Sep 09, 2024 Workshop

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GOOD MORNING EVERYONE.

GOOD MORNING. MADAM MAYOR.

I'LL TRY THAT AGAIN SO I CAN NOT BE TOLD THAT YOU CAN'T HEAR ME.

[Call to Order]

OH. THANK YOU. OUR MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 9TH, 10 A.M.

WORKSHOP. WE HAVE A LOT TO COVER, SO.

CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. MAYOR GOMEZ.

GOOD MORNING. COMMISSIONER BOLTON.

GOOD MORNING, VICE MAYOR.

RIGHT. GOOD MORNING.

COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS.

GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. COMMISSIONER DANIEL.

GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU.

EXCELLENT. IF EVERYONE WOULD PLEASE STAND AND JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

AND A MOMENT OF SILENCE.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.

ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

THANK YOU. PLEASE BE SEATED.

AND WITH THE ADVENT START OF FOOTBALL SEASON, MY CONDOLENCES TO SOME.

CONGRATULATIONS TO OTHERS.

ALL RIGHT. FIRST ON OUR AGENDA IS THE ANNUAL WATER AND SEWER RATE SCHEDULE, WHICH WILL BE PRESENTED BY ANGELA ANDREW BERMAN, STANTEC INCORPORATED.

[1.a Annual Water And Sewer Rate Schedule Presentation Presented by Andrew Burnham, Sfanfec Inc]

AND JOHN DOHERTY, PUBLIC SERVICES DIRECTOR.

ALL RIGHT. GOOD MORNING.

MAYOR. COMMISSIONERS, MY NAME IS ANDY BURNHAM WITH STANTEC, AND I'M HAPPY TO GO THROUGH ABOUT 15 SLIDES TO RECAP THE WATER AND SEWER RATE STUDY.

THIS IS A SIMILAR INFORMATION, ACTUALLY THE SAME INFORMATION THAT WE HAD DURING YOUR BUDGET RETREAT WORKSHOPS IN JUNE.

SO THIS IS KIND OF A BIT OF A REFRESHER AS WE MOVE TOWARDS ULTIMATELY A DECISION BEFORE YOU.

RELATIVE TO YOUR UTILITY RATES.

SO JUST SOME BIG PICTURE CONTEXT IN TERMS OF AN OVERVIEW.

YOUR WATER AND SEWER UTILITY, LIKE MANY OTHERS IN FLORIDA, IS SET UP AS AN ENTERPRISE FUND, WHICH MEANS TAXES DON'T SUPPORT THE ENTERPRISE FUND.

IT'S REALLY SELF SUPPORTED BY THE RATES, FEES AND CHARGES THAT YOU PROVIDE OR THAT YOU CHARGE FOR THE SERVICES THAT ARE PROVIDED.

AND A BIG COMPONENT OF WATER AND SEWER UTILITIES IN FLORIDA, AS WELL AS HERE IN TAMARAC IS ABOUT FUNDING OF INFRASTRUCTURE.

SO YOU HAVE OVER 250 MILES OF WATER PIPE, ABOUT 200 MILES OF WASTEWATER PIPE, WATER TREATMENT PLANT, WHICH WE'LL TALK ABOUT HERE IN THE PRESENTATION.

THOSE INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS ARE VERY COSTLY, AND WE HAVE TO MAINTAIN THEM IN A HIGH STATE OF REPAIR AND GOOD CONDITION TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE SAFE DRINKING WATER TO OUR RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES.

AND SO IN ORDER TO SUPPORT THAT INFRASTRUCTURE, TO MAINTAIN THAT LEVEL OF SERVICE, ONGOING FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT AND EVALUATION OF YOUR RATES IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT YOU USE TO SUPPORT FUNDING THOSE INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS AND THE MAINTENANCE COST FOR THAT INFRASTRUCTURE.

AND SO REALLY, WHEN WE GO THROUGH THESE RATE STUDY PROCESSES, WHICH HAS BEEN A FEW YEARS SINCE THE CITY HAS DONE THIS, WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO ANSWER THREE FUNDAMENTAL QUESTIONS TO MAKE SURE WE CAN REALLY BALANCE OUR CHECKBOOK.

WHAT IS THE AMOUNT OF MONEY WE NEED TO COVER OUR OPERATING AND CAPITAL COSTS? HOW SHOULD THAT BE ALLOCATED BETWEEN OUR SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE WATER AND SEWER SERVICE? AND THEN HOW DO WE WANT TO CHARGE THAT? OR HOW DO WE WANT TO RECOVER THOSE COSTS.

AND OUR RATE STRUCTURE COMBINATION OF FIXED AND VARIABLE CHARGES.

AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH TODAY IS KIND OF AN UPDATE OF ANSWERING THOSE THREE QUESTIONS BASED ON YOUR MOST CURRENT INFORMATION AND YOUR IDENTIFIED CAPITAL NEEDS. SO JUST A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE.

SO IN THE CITY TAMARAC HAS NOT HAD A RATE INCREASE.

I THINK THE LAST ONE WAS EFFECTIVE TEN 1 TO 14.

SO IT'S BEEN ABOUT TEN YEARS SINCE THE CITY HAS ADJUSTED ITS UTILITY RATES.

YOU'VE HAD IN PLACE AN ORDINANCE THAT ALLOWS FOR ANNUAL RATE ADJUSTMENTS, BUT YOU HAVEN'T NEEDED TO EXERCISE THAT OVER THE PAST TEN YEARS.

MEANWHILE, UTILITIES THROUGHOUT FLORIDA, AS WELL AS ACROSS THE COUNTRY HAVE BEEN SEEING PRETTY SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN UTILITY RATES.

IT'S GONE UP BY ABOUT 41% ON AVERAGE OVER THE PAST TEN YEAR TIME PERIOD.

A LITTLE LESS THAN THAT FROM A NATIONAL PERSPECTIVE.

BUT WHAT WE'VE SEEN ARE SOME RECENT CHANGES THAT ARE AFFECTING OUR COST OF PERFORMANCE, IF YOU WILL, AND OUR CAPITAL COST.

THAT REALLY CHANGES THIS PARADIGM A BIT.

SO BEING ABLE TO CONTINUE ON THE SAME TRAJECTORY IS REALLY NOT NECESSARILY GOING TO BE A SUSTAINABLE OPTION BASED UPON YOUR INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS AND YOUR OPERATING COSTS TODAY.

BUT THIS IS KIND OF THE COMPARISON NATIONALLY AS WE LOOK LOCALLY.

THIS IS A BROWARD COUNTY WIDE SURVEY OF RATES FOR A TYPICAL RESIDENTIAL USER.

AND SO WITHIN TAMARAC, THAT'S ABOUT 4000 GALLONS A MONTH IS A TYPICAL HOUSEHOLD BILL.

AND SO YOU CAN SEE FOR COMBINED WATER AND SEWER SERVICE, WE HAVE ONE OF THE LOWEST BILLS IN BROWARD COUNTY.

AND YOU CAN SEE THE END OF THE RANGES GOES FROM ABOUT $50, OR WE'RE AT $57 AND THEN UP TOWARDS WILTON MANORS AND DAVIE AT ABOUT 112 AND $117 A MONTH.

SO ALMOST MORE THAN DOUBLE THE COST OF WHAT IT IS HERE IN TAMARAC.

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YOUR COST OF CHEMICALS HAVE DOUBLED.

SO IN BASICALLY A FOUR YEAR TIME PERIOD, THE COST OF CHEMICALS, WHICH IS A BIG COMPONENT OF TREATING THE WATER, THOSE COSTS HAVE DOUBLED.

YOUR ELECTRICITY COSTS HAVE INCREASED BY ABOUT 34%.

AND THE COST INCREASES FROM BROWARD COUNTY.

WHO DOES YOUR WHOLESALE SEWER TREATMENT AND DISPOSAL HAS ALSO INCREASED BY ABOUT THAT SAME 33% JUST IN THE PAST FOUR YEARS.

GOING FORWARD, WE HAVE NOT ASSUMED THE SAME LEVEL OF INCREASE, AND WE'RE SEEING SOME STABILIZATION ON THOSE INFLATIONARY TRENDS, BUT THEY'VE BEEN SIGNIFICANT.

AND SO THIS IS REALLY KIND OF SETTING A NEW BASELINE FOR US GOING FORWARD, WHICH WE THEN HAVE TO KEEP PACE WITH AS COSTS CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN THE FUTURE.

THE CAPITAL NEEDS, AS I MENTIONED, ARE SIGNIFICANT FOR UTILITIES.

WE HAVE A TEN YEAR CAPITAL PLAN THAT'S OVER $200 MILLION, AND ABOUT HALF OF THAT IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT THAT NEEDS SOME REHABILITATIONS AND IMPROVEMENTS THAT WILL NEED TO BE ISSUING SOME DEBT IN THE NEAR TERM, AS WELL AS IN THE MID-TERM TO HELP SUPPORT THAT.

SO OF THAT CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.

AND I'LL SHOW YOU A SCREENSHOT HERE IN A MOMENT.

WE'RE REALLY LOOKING AT A SCENARIO OF TRYING TO SUSTAINABLY FUND THAT, USING A BALANCED PORTFOLIO OF SOME OF YOUR CASH RESOURCES THAT WILL BE GENERATED FROM RATES, BUT THEN THE OTHER PART THROUGH DEBT.

SO WE DON'T WANT TO PUT TOO MUCH ON THE CREDIT CARD.

WE'RE REALLY TAKING A VERY BALANCED APPROACH TO THE FUNDING, THE LONG LIVED ASSETS WITH DEBT AND THINGS THAT ARE RECURRING IN NATURE.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE PAY FOR THOSE WITH CASH AND DON'T PUT THOSE ON THE CREDIT CARD, SO TO SPEAK.

SO AS I MENTIONED, ONE OF THE BIG DRIVERS HAS REALLY BEEN RECENT CHANGES IN OPERATIONAL COST COMPONENTS.

AND SO AS WELL AS SOME OF THE KEY MATERIAL COSTS LIKE PLASTIC PIPE.

AND SO THE THE CHARTS HERE JUST SHOW SOME HISTORICAL DATA ABOUT COMMODITY COSTS FOR PLASTIC WATER PIPE ON THE LEFT AND THEN WATER TREATMENT CHEMICALS ON THE RIGHT.

AND YOU CAN SEE OVER SEVERAL YEARS THEY WERE PRETTY STABLE IN TERMS OF THOSE INDICES, ESPECIALLY FOR THE COST OF PLASTIC PIPE.

AND SO IF YOU WERE TO DEVELOP A FORECAST BACK IN THAT TIME PERIOD IN, SAY, 2022, YOU KNOW, LOOKING BACK HISTORICALLY AT THE DATA FROM 2013, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT THAT ORANGE LINE WOULD DEPICT. AND SAME THING FOR THE TREATMENT CHEMICAL COSTS.

JUST REASONABLE FORECAST.

BUT WHAT'S ACTUALLY HAPPENED SINCE THEN IS THESE HAVE REALLY JUST ABOUT GONE THROUGH THE ROOF IN TERMS OF THE ACTUAL INCREASE IN COST OF PLASTIC PIPE HAS MORE THAN DOUBLED SINCE 2020, AND CHEMICAL COSTS HAVE GONE UP BY MORE THAN 31%.

OUR PORTFOLIO HAS GONE UP AT AN EVEN GREATER RATE, SO THIS IS JUST GIVING YOU A SENSE OF SOME OF THE UNPRECEDENTED CHANGES AND COSTS THAT WE'VE SEEN THAT ARE NOW PART OF WHAT WE HAVE TO BUDGET FOR GOING FORWARD.

NOT NECESSARILY THE SAME LEVELS OF INCREASE, BUT WE HAVE TO BUDGET FOR THIS LEVEL OF ANNUAL COST FOR THESE MATERIALS AND KEY OPERATING COSTS AS WE GO FORWARD.

AND SO AS WE PLAY THINGS FORWARD, THIS CHART JUST KIND OF DEPICTS IN THE BARS JUST WHAT'S OUR ANNUAL CASH FLOW, OUR REVENUE MINUS EXPENSES IN 24.

WE'RE BASICALLY BREAK EVEN.

BUT AS WE START LAYERING IN THE ADDITIONAL CAPITAL NEEDS ON THE SYSTEM FACTOR IN FUTURE INFLATION, YOU CAN SEE PRETTY QUICKLY WE START RUNNING AT AN ANNUAL DEFICIT.

AND THAT'S WHY THOSE BARS TURN RED AND THEY GET MORE NEGATIVE AS YOU GO FORWARD IN TIME.

AND THAT GREEN DASH LINE INITIALLY IT'S ABOUT $4 MILLION THAT REPRESENTS OUR CASH IN THE BANK, OUR SAVINGS ACCOUNT IF YOU WILL.

AND SO THAT'S A KIND OF A ONE TIME FUNDING SOURCE.

SO IF WE DON'T INCREASE RATES, WE ANTICIPATE YOU'D BASICALLY EXHAUST YOUR ENTIRE SAVINGS ACCOUNT BY 2026.

AND THEN IT WOULD GO FURTHER NEGATIVE, WHICH IS REALLY AN UNSUSTAINABLE CONDITION.

SO IT LED US TO THE CONCLUSION THAT BASED ON ALL THESE CHANGES IN OUR COST REQUIREMENTS AND PLANNED CAPITAL NEEDS, OUR CURRENT RATES JUST AREN'T SUFFICIENT TO MEET THOSE NEEDS BECAUSE WE WILL RUN OUT OF MONEY WITHIN JUST TWO YEARS.

AND SO THEN WE LOOKED AT SEVERAL DIFFERENT SCENARIOS IN OUR FINANCIAL PLANNING MODEL.

AND I'M NOT NECESSARILY GOING TO GO THROUGH EVERYTHING, BUT THIS IS KIND OF A SCREENSHOT OR A CONTROL PANEL OF THAT FINANCIAL FORECAST, WHERE WE LOOK AT A LOT OF KEY INDICATORS IN THOSE GRAPHS AT THE BOTTOM.

SO THE TOP LEFT CHART IS KIND OF THAT END OF YEAR BALANCE IN YOUR SAVINGS ACCOUNT.

AND THE ORANGE LINE REPRESENTS THREE MONTHS.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE KEEP AT LEAST THREE MONTHS OF OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE EXPENSES AS A MINIMUM LEVEL OF A SAVINGS ACCOUNT BALANCE TO HELP US FOR CASH FLOW PURPOSES, UNFORESEEN CHALLENGES LIKE WEATHER ISSUES OR UNPLANNED EXPENDITURES.

BUT IDEALLY, WE'D LIKE TO TARGET ABOUT SIX MONTHS, WHICH IS THAT BLACK LINE.

AND REALLY TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A BALANCED EQUATION, THAT TOP CENTER GRAPH OF REVENUE VERSUS EXPENSES, WE NEED THE BLACK LINE OF THE CASH COMING IN TO MATCH THAT ORANGE LINE OF THE CASH GOING OUT.

AND SO THAT'S THOSE ARE TWO KEY CRITICAL COMPONENTS ON THE BOTTOM OF THE CHARTS.

THE OTHER IS THE CIP FUNDING.

THAT'S THE COLORFUL CHART IN THE CENTER OF THE BOTTOM THAT SHOWS HOW WE'RE GOING TO PAY FOR THAT 200 PLUS MILLION DOLLARS CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM OVER TIME.

AND ALL THOSE PURPLE BARS REPRESENT THE AMOUNT OF DEBT FINANCING THAT WE WOULD BE DOING TO SUPPORT THAT CAPITAL PLAN.

AND AS I MENTIONED, IT'S ABOUT 50% OF THAT CIP.

SO WE'RE REALLY TAKING CERTAIN PROJECTS THAT HAVE LONG USEFUL LIVES AND IDENTIFYING THOSE AS BEING APPROPRIATE FOR DEBT FUNDING, SO WE CAN SPREAD THOSE COSTS OVER THE GENERATIONS OF RATEPAYERS THAT WILL BENEFIT FROM THOSE LONG LIVED ASSETS.

BUT THE RECURRING CAPITAL NEEDS, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE USING CASH RESOURCES FOR, LIKE OUR R AND R FUNDS, AS WELL AS OUR OPERATING CASH TO PAY FOR THOSE RENEWAL AND REPLACEMENT.

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AND SO TO SUPPORT THIS KIND OF A PLAN, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS REALLY HIGHER LEVELS OF INCREASE ON THE WATER SIDE TO SUPPORT THE DEBT SERVICE AND THOSE WATER TREATMENT PLANT EXPENDITURES THAT ARE A VERY BIG DRIVER FOR A PERIOD OF TIME AND THEN CONTINUED INDEXING AT ABOUT 5%, WHICH IS THAT NATIONAL AVERAGE OF THAT WATER AND SEWER CPI SERIES THAT I WAS SHOWING EARLIER, WHICH THE CITY HAD ADOPTED PREVIOUSLY BUT JUST HAD NOT ACTUALLY ENACTED OVER THE PAST TEN YEARS.

SO IT'S KIND OF AN APPROACH TO ADDRESS THE NEAR-TERM WATER PLANT CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT COST AND THEN RETURN TO INDEXING ON THAT AT THE EARLIEST EXTENT POSSIBLE, AND KEEPING THE SEWER JUST AT THE INDEXING PLAN.

SO THIS IS KIND OF THE FIRST QUESTION OF HOW MUCH IS NEEDED.

THE SECOND QUESTION IS HOW SHOULD THAT BE ALLOCATED? AND AS I MENTIONED, THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT COMPONENT OF OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM FOR THE WATER PLANT.

AND SO WHAT WE SAW WHEN WE LOOKED AT JUST ALLOCATING ALL OF YOUR EXPENSES BETWEEN WATER AND SEWER SERVICE, IS THAT WE SHOULD BE ALLOCATING MORE OF THE INCREASE, AS WAS SHOWN PREVIOUSLY, TO THE WATER SIDE, TO ACCOUNT FOR THOSE INCREASED EXPENDITURES OF CAPITAL, BOTH FOR THE WATER PLANT AS WELL AS FOR THE WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM THAT ARE PRESENT IN OUR FIVE AND TEN YEAR CAPITAL PLAN.

SO THIS IS IMPORTANT IN GUIDANCE FOR US TO JUST MAKE SURE WE TRY TO KEEP THESE THINGS WITHIN REASONABLE BOUNDARIES.

THEY'LL FLUCTUATE FROM YEAR TO YEAR.

BUT THIS IS WHY YOU SEE THAT HIGHER PLAN OF INCREASES ON THE WATER SIDE IS BECAUSE MORE OF OUR COSTS ARE SKEWED TOWARDS WATER, WHICH WE FOUND AS PART OF THIS ANALYSIS.

AND THE LAST QUESTION OF HOW DO WE COLLECT IT? OR HOW DO WE, YOU KNOW, DISTRIBUTE THIS REVENUE IN TERMS OF FIXED MONTHLY SERVICE CHARGES OR VARIABLE RATES.

ON THE SEWER SIDE, WE'RE NOT RECOMMENDING ANY CHANGES TO THE RATES.

IT'S REALLY FOR THE WATER SIDE WHERE WE'RE LOOKING AT MODIFICATIONS THAT WILL ACTUALLY HELP PROMOTE SOME ADDITIONAL CONSERVATION FROM HIGHER VOLUME USES.

SO INCREASE THE RATES FOR THE HIGHER TIERS OF YOUR INCLINING BLOCK USAGE.

THAT REALLY AFFECTS MORE OUTDOOR USES OR DISCRETIONARY USES, AND ENHANCES THE CONSERVATION FOR THOSE HIGHER TIERS AS WELL.

TO MAYBE CONSERVE A LITTLE BIT MORE WATER, WHICH WOULD HELP US AVOID SOME COSTS.

WE ALSO HAVE SOME MINOR MODIFICATIONS TO JUST ESTABLISH A UNIFORM VOLUMETRIC RATE FOR NON RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS AND OTHER MINOR THINGS, SUCH AS APPLYING THE BILLING CHARGE PER PER BILL RATHER THAN PER DWELLING UNIT.

SO JUST KIND OF SOME HOUSEKEEPING ITEMS I WOULD TERM IT AS PART OF THE RATE STRUCTURE MODIFICATIONS, BUT THE BIGGEST IS REALLY MAKING SURE WE CAPTURE THOSE REVENUE NEEDS THAT WE IDENTIFIED IN THE REVENUE REQUIREMENT PHASE.

AND SO THE IMPORTANT PART OF THIS IS WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO CUSTOMERS.

AND SO THIS IS WHERE WE TOOK YOUR BILLING DATA AND DID SOME EXTENSIVE ANALYSIS TO UNDERSTAND AN INCREMENTS OF MONTHLY WATER USE IN THOUSANDS OF GALLONS.

THAT'S THE COLUMN ON THE LEFT.

JUST WHAT PERCENTAGE OF BILLS ARE ISSUED AT EACH INCREMENT OF 1000 GALLONS? AND THEN CUMULATIVELY, HOW MANY BILLS DOES THAT REPRESENT? SO IF YOU LOOK AT, SAY, 2000 GALLONS, GOT ABOUT 18% OF OUR BILLS ISSUED FOR 2000 GALLONS AND CUMULATIVELY UP TO 2000 GALLONS.

THAT REPRESENTS ABOUT A THIRD OF OUR RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS USE THAT AMOUNT OR LESS.

AND AT 2000 GALLONS, THE BILL TODAY IS $43.66 FOR WATER AND SEWER SERVICE, WITH THE PROPOSED CHANGES FOR RATES FOR NEXT YEAR, THAT WOULD GO TO 4756 OR BE $3.90 WOULD BE THE INCREASE.

AND SO WE'VE KIND OF IDENTIFIED THAT AS A LOW VOLUME USER.

WE ALSO LOOKED AT, SAY, YOUR AVERAGE OR YOUR MATHEMATICAL AVERAGE AT 4000 GALLONS.

THAT ACCOUNTS FOR ABOUT 65% OF YOUR BILLS AT THAT POINT.

THAT'S THE $5 AND 58 CENT INCREASE THAT YOU CAN SEE.

AND THEN, AS I MENTIONED, AS YOU GET TO SAY, SOME HIGHER VOLUME USES, WE LOOKED AT 8000 GALLONS FOR YOUR SYSTEM BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN YOU START GETTING TO YOUR TOP 10% OF BILLS YOU CAN SEE THERE. THE INCREASE IS A BIT HIGHER.

IT'S ABOUT $13.

AND THAT'S AGAIN REFLECTIVE OF SOME MODEST RATE STRUCTURE CHANGES INTENDED TO AGAIN ENHANCE CONSERVATION AND PROMOTE CONSERVATION TO THOSE HIGHER VOLUME USES.

AND SO AS I MENTIONED, WE DO HAVE THE RATE STRUCTURE MODIFICATIONS THAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING FOR 25.

AND THEN GOING FORWARD, WE DO RECOMMEND THOSE INDEXING ADJUSTMENTS OF 15% FOR WATER THROUGH 28 AND THE 5% CONTINUING FOR SEWER THROUGH THAT SAME TIME PERIOD.

AND THEN THE WATER WOULD IN FACT DROP BACK DOWN AFTER 29 TO THE 5% IF YOU WERE TO PLAY THIS FORWARD, BUT IT WOULD BE 15% A YEAR FOR WATER, 5% FOR SEWER.

AND WE JUST WANTED TO KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS ON THE DOLLARS AT THE BOTTOM TABLE HERE.

SO YOU CAN SEE THAT INITIALLY IN THAT FIRST YEAR, THAT TYPICAL BILL, IT'S ABOUT $5.58, THEN 565.

AND YOU CAN SEE HOW THAT WOULD CHANGE BY BY EACH OF THOSE YEARS.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE DID ALSO IS JUST KIND OF PLAY THIS AGAINST THE RATE SURVEY THAT WE SHOWED INITIALLY.

AND AGAIN, THIS IS AGAINST ALL THE OTHER AGENCIES CURRENT RATES IN 2020.

FOR THE BOX ON THE RIGHT, WE JUST IDENTIFIED SOME AGENCIES THAT HAVE INCREASES.

AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE IF YOU WERE TO LOOK AT WHERE TAMARAC IS TODAY, YOU SEE THAT PEMBROKE PINES AND POMPANO BEACH ARE PRESENTLY ABOVE TAMARAC, BUT WE MAY MOVE ABOVE THEM WITH OUR 25 RATES.

WELL, ACTUALLY, THEY HAVE PROPOSED AND APPROVED RATE INCREASES THAT WE WON'T MOVE PAST THEM.

IN FACT, MANY OF THESE AGENCIES HAVE IDENTIFIED PLANS OF INCREASES.

THEY'RE FACING SIMILAR PRESSURES FOR INVESTING IN THEIR INFRASTRUCTURE, INFLATION, REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS.

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WE JUST DON'T HAVE FULL KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT ALL THOSE ARE.

SO IT'S OUR EXPECTATION THAT YOU'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO BE ONE OF THE LOWEST COST SERVICE PROVIDERS IN BROWARD COUNTY, EVEN AFTER THIS PLAN OF RATE ADJUSTMENTS.

AND THE LAST THING THAT I HAVE ARE JUST ON A COUPLE OF MISCELLANEOUS FEE ITEMS. THESE ARE FOR DIFFERENT SERVICES THAT YOU PROVIDE TO INDIVIDUAL CUSTOMERS.

THEY COULD BE TURNING ON OR TURNING OFF SERVICES, INSTALLING A NEW METER, DOING SOME TESTING OTHER THINGS.

AND THE POINT OF THIS IS THAT WHEN YOU PROVIDE THESE SPECIFIC SERVICES TO CUSTOMERS, YOU SHOULD RECOVER THE COST OF PROVIDING THEM.

THEY DON'T REPRESENT A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF YOUR ANNUAL REVENUE, BUT THESE FEES SHOULD BE REALLY AT COST SO THAT YOU'RE NOT NECESSARILY SUBSIDIZING THESE SERVICES FROM YOUR RATES THAT YOU CHARGE ON MONTHLY SERVICE.

AND SO THESE ARE REALLY KIND OF PULLING OUT YOUR CALCULATOR AND JUST IDENTIFYING WHAT'S THE LABOR TIME, THE VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT USED AND MATERIAL COST TO UNDERSTAND WHAT ARE THE ACTUAL COST OF PROVIDING THESE SPECIFIC SERVICES.

AND SO THERE'S ABOUT 45 OF THESE FEES.

THEY HAVEN'T BEEN UPDATED IN A NUMBER OF YEARS.

AND SO WE WENT THROUGH AND WORKED WITH STAFF TO IDENTIFY ALL THOSE COST COMPONENTS TO UPDATE THEM.

THERE ARE SOME THAT WENT DOWN ACTUALLY.

THE NEW SERVICE TURN ON AFTER HOURS ACTUALLY WOULD GO DOWN FROM 150 TO 115.

BUT SOME OF THE BIGGER ONES TO ME WERE JUST THE NEW CONNECTION FEES FOR A 5/8 INCH METER WITH A BOX.

THOSE ARE ONES WHERE WE'VE SEEN SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN THE COST OF METERS THE PAST FEW YEARS.

SO JUST THE COST OF THE METER AND THE BOX ITSELF FOR YOUR SYSTEM IS $600.

YET RIGHT NOW YOU'RE ONLY CHARGING $150.

SO EVERY TIME YOU'RE SETTING A NEW METER, YOU'RE BASICALLY EFFECTIVELY LOSING MONEY OR SUBSIDIZING THAT THROUGH THROUGH YOUR OTHER FUNDING SOURCES.

SO THESE ARE IMPORTANT TO JUST KIND OF GET THESE IN LINE WITH YOUR MOST CURRENT MATERIAL COSTS.

AND SO IN SUMMARY, WHAT WE FOUND WAS THAT GIVEN YOUR CURRENT CAPITAL NEEDS AND THE CURRENT COST OF OPERATIONS, YOUR EXISTING RATES AREN'T GOING TO BE SUFFICIENT TO MEET THOSE COST REQUIREMENTS BEYOND JUST A TWO YEAR TIME PERIOD.

AND THAT WOULD BE DEPLETING YOUR RESERVES.

SO WE ARE RECOMMENDING A PLAN OF FIVE YEAR ADJUSTMENTS TO FUND THOSE COST REQUIREMENTS, INCLUDING THE ISSUANCE OF DEBT FOR THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT AND SOME OF THE WELL IMPROVEMENTS. WE DO RECOMMEND SOME MODEST MODIFICATIONS TO THE RATE STRUCTURE.

NOTHING SIGNIFICANT, BUT I THINK THERE ARE SOME OPPORTUNITIES TO TO CLEAN UP SOME THINGS THAT HAVEN'T BEEN UPDATED A NUMBER OF YEARS AND THEN ALSO MAYBE FURTHER PROMOTE CONSERVATION WHILE AT THE SAME POINT IN TIME ENHANCING AFFORDABILITY BY PUTTING MORE OF THE COST BURDEN ON THOSE TIER THREE AND FOUR, AS OPPOSED TO THE LOWER VOLUME TIERS.

AND THEN WE WOULD RECOMMEND YOU JUST CONTINUE TO DO UPDATES TO YOUR FINANCIAL PLANS.

THERE'S JUST BEEN A LOT OF MOVEMENT SINCE COVID ON MATERIAL COSTS.

WE'RE SEEING CONTINUED CHANGES IN COST FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS.

SO STAYING ON TOP OF THIS, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE UPDATING THIS TO REFLECT THE LATEST INFORMATION, WILL ALLOW YOU TO MAKE ANY COURSE CORRECTIONS UP OR DOWN.

MAYBE THINGS COULD POSSIBLY COME BETTER THAN WHAT WE'RE ASSUMING.

OR MAYBE THERE'S SOME GRANT MONEY THAT COULD BE FOUND.

JUST STAYING ON TOP OF THIS WILL ALLOW YOU TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE PROVIDING THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF SERVICE AT THE LOWEST POSSIBLE COST AT ALL TIMES.

SO AND THEN THE LAST IS JUST UPDATING THOSE MISCELLANEOUS FEES JUST TO MAKE SURE WE'RE CAPTURING OUR COST OF DOING BUSINESS.

SO A LOT OF THOSE HAVEN'T BEEN UPDATED TO REFLECT THAT.

THAT'S WHAT I HAVE FOR YOU. SO HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

I'M NOT SEEING ANYBODY TURNED OVER.

OKAY. COMMISSIONER.

VILLALOBOS. THANK YOU.

MAYOR. CAN YOU JUST ELABORATE A LITTLE BIT MORE ON THE METERS? THESE ARE BRAND NEW METERS THAT WE'RE INSTALLING TO NEW RESIDENTIALS OR TYPICALLY.

YES. SO IF IT'S IF YOU'RE GOING OUT AND REPLACING AN EXISTING METER, THAT'S NOT REALLY A COST THAT YOU'RE CHARGING CUSTOMERS FOR, BECAUSE THAT'S PART OF YOUR ONGOING COST OF DOING BUSINESS AND YOUR RATES CAPTURE THAT.

THESE WOULD BE FOR SETTING A NEW METER FOR A NEW CONNECTION.

SO THAT'S WHERE YOU WOULD CHARGE THE COST OF THE METER, PUTTING THE BOX IN THE GROUND, THOSE SORTS OF ACTIVITIES.

AND JUST THE COST OF THOSE MATERIALS HAS GONE UP SIGNIFICANTLY.

BUT SO YOU'RE NOT DOING THESE VERY OFTEN.

ALL RIGHT. SO CAN YOU GO BACK A LITTLE BIT.

I JUST MOVED INTO TAMARAC.

I'M GETTING A NEW METER.

OR IS THIS FOR A NEW HOME? THIS WOULD BE FOR A NEW HOME. IT'S LIKE NEW CONSTRUCTION.

SO WE'RE NOT THE DEVELOPER IS NOT COVERING THAT COST.

YEAH, TYPICALLY, IT'S WHOEVER IS CONSTRUCTING THAT NEW DEVELOPMENT IS THE ONE THAT'S PAYING THOSE COSTS OF THE METER INSTALLATION, ALONG WITH PAYING, LIKE YOUR IMPACT FEES, FOR INSTANCE. BUT IF IT'S JUST YOU'RE MOVING INTO AN EXISTING HOME.

THAT'S JUST A NEW ACCOUNT.

TURN ON. THAT'S NOT INSTALLING A NEW METER.

SO THOSE THOSE FEES DON'T APPLY IN THAT SCENARIO.

SO THE DEVELOPERS ARE NOT PAYING THE 750.

THEY'RE PAYING THE 150.

PRESENTLY. THAT'S RIGHT.

ONE MORE. SORRY.

YOU MENTIONED PER BILL VERSUS PER DWELLING UNITS.

WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? OH, SO RIGHT NOW YOU HAVE A BILLING CHARGE THAT'S INTENDED TO CAPTURE SOME OF YOUR CUSTOMER BILLING AND METER READING COSTS.

AND SO THAT WOULD INTEND TO BE DONE EQUALLY PER BILL AS OPPOSED TO BEING APPLIED PER DWELLING UNIT.

SO WE JUST ARE RECOMMENDING YOU CLEAN THAT UP IN YOUR ORDINANCE TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE APPLYING THAT BILLING AND COLLECTIONS CHARGE PER ACCOUNT AS OPPOSED TO PER DWELLING UNIT.

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JUST FOR MULTI-FAMILY ACCOUNTS.

THANK YOU. YOU GAVE US A A DETAILED PRESENTATION HERE, BUT YOU GAVE US AN EVEN MORE DETAILED PRESENTATION DURING OUR BUDGET.

AND WHILE SOME OF US WELL, WE UNDERSTAND WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT RENEWAL REPLACEMENT, CIP FUNDING.

IF YOU WOULD, CAN YOU PLEASE SHARE WITH THE PEOPLE WHO ARE WATCHING US A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHY WE NEED THE CIP FUNDING, WHAT THE MONEY GOES TO FOR THAT FUTURE INFRASTRUCTURE? PIPES AND THEIR BENEFITS.

AND I'M NOT SURE IF THIS IS REALLY MAYBE FOR YOU OR IF IT'S GOING TOWARDS PROBABLY JOHN WOULD BE WELL SUITED TO ANSWER THAT.

I COULD START, BUT I THINK SOME OF THE BIGGEST ITEMS, BECAUSE WE PROVIDE OR WE SEND A LOT OF OUR WASTEWATER TO BROWARD COUNTY FOR TREATMENT AND DISPOSAL.

SO MUCH OF OUR CAPITAL NEEDS ARE FOCUSED ON UNDERGROUND INFRASTRUCTURE FOR OUR WASTEWATER COLLECTION SYSTEM, BUT MOSTLY ON THE WATER SIDE FOR OUR WATER TREATMENT PLANT FACILITIES, AND THEN FOR REPLACING OUR UNDERGROUND INFRASTRUCTURE, OUR WATER TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM.

AND THERE'S A NUMBER OF PROJECTS IN THE CAPITAL PLAN AROUND THAT.

BUT I THINK JOHN COULD BEST SPEAK TO MAYBE SOME OF THE DETAILS AROUND THOSE FOR YOU.

YEAH. ONE REALLY GOOD EXAMPLE IS WE RECENTLY READ, FOR THE RECORD, JOHN DOHERTY, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC SERVICES.

ONE REALLY GOOD EXAMPLE IS TAMARAC LAKE SOUTH ONE AND TWO.

WE RECENTLY REPLACED ALL THE WATER MAINS WITHIN THAT COMMUNITY AND TOOK THE WATER METERS FROM THE REAR OF THE PROPERTY TO THE FRONT OF THE PROPERTY.

AND THOSE PROJECTS GO ON ALL THE TIME.

SO WE HAVE A LOT OF PIPE BURSTING PROJECTS COMING UP WHERE WE HAVE OLD PIPE THAT'S, YOU KNOW, 2 TO 4, SIX INCHES.

WE'RE GOING TO REPLACE ALL THAT WITH EIGHT INCH WATER MAINS, PLASTIC WATER MAINS AND JUST UPGRADE OUR SYSTEM.

SO THOSE, THOSE TYPICAL PROJECTS ARE, ARE ARE THROUGHOUT OUR CIP PROGRAM.

ONE OF OUR BIG PROJECTS WE HAVE COMING UP OBVIOUSLY IS OUR WATER TREATMENT PLANT, WHICH INCLUDES A NEW FILTRATION SYSTEM.

WE HAVE OUR ARMY PROJECT THAT'S COMING UP, AND WE ALSO HAVE OUR EAST SIDE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM PROJECT COMING UP.

SO WE HAVE A LOT OF SIGNIFICANT CIP PROJECTS IN THE PIPELINE.

AND THOSE ARE JUST A FEW EXAMPLES.

THANK YOU. CITY MANAGER, YOU WANTED TO SAY.

I JUST WANTED I JUST WANTED TO ADD TO JOHN'S POINT THAT THAT, YOU KNOW, A GOOD EXAMPLE FROM, FROM RECENT HISTORY IS THE THE WATER MAIN BREAK THAT WE HAD ON 81ST STREET, AND THAT WAS A BIG WATER MAIN BREAK, AND IT JUST WAS SIMPLY FOR AGING INFRASTRUCTURE THAT CAUSED THE, THE, THE BREAK.

AND SO WE DO HAVE SOME OF THOSE THROUGHOUT THE CITY THAT NEEDS TO BE MAINTAINED AND, AND FIXED.

APPRECIATE IT GOES FOR THE EAST SIDE IS BRINGING THE FORT LAUDERDALE, THE PART THAT WE ANNEXED, BRINGING FORT LAUDERDALE ONTO TAMARAC SO THEY COULD BE PAYING OUR RATES VERSUS THE INCREASED RATES THAT ARE GOING TO BE COMING.

IT'S TO WE HAVE THE GREAT TRUCKS THAT PUBLIC SERVICES IS OUT THERE SCOPING ALL THE PIPES AND SEEING WHAT NEEDS TO BE FIXED.

WE NEED TO HAVE THE CAPITAL IN ORDER TO FIX THEM PRIOR TO THEM.

BURSTING IS THE IDEAL.

AND SO WE'RE NOT LIKE SOME OF OUR SISTER CITIES THAT ALL OF A SUDDEN BOIL WATER NOTICES ARE COMING OUT BECAUSE THERE'S MAJOR PIPE BURST ISSUES THERE.

AND SO ALSO TO MAKE SURE WE KEEP OUR WATER CLEAN AND TAKE CARE OF THE FEES AND COSTS.

SO I JUST WANTED YOU TO SHARE IT MORE THAN JUST YEAH, WE DO HAVE A VERY PROACTIVE WE DO HAVE A PROACTIVE PROGRAM.

LIKE I MENTIONED, WE HAVE SOME VERY OLD AREAS OF THE CITY WHICH EVERYONE'S FULLY AWARE OF, AND SOME OF THOSE AREAS HAVE UNDERSIZED PIPING.

SO WE'RE TRYING TO GET RID OF THAT THROUGH PIPE BURSTING.

WE'RE ALSO ADDING ADDITIONAL FIRE HYDRANTS TO PROTECT FIRE FLOW AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

SO AGAIN WE DO HAVE A VERY AGGRESSIVE CIP PROGRAM.

BEAUTIFUL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

IS THERE ANYONE ELSE? COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS.

YOU MENTIONED WE HAVE A THREE MONTH CASH FLOW AND TO POSSIBLY INCREASE IT TO SIX MONTHS, IS THIS PROPOSAL GOING TO DO THAT OR DO WE ARE WE DOING THAT SEPARATELY? SO THAT WAS REALLY A RECOMMENDATION THAT WE MADE AS PART OF THE RATE STUDY FOR SETTING RATES.

SO YOU DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO CHANGE YOUR OFFICIAL POLICY ON THAT UNLESS YOU WOULD SO DESIRE.

SO IT'S NOT SPECIFICALLY DEVELOPED AT THIS TIME.

IT'S MORE FOR PLANNING PURPOSES.

WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THINGS LIKE THE WATER MAIN BREAK OR OTHER RISKS, WE TYPICALLY WOULD WANT TO SEE MORE OF A SIX MONTH RESERVE ON HAND TO BE ABLE TO DEAL WITH THAT.

AND SO IT'S, YOU KNOW, REALLY HOW WE WANTED TO MODEL THE RATES WAS WITH THAT LEVEL OF RESERVES.

AND THAT'S CONSISTENT WITH A LOT OF THE RATING AGENCY GUIDANCE THAT YOU'LL SEE OUT THERE.

SO WE DO HAVE SOME DEBT OUTSTANDING FOR THE WATER AND SEWER SYSTEM.

AND AS WE PLAN TO ISSUE MORE DEBT, THEY LOOK MORE FAVORABLY ON UTILITIES THAT HAVE A LITTLE BIT HIGHER LEVELS OF RESERVES.

AND SO WE'RE KIND OF RIGHT AT THAT THREE MONTH MINIMUM RIGHT NOW.

SO BUILDING UP A LITTLE BIT OF RESERVES HELPS US IN A NUMBER OF WAYS, HELPS US LOWER THE INTEREST RATE ON OUR FUTURE.

BORROWING GIVES US MORE CUSHION TO DEAL WITH UNPLANNED CHANGES IN OUR CAPITAL COSTS, AS WELL AS BETTER ABILITY TO DEAL WITH JUST, YOU KNOW, EVENTS THAT WE CAN HAVE IN SOUTH FLORIDA IN TERMS OF WEATHER DISRUPTIONS OR EVEN BREAKS.

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YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU. OH, SORRY.

QUESTION. IS THERE OTHER OPTIONS? BECAUSE I'M VERY UNCOMFORTABLE WITH RAISING CUSTOMERS RATES OVER FIVE, FIVE YEARS, THEY'LL CONSTANTLY FEEL THE PAIN OF THEIR PRICES GOING UP.

YEAH. WE LOOKED AT A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT OPTIONS, AND THE ONLY WAYS THAT WE COULD DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT ON THE RATES WOULD BE TO POTENTIALLY DEFER CAPITAL COSTS BEYOND WHAT WE'VE GOT IN THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, WHICH MAY HAVE SOME CONSEQUENCES.

WE COULD TRY TO DEBT FINANCE MORE PROJECTS THAN WE'RE CASH FUNDING NOW.

HOWEVER, WE'RE KIND OF TAKING THAT TO ABOUT AS FAR AS WE CAN RELATIVE TO YOUR BORROWING CAPACITY.

SO I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT'S NECESSARILY AS VIABLE OF AN OPTION AS I THINK IT WOULD HAVE TO BE CAPITAL REDUCTIONS OR DEFERRALS, BECAUSE IN THIS WE HAVE THE CASH FLOWS JUST MATCHING. SO WE WOULDN'T NECESSARILY BE ABLE TO LOWER THE RATES WITHOUT HAVING TO CUT SOME EXPENSES SOMEWHERE.

AND IT WOULD IT WOULD HAVE TO BE CAPITAL BECAUSE THE OPERATING WE CAN'T CUT THE BROWARD COUNTY RATE THAT WE PAY FOR TREATMENT AND DISPOSAL.

SO IT GETS REAL CHALLENGING PRETTY QUICKLY TO TO FIND ANOTHER OPTION OTHER THAN THE CAPITAL, BECAUSE I JUST WANT TO GO AHEAD.

I'M SORRY. I JUST WANT TO ADD SOMETHING TO IT TO THAT WE HAVE DEBT COVENANTS FOR DEBT THAT WE HAVE ALREADY.

WE HAVE ALREADY OUTSTANDING.

AND PART OF THE COVENANT IS THAT WE SET RATE TO BE ABLE TO RECOVER OUR COSTS AND HAVE NET INCOME.

THAT'S 1.1 TO 1.5 TIMES MORE THAN THE DEBT SERVICE.

AND WE'RE CUTTING CLOSE TO THAT FOR 2025.

WE DON'T THINK WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO MEET THAT THRESHOLD.

SO IT'S IMPERATIVE THAT WE RAISE RATE NOW BECAUSE NOT ONLY THE CIP COSTS, BUT WE STAND A CHANCE OF BEING NOT BEING ABLE TO FULFILL OUR DEBT COVENANTS.

SO COULDN'T YOU EVEN WITH THE MISCELLANEOUS, IF YOU'RE ALREADY CHARGING 140 FOR NEW NEW CUSTOMERS, JUST LEAVE IT AT 140.

COULDN'T YOU FIND OTHER WAYS TO GET MONEY INSTEAD OF CUTTING THAT ONE IN PARTICULAR? THEY'RE ALREADY ACCUSTOMED TO PAYING 140.

WHY CUT IT BACK TO 115 AND THEN HAVE EVERY RESIDENT BILL REFLECT A HIGHER PRICE.

AND I ALREADY HAVE RESIDENTS COMPLAINING ABOUT THE WATER BILL.

I THINK I'VE SENT A COUPLE TO CERTAIN DEPARTMENTS JUST TO THE MISCELLANEOUS FEE IS A VERY SMALL, SMALL PORTION.

I'M JUST SAYING THAT'S JUST ONE EXAMPLE WHERE YOU COULD HAVE RETAINED THAT $25 OR WHATEVER THE DIFFERENCE IS, NOT EVEN 25.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS. IT IT IT'S AGAIN, AS CHRISTINE POINTED OUT, THE COLLECTIVE OF ALL THE 45 MISCELLANEOUS FEES IS LESS THAN 2% OF YOUR REVENUE, AND I THINK THAT ONE IS ACTUALLY ONE OF THE SMALLEST ONES IN TERMS OF NUMBER OF INSTANCES THAT WE HAVE.

SO THE METER CONNECTION FEE, THAT'S THAT'LL BE A PRETTY POSITIVE IMPACT, RIGHT? SO BUT THAT ONE IN PARTICULAR IS NOT GOING TO HAVE A MATERIAL IMPACT ON ON THE RATES.

RIGHT. THIS IS MORE AN EQUITY CONVERSATION ON A LOT OF THESE IN TERMS OF JUST CHARGING WHAT IT COSTS.

WELL, YOU'VE BEEN CHARGING 140 AND THEY'RE NEW.

THEY DON'T KNOW ANY BETTER COMPARED TO US WHO YOU'RE GOING TO NOW INCREASE OUR BILL.

AND I KNOW OUR BILL HAS MORE THAN THE EXAMPLE YOU PUT UP, BECAUSE THAT IS NOT THE TYPICAL BILL.

MORE SERVICES. RIGHT, RIGHT RIGHT, RIGHT.

YOU JUST PUT UP THE WATER PART.

CORRECT. SO I KNOW IN OUR RESIDENT CONSTANTLY SEE THAT BILL GOING UP EVERY YEAR IS GOING TO BE A PROBLEM, AND RIGHTFULLY SO BECAUSE IT'S ALREADY HIGH.

AND WE'RE SPECULATING THAT OTHER CITIES ARE GOING TO GO UP, BUT THEY'RE NOT UP.

WE'RE JUST GOING TO JUMP UP IN OUR NEIGHBORING CITY, CORAL SPRINGS AND LAUDERHILL, THEY'RE RIGHT AT THE BOTTOM.

SO THE INCREASES FOR PEMBROKE PINES AND POMPANO BEACH ARE APPROVED.

SO THOSE THOSE ARE GOING UP.

YEAH, BUT WE KNOW WE'RE NEAR.

WE'RE NEAR CORAL SPRINGS, LAUDERHILL AND SUNRISE, WHICH I SEE IS HIGH.

YEP. THE SUNRISE JUST RECENTLY CHANGED THEIRS.

OR IT'S ALWAYS BEEN HIGH.

SUNRISE HAS AN ANNUAL INDEXING PLAN.

ACTUALLY, I THINK THEY'RE GOING TO BE DOING A RATE STUDY SOON, BUT THEY ARE INCREASING THEIR RATES A COUPLE PERCENT A YEAR, 2 TO 3% EACH YEAR.

SO THEY'RE ALREADY IN THAT PROCESS OF INCREASING 2 TO 3%.

AND WE ARE INCREASING WHAT.

FIVE BECAUSE I SAW IT WELL NEAR TERM WE HAVE TO DO MORE FOR THE WATER PLAN EXPENSES.

SO WE'LL BE DOING 15 ON WATER AND FIVE ON SEWER.

1,515% INCREASE ON WATER.

THAT'S CORRECT. THAT'S HIGH.

WE HAVE A $100 MILLION WATER PLANT THAT WE HAVE TO REHABILITATE, AND IT'S ABOUT AT LEAST $2 MILLION JUST FOR THE FIRST TRANCHE OF THE ANNUAL PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST ON THAT.

IT'S I KNOW THE GOVERNMENT HAS A LOT OF INFRASTRUCTURE MONEY THAT THEY WERE GIVEN.

CAN WE GET SOME MONEY THERE? I KNOW WE'VE GOTTEN SOME IN THE PAST.

I DON'T KNOW, RELATIVE TO THE WATER PLANT REHABILITATION IF THERE'S GOING TO BE AVAILABLE GRANT FUNDS FOR THAT, I'D HAVE TO DEFER TO CHRISTINE AND OTHERS TO SEE WHAT COULD BE

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CITY MANAGER COMMISSIONER, AS YOU KNOW WE COMPETE FOR THESE FUNDS, FEDERAL FUNDS OR STATE FUNDS WITH ALL THE OTHER AGENCIES IN THE AREA.

AND AS YOU KNOW, FROM OUR CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR LEGISLATIVE REPRESENTATIVES, YOU KNOW WE ASK FOR QUITE A BIT, AND THEN WE RECEIVE VERY LITTLE.

AND SO WE DO EXHAUST ALL OUR RESOURCES FOR, FOR THESE FUNDS IN COMPETING.

BUT I JUST WANT TO ALSO MENTION THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS ENTERPRISE IS NOT FOR PROFIT.

IT'S FOR PROVIDING AN ESSENTIAL SERVICE, WATER SERVICE.

AND IT'S ONE OF OUR MOST CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURES THAT WE HAVE TO PROVIDE.

AND, YOU KNOW ANY, ANY PROBLEMS WITH THAT.

JUST LIKE THE ONES ON THAT MAIN BREAK ON 81ST THAT CAUSED LIKE A 2 OR 3 DAY DISRUPTION IS A MUCH BIGGER PROBLEM THAN THAN, YOU KNOW YOU KNOW, A RATE INCREASE, I SHOULD SAY.

AND SO WE HELD IT DOWN FOR, FOR THE PAST TEN YEARS.

AND THAT'S NOT A GOOD PRACTICE EITHER.

YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT BECAUSE NOW WE'RE PAYING THE BULK OF IT.

THAT'S A HORRIBLE PRACTICE.

WE CANNOT LET THESE, YOU KNOW, SIT FOR FOR TEN YEARS AND THEN COME BACK FOR A, FOR A MAJOR INCREASE LIKE THIS.

AND UNFORTUNATELY THAT'S THE SITUATION THAT WE'RE IN TODAY.

AND SO WE NEED TO START SOMEWHERE TO, TO START BUILDING UP OUR FUNDS AND, YOU KNOW, LEAVE IT OR MAINTAIN IT AT A, AT A SAFE LEVEL FOR US TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE SAFE DRINKING WATER.

THANK YOU. OKAY.

COMMISSIONER. VICE MAYOR. YEAH, THAT WAS MY QUESTION.

WHY HAS TAMARAC BEEN SO LOW? LIKE WHAT WAS WHAT WAS THE REASON? WELL, I THINK IF IT GOES BACK TO SOME OF THE INITIAL CONTEXT IN TERMS OF THAT OVER THE PAST TEN YEARS, YOU HAVEN'T REALLY HAD TO ADJUST YOUR RATES.

BUT SINCE 2020, WE'VE SEEN SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN OUR COST.

AND IT'S THE COST OF CAPITAL.

PROJECTS FOR MANY COMMUNITIES HAS MORE THAN DOUBLED SINCE COVID.

AND SO THAT'S JUST OUR FUNDAMENTAL COST OF INFRASTRUCTURE.

AND OPERATIONS HAS DRAMATICALLY CHANGED OVER THE LAST 2 TO 3 YEARS.

AND SO CAPITAL COST AND TIPS FOR COMMUNITIES ARE MORE THAN DOUBLE WHAT THEY USED TO BE.

GENERALLY SPEAKING, AND ALSO THE COST OF SOME OF THE KEY OPERATIONAL COMPONENTS LIKE CHEMICALS THAT I MENTIONED, ELECTRICITY AGAIN, STEMMING FROM COVID, THEY'VE JUST ALMOST DOUBLED ON FOLKS. SO IT'S JUST WE'VE HAD A FUNDAMENTAL CHANGE IN THE COST OF DOING BUSINESS THAT'S REALLY HAPPENED IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS SINCE COVID.

SO THE PAST EIGHT YEARS BEFORE THAT, THINGS WERE PRETTY STABLE RELATIVE TO SOME OF THOSE OPERATING COST CHARTS THAT I SHOWED YOU, OR COST OF PIPE AND COST OF CHEMICALS.

IT'S JUST REALLY BEEN THE LAST FEW YEARS.

IT'S BEEN ACUTE. SO YOU'VE HELD THE LINE AS LONG AS YOU COULD, BUT YOU JUST YOU'RE REALLY OUT OF AN ABILITY TO CONTINUE TO OPERATE AS THE STATUS QUO BECAUSE OF THESE NEW NORMALS ON COST. WHAT ABOUT ECONOMIES OF SCALE? BECAUSE I'M LOOKING AT THE DIFFERENT CITIES AND THEY HAVE VARYING POPULATION, LIKE DAVID KNOWS LIKE OVER 100,000 PEOPLE, WHEREAS OAKLAND PARK IS PROBABLY 50.

IS IT IS THERE BENEFITS? WHY ARE THE DIFFERENT VARIATION IN PRICING? OH, IT'S THERE'S A NUMBER OF FACTORS THAT GO INTO IT.

SO FOR SOME IT'S GOING TO DEPEND ON THE TYPE OF RATE STRUCTURE THAT THEY HAVE.

SO SOME MAY HAVE HIGHER FIXED CHARGES OR LOWER FIXED CHARGES OR DIFFERENT TIERS WHERE THEY SET THE BLOCKS.

THE OTHER IS WHERE THEY ARE IN THEIR INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING AND INVESTMENT AND HOW MUCH OF THEIR SERVICE AREA THEY SERVE.

SO DAVID DOESN'T SERVE ALL OF THEIR SERVICE AREAS.

SUNRISE. AND THERE'S SOME OTHERS THAT SERVE PARTS OF DAVIE.

SO AND THE OTHER IS WHERE THEY ARE IN THEIR INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDING.

SO DAVIE HAS A LOT OF DEBT FOR THE AMOUNT OF INFRASTRUCTURE THAT THEY HAVE.

SO THEY'RE VERY THEY'RE PRETTY HIGHLY LEVERAGED RIGHT NOW.

SO THAT'S WHY THEIR RATES ARE A LITTLE BIT HIGHER.

SO EVERY UTILITY ON HERE HAS A BIT OF A DIFFERENT STORY IN TERMS OF WHERE THEY ARE IN THOSE DYNAMICS.

BUT FORT LAUDERDALE IS NOW TACKLING THEIR WATER PLAN ISSUES, AND SO THEY'RE GOING TO BE EMBARKING ON A SOMEWHAT SIMILAR JOURNEY, AS IS CORAL SPRINGS WITH THEIR WATER PLANT IMPROVEMENTS. YOU KNOW, THEY'RE DOING THOSE INCREASES OF 9.5% FOR WATER FOR THE NEXT FEW YEARS, AND THE RATE STUDY THAT WAS DONE FOR THEM ACTUALLY SHOWED THAT GOING EVEN BEYOND THAT. SO WE'RE JUST EVERYBODY'S AT A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.

TIMING IS ONE OF THE BIG DRIVERS ON WHEN THEY'RE INVESTING IN THE CAPITAL AND THEN HOW HOW MUCH IT'S COSTING THEM.

OKAY. SO YOU'RE SAYING IF WE DO IT NOW, IT'S GOING TO BE A LITTLE STING, AS IF WE WAIT LONGER.

IT'LL BE LIKE A BIG CUT.

THE LONGER YOU WAIT, IT'S GOING TO BE WORSE.

OKAY. THESE THE CAPITAL COSTS, YOU KNOW, WHILE THE PACE OF INCREASE HAS STABILIZED, IT'S STILL GOING UP.

AND I THINK WE'RE EVEN SEEING THAT IN SOME OF THE NUMBERS NOW IN THE CIP.

SO THE LONGER WE WAIT, THE HARDER THIS IS GOING TO BE.

OKAY. THANKS.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER DANIEL.

SO CAN WE SPREAD IT OUT LONGER AND SAY, OKAY, YOU START OFF WITH A 2% INCREASE AND A THREE AND SPREAD IT OUT.

INSTEAD OF 4 OR 5 YEARS, SPREAD IT OUT TO 8 OR 10.

SINCE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE FUTURE BRING, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT FUTURE GRANTS WE CAN GET.

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WELL, I THINK THE CHALLENGE WE HAVE THERE IS THE ORDER OF MAGNITUDE OF THE EXPENSE FOR THE WATER PLANT IN PARTICULAR.

IT'S SO BIG THAT EVEN IF IT WEREN'T TO BE 100 MILLION, IF IT WAS GOING TO BE 85 MILLION, WE STILL HAVE TO RAISE RATES TO START COVERING THE COST OF IT.

RIGHT. I WAS JUST SAYING, INSTEAD OF IT BEING SO IMPACTFUL, SPREAD IT OUT SOME MORE WHERE IT'S NOT THAT NOTICEABLE WHEN PEOPLE ARE COMPLAINING ABOUT THE MONEY IN THEIR POCKET.

YEAH. IF THE ONLY WAY THAT WE COULD DO THAT COMMISSIONER WOULD BE IS IF THERE WAS A WAY TO SOMEHOW DEFER THE TIMING OF THE WATER PLANT.

AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S AN OPTION, A VIABLE OPTION.

SO, I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW THE COST OF EACH BRACKET, BUT YOU'D HAVE TO LOOK AT THE COST OF EACH BRACKET AND THE PRIORITY.

WHAT DOES THE PRIORITY COST AND WHAT'S THE BARE MINIMUM YOU CAN DO THE FIRST YEAR? THE SECOND YEAR AND SO FORTH.

YEAH. AND PART OF WHAT WE DID WITH THE RATE STUDY IS THAT WE SAT DOWN AND WE DID THE MODEL.

WHAT IF? AND WE KEPT CHANGING THE PERCENTAGES, CHANGING THE PERCENTAGES TO SEE WHAT THE LOWEST PERCENTAGE INCREASE THAT WE CAN USE TO TO RAISE THE RATE.

SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE DID.

WE LOOKED HIGH AND LOW.

WE LOOK AT WHAT OUR OUR BOND COMPLIANCE FACTORIES.

WE LOOKED AT LOW IN THE CIP.

WE LOOK AT THE CIP AND AT THE END.

THIS IS WHAT WE CAME UP WITH, WITH THE BOSS AS THE BEST POSSIBLE MODEL FOR FOR THE RATE INCREASE.

WE'VE ALREADY, WITHIN THIS PLAN, DEFERRED SOME OF THE CAPITAL, ASSUMED A LOWER SPENDING RATE IN THE NEAR TERM ON THE DISTRIBUTION PROJECTS TO TRY TO KEEP THE RATES AS LOW AS POSSIBLE. TO CHRISTINE'S POINT.

SO THE RESERVE TARGET.

WE STAY AT THE THREE MONTHS FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS.

WE DON'T GET TO EVEN THAT SIX MONTH TARGET FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS.

I MEAN, COMMISSIONER, WE WE REALLY TRIED TO WORK THESE NUMBERS AS MUCH AS WE COULD, BUT THAT'S AGAIN WHY MAYBE IN A COUPLE OF YEARS YOU COULD COME BACK AND LOOK AT THIS TO SAY, WELL, MAYBE IF SOMETHING HAS CHANGED POSITIVELY, MAYBE THERE IS A NEW FEDERAL GRANT PROGRAM OR SOMETHING, YOU COULD COME BACK IN AND AMEND THE PLAN.

BUT WITH WHAT WE SEE RIGHT NOW, THIS IS AS LOW AS WE SEE THAT YOU NEED TO GET STARTED WITH.

BUT MAYBE WE COULD GET SOME GOOD NEWS LATER ON.

BUT THAT'S WHY WE WOULD RECOMMEND YOU DO THE UPDATE PROCESS TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT ALL CHANGES, BOTH BOTH GOOD AND BAD, AND UNFORTUNATELY AND JUST AND JUST TO POINT OUT THAT WE HAD WE HAD CONTRACTED WITH WITH STANTEC IN 2020 TO DO THE RATE STUDY IN 2020.

BUT THEN COVID HAPPENED, AND BECAUSE OF COVID, WE HAD TO REALLY NOT DO THE RATE STUDY BECAUSE OF THE POTENTIAL THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE RATE INCREASES WHILE COVID WAS HAPPENING. SO, YOU KNOW, IT CAME TO A POINT LAST YEAR WHEN WE LOOK AT THE NUMBERS THAT THEY WERE NOT SUSTAINABLE.

THESE NUMBERS ARE NOT SUSTAINABLE.

WE ARE GOING IN THE WRONG DIRECTION.

SO WE HAD TO FINALLY JUST DO THE RIGHT STUDY TO.

GOTCHA. MAYOR, I JUST WANT TO EMPHASIZE.

AND CHRISTINE, PLEASE CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT THESE RATES THEY'RE GOING TO COME TO YOU EVERY YEAR FOR, FOR APPROVAL. SO WE'LL BE CONSIDERING THIS OR WE'LL BE HAVING THIS CONVERSATION EVERY YEAR FOR THE BUDGET PROCESS.

AND I'LL JUST ADD THAT CONSTRUCTION COSTS AREN'T GOING DOWN.

THEY'RE CONTINUING TO INCREASE.

I MEAN, DAILY, MONTHLY.

AND IF WE CONTINUE TO PUSH THESE PROJECTS OUT, WE'RE JUST GOING TO PAY MUCH, MUCH MORE FOR THESE PROJECTS INTO THE FUTURE.

THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER.

YEAH, JUST ONE THING.

I JUST WANT TO ENCOURAGE OUR RESIDENTS THAT ARE WATCHING, THAT WILL BE WATCHING AND INFORMATION WILL BE SHARED WITH THAT.

YOU KNOW, JUST USE LESS WATER IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT $5 TO $14 ON HIGH USAGE.

I'M ASSUMING THE $5 ARE CONDOS, RIGHT? MOST LIKELY, AND I'M ASSUMING THAT THE HIGH USAGE ARE YOUR LARGER HOMES WHERE YOU HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THERE.

YOU KNOW, WHEN I TURN MY WATER ON, I'LL BE HONEST.

I LIKE TO TAKE A HOT SHOWER RIGHT BEFORE I TURN THE COLD ON.

I BLAST THAT THING OUT FOR ABOUT A COUPLE OF MINUTES.

WHAT I START DOING? JUST LESS WATER.

SO I THINK US.

US DOING OUR PART.

ME DOING MY PART WILL LOWER MY BILL.

SO MY BILL WILL INCREASE $7.

WELL, HOW DO I REDUCE THAT $7? AND IT'S BY THE USAGE.

INSTEAD OF LETTING THE WATER RUN, SHUT IT OFF.

BRUSHING YOUR TEETH. SHUT IT OFF.

SO I JUST WANT TO ENCOURAGE THAT.

BUT ALSO DEFERRING THE WATER PLANT INFRASTRUCTURE.

DEFINITELY NOT.

I DRINK THE WATER FROM THE TAP.

I FOR ME, IT'S FINE.

I'VE SENT IT OFF TO HOME DEPOT.

THEY'RE THERE. THEY SAID, YOU KNOW, IT'S GOOD.

IT'S GOOD WATER. IT'S NO DIFFERENT THAN SOME WATERS THAT ARE IN PLASTIC BOTTLES THAT ARE ACTUALLY WORSE.

SO THAT'S ALL I WANTED TO SHARE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

AND THANK YOU. ALONG THOSE LINES WE CAN'T KICK THE CAN DOWN ANY FURTHER FOR THAT WATER TREATMENT PLANT THAT WE NEED.

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IT AFFECTS OUR WATER.

IT AFFECTS OUR INFRASTRUCTURE.

IT AFFECTS THE ABILITY TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR HOMES HAVE THE WATER THAT THEY NEED TO DRINK AND TO BATHE IN.

ALSO, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU SAW THAT FORT LAUDERDALE HAS A 25% INCREASE THIS YEAR.

POTENTIALLY. THEY'RE BUILDING THEIR NEW WATER TREATMENT PLANT AND THEY'RE BUILDING IT RIGHT BY OUR PARK, IF I'M CORRECT, UP BY CAPRAROLA.

IS THAT THE AREA? IT'S OFF OF PROSPECT.

PROSPECT LAKE. RIGHT.

THAT'S GOING TO AFFECT OUR RESIDENTS AS WELL THAT ARE STILL IN FORT LAUDERDALE WATER.

AND THE LONGER WE.

IT'S SOMETHING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ALL PAYING FOR EVERYBODY TO BE ABLE TO HELP KEEP THE WATER RATES LOW, FOR EVERYBODY TO ENJOY AND LEARN HOW TO CONSERVE WHERE WE NEED TO. BUT IF THESE PIPES BURST, IT'S NOT EVEN COST OF CONSTRUCTION FOR BUILDING THE NEW INFRASTRUCTURE.

IT'S THE COST OF HOW MUCH IT'S GOING TO TAKE US TO REPAIR IT.

IT WILL BE MUCH MORE THAN THE OCCASIONAL HOOKUPS OF NEW METERS WHEN WE APPROVE NEW RESIDENTS OR NEW OCCUPANCY, AND THE RARE OCCASION WHERE SOMEBODY'S METER GOES OUT AND WE HAVE TO REDO IT.

NOBODY LIKES WE NEVER LIKE TO INCREASE, WHICH HAS BEEN PART OF THE PROBLEM THAT WE'VE HAD IS WE TRY TO DO RIGHT BY OUR RESIDENTS.

WE'RE KIND OF LIKE CONDOS RIGHT NOW.

WE DIDN'T WANT TO INCREASE THE FEES ON SOME OF OUR CONDOS, BUT GUESS WHAT? OUR CONDOS ARE HAVING A LOT OF TROUBLE BECAUSE THEY NEVER INCREASE THE FEES.

THEY DIDN'T GET THE RESERVE MONEY THAT THEY NEEDED, AND NOW THEY HAVE A LOT MORE TO PAY FOR INSURANCE AND A LOT MORE TO PAY FOR FIXING THEIR ROOFS, AND A LOT MORE TO PAY FOR THEIR ELEVATORS, AND A LOT MORE TO PAY FOR THIS, THIS, THIS AND THIS.

PLANNING IS HARD.

AND WE'RE TRYING TO DO WHAT YOU'VE YOU'VE GATHERED THE NUMBERS FOR US AND MADE SURE THAT THIS IS THE LEAST PAINFUL WAY TO BE ABLE TO EASE PAIN THAT WE WILL HAVE IF WE DON'T FIX THE TRAJECTORY WE'VE BEEN ON.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK.

THANK YOU. OKAY, COMMISSIONER.

I'M SORRY. THIS IS FOR JOHN.

I HAD READ A STUDY A WHILE AGO THAT EVEN THOUGH WATER PLANTS ARE PRETTY GOOD WITH FILTERING OUT MOST OF EVERYTHING.

BLOOD THE NASTY STUFF.

EVERYTHING. HOW GOOD IS OUR WATER PLANS WHEN IT COMES TO NARCOTICS? WHEN PEOPLE ARE FLUSHING DOWN NARCOTICS THROUGH THEIR WHETHER THEY'RE, YOU KNOW.

YEAH. OUR WASTEWATER IS TREATED BY BROWARD COUNTY.

SO IF SOMEONE'S FLUSHING THOSE THINGS, IT GOES TO THE BROWARD COUNTY PLANT OFF THE ROAD.

AND THAT GOES THROUGH THEIR TREATMENT PROCESS.

WE DON'T HAVE OUR OWN WASTEWATER TREATMENT IN THE CITY OF TAMARAC.

WE JUST PUMP EVERYTHING TO BROWARD COUNTY.

AND AS WE MENTIONED EARLIER, THOSE FEES ARE GOING UP DRASTICALLY FOR BROWARD COUNTY TO PROCESS THAT WASTEWATER FOR US.

GOT IT. THANK YOU. AND WE CAN WORK ON A NEW PROGRAM TO BE ABLE TO HAVE MEDICATIONS COLLECTED MAYBE A LITTLE BIT MORE OFTEN.

SO WE HAVE IT ONCE OR TWICE A YEAR, BUT MAYBE WE COULD FIGURE SOMETHING OUT SO PEOPLE AREN'T FLUSHING THINGS DOWN THE TOILET.

SO ON THAT NOTE, THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.

YOU'RE WELCOME. WE ARE NOW GOING TO EARLY LEARNING COALITION PRESENTATION.

[1.b Early Learning Coalition Presentation Requested by Commissioner Kicia Daniel Presented by Ancel Pratt, III Sen/or Director of Common/cations & Outreach of Early Learning Coalition of Broward County, Inc.]

GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN. GREETINGS, EVERYONE.

MADAM MAYOR. LET'S DO THAT.

AGAIN. GREETING, MADAM MAYOR, MR. CITY MANAGER, COMMISSIONERS AND STAFF.

AND THE THIRD SENIOR DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS AND OUTREACH AT THE EARLY LEARNING COALITION OF BROWARD.

SO WE THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO PRESENT TODAY.

FIRST, MY INTENTIONS TODAY IS AIMED AT THREE THINGS ONE TO INFORM SOME AND REMIND OTHERS ABOUT THE STATE OF FLORIDA'S SUBSIDIZED CHILD CARE PROGRAM, CALLED THE SCHOOL READINESS, THAT'S ADMINISTERED BY THE EARLY LEARNING COALITION OF BROWARD COUNTY.

AND ALSO TELL YOU ABOUT THE IMPACT THAT IT'S HAVING ON THE TAMARAC RESIDENTS.

SECONDLY, SEEK YOUR SUPPORT WITH PROMOTING THIS PROGRAM TO MORE ELIGIBLE RESIDENTS SO THEY CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT FOR THOSE WHO MAY QUALIFY.

AND THEN LASTLY, REQUEST THAT THE CITY OF TAMARAC MAIER CONSIDERATION FOR PARTICIPATING IN THE SCHOOL READINESS MATCH TO ENHANCE THE NUMBER OF FAMILIES THAT WE DO HAVE THE ABILITY TO SERVE.

NOW, FOR THOSE WHO MAY NOT KNOW, THE SCHOOL READINESS OR SUBSIDIZED CHILD CARE PROGRAM HAS BEEN SUPPORTING FAMILIES IN TAMARAC AND THE GREATER BROWARD COUNTY AREA FOR A LITTLE OVER 23 YEARS, ABOUT A LITTLE OVER 20 YEARS.

FOR MANY OF THOSE YEARS, IT WAS ADMINISTERED BY OUR SUB RECIPIENT, WHICH IS FAMILY CENTRAL.

I'M NOT SURE IF MANY OF SOME OF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH THEM.

WITH THAT, IN THE LAST PROGRAM YEAR THAT WE HAVE NUMBERS FOR.

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THAT EQUATED TO $3.6 MILLION IN SUBSIDIES THAT THEIR PARENTS SAVED, THAT THEY DID NOT HAVE TO PAY ON CHILD CARE, AND THAT IMPACTED 461 CITY OF TAMARAC HOUSEHOLDS.

NOW, THE EOC OF BROWARD COUNTY EMPLOYEES VARIOUS MARKETING STRATEGIES, INCLUDING SOCIAL MEDIA, ONLINE ADVERTISING, AND PARTICIPATING IN VARIOUS COMMUNITY EVENTS TO HELP RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT THE PROGRAM.

WE PREVIOUSLY COLLABORATED WITH OTHER MUNICIPALITIES TO PROMOTE THE PROGRAM THROUGH THEIR SOCIAL MEDIA PAGE AND ALSO DIGITAL NEWSLETTER, SO WE WELCOME SUGGESTIONS FROM THE CITY MANAGER AND THE COMMISSION ON ADDITIONAL WAYS WE CAN EFFECTIVELY PROMOTE THE PROGRAM.

SO THAT WAY, THOSE WHO MAY QUALIFY DO HAVE THE ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO APPLY FOR THESE SERVICES.

NOW, EOC ALSO RECEIVES A BASE ALLOCATION FROM THE STATE OF FLORIDA FOR A BUDGET OF $88 MILLION FOR SCHOOL READINESS FUNDS.

HOWEVER, THAT FALLS DRASTICALLY SHORT OF ALLOWING US TO MEET ALL THE FULL NEEDS.

WE DO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DRAW DOWN ON ADDITIONAL FEDERAL FUNDS FROM THE COMMUNITY SERVICE BLOCK GRANT ON A DOLLAR FOR DOLLAR BASIS ON A MATCH BASIS.

SO LAST YEAR WE RAISED 4.1 MILLION IN LOCAL FUNDS, ENABLING US TO SECURE AN ADDITIONAL 4.1 MILLION FROM THE STATE OF FLORIDA.

SO CURRENTLY, THERE ARE 20 OUT OF THE 29 MUNICIPALITIES IN BROWARD COUNTY THAT PARTICIPATE IN THE SCHOOL READINESS MATCH PROGRAM, CONTRIBUTING ANYTHING FROM THE RANGE OF $1,000 TO UP TO $75,000.

SO CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE CITY INCUR NO ADMINISTRATIVE FEES, WITH THE FULL AMOUNT BEING USED TO SUBSIDIZE CHILDCARE COSTS FOR TAMARAC CHILDREN.

SO, IN CONCLUSION, WE HOPE TO ESTABLISH A STRONG PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY OF TAMARAC FOR YEARS TO COME.

WORKING WITH YOU TO HELP US WITH RAISING THE AWARENESS ABOUT THE SCHOOL READINESS PROGRAM AND ANY OTHER SERVICES THAT THE EOC OF BROWARD COUNTY OFFER.

WE WE ALSO WANT TO EARN YOUR SUPPORT TO HELP US WITH DRAWING DOWN ON ADDITIONAL FEDERAL FUNDS ON A DOLLAR FOR DOLLAR BASIS BY CONTRIBUTING TO THE SCHOOL READINESS MATCH PROGRAM.

AND AGAIN, I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU ALL MAY HAVE.

AND AGAIN, WITH THE INTENTIONS OF HOPING TO KICK OFF A STRONG PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN ELC, BREWER AND THE CITY OF TAMARAC.

QUESTIONS. THANK YOU.

MICHIGAN. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? YEAH. HE DOES.

BUT OKAY. OKAY.

THANK YOU, MAYOR, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.

YOU SAID MAY QUALIFY.

WHAT ARE THE QUALIFICATIONS.

SO QUALIFICATIONS ARE A IT IS AN INCOME BASED PROGRAM SET BY THE STATE OF FLORIDA.

SO THE INCOME LEVEL TO BE ABLE TO ENTER THIS PROGRAM IS 150% OF THE FEDERAL POVERTY LEVEL.

THE PARENTS MUST BE WORKING OR IN SCHOOL OR HAVE A DOCUMENTED DISABILITY.

SO TO GIVE A LITTLE CONTEXT TO THAT.

A FAMILY OF FOUR, THE MAXIMUM INCOME THEY HAVE THEY CAN MAKE TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THIS PROGRAM IS ABOUT 46,800.

NOW, ONCE THEY ENTER THE PROGRAM, THEY CAN ACTUALLY GO UP TO 200% PERCENT BEFORE THEY PHASE OUT OF BEING ELIGIBLE FOR THE PROGRAM.

AS OF RIGHT NOW, WE KNOW THAT THOSE NUMBERS ARE ACTUALLY LOW.

BUT AND THIS IS ONE OF OUR ADVOCACY POINTS, WHENEVER WE GO TO TALLAHASSEE, WE'RE ALWAYS ADVOCATING THAT, LISTEN, WE WORK WITH WE CONNECT AND WORK WITH A LOT OF FAMILIES THAT MAKE JUST MORE THAN WHAT THAT THRESHOLD IS, BUT STILL CAN USE THE HELP.

I THINK RIGHT NOW, THE BIG FOCUS AND FOR THOSE WHO PARTICIPATE IN BROWARD DAYS AND GO TO TALLAHASSEE, I MAY WANT TO CONNECT WITH YOU ALL BEFORE YOU GO UP THERE.

THE BIG FOCUS NOW, LED BY SENATOR GRAW, IS REALLY TRYING TO SEE MAKING SURE THAT EACH COUNTY'S COALITION ARE FUNDED REALLY MORE EQUITABLY. THAT'S MAKING SURE THAT WE TAKE CARE OF THE EXISTING NEEDS TO SEE BEFORE WE CAN KIND OF RAISE THE THRESHOLD LEVEL.

SO THAT'S WHERE WE ARE NOW.

BROWARD HAS BEEN DRASTICALLY UNDERFUNDED FOR VARIOUS YEARS.

SO FOR THOSE WHO MAY BE FAMILIAR WITH FAMILY CENTRAL AND MAY HAVE KNEW ABOUT THIS PROGRAM FOR THE BETTER PART OF, YOU KNOW, ALMOST 20 YEARS.

ELC PEOPLE WHO GOT THE SERVICE, THEY WERE LIKE, THIS IS A GODSEND.

THIS IS AMAZING.

BUT THE WAIT WAS KILLER.

YOU'RE TALKING BETWEEN 12 TO 18 MONTH WAIT JUST TO BE ELIGIBLE.

NOT BECAUSE ELC DIDN'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO PROCESS SOMEONE APPLICATION TO GET THEM INTO SERVICE.

WE ONLY RECEIVED SLOT FUNDING FOR A CERTAIN NUMBER OF FAMILIES.

SO AS THIS IS A REVOLVING DOOR OF FAMILIES THAT ARE COMING IN EVERY MONTH, SOME ARE DROPPING OUT BECAUSE OF ELIGIBILITY MOVING AWAY, YOU KNOW.

SO EACH MONTH WE MAY HAVE BACK THEN WE WERE HAVING ABOUT 10,000 FAMILIES OR KIDS.

THAT WAS IN OUR ROLE.

AND EVERY MONTH WHEN WE GO THROUGH REDETERMINATION, SOME FAMILIES MAKE A LITTLE EXTRA MONEY SO THEY NO LONGER QUALIFY FOR THE PROGRAM.

THEY DROP OUT. SO WE'RE BASICALLY JUST REPLACING THOSE DROPS.

AND THAT'S THE REASON WHY FOR MANY YEARS THERE WAS A LONG WAITLIST.

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SO WE START ENROLLING KIDS OFF THE WAITLIST.

SO THAT'S THE REASON WHY SINCE 2019, WE INCREASED FROM ABOUT 10,000 KIDS.

THAT'S ON OUR MONTH TO MONTH ROSTER TO BEING OVER 16,000 NOW.

THE ONLY THING IS, WHEN WE GOT THE FUNDING, WE DIDN'T GET ALL THE FUNDING THAT WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF THAT.

THE PROVISION THAT THE CITY EXCUSE ME, THAT THE STATE LEGISLATURE MADE IS THEY SAY, I TELL YOU WHAT, WE'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU A BASE BUDGET, BUT WE'RE ALSO GOING TO SET ASIDE SOME FEDERAL DOLLARS WHERE IF YOU RAISE LOCAL MONEY, WE'RE GOING TO MATCH THAT DOLLAR FOR DOLLAR.

SO THROUGH OUR BROWARD COUNTY CHILDREN'S SERVICES BOARD, THROUGH OUR CHILDREN'S SERVICES COUNCIL ABROAD, AND THROUGH THE SUPPORT OF MANY OF THE MUNICIPALITIES WHO CONTRIBUTE, THAT'S HOW WE ARE ABLE TO RAISE THE FUNDS, TO BE ABLE TO HAVE MORE BE ABLE TO SUPPORT MORE FAMILIES WITH THE SYSTEM.

SO MY THING IS, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE I COME HERE TO LET YOU KNOW THIS IS A SERVICE THAT IS HEAVILY USED IN YOUR CITY, AND JUST MAKE SURE YOU'RE AWARE.

ALLOW YOU TO HELP US WITH CONTINUING TO PROMOTE IT TO MORE RESIDENTS.

AND THEN WHEN THE TIME COME IN TALLAHASSEE, HELP US ADVOCATE FOR MORE FUNDS TO MAKE SURE THAT BROWARD CAN TAKE CARE OF MORE BROWARD FAMILIES THAT MAY NEED THE SERVICES AND THAT MEET THE EXISTING QUALIFICATIONS WITHOUT HAVING TO RAISE THE THE THRESHOLD.

THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND DEFINITELY I ENCOURAGE THIS COMMISSION TO DO THAT.

YOUR RECOMMENDATION BY BEING ABLE TO PARTNER WITH YOU.

AND THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER DANIEL, FOR BRINGING THIS UP.

I THINK WELL, I DON'T I DON'T THINK I KNOW OUR FUTURE DEPENDS ON OUR CHILDREN AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY ARE ABLE TO LEARN AND HAVE THE ACCESS, ACCESSIBILITY TO A LOT OF THE PROGRAMS THAT ARE OFFERED, INCLUDING FOOD AND SHELTER AND EVERYTHING, TRANSPORTATION, EVERYTHING ELSE.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

AND LOOKING FORWARD TO SUPPORTING THIS.

OH, ONE THING I ALMOST FORGOT TO MENTION IN THE CITY OF TAMARAC, YOU ALSO HAVE 16 CHILDCARE SMALL BUSINESSES THAT PARTNER WITH US. WITH THAT, THEY ACTUALLY OUT OF THAT 3.6 MILLION, THEY ACTUALLY RECEIVED 3.26 MILLION IN SUBSIDIES THIS PAST FISCAL YEAR.

IF YOU LOOK IN THE BACK, THERE IS A HANDOUT THAT HAS A SHORT LIST, THE SHORT LIST THAT YOU SEE.

I KNOW IT'S A MAGNIFYING GLASS ON THAT.

I'M SORRY. MY APOLOGY ON THAT.

THE SHORT LIST IS A BREAKDOWN OF ALL OF THE SUBSIDIES, ALL OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC CHILDCARE CENTERS, AND THE AMOUNT OF KIDS THEY RECEIVE SUBSIDY FROM.

NOW, KEEP IN MIND THAT SHORT LIST MAY NOT NECESSARILY BE ALL KIDS FROM TAMARAC.

IT MAY BE KIDS FROM POMPANO SUNRISE WHOSE PARENTS MAY WORK OVER HERE IN TAMARAC.

AND IT'S MORE CONVENIENT FOR THEM.

THE LONGER LIST THAT THE TEST IS A LITTLE SMALL TOO.

THIS IS WHERE ALL OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC KIDDOS ARE GOING, AND THEY'RE ALL THROUGHOUT BROWARD COUNTY, BECAUSE TYPICALLY WHAT YOU WILL SEE IS FAMILIES MAY EITHER HAVE THE KIDS GO TO A CHILD CARE CENTER, EITHER CLOSE TO HOME OR CLOSE TO WHERE THEY WORK.

SO IF SOMEONE WORKS IN DOWNTOWN OR THEY WORK IN MIRAMAR, TAMARAC, LIKELY THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE THEIR KIDS GO THERE.

SO THE POINT IS, IS THAT IT'S A DOUBLE WHAMMY.

ONE IS ECONOMIC RELIEF TO A LOT OF THE HOUSEHOLDS THAT ARE OUT THERE.

PLUS, IT'S ALSO STIMULATING THE ECONOMY THROUGH SUPPORTING THE CHILDCARE, SMALL BUSINESSES TO THE TUNE OF $3.2 MILLION TO SUPPORT THEM IN ABOUT, I THINK THEY SAY AN ESTIMATED WE HAVE ABOUT 150 EARLY LEARNING EDUCATORS THAT BENEFIT FROM THESE SUBSIDIES.

THANK YOU. YOU'RE DONE.

NO, I JUST WANT TO JUMP ON THAT AND IT'LL BE MY LAST QUESTION.

WHY DO THE PROVIDERS IN TAMARAC, HOW COME SOME OF THEM GET A MATCH AND SOME DON'T? WHAT DO YOU MEAN, SUBSIDIES OR KIDS? SO SOMETIMES IT MAY BE BASED OFF OF CAPACITY.

SO IT MAY BE. SO IT ALL DEPENDS ON HOW LARGE THE CITY IS, HOW MANY TEACHERS THEY HAVE, HOW MANY CLASSROOMS THEY ARE ABLE TO ACCEPT.

BUT WHAT WE DO IS IF A FAMILY COMES TO US AND THEY QUALIFY, THEY BASICALLY GET A CERTIFICATE AND THEY CAN GO TO ANY OF THE PARTNERING CHILDCARE CENTERS.

THAT MAKES SENSE FOR THEM.

SO WE DON'T TELL THEM WHERE TO GO.

WE JUST SAY, WE'LL GIVE THIS TO YOU.

AND AS LONG AS THEY PARTNER WITH ELC, THEY GO THERE.

SO SOMETIMES IT MAY BE JUST A MATTER OF CAPACITY.

IT MAY BE A MATTER OF CONVENIENCE, BECAUSE A PARENT MAY WORK SOMEWHERE ELSE AND WANT THE CHILD TO BE ABLE TO GO THERE, BUT MOST OF THE TIME IT'S REALLY BASED OFF OF CAPACITY AT THE CHILDCARE CENTER.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER DANIEL.

OH YOU'RE NOT. NO, NO.

I'M SORRY. NO. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.

AND THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO.

BUT YOU'RE ASK IS FOR US TO MATCH THE DOLLARS.

WHATEVER WE GIVE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, THE GOVERNOR WILL MATCH.

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SO THERE'S GOING TO BE A COUPLE OF PARTS TO THIS RELATIONSHIP.

FIRST, I WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE AWARE OF THIS.

I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE WORKING TOGETHER TO PROMOTE THE SERVICE, BECAUSE WHETHER YOU CONTRIBUTE ANYTHING OR NOT, WE'RE GOING TO STILL WE STILL HAVE TO DO THE WORK.

WHAT I'M SHARING WITH YOU IS THAT THE WAY THAT WE'RE ABLE TO SUPPORT THE NUMBER OF FAMILIES WE DO NOW IS BECAUSE WE DO RAISE ADDITIONAL LOCAL DOLLARS TO HELP US WITH BEING ABLE TO RAISE MORE FAMILIES.

SO FAMILIES, FAMILIES ARE SEEING ABOUT A 3 TO 4 WEEK WAIT TIME AS OPPOSED TO, LIKE I SAID YEARS AGO, WHERE IT USED TO BE ABOUT 12 MONTHS.

BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT AS SOON AS SOMEONE REGISTERED, THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO RECEIVE SERVICES, AND WE HAVE TO DO THAT THROUGH SOME OF THE LOCAL DOLLARS.

WHAT WE SAY IS THAT WE UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE TONS OF DEMANDS THAT ARE PULLING ON YOUR BUDGET, SO WE JUST LET EVERYONE KNOW THIS IS WHAT'S GOING ON.

THIS IS HOW IT'S IMPACTING THE RESIDENTS.

IF THERE IS A GRANT PROCESS, IF THERE IS SOMETHING WE WOULD LOVE TO BE CONSIDERED AND LOVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO PRESENT OURSELVES AS ONE OF THE NONPROFITS TO BE CONSIDERED. IF NOT, WE JUST KEEP BUYING OUR TIME, BUT WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO DO THE WORK.

SO THIS IS A MULTI-STEP THING.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE LETTING THE RESIDENTS KNOW ABOUT THE SERVICES FIRST, PROMOTING THAT.

LET US KNOW WHEN THE CITY IS HOSTING DIFFERENT EVENTS THAT MAY MAKE SENSE FOR US TO HAVE A TABLE OUT THERE GIVING AWAY FREE BOOKS OR SHARING SOME OF THE OTHER RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE. AND THEN AGAIN, IF THERE EVER DOES COME A OPPORTUNITY TO APPLY FOR A GRANT, IF THAT DOES EXIST, WE WOULD LOVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO THROW OUR HAT IN THE RING.

I WAS HELPING YOU OUT TO GET SOME MONEY, WENT ON.

BUT ONE THING I CAN SAY ABOUT THE PROGRAM THAT I LOVE AND EVERY FAMILY CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF, REGARDLESS OF INCOME IS THE VP-K PROGRAM THAT IF YOU HAVE A FOUR YEAR OLD.

REGARDLESS, THIS PROGRAM WILL PAY FOR YOUR FOUR YEAR OLD TO BE TRAINED BY A CERTIFIED TEACHER FOR FREE, AND YOU COULD TAKE THE CERTIFICATE TO A PRIVATE SCHOOL, PUBLIC SCHOOL, ANY SCHOOL. SO THAT'S ONE PROGRAM THAT DOES IMPACT EVERY RESIDENT THAT HAS A FOUR YEAR OLD CHILD.

THE SCHOOL READINESS PROGRAM.

UNFORTUNATELY, THAT ONE IS BASED ON INCOME, AND I DON'T KNOW WHO CAN LIVE ON 46,000 RAISING FOR A FAMILY OF FOUR.

THAT SOUNDS CRAZY.

SO I THINK THE LEVELS DO NEED TO RAISE ON THAT, BECAUSE YOU HAVE FAMILIES OF FOUR MAKING 100,000 THAT'S PROBABLY STRUGGLING.

AND THE QUALITY OF EDUCATION, THE TRAINING AND THE COACHING THAT YOU PROVIDE TO MAKE SURE ALL CHILD CARE SERVICES ARE GOOD.

I THINK THAT'S REALLY GOOD.

AND THE REFERRAL THAT YOU GIVE TO OUR PARENTS.

NOW, OUR NEIGHBORING CITIES SUCH AS LAUDERHILL, CORAL SPRINGS, SUNRISE, I THINK NORTH LAUDERDALE, FORT LAUDERDALE.

HOW MUCH MONEY DO THEY GIVE TO THIS PROGRAM SO WE CAN GET AN IDEA OF WHAT TAMARAC.

SO CURRENTLY, RIGHT NOW, THE CITY OF FORT LAUDERDALE IS THE HOME OF THE LARGEST SCHOOL READINESS POPULATION IN BROWARD COUNTY.

I THINK THEY'RE PROBABLY THE LARGEST MUNICIPALITY IN THE ENTIRE STATE OF FLORIDA.

THEY HAVE JUST ABOUT 4000 KIDS THAT RECEIVE SERVICES WHERE THE SUBSIDY, THOSE SUBSIDIES AMOUNTED TO BE ABOUT $15 MILLION THEIR FAIR SHARE.

WE DID A FAIR SHARE CALCULATION LAST YEAR.

WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF CALCULATING AGAIN THIS YEAR.

LAST YEAR, THEIR FAIR SHARE CALCULATION WAS AROUND 200, BUT THEY WERE GIVING.

THEY GAVE LAST YEAR 75,000.

THIS YEAR WE'RE ON THE SECOND BUDGET.

HEARING IS ACTUALLY ON THE 12TH OF SEPTEMBER, WHERE WE'RE IN THE BUDGET FOR $100,000 DONATION THE CITY OF SUNRISE.

MY HOME CITY, THEY ACTUALLY CONTRIBUTE TO A FAIR SHARE AMOUNT, AND THEY PROVIDED 60,000 THIS PAST FISCAL YEAR.

55,000 THE YEAR BEFORE.

CITY OF LAUDERHILL WAS ABLE TO CONTRIBUTE 20,000 THE PREVIOUS YEAR.

BUT AGAIN, WE'VE ALSO EVEN HAD MUNICIPALITIES THAT, HEY, LISTEN, THE BEST THAT WE CAN DO FOR NON-PROFITS HAVE BEEN 2500.

AND YOU KNOW WHAT? WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THAT AND WE'RE GOING TO USE THAT TO DRAW DOWN AND DO WHAT WE CAN.

SO WE'RE NOT ASKING YOU TO GO OUTSIDE OF YOUR YOUR EXISTING MEANS.

WE'RE JUST LIKE, HEY, LISTEN, WE'RE A GREAT ORGANIZATION.

WE FEEL THAT WE ARE A GREAT RETURN ON YOUR INVESTMENT FOR, OR A GREAT RETURN ON IMPACT FOR THE FUNDS THAT YOU MAY CONSIDER.

SO WE JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT OUT THERE.

SO I DO HAVE A FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY TO SOME OF OUR LARGER MUNICIPALITIES AND FUNDERS THAT WHEN THEY WHEN A NEW FAIR SHARE CALCULATION COME OUT, I HAVE TO AT LEAST SHARE THAT WITH EVERYONE.

SO YOU MAY GET A NUMBER.

IT MAY BE LIKE, WHOA, THIS IS THIS IS WHAT IT EQUATES TO.

IF WE WANT TO MAXIMIZE THE NUMBER OF DOLLARS, FEDERAL DOLLARS THAT ARE AVAILABLE.

BUT AGAIN, WE STRESS WE DON'T WANT TO STRESS YOUR BUDGET.

WE DON'T WANT YOU TO GO OUTSIDE YOUR MEANS.

WE JUST WANT TO SAY, HEY, LISTEN, WE'RE DOING THIS GREAT WORK.

HOPEFULLY NOW THAT YOU'RE AWARE OF IT, IF THERE EVER COMES AN OPPORTUNITY WHERE WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO POTENTIALLY APPLY FOR A GRANT, WE'D LOVE THAT OPPORTUNITY.

BECAUSE AGAIN, IT ONLY GOES BACK TO HELPING MORE RESIDENTS IN YOUR CITY.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

SO ALONG THOSE LINES OF FAIR SHARE, SINCE I'LL GO BACKWARDS NOW NOT SO LONG AGO, WE USED TO GIVE MONEY ON A YEARLY GRANT IS MY UNDERSTANDING TOO. FAMILY CENTRAL.

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IT WAS, I THINK, 5000, 6000.

IT WAS NOT $60,000 LIKE OUR SISTER CITIES WHO CAN AFFORD IT? ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF. WE HAVE OUR FAIR SHARE THAT WE GIVE EVERY YEAR TO ADK.

SO WE WERE CAPTURING OUR ELDER POPULATION AND THOSE WHO HAVE DISABILITY AND NEEDS AND SERVICES, AND WE WERE CAPTURING OUR LOWER POPULATION ON THINGS THAT WERE COMING INTO A GENERAL BUDGET. I THROW THAT OUT THERE FOR DISCUSSION FOR ANOTHER TIME, FOR BUDGETING PURPOSES, FOR DISCUSSION ON GO AHEAD.

SO. SURE. SO SO AGAIN, THE EARLY LEARNING COALITION HAS BEEN IN EXISTENCE A LITTLE OVER 20 YEARS.

HOWEVER, THEY ALWAYS SUBCONTRACT EVERYTHING TO FAMILY CENTER.

FOR MANY YEARS. WHEN WE BROUGHT ON A NEW CEO, RENEE JAFFE, IN 2017, SHE CAME FROM NEW YORK.

SHE WHERE SHE USED TO RUN A SYSTEM LIKE THAT FOR THE CITY.

AND SHE HAD A GREAT IDEA.

AND IT WAS TRUE. SHE. HER THOUGHTS WERE, IF WE ACTUALLY BRING SERVICES IN HOUSE, WE DO FEEL THAT WE CAN GET A GREATER RETURN ON OUR INVESTMENT AND BE ABLE TO HELP MORE FAMILIES.

AND THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED IN 2017.

WE STARTED THE PROCESS OF BRINGING SERVICES IN HOUSE.

WE GREW FROM A STAFF OF 20 SOMETHING TO ALMOST LIKE 50 SOMETHING AND ALMOST OVERNIGHT TO WHERE NOW WE'RE AT A STAFF OF ABOUT 220, WHERE WE HAVE OUR OWN INCLUSION.

WE HAVE ONE OF THE LARGEST INCLUSION TEAMS IN THE ENTIRE BROWARD COUNTY.

WE HAVE AN EDUCATION TEAM THAT GOES OUT THERE AND WORK WITH THE CHILD CARE CENTERS.

WE HAVE OUR FAMILY SERVICES TEAM, SO EVERYTHING.

SO ONCE THAT TRANSITION HAPPENED, I THINK SOME PEOPLE WEREN'T NECESSARILY CONNECTED.

I ALSO SAY I DIDN'T THINK ELC MAY HAVE DONE THE BEST JOB OF COMMUNICATING THAT.

AND THAT'S THE REASON WHY I'M HERE NOW IS SAYING, LET ME REENGAGE YOU ALL WITH THE SERVICES THAT MANY OF YOU MAY BE FAMILIAR WITH.

LET YOU KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON, AND IF NOT FOR THIS BUDGET PROCESS, SOMETHING TO CONSIDER FOR ANOTHER BUDGET, WE AT LEAST GOT TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE YOU'RE REMINDED ABOUT US.

WE CAN START THE CONVERSATION AND HOPEFULLY BE ABLE TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO APPLY FOR THE 5000 OR WHATEVER GRANT AMOUNT IT MAY BE.

AND ALSO IN THE PAST FAMILY SERVICES.

THE SERVICES THAT FAMILY CENTRAL PROVIDED THE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE CHILDREN'S SERVICES COUNCIL.

WHAT IS IT? OH, SO WE THEY'RE ONE OF OUR LARGE FUNDERS.

THEY SIT ON OUR BOARD. SO CINDY ALSO SITS ON OUR BOARD.

SHE'S IN CHARGE OF OUR EXECUTIVE FINANCE COMMITTEE.

REPORT TO HER ALMOST ON A WEEKLY BASIS.

SO AND THEY'RE THE REASON WHY WE'RE ABLE TO GET TO THAT 4.1 MILLION.

SO THEY CONTRIBUTE I THINK LIKE 2.5 MILLION BROWARD COUNTY GOVERNMENTS.

ANOTHER 1.5 UNITED WAY IS, I THINK 140 OR 150,000.

AND THEN ALL OF THE MUNICIPALITIES TOGETHER BETWEEN THE 10,020 OR WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE, IT COMES OUT TO BE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF MONEY.

AND THAT'S HOW WE GOT TO THAT $4.1 MILLION NUMBER THAT WE DID TO BE ABLE TO SERVE.

SO WE ARE REALLY IN THE TRENCHES.

WE WORK COLLABORATIVELY WITH MANY OTHER WE WERE COLLABORATIVE WITH A LOT OF OTHER MUNICIPALITIES WITH REGARDS TO PROMOTING IT OUT THERE IN THE COMMUNITY, BEING IN THEIR NEWSLETTER, BEING ON THEIR SOCIAL MEDIA PAGE, BEING INVITES TO TO COME TO YOUR COMMUNITY EVENTS WHERE WE CAN SHARE THE RESOURCES WITH THE FAMILIES.

APPRECIATE THAT. AND I SEE YOUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND VERY IMPRESSIVE.

I KNOW I HAPPEN TO KNOW SEVERAL OF THEM AND SEE THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE HELPING TO MAKE SURE THE ELC EXPANDS AND DOES A GOOD JOB AND RECEIVES A LOT OF MONEY.

THERE'S SOME GOOD FUNDRAISERS ON HERE.

WORKING WITH SOME GOOD PEOPLE.

SO ALONG THOSE LINES FOR FUNDRAISING AS WELL, I DON'T RECALL.

I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S A QUICK ANSWER OR IF WE CAN GET IT RECEIVED OR IF WE NEED TO PUT IT ON THE NEXT COMMISSION MEETING.

IT WOULDN'T BE THIS ONE WOULD BE THE NEXT ONE.

BUT THE CITY COMMISSION HAS A SMALL PORTION OF FUNDS THAT EACH COMMISSIONER CAN DISTRIBUTE FUNDS TO.

AND IF ELC OR IS ALREADY ON THERE, THEN OR IF IT'S NOT ON THERE, IT CAN BE PUT ON THERE.

AND THEN INDIVIDUALLY, THE COMMISSION OR COMMISSIONERS OR PERSON ON THE COMMISSION CAN MAKE A DONATION TOWARDS IT AS WELL.

AND I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENT ABOUT IF IT'S 2500, 2500, IT'S A NONPROFIT, IT'S RECEIVING FUNDS AND THEY'RE GOING TO PUT IT TO GOOD USE.

I DON'T THINK THAT I'M STEPPING OUT OF LINE, BUT I DON'T BY MAKING THE NEXT FEW COMMENTS ADVOCATING.

I DON'T THINK ANYONE ON THIS COMMISSION HAS A PROBLEM ASSISTING AND ADVOCATING PROMOTING.

AND WHETHER IT'S OUR INDIVIDUAL THINGS, MAYBE THE CITY COMMISSION, THE CITY MANAGER THROUGH THE PIO, COULD PUT OUT SOME OF THE STUFF THAT YOU HAVE TO SHARE AND INFORM AND EDUCATE RESIDENTS AND THOSE WHO JUST LIKE TO LOOK AT OUR NEXT DOOR AND FACEBOOK AND INSTAGRAM AND WEBSITE.

RIGHT. I THINK I COVERED IT ALL RIGHT, BECAUSE I'M A LITTLE BIT OF THE NON SOCIAL MEDIA PERSON ON THIS COMMISSION.

SO I DON'T THINK IT'S A PROBLEM HELPING PROMOTE PERFECT IN UNISON AND THEN INDIVIDUALLY AS WELL WHERE IT WORKS.

AND THEN OF COURSE, TEAMING UP WITH OUR PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT FOR BEING ABLE TO KNOW WHEN WE HAVE EVENTS FOR WHEN WE'RE OUT THERE.

WE'RE OUT THERE ALL THE TIME. WE HAVE FANTASTIC EVENTS FOR OUR COMMUNITIES ALMOST ONCE A MONTH, AND MAYBE YOU'LL BE ABLE TO HAVE A TENT WHERE YOU CAN COME OUT AND PROMOTE AND SUPPORT. WE CAN SUPPORT YOU THAT WAY.

WE WELCOME IT. EXCELLENT.

SO THANK YOU FOR FOR WHAT YOU DO AND THE WHOLE TEAM OF PEOPLE, WHAT YOU DO TO HELP OUR OUR YOUTH.

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HAVE A GOOD DAY. YOU TOO.

THERE YOU GO. ALRIGHT, NEXT ON OUR LIST ONE.

SEE MIAMI BEACH CAMPAIGN FINANCE LAW PRESENTATION PRESENTED BY RAFAEL A PAZ ESQUIRE PARTNER WITH THE LAW FIRM OF BLITZ AND SUNDBERG AND TORRES,

[1.c Miami Beach Campaign Finance Law Presentation Presenter/ by Rafael A. Paz, Esq. partner with the law firm of Bilzin Sumberg and Radia Turay, Esq, Advocate with Miami-Dade Commission on Ethics]

WELCOME. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.

OKAY. GOING TO OUR CITY ATTORNEY.

HINES OUR CITY ATTORNEY AS THIS BODY.

REMEMBER THIS THE COMMISSION DIRECTED MY OFFICE TO PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION ON THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH CAMPAIGN FINANCE LAWS.

AS I INDICATED BEFORE, THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH IS PROBABLY THE ONLY MUNICIPALITY IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA THAT HAS CAMPAIGN RESTRICTIONS, WHICH PROHIBIT VENDORS, CONTRACTORS, AND LOBBYISTS AND DEVELOPERS FROM DONATING TO POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS OF ELECTED OFFICIALS.

WE HAVE SOME OUTSTANDING SPEAKERS.

I BEGGED THEM TO COME HERE.

I ONLY ASKED THEM TO AT LEAST 45 MINUTES TO GIVE US TODAY.

AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE.

LET ME INTRODUCE THE FIRST SPEAKER.

THE FIRST SPEAKER IS RAFAEL PAZ.

HE'S A PARTNER WITH THE STATEWIDE LAW FIRM OF BELZ AND SANDBERG.

HE'S A MEMBER OF THE FIRM LAND DEVELOPMENT AND GOVERNMENT RELATIONS GROUP, WHERE HE FOCUSED HIS PRACTICE IN LAND USE AND ZONING MATTERS.

GOVERNMENT RELATIONS, PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP.

PRIOR TO JOINING THE BUSINESS, MR. PAZ WAS A LOCAL GOVERNMENT ATTORNEY FOR THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH FOR TEN YEARS.

DURING HIS TENURE AS CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, HE ALSO SERVED AS CITY ATTORNEY AND PROVIDED LEGAL ADVICE TO MEMBERS OF CITY COMMISSION STAFF ON A REGULAR BASIS.

MR. PAZ RECEIVED HIS LAW DEGREE FROM PRINCETON UNIVERSITY, HIS UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE FROM FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY.

MR. PAZ WILL DISCUSS GENERAL RESTRICTIONS OF MIAMI BEACH CAMPAIGN FINANCE LAW.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MISS RADIA TURAY.

MISS TURAY IS AN ADVOCATE AT MIAMI-DADE COMMISSION ETHICS AND PUBLIC TRUST.

IN THAT CAPACITY, MR. SERVE AS THE VOICE OF RESIDENTS OF MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, PROSECUTING CASES AGAINST COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL ELECTED OFFICIALS, BOARD MEMBERS, EMPLOYEES AND LOBBYISTS WHO VIOLATE COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL ETHICS LAWS.

PRIOR TO HER EMPLOYMENT WITH THE COUNTY COMMISSIONER ETHICS, MR. WORKED AS A TRIAL ATTORNEY WITH MIAMI-DADE STATE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.

MISS TAYLOR RECEIVED HER LAW DEGREE FROM SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY AND HER UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE FROM SPELMAN COLLEGE IN ATLANTA.

TORY WILL DISCUSS THE ENFORCEMENT ISSUE RELATING TO MIAMI BEACH CAMPAIGN FINANCE LAW.

THANK YOU, MR. PAZ.

YOU MAY BEGIN. THANK THANK YOU, MR. CITY ATTORNEY. AND GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS.

IT'S A IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE WITH YOU TODAY.

WE'RE HERE TO TALK ABOUT A DIFFICULT SUBJECT, BUT ONE THAT AS A FORMER CITY ATTORNEY FOR MIAMI BEACH, I DEALT WITH ON A REGULAR BASIS FOR FOR MANY YEARS.

BEFORE I SAY ANYTHING, I JUST I WANT TO COMMEND YOU ALL FOR EVEN HAVING THIS CONVERSATION.

IT'S OBVIOUS FROM THE OTHER ITEMS. YOU HAVE SO MANY ISSUES AND PEOPLE THAT ARE CLAMORING FOR YOUR ATTENTION.

AND AND SO IT SAYS A LOT ABOUT YOU AS A GOVERNING BOARD THAT YOU'D BE WILLING TO DEDICATE ANY TIME AT ALL TO THIS.

I HAVE NO BUSINESS BEFORE YOUR CITY.

I, I'M NOT HERE TO PROVIDE YOU WITH LEGAL ADVICE.

YOU HAVE VERY CAPABLE CITY ATTORNEY FOR THAT.

I'M JUST HERE IN MY PERSONAL CAPACITY, AND I'M HAPPY TO SHARE AND EXPLAIN THE CITY'S CAMPAIGN FINANCE LEGISLATION AND MY EXPERIENCE WITH IT, IN THE HOPE THAT MAYBE IT WILL BE HELPFUL TO YOU AS YOU WEIGH THESE ISSUES AND FIGURE OUT WHAT'S WHAT'S BEST FOR YOUR CITY.

VERY QUICKLY, BEFORE GETTING INTO WHAT THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH DID, YOU ALL MUST BE FAMILIAR WITH THE BASIC STATE RULES THAT GOVERN CONTRIBUTIONS. THERE ARE TWO TYPES OF CONTRIBUTIONS THAT ARE THAT THE STATE ADDRESSES.

NUMBER ONE ARE THE DIRECT CONTRIBUTIONS TO CANDIDATES CAMPAIGN ACCOUNTS.

THOSE ARE STATE LAW.

PUT SOME LIMITS ON THAT.

THERE ARE CONTRIBUTION LIMITS OF $1,000 PER PERSON, PER CANDIDATE, PER ELECTION CYCLE.

RIGHT. THERE'S A SECOND TYPE OF CONTRIBUTION.

THESE ARE CONTRIBUTIONS TO POLITICAL COMMITTEES.

AND JUST A POLITICAL COMMITTEE IS ANY TWO OR MORE PEOPLE THAT COME TOGETHER AND WANT TO SUPPORT OR OPPOSE A CANDIDATE FOR OFFICE OR A BALLOT INITIATIVE.

POLITICAL COMMITTEES DO NOT HAVE TO BE AFFILIATED WITH A CANDIDATE IN A FORMAL WAY.

SO THEY'RE A LITTLE THEY'RE A LITTLE DIFFERENT FROM THE CANDIDATES DIRECT CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE CANDIDATE'S CAMPAIGN ACCOUNT, WHERE THE CANDIDATE IS SOLICITING AND ACCEPTING THE FUNDS DIRECTLY.

AND THEN YOU'VE GOT ICOS, WHICH ARE ELECTIONEERING COMMUNICATIONS ORGANIZATIONS, WHICH ARE A TYPE OF POLITICAL COMMITTEE THAT'S SUBJECT TO SPECIAL RULES BECAUSE

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SO FOR THOSE TYPES OF OF CONTRIBUTIONS TO, TO PACS AND ICOS, THERE ARE NO LIMITS AND NO CONTRIBUTION LIMITS UNDER FLORIDA LAW WHATSOEVER.

SO THERE IS IN THE PACKET A MEMORANDUM OF WHAT THE CITY HAS HAS DONE.

OVER THE YEARS.

THIS IS A PATCHWORK OF ORDINANCES THAT ARE, I THINK THE FIRST ONE WAS ADOPTED IN THE YEAR 2000, NEARLY 25 YEARS AGO.

SO RATHER THAN GO THROUGH A VERY TECHNICAL ANALYSIS OF WHAT'S IN THE ORDINANCE, I WANT TO I WANT TO JUST SHARE WITH YOU WHAT WAS ADOPTED, WHEN AND AND WHY THE PROVISIONS WERE ADOPTED, BECAUSE IT'S VERY RELEVANT TO ANY ANALYSIS FOR ANY MUNICIPALITY GOING FORWARD.

SO THE FIRST ORDINANCE THAT THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH ADOPTED WAS IN THE YEAR 2000 AND IN JANUARY, AND THIS FOLLOWED ON THE HEELS OF THE NOVEMBER 1999 ELECTION.

A LOT OF CONCERN ABOUT UNDUE INFLUENCE WITH IT, WITH LOBBYISTS AND VENDORS AND REAL ESTATE DEVELOPERS AND THE CONVERSATION AND THE ORDINANCE WAS ENACTED AT A TIME WHEN THE CITY WAS REELING FROM CORRUPTION ACTIVITY.

THERE WAS A FORMER MAYOR THAT HAD JUST IN AND AROUND THAT TIME, HAD JUST COMPLETED HIS PRISON SENTENCE IN A FEDERAL PENITENTIARY IN ATLANTA FOR HAVING, YOU KNOW, HE PLED GUILTY ON 41 CHARGES OF BRIBERY, INCLUDING ADMITTING TO ACCEPTING BRIBES IN EXCHANGE FOR COMMISSION VOTES.

SO THIS WAS THE CONTEXT OF VERY REAL CONCERN FOR FOR CORRUPTION IN THE CITY.

AND THE COMMISSION TRIED TO ADDRESS THAT.

WHAT DID THEY DO? THEY FOCUSED ON THE DIRECT CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE CANDIDATE CAMPAIGNS AND WHAT THE ORDINANCE DID.

IT PROHIBITED CANDIDATES FROM SOLICITING CONTRIBUTIONS OR ACCEPTING CONTRIBUTIONS FROM VENDORS, LOBBYISTS AND REAL ESTATE DEVELOPERS AS AS DEFINED IN THE ORDINANCE.

VERY IMPORTANT.

WELL, THE ORDINANCE WAS AN ETHICS ORDINANCE, SO IT'S SUBJECT TO THE JURISDICTION OF THE ETHICS COMMISSION WHO WOULD INVESTIGATE COMPLAINTS AND MR..

WILL WILL ADDRESS THAT.

THERE IF THERE'S A FINDING OF A VIOLATION, THERE ARE CIVIL FINES AND POTENTIALLY THE VENDOR OR LOBBYIST OR DEVELOPER COULD BE DISQUALIFIED FOR A PERIOD OF 12 MONTHS FROM SERVING IN THAT CAPACITY.

THAT'S NEVER HAPPENED IN THE 25 YEARS THAT THE ORDINANCE HAS BEEN IN PLACE.

NOT NOT A SINGLE IT'S NEVER IT'S NEVER GOTTEN TO THAT, TO THAT LEVEL.

WHAT THE ORDINANCE DID NOT DO VERY IMPORTANTLY, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT JUST DIRECT THE THOUSAND DOLLAR CONTRIBUTIONS RIGHT TO THE CANDIDATE CAMPAIGNS, THOSE YOU COULD NOT SOLICIT VENDORS AND LOBBYISTS, BUT THERE WAS NO MENTION AT ALL OF POLITICAL COMMITTEES.

AND SO CANDIDATES AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION COULD SOLICIT PROPERLY UNDER THE RULES, THEY COULD SOLICIT OR ACCEPT CONTRIBUTION CONTRIBUTIONS OR SOLICIT ACTIVITY FOR A POLITICAL COMMITTEE IN AN UNLIMITED AMOUNT FROM VENDORS, LOBBYISTS, AND REAL ESTATE DEVELOPERS. SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A IT'S A MASSIVE LOOPHOLE, IF YOU WILL, IN THAT INITIAL ORDINANCE.

AND IT LOOKS A LOT LIKE WHAT I WOULD REFER TO TO MY OWN ELECTEDS AT THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH SWISS CHEESE WITH, WITH, YOU KNOW, SOME BIG HOLES IN IT.

AND THE COMMISSION TRIED TO ADDRESS THAT IN 2016 WHEN THEY TRIED TO ADDRESS POLITICAL COMMITTEE CONTRIBUTIONS.

AND BY THAT POINT IN 2016, THE CITIZENS UNITED CASE HAD HAD COME DOWN.

AND THIS WAS A VERY IMPORTANT RULING IN 2010, WHERE THE SUPREME COURT NOT ONLY HELD THAT CORPORATIONS OR CITIZENS AND CORPORATIONS HAVE POLITICAL SPEECH RIGHTS OF, BUT THE ACT OF MAKING A CONTRIBUTION IS PROTECTED POLITICAL SPEECH.

AND THE COURT TOOK IT FURTHER AND SAID CORRUPTION IS THERE IS A COMPELLING INTEREST IN ADDRESSING CORRUPTION, BUT THE ACT OF MAKING A CONTRIBUTION DOES NOT, IN AND OF ITSELF GIVE RISE TO CORRUPTION.

AND IF THERE ARE A LOT OF CONTRIBUTIONS, THAT JUST SUGGESTS THAT SOME PEOPLE HAVE MORE MONEY TO SPEND THAN OTHERS.

AND SO THAT'S THE TAKEAWAY FROM CITIZENS UNITED, WHICH THEN IN 2016, WHEN THE CITY TRIED TO ADDRESS POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS,

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AND SO THE FOCUS THAT THE CITY TOOK AT THAT TIME WAS TO JUST FOCUS ON THE CANDIDATES SOLICITATION ACTIVITY.

AND SO THE ORDINANCE SINCE 2016 HAS PROHIBITED CANDIDATES FROM SOLICITING VENDORS, REAL ESTATE DEVELOPERS, AND LOBBYISTS FOR CONTRIBUTIONS TO PACS.

BUT THE SWISS CHEESE CONTINUES IN PLACE BECAUSE THERE IS NO PROHIBITION ON THOSE COVERED PERSONS FROM MAKING A CONTRIBUTION TO A PAC.

IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT THE LAW WOULD WOULD REALLY PERMIT LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO ADDRESS.

THAT WAS ADOPTED AT A TIME ALSO WHEN THERE WAS A VERY REAL CONCERN FOR UNDUE INFLUENCE WHEN A MEMBER OF A SITTING MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION AT THE TIME WITH ANOTHER MEMBER GOT TOGETHER AND FORMED A POLITICAL COMMITTEE, AND IT WAS CALLED RFP.

A VERY CHEEKY PLAY ON REQUESTS FOR PROPOSALS AND THE RELENTLESS FOR PROGRESS RFP.

PAC RAISED RAISE $1.4 MILLION FROM VENDORS AND LOBBYISTS AND REAL ESTATE DEVELOPERS.

AND SO THAT LED TO THE CITY SAYING, LET'S LET'S TRY TO DO WHAT WE CAN HERE WITH, IF WE CAN, WITH THE SOLICITATION ACTIVITY OF CANDIDATES. FAST FORWARD TO 2023, AND I DEALT WITH THE SAME LOOPHOLE FOR ECOS, BECAUSE THAT HADN'T BEEN ADDRESSED IN 2016, AND WE HAD A BITTERLY CONTESTED MAYORAL RACE AND ONE CANDIDATE SECRETLY RECORDED HIS OPPONENT. THEY WENT TO DINNER AND HE HE SECRETLY TAPED HIM, AND THE CANDIDATE ADMITTED ON THE TAPE THAT HE HAD FORMED AN ICO AND WAS RAISING MONEY FROM DEVELOPERS AND AND INCLUDING A DEVELOPER.

THAT IS IS THERE IS A PENDING CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION FOR ACTIVITY IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS RIGHT NOW AND VERY COMPLICATED.

I DON'T WANT TO GET INTO THAT SINCE IT'S PENDING, BUT THE SAME THING WAS DONE IN 2023 OF.

YOU CAN'T RESTRICT THE THE DONATIONS FROM HAPPENING.

RIGHT. BUT THE ONLY THING THAT THE CITY COULD DO AND DID DO WAS TO RESTRICT THE SOLICITATION ACTIVITY OF CANDIDATES.

SO THAT'S THE PATCHWORK THAT'S BEEN IN PLACE FOR 23 AND 24 YEARS.

THERE THERE ARE OTHER NUANCES AND LIMITATIONS IN THIS ORDINANCE THAT MAYBE ARE BEYOND WHAT I NEED TO GET INTO WITH YOU. BUT FOR ONE, ONE EXAMPLE, YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT A REAL ESTATE DEVELOPER IS, AND MINE IS VERY DIFFERENT FROM WHAT'S IN DEFINED IN THE CITY'S CODE.

THE CITY LIMITS IT TO A DEVELOPER IS ONLY A PERSON WHO IS SEEKING A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OR A ZONING MAP CHANGE.

BUT IF YOU'RE JUST SEEKING HEIGHT, IF YOU'RE JUST SEEKING VARIANCE, IF YOU ARE A DEVELOPER, YOU'RE NOT SUBJECT TO THE ORDINANCE UNLESS YOU ARE SEEKING A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT OR A REZONING.

SO IT'S VERY LIMITED IN ITS IN ITS APPLICATION.

THE SAME THING FOR VENDORS, RIGHT? YOU CAN'T SOLICIT OR ACCEPT THE $1,000 CONTRIBUTIONS FROM VENDORS.

BUT VENDORS ARE DEFINED AS PERSONS PROVIDING GOODS OR SERVICES IN EXCESS OF 10,000.

THERE'S A WHOLE CATEGORY OF OF COVERED PERSONS THAT ARE JUST NOT INCLUDED, FOR EXAMPLE.

TENANTS. THE CITY IS ONE OF THE LARGEST PROPERTY OWNERS.

IF YOU'RE RENTING PROPERTY FROM THE CITY AND PAYING MAKING RENT PAYMENTS, YOU'RE NOT COVERED.

YOU'RE NOT A VENDOR. IF YOU'RE A LANDLORD RENTING TO THE CITY AND ENTERING INTO THAT BUSINESS TRANSACTION, YOU'RE NOT COVERED.

YOU'RE NOT A VENDOR. SO THERE ARE MULTIPLE LIMITATIONS.

MUTATIONS HERE. IT IS BY NO MEANS A TEMPLATE OR A PLAYBOOK FOR HOW TO PROCEED.

AND AT THIS POINT IN TIME, IF YOU WERE TO DO ANYTHING AT ALL, THAT CITIZENS UNITED CASE LAW IS AN ENORMOUS CONSTRAINT.

AND SO BUT I'M NOT GOING TO ADDRESS THE LEGAL, YOU KNOW, ISSUES HERE OR PROVIDE YOU WITH LEGAL ADVICE, BUT ONLY TO MAYBE IF THERE'S SOME TAKEAWAYS, IF YOU CONSIDER ANYTHING THAT YOU DO AT ALL.

ONE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CITIZENS UNITED TALKED ABOUT WAS DISCLOSURE OBLIGATIONS AS OPPOSED TO PREVENTING SPEECH

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BECAUSE YOU'RE JUST PUTTING INFORMATION OUT THERE.

WHAT WE DID IN 23 AT THE CITY WAS REQUIRE IF IF A CANDIDATE IS GOING TO BE SOLICITING A PAC OR AN ICO, THEN REGISTER WITH THE CITY SO THAT PEOPLE ARE AWARE THAT THIS IS HAPPENING.

AND THEN YOU PUT THAT INFORMATION OUT THERE AND THEY CAN DECIDE FOR THEMSELVES.

ONE OTHER THING.

THAT THAT DISCLOSURE DISCLOSURE OBLIGATIONS ARE SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE MADE MAYBE LESS ONEROUS AND LESS BURDENSOME TO IF IF THERE IS GOING TO BE SOLICITATION ACTIVITY.

RIGHT. AND IF THE LAW PREVENTS CITIES FROM PROHIBITING IT ALTOGETHER, THEN MAYBE HAVE A FILING REQUIREMENT WITH YOUR CITY CLERK SO THAT PRIOR TO THE ACTIVITY TAKING PLACE, THERE'S IT'S REGISTERED AND PEOPLE KNOW WHAT WHAT'S GOING TO WHAT WHAT'S TAKING PLACE OR NOT.

AND THEY CAN IN THAT MARKETPLACE OF IDEAS, THE VOTERS CAN, YOU KNOW, PROCESS IT AND ACT ACCORDINGLY.

IF I GIVE YOU ONE TAKEAWAY FROM MY EXPERIENCE, BECAUSE I'VE, I'VE PAINTED A VERY UNFLATTERING PICTURE OF, OF POLITICAL LIFE IN MIAMI BEACH. AND I JUST WANT TO NOTE THAT THE ELECTEDS I WORKED WITH HAVE INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF INTEGRITY.

AND IT'S VERY HARD TO BE AN ELECTED OFFICIAL.

AND IT'S A IT'S AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF WORK.

AND I'VE WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH ELECTEDS, WHO AGONIZED OVER GETTING THE ORDINANCE RIGHT AND COMPLYING AND AVOIDING ANY ETHICS COMMISSION INQUIRY.

AND THE RULE FOLLOWERS WILL FOLLOW THE RULES, AND THOSE ARE THE FOLKS YOU WANT IN OFFICE.

AND SO IF YOU DO ANYTHING AT ALL, YOU WANT TO THINK ABOUT MAYBE NOT BURDENING THOSE FOLKS TOO MUCH, BECAUSE NO MATTER WHAT YOU DO, YOU STILL HAVE SOME SWISS CHEESE AND IT'S GOING TO BE VERY EASY TO DO AN END RUN AROUND IT.

SO THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'M AVAILABLE AFTER THE PRESENTATION.

YOU WANT TO SPLIT IT UP? YES. OKAY.

THAT IS FINE. ANY QUESTIONS? MAYOR? LET.

YEAH. THEN WE CAN GO BACK TO QUESTIONS OKAY.

SO OKAY THEN I'LL DO A VERY BRIEF PRESENTATION.

GOOD MORNING.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HAVING ME HERE.

AND I WAS JUST SMILING AS HE WAS TALKING BECAUSE AS I WAS PREPARING FOR THIS PRESENTATION, LOOPHOLES, OPEN LOOPHOLES, OPEN LOOPHOLES, IT WAS IS LITERALLY WHAT THE ENFORCEMENT SECTION HAS HAD TO DEAL WITH.

AND WE HAVE HAD NOT TOO MANY COMPLAINTS FILED WITH OUR AGENCY BASED ON THE MIAMI BEACH LAW.

BUT EVERY TIME A COMPLAINT IS FILED WITH US.

IT'S USUALLY ENDS UP IN THE PITS BECAUSE OF LOOPHOLES.

RIGHT? I'LL GO THROUGH THREE CASES THAT WE DEALT WITH.

AND I'LL JUST EXPLAIN WHAT SOME OF THOSE LOOPHOLES WERE.

AND WHY ENFORCEMENT OF THE MIAMI BEACH ORDINANCE HAS PROVEN TO BE A LITTLE DIFFICULT.

THE FIRST CASE I'LL DISCUSS AND SOME OF THEM MR. PAZ HAS ALREADY ALLUDED TO WAS A CASE INVOLVING A SITTING COMMISSIONER.

IT WAS RIGHT WHEN THEY WERE ADOPTING THE SECTION, THE PART DEALING WITH POLITICAL COMMITTEES, AND THE SECTION WAS SUPPOSED TO GO INTO LAW AND GO INTO EFFECT AT A PARTICULAR TIME, RIGHT, ON A PARTICULAR DATE.

SO THIS COMMISSIONER DID ALL HIS SOLICITATION RIGHT PRIOR TO THE THE, THE LAW GOING INTO EFFECT.

AND WE BELIEVED THAT WE COULD AT LEAST PROVE THAT ONE OF THE PAYMENTS THAT HE RECEIVED TOOK PLACE AFTER THE LAW WENT INTO EFFECT.

BUT AS YOU HAVE HEARD, MR. PAZ, THE ORDINANCE PROHIBITS SOLICITATION.

SO WHEREAS WE DID CHARGE HIM WITH AN ETHICS UNDER THE ETHICS CODE, HOWEVER, WE WERE NOT ABLE TO PROVE THAT HIS SOLICITATION TOOK PLACE PRIOR TO THE LAW TAKING INTO GOING INTO EFFECT.

THE ONLY THING WE SAW WAS THE PAYMENT, BECAUSE THE ONLY THING WE COULD PROVE WAS THE PAYMENT AFTER.

RIGHT. SO THAT THAT'S ALSO WHEN YOU'RE PUTTING THE LAWS INTO EFFECT AND YOU'RE TRYING TO STOP SOMETHING, THERE'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE THE DATE THAT THE LAW DOES

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AND, YOU KNOW, IF COMMISSIONERS ARE JUST GOING TO GO OUT AND DO ALL THIS SOLICITATION RIGHT BEFORE GET ALL THEIR DONATIONS.

KIND OF DEFEATS THE PURPOSE ALMOST.

SO THAT WAS ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THAT WE SAW.

REGARDING THE MIAMI BEACH ORDINANCE.

HE HAD OTHER ISSUES.

NEEDLESS TO SAY, HE ENDED UP BEING CRIMINALLY CHARGED BASED ON OUR ETHICS INVESTIGATION.

AND WE GOT HIM ON SOME OTHER ETHICS VIOLATIONS, SUCH AS TRUTH AND GOVERNANCE.

TRUTH IN GOVERNMENT.

UNDER UNDER OUR CITIZENS BILL OF RIGHTS.

RIGHTS. BUT WHEN IT CAME TO THE ACTUAL CHARGES DIRECTLY RELATING TO THE CAMPAIGN FINANCE PROVISIONS, THAT WAS ONE OF THE FIRST TECHNICALITIES THAT WE SAW.

AND UNFORTUNATELY, IT WENT NOWHERE BECAUSE OF THAT.

THE SECOND CASE THAT I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT WAS A CASE AND MR..

PAUSE BRIEFLY, THIS IS THE GENTLEMAN WHO ENDED UP, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, TAPING THE FIRST GENTLEMAN IN THE CASE THAT I DISCUSSED TAPED IN THE SECOND GENTLEMAN. AT LUNCH? YES. SO SO SO SO SO AN ETHICS COMPLAINT WAS FILED AND WE LOOKED AT THE WHAT HAPPENED, AND THE GENTLEMAN WAS CLEAR THAT IT WAS AN EEOC.

IT WAS AN ICO.

IT WAS AN ELECTIONEERING COMMUNICATION COMMUNICATION ORGANIZATION THAT HE USED AND NOT A PAC.

SO ONCE AGAIN, WE HAVE TO DISMISS THE CASE ON OFF OF LEGAL SUFFICIENCY BECAUSE THE CITY ATTORNEY ISSUED AN OPINION.

BASICALLY, I BELIEVE IT WAS YOU.

YES. BASICALLY SAYING.

RIGHT. BASICALLY SAYING THAT THAT ICOS ARE NOT COVERED BY THE ORDINANCE BECAUSE THE ORDINANCE WAS VERY CLEAR THAT IT WAS A PAC.

SO THAT WAS ONE OF THE OTHER LOOPHOLES.

SO IT'S ALMOST LIKE EVERY TIME YOU TRY TO STOP SOMETHING.

THERE'S ANOTHER HOLE IN THE CHEESE, RIGHT, THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO EXPLOIT.

THE OTHER THING THAT I THOUGHT WAS INTERESTING, AS I WAS DOING THE BRIEF INVESTIGATION IN THAT CASE WAS THE ORDINANCE PROHIBITS VENDORS, REAL ESTATE DEVELOPERS AND LOBBYISTS.

RIGHT. SO WHAT WE REALIZED AS WELL WAS SOMEBODY MIGHT HAVE A PARTICULAR CORPORATION THAT THEY'RE DOING BUSINESS WITH, WITH THE CITY.

WHEN IT TIME COMES TO MAKE A DONATION, THEY CREATE A DIFFERENT GROUP, A DIFFERENT CORPORATION THAT DOES NOT DO BUSINESS WITH THE CITY.

AND THEIR CHILD MIGHT BE ON THAT AS OPPOSED TO THEMSELVES.

SO WHEN ENFORCEMENT TIME COMES, YOU'RE LIKE, IS THIS ENTITY THAT MADE THIS DONATION A VENDOR? AND THE ANSWER IS NO, IT'S NOT RIGHT.

THE PEOPLE DON'T PUT THEMSELVES ON THE ENTITY.

SO YOU LOOK AT WHO BECAUSE IT TALKS ABOUT CONTROLLING FINANCIAL INTEREST AND THINGS LIKE THAT, AND YOU REALIZE THAT THEY CREATED IT IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY THEMSELVES, THAT ARE INVOLVED IN DOING BUSINESS WITH THE CITY, ARE NOT LISTED IN THESE ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE MAKING THESE TYPES OF DONATIONS.

SO I THINK IT'S A MONUMENTAL TASK WHEN IT COMES TO DRAFTING SUCH AN ORDINANCE.

BUT THE LOOPHOLES THAT PEOPLE HAVE COME UP WITH JUST DEALING WITH THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH ORDINANCE ARE PROFOUND.

AND IT HAS LITERALLY MADE ENFORCEMENT OF THE ORDINANCE VERY, VERY DIFFICULT.

I WISH I HAD A GOOD STORY TO END ON, A POSITIVE ONE TO END ON.

HOWEVER, I DO NOT.

SO THE THIRD CASE I'M GOING TO DISCUSS WITH YOU ALL ALSO INVOLVED.

THIS TIME IT WAS A, YOU KNOW, A CITIZEN THAT FILED A COMPLAINT WITH US.

SHE WENT TO A MEETING.

THERE WERE REAL ESTATE DEVELOPERS THERE.

THERE WERE PEOPLE FROM THE CITY THERE, AND THEY WERE DISCUSSING WHAT SHE CONSIDERED AS POLITICAL ACTIVITIES.

AND THEN THE WORD PACK WAS MENTIONED.

SO SHE WENT AHEAD.

THE MAYOR OF THE CITY AT THE TIME HAPPENED TO BE IN ATTENDANCE AT THAT MEETING.

SO SHE FILED AN ETHICS COMPLAINT WITH US, BASICALLY SAYING THAT THE MAYOR ATTENDED THIS MEETING AND PACK WAS MENTIONED IN POLITICAL ACTIVITIES.

IT WAS NOT LEGALLY SUFFICIENT.

IT WAS NOT LEGALLY SUFFICIENT FOR SEVERAL REASONS.

ONE OF THEM WAS THE ORDINANCE REQUIRES THE MAYOR OR COMMISSIONER TO DIRECT OR CANDIDATE TO SOLICIT, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY.

THERE WAS NO FACTS THAT SHE PRESENTED THAT SHOWED THAT HE DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY SOLICITED ANYONE DURING THE MEETING, OTHER THAN THE FACT THAT HE WAS WAS THERE. I CAN LIVE WITH THAT.

BUT THE SECOND PART OF THE REASON WHY WE DISMISSED IT FOR NOT NO LEGAL SUFFICIENCY DEALT WITH THE FACT THAT TECHNICALLY SHE HAD NO PERSONAL

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I'M NOT SURE IF YOU GUYS HAVE FOLLOWED, BUT AT THE LAST LEGISLATIVE SESSION, THERE WAS AN THE STATE PASSED A LAW THAT BASICALLY NOW REQUIRES THAT EVERYONE FILING AN ETHICS COMPLAINT NEEDS TO HAVE PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE OF THE FACTS AT WHICH THEY'RE ALLEGING.

SO UNLESS THAT DEVELOPER IS WILLING TO FILE THE ETHICS COMPLAINT, OR THE PERSON WHO SOLICITS ON SOMEONE'S BEHALF IS WILLING TO FILE THE ETHICS COMPLAINT, IT'S JUST GOTTEN SO MUCH WORSE.

RIGHT. SO YOU'RE DEALING WITH THE LOOPHOLES, AND NOW YOU'RE DEALING WITH THE FACT THAT IT'S GOING TO BE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO, TO EVEN GET THESE CASES FILED AND PAST LEGAL SUFFICIENCY BECAUSE IT'S NOW THEY'RE NOW REQUIRING PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE FOR ALL OF IT.

SO THAT'S BEEN OUR EXPERIENCE AT THE MIAMI-DADE COMMISSION IN ETHICS.

LIKE MR. PAZ ALLUDED TO AS I WAS COMING HERE, I CALLED THE THE FORMER THE FORMER ADVOCATES, THE GUY WHO HAD MY POSITION FOR 25 YEARS BEFORE ME, AND WE WERE JUST DISCUSSING IT.

AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE SAME THING ABOUT DISCLOSURE AND THAT REALLY, I'M NOT SAYING ONE WAY OR THE OTHER, IT'S GREAT TO PROHIBIT THESE TYPES OF ACTIVITIES IF YOU IF THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT TO DO.

BUT YOU SHOULD ALSO REALLY CONSIDER DISCLOSURES AS WELL, JUST SIMPLY BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S ABOUT PROMOTING TRANSPARENCY.

SO THE PUBLIC KNOWS.

AND IF PEOPLE ARE JUST GOING TO BE FINDING WAYS TO GET AROUND THE PROHIBITION ANYWAY.

WHAT? WHAT ARE YOU REALLY ACCOMPLISHING? RIGHT. AS OPPOSED TO JUST DISCLOSE IT SO EVERYBODY IS OUT IN THE OPEN.

AND WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH AND, AND, AND THINGS ALONG THOSE LINES.

SO I'M NOT SAYING I'M NOT GIVING YOU ANY ADVICE ON WHICH WAY TO GO.

JUST FOOD FOR THOUGHT.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR FOR HAVING US HERE TODAY.

THANK YOU.

COMMISSIONER. DANIEL. AND THEN COMMISSIONER DANIEL.

THEN COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING CLARITY TO A HOT TOPIC ON OUR COMMISSION.

AND I GET IT. WHAT YOU SAID MADE SENSE BECAUSE THAT'S EXACTLY HOW I FEEL.

WHAT'S THE POINT? I THINK EVERYBODY HAS TO HAVE THEIR PERSONAL INTEGRITY.

BECAUSE IF YOU'RE LIKE ME AND YOU'RE NOT A LAWYER, YOU'RE NOT.

YOU DIDN'T GO TO SCHOOL FOR POLITICS, BUT YOU'VE BEEN IN EDUCATION FOR 26 YEARS.

THE KNOWLEDGE OF LOOPHOLES WOULD NOT BE SOMETHING THAT'S EVEN KNOWLEDGEABLE FOR ME, RIGHT? AND I FEEL LIKE WHEN YOU'RE IN POLITICS AND YOU HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE SENIOR THAN YOU ARE PEOPLE THAT WENT TO SCHOOL FOR LAW AND KNOW THE LAW.

THEY CAN RIDE AROUND STUFF WHERE YOU WILL STUMBLE AND MAKE MISTAKES.

SO IF WE KEEP THE LAW SIMPLE, I THINK THAT'S BETTER.

WE KEEP IT TO WHERE THE ETHICS COMMITTEE IS.

THE IS THE ONE THAT'S JUDGING US AND NOT OUR COLLEAGUES.

OR IF THE THE POLICE, THE GOVERNMENT, YOU KNOW, WHOMEVER, BUT NOT US JUDGING EACH OTHER BECAUSE I FIND THAT IT'S NOT FAIR.

ONE BECAUSE OF THE KNOWLEDGE BASE.

RIGHT. AND THE DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS WE COME FROM.

I FIND THAT IF WE KEEP MAKING THESE POLICIES, WE MAKE IT COMPLICATED.

AND THERE'S ALWAYS LOOPHOLES.

THAT'S WHAT ANYTHING THAT THE CRIMINALS WILL ALWAYS FIND A LOOPHOLE, RIGHT? THEY ALWAYS FIND IN JAMAICA WE CALL IT BANDULU.

THEY ALWAYS FIND A WAY OUT TO MAKE IT NOT WORK.

THERE'S ALWAYS A HACKER.

SO IF IT'S SIMPLE AND CLEAR AND DISCLOSURE IS A GOOD THING.

NOW, IF YOU'RE LYING, YOU'RE LYING.

AND EVENTUALLY WE'LL FIND OUT THAT YOU'RE LYING.

SO I THINK DISCLOSURE IS A GOOD WAY.

AND I THINK WE DO DO DISCLOSURE.

WE DO TELL WHEN SOMEONE COMES TO OUR MEETINGS WHETHER OR NOT WE, YOU KNOW, DISCLOSE WHETHER OR NOT WE'VE MET WITH THEM.

SO I THINK DISCLOSURE BECAUSE NOW YOU WORK YOU WON.

THAT'S THE TRANSPARENCY.

AND WE'RE NOT PLAYING GAMES AND RUNNING IN CIRCLES AND FALLING IN THIS LOOPHOLE OR THIS CHEESE LIKE SWISS CHEESE LIKE YOU CALL IT.

BUT IT'S JUST TRANSPARENCY.

AND I HAVE NO PROBLEM BEING TRANSPARENT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, AND IF EVERYONE ELSE CAN GET DONATIONS, GRANTED, I'VE NEVER GOTTEN A DONATION FROM A VENDOR, BUT AGAIN, I WAS A NEWBIE.

MOST OF MY DONATION CAME FROM EDUCATORS AND RESIDENTS, BUT IF ONE PERSON CAN GET IT ONE WAY, I DON'T HAVE A PACK.

THEN EVERYONE SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET IT THAT WAY.

SO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING CONFIRMING WHAT I BELIEVE AND FOR BRINGING THAT CLARITY.

THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS.

THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU FOR THAT PRESENTATION TO BOTH OF YOU.

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I THINK EVERY ORDINANCE, EVERY CITY, EVERY COUNTY, EVERY LAW THAT HAS BEEN MADE HAS THEIR OWN LOOPHOLES.

AND THERE ARE THOSE THAT LOOK FOR THE LOOPHOLES AND EXPLOIT THEM UNTIL SOMEONE UNCOVERS THEM OR REVEALS IT.

AND THEN WE COME TO MEETINGS LIKE THIS AND DISCUSS HOW WE CAN CLOSE THOSE LOOPHOLES.

OUR OWN PURCHASING DEPARTMENT HERE, OUR OWN EVERY EVERY DEPARTMENT IN HERE HAS LOOPHOLES.

AND SOME OF US HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SEE THOSE LOOPHOLES AND EXPLOIT THEM.

AND IT'S AND IT'S A MATTER OF THE COMMISSION AND AS WELL AS STAFF TO SAY, HEY, OKAY, WE HAVE A LOOPHOLE HERE.

HOW DO WE COVER IT? BECAUSE FOR ONE, WE WANT WE WANT TO BE TRANSPARENT.

WE WANT TO DO WHAT'S RIGHT.

AND TWO, IT'S TAX DOLLARS MONEY.

AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S ABOUT THE MONEY.

YOU KNOW I'M A BIG PERSON ON THE BIBLE, AND IT SAYS THE LOVE OF MONEY IS THE ROOT OF ALL EVIL, NOT MONEY ITSELF.

SO THE DISCLOSURE, LIKE COMMISSIONER DANIEL WAS SAYING, DEFINITELY IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK THAT THIS COMMISSION SHOULD CONSIDER.

AS WELL. I KNOW IT'S NOT YOUR OPINION, BUT CONSIDERING THAT BOTH OF YOU BROUGHT THIS UP AND MENTIONED IT, IT'S IT MAY BE A GOOD IDEA AND ALSO SET A PRECEDENT IN BROWARD COUNTY FOR BEING ONE OF THE FIRST CITIES TO SHOW LEADERSHIP AND TRANSPARENCY TO THE OTHER 30 CITIES IN BROWARD COUNTY, 31 BEING US.

I'M GOING TO I'M JUST GOING TO GO GIVE ME A LITTLE SECOND HERE.

I HAVE A LOT OF NOTES HERE.

SO FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAVE A LOOPHOLE IN ONE OF OUR COMMISSIONERS IS EXPLOIT THAT.

AND I SAY THAT WITH WITH GREAT CONFIDENCE.

PRIOR TO AN RFP GOING OUT, RECEIVED CONTRIBUTIONS TO A PAC.

WHAT IS YOUR SUGGESTION OR DO YOU HAVE ANY SUGGESTIONS ON HOW DO WE CLOSE THAT? JUST BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO PUT PRESSURE ON OUR VENDORS OR ANYONE THINKING THAT, OH, AN RFP IS COMING OUT IN TWO YEARS FROM NOW.

LET ME GET AHEAD OF THE CURVE AND ASK THEM FOR A CONTRIBUTION TO MY PAC.

NOT MY PAC, BUT MY PAC.

AND THEN TWO YEARS FROM NOW, SAY, HEY, WE'RE GOING TO GO VOTE IN FAVOR FOR YOU.

IS THERE ANY SUGGESTION TO THAT IN THE PURCHASING SIDE OF THINGS? SUGGESTIONS? SO NO OPINIONS WITH THAT AND WITHOUT GIVING YOU LEGAL ADVICE, BECAUSE I'M NOT HERE TO DO THAT.

THE ONE THING THAT I JUST WILL POINT OUT IS THAT BASED ON THE CASE LAW AND THE SUPREME COURT CASE LAW THERE, IT MAY BE IMPOSSIBLE TO CLOSE THE LOOPHOLE WHEN IT COMES TO THE MAKING OF THE CONTRIBUTION TO THE THE POLITICAL COMMITTEE.

BECAUSE THAT IS IMPLICATING PROTECTED SPEECH.

AND AND THE COURT HAS SAID THAT IT'S AN EXTREMELY, VERY, YOU KNOW, HIGH BURDEN ON THE GOVERNMENT TO OVERCOME AND TO SHOW THAT IT HAS A COMPELLING INTEREST THAT IS NARROWLY TAILORED.

SO IN FURTHERANCE OF THAT INTEREST.

SO IT'S NOT CLEAR.

YOU KNOW, IT JUST THIS IS THE REALITY IN TERMS OF OF FIRST AMENDMENT CONDUCT.

IF YOU STARTED WITH DISCLOSURE OBLIGATIONS, THEN THAT THEN THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WHERE THE ELECTORATE WOULD, WOULD KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON AND, AND IT WOULD MAYBE, MAYBE THAT WOULD IT MAY OR MAY NOT IMPACT THE, YOU KNOW, THE CONDUCT OF, OF THE ELECTED.

BUT WHEN YOU'RE DEALING WITH POLITICAL COMMITTEES, THAT ELECTED OFFICIAL MAY NOT HAVE EVEN FORMED THE COMMITTEE.

IT MAY BE A THIRD PARTY THAT, THAT DID THAT.

AND TO RESTRICT THAT THIRD PARTY'S SPEECH RIGHTS, I THINK WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, WOULD WOULD PROBABLY BE LOOKED AT UNFAVORABLY.

AND I WILL SAY ABOUT THE BEACHES ORDINANCE, IT'S ON THE BOOKS AND IT'S THE ONLY ONE IN THE STATE THAT'S ON THE BOOKS, BECAUSE FOR THE SIMPLE REASON, IT'S PRESUMPTIVELY VALID, BECAUSE NOBODY HAS SUED.

BUT IF THERE WAS A CHALLENGE AND THERE COULD BE A CHALLENGE, IT'S NOT CLEAR WHAT WOULD SURVIVE FROM FROM THAT ORDINANCE.

SO ANYTHING THAT YOU DID WOULD I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO MEET WITH YOUR ATTORNEY AND AND DEVELOP A RECORD.

I TALKED A LOT ABOUT THOSE INSTANCES OF ACTUAL CORRUPTION, BECAUSE SOLICITATION ALONE ISN'T GOING TO BE ENOUGH UNDER THE CASE

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THANK YOU. YEAH.

JUST FOR FUN FACT THE ONE I'M REFERRING TO, THERE'S ACTUALLY IT'S NOT A THIRD PARTY, IT IS A THIRD PARTY, BUT IT'S A WELL KNOWN FACT WITH BACKED UP DATA THAT IT IS OPERATED BY A COMMISSIONER.

I JUST SO THE QUESTION ON I ALSO JUST, I KNOW I DID THE, THE THE LIST OF OF OF HOW DIFFICULT IT'S BEEN.

I WOULD ALSO MENTION THAT WE INVESTIGATED A CASE THAT ENDED UP BEING FILED BY THE STATE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AGAINST A SITTING COMMISSIONER FOR UNLAWFUL COMP AND BRIBERY BASED ON CONTRIBUTIONS THAT WERE RECEIVED THROUGH A PAC FOR ACTION THAT HE TOOK SUBSEQUENTLY.

AND THAT CASE IS STILL PENDING.

SO. SO AS MUCH AS WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO SUCCESSFULLY PROSECUTE THE ETHICS COMMISSION, THERE ARE YOU HAVE TO ALSO BE AWARE OF THE CRIMINAL IMPLICATIONS THAT YOU MIGHT BE SUBJECT TO AS WELL.

IS THERE A CASE NAME FOR THAT? I BEG YOUR PARDON? IS THERE A NAME, CASE OR CASE NUMBER? THERE IS A CASE I WOULD RATHER NOT SPEAK AT IN OPEN SESSION, BUT IT'S WIDELY REPORTED ON ALL OVER THE NEWS MEDIA.

OKAY. I HEARD MENTIONED THAT LET'S SAY YOU'RE THE VENDOR.

I SOLICIT YOU, RIGHT? BECAUSE YOU NEED THE PERSON TO BE THE ONE TO MAKE THE COMPLAINT.

THAT'S WHAT I'M UNDERSTANDING.

THAT'S THE.

NO, NO. SO YOU MADE THE COMPLAINT TO THE ETHICS, THE COMMISSION OF ETHICS, SAYING THAT I CAME TO YOU TO SOLICIT YOU FOR X AMOUNT OF THOUSANDS INTO A CERTAIN PAC.

THAT'S. AND THAT HAS TEETH ON IT.

IS THAT A TRUE STATEMENT? THAT WOULD BE A PROHIBITED SORRY.

THAT WOULD BE PROHIBITED UNDER THE THE CITY'S CODE RIGHT NOW.

THANK YOU FOR THAT.

GIVE ME ONE SECOND. I'M SORRY.

BECAUSE SOME OF THE QUESTIONS I'VE HAD HERE, YOU'RE YOU'RE ANSWERING IN BETWEEN.

LET'S SAY IT'S A I SOLICIT YOU FOR A CONTRIBUTION, BUT IT'S NOT REALLY A CONTRIBUTION.

IT'S TO SAY THAT, HEY, IT'S FOR AN EVENT.

SO YOU AS THE VENDOR, GIVE ME THE FUNDS, AND YOU THINK IT'S FOR AN EVENT, BUT IT BECOMES CASH INTO MY PACK IS. HOW IS THAT SEEN AS A LOOPHOLE? SO THAT THAT WOULD BE OUTSIDE OF MY MY SCOPE UNDER THE CITY'S ORDINANCE.

BUT I BELIEVE THAT UNDER STATE LAW, IF YOU ARE SOLICITING A CONTRIBUTION FOR A POLITICAL CONTRIBUTION FOR A PAC, THERE NEEDS TO BE THAT MEETING OF THE MINDS THAT THAT'S WHERE THE MONEY IS GOING TO.

OTHERWISE IT'S A GIFT AND SUBJECT TO REVIEW UNDER THE GIFT RULES.

AND THERE MAY BE A LIMITATION OR NOT, BECAUSE YOU'RE THINKING THAT IT'S FOR AN EVENT THAT I'M GOING TO DO.

SO YOU GIVE ME THE CHECK.

BUT BUT I THINK YOU ALSO NEED TO BE CLEAR.

WHAT TYPE OF EVENT IS IT? IS IT A CITY EVENT? IS IT NOT A CITY EVENT? IS IT A CITY SANCTIONED EVENT OR IS IT NOT A CITY SANCTIONED EVENT? I THINK SO THAT ALSO THAT'S WHERE MR. PARSE WAS COMING FROM.

BECAUSE UNDER THE GIFT, BECAUSE WE HAVE AN ENTIRE ETHICS CODE, INCLUDING GIFT PROVISIONS UNDER THE GIFT PROVISION IF IT'S A CITY SANCTIONED EVENT THAT YOU'RE SOLICITING DONATIONS FROM DONATIONS FOR THAT'S LOOKED AT A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY VERSUS YOU SOLICITING, YOU KNOW, A CONTRIBUTION, A POLITICAL CONTRIBUTION.

OKAY, I'LL GO WITH THE LATTER PART OF IT.

NOT THE CITY PART OF IT.

OKAY. BUT THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION.

THAT HELPS A LOT.

LET ME JUST SAY EXCUSE ME.

WHEN IT COMES TO CONTROLLING FINANCIAL INTEREST IN MASKING A DEVELOPER OR ANYONE ELSE TO THAT ELECTED OFFICIAL.

OBVIOUSLY, IT'S IT'S IT'S A MATTER OF FACT FINDING.

RIGHT? HOW?

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SO MOM AND DAD, DEVELOPER, LIKE YOU SAID, CHILDREN CREATED A PACK AND THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW ABOUT IT.

THEY CONTRIBUTED $100,000 TO A COMMISSIONER.

THEY'RE NOT GOING AFTER THIS ENTITY, RIGHT? WRITE THE PARENT ENTITY, THEY'RE GOING AFTER THE CHILDREN'S ENTITY.

AT THIS POINT, BECAUSE NOW WE HAVE ENTITY ONE TWO, AND THEN YOU HAVE YOUR THIRD ENTITY AND WHOEVER ELSE THAT MONEY GOES TO.

SO I JUST WANT TO CONFIRM, UNLESS YOU CAN LINK THOSE TWO TOGETHER WITH THE RECEIVER, YOU HAVE NOTHING YOU HAVE. THAT'S CORRECT.

COMMISSIONER NOT ONLY DO YOU NEED TO LINK THE TWO, BUT THEN YOU ALSO NEED TO LINK IT TO SOLICITATION ACTIVITY FROM A CANDIDATE.

CORRECT. YEAH.

I THINK JUST JUST FOR THE RECORD, I MEAN, AGAIN, A LOT OF THE QUESTIONS WERE VERY WERE ANSWERED.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AND I THINK SOME SORT OF ORDINANCE AND FOR THIS COMMISSION WOULD BE VERY IMPORTANT FOR US.

EVEN IF YOU'RE SOLICITING, YOU KNOW, AND I'M LOOKING AT YOU, TOO, BUT I'M ACTUALLY SPEAKING TO THIS COMMISSION.

BUT WE HAVE A THING THAT WE CAN'T LOOK AT EACH OTHER AND TALK TO EACH OTHER FOR WHATEVER REASON.

IT'S WEIRD. BUT I BELIEVE THAT THIS COMMISSION SHOULD DISCLOSE IF YOU'RE IF YOU THINK THAT IT'S, YOU'RE DOING WHAT'S LEGAL, IF IT'S LEGAL, YOU SHOULDN'T BE HIDING IT.

RIGHT. IT MIGHT NOT LOOK APPROPRIATELY.

IT MIGHT HAVE A PERCEPTION THAT.

WAIT A MINUTE. YOU KNOW WHAT THE HECK'S GOING ON HERE? BUT IF YOU'RE DOING NOTHING ILLEGAL, THEN YOU HAVE NOTHING TO HIDE.

SO I THINK CREATING A DISCLOSURE AND WHO IT'S BEING GIVEN FROM AND TO.

I THINK THIS COMMISSION SHOULD CONSIDER SOME TYPE OF ORDINANCE LIKE THAT.

RAFAEL, CAN YOU ELABORATE? I KNOW THE STATE LAW HAS DISCLOSURE FOR PACS, PACKS.

AND SO WHEN YOU SET UP YOUR CAMPAIGN ACCOUNT AND OR WHEN YOU SET UP A POLITICAL COMMITTEE OR AN ICO, YOU HAVE TO IDENTIFY WHO THE TREASURER IS. YOU HAVE TO FILE ROUTINE REPORTS SHOWING ALL EXPENDITURES AND ALL, YOU KNOW, ALL FUNDRAISING THAT HAPPENED AND ALL EXPENDITURES IN THE REPORTING PERIOD THAT'S AVAILABLE EITHER WHEREVER YOU REGISTER IT.

IF IT'S SOME SOMETIMES YOU COULD REGISTER UNDER THE STATE.

SOMETIMES IT'S A COUNTY REGISTRATION.

WHAT THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH DID WAS TO SIMPLY SAY, IF THERE IS SOLICITATION ACTIVITY FOR PACS, WHICH IS YOUR CONSTITUTIONAL FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT, AS AS CANDIDATES TO ENGAGE IN TO THE EXTENT THAT THERE THERE'S NOT PROHIBITED DONORS INVOLVED, JUST REGISTER WITH THE CLERK AND BEFORE THOSE SOLICITATION ACTIVITIES, SO THAT AT LEAST THE PUBLIC COULD KNOW THAT THERE IS A CONNECTION BETWEEN THE THEY ELECTED OR THE CANDIDATE AND THE PACK AND IT'S IT'S AVAILABLE IN AT THEIR OWN CITY HALL AT THE CLERK'S OFFICE.

SO THAT'S REALLY THE EXTENT OF THE THE DISCLOSURE THAT THAT CITY OF MIAMI BEACH HAS HAS ADOPTED.

VICE MAYOR. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.

THANK YOU GUYS FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.

I'M ACTUALLY FOR DISCLOSURE IN GRAD SCHOOL.

I DID A MASTERS IN GOVERNMENT, AND I DID MY MY RESEARCH WAS ON TRANSPARENCY IN GOVERNMENT, WHICH I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH, THE CITIZENS UNITED LAW, WHICH I MENTIONED WHEN WE HAD THIS ARGUMENT A FEW MONTHS AGO.

GOING BACK TO WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT PACS.

SO BASICALLY, BECAUSE OF THE CITIZEN UNITED LAWS, THERE'S NO WAY YOU CAN BAN PACS.

THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. THAT'S RIGHT.

SO SO THAT'S THERE'S NO WAY WE CAN BAN THAT BECAUSE OF THE FEDERAL LAWS.

GOING BACK TO THE HISTORY IN MIAMI BEACH, YOU SAID IT WAS A PROLIFERATION OF CORRUPTION THAT HAPPENED DURING THE LATE 90S.

CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG.

AND THEN THE CITY HAD A BIG PUSH TO KIND OF CREATE THESE OPEN ARMS, THESE TRANSPARENCY LAWS.

WITH THOSE TRANSPARENCY LAWS.

I THINK TAMARAC ALSO HAD A HISTORY OF CORRUPTION LIKE TEN YEARS AGO.

IF I MAY RECALL, THERE WAS 14.

OKAY. OKAY. YOU OKAY? OKAY, OKAY. AND INTERESTINGLY, THERE WASN'T A PUSH FOR, YOU KNOW, AFTER THOSE ISSUES WAS WAS THERE PUSH FOR TRANSPARENCY? I DON'T I DON'T WAS THERE A PUSH FOR CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM IN THAT TYPE OF STUFF? I'M NOT AWARE IF THERE WAS SUCH A PUSH, BUT WHY MIAMI BEACH ONLY KIND OF, YOU KNOW, PURSUE THIS LAW AND NOT OTHER CITIES THROUGHOUT SOUTH FLORIDA? I CAN'T ANSWER THAT.

COMMISSIONER, OTHER THAN I KNOW THAT THEY DID.

AND AND IT WAS AS A RESIDENT OF THE BEACH, IT WAS VERY IT WAS ALL VERY CONTROVERSIAL AND PARTICULARLY EVEN EVEN IN

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YOU KNOW, AFTER CITIZENS UNITED.

THAT WAS ON THE HEELS OF ADDITIONAL CORRUPTION ACTIVITY.

THERE WAS A PROCUREMENT DIRECTOR THAT WAS THAT WAS ARRESTED FOR BRIBES AND CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS THAT WERE TAKING BRIBES.

AND AND IT WAS VERY MUCH A HOT TOPIC, IF YOU WILL.

AND PEOPLE FELT COMPELLED TO TO DO SOMETHING.

AND WHY DEVELOPERS DEFENDERS.

IS IT BECAUSE MIAMI BEACH IS SUCH A IN-DEMAND PLACE IN TERMS OF DEVELOPMENT AND IT'S SUCH, SUCH HIGH VALUE IN TERMS OF PROPERTY VALUE? AND I THINK I THINK THE INTENT IS, IS THAT THERE ARE CERTAIN CATEGORIES OF PEOPLE THAT STAKEHOLDERS THAT DO BUSINESS IN DIFFERENT WAYS WITH THE CITY.

AND THERE WAS A CONCERN OF UNDUE INFLUENCE THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, SPECIFIC TO WHAT THE BEACH WAS DEALING WITH.

AND YOU'RE RIGHT, THERE IS A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY.

I NOW REPRESENT THOSE DEVELOPERS.

SO BUT YES.

YEAH. DID THAT LAW DISSUADE THE AVERAGE PERSON? AND I'M SURE IT'S NOT AVERAGE WHEN I SAY AVERAGE IN TERMS OF WEALTH AND AFFLUENCE IN MIAMI BEACH, I'M SURE IT'S AN AFFLUENT PLACE.

SO OBVIOUSLY IF YOU LIVE THERE, YOU HAVE TO HAVE SOME SORT OF HELP.

BUT AFTER THE PROLIFERATION OF THIS LAW, DID THAT DISSUADE, LIKE, THE AVERAGE PERSON FROM RUNNING FOR OFFICE? I IT MAKES IT MORE DIFFICULT.

AND I'VE CERTAINLY HAD MANY CONVERSATIONS WITH CANDIDATES AND ELECTEDS GOOD PEOPLE THAT ARE IN OFFICE THAT REALLY WANT TO CROSS EVERY T AND DOT EVERY I. AND AND, YOU KNOW, IF YOU START OUT NOT IN THIS BUSINESS AND NOT KNOWING HOW TO RAISE MONEY, EVEN EVEN DOING AN ASK AT ALL IS NOT INTUITIVE OR EASY FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE.

AND SO THE MORE BURDENS THAT YOU PLACE ON THAT, THE MORE POTENTIALLY THAT YOU COULD DISCOURAGE GOOD PEOPLE FROM RUNNING FOR OFFICE.

IT'S NOT EASY TO DO WHAT YOU DO, THAT'S FOR SURE.

SO MOST OF THE CANDIDATES NOW IN MIAMI BEACH.

ARE YOU WOULD SAY THEY'RE INDEPENDENTLY WEALTHY.

I REMEMBER THERE WAS A PREVIOUS MAYOR, PHILIP LEVINE, WHO RAN FOR GOVERNOR.

HE SPENT LIKE 100 MILLION OF HIS PERSONAL FUNDS TO RUN FOR GOVERNOR.

AND HE WAS THE MAYOR OF MIAMI BEACH.

SO OBVIOUSLY, I'M SURE HE COULD SELF-FINANCE HE DOESN'T HAVE TO GO TO DEVELOPERS, DIDN'T HAVE TO GO TO DEVELOPERS OR VENDORS.

THAT'S RIGHT. AND TO YOUR POINT, COMMISSIONER, I THINK SOME OF THE FOLKS THAT I'VE WORKED WITH THAT STRUGGLE WITH THE ORDINANCE THE MOST ARE ARE THE ONES, YOU KNOW, THE UBER DRIVER THAT IS RUNNING FOR FOR COMMISSION AND NOT NOT SOMEONE THAT IS SELF-FINANCING OR, OR OF MEANS.

SO SO YOU'RE SAYING YOU THINK IT WOULD BE MORE IF WE IT KIND OF MADE IT MORE DIFFICULT FOR A WORKING CLASS PERSON, SAID A TEACHER THAT WANTS TO RUN FOR OFFICE.

IT'S NOT GOING TO HELP OUR COMMUNITY WITH THESE STRINGENT, TOUGH CAMPAIGN FINANCE LAWS.

IT'S GOING TO MAKE IT DIFFICULT FOR THAT PERSON TO RUN FOR OFFICE, IN MY OPINION.

IT DOES MAKE IT MORE DIFFICULT.

YES. AND IN TERMS OF TRANSPARENCY, I'M DEFINITELY FOR TRANSPARENCY.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE AWARE OF THIS, BUT IN NEW YORK CITY, THEY HAVE PUBLIC FINANCING OF ELECTIONS WHERE IF CITY COUNCIL PEOPLE OR THE MAYOR GETS MONEY FROM THE LOCAL PEOPLE YOU KNOW, THE CITY MATCHES THAT IN TERMS OF A FUNDING SOURCE.

SO THE AVERAGE PERSON, THE WORKING CLASS PERSON CAN RUN FOR OFFICE, AND IT ELIMINATES THE VENDORS AND THE DEVELOPERS FROM HAVING SO MUCH POWER.

BECAUSE I AM IN FAVOR OF HAVING AVERAGE PEOPLE WORK FOR AN OFFICE, I AM IN FAVOR OF TRANSPARENCY.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN EVEN LOOK DEEPER AT DOING IF WE'RE GOING TO SAY, OKAY, NO VENDORS, NO DEVELOPERS.

LET'S TAKE IT TO THE OTHER LEVEL.

SO LET'S MAKE IT EASY FOR PEOPLE TO RUN FOR OFFICE BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO DISSUADE.

WE WANT TO HAVE TRANSPARENCY, BUT WE WANT TO MAKE IT AS EASY AS POSSIBLE FOR THE AVERAGE PEOPLE OF THE COMMUNITY TO WORK FOR OFFICE.

WE DON'T WE DON'T WANT TO PUT THE POWER.

THE WHOLE PURPOSE IS TAKING THE POWER OUT OF THE RICH, POWERFUL CORPORATION AND DEVELOPERS AND PUTTING IT IN THE HAND OF THE HANDS OF THE PEOPLE.

SO WE DON'T WANT TO MAKE IT TOO STRINGENT AND DIFFICULT WEATHER.

THE AVERAGE PERSON CAN'T RUN, YOU KNOW, AND STILL PUT IT IN THE HANDS OF THE RICH AND POWERFUL.

THE WHOLE PURPOSE IS FOR US TO PUT IT IN THE HANDS OF THE COMMUNITY, NOT TAKE IT OUT OF THE COMMUNITY.

GOING, GOING, GOING BACK TO YOUR QUESTIONS ABOUT THE ENTITIES MIAMI, NOT MIAMI BEACH, BUT MIAMI ITSELF, THE CITY OF MIAMI.

THERE WAS A COMMISSIONER THAT RECENTLY GOT ARRESTED FOR SO HE I THINK HE HE VOTED ON A PROJECT.

IT WAS A PARK.

AND THEN THE PEOPLE OPENED A COMPANY, PUT IT IN A PERSON'S NAME, AND THEN THEY KIND OF PAID HIM VIA LOBBYISTS.

I WASN'T SURE. I JUST READ IT IN THE PAPERS.

I DON'T RECALL EXACTLY THE SPECIFICS.

YES. THAT'S CORRECT. WELL, THE ENTITY WAS FORMED PRIOR TO HIM VOTING ON IT, AND THE THEY MADE THE DONATION PRIOR.

CITY OF MIAMI OR THE CITY OF MIAMI? YEAH, I THINK IT WAS. IT WAS A WE KNOW THE.

YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. WE DON'T WANT TO SAY HIS NAME.

I DON'T SAY HIS NAME. YEAH. I JUST WANT TO.

YEAH. YES, YES.

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THAT'S CORRECT. SO PERMISSION TO SPEAK FREELY? DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT. SO SO SO.

YEAH. SO SO I DO I I'M HEARING I'M HEARING ALL THE DISCUSSION AND, AND THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF THESE LAWS IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE COMMISSIONERS ARE NOT BEHOLDEN TO THESE REAL ESTATE DEVELOPERS, AND SO THEY'RE MAKING DECISIONS THAT ARE RIGHT FOR THE COMMUNITY, AND NOT BECAUSE SOMEBODY GAVE THEM A $250,000 DONATION BEFORE THEY EVEN CAME ON THE COMMISSION.

SO ALL OF A SUDDEN, YOU FEEL OBLIGATED TO VOTE BECAUSE THAT'S HOW YOU WERE BASICALLY ABLE TO RUN.

SO I THINK FROM JUST PUBLIC INTEREST WISE, I WOULD SAY THAT'S THAT'S REALLY THE WHOLE PURPOSE BEHIND ALL THE LAWS.

AND WHATEVER YOU CHOOSE TO DO, I THINK THAT THAT'S JUST KEEP THAT IN MIND AS WELL.

IT'S TO PREVENT SO JUST SO THAT PEOPLE CAN BE SURE THAT WHEN YOU'RE VOTING, YOU'RE NOT VOTING BECAUSE SOMEBODY GAVE YOU A $250,000 DONATION THROUGH A PAC.

IT'S BECAUSE YOU'RE DOING WHAT YOU BELIEVE IS RIGHT FOR THE COMMUNITY.

SO I JUST WANTED TO THROW AS THE ETHICS PERSON ON HERE, I KNOW I GAVE YOU A PARADE OF HORRIBLES.

AS TO ENFORCEMENT, HOW CHALLENGING IT'S BEEN ENFORCEMENT WISE, BUT I DO FEEL THE NEED TO JUST THROW THAT IN THERE AS WELL.

JUST TO SAY, JUST REMEMBER WHAT ALL THESE LAWS ARE REALLY ABOUT AND WHY IT IS THAT CITIES THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE A GOOD IDEA TO PUT THE MIAMI BEACH, THOUGHT THAT IT MIGHT BE A GOOD IDEA TO PUT SOMETHING LIKE THIS IN PLACE.

CAN I? YEAH.

STATING THAT IF YOU RUN ON A PLATFORM, FOR INSTANCE.

I'M SORRY. IT'S FINE.

I'LL YIELD MY TIME. YIELD MY TIME.

GO. OKAY. SO IF I ASKED.

I'M SORRY. I DIDN'T KNOW YOU WERE STILL TALKING.

IF MY PLATFORM IS, I WANT TO SEE THE CITY BEAUTIFY.

AND I WANT TO SEE MORE DEVELOPMENT, YOU KNOW, SMART DEVELOPMENT, RIGHT? BECAUSE EVERYWHERE I THINK NEEDS DEVELOPMENT.

AND I PACK HERE IS THAT OR GRANTED, I DON'T FALL IN THIS CATEGORY, BUT I'M JUST GIVING A SCENARIO.

A PACK HEARS THAT OR A DEVELOPER HEARS THAT.

IF I WAS A DEVELOPER, I WOULD PROBABLY WANT TO DONATE TO THAT PERSON.

YOU GET WHAT I'M SAYING? SO THAT DOESN'T MEAN YOU'RE BUYING YOUR VOTE.

AND THIS IS WHY I SAY LEAVE IT TO THE LAWMAKERS TO MAKE THE LAW AND NOT PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT EACH OTHER BECAUSE IT'S AN ELECTION YEAR.

THAT'S WHY I SAY HOLD OFF ON IT, BECAUSE THEN IT BECOMES CLOUDY AND GRAY.

BECAUSE YOU'RE RIGHT.

IF I'M RUNNING FOR A PLATFORM, YES, I'M GOING.

IF I SAY I WANT MORE THINGS FOR KIDS, ANYTHING WITH KIDS, YEAH, I'M GOING TO BE INTERESTED.

RIGHT? COMMON SENSE.

SO IT'S NOT BECAUSE I'M SELLING MY VOTE, BUT BECAUSE I WAS CLEAR ON THAT'S WHAT I'M HERE FOR, RIGHT? SO KEEPING THAT IN MIND MINE THOUGH.

YOU'RE GOING TO ATTRACT THOSE TYPE OF PEOPLE BECAUSE THEIR MISSION IS PROBABLY THE SAME AS YOURS.

SO LET'S USE COMMON SENSE.

SO IF I'M INTO BUILDING, YEAH, I'M GOING TO ATTRACT BUILDERS BECAUSE I ALREADY STATED THAT THAT WAS MY MISSION.

IF I'M INTO CLEAN AIR, YES, I'M GOING TO ATTRACT THOSE THAT ARE INTO CLEAN AIR.

IF I'M INTO LESS TRAFFIC, YES, I'M GOING TO ATTRACT THOSE THAT WANT LESS TRAFFIC.

SO IT COINCIDES.

WHO'S GOING TO GIVE TO YOU IS WHAT YOU BELIEVE IN AND WHAT YOUR MISSION IS.

SO LET'S NOT LEAVE THAT COMMON SENSE THAT AGAIN, THAT'S WHY I SAID WE AS A BOARD WHO ARE RUNNING AGAINST EACH OTHER AND WE DON'T NEED TO MAKE THAT DECISION, LEAVE THE OTHER COMMITTEES THAT ARE FORMED TO MAKE THOSE DECISIONS, NOT US, BECAUSE OURS IS SUBJECTIVE AND IS SKEWED.

THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR.

BACK TO YOU. MY APOLOGIES.

NO PROBLEM. YEAH.

GOING BACK TO THAT QUESTION, AND I THINK YOU KIND OF ANSWERED IT IN A, IN A ETHICAL WAY THAT THAT, YOU KNOW, 10,000FT VIEW.

HAHAHA. THAT'S BECAUSE YOUR SPELMAN WOMAN.

HAHA. SO KIND OF GOING WITH DOCTOR DANIELS.

YES. WHEN PEOPLE RUN FOR OFFICE, YOU HAVE PEOPLE THAT SUPPORT YOU BASED ON I MEAN, IT'S NOT THE BEST WORD, SPECIAL INTEREST OR YOUR INTERESTS.

IT IT'S A IT'S A IT'S A IT'S A IT'S A WORD THAT PEOPLE USE IN A NEGATIVE WAY.

OBVIOUSLY WE CAN'T BAN THE PACS, SO PEOPLE CAN STILL USE PACS.

THAT'S THAT'S AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL.

THAT'S GOING TO TAKE CONGRESS AND A NEW PRESIDENT, PERHAPS, AND A LOT MORE TO CHANGE THAT.

AND THE PEOPLE WITH BIG MONEY ARE GOING TO STOP CONGRESS FROM CHANGING IN ANY WAY.

SO BIG MONEY ALWAYS WINS.

YOU KNOW, ELON MUSK AND THOSE GUYS ALWAYS WINS.

SO THAT IS NOT GOING TO CHANGE.

SO THERE'S NO WAY WE CAN STOP THAT, APPARENTLY.

IN TERMS OF THE VENDORS AND THE DEVELOPERS, I MEAN, THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH LAND THE CITY HAS EVENTUALLY GOING TO RUN OUT OF LAND.

YOU KNOW, THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH INTEREST DEVELOPERS ARE GOING TO HAVE IN TERMS OF VENDORS.

VENDORS ARE PEOPLE THAT COME ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.

WHAT ABOUT THE SMALL BUSINESS OWNER THAT PROBABLY SUPPLIES US WITH FOOD AND HAS A YOU MIGHT LIKE DOCTOR DANIELS PLATFORM.

I WANT TO GIVE HER A CHECK. THAT DOESN'T MEAN SHE'S BUYING A VOTE.

SHE'S JUST LIKE HER BECAUSE SHE COMES TO A STORE EVERY DAY WITH HER FAMILY, AND SHE BELIEVES IN THE CITY.

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THAT'S THAT'S WHY I LIKE I THINK THAT'S WHAT GOVERNMENT IS ABOUT, THAT THE PEOPLE HAVE THE POWER AND NOT THE BIG POWERFUL CORPORATIONS.

SO IT'S TWO SIDED BECAUSE ON ONE SPECTRUM, YOU CAN BEND THE BIG VENDORS WHO HAVE THE MILLION DOLLAR CONTRACT, BUT YOU CAN ALSO AFFECT THE SMALL BUSINESS PEOPLE WHO ARE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY WHO HAVE, YOU KNOW, EVERYDAY INTERESTS IN THE COMMUNITY, WHO CARES ABOUT THE COMMUNITY AND IS NOT GIVING THEIR THEIR DONATION BASED ON, YOU KNOW, EXPECTING A FAVOR IN RETURN. IF I'M A BUSINESS AND I'M MAKING 50 GRAND FROM A CITY AND I GIVE YOU A THOUSAND BUCKS, I'M NOT MAKING ANY BIG PROFITS.

I CAN'T BE, YOU KNOW, PAYING.

YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T PAY SOMEONE WITH THOSE SMALL AMOUNT OF PROFITS.

SO THAT THAT IS THAT IS MY THINKING.

I LIKE WHAT YOU GUYS SAID.

I LIKE THE PRESENTATION THAT YOU MADE.

IN TERMS OF ETHICS AND ALL THAT STUFF.

I THINK ALL MY COLLEAGUES, I'VE SAID THIS BEFORE AND I SAID IT AGAIN.

I THINK ALL MY COLLEAGUES ARE FINE PEOPLE.

I THINK THEY'RE ALL ETHICAL.

I THINK THEY'RE ALL, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WHO CARE ABOUT THE COMMUNITY.

I SAID THAT BEFORE, AND I WILL SAY THAT AGAIN, AND I WILL SAY THAT IN THEIR FACE, BEHIND THEIR BACK.

I SAY THAT ABOUT ALL OF THEM.

SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT AGAIN, FOR THE RECORD, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

COMMISSIONER BOLTON. I THANK YOU SO MUCH.

AND I'M NOT SPEAKING BECAUSE I'M A PASTOR ON SUNDAYS AND MONDAYS ARE EXTREMELY HARD FOR ME.

SO BEAR WITH MY VOICE.

AND SO WHAT IS THE CONTRIBUTION LIMIT IN MIAMI BEACH? SO UNDER FLORIDA LAW, IT'S THE SAME FOR EVERYBODY.

IT'S $1,000 PER PERSON PER FOR EACH CANDIDATE IN EVERY ELECTION CYCLE.

AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALL HAVE PRIMARIES OR NOT, BUT THAT'S, IT'S IT'S, YOU KNOW, 1000 FOR A PRIMARY AND 1000 FOR A GENERAL ELECTION.

DO YOU KNOW OF ANY OTHER MUNICIPALITY THAT HAS ADOPTED A DIFFERENT LIMIT? LET'S SAY A CITY MAY HAVE THE MAXIMUM LIMIT OF $250 OR $500 OR OR SO.

I'M NOT AWARE OF THAT.

AND THAT'S SOMETHING FOR THE STATE.

YEAH. YEAH.

AS A MATTER OF FACT, I THINK THE CITY OF FORT LAUDERDALE HAS A CONTRIBUTION LIMIT THAT IS WAY BELOW THE $1,000 LIMIT.

SO CITIES CAN WITH AUTONOMY, SELECT OR OR HAVE THEIR OWN LAWS WHERE THE LIMIT IS CONCERNED.

SO I WOULD YOU KNOW, I JUST ASK YOU TO LOOK AT THE CITY OF FORT LAUDERDALE AND THEIR POLICIES BECAUSE THEIR LIMITS ARE LESS THAN $1,000. I HAVE DIFFERENT, DIFFERING OPINIONS OF THE VICE MAYOR BECAUSE IN IN SAYING THAT THE RESTRICTIONS WOULD MAKE IT HARDER FOR EVERYDAY TAMARAC TAMARAC RESIDENTS TO RUN FOR OFFICE. IS KIND OF THE OTHER WAY AROUND, BECAUSE IF WE HAVE CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM REDUCING THE LIMIT, THEN LET'S SAY TO $250.

THE INCUMBENT OR THE ONE THAT HAS MONEY OR ACCESS TO MONEY.

THE PLAYING FIELD IS NOW LEVELED BECAUSE THE EVERYDAY RESIDENT THAT CANNOT COMPETE WITH $1,000 MAY BE ABLE TO SELF-FUND OR GO TO THEIR CHURCH AND ASK FOR $50, OR DO CHICKEN DINNERS AND RAISE $5 AT A TIME. SO, YOU KNOW, CAMPAIGN FINANCE LAWS THAN HERE STRENGTHENING IT AND HAVING AN ORDINANCE I THINK WOULD.

LEVEL THE PLAYING FIELD AND HAVE MORE EVERYDAY RESIDENTS RUNNING FOR OFFICE.

LET'S TALK ABOUT THE SOLICITATION THAT YOU MENTIONED.

THE ORDINANCE IS STILL IN EFFECT WITH SOLICITATION IN MIAMI BEACH.

YES. YES, SIR. AND FOR THE SIMPLE REASON THAT IT HAS NOT BEEN CHALLENGED TO DATE, BUT IT COULD AND IT WOULD FACE VERY STRICT SCRUTINY UNDER THE FIRST AMENDMENT STANDARDS.

OKAY. SO LET'S SAY TOM IS SENDING A TEXT MESSAGE OR AN EMAIL TO 50,000 PEOPLE, AND THAT EMAIL SAYS RUSH $5 BEFORE MIDNIGHT BECAUSE I'M $10,000 SHORT ON MY GOAL AND IT GOES TO 50,000 PEOPLE.

BUT IN THAT 50,000 PEOPLE, THERE WERE TWO VENDORS IN MIAMI BEACH, THAT SOLICITATION OF OF THOSE VENDORS.

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AND IF THESE DATABASES OR YOU COLLECT EMAIL ADDRESSES FROM EVERYBODY THAT YOU KNOW, AND THAT WILL INCLUDE ALL KINDS OF STAKEHOLDERS AND IT'S VERY EASY TO TRIP UP.

TECHNICALLY IT WOULD VIOLATE THE SOLICITATION ORDINANCE, BUT THE IF THE INTENT WAS NOT TO SPECIFICALLY SOLICIT OF A VENDOR OR A DEVELOPER, IT WASN'T AN EMAIL JUST TO THOSE PARTIES THEN.

THEN I THINK THAT THAT THE ETHICS COMMISSION WOULD PROBABLY LOOK.

YOU KNOW, WOULD BE LESS CONCERNED ABOUT THAT SOLICITATION.

AND WHAT YOU MENTIONED ABOUT THE VENDOR LISTS IS SOMETHING THAT ADMINISTRATIVELY IS VERY DIFFICULT TO TO IMPLEMENT VENDORS, IT CONSTANTLY CHANGES, RIGHT? THE LIST GETS UPDATED EVERY WEEK.

AND SO THAT PUTS THE ONUS ON THE CITY STAFF TO KEEP THE LIST CURRENT PARTICULARLY WITH WHO IS OR IS NOT A REAL ESTATE DEVELOPER AS DEFINED IN THAT CODE.

AND, AND IT PUTS THE ONUS ON ALL OF THE CANDIDATES WITH AN EVER CHANGING LIST OF WHO'S A VENDOR AND WHO'S NOT.

AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S IT'S DEFINITELY A BIG UNDERTAKING IF YOU WERE TO GO DOWN THAT PATH.

YOU KNOW, I GOT ELECTED IN 2016, AND I RAN AS A CHALLENGER TO AN INCUMBENT, AND I REMEMBER ASKING FOR A DONATION FROM PEOPLE ON THE LIST OF LOBBYISTS HERE.

AND ONE OF THE LOBBYISTS POINT BLANK SAID TO ME, WE DON'T GIVE MONEY TO CHALLENGERS.

WE ONLY SUPPORT INCUMBENTS.

AND THAT STUCK WITH ME.

BECAUSE REALLY AND TRULY, WHEN I GOT ELECTED, THAT SAME LOBBYIST WAS THE FIRST ONE TO ASK FOR A MEETING FOR THEIR PROJECT.

AND AND SO, YOU KNOW, IT JUST IT JUST SHOWS, LIKE, WHERE THEIR INTERESTS ARE, YOU KNOW, AND SO.

LET'S SHIFT, THOUGH, GEARS ON POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEES.

SO MISS ATTORNEY TO YOU, YOU ARE THE CHAIR OF A PAC.

AND. NO, JUST AS AN EXAMPLE, YOU'RE THE CHAIR OF A PAC AND ATTORNEY. PAZ, YOU YOU ARE A COMMISSIONER.

AND SO YOU'VE BEEN BUDDIES FOR A WHILE, AND LEVENT AND HINES AND KEISHA.

DOCTOR DANIEL GIVES MONEY TO YOUR PAC.

SO BECAUSE ALL THREE PEOPLE GAVE MONEY TO THE TO THE PAC THAT YOU RUN, YOU GUYS ARE BEST BUDDIES.

NOW ALL OF A SUDDEN, ALL THOSE DONATIONS THAT THESE THREE PEOPLE MADE IS SUDDENLY CONNECTED TO YOU, MR. PAZ, BECAUSE YOU TWO ARE BEST BUDDIES.

SO ONE, TWO, THREE HAS TO BE FRIENDS WITH PATHS.

MY UNDERSTANDING OF PATHS IS THAT EVEN THOUGH YOU, MR. IS RUNNING THE PAC, THESE DONATIONS MAY BE FOR OTHER CITIES, FOR OTHER CANDIDATES, FOR OTHER CAUSES.

IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE CONNECTED TO MR. PAZ. HAVE YOU SEEN THAT IN YOUR.

WELL, I WOULD TAKE SEVERAL STEPS BACK.

SO THE LAW IS VERY CLEAR THAT BECAUSE I'M THE ENFORCEMENT PERSON.

RIGHT. SO. AND YOUR ACCENT IS JUST AMAZING.

WHERE IS IT FROM? I'M FROM SIERRA LEONE, WEST AFRICA.

WOW. YEAH. OKAY.

SO THANK YOU.

SO WE HAVE TO TAKE SEVERAL STEPS BACK BECAUSE I'M THE INVESTIGATORY PERSON AS WELL.

SO WHEN A SCENARIO LIKE THAT COMES IN WHAT YOU ACTUALLY DO, WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO IS ACTUALLY LOOK AT WHAT THE LAW SAYS.

THE LAW SAYS THAT COMMISSIONER CANNOT SOLICIT.

RIGHT? SO THE QUESTION YOU LITERALLY HAVE TO GO ON A FACT FINDING MISSION JUST BECAUSE THEY GAVE DOES NOT MEAN THAT HE SOLICITED THEM.

YOU HAVE TO DO FACT FINDING TO SEE WHETHER A SOLICITATION ACTUALLY TOOK PLACE.

I WOULD SAY THAT WOULD BE MY COVER INSTEAD OF ANSWERING, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, HOW PEOPLE RUN THEIR PACS.

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BUT I WOULD SAY IF A SCENARIO LIKE THAT DOES COME ACROSS MY DESK YOU HAVE TO GO TO WHAT THE LAW ACTUALLY SAYS, AND YOU NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE FACTS MATCH.

SO IT'S NOT JUST THAT HE'S FRIENDS WITH WHOEVER THE HEAD OF THE PAC IS, IS DID HE SOLICIT THAT PARTICULAR DONATION FROM THE PAC SO WE MIGHT BE FRIENDS.

DID HE EVER ASK FOR, FOR FOR FOR OUR PAC TO SUPPORT HIM? DID HE EVER ASK COMMISSIONER DANIEL TO SUPPORT HIM? DID HE SOLICIT THAT DONATION? DID HE GO TO COMMISSIONER DANIEL AND SAY, PLEASE MAKE A DONATION TO ME? BUT INSTEAD OF, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE YOU'RE LIMITED BY $1,000, MAKE A DONATION TO THE PAC INSTEAD.

AND THE PAC WOULD NOW FUNNEL THE DONATION TO ME.

SO IT'S EXTREMELY SPECIFIC.

SPECIFIC. YOU HAVE TO HAVE THESE TYPES OF INQUIRIES WHERE WE'RE SPEAKING TO THE DEVELOPER, WE'RE CHECKING EMAILS, WE'RE CHECKING PUBLIC RECORDS. WE'RE, YOU KNOW, SPEAKING TO TO THE COMMISSIONERS AS WELL TO MAKE SURE THAT THE FACT SCENARIO DOES, IN FACT, LINE UP WITH WHAT THE ORDINANCE SAYS IN ORDER FOR US TO FIND A VIOLATION.

SO IT'S EXTREMELY FACT SPECIFIC.

AND WE DO A THOROUGH, THOROUGH INVESTIGATION EVERY TIME BECAUSE, I MEAN, WE DON'T TAKE THESE LIGHTLY.

PEOPLE'S POLITICAL CAREERS ARE AT STAKE, AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE MAKE THE RIGHT DECISION AND MAKE THE RIGHT RECOMMENDATIONS.

YEAH. AND AND IN IN SO DOING, WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL THAT RIGHT THAT OUR, OUR PERCEPTION AND OUR OPINION IS NOT SEEN AS REALITY.

BECAUSE SOMETIMES WHAT YOU SEE IS NOT TRULY WHAT IT IS.

RIGHT. AND I THINK THE, THE LAST THING THAT I WOULD, I WOULD SAY IS, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE QUICK TO POINT OUT WHEN, LET'S SAY MISS PAZ.

MISS PAZ GIVES DOCTOR DANIEL A DONATION AND DOCTOR DANIEL VOTES YES ON MR. PAZ'S PROJECT.

OH, CORRUPTION. BECAUSE MR. PAZ GAVE DOCTOR DANIEL A DONATION.

HOW IS THAT CORRUPTION? BUT WHAT? EXACTLY. REGARDLESS OF WHO PUT THAT OUT THERE AND AND AND HERE'S HERE'S WHAT ALWAYS GETS ME.

THE THE INSTIGATOR OF ALL OF THESE JUST BLATANT SPEWING OF VENOM LIES.

NEVER LOOK AT MR. PAUSE GIVING DOCTOR DANIEL A DONATION BUT TO DOCTOR DANIEL VOTED NO.

BECAUSE IN THE SAME SCENARIO OF MANY DEVELOPERS GIVING DONATIONS TO CAMPAIGNS OR PACS, NOT NAMING ANY NAMES.

LOOK AT THE VOTING RECORD.

IT'S IT'S IT'S NOT THAT THE SCENARIO IS NOT ALWAYS MR..

PAZ GAVE DOCTOR DANIEL A DONATION AND DOCTOR DANIEL VOTED YES.

DOCTOR DANIEL VOTES NO ON ALL PROJECTS BECAUSE THE PROJECT MAY BE TERRIBLE AND IRRESPECTIVE OF A DONATION.

THE PROJECT IS TERRIBLE.

SO? SO THE BRUSH JUST HAS TO BE PAINTED BOTH WAYS, RIGHT? AND SO I THANK YOU GUYS FOR FOR COMING HERE.

CERTAINLY. IT'S IT'S REFRESHING TO TO HEAR THE PRESENTATION.

AND, YOU KNOW MAYBE IF ONE DAY WE CHANGE ATTORNEYS, YOU KNOW, MR. PAZ, I'M JOKING.

COME ON, MR. PAWS. I TOLD YOU THIS WAS GOING TO BE ENTERTAINMENT.

YOU'RE IN PART OF IT. OKAY, SO I THINK I'M THE LAST ONE BEFORE YOU.

OH, JEEZ. TOO MANY CRICKETS.

GO AHEAD. I JUST WANT TO MAKE ONE DISTINCTION, BECAUSE I THINK THERE'S A LITTLE CONFUSION ON ONE.

ON ONE THING. I KNOW, THERE'S CONFUSION.

THE MAXIMUM CONTRIBUTION.

AND I'M TALKING TO MY MY COLLEAGUES HERE.

NOT NOT TO YOU GUYS VERSUS CONTRIBUTIONS THAT ARE IN THE TENS OF THOUSANDS, RIGHT TO A PACK.

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THAT'S WHERE THE UNFAIRNESS COMES.

SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT CLEAR.

BUT ALSO I WILL DISAGREE WITH YOU.

I THINK SENDING OUT AND I'LL DISAGREE WITH COMMISSIONER BOLTON ON THIS AS WELL, THAT EVEN THOUGH I MAY SEND 50,000 EMAILS AND 1 OR 2 OR MAYBE EVEN FIVE VENDORS ARE IN THERE, IT'S ON US TO KNOW WHO'S ON THAT LIST, RIGHT? BECAUSE WE'RE ADDING THE ONE THOSE PEOPLE TO THE LIST, EVEN IF WE EVEN IF OUR ADMIN OR OUR SECRETARY OR ASSISTANT IS THE ONE DOING IT, THEY KNOW WHO'S BEING ADDED TO THAT LIST.

THEY'VE DONE A PUBLIC RECORD REQUEST FOR THAT EMAIL.

THEY HAVE APPROACHED THAT VENDOR FOR THAT EMAIL.

THEY'RE ADDING THAT EMAIL.

SO AND WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT OUT OF THE 50,000, 10,000 VENDORS THAT THE CITY DOES NOT THE CITY DOES NOT CONDUCT BUSINESS WITH MORE THAN LEVENT.

HOW DO YOU HOW MANY VENDORS DO YOU THINK WE HAVE ACTIVE VENDORS? 100? NO, I'D LIKE TO SAY.

I'D LIKE TO SAY IT'S OVER 2000.

SO 2000 VENDORS EVERY YEAR.

TOUCH ONE PART OR THE OTHER IN THIS CITY.

ACTIVE. LISTED VENDORS.

RIGHT. ACTIVE.

ALL RIGHT. I'LL DISAGREE WITH THAT ONE, BUT THAT'S, I DON'T KNOW THE INFORMATION.

SOON TO BE ONE.

AMAZON. THAT'S MONOPOLY.

RICO. WE'RE NOT GOING.

YEAH. WE DO HAVE A LOT OF VENDORS.

BUT I THINK IT'S IT'S ON US TO KNOW WHO'S ON THAT LIST, AND IT'S ON US TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT LIST. SO I'LL, I'LL GO AGAINST THAT ONE AND I'M GOING TO USE THAT ONE TOO.

OKAY. YOU NEVER TURNED IT DOWN, SO I IT'S HARD TO KNOW ANYWAY.

PLEASE GO.

I WANT TO WRAP IT UP, SO.

OKAY. SO I DIDN'T MISS, I DIDN'T MISSPEAK, BUT THERE WAS AN UPDATE.

SO THE THERE'S A SUN SENTINEL ARTICLE FROM JUNE OF, OF 2019 THAT SAID, THE CITY OF FORT LAUDERDALE UNANIMOUSLY VOTED TO INCREASE INDIVIDUAL CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS FROM $250 TO 1000.

SO FOR A LONG TIME, THEY WERE LIMITED, EVEN THOUGH STATE LAW WAS 1000, THERE LIMIT WAS HUNDRED AND $50 AND MAYBE SOMEBODY SAID, OH, WELL, IT'S TOO HARD TO FUNDRAISE.

SO NOW THEY'VE RAISED IT TO $1,000.

YOU KNOW, QUITE FRANKLY, EVERYTHING IN MY COMMENTARY WAS MORE OF A QUESTION, YOU KNOW, SCENARIOS.

AND NOT JUST JOSH, JOSH, JOSH AND AND YOU KNOW, I'M NOT, YOU KNOW, MAKING A POSITION OR STATING FACTS OR I'M JUST ASKING QUESTIONS.

BUT HERE'S MY FINAL QUESTION.

FOR BOTH OF YOU. AND MAYBE YOU CAN GIVE BOTH OF YOUR RESPONSES, WHICH IS BETTER, A VENDOR OR ANYBODY MAKING A $10,000 DONATION TO A PAC OR THAT SAME VENDOR OWNING TEN BUSINESSES, MAKING TEN DIFFERENT $1,000 CONTRIBUTIONS TO A CAMPAIGN.

SEE WHAT I MEAN? WHAT? WHAT'S WHAT? WHICH. WHICH IS BETTER? OR WHICH IS WORSE? AND COMMISSIONER.

YOU'VE YOU'VE YOU JUST NAILED IT IN TERMS OF THE DIFFICULTY OF OF THESE ISSUES.

BUT MY RESPONSE IS ONLY TO SAY YOU CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT THE 10,000 DONATION WITH THE PACS UNDER THE EXISTING LAW.

SO YOU KNOW IT, IT'S VERY LIMITED IN TERMS OF, OF ADDRESSING THAT.

BUT IT IS EQUALLY A PROBLEM TO, YOU KNOW, HAVE PEOPLE DO DO AN END RUN AROUND WHATEVER RULE ANYONE COMES UP WITH.

AND THAT'S THE NATURE OF THIS BEAST.

OKAY. ATTORNEY TERRAIN.

I SECOND WHAT HE SAID.

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SO IF A COMMISSIONER'S WIFE AND THE COMMISSIONER AND THE COMMISSIONER'S BUSINESS AND THE COMMISSIONER'S OTHER BUSINESS, AND THE COMMISSIONER'S OTHER BUSINESS, AND THE COMMISSIONER'S BEST FRIEND AND THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS BUSINESS AND THE BUSINESS PARTNER GIVES A MAYOR ALMOST $10,000 STRUCTURED EQUALLY A PROBLEM.

THANK YOU FOR COMING.

FOR THE RECORD, I'M NOT MARRIED AS YET.

WELCOME TO OUR SHOW.

I'M SORRY BECAUSE I'VE SAT HERE PATIENTLY WHILE DIGS HAVE GONE, FLYING BACK AND FORTH, ALLEGATIONS HAVE GONE FLYING BACK AND FORTH, AND INNUENDO HAS GONE FLYING BACK AND FORTH WITH MAYOR.

I THINK MR. PAZ AND MR. ATTORNEY I GOT THIS. THEY USED TO IT.

I TELL YOU I I'M STILL GOING TO APOLOGIZE FOR IT.

YOU BROUGHT THEM HERE. MAYBE YOU NEED TO APOLOGIZE TO THEM TOO.

AND BUT TRULY, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND PROVING SOME BIG POINTS.

IT'S A WHOLE MESS.

IT'S ALL SWISS CHEESE.

IT'S WHAC A MOLE. IT'S HYPOCRISY.

AND WHAT IS NOT LOOKED AT IS MAYBE THERE SHOULDN'T BE THE FACT THAT WE GET LIMITATIONS ON WHO GIVES US MONEY.

MAYBE THERE SHOULD BE LIMITS ON HOW MUCH EACH SEAT IS ABLE TO RAISE MONEY.

SO EACH POSITION IS CAPPED AT A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF MONEY AND YOU HAVE TO SPEND IT WISELY.

IT'S CALLED A BUDGET, WHICH SOMETIMES COMMISSIONS CAN'T SEEM TO STAY ON BUDGET EITHER FOR CERTAIN THINGS.

MAYBE THAT'S THE PROBLEM.

MAYBE THAT'S THE WAY WE DO IT.

MAYBE LEGALLY, WE JUST PUT IN CAMPAIGN LIMITATIONS ON HOW MUCH EACH SEAT FOR CERTAIN CAPACITY OF RESIDENTS.

THIS ISN'T JUST, SAY, TAMARAC.

THIS IS A GENERAL IDEA THAT IF YOU HAVE 75,000 PEOPLE THIS SEAT, YOU ONLY CAN RAISE THIS.

IF YOU 35,000 PEOPLE, THIS 125, FIVE 250.

500,000 AND SAID IT THAT WAY, BECAUSE THEN MAYBE YOU STILL HAVE YOUR LIMITATIONS OF YOUR THOUSAND PER PERSON OR WHATEVER GOES INTO A PACK.

AND IT DOESN'T REALLY TAKE CARE OF PROBLEMS WITH THE PACK, BUT MAYBE PACKS ARE ALSO LIMITED, SAYING PACKS CAN ONLY RAISE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF MONEY.

THEN AGAIN, ANOTHER GAME OF WHACK A MOLE, BECAUSE WE'LL JUST DO SPIN OFF TO ITS FRIENDS OF SO-AND-SO PART TWO OR MEGA FRIENDS OF SO-AND-SO PART FIVE. IT REALLY WON'T SEEM TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE, BUT Y'ALL GET WHERE I'M GOING, RIGHT? I DON'T KNOW IF MAYBE WITH THE VENDOR SITUATION YOU SAY FINE.

IF YOU KNOWINGLY KNOW THAT THE CITY IS RUNNING AND GOING TO DO THEIR WASTE MANAGEMENT, OR THEY'RE GOING TO DO THEIR TOWING COMPANIES WITHIN A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME BECAUSE OUR STUFF IS PUBLIC RECORD.

YOU KNOW VERY WELL WHEN THE CONTRACTS ARE UP, NO CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS TO ANYBODY FOR THE YEARS BEFORE YOU PUT A WHITE OUT, YOU KNOW, YOU PUT A A BLOCK OUT ON IT. THEN AGAIN, IF YOU DO IT THEN MAYBE YOU DON'T GET A CHANCE TO QUALIFY.

WHO KNOWS? AND SOMEBODY WILL SAY THAT'S AFFECT MY BUSINESS.

AND YOU CAN'T REALLY DO THAT IN ALL OTHER KINDS OF JUNK.

YOU STILL HAVE SOME SWISS CHEESE IN HERE.

I KNOW YOU'VE TRIED, WHICH I APPRECIATE.

EVEN THOUGH I AM AN ATTORNEY.

THERE'S SOME ATTORNEYS WHO ARE SMALL BUSINESSES, SINGLE ATTORNEYS.

AT THIS POINT IN TIME. IT'S NOT LIKE THEY'RE MEGA MILLIONAIRES WHO ARE BEING ACCUSED OF CRAP.

SO IT ALL JUST DEPENDS.

ALSO, BUSINESSES ALSO LOOK TO THOSE PEOPLE WHO MAY NOT HAVE THE MONEY TO SEE WHO THEY CAN CONTROL WITH THEIR PAC FUNDS, TO SEE WHO THEY CAN CONTROL WITH THEIR VOTES, AND SEE IF THEY CAN CONTROL OTHERS WITH THEIR VOTES AND SAY, OKAY, I'LL VOTE AGAINST IT, BUT YOU VOTE FOR IT.

SO I LOOK LIKE I'M NOT BEING PAID OFF TYPE BALONEY.

WE'RE DUMPING A LOT OF POOP ON YOU RIGHT NOW, RIGHT? SO THERE'S A LOT OF PROBLEMS HERE.

AND TO GO BACK TO SOME OF THE HISTORY THAT WAS BROUGHT UP BY THE VICE MAYOR IN BROWARD COUNTY, THERE WAS A LOT OF PROBLEMS. THERE WERE SEVERAL PEOPLE REMOVED FROM OFFICES, WHETHER IT WAS SCHOOL BOARD OR WHETHER IT WAS COUNTY COMMISSIONER OR WHETHER IT WAS CITIES, THE CITY, THE ELECTED.

LET ME SAY THAT ABOUT THE VOTERS WERE ASKED FOR SOME KIND OF ETHICS COMMISSION, BECAUSE IT'S NOT THE SAME AS WHAT YOU HAVE IN MIAMI.

IT WENT ON TO THE BALLOT, AND THE COUNTY WAS OBLIGATED TO CREATE THIS ETHICS COMMISSION.

NOW, THE CITY OF TAMARAC HAD ITS OWN ETHICS CODE.

BUT IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO VIOLATE THE RULES, THEY'RE GOING TO FIND A WAY THROUGH YOUR SWISS CHEESE.

AND THEY HAVE BEEN.

SO THE CITY OF TAMARAC THEN ACTUALLY REDID ITS RULES, GOT A LITTLE HARDER.

WE TRIED TO I CAME IN BECAUSE SOMEBODY WAS REMOVED.

THAT PERSON WAS REMOVED FOR AN INTENT CRIME.

SHE WAS FOUND NOT GUILTY BECAUSE SHE DIDN'T HAVE THE MENTAL INTENT.

THAT'S WHY YOU GOT TO BE CAREFUL WITH INTENT.

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IT'S ALL WHAT YOU CAN PROVE.

AND SOMETIMES IF IT WALKS LIKE A DUCK, IT QUACKS LIKE A DUCK.

IT'S A DUCK.

IT'S ETHICALLY VIOLATED SOMETHING.

BUT YOU DON'T HAVE THE POWER OR THE TOOLS.

AND UNFORTUNATELY, SO DOES.

SOMETIMES. THE ATTORNEY IS DOING THEIR JOB, DOES IT TOO WELL, AND GIVES THE STATE FREE PASS TO THE PERSON WHO HAS INTENTIONALLY USED THE RULES OR THAT LOOPHOLE, SO THEY CANNOT BE FOUND IN VIOLATION? RIGHT. THIS IS NOT ONE SIMPLE THING AS IT COMES FOR DISCLOSURES, I SUPPORT DISCLOSURES.

THERE WAS A PERIOD OF TIME WITH BROWARD COUNTY RULES REQUIRED DISCLOSURES IF WE WERE GOING TO CAMPAIGN FOR SOMEBODY.

SO I HAVE FILED MY DISCLOSURES.

IT IS VERY PUBLICLY AWARE OF WHO I AM SUPPORTING.

I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHO I'M GOING TO.

SO THE RULES ALLOW THAT.

ACTUALLY, THE RULES DON'T EVEN REQUIRE THAT I DO IT.

BUT DISCLOSURES ARE GOOD.

I LIKE DISCLOSURES, AND MAYBE WE SHOULD WORK ON SOME DISCLOSURES BECAUSE AT LEAST DISCLOSURES MIGHT HELP A LITTLE BIT OF IT.

BUT THEN AGAIN, SOMETIMES PEOPLE JUST DON'T GIVE A HOOT.

ON YOUR CASE WITH THE PERSON WHO TAPED THE OTHER PERSON, WONDER IF YOU CAN GET HIM ON AN ETHICS CHARGE BECAUSE IT'S ILLEGAL TO TAPE SOMEBODY WITHOUT THEIR KNOWLEDGE AND THEN USE IT AGAINST THEM. THAT'S A WHOLE OTHER THING.

JUST KIND OF. WE HAVE BECOME A SLIPPERY SLOPE.

IT'S EASIER TO GET ALONG, TO GO ALONG.

AND BECAUSE OF ALL THIS STUFF, IT IS ALLOWED SOME OF THE PROBLEMS TO SAY IT'S JUST EASIER TO JUST LET IT HAPPEN AND WE'LL LET CERTAIN HIGHER UPS BE ABLE TO DEAL WITH IT.

BUT THEY DON'T HAVE THE TOOLS TO DEAL WITH IT.

WE DON'T HAVE THE RULES IN PLACE.

SOME OF THE HIGHER UPS CAN'T DEAL WITH IT FOR CITY MUNICIPALITIES BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE RULES IN PLACE FOR IT.

WE HAVEN'T GIVEN THEM THE TOOLS TO BE ABLE TO DO WHAT THEY WOULD DO IF WE HAD RULES IN PLACE.

ENFORCEMENT IS EXTREMELY HARD.

I'M ALWAYS ONE FOR IF WE'RE GOING TO PUT SOMETHING IN PLACE, LET'S MAKE IT WHERE IT ACTUALLY HAS TEETH, BECAUSE WE CAN PAT OURSELVES ON THE BACK ALL WE WANT BY SAYING, LOOK WHAT WE DID, BUT WE HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO TEETH.

THE ISSUES WITH VENDORS AND NON VENDORS, WHETHER IT'S THEY WANT A DEVELOPER'S AGREEMENT IN YOUR RULES OR I DON'T KNOW, I'M GOING TO BE A VENDOR TOMORROW BECAUSE I ALL OF A SUDDEN NOW I'VE CREATED A NEW BUSINESS AND NOW I AM A VENDOR.

BUT SO I'M PAST THE DATE.

SO I WASN'T A VENDOR WHEN I GAVE YOU THE MONEY OR WHEN YOU TALKED TO ME ABOUT IT.

AGAIN, THAT PART IS REALLY AWFUL.

RULES PROHIBIT THE INNOCENT, WHO WERE ALWAYS GOING TO INTEND TO FOLLOW THE RULES ANYWAY, AND JUST UNFORTUNATELY ALLOW THOSE WHO WANT TO SKATE OR SKIRT OR BREAK THE RULES, OR GO TO THAT LINE AND NOT FULLY TOUCH IT TO BREAK IT, THAT OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO.

IT'S ON. ALL OF THIS IS REALLY, TRULY UNFORTUNATE.

I DO THINK WE SHOULD WORK ON MAYBE LIMITS FOR OUR OUR OUR POSITIONS AND THEN ALSO WORK ON DISCLOSURES IF THAT WILL HELP.

I DON'T KNOW IF IT'LL HELP, BECAUSE IF THEY'RE GOING TO FIND A WAY TO IT'S LIKE WATER INTO A HOLE.

RIGHT. BUT ALSO ONE THING PEOPLE NEED TO KEEP IN MIND JUST AS MUCH AS A DEVELOPER OR A BUSINESS, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE DEVELOPER.

IT COULD JUST BE SOMEBODY WHO DOES BUSINESS IN THE CITY.

GIVES MONEY DOESN'T MEAN THAT JUST BECAUSE YOU GET MONEY, YOU'RE GOING TO VOTE FOR IT, RIGHT? THE PEOPLE ON THE COMMISSION HAVE INTEGRITY.

WE'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE INTEGRITY.

THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE ABOUT.

UNFORTUNATELY, RUMORS AND GOSSIP AND OTHER PEOPLE'S MIND GAMES MAKE CERTAIN THINGS OTHERWISE, WHICH IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY YOU'RE HERE.

BUT WHAT ABOUT THE VOTE? THE VOTE IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN THAT DOLLAR, BECAUSE THAT BUSINESS MAY GIVE ME A DOLLAR, BUT IT CAN'T VOTE FOR ME.

THE VOTERS ARE THE ONES WHO MAKE THE DECISIONS TO PUT US UP HERE, AND IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THE VOTERS MAKE SURE THAT THEY LOOK INTO US TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE INTEGRITY, WHETHER WE HAVE 10,000IN OUR KITTY OR 110,000IN OUR KITTY, AND SEE THE ACTUAL PEOPLE THEY'RE VOTING FOR, NOT ALL THIS OTHER MEGA BALONEY.

SO ANYWAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.

YOU ARE WONDERFUL.

IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE. I KNOW WE HAVE TO GET YOU OUT OF HERE AND WE ARE A LITTLE LATE, SO RUN WHILE YOU CAN.

THANK YOU. WHAT'S THE WHAT'S THE WHAT'S THE CONSENSUS? MADAM MAYOR 1230.

WHAT IS THE CONSENSUS? THERE'S NO CONSENSUS. THIS IS NOT A CONSENSUS ITEM.

SO WE TALKED FOR TWO HOURS WITHOUT A PRESENTATION.

IT WAS A PRESENTATION.

WE CAN HAVE A COME BACK.

THERE'S NO CONSENSUS.

THERE WAS. FOR WHAT? SO WHY DID WE TALK FOR ALMOST TWO HOURS? WE WERE TOLD ON AN ITEM.

WE HAD BEEN TOLD BECAUSE THESE QUESTIONS CAME UP.

AND THE CITY CITY ATTORNEY SAID THIS WOULD BE THE BEST THING FOR US TO HAVE A CONVERSATION, TO HEAR MORE.

AND IF WE WANTED TO HAVE IT AS A DISCUSSION ITEM IN THE FUTURE, IT COULD BE PUT ON A FUTURE WORKSHOP.

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FOOD FOR THOUGHT.

THINK ABOUT IT AT ANOTHER TIME.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THEY NEED TO GO.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR 1230.

WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.

IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE OUT OF HERE, I THINK ABOUT AN HOUR AGO.

YES. SO THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.

AS I KEEP SAYING, IT IS 1230 BEFORE IT'S 1229.

TURNING TO 1230. 1230.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE'RE IN RECESS TILL 1:00.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WELCOME BACK.

WE ARE A MOMENT LATE.

MY APOLOGIES.

I'M STILL GETTING SETTLED.

ALL RIGHT. IT IS 102 AND WE ARE BACK.

AND WE'RE HEADED TO 1D.

[1.d Move Tamarac Multimodal Transportation Connectivity Master Plan Presented Assistant Community Development Oirecfor, Maher Mansour and Alia Awwad and Stephanie Garcia, with Atla Planning and Design, Inc.]

FLOOR IS YOURS. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, EVERYONE.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING US HERE.

COMMISSION. CAN YOU HEAR ME? OKAY. AM I LOUD ENOUGH? MY NAME IS AALIYAH AWAD, AND I'M A PRINCIPAL WITH ALTA PLANNING AND DESIGN AND WAS THE PRINCIPAL IN CHARGE ON THE MOVE.

TAMARAC PROJECT.

WITH ME HERE IS STEPHANIE GARCIA, WHO'S THE PROJECT MANAGER ON THIS EFFORT.

AND WE HAD THE PLEASURE OF WORKING WITH MAIER MANSOOR, WHO'S ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AT THE CITY.

AND I WANT TO THANK THE CITY FOR HAVING US HERE TO WALK THROUGH, BASICALLY THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PLAN AND THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE DEVELOPED.

JUST CLICK HERE.

RIGHT. SO WE'RE JUST GOING TO GO OVER THE PURPOSE AND THE IMPETUS OF OF THE PROJECT, THE MASTER PLAN, WHAT WE HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY, WHAT SOME OF THE EXISTING CONDITIONS ARE OUT THERE IN TAMARAC, WHAT WE LOOKED AT TO DEVELOP THE PLAN AND WHAT CULMINATED FOR THE VISION AND GOALS OF THE MASTER PLAN AND ULTIMATELY THE RECOMMENDATIONS.

AND WE'RE GOING TO ALSO WALK YOU THROUGH SPECIFIC STEPS TOWARDS THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS MASTER PLAN, AS WE DEFINITELY STRIVE TO MAKE IT AN ACTION ORIENTED PLAN. SO THE THE PURPOSE OF THE MASTER PLAN CAN BE SUMMARIZED IN THREE OVERARCHING GOALS.

FIRST, YOU KNOW, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE IT'S A DATA DRIVEN APPROACH.

YOU KNOW WHAT'S OUT THERE IN THE COMMUNITY.

WHAT ARE WE HEARING FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND WHAT ARE THE NUMBERS TELLING US IN TERMS OF CRASHES, SAFETY ISSUES FOR EVERYONE USING THE ROAD REGARDLESS OF HOW THEY MOVE? AND SO WE LOOKED AT THIS COMPREHENSIVELY TO COME UP WITH A COLLECTIVE SET OF POLICY, PROGRAMMATIC AND DESIGN RECOMMENDATIONS THAT ARE OUT OF WORK TOGETHER TO REALLY MOVE THE CITY TOWARDS A MULTIMODAL FRAMEWORK THAT WOULD MAKE THE CITY SAFER AND LIVABLE AND HEALTHIER FOR EVERYONE.

WE WILL ALSO TALK ABOUT RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE PLAN, AND THAT ALSO ENTAILS SOME OF THE PARTNERSHIPS THAT AND FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES THAT CAN BE LEVERAGED TO ADVANCE A LOT OF THESE ACTION ITEMS. SO THIS IS A QUICK OVERVIEW OF THE SCHEDULE.

THE PROJECT SCHEDULE.

AND AS YOU CAN SEE, WE STARTED SPRING OF LAST YEAR AND WE HAD TWO COMMUNITY MEETINGS THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS TO ROLL OUT THE PLAN AND COME BACK WITH RECOMMENDATIONS. AND WE ACTUALLY WRAPPED IT UP BACK IN JUNE.

AND SINCE THEN IT WAS REVIEWED BY CITY STAFF AS WELL AS BY THE COUNTY.

SINCE THIS IS A SURTAX FUNDED PROJECT, THE THE COUNTY CAME BACK WITH MINIMAL COMMENTS.

AND OF COURSE, WE'RE HERE BEFORE YOU TODAY TO DISCUSS THE PLAN BEFORE IT GOES TO ADOPTION.

SO THIS IS SOME OF WHAT WE HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY.

WE SORRY, I'M TRYING TO CATCH MY BREATH AFTER LUNCH.

SO THE PROJECT HAD A DEDICATED WEBSITE DEVELOPED.

WE WORKED WITH THE CITY STAFF TO ESTABLISH A BRAND, IF YOU WILL, FOR THE PLAN.

AND WE LANDED AND MOVED TAMARAC TO KIND OF EMBODY THE THE IMPETUS OF IT AND THE POINT OF REALLY STRIVING TO MOVE EVERYONE SAFELY AND CONVENIENTLY THROUGH THE CITY.

WE ALSO WORKED WITH CITY STAFF AND THE MUNICATIONS OFFICE TO ADVERTISE THE DIFFERENT EVENTS.

THE ONLINE SURVEY THAT WE DEPLOYED THROUGH THE DIFFERENT SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS AND ALSO THE CITY'S WEBSITE, AND WE ALSO HAD INTERVIEWS, WHICH AND JUST MEETINGS WITH EACH ONE OF YOU ALL TO REALLY CAPTURE YOUR INPUT AND FEEDBACK.

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WE FIRST HAD A MEETING IN THE FALL TO WALK THE COMMUNITY THROUGH EXISTING CONDITIONS.

WHAT'S OUT THERE, WHAT WE FOUND FROM WHAT THE DATA IS TELLING US.

BUT ALSO WE WANTED TO HEAR THEIR EXPERIENCES, WHAT THEY'RE GOING THROUGH ON A DAILY BASIS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE THE PLAN REALLY HAS THE VOICE OF, OF THE COMMUNITY EMBEDDED IN IT.

AND WE CAME BACK IN FEBRUARY TO ROLL OUT AND TALK ABOUT THE RECOMMENDATIONS.

YOU KNOW, THE TOP 25 LISTED PROJECTS, THE MENU OF OPTIONS AND TOOLBOX THAT COULD BE USED TO IMPLEMENT SOME OF THESE RECOMMENDATIONS.

AND THIS IS JUST A FLAVOR OF SOME OF WHAT WE HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY.

THERE WAS A LOT OF EMPHASIS ON WANTING MORE CONNECTIONS.

YOU KNOW, SEAMLESS CONNECTIONS THAT ARE ALSO SAFER TO PARKS AND SCHOOLS.

COMMUNITY MEMBERS REALLY ENJOY THE PARKS AND THE AMENITIES AND THE CIVIC INSTITUTIONS, THE FESTIVALS AND THE PUBLIC EVENTS THAT THE CITY.

YOU KNOW, MANAGES.

AND THEY THEY WOULD LOVE TO HAVE ACCESS TO WALK, BIKE OR DRIVE SAFELY HOWEVER THEY CHOOSE TO.

THERE WERE ALSO, OF COURSE, DISCUSSIONS ABOUT TRANSIT, ACCESS TO TRANSIT AND WHETHER IT'S TO THE COUNTY TRANSIT SYSTEM OR TO LOCAL CIRCULATORS AND HOW, YOU KNOW, IT CAN ALL TIE IN TOGETHER WITH PROVIDING THAT SAFE ACCESS TO CONNECT TO THESE FACILITIES.

THERE WERE A LOT OF ALSO DISCUSSION ABOUT CONGESTION, OF COURSE, ESPECIALLY AT INTERSECTIONS, REALLY NAVIGATING, YOU KNOW, THE BACKUPS THAT SOMETIMES OCCUR AND THE CONFLICTS AT TURNING MOVEMENTS, ESPECIALLY AT THE MAIN ARTERIALS LIKE COMMERCIAL UNIVERSITY.

MCNAB. AND SO WE REALLY FOLDED ALL OF THAT INTO OUR ANALYSIS TO TO COME UP WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT SPECIFICALLY SPEAK TO THESE ISSUES. SO THIS IS JUST A SNAPSHOT TO SHOW YOU SOME OF WHAT WE LOOKED AT IN ANALYZING THE COMMUNITY.

AS I MENTIONED, WE LOOKED AT CRASHES.

AND OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, WITH WITH A LOT OF HIGH VOLUMES AND EXPOSURE, YOU, YOU DO EXPECT TO HAVE A LOT OF CONFLICT, UNFORTUNATELY, ON ARTERIALS LIKE COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD.

BUT THERE ARE ALSO A LOT OF CONFLICTS AND SAFETY ISSUES IN THE INTERNAL STREET NETWORK.

AND, YOU KNOW, I'LL GET TO, YOU KNOW, TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE LATER.

BUT OF COURSE, THE CITY ADOPTED VISION ZERO RESOLUTION.

THE COUNTY IS IN A PLACE AND THE MPO WHERE THEY'RE EVALUATING VISION ZERO AT A REGIONAL LEVEL, THERE'S A LOT OF POTENTIAL TO REALLY KIND OF KEEP MOVING FORWARD TOWARDS A SAFER APPROACH.

WE LOOKED AT SIDEWALK CONNECTIVITY AND GAPS.

WE HEARD A LOT FROM THE COMMUNITY ABOUT NOT HAVING CONNECTED SIDEWALKS OR A SIDEWALK SYSTEM TO BE ABLE TO CHOOSE TO WALK.

AND THEN, OF COURSE, WE ANALYZED THE TRANSIT SYSTEM AS A WHOLE, ESPECIALLY WITH THE COUNTY'S CURRENT EFFORTS TOWARDS TRANSIT AND EQUITY, OF COURSE, IS AN IMPORTANT ISSUE THAT WAS FOLDED IN INTO THE PLAN, BOTH FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF LOW INCOME COMMUNITIES, BUT ALSO FROM HOUSEHOLDS THAT DO NOT HAVE ACCESS TO CARS, WHICH MEANS THEY CANNOT CHOOSE.

BASICALLY TAKING TRANSIT IS NOT A CHOICE TO THEM.

AND SO FROM THERE, WE BASICALLY WORKED WITH STAFF AND THE COMMUNITY TO DEVELOP THE CITY'S VISION AND ULTIMATELY THE VISION OF THE MULTIMODAL MASTER PLAN IS TO CREATE A PLACE THAT IS THE CITY THAT IS SAFE AND ACCESSIBLE FOR EVERYONE OF ALL AGES, REGARDLESS OF THE WAY THEY MOVE, AND WITH THE ULTIMATE GOAL OF CREATING A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE.

YOU KNOW, TAMARAC IS A CITY FOR YOUR LIFE, AND THAT IS KIND OF OUR GOAL IS TO HELP FACILITATE THAT IN THIS BLUEPRINT OF A MASTER PLAN.

AND SO, AS YOU CAN SEE WITH THE GOALS, WE REALLY DREW OUT THOSE THEMES THAT WE HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY, THAT CONNECTIVITY, THE NEED FOR SAFER STREETS AND ACCESSIBILITY AND OTHER ELEMENTS AND REALLY KIND OF SPELL THAT OUT TO TO THEN USE IT TO DEVELOP THE RECOMMENDATIONS.

AND I MENTIONED SOME OF THE EFFORTS THAT ARE BEING LED BY THE MPO AND THE COUNTY.

AND IT'S REALLY A GREAT TIME TO KIND OF LEVERAGE SOME OF THESE OPPORTUNITIES.

NOW THAT YOU HAVE THE MASTER PLAN YOU KNOW, ONCE IT GOES THROUGH ADOPTION, IT ESTABLISHES THAT FRAMEWORK OR MECHANISM, IF YOU WILL, TO LEVERAGE THOSE PARTNERSHIPS WHEN THEY, WITH THE COUNTY, THE STATE AND OTHER AGENCIES TO ADVANCE A LOT OF THESE EFFORTS.

SO I'LL TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE POLICY PROGRAM AND PROJECT RECOMMENDATIONS.

OF COURSE, WE GO INTO IT IN A LOT MORE DETAIL IN THE PLAN ITSELF.

BUT ONE OF THE KEY POLICIES THAT CAME OUT AS A RECOMMENDATION WAS TO ESTABLISH A COMPLETE STREETS POLICY.

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AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT THE STREET DOES NOT HAVE TO ACCOMMODATE EVERY SINGLE USER, BUT IT'S A DIFFERENT WAY OF APPROACHING STREETS IN THE SENSE THAT WHAT IS THE BEST AND SAFEST AND MOST CONVENIENT USE OF THAT PARTICULAR STREET.

AND SO YOU'RE THINKING OF ALL USERS WHILE YOU'RE DOING THAT.

THERE ARE MANY CITIES IN BROWARD COUNTY THAT HAVE MOVED FORWARD WITH ADOPTING THE COMPLETE STREETS POLICY, AND THEN YOU WOULD TAKE IT FROM THERE AND INTEGRATE IT INTO, YOU KNOW, YOUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, THE MUNICIPAL CODE.

AND FROM THERE, YOU CAN USE IT TO LEVERAGE PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY AND OTHER OPPORTUNITIES.

AND OF COURSE, I WANTED TO, YOU KNOW, BRIEFLY TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE PROGRAM RECOMMENDATIONS.

THERE ARE A LOT OF THE ISSUES AND POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS CAN BE TACKLED THROUGH ADVANCING SOME OF THESE PROGRAMS. AND THE CITY HAS ALREADY ACTUALLY EMBARKED ON A LOT OF THEM.

AND IT'S SO IT'S REALLY A MATTER OF STITCHING IT ALL TOGETHER.

THE WAYFINDING STUDY THAT WAS RECENTLY DONE BY THE CITY CAN BE FURTHER ADVANCED.

THERE ARE NEW EFFORTS THAT ARE NOW WE ACTUALLY ALREADY ARE WORKING WITH CITY STAFF TO HELP IDENTIFY HOW THE PLAN CAN HELP THEM LEVERAGE POTENTIAL GRANT OPPORTUNITIES LIKE, YOU KNOW, EV CHARGING, ELECTRIFICATION.

AND THEN THE VISION ZERO PROGRAM, FOR EXAMPLE, THE MPO IS NOW DOING THEIR REGIONAL MASTER PLAN OR VISION ZERO PLAN.

AND FROM THAT THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH LOCAL COMMUNITIES LIKE TAMARAC TO IDENTIFY HIGH CRASH CORRIDORS TO THEN, YOU KNOW, FUND IMPROVEMENTS ON THE SHORT TERM.

AND SO FINALLY, I WANTED TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PROJECT RECOMMENDATIONS, THE SPECIFIC PROJECTS THAT WE CAME UP WITH AND THE PROCESS THAT WE DEVELOPED IN COORDINATION WITH, WITH THE CITY STAFF AND THE COMMUNITY.

BUT, YOU KNOW, LIKE I MENTIONED, THERE'S THE POLICY, THE PROGRAMMATIC AND THE ACTUAL PROJECT AND DESIGN IMPROVEMENTS THAT COULD TOGETHER WORK TO ENHANCE CONNECTIVITY IN THE CITY.

AND SO WE BASICALLY WORKED WITH THE CITY TO ESTABLISH CRITERIA INCLUDING SAFETY, EQUITY, ACCESSIBILITY.

AND FROM THAT WE USED A SCORING SYSTEM.

AND REALLY THE MAIN PURPOSE OF IT IS TO ESTABLISH A PRIORITY PROCESS TO START SOMEWHERE IN TERMS OF IDENTIFYING THE MOST CRITICAL NEEDS IN TERMS OF LACK OF SIDEWALK CONGESTION, REALLY CONGESTED AREAS THAT NEED BETTER OPERATIONS, YOU KNOW, THAT COULD BE COORDINATED WITH PARTNER AGENCIES AND OTHER, YOU KNOW, REALLY KEY STREETS THAT COULD ESTABLISH THOSE KEY CONNECTIONS THAT DON'T EXIST NOW AND POSE A CRITICAL GAP IN THE NETWORK.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, AS WE WORKED WITH CITY STAFF, WE BASICALLY USED THE THE PRIORITIZATION PROCESS TO IDENTIFY, IDENTIFY FIVE TOP PROJECTS THAT WE THEN DEVELOPED FURTHER AND, YOU KNOW, LOOKED AT WHAT THEY COULD POTENTIALLY BECOME IN TERMS OF A CROSS SECTION DEVELOPED HIGH LEVEL COST ESTIMATES TO GIVE AN ORDER OF MAGNITUDE OF WHAT THAT ENTAILS TO GET IN THE GROUND AND THEN POTENTIAL PARTNERSHIPS.

AND SO THE LIST YOU SEE HERE IN THE MAP IS REALLY THE TOP FIVE PROJECTS THAT BUBBLED TO THE TOP FOR DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, REASONS.

MAINLY BASED ON THE FACT THAT THEY SCORED HIGHER.

BUT THERE WERE ALSO SOME REALLY KEY OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT.

FOR EXAMPLE, LIKE CONNECTING TO THE GREENWAY WEST OF THE SAWGRASS, FOR EXAMPLE, THROUGH IMPROVING THAT, CREATING THAT BRIDGE CONNECTION. AND SO IN THE NEXT FEW SLIDES, YOU'LL SEE BASICALLY JUST A LITTLE BIT OF A DEEPER DIVE INTO THOSE TOP FIVE PROJECTS. YOU KNOW, 58 STREETS IS A CRITICAL CONNECTION, AS YOU CAN SEE, EAST, WEST.

AND RIGHT NOW IT DOES NOT HAVE SIDEWALKS AND IT HAS LOWER VOLUMES.

BUT WE HEARD A LOT FROM THE COMMUNITY ABOUT THE NEED TO HAVE CONNECTED SIDEWALKS TO REALLY BE ABLE TO GET TO THE SHOPPING AREAS IF THEY CHOOSE TO, AND TO ACCESS THE TRANSIT STOPS. AND SO, YOU KNOW, THE THE CROSS SECTION THAT YOU SEE HERE IS BASICALLY WE WORKED WITH CITY STAFF TO MAKE SURE THAT IT IS REALISTIC.

IT IS WITHIN THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY.

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SO THIS PROJECT REALLY CAME ON TOP IN TERMS OF NEED FOR IMPROVEMENTS.

AS YOU CAN SEE, IT KIND OF MEANDERS THROUGH NORTH SOUTH AND IT CONNECTS WITH A LOT OF THE CRITICAL ROADWAYS, THE ARTERIALS THAT REALLY GET YOU FROM A TO B, COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD AND MCNABB AND OTHERS.

AND WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW WHAT WE ARE OFFERING IN TERMS OF RECOMMENDATIONS.

WHAT WE'RE PUTTING FORWARD IS COMPREHENSIVE.

AND SO IN THIS CASE, YOU KNOW, IT'S IMPORTANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE NEED FOR BIKES AND PEDESTRIANS TO HAVE A SAFE ACCESS.

BUT ALSO THERE WERE, YOU KNOW, POTENTIAL FOR DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS THAT COULD BE REMEDIED THROUGH THIS RECOMMENDATION AND THIS CROSS SECTION.

IT ENHANCES SHADE, AND IT ALSO HELPS FACILITATE OPERATIONS THROUGH THE CRITICAL INTERSECTIONS.

BECAUSE WITH THE DATA SHOWED US, IS THAT THEY'RE PRETTY UNSAFE.

A LOT OF SEVERE CRASHES HAVE OCCURRED AT THE INTERSECTIONS WITH BROOKWOOD BOULEVARD AND THE MAIN ARTERIALS.

57TH STREET STREETSCAPE.

SO YOU KNOW, AS YOU CAN SEE.

57TH STREET IS AND AS YOU KNOW, IS A PARALLEL ROADWAY TO COMMERCIAL.

BOULEVARD. COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD IS, OF COURSE, ALREADY OVERLOADED.

THERE'S THIS POTENTIAL FOR 57TH TO BECOME THIS MAIN STREET, IF YOU WILL, THAT HAS COMPLETE STREETS, CONNECTIONS AND AMENITIES AND REALLY CONNECT TO YOU KNOW, MAIN SHOPPING AREAS.

AND FROM THAT, WE ALSO DISCUSSED ESTABLISHING A MOBILITY HUB.

AND WHAT THAT MEANS REALLY IS THAT YOU'VE ALREADY HAVE A CLUSTER OF SHOPPING AREAS AND A LOT OF POTENTIAL FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH. AND SO IF YOU HAVE THOSE ACCESSIBLE AMENITIES AND ACCESSIBLE TRANSPORTATION MODES, SO YOU'RE ABLE TO FACILITATE FURTHER CREATING THAT MOBILITY HUB.

THERE'S A LOT OF PARTNERSHIPS THAT COULD BE HAD WITH THE BROWARD MPO TO FURTHER DEVELOP THAT.

YOU KNOW, THEY'VE ESTABLISHED MOBILITY HUBS IN OTHER PLACES IN BROWARD COUNTY, LIKE IN FORT LAUDERDALE AND OTHER CITIES, AND THEN COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD.

I MENTIONED IT A COUPLE OF TIMES.

AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE CAN ALL AGREE IT'S A PRETTY CONGESTED CORRIDOR.

AND, YOU KNOW, FOR CARS, IT'S CONGESTED.

AND THEN FOR PEOPLE WALKING AND BIKING TRYING TO CROSS THE STREET, IT'S PRETTY DANGEROUS.

WE HEARD STORIES FROM THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS ABOUT THE SAFETY CONCERNS THEY'VE HAD.

WELL, THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT BROWARD COUNTY IS ALREADY EVALUATING THE CORRIDOR FOR REALLY TAKING IT TO THE NEXT LEVEL, WHETHER IT'S IN TERMS OF DEDICATED TRANSIT SERVICE THAT IS, YOU KNOW, MASS TRANSIT, HEAVY RAIL.

BUT, YOU KNOW, REALLY LOOKING AT THE CORRIDOR TO MAKE IT SAFER FOR EVERYONE.

AND SO WE TOOK THAT OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT WHAT COULD WHAT COULD CROSS SECTION THAT ACCOMMODATES ALL USERS LOOK LIKE A SHARED USE PATH. AND THAT'S ALL WITHIN THE RIGHT OF WAY.

SHARED USE PATH ON BOTH SIDES WITHOUT TAKING ANY LANES.

REALLY LOOKING AT SIGNAL OPERATIONS AND SIGNAL COMMUNICATIONS, YOU KNOW, AND THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES WITH THE COUNTY AND DOT THAT THEY'RE WORKING ON NOW THAT THE CITY CAN START TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT, GIVEN THAT THIS CORRIDOR IS NOW FORMULA, YOU KNOW, FORMALIZED IN THE PLAN AS A CRITICAL PRIORITY. YEAH.

AND, YOU KNOW, FOR VISUALIZATION PURPOSES, YOU KNOW, I MENTIONED ABOUT THE DEDICATED TRANSIT LANE.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE SOME OF THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT COULD BE DISCUSSED WITH BROWARD COUNTY TRANSIT AS THEY'RE EVALUATING AND REALLY DECIDING WHICH EAST WEST ARTERIALS YOU KNOW, THEY WOULD INVEST THE TRANSIT IN.

AND WHAT THAT BRINGS, OF COURSE, IS, YOU KNOW, THE ABILITY TO BRING IN ENHANCED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, BUT ALSO MAKE IT SAFER AND MORE CONVENIENT FOR FOLKS TO GO EAST WEST COMMUTING AND ALSO FOR RECREATION.

AND SO LASTLY, I TOUCHED ON THIS IN TERMS OF THE SAWGRASS GREENWAY CONNECTOR RIGHT NOW.

THE TOUGH I'M SORRY I HAVE A HARD TIME PRONOUNCING STAFFORD PARK, WHICH IS BASICALLY AT THE NORTHWEST END OF TOWN OF TAMARAC.

YOU KNOW, THE THE COMMUNITY EXPRESSED A LOT OF INTEREST AND ALMOST PRIDE IN ALL THE PARKS THAT THE CITY OFFERS.

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AND THERE ARE A LOT OF GRANT FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES OUT THERE.

YOU KNOW, THANKFULLY, THE INFRASTRUCTURE BILL HAS FACILITATED A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, THE COMPLETE STREETS TYPE CONNECTIONS, THE TRAILS, THE SAFETY EFFORTS.

AND SO WE WANTED TO ELEVATE THAT OPPORTUNITY AND MAP IT OUT A LITTLE BIT FOR YOU ALL TO KIND OF START TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THESE REGIONAL CONNECTIONS WITH PARTNERS.

AND THEN FINALLY, YOU KNOW, I TOUCHED ON SOME SPECIFIC PROJECTS, BUT WE ALSO WANTED TO MAP OUT SOME SPECIFIC KIND OF STEPS IN THE PLAN, IN TERMS OF WHAT'S IMMEDIATELY, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S THE IMMEDIATE NEXT STEP AFTER ADOPTION, WHAT'S A LITTLE BIT LONGER TERM BASED ON THE NEEDS THAT WE'VE SEEN? AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE IT WAS IT WAS GREAT TIMING THAT WE DEVELOPED THIS PLAN PARALLEL TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. AND SO ONE OF THE MAIN ITEMS THAT WE WOULD RECOMMEND IS BASICALLY, AND IT'S A LOT OF IT HAS ALREADY BEEN DONE, IS COORDINATING THE TWO PLANS WHERE THE MULTIMODAL PLAN IS FORMED, FORMALIZED IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

AND WHAT, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF IT IS IT WILL BE IN THERE.

AND THEN OF COURSE, I MENTIONED THE PARTNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES.

AND SO THAT COULD BE AN IMMEDIATE NEXT STEP AS THEY ARE ALREADY IN THAT PROCESS.

AND THEN, YOU KNOW, WE HAD A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS WITH THE CITY.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, TRAFFIC CALMING, THE CITY'S ALREADY DOING GREAT THINGS IN TERMS OF TRAFFIC CALMING EFFORTS.

HOW CAN THAT PROGRAM BE LEVERAGED TO ADVANCE A LOT OF THE COMPLETE STREETS ELEMENTS IN THE LOCAL STREETS THAT I MENTIONED? AND THEN THE LAST ITEM IS, YOU KNOW, AS, AS YOU KNOW, HOUSE BILL 479 PASSED LEGISLATURE BACK IN JUNE.

AND WHAT THAT ENABLES CITIES TO DO IS USING YOUR MOBILITY PLAN OR YOUR TRANSPORTATION PLAN.

YOU CAN ESSENTIALLY USE IT AS A FOUNDATION TO ESTABLISH MULTIMODAL MOBILITY FEES TO COLLECT FROM THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY. AND OUR UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE CITY ALREADY HAS AN IMPACT FEE SCHEDULE.

AND SO BUT THERE'S THIS POTENTIAL TO TO KIND OF REEVALUATE IT, TO MAKE IT, YOU KNOW, GIVE IT A MORE COMPREHENSIVE, MULTIMODAL OUTLOOK.

THIS AND SO, YOU KNOW, JUST TO WRAP UP, BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, WE TALKED ABOUT THE COMPLETE STREETS POLICY.

WE JUST WANTED TO REALLY SPELL OUT SOME OF THE SOME OF THE ACTION ITEMS THAT IMMEDIATE NEXT STEPS.

WE DID HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE CITY'S GRANT ADMINISTRATOR.

A LOT OF GREAT POTENTIAL, BOTH LOCALLY AT THE STATE AND THE FEDERAL LEVEL.

AND WITH THAT, I JUST WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU ALL FOR THE GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE HAD THE PLEASURE OF WORKING WITH YOU ALL AND CREATING A BLUEPRINT, IF YOU WILL, FOR THE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM IN TAMARAC.

COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS. THANK YOU MAYOR.

A QUICK QUESTION. CAN YOU GO BACK TO THAT CITYWIDE PROGRAM RECOMMENDATION SLIDE? SURE. THAT ONE IS IS IT FOR ESTHETICS OR IS THERE A REASON WHY THERE'S BLACK, BLUE AND ORANGE? ESTHETICS. OKAY.

I JUST WANTED TO KNOW TO SEE IF ONE WAS PRIORITY.

YEAH. THIS IS JUST.

SURE. ABSOLUTELY.

IN THIS CASE, YOU KNOW, IF IF JUST HIGH LEVEL.

I KNOW I TALKED ABOUT THE COMPLETE STREETS POLICY THAT WAS PRIORITIZED.

HOWEVER, THERE ARE A LOT OF ALSO LIKE, PARALLEL EFFORTS THAT COULD BE DONE IN TANDEM, FOR EXAMPLE, THE BECOMING AN AARP COMMUNITY AND A BLUE ZONE COMMUNITY, ULTIMATELY WOULD REALLY HELP FOSTER PARTNERSHIPS AND CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE CITY.

BUT, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF PRIORITIZATION AND SOME OF IT IS KIND OF ALLUDED TO IN THE PLAN.

IF YOU WANT KIND OF QUICK IMPLEMENTATION BASED PROJECTS, THAT'S WHERE YOU GET TO THE COMPLETE STREETS POLICY, THE SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL, SAFE ROUTES TO PARKS, BECAUSE THAT BRINGS WITH IT LIKE QUICK KIND OF THANK YOU FOR THAT.

YEAH. AND THANK YOU FOR EXPLAINING.

TWO MORE THINGS.

THE GREENWAY WALKWAY ON SOUTHGATE.

I THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BE A CORAL SPRINGS PROJECT.

HOW ARE WE INVOLVED NOW INTO CREATING THIS? CAN YOU ANSWER THAT? SO THAT IS ACTUALLY ANOTHER PROJECT ON WIRE ROAD.

WELLS ROAD.

AND SO WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING AS PART OF THE MASTER PLAN IS AN INDEPENDENT PROJECT THAT IS GOING TO GO THROUGH SOUTHGATE BOULEVARD.

THE EXISTING A CYPRESS CREEK GREENWAY, SO IT WOULD BE AN EXTENSION OF THE GREENWAY TO CONNECT TO THE SAWGRASS GREENWAY.

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WE ALREADY HAVE A FACILITY.

WE JUST NEED A BRIDGE CONNECTION.

CAN YOU GO TO THAT SLIDE? ABSOLUTELY. OH, IT'S THE OTHER WAY.

THE MAIN CUT SHEET FOR IT.

OKAY. SO I KNOW WE OWN THAT LAND ACROSS ACROSS THE LITTLE CIRCLE.

IT LOOKS LIKE A LITTLE ORGAN OVARY LOOKING THING.

WHAT? I'M TALKING ABOUT YOUR KIDNEY NEXT TO THE SAWGRASS? YES. YOU HAVE A POINTER.

DO I? DOES. DO YOU KNOW? SORRY. I'M AN ENGINEER, BUT I'M THE LEAST TECHNOLOGICALLY SAVVY PERSON YOU'LL MEET.

NO. YOU'RE FINE. IT DOESN'T.

OKAY, SO RIGHT TO THE LEFT OF IT.

RIGHT THERE. THAT LITTLE PIECE OF GRASS.

YES. THERE. SO THAT'S USUALLY WHERE PEOPLE PARK THEIR VEHICLES AT.

AND IT'S OUR LAND.

YEAH. IS THERE SOMETHING IN THE WORKS THAT WE CAN BUILD ON OR.

MAYBE LIKE A RESTAURANT OR SOMETHING? OR LIKE.

THE CAFE. SUN. SUNRISE.

SUNSET. RESTAURANT.

IS THAT FEASIBLE? I'M BRINGING IT UP BECAUSE I JUST SAW IT, AND I JUST JUST.

I KNOW IT'S BEEN A THING.

IF I MAY, AND I'M NOT SURE IF BYRON HAS A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE, BUT WE USE THAT PIECE FOR A STAGING AREA FOR YOU KNOW HURRICANE DISASTER DELIVERIES AND SUCH AND THAT THAT AREA ALSO HAS LARGE DEDICATION OF FPL EASEMENT, WHICH PREVENTS US FROM FROM DOING JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING.

AND SO WE WE ALWAYS HAD SOME, SOME INTEREST IN DOING SOMETHING OUT THERE.

BUT YOU KNOW, THAT EASEMENT IS STOPPED US, PREVENTED US FROM, FROM, YOU KNOW, MAKING ANY OF THAT REALITY.

GOT IT. AND THEN LASTLY, BACK TO YOUR PRESENTATION.

I KNOW IT'S IMPORTANT TO THE CITY MANAGER BEFORE ON THIS, BUT YOU'RE MENTIONING ALL THESE ROADS AND EVERYTHING ELSE.

WHERE ARE YOU GUYS? AT YOUR DEPARTMENT WITH THE TURNPIKE AND THE TWO NEW EGRESS AND INGRESS OF THE TURNPIKE.

SO I PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE MENTIONED THAT, YOU KNOW, THE STREET NETWORK THAT WE LOOKED AT WAS EXCLUSIVE OF THE EXPRESSWAYS, WHICH IS 95, AND THE TURNPIKE.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER INFORMATION ABOUT THE SPECIFIC PROJECT, BUT THAT WAS THE MAIN REASON THAT IT WASN'T KIND OF HIGHLIGHTED.

WELL. OKAY.

YOU LOOK GREAT WITH THE HAIR.

IT LOOKS LIKE EVERYBODY THOUGHT I'M SO YOUNG.

I HAD TO DO SOME THINGS.

BASICALLY, THIS IS A MULTI-MODAL MODEL.

OKAY. IT'S THE PURPOSE OF IT IS JUST TO MAKE SURE FIRST, TO HAVE THE INTERNAL CONNECTIONS WITHIN THE CITY AND TO PROVIDE THAT CONNECTION TO THE REGIONAL NETWORK.

AND THAT'S WHY YOU SEE THE EMPHASIS ON COMMERCIAL.

WITH THAT BEING SAID, THERE ARE PROJECTS GOING ON ON THE TURNPIKE AND ON 95.

BUT THIS PARTICULAR MEMBER, WE'RE TALKING ALSO ABOUT PEDESTRIANS AND BICYCLES.

SO BASICALLY WE ARE GETTING THEM THERE, BUT IT DOESN'T DELVE INTO THAT PART OF THE PROJECT OF THE DEVELOPMENT.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. AND I THINK I SAW WHAT 2040 WE'RE GOING TO BE DONE BY I THINK IT WOULD BE DEAD BY THEN.

YOU KNOW WHAT I DON'T KNOW, I SAW THAT A LONG TIME FROM NOW.

HE CAN'T DO MATH. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU MAY BE REFERRING TO THE CITY'S VISION ZERO VISION, ZERO RESOLUTION TO HAVE ZERO TRAFFIC DEATHS BY 2040, WHICH IS TYPICAL, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF OH, OKAY.

DON'T. OKAY.

SORRY. I'M GULLIBLE.

YOU WERE JOKING. IT'S ALL GOOD.

WE'VE BEEN HERE SO.

LONG. OH, SORRY.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, BECAUSE I'VE ACTUALLY BEEN PUSHING ON ON THE TURNPIKE AND PUSHING ON SOMETHING ELSE ON COMMERCIAL, AND I'LL TALK AFTER COMMISSIONER DANIELS.

BUT TO ANSWER HIS QUESTION, THE TURNPIKE ENTERPRISE FUND REGARDING ENTERPRISE REGARDING THE PROJECT ON FLORIDA'S TURNPIKE TO WIDEN THE PROPERTIES.

BASICALLY, AT THIS TIME, THERE IS NO FUNDING FOR RIGHT NOW IT'S BUT THEY'RE

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BUT THEY ALWAYS TOLD US, THEY'VE TOLD US.

I MEAN, THIS HAS BEEN SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN GOING ON SINCE I FIRST CAME ON THE COMMISSION.

AT THAT TIME IT WAS 25 YEARS.

SO CONSIDERING HOW LONG I'M ON HERE NOW, IT'S GETTING CLOSER.

IT REALLY IS GETTING CLOSER, BUT IT'S NOT IN THE NEXT 2 TO 3 YEAR PLAN.

BUT IT SHOULD HOPEFULLY COINCIDE WITH SOME OF THE NEW DEVELOPMENT THAT IS COMING IN OUR CITY AND BE ABLE TO ASSIST WITH SOME OF THE CONSTRUCTION AND THE TRANSPORTATION BURDENS THAT ARE GOING TO BE SEEN IN OUR CITY FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME DURING CONSTRUCTION.

SO YOU'RE DONE.

ALL YOURS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ENTERTAINMENT, BUT I THINK WE'RE STILL IN.

THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS, YOU WILL SEE THE MCNAB OPENING UP TO EASE SOME OF THE TRAFFIC AS FAR AS OUTLET FROM THE TURNPIKE, SO THAT THAT'S STILL HAPPENING.

SO THAT SHOULD EASE SOME OF THE TRAFFIC FOR THE TURNPIKE.

PLEASE ENTERTAIN ME.

AND PINE ISLAND AND 75TH.

I SAW YOU HAD YOUR PRIORITIES.

THAT HASN'T REACHED PRIORITY YET.

TO PUT A LIGHT THERE RIGHT BY THE FIRE STATION.

SO IT'S VERY DANGEROUS.

AND I KNOW I'VE BROUGHT IT UP.

I KNOW, YES. YES, WE HAVE HEARD THAT SPECIFIC LOCATION BEING AN ISSUE.

SO MAYBE, YOU KNOW, ONE POINT OF CLARIFICATION IS THAT THIS PLAN LOOKED AT THE ENTIRE STREET NETWORK WITHIN THE CITY.

THE ENTIRE STREET NETWORK WITHIN THE CITY.

SO THE ENTIRE STREET NETWORK.

NET NETWORK. OH, YEAH.

SO IT'S HIGH LEVEL.

AND SO BASICALLY IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THAT PARTICULAR INTERSECTION IS NOT A PRIORITY.

BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT FOR ALL THE STREETS AND THEN APPLY THE CRITERIA THAT WE WORKED ON, WHICH IS THE SAFETY, THE ACCESSIBILITY, IT DIDN'T BUBBLE TO THE TOP 25 OR TOP FIVE, BUT THAT CERTAINLY DOESN'T MEAN I LOOK OKAY.

MAYBE I'M LOOKING AT THE WRONG THING.

CAN YOU GO BACK TO THAT CHART WHERE YOU PUT THE PRIORITIES? BECAUSE TO ME, PINE ISLAND IS A IS A IS PART OF THE BIG PICTURE NETWORK.

SO ABSOLUTELY.

AND WE TALKED ABOUT IT ACTUALLY INTERNALLY PINE ISLAND IS IS A REALLY IMPORTANT CONNECTOR.

BUT YOU KNOW I GUESS IN A.

RIGHT. SO SO THE MAIN REASON IS THAT PINE ISLAND RIGHT NOW AS IT EXISTS TODAY HAS SIDEWALKS, YOU KNOW, FOR THE MOST PART HAS BIKE FACILITIES.

THAT IS NOT TO SAY THAT THERE AREN'T PINCH POINTS LIKE SOME OF THE INTERSECTIONS THAT WERE RAISED BY THE COMMUNITY, BUT THAT'S A SAFETY ISSUE.

LIKE, SURE, ABSOLUTELY.

GO OUT THERE AT 5:00.

I TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU.

AND I THINK MAYBE THE MAIN DISTINCTION.

YEAH, THE MAIN DISTINCTION IS THAT THIS IS LOOKING AT ALL STREETS, NOT NECESSARILY IDENTIFYING, YOU KNOW, EVERY HOTSPOT IN THE CITY.

SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, THAT COULD POTENTIALLY BE ADDRESSED AND REALLY LIKE THE TOP FIVE AND TOP 25.

THE MAIN POINT OF IT IS THAT SOME OF THESE PRIORITY ROADS DON'T EVEN HAVE SIDEWALKS, FOR EXAMPLE, LIKE ZERO.

AND WHILE PINE ISLAND DOES.

THAT'S NOT TO SAY THAT PINE ISLAND IS FULLY SAFE RIGHT NOW, BUT IT'S KIND OF LIKE THAT KIND OF PRIORITY THAT, YOU KNOW, DISCUSSION.

YOUR NUMBER ONE PRIORITY FOR THIS LIST WOULD BE SIDEWALKS.

NO, WE LOOKED AT SIDEWALKS.

WE LOOKED AT, YOU KNOW, GAPS YOU KNOW, REALLY LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD.

I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE CAN ALL AGREE IT'S CONGESTED.

THAT'S WHERE WE LOOKED AT OR RECOMMENDED OPERATIONAL IMPROVEMENTS.

THERE WERE ALSO BIKE FACILITIES THAT WERE EITHER NON-EXISTENT OR CONSIDERED INADEQUATE.

AND THEN WE ALSO LOOKED AT ACCESS TO TRANSIT.

SO IT DEFINITELY WAS INTENDED TO BE A MULTI-MODAL, LIKE ALL MODES.

IT NOT ONE MODE WAS PRIORITIZED OVER THE OTHER.

RIGHT? BUT TO ME, COMMERCIAL IS BEING LOOKED AT FROM SO MANY DIFFERENT AGENCIES.

SURE. WHEREAS PINE ISLAND AND 75TH IS TRULY A TAMARAC ISSUE.

YES, ABSOLUTELY.

SO FOR IT NOT TO BE MENTIONED, AND ARE WE WAITING FOR SOMETHING TO HAPPEN BIG BECAUSE I KNOW SOMETIMES THAT'S WHAT IT TAKES, BUT I DON'T WANT IT TO TAKE THAT.

YEAH. EVEN TRYING TO GET OUT OF OF WALMART AT A CERTAIN TIME TO GO NORTH, GOD HELP YOU.

RIGHT. AND I'M A RISK TAKER, BUT I WON'T TAKE THAT RISK.

YEAH. LIKE IT IS DANGEROUS.

YEAH. AND THAT'S THE, I GUESS, THE TRICKY PART.

YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT A CITY WIDE MASTER PLAN, THE INTENT IS TO ESTABLISH A FRAMEWORK FOR YOU ALL.

THIS IS KIND OF THE STARTING POINT, THE CRITICAL.

BUT THE IDEA IS TO GO THROUGH NOW.

YES. COMMERCIAL.

YOU KNOW, IT'S BEING LOOKED AT BY DIFFERENT AGENCIES AND WE'RE WE'RE MAKING SURE IT'S HIGHLIGHTED ON YOUR END TOO, SO THAT YOU LEVERAGE PARTNERSHIPS.

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THERE ARE CERTAINLY OTHER PROGRAMS THAT WE HAD TOUCHED ON IN THE PLAN, LIKE THE TRAFFIC CALMING PROGRAM, KIND OF, YOU KNOW, NEEDING TO BE REVISITED, THE VISION ZERO. BUT I KNOW THAT ALSO, AGAIN, WITH COMMERCIAL THAT'S ALSO DISCUSSING MPO.

THAT'S PART OF THEIR PLANS, RIGHT? SO WHY IF WE'RE DOING TAMARAC, CAN WE LOOK AT SOMETHING LIKE THIS THAT TRULY IMPACTS TAMARAC ON A MAIN STREET? COMMISSIONER. RIGHT NOW WE HAVE TWO THINGS ARE GOING ON NOW IN TERMS OF DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION FOR PINE ISLAND.

PHASE ONE BEING COMMERCIAL RIGHT NOW.

AND PHASE TWO. MADAM MAYOR TO SOUTHGATE.

SO THOSE ARE THE FOR PINE ISLAND FOR WIDENING OR EXPANDING.

YEAH, BUT I'M TALKING ABOUT THE LIGHT, NOT THE WIDENING.

I'M TALKING ABOUT THE LIGHT AS A PART OF DESIGN FOR THE ENTIRE PINE ISLAND.

SO I DO DO THE COMPLETE STREETS AS WELL IN THEIR DESIGN.

AND WHAT'S THE TIME FRAME FOR THAT ONE MORE COMMERCIAL DESIGN NOW? PHASE TWO. THE ONE THAT'S THE ALL OF IT.

DO YOU KNOW IF THAT IS PART OF IT? THAT'S 75TH STREET RIGHT THERE.

I MEAN, IT'S BETWEEN COMMERCIAL AND MCNABB, BUT ARE THEY EVEN CONSIDERING THAT A LIGHT IS NEEDED THERE AND WIDENING? YEAH, YEAH.

WHAT WE DO SAY.

SO YOU KNOW, I'M ASKING, DO YOU KNOW PERSONALLY IF THAT'S A TOPIC OR IS THAT SOMETHING WE NEED TO BRING TO THEIR ATTENTION? WE CAN WE CAN BRING IT TO THE ATTENTION WOULD BE A PART OF PHASE TWO.

SO IT'S NOT IMMEDIATE, BUT DEFINITELY A PART OF PHASE TWO.

I THOUGHT HE SAID PHASE ONE WAS COMMERCIAL.

MCNABB. OH, NOT ON PINE ISLAND.

ON PINE ISLAND. RIGHT.

BUT 75TH IS. HELP ME.

NO, IT'S AFTER MCNABB.

YEAH. SO THERE'S NOTHING WE COULD DO BECAUSE I HONESTLY BELIEVE IT'S VERY DANGEROUS.

I MEAN, THE RESIDENTS COMPLAIN CONSTANTLY, BUT IT IT IS.

THEY'RE NOT JUST COMPLAINING.

IT REALLY IS.

SO WE CAN DEFINITELY BRING IT TO THEIR ATTENTION SO IT CAN BE CONSIDERED AS A PART OF THE DESIGN FOR THEIR PHASE TWO.

SO THANK YOU.

OKAY. SURE. JUST TO 57, HOW ARE WE GOING TO CONNECT IT AT AT PINE ISLAND AND UNIVERSITY? YOU SAID THAT YOU WANT IT TO BE LIKE A MAIN STREET OR MAJOR ROWE, BUT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE, LIKE, THE DOWNTOWN OR PARK AVENUE.

FIFTH AVENUE. HOW ARE WE GOING TO CONNECT IT AT THOSE TWO MAJOR POINTS.

SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THAT'S, YOU KNOW, PART OF THE EVALUATION THAT WE'VE DONE THROUGH THE DESIGN.

BUT, YOU KNOW, TALKING ABOUT WHETHER IT'S ENHANCING A SIGNAL OR ENHANCING THE CROSSING THAT SPECIFIC, YOU KNOW, THOSE MAIN JUNCTION POINTS WITH UNIVERSITY AND THE OTHERS WILL HAVE ITS OWN, YOU KNOW, ZOOMED IN EVALUATION.

THERE ARE A LOT OF DIFFERENT SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS THAT COULD BE DONE ENHANCING THE CROSSING, MAYBE CHANGING THE OPERATIONS OF THE SIGNAL.

SO WE DIDN'T, YOU KNOW, THAT NEEDS ITS OWN SPECIAL LOOK THAT'S BEYOND THE DETAILS OF THIS PLAN, BUT IT ABSOLUTELY WILL BE LOOKED AT AS PART OF THIS PROPOSAL. AND THE SIDEWALKS.

TAMARAC VILLAGE HAS A NEW MODERNIZED SIDEWALK.

WHEREAS WHEN WE GO TO FAIR HAVEN IN GREEN HAVEN.

YES. IT'S A LITTLE OLDER.

AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THAT NEW DEVELOPMENT THAT'S HAPPENING BY THE CHEDDARS.

THOSE GUYS ALREADY SAID THEY'RE GOING TO DO SOME ENHANCEMENT IN THAT AREA, BUT IS THIS GOING TO BE COORDINATED, THE SAME DESIGN, THE SAME LOOK FROM 94 ALL THE WAY DOWN TO 60.

WHAT DO YOU HAVE AT 60? I THINK 64TH.

62ND. SORRY.

YEAH. IS IT GOING TO BE THE SAME? THE MAY I INTERRUPT? THE CITY IS ALREADY WORKING ON ON RECRUITING DESIGN FOR, FOR AND I KNOW THAT PUBLIC SERVICES IS WORKING ON THAT PROJECT RIGHT NOW.

THE THE INTENT MIGHT IT MIGHT NOT BE IDENTICAL.

BECAUSE IF YOU NOTICE IN THE SECTION WHERE WE HAVE 57 STREET, THE SHARED PATH OR SHARED PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE PATH IS NOW BEHIND THE THE ANGLED PARKING.

AND IT'S JUST FOR SAFETY REASONS.

SO IT WOULD BE VERY EASY TO IMPLEMENT THAT CHANGE.

LIKE MAKE IT GRADE LIKE ONE OF THE ROUNDABOUTS.

THE FIRST ONE. AND JUST SWITCH TO MAKING IT EASILY ACCESSIBLE FOR PEDESTRIANS AND BICYCLES AS INSTEAD OF THE WAY IT IS RIGHT NOW IN TAMARAC VILLAGE, IT WILL NOT CHANGE THE OVERALL EFFECT. IT WILL STILL BE ONE HOPEFULLY COMPLETE STREET ONE DAY ALL THE WAY BACK.

BUT ABOUT THE PARTICULAR INTERSECTIONS, THIS IS PART OF THE DESIGN STUDY THAT THE CITY IS UNDERGOING RIGHT NOW.

BUT YEAH, LIKE MAHER MENTIONED, IT'S THE FEEL IS GOING TO BE THE SAME.

BUT WHAT'S OUT THERE RIGHT NOW, YOU HAVE THE BIKE LANE BEHIND THE CARS BACKING OUT.

AND SO OUR RECOMMENDATION IS TO KIND OF SEPARATE THAT USE SHARED USE WITH PEDESTRIANS.

AND THEN YOU STILL HAVE THE ANGLED PARKING THE LANES AND THE MEDIAN.

A LOT OF PEOPLE WALK ON 57 BY THE TAMARAC VILLAGE AREA BECAUSE OF THE NEWER DESIGN AND THE LIGHTING.

SO PEOPLE COME UP THERE LATE AT NIGHT.

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BUT THE OTHER PARTS, LIKE EAST OF PINE ISLAND, THERE'S NOT MUCH WALKING THAT GOES ON THERE, LIKE, YOU KNOW, AFTER A CERTAIN TIME.

SO JUST IN TERMS OF MAKING IT THE MAIN STREET IN TERMS OF ESTHETIC AND THE FEELING OF WHAT I SEE THE RESIDENTS ENJOY, I THINK CONTINUING THAT LOOK AND THAT FEEL FROM TAMARAC VILLAGE, WITH THE LIGHTING AND THE SIDEWALKS, DEFINITELY CREATES AN AREA THAT YOU CAN WALK FROM 94TH ALL THE WAY UP TO THAT.

THAT 60. 60S.

SORRY. YEAH, IF I MAY.

THAT'S WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO ADOPT A COMPREHENSIVE POLICY.

BECAUSE ONCE YOU ADOPT THAT, IT IS WITHIN THE DNA OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE, AND YOU CAN WORK WITH FDOT ON STATE ROADS, YOU CAN WORK WITH COUNTY ON COUNTY ROADS, AND THE CITY CAN IMPLEMENT THEIR OWN DESIGN STANDARDS ON LOCAL ROADS.

BUT HAVING THAT POLICY IN PLACE, IT IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE YOU CAN ALSO LEVERAGE WORKING WITH DEVELOPERS TO ACTUALLY HELP YOU CREATE BETTER FACILITIES FOR PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN TAMARAC.

SO I THINK THAT'S THE FIRST STEP, AND THAT'S ACTUALLY THE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY AS PART OF THE MASTER PLAN.

THANKS. CITY MANAGER, I KNOW YOU WANT TO JUMP IN.

GO FOR IT. I DID, I JUST WANTED TO, YOU KNOW, GIVE YOU A BRIEF UPDATE ON THE ON THE 57TH STREET BETWEEN UNIVERSITY AND, I MEAN, PINE ISLAND AND UNIVERSITY.

THE THE DESIGN PART OF THAT PROJECT IS CURRENTLY OUT FOR BIDS.

AND SO THAT'S PART OF OUR IMMEDIATE FUTURE PLANS FOR, FOR DEVELOPMENT OF THAT, JUST LIKE THE TAMARAC VILLAGE PORTION.

SO THANK YOU, BECAUSE THAT'S A PERFECT SEGUE OF THIS IS AN OVERALL MASTER PLAN.

AND THEN WITH IT, WE CAN ASK THE COUNTY NOW TO HELP US WITH THAT LIGHT.

AND MAYBE WE COULD DO IT SOONER THAN LATER, BECAUSE IT WILL BE SOMETHING THAT SHOULDN'T CHANGE TOO MUCH, OR MAYBE JUST SCOOCHED OVER IF REALLY NEED BE.

BUT WITH HAVING THIS OVERALL PLAN, IT WILL ALLOW THE CITY MORE LEVERAGE FOR FOR THAT RELATIONSHIP.

THIS IS ONE OF THOSE TOPICS THAT MAKES ME GIDDY BECAUSE BETWEEN EVERYTHING THAT I'VE BEEN ON SINCE SMART GROWTH AND NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES, TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF, AND EVEN ON TO THE FOR THE MAYOR'S CONFERENCE, MTECH MPO.

AND I'M GLAD THAT COMMISSIONER DANIELS ON THE ON THE MAIN BODY.

AND I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF SPEAKING ON A PANEL ON THURSDAY, WITH THE MPOS GOING TO 2015.

THE USE OF TECHNOLOGY.

STOP LAUGHING. LEVENT ABOUT WHAT IS NEEDED FOR CITIES TO BE ABLE TO BE.

ABLE TO LEVERAGE RELATIONSHIPS.

BE ABLE TO GET SMARTER.

TECHNOLOGY. GET. ROADWAYS TO WORK FOR PEOPLE, PEDESTRIANS, BIKERS AND THE LIKE.

SO ALL OF THIS IS REALLY NEEDED AND A LOT OF PROJECTS ARE INTERCONNECTED.

I'M GOING TO JUST SHARE ONE OF THE PROJECTS THAT IT WAS 2021 THAT I MET WITH FDOT WITH THE THEN CITY MANAGER, KATHLEEN, AND ASKED THEM TO DO A STUDY ON COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD FROM UNIVERSITY OVER TO 441.

BECAUSE OF THE INTERSECTIONS AND THE ISSUES THAT WE WERE HAVING, WHETHER IT'S AT 70 OR 60 FOURTH, WOODLANDS, ROCK ISLAND.

AND THEN SO ON ALL THE WAY TO, TO THE MAINLANDS AND THE, ALL THE WAY TO 441.

SO THEY DID THEIR TRAFFIC STUDY.

SO THANKFULLY WE HAVE THAT IN PLAY.

AND SO WE I JUST RECEIVED THIS THE OTHER DAY AS WELL, BECAUSE I WAS TRYING TO DO A FOLLOW UP ON THE TRAFFIC STUDY, DID SHOW SOME OF THE ISSUES AT 70TH IN COMMERCIAL. AND FDOT HAS CREATED A PROGRAM, PROJECT FM 454777-1.

IT'S A DESIGNED TO 2026 AND CONSTRUCTION 2029 BECAUSE NOTHING GOES QUICKLY, BUT IT'LL REPLACE A FIVE SECTION SIGNAL, HEADS WITH EASTBOUND WESTBOUND DIRECTIONALS WITH FORCED SIGNAL. SECOND SIGNAL HEADS.

THEY'LL OFFSET CERTAIN TURN LANES THAT ARE THE PROBLEM, BECAUSE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE STREET HAS EITHER THREE LANES TO TWO OR VICE VERSA, SOMETHING DEPENDING ON THE INTERSECTION.

AND PEOPLE JUST TURN AND THEY CAN'T SEE WITH THE TURNING LIGHTS IF THEY'RE NOT DEDICATED.

SO THANKFULLY IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.

IT'S NOT GOING TO BE IN THE NEXT YEAR.

BUT FOR ALL THE STUDIES THAT ARE BEING DONE, ALL THE THINGS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON, THESE THINGS HELP GET WHAT WE NEED TO GET THE STREETS FIXED.

SO THIS IS A COLLABORATION WITH THE CITY OF TAMARAC AND WITH FDOT AND AND TALKING WITH THE COUNTY.

SO VERY EXCITED WITH THAT BECAUSE THERE'S THESE THREE ENTITIES HAVE ARE GETTING THAT INTERSECTION FIXED THROUGH PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS.

WE'RE GETTING THE INTERSECTION AT ROCK 64TH AND COMMERCIAL ROCK ISLAND AND COMMERCIAL AND WOODLANDS AT COMMERCIAL FIXED.

AND NOW WE NEED TO GO DOWN THE LINE.

SINCE I'VE BEEN ON THE COMMISSION FOR 41, HAS BEEN A CONVERSATION FOREVER ABOUT WHAT'S GOING TO BE FIXED THERE.

AND SO THAT'S A WHOLE OTHER, WHOLE OTHER CONVERSATION.

BUT I'M GLAD WE'RE GOING THROUGH THIS.

I MAY NOT THINK THAT SOME OF THEM ARE THE HIGHEST PRIORITY, BUT YOU'RE NOT ASKING US TO RANK PRIORITY.

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AND SO WE KNOW THAT THERE'S A NEED AT THAT INTERSECTION FOR THE FIRE STATION.

SO I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS.

I DO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT SOME STUFF.

BEING ABLE WITH THIS, WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO LOWER OUR SPEED LIMITS ON OUR OWN CITY STREETS.

YOU COULD USE IT AS A STARTING POINT.

BASICALLY. YES.

IF YOU IDENTIFY, YOU KNOW, THE FRAMEWORK FOR THAT.

SO WHICH STREETS? THERE IS AN AVENUE FOR THAT FOR SURE.

ESPECIALLY OBVIOUSLY THE LOCAL STREETS.

YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THE STREETS ARE ONE LANE IN EACH DIRECTION.

SO, YEAH, YOU GO THROUGH ESTABLISHING THAT PROCESS AND CRITERIA BECAUSE I KNOW WE'VE BEEN ASKED FOR LOWERING THE SPEED LIMITS IN CERTAIN PLACES BECAUSE IT GOES INTO THE TRAFFIC CALMING. YEAH. OUR SPEED LIMITS ARE TOO HIGH.

RIGHT. WE HAVE TO HAVE COUNT TO 500.

IT'S NOT GOING TO WORK RIGHT WHEN OUR SPEED LIMITS ARE TOO HIGH.

EXACTLY. SO IN ORDER TO MAKE WHAT WE'VE GIVEN A PROGRAM TO OUR RESIDENTS AND SAY, HERE YOU GO OUT AND TRY TO DO THIS SO WE CAN GIVE YOU TRAFFIC CALMING.

IT'S BEEN SHOOTING OURSELVES IN THE FOOT, SO TO SPEAK, SO RIGHT.

I'M HAPPY TO HEAR THAT.

IT ALSO HELP US WITH THE SCHOOL ZONES BECAUSE THERE ARE CERTAIN AREAS THAT THE SPEED LIMIT, THERE'S NO SCHOOL ZONES YET.

BUT NOW WITH THIS WE GET TO BRING IT DOWN TO THE SCHOOL BOARD AND SAY HERE, ABSOLUTELY, UNIVERSITY AND 82ND, GIVE US THAT SCHOOL ZONE, BECAUSE THEN WE GET THE SCHOOL ZONE, WE GET THE TRAFFIC TO SLOW DOWN DURING THE SCHOOL ZONE, SCHOOL TIMES AND BE ABLE TO HOPEFULLY WORK ON THAT LIGHT TO HELP IT WITH BETTER ABILITIES TO GET THE KIDS GOING WHO ARE WALKING ACROSS THE STREET.

70TH LITTLE CONCERN WITH HOW THAT'S GOING TO WORK.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE ACTUALLY SPOKE TO SOME OF THE RESIDENTS ON THERE.

ON BROOKWOOD 70TH 57.

MANY HAVE THEIR CARS OUTSIDE ON THE STREET IN THE BIKE LANE.

SURE. ACTUALLY, NO.

KEEP 750. OKAY.

OH, WE'LL GO HERE.

I'LL GO BACKWARDS. ALL RIGHT.

WE'LL GO HERE. THE PROBLEM SOMETIMES IS BECAUSE I'VE BEEN STUCK BEHIND ESPECIALLY IF THERE'S A GARBAGE TRUCK TRYING TO GET TO THE GARBAGE CANS AND THERE'S STREET PARKING EITHER, AND WE'VE JUST REDONE SOME OF THE MEDIANS, BUT WE WOULD PROBABLY HAVE TO FIX SOME OF THOSE MEDIANS IN ORDER TO GET WHERE CARS ARE ON THE STREET, TO BE ABLE TO GET AROUND IT, TO BE ABLE TO SAFELY WALK AROUND IT.

AND THEN HOPEFULLY WE'RE NOT TAKING ANYBODY'S PRIVATE PROPERTY, EVEN IF IT'S A RIGHT OF WAY.

THOSE ARE UTILITY EASEMENTS, NOT NECESSARILY MAKING SIDEWALK EASEMENTS OUT OF THEM.

SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE TALK TO THOSE RESIDENTS.

FOR HISTORY, 57TH STREET WAS THE OLD COMMERCIAL.

IT WAS WHERE EVERYBODY RAN DOWN AND DID ALL THEIR BUSINESS AND CUT THROUGH PLACES.

SO NOW THEN THEY MADE COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD.

SO MAKING 57TH EVEN MORE ATTRACTIVE WOULD BE VERY NICE, ESPECIALLY SINCE SOME OF OUR BUSINESSES ACTUALLY FACE 57TH.

AND WHAT YOU SEE ON COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD IS ACTUALLY THEIR BACK.

AND THEN ON 58TH AGAIN FOR THE SAME THING GOING THROUGH, PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU'RE TALKING TO THE COMMUNITY ALONG THAT ROUTE THAT YOU PLAN ON PUTTING SIDEWALKS.

THERE MIGHT BE SOME OF US IN OTHER AREAS THAT ARE SAYING, PUT A SIDEWALK.

AND I'M NOT SAYING SIDEWALKS ARE BAD.

IT WOULD BE HELPFUL. SO WHEN PEOPLE ARE WALKING, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO GET RUN OVER IF THEY'RE WALKING THEIR DOGS OR JUST WALKING THEMSELVES.

ALSO, WITH THE CARS IN BETWEEN JUST MAKE SURE WE TALK TO THE COMMUNITIES BEFORE WE START THESE PROJECTS VERSUS WE JUST TELL THEM WHAT WE'RE DOING.

IT WOULD BE NICE TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THEIR INPUT IN THERE.

AND THIS IS SOMETHING SEPARATE FOR THE CITY FOR ELECTRIC BIKES AND DEALING WITH WHETHER THEY ARE A BIKE AND BELONG IN THE BIKE LANE, BELONG IN THE STREET, OR ARE THEY SUPPOSED TO BE ON THE SIDEWALKS? SO THAT'S JUST A TOPIC FOR FUTURE.

YEAH, IT'S IT'S A GREAT TOPIC.

THAT'S ACTUALLY A LOT OF CITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE GRAPPLING WITH.

WE RECENTLY DID THE DOWNTOWN MASTER PLAN FOR NASHVILLE AND THE THE CONVERSATION TURNED FROM BIKE LANES TO MOBILITY LANES BECAUSE THE SCOOTERS WERE EVERYWHERE.

YOU KNOW, THE TOPOGRAPHY THERE WAS HARDER FOR BIKES.

SO I TOTALLY GET IT.

SO, YOU KNOW, THERE'S THERE'S A LOT OF DESIGN GUIDANCE THAT'S COMING OUT AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL AND OTHER.

THAT KIND OF GIVES SOME IDEAS OF OKAY, WELL, YOU KNOW, DEPENDING ON THE SIZE, WHERE DO THEY FIT.

SO THAT'S ABSOLUTELY WORTH DISCUSSION.

YEAH. SCOOTERS ALL OF IT.

YES. IT'S A IT'S A IT'S IMPORTANT.

IT'S ALL IMPORTANT. AND IT COMES FROM ALL THESE.

AND ALSO ANYBODY IN A WHEELCHAIR THAT'S DOING A LITTLE ZOOMING ON THEIR STUFF.

THEY REALLY SHOULD HAVE A FLAG THAT'S HIGH ENOUGH.

BECAUSE IF YOU'RE IN YOUR SUV OR IF YOU'RE IN A TRUCK, YOU CAN'T SEE THEM, RIGHT? OR EVEN IN SOME REGULAR CARS, YOU CAN'T SEE THEM UTILIZING THE PATHWAY BECAUSE THEY'RE LOWER DOWN THAN THE CAR.

AND THEN SO IT WOULD HELP WITH SOME OF THE THE CRASHES AS WELL, TO MAKE THINGS SAFER WITH JUST HAVING SOME KIND OF BIG OLD FLAG ON, YOU KNOW, LIKE A GOLF PIN OR WHATEVER YOU CALL IT THING.

YEAH. CARTS HERE.

SO BUT THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK ON THIS.

I KNOW COMING OUT TO THE COMMUNITY, TALKING TO ALL OF US, TRYING TO PUT ALL THIS INTO SOMETHING ORGANIZED AND TANGIBLE FOR US TO BE ABLE TO UTILIZE

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SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK.

THE BUSTLING. YES.

THE ONE THAT YOU HAVE DEPICTED HERE.

IS THAT GOING TO ELIMINATE THE LANE? NO. WELL, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE DIFFERENT WAYS, I GUESS, TO DESIGN A DEDICATED TRANSIT LANE.

IT CAN BE A SHARED ONE.

THIS VISUAL IS SHOWING A DEDICATED ONE WHERE, YES, ONLY ONLY TRANSIT CAN USE IT.

BUT IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THAT WAY.

SO I THINK AS THE CONVERSATION PROGRESSED WITH BROWARD COUNTY TRANSIT ON THEIR PRIMO PLAN, THAT WILL HELP FURTHER DEFINE EXACTLY WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, BECAUSE I OF COURSE, I REALIZE THERE'S 50,000 CARS ON COMMERCIAL RIGHT NOW, SO IT'LL HAVE TO BE FLESHED OUT, BUT IT HAS BEEN DONE IN OTHER PLACES WHERE THEY IN FLORIDA, WHERE THEY HAVE CONVERTED IT.

YEAH, YEAH. IT IS.

YEAH. YEAH.

IT'S DEFINITELY TO CONCEPTUAL RIGHT NOW.

NOT NOT NOT SURE.

YEAH. WELL, AND THE IDEA OF THE MULTIMODAL PLAN IS THAT, YOU KNOW, AS YOU START TO CONNECT THE DOTS WITH THE DIFFERENT MODES, YOU KNOW, IF SOMEBODY IS GOING ON A SHORT TRIP AND THEY WOULD HAVE LIKED TO WALK OR BIKE, BUT THEY COULDN'T BECAUSE THERE ARE NO OTHER FACILITIES.

SO THE IDEA IS THAT YOU'RE ALSO DISTRIBUTING THAT WHERE NOT EVERYBODY HAS TO DRIVE.

BUT BUT I YOU KNOW, THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS NOT OUT THERE RIGHT NOW.

SO LIKE YOU SAID, MOST PEOPLE WANT MORE LANES TO DRIVE.

YEAH. YES.

THE MOST MILLIONAIRES MOVED TO FLORIDA LAST YEAR FROM THE STATE OF FLORIDA.

YEAH, I SEE A BUNCH OF CYBERTRUCK.

YES, WE SEE THAT. THEY MOVED.

YES. DOES THAT INCLUDE AN UBER AND LYFT AND ALL THOSE THAT CAN SHARE THAT LANE? THE TRANSIT LANE? TYPICALLY, NO.

IT EXACTLY.

IT WILL BE TRANSIT MASS TRANSIT.

SO NOT THE UBER LIKE WHICH WOULD BE NOT A FUTURE TRAIN AS WELL.

A TRAIN YOU SAID.

YEAH RIGHT. WE'RE NOT GOING TO IN 2050 HAVE A.

WELL JUST RIGHT NOW THE DECISION HAS NOT BEEN MADE WHETHER IT'S GOING TO BE SUNRISE BOULEVARD OR COMMERCIAL.

WE WANT IT TO BE COMMERCIAL TO GET THAT FACILITY.

BUT IT'S NOT YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT DEFINITE YET.

AND THEY'RE STILL CONSIDERING AND THEY DO THEIR OWN STUDIES TO SEE WHICH ONE WILL IS MORE, I WOULD SAY MORE DESERVING OF GETTING THAT.

BUT WE ARE COMMERCIAL IS COMPETING WITH SUNRISE BOULEVARD.

ALL RIGHT. SO LET'S JUST ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO WELL WELL WELL BE CAREFUL ABOUT THAT.

SO BECAUSE IS IT TRAIN OR IS IT TRAM.

IS IT LIGHT RAIL. THEY STILL DON'T KNOW.

THEY SAY LIGHT RAIL BUT THEY STILL HAVEN'T DEFINED THAT EVEN BECAUSE IT'S POSSIBLE THAT THEY CAN USE THE MEDIAN, WHICH IS ALSO ONE OF THESE THINGS THAT WE'RE PLANNING.

ALL THESE THINGS IS CONSTRUCTION ALL OVER.

WE HAVE AN OVERPASS.

WE HAVE BUSINESSES TO THE LEFT, HOMES TO THE RIGHT, ALL THIS KIND OF STUFF.

SO THIS IS, IN MY OPINION, MORE.

I SEE YOU NOW, MORE PIE IN THE SKY CONCEPT.

NOT EVEN ACTUAL LEGITIMATE.

LIKE IT'S ACTUALLY GOING TO BE THAT KIND OF THING.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT ALSO NEEDS TO BE CONSIDERED AND IT'S BEEN DISCUSSED.

BUT WHY DON'T WE HAVE A STATION FOR BRIGHT LINE? WHY DON'T WE HAVE A STATION FOR WHERE YOU CAN HAVE A HUB? AND WHEN BRIGHT LINE WAS ASKED, THEY SAID, WELL, WE'RE USING DEDICATED TRACKS ALREADY.

WE DON'T HAVE RAILROAD TRACKS OVER HERE, BUT THERE COULD BE IF THERE WAS SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDS.

I'M NOT SURE WHERE THE MONEY TREE IS, BUT COMING ALONG AND GOING ON THE WEST SIDE OF TOWN AND HAVE SOME INTERCONNECTIVITY, WHETHER IT'S BUS OR LIGHT RAIL OR SOMETHING.

BUT WE ALSO DO NEED TO KEEP ONE THING IN MIND.

WE ARE NEVER, EVER GOING TO BE LONDON, PARIS OR NEW YORK CITY OR EVEN SAN FRANCISCO.

THAT'S NOT THE WAY WE WERE DEVELOPED.

BROWARD COUNTY WAS NOT DEVELOPED THAT WAY, AND WE WERE MOSTLY BUILT OUT.

SO UNLESS WE'RE KNOCKING DOWN PEOPLE'S HOMES AND TAKING AWAY PEOPLE'S BUSINESSES, WHICH IS A REAL BIG EXPENSE IN AND OF ITSELF, THERE ARE GOOD THINGS TO PUT IN PLAY.

I'M NOT 100% PESSIMIST.

I JUST ALSO AM A REALIST THAT SOME OF THIS WE MAY LIKE TO SEE MIGHT NOT ACTUALLY HAPPEN HERE.

AND SUNRISE ACTUALLY HAS A LOT WIDER LANES ON SUNRISE BOULEVARD.

NO, NO, I WAS, I WAS I KIND OF WHEN I READ MY BOOK, YOU KNOW, LAST NIGHT I'M LIKE, THAT'S A JOKE.

BUT REALLY IT IT COULD BE A DESIRE.

BUT I DON'T SEE AN ACTUAL IMPLEMENTATION WHERE YOU CAN HAVE THAT WIDE OF A SIDEWALK EVER GOING TO BE HAPPENING ALONG COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD, WITH THE WAY, AT LEAST NOT ON BOTH SIDES OF THE STREET AND THE WAY IT IS SO BETWEEN THE OTHER CITIES, WHICH IS SUNRISE AND LAUDERHILL AND OTHER LAKES AND OAKLAND PARK AND ALL THAT KIND OF GOOD STUFF.

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COMMISSIONER BOLTON, JUST A QUICK QUESTION.

WHAT'S HAPPENING AT CYPRESS CREEK? AND AND LIKE POWERLINE ANDREWS, I THINK I THINK THAT'S IN A YEAH.

I THINK DIRECTLY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD, THEY'RE BUILDING SOMETHING THAT LOOKS LIKE A RAILROAD TRACK, BUT I DON'T KNOW BY THE MPO.

YEAH, THEY'RE VERY CLOSE TO THE MPO.

I'M NOT FAMILIAR.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ARE, BUT I'M NOT FAMILIAR.

OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

EVERYBODY IS ASKING.

SO, YOU KNOW, I DRIVE.

I SAW IT, BUT I YEAH I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT IT IS BASICALLY.

YEAH. OKAY.

I KNOW THAT THE CITY OF FORT LAUDERDALE HAS BEEN STUDYING THAT AREA FOR A WHILE FOR BASICALLY UPTOWN BECAUSE THEY HAVE A DOWNTOWN AND JUST KIND OF MAKING IT MORE OF AN UPTOWN, BUT I'LL FIND OUT.

EXCELLENT. SO SEEING NO OTHER QUESTIONS OR DID YOU HAVE ANY MORE? OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK.

AND WE'LL SEE YOU WEDNESDAY.

THURSDAY NIGHT.

THURSDAY NIGHT. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. MOVING RIGHT ALONG.

TO ONE E.

THIS IS A DISCUSSION OF CITY ACQUISITION OF PROPERTIES LOCATED AT 3650 WEST COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD AND 3616 NORTHWEST 50TH STREET IN TAMARAC.

[1.e Discussion of City Acquisition of Properties located at 3650 W Commercial Boulevard and 3660 NW 50th Street, Tamarac. Presented by Deputy City Manager, Maxine Calloway]

GOOD AFTERNOON. FOR THE RECORD.

MAXINE CALLOWAY DEPUTY CITY MANAGER.

THIS ITEM WILL APPEAR AS TR 14158 ON YOUR CONSENT AGENDA ON THURSDAY.

I ALSO JUST WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE KEN KRASNO, WHO IS IN THE AUDIENCE.

HE IS A BROKER ON THIS ON THIS PURCHASE.

AND SO WHEN WE GET TO THE QUESTION AND ANSWER TIME, IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS THAT HE MIGHT BE ABLE TO FACILITATE OR ANSWER.

HE'S HE'S HERE TO ASSIST.

SHOULD YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

SO THE WHAT'S ON THE AGENDA FOR THURSDAY'S MEETING ON THE CONSENT AGENDA IS THE PURCHASE OF PROPERTY FOR THE CITY OF QUIET TO ACQUIRE AT 3650 WEST COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD AND 3660 NORTHWEST 50TH STREET.

AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE IMAGE HERE, IT'S THE FORMER TRAPEZE PROPERTY WITH AN ADJACENT VACANT PROPERTY TO THE IMMEDIATE EAST OF THAT PROPERTY.

THE TOTAL SQUARE FOOTAGE IS 133 932, WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY 3.07 ACRES IN SIZE, AND THE CITY IS PURCHASING THE PROPERTY FOR $2.7 MILLION AND AS YOU CAN SEE, IS A BIT LOWER THAN THE APPRAISED VALUE IN 2023.

ALTHOUGH THERE IS NO CITY REQUIREMENT FOR AN APPRAISAL.

WHEN WE ACQUIRE PROPERTY, IT'S REAL ESTATE, GOOD PRACTICE.

AND SO WE HAD ONE DONE IN 2023 AND IT WAS APPRAISED AT $2.98 MILLION.

BUT WE WILL BE ACQUIRING THE PROPERTY AT $2.7 MILLION.

AND ON THE PROPERTY IS ALSO A CELLULAR TOWER LEASE THAT WILL BE GETTING AS A PART OF THE DUE DILIGENCE PROCESS, SO WE CAN SEE WHAT ADDITIONAL REVENUE MIGHT BE AVAILABLE IN THAT LEASE ARRANGEMENT.

SO YOU'RE RIGHT.

AND AUTHORITY TO ACQUIRE PROPERTY COMES FROM SECTION 64.2 OF THE CITY CODE OF ORDINANCES THAT ALLOWS THE CITY COMMISSION TO ACQUIRE PROPERTY FOR INVESTMENT PURPOSES. AND YOU CAN ACQUIRE EITHER IN THE CITY LAND TRUST.

IN THIS CASE, WE'RE ACQUIRING THE CITY'S NAME.

AND YOU CAN HOLD THAT REAL PROPERTY AS LONG AS IT'S NECESSARY IN ORDER TO PROVIDE THE CITY AN OPPORTUNITY TO EFFECTUATE A TRANSFER OF THE REAL ESTATE TO A PERSON, A CORPORATION OR OTHER ENTITY THAT WILL DEVELOP THE REAL ESTATE FOR PUBLIC PURPOSES.

AND SO THAT'S WHERE YOUR AUTHORITY VESTS FOR YOU TO BE ABLE TO ACQUIRE REAL PROPERTY AND TO INVEST.

SO JUST TO TOUCH REAL QUICK ON SOME OF THE TERMS OF THE CONTRACT, AGAIN, THE PURCHASE PRICE IS $2.7 MILLION.

IT COMES WITH AN INITIAL DEPOSIT OF $25,000 THAT IS DUE WITHIN THREE BUSINESS DAYS OF THE CONTRACT DATE.

AND THEN THERE'S A SECOND DEPOSIT AT $75,000, WHICH IS DUE WITHIN THREE BUSINESS DAYS AFTER THE INSPECTION PERIOD, WHICH IS A 30 DAY INSPECTION PERIOD WITH A TOTAL OF 100,000 TO BE APPLIED TOWARDS THE PURCHASE PRICE FOR THE FIRST AND THE SECOND DEPOSIT.

IT'S A QUICK INSPECTION PERIOD IN TERMS OF THE PROPERTIES VACANT ONE PORTION.

THE OTHER PIECE IS A STRUCTURE THAT IS NEED TO BE DEMOLISHED, QUITE FRANKLY.

SO IT'S A 30 DAY INSPECTION PERIOD IN WHICH TIME WE WILL DO ANY TYPE OF ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW WILL ALSO GET THE LEASE WITHIN FIVE DAYS OF THE DATE OF THE CONTRACT SO WE CAN REVIEW THAT CELLULAR LEASE AND SEE WHAT'S CONTAINED IN THAT LEASE.

AND AS YOU KNOW, THE INSPECTION PERIOD IS REALLY TO ALLOW US TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THE PROPERTY IS SUITABLE FOR ACQUISITION UPON THE 30 DAY, THEN WE'LL LET THEM KNOW THAT WE

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AND THEN SCOPE CLOSING IS SCHEDULED FOR TEN DAYS AFTER THE INSPECTION PERIOD EXPIRES.

THIS SLIDE IS JUST TO GO THROUGH, OF COURSE, THE PURPOSE WHY THE CITY BUY IS JUST TO POSITION HERSELF FOR FUTURE GROWTH, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ATTRACTIVE FOR THE RIGHT DEVELOPMENT, AND OF COURSE, TO PUT THE PROPERTY ON THE TAX ROLL AND TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S ECONOMICALLY AND FINANCIALLY VIABLE FOR THE CITY.

THE FUNDS FOR THIS ACQUISITION IS BUDGETED IN YOUR 2025 BUDGET AS A PART OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FUND, WHERE THERE'S $5 MILLION SET ASIDE FOR ACQUISITION PURPOSES. JUST TO TOUCH ON SOME OF THE CONTINGENCIES AND CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO CLOSING.

FIRST ONE IS APPROVAL OF THE CITY COMMISSION.

THIS ITEM WILL BE ON THURSDAY'S AGENDA, ON YOUR CONSENT AGENDA, APPROVAL BY THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE ABILITY TO SELL THE PROPERTY.

AND THAT WAS ACQUIRED.

SO WE ALREADY HAVE THAT WHERE THE COURT DID GIVE AN OPINION OR PROVIDED THE APPROVAL OR THE AUTHORIZATION FOR THE PROPERTY TO BE PURCHASED BY THE CITY.

INCLUDED, OF COURSE, ARE SOME BUILDING CASES THAT NEEDS TO BE TAKEN CARE OF BY THE CITY.

SO THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE FREE AND CLEAR.

TITLE. OTHER THAN THE PERMITTED EXCEPTIONS, WE NEED TO SECURE A TITLE POLICY.

AND THEN OF COURSE, CLOSING IS WITHIN TEN DAYS OF THE INSPECTION PERIOD, THE EXPIRATION OF THE INSPECTION PERIOD.

AND I JUST ADDED THIS SLIDE JUST TO SHOW YOU THIS PROPERTY WILL ADD TO THE PORTFOLIO THAT THE CITY CURRENTLY HAS.

YOU KNOW, WE PURCHASED ABOUT AN ACRE THAT WE ARE USING TO EXPAND OUR WATER TREATMENT PLANT.

WE PURCHASED A 3.41 ACRES IN THE PAST 7200 NORTH UNIVERSITY DRIVE, WHICH THE CITY JUST DISPOSED OF IN THE LAST MONTH OR TWO AT A PROFIT. AND OF COURSE, OUR ACQUISITION OF 4949 NORTH STATE ROAD SEVEN, WHERE THE CITY ACQUIRED TWO SMALL PARCELS THAT TOGETHER IS 1.14 ACRES IN SIZE THAT THE CITY WILL BE LOOKING TO REDEVELOP IN THE FUTURE.

SO THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.

I AM AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.

COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS. THANK YOU MAYOR.

I THINK I I DON'T REMEMBER IF I, I KNOW I ASKED YOU DURING OUR ONE ON ONE IS THIS PART OF OUR OPPORTUNITY ZONE, THIS AREA? NO, NO.

WHERE DOES IT STOP? IT'S PRIMARILY ON 441 AND A LITTLE FURTHER EAST ON COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD, BOTH WAYS ON COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD, FURTHER EAST.

AND ON 441.

OKAY. NO GOING TOWARDS LIKE PROSPECT FURTHER EAST ON COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD.

IT'S ALSO ON 441.

PRIMARILY ON 441.

YEAH. WELL, I THINK YEAH, IT'S GOING WEST BECAUSE THERE'S THE LAND WHERE THERE'S THE GAS STATION AND THAT'S INCLUDED. OKAY.

IT WRAPS AROUND THE TURNPIKE OR IT LOOKS LIKE HOUSING, BUT BUSINESS OVER THERE.

OKAY. YEAH.

THANK YOU. AND TALK ABOUT ACQUISITIONS.

I KNOW I BROUGHT THIS UP TO THE CITY MANAGER, BUT I WANTED TO SAY PUBLICLY TO THE COMMISSION IS TO CONSIDER BUYING OR ENTERTAINING A PURCHASE FOR THE ACROSS THE STREET WITH THE.

THE AUTOMOTIVE COMPANY CAME IN LEFT, AND THERE'S A LAND NEXT TO IT.

I'M TALKING ABOUT ACROSS THE STREET FROM THIS PROPERTY.

OKAY. THE AUTOMOTIVE CUSTOM.

SPECIALTY? YEAH.

THAT USED TO BE LIKE A SHOWROOM.

YES. YEAH. AND THEN IT BECAME THE AUTOMOTIVE PLACE.

AND THEN RIGHT NEXT TO THIS LAND.

NEXT TO IT. OKAY.

PERHAPS. UNDEVELOPABLE.

YES. PIECE OF PROPERTY.

PERHAPS THAT SHOULD BE ALSO CONSIDERED IF WE'RE TRYING TO REDEVELOP THESE COMMERCIAL.

ANYWAYS. VICE MAYOR.

THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. YOU SAID WE SOLD UNIVERSITY FOR A PROFIT.

YOU KNOW WHAT WAS A PROFIT? OH, YES. WE BOUGHT A TOTAL OF.

WE BOUGHT 3.41 ACRES ON UNIVERSITY.

THEN WE DEVELOP A PORTION IN OUR NOW FIRE STATION.

AND WE JUST RECENTLY TO EU INTERNATIONAL, SOLD 1.2 ACRES FOR 1.4 ACRES FOR $1.2 MILLION.

WHAT WAS THE PROFIT? I JUST WANTED TO KNOW WHAT WAS THE PROFIT.

WELL, WE BOUGHT FOR 1.1 FOR 1.23.41 ACRES AND WE SOLD FOR 1.51.05, AND WE ONLY SOLD 1.41 ACRES.

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THAT'S A SAVVY DEAL. AND THIS ONE IS VALUED AT 3 MILLION.

YOU CAN BASICALLY ROUND IT UP AND YOU'RE PAYING 2.72.7.

AND IT COMES WITH A CELLULAR LEASE.

SO YOU'RE ALREADY UP 300 K BASICALLY.

YEAH. GOOD JOB.

AND WE HAVEN'T SOLD YET.

AND IT'S ZONED MUC WHICH IS ONE OF OUR HIGHEST ZONING DESIGNATION MIXED USE COMMERCIAL WHICH MEANS OPPORTUNITY FOR MIXED USE PROJECT TO GO IN THAT LOCATION AT 3.41 ACRES IS VERY HIGH.

NICE. SO IT SEEMS LIKE ALL THE PROPERTIES THAT THE CITY ACQUIRES, WE TEND TO BE GOOD REAL ESTATE INVESTMENTS.

WOULD YOU SAY THAT? YEAH I WOULD.

OKAY. GOOD. OKAY.

THE PROPERTY NEXT TO TRAPEZE.

THE OTHER PART OF THE PARCEL.

IS THAT TOGETHER IN THIS? YES. IT'S A DIFFERENT PROPERTY OWNER.

CORRECT? WELL, IT IS CP REALTY LLC AND CP REALTY TWO LLC, SO I THINK THEY'RE THE SAME FAMILY.

YES. OKAY. IT'S THE SAME FAMILY.

SO. AND IT SAYS MIAMI DADE BECAUSE THE PROBATE IS IN MIAMI DADE.

YES. EVEN THOUGH SO IT'S AN ANCILLARY AND PROBATE PROPERTY IN BROWARD.

OKAY. SO WHAT WAS ON? I KNOW TRAPEZE WAS THERE BECAUSE THE SIGN'S STILL UP.

IT WAS IT WAS NEVER.

NO, IT WAS NEVER DEVELOPED.

NOTHING IS ON THERE. IT'S 44,000FT² AND TRAPEZE IS 8 OR 9000.

YEAH. I WAS JUST ASKING FOR MY CONCERN.

WAS ECONOMIC ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL? YEAH. DUE DILIGENCE FOR WHATEVER WOULD BE ON THERE.

WHAT WOULD BE UNDERGROUND, RIGHT? TO MAKE SURE IT WASN'T A GAS STATION OR ANY KIND OF USE OF THE SORT THAT WOULD HAVE.

YEAH, IT'S A PHASE ONE.

BUT PHASE ONE, YOU CAN DO THAT IN 30 DAYS.

AND THEN IF IT LEADS TO PHASE TWO, THEN YOU'LL OBVIOUSLY EXTEND.

OKAY. I'M HAVE NO YOU'RE BUSY JOHN, YOU'RE VERY BUSY.

THAT'S WHY YOU'RE NOT GOING ANYWAY.

SO ANYWAY SO ON THAT I'M EXCITED.

I KNOW WHEN WE WERE AT THE ICSC AND THROUGH OVER THE YEARS, SEVERAL PEOPLE HAVE COMMUNICATED WITH US AND THE COMMISSION AT VARIOUS POINTS, VARIOUS POINTS OF TIME. IT'S A HOT TOPIC.

IT'S A HOT PROPERTY. SO I THINK THIS IS GOING TO BE A REALLY GOOD INVESTMENT FOR THE CITY.

AND I THINK IT WILL WHATEVER WE PUT THERE WILL BE OBVIOUSLY GOOD FOR THE CITY AND IT'LL LOOK GOOD AND IT'LL BE A VALUABLE INVESTMENT WHERE THE CITY WILL PROSPER IN MANY WAYS.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING ELSE.

THAT'S A PRIVATE ENTITY FOR PROGRESSIVE.

THEY'RE PURCHASING SOMEBODY TRYING TO PURCHASE IT.

SO EXCELLENT.

OH MY GOD THAT WAS QUICK.

ALL RIGHT 209 ON THAT ONE.

WE DIDN'T TAKE THAT ONE.

MOVING RIGHT ALONG TO OUR NEXT TOPIC.

MAY MAYBE TAKE A LITTLE BIT LONGER.

MAYBE NOT. ANYWAY, WE'LL SEE.

ONE F DISCUSSION ON PARKING ON PUBLIC RIGHTS OF WAY RESTRICTIONS AND CHALLENGES.

[1.f Discussion on Parking on Public Rights of Way Restrictions and Challenges. Requested by Mayor, Michelle J. Gomez Presented by Deputy City Manager Maxine Calloway]

HOPEFULLY IT'LL HAVE COMMISSION SUPPORT AND PRESENTING IS DEPUTY CITY MANAGER MAXINE CALLOWAY.

THANK YOU. AND SO WHILE I'M IN THE BUSINESS OF RECOGNIZING PEOPLE, I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE OUR NEW CODE COMPLIANCE MANAGER, STEPHANIE BASS, WHO IS HERE.

AND SINCE THIS MIGHT IMPACT HER DIVISION, I'VE ASKED HER JUST TO COME IN, JUST TO SIT IN AND SEE IF SHE CAN OFFER.

SHE CAN SIT ON THE HOT SEAT.

SHE CAN COME SIT NEXT TO ME.

YEAH. NO, JOIN US UP HERE.

SHOW US A FANTASTIC OUTFIT, I LOVE IT.

AND THEN WELCOME ABOARD.

YEAH. STEPHANIE IS JUST DONE.

BEEN DOING AN AMAZING JOB FOR THE SHORT TIME SHE HAS BEEN HERE ALREADY, REACHED OUT TO THE COMMUNITY AND HAS BEEN INVITED TO SOME HOA MEETINGS.

AND SO I JUST WANT TO THANK HER FOR JUST BRINGING ALL THOSE GREAT IDEAS AND JUST BEING A PART OF THE TEAM AND THANK HER FOR HER PATIENCE.

SHE'S DEALT WITH SOME OF US.

YEAH, IF YOU DON'T MIND.

SURE. SURE.

AGAIN, STEPHANIE BASQUE, NEW CODE COMPLIANCE MANAGER.

I COME WITH ABOUT 18 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN CODE COMPLIANCE.

MOST OF THAT EXPERIENCE CAME FROM THE CITY OF FORT LAUDERDALE, WHICH IS, OF COURSE, IS A LARGER MUNICIPALITY THAN TAMARAC.

BUT TAMARAC HAS ITS OWN DIFFERENT DEMOGRAPHICS THAT I'M LEARNING DAY BY DAY.

SO IT'S BEEN VERY INTERESTING.

THANK YOU MAXINE. SHE'S BEEN VERY HELPFUL IN GETTING ME ACCLIMATED AS WELL AS THE CITY MANAGER.

AND AS THEY'VE STATED, I DID RIDE ALONGS WITH THE VICE MAYOR AND WITH THE MAYOR TO SEE SOME AREAS OF CONCERN THAT THEY HAVE.

SO WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF ADDRESSING THOSE AS WELL.

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AND HOW DELIGHTED WE ARE THAT SHE'S HERE.

I THINK SHE'S GOING TO MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE IN OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES.

AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO MAKE TAMARAC SHINE BRIGHTER.

AND SO WELCOME ABOARD AGAIN.

I ASK HER EVERY WEEK.

SHE'S LOVING IT. WEEK BY WEEK.

SHE TELLS ME SHE'S HERE TO STAY.

ALL RIGHT. ON THE ITEM.

THIS ITEM WILL APPEAR ON THURSDAY'S AGENDA FOR FIRST READING.

THIS IS JUST A LEGISLATIVE HISTORY OF THE ACTION.

BELIEVE IT OR NOT, WE HAVE BEEN DISCUSSING ON-STREET PARKING SINCE 2020.

I THINK THAT'S THE FIRST TIME WE TALKED ABOUT IT, WHEN IT WAS EVEN BEFORE THEN.

WELL, IT WAS ESTABLISHED FOR QUALITY ESTABLISHED AS A QUALITY OF LIFE TYPE OF DISCUSSION.

WE BROUGHT IT FORWARD IN 2020.

IT REALLY DIDN'T GO TOO FAR AGAIN IN 2022.

AND THEN LAST TIME IN 2023 WHEN WE BROUGHT FORWARD SOME RECOMMENDED CHANGES AND THE ITEM FAILED ON FIRST READING.

AND SO WHAT WE WILL SEE TODAY AS A PART OF THE PRESENTATION WILL BE ALL THE CHANGES THAT WERE RECOMMENDED IN 2023.

WE'RE JUST GOING TO SHARE THEM WITH YOU AGAIN.

AND THAT'S WHAT'S INCLUDED IN THE ORDINANCE THAT'S ON FIRST READING ON YOUR AGENDA FOR THURSDAY.

SO ESSENTIALLY THE AMENDMENT IS FOR SECTION 14, DASH 26, PARKING RESTRICTIONS, PUBLIC RIGHTS OF WAY.

AND THAT SECTION OF THE CODE ONLY HAS TWO PROVISIONS PROVISIONS A AND PROVISION B.

AND IT'S EXPLICIT ON THE SLIDE THAT THERE'S NO PARKING ANYWHERE IN THE CITY, ON THE CITY'S RIGHT OF WAY, BETWEEN THE HOURS, BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 2 A.M.

AND 6 A.M.

AND THE SECOND ONE B, WHICH WE'RE NOT PROPOSING ANY CHANGES.

THERE IS A PARKING OF MOTOR VEHICLES ANYWHERE ON THE WOODLANDS BOULEVARD RIGHT OF WAY, AT ANY TIME OF THE DAY OR NIGHT IS PROHIBITED IN THE YELLOW.

IT'S JUST A QUICK CAPTION BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING THIS SINCE 2020.

WE DID SOME RESEARCH.

WE DID BRING THAT TO YOU.

I'VE TAKEN IT OUT OF THIS PRESENTATION BECAUSE WE'VE GOT WE'VE BEEN GIVEN DIRECT INSTRUCTIONS JUST TO BRING FORWARD THE ORDINANCE.

BUT I JUST WANT TO REMIND YOU THAT WE HAD DONE EXTENSIVE RESEARCH, AND WE LOOKED AT OTHER CITIES JUST TO SEE WHAT THEIR PARKING ORDINANCE LOOKED LIKE.

AND FOR THE MOST PART, VEHICLES ARE ALLOWED ON THE RIGHT OF WAY, PROVIDED IT DOES NOT IMPEDE THE FREE FLOW OF TRAFFIC.

THAT'S THE LANGUAGE THAT'S IN THEIR CODE.

SO I JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT.

BUT WE HAVE REMOVED THE SPREADSHEET THAT HAS ALL THE CITIES WHICH YOU'VE SEEN IN THE PAST.

SO I'LL JUST WALK YOU THROUGH THE CHANGES THAT'S BEEN PROPOSED AND THAT'S ON YOUR AGENDA FOR THURSDAY.

SO STRIKING OF THE 2 A.M.

AND REPLACING IT WITH 11 P.M..

AND SO THE NEW LANGUAGE WOULD BE NO PARKING WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS DURING THE HOURS OF 11 P.M.

AND 6 A.M., EXCEPT THOSE VEHICLES COMMONLY DESIGNATED AS EMERGENCY VEHICLES, SUBSECTION B, THERE'S NO CHANGES BEING PROPOSED.

WE'RE PROPOSING ADDING A C, THE PARKING OF MOTOR VEHICLES ON DEDICATED BICYCLE LANES AND BLOCKING DRIVEWAYS ANY TIME OF THE DAY OR NIGHT IS PROHIBITED.

THIS WAS PRESENTED TO YOU IN APRIL 2023 WHEN THIS LEGISLATION WAS BROUGHT FORWARD IN SUBSECTION 1437 TO MAKE SOME CHANGES TO PARAGRAPH B, WHICH WILL NOW ADD CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER, FIRE INSPECTOR, AND ANY OTHER PERSON APPOINTED BY THE CITY MANAGER AUTHORIZED TO BE A PARKING ENFORCEMENT SPECIALIST AFTER MEETING ALL THE REQUIREMENTS UNDER FLORIDA SECTION 3316 640, AS AMENDED, AND IS AUTHORIZED TO CARRY OUT THE DUTIES AS DEFINED IN FLORIDA STATUTES SECTION 316 640 C3C2.

AND THIS IS JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS ARE ABLE TO BE TRAINED AND ARE ABLE TO WRITE TICKETS CONSISTENT WITH OUR CODE.

AND LASTLY IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A PUBLIC EDUCATION SECTION IN THE CODE.

AS WITH MOST NEW LEGISLATION THAT IS GOING TO IMPACT OUR RESIDENTS, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE EDUCATE THE PUBLIC THAT THIS IS COMING FORWARD AND THAT THERE'S SOME TIME THAT THEY CAN CORRECT OR THEY CAN DO WHATEVER NEEDS TO BE DONE RELATIVE TO ADHERING TO THE LAW ONCE IT'S ADOPTED. SO WE PROVIDE A SIX MONTH PUBLIC EDUCATION PERIOD.

AND I JUST ALSO WANT TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION THAT WHAT WE HAVE FOUND OUT WHEN THIS WAS BEING DISCUSSED AND IN ALLIANCE OR ALIGNMENT WITH THE PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE WITH THE CODE AND CODE COMPLIANCE, WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN FUNDS OF UP TO $3,000 FOR OUR CURB APPEAL, AND WE HAVE FOUND THAT RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN USING THAT TO EXPAND THEIR DRIVEWAY.

WE HAVE FOUND THAT WE HAVE ENCOUNTERED IN SOME CHALLENGES BECAUSE OUR HOMES, SOME OF OUR PROPERTIES, PARTICULARLY ON THE EAST SIDE, SOME ON THE WEST THAT HAVE BEEN CONSTRUCTED

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AND SO WE'VE BEEN RUNNING INTO PROPERTY OWNERS HAVING A DIFFICULT TIME EXPANDING THEIR DRIVEWAY BECAUSE OF SETBACK ISSUES THAT ARE IN THE CODE, BECAUSE OF OTHER ISSUES RELATIVE TO THE WIDTH OF THE DRIVEWAY, WHERE THEY HAVE HAD TO ASK FOR VARIANCES OR VARIANCE.

FEE SOMETIMES IS HIGH.

AND SO WE HAVE HAD CHALLENGES WHERE WE HAVE HAD TO DENY PERMIT APPLICATIONS FOR EXPANSION BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT MEETING SETBACK REQUIREMENTS.

AND SO TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE AHEAD OF THE ISSUE, WE HAVE ON THURSDAY'S AGENDA, ANOTHER LEGISLATION, WHICH IS TEMPORARY ORDINANCE 2567, THAT PROVIDES A CITY MANAGER WITH SOME DISCRETION, THAT WOULD ALLOW HIM TO DO SOME FEE WAIVER OR DO SOME REFUNDS ON CERTAIN ITEMS RELATIVE TO NOT JUST DRIVEWAY, BUT JUST ANY FEE THAT MIGHT BE IN EXCESS OF $1,000 OR IN EXCESS OF $500.

CURRENTLY, THE CODE, WHICH WAS ADOPTED IN 1990 AND 1995 RESPECTIVELY, ALLOWS THE CITY MANAGER TO DO FEE WAIVERS UP TO $1,000. I'M SORRY FEE WAIVERS UP TO $500 AND REFUNDS UP TO $1,000 THAT WAS NOT AMENDED.

THAT WAS ADOPTED BACK OVER 2527 YEARS AGO.

SO THAT ORDINANCE 2567 IS PROPOSING THAT THE CITY MANAGER'S AUTHORITY BE INCREASED TO 2500 FOR FEE WAIVERS AND 2500 FOR FEE REFUNDS TO ALLOW SOME DISCRETION, PARTICULARLY ON APPLICATIONS WHERE YOU HAVE WIDENING OF DRIVEWAYS THAT EXPERIENCE A CHALLENGE AS IT RELATES TO SETBACKS, WHERE HE'S ABLE TO ADDRESS THOSE WITH ADMINISTRATIVELY WITHOUT COMING TO THE CITY COMMISSION.

WE'RE ALSO THINKING ABOUT BRINGING TO YOU ANOTHER AMENDMENT THAT WOULD ALLOW FURTHER DISCRETION FOR ADMINISTRATIVE VARIANCES.

SHOULD THIS ITEM BE APPROVED, WHERE ON THOSE PARTICULAR DRIVEWAY EXPANSION, THOSE CAN BE ADDRESSED ADMINISTRATIVELY WITHOUT COMING TO THE CITY COMMISSION AND BURDENING THE PROPERTY OWNER WITH HAVING TO APPLY FOR A VARIANCE? IN TERMS OF THE FISCAL IMPACT, WE HAVE THE PARKING ENFORCEMENT SPECIALIST, THAT FISCAL IMPACT IS MINIMAL.

THEIR TRAINING IS $95 PER PERSON FOR THE TWO NIGHT OFFICERS THAT ARE ALREADY HIRED.

AND WE DO HAVE A NEW CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER THAT'S IN THE 2025 BUDGET.

YOU SEE THE SALARY AND THE BENEFITS, INCLUDING A ONE TIME EXPENSE FOR THE VEHICLE FOR THAT NEW OFFICER.

AND THAT'S IN YOUR BUDGET FOR 2025.

AND THAT'S THE FISCAL IMPACT.

SHOULD THIS COMMISSION CHOOSE TO ADOPT THE ORDINANCE ON THURSDAY'S AGENDA? WE'RE AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.

COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS. THANK YOU.

MAYOR. I JUST HAVE A QUICK QUESTION.

THE CITATION IMAGE THAT YOU HAVE ON THERE, THOSE ARE THE ACTUAL FEES.

YES, YES. SO THE PARKING CITATION IS $21.

CAN YOU PUT IT BACK ON, PLEASE? SO IT'S $21.

FOR WHAT? FOR THE PARKING.

SO WHAT WE'RE DISCUSSING TODAY WOULD FALL UNDER THAT CATEGORY.

SO IF YOU'RE PARKING IN THE CITY RIGHT OF WAY BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 2 A.M.

AND 6 A.M., OR IF THIS WERE TO CHANGE BETWEEN 11 P.M.

AND 6 A.M., THEN THE CITATION TICKET YOU WOULD BE GIVEN WOULD BE A TICKET FOR $21.

WHAT'S THAT 101? THAT'S FOR HANDICAPPED PARKING.

THERE'S TWO MORE HANDICAPPED PARKING, AND I CAN'T READ THE OTHER ONE.

I JUST WANTED TO GET CLARIFICATION.

IF IT WAS JUST AN IMAGE THAT WAS JUST THROWN THERE OR IT WAS.

YEAH, THAT'S THE ACTUAL BOOK THAT THE OFFICERS BE A SOUL WOULD USE.

AND THEN ONCE OUR OFFICERS ARE TRAINED, THAT'S THE ACTUAL CITATION BOOK THAT THEY WOULD USE AS WELL.

COMMISSIONER DANIEL. THANK YOU.

LOOK AT THE KINDNESS, TEAMWORK, TEAMWORK.

BUT JUST TO KEEP GOING.

I REMEMBER WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT IT AT THE LAST COMMISSION MEETING.

I ASKED FOR ALTERNATIVE PARKING IN ORDER FOR US TO AGREE, OR FOR ME TO AGREE IN A WAY TO TELLING PEOPLE THEY CAN'T PARK ON THE STREET, WHAT ARE THE ALTERNATIVES THEY'LL HAVE? THANK, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I APPRECIATE IT. SO WE INCREASED THE CURB APPEAL PROGRAM AS A PART OF THIS BUDGET FROM 50,000 TO 100,000, BECAUSE WE BECAUSE WE RECOGNIZE THAT PEOPLE WERE ALSO USING THAT TO EXPAND THEIR DRIVEWAY.

AND SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE THINKING ABOUT ALL THE OTHER CHALLENGES, THE VARIANTS THAT MIGHT COME FROM THAT, AS WELL AS BEING ABLE TO ADMINISTRATIVELY HELP FOLKS TO PROCESS A DRIVEWAY EXPANSION APPLICATION.

I'M NOT SURE.

YEAH. THE MAYOR YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT HOA BEING ABLE TO CHANGE THE RULES TO ALLOW HOA TO NOW ALLOW PARKING THERE OVERNIGHT.

IF THE HOA WERE GOING TO APPROVE RULES, THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE WORKED ON A DIFFERENT ORDINANCE TO ALLOW USAGE.

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BUT I'M TALKING ABOUT ALTERNATIVE PARKING FOR PEOPLE WHO NOW WE WANT TO TAKE THE PARK BECAUSE AS IT IS AN ALTERNATIVE, BECAUSE I SAID WE COULD USE CITY PROPERTY.

YOU KNOW, WHAT'S THE ALTERNATIVE? WE'RE GIVING THEM SO WE HAVE NO ALTERNATIVE FOR THEM.

WELL, THE ONLY ACCESS WE COULD ALLOW VIA CODE WOULD BE THE USE OF CITY PROPERTY.

WE CAN'T ALLOW THE USE OF PRIVATE PROPERTY, RIGHT? AND I SAID CITY UNLESS THE HOA THEMSELVES ALLOW THAT AS A PART OF THEIR HOA DOCS OR SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES.

SO WE DON'T HAVE AN ALTERNATIVE UNLESS THIS COMMISSION WOULD LIKE CITY PARKING TO BE ONE OPTION OR OWN PROPERTY.

THAT'S WHAT WE ONCE AGAIN DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO GOVERN PRIVATE PROPERTY.

RIGHT? BUT ALL I ASKED FOR WAS CAN WE COME UP WITH ALTERNATIVE INCLUDING.

AND I KNEW WE ONLY OWN CITY PROPERTY.

SO THAT'S THE ONLY THING WE CAN CONTROL AS IT'S STANDING.

I'M ALL FOR THE GREEN, BUT CHANGING THE TIME SINCE WE DON'T HAVE AN ALTERNATIVE? NO, BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A COMMUNITY THAT NEEDS THE PARKING.

OUR COMMUNITY IS GETTING YOUNGER.

WE KEEP TALKING ABOUT THAT.

THEIR KIDS ARE COMING BACK HOME TO LIVE WITH THEM FROM COLLEGE, SCHOOL, WHATEVER THEY DO.

PEOPLE CAN CAN'T AFFORD TO LIVE BY THEMSELVES.

SO MULTIPLE PEOPLE ARE LIVING TOGETHER.

THEREFORE, THEY HAVE MULTIPLE CARS.

AND I GET IT.

AND I ASK THAT WE LOOKED AT OTHER CITIES, SEE WHAT THEY'RE DOING, OTHER STATES THAT HAVE SIMILAR PROBLEMS THAT LIKE WE DO, THAT'S OLDER.

WHAT OPTIONS DO THEY HAVE? AND WE DIDN'T COME UP WITH AN OPTION.

SO I AM ALL FOR CODE ENFORCEMENT.

BUT THE PART OF CHANGING THE TIME WITHOUT AN OPTION.

ABSOLUTELY NOT.

BECAUSE WE HAD ALREADY CHANGED THAT LAST YEAR.

I HAVEN'T BEEN ON THIS COMMISSION THAT LONG, AND I REMEMBER CHANGING THAT, SO THERE'S NO NEED TO CHANGE IT AGAIN.

BUT DEFINITELY CODE ENFORCEMENT, THE ADDITIONAL STAFF I THINK THAT'S NEEDED.

SO THANKS FOR THAT.

BUT THAT PART. NO.

AND I'M STILL WAITING ON THE ALTERNATIVE OPTIONS.

VICE MAYOR. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.

KIND OF THE SAME SENTIMENTS OF DOCTOR DANIEL, BUT I CAN WAVER A LITTLE BIT ON THE TIME.

I THINK 11 IS A LITTLE TOO EARLY.

PEOPLE WORK LATER. PEOPLE? WE LIVE IN A 24 OVER SEVEN SOCIETY.

I THINK 11:00 IS KIND OF EARLY.

I'M OPEN FOR 12 A.M..

YOU KNOW, GRANDPARENTS ALWAYS SAY NOTHING GOOD GOES ON AFTER 12.

SO I THINK 12:12 A.M.

WOULD WOULD BE A COMPROMISE FOR ME.

IN TERMS OF ENFORCEMENT $21.

AGAIN, I KNOW THESE ARE TOUGH TIMES.

A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE STRUGGLING.

WHILE $21 MIGHT SEEM NOT NOT NOT SEEM LIKE A LOT OF MONEY, BUT TO SOME PEOPLE IT IS.

DOES IT IN TERMS OF THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE TICKET, DO THEY GET DOES IT AFFECT THEIR LICENSE? IT AFFECTS THEIR ABILITY TO RENEW THEIR TAG.

IT COULD. SO WE HAVE A CONTRACT? YEAH. YEAH. SO IF THEY DON'T PAY, THEY CAN HAVE IF THEY ACCUMULATE THESE FINES, THEY CAN HAVE THEY MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO RENEW THEIR, THEIR, THEIR TAGS.

OKAY. THAT'S ONE OF THE NEGATIVES.

IN TERMS OF FISCAL IMPACT.

95 PER PERSON.

THAT SEEMS KIND OF CHEAP.

YEAH, THEY WOULD HAVE THE PARKING ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS HAVE TO GET CERTIFIED.

AND IT'S A CLASS THAT THEY HAVE TO ATTEND TO GET THAT CERTIFICATION.

THAT'S THE COST OF THE CLASS.

OH, THAT'S NOT THE COST OF THE I THOUGHT YOU MEANT THAT WAS THE COST OF OF OF.

YEAH. I WAS LIKE, WOW.

YEAH. FISCAL IMPACT.

WHAT ABOUT THE CHEVY BOLT? CAN'T WE USE THAT INSTEAD OF BUYING A NEW CAR TO.

MATCH. THE BOLT.

BOLT. B AS IN BOY.

AS IN OSCAR AND LARRY.

T AS IN TANGO.

WHAT'S YOUR. WHAT WAS THE QUESTION AGAIN? WHY CAN'T WE USE THAT AS A CAR? WE HAVE THAT SIT IN THERE. THE CHEVY BOLT.

BOLT ISN'T A BOLT, IT'S A BOLT.

BOLT IS THE CHEAPEST ONE.

THE CHEAPEST ONE IS A BOLT. YEAH, THE BOLT IS THE BABY.

YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH, OF COURSE WE.

SO WE DON'T HAVE TO SPEND THE 28,800 FOR THE NEW THE FISCAL IMPACT FOR THE NEW CODE ENFORCEMENT CAR.

WELL, I MEAN THE THE EXISTING ELECTRIC VEHICLES ARE ALREADY DESIGNATED ONE IS TO CODE ENFORCEMENT DIVISION, AND THE OTHER ONE I BELIEVE, IS DESIGNATED AS A POOL VEHICLE.

BUT, YOU KNOW, UNTIL NOT NOT NOT COMMISSIONER.

I DON'T MEAN TO I DIDN'T MEAN TO CREATE ANY COMMISSION.

LET'S MOVE ON, LET'S MOVE ON, LET'S MOVE ON.

LET'S LET'S LET'S MOVE ON.

YES, LET'S LET'S MOVE ON.

LET'S MOVE ON, LET'S MOVE ON.

YES, YES, LET'S MOVE ON.

LET'S MOVE ON. AND REMEMBER WE HAVE TWO NIGHT OFFICERS THAT WE BROUGHT ON PART TIME.

YEAH. WHICH IS, WHICH ARE THE ONES YOU SEE THAT WOULD BE CERTIFIED.

THEY USE THE VEHICLE, THE CHEVY, THEY USE THE THE ELECTRIC.

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YEAH. THOSE THOSE THOSE ARE THOSE ARE ALL MY QUESTIONS.

AGAIN, I'M OPEN FOR ALTERNATE TIME.

I THINK 11 IS A LITTLE TOO IT'S A LITTLE TOO EARLY.

SO THOSE ARE MY OPINIONS.

COMMISSIONER IS 11 BECAUSE OF THE NOISE ORDINANCE? NO, THAT WAS THE INITIAL RECOMMENDATION THAT WAS BROUGHT FORWARD IN 2023 AND THAT WAS NOT APPROVED.

THE ITEM DID NOT PASS.

SO WE'RE BRINGING BACK EXACTLY WHAT WAS BROUGHT FORWARD IN 2023.

SO ANOTHER SORRY, TAMARAC VILLAGE.

A LOT OF PEOPLE PARK ON 57 BECAUSE THE CITY PROPERTY OBVIOUSLY.

SO THEY DON'T GO INSIDE THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO REGISTER THEIR CAR.

AND IT'S EASIER TO ACCESS YOUR, YOUR PLACE FROM, FROM, FROM 57.

GOING BACK TO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING ABOUT CITY PROPERTY, NOT EVERYWHERE HAS PUBLIC PROPERTY.

NOT NOT EVERY COMMUNITY IS GOING TO HAVE THAT TYPE OF AVAILABILITY, LIKE WHAT IT IS LIKE TAMARAC VILLAGE.

SO WHAT ARE THE OPTIONS? DO WE HAVE? LIKE WHAT? DOCTOR DANIELS ASKED ABOUT THE OPTIONS LAST YEAR.

WE DID. BUT I MEAN, YOU KNOW, ALTERING THE FEES AND THAT TYPE OF STUFF, THAT'S A GOOD START.

THAT'S THAT THAT, THAT THAT TAKES A LOT OF TIME.

WHAT'S THE IMMEDIATE SOLUTION THAT WE CAN HAVE FOR FOR THE MULTI-GENERATION FAMILIES? BECAUSE A LOT OF THESE COMMUNITIES, YOU HAVE KIDS OF DIFFERENT GENERATIONS MOVING BACK IN WITH PARENTS, YOU SEE MULTIPLE CARS.

HOW DO WE HOW DO WE SOLVE THAT SOLUTION? YEAH, IT'S A DIFFICULT DISCUSSION, AND I CAN SEE WHY WE'VE BEEN HAVING IT SINCE 2020 BECAUSE WE'RE A BUILT COMMUNITY.

WE WERE BUILT AS A RETIREMENT COMMUNITY, AND WE HAVE EVOLVED SINCE THEN.

AND SO NOW WE'RE A COMMUNITY WITH FAMILIES.

AND SO THE REASON WHY I TOUCHED ON THE FACT THAT WE HAD CONDUCTED THAT RESEARCH AND LOOKED AT OTHER CITIES IS BECAUSE THEY TOO, YOU HAVE THOSE CITIES THAT MIGHT HAVE THOSE SAME CHALLENGES, AND THEY'RE ALLOWING THIS PARKING ON THE ROADWAY, SUBJECT TO THE FACT THAT IT'S NOT IMPEDING EMERGENCY VEHICLES, BECAUSE THAT'S REALLY THE CUSP OF THE ISSUE NOTWITHSTANDING, I THINK WE CAN WORK WITH HOSE AND SEE IF THEY ARE WILLING WITHIN THE COMMUNITIES MOST.

WE'RE UNIQUE IN THAT WE HAVE A COMMUNITY THAT HAS HOSE AND CLUBHOUSE IN PRETTY MUCH EVERY DISTRICT.

AND SO IF THE HOSE, WHO ARE SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS GO THROUGH, IF THEY'RE AMENABLE TO OPENING UP THEIR PROPERTIES FOR PARKING, THEN THAT'S ONE SOLUTION. I WAS JUST TRYING TO MAKE THE DISTINCTION THAT WE AS A, AS A BODY OR A GOVERNMENT OR YOU CANNOT MANDATE THAT.

SO I COULD NOT BRING FORWARD A LEGISLATION PROPOSING THAT HOA ALLOW PARKING ON THEIR PROPERTY BECAUSE THAT'S PRIVATE PROPERTY.

WHAT ABOUT BSU AS WELL? IS THIS GOING TO BE ENFORCED BY BSU? IT WILL BE. WHAT ABOUT MANPOWER? WE WANT TO MAKE SURE, YOU KNOW, THE MANPOWER IS ALLOCATED TO CRIME FIGHTING THINGS THAT ARE THAT ARE DETRIMENTAL TO A COMMUNITY, AS OPPOSED TO ALLOCATING RESOURCES TO WRITING TICKETS. AND IF, LIEUTENANT, IF YOU DON'T MIND HOW WOULD HOW WOULD HOW WOULD THAT WORK IN TERMS OF THE NEW OFFICERS THAT WERE GOING TO GET WITH THIS NEW BUDGET SEASON? YES. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

SO OBVIOUSLY WE WOULD.

SORRY. MY NAME IS MY NAME IS LIEUTENANT CARMELO TAMARAC, DISTRICT XO.

SO OBVIOUSLY OUR STAFFING LEVELS AND WE WOULD ALWAYS PRIORITIZE, YOU KNOW, ANY TYPE OF LAW ENFORCEMENT FUNCTION.

OUR MAIN CONCERN AND OUR MAIN PRIORITY WOULD BE TO ENFORCE THESE ORDINANCES TO JUST LIKE WITH THE AMENDMENTS GOING TO BE WHERE EMERGENCY VEHICLES GETTING THROUGH. THAT'S HOW WE JUST PREVIOUSLY GOT BACK INTO ENFORCING THIS.

FOR LIKE THE LAST SIX MONTHS.

WE'VE WRITTEN OVER 160 SOMETHING CITATIONS FOR THIS BECAUSE EMERGENCY VEHICLES WERE HAVING DIFFICULTY GETTING THROUGH.

IF A HIGHER PRIORITY CALL COMES OUT, OBVIOUSLY WE'RE GOING TO BE DEDICATING OUR STAFFING TO GO HANDLE THOSE ISSUES FIRST.

OKAY. AND I ONLY ASKED THAT QUESTION BECAUSE I HAVE A RESIDENT THAT IN HIS MIND, AND CAPTAIN COOPER HAS DEBUNKED THIS MYTH THAT HE HAS THAT BSO ON THE EAST SIDE GOES TO LAUDERDALE LAKES AND OTHER BSO CITIES AND DON'T PAY ATTENTION TO TAMARAC.

SO I ASKED THAT SIMPLE QUESTION, BECAUSE I KNOW SOME PEOPLE MIGHT THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, IS LAW ENFORCEMENT GOING TO BE FOCUSED ON GIVING TICKETS AS OPPOSED TO FIGHTING CRIME? SO I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT FOR THE RECORD.

FOR, FOR, FOR FOR THAT PURPOSE AND.

NO. AND IN TERMS OF I LOST MY TRAIN OF THOUGHT.

THAT'S OKAY. THAT'S IT.

THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS. OKAY.

YEAH. I DO.

I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S GOING TO HELP OR NOT, BUT, YOU KNOW, MADAM MAYOR, WE'VE BEEN HAVING THIS THIS CONVERSATION FOR, YOU KNOW, WAY BEFORE 2023.

AND AND HERE WE ARE AGAIN.

WE HAVE A SET OF FACTS.

SO OUR DEMOGRAPHICS HAVE CHANGED AND OUR RESIDENTS HAVE YOU KNOW, MULTIPLE GENERATIONS LIVING IN FAMILIES.

OUR HOMES ARE NOT DESIGNED FOR THAT.

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SO, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE PHYSICAL RESTRICTIONS AND YOU KNOW, LIMITATIONS AND THE DESIRE TO YOU KNOW, SEE AN ORDERLY PARKING IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

SO, I MEAN, IT'S A BALANCING ACT.

AND UNFORTUNATELY, YOU KNOW, WHICHEVER WAY WE GO, WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO IT WITHOUT YOU KNOW WITHOUT I DON'T WANT TO SAY HURTING, BUT BUT WITHOUT YOU KNOW IMPACTING, YOU KNOW, OUR COMMUNITY.

SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S A MATTER OF CHOICE.

IT'S A MATTER OF POLICY, HOW FAR WE WANT TO PUSH THIS.

AND IN THE PAST, EVERY TIME WE HAD THIS CONVERSATION, WE CAME TO A, YOU KNOW, NO DECISION.

BUT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE LIMITED.

SO THERE'S NO MIRACLE ANSWER HERE THAT THE STAFF CAN PRODUCE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THE SPACE IS LIMITED.

IT IS WHAT IT IS.

AND, YOU KNOW, THE ONLY REMEDY WE HAVE IS ENFORCEMENT.

AND THAT'S A POLITICAL DECISION THAT THAT WE'RE GOING TO, YOU KNOW, WE KEEP COMING BACK TO YOU FOR, FOR FOR GUIDANCE.

SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR $0.02.

NO, NO, I'M NO, NO, PROBABLY NO, NO, THIS HAS BEEN A CITY ORDINANCE FOR A WHILE, AND IT NEEDED TO BE REVAMPED LIKE EVERY OTHER CITY ORDINANCE.

BUT WE HAVE KICKED THE CAN BECAUSE IT'S EASIER THAN ANYBODY STEPPING UP AND DOING WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.

OUR COMMUNITIES HAVE BEEN CLAMORING.

SEE? CLAMORING FOR THIS STUFF? I HAVE MORE CONTROL THAN YOU DO.

ANYWAY, I'M JUST HAVING SOME FUN.

JUST LAUGH OVER THERE.

I'M TRYING. RIGHT? ANYWAY, SO ANYWAY.

ANYWHO. YES, SOME PEOPLE THINK ON THE COMMISSION I'M A WITCH.

FINE. I'LL TAKE MY SHOES OFF.

MAKE IT HAPPEN. ANYWAY.

SORRY. IT REALLY.

WE ARE PAST OUR BEDTIME AT THIS POINT.

SO BACK TO THE TOPIC AT HAND.

WE HAVE RESIDENTS WHO CAN'T GET THINGS ENFORCED IN THEIR OWN COMMUNITY BECAUSE THEIR RULES WERE CREATED, SAYING, WE'RE GOING TO FOLLOW THE CITY RULES.

AND WHEN THE CITY DOESN'T FOLLOW THE RULES, WE AS A CITY ARE HURTING OUR COMMUNITIES.

YES, THERE ARE SOME COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE MULTI-GENERATION GOING IN THERE, BUT WE'RE QUITE AWARE OF ALL THOSE LITTLE ADS IN THE NEWSPAPERS OR ON SOCIAL MEDIA SAYING RENT A ROOM AND THEY'VE CONVERTED THEIR GARAGE WITHOUT A PERMIT TO RENT THAT ROOM.

SO GUESS WHAT? THEIR CAR IS NOW ON THE STREET CREATING PROBLEMS. ARE THEY GIVING THE EXTRA MONEY TO HELP WITH THEIR EXPENSES? POSSIBLY. OR WHATEVER THEY'RE DOING WITH IT.

BUT YOU JUST OUR RULES SAY ENTITIES CANNOT CREATE A WORSE PROBLEM FOR THEM IN ORDER TO ASK THE CITY FOR RELIEF.

SO IF I'M A BUSINESS, I'M CRYING THAT I'M HAVING ALL THIS TROUBLE AND I WANT TO BEG THE CITY FOR A CHANGE.

THE CITY WON'T GIVE THE CHANGE.

IF THE ENTITY CAUSED THE PROBLEM THAT IS CAUSING THEM THE NEED FOR THE RELIEF.

SO COMPLAINING ABOUT A $21 BILL BECAUSE THEY HAVE CLOSED UP THEIR CARPORT OR THEIR GARAGE AND MADE IT INTO A HOUSE, OR MADE IT INTO A BEAUTY SALON BECAUSE THEY NOW COULD DO BUSINESSES FROM THEIR HOME.

WHY IS THAT? NOW THE PROBLEM OF THEIR NEIGHBORS WHO HAVE THE REQUISITE CARS THAT THEY KNOW WHEN THEY PURCHASE THEIR HOME WOULD BE ABLE TO HOLD AND FACILITATE.

AND WHY IS IT OKAY FOR YOUR NEIGHBOR TO EXPAND THEIR DRIVEWAY AND GO THROUGH THE PROCESS AND PAY THE FEES? I'M NOT OPPOSED TO THE THE VARIANCES AND THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO, BUT WHY SHOULD THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH THAT SUFFERING? AND JUST BECAUSE, AGAIN, SLIPPERY SLOPE WE LET PEOPLE GET AWAY WITH HAVING TO DO WHAT WAS RIGHT.

THE RULES ARE SUPPOSED TO BE FOR EVERYBODY, NOT JUST BECAUSE WE FEEL BAD FOR THIS ONE AND WE DON'T FEEL BAD FOR THIS ONE, EVEN IF THEIR SITUATION IS THE SAME.

THAT'S WRONG.

OUR RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN BEGGING US FOR THIS.

THEY CAN'T AFFORD TO KEEP PAYING SOMEBODY SEPARATELY ON THEIR OWN TO DO IT.

THERE'S SOME COMMUNITY THAT DOES.

THERE'S SOMEBODY IN SECTION TWO, IN DISTRICT TWO THAT WROTE A NICE LITTLE EMAIL A COUPLE YEARS AGO BASICALLY SAYING, GROW UP, FINE THEM, MAKE IT $75, AND I'M SURE THAT THEY'LL STOP PARKING WHERE THEY DON'T BELONG.

THEY'VE HAD TO DO THEIR OWN ENFORCEMENT IN ORDER TO DO SO, AND PEOPLE FOUND A WAY TO MOVE THEIR CARS WHERE THEY NEEDED TO GO.

WE HAD THE SAME THING WHEN WE HAD THE COMMERCIAL VEHICLE ORDINANCE GO INTO PLAY.

PEOPLE GOT A LITTLE BIT UPSET WHEN THEY WERE BRINGING THEIR WORK VEHICLES HOME.

THEY FOUND A WAY TO EITHER GET THEIR VEHICLES PROPERLY IN THEIR HOMES, OR THEY FOUND A PLACE TO PUT THEIR CARS WHERE THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO.

PEOPLE WILL FIND A WAY.

WE SHOULDN'T ALWAYS HAVE TO BEND OVER AND CHANGE THE RULES TO MAKE OTHER PEOPLE UNCOMFORTABLE FOR SOME.

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WE ARE LUCKY WE HAVE OVER 180 SMALL ASSOCIATIONS, HOMEOWNER ASSOCIATIONS WHERE SOME OF THE COMMUNITIES ARE GIVING TICKETS TO OR PARKING PASSES, NOT TICKETS.

PARKING PASSES TO ALLOW PEOPLE.

SOME OF THE RESIDENTS HAVE JUST SAID, WELL, I DON'T WANT TO WALK.

I DON'T FEEL LIKE WALKING.

WELL, THAT'S NOT GOOD ENOUGH.

SO THE NEIGHBORS HAVE TO WALK AROUND.

YOUR CARS CAN'T PASS ON THE ROADWAY AND THEY HAVE TO BE INCONVENIENCED.

THAT, I THINK, IS JUST SELFISH.

I UNDERSTAND ABOUT THE 11.

I WOULD HAVE NO PROBLEM AT NOON.

MIDNIGHT? TO TO MIDNIGHT TO SIX.

I ACTUALLY THINK THAT THERE SHOULD BE AN EXCEPTION TO NEW YEAR'S EVE, SUPER BOWL, SUNDAY HOLIDAYS.

YEAH. YEAH.

BECAUSE THAT THAT IS A LITTLE BIT OF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT QUALITY OF LIFE.

LET'S MAKE PEOPLE UNDERSTAND QUALITY OF LIFE IS FINE.

AND THEN FOR SAY I'M GOING TO HAVE I'M GOING TO HAVE A PARTY.

I'M HAVING A SPECIAL PARTY.

I'M IN AN ASSOCIATION.

SO I CALL MY ASSOCIATION.

I TELL THEM I'M HAVING IT. GUESS WHAT? WE HAVE GREAT CODE ENFORCEMENT THAT WE CAN NOW CALL UP AND SAY, ON SUCH AND SUCH A DAY, I'M PLANNING A PARTY.

MY PARTY MIGHT LAST TILL 1:00.

IT MIGHT LAST TILL TWO.

PLEASE DON'T TAKE IT, MY PEOPLE.

PLEASE DON'T TELL THEM.

IT'S CALLED COMMUNICATION AND IT'S REALLY SIMPLE.

WE'VE GOT EMAILS NOW, RIGHT? WE'VE GOT ACCESS TO DO THIS.

WE CAN MAKE THE PROCESS EASIER AND BE ABLE TO NOT BE SO RESTRICTIVE THAT WE'RE NOT ALLOWING PEOPLE TO ENJOY THEIR HOMES.

SO I WOULD HAVE NO PROBLEM ADDING TO THIS.

ON THOSE EXCEPTIONS AND A POLICY THAT YOU CALL AND, YOU KNOW, 24 HOURS, 48 HOURS, WHATEVER IS SUFFICIENT NOTICE TO MAKE SURE THAT BSO AND CODE ARE ABLE TO COORDINATE. AND IT IS MORE ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE BROUGHT ON THE NIGHT TIME ORDINANCE OFFICERS, BESIDES THE PEOPLE WHO COME OUT AND WAVE THEIR BANNERS AFTER 530 AND SIX, IS TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE WOULD BE FOLLOWING THE RULES, AND THIS WAY THEY HAD SOMEBODY TO REACH OUT TO.

AND I'M ECSTATIC ABOUT ADDING THE OTHER OFFICER TO CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER AND EVEN THE POLICE OFFICERS TO THIS YEAR'S BUDGET. THERE'S ONE THING WITH ITEM SECTION TWO C PARKING AND MOTOR VEHICLES ON DEDICATED BICYCLE LANES AND BLOCKING DRIVEWAYS.

ANY TIME OF THE DAY OR NIGHT IS PROHIBITED.

THE TECHNICALITY PERSON IN ME SAYS, WOULD YOU PLEASE MAKE THAT AN OR BECAUSE IT SHOULDN'T HAVE TO BLOCK A BIKE LANE AND MY DRIVEWAY IF I DON'T HAVE A BIKE LANE IN FRONT OF MY DRIVEWAY. I DON'T WANT YOU BLOCKING MY DRIVEWAY, SO IT SHOULD BE AN OR PLEASE.

I AM ALL FOR THE ADMINISTRATIVE EXPANSION.

I DO AGREE THAT I THINK SOMETIMES IT'S RIDICULOUS IF YOUR NEIGHBOR.

I'VE SHARED THIS BEFORE.

MY NEIGHBORS ARE ALL AT 3235, BUT I'M STUCK HAVING TO ASK FOR 400 SQUARE FEET AROUND MY HOME FOR PERMISSION TO MAKE MY DRIVEWAY 2527. THAT'S RIDICULOUS.

IT'S A LOT OF MONEY. IT'S WORTHLESS BECAUSE IF IT MATCHES WHAT THE REST OF YOUR COMMUNITY IS, THEN THERE SHOULD BE AN ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESS THAT SHOULD PAY FOR PART OF THE VARIANCE. SORRY FOR EXPANDING DRIVEWAYS.

WE SAY YOU CAN ONLY HAVE NO MORE THAN 24FT OF A DRIVEWAY.

SO THIS WAY IT ALLOW ADMINISTRATIVE DECISION TO EXPAND IT.

SO I'M DEFINITELY GOOD WITH THAT.

I THINK THAT THE EDUCATION PART PERSONALLY, IT SHOULD JUST BE THE NOON TO MIDNIGHT.

I KEEP SAYING NOON. FOR SOME OF US, IT MAY BE MIDDAY.

I'M. I'M FOR THE EDUCATION FROM THE 12 TO 2.

I'M NOT FOR EDUCATING 2 TO 6.

THEY'VE KNOWN IT'S 2 TO 6.

YOU'VE BEEN OUT THERE FOR 2 TO 6.

WE'RE LUCKY YOU'VE BEEN BUSY AND NOT ABLE TO BE OUT THERE AS OFTEN AS YOU COULD BE, BECAUSE YOU'D BE MUCH BUSIER.

BUT I'M FINE WITH WITH EDUCATION.

FROM NOON TO TWO.

MIDNIGHT TO TWO.

GOODNESS GRACIOUS! MIDNIGHT TO TWO.

AND THEN REGULAR WARNINGS.

BUT I DON'T SAY THE 2 TO 6 SHOULD HAVE SIX MONTHS.

THAT'S RIDICULOUS.

I THINK THAT'S A LITTLE BIT TOO LONG OF A TIME.

ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE ONE OF THOSE HOMES WHO'VE INTENTIONALLY PLACED YOUR PROPERTY INTO A PROBLEM AREA FOR OTHER PEOPLE IN YOUR COMMUNITY, AND YOU DON'T HAVE PERMITS PULLED, BUT THE CITY DOESN'T HAVE ACCESS TO DO CERTAIN THINGS TO BE ABLE TO GO INTO SOMEBODY'S HOME AND SEE WHAT'S GOING ON IN THERE.

AND WE HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL WE SEE CERTAIN ADS THAT COME UP.

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GO AHEAD. YOU'RE SAYING THAT YOU DON'T WANT THE SIX MONTH PERIOD TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC THAT IT'S CHANGED FROM, IF IT PASSES FROM TWO TO 6 TO 12 UNTIL SIX? I KNOW, I GUESS I SHOULD REPHRASE THAT.

EDUCATE ALL YOU WANT, BUT THE VIOLATIONS FOR PEOPLE AT 2 TO 6, IF YOU'RE STILL OUT THERE FROM 2 TO 6 FOR THE COMMUNITIES THAT I THINK ENFORCEMENT ALREADY KNOWS HAS ALREADY BEEN OUT THERE. I DON'T WANT US BEING TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF, IS WHERE I THINK IT SHOULD BE A LITTLE BIT LESS.

I DON'T KNOW IF IT CAN BE. I DON'T KNOW IF IT WOULD WORK THAT WAY.

I'M JUST SAYING I HAVE A BIT OF A CONCERN TO NOW SAY TO PEOPLE BECAUSE WE'RE ENFORCING 2 TO 6 NOW.

SO WE'RE GOING TO SAY TO PEOPLE, 2 TO 6 NOW YOU GET ANOTHER BREAK TO GO BACK OUT THERE FROM 2 TO 6, JUST BECAUSE WE HAVE THIS NEW RULE FROM 12 TO 6, THAT'S MY CONCERN.

WE DON'T HAVE ANY. YEAH.

WE HAVE TO GO FROM 2 TO 6.

NOT YET. RIGHT.

THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. BUT IF WE CREATE, IF WE CREATE SOUNDS LIKE WE DO KNOW IT'S AN IT.

THIS IS ALL OBVIOUSLY THERE'S NOTHING SET UNTIL WE VOTE.

SO YOU'RE SAYING JUST SO YOU'RE SAYING IF IF IT PASSES FROM 12 TO 6, YOU DON'T WANT THE SIX MONTH PERIOD, GIVE THEM THE LEEWAY FROM 2 TO 2 TO 2 TO 6 A.M. DURING THAT TIME FRAME.

CORRECT. IF YOU'RE OUT THERE FROM 2 TO 6, YOU'VE ALREADY KNOWN YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE OUT THERE FROM 2 TO 6.

IF MY CAR IS OUT THERE AT 11:00 OR 12 OR.

SORRY, WE'RE DOING MIDNIGHT.

YEAH, MY CAR IS OUT THERE AT 1:00.

THEN YES. GIVE ME A NOTE.

SIX MONTHS. YEAH, RIGHT.

YEAH. GIVE ME A NOTICE I.

BUT IF MY CAR IS OUT THERE AT 3:00 IN THE MORNING, 4:00 IN THE MORNING, I'VE ALREADY KNOWN THAT THERE'S A CITY ORDINANCE IN PLAY FROM 2 TO 6.

AND THAT'S JUST ME TAKING ADVANTAGE FOR PUTTING IT BACK OUT THERE, BECAUSE NOW I HAVE SIX MONTHS WHERE I DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT GETTING A TICKET.

THAT'S WHAT I HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF AN ISSUE TOO.

COMMISSIONER DANIEL. AND JUST I SAID PREVIOUSLY, I'M FINE WITH EVERYTHING BUT CHANGING THE TIME.

WE JUST DECIDED ON THAT TIME LAST YEAR, AND WE'RE COMING UP UPON THE HOLIDAY SEASON AND DIFFERENT RELIGIONS AND DIFFERENT PEOPLE CELEBRATING DIFFERENT THINGS, GRADUATION. AND I THINK WE'RE PUNISHING PEOPLE WHO ARE JUST ENJOYING THEIR HOMES.

RIGHT. INSTEAD OF YOU WANT TO PUNISH FROM WHAT I'M UNDERSTANDING FROM THIS CONVERSATION IS REPEAT OFFENDERS WHO HAVE TWO CARS, MULTIPLE CARS IN IN THEIR HOUSE AND THEIR HOUSE ONLY ALLOWED ONE.

BUT YOU THIS IS A PROBLEM WITH MAKING THESE POLICY AND THIS ORDINANCE.

YOU'RE PUNISHING EVERYBODY FOR JUST LIVING.

AND THAT TO ME IMPACTS THE QUALITY OF LIFE.

I SHOULDN'T HAVE TO ASK MY HOA PERMISSION TO HAVE A PARTY AT MY HOUSE.

RIGHT. BECAUSE I HAVE GOTTEN I WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THAT MAYBE TWO YEARS AGO.

BUT THE EMAILS I'VE GOTTEN ABOUT SOME OF THESE HOA AND WHAT THEY DO, AND THE ACCUSATIONS OF WHAT THEY DO TO LEAVE THAT IN THEIR HANDS, TO TELL A RESIDENT THEY CAN'T HAVE A PARTY OR NOT.

I'M SKEPTICAL. I'VE SENT THEM TO THE ATTORNEY.

IT'S RIDICULOUS. BUT THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN DO.

AND I'M CONSTANTLY GETTING THESE COMPLAINTS ABOUT HOA, AND THEY'RE INTIMIDATING PEOPLE.

AND SO NOW YOU GIVE THEM THIS FREE BULLET TO DO WHATEVER THEY WANT WITH THEIR RACE.

I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT ALL HOA HOA, BUT THERE IS SOME IN TAMARAC THAT THE RESIDENTS GIVE ME A SLEW OF COMPLAINTS AND I CAN'T. THERE'S NOTHING I CAN DO ABOUT IT.

I HAVE SOME RESIDENTS.

ANONYMOUS. THAT'S DEFINITELY NOTHING WE CAN DO ABOUT IT.

SO I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT PART BECAUSE NOW I'M PUTTING THEIR FREEDOM WITH THEIR TRANSPORTATION IN THE HOA THAT'S ALREADY HOSTILE TO THEM HANDS.

TWO I FEEL LIKE I'M PUNISHED IF I JUST WANT TO HAVE A GET TOGETHER AND I'M TOO BUSY.

I HAVEN'T HAD A GET TOGETHER IN YEARS, BUT I FEEL LIKE MY PEOPLE MIGHT GET A TICKET.

AND I DON'T WANT TO TELL YOU MY BUSINESS THAT I'M HAVING A PARTY AT MY HOUSE.

NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS.

SO I DOUBT I'LL HAVE A PARTY PAST 2 A.M..

I KNOW I WON'T BECAUSE I GET TIRED AT A CERTAIN TIME, BUT I THINK THE 2 A.M.

IS FINE AS IT IS. LEAVE IT ALONE, YOU SAY NOTHING GOOD HAPPENS AFTER 12.

WELL, ARE PEOPLE GOING TO BE WORKING AFTER 12? THAT'S SOMETHING GOOD.

SO LEAVE THE TIME ALONE.

AND IF YOU SEE A REPEAT OFFENDER, THAT IS AND I KNOW IT ONLY APPLIES TO CERTAIN COMMUNITIES, THAT'S A REPEAT.

WE'LL DEAL WITH THOSE REPEAT OFFENDERS.

BUT IF SOMEBODY IS HAVING A GET TOGETHER AT THEIR HOUSE, MY GOD, DON'T START TICKETING THEIR PEOPLE AND MAKING THEM THEIR LIVES UNCOMFORTABLE BECAUSE THEN THAT'S QUALITY OF LIFE. AND WHEN I SEE CARS IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD AND I SEE A SLEW, I KNOW SOMEBODY IS HAVING A GET TOGETHER AND I JUST DRIVE, YOU KNOW, AWAY FROM IT. BUT I CAN TELL THAT THEY'RE HAVING A GET TOGETHER.

I CAN TELL IT'S NOT A DAILY OCCURRENCE WHERE THIS PERSON IS PARKING ON THE STREET.

AND YES, I DO REALIZE YOU HAVE 1 OR 2 PEOPLE WHO PARKS ON THE STREET CONSTANTLY, YET THOSE PEOPLE ARE THE PROBLEM BECAUSE YOU HAVE AN OPTION TO PARK SOMEWHERE ELSE.

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PLEASE DON'T LET IT BECOME THAT.

AND I DON'T WANT THEM TO HAVE TO TELL THEIR HOA THEY HAVEN'T.

I MEAN, COME ON COURTESY.

TELL YOUR NEIGHBORS IF YOU'RE PARKING IN FRONT OF THEIRS, BUT THEY SHOULDN'T HAVE TO TELL THEIR HOA.

THEY SHOULDN'T HAVE TO COME AND TELL THE REPLACEMENT OF SCOTT.

I'M SORRY, MA'AM, I FORGOT.

MISS STEPHANIE, THEY SHOULDN'T HAVE TO COME TELL MISS STEPHANIE.

WELL, I'M GOING TO CLARIFY ONE THING BECAUSE IT WASN'T ASKING PERMISSION OF THE HOA.

IT WASN'T ASKING PERMISSION OF OF THE CITY.

IT WAS SHARING INFORMATION SO THAT THERE WOULD BE LESS OF A CONCERN.

BECAUSE THE REALITY IS, THERE'S A NEIGHBOR WHO MAY NOT HAVE GOTTEN A NOTICE THAT THERE'S A PARTY GOING ON WHO IS ULTIMATELY GOING TO CALL THE COPS, WHO'S ULTIMATELY GOING TO CALL THE HOA PRESIDENT OR BOARD MEMBER WHO'S ULTIMATELY GOING TO CALL CODE ENFORCEMENT.

AND THIS WAY, INSTEAD OF USING RESOURCES TO HAVE THEM COME OUT TO FIND OUT IT WAS A PARTY THAT WAS PLANNED OR ALL THIS KIND OF STUFF, THEY'RE ON NOTICE THAT THEY DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT IT. IT'S NOT A PERMISSION SITUATION.

IT WAS A COURTESY SITUATION, JUST LIKE FROM WHERE MY COMMENTS WERE COMING FROM ON THE JUST LET PEOPLE KNOW.

AND IT'S NOT MEANT TO PUNISH PEOPLE IN THE SAME RESPECT.

THEY'RE LOOKING AT IT ANOTHER WAY.

IT'S ALSO THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE THERE WHO FEEL LIKE THEY'RE BEING PUNISHED BY HAVING THEIR PLACES BLOCKED, WHERE THEY CAN'T DRIVE AROUND AND THEY DON'T FEEL SAFE, AND THAT THEY'RE BEING ENCROACHED ON ON THEIR PROPERTY BY OTHER PEOPLE.

SO IT IS A BALANCING ACT.

BUT IF THIS IS OUR, YOU KNOW, THIS IS WHAT IS IT FROM DIRTY DANCING? THIS IS MY THREE FEET, RIGHT? THIS IS MY PROPERTY. THIS IS MY.

PEOPLE WANT THEIR THREE FEET.

THEY WANT THEIR SPACE, AND THEY DON'T WANT TO BE ENCROACHED ON BY SOMEBODY ELSE FOR WHATEVER IS GOING ON IN THEIR, THEIR, THEIR WORLD, BECAUSE THEY MAY HAVE SOMETHING GOING ON IN THEIR WORLD ALONE.

SO IT'S UNDERSTOOD AND NOBODY REALLY USUALLY PROBABLY GETS TICKETS ANYWAY FOR A PARTY, UNLESS IT'S A PARTY HOUSE, UNLESS THEY'RE DOING IT EVERY NIGHT OF THE WEEK BECAUSE THEY'RE YOUTUBE GLAM CELEBRITIES OR WHATEVER, BUT THEY'RE NOW GONE.

THEY JUST MOVED OUT, LEFT ALL THEIR ON THE GROUND.

BUT ANYWAY, SO THERE ARE SOME PLACES THAT THERE'S A REASON FOR SOME OF THE REQUESTS BEING IN THERE, BECAUSE THE CITY CAN'T REMOVE THE PEOPLE DOING THINGS LIKE THAT IF WE DON'T HAVE THE RULE IN PLACE.

AND SO AGAIN, IT'S A TOOL IN THE TOOLBOX TO HELP OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT TEAM AND OUR BSO TEAM AND FIRE RESCUE TEAM IF THEY SHOULD NEED IT.

SO, VICE MAYOR, THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.

YEAH, I WAS GOING TO MAKE THAT SAME COMMENT.

TAMARAC IS NOT MONOLITHIC IN THE SENSE THAT EVERY COMMUNITY IS DIFFERENT, LIKE IN THE WOODLANDS.

AS THE MAYOR MENTIONED, PEOPLE COMPLAIN ABOUT THE GARAGES.

AND STEPHANIE, YOU AND I WERE OUT THERE A FEW DAYS AGO.

OUR PEOPLE LIVE IN THE GARAGES.

SO OBVIOUSLY IF THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, BUILDING THEIR GARAGES INTO APARTMENTS, IT'S NOT GOING TO BE ENOUGH PARKING SPACES.

IN ADDITION, A RESIDENT INVITED ME TO A PARTY A FEW WEEKENDS AGO, A BRAND NEW RESIDENT JUST RANDOMLY INVITED ME.

OF COURSE, I GOOGLED THE ADDRESS TO MAKE SURE THEY WERE LEGIT.

THEY SENT ME THE PARTY INVITE.

I THOUGHT IT WAS 100 PEOPLE, SO I WAS LIKE, OKAY, THIS IS LEGIT, I CAN GO.

I WENT TO THE PARTY PROBABLY LIKE 100 CARS, 100 PEOPLE DID EVERYTHING RIGHT.

BUT THE RESIDENT WAS A NEW HOMEOWNER, MOVED DOWN HERE RECENTLY FROM MASSACHUSETTS.

PURCHASED HIS HOUSE IN APRIL AND FLIES BACK AND FORTH FOR WORK.

SO HE LIVES ON THE WEEKEND, BUT HE FLIES BACK AND FORTH FOR WORK.

PRESIDENT OF A BIG HOSPITAL IN MASSACHUSETTS.

SO YOUNGER RESIDENT PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO HAVE PARTIES, PEOPLE WHO ARE WHO, WHO ARE DIFFERENT THAN PERHAPS PEOPLE IN MAINLAND IN THOSE COMMUNITIES.

SO IN DISTRICT TWO, THAT'S A BALANCE THAT I KIND OF HAVE TO DEAL WITH, BECAUSE YOU HAVE YOUNGER RESIDENTS WHO ARE GOING TO HAVE A PARTY ON LABOR DAY WEEKEND, WHO ARE GOING TO HAVE 100 FRIENDS THAT COME FROM OUT OF STATE.

SO YOU DON'T WANT TO PENALIZE SOMEONE LIKE THAT WHO'S JUST ENJOYING THE COMMUNITY, WHO'S PAYING TAXES IN THE COMMUNITY.

BUT I ALSO HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THE COMPLAINTS OF PADDY LANE IN THE MAINLAND, EIGHT WHERE THE SENIORS CAN'T GET AROUND THE CARS.

THEY HAVE ISSUES IN TERMS OF THE DRIVEWAYS IN THAT TYPE OF STUFF.

SO HOW DO WE CREATE A BALANCE WHERE WE PROTECT OUR SENIORS? BUT IF SOMEONE WANTS TO HAVE A PARTY ON THE WEEKEND, SOMEONE WHO'S YOUNGER WANT TO INVITE THEIR FRIENDS FROM OUT OF TOWN.

I EVEN CONVINCED TWO PEOPLE TO MOVE TO TAMARAC FROM MARYLAND AND MASSACHUSETTS.

YOU KNOW, TELL THEM HOW GREAT THE CITY IS.

SO HOW HOW DO WE CREATE THAT BALANCE? WHAT CAN WE DO WHERE WHAT DANIEL IS SAYING, IF SOMEONE HAS A PARTY, YOU DON'T JUST COME BY AND WRITE TICKETS OR A NEIGHBOR OR A HO THAT DOESN'T LIKE YOU JUST CALLS THE COPS AND THEN, YOU KNOW, JUST INTERRUPTS THE PARTY.

SO HOW WOULD HOW WOULD WE WORK AROUND THAT? DEALING WITH THE TIMES, DEALING WITH ALL THAT, WHAT WAS SAID? WHAT IS A WAY WE CAN DO THAT WITH THE CODE? THE MANAGER SAID IT'S REALLY DIFFICULT.

IT REALLY IS A DIFFICULT.

WE'RE A BUILD COMMUNITY, SO IT'S NOT LIKE WE CAN JUST REBUILD AND PROVIDE THE SPACE THAT IS NEEDED.

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WE CAN EITHER ONE JUST HAVE IT WHERE THE LANGUAGE WOULD READ.

IT DOES NOT IMPEDE THE FREE FLOW OF TRAFFIC.

THAT WAY YOU'RE ALLOWING THE ABILITY OF PEOPLE TO DO WHAT THEY WANT TO DO, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, YOU'RE PROTECTING THOSE PEOPLE WHO HAVE DIFFICULTY GETTING BY OR PASSING.

THOSE PEOPLE WOULD BE CITED.

IF YOU'RE NOT PARKED ON THE RIGHT OF WAY IN A WAY WHERE EMERGENCY VEHICLES CAN GET BY, OR YOU CAN DO THE ALTERNATIVE, WHICH IS WHAT YOU'RE DISCUSSING, AND YOU CAN TAKE IT AND MAKE SEVERAL EXCEPTIONS FOR PARTIES OR FOR CHRISTMAS AND FOR HOLIDAYS AND FOR ALL THE EVENTS.

IT'S IT'S A DIFFICULT BALANCE.

AND I UNDERSTAND WE CAN'T REBUILD BECAUSE IT'S ALREADY BUILT.

BUT MOST OF THIS STUFF IS ENFORCED BY HUMANS.

SO HOW DO WE GIVE HUMANS THE FLEXIBILITY? HOW DO WE HOW DO WE TRY TO MITIGATE THESE ISSUES THAT WE FACE CREATED BY HUMANS? THE HOA IS A HUMAN.

IT'S NOT. IT'S NOT NECESSARILY A PRE-BUILT ORGANIZATION.

IT'S MADE UP OF PEOPLE.

YOU KNOW, THE ENFORCEMENT PERSON IS A HUMAN.

SO HOW DO WE GIVE THEM THE FLEXIBILITY TO SAY, HEY, IF SOMEONE IS HAVING A ON THE HOLIDAY WEEKENDS, IF SOMEONE HAS A PARTY, LET'S NOT BE AS STRINGENT.

LET'S NOT BE AS STRICT.

HOW CAN WE PUT THAT TYPE OF LANGUAGE IN THE CODE WHERE, YOU KNOW, THE FINE MEN AT BSA ARE GOING TO DO THEIR JOB, BUT IN RESPECTING THE COMMAND AND THE RULES, HOW WOULD WE MAKE THAT POSSIBLE? IF YOU'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH CHANGING THE TIME AND THEN YOU'RE LISTENING AS AN EXCEPTION, THEN YOU WOULD LIST A SERIES OF EXCEPTIONS.

SO IF IT'S HOLIDAYS, PRIVATE PARTIES, ALL THESE EVENTS, THEN WE WOULD INCLUDE AND LIST ALL THOSE EXCEPTIONS.

SO BSO HAS THE CODE.

THEY KNOW WHAT IT IS THAT THEY'RE ENFORCING IF THAT'S THE DIRECTION OF THE COMMISSION, IF YOU'RE CHOOSING TO LIST A SERIES OF EXCEPTIONS, KNOWN EXCEPTIONS, YOU KNOW, LIKE HOLIDAYS AND, YOU KNOW, THOSE SPECIAL DAYS IS ONE THING, BUT TO CREATE OTHER EXCEPTIONS WOULD ONLY CREATE A LITTLE BIT OF A CHAOS. AND, YOU KNOW, BUT LET'S BE REALISTIC.

IF YOU'RE THROWING A PARTY THAT HAS 100 PEOPLE IN YOUR HOUSE AT 11 P.M.

AT NIGHT, YOU HAVE A LOT OF THAT'S WHEN THE NOISE ORDINANCES, ESPECIALLY IN A COMMUNITY SO SMALL, ARE GOING TO KICK IN AND YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE OTHER ISSUES.

SO IT HELPS.

THIS ORDINANCE WOULD HELP THE OTHER NEIGHBORS NOT HAVE TO BE AWAKE ALL NIGHT FOR 100 PEOPLE IN A HOUSE FOR A PARTY.

SO, YOU KNOW, WE AGAIN CAN'T THROW OUT SOME OF THE OTHER RULES JUST TO MAKE PEOPLE HAPPY WITH HAVING A PARTY.

IF THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE THAT MANY PEOPLE IN THEIR HOME, THEN MAYBE THEY NEED TO RENT A SPACE.

THEY CAN. THERE'S PLENTY OF CLUBHOUSES IN THAT COMMUNITY THAT HAVE SPACE, BUT I.

RIGHT, RIGHT. EXACTLY. SO IT'S AN AFTERNOON PARTY, SO THAT DOESN'T MATTER.

LIKE THERE'S NOBODY SAYING THIS RULE IS NOT IN PLACE FOR THAT.

THIS RULE IS SAYING PLEASE MAKE SURE THEY DON'T BLOCK YOUR NEIGHBOR'S DRIVEWAY.

PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU DON'T PARK IN YOUR NEIGHBOR'S DRIVEWAY OR ON THEIR GRASS.

RIGHT. SO YEAH.

SO YEAH, YEAH, BUT YOU'D BE AMAZED.

I HAVE ONE. YEAH, I, I HAD SOMEBODY PARK IN MY DRIVEWAY LIKE IT'S NOT MY CAR.

WELL, BUT IN BETWEEN, YOU KNOW.

BUT ACTUALLY, I'VE HAD ANOTHER LADY WHO FEELS LIKE SHE'S BEING TARGETED IN HER COMMUNITY IN DISTRICT ONE BECAUSE PEOPLE KEEP PARKING IN HER DRIVEWAY, AND THEN THEY BLOCK WHERE HER CAR IS, BUT NOT WHERE THEY PARKED THEIR CAR.

SO IT'S NOT KATE JOHNSON.

BUT THANK YOU VERY KINDLY.

BUT, YOU KNOW, BUT IT'S JUST A MATTER OF WHY WE NEED THAT PART WRITTEN IN PRIVATE PROPERTY.

YOU KNOW WHAT? NO. THEY CAN'T.

NO. THEY CAN'T. I CAN TELL YOU.

I HAD MY NEIGHBOR HAD A PARTY, LITERALLY PARKED HIS CAR IN THE CORNER LIKE ROUNDABOUT THAT I HAVE IN THERE, TUCKED BETWEEN MY CAR ON MY PROPERTY, TUCKED BETWEEN MY MOM'S CAR AND BRUCE'S CAR.

AND I CALLED THE COPS AND I WAS TOLD, YOU DON'T HAVE A NO TRESPASSING SIGN.

IT'S PRIVATE PROPERTY.

YOU CAN TOW IT, BUT WE AS THE OFFICERS CAN'T TOW IT BECAUSE THIS COULD BE THEIR PROPERTY, WHICH IS A BUNCH OF BUNK BECAUSE THEY KNOW THEY DON'T OWN THE DEED TO MY HOUSE.

SO I CAN'T STAND SOME OF THOSE RULES.

AND REALLY, THOSE NEED TO BE FIXED.

BUT THAT'S A WHOLE OTHER TOPIC.

SO UNFORTUNATELY YOU CAN'T CALL THE COPS FOR THAT.

BUT WITH THIS WE COULD.

I'M GOOD WITH EVERYTHING THAT'S CHANGING BECAUSE I'M NOT.

BUT IT ACTUALLY GIVES SOME RESIDENTS THE FREEDOM NOW TO NOT BE BLOCKED IN.

SO SO NOW WE WILL GIVE THAT IF SOMEBODY BLOCKED ME, IT'S IN WRITING THAT THE POLICE CAN DO SOMETHING OR THE CODE ENFORCEMENT, AND I'LL SHOW EM HOW YOU CAN BLOCK THEM FROM MY RESOURCES.

AND I'M ALSO NOT FOR THIS, LEAVING IT WHERE IT'S SUBJECTIVE BECAUSE THAT'S SUBJECTIVE.

PROBLEM HAS THAT SUBJECTIVITY HAS LED US TO THE PROBLEM WE HAVE TODAY.

WELL, THEY CAN SAY NO, RIGHT?

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RIGHT. WE CURRENTLY HAVE IN PLACE BECAUSE, OH, A TRUCK, WE HAVE A SMALLER TRUCK YOU CAN'T GET THROUGH, OR WE'VE MOVED THE TRUCKS AROUND LIKE OUR TRUCKS GO THROUGH CERTAIN CARS AND GUESS WHAT? WE'RE STUCK HAVING TO PAY IT.

OUR INSURANCE HAS TO PAY TO REPAIR SOMEBODY'S CAR BECAUSE THEY PARKED WHERE THEY SHOULDN'T HAVE PARKED.

SO I DON'T WANT THAT SUBJECTIVE NATURE.

I DON'T THINK CODE WANTS THAT SUBJECTIVE NATURE OR BSO OR FIRE.

THEY SHOULDN'T HAVE TO BE STUCK WITH SOME SUBJECTIVITY.

THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO SAY, THIS IS THE RULE.

THIS IS WHAT I'M FOLLOWING.

SO WHAT ABOUT IF IT'S A BIG TRUCK AND YOU'RE BLOCKING THE SIDEWALK, THE SIDEWALK, IT GETS TICKETED. YOU MEAN DOES IT GET TOWED? WE DON'T HAVE THAT IN HERE.

I'M JUST SAYING, IF I HAVE A TRUCK AND I PARK IT, THERE'S NO SPACE FOR MY TRUCK.

I HAVE TO BLOCK THE SIDEWALK.

AM I GOING TO GET A TICKET? A DIFFERENT RULE, RIGHT? I'M IN SUPPORT AT 12 A.M..

I'M IN SUPPORT OF 12 A.M., BUT THE THE COMMISSIONER IS ASKING, SO I HAVE A I JUST BOUGHT MYSELF A REALLY NICE BIG SPINNER.

RIGHT. IT'S BIGGER THAN MY DRIVEWAY.

IT STICKS OUT INTO WHAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED THE RIGHT OF WAY FOR THE SIDEWALK THAT'S THERE FOR THE STREET.

THAT'S A DIFFERENT RULE THAN THIS, ISN'T IT? IT IS. IT'S UNDER THE COMMERCIAL VEHICLE ORDINANCE.

AND SO THAT'S BUT IT'S ALSO BY SIZE.

SO THAT'S ORDINANCE ALSO LOOKS AT THE SIZE OF THE VEHICLE PARKED IN YOUR DRIVEWAY, THE SIZE.

SO THERE'S A MEASUREMENT IN THAT ORDINANCE AND WHETHER OR NOT IT HAS ANY IMAGES ON IT.

ALL RIGHT. SO I THINK DID YOU WANT TO GO AGAIN OR IS THIS NEW.

I'M SORRY. SO IF YOU HAVE A NEW HEART AND YOU THINK THOSE TESTS, WELL, THEY'RE GOING TO KNOW.

WELL, SHE SAID THEY WERE GOING TO PUT THE EXEMPTION OF HOLIDAYS.

RIGHT. BUT THEN IT GETS COMPLICATED.

NO, IT'S I THINK WHAT IT IS IS THE DISCRETION ABOUT IT.

IT'S THE DISCRETION OF CODE.

AND SO IF THEY SEE THAT IT'S A PARTY, IT'S NOT LIKE EVERY DAY OF THE WEEK THEY CAN MARK IT DOWN THAT, OH SHE HAD PEOPLE FRIDAY PEOPLE SATURDAY PEOPLE SUNDAY OKAY. HOLIDAY WEEKEND WHATEVER IT WAS.

BUT IT'S NOW TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY.

THEY'RE STILL DOING IT.

IT COULD BE ENFORCED. NOTICES COULD BE DONE.

BUT. BUT IF I'M ANNOYING AND THEY DON'T LIKE ME, I'M SCARED THAT YOU'LL TAKE ADVANTAGE OF ME BECAUSE SOME, YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE AREN'T LIKE.

SO SAY IF YOUR CAR IS PARKED OUT AND THEY DON'T LIKE YOU, YOU MIGHT GET A TICKET BECAUSE NOW.

BUT THAT SUBJECT HUMAN BEINGS TO SAY NO, THAT'S AFTER 12 TO 6.

YOU MEAN. YOU MEAN YOU'RE WORRIED? YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE 12 TO 2 PART, BUT IT'S THE NEIGHBOR DOWN THE STREET THAT NO ONE LIVES.

I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHY THEY WOULD HAVE A PARTY, BUT IT'S THE NEIGHBOR DOWN THE STREET THAT NO ONE LIKES.

SO IT'S UP TO THE POLICE AND CODE ENFORCEMENT TO DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT THEY'RE GOING TO GIVE THAT NEIGHBOR.

SO THERE'S CERTAIN TIMES WHEN WE CAN'T ALWAYS PICK FOR EVERYTHING, AND THEN THAT NEIGHBOR WHO'S NOT LIKED, WHO'S ACTUALLY GOING TO THROW A PARTY SHOULD ACTUALLY.

BUT BUT I'M JUST SAYING BUT SHOULD ACTUALLY WORK TO GET ALONG AND PUT THAT THAT'S WHERE IT WOULD BE ENCOURAGING.

IF YOU'RE CONCERNED THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE TARGETED, THEN I WOULD SAY TO THE PERSON HAVING THE PARTY, IT REALLY WOULD BE KIND TO REACH OUT AND JUST SAY, I'M HAVING A PARTY.

I THINK THAT IT DOESN'T COST ANYBODY ANY KIND OF COMMON COURTESY TO HAVE THE LEEWAY TO SAY, OKAY, THESE PEOPLE ARE TAKING THOSE PARTY SAVOY, THOSE TICKETS. OKAY.

I DON'T BELIEVE YOU CAN AVOID THOSE TICKETS.

YEAH, WE HAVE A CONTRACT WITH THE BROWARD COUNTY AND THEY PROCESS THOSE FOR US, SO.

BUT, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF THE DISCRETION COMMISSIONER DANIEL, I AGREE WITH YOU.

YOU KNOW, IT COMPLICATES THINGS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THOSE RESIDENTS ARE GOING TO REACH OUT TO YOU AND THEY'RE GOING TO SAY, YOU KNOW, I'M HAVING A PARTY AND CODE ENFORCEMENT IS IS, YOU KNOW, HARASSING ME.

AND CAN YOU JUST GIVE ME A BREAK AND THEN YOU'RE GOING TO CALL US AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW.

SO I ASK YOU TO REIMBURSE THEM.

CITY MANAGER HAS DISCRETION.

HE CAN FIGURE IT OUT.

THAT'S IF WE APPROVE THAT THING THE OTHER NIGHT ON THURSDAY NIGHT.

SO A SUGGESTION.

12:00 MIDNIGHT WEEKDAYS AND 2 A.M.

WEEKENDS. THE ORDINANCE IS ON FIRST READING, SO IF WE CAN GET THOSE RECOMMENDED CHANGES IF ANY, ON ON THURSDAY. I PERSONALLY, I DON'T LIKE IT.

IT MAKES NO DIFFERENCE, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? IF THE RESIDENTS ARE STILL COMPLAINING ABOUT TIMING WITH THE CHANGES, I CAN SAY TO MY RESIDENTS, DON'T COMPLAIN ABOUT THE PARKING.

BUT I DO UNDERSTAND IN YOUR DISTRICT AND YOU, OBVIOUSLY YOU'RE THE MAYOR AND I GET IT, BUT I JUST DON'T WANT TO PENALIZE PEOPLE WHO DON'T HAVE WHO BOUGHT HOUSES WHERE THEY

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BUT THEN WE DON'T QUALIFY TO GET THE DRIVEWAY, THE DRIVEWAY.

YOU MIGHT ALREADY HAVE BIG ENOUGH DRIVEWAYS.

WELL, WHEN YOU LOOK, I HAVE A LITTLE BIT GOING UP EAST OF UNIVERSITY.

YEAH. NO, NO, NO, ACTUALLY THAT AREA.

YEAH. SORRY. YEAH. ACTUALLY, YOUR SUNFLOWER HEATHGATE AREA COULD USE IT BECAUSE ACTUALLY, THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE PARKING ON THE STREET IN THAT AREA AS WELL.

SO THERE'S A LITTLE PART THERE'S SO THERE IS SOME ABILITY.

I KNOW IT'S MORE IMPACT.

THE EAST AND DISTRICT TWO.

IT'S THE OLDER HOMES, THE OLDER COMMUNITIES THAT ARE STILL ALSO 55 AND OLDER, WHERE THERE ARE PEOPLE COMING IN, OR THE YOUNGER COMMUNITIES THAT ARE NOW CHANGING THE LANDSCAPE OF THE HOUSE THEMSELVES.

SO THAT'S WHAT I DON'T WANT DISTRICT FOUR TO BE PENALIZED ON THE WEEKDAYS IS JUST FOR EXCEPT FOR THE HOLIDAYS.

THE WEEKDAYS, EXCEPT FOR THE HOLIDAYS, 12 AND 2 A.M..

WHY CAN'T. OKAY. IT'S TWO.

WE JUST DECIDED. 2 IN 23.

THIS IS 24. AND YOU WANT TO GO TO 12? NO, TWO HAS BEEN TWO HAS BEEN THERE SINCE 1978.

OH WELL, WE VOTED ON IT LAST YEAR THOUGH SINCE 1975.

IT'S BEEN 2 TO 6.

SO PEOPLE PEOPLE STOP HAVING PARTIES TILL 2 IN 2024.

WELL FOR A LONG TIME IT WAS JUST NOT BEING ENFORCED.

CORRECT. SO THAT WAS A DISCUSSION.

AND SO IT JUST WAS WHAT IT STARTED BEING ENFORCED.

NOW IT'S BEING ENFORCED NOW AND THEN IT'S BEING ENFORCED AND IT'S BEEN NEED FOR IT.

BSO HAS SHOWN THAT THERE HAS BEEN A NEED FOR IT, WHICH IS WHY I CAME BACK.

CAN WE HAVE ZONES WHERE TRULY IMPACT ISN'T THAT HARD? YEAH, EXACTLY.

EXACTLY. RIGHT, RIGHT.

SO CAN IT BE ZONED WHERE IF YOU'RE IN A CERTAIN COMMUNITY, THESE ARE THE RULES FOR THAT COMMUNITY.

ISN'T THAT SPOT ZONING? THAT'S ILLEGAL, ISN'T IT? IT'S ILLEGAL. OKAY.

WELL, NOT ZONED, BUT I MEAN, YOU DO HAVE ONE PROVISION THAT'S SPECIFIC TO THE WOODLANDS.

AND WE HAD POINTED OUT THAT ENFORCEMENT CAN OBVIOUSLY BE MORE DIRECTED IN AREAS THAT WHERE THE COMPLAINTS ARE.

BUT YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE LAW ACROSS THE BOARD.

YEAH. SO THEN CAN YOU GUYS GO TO ONE INSTEAD OF TWO? WELL WHAT DID YOU SAY.

4 TO 1. HAVING ANY PARTY TO ONE.

BUT YOU NEVER KNOW. YOU MIGHT HAVE FAMILY OVER YOU HAVEN'T SEEN IN A WHILE.

I DON'T KNOW.

YOU CAN LEAVE A NOTE ON YOUR FRONT DESK ON YOUR FRONT DASH SAYING PARTY, PARTY, A PARTY OF FOUR.

HERE, I'LL MOVE MY CAR IN AN HOUR AND A HALF, I PROMISE.

YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? BUT HERE'S THE PROBLEM WITH THAT, TOO.

IF I'M NEW TO THE COMMUNITY, I'M NOT SURE YOU'RE GOING TO KNOW THAT RULE.

OR IF I'M NEW TO THE CITY.

I'M NOT SURE YOU'RE GOING TO KNOW THAT RULE.

I KNOW YOU SAID EDUCATE FOR SIX MONTHS, BUT WHAT IF I MOVE IN IN 2026? HOW AM I GOING TO KNOW THAT RULE? BECAUSE YOUR ASSOCIATION POSSIBLY INTERVIEWED YOU.

AND WHEN YOU GET YOUR DOCUMENTS AND YOU BUY YOUR HOUSE OR YOU RENT YOUR PROPERTY, IT SAYS ALL THE RULES IN THERE THAT YOU'RE OBLIGATED TO READ AND LEARN.

I MEAN, IT'S IT'S A BUYER OR RENTER BEWARE TYPE SITUATION.

YOU KNOW, IT'S ALL PUT ON US TO KNOW AND EVERYTHING'S ONLINE NOWADAYS.

JUST LIKE THIS VIDEO.

YOU GOOD? ALL RIGHT. SO 12:00.

NO HOLIDAYS, 2 A.M.

WEEKENDS. WE'RE GOOD TO GO.

YOU'RE STILL TURNING OVER? COMMISSIONER BOLTON HAS TURNED OVER HIS CARD.

THANK YOU. YOU KNOW, SO, SO OBVIOUSLY, IN MY DISTRICT, IT'S A PROBLEM.

AND I DID HAVE AN EXTENDED MEETING WITH THE RESIDENTS OF MY DISTRICT, AND THEY WERE ADAMANT THAT WE, YOU KNOW, ADDRESS THIS ISSUE.

SO I'M NOT GOING TO BACKTRACK ON THAT.

I'M GOING TO SUPPORT THIS YOU KNOW, AND.

12:00 11:00 IT DOESN'T MATTER.

I THINK 11:00 IS FINE.

YOU YOU GO YOU THE IDEA IS, YOU KNOW, JUST GO MOVE YOUR CAR BEFORE YOU GO TO BED AND BE DONE WITH IT.

SO, YOU KNOW, I GUESS IT'S, IT'S A LITTLE BIT SELFISH FOR, FOR ALL OF THE DISTRICTS THAT DON'T REALLY HAVE THIS PROBLEM.

BUT FOR US IN THE EAST SIDE, WE HAVE THIS, THIS MAJOR PROBLEM.

ALL RIGHT. SO THE, THE I'M NOT SAYING ANYTHING HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THAT.

HE JUST GOES ON WHEN HE SEES YOU TURN IT OVER, HE'LL TALK LONGER, THAT'S ALL.

SO TURN IT OVER. SO MAYBE HE DOESN'T THINK THAT YOU'RE GOING TO SPEAK.

THE THE THE PART OF GETTING PERMISSION THOUGH I DON'T I DON'T REALLY LIKE THAT THAT PART BECAUSE I HEAR HORROR STORIES FROM ESPECIALLY THE WOODLANDS.

HOW YOU KNOW, THERE IS NO THERE IS NO PEOPLE WILL, LIKE, HEAR, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WILL LIKE, WE'RE OUT OF THE ROOM WHEN THAT WAS DISCUSSED.

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THEY'LL COMPLAIN ABOUT YOU KNOW, PEOPLE SAYING, HEY, YOU CAN DO THIS OR YOU CAN'T DO THAT OR, YOU KNOW, THAT SORT OF STUFF.

SO, YOU KNOW, PUTTING THAT POWER IN THE HANDS OF HOA PRESIDENTS OR, OR EVEN THE CITY, YOU KNOW, CALLING THE CITY, IT'S IT'S BAD.

ANOTHER THING IS, WHAT ABOUT WHEN SOMEBODY WANTS TO HAVE A BIRTHDAY PARTY? ISN'T THAT AS IMPORTANT AS HAVING A CHRISTMAS PARTY OR A SUPER BOWL PARTY? OR EVEN MORE IMPORTANT.

SO, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE GOING TO TELL MY NEIGHBOR, YEAH, YOU YOU CAN INCONVENIENCE ME DURING THE SUPER BOWL, BUT I CAN'T CELEBRATE MY OWN BIRTHDAY AT MY OWN HOUSE.

AND THEN IF WE SAY, OKAY, BIRTHDAYS ARE FINE.

AND THAT'S KIND OF LIKE EVERYDAY OF THE YEAR BECAUSE EVERYBODY'S NOT BORN ON THE SAME DAY.

SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE HOW HOW DO YOU, YOU KNOW, BALANCE THAT.

SO ARE WE GOING TO GO WITH THE EXCEPTIONS PIECE OF IT.

YOU KIND OF WEREN'T I'M NOT ASKING YOU A QUESTION.

I'M ASKING. I DO GET TO CONTROL THE MEETING.

AND THAT WAS ASKED AND ANSWERED WHEN YOU WERE NOT HERE.

SO COME ON. WOULD YOU PLEASE TELL THEM WHAT WAS DECIDED? SO, SO SO GO.

GO AGAIN. MAXINE, FOR FOR MY BENEFIT.

ARE WE GOING TO DO THE EXCEPTION PIECE OR NOT? AND JUST. YEAH.

SO THE LIST OF EXCEPTIONS CAME UP.

WE'RE STILL WAITING ON DIRECTION OR A CONSENSUS IN TERMS OF WHETHER OR NOT WE SHOULD MOVE FORWARD WITH CREATING A LIST OF EXCEPTIONS, CHANGING THE TIME NOT FULLY THRASHED OUT.

WELL, WE HAVE NOT BEEN GIVEN A DIRECTION IN TERMS OF THE CHANGES THAT NEEDS TO BE MADE.

YEAH, BUT EXCEPTIONS WERE DISCUSSED.

YES. FIRST TIME WE'RE DISCUSSING BIRTHDAY PARTIES BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY I BROUGHT IT UP.

SO SO HOW DO WE HOW DO HOW HOW DO WE WEIGH CHRISTMAS? HOW DO WE HOW DO WE CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS? OR HOW DO WE CHOOSE CHRISTMAS VERSUS BIRTHDAYS OR, YOU KNOW IF WE'RE GOING TO DO AN EXCEPTION, ARE WE GOING TO DO BIRTHDAY PARTIES AND SPECIAL EVENTS? MADAM MAYOR THIS WAS SUGGESTED BY CITY ATTORNEY, ACTUALLY.

AND I'M GOING TO, YOU KNOW, TURN IT OVER TO TO THE PANEL.

IS THIS SPECIAL EXCEPTION PERMIT AN OPTION FOR FOR THOSE YOU KNOW, SPECIAL OCCASIONS OUTSIDE OF THE, YOU KNOW, THE HOLIDAYS AND YOU KNOW, SUPER BOWL AND ALL THAT.

WELL, IT'S NOT A SPECIAL EXCEPTION PERMIT, BUT STEPHANIE DID SPECIAL EVENTS.

YEAH. EVENT PERMIT.

SO, STEPHANIE, THE REASON I SUGGESTED THAT BECAUSE I KNOW IN SOME MUNICIPALITIES, ESPECIALLY SUNNY ISLES BEACH, LIKE, IF YOU HAVE 50 OR MORE GUESTS BECAUSE OF THE IMPACT ON THE STREETS AND POLICE IMPACT, YOU WOULD HAVE TO GET A SPECIAL EVENT PERMIT ON THE 50.

ONLY YOU DON'T HAVE A HOUSE.

SO SO SO WITH.

SO WITH WITH THE WITH THE SPECIAL EXCEPTION.

SPECIAL EVENTS. SPECIAL EVENTS.

SPECIAL EVENTS.

PERMIT. THEY WOULD CONTACT CITY HALL DIRECTLY, OR THEY WOULD HAVE TO GO TO THEIR HOA.

WHAT IS THE SUGGESTION? SO AS YOU RECALL, I THINK IT WAS A YEAR AGO THAT WE EXTENSIVELY UPDATED AND CHANGED A SPECIAL EVENTS APPLICATION PROCESS.

IT WAS AS A RESULT OF A FISH FRY THAT OCCURRED IN THE WOODLANDS.

AND REMEMBER WE BROUGHT YES, WE BROUGHT THAT FORWARD.

WE MAY CHANGE IT. WE TALKED ABOUT PARTY.

THIS COMMISSION DID NOT WANT TO SUBJECT A RESIDENT TO A THROUGH A SPECIAL EVENTS APPLICATION PROCESS WHERE THERE IS A FEE AND THEN THERE IS A REVIEW PROCESS.

AND SO WE DO HAVE IT ON THE BOOKS.

IT WAS JUST UPDATED I THINK IT WAS IN 2023 WHEN WE MADE SOME CHANGES AND INCLUDED SOME LANGUAGE IN TERMS OF WHETHER OR NOT YOUR EVENT IS ADVERTISED ON SOCIAL MEDIA, WHAT WOULD CONSTITUTE A SPECIAL EVENT? AND SO DURING THAT TIME, WE TALKED ABOUT WHETHER YOU WANTED BIRTHDAY PARTIES, A PART OF THAT, AND THIS COMMISSION DID NOT WANT TO SUBJECT THE RESIDENTS TO THAT PROCESS.

BUT IF WE ARE THINKING ABOUT AMENDING THE SPECIAL EVENTS AND MAKING THOSE A PART OF IT, THEN THAT WOULD NOT HAPPEN.

AS A PART OF THIS ORDINANCE, I WOULD NEED TO BRING FORWARD THE SPECIAL EVENTS ORDINANCE, AND THEN IF YOU'D LIKE TO MAKE THOSE CHANGES, THEN WE CAN DO THAT.

BUT THERE'S AN APPLICATION FEE AND A REVIEW PROCESS THAT GOES WITH THAT, AND WE CAN UPDATE IT HOWEVER YOU SEE FIT.

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SO IF THIS COMMISSION WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT, THEN WE WOULD NEED TO CHANGE THE DEFINITION OF SPECIAL EVENTS.

AND THEN WE CAN ALSO LOOK AT CHANGING THE FEES STRUCTURE AS WELL.

BUT AS IT IS NOW THERE'S A FEE ASSOCIATED WITH IT.

AND SPECIAL EVENTS IS DEFINED TO BE SOMETHING WHERE THERE IS A FEE THAT'S PAID FOR ENTRY WHEN THERE IS AN IMPACT TO THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY.

BUT IT'S PRIMARILY AND I THINK WE ADDED TO IT WHEN THAT EVENT IS BEING MARKETED.

BECAUSE WHAT HAPPENED WAS THE FISH FRY PERSON WAS MARKETING THE FISH FRY, AND THAT'S HOW PEOPLE KNEW THAT THE EVENT WAS HAPPENING.

AND SO WE ADDED THAT LANGUAGE TO THE DEFINITION OF SPECIAL EVENTS.

SO IF YOU'RE MARKETING, IF YOU'RE TAKING A FEE, IF THERE'S ANY SELLING AND SO ON, AND THAT'S THE DEFINITION OF SPECIAL EVENTS AS IT IS NOW.

BUT THERE'S ALSO SOMEONE WHO HAD A PORTA POTTY AND HAD A TENT AND ALL THIS KIND OF OTHER STUFF.

BUT FOR THOSE THINGS, THAT'S A HUGE PARTY.

THAT IS A PERMIT SITUATION THAT IS SOMETHING DIFFERENT.

YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE HAVING 100 PEOPLE AND YOUR HOUSE IS NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO HOLD A HUNDRED PEOPLE IN 50 CARS IN THE COMMUNITY CAN'T HOLD IT. THAT'S THAT'S DIFFERENT.

THAT MAKES IT TO BE A COUNCIL.

YEAH. I THINK IT'S LIKE BIG GOVERNMENT.

YOU DON'T YOU DON'T BUY YOUR HOUSE AT KATHLEEN GUNN, BUT THEY ALSO DON'T WANT YOU TO TELL THEM WHEN THEY COULD GO TO BED AND SHUT DOWN THEIR GATHERING.

IF THEIR GATHERING IS AFFECTING YOUR NEIGHBOR'S ABILITY TO GO TO BED.

YEAH, THEY COULD IF IT'S IF IT'S THE PROBLEM IS WHEN IT POURS OUTSIDE THE HOUSE AND COMES INTO BOTHERING YOUR NEIGHBORS.

BUT IT'S NOT IF YOU'RE NOT BLOCKING THEIR DRIVEWAY, IT'S NOT NOT IN EVERY COMMUNITY.

AND THAT I THINK THAT'S THE PROBLEM.

EVERY COMMUNITY DOES NOT LOOK THE SAME, DOES NOT HAVE THE SAME DEMOGRAPHIC.

IT DOES NOT HAVE THE SAME AGE GROUP.

IT DOES NOT HAVE THE SAME PEOPLE.

RIGHT. THAT'S WHY YOU CAN'T MAKE ONE RULE FOR.

THAT'S WHY IT'S HARD TO MAKE ONE RULE FOR EVERYBODY WHEN IT DOESN'T FIT EVERYBODY.

BUT IT ALSO IS GOING TO IT'S NOT GOING TO BE NEEDED BY EVERYBODY.

AND ALSO THAT'S WHY WE WERE TAKING AWAY NOT HAVING A SPECIAL HOLIDAYS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, BECAUSE IT WOULD BE THAT WOULD BE THE SUBJECTIVE PART OF CODE.

AND BSO AND FIRE TO KNOW, IS TODAY A HOLIDAY? COULD IT BE A BIRTHDAY? COULD IT BE A PARTY THEN NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT ENFORCING IT AND IT WOULD BE IN THEIR DISCRETION TO DO SO.

SO LET'S LEAVE IT AT THAT. WELL, SO DISCRETIONARY POWERS IN THEIR HANDS INSTEAD OF GOING, I DON'T HEAR AN OPTION.

YOU KEEP SAYING THAT. WHAT ABOUT ONE? WHAT ABOUT ONE? WHAT ABOUT TWO? THREE? THREE OF US HAVE ALREADY SAID NOONE.

SO IT'S A IT'S A WRAP ON THE ON THE TIMING.

YOU GOT CONSENSUS FOR THREE FOR NOONE.

SO LET ME, LET ME.

SO IF YOUR PARTY YOU BETTER BE IN YOUR LIVING TAMARAC YOUR PARTY NEEDS TO BE OVER AT 12 MIDNIGHT OR ELSE.

NO, BECAUSE YOUR PARTY COULD STILL GO ON WHEN CODE KNOWS THAT IT'S A PARTY AND IT'S NOT VIOLATING ANY NOISE ORDINANCES FOR THAT PARTICULAR. SO THEY HAVE TO NOTIFY CODE IF THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE A PARTY.

I DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS BE GOOD TO NOTIFY CODE.

IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO NOTIFY CODE.

SO WHEN THE NEIGHBOR CALLS AND WISHES ABOUT IT, THE CODE OFFICER CAN SAY YES, WE'RE AWARE THAT SO AND SO IS HAVING A PARTY.

IT'S ONLY THIS ONE NIGHT.

WE KNOW IT'S AN EXCEPTION.

SO AGAIN, IF YOU'RE HAVING A PARTY IN TAMARAC, IF YOU'RE HAVING A GET TOGETHER THAT CAUSES MULTIPLE CARS OTHER THAN YOUR REGULAR TWO THAT FITS OR THREE OR 4 OR 1, YOU CAN'T HAVE IT PAST 12, OR THOSE CARS CAN BE TICKETED, OR ARE YOU GOING TO HAVE TO CALL CODE AND YOUR HOA AND LET THEM KNOW THIS IS WHAT I'M HEARING, BUT COMMON COURTESY.

YOU SHOULD LET YOUR NEIGHBORS KNOW THAT YOU MIGHT BE AND DON'T BLOCK THEIR DRIVEWAY, THAT YOU MIGHT BE HAVING A PARTY.

THAT'S WHAT I'M HEARING. SO IN TAMARAC, PARTIES NEED TO BE HOUSE GATHERING THAT HAS MULTIPLE CARS NEED TO BE GONE BY 12 MIDNIGHT.

OKAY, SO, MISS MISS MAXINE, ARE YOU SURE THAT THAT OVERLAY AN OVERLAY DISTRICT CANNOT SOLVE ALL OF THIS ISSUE? SO IF IT'S THE DESIRE OF THE COMMISSION TO IDENTIFY CERTAIN COMMUNITIES WHERE THIS RESTRICTION WOULD BE APPLICABLE, THEN THAT IS ONE MEANS WE CAN PUT THOSE STANDARDS IN AN OVERLAY DISTRICT.

IF THAT'S THE DESIRE OF THE COMMISSION, OR WE CAN IDENTIFY THOSE COMMUNITIES AS WE HAVE WITH THE WOODLANDS BOULEVARD AND SUBSECTION B.

SO BECAUSE I, I REALLY THINK THAT, YOU KNOW THOUGH THOUGH I'VE

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RIGHT. IT'S UNFAIR TO, FOR INSTANCE, DOCTOR DANIEL'S DANIELS DISTRICT.

DOCTOR DANIELS DISTRICT WHERE, YOU KNOW, THIS IS PROBABLY NOT OCCURRING AS MUCH.

IT COULD. NO, BUT I'M JUST SAYING THAT THAT THIS DECISION, I'M SAYING THAT THIS DECISION IS PROBABLY SELFISH BECAUSE MY RESIDENTS, THE DISTRICT ONE RESIDENTS, ARE FACED WITH THIS ISSUE.

SO WE WOULD BE IN THE OVERLAY DISTRICT AS AS WELL AS SOME AREAS IN DISTRICT TWO THAT IS AFFECTED.

SOME AREAS IN DISTRICT TWO IS PROBABLY NOT AFFECTED.

AND REALLY AND TRULY TAMARAC VILLAGE THAT PROBABLY WILL SEE A HEIGHT AT 12.

12 STORY HIGH RISE BUILDING OR 30.

I DON'T KNOW.

YOU KNOW, THAT PART OF THE CITY IS PROBABLY PROBABLY SHOULD NOT BE IN THIS.

PART OF THIS ORDINANCE, BECAUSE THAT SECTION OF THE CITY IS PROBABLY MORE PARTY ISH THAN THE OTHER SECTIONS.

SO I'M JUST THROWING IT OUT THERE THAT MAYBE AN OVERLAY DISTRICT IS IS PROBABLY A BETTER WAY TO GO THAN JUST BLANKETING THE ENTIRE CITY, YOU KNOW? SO DO YOU THINK THAT AN OVERLAY DISTRICT WOULD WORK BETTER THAN JUST BLANKETING THE WHOLE CITY? AND I UNDERSTAND YOU'RE GOING TO SAY THAT THE DESIRE OF THE COMMISSION, ITS POLITICAL ANSWER.

BUT I'M ASKING YOUR EXPERTISE FROM AN IVY LEAGUE INSTITUTION AND BEING IN THIS FIELD FOR MANY YEARS.

OKAY. SHE SHE DOESN'T HAVE TO BE PUT ON THE SPOT TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION.

IT'S NOT ON THE SPOT. SHE'S SHE'S GOING TO CHOOSE NOT TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION.

I CAN TELL IT'S FINE.

DO YOU WANT TO ANSWER, MISS MAXINE? SHE'S SHE'S SHE'S SHE'S SHE'S CHOOSING NOT TO ANSWER IT.

AND SHE'S NOT GOING TO BE PUT ON THE SPOT TO HAVE TO ANSWER IT.

THE, THE YOU KNOW, PART OF THIS THING WHERE IT'S NOT OCCURRING AN OVERLAY SEEMS LIKE A WHOLE BUNCH OF WORK AND A WHOLE BUNCH OF KICKING THE CAN DOWN AGAIN, THE LINE, INSTEAD OF DEALING WITH THE TOPIC AT HAND.

AT THIS MOMENT, WE HAVE CONSENSUS FOR THIS TO BE WITH AN ORANGE NUMBER IN TWO C, SECTION TWO C, AND BECAUSE THAT'S A GRAMMATICAL THING ON THERE AND FOR MIDNIGHT TO SIX, AND KNOWING THAT CODE, VSO AND TAMARAC FIRE RESCUE HAVE DISCRETION WHEN THEY SEE THAT IT IS A PARTY, IT IS NOT JUST SOMEBODY LEAVING THEIR CAR OUT IN TIME AND AGAIN.

IN THIS WAY. THERE'S NO EXCEPTIONS FOR WORRY ON THAT.

MOVING RIGHT ALONG.

THE EXCEPTION MAYOR, IS JUST JUST PARTY.

WHAT OTHER EXCEPTIONS WOULD YOU LIKE? NO, NO, NO, JUST WANTED OR HOLIDAYS.

WE WERE DOING HOLIDAYS FOR PEOPLE VISITING OVERNIGHT.

HOLIDAYS. THAT WAS THE REASON FOR HOLIDAYS.

FOR PEOPLE TO VISIT ANYTIME.

THIS IS WHY THIS IS CRAZY.

BUT THAT'S. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? THAT'S THE POINT. TOGETHER.

AND IT'S NOT A PARTY.

BUT THE THING IS, THAT'S WHY THERE'S ENCOURAGEMENT.

IF YOU KNOW THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE PEOPLE VISITING FOR A WEEK.

BE CONSIDERATE AND MAKE A PHONE CALL.

YOU KNOW, THE RULES OF THE CITY ARE THIS.

IF IT GOES THROUGH.

HI. MY PARENTS, MY GRANDPARENTS AND MY SISTER'S FIVE KIDS ARE VISITING.

WE EACH HAVE A CAR.

I'M MAKING IT UP OKAY.

I'M DOWN TO BEING AN ONLY CHILD.

BUT, YOU KNOW, YOU ALSO HAVE TO RECALL, THOUGH, THAT THIS THIS IS A PARKING ORDINANCE.

IF YOU'RE HAVING A PARTY AT 9 P.M.

OR 8 P.M. AND IT'S CAUSING NOISE AND, AND THAT'S THEN YOU HAVE THE NOISE ORDINANCE ANYWAY, CAN CODE LOCKDOWN OR SHUT DOWN THE PARTY BECAUSE OF OF OF THE NOISE AT 8:00.

YEAH. WE CANNOT SHUT DOWN ANY EVENT.

AND WE HAD TALKED ABOUT THAT.

SO WE WOULD HAVE TO CALL IT HAS TO BE A FIRE CODE VIOLATION OR MAYBE SO.

BUT CODE CANNOT PHYSICALLY STOP OR SHUT DOWN.

YOU CAN ASK THEM TO QUIET THEM.

THE NOISE. YES, WE CAN ASK THEM STAYING WITHIN THE FOUR WALLS OF THAT HOUSE VERSUS IT GOING INTO YOUR NEIGHBORS.

IF IT'S AT 8:00 AND IT'S BLASTING, YES, I WOULD JUST WANT IT TO BE RESPONSIVE.

WE CANNOT SHUT DOWN ANYTHING.

YES. ALL THE WAY UP.

I'M NOT LAUGHING. YES, BUT WHEN YOU START TO INTERRUPT YOUR NEIGHBOR'S ABILITY TO SLEEP OR READ OR TALK TO THEIR FRIENDS AND FAMILY, OR JUST BE IN THEIR OWN HOME, YOU'RE YOU ARE INTRUDING ON THEIR THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE.

SO THAT'S WHY IT MAY BE A GOOD LEVEL FOR YOU.

PUT A HEADSET ON. VERY QUIET.

NO IT'S NOT. NO I ASSURANCE PUT YOUR HEADSET ON.

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WE'RE BACK TO WHETHER OR NOT THERE IS A DESIRE FOR EXCEPTIONS FOR HOLIDAYS OR FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE VISITING AND THE LIKE. I URGE YOU TO HAVE A SYSTEMATIC APPROACH TO, TO TO APPLICATION OF THIS ORDINANCE. YOU KNOW, THESE EXCEPTIONS, THEY CREATE YOU KNOW, CONCERN ON, ON, ON THE ENFORCEMENT BY NOON TO SIX AT THIS POINT, NO EXCEPTIONS IS I'M SORRY.

YES, 12 A.M.. I DON'T KNOW WHY I KEEP DOING THAT, I REALLY DON'T.

MIDNIGHT, MIDNIGHT TO SIX SEEMS TO BE THE CONSENSUS.

FOR RIGHT NOW, WE GO TO FIRST READING ON THURSDAY.

NO EXCEPTIONS INCLUDED.

THANK YOU. WE'LL MAKE THE CHANGES.

THANK YOU. YES.

THANKFULLY, STEPHANIE'S NOT WEARING RUNNING SHOES RIGHT NOW, SO SHE'S STAYING PUT WITH US.

AND WAIT, THERE'S MORE.

BECAUSE NOW THAT IT'S ITEM TWO, I ASKED THE SAME THING.

WELL, IF WE WOULD GO BACK TO HAVING TWO WORKSHOPS A MONTH, WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO SHOVE ALL OF IT ON ONE DAY.

SO EITHER WE GO BACK TO TWO WORKSHOPS A MONTH, OR WE GET TO SPEND ALL OF MONDAY TOGETHER.

OKAY, SO THERE'S BEEN A REQUEST FOR A BREAK.

HOW ABOUT IT IS 325? OH 325. IT IS 325.

HOW ABOUT WE'LL BE BACK AT 340? OKAY. WE'RE IN.

340. WE ARE BACK.

AND OUR NEXT ITEM IS ONE G.

[1.g Discussion and Direction on allocation of the Woodlands Development Agreement $925,000 Developer contribution for distribution to various Homeowner Associations impacted by the Development of the Project (Paragraph 21(c)). Presented by Deputy City Manager flax/ne Calloway]

DEVELOPER CONTRIBUTION FOR DISTRIBUTION TO VARIOUS HOMEOWNER ASSOCIATIONS IMPACTED BY THE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT.

PARAGRAPH 21.

SEE PRESENTED BY DEPUTY CITY MANAGER MAXINE CALLOWAY.

CAN I HAVE A POINT OF CLARIFICATION BEFORE WE BEGIN? THE CLERK I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF SHE RECORDED.

I DON'T THINK WE HAVE FORMALLY STARTED.

THAT WAS THE ONE PERSON WE NEEDED.

WE DIDN'T NEED ANYONE ELSE.

AND THE CLERK, LEVENT IS GOING TO BE THE CLERK CAUSE YOU NEED HER TO START IT.

YEAH, NO, I DIDN'T.

I STARTED AT 341.

YEAH. YOU GOTTA GO BY A DIFFERENT CLOCK.

OH, NO. NICE TRY.

THAT'S OKAY. OKAY, SO WHERE DO WE START THIS AGAIN? IS THAT WHAT WE NEED TO DO? FOR THE RECORD? HI, EVERYBODY. IT'S 341.

TAKE TWO. WE ARE HERE ON ONE DISCUSSION AND DIRECTION.

POSSIBLE DIRECTION ON ALLOCATION OF THE WOODLANDS DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT $925,000.

DEVELOPER CONTRIBUTION FOR DISTRIBUTION TO VARIOUS HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATIONS IMPACTED BY DEVELOPMENT OF PROJECT OF THE PROJECT.

PARAGRAPH 21 C PRESENTED BY DEPUTY CITY MANAGER MAXINE CALLOWAY.

I MAY HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF DISAGREEMENT OF THE TITLE OF THIS.

IT'S. GO AHEAD.

SURE, SURE.

IT'S A QUICK PRESENTATION.

MAYOR, BEFORE WE BEGIN, CAN WE DO I HAVE A POINT OF CLARIFICATION OR MAKE A POINT OF ORDER HERE? WE DON'T USUALLY HAVE THOSE RULES OF PROCEDURE, BUT IS THERE SOMETHING YOU WISH TO SAY BEFORE WE, LIKE, MOVE THIS TO THE NEXT ONE.

NEXT WORKSHOP.

THERE'S A REQUEST TO MOVE THIS TO THE NEXT WORKSHOP, BECAUSE WE STILL HAVE A SHADE SESSION THAT HAS TO BE HELD THIS AFTERNOON.

WELL, ON THAT NOTE, I WILL ENTERTAIN IT, BUT I WOULD ALSO ENTERTAIN MOVING THIS TO AFTER THE ELECTIONS TO AVOID ANY LOOK OF POLITICS BEING PLAYED WITH THIS MONEY.

AND SO INSTEAD OF A WHILE I WOULD SUPPORT MOVING IT, BECAUSE WE DO HAVE TO GET TO THAT SHADE SESSION FOR THAT NEGOTIATION IS PRETTY IMPORTANT. I WOULD SAY MOVING IT TO DECEMBER WORKSHOP.

SURE. OKAY.

I'M OKAY WITH THAT.

MADAM MAYOR, MAY I SUGGEST SOMETHING? YOU KNOW, WITH THE BEFORE YOU DECIDE ON THE ON THE DELAY.

NO, NO. JUST SO THAT WE'RE BETTER PREPARED FOR THE NEXT WORKSHOP DISCUSSING THIS.

MAYBE I'LL JUST LEAVE IT AT THAT.

SO I SEE THE LOOK, SO.

WELL, I THINK COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS IS THE NEXT.

THE NEXT WORKSHOP.

RIGHT. NOT NOT UNTIL AFTER THE ELECTION.

YOU SAID THE NEXT WORKSHOP. I KIND OF AGREE WITH THE MAYOR THAT I WOULD LIKE IT AFTER THE ELECTION.

OKAY. I AGREE. OKAY.

SO DECEMBER THANK YOU DECEMBER WORKSHOP.

AND THEN EVERYBODY HAS A COPY OF THE PRESENTATION WITH SO JUST MAYBE JUST THINK ABOUT IT BEFORE THE WORKSHOP AND YOU KNOW, SO ON THAT WHEN WE.

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IF WE HAVE CERTAIN QUESTIONS ON PROJECTS OR THINGS THAT THE MONEY COULD POTENTIALLY GO TO, WE CAN JUST COME DIRECTLY TO YOU IN THE CITY MANAGER AND ASK QUESTIONS SO WE CAN BE PREPARED FOR THE NEXT MEETING.

YEAH, BUT I JUST WANT US TO BE YOU SAID IT.

WE'RE NOT PICKING AND CHOOSING.

WE I BELIEVE WE MOVE THE ETHICS THING TILL AFTER THE ELECTION, JUST LIKE WE'RE MOVING THIS.

ANYTHING THAT'S POLITICALLY CAN BE POLITICALLY INCLINED TILL AFTER THE ELECTION.

HE SAID THAT WE'RE PICKING AND CHOOSING.

SO I'M JUST CLARIFYING THE ETHICS.

WELL, WE HAVE THE SHADE SESSION.

THAT'S WHY WE THAT'S WHY I SUGGESTED THAT WE MOVE THIS, BUT YOU SAID AFTER THE ELECTION HE SAID.

SHE SAID OCTOBER. I'M SAYING TILL AFTER THE ELECTION BECAUSE THERE'S TOO MUCH POLITICS, I THINK, BEING PLAYED WITH THIS ONE, WHICH IS WHY I'M BUT DEFINITELY WITH THE ETHICS.

BUT BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? THE ETHICS ISN'T A TOPIC FOR RIGHT NOW.

THE ETHICS IS. THAT'S ON THURSDAY.

YOU DEAL WITH IT ON THURSDAY.

TODAY IT'S THE TOPIC DEALS WITH THIS.

AND YOU CAN WE HAVE SUPPORTIVE THREE.

SO WE HAVE CONSENSUS.

SO LADIES AND GENTLEMEN FIRST WORKSHOP IN DECEMBER.

FIRST WORKSHOP IN DECEMBER.

THIS ITEM WILL COME BACK.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SO I AM YOU KNOW I WON'T BE HERE.

NO. COMMISSIONER BOLTON.

YOU LIKE TO THROW PUNCHES AND THEN TRY TO GET COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS IN TROUBLE.

BUT IT'S YOUR MOUTH THAT'S CAUSING THE PROBLEM.

SO IT IS NOW.

344. OUR COMMISSION WORKSHOP, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IS FINALLY OVER.

WE'RE IN RECESS.

WE'RE ADJOURNED.

WE'RE ADJOURNED.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.