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WE ARE NOW STARTING OUR FIRST COMMISSION MEETING AFTER OUR HIATUS, AND WE'RE VERY HAPPY TO HAVE EVERYBODY HERE.[CALL TO ORDER:]
CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.IF EVERYONE WOULD PLEASE STAND.
IS THAT RIGHT? AS WE GO TO THE CITY ATTORNEY REPORT.
SO, CITY TAMARAC IS LUCKY AND FORTUNATE.
CITY ATTORNEY. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.
NO REPORT THIS MORNING. NO REPORT.
ALL RIGHT. THE CITY MANAGER'S REPORT WILL BE HELD AFTER OUR PRESENTATIONS.
[2. CITY MANAGER REPORT]
AND THE CONGRESSWOMAN IS NOT HERE YET.THE FLORIDA LEAGUE OF MAYORS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.
SO IF THE COMMISSION WOULD PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE WELL.
WOW, THAT IS A REALLY STEEP PODIUM HERE.
I FEEL LIKE A MOUNTAIN CLIMBER.
MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION, I'M SCOTT DUDLEY.
I'M WITH THE FLORIDA LEAGUE OF MAYORS, AND I'M GETTING SIGNALED FOR SOMETHING.
I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE FLORIDA LEAGUE OF MAYORS.
SO I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE FLORIDA LEAGUE OF MAYORS.
AND TWO YEARS AGO, THE FLORIDA LEAGUE OF MAYORS, WHICH IS AN ORGANIZATION WE BRING MAYORS TOGETHER TO SHARE BEST PRACTICES AND TO KIND OF JUST GET TOGETHER AND TALK ABOUT IF IT'S HAPPENED IN YOUR CITY, IT MIGHT BE HAPPENING IN ANOTHER CITY TO JUST KIND OF SHARE IDEAS AND TO ADDRESS ISSUES THAT ARE FACING AND TO NETWORK AND, AND THE LEAGUE OF MAYORS A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO CREATED A PROGRAM CALLED THE MAYOR'S MUNICIPAL INNOVATION AWARDS PROGRAM.
IT'S A MOUTHFUL, BUT THE IDEA BEHIND IT IS TO THE INNOVATION AWARDS PROGRAM.
AND THE IDEA IS TO YOU SUBMIT APPLICATIONS.
THIS YEAR WE HAD ABOUT 15 APPLICATIONS FOR MAYORS THAT SUBMITTED PROGRAMS, AND WE BREAK IT DOWN BY BUDGET AND BY THREE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES.
IT'S A QUALITY OF LIFE CATEGORY.
IT'S AN INNOVATION IN TECHNOLOGY CATEGORY.
SO WE TRY TO MAKE IT PRETTY FAIR ON THAT.
AND YOU ALL HAVE CREATED A PROGRAM HERE THAT IS INNOVATIVE AND WAS WORTHY OF MAYORS MUNICIPAL INNOVATION AWARD THIS YEAR.
AND I WANTED TO PRESENT THIS TO YOU AND TO YOUR COUNCIL MAYOR, FOR THE INNOVATION THAT YOU'RE DOING.
AND YOUR CITY SHOULD BE VERY PROUD OF THE IDEA THAT YOU ALL ARE LEADING THE WAY IN THINGS THAT ARE EXCITING AND BRING A DIFFERENT WAY TO DO THINGS TO SO THAT NOW OTHER CITIES CAN COPY THEM.
AND THAT'S THE BEST FORM OF FLATTERY, AS YOU KNOW.
AND SO, MAYOR, I'M HAPPY TO PRESENT THIS TO YOU.
[APPLAUSE] SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE ARE PRIVILEGED TO RECEIVE THIS AWARD.
AND WE DON'T RECEIVE IT JUST BECAUSE IT WAS AN IDEA OF ONE PERSON.
IT'S ACTUALLY AN IMPLEMENTATION FROM EVERYBODY HERE.
SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK.
BECAUSE WHEN ANYBODY PUTS IN SOMETHING INTO SEECLICKFIX, YOU GUYS ARE THE ONES WHO HELP MAKE SURE THAT THE ITEMS ARE FINALIZED, RESOLVED AND TAKEN CARE OF, WHICH HELPS MAKE THIS A VERY WORTHY AWARD FOR OUR CITY BECAUSE WE'RE VERY PROUD OF EVERYBODY HERE.
SO, WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.
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WE THANK YOU AS WELL, AND WE ARE VERY FORTUNATE.WE RECEIVED OUR FIRST ONE LAST YEAR.
AND HE'S DONE A REALLY GREAT JOB AT IT.
AND HE IS RETIRING IN SEPTEMBER, SO WE WANT TO WISH HIM ALL THE BEST IN HIS RETIREMENT PLEASE.
YOU KNOW, THIS WAS A PARTNERSHIP EFFORT THAT TOOK A LIFE OF ITS OWN, ACTUALLY.
WE WANTED TO BEAUTIFY AND, YOU KNOW, MAKE OUR COMMUNITIES LOOK A WHOLE LOT BETTER.
AND SO, WE ASKED OUR COMMUNITIES TO BE ENGAGED AND BE PARTNERS WITH US IN THIS EFFORT.
AND WE ADDED SOME TECHNOLOGY COMPONENT TO IT.
AND WE'RE ALSO ADDING A GRANT COMPONENT TO IT SO THAT, YOU KNOW, IF YOU FIND SOME NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE IN NEED OF SOME SPRUCING UP, WE CAN ALSO PARTNER WITH THEM AND HELP THEM OUT WITH THAT.
FINANCIAL ELEMENT OF THAT TOO, BECAUSE THE ECONOMY IS, AS YOU KNOW, WHAT IT IS.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, I HATE TO COPY THE BSO SLOGAN BUT SEE SOMETHING, SAY SOMETHING.
THANK YOU. THE MAYOR SERVES ON THE BOARD OF THE LEAGUE OF MAYORS, AND SHE'S A WONDERFUL PRESENCE ON THE BOARD, BRINGS A LOT OF GREAT IDEAS. AND SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THE BOARD.
CAN WE GET A PICTURE? AS MENTIONED, WE NOW HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF HAVING A PRESENTATION BY OUR BROWARD COUNTY PROPERTY APPRAISER, MARTY KERR, WHO IS GOING TO SHARE ALL THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT OUR CITY'S PROPERTY VALUES. ABSOLUTELY.
I PROMISE I WON'T TAKE A LONG TIME.
I WAS VERY MUCH LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS BECAUSE I'M VERY PROUD OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC.
I'VE NEVER MET SOMEBODY THAT LIVES IN TAMARAC THAT DISLIKES LIVING IN TAMARAC.
IT IS A WONDERFUL PLACE TO LIVE, AND I CAN TELL YOU WITH THE PROPERTY VALUES INCREASING AGAIN, IT SHOWS THAT PEOPLE ARE LOVING LIVING HERE AND THEY'RE MOVING IN HERE AND THEY'RE PAYING A LOT OF MONEY FOR PROPERTIES.
YOU KNOW, EVERY SINGLE WEEK YOUR STAFF WORKS WITH OUR OFFICE AND PROVIDES US ALL THE PERMITS THAT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE CAN CAPTURE ALL VALUE SO WE CAN PUT IT ON THE TAX ROLL SO WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE PAY THEIR FAIR SHARE OF PROPERTY TAXES.
AND I HAVE TO TELL YOU, YOUR STAFF IS SO EASY TO WORK WITH.
THEY'RE ALWAYS SO CORDIAL, THEY'RE SO UPBEAT.
AND I REALLY APPRECIATE HOW PROMPT THEY ARE WITH WORKING WITH US.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THEY DEFINITELY DESERVE A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
AND WITH THAT SAID, MADAM MAYOR, I WAS HOPING TO TALK ABOUT THREE THINGS.
THE FIRST THING I WANTED TO QUICKLY TALK ABOUT IS HOW OUR OFFICE CAN HELP THE TAMARAC COMMUNITY.
I ALSO WANT TO TALK ABOUT PROPERTY VALUES AND AS I STATED JUST BEFORE, PROPERTY VALUES HAVE INCREASED ONCE AGAIN BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE MOVING IN AND PAYING TOP DOLLAR FOR PROPERTIES. AND THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT, WHICH I TALK ABOUT EVERYWHERE, IS TITLE FRAUD, BECAUSE IT'S A VERY, VERY BIG DEAL IN SOUTH FLORIDA.
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AND THERE ARE A LOT OF CRIMINALS TRYING TO RIP PEOPLE OFF.BUT WITH REGARD TO WHAT OUR OFFICE CAN DO, THERE ARE THREE MAIN FUNCTIONS TO OUR OFFICE.
THE FIRST FUNCTION IS WE DETERMINE THE VALUE OF EVERY PIECE OF PROPERTY IN BROWARD COUNTY FOR TAX PURPOSES, WHETHER IT'S RESIDENTIAL OR COMMERCIAL, TANGIBLE PERSONAL PROPERTY OR CENTRALLY ASSESSED PROPERTY, WHICH ARE RAILROADS.
AND THE REASON THAT'S IMPORTANT IS BECAUSE WHEN SOMEBODY FROM TAMARAC PAYS THEIR PROPERTY TAXES, THE AMOUNT OF TAXES THEY PAY IS A RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE VALUE OF THE PROPERTY THAT WE SET AND THE TAX RATE SET BY TAMARAC, THE COUNTY COMMISSION, THE SCHOOL BOARD AND ALL OTHER TAXING AUTHORITIES.
SO THE MOST IMPORTANT THING WE WANT TO DO IS MAKE SURE WE GET IT RIGHT.
AND AS YOU KNOW, BROWARD COUNTY IS A VERY BIG PLACE.
MORE PEOPLE LIVE HERE THAN 13 STATES, THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AND ALL U.S.
TERRITORIES, EXCEPT PUERTO RICO. THAT'S HOW BIG IT IS.
AND WE APPRAISE MORE PARCELS THAN EXIST IN MANY STATES.
AND EVEN THOUGH THE PEOPLE OF OUR OFFICE DO A VERY GOOD JOB, AND THEIR ASSESSMENTS ARE VERY ACCURATE, MISTAKES CAN OCCUR OR MAYBE PEOPLE HAVE INFORMATION ABOUT THEIR PROPERTY THAT WE DON'T HAVE THAT COULD HELP US BRING DOWN THEIR ASSESSED VALUE, WHICH COULD BRING DOWN THE AMOUNT OF PROPERTY TAXES THEY PAY.
THE TRIM NOTICE, THE TRUTH IN MILLAGE NOTICE, IT'S NOT A TAX BILL.
AND HERE'S WHAT THE TRIM NOTICE SHOWS.
IT SHOWS THE VALUE OF YOUR PROPERTY FOR TAX PURPOSES.
IT SHOWS ALL THE TAX SAVING EXEMPTIONS YOU'RE CURRENTLY GETTING.
IT SHOWS THE DATES AND TIMES THAT YOU ALL AND ALL OTHER TAXING AUTHORITIES ARE DISCUSSING YOUR TAX RATES, AND IT SHOWS THE PROPOSED AMOUNT OF PROPERTY TAXES PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE ASKED TO PAY FOR THIS YEAR.
AND I ALWAYS TELL EVERYBODY, WHEN YOU GOT THAT DOCUMENT, TAKE A LOOK AT IT.
IF YOU HAVE ANY CONCERNS WHATSOEVER WITH THE VALUE OF YOUR PROPERTY OR YOU'RE NOT GETTING EVERY EXEMPTION YOU'RE ENTITLED TO UNDER THE LAW, JUST CONTACT ME BY SEPTEMBER 18TH SO WE CAN MAKE SURE YOU ONLY PAY YOUR FAIR SHARE OF PROPERTY TAXES AND NOT TOO MUCH.
THE SECOND THING THAT WE DO, AND THIS IS WHAT I LOVE MOST ABOUT MY JOB IS WE GIVE TAX SAVING EXEMPTIONS TO PEOPLE THAT QUALIFY, AND THERE ARE A LOT OF EXEMPTIONS UNDER FLORIDA LAW THAT PEOPLE QUALIFY FOR.
THE MOST IMPORTANT ONE BY FAR IS THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION.
IF SOMEBODY LIVES HERE IN TAMARAC AND IT'S WHERE THEY REGISTER TO VOTE, IF THAT'S IF IT'S NOT, IF THEY DON'T VOTE WHERE THEIR DECLARATIONS ARE DOMICILED, WHERE THEIR CAR IS REGISTERED TO, IF THIS IS THEIR PRIMARY RESIDENCE, THEN THEY GET THAT VERY IMPORTANT EXEMPTION CALLED A HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION.
THE FIRST THING IT DOES IS IT TAKES $50,000 OF VALUE OFF THE TAX ROLL THEY NO LONGER PAY TAXES ON.
THE VALUE YOUR TAX THEN CANNOT GO UP MORE THAN A MAXIMUM OF 3%.
SO IF THERE'S ANYBODY IN TAMARAC THAT HAS NOT FILED FOR HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION, PLEASE DO IT.
ONCE YOU GET THAT, THERE ARE SO MANY OTHER EXEMPTIONS THAT CAN SAVE YOU MONEY.
THERE ARE EXEMPTIONS FOR SENIORS, FOR VETERANS, FOR WIDOWS, FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE VISUALLY IMPAIRED.
GO ON OUR WEBSITE AT BCPA.NET.
AND PROPERTY VALUES, AGAIN, ARE INCREASING.
AND TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA, IN 2023, LAST YEAR, IF WE TOOK ALL THE RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL PROPERTY IN TAMARAC AND SOLD IT ON THE OPEN MARKET, YOU WOULD HAVE GOT RIGHT ABOUT $10.22 BILLION.
THAT'S A BIG JUMP BECAUSE OF WHAT PEOPLE ARE PAYING FOR PROPERTIES.
THE TAXABLE VALUE IS THE VALUE THAT YOU'RE GOING TO UTILIZE, THAT YOU'RE GOING TO SET YOUR MILLAGE RATE ON TO DETERMINE THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT YOU NEED TO PROVIDE GREAT SERVICES TO THE PEOPLE OF TAMARAC.
AND IN 2023, THE TAXABLE VALUE WAS RIGHT ABOUT $5.88 BILLION.
THAT'S ACTUALLY HIGHER THAN THE COUNTY ON AVERAGE.
AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO NOTE, IS THE MAJORITY OF THAT REVENUE INCREASE IS NOT BEING PAID FOR BY YOUR EXISTING PROPERTY OWNERS BECAUSE THEY'RE HOMESTEADED PROPERTY OWNERS. THE VALUE OF THEIR TAXING CAN'T GO UP MORE THAN 3%.
THAT'S REALLY DRIVING THAT UP.
THE LARGEST IS THE ARCADIA 212 UNIT RENTAL COMMUNITY THAT WE PUT ON FOR ALMOST $48 MILLION.
YOU HAVE 22,133 HOMESTEAD EXEMPTIONS HERE IN THE CITY OF TAMARAC.
YOU HAVE 3289 SENIORS WHO RECEIVE A LOW INCOME SENIOR EXEMPTION.
I TRY TO GET EVERYBODY TO, BUT NOT EVERYBODY HAS.
AND HERE'S WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT.
YOU HAD TO MADE UNDER 36,000 BUCKS, AND YOU HAD TO BE OVER 65 YEARS OF AGE AS OF JANUARY 1ST.
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AND THE VALUE OF YOUR HOME HAS TO BE UNDER $250,000.SO NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE QUALIFY.
SO THE LOSS OF REVENUE TO YOU ALL IS A DROP IN THE BUCKET.
AND I THINK IT'S A GREAT THING.
I HOPE EVERY SINGLE CITY IN BROWARD COUNTY FOLLOWS YOUR LEAD BECAUSE IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO.
YOU ALSO HAVE 2865 WIDOWS AND WIDOWERS WHO RECEIVE AN EXEMPTION.
YOU ALSO HAVE, WHICH I THINK IS PRETTY AWESOME.
YOU HAVE 16,755 SINGLE FAMILY HOMES HERE IN THE CITY OF TAMARAC.
THIS YEAR, THERE HAVE BEEN 89 SALES SO FAR ON PACE TO WRITE ABOUT WHAT LAST YEAR WAS.
THAT'S BECAUSE WHEN PEOPLE COME TO TAMARAC, THEY DON'T WANT TO MOVE.
THIS YEAR, THERE HAVE BEEN 361 SALES ON PACE AGAIN TO WHAT LAST YEAR WAS.
AND THE AVERAGE SALE PRICE RIGHT NOW IS ABOUT $214,000.
THE OTHER THING MADAM MAYOR, I WAS HOPING TO TALK ABOUT IS SOMETHING I KIND OF SPOKE ABOUT BEFORE, BUT I SPEAK ABOUT IT EVERYWHERE BECAUSE IT'S SOMETHING VERY NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART, AND IT'S CRACKING DOWN ON TITLE FRAUD.
I ALWAYS SAY THIS SOUTH FLORIDA IS THE TITLE FRAUD CAPITAL OF THE WORLD.
IT'S THE CAPITAL OF THE WORLD BECAUSE YOU HAVE CRIMINALS AND THAT'S WHAT THEY ARE.
THEY HAVE TO ACCEPT WHATEVER DOCUMENTS FILED WITH THEM.
SO THREE YEARS AGO, WE CAME UP WITH A GREAT FREE PROGRAM TO THE PUBLIC CALLED OWNER ALERT.
AND HERE'S HOW ANYBODY IN TAMARAC CAN SIGN UP IF THEY GO TO OUR WEBSITE AT BPCA.
IF WE HAVE THEIR EMAIL ADDRESS ON FILE, THEY'RE AUTOMATICALLY VERIFIED.
SO FAR, WE'VE HAD 260,000 BROWARD COUNTY PROPERTY OWNERS SIGN UP TO GET AN EMAIL ALERT.
WE'VE ALSO HAD AN ADDITIONAL 56,000.
GET AN EMAIL AND TEXT ALERT AND SAY, I'M VERY PROUD ABOUT IN TAMARAC BECAUSE OF YOUR HELP, MORE THAN 50% OF ALL OF YOUR HOMESTEADED PROPERTY OWNERS HAVE SIGNED UP FOR OUR OWNER ALERT PROGRAM. I THINK IT IS A GREAT THING, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE UNFORTUNATELY, A LOT OF THE PEOPLE IN TAMARAC HAVE BEEN THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN PREYED UPON WHEN IT COMES TO GETTING THEIR HOMES STOLEN.
AND AS YOU KNOW, MADAM MAYOR, AND TO THE COMMISSION, WHEN I STARTED THIS PROGRAM, I WAS PRETTY SURPRISED BECAUSE I STARTED GETTING EMAILS AND CALLS FROM PEOPLE BASICALLY SAYING, MARTY, I JUST GOT AN ALERT FROM YOUR OFFICE THAT SOMEBODY FILED A TITLE CHANGE IN MY PROPERTY, BUT I DIDN'T DO IT.
AND THEN I GOT MORE AND MORE AND MORE, AND I REALIZED HOW BIG OF A DEAL IT WAS.
THE COUNTY COMMISSION WAS VERY SUPPORTIVE AND ALL, NINE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS VOTED TO FULLY FUND IT.
I'M NOT LAW ENFORCEMENT. YOU ARE.
I CAN'T ISSUE PROBABLE CAUSE AFFIDAVIT, SEARCH WARRANTS.
I CAN'T ARREST PEOPLE. YOU CAN.
CAN WE WORK TOGETHER AND CAN WE HOLD THESE PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE? AND HE SAID, ABSOLUTELY.
WE'RE GOING TO BUILD THESE CASES.
IF WE BRING YOU THESE CASES, WOULD YOU PUT THE PEOPLE IN JAIL THAT WE BRING TO AND PROSECUTE THEM TO THE FULLEST EXTENT OF THE LAW? AND HE GOES, ABSOLUTELY, MARTY.
WE'VE HAD MANY, MANY ARRESTS AND WE'VE HAD A NUMBER OF CONVICTIONS.
AND FOR THE RESIDENTS OF TAMARAC, I WANT TO GIVE YOU A FEW EXAMPLES.
ONE EXAMPLE I WANT TO BRING IS JUST SOME OF OUR CONVICTIONS RECENTLY, WHICH I'M PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT BECAUSE LAST YEAR WHEN I CAME, I WAS TALKING ABOUT THEM AS ARRESTS, BUT NOW THEY'VE BEEN CONVICTIONS. AND I WAS HOPING TO TALK ABOUT JUST TWO MORE NEW CASES, ONE INVOLVING TAMARAC.
ONE CASE I'D LOVE TO TALK ABOUT INVOLVED A MARRIED COUPLE.
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IT WAS TWO WIVES.ONE OF THE WIVES WORKED FOR ONE OF OUR HOSPITAL DISTRICTS.
THE OTHER WIFE WORKED IN THE REAL ESTATE INDUSTRY.
THE WIFE THAT WORKED IN THE HOSPITAL DISTRICT FOUND OUT WHEN PEOPLE WOULD PASS ON.
IF THEY HAD PROPERTY AND NO ERRORS, THEY'D FILE FAKE DEEDS IN THE PROPERTIES.
THEY'D SELL THE PROPERTIES ON ZILLOW, MORTGAGE PROPERTIES, RENT THE PROPERTIES.
THEY PROFITED THE AMOUNT OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, BUT I'M VERY HAPPY ABOUT IS THEY WERE BOTH FOUND GUILTY, SENTENCED TO PRISON IN DIFFERENT PRISONS, WHICH I THINK IS A GREAT THING, BUT SOMETHING I'M ALSO VERY, VERY HAPPY ABOUT.
YOU HAD A PERSON NOT FROM BROWARD COUNTY.
HE WAS FROM MIAMI-DADE COUNTY.
HE DECIDED HE WANTED TO STEAL IT AND TAKE OUT A MORTGAGE.
SO WHAT HE DID WAS HE FILED A FAKE CORPORATION WITH TALLAHASSEE.
HE MADE THE OFFICER AND DIRECTOR OF THE CORPORATION THAT SICK MAN.
HE THEN MADE A FAKE ID SAYING HE WAS THAT MAN.
HE THEN FILED A FAKE DEED SAYING THAT THE CORPORATION OWNED THE PROPERTY.
HE THEN WALKED INTO A SMALL BUSINESS IN THE CITY OF SUNRISE AND SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT? I'VE FALLEN ON SOME HARD TIMES, MADE SOME BAD FINANCIAL DECISIONS.
BUT THERE'S ONE THING A FIVE ACRE PARCEL IN SOUTHWEST FRANCE, CAN I PLEASE HAVE A $500,000 MORTGAGE? AND THE MORTGAGE COMPANY SAID, SURE, WE'LL GIVE IT TO YOU.
AND THIS IS AND THE NOTARY WHO WAS THERE REALIZED THERE WAS SOMETHING VERY FISHY GOING ON.
SO, SHE ASKED FOR THE GUY'S THUMBPRINT AND SHE PROVIDED THAT TO OUR OFFICE.
FORTUNATELY, THE MAN WAS ARRESTED.
HE WAS CONVICTED, SENTENCED TO FEDERAL PRISON FOR THREE YEARS.
UNFORTUNATELY, HE WAS GIVEN THE FULL $500,000 MORTGAGE, SPENT ABOUT $80,000, WE RECOVERED THE REST.
AND THE PEOPLE THAT DID THIS CAME UP WITH A VERY SMART SCHEME.
THEY FIGURED OUT HOW TO USE THE COURT SYSTEM TO STEAL PEOPLE'S PROPERTIES.
THE RETURN OF SERVICE WOULD GO TO THE GUY'S BUDDY WHO WAS IN A MOBILE HOME IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, AND HE WOULD SAY, OH YEAH, I REPRESENT THAT SENIOR, THAT BANK, THAT PERSON. THEY DON'T WANT THE PROPERTY ANYMORE.
PUT IT IN THIS GUY'S NAME OR HIS COMPANY'S NAME.
THEY STOLE DOZENS AND DOZENS OF PROPERTIES ALL THROUGHOUT BROWARD COUNTY.
FORTUNATELY, THE RINGLEADER WAS FOUND GUILTY TWO MONTHS AGO.
HE WAS SENTENCED TO EIGHT YEARS IN PRISON, FOLLOWED BY TEN YEARS PROBATION, 370,000 RESTITUTION.
AND IF HE VIOLATES HIS PROBATION, HE GOES TO JAIL FOR LIFE.
ANOTHER COCONSPIRATOR THAT WAS ALSO FOUND GUILTY RECEIVED FIVE YEARS PROBATION, BUT SHE WAS ALSO ORDERED DEPORTED TO HER HOME COUNTRY OF MOLDOVA, AN EASTERN EUROPEAN COUNTRY, AND IS NOT ALLOWED TO RETURN TO THE UNITED STATES.
A COUPLE OTHER EXAMPLES THAT ARE JUST NEW RECENT CASES THAT I WANTED TO QUICKLY BRING UP, BECAUSE I REALLY THINK THEY SHOW THE EXTENT PEOPLE WILL GO TO TRY TO DEFRAUD PEOPLE'S PROPERTIES. SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE, THOUGH, THESE ARE ARRESTS.
THEY'RE NOT CONVICTIONS. AND YOU'RE INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY.
BUT HERE ARE THE FACTS AS WE KNOW IT SO FAR.
SHE'S GOING TO HAVE HER DAY IN COURT.
BUT I WANTED TO BRING THAT UP BECAUSE PEOPLE ASK ME ALL THE TIME, MARTY, WHO ARE THE PEOPLE THAT DO THIS? WELL, WHAT I FOUND IS IT'S PRETTY MUCH EVERYBODY.
THEY COME FROM ALL DIFFERENT PROFESSIONS, ALL DIFFERENT EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUNDS, EVERYBODY.
ANOTHER ONE I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT WAS AN ARREST THAT HAPPENED ABOUT TWO MONTHS AGO, AND THE TWO VICTIMS WERE WALTER AND VIVIAN AND I'D LIKE TO BRING THIS ONE UP BECAUSE IT KIND OF TUGS AT MY HEARTSTRINGS A LITTLE BIT.
WALTER IS AN AMERICAN HERO, WAS AN AMERICAN HERO.
HE SERVED IN THE US ARMY FOR A LONG TIME AND WAS AN 18 YEAR MEMBER OF THE BROWARD SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
HIS EX-WIFE, VIVIAN, IS THE OTHER VICTIM.
AND IN THE 1970S, WALTER AND VIVIAN GOT MARRIED.
THEY THEN BOUGHT A HOME IN PEMBROKE PINES TOGETHER, AND FOR SOME REASON, ABOUT A YEAR LATER THEY DIVORCED, AND WALTER THEN BOUGHT A HOME, A TOWNHOUSE ABOUT A MILE AWAY, BUT THEY CONTINUED TO LIVE IN THE HOME THAT THEY WERE LIVING IN WHEN THEY WERE MARRIED FOREVER.
AND THEN FOR ABOUT THREE YEARS, WALTER HAD A LITTLE THING WHERE HE WOULD DO EVERY SINGLE DAY.
IT WAS KIND OF LIKE HIS THING.
HE WOULD GO BACK TO THE SINGLE FAMILY HOME TO THE TOWNHOUSE, BACK AND FORTH, CHECK THE MAIL.
IT WAS KIND OF WHAT HE WOULD DO.
THE POLICE CAME. THEY WENT INTO THE HOME, AND THEY FOUND THAT WALTER HAD PASSED ON.
ABOUT A WEEK LATER, THE HOME GETS BROKEN INTO.
AND FOR SOME REASON, THE HOME WAS ACTUALLY LEFT IN HER CARE.
THERE WERE TWO ALLEGED FAKE DEEDS FILED ON BOTH PROPERTIES.
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THERE WERE TWO.THERE WERE ATTEMPTED SALES OF THOSE PROPERTIES, AND THERE WAS EVEN A ALLEGED PROBATE ESTATE OPENED UP BECAUSE WALTER APPARENTLY HAD $1 MILLION IN THE BANK THAT HE ACCUMULATED THROUGHOUT HIS LIFE.
FORTUNATELY, THERE WERE HEIRS TO THE MILLION DOLLARS AND THOSE HOMES.
THEY'LL HAVE THEIR DAY IN COURT.
THE LAST ONE I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS ONE THAT INVOLVES TAMARAC.
AND I WANTED TO BRING THIS UP BECAUSE IT'S RIGHT HERE IN THIS CITY.
AND A LOT OF THESE HOMES, AGAIN, ARE TARGETED IN THIS CITY.
AND ONE REASON BEING IS BECAUSE YOU ALL HAVE A SENIOR COMMUNITY HERE.
A VERY LARGE SENIOR COMMUNITY.
AND UNFORTUNATELY, SENIORS CAN BE VERY, VERY VULNERABLE.
AND A LOT OF THESE CRIMINALS LIKE TO PICK ON SENIORS.
THERE WAS A GUY WHO MADE A LITTLE MISTAKE.
HE CALLED OUR OFFICE, AND HE GOES, OH, MAN, MARTY'S OFFICE.
MY 96 YEAR OLD GRANDMOTHER LIVED IN TAMARAC, SHE JUST PASSED ON.
HOW DO I GET TO MY NAME? AND MY OFFICE SAID, WELL, WE HAVE TO SEE A DEED THAT IT'S IN YOUR NAME, OR MAYBE AN ORDER OF THE COURT TO SHOW A PROBATE ORDER, SOMETHING THAT SHOWS THAT YOU ACTUALLY OWN THE PROPERTY. HE GOES, OH, I'LL GET IT TO YOU ALL TOMORROW.
SO THE NEXT DAY HE SENT US A FAKE DEED AND A FAKE WILL, AND WE KNEW IT WAS FAKE RIGHT OFF THE TOP BECAUSE WE WERE, FOR EXAMPLE, THE NOTARY WILL SAY COUNTY OF BROWARD SAID COUNTY OF FLORIDA, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
AND WE ALSO FOUND THAT HE ACTUALLY FOUND A LEGITIMATE BUYER FOR THAT PROPERTY.
AND WE CONTACTED THE LAWYER THAT WAS ACTUALLY GOING TO HANDLE THE CLOSING FOR THE LEGITIMATE BUYER.
AND WE SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT? THIS IS FAKE.
THIS IS A FRAUDULENT TRANSACTION.
HOWEVER, GO THROUGH WITH THE TRANSACTION AND THEY GO, OKAY, I'LL GO THROUGH WITH THE CLOSING.
BUT WHEN THEY ARRESTED HIM, THEY SEARCHED HIS CAR.
THEY FOUND THE IDENTITIES OF 53 BROWARD COUNTY RESIDENTS, MANY OF WHOM WHO LIVED IN TAMARAC.
THIS GUY WAS SO SMART THAT HE EVEN FOUND A FAKE CHECKBOOK DRAWN ON A LEGITIMATE BROWARD COUNTY BUSINESS, WHERE HE WAS PRETENDING HE WAS AN EMPLOYEE AND CASHING THOSE CHECKS IN THE AMOUNT OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS.
I WANTED TO BRING THOSE STORIES UP, AND I CAN BRING UP SO MANY MORE, BECAUSE I HOPE THAT THE PEOPLE HERE IN TAMARAC THAT HAVEN'T SIGNED UP FOR OUR OWNER ALERT PROGRAM, PLEASE SIGN UP. IT'S A FREE PROGRAM DESIGNED TO REALLY PROTECT YOUR MOST IMPORTANT ASSET, YOUR HOME.
AND I TALK ABOUT THIS EVERYWHERE.
I'M GOING TO CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT IT BECAUSE I WANT EVERYBODY OUT THERE TO KNOW THAT IF THEY WANT TO STEAL SOMEBODY'S HOME IN TAMARAC OR ANYWHERE IN BROWARD COUNTY, THEY'RE NOT WELCOME HERE, AND WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY SERVE A LONG TIME IN PRISON.
I'M VERY EXCITED, BUT I'M VERY HAPPY TO BE HERE.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME TODAY.
SHE AND HER STAFF ARE WONDERFUL.
WE ARE VERY, VERY PROUD OF YOU, SHEILA.
SO THANK YOU, MADAM. THANK YOU BECAUSE YOU ARE THE BEST PROPERTY APPRAISER.
AND WE KNEW WHEN WE HAD YOU ON THE AGENDA WE WERE READY FOR SOME RED BULL.
SO THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT GOOD WORK THAT YOU AND YOUR TEAM DO.
AND WE ARE VERY PROUD OF THE RISING VALUES IN OUR CITY.
AND THANK YOU FOR HARD WORK AS WELL.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I KNOW YOU'RE RUNNING TO SOMETHING ELSE.
AND SO THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.
THANKS EVERYBODY. HAVE A GREAT DAY.
THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. [APPLAUSE] ALL RIGHT.
NOW GOING BACK TO OUR FIRST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA WILL BE THE CHECK PRESENTATION TO THE CITY IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,666,279 FOR THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROGRAM IN THE CITY OF TAMARAC THAT WE ARE SO GRATEFUL FOR OUR CONGRESSWOMAN, FOR HER FIGHTING FOR AND ADVOCATING FOR AND GETTING TO OUR CITY.
SO SHE'S GOING TO HAVE A FEW WORDS BEFORE WE COME DOWN TO THE WELL.
THAT WAS A LITTLE TALL FOR ME.
GOOD MORNING MAYOR. GOOD MORNING, CITY COMMISSIONERS OF TAMARAC.
MY FAVORITE PEOPLE. I SEE ALL YOUR FACES.
GOOD MORNING TO EVERYBODY IN TAMARAC.
TODAY IS SUCH A SPECIAL DAY, AND I'M SO EXCITED FOR THE WORK THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING TOGETHER.
THEY'RE WONDERFUL, THEY'RE GREAT, BUT ALSO MY TEAMMATES WHO ARE ON THIS DAIS, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
AND I SAY WE'RE ALL A TEAM BECAUSE WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT APPROPRIATIONS, I ALWAYS TALK TO EACH ONE OF YOU LIKE, WHAT COULD WE DO? AND YOU GUYS HAVE SOME OF THE BEST PROGRAMS, ESPECIALLY FOR HOMEOWNERSHIP, MAKING SURE THAT EVERYBODY ACTUALLY HAS A SAFE AND AFFORDABLE HOME.
AND THIS ACTUALLY IS BUILDING TOWARDS THAT VISION THAT TAMARAC HAS.
AND I'M SO PROUD TO BE PART OF YOUR TEAM AND ACTUALLY MAKING THIS A REALITY.
TODAY, I'M THRILLED TO PRESENT THE CITY OF TAMARAC WITH A CHECK FOR OVER $1.6 MILLION.
AS THE MAYOR SAYS, IT'S ACTUALLY $1,666,279 MILLION FOR ITS REHABILITATION AND REBUILD PROGRAM.
THIS PROGRAM IS MORE THAN AN INVESTMENT IN HOMES.
IT'S A COMMITMENT TO OUR COMMUNITY'S FUTURE.
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RISING CONSTRUCTION COSTS HAVE MADE IT INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT FOR FAMILIES TO MAKE CRITICAL HOME SAFETY REPAIRS, WHICH ARE ESSENTIAL FOR MAINTAINING INSURANCE COVERAGE. NO ONE SHOULD HAVE TO CHOOSE BETWEEN PUTTING FOOD ON THEIR TABLE OR FIXING THEIR ROOF.TODAY, WE ARE TAKING A SIGNIFICANT STEP TO ENSURE THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN.
EVERY FAMILY DESERVES PEACE OF MIND KNOWING THAT THEY HAVE A SECURE ROOF OVER THEIR HEADS.
IT'S ABOUT KEEPING OUR COMMUNITIES STRONG, VIBRANT, RESILIENT DESPITE RISING COSTS AND CHALLENGES.
AND SO I THANK YOU AGAIN FOR ALL THE HARD WORK YOU'VE DONE.
I DON'T KNOW HOW HE HAS THAT ENERGY.
I PRAY FOR IT SOMEDAY, BUT I CAN'T EXPRESS HOW PROUD I AM.
THIS MUST BE, I THINK, OUR THIRD COMMUNITY PROJECT, AND WE'VE BEEN CONSISTENTLY BUILDING TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CITY OF TAMARAC IS NOT ONLY A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE, BUT YOU'RE ACTUALLY ENJOYING YOUR HOME, AND YOU CAN MOVE INTO THE CITY OF TAMARAC.
SO I'M SO PROUD FOR THE WORK THAT WE'VE DONE HAND IN HAND.
I DON'T THINK THE CITY UNDERSTANDS HOW MUCH WORK YOU GUYS DO, HOW YOU GUYS COME TO DC, AND YOU MAKE SURE I BRING THAT MONEY HOME TO YOUR CITY AND MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY IS COMFORTABLE. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
[APPLAUSE] THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK AND YOUR TEAM'S HARD WORK, FOR MAKING SURE THAT WE CAN HELP YOU BRING BACK THE MONEY TO US, ESPECIALLY WITH ALL THE RISING COSTS OF CONSTRUCTION AND RENTAL COSTS AND EVERYBODY WANTING TO KNOW WHERE CAN THEY TURN, WHERE CAN THEY TURN? AND THEN WE ALL HAVE THIS WHEN WE HAVE TO SAY WE HAVE NO MORE FUNDS LEFT, AND NOW WE GET TO SAY WE HAVE FUNDS.
AND SO, WE'RE HOPING TO HELP AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE.
AND WE THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR IT.
SO, COLLEAGUES, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE WELL SO WE CAN RECEIVE THE CHECK.
WHAT A FABULOUS MORNING, RIGHT? SO, UNFORTUNATELY, THE CONGRESSWOMAN CANNOT STAY FOR THE NEXT PART.
SHE WANTED TO, BUT SHE HAS TO BE SOMEWHERE VERY SOON.
AND UNLESS SHE'S GETTING A POLICE ESCORT, SHE'S NOT GOING TO MAKE IT IN TIME IF SHE STAYED.
SO. AND I KNOW SHE CAN'T HAVE THE POLICE ESCORT, SO SHE'S GOING TO GO NOW.
I KNOW THAT EVERYONE WHO'S NEW WILL BE HERE FOR LONG TERM.
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AND REMEMBER THE RULE YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO RETIRE.ANYWAY. SO WITH THAT, I HAND IT OVER TO THE CITY MANAGER.
SO WE START WITH KAREN CLARK, LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST IN HUMAN RESOURCES.
FIVE YEARS. [APPLAUSE] SHE'S NOT HERE.
PAUL SMITH, GROUNDSKEEPER IN PUBLIC SERVICES.
[APPLAUSE] WHERE'S PAUL? I THOUGHT I'VE SEEN HIM THIS MORNING.
AND AGAIN, TEN YEARS OF SERVICE.
SAJU DEVASSY, WATER TREATMENT PLANT OPERATOR.
GREG LETCHWORTH, 15 YEARS, GROUNDSKEEPER, CREW LEADER, PUBLIC SERVICES.
THANK YOU GREG, 20 YEARS OF SERVICE.
GERMANIA ROMAN, ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT, PARKS AND RECREATION.
ACCEPTING ON BEHALF RUDOLPH GALINDO 25 YEARS OF SERVICE.
ALEX IS NOT IN, LIEUTENANT, PARAMEDIC 25 YEARS OF SERVICE.
SO, WE THANK HIM FOR HIS SERVICE.
RECREATION SUPERINTENDENT, PARKS AND RECREATION.
SHE STARTED WITH THE CITY OF TAMARAC AT SIX YEARS OLD.
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WE ARE NOW GOING TO GO TO OUR CITY MANAGER'S REPORT.THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. GOOD MORNING AGAIN, EVERYONE.
WE WE ALREADY RECEIVED THE THE BIG CHECK FROM THE CONGRESSWOMAN, SO WE THANK HER FOR THAT.
AND NOW THIS IS GREAT NEWS FOR ANOTHER GRANT FOR $1.875 MILLION FOR THE PROCUREMENT OF THE EASTSIDE COMMUNITY CENTER.
AND THIS THIS GRANT WAS PROVIDED BY FLORIDA COMMUNITIES TRUST GOVERNING BOARD FOR THE FY 24 GRANT CYCLE TO REIMBURSE THE PROPERTY ACQUISITION COSTS FOR THE EASTSIDE COMMUNITY CENTER.
SO, WE'RE VERY HAPPY ABOUT THAT.
AND CONGRATULATIONS TO THIS TIME FIRE STATION 36.
ON JULY 26TH, HCA WOODMAN HOSPITAL RECOGNIZED TAMARAC FIRE RESCUE STATION 36 AS THE STATION OF THE QUARTER FOR THEIR OUTSTANDING PRE-HOSPITAL CARE, TREATMENT AND DEDICATION TO THE COMMUNITY.
AS YOU KNOW, TAMARAC IS A HIGH TECH CITY, HIGH TECH COMMUNITY.
SO, CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR IT DEPARTMENT AND THE ENTIRE CITY FOR WINNING THE 2024 FLGISA, FLORIDA LOCAL GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS ASSOCIATION TECHNOLOGY ACHIEVEMENT AWARD.
AND NOT TO BE OUTDONE BY IT OR PARKS AND RECREATION.
THIS RECOGNITION CELEBRATES OUR COMMITMENT TO MAINTAINING HIGH QUALITY WATER FLUORIDATION.
PROMOTING HEALTH AND ENSURING THE WELL-BEING OF OUR COMMUNITY.
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR DEDICATED TEAM OF OUTSTANDING FOR THEIR OUTSTANDING WORK.
PLEASE TAKE A MOMENT TO COMPLETE THE SURVEYS.
I KNOW IT CAN BE A LITTLE LENGTHY, BUT WE TRULY VALUE YOUR INPUT AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT SURVEY RESULTS. AND WHEN WE HAVE IT, WE MAKE A POINT OF SHARING THAT WITH OUR COMMUNITY.
THEY COME AND PRESENT AT A COMMISSION MEETING IN PUBLIC MEETINGS.
SO WE'RE WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.
THE CITY OF TAMARAC NOW ACCEPTS AMERICAN EXPRESS FOR UTILITY BILLS, BUILDING PERMITS, BUSINESS LICENSES AND PARKS AND RECREATIONAL FEES, ADDING JUST ANOTHER LEVEL OF CONVENIENT PAYMENT OPTIONS JUST FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
SO PLEASE TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT.
AND I WANT TO ALSO EMPHASIZE THE UPCOMING BUDGET HEARINGS.
PLEASE NOTE THESE IMPORTANT DATES.
THE FIRST PUBLIC BUDGET HEARING WILL TAKE PLACE ON SEPTEMBER 12TH AT 5:05 P.M.
WE HAVE A NUMBER OF EXCITING EVENTS COMING UP.
PLEASE JOIN US FOR OUR UPCOMING EVENTS.
THE FARM SHARE FOOD DISTRIBUTION AT CAPORELLA PARK ON SEPTEMBER 20TH.
THE OLDIES CONCERT IN THE PARK AT MAYLANDS PARK THE COMMUNITY GARAGE SALE ON OCTOBER 5TH.
AND DON'T FORGET THE TAMARAC COMMUNITY FARMERS MARKET, WHICH TAKES PLACE EVERY SUNDAY YEAR-ROUND.
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SO THANK YOU.THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT, MADAM MAYOR.
AND WE WILL NOW GO TO OUR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.
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THE RULES AND REGULATIONS ARE ON THE SCREEN OR ABOUT TO BE AS WE KNOW, IF WE LIKE WHAT SOMEBODY SAYS WE DO HAPPY HANDS.SO WITH THAT, YOU HAVE YOUR THREE MINUTES.
YOU CANNOT SHARE YOUR THREE MINUTES.
BUT, EDGAR, IF YOU'RE SPEAKING ABOUT THE YOU'RE GOING TO SPEAK SEPARATELY ON NINE A.
YES. CORRECT. AND THEN ON THAT I APOLOGIZE.
ARE YOU SPEAKING ON AN ITEM? OKAY. THEN PATTY LYNN.
EDGAR DELGADO, 5001 WOODLANDS BOULEVARD.
AND I AM HERE TODAY ON BEHALF OF SECTION FOUR AND SECTION THREE OF THE WOODLANDS.
I WOULD LIKE TO START BY THANKING THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT AND ALL THE INSPECTORS FOR THEIR DILIGENT WORK IN THE WOODLANDS, CRACKING DOWN ON UNPERMITTED WORK. I'D LIKE TO THANK DECO ALEXANDER, ASSISTANT BUILDING OFFICIAL, OR SAMUEL RAVELLO BUILDING INSPECTOR.
AND A VERY SPECIAL THANKS TO JOHN DOHERTY.
I'M NOT SURE IF HE'S STILL THERE HE IS, FOR HELPING ME AND FOR HIS PROMPT ASSISTANCE, ASSISTANCE IN RESOLVING MANY ISSUES AND CONSISTENTLY ANSWERING ALL MY CALLS. IT'S GREATLY APPRECIATED.
I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO THANK THE CITY COMMISSION FOR HIRING VISUAL SCAPE, WHICH IS DOING AN EXCEPTIONAL JOB IN OUR COMMUNITY, AS WELL AS SHAMROCK POOLS THAT KEEPS OUR FOUNTAIN FLOWING AND CLEAN.
THANK YOU FOR PUTTING UP WITH MY DAILY PHONE CALLS AND I WILL NOW GO TO THE REASON WHY I'M HERE TODAY, WHICH IS TO ADDRESS THE TREMENDOUS PROBLEM WE HAVE ON WOODLANDS BOULEVARD, WHITE OAK LANE AND MANY OF THE STREETS IN THE IN THE WOODLANDS IS OUR MAIN PROBLEM IS THE SPEEDING.
WALKING DOWN WOODLANDS BOULEVARD AS YOU MAY KNOW, MICHELLE IS LIKE A GAME OF FROGGER.
YOU'RE TAKING THE CHANCE EVERY TIME YOU WALK ON THAT ROAD.
I WALK IT EVERY DAY AS MANY OF MY NEIGHBORS DO WITH THEIR CHILDREN ON THEIR BIKES.
IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED NOW, NOT ONCE SOMEONE GETS HURT.
MANY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN RAN OFF THE ROAD AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED.
I'VE BEEN TOLD IN THE PAST BY YOU, MADAM MAYOR AND VICE MAYOR WRIGHT, THAT WE WOULD NEED TWO QUARTERS OR WHATEVER AMOUNT OF SIGNATURES IT IS OF ALL THE RESIDENTS IN THE WOODLANDS.
YET THESE ARE THE RESIDENTS THAT ARE SPEEDING IN THE WOODLANDS.
MORE THAN TWO THIRDS OF THEM, OR WHATEVER IT IS THAT WE NEED TO GET VOTED FOR, I DO THINK, AND IT'S NOT ONLY ME, BUT ALSO SECTION THREE, THAT IT SHOULD BE UP TO EACH PARTICULAR SECTION, WHETHER OR NOT THEY HAVE SPEED HUMPS ON THEIR PARTICULAR ROADS, WHETHER THEIR ROADS ARE NOT OWNED BY THE CITY OR ARE WOODLANDS BOULEVARD, IS IN DIRE NEED OF SPEED HUMPS AND POSSIBLE FOUR WAY STOP SIGNS AT ALL INTERSECTIONS, INCLUDING THE ONE AT THE CORNER OF MY HOUSE.
IT'S VERY HARD FOR ME TO TAKE MY CHILDREN OUT.
AND EVEN PLAYING IN OUR BACKYARD IS DANGEROUS BECAUSE OF THE CARS SPEEDING.
THE SUGGESTION ON THE FOUR WAY STOP SIGN HAS BEEN HEARD.
AND A REMINDER TO MY NEIGHBORS.
WHEN YOU SEE THE POLICE OUT THERE, STOP PUTTING IT ON WAZE AND NEXT DOOR TO SAY THE COPS ARE HERE.
SO IT DOES NO GOOD WHEN THE COPS ARE OUT THERE TO TRY TO HELP.
ALL RIGHT. PATTY LYNN IS COMING UP.
NOPE. OH, MARK, I THOUGHT YOU SAID YOU WEREN'T SPEAKING.
HEY, WE'LL GET A FLOW BY THE NEXT MEETING.
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GOOD MORNING. A COUPLE OF THINGS HAVE BEEN ASKED.SORRY. NAME AND ADDRESS OR LOCATION? MARC DOGGIN, TAMARAC LAKE SOUTH.
WE'VE ASKED LAST MONTH, WITH THIS NEW STATE LAW AND THE WILLINGNESS WITH THE COMMERCIAL VEHICLES WERE ABOUT TO UPDATE OUR COMMUNITY RULES AND REGULATIONS.
AND WE NEED TO KNOW, BECAUSE THE CITY HAS THE ORDINANCE OF NO COMMERCIAL VEHICLES.
THE STATE NOW HAS SOME CHANGES ON IT.
LUCKILY, OUR COMMUNITY, THE PEOPLE, STILL COVER THEIR CARS AT NIGHT.
WE'RE VERY HAPPY WITH AND EVERYTHING THAT WAS MY MAIN GET.
APPRECIATE IF THE CITY ATTORNEY WISHES TO ADDRESS THIS.
I'M WORKING WITH MISS CALLAWAY AND WE WILL ADDRESS THIS LATER ON THIS WEEK OR EARLY NEXT WEEK.
OKAY. THANK YOU. AND ALSO, THERE'S A MEETING ON SEPTEMBER 9TH, BEING HELD BY SENATOR OSGOOD.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE'VE GOT PATTY LYNN COMING DOWN AND KATE JOHNSON ON DECK.
VERY NICE CEREMONY WITH ALL THESE PEOPLE HERE.
ONCE AGAIN, THAT IS WHAT MAKES TAMARAC TAMARAC.
THE EMPLOYEES HERE ARE SUPERB.
WE'RE GOING TO ADDRESS STREET PARKING IN AS AN AGENDA ITEM.
RIGHT. I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION.
IT'S ON A CONSENSUS TO BE BROUGHT BACK.
IT IS DANGEROUS FOR OUR CITIZENS.
WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE ON WALKERS HAVING TO GO AROUND CARS AT THE ENTRANCE OF 64TH AVENUE, ENTRANCE TO MAINLAND'S EIGHT.
THE FIRST HOUSE AS YOU GO IN ON THE SOUTH SIDE, THERE IS A CAR WITHIN 100FT OF THE INTERSECTION.
WE ARE WAITING FOR THE ACCIDENT TO HAPPEN BECAUSE PEOPLE GOING EAST TO GET OUT, GO AROUND THAT CAR AND HERE'S PEOPLE COMING IN AND IT'S SCARY. IT IS TOTALLY, TOTALLY CRAZY FOR I'M WAITING, I'M WAITING.
IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN UNLESS WE GET THOSE CARS MOVED.
IF YOU CAN GET AROUND IT, THAT'S WONDERFUL.
BUT IT IS OBSTRUCTING TRAFFIC.
YOU DON'T KNOW WHEN SOMEONE'S COMING IN AND YOU'RE GOING OUT.
MY NEXT QUESTION IS ABOUT WHO ENFORCES OUR CITY ORDINANCES LIKE OUR SOLICITING ORDINANCES.
NO SOLICITING UNLESS YOU HAVE A LICENSE FROM THE CITY AND YOU HAVE TO REGISTER AND EVERYTHING.
BSO SAYS WE DON'T ENFORCE CITY LAWS.
WELL, WHO DOES? WHO DOES? WHY DO WE HAVE LAWS IF NO ONE'S GOING TO ENFORCE THEM? OUR COMMUNITY IS OVERRUN WITH THE STORM WINDOWS, THE ROOFS, THE THIS, THE THAT AND EVERYTHING AND OUR PEOPLE REALLY ARE SENIORS.
THEY'RE OLD, THEY'RE NOT USED TO BAD PEOPLE.
YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO ENFORCE OUR CITY LAWS OR TELL US WHO WHAT WE CAN DO.
YOU KNOW, WE, IT'S DANGEROUS FOR US.
THANK YOU. AND THE CITY ATTORNEY HAS HEARD YOU AS WELL.
AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE WORKING WITH MISS CALLOWAY TO GET SOME ANSWERS ON THAT.
AFTER KATE, WE HAVE JEFFREY SHAPIRO.
GOOD MORNING, KATE JOHNSON, MAINLANDS FOUR.
HERE WE ARE AT ELECTION SEASON.
IT ALSO SEEMS TO GET MORE CONTENTIOUS AND NASTIER.
I'M NOT GOING TO GET INTO A DEBATE OVER WHICH SIDE DOES MORE.
IT'S SAD, REALLY, THAT WE CAN'T JUST STICK TO THE ISSUES AND POLICIES AND DISCUSS THOSE WITHOUT PERSONAL ATTACKS, BUT WHAT ABOUT LOCAL POLITICS? YES, LIES, INNUENDOS AND DISINFORMATION HAVE INSIDIOUSLY BECOME PART OF THIS CITY AS WELL.
THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL CITY WITH FINE PEOPLE WHO LOVE IT.
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WHY? I DON'T KNOW FOR SURE, BUT WHAT I DO KNOW IS THIS AS A MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL AND A MINISTER, I CAN TELL YOU THAT IT IS NOT GOOD FOR YOUR MIND, BODY OR SOUL TO BE CONSTANTLY FOCUSING ON NEGATIVES OR TRYING TO DESTROY SOMEONE WITH YOUR WORDS.THERE IS A REASON JAMES TALKS SO MUCH ABOUT SINS OF THE TONGUE.
HE SAYS THE TONGUE WITH THE TONGUE WE PRAISE GOD AND CURSE HUMANS MADE IN GOD'S IMAGE.
HE TELLS US IT DEFILES AND CORRUPTS THE WHOLE BODY.
HE'S RIGHT. OUR MINDS AND BODIES SUFFER WHEN WE ACT THIS WAY.
AND I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT THE ONE WHO IS THE RECEIVER OF THE ATTACKS, AND NEITHER IS GOD, BUT RATHER THE GIVER, THE ONE DOING THE ATTACKING. HOWEVER, AS MUCH AS GOD WARNS US, WE ARE ALSO GIVEN THE CURE.
WHATEVER IS TRUE, WHATEVER IS ADMIRABLE, WHATEVER IS RIGHT, WHATEVER IS OF GOOD REPUTE, THINK ON THESE THINGS, CONCENTRATE ON THESE THINGS, AND BY SO DOING WE WILL FIND PEACE.
IT IS THE POSITIVES AND HONESTY THAT UPLIFT US AND PROVIDES PSYCHOLOGICAL AND SPIRITUAL HEALTH.
OTHERWISE, MINDS ARE IN CHAOS AND STRESS AND OBSESSION ENSUE AND WE SUFFER AGAIN.
ALL THIS IS TO ASK PLEASE LET THIS ELECTION BE ABOUT POLICIES AND ISSUES, NOT PERSONAL ATTACKS.
LET ME LEAVE YOU WITH ONE FINAL QUOTE.
NELSON MANDELA SAID, QUOTE, THE CHALLENGE FOR EACH ONE OF YOU IS TO TAKE UP THESE IDEALS OF TOLERANCE AND RESPECT FOR OTHERS AND PUT THEM TO PRACTICAL USE IN YOUR SCHOOLS, YOUR COMMUNITIES, AND THROUGHOUT YOUR LIVES.
END QUOTE. AND I WOULD ADD, PUT IT TO USE IN THIS COMMISSION.
THANK YOU. JEFFREY SHAPIRO IS COMING UP, AND DOCTOR D'ARCY SCHILLER WILL BE NEXT.
RECENTLY I DID RECEIVE THE PROPOSED BROWARD COUNTY TAX BILL.
AND IN THAT PROPOSED TAX BILL HAD A COMPLETE, THOROUGH BREAKDOWN OF ALL THE SERVICES, AS THE OTHER GENTLEMAN HAD DESCRIBED ANYWAY. AND FOR THE RESIDENTS THAT I RESIDE AT THE PROPERTY TAXES WENT UP AND ARE GOING TO GO UP AND MAINLY BECAUSE OF CITY COSTS GOING UP, YOU KNOW, YEAR AFTER YEAR.
AND BESIDES THAT, FOR THIS PAST YEAR, THE ASSESSED VALUE OF MY HOME ON THE HOME HAS GONE DOWN.
YET OVERALL, MY TAX BILL HAS GONE UP.
AND IN THIS TAX BILL WE SHOULD BE GETTING CODE ENFORCEMENT AND REGULAR POLICE PATROLS.
THAT'S NOT HAPPENING AND CODE ENFORCEMENT WITH A LOT OF THESE NEW HOMEOWNERS, THEY JUST COME AND DO WHAT THEY WANT.
THEY WORK AFTER HOURS ON WEEKENDS, BUILDING CONVERTING GARAGES INTO APARTMENTS, INTO STUDIOS.
I WALKED MY SECTION LAST SUNDAY NIGHT, AND I FOUND WHERE HOMEOWNER AND I DIDN'T SEE A PERMIT FOR THIS IS BUILDING AN ADDITION WITH LIKE SOME HANDYMEN, YOU KNOW, AND YET IT JUST GOES ON AND GOES ON.
I THINK THE WORD'S OUT FOR THESE PROPERTY OWNERS THAT ARE BUYING, LOOKING TO REINVEST SOME MONEY AND MAKE SOME MONEY, THEY'LL JUST CUT CORNERS.
AND THEN THERE ARE HOMES STILL BEING DEMOED AND DEMOLISHED COMPLETELY IN THE INTERIOR.
WHEN WE KNOW HOMES AND THE INTERIOR NEED ELECTRICAL INSPECTIONS AND OTHER THINGS.
AND YET THESE THINGS ARE BEING GOTTEN AWAY WITH.
I KNOW MY TIME IS ALMOST UP, BUT THESE ARE MY CONCERNS.
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WE PAY OUR TAXES, AND YET I FEEL THE COMMUNITY WHICH THE WOODLANDS WAS THE PREMIER COMMUNITY THAT PUT TAMARAC ON THE MAP BACK IN THE LATE 60S.AND YET NOW WE'RE THE FORGOTTEN COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU. AND IF YOU'LL GO TO THE BACK OF THE ROOM, YOU'LL HAVE SOME CONVERSATIONS REGARDING THIS.
OUR BUILDING OFFICIAL IS READY FOR YOU.
WE HAVE DARCY SCHILLER COMING UP, AND THEN EILEEN LIEBERMAN MICHAELSON.
ARE YOU SPEAKING IN PUBLIC COMMENTS, OR ARE YOU GOING TO SPEAK ON ANOTHER ITEM TOO? YOU'RE SPEAKING ON PUBLIC COMMENTS AND THE OTHER ITEM.
YEAH. GOOD MORNING. DARCY SCHILLER KP.
I HAD THREE ISSUES THIS MORNING, BUT I THINK I'M GOING TO NARROW IT DOWN TO TWO.
I THINK THE FIRST THING I WANT TO ADDRESS IS CODE ENFORCEMENT.
THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH SHAKER VILLAGE AND A LACK OF CODE ENFORCEMENT.
APPARENTLY, THERE'S A PROBLEM WITH WOODLANDS, WITH CODE ENFORCEMENT.
WHY AREN'T THEY BEING SCRUTINIZED? IF WE NEED EMPLOYEES, HIRE THE EMPLOYEES.
BUT IT'S ABSOLUTELY UNACCEPTABLE TO ME THAT CODE ENFORCEMENT IN THIS CITY IS NOT RESPECTED OR USED APPROPRIATELY. THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO ADDRESS WAS THE CRYSTAL PATTERSON AND ALVIN VILLALOBOS DEBATE THE OTHER NIGHT AT KING'S POINT AND WHAT.
DOCTOR SCHILLER. THERE'S NO POLITICS HERE IN THIS LOCATION, SO PLEASE.
OKAY, THEN I'LL ADDRESS IT A DIFFERENT WAY.
AGAIN, YOU'RE STANDING HERE TRYING TO TALK POLITICS, BRINGING POLITICS INTO CITY HALL, PLEASE.
HE BROUGHT IT IN AS A COMMISSION ITEM.
THIS HAS TO DO WITH THE BUILDING OF THE NEW CITY HALL.
THAT IS AND HAS BEEN A COMMISSION THANK YOU. OKAY.
I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE WAS A DESIRE TO BUILD A 50 TO $70 MILLION CITY HALL CASTLE AND THAT IT'S GOING TO BE ON NEXT YEAR'S AGENDA, AND THAT WAS VOICED VERY CLEARLY AT A PUBLIC MEETING.
IS THAT ACCEPTABLE? NOW I WANT TO KNOW WHERE WE'RE GOING TO GET THAT KIND OF MONEY.
WHERE ARE WE GOING TO GET IT THIS YEAR? AND AGAIN, IT BRINGS INTO THE SAME ISSUE OF THE NEW CASTLE BEING BUILT WEST.
AND WHAT ABOUT OUR EAST PEOPLE? AND AGAIN, WE'RE ALIENATING THE EAST.
SO I'VE GOT CONCERNS ABOUT THAT.
MY LAST PIECE IS THE NONSENSE THAT'S GOING ON BETWEEN TWO DIFFERENT COMMISSIONERS ABOUT PUTTING EACH OTHER DOWN, QUESTIONING EACH OTHER, ALL THIS OTHER NONSENSE, YOU KNOW, HISTORY.
BUT THE HISTORIES DON'T HAVE TO MATCH.
OKAY, SO A BLOG IS NO DIFFERENT THAN HISTORY, NO DIFFERENT THAN A NEWSPAPER ARTICLE.
WE KNOW ABOUT GEORGE WASHINGTON BASED ON AN OPINION.
SO, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU PLAY WITH THE BEES, EXPECT TO BE STUNG.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK WHO HAS NOT SIGNED UP? IF NOT, THEN YOU'LL BE OUR LAST SPEAKER.
GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COMMISSION.
I ASK YOU TODAY TO UNDERSTAND SOME OF THE PROBLEMS WE'RE HAVING IN THE WOODLANDS.
FIRST OF ALL, THIS MORNING AT ABOUT 8:45, I WAS AT THE CORNER OF WOODLANDS BOULEVARD AND COMMERCIAL, WAITING TO MAKE A LEFT ONTO COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD TO COME TO THE MEETING THIS MORNING.
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BLOCKING WOODLANDS BOULEVARD.I'VE TALKED TO YOUR CHIEF OF POLICE ABOUT THIS, AND HE SAID, AND I ASKED THAT YOU POST A SIGN AT THE ENTRANCE AT WOODLANDS BOULEVARD THAT SAYS, DO NOT BLOCK THIS ROADWAY. AND HE SAID, THAT'S UP TO THE CITY.
I'M ASKING YOU TO INSTALL THAT.
SECONDLY, I WALK MOST MORNINGS BETWEEN 6:15 AND ABOUT 8:00.
I WOULD TELL YOU THAT IN THE EARLY MORNINGS, THE SPEEDING ON THE BOULEVARD IS INSANE.
WE HAVE CHILDREN WHO ARE WAITING FOR SCHOOL BUSSES WHO ARE STANDING IN THE BIKE LANES.
I HAVE CONCERNS AS CARS WHIZ BY THEM AT 50 MILES AN HOUR.
THE CITY OF PLANTATION HAS INSTALLED THEM ON ROADWAYS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.
SO MY SECOND ASK IS THAT YOU INSTALL ONE ON WOODLANDS BOULEVARD.
SO THE PEOPLE WHO ARE SPEEDING CAN SEE THEY ARE GOING ABOVE THE SPEED LIMIT.
THIRDLY, TODAY IS AN INTERESTING OCCASION FOR ME.
ABOUT A YEAR AGO, I CAME TO THE CITY WITH SOME PROBLEMS IN THE WOODLANDS THAT SHOWED NEGLECT.
THERE WERE SIGNS THAT WERE TILTED ON AN ANGLE.
SIGNS YOU COULD NO LONGER READ.
SIGNS THAT WERE MISSING FROM LOCATIONS WHERE THEY SHOULD HAVE SAID NO PARKING OR NO FISHING.
I SHOWED UTILITY BOXES THAT WERE LEANING ON THEIR SIDE AND WERE NOT UPRIGHT.
AS I STAND BEFORE YOU TODAY, THE CITY HAS FIXED A FEW OF THE SIGN PROBLEMS. THE VAST MAJORITY OF THINGS THAT I CAME TO THE CITY ABOUT REMAIN UNFIXED.
SO, MY ASK TODAY IS, TO PARAPHRASE MICHELLE OBAMA AND SAY, PLEASE DO SOMETHING.
WE NEED TO CORRECT THE NEGLECT THAT THE CITY HAS SHOWN FOR THE WOODLANDS COMMUNITY ON ITS ROADS, ON ITS SIGNS, ON THE GRASS THAT'S GROWING IN ROADWAYS AND AROUND STORM DRAINS.
I ASK THAT YOU PLEASE FIX THIS AND DO SOMETHING.
AND IF IT'S ALSO SOME OF IT IS WITH RESIDENTS, SO THINGS ARE TRYING TO BE ADDRESSED.
WE WANTED TO INTRODUCE YOU TO OUR NEW CODE ENFORCEMENT MANAGER, MISS STEPHANIE BASS.
UNFORTUNATELY, SHE IS OUT AND ABOUT IN THE FIELD RIGHT NOW AND NOT ABLE TO BE IN HERE.
WE HAVE TWO WONDERFUL NEW EMPLOYEES THAT ARE HAVE STARTED, AND THEY'RE GOING THROUGH THEIR TRAINING FOR THEIR NIGHT PROGRAM TO BE ABLE TO DO AUTHORIZE THE TICKETS AND THE THINGS THAT WE NEED THEM TO DO.
SO THAT SHOULD START THE TICKET PART OF THEM THROUGH CODE ENFORCEMENT, WILL START IN ABOUT OCTOBER.
[4. CONSENT AGENDA ]
ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONS OR DELETIONS? CITY MANAGER? NO, MAYOR. EXCELLENT.I AM NOT SEEING ANY REQUESTS FROM THE COMMISSION TO PULL ANY ITEMS. I WILL ASK FOR A SECOND TO MY MOTION, PLEASE.
SECOND. I HAVE A SECOND TO MY MOTION BY COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS.
CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
THANK YOU. MOTION PASSES 5 TO 0.
BLESS YOU. WE ARE NOW GOING TO OUR REGULAR AGENDA ITEM FIVE A, IT IS TR 14157.
[5.a TR14157 - A Resolution of the City Commission of the City of Tamarac, Florida, authorizing a second reasonable time extension of the notice to the public of a pending ordinance for an additional one hundred and eighty (180) days in accordance with Chapter 10, Section 10-5.4(U)(3)(b)(iii) of the City of Tamarac code of ordinances; and authorizing and directing the City Manager to undertake further study and review of Florida State Statutes as set forth in Chapter 2023-17, Laws of Florida, Section 166.04151, Florida Statutes (2023), Senate Bill 328, and other land development regulations addressing affordable housing, mixed-use and multi-family projects to develop and process for adoption an ordinance to provide for certification of compliance of affordable housing projects and other land development regulations addressing affordable housing, mixed-use and multi-family projects and providing an effective date and an expiration date of six (6) months.]
CITY ATTORNEY, PLEASE READ THE TITLE FOR THE RECORD.THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.
ITEM FIVE A, RESOLUTION OF CITY COMMISSION AND CITY TAMARAC AUTHORIZING SECOND REASONABLE TIME EXTENSION OF THE NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC OF A PENDING ORDINANCE FOR ADDITIONAL 180 DAYS IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER TEN CODE OF ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING DIRECTING CITY MANAGER TO TAKE FURTHER STUDY AND REVIEW FOR THE STATE STATUTE AS SET FORTH IN CHAPTER 2003 17 LAWS OF FLORIDA, SECTION 166.04151 FOR THE STATUTE SENATE BILL 328 AND OTHER LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS ADDRESSING AFFORDABLE HOUSING, MIXED USE AND MULTIFAMILY PROJECTS.
ADDRESSING AFFORDABLE HOUSING, MIXED USE AND MULTIFAMILY PROJECTS.
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PROVIDING FOR EFFECTIVE DATE AND EXPIRATION DATE OF SIX MONTHS FROM ADOPTION.I HAVE A MOTION BY THE VICE MAYOR.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS.
I'LL NOW OPEN UP PUBLIC COMMENTS.
SEEING NOBODY WISHING TO MAKE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS.
PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE NOW CLOSED.
MISS CALLAWAY, OUR DEPUTY CITY MANAGER, IS AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS.
CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
THANK YOU. MOTION PASSES 5 TO 0.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MOVING RIGHT ALONG TO ORDINANCES ON SECOND READING, 7A 202560.
[7.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.]
CITY ATTORNEY, PLEASE READ THE TITLE FOR THE RECORD.ITEM SEVEN A IS AN ORDINANCE OF CITY COMMISSION, CITY OF TAMARAC AMENDING CHAPTER TWO ENTITLED ADMINISTRATION OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC, CODE OF ORDINANCE, SPECIFICALLY ARTICLE 11, ENTITLED CODE OF ETHICS, SECTION 2-405, ENTITLED STANDARDS OF CONDUCT AND 2-4A, ENTITLED ENFORCEMENT AMENDING ARTICLE 12, ENTITLED LOBBYING ACTIVITIES.
SPECIFICALLY, SECTION 2-412, ENTITLED FILING OF CONTACT LAW TO PROVIDE GREATER TRANSPARENCY TO CORE VALUES AND ENFORCEMENT TO STRENGTHEN THE QUALITY OF REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT THROUGH ETHICAL PRINCIPLES GOVERNING THE CONDUCT OF CITY ELECTED AND APPOINTED OFFICIALS.
I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND, PLEASE.
WHO HAD THE FIRST? SORRY, COMMISSIONER.
I'M SORRY. VICE MAYOR WRIGHT AND MYSELF WITH A SECOND.
ANYBODY WISHING TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE DO SO.
SEEING NONE, PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE NOW CLOSED.
CITY ATTORNEY HANS OTTINOT, MAXINE CALLOWAY OR DEPUTY CITY MANAGER ARE AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
DOCTOR DANIELS? THANK YOU. I GUESS THIS WOULD BE FOR THE CITY ATTORNEY.
WITH THE ELECTION COMING CLOSE AND HOW DO I PUT THIS? ALL THE EMAILS I'VE SEEN BACK AND FORTH OR THE BLOGS.
CAN WE LEAVE THIS TILL AFTER THE ELECTION SEASON IS OVER, SO THAT IT WON'T BE USED AGAINST ANYONE ON THIS COMMISSION? WHAT ARE THE COMMISSION WANT TO DEFER? IT IS WITHIN THIS COMMISSION DISCRETION IS UP TO THE COMMISSION.
OKAY. SO, I'M SUGGESTING THAT WE DO THAT.
THANK YOU. MOTION TO TABLE TO A TIME CERTAIN.
SECOND, I'M ASKING COMMISSIONER DANIELS.
WELL, I DON'T HAVE A TIME CERTAIN.
I'M JUST WANTED. IF THE TIME CERTAIN IS AFTER THE ELECTION SEASON, THEN YES.
SO, WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER DANIEL, A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER BOLTON.
THERE'S NO DISCUSSION ON THIS.
WHY ISN'T THERE A DISCUSSION? ON THE MOTION TO TABLE, THERE'S NO DISCUSSION.
YOU CAN JUST VOTE AND THEN IF IT PASSES, IT'S IT.
IF IT DOESN'T PASS, THERE'S MOVES BACK TO THE TABLE FOR WHAT IT WAS.
CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
WE'RE VOTING ON A MOTION TO TABLE THE ITEM.
THEY WANT TO TABLE THIS ITEM UNTIL AFTER THE ELECTIONS.
THE ETHICS RULES TO BE SUSPENDED.
NEW ETHICS RULES TO BE SUSPENDED UNTIL AFTER THE ELECTION.
MOTION TO TABLE PASSES 3 TO 2.
ALL RIGHT. WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO PUBLIC HEARINGS.
[8.a TR14156 - A Resolution of the City Commission of the City of Tamarac, Florida, approving the Conceptual Master Plan reflecting the reallocation of the 7 lots, formerly on POD E, providing for specific language reflecting the removal of Pod E as a residential Pod to be included in the Woodlands Development Agreement and Exhibit “G” (Restrictive Covenant) of the Development Agreement, directing Staff to process a Site Plan Amendment to reflect the reallocation of the 7 lots in accordance with Section 10-5.4(H)(5)(c) of the City of Tamarac Code of Ordinances. ]
CITY ATTORNEY, PLEASE READ THE TITLE FOR THE RECORD.ITEM EIGHT A IS A RESOLUTION OF CITY COMMISSION OF CITY OF TAMARAC APPROVING THE CONCEPTUAL MASTER PLAN, REFLECTING THE REALLOCATION OF THE SEVEN LOTS FORMERLY KNOWN AS PART E, PROVIDING FOR SPECIFIC LANGUAGE, REFLECTING REMOVAL OF PART E AS A RESIDENTIAL PART.
TO BE INCLUDED IN THE WOODLANDS DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AND EXHIBIT G.
THE RESTRICTIVE COVENANT OF THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT DIRECTING STAFF TO PROCESS SITE PLAN AMENDMENT TO REFLECT THE REALLOCATION OF THE SEVEN LOTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 10-5.4 OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC CODE OF LAWS.
THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU.
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I'LL TAKE A MOTION IN A SECOND, PLEASE.SO MOVED. I HAVE A MOTION BY VICE MAYOR WRIGHT.
I HAVE A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER DANIEL.
AND NOW WE WILL OPEN PUBLIC COMMENTS ON OUR LIST ALREADY IS EDGAR DELGADO.
EILEEN LIEBERMAN MICHELSON WILL BE DEFERRING YOUR COMMENTS OR YOU'RE NOT COMMENTING AT ALL.
OKAY. AND THEN IF THERE'S ANYBODY ELSE WHO WANTS TO SPEAK, JUST LET ME KNOW.
GO AHEAD. GOOD MORNING EVERYONE.
AND TO MAKE SURE THERE WAS POTTY WAS REMOVED IN PERPETUITY FROM THE SITE PLAN.
I ASK THAT YOU APPROVE THE REALLOCATION OF THE SEVEN LOTS THERE IN PURPLE ON THE SITE.
THEY DON'T CAUSE ANY ADDITIONAL PROBLEMS. AND WE HAD AGREED THAT IF THEY DELETED POTTY, THAT THEY COULD REPLACE THOSE SEVEN LOTS IN OTHER ZONES.
AND THEY'VE DONE THAT, AND I FULLY SUPPORT THAT.
I ASK THAT YOU APPROVE THIS ITEM AS AMENDED, LATE YESTERDAY.
I BELIEVE THE CITY ATTORNEY HAS THE AMENDED VERSION, WHICH MY UNDERSTANDING IS MAYOR.
THE CITY CLERK HAS PASSED THEM ON TO THEM.
AND SO, I WANT TO AGAIN REAFFIRM MY SUPPORT FOR THE ITEM, AS AMENDED.
THIS WILL PROTECT SECTION FOUR IN PERPETUITY, AND I ASK YOU TO VOTE IN FAVOR.
SECONDLY, I ABSOLUTELY WANT TO THANK COMMISSIONERS BOLTON, DOCTOR DANIELS AND VICE MAYOR MOREY WRIGHT, FOR STANDING FIRM ON THE REMOVAL OF POTTY SO THAT WE CAN ALL BE APPROVING THE ITEM TODAY.
EDGAR. I SUPPORT WHAT EILEEN JUST SAID.
WE GOT A DITTO. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? JEFFREY SHAPIRO COMING UP.
AND REMEMBER, FOR THE RECORD, YOU NEED TO GIVE YOUR NAME AND YOUR LOCATION, PLEASE.
JEFFREY SHAPIRO, SECTION EIGHT OF THE WOODLANDS.
I SUPPORT THE REMOVAL OF THAT POD THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE THE SEVEN HOMES AND THAT THEY IF EVERYBODY IS IN AGREEMENT THAT THEY ALLOW WHERE THEY WANT TO PLACE THE OTHER HOMES, THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN THERE AND I WOULD I AGREE WITH EILEEN THAT IT SHOULD BE REMOVED IN PERPETUITY.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU. JEFFREY SHAPIRO, WOODLANDS.
IN CASE HE DIDN'T SAY. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE. PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE NOW CLOSED.
CAN I JUST GO WITH A DITTO AND OPEN IT UP TO YOUR QUESTIONS? LOOK, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.
THIS IS BEFORE YOU BECAUSE WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS, I THINK, BY ME, WHEN WE WERE IN FRONT OF YOU ON THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT BY MY PARTNER, CHRISTINA BILENKY, WHEN SHE WAS IN FRONT OF YOU THIS SUMMER ON THE CLUBHOUSE, AS IT RELATED TO THIS, ADDED AN ADDITIONAL RESTRICTION WITH REGARD TO POD E THAT WAS NOT PART OF WHAT WAS AGREED TO BACK IN NOVEMBER OF LAST YEAR.
THE LANGUAGE THAT EILEEN JUST REFERENCED THAT'S IN FRONT OF YOU.
NOW, I CAN CERTAINLY GO INTO THAT IN MORE DETAIL, BUT I THINK IT PROVIDES AND OFFERS ALL OF THE PROTECTIONS, PROTECTIONS AND RESTRICTIONS ON THAT FORMER RESIDENTIAL POD THAT THE CITY AND THAT THE COMMUNITY WOULD BE LOOKING FOR.
AND WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE WOULD PROVIDE THAT AT THE TIME THAT THIS COMMISSION, BECAUSE YOU HAD ALL RESERVED UPON YOURSELVES LAST NOVEMBER THE OPPORTUNITY TO AT LEAST THIS, THIS THIS MORNING CONCEPTUALLY APPROVED THE LOCATION OF THOSE SEVEN LOTS.
SO ALL WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FOR HERE THIS MORNING IS AND ACKNOWLEDGMENT THAT THE COMMISSION HAS CONCEPTUALLY APPROVED THE LOCATION OF THOSE SEVEN LOTS, SO THEY CAN BE PROCESSED ADMINISTRATIVELY BY MISS CALLAWAY.
HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS FOR THE CITY ATTORNEY.
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HINES AND MAXINE CALLOWAY ARE DEPUTY CITY MANAGER.VICE MAYOR. RIGHT. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.
CITY ATTORNEY, JUST TO CONFIRM THIS IS UPDATED DECLARATION.
BUT I SEE THAT LANGUAGE WAS ADDED, AND I JUST WANTED TO CONFIRM THAT WE'RE GOING TO NEED 60% OF THE VOTE, THE RESIDENT OWNERS OF THE PROPERTY RESIDING WITHIN THE WOODLANDS TO REMOVE THIS COVENANT.
OKAY, PERFECT. JUST WANT TO CLARIFY THAT.
SOME OF THE THINGS THAT OBVIOUSLY WEREN'T GIVEN TO US UNTIL LATE I REALLY DON'T ENJOY THAT QUITE HONESTLY, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT IS SOMETHING SO IMPORTANT.
WHICH SECTION IS THAT? VICE MAYOR. PAGE TWO OF THIS DOCUMENTATION.
OKAY. FOR THE RECORD, SOME OF US UP HERE AS WELL HAVE BEEN TRYING TO REMOVE POD E IN THE WAY IT WAS FROM THE VERY BEGINNING.
AS A WOODLANDS RESIDENT, I'VE KNOWN ABOUT THE ISSUES ON THAT, BUT ALSO AS A WOODLANDS RESIDENT AND KNOWING SOME OF THE ISSUES IN THE COMMUNITY, I CAN'T TELL YOU I'M THRILLED WITH THE PLACEMENT OF THESE NEW PODS.
OBVIOUSLY, YOU'VE AGREED TO IT.
I REALLY DO BELIEVE THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN A BETTER COMPLIMENT TO THE COMMUNITY.
INSTEAD OF SQUISHING SOME OF THESE PODS IN AND THESE HOMES INTO THESE PODS, WHICH IS ALSO RUINING SOME OF THE SITE PLAN FOR SOME OF THE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY CURRENTLY IN THE COMMUNITY COULD HAVE BEEN TO BEAUTIFUL, CUSTOM-BUILT HOMES ON THE BOULEVARD.
I THINK SOME OF THE LANGUAGE IN HERE IS OVERKILL.
BUT AS I SAID, CEST LA VIE OR AS WE WERE, WE TAUGHT.
IT WAS A NEW SPANISH WORD WE WERE LEARNING WHEN WE WERE AT THE ICSC ON THIS PAST WEEKEND.
HAVE WE ASKED THE COMMUNITY? WE'RE RIGHT BEHIND THOSE HOMES.
THOSE EXTRA HOMES WERE SQUISHED IN.
DID WE HAVE ANY CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM, OR ARE WE ONLY LISTENING TO A FEW PEOPLE ON THE BOULEVARD? IF THERE'S NO FURTHER QUESTIONS, ANYBODY ELSE? COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS.
YEAH, I WOULD ECHO YOUR COMMENTS THAT IT HAS NOT BEEN REACHED OUT TO THE COMMUNITY, WHETHER IT SHOULD BE AT AND IF WE DO CARE ABOUT THE WOODLANDS LIKE EVERYBODY CLAIMS TO BE WHEN THEY COME TO THIS COMMISSION, THEIR VOICES NEED TO BE HEARD AS WELL, NOT JUST ONE PERSON AND OR 2 OR 3 OR A GROUP OF PEOPLE.
THIS HAS NOT BEEN PROCESSED PROPERLY AND I DON'T AGREE WITH THAT AS WELL.
SEEING NO OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM.
IT PASSES. MOTION TO RECONSIDER.
NO. COMMISSIONER BOLTON AGREED.
HE SAID YES. HE DIDN'T SAY NO.
SO MOVED. IS THERE A DISCUSSION? NO. IT'S A MOTION TO RECONSIDER, SO CALL THE VOTE.
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CALL THE VOTE.THANK YOU. OKAY, SO IT'S NOW BEING RECONSIDERED.
SO MOVED. I'VE GOT A MOTION BY SECOND.
AND I'VE GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER BOLTON.
I HAVE A SECOND BY VICE MAYOR WRIGHT.
DISCUSSION. NOT REALLY SURE WHAT WE'RE DOING ON SOME OF THE NUMBERS AND TIMING.
I WANT TO ASK THE APPLICANT OR THE ATTORNEY TO PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM.
WHERE THE NEW PODS REPLACED IN CAN'T SEE SOME OF THIS, BUT POD F.
HAVE YOU MADE PROVISION FOR SETBACK BECAUSE YOU'RE VERY CLOSE TO SOME OF THE HOMES WHERE THE PROMISE WAS 50FT AND LUSH LANDSCAPING? SO THE ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION, MAYOR, ON THAT LOT AND ALL OF THE OTHERS IS GOING BACK SEVEN YEARS.
WE MADE COMMITMENTS IN TERMS OF THE DISTANCE, THE SEPARATION, THE LANDSCAPING, AND IT IS ALL CONSISTENT WITH WHAT WE'VE DONE WITH THE OTHER LOTS AND THE COMMITMENTS THAT WERE MADE THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF DISCUSSIONS WITH THE COMMUNITY.
THEY'RE UP ON THE SCREEN THERE BEFORE YOU WITH POD F, THE NEW ONE IN POD F, THE NEW ONE IN POD B, WHICH IS IN SECTION TWO, AND THE TWO NEW ONES SMUSHED SIDE BY SIDE ON THE CUL DE SAC THAT YOU WERE BUILDING BY THE NEW LAKE, WHICH I BELIEVE IS SECTION EIGHT.
CORRECT. WELL, THE POD D IS THAT SECTION, IS THAT SECTION EIGHT? YES. THIS IS REALLY.
OH, ACTUALLY, IT'S UP ON THE SCREEN.
I WAS LOOKING AT YOUR VERY SMALL THING HERE.
I WOULD LIKE ASSURANCES THAT YOU ARE GOING TO REACH OUT TO EACH OF THE HOMEOWNERS THAT ARE CURRENTLY GOING TO BE AFFECTED, AND MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF THOSE LANDSCAPES ARE EVEN FULLER THAN EVERY OTHER SINGLE ONE POSSIBLE, SINCE YOU ARE NOW PUTTING THINGS WHERE THEY DID NOT HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR FROM YOU, AND KNOW THAT YOU ARE NOW ADDING THINGS THAT THEY DID NOT EXPECT.
THESE ARE, AGAIN, IT'S RESIDENTIAL LAND USE, WITH ALL DUE RESPECT.
I MEAN, YOU LOOK AND YOU IDENTIFY AND SEE WHERE THOSE LOTS ARE LOCATED.
AND THIS IS WHERE WE WERE ABLE TO FIND AND LOCATE SEVEN ADDITIONAL LOTS.
I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU'RE SAYING THAT THEY'RE SQUISHED OR SMUSHED IN.
I THINK WE FOUND APPROPRIATE LOCATIONS TO RELOCATE SEVEN MUCH, MUCH SMALLER LOTS, AS YOU MENTIONED YOURSELF, BECAUSE WE WERE HAVING TO GIVE UP THESE OTHER LOTS ON WOODLANDS BOULEVARD THAT, AS YOU ALL ARE VERY WELL AWARE, I'M NOT GOING TO MINCE WORDS.
IT AFFECTS THE VITALITY OF THE COMMUNITY.
WHERE WE COULD HAVE HAD CERTAIN OTHER THINGS BEING PUT IN THERE, BUT IT ALSO AFFECTS THOSE PEOPLE WHO HAVE NOT HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK WITH YOU ABOUT IT, BECAUSE THEY HAVE NO EXPECTATION. AND I GET UNDERSTOOD.
I GET THAT EVERYTHING'S ALREADY BEEN GIVEN, I GET THE APPROVALS THERE.
BUT I THINK THAT THIS HAS BEEN RUSHED FOR THE REASON BEING OF POLITICS AND POLITICS ONLY BECAUSE CAPITAL COMES IN WHEN THIS THING IS FINALLY SIGNED AND THIS IS GOING TO BE USED FOR LITTLE POLITICAL AGENDAS.
AND I CAN'T STAND POLITICAL AGENDAS.
WE NEEDED TO RESUBMIT OUR SITE PLAN.
WE NEEDED TO WORK WITH MISS CALLOWAY'S DEPARTMENT TO DO ALL OF THAT.
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SO I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU THINK IT'S RUSH BECAUSE THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT YOU ARE SEEING IT, BUT WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO UNDERSTAND AND WORK TOWARDS A FINAL SITE PLAN THAT WOULD INCLUDE THESE SEVEN LOTS AND MAKE SURE THAT WE PUT THEM IN A LOCATION THAT WAS MOST RESPECTFUL TO WHAT WE HAD TO WORK WITH.UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS COMMISSION AUTHORIZED US TO FIND LOCATIONS FOR THOSE SEVEN LOTS.
IT'S THE FIRST TIME YOU'RE SEEING THAT.
I UNDERSTAND THAT IT IS NOT RUSHED ON OUR END.
AND SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT CLEAR FOR THE COMMISSION.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THEY ARE ANTICIPATING.
THEY'RE EXCITED FOR, THEY HAVE DESIRED.
WE'VE GOT THE CHANGE. WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR YEARS.
I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH SOME OF THE CHANGES IN THE LANGUAGE I SUPPORT THAT THE COMMUNITY HAS TALKED TO, WHICH IF WE'RE ASKING THE COMMUNITY TO MAKE CHANGES AND UNDERSTAND 60%, EVEN IF IT'S JUST FOR THESE SEVEN LOTS, WE'RE NOT EVEN GOING TO GO BY THAT AGREEMENT.
RIGHT? SO I JUST AM DISAPPOINTED HOW THE TAIL END OF THIS IS.
IT FEELS LIKE IT'S WELL, WE'RE JUST ALREADY ALL FRUSTRATED.
JUST LET'S DO IT SO WE CAN GET STARTED AND BE DONE.
AND I DON'T LIKE THAT FEELING.
I UNDERSTAND, AND I'LL ECHO THAT SENTIMENT ON OUR END.
I UNDERSTAND THERE WAS SOME LANGUAGE THAT WAS ADDED LATE YESTERDAY.
DOCTOR DANIEL, I'M GOING TO GO TO VICE MAYOR WRIGHT FIRST.
ALVIN. COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS.
SCOTT, CAN YOU WILL YOUR LASER POINTER POINT TO WHERE POD E IS? POD E, WHERE'S POD E, MIKE? OH, SORRY. IT IS NOT.
COMMISSIONER. ALL RIGHT, SO SOME SENTIMENTS FROM THE FROM THE MAYOR.
SO THE ORIGINALLY YOU GUYS WERE GOING TO BUILD 800 PLUS HOMES.
WE WENT CRAZY I WAS NOT AMENABLE TO THAT JUST BECAUSE OF THAT.
AND ANOTHER REASON, AND YOU GUYS HAVE WORKED EFFORTLESSLY WITH THE CITY, WITH CITY STAFF, WITH THE COMMUNITY AS WELL, ESPECIALLY WITH THE COMMUNITY, TO BRING IT AND REDUCE IT TO THIS AMOUNT THAT WE HAVE NOW.
ONE OF THE MAIN KEY POINTS THAT THE WOODLANDS WAS PUSHING AGAINST THIS WAS BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT GOING TO MATCH THEIR CURRENT BEAUTIFUL HOMES, THEIR LUXURIOUS LOT SIZES, EVEN THOUGH IT'S JUST NOT THE MAJORITY OF THEM.
IT'S JUST A VERY FEW ON THE BOULEVARD AND OTHER AREAS.
SO NOW WE'RE GOING TO SHOVE SEVEN HOMES, THE SAME THING.
WE'RE SHOVING THE SAME THING, THE SAME AMOUNT FROM NOW BEING A LUXURIOUS FEEL TO IT TO A DOWNGRADED FEELING TO IT. BUT YET THE WOODLANDS LOBBYING GROUP ARE OKAY WITH IT, EVEN THOUGH MOST LIKELY THEY'RE NOT EVEN GOING TO GO ALL THE WAY BACK THERE TO DRIVE ANYWHERE.
SO I'M NOT SURE WHY OUR COMMISSION IS SAYING IT'S OKAY TO REMOVE THE HOMES THAT WERE GOING TO BE HUGE AND BEAUTIFUL AND HAVE BIGGER LOTS TO NOW SAYING IT'S OKAY TO BUILD SEVEN THE SAME AMOUNT, BUT SMALLER IN A TIGHTER AREA AND FOR LESS MONEY. RIGHT? BECAUSE I'M ASSUMING IT'S GOING TO BE IT'S THE VALUE OF IT.
AND I WOULD PROBABLY SAY BY CORRECT 30, 40% LESS, IF NOT MORE.
I'M NOT SURE WHAT IN THIS 7 P.M.
THING ABOUT CHANGES THE NIGHT BEFORE A COMMISSION MEETING, BUT IT JUST DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE TO ME THAT THIS COMMISSION IS OKAY TO ADD THESE SEVEN HOMES INSTEAD OF BUILDING BETTER HOMES THAT ARE GOING TO ADD VALUE TO THE COMMUNITY, AND HOW THE WOMAN'S LOBBYING GROUP AND THE RESIDENTS GROUP IS SAYING THAT THIS IS WHAT THEY WANT.
I DON'T EVEN THINK, AND I WILL QUESTION THE FACT THAT THEY, THE WOODLANDS COMMUNITY LOBBYING GROUP, DID NOT REACH OUT TO THESE HOMEOWNERS BECAUSE POD E WON'T AFFECT ANYONE.
THESE SEVEN HOMES ARE NOT GOING TO AFFECT MORE PEOPLE.
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IS THAT A TRUE STATEMENT? SO THANK YOU.I JUST I WAS WAITING FOR AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT TO RESPOND.
AS YOU KNOW, OUR TEAM WANTED TO HAVE THEM LOCATED THERE TO NOT BELIEVE THE IMPACT WAS SIGNIFICANT.
BUT MULTIPLE PEOPLE HAVE DIFFERENT VIEWS ON THAT ON THAT STATEMENT.
WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO, COMMISSIONER, IF I CAN, IS REMIND YOU AND THE REST OF THE COMMISSION, WE ALL AGREED, RIGHT? AT LEAST THE MAJORITY OF THIS COMMISSION AND MY TEAM BACK ON NOVEMBER 8TH OF LAST YEAR THAT WE WERE GOING TO REMOVE POTTY.
WE DID NOT WANT TO. WE FOUGHT VERY HARD.
IF YOU REMEMBER ME STANDING HERE HAVING THE CONVERSATION AGAINST IT.
BUT ULTIMATELY, WHEN PUSH CAME TO SHOVE, IN ORDER TO MOVE THE PROJECT FORWARD, THERE WAS AN UNDERSTANDING AND AGREEMENT BACK ON NOVEMBER 8TH OF LAST YEAR THAT POTTY WOULD BE REMOVED FROM THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT FROM OUR SITE PLAN, AND IT'S IN OUR DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT TODAY THAT THIS COMMISSION WOULD ALLOW US TO REALLOCATE SEVEN LOTS ELSEWHERE WITHIN THE AREA OF THE PROPERTY THAT HAD A RESIDENTIAL LAND USE DESIGNATION.
AND IF WE WERE REMOVING IT FROM POTTY AND WE WERE TAKING POTTY OUT OF THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, WHICH WE DID, AND OUT OF THE SITE PLAN, WHICH WE DID, WE WERE ONLY LEFT WITH SO MANY CHOICES. AND SO THE SEVEN AREAS THAT YOU SEE ON THE PLAN BEFORE YOU ARE THE SEVEN LOTS THAT WE WERE REQUESTING TO REALLOCATE.
THE REASON WE ARE HERE NOW AND NOT AT SOME POINT DOWN THE ROAD IN THE FUTURE WITH THIS PLAN BEING PRESENTED TO YOU IS BECAUSE THERE'S BEEN AN ADDED REQUEST THAT'S COME UP AND IT'S BEEN DISCUSSED BEFORE THIS COMMISSION ON SEVERAL TIMES ABOUT FURTHER RESTRICTING POD E.
AND SO WE'RE TRYING TO FIND A COMPROMISE THAT SATISFIES AND ADDRESSES EVERYONE.
WE'VE SPENT A LOT OF TIME, A LOT OF TIME WITH OUR LAND PLANNERS.
YOU'VE SEEN A WHOLE DEVELOPMENT TEAM SITTING BACK IN THESE ROWS PREVIOUSLY.
EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM, OUR PLANNERS, OUR CIVIL ENGINEERS, OUR LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS, THEY'VE SCOURED THIS SITE TO TRY AND FIND THE BEST LOCATION TO PUT THE. THIS IS GOING TO SOUND LIKE AN OXYMORON.
AND THAT'S WHAT YOU SEE THERE BEFORE YOU WITH THOSE LOTS IN PURPLE.
SO I JUST WANTED TO GIVE THE BACKGROUND SO CLEARLY WE DIDN'T HAVE A VISION, THE COMMISSION ITSELF, NOT THE RESIDENTS, TO SEE THAT PLAN A WOULD BE BETTER THAN PLAN B WHERE WE ARE NOW.
AND I'M GOING TO END WITH THIS STORY THAT I'VE BEEN TOLD BY OUR PREVIOUS ONE OF OUR PREVIOUS CITY MANAGERS THAT THIS IS A STORY THAT HE WAS TOLD WE SOLD THE LAND TO FORT LAUDERDALE FOR THE EXECUTIVE AIRPORT BECAUSE WE, THE COMMISSION AT THAT TIME DID NOT HAVE THE FORESIGHT OF THE FUTURE, AND THEREFORE, THEY WENT ON TO SELL THE LAND BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T WANT TO CONTINUE TO CUT THE GRASS.
I THINK THIS WAS A PLAN B SITUATION.
I THINK AND I'M GOING TO LEAVE IT AT THAT.
THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR EFFORTS.
AND THANK YOU FOR THE EFFORTS OF THE WOODLANDS COMMUNITY.
I KNOW ALL SIDES HAVE FOUGHT VERY WELL IN WHAT THEY DO, INCLUDING WITH STAFF.
LIKE, IT HAD THE LEAST AMOUNT OF DISTURBANCE TO RESIDENTS.
AND THANK YOU FOR ALWAYS LISTENING AND ADJUSTING.
BUT THANK YOU FOR ALWAYS BEING WHAT'S THE WORD? COMPROMISING, I GUESS, IN A GOOD WAY.
RIGHT. THANK YOU, MR. BACHMAN. YOU REMIND ME OF BLAIR UNDERWOOD IN LA LAW.
I LOVE THAT SHOW. YEAH. THANK YOU.
VERY EFFICIENT. YOU REMEMBER STUFF? AND IF I MAY RECALL, ON OCTOBER 23RD, I WAS THE ONE THAT RECOMMENDED LET'S DELETE POD E TOTALLY.
LET'S GET RID OF THOSE 77 HOMES.
DO YOU RECALL THAT, MR. BACHMAN? I DO. SO I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THEY'RE NOW COMPLAINING THAT WE'VE MOVED THE HOME, BECAUSE THEY AGREED TO HAVE THOSE SEVEN HOMES ALLOCATED SOMEPLACE ELSE.
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OBVIOUSLY, YOU'RE GOING TO BUILD THESE HOMES.AND I WASN'T IN SUPPORT OF THE PROJECT.
WHAT YOU HAVE DONE, AND I RESPECT THE FACT THAT YOU'VE AGREED TO THIS AND GETTING RID OF THE PODS, BUT ALSO PUTTING THE POWER IN THE HANDS OF THE PEOPLE BY SAYING, HEY, IF WE'RE GOING TO CHANGE THIS, WE NEED 60% OF THE COMMUNITY.
WE'RE NOT PUTTING IT IN THE HANDS OF THE COMMISSION.
AND THAT'S WHAT THESE RESIDENTS ALWAYS WANTED.
SO I JUST WANT TO COMMEND YOU FOR AGREEING TO THAT BECAUSE IT GIVES THE COMMUNITY A VOICE.
SO I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT FOR THE RECORD.
OKAY. SO, YOU KNOW, FOR THE RECORD, I STILL HATE YOUR PROJECT.
I DO NOT THINK THAT THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN AT ALL.
I THINK THAT WE SHOULD HAVE YOU KNOW, CONSERVED GREEN SPACE.
IT WAS FINE AS IT WAS, YOU KNOW, MAYBE BUILD TEN HOUSES, MAKE THEM MANSIONS, MAR-A-LAGO STYLE.
RIGHT? YOU KNOW, BUT YOU KNOW THE PEOPLE OF SECTION FOUR HAS BEEN REALLY ASKING FOR THIS, ASKING FOR PROTECTION.
AND IF THAT'S THE THIS IS THE WAY THAT WE HAVE TO PROTECT THEM, THEN I'LL JUST HAVE TO VOTE FOR YOU GUYS FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME IN, WHAT, FIVE YEARS? SEVEN OR 6 OR 7? YEAH. NEVER VOTED FOR THIS PROJECT IN SEVEN YEARS BECAUSE I DO NOT STAND BEHIND IT.
YOU KNOW, BUT AGAIN, YOU KNOW, MY IMPETUS IS, IS TO PROTECT THE RESIDENTS.
AND I'VE ALWAYS PROTECTED TAMARAC RESIDENTS, REGARDLESS OF WHERE THEY LIVE.
AND SO I WILL SUPPORT THIS THIS TIME.
THANK YOU. SO A COUPLE OF THINGS.
BUT ALL THE TIME SAYING NOT WHAT YOU WERE PUTTING ON THERE.
DEFINITELY NOT WHAT YOU WERE PUTTING ON THERE.
AND I'VE WANTED A VOICE FOR THE PEOPLE.
SOME OF MY REQUESTS WERE ALWAYS PUSHED ASIDE.
WHATEVER, I'M GLAD IT'S IN HERE NOW.
WE HAVE 160 ACRES GOING IN HERE OF PROTECTED SPACE.
THEY DON'T WEAR THEIR LIGHT CLOTHING FOR PEOPLE TO SEE THEM AT NIGHT.
BUT JUST WANTED TO CLEAR THAT WHILE I AM A SECTION FOUR RESIDENT, I ALSO KNOW I HAVE NOT SPOKEN WITH MY PRESIDENT AND BOARD REGARDING THINGS, SO I KNOW THEY HAVEN'T GOTTEN FULL COMMUNICATION, BUT I ALSO AM A SECTION FIVE RESIDENT.
I ALSO AM A RESIDENT OF THE WOODLANDS COMMUNITY FOR 30 YEARS.
IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT ME IN THIS SEAT, IT'S ABOUT MY WHOLE ENTIRE COMMUNITY.
IT'S MORE THAN WHAT I JUST WANT.
SO, ON THAT NOTE, ALSO, I KNOW THAT WE WILL BE HAVING A CONSTRUCTION PLAN COMING SOON.
I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A LANDSCAPING PLAN THAT WE CAN GIVE TO OUR RESIDENTS, BECAUSE I'M STILL SEEING THAT TREE ON BAYBERRY LANE GOING TO HOLLY DRIVE WITH A DEAD BRANCH THAT IS HANGING DOWN FOR A DEAD TREE AND GOING UP BAYBERRY LANE GOING TOWARDS HOLLY DRIVE HAS NOT BEEN MAINTAINED.
SO, WITH THIS APPROVAL, THAT'S GOING TO COME SOON.
GET US THOSE PLANS SO WE CAN GET TO THE COMMUNITY, THE INFORMATION THAT THEY DESIRE.
SO THEY'RE NOT CALLING AND THINKING THAT YOU'RE NOT PEOPLE OF YOUR WORD.
THANK YOU. CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
CONGRATULATIONS. GET US A PLAN.
IF NO ONE IS IN SERIOUS NEED OF A BATHROOM BREAK, WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO GO THROUGH.
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IT'S 11:15.[9.a TO2559 - 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 1.00 acre of land located at 6115 NW 77 way, situated, lying, and being in Broward County, Florida, and legally described in Exhibit “A”, from the current Mixed-Use Neighborhood (MU-N) zoning classification to Public Facilities (PF) zoning classification, to facilitate the future development of public works facilities projects and provide consistency with the Land Development Code in accordance with the intent of the Comprehensive Plan of the City of Tamarac; (Case No. 10-Z-23); providing for amendment to the official Zoning Map to reflect such change; providing for conflicts; providing for severability; and providing for an effective date.]
CITY ATTORNEY, PLEASE READ THE TITLE FOR THE RECORD.ITEM NINE A IS AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC.
AMENDING THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC.
REFERENCE SECTION 10-2.1 B OF CHAPTER TEN OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC FOR APPROXIMATELY ONE ACRE OF LAND LOCATED AT 6115 NORTHWEST 77 WAY SITUATED LINE BEND IN THE BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA.
LEGALLY DESCRIBED EXHIBIT A FROM THE CURRENT MIXED USE NEIGHBORHOOD ZONING CLASSIFICATION TO PUBLIC FACILITIES ZONING CLASSIFICATION TO FACILITATE THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS FACILITY PROJECTS AND PROVIDE CONSISTENCY WITH THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE.
PROVIDING FOR EFFECTIVE DATE. THANK YOU.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO READ THE RULES FOR A QUASI-JUDICIAL HEARING, PLEASE? MAYOR, I THINK THIS IS A CITY LAND USE AMENDMENT.
IT'S UP TO YOU IF YOU WANT ME TO READ IT.
FOLLOWING PROCEDURE CAN BE DEFERRED.
IF IT CAN BE DEFERRED, THEN DEFERRED.
HOWEVER, ANY MATERIAL AND UNDULY REPETITIOUS EVIDENCE SHALL BE EXCLUDED.
STATEMENTS OF ATTORNEYS SHOULD BE CONSIDERED AS ARGUMENT, NOT BE CONSIDERED AS TESTIMONY.
THE CITY COMMISSION SHALL HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO REFUSE TO HEAR ANY TESTIMONY WHICH IS IRRELEVANT.
DOCUMENT EVIDENCE MAY BE PRESENTED IN THE FORM OF A COPY OR ORIGINAL IF AVAILABLE.
PETITIONER REPRESENTATIVE WILL PRESENT FIRST.
STAFF WILL PRESENT THEN THE DAY PRESENTATION.
AFFECTED PARTIES WILL BE ALLOWED.
NEXT PERSON OR SUPPORTER AGAINST WILL BE ALLOWED.
NEXT. AFTER THE AFFECTED PARTIES.
WELL, PAUL, ANY EX PARTE COMMISSIONER BOLTON ATTENTION.
NO, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER DANIEL.
NOTHING. THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR.
ALL RIGHT. NO EX PARTE COMMUNICATION OUT OF ANY OF US.
CITY CLERK, DO YOU NEED TO SWEAR IN ANY WITNESSES.
MADAM MAYOR. ALL WITNESSES, PLEASE STAND AND RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND TO BE SWORN IN.
DO YOU SWEAR TO TELL THE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH? YES. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.
ALL WITNESSES HAVE BEEN SWORN IN.
THANK YOU. APPRECIATE THE PROCESS.
HENRY, OUR PUBLIC SERVICES ASSISTANT DIRECTOR HERE.
AND MAXINE CALLOWAY, OUR DEPUTY CITY MANAGER, AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS.
I'M NOW GOING TO OPEN UP THIS ITEM FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS.
IS THERE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WISHES TO MAKE ANY COMMENTS? SEEING NO COMMENTS.
PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE NOW CLOSED.
OPEN FOR DISCUSSION BY THE COMMISSION.
SEEING NO DISCUSSION BY THE COMMISSION.
CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
ACTUALLY DID. I DIDN'T EVEN CALL FOR A MOTION AND A SECOND FIRST.
SO. ALL RIGHT, I'LL NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND, PLEASE.
SO MOVED. I HAVE A MOTION BY VICE MAYOR WRIGHT.
I HAVE A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER DANIEL.
NO, IT'S ALL ME. I WENT RIGHT PAST IT BECAUSE I GOT EXCITED THAT WE WERE MOVING FORWARD.
[10.a Parking Restrictions - Discussion and Consensus to direct staff to bring back the Parking Restrictions on Public Rights of Way Ordinance, with the changes to the hours for parking enforcement for Mayor and Commission consideration at a future meeting. Requested by Michelle J. Gomez, Mayor]
THIS WAS TEN A IT'S PARKING RESTRICTIONS.I AM REQUESTING A DISCUSSION AND CONSENSUS TO DIRECT STAFF TO BRING BACK THE PARKING RESTRICTIONS ON PUBLIC RIGHTS OF WAY ORDINANCE, WITH THE CHANGES TO HOURS FOR PARKING ENFORCEMENT FOR THE MAYOR AND COMMISSION TO CONSIDER AT THE NEXT COMMISSION MEETING OR FUTURE COMMISSION MEETING, AND A WORKSHOP INCLUDED.
COMMISSIONER DANIEL, CAN I MAKE A SUGGESTION?
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CAN IF WE'RE GOING TO DECREASE PEOPLE'S ABILITY TO PARK ON THE STREET, WHICH I GET SOME WANT, SOME DON'T.BUT WE'RE IN A NEW AGE WHERE THERE ARE MULTIPLE CARS AND THE HOMES ARE OLDER.
CAN WE HAVE IT? OR CAN CITY STAFF LOOK INTO HAVING RESIDENTS ABLE TO PARK AT CITY PROPERTY AND INSTEAD AS AN OPTION OR.
YEAH, WELL, I APPRECIATE THAT.
SO, THIS IS JUST AN ASK TO PUT THIS ON AN AGENDA ITEM FOR A WORKSHOP AND A MEETING.
SO, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS OR DOES THIS INCLUDE COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES.
FOR EXAMPLE, ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE SPORTS COMPLEX.
YOU KNOW, WHEN WE HAVE GAMES, PEOPLE ARE PARKING ON THE KINGS POINT AREA ON THE GRASS.
SOME SIGNS ARE NOT VISIBLE WHERE IT SAYS THERE'S NO PARKING HERE.
DOES THIS INCLUDE THAT OR IS IT JUST FOR HOMES? I BELIEVE THIS IS SOMETHING WE CAN ALL BRING UP AT THE WORKSHOP TO INCLUDE IN THE AUDIENCE ORDINANCE OR NOT.
THANK YOU. SO WE'LL JUST GO DOWN THE LINE UNLESS THERE'S OTHER COMMENTS.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE A QUICK COMMENT THAT INITIALLY I WAS NOT IN SUPPORT OF IT.
COSTS LIKE DOCTOR DANIELS MENTIONED, MULTI-GENERATION HOMES WHERE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO PARK CARS.
AND I THINK YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T QUANTIFY A LIFE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SO, I'VE GOT THREE.
I'M A FOUR. COMMISSIONER BOLTON.
YES. SO WE HAVE CONSENSUS TO BRING THIS BACK AT A WORKSHOP AND A MEETING.
THANK YOU, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
BELIEVE IT OR NOT, IT IS 11:22.
WE WISH EVERYBODY A VERY SAFE LABOR DAY, AND WE PAY TRIBUTE TO EVERYBODY WHO LOST THEIR LIVES, WHO FOUGHT WELL AND REMEMBER OUR FREEDOMS FOR PATRIOTS DAY ON SEPTEMBER 11TH.
AND WE'LL SEE YOU BACK HERE FOR BUDGET AT 5:05 ON SEPTEMBER 12TH.
IT'S A THURSDAY. AND THEN OUR MEETING.
THANK YOU.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.