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READY. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE, AND WELCOME TO OUR WEDNESDAY NIGHT COMMISSION MEETING.
[CALL TO ORDER]
IT IS 7 P.M..CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
CITY ATTORNEY, DO YOU HAVE ANY REPORT? MADAM MAYOR, NO REPORT.
THANK YOU. CITY MANAGER, DO YOU HAVE ANY REPORT?
[2.CITY MANAGER REPORT]
GOOD EVENING MAYOR. I DO HAVE A BRIEF REPORT, AND I'D LIKE TO START WITH TAMARAC FIRE RESCUE.YOU KNOW, THESE KINDS OF NEWS ARE AS IMPORTANT AS THEY ARE.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE SEEING THEM SO FREQUENTLY.
AND SO, FIRE RESCUE ALS TEAM, INCLUDING CAPTAIN MICHAEL BOHAN, LIEUTENANT MACE AND LIEUTENANT CHRIS CURVELO, AND DRIVER ENGINEER FRANCOIS AVRIL, THEY COMPETED WITH 30 TEAMS AT THE FIRST THEIR FIRST CARE CONFERENCE, AND CAME IN SECOND PLACE.
THIS CONFERENCE AIMS TO CREATE A COHESIVE AND COLLABORATIVE GLOBAL EMS NETWORK.
IT EMPHASIZES THE SHARED COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE IN EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES WHILE RECOGNIZING THE DIVERSITY OF EXPERIENCES, CHALLENGES AND SOLUTIONS THAT EXIST ACROSS DIFFERENT REGIONS.
SO, CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR TAMARAC FIRE RESCUE FOR EXEMPLIFYING EXCELLENCE.
ALWAYS. YES, AN UPDATE ON REPRESENTATIVE MCCORMICK.
SHE WILL BE JOINING US AT OUR UPCOMING COMMISSION MEETING ON WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28TH, 2024, WHERE SHE WILL PRESENT A CHECK IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,050,000 TO THE CITY OF TAMARAC IN SUPPORT OF OUR TAMARAC REHABILITATION AND REBUILD PROGRAM.
THESE FUNDS WILL ENHANCE OUR EXISTING PURCHASE ASSISTANCE AND MINOR HOME REPAIR PROGRAMS, WITH A PARTICULAR EMPHASIS ON ADDRESSING INSURANCE RELATED ISSUES WITHIN THE MINOR HOME REPAIR PROGRAM.
AGAIN, WE HAVE AN ACTIVITY FILLED SUMMER.
WE HAVE GREAT EVENTS ALL SUMMER LONG FOR YOU TO ENJOY.
TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THESE, PLEASE VISIT THE TAMARAC WEBSITE YOU KNOW, TAMARAC.ORG/SPECIAL EVENTS.
WE HOPE TO SEE YOU AND YOUR FAMILIES THERE.
AND ACTUALLY, I SHOULD ACTUALLY CONGRATULATE OUR PARKS AND RECREATION, PUBLIC SERVICES AND EVERYBODY ELSE THAT CONTRIBUTED TO A VERY SUCCESSFUL 4TH OF JULY EVENT.
I THINK IT WAS ONE OF THE BIGGEST CROWDS THAT I'VE SEEN IN FOR THAT EVENT.
AND IT WAS EXTREMELY WELL DONE.
SO, THANK YOU ALL WHO CONTRIBUTED TO THAT.
AND WE WERE GLAD TO SEE KIDS AND FAMILIES ENJOY THE EVENT.
I DO NEED TO REPORT AN EMERGENCY PROCUREMENT TO THE COMMISSION.
I KNOW IT SOUNDS A LITTLE COMPLICATED, BUT I LEFT A DETAILED EXPLANATION OF THAT ON YOUR SEATS.
AND SO, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, WE'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THAT.
AND THAT THAT WORK IS TAKING PLACE.
WILL TAKE PLACE SHORTLY AS WE SPEAK.
AND THEN LASTLY, THE COMMISSION, CITY COMMISSION WILL BE ON HIATUS UNTIL AUGUST 28TH.
THAT THAT'S GOING TO BE THE NEXT COMMISSION MEETING.
SO, WE HOPE YOU ALL HAVE A WONDERFUL SUMMER.
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AND CITY WILL CONTINUE TO BE PROVIDING ITS SERVICES, AND IT'S JUST GOING TO BE NO COMMISSION MEETINGS.THE LAST MEETING IN JULY THIS MONTH, AND THE FIRST MEETING IN AUGUST IS GOING TO BE CANCELED AND WILL RESUME COMMISSION ACTIVITIES OR COMMISSION MEETING ACTIVITIES AT THE END OF AUGUST.
EXCELLENT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
NOW COMES TIME FOR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.
[3.PUBLIC PARTICIPATION]
SO, THE RULES OF PUBLIC PARTICIPATION ARE IF YOU'RE HAPPY ABOUT SOMETHING, YOU'RE GOING TO GO LIKE THIS.IF YOU'RE SAD, YOU'RE GOING TO GO LIKE THIS.
YOU'RE GOING TO STATE YOUR NAME, STATE YOUR ADDRESS.
HOWEVER, ANYBODY HERE TO SPEAK ON SIX A AS THAT IS AN ORDINANCE ON FIRST READING.
WE DO NOT SPEAK AT THAT TIME ON THE AGENDA.
SO, YOU WOULD SPEAK DURING PUBLIC PARTICIPATION INSTEAD.
ALRIGHTY. WE HAVE JEFFREY SHAPIRO.
ARE YOU HERE FOR GENERAL COMMENT OR ARE YOU HERE FOR ITEM NINE A OR BOTH? BOTH. ALL RIGHT.
SO HERE'S YOUR GENERAL COMMENT.
AND ON DECK IS D'ARCY SCHILLER.
JEFFREY SHAPIRO, THE WOODLANDS TAMARAC.
BEFORE THE CITY COMMISSION AGAIN, AND THE MAYOR HERE THIS EVENING GOING TO MAKE A PLEA FOR CODE ENFORCEMENT WITHIN THE WOODLANDS COMMUNITY SINCE THE LAST TIME I GOT UP AND SPOKE ON THIS ISSUE, THERE WAS SO MUCH GOING ON, AND IT SEEMS LIKE THE WORD IS OUT OKAY FOR NEW HOMEOWNERS.
NEW HOME BUYERS COME IN, BUY, DO WHAT YOU WANT.
DON'T GO TO ANYBODY FOR ANY PERMITS, AND JUST MALICIOUSLY START DOING WORK.
WE'RE SEEING FROM THE FRONT OF THE HOMES, OKAY? AND SO, IF WE HAD CODE ENFORCEMENT GOING THROUGH, IT WOULD CURTAIL SOME OF THIS AND GET THESE PEOPLE ON THE RIGHT TRACK TO DO THE RIGHT THING. SOME OF THESE HOME BUYERS ARE NOTHING BUT FLIPPERS, AND WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO CREATE IS A NIGHTMARE FOR A FUTURE BUYER.
MAYBE A HOUSE GOING ON FIRE BECAUSE OF ILLEGAL ELECTRICAL WORK.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, IT JUST NEEDS TO BE LOOKED INTO.
MY NEXT MY NEXT TOPIC HAPPENS TO DO WITH A PROBLEM HOME ON WOODLANDS BOULEVARD.
I KNOW THE MAYOR IS AWARE OF IT.
AND UNFORTUNATELY, WHEN SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAPPENS, IT.
AND THERE'S ONLY SO MANY BSO PATROL OFFICERS ON A SHIFT AT A TIME, IT CREATES OTHER PROBLEMS FOR OTHER AREAS OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC, BUT EVIDENTLY IT MUST HAVE BEEN SOME SORT OF BIG EMERGENCY, OR THEY WOULDN'T HAVE HAD THAT TYPE OF LAW ENFORCEMENT SENT OUT THERE.
AND LASTLY, I'D LIKE TO MENTION ABOUT THE KILLING.
THE MURDER ON WOODLAND ON COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD, WEST COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD BY NORTHWEST 63RD AVENUE. NEWS RECENTLY TOOK PLACE AND WOUND UP DAMAGING A WALL, THE WALL THE CITY PUT UP FOR A HOMEOWNER IN THE WOODLANDS, AND THE FACT THAT BSO NEEDS HELP.
I'VE SEEN IT ON THE NEWS NUMEROUS TIMES.
I'VE SEEN THE VIDEO FOUR TIMES OF THE WHOLE INCIDENT.
AND IT'S JUST A TERRIBLE SHAME, AND IT'S KIND OF A STAIN ON THE CITY.
BUT THIS WAS AN OUTRIGHT KILLING AND IT SHOULDN'T HAVE TAKEN PLACE, NOT ON TAMARAC STREETS.
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AS MISS SCHILLER IS COMING UP, I HAVE SHAUN YOUNG TO BE NEXT.YEAH. D'ARCY SCHILLER, KINGS POINT.
ACCORDING TO THE OXFORD DICTIONARY, I'M GOING TO GIVE AN ENGLISH LESSON FOR A MOMENT, A RUMOR IS A CURRENT OR CIRCULATING STORY OR REPORT OF UNCERTAIN OR DOUBTFUL TRUTH.
A FABRICATION IS THE ACTION OR PROCESS OF MANUFACTURING OR INVENTING SOMETHING.
AT MONDAY'S WORKSHOP, I WAS ACCUSED OF REPEATING SOMETHING THAT I BELIEVE COMMISSIONER BOLTON TOLD ME OR SOMETHING, I DON'T KNOW.
ALL I KNOW IS THAT THERE WAS A LIE ABOUT ALVIN RECEIVING $32,000 FROM A VENDOR.
THAT WAS A COMPLETE FABRICATION, AND IT WAS APPALLING THAT YOU WOULD PUT MY NAME IN THERE.
DON'T EVEN SAY ANYTHING BECAUSE YOU LIE.
LET HER HAVE HER, COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS.
YOU NEVER TOLD ME THAT. COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS.
AND TO ME, ACCORDING TO MY CALCULATOR, THAT WOULD BE 12.86 HOURS A DAY IF HE WORKED SEVEN DAYS OR 18 HOURS A DAY IF HE WORKED FIVE DAYS, IF IN FACT, THAT'S TRUE.
AS SHARON YOUNG, MISS YOUNG COMES UP I'VE GOT MARK GOGGIN ON DECK.
PLEASE SPEAK INTO THE MIC AND THANK YOU.
MY NAME IS SHARON YOUNG AND I LIVE IN TAMARAC IN THE MAINLAND.
BUT I'M HERE TO REPRESENT MY SISTER-IN-LAW.
SHE IS SICK AND SHE CANNOT COME.
SHE LIVES IN THE BERMUDA CLUB.
AND THE PROBLEM THAT I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHO CAN HELP HER AND OTHER PEOPLE IN TAMARAC AND WHEREVER ELSE IS THE HOMEOWNER INSURANCE.
BECAUSE HOMEOWNER INSURANCE NOW IS MORE THAN MORTGAGE.
SO, WE WOULD THAT IS MY CONCERN.
IF THERE'S ANYTHING OUR MAYOR, OUR COMMISSIONER.
WE HAVE, WE DO HAVE A PROGRAM.
AND ACTUALLY IF YOU WOULD AFTER MISS CALLAWAY OR WOULD MISS CAJUSTE, ONE OF THE TWO LADIES OVER THERE WILL SPEAK WITH YOU.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR TODAY.
IT IS ON OUR WEBSITE, BY THE WAY, UNDER COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.
A LOT OF INFORMATION ON OUR PROGRAMS AND OUR GRANT AND FUNDS ARE ON OUR WEBSITE.
BUT FOR RIGHT NOW, FOR THE EVENING, FOR QUICKER, YOU'VE GOT IT.
AS MARK GOGGIN IS COMING DOWN, I HAVE AN ELAINE WILLIAMS. GOOD EVENING. I'M MARK GOGGIN FROM TAMARAC LAKE SOUTH AND HAVE A COUPLE OF ITEMS OF GENERAL KNOWLEDGE, ONE WITH MANY RESIDENTS VERY UPSET OF A COMMISSIONER PUTTING DOOR HANGERS ON OUR DOORS AGAIN.
SOME PEOPLE MAY SAY, WELL, IT WAS HURRICANE INFORMATION.
HURRICANE INFORMATION WENT OUT TO OUR COMMUNITY BECAUSE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT VAN SHOWS RESPECT, SENDS IT TO US IN AN EMAIL, AND THEN WE FORWARD IT OUT TO ALL THE RESIDENTS.
THAT WAY, DOOR HANGERS AREN'T LEFT ON DOORS, OR PEOPLE AWAY ON VACATION OR GONE FOR THE SUMMER.
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TELLING THE THIEVES AROUND AND THE BSO HAS TO COME INVESTIGATE CRIMES.BUT ONE ITEM I NOTICED NOT ON THE AGENDA OUT TONIGHT THAT WAS ON THE ONE ON THE WEBSITE WAS ITEM TEN B ON THE ONE FROM THE WEBSITE YESTERDAY, AND ONE THAT RARELY AFFECTS THE CITY.
$45,000 IS BEING WASTED ON CAR ALLOWANCE EVERY YEAR.
THAT MONEY SHOULD STAY IN THE GENERAL FUND AND BE ABLE TO SUPPORT OTHER ACTIVITIES.
IF YOU'RE DOING BUSINESS WITHIN THE CITY, YOU SHOULD GO TO THE CITY.
WE'RE NOT 15,000 MILES CITYWIDE.
YOUR DISTRICTS AREN'T THAT BIG.
IF YOU'RE GOING OUT OF THE AREA, GET A CITY VEHICLE THAT SAYS TAMARAC ON IT, SO PEOPLE KNOW YOU'RE FROM TAMARAC AND SUPPORTING THEIR MEETINGS. SO, THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. MISS WILLIAMS, ARE YOU HERE? OKAY. I GUESS MISS WILLIAMS IS NOT SPEAKING.
EILEEN WILLIAMS, WE HAVE EILEEN LIEBERMAN, AND THEN ON DECK IS LINDA GOREN.
OH, EILEEN. YOU'RE COMING. OH, YOU'RE NINE A ONLY? OKAY.
SO THEN, LINDA, ARE YOU HERE? AND IF THERE'S ANYBODY ELSE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK WHO DID NOT SIGN UP.
I'VE BEEN LIVING THERE SINCE 54 YEARS AGO WHEN IT WAS SAND DUNES.
SO, I'VE SEEN THE GOOD, THE BAD, THE UGLY AND THE BEAUTIFUL.
ANYWAY, WHEN CLUBLINK BOUGHT THE WOODLANDS, THEY PUT UP TREES ON THE BACK OF THE GOLF COURSE.
WHEN WE PURCHASED OUR HOME AND A COUPLE OF OTHER PEOPLE TO THE LEFT AND RIGHT OF US, WE PAID 5 OR $6000 EXTRA SO THAT NOTHING WOULD OBSTRUCT OUR VIEW OF THE 18TH GREEN.
I ASKED THEM, PLEASE TO CUT THE TREES WHEN THEY GET OUT OF SHAPE, BECAUSE THERE'S A GOLF CART PATH.
PEOPLE ARE NOW WALKING THERE WITH THEIR CHILDREN.
WHEN MY GRANDKIDS COME OVER AND WE WANT TO HAVE A CATCH OR SOMETHING, I CAN'T USE MY OWN PROPERTY BECAUSE THE TREES HAVE NOW GROWN OVER AND THEY'RE SO LOW THAT ANYBODY WALKING NEAR IS GOING TO GET AN EYE OUT OR SCAR THEIR FACE, OR SOMETHING BAD IS GOING TO HAPPEN.
NOW THEY'RE GONE, SO THEY DIDN'T WANT TO TRIM IT THE SECOND TIME.
I UNDERSTAND, SO I'M BESEECHING MY CITY OF TAMARAC HELP TO GET THAT CUT FOR THE SAFETY OF THE TAMARAC RESIDENTS WHO WALK THERE, AND THOSE OF US WHO LIVE THERE.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON AN ITEM? MR. WEBSTER? ANYBODY ELSE AFTER MR. WEBSTER FOR THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE. THEN PUBLIC COMMENTS WILL BE CLOSED AFTER STUART.
EVERY TIME I THINK IT GETS WORSE, IT GETS WORSE.
THAT OUTBURST BY ONE OF THE COMMISSIONERS TO SOMEBODY STANDING AT THIS DESK.
WE'RE GIVEN THREE MINUTES TO SAY SOMETHING.
I HAVE A LOT TO SHARE THIS EVENING, SO IT MAY BE TBC.
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I HAVE SO MANY POSITIVE THINGS TO TALK ABOUT AND ARE PLEASANT SUGGESTIONS TO MAKE YET BECAUSE OF THE CONSTANT NEGATIVE DRAMA, HERE I AM AS A COMMISSIONER SAID TO ME, COMPLAINING QUOTE.AFTER SOMEBODY SENT ME A YOUTUBE VIDEO OF OUR CITY MANAGER BEING VERBALLY AND PUBLICLY ABUSED FIRST, I FELT THAT I NEED TO SHARE SOMETHING WITH HIM. MR. CITY MANAGER, THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR, I HAVE A NOTE POSTED OVER MY COMPUTER FOR ABOUT TEN YEARS.
IT READS NEVER ARGUE WITH BLEEP WHEN THEY VERBALLY ATTACK YOU.
THEY SEEK TO DRAG YOU DOWN TO THEIR LEVEL AND THEN BEAT YOU UP WITH EXPERIENCE.
SIR, YOUR CONSTANT AND GENTLEMANLY SILENCE IS THE BEST RESORT.
SWITCHING TO SOMETHING POSITIVE.
THE 4TH OF JULY EVENT WAS MARVELOUS.
EVERY YEAR I WATCH IT RISE FROM ONE LEVEL OF ARTISTIC WONDERFULNESS TO ANOTHER.
THE MULTICULTURALLY DIVERSE ATTENDANCE WAS AMAZING.
THIS YEAR, I THINK OUR NEW PARKS AND REC DIRECTOR MOVED IT TO A WHOLE NOTHER LEVEL.
THANK YOU, SIR. WATCHING THE COMMISSION MEETINGS LIKE TONIGHT, WE HAVE OUR OWN ORANGE JULIUS'S IN EVERY SENSE OF THE WORD.
YES, IN EVERY SENSE OF THE WORD.
THIS IS NOT OKAY AND WE ALL KNOW IT.
I HAVE SAID THIS PUBLICLY A NUMBER OF TIMES BEFORE, BUT THE FOCUS SHOULD BE ON THE ALLEGEDLY COWARDLY, HYPOCRITICAL, LILY-LIVERED POLITICAL LEADERS IN THEIR DISTRICTS.
PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE NOW CLOSED, AND WE WILL NOW MOVE TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.
[4.CONSENT AGENDA]
CITY MANAGER, ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONS OR DELETIONS TO THE AGENDA? NO, MAYOR. THANK YOU.I'M NOT SEEING ANY REQUESTS TO REMOVE ANY ITEMS. SO THEREFORE, CITY CLERK, I LIKE US, WELL, ACTUALLY, I LIKE A SECOND TO MY MOTION.
I HAVE A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS, CITY CLERK.
THANK YOU. MOTION PASSES 5 TO 0.
THANK YOU. NOW, MOVING ON TO OUR REGULAR AGENDA.
[5.a TR14109 - A Resolution of the City Commission Of The City Of Tamarac, Florida, approving the proposed millage rate of 7.4312 mills for general operating purposes; approving September 12, 2024 at 5:05 p.m. at the Tamarac Commission Chambers, 7525 N.W. 88th Avenue, Tamarac, Florida, as the date, time and place for the first Public Hearing to set the tentative millage rate and budget for Fiscal Year 2025; approving September 25, 2024 at 5:05 p.m. at the Tamarac Commission Chambers, 7525 N.W. 88th Avenue, Tamarac, Florida as the date, time, and place for the second Public Hearing to adopt the millage rate and budget for Fiscal Year 2025; authorizing the City Manager to send the proposed millage rate of 7.4312 and the date, time and place for both the first and second Public Hearings to the Broward County Property Appraiser for fiscal year 2025; providing for conflicts; providing for severability; and providing for an effective date.]
WE HAVE FIVE A, TR1 4109.CITY ATTORNEY, PLEASE READ THE TITLE FOR THE RECORD.
THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. ITEM 5A, A RESOLUTION, CITY COMMISSION, CITY OF TAMARAC APPROVING THE PROPOSED MILLAGE RATE OF 7.43 MILLS FOR GENERAL OPERATING PURPOSES FOR PROVEN SEPTEMBER 12TH, 2024 AT 5:05 P.M.
AT THE TAMARAC COMMISSION CHAMBERS, 7525 NORTHWEST 88 AVENUE TAMARAC, FLORIDA, AS THE DATE AND TIME AND PLACE FOR THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING TO SET THE TENTATIVE MILLAGE RATE AND BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025.
APPROVING SEPTEMBER 25TH, 2024 AT 5:05 P.M.
AT THE TAMARAC COMMISSION CHAMBERS, 7525 NORTHWEST 88 AVENUE, TAMARAC, FLORIDA, AS A DATE AND TIME AND PLACE FOR THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING TO ADOPT THE MILLAGE RATE AND BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2025, AUTHORIZING CITY MANAGER TO SEND A PROPOSED MILLAGE RATE OF 7.43 MILLS AND THE DATE AND TIME PLACE FOR BOTH FIRST AND SECOND PUBLIC HEARINGS TO THE BROWARD COUNTY PROPERTY APPRAISER FOR FISCAL YEAR 225.
PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY. PROVIDING FOR EFFECTIVE DATE.
THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER BOLTON AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, JUST WANT TO SHARE AND ALSO THANK STAFF AND THE COMMISSION FOR MONTHS AND MONTHS OF WORK ON THE BUDGET SO FAR, AND THINGS THAT YOU ARE GOING TO HEAR ABOUT THIS EVENING, OR WE ARE GOING TO VOTE ON HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED IN THESE WORKSHOP MEETINGS AND THROUGHOUT.
SO THERE MAY NOT BE PRESENTATIONS ON SOME OF THE ITEMS. SO JUST TO SHARE WITH YOU ON THAT AT THIS TIME, I'VE GOT A MOTION AND A SECOND AND I WILL OPEN THE FLOOR FOR ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS. SINCE WE DO NOT HAVE A CALL FOR A PRESENTATION, NO ONE WISHING TO SPEAK PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE NOW CLOSED.
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THANK YOU, MAYOR. I JUST HAVE A QUESTION FOR MISS CAJUSTE.CHRISTINE CAJUSTE THE DIRECTOR OF FINANCIAL SERVICES.
MISS CAJUSTE THIS IS BEING ADVERTISED AS 7.4312 MILLS.
YES. AND THIS IS JUST AN ADVERTISING.
THIS IS JUST FOR ADVERTISING PURPOSES SO THAT WE CANNOT GO LOWER.
WE CANNOT GO HIGHER THAN THIS.
WE CANNOT GO HIGHER THAN 7.432.
THIS IS OUR NOT TO EXCEED NUMBER OR PRELIMINARY MILLAGE.
YES. SO THIS DOES NOT MEAN THAT WE ARE PASSING OUR MILLAGE RATE AT 7.4312 MILLS.
IT JUST MEANS THAT THIS IS NOT TO EXCEED NUMBER.
AND AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME, WE COULD LOWER THE MILLAGE RATE TO YES OR PUBLIC OR KEEP IT THE SAME.
THANK YOU. MOTION PASSES 3 TO 2.
THANK YOU. MOVING ON TO FIVE B, TR 14113.
[5.b TR14113 - A Resolution of the City Commission of the City of Tamarac, Florida, relating to the provision of nuisance abatement on certain real properties by the city in accordance with Chapter 9, Article II, Division V of the City’s Code of Ordinances; determining that certain real property has been specially benefited by the city’s abatement of nuisances thereon; directing the City Manager to prepare or direct the preparation of a Preliminary Nuisance Abatement Assessment Roll; establishing a public hearing for the proposed levy of unpaid Nuisance Abatement Assessments on the annual tax bill and directing the provision of notice in connection therewith; providing for conflict; providing for severability; and providing for an effective date.]
CITY ATTORNEY, PLEASE READ THE TITLE OF THE RECORD.ITEM 5BA RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION AND CITY OF TAMARAC RELATING TO THE PROVISION OF NUISANCE ABATEMENT ON CERTAIN REAL PROPERTIES BY THE CITY, IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER NINE, ARTICLE TWO, DIVISION FIVE OF THE CITY CODE OF ORDINANCE.
DETERMINING THAT CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY HAS BEEN SPECIFICALLY BENEFITED BY THE CITY.
ABATEMENT OF NUISANCE THEREON.
DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER OR DESIGNEE TO PREPARE A DIRECTOR.
PREPARATION. PRELIMINARY NUISANCE ABATEMENT ASSESSMENT LAW.
PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY. PROVIDING FOR EFFECTIVE DATE.
THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU.
I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND, PLEASE.
I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS.
I HAVE A SECOND BY VICE MAYOR WRIGHT.
I WILL NOW OPEN PUBLIC COMMENTS.
SEEING NOBODY WISH TO SPEAK AT PUBLIC COMMENTS.
NO DISCUSSION BY THE COMMISSION.
CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
THANK YOU. MOVING TO 5CTR14111.
[5.c TR14111 - A Resolution of the City Commission of the City of Tamarac, Florida, relating to the provision of Stormwater Management provided by the City’s Stormwater Utility; determining that certain real property will be specifically benefited thereby; establishing and confirming the method of calculating the cost of Stormwater Management Service against the real property that will be specially benefited thereby; directing the City Manager to prepare or direct the preparation of a preliminary Stormwater Utility Management Fee Roll based upon the methodology set forth herein; establishing a public hearing for the proposed Stormwater Utility Management Fees and directing the provision of notice in connection therewith; providing for conflicts; providing for severability; and providing for an effective date.]
CITY ATTORNEY, PLEASE READ THE TITLE FOR THE RECORD ITEM 5CA RESOLUTION OF CITY COMMISSION CITY OF TAMARAC RELATING TO THE PROVISION OF STORMWATER MANAGEMENT PROVIDED BY THE CITY. STORMWATER UTILITY DETERMINED THAT CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY WILL BE SPECIFICALLY BENEFITED, ESTABLISHED AND CONFIRMING THE METHOD OF CALCULATING THE COST OF STORMWATER MANAGEMENT SERVICE AGAINST THE REAL PROPERTY THAT WILL BE SPECIFICALLY BENEFITED.ESTABLISHING PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE PROPOSED STORMWATER UTILITY MANAGEMENT FEES AND DIRECTING PROVISION OF NOTICE AND CONNECTION, PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, PROVIDING FOR EFFECTIVE DATE.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I NEED A MOTION IN AND A SECOND.
I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER BOLTON AND A SECOND BY VICE MAYOR WRIGHT.
ANYBODY WISHING TO SPEAK? SEEING NONE. PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE NOW CLOSED.
SEEING NO COMMENTS BY THE COMMISSION OR QUESTIONS.
CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
THANK YOU. MOTION PASSES 5 TO 0.
[5.d TR14110 - A Resolution of the City Commission of the City of Tamarac, Florida, relating to the provision of Fire Rescue Services, facilities and programs in the City of Tamarac, Florida; establishing the estimated assessment rate for Fire Rescue Assessments for the fiscal year beginning October 1, 2024; directing the preparation of an Assessment Roll; authorizing a public hearing and directing the provision of notice thereof; providing for conflicts; providing for severability; and providing for an effective date.]
CITY CLERK, CITY ATTORNEY, PLEASE READ TITLE FOR THE RECORD ITEM 5DA RESOLUTION OF CITY COMMISSION AND CITY TAMARAC RELATING TO THE PROVISION OF FIRE RESCUE SERVICES FACILITIES AND ESTABLISHING AN ESTIMATED ASSESSMENT RATE FOR THE FIRE RESCUE ASSESSMENT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING OCTOBER 1ST, 2024.PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY. PROVIDING FOR EFFECTIVE DATE.
THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND, PLEASE.
I HAVE A MOTION BY VICE MAYOR WRIGHT.
I HAVE A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER DANIEL.
THIS ITEM IS NOW OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS.
PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE NOW CLOSED.
SEEING NO REQUEST TO SPEAK BY THE COMMISSION.
CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
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THANK YOU. MOTION PASSES 5 TO 0.CITY ATTORNEY, PLEASE READ THE TITLE FOR THE RECORD.
[5.e TR14112 - A Resolution of the City Commission Of The City Of Tamarac, Florida, relating to the Provision of Residential Solid Waste Collection Services and facilities and programs in the City of Tamarac, Florida; providing for purpose and definitions; providing for Legislative Determinations; establishing the estimated rate for the Residential Solid Waste Collection Services Assessment for the Fiscal Year beginning October 1, 2024; directing the preparation of a Residential Solid Waste Collection Services Special Assessment Roll; authorizing a public hearing and directing the provision of notice thereof; providing for conflicts; providing for severability; and providing for an effective date.]
CITY OF TAMARAC FIBER PURPOSE AND DEFINITION.PROVIDE FOR LEGISLATIVE DETERMINATION.
DIRECTING THE PREPARATION OF RESIDENTIAL SOLID WASTE COLLECTION SERVICE.
DIRECTING. PROVISION OF NOTICE.
PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS. PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND, PLEASE.
I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS.
I HAVE A SECOND BY VICE MAYOR.
RIGHT. PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE NOW OPEN.
ANYBODY WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE. PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE NOW CLOSED.
I'LL JUST EXPLAIN THIS ITEM, 30 SECONDS FOR THE PUBLIC.
AND IT COVERS THE COLLECTION OF GARBAGE FOR THE RESIDENTS.
IS IT AN INCREASE OVER LAST YEAR? NO, IT'S THE SAME.
CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
THANK YOU. NOW, MOVING TO ORDINANCES ON FIRST READING.
[6.a TO2560 - An Ordinance of the City Commission of the City of Tamarac, Florida, Amending Chapter 2, Entitled Administration, of the City of Tamarac Code of Ordinances, specifically, Article XI, Entitled Code of Ethics, Sections 2-405 Entitled Standards of Conduct and 2-408 Entitled Enforcement, Amending Article XII, Entitled Lobbying Activities, specifically Section 2-412 Entitled Filing of Contact Log, to provide for greater transparency, decorum, values and Enforcement to strengthen the quality of representative Government through Ethical Principles governing the conduct of the City’s Elected and Appointed Officials; providing for conflicts; providing for severability; providing for codification; and providing for an effective date.]
6ATO2560. CITY ATTORNEY, WILL YOU PLEASE READ THE TITLE FOR THE RECORD? ITEM SIX EIGHT ORDINANCE.CITY COMMISSION. CITY TAMARAC AMENDING CHAPTER TWO ENTITLED ADMINISTRATION THE CITY OF TAMARAC CODE OF ORDINANCE, SPECIFICALLY ARTICLE 11 ENTITLED CODE OF ETHICS, SECTION 2-405, ENTITLED STANDARDS OF CONDUCT AND 2-408 ENTITLED ENFORCEMENT AMENDING ARTICLE 12, ENTITLED LOBBYING ACTIVITIES, SPECIFICALLY 2-424 12 ENTITLED FINAL CONTACT LAW TO PROVIDE FOR GREATER TRANSPARENCY, DECORUM, VALUES ENFORCEMENT TO STRENGTHEN THE QUALITY OF REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT THROUGH ETHICAL PRINCIPLES GOVERNING THE CONDUCT OF THE CITY.
ELECTED AND APPOINTED OFFICIALS.
THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND, PLEASE.
SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER BOLTON.
A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER DANIEL.
MISS CALLAWAY IS AVAILABLE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.
SEEING NO FURTHER CONVERSATION BY THIS COMMISSION CITY CLERK I'M SORRY.
NO. YEAH. OKAY. COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS.
ACTUALLY, IT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT FROM MONDAY'S WORKSHOP.
I'M JUST GOING TO GIVE A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES WHEN THE UNETHICAL PART COMES BY COMMISSIONERS.
BUT QUESTION TO CITY ATTORNEY CITY ATTORNEY WHAT HAPPENS IF A MEMBER OF THIS COMMISSION LIES ABOUT AN ITEM THAT WERE THAT WAS BEING INVESTIGATED BY THE COMMISSION OF ETHICS? WITH RESPECT TO THAT ISSUE? I MEAN, THE BODY THAT WHO'S DEALING WITH THE INVESTIGATION WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR DEALING WITH THAT.
OKAY, SO THERE'S NOTHING THAT WE CAN DO.
SO JUST FOR THE RECORD I'M GOING TO GO BACK OVER HERE.
SO ON APRIL 10TH WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT WHO HAD AND WHO DIDN'T HAVE AN INVESTIGATION GOING ON WITH THE COMMISSION OF ETHICS, COMMISSIONER BOLTON SAID THAT HE DID NOT.
ON APRIL 12TH, HE SENDS A MASSIVE EMAIL, AND I'M RELATING THIS BACK TO THE PAC SITUATION.
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$5,855. BOLTON WAS REIMBURSED $2,520 FOR LEGAL FEES.SO, MY QUESTION TO YOU IS CITY ATTORNEY AGAIN IS THE QUESTION WAS ASKED TO EVERYONE, AND EVERYONE SAID THAT THEY DID NOT HAVE ANY PENDING OR ANY MATTERS BEFORE THE ETHICS COMMISSION.
AND COMMISSIONER BOLTON SAID, AND I QUOTE I DO NOT HAVE ANY PENDING LITIGATION AGAINST ME.
CAN YOU PLEASE ANSWER TO THAT? COMMISSIONER. VILLALOBOS.
I UNDERSTAND YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ON THAT ITEM.
I THINK THE WAY TO ASK THAT IS NOT THROUGH THIS PARTICULAR ITEM.
YOUR QUESTION IS, HOW WOULD THIS NEW RULE.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE I GET THIS RIGHT.
IF THE QUESTION YOU'RE ASKING IS HOW THIS NEW RULE WOULD BE ENFORCED OR UTILIZED FOR SOMEONE WHO MAKES CLAIMS ON THE DAIS AND YOU'RE USING AN EXAMPLE.
BUT I ALSO WANT TO KNOW BECAUSE ACCORDING TO THE OIG, I NEED TO ASK MY CITY ATTORNEY THAT QUESTION FIRST BEFORE I CAN PURSUE THIS, NOT THIS PARTICULAR ITEM. SO YOU CAN ASK THE CITY ATTORNEY FOR A RESPONSE ON THAT, AND YOU CAN SEND HIM AN EMAIL FOR A RESPONSE ON THAT.
AND ALSO, WHETHER OR NOT THAT'S OVER THE ALLOTTED BUDGET OF 5002 THOUSAND FOR ATTORNEY'S FEES.
BUT THAT'S NOT THE QUESTION AT HAND.
SO, THE QUESTION AT HAND IS, HOW WOULD A PERSON WHO LIES ON THE DAIS, I'LL USE THE WORD ALLEGEDLY LIES ON THE DAIS IF THEY ARE BROUGHT BEFORE THE COMMISSION ON THIS PARTICULAR NEW POLICY, IF IT'S IN EFFECT THAT THE CITY ATTORNEY CAN ANSWER FOR US, I WILL TAKE THAT.
CITY ATTORNEY, CAN YOU ANSWER THAT? IF THIS NEW POLICY, OBVIOUSLY IS ADOPTED THIS BODY HAS AUTHORITY TO SANCTION ITS MEMBERS OR INVESTIGATED MEMBERS TO DETERMINE WHETHER THERE WAS A VIOLATION OF THIS RULE.
SO, THERE'S ALWAYS AN INHERENT AUTHORITY THAT THIS BODY HAS TO SANCTION.
IF NOT, ONLY I THINK WE ADDED SOME PROVISION BASED ON WORKSHOP, YOU REFERRED IT TO THE ETHICS COMMISSION, YOU CAN REFER IT TO THE OIG AND YOU CAN TAKE CERTAIN ACTION AS A BODY.
DID YOU RECEIVE THE ANSWER? I'M OKAY WITH THAT ANSWER. AND THEN I'LL GO AHEAD WITH THE OIG REQUEST TO GO TO THE COMMISSION OF ETHICS.
AND EVEN THOUGH IN HUGE FAMILIES YOU HAVE PROBLEMS, AND YOU HAVE TO RESOLVE THOSE PROBLEMS. SO, IF WE HAVE AN ISSUE, WE HAVE TO BRING THOSE ISSUES FORWARD AND RESOLVE THOSE ISSUES.
I JUST WANT TO REMIND THIS COMMISSION AND COMMISSIONER BOLTON THAT INFORMATION WAS CONFIDENTIAL, EVEN THOUGH I AM, QUOTE UNQUOTE, BEING INVESTIGATED BECAUSE YOU MADE THE COMPLAINT YOU, WE UNDERSTAND THAT WE DO NOT DIRECT THE CITY MANAGER OR THE CITY ATTORNEY OR ANYONE ELSE ON THIS COMMISSION TO DO SOMETHING ON OUR BEHALF.
EVERYTHING IS DONE ON CONSENSUS, ON CONSENSUS, AND IT'S NEVER DONE INDIVIDUALLY.
SO THAT IS THAT'S A VERY SHAMEFUL THING TO DO.
AND VERY, JUST HORRIBLE CONTENT OF FABRICATING THINGS AND TO SAY THAT MY LIAISON, WHICH GETS PAID $25 AN HOUR AND WAS PASSING OUT FANS AND MAKE A STORY UP ABOUT IT, SAYING THAT THEIR SALARY EXCEEDS $100,000.
WE ALL KNOW VERY WELL ON THIS COMMISSION THAT OUR LIAISONS DO NOT NEARLY MAKE $100,000.
THIS WAY OUR RESIDENTS CAN KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT, ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY COME UP OVER HERE TO TALK ABOUT LYING AND COMING TO GIVE US COMMENTS.
I WANT TO GO TO SECTION 6-156 ON ETHICS AND PUBLIC CONTRACTING.
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SECTION B, SUBSECTION TWO, ON SOLICITATION OR ACCEPTANCE OF GIFTS.NO CITY OFFICIAL OR EMPLOYEE SHALL SOLICIT OR ACCEPT ANYTHING OF VALUE FROM ANY VENDOR OR BIDDER, INCLUDING A GIFT, LOAN, REWARD, PROMISE OF FUTURE EMPLOYMENT, FAVOR, OR SERVICE BASED ON ANY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE ACTIONS OF THAT OFFICIAL OR EMPLOYEE WOULD INFLUENCE THEREBY.
SO, I KNOW THAT THIS SECTION TALKS ABOUT OPEN RFPS.
THEN WE GO INTO THE CONE OF SILENCE.
SO, CAN I PAUSE THERE AND GET CONSENSUS, OR HOW DO YOU WANT ME TO HANDLE THIS MAYOR? SO, THIS WAS ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT WAS DISCUSSED AT THE WORKSHOP.
AND IT WOULD BE SOMETHING WE WILL WHEREAS MISS CALLAWAY? MISS CALLAWAY, AND I THINK IT WAS ALSO THROUGH THE CITY ATTORNEY.
AND IT WOULD BE DEALING WITH LOBBYING OF ALL SORTS.
SO THAT WAS SET FOR A TIME CERTAIN TO BE THE FIRST WORKSHOP WE HAVE WHEN WE'RE BACK IN SEPTEMBER.
SO, THERE WAS CONSENSUS ON THAT FOR THAT.
SO, WE WILL LEAVE THAT THERE, BECAUSE THIS PARTICULAR ITEM FOR ETHICS AND ENFORCEMENT COULD BE RELATED TO AFTERWARDS. AND THEN I'M JUST GOING TO END WITH IF ANY RESIDENTS HAS ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ME, ESPECIALLY IF YOU HEAR SOMETHING FROM TAMARAC POST.
TAMARAC POST IS OPERATED BY COMMISSIONER BOLTON.
AS MUCH AS HE WANTS TO DENY IT, WE HAVE EVIDENCE THAT, IN FACT, HE OPERATES IT.
CONTACT THE CITY, CONTACT CITY STAFF.
WE'RE OPEN. WE HAVE OPEN RECORDS.
I HAVE NOTHING TO HIDE, UNLIKE SOME OTHER PEOPLE THAT HAVE HIDDEN SKELETONS.
I THINK YOUR HEART'S IN THE RIGHT PLACE.
YOU DEFINITELY COME TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY.
I THINK IT JUST MAKES THE CITY IN A BAD LIGHT.
INTERESTINGLY, I WAS AT A PLACE TODAY.
THE CITY AND RESIDENTS SAID TO ME, YOU KNOW, I'M TIRED OF SEEING TAMARAC IN THE PAPERS.
I'M TIRED OF ALWAYS READING THESE NEGATIVE STORIES GOING BACK AND FORTH.
AS I LOOK AT THIS ETHICS THAT WE'RE PROPOSING CITY ATTORNEY, WHEN IT COMES TO SOME OF THESE ACTIONS, I SEE NEW ACTIONS LIKE REFERRAL TO THE GOVERNOR, REFERRAL TO THE COMMISSION, AND ETHICS.
CURRENTLY, WHAT DO WE HAVE IN PLACE IF SOMEONE WITH THE ETHICS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE, WHAT DO WE HAVE IN PLACE IF SOMEONE VIOLATES SOMETHING? I BELIEVE YOU KNOW, BASED ON THE REVIEW OF THIS PROPOSED CODE WE HAVE ETHICS PROVISION.
SO AGAIN, ANY RESIDENT, ANY MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION CAN FILE AN ETHICS COMPLAINT.
WITH RESPECT, IF THIS BODY WANTS TO FILE, THEY HAVE TO VOTE ON IT TO MAKE THAT DECISION AND DO IT AS A BODY. BUT ANY ANY RESIDENT, ANY VENDOR, ANYONE CAN FILE AN ETHICS COMPLAINT WITH THE OIG OR WITH THE COMMISSION OF ETHICS WITH THE STATE OF FLORIDA.
SO THERE'S NOTHING THAT PRECLUDE ANYONE FROM FILING AN ETHICS COMPLAINT.
OKAY, SO I KNOW WE WENT OVER THIS ON MONDAY.
IT WAS KIND OF RAMMED DOWN MY THROAT.
IN TERMS OF TAKING THE CODE FROM LAUDERHILL, THE SEVEN DIFFERENT OPTIONS REFERRAL TO GOVERNOR, REFERRAL TO FLORIDA ETHICS COMMISSION WITH ALL THIS BACK AND FORTH, CAN ONE COMMISSIONER DELIBERATELY WRITE A LETTER TO THE GOVERNOR AND SAY SOMEONE DID SOMETHING, AND THEN WRITE AN ARTICLE, OR HAVE SOMEONE WRITE AN ARTICLE AND SAY THE GOVERNOR'S INVESTIGATING THAT PERSON.
WITH THIS NEW ETHICS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO PASS, WOULD THAT, CAN THAT HAPPEN LIKE A HYPOTHETICAL WITH RESPECT TO A PERSON WRITING THE GOVERNOR, REMEMBER, YOU DON'T LOSE YOUR RIGHT AS A CITIZEN WHEN YOU BECOME AN ELECTED OFFICIAL.
SO YOU CAN WRITE THE GOVERNOR AND WHATEVER COMPLAINT NATURE OF IT AND THE GOVERNMENT OFFICE CAN
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IGNORE IT. THEY CAN DO SOMETHING.AND IF THE PERSON MAKE A FALSE STATEMENT ABOUT IT, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY YOU KNOW, AGAIN, YOU KNOW, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU KNOW, AGAIN, AS A PRIVATE CITIZEN, WHETHER HE, THE PERSON IS DOING IN AN OFFICIAL CAPACITY OR A PRIVATE CITIZEN, IT'S A CLOUDY AREA LEGALLY IN TERMS OF WHAT ACTIONS THAT THIS BODY CAN TAKE AGAINST ANY PUBLIC OFFICIAL, CITY OFFICIALS, IF THEY ACT IN THEIR PERSONAL CAPACITY.
BUT OFFICIAL CAPACITY, YOU CAN DO IT.
YOU KNOW, YOU COULD ADMONISH, YOU COULD CENSURE.
YOU COULD, WHICH THIS BODY HAS DONE IN THE PAST.
WELL, I'M ALWAYS FOR TRANSPARENCY, FOR, YOU KNOW, STRONGER ETHICS, FOR MORE OPEN GOVERNMENT.
THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO AVOID.
WHAT I, WHAT I THINK WHAT I'M THINKING IS THAT WE SHOULD PASS THIS.
WE SHOULD DEFINITELY MAKE IT STRONGER.
AND COULD THAT HAPPEN COULD, COULD, COULD IT BE WHERE THIS THIS IS WEAPONIZED.
REMEMBER VICE MAYOR, THE AUTHORITY TO TAKE ACTION UNDER THIS PRESENT CODE IS REALLY THE COMMISSION.
SO, YOU HAVE TO VOTE AS A MAJORITY.
OIG. GOVERNOR, FDLE, STATE ATTORNEY OFFICE, YOU NAME IT, THEY CAN STILL DO IT.
AND WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL IN TERMS OF IF SOMEONE FILE A COMPLAINT, THAT'S THEY RIGHT.
THANK YOU. THE, WE HAVE A VERY THICK CODE, SO TO SPEAK.
A VERY LONG ONE THAT ALREADY HAS RULES IN PLACE THAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BEHAVE.
I'VE MADE THIS COMMENT BEFORE.
HOWEVER, I KNOW THAT I HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR SOMETHING WITH MORE TEETH THAN WHAT WE'VE CURRENTLY HAVE BECAUSE CITY ATTORNEY, I'M REALLY NOT SURE WHAT TIME WE'VE EVER DONE A CENSURE BECAUSE WE'VE NEVER DONE A CENSURE HERE.
WE HAVE TO HAVE A SUPERMAJORITY AND WE'VE NEVER GOTTEN A SUPERMAJORITY.
IT DOESN'T SEEM TO QUIET ANYBODY INTO BEHAVIOR.
AND SO, THE PURPOSE WAS TO TRY TO HELP GIVE THE PUBLIC A LITTLE BIT MORE ASSURANCE THAT THIS COMMISSION MIGHT FOLLOW SOME STRONGER RULES.
THE REALITY STILL REMAINS THE SAME.
PEOPLE HAVE MADE COMPLAINTS TO FDLE, THE FLORIDA ETHICS COMMISSION, OIG, STATE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE WON'T TAKE IT UNTIL CERTAIN OTHER FACTORS ARE TAKEN CARE OF.
AND THEN THINGS ARE NEVER ACTUALLY HANDLED.
AND SO IT WAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO SAY WE HAVE IN-HOUSE HANDLED IT, AND NOW WE ARE REFERRING IT TO YOU, WHICHEVER ONE OF THOSE INITIALS IT MAY BE, OR TO THE COMMUNITY TO SAY WE ARE GOVERNING OURSELVES.
HOWEVER, IT STILL COMES DOWN TO THE BOTTOM LINE THAT IF YOU NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND AND THREE PEOPLE TO APPROVE SOMETHING, AND THEN A SUPERMAJORITY TO APPROVE AFTER THAT, AS IT IS SHOWN, IT DOES NOT WORK.
SO I'M NOT MEANING TO BE DEFEATIST ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR ITEM THAT WAS ASKED FOR.
AND AT LEAST IT WOULD BE SOMETHING THERE AND GIVE US MAYBE SOME STRENGTH AND SOME GROUNDS FOR IT.
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REQUESTS FROM OUR DEVELOPERS WAS TO NOT BE MISUSED.AND SO THAT IS PART OF 23, AGE 23.
DISCUSS ALL CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS IN THE PUBLIC.
NOT DISCLOSE CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION WITHOUT PROPER LEGAL AUTHORIZATION.
MAKE DECISIONS BASED ON THE MERITS OF THE ISSUES.
NOT TO REPRESENT THIRD PARTIES INTEREST BEFORE THE CITY COMMISSION OR OTHER BOARDS.
AND THEN THERE WAS THE PART WITH THE LOBBYING FOR THE CONTACT LOGS AND MAKING SURE THAT THERE WILL BE NEW PROCEDURES IN PLACE, THAT WHEN A DEVELOPER IS COMING AND BRINGS FORTH AN APPLICATION, THEY MEET WITH US, WE TALK WITH THEM.
THAT NEXT STEP WOULD BE THE COMMISSION COMING INTO A WORKSHOP AND DISCUSSING WHAT HAS BEEN ASKED.
SO WE ARE IN LINE OF WHAT, AS A COMMISSION ON BEHALF OF THE CITY WE ARE SEEKING, VERSUS IT BEING ONE PERSON'S DESIRE VERSUS ANOTHER AND PUTTING OUR DOING THE BEST WE CAN TO PUT OUR, NOT PUT OUR DEVELOPERS IN THAT POSITION WHERE THEY STAND UP AT THE PODIUM AT THE LAST MINUTE THINKING THAT THEY'RE ALMOST DONE, AND THEN BAM, THEY'RE NOT BECAUSE THEY'RE ASKED FOR SOMETHING THAT THEY HAD NO IDEA THAT THEY'D BE ASKED FOR WEEKS AND MONTHS AND YEARS INTO THE PROCESS.
SO WHILE THIS MAY NOT BE PERFECT IN ITS SHAPE AND FORM, IT IS STILL A HOPE THAT IT IS SOMETHING THAT WILL HELP US DO BETTER.
I KNOW PEOPLE HAVE COME UP HERE AND ASKED US IN THE PAST, WHY DON'T YOU ALL GO TO THERAPY? WELL, WE'VE TRIED IT.
AND WE SHOULDN'T BE DOING THINGS TO USE AGAINST EACH OTHER.
AND WE SHOULD STILL ALL BE HERE DOING THE WORK OF THE CITY.
AND I SEE THAT COMMISSIONER DANIEL WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK.
IT IS YOUR TURN. SO, I'M IN AGREEMENT WITH WHAT WAS SAID.
I THINK IT'S ELECTION TIME AND PEOPLE ARE GOING BACK AND FORTH AGAINST EACH OTHER.
SO FOR THIS TO BE USED AS A WEAPON I'M AGAINST IT FOR THAT REASON.
IF IT'S GOING TO BE USED AS A WEAPON, I THINK THE I SAID ON MONDAY, THE LAW IS ALREADY IN PLACE.
WE'VE SEEN PEOPLE REMOVED FROM THIS COMMISSION FOR BREAKING THE LAW.
WE'VE SEEN COMMISSIONERS, WHOMEVER GOES TO JAIL FROM THIS BODY FOR BREAKING THE LAW.
BUT I HAVE NO PROBLEM BEING ETHICAL.
SEEING NO OTHER QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS, I'LL SAY I'LL SAY ONE MORE COMMENT.
OKAY. WE JUST HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND THAT ETHICS AND THE LAW IS TWO DIFFERENT THINGS.
THE ETHICS PART OF IT, IT JUST GETS SLAPPED ON THE WRIST.
IT JUST LOOKS TERRIBLE ON THE PERSON.
BUT US BEING ABLE TO SAY, HEY, LISTEN, AT LEAST WE'RE TRYING TO DO SOMETHING OR EVEN TO ONE ANOTHER, SAY, OKAY, I WON'T ATTACK YOU AND KEEP YOUR WORD.
THAT'S THE PROBLEM THAT I HAVE, BECAUSE NOBODY CAN HOLD THAT PERSON ACCOUNTABLE UNLESS IT'S US.
WE'RE THE ONLY ONES THAT CAN HOLD EACH OTHER ACCOUNTABLE, NOT ANYONE IN THIS ROOM.
THE FBI IS NOT GETTING INVOLVED.
THAT'S ALL. AND THANK YOU, MAYOR.
AND AGAIN, BRINGING BACK THE SCOPE THAT THIS IS ALSO TO HELP WITH OUR ABILITY TO DO BUSINESS WITH PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY, FOR OUR DEVELOPERS AND BUSINESSES, AND HAVE OUR CITY GROW IN A SMART MANNER AND MAKING SURE THAT EVERYBODY REPORTS PROPERLY WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO DO.
IT IS BASED ON BROWARD COUNTY'S RULES.
IT IS JUST USING MORE OF BROWARD COUNTY'S RULES WITHIN OUR CITY'S RULES TO MATCH WHAT THEY HAVE.
SO AT THIS POINT IN TIME, CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
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THANK YOU. MOTION PASSES 4 TO 1.MOVING ALONG TO SEVEN A, WE ARE ON ORDINANCES ON SECOND READING.
[7.a TO2558 - An Ordinance of the City Commission of the City of Tamarac, Florida, amending Chapter 8, entitled Flood Prevention and Protection, Article, I, entitled Administration, Division 2, entitled Applicability, specifically Section 8-9 entitled Basis for establishing flood hazard areas and Article II, entitled definitions, Division 2 entitled Definitions, at Section 8-47, entitled Definitions as used in this chapter, specifically the term market value, of the City of Tamarac Code of Ordinances, to update the date of the flood insurance study and flood insurance rate maps; providing for conflicts; providing for severability; providing for codification; and providing for an effective date.]
T02558 CITY ATTORNEY, WILL YOU PLEASE READ THE TITLE? FOR THE RECORD, I AM SEVEN A IS THE ORDINANCE CITY COMMISSIONER CITY TAMARAC AMENDING CHAPTER EIGHT ENTITLED FLOOD PREVENTION AND PROTECTION, ARTICLE ONE ENTITLED ADMINISTRATION DIVISION TWO, ENTITLED APPLICABILITY.SPECIFICALLY, SECTION 8-9 ENTITLED BASIS FOR ENTITLED ESTABLISHING FLOOD HAZARD AREAS AND ARTICLE TWO ENTITLED DEFINITION DIVISION TWO ENTITLED DEFINITION AND SECTION EIGHT DASH 47, ENTITLED DEFINITION I USED IN THIS CHAPTER SPECIFICALLY THE TERM MARKET VALUE OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC.
I'LL TAKE A MOTION AND A SECOND, PLEASE.
I HAVE A MOTION BY VICE MAYOR WRIGHT.
I HAVE A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS.
IS THERE ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NO ONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.
WE HAVE TONY PALACIOS, OUR BUILDING OFFICIAL DIRECTOR OF BUILDING IS AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS.
IS YOUR LIGHT NOT LIT? OKAY. SEEING NO DISCUSSION BY THE COMMISSION CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
THANK YOU. MOTION PASSES 5 TO 0.
[8.a TR14119 - A Resolution of the City Commission of the City of Tamarac, Florida, approving the projects recommended for inclusion in the Fiscal Year 2024/2025 Annual Action Plan for expenditure of the Community Development Block Grant funds estimated to be $492,874 for the twenty fifth program year, attached hereto as Exhibit “A”; authorizing the appropriate City Officials to submit said annual action plan and related documents to the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development; authorizing the Mayor or appropriate City Officials to execute Fiscal Year 2024-2025 Annual Action Plan Federal application for funding; providing for conflicts; providing for severability; and providing for an effective date.]
WE ARE NOW GOING TO 8A, TR 14119 CITY ATTORNEY, PLEASE READ THE TITLE FOR THE RECORD.ANNUAL ACTION PLAN FOR EXPENDITURE OF THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANTS FUND, ESTIMATED TO BE 400,490 2874 FOR 25TH PROGRAM YEAR.
AT ATTACHED HERE TO EXHIBIT A, AUTHORIZED APPROPRIATE CITY OFFICIALS TO SUBMIT SAID ANNUAL ACTION PLAN AND RELATED DOCUMENTS TO THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR OR APPROPRIATE CITY OFFICIALS TO EXECUTE FISCAL YEAR 2024 2025 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN.
SEVERABILITY. PROVIDING FOR EFFECTIVE DATE.
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.
ANYBODY WISHING TO MAKE A COMMENT? SEEING NONE, PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE NOW CLOSED.
ANY DISCUSSION BY THE COMMISSION? SEEING NONE. CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
THANK YOU. MOTION PASSES 5 TO 0.
WE ARE MOVING TO 8B, TR 14128.
[8.b TR14128 - A Resolution of the City Commission of the City of Tamarac, Florida, accepting the 2023-2024 Fiscal Year Home Investment Partnership (“HOME”) funds in the amount of $154,125 for a term retroactively commencing October 1, 2023 with an end date of April 1, 2025; authorizing the appropriate City officials To execute an interlocal agreement between Broward County and the City of Tamarac for the designation of subrecipient and providing for disbursement of HOME program funds for the Owner-Occupied Minor Home Repair program, Fiscal Year 2023-2024, attached hereto as Exhibit “A”, and incorporated herein; providing for conflicts; providing for severability; and providing for an effective date.]
CITY ATTORNEY, PLEASE READ THE TITLE FOR THE RECORD.ITEM 8BA RESOLUTION, CITY COMMISSION, CITY TAMARAC ACCEPTING THE 2023-2024 FISCAL YEAR, HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP FUNDS IN THE AMOUNT OF $154,125 FOR A TERM RETROACTIVE COMMENCING OCTOBER 1ST, 2023, WITH AN END DATE OF APRIL 1ST, 2025.
AUTHORIZE THE APPROPRIATE CITY OFFICIAL.
EXECUTE AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN BROWARD COUNTY AND THE CITY OF TAMARAC FOR THE DESIGNATION OF SUBRECIPIENT AND PROVIDING FOR DISBURSEMENT OF HOME PROGRAM FUNDS FOR THE OWNER-OCCUPIED MINOR HOME REPAIR PROGRAM.
ATTACH HERE TO EXHIBIT A PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS.
PROVIDING SEVERABILITY, PROVIDING FOR EFFECTIVE DATE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND, PLEASE.
I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS.
I HAVE A SECOND BY VICE MAYOR WRIGHT.
THIS ITEM IS OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS.
ANYBODY HAVING ANY COMMENTS? NOBODY WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.
PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE NOW CLOSED.
CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
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MOTION PASSES 5 TO 0.THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WE ARE NOW MOVING TO OUR QUASI-JUDICIAL ITEM, 9A, TR14121.
[9.a TR14121 - A Resolution of the City Commission of the City of Tamarac, Florida, granting site plan approval (major) with conditions to allow for the redevelopment of the Woodlands Recreation Pod for a proposed eight thousand three hundred thirty-five (8,335) square foot clubhouse building with outdoor covered patio, pool, tot lot, two (2) tennis courts, and two (2) padel ball courts; for the property located at 4600 Woodlands Boulevard, Tamarac, Florida, (Case No. 10-SP-23); providing for conflicts; providing for severability; and providing for an effective date.]
CITY ATTORNEY, WILL YOU PLEASE READ THE TITLE TO THE RECORD? AND THEN WOULD YOU PLEASE GO INTO READING THE RULES FOR THE QUASI-JUDICIAL HEARING? TITLE, FOR THE RECORD, IS A RESOLUTION OF CITY COMMISSIONER CITY TAMARAC GRANTING SITE PLAN APPROVAL WITH CONDITIONS TO ALLOW FOR THE REDEVELOPMENT OF WILDERNESS RECREATION PARK FOR PROPOSED 8335 SQUARE FOOT CLUBHOUSE BUILDING WITH OUTDOOR COVERED PATIO, POOL, TOT LOT, TWO TENNIS COURTS, TWO PADDLE BALL COURTS FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 4600 WOODLANDS BOULEVARD.PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS, PROVIDING FOR EFFECTIVE DATE.
QUASI-JUDICIAL STATEMENT, A QUICK VERSION.
THE APPLICANT AND ANY EFFECTS SHALL BE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT EVIDENCE, BRING FORTH WITNESSES, CROSS-EXAMINE WITNESSES, OR EVIDENCE RELIED ON BY REASONABLE PRUDENT PERSON SHALL BE ADMISSIBLE, WHICH SUCH EVIDENCE WOULD BE ADMISSIBLE IN THE COURT OF LAW.
HEARSAY EVIDENCE MAY BE USED FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUPPLEMENTING OR EXPLAINING OTHER EVIDENCE.
STATEMENTS OF ATTORNEYS SHALL BE CONSIDERED ONLY AS ARGUMENT, NOT BE CONSIDERED AS TESTIMONY.
CITY COMMISSION SHALL HAVE AUTHORITY TO REFUSE TO HEAR ANY TESTIMONY WHICH IS IRRELEVANT.
DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE MAY BE PRESENTED IN THE FORM.
A COPY OF THE ORIGINAL, IF AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST, SHALL BE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO COMPARE A COPY.
ALL PARTIES SHALL BE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO CROSS-EXAMINE WITNESSES AND QUESTION PARTIES.
HERE'S THE ORDER OF BUSINESS FOR THE NIGHT.
THE APPLICANT WILL BE PRESENT.
THIS CASE FIRST, STAFF WILL PRESENT A PRESENTATION IF NEEDED.
PERSONS WHO ARE IN SUPPORT OF OPPOSITION WILL BE ABLE TO SPEAK DURING THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD.
TO JUMP THE GUN AND DO THAT FIRST BEFORE WE SWEAR IN THE WITNESSES.
IT'S NOT A PROBLEM. I'LL START WITH COMMISSIONER BOLTON.
ANY DISCLOSURES? NONE. COMMISSIONER DANIEL, ANY DISCLOSURES? NO. I HAVE SPOKEN WITH THE CITY, WITH THE ATTORNEYS FOR 13TH FLOOR.
YOUR DISCLOSURES ARE ON THE TABLE.
CITY ATTORNEY. RAISE YOUR HAND.
YOU SWEAR TO TELL THE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH.
THANK YOU. SO SORRY, CITY CLERK.
I WAS ASKING THE CITY ATTORNEY IF THERE WAS INCLUDING THE CITY, ANY PARTICIPANTS FOR PUBLIC COMMUNICATION, IF THEY NEEDED FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS, IF THEY NEEDED TO BE SWORN IN TO.
ALREADY SIGNED IN TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.
THEY SHOULD STAND UP ALSO WHEN.
I DIDN'T SEE HER, SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE I'M NOT, IT'S ALL GOOD.
AS LONG AS EVERYBODY IS STOOD UP AND SWORN IN.
ALL RIGHT, NOW, I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND, PLEASE.
I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS.
I HAVE A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER BOLTON.
AND NOW ATTORNEY CHRISTINA BILENKI WILL BE GIVING A PRESENTATION.
FOR THE RECORD, CHRISTINA BELENKY OF MISKEL BACHMANN.
MY ADDRESS IS 14 SOUTHEAST FOURTH STREET IN BOCA RATON AND IS A PLEASURE TO BE HERE THIS EVENING TO PRESENT THE WOODLANDS CLUB HOUSE SITE PLAN APPLICATION. EVERYBODY ON THE DAIS HERE IS VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE WOODLANDS AT THIS POINT, BUT WE ARE SPEAKING ABOUT THAT WHITE AREA IN THE RED OUTLINED BOX THAT SAYS FOR REVIEW.
THAT IS THE AREA THAT HAS ALWAYS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS THE RECREATION POD.
IT IS ABOUT 6.1 ACRES IN SIZE.
IT DOES HAVE A COMMERCIAL RECREATION, LAND USE AND RECREATION ZONING.
IT WAS THE SITE OF THE FORMER WOODLANDS CLUBHOUSE, WHICH HAS SINCE BEEN DEMOLISHED.
AND SO, WE ARE PROPOSING TO REDEVELOP IT WITH CLUBHOUSE AND AMENITY AREA.
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ENTAIL. IT'S CALLED FOR A MINIMUM 8000 SQUARE FOOT CLUBHOUSE, TWO TENNIS COURTS, TWO PADDLE COURTS, ONE TOT LOT OR PLAYGROUND, ONE FITNESS CENTER, ONE SWIMMING POOL, ONE HOT TUB PATIO AREA FOR SEATING, A CAFE WITH BEVERAGE OPTIONS AND A WARMING KITCHEN. ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES, PARKING, MAIL KIOSKS AND A CONCRETE PAD AND CONDUIT FOR THE CITY'S INSTALLATION OF AN ELECTRONIC INTERACTIVE INFORMATION KIOSK.SO THAT'S WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO SEE ON THIS PLAN HERE BEFORE YOU.
SO, THIS IS THE CLUBHOUSE SITE PLAN.
IT'S A COLORED VERSION OF THE SITE PLAN.
IN THE CENTER YOU SEE THE CLUBHOUSE BUILDING ITSELF.
IT IS A LITTLE OVER 8000FT² IN SIZE.
TO THE RIGHT WHERE THERE'S THAT CIRCLE, THAT IS WHERE WE HAVE OUR PROPOSED TOT LOT.
AND TO THE LEFT OF THE BUILDING WE HAVE OUR TWO TENNIS COURTS, AND THEN THE SMALLER BLUE AREAS ARE THE TWO PADEL COURTS THAT ARE REQUIRED FOR THIS CLUBHOUSE AREA.
THE CODE REQUIRES 41 PARKING SPACES.
THE HEIGHT OF THE CLUBHOUSE IS JUST OVER 17FT, AND BECAUSE THE BUILDING IS LOCATED IN THE CENTER, THE MINIMUM SETBACK TO THE BUILDING ITSELF IS 124FT.
SO AGAIN, HERE ARE JUST SOME DEPICTIONS OF THE VARIOUS ELEMENTS THAT WILL BE INCLUDED.
NOW ON THE FLOOR PLAN YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE OTHER ELEMENTS.
SO, TO THE FAR RIGHT WE HAVE THE FITNESS CENTER LOCATION.
IT DOES HAVE ACCESS TO THE LOCKER ROOMS AND BATHROOMS. THOSE LOCKER ROOMS CAN ALSO BE UTILIZED BY THOSE USING THE POOL AREA.
YOU DO COME INTO A MAIN LOBBY AND THEN THERE'S A MULTI-PURPOSE ROOM IMMEDIATELY TO THE LEFT.
THAT THEN GOES OUT ONTO THE COVERED TERRACE AND SEATING AREA, WHICH THEN GOES ON TO THE POOL.
WE ALSO DO HAVE A COUPLE OTHER ROOMS THAT CAN BE USED FOR A VARIETY OF PURPOSES.
WE DO HAVE A YOGA ROOM, A GAME ROOM, A PLAYROOM, AND A FLEX ROOM, AND THE IDEA IS THAT SOME OF THESE SPACES, AGAIN, CAN BE UTILIZED FOR A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT REASONS AND EVENTS.
HERE WE HAVE OUR PROPOSED LANDSCAPE PLAN.
JUST TO SHOW YOU, THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF LANDSCAPING THAT IS GOING TO BE POSITIONED BOTH AROUND THE PERIMETER OF THE CLUBHOUSE POD, AS WELL AS THROUGHOUT THE SITE IN THE PARKING AREAS TO REALLY ENHANCE THE APPEARANCE OF THIS AMENITY AREA.
AND HERE IS A RENDERED VERSION OF WHAT WE ANTICIPATE THIS CLUBHOUSE AND AMENITY AREA TO LOOK LIKE.
AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE ALL OF THE PARKING THAT GOES INTO THE MAIN ENTRANCE OF THE CLUBHOUSE.
YOU HAVE YOUR TOT LOT OR PLAY AREA TO THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE, AND THEN TO THE LEFT OF THE CLUBHOUSE.
YOU CAN ALSO SEE KIND OF IN THE CENTER OF THE PARKING AREA, YOU HAVE A PAD FOR THOSE MAIL KIOSKS.
AND THEN AS YOU KIND OF DRIVE TOWARDS THE CLUBHOUSE AND LOOP AROUND ALMOST BY THE PADDLE COURTS, WE DO HAVE AN AREA THERE FOR A BUS STOP FOR CHILDREN TO BE PICKED UP BY SCHOOL BUSSES.
SO THAT HAS BEEN INCLUDED IN THIS PLAN AS WELL.
AND HERE IS A RENDERING OF THE PROPOSED CLUBHOUSE.
IT IS A CONTEMPORARY MID-CENTURY ARCHITECTURE.
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LIGHT IN, AND A COMBINATION OF STUCCO AND WOOD VENEER.AND THAT ESSENTIALLY CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
OUR WHOLE TEAM IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE THIS EVENING.
AND I THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
WE'RE NOT VIEWING IT TONIGHT. IS THAT CORRECT? OKAY. AND IT PASSED.
PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD? YES. THANK YOU.
ALL RIGHT. THIS ITEM IS NOW OPEN FOR PUBLIC HEARING.
AND THE FIRST PERSON THAT I HAVE ON THE LIST FOR THIS PUBLIC HEARING IS EILEEN LIEBERMAN MICHAELSON.
SAME RULES APPLY. THREE MINUTES.
CITY ATTORNEY, WILL YOU PLEASE PROVIDE LEGAL OPINION AND DIRECTION ON THE INFORMATION THAT IS BEING HANDED TO US AT THIS TIME.
IT'S COMING FROM THE CITY CLERK.
I WOULD APPRECIATE IF YOU GIVE THE APPLICANT A COPY ALSO, IF YOU HAVE EXTRA COPIES.
DID YOU GIVE THE? THE ITEMS THAT I HANDED OUT ARE BASICALLY IN THEIR BACKUP.
AND THEN THERE'S ONE STORY FROM THE SOUTH BROWARD BUSINESS REVIEW.
OKAY. YOU GUYS, YOU COULD GET A COPY FROM THE CLERK LATER.
APPLICANT. ARE YOU IN NEED OF THIS ITEM BEFORE SHE BEGINS? WE CAN. OKAY.
I'M HERE TONIGHT. PLEASE WAIT TO THE CITY CLERK.
PLEASE WAIT UNTIL THE CITY CLERK IS BACK.
PLEASE PROCEED. MY NAME IS EILEEN LIEBERMAN MICHAELSON.
I LIVE AT 4809 WOODLANDS BOULEVARD.
HOWEVER, THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH IT.
WE TALKED ABOUT THIS TWO WEEKS AGO.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE VERY FIRST ITEM IN THE PACKET I HANDED OUT, WHICH IS IN YOUR BACKUP, IT SHOWS THAT THE POD E IS STILL LAND USED AS RESIDENTIAL, ENTITLED TO RESTRICTED TO 1 TO 3 UNITS PER ACRE.
THE. I'M ASKING THAT YOU CONDITION APPROVAL OF THIS SITE.
PLAN ON THE APPLICANT PROCESSING A SMALL-SCALE AMENDMENT WHICH WOULD CHANGE THE LAND USE FOR POD E TO RECREATIONS AS THE OTHER OPEN AND GREEN SPACES, AND TO CHANGE THE ZONING ACCORDINGLY.
THE SECOND ITEM THAT YOU HAVE IS AND THE REASON I'M ASKING THAT YOU DO THAT IS BECAUSE THE SECTION FOUR WAS PROMISED THAT POD E WOULD NEVER BE BUILT, AND THE ONLY WAY WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN IS WITH A LAND USE PLAN AND A REZONING.
SECONDLY, THERE'S AN ARTICLE I WANT YOU TO BE AWARE OF THE FACT THAT 13TH FLOOR IS NOW THE OWNER OF THE WOODLANDS GOLF COURSE, AND CURRENTLY THE CITY HAS TWO OPEN VIOLATIONS ON THE CONDITION OF THE GOLF COURSE, ONE FOR A DEAD LANDSCAPING AND ONE FOR OVERGROWN GRASS.
CLEARLY, ONE OF THE THINGS YOU WANT TO KNOW FROM THE DEVELOPER IS WHAT PLANS HAVE THEY MADE TO MAINTAIN THE GOLF COURSE BEFORE THEY BEGIN CONSTRUCTION ON A PARTICULAR POD? FINALLY, THE LAST ITEM.
IF YOU LOOK AT PAGE FIVE, SUBSECTION F SECTION TWO B, IT SAYS CITY COMMISSION REVIEW AND DECISION.
THE CITY COMMISSION SHALL REVIEW THE APPLICATION AND SHALL DO ONE OF THE FOLLOWING.
APPROVE THE APPLICATION OF SUBMITTED.
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THE APPROPRIATE TIME FOR YOU TO DO THAT CONDITION.AND I'M ASKING THAT YOU CONDITION THE APPLICATION, YOU APPROVE IT, BUT CONDITION IT ON A LAND USE PLAN AMENDMENT AND A REZONING CONSISTENT WITH POTTY NEVER BEING DEVELOPED. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? IF YOU WOULD, PLEASE COME FORWARD.
STATE YOUR NAME AND LOCATION WHEN YOU GET HERE AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.
WERE YOU SWORN IN, SIR? NO, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE.
CARLSON GRAY, RESIDENT OF 6200 ORCHARD TREE LANE.
IF I WERE LOOKING FOR A PLACE TO BUY, I WOULD LOVE IT.
WHAT IT DOES NOT ADDRESS IS THE CURRENT CONDITION THAT WE, THE RESIDENTS, ARE LIVING UNDER GRASS KNEE-HIGH, MOSQUITO INFESTED MESS THAT WE HAVE TO LIVE UNDER.
AND UNTIL THEY CAN COME UP WITH A PLAN TO REGULARLY KEEP THAT GRASS AT A LOW LEVEL, WE SHOULD NOT APPROVE THIS SITE PLAN.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
JEFFREY SHAPIRO, THE WOODLANDS.
CAN YOU SWEAR ME IN, PLEASE? DO YOU SWEAR TO TELL THE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH? YES. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.
WITNESS HAVE BEEN SWORN IN. THANK YOU.
SO, I ATTENDED WHEN THEY INTRODUCED THE SITE PLAN THAT WAS MADE AVAILABLE TO THE COMMUNITY.
IF THEY WANTED TO GO SEE IT, I WENT, I VIEWED IT I SPOKE WITH LANDON.
I HAPPEN TO LIKE THE CONCEPT OF IT VERY MUCH.
I THINK IT'S A GREAT ADDITION FOR THE NEW HOMEOWNERS.
WOULD BE HOMEOWNERS IN SECTION NINE.
I'M SURE THEY'RE HOPING THEY COULD HAVE MOST OF THE CLUBHOUSE BUILT BEFORE THEY ACTUALLY HAVE BUYERS COME IN, BECAUSE THEY MIGHT BE ABLE TO USE IT AS A SALES CENTER AND TO SHOW IT OFF.
AND I ALSO HAPPEN TO LIKE THE WAY IT'S LANDSCAPED, THE DESIGN OF THE ENTRANCE AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
SO, IT MAKES IT MORE PRIVATE FOR THOSE NEW HOMEOWNERS.
THAT'S WHAT WAS BROUGHT UP EARLIER.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEEING THAT NO ONE ELSE WISHES TO SPEAK THIS PUBLIC HEARING, PUBLIC COMMENTS AND THE PUBLIC HEARING ARE NOW CLOSED.
THANK YOU, MAYOR. AND THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
CAN YOU JUST ADDRESS THE MOSQUITO AND THE GRASS? I MEAN, THE LAST THING WE WANT TO DO IS START FINING AND ISSUING LANES FOR THOSE PURPOSES.
HOW CAN WE REMEDY THAT? SURE. AND WE UNDERSTAND THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF ISSUES OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS WHILE CLUBLINK WAS THE OWNER OF THE PARCEL.
AS MENTIONED, 13TH FLOOR JUST RECENTLY CLOSED ON THE PROPERTY.
ANY OF THE PAST CODE VIOLATIONS THAT ARE STILL PRESENT, THEY'RE GOING TO NEED TO ADDRESS AS OWNERS.
AND OF COURSE, THEY ARE GOING TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR MAINTENANCE GOING FORWARD.
SO I BELIEVE THEY HAVE A PLAN IN PLACE TO CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN THE GOLF COURSE.
YOU KNOW, UNTIL ULTIMATELY IT IS REDEVELOPED.
THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. ON GOING ON THAT QUESTION, THE MAINTENANCE IS THERE LIKE A MAINTENANCE SCHEDULE THAT THEY HAVE IN PLACE FOR MAINTAINING A PROPERTY GOING FORWARD? YEAH.
YEAH. THE SHORT ANSWER IS NOT YET.
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SO, WE CLOSED ON THURSDAY OR FRIDAY OF LAST WEEK.AND SO CLUBLINK HAS SINCE TERMINATED THE CONTRACTS THAT THEY'VE HAD WITH THE MAINTENANCE COMPANY.
AND WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF ENGAGING THE MAINTENANCE COMPANY TO TAKE OVER.
IT'S GOING TO BE A SIMILAR SCHEDULE TO WHAT CLUBLINK HAD IN PLACE PREVIOUSLY, WHICH WAS BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, MOWING TWO TIMES A MONTH AND IT TAKES ABOUT SEVEN DAYS EACH TIME FOR THE MOWING COMPANY TO MAKE THEIR WAY AROUND THE GOLF COURSE, THE TWO GOLF COURSES.
HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET LAND DEVELOPMENT STARTED SOONER THAN LATER.
SO OBVIOUSLY HELPS US AS WELL AS THE EXISTING RESIDENTS.
SO WE'LL GET GOING ON THAT SOON.
SO I THINK YOU GUYS ARE A LOT SMARTER THAN CLUBLINK.
I THINK YOU HAVE BETTER TASTE.
YOUR DESIGNS CAN TELL THAT YOU HAVE BETTER TASTE.
I THINK, YOU KNOW, KEEPING THE SAME SCHEDULE.
WE'RE GOING TO GET THE SAME RESULTS.
I THINK WE SHOULD, YOU KNOW, INCREASE THE TIME WE MAINTAIN THE PROPERTY.
I THINK WE SHOULD ADD MORE MAINTENANCE.
NOT FOLLOWING THEIR SAME SCHEDULE.
PERHAPS GET A DIFFERENT COMPANY BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE THEIR COMPANY HAD ISSUES.
THIS IS YOUR BABY. THIS IS YOUR PROJECT.
I WOULDN'T FOLLOW WHAT CLUBLINK WAS DOING.
I'LL TRY TO DO SOMETHING BETTER THAN CLUBLINK HAD BEFORE.
SO, I CAN HOPE I CAN GET THAT FROM, FROM YOU GUYS IN TERMS OF THE PROJECT SCHEDULE, CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE, DO YOU HAVE AN IDEA OF A BLUEPRINT OF THAT? SO, I COULD TELL YOU THAT WE PLAN TO START SOMETIME AROUND NOVEMBER.
THIS WE OBVIOUSLY WANT TO GET GOING AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
WE'RE WRAPPING UP THE PERMITTING PROCESS RIGHT NOW.
SO HOPEFULLY WE'RE STARTING IN NOVEMBER.
AND THAT'S A, YOU KNOW, LAND DEVELOPMENT PROCESS THAT TAKES, YOU KNOW, 9 TO 12 MONTHS.
AND THEN WE'RE BUILDING HOMES, RIGHT.
BUT THE WAY WE DEVELOP IS IN A PHASED MANNER.
SO, WE'LL MAKE OUR WAY AROUND THE COMMUNITY.
AND WE'RE NOT, YOU KNOW, DEVELOPING IN ONE PLACE FOR, YOU KNOW, AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME.
IT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT THE PERIOD OF TIME FOR LAND DEVELOPMENT WHILE WE'RE SELLING IN THAT AREA.
AND ARE YOU GOING TO INFORM THE RESIDENTS ON THE ON THE SCHEDULE, LIKE KEEPING THEM INFORMED THAT I'M GOING TO DO PART G? I'M GOING TO DO PART WHATEVER.
YEAH. THIS DURING THIS TIME FRAME.
YEAH. AND HOW ARE YOU GOING TO HOW ARE YOU GOING TO INFORM THE RESIDENTS.
SO, WE'VE GOT A CDD THAT WAS APPROVED AND THE CDD WILL HOLD MEETINGS AND THOSE ARE PUBLIC MEETINGS.
AND SO, AT THOSE MEETINGS, THE YOU KNOW, WE WILL PROVIDE THOSE UPDATES.
ASIDE FROM THAT, WE'VE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN TAKING PHONE CALLS FROM RESIDENTS AND ANYBODY THAT REACHES OUT, WE CAN ALSO PROBABLY DO A PROJECT WEBSITE THAT HAS THE SCHEDULE AS WELL.
YOU DIDN'T TAKE MY PHONE CALL AND YOU GUYS DIDN'T INVITE ME TO THE MEETING.
YOU DIDN'T TAKE MY PHONE CALL.
IN TERMS OF IN TERMS OF POD E, I KNOW YOU GUYS SAID THAT YOU WERE NOT GOING TO BUILD ON POD E.
AND ARE YOU WILLING TO ACCEPT THE CONDITION? LIKE MRS. LIEBERMAN MENTIONED, ARE YOU GUYS WILLING TO ACCEPT THAT CONDITION WHERE WE CHANGE PARTY FROM RESIDENTIAL TO RECREATIONAL? SO NOT AT THIS TIME.
LIKE WE CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND WHERE THE CONCERN IS COMING FROM.
WHEN WE HAD AGREED TO REMOVE THE RESIDENTIAL UNITS FROM POD E IT WAS PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, WE AGREED WE WOULD TAKE POTTY OUT OF IT ENTIRELY. IT'S NO LONGER REFERENCED IN THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
AND AS YOU MAY RECALL, IN ORDER TO REALLOCATE THOSE SEVEN LOTS, WE DO NEED TO COME BACK TO THIS COMMISSION FOR THAT MAJOR REVISED SITE PLAN APPROVAL.
HONESTLY, WE DON'T FEEL LIKE IT IS APPROPRIATE TO BE TIED TO THE CLUBHOUSE BECAUSE POD E IS NOT PART OF THE CLUBHOUSE SITE PLAN BY ANY MEANS. POTTY IS PART OF THE MAIN SITE PLAN FOR THE PROJECT.
THAT, AGAIN, IS GOING TO COME BACK BEFORE YOU, AND WE'RE REALLOCATING THOSE SEVEN LOTS.
SO, WE DO BELIEVE IT IS A MORE APPROPRIATE CONDITION TO BE DISCUSSED AT THAT TIME.
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LAND USE PLAN AMENDMENT IS A VERY TIME CONSUMING AND EXPENSIVE PROCESS, SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S NECESSARILY WHAT THE AGREEMENT WOULD BE.OKAY. AND IN TERMS OF THE SIZE OF THE CLUBHOUSE, I KNOW I'M, YOU KNOW, 8000FT² IS KIND OF SMALL.
TAMARAC VILLAGE, THAT'S 16,000FT² FOR 401 UNITS, WHEREAS THIS IS GOING TO BE 8000FT² FOR ABOUT 1200 PLUS UNIT HOMES. ACTUALLY, NOT EVEN UNITS, 1200 PLUS HOMES.
ANY IDEAS OF EXPANDING IN THE FUTURE GOING UPSTAIRS.
I DON'T THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE CONTEMPLATING IN THE FUTURE.
YOU KNOW, 13TH FLOOR HAS BUILT MANY COMMUNITIES WITHIN SOUTH FLORIDA AND KNOWS WHAT THE DEMAND FOR THE CLUBHOUSE IN TERMS OF SIZE, IN TERMS OF AMENITIES, THEY'RE REALLY FAMILIAR WITH WHAT THE NEEDS OF THOSE RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES ARE.
AND WE DO FEEL LIKE THIS IS AN APPROPRIATE SIZED CLUBHOUSE AND OFFERS THE AMENITIES THAT ARE REQUIRED FOR THE COMMUNITY AND WHAT WAS AGREED TO IN THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AS WELL. AND I REMEMBER WE KIND OF MENTIONED LIKE A BASKETBALL COURT.
WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THAT? THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE INCLUDED.
NO. WE DID REVIEW THE BASKETBALL COURT TO SEE IF IT COULD FIT.
OKAY, THANKS. WELL, YOU KNOW, ON A POSITIVE NOTE, I THINK THE CLUBHOUSE IS A GOOD DESIGN.
WE'LL SEE WHAT YOU CAN DO IN THE FUTURE.
AND I THINK, YOU KNOW GOING FORWARD YOU GUYS WILL BE A GOOD STEWARD FOR THE COMMUNITY.
YOU KNOW, I'M A SUPPORTER OF THE DEVELOPMENT THERE.
HOWEVER, WE HAD THREE RESIDENTS THAT COMPLAINED.
ONE ABOUT THE TREE CUTTING, POD E AND GRASS CUTTING.
IS THERE ANY WAY I KNOW THERE IS A WAY? CAN WE GUARANTEE THAT YOU HAVE A PLAN IN PLACE FOR THAT? I KNOW HE CAME UP.
FORGIVE ME FOR NOT REMEMBERING YOUR NAME, BUT I KNOW YOU SAID YES.
WE WANT GUARANTEES THAT THESE THINGS WILL HAPPEN.
AND HE SAID THE COST TO SOLIDIFY POD E AS NONRESIDENTIAL WOULD BE TOO HIGH.
WHAT'S THE COST EXACTLY? WELL, SO TO ADDRESS THAT COMPONENT, THE LAND USE PLAN AMENDMENT PROCESS AND THE APPLICATION IS QUITE CUMBERSOME.
THERE ARE CERTAINLY OTHER WAYS TO RESTRICT RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT ON POD E THAN GOING THROUGH A FULL LAND USE PLAN AMENDMENT THAT GOES THROUGH THE CITY, THE COUNTY AND THEN UP TO THE STATE AS WELL.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE OPEN TO OTHER OPPORTUNITIES TO RESTRICT THAT AREA THROUGH A DECLARATION OF RESTRICTIVE COVENANT OR SOMETHING IN THAT MANNER AND ARE HAPPY TO CONTINUE THE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE CITY.
SO IT'S NOT THAT IT'S EXPENSIVE, IT'S THAT THAT IS THAT IT'S CUMBERSOME.
IT'S I MEAN, ALL PULLING TOGETHER ALL OF THE COMPONENTS OF THE APPLICATION AND PROCESSING.
IT IS BOTH A LARGE APPLICATION.
IT IS TAKES A LOT OF TIME TO PREPARE.
AND SO THERE ARE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.
AND IT'S ABOUT AN 18-MONTH PROCESS.
AGAIN, HAVING COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE TIME OF PROCESSING IT.
BECAUSE LAST WEEK OR MAYBE TWO WEEKS AGO, WHEN WE BROUGHT IT UP, IT WAS SAID THAT WHEN I ASKED, I THINK IT WAS SHE SAID THAT TEN YEARS FROM NOW, SOMEONE COULD COME BACK AND THE COMMISSION COULD LOOK DIFFERENT AND THEY COULD BUILD ON THAT POD.
YEAH. AND THERE ARE RESTRICTIONS, A DECLARATION OF RESTRICTIVE COVENANT.
WHETHER BENEFITING THE CITY, WHETHER BENEFITING THE COMMUNITY.
CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT? YOU SAID A DECLARATION FOR THE COMMUNITY.
IT'S ESSENTIALLY A DOCUMENT THAT RESTRICTS THE PROPERTY.
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AND SO THERE ARE DIFFERENT WAYS OF DRAFTING IT WHERE, YOU KNOW, IT'S THE COMMISSION AND THE CITY THAT WOULD NEED TO APPROVE IT IN SOME INSTANCES.SO, IT WOULD BE THE BOARD THAT WOULD NEED TO AGREE TO IT.
WOULD PREVENT WOULD FUTURE DEVELOPERS FROM BUILDING ON THAT PART.
IT WOULD PREVENT RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT MORE SO THAN WHAT THE RESIDENT WAS REQUIRING.
SO, THE LAND USE PLAN AMENDMENT CAN BE CHANGED AS WELL.
THE LAND USE PLAN AMENDMENT WOULD NEED TO BE APPROVED BY THE CITY AND THEN THE COUNTY.
BUT IT'S SIMILAR WHERE IT'S JUST PROCESSING TO UNWIND IT.
SO, YOU KNOW, THERE MIGHT BE SOME PROTECTIONS THAT, YOU KNOW, COULD BE PROVIDED THROUGH THE LAND USE PLAN AMENDMENT, BUT WE COULD PROVIDE SIMILAR EQUAL PROTECTIONS THROUGH A FORMAL DOCUMENT AS WELL.
SO YOU'RE SAYING YOU CAN PROVIDE EQUAL PROTECTION? WELL, I THINK THERE YES, I THINK THERE ARE WAYS TO PROVIDE THAT SAME LEVEL OF PROTECTION YOU THINK ARE YOU KNOW, I'M NOT AN ATTORNEY.
SO YEAH, THERE'S CERTAINLY LOTS OF DIFFERENT WAYS DOCUMENTS CAN BE DRAFTED.
OKAY. AND THEN WE'RE BECAUSE I KNOW IN OTHER COMPANIES OR WHATEVER COME BEFORE US, WE CAN ASK THEM. WE WANT A PLAN OF THE GRASS BEING CUT AND THE TREES BEING CUT AND THE PROPERTY BEING MAINTAINED.
YEAH, I MEAN, THAT'S A SIMPLE ASK.
I THINK THEY'RE GOING TO GET MOVING AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE TO ADDRESS THOSE CONCERNS.
KEEP SAYING THINK, CAN WE GET IT IN WRITING AS A GUARANTEE THAT THAT WILL HAPPEN? THEY WILL CERTAINLY MOVE ON IT.
OKAY. AND I THINK MR. SHAPIRO MENTIONED, IS IT POSSIBLE FOR THE CLUBHOUSE TO BE BUILT PRIOR TO THE 100 HOMES BEING BUILT? SO, THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT SPECIFIES THAT WE NEED TO GET STARTED ON THE CLUBHOUSE PRIOR TO THE 150TH BUILDING PERMIT.
OKAY. FOR A RESIDENTIAL UNIT, 13TH FLOOR CERTAINLY WANTS TO MOVE FASTER THAN THAT BECAUSE IF THEY HAVE A FINISHED CLUBHOUSE, THEN THEY'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO SELL MORE HOMES AND AT HIGHER PRICES.
AND THAT'S THE GOAL. ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR.
THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. MRS. CALLAWAY. PROCEDURES.
ARE JUST TO FOLLOW UP ON CHRISTINE.
IS THAT IS THAT ABOUT THE TURNAROUND TIME IN TERMS OF GETTING APPROVAL FOR POD E TO CHANGE IT FROM RESIDENTIAL TO RECREATIONAL, GOING THROUGH THE COUNTY, THE STATE AND ALL THE LOOPHOLES? IT'S A SMALL-SCALE AMENDMENT.
SHE'S REFERRING TO THE COUNTY'S PROCESS.
IT WAS EXTENDED RECENTLY, AND I THINK THEIR APPLICATION FEE WAS ALSO INCREASED.
IT'S A SMALL-SCALE AMENDMENT SINCE IT'S LESS THAN 50 ACRES.
SO, OUR PROCESS WOULD BE QUICK.
THERE'S NO REVIEW BY THE STATE, IT'S JUST SUBMITTED TO THE STATE.
OKAY. SO THAT CAN TAKE UP TO 18 MONTHS.
BUT YOU'RE SAYING PUT IN A CONDITIONAL FOR PART E WOULD TAKE US TIMEFRAME BALLPARK.
CHANGING IT FROM RESIDENTIAL TO.
FOR THE CITY, IT'S A SMALL SCALE SO IT WILL BE ABOUT A MONTH OR SO.
BUT I MEANT THE ENTIRE PROCESS.
SHE MENTIONED THE ENTIRE PROCESS.
QUITE HONESTLY, I'M NOT FAMILIAR.
I KNOW THAT THEY JUST MADE SOME CHANGES.
AND SO 18 MONTHS DOES NOT SOUND EXTREME.
BUT THAT'S JUST THE COUNTY'S PROCESS, SINCE THEIR MAP WOULD NEED TO BE AMENDED AS WELL.
WELL, THE REALLOCATION OF THE SEVEN UNITS WOULD BE A MINOR SITE PLAN AMENDMENT, BUT THIS BODY REQUESTED THAT THE APPLICANT BRING THAT BACK TO THE CITY COMMISSION, AND THEY AGREED.
SO, YOU WILL SEE THE PROJECT AGAIN SPECIFICALLY FOR THAT PURPOSE.
AND I'M JUST GOING TO SAY TO YOU, GENTLEMEN, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T HAVE TO TAKE MY CALLS, BUT I ASKED IN THE HUMBLEST, THE HUMBLEST, THE HUMBLEST, HUMBLEST FORM, PLEASE JUST MAINTAIN THE GOLF COURSE.
DON'T LET THE PEOPLE YOU KNOW DEAL WITH MOSQUITOES AND THAT TYPE OF STUFF.
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I'M ASKING YOU IN THE HUMBLEST WAY, THOSE ARE MY RESIDENTS.AND, YOU KNOW, LET'S SHOW THEM SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
THAT'S A START OF MAKING THE COMMUNITY NICER.
AND I'M JUST ASKING YOU THAT YOU CAN DO FOR ME.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO TAKE MY PHONE CALLS, BUT JUST DO THAT FOR ME.
AND, YOU KNOW, THAT WILL MAKE ME VERY, VERY HAPPY AND NOT ANGRY.
SPEAKING OF PHONE CALLS, I'M EDITING MY EX PARTE COMMUNICATION.
SCOTT BACHMAN DID CALL ME YESTERDAY, SO I TOTALLY FORGOT ABOUT THAT.
NOT THAT YOUR BOSS IS UNFORGETTABLE.
BUT I TOTALLY JUST REMEMBERED THAT WHAT IF.
WHAT IS YOUR FIX? I KEEP HEARING THAT THE STAFF, YOU AND STAFF COULD PROBABLY WORK OUT YOU KNOW, SOME DEALS OR WHATEVER IT IS WITH AS, AS IT RELATES TO POD E.
BUT CAN YOU ON THE RECORD TELL US WHAT SOME OF YOUR IDEAS WOULD BE TO NEGOTIATE THEN WITH STAFF.
WELL, AGAIN, I THINK IT'S POTENTIALLY THROUGH A DECLARATION OF RESTRICTIVE COVENANT OR A SIMILAR DOCUMENT THAT IS RECORDED AGAINST THE PROPERTY IN PERPETUITY.
AND THERE ARE DIFFERENT BENEFICIARIES THAT COULD BE PART OF THAT.
IT COULD AGAIN BE THE CITY, IT COULD BE THE HOA, IT COULD BE THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE.
I DON'T KNOW ULTIMATELY WHAT THE BEST SOLUTION IS.
OKAY. MISS CALLOWAY, WHAT ARE SOME SOLUTIONS YOU BELIEVE WOULD ADDRESS THIS ISSUE? WELL, THE APPLICANT JUST SPOKE OF THE RESTRICTIVE COVENANT, WHICH IS A COMMON SOLUTION.
THIS BODY DID THAT WITH THE WOODMONT PROJECT, WHERE A RESTRICTIVE COVENANT WAS RECORDED FOR THE GOLF COURSE PORTION OF THE PROPERTY, AND THAT WAS TO THE BENEFIT OF THE CITY AND TO THE RESIDENTS, WHERE THE RESIDENTS WOULD NEED TO VOTE IN ORDER FOR THAT RESTRICTION TO BE LIFTED.
SO THAT'S A COMMON DOCUMENT THAT IS USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.
AND I REMEMBER DISCUSSING THAT THE LAST ON THE LAST OCCASION THAT YOU GUYS WERE HERE.
BUT WHAT IF THE SEVEN LOCATIONS THAT YOU'D BE PUTTING THE HOMES ARE, ARE UNACCEPTABLE TO THE COMMISSION AND OR UNACCEPTABLE TO THE RESIDENTS? WHAT THEN HAPPENS TO POD E? SEEMS LIKE YOU'RE GOING TO HOLD POD E HOSTAGE.
USING THOSE SEVEN HOUSES AS NEGOTIATING POWER.
I CERTAINLY DON'T THINK WE'RE HOLDING POD E HOSTAGE.
IT'S BEEN REMOVED FROM THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT FOR RESIDENTIAL PURPOSES ENTIRELY.
SO WE CAN'T DEVELOP WITHOUT COMING BACK TO THE COMMISSION AND ASKING FOR A CHANGE.
NOW, IF THE SEVEN UNITS AREN'T IN LOCATIONS THAT ARE AGREEABLE TO THE COMMISSION AND OR THE RESIDENTS, AND THEY MAKE THAT KNOWN AT THE COMMISSION MEETING, THEN ULTIMATELY, YOU KNOW, IT COULD BE DENIED, AND WE MIGHT NEED TO WORK OUT ALTERNATE LOCATIONS FOR THE SEVEN UNITS.
THERE'S YOU KNOW, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE AGREED TO BRING BACK BEFORE THIS BODY.
AND SO ULTIMATELY, THE COMMISSION WILL NEED TO WEIGH IN ON THE LOCATION OF THOSE LOTS.
SO YOUR YOUR HAIR NOW SAYING THAT YOU WOULD NOT USE THESE SEVEN HOMES TO BE DISPERSED AROUND THE COMMUNITY AS SOME SORT OF DEAL MAKING MECHANISM.
I'M SAYING THE RESTRICTIONS ARE ALREADY IN PLACE, THAT NO RESIDENTIAL UNITS WILL BE BUILT ON POD E.
WE'VE AGREED TO THAT IN THE PAST, AND THOSE RESTRICTIONS ARE IN PLACE IN THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
AND THE APPROVED SITE PLAN DOES NOT HAVE UNITS ON POD E.
SO, I MEAN, THERE'S NO WAY AT THIS POINT IN TIME THAT WE COULD DEVELOP RESIDENTIAL ON POTTY AND THESE SEVEN HOMES THEORETICALLY YOU WOULD NOT GO ALONG WOODLANDS BOULEVARD OR IN THAT SECTION.
IT CERTAINLY WOULD NOT BE WITHIN POVERTY BECAUSE THAT IS NOT PERMITTED.
SO, WE HAVE THEM SPERSED OUT ELSEWHERE.
REGARDING POD E DOESN'T EXIST.
IT'S A LAND USE THAT WE DON'T NEED RIGHT NOW.
IF IT TO BE CHANGED IT WOULD COME BACK BEFORE US.
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SO, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT.ON THE LANDSCAPING, ONE OF MY COMMENTS TO REASON I SPOKE WITH MR. BACHMAN A COUPLE OF TIMES OVER THE PAST WEEK WERE REGARDING THE LANDSCAPING, AND I WAS VERY SURPRISED TO SEE THAT IT WENT THROUGH ON FRIDAY.
AND WHAT I'VE BEEN TELLING RESIDENTS IN MY COMMUNITY AND MY NEIGHBORS, YES, THEY JUST BOUGHT THE PROPERTY ON THE FIFTH, WHICH IS A DAY AFTER INDEPENDENCE DAY, AND WE WERE ALL OFF. THEY HAD A WEEKEND.
I DON'T WANT TO HEAR WE'RE GOING TO WAIT TO SEE WHEN YOU TAKE OVER.
THE NEXT THING I WANT US TO HEAR YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE THEM OUT THERE BY FRIDAY, THE LATEST MONDAY.
I DON'T CARE WHEN YOU FIGURE OUT YOUR PLAN.
FIX IT UP. NOW, YOU BOUGHT THE PROPERTY KNOWING THAT THERE WERE VIOLATIONS.
SO, THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF A TITLE ISSUE ON THERE THAT HAS TO BE CLEARED WITHIN 30 DAYS.
YOU SAW THE STORM THAT CAME THROUGH YESTERDAY.
IT TOOK TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF FOLIAGE ALL OVER THE PLACE.
AS FAR AS THE CONSTRUCTION PLAN, I BELIEVE WHEN WE HAD THE APPROVALS FOR THE MAIN SITE PLAN, IT WAS SAID YOU WOULD AS SOON AS YOU GOT YOUR APPROVALS, YOU WILL BE COMING BACK TO LET US KNOW.
YOU'LL BE WORKING THROUGH A CONSTRUCTION PLAN SO WE CAN OUTWARDLY LET THE COMMUNITY KNOW BEFOREHAND.
WE WILL KNOW WHEN TRUCKS WILL BE ENTERING INTO THE COMMUNITY.
WE WILL KNOW WHEN THINGS ARE GOING TO BE EXPECTED.
WE'RE ALMOST THERE, EVERYBODY.
DON'T FAIL US ON COMMUNICATION.
NOW. SO THAT I'M SEEING SHAKING HEADS.
BUT I REALLY WANT TO COMMENT ON THE RECORD ABOUT LANDSCAPING BEGINNING TO BE WHEN? WHEN ARE YOU COMING OUT TO GET SOMEBODY OUT THERE, PLEASE? HOPEFULLY BY FRIDAY. I'M LITERALLY TEXTING RIGHT NOW TO TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET SOMEBODY OUT THERE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
SECTION. WOODLANDS HAS EIGHT SECTIONS, SIX SECTIONS HAVE THEIR OWN CLUBHOUSES ALREADY.
TWO SECTIONS DON'T HAVE CLUBHOUSES, BUT THEY ARE CONSIDERED TO BE ESTATE HOMES.
THEY HAVE POOLS. MOST OF THEM, IF NOT ALL OF THEM, HAVE POOLS.
SOME OF THEM HAVE PICKLEBALL COURTS.
SO, THEY HAVE TENNIS COURTS. SOME OF THEM HAVE BASKETBALL COURTS.
THEY HAVE THE AMENITIES THAT YOU WOULD SEE AT THE CLUBHOUSE.
THE NEW CLUBHOUSE WOULD BE USED FOR SECTION 19 AND ANYBODY ELSE IN SECTIONS ONE THROUGH EIGHT.
SECTION NINE. DID I SAY 18? 19? 19? I DON'T KNOW, I'M MAKING IT THE 19TH HOLE.
EVERYBODY GO THERE FOR A DRINK AFTER GOLF.
SO IT SHOULD BE SUFFICIENT FOR THE COMMUNITY.
I HAVE A QUESTION REGARDING THE BUS STOP.
I DID NOT SEE. IS IT COVERED? I DON'T BELIEVE IT'S COVERED.
ONE OF THE THINGS I KNOW I ASKED FOR WAS FOR SHELTER, ALONG WITH A LOCATION FOR THE BUS TO BE SAFE, AND I KNOW PEOPLE CAN SIT IN THEIR CARS, BUT FOR THE KIDS WHO ARE GOING TO WALK THERE WHERE IN RELATION, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND PUTTING IT BACK UP, WILL THEY BE ABLE TO TAKE SHELTER? HOW FAR IS THE FRONT OF THE CLUBHOUSE TO WHERE THE SCHOOL BUS WILL BE? WILL THE SCHOOL BUS WAIT? SO THE BUS STOP LOCATION IS RIGHT OVER HERE.
IF I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN SEE THE RED DOT BY THE TENNIS COURTS, RIGHT.
YOU KNOW, ULTIMATELY, THEY CAN MAKE THEIR WAY TO THE BUS STOP TO GET ON THE BUS.
I DON'T KNOW THE DISTANCE OFFHAND.
I KNOW I'M LOOKING ON THE CHART.
I BASICALLY YEAH, IT'S ABOUT THE DISTANCE OF A TENNIS COURT AND A LITTLE BIT.
IF THERE IS A WAY TO FIGURE OUT AN OVERHANG OF SOME KIND OF PERGOLA COVERED SOME STRUCTURE THAT WOULD BE OBVIOUSLY SAFE, LOOK NICE AND FIT SO WHERE THE STUDENTS COULD BE WAITING FOR THE BUS, IT WOULD BE APPRECIATED.
OR FIGURING OUT HOW TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE SUFFICIENT AREA OUTSIDE THE CLUBHOUSE SEATING.
I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY KIDS WE HAVE NOW.
IT USED TO BE WHEN I MOVED IN 30 YEARS AGO.
NOW WE HAVE ABOUT 150, SO WE HAVE SOME CHANGES GOING ON.
AT THIS POINT IN TIME, SEEING THAT THERE'S NOTHING FURTHER.
CITY CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
[01:45:08]
THANK YOU. MOTION PASSES 4 TO 1.THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IT IS 8:45.
IT IS OUR LAST MEETING FOR THE RECESS.
WE WILL SEE YOU BACK HERE ON AUGUST 28TH AT 9:30 A.M..
BE SAFE. HAVE A FANTASTIC SUMMER.
THANKS FOR MENTIONING THAT.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.