7.a TO2567 - An Ordinance of the City Commission of the City of Tamarac, Florida,amending Chapter 6 of the City of Tamarac Code of Ordinances, entitled “FinanceAnd Taxation,” Article II Entitled “Fees and Funds,” specifically Sections 6-36 Entitled“Fee Refunds” and 6-39 entitled “Waiver Of Fees” to increase the amount of the CityManager’s administrative authority to grant minor refunds and waiver of fees toprovide for operational efficiency and a more equitable alignment with the updatedCity departments’ fee schedules; providing for conflicts; providing for severability;providing for codification; and providing for an effective date.

[7.a TO2567 - An Ordinance of the City Commission of the City of Tamarac, Florida,amending Chapter 6 of the City of Tamarac Code of Ordinances, entitled “FinanceAnd Taxation,” Article II Entitled “Fees and Funds,” specifically Sections 6-36 Entitled“Fee Refunds” and 6-39 entitled “Waiver Of Fees” to increase the amount of the CityManager’s administrative authority to grant minor refunds and waiver of fees toprovide for operational efficiency and a more equitable alignment with the updatedCity departments’ fee schedules; providing for conflicts; providing for severability;providing for codification; and providing for an effective date.]

SEVEN A IS T02567, CITY ATTORNEY, PLEASE READ THE TITLE FOR THE RECORD.

THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.

ITEM 7A, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC.

AMENDING CHAPTER SIX OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC.

CODE OF ORDINANCE ENTITLED FINANCE AND TAXATION, ARTICLE TWO ENTITLED FEES AND FUNDS, SPECIFICALLY SECTIONS 6-36 FEE REFUNDS AND 639 WAIVER OF FEES TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF THE CITY MANAGER ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITY GRANT MINOR REFUNDS AND WAIVER OF FEES TO PROVIDE FOR OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY AND MORE EQUITABLE ALIGNMENT WITH THE DEPARTMENTS.

FEE SCHEDULE. PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS.

PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, PROVIDING QUALIFICATION AND EFFECTIVE DATE.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AS THIS IS A SECOND READING OF AN ORDINANCE, WE'RE NOW OPEN FOR PUBLIC.

OH, WAIT. NO.

CAN I GET A MOTION IN A SECOND? SO MOVED. SECOND, SECOND.

I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS A SECOND BY VICE MAYOR.

RIGHT. AND NOW I'M OPENING THIS UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS OR PUBLIC HEARING.

MISTER ROCHESTER.

SAME RULES APPLY AS PUBLIC COMMENTS.

NAME AND LOCATION FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.

STILL WEBSTER GARDENS.

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I THINK THIS IS AN EXCELLENT ORDINANCE, AND I'M REALLY GLAD THAT IT WAS BROUGHT FORWARD.

I WOULD ALSO INVITE THE COMMISSION TO LOOK AT NOT ONLY FEES, BUT LIENS.

I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE LOOK AT THE POSSIBILITY TO GIVE THE CITY MANAGER THE OPPORTUNITY TO POSSIBLY LOOK AT WAIVING OR ADJUSTING MINIMIZING LIENS THAT SOME PEOPLE MIGHT HAVE.

CITY VERY CLOSE TO US HAS DONE AN UNBELIEVABLE JOB IN TRYING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE WITH LEANS.

SO PLEASE, IF THIS COULD BE APPENDED, EXTENDED OR SOMETHING NEW BROUGHT UP, IT WOULD BE FANTASTIC.

AND I THINK THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE CITY WHO WOULD ABSOLUTELY LOVE THAT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THE CITY MANAGER HAS DEFINITELY TAKEN NOTE.

I'VE MADAM MAYOR, I JUST WANTED TO EMPHASIZE THAT WE ALREADY HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY WITHIN CERTAIN RANGE, AND SO ONLY IF WE'RE OUTSIDE OF THAT RANGE, WE BRING IT TO THE CITY COMMISSION.

BUT OUTSIDE OF THAT, OUR BUILDING DEPARTMENT AND, YOU KNOW, OTHER DEPARTMENTS, THEY DO HAVE THAT CAPABILITY TODAY.

THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE, THEN PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED.

MISS CALLAWAY, OUR DEPUTY CITY MANAGER, IS AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.

SEEING NO QUESTIONS BY THIS COMMISSION.

CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

THANK YOU. MOTION PASSES 5 TO 0.

THANK YOU.

[7.b TO2566 - An Ordinance of the City Commission of the City of Tamarac, Floridaamending Chapter 14, “Motor Vehicles and Traffic”, Article ii, “Stopping, Standingand Parking”, Section 14-26, “Parking Restrictions—Public Rights-of-Way”, byamending Subsection 14-26(A) and creating Subsection 14-26(C) of the City ofTamarac Code of Ordinances, to provide for consistent and general parkingrestrictions, applicable citywide; and amending Section 14-37 entitled “ParkingViolation Enforcement” to provide for a public education period prior to enforcementand parking enforcement specialists in accordance with Florida Statutes 316.640;providing for conflicts; providing for severability; providing for codification; andproviding for an effective date.]

NOW MOVING TO 7B22566.

CITY ATTORNEY, PLEASE READ THE TITLE FOR THE RECORD.

ITEM SEVEN B IS AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC.

AMENDING CHAPTER 14 MOTOR VEHICLES TRAFFIC.

ARTICLE TWO STOP AND STAND IN THE PARKING SECTION 14-26 PARKING RESTRICTION PUBLIC RIGHTS OF WAY BY AMENDING SUBSECTION 1426 A AND CREATING SUBSECTION 14-26 C, A CITY OF TAMARAC CODE OF ORDINANCES TO PROVIDE FOR CONSISTENCY IN GENERAL PARKING RESTRICTION APPLICABLE CITYWIDE AND SECTION 14-37 ENTITLED PARKING VIOLATION ENFORCEMENT TO PROVIDE FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION PERIOD PRIOR TO ENFORCEMENT AND PARKING ENFORCEMENT SPECIALISTS IN FLORIDA.

STATUE 316.640 PROVIDING FOR CATHOLICS.

PROVIDING SEVERABILITY. PROVIDING CLARIFICATION AND PERFECTING.

THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND, PLEASE.

SO MOVED. SECOND.

WELL, THAT WAS IN UNISON.

I BELIEVE COMMISSIONER BOLTON KNOW.

AND COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS.

THAT WAS COMMISSIONER BOLTON WITH THE MOVE FOR THE MOTION.

I THINK IT WAS VILLALOBOS AND BOLTON AT THE SAME TIME.

OKAY. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.

ONE'S ONE AND ONE'S A SECOND, PLEASE.

WAS I WRONG? DID I OR DID I NOT HEAR? DID HE NOT? DID HE NOT SAY ANYTHING? IF I'M WRONG, THEN IT'S COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS.

AND I NEED A SECOND. WHAT DID YOU SAY IT? I WAS LOOKING DOWN. I APOLOGIZE.

WHAT DID YOU HEAR? I HAVE COMMISSIONER BOLTON FOR THE MOVE, FOR THE MOTION AND COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS FOR THE SECOND.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

ON THAT, I'M NOW OPENING PUBLIC HEARING.

ANYBODY WISHING TO SPEAK, PLEASE COME FORWARD.

SAME RULES APPLY AS PUBLIC COMMENT.

THANK YOU. PATTY LYNN, MAINLAND'S EIGHT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR DOING THIS.

IT'S SORELY NEEDED.

STRANGE THINGS HAPPEN IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

ALL OF A SUDDEN. WE HAVE A SCHOOL BUS THAT WANTS TO DRIVE THROUGH THERE, AND IT HAD A LITTLE PROBLEM THE OTHER DAY WITH CARS PARKED IN THE STREET.

NORTHWEST 57TH COURT IS A MAJOR ROADWAY, AND PARKING, EVEN DURING THE DAY, IS HAZARDOUS.

BUT AT LEAST AT NIGHT, WHERE PEOPLE YOU CAN'T KNOCK ON SOMEBODY'S DOOR AND ASK THEM TO MOVE THEIR VEHICLE AT NIGHT, IT'LL BE SAFER.

I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S CONSIDERATION OF THIS.

I KNOW EVERYBODY HAD.

WELL, SOME PEOPLE HAD MISGIVINGS.

IT'S GOING TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING, COMMISSIONERS.

MY NAME IS CANDACE WEST.

I LIVE IN THE SMALL BUT LOVELY COMMUNITY OF TAMARAC LAKES NORTH.

THAT COMMUNITY WAS SETTLED MANY, MANY YEARS AGO, AND IT WAS MEANT TO BE FOR SNOWBIRDS AND NOT TIME FORWARD, WE TIMES HAVE CHANGED.

SIMPLY PUT, OUR COMMUNITY IS LIKE AN OBSTACLE COURSE ON NON-WORKING HOURS, WEEKENDS AND HOLIDAYS.

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ANYTHING THAT CAN BE DONE WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED.

AND THIS HAS BEEN SOMETHING WE'VE BEEN REACHING OUT AND ASKING FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? IF NOT PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED.

THE FULL PRESENTATION ON THIS ITEM WAS DELIVERED ON MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 9TH AT OUR WORKSHOP.

THERE WERE NO CHANGES FROM THE FIRST READING AND THEREFORE MISS GALLOWAY, OUR DEPUTY CITY MANAGER, IS AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

COMMISSIONER DANIEL.

I WOULD LIKE TO ASK MISS CALLOWAY A QUESTION.

SURE. MISS CALLOWAY.

MAXINE CALLOWAY DEPUTY CITY MANAGER, FOR THE RECORD.

HI. MISS CALLOWAY.

CAN YOU PLEASE REPEAT TO US WHAT OTHER CITIES ARE DOING WHEN IT COMES TO PARKING? BECAUSE WE'RE ONLY 60 YEARS OLD, RIGHT? AND THERE ARE CITIES THAT ARE TWICE OUR AGE THAT HAVE SMALLER STREETS.

THAT HAS THE SAME PROBLEM.

HOWEVER, THEY FIXED THE PROBLEM WITHOUT GOING TO THIS EXTENT WHERE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A CURFEW.

WE HAD CONDUCTED A RESEARCH OF MOST CITIES IN BROWARD COUNTY, WHICH WE PRESENTED, I THINK, IN 2020 WHEN THIS WAS FIRST DISCUSSED, AND AGAIN IN 2022 AND 23, WHERE WHAT WE SAW AS THE STANDARD IS NO PARKING ON CITY RIGHT OF WAY THAT WILL IMPEDE EMERGENCY VEHICLES. SO THAT WAS THE LANGUAGE OR THE STANDARD THAT WE SAW.

SO WHY CAN'T WE ADOPT THAT STANDARD? I'VE SPOKEN TO HOAS, RESIDENTS.

NOBODY WANTS THIS 12:00 THAT I'VE SPOKEN TO, AND I THINK WE HAVEN'T THOUGHT IT THROUGH THE IMPACT AND THE UNCOMFORTABLENESS THAT WE WOULD GIVE TO OUR RESIDENTS.

I THINK THERE ARE ALTERNATE WAYS TO HAVE A WIN.

FOR INSTANCE, WE TALKED ABOUT PARKING ON ALTERNATE SIDE OF THE STREET THAT WASN'T PRESENTED.

WE NEED TO LOOK AT OTHER NOT RUSH AND MAKE SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO HURT MORE, BRING MORE HARM, BRING MORE UNCOMFORTABLENESS, AND JUST SOLVE A FEW PROBLEMS. I DON'T THINK THAT'S FAIR, AND I DON'T THINK WE'RE HERE TO JUST DEAL WITH JUST ONE COMMUNITY WHEN THERE ARE OTHER COMMUNITIES ARE DEALING WITH JUST A FEW RESIDENTS WHEN THERE ARE OTHER RESIDENTS IMPACTED.

I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT THE GLOBAL PICTURE BECAUSE THIS IS NOT GOING TO FIX IT.

THIS IS GOING TO CREATE MORE PROBLEMS. AND I TRIED TO GO ALONG WITH IT, BUT ALL WEEK IT'S BEEN ON MY MIND.

I'VE BEEN ASKING RESIDENTS BECAUSE I'M VERY UNCOMFORTABLE WITH THIS.

I THINK WE'RE MAKING A MISTAKE.

YES, WE NEED TO FIX THE PARKING SITUATION, BUT THIS IS NOT THE WAY I THINK WE NEED TO COME UP WITH A PLAN WHERE ALTERNATE SIDE OF THE STREET SO THAT EMERGENCY VEHICLES CAN GO THROUGH.

WE CAN'T PARK ON BOTH SIDES, SO LET'S FIX THAT.

PEOPLE ARE SHAKING THEIR HEAD. BUT I GREW UP IN NEW YORK WHERE THE STREETS ARE WAY SMALLER THAN THIS, BUT THEY FIND A WAY.

SO THERE IS OTHER WAYS WE DO NOT HAVE TO MAKE TAMARAC KNOWN AS SLEEPY TOWN NOW HAS A CURFEW.

WE'RE TRYING TO GET MORE RESIDENTS IN, MORE FAMILIES IN, AND NOW WE BRING IN MORE RESTRICTIONS THAT WE STEP IN ON OUR OWN TOES.

THIS IS NOT THE SOLUTION AS MUCH.

I KNOW YOU'RE PUTTING YOUR THUMBS DOWN, BUT THAT'S YOUR OPINION.

THERE'S 74,000 PEOPLE THAT LIVES HERE AND THEY HAVE DIFFERENT OPINIONS.

FIX THE PROBLEM WITHOUT COMING UP WITH A QUICK SOLUTION, WITHOUT WORKING IT OUT THAT EVERYONE CAN LIVE PEACEFULLY, COMFORTABLY AND PAYING THIS HUGE MORTGAGE TO LIVE HERE.

YOU KNOW, IT'S SELFISH.

AND AS A COMMISSION, WE HAVE TO LISTEN TO EVERYBODY, NOT JUST ONE LITTLE SEGMENT.

TRY TO GET A WIN FOR EVERYONE.

THIS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE.

I I'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT, BUT IT'S JUST NOT IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE.

WE WANT NEW DEVELOPMENT COMING NO.

AND I WILL LET PEOPLE KNOW WE HAVE A CURFEW.

DON'T HAVE ANY GATHERING AT YOUR HOUSE AFTER MIDNIGHT.

THAT IS RIDICULOUS.

IF NO ONE IS SAYING I'M TELLING YOU, THAT IS RIDICULOUS.

SO I WISH EVERYONE ON THIS BOARD WOULD THINK IT THROUGH.

GO BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD.

MAKE IT THAT EMERGENCY VEHICLE.

EVERYONE CAN COME THROUGH.

PARK SIMPLE PARK ON ONE SIDE OF THE STREET.

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THAT'S IT.

MAKE IT WHERE EVEN MUNCY PARK ON THIS SIDE.

ODD MONTHS. THERE'S SO MANY OPTIONS.

EVERY STATE GOES THROUGH THIS.

EVERY CITY GOES THROUGH THIS.

WE DO NOT NEED A CURFEW.

THANK YOU.

SO, I RESPECT YOUR COMMISSIONER DANIEL'S OPINIONS.

AS A PERSON WHO'S BEEN DEALING WITH THIS SINCE 2010, I WILL TELL YOU 14 YEARS, IT IS NOT A KNEE JERK REACTION.

YOU'VE HEARD FROM THE DEPUTY CITY MANAGER.

JUST SOME OF THE REPORTS FROM 2020, WHICH DOESN'T INCLUDE ANYTHING FROM PRIOR TO 2020.

WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO FIND SOLUTIONS FOR AGES ON WHAT TO DO ALTERNATE SIDES OF THE STREET.

PARKING WAS NOT SOMETHING THAT WAS GOING OVER WELL WITH THE COMMUNITY, BECAUSE YOU WERE ULTIMATELY STILL BLOCKING PEOPLE'S DRIVEWAYS, POTENTIALLY PARKING ON THE SPRINKLER SYSTEMS, WHICH WOULD THEN CREATE OTHER PROBLEMS. AS THE ECONOMY AND THE WORLD HAS GOTTEN THE WAY IT IS, WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE ISSUES.

THIS IS NOT A CURFEW.

THIS IS ASKING FOR ABILITY TO NOT HAVE FOR NEIGHBORS TO BE ABLE TO BE NEIGHBORS WITH ONE ANOTHER AND RESPECT EACH OTHER'S PRIVACY AND THEIR RIGHTS, AND NOT HAVE TO FEEL UNSAFE.

WE HAVE SOME PEOPLE WHO ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE WHERE THEY'RE CLOSING THEIR CARPORTS AND ADDING EXTRA PEOPLE IN, AND THE DRIVEWAY IS THE PURPOSE FOR AND THE GARAGE IS THE PURPOSE FOR THE CARS.

BUT WHEN THE HOMEOWNER INTENTIONALLY MAKES IT WHERE THE CARS NOW GO OUTSIDE, IT'S IMPACTING ON THE REST OF THE CITY.

IT'S IMPACTING ON THE ROADWAYS.

THERE'S NO PERFECT SOLUTION.

WE'VE HAD THIS CODE FROM 2 TO 6.

IT'S BEEN ENFORCED. IT HASN'T BEEN ENFORCED.

WHEN IT'S BEEN ENFORCED, WE SEE THAT WE'VE HAD ISSUES AND NOW WE HAVE NIGHTTIME CODE WHICH WILL BE ABLE TO ENFORCE THINGS BECAUSE IT WILL BE FINISHING THEIR PROCESS BY THE END OF OCTOBER. WE'LL SEE HOW EVEN MORE PEOPLE WILL BE HAVING ISSUES JUST FROM 2 TO 6.

AND NOBODY'S SAYING YOU CAN'T COME OVER FROM 12 TO 2.

IF IT'S A NORMAL OCCASION, IT IS WHEN IT'S GOING TO BE A PROBLEM.

OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL WILL SEE THIS.

OUR POLICE WILL SEE THIS.

OUR OTHER BELIEVE FIRE RESCUE HAS THE RIGHT TO DO THINGS AS WELL UNDER THIS CODE.

IT'S NOT EASY, BUT WE HAVE TO START SOMEWHERE, DOING NOTHING IS NOT HELPING.

NOT ENFORCING IS NOT HELPING.

NOT ENFORCING IS CREATED ADDITIONAL ISSUES, SUCH AS THE PEOPLE CLOSING THEIR CARPORTS AND HAVING MORE PEOPLE OR MORE CARS IN THERE.

WHEN YOU BUY YOUR HOME, YOU KNOW EXACTLY HOW MANY CARS YOU CAN FIT IN YOUR HOME.

WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT WE NEED TO DO.

WE ALL KNOW THAT THERE'S ECONOMIC TIMES ON US.

THERE'S BEEN ECONOMIC TIMES ON US FOR AGES.

WE ARE CYCLICAL.

2008 WAS AWFUL.

BRING IT FORWARD. 2012 WE HAVE THEN WE HAVE 2021 TO 2022 WITH COVID.

THINGS ARE NOT GREAT RIGHT NOW, BUT WE CAN'T LET THINGS GET WORSE AND NOT DO ANYTHING.

SO THIS HAS BEEN WHAT WE HAVE FINALLY BEEN ABLE TO NEGOTIATE AND COME TO TERMS WITH.

AND OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT KNOWS THAT IF IT'S A RANDOM PARTY.

YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GO KNOCKING ON THE DOOR AND SAYING, AND I HAVE EXTRA PEOPLE AT MY HOUSE, AND I KNOW THAT I SHOULD HAVE THE COURTESY TO TELL MY NEIGHBORS AND TELL CODE.

I'M GOING TO HAVE SOME PEOPLE AT MY HOUSE FOR THE NEXT WEEK.

I NEED TO HAVE THEM PARKED ON MY SIDE OF THE STREET, NOT BLOCKING MY NEIGHBORS, NOT BLOCKING THE PATHWAYS, NOT BLOCKING THINGS DURING THE DAY SO GARBAGE CAN GET THROUGH. SO A SCHOOL BUS CAN'T GET THROUGH AND ALL THESE OTHER THINGS.

AND UNFORTUNATELY, SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO PUT RULES IN PLACE TO REMIND SOMETIMES THAT OTHERS NEED TO BE NEIGHBORLY WITH THEIR NEIGHBORS.

SO AS YOU CAN TELL, I FULLY ON FULLY SUPPORT THIS.

I THINK IT'S A START.

AND IF BY CHANCE ADDITIONAL IDEAS COME UP AFTERWARDS, THEN LET'S ENTERTAIN IT, BUT NOT STOP THE PROGRESS OF DOING SOMETHING NOW FOR ENTERTAINING SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO WORK ON FOR AT LEAST 14 YEARS.

THAT HAS NOT HAPPENED.

THANK YOU.

COMMISSIONER DANIEL, DO YOU WISH TO SPEAK AGAIN? YES. OKAY, SO IT'S NOT DOING ANYTHING.

IT'S NOT HAVING A CURFEW, THAT'S MY POINT AND IT'S NOT PUTTING MY FAMILY, OTHER PEOPLE'S FAMILY TO SOMEONE WHO HAS THE ABILITY TO BE SUBJECTIVE AND PICK AND CHOOSE WHO THEY WANT TO CITATE, NOT HAPPENING.

THAT MEANS YOUR NEIGHBOR WHO DON'T LIKE YOU CAN CALL THE POLICE ON YOU WHETHER YOU'RE HAVING A PARTY OR NOT.

AND AS FAR AS BLOCKING THE DRIVEWAY, YOU SHOULDN'T BLOCK ANYBODY'S DRIVEWAY REGARDLESS OF THIS ORDINANCE, THAT'S A PROBLEM.

SO THAT'S IRRELEVANT BECAUSE THAT SHOULDN'T HAPPEN, PERIOD.

THE POINT IS, SOMEONE SHOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE A GRADUATION PARTY FOR THEIR CHILD THAT JUST GRADUATED HIGH SCHOOL, A BEREAVEMENT GET TOGETHER FOR SOMEONE THAT JUST PASSED.

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IF YOUR MOTHER JUST PASSED WITHOUT HAVING TO DEAL WITH US, TELLING THEM THAT YOU GOTTA GO.

IN MY COMMUNITY, WHEN SOMEBODY DIES, YOU HAVE 99 FROM WHERE I COME FROM, AND THEY STAY UP ALL NIGHT, AND SOME OF MY FRIENDS COME IN WHEN THERE'S A WEDDING, IT'S 24 HOURS, RIGHT? NO, BE CULTURALLY SENSITIVE.

PEOPLE SHOULD NOT HAVE TO REPORT TO THE CITY IF THEY'RE HAVING A GET TOGETHER.

NO, THAT'S NONE OF OUR BUSINESS.

ABSOLUTELY NOT.

SO PLEASE THINK THIS THROUGH.

IT IS NOT THE RIGHT ORDINANCE.

DO WHAT OTHER CITIES DO.

MAKE SURE THERE'S A RIGHT OF WAY.

IF YOU'RE BLOCKING THE RIGHT OF WAY, THEN YOU GET A TICKET.

USE ALTERNATE SIDE SO THE LEFT SIDE IS NOT EVERY DAY, MAYBE MONDAY AND TUESDAY, WHATEVER, WHATEVER TYPE OF CALCULATION YOU COME UP WITH, THEN THEY COULD USE THAT SIDE BECAUSE CARS AREN'T GOING AWAY FOR NOW.

HOUSES AREN'T GETTING BIGGER.

WE'RE NOT GOING TO TEAR DOWN THESE SMALL COMMUNITIES AND BUILD OTHER ONES.

SO WE HAVE TO BE CREATIVE.

WE HAVE TO USE OUR MIND AND IMAGINE AND THINK.

AND IN THE MEANTIME, WE CAN USE THE ORDINANCE THAT WORKS FOR ALL OTHER CITIES.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WE ARE NOT LIKE ALL OTHER CITIES, SO WE'RE DOING THE BEST WE CAN WITH THE CITY THAT WE HAVE.

SO THERE YOU GO.

AT THIS POINT IN TIME, SEEING NOBODY ELSE WISHES TO SPEAK, LET'S JUST CALL THE ROLL.

THANK YOU. MOTION PASSES 4 TO 1.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ALL RIGHT. WE ARE MOVING RIGHT ALONG TO OTHER.

[10.a Discussion and Consensus on creating a “Tamarac Scholars “program funded withthe $150,000.00 annual scholarship fund contribution as outlined in Paragraph 17 of the Waste Management Citywide Solid Waste Contract. Requested by Vice Mayor Morey Wright]

10A IS A DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE CONSENSUS ON CREATING A TAMARAC SCHOLARS PROGRAM, FUNDED WITH $150,000 ANNUAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND CONTRIBUTION, AS OUTLINED IN PARAGRAPH 17 OF THE WASTE MANAGEMENT CITYWIDE SOLID WASTE CONTRACT.

OUR VICE MAYOR WILL WE'LL TAKE THE LEAD ON THIS.

THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. ONE THING I'VE HEARD WHEN I WAS CAMPAIGNING, AND ALSO WHEN I GOT WHEN I GOT ELECTED, IS FAMILIES COMPLAINING ABOUT THE COST OF EDUCATION AS WE BECOME A COMMUNITY THAT HAS MORE FAMILY ORIENTED AND YOUNGER AND YOUNGER, WE SEE THAT THE DEMAND FOR COLLEGE IS GOING UP ACROSS THE COUNTRY, AND WE'RE SEEING LESS AND LESS FUNDING FROM GOVERNMENT. LAST MONTH I WAS IN CALIFORNIA.

I WENT TO A CONFERENCE AND I SAW WHERE CITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY, IN BIRMINGHAM, IN STOCKTON, IN PITTSBURGH, ARE STARTING TO CREATE THESE KIND OF SCHOLARSHIP FUNDS WHERE THEY'RE GETTING GRANTS FROM PHILANTHROPIES SUCH LIKE BLOOMBERG PHILANTHROPIES HELPING STUDENTS WITH EDUCATION, GIVING A SMALL AMOUNT EVERY YEAR TOWARDS THE EDUCATION FOR FOUR YEAR COLLEGE, FOR TWO YEAR COLLEGE, FOR TRADE SCHOOLS AND THAT TYPE OF STUFF.

IN MY CONVERSATION WITH THE CHIEF OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, HE SAID, ONE OF THE ISSUES WE HAVE IN KIND OF KEEPING PEOPLE IN THE PROGRAM IS FUNDING AND SUPPORT.

USUALLY PEOPLE WILL BECOME FIREFIGHTERS.

THEY COME FROM A FAMILY WHO HAVE THAT SUPPORT OF PEOPLE WHO CAN FINANCE THEM.

SO I THINK IN CREATING A PROGRAM THAT THAT THAT LIVES ON IN JUST NOT A ONE TIME PROGRAM, BUT CAN GET GRANTS AND APPLY FOR THINGS FOR OUR COMMUNITY WOULD BE DEFINITELY BENEFICIAL.

SO I WAS I'M ASKING FOR CONSENSUS TO HAVE STAFF KIND OF LOOK INTO THIS PROGRAM.

BEING THAT THIS COMPANY HAS PROVIDED THIS FUNDING, WE CAN USE IT AS KIND OF A SEED TO BUILD OUT ON THIS PROGRAM.

AND, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW THE POWER OF EDUCATION.

THE POWER OF EDUCATION IS WHAT BROUGHT A HANDSOME YOUNG MAN FROM MANCHESTER TO BECOME A PASTOR, A COMMISSIONER OR VICE MAYOR, AND A VERY INFLUENTIAL PERSON IN THE COMMUNITY. YOU KNOW, IT'S EDUCATION THAT BROUGHT A YOUNG LADY FROM PLANTATION HIGH SCHOOL TO A PHD.