A RESTAURANT THAT'S ABOUT, AGAIN, THAT'S 4000FT² WITH SEATING AREA AND EVERYTHING ELSE.

SO, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW, 3000FT² PLUS OR MINUS OF CUSTOMER SERVICE AREA.

THAT'S THAT'S A THAT'S A GOOD RESTAURANT.

I THINK THAT AS TIME GOES ON AND MORE DEVELOPMENT, I KNOW VICE MAYOR WRIGHT MENTIONED OTHER DEVELOPMENT THAT'S HAPPENING ALONG THE CORRIDOR WILL ATTRACT OTHER RESTAURANT AND OTHER TYPES OF USERS THAT THE CITY WOULD CERTAINLY WELCOME.

DOES THE BUILDING HAVE A CLUBHOUSE, SO TO SPEAK, OR A IT DOES.

IT HAS AS PART OF KIND OF THE AMENITIES.

IT HAS A RECREATIONAL SPACES.

AND YES.

SO THE CLUBHOUSE IS HOW BIG I DON'T.

YEAH, LIKE. YEAH, PROBABLY ABOUT 6 TO 7000FT² OF OF AMENITY AREAS.

SO YOU'RE YOU'RE TAKING 6 TO 7000FT² FOR A CLUBHOUSE AND AMENITIES, BUT YOU'RE ONLY ALLOCATING ABOUT 2434FT² OF DINING SPACE, CONSIDERING THAT THE PATRONS HAVE TO HAVE A BATHROOM AND THEY HAVE TO HAVE PLACES TO, TO TO SIT.

THIS 2434 IS LITERALLY LIKE HALF OF MY CHURCH AND IT'S SMALL.

TINY. OKAY.

CAN'T HOLD A LOT OF PEOPLE.

OKAY. YOU KNOW, SO THAT'S WHERE I HAVE THE MAJOR PROBLEM, RIGHT? AND AND I WAS HONEST WITH YOU.

THAT'S WHAT I TOLD YOU PRIVATELY.

AND I'LL TELL YOU PUBLICLY, THAT'S WHERE I HAVE THE MAJOR PROBLEM IN GOOD CONSCIENCE.

TAMARAC. I DON'T THINK THAT WE SHOULD GIVE UP 8000 735,000FT² RESTAURANT FOR 2400FT².

THAT'S THAT'S WHERE I'M AT.

SURE. FAIR ENOUGH. COMMISSIONER, JUST OBVIOUSLY, IT'S A VACANT RESTAURANT THAT IN ALL LIKELIHOOD, IS NOT GOING TO BE UTILIZED.

WE'RE PROPOSING TO GIVE THE CITY A RESTAURANT SPACE IN A BUILDING.

I MEAN, YOU'VE HEARD FROM SOME OF YOUR RESIDENTS AND OTHERS, YOU KNOW, KIND OF A GOOD FEEL, A GOOD VIBE.

THE BUILDING ITSELF, THE RESTAURANT WILL HAVE THAT.

AND. SORRY, WAS I OCCUPYING YOUR TIME? I'M SORRY. YEAH. IT JUST IT JUST IT JUST RAN OUT FROM 45 SECONDS TO UNDERSTOOD.

I THINK THE POINT, THE POINT I WAS TRYING TO MAKE IS THE CITY IS GETTING SOMETHING RIGHT NOW, OBVIOUSLY A NUMBER OF APARTMENTS, BUT THE KIND OF A MIXED USE CONCEPT BUILDING AND EXPANDING UPON OFF SITE IMPROVEMENTS, PROVIDING WORKFORCE HOUSING.

WITHOUT A PROJECT LIKE THIS, NONE OF THAT EXISTS.

AND ALL THE CITY'S LEFT WITH IS AN ABANDONED RESTAURANT THAT, YOU KNOW, UNFORTUNATELY, HAS HOMELESS AND VAGRANTS IN IT THAT HASN'T REALLY SEEN ANY ACTION OTHER THAN THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT THAT'S BEFORE YOU.

SO I'D LIKE TO HOPE THAT, ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING THE UNDERLYING LAND USE THAT THE CITY HAS PUT IN PLACE, THAT THAT'S KEEPING WITH THE VISION OF THE CITY.

BUT I UNDERSTAND YOUR CONCERN AS WELL.

THANK YOU. VICE MAYOR.

MR. BECKMANN, ATTAINABLE HOUSING.

YOU SAID ONE 120% OF AMI.

MISS. MISS CALLOWAY, CAN YOU CAN YOU GIVE ME THE NUMBER OF WHAT?

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WHAT? ANNUALLY. WHAT'S THE INCOME FOR, LIKE A SINGLE PERSON? AT 120%.

YEAH, IT WOULD BE FOR ONE PERSON $88,680.

SO YOU HAVE TO BE MAKING 88 GRAND PER YEAR TO, TO TO RENT ONE OF THOSE UNITS.

THAT'S THAT'S FOR ONE.

AND WHAT IS THE COST OF THAT UNIT? FOR AN EFFICIENCY, IT WOULD BE 2217 AT THE MOST FOR A ONE BEDROOM, 2374, AND FOR A TWO BEDROOM, $2,850. AND WHAT IF WE GO TO 80%? WHAT IS THE ANNUAL SALARY FOR ONE PERSON AND WHAT IS WHAT IS THE COST OF A RENTAL UNIT? THE SALARY FOR ONE PERSON IS $59,150, AND FOR AN EFFICIENCY WOULD BE $1,478.

FOR A ONE BEDROOM, IT WOULD BE $1,583.

SO AT 80%, THE INCOME IS 59,150, AND THE RENT WOULD BE BETWEEN 1400 AND 1500, DEPENDING ON THE SIZE OF THE UNIT. THAT'S AN EFFICIENCY.

A TWO BEDROOM IS 1901.

SO I SAW AN ARTICLE A FEW DAYS AGO THAT SAID FLORIDA HAS THE SECOND LOWEST PAY FOR TEACHERS IN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY.

THE AVERAGE TEACHER IN FLORIDA MAKES $53,000 A YEAR.

SO THAT MEANS A TEACHER WHO WHO WHO WE ARE, WHO WE GIVEN A PROCLAMATION TODAY WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO AFFORD A UNIT IN THIS, IN THIS, IN THIS DEVELOPMENT.

BASED ON THOSE NUMBERS, HE'S SAYING HE'S OFFERING 120%.

THAT'S 88,000.

AND AND IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE ATTAINABLE, AFFORDABLE FOR FOR FOR ESSENTIAL WORKERS, FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE THE HEROES DURING COVID.

TEACHERS, FIREFIGHTERS, OFFICERS AT 88,000.

THEY'LL BE PRICED OUT.

SO THAT'S NOT REALLY ATTAINABLE HOUSING.

NO MORE QUESTIONS.

INCLINED NOT TO SUPPORT THE PROJECT.

IT DOESN'T. TRAFFIC DOESN'T SEEM LIKE IT'S GOING TO FILL THE RESTAURANT NEED, AND I DON'T THINK THIS IS ATTAINABLE.

AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

THANKS, COMMISSIONER.

DANIEL. THANK YOU.

LET'S BE REAL.

WHAT'S ATTAINABLE? AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

EVEN THE CHEAPEST APARTMENT THAT'S BUILT IN TAMARAC.

TEACHERS STILL CANNOT AFFORD TO LIVE THERE.

FACTS. SO YOU HAVE ROOMMATES? I'M JUST TELLING YOU WHAT IT IS.

I MEAN, WE'RE NOT.

WE'RE GOING TO LIVE IN A DESERT.

WE'RE JUST NOT GOING TO BUILD ANYWHERE.

WE'RE JUST GOING TO STAY AS IS.

DON'T SAY YOU WANT CHANGE.

AND YOU WERE ELECTED TO FOR THE BETTERMENT OF OUR CITY, AND THEN WE DO NOTHING.

TO ME, THAT'S WHAT VOTERS NEED TO KNOW.

WHEN WE RAN, WE SAID WE WERE GOING TO CHANGE THIS.

WE'RE GOING TO BRING BUSINESSES.

BUT BECAUSE YOU SEE SOMETHING ON SOCIAL MEDIA, YOU CHANGE YOUR MIND.

WELL, THAT'S NOT ALL THE RESIDENTS.

YOU NEED TO EXPLAIN THE TRUTH AS TO WHY WE'RE DOING WHAT WE'RE DOING, BECAUSE WE NEED THE DENSITY, BECAUSE WE NEED THE BUSINESSES TO COME IN.

AND HE'S RIGHT. THERE ARE NO BIG BUSINESSES SQUARE FOOTAGE OF BUSINESS, OF RESTAURANTS AROUND.

ANYMORE FACTS? NO NAME.

ONE THAT HAS 8000 SQUARE FOOT CALLOUS.

OKAY, THERE'S AND IT JUST GOT OPENED AND IT'S BRAND NEW.

SO MAYBE IF WE OPEN SOMETHING BRAND NEW, PEOPLE WILL COME.

BUT THAT CHEDDARS BUILDING BEEN VACANT FOR YEARS, YEARS AND VOTING NO DOES NOT MAKE IT BETTER.

THERE'S NO OTHER OPTION.

MAKE SOMETHING HAPPEN.

AND THIS IS A GOOD PROJECT.

I'M LIKE, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO VOTE YES FOR? CHEDDAR'S COMING BACK.

THEY'RE NOT COMING BACK.

THEY'RE NOT COMING BACK.

IF SOMEBODY WANTED THE SPACE, THEY WOULD HAVE RENTED IT.

IT'S JUST VACANT ALL.

YOU KNOW WHAT? WE'RE GETTING HOMELESS PEOPLE.

WELCOME TO TAMARAC, HOME OF THE HOMELESS.

BECAUSE WE'RE NOT BUILDING APARTMENTS.

THANK YOU.

AND I'LL JUST SEGUE OFF OF WHAT COMMISSIONER DANIEL SAID.

THERE'S BEEN A VISION SINCE 2005.

IT'S TAKEN 20 YEARS, ALMOST, FOR US TO GET WHERE WE ARE, CHANGE SITE PLAN OR CHANGE OUR LAND USE DEVELOPMENT CODE.

SO, MISS CALLOWAY, WHEN WE CHANGE THE DEVELOPMENT CODE IN 2015, 2018 AND WE AGREED ON ALL THESE THINGS, WHY DID WE NOT PUT CERTAIN THINGS IN PLACE TO MAKE WHERE THIS WOULD NOT BE A CONVERSATION? WE KNOW WE WANT IT AS A LAND, A LOCAL ACTIVITY CENTER, BUT WE SEEM TO BE MAKING IT WHERE PEOPLE ARE NOT UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS IS THE VISION AND THE GOALS FOR THE CITY. AND WE KEEP WE APPEAR THAT WE'RE CHANGING OUR MIND.

WHEN WE'RE NOT CHANGING OUR MIND, WE'RE JUST ACTUALLY BRINGING TODAY'S CODE UP TO WHAT WE PLANNED YEARS AGO.

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IT'S BEEN 19 YEARS THAT WE HAVE BEEN AT THIS VISION.

WE CREATED A LOCAL ACTIVITY CENTER IN 2010.

FOR THIS PURPOSE, WE UPDATED OUR ZONING MAP AND OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND OUR LAND USE MAP TO CREATE.

WE ENTITLED THESE PROPERTIES.

FOR THIS PURPOSE, WE CREATED A LOCAL ACTIVITY CENTER.

WE DUMP 1400 UNITS, WHICH IS WHAT'S REMAINING NOW IN THE LOCAL ACTIVITY CENTER.

SO WE CAN ENCOURAGE PROJECTS SUCH AS THIS.

SO THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING VISION OF THE CITY SINCE 2005.

AND SO I'M NOT SURE WHY IT'S THIS DIFFICULT TO IMPLEMENT, BUT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING SINCE THEN AND IS SOME OF THE OVERLAY OF THIS MAP WAS WAITING UNTIL THOSE BUSINESSES WERE NO LONGER IN BUSINESS FOR US TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THE CHANGES.

THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS WITH REDEVELOPMENT.

AND SO WHEN THE OPPORTUNITY ARISES AND THIS IS WHAT THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENS.

AND SO CHEDDAR WENT OUT OF BUSINESS AND THE OPPORTUNITY BECAME AVAILABLE.

WOULD YOU SAY THAT FIRST WATCH IN LAUDERHILL IS SUCCESSFUL.

I WOULD THINK SO. I GO THERE FOR LUNCH.

IS THAT APPROXIMATELY 3500FT² OF OF RESTAURANT? NO NO, NO.

AND THE TURNOVER AND THAT'S REALLY, YOU KNOW, THAT'S OBSOLETE.

THAT TYPE OF LARGE SPACE FOR RESTAURANTS NO LONGER EXISTS.

BUT YEAH, IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S SUCCESSFUL.

THEY TURN OVER CUSTOMERS REALLY QUICKLY.

YOU'RE IN AND OUT. AND SO YOU'RE THERE LESS THAN AN HOUR FOR LUNCH, BUT YOU'RE GETTING GOOD QUALITY FOOD.

IT'S DELICIOUS.

I WOULD AGREE BREAKFAST IS EVEN BETTER.

BREAKFAST ALL DAY LONG.

WE BASICALLY SAY THAT WE NEED TO HAVE ATTAINABLE HOUSING.

AT 120 IS THE WORKFORCE AS THERE IS NOTHING REALLY BEING DONE FOR WORKFORCE HOUSING.

SO I PARTICULARLY AM FINE WITH IT AS WE HAVE NOT WE DO A LOT FOR LOW, LOW INCOME AND FOR LOW INCOME, BUT THERE HAS NOT BEEN ANYTHING DEVELOPED TO HELP OUR WORKFORCE, HOUSING FOR PEOPLE IN THAT MIDDLE.

SECTION THERE WHERE THERE HAS BEEN NO ABILITY, THEY'VE BEEN THE ONES THAT HAVE BEEN SHUT OUT, AND THEY ARE THE ONES WHO ARE ALSO GETTING SQUEEZED THE MOST.

I THINK AT THIS TIME, FOR SOME OF OUR INSURANCE AND OTHER ISSUES THAT ARE GOING ON.

WE SAY THAT WE WANT TO DO THINGS WHILE SUPPLY AND DEMAND.

IF THERE'S MORE SUPPLY AND THERE'S MORE HOUSING, THEN THE DEMAND AND THE PRICES WILL COULD GO DOWN NOW TO TRY TO SHOOT A PROJECT DOWN.

BUT THE REALITY IS, IF WE CAN GET SOME MORE OF THIS HOUSING, WE WILL BE ABLE TO MEET SOME OF THE WHAT PEOPLE ARE CLAMORING FOR AND DEMANDING OUT OF US.

PEOPLE ARE ALSO DEMANDING THAT WE DON'T INCREASE TAXES IF WE DON'T HAVE A TAX BASE, INCREASE OUR TAX BASE, AND WE WILL HAVE NO CHOICE IN ORDER TO DO THE SERVICES THAT THEY NEED, WE WILL HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO EVENTUALLY RAISE THAT TAX MILLAGE RATE, WHICH WILL ALSO CREATE A WHOLE OTHER HULLABALOO.

SO WHAT ARE WE TRYING TO DO? IT LOOKS OUTSIDE THE BOX.

WE HAVE TO NEGOTIATE.

WE HAVE TO COMPROMISE.

TAMARAC VILLAGE PHASE THREE DID NOT TURN OUT THE WAY WE WANTED IT TO, BUT THERE WERE MANY ISSUES THERE AND WE CAN'T HELP COVID.

I KNOW PEOPLE DON'T LIKE THAT, BUT THAT'S THE REALITY.

YOU GOT TO TAKE A SNAPSHOT IN TIME.

WE LOST CERTAIN THINGS THAT WERE BIG TICKET BOX ITEMS THEN THAT WERE NEVER GOING TO COME OUT OF THE GROUND.

SO FOR WHATEVER REASON, WHATEVER PRECAUTIONS OR WHATEVER WE THOUGHT WE COULD PUT IN PLACE, WE CAN'T PUT THAT IN PLACE BECAUSE NO ONE WOULD HAVE EVER BEEN ABLE TO FIGURE OUT THIS FORCE MAJEURE OF A THING CALLED COVID.

SO IN ORDER TO PUT THE PREVENTIONS OR THE PRECAUTIONS IN PLACE, BY HAVING AN APPLICANT BE READILY BUILDING OUT THAT RESTAURANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT IS A RESTAURANT IS ONE VERY KEY SOLID ITEM OF PROTECTION THAT I FEEL IS IN THERE TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE BRINGING US A RESTAURANT.

MIXED USE IS THE WAY TO GO, AND IT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN PLANNING FOR.

IT'S WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE IS DOING.

AND I DON'T ALWAYS LIKE TO DO WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE IS DOING.

I LIKE MY OWN BEATEN PATH, BUT THE REALITY IS TAMARAC CANNOT AFFORD IN SO MANY WAYS TO STOP DEVELOPING OR WE'VE STOPPED DEVELOPING. WHAT HAVE WE DONE IN THE PAST YEAR OTHER THAN OF DEVELOPMENT PROJECT THAT HAD BEEN IN THE WORKS FOR SIX YEARS? WE HAVE DONE NOTHING TO BRING THIS VISION THAT WE'VE ALL AGREED UPON, THAT WE'VE SUPPORTED THE VISION FROM 2005, 2010, 2015 AND SO ON.

WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING OR AGAIN, WE ARE JUST GOING TO SHRIVEL UP AND DIE AND BECOME A HOUSE OF AN OPEN VAGRANCY PLACE.

AND THAT'S NOT WHAT WE WANT. IT'S NOT WHAT OUR PEOPLE WANT.

PEOPLE ARE SCARED AND WE GOT TO GET OVER OUR FEARS.

I THINK THAT.

IT'S NOT UP TO US TO JUST GIVE UP AND BE AFRAID.

IF WE LIKE THE IDEA OF WALKING, WE HAVE TO BE THE CATALYST.

WE HAVE TO SUCK IT UP AND SAY, WE ARE THE VISIONARIES.

I'M SORRY. YOU CAN LAUGH ALL YOU WANT.

IT'S WE SIT HERE HAVING PEOPLE YELLING AT US THAT WE NEED TO CHANGE OUR CODE FOR SOMETHING THAT MAY NOT BE THE BEST THING FOR US, BECAUSE WE HAVE TO HAVE VISION AND WE HAVE TO IGNORE THE VOICES THAT ARE ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

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WE HAVE TO START KNOWING THAT WE ARE THE ONES THAT ARE BEING EDUCATED AND HAVE THE IDEAS OF WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE CITY, AND WE HAVE TO TRUST OUR GUT.

I HAVE PEOPLE SAYING ALL THE TIME HOW HAPPY THEY ARE WITH THINGS THAT THEY ARE SEEING IN THE CITY, AND THEY'RE PROUD THAT WE'VE TAKEN THE CHANCE.

THIS IS SOMETHING WE HAVE TO TAKE THE CHANCE.

MIGHT IT BE A LITTLE SCARY AT FIRST, YES.

BUT ONCE WE DO THIS PROJECT AND WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE OTHER PARCELS ALONG THIS CORRIDOR THAT ARE WAITING FOR REDEVELOPMENT AND TO SEE HOW WE WORK OUT, THEN IT'S TIME TO BE THE EXAMPLE AND ACTUALLY LEAD BY EXAMPLE.

SO AS MUCH AS THERE MAY BE A LITTLE FEAR OF SOME OF THIS, I THINK WE HAVE TO GO FORWARD WITH IT.

1900 UNITS WERE ALREADY PLANNED ALONG THIS LINE.

PEOPLE MAY NOT UNDERSTAND THAT WE WERE BUILT AND WERE BUILT ON A GRID.

WE INVITE PEOPLE TO COME LEARN MORE ABOUT PLANNING AND LAND USE PLANNING THAT IT'S ALREADY BEEN PLANNED FOR.

NOW WE JUST GOT TO BUILD WHAT HAS BEEN PLANNED FOR THE PLAN IS THERE, BUILD IT, THEY WILL COME, AND LET'S START BEING MORE IMPRESSIVE THAN THE FACT THAT OUR SISTER CITIES ARE ALL DOING IT FOR US.

ALL RIGHT. COMMISSIONER BOLTON, YOU ARE ON YOUR LAST TWO.

THANK YOU. SCOTT, DO YOU THINK THAT YOUR CLIENT WOULD BE AMENABLE TO CHANGING THE EMI FROM 120 TO PROBABLY 80? BY THE CHART. ON THE CHART, YOU'RE YOU.

IT'S 8101 20.

I'M PLAYING WITH YOU BECAUSE YOU SAID BMI, WHICH IS BODY MASS.

NO, NO, I DIDN'T SAY BMI.

NO NO NO NO, I SAID ARMY.

OH, I HEARD ARMY ALSO.

WE HAVE 8101 20.

RIGHT. OKAY.

WOULD YOU BE AMENABLE TO CHANGING IT TO 80? SO IT'S MORE ATTAINABLE FOR, FOR INSTANCE, TEACHERS? UNFORTUNATELY, IT'S NOT THAT YOU ASK YOUR CLIENT.

WELL, WE'VE HAD THIS CONVERSATION.

IT'S COME UP THROUGH VARIOUS CONVERSATIONS OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS.

SO YOU DON'T WANT REALLY LOW INCOME.

YOU WANT YOU WANT LOW INCOME, BUT YOU.

THE THROUGH DISCUSSIONS, THROUGH PROGRAMS THAT THE CITY WAS PUTTING IN PLACE.

OUR EXPECTATION AND OFFER WAS TO PROVIDE 10% OF THE UNITS AT THE 120%.

THAT IS THE MODERATE LEVEL OF WORKFORCE HOUSING IN THE COUNTY.

THAT IS HOW THE DEAL WAS UNDERWRITTEN.

AND AND ANYTHING LESS THAN THAT IS A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT TO THE PROJECT.

AND SO, NO, I DID THE MATH.

50, $50 MILLION TO BUILD.

GIVES YOU ABOUT $166,000.

PER UNIT OVER 30 YEARS.

IT'S ABOUT $250.

MULTIPLY THAT BY ABOUT TEN.

YOU'RE GETTING TEN TIMES THE AMOUNT YOU CAN ACTUALLY DO IT.

I'M NOT STUPID, SCOTT.

THE MATH IS ON THE SCREEN.

SO 80%.

ARE YOU WILLING OR NOT? NO. OKAY.

ARE YOU WILLING TO CHANGE THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THE RESTAURANT REDESIGN? SO IT'S DOUBLE? NO. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. THANKS.

CITY MANAGER.

MADAM MAYOR, IF I MAY THROW IN JUST A FEW THINGS IN THERE THAT YOU KNOW, THE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'RE HAVING TONIGHT ABOUT THE THE TRAFFIC AND THE AFFORDABILITY ARE UNIVERSAL PROBLEMS FOR OUR REGION.

AND THESE UNIVERSAL PROBLEMS DO NOT JUST EXIST IN TAMARAC.

THEY EXIST IN BROWARD COUNTY, WHICH TAMARAC IS A SMALL PORTION OF IT, AND IT EXISTS IN THE YOU KNOW, TRI COUNTY AREA.

SO OUR FAIR SHARE OF CONTRIBUTING TO A RESOLUTION OR TO A SOLUTION IS PROBABLY NOT GOING TO HAPPEN THROUGH ONE SINGLE PROJECT AND BUT BUT IN THE SAME TIME, THE SUCCESS AND THE THE BENEFITS THAT IT BRINGS TO THE COMMUNITY IS MUCH MORE MEASURABLE TO, TO TAMARAC THAN THE THE SOLUTIONS THAT WE MAY BE THINKING THAT IT MAY BRING TO THESE UNIVERSAL PROBLEMS. AND SO WE DO ENCOURAGE THIS PROJECT TO BE CONSIDERED FOR APPROVAL AS IT WILL FULFILL PART OF THAT VISION.

THE CITY'S HAS BEEN ADVOCATING FOR A LONG TIME, WHICH IS YOU KNOW, CHANGING THE FACE OF TAMARAC ALONG THAT CORRIDOR.

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MANAGER AND AND LISTEN, YOU KNOW, ONLINE.

YEAH. YOU MAY HAVE BOTS.

BUT THESE ARE REAL PEOPLE ON NEXT DOOR.

REAL PEOPLE ON FACEBOOK ACTUALLY WENT THROUGH ALL OF THEM.

AND BETH STARKWEATHER YOU MAY BE STILL WATCHING YOU KNOW, WE WE HEAR YOU AND MR. BOROFSKY, YOU ARE STILL WATCHING.

WE KNOW YOU'RE REAL.

ACTUALLY CAME TO THE MEETING? YEAH, HE WAS HERE LAST NIGHT.

WAS GOING TO LONG, SO HE LEFT.

AND PATTY LANE, WE ALSO HEARD YOU AND DOCTOR DARCY SCHILLER AND DOCTOR KATE JOHNSON.

WE ALSO HEAR YOU. WE KNOW YOU WERE REAL.

THE 92% OF THOSE NO'S ON SOCIAL MEDIA, THEY'LL.

NO COMMENT TOMORROW MORNING.

THANK YOU. MR. ATTORNEY. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE SOMETHING VERY CLEAR.

THIS IS A QUASI JUDICIAL PROCEEDING, AND THE DECISIONS YOU MAKE HAVE TO BE BASED ON THE THE RECORD.

WHAT YOU HEAR AT THIS MEETING, WHAT IS IN YOUR PACKET? YOU KNOW, THE TESTIMONY FROM THE APPLICANT, FROM OUR STAFF.

SO WHILE IT'S OKAY FOR YOU TO HEAR YOUR RESIDENTS THROUGH NEXT DOOR OR THROUGH OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA, YOU HAVE TO MAKE YOUR DECISION BASED UPON WHAT IS IN THE RECORD, BECAUSE THAT'S ALL.

IT'S HEARSAY.

AND THE APPLICANT DOESN'T HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO RESPOND TO ISSUES THAT COME UP THERE.

SO, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU ALL STAY LASER FOCUSED ON THE FACT THAT YOU NEED TO MAKE YOUR DECISION BASED ON WHAT'S AND POINT OF CLARIFICATION. I DID SAY TO, ON THE RECORD TO, TO SCOTT THAT MY MAJOR ISSUE IS THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF, OF THE RESTAURANT.

MAJOR ISSUE IS THE PERCENTAGE UNATTAINABLE HOUSING.

MAJOR ISSUES IS THE DENSITY.

THAT'S CITY'S VISION.

THANK. THANK YOU. YOU HAVE COMPLETED YOUR TIME.

I THINK AT THIS POINT.

WE'RE GOING TO CALL THE ROLL.

VICE MAYOR, RIGHT? NO. COMMISSIONER DANIEL.

YES. MAYOR.

GOMEZ. YES.

COMMISSIONER. VILLALOBOS.

I KNOW. COMMISSIONER BOLTON.

NO. MOTION FAILS.

3 TO 2. THANK YOU.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, GET HOME SAFELY.

EVERYBODY IS CELEBRATING MOTHER'S DAY THIS WEEKEND.

VERY HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY TO YOU.

IT IS 1219.

WE'RE ADJOURNED.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.