[1.a TR14193 -A resolution of the City Commission of the City of Tamarac, Florida; approving amendment #22 to the agreement between the City of Tamarac and Ronald I. Book, p.a., for lobbying services, extending the agreement for one year through January 25, 2026, at a cost not to exceed fifty-nine thousand four hundred dollars ($59,400.00) per year; authorizing the appropriate city officials to execute the amendment to the agreement for lobbying services; providing for conflicts; providing for severability; and providing for an effective date. - Presented by Grants & Governmental Affairs Manager Tanya Williams, Ronald L. Book, P.A. and Rana G. Brown ]

RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC CITY COMMISSION, CITY OF TAMARAC, FLORIDA APPROVING AMENDMENT NUMBER 22 TO THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF TAMARAC AND RONALD I'VE BOOK PA LOBBYING SERVICES.

EXTENDING THE AGREEMENT FOR ONE YEAR THROUGH JANUARY 25TH, 2026, AT A COST NOT TO EXCEED $59,400 PER YEAR.

AUTHORIZING THE APPROPRIATE CITY OFFICIALS TO EXECUTE THE AMENDMENT TO THE AGREEMENT FOR LOBBYING SERVICES.

PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS. PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY.

PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

AND THIS IS BEING PRESENTED BY OUR GRANTS AND GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS MANAGER, TANYA WILLIAMS. RONALD. SORRY, IT'S ACTUALLY THE RENA G.

BROWN AND I BELIEVE TANYA STERLING.

ARE YOU SITTING IN AS WELL? YES. RUNNING THE CLICKER.

OH, RUNNING THE CLICKER. ALRIGHT.

WELCOME. HAPPY NEW YEAR.

AND IS RON ON.

HE IS JUMPING ON SHORTLY IF HE'S NOT ALREADY.

I DON'T THINK HE'S ON YET BUT.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

HEY. GOOD MORNING.

GOOD MORNING. MAYOR, VICE MAYOR.

COMMISSIONERS. GOOD MORNING EVERYONE.

TANYA WILLIAMS, GRANTS AND GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS MANAGER.

THE ITEM ONE BEFORE YOU THIS MORNING IS APPROVAL OF AMENDMENT NUMBER 22 FOR LOBBYIST SERVICES BETWEEN THE CITY OF TAMARAC AND RONALD BOOK, PA.

NOW, JUST A LITTLE BACKGROUND, IN SEPTEMBER 2002, THE CITY ENTERED INTO A LOBBYING AGREEMENT WITH RONALD BOOK.

THIS AGREEMENT HAS BEEN RENEWED ANNUALLY SINCE 2002.

CURRENTLY, WE ARE HERE FOR THE AMENDMENT 22 EXTENSION OF THIS AGREEMENT FROM JANUARY THE 26TH, 2025 TO JANUARY 25TH, 2026.

THE COST FOR THE SERVICE IS 59,400.

IT'S BASICALLY THE SAME RATE THAT WE'VE BEEN PAYING.

BOOK AND RONALD BOOK PA SINCE 2010.

SO THERE HASN'T BEEN AN INCREASE SINCE THAT TIME.

NOW, THE ORIGINAL AGREEMENT THAT WE HAVE WITH THEM PROVIDES FOR THE FOLLOWING RESPONSIBILITIES.

AND THIS IS NOT AN EXHAUSTIVE LIST, IT'S JUST A SUMMARIZATION OF SOME OF THE SERVICES THAT THEY PROVIDE.

PRIMARY SERVICE THEIR GOVERNMENT LIAISON TO US.

THEY MAINTAIN RELATIONSHIPS WITH OUR STATE, FEDERAL, LOCAL AGENCIES, OFFICERS AND OFFICIALS.

THEY REPRESENT THE CITY BEFORE THESE OFFICIALS.

THEY COMMUNICATE WITH THESE GOVERNMENTAL OFFICIALS PER OUR DIRECTION, AND THEY ADVOCATE FOR LEGISLATIONS THAT FAVOR THE CITY AND OUR PRIORITIES. EXCUSE ME.

I'M A LITTLE HOARSE. YOU'RE DOING GREAT.

PART OF THEIR THEY'RE ALSO REQUIRED TO PROVIDE US WITH RECOMMENDATIONS.

THEY MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO US ON ISSUES THAT MAY IMPACT US, AND LEGISLATIVE AND ADMINISTRATIVE COURTS OF ACTIONS THAT WE AS A

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CITY SHOULD TAKE.

THEY ALSO TRACK STATE AND FEDERAL LEGISLATION THAT AFFECTS OUR CITY OPERATION.

THEY COORDINATE AND ARRANGE MEETINGS WITH LEGISLATORS IN TALLAHASSEE, AND THEY MAY ALSO PARTICIPATE IN THOSE MEETINGS WITH US.

THEY IDENTIFY FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES LIKE OUR STATE APPROPRIATIONS, AND THEY MAY ASSIST US WITH OBTAINING THOSE IN THE SENSE OF THEY MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS AS TO WHAT PROJECTS WE SHOULD WE SHOULD SUBMIT THE AMOUNTS FOR THE PROJECTS AND THE MATCH AMOUNTS. USUALLY WE RELY ON THAT THEM FOR THOSE SERVICES.

AND THEY ALSO ASSIST US IN TALLAHASSEE BY ADVOCATING FOR THOSE PROJECTS AND FOR OUR OUR APPLICATION.

THEY ALSO MAY ASSIST US WITH OBTAINING STATE PERMITS EXAMPLE ENVIRONMENTAL PERMITS NEEDED FOR ENVIRONMENTAL AND TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS. SINCE 2002, RONALD BOOK CONTINUES TO ASSIST US IN IDENTIFYING STATE FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER THROUGH THE APPROPRIATIONS PROCESS.

IN 20 FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024, THEY DID RECOMMEND AND WE DID SUBMIT APPLICATIONS FOR THREE PROJECTS.

WE RECEIVED FULL FUNDING FOR TAMARAC CANAL, CULVERT GATE AND ALUMINUM HEADWALL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT IN THE AMOUNT OF $51,081. WE ALSO RECEIVED FUNDING FOR TAMARAC PARK AND SAFETY ENHANCEMENT, AND THAT'S FOR SAFETY ENHANCEMENT AT TAMARAC PARK.

WE RECEIVED AN AWARD AMOUNT OF $271,577.

THE THIRD PROJECT WAS OUR 94TH STREET PROJECT.

AVENUE PROJECT.

UNFORTUNATELY THAT PROJECT, THOUGH IT WAS RECOMMENDED BY BOTH OUR STATE, OUR SENATE AND AND OUR LEGISLATORS.

THE GOVERNOR VETOED IT, SO IT DID NOT MAKE IT INTO THE BUDGET.

AND THAT PROJECT WAS IN EXCESS OF $700,000 REQUEST.

SO BOTH THE THE SENATE AND THE HOUSE WERE IN FAVOR OF THE PROJECT, BUT IT GOT VETOED.

NOW, FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025, THAT'S THIS FISCAL RON BOOK PA HAS RECOMMENDED THAT WE SUBMIT TWO PROJECTS, AND THESE ARE THE PROJECTS. UNDERGROUND FIBER NETWORK EXPANSION PHASE THREE.

THIS WILL COMPLETE OUR TRANSITION TO A RESILIENT UNDERGROUND FIBER NETWORK.

BASICALLY, IT WILL EXTEND THE CONNECTION FROM THE EAST TO THE WEST, AND THE ESTIMATED PROJECT COST IS IN EXCESS OF $3 MILLION.

THE RECOMMENDED LIMIT IS $750,000.

WITH OUR NEXT PROJECT IS OUR WASTEWATER LIFT STATION IMPROVEMENT PROJECT, WHERE WE'LL BE REPLACING TWO OF OUR LIFT STATIONS. THIS WILL IMPROVE OUR SYSTEM EFFICIENCY AND PREVENT SPILLAGE AND SEWAGE ISSUES.

THE REQUESTED AMOUNT FOR THIS PROJECT IS $500,000, AS THE TOTAL ESTIMATED PROJECT COST IS $1 MILLION, AND WE ARE REQUIRED TO MAKE A 50%, WHICH IS A 1 TO 1 TO 1 MATCH OF 500,000.

NOW, AS STATED EARLIER, THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT NUMBER 22 TO THE ORIGINAL AGREEMENT WITH ONE BOOK PROVIDES FOR THEIR CONTINUATION OF THEIR LOBBYIST SERVICES UNDER THE SAME TERMS AND AGREEMENTS THAT WE HAVE HAD WITH THEM, FRANKLY, NOW FOR THE PAST TEN YEARS, IN THE SENSE THAT THEIR RATE, THEIR COST WILL NOT CHANGE.

IT WILL REMAIN AT 59,400, BUT THEY WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE US WITH EXCELLENT SERVICE.

AND I BELIEVE RON IS ON NOW.

YES. HE DIALED IN, I THINK, DURING THE PRESENTATION.

KEEP HIM QUIET. I MEAN GUYS GOOD MORNING.

HAPPY NEW YEAR THERE RON.

GOOD MORNING AND HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU ALL.

SO I'M NOT SEEING ANYBODY ASKING TO ASK QUESTIONS.

I HAVE A QUESTION NOW THAT KIND OF GOES INTO THE NEXT PART, WHICH IS OUR AGENDA.

BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG WE'LL BE HERE, AND I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG RON WILL BE ABLE TO BE ON THE PHONE, SO I'M JUST I'M HERE FOR AS LONG AS YOU NEED ME.

MAYOR. I HAD I HAD A DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENT AT THE CANCER CENTER THIS MORNING, WHICH WAS THE ONLY REASON I'M NOT PHYSICALLY THERE.

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NO WORRIES. HOW ARE YOU FEELING? AND YOU? FEELING GOOD? FEELING GOOD. GETTING THERE.

SLOW. SLOW PROCESS.

BUT I'M GETTING THERE. UNDERSTOOD.

COMPLETELY. WELL, WE'RE GLAD YOU'RE HERE.

WHETHER YOU'RE ON SCREEN OR OR IN PERSON.

ALL GOOD. AND I THINK MY QUESTION SHOULD WAIT TILL THE AGENDA, AND I'LL WAIT TILL THE NEXT ITEM WHEN WE TALK ABOUT ITEMS ON THE AGENDA.

COMMISSIONER. BOLTON, DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION ON THE CONTRACT? GOOD MORNING, ATTORNEY BOOK.

GOOD MORNING, COMMISSIONER, AND GOOD MORNING, RANA, AND GOOD MORNING, STAFF.

YOUR NAME SLIPS ME, TANYA.

OKAY. TANYA. MISS WILLIAMS. IN THE SCOPE OF AGREEMENT, IN THE SCOPE OF SERVICES, YOU SAID THAT RUNBOOK PA MAINTAINS RELATIONSHIPS WITH FEDERAL AGENCIES AS WELL.

ELABORATE MORE ON THAT, BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE A FEDERAL LOBBYIST AND WE, IN FACT DO NOW.

I AM RELYING ON OUR CONTRACT, OUR AGREEMENT THAT WE'VE HAD WITH MR. BURKE SINCE 2002.

AND THAT AGREEMENT PROVIDES ON PAGE TWO SCOPE OF WORK TO E THAT THEY WILL REPRESENT US WITH MEMBERS OF FEDERAL AND STATE DELEGATIONS.

I DO UNDERSTAND THAT MR. BOOK'S ROLE IS AS OUR STATE LOBBYIST.

SO I WOULD IMAGINE THAT THE I WILL FORWARD THE QUESTION TO MR. BURKE AS TO EXACTLY WHAT THEIR ROLE IS, BUT THAT WAS WHAT WE AGREED TO BASED ON THE AGREEMENT THAT WAS SIGNED BY THE CITY.

AND SO I RELAYED THE SCOPE OF SERVICES AS REFLECTED IN OUR SCOPE, OUR CONTRACT.

ATTORNEY VICHARANA.

DO YOU MAINTAIN ANY FEDERAL RELATIONSHIPS FOR US OR DO YOU JUST STICK WITH THE STATE RELATIONSHIPS? MAYOR, THROUGH YOU TO COMMISSIONER BOLTON.

YES, PLEASE. OUR AGREEMENT ALWAYS CONTEMPLATED THAT WE WOULD NOT DO YOUR WASHINGTON WORK, BUT THAT WHEN CALLED UPON FOR A SPECIFIC AGENCY ISSUE, OR IF THERE WAS A MEMBER OF CONGRESS, PRIMARILY FROM THE FLORIDA DELEGATION THAT YOUR WASHINGTON FOLKS NEEDED HELP AND ADDITIONAL SUPPORT ON.

WE WOULD LEND OUR EFFORTS TO PROVIDING THAT LEVEL OF ACCESS AND COMMUNICATION.

WE REALLY HAVE, AS YOU KNOW, FOCUSED PRIMARILY ON THE LEGISLATIVE SIDE AND WHEN NEEDED AT THE COUNTY AND OR ANY OF THE LOCAL AGENCIES, INCLUDING THE WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT AND THE LIKE.

THAT'S OUR EXPERTISE.

THAT'S OUR FOCUS.

AND WE DON'T PROFESS TO RUN A WASHINGTON OPERATION, BUT BELIEVE WE HAVE EXTRAORDINARILY GOOD ACCESS POINTS.

IN MANY PLACES, INCLUDING THE NEW ADMINISTRATION.

OKAY. AND ATTORNEY KHURANA.

CAN YOU SPEAK TO ANY CITIES THAT PERHAPS DO NOT HAVE A LOBBYIST? I KNOW THAT WE'VE HAD YOU AS OUR LOBBYIST FOR THE PAST 23 YEARS OR 22 YEARS, SO TO SPEAK.

AND THE ROI IS ROI IS INCREDIBLE.

I THINK THAT YOU'VE DONE EXCEPTIONAL WORK AND IT'S TO BE COMMENDED.

BUT ARE THERE ANY CITIES THAT YOU KNOW OF THAT DOES NOT HAVE A LOBBYIST THAT PERHAPS HAVE RECEIVED THE SAME ROI SIMILAR TO US? I CAN I CAN ANSWER AND RON, IF YOU WANT TO ANSWER AFTER I THINK THAT.

GO AHEAD RON. THANK YOU.

I THINK THAT THAT RON.

YES. SORRY.

IT IS ENTIRELY UP TO A LOCAL GOVERNMENT WHETHER OR NOT THEY NEED REPRESENTATION IN TALLAHASSEE.

I THINK THAT LOCAL OFFICIALS DO A SUFFICIENT JOB AT GETTING THE POINT ACROSS TO THEIR LOCAL DELEGATION.

BUT IF YOU WANT TO MEET AND EXCEED YOUR EXPECTATIONS ON FUNDING REQUESTS AND ISSUES, I THINK THAT IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO HAVE REPRESENTATION IN TALLAHASSEE, SUCH AS OUR FIRM OR OTHER FIRMS THAT ARE THERE THE ENTIRE SESSION THROUGH COMMITTEE WEEKS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

MAINTAIN RELATIONSHIPS WITH LEGISLATORS IN THE IN THE ENTIRE STATE OF FLORIDA.

BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE LEGISLATORS FROM ORLANDO OR TAMPA OR THE PANHANDLE THAT RUN VERY IMPORTANT COMMITTEES THAT ARE FOCUSING ON NEEDS OF, OF TAMARAC.

AND SO THAT IS WHAT WE CAN OFFER AND HAVE DONE SO SUCCESSFULLY FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.

LET ME, LET ME, LET ME SUPPLEMENT THAT WITH JUST ONE LITTLE ADDITIONAL PIECE.

I THINK IF YOU LOOK AT TWO OF OUR NEWER LOCAL GOVERNMENT CLIENTS, COMMISSIONER, I WOULD SAY ARCADIA AND PALM

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SPRINGS, AND FRANKLY, I WOULD THROW LOXAHATCHEE GROVES IN THERE AS WELL.

THREE FAIRLY SMALL LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.

THE THREE OF THEM, UP UNTIL TWO YEARS AGO HAD NO REPRESENTATION.

NEVER HAD NEVER GOT ANY MONEY FROM TALLAHASSEE.

ALL THREE OF THOSE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS HAVE NOW HAD AN ABILITY TO ACCESS AS A RESULT OF OUR REPRESENTATION.

LOOK, THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT DOESN'T NEED REPRESENTATION.

THEY CAN GO THERE AND HOPE THAT THAT THROUGH MANY VISITS BY THE ELECTEDS THAT THEY'RE KEEPING THEIR ISSUES AT THE FOREFRONT OF LEGISLATORS.

BUT LET'S JUST BE REALISTIC.

EVERYBODY AROUND YOU IS REPRESENTED BY THE SAME GROUP OF BROWARD LAWMAKERS.

AND SO MAKING CERTAIN THAT YOUR ISSUES ARE WELL ADVOCATED EFFECTIVELY AND AGGRESSIVELY ADVOCATED FOR, I THINK SPEAKS FOR THE RESULTS YOU'VE RECEIVED. OKAY.

THANK YOU FOR FOR THAT.

AND I BELIEVE IT'S SUFFICIENT.

BUT CAN YOU SPEAK TO THE THE DISTINCTION OF YOUR SERVICES VERSUS THE SERVICES THAT WE GET FROM OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS, LIKE DOCTOR OSGOOD AND A REPRESENTATIVE DALY AND AND DUNKLEY.

WHAT DO THEY DO DIFFERENTLY THAT YOU DO DISTINCTLY FOR US? REMEMBER, THEY'RE THE ELECTED OFFICIALS, AND THEY ARE.

WE ALWAYS BELIEVE THAT THE SUCCESSES THAT YOU RECEIVE AS A LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND YOUR CONSTITUENTS RECEIVE ARE AS A RESULT OF THE ELECTED OFFICIALS, NOT NECESSARILY THOSE THAT GO THERE AND ADVOCATE ON THEIR BEHALF, ON THEIR BEHALF.

I WOULD SAY TO YOU THAT SENATOR OSGOOD, REPRESENTATIVE DUNKLEY OR REPRESENTATIVE DALY ARE ALWAYS RESPONSIVE TO US WHEN WE ASK FOR THEIR HELP, WHEN WE ASK FOR THEIR SUPPORT, WHEN WE ASK FOR THE SPONSORSHIP OF YOUR ITEMS, WHEN WE FEEL NECESSARY TO GO BEYOND THE DELEGATION, THAT'S PART OF WHAT YOU PAY FOR.

YOU KNOW, IN THE ADVOCACY ROLE, YOU PAY FOR OUR ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS THE CHAIRS OF THE FULL COMMITTEES AND THE VARIOUS SUBCOMMITTEES THAT YOUR ISSUES END UP IN FRONT OF, AND WHETHER THAT'S THE TRANSPORTATION ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SUBCOMMITTEE OR THAT'S THE GENERAL GOVERNMENT SUBCOMMITTEE OR THAT'S THE FULL APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE.

PART OF WHAT WE OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO DO IS TO HELP YOUR LOCAL LAWMAKERS IMPROVE ON THEIR SUCCESSES ON YOUR BEHALF AND AND ON YOUR CONSTITUENTS BEHALF.

ALL THREE OF THEM ARE TREMENDOUSLY RESPONSIVE TO YOUR CITY.

OKAY. AND THANK YOU, ATTORNEY BOOK, FOR ALWAYS BEING TREMENDOUSLY RESPONSIVE TO TO US.

I KNOW THAT WHEN WE COME TO TALLAHASSEE, WE HAVE A WONDERFUL TIME THERE.

WE WORK VERY HARD BECAUSE RANA WORKS IS VERY HARD.

I THINK SHE'S A CONSUMMATE PROFESSIONAL, AND SHE'S SHE KNOWS THE HALLS VERY WELL.

AND SO SOMETIMES WHEN I GET LOST AND I CALL HER, AND EVEN IF SHE'S IN THE MEETING, SHE'LL COME AND RESCUE ME.

SO I APPRECIATE THAT.

AND I APPRECIATE YOUR HARD WORK.

AND THANK YOU FOR ALWAYS OPENING UP YOUR OFFICE TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN WE COME TO TALLAHASSEE WE HAVE A PLACE TO TO DO THE CITY'S WORK AS WELL WHILE WE WAIT ON MEETINGS.

I WANT TO I WANT TO JUST REITERATE WHAT YOU JUST SAID FOR THOSE THAT ARE WATCHING YOUR MEETING.

FIRST OF ALL I'M REMISS IN NOT GIVING RON A CREDIT RIGHT UP FRONT FOR ALWAYS RUNNING INTERFERENCE FOR THE CITY ON BEHALF OF OUR FIRM. FIRST OF ALL.

SECOND OF ALL KEEPING YOU BUSY IS A CREATURE OF OF OF YOU ALL.

WHEN YOU COME TO TALLAHASSEE, COMMISSIONER, YOU ARE ALWAYS SEEKING MEETINGS.

YOUR YOUR COLLEAGUES ARE SEEKING MEETINGS.

WE DO OUR BEST TO MAKE SURE THAT YOUR AGENDAS ARE FULL AND THAT WHEN YOU LEAVE, YOU'VE LEFT IT ALL ON THE FLOOR OF THE HALLWAYS OF THE CAPITOL.

AND YOU ALWAYS DO.

SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. ATTORNEY.

BUT THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

COMMISSIONER. RIGHT. GOOD MORNING.

RONA. HOW'S IT GOING? HALL OF FAMER? THANK YOU.

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ALL GOOD. SIR. OUR PRAYERS ARE WITH OUR NEW ORLEANS.

I KNOW YOU WENT TO SCHOOL UP THERE.

LAW SCHOOL AT TULANE UNIVERSITY.

SO JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW OUR PRAYERS ARE WITH.

NEW ORLEANS IS A GREAT CITY.

WE KNOW TULANE HAS A GREAT IMPACT OUT THERE.

AND OBVIOUSLY I CALL YOU HALL OF FAMER BECAUSE YOU WERE INDUCTED TO THE TULANE LAW SCHOOL HALL OF FAME.

THE GREATEST HITTER IN BASEBALL HISTORY IS PETE ROSE'S THE GREATEST HOME RUN HITTERS? BARRY BONDS, AND THEY DIDN'T MAKE IT INTO THE HALL OF FAME BECAUSE THEY LACKED THE CHARACTER PART OF IT.

SO YOU'VE DONE WELL, MY FRIEND.

ALSO, IN TERMS OF WHEN YOU SAID RELATIONSHIPS THAT WE DON'T HAVE AND JUST FOR THE RESIDENTS AND BEING IN LAYMAN'S TERMS, BROWARD PREDOMINANTLY HAS DEMOCRATIC ELECTED REPRESENTATIVE IN TALLAHASSEE AND THE LEGISLATURE'S SUPER MAJORITY REPUBLICANS.

IS THAT CORRECT? YES, SIR.

IT IS. SO WHEN YOU SAY YOU HAVE, YOU COULD CREATE REALLY YOU HAVE RELATIONSHIPS.

YOU'RE SAYING THAT YOU HAVE RELATIONSHIPS THAT ARE LAWMAKERS MIGHT NOT HAVE WITH PEOPLE ON THE OTHER SIDE THAT CONTROLS THE SUPER MAJORITY, THAT IS.

THAT IS CORRECT.

AND LOOK IT'S NO SECRET THAT THERE ARE SUPERMAJORITIES IN BOTH HOUSES NOW.

WE'VE HAD TWO DEMOCRATS ONE FROM BROWARD, ONE FROM TAMPA IN THE HOUSE FURTHER PAD THE HOUSE SUPERMAJORITY.

I BELIEVE THEY'RE UP TO 89.

MEMBERS. NOW ON THE REPUBLICAN SIDE.

BUT IT IS CRITICAL THAT WE HAVE BIPARTISAN RELATIONSHIPS AND THAT OUR RELATIONSHIPS EXTEND DEEPLY INTO THE LEADERSHIP SIDE OF BOTH THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE AND IN PARTICULAR, ON THE BUDGET SIDE.

YOU KNOW, I TELL FOLKS ALL THE TIME IT'S IT'S GREAT TO CARE ABOUT SUBSTANTIVE ISSUE A, B, C, AND D, BUT THAT'S WHY YOU HAVE THE LEAGUE OF CITIES.

THAT'S WHY YOU HAVE THE ASSOCIATION OF COUNTY TO FOCUS ON THOSE BROADER ISSUES THAT WE PROVIDE BACKUP SUPPORT ON.

YOU WANT US TO BE PAROCHIAL AND SELFISH ON YOUR BEHALF AND ON YOUR TAXPAYERS BEHALF.

AND I THINK THAT AS A PART OF THAT, IT'S THE MAINTENANCE OF THE RELATIONSHIPS WE HAVE AT THOSE BUDGET SUBCOMMITTEES AND AT THE BUDGET COMMITTEES IN BOTH HOUSES THAT ARE CRITICAL.

AND IF YOU LOOK AT YOUR CHAIRMAN OF YOUR FULL HOUSE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE, HE COMES FROM THE TAMPA BAY REGION.

YOU LOOK AT YOUR CHAIRMAN OF THE FULL BUDGET COMMITTEE IN THE SENATE.

HE COMES FROM THE SAME REGION BECAUSE HE'S FROM THE CLEARWATER, SAINT PETERSBURG AREA.

AND I CONSTANTLY REMIND THE FORMER FIRE CHIEF, WHO ALSO SERVES AS A MAYOR PREVIOUSLY, BEFORE SERVING IN THE HOUSE AND THEN IN THE SENATE, NEVER TO FORGET HIS LOCAL GOVERNMENT ROOTS AND THE IMPORTANCE OF PROTECTING HOME RULE POWERS, BUT ALSO THE IMPORTANCE OF SUPPORTING THOSE LOCAL GOVERNMENT PROJECTS THAT DO HAVE A REASON FOR THE STATE FROM A NEXUS STANDPOINT TO SUPPORT FINANCIALLY.

GOOD. I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION.

SO I'VE BEEN GOING TO THIS JERK CHICKEN GUY SINCE 2010.

HIS CHICKEN WAS $7 IN 2010.

NOW IT'S LIKE 27 BUCKS.

SO SINCE 2010, YOU'VE BEEN ABLE TO KEEP TO KEEP YOUR PRICE THE SAME.

HOW COME THE JERK CHICKEN GUYS COULDN'T DO THAT? WELL, THANK YOU FOR BEING FOR BEING FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE AND KEEPING US AT THE SAME PRICE AND GIVING US EVEN BETTER SERVICE.

THANK YOU. TAKE CARE. HALL OF FAMER.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER PATTERSON.

GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING RON.

GOOD MORNING RON A PLEASURE TO MEET YOU.

IT WAS GOOD TO SEE YOU IN PERSON.

I MET WITH THE TEAM ON FRIDAY.

I THINK IT WAS FRIDAY.

SO GOOD TO MEET RON IN PERSON.

AND I REALLY JUST HAD A COUPLE COMMENTS.

NOTHING MAJOR.

IT WAS A PLEASURE TO SPEAK WITH YOU GUYS, TO BECOME ACCLIMATED AND FAMILIAR WITH YOUR YOUR TEAM AND YOUR ORGANIZATION AND WHAT IT IS THAT YOU GUYS DO ON THE BEHALF OF THE CITY.

AND I JUST THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THE COMMUNITY UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU KNOW, THE WORK OF THE COMMISSION DOES EXTEND WELL BEYOND CITY HALL.

AND THE ADVOCACY PIECE, YOU KNOW, GOES, YOU KNOW, WE'RE IN TALLAHASSEE, WE'RE IN, YOU KNOW, WASHINGTON DC.

AND THESE PARTNERSHIPS REALLY DO YIELD FOR US TO BE ABLE TO DO THE WORK THAT WE DO HERE IN THE CITY.

AND SO ECHOING SIMILAR TO WHAT THE COMMISSIONER JUST SAID, I REALLY JUST WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE FACT THAT THE WHILE WE UNDERSTAND THAT EVERY AGREEMENT IS SUPPOSED TO INCREASE NATURALLY, YOU GUYS, I THINK IT'S INCREDIBLE THAT WE ARE STILL GETTING THE BANG FOR OUR BUCK.

I THINK IT'S FANTASTIC THAT WHILE I WOULDN'T QUESTION THE CONTRACT, I THINK EVEN IF IT WERE TO HAVE INCREASED, I THINK IT'S AMAZING THAT WE HIGHLIGHT THAT BECAUSE IT IS IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT WE HAVE THE SUPPORT AT THE SAME RATE THAT WE'VE HAD, I GUESS, FROM ITS INCEPTION.

SO I THINK THAT'S FANTASTIC AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU GUYS.

I AM I HAVE SHARED WITH MAXINE THAT I THINK THAT THERE ARE SOME ITEMS THAT I'D LOVE TO SEE ADDED TO THE LEGISLATIVE AGENDA BEFORE WE GO TO TALLAHASSEE IN FEBRUARY.

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AND SO I LOOK FORWARD TO BEING ABLE TO PARTNER WITH TONYA AND THE LADIES HERE AT THE CITY TOGETHER WITH YOU TO BE ABLE TO BE AS IMPACTFUL AS POSSIBLE WHILE THERE.

THANK YOU. WE WELCOME ALL OF YOU HELPING US HELP YOU, IF YOU WILL.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU. AND WE KNOW THAT YOU'RE PLANNING OUR TRIPS BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO BE GOING UP.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAS BEEN SAID, IT'S NOT NECESSARILY LOCAL.

PEOPLE HAVE HEARD ME SAY THIS BEFORE, AND YOU'VE DONE A GREAT JOB GETTING US APPOINTMENTS WITH THE HEAD OF INSURANCE, ONE OF THOSE TOPICS THAT HAS NOT GONE AWAY OR GOTTEN BETTER AT ALL. AND SOME OF THE PUSHES THAT WE HAVE FOR THE REQUESTS THAT WE'VE HAD TO GO OUTSIDE OF JUST BROWARD TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN WE'RE GOING UP THERE THAT WE'RE EFFECTIVE, AND THAT ALSO WHEN WE'RE EFFECTIVE UP THERE AND YOU HELP US REACH THE NORTHERN PART OF THE STATE REPRESENTATIVES, IT ALLOWS OUR LOCAL DELEGATION TO BE ABLE TO BETTER ACCESS WITH THEM, TOO, THAT THEY MAY NOT HAVE HAD BEFOREHAND, BECAUSE YOU'VE ALLOWED US AND YOU'VE CONNECTED US TO BE ABLE TO BRIDGE THE GAP, WHICH THEN EVENTUALLY BRIDGE THE GAP FOR OUR LOCAL ELECTED.

SO APPRECIATE THAT.

AND I KNOW IT'S REALLY HARD FOR UPSTATE, SO TO SPEAK, AS I CALL TALLAHASSEE, TO UNDERSTAND THAT IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT OUR POLITICS MAY BE.

WE'RE LOCAL. WE'RE NONPARTIZAN.

WE JUST NEED TO BE ABLE TO HAVE HOME RULE DO WHAT WE NEED TO DO FOR OUR RESIDENTS.

AND THEY CAN PLAY ALL THEIR POLITICS THEY WANT, BUT THEY SHOULDN'T BE PLAYING POLITICS WITH THE LIVES OF OUR RESIDENTS AND OUR BUSINESS OWNERS, BECAUSE WE'RE NOT POLITICS.

WE'RE GOOD PEOPLE. SO I BELIEVE THE TOPIC OF THE CONTRACT IS DONE.

AND SO UNLESS THERE'S FURTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THE CONTRACT, WE DON'T NEED CONSENSUS.

WE'RE MOVING IT ON ON CONSENT AGENDA.

[1.b TR14192 - A Resolution of the City Commission of the City of Tamarac, Florida, approving the City of Tamarac Legislative Agenda for the 2025 state of Florida Legislative Session; directing the City Clerk to transmit a copy of the City of Tamarac Legislative Agenda for the 2025 State Legislative Session to the Florida League of Cities, the Broward League of Cities, the Broward County Legislative Delegation and the Broward County Board of County Commissioners; providing for conflicts; providing for severability; and providing for an effective date. - Presented by Grants & Governmental Affairs Manager Tanya Williams ]

AND WE WILL NOW GO FORWARD TO ITEM ONE B.

IT IS TR14192 RESOLUTION.

RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC, FLORIDA, APPROVING THE CITY OF TAMARAC LEGISLATIVE AGENDA FOR 2025.

STATE OF FLORIDA LEGISLATIVE SESSION.

DIRECTING THE CITY CLERK TO TRANSMIT A COPY OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC LEGISLATIVE AGENDA FOR 2025 STATE LEGISLATIVE SESSION TO THE FLORIDA LEAGUE OF CITIES, THE BROWARD LEAGUE OF CITIES, THE BROWARD COUNTY LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION, AND THE BROWARD COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.

PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

AND PRESENTED BY THE FOUR OF YOU.

UNLESS YOU NEED ME TO RESTATE EVERYBODY'S NAMES.

I THINK WE ARE GOOD ON THAT ONE.

SO I'LL JUST KICK IT OFF SINCE I ALREADY MADE MENTION IN THE LAST ONE.

I SEE THE LEGISLATIVE ITEMS THAT WERE FROM THE PAST.

I KNOW WE'VE HAD SOME PROGRESS ON MANY OF THEM, BUT THERE'S STILL A LOT MORE TO GO, ESPECIALLY WITH OUR CANAL FUNDING AND BASICALLY EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM ON THERE.

AND THERE WERE A COUPLE OF NEW ONES REGARDING GRANT SAFETY FOR NONPARTISAN NONPROFITS AND THE TWO ITEMS THAT YOU PUT ON THERE.

I'VE READ THROUGH AGREE AND LIKE, BUT I'M CURIOUS IF THERE IS ANY PENDING BILLS REGARDING THE LIVE LOCAL ACT.

DID WE LOSE RON? DID WE LOSE HIM? OH, GOD.

I'M SORRY. WE'RE SUPPOSED TO DO AN UPDATE.

NEVER MIND. DO YOU WANT TO DO YOUR PRESENTATION? I JUST WENT STRAIGHT INTO QUESTIONS.

OH. THAT'S OKAY. GO AHEAD. DO YOUR PRESENTATION.

ACTUALLY, TANYA'S GOING TO DO THE PRESENTATION.

TANYA, GO FOR IT. SORRY, I'M JUST EXCITED.

I WANT TO GET THINGS DONE ALREADY.

I'M JUST KIND OF AGAIN.

GOOD MORNING EVERYONE.

AGAIN. TANYA WILLIAMS, GRANDSON, GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS MANAGER.

SO THE ITEM BEFORE YOU THIS MORNING IS THE 2025 STATE LEGISLATIVE AGENDA.

NOW, THIS IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE THIS PROVIDES BASICALLY A DIRECTION TO THE CITY'S LEGISLATIVE ADVOCATES, LIKE RONNA AND RON ON WHAT OUR STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES ARE FOR THE YEAR.

SO AS WE PREPARE FOR THE UPCOMING FISCAL LEGISLATIVE SESSION, WHICH IS SCHEDULED FOR MARCH THE 4TH THROUGH MAY THE 2ND, 2025, IT IS IMPORTANT THAT ARE ADVOCATES.

KNOW WHAT OUR OBJECTIVES ARE, WHAT OUR PRIORITIES ARE.

SO THAT THEY CAN BEST ADVOCATE ON OUR BEHALF.

AND SO BASICALLY WE HAVE A CONSENSUS AND WE'RE ON THE SAME PAGE.

NOW ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS ISSUES OR ITEMS THAT WE SUPPORT IS A DIVERSIFICATION OF OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENT REVENUE BASE. THIS IS IMPORTANT FOR US BECAUSE AS YOU CAN SEE, OUR FISCAL YEAR 2025 ADOPTED BUDGET.

IN THAT BUDGET, BASICALLY, WE'RE PROJECTING REVENUE IN EXCESS OF $237 MILLION BASED ON THESE TAXES AND ASSESSMENTS. AD VALOREM TAXES.

CHARGES FOR SERVICES.

PERMITS, FEES AND ASSESSMENTS.

SALES AND USE. TAXES.

INTERGOVERNMENTAL REVENUES.

AND SO DEFINITELY THE CITY OF TAMARAC CONTINUES TO SUPPORT DIVERSIFIED LOCAL GOVERNMENT REVENUE SERVICES, WHICH ENSURES THAT

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WE CAN PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN ADEQUATE LEVEL, ADEQUATE LEVEL OF SERVICES FOR OUR RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES.

NEXT IS SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY.

WE SUPPORT LIMITS ON TORT CLAIMS AGAINST LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.

AND TORTS. BASICALLY ARE ANY ACTION THAT IS NOT COVERED UNDER A CONTRACT WHERE YOU CAN YOU'RE EXPOSED TO DAMAGES.

WE'RE IN FAVOR OF A STATUTORY LIMIT.

THE CURRENT LIMIT IS 200,000 PER PERSON, 300,000 PER INCIDENT.

WE SUPPORT RESILIENCY, RECOVERY AND WATER FUNDING, SUPPORTING PROGRAMS SUCH AS RESILIENT FLORIDA GRANT PROGRAMS WHERE WE RECEIVE FUNDING FOR WATER QUALITY IMPROVEMENT.

CONSERVATION, STORMWATER MANAGEMENT.

INFRASTRUCTURE UPGRADES.

WE ALSO SUPPORT FUNDING FOR PRIVATE CANAL OR SEAWALLS TO HELP PROPERTY OWNERS MAINTAIN AND PRESERVE THE INTEGRITY OF OUR WATER SYSTEM.

WE ALSO SUPPORT TRANSPORTATION FUNDING.

WE SUPPORT LOCAL CONTROL OVER THE PLANNING OF OUR TRANSPORTATION SUPPORT, EQUITABLE FUNDING, DISTRIBUTION SUPPORT, REVENUE OPTIONS FOR CITY INFRASTRUCTURE AND TRANSIT PROJECTS.

WE SUPPORT LEGISLATION THAT PROMOTES OR PROTECTS OR PROVIDES FOR RECREATION AND GREEN SPACE.

IN OTHER WORDS, OUR PARKS.

WE SUPPORT PROGRAMS OR FUNDING SOURCES LIKE GRANT PROGRAMS LIKE LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION FUND, FLORIDA FOREVER FUND THROUGH FLORIDA COMMUNITIES TRUST.

FLORIDA RECREATION DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

THIS IS NOT AN EXHAUSTIVE LIST.

THIS IS JUST AN EXAMPLE OF SOME OF THE PROGRAMS THROUGH WHICH OR FROM WHICH WE HAVE OBTAINED GRANTS AND FUNDING.

WE'RE IN FAVOR OF PROTECTION OF THE HOME RULE LEGISLATION TO PROTECT LOCAL CONTROL.

IT ENABLES US AS A CITY TO ADDRESS OUR COMMUNITY'S NEEDS MORE EFFECTIVELY, BECAUSE WHO KNOWS US BETTER THAN WE KNOW OURSELVES? IT ENABLES US TO MAINTAIN SAFETY AND QUALITY OF LIFE, PRESERVE OUR UNIQUE COMMUNITY CHARACTERISTICS, AND PROVIDE TAILORED SERVICES TO MEET OUR COMMUNITY'S NEEDS AND CHALLENGES.

WE ARE ADVOCATING FOR POLICIES THAT WILL ATTRACT AND EXPAND BUSINESSES, FOCUS ON CREATING AND RETAINING LIVING WAGE JOBS.

AND ASK YOURSELF WHAT THAT IS.

IS WAGES THAT ALLOW YOU TO BASICALLY BE ABLE TO LIVE NOT, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY WITH THE INCREASE IN COST OF LIVING.

WE'RE IN FAVOR OF CREATING AND RETAINING LIVING WAGE JOBS.

ENCOURAGE SUPPORT FOR LOCAL SMALL BUSINESSES.

SUPPORT STATE FUNDING FOR PROGRAMS LIKE QUALIFIED TARGET INDUSTRY TAX REFUND WHICH DRIVES ECONOMIC GROWTH.

OR IN SUPPORT, OF COURSE, HIGH QUALITY PUBLIC EDUCATION.

SUPPORT THE COLLABORATION BETWEEN OUR GOVERNMENT, THE STATE AND LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO IMPROVE UNDERPERFORMING SCHOOLS AND EXPAND QUALITY EDUCATION OPTIONS, WHICH SO OF COURSE WE WOULD SUPPORT FUNDING TO INCREASE TEACHER SALARIES AND BONUSES TO ATTRACT AND RETAIN TOP TALENT.

EARNING EARLY LEARNING COALITION TO ENSURE ACCESS TO HIGH QUALITY EDUCATION.

EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION IN THE CITY OF TAMARAC SUPPORTS CONSISTENT AND ADEQUATE FUNDING FOR SCHOOL SAFETY INITIATIVES, REDUCING THE FINAL THE FINANCIAL OBLIGATION FOR A LOCAL GOVERNMENT. TOP PRIORITIES, OF COURSE, ARE THE SAFETY OF OUR STUDENTS, OUR TEACHERS, OUR STAFF, RESIDENTS, BUSINESSES AND WE URGE THE STATE TO ENSURE THAT ALL SCHOOL DISTRICTS PROVIDE THIS CONSISTENT AND ADEQUATE FUNDING TO SCHOOL SAFETY PROGRAMS. WE SUPPORT LEGISLATION THAT ENCOURAGES MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT.

PROMOTE WALKABLE NEIGHBORHOODS NEAR PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION.

AND THAT FALLS UNDER OUR TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.

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WE SUPPORT. WE SUPPORT AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND RENTAL, WHICH BASICALLY FALLS UNDER HOUSING ISSUES.

AFFORDABLE HOUSING, ATTAINABLE HOUSING.

RENTAL AND CONDOMINIUM ISSUES.

ADVOCATING THAT ALL SADOWSKI AND LOCAL HOUSING TRUST FUNDS BE ALLOCATED ALLOCATED TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROGRAMS. WE SUPPORT HOME OWNERSHIP AND RENTAL AVAILABILITY TO MEET WORKFORCE NEEDS.

WE SUPPORT INITIATIVES THAT WORK TO BASICALLY EASE THE BURDEN ON CONDOMINIUM OWNERS AS A RESULT OF RECENT LEGISLATION. CITY OF TAMARAC ALSO CONTINUES TO SUPPORT COMPENSATION FOR ELIGIBLE VICTIMS OF WRONGFUL INCARCERATION. WE'D LIKE TO WE CONTINUE TO SUPPORT REMOVING RESTRICTIONS THAT MAY DISQUALIFY THESE INDIVIDUALS WITH PRIOR FELONIES FROM RECEIVING COMPENSATION.

AND WE SUPPORT LEGISLATION THAT ALLOWS MORE TIME TO FILE THEIR CLAIMS. THE CITY CONTINUES TO SUPPORT PROVIDING PROGRAMS THAT ADDRESSES HOMELESSNESS, MENTAL HEALTH, ADDICTION AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.

WE SUPPORT REENTRY INITIATIVES FOR PREVIOUSLY INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS, OR SHOULD I SAY WE CONTINUE TO SUPPORT.

THE CITY OF TAMARAC, AND I CAN DEFINITELY ATTEST TO THIS SUPPORTS PROGRAM THAT ADDRESS AND REDUCE EMPLOYEE STRESS, PROMOTES INITIATIVES TO IMPROVE EMPLOYEE WELL-BEING, AND ASSIST EMPLOYEES FACING CHALLENGES TO REGAIN PRODUCTIVITY AND STABILITY AND STABILITY.

AND I'M SORRY, GUYS, I SHOULDN'T HAVE SAID THAT, BUT I'VE TAKEN ALL.

I HAVE USED OUR FACILITIES AND THEY ARE AMAZING.

AND IT SHOWS THAT IT'S WORTH FIGHTING MORE, ADVOCATING MORE FOR MORE MONEY SO WE CAN ALL HAVE GOOD MENTAL HEALTH.

SO ON A PERSONAL ASIDE, TANYA WILLIAMS, NOT YOUR GRANDSON, GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS MANAGER, SUPPORTS THIS PROGRAM.

SECURITY WE ADVOCATE THAT IS THE CITY OF TAMARAC ADVOCATES FOR INCREASED FUNDING TO ENHANCE PHYSICAL SECURITY IN THE CITY, AND ALSO FUNDING TO SUPPORT CYBER SECURITY ENHANCEMENT.

WE SUPPORT LEGISLATION THAT ALLOWS LOCAL GOVERNMENT TO REGULATE COMMUNICATION TOWERS INFRASTRUCTURE AND TWO OF HER NEW OBJECTIVES AND PRIORITIES ARE.

WE SUPPORT INCREASED FUNDING TO PROGRAMS THAT PROTECT SCHOOLS AND NONPROFITS FROM VIOLENCE AND HATE CRIMES THROUGH PROGRAMS SUCH AS NONPROFIT SECURITY GRANT PROGRAMS. ANY PROGRAMS THAT WOULD COMBAT HATE CRIMES.

WE ALSO SUPPORT LIVE, HEALTHY PROGRAMS GROWING FLORIDA'S HEALTH CARE WORKFORCE.

SO WE SUPPORT PROGRAMS THAT ENCOURAGE OUR CITY TO COLLABORATE WITH THE STATE AS WE ADDRESS HEALTH CARE DEFICIT POLICIES THAT WILL GROW THE HEALTH CARE WORKFORCE, WILL INCREASE OUR ACCESS TO SERVICES, AND ENCOURAGES INNOVATION.

AND THIS ENDS MY PRESENTATION.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD.

ANY. I BELIEVE COMMISSIONER PATTERSON HAD MENTIONED SOME THINGS THAT SHE MAY WANT TO ADD.

SO OBVIOUSLY THIS IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO OPPORTUNITY TO LET US KNOW.

EXCELLENT. SO, COMMISSIONER PATTERSON, WE'LL HAVE THE FLOOR AS SOON AS I'M DONE, SINCE I STARTED MINE ALREADY.

AND GREAT PRESENTATION, BY THE WAY.

THANK YOU. IT'S OKAY TO HAVE LAUGHTER.

IT'S LIKE, REALLY DON'T NEED TO BE WORRIED ABOUT THAT.

SO AS I STARTED ASKING YOU ABOUT THE LIVE LOCAL ACT, IS THERE ANYTHING ON THE FLOOR PENDING FOR POLICIES TO AMEND THE LIVE LOCAL ACT? SO WOULD IT BE HELPFUL THAT WE ADD TO OUR PRIORITIES? SO BEFORE I GO FURTHER, LOOK, LOOK, I THINK THAT IT'S REASONABLE TO EXPECT THAT THEY WILL CONTINUE TO MASSAGE IN SOME WAYS, VARIOUS PROVISIONS OF LIVE LOCAL.

I DON'T THINK MANY OF THE LARGER POLICY CHANGES THAT LOCAL GOVERNMENTS WOULD LIKE TO SEE WILL HAPPEN ANY SOONER THAN TWO YEARS FROM NOW, WHEN SENATOR PASSIDOMO IS NO LONGER IN THE BODY.

I DON'T BELIEVE THERE'S AN APPETITE IN THE HOUSE OR THE SENATE TO GO INTO THE BILL WHILE SHE IS STILL IN THE BODY, AS RULES CHAIRMAN IN THE SENATE AND THE FORMER SENATE PRESIDENT, AND UNDO THINGS THAT SHE FEELS STRONGLY ABOUT.

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THAT SAID, IF YOU WOULD ASK ME, MADAM MAYOR, ON DAY ONE OF THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION, WOULD THE PASCO COUNTY FIX FIT INTO WHAT SHE HAD BOTH PRIVATELY AND PUBLICLY BEEN SAYING SHE HAD THE STOMACH TO DO? I WOULD HAVE BET AGAINST IT.

IN FACT, I DON'T KNOW OF VERY MANY PEOPLE THAT THOUGHT THE PASCO FIX COULD GET THERE, BUT IT DID, AND IT DID IN THE CLOSING HOURS OF THE THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION.

SO WHILE I THINK THAT REPRESENTATIVE VICKY LOPEZ IS CONTINUING AT THE DIRECTION OF SPEAKER PEREZ TO WORK ON A LIST OF ISSUES, AND I BELIEVE THAT SENATOR CLAUDIA, TO SOME EXTENT, WITH COORDINATION WITH BOTH THE CURRENT PRESIDENT, BEN ALBRITTON, AND THE RECENT PAST PRESIDENT PRESIDENT PASSIDOMO, IS ALSO WORKING ON A LIST.

I DON'T THINK ANYBODY CAN TELL YOU WHAT A BILL MIGHT YET LOOK LIKE, AND I STILL AM WEARY TO BELIEVE THAT THE GOVERNOR IS REALLY GOING TO WEIGH IN ON ON MUCH OF IT.

SO I THINK THERE WILL BE A BILL, MAYOR.

MAYBE THERE WILL BE SEVERAL BILLS.

I THINK THEY'LL ALL GET CONSOLIDATED INTO ONE.

I JUST DON'T THINK I KNOW WHAT IT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE AT THIS POINT.

UNDERSTOOD. SO IF THE CITY HAD SOMETHING IN OUR LEGISLATIVE ADDED TO OUR PRIORITIES.

THE CITY OF TAMARAC SUPPORTS LEGISLATION THAT PROTECTS LOCAL GOVERNMENTS ABILITY TO REGULATE ENTITLEMENT PROCESS FOR THE LIVE LOCAL ACT PROJECTS, OR SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT.

WOULD THAT BE HELPFUL TO AT LEAST LET THOSE PEOPLE OR REPRESENTATIVES PUTTING FORTH BILLS THAT THERE IS SUPPORT FROM CITIES, OR AT LEAST OUR CITY, TO KNOW THAT WE DO BELIEVE IN OUR HOME RULE AND THAT WHILE THEY MAY NOT SENATOR PASSIDOMO MAY NOT HAVE THE STOMACH FOR IT.

THE REST OF US HAVE THE DESIRE, THE WILL, AND TO REMIND THEM THAT WHILE THERE ARE GOOD INTENTIONS WITH THE ACT, THE ACTUAL PUTTING IT FORWARD AND THE PROCESS OF IT AND THE PROCEDURES OF IT ARE NOT NECESSARILY GOING TO WORK OUT AS WELL AS THEY HAD HOPED, WITHOUT PUTTING MORE BURDENS ON THE CITIES.

AND FOR US TO ACTUALLY WAIT TWO YEARS, HOW MUCH DAMAGE IS GOING TO BE DONE BETWEEN THAT TIME? I KNOW IT'S AN ITEM FOR US TO DISCUSS FURTHER ON OUR AGENDA FOR SOMETHING ELSE, BUT IN THE INTERIM, IS IT SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD THINK THAT THIS COMMISSION SHOULD HAVE CONSENSUS OR NOT TO SUPPORT PUTTING IT AS A LEGISLATIVE ITEM? EVERY MUNICIPALITY IN EVERY COUNTY GOVERNMENT IN THIS STATE HAVE DIFFERENT GROWTH ORIENTED ISSUES AND DIFFERENT CODE RELATED ISSUES BASED ON, AS WE ALL KNOW, PAST DECISIONS THAT OTHER COMMISSIONS MAY HAVE MADE DECISIONS ON, ON DENSITY AND THE LIKE.

I WOULD SAY TO YOU, THERE IS NO MORE VISIBLE ISSUE RELATED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS PENDING PAST AND IN THE FUTURE THAN LIVE LOCAL.

NOT TELLING YOUR SENATOR AND YOUR TWO HOUSE MEMBERS AND OTHERS IN THE BROWARD DELEGATION HOW YOU FEEL ON THIS ISSUE, IN MY OPINION, WOULD BE A MISTAKE.

I THINK YOU WOULDN'T BE DOING YOUR JOBS IF YOU DID NOT INCLUDE SOMETHING IN THE WAY OF COMMUNICATING WHAT YOU BELIEVE THE PROBLEMS ARE FROM A TAMARAC STANDPOINT.

OTHERWISE, IT'S SHAME ON YOU, MAYOR.

AND THAT'S NOT MEANT AS A JAB AT YOU, BUT YOU GET THE MESSAGE.

I DO AS THE ALTER EGO OF THE CITY.

YOU ALL HAVE TO ADVOCATE THOSE THINGS AND TO LEAVE IT SILENT SAYS YOU'RE OKAY WITH THE STATUS QUO.

ALL RIGHT, WELL, OBVIOUSLY EVERYBODY KNOWS I AM NOT SILENT, AND I WILL SEEK SUPPORT FROM THIS COMMISSION TO NOT REMAIN SILENT, AND THAT WE PUT IN SOMETHING THAT WORKS TO SHOW OUR CLEAR ADVOCACY TO SUPPORT LOCAL RULE AND HAVE THE LIVE LOCAL ACT CHANGE IN THE MOST BENEFICIAL WAY FOR OUR CITY.

SO I'M NOT SURE WHAT, MAYOR, I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO SEND THAT MESSAGE TO THE BROWARD LEAGUE THROUGH MARY LOU AND THROUGH THE FLORIDA LEAGUE AS WELL.

AND I THINK IT'S AS IS IMPORTANT TO DO THAT THAN IT IS TO JUST LET YOUR LOCAL LAWMAKERS KNOW IT.

THE CITY AND THE COUNTY CAN'T.

THE LEAGUE AT THE LOCAL AND THE STATE LEVEL CAN'T BE EFFECTIVE IF THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT MATTERS TO THEIR MEMBERS.

I APPRECIATE SO IN JUST A QUICK PROCESS BECAUSE I SAW SOME OTHER QUESTIONS.

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I'M GOING TO PULL THE COMMISSION.

UNLESS IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT IT, PLEASE BRING THEM UP ON ADDING TO THE AGENDA.

THIS HAVING THE CITY SUPPORT AMENDMENTS TO THE LIVE LOCAL ACT THAT WILL BE BENEFICIAL FOR OUR CITY.

THE ACTUAL WORDING COULD BE I GAVE SOME WORDING AS AN IDEA, BUT THROUGH MAXINE AND TANYA AND TANYA AND REINA AND RON, YOU CAN ALL PERFECT IT.

YES. WE HAVE A UNANIMOUS SUPPORT, SO PLEASE ADD THAT ONE TO OUR FINAL DETERMINATION ON WEDNESDAY.

SO LAST YEAR WE WERE SUCCESSFUL THROUGH OUR STATE LEGISLATURE.

THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE TO RECEIVE FUNDING FOR THE 94TH AVENUE TRAFFIC AND PEDESTRIAN SAFETY AND ROAD IMPROVEMENTS.

UNFORTUNATELY, IT WAS VETOED.

THERE WAS SOMETHING WRITTEN UP.

AND I REMEMBER SPEAKING TO SEVERAL OF YOU ABOUT THIS, ABOUT THE RECOMMENDATION IS THAT WE SHOULD HAVE SOUGHT THE FUNDS FROM ANOTHER ENTITY.

IT WAS BETTER FOR.

I'M NOT SURE IF IT WAS THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND REDEVELOPMENT OR IF IT WAS A PARKS PROGRAM.

IT WAS FROM HUD.

THERE WAS SOME OTHER PROGRAM THAT WAS RECOMMENDED.

AND TANYA, IF YOU REMEMBER, PLEASE SHOUT IT OUT.

DO YOU REMEMBER WHICH ONE IT WAS? WELL, YOU MENTIONED THE COMPLETE STREETS PROGRAM OF SOME SORT.

NO. YOU CAN SAY IT OUT LOUD.

IT'S ALL GOOD. YOU CAN SPEAK OUT LOUD.

IT'S ALL GOOD. HERE'S YOUR MIC.

I'M SORRY. YOU CAN SAY IT OUT LOUD.

IT'S OKAY. YOU ALL CAN.

YEAH. SHE CAN. GO AHEAD AND SAY IT.

THAT'S FINE.

MARY. IT WASN'T ANOTHER PROGRAM.

BASICALLY, WHEN WE APPLIED, WE DID APPLY WHEN WE APPLIED FOR APPROPRIATIONS, THE WE WERE GOING THROUGH FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC.

YEAH, ECONOMIC PROTECTION.

BUT BASICALLY THEY WERE BASICALLY SUGGESTING THAT WE COULD HAVE APPLIED FOR A GRANT DIRECTLY THROUGH THEM VERSUS THROUGH THE APPROPRIATIONS PROCESS.

BUT WHEN WE DO GET AN APPROPRIATIONS, IT'S FUNDS THAT THAT'S TAKEN OUT OF THE SAME DEP BUDGET.

SO I MEAN, RIGHT, SO AND AND THE FACT THAT IT WAS NOW VETOED I THINK IS PROBABLY INDICATIVE THAT WE NEED TO EITHER SUBMIT THAT AS A GRANT GOING FORWARD AND NOT AS A MEMBER REQUEST, WHICH THE OTHER TWO WERE.

OKAY. BUT AND AS IT RELATES TO THAT PROJECT, YOUR HONOR, I'M SORRY.

OH MY GOD. I'M SORRY, MAYOR AND I KEEP ON DOING THIS YEAR AFTER YEAR.

IT'S OKAY. NO, NO, THAT'S MY FAULT.

20. 2030. 2030.

THAT IS WHERE I'M GOING. SO I AM SORRY.

OH. FOR HER? YES.

BUT, MAYOR, THIS PROJECT IS NOW WELL ON THE WAY.

IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, WE MIGHT HAVE, BECAUSE THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT WE HAD THOUGHT ABOUT SEEKING GRANT FUNDING FOR.

HOWEVER, I BELIEVE WE'RE NOW AT THE BID STAGE BECAUSE THIS IS ONE OF THOSE PROJECTS THAT HAS TO BE DONE WITHIN A CERTAIN TIME PERIOD, I.E.

WHEN SCHOOL IS OUT, BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PUTTING CROSSWALK BETWEEN TWO, TWO SCHOOLS.

AND SO BASICALLY WE NEEDED TO DO THE BIDDING PROCESS, I BELIEVE EARLY SPRING FOR SPRING FOR THE WORK.

WELL, I THINK THE BIDDING PROCESS IS ALREADY IN, AND I BELIEVE MUSTAFA CAN ATTEST TO THAT.

BUT THE ANTICIPATION IS THAT THIS WOULD BE DONE THIS SUMMER.

IS IT THIS SUMMER? IT WILL TAKE MORE THAN THE SUMMER.

YEAH, BUT BUT THE WHOLE THE OBJECTIVE MADAM MAYOR, IS THAT THE PROJECT NEEDS TO BE COMPLETED DURING THE SUMMER HOURS, EVEN IF IT STARTS MAYBE IN APRIL OR WHATEVER, BUT BE DONE WHEN THE KIDS ARE OUT OF SCHOOL.

TO AVOID THE CONGESTION.

BUT THEY.

THIS PROJECT IS NO LONGER RIPE FOR FUNDING.

I BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE BUDGETED FOR IT NOW BECAUSE THEY WANT TO GET THIS PROJECT UNDERWAY.

YEAH, IT WAS AN EXCELLENT PROJECT.

IT WAS ONE THAT WE WERE VERY EXCITED TO HAVE THE SUPPORT AND RECEIVE.

THAT UNFORTUNATELY DIDN'T GO THROUGH THE LAST STEP, BUT THE SECOND TO LAST STEP, EVERYBODY WAS ON BOARD TO HELP US FUND THIS VERY IMPORTANT PROJECT FOR OUR KIDS AND KIDS AND OUR RESIDENTS AND TEACHERS AND STUFF.

I KNOW WE WERE GOING THROUGH IT ANYWAY.

I WAS JUST HOPING THAT EVEN THOUGH WE'RE GOING THROUGH IT KIND OF LIKE WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH OUR BUSINESS PLAN, GO THROUGH IT, WE'LL REIMBURSE YOU.

SO I WAS HOPING THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE SOME OTHER FUNDS COME OUR WAY, BUT OBVIOUSLY WE'RE NOT.

SO SEE, THE PROBLEM WITH THAT, MAYOR, IS OFTENTIMES WITH OUR GRANTS, WE'RE NOT ABLE TO BEGIN CONSTRUCTION UNTIL WE HAVE THE GRANT AGREEMENT. AND AT THIS POINT, WE HAVE ALREADY STARTED THE PROCESS.

SO THEY WOULD IT WOULD MEAN THEY WOULD HAVE TO STOP IN ORDER TO NO, NO, NO, NO.

RIGHT. BUT IT WAS DEFINITELY A WORTHWHILE PROJECT TO FIND OTHER MONIES FOR OTHER PROJECTS TO GO THROUGH.

AND THAT'S FINE. I APPRECIATE THAT VERY MUCH.

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ONE THING THAT IS.

VERY WELL KNOWN IS THE INSURANCE.

THE INSURANCE, THE INSURANCE, THE INSURANCE, THE RESERVES, THE RESERVES, THE RESERVES.

I KNOW THAT WE NEED TO STILL CONTINUE TO MAKE CHANGES, THE CHANGES THAT HAVE ALLEGEDLY BEEN DONE WHEN WE WERE THERE LAST YEAR.

IT WAS PATS ON THE BACK OF YEAH, WE'VE ADDED SOME ADDITIONAL INSURANCE COMPANIES.

WELL, THOSE ADDITIONAL INSURANCE COMPANIES DON'T WANT TO KNOW YOU IF YOUR HOUSES ARE OVER FIVE YEARS OLD OR THE VARIOUS OTHER ISSUES THAT ARE THERE.

THE THINGS HAVE NOT CHANGED.

THE RESERVE STUDY, I DO KNOW THAT.

OR THE RESERVES HAVING THE RESERVES COMPLETED BY THE END OF 2025 IS PROBABLY NOT GOING TO CHANGE.

SENATOR LOPEZ, I YEAH I MET WITH HER.

SHE'S GUNG HO.

THERE'S NO CHANGES. IT'S THE WAY IT'S GOING TO BE.

EVEN THOUGH I STILL THINK THAT THEY HAVEN'T WORKED OUT THE, QUOTE, PENALTY PHASE OR HOW THEY'RE GOING TO GET INSPECTIONS DONE.

THE QUALIFIED PEOPLE TO DO THE WORK AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF.

SO I STILL THINK THAT THIS BILL HAS A LOT OF HOLES IN IT.

AND I STILL BELIEVE THAT THERE'S ROOM FOR MAKING IT BETTER IF PEOPLE WERE WILLING TO STAND STRONG.

AND I KNOW RESIDENTS ARE.

I KNOW OUR MANY OF US ARE READY TO STILL COME UP TO TALLAHASSEE AND HIM BRING BUSLOADS OF PEOPLE WHO ARE JUST SO FRUSTRATED WITH THE FACT THAT THEY HAVEN'T WORKED OUT THE KINKS AND SEEING THAT YOU CAN DO A LOT, BUT YOU GOT TO FIGURE OUT A THROUGH Z.

YOU CAN'T JUST STOP IT AT C, AND THEY'VE COMPLETELY HIT A BRICK WALL ON C, SO SEEING THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING UNLESS I'VE MISSED IT HAVING SOME LEGISLATIVE ADVOCACY COMMENTS IN HERE TO B TO SUPPORT CHANGES ON INSURANCE TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR OUR.

IT'S NOT EVEN JUST OUR HOMEOWNERS, IT'S OUR BUSINESSES.

BECAUSE LET'S BE REALISTIC, OUR LANDLORDS ARE OUR PLAZAS WHEN THEY HAVE TO REDO THEIR ROOFS BECAUSE ALLEGEDLY IT'S TEN YEARS OLD AND IT'S NOT GOOD ENOUGH ANYMORE.

WHO DO YOU THINK IS GOING TO PAY IT? THEY'RE PUTTING IT DOWN ONTO THE BUSINESSES THAT MOVE INTO THEIR SHOPS.

AND THEN THE $7 CHICKEN IS NOW $27.

SO THERE'S A WHOLE TRICKLE EFFECT.

AND SO I WOULD REALLY THINK THAT IT WOULD BE IMPORTANT OF OUR CITY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE LET THE LEGISLATURE KNOW THAT WE'RE STILL SUPPORTING CHANGES IN THE INSURANCE AND THE RESERVE RULES THAT HAVE BEEN IN PLACE THAT HAVE NOT BEEN AMENDED TO THE SATISFACTION OF MAKING SURE IT HELPS OUR RESIDENTS, ESPECIALLY WHEN I DON'T KNOW IF YOU SAW THE NEWSPAPER A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO, INSURANCE RATES ARE DESIGNATED TO HIKE YET AGAIN.

HOW IS THAT HELPING ANYBODY? HOW MANY MORE PEOPLE ARE WE PUTTING INTO FORECLOSURE OR HAVING THEM EVICTED? AND THEN WE'RE SAYING, LET'S GET AFFORDABLE HOUSING MONEY FOR THEM WHEN THEY GET OUT.

HOW ABOUT HELPING THE PEOPLE BEFORE THEY GO INTO FORECLOSURE? BEFORE THEY GET EVICTED? BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE CAN'T WE'RE GOING TO BE PUTTING MORE PEOPLE ON THE STREET.

BUT THAT'S A WHOLE OTHER TOPIC FOR LATER.

BUT ANYHOW, SO WOULD YOU RECOMMEND THAT THIS BODY OR WHAT IS YOUR OPINION ABOUT THIS BODY ADDING TO OUR LEGISLATIVE AGENDA FOR YOU TO HELP US ADVOCATE FOR CHANGING AND STRENGTHENING RULES? I THINK, AGAIN, LOOK, YOUR ABILITY TO GET ANYTHING DONE DIRECTLY ON PROPERTY AND CASUALTY INSURANCE IS NON-EXISTENT.

YOU ALL KNOW THAT.

WE KNOW THAT. BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT YOUR CONSTITUENTS KNOW.

WHAT YOUR CONSTITUENTS KNOW IS THAT GOVERNMENT HAS A ROLE IN REGULATING INSURANCE COMPANIES, AND THEY DON'T ALWAYS UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LOCAL GOVERNMENT, STATE GOVERNMENT AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

AND SO, AGAIN, NOT TO ENCOURAGE THE OBVIOUS, BECAUSE CERTAINLY SENATOR OSGOOD AND REPRESENTATIVE DUNKLEY AND REPRESENTATIVE DALY.

HEAR REGULARLY FROM THEIR CONSTITUENTS WHO ARE YOUR CONSTITUENTS AS WELL AS TO THE CRAZINESS OF WHAT THEY HAVE TO DO WITHOUT IN ORDER TO PAY THEIR PROPERTY AND CASUALTY INSURANCE SO THEY DON'T GO INTO DEFAULT AND THEIR MORTGAGE AND END UP HOMELESS.

TO DO NOTHING SAYS IT DOESN'T MATTER TO YOU, SO IT'S HARD.

WELL, I DON'T THINK MANY OF THESE RESOLUTIONS HAVE ANY IMPACT ON WHAT DOES OR DOESN'T HAPPEN.

I'M NOT SURE. POLITICAL CONSULTANTS.

AND WE DON'T SERVE IN THAT ROLE.

BUT IF I DON'T TELL YOU THAT, THAT'S SOMETHING YOU SHOULD ADVOCATE SO THAT YOU'RE ABLE TO RESPOND TO YOUR CONSTITUENTS NOW AND IN THE FUTURE THAT YOU JUST DIDN'T SIT SILENT.

YOU TOLD YOUR LEGISLATORS WHAT MATTERED TO YOUR CONSTITUENTS.

I THINK THAT'S AN APPROPRIATE RESOLUTION AS WELL.

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AND, AND RONNA WILL TELL YOU, WE DISCOURAGE OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS FROM DOING LOTS AND LOTS OF RESOLUTIONS BECAUSE THEY PASS HIM IN AN INDISCRIMINATE KIND OF A WAY.

THEY GET A WILD HAIR AND THEY PUT A RESOLUTION ON AN AGENDA.

THE TWO ISSUES YOU'VE RAISED.

LIVE LOCAL PROPERTY AND CASUALTY INSURANCE ARE BIG DEAL ISSUES.

AND SO IN URGING TO THE LEGISLATURE WOULD BE APPROPRIATE.

DO I BELIEVE THEY'RE GOING TO ADDRESS PNC THIS YEAR? I BELIEVE THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME ATTEMPT AGAIN TO ADDRESS PROPERTY AND CASUALTY.

I DO. I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY CAN DO.

I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU KNOW, CITIZENS YOU KNOW TELLING A PROPERTY OWNER THAT THEY HAVE TO HAVE TO GO TO INSURANCE COMPANY A BECAUSE INSURANCE COMPANY A QUOTED A RATE AND I'LL GET THE NUMBER WRONG, BUT YOU'LL GET THE GIST.

IT'S 20% GREATER THAN THE COST OF CITIZENS, AND CITIZENS CAN JUST ASSIGN IT TO THAT COMPANY.

WHO SAYS THEY'LL TAKE THAT RESIDENCE ON BECAUSE THEY'VE NOW GOT A 20% VIG ABOVE WHAT CITIZENS SAID WAS AN ACTUARIALLY SOUND RATE.

I DON'T KNOW WHETHER THAT'S A GOOD THING OR BAD THING.

I DON'T, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE INSURANCE CLIENTS.

WE DON'T PLAY IN THAT SIDE OF THE PROCESS.

AND I'M GLAD WE DON'T.

BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, I DON'T CARE WHERE YOU ARE.

ON THE FINANCIAL ECONOMIC IMPACT WORLD OF WEALTH OR LACK THEREOF.

WHEREVER YOU ARE. PROPERTY AND CASUALTY INSURANCE RATES ARE KILLING YOU.

AND I HEARD YESTERDAY FROM ONE OF THE MORNING TALK SHOWS.

THAT RATES HAVE SOMEWHAT STABILIZED.

WELL, I DON'T KNOW WHO THE HELL THEY'VE STABILIZED FOR.

BECAUSE THEY HAVEN'T STABILIZED FOR ME OR ANY MEMBER OF MY FAMILY.

I CAN'T IMAGINE THEY'VE STABILIZED FOR ANY OF YOU EITHER.

SO. EXACTLY, EXACTLY.

SO I APPRECIATE THAT BECAUSE.

AND I DO KNOW THAT ALL OF OUR REPRESENTATIVES I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH SENATOR OSGOOD AND DUNKLEY AND DALY AND THEY AND THE REST, THEY'RE ALL THEY'RE ALL TRYING REALLY HARD.

BUT SO THIS IS ANOTHER ITEM THAT I WOULD ASK FOR CONSENSUS FOR, FROM THIS COMMISSION TO ADD AS A LEGISLATIVE ITEM.

THE PNC AND ALSO DEALING WITH THE RESERVES ON IT BECAUSE IT ALL GOES TOGETHER.

BECAUSE IF YOUR INSURANCE ISN'T.

IF THE INSURANCE COMPANY THINKS THAT THINKS THAT YOUR ROOF IS NOT GOOD BECAUSE YOU HAVEN'T DONE YOUR 40 YEAR, 30 YEAR, OR YOUR RESERVE STUDY OR ALL THIS KIND OF STUFF, AND YOUR PARKING LOT IS NOT DONE RIGHT OR YOUR WALLS AREN'T PAINTED.

IT ALL GOES IN TOGETHER FOR WHAT THEY ARE ABLE TO DING YOU FOR.

SO I WOULD ASK FOR CONSENSUS ON THIS COMMISSION TO ADD THAT AS WELL.

CAN I ASK ONE QUESTION? COMMISSIONER DANIEL, DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION REGARDING THIS ITEM? YEAH. GOOD MORNING.

HAPPY NEW YEAR IF MORNING, COMMISSIONER, IF THIS IS NOT GOING TO BRING FORTH ANY RESULTS, WHY ARE WE DOING IT? YOU SAID THE ONLY THING WE HAVE POWER FOR IS WHAT I HEARD.

MAYBE I MISUNDERSTOOD IS EDUCATING OUR RESIDENTS.

RIGHT? THAT'S THE ONLY THING THAT COULD MAKE A DIFFERENCE RIGHT NOW.

SO WHAT WOULD BE THE BEST STRATEGY FOR THE CITY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH? I PERSONALLY ON THIS ISSUE THINK TELLING YOUR LAWMAKERS, REITERATING TO THEM.

THE PROBLEMS FROM A FROM A LOCAL PERSPECTIVE THAT YOU HEAR IS WHAT THIS URGING IS SUPPOSED TO BE ABOUT. YOU CAN'T CHANGE IT BECAUSE INSURANCE REGULATION IS PREEMPTED TO THE STATE AND NOT AT THE LOCAL LEVEL. AND SO WHILE YOU CAN'T DIRECTLY IMPACT IT, NOT TELLING LAWMAKERS THAT YOUR TAXPAYERS CONTINUE TO SCREAM, YELL AND HOLLER AND AND AND SOME LOSING, YOU KNOW, TO THE POINT OF LOSING THEIR HOMES OVER IT.

I DO THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT FROM A POLITICAL STANDPOINT, BUT WE'VE DONE THAT.

WE'VE HAD MEETINGS.

I'VE BEEN WITH MEETINGS WITH THE MAYOR, MEETING WITH THE REPRESENTATIVE ON THE STATE LEVEL, MEETING WITH SENATOR OSGOOD.

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MEETING WITH RESIDENTS.

MEETING WITH DIFFERENT COMMITTEES.

AND NOTHING MATTERS.

I THINK THEY ARE QUITE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM.

I DON'T SEE HOW MAKING ANOTHER RESOLUTION GOING TO SOLVE IT.

LIKE, HOW CAN WE TRULY SOLVE THE PROBLEM? I THINK THAT'S A DECISION YOU ALL NEED TO MAKE.

GO AHEAD. I CAN OFFER A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE, I THINK.

I THINK RATHER THAN LOOKING AT AND PASSING YET ANOTHER RESOLUTION, I THINK THE OMISSION OF PASSING IT IS A STATEMENT ALSO.

SO I THINK YOU WANT TO HAVE YOUR RESIDENTS KNOW THAT YOU'RE DOING EVERYTHING YOU CAN, INCLUDING A RESOLUTION CONVEYING THEIR MESSAGES TO THE LEGISLATURE AND STANDING IN SOLIDARITY WITH OTHER CITIES AND COUNTIES AROUND THE WHOLE STATE THAT ARE DOING THE SAME THING.

I UNDERSTAND THAT I JUST HATE AIN'T WASTING TIME ON SOMETHING THAT'S NOT MAKING AN IMPACT.

THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT, AND WHILE WE MAY NOT FEEL THAT IT'S MAKING AN IMPACT, I THINK IT DOES MAKE AN IMPACT LOCALLY TO OUR RESIDENTS TO KNOW THAT WE HAVEN'T JUST ROLLED OVER AND SAID, WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO IT, BECAUSE QUITE HONESTLY, THEN THE WHOLE REALITY IS ALL OF THESE LEGISLATIVE ITEMS, WE'VE BEEN ROLLING SOME OF THEM OVER FOR YEARS ON END.

SO WHAT ARE WE DOING IT FOR? SO I THINK YOU SEE A CHANGE IN SOME YOU SEE PROGRESS, RIGHT? LIKE WHAT'S THE FORWARD MOVEMENT ON THIS? WELL, IN IN THE STATE LEGISLATORS MIND.

AND I KNOW IT'S NOT YOU WHO COULD MAKE THE CHANGE.

THAT'S WHY I WAS ASKING THOSE WHO REPRESENT THE STATE MORE SO STATE LEGISLATORS IN THEIR MINDS LAST YEAR THEY DID MAKE SOME CHANGES.

THEY JUST HAVEN'T MADE THE CHANGES THAT ARE SUFFICIENT ENOUGH TO REALLY BE EFFECTIVE.

AND IF WE, IN MY OPINION, IF WE DON'T LET THEM KNOW, TO LET EVERYBODY ELSE KNOW WHAT THEY DID, MOVED IT A CENTIMETER, WE NEED TO STILL PUSH THEM TO MOVE IT MUCH FURTHER BECAUSE THEN THEY GET AWAY WITH THINKING THAT THEY'VE DONE A JOB WELL DONE.

SO THAT'S TRUE. THAT'S THAT'S KIND OF WHERE AND I AGREE TOTALLY.

I JUST WANTED TO KNOW IF THERE ARE DIFFERENT STRATEGIES OUT THERE THAT WE HAVE NOT EXHAUSTED YET THAT CAN BE USED THAT WOULD MOVE THEM.

THAT'S THAT'S BASICALLY INSTEAD OF DOING THE SAME THING THAT HASN'T MOVED THEM.

WELL, ACTUALLY, ONE OF THE THINGS AS A SEGUE, BUT IT'S ON THE SAME THING, IS RINA AND RON ARE WORKING FOR WHEN WE GO UP THERE TO GO TO THE LOBBYISTS FOR THE INSURANCE COMPANIES TO GO TO A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE VERSUS GOING TO OUR STATE LEGISLATORS WHO ARE GETTING LOBBIED BY THEM.

LET US ACTUALLY GO TALK TO THE PEOPLE WHO ARE LOBBYING AGAINST, SO TO SPEAK, THE HOMEOWNERS AND THE BUSINESS OWNERS WHO ARE GETTING THE INSURER OR THE THE PLAZA OWNERS WHO ARE GETTING THE INSURANCE, AND TRY TO SEE IF WE CAN FIGURE OUT A WAY TO HAVE THEM UNDERSTAND THE PERSPECTIVE AND SEE IF THEY'RE WILLING TO HELP.

COME TO THE TABLE WITH A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE WHEN THEY TALK TO OUR STATE LEGISLATORS.

I'M NOT SAYING IT'S GOING TO BE WORK TO WORK, BUT WE GOT TO TRY SOMETHING.

AND SO THAT'S WHAT I KNOW WE'VE GOT ON THE TABLE FOR, BECAUSE AREN'T THEY PAID TO BE AGAINST IT IS WHAT I WOULD THINK.

YEAH, OF COURSE, OF COURSE.

BUT IN ORDER TO ALSO LET THE TO NOT TO PUT IT ALL OUT HERE BECAUSE IT'S JUST, IT'S BRAINSTORMING OF WHAT TO SAY TO THE INSURANCE AGENT.

LOOK, YOU'RE GOING TO KEEP TELLING US WE'RE GOING TO GO UP AND UP AND UP AND WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO HAVE A BUNCH OF ABANDONED BUILDINGS? WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO HAVE TO INSURE THEN, WHEN NOBODY'S TAKING CARE OF IT FROM THE INSIDE OR FROM THE OUTSIDE, BECAUSE NOBODY IS ABLE TO LIVE HERE, OR IF YOU DEVELOPERS WILL COME IN AND KNOCK EVERYTHING DOWN, BUT YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO PUT PEOPLE IN THEM, OR YOU'LL BE ABLE TO PUT THEM IN FOR A YEAR.

BUT THEN WHEN YOU KEEP INCREASING THE PRICES, NO ONE WILL BE THERE.

AND THEN WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO TO YOUR INSURANCE MARKET? SO JUST BEING ABLE TO FIGURE OUT ANOTHER WAY OR ANOTHER MECHANISM.

AND THEN I'VE HAD SOME OTHER THOUGHTS AND I'VE SHARED WITH SOME PEOPLE ALREADY OF DOING REGIONAL INSURANCE.

LET US JUST DO INSURANCE FOR HAZARD FOR THE SIX MONTHS THAT WE HAVE IT.

GO THROUGH A DIFFERENT PROCESS, ASK FOR DIFFERENT REQUIREMENTS FOR WHEN YOU'RE GOING TO INSURE A PLACE.

SO THERE'S MECHANISMS. AND I THINK THAT AS A CITY WE STAND BY TRYING TO FIND THE MECHANISM.

WE NEED EVERYBODY IN THE POOL WITH US TRYING TO WORK ON IT.

SO THAT'S THE REASON FOR THE ASK ON THIS ONE.

SO YEAH.

OKAY. MR. PATTERSON, YOUR SUPPORT OR NOT WRONG.

I'M FINE WITH IT. OKAY.

SO WE'VE GOT.

I MEAN, I AGREE WITH ATTORNEY BOOK.

IT SOUNDS LIKE IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE.

IT'S IT'S JUST I DON'T BELIEVE IT'S WORTH THE PAPER THAT'S WRITTEN ON.

BUT I THINK THE IF WE WANT, YOU KNOW, OUR RESIDENTS TO, KNOW THAT WE'RE ADVOCATING FOR THEM, YOU KNOW, TO HAVE COMMUNITY MEETINGS. MEET WITH OUR REPRESENTATIVES.

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I THINK WE JUST PILING ON, YOU KNOW, THINGS JUST TO SOUND GOOD OR SOUND BITES.

SO, YOU KNOW, WHILE I SHARE THE WOES OF THE INSURANCE ISSUES THAT WE HAVE AND ALL THE STUFF, OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, ALL OF US ARE FACING THE SAME ISSUE AND ONE WAY OR THE OTHER YOU KNOW, SO BUT I JUST THINK IT'S POLITICAL AND IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.

OKAY, WELL, THEN YOU'VE GOT FOUR OF US THAT WISH FOR IT TO BE ADDED ON TO THE AGENDA.

AND INCLUDING THE CONVERSATIONS FROM RON AND RENA THAT IT WOULD BE WORTHY OF PUTTING IT ON.

SO MY LAST ITEM FOR THIS RIGHT NOW IS JUST AS A COMMENT.

AND I'VE HAD THIS CONVERSATION WITH OUR DEPUTY CITY MANAGER.

ONE OF THE CONCERNS WE HAVE WITH CELL PHONE TOWERS OR UTILITIES IN GENERAL, THEY COME THROUGH HERE, THEY DON'T TALK TO OUR RESIDENTS, THEY JUST BUST THINGS UP AND THEY DON'T DO THINGS RIGHT. I JUST WANT TO SAY, BECAUSE I WAS ORIGINALLY GOING TO ASK FOR SUPPORT FOR MAKING SOME LEGISLATION THAT REQUIRES WHEN AT&T OR COMCAST OR WHICHEVER CABLE OR UTILITY COMES THROUGH TO HAVE A BETTER PROCESS WITH THE CITY AND THE RESIDENTS WHO THEY ARE DESTROYING PROPERTY AND COME BACK AT A MORE REASONABLE TIME TO FIX THEIR ITEMS. SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO OUR STAFF BECAUSE THEY'VE HAD SOME GOOD RELATIONSHIPS, THEY'VE DEVELOPED SOME GOOD RELATIONSHIPS OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS, AND THEY'VE WORKED ON A BETTER PROCESS.

SO WHILE THE UTILITIES HAVE THIS UNFETTERED POWER THAT THEY'VE BEEN GIVEN BY THE STATE, THEY KNOW THAT WHEN THEY'RE COMING TO THE CITY OF TAMARAC, THEY KNOW THAT THEY'RE GOING TO SPEAK TO OUR CITY, THEY'RE GOING TO SPEAK TO OUR BUILDING AND OUR CODE AND OUR STAFF AND SAY, WE'RE COMING THROUGH.

LET'S TALK TO THE COMMUNITIES AND HAVE A BETTER CONNECTION WHEN THERE'S AN ACCIDENTAL PIPE BURST IN A DRIVEWAY, SCREWED UP OR WHATEVER IT IS.

SO JUST WANT TO THANK THE STAFF DURING THIS TIME FOR THAT.

SO I HAVE COMMISSIONER PATTERSON, AND THEN I HAVE COMMISSIONER DANIEL OR COMMISSIONER DARCY.

THANK YOU. MAYOR. SO YOU KIND OF COVERED I GUESS A COUPLE OF THE THINGS THAT I WANTED TO ASK ABOUT.

YOU DID MENTION IN YOUR STATEMENT ABOUT INSURANCES.

YOU TALKED ABOUT THE ROOFS. AND SO I KIND OF WANT TO PIGGYBACK ON THAT A LITTLE BIT.

WITH RESPECT TO REDEVELOPMENT, AND I'M CURIOUS TO KNOW, IS THERE ANYTHING ON THE FLOOR CURRENTLY OR KIND OF WHAT'S TALLAHASSEE'S POSITION REGARDING REDEVELOPMENT ISSUES RELATING TO SLUM AND BLIGHT? THAT WHOLE PIECE, I FEEL LIKE YOU KNOW, WHEN I THINK ABOUT THE ISSUES THAT WERE BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION WHILE I WAS CAMPAIGNING, I KIND OF WANT TO TALK TO TALK ABOUT THOSE DIRECTLY AND JUST SEE, I MEAN, PERHAPS THEY'RE ENCUMBERED IN SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT WE HAVE ALREADY LISTED, BUT IN THE EVENT THAT THEY'RE NOT, I KIND OF WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT A LITTLE BIT MORE IN DEPTH AND FIGURE OUT WHERE WE LAND WITH THAT.

I KNOW THAT BROWARD COUNTY, I MEAN, I'VE HEARD RUMBLINGS THAT REALLY CONCISELY.

SURE. WHERE WHILE I DID LOOK AT THE COUNTY'S LEGISLATIVE AGENDA AND THEY HAVE SEVERAL THINGS.

I DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY STAND ON THAT ISSUE.

AND SO I'M CURIOUS RELEVANT TO OUR PLAZAS.

WE'VE GOT A LOT OF DILAPIDATED OLD BUILDINGS.

AND I JUST THINK THAT IT'D BE AMAZING TO BE ABLE TO HAVE SOME FACADE PROGRAMS AND SOME THINGS THAT WE COULD OFFER HERE DIRECTLY, BE IT THROUGH A CRA MECHANISM OR WHAT HAVE YOU.

SO IF YOU CAN SPEAK TO THAT I DON'T THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.

I AM NOT AWARE OF ANY SPECIFIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS FOR BLIGHTED AREAS, I THINK.

I THINK YOU KNOW, FAR MORE ABOUT CHRIS AND WHAT THEY'RE ABLE TO DO THAN I DO.

BUT I WILL LOOK INTO THAT, AND I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE HAS ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD.

I DON'T I HAVEN'T SEEN ANYTHING ON ON ANY CHANGES TO THE CURRENT CRA STATUTES THAT WOULD EXPLAIN EXPAND ON EFFORTS TO DEAL WITH SLUM AND BLIGHTED COMMUNITIES.

I THINK THE LEGISLATURE IS HISTORICALLY BELIEVED THEY'VE DONE A LOT IN THAT AREA AND A LOT IN THE BROWNFIELDS AREA.

BUT IF THERE ARE SOME SPECIFIC THINGS YOU WANT US TO PURSUE, YOU KNOW, HAPPY TO TAKE A LOOK AT THEM.

THANK YOU. ADDITIONALLY, I WANTED TO KIND OF WE KIND OF I BELIEVE WE TOUCHED ON IT BRIEFLY IN THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PORTION OF THE, OF THE AGENDA. BUT I WANTED TO KIND OF, YOU KNOW, PARK THERE.

WE HAVE A SLEW OF SMALL BUSINESSES IN THE CITY OF TAMARAC AND YOU KNOW, I DEFINITELY WANT TO LOOK AT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, SPECIFICALLY SMALL BUSINESS INITIATIVES, BE IT THROUGH STARTUP FUNDING, INCUBATOR PROGRAMS, BUT RELEVANT TO MINORITY BUSINESSES AND JUST SOME ACCESS SO THAT YOU KNOW, THEY'RE ABLE TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN OUR CITY.

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AND SO I KNOW WE DO HAVE THAT ON THE AGENDA, BUT I HAVE A LOT OF SPECIFICALLY INTERESTINGLY, I WAS SURPRISED TO LEARN IN MY DISTRICT.

YOU KNOW, WHILE I DON'T HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF COMMERCIAL AREA MANY OF MY RESIDENTS ARE SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS, AND SO I'D LOVE TO BE ABLE TO SEE WE'VE HAD THIS CONVERSATION.

MAXINE. IT'S A PRETTY IMPORTANT INITIATIVE OF MINE.

AND I WANT TO JUST KIND OF GET A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHERE THEY ARE, HOW THEY'RE FEELING ABOUT YOU KNOW, SMALL BUSINESSES.

I KNOW THAT THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, THEY DO HAVE PROGRAMS FOR.

AND I KNOW THAT THROUGH THE THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, THEY HAVE PROGRAMS FOR SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT.

AND IN THE PAST, THEY HAD A LOAN PROGRAM.

POSSIBLY WHEN YOU COME TO TALLAHASSEE, WE COULD PUT YOU WITH THEIR DEPARTMENT DIVISION HEAD.

AND WE CAN EXPLORE SOME OF THE OPTIONS FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO DO PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES AND COMMUNICATIONS TO SMALL BUSINESSES IN THE CITY.

BUT I KNOW THAT THE STATE STATE IS POSITIVELY FOCUSED ON, ON DOING THAT.

AND I IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, THERE ARE PROGRAMS AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL AS WELL.

OKAY. MEETING WITH DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY WOULD BE A GREAT IDEA.

OKAY. AND, YOU KNOW, NOT OBVIOUSLY NOT TO INUNDATE OUR OUR AGENDA HERE WITH A WHOLE BUNCH OF RESOLUTIONS TO THE POINT OF SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES.

I JUST BUT, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT I MENTIONED THAT YOU FEEL OR PERHAPS, YOU KNOW, THINK WE SHOULD YOU KNOW, ADD AND OR AMEND AND OR PERHAPS, YOU KNOW, DO A RESOLUTION FOR.

I'M HAPPY TO, YOU KNOW, ASK FOR CONSENSUS.

I'LL KIND OF KIND OF LEAN INTO YOUR GUIDANCE ON THAT.

SO I DID.

SO SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS.

HOA. I'M IN ONE RIGHT NOW.

AND SO, YEAH, I THINK FROM WHAT I'VE HEARD, I THINK THAT THE LEGISLATURE IS GOING TO STRENGTHEN THE, THE BILL THAT THEY HAD PASSED ON HOA AND RESERVES AND CONDOS REGARDING PENALTIES FOR NOT MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS.

I HAVEN'T SEEN ANY LEGISLATION ON THAT YET, BUT I KNOW THAT THERE ARE A NUMBER OF LEGISLATORS FOCUSED ON THAT.

I KNOW THAT THERE HAVE BEEN MYRIAD OF VOICES CONVEYING TO THEM THE ISSUES WITH ALL OF THE REGULATION AND THE COSTS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THEM FOR RESIDENTS.

AND SO I AM CURIOUS MYSELF TO SEE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.

AS FAR AS A SOLUTION, I THINK THEY'RE TAKING AT THIS POINT INFORMATION ON IDEAS FOR SOLUTIONS AND THE LIKE.

AND IN THE PROCESS AT AT ON EVERY BILL THERE IN THE PROCESS OF DRAFTING LEGISLATION NOW.

SO THAT IS DEFINITELY GOING TO BE LOOKED AT THIS SESSION.

SO I KIND OF FEEL LIKE AND IT SOUNDS LIKE PERHAPS I NEED CONSENSUS ON THIS ONE.

I THINK THAT WE NEED TO BECAUSE I DON'T FEEL LIKE THAT FALLS UNDER ANY CLASSIFICATION THAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY HERE.

AND I BELIEVE THAT I COULD, IF I WOULD SPEAK FOR ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES, THAT EVERYONE HAS THIS ISSUE.

AND I, I THINK THAT WE PROBABLY I'M GETTING EYES.

NO, I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THIS. ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I SAID INSURANCE AND RESERVES WHEN I WAS SAYING THE COMMENTS EARLIER TO INCLUDE IT IN INSURANCE AND RESERVES, BECAUSE IT IS ALL PART OF IT FOR THE HOES AND AND THE PENALTIES THAT ARE NOT YET IN THERE THAT THEY WANT TO DO.

SO WHETHER IT'S TWO SEPARATE ITEMS OR, OR IN ONE, IT'S PERSONALLY I HAVE I'M FINE WITH IT BECAUSE I THINK IT IS ALL TOGETHER BECAUSE WITHOUT ALL THESE ISSUES, THOSE HOA FEES AND CO FEES WOULD NOT BE GOING UP MORE FOR THE KOA THAN THE HOA, BUT HOA STILL DO HAVE SOME OF THE ISSUES FROM IT. SO.

WELL, I KIND OF AND I KIND OF THINK THEY'RE DIFFERENT ONLY BECAUSE BASED ON WHAT, YOU KNOW, WHILE WE ARE GOING TO TAKE WHATEVER PAPER RESOLUTION POSITION ON INSURANCE, I THINK IF I UNDERSTOOD RON CORRECTLY, HE STATED THAT THERE'S NOT MUCH ACTION THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN THERE, NOR WILL WE HAVE MUCH IMPACT.

WHILE I UNDERSTAND, BASED ON WHAT RON JUST STATED, THERE IS LEGISLATION ON THE FLOOR, THERE ARE CONVERSATIONS AND PERHAPS WE CAN HAVE AN IMPACT THERE.

AND I WOULD ASK RON IF YOU WOULD.

RON, JUST COULD YOU GIVE US A LITTLE BIT OF YOUR PERSPECTIVE WITH REGARD TO MY QUESTION AND THE POSITION THAT YOU THINK WE WE WOULD BE MOST SUCCESSFUL IN TAKING IF IF IN FACT, WE SHOULD TAKE ONE? YOU'RE TALKING SPECIFICALLY ON THE ON THE SIDE OF SMALL BUSINESS LOAN OPPORTUNITIES? OR ARE YOU TALKING MORE ON THE SPECIAL ASSESSMENT STUFF RELATED TO HOMEOWNERS AND CONDO OWNER ASSOCIATIONS? IS THAT THE PICTURE? THE ONE WE TALKED ABOUT MORE ON FRIDAY? YES. LOOK. THERE'S GOING TO BE A BILL.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE.

I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH RELIEF THEY'RE GOING TO PROVIDE.

I THINK THAT FOLKS HAVE AWAKENED TO UNDERSTAND BETTER THE HORNS OF THE DILEMMA

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THEY ALL FIND THEMSELVES ON.

YOU'VE GOT THE SERIOUSNESS OF OF OF WHAT HAPPENED IN SURFSIDE.

YOU HAVE THE SERIOUSNESS OF WHAT HAS RESULTED IN MANY BUILDINGS AROUND THE STATE GETTING RED TAGGED.

HAVING NOT MET THEIR 40 YEAR, HAVING NOT HAD ADEQUATE RESERVES AND THE LIKE.

ON THE OTHER HAND, YOU'VE GOT THAT OTHER PIECE OF THE EQUATION WHICH RELATES TO ABUSIVE HOMEOWNERS AND CONDO OWNER ASSOCIATION BOARDS. AND IF, IF YOU WILL, THIEVERY, CRIMINALITY AND THE LIKE.

I THINK THAT TO BELIEVE THAT THE LEGISLATURE WITHOUT HAVING HAD A BROADER STUDY, IS GOING TO DO ALL OF THE THINGS THAT WE ALL THINK NEED TO GET DONE, OTHER THAN MAYBE KICKING THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD TO BUY MORE TIME ON THE ASSESSMENTS, WORRIED THAT IN THE END, IF THERE'S A BUILDING COLLAPSE OR THERE ARE THINGS THAT AREN'T GETTING DONE AS A RESULT OF UNDERFUNDED RESERVES THEY'RE GOING TO END UP IN HOT WATER IN THEIR DISTRICTS.

I JUST DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT ENDS UP.

AND AND AND LOOK, I'VE GOT A AT A VERY DEAR FRIEND THAT OWNS ONE OF THOSE TYPE OF CONDO UNITS BUILDINGS, PROBABLY 45 OR 50 YEARS OLD.

CAN'T SELL THE UNIT.

CAN'T RENT THE UNIT.

STILL GOT TO MAKE THE MAINTENANCE PAYMENTS.

STILL GOT TO MAKE THE INSURANCE PAYMENTS.

STILL GOT TO MAKE THE TAX PAYMENTS.

AND IF THEY DON'T GET SOME RELIEF FROM THE RESERVE ISSUE, THAT UNIT MAY ULTIMATELY END UP BEING SOLD AS A TAX CERTIFICATE.

BECAUSE. IN THE END, THEY CAN'T ROB PETER TO PAY PAUL TO MAKE THE PAYMENTS.

THEY GOTTA MAKE. AND CAN'T RENT.

CAN'T SELL. AND I DON'T KNOW THOSE.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE ANSWERS ARE.

WE'VE CERTAINLY SAT THROUGH PLENTY OF HEARINGS ON THE ISSUE BETWEEN THIS ISSUE AND AND THE PNC ISSUE. AND I DON'T THINK THERE ARE TWO MORE IMPORTANT ISSUES THAT THE LEGISLATURE NEEDS TO DEAL WITH.

I THINK WHEN YOU'RE IN TALLAHASSEE, IT'S A GOOD TIME TO KNOCK ON PEOPLE'S DOORS, NOT JUST THE LOCAL DELEGATION, BUT OUTSIDE THE DELEGATION AS WELL.

THAT MAY NOT HAVE HELPED ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, BUT I MAYBE YOU HEAR THE FRUSTRATION.

MAYBE YOU HEAR THE FRUSTRATION IN MY IN MY THOUGHTS AS WELL.

I'M GOING TO JUMP IN. I THINK IT DOES KIND OF ANSWER THE QUESTION IN THE FACT THAT IT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.

AND THERE IF TO MAKE IT MORE CLEAR, WE DO A MOTION, WE'LL DO A CONSENSUS TO MAKE SURE THAT IT IS CLEAR WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SEPARATE THE PNC, SEPARATE THE RESERVES, AND DEALING WITH HOAS AND MORE SUPPORT OF LEGISLATIVE CHANGE TO ASSIST, WHICHEVER WAY YOU POLISH IT UP NICELY.

IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SEEKING? YES.

OKAY. YES.

OKAY. MAYOR, I'VE GOT TO JUMP.

MAYOR. I'VE GOT. UNLESS THERE'S ANOTHER PRESSING QUESTION, I'VE GOT TO JUMP ON TO A ZOOM THAT STARTED 1115.

IF THERE'S A LAST QUESTION SOMEBODY GOT.

I DON'T WANT TO DESERT YOU.

IT'S GOING TO BE THERE. BUT I'M LATE ON A ZOOM.

I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION.

BUT DON'T FORGET YOUR PROMISE THAT I COULD MEET THE GOVERNOR.

I REMEMBER THE. ALL RIGHT.

SO THEN COMMISSIONER COMMISSIONER BOLTON, DO YOU HAVE A PRESSING ITEM FOR VARUN? NO, ATTORNEY I DON'T.

THEN BECAUSE HE'S GOT TO GO.

BUT COMMISSIONER PATTERSON WAS STILL IN THE MIDDLE OF HER CONVERSATION, SO.

YEAH, BUT IT'S FINE IF HE HAS SOMETHING.

HE SOUNDS LIKE HE DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING PRESSING FOR FOR RON.

I WAS GOING TO LET RON GO IF YOU HAVE NOTHING PRESSING FOR HIM.

YEAH. SO, ATTORNEY BROOKE, THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR MEETING WITH US THIS MORNING.

I WILL DIRECT SOME QUESTIONS TO RANA IN YOUR ABSENCE, AND HOPEFULLY SHE CAN RELAY SOME TO YOU.

SO I APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT.

WELL, HER FUTURE DEPENDS ON HER ANSWERING THEM CORRECTLY.

COMMISSIONER. AND TO VICE MAYOR, YOU KNOW THE DEAL.

IF SHE DISAPPOINTS TAMARAC, THEN YOU KNOW, SHE'S I KNOW I WE LOVE RANA, AND IT'S BEEN THAT WAY SINCE THE BEGINNING OF TIME.

SO, YOU KNOW, NOTHING'S CHANGED.

AND YOU CAN TELL VICE MAYOR DANIEL SHE CAN MEET ME AS GOVERNOR IN 2040.

HOW'S THAT? SOME OF US ARE MOVING OUT OF STATE.

THANK YOU, YOU GUYS.

GOOD LUCK. WE'LL SEE YOU IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS OR A FEW WEEKS AT THIS POINT IN TIME.

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ALL RIGHT. BYE, GUYS. ALRIGHT.

THANKS. PATTERSON.

WE ARE. WE ARE BACK TO YOU FOR YOUR.

I'VE ONLY GOT TWO MORE.

SO ALL RIGHT, SO THE NEXT ONE IS GLASSES.

SO I GUESS THERE IS SOMETHING THERE FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

BUT I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING RELATIVE TO SENIOR AND ELDER CARE OR MAYBE ELDER CARE.

I FEEL LIKE WE NEED SOMETHING HERE THAT WOULD SUPPORT YOU KNOW, I MEAN, KIND OF JUST TYING INTO WHAT I WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT, WHETHER IT'S RELEVANT TO ASSESSMENTS THAT THEY'RE ENCOUNTERING, PROPERTY INSURANCES, WHATEVER.

BUT I FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO POTENTIALLY TAKE A POSITION, GIVEN CONSIDERATION THAT OUR CITY IS HIGHLY POPULATED WITH THE SENIOR COMMUNITY.

YOU KNOW, SUPPORT FOR WHATEVER MAY BE ON THE FLOOR, RELEVANT TO ELDER CARE, SENIOR SERVICES, AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR SENIORS, ETC..

I DON'T KNOW, RONNIE, IF YOU KNOW OF ANYTHING THERE.

WELL I KNOW THAT THERE'S NOT NECESSARILY A SUBCATEGORY OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING SPECIFICALLY DIRECTED AT SENIORS.

BUT I KNOW THAT WHEN THE STATE GOES THROUGH, THEY HAVE A STUDY THAT'S CALLED THE SHIMBERG STUDY THAT DETERMINES WHERE HOUSING IS NEEDED THROUGHOUT THE STATE.

AND THEN THEY SELECT LOCATIONS FOR GRANTS FOR HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS.

FROM THAT THAT IS REALLY HOW THAT'S DIRECTED AT THE STATE LEVEL FOR THOSE SPECIFIC TAX CREDITS.

ET CETERA. NOW, DOES THERE NEED TO BE AN ITEM OR A BILL ON THE FLOOR FOR US TO, YOU KNOW, BE IN SUPPORT OF A OR HAVE A POSITION ON A PARTICULAR ITEM? I HAVEN'T SEEN ANYTHING ADDRESSING THAT YET.

I IF YOU DECIDE TO ADD TO YOUR LEGISLATIVE ISSUES PACKAGE TO SUPPORT SPECIFIC AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR ELDERLY, I THINK THAT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE.

CAN I JUMP IN ON ONE ITEM? SURE. SO ALSO, IF CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG.

EVEN IF WE DON'T HAVE IT ON HERE.

THERE'S NOTHING THAT WHEN WE GO UP THAT STOPS YOU FROM GOING, OR ANY OF US FROM GOING AND SPEAKING WITH A LEGISLATOR AND SAYING, MAKE SURE YOU SUPPORT THIS.

I HEAR YOU'VE GOT A BILL ON THE FLOOR.

WE WEREN'T AWARE OF IT AT THE TIME WE DID OUR LEGISLATIVE ITEM.

AS YOU KNOW, THROUGH EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE DOING, AND BY THE TIME WE GO UP THERE, THESE ARE ITEMS THAT WE ALL SUPPORT.

SO THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH YOU SAYING, I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC.

IF WE'RE NOT ALL IN THE MEETING TOGETHER AND SAYING WE SUPPORT THIS AND WE HOPE YOU'LL ADVOCATE FURTHER.

SO I SAY THAT JUST SO, IN CASE IT'S NOT AS SPECIFIC, YOU KNOW THAT YOU CAN FEEL COMFORTABLE WHEN YOU'RE UP THERE.

YOU STILL CAN ADVOCATE FOR THOSE THINGS THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO THE COMMUNITY.

AND IF IT'S SOMETHING YOU'RE NOT AWARE YET AS IT BEING A UNIVERSAL THING FOR THE COMMISSION, YOU AS A COMMISSIONER WHO ARE ADVOCATING ON BEHALF OF YOUR CONSTITUENCY, ARE ABLE TO SAY THAT AS WELL.

OKAY. THANK YOU MAYOR.

I THINK THE REASON THAT A LOT OF THE ISSUE STATEMENTS IN YOUR AGENDA ARE SOMEWHAT GENERAL GIVES US THE ABILITY TO WORK.

IF AN ISSUE COMES UP THAT WOULD FALL, CERTAINLY THAT WOULD FALL UNDER YOUR TAB ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND RENTAL ASSISTANCE.

SO SO SO SO WHILE I MAY NOT, YOU KNOW, I WON'T BELABOR THE ISSUE.

AND MAYBE I WON'T I WON'T GO DOWN THE PATH OF ASKING FOR IT TO BE ADDED AS AN AGENDA OR AS AN ITEM.

I WOULD ASK THAT WE EXPAND SOME OF THE LANGUAGE AND THE PROVISION TO INCLUDE SOME OF THAT RELEVANT, SPECIFIC TO SENIORS AND ELDER CARE.

I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, FOR ME, YOU KNOW, WHILE THIS MAY COME TO BITE ME LATER, I DON'T I'M NOT BIG ON A WHOLE LOT OF SPECIFICITY GENERALLY BECAUSE I THINK THAT THAT COMES TO CREATE CHALLENGE LATER.

BUT I THINK THAT GIVEN OUR DEMOGRAPHIC, WE NEED TO HAVE SOME SPECIFIC LANGUAGE SO THAT MAYBE YOU LEAVE AND RETIRE TOMORROW FOR WHOEVER COMES NEXT. UNDERSTANDS THAT TAMARAC IS A HIGHLY POPULATED SENIOR COMMUNITY, AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO ME SPECIFICALLY TO ADVOCATE ON THE BEHALF OF THE SENIORS.

SO PLEASE.

AND THEN THE LAST THING IS YOUTH.

I FEEL LIKE WE HAVE PUBLIC EDUCATION HERE, BUT THIS HAS THIS DOESN'T TALK TO ME ABOUT THINGS AROUND YOU KNOW, I GUESS WHILE IT ADDRESSES EDUCATION, I FEEL LIKE IT DOESN'T ADDRESS CULTURE, RECREATION, MENTAL HEALTH.

YOU KNOW, AFTER SCHOOL SERVICES, PROGRAMS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE FOR OUR STUDENTS.

AND SO I KIND OF WOULD LIKE TO SEE AGAIN HERE IF WE COULD, YOU KNOW, EXPAND THIS TO INCLUDE SERVICES, PROGRAMS FOR OUR YOUTH

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SPECIFIC TO THE THINGS THAT I LISTED.

THAT'S IT FOR ME. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. COMMISSIONER.

BOLTON. THANK YOU.

MAYOR. YOU KNOW, I THINK ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I'M HESITANT TO SOMETIMES ADD THINGS TO THE LEGISLATIVE AGENDA IS BECAUSE YOU RUN A KNOW VERY WELL THAT THERE ARE STATE AGENCIES AND DEPARTMENTS THAT OUR CITY CAN GET RESOURCES FROM.

FOR INSTANCE, ONE OF OUR LAST TRIPS TO TALLAHASSEE, ONE OF OUR RECENT TRIPS TO TALLAHASSEE WE MET, I THINK, WITH ONE OF THE DEPARTMENTS THAT DEALT WITH SMALL BUSINESSES AND GRANTS AND LOANS AND THAT SORT OF STUFF.

SO INSTEAD OF, LIKE, ADDING LANGUAGE LIKE THAT TO OUR LEGISLATIVE AGENDA, WE CAN CERTAINLY JUST GO TO THE DEPARTMENT THEMSELVES AND ASK THEM FOR RESOURCES.

AND I BELIEVE I DON'T REMEMBER WHICH ONE.

THERE WAS A DIRECTOR OR A GENTLEMAN THAT WAS WILLING TO COME DOWN TO TAMARAC TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THOSE SERVICES.

RIGHT. AND SO YOU KNOW, MAYBE IT'S AND THEN INCUMBENT UPON US THEN TO FOLLOW UP WITH THAT DEPARTMENT TO FIGURE OUT HOW THEY CAN COME DOWN, TALK TO SMALL BUSINESSES AND SO FORTH.

SO MAYBE THAT'S AN INITIATIVE THAT COMMISSIONER PATTERSON WOULD BE AMENABLE TO AND JOIN ME ON, SINCE SHE'S SO PASSIONATE ABOUT THAT.

AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THAT FOR A WHILE.

RANA. AND SO WE'RE THE FACADE PROGRAM IS IS CONCERNED I KNOW THAT THE CITY HAS ALREADY GIVEN, I THINK, OVER $250,000 TO SOME PLAZAS TO FIX THEIR FACADE.

AND WE HAVE THAT PROGRAM GOING.

SO WHILE COMMISSIONER PATTERSON IS COMING UP WITH SOME GREAT POINTS, YOU KNOW, THERE I JUST WANTED TO PUT ON THE RECORD THAT THERE ARE PROGRAMS AVAILABLE, AND THERE ARE ALREADY SERVICES THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO THESE SMALL BUSINESSES AND SO FORTH.

AND, YOU KNOW, SO BUT ONE OF THE TOPICS THAT SHE BROUGHT UP THAT ARE VERY CUTE AND ON IS THE TOPIC OF CRAS.

I KNOW THAT THAT IS PROBABLY UNDER THE COUNTY'S PURVIEW.

IF WE WERE TO ADVOCATE FOR THE STATE, YOU KNOW, STEPPING IN TO TALK TO COUNTIES TO SAY YOU CANNOT PREEMPT CRAS FROM OR CITIES FROM ASKING FOR ADDITIONAL CRAS.

WOULD THAT BE GOING AGAINST THE SPIRIT OF HOME RULE, OR WOULD THAT BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE TO ASK FOR TO ASK FOR THE CREATION OF ADDITIONAL CRAS? YEAH, BECAUSE I THINK IT'S UNDER THE PURVIEW OF THE COUNTY.

CORRECT. MISS CALLOWAY.

SO IF IF THE STATE COULD PREEMPT COUNTIES FROM NOT PREEMPTING CITIES FROM CREATING MORE CRAS, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT IS, YOU KNOW, GOES AGAINST THE SPIRIT OF HOME RULE, BUT, YOU KNOW, CITIES WANT TO HAVE CRAS, RIGHT? THERE ARE BLIGHTED AREAS IN OUR IN OUR COMMUNITY, RIGHT? WE KNOW THEM. RIGHT.

AND SO WELL.

AND IF I RECALL CORRECTLY, I THINK IT WAS ABOUT TEN YEARS AGO NOW THAT THE LEGISLATURE WAS FOCUSED ON SUNSETTING ALL CRAS EVENTUALLY AND SUNSETTING THE ABILITY TO CREATE NEW ONES.

THAT HAS QUIETED DOWN OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, I THINK, BECAUSE OF, YOU KNOW, COVID AND OTHER THINGS THAT HAVE AND HURRICANES THAT AFFECT FLORIDA, THINGS THAT HAVE REALLY TAKEN THE FOCUS OFF OF THAT. I THINK THE STATE CAN ABSOLUTELY CREATE OR PREVENT THAT FROM HAPPENING.

I THINK, THOUGH, THAT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THE CURRENT CRAS THAT YOU HAVE ARE FOCUSED ON COMMUNITY NEEDS AND WORKING THROUGH THOSE.

I THINK NOT NECESSARY.

IS IT NECESSARY TO CREATE A NEW ONE? I THINK YOU HAVE TO MAKE AN EXTREMELY STRONG CASE ON THAT.

SO I DON'T I DON'T KNOW, BUT I THINK, I THINK THAT I WOULDN'T ADVOCATE THE STATE FROM PREEMPTING LOCAL GOVERNMENTS FROM DOING THAT.

ON ONE HAND, AND THEN TURNING AROUND AND ASKING THE STATE NOT TO PREEMPT LOCAL GOVERNMENTS ON MANY OTHER THINGS.

SO I THINK, THOUGH, YOU KNOW, IT OCCURRED TO ME AS WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE BLIGHTED AREAS, I THINK, IRONICALLY, THERE MIGHT BE A LINK BETWEEN WHAT CAN BE DONE THROUGH LIVE LOCAL AND DEVELOPING A BLIGHTED AREA IN THAT REGARD.

SO THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT MIGHT BE MARRIED AND EVEN WITH THE AND EVEN WITH THE BLIGHTED AREAS.

RIGHT. WE HAVE MISS WILLIAMS, WHO IS, YOU KNOW, JUST A CONSUMMATE PROFESSIONAL.

AND, YOU KNOW, I HER NAME SLIPPED ME EARLIER, BUT THAT DOESN'T IT DOESN'T GIVE RISE TO THE LEVEL OF WORK THAT SHE DOES HERE IN THE CITY.

YOU KNOW, SHE WORKED VERY, VERY HARD ON ON GRANTS, FOR INSTANCE, FOR SHAKER VILLAGE.

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WE HAD, I THINK, THAT $1.5 MILLION GRANT.

AND SO MAYBE IF THERE ARE SOME BLIGHTED AREAS, THEN COMMISSIONER PATTERSON MRS WILLIAMS, WHO WORKED SO VERY HARD ON THE GRANTS FOR SHAKER VILLAGE, COULD LOOK AT SOME OF THOSE OTHER BLIGHTED AREAS IN OUR COMMUNITY AND MAKE SURE THAT GRANT DOLLARS COME TO THE CITY OF TAMARAC.

WE KNOW ALREADY THAT SHE HAS THE, THE, THE WHERE WITH TO DO THAT.

SHE, SHE HAS THAT MAGIC.

SO, YOU KNOW, MAYBE A SIT DOWN WITH HER AND THE MANAGER IS IS FORTHCOMING.

BUT THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS.

THANK YOU. AND IF THERE IS A WAY TO EXTEND THE CRAS FROM THE COUNTY, THEN WE CAN FIGURE OUT IF WE CAN EVER HAVE ONE.

WE NEVER. WE DON'T HAVE ONE.

THE CITY LEADERS IN THE PAST, WHEN IT WAS COMING ABOUT, DID NOT BELIEVE THAT THE CITY OF TAMARAC NEEDED THEM, OR MAYBE DIDN'T THINK WE WOULD HAVE SPACE OR WOULD EVER WORK.

WHATEVER THE REASON WAS, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, I WAS NOT AROUND AT THE TIME ON THE COMMISSION.

SO WE DON'T HAVE ONE.

WOULD IT BE NICE IF IT WAS NOT SUNSETTED BY THE COUNTY THAT WE COULD DO SOMETHING? IT'S NOT IN THEIR PURVIEW RIGHT NOW.

BECAUSE I BROUGHT IT UP AT THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMMITTEE LOCALLY THAT I'M ON FOR FOR THE COUNTY.

IT'S NOT IN THEIR EYES, BUT MAYBE AS A COMMISSION, WE CAN CERTAINLY TALK TO OUR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AND SEE IF THEY'RE GOING TO CHANGE ANYTHING.

BUT APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND BEING HERE AND SPENDING THE MORNING WITH US.

YOU GOING BACK OR YOU.

I AM GOING RIGHT TO THE OFFICE FROM HERE.

ALL RIGHT, WELL, THEN GRAB SOME MONEY.

DRIVE SAFELY. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.

AND FOR YOUR FAITH IN US.

AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING TOGETHER FOR A RECESSION.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ALL RIGHT. WE ARE GOING TO TRY TO GET THROUGH ONE MORE BEFORE BREAK.

OKAY. HUM.

YES. IT'S ART. PEOPLE GET PREPARED.

[1.c Discussion and consensus on the selection of Inspiration Way 2025 Sculptures and Water Tank Murals, and Request for the artist budget increase on Fire Station #15 — Presented by George Gadson / Maher Mansour ]

SO IT IS ONE. SEE DISCUSSION AND CONSENSUS ON THE SELECTION OF INSPIRATION WAY 2025 SCULPTURES, WATER TANK MURALS AND A REQUEST FOR THE ARTISTS BUDGET INCREASE.

THANK YOU.

ON SCULPTURE ON FIRE STATION 15.

NEVER MIND.

SO WE NOW HAVE THIS BEING PRESENTED BY GEORGE GADSON AND MARY MANSOUR, ASSISTANT COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.

DO I HAVE MY TITLE RIGHT? ASSISTANT DIRECTOR. DIRECTOR.

SORRY. YOU KNOW I HATE TITLES.

THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. YEAH, IT'S VERY LONG.

THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING.

GOOD MORNING. MAYOR.

VICE MAYOR. COMMISSIONERS.

HAPPY NEW YEAR.

GEORGE GADSDEN WITH GADSDEN RABBITS AND MY BUSINESS PARTNER, BETH ROBERTS.

FOR THE RECORD, WITH US ALSO IN THE AUDIENCE AS WELL.

WE'RE PLEASED TO COME BACK TO YOU.

FROM THIS IS A FOLLOW UP FROM OUR LAST, COMMISSION WORKSHOP AND I.

SAT DOWN AND WATCHED THE ACTUAL RECORDING OF THE LAST WORKSHOP, JUST TO A COUPLE OF TIMES, JUST TO BE CERTAIN THAT WE BROUGHT BEFORE YOU YOUR WHAT APPEARED, FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, TO BE PRETTY MUCH A AN AGREEMENT OR A CONSENSUS. SO WHAT WE'RE SHOWING YOU TODAY OR FROM WHAT WE INTERPRET TO BE THOSE THAT YOU WOULD BE INCLINED TO HAVE MOVED FORWARD SO THAT WE CAN BEGIN TO ENGAGE THE ARTISTS AND GET INSPIRATION WHERE THEY POPULATED WITH NEW ART.

BY THE END OF BY THE END OF THIS MONTH.

I RECALL THERE WERE TWO SCULPTURES PRESENTED BY DAVID HAYES, ONE OF WHICH WAS NOT ACCEPTED.

SO THIS PARTICULAR ONE, THERE WAS NEITHER A YAY NOR A NAME FOR IT.

AND AND WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO WHAT YOU'RE SEEING TO THE MAJORITY OF THESE ARE THOSE THAT WERE ALTERNATES AS OPPOSED TO INITIAL RECOMMENDATIONS.

SO THIS B ONE BY MR..

MR.. DAVID HAYES.

ROBIN MORGAN WAS PRETTY MUCH A NO ONE DISAGREED WITH THIS PARTICULAR ONE.

THE THE READER THERE WAS ONE CONCERN AS TO, YOU KNOW, WHAT IT WOULD COMMUNICATE OR REPRESENT, BUT THE MAJORITY WOULD WERE IN FAVOR WITH IT ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.

THE SAME. I'M SORRY.

WHICH MEETING DID YOU THE THE THE WORKSHOP FOR THE THE NINTH? YES, MA'AM. THIS PARTICULAR ONE ALSO WAS OVERALL NOT

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OBJECTIVE. THERE WAS MAYBE ONE COMMENT THAT WAS MAYBE NOT IN FAVOR OF IT, BUT AGAIN, REALLY TRY TO ASCERTAIN FROM THE DISCUSSIONS BECAUSE THE DISCUSSIONS WERE RATHER ROBUST.

WITH THIS PARTICULAR PRESENTATION PREVIOUSLY GIVEN TO YOU, THERE WERE NO COMMENTS, YAY OR NAY FOR MR. COONS? NONE FOR MR. FERNANDEZ.

MR. FERNANDEZ DID HAVE A HAND THAT WAS PRESENTED.

THAT WAS REMOVED.

THIS PARTICULAR ARTIST HAD THREE ACTUALLY SCULPTURES.

ONE OF THE THREE WAS REMOVED BECAUSE THE SIZE WAS FIVE FEET, WHICH WOULD NOT ACCOMMODATE THE BASE OF THE PADS OF EIGHT FEET BY BY TEN FEET.

BUT THE TWO HERE WERE THERE WAS NO DISAGREEMENT FROM WHAT I WAS ABLE TO ASCERTAIN FROM WATCHING THE VIDEO.

SAME FOR THIS PARTICULAR ARTIST.

THIS PARTICULAR ARTIST HERE.

THIS PARTICULAR ARTIST THERE WERE.

I WILL ADVISE YOU, THOUGH, THAT TWO DAYS AGO, WE FOUND OUT THAT THIS PARTICULAR ARTIST HER WORK, THESE PIECES ARE NO LONGER AVAILABLE.

THAT SHE HAS.

THEY THEY HAVE BEEN BUT THE PRESENTATION HAD ALREADY BEEN PRESENTED BEFOREHAND, AND WE FOUND OUT THAT IT WAS NOT AVAILABLE NOW.

PARDON ME? YES.

THAT'S CORRECT. BOTH OF THEM ARE CLOSED.

YES, SIR. THERE WERE THERE WERE TWO.

THIS PARTICULAR ONE HERE.

ASTERISK. AND THEN THE ALSO OSCILLATE.

AND THE LAST ONE MELINDA HOFFMAN.

OKAY. WE CAN SHALL WE CONTINUE OR SHALL WE HAVE DISCUSSION? WE CAN CONTINUE. OKAY.

THE THE WATER TANK MURAL.

OH, SORRY.

I THOUGHT YOU MEANT. SHALL WE CONTINUE BECAUSE COMMISSIONER BOLTON WAS LEAVING THE ROOM? VERSUS. OH, NO, MA'AM.

I THINK LET'S LET'S JUST TAKE ONE ART PIECE THING AT A TIME IN CASE WE NEED TO CALL A BREAK IN THE MIDDLE OF IT.

THEN WE FINISH OUR DISCUSSION.

POSSIBLY. SO WE HAVE HOW MANY PADS ARE TRYING TO FILL.

I'M SORRY. HOW MANY PADS ARE WE TRYING TO FILL? 11. 11.

WE NOW HAVE 13 LEFT.

I THINK THAT IS CORRECT.

OKAY. I PERSONALLY BELIEVE I RECALL CERTAIN COMMENTS BEING MADE ABOUT SOME OF THE ONES THAT ARE HERE OF.

NO, BUT THEY'RE STILL BACK.

BUT ANYWAY WHY DON'T WE JUST DO THIS? I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH EACH ONE.

YES OR NO? I'LL TALLY THEM UP AND WE'LL GO FROM THERE, BECAUSE I THINK IT'LL JUST BE A LOT EASIER.

SO VICE MAYOR DAVID HAYES.

WHAT DO YOU WANT? JUST GIVE ME ALL OF YOUR LIST.

WE'LL GO THROUGH EACH OF THEM. YES OR NO? EVERYTHING EXCEPT THE WOOD ONE.

I'M NOT SURE HOW THAT WOULD WORK.

CD. CD.

OKAY. I'M SORRY I COULDN'T HEAR YOU.

VICE MAYOR SAYS BASICS NUMBER 21, PAGE 21.

NO, THE WITH THE 18.

BUT IT SAYS. I THOUGHT THE NAME WAS BASICS.

NUMBER 21 I DON'T KNOW IT'S MATHIAS NEWMAN.

IT'S ON PAGE NINE OF THE ACTUAL THIS PAGE 2018 OF YOUR SLIDES.

YEAH. HERE WE ARE. OKAY.

YEAH. THIS ONE. THAT'S THE ONLY ONE.

I'M NOT SURE HOW THAT. SO SHE'S OKAY WITH THAT? OKAY. EXCEPT THIS ONE, BUT I'M OKAY.

WHATEVER. OKAY.

COMMISSIONER PATTERSON, THANK YOU.

I AGREE, I'M WITH DOCTOR DANIEL.

COMMISSIONER. RIGHT. COMMISSIONER DANIEL MRS, JOHNNY FLOWER.

YES. YEAH. AND WHICH WHICH SIDE? WHICH PAGE, SIR.

NUMBER 13. NUMBER 13.

ELEMENT OR THE BUDDHA OR BOTH? THAT'S WHY I'M A BIG FAN OF THE FLOWERS OF A DIFFERENT COLOR.

THESE WERE YOU WERE NOT IN FAVOR OF THOSE, OR YOU WERE I'M NOT.

OKAY. AND AS AS THE VICE MAYOR SAID AS WELL.

AND AND NEWMAN.

YES. YES, SIR. OKAY.

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OTHER THAN THAT, I'M GOOD WITH EVERYTHING ELSE, BUT I'M SORRY.

ON THE NUMBER 14 ONE.

THE THE OTHER FLOWER.

OKAY. I AGREE WITH COMMISSIONER WRIGHT.

I'M NOT A FAN OF JONI'S WORK OR JONI'S WORK AT ALL.

PERSONALLY, I HAD NO PROBLEM WITH MESSIAS, BUT THAT'S FINE, BECAUSE I LOVE THE HEARTS.

I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH.

THE SIZE OF NUMBER SEVEN.

ALDO MUSIL.

BUTTERFLIES. I WAS WORRIED ABOUT THE SIZE OF IT.

DOES THAT PODIUM COME WITH IT? THE DOES THE BASE COME WITH? IS THAT COMING WITH IT THAT SHOULD COME WITH.

YES. YES. IS IT JUST AS PRETTY AS IT MIGHT BE FOR ME? THAT SEEMS LIKE IT'S MORE AT A PLACE WHERE YOU SIT DOWN AND SEE IT TO TO APPRECIATE IT AS YOU'RE DRIVING.

WELL, I THINK THE ROAD'S SUPPOSED TO BE 40MPH THERE.

RIGHT, DEPUTIES? SERGEANT. I THINK PEOPLE GO SPEEDING ON PINE ISLAND OR NOB HILL JUST A LITTLE BIT.

THEY'RE PROBABLY NOT GOING TO APPRECIATE THE ARTISTRY, BUT IF FOR A LACK OF ANYTHING ELSE, IF WE NEED TO FILL THIS SPACE, I WOULDN'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH IT.

SAME THING WITH MY CONCERN WITH THE READER WAS MY CONCERN WITH THE READER.

I. I DON'T KNOW IF WE WANT TO HAVE TWO OF THE SAME ARTISTS.

SO FOR 11 AND 12, IF THAT HAS TO BE A PICK, I PREFER THE WINTER BLOOM.

I HAPPEN TO LIKE THE VIBRANCY OF THE BLUE.

YOU CAN TELL BY MY NAILS.

PAGE 11 AND PAGE 12.

11. I PREFER 11 IF WE IF WE HAVE TO SELECT ONE OF THE TWO.

PERSONALLY, I WOULD SELECT 11 BECAUSE OF I PREFER THE VIBRANCY ONLY ELIMINATING TWO BECAUSE.

RIGHT. WELL I WANT TO RECOUNT BECAUSE I JUST WANT TO RECOUNT.

SO 123456789.

TEN. SO ACTUALLY REMOVING ANY ONES THAT WERE NOT LIKE NOT INCLUDING THE ONES THAT I MADE MY COMMENTS WE HAVE DOWN TO TEN. SO WE NOW HAVE TO ADD WE HAVE TO ADD WE HAVE 11 PARTS AVAILABLE.

RIGHT. GO AHEAD.

I'M SAYING IF WE'RE ADDING ABOUT ONE, I KNOW THERE WAS AN ARTIST BOTH OF YOU DIDN'T LIKE.

YEAH, ONE OF THOSE, I THINK.

THE FLOWERS. SO THE FLOUR? YES. WHICH FLOUR? THERE'S TWO IN THE BOTTOM ONE.

THIS WAS. THIS WAS NOT.

THIS WAS A NO.

NO. THIS ONE.

BRING IT UP ON YOUR SCREEN BECAUSE YOUR SCREEN IS BETTER GRAPHICS.

CAN YOU SHOW THE OTHER ONE? THE ELEMENT.

ELEMENT. YEAH.

YEAH. THIS ONE BACK.

YEAH. NO. THIS ONE. YES.

YOU LIKE THAT ONE OR DON'T LIKE THAT ONE? IT'S RIGHT ON THE SCREEN.

YEAH. YEAH.

AND GO TO THE FLOUR. I THINK THE FLOUR HAS MORE CHARACTER.

YEAH. YEAH, IT HAS MORE CHARACTER.

YOU WERE IS IS IS IT POSSIBLE TO PAINT A DIFFERENT COLOR? THAT'S FINE. JUST JUST GO TO SHOW.

SHOW THE FLOUR. NEXT. NEXT SLIDE.

NEXT SLIDE. YEAH. THAT ONE.

YEAH I THINK THAT HAS A LOT OF CHARACTER.

IT HAS. YES. YEAH.

OKAY. YEAH. OKAY. SO PUTTING THE FLOUR BACK.

THIS ONE WE NOW HAVE 11.

YEAH THAT'S FINE.

YES WE HAVE ANOTHER I THINK ARTISTIC MIGHT JUST AN OPINION FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH.

MAYBE HAVE ON PINE ISLAND WHERE WE HAVE THE VACANT LOT.

HAVE THE BLOOMS. ANCHOR LIKE ONE SIDE AND THE OTHER.

AND SOMETHING IN THE MIDDLE.

THAT'S A LITTLE.

IT APPEARS THAT IT'S TALL, LIKE THE BLOOMS ARE TALL.

PUT SOMETHING IN BETWEEN THAT.

MAYBE A LITTLE BIT SHORTER TO HAVE A BALANCE.

JUST. JUST A RECOMMENDATION.

JUST A THOUGHT. SO I GUESS WE HAVE OUR.

SO, SO THE OF OF THOSE THAT ARE BEING PRESENTED TO YOU, THE ONES THAT FROM MY MY UNDERSTANDING NEWMAN IS IS OUT AND OUT.

YANNIS. ELEMENT IS OUT.

NICOLE GOT HERSELF OUT.

YES, MA'AM. AND SO THERE'S NOTHING ELSE LEFT FOR THESE TWO.

SO THE TWO, NEWMAN'S AND AN ELEMENT ARE THE ONES THAT ARE, ARE NOT ARE OUT.

YEAH. WE, WE, WE HAD TO ADD BACK IN BECAUSE WE HAVE MORE PADS THAN WE HAVE ARTWORK.

RIGHT. OKAY. JUST WANTED TO BE CERTAIN.

YEP, YEP. SO THE OTHERS WILL WORK WITH THESE TWO.

WE WE WON'T WE WON'T INCLUDE THEM.

NEWMAN. AND AN ELEMENT.

AND OF COURSE, NICOLE IS IS OUT.

NICOLE HAS BEEN SPOKEN FOR.

YEP. OKAY. VERY GOOD.

ALRIGHT. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. SO WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE ON FOR A LITTLE BIT LONGER, IF THAT'S OKAY.

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AND WE'RE GOING TO GO TO THE WATER TANK MURALS.

OKAY. THE WATER TANK MURAL.

AT THE LAST COMMISSION WORKSHOP TO I LOOK THROUGH THE, THE VIDEO AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE, THE CONSENSUS WAS PRETTY MUCH FOCUSING IN ON MR. JORDAN. WILLIAM JORDAN HAVING HIM REVISE HIS DESIGN THAT INCLUDED THE MOTIF OR IMAGE OF A OF A FOOTBALL PLAYER.

AND AT THE SAME TIME HAVE IT DONE IN PORTRAIT AS OPPOSED TO HORIZONTAL IN LANDSCAPE.

SO WHAT YOU'RE SEEING HERE IS WHAT MR. JORDAN IS PRESENTING FOR DOING HIS PORTION OF THE MURAL.

AND THE OTHERS PRETTY MUCH REMAIN THE SAME AS WERE PRESENTED TO YOU PREVIOUSLY.

WOW. THAT'S RIGHT.

OH, MAN. I WAS A KID.

I WAS A KID. NO, THERE WAS OTHER, LIKE HIS.

OH. HE'S FIRST. SORRY, SORRY.

YES. I LIKE I LIKE THE CHANGES.

YES, MA'AM. I LIKE IT.

THE CHANGE THAT YOU MADE WITH THE FOOTBALL.

YEAH. THANK YOU. I APPROVE.

YEAH. COMMISSIONER PATTERSON AGREED.

I LIKE IT, AND I LIKE ALL.

ACTUALLY, I THINK I'M GOOD WITH ALL ALL OF THE WATER TANK RECOMMENDATIONS.

I THINK THAT THERE'S A BETTER FLOW WITH THEM.

YEAH. SO I'M GOOD WITH ALL OF THEM.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

ONE OF THE THINGS. HAVE FUN.

SO THE CONSENSUS.

WE'RE GOOD. PERFECT.

JUST. OH, I'M.

I'M I'M ALREADY OUT THE DOOR.

YES, YES. OKAY.

ALL THE RECORD. THE SHORTEST.

YES, YES, YES.

THE. WHEN THEY GO INTO RECESS.

THAT'S RIGHT. YEAH.

FOR ME, 15 MINUTES.

OKAY. NOT UNLESS YOU TAKE 15 MINUTES ON THIS ITEM.

SO THE TAMARAC FIRE STATION, WE'RE BRINGING THIS BEFORE YOU.

JUST AS INFORMATION AND AT THE SAME TIME TO REQUEST A CHANGE IN A MODIFICATION IN THE ARTIST'S AGREEMENT.

BACK IN 2023 A CALL TO ARTIST WAS PUBLISHED.

WE HAD 114 ARTISTS RESPONDED.

THE BUDGET WAS 135,000.

THREE ARTISTS WERE SHORTLISTED.

AND MR. AUSTIN WHITESHELL WAS CONTRACTED TO BEGIN TO TO DO THE WORK ON THE PROJECT.

HE SIGNED THE CONTRACT IN 2023.

THE THIS DISCUSSION IS TO PRESENT A CONTRACT AMENDMENT.

THE RATIONALE BEHIND THAT BEING, HE STARTED THE PROJECT IN 2024, ALMOST A YEAR LATER.

NO FAULT OF HIS.

WE'RE REQUESTING. AND HE'S REQUESTING AN ADDITIONAL HUNDRED AND $38.

THE REASON BEING THE COST OF MATERIAL, THIS PARTICULAR SCULPTURE HE'S DOING AS A FIREMAN IS AND I'LL SHOW YOU THAT IN JUST A MOMENT, IS ACTUALLY WILL BE A BRONZE SCULPTURE THAT WILL GO OUTSIDE OF THE FIRE STATION.

THE REQUESTED REVISED CONTRACT IN THE AMOUNT OF 141,438.

BACK WHEN HE WAS FIRST CONTRACTED SHORTLY THEREAFTER.

AND I CAN'T REALLY GET INTO THE DETAILS AS MUCH AS MR. MEJIA, BUT THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION THAT WAS TAKING PLACE REGARDING THE FIRE STATIONS WILL IF THE COUNTY OR THE CITY WOULD HAVE CONTROL OF THE FIRE STATIONS.

SO HENCE, NO EFFORTS WERE MADE ON HIS PART TO BEGIN TO DO ANY WORK UNTIL THAT DETERMINATION WAS DONE.

ONCE THAT DECISION WAS MADE THEN HE WAS THEN GIVEN THE GREEN LIGHT TO RESUME.

SO AGAIN, AT THE SAME TIME, BECAUSE OF THE TIME LAPSE THAT TOOK PLACE, THE COST OF MATERIALS, AND I PERSONALLY AS A SCULPTOR, I WORK IN BRONZE. AND THE PRICE OF METAL IS ONE THING THAT THAT'S DIFFICULT TO CONTROL.

SO IN PART, THAT IS ONE REASON FOR HIS REQUESTING THE ADDITIONAL COST FOR OR FOR HIS CONTRACT.

HERE IS THE PROPOSED SCULPTURE THAT HE WILL BE DOING, ASCENDING VICTORY IN THE ACTUAL LOCATION ITSELF.

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BE IT KNOWN THAT THIS IS A CLAY MODEL, HE HAS COMPLETED THE SCULPTURE AND IT IS BEING BRONZED AS WE SPEAK. AND UPON YOUR CONSENT AND APPROVAL THE SCHEDULE IS TO ACTUALLY HAVE THE INSTALLATION DONE IN FEBRUARY. AND JUST AS A THE THE AMENDMENT WOULD BE COMING IN ON JANUARY 22ND TO THE CITY COMMISSION.

YEAH. GOOD MORNING.

QUESTION. WHAT'S THE LIFE EXPECTANCY OF THE OF THE SCULPTURE? THAT'S A THAT'S A VERY GOOD QUESTION.

I CAN TELL YOU THAT BRONZE SCULPTURES OR THE ROLLS ROYCE OF SCULPTURES TO GO IN ANY ENVIRONMENT.

AS YOU WELL KNOW DOCUMENTED SCULPTURES FROM BENIN, YOU KNOW, AFRICA, THOUSANDS OF YEARS ARE INTACT. NOW, THERE ARE, AS WE'VE TALKED BEFORE THERE IS A MAINTENANCE PROGRAM THAT IS BEING IMPLEMENTED SO THAT THE WORK THAT WE HAVE IN OUR COLLECTION HERE AT THE CITY, THE SCULPTURES, OF COURSE, BRONZE BEING PART OF THEM WILL BE A PART OF THAT ONGOING MAINTENANCE TO, YOU KNOW, GET RID OF ANY DEBRIS OR ANY, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE YOU'VE SEEN SCULPTURES THAT TURN GREEN, ETC..

SO THE METAL WILL BE AROUND WHEN WE'RE NO LONGER AROUND.

YES, MA'AM. THAT'S THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW.

AND YOU'RE IN AGREEMENT.

AGREEMENT THAT THE COST IS IS THAT HE'S ASKING FOR IS REASONABLE.

I MEAN, I'M SORRY, THE ADDITIONAL COST THAT HE'S ASKING FOR OR PRICE.

HE'S ASKING VERY MUCH IN FAVOR OF RECOMMENDING THAT BECAUSE PERSONALLY, I'VE HAD THAT EXPERIENCE TAKE PLACE WITH THE COST OF MATERIALS OVER A PERIOD OF TIME INCREASING, WHICH HE HAD NO CONTROL OVER.

AND I KNOW THERE'S DISCUSSION ABOUT MOVING CITY HALL AND IT'S YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN A DISCUSSION OF OUR LAST MEETING AND I'M SURE IT'S GOING TO COME UP AGAIN IF FOR SOME REASON THE FIRE STATION IS MOVED OR SOMETHING.

WOULD THE SCULPTURE BE ABLE TO BE MOVED WITH THE FIRE STATION OR.

YEAH, THE GOVERNMENT COMPLEX PROJECT DOES NOT ANTICIPATE THIS LOCATION, SO THE FIRE STATION WOULD REMAIN.

OKAY, IF THE PROJECT WERE TO MOVE FORWARD.

BUT IF SOMETHING HAPPENED AND WE HAVE TO MOVE IT, WE CAN.

OH, ABSOLUTELY. ALL SCULPTURES.

YES, MA'AM.

IT'S A BIG INVESTMENT.

LET'S SAY, HYPOTHETICALLY, YOU WERE BUILDING A NEW FIRE STATION.

AND YOU FELT APPROPRIATE THAT RELOCATING IT TO THE NEW FIRE STATION WOULD BE IN ORDER? IT WOULD BE. IT'S INSTALLED IN A MANNER THAT IT CAN BE REMOVED AND PLACED IN ANOTHER LOCATION.

THANK YOU. YEAH. WELL, IT HAS BEEN PERMITTED FOR FOR THAT SAID PURPOSE.

IN TERMS OF THE PERMITTING DEPARTMENT, ALL THE ALL THE DRAWINGS.

I MEAN, HE WOULD NOT BE AT THIS STAGE IF INDEED HE HAD NOT PASSED ANY CODES THAT WERE NECESSARY.

COMMISSIONER, DANIEL. THIS PARTICULAR SCULPTURE WOULD BE TRANSPORTED FROM COLORADO SO IT CAN BE MOVED AROUND.

IT'S DIFFICULT, BUT IT CAN BE MOVED.

YEAH, I APPRECIATE THE QUESTION.

I WAS CURIOUS IF IT WAS ONE OF THOSE THAT ACTUALLY GETS UNSCREWED AND BROUGHT INTO A SAFE PLACE, BUT IT'S OBVIOUSLY GOING TO WITHSTAND HURRICANES.

AND WE HAVE THE MAINTENANCE, WE HAVE IT IN OUR MAINTENANCE PLAN AND ALL THAT KIND OF GOOD STUFF.

I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH IT. I'M EXCITED TO SEE IT FINALLY BE INSTALLED AND LOOK FORWARD TO WHATEVER CEREMONY WE'LL BE PUTTING TOGETHER WITH OUR FIREFIGHTERS AND THE CITY, ACTUALLY.

TOO BAD WE CAN'T HAVE IT.

WELL, MAYBE THE 25TH IS ALREADY DONE ON THE 25TH, WE'RE CELEBRATING OUR FIREFIGHTER'S 50TH ANNIVERSARY IN THE CITY.

SO I THINK SHORTLY THEREAFTER WHEN THIS IS INSTALLED, IT'LL BE A VERY NICE WAY TO CONTINUE THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION OF OUR FIREFIGHTERS.

THAT IS THAT. JANUARY 20TH 5TH OF FEBRUARY 25TH.

JANUARY 25TH.

IT'S MORE OF A GIFT FROM COLORADO, RIGHT? YES. 25TH.

HE'S HE'S OUT. HE'S HE'S OUT WEST.

THE THE ARTIST IS FROM COLORADO.

FROM COLORADO. I BELIEVE THAT'S CORRECT.

FROM COLORADO.

WELL, HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE FOR COLORADO TO GET FROM COLORADO TO TAMARAC FOR HIM TO FLY? ARE YOU SAYING OR THE SCULPTURE? OH, WELL, IF I IF I UNDERSTAND.

MOST LIKELY THIS WILL BE CRATED AND AND ACTUALLY SHIPPED HERE.

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FROM FROM THERE. YEAH.

NO, SIR. OKAY.

YEAH. FOR THE RECORD.

NO, SIR. THANKS FOR TRYING, I APPRECIATE THAT.

BECAUSE IF THE ARTIST CAN'T MAKE IT, AT LEAST THE SCULPTURE WOULD BE EXPEDITED.

FEE. AND GET IT THERE FASTER.

THE BRONZE HAS TO DRY. I'M.

YES. AND I ADVISED HIM THAT THIS WOULD COME BEFORE YOU.

AND HE INDICATED, YOU KNOW, ONCE I GET THE APPROVAL, WE GET THE APPROVAL.

THEN HE CAN PRETTY MUCH ASSURE THAT BY FEBRUARY, MAYBE THE END OF FEBRUARY IT WILL BE INSTALLED.

SO I TO 25TH.

I'M SORRY, I CAN'T COMMIT TO THAT.

NEITHER WOULD HE.

EXACTLY WHAT I WAS ABOUT TO SAY.

WE'RE AT 36. IT DOESN'T MATTER.

SO WE'LL JUST WE'LL HAVE, YOU KNOW, AT THE FIREFIGHTERS ARE NOT GOING TO BE STUCK DOING MAYBE ONCE A MONTH CELEBRATION FOR THE NEXT 12 MONTHS TO CELEBRATE THEIR 50TH.

SO AT THE END OF FEBRUARY, WHEN IT COMES IN, WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER CELEBRATION AND WE'LL DO IT AT 15.

HE'D BE GLAD TO ATTEND.

AND SO WE HAVE OUR OWN LITTLE CELEBRATION.

I'LL PRINT SOME FLIERS FOR SOME DOOR HANGERS.

YES, SIR. NO DOOR HANGERS. JUST FLIERS.

ANYWAY I'M CURIOUS, IS IT'S A CLAY MODEL THAT THAT'S AS BRONZED OR IS IT A BRONZE AFTER THE CLAY.

THE CLAY MODEL IS THERE WILL BE MULTIPLE MOLDS MADE OF THIS CLAY SCULPTURE.

SO IMAGINE MOST LIKELY YOU'RE LOOKING AT MAYBE 15 TO 20 DIFFERENT MOLDS MADE SO HIS ARMS WILL BE CUT.

HIS HEAD WILL BE CUT.

I MEAN, THERE WILL BE CUTS OF THIS, THIS SCULPTURE AND WAX POURED INSIDE EACH MOLD.

AND IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH HOW JEWELRY IS MADE THE LOST WAX PROCESS.

SO ONCE EACH WAX PIECE HAS BEEN CAST, IT WILL BE REASSEMBLED, DIPPED IN A REFRACTORY MATERIAL.

EACH PIECE, AND ULTIMATELY WAX POURED INSIDE EACH MOLD, AND THEN THE SCULPTURE WELDED BACK TOGETHER.

THAT'S WHY I KNOW JANUARY 25TH IS NOT ANY SOLID.

SOLID, RIGHT? YES.

SO THAT'S THE THAT'S THE PROCESS, RIGHT? YES, MA'AM. A SEPARATE NOTE, BUT SIMILAR TO THE AREA.

WE'VE BEEN TALKING. WELL, THERE'S BEEN CONVERSATION REGARDING MAKING SURE THERE'S SEATING SO PEOPLE CAN ENJOY COMING TO THE AREA AND THEN THE PAVING PAVER PROCESS, MAYBE BEING ABLE TO SELL PAVERS OR DO SOME KIND OF FUNDRAISING TO ASSIST WITH THE BENEVOLENT FUND OR WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE OR TRIBUTES TO OUR FIREFIGHTERS. HAS THAT BEEN THOUGHT OF ANY FURTHER FOR THIS, OR IS THAT A FUTURE DISCUSSION? FUTURE DISCUSSION? WELL, WHEN WE HAD THAT EARLIER CONVERSATION, IT WAS THE LOCATION WAS INSIDE THE FIRE STATION, IF YOU REMEMBER.

BUT WE TURNED OUT WITH WITH PUBLIC SERVICES, THEY ALREADY HAVE INFRASTRUCTURE IN THAT LOCATION THAT IT WAS A NO GO.

SO IT'S BACK TO ITS ORIGINAL LOCATION ON THE MAIN ROADWAY.

I DON'T KNOW IF MUSTAFA CAN ASSIST WITH.

WOULD IT BE ANY PLACE FOR SEATING IN THAT WHERE THE NEW LOCATION IS? I DON'T THINK WAS ANTICIPATED, BY THE PEOPLE.

FOR NEXT STEPS IN THE FUTURE.

REALLY, IT'S A BEAUTIFUL PIECE.

IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE A REFLECTIVE PIECE.

IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE ENJOYED, IN MY UNDERSTANDING.

ACTUALLY, TALLAHASSEE, WHEN WE WERE UP TO TALLAHASSEE LAST YEAR AND WE SAW THEIR TRIBUTE IT HAD THE ABILITY TO ETCH NAMES WHETHER IT'S FOR FIREFIGHTERS OR FOR IN SUPPORT OF AND A PLACE TO SIT AND COMMEMORATE.

THERE'S BEEN A FEW DIFFERENT.

SURE. SO MAYBE IN THE FUTURE THERE'S ABILITY TO ADD ON JUST THROWING IT OUT THERE.

COMMISSIONER PATTERSON. YEAH.

YOU JUST TOUCHED ON WHAT I, WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY REGARDING THE THE COMMEMORATIVE PIECE.

I WAS CURIOUS TO KNOW IF THERE I WAS CURIOUS TO KNOW.

IS THAT ME? I FEEL LIKE I HEAR A BUBBLE.

OKAY. OKAY.

DO Y'ALL HEAR THAT? YEAH.

OKAY. OKAY.

OKAY. I WAS LIKE, AM I AM I CRAZY? YEAH. OKAY.

I LOST MY TRAIN OF THOUGHT.

WHAT WAS I ASKING? COMMEMORATION.

YEAH. I WAS CURIOUS TO KNOW IF OH, I'M SO SORRY I COULDN'T MAKE YOUR EVENT.

YOUR HOLIDAY EVENT? MR.. GADSDEN.

IT WAS. IT WAS BUSY. I'M SORRY I COULDN'T HEAR YOU.

BUSY FOR ME. IN DECEMBER, I WANTED TO MAKE YOUR HOLIDAY PUBLIC ARTS EVENT, BUT I DIDN'T MAKE IT, SO I WAS APOLOGIZING PUBLICLY.

MY OPENING AT MY STUDIO.

YES. HOW WAS IT? IF I SAID I'M SO SORRY I WASN'T ABLE TO MAKE IT? YES, MA'AM. YEAH. WELL, I'M SURE IT WAS FABULOUS.

I UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, EVERYONE HAS COMMITMENTS AND SCHEDULES, AND GOD WILLING, THERE'LL BE ANOTHER TIME.

IT WAS A PUBLIC APOLOGY.

YES. YES.

THANK YOU. OKAY.

SO, ANYHOW, I WAS WONDERING WHETHER OR NOT AT THE BASE, SOMEHOW WE COULD EITHER.

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I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE ANY CASUALTIES IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT OVER THE 50 YEARS, BUT IF THERE WOULD BE A WAY TO, YOU KNOW, ADD THAT EITHER ADD THOSE NAMES AND IN THE EVENT THAT WE DON'T HAVE OR WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY CASUALTIES, IF PERHAPS WE COULD MAYBE INSTALL THE NAMES OF OUR CURRENT YOU KNOW, OFFICER OR FIREFIGHTERS AS A PART OF THE INSTALLATION.

IF IT'S GOING TO ADD MORE MONEY, THEN MAYBE NOT, BUT JUST KIND OF CURIOUS ABOUT THAT.

AND THEN I WAS CURIOUS WHERE EXACTLY ON THE PROPERTY WAS IT GOING TO GO? IT'S BACK TO ITS ORIGINAL PLACE, WHICH IS, BY THE WAY, IS THE OPTIMAL LOCATION FOR FOR TRAFFIC.

IT'S RIGHT AT THE ENTRANCE OF STATE FIRE STATION 15.

OH I SEE. YEAH.

OKAY. IT'S VERY VISIBLE FOR DRIVERS NOW AND FOR CARS.

OKAY. AND IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, ALSO, CHIEF CAN ATTEST TO THAT.

I THINK THEY WILL HAVE SOME KIND OF FLAGS YEAH, YEAH, BASICALLY THERE WAS SOME TALK ABOUT CLASSIC TILES AND WHATNOT, BUT WE WANTED TO GET IT IN RIGHT AWAY ON THE RECORD.

WE WANTED TO GET IT SQUARED AWAY AND THEN EVENTUALLY LOOK TO ADD THAT MEMORIAL ASPECT.

SO DRAG ME ALL THE WAY UP FRONT FOR THAT.

ON THE RECORD. OKAY, SO ON THE RECORD, MIKE AND CHIEF.

FIRE CHIEF. SO WE WANTED TO GET THIS STATUE IN FIRST BECAUSE WE WERE JUGGLING POSITIONS WHERE IT WAS GOING TO GO AND THEN WHERE WE LOCATED IT.

WE WANTED TO JUST GET THE JOB DONE AND GET IT PUT IN.

AND EVENTUALLY WE CAN ADD PLAQUES EITHER TO THE BASE ITSELF OR LIKE YOU SAID, YOU KNOW, THE LITTLE BRICKS AROUND IT AND SO FORTH.

SO THAT'S PART TWO IS JUST PART ONE.

THANK YOU. AND THEN I SUSPECT THAT WE SHOULD BE EXPECTING A BSO STATUE OR A POLICE OFFICER NEXT.

RIGHT. WELL, I THINK LADY GLASSMAN IS GOING AWAY BECAUSE HOPEFULLY THE BSO AND THE BUILDINGS WILL BE PAINTED JUST AS BEAUTIFULLY AS TAMARAC COMMUNITY CENTER IS.

LOOKS PHENOMENAL WITH THE NEW COLORS AND THE FRESH PAINT.

AND SO FORGIVE ME LADY GLASSMAN'S BEEN THERE FOR A WHILE, BUT I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT REFRESHER.

AND THEN WE CAN FIGURE OUT WHAT ART WILL BE DONE.

ANYTHING. COMMISSIONER DANIEL.

THAT'S ALL DONE. OKAY.

IF THERE IS NOTHING FURTHER ON THIS ITEM AND YOU NEED, YOU OBVIOUSLY HAVE CONSENSUS, BUT YOU NEED US TO AUTHORIZE IT ON.

YES. OKAY. IT'S COMING ON.

ON. YEAH. JANUARY 22ND.

YEAH. TELL THEM TO WORK ON IT NOW.

JUST IN CASE THE 25TH IS POSSIBLE.

PRETTY SURE IT'S NOT GOING TO BE ANYWAY.

I'LL BE GLAD TO COMMUNICATE THE MESSAGE ANYWAY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SO IT IS CURRENTLY 1204.

WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A 40, 40 MINUTE BREAK.

WE'LL SAY 1245. I'LL BE BACK HERE.

WE ARE NOW IN RECESS. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. GOOD TO SEE YOU.

BACK, EVERYBODY, IT IS 1245 AND WE ARE READY TO PROCEED WITH OUR NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA, WHICH IS.

[Items 1.d & 1.e]

DISCUSSION AND CONSENSUS ON THE APPOINTMENT OF A ELECTED OFFICIAL.

THIS IS BEING PRESENTED BY MAXINE CALLOWAY, OUR DEPUTY CITY MANAGER.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MAYOR.

MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION FOR THE RECORD AGAIN, MAXINE CALLOWAY, DEPUTY CITY MANAGER, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR.

THESE TWO ITEMS WILL TAKE TOGETHER.

THEY WILL APPEAR ON YOUR JANUARY 8TH MEETING ON WEDNESDAY.

IT'S THE APPOINTMENT OF THE ELECTED OFFICIAL FOR THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING ADVISORY COMMITTEE, AS WELL AS GOING OVER THE STRATEGIES AS RECOMMENDED BY THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

THEY HAVE RECOMMENDED EIGHT STRATEGIES TOTAL FOR NEW STRATEGIES, WHICH WE'LL GO OVER IN MORE DETAIL.

I'LL DO BOTH PRESENTATIONS TOGETHER JUST TO GIVE US SOME BACKGROUND.

YES, PLEASE. JUST FLORIDA STATUTE REQUIRES THAT EVERY GOVERNING BODY THAT'S ELIGIBLE, ALL ELIGIBLE MUNICIPALITIES THAT ARE ENTITLEMENT, MEANING THAT WE RECEIVE OVER 350,000 OF SCHIP FUNDS ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, THAT WE MUST ESTABLISH AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING ADVISORY ADVISORY COMMITTEE. WE DID THAT IN 2016.

THAT COMMITTEE MUST COMPRISE OF A MINIMUM OF AT LEAST EIGHT PEOPLE.

NO MORE THAN 11 PEOPLE SHOULD BE ON THE COMMITTEE.

AND THE COMMITTEE HAS SPECIFIED CATEGORIES, SIX MAIN CATEGORIES, EITHER HOME BUILDER OR BANK OR REAL ESTATE PROFESSIONAL.

SOMEONE FROM A NON FOR PROFIT OR FOR FOR PROFIT HOUSING PROVIDER.

A MEMBER OF THE LOCAL PLANNING AGENCY, WHICH IS A MEMBER OF THE PLANNING BOARD AND A LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIAL HAS TO BE ON THE COMMITTEE.

THE INTENT OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE IS TO ADVISE AND TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO PROMOTE AFFORDABLE HOUSING ON MATTERS RELATED TO MONETARY AND NON-MONETARY HOUSING INCENTIVES FOR THE LOCAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE PLAN.

AND THAT'S A PLAN THAT THE CITY OF TAMARAC ADOPTS EVERY FIVE YEARS.

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IN FACT, WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF WORKING ON OUR NEXT LOCAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE PLAN, WHICH WILL COME FORWARD TO YOU SOMETIME LATER ON 2025.

THE COMMITTEE ALSO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR REVIEWING EXISTING INCENTIVE STRATEGY RECOMMENDATIONS TO EVALUATE ESTABLISHED POLICIES AND PROCEDURES AND ORDINANCES, OR LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE.

AND THEN FINALLY TO SUBMIT A REPORT ANNUALLY TO THE CITY COMMISSION FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION, WHICH IS ONE OF THE THINGS WE'LL BE DISCUSSING THIS MORNING.

JUST FOR CONTEXT, I JUST WANTED TO PROVIDE THE DEFINITION OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING SINCE NOT JUST ON THIS ITEM, BUT ON THE LIVE LOCAL AS WELL.

WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING A LOT ABOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AND FLORIDA STATUTE PROVIDES THAT DEFINITION, AND IT ESSENTIALLY INCLUDES ANY MONTHLY RENTS OR MONTHLY MORTGAGE PAYMENT, INCLUDING TAXES AND IS AN INSURANCE THAT DOES NOT EXCEED 30% OF THE AMOUNT, WHICH REPRESENT THE PERCENTAGE OF THE MEDIAN ANNUAL INCOME FOR VERY LOW, LOW AND MODERATE INCOME.

SO IT'S REALLY WHAT YOU USE OUT OF YOUR INCOME THAT DOES NOT GO BEYOND 30% FOR YOUR RENT OR FOR YOUR MORTGAGE PAYMENT.

SO IN 2020, BECAUSE OF HOUSE BILL 1339, THERE WERE CHANGES THAT WERE MADE FOR IMPACT FEES AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

AND IN THOSE CHANGES, THAT'S WHEN THE STATE OF FLORIDA REQUIRED THAT.

THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING ADVISORY COMMITTEE NOW WAS COMPRISED OF AN ELECTED OFFICIAL.

THIS WAS REALLY DONE TO RAISE THE LEVEL OF ACCOUNTABILITY AND CREATING EFFECTIVE POLICIES, AS WELL AS ATTRACT MORE ATTENTION AND EMPHASIS SURROUNDING THE SERIOUSNESS OF HOUSING.

SO THAT'S WHEN THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE ELECTED OFFICIAL TO SERVE ON THE COMMITTEE HAPPENED.

AS A PART OF THE CHANGES.

IT ALSO REQUIRES THAT THE AHAC MUST MEET ANNUALLY.

BEFORE THEN, THEY WERE MEETING ANNUALLY, AND THE PURPOSE OF THE MEETINGS ARE TO REVIEW EXISTING STRATEGIES AND DISCUSS OR RECOMMEND NEW ONES, AND THE HOUSE BILL ALSO ESTABLISHED BI ANNUAL REGIONAL WORKSHOPS FOR THE ELECTED OFFICIAL THAT WILL SERVE ON THE COMMITTEE, SO THAT PERSON MUST ATTEND THOSE REGIONAL WORKSHOPS.

THOSE BIANNUAL REGIONAL WORKSHOP REALLY IS DESIGNED TO PROVIDE A PLACE FOR PEOPLE TO SHARE INFORMATION AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND THEIR BEST PRACTICES, AND TO ENGAGE THAT LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIAL ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING POLICIES.

THE ELECTED OFFICIAL THAT SERVED MUST ATTEND THESE MEETINGS, AND FAILURE TO ATTEND THREE CONSECUTIVE WORKSHOPS MAY CAUSE FLORIDA HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION TO WITHHOLD SHIP FUNDS FROM THE CITY.

SO I JUST WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE SERIOUSNESS OF HAVING WHOEVER WILL BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS BOARD.

FORMER COMMISSIONER ALVIN VILLALOBOS WAS THE LAST PERSON THAT SERVED ON THE BOARD.

AND OF COURSE, SINCE HE'S NO LONGER ON THE COMMISSION, ONE OF THE ITEMS THIS MORNING OR THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE TO SELECT HIS REPLACEMENT OR AN APPOINTEE TO THE BOARD. IN ADDITION WHAT WE'LL BE DISCUSSING IS THE STRATEGIES AS A PART OF THIS PROCESS, THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING ADVISORY COMMITTEE HAS TO REVIEW STRATEGIES THAT ARE A PART OF STATE STATUTE AND TO RECOMMEND STRATEGIES TO YOU ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, WHICH YOU HAVE THE DISCRETION, THE OPTION OF ACCEPTING ALL THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE OR JUST SOME OF THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS. SORRY, DEPUTY MANAGER.

DO YOU WANT TO DO THE BOARD POSITION FIRST BEFORE GOING THROUGH THE STRATEGIES? WE CAN WE CAN STOP HERE BECAUSE I ONLY HAVE TWO SLIDES THAT ARE REMAINING JUST GOING THROUGH THE THROUGH THE STRATEGIES.

SO IF YOU HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION ON THE BACKGROUND IN TERMS OF THAT REPRESENTATIVE, WE CAN PAUSE HERE.

I THINK WE SHOULD TAKE THE RECOMMENDATION ON THE INCENTIVES AND THE LIKE.

SO I WILL TAKE NOMINATIONS.

IT COULD BE SELF NOMINATIONS FOR WHO WANTS TO BE THE PERSON ON SUBMITTED FOR THIS BOARD.

PERSONALLY, AS MUCH AS I WOULD LIKE TO, I CAN'T AND I WON'T.

I AM THE CHAIR OF THE BROWARD COUNTY AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMMITTEE, SO I CANNOT SERVE ON BOTH.

SO WHO WOULD I SEE? COMMISSIONER RYAN, I'M GOING TO NOMINATE COMMISSIONER PATTERSON.

SINCE COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS WAS ON THE BOARD, I THINK SHE'LL BE A GREAT FIT FOR THE BOARD.

SHE MENTIONED AFFORDABLE HOUSING EARLIER IN THE PRESENTATION OF THE LEGISLATIVE SESSIONS, AND SHE HAS A WEALTH OF GOVERNMENT EXPERIENCE, SO I THINK SHE'LL BE A GREAT FIT FOR THAT BOARD. COMMISSIONER PATTERSON, YOU WERE TURNED OVER.

BUT DO YOU FIRST ACCEPT? I DO, OKAY.

THIS IS THE SECOND I DO OF MY LIFE.

NO. THE THIRD. OKAY, WELL, I HAVEN'T DONE THIS YET.

WE'RE NOT UTAH, SO WE'LL JUST CLARIFY THAT ONE JUST A LITTLE BIT.

BUT ALRIGHT, SO 45, DON'T PUT AN AGE ON IT.

WHEN YOU PUT AN AGE ON IT, THAT'S WHEN YOU WIND UP SAYING, I DO.

AND THEN YOU GO, OH BUDDY, I SHOULD HAVE SAID I DON'T.

SO ANYHOW, IS THERE A CONSENSUS OR IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE WHO WISHES TO BE ON IT?

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I WAS GOING TO ECHO THE SENTIMENTS OF COMMISSIONER WRIGHT, BUT GOING FURTHER COMMISSIONER PATTERSON IS A CRA DIRECTOR, SO THAT GOES HAND IN HAND, KIND OF, YOU KNOW, WITH, WITH HER EXPERIENCE.

AND SHE'S WORKED WITH THE STATE OF FLORIDA AS AN INVESTIGATOR.

AT THE DEPARTMENT OF PROFESSIONAL REGULATIONS.

SO, YOU KNOW, I'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO SUPPORT COMMISSIONER PATTERSON AS THE NOMINEE.

ALL RIGHT, YOU'VE GOT CONSENSUS.

SO IF YOU WOULD SORRY, ASSISTANT CITY CLERK, IF YOU WOULD, WOULD YOU PLEASE PUT IN FOR WEDNESDAY NIGHT'S MEETING? CONSENSUS TO PUT COMMISSIONER PATTERSON AS OUR SELECTION.

EXCELLENT. NOW, DEPUTY CITY MANAGER, THE FLOOR IS BACK TO YOU.

OKAY. AWESOME. SO, STATE STATUTE HAS ALL THE STRATEGIES THAT A CITY CAN CONSIDER CONTAINED IN THE STATUTE.

AND AS I SAID, ANNUALLY, THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETS AND THEY'LL DISCUSS THE EXISTING STRATEGIES AS WELL AS NEW STRATEGIES.

IN THIS PRESENTATION, THE CITY COMMISSION MAY ADOPT OR REJECT THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE, AND ONLY THE STRATEGIES THAT ARE ADOPTED BY THE CITY COMMISSION WILL BE FORWARDED AND BECOME A PART OF THE LOCAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE PLAN.

SO I'LL GO THROUGH THE STRATEGIES OR EXISTING STRATEGIES, AS WELL AS THE NEW ONES THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED BY THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

SO ON THIS SLIDE, YOU SEE THE TWO REQUIRED STRATEGIES.

FLORIDA STATUTE SAYS ALL MUNICIPALITIES THAT HAS AN LHOP AND IS GETTING FUNDING MUST ADOPT THESE STRATEGIES, AND WE HAVE HAD THEM FOR QUITE SOME TIME.

IT'S EXPEDITING PERMIT IS THE FIRST ONE.

IT'S PUBLICIZED ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE.

THE BILLING DEPARTMENT IS AWARE OF THIS STRATEGY.

THERE'S A STAMP I BELIEVE THEY HAVE.

IT'S FROM THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT.

THEN THE PROJECT IS EXPEDITED.

WE UTILIZE THAT AS WELL FOR A MINOR HOME REPAIR PROGRAM.

WHEN WE'RE SUBMITTING THOSE THINGS TO THE BUILDING PERMIT PROCESS, THOSE ARE EXPEDITED.

THE SECOND REQUIRED STRATEGY STRATEGY IS THE ONGOING REVIEW PROCESS.

THIS IS THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A PROCESS BY WHICH A LOCAL GOVERNMENT CONSIDERS BEFORE ADOPTION POLICIES, PROCEDURES, ORDINANCES, REGULATIONS OR PLAN PROVISIONS THAT INCREASE THE COST OF HOUSING.

AND WE DO THAT CONSISTENTLY.

WE BRING IT FORWARD TO THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING ADVISORY COMMITTEE, AND THE CITY COMMISSION DOES THAT, AS WELL AS A PART OF JUST YOUR DUE DILIGENCE WITH NEW LEGISLATION, TWO OTHER STRATEGIES THAT THE CITY OF TAMARAC HAS ADOPTED, WE HAVE HAD FOR SOME TIME NOW IS THE ALLOWANCE OF FLEXIBLE LOT CONFIGURATION CONFIGURATIONS, INCLUDING ZERO LOT CONFIGURATIONS FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING THAT IS CURRENTLY IN THE CITY CODE.

IN 2018, WE AMENDED AND WE ALLOW ZERO LOT LINE HOMES IN CERTAIN ZONING DESIGNATION.

AND SO THE STRATEGY ALREADY EXISTS AND WE ARE ABLE TO FURTHER THIS.

AND THE FOURTH ONE, THE SUPPORT OF DEVELOPMENT NEAR TRANSPORTATION HUBS AND MAJOR EMPLOYMENT CENTERS AND MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT IS ALSO A STRATEGY THAT WE HAVE HAD FOR A WHILE. THE CODE SUPPORTS IT AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN STILL MAINTAIN.

SO THIS SLIDE IS A 2024 RECOMMENDED STRATEGIES.

THESE ARE ALL NEW THAT ARE COMING FROM THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

AND I'LL GO THROUGH THEM INDIVIDUALLY AND I'LL DISCUSS WITH YOU WHAT WE THINK WE SHOULD CARRY FORWARD.

OR THE CITY COMMISSION SHOULD CONSIDER CARRYING FORWARD, AND THE ONES STAFF BELIEVE IS NOT APPROPRIATE AT THIS TIME TO CARRY FORWARD.

SO THE FIRST ONE IS THE ALLOWANCE OF FLEXIBILITY IN DENSITIES FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

THE CODE OF ORDINANCE ALREADY PROVIDES FOR THAT.

AND SO THIS IS A STRATEGY THAT WOULD BE EASILY IMPLEMENTABLE BECAUSE THE CODE ALREADY PROVIDES FOR THAT LEVEL OF FLEXIBILITY.

SO WE BELIEVE THAT THIS CAN THIS IS ACHIEVABLE.

THE SECOND RECOMMENDATION FROM THE COMMITTEE IS THE ALLOWANCE OF AFFORDABLE ACCESSORY RESIDENTIAL UNITS IN RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICTS.

THIS TWO WE BELIEVE THE CODE ALREADY PROVIDES FOR.

IN 2018, WHEN THE REWRITE OF THE CODE WAS DONE, THE CITY PROVIDED FOR ACCESSORY ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS.

CURRENTLY, THEY ARE ALLOWED IN ALL OF OUR RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICTS, SUBJECT, OF COURSE, TO SETBACK REQUIREMENTS AND CERTAIN LIVING SPACE AND SO ON.

THAT'S CURRENTLY IN THE CODE.

AND SO WE'RE THINKING IT'S STAFF POSITION.

SINCE THIS IS ALREADY PERMISSIBLE IN THE CODE, THEN THIS STRATEGY IS EASY TO IMPLEMENT AND CAN BE FURTHERED.

NUMBER THREE IS THE REDUCTION OF PARKING AND SETBACK REQUIREMENTS FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

STAFF IS NOT RECOMMENDING THAT THE COMMISSION GO FORWARD WITH THIS STRATEGY.

WE BELIEVE IT MIGHT BE DIFFICULT RELATIVE TO THE SETBACK PORTION, FOR THIS TO PROVIDE FOR OUR REQUIREMENTS TO ALLOW AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO NOT HAVE SETBACKS.

WE ALREADY HAVE ZERO LOT LINE DEVELOPMENT WHERE APPROPRIATE, AND SO TO REMOVE SETBACK AND PARKING REQUIREMENTS MIGHT NOT BE.

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WE'RE NOT PREPARED TO DO THAT AT THIS TIME.

AND FINALLY, THE PREPARATION OF A PRINTED INVENTORY OF LOCALLY OWNED PUBLIC LAND SUITABLE FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

THIS IS PUBLIC LAND. THE CITY CURRENTLY DOES NOT HAVE ANY PUBLIC LAND THAT WE WANT TO ADVERTISE, OR HAVE A PLACE ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE OR AS A PRINTED INVENTORY.

SO WE DON'T BELIEVE IF THE STRATEGY IS ADOPTED IS SOMETHING THAT WE COULD FURTHER.

SO WE'RE NOT RECOMMENDING THE ADOPTION OF THIS STRATEGY.

SO AGAIN THE CITY COMMISSION MAY ADOPT OR REJECT THE RECOMMENDATIONS.

THE REPORT IS SUBMITTED TO THE FLORIDA HOUSING FINANCE COMMISSION, AND ONLY THE STRATEGIES ADOPTED TODAY WILL BECOME A PART OF THE LOCAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE PLAN.

SO AT THIS TIME, I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE.

VICE MAYOR. QUESTIONS ON WHAT YOU JUST SAID ABOUT THE STRATEGIES.

SO FOUR STRATEGIES AND YOU REJECTED TWO OR.

I'M CONFUSED. YEAH. SO THE WE HAVE FOUR STRATEGIES THAT ARE ONGOING.

SO IT'S A TOTAL OF EIGHT STRATEGIES.

THESE FOUR CURRENT INCENTIVE STRATEGIES WE'RE RECOMMENDING TO KEEP THEM.

WE'VE HAD THEM FOR A WHILE.

AND WE'RE GOING TO KEEP THEM GOING FORWARD.

AS A PART OF THE COMMITTEE'S MEETING THIS YEAR THEY'RE RECOMMENDING THESE NEW FOUR FOR STRATEGIES.

AND OF THESE NEW FOUR STRATEGIES THAT'S ON THE SCREEN.

STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THAT WE ADVANCE ONE AND TWO BUT NOT THREE AND FOUR.

QUESTION HOW, HOW MANY OR HOW HOW MANY NEW AFFORDABLE HOUSING HAS THE CITY MAKE AVAILABLE? SO I MEAN, WHEN DID THE HOUSING SHORTAGE HAPPEN SINCE THE HOUSING SHORTAGE? NONE, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE PROJECT THAT WAS JUST APPROVED.

THE FORMER CHEDDAR SITE, I THINK YOU WERE SUCCESSFUL IN GETTING WE HAVE 10% OF THAT.

THAT WILL BE 120%.

AMI AND I THINK YOU FURTHER NEGOTIATED AND THIS COMMISSION WAS ABLE TO GET ANOTHER 3 OR 4 UNITS THAT WILL BE AT 80 TO 100% AMI BUT ALL OF THE NEW MULTIFAMILY HAS BEEN MARKET RATE.

THERE'S BEEN NO SET ASIDE.

RIGHT. AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR THOSE THAT'S OUT THERE.

THAT'S STILL FOR SOMEBODY MAKING APPROXIMATELY SIX FIGURES AT THE END OF THE DAY.

EVEN AT 10%, IT GOES FROM VERY LOW TO MODERATE.

SO IN SOME INSTANCES, DEPENDING ON THE HOUSEHOLD SIZE, THE MODERATE, WHICH IS 120%, YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO MAKE UP TO SIX.

I DIDN'T HAVE CAROLYN.

DID YOU BRING THE CHART THE RENTAL CHART.

SO EVEN THOUGH WE'RE USING THE TERM AFFORDABLE, IT'S REALLY MIDDLE CLASS BECAUSE PEOPLE MIGHT HEAR THAT AND THINK WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE WITHOUT JOBS, PEOPLE GETTING SUBSIDIZED. IT'S NOT.

IT'S REALLY PEOPLE.

FAMILIES MAKING OVER SIX FIGURES IS WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.

THAT'S HOW BAD IT IS. AND SOME TEACHERS, SOME OF YOUR FIREFIGHTERS OR SOME MUNICIPALITIES HAVE CHOSEN TO CALL IT ATTAINABLE HOUSING AS OPPOSED TO AFFORDABLE, JUST BECAUSE AFFORDABLE MIGHT HAVE THAT NEGATIVE CONNOTATION.

IT'S NOT EVEN THAT. IT'S IT'S JUST FACTS.

IT'S WHAT IT IS. IT'S NOT EVEN WHAT WE HAVE.

THE IDEA IN OUR HEAD THAT IS FOR POOR.

NO, IT'S FOR YOUR WORKING CLASS.

IT'S FOR PEOPLE SITTING IN THIS ROOM.

YES, FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE EMPLOYED BY THIS ORGANIZATION AS WELL.

YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

IT'S NOT FOR PEOPLE UNEMPLOYED ANYWAY.

SO THAT BEING SAID, AND THE CITY HAS ONLY BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN ATTAINING 10% OF ONE DEVELOPMENT SO FAR, WHICH IS PROBABLY ABOUT THREE UNITS IN A CITY OF OVER 70,000.

SO THERE IS A NEED AND WE'RE NOT MEETING THE NEED.

IT WAS SOMEWHERE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OR TEN, 10 OR 12 UNITS, BUT PRIMARILY AT 120%, WHICH IS ALMOST MARKET.

SO ARE YOU SURE ABOUT THAT? OKAY. YEAH. UNITS, BECAUSE IT'S 10% OF 100.

THEY WERE DOING 100 AND SOMETHING.

UNITS. GOTCHA.

SO AND IF WE'RE WERE ELIMINATING SOME OF THE RECOMMENDED STRATEGIES.

THAT'S GOING TO EVEN MAKE IT HARDER TO GET MORE RIGHT.

SO IT'S I WOULDN'T SAY ELIMINATING THE THEIR JOB IS TO GIVE YOU RECOMMENDATIONS AT THIS POINT.

SO THEY ARE RECOMMENDING TO KEEP THE FOR WE HAVE ALWAYS HAD AND STAFF IS SAYING THAT'S GREAT.

THAT'S THE FIRST SLIDE.

THEY'RE NOW RECOMMENDING FOR NEW ONES IN ADDITION TO THE FOUR WE ALREADY HAVE.

AND SO OF THE FOUR NEW ONES WE'RE SAYING LET'S GO AND ACCEPT TWO AND NOT ACCEPT THE OTHER TWO.

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AND I GET THAT IS CONVENIENT FOR US.

BUT IF THE FOUR WE HAD PREVIOUSLY HADN'T GOTTEN US ANYWHERE ELIMINATING THE TWO, ARE WE GOING TO.

AND THESE ARE THE TWO THAT WE'RE SAYING, THE REDUCTION OF PARKING AND SETBACK REQUIREMENTS THAT MIGHT PRESENT SOME PRESENT SOME DIFFICULTIES, ESPECIALLY AS IT RELATES TO SETBACK, GIVEN THE FACT THAT WE ALREADY HAVE SETBACK RESTRICTIONS, WHICH ARE ZERO LOT.

WE ALREADY PROVIDE FOR ZERO LOT DEVELOPMENT, WHICH WAS FIRST FIRST STARTED IN 2018.

SO TO.

BUT IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RENTAL OR I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF ANYBODY BUILDING CONDOMINIUM ANYMORE.

IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THOSE, THE ZERO LOT WOULDN'T APPLY.

IT MAY, IT MAY, IT MAY ALSO.

YEAH. BECAUSE DEVELOPERS, IN ORDER FOR IT TO BE AFFORDABLE, THE THE CONSTRUCTION COST ITSELF HAS TO BE SOMETHING THAT'S ECONOMICALLY AFFORDABLE FOR THEM.

SO BEING ABLE TO CONSTRUCT CLOSER TO THE PROPERTY LINE OR ON THE PROPERTY LINE AND BEING ABLE TO BUILD MORE UNITS BECAUSE NOT HAVING A SETBACK WILL GIVE YOU A GREATER ABILITY TO BUILD MORE UNITS, WHICH IS HOW THEY'RE ABLE NOW TO MAKE THEM AFFORDABLE.

THANK YOU. OKAY.

COMMISSIONER PATTERSON. THANK YOU.

MAYOR. SO, MAXINE, CAN YOU CLARIFY WITH RESPECT TO THE RECOMMENDED STRATEGIES, ARE WE WHAT ARE WE REQUIRED TO PASS? DO WE NEED TO HAVE ALL FOUR? DO WE NEED ONE? WHAT WHAT'S THE WHAT'S THE REQUIREMENT IN TERMS OF PASSING A STRATEGY? YEAH. SO THIS COMMISSION MAY ADOPT OR REJECT THE RECOMMENDATIONS AT YOUR DISCRETION.

SO THE ONLY REQUIREMENT BY FLORIDA STATUTE IS TO HAVE THE TWO REQUIRED STRATEGIES AT THE VERY TOP ON THIS SLIDE.

FLORIDA STATUTE SAYS YOU MUST HAVE THE EXPEDITED PERMITTING AND THE ONGOING REVIEW PROCESS.

THIS CITY HAS HAD THESE STRATEGIES FOR QUITE SOME TIME.

SO THESE FOUR STRATEGIES ARE STRATEGIES WE ALREADY POSSESS.

WE ALREADY HAVE.

AND THE TWO REQUIRED STRATEGIES WE HAVE HAD FOR YEARS.

OKAY. THESE ARE THE ARE THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND YOU CAN REJECT ALL OF THEM.

OKAY. YOU CAN ADOPT ALL OF THEM.

WE'RE JUST PROVIDING SOME GUIDELINES AND SAYING THAT WE THINK THAT WE CAN FURTHER NUMBER ONE AND TWO, PRIMARILY BECAUSE OUR CODE ALREADY PROVIDES FOR THIS.

UNDERSTOOD. THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY WHETHER OR NOT WE WERE REQUIRED TO ADOPT AND OR OKAY.

WITH REGARD TO THE FIRST STRATEGY I MEAN, I THINK WE'RE WE ALL KIND OF UNDERSTAND THE BENEFIT OF, YOU KNOW, INCREASED DENSITY.

YOU KNOW, FROM A STANDPOINT OF AFFORDABILITY.

YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY WE INCREASE OUR HOUSING SUPPLY.

IT'S, YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE ABLE TO NEGOTIATE LOWER AMIS, THEN WE ARE SUCCESSFUL IN ACHIEVING MORE COST EFFICIENCY, YOU KNOW, COST EFFICIENCY FOR THOSE THAT MIGHT NEED IT. ET CETERA.

SO ON. AND THIS IS JUST ESSENTIALLY ALLOWING FOR GREATER DENSITY.

SO WE DO HAVE A BONUS STRUCTURE.

IT'S ONE OF THE ITEMS I'LL TALK ABOUT AFTER WE'RE DONE WITH THIS MEETING.

WHEN WE DID IT IN THE LOCAL ACTIVITY CENTER, IT'S NOW A PART OF OUR CODE WHERE THIS COMMISSION WILL CONSIDER A BONUS IN DENSITY FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

SO IF YOU ARE GIVEN THIS CITY AFFORDABLE HOUSING, WE WILL HAVE SOME FLEXIBILITY AND GIVE YOU SOME BONUS DENSITY FOR THAT REASON.

SO THIS PROVISION ALREADY EXISTS AND WE'RE AND WE'D BE ABLE TO FURTHER THIS STRATEGY.

OKAY. YEAH.

SO, YOU KNOW, FOR THE BENEFIT OF JUST THOSE WHO MIGHT BE WATCHING AND MAY NOT NECESSARILY UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS PROVIDES FOR, I JUST WANTED TO, YOU KNOW, PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT MORE CONTEXT. I THINK IT'S IT'S IT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT AFFORDABLE, AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

YOU KNOW, WHILE WE MAY NOT NECESSARILY ALWAYS WANT TO SEE DEVELOPMENT YOU KNOW, MIXED USE PROJECTS AND, YOU KNOW, HAVE THE BENEFIT, HAVE THOSE BENEFITS, YOU YOU KNOW, THESE TYPES OF BENEFITS.

IF WE CAN GET YOU KNOW, IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE WE HAVE A WHOLE LOT FROM AN AFFORDABLE, YOU KNOW, TRADITIONAL DEFINITION STANDPOINT.

AND I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS COMMISSION, HOPEFULLY WE'RE ABLE TO KIND OF GET A LITTLE BIT MORE, A LITTLE BIT MORE MOMENTUM IN THAT REGARD, MAYBE TO KIND OF TOUCH ON THAT, YOU KNOW, AT LEAST A 10% 10% FOR 30%, 40, EVEN 50% AMI RANGE.

BUT BUT WE CAN WORK ON THAT.

I, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY, THAT, YOU KNOW, ALSO OPTIMIZES THE LAND USE.

SO I WOULD, YOU KNOW, ENCOURAGE MY COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT STRATEGY NUMBER ONE, IN TERMS OF STRATEGY NUMBER TWO BEFORE I SAY WHAT I'M THINKING, CAN YOU PROVIDE CONTEXT TO WHAT CAN YOU, IN LAYMAN'S TERMS EXPLAIN EXACTLY WHAT THIS MEANS?

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SURE. SO AS IT IS NOW SECTION 1034 OF OUR CODE ALLOWS FOR ACCESSORY SESSION ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS.

IT ALLOWS IT TO BE PERMISSIBLE IN ALL RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICTS.

THE CITY HAS FOUR RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICTS, BUT NOT WITHOUT.

DON'T WORRY, THERE ARE STRICT GUIDELINES WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED AND THIS HAS BEEN ON OUR BOOKS SINCE 2018.

WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED AN INFLUX OF APPLICATION.

IN FACT, WE HAVE NOT HAD A VIABLE APPLICATION FOR AN ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT SINCE IT'S BEEN ON THE BOOKS SINCE 2018.

THERE ARE SIZE REQUIREMENTS IN THE CODE ALREADY.

THE NUMBER OF BEDROOMS THAT THIS UNIT HAS TO HAVE, THE LIMIT ON, THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE, OFF STREET PARKING REQUIREMENT, OWNERSHIP AND LEASING.

THIS IS ALL ALREADY IN THE CODE.

SO STAFF'S POSITION IS THE OPPORTUNITY IS ALREADY AVAILABLE IN OUR CODE OF ORDINANCE TO FURTHER THIS STRATEGY.

AND SO IF WE SUPPORT IT, IT'S ALREADY AVAILABLE.

SO I SO SO I WANT TO BREAK THAT DOWN A LITTLE BIT FURTHER BECAUSE I'M NOT NECESSARILY A FAN OF THOSE.

I DON'T LIKE THE I'M NOT A FAN OF ACCESSORY STRUCTURES.

IN ESSENCE, WHAT WE'RE SAYING BY ALLOWING FOR IT IS YOU'RE SINGLE FAMILY HOME.

YOU CAN BUILD ANOTHER UNIT IN THE BACK OF YOUR PROPERTY, WHICH TO ME AND AND RENT THAT OUT FOR PURPOSES OF AFFORDABILITY.

RIGHT. THEY ARE ALSO KNOWN AS, I BELIEVE, GRANDFATHER OR GRANDMOTHER OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

YEAH, MOTHER. NO, NO, NOT MOTHER IN LAW.

IT'S ONE OF THE FAMILY MEMBERS, BUT NOT MOTHER IN LAW OR GRAND GRANNY.

YEAH, SOME. SOME GRAND.

BUT I DO FEEL LIKE THOSE KIND OF IMPACT THE INTEGRITY AND THE CHARACTER OF OUR COMMUNITIES.

AND WHILE I UNDERSTAND PEOPLE ADOPTED THAT PROVISION BACK A FEW YEARS AGO TO BE ABLE TO KIND OF GET AHEAD OF THE AFFORDABILITY ISSUE.

YOU KNOW, I AGAIN, I FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW THERE'S, YOU KNOW, THE IMPACT ON ON THE CHARACTER OF OUR COMMUNITY IS IMPORTANT.

IT'S HARD TO ENFORCE.

THERE'S JUST A LOT OF CHALLENGE.

AND THEN, BEYOND MY PERSONAL FEELINGS ABOUT THE SECOND STRATEGY, I FEEL LIKE IF STAFF IS NOT RECOMMENDING THIS ACCESSORY ITEM, WHICH TO ME THE PARKING ISSUE IS AN ACCESSORY TO NUMBER TWO.

AND IF STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS NOT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH A REDUCTION OF PARKING AND SETBACK REQUIREMENTS, THEN IN FACT, I DON'T SEE HOW WE COULD APPROVE STRATEGY NUMBER TWO. I DON'T LIKE IT EITHER.

SO IT'S KIND OF TWO REASONS.

AND FROM MY STANDPOINT.

BUT I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY IN ORDER TO HAVE ACCESSORY UNITS, YOU NEED MORE PARKING.

AND SO AND IF WE'RE SAYING THAT WE'RE NOT WE'RE NOT INTERESTED IN REDUCING OUR PARKING REQUIREMENTS, THEN I DON'T THINK THAT WE COULD APPROVE THE SECOND STRATEGY.

THE SECOND RECOMMENDED STRATEGY.

THOSE WOULD BE MY COMMENTS FOR NOW.

THANK YOU. SHE'S READY.

OH. I'M SORRY. YEAH.

THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU.

MAXINE. SO, AS YOU MENTIONED, THAT DEVELOPMENT WE APPROVED ON COMMERCIAL WITH CHEDDAR'S, ONE OF THE ISSUES I HAD WAS THE ARMY 120 WAS LIKE AT 89 TO LIKE 100 K, WHEREAS 80, 80, 80% OF ARMY WAS BETWEEN LIKE 50 AND 70.

IS THAT CORRECT? WHAT IS THE ARMY NUMBERS? YEAH. SO 120% FOR A HOUSEHOLD OF ONE IS 88,680. 50% FOR A HOUSEHOLD OF ONE IS 36,950 FOR A HOUSEHOLD OF TWO ONE.

20% IS 101,280.

FOR 50%. FOR A HOUSEHOLD OF TWO IS 42,200.

DO YOU WANT ME TO KEEP GOING? NO, I JUST THE NUMBER.

YOU SAID IT WAS 120 FOR THAT DEVELOPMENT, WHICH IS WHICH IS LIKE 89,000 ANNUALLY PER HOUSEHOLD FOR A PERSON OF ONE.

YES. FOR THAT DEVELOPMENT, I DON'T THEY DIDN'T WANT TO BUDGE.

I THINK IT WAS. YEAH. IT DIDN'T WANT TO BUDGE.

I TRY TO GET I TRY TO GET 80.

AND HE SAID NO, HE DIDN'T WANT TO DO 80 BECAUSE 80 A TEACHER, THE AVERAGE TEACHER MAKES ABOUT 50.

I THINK WE GOT LIKE 2 OR 3 UNITS AT 100%.

YEAH. THAT WAS THE LOWEST HE WANTED TO GO.

WHICH 100% IS WHAT NUMBER? 100% IS IT'S DIFFICULT.

IT'S BETWEEN THE 80 AND 120 ON THIS CHART.

SO FOR A PERSON OF ONE, IT MIGHT BE SOMEWHERE AT 65,000, BUT THE CHART DOESN'T HAVE 100.

SO I'M JUST. YEAH.

SO IT WOULD BE ABOUT 65,000 OR SO FOR A PERSON OF A HOUSEHOLD OF ONE.

A HOUSEHOLD OF TWO 100% MIGHT BE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF 75,000.

AND WHAT IS THE AVERAGE MEDIAN INCOME IN TAMARAC? ISN'T IT BETWEEN LIKE 50 AND 60? IT IS. YEAH. SO THAT'S DEFINITELY ABOVE THE MEDIAN INCOME FOR THE CITY.

SO IN TERMS OF AFFORDABLE, WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE THE HOMES AFFORDABLE FOR THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE HERE.

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I THINK SOME OF THESE, STRATEGIES MAKE IT BETTER FOR THE DEVELOPERS, LIKE INCREASING DENSITY.

DEVELOPERS CAN GO HIGHER.

DOESN'T MEAN THEY'RE GOING TO GIVE US THE UNITS AT 60% AMI.

AND THAT'S WHY WE HAVE OTHER STRATEGIES THAT WE'LL TALK ABOUT IN A MINUTE THAT'S GOING TO ASSURE THAT WE DO WHAT WE GOT FROM THAT DEVELOPER, THAT WE'RE CONSISTENT WITH EVERY DEVELOPMENT THAT'S COMING FORWARD AND ASKING THE SAME.

SO WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THE AMI IN TERMS OF THE INCOME.

AND OF COURSE SOME ARE RENTER AND RENTERS.

IT HAS TO BE THREE TIMES YOUR INCOME.

SO I PAID 2700.

MY RENT JUST WENT UP 2700 FOR 800FT², ONE BEDROOM.

I PAY 150 BUCKS EXTRA TO BE ON THE TOP FLOOR.

BUT THAT'S THAT'S JUST THE COST OF THE RENTS IN THE COMMUNITY RIGHT NOW.

AND THOSE ARE MARKET FORCES.

I SAW AN ARTICLE WHERE IT SAYS THAT 400,000 PEOPLE MOVED TO FLORIDA LAST YEAR, AND THE AVERAGE INCOME WAS 200 K.

SO OBVIOUSLY WE'RE HAVING HIGHER INCOME PEOPLE MOVING TO OUR INTO A COMMUNITY AND DRIVING UP THE COST.

FROM A BUSINESS PERSPECTIVE, YOU LOOK FOR BUSINESS PERSPECTIVE.

IT IS MORE ATTRACTIVE TO TO FOR A DEVELOPER TO, TO RENT TO PEOPLE WHO HAVE WHO HAVE HIGHER INCOME.

SO SOME OF THE STRATEGIES WE HAVE TO FIND IS HOW DO WE MAKE IT AFFORDABLE WORKFORCE HOUSING FOR THE FOR THE FOR THE WORKING CLASS PEOPLE KIND OF LIKE WHAT LIVE LOCAL HAS DONE, WHERE IT SAYS 40% HAVE TO BE AT A CERTAIN INCOME.

HOW CAN WE HAVE STRATEGIES THAT MAKE IT AFFORDABLE FOR, FOR FOR THE WORKING PEOPLE AND PEOPLE WHO KIND OF FIT INTO THE MEDIAN INCOME OF THE CITY AND GOING TO WHAT COMMISSIONER PATTERSON MENTIONED, NUMBER TWO.

YEAH, IT'S IT'S IT'S THE SAME THING AS WELL.

I KIND OF HAVE HER HER SAME SENTIMENTS, I THINK IN HIALEAH, IN THOSE MIAMI, THEY ALLOW THOSE LITTLE UNITS WHERE YOU CAN RENT YOU KNOW, PEOPLE PAY LIKE 1000 TO 1200. I KNOW THAT BECAUSE I HAD A FRIEND OF MINE WENT TO FIU AND THEY WOULD RENT LIKE, THIS UNIT.

I THOUGHT IT WAS A MOTHER IN LAW, BUT HE SAYS A GRANNY.

NO ONE WANTS A MOTHER IN LAW.

I DON'T KNOW. I'M NOT MARRIED. I THOUGHT THAT'S WHAT THEY CALL IT.

IN IN KENDAL.

SORRY. SO THAT NUMBER TWO.

I'M NOT A BIG FAN OF THAT ONE.

REDUCTION OF PARKING GOES BACK TO THE SAME THING AS WELL.

YOU NEED MORE PARKING IF YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE MORE UNITS.

IT IS JUST THE REALITY.

SO I DON'T SEE ANYTHING HERE THAT MAKES IT AFFORDABLE FOR THE PERSON WHO WANTS THE HOUSING.

I DON'T SEE ANYTHING HERE THAT MAKES IT AFFORDABLE FOR THAT INDIVIDUAL WHO IS IN THE MEDIUM INCOME OF THE CITY.

YOU KNOW, IT'S FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE MAKING MORE MONEY, FAMILIES WHO ARE AS DOCTOR DANIEL, AS DANIEL'S MENTIONED, WHO ARE MIDDLE CLASS AND NOT PEOPLE WHO ARE WORKING CLASS.

YOU KNOW, DURING COVID, WE LOVE OUR ESSENTIAL WORKERS.

THE PEOPLE THAT WORK AT THE AIRPORT, THE PEOPLE THAT THE NURSES, THE PEOPLE THAT DID ALL THAT STUFF, AND WE KIND OF FORGOT ABOUT THEM NOW, YOU KNOW.

SO WE GOT TO MAKE IT AFFORDABLE AND GET STRATEGIES THAT WHERE THAT PERSON CAN AFFORD TO RENT A HOME OR PURCHASE A HOME.

AND I DON'T SEE THAT IT IN THERE, AND I KNOW IT BECAUSE RENTS ARE EXPENSIVE AND IT'S JUST THEY'RE GETTING BETTER AND BETTER CLIENTELE BECAUSE THE AVERAGE PERSON IS MAKING 200 K.

THAT'S COMING TO A STATE.

IT'S GOOD FOR US BECAUSE IT'S, YOU KNOW, WE'RE KIND OF UPMARKET IN WHATEVER.

BUT WHAT ARE THE EXISTING PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE? WHAT ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHO MIGHT NOT HAVE THOSE SKILL SETS TO EARN THAT TYPE OF MONEY, OR DON'T HAVE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES AT THE END OF THE DAY? WE SAY AFFORDABLE OR ATTAINABLE OR WORKFORCE WHILE FIGHTING FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS.

YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHY WE WE HAVE A WE HAVE A SEAT AT THE TABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE INDIVIDUALS HAVE OPPORTUNITIES.

AND THAT'S WHY I FOUGHT SO HARD FOR THAT PROJECT TO GET THAT 80%, BECAUSE I KNOW A TEACHER COULDN'T LIVE THERE.

A TEACHER COULDN'T AFFORD IT.

I HAD A YOUNG LADY WHO LIVED IN TAMARAC VILLAGE WHO HAD TO GET OUT OF HER CONTRACT, AND SHE HAD TO PAY THE BREAKAGE FEE BECAUSE SHE COULDN'T NO LONGER AFFORD TO LIVE THERE.

SHE HAD TO MOVE BACK HOME WITH HER PARENTS.

SO SHE CALLED ME. I'M LIKE, WELL, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NOTHING I CAN DO.

YEAH, YOU SIGN IT, IT'S LEGAL.

I'M NOT AN ATTORNEY.

CONTACT YOUR ATTORNEY.

BUT SHE COMPLAINED THAT SHE COULDN'T AFFORD THE RENT ANYMORE, AND SHE WAS A YOUNG LADY THAT WORKED FOR BROWARD COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD.

SO I ALWAYS REMEMBER THOSE STORIES, AND I ALWAYS CARE ABOUT THOSE INDIVIDUALS.

AND WHEN I SEE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, BECAUSE I WAS ON THE COMMITTEE INITIALLY AND OBVIOUSLY I GAVE UP THE COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS, I DON'T SEE ANY STRATEGIES THAT SOLVE THAT PROBLEM.

SO NONE OF THEM, I CAN SAY WHAT I LIKE BECAUSE I DON'T I DON'T SEE IT SOLVING IT FROM THE THE END CONSUMER PERSPECTIVE.

THANK YOU. WE'LL GO TO COMMISSIONER BOLTON.

I HAVE A FEW COMMENTS AND THEN WE'LL GO TO THE VICE MAYOR.

IS IS NUMBER THREE SAYING THAT WE'RE GOING WE ARE NOT MOVING FORWARD WITH REDUCING THE PARKING AND SETBACKS.

OR IT'S SAYING THAT IF WE DON'T MOVE FORWARD, EXPLAIN.

NUMBER THREE AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I HAVE MY TRAIN OF THOUGHTS.

SURE, COMMISSIONER. NUMBER THREE, THAT RECOMMENDATION IS THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE IS ASKING THE COMMISSION TO ADOPT THIS, WHICH WOULD WHICH WOULD REQUIRE STAFF TO GIVE A REDUCTION IN PARKING AND SETBACK.

REQUIREMENTS FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT.

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SO IF THERE'S AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT, IF THIS STRATEGY WERE TO BE ADOPTED, THEN DURING THE SITE PLAN WE WOULD HAVE TO CONSIDER PARKING REDUCTION AS WELL AS SETBACK REDUCTION FOR THAT PROJECT.

OKAY. SO CAN YOU EXPLAIN THE RATIONALE FOR THE PARKING REDUCTION BECAUSE THE DEVELOPER COULD BUILD MORE UNITS FOR LESS PARKING? YES, YES, YES, IT WOULD MAKE THE PROJECT MORE AFFORDABLE, OF COURSE.

AND WE WILL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT WHEN WE GET TO THE LIVE LOCAL APP, WHICH IS A BIG PART OF THE LIVE LOCAL APP WHERE WE HAVE IT'S A MANDATE FOR US, SO WE HAVE TO DO IT UNDER THE LIVE LOCAL, UNDER THE LIVE LOCAL, IF IT COMES IN AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT, WE HAVE TO GIVE UP TO 20% IF THE PROJECT IS WITHIN A MILE OF TRANSIT.

AND SO AND THAT'S THAT'S WHERE I WAS GOING BECAUSE I READ THE LAW OVER THE WEEKEND AND WE TALKED ABOUT THAT.

AND, YOU KNOW.

YEAH, RIGHT.

SO I'M LIKE, WHY? WHY ARE WE DOING THIS HERE WHEN IT'S GOING TO COME UNDER LIVE LOCAL ANYWAY? BECAUSE NOT EVERY PROJECT MIGHT BE AN APPLICATION THAT IS A LIVE LOCAL APPLICATION.

BUT ONCE AGAIN, IT'S UP TO THE COMMISSION DISCRETION.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO TAKE ANY OF THESE RECOMMENDATIONS.

THE THING IS RIGHT.

LIKE YOU REDUCE PARKING AND THEN WHERE DO PEOPLE PARK? RIGHT. THAT'S THAT'S NUMBER ONE.

AND I SEE AFFORDABLE HOUSING AS AN AREA WHERE THERE'S TRANSIT.

THERE'S BUSSES WALKING DISTANCE TO PUBLIX AND WALMART.

THE DRY CLEANERS.

BECAUSE IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS SOMETIMES YOU DON'T HAVE, YOU KNOW, A WASHING WASHING MACHINE AND DRYER.

RIGHT. SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK I KNOW YOU'D BE SURPRISED IN 2020 IN 2025, YOU'D BE 2020. YEAH.

YEAH, YEAH.

LIKE, I MEAN, IN SOME OF THESE LUXURY UNITS OF COURSE THERE THERE THERE ARE.

RIGHT. BUT YOU KNOW YOU KNOW, I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO YOU KNOW, DEVELOPERS IN, IN ANOTHER ROLE THAT I'M NO LONGER SERVING IN TO TALK TO DEVELOPERS ABOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND HOW THEY WOULD, WOULD WANT TO BUILD.

AND HERE ARE HERE THEY ARE SAYING, OKAY, WELL, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO BUILD THE UNITS.

AND THEN I THINK ONE, ONE DEVELOPER WAS SAYING THAT IT WOULD BE LIKE A, LIKE A BIG SHARED UNIT.

YOU WALK IN, THERE'S A LIVING ROOM, THERE'S THREE BEDROOMS AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THREE FAMILIES CAN LIVE IN THOSE THREE ROOMS, RIGHT.

WHEREAS THE WASHER AND DRYER, THERE'S NONE.

YOU KNOW, WE'RE TRYING TO CAPITALIZE ON THE SPACE.

SO, YOU KNOW, MY IDEA OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS LIVING IN A PLACE WHERE THERE'S TRANSIT, THERE'S TRAINS, THERE'S BUSSES, WALKING DISTANCE TO LAUNDROMATS, WALKING DISTANCE TO SUPERMARKETS. AND I JUST CAN'T FATHOM IN MY MIND WHERE IN TAMARAC THAT IS.

SO TELL ME, TAMARAC.

YEAH. THESE WOULD BE.

YEAH. SO. SO SHOW ME A PLACE WHERE THERE'S ACCESS TO TRAINS AND BUSSES AND WALKING DISTANCE TO WALMART OR OR ANY SUPERMARKET OR LAUNDROMATS, THAT SORT OF STUFF.

YOU KNOW, IF IF SOMEBODY IS LIVING THERE, THEN AND THEY DON'T HAVE A CAR, WHERE DO THEY HAVE ACCESS TO TO THESE THINGS SO THAT THEY CAN LIVE? BECAUSE AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS NOT JUST WE THINK ABOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING ABOUT, OH, WE'RE PAYING THE RENT OR THAT'S THE STUFF.

IT'S AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS MORE THAN THAT.

AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS MAKING SURE THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO PAY THE EXTRA AMOUNT OF MONEY FOR A CAR PAYMENT OR FOR INSURANCE OR THAT'S THIS STUFF. ONCE YOU PUT THE PEOPLE IN THIS LITTLE CLUSTER, YOU CAN LIVE HERE.

AND NOW YOU DON'T HAVE TO.

NOW YOU DON'T HAVE TO PAY FOR, YOU KNOW, CAR PAYMENT.

AND THAT'S THE STUFF I WANT TO LIVE HERE.

BECAUSE BY LIVING HERE, I CAN MAYBE WALK TO WORK, MY WORKPLACE, I CAN WALK TO PUBLIX, I CAN WALK, IS WHAT I'M SAYING.

SO WE'RE IN TAMARAC DO WE HAVE THAT'S ON ALL YOUR MAJOR THOROUGHFARE.

AND I THINK THAT WAS A TRAIN STATION.

NO, NOT TRAIN, BUT ACCESS TO TRANSIT AND METRO TRANSIT AND.

YES, AND THE BUS AND SO ON.

BUT AND I THINK THAT WAS THE OBJECTIVE OF THE STATE LEGISLATOR WHEN THEY WERE SAYING FOR THE LIVE LOCAL ACT, FOR THEM TO BUILD ON PROPERTIES THAT ARE ZONED COMMERCIAL, ZONED INDUSTRIAL IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PROJECTS ARE ON MAJOR THOROUGHFARES WHERE ACCESSIBILITY AND IF THE TRAIN IS NOT THERE.

NOW, THESE ARE AREAS THAT ARE IDEALLY TRAINS AND TAMARAC.

YEAH. TRAINS IN NO TIME SOON.

NO. YEAH. NO TIME.

BUT THESE ARE PLACES YOUR MAJOR THOROUGHFARE THAT FOR MASS MOVEMENT OF PEOPLE AND MASS TRANSIT THAT ARE THE MOST APPROPRIATE FOR THAT IN THE FUTURE.

AND THAT'S WHY WE AS WELL IN, IN TERMS OF THE CITY AND OUR PRIORITIES, WE'RE LOOKING TO MAKE SURE SMART GROWTH HAPPENS ON MAJOR CORRIDORS AS WELL, WHICH IS WHY WE'RE

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SAYING NOT IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS, BUT ON MAJOR CORRIDORS, SO WE CAN SUPPORT THAT SAME CONCEPT, PUTTING THE PEOPLE CLOSE TO TO THE TRANSIT THAT EXISTS NOW.

AND IF THERE'S ANY FUTURE DEVELOPMENT, THIS IS WHERE THIS FUTURE DEVELOPMENT WILL OCCUR ON MAJOR THOROUGHFARES.

SHOULD WE BE LOOKING THOUGH, AT AT LOCALIZED TRANSPORTATION, FOR INSTANCE, COMMUNITY BUSSES THAT ARE SUPPORTED BY THE CITY OR SUPPORTED BY FEES THAT THESE DEVELOPERS WOULD PAY INTO THAT THIS BUS WOULD LEAVE FROM.

I'M LISTENING. YEAH.

THIS BUS WOULD LEAVE FROM, YOU KNOW, THE THE THE THE APARTMENT TO PUBLIX, RIGHT? YOU KNOW, LIKE, YOU CAN LOOK AT ALL OF IT, BUT WE DO AND WILL BE ASSESSING A TRANSPORTATION IMPACT FEE.

THAT'S THE JUSTIFICATION BEHIND A TRANSIT AND TRANSPORTATION IMPACT FEE.

YOU'RE DOING THE STUDY. THE DEVELOPER.

YEAH, IT'S FOR THE DEVELOPER TO PAY IN THAT IN THAT POOL.

SO WE HAVE THOSE FUNDS SO WE CAN IMPROVE TRANSPORT AND TRANSPORTATION.

OH, SO I'M THINKING INTELLIGENTLY THEN.

IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE THESE ARE.

YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH.

OH LET'S NOT LET'S DO.

NO I'M NOT SAYING THAT. IT'S NOT AFRAID.

IT'S NOT AFRAID. NO, NO, I'M JUST SAYING THAT THAT TYPE OF TRANSPORTATION.

BUT THAT THOUGHT PROCESS THAT'S MAYBE NOT DEVELOPED NOW, BUT THAT IS THE THOUGHT PROCESS BEHIND.

WHERE DO YOU IDENTIFY IN THE CITY FOR SMART GROWTH AND WHERE DO YOU WANT TO CONCENTRATE AND FOCUS GROWTH.

AND IT'S FOR THOSE REASONS.

YOU WANT IT ON THE PLACES WHERE YOU KNOW YOU CAN DEVELOP THE DEVELOP THE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM.

I MEAN, I GET COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD, I GET MACNABB ROAD.

YOU KNOW, I'M A PASTOR. I HAVE, YOU KNOW, RESIDENTS, I HAVE MEMBERS WHO LIVE IN CERTAIN PLACES AND THEY HAVE TO TAKE THE BUS.

SO I KIND OF UNDERSTAND THE BUS ROUTES.

BUT IF YOU LIVE LIKE OFF OF BAILEY ROAD, YOU KNOW, OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, YOU'RE IT'S LIKE YOU'RE YOU'RE DEAD IN THE WATER.

YOU HAVE TO WALK FROM BAILEY ROAD, CUT THROUGH THE COMMONS AND SHAKER VILLAGE, GO ON TO COMMERCIAL, CATCH A 6 TO 2, YOU KNOW, COME OFF AT SUNSHINE PLAZA, TAKE ANOTHER BUS.

IT'S IT'S A LOT, YOU KNOW.

AND SO WE MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT OUT OF TOUCH THAT ON COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD AND ON MACNABB ROAD.

THERE ARE A LOT OF BUSSES AND THEY HAVE ACCESS, BUT WE NEED COMMUNITY BUSSES AND OTHER MODES OF TRANSPORTATION IN ORDER TO GET PEOPLE TO WHERE THEY ARE, BECAUSE GOING FROM TAMARAC, FOR INSTANCE, TO INSTANCE, TO DOWNTOWN IS LIKE THREE DIFFERENT BUSSES.

IT'S NOT NECESSARILY JUST ONE, RIGHT? SO YOU HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THAT.

A TEACHER TRYING TO GET TO SCHOOL, THAT'S FOUR HOURS ON THE BUS.

YEAH, ON THE BUS STOP ONE TIME.

AND THEY AND THEY TOLD ME AND THEY, THEY SAID, MAURICE, SUCH A GOOD MAN.

YEAH, I SAW HIM.

I TURNED AROUND AND I GIVE THEM A RIDE.

WELL, I APPRECIATE IT.

I'M WITH, YOU KNOW, COMMISSIONER PATTERSON, THOUGH I DON'T SEE HOW WE DO, YOU KNOW, ONE WITHOUT THE OTHER.

IT DOESN'T DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE.

SO THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO GET CLARIFICATION ON WHAT NUMBER THREE REALLY MEANT.

BUT I'M READING NUMBER FOUR.

BUT WHEN WE GET TO OWN PUBLIC LA SUITABLE PLANS.

OKAY, SO THERE'S SOMETHING MISSING.

YES. OKAY. BECAUSE I WAS LIKE, WHAT IS LA.

YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE IT'S SPANISH OR SOMETHING.

OKAY. SO THAT'S JUST A TYPO OR SOMETHING.

THE ENVY I THINK IS PROBABLY BEHIND THE IMAGE.

BUT YES, THAT'S THE PRINTED INVENTORY.

SO THIS IS PUBLICLY OWNED, CITY OWNED LAND THAT WE WANT TO MAKE AVAILABLE FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

THIS STRATEGY WOULD REQUIRE THAT WE PREPARE THAT INVENTORY, ADOPT THE INVENTORY, AND THEN PUBLISH IT ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE.

THAT THESE PROPERTY ARE AVAILABLE FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

IS THIS IS A CITY REALLY AND TRULY THOUGH DO WE REALLY SEE AFFORDABLE HOUSING OR ATTAINABLE HOUSING AS SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO DO IN THE CITY? I KNOW THAT A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, COMMISSIONERS OR ELECTED OFFICIALS WOULD SAY, OH YEAH, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, BUT DEEP DOWN THEY REALLY DON'T WANT IT.

YOU KNOW, LIKE I'VE, I'VE GONE TO LIKE DIFFERENT CONFERENCES AND I'VE IN THE HALLWAYS PEOPLE ARE TALKING, OH THEY'RE, THEY LOOK DOWN ON IT.

BUT LIKE ON THE DAY IT'S LIKE YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.

AFFORDABLE HOUSING YOU KNOW.

SO LIKE DO WE REALLY WANT LIKE, ARE WE A ARE WE PROPONENTS OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

DO WE REALLY WANT IT.

BECAUSE IF IF WE DON'T WANT IT THEN YOU KNOW LIKE.

WHEN YOU'RE DONE. RIGHT MAYOR DO YOU DO YOU WANT IT? ALL RIGHT, I'M DONE. I'M DONE.

SO I'M GOING TO JUST.

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I'M NOT EVEN SURE WHERE TO START WITH THIS.

DO A LITTLE HISTORY. RIGHT.

CITY OF TAMARAC HAS BEEN CONSIDERED ALL THESE YEARS AS AN AFFORDABLE PLACE TO LIVE, WHICH IS WHY SOME OF THE AFFORDABLE STRATEGIES HAVE NOT REALLY BEEN PUT IN PLACE.

SEVERAL YEARS AGO, WE TALKED ABOUT THE FACT THAT THE WORLD IS CHANGING.

MORE PEOPLE ARE MOVING DOWN HERE.

WE NEED SOME AFFORDABLE STRATEGIES, WHICH IS WHY SOME OF THE STUFF WE HAVE IN PLACE NOW IS CURRENTLY THERE.

AND SO I'D LIKE PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND, IT'S NOT THAT WE'RE NOT SUCCESSFUL BECAUSE WE ONLY HAVE ONE A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, IF IT'S EVEN THAT LONG.

THE COMMISSION DECIDED THAT FOR EVERY NEW DEVELOPMENT, EVERY NEW DEVELOPMENT, THERE WILL BE A PORTION OF AFFORDABILITY TO EACH OF THE PROJECTS.

SO THAT'S WHY CHEDDAR HAS IT.

THAT'S WHY WE'RE HAVING EXPECTED IN THE NEW PROPERTY ON 7070 SECOND AND UNIVERSITY EXPECTED TO HAVE WHEN WE DO THE TRAPEZE PROPERTY BECAUSE IT'S A NEW PROJECT AND IT WAS THEY CAME ABOUT AFTERWARDS.

SO IT'S NOT THAT WE'VE NOT BEEN SUCCESSFUL, WE'RE JUST STARTING IT.

THE CONVERSATION THAT COMMISSIONER BOLTON JUST SAID IS, DO WE REALLY WANT IT HAS BEEN A QUESTION OF IT.

WHEN THERE IS THE MIND FRAME THAT WHEN YOU SAY AFFORDABLE HOUSING, YOU'RE BRINGING IN PEOPLE WHO CAN'T AFFORD TO LIVE ANYWHERE, WHICH IS NOT THE CASE.

AND BECAUSE LIFE HAS CHANGED TAMARAC VILLAGE, WHEN THE RENTS WHEN IT FIRST STARTED WERE ABOUT $1,200, THEY HAVE NOW INCREASED TREMENDOUSLY.

BUT THAT BUT THAT ALSO SAYS ABOUT THE ECONOMY, IT SAYS ABOUT MORE PEOPLE HAVE MOVED DOWN HERE AND THINGS HAVE.

WE'RE AT THE CAPACITY WHERE WE THOUGHT WE WOULD BE IN 20, 45 AND 20, COMING UP IN 2025, 20, 2030.

WE DIDN'T EXPECT TO BE.

SO HAVING 7000 PEOPLE OR A THOUSAND PEOPLE A DAY MOVING DOWN INTO OUR AREA.

SO IT'S WE'RE PLAYING A LITTLE BIT OF CATCH UP.

IT'S NOT A NEGATIVE THING AT ALL.

PERSONALLY, I, I APPRECIATE THE COMMENTS OF EVERYBODY HERE BECAUSE I DON'T THINK ANY OF THE NEW STRATEGIES ARE WORTH PUTTING IN.

THE DENSITIES WILL COME WHETHER WE PUT THEM IN FOR DENSITIES FOR ALL PROJECTS VERSUS JUST A SPECIFIC PROJECT.

I WORRY ABOUT PUTTING IN SOMETHING TOO MUCH IN A STRATEGY UNDER AFFORDABLE HOUSING TERMS, WHICH WOULD POTENTIALLY HAVE US HAVING ISSUES WITH THE LIVE LOCAL ACT AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO PUT IN.

I'VE ALWAYS AGREED THAT THE ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT IS MAYBE A SHED FOR TOOLS, BUT NOT FOR A FOR A PERSON TO LIVE IN AND WHETHER ITS MOTHER IN LAW OR NOT OR GRANDPARENTS. BUT AND I FEAR ABOUT MORE PARKING RESTRICTIONS BECAUSE, AS WE'VE JUST SAID, WE DON'T HAVE TRANSPORTATION IN THE MANNER IN WHICH OTHER PLACES DO THAT WE MAY WANT TO HAVE, AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE THEM IN THE NEXT FIVE, TEN YEARS.

I'M SORRY. SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE APPROVED OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS HAVE RESTRICTED PARKING SO MUCH THAT WE'VE CREATED A PROBLEM THERE FOR THEM.

AND IF WE'RE LOOKING AT THE OLDER HOMES THAT DON'T HAVE AS MUCH PARKING, WE'RE SEEING THE PROBLEMS WE'RE HAVING THERE BECAUSE EVERYBODY HAS A CAR.

AND IN ORDER FOR PEOPLE TO HAVE A PLACE THAT'S AFFORDABLE TO LIVE, THEY HAVE TO BE ABLE TO GO TO WORK.

AND IF WE SHUT OFF THEIR MODES OF TRANSPORTATION ABOUT HAVING A CAR, IT'S GOING TO CREATE A PROBLEM.

SO I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THE SETBACK REQUIREMENTS, BUT NOT IN CONJUNCTION.

SO I'M FINE LEAVING THEM ALL OUT.

AND AS A CITY, WE ALREADY PUT IN OUR RULES FOR OUR LAND THAT WE'RE USING AND WHAT WE WANT TO USE AND HOW WE WANT TO USE IT.

IT'S NOT THAT WE WANT OTHER PEOPLE TO USE IT THE WAY THEY WAY THEY WANT TO USE IT.

WE WANT TO USE IT THE WAY WE WANT TO USE IT.

AND MPO, JUST FOR THE COMMITTEE I'M ON IS IT'S THE RESILIENCY AND ATTAINABLE HOUSING.

THEY HAVE CHANGED IT BECAUSE AS VICE MAYOR HAS SAID, THERE IS THIS CONNOTATION WHEN YOU SAY AFFORDABLE THAT WE'RE SAYING DIFFERENT THINGS.

RIGHT. AND IT'S NOT JUST THE YOUNG UP AND COMING PEOPLE WHO ARE WORKING, IT'S THE PEOPLE WHO'VE BEEN WORKING ALL THEIR LIVES WHO HAVE NOW HAD A CAREER CHANGE BECAUSE OF NO FAULT OF THEIR OWN. THEY HAVE NO CHOICE.

THEY'VE HAD A CAREER CHANGE, OR FOR THE SENIORS WHO HAVE HAD TO GO BACK TO WORK THROUGH NO FAULT OF THEIR OWN.

SO IT'S SENIOR HOUSING JUST AS WELL.

THERE ARE PLACES LIKE FLIGHT, WHICH PEOPLE COMING OUT OF THE FOSTER CARE SYSTEM, AND THEY'RE 18 AND THEY'RE AGING OUT.

THEY HAVE THE THINGS THAT SIMILAR TO WHAT COMMISSIONER BOLTON WAS SAYING, WHERE THEY HAVE A COMMON AREA, BUT THEY HAVE THEIR OWN SEPARATE ROOMS. THERE'S GREAT PLACES LIKE SHERIDAN HOUSE, WHICH HAS SIMILAR HOUSING SITUATION TO HELP PEOPLE.

AND THESE ARE ALL WELL AND GOOD.

WE'RE NOT GOING TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM IN TAMARAC BY HERSELF, AND WE'RE AT APPROXIMATELY 2400 UNITS SHY OF THE PAPERWORK GOAL THAT SOMEBODY HAS SAYING THAT WE SHOULD HAVE.

I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE EVER GOING TO GET TO 24, AND IF WE PROBABLY GET TO 24, GUESS WHAT? THE GOALPOST IS MOVING.

AND THEY'RE GOING TO SAY WE NEED MORE.

EVERYTHING IS VARIABLE.

SO I HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT ADDING RECOMMENDED STRATEGIES.

WE HAVE THE REQUIRED.

WE HAVE THE ADDITIONAL.

IT DOESN'T MEAN WE CAN'T IMPLEMENT STRATEGIES AS WE GO FORWARD, BUT THERE'S NO REASON TO PUT IN A STRATEGY TO MAKE US FEEL BETTER AND THEN TALK IN A HALLWAY

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THAT ISN'T GOING TO WORK, RIGHT.

IMPACT FEES? WELL, IT ALL SOUNDS GOOD FOR TRANSIT.

THE REALITY IS THEY PAY AN IMPACT FEE ONCE.

THEN WHO'S PAYING FOR THE BUSSES THAT GO THROUGH? THE CITY OF TAMARAC HAS A BUS TRANSIT, AND WE'VE HAD CONCERNS BECAUSE.

IS IT MAKING ENOUGH MONEY? IS IT GETTING ENOUGH PEOPLE? MAYBE WE DO NEED TO THINK ABOUT SOME OF THE ROOTS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY.

CERTAIN COMMUNITIES, SUCH AS KING'S POINT, HAS THEIR OWN BUS ROUTE.

THEY PAY INTO IT BECAUSE THAT'S A SERVICE THAT THEY WANT.

MAYBE OTHER COMMUNITIES.

IT'S A STRUCTURE FOR THEM. MAYBE THEY DON'T CARE.

MAYBE THEY DON'T NEED IT. RIGHT? I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE TOLD ME HOW MUCH THEY LOVE THE CITY'S TRANSPORTATION THAT WE PROVIDE, AND IT'S VERY WELL KNOWN THAT I THINK WE NEED TO ENHANCE IT.

MAYBE THAT'S WHERE DEVELOPER FUNDS COME INTO.

BUT AGAIN, THAT'S A ONE TIME PAYMENT WITH GROWTH AND MORE PEOPLE UTILIZING IT, HOW DO WE FUND IT? WHEN YOU ALL OF A SUDDEN COME TO A PLACE WHERE YOU MAY NOT HAVE CONTINUALLY CONTINUING REDEVELOPMENT DOLLARS? SO I THINK THAT WE CONTINUE TO DO WHAT WE'RE DOING.

ALL OF OUR MIXED USE CONTINUES TO HAVE AFFORDABLE COMPONENT.

WE CONTINUE TO WORK ON OUR OTHER STRATEGIES THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO AND LEAVE OUR WE THANK OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMMITTEE.

THEY'VE DONE A GOOD JOB.

IT'S VERY HARD BECAUSE I KNOW I DEAL WITH IT ON THE COUNTY LEVEL.

YOU TRY TO COME UP WITH NEW IDEAS, BUT AGAIN, SOME OF THE NEW IDEAS ARE WEREN'T SO GOOD WHEN THEY WERE PRESENTED AS A NEW IDEA A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO OR A YEAR AGO, AND YOU JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAKE IT WORK.

I THINK WE MAKE IT WORK BY CONTINUING THE PLAN THAT WE'VE HAD IN PLACE.

SO IS IT A CONSENSUS NOT TO ACCEPT ANY OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE? I BELIEVE THAT'S WHAT I HEARD, BUT ACTUALLY, VICE MAYOR HAS HERSELF TURNED OVER.

IF YOU HAD ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, I APOLOGIZE ANY OF THE NEW RECOMMENDATIONS.

SO WE'LL GO BACK ON THAT AS SOON AS THE VICE MAYOR HAS HER THOUGHTS.

ARE THERE ANY DEVELOPER COME TO THE CITY ASKING THE CITY FOR PERMISSION FOR BUILDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING? WE HAVE HAD 1 OR 2 INQUIRIES, BUT NO FORMAL FILING OUT THERE.

AND YOU SAID ON CERTAIN.

AND I GUESS THIS IS FOR THE LATER AGENDA ITEM.

YES, I'LL WAIT TILL THEN.

OKAY. SO DO YOU SUPPORT? DO YOU? HOW DO YOU REPHRASE IT? ARE WE ARE WE SUPPORTING THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE ALREADY HAD THAT WE'VE ALREADY BEEN UTILIZING? IS THAT HOW YOU WANT TO DO IT OR DO YOU WANT TO KNOW JUST A NEW.

DO WE HAVE ANY. IS THERE ARE WE PROCEEDING WITH THE RECOMMENDED STRATEGIES OR.

NO. THE NEW NEW RECOMMENDED THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMMITTEES FOR NEW RECOMMENDED STRATEGIES.

DO YOU WANT ME TO GO THROUGH ONE AT ONE OR.

I THINK, YOU KNOW, MISS MISS CALLOWAY IS IS A CONSUMMATE PROFESSIONAL AND SHE HAS, YOU KNOW, STAFF IN IN CAROLYN IN MISS ROYER.

FRANCIS. FRANCIS.

FRANCIS. ONE OR THE OTHER.

YOU KNOW THAT THAT UNDERSTANDS THIS STUFF.

RIGHT. AND AND SO TO THE EXTENT THAT THEY RECOMMEND THAT WE CHOOSE THIS OPTION.

YOU KNOW, TRY IT OUT.

AND THEY'RE NOT RECOMMENDING.

THEIR PRESENTATION IS THAT THEY'RE THEY'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH OPTION ONE AND TWO AND GETTING RID OF AND NOT MOVING FORWARD WITH OPTION THREE AND FOUR.

AM I WRONG THAT STAFF RECOMMENDATION.

STAFF RECOMMENDATION.

SO I'M SAYING MISS CALLOWAY AND CAROLYN AND HER STAFF ARE ARE CONSUMMATE PROFESSIONALS, AND THEY HAVE WORKED HARD WITH THE BOARD TO COME UP WITH THESE STRATEGIES.

AND SO I THINK THAT WE WE CAN TRUST THEM AND, AND MOVE FORWARD WITH WHAT THEY'RE ASKING, BECAUSE THEY'RE THE ONES WHO WENT TO ALMOST HARVARD TO, YOU KNOW, TO, TO OR HARVARD LIKE INSTITUTIONS TO, TO, TO DO THIS.

SO, YOU KNOW, IN THIS INSTANCE, I WOULD LIKE TO RELY ON STAFF TO, TO, TO ACCEPT THE RECOMMENDED STRATEGIES FOR 2024.

I MEAN, IF I DON'T KNOW.

BUT THAT'S MY STANCE. I'M I'M WITH STAFF COMMISSIONER BOLTON OPINION IS TO GO WITH ONE AND TWO AND NOT MOVE WITH THREE AND FOUR.

THAT'S WHY COMMISSIONER BOLTON'S RECOMMENDATIONS ARE TO GO WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS ONE AND TWO.

QUESTION ON THE SECOND ONE, BECAUSE I WOULDN'T WANT.

NOW THAT I HEARD WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE, I WOULDN'T WANT TO BRING DOWN THE VALUE OF ANYBODY HOME.

THEY WOULD STILL HAVE TO FOLLOW WHATEVER CODE AND PERMITTING TO BUILD, OBVIOUSLY.

SO WE WOULDN'T DO ANYTHING THAT WOULDN'T WE WOULDN'T BE BUILDING ON A HOME WITHOUT THE CITY APPROVING IT.

[02:55:01]

SO IT WOULDN'T IT WOULDN'T BE A SHACK IN THE BACK.

THAT'S A SHED.

YEAH. THAT'S CORRECT.

WE HAVE AN ENTIRE ONE PAGE IN THE CODE DEDICATED TO THE ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS, AND IT TELLS YOU WHERE IT CAN BE, WHAT THE SETBACK NEEDS TO BE, WHERE IT'S PERMITTED TO, HOW MANY BEDROOMS, WHETHER IT SHOULD HAVE A KITCHEN AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS, WHETHER YOU HAVE THE PROPERTY, THE ACREAGE TO DO IT RIGHT. I THINK THAT'S THE PRIMARY PRIMARY.

THE PRIMARY REASON WHY WE HAVE NOT GOTTEN AN APPLICATION IS BECAUSE IT REQUIRES A SETBACK.

IT REQUIRES THAT THE ACCESSORY UNIT BE SIGNIFICANTLY SMALLER THAN THE PRINCIPAL UNIT.

AND THEN THERE'S SOME OTHER REQUIREMENTS THAT PERHAPS PROPERTY OWNERS ARE UNABLE TO TO MEET BECAUSE YOU'D HAVE TO HAVE THE LAND, I'M ASSUMING, TO DO THAT.

VICE MAYOR, I THINK BY REJECTING NUMBER THREE, YOU'VE SOMEWHAT PUT CONSTRAINT ON NUMBER ON NUMBER TWO.

OKAY. NUMBER TWO.

YEAH. AND THAT'S, THAT'S THAT'S WHERE WE'VE WE'VE WORKED WITH COMMISSIONER PATTERSON.

BUT ESQUIRE WENT AHEAD AND SAID ONE AND TWO.

SO I HAD TO CLARIFY.

YEAH. BECAUSE BECAUSE BECAUSE THE VICE MAYOR THINKS FOR HERSELF.

YEAH, THAT'S WHY I'M SAYING COMMISSIONER PATTERSON BROUGHT THAT UP AS WELL.

BUT I'M ALSO SAYING THAT MISS CALLAWAY IS ALSO ESQUIRE, A REAL ONE.

SO. SO I'M SAYING IF IF, IF SHE, YOU KNOW, AND HER STAFF BELIEVES WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH ONE AND TWO AND NOT RECOMMEND THREE AND FOUR, YOU KNOW, WHO AM I AS A FAKE ESQUIRE TO TELL THE ESQUIRE THAT YOU CAN'T DO THAT.

BUT AT THE SAME TOKEN, MAYBE TWO COULD BE REMOVED FROM THE ORDER.

BUT MAYBE, AND I DON'T KNOW, ANY PROPERTY.

WELL, MAYBE IN THE WOODLANDS OR THE STATES OR SOMETHING WHERE YOU WOULD HAVE ENOUGH LAND TO DO THAT.

THAT'S WHAT I'M THINKING.

SO IT WOULD HAVE WORKED ITSELF OUT ANYWAY.

THAT'S WHY I WAS ASKING ABOUT THIS.

SO WE COULD STILL SAY YES, BECAUSE MAYBE THERE'S ONE PROPERTY IN THE WHOLE TAMARAC THAT CAN DO IT.

THAT WAS OUR JUSTIFICATION FOR CONSIDERATION.

WE SAID SINCE THE IT'S ALREADY ALLOWED IN THE CITY, THEN IT'S A STRATEGY THAT COULD BE FURTHERED FURTHER PROVIDING THE INDIVIDUAL.

THANK YOU FOR SAYING THAT. SO HE'S SAYING NUMBER TWO IS ALREADY ALLOWED.

OH, SO THEN THERE'S A NO BRAINER OKAY.

IT'S ALREADY ALLOWED IN THE CITY.

AND JUST AS IT RELATES TO PARKING, IN ORDER FOR YOU TO DO AN ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT, THERE SHALL BE ONE PARKING SPACE.

AT LEAST ONE OFF STREET PARKING SPACE SHALL BE PROVIDED FOR EACH, YOU KNOW, SO THERE'S PARKING REQUIREMENT ALREADY, MORE THAN LIKELY FOR THE MAJORITY OF OUR PROPERTIES IN TAMARAC WOULD NOT FIT THE BILL, WHICH IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I THINK IT WENT IN.

YEAH. TO SAY THAT WE DID IT.

YEAH. TO KNOW THAT WE'RE NOT IT'S HARD TO ACHIEVE.

BUT THERE MIGHT BE THIS ONE RESIDENT WHO WANTS IT.

YEAH. SO IT'S BEEN ON THE CODE SINCE 2018.

THAT ONE RESIDENT SHOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO IT REGARDLESS.

YEAH, I'VE NOT HAD AN APPLICATION.

COMMISSIONER PATTERSON, YOU WANTED TO SAY SOMETHING? YEAH, YES, I DID ACTUALLY, BECAUSE I THINK THAT I ECHO COMMISSIONER BOLTON IN SAYING THAT I AGREE THAT MADAM DEPUTY MANAGER IS A CONSUMMATE PROFESSIONAL AND SO IS HER STAFF.

BUT I WANTED TO JUST SIMPLY RESTATE WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY STATED, WHICH IS THESE STRATEGIES ARE RECOMMENDED BY STAFF ONLY BECAUSE THEY ARE ALREADY IN THE CODE, NOT NECESSARILY BECAUSE THEY'RE A GOOD POLICY CHOICE OR A POLICY DECISION.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT EXPLICITLY CLEAR.

A B THE THE ACCESSORY UNIT, WE ALREADY HAVE CHALLENGES FROM A CODE ENFORCEMENT PERSPECTIVE IN OUR CITY.

AND SO WHILE, YOU KNOW, THE VICE MAYOR HAS GREAT PERSPECTIVE IN TERMS OF PERMITTING AND ALL OF THAT, THE QUESTION IS, DO PEOPLE ACTUALLY FOLLOW THAT? AND WILL THEY ACTUALLY GO GET THE PROPER PERMITS? AND YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT ALL THOSE THINGS TO CONSIDER.

ADDITIONALLY, EARLIER I MENTIONED A COUPLE OF CHALLENGES WITH THIS TO INCLUDE JUST, YOU KNOW, CHARACTER AND INTEGRITY OF OUR COMMUNITY, BUT ALSO THERE'S INFRASTRUCTURE, STRUCTURE CHALLENGES AS WELL. THAT'S ADDITIONAL WATER.

THAT'S ADDITIONAL, YOU KNOW, SO THERE ARE ADVERSE IMPACTS WHICH INCLUDE POTENTIAL INCREASES TO PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THE COMMUNITY.

WHEN WE START TO ADD, YOU KNOW, ACCESSORY UNITS.

EITHER WAY, I'VE ALREADY STRESSED MY CASE ON THIS.

I DON'T LOVE ACCESSORY UNITS IN THE BACK PERSONALLY.

BUT IT'S YOU KNOW, THAT'S NEITHER HERE NOR THERE.

MY QUESTION TO YOU MADAM DEPUTY MANAGER, IS THESE STRATEGIES DO WHAT EXACTLY? BECAUSE I DON'T THINK WE'RE CLEAR FROM A STANDPOINT OF I UNDERSTAND THAT WE NEED TO IMPLEMENT OR HAVE STRATEGIES IN PLACE IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO BE IN RECEIPT OF SHIP DOLLARS. IS THAT CORRECT? IN ADDITION TO THAT, THE AHAC COMMITTEE AND IS REALLY DESIGNED TO AND THE ELECTED OFFICIAL THAT WILL BE SERVING IS BRINGING FORWARD STRATEGIES THAT WILL FURTHER

[03:00:01]

THE PROVISION OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

SO THIS IS TO BIG PICTURE.

YES. OKAY. YES.

SO THIS DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN THAT THESE THINGS ARE GOING TO HAPPEN IN OUR CITY, BUT YOU'RE PUTTING IN PLACE THINGS THAT WILL FURTHER THE CREATION, THE ACCESSIBILITY, THE PROVISION OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN OUR CITY, IN YOUR CITY.

YOU WANT TO CREATE, WHICH IS WHY YOU HAVE EXPEDITED PERMITTING AND ALL THESE THINGS IS TO CREATE AN ACCESS WAY OR MAKE IT PUT FORWARD PROGRAMS THAT WILL PROVIDE MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

YOU WANT TO FURTHER THE PROVISION OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING? YEAH. SO I THINK THE ATTORNEY KIND OF ECHOED WHAT I SAID EARLIER.

IT'D BE MY RECOMMENDATION THAT WE MOVE FORWARD ONLY WITH STRATEGY NUMBER ONE.

I DON'T SEE HOW WE DO TWO WITHOUT THREE.

AND I DON'T SEE FOUR BEING USEFUL AT ALL, BUT THAT WOULD BE MY RECOMMENDATION.

AND THEN ONE LAST QUESTION. SORRY.

COULD THE CITY ADOPT ITS OWN I GUESS AFFORDABLE HOUSING STANDARDS IN TERMS OF INCOME LIMITS, OR DO WE HAVE TO DEFER TO THE COUNTY? NO, WE CAN. AND WE'RE WORKING ON ADOPTING OUR OWN GUIDELINES.

IN FACT, CAROLYN IS THE ONE WORKING ON DRAFTING THAT.

WE'RE JUST WAITING A BIT UNTIL AFTER WE'VE TAKEN FORWARD THE DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEES, WHICH WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF WORKING ON AS WELL.

SO WE WILL BE BRINGING TO YOU AT A FUTURE DATE AFFORDABLE HOUSING GUIDELINES.

YES. OKAY. AWESOME.

THANK YOU. QUESTION.

I'M SORRY, MR. OPEYEMI.

BUT YOU SAID IN THE PAST IF WE ADOPTED OUR OWN, IT CAN ONLY BE MONEY THAT WE COLLECT FROM OUR RESIDENTS.

IT CAN'T BE FEDERAL DOLLARS OR ANYTHING.

IS THAT WHAT I MISUNDERSTOOD THAT IN TERMS OF THE GUIDELINES THAT WE'RE MOVING FORWARD.

SO THE GUIDELINES WE'RE BRINGING FORWARD WILL BE TO IT'S GOING TO BE BASED ON BONUS DENSITY, DENSITY OR FLEX AND RESERVE UNITS.

SO IF A DEVELOPER, BECAUSE FLORIDA STATUTE SAYS THAT WE CANNOT ASK FOR A DEVELOPER TO DEVELOPER TO GIVE US INCLUSIONARY HOUSING OR INCLUDE AFFORDABLE HOUSING WITH MARKET RATE, UNLESS WE GIVE THEM SOMETHING IN RETURN.

AND SO WHAT WE'RE GIVING THEM IN RETURN WILL BE A BONUS BONUS UNIT, WHETHER IT BE FLEX OR REDEVELOPMENT UNIT.

SO FOR EACH FLEX AND REDEVELOPMENT UNIT THAT THE CITY WILL BE GIVING A DEVELOPER, WE'RE GOING TO BE ASKING THEM IN TURN TO GIVE US A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING AT A PARTICULAR LEVEL, WHETHER IT BE 80% OR 50%.

SO THIS IS NOT OVERALL GUIDELINES AS FAR AS GIVING MONEY, RIGHT? YES. AND THAT'S FOR OUR DETERMINATION OF THAT'S WHERE IT COULD BE OUR CITY'S DETERMINATION AND FINANCIAL GUIDELINES WITH OUR COUNTY AND STATE.

EXACTLY. THE COUNTY CURRENTLY HAS A POLICY IN PLACE, BUT WE WANT TO CREATE OUR OWN.

SO THE FUNDS ARE NOT GOING TO THE COUNTY.

WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO COLLECT OUR OWN FUNDS, BECAUSE THESE DEVELOPERS WILL BE ABLE TO PAY US IN LOFTS.

IF THEY CANNOT BUILD THE UNIT, THEY ARE GOING TO BE AFFORDED THE OPPORTUNITY TO PAY US IN LIEU OF BUILDING THE UNIT.

KEEPING MONEY AT HOME? YEAH.

SO THAT WAS KIND OF PICKING BACK UP.

THAT WAS MY KIND OF MY QUESTION AS WELL.

CAN WE I MEAN, YOU GUYS DID A GREAT JOB.

YOU KNOW, CAROLYN AND MISS CALLAWAY ARE CONSUMMATE PROFESSIONAL.

I AGREE AS WELL. BUT CAN'T WE KIND OF CREATE OUR OWN POLICIES THAT CREATES THINGS FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

WE DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO ACCEPT WHAT WAS RECOMMENDED TO US.

EXACTLY. I MEAN, AS I SAID, YOU CAN REJECT ALL OF THE NEW ONES.

YOU CAN ACCEPT. THIS IS JUST US COMPLYING WITH STATE REQUIREMENT.

WE ARE RECIPIENTS OF SHIP FUNDS.

AS A RECIPIENT, WE ARE REQUIRED TO ADOPT A LOCAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE PLAN.

WE HAVE TO HAVE A COMMITTEE AND WE MUST BRING FORWARD STRATEGIES EVERY YEAR.

AND WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THE STRATEGIES.

AND SO WE ALREADY HAVE FOUR STRATEGIES.

THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING.

THESE ARE NEW ONES THAT ARE BEING RECOMMENDED.

IT'S REALLY UP TO THE COMMISSION AS TO WHETHER OR NOT YOU'D LIKE TO ADOPT THESE OR NOT.

YEAH, I THINK OUR JOB AS A COMMISSION IS TO HAVE VISION AND TO CREATE POLICY.

AND THE STAFF JOB YOU GUYS ARE SUPPOSED TO PRESENT TO US, YOU KNOW, INFORMATION AND DATA AND STUFF THAT'S OUT THERE.

AND YOU GUYS DID A FANTASTIC JOB IN DOING THAT.

BUT I'M GOING TO AGREE AS WELL.

COMMISSIONER PATTERSON AND I'M NOT I DON'T SEE NONE OF THEM THAT THAT I'M INTERESTED IN DOING.

I THINK THE MAYOR MENTIONED THAT THE DENSITY PART OF IT THAT'S GOING TO COME ON A DEVELOPMENT BY DEVELOPMENT CASE.

AND THEN WE HAVE THESE LOCAL ACTIVITY ZONES WHERE IT MIGHT BE DIFFERENT.

SO I THINK IT GIVES US MORE FLEXIBILITY AS POLICYMAKERS TO KIND OF LIKE, YOU KNOW, CREATE OUR OWN STRATEGY TO, TO DO AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

SO I'VE GOT A NUN OUT OF COMMISSIONER.

RIGHT. COMMISSIONER PATTERSON, YOU WANTED TO SAY SOMETHING? YEAH. NO. I'M GOOD. I WAS GOING TO SAY I CAN TAKE THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF MY COLLEAGUES.

NOW THAT I'M THE NEW APPOINTEE, I'LL GLADLY GO BACK TO THE BOARD AND AND RESTRATEGIZE.

BUT ON THAT.

SO I'M GOING TO THROW IT THIS WAY BECAUSE I AM.

WELL, I UNDERSTAND DENSITY WE'RE WORKING ON, AND WE HAVE ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS, WHICH MAYBE THROUGH THIS CONVERSATION, THE CITY MAY NOT HAVE ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS IN THE FUTURE MIGHT BE A COMMENT IN A CONVERSATION.

SO I DEFINITELY DON'T WANT TO APPROVE TWO, WHICH MAY NOT STICK AROUND.

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AND YOU KNOW HOW I FEEL ABOUT THREE AND FOUR.

SO I'M, I'M WITH COMMISSIONER, RIGHT.

AND TO NOT SUPPORT ANY OF THEM BECAUSE I KNOW WE'LL GO FORWARD WITH THEM.

SO THEN AT THIS POINT IN TIME, WE WOULD HAVE COMMISSIONER WRIGHT AND MYSELF SAYING NONE.

COMMISSIONER PATTERSON SAYING ONE, ARE YOU OKAY WITH SAYING NONE? SO WE HAVE AT THIS POINT WE HAVE THREE TO SAY NONE FOR THIS.

YOU'RE WELCOME TO SAY IF YOU CHANGE YOUR MIND OR SAY THE MIND OR JUST NOT SAY ANYTHING AT ALL, IT'S FINE FOR YOU TO CHANGE MY MIND.

BUT I DIDN'T VOTE TO CHANGE MY MIND.

NO, NO, I DIDN'T SAY YOU DID.

I'M NOT. NOT MAKING YOU CHANGE YOUR MIND, IS WHAT I'M SAYING.

I'M NOT ASKING NOTHING TO CHANGE.

I'M SORRY. GO AHEAD. YEAH. NO, NO.

AT THIS TIME, THERE'S CONSENSUS, RIGHT? WE'RE GOOD. I'M GOOD TO NOT GO FORWARD.

BECAUSE BASED ON ONE DISCUSSION, ONE AND TWO IS GOING TO HAPPEN REGARDLESS OF HOW WE.

EXACTLY. SO THREE FOUR DOESN'T MATTER BECAUSE EVERYBODY DISAGREE WITH IT AND 1 OR 2.

DOESN'T MATTER WHETHER WE SAY YAY OR NAY, BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN BECAUSE IT'S ALREADY IN.

I WAS JUST TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THE WORK OF THE BOARD.

YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE A BOARD THAT THAT PUTS IN HARD WORK, BUT AT THE SAME TIME ELVIN WAS ON THE BOARD ANYWAY.

SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR.

THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR. SO NONE OF THEM.

ELVIN. WE START OFF SO WELL.

I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE SHORTER MEETINGS TO CONTINUE BEING WELL.

I THINK THESE LONG WORKSHOPS ARE NOT GOOD FOR CAMARADERIE.

AND MAYBE WE SHOULD BRING BACK HAVING TWO WORKSHOPS A MONTH.

ANYHOW. THAT'S A WHOLE OTHER STORY.

WE'RE NOT GOING THERE. I'M JUST SHOUTING IT OUT.

SO THEN THEN DEAL WITH THE LENGTH.

SO IF IF WE COULD MOVE FORWARD NOW WE HAVE SURVIVED ONE F, RIGHT? NO, NO, THAT WAS FUNNY.

THAT WAS FUNNY. I THINK THERE WERE BOTH TOGETHER.

THAT ONE. WELL, ONE D IS COMMISSIONER PATTERSON, ONE E IS FORGIVE US.

WE US. WE DO THANK THE WHOLE COMMITTEE THAT HAS WORKED REALLY HARD AND SAY THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO GO FORWARD WITH ANY OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS.

I DON'T KNOW IF THAT COMES OFF THE.

NO. WE STILL HAVE TO APPROVE THE RECOMMENDATIONS.

OKAY. THAT'S EXACTLY SO THAT WILL BE ON AND CAROLYN WILL UPDATE THE REPORT TO SHOW THAT THE CITY COMMISSION DID NOT ACCEPT ANY OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS, OR SHE COULD JUST UPDATE THE REPORT THAT THE CITY COMMISSION CONTINUES TO SUPPORT THE ORIGINAL FOUR RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE HAVE.

THIS WAY, WE'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING NEGATIVE IN THE YOU KNOW, WE DON'T YOU KNOW, IF YOU WANT TO CARE ABOUT FEELINGS.

[1.f TO2549 - An ordinance of the City Commission of the City of Tamarac, Florida, terminating “Notice to the Public of a Pending Ordinance” by amending Chapter 10, Article 2, of the Land Development Code of the City of Tamarac, Florida, entitled “Zoning Districts”, by creating Section 10-2.8, entitled “Qualified Mixed-Use Development pursuant to the Live Local Act of 2023," establishing procedures and regulations to implement Section 166.04151(7), Florida Statutes, as created by Chapter 2023-17, Laws of Florida, and as amended by Senate Bill 328, to provide for development regulations and administrative review of certain affordable housing projects pursuant to state law; providing for repealer; providing for codification; providing for conflicts; providing for severability; and providing for an effective date. ]

ALL RIGHT, MOVING SWIFTLY ALONG TO ONE F, WE ARE TO 2549.

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC, FLORIDA, TERMINATING THE NOTICE TO PUBLIC OF PENDING ORDINANCE BY AMENDING CHAPTER TEN, ARTICLE TWO OF THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC, FLORIDA, ENTITLED ZONING DISTRICTS BY CREATING SECTION TEN DASH 2.8 ENTITLED QUALIFIED MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT PURSUANT TO THE LIVE LOCAL ACT 2023, ESTABLISHING PROCEDURES AND REGULATIONS TO IMPLEMENT SECTION 166.04151, SUBSECTION SEVEN, FLORIDA STATUTES CREATED BY CHAPTER 223 OR 20 2317 LAWS OF FLORIDA AND AS AMENDED BY SENATE BILL 328, PROVIDE FOR DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS AND ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW OF CERTAIN AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS PURSUANT TO STATE LAW, CODIFICATION, ALL THAT KIND OF GOOD STUFF.

AND WE'RE RIGHT BACK TO YOU, DEPUTY CITY MANAGER.

YES. THANK YOU. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION, IT'S ME AGAIN, MAXINE CALLOWAY DEPUTY CITY MANAGER AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR.

THIS ITEM WILL APPEAR AS 2549 ON FIRST READING ON WEDNESDAY'S AGENDA.

AND THIS IS PRIMARILY JUST TO PROVIDE GUIDELINES IN FURTHERANCE OF THE LIVE LOCAL ACT.

AND I'LL GIVE YOU SOME BACKGROUND.

I KNOW WE DID A PRESENTATION TO THIS COMMISSION WHEN THE ACT WAS ADOPTED IN 2023.

AT THE TIME, WE DID NOT HAVE A NEW COMMISSIONER, SO I WANT TO PROVIDE SOME BACKGROUND AS A PART OF THIS PRESENTATION.

HOWEVER WHAT'S ON FOR WEDNESDAY IS LIFTING THE NOTICE OF TO THE PUBLIC OF PENDING ORDINANCE, WHICH IS TANTAMOUNT TO A ZONING IN PROGRESS.

AND SO, TO PROVIDE SOME BACKGROUND, IN JULY 1ST, 2023, SENATE BILL 102, WHICH IS A LOCAL ACT THAT WAS ADOPTED BY THE STATE OF FLORIDA.

IMMEDIATELY ON SEPTEMBER 13TH, 2023, AS YOU RECALL, THE CITY COMMISSION APPROVED A NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC OF A PENDING ORDINANCE.

AND THIS WAS SOMEWHAT UNIQUE.

THE WAY WE DID THIS, WE DID WHAT MOST OTHER CITIES WERE DOING AT THE TIME.

BUT IT'S ESSENTIALLY A MORATORIUM OR A ZONING IN PROGRESS IS WHAT WHAT WE DID.

SO WE COULD CONTINUE TO STUDY THE THE NEW BILL AND TO SEE HOW WE WOULD ADDRESS IT.

THEN IN FEBRUARY 28TH, 2024, SENATE BILL 328 PASSED.

THAT WAS THE GLITCH BILL.

THERE WERE SEVERAL ISSUES WITH THE SENATE BILL 102.

AND SO THE GLITCH BILL WAS INTRODUCED AND IT WAS ADOPTED IN FEBRUARY 2024, AND IN MARCH 2024, THE CITY COMMISSION APPROVED AN EXTENSION TO OUR NOTICE OF PENDING PUBLIC NOTE, OR I'M JUST GOING TO CALL IT A ZONING IN PROGRESS.

SO WE EXTENDED THAT.

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AND THEN IN MAY 2024, THE GOVERNOR SIGNED THREE 328 INTO LAW.

WE TOOK THE OUR GUIDELINES TO THE PLANNING BOARD IN JUNE 2024.

THE PLANNING BOARD ADOPTED THAT.

AND THEN WE ATTEMPTED TO TAKE THE GUIDELINES BEFORE THE CITY COMMISSION.

BUT THEN YOU DID ANOTHER EXTENSION AUGUST 28TH, 2024, WHICH EXPIRES FEBRUARY OF THIS YEAR.

SO WHAT'S BEFORE YOU TODAY? AND ON WEDNESDAY ON FIRST READING WILL BE GUIDELINES THAT IS GOING TO HELP STAFF TO IMPLEMENT THE MANDATE OF THE LIVE LOCAL ACT, WHICH I'LL TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IN A MOMENT. FOR PURPOSES OF THE DISCUSSION, I JUST WANT TO SET THE STAGE OF WHAT AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS AND THE DEFINITION.

AND WE HAD TALKED ABOUT IT.

AND THESE ARE THE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES.

EXTREMELY LOW. VERY LOW.

LOW AND MODERATE.

AND THAT IS THE PERCENTAGE.

AND THAT COMES UP ALL THE TIME IN TERMS OF DISCUSSION WHEN WE TALK ABOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

SO WHAT IS SENATE BILL 102.

THE LIB LOCAL ACT.

THESE ARE SOME OF THE POLICIES OR ELEMENTS THAT CAME OUT OF THE LIB LOCAL ACT.

THERE'S FUNDING AND TAX CREDIT FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS.

THERE ARE SOME TAX INCENTIVES.

THERE IS ENCOURAGING LOCAL GOVERNMENT TO ADOPT BEST PRACTICES.

AND THEN THE STATE IS PROVIDING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE ON THE LEGISLATION.

BUT WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO US IS THE ONE THAT'S IN GREEN, AND IT'S THE LAND USE TOOLS AND THE ROLE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT TO FACILITATE AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL AND MIXED USE AREAS.

SO WHEN THE BILL WAS ADOPTED, IT DID A FEW MORE THINGS THAT WE WILL SEE AS A PART OF THE GUIDELINES IT PROVIDED FOR HEIGHT PROTECTION FOR SINGLE FAMILY COMMUNITIES. ESSENTIALLY, THE LIB LOCAL PROVIDES THAT THE PROJECT CAN BE THE MAXIMUM HEIGHT AFFORDED IN THE MUNICIPALITY, WHICH FOR US IS 70FT.

OR IT CAN BE. THE MAXIMUM DENSITY AFFORDED IN THE MUNICIPALITIES FOR US IS 50 DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE.

HOWEVER, WITH THE GLITCH BILL, THERE WAS SOME CONCESSION OR PERHAPS SOME PROTECTION FOR A RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES.

AND SO WITH THAT, IF THE PROJECT, A LIVE LOCAL PROJECT, IS BEING BUILT ADJACENT TO A SINGLE FAMILY COMMUNITY WITH 25 SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING UNITS, OR MORE THAN IT ALLOWS FOR THAT PROJECT TO BE THE GREATEST HEIGHT WITHIN A MILE OR 150% OF THE GREATEST HEIGHT IN THE MUNICIPALITIES OR SOMETHING LIKE THREE STORIES WHICHEVER IS GREATER.

SO IT PROVIDES A BIT OF A PROTECTION FOR PROPERTIES THAT ARE CLOSE PROJECTS THAT ARE CLOSE TO A SINGLE FAMILY ZONED COMMUNITIES, BUT IT'S SPECIFIC THAT THOSE COMMUNITIES HAVE TO HAVE 25 SINGLE FAMILY HOMES OR MORE, AND IT HAS TO BE BORDERING THAT PROJECT ON BOTH SIDES, A MINIMUM OF TWO SIDES FOR THOSE PROTECTIONS TO APPLY.

AND THEN THERE WERE SOME OTHER THINGS THAT CAME OUT OF THE GLITCH BILL, PRIMARILY THE FACT THAT MUNICIPALITIES NOW, IF THE PROJECT IS WITHIN ONE MILE OF A TRANSIT STATION, THEN YOU HAVE TO GIVE UP TO 20% REDUCTION IN PARKING.

AND THEN THERE'S A PREEMPTION.

IF THE PROJECT IS IN A TRANSPORTATION ORIENTED AREA, THEN THEY'RE COMPLETELY PREEMPTED.

WE'RE COMPLETELY PREEMPTED, AND THERE'S NO PARKING REQUIREMENT.

SO SOME OF THE PREEMPTION BEFORE I GO INTO THE GUIDELINES.

SO NUMBER ONE, IT PREEMPTS LOCAL GOVERNMENT FROM ENFORCING REQUIREMENTS REGARDING ZONING DENSITY AND HEIGHT FOR MULTI-FAMILY AND MIXED USE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS.

IF AT LEAST 40% OF THE UNITS THAT'S BEING PROPOSED FOR DEVELOPMENT ARE AFFORDABLE FOR AT LEAST 30 YEARS.

SO IF A DEVELOPMENT IS COMING INTO THE CITY AND 40% OR MORE IS AFFORDABLE, THEN THE CITY IS PREEMPTED FROM FROM DEALING WITH HEIGHT AS WELL AS MAKING IT A PUBLIC HEARING PROJECT.

SO IT'S APPROVED ADMINISTRATIVELY.

IT PROVIDES THAT LOCAL GOVERNMENT CANNOT REQUIRE A PROPOSED MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT THAT WILL COMPLY WITH THE 40%, OBTAIN A LAND USE ZONING SPECIAL EXCEPTION, CONDITIONAL USE APPROVAL VARIANCE, OR A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT WITH RESPECT TO BUILDING HEIGHT, ZONING, AND DENSITY.

A PROJECT WHICH QUALIFIES UNDER THESE GENERAL GUIDELINES WOULD PROCEED ADMINISTRATIVELY WITHOUT GOING THROUGH A PUBLIC HEARING.

SO IT MEANS THOSE MAJOR REVISED SITE PLAN APPLICATIONS THAT NORMALLY COME BEFORE YOU AND THE PLANNING BOARD THAT YOU'RE ABLE TO SEE, THEN THOSE WOULD BE APPROVED.

ADMINISTRATIVELY, A MAXIMUM HEIGHT OF A QUALIFIED PROJECT MAY BE EQUAL TO THE MAXIMUM HEIGHT CURRENTLY ALLOWED WITHIN ONE MILE OF THE PROJECT SITE, AND THE MAXIMUM DENSITY ALLOWED WOULD BE EQUAL TO THE HIGHEST DENSITY CURRENTLY ALLOWED WITHIN THE MUNICIPALITY.

AND FOR THE CITY OF TAMARAC, THAT'S 50 DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE.

SO THIS IS JUST REITERATING SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I JUST SPOKE OF.

SO I'LL JUST GO THROUGH THE SLIDE GO THROUGH THIS SLIDE.

AND JUST ON THIS SLIDE IS SHOWING THE ONE OF THE BENEFITS WE SEE FROM THE LIVE LOCAL FOR TAMARAC IS THAT THE ACT ALSO PROVIDES THAT IF A MUNICIPALITY HAS LESS THAN

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20% OF ITS LAND MASS THAT'S DEDICATED TO COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL OR MIXED USE, THEN ANY LIVE LOCAL ACT THAT'S BUILT IN THAT COMMUNITY MUST BE A MIXED USE PRODUCT.

SO FOR THE CITY OF TAMARAC, THAT'S ONE BENEFIT THAT CAME OUT OF THIS ACT IN THAT ANY LIVE LOCAL PROJECT THAT WE RECEIVE HAS MUST BE A MIXED USE PROJECT.

IT CANNOT BE JUST A MULTI-FAMILY HOUSING PROJECT.

SO WE WILL GET A MIXED USE COMPONENT.

SO WE'RE IN THE CITY OF TAMARAC IS ARE THESE ZONING DISTRICTS? AND SO THIS MAP IS A ZONING MAP OF THE CITY.

AND I'VE HIGHLIGHTED FOR YOU WHICH YOU WILL ALSO SEE IN THE GUIDELINES, THE ZONING DISTRICT THAT WOULD BE IMPACTED BY THIS, YOUR INDUSTRIAL, YOUR MIXED USE ZONING DISTRICT, AS WELL AS YOUR COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICT.

AND IT'S PRIMARILY UP AND DOWN OUR MAJOR CORRIDOR ALONG COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD.

THERE ARE SOME ON MATLAB, THERE ARE SOME ON 441 AS WELL AS UNIVERSITY DRIVE.

THESE ARE THE AREAS IN THE CITY THAT ARE ZONED AND WOULD BE IMPACTED BY THE LIVE LOCAL ACT.

AND AGAIN, AS I DISCUSSED, JUST TO PUT IT IN CONTEXT, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DENSITY AND TALKING ABOUT HEIGHT, THE HIGHEST HEIGHT IN THE CITY OF TAMARAC IS 70FT.

AND SO WHEN IT TALKS ABOUT WITHIN ONE MILE AND USING THE HIGHEST HEIGHT, THAT IS THE NUMBER THAT WE HAVE TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT.

AND WHEN IT TALKS ABOUT THE HIGHEST DENSITY AFFORDED IN THE MUNICIPALITY, IT'S 50 DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE.

SO NORMALLY WHEN WE TALK ABOUT GUIDELINES AND NEW POLICIES, WE LIKE TO THINK OR ASK WHAT MUNICIPALITIES AROUND US, WHAT THEY'RE DOING, WHO HAS ADOPTED GUIDELINES. AND SO MY STAFF JUST DID A POLLING ESSENTIALLY TO SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING AROUND US.

AND AS YOU CAN SEE, A LOT OF CITIES HAVE ALREADY ADOPTED GUIDELINES IN FURTHERANCE OF THE LIVE LOCAL.

AND YOU CAN SEE IN RED THOSE CITIES THAT HAVE NOT YET ADOPTED.

AND THEN SUNRISE YOU SEE A YES.

BUT THEY ADOPTED BY VIRTUE OF A POLICY OR A MEMORANDUM.

THEY DIDN'T DO AN ORDINANCE AMENDMENT.

SO WHY ARE WE PUTTING TOGETHER GUIDELINES? SO THE ACT IS A MANDATE.

WE MUST ACCEPT THESE PROJECTS WHEN THEY COME FORWARD.

IF OVER 40%, 40% OR MORE IS AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND THEY HAVE TO BE PROCESSED ADMINISTRATIVELY.

BUT THE ACT IS SILENT ON HOW WE TRACK AFFORDABILITY BECAUSE IT SAYS THAT THE PROJECT MUST BE OVER 40% AFFORDABLE FOR 30 YEARS.

BUT IT IS SILENT AS TO HOW YOU ENSURE THE COMMITMENT OF AFFORDABILITY.

HOW DO YOU MAKE SURE THAT YOU COMPARE THE AFFORDABLE UNITS VERSUS THE NON AFFORDABLE UNITS? HOW DO YOU MANDATE THE DEVELOPER TO MAKE SURE THAT WHAT IS BEING CONSTRUCTED AS AFFORDABLE MIMICS WHAT'S NON AFFORDABLE MARKET RATE UNIT? WHAT ARE THE SITE PLAN REQUIREMENTS RELATIVE TO HOW YOU PROCESS THESE APPLICATIONS? THE ACT IS SILENT ON THAT.

AND THE GUIDELINES THAT WE'RE PROPOSING IS ATTEMPTING TO BRING SOME SOME STRUCTURE WHERE THAT IS CONCERNED.

THE ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW PROCESS, THE ACT IS SILENT ON THAT AS WELL.

SO THE GUIDELINE WILL PROVIDE SOME GUIDANCE TO THE DEVELOPER AS WELL AS TO STAFF ON HOW YOU APPLY YOUR LIVE LOCAL ACT THROUGH THE ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW PROCESS. AND THEN WE ALSO INCLUDE IN THE GUIDELINES HOW YOU GO THROUGH WHAT DEVELOPMENT REVIEW PROCESS.

LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS WOULD APPLY TO YOUR APPLICATION.

SO I'M GOING TO WALK YOU THROUGH THE ORDINANCE.

IT'S IS QUITE EXTENSIVE.

WE ARE CREATING A COMPLETELY NEW SECTION IN THE CODE SECTION TEN DASH 2.8.

IT WILL BE CALLED QUALIFIED MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT PURSUANT TO THE LIVE LOCAL ACT IN 2023.

AND LIKE MOST ORDINANCES, THIS IS A STRUCTURE.

IT WILL HAVE INTENT AND PURPOSE AND EXPIRATION OF WHEN THE PROVISION WILL EXPIRE.

IN THIS CASE, OCTOBER 1ST, 2023, WHICH IS WHEN THE ACT EXPIRES.

IT WILL HAVE A DEFINITION SECTION AND APPLICABILITY SECTION, WHICH WILL LIST THE ZONING CODES THAT ARE APPLICABLE AS IT RELATES TO THE ACT.

IT WILL LIST THE SITE PLAN REQUIREMENTS, HOW YOU APPLY, WHAT YOUR APPLICATION FEE WILL BE, AND THEN IT WILL LIST THE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS FOR THE MDA.

SO I'LL JUST TOUCH ON SOME OF THE SECTIONS OF THE GUIDELINES REAL QUICK.

SO TEN DASH 2.8 IS OF COURSE A IS THE INTENT AND PURPOSE.

AND IN THIS SECTION THE INTENT IS JUST TALKING ABOUT WHY THE PURPOSE OF THE ACT, WHY WE'RE ADOPTING THIS SECTION, AND THEN IT ALSO INCLUDE WHEN THE SECTION WILL EXPIRE UNLESS EXTENDED. IT EXPIRES OCTOBER 1ST, 2033.

B IS A DEFINITION SECTION, AND AS YOU CAN SEE, CONSISTENT WITH MOST OF OUR ORDINANCES, IT HAS A DEFINITION FOR MOST OF THE TERMS THAT WILL BE UTILIZED AS A PART OF THE APPLICATION PROCESS. SO ADJACENT WHAT THAT MEANS, DIRECTOR, WHAT THAT MEANS, WHICH IS THE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, GROSS SQUARE FOOTAGE WHICH IS MEASURED A BIT DIFFERENT IN A DIFFERENT WAY.

WHAT IS A QUALIFIED MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT PURSUANT TO THE ACT?

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IT PROVIDES FOR THE DEFINITION OF THAT AND SOME OTHER DEFINITIONS.

THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF THE NEW ORDINANCE IS THE APPLICABILITY.

THESE ARE THE ZONING DISTRICTS WHERE THE LOCAL ACT APPLICATION WOULD BE APPLICABLE.

SO IT'S YOUR LIGHT INDUSTRIAL, YOUR I-2, YOUR MIXED USE AS WELL AS YOUR MIXED USE GENERAL AND YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL.

AND THEN SUBSECTION D IS YOUR SITE PLAN REQUIREMENTS.

AND THIS IS WHERE WE DID WHAT WE CURRENTLY DO FOR MOST OF OUR PUBLIC HEARING APPLICATIONS.

SO WE PROVIDED FOR A PRE APP STAFF CONFERENCE MEETING, WHICH WE DO FOR ALL OUR DEVELOPMENT APPLICATIONS.

WE'RE ASKING FOR A PRE APP NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING, WHICH IS A MEETING WHERE THE DEVELOPER WILL GO OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY AND LET THEM KNOW THAT AN APPLICATION IS BEING FILED ADMINISTRATIVELY. WE PUT IN THIS SECTION WHAT WHAT FEE WOULD BE APPLICABLE.

AND WE WOULD BE CHARGING THE FEE THAT WE WOULD CHARGE FOR A SITE PLAN MAJOR.

SO ALTHOUGH THOSE APPLICATIONS NORMALLY COME TO THE CITY COMMISSION, WE ARE ASSESSING THE SAME FEE FOR THIS TYPE OF APPLICATION.

SO WE PUT THAT IN THERE.

THIS CONTINUES IN TERMS OF THE AFFORDABILITY PROVISIONS.

SO WE'RE ALSO ASKING FOR THE APPLICANT TO PROVIDE AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING PLAN THAT WILL TELL US ABOUT THE COVENANT, HOW THE COVENANT WILL BE RECORDED.

IT HAS TO BE RECORDED FOR 30 YEARS, HOW THE CITY WILL TRACK THE RECORDING.

HOW OFTEN YOU HAVE TO REPORT TO THE CITY.

YOU HAVE TO REPORT TO US ON AN ANNUAL BASIS TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE IN COMPLIANCE.

AFTER ALL, IT HAS TO REMAIN AFFORDABLE FOR 30 YEARS.

IN THIS SECTION, WE'RE ASKING ALSO FOR AN ENVIRONMENTAL STUDY IF THE PROJECT IS GOING TO BE BUILT IN AN INDUSTRIAL AREA, WE WANT TO KNOW HOW THE PROJECT WILL PERFORM AS IT RELATES TO NOISE AND ODOR AND SO ON.

IF THE PROJECT IS BUILT IN AN INDUSTRIAL AREA, WE'RE ASKING FOR A TRAFFIC ANALYSIS.

AND OF COURSE, THE DECISION OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE APPLICATION RESTS WITH THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR.

AND IF MY DECISION IS APPEAL, WE'RE UTILIZING THE APPEAL PROCESS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE IN THE BOOKS, WHICH IS APPEALING DIRECTLY TO THE PLANNING BOARD.

THIS IS THE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATION SECTION, AND THIS IS ESSENTIALLY WHAT STANDARDS WILL APPLY TO YOUR PRODUCT.

SO LET'S TALK ABOUT THE SQUARE FOOTAGE FOR RESIDENTIAL.

SO 65%, A MINIMUM OF 65% OF THE PROJECT MUST BE DEDICATED TO THE RESIDENTIAL COMPONENT.

BECAUSE YOU'RE BUILDING IN TAMARAC THIS LIVE LOCAL ACT, IT MEANS THAT YOU MUST HAVE A MIXED USE PROJECT.

SO THIS SECTION SAYS AT LEAST 35% OF THE PROJECT MUST BE DEDICATED TO RETAIL, COMMERCIAL, THAT MIXED USE COMPONENT.

SO IT TALKS ABOUT ACCESSIBILITY, MAKING SURE THAT THE MARKET RATE UNIT HAS THE SAME ACCESS AS THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNIT.

SO SOME OF THESE REQUIREMENTS YOU WILL FIND IN THIS SECTION.

AND CONTINUING WITH THE AFFORDABILITY COMMITMENT, YOU'LL FIND THAT IN THIS SECTION AS WELL AS THE REQUIRED NONRESIDENTIAL, WHICH IS THE 35% I SPOKE OF.

IT TALKS ABOUT INTERIOR FINISH, MAKING SURE IT'S CONSISTENT WITH YOUR MARKET RATE, YOUR AFFORDABLE.

ALL THE FINISHES SHOULD BE THE SAME.

YOUR EXTERIOR FINISH SHOULD BE THE SAME AS WELL.

IT SHOULDN'T BE DIFFERENT FOR THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING DIFFERENT FROM YOUR MARKET RATE UNITS.

THIS SECTION HAS THE SITE DESIGN, THE ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT STANDARD THAT HAS TO DO WITH WHAT HOW THE UNIT SHOULD PERFORM.

THIS IS WHERE YOU WILL FIND YOUR DENSITY CAP, WHICH IS A 50 DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE, AS WELL AS YOUR HEIGHT, WHICH SPEAKS TO BOTH THE THE PRODUCT THAT'S BUILT ADJACENT TO THE SINGLE FAMILY ZONING DISTRICT.

YOU SEE, WE HAVE THE 150%.

WE TOOK THAT DIRECTLY FROM STATE STATUTE HOW THAT WOULD BE APPLIED.

IF NOT, THEN YOU'RE ENTITLED TO THE HIGHEST HEIGHT IN THE CITY UP TO A MILE, WHICH IS THE 70FT.

THIS SECTION HAS ARCHITECTURAL REQUIREMENTS, YOUR BUFFER AND LANDSCAPING, YOUR PARKING REQUIREMENTS.

AND THIS IS WHERE YOU WILL FIND THAT WE ARE REQUIRED FOR THE LIVE LOCAL PROJECTS TO GIVE UP TO 20%.

IF YOU ARE WITHIN A MILE OF OF A TRANSIT STOP.

I THINK THIS IS THE LAST PROVISION, WHICH IS WHICH IS A REGULATORY COMPLIANCE PROVISION.

THIS IS HOW WE MONITOR THE 30 YEARS, WHAT IT IS THAT YOU NEED TO SUBMIT TO US IN AN ANNUAL BASIS, AND THEN AFTER THE EXPIRATION OF THE PROJECT, AFTER 30 YEARS, PROVIDING THE PROJECT STILL MAINTAINS THE AFFORDABILITY MIX AND THE PROJECT WOULD BECOME A LEGAL CONFORMING USE AFTER THE 30 YEARS.

AND SO THIS SECTION HAS THOSE REGULATORY COMPLIANCE INCLUDED.

SO THE GUIDELINES IS CONSISTENT WITH OUR STRATEGIC PRIORITIES AND THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND SUPPORTS THE OBJECTIVE ONE IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, THAT THE CITY WILL ASSIST THE PRIVATE SECTOR IN PROVIDING A VARIETY OF HOUSING UNIT TYPES TO MEET THE VARYING NEEDS AND LIFESTYLE OF OUR RESIDENTS.

AND SO WE ARE I'M RECOMMENDING THAT THIS ITEM BE CONSIDERED FOR ADOPTION AT WEDNESDAY'S MEETING.

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AND I THINK THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO. I JUST LOOKED AT YOU IF YOU DON'T WANT TO GO.

NO. MR. VICE MAYOR. I JUST HAVE SOME QUESTIONS THAT I DIDN'T I WASN'T CLEAR ON.

I WROTE THEM AS I GO AND ON SLIDE TEN, BUT ON THE PACKET IS TEN.

IT'S THE ONE OF THE MIXED USE ZONING DISTRICT.

YEAH. I CAN'T REALLY SEE IT THAT WELL.

AND I KNOW WHAT YOU SAY.

IT WILL BE ON UNIVERSITY COMMERCIAL MCNAB AND 441.

SO I CAN'T SEE NOTHING, SO I'M NOT GOING TO PRETEND.

YEAH. OH. YOU CAN. OH.

I'M SORRY. I CAN'T SEE IT ON THE SCREEN EITHER.

SMALL. YEAH. LET'S SEE.

OH BEHIND ME IS BETTER.

YEAH. SO THE COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD, YOU CAN SEE THE RECEIPT.

YEAH. YOU CAN SEE COMMERCIAL GOING STRAIGHT DOWN ACROSS TO THE EAST.

SO THAT PROJECT THAT'S COMING IN MY DISTRICT.

WELL, MIGHT BE COMING OR COMING.

NO, THAT'S SOUTHGATE AND THE CORNER OF SOUTHGATE AND PINE.

NO, IT'S ON UNIVERSITY, WHICH.

YEAH. SO WITH THAT PROJECT IT'S SOUTHGATE AND PINE ISLAND.

WOODMONT, THE TOWNHOMES.

IT'S ON WOODMONT, IT'S SOUTHGATE AND PINE ISLAND.

NO NOT SOUTHGATE. NO, WE HAD 7200.

YEAH, ACROSS FROM THE HOSPITAL.

SO THAT WOULD BE ON UNIVERSITY.

WHAT'S THE WORD I'M LOOKING FOR? SO THE RULES WOULD HAVE THIS RULES WOULD APPLY TO THAT PROJECT.

THIS RULE ONLY APPLIES IF THE DEVELOPMENT WANTS IT.

YEAH. IF THE DEVELOPMENT IS A LIVE LOCAL DEVELOPMENT OR A LIVE LOCAL DEVELOPMENT, IF 40% OF THE UNITS ARE AFFORDABLE, WHICH IS WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY LIKE BEATING ON OUR DOORS.

SO NOBODY WANTS IT AS FAR AS WE KNOW, AT THIS PRESENT, NO DEVELOPER AT THIS PRESENT TIME, WE HAVE NO APPLICATION.

NOW THAT PROJECT.

ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE PROPERTY THAT'S UNDER CONTRACT WITH EU INTERNATIONAL? YES, YES. THAT PROJECT IS NOT WILL NOT BE A LIVE LOCAL PROJECT.

THE DEVELOPER HE WANTS SOMETHING ELSE.

YEAH, HE'S GOING TO DO MIXED USE, MARK.

EXACTLY, EXACTLY.

IT'S LIVE LOCAL. IF ALMOST HALF.

IT'S A BIG NUMBER. 40% HAS TO BE 40% OR MORE.

MUST BE AFFORDABLE.

OKAY. OKAY.

SO THAT PROJECT IS IS OFF THE TABLE.

THAT'S NOT HAPPENING. EU HAS YEAH, THEY HAVE ALREADY STARTED ADMINISTRATIVE WORK WITH OUR STAFF, AND THEY HAVE NOT INDICATED THAT IT WILL BE A LIVE LOCAL.

OKAY. ON 11.

THIS IS TAMARAC.

DOES THAT COINCIDE WITH THE STATE'S REQUIREMENT ON DENSITY AND HEIGHT, OR WOULD WE CHANGE OURS IF SOMETHING.

NO, IT'S BASED ON THE MUNICIPALITY.

SO THE STATE SAYS THE DENSITY IS THE HIGHEST DENSITY ALLOWED IN THE CITY.

SO THIS IS WHAT WE SAY.

OKAY. SO IF THIS WERE SUNRISE WHERE THEIR HIGHEST DENSITY IS 100 DWELLING UNITS, THEN THEN THEIR REQUIREMENTS ARE DIFFERENT.

IN THE CITY OF TAMARAC OR MAXIMUM DENSITY IS 50 UNITS PER ACRE.

ANYTHING ABOVE THAT IS BONUS THAT WE GIVE, BUT THAT'S OUR MAXIMUM.

SO YOU CAN GIVE BONUS.

WE CAN GIVE BONUS.

YES. AND THAT WOULD BE PART OF THE NEGOTIATION IF A PROJECT COMES.

BUT THERE'S NO PROJECT.

YES. WHAT IS OUR PLAN? SO ON PAGE 13, I ASSUME YOU'RE COMING UP WITH A GUIDELINE THING WE DID.

THAT'S WHAT I WENT THROUGH, WHICH IS AN ORDINANCE WHICH IS ON FIRST READING ON WEDNESDAY, WHICH WILL ADDRESS ALL OF THESE THINGS THAT WE BELIEVE THE ACT DID NOT ADDRESS.

SO THAT'S WHAT OUR GUIDELINES WILL DO.

AND ON ON SLIDE 20, YOU SAID 35% NONRESIDENTIAL.

YES. SO 40% WILL BE AFFORDABLE AND 35% WILL BE BUSINESS.

YES. SO 40.

SO 65% OF THE DEVELOPMENT MUST BE RESIDENTIAL 45%, 40% OF THAT 65 GOT YOU MUST BE AFFORDABLE FOR IT TO QUALIFY AS A LIVE LOCAL SO WE CAN 65% IS THE MINIMUM.

I THOUGHT YOU SAID MINIMUM. NO, THAT'S JUST 65 AND 35.

6 TO 5 AND 35 IS GONNA GIVE US.

IT'S NOT BAD BECAUSE THEY GOT TO GIVE US 35% BUSINESS FOR US.

THE FACT THAT THE ACT REQUIRES MIXED USE FOR ANY MUNICIPALITY WITH LESS THAN 20% INDUSTRIAL, COMMERCIAL.

I THINK IT'S A GOOD THING.

RIGHT. SO THAT WAY IT DOESN'T FURTHER DEPLETE OUR COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL BECAUSE YOU'RE GETTING A MIXED USE PRODUCT.

IT'S NOT STRAIGHT RESIDENTIAL BECAUSE EVERYBODY ELSE WHO PROMISED US MIXED USE, WE MIGHT GET ONE LITTLE SPACE.

BUT THIS THEY HAVE TO GIVE.

IF YOU'RE DOING THIS, YES.

IT MUST BE A MIXED USE PRODUCT FOR US.

YES. AND ON PAGE SLIDE 21, YOU SAID THEY HAVE TO.

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I DIDN'T CATCH THIS WHOLE BUT I COULDN'T GIVE 20% OF WHAT.

I WASN'T SURE WHAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT WHEN YOU SAID 20% ON ON SLIDE 21.

THE ACT SAYS THAT IF THE PROJECT IS WITHIN A MILE OF TRANSIT OR TRANSIT, THAT WE MUST GIVE THEM UP TO 20% PARKING REDUCTION.

OH. SO THERE GOES THE PARKING REDUCTION AGAIN.

YES. AND IF THE PROJECT.

DING DING DING DING DING DING DING.

THAT'S WHAT THE ACT SAYS. SO IT'S A MANDATE IF THEY'RE IN HOMAGE.

MILE A MILE. YOU SAID THERE'S A THEY'RE WITHIN A MILE OF A TRANSIT STOP.

SO ANY. SO IF THERE'S A BUS STOP.

YEP. THAT'S SUFFICIENT.

YOU PUT THAT IN THERE. THEY DIDN'T PUT EFFICIENT.

I THINK THAT WAS SUFFICIENT.

BUT THESE ARE MANDATES. AND WE'RE JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN GET OUR ARMS AROUND THESE MANDATES.

AND WE HAVE TO HAVE THIS DONE BY FEBRUARY.

WELL, IT EXPIRES THE WE HAVE EXTENDED IT TWICE.

IT EXPIRES IN FEBRUARY.

AND SO COULD IT BE THAT BECAUSE WE DON'T.

I APOLOGIZE FOR CUTTING YOU OFF, BUT YOU'RE SO KNOWLEDGEABLE.

I'D LIKE TO ASK YOU. AND THAT'S THE TRUTH.

COULD IT BE THAT WE'RE NOT GETTING ANY ASK BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THIS IN PLACE? WHAT, ARE WE LAUGHING BECAUSE IT'S NOT A GOOD BILL IS PROBABLY WHY WE'RE NOT GETTING ANY ASKS.

AND REMEMBER, THE THE NOTICE OF PENDING LEGISLATION WE HAVE IN PLACE SERVES LIKE A ZONING IN PROGRESS.

IT'S ALMOST LIKE A MORATORIUM.

SO WHEN PEOPLE CALL US, WE SAY WE HAVE A NOTICE OF PENDING LEGISLATION.

WE'RE NOT TAKING ANY APPLICATION.

RIGHT. SO THAT IS SO THESE GUIDELINES WILL LIFT THAT ZONING IN PROGRESS.

SO IT MIGHT ALLOW INFLUX.

WELL LET'S HOPE NOT AN INFLUX.

BUT YEAH BUT YOU MIGHT BECAUSE YOU'VE BEEN STOPPING IT WITH THE WITH THE NOTICE OF PENDING LEGISLATION.

YES MAYBE.

YEAH. COMMISSIONER PATTERSON I'M SORRY, THE BOARD.

JUST TWO THINGS THAT I WANTED TO HAVE CONSIDERED THERE WHICH COMMUNITY BENEFITS.

I WAS CURIOUS TO KNOW, COULD WE? IS THERE ANYTHING THAT PREEMPTS US FROM REQUESTING SOME TYPE OF COMMUNITY BENEFIT, WHETHER IT'S THAT THE DEVELOPER PARTNER WITH LOCAL RESIDENTS TO BE ABLE TO BE A PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT TEAM OR PROJECT LANDSCAPING DOLLARS.

IS THERE ANYTHING THAT PREEMPTS US FROM REQUIRING THAT THERE BE A COMMUNITY BENEFIT? THE AND I SEE HANS IS THINKING I AM GOING TO WELCOME HIM TO CHIME IN.

THE ONLY THING I CAN THINK ABOUT THE ACCENT, IT MUST BE APPROVED ADMINISTRATIVELY, MEANING THAT I CAN'T SUBJECT IT TO A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.

THESE ARE THE TOOLS THAT WE WOULD HAVE USED IN THE PAST TO DO SOME COMMUNITY BENEFITS.

SO WE WOULD HAVE DONE A PD AGREEMENT OR A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.

AND THAT WAY I CAN HAVE SOME ASSURANCES FOR SOME COMMUNITY BENEFITS.

I CAN'T SUBJECT THIS PROJECT TO ANYTHING BUT AN ADMINISTRATIVE APPROVAL.

SO ADMINISTRATIVELY THEN YOU.

SO IF OUR. BUT IF OUR ORDINANCE REQUIRES A COMMUNITY BENEFIT IN THE CASE OF APPROVAL, ADMINISTRATIVE APPROVAL, THEN THERE SHOULD BE THE ABILITY TO REQUIRE A BENEFIT. WHAT SHE'S SAYING IF WE PUT SOMETHING IN HERE.

SO ANY. YEAH.

SO OBVIOUSLY WE DON'T HAVE A COMMUNITY BENEFITS ORDINANCE AT THIS POINT.

BUT YOU KNOW EVEN THOUGH THESE PROJECTS ARE REQUIRED TO BE ADMINISTRATOR APPROVED THEY STILL HAVE TO MEET SETBACK REQUIREMENTS.

IF THEY NEED A VARIANCE THEY GOT TO COME BEFORE THE COMMISSION.

SO THOSE ARE OPPORTUNITIES TO ASK FOR COMMUNITY BENEFITS IN OTHER MATTERS.

BUT IF THEY COME IN WITHIN THE FOUR CORNERS OF THE LAW, IT'S HARD TO REQUEST ANY COMMUNITY BENEFITS UNLESS THEY WANT TO DO A VOLUNTARY PROFFER. OKAY.

AND MOST DEVELOPERS, GOOD DEVELOPERS USUALLY GIVE THAT VOLUNTARY OFFER.

SO. BUT WHY WOULD IT BE HARD IF IT'S.

WHY WOULD IT BE HARD IF IT IS.

IF IT'S IF IT'S OUR ORDINANCE.

IF OUR ORDINANCE BECAUSE WE'RE RIGHT RIGHT NOW WE'RE ADOPTING A NEW ORDINANCE WITH PROVISIONS THAT THE ACT WAS SILENT ON.

CORRECT. SO WHAT SAYS THEY THAT WE CAN'T.

HAVE A COMMUNITY BENEFIT REQUIREMENT.

IT'S NOT PRECLUDED. BUT I JUST ON ON THE LIVE LOCAL ACT.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE TO KIND OF ALLOW AND FOLLOW THE STATE GUIDELINES.

I COULD RESEARCH AND SEE IF OTHER MUNICIPALITIES HAVE A COMMUNITY BENEFITS WE LIVE LOCAL ACT, BUT IT'S BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, YOU YOU PROBABLY KNOW THE BACKGROUND IS IT TOOK AWAY A LOT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT POWER IN TERMS OF REGULATING THESE PROJECTS.

SO IF A COMMUNITY BENEFIT ORDINANCE OR PROVISION IS PERMITTED, LET ME RESEARCH IT.

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I'LL COME BACK TO YOU. OR I WAS GOING TO SUGGEST, BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND THAT STAFF IS GOING TO BRING AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING OR AN AFFORDABILITY.

AFFORDABLE. YEAH. AFFORDABLE HOUSING ORDINANCE OR SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE.

PERHAPS THAT ORDINANCE THEN HAS SOME LANGUAGE REQUIRING COMMUNITY BENEFIT.

AND THAT COULD BE A LAYER BECAUSE, I MEAN, IN THIS CASE, LIVE LOCAL IS SAYING THAT I MEAN, THIS IS A 40% REQUIREMENT TO BE ABLE TO UTILIZE THIS ORDINANCE, RIGHT? SO SOMEWHERE IN OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING ORDINANCE, MAYBE WE HAVE THAT COULD THEY BE COMPLIMENTARY OR COULD THAT IS THERE A WAY I DON'T KNOW, I'M JUST REACHING, BUT I'M JUST TRYING TO FIND A WAY TO ENSURE THAT THE CITY DOES BENEFIT FROM YOU KNOW, FROM THESE PROJECTS.

I RECOGNIZE WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ON THE BOOKS NOW, BUT PERHAPS THERE'S A WAY TO BE ABLE TO BRING IN BENEFITS TO THIS CITY IF WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING THIS KIND OF THING.

NO. ABSOLUTELY. YES.

AND THE ITEM THAT IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWS THIS TALKS ABOUT SOME COMMUNITY BENEFITS THAT WE HAVE IN OUR LOCAL ACTIVITY CENTER.

BUT THAT'S WHEN YOU'RE ASKING FOR DENSITY GREATER THAN 50 DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE.

THEN FOR THOSE BONUS WE ASK, AND IT'S CLEAR IN TERMS OF THE CITY THAT IT PUTS US IN A POSITION TO ASK FOR CERTAIN COMMUNITY BENEFITS.

AND SO IT MIGHT BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THIS IF, IN FACT SOMEONE WHO'S COMING IN UNDER THE LIVE LOCAL IS ASKING FOR SOMETHING MORE THAN 50 DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE, THEN ONCE YOU TRIGGER OUR BONUS, THEN IT ALLOWS US TO ASK FOR COMMUNITY BENEFITS.

AND THAT'S CODIFIED, WHICH IS GOOD.

MY ONLY ISSUE WITH THAT IS I DON'T WANT TO ALWAYS HAVE TO ASK.

I FEEL LIKE THE CITY SHOULD BE ABLE TO TAKE A POSITION AND HAVE A POLICY THAT REQUIRES NO, IT IS A POLICY.

IT'S OVER 50.

THEN IT'S A POLICY THAT SAYS, YEAH, SURE, I'M REFERRING TO COMMUNITY BENEFITS.

SO YEAH. SO I DON'T WANT TO BE I FEEL LIKE WE SHOULDN'T BE IN A POSITION TO HAVE TO NEGOTIATE AND OR ASK.

I FEEL LIKE IF THERE IS GOING TO BE A PROJECT PROPOSED, THAT THE PROJECT SHOULD CONSIDER THINGS.

I MEAN, I DON'T THINK IT'S HARD TO, TO, TO, YOU KNOW, TO PUT POSITIONS OUT TO OUR RESIDENTS FIRST, TO GIVE OUR RESIDENTS LOCAL PREFERENCE ON JOBS OR OPPORTUNITIES OF, YOU KNOW, INVOLVING THE PROJECT.

I DON'T THINK IT'S A HARD ASK TO YOU KNOW, MAYBE DO SOME ADDITIONAL LANDSCAPING, WHATEVER IT IS TO BEAUTIFY THE CENTRAL AREA OR UP TO WHATEVER IT IS.

RIGHT. BUT I JUST THINK THAT LIKE FOR EXAMPLE ONE OF THESE PROJECTS, YOU CAN REQUEST ALLOCATION OF A CERTAIN NUMBER OF UNITS FOR POLICE OFFICERS OR FIREFIGHTERS AS PART OF THE PROJECT.

THAT'S A BENEFIT. THAT'S A BENEFIT.

SO MAYBE OUR SIDEWALKS IN THAT AREA NEED TO BE.

YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOME INFRASTRUCTURE THAT NEEDS TO BE IMPROVED.

I JUST THINK THAT IN LIEU OF, YOU KNOW, A REDEVELOPMENT PROGRAM IN OUR CITY, THESE ARE WAYS THAT WE CAN GET SOME OF THE BENEFITS AND ADVANTAGES OF THESE, YOU KNOW, OF REDEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.

YOU KNOW, THAT WOULD BE MY, MY, MY THOUGHT AROUND.

THAT'S THAT'S OBVIOUSLY A DIFFERENT DIRECTION THAT WE NEED FROM THE COMMISSION.

IF YOU WANT US TO LOOK INTO ADOPTING A GENERAL COMMUNITY BENEFIT ORDINANCE OR AND WE JUST NEED DIRECTION WITH RESPECT TO THIS LIVE LOCAL ACT WE CAN ALL THAT ORDINANCE CAN INCORPORATE ALL PROJECTS, NOT JUST THESE TYPE OF PROJECTS, BUT.

SO WE JUST NEED DIRECTION.

OKAY. SO THAT SAID, YEAH, I THINK THAT.

YEAH, I THINK THAT SAID, I THINK THAT THAT WAS GOOD.

I MEAN, IF WE'RE ABLE TO ADOPT A COMMUNITY BENEFITS ORDINANCE THAT COULD ENCOMPASS ALL AREAS OF DEVELOPMENT IN OUR CITY, THEN I WOULD DEFINITELY LOOK TO MY COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE.

THAT'S SOMETHING THAT CAN BE BROUGHT ABOUT AND TACK ON TO PART OF WHAT WE MADE.

CHANGES IN THE CODE BEFORE YOU GOT ON BOARD REGARDING HOW WE HANDLE COMMUNITY BENEFITS AND DISCUSSIONS AND MAKING SURE THAT AS A COMMISSION, WE'RE DOING THINGS TO PRESENT COMMUNITY BENEFITS FOR EVERYONE VERSUS SOME OF THE STUFF WE'VE GONE THROUGH IN THE PAST.

WE'VE TRIED TO MAKE SOME CHANGES, SO IT WOULD GO INTO THAT AS WELL.

I KNOW THAT COMMISSIONER BOLTON GOES NEXT, AND I WILL CLAMP ON TO SOMETHING THAT YOU SAID.

COMMISSIONER PATTERSON, GO AHEAD.

I THINK WHAT I WANTED TO SAY IS I'M ALREADY SAD.

I JUST WANTED TO GET ON THE RECORD THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE APPROVED BY US, THAT THIS THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE APPROVED ADMINISTRATIVELY.

SO MY NEXT QUESTION IS HOW DO WE IF HOW DO WE ROLL THIS OUT TO THE COMMUNITY TO LET THEM KNOW THAT PROJECTS MAY HAPPEN IN THEIR COMMUNITY THAT THE COMMISSION HAS NO CONTROL OVER?

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DO WE HAVE A PLAN FOR THAT? IS THAT YOU? IS THAT PIO? IS. WHO IS IT? DO WE HAVE A PLAN? BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I CAN I CAN THINK ABOUT CERTAIN PLACES THROUGHOUT THIS CITY THAT THESE PROJECTS CAN GO TO JUST LOOKING AT THIS MAP. YEAH. AND YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE SCREAMING RESIDENTS.

I MEAN, THINK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE I DON'T REMEMBER IF YOU WERE THERE, MISS CALLOWAY, BUT WE WERE AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER.

THE MAYOR WAS THERE. WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE PROPERTY AND THERE WERE A FEW RESIDENTS THERE.

NOT A LOT, BUT A FEW JUST HAMMERING.

NO, NO NO NO NO, WE DON'T WANT THIS.

THEN YOU KNOW, IT'S A QUICK LOOK AT NEXT DOOR.

IT'S LIKE, WHY ARE THEY BUILDING MORE APARTMENTS? AND SO NOW WE MIGHT HAVE DEVELOPMENT THAT WE HAVE NO CONTROL OVER, YOU KNOW.

AND SO YEAH.

SO LIKE IT.

I AGREE BUT SO HOW DO WE ROLL THIS OUT PROACTIVELY TO RESIDENTS TELLING THEM ABOUT LIVE LOCAL AND THAT THIS IS COMING ON STREAM.

YEAH I THINK IT'S ALL HANDS ON DECK APPROACH.

I THINK ALL OF YOU SERVING AS AMBASSADORS, LETTING YOUR CONSTITUENTS KNOW WE CAN CERTAINLY INCLUDE IT AS A PART OF THE UPCOMING DISTRICT MEETINGS THAT WE HAVE.

I KNOW WE HAVE VARIOUS SLIDES FROM VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS, BUT THAT WOULD BE A GOOD VENUE.

WE ARE TAKING IT ON THE ROAD FOR DIFFERENT COMMISSION DISTRICTS SO WE CAN SHARE THAT INFORMATION THERE.

AND THEN SOMETHING ELSE THAT IS UNIQUE.

I HAVE TO POINT OUT THAT WE'RE DOING THAT WE DID NOT FIND IN OTHER ORDINANCES WE LOOKED AT BECAUSE WE LOOKED AT BOCA RATON, WHICH WAS THE FIRST CITY TO DRAFT THEIR GUIDELINES.

AND THEN YOU SEE ALL THE OTHER CITIES THAT KIND OF CAME ON BOARD.

WHAT THEY DIDN'T HAVE WAS THAT NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING COMPONENT, AND WE INCLUDED THAT IN OURS.

NOW, LET'S HOPE WE DON'T GET CHALLENGED.

BUT WITH OUR PROVISION, IT SAYS THAT BEFORE YOU FILE THE PROJECT ADMINISTRATIVELY, YOU MUST CONDUCT A MEETING IN THE COMMUNITY CONSISTENT WITH WHAT WE DO NOW WITH THE OTHER PROJECTS. AND THAT'S WITHIN LIKE, YOU KNOW, SO THAT IS GIVING THE COMMUNITY AN OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR THAT THE PROJECT IS THE PROJECT IS BEING FILED ADMINISTRATIVELY.

BUT WE DID PUT THAT IN OUR GUIDELINES.

YEAH, IT WAS IT WAS ACTUALLY GETTING TO THAT BECAUSE IT'S, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES THESE DEVELOPERS, THEY MIGHT HAVE COMMUNITY MEETINGS, BUT THEN THEY JUST POST A SIGN ON THE PROPERTY SAYING, OKAY, THIS LAND IS BEING CONSIDERED FOR X USE OR WHATEVER IT IS.

THEN THAN OTHER DEVELOPMENTS MIGHT, YOU KNOW, SEND OUT A NOTICE TO AFFECTED PARTIES OR THAT SORT OF STUFF.

CAN WE REQUIRE THEM TO SEND A MAILER OUT TO THE ENTIRE CITY? IS IS IS THAT OR COMMUNICATE ANY OBJECTION ON THAT PART OR COMMUNICATE TO THE ENTIRE CITY? BECAUSE IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE GOING TO POP UP.

AND COUPLED WITH, I THINK, SOMETHING THAT GOVERNOR DESANTIS CAME INTO SOMETHING GREATER THAN WE'RE DOING ALL THE PROJECTS. NO.

YEAH. I THINK THERE IS A PLAN A, THERE'S A LAW THAT GOVERNOR DESANTIS CAME IN WITH THAT SAID DEVELOPERS WHO ARE DOING AFFORDABLE HOUSING GETS A LOT OF STATE FUNDING.

IT'S THE SAME LEVEL. IT'S THE SAME ONE.

OKAY. SO THERE'S GOING TO BE A SLEW OF PEOPLE TRYING TO GET TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT.

SO THERE'S GOING TO BE A PROLIFERATION OF PEOPLE COMING TO THE CITY TO SAY, TAMARAC, I'M COMING HERE.

AND THERE'S NOTHING THAT THE CITY COMMISSION CAN DO.

SO, YOU KNOW, WE NEED SOME SAFEGUARDS, YOU KNOW.

MAYBE THAT COMMUNITY MEETING COMPONENT.

YEAH, IT'S A SAFEGUARD, BUT HOLD THEIR FEET TO THE FIRE TO INVITE PEOPLE TO THE TO THE TO THE TO THEIR MEETINGS.

LET ME JUST SPEAK TO THAT BEFORE YOU.

YEAH. SO WHAT WE DID IS WHAT'S CURRENTLY REQUIRED.

THOSE NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING THE CODE OUTLINES WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN AT THE MEETING.

SO YOU HAVE TO INVITE THE PEOPLE WITHIN 400FT.

YOU MUST ALSO PRESENT THE PROJECT.

YOU ALSO HAVE TO TAKE NOTES IN TERMS OF THE FEEDBACK THAT YOU GATHER AT THE MEETING.

SO THIS IS US MAKING SURE THAT THE MEETING, ALL MEETINGS ARE BEING CONDUCTED IN THE SAME MANNER.

AND THEN YOU HAVE TO PRESENT YOUR OFFICE.

YOU HAVE TO SUBMIT THAT AS AN AS AN AFFIDAVIT IN TERMS OF THE FEEDBACK YOU RECEIVE AT THE MEETING TO OUR OFFICE.

SO IN THE GUIDELINES, WE JUST PREFACE THAT SECTION.

WE DIDN'T CREATE SOMETHING UNIQUE FOR LIVE LOCAL.

THIS IS A PROVISION THAT ALL OTHER PROJECTS ARE SUBJECT TO.

WHAT WE DID WAS JUST REFERENCE THAT SECTION.

SO WE SAID ALL LIVE LOCAL PROJECTS MUST DO A NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING CONSISTENT WITH SECTION, SO ON AND SO FORTH, WHICH IS A SECTION WE USE FOR ALL OTHER PROJECTS IN THE

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CITY. SO AND THEN THE TIME OF THE MEETINGS TO CAN WE IT HAS THE TIME OF THE MEETING MUST BE AFTER 5 P.M.

BEFORE SEVEN. THE CODE ALREADY PROVIDES WHEN THE MEETING NEEDS TO BE AND FOR THE WORKING CLASS, MAYBE 5%.

5 P.M. IS TOO EARLY.

AND SO JUST WE I JUST THINK WE SHOULD, WE SHOULD WE SHOULD REALLY CURRENTLY PROVIDE WITH OTHER PROJECTS.

SO I WAS JUST CONCERNED IF WE MADE A CHANGE.

AND NUMBER ONE, I THINK WE ARE BEING A BIT FORWARD THINKING BY ASKING FOR THIS MEETING, BECAUSE WE'RE THE ONLY CITY THAT HAS PUT THIS IN THE PROVISION.

BUT THEN IF WE ASK FOR SOMETHING DIFFERENT FOR THE LIVE LOCAL PROJECT, THAT WE DON'T ASK FOR OTHER TYPE OF PROJECTS.

I JUST I'M JUST CONCERNED IN TERMS OF CHALLENGES.

YEAH. MAYBE YOU SHOULD ASK.

YEAH. YEAH. IN CITY LAND.

AND THEY CAN COME IN. I MEAN, AND IT'S LIKE 400FT TOO.

WELL, THAT'S. MADAM MAYOR, YOU CAN OBVIOUSLY YOU HAVE THE CODE 400FT REQUIREMENT.

THE CITY CAN ALSO TAKE ADDITIONAL STEPS TO PROVIDE MORE NOTICE OUTSIDE THE CODE REQUIREMENT.

YOU KNOW, SO WELL, AGAIN.

AGAIN. THAT COST CAN BE TRANSFERRED TO THE DEVELOPER.

OKAY, SO IF WE ARE GIVING NOTICE ABOUT HIS OR HER PROJECT, I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT COST.

OKAY. SO IF THEY WANT TO FIGHT US IN COURT OVER THAT, WE DEAL WITH IT.

WE ARE ACTUALLY ON THE SAME PAGE.

DON'T FALL OFF THE CHAIR.

FALL OFF YOUR CHAIR. DO NOT FALL OFF YOUR CHAIR.

HEY. FOR BOTH OF YOU GENTLEMEN, AT LEAST THIS EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON IT'S GOING TO BE TEMPORARY.

LET'S BE REALISTIC. COMMISSIONER.

BOLTON. ARE YOU DONE? YEAH.

OKAY. DO YOU WANT TO GO THROUGH THE QUESTIONS? A FEW QUESTIONS.

YOU SAID 35% COMMERCIAL.

AND 65% RESIDENTIAL.

I MEAN, IT'S HARD FOR US ALREADY TO GET FINE COMMERCIAL, YOU KNOW, TENANTS FOR FOR SOME OF THESE PROJECTS THAT WE ALREADY HAVE IN PLACE.

SO THAT SEEMS LIKE A HIGH NUMBER FOR, FOR COMMERCIAL.

I MEAN, THE RESIDENTS WANT MORE OF THAT STUFF.

I LIKE THAT AS WELL. BUT I'M BRINGING FROM A BUSINESS PERSPECTIVE, I KNOW DEVELOPERS USE COMMERCIAL AS COLUMNS AND THEY WANT TO GO UP AND DO WHATEVER.

LIVE LOCAL IS KIND OF A BIT.

I THOUGHT IT WAS AN ISSUE IN BAL HARBOR.

THERE WAS A BIG ISSUE THAT HAPPENED OUT THERE WITH BILLING BUILDING.

AT THE BAL HARBOR SHOPS WHERE THEIR COMMISSION ACTUALLY PUT IN YOU KNOW, ORDINANCES AND STUFF TO KIND OF DETER THE CONSTRUCTION BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T WANT IT IN THE COMMUNITY, BECAUSE DEVALUING THE PROPERTIES.

SO ONE OF THE THINGS THEY PUT IS THAT FOR THE LIVE LOCAL PROJECTS THEY CAN'T CONSTRUCT IN THE WATER.

AND THE OTHER THING THAT THEY PUT AS WELL, THEY CAN'T DO CONSTRUCTIONS ON WEEKENDS.

SO THEY, THEY KIND OF ALTER THEIR CODE AND DIFFERENT THINGS TO KIND OF DETER PEOPLE FROM THE LIVE LOCAL PROJECTS, BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T WANT 40% AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN BAR HARBOR.

YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY IT'S A SUPER AFFLUENT COMMUNITY.

AND THEY WERE SUED.

AND BASED ON THE ARTICLE THE THE ATTORNEY WANTED, THEY WANTED TO HAVE TWO ENTRANCES, ONE FOR THE REGULAR FOLKS AND THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING PEOPLE.

YEAH. YEAH. THAT'S IT WAS A BIG ISSUE IN THE NEWS I SAW THAT.

SO I STARTED TO SAY, LIKE YOU SAID, BOCA WAS THE FIRST TO DO IT.

WHAT OTHER CITIES AROUND US LIKE HAVE PROJECTS WITH THE LIVE LOCAL? I THINK MIRAMAR HAD A PROJECT RECENTLY WHERE THERE WAS SOME SORT OF ISSUES.

IS IT GEARED TOWARDS LIKE SUPER AFFLUENT PLACES? IS IT GEARED TOWARDS, YOU KNOW, CITIES THAT ARE SOMEWHAT, YOU KNOW, MIDDLE CLASS? WHAT ARE THE CITIES AROUND US HAVE, HAVE THIS? AND ARE WE GOING TO REALLY HAVE PEOPLE COMING IN WITH LIVE LOCAL PROJECTS? IT IS LIKELY IT'S A MANDATE.

EVERY SINGLE CITY IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA HAS IT, PROVIDED YOU HAVE COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL OR MIXED USE ZONING DISTRICT, YOU HAVE THOSE, THEN THE MANDATE IS AFFORDABLE HOUSING CAN BE BUILT IN THE ZONING DISTRICT.

BUT I'M SAYING IN TERMS OF DEVELOPERS CLAMORING FOR THE PROJECTS, I MEAN, WE THINK THAT 35% IS GOING TO PRESENT SOME DIFFICULTIES.

SO WE THINK THAT IS THAT NUMBER.

EXACTLY. YES. SO IF WE.

YES, EXACTLY, EXACTLY.

YEAH. SO THIS MANDATE OF 20% OR LESS HAVING INDUSTRIAL OR COMMERCIAL IN THE CITY OF TAMARAC QUALIFIED BECAUSE OUR INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BASE IS ONLY 11%. THAT IN AND OF ITSELF MAKES IT A BIT MORE DIFFICULT FOR LIVE LOCAL TO HAPPEN HERE IN TAMARAC, BECAUSE IT MUST BE MIXED USE.

AND YOU'RE RIGHT, THAT MIXED USE COMPONENT IS NOT WHAT AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPERS SPECIALIZE IN.

THEY SPECIALIZE IN JUST BUILDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

ABSOLUTELY. AND I'VE SEEN WHAT'S HAPPENING IN OTHER COMMUNITIES.

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SO YOU WOULD SAY THAT WE'RE GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND BY HAVING THE COMMUNITY MEETINGS AND ALL THE STUFF THAT WE WILL DO WITH ANY REGULAR PROJECT THAT'S NOT LIVE LOCALS BECAUSE IT'S DONE ADMINISTRATIVELY.

AND I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS IN BAR HARBOR IS THAT THEY DIDN'T HAVE THAT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WHO HAD THE RESOURCES, HAVE THE MONEY, WERE ABLE TO GO AND FIGHT, FIGHT, FIGHT THE PROJECT AND HIRE THEIR OWN ATTORNEYS.

BUT THEY DIDN'T HAVE THIS COMPONENT WHERE WE'RE SAYING WE'RE GOING OUT TO THE COMMUNITY.

WE'RE DOING IT BASED ON TIMES.

SO I THINK THAT'S A GOOD PART OF IT, BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH WE DON'T HAVE THE POWERS OF THE COMMISSION AND THEY'RE GOING TO COME AND RENT AND BLAME US, IT'S DONE ADMINISTRATIVELY, BUT WE ARE STILL BEING ENGAGED.

AND THE GOVERNMENT, AS CLOSEST TO THE PEOPLE, WAS STILL MAKING SURE THEIR VOICES ARE HEARD.

I THINK THAT'S A GOOD COMPONENT AND THAT'S A GOOD PART OF IT.

IN TERMS OF THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, WHAT IS THE ARMY? WHAT WHAT IS IT FOR? THE LIVE LOOK GO FROM.

I SAW YOUR NUMBERS. I SAW FROM 30 BASED ON HUD UP UNTIL ONE, 22, 20 TO 1 20 TO 120, WHICH IS BROWARD IS LIKE, WHAT IS IT? THE AREA WHERE WE BASED IT ON BROWARD OR DOES TAMARAC KNOW? BUT THAT AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS GOING TO BE THE CHART.

SO YOU CAN OFFER THOSE UNITS SO THE DEVELOPER CAN BUILD 40% OF MODERATE INCOME, THEY CAN BUILD 40% OF THE UNITS AT 120 AND STILL BE LIVE LOCAL, RIGHT? YES. FOR THEM, FOR THEM.

SO THEY CAN DO 40%, ALL OF WHICH IS 120.

THEY CAN DO A MIXTURE.

YES, YES.

WE'RE CHANGING OUR QUESTIONS.

WE'RE ALL WONDERING WHY WE EVEN GO INTO THE QUESTION.

BUT THEY STILL HAVE TO DO THAT MIXED USE COMPONENT.

SO THAT'S GOING TO BE CHALLENGING.

THEY STILL HAVE TO DO THAT MIX.

AND YOU SAID THE NO GO LADIES.

YOU KNOW TO HAVE THE BUSINESS IN PLACE.

NO THANK YOU.

CAN WE REQUIRE THEM TO HAVE THE BUSINESS IN PLACE.

SINCE WE'RE SEEING THAT'S A PROBLEM WITH THE OTHER DEVELOPMENTS THAT FROM AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STANDPOINT CAN BE A BIT DIFFICULT.

DIFFICULT. YEAH, THAT CAN BE A BIT DIFFICULT.

AND I THINK THAT'S WHY STATE LAW HAS A PROVISION THAT IN SOME INSTANCES WE CAN'T EVEN ASK THEM.

BUT IT JUST MAKES IT DIFFICULT BECAUSE THEN THEY'LL JUST HAVE THE SPACE EMPTY.

YEAH. AND I THINK THAT ONE PROJECT JUST WAS THAT DEVELOPER WAS NOT EXPERIENCED AND JUST JUST BUILT A SPEC BUILDING AND IT TOOK FOREVER TO HAVE IT OCCUPIED.

BUT IT'S 100% OCCUPIED.

NOW. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE ONE ON UNIVERSITY.

YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.

THAT WAS. YEAH, THAT WAS JUST A TOUGH ONE.

AND 70FT.

HOW MUCH LIKE HOW MANY FLOORS? DEPENDING ON THE STORY, HEIGHT CAN BE ANYWHERE FROM 5 TO 6 IF YOU'RE DOING 12 TO 13FT PER FLOOR.

YEAH. SO THE MINIMUM WAS WHAT, 5 TO 6.

WHAT WAS THE MINIMUM? NO.

IF YOU'RE DOING YOU SAY HOW MANY STORIES? I SAY 5 TO 6 STORIES OR 5 TO 6 STORIES.

YOU'RE DOING ABOUT 12 TO 13FT PER.

OKAY. OKAY. SO MORE OR LESS WHAT WE HAVE IN PLACE ALREADY IN OUR LOCAL ACTIVITY CENTER.

YEAH. OKAY, COOL.

THOSE ARE JUST MY QUESTIONS.

THANKS. OKAY.

WELL, YOU KNOW, THE MORE YOU GUYS KEEP TALKING, THE MORE MY HEAD GOES TO.

SO AND I'LL GO IN REVERSE HERE.

SORT OF.

IS THERE A WAY TO PUT THAT YOU DON'T GET YOUR OCCUPANCY FOR YOUR FIRST TENANT TO MOVE IN UNTIL YOU'RE 85% BUILT OUT FOR YOUR COMMERCIAL PORTION? YEAH.

WE PUT IT'S ALREADY IN THERE THAT THE COMMERCIAL.

I DON'T WANT YOU LIKE BEING ABLE TO HAVE YOUR RENT INCOME COME IN UNTIL YOU KNOW THAT YOU'VE GOT A BUSINESS IN THERE.

ALL RIGHT. YEAH. GOOD.

LOOK THERE'S THERE'S SOMETHING THAT HANS SAID IN THE BEGINNING, AND THEN HE THANKFULLY CHANGED.

LET HIM SUE US.

THAT'S MY ATTITUDE RIGHT NOW.

LET THEM COME AFTER US.

I THINK THAT 400FT MAKES NO SENSE FOR SOME OF THIS AREA, BECAUSE YOU'RE NEVER GOING TO HIT A RESIDENTIAL.

SO MAYBE IT NEEDS TO BE 400FT OR A MINIMUM OF 100FT INTO RESIDENTIAL.

I UNDERSTAND THE CONSISTENCY FOR WHERE YOU'RE TRYING TO DO.

AS MAKING IT APPLY TO WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE, WHICH MAKES IT THE REGULATIONS FIT.

AND THEY CAN'T SAY THAT WE'RE TRYING TO BE OVERREACHING AND DOING SOMETHING TO BE EXACTLY.

VINDICTIVE, OFFENSIVE OR SOMETHING TO THE LIVE LOCAL.

BUT THE FACT IS, WHEN THE GOVERNMENT HAS, THE NORTHERN GOVERNMENT HAS DECIDED THAT OUR INDUSTRIAL PARK, WHERE IT DOES NOT HAVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE IN PLACE TO BE FOR RESIDENTIAL, DOES NOT HAVE THOSE BUS STOPS USUALLY EITHER.

FOR THAT MAJOR TRANSPORTATION HUB, WE'D BE ABLE TO UTILIZE TO GIVE NOTICE AND STUFF, TO BE ABLE TO LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT IT REALLY WHERE OUR HANDS ARE SOMEWHAT TIED.

SO I'LL JUST GO BACK TO MY ORIGINAL WHAT CAN WE DO FOR PENALTIES? I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH ONE OF THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING IT'S IN THERE FOR IF LET ME.

I HAVE AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNIT.

WHETHER IT'S FOR SALE OR FOR RENT.

RENT IS A LITTLE HARDER, BUT FOR SALE.

AND I'VE SOLD IT TO TO MYSELF.

RIGHT. THEY SOLD IT TO ME.

I MEET THE QUALIFICATIONS THE FOLLOWING YEAR.

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I MAY NOT MEET THE QUALIFICATIONS BECAUSE THANKFULLY, I'VE GOT A BETTER JOB.

YOU'RE GOING TO KICK ME OUT OF MY HOME.

WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN? OR I GOT A BETTER JOB.

SO MUCH OF A BETTER JOB. I'VE MOVED OUT.

I'VE MOVED TO SOMEWHERE ELSE. BUT I'M SUBLETTING MY FLOODING MY PROPERTY.

WE DON'T HAVE RULES IN PLACE TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT SUBLET.

PERSON MEETS THE QUALIFICATION.

THAT UNIT CAN ALLEGEDLY STILL BE CALLED AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

BECAUSE IT MEETS THE 30 YEAR ON THE RECORDED INFORMATION.

BUT WHAT ARE WE DOING TO HELP? TO MAKE SURE IT ACTUALLY IS? BECAUSE I WAS TALKING TO A GENTLEMAN FROM THE KEYS WHEN HE WAS DEALING WITH THIS FOR HIS AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMMITTEE THERE.

WHAT IS IT BEING IN PLACE TO KEEP AFFORDABLE THE 30 YEARS AND THE TRACKING OF IT? AND THEN WHAT HAPPENS WHEN, IF I'M NO LONGER HERE, I GIVE IT TO MY KIDS, MY ESTATE PLANNING? THANKFULLY, MY KIDS ARE DOING SO MUCH BETTER THAN I.

THEY DON'T QUALIFY, BUT I CAN'T BE TOLD I CAN'T DEED MY OWN PROPERTY TO MY FAMILY.

SO HOW ARE WE ACTUALLY HITTING THOSE BENCHMARKS TO BE ABLE TO QUALIFY FOR THE 30 YEARS? YEAH, WE WERE TALKING IN REGARDS TO THE REGULATORY COMPLIANCE SECTION, WHICH IS SUBSECTION SEVEN.

AND THERE THEY HAVE TO REPORT TO US ANNUALLY AFTER THE REVIEW HAS TO BE DONE IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE CITY ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.

AND THEN THERE'S AN EXPIRATION OF LOSS OF QUALIFYING DEVELOPMENT STATUS.

THERE'S A PENALTY PROVISION AS WELL.

SO AND A MONETARY PENALTY FOR $250 PER DAY PER UNIT PER VIOLATION UNTIL PROOF OF COMPLIANCE IS PROVIDED.

NOT SAYING THAT YOU WILL NOT HAVE SOMEBODY WHO IS, I CALL IT MANEUVER, FIND WAYS TO GAME THE SYSTEM, WHICH OBVIOUSLY YOU'RE TALKING.

YEAH, THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT OKAY.

YEAH. MY MY COMMENTS ARE COMING FROM DEALING WITH YEARS OF WORKING FOR A NONPROFIT THAT HAD AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AND KNOWING THAT THERE MAY HAVE BEEN SOME UNITS THAT MAY HAVE BEEN PLAYED WITH.

AND THE THING SEEMS TO GO FOR RENTALS AS WELL, IF YOU CONTINUE TO USE MY INCOME.

BUT I GIVE IT TO YOU AND YOU'RE FINE.

I'M NOT LIVING THERE. I'M JUST SAYING, IN GENERAL, JUST, YOU KNOW.

THAT'S ACTUALLY MY MOM'S CONDO.

MY MOM'S CO-OP IN NEW YORK JUST HAD THESE RULES COMING OUT AS WELL, RIGHT? EXACTLY. SO THESE ARE ALL THEY'RE PUTTING IN NEW RULES IN PLACE BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT'S HAPPENING.

SO I UNDERSTAND THERE'S A PENALTY AND A MINOR MECHANISM.

BUT MY POINT BEING IS I THINK IT MAY NEED TO BE STRONGER.

AND I'M SORRY, $250 A DAY DOES NOT REALLY PENALIZE ANYBODY WHO IS DOING WHO IS PENALIZING THE OWNER OF A BUILDING, WHO I'M DEVELOPING AND I'M OUT, WHO'S PAYING IT? THE HOMEOWNER, THE PERSON WHO'S NO LONGER THERE? LIKE, NO, BECAUSE IF IT'S A RENTAL PRODUCT, PRIMARILY, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A LANDLORD OR OWNER OF THE RENTAL PRODUCT.

SO IT'S THEM THAT IS BEING THEY'RE BEING PENALIZED.

THERE'S A CURE PROVISION. WE ALREADY WE ALSO HAVE THERE'S A PROVISION THAT DEALS WITH RECORDINGS OF THE COVENANT HAS TO BE RECORDED AGAINST THE PROPERTY TO PUT THE WORLD ON NOTICE. AND THEN THERE'S AN ANNUAL REPORTING AND REVIEWING.

I UNDERSTAND I JUST I GUESS I'M GIVING YOU MY LESSON, POSITIVE REVIEW OF CERTAIN THINGS THAT I, I KNOW, UNFORTUNATELY, IS OUT THERE AND WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A LITTLE STRONGER STOPGAPS THAN WHAT WE HAVE.

I UNDERSTAND YOU HAVE IT IN HERE.

YEAH. AND I'M NOT SAYING IT'S NOT A GOOD JOB.

I JUST THINK THAT THEY'RE NOT IT'S NOT PERFECT.

IT'S NOT PERFECT. IT'S NOT IT'S NOT PERFECT.

IT'S NOT. THE TEETH ARE ROUNDED IN THAT BITE.

THERE'S NOTHING SHARP ABOUT IT AT ALL.

AND SO THOSE PEOPLE WHO LIKE TO GET AROUND OR TRY TO GET AROUND THINGS SAY, OH, IT'S NOT A I CAN DEAL WITH IT.

I'M MAKING MORE THAN ENOUGH MONEY ON WHAT I'M DOING.

RIGHT. THAT'S NOT GOING TO BOTHER ME NONE.

RIGHT? THAT'S THE ONLY REASON WHY I WAS ASKING IF THERE'S SOME POTENTIAL FOR STRENGTHENING IT.

IS NEITHER HERE NOR THERE ON THAT.

AND I KNOW THE NEXT COMMENT I'M GOING TO QUESTION, I'M GOING TO ASK IS PROBABLY DEFINITELY A NO.

BUT WE'RE ALSO GOOD BECAUSE WE'RE AT 11.9%.

SO TO REZONE, TO COMPLETELY SQUISH OUT SOME OF THE REST OF IT IS PROBABLY NOT ALLOWABLE.

SO I'LL JUST SAY I LEFT THAT ONE THERE.

SO BRING IT ON.

REZONE TO WHAT THEY SAID.

INDUSTRIAL. COMMERCIAL.

MIXED USE. RESIDENTIAL? YES. RESIDENTIAL. YEAH.

YEAH. SO A LITTLE BIT CONFUSED ON THE UP TO 20% PART OF THE PARKING WHEN I'M LOOKING AT 19 PAGE 19, PARAGRAPH D FOR PARKING AND.

IT'S 19 TWO WITH ONE HALF MILE OF MAJOR TRANSIT AS DETERMINED.

MAY REQUEST UP TO 5% REDUCTION.

THAT'S A TYPO. I JUST WANTED IT OUT THIS MORNING.

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SORRY. YOU KNOW WHAT THIS WAS, I THOUGHT, BUT AT LEAST IT'S NOT AN ADDITIONAL 5%.

YES, THIS WAS PREPARED BEFORE THE GLITCH BILL.

SO THE GLITCH BILL IS WHAT MOVED FROM 5% TO UP TO 20%.

OKAY. SO THEN I'M GOING TO ASK IT SAYS MAJOR TRANSIT STOP, WHICH AS DEFINED BY THE CITY, IT'S NOT DEFINED IN OUR DEFINITIONS.

SOMETIMES IT'S OKAY TO NOT HAVE EVERYTHING SPECIFICALLY WITHIN BECAUSE THEN YOU LIMIT YOURSELF ON WHAT IS GOING TO BE.

HOWEVER, DO WE REALLY FEEL THAT JUST BECAUSE THERE'S A BUS STOP THAT THAT'S ACTUALLY A MAJOR TRANSIT STOP? BECAUSE IF NOT, THEN WE SHOULD POSSIBLY SAY SOLELY BEING LOCATED NEXT TO A SIDEWALK AND A BUS STOP AND A BUS STOP THAT MIGHT HAVE A SHELTER EVENTUALLY, WHICH SEPARATELY, MAYBE WE CAN GET AN UPDATE ON WHEN OUR BUS SHELTERS ARE COMING IN THE 45 THAT WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR FOR TWO YEARS FROM THE COUNTY.

YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT ALL OF A SUDDEN THE LIVE LOCAL PERSON SAY, OH, YOU GOT A SHELTER, YOU EVEN GOT A GARBAGE CAN.

YOU GOT A SIDEWALK. THEREFORE THEY MIGHT.

MAYOR, BECAUSE THE ACT, THE AMENDED ACT, DEFINED DEFINE THAT FOR US.

SO THEY DEFINE MAJOR TRANSPORTATION HUB AS ANY TRANSIT STATION, WHETHER BUS, TRAIN OR LIGHT RAIL THAT IS SERVED BY A PUBLIC TRANSIT WITH A MIX OF OTHER TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS WITH A MIX OF OTHER TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS.

SO WALKING IS WHAT THEY'RE SAYING.

OR A ROAD? THAT'S RIGHT, A STREET.

LEGISLATIVE AGENDA. WHEN YOU GO TO TALLAHASSEE.

YEAH, ADD IT TO THE LEGISLATIVE.

THAT'S WHY YOU ADDED IT. BUT THEY'VE DEFINED IT FOR US.

BUT IT ALSO DOES SAY THAT WHAT WE DEFINE.

SO CAN WE WE CAN BE STRONGER CAN'T WE.

SO THAT'S NOT SUFFICIENT ENOUGH.

IT'S NOT ENOUGH FOR A MAJOR TRANSPORTATION.

AND THEREFORE IF IT'S JUST A RED ROUTE BUS WHICH ONLY TAKES YOU AROUND IN BETWEEN THE CITY.

IT DOESN'T, CAN WE? BECAUSE IF NOT, WE'RE GETTING WHAT MAKES IT UNBELIEVABLE FOR ME ON SOME OF THIS IS THE GOOD INTENTIONS THAT THEN GET WIPED OUT BY THE FACT THAT YOU'RE SAYING TO PEOPLE YOU NEED A HOME.

AND KIND OF THE CONVERSATION WE HAD WE HAD EARLIER, BUT WE'RE GOING TO REMOVE THE ABILITY FOR YOU TO HAVE A CAR BECAUSE GUESS WHAT? YOUR YOUR HOUSE IS BY OR YOUR APARTMENT IS BY A PARKING A BUS STOP, A BUS STOP THAT DOESN'T TAKE YOU ANYWHERE NEAR TO WHERE YOU WORK.

OR AS COMMISSIONER BOLTON SAYS, YOU HAVE TO TAKE THREE DIFFERENT WAYS TO GET THERE, OR YOU HAVE TO TAKE AN UBER, YOU KNOW, TO GET WHERE YOU NEED TO GO TO GET THE NEXT BUS STOP.

IT DOESN'T TAKE YOU WHAT YOU NEED TO DO.

SO IT'S NOT REALLY BENEFITING THE PEOPLE THAT ARE SUPPOSEDLY TRYING TO BE HELPED, BECAUSE WE ARE NOT THAT TRANSPORTATION, PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SUFFICIENT YET.

SO IS THERE A WAY TO FIX THIS TO WHERE WE'RE NOT GOING UP TO 20% BECAUSE IT IS NOT A SUFFICIENT MAJOR TRANSPORTATION STOP THE WORD MAJOR.

WE CAN LOOK AT IT.

OKAY. I WOULD LIKE IF WE COULD PLEASE TOUCHING ON WHAT? COMMISSIONER PATTERSON WAS SAYING.

AND I SEE WE HAVE LANDSCAPING IN HERE.

IMPACT FEES. ARE WE ALLOWED TO STILL COLLECT IMPACT FEES? ALL RIGHT. THANKFULLY, THE ACT DID NOT PREEMPT US WHERE THAT IS CONCERNED.

YET WE HAVE TO UPDATE OUR STUDIES.

SO I THINK THAT WE NEED.

DO WE SPECIFICALLY HAVE OUR IMPACT FEES LISTED WITHIN HERE? NO THEY'RE NOT. THERE'S A SEPARATE ORDINANCE FOR DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEES.

WE DO.

DO WE REFERENCE IT WITHIN HERE? NO. WE JUST SAY YOU'RE SUBJECT TO THE FEES AND CERTAIN.

YEAH. ALL THE FEES AND YOUR DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEES ARE ASSESSED AT BUILDING PERMIT.

SO I KNOW WE CAN'T DO SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS OR CERTAIN THINGS, BUT WHY CAN'T WE PUT IN.

A REQUIREMENT THAT IF YOU'RE GOING TO DO THIS, YOU ARE GOING TO GIVE US $150,000 $50,000 FOR TRANSPORTATION OR FOR WHATEVER.

SOME CERTAIN OR A PERCENTAGE OF OF A NUMBER.

I WOULD JUST, YOU KNOW, JUST HAVE A GENERAL COMMUNITY BENEFITS.

BUT AND THEN WE CAN NEGOTIATE FROM THERE.

BUT THE COMMUNITY BENEFIT BEING SOMETHING SPECIFIC TO MAYBE WHAT WOULD HELP ROADWAY TRANSPORTATION KEEPING IT SPECIFIC TO THE I WOULDN'T BE SPECIFIC BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW, TEN YEARS DOWN THE LINE WHAT THE NEED WOULD BE OF THE CITY.

UNDERSTOOD. AND I DON'T MIND I DON'T MIND IT BEING FOR THE NEED OF THE CITY.

AND THIS IS NOT PLEASE.

I'M HOPING IT'S UNDERSTOOD.

THIS IS NOT A DIG.

I AM ASKING FOR IT NOT TO GO TO A CHARITY.

DO YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? IF WE'RE TRYING TO GET LIVE LOCAL FUNDS AND HAVE IT GO.

AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT CHARITIES DON'T HELP THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN OUR CITY, BUT IF WE'RE TRYING TO HAVE A COMMUNITY BENEFIT, BE ACTUAL SOMETHING TANGIBLE THAT'S WITHIN OUR CITY THAT WE THAT WE CAN.

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WITH TANGIBLE CALCULATE? NO. SO I THINK WE SHOULD PUT SOME KIND OF REFERENCE IN OUR RULES THAT THEY KNOW THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE A COMMUNITY BENEFIT, WHETHER IT'S SOMETHING THAT ADMINISTRATIVELY THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S COMING DOWN THE LANE THAT WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING FOR AN AREA AROUND THERE.

THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT WE WOULD NEED, LIKE THE MEDIANS OR THE CHANGING OUT LIGHT FIXTURES OR, OR OTHER DIRECTIONAL THINGS OR SIGNAGE OR WALLS OR WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE THAT WE NORMALLY WOULD BE RECEIVING IF WE WERE DOING THIS THROUGH A DIFFERENT PROCESS.

SO I WOULD THINK THAT WE COULD PUT IT IN VERSUS WAITING TO SEE IF WE CAN MY OPINION, AND THEN WE CAN COME BACK AROUND AND SEE IF WE GOT SUPPORT TO, HEY, WE CAN TRY IT.

THEY'RE NOT ACTUALLY, THANKFULLY, YET BANGING DOWN OUR DOORS.

YEAH. LET'S HOPE.

JUST. JUST LIKE WE'RE SUBJECT TO THE BUILDING PERMIT FEES.

WE CAN JUST ADD AND DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEES.

SO THEY ARE PUT ON NOTICE THAT THEY HAVE TO PAY THOSE.

AND THOSE DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEES WILL BE PARKS AND RECREATION.

IT WILL BE TRANSPORTATION AND IT WILL BE GOVERNMENT FACILITIES.

THOSE ARE THE FEES THAT THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, COMMUNITY FACILITIES, ADDING A COMMUNITY BENEFIT IF YOU NEED TO CALL IT FOR ESTHETICS OR YOU NEED TO SAY SPECIFICALLY FOR WALLS, THIS, THAT OR ANYTHING ELSE LIGHTING.

WHATEVER WOULD BE FOR THE COMMUNITY BENEFIT AROUND INCLUDE BUT NOT LIMITED TO EXACTLY, YOU KNOW, SPEED BUMPS OR ROUNDABOUTS AND YOU KNOW THOSE FAVORITE TRAFFIC.

IF WE'RE COLLECTING TRANSPORTATION IMPACT FEE, THAT'S WHAT THOSE FUNDS ARE FOR.

SO WE CAN'T COLLECT THAT AND THEN HAVE THEM.

OKAY. THAT'S FINE BECAUSE I'M SAYING BUT JUST SOMEHOW GIVE US A SEPARATE REQUIREMENT FOR THEM TO KNOW THAT IN ADDITION TO THAT, THEY'RE NOT THEY'RE SUBJECT TO SUBJECT TO COMMUNITY BENEFIT FOR PUBLIC PUBLIC PURPOSES.

AND IF YOU NEED TO PUT A THREE MILE RADIUS OR WHATEVER IT IS, I'M JUST YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? IF WE NEED TO MAKE IT CONSTITUTIONALLY NARROW AND SOUND, I DON'T LIKE NARROW.

I DON'T LIKE NO, NO, BUT WE'RE TAKING SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO BE CHALLENGED.

IF WE'RE TAKING SOMETHING THAT'S A CHALLENGE, YOU NEED TO KIND OF MAKE IT IMPACT FEES.

I MEAN, WE, YOU KNOW, COMMUNITY BENEFITS CANNOT BE EXACTION.

SO WE'LL COME UP WITH A LANGUAGE.

YEAH. BECAUSE I HAVE I THINK SOMETIMES WHAT I'M FINDING, ESPECIALLY IN MY DISTRICT, WHEN YOU LIMIT STUFF TO JUST WHAT THE CITY, A LOT OF THE RESIDENTS, IT DOESN'T REACH THE RESIDENTS. AND SO I'M VERY SKEPTICAL OF KEEPING IT NARROW, SKEPTICAL OF NOT USING CHARITIES BECAUSE SOMETIMES THAT'S THE BEST WAY TO GET IT TO THE RESIDENTS.

RIGHT? SO I AM TOTALLY AGAINST THAT.

I'M MORE FOR WHAT MISS PATTERSON WAS SAYING.

BUT WHAT I'M SAYING WITH THAT, FOR A COMMUNITY BENEFIT, WE'RE DOING SOMETHING THAT IS NOT NECESSARILY POTENTIALLY ALLOWABLE AND TO GO. BUT THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS YOU WANT TO TRY NOT TO GET SUED ON.

AND IF IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE FOR THE BENEFIT, THE COMMUNITY BENEFIT IS FOR THE COMMUNITY IN WHICH IT'S AROUND, IS BEING AFFECTED BY THE NEW POTENTIAL.

ANYWAY. IT'S IT'S SOMETHING FOR STILL FURTHER DISCUSSION TO DO.

I HAVE A NOTE BECAUSE THERE'S SUPPORT OF SOME KIND OF COMMUNITY BENEFIT BECAUSE THEY CAN'T GET IT FROM US.

ON THE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY MEETING, DOES IT REQUIRE THAT ONE OF THE PEOPLE FROM CITY STAFF ATTEND OR JUST THAT WE GET A REPORT? FORGIVE ME. I KNOW IT'S NOT LIKE YOU HAVE NOTHING BETTER TO DO, BUT I THINK AS A COMMUNITY MEMBER, AS A CITY STAFF PERSON SHOULD BE THERE, BECAUSE HOW DO WE KNOW THAT THEY'RE ACTUALLY TELLING US THEY HAVE TO PROVIDE US WITH A REPORT? AND REMEMBER, THIS REMEMBER, THIS IS A PROVISION WE PUT IN IN 2018 WHEN WE DID THE CODE REWRITE.

THIS IS FOR ALL PROJECTS.

THIS IS WHAT DEVELOPERS ARE CURRENTLY DOING.

I KNOW. AND SO WE DIDN'T WANT NORMALLY IN THE PAST BEFORE WE PUT IT IN THE CODE.

WHEN A STAFF ATTENDS A COMMUNITY MEETING, THEN THE COMMUNITY BELIEVES THAT THE CITY HAS ALREADY MADE A DECISION.

THE STAFF IS ALREADY IN FAVOR.

THE CITY IS ALREADY IN FAVOR OF A PROJECT.

SO, DEPUTY CITY MANAGER, THEY THINK SO ANYWAY, WHETHER YOU'RE THERE OR NOT.

AND THEN ONE OF US. TWO OF US OR FOUR OF US, OR FIVE OF US SHOW UP AT ONE OF THE MEETINGS, THEY STILL THINK THAT IT'S A DONE DEAL.

WE PUT IT ON WHEN THE DEVELOPER TELLS US, WE PUT IT ON YOUR CALENDAR AND WE'VE GONE AND THEY STILL THINK THAT IT'S A DONE DEAL, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO ESCAPE.

IF WE HAVE A PRESENTATION AND A PLAN IN PLACE, THEY'RE MAD AT US BECAUSE IT MUST BE A DONE DEAL.

IF WE DON'T HAVE A PRESENTATION AND A PLAN IN PLACE AND WE TALK ABOUT DOING IT, THEN THEY GET MAD AT US FOR NOT HAVING A PLAN IN PLACE.

WE'RE NOT WINNING FOR LOSING ON SOME OF THIS.

IT'S JUST THE WAY DEVELOPMENT GOES AND THE WAY PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT GETS DEVELOPED.

BUT I STILL THINK YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE SOMEBODY THAT HAS, YOU KNOW, MAJOR SHOWING JUST SOMEBODY SITTING IN THE AUDIENCE.

THIS WAY THEY KNOW WHEN YOU GET SOMETHING IN THE BACK SAYING THAT, OH, 50 PEOPLE ATTENDED AND THEY WERE ALL VERY HAPPY WITH IT.

WHEN THE PERSON IN THE CITY WHO WAS THERE GOES, THERE WAS 20 PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE, OR 100 PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE, AND 90% OF THEM WERE UNHAPPY.

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NOT SAYING THAT WE WOULD BE GIVEN LIES OR UNTRUTHS OR EXAGGERATED INFORMATION, BUT I GUESS YOU COULD TELL I'M AT THAT POINT WHERE I'M HAVING A LITTLE TROUBLE WITH ALL THE TRUST THAT I'VE HAD KEEPING IT RIGHT.

AND SO MONITORING IT AND NOT HAVING US BE FOOLISH, BE MADE A FOOL OF BECAUSE WE TRUSTED.

SO LET'S BE PROTECTIVE.

AND THEN PART OF THE CONCERN IS THE AREAS THAT DON'T HAVE INFRASTRUCTURE, THE THE INDUSTRIAL AREAS.

DOES THIS REQUIRE THEM TO BRING IT UP TO CODE THE WHOLE ENTIRE AREA TO MAKE SURE FOR WEIGHT BEARING FOR ROADWAY, FOR SEWAGE, FOR LIGHTING AND EVERYTHING AND DAMAGE TO THE OTHER AREA.

IT DOES. THERE ARE STUDIES THAT THEY HAVE TO DO PRIMARILY IF THEY'RE IN AN INDUSTRIAL AREA.

NOW YOU'RE INTRODUCING HOMES IN AN INDUSTRIAL AREA OR RESIDENTIAL PRODUCT.

AND SO IT REQUIRES AN ENVIRONMENTAL STUDY TO LOOK AT ODOR AND NOISE AND SO ON, TO MAKE SURE THAT THE INDUSTRIAL OR RESIDENTIAL USE CAN PERFORM IN THAT AREA.

SO THERE ARE STUDY REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE IN HERE.

OKAY. AND THEN THEY'RE GOING THROUGH YOUR REGULAR SITE PLAN PROCESS WHICH HAS ALL THE DISCIPLINES.

SO WHATEVER THEY WOULD NEED TO DO RELATIVE TO PUBLIC SERVICE AND FIRE.

AND YOU KNOW, FOR THE PROJECT, THEY'RE STILL REVIEWING IT AT DRC.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

COMMISSIONER DANIEL. VICE MAYOR DANIEL, DID YOU WANT TO GO AGAIN? SURE. THAT WAS JUST TRYING TO GET BACK TO MY SO.

AND I THINK EVERYONE WHO KNOWS ME, I'M ALL FOR COMMUNITY BENEFITS.

THAT'S LIKE ONE OF MY BIG PURPOSES.

I'M MORE INTO WHAT COMMISSIONER PATTERSON SAID.

HAVING SOMETHING IN SOME TYPE OF POLICY IN PLACE THAT NO MATTER WHAT DEVELOPMENT COME IN, THEY KNOW IF YOU COME TO TAMARAC, YOU HAVE TO GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY AND YOU HAVE TO HAVE A POSITIVE IMPACT ON THE RESIDENTS OR WHATEVER NEED WE HAVE AT THAT TIME.

SO I WOULDN'T WANT ANYTHING WE PUT IN THIS GUIDELINE TO BE SO SPECIFIC WHERE IT, IT, IT HOLD US IN BONDAGE. YEAH.

WE'LL ADD SOMETHING AND RUN IT BY THE CITY ATTORNEY JUST TO MAKE SURE IT'S LEGALLY SOUND.

RIGHT. AND I DO BELIEVE IN CHARITIES, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE SOME OF THE CHARITIES AROUND DO THE BEST WORK.

SO TO ELIMINATE CHARITY JUST BECAUSE THEY'RE A CHARITY AND THEY'RE ACTUALLY THE THE BOOTS ARE THEY SAY THE BOOTS ON THE GROUND IS RIDICULOUS.

NO. ABSOLUTELY NOT. WE'RE NOT ELIMINATING CHARITY.

THERE'S A NEED FOR CHARITY. THAT'S WHY THEY EXIST.

SO I'M TOTALLY AGAINST THAT.

SO WHAT DO YOU NEED FROM US ON THIS OTHER THAN JUST SHARING THE INFORMATION WITH US? YES, SHARE THE INFORMATION.

AND WE HAVE ALREADY GOTTEN SOME FEEDBACK.

WE'LL MAKE SOME CHANGES TO WHAT YOU'LL SEE ON WEDNESDAY ON FIRST READING.

PRIMARILY AS IT RELATES TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING, I THINK WE HEARD A MINIMUM OF 100FT INTO RESIDENTIAL TO ADD THAT MAKE SURE THEY ARE AWARE THAT THEY'RE SUBJECT TO DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEES, IN ADDITION TO THAT, WILL CRAFT A COMMUNITY BENEFITS SENTENCE OR SOMETHING TO PUT NEXT TO THE FEE AREA TO PUT THEM ON NOTICE WHERE THAT IS CONCERNED AS WELL.

ALL RIGHT. SO IT IS CURRENTLY 255.

WE NEED TO HAVE OUR MICROPHONES CHARGED FOR AT LEAST 15 MINUTES.

AND SO I'M JUST GOING TO SAY IF EVERYONE WILL PLEASE BE BACK HERE AT 315, WE'LL BE NICE AND CHARGED AND READY TO GO.

GET YOUR CAFFEINE, GO TO THE RESTROOM.

CAN WE JUST FIND YOU A NEW MICROPHONE? WE CAN TALK ABOUT BUDGET ANOTHER TIME.

BUY MORE. WE'RE IN RECESS.

WHERE ARE WE GOING? TO GET SOME NEW BIKES.

315 LET'S GO TO THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA, WHICH PROBABLY IS.

WHAT IS IT, ME OR DID IT GET WARM? IT GETS HOT AND COLD IN HERE TODAY.

I JUST THOUGHT IT WAS ME AND MY PERSONAL SUMMER.

WE ARE ON ONE, 22578.

[1.g TO2578 - An ordinance of the City Commission of the City of Tamarac, Florida, amending Chapter 10 of the City of Tamarac Code of Ordinances, entitled “Land Development Code” by amending Article 2 entitled “Zoning Districts”, by specifically amending section 10-2.5, entitled “Planned Development District”, adding the commercial land use designation as one of the required supporting land uses for the planned development zoning district and allowing for the assignment of residential units from available flexibility and/or redevelopment units for bonus density greater than fifty (50) units per acre in accordance with the city’s comprehensive plan; providing for codification; providing for conflicts; providing for severability; and providing for an effective date. ]

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER TEN OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC CODE OF ORDINANCES ENTITLED LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE BY AMENDING ARTICLE TWO ENTITLED ZONING DISTRICTS.

BY SPECIFICALLY AMENDING SECTION TEN DASH 2.5 ENTITLED PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT, ADDING THE COMMERCIAL LAND USE DESIGNATION AS ONE REQUIRED SUPPORTING LAND USES FOR THE PLANNED DEVELOPMENT ZONING DISTRICT AND ALLOWING FOR THE ASSIGNMENT OF RESIDENTIAL UNITS FROM AVAILABLE FLEXIBILITY AND OR REDEVELOPMENT UNITS FOR BONUS DENSITY GREATER THAN 50 UNITS PER ACRE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION, PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS, ALL THAT KIND OF GOOD STUFF.

AND DEPUTY CITY MANAGER AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR MAXINE CALLOWAY FLOOR IS YOURS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH AGAIN.

FOR THE RECORD, MAXINE CALLOWAY DEPUTY CITY MANAGER AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR.

THIS ITEM WILL APPEAR AS 27528 ON WEDNESDAY'S AGENDA AND IT WILL APPEAR FOR FIRST READING THIS.

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THIS ITEM IS DOING A COUPLE OF THINGS AND IS IN RESPONSE TO SOME VISIONARY DISCUSSIONS WE HAVE HAD IN THE PAST.

SO JUST TO PUT SOME CONTEXT ON THIS ITEM, BACK IN APRIL 2023, WE AMENDED THE CODE AT THE TIME.

SPECIFICALLY, WE CREATED A PROVISION FOR THE LOCAL ACTIVITY CENTER.

AND DURING THAT TIME, I TALKED ABOUT THE FACT THAT THERE WERE NO GUIDELINES IN THE LOCAL ACTIVITY CENTER, WHICH IS LOCATED ON COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD.

WE HAVE A POOL OF UNITS, BUT THERE WAS NO GUIDELINES ON HOW THESE UNITS WERE DISTRIBUTED.

AND SO BACK IN BACK IN 2023, WE CREATED THOSE GUIDELINES.

AND THE GUIDELINES. WE SAID ESSENTIALLY, IF YOU'RE ASKING FOR UNITS OUT OF THIS POOL, ANYTHING GREATER THAN 50 UNITS PER ACRE REQUIRE YOU TO GIVE US SOME AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

SO ON COMMUNITY BENEFITS, THAT'S WHAT WE DID BACK IN 2023.

SINCE THAT TIME, THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION ON WHETHER WE CAN CREATE ADDITIONAL LOCAL ACTIVITY CENTERS THROUGHOUT THE CITY BECAUSE WE RECOGNIZE THAT THEY WERE BENEFICIAL.

AS IT IS NOW, THE CITY ONLY HAS ONE LOCAL ACTIVITY CENTER, AND IT'S ON COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD, WHERE TAMARAC VILLAGE IS LOCATED.

AND SO WE TALKED ABOUT WHETHER IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PROCESS TO CREATE ADDITIONAL LOCAL ACTIVITY CENTERS ON 441 UNIVERSITY DRIVE, COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD, FURTHER GOING EAST, SO WE CAN PROMOTE AND FACILITATE SMART GROWTH ON THESE MAJOR CORRIDORS.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE TALKED ABOUT SMART GROWTH AS A PART OF OUR STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS, US, AND WE IDENTIFIED OUR MAJOR CORRIDORS AS WAYS TO FOCUS AND TARGET AREAS TO PROMOTE INTENSITY AND DENSITY GOING FORWARD.

SO THIS AMENDMENT ESSENTIALLY WOULD ALLOW US TO SET A FOUNDATION TO PUT PD NOT ON TOP OF OUR LOCAL ACTIVITY CENTER ONLY, BUT ON TOP OF OUR COMMERCE DESIGNATION.

SO AS IT IS, AND I RECOGNIZE A LOT OF THIS IS TECHNICAL, YOUR PLAN DEVELOPMENT ZONING DISTRICT CURRENTLY ONLY WORKS ON YOUR LOCAL ACTIVITY CENTER.

SO LIKE YOUR TAMARAC VILLAGE WHERE YOU CAN PROVIDE FOR THAT FLEXIBILITY IN DENSITY AND THAT THAT COMMUNITY BENEFIT OVER 50 DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE.

THIS TEXT AMENDMENT WOULD ALLOW THE PD ZONING DISTRICT TO NOT ONLY SERVE ON TOP OF THE LOCAL ACTIVITY CENTER, NOW, IT WOULD SERVE ON TOP OF A COMMERCE LAND USE DESIGNATION. AND I'LL SHOW YOU WHERE THOSE ARE AS WELL.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, BROWARD COUNTY IS DOING THERE.

BROWARD NEXT. THEY TOO HAVE ADOPTED CERTAIN POLICIES JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE FACILITATING MULTIFAMILY AND MIXED USE ON YOUR COMMERCE LAND USE DESIGNATION AS WELL.

SO THIS AMENDMENT WOULD HELP TO FURTHER THAT POLICY.

SO THIS IS BROWARD COUNTY LAND USE MAP.

AND THE RED IS YOUR COMMERCE DESIGNATION.

AND I CUT IT OUT.

SO YOU'RE SEEING JUST THE AREAS THAT ARE IN THE CITY OF TAMARAC.

SO ESSENTIALLY IT WOULD SET THE FOUNDATION FOR THE PD DISTRICT NOW TO OPERATE NOT ONLY ON YOUR LOCAL ACTIVITY CENTER, BUT ALSO ON YOUR COMMERCE.

THERE'S A BETTER MAP BECAUSE I SEE THE COMMISSIONERS JUST LIKE, OKAY, I CAN'T FIGURE THIS OUT.

SO I HAVE ANOTHER MAP THAT I'LL SHOW YOU IN A MINUTE.

SO THIS IS SHOWING YOU THE CHANGE IN RED.

THIS IS A TEXT CHANGE.

IT IS NOT A MAP CHANGE.

MEANING THAT IF SOMEONE WANTS TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS CHANGE, THAT DEVELOPER, THAT APPLICANT WOULD STILL NEED TO DO A REZONING.

THIS IS JUST MAKING IT POSSIBLE.

SO THE TEXT CHANGE.

THIS IS IN YOUR PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT.

THIS IS YOUR APPLICABILITY SECTION.

AND AS YOU CAN SEE THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT IS ESTABLISHED AND INTENDED TO PERMIT LOTS AND TRACTS OF LAND THAT ARE SUPPORTED BY AN UNDERLYING LOCAL ACTIVITY CENTER LAND USE DESIGNATION. WE'RE ADDING THE WORD OUR COMMERCIAL.

SO NOW THE PD CAN BE SUPPORTED BY COMMERCIAL LAND USE AS WELL AS LOCAL ACTIVITY CENTER.

SECTION B THE RED IS SHOWING THE CHANGE TO THE TEXT.

SO AS IT IS NOW, IT'S JUST THE LOCAL ACTIVITY CENTER UNITS WHERE WE ARE ABLE TO DISPERSE.

NOW WE'RE ADDING MAKING A DISTINCTION THAT WE CAN DISPERSE THE LOCAL ACTIVITY CENTER UNITS.

AND FOR THE COMMERCIAL DESIGNATION PROPERTIES WE CAN DO THE SAME.

SO WE CAN PROVIDE BONUS DENSITY GREATER THAN 50 DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE THROUGH THE ASSIGNMENT OF FLEX AND RESERVE UNITS.

SO THIS IS A MAP THAT IS SHOWING OUR LOCAL ACTIVITY CENTER THAT'S IN THE BLUE AREA, THAT'S ON COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD, AND THE RED IS SHOWING WHERE OUR COMMERCE OR COMMERCIAL LAND USE DESIGNATION IS.

SO THIS CHANGE WILL ALLOW THESE AREAS TO BE ACTIVATED.

IF SOMEONE WERE TO FILE A REZONING APPLICATION FOR THE PD DESIGNATION.

AND JUST TO BRING SOME CONTEXT TO THE DISCUSSION, THE FLEX AND THE RESERVE UNIT IS WHAT WE WOULD USE TO PROVIDE DENSITY TO PROJECTS THAT ARE DOING THIS WITH THE PD AND THE COMMERCIAL DESIGNATION.

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AND I JUST WANT TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION THAT WE HAVE MORE THAN SUFFICIENT UNITS IN OUR FLEX AND RESERVE BANK, OVER 1500 IN THE FLEX AND RESERVE, AND WE HAVE OVER 1100 IN OUR LOCAL ACTIVITY CENTER BANK AS WELL FOR UNITS.

AND FINALLY, JUST TO IDENTIFY SOME PROJECTS THAT WE BELIEVE MIGHT BENEFIT FROM THIS TEXT CHANGE, IS THE PROJECT THAT WE TALKED ABOUT COMMISSIONER ON UNIVERSITY DRIVE MIGHT BE ONE OF THE FIRST BENEFICIARY FROM THIS CHANGE.

HOWEVER, FOR THAT PROJECT TO BENEFIT, THE APPLICANT WOULD NEED TO FILE A REZONING TO GET THAT PD ZONING DISTRICT THAT WILL OPERATE ON TOP OF THE COMMERCE LAND USE. THE PROPERTIES THAT THE CITY OWNS ON STATE ROAD SEVEN WOULD BE A BENEFICIARY AS WELL.

WE INTEND TO REDEVELOP THAT AS MIXED USE, SO THAT TOO IN THE FUTURE WOULD BENEFIT.

BUT FOR ANY OF THESE PROPERTIES TO BENEFIT FROM THIS TEXT CHANGE, THEY WOULD NEED A REZONING OR A MAP AMENDMENT, WHICH IS NOT HAPPENING HERE.

WE'RE JUST FACILITATING IT.

WE'RE JUST MAKING THE TEXT CHANGE SO IT'S AVAILABLE.

AND THEN IN THE FUTURE, IF ANY DEVELOPER WANTS TO TAKE ADVANTAGE, THEY WOULD NEED TO DO A REZONING WHICH WOULD COME BEFORE YOU.

SO THESE ARE THESE ARE JUST A REVIEW STANDARDS THAT ALLOW ME TO BRING FORWARD A TEXT CHANGE TO THE CODE.

AND THIS IS JUST SAYING THAT ALL THE REVIEW STANDARDS WERE MET AND I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.

GO AHEAD. I'M NOT GOING FIRST.

GO AHEAD.

YOU GAVE US THE LANGUAGE.

CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE MAP? JUST WANT TO CLARIFY, BECAUSE I GOT A LITTLE CONFUSED AS WELL.

THE AREAS THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN RED AND CURRENTLY IN BLUE ARE WHERE THE TEXT AMENDMENT CHANGES ARE GOING INTO EFFECT.

THAT'S WHERE IT COULD BE UTILIZED IN THE FUTURE.

THE TEXT AMENDMENT IS SETTING THE FOUNDATION.

IT'S MAKING IT POSSIBLE.

IT'S DOING NO CHANGE.

NO, NO, IT'S NOT CHANGING IT.

BUT WE'RE CURRENTLY CHANGING OUR TEXT TO ALLOW IT.

IF IN THOSE AREAS, IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO COME IN AND REZONE IN ORDER TO UTILIZE IT, YEAH, THEY WOULD NEED TO REZONE TO PD.

SO THE BLUE IS YOUR LOCAL ACTIVITY CENTER AND THE RED AND THE RED IS YOUR COMMERCIAL LAND USE.

WAIT. WHAT? WAIT. YOUR COMMERCIAL LAND USE.

NO. BLUE IS WHAT? I'M SORRY. YOUR LOCAL ACTIVITY CENTER.

I THOUGHT THERE WAS ONLY ONE.

YES, IT'S ON COMMERCIAL. IT'S REALLY LONG.

OH, OKAY. OKAY. AND ACTUALLY, WE GOT A LITTLE BIT OF IT OVER THERE, BUT IT GOES INTO WHERE? THE PUBLIX AT PLAZA.

YES. YEAH. OH, BY THE WAY, OFF TOPIC, I APOLOGIZE.

NICE WORK ON THAT. PUBLIX FIXING UP HIS PLAZA.

WE HAVE GOTTEN SO MANY. OH, I LOVE IT.

THEY'RE DOING THEY'VE BEEN DOING A REALLY GOOD JOB.

NO, NO, YOU SAID PUBLIX.

AND I WAS LIKE, OH MY GOD.

CLAUSES ARE WORKING REALLY HARD.

IT LOOKS GREAT. IT LOOKS GREAT.

IT MAKES SUCH A DIFFERENCE.

AND IT WASN'T EVEN MUCH.

AND IT JUST MADE A BIG DIFFERENCE.

LIKE THE COMMUNITY CENTER, A LITTLE BIT OF PAINT.

YEAH. IT'S BEAUTIFUL. WAS A NICE CHRISTMAS PRESENT.

YES. IT IS BEAUTIFUL.

AND WE HAVE GOTTEN SOME GREAT COMMENTS.

YEAH. LOOK AS LONG AS IT'S CIVIL, I DON'T CARE.

WITH. BUT AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE.

SO NOW ON THE RED WE'RE ALLOWING THE SAME.

THE TEXT WILL BE FOR AREAS IN RED.

YES, FOR THE OPPORTUNITY IN ALL THESE RED AREAS.

YES. TO DO A ZONING CHANGE IF THEY SO WANT TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS FOR THEM TO APPLY PD, AND FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO APPLY PD BECAUSE THE ZONING NOW IS NOT PD.

THEY WOULD HAVE TO DO A REZONING.

RIGHT. BUT WE'RE ALLOWING IT THERE.

SO THE TEXT MAKES I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE.

SO IN THE FUTURE YES.

IF EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THAT THE RED BLOTCHES OR THE RED BOXES, THEY CAN HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO REZONE TO PD AND DO MIXED USE. YES.

OKAY. ALL THE BLUE ONES CURRENTLY ALREADY HAVE IT.

THEY ALREADY HAVE THAT.

YES. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT FOR FUTURE.

THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER BOLTON, THAT WAS THERE BEFORE.

OKAY. YEAH.

WELL, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, ONE AND DONE ON THAT ONE.

SO IT SO IT IS. 325 QUICK! WE'LL SEE. ALRIGHT.

[1.h Discussion and Consensus on the Appointment of a Representative and an Alternate Representative to the Solid Waste Disposal and Recyclable Materials Processing Authority of Broward County. Presented by City Clerk Kimberly Dillon ]

ONE H DISCUSSION AND CONSENSUS ON APPOINTMENT OF THE OF A REPRESENTATIVE AND ALTERNATE REPRESENTATIVE TO SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL.

RECYCLABLE MATERIALS PROCESSING AUTHORITY OF BROWARD COUNTY BEING PRESENTED BY OUR ASSISTANT CITY CLERK, MONICA BARROS.

GOOD AFTERNOON. ONCE AGAIN.

THIS IS REALLY A PRETTY SIMPLE APPOINTMENT.

THAT WAS BACK IN 2023, WHEN THE COMMISSION APPOINTED COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS AS THE PRIMARY AND THE NEW MAYOR AS THE ALTERNATE. SO WE ARE NOW IN THE PROCESS OF ASKING FOR APPOINTMENTS.

[04:25:03]

OKAY, SO THIS ACTUALLY HAS BEEN GOING ON.

FOR YEARS I WOULD SAY, WHAT, 20 1314? IT'S BEEN A REALLY LONG TIME.

I'VE HAD THE PLEASURE OF BEING ON IT, EITHER IN A MORE ACTIVE CAPACITY OR NOT, DEPENDING ON WHAT'S GOING ON FOR THAT TIME.

I KNOW THAT I'M ALTERNATE.

I WENT TO A MEETING BECAUSE COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS WAS NOT THE COMMISSIONER ANY LONGER.

IN DECEMBER, I HAVE NO PROBLEM IF OTHER PEOPLE WANT TO STEP UP AND STEP IN JUST AS MUCH AS THE REAL ESTATE ONE, THE HOUSING ONE IS IMPORTANT.

THIS IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.

SO YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PLEASE GO AND BRING US BACK INFORMATION.

BECAUSE IT DEALS WITH OUR SOLID WASTE AND WHAT OUR INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT IS NOW FOR PROCESSING IT.

AND CERTAIN STEPS ARE GOING TO TAKE PLACE.

SO I'M OPEN THE FLOOR FOR EITHER QUESTIONS OR BIDS OR NOMINATIONS.

WHEN ARE THE MEETINGS, MAYOR? HE'S LOOKING AT 10:00 SOME FRIDAY.

SOMETIMES IT'S TWICE A MONTH.

ONCE A MONTH FOR SURE, ONCE A MONTH.

BUT IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE ON THE.

I'M GOOD. ALRIGHTY THEN.

IS THAT A TURNOVER? GO AHEAD.

COMMISSIONER. RIGHT. I'LL NOMINATE YOU.

YOU DON'T WANT TO CONTINUE SERVING? I WILL IF NOBODY ELSE WANTS TO, BUT I'M OKAY.

NOT. OR I'LL STAY IN AN ALTERNATE CAPACITY.

I NOMINATE YOU, MAYOR, AND I'D LIKE TO BE ALTERNATE.

THAT'S A GOOD DAY. NO, THERE'S PEOPLE DON'T DON'T.

PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO WORK. THAT'S WHAT IT IS.

I HAVE TWO, I GOT SEVERAL.

OH. YOU DO? I'M ON MPO AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND ATTAINABLE.

I AM THE CHAIR OF THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

NO, IT WAS PART OF THIS. IT'S A SUBSECTION OF.

I'M ON THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMMITTEE.

I'M ON SEVERAL COMMITTEES. I'M GOOD.

I'M ON THE PLANNING COUNCIL.

I'M THE SECRETARY AND TREASURER FOR IT.

I'M ON. MAYOR, I NOMINATE COMMISSIONER.

RIGHT. OH, COMMISSIONER, I'M NOT REALLY SURE I WANT THIS ONE.

I WAS KICKING THE BALL. NO NO NO NO, I WAS I'M HUMBLED.

BUT MY SCHEDULE WOULDN'T ALLOW ME TO SHOW UP ON, ON ON FRIDAYS.

FRIDAY. YEAH. OH, DEAR LORD.

AS OF NOW, MY SCHEDULE WOULDN'T ALLOW THAT.

YOU KNOW IF THE MAYOR.

I'LL NOMINATE YOU, COMMISSIONER PATTERSON AND COMMISSIONER BOLTON AS THE AS THE BACKUP.

I WAS RECENTLY, I WAS I JUST SAID AN I DO TODAY.

I'M NOT DOING MY FOURTH I DO I'M TRYING TO FIND YOU THE SCHEDULE.

I AM EQUALLY BUSY.

NO, WHAT WE HAVE IS 2000 ENDS OF 2000.

THE BACKUP SAYS, LET ME JUST HOW LONG IS THE APPOINTMENT? IS THE. IS MY QUESTION THE NEXT MEETING? IT'S ONE YEAR. HOW LONG IS THE APPOINTMENT FOR THE OTHER ONE? THEY JUST APPOINTED ME TO.

AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS ONE YEAR.

OH, THAT ONE'S INDEFINITE.

SO FOR THE PERSON THEY REQUIRE SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO BE IN PERSON IN ORDER TO GET QUORUM.

I'M TRYING TO GET THE DATES BECAUSE I ASKED FOR THE DATES.

JANUARY 24TH IS THE NEXT MEETING.

JAN 24TH IS NEXT MEETING.

THAT'S NOT A FRIDAY, IS IT.

YEAH. I THINK WE PUT IT IN FRIDAY.

I WENT LOOKING FOR IT.

YEAH. IT HAS BEEN EVERY FRIDAY.

SO I MEAN IF NO ONE'S GOING TO DO IT IT'S FINE.

SO THE FREQUENCY OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS IT WAS ANNUALLY.

IT CHANGED. SO IT'S ONCE A YEAR WAS THAT IT'S ANNUAL.

YOU HAVE TO ATTEND SOME REGIONAL WORKSHOPS, AT LEAST THREE REGIONAL WORKSHOPS WITHIN OKAY.

WITHIN THE YEAR.

BUT THE LAST TIME WHAT WE HAD WAS COMMISSIONER.

IT WAS COMMISSIONER. RIGHT? THEN HE ASKED TO HAVE COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS I THINK THEN IT WAS VILLALOBOS SO WE CAN REVISIT IT DURING THE NEXT ANNUAL REPORT, BECAUSE IT'S ANNUALLY THAT THEY HAVE TO DO THE STRATEGIES, BUT THE MEETINGS ARE HELD AS NECESSARY.

SO IN THE COMMISSION CHAMBERS AND THEN FOR SOLID WASTE, IT IS TWICE PER MONTH.

RIGHT NOW IT'S ONCE A MONTH.

IT'S BACK TO ONCE A MONTH. ON FRIDAY IT'S A FRIDAY.

THE REASON BEING IT WENT TO A COUPLE OF TIMES A MONTH, WAS DUE TO CERTAIN ITEMS THAT HAD TO BE DISCUSSED IN A CERTAIN TIME FRAME TO BE ABLE TO VOTE AND MOVE THINGS ALONG.

IF NEITHER ONE OF YOU DO IT, I MEAN, BECAUSE THEN I'M GOING TO MISS IT.

9 A.M. IT'S NINE TO 11 TO 11.

I'M I WILL DO IT AS LONG AS BECAUSE I HAVE WATER ADVISORY BOARD.

AS LONG AS WELL.

IF IT'S ONLY FOR A YEAR, THIS ONE.

IF IT'S NOT INDEFINITE, I'LL, I'LL.

I'LL CONSIDER. I'LL DO IT.

[04:30:01]

OKAY. I'LL BE HAPPY TO BE YOUR BACKUP IF YOU WANT, BUT IF NOT SURE.

I'D LOVE TO BE OUT IN IT.

SO I HAVE THE DATES.

IT'S JANUARY 24TH, FEBRUARY 28TH, MARCH 28TH, APRIL 25TH.

FOR RIGHT NOW, YOU'LL GET THE REST OF THE TIME AND LOCATIONS.

THE TIME IS SET FROM 9 TO 11.

I'LL HAVE TO REMOVE THEM FROM MY CALENDAR AND PUT THEM ON YOURS.

THE LOCATIONS HAVE NOT BEEN DETERMINED FOR MEETINGS, SO I HAVE COMMISSIONER PATTERSON AND THEN BECCA.

COMMISSIONER. BUT. YEAH.

OKAY. THANK YOU. THE JANUARY 24TH MEETING IS AT THE PLANT.

IT'S IN THE BOARDROOM PLANTATION.

WE'LL GET THAT TO YOU. I'M SURE THEY'LL SEND IT TO YOU AND YOU'LL HAVE MEETINGS TO CATCH YOU UP TO SPEED.

IT'S ME. REBECCA.

THANK YOU. NANCY.

ALL RIGHT, SO COMMISSIONER PATTERSON IS THE REP AND COMMISSIONER BOLTON IS THE ALTERNATE.

ALRIGHT, IT IS NOW 332.

[1.i Discussion and Consensus on Staffing Options for the Office of The Mayor and Commission Presented by Human Resources Director Danielle Durgan ]

NEXT IS DISCUSSION AND CONSENSUS ON STAFFING OPTIONS FOR THE OFFICE OF THE MAYOR AND COMMISSION, BEING PRESENTED BY RESOURCES HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR DANIELLE BERGEN. THANK.

YOU THINK ABOUT THAT. THANK YOU.

OKAY. GOOD AFTERNOON.

MAYOR. VICE MAYOR.

COMMISSIONERS. DANIELLE BERGEN, DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES.

SO THIS AFTERNOON, I WILL I WAS GIVEN THE DIRECTION TO PRESENT STAFFING OPTIONS TO THE COMMISSION TO OUTLINE DIFFERENT SUPPORT OPTIONS FOR YOUR OFFICE.

THESE PROPOSALS REPRESENT DIFFERENT MODELS THAT OTHER CITIES HAVE IMPLEMENTED.

AND WE'LL RECEIVE THE DIRECTION FROM YOU ON WHAT MODEL YOU THE COMMISSION DESIRE.

SO THE PRESENTATION WILL GO OVER THE CURRENT SUPPORT STRUCTURE AND COSTS.

AND THEN WE'LL ADDRESS TWO PROPOSALS OF SUPPORT STRUCTURE AND COSTS.

SO CURRENTLY WHAT EXISTS IS OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT LIAISON POSITION THAT PROVIDES SUPPORT TO OUR COMMISSIONERS.

THEY ARE TEMPORARY PART TIME PER FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT.