Jan 22, 2025 Regular

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GOOD MORNING AND WELCOME. IT IS 9:30 AND IT IS WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22ND.

[CALL TO ORDER]

WHAT DO YOU THINK? WE WON'T DO ANYTHING ELSE. JUST GET TO TALK.

HAVE A GOOD DAY. I KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE THINGS THAT YOU'D RATHER DO.

ALL RIGHT, CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. GOOD MORNING EVERYONE.

MAYOR GOMEZ. GOOD MORNING. COMMISSIONER BOLTON.

COMMISSIONER. RIGHT. GOOD MORNING, COMMISSIONER PATTERSON.

GOOD MORNING, VICE MAYOR DANIEL. GOOD MORNING.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. IF EVERYONE PLEASE RISE.

COMMISSIONER CRYSTAL PATTERSON WILL LEAD US IN A PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. AND WE WILL HAVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.

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

THANK YOU. PLEASE BE SEATED. JUST.

A QUICK ANNOUNCEMENT. DURING THE DECEMBER 9TH, 2024 WORKSHOP, THE CITY COMMISSION AGREED TO CANCEL THE MARCH 12TH, 2025 COMMISSION MEETING DUE TO THEIR ATTENDANCE OR OUR ATTENDANCE AT ADVOCACY IN MOTION LEGISLATIVE CONFERENCE.

AS A RESULT, THE STATE OF THE CITY ADDRESS WILL NOW BE DELIVERED AT THE MARCH 26TH, 2025 COMMISSION MEETING, WHICH WILL BEGIN AT 7 P.M. AS OPPOSED TO 9:30 A.M..

CITY ATTORNEY ANY REPORT, MADAM MAYOR. NO REPORT.

OKAY. CITY MANAGER. SIR, PLEASE PROVIDE THE PRESENTATION HIGHLIGHTING OUR WONDERFUL EMPLOYEE SERVICE AWARDS.

[2. CITY MANAGER REPORT]

WELL OKAY, SO HERE WE GO. OKAY. GOOD MORNING EVERYONE.

WELCOME. THIS IS A THIS IS ONE OF THOSE GREAT MEETINGS, AND WE HAVE A WONDERFUL CROWD HERE.

SO MAYOR, I'M GOING TO READ THE NAMES AND SO YOU CAN WELCOME THE THE EMPLOYEES.

SO FIVE YEAR EDWIN MALDONADO, IS HE HERE? OKAY. EDWARD RODRIGUEZ, FIREFIGHTER FOR FIVE YEARS. IS HE HERE? OKAY.

I KNOW THIS GENTLEMAN IS HERE. JUSTIN ANTONOV, FIVE YEARS.

THANK YOU. FIVE YEARS. RIZALINA GARCIA.

FINANCE DEPARTMENT. AND THEN WE HAVE SHAKIRA.

SHAKIRA SMITH FOR FIVE YEARS.

ANDRE SMITH FIVE YEARS.

I THINK I SAW MYRNA. MYRNA GONZALEZ, FIVE YEARS.

ANDRE. COLIN ANDREWS IS HERE. FIVE YEARS.

AND I SAW GLADYS. GLADYS. IS SHE HERE? HOW ABOUT RYAN? FINALLY FIVE YEARS.

LATER COREY JAMES FIVE YEARS.

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SO NOW WE'RE MOVING UP ON DANGEROUS TERRITORIES OF TEN YEARS.

COLETTE. TIBI.

THANK YOU.

ANOTHER TEN YEAR EMPLOYEE, ANNA POWELL.

AND I CAN REPEAT THIS FOR JUST ABOUT EVERYONE.

I CAN'T BELIEVE IT'S BEEN TEN YEARS. VITALIS, CADET.

IS HE HERE? OH. WHEW! 15 YEARS. 15 YEARS.

DAVID GREENSTEIN. 20 YEARS.

HAVE PASSED AND WE HAVE GREG MARTIN, 20 YEARS.

VINCENT BYRNE 20 YEARS. THERE HE IS.

YES. THAT'S RIGHT. OKAY. THANK YOU. ONE, TWO. STEPHEN COURT, 25 YEARS.

OH MY GOODNESS. IT'S MYSELF. 30 YEARS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THAT'S A NICE ONE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. SORRY. WELL, I THINK AFTER 30 YEARS, I NEED TO SAY A FEW WORDS.

OH, GOD. SO I'D LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING. AND SO I WANT TO INTRODUCE MY WIFE, EBRU, WHO'S MY BETTER HALF.

AND I DO WANT TO THANK EVERY SINGLE ONE OF OUR EMPLOYEES FOR MAKING OUR LIVES, YOU KNOW, A BETTER PLACE IN THE ORGANIZATION, IN OUR COMMUNITIES, IN OUR CITIES, AND MAKING SURE THAT THE CITY OF TAMARAC IS A WONDERFUL PLACE TO LIVE, WORK AND PLAY. SO I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE EVERY SINGLE ONE OF OUR COMMISSION MEMBERS FOR THEIR SUPPORT AND FOR THEIR INNOVATION AND VISION THAT THEY BRING TO THIS COMMUNITY. SO WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND FOR YOUR VISION.

SO I'D LIKE TO SAY TO ANOTHER 30 YEARS THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH.

WONDERFUL TO SEE YOU ALL. BUT IT'S BEEN A WONDERFUL RIDE, AND I'M SO HAPPY TO BE PART OF THIS ORGANIZATION.

AND, YOU KNOW, I COULDN'T BE AT A BETTER PLACE.

THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU IN 25.

THANK YOU. SO, SO SO GO AHEAD, MAYOR. BECAUSE I WAS GOING TO. YEAH. GO AHEAD. IT'S YOUR CALL.

THAT'S RIGHT. I GOT I GOT CARRIED AWAY WITH THE WITH THE MICROPHONE.

I PREFER IT'S OKAY, IT'S OKAY. WELL, FIRST OFF, WE ARE VERY HAPPY THAT YOU ARE HERE 30 YEARS.

FOR EVERYBODY WHO SERVES OUR CITY SO WELL, WHETHER YOU'RE HERE FOR ONLY A FEW MONTHS OR 30 YEARS OR GOING ON 35 AND 36, I THINK THERE MIGHT BE 1 OR 2. WE APPRECIATE YOU SO VERY MUCH AND ALL THAT YOU DO TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR CITY RUNS WELL AND OUR RESIDENTS ARE HAPPY AND OUR BUSINESS OWNERS ARE

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AND ON THAT NOTE, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE KNOWING US 15 MINUTES MIGHT TURN TO 20.

WE'LL BE BACK HERE AT 10:00. EVERYBODY WHO HAD THEIR AWARDS, WE'RE GOING TO GO OUTSIDE FRONT.

TAKE YOUR PHOTOS, PLEASE. AND THEN IF EVERYONE WOULD PLEASE JOIN US OUT BACK.

WE HAVE A NICE LITTLE I THINK WE HAVE TWO NEW TRUCKS, ONE STRONGER TEAM.

BUT THERE'S AN ACTUAL WORD FOR IT. NOT LIKE A CHAMPAGNE BOTTLE ON A BOAT.

WHAT ARE WE DOING TO PUT THEM IN SERVICE? SO DO WE DO THE SAME FOR A TRUCK? YES. SO WE'RE GOING TO NOT SMASH A CHAMPAGNE BOTTLE ON THE BRAND NEW TRUCKS.

BUT WE ARE GOING TO GO AND WE'RE GOING TO PUT THEM IN SERVICE TOGETHER. SO IF YOU WOULD.

WE'LL BE BACK HERE AT 10:00. EVERYONE, PLEASE JOIN US OUTSIDE SO WE CAN CELEBRATE TOGETHER.

THANK YOU. THAT ON TIME, WE'RE ONLY A MINUTE LATE.

SO IT IS CURRENTLY 1001, AND WE ARE BACK ON THE RECORD.

SO, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, GETTING BACK TO OUR AGENDA HERE AS OUR FIRE TRUCKS ARE LEAVING, WE ARE GOING TO.

NOW I'M GOING TO ASK THE MY COLLEAGUES TO MEET ME BACK IN THE WELL, PLEASE, FOR THE NEXT PART OF OUR SECTION TWO.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU A LOT. OKAY. WHERE'S THE BIG ONE? I CAN'T HEAR YOU. JUST KIDDING. THIS IS GOING TO END UP ON. YOUR FACE. YEAH.

THAT'S RIGHT. YEAH, THAT'S IT RIGHT THERE. I DON'T REMEMBER THIS, BUT YOU.

ALL RIGHT. SO WHILE WE DO HAVE TWO PROCLAMATIONS, ONE FOR LUNAR NEW YEAR, HAPPY LUNAR NEW YEAR TO EVERYONE CELEBRATING. AND FOR CERTIFIED NURSES, ANESTHESIOLOGIST NURSES WEEK.

AND WE WILL NOT BE READING THEM TODAY. INSTEAD, WE ARE GOING STRAIGHT INTO SOMETHING NEAR AND NEAR AND DEAR AND IMPORTANT TO OUR HEART IN THIS PROCLAMATION WAS REQUESTED BY TAMARAC FIRE DEPARTMENT FIRE CHIEF MICHAEL ANISI.

SO WHEREAS EACH YEAR THE MEMBERS OF TAMARAC FIRE RESCUE NOMINATE THEIR PEERS FOR TAMARAC FIRE RESCUE FIREFIGHTER OF THE YEAR AWARD.

AND THE SELECTION COMMITTEE REVIEWS. ALL NOMINATIONS SUBMITTED.

WHEREAS CAPTAIN ALEX SEAMANS NOMINATION WAS UNANIMOUSLY SELECTED AS A 2024 TAMARAC FIREFIGHTER OF THE YEAR FOR HIS EXCEPTIONAL COMMITMENT TO TRAINING, OUTSTANDING CITIZENSHIP, CONSISTENT HIGH PERFORMANCE, AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE GREATER GOOD OF THE DEPARTMENT.

AND WHEREAS CAPTAIN ALEX SEAMAN IS DEDICATED TO TRAINING EVERY DAY WITH HIS CREWS IN FULL GEAR, AS WELL AS WORKING OUT IN FULL GEAR TO MAKE SURE HE IS FULLY FIT AND READY FOR ANY EMERGENCY RESPONSE.

ALL OF THIS WHILE BEING AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE ADAPTIVE RESPONSE OF STATION 36.

AND WHEREAS CAPTAIN ALEX SEAMAN IS KNOWN FOR HIS FIREMANSHIP AND HIS SKILLFUL AND GREAT TRAINING INSTRUCTOR WITH NEW RECRUITS.

HE HAS A RIGHT ATTITUDE AND IS ALWAYS A SMILE ON HIS FACE.

CAPTAIN SEAMAN EXEMPLIFIES ALL THE GOOD QUALITIES AND TRAITS THAT EVERY FIREFIGHTER, DRIVER, ENGINEER, AND FIRE OFFICER SHOULD ASPIRE TO BE.

NOW THEREFORE, I, MICHELLE J. GOMEZ, VERY PROUD MAYOR OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC, ON BEHALF OF THIS COMMISSION, DO HEREBY COMMEND CAPTAIN ALEX SEAMAN FOR HIS ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND ACTIONS ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC AND CONGRATULATE HIM ON BEING SELECTED THE 2024 CITY OF TAMARAC FIREFIGHTER OF THE YEAR. AND LET'S GIVE HIM A BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE.

WOOHOO! THANK.

YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

AND YOU KNOW, I THINK ABOUT OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

OH MY GOD. HI. PLEASE. PLEASE, PLEASE. I WANT YOU TO THINK ABOUT THE WORST THING.

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OKAY. OUR NEXT LITTLE PORTION HERE IS THE PRESENTATION OF THE FLORIDA CUP.

CAN I HAVE CHIEF DROZ? COME ON UP. HERE HE COMES.

CHIEF ROSE IS THE DIVISION CHIEF OF MS, AND HE'S BEEN SUPPORTING THE MS TEAM RIGHT ALONG AND HELPING OUT.

AND I WANTED HIM TO BE THE ONE TO PRESENT THIS TO THE TEAM FOR ALL THE EFFORT THAT'S GONE INTO THAT.

ALL RIGHT. GOOD MORNING. SO I'M JUST GOING TO READ A LITTLE BIT SOMETHING THAT I WROTE THIS MORNING LAST MINUTE.

NO, I'M JUST KIDDING. WHOA, WHOA. LET'S NOT BREAK IT RIGHT NOW.

IT'S IT'S ON LOAN FOR A SECOND CONSECUTIVE YEAR.

TAMARAC FIRE RESCUE ALS COMPETITION TEAM IS A DEDICATED GROUP OF PARAMEDICS COMMITTED TO EXCELLENCE IN EMERGENCY MEDICAL CARE.

COMPETING AGAINST TOP TEAMS FROM ACROSS THE STATE, THEY ARE ALSO KNOWN INTERNATIONALLY.

THEY WENT TO SPAIN. THEY DID VERY WELL. THEY HAVE DEMONSTRATED THEIR EXCEPTIONAL SKILLS TEAMWORK, CLINICAL EXPERTISE, EARNING THEM THE PRESTIGIOUS FLORIDA CUP TITLE TWO CONSECUTIVE YEARS.

AND HOPEFULLY WE'RE GOING TO DO A THREE PEAT.

OKAY. NO PRESSURE. THIS ACHIEVEMENT HIGHLIGHTS THEIR UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT.

ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT TECHNIQUES AND PROVIDING THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF CARE TO THE COMMUNITY.

THROUGH RIGOROUS TRAINING AND PASSION FOR SAVING LIVES, THE TEAM CONTINUES TO SET THE STANDARDS IN MS COMPETITION AND EMERGING EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES. SO PLEASE, TEAM, COME DOWN. CONGRATULATIONS.

WE'RE ON THE LINE. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU.

NO NO NO. NO MORE CONGRATS. KIND WORDS. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. CONGRATS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

CONGRATS. ALL. RIGHT. I DON'T WANT TO BLOCK YOU.

I'LL BE RIGHT HERE. YOU. GOT IT. BRO. ALL RIGHT. LET'S. DO THIS. YEAH. WHOA! THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

OKAY. GOOD JOB GUYS. THAT'S IT.

OH. MY GOODNESS.

YOU THINK SHE'S TALKING ABOUT? THIS IS WHAT I MEAN.

THAT'S. GREAT. THANK YOU. YES. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, CITY MANAGER, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING FURTHER TO REPORT? I HAVE A SHORT REPORT, MADAM MAYOR.

GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OUR SERVICE AWARD RECIPIENTS TO OUR EMPLOYEES.

AND CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR FIREFIGHTER OF THE YEAR AND THE THE ALS CHAMPIONS.

THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. SO CITY OF TAMARAC IS PLEASED TO INTRODUCE FAST TRACK PERMITS FOR SELECT SERVICES, INCLUDING RESIDENTIAL PLUMBING, WATER HEATERS LIKE WATER HEATERS, RESIDENTIAL MECHANICAL AC UNITS, CHANGE OUT, SO APPLICATIONS WOULD BE ACCEPTED EVERY THURSDAY FROM 1:30 P.M.

TO 3:30 P.M., WITH A LIMIT OF TWO SUBMISSIONS PER CUSTOMER.

TO STREAMLINE. TO STREAMLINE THE PROCESS, ALL REQUIRED DOCUMENTS MUST BE SUBMITTED AS A COMPLETE PERMIT PACKAGE.

ONCE APPROVED, YOUR PERMIT CARD WILL BE PROCESSED AND ISSUED SO YOU CAN.

FOR DETAILED INFORMATION, INCLUDING APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS, YOU CAN VISIT OUR WEBSITE.

WE HAVE A NUMBER OF WONDERFUL EVENTS COMING UP ON SATURDAY THIS JANUARY 25TH.

FIRE RESCUE WILL BE CELEBRATING ITS 50TH ANNIVERSARY AT THE FIRE STATION 36.

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AND 8 P.M.. THAT'S A THAT'S A WONDERFUL EVENT.

AND SO WE TRULY WANT EVERYONE TO ATTEND THIS.

IT'S A WONDERFUL EVENT PUT TOGETHER BY THE CITY STAFF.

AND OUR NEXT COMMISSION MEETING WILL BE FEBRUARY 12TH AT 7 P.M..

AND THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT, AND I'M PLEASED TO INTRODUCE, AT THIS POINT, MR. RYAN MURRAY, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY RESEARCH FROM STC INSTITUTE, RYAN WILL PRESENT THE RESULTS OF OUR 2024 RESIDENT AND BUSINESS SURVEYS, PROVIDING VALUABLE INSIGHTS INTO THE NEEDS AND PRIORITIES OF OUR COMMUNITY AT THIS TIME.

I'D LIKE TO INVITE RYAN TO THE PODIUM TO SHARE THE FINDINGS AND KEY TAKEAWAYS FROM THE SURVEYS.

RYAN, THANK YOU. THANK YOU, CITY MANAGER. THANK YOU, MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION FOR HAVING ME. THIS THIS THIS MORNING.

SORRY. IT'S USUALLY EVENING WHEN I DO THESE, SO I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT.

THIS IS THE IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE HAD THE PLEASURE OF BEING HERE, BUT ETC. INSTITUTES HAD A LONG RELATIONSHIP WITH THE CITY OF TAMARAC. WE'VE DONE YOUR SURVEY FOR MANY, MANY, MANY YEARS, PROBABLY TWO DECADES NOW.

OUR OWNER AND CEO, MY MENTOR IS CHRIS TATHAM.

HE'S THE ONE THAT ORIGINALLY STARTED THIS PROJECT WITH THE CITY, AND YOU ALL ARE ALWAYS THE FIRST COMMUNITY HE BRINGS UP WHEN HE TALKS ABOUT OUR PRESENCE IN SOUTH FLORIDA, WHICH HAS GROWN TO BE SO LARGE THAT IN FACT, WE RUN A BENCHMARKING SURVEY WITHIN THE STATE OF FLORIDA EVERY YEAR, JUST FOR ALL OF THE CLIENTS THAT WE HAVE IN THIS REGION.

SO WE'RE HAPPY TO BE HERE. WE'VE BEEN AROUND FOR ABOUT 40 YEARS.

I'VE GOT A REALLY LONG PRESENTATION, TONS OF SLIDES, MORE OF A DELIVERABLE FOR BOTH THE COMMISSION AS WELL AS STAFF.

I'M GOING TO MOVE RELATIVELY FAST THROUGH THE SLIDES, BUT PLEASE FEEL FREE TO STOP ME.

LET ME KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING THAT YOU'D LIKE ME TO STAY ON FOR JUST ANOTHER MOMENT OR SO.

ONE OF THE BEST THINGS ABOUT BEING ABLE TO COME HERE AND ACTUALLY PROVIDE THESE PRESENTATIONS IN PERSON IS TO FIRST FRAME UP THE THE LENS FOR WHICH I REVIEW THE REVIEW THE RESULTS. AND REALLY, AS THE CONSULTANT, I SEE THIS AS AN OBJECTIVE ASSESSMENT OF THE QUALITY OF CITY SERVICES, HOW PEOPLE THINK, FEEL AND SEE THE SERVICES DELIVERED IN THEIR COMMUNITY EVERY DAY.

IT'S REALLY A SNAPSHOT IN TIME. SO WE CONDUCTED THE SURVEY TOWARDS THE END OF LAST YEAR, RIGHT DURING THE ELECTION SEASON, RIGHT BEFORE THE ELECTION, FOR THE MOST PART. AND WE WANT TO USE THE SURVEY INSTRUMENT TO IDENTIFY WAYS TO IMPROVE SATISFACTION.

AND WE DO THAT THROUGH BAKED IN SURVEY DESIGN.

AND SO WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY BAKING IN QUESTION DESIGN.

AND WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR YEARS TO ENSURE THAT WE CAN UTILIZE OUR IMPORTANT SATISFACTION ANALYSIS TO PUSH PRIORITIES.

NOW THESE ARE JUST RECOMMENDATIONS BASED ON SATISFACTION AND EMPHASIS THAT'S PROVIDED BY RESPONDENTS.

BUT IT'S A GOOD WAY TO TRACK AND MONITOR YOUR PERFORMANCE. AND AGAIN, TO KIND OF FOCUS IN ON A FEW IMPROVEMENT AREAS EVERY SURVEY CYCLE.

IN TERMS OF METHODOLOGY, IT WAS A SEVEN PAGE SURVEY, SAME AS IN PRIOR YEARS.

CITY OF TAMARAC CAN STILL WITHSTAND A LONGER SURVEY WHERE IN SOME COMMUNITIES WE'VE MOVED OR PUSHED TO SHORTER SURVEYS FOR RESPONSE RATE REASONS, WE ADMINISTER THAT SURVEY WITH MULTI-MODAL METHODOLOGY.

WE MAIL THAT SURVEY FIRST TO A RANDOM SAMPLE OF HOUSEHOLDS WITHIN EACH ONE OF YOUR COMMISSION DISTRICTS.

WE THEN FOLLOW UP VIA POSTCARD, TEXT MESSAGE, EMAIL, SOCIAL MEDIA ADS UNTIL WE REACH 300 COMPLETED SURVEYS WITHIN EACH ONE OF THE COMMISSION DISTRICTS, FOR A TOTAL OF 1200 COMPLETED SURVEYS ACROSS THE CITY FOR ABOUT.

FOR A COMMUNITY THAT'S ABOUT 80,000 PEOPLE, ABOUT 30,000 HOUSEHOLDS, THAT'S A HUGE SAMPLE SIZE.

JUST TO PUT IT INTO PERSPECTIVE, THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO CONDUCTS A SURVEY WITH US.

EVERY OTHER YEAR. WE DO 1067 COMPLETED SURVEYS IN THEIR COMMUNITY.

SO OVERALL, YOUR MARGIN OF ERROR IS LOWER THAN OUR SAN ANTONIO'S, OUR DALLAS CLIENTS, OUR KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, ABOUT 3%. AND I'M GOING TO USE JUST KIND OF AN ABOUT IT'S REALLY 2.7% OF THE 95% LEVEL OF CONFIDENCE, WHICH MEANS THAT IF WE WERE TO GO OUT AND GET 300 SURVEYS FROM EACH ONE OF YOUR COMMISSION DISTRICTS 100 TIMES 95 OUT OF 100 TIMES.

I SHOULD GET THESE SAME RESULTS, PLUS OR MINUS OUR MARGIN OF ERROR OF AGAIN, ABOUT 3%.

SO 50% OF PEOPLE SAID YES TO A QUESTION OR A SURVEY, THIS TIME 95 OUT OF 100 TIMES I SHOULD SEE YESES GOING UP TO ABOUT 53% OR NO'S GOING UP TO ABOUT 53%. AND SO THERE'S THAT KIND OF PLUS OR MINUS MARGIN OF ERROR ON EITHER SIDE OF THOSE RESULTS.

WHEN WE TALK ABOUT METHODOLOGY, IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THE RANDOMNESS OF THE METHODOLOGY, WHICH HELPS ENSURE THE SCIENTIFIC INTEGRITY OF THE RESULTS.

BUT IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO ENSURE GEOGRAPHIC AND DEMOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION WITHIN THE RESULTS.

TAMARAC HAS A VERY DIVERSE COMMUNITY THAT HAS A VERY UNIQUE GEOGRAPHY.

WE NEED TO ENSURE THAT WE'VE REPRESENTED THAT ACCURATELY, WHICH HOPEFULLY THE MAP SHOWS THAT WE'VE DONE THAT IN THE DEMOGRAPHIC SECTION OF THE SURVEY. WE'VE ALSO ENSURED THAT YOUR RESULTS CLOSELY OR ACCURATELY MATCH THE CENSUS STATISTICS FOR THE CITY OF TAMARAC AS WELL.

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IF YOU LEAVE HERE WITH NOTHING ELSE, I HOPE YOU UNDERSTAND THAT OVERALL SATISFACTION IS REALLY HIGH, BOTH FOR YOUR COMMUNITY AND YOUR BUSINESS. SURVEY REPORTS YOU PERFORM WELL ABOVE NATIONAL AND REGIONAL AVERAGES, REALLY SETTING THE STANDARD FOR CORE SERVICES IN MANY KEY AREAS.

AND WE DEVELOP OPPORTUNITIES FOR IMPROVEMENT, WHICH INCLUDES TRAFFIC FLOW AS WELL AS A COUPLE OF OTHER ITEMS. THIS YEAR. TRAFFIC FLOW IS ONE OF THOSE ITEMS HIGH PERFORMING COMMUNITIES SEE OFTEN.

IT'S ONE OF THOSE AREAS THAT WE KNOW THRIVING COMMUNITIES HAVE TRAFFIC.

WE KNOW IN THIS PART OF THE COUNTRY SPECIFICALLY OR THIS PART OF FLORIDA REGIONALLY.

IT'S A REGIONAL ISSUE. IT'S NOT JUST THE CITY OF TAMARAC WITH TRAFFIC ISSUES, IT'S EVERYBODY IN THE AREA WITH TRAFFIC ISSUES.

SO WE DO EXPECT THAT PARTICULAR ITEM. AND IN LIEU OF THAT BEING A TOP PRIORITY, WE'RE HAPPY TO SEE THAT FOR HIGH PERFORMING ORGANIZATIONS, BECAUSE IT'S NOT YOUR FIRE OR EMS, IT'S NOT YOUR BROWARD COUNTY PARTNERSHIPS, IT'S NOT YOUR SCHOOLS THAT ARE HIGH PRIORITIES FOR IMPROVEMENT.

IT'S REALLY TRAFFIC FLOW. AND SO WHEN SO WHEN WE LOOK AT THE OVERALL CATEGORY OF CITY SERVICES AS IT RELATES TO QUALITY OF LIFE, TRAFFIC FLOWS, ONE OF THOSE ITEMS THAT'S NICE TO HAVE LOW TRAFFIC FLOW, BUT AN AREA THAT WE KNOW TO BE A COMMON, HIGH PRIORITY FOR HIGH PERFORMING ORGANIZATIONS.

WHEN WE TALK ABOUT SURVEYS, AGAIN, IT'S A SNAPSHOT IN TIME.

IT'S A PERCEPTIONS RELATED SURVEY. WE KNOW NOT ALL RESPONDENTS HAVE FIRSTHAND PERSPECTIVES WITH EACH ONE OF THESE PARTICULAR ITEMS. BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, MOST OF THE AREAS THAT WERE ASSESSED WERE DIRECTLY COMPARABLE TO OUR BENCHMARKING.

THE CITY PERFORMED WELL ABOVE OUR BENCHMARKING IN MANY OF THOSE KEY AREAS.

JUST A LITTLE BIT OF INTERPRETATION ITEMS IN BLUE OUT TO THE LEFT ARE GOING TO BE MORE POSITIVE.

MOVING OVER TO THE RIGHT IN RED, MORE DISSATISFIED OR BELOW AVERAGE OR POOR RATINGS FOR THESE CHARTS.

AND THAT SHOULD BE KIND OF THE COLOR BREAKDOWN OF ALL THE CHARTS THAT I SHOWED TODAY.

WHEN WE TALK ABOUT OVERALL QUALITY WITH MAJOR SATISFACTION OR OVERALL SATISFACTION WITH THE MAJOR QUALITY OF CITY SERVICES, WE'LL SEE THIS SLIDE. AGAIN, I'M HIGHLIGHTING THE ITEMS THAT WERE TOP PRIORITIES FOR IMPROVEMENT THIS YEAR.

THE IMPORTANT SATISFACTION ANALYSIS DRAWS OUT ITEMS THAT ARE BELOW AVERAGE SATISFACTION AND ABOVE AVERAGE EMPHASIS OR IMPORTANCE PLACED ON THEM.

FLOW OF TRAFFIC IN THE CITY IS THE ITEM WITH SOME OF THE HIGHEST LEVELS OF DISSATISFACTION.

ENFORCEMENT OF CODES, QUALITY OF OUR STREETS AND MAINTENANCE AREAS ARE SOME OF THOSE OTHER HIGHER PRIORITY AREAS THAT WERE JOINED BY FLOW OF TRAFFIC IN THE 2024 SURVEY.

WE TALK ABOUT PERCEPTIONS OF SAFETY. RESIDENTS OVERALL FEEL EXTREMELY SAFE IN THE COMMUNITY AS A AS A WHOLE, REGARDLESS OF THE SITUATION. SO WALKING, DRIVING IN THE CITY, IN COMMERCIAL AND RETAIL AREAS, IN NEIGHBORHOODS, DURING THE DAY AND AT NIGHT, A MAJORITY OF RESPONDENTS FEEL SAFE.

FOUR OF THOSE AREAS WERE DIRECTLY COMPARABLE TO OUR BENCHMARKING DATABASE. YOU RATED ABOVE THE US AVERAGE IN FLORIDA, AVERAGE IN EACH OF THOSE. OR EXCUSE ME, ALL BUT ONE OF THOSE AREAS.

WHEN WE TALK ABOUT FEELINGS FOR TAXES, AGAIN, MORE PERCEPTION RELATED ITEMS. A MAJORITY OF RESPONDENTS INDICATE THAT, HEY, I FEEL GOOD ABOUT THE LEVEL OF LEVEL OF SERVICES OR THE AMOUNT OF TAXES THAT I'M PAYING.

THAT ENCOMPASSES THE LIGHT GREEN, DARK BLUE AND BLUE GRADIENTS THERE.

ONLY ABOUT ONE QUARTER OF RESPONDENTS INDICATED THAT TAXES ARE JUST TOO HIGH FOR THE QUALITY OF SERVICES I'M RECEIVING, AND ABOUT 1 IN 5 A LITTLE BIT MORE INDICATED THAT THEY RENT OR DON'T PAY TAXES, OR THEY'RE JUST NOT SURE.

AND SO AGAIN, JUST PERCEPTION RELATED ITEMS HERE.

A MAJORITY OF FOLKS INDICATING, HEY, WE'RE GETTING PRETTY GOOD SERVICE FOR THE LEVEL OF TAXES THAT I PAY.

AND WE TALK ABOUT HISTORICAL RESULTS. ONE OF THE REASONS THAT WE CONTINUE TO DO THESE SURVEYS IS TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO TRACK YOUR PERFORMANCE OVER TIME.

AND SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT PERFORMANCE OVER TIME, IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT WE DO THESE SURVEYS EVERY YEAR WITH COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY OVER THE LAST 3 TO 4 YEARS, REALLY SINCE COVID RATINGS HAVE DROPPED.

YOUR LAST SURVEY SAYS 2021. IT WAS RIGHT AT THE END OF 2020 INTO 2021.

SO IT WAS JUST RIGHT AS AS THE BEGINNING OF COVID.

AND YOU CAN SEE A LITTLE BIT OF A DIP FROM 9 TO 21 AND THEN AGAIN TO 2024.

THE BIG STORY HERE IS THAT OF THE 14 AREAS THAT WERE ASSESSED, ONLY FOUR SAW A SIGNIFICANT DECREASE IN OVERALL SATISFACTION, WHICH SUGGESTS THAT OUR RESULTS ARE RELATIVELY CONSISTENT YEAR OVER YEAR.

WE TALK ABOUT SOME OF OUR LARGEST INCREASES IN TRENDS FROM 2021.

WE SEE AVAILABILITY OF PUBLIC ART, QUALITY OF STORMWATER MANAGEMENT, EFFORTS TO INVOLVE THE COMMUNITY, AND FIRE SAFETY EDUCATION PROGRAMS FROM 20 OR 2009.

EXCUSE ME, CITY EFFORTS TO INVOLVE THE COMMUNITY AGAIN TOPPED THAT LIST WITH APPEARANCE OF CITY PARKS, CANALS, OUTDOOR ATHLETIC FIELDS, AND AVAILABILITY OF WALKING AND BIKING TRAILS. SO A LOT OF GOOD QUALITY OF LIFE ITEMS, A LOT OF RECREATION RELATED ITEMS OR PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT RELATED ITEMS. TOPPING THE LIST IN TERMS OF POSITIVE INCREASES FROM THE PAST, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT BENCHMARKING, WE'RE NOW REALLY COMPARING OR PROVIDING SOME CONTEXTUALIZATION TO THE OVERALL RESULTS.

AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, WE SAW SOME DECLINES IN THE OVERALL MAJOR CATEGORIES OF SERVICES.

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YOU'RE WELL ABOVE THE AVERAGE IN EACH ONE OF THOSE AREAS THAT ARE SHOWN UP ABOVE.

WHEN WE LOOK AT COMPARATIVE STRENGTHS COMPARED TO OUR BENCHMARKING DATABASE OF BOTH THE US AND FLORIDA AVERAGES, YOU CAN SEE HERE THAT YOU'RE WELL ABOVE IN MANY CORE AREAS.

AND IN TERMS OF COMPARATIVE WEAKNESSES, JUST TWO AREAS.

WE'RE SIGNIFICANTLY BELOW EITHER OF THOSE AVERAGES. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE ENTIRETY OF ALL THE AREAS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO COMPARE.

WE ALSO DO SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT UNIQUE FOR THE CITY OF TAMARAC.

WE DEVELOP A SOUTH FLORIDA AVERAGE. THERE'S A LOT OF TEXT ON THIS SCREEN.

THE BIG THING HERE IS THAT WE HAVE THE FOLLOWING COMMUNITIES OUT TO THE LEFT INCLUDED IN THIS NEW AVERAGE.

WHAT WE'RE REALLY DOING IS TAKING A HEIGHTENED LOOK AT YOUR RESULTS COMPARED TO THOSE WHO COMPLETE SURVEYS WITH US OR HAVE OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.

WHEN WE TALK ABOUT COMPARATIVE STRENGTHS TO THAT SOUTH FLORIDA AVERAGE, THAT SPECIFIC AVERAGE OF MY CLIENTS TALK ABOUT QUALITY OF STORMWATER MANAGEMENT.

FLOW OF TRAFFIC IN THE CITY IS ABOVE THAT REGIONAL AVERAGE.

SO AGAIN, I WANT TO NOTE A HIGH PRIORITY FOR IMPROVEMENT IS FLOW OF TRAFFIC.

BUT YOU'RE PERFORMING BETTER THAN THE AVERAGE OF MOST OF OUR LOCAL CLIENTS, WHICH IS A BIG NOTE THERE.

WHEN WE TALK ABOUT SOME OF OUR COMPARATIVE WEAKNESSES, WE SEE TAMARAC RATED BELOW THE SOUTH FLORIDA AVERAGE AND ONLY SEVEN OF THE 38 AREAS.

SO LESS THAN ONE OUT OF FIVE OF THOSE ITEMS. AND WE TALK ABOUT OPPORTUNITIES.

AGAIN, BACK TO THE IMPORTANT SATISFACTION ANALYSIS.

WE'VE ALREADY SEEN THIS PARTICULAR SLIDE. AND AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, THE OVERALL ANALYSIS IS REALLY DRAWING OUT ITEMS BELOW AVERAGE SATISFACTION AND ABOVE AVERAGE IMPORTANCE. IN A FORCED RANKING QUESTION, WE CAN SEE THAT A FEW OF OUR TOP ITEMS TOWARDS THE TOP.

THERE ARE SOME OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ITEMS FOR RESPONDENTS INDICATING HEY, WE SHOULD EMPHASIZE THESE OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS.

THE BIG NOTE HERE ON THIS TYPE OF ANALYSIS IS THAT ITEMS TOWARDS THE BOTTOM ARE ITEMS THAT ARE UNLIKELY TO HAVE A MAJOR IMPACT ON OVERALL QUALITY OF SERVICES OR OVERALL SATISFACTION MOVING FORWARD. IT ALSO SUGGESTS THAT WE HAVE OVERALL HIGH RATINGS IN MANY OF THOSE OF THOSE AREAS, SO IT'S UNLIKELY THAT WE'LL INCREASE SATISFACTION IN THOSE AREAS TO SUCH A DEGREE THAT IT WILL HAVE OVERALL IMPACTS.

BUT IF WE FOCUS ON THE AREAS AT THE TOP, OVERALL SATISFACTION IS RELATIVELY LOW.

OVERALL EMPHASIS IS RELATIVELY HIGH. IT SHOULD GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO HELP BEGIN TO PUSH SATISFACTION IN OTHER AREAS BY FOCUSING ON AREAS HIGHLIGHTED IN RED ABOVE.

I'VE ALSO HIGHLIGHTED QUALITY OF POLICE SERVICES, PRIMARILY BECAUSE THAT'S GOT A HIGH IMPORTANT SATISFACTION RATING.

BUT I ALSO LIKE TO NOTE IN THESE PARTICULAR INSTANCES, RESPONDENTS ARE EXTREMELY SATISFIED WITH THIS SERVICE.

THEY JUST WANT YOU TO CONTINUE TO EMPHASIZE IT.

WE'LL SEE SIMILAR PERCEPTIONS OR WE'LL SEE SIMILAR IDEAS IN THE BUSINESS SURVEY RESULTS, WHERE BUSINESSES MOVE TO THE CITY OF TAMARAC BECAUSE IT'S A SAFE COMMUNITY, LOW CRIME RATE. THEY'RE GOING TO STAY HERE BECAUSE OF THAT. THEY WANT YOU TO CONTINUE TO EMPHASIZE POLICE SERVICES BECAUSE OF HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO THEM, NOT BECAUSE OF A DEGRADATION OR A LOW GRADE IN TERMS OF SATISFACTION.

I SHOWED THE MAP AT THE BEGINNING BASED ON THOSE AREAS THAT WE SHADE HERE.

THESE ARE CENSUS BLOCK GROUPS BASED ON THE NUMBER OF DOTS WITHIN EACH ONE OF THOSE AREAS.

WE'LL TAKE THE MEAN RATING AND WE'LL SHADE THE AREA TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF A BETTER BREAKDOWN IN TERMS OF WHERE SATISFACTION MIGHT BE DEVIATING THE MOST.

I'VE HIGHLIGHTED JUST THE TOP PRIORITIES FOR IMPROVEMENT IN THIS PARTICULAR INSTANCE.

THIS IS THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC IN THE CITY. WE CAN SEE MOST OF THE RESPONSES THROUGHOUT THE CITY ARE RELATIVELY NEUTRAL, WITH SOME POCKETS OF THE COMMUNITY SAYING, HEY, WE'RE GENERALLY SATISFIED WITH THAT AREA.

ANOTHER SIGN THAT THE CITY IS PERFORMING WELL IN OTHER AREAS IS THAT WE DON'T HAVE LARGE SWATHS OF DISSATISFACTION.

IT'S MORE OF A INCONVENIENCE FOR RESPONDENTS.

OUR SECOND PRIORITY WAS ENFORCEMENT OF CITY CODES AND ORDINANCES. WE SEE A VERY SIMILAR ATTITUDE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT APPEARANCE OF CITY STREETS, MEDIANS, BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES. ANOTHER AREA WHERE PERFORMANCE IS RELATIVELY STRONG BUT EMPHASIS WAS HIGH.

AND OUR FINAL ONE IS QUALITY OF CITY STREETS, WHERE WE ACTUALLY HAVE AN AREA THAT'S SHADED DARK BLUE.

SO AGAIN, OVERALL SATISFACTION IS RELATIVELY HIGH.

WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT COMPARISONS YOU'RE PERFORMING EXTREMELY WELL.

THESE ARE FOCUS AREAS FOR THE CITY TO LOOK AT AND TO FOCUS ON OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS, AS IT RELATES ONLY TO SATISFACTION.

WE TALK ABOUT ADDITIONAL FINDINGS OR SURVEYS, CONSTANTLY FIND NEW TOPICS OR NEW QUESTIONS THAT STAFF WOULD LIKE TO GET STATISTICALLY VALID DATA FROM THE RESIDENTS ABOUT. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT COMMUNICATION, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND NOT ONLY WHERE FOLKS ARE GETTING THEIR INFORMATION, BUT SOMETIMES WHERE THE MOST PREFERENCE IS AS WELL.

AND WE ASKED ABOUT PREFERENCE COMPARED TO THE TABLE THAT WE'RE SEEING HERE.

TAMARAC NEWS MAGAZINE TAMARAC. ORG AND EMAIL BLASTS OR NEWSLETTERS WERE AMONG THE MOST PREFERRED SOURCES OF INFORMATION, AND THEY'RE ALSO THE MOST USED, WHICH SHOWS A LOT OF FORESIGHT IN YOUR COMMUNICATIONS AND YOUR STAFF THAT THEY'RE NOT ONLY SENDING OUT THE INFORMATION AND WHERE RESPONDENTS ARE USING IT. MOST, BUT RESPONDENTS ACTUALLY PREFER TO GET INFORMATION FROM THOSE MOST UTILIZED SOURCES.

WE TALK ABOUT CITIES VALUES AND DIVERSITY. THIS WAS A COUPLE OF AREAS WHERE WE SAW MASSIVE INPUTS OR MASSIVE INCREASES IN OVERALL SATISFACTION OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS.

WHEN WE TALK ABOUT OVERALL CUSTOMER SERVICE, WE SAW CUSTOMER SERVICE AS A STRENGTH BOTH IN OUR BENCHMARKING AND SOME OF OUR COMPARATIVE

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THAT CAN BE A VERY DIFFICULT ISSUE, ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING ONE OUT OF FIVE OF THESE PEOPLE CALLED TO COMPLAIN TO FILE A COMPLAINT.

ABOUT HALF WERE ASKING A QUESTION. IT CAN BE A REALLY DIFFICULT TASK TO ENSURE THAT OUR CITY STAFF ARE ABLE TO MAKE SURE THESE PEOPLE ARE LEFT SATISFIED.

AFTER SOME OF THE CALLS THAT WE KNOW WE'RE GOING TO RECEIVE, AN OVERALL SUMMARY SATISFACTION IS REALLY HIGH.

THE SURVEY IS DESIGNED TO CREATE ITEMS FOR IMPROVEMENT BASED ON THE IMPORTANT SATISFACTION ANALYSIS.

ALTHOUGH WE DID SEE A COUPLE OF DOWNTURNS, WE CONTEXTUALIZE THOSE RESULTS WITH REGIONAL, NATIONAL AND ALSO OUR SOUTH FLORIDA REGIONAL BENCHMARKING, WHICH SHOWS THAT YOU'RE EXTREMELY HIGH PERFORMING WELL ABOVE THOSE REGIONAL AND NATIONAL AVERAGES.

I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS OR PAUSE FOR JUST A MOMENT, OR WE CAN JUST JUMP RIGHT INTO THE BUSINESS SURVEY RESULTS FOR WHICH I HAVE FEWER SLIDES.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR NOW OR DO IT ALL AT ONCE. LET'S DO IT ALL AT ONCE.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU MAYOR. SO WE ALSO CONDUCTED A BUSINESS SURVEY.

CITY OF TAMARAC IS VERY UNIQUE IN THAT YOU CONDUCT A BUSINESS EMPLOYEE AS WELL AS A COMMUNITY SATISFACTION SURVEY.

IT'S THE SAME IDEA. IT'S AN OBJECTIVE ASSESSMENT WITH THE DELIVERY OF CITY SERVICES FROM BUSINESS LEADERS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY, NOT THE. NOT ALL OF THESE PEOPLE WOULD HAVE LIVED HERE. THEY MIGHT HAVE JUST BEEN A MANAGER AND OWNER OF A BUSINESS HERE LOCALLY. WE WANT TO IDENTIFY AGAIN THROUGH DESIGN FEATURES IN THE SURVEY, WHERE WE CAN FOCUS SOME OF OUR EFFORTS TO INCREASE OVERALL SATISFACTION, AND WE WANT TO REALLY ADDRESS OUR PERFORMANCE OR TRACK OUR PERFORMANCE OVER TIME.

IT'S A MUCH SMALLER SURVEY. THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY HAS A MUCH SMALLER TIME COMMITMENT TO THESE SURVEYS.

WE'VE REALLY HAD TO TRIM THAT DOWN FROM 6 OR 7 PAGES YEARS AGO TO NOW, 3 OR 4 PAGES TODAY.

WE ADMINISTER IT THE SAME WAY. IT TAKES A LOT MORE PHONE FOLLOW UP, SO WE REALLY DO HAVE TO PUT OUR PHONE INTERVIEWERS ON THESE PROJECTS AND CALL BUSINESSES THROUGHOUT THE DAY, THROUGHOUT THE EVENING TO ENSURE WE'RE CAPTURING THOSE VOICES. IT CAN BE A REALLY DIFFICULT PROJECT, AND THROUGH OUR LAST PROPOSAL, WE DID SUGGEST A LITTLE BIT OF A DIFFERENT SAMPLE SIZE AND SURVEY GROUPING.

SO WE HAVE 204 COMPLETED SURVEYS WITH A HEIGHTENED MARGIN OF ERROR OF ABOUT SIX AND A HALF, 7% FOR THESE PARTICULAR RESULTS. WE TALK ABOUT PERCEPTIONS.

RECEPTIONS ARE HIGH WHEN WE TALK. ARE YOU OVERALL FRIENDLY BUSINESS COMMUNITY? VAST MAJORITY 80% OF RESPONDENTS INDICATED YES.

IT'S NOT A SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE, BUT THE DROP IN NO RESPONSES IS PRETTY HIGH.

IT'S ABOUT 5% TOUCHING ON OUR MARGIN OF ERROR, JUST BARELY.

WE TALK ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THE FOLLOWING WERE A REASON WHY YOU WOULD MOVE TO TAMARAC.

LOW CRIME RATE IS HIGHLIGHTED THERE BECAUSE IN A FOLLOW UP FORCE DRINKING QUESTION, ABOUT 52% OF RESPONDENTS INDICATED THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S GOING TO CONTINUE TO KEEP THEM THERE. SO SIMILARLY TO OUR IMPORTANT SATISFACTION ANALYSIS ON THE COMMUNITY RESULTS, RESPONDENTS SEE THE VALUE THAT TAMARAC IS PROVIDING WITH THEIR POLICE SERVICES.

THEY WANT TO CONTINUE TO SEE THE HIGH LEVEL OF SERVICE THAT IS BEING PROVIDED CONTINUE INTO THE FUTURE.

WE TALK ABOUT RECOMMENDATION OF THE CITY AS A PLACE TO DO BUSINESS OR TO LOCATE YOUR BUSINESS.

AGAIN, ALMOST 80% OF RESPONDENTS ARE IN AGREEMENT.

1 IN 5 ARE IN DISAGREEMENT. AND WHEN YOU'RE TALKING PROPORTIONALLY, IT'S 99 TO 1 WOULD EITHER AGREE, ABSTAIN, OR WOULD RECOMMEND THE CITY AS A PLACE TO LIVE VERSUS THOSE WHO WOULD DISAGREE WITH THAT STATEMENT.

AND SO THE PROPORTIONALITY THERE IS REALLY STRONG.

EVEN IF YOU TAKE THE NEITHER AGREE OR DISAGREE AND ADD IT TO THE DISAGREE.

YOU'RE STILL LOOKING AT 88 TO 22%. SO A REALLY STRONG PROPORTION OF THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY SATISFIED WITH THE WAY THAT THINGS ARE GOING HERE IN THE CITY.

WHEN WE TALK ABOUT BUSINESS CLIMATE, MOST RESPONDENTS SAY IT'S BETTER OR THERE'S BEEN NO CHANGE, BUT IT'S GOOD. AND AGAIN, PROPORTIONALITY, YOU'RE LOOKING AT 13% COMPARED TO THE VAST MAJORITY OF RESPONSES IN BLUE.

SO YOU'RE LOOKING AT A REALLY SMALL PROPORTION OF PROPORTION OF FOLKS THAT ARE SAYING NO CHANGE, BUT POOR OR WORSE COMPARED TO ABOUT 1 IN 5 WHO SAID DON'T KNOW.

WHEN WE TALK ABOUT PHYSICAL APPEARANCE OF THE AREA WHERE THE BUSINESS IS LOCATED, A SLIGHT DECLINE MATCHING SOME OF THE RESULTS FROM THE COMMUNITY SURVEY.

WHEN WE TALK ABOUT CITY STREET MAINTENANCE, MEDIAN OVERALL APPEARANCE, REALLY JUST KIND OF A BULKING OF THE AVERAGE RESPONSES VERSUS A DEVIATION FROM EXCELLENT AND GOOD TO POOR. AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT OVERALL SATISFACTION WITH SOME OF OUR QUALITY OF SERVICES, THE OVERALL RATINGS REMAIN HIGH. AND WE'LL LOOK AT SOME COMPARISONS IN A MOMENT.

BUT THEY ARE DOWN FROM PRIOR YEARS. NOW CONTEXT IS REALLY IMPORTANT.

THE TIME OF YEAR IN WHICH WE CONDUCTED THE SURVEY IS IMPORTANT, AND SOME OF THE TONE OR ATTITUDE OF OUR DISCOURSE OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS CAN REALLY HAVE AN IMPACT ON OUR PERCEPTIONS. AND SO LOOKING AT THIS AS A PERCEPTIONS QUESTION, IF WE TURN ON THE NEWS AND WE HEAR NEGATIVITY, IF WE HEAR INFLATION'S RISING, IF WE HEAR OUR COMMUNITIES ARE LESS SAFE, IT CAN HAVE A MASSIVE IMPACT ON SOME OF THESE QUESTIONS.

WHAT WE'VE SEEN IS THAT IS THAT HISTORICALLY, THE CITY HAS ALWAYS PERFORMED RELATIVELY HIGH IN MANY OF THESE KEY AREAS, AND NOW LOOKING AT OVERALL SATISFACTION WITH MAJOR CATEGORIES OF SERVICES.

NONE OF THE 12 AREAS THAT WERE ASSESSED YEAR OVER YEAR SAW AN INCREASE IN THE SUM OF VERY SATISFIED AND SATISFIED RESPONSES, BUT WHEN WE LOOK AT BENCHMARKING, WE CAN SEE THAT YOU'RE STILL SETTING THE STANDARD FOR THE DELIVERY OF CORE SERVICES IN MANY KEY AREAS COMPARED TO FLORIDA AND U.S.

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BUT YOU CAN SEE FROM OUR NATIONAL AND REGIONAL SURVEYS, OUR FLORIDA AND US SURVEYS, THAT YOU'RE PERFORMING EXTREMELY WELL IN MANY KEY AREAS.

WE TALK ABOUT PERCEPTIONS. AGAIN, YOU'RE PERFORMING VERY WELL BUT BELOW AVERAGE IN SOME OF THESE AREAS.

SO OVERALL SATISFACTION IS HIGH. IT'S REMAINED HIGH.

RELATIVE PERCEPTIONS ARE FAIRLY MIXED IN THE 2024 RESULTS.

WE TALK ABOUT OPPORTUNITIES. IT'S THE SAME EXACT TYPE OF ANALYSIS RATING SATISFACTION AND THEN EMPHASIS POLICE SERVICES RIGHT THERE IN THE MIDDLE.

IT'S ONE OF THOSE AREAS WITH SLIGHTLY ELEVATED, DISSATISFIED RESPONSES, BUT EXTREMELY HIGH STILL OVERALL SATISFACTION.

IT'S THE MAIN ITEM RESPONDENTS WANT US TO EMPHASIZE.

GOING BACK TO THE FIRST SLIDE THAT I SHOWED. IT'S THE REASON THAT THEY'VE MOVED THEIR BUSINESS HERE OR CHOOSE TO LOCATE THEIR BUSINESS HERE.

IT'S THE REASON THEY'RE GOING TO STAY HERE OVER THE NEXT 5 TO 10 YEARS IS THE OVERALL FEELING OF SAFETY. OVERALL SAFETY OF THEIR BUSINESS.

AND IT'S THE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY. IT'S NOT EVEN PARTICULARLY CLOSE TO ANY OF THE OTHER ITEMS. OVERALL SATISFACTION IS REALLY HIGH WITH EVERYTHING, PARTICULARLY WITH EVERYTHING EXCEPT FOR THE AVAILABILITY OF PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION.

BUT OVERALL EMPHASIS ON THAT ITEM IS NOT NEARLY AS HIGH AS SOME OF THE OTHER ITEMS. WHICH MEANS IF WE WERE TO ABLE TO INCREASE SATISFACTION WITH PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, IT'S UNLIKELY TO HAVE A MASSIVE IMPACT ON THE PERCEPTION OF BUSINESS LEADERS.

UNLIKE INCREASING OVERALL ENFORCEMENT OF CITY CODES, OR SPECIFICALLY MAKING SURE THAT RESIDENTS AND BUSINESS OWNERS KNOW WHAT WE'VE DONE TO EITHER IMPROVE OR CONTINUE THE HIGH QUALITY OF QUALITY OF POLICE SERVICES. WE'RE OFFERING AGAIN, ADDITIONAL FUNDING, SOME ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS THAT ARE ASKED WITHIN THESE BUSINESS SURVEYS. WE'RE ASKING RESPONDENTS TO INDICATE, ARE YOU CONSIDERING ANY OF THE FOLLOWING IN THE NEXT 12 MONTHS? THE BEST PART ABOUT THIS SLIDE IS MORE FOLKS WERE INTERESTED IN GROWING THEIR BUSINESS, HIRING MORE STAFF, EXPANDING, OR NONE OF THOSE OPTIONS.

NOW KIND OF LOOKING IN MIND CLOSING, RELOCATING OUTSIDE OF TAMARAC.

WE'RE ALSO OPTIONS ON THIS LIST. FEWER THAN 5% OF RESPONDENTS SELECTED THAT, AND WE TALK ABOUT WHAT ITEMS BUSINESSES WILL HAVE THE MOST POSITIVE OR MOST POTENTIAL POSITIVELY IMPACT ON THE FUTURE OF THE ECONOMY.

TYPES OF BUSINESSES SELECTED AT HIGH RATES WERE REALLY RETAIL, RESTAURANT, HIGHER EDUCATION, HEALTH, MEDICAL FOCUS. AFTER THAT, WE SEE A LITTLE BIT OF A DROP OFF.

FEWER THAN THREE OUT OF TEN RESPONDENTS SELECTING ANYTHING ALL THE WAY DOWN TO MANUFACTURING, WHICH IS COMMONLY AT THE BOTTOM OF THESE LISTS.

WE DO A LOT OF COMP PLAN SURVEYS. RESPONDENTS AND RESIDENTS AND COMMUNITIES JUST DON'T SEE THE MANUFACTURING.

IS THAT NEW OR POSITIVE IMPACT ON OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY MOVING FORWARD.

NOW, SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS, PLANNERS IN THE COMMUNITY.

COMMISSIONER CAN LEAD US TO THOSE RIGHT CONCLUSIONS, BUT THAT IS TYPICALLY GOING TO BE A COMMON PERCEPTION OF RESPONDENTS.

WHEN WE TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE BEST WAYS FOR THE TAMARAC TO COMMUNICATE WITH YOU, WE SEE EMAILS SIMILAR TO OUR COMMUNITY SURVEY.

SO IF WE HAVE THOSE BUSINESS LICENSES OR IF WE'RE ASKING BUSINESSES TO REGISTER, GRABBING THOSE EMAILS IS GOING TO BE FANTASTIC.

AND OVERALL, AGAIN, SATISFACTION IS HIGH. WE'VE SEEN DOWNTURNS.

WE'VE SEEN THAT NATIONALLY. WE'RE EXPECTING A BIT OF A DOWNTURN AND A BUMP TO OUR BENCHMARKING IN THIS UPCOMING YEAR, WHICH WE'LL BEGIN IN JUST A FEW MONTHS. OPPORTUNITIES FOR IMPROVEMENT EXIST, BUT AREN'T UNCOMMON AND IN FACT, ARE REALLY JUST AN EMPHASIS ON WHAT YOU'RE DOING WELL AND A DESIRE TO CONTINUE TO SEE THAT DONE AT A HIGH LEVEL.

WITH THAT, I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. I'VE GOT COPIES OF THE REPORTS, ANYTHING I CAN'T ANSWER TRUTHFULLY AND HONESTLY. TODAY I'LL TAKE BACK TO THE OFFICE AND I'LL GET TANYA, MY STAFF MEMBER CONTACT A WRITTEN RESPONSE BACK FOR FOR COMMISSION.

THANK YOU. VICE MAYOR. GOOD MORNING. QUESTION.

YOU SAID THERE WERE TWO AREAS THAT WERE BELOW AVERAGE.

WHAT EXACTLY ARE THOSE IN TERMS OF THE OVERALL BENCHMARKING ON THE COMMUNITY SURVEY COMPARED TO THE NATIONAL AVERAGE? CORRECT. OKAY. I THINK IT WAS FLORIDA AVERAGE.

YOU SAID FLORIDA AVERAGE THERE IN OUR EXECUTIVE SUMMARY.

SO THE TWO SIGNIFICANT AREAS WHERE THE CITY IS A GOOD PLACE TO WORK AND VISIBILITY OF POLICE IN NEIGHBORHOODS.

BEING A BIT OF A BEDROOM COMMUNITY, I LOOKED AT HISTORICAL RESULTS ON A GOOD PLACE TO WORK THERE.

HISTORICALLY, IN THAT SAME AREA, GENERALLY, FLORIDA AVERAGE WENT UP SLIGHTLY.

YOUR RESULTS KIND OF STAYED ABOUT WHERE THEY WERE. OKAY.

SO IT WASN'T A CHANGE. IT WAS JUST THAT IT WAS MORE EMPLOYMENT.

IT IS A SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE. BUT YES, NOT MAYBE NOT A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE.

AND APPARENTLY WE ADDRESSED THAT BECAUSE WE'RE HIRING NINE MORE POLICE OFFICERS SO THAT THAT WILL SOON BE ADDRESSED.

YEAH, BUT THE EMPLOYMENT PART I DON'T. I DID ASK IF WE COULD HAVE A HIGHER UNIVERSITY, BUT YOU SAID A HIGHER HEAD.

YOU SAID THERE WAS NO ROOM FOR THAT. BECAUSE I THINK A UNIVERSITY WILL BRING YOUNG PEOPLE IN WHO SPENDS A LOT OF MONEY.

MAYBE WE SHOULD LOOK INTO THAT. WE HAVE A STRATEGIC PLANNING MEETING COMING UP SHORTLY.

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OVERALL SATISFACTION FOR POLICE SERVICES WAS 73%.

HOWEVER, THE VISIBILITY OF OFFICERS WAS BELOW THE AVERAGE YOU MENTIONED AND HAVE THAT IN MY NOTES.

GOING BACK TO THOSE NINE NEW OFFICERS, I WAS LOOKING AT THE BSO REPORT, AND I'M SEEING THAT WE HAVE THE SAME AMOUNT OF OFFICERS FROM AUGUST AS WE HAVE NOW.

AND I THINK OUR BUDGET, OCTOBER BUDGET REQUIRED US TO GET THOSE NINE OFFICERS.

SO IF YOU CAN GIVE US AN UPDATE ON WHEN ARE WE GOING TO HAVE THOSE NINE OFFICERS IN. HOW WAS THE PROCESS GOING? YES, COMMISSIONER. I JUST HAD THIS CONVERSATION WITH THE CHIEF.

YOU KNOW, A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO, THEY ARE URGING THE HR DEPARTMENT FOR FOR BROWARD SHERIFF'S OFFICE TO PRIORITIZE THESE RECRUITMENTS.

AND I THINK WE HAVE A COMMITMENT FOR A NUMBER OF FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD, ROOKIES AND, AND 1 OR 2 SEASON POLICE OFFICERS COMING IN TO TAMARAC IN THE NEXT 2 TO 3 MONTHS.

CITY MANAGER I'M SEEING THE CAPTAIN WALKING. I'M NOT SURE IF HE'S WALKING TO COME UP.

I'M SURE HE'S GOING TO CONFIRM WHAT I SAID. IF YOU DON'T MIND, THEN YEAH, WE'LL HAVE.

AND IF I MIGHT JUST. CAPTAIN COOPER, GO AHEAD.

WELL, CAPTAIN COOPER, RESPONDENTS REALLY DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW VISIBLE POLICE SHOULD BE, AND CHIEF CAN CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT I'VE BEEN TOLD BY MANY, CHIEF AND I'M A COMMISSIONER OF MY OWN CITY.

I'VE BEEN TOLD BY MY OWN CHIEF. IF WE'RE VISIBLE IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOODS, IT'S UNLIKELY THAT WE'RE KEEPING YOU THAT SAFE. AND SO I'VE BEEN TOLD THAT BY MANY POLICE CHIEFS. I TRULY BELIEVE THAT. I ALSO KNOW THAT RESPONDENTS CAN'T JUST BE PASTED TO THEIR FRONT WINDOWS EVERY DAY.

SO HOW VISIBLE SHOULD OUR POLICE BE? SO I JUST WANT TO LET YOU ALL KNOW, JUST ANECDOTALLY, WHAT I'VE SEEN PROFESSIONALLY AND THEN PERSONALLY AS A COMMISSIONER MYSELF, CAPTAIN COOPER.

I LIKE HIS RESPONSE. GOOD MORNING, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONER AND OUR GUESTS.

SO YEAH, CITY MANAGER IS ACTUALLY CORRECT. SO AS OF THIS SATURDAY, WE ARE RECEIVING TWO ADDITIONAL DEPUTIES TO OUR STAFF.

AS OF I BELIEVE THE DATE IS JANUARY 28TH. SOMEWHERE AROUND THAT NEXT WEEK WE'RE GOING TO RECEIVE A CERTIFIED NEW HIRE.

I'VE BEEN WORKING IMMENSELY WITH OUR HR DEPARTMENT TO BRING ON BOARD ADDITIONAL DEPUTIES, ADDITIONAL STAFF TO SATISFY THE NINE ADDITIONAL, DEPUTIES THAT YOU ALL HAVE APPROVED. I WANT TO REMIND YOU, HOWEVER, SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS.

AND JUST AS A RULE OF THUMB, WE WANT THE BEST OF THE BEST.

WHILE WE ARE COMPETING WITH OTHER AGENCIES THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE COUNTY TRI COUNTY AREA, WE STILL WANT THE BEST OF THE BEST.

SO, YOU KNOW, WHILE I DO ASK FOR YOUR PATIENCE THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS, WE ARE BEING VERY METICULOUS ON PEOPLE THAT WE DO HIRE INTO OUR AGENCY.

SO JUST KEEP THAT IN THE BACK OF YOUR HEADS AS YOU CONSIDER THE PROCESS.

NONETHELESS, WE ARE MOVING FORWARD IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION WITH ACQUIRING THE ADDITIONAL STAFF.

AND AS YOU WILL SEE TOWARDS THE END OF THIS MONTH, MOVING FORWARD, GOING TOWARD NEXT MONTH. BLESS YOU. WE ARE ONBOARDING NEW ADDITIONAL STAFF. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YOU'RE WELCOME. ONE MORE QUESTION.

IN TERMS OF STREETS, I SAW THAT NEUTRAL RESPONSE CAME FROM TWO COMMUNITIES.

WHAT USUALLY HAVE THE HIGHEST TAXPAYERS, WOODMONT AND WOODLANDS.

BASED ON THE RESPONSE THAT RESPONSE THAT I SAW. IF YOU CAN TAKE THEM BACK TO THAT SLIDE. JUST A QUICK QUESTION. WHY WOULD YOU SAY THOSE COMMUNITIES WOULD HAVE A DIFFERENT NEED? OH I'M SORRY. YOU SHOWED IT IN A MAP. YEAH. GREAT POINT.

AND SO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS BASED ON THE INITIAL CHART, THIS ONE, WE'RE SEEING AN AVERAGE BASED ON THE NUMBER OF RESPONSES IN EACH ONE OF THOSE AREAS. SO FIRST IT'S A DIFFERENT MAP FOR THE STREETS.

SO THIS IS JUST SHOWING APPROXIMATELY HOW MANY RESPONSES ARE GOING TO BE WITHIN EACH ONE OF THOSE SHADED AREAS.

AND THE REASON I SHOW THIS FIRST IS JUST CONTEXT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KNOW THAT WE'RE LOOKING THROUGH THAT LENS WITH A LITTLE BIT OF A GRAIN OF SALT, JUST TO UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S NOT THE VAST MAJORITY OF PEOPLE.

IT DOESN'T HOLD TRUE TO OUR OVERALL MARGINS OF ERRORS.

HERE IT IS. BUT THIS IS FLOW OF TRAFFIC. DID YOU WANT TO GO TO MAINTENANCE? YEAH. NO. THE STREETS. IT WAS THE STREETS OF PARADISE. SEA PARADISE.

A PARENTS OF CITY STREETS AND MEDIUM. I THINK YOU ONE OF THEM SHOWED WOODLANDS.

NEXT. NEXT SLIDE. NEXT. NEXT SLIDE. THIS IS THE QUALITY.

QUALITY OF STREETS. SORRY. THAT'S SORT OF WHAT QUALITY OF STREETS YOU SEE THOSE COMMUNITIES. THERE WAS NEUTRAL IN THOSE COMMUNITIES AND OTHER PLACES. THERE WAS A HIGHER SATISFACTION. SO LIKELY WHAT IS GOING ON THERE? AND AGAIN, WITH SMALLER SAMPLE SIZES, THE VARIABILITY CAN INCREASE.

BUT WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS THAT THERE'S LIKELY A HIGHER CONCENTRATION OF DISSATISFACTION THERE.

IF YOU SEE THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY FOR THE MOST PART IS SATISFIED.

SO WHAT'S LIKELY HAPPENED IS THAT HIGHER CONCENTRATIONS OF DISSATISFIED RESPONDENTS LOCATE THERE.

THEY'RE BEING BLENDED TO NEUTRAL WITH THE SPRINKLING OF SATISFACTION.

AND SO IT'S BEING OFFSET TO YELLOW BASICALLY, BECAUSE THAT'S PROBABLY WHERE THE LARGEST LEVELS OF DISSATISFACTION EXIST.

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OKAY. JUST WANTED TO BRING IT TO THE CITY MANAGER'S ATTENTION AS WELL. YEAH.

GREAT POINT. AND THESE CAN BE REALLY HELPFUL FOR STAFF WHO ARE KIND OF LOOKING AT THINGS.

IF YOU KNOW THAT OUTSIDE OF YOUR JURISDICTION JUST TO THE EAST OF THAT SOUTHERN OR TO THE WEST OF THAT SOUTHERN YELLOW BOX.

IF YOU KNOW THAT THERE'S A LOT OF CONSTRUCTION THERE OR POOR STREETS THERE, IT COULD BE KIND OF BLEED OVER FROM ANOTHER COMMUNITIES ISSUES BLEEDING INTO THE PERCEPTIONS OF YOUR COMMUNITY. AND SO STAFF CAN REALLY GIVE US A LITTLE BIT MORE INSIGHTS TO SOME OF THAT.

THE MAPS CAN BE REALLY HELPFUL. I LIKE TO SHOW SOME OF THEM TO DISPLAY HERE BECAUSE COMMISSIONERS ALSO HAVE REALLY GREAT INSIGHTS OUT OF THESE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER PATTERSON.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. I APPRECIATE THAT WE DID THIS RIGHT BEFORE STRATEGIC PLANNING.

I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE HELPFUL IN TERMS OF YOU KNOW, JUST IDENTIFYING AREAS OF IMPROVEMENT AND OR EXPANDING OUR SERVICES.

THE ONLY QUESTION I HAD FOR YOU WAS I DIDN'T REALLY HEAR A WHOLE LOT ABOUT OUR ANALYZATION AND OR ASSESSMENT OF OUR YOUTH AND JUST KIND OF WHAT THAT LOOKS AND FEELS LIKE. OBVIOUSLY, OUR DEMOGRAPHIC HAS CHANGED TREMENDOUSLY OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS.

AND SO I THINK I'M NOT SURE IF WE DO THIS ANNUALLY, BUT I THINK IN TERMS OF EVERY TWO YEARS.

OKAY. SO I WOULD JUST ASK THAT THE NEXT TIME WE DO IT THAT WE TAKE A LOOK A LITTLE CLOSER AT THE, YOU KNOW, YOUTH DEMOGRAPHIC. I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S A MATTER OF DOING AN ASSESSMENT WITHIN THAT DEMOGRAPHIC OR GETTING SOME QUESTIONS RELEVANT TO THAT DEMOGRAPHIC, BUT THAT WOULD BE MY ONLY ASK, I THINK, MOVING FORWARD.

THANK YOU. YEAH. GREAT POINT COMMISSIONER. WE DO ASK A QUESTION 26 TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE CAPTURING THE VOICES OF HOUSEHOLDS WITH YOUTH.

BUT BECAUSE EVERYBODY IS AN ADULT, WE TYPICALLY HAVEN'T HISTORICALLY FOCUSED ON THAT.

I THINK THIS YEAR WE MIGHT HAVE ASKED BEYOND THE AGE QUESTION ONE ADDITIONAL ONE, BUT A DEFINITE NOTE FOR ME TO BRING TO STAFF FOR NEXT TIME.

THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. I KNOW A LOT GOES INTO SURVEYS AND STUDIES AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF.

I ALSO THINK IT'S. SOMETIMES DIFFICULT TO CAPTURE EVERYTHING YOU NEED IN THE WAY A QUESTION IS WRITTEN.

SO IF YOU'RE ASKING HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT CITY STREETS? WELL, WHAT DO YOU MEAN? DO YOU MEAN IS IT THE LIGHTING ON THE STREET? IS IT? I'M TOUCHING THE THIRD RAIL PARKING ON THE STREET.

IS IT HOW WIDE THE CITY STREET IS? IS IT THE FACT THAT IT'S BEEN PAVED OR NOT PAVED LATELY? SO IT'S HARD WHEN WE DON'T DRILL DOWN FURTHER.

AND I KNOW THAT'S NOT THE PURPOSE OF YOUR SURVEY.

I KNOW YOU ASK HOW PEOPLE FEEL ABOUT OUR PARKS.

IF THERE'S ENOUGH PARKS, IS THERE ENOUGH AMENITIES FOR PEOPLE TO USE TO GO TO KIDS AND ADULTS AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF? BUT AGAIN, IT'S NOT A DRILL DOWN, AND THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING I GUESS WE WOULD DISCUSS FURTHER WITH AT STRATEGIC PLANNING, IF WE NEED A SURVEY TO GO OUT FOR FURTHER DRILLING DOWN ON CERTAIN THINGS THAT MAYBE THE COMMISSION WANTS TO ACHIEVE.

I KNOW THAT THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT GOING OUT FOR DRILL DOWN SURVEYS FOR THINGS IN THE CITY TO GET A LITTLE BIT MORE RESPONSE. I AM CURIOUS THOUGH, AND I KNOW YOU DON'T HAVE IT HERE, BUT YOU HAD I DON'T KNOW, RIGHT? AND YOU DIDN'T INCLUDE THEM IN YOUR ANALYSIS ANALYSIS.

SO I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT ALSO AFFECTS WHETHER IT'S A POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE.

YEAH, IT BRINGS IT TO A NEUTRAL. AS YOU RESPOND TO COMMISSIONER WRIGHT'S COMMENT, IT'S A YELLOW IT'S A NEUTRAL FOR THAT COMMUNITY, WHICH IS THAT A FAIR REPRESENTATION. THEN WHEN WE'RE SEEING A SURVEY LIKE HERE.

SO MAYBE WE SHOULD ALSO BE SEEING THE SURVEY SHOWING EXACTLY HOW THAT COMMUNITY SHOWS IT.

ALL OF THE COMMUNITIES THAT YOU HAVE HIGHLIGHTED, WE SHOULD PROBABLY GET A TRUE DRILL DOWN TO THEM.

SO WE KNOW THAT WOODLANDS IS REALLY UPSET ABOUT THIS.

KINGS POINT AREA IS REALLY UPSET ABOUT THIS. PELHAM BAY IS LIKE THIS.

IT APPEARS THAT SABAL PALM. MONTEREY. SORRY. CENTRAL PARK.

THEY MIGHT BE A LITTLE HAPPIER THAN MAYBE THEIR NEIGHBORS OVER AT OTHER COMMUNITIES.

AND MAINLAND'S AID OR OVER TO TAMARAC VILLAGE, LAKE SOUTH, ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF.

WE DON'T KNOW REALLY HOW TO FOCUS ATTENTION TO SOME OF OUR RESOURCES THEN.

BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK AT IT OVERALL, EVERYBODY'S JUST A LITTLE BIT LESS HAPPY THAN THEY WERE LAST YEAR.

AND I KIND OF ADMIT TO YOU REVIEWING THIS OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS.

MY HEART'S BEEN CRUSHED BECAUSE WE'RE GOING DOWN, NOT JUST FROM LAST SURVEY, FROM THE SURVEY BEFORE, THE SURVEY BEFORE, AND THE SURVEY BEFORE, AND THEN WE DON'T HAVE IN HERE THE TRUE WHY.

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IF WE STACKED OUR BENCHMARKING, WE'D SEE A SIMILAR STEPPING STONE.

AS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL, YOU NEVER WANT TO SEE PERFORMANCE DOWN.

AND YOU'RE EXACTLY RIGHT WITH THE CONTEXTUALIZATION.

WHAT IS IT ABOUT THAT COMMUNITY THAT'S CAUSING ISSUES? DID YOU HIT A POTHOLE COMING OUT OF WORK IN A DIFFERENT CITY, AND THAT CAUSED YOU CONSTERNATION WHEN YOU OPENED UP THE MAIL AND FOUND YOUR SURVEY THERE? WE CAN DEFINITELY TRY TO HELP STAFF DRILL DOWN.

WE HAVE GEOLOCATION ON ALL OF OUR RESPONSES, SO WE'LL DEFINITELY ASSIST STAFF AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.

IF STAFF IS INTERESTED IN ANY DRILL DOWN SURVEYS, WE CAN FIRST LOOK AT OUR DATA TO SEE IF WE CAN ASSIST TO TRY TO SAVE YOU SOME FUNDING OR RESOURCES THERE, AND IF NOT, WE CAN EITHER ASSIST OR PROVIDE SOME INFORMATION THAT MIGHT BE ABLE TO.

I APPRECIATE THAT. I THINK WITH WHAT WE'VE GOT, LET'S TRY TO DRILL IT DOWN SO WE CAN HAVE A BETTER FOCUS ON WHERE WE NEED TO DO THINGS.

MY COLLEAGUES HAVE ALREADY DONE THEIR TOURS OF THE DIFFERENT OF THEIR DISTRICTS, AND I'M GOING TO BE DOING THE FULL CITY TOUR.

BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO REPEAT SOME OF THE PLACES WHERE THEY'VE BEEN. AND WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS SINCE BEFORE I CAME ON THE COMMISSION 14 YEARS AGO.

THE TEAMS HAVE ALWAYS GONE OUT AND LOOKED AT WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE COMMUNITIES.

SO THE COMMISSION KNOWS HOW TO BETTER HELP AND THIS WOULD BE A VERY USEFUL TOOL.

SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND YOU SAID YOU WERE A COMMISSIONER.

VERY SMALL COMMUNITY. SO I DON'T LIKE TO BRING IT UP TOO OFTEN.

BUT SIMILAR ISSUES IN MISSOURI JUST RIGHT OUTSIDE OF KANSAS CITY.

WELL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PUBLIC SERVICE AS WELL. YEAH. THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU. MAYOR, COMMISSION CITY MANAGER.

MADAM MAYOR, I WANT TO THANK RYAN. COMMISSIONER MURRAY FOR FOR HELPING US WITH THIS SURVEY.

AND I ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE MISS TANYA STERLING.

SHE LED THIS EFFORT AND THE REST OF THE CITY TEAM CONDUCTING THIS YEAR'S SURVEY.

SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO NEXT TIME. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU. AND COMMISSIONER MURRAY. YEAH. BE PROUD.

IT DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU'RE A CITY OF 10 OR 10 MILLION.

BE VERY PROUD. THANK YOU. MAYOR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL. HAVE A GREAT WEEK. THANK YOU.

NOW WE ARE MOVING TO PUBLIC PARTICIPATION. AND THE RULES OF THE ROAD ARE GOING ON THE SCREEN AS USUAL.

[3. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION]

PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. AND IF YOU DON'T WANT TO GIVE YOUR ADDRESS, PLEASE STATE THE CITY IN WHICH YOU LIVE OR WORK.

AND THEN IF YOU LIKE SOMETHING, YOU CAN HAPPY HANDS.

IF YOU DON'T LIKE SOMETHING, PLEASE JUST DO THIS SO WE'RE NOT MAKING ANYBODY FEEL INTIMIDATED OR DISRESPECTED FOR THEIR BELIEFS AND THEIR PREFERENCES.

WE ASK THAT YOU DIRECT ALL COMMENTS TO TITLE OR TO GENERAL VERSUS TO INDIVIDUAL BY NAME.

AND WHAT HAS CHANGED FROM THE LAST MEETING IS THAT WE NOW DO ALLOW SPEAKING ON ITEMS ON FIRST READING.

WE'VE NEVER HAD SPEAKING ON CONSENT AGENDA AND ITEMS ON FIRST READING OR ON OTHER ITEMS ON FIRST READING ARE NOW OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT OR AT THAT TIME.

SO I ASK IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY ABOUT ANYTHING ON THE AGENDA FOR THAT.

PLEASE SPEAK AT THAT TIME. IF YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS FOR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION THAT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA OR A WORKSHOP ITEM, YOUR THREE MINUTES ARE NOW AND I WILL START WITH I HAVE PATTY LYNN AND ON DECK IS OR THE NEXT ONE UP IS MARK GOSSEN GOGGIN. GOOD MORNING, PATTY LYNN MAINLANDS EIGHT.

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT. THEY THEY DID A GOOD JOB.

AND I REALLY THE SURVEY SAYING THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ISN'T DOING AS WELL AS THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THE VISIBILITY IS LOW.

YOU KNOW, YOU'RE COUNTING POLICE CARS, BUT I'M BUT I'M SURE THAT IF YOU STOP AND THINK, IF YOU'VE EVER SEEN SOMETHING GOING DOWN IN OUR CITY WHERE YOU CALL THE POLICE BECAUSE SOMETHING'S HAPPENING NOW, BEFORE YOU SEE THE POLICE CAR COMING, YOU WILL SEE UGLY LOOKING THINGS COMING AND COPS JUMPING OUT OF THEM. SO EVEN THOUGH YOU DON'T SEE THEM, THERE THEY ARE.

THERE THEY ARE THERE. I WOULD LIKE FOR THE CITY TO PAY A LITTLE BIT MORE ATTENTION TO NORTHWEST 57TH STREET, EAST OF UNIVERSITY DRIVE. I SHOWED CODE ENFORCEMENT A PICTURE.

SOMEBODY HAS PUT A NICE LITTLE CLOTHING DROP BEHIND THEIR BUSINESS, JUST PUT IT IN THE SWALE, AND THEN THEY MOVED IT CLOSER TO THE SIDEWALK.

WE NEED TO PAY ATTENTION TO THAT. WE HAVE SEMIS PARKING THERE ALL THE TIME, AND IT LOOKS REALLY BAD.

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I SEE THAT'S COMING UP AGAIN. WHAT IS IT? WHAT KIND OF.

OF TOBACCO ROAD DO YOU WANT OUR CITY TO LOOK LIKE? THEY'RE PAYING $400,000 FOR A HOUSE AND AN APARTMENT, AND THEY CAN'T PARK THEIR CARS THERE.

THEY'RE RENTING OUT ROOMS. PEOPLE ARE SUBDIVIDING.

THEY GOT SIX CARS OUT THERE. YOU CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT.

THEY'RE NOT PARKING IN FRONT OF THEIR OWN HOUSE. THEY'RE PARKED ALL OVER THE PLACE. THAT'S. THAT'S REALLY NOT VERY GOOD.

57TH STREET IS THE ENTRANCE TO A LOT OF COMMUNITIES.

PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE PAY ATTENTION TO IT. WE SAW THE RIBBON CUTTING AT THE SOCIAL JUSTICE WALL.

THAT'S VERY INSPIRATIONAL. WE. WE OUGHT TO HAVE ROOM WHERE WE CAN PUT MORE, MORE THINGS ON THE WALL OR MORE PEOPLE ON THE WALL BECAUSE WE REALLY HAVE SOME, SOME GREAT PEOPLE WHO HAVE REALLY INFLUENCED OUR CITY.

MR. BARING DID AN AMAZING JOB WITH, WITH BUILDING A LOT OF TAMARAC AND, AND HIS NAME IS ON BUILDINGS, THE SMITHSONIAN BUILDINGS IN WASHINGTON, DC. HE'S ALL OVER THERE, AND HE'S SOMEBODY WE SHOULD CONSIDER ALSO.

THAT IS SOCIAL JUSTICE BUILDING WHAT THEY DID.

OF COURSE. I'D LIKE TO SEE THE ROADS DONE BETTER.

THERE'S A SIGN THAT THEY'RE GOING TO START ROADWORK ON THE 27TH ON NORTHWEST 70TH AVENUE.

IT WOULD BE NICE IF SOMEBODY COULD LET US KNOW WHAT'S BEING DONE.

IS IT 70TH AVENUE? IS IT THE ROADWORK THAT'S BEEN PROMISED FOR MAINLAND'S EIGHT AND NINE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IN THE CITY, MANAGER AND I HAD ALREADY DISCUSSED ABOUT GETTING A CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE OUT THAT WE CAN LET PEOPLE HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT'S HAPPENING AND WHEN.

AND SO THAT'S BEING BEING WORKED ON. THERE WAS THE CITY MANAGER.

IF YOU WOULD MISS PATTY LYNN IF YOU WOULD, IF YOU HAVEN'T TOLD STAFF YET WHERE THAT BOX IS, PLEASE DO SO SO THEY CAN ADDRESS IT. THANK YOU.

AND AS MARK IS COMING UP, MARK OGDEN'S COMING UP.

WE'VE GOT KATE JOHNSON. GOOD MORNING MARK GOGGIN FROM TAMARAC LAKE SOUTH. THANKS TO FIRE RESCUE FOR THEIR GREAT WORK.

THEY DO A TREMENDOUS JOB AND THEY'RE IN RELATION TO THAT.

THEY EVEN DO A GOOD JOB WHEN THEY CAN'T GET DOWN THE STREET.

I HAVE RESCUED TO ME AT TWO IN THE MORNING A FEW MONTHS AGO, THEY COULDN'T GET DOWN MY STREET BECAUSE OF THE PARKING.

THAT'S WHY WE NEED THAT PARKING ORDINANCE UNCHANGED.

CAUSE A BLOCK, THEY HAD TO GO AROUND THE BLOCK.

IF THE HOUSE WAS ON FIRE, COULD I HAVE LIVED? MY DOG LIVED BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T GET DOWN THE STREET.

OUR STREETS ARE SMALL IN THE EAST. OUT HERE IN THE WEST YOU MIGHT HAVE WIDER STREETS.

YOU NEED TO CONSIDER THAT AS PEOPLE OUT WEST.

THE ORIGINAL TOWN STREETS ARE SMALL. SCHOOL BUSSES CAN'T GET BY IN THE MORNING.

THE TRASH TRUCKS HAVE TROUBLE GETTING BY. YOU HAVE TO CONSIDER THAT.

THAT'S WHY THAT ORDINANCE IS THERE. THE IMAGE OF THE CITY THERE WAS MENTIONING THAT SURVEY.

WHEN WE HAVE FIGHTING BETWEEN COMMISSIONERS AT A COMMISSION MEETING, THAT DOESN'T HELP.

IT GETS IN THE PAPER, IT'S ON TV, THERE'S A VIDEO GOING ON.

PEOPLE CAN WATCH. PEOPLE FROM OUTSIDE THIS AREA COMMENT ON IT WHEN THEY HEAR YOU FROM THE CITY OF TAMARAC.

OH, DIDN'T WE SEE THINGS ABOUT THAT IN YOUR COMMISSION? FIGHTING ALL THE TIME. YOU WANT THE IMAGE OF THE CITY TO BE BETTER.

YOU NEED TO WORK. DO NOT ARGUE AND LISTEN TO THE RESIDENTS.

THAT'S WHY THE CITIES ALL OVER THE COUNTRY HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING.

SO PEOPLE CAN TALK TO YOU BEFORE THE ISSUE. AND SO THAT YOU KNOW WHAT THE ISSUE IS.

ONE OTHER ISSUE THAT WILL AFFECT THE CITY IS OUR SCHOOLS.

WE KNOW WE HAVE A PRINCIPAL ON THE BOARD. IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN IT, THERE WAS A LADY WHO HAD TO LEAVE WORK PROBABLY THREE TIMES TO GET HER KID OUT OF MILLENNIUM HIGH SCHOOL BECAUSE OF MEDICAL ISSUES.

THE SCHOOL, SHE SAID, HAS THE MEDICINE, HAS THE PROCEDURE FROM HER LOCAL DOCTOR.

BUT THEY DIDN'T DO ANYTHING. THAT'S NOT GOOD.

THAT DOESN'T HELP OUR IMAGE. THE SCHOOL SERVING MANY OF OUR STUDENTS IS NOT BEING TAKEN CARE OF.

THE STUDENTS. IF SOMETHING HAPPENED TO THAT GIRL, ANY GOOD LAWYER WON'T JUST SUE THE SCHOOL BOARD.

WILL SUE THE CITY, I'M SURE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

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KATE JOHNSON, MAINLAND SPEAKER GOOD MORNING. I SEE THAT THE ISSUE OF ENFORCING THE LAW OF STREET PARKING IS ON THE AGENDA.

AGAIN, ENFORCING PARKING IN THE STREET LAWS PASSED THIS COMMISSION SEPTEMBER 25TH, 24 AND TWO PART TIME CODE OFFICERS WERE HIRED AND TRAINED, OF COURSE, RIGHT BEFORE ELECTIONS.

AS HAS BEEN STATED BY MANY RESIDENTS WHEN IT WAS AN ISSUE LAST TIME, IT TIME, IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE.

OUR RESIDENTS HAVE REPORTED SEEING EMERGENCY VEHICLES HAVING TO BACK UP AND GO AROUND CARS.

I KNOW ONE OF OUR RESIDENTS EMAILED EVERYONE ON THE COMMISSION ABOUT THE SITUATION SHE WITNESSED WHEN THE FIRST RESPONDERS HAD TO BACK OUT AND MAKE THEIR WAY AROUND TO GET TO A RESIDENT. THAT RESIDENT DIED. WAS THE DELAY PART OF THE REASON? I DON'T KNOW, BUT THOSE ARE THE SITUATIONS THAT ARISE WHEN STREET PARKING IS ALLOWED.

WE DON'T HAVE SIDEWALKS. PEOPLE MUST WALK THEIR DOGS IN THE ROAD AND AT NIGHT GOING AROUND CARS IS DANGEROUS.

YES, WE DO HAVE PEOPLE WHO WALK THEIR DOGS AT 430 OR 5:00 IN THE MORNING.

I HAVE GIVEN YOU FIVE PICTURES SHOWING YOU THE ISSUES.

THE ONE WITH THE GUY WALKING, WHICH YOU CAN SEE BETTER ON PAGE TWO.

IS BRIGHTENED SO YOU CAN SEE HIM, BUT THE PICTURE RIGHT NEXT TO IT TO IT IS THE ACTUAL DARKNESS.

YOU CANNOT SEE THE MAN. YOU CANNOT SEE THE DOG WALKING AROUND A CAR.

NEITHER COULD A DRIVER SEE THEM. AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE LAST PICTURE, YOU CAN SEE A LINE OF CARS PARKED ON ONE SIDE.

THAT'S ON PAGE TWO. RESIDENTS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STREET HAVE A VERY DIFFICULT TIME GETTING OUT OF THEIR DRIVEWAYS, ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT AND ESPECIALLY IN AN EMERGENCY.

AGAIN, IT IS A SAFETY HAZARD. THE ARGUMENT I'VE HEARD IS THAT IF IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE, WHY ONLY FORBID IT AT NIGHT? FAIR ENOUGH. BUT I CAN THINK OF TWO REASONS. IT IS NOT CONSIDERED A BIG ISSUE WHEN THERE IS LIGHT, BUT WHEN THERE IS DARKNESS IT IS AN ISSUE. YOU CANNOT SEE AROUND THE CORNERS.

YOU CANNOT SEE PEOPLE RIDING THEIR BIKES OR WALKING THEIR DOGS.

IF EMERGENCY VEHICLES NEED TO GET AROUND THE CARS IN THE DAYTIME, IT'S MUCH EASIER FOR THEM TO RUN TO A HOUSE AND GET THE PERSON TO MOVE THEIR CAR.

VERSUS AT NIGHT WHEN YOU BUY A HOUSE, YOU UNDERSTAND PARKING LIMITATIONS.

IF YOU CAN WIDEN THE DRIVEWAY TO ACCOMMODATE MORE CARS, GREAT.

THAT'S WHAT WE TELL OUR NEW RESIDENTS COMING IN.

IF YOU CAN'T, YOU SHOULD BUY A DIFFERENT HOUSE.

AGAIN, DON'T JUST MAKE THIS A CAMPAIGN PROMISE THAT IS NOT KEPT, BUT AN ACTUAL PROMISE TO THE SAFETY OF OUR RESIDENTS.

YOU COMMITTED TO IT LAST YEAR. PLEASE DO NOT CHANGE THE STATUS QUO.

THANK YOU. AS TRACY CHAPMAN IS COMING DOWN, SANDRA HILL IS NEXT.

GOOD MORNING COMMISSIONERS. I DON'T KNOW THAT I COULD SAY ANYTHING BETTER THAN WHAT WAS JUST STATED BY THE PREVIOUS PEOPLE THAT HAVE MADE COMMENTS ABOUT IT AS NOT ALL OF YOU KNOW, BUT NAME. OH, TRACY SCHNEIDMAN, PROPERTY MANAGER OF VIP PROPERTY MANAGEMENT SPECIALIST.

I REPRESENT SEVERAL OF THE MAINLAND COMMUNITIES, AMONG THEM BEING EIGHT, NINE, 11, 12, 13 VANGUARD VILLAGE AND 16 FORSYTH COLONY. I PROBABLY LEFT SOMEBODY OFF, BUT THANK YOU.

THE PARKING ISSUE IS IS A MAJOR PROBLEM, AND THIS LAST YOUNG LADY STATED IT MORE ELOQUENTLY THAN I COULD EVER.

WHAT I FIND IN MOST OF MY COMMUNITIES, WITH MAINLAND NINE BEING A ALL AGES COMMUNITY, IS FIGHTS BETWEEN NEIGHBORS.

I'VE ACTUALLY HAD SOME BSO OFFICERS OFFICERS OUT.

I'VE HAD DEPUTY MARION OUT TO TRY TO NEGOTIATE WITH NEIGHBORS BECAUSE THEY'RE BLOCKING THE SAFETY ISSUE.

AS FAR AS PEOPLE WALKING THEIR DOGS AND BICYCLES YOU CAN'T SEE AT NIGHT, PEOPLE DRIVE TERRIBLY.

THEY DON'T MAINTAIN THE SPEED LIMIT. AND THEN WE GO INTO THE MULTIPLE PEOPLE LIVING IN PEOPLE'S HOMES.

WE IN MAINLAND STATE, WE ABSOLUTELY HAVE IT ILLEGALLY SUBDIVIDED HOME.

THAT'S IN THE PROCESS OF A FORECLOSURE ACTION AGAINST THE DECEASED OWNER.

AND THE VEHICLES BEING PARKED THERE IS UNBELIEVABLE.

I DRIVE BY AT NIGHT. I'VE BEEN TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS.

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A LOT OF MY COMMUNITIES ARE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE STREET PARKING, SO THEY'VE REALLY ENJOYED THE NEW THE ROLLBACK OF THE HOURS, AND THEY'VE ENJOYED THE FACT THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE ATTENDING TO THOSE NEEDS AND DOCUMENTING THE PROBLEMS. ONE OF MY BIGGEST BUGABOOS HAS BEEN 76TH STREET, WHICH YOU HAVE A BIKE LANE THERE AND PEOPLE ARE PARKING ON THAT BIKE LANE.

THERE ARE CONCRETE BLOCKS WHERE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE ADJACENT IN THE TOWNHOUSES DON'T WANT PEOPLE PARKING THERE, BUT IT'S NOT EVEN ABOUT THEIR PROPERTY. THE BIKE LANE IS ON THE CITY STREET, SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I BELIEVE REALLY NEEDS TO BE A CONSIDERATION TO KEEP THE ENFORCEMENT LEVEL WHERE IT'S AT AND TO KEEP CODE ENFORCEMENT DOING THEIR THING.

AND LOOK, IT'S 12:00 MIDNIGHT WAS GREAT. I WOULD HAVE LIKED TO SEEN IT AT 11.

BUT JUST IF YOU GUYS CAN REALLY CONSIDER NOT MAKING ANY CHANGE AND KEEPING IT AND THEN PUTTING A FOCUS TOWARDS THE SAFETY AS WELL, BECAUSE THE THE EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT, I'M SORRY TO HEAR THAT SOMEBODY MAYBE PASSED AWAY BECAUSE THE RESPONSE WASN'T THERE.

SO THAT'S MY CONTRIBUTION. I ASKED MY COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO COME.

MISS LYNN OBVIOUSLY IS A PRESENT. SHE COMES ALL THE TIME BECAUSE SHE REALLY CARES ABOUT HER COMMUNITY, AND I CARE ABOUT MY RESIDENTS IN MY COMMUNITIES.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AS SANDRA HILL IS COMING UP, IS THERE ANYBODY WHO WISH TO SPEAK ON AN ITEM THAT JUST DIDN'T HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK FOR AN ITEM THAT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA? ALL RIGHT, THEN, AFTER MISS HILL, WE WILL BE DONE WITH PUBLIC COMMENTS.

SANDRA HILL WOODLANDS. RIGHT. TAMARAC RESIDENT 25 YEARS NOW.

I'M ON THE HOA BOARD AND THE HOA AND I ALMOST FAILED SPEECH IN COLLEGE.

YOU'RE DOING FINE. BUT PLEASE DO US A FAVOR. JUST QUICK.

SPEAK TO THE MIC, PLEASE. NEW DEVELOPMENT HAS TO HAVE SIDEWALKS.

AND THEY'RE PUTTING IN 325 HOMES IN OUR WOODLANDS.

GOD BLESS THEM. AND THEY HAVE TO HAVE SIDEWALKS IN WHAT YOU WERE SAYING BEFORE ABOUT VEHICLES, EMERGENCY VEHICLES COMING THROUGH THESE HOMES.

ALSO, THEY'RE GOING TO BE RICH HOMES, BUT THEY'RE ONLY GOING TO HAVE ROOM FOR ONE CAR PRETTY MUCH IN THEIR DRIVEWAY.

SO I UNDERSTAND EVEN IN MAYLANDS, PEOPLE ARE PARKING OVERNIGHT ON THEIR SIDEWALKS BECAUSE THEY THEY JUST THERE'S NO PLACE.

SO IT'S A SERIOUS PROBLEM WITH THAT. AND THEN I WANT TO TOUCH FAST ON CODE ALSO IN WOODLANDS ACROSS THE STREET FROM ME, I WAS ON THE COMMITTEE IN BOUGAINVILLEA PLANTS HAVE STICKER THINGS.

THEY'RE LIKE A WALL OF THORNS. I HAD CODE OUT THERE TODDRICK COOPER A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.

SHE'S ON TWO CITY STREETS, SOLID. SO HE LET HER LEAVE THEM IN THERE.

THEY'RE TEN INCHES FROM THE STREET, AND HE LET HER LEAVE THEM IN THERE, AND HE'LL WATCH IF THEY FILL IN.

I'M SOMEBODY THAT WALKS THE DOG IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT. BUT IF A CAR SPEEDS THROUGH BILLIONS OF SPEEDING STREET.

SO TO ME, CODE NEEDS HELP. SO AM I ALLOWED TO SPEAK ABOUT OR.

I HAVE TO WAIT TILL SIX A CAN I SPEAK QUICK NOW? I WAIT TILL AFTER. CORRECT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

SEEING THAT THERE ARE NO FURTHER PUBLIC COMMENT, PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION, WE WILL NOW MOVE TO ITEM OUR CONSENT AGENDA. CITY MANAGER, ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONS OR ADDITIONS OR DELETIONS?

[4. CONSENT AGENDA]

SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER BOLTON.

I HAVE A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WRIGHT. CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

VICE MAYOR DANIEL. YES. COMMISSIONER BOLTON. YES.

COMMISSIONER PATTERSON. YES. COMMISSIONER WRIGHT.

YES. MAYOR. GOMEZ. YES. THANK YOU. MOTION PASSES 5 TO 0.

THANK YOU. WE'RE NOW MOVING TO ITEM FIVE.

[5.a TR14204 - A Resolution of the City Commission of the City of Tamarac, Florida, approving and authorizing the execution of an Agreement with Fortiline Waterworks for the purchase and implementation of Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) Systems for the Citywide AMI program, authorizing expenditures from the appropriate accounts in an amount not to exceed $8,975,352.60, and a contingency in the amount of 3% or $269,260.58 to be added to the project account for a total project budget of $9,244,613.18; utilizing contract pricing for the same or similar products and services per the Advanced Metering Infrastructure Agreement between the Town of Malone, Florida and Fortiline Waterworks, for said purpose; providing for conflicts; providing for severability; and providing for an effective date.]

THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. ITEM 5AA RESOLUTION OF CITY COMMISSION.

CITY OF TAMARAC. APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE AUTHORIZED EXECUTION OF AN AGREEMENT FOR SALINE WATER WORKS, AND THE PURCHASING AND IMPLEMENTATION OF ADVANCED METERING INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEMS FOR THE CITYWIDE AMIRI PROGRAM, AUTHORIZED EXPENDITURES FROM THE APPROPRIATE ACCOUNTS AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $8,975,352.60, AND ITS CONTINGENCY IN THE AMOUNT OF 3% TO BE ADDED TO THE PROJECT. AMOUNT OF A TOTAL PROJECT. AMOUNT OF $9,244,613.18.

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PER THE ADVANCED METERING INFRASTRUCTURE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE TOWN OF MALONE AND FORT LYON WATERWORKS FOR THE SAID PURPOSE.

PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS. PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY. PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.

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

MOVE. SECOND. THAT'S A MOTION TO MOVE THE AGENDA.

THE LINE ITEM OF FIVE A BY COMMISSIONER WRIGHT RIGHT.

AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER PATTERSON. MUSTAFA AL-BASSAM, OUR PUBLIC SERVICES DIRECTOR, WILL MAKE A PRESENTATION.

AND EARL HENRY, OUR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF UTILITIES FROM CASTRUM AND BORDERLINE WATERWORKS ARE AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS.

GOOD MORNING. MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, RESPECTIVE COMMISSIONERS. FOR THE RECORD, MUSTAFA AL-BASSAM, PUBLIC SERVICES DIRECTOR. THIS MORNING WE'LL GIVE YOU A QUICK PRESENTATION ABOUT THE CITYWIDE ADVANCED METERING INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEM THAT WE ARE SEEKING YOUR APPROVAL TO IMPLEMENT HERE IN THE CITY OF TAMARAC. THE OUTLINE FOR TODAY'S PRESENTATION, WE'LL FIRST TALK ABOUT THE CURRENT SYSTEM CHALLENGE, PROPOSED SOLUTION, PROJECT GOALS, PROJECT SUMMARY, NEXT STEPS AND CONCLUSION.

THE CURRENT SYSTEM CHALLENGE. WE HAVE ABOUT 21,000M IN THE CITY OF TAMARAC THAT THAT ARE OUTDATED METERS, THAT ARE MECHANICAL METERS THAT WE TYPICALLY TRY TO READ ON A MONTHLY BASIS.

IT'S A LABOR INTENSIVE AND PRONE TO INACCURACIES.

WE'RE ESTIMATING ABOUT 9 TO 10% LOSS OF WATER ON AVERAGE PER MONTH.

THAT EQUATES TO 200 MILLION GALLONS PER YEAR.

AND THAT'S DUE TO INACCURACY IN THE METERS. NONFUNCTIONING METERS.

AND ALSO LEAKS THAT ARE NOT ABLE TO DETECT IN THE SYSTEM.

IN THE MEANTIME, THERE'S A MAINTENANCE LIMITATIONS ON THE PARTS FOR THE METERS. THE PARTS ARE BEING DISCONTINUED AND IT'S CREATING A HIGH RISK FOR OUR INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEM.

SO THE PROPOSED SOLUTION WHAT ARE WE PROPOSING? WE'RE PROPOSING SMART METERS. WHAT ARE SMART METERS? SMART METERS ARE DEVICES THAT ARE MANAGED TO MEASURE AND REPORT WATERS IN REAL TIME.

THOSE DEVICES THAT WE WANT TO IMPLEMENT HAVE A BUILT IN LEAK DETECTION SYSTEM.

SOME OF THE KEY BENEFITS THAT WE COULD TALK ABOUT THIS MORNING. THOSE METERS WILL IMPROVE THE ACCURACY IN BILLING AND WATER USAGE AND MONITORING DETECTS LEAKS QUICKLY.

AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, SOLVE CUSTOMER BILLING ISSUES AND ENHANCE CUSTOMER SERVICE BY PROVIDING A DETAILED USAGE INSIDE, AND I'LL SPEAK ABOUT THAT IN THE NEXT COUPLE SLIDES.

IN THIS SLIDE RIGHT HERE, YOU'LL SEE THE ARMY PROJECT HAS BEEN IMPLEMENTED BY MANY CITIES THROUGHOUT THE NATION.

MORE SPECIFICALLY, WE'RE SEEING IN FRONT OF YOU IS THE TRI COUNTY AREA.

BROWARD COUNTY HAS OVER 20 MUNICIPALITIES HAVE IMPLEMENTED ARMY PROJECT.

SO IT IS HAVE PROVEN TO BE A GOOD TECHNOLOGY.

AND MANY OTHER CITIES ARE SPEAKING HIGHLY OF THOSE METERS.

SO THE PROJECT GOAL. OUR GOAL IS OBVIOUSLY TO REPLACE ALL THE EXISTING MECHANICAL METERS WITH THESE SMART METERS, STREAMLINE THE WATER BILLING SYSTEM TO WORK WITH THE NEW ARMY SYSTEM, AND PROVIDE NEW PORTAL TO ALL CUSTOMERS.

IN THIS SLIDE RIGHT HERE, YOU'LL SEE A SCREENSHOT OF THE PORTAL SYSTEM THAT WILL BE IMPLEMENTED PART OF THIS PROJECT. THIS SYSTEM WILL BE ACCESSED BY THE RESIDENTS USING THE SMARTPHONE OR WEB BASED PLATFORM. THE CUSTOMERS AND THE RESIDENTS WILL WILL BE ABLE TO SEE THE USAGE IN REAL TIME.

ALSO, THE SYSTEM WILL PROVIDE ALERTS FOR LEAKS IF THEY HAVE IN THEIR SYSTEM AND PROVIDE EASY CUSTOMER COMMUNICATION WITH THE CITY SO RESIDENTS CAN NOTIFY THE CITY USING THE PLATFORM IF THEY HAVE AN ISSUE IN THEIR SYSTEM.

THE PROJECT SUMMARY. SO, AS MENTIONED IN THE TITLE THE OF THE OF THE ITEM, WE ARE DOING A PIGGYBACK CONTRACT.

THAT TOWN OF MALONE CURRENTLY HAS WITH 14 LINE INCORPORATOR.

IT'S 14 LINE IS THE SOLE DISTRIBUTOR OF CONSTRUCT METERS.

CONSTRUCT IS A MANUFACTURER THAT WE'RE THAT WE BELIEVE IS THE BEST METER TO BE USED HERE THAT HAS A LEAK DETECTION TECHNOLOGY.

THE PROJECT COST IS $8.9 MILLION. CURRENTLY, WE HAVE $8.5 MILLION BUDGETED IN THIS UTILITY CIP BUDGET.

WE WILL BE SEEKING ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATION OF $475,000 THAT WILL BE PRESENTED TO YOU ALL FOR APPROVAL BY THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT AT FUTURE COMMISSION MEETINGS.

CONTINGENCY. WE'RE APPROXIMATELY 3% FOR 3% FOR UNFORESEEN CIRCUMSTANCES THAT WE MAY ENCOUNTER DURING THE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT OR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROJECT. SO THE TOTAL BUDGET OF THE PROJECT WILL BE $9.2 MILLION.

THE PROJECT TIMELINE WILL BE ABOUT 774 CALENDAR DAYS.

AND RIGHT HERE IS A QUICK SUMMARY OF THE PROJECT TIMELINE.

SO THE VENDOR WILL MEET WITH THE CITY TO DO A PRE-DEPLOYMENT.

AND THEN WE'LL START WITH A LIMITED DEPLOYMENT BY CHOOSING CERTAIN AREAS IN TAMARAC TO DEPLOY THOSE METERS.

THE REASON WHY WE'RE DOING LIMITED DEPLOYMENT IS WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THE ANTENNAS AND ALL THE COMMUNICATION INFRASTRUCTURE ARE BUILT TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE BACKBONE SYSTEM THAT

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THEN THE THIRD PHASE WILL BE DOING DEPLOYING A MASS METER INSTALLATION FOR THE ENTIRE CITY.

FINAL TESTING AND THEN PROJECT CLOSEOUT. SO REALLY WHAT'S THE NEXT STEP? THE NEXT STEP IS WE'RE SEEKING YOUR APPROVAL TO EXECUTE THE AGREEMENT WITH 49 WATERWORKS AND BEGIN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROJECT.

SO IN CONCLUSION, INVESTING IN SMART WATER METERS WILL MODERNIZE OUR INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEM, RECOVER LOST REVENUE. AS I MENTIONED, WE'RE ESTIMATING THAT WE'RE LOSING OVER 200 MILLION GALLONS.

THAT'S IF YOU DO THE MATH. THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY.

AND WE BELIEVE ON THE RETURN OF INVESTMENT, THAT'S ABOUT $1.8 MILLION PER YEAR ON RETURN ON INVESTMENT, SAVE TIME AND LABOR COST. AND THAT WE WE ARE GOING TO BE AUTOMATING THE READINGS AND PROVIDE BETTER SERVICES TO OUR RESIDENTS BY PROVIDING DETAILED USAGE INSIGHTS.

OR RESIDENTS CAN ACCESS THEIR USAGE IN REAL TIME.

THIS PROJECT SUPPORTS TAMARAC STRATEGIC GOAL NUMBER FIVE, WHICH TAMARAC IS A SMART AND CONNECTED CITY.

WITH THAT IN MIND, I'LL CONCLUDE MY PRESENTATION. I DO HAVE CONSTRUCT AND 40 LINE.

BOTH ARE HERE PRESENT AND THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR HENRY AS WELL WILL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER WRIGHT. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.

PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR. I HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE COMPLAIN ABOUT OVER BILLING.

IS THIS GOING TO SOLVE THAT SOLVE THAT PROBLEM. CERTAINLY WE BELIEVE THIS WILL SOLVE THE PROBLEM.

WE HAD ISSUES IN THE PAST WHERE WE ARE NOT ABLE TO READ ALL 21 PLUS THOUSAND METERS THAT WE HAVE IN THE CITY IN THAT PARTICULAR MONTH. SO IN GETTING THIS AUTOMATED, IT WILL GIVE YOU MORE ACCURACY.

IN THE PAST WE HAVE TO ESTIMATE THE USAGE SOMETIMES.

SO WHEN YOU UNDERESTIMATE THE USAGE IN THE SECOND MONTH, YOU ACTUALLY READ IT.

THERE WILL BE A BIG DIFFERENCE IN THERE AND THE DIFFERENCE WILL BE HIGH BILL FOR THE RESIDENT. SO GIVING THE CONSISTENCY OF HAVING AUTOMATED READING CERTAINLY WILL STREAMLINE AS WELL AS SOME OF THE RESIDENTS MAY HAVE LEAKS IN THEIR HOUSE AND NOT KNOWING ABOUT IT AND HAVING THIS PARTICULAR METER CERTAINLY WILL GIVE THEM THE THE THE REAL INSIGHT OF SEEING IF THEY, FOR EXAMPLE, THEY WAKE UP IN THE MORNING AND THEY SEE AN ALERT THAT YOU'RE USING 10,000 GALLONS IN THE PAST 24 HOURS. AND OBVIOUSLY YOU HAVE A LEAK IN YOUR IN YOUR HOUSE, AND THAT'S WHERE THEY CAN NOTIFY THE CITY OR SHUT OFF SHUT OFF THE METER IMMEDIATELY UNTIL THEY RESOLVE THE LEAKS IN THEIR HOUSE. SO WE CERTAINLY FEEL THAT THIS SYSTEM WILL RESOLVE THAT PROBLEM.

TIME FRAME 774 CALENDAR DAYS. THAT'S ABOUT TWO YEARS, IF I'M CORRECT.

DURING THAT TIME FRAME, DURING THE IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS, CAN THEY EXPECT TO HAVE MORE ISSUES WITH THE BILLING SLOWLY? WELL, RIGHT NOW WE'RE SEEING BETTER BECAUSE WE'RE REACHING OUT TO OTHER DIVISIONS TO ASSIST, TO READ THE METERS MORE OFTEN. SO WE'RE TRYING TO GET AWAY FROM ESTIMATION OF THE WATER METERS.

WE'RE WE DEFINITELY FEEL THAT AS WE IMPLEMENT THE PROJECT, THEY WILL SEE AN IMPROVEMENT IN THEIR.

MIND YOU, THERE'S ALSO THE CHALLENGE THAT WE HAVE IN SOUTH FLORIDA WHEN WE HAVE A HURRICANE, WE ARE NOT ABLE TO READ THE METERS DURING STORMS. AND THAT'S REALLY ANOTHER DISRUPTION IN THE METER READING BUSINESS.

WHEREAS WHEN THIS AUTOMATED SYSTEM IS GOING TO BE ALL AUTOMATED, SO WE DON'T HAVE TO PHYSICALLY GO OUT THERE DURING A HURRICANE AND READ METERS AND OTHER CITIES THAT'S USING THIS AUTOMATED SYSTEM HAVE HAVE THEY SEEN IMPROVEMENT IN THEIR BILLING PROCESSES? I HAVE NOT SPOKEN TO THEM PERSONALLY AND I COULD REACH OUT.

I COULD ASK EARL OR THE VENDOR TO SEE. BUT WE FROM WHAT WE HAVE TALKED TO THEM ABOUT, THEY'RE VERY HAPPY WITH THE SYSTEM AND CERTAINLY THE WAY TO GO.

AND NATIONWIDE, THAT'S WHERE ALL THE CITIES ARE HEADING TOWARDS, TO GET AWAY FROM USING THE MECHANICAL METERS AND USING SMART METERS.

AND I KNOW INITIALLY WHEN WE HAD THIS DISCUSSION ABOUT THE WATER STUFF, I THINK THE CITY MANAGER MENTIONED IT WAS GOING TO COST US ABOUT 18 MILLION.

I'M ASSUMING THAT YOU GUYS HAVE WORKED SOME MAGIC, AND CAN YOU TELL US WHAT YOU KNOW, HOW YOU'VE GOTTEN TO THIS POINT AND YOU'RE TRYING TO WE'RE APPROVING 400,000 MORE, JUST TO BE CLEAR.

THAT'S CORRECT. IF I MAY. SO WE WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS PROJECT FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, AND THE ORIGINAL APPROACH WAS TO UTILIZE ONE OF THE CONSULTANT FIRMS TO ASSIST US WITH THIS PROCUREMENT.

AND UNFORTUNATELY, THROUGH THAT PROCESS, WELL, FORTUNATELY, WE LEARNED A LOT IN THE ARMY.

FOR THE ARMY BUSINESS THROUGH THAT CONVERSATION WITH THE CONSULTANT, BUT AT THE SAME TIME WITH THE MARKUPS THAT THAT CAME WITH THE INVOLVEMENT OF THAT CONSULTANT, THE PRICE TAG REACHED ALMOST $20 MILLION.

AND SO WE CANCELED THAT PROJECT AND WE STOPPED IT.

AND THEN WE WENT BACK TO THE TABLE AND, YOU KNOW, CONTINUED OUR CONVERSATIONS WITH KAMSTRUP, OUR PARTNERS THAT ALREADY SUPPLY A NUMBER OF METERS FOR OUR RESIDENTS.

AND WE WERE ABLE TO WORK OUT THIS THIS ARRANGEMENT, WHICH WE'RE EXTREMELY HAPPY, AND WE'RE WE'RE VOTING TO APPROVE. CAN YOU GIVE ME A SPECIFIC NUMBER? HOW MUCH MORE?

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AND YOU'RE ASKING US FOR APPROVAL FOR $400,000 MORE TO IMPLEMENT THE WHOLE SYSTEM? SO 9.2 IS THE IS THE IS THE NUMBER WE'RE ASKING FOR APPROVAL.

THE PROJECT COST IS $8.9 MILLION, BUT WE'RE ASKING FOR ADDITIONAL 3% FOR CONTINGENCY.

THE THE THE BUDGET AMENDMENT WILL BE PRESENTED FOR APPROVAL AT LATER DATE.

OKAY. ALL RIGHTY. THANKS. THANK YOU. AND BEFORE WE GO TO COMMISSIONER PATTERSON, MY APOLOGIES, EVERYBODY. I DID NOT OPEN UP PUBLIC COMMENTS.

IS THERE ANYBODY WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON PUBLIC COMMENTS? SEEING NONE.

PUBLIC COMMENTS IS NOW CLOSED. I WAS GOING BY THE LIST IN FRONT OF ME AND NOBODY PUT IT DOWN, SO I DO APOLOGIZE. I SHOULD HAVE OPENED IT UP.

COMMISSIONER PATTERSON. THANK YOU MAYOR. I JUST WANTED TO STATE THAT I THINK THAT THIS IS A TREMENDOUS INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT FOR THE CITY.

OBVIOUSLY, IT BRINGS ABOUT A LEVEL OF EFFICIENCY THAT I THINK IS SUPER IMPORTANT.

AS, YOU KNOW, JUST THINGS CHANGE, OUR ECONOMY CHANGES.

SO I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT WE BROUGHT THIS. I'M CURIOUS JUST TO KNOW A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT THE REOCCURRING COSTS AND WHAT THE MAINTENANCE LOOKS LIKE ON THIS ONCE THE PROJECT HAS COME TO COMPLETION. YOU'RE ASKING ME TO. SORRY, CAN YOU REPEAT THE QUESTION? JUST CURIOUS ABOUT WHAT OUR REOCCURRING COSTS COULD LOOK LIKE OR WILL LOOK LIKE AFTER THE INSTALL, AND ALSO WHAT MAINTENANCE LOOKS LIKE ON THIS.

SO I'M GOING TO ASSUME I MEAN, NOTHING IS PERFECT.

THIS IS TECHNOLOGY. THERE COULD BE AN ISSUE HERE OR THERE.

SO JUST CURIOUS ABOUT THAT. SURE. SO WHILE EARL IS COMING, I JUST WANT TO MENTION THAT THAT THERE ARE TWO LINES OF ANNUAL MAINTENANCE FOR THIS, THERE'S THE SOFTWARE PART WHICH PROVIDES THE CONSUMER PORTAL AND THE CITY'S BILLING INTEGRATION.

AND THEN THERE'S THE HARDWARE PART. SO I'LL LET EARL MENTION THE NUMBERS.

BUT LAST TIME I CHECKED, IT WAS SOMEWHERE AROUND $600,000 A YEAR.

CORRECT. SO THE ANNUAL COST, OBVIOUSLY. AND THIS IS BESIDE THE ACTUAL METER ITSELF IS THE THE PORTAL THAT WE'RE TRYING TO IMPLEMENT THAT WILL BE USED BY THE RESIDENTS. THERE IS A FEE FOR THAT.

THAT WILL BE $6,945 PER YEAR FROM THE FROM TO HAVE THAT TECHNOLOGY IMPLEMENTED.

SO IT'S NOT REALLY THE METERS, IT'S JUST THE THE SERVICE THAT WILL BE PROVIDED TO RESIDENTS AND THAT WILL BE DISCUSSED WITH THE WITH THE IT DEPARTMENT TO IMPLEMENT WITH OUR CURRENT BILLING SYSTEM. THERE IS ALSO AN ANNUAL FEE OF $34,000 FOR THE AMI HOSTING, WHICH IS REALLY THE CLOUD BASED SYSTEM THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE IMPLEMENTING AS WELL. AND THE LEAK DETECTION SOFTWARE IS $87,000 IN ANNUAL, BUT IN TOTAL, ALL THOSE IS STILL A HUGE SAVINGS TO WHAT WE'RE SPENDING AND HOW MUCH WE'RE LOSING ON A DAILY BASIS. AND MIND YOU IT'S NOT ABOUT JUST THE LOSS OF THE WATER.

WE ARE UNDER HIGHLY RESTRICTED AREAS IN SOUTH FLORIDA BY SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT.

AND IF YOU REACH A 10% OF WATER LOSS, WHICH WE ARE SOMETIMES HITTING THE 10%, IF YOU REACH 10% OR HIGHER, YOU MUST IMPLEMENT A LEAD DETECTION SYSTEM AS A STATE STATUTE.

SO IN ADVANCE OF BEING PUNISHED BY SOUTH FLORIDA MANAGEMENT, WE WANT TO IMPLEMENT THIS SYSTEM AND BE PROACTIVE IN HAVING THIS AND MY APOLOGY THERE.

THE THE BUDGET AMENDMENT, I SAID IT'S $475,000, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY MORE THAN 475.

IT'S IF YOU ADD THE 3% CONTINGENCY, IT WILL BE 707 44.

AND FOR SAKE OF CLARITY, I JUST HAVE ONE ONE MORE STATEMENT AND ONE ONE LAST QUESTION.

THIS IS NOT A GENERAL FUND PROJECT. THIS PROJECT IS BEING FUNDED BY THE WATER.

BY THE WATER? THAT'S CORRECT. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THE UTILITIES ENTERPRISE FUND.

OKAY. CORRECT. AND THEN THE LAST QUESTION WAS IN TERMS OF ACCURACY.

CAN YOU SPEAK TO ARE WE TALKING ABOUT 100% ACCURACY OR IS THERE WHAT'S THE ACCURACY ON THE READING COMMISSIONER.

SO THE ACCURACY THAT WE HAVE AT KAMSTRUP IS 0.01 GALLONS.

SO WE'RE GOING TO PICK UP ANYTHING THAT'S COMING INTO THE HOMEOWNERS. WE'RE ALSO GOING TO LISTEN ON YOUR DISTRIBUTION LINE AS WELL. SO WE CAN SEE YOUR LEAKS BEFORE. OR WE CAN HEAR THEM BEFORE THEY HAPPEN. RIGHT. SO BEFORE CREWS GO OUT AND THEY FIX THOSE FROM A RETURN RATE, WE HAVE A 0.05 RETURN RATE OVER 2,000,000M NATIONALLY DEPLOYED.

SO WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THAT, WHAT WE SHIP INTO THE MARKET VERSUS WHAT WE TAKE BACK IN IS CONSIDERABLY LESS THAN ANYBODY IN THE IN THE INDUSTRY.

INDUSTRY STANDARDS ROUGHLY 2 TO 3%. AND AT A QUARTER OF A PERCENT RATE THAT WE HAVE TRUST ASSURED THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A QUALITY SYSTEM THAT'S DEPLOYED.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. AND IF YOU WOULD PLEASE JUST STATE YOUR NAME. AND RICHIE DIXON, DIRECTOR OF SALES, EAST COAST FOR KAMSTRUP. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

CITY MANAGER, DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING? MAYOR? I JUST I JUST WANT TO ADD ALSO THAT IN TERMS OF THE RETURN ON INVESTMENT THIS ALSO ALLOWS US TO TO RELOCATE OR REPURPOSE THE EXISTING TEAM OF 5 OR 6 PEOPLE THAT ARE CURRENTLY MANUALLY READING THOSE METERS.

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THANK YOU. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK I'VE HAD MEETINGS ON FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS.

AND I EVEN PUT IN THE STATE OF THE CITY TWO YEARS AGO WHEN TALKING ABOUT HOW EXCITED I'VE BEEN ABOUT US DOING THIS.

WHILE I'VE ALWAYS HATED THE IDEA OF LOSING PERSONNEL TO MACHINES, I'M NOT.

I'M MUCH MORE FOR THE PERSON. I PREFER TO JUST.

I DON'T KNOW ABOUT REPURPOSING, BUT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE THOSE EMPLOYEES STILL BE ABLE TO DO THEIR JOBS, DO THEM FROM INSIDE, DO THEM FOR SOMETHING DIFFERENT, DO SOMETHING TO HELP THE CITY AS WELL. BECAUSE YOU ALL KNOW, I THINK WE NEED MORE EMPLOYEES HERE IN THE CITY BECAUSE WE GROW AND WE HAVE GOOD THINGS TO DO.

I AM EXCITED ABOUT THIS. FOR ANYBODY WHO HAS EVER HAD A LEAK IN YOUR HOME ESPECIALLY, YOU'RE OUT OF TOWN AND YOU HAVE A LEAK IN YOUR HOME.

THIS WILL BE SOMETHING THAT WILL HELP OUR RESIDENTS OR OUR BUSINESSES EVEN KNOW THAT THERE'S A LEAK SOONER THAN LATER WITH A LOT OF EXPENSES.

IT WILL HELP. WE'VE HAD AN ISSUE HERE LATELY, UNFORTUNATELY, WHERE PEOPLE HAVE GOTTEN ENORMOUS BILLS AND THERE'S BEEN ISSUE AND SO WE WILL REMOVE THIS WILL BE REMOVING IT. GRANTED IT'S NOT TOMORROW BUT IT IS OVER A SOME CERTAIN PERIOD OF TIME.

SO I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT. AND I DO ASK THAT WE HAVE A GOOD PROGRAM OF ANNOUNCING THIS TO OUR RESIDENTS, SOMETHING MORE THAN JUST IN A WATER BILL, IN THE TELEGRAM, IN THE EMAIL BLAST.

AND WE'RE COMING TO MAINLAND'S EIGHT RIGHT NOW, AND WE'RE GOING TO FORSYTH RIGHT NOW, AND WE'RE GOING TO TRENT RIGHT NOW, WHEREVER WE'RE GOING FOR IT, MAKE PEOPLE AWARE THAT THIS IS COMING AND WHEN.

SO THEY'RE NOT SURPRISED BECAUSE IT'S AMAZING WHERE WE NOW KNOW IT NOW.

BUT IN A YEAR AND A HALF OR NOW, THEY MAY NOT KNOW IT'S NOT ALREADY DONE.

I HAVE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT MAKING SURE PEOPLE ARE AWARE THAT ONCE WE PUT THE METERS WHERE WE MOVE THE METERS, WHAT DIFFERENCE? IT MAY AFFECT THEIR RESPONSIBILITY ON THEIR PROPERTY LINES.

THIS MIGHT BE FOR MORE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES BECAUSE AS THE METERS MAY CHANGE LOCATION, IT MIGHT NOW HAVE A DIFFERENCE OF PIPE BREAKS, AND IT'S AN OLDER COMMUNITY. NOW THE HOMEOWNER IS GOING TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT.

THERE'S SOME GIVE AND TAKE HERE, BUT I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE A GOOD EDUCATIONAL CAMPAIGN FOR WHY IT'S BEING DONE.

AND I DO THINK THAT IT'S IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE DO THIS FOR SO MANY REASONS.

BUT ALSO, HOW DO PEOPLE SIGN UP? IS IT MANDATORY? SO IF I'M GOING TO HAVE A LEAK IN MY HOME, DO I GET A LETTER? OR IF I HAVE TO SIGN UP FOR YOU TO EMAIL ME, CALL ME AND NOTIFY ME THAT I'M HAVING A PROBLEM? HOW DOES THAT WORK? I MEAN, THERE ARE MULTIPLE WAYS THAT I COULD PROBABLY DEFER TO THEM BECAUSE THEY USE A SYSTEM ON A DAILY BASIS.

BUT THE WAY I ENVISIONED IT, MAYOR, IS YOU KNOW, AS YOU SAID, WE HAVE TO DO A LOT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION ON THIS.

SO THERE IS A LOT OF PHASING, AND THAT'S WHY THE PROJECT IS TAKING SO LONG, WILL TAKE SO LONG, TWO AND A HALF YEARS OR TWO YEARS PLUS REALLY IMPLEMENTING THE SYSTEM AND SLOWLY MIGRATING THE RESIDENTS INTO IT.

IT WILL PLAY A BIG ROLE. AND WITH THESE, WITH THE HELP OF THE PIO AND THE DEMOCRATS AND THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE AND OUR ANNOUNCEMENT AND YOUR HELP IN BROADCASTING THIS PROJECT IN YOUR DISTRICT MEETINGS, I THINK WILL CERTAINLY HELP IN EDUCATING THE RESIDENTS.

BUT MAYBE YOU COULD GIVE US. SURE. SO WITH BORDERLINE, WE CAN WORK WITH YOU GUYS ON A COMMUNICATIONS TOOLKIT.

WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, WHAT THE ROLLOUT PROCESS IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE WHEN THEY HAVE CONTRACTORS THAT ARE IN HERE, WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE BRANDED WITH CITY LOGOS, JUST SO THEY KNOW, YOU KNOW, WE'RE WHO'S INSTALLING THE METERS AS FAR AS THE PORTAL IS CONCERNED. TYPICALLY ANY INTERACTION YOU HAVE WITH A CITIZEN, WE GET THAT INFORMATION RIGHT.

SO IF IT'S A BILL, PAY THE INFORMATION YOU CURRENTLY HAVE FROM THEM WILL WANT THAT.

JUST SO WE CAN SEND OUT COMMUNICATION IF SOMETHING HAPPENS LIKE A LEAK INSIDE OF THEIR HOME.

SO WE'LL NEED A FORM OF COMMUNICATION FROM THE USERS AS THEY LOG IN.

SO MAYBE WE CAN DO PART OF OUR CAMPAIGN, DOING AN EMAIL CAMPAIGN TO OUR RESIDENTS FOR WE'RE HAVING A NEW A NEW WATER SYSTEM.

WE WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE YOU PARTICIPATING BY PROVIDING AN EMAIL ADDRESS OR A TELEPHONE NUMBER FOR ANY EMERGENCIES.

AND I'M GOING TO DIGRESS ON THIS AND ALSO SAY IF WE HAVEN'T DONE IT WITH WASTE MANAGEMENT YET, WE SHOULD BE DOING THAT AS WELL, BECAUSE THERE'S A WHOLE USE OF TECHNOLOGY TO BE ABLE TO TEXT AND CALL WHEN THERE'S GOING TO BE A MISSED PICKUP, OR WHEN THERE'S AN ISSUE WITH A TRUCK OR ANYTHING OF THE SORT.

SO WITH THE USE OF TECHNOLOGY, WE'RE GOING TO BE EMBRACING IT.

WE SHOULD BE EMBRACING IT FOR ALL THE GOOD USES THAT WE COULD POSSIBLY DO FOR COMMUNICATION, TO HELP PEOPLE KNOW THAT THE CITY IS NOT JUST PUTTING SOMETHING IN PLACE AND LETTING IT GO.

YOU HAVE AN ABILITY TO HAVE ACCESS AND HELP US OUT BECAUSE WE DON'T.

WHILE WE MAY WANT TO SEE EVERYTHING AND KNOW EVERYTHING, WE DON'T ALWAYS KNOW IT FIRST, RIGHT? AND IF YOU ALREADY HAVE THAT INFORMATION IN YOUR BILLING SYSTEM, WE CAN INTEGRATE THAT. SO WHAT YOU CURRENTLY HAVE WE CAN GO AHEAD AND TAKE THAT DATA. SO THERE MAY ONLY BE A SMALL PERCENTAGE OF CITIZENS YOU NEED CONTACT WITH.

AND OBVIOUSLY WE'LL DO THE DOOR TAGS JUST LIKE ANY OTHER PROJECT WE HAVE DONE. SO WE'LL DO A HUGE CAMPAIGN AND REACH OUT TO RESIDENTS TO EDUCATE THEM AND REACH OUT TO THEM.

MAKE SURE THEY KNOW ABOUT IT BEFORE WE START.

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COMMISSIONER WRIGHT. YES, COMMISSIONER. PATTERSON.

YES, MAYOR. GOMEZ. YES, COMMISSIONER. BOLTON.

YES. VICE MAYOR. DANIEL. YES. THANK YOU. MOTION PASSES 5 TO 0.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IT IS 1127.

WE ARE GOING TO TAKE A BREAK. WE WILL BE BACK HERE AT 1145.

THANK YOU. WELCOME BACK, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.

IT IS 1145 AND WE ARE GOING TO ORDINANCES ON FIRST READING.

[6.a TO2582 - An Ordinance of the City Commission of the City of Tamarac, Florida, amending Chapter 2 of the city's Code of Ordinances, entitled "Administration", by specifically amending Article Il, entitled "City Commission", by creating section 2-30 entitled “Special Meetings”; amending Section 2-34 entitled "Comprehensive Procedures for City Commission Meetings" by amending subsection (g) “Order of Business” to add “Commission Reports” to the general order of business and for other purposes; providing for codification; providing for conflicts; providing for severability; and providing for an effective date.]

CITY OF TAMARAC AMENDED CHAPTER TWO. OF THE CITY CODE OF ORDINANCE ENTITLED ADMINISTRATION BY SPECIFICALLY AMENDING SECTION TWO DASH 24, ENTITLED COMPREHENSIVE PROCEDURE FOR CITY COMMISSION MEETINGS BY AMENDING SUBSECTION G TO REVISE THE ORDER OF BUSINESS RELATING TO PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.

TO ADD COMMISSION REPORTS TO THE GENERAL ORDER OF BUSINESS AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION. PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS.

PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY. PROVIDING FOR EFFECT. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.

THANK YOU. I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND, PLEASE. MOVED.

SECOND. WE HAVE A SO MOVED BY COMMISSIONER PATTERSON.

AND WE HAVE A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER BOLTON. AND NOW WE WILL OPEN THIS UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS.

I KNOW THAT MISS HILL HAS SIGNED UP. SO MISS HILL AND THEN MISS JOHNSON IS ON DECK.

AND THEN IF THERE'S ANYONE ELSE WHO WISH TO SPEAK, WE WILL GO FROM THERE AND THEN.

MISS LYNN. SANDRA HILL. WOODLANDS. IT'S AS ALWAYS, REPEATING 25 YEARS.

TAMARAC TAXPAYER. SORRY. OUR TAXES ACTUALLY PAY FOR YOUR SALARIES PLUS $700 A MONTH IN CAR ALLOWANCE.

AND I THINK THERE'S LIKE 20 K A YEAR IN INITIATIVE FUNDS.

YOU WANT TO PUT US SPEAKING AT THE END BASICALLY ON WHATEVER WE SO DESIRE AT THE END OF ALL THESE MEETINGS I'M 81, I'M GOING TO BE 82 YEARS OLD AND I CAN DO IT, BUT A LOT OF US CAN'T STAY UP HOURS AT NIGHT.

AND ALSO A LOT OF MIDDLE AGED PEOPLE WORK AND THEY CAN'T AND HAVE CHILDREN OR WHATEVER.

THEY CAN'T STAY UP LATE AT NIGHT BECAUSE I HAVE TO BE AT WORK IN THE MORNING.

I COULDN'T FIND ONLINE RESEARCH. I USED TO RESEARCH STOCKS, BUT I ONLY GOT IN 2022.

ONE THIRD OF OUR POPULATION HERE IN TAMARAC IS OVER 65 YEARS OLD.

BUT I DID GET 2024 THAT THE MEDIAN AGE IN TAMARAC IS 47.5 YEARS OLD.

SO US GUYS TO SPEAK AT THE END, IT'S PRETTY HARD.

WHAT TO DO THIS AGAIN. SO PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE TO SPEAK OUT.

FORGIVE ME. THE THE WHOLE THING IS I'M PRAYING THAT IT DOESN'T CHANGE AND WE CAN TALK IN THE BEGINNING AND SAY WHATEVER. AND NOT EVERYBODY IS GOING TO COMMENT NEGATIVE THINGS, BUT IT'S THE ONLY WAY YOU GUYS CAN FIND OUT WHAT THE HECK PEOPLE ARE THINKING.

WE'RE THE PUBLIC. AND SO THAT'S THE STORY. SO.

OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND DON'T BE NERVOUS.

WE'RE JUST LIKE YOU. JUST TALK RIGHT TO US. OKAY.

JOHNSON'S COMING UP, AND PATTI LYNN IS NEXT. KATE JOHNSON, MAINLAND'S FOR.

IF YOU READ THE DESCRIPTION OF THIS ORDINANCE, YOU CAN'T FIND THAT YOU WANT TO MOVE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION TO THE END OF THE MEETINGS UNLESS YOU READ THE ACTUAL ORDINANCE CHANGES.

IT IS NOWHERE IN THE DESCRIPTION, MAKING IT SEEM AS THE ONLY THING YOU ARE DOING IS ADDING TO COMMISSIONERS TIME TO SPEAK.

THIS IS DECEPTIVE AND SHOULD BE ADDRESSED, AS MOST PEOPLE DO NOT READ BACKUP MATERIALS AND WOULD HAVE NO CLUE AS TO WHAT THIS ACTUALLY DOES.

IT'S LIKE AMENDMENTS ON A BALLOT THAT ARE SO DEVOID OF DESCRIPTION THAT THEY SEEM INNOCUOUS, YET THEY HAVE FAR REACHING CONSEQUENCES REGARDING THE ORDINANCE.

AS I SAID AT LAST MEETING, THERE ARE MANY REASONS NOT TO CHANGE OUR OUR TIME TO SPEAK.

ONE IS THAT THERE IS NO PUBLIC COMMENT ON CONSENT ITEMS OR OTHER ITEMS, AND THOSE VOTES ARE TAKEN BEFORE THE END OF THE MEETING.

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HOW CAN YOU VOTE ON SOMETHING INTELLIGENTLY IF NOT HEARING FROM THE RESIDENTS YOU REPRESENT? STREET PARKING IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE, AS IS RENAMING A STREET.

NEITHER OF THESE ISSUES WOULD BE COMMENTED ON BEFORE YOU VOTE.

WE ARE INTELLIGENT INDIVIDUALS WITH MANY ISSUES.

WE COME AND EXPECT CITY HALL TO LISTEN. MANY ISSUES ARE HANDLED BECAUSE RESIDENTS SPEAK ABOUT THEM HERE.

TO ASK RESIDENTS TO WAIT TILL THE END OF THE MEETING MAKES THE TIMING VERY LATE AND AS I SAID LAST TIME, ABRIDGES THEIR FREEDOM OF SPEECH BY DESIGN. MINIMALLY, YOU WOULD BE ASKING THEM TO WAIT UNTIL 8 OR 830 AND MANY TIMES PAST MIDNIGHT BECAUSE I'VE BEEN HERE THAT LATE. I CAN STAY. OTHERS CANNOT.

OLDER RESIDENTS WANT TO SPEAK BUT CANNOT WAIT THAT LONG.

CAN'T DRIVE THAT LATE. OR PEOPLE WHO WORK MUST GET UP IN THE MORNING OR HAVE CHILDREN TO CARE FOR.

YET THERE ARE VOICES AND ISSUES MATTER. THEY MATTER TO THEM AND THEY SHOULD MATTER TO THIS COMMISSION.

IT IS YOUR CIVIC RESPONSIBILITY, AND TO LIMIT PUBLIC PARTICIPATION TO 30 MINUTES ALSO DOES NOT SHOW THAT YOU CARE ABOUT RESIDENTS.

MOST TIMES WE ARE DONE BEFORE THE 30 MINUTES LAPSES UNLESS IT'S A CONTENTIOUS ITEM, BUT IN THOSE TIMES YOU NEED TO HEAR FROM EVERYONE EVEN MORE. FOR INSTANCE, SHAKER VILLAGE, YOU WOULD HAVE ONLY HEARD EVERYONE AGAINST IT BECAUSE WE SPOKE FIRST, BUT NO ONE WHO WAS FOR IT WOULD HAVE BEEN HEARD.

IF WE CAN SIT AN EXTRA 30 MINUTES AT THE END OF THE MEETING TO HEAR YOU TALK.

AGAIN, SURELY YOU CAN LISTEN TO US. I HAVE HAD A FEW PEOPLE ASK ME TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THEY WORK AND COULD NOT BE HERE TODAY, BUT WOULD ECHO MY WORDS TO NOT CHANGE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION, TIME AND LENGTH.

PLEASE VOTE NO TO CHANGING PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. LYNN IS COMING UP. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK? MR. GOGGIN, YOU'LL BE NEXT. PATTI LYNN, MAINLAND'S EIGHT.

I'M JUST GOING TO REITERATE WHAT HAS BEEN SAID.

PLEASE DON'T CHANGE IT. THE CONSENT AGENDA IS NOT SOMETHING WE CAN SPEAK ON AT ALL.

IF YOU PUT US AT THE END, YOU'LL PASS YOUR CONSENT AGENDA REGARDLESS OF WHAT'S IN IT.

AND MANY TIMES WE HAVE ENCOURAGED SOMEBODY AND OUR REPS HAVE PULLED ITEMS FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA TO FURTHER DISCUSS LIMITING THE TIME. THAT'S NOT A BIG DEAL IN THIS CITY.

IF THERE'S SOMETHING BIG GOING ON, LISTEN TO EVERYBODY.

LISTEN TO EVERYBODY. WHY NOT? WHAT ARE YOU AFRAID OF? AND. AND WHY WOULD THAT NOT BE IN THE AGENDA THAT EVERYBODY READS? IF YOU DIDN'T GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE BACKUP MATERIAL, YOU WOULDN'T EVEN KNOW THIS WAS GOING TO HAPPEN.

PLEASE DON'T CHANGE IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

AS MR. GOGGINS COMING UP, IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEEING THAT THERE IS NOBODY ELSE WHO WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, THIS ITEM WILL BE CLOSED AFTER MR.. GOGGIN. THANK YOU.

MIKE GOGGIN, EAST TAMARAC. I'M ALSO INCLUDING WITH MY SPEECH SOMETHING FROM TAMARAC LAKES ONE AND TWO.

THEY COULDN'T MAKE IT BECAUSE OF THE WORK HOUR.

THEY HAVE TO BE AT WORK MOVING THE PUBLIC. PARTICIPATION IS WRONG.

YOU NEED TO HEAR WHAT WE SAY. WE GIVE YOU YOUR SALARY.

WE GIVE YOU YOUR MONEY. YOU WASTE ON OTHER EVENTS FOR YOUR PARTYING OR WHATEVER.

AND A CAR, THAT DISCRETIONARY FUND OF $20,000.

WHY DO YOU HAVE THAT? WHY DO YOU NEED THAT FOR ANYTHING YOU NEED MONEY FOR? IT SHOULD BE A MUCH MONEY IN A BANK AND YOU ASK FOR EACH MEETING.

BUT HAVING PUBLIC COMMISSION MEETING AT PUBLIC SPEAKING AT THE BEGINNING, LET YOU KNOW OUR FEELINGS.

AS SOMEBODY SAID, LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO ARE HERE NOW BECAUSE OF THE TIME, A LOT OF OUR NEW CITIZENS CAN'T COME BECAUSE OF WORK.

THE NIGHTTIME MEETINGS, WHEN CERTAIN THINGS WERE HERE, PEOPLE SHOWED UP, BUT THEY HAVE TO LEAVE TO GET HOME AND GO TO BED TO GET UP FOR WORK.

HAVING US PARTICIPATE AT THE END DOESN'T DO THE CITY JUSTICE.

IT DOESN'T LET PEOPLE KNOW YOUR FEELINGS ON CERTAIN ITEMS AND HAVING.

WHY SHOULD WE HAVE TO WAIT AND HAVE YOU GUYS SPEAK ANOTHER FIVE MINUTES? THAT'S 30 MORE MINUTES AT THE END OF THE MEETING THAT SOME OF THEM, AS KATE SAID, RUN PAST MIDNIGHT.

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SO WE SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO SPEAK. OTHER CITIES DO IT.

I GO TO MY HOME UP NORTH WHEN I GO AND SPEAK AT THE MEETING, BECAUSE I HAVE TO FOR CERTAIN THINGS TO BE DONE AT THOSE HOUSES BECAUSE OF ITS HISTORICAL VALUE. YOU SPEAK AT THE FRONT AND LET THEM KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.

IT'S NOT AFTER YOU VOTE ON AN ISSUE THAT'S GOING TO AFFECT THE NEIGHBORS AND HURT THEM.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE NOW CLOSED.

THE CITY ATTORNEY, HANS OTTENAD, IS AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.

AND NOW THIS IS OPEN FOR DISCUSSION BY THE COMMISSION.

ALL RIGHT. COMMISSION VICE MAYOR DANIEL. I THINK, ACTUALLY, COMMISSIONER PATTERSON, I WAS LOOKING AT YOUR.

COMMISSIONER PATTERSON IS FIRST, AND THEN COMMISSIONER DANIEL IS NEXT. THANK YOU. MAYOR.

I JUST WANTED TO JUST ADDRESS THE PROPOSED CHANGES FOR SAKE OF JUST FACTS.

I AM BIG ON FACTS, AND I THINK IT IS YOU KNOW, SOMEWHAT A DISSERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY WHEN WE DON'T TAKE THE TIME TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH THE COMMISSION OR THE COMMISSIONERS TO IDENTIFY WHAT IS BEING PROPOSED, TO GAIN CLARITY, SO THAT WHEN WE REPORT BACK TO THE COMMUNITY, WE PROVIDE THEM WITH THE FACTS.

RIGHT. MUCH OF MUCH OF WHAT I HEARD TODAY IS NOT ACCURATE.

WHAT HAS BEEN PROPOSED IN, FIRST OF ALL, STATE LAW GOVERNS PUBLIC MEETINGS, WHICH MEANS THAT EVERYONE WE ARE REQUIRED TO ALLOW THE PUBLIC TO SPEAK.

NO ONE IS TRYING TO MAKE IT SO THAT PEOPLE CANNOT SPEAK.

JUST AS WE DISCUSSED THE ITEM PRIOR TO THIS ITEM, WE TALKED ABOUT EFFICIENCY.

THIS WAS PROPOSED AS A MATTER OF EFFICIENCY. FIRST AND FOREMOST, I THINK IT'S BEEN VERY UNCLEAR TO MANY RESIDENTS THAT PRIOR TO WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED TODAY, YOU WERE NOT ABLE TO SPEAK ON ANY MOST, ANY ITEM ON THE AGENDA.

SO YOU ALL UTILIZE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION TO SPEAK.

YOU COULD NOT SPEAK ON FIRST READING. THE MAYOR HAS IN THE LAST TWO MEETINGS REITERATED THAT YOU CAN SPEAK NOW ON FIRST READING AS A RESULT OF THE CHANGES THAT WE JUST MADE. THAT CHANGE DID NOT NEED TO BE CODIFIED, WHICH IS WHY IT'S NOT IN THE ORDINANCE THAT'S BEING PROPOSED TODAY.

THE REASON YOU GUYS COULD COME UP AND TALK ON THIS ITEM TODAY IS BECAUSE WE JUST MADE THAT CHANGE, ALLOWING FOR MORE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. THAT'S THE ONE THING.

THE SECOND THING IS THAT WE ALSO PROPOSE ALLOWING THE PUBLIC TO SPEAK DURING WORKSHOPS.

THAT WAS NOT THAT WAS NOT ENTERTAINED IN THE DISCUSSION.

WHAT WAS BEING PROPOSED WAS THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO SPEAK MORE THAN THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO SPEAK.

THE PARKING ITEM, YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO SPEAK ON EVERY ITEM ON THE AGENDA NOW.

PREVIOUSLY YOU COULD NOT. SO I WANT TO MAKE THAT EXPLICITLY CLEAR, BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THAT THAT WAS CLEAR.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, WHAT HAS BEEN PROPOSED IS NATURALLY, NO ONE WANTS TO HEAR THE COMMISSION, YOU KNOW, TALK ABOUT EVENTS IN THEIR DISTRICT IN THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING.

SO WE PROPOSE, YES, ALLOWING A COMMISSIONER TO BE ABLE TO SHARE THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON IN THEIR DISTRICT, MAYBE GIVE A BIRTHDAY SHOUT OUT, BUT AT THE END OF THE MEETING, WHEN IT'S APPROPRIATE, THE GOAL OF MOVING PUBLIC PARTICIPATION, WHICH IS SPECIFICALLY FOR ITEMS THAT ARE NOT ON THE AGENDA, IT WAS PROPOSED TO MOVE THAT TO THE END FOR EFFICIENCY SAKE.

NO DIFFERENTLY THAN WE JUST HAD THESE THESE VENDORS HERE FOR THE WATER ITEM.

THEY CAME IN FOR AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA. THE PURPOSE OF OUR MEETING IS TO HANDLE OFFICIAL CITY BUSINESS.

SO WE'RE JUST SIMPLY SAYING, HEY, LET'S GIVE OUR VENDORS AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE HEARD.

THEY'VE BEEN SCHEDULED. THAT'S WHAT THE PURPOSE OF THE MEETING IS.

AND THEN IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK ON THAT ITEM NOW, YOU CAN SPEAK ON EVERY ITEM ON THE AGENDA.

AND THEN IF YOU WANT TO COME UP AND SAY SHOUT OUT TO THE FIREFIGHTERS OR I HATE THE DISTRICT THREE COMMISSIONER, YOU'RE STILL GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT. YOU JUST WOULD HAVE TO DO IT AFTER WE'VE FINALIZED THE CITY'S OFFICIAL BUSINESS.

THAT'S ALL WE'RE SAYING. JUST OUT OF RESPECT AND COURTESY FOR THE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE COMING HERE TO DO BUSINESS WITH OUR CITY, THAT WE WOULD CONSIDER THEM AND THEN GIVE THE PUBLIC THE SAME OPPORTUNITY TO BE HEARD IN TERMS OF THE TIME.

NOTHING WILL CHANGE ABOUT THE TIME. YOU WILL STILL BE GIVEN YOUR THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.

AND WHAT I THINK I KEEP HEARING A 30 MINUTE COMMENT THAT'S BEING THROWN OUT, THE CODE ALREADY ALLOWED FOR OR CALLED FOR THAT.

THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING.

THE CODE SAID THAT CUMULATIVELY, A PUBLIC HEARING COULD BE FOR 30 MINUTES.

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NO ONE HAS ANY INTENTION TO MUZZLE THE PUBLIC.

WE CAN'T DO OUR JOBS IF WE DON'T HEAR FROM YOU.

WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO BE IN CONTACT. MISS HILL, YOU EMAILED.

I EMAILED YOU BACK. IF YOU REACH OUT TO ME, I PROMISE YOU I WILL, I WILL RESPOND.

I DON'T CARE DON'T CARE IF YOU LIKE ME OR NOT. IT'S MY JOB, TO YOUR POINT, MY CIVIC DUTY TO BE RESPONSIVE.

AND I AM COMMITTED TO DOING THAT. THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR.

DID YOU WISH TO SPEAK? YES. ONE THING. I AM A TAXPAYER TOO.

I PAY A HEFTY TAX BILL. SO THOSE WHO SAY YOU PAY MY SALARY.

WELL, I PAY TOO, BECAUSE MY BILL, I'M SURE IS HIGHER THAN YOURS.

SO ANYWAY PLEASE NOTE THAT I AGREE WITH EVERYTHING MISS PATTERSON SAID.

I WAS GOING TO CLARIFY THAT THE 30 MINUTES WAS ALREADY THERE.

ACTUALLY. NOW YOU GET MORE TIME, OPPORTUNITIES TO SPEAK, AND EVERYONE WHO CAME UP SAID THEY COULD STAY AND SPEAK.

SO IF YOU COULD STAY AND SPEAK, THEN I HONESTLY DON'T SEE THE PROBLEM.

BUT WE HAVE EMBEDDED MORE TIME FOR YOU TO HAVE COMMENTS, SO I'M NOT SURE WHERE THE MISCOMMUNICATION OCCURRED, BUT THE 30 MINUTES WAS ALREADY THERE. AND OF COURSE, IF THERE'S AN ITEM WHERE A LOT OF PEOPLE WANT TO SPEAK, I'M SURE THE MAYOR WILL ALLOW IT. WE'VE DONE IT IN THE PAST.

I DON'T THINK ANY OF THAT IS GOING TO CHANGE.

SO THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER. RIGHT. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.

IN TERMS OF LIKE COMMISSIONER PATTERSON MENTIONED, I KIND OF AGREE MOST WITH MOST OF IT, THE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PART, I'M NOT IN FAVOR. AND I WAS NOT THEN IN MOVING THAT TO THE BACK OF THE MEETING.

I'M NEVER IN FAVOR OF MOVING RESIDENTS OR ANYONE OF THE PUBLIC TO THE BACK OF ANYTHING.

THIS IS AMERICA, AND WE'VE COME TOO FAR TO MOVE PEOPLE TO THE BACK.

I THINK THAT DAY WHEN WE HAD THE DISCUSSION, THE WORKSHOP, I THINK IT WAS I DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION TO KIND OF CONTRIBUTE TO THE DISCUSSION. I WAS IN FAVOR OF GIVING THE COMMISSIONERS THE TIME TO SPEAK.

I SAID, WE CAN DO IT FOR FIVE MINUTES. IN TERMS OF PUBLIC PARTICIPATION, I THINK WE SHOULD BE MAKING IT MORE EFFECTIVE AND MORE AVAILABLE TO PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY. I THINK ONE OF THE COMMISSIONERS MENTIONED WE SEE THE 5 OR 6 SAME PEOPLE, BUT I THINK THERE'S OTHER IDEAS AND THINGS THAT WE CAN DO TO MAKE IT MORE AVAILABLE TO PEOPLE WHO ARE WORKING, PEOPLE WHO ARE BUSY BUSINESS PEOPLE, AND THAT TYPE OF STUFF.

I MEAN, LOOKING AT AN ARTICLE FROM THE LEAGUE OF CITIES, WHERE A CITY IN MASSACHUSETTS, LOWELL, MASSACHUSETTS, PREDOMINANTLY PEOPLE FROM CAMBODIA, THEY STARTED PRESENTING THEIR MEETING IN CAMBODIA AND THEY STARTED SEEING AN ENGAGEMENT OF THE COMMUNITY. MORE PEOPLE WERE INVOLVED. SAME THING IN DENVER, COLORADO.

THEY STARTED MAKING THE MEETINGS AVAILABLE IN MORE LANGUAGES, AND THEY SAW MORE PARTICIPATION AND INVOLVEMENT FROM THE COMMUNITY.

I WAS IN LION BAY A FEW WEEKS AGO TO MY COMMISSIONER ON THE CORNER, AND ONE OF THE RESIDENTS WAS TELLING ME THAT WE HAVE A HUGE HISPANIC POPULATION MOVING INTO THAT COMMUNITY. A LOT OF THEM DOES NOT VOTE, BUT THEY DON'T SPEAK ENGLISH.

SO OUR COMMUNITY IS OVER 30% HISPANIC. SO I THINK WE CAN ADD MORE IDEAS TO GET THE PUBLIC INVOLVED.

I THINK SOME OF THE THINGS THAT YOU MENTIONED WERE A GREAT START. AND LIKE YOU SAID, YOU WERE TRYING TO MAKE IT MORE AVAILABLE, THE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PART.

I WAS NOT IN SUPPORT OF MOVING THAT TO THE BACK.

I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE PEOPLE SPEAK AT THE FRONT OF THE MEETINGS. I'VE DONE MY RESEARCH AND WATCH ALL THE MEETINGS IN BROWARD AND EVERY CITY THAT I'VE WATCHED IN BROWARD.

ALL THE MEETINGS ARE AT THE FRONT OF THE MEETING. I THINK IT GIVES THE RESIDENTS A VOICE.

IT ALLOWS THEM TO FEEL APPRECIATED. AND MANY TIMES WHEN THEY COME HERE, THEIR INFORMATION KIND OF SWAYS ME IN DECISION MAKING IN THINGS THAT I DO.

IN TERMS OF THINGS THAT WE'RE DISCUSSING, I LISTENED TO THE THE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION AND MANY TIMES THEY COME WITH THINGS OR PERSPECTIVE THAT I DIDN'T SEE.

AND IT HELPS ME IN MY DECISION MAKING. AND AS A STUDENT, AS AN MBA STUDENT, YOU TRY TO GET ALL THE INFORMATION AND MAKE THE BEST DECISION YOU CAN MAKE. SO IT'S BEEN VERY HELPFUL FOR ME. EVERY OTHER THING, AS I AGREED IN IN WHAT WE HAVE PRESENTED TO US.

BUT I'M NOT IN FAVOR OF PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.

I THINK MOVING IT TO THE BACK. SORRY. I THINK WE CAN MAKE IT BETTER.

THERE'S THINGS THAT WE CAN ADD TO IT. THERE'S MORE RESEARCH WE CAN DO.

WE CAN GET STAFF DO SOME MORE STUFF TO GET OUR COMMUNITY MORE INVOLVED.

I THINK IT'S A GREAT FIRST STEP IN THINGS THAT YOU THE CHANGES YOU KIND OF MADE BASED ON THE CODE AND THAT TYPE OF STUFF.

AND YOU'RE RIGHT, SUNSHINE LAW DOES ALLOW US TO.

IT MANDATES PUBLIC PARTICIPATION, BUT IT ALSO GIVES US THE GOVERNMENT CLOSEST TO PEOPLE, THE POWER TO MAKE THOSE CHANGES IN THAT PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.

AND I THINK WE HAVE TO PUT IN THINGS THERE THAT KIND OF GET MORE OF A COMMUNITY INVOLVED, GET MORE OF THE SENIORS I MENTIONED, I SEE IN SUNRISE, PEOPLE CALLING ON THE PHONE, HOW ABOUT VIRTUALLY GETTING PEOPLE INVOLVED, THINGS LIKE THAT. PEOPLE AT WORK CAN TAKE TIME OFF TO COME AND JUMP AND MAKE A COMMENT.

SO WE'RE NOT LIMITED TO THE 5 OR 6 PEOPLE THAT THAT COMES ON A REGULAR BASIS.

THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY, THEY HAVE THE TIME. WE NEED TO GET MORE AND MORE PEOPLE INVOLVED.

SO I THINK WE SHOULD MAKE SOME MORE CHANGES TO IT.

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WE CAN GO BACK AND MAKE IT EVEN BETTER. AND THOSE THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS.

THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER BOLTON. THANK YOU. MAYOR.

SO I, I HEARD YOU KNOW, THE COMMENTS AS WELL.

AND A RESIDENT SAID THAT, YOU KNOW PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE ALSO TO HEAR RESIDENTS CONCERNS.

WELL, YOU KNOW, RESIDENTS EMAIL US AND WE LISTEN TO RESIDENTS THROUGH THOSE EMAILS AS WELL.

JUST THIS WEEK ABOUT THE PARKING ISSUE, WE GOT A SLEW OF EMAILS, INCLUDING RESIDENTS FROM MY COMMUNITY.

THEY COULDN'T BE HERE, BUT THEY VOICED THEIR CONCERNS THROUGH EMAILS.

SO, YOU KNOW, THIS ITEM I DON'T THINK IS MUZZLING RESIDENTS.

RESIDENTS HAVE THE ABILITY TO TALK TO US AT ANY POINT.

SPEAKING OF EMAILS WE WOULD THINK THAT BECAUSE WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, THE 3 OR 4 PEOPLE WHO ALWAYS SPEAK HERE THAT WHAT THEY ARE SAYING IS GOSPEL. THERE ARE OTHER RESIDENTS WHO ACTUALLY HAVE A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW THAN THESE FOUR WHO, WHO, WHO ALWAYS COMES TO THE MEETINGS TO HEAR THEMSELVES SPEAK AS WELL.

LET'S TAKE, FOR INSTANCE MR. BOROWSKI. ON JANUARY 7TH, 2025, HE WRITES AN EMAIL AND HE SAYS IN PART ALSO, THOSE AWARD RECOGNITIONS SHOULD BE HELD IN A SEPARATE VENUE AND NOT A CITY COMMISSION MEETING.

THERE ARE RESIDENTS WHO ARE HAVING TO BE LISTENING ON FACEBOOK, LISTENING TO PUBLIC COMMENT, LOOKING AT PROCLAMATIONS BEING HELD AT THE FRONT OF THE MEETING.

AND THERE ARE RESIDENTS WHO ARE WAITING TO HEAR THE TRUE BUSINESS OF THE CITY, AND THEY HAVE TO WAIT, MAYBE SOMETIMES TO THREE HOURS BEFORE THAT ACTUALLY HAPPENS, DEPENDING ON WHAT MEETING IT IS.

SO WE'RE NOT SAYING THAT RESIDENTS ARE NOT ABLE TO SPEAK.

WE'RE JUST SAYING THAT SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, IT'S ALSO A BENEFIT TO TO TO MOVING THAT TO THE BACK ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I STARTED AS A, AS A INITIATIVE IS THE MOBILE OFFICE.

WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, COMMISSIONER. RIGHT. WHO QUICKLY FOLLOWED THAT IDEA WITH HIS COMMISSIONER ON THE CORNER.

AND, YOU KNOW, WHEN I DID MOBILE OFFICE, WHEN I DID MOBILE OFFICE, RIGHT, A LOT OF RESIDENTS CAME WHO CANNOT COME TO A NIGHT MEETING.

BECAUSE IT'S TOO DARK. YOU CAN'T SEE YOUR DOG WALKING EVEN.

EVEN AT NIGHT. SO IT'S. THEY COULDN'T COME AT NIGHT TO TO THE MEETINGS.

THEY CAN'T COME IN THE MORNINGS BECAUSE THEY THEY ARE WORKING AND SENIORS ARE WORKING NOW BECAUSE TIMES ARE SO HARD.

BUT THEY CAME TO MOBILE OFFICE AND OFFICE AND THEY AND THEY WERE ABLE TO TALK TO ME AT MOBILE OFFICE.

SO WE HAVE HISTORICALLY GIVEN RESIDENTS THE ABILITY TO SPEAK TO US IN OUR OFFICES.

WE HEARD COMMISSIONER WRIGHT HAD A CALENDAR BEFORE HE STOLE MY IDEA OF THE MOBILE OFFICE.

HE HAD AN HE HAD A CALENDAR WHERE RESIDENTS WERE ABLE TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT WITH HIM, AND HE WENT AND SPOKE WITH RESIDENTS ON A SATURDAY MORNING.

THAT WAS COMMENDABLE. AND THEN HE CAN SHAPE HIS DECISIONS BASED ON WHAT RESIDENTS SAY, NOT JUST IN THE PUBLIC MEETING.

THERE ARE, YOU KNOW, RESIDENTS WHO COME HERE TO TALK ON THE REGULAR AGENDA.

AND BECAUSE THESE ITEMS ARE ON THE REGULAR AGENDA, THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO SPEAK DURING PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THOSE AGENDA ITEMS. SO BY HAVING, YOU KNOW, 20 RESIDENTS TALKING ON THINGS THAT THEY, YOU KNOW, MAY FEEL THAT IS IMPORTANT TO THEM.

OKAY. IT'S GREAT. IT'S IMPORTANT TO YOU, BUT YOU'RE TAKING ONE HOUR OF THAT TIME AND THEN YOU SPEAK LIKE THREE MORE TIMES ON AGENDA ITEMS OR THINGS THAT ARE OF IMPORTANCE TO YOU. SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST IT.

SO ALL RIGHT, YOU KNOW, COMMISSIONER PATTERSON MADE MADE MENTION OF THE 30 MINUTE AGGREGATE.

IT IS ALREADY IN OUR CODE. IT IS ALREADY IN OUR CODE.

AND WE ARE GOING AGAINST WHAT OUR CODE SAYS IT IS.

TWO DASH 34 D. SO FOR THOSE PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT WE ARE MUZZLING THEM AND WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP THEM AWAY FROM SPEAKING, WE'LL TALK TO THE COMMISSIONERS WHO WROTE THAT CODE SEVERAL YEARS AGO.

IT'S NOT US, IT'S NOT US. AND JUST BECAUSE YOU MAY SOUND INTELLIGENT AND PUT YOUR WORDS TOGETHER,

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THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND WE'LL REMEMBER NOT TO CRITICIZE SPEAKERS FROM THE DAIS BECAUSE WE DON'T AGREE WITH THEM.

SO I HAVE VICE MAYOR. VICE MAYOR? YES. I'M SORRY.

BACK ON THE AGENDA ITEM THAT WE ARE DISCUSSING RIGHT NOW.

LIKE I SAID, BEFORE, YOU GET MORE TIME, YOU REALLY DO.

SO I DON'T THINK THERE IS ANY REASON FOR US TO DELAY MOST OF MY RESIDENTS, EITHER.

THEY TEXT, THEY CALL THEIR EMAIL. I WOULD SAY 99%.

THAT'S THE FORM OF COMMUNICATION I WHEN I KNOCK ON DOORS OR WHEN THEY SEE ME AT EVENTS, THAT'S WHEN WE COMMUNICATE.

AS YOU CAN SEE, A REFLECTION OF TODAY, THEY'RE NOT HERE.

AND PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IS AT THE AT THE BEGINNING.

THE PARKING WAS A HOT TOPIC TODAY, BUT GUESS WHAT? DISTRICT FOUR RESIDENTS THAT EMAILED ME, THEY EMAILED ME BECAUSE THEY WERE AGAINST IT.

AND TO SAY THAT I SHOULDN'T FIGHT FOR WHAT MY RESIDENTS WANT IS RIDICULOUS.

THEY'RE NOT ASKING ME TO NOT FIGHT FOR THIS. SO NO, I UNDERSTAND.

EVEN THOUGH YOU SPEAK AT PUBLIC PARTICIPATION, THERE'S OVER 70,000 OTHER RESIDENTS WHO ALSO HAVE AN OPINION. AND THE OPINIONS I MOST LISTEN TO ARE THE ONES THAT VOTE IN DISTRICT FOUR, ARE THE ONES THAT LIVE IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, ARE THE ONES THAT ARE ACROSS THE STREET BECAUSE THEY ELECTED ME TO DO SUCH.

NOW, IF THIS WAS IMPORTANT TO THEM GETTING MORE TIME TO SPEAK, ABSOLUTELY NO.

I SUGGESTED AT THE WORKSHOP, HEY, IN THE DAYTIME, MAKE IT GO DOWN IN THE NIGHT.

NO, NO. BUT NO ONE WANTS TO COMPROMISE. SO TALK ABOUT THAT PART.

BUT NO, WE'RE ONE SIDED. AND THAT TO ME IS A PROBLEM.

BUT NO, I UNDERSTAND THERE'S PLENTY OF METHODS THAT YOU CAN COMMUNICATE.

THIS IS JUST ONE. AND DISTRICT FOUR RESIDENTS RARELY USE THIS ONE.

I'M TALKING ABOUT 99%. AND YOU COULD SEE IT EVIDENT IN ANY MEETING.

THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER PATTERSON, THANK YOU.

MAYOR. I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY A COMMENT MADE BY MY HIGHLY EDUCATED COLLEAGUE HERE.

HE SAID THAT WE USE THESE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION OPPORTUNITIES TO YOU KNOW, HEAR FROM THE RESIDENTS ON ISSUES BEFORE WE VOTE. VERY CLEARLY STATED, PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IS FOR NON AGENDIZED ITEMS. IT IS NOT FOR ITEMS ON THE AGENDA, WHICH IS WHY WE HAVE ALLOWED PUBLIC COMMENT NOW ON FIRST READING SO THAT THE PUBLIC CAN SPEAK ON ITEMS ON THE AGENDA.

I WANT TO JUST MAKE THAT EXPLICITLY CLEAR, BECAUSE THAT IS IMPORTANT IF WE'RE MAKING OUR DECISIONS BASED ON WHAT THE PUBLIC SAYS.

FANTASTIC. NOW THEY CAN SPEAK ON EVERY ITEM ON THE AGENDA, PUBLIC PARTICIPATION, WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE DISCUSSING RIGHT NOW, WHICH IS YOU COMING UP TO TALK ABOUT AN ITEM WE TALKED ABOUT TWO MONTHS AGO, OR MAYBE YOU JUST WANT TO SHARE SOME GOOD NEWS IN YOUR WORLD THAT HAPPENS.

WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING IS THAT THAT HAPPENS AFTER WE'VE HANDLED THE CITY'S OFFICIAL BUSINESS AND THE COMMISSION REMARKS THAT WE'RE PROPOSING.

ADDING BACK TO THE AGENDA WOULD ALSO HAPPEN COMPLETELY AT THE END.

SO, NO, MISS HILL, YOU DON'T HAVE TO WAIT FOR US TO SPEAK BEFORE YOU WOULD GET YOUR OPPORTUNITY FIRST AND THE COMMISSION WOULD BE HEARD AT THE VERY, VERY END. THANK YOU. MAYOR. THANK YOU. WELL, I WILL NOT CHANGE MY OPINION ON THIS.

I BELIEVE THAT THIS IS A HOUSE MADE FOR THE PEOPLE AND THEREFORE PEOPLE SHOULD BE SPEAKING.

I THINK IT'S KIND OF INTERESTING HOW WE SURVEY EVERY OTHER CITY WHEN IT'S CONVENIENT.

BUT ON THIS TIME, WE'VE NEVER DONE A SURVEY. AND THANK YOU TO COMMISSIONER WRIGHT FOR SURVEYING.

EVERYBODY DOES IT UP FRONT, AND I RESPECT THE BUSINESSES GREATLY.

BUT LET'S BE REALISTIC. THEY'RE GETTING PAID.

IT'S OKAY IF THEY'RE SITTING HERE. THEY'RE DOING OTHER WORK.

THEY'VE GOT OTHER PLANS. AND IF WE MOVE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION TO THE BACK, WE DO NOT HAVE ANY TIME CERTAIN.

FOR THE PEOPLE WHO ARE WORKING, THE PEOPLE HAVE GOT A DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENT. PEOPLE HAVE GOT OTHER THINGS TO DO IN THEIR LIFE, AND THEY'RE STUCK HERE THROUGHOUT A WHOLE ENTIRE MEETING TO GIVE US THEIR COMMENTS AND THEIR THOUGHTS.

SOME OF IT'S NOT DIRECTED INDIVIDUALLY TO OUR COMMISSION.

SOME OF IT IS TO CITY STAFF CERTAIN THINGS THEY SEE IN THE COMMUNITY, CERTAIN THINGS THEY WANT TO SEE IN THE COMMUNITY.

AND, YOU KNOW, FOR MY COLLEAGUES WHO WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A LITTLE FUN UP HERE, COFFEE WITH THE COMMISSIONER WHEN I WAS A COMMISSIONER, JUMPED AROUND EVERY MONTH TO OR EVERY OTHER MONTH TO VARIOUS RESTAURANTS SO PEOPLE CAN COME SEE ME THERE AND TALK AND HAVE A CUP OF COFFEE OR DONUT OR WHEREVER IT WAS.

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IT'S JUST DIFFERENT WORDS, DIFFERENT SAYINGS.

THE ONLY THING THAT WE'VE ADDED, I WANTED ALSO TO BE CLEAR, THIS IS NOT LIKE ALL OF A SUDDEN WE'RE ALLOWING COMPLETE OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO HAVE ACCESS TO SPEAK TO US. THE ONLY CHANGE THAT WAS IMPLEMENTED WAS FIRST READING.

YOU'VE ALWAYS BEEN ON REGULAR AGENDA, SECOND READING, PUBLIC HEARINGS, QUASI JUDICIAL AND WORKSHOPS.

SINCE THEY'RE NOT, THEY WERE A NEWFOUND THING ON NUMBER TEN DUE TO COVID.

WHEN WE WENT ONLINE, THOSE BECAME PUBLIC PARTICIPATION ITEMS BECAUSE IT IS NOT EVEN SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN DISCUSSED BY THE COMMISSION YET FOR PEOPLE TO SPEAK ABOUT.

SO I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THE ITEM ON FIRST READING.

I DO THINK IT'S FUNNY. WE ALSO ARE COMPLAINING.

OR THERE WAS COMPLAINT THAT I DON'T FOLLOW THE 30 MINUTE RULE.

YEAH. YOU'RE RIGHT. AND I'VE ADMITTED THAT I DO NOT FOLLOW THAT 30 MINUTE RULE WHEN THERE HAVE BEEN PEOPLE HERE WHO HAVE COME.

TAKE THE TIME TO TALK. I'M GOING TO LET THEM SPEAK.

BUT I'M PRETTY SURE JUST LIKE THE AGENDA ITEM THE CONTROL BY THE COMMISSION IS GOING TO BE ASKED FOR ON THAT, THAT I'M GOING TO HAVE TO ASK FOR APPROVAL FROM HERE ON IN BECAUSE THEY WANT TO ASK THIS COMMISSION NOW WANTS ME TO ASK FOR APPROVAL FOR ADJOURNMENT OF THE COMMISSION FOR MEETINGS. I DO NOT CARE. I DO NOT HAVE THAT POWER OBSESSED PROBLEM.

SO THAT PART I WON'T COMPLAIN ABOUT GOING BACKWARDS FOR REPORTS.

WE AGREED AND I DON'T SEE ANYWHERE WRITTEN THAT IF WE'RE PUTTING THESE REPORTS AT THE BACK END, IT IS GOING TO BE A MAXIMUM OF FIVE MINUTES, AND THAT IF PEOPLE ARE GOING TO HAVE POWERPOINTS, IT IS GOING TO BE GIVEN IN A WORKABLE FORMAT TO JIM BY 6 P.M..

SO THIS WAY WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF WAITING AROUND AT THE END OF THE MEETING FOR PEOPLE TO HAVE THEIR PRESENTATIONS DONE AT THE MEETING.

SO I THINKING THAT. PROBABLY IN THE MINORITY, WHICH IS NOT UNUSUAL AT THIS POINT IN TIME. I ALSO SEE THAT THERE WAS A CROSS OUT IN OUR G2 AND I SEE THAT IT'S PROBABLY ONLY BEING MEANT AS CLEANING IT UP BECAUSE SECTION 2-3 FOR COMPREHENSIVE PROCEDURES FOR COMMISSION MEETINGS.

AND IT DOES HAVE THE WORD WORKSHOP, BUT IT WOULD HAVE BEEN NICE FOR THAT TO BE LINE ITEM TO US IN A PRESENTATION THAT WE'RE REMOVING THE WORD WORKSHOP ON THERE.

AND THEN WHILE WE'RE AT CLEANING IT UP, WE SHOULD ALSO REMOVE THE PERIOD AT THE END OF ALLEGIANCE AND MAKE IT A COMMA.

SO WITH ALL THAT BEING EQUAL IF THIS IS GOING FORWARD AS A WHOLE, THEN AS A WHOLE, I WILL BE VOTING NO ON IT BECAUSE I CANNOT SUPPORT IT WRITTEN AS IS. IF THIS WILL BE BIFURCATED, I WOULD BE HAPPY TO BE MORE SUPPORTIVE ON THE REST OF IT.

BUT I ALSO THINK THAT THE DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES THAT WE RECEIVE, I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH EMAILS.

WE ALSO DON'T GET ADDRESSES FROM PEOPLE WHEN THEY SEND US AN EMAIL. WE DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE GETTING LAMBASTED BY A PERSON WHO LIVES HERE OR IN MICHIGAN OR ANOTHER COUNTRY, BECAUSE WE DO GET EMAILS FROM ALL OVER THE PLACE.

I WOULD HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH HAVING OTHER MECHANISMS OF OF RECEIVING PUBLIC COMMENT IF THAT'S WHAT'S GOING TO BE DECIDED IN A FUTURE MEETING.

BUT I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO MANDATE THAT WE KNOW IF WE'RE LISTENING TO SOMEBODY, IT'S OKAY.

WE'LL TAKE YOUR OPINIONS FROM DIFFERENT CITIES, DIFFERENT STATES, DIFFERENT PLACES. BUT I WANT TO KNOW AS WELL AS JUST AS THE VICE MAYOR SAID, I WANT TO KNOW IF I'M LISTENING TO ONE OF MY RESIDENTS OR IF I'M LISTENING TO TO SOMEWHERE ELSE.

AND JUST GETTING SOMEBODY WHO MIGHT BE A BOT OR MIGHT BE A BOT OR SOMEBODY WHO RILES THE CROWD TO SAY, GO AHEAD, VOTE MY WAY, DO CERTAIN THINGS THAT WE'VE HAD THOSE GAMES PLAYED BEFORE WITH SOME OF OUR BIG TOPICS.

SO IF THERE'S NO FURTHER QUESTION, THEN I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO CALL THE ROLL ON THE ITEM AS MOTIONS AND SECONDED.

COMMISSIONER PATTERSON. YES. MAYOR GOMEZ. NO.

VICE MAYOR. DANIEL. YES. COMMISSIONER WRIGHT.

NO. COMMISSIONER BOLTON. YES. THANK YOU. MOTION PASSES 3 TO 2.

SO THIS IS AN ITEM THAT IS ON FIRST READING. THIS IS AN ORDINANCE ON FIRST READING.

AND THEREFORE THE NEXT READING ON THIS ITEM IS COMING AT THE FEBRUARY MEETING.

IS THAT CORRECT? THE FEBRUARY 12TH MEETING. OKAY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO ORDINANCES ON SECOND READING.

[7.a 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.]

ITEM SEVEN A IS AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSIONER CITY TAMARAC.

TERMINATE NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC OF A PENDING ORDINANCE BY AMENDING CHAPTER TEN, ARTICLE TWO OF THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC, ENTITLED ZONING DISTRICT BY CREATING SECTION TEN DASH 2.8 ENTITLED QUALIFIED MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT PURSUANT TO LIVE LOCAL ACT OF 2003.

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ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW OF CERTAIN AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS PURSUANT TO STATE LAW. PROVIDING FOR REPEAL.

PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION. PROVIDING FOR CONFLICT. PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY.

PROVIDING FOR EFFECTIVE DATE. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU.

I'LL TAKE A MOTION AND A SECOND, PLEASE. MOVE IT.

SECOND. I HAVE A REQUEST TO A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER BOLTON AND I HAVE A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WRIGHT.

PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE NOW OPEN. IS THERE ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE, PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE NOW CLOSED. MISS CALLAWAY, OUR DEPUTY CITY MANAGER AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR IS AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS AS WE HAVE GONE OVER THIS AT SEVERAL MEETINGS.

NO DISCUSSION REQUIRED BY THE CITY COMMISSION, AS I CAN SEE.

CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. COMMISSIONER WRIGHT.

YES. VICE MAYOR DANIEL. YES. COMMISSIONER PATTERSON.

YES. COMMISSIONER BOLTON. YES. MAYOR. GOMEZ. YES.

THANK YOU. MOTION PASSES 5 TO 0. THANK YOU. WE ARE NOW GOING TO 702581.

[7.b TO2581 - An Ordinance of the City Commission of the City of Tamarac, Florida, approving the third amendment to the amended and restated development agreement, attached hereto as Exhibit “A”, between the City of Tamarac and Woodmont Country Club, Inc., removing the commercial parcel located at the southeast corner of Southgate Boulevard and north Pine Island Road from the obligations and restrictions of the development agreement; providing for conflicts; providing for severability; and providing for an effective date.]

ITEM SEVEN. ITEM SEVEN B AN ORDINANCE OF CITY COMMISSION.

CITY OF TAMARAC APPROVING THE THIRD AMENDMENT TO THE AMENDED RESTATE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF TAMARAC WOODLAND COUNTRY CLUB REVIEWING THE COMMERCIAL PARCEL LOCATED AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF SOUTH GATE BOULEVARD AND NORTH PINE ISLAND ROAD.

FROM THE OBLIGATION RESTRICTION OF THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.

PROVIDING FOR CONFLICT. PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY. PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I'LL TAKE A MOTION AND A SECOND, PLEASE.

MOVE IT. SECOND. I HAVE A SO MOVED BY COMMISSIONER BOLTON.

I HAVE A SECOND BY VICE MAYOR DANIEL. PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE NOW OPEN.

ANYBODY WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? NO ONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.

PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE NOW CLOSED. MISS CALLAWAY, OUR DEPUTY CITY MANAGER AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, IS AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS IF THERE'S ANY DISCUSSION BY THIS COMMISSION.

SEEING NONE. CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

COMMISSIONER. BOLTON. YES. MAYOR. GOMEZ. YES.

VICE MAYOR. DANIEL. YES. COMMISSIONER. PATTERSON.

YES. COMMISSIONER WRIGHT. YES. THANK YOU. MOTION PASSES 5 TO 0.

THANK YOU. MOVING ON TO PUBLIC HEARINGS ON SECOND READING.

[8.a 102578 - 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.]

ITEM EIGHT A AN ORDINANCE OF CITY COMMISSION AND COMMISSIONER CITY OF TAMARAC.

AMENDING CHAPTER TEN. THE CITY OF TAMARAC CODE OF ORDINANCE ENTITLED LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE BY AMENDING ARTICLE TWO ENTITLED ZONING DISTRICT BY SPECIFICALLY AMENDING SECTION TEN DASH 2.5 ENTITLED PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT AND THE COMMERCIAL LAND USE DESIGNATION AS ONE THAT REQUIRES SUPPORTING LAND USE FOR THE PLANNED DEVELOPMENT ZONING DISTRICT.

AND ALLOWING THE ASSIGNMENT OF RESIDENTIAL UNITS FROM THE AVAILABLE FLEXIBILITY OR REDEVELOPMENT UNITS FROM THE BONUS DENSITY GREATER THAN 50 UNITS PER ACRE, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CITY COMP PLAN. PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION.

PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS. PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY. PROVIDING FOR EFFECTIVE DATE. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU. I'LL TAKE A MOTION AND A SECOND, PLEASE. MOVE IT.

SO MOVED BY COMMISSIONER WRIGHT. SECOND. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER BOLTON.

I'M SORRY. EVERY TIME I HEAR MOVE IT, I FEEL LIKE WE'RE ON JEOPARDY WHEN WE HAVE JAMES HOLZHAUER GOING.

BRING IT LIKE WE'RE ON SOME GAMBLING NETWORK.

SO THE RESPECT TO THE COMMISSION I APPRECIATE AND THE PUBLIC I APPRECIATE THE SO MOVE VERSUS A MOVE IT AS IT IS NOT A SINGLE SOUL ITEM.

I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER WRIGHT. I HAVE A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER BOLTON.

AND THIS ITEM IS NOW UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS. IS THERE ANYBODY WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE, PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE NOW CLOSED. MAXINE CALLOWAY, OUR DEPUTY CITY MANAGER AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR IS AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS OR DISCUSSION BY THE COMMISSION COMMISSIONER WRIGHT? I'M SORRY. OKAY. NO WORRIES, NO WORRIES. SEEING NONE.

CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. VICE MAYOR DANIEL.

YES, MAYOR. GOMEZ. YES, COMMISSIONER. WRIGHT.

YES, COMMISSIONER. PATTERSON. YES, COMMISSIONER.

BOLTON. YES. MOTION PASSES 5 TO 0. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

[8.b TO2510 - An Ordinance of the City Commission of the City of Tamarac, Florida, adopting a small scale local land use plan amendment to the City of Tamarac’s Comprehensive Plan Future Land Use Map in accordance with Chapter 163, specifically Section 163.3187 of the Florida State Statutes, for said lands situated, lying, and being in Broward county, Florida, and located on the southeast corner of North Pine Island Road and Southgate Boulevard, and more particularly described in the legal description shown in Exhibit “A” attached hereto, to change the future land use of approximately 6.25 gross acres of land from “commercial” to “Low-Medium Residential” in order to allocate fifty (50) flexibility units and 6.25 gross commercialto- residential flex acres to facilitate the development of a residential townhouse use and provide consistency with the Land Development Code in accordance with the intent of the Comprehensive Plan of the City of Tamarac; (Case No. 2-LUA-22) authorizing transmittal of the small scale land use map amendment to the Broward County Planning Council for recertification of the City of Tamarac Future Land Use Map; providing for amendment to the land use plan to reflect such change; providing for conflicts; providing for severability; and providing for an effective date.]

ITEM EIGHT B AN ORDINANCE OF CITY COMMISSIONER.

CITY OF TAMARAC. ADOPTING A SMALL SCALE LOCAL LAND USE PLAN.

AMENDMENT OF THE CITY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. FUTURE LAND USE MAP IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTERS 163 FOR SAID LAND SITUATED LINE B BEING IN BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, LOCATED ON THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF NORTH PINE ISLAND ROAD AND SOUTH GATE BOULEVARD,

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WITH THE INTENT OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. CITY OF TAMARAC.

AUTHORIZED TRANSMITTAL OF THE SMALL SCALE LAND USE MAP AMENDMENT TO BROWARD COUNTY PLANNING COUNCIL FOR RECERTIFICATION OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC FUTURE LAND USE MAP, APPLYING FOR AMENDMENT TO THE LAND USE PLAN TO REFLECT SUCH CHANGE.

PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS. PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY. PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU.

I NEED A MOTION A SECOND, PLEASE. MOVE IT! RUUD.

SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER BOLTON.

I HAVE A SECOND BY VICE MAYOR. RIGHT. PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE NOW OPEN.

ANYBODY WISHING TO SPEAK? SEEING NOBODY WISHING TO SPEAK AT THIS TIME.

PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE NOW CLOSED. SCOTT BACKMAN, OUR ATTORNEY, IS THE ATTORNEY FOR THE APPLICANT AND MAXINE CALLOWAY DEPUTY CITY MANAGER, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR ARE AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. SEEING NO DISCUSSION BY THE COMMISSION.

CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. COMMISSIONER BOLTON.

YES. COMMISSIONER WRIGHT. YES. VICE MAYOR DANIEL.

YES. MAYOR. GOMEZ. YES. COMMISSIONER PATTERSON.

YES. MOTION PASSES 5 TO 0. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

MOVING NOW TO OUR QUASI JUDICIAL HEARINGS. THIS IS AN ORDINANCE ON SECOND READING.

[9.a TO2511 - An Ordinance of the City Commission of the City of Tamarac, Florida, amending the Official Zoning Map of the City of Tamarac referenced in Section 10- 2.1(B) of Chapter 10 of the City of Tamarac Code of Ordinances for approximately 4.58 acres of land situated, lying, and being in Broward County, Florida, and legally described in Exhibit “A”, from the current NC (Neighborhood Commercial) zoning classification to R-3 (Multi-Family Residential) zoning classification, for the subject property located on the southeast corner of north Pine Island Road and Southgate Boulevard, in order to allocate fifty (50) flexibility units and 6.25 gross commercial-toresidential flex acres to facilitate the development of a residential townhouse use and provide consistency with the Land Development Code in accordance with the intent of the Comprehensive Plan of the City of Tamarac; (Case No. 1-Z-22); providing for amendment to the Official Zoning Map to reflect such change; providing for conflicts; providing for severability; and providing for an effective date.]

AND WHILE YOU'RE AT IT, THE RULES FOR QUASI JUDICIAL HEARINGS.

NINE EIGHT. ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSIONER. CITY OF TAMARAC. AMENDING THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC. REFERENCED IN SECTION TEN DASH 2.1 B OF CHAPTER TEN OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC. CODE OF ORDINANCE FOR APPROXIMATELY 4.58 ACRES OF LAND SITUATED, LYING AND BEING IN BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA. DESCRIBED IN EXHIBIT A FROM THE CURRENT NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL ZONING CLASSIFICATION TO MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL ZONING CLASSIFICATION FOR THE SUBJECT PROPERTY LOCATED ON. THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF NORTH PINE ISLAND ROAD AND SOUTH GATE BOULEVARD.

IN ORDER TO ALLOCATE 50 FLEXIBLE UNITS IN SIX TWO, 6.2.5 GROSS COMMERCIAL TO RESIDENTIAL FLEX ACRES TO FACILITATE THE DEVELOPMENT OF RESIDENTIAL TOWNHOUSE USE AND PROVIDE CONSISTENCY.

CONSISTENCY WITH THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE AND COST WITH THE INTENT OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

THE CITY TAMARAC APPLYING FOR AMENDMENT TO THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP TO EFFECT SUCH CHANGE.

PROVIDING. PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY. PROVIDING FOR EFFECTIVE DATE.

AS REGARDING THE RULES FOR QUASI JUDICIAL HEARINGS.

ALL PERSONS TESTIFYING BEFORE THE CITY COMMISSION MUST BE SWORN IN WITH REGARD TO THE ITEMS THAT ARE BEING CONSIDERED ON THE AGENDA AT THIS POINT.

THE PETITIONER AND THE AFFECTED PERSON SHALL BE GIVEN OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT EVIDENCE, BRING FORTH WITNESS CROSS-EXAMINING WITNESSES, AND REBUT ANY TESTIMONY OR EVIDENCE RELIED UPON REASONABLY PRUDENT PERSONS TO THEIR BUSINESS SHALL BE ADMISSIBLE.

WHETHER SUCH EVIDENCE WOULD BE ADMISSIBLE IN A COURT OF LAW, HOWEVER IMMATERIAL AND DULY REPETITIOUS EVIDENCE SHALL BE EXCLUDED.

STATEMENTS OF COUNSEL SHOULD ONLY BE CONSIDERED AS ARGUMENT, NOT BE CONSIDERED AS TESTIMONY.

HOWEVER, COUNSEL FOR A PARTY SHOULD NOT BE SUBJECT TO CROSS EXAMINATION.

THE THE CITY COMMISSION SHALL HAVE AUTHORITY TO REFUSE TO HEAR ANY TESTIMONY WHICH IS IRRELEVANT.

REPETITIVE. REPETITIVE. OKAY. HEAR, HEAR. HEARSAY EVIDENCE MAY BE USED FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUPPLEMENTING EXPLAINING THE EVIDENCE, BUT SHOULD BE SUFFICIENT BY ITSELF TO SUPPORT A FINDING.

DOCUMENTED EVIDENCE MAY BE PRESENTED IN THE FORM OF A COPY OF ORIGINAL OR, IF AVAILABLE, PARTIES SHALL BE ENTITLED TO CONDUCT CROSS-EXAMINATION WITH TESTIMONIES TO PROVIDE OR DOCUMENTS ARE MADE PART OF THE RECORD.

THE ORDER OF PRESENTATION WILL BE AS FOLLOWS.

THE PETITIONER OR HIS REPRESENTATIVE WILL WE MAKE WILL MAKE A PRESENTATION.

IF PETITIONERS CHOOSE TO MAKE A PRESENTATION, IT SHOULD BE.

INCLUDE A DESCRIPTION OF THE NATURE OF THE PETITION.

IF THERE'S ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THAT HAS NOT BEEN PREVIOUSLY PROVIDED TO YOU, TO THE CITY COMMISSION, OR TO THE CITY. STAFF WILL THEN PRESENT THIS REPORT IF NECESSARY.

A STAFF REPORT WILL GENERALLY INCLUDE, BUT NOT LIMITED TO.

DESCRIPTION OF THE REQUEST OF THE PETITIONER.

ANALYSIS OF THE PETITION CONSISTENT WITH THE CITY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND CITY CODE.

PARTIES WHO ARE IN SUPPORT OF THE PETITION SHOULD MAKE THEIR PRESENTATION. PARTIES WHO ARE IN OPPOSITION OF THE PETITION SHOULD MAKE THEIR PRESENTATION AT THIS POINT IN TIME.

I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF THERE'S ANY EX PARTE COMMUNICATION RELATING TO THIS MATTER.

COMMISSIONER. BOLTON. NONE. VICE MAYOR. NO. NOT SINCE THE LAST HEARING.

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AT THIS POINT IN TIME, CITY CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE SWEAR IN WITNESSES? ALL WITNESSES FOR THIS ITEM. PLEASE STAND AND RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. DO YOU SWEAR TO TELL THE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH? THANK YOU. WITNESSES HAVE BEEN SWORN IN. THANK YOU.

AT THIS TIME, WE'LL OPEN COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC.

IS THERE ANYONE WISHING TO MAKE A COMMENT AT THIS TIME? SEEING NONE, PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE NOW CLOSED.

SCOTT BACKMAN IS HERE AND SO IS OUR DEPUTY CITY MANAGER AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS? SEEING NO QUESTIONS BY THIS COMMISSION, CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

MAYOR, I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THE ITEM, PLEASE. MY APOLOGIES.

I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER WRIGHT AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER DANIEL.

MY APOLOGIES. NOW, WE'LL GO FOR THAT VOTE. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER BOLTON.

MOVE IT! I MEAN, YES, COMMISSIONER WRIGHT. YES.

VICE MAYOR DANIEL. YES. MAYOR. GOMEZ. YES. COMMISSIONER PATTERSON.

YES. THANK YOU. MOTION PASSES 5 TO 0. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. WE ARE NOW ON TEN ATR1428.

[10.a TR14208 - A Resolution of the City Commission of the City of Tamarac, Florida, approving the special extended hours permit for i9 Restaurant & Nightclub located at 5305 North State Road 7, Tamarac, Florida, allowing alcohol sales and consumption on-premises only from 2:00 a.m. to 4:00 a.m. on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays, in accordance with Section 3-4 of the City of Tamarac Code of Ordinances ; providing for conflicts; providing for severability; and providing for an effective date.]

THE RULES FOR QUASI JUDICIAL HAVE ALREADY BEEN HEARD.

ITEM TEN A A RESOLUTION OF CITY COMMISSION APPROVING A SPECIAL EXTENDED HOURS PERMIT FOR I-9 RESTAURANT NIGHTCLUB LOCATED AT 5305 NORTH STATE ROAD SEVEN. ALLOWING ALCOHOL SALES AND CONSUMPTION OF PREMISES ONLY FROM 2 A.M.

TO 4 A.M. ON THURSDAY, FRIDAY AND SATURDAYS IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 3-4 OF THE CITY CODE.

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

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AT THIS TIME, I'LL ASK FOR ANY DISCLOSURES BY THE COMMISSION.

COMMISSIONER. BOLTON. NONE. VICE MAYOR. NO. NONE.

I HAVE HAD DINNER AT THE CHINESE RESTAURANT, SO THEREFORE I'VE SPOKEN TO ONE OF THE NEIGHBORS IN THE COMMUNITY.

I'M IN THE PLAZA. I SAID HI TO THE APPLICANT.

I VISITED HIS HIS HIS PLACE TWO DIFFERENT TIMES AS A RESIDENT.

NONE. OKAY. THANK YOU. AT THIS TIME, ANYBODY WHO WILL BE A WITNESS IN THIS ITEM.

CITY CLERK, PLEASE SWEAR THEM IN. ALL WITNESSES FOR THIS ITEM.

PLEASE STAND AND RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. AND WHILE THEY'RE DOING GOOD, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. DO YOU SWEAR TO TELL THE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH? THANK YOU. MADAM MAYOR, WITNESSES ARE SWORN. THANK YOU FOR CHANGE.

FOR DISCLOSURE. I WAS DOING FOR WHAT WAS ON THIS ITEM HERE.

BUT YES, I'VE BEEN TO THE APPLICANT'S LOCATION.

IN THE PAST, WE HAVE BIANCA. I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND NOW.

MOVE IT. SO MOVED. I'VE GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER WRIGHT.

RIGHT. SECOND I HAVE A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER BOLTON AND BIANCA.

PETE PETITE, AGENT FOR THE APPLICANT, WILL DELIVER A PRESENTATION.

GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY. I DIDN'T KNOW I WAS SUPPOSED TO PRESENT ANYTHING.

OKAY, YOU DON'T HAVE TO. MISS CALLOWAY.

THANK YOU. MAYORS, MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION.

THE APPLICANT WAS BEFORE THIS COMMISSION LAST YEAR WAS GIVEN AN EXTENDED OUR PERMIT.

THE CODE REQUIRES THAT ON AN ANNUAL BASIS FOR AN EXTENDED OUR PERMIT ON THURSDAY, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.

THEN AN APPLICATION SHOULD BE FILED WITH A FEE OF $500, AND IT'S CONSIDERED EVERY YEAR.

THE APPLICANT'S PERMIT EXPIRED IN DECEMBER, AND THEY FILED SHORTLY THEREAFTER FOR ANOTHER EXTENDED OUR PERMIT FOR THIS YEAR, BEGINNING UPON YOUR APPROVAL. CITY STAFF LOOKED AT THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE CODE.

ALL REQUIREMENTS HAVE BEEN MET. THERE HAVE BEEN NO ACTIVITY FROM BSO OF QUESTION SINCE THE EXTENDED HOUR, AND SO STAFF IS SUPPORTING THE APPLICATION. THANK YOU.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO GIVE A PRESENTATION. IT'S OKAY. OKAY. YOU DON'T KNOW IF THE COMMISSION WILL HAVE QUESTIONS FOR YOU, BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO STAY THERE. I'LL NOW OPEN THIS ITEM FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS FROM THE COMMUNITY.

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SO IF WE'RE MAKING DECISIONS BASED ON WHAT RESIDENTS SAY DURING QUASI-JUDICIAL ITEMS, WE'RE PUTTING OURSELVES AT RISK.

LEGAL RISKS. LEGISLATIVE ITEMS MEAN ANY REASONABLE RESIDENT CAN SPEAK, AND QUASI-JUDICIAL ITEMS MEAN THAT WE HAVE TO BASE IT ON WHAT THE APPLICANT SAYS.

THAT'S MY FUTURE LAW SCHOOL HAT FOR ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO QUESTION MY JOURNEY TO LAW SCHOOL.

MISS CALLOWAY, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU, PLEASE.

COMMISSIONER. MISS GALLOWAY THE THE CODE PROVISION WAS WAS TRIGGERED WHEN WHEN WHEN DID WE? IT WAS LAST UPDATED IN 2019.

BEFORE OR AFTER I9 CAME THE CODE PROVISION THAT SAYS THE BUSINESSES SUCH AS I9 HAVE TO COME YEARLY FOR FOR THIS RODEO.

I THINK IT WAS TRIGGERED BY THEM, BUT AFTER WE UPDATED IT IN 2019, THEY HAVE SINCE BEEN GIVEN AN EXTENDED OUR PERMIT.

WE CHANGED IT IN 2019 TO MAKE IT SPECIFIC TO THURSDAY, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY AND SOME HOLIDAYS AS WELL.

RIGHT. BECAUSE FROM MY RECOLLECTION THE LAST TIME THEY WERE HERE, I THINK WE HAD A CONDITION PRECEDENT THAT SAID THEY WOULD HAVE TO COME EVERY YEAR.

THE CODE PROVIDES FOR THAT. THE PERMIT IS ONLY FOR ONE YEAR.

OKAY. SO IT IS THE CODE THAT DRIVES. THIS IS THE CODE THAT TRIGGERS THEM COMING AND NOT NECESSARILY ABSOLUTELY.

THE CODE PROVIDES FOR AN ANNUAL PERMIT. AND SO IF THERE IS ANY CONSIDERATION TO MAKE THAT FLEXIBLE IT WOULD NEED TO BE AMENDED.

ANY CONSIDERATION TO MAKE THE CODE FLEXIBLE. YES.

IF YOU'D LIKE TO HAVE IT FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME, NO PERMIT.

THE CODE WOULD NEED TO BE AMENDED. OKAY. AND AND THAT DISCUSSION WOULD BE IN ANOTHER ITEM, OBVIOUSLY, BECAUSE IT'S A CODE ITEM AND NOT NECESSARILY THIS ISSUE.

THAT'S CORRECT. AND WE HAVE ALSO REACHED OUT TO THE NEIGHBOR WHO LA TABERNA, WHO TO HAVE AN EXTENDED OUR APPLICATION THAT WAS GRANTED LAST YEAR AND THEY HAVE ALREADY FILED FOR ONE AS WELL. IT'S BEEN PROCESSED BY MY OFFICE AND IS EXPECTED TO COME FORWARD AT A MEETING IN FEBRUARY.

OKAY. HOW MANY BUSINESSES? HOW MANY LIKE BUSINESSES ARE THERE THAT THAT WOULD BE TRIGGERED BY THIS CODE? WELL GIVEN THE PAST APPROVALS, IT'S JUST THE TWO THAT WE HAVE.

LA TAVERNA AND THIS I9 RESTAURANT. OKAY. AND HOW.

HOW BURDENSOME IS IT FOR STAFF TO PROCESS APPLICATIONS LIKE THESE? THEN PUT IT ON THE AGENDA. GET IT READY. IT'S ONLY TWO RESTAURANTS.

DO YOU SEE A NEED FOR THAT PROVISION IN THE CODE? WELL WE ADMINISTER A POLICY THAT'S SET BY THIS BODY.

IT'S AN APPLICATION THAT WE PROCESS AS WE DO ALL THE OTHER APPLICATIONS.

AND SO I THINK IF THIS COMMISSION THINKS OR SEES THAT IT MIGHT BE BURDENSOME ON BUSINESSES OR WOULD LIKE TO ENTERTAIN ANOTHER WAY TO LOOK AT THESE TYPES OF APPLICATIONS, AND WE ARE OPEN TO TO, TO THAT.

IT JUST FEELS THAT BECAUSE THESE TWO BUSINESSES ARE IN THAT SAME PLAZA THAT THE CODE PROVISION IS TARGETING THESE TWO BUSINESSES. THAT'S HOW IT FEELS. AND THERE IS NO OTHER BUSINESS IN TAMARAC THAT OPERATES LIKE THEM THAT THE CODE PROVISION WOULD SPEAK TO IF YOU ARE SELLING ALCOHOL AND YOU HAVE EXTENDED HOURS ON THURSDAY OR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY AND YOU HAVE NOT

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SO FROM WHAT I KNOW AT THIS POINT, THESE ARE THE ONLY TWO BUSINESSES THAT HAVE APPLIED IN THE PAST US FOR THE EXTENDED HOUR.

DO YOU KNOW OF ANY OTHER BUSINESSES IN TAMARAC THAT COULD FALL UNDER THIS CODE PROVISION, BUT HAVE NOT BEEN IN COMPLIANCE? THAT'S QUITE POSSIBLE, BUT I DON'T THINK CODE HAS BROUGHT ANYTHING TO MY ATTENTION.

IF YOU'RE OPERATING AND DISPENSING ALCOHOL AFTER 2 P.M.

ON THURSDAY, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, THEN YOU'RE IN VIOLATION.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. 2 A.M., 2 A.M.. THANK YOU. QUESTION FOR THE APPLICANT.

CAN YOU SPEAK TO ANY ISSUES THAT YOU'VE HAD IN THE PAST YEAR? THAT WOULD PREVENT YOU FROM RECEIVING THE RENEWAL? NO, WE HAVE NOT HAVE ANY ISSUE. OKAY. AND I ONLY ASK BECAUSE I'M A PASTOR AND I CAN'T GO TO CLUBS LIKE THE COMMISSIONER HAS GONE, YOU KNOW? NO, WE ARE A RESTAURANT AS WELL, SO YOU'RE WELCOME TO CUM BEFORE 10 P.M..

ACTUALLY, YEAH. I CAN'T GO OUT INTO ALL THE WORLD AND PREACH THE GOSPEL IN THIS BYWAY AND EDGES.

MY WIFE WOULD NOT ALLOW ME. SO YOU KNOW, I APOLOGIZE THAT I'VE NOT BEEN ABLE TO VISIT I BELIEVE PERHAPS YOUR ESTABLISHMENT IS IS DOING. WELL. IT SEEMS LIKE BLACK EXCELLENCE IN MY DISTRICT.

I'VE SEEN PICTURES. IT LOOKS VERY NICE INSIDE.

THANK YOU. FROM THE PICTURES. THANK YOU. LOOKS BETTER THAN SOME OF THE NEIGHBORS DOWN THE STREET.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND I'VE NOT GONE TO THEIR ESTABLISHMENT EITHER.

BUT, YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS ARE DOING EXCEPTIONALLY WELL.

YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY, IN THE PAST, I'VE HAD SOME CONCERNS ABOUT BUSINESSES LIKE THESE BECAUSE OF MY CONSCIENCE AND MORAL COMPASS.

YOU KNOW, CLUBBING IS. OR YOU'RE KIND OF, YOU KNOW, DINING IS NOT WHAT I DO, BUT I APPRECIATE YOUR BUSINESS IN MY DISTRICT.

I APPRECIATE THE EXCELLENCE THAT YOU BRING IN MY DISTRICT.

I BELIEVE TAMARAC IS CHANGING. AND ESPECIALLY THAT CORRIDOR NEEDS THE KIND OF BUSINESS THAT YOU HAVE.

SO WHATEVER WE CAN TO MAKE YOUR BUSINESS MORE SUCCESSFUL AND DEFINITELY IN TUNE TO THAT INCLUDING MISS CALLOWAY LOOKING AT THAT PROVISION OF THE CODE BECAUSE I REALLY BELIEVE THAT PROVISION OF THE CODE IS TARGETING ONLY TWO BUSINESSES.

PERHAPS OTHER BUSINESSES ARE COMING IN THE FUTURE TO APPLY THAT IT THAT THAT CODE PROVISION COULD APPLY TO.

BUT I THINK IT'S A CASE BY CASE BASIS. AND BECAUSE BUSINESSES LIKE THOSE WOULD COME TO OUR COME TO US ANYWAY, I DON'T SEE THE NEED FOR THIS, THIS CODE PROVISION.

I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. NO PROBLEM.

OKAY. JUST ON THAT LAST NOTE, GOING BACKWARDS, YOU DON'T HAVE CONSENSUS ON THAT.

IF IT WANTS TO BE BROUGHT UP AS STRATEGIC PLANNING OR A WORKSHOP FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION, WE CAN GO THERE. WE'VE HAD PLEASANT, PLEASANT OTHER BUSINESSES, SUCH AS MOMENTS, THE LOUNGE, OTHER PLACES THAT WE FIRST BROUGHT THIS UP IN 2019 THAT HAD REQUESTS FOR THIS.

AND SOME OF THE BUSINESSES ARE NO LONGER IN BUSINESS. ALSO LIKE 19, THAT'S ON 441 JUST EAST OF ON COMMERCIAL EAST OF 441.

BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT THE BUSINESS IS RIGHT HERE. THE BUSINESS IS YOUR BUSINESS. AND WHAT'S GOING ON IN YOUR PLACE, RIGHT? I WOULD I HAVE QUESTIONS, AND I FEEL AT SOME POINT PART OF IT DOESN'T REALLY MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO ASK THEM.

AS YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN TO YOUR PLACE. I'VE BEEN TO YOUR PLACE DUE TO SOME CONCERNS.

NOISE CONCERNS. NOISE CONCERNS OF SOME OF YOUR NEIGHBORS IN THE IN THE PLAZA.

CONCERNS OF NEIGHBORS OUTSIDE. YOU'VE ALSO HAD SOME CONCERNS WHERE THERE WAS PARKING ISSUES, THINGS THAT WERE OVERFLOWING FROM BUSINESSES ACROSS THE STREET.

YES THERE WAS. THE LANDLORD HAS WORKED ON PARKING WITH YOU? YES. CAN YOU TELL US? IS MOST LIKELY RESOLVED.

MOST OF IT'S BEEN RESOLVED. YES, BECAUSE I SEE PART OF THE REASON IN SEPTEMBER THAT THERE WAS AN ISSUE BECAUSE SOMEBODY GOT HIS CAR TOWED. RIGHT.

SO IS THE LANDLORD CONTINUING TO WORK WITH YOU OR ARE YOU? YES. OKAY. AS YOU AS I MENTIONED, I GO TO THE CHINESE RESTAURANT.

SO I DO KNOW THAT YOU HAVE DONE WHAT YOU HAVE SAID FOR THEM BY NOT HAVING THE MUSIC ON BEFORE.

10 A.M. 10 P.M.. SORRY. I'M GETTING. SO THE 10 P.M..

BECAUSE YOU'RE A NIGHTCLUB. 10 P.M. TO 2 P.M..

AND YOU'RE ASKING FOR THE NIGHTCLUB TO REMAIN FROM 2 TO 4? YES, BECAUSE YOU ARE A RESTAURANT, AS YOU HAVE SHARED WITH US BEFOREHAND.

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ADDITIONAL SECURITY? YES. WE HAVE. HOW MANY ADDITIONAL PEOPLE OR SECURITY PEOPLE HAVE YOU? IT DEPENDS ON THE NIGHT. IF WE HAVE A BUSY NIGHT LIKE THAT'S BEEN GOING, WE SOMETIMES WE HAVE 8 TO 10 SECURITY BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO BE ON FLOOR TO SUPERVISE THE THE PEOPLE INSIDE.

SO YOU HAVE THE SECURITY INSIDE. DO YOU HAVE ANY SECURITY OUTSIDE? YES, WE DO HAVE TWO OUTSIDE.

ONE IN THE BACK, TWO IN THE FRONT, ONE IN THE BACK.

AND IF I RECALL CORRECTLY, THERE WERE CAMERAS THAT WERE BEING PUT UP TO HELP YOU WITH PEOPLE WHO WERE DOING THINGS OUTSIDE IN THE.

YES. WE HAVE CAMERAS. OKAY. SO BECAUSE I DO SEE THE TICK UP, RIGHT.

WE WEREN'T GIVEN JANUARY THROUGH JUNE OF POLICE ACTIVITY.

WE WERE ONLY GIVEN JULY THROUGH DECEMBER. THERE WAS A WAS A TICK UP OF SITUATIONS GOING ON SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER, NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER. IS THERE CAN YOU SAY TO AS WHY? AS THE PEOPLE ACROSS THE STREET, LIKE, REMEMBER ME AND YOU HAD A MEETING? WE DISCUSSED THAT. IT'S THE PEOPLE ACROSS THE STREET THAT KEEP BRINGING THEIR CARS IN THE PARKING LOT, BUT THE LANDLORD IS WORKING WITH WITH THE POLICE OFFICER.

BUT THAT BEING RESOLVED? MOST OF IT. OKAY.

WELL, I LIKE YOUR ESTABLISHMENT. I DO. I'M GOING TO JUST TELL YOU HOW I FEEL FOR NOW.

OKAY. AND BECAUSE I DID NOT AGREE FOR LA TABERNERA TO GO PAST 2:00, IN FAIRNESS, BECAUSE YOU ARE NEIGHBORS AND I DO NOT THINK. THE COMMUNITY AROUND THERE, THERE'S STILL A LOT OF RESIDENTIAL RIGHT BEHIND YOU AND ACROSS THE WAY.

AND WE'VE HAD SOME ISSUES. AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT THEY'RE YOUR ISSUES PER SE, LIKE IT'S FROM YOUR CLUB OR NOT.

BUT IN FAIRNESS, IF I'M NOT GOING TO APPROVE THEM TILL 4 A.M., I CANNOT IN GOOD CONSCIENCE APPROVE YOU UNTIL 4 A.M.

I DON'T THINK THERE'S A NEED FOR THIS TYPE OF BUSINESS IN OUR COMMUNITY TO GO TO 4 A.M..

AND THAT'S JUST BEEN MY OPINION. WHILE I DON'T MIND NIGHTLIFE, I THINK NIGHTLIFE IS FUN.

AND I THINK EVERYBODY'S ENTITLED TO IT. I ALSO DO THINK THAT WHEN YOU HAVE A CITY, YOU DECIDE WHAT YOU WANT IN THAT CITY, AS ARE WE A FAMILY PLACE OR ARE WE A I DON'T BELIEVE WE'RE ANY MORE THE SLEEPY RESIDENTIAL RETIREMENT COMMUNITY. WE HAVEN'T BEEN THAT WAY FOR OVER 20 YEARS. CLOSER.

GOING ON 30. AND I AM HAPPY THAT YOU ARE HAVING A NIGHTLIFE IN OUR CITY.

PERSONALLY, FOR ME, I JUST DON'T THINK OUR CITY NEEDS A NIGHTLIFE TILL 4 A.M., SO JUST KNOW WHEN I VOTE NO ON THIS, IT IS MY FEELING THAT IT IS. YES, THERE ARE OTHER ISSUES AND I THINK I APPRECIATE YOUR WORKING ON THEM, BUT JUST PLEASE KNOW THAT'S WHERE IT'S COMING FROM, OKAY? COMMISSIONER PATTERSON THANK YOU. MAYOR, I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF ECHO WHAT MY COLLEAGUE HAD SAID EARLIER.

KUDOS TO YOU GUYS. I THINK IT'S FANTASTIC. I BELIEVE THAT OUR DEPUTY MANAGER MENTIONED THAT YOU GUYS ARE PROACTIVELY COMING TO THE CITY AND ATTEMPTING TO BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE ORDINANCE AS CURRENTLY SET FORTH.

SO I THINK THAT'S FANTASTIC. I'M GOING TO DEFINITELY MAKE A NOTE TO VISIT THE ESTABLISHMENT, ASSUMING THAT YOU GUYS CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD.

EVERYONE KNOWS THAT I AM A HUGE ADVOCATE OF SMALL BUSINESSES.

I THINK IT IS YOU KNOW COMMENDABLE THAT YOU'VE BEEN IN BUSINESS FOR AS LONG AS YOU HAVE GIVEN CONSIDERATION TO JUST SOME OF THE CHALLENGES WITH BEING, YOU KNOW A BRICK AND MORTAR THESE DAYS.

I JUST WANTED TO ASK THE DEPUTY MANAGER A QUICK QUESTION.

CAN YOU CONFIRM, BECAUSE I HEARD THE MAYOR TALK ABOUT NOISE ISSUES AND.

WELL, I REALIZED THAT THERE IS NO PERFECT SITUATION.

WE, YOU KNOW, WE DO THE BEST THAT WE CAN. CAN YOU JUST CONFIRM WHAT THE ZONING IS IN THE CORRIDOR FOR WHERE THE BUSINESS IS LOCATED? IT'S LIKELY TO BE A MIXED USE ZONING DESIGNATION.

AND YOU MAY NOT KNOW THIS ANSWER, BUT JUST CURIOUS, IN TERMS OF RESIDENTIAL, WHAT WOULD BE WHERE IS THE NEAREST RESIDENTIAL? IMMEDIATELY BEHIND THE ARE WE GETTING NOISE COMPLAINTS FROM THE RESIDENTIAL? WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY. OKAY. SO IT'S ANOTHER BUSINESS THAT'S SAYING IT'S A LITTLE NOISY NEXT DOOR IN ANOTHER BUSINESS.

I'M NOT SURE IF THE MAYOR CAN ATTEST TO WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY COMPLAINTS, WHETHER BY RESIDENTS OR ANOTHER BUSINESS.

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I JUST WANT TO PUT ON THE RECORD. EVERYONE KNOWS THAT I COME WITH A STRONG CODE ENFORCEMENT BACKGROUND.

IT IS ABSOLUTELY POSSIBLE THAT OUR CITY HAS ESTABLISHMENTS THAT ARE THAT SELLS ALCOHOL.

THIS IS JUST I'M SAYING THIS ONLY BECAUSE THIS BUSINESS HAS TAKEN THE STEPS TO COME TO THE CITY AND BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH AN ORDINANCE THAT IS ON THE BOOKS TO ENSURE THAT THEY DO NOT VIOLATE OUR ORDINANCE.

AND IN ATTEMPTS TO BE GOOD BUSINESS, A GOOD BUSINESS PARTNER WITH THE CITY.

SO I ABSOLUTELY SUPPORT YOUR ENDEAVOR. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER WRIGHT. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.

FIRST AND FOREMOST, I WANT LAST TIME. THE FIRST TIME HER HUSBAND CAME HERE, HE WAS IN A GOOD CONDITION. IT'S GOOD TO SEE HIM HEALTHY AND DOING WONDERFUL AS WELL.

YOU KNOW, I READ MY BIBLE THIS MORNING IN MATTHEW SEVEN VERSE 15, BEWARE FALSE FALSE PROPHET.

IN TERMS OF YOUR. YOUR IN IN TERMS OF YOUR YOUR ESTABLISHMENT.

I'VE BEEN THERE. I HAVE SEEN HOW MUCH YOU'VE INVESTED IN THE ESTABLISHMENT.

IT'S A VERY NICE PLACE. IT'S NOT ONLY A NIGHTCLUB, BUT I WENT THERE TO ACTUALLY WATCH AN NBA PLAYOFF GAME. THE FOOD IS GOOD.

AND YOU EVEN YOU SAW YOU RECOGNIZE ME, BUT YOU EVEN HAD YOUR SECURITY, YOU KNOW PAT ME DOWN.

I DIDN'T GET PRIVILEGE BECAUSE I. THEN I WAS A VICE MAYOR. YOU STILL WENT THROUGH THE PROCESSES AND DID WHAT ALL YOU HAD TO DO. THE SECOND TIME I WENT THERE, I KIND OF WENT THERE. IN A HAT AND LITTLE NONDESCRIPT JUST TO OBSERVE THE PLACE.

AND AGAIN, IT WAS IT WAS SAFE OUTSIDE. THE ESTABLISHMENT WAS NICE.

IT WAS A VERY UPSCALE AND BOUGIE CROWD HANGING OUT AT YOUR ESTABLISHMENT IN YOUR BUSINESS AND, LIKE MY COLLEAGUES MENTIONED, WERE ALWAYS IN SUPPORT OF SMALL BUSINESSES, BUT ALSO ALONG THAT CORRIDOR.

AND 441 IF YOU GO RIGHT DOWN THE STREET, WHICH IS A DIFFERENT CITY, IT'S A LOT OF DEER LAKES, I THINK, AND THERE'S CLUBS AS WELL, OPEN LIKE TWO MILES AWAY DOWN THERE IN THAT PLAZA AND A LOT OF DEER LAKES.

SO BEING TO THE MAYOR'S POINT, I THINK THE LOCATION, YES, WE DEFINITELY WANT TO HAVE NIGHTLIFE, BUT I THINK THE LOCATION FITS ALONG WITH WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THOSE ADJACENT CITIES, WHETHER IT'S LAUDERDALE LAKES AND THE CITY THAT'S RIGHT TO THE EAST.

SO I THINK IT'S NOT A LOCATION WHERE WE HAVE RESIDENTIAL.

WE HAVE RESIDENTIAL, YES, BUT NOT A TON OF FAMILIES AND ALL THAT STUFF.

IT'S A CORRIDOR WHERE IT HAS A NIGHTLIFE THAT'S THAT'S GOING ON.

SO I THINK IT FITS IN WHERE IT'S AT. AGAIN, I'M GOING TO SUPPORT YOU GUYS BECAUSE I'VE SEEN WHAT YOU'VE CREATED.

YOU HAVE NO ISSUES. THERE HAVE BEEN NO POLICE ISSUES AT THE TIME THAT YOU'VE BEEN THERE. YES.

THE NOISE COMPLAINTS IS SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT.

BUT AS A BUSINESS, YOU GUYS ARE, YOU KNOW, THE EPITOME OF WHAT WE WANT IN TAMARAC.

AND YOU REPRESENT, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE WANT FROM OUR SMALL BUSINESSES AND YOUR ESTABLISHMENT IS A PLACE OF EXCELLENCE AND CONTINUE TO DO WHAT YOU'RE DOING.

AND I CONTINUE TO HOPE TO SEE AND THAT YOU GUYS CAN CONTINUE TO GROW.

THANK YOU. VICE MAYOR. YES. GOOD AFTERNOON. I SUPPORTED YOU BEFORE AND YOU CONTINUE TO HAVE MY SUPPORT.

I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT THINGS ARE GOING WELL. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER BOLTON, IT MUST BE NERVE WRACKING FOR YOU TO BE RUNNING A BUSINESS AND HAVING TO KNOW THAT YOU HAVE TO COME BEFORE A CITY COMMISSION EACH YEAR TO PARTICULARLY MAYBE BE LAMBASTED BY ELECTED OFFICIALS WHO MAY NOT UNDERSTAND THE CONCEPT OF YOUR BUSINESS OR WHO MAY INJECT THEIR OPINIONS ON WHETHER OR NOT YOUR BUSINESS SHOULD BE IN THE LOCATION OR NOT, THE LOCATION THAT IT IS.

AND I THINK THAT IS THAT'S WHY IT SHOULD BE NECESSARY THAT WE LOOK AT THE CODE PERHAPS NOT CHANGE THE CODE, BUT MAYBE ADMINISTRATIVELY THROUGH YOUR OFFICE.

MISS CALLAWAY, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT COULD BE DONE.

ADMINISTRATIVELY APPROVE BUSINESSES THAT ARE NOT HAVING ISSUES.

RIGHT. ATTORNEY, CAN YOU SPEAK TO TO TO THAT? OBVIOUSLY IT WOULD REQUIRE A CODE AMENDMENT TO ALLOW THE CITY MANAGER OR DESIGNEE TO APPROVE THE EXTENSION ADMINISTRATIVELY.

SO IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE COMMISSION, WE CAN WORK ON THAT.

OKAY. I WOULD LIKE FOR STAFF TO LOOK INTO THIS AND BRING IT AT A WORKSHOP.

IT IS MY PREROGATIVE TO BRING WORKSHOP ITEMS. SO AT THE AT THE NEXT WORKSHOP, BRING THIS CODE PROVISION, THIS ORDINANCE, SO THAT WE CAN LOOK AT THIS.

THAT WAY THEY DON'T HAVE TO BE NERVOUS OR THE OTHER BUSINESSES FOR THAT MATTER TO BE NERVOUS.

RIGHT. SO I APPRECIATE YOU AGAIN, COMING TO YOUR TO THIS TO THIS ESTABLISHMENT, ALTHOUGH I CAN'T COME TO YOUR ESTABLISHMENT.

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SO I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS. AND AND. YEAH GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR BLACK EXCELLENCE BUSINESS.

AND I'M SURE YOU'LL, YOU'LL CONTINUE TO DO WELL.

AND IT'S BETTER TO PUT THE MILLSTONE AROUND YOUR NECK THAN TO TROUBLE ONE OF GOD'S CHILDREN.

ANYWAY, THE PURPOSE FOR TODAY IS A SPECIAL EXCEPTION FOR THURSDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY, SUNDAY SPECIAL HOLIDAYS.

TO KEEP YOUR BUSINESS OPEN BETWEEN 2 TO 4 A.M., IT IS NOT TO CLOSE YOUR BUSINESS.

IT IS NOT TO HURT YOUR BUSINESS. IT'S TO MAKE SURE THAT THE SECURITY MEASURES THAT HAVE BEEN PUT IN PLACE ARE STILL WORKING WELL.

IF YOU HAVE ANY ISSUES, IF THE CITY HAS ANY ISSUES AND DESPITE CERTAIN PAPERWORK THAT WE KNOW THAT IS SOMEHOW NOT BEING FOUND, WE KNOW THAT WE'VE HAD A LITTLE CODE ISSUE AND YOU'VE HAD SOME ISSUES AND YOU'VE ASKED FOR ASSISTANCE.

THERE'S NO LAMBASTING, THERE'S NO CRITICIZING.

YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTING EVERYTHING. THE LANDLORDS WORK WITH YOU.

YOU'VE WORKED WITH YOUR NEIGHBORS THIS WAY. PEOPLE HAVING DINNER AT 630 AT NIGHT ARE NOT HEARING THE MUSIC THROUGH THE WALLS AND CAN HAVE DINNER.

YOU UNDERSTOOD IT. IT'S NOT A PROBLEM. SOMETIMES YOU JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING NEXT DOOR BECAUSE YOU DON'T REALIZE HOW FAR NOISE TRAVELS.

YOU'VE BEEN VERY COOPERATIVE. YOU'VE BEEN AMAZING ABOUT IT, AND IT'S BEEN APPRECIATED.

AND AGAIN, THE ONLY REASON WHY I SAID WHY I CAN'T VOTE FOR IT IS BECAUSE OF THE VOTE THAT I DID LAST TIME.

IF THE RULES DON'T CHANGE AND YOU'RE BACK HERE NEXT YEAR AND THERE'S SIMILARLY NO ISSUES.

FINE. AND FOR THE ANSWER TO THE QUESTION, THE REASON FOR THE NOISE ORDINANCE, THE NOISE ISSUES, YOU HAD PARKED CARS IN YOUR PARKING LOT BLASTING MUSIC, NOT YOUR CARS PER SE.

THERE WERE OTHER PEOPLE, WHICH IS WHY YOU'VE WORKED WITH THE LANDLORD FOR TOWING AND MAKING SURE THE CARS IN YOUR PARKING LOT ARE FOR YOUR ESTABLISHMENT.

SO YOUR PEOPLE WHO ARE COMING TO YOUR ESTABLISHMENT OR LA TABERNERA WERE ABLE TO PARK IN YOUR ESTABLISHMENT, NOT HAVE TO CROSS THE STREET WHERE IT WAS DANGEROUS IN THE INTERSECTION.

AND SO THANK YOU FOR CONTINUING TO DO AND WORK WITH YOUR NEIGHBORS AND YOUR LANDLORD TO MAKE IT SAFE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

MAYOR GOMEZ. YES. NO. SORRY. VICE MAYOR DANIEL.

YES. COMMISSIONER WRIGHT. YES. COMMISSIONER BOLTON.

YES. COMMISSIONER PATTERSON. YES. THANK YOU. MOTION PASSES 4 TO 1.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU EVERYONE. THANK YOU. BE WELL.

WE'RE NOW GOING TO ITEM 1111, A DISCUSSION AND I GUESS RECONSIDERATION OF CITATIONS, NOTICES FOR CARS PARKED ON THE

[11.a Discussion and Reconsideration of citations/notices for cars parked on the street in front of their homes between the hours of 12am - 6am Requested by Vice Mayor Kicia Daniel]

TO 6 A.M.. THIS HAS BEEN REQUESTED BY VICE MAYOR KEISHA DANIEL.

PLEASE PROCEED. THANK YOU. SO MY REASON FOR BRINGING THIS BACK UP IS BECAUSE I'VE RECEIVED NUMEROUS EMAILS FROM RESIDENTS WHO TOTALLY DISAGREE WITH IT, WHO HAVE GOTTEN A CITATION.

I'VE EVEN GOT PHONE CALLS THAT HOA CALLED FOR THEM TO BE TOWED ON NEW YEAR'S EVE, WHICH MAKES ABSOLUTELY NO SENSE.

THAT'S WHY I SAID WHEN WE WERE GOING OVER THIS.

IT'S TOO SUBJECTIVE, TOO SUBJECTIVE. YOU'RE LEAVING IT IN OTHER PEOPLE'S HANDS TO TOW RESIDENTS CAR.

IF WE'RE TALKING FROM 12 MIDNIGHT TO 6 A.M., THAT'S RESIDENTS CARS.

SO I'M ASKING THAT IT BE RECONSIDERED. SOME OF MY RESIDENTS WERE TOLD IN THE ENCLAVE THOSE WOODMAN PROPERTIES OFF NOT TOLD I APOLOGIZE GOT CITATION.

THERE ARE NO NEIGHBORS. THERE'S A WALL. WHY ARE THEY GETTING CITATION? THEY'RE NOT BLOCKING ANYONE. IT'S LITERALLY A WALL.

SO WHY ARE THEY GETTING CITATION? BECAUSE THE CODE SAYS SO.

SO THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG WITH THIS ORDINANCE THAT WE PASSED.

BECAUSE NOW WE'RE PUNISHING PEOPLE WHO DID NOT ASK FOR IT, WHO DOES NOT WANT IT.

IF IT'S THE THE, THE EMAILS THAT I'VE GOTTEN RECENTLY IS FROM THE MAINLAND.

IF IT'S THE MAINLAND THAT HAS A PROBLEM, THEN LET'S LOOK AT THE MAINLAND.

LET'S MAKE IT FOR THE MAINLAND, BECAUSE THAT'S ALL I'VE GOTTEN, ALL MY RESIDENTS THAT I WENT.

IN FACT, I WENT LAST NIGHT FOR THE FIRE THAT HAPPENED IN DISTRICT FOUR.

I WAS THERE UNTIL AFTER TEN. YOU KNOW WHAT THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT? I THOUGHT THESE PEOPLE WOULD BE TALKING TO ME. EVERYBODY WAS OUTSIDE ABOUT THE FIRE. NO, NOT THE FIRE.

THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT THE ABOUT THE PARKING THAT THEY DON'T WANT IT.

ONE SAID HE GOT A CITATION FOR $21. THEY SAID THEY USED TO PARK AT THE CHURCH.

NO, THE CITY WENT TO THE CHURCH. GOING TO FIND THE CHURCH IF THEY ALLOWED THEM TO PARK.

SO NO, THEY CAN'T PARK AT THE CHURCH BECAUSE THE CITY FIND A CHURCH.

SO NOW THERE IS A LAND THERE WHERE THEY USED TO PARK.

THEY HAD TO PUT A FENCE. THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED TO PARK. SO NO ZERO FROM MY COMMUNITY WANTS THIS, I HEARD. I WAS AMAZED THE AMOUNT OF MONEY YOU HAVE TO PAY IF THEY TOW YOUR CAR, IT COULD BE OVER THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS.

[02:50:07]

TO ME, MOST OF THE TIME WHEN THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT RESIDENT IS IN THE DAYTIME AND IT'S A LITTLE INCONVENIENT.

BUT GUESS WHAT? WE ALL DEAL WITH IT. I'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF GOING TO CITIES THAT ARE OLDER THAN 60 YEARS OLD LIKE US, AND THEY MAKE A WAY. THEY MAKE ALTERNATIVE OPTIONS.

WE DON'T NEED TO BE LAZY AND JUST PUT A BLANKET RULE THAT IMPACT MAJORITY OF OUR RESIDENTS NEGATIVELY.

IT'S UNFAIR. AND I'M ASKING IF THERE IS A WALL LIKE IN THAT PARTICULAR COMMUNITY OF SOUTHGATE AND THERE IS NO RESIDENTS BEING BLOCKED, WHY ARE WE SIDING THEM? LEAVE THEM ALONE. ONE OF THE RESIDENTS EVEN WROTE ME A LETTER THAT IF IT'S FOR EMERGENCY USE.

I REMEMBER THE CHIEF CAME UP AND SAID, NO, THEY HAVEN'T HAD ANY BLOCKAGE.

FIRE CARS. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS UP. FIRE CARS CAN PASS JUST FINE.

I'M LOOKING AT YOUR PICTURES. EVERYONE HAS A CLEAR PATH.

EVERY SINGLE PICTURE YOU SENT ME HAD A CLEAR PATH.

SO ACTUALLY, YOUR PICTURES ARE IN AGREEMENT. FIRE TRUCKS CAN PASS.

EMERGENCY VEHICLES CAN PASS. IF ANYTHING, YOU SHOULD ASK ABOUT THE LIGHTING.

IF PEOPLE CAN'T SEE, ASK FOR MORE LIGHT AND LET'S BE SPECIFIC AND RELEVANT.

SO PLEASE, I'M ASKING YOU TO RECONSIDER BECAUSE YOU ARE IMPEDING THE LIVELIHOOD OF MANY PEOPLE.

NOW THERE ARE SITUATIONS. I HEARD OF A SITUATION WHERE PEOPLE SELLING RENTING CARS.

THAT'S A PROBLEM. YOU CAN'T USE THE STREET TO SELL OR RENT CARS.

GO OPEN YOUR BUSINESS. NO, ABSOLUTELY. THEY SHOULD HAVE A CITATION.

SOME TYPE OF ISSUE. IF YOU HAVE A COMMERCIAL VEHICLE BLOCKING THE ENTIRE STREET.

I'VE SEEN THAT TOO. A WHOLE BIG LOAD OF GARBAGE IN A TRUCK BLOCKING THE ENTIRE STREET.

YES, THAT'S A PROBLEM. GO FIND YOU RUNNING A BUSINESS.

GO FIND A PLACE TO PARK YOUR VEHICLE. BUT IF YOU HAVE A FAMILY OF FOUR LIVING IN A HOUSE TRYING TO PAY THIS RENT OR THIS MORTGAGE, THAT IS, WE ALL KNOW IS EXTREMELY HIGH. THEY USE THEIR VEHICLES TO GO TO WORK.

WHY? A FAMILY OF FOUR CAN'T PARK THEIR CARS. REALLY? DO THEY HAVE MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR TO GO BUY A HOME WITH WITH THREE CAR GARAGE? LET'S BE REALISTIC AND LET'S THINK OF EVERYONE, NOT THE FEW VOICES THAT COMES HERE, BUT EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER BOLTON.

OKAY. SO THIS IS A STICKY SITUATION. AND BY THE WAY, I.

I'M NOT EVEN GOING TO MAKE MY DECISION BASED ON THESE PICTURES BECAUSE, QUITE FRANKLY THE GIVER OF THESE PICTURES, HER NEIGHBORS THINK SHE'S A TROUBLEMAKER. ANYWAY, SO COMMISSIONER UNCALLED FOR.

WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO SAY ANYTHING. OKAY? SO THERE ARE PEOPLE IN MY DISTRICT THAT ARE FACED WITH THIS ISSUE. TAMARAC TAMARAC LAKES SOUTH. BOULEVARD OF TAMARAC.

MAINLANDS 1234567. THESE ARE MAINLY THE PLACES IN MY DISTRICT THAT HAS AN ISSUE. SO BECAUSE THEY HAVE AN ISSUE, I WOULD NOT BE AMENABLE TO CHANGING THE, THE THE ORDINANCE.

HOWEVER, MISS GALLOWAY, IF I CAN BORROW YOU FOR A MINUTE.

COMMISSIONER. ON THE LAST OCCASION THAT WE DISCUSSED THIS ITEM, I SPECIFICALLY SAID THAT THIS WOULD BE AN ISSUE BECAUSE IT IS UNFAIR THAT THIS IS A CITY WIDE ORDINANCE THAT THEN TRIGGERS ISSUES IN OTHER COMMUNITIES.

I SAID THAT ON THE RECORD. DID YOU REMEMBER? YES, SIR.

OKAY. IT'S COME TO IT. WE'VE COME TO A HEAD WITH THAT ISSUE.

RIGHT. WE PASSED THE ORDINANCE, OBVIOUSLY, BECAUSE THESE ISSUES ARE HAPPENING IN MY IN MY DISTRICT A LOT.

A LOT OF PLACES IN MY DISTRICT. IT'S HAPPENING IN A LOT OF PLACES IN DISTRICT TWO AS WELL.

AND ONE OF THE SOLUTIONS THAT I SUGGESTED WAS TO PROBABLY LOOK AT THE AREAS

[02:55:02]

REMEMBER THAT DISCUSSION? YES. TELL ME ABOUT OVERLAY DISTRICTS.

IF WE SAY. TAMARAC LAKES. SOUTH BOULEVARD OF TAMARAC.

MAINLANDS SEVEN. AND THEN COMMISSIONER, RIGHT, LOOKS AT THE AREAS IN HIS DISTRICT THAT HAS AN ISSUE.

AND SIMILARLY, I DON'T KNOW IF COMMISSIONER PATTERSON AND VICE MAYOR DANIEL HAVE ISSUES IN THEIR COMMUNITIES AS WELL.

WE PUT THESE COMMUNITIES TOGETHER IN AN OVERLAY DISTRICT AND ENFORCE PARKING WITHIN THAT OVERLAY DISTRICT. WOULD THAT BE A SOLUTION FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE? IF THAT IS THE DIRECTION OF THE COMMISSION, CERTAINLY THAT CAN BE DONE.

I'M ASKING FOR YOUR EXPERTISE. YOUR EXPERTISE.

DO YOU DO YOU THINK THAT IF WE PUT THESE COMMUNITIES IN AN OVERLAY DISTRICT AND ENFORCE PARKING WITHIN THAT OVERLAY DISTRICT, DO YOU THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE A VIABLE SOLUTION TO PROBABLY LOOK AT IT? COULD BE. IT CAN BE DONE BY CALLING OUT THE OUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD SPECIFICALLY.

NOT NECESSARILY CREATING AN OVERLAY DISTRICT, BECAUSE AN OVERLAY DISTRICT IS A ZONING TOOL THAT HAS ADDITIONAL, TYPICALLY DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS IN ADDITION TO THE UNDERLYING ZONING DESIGNATION.

SO IF WE ARE JUST DOING ENFORCEMENT, WE CAN SIMPLY JUST CALL OUT THE COMMUNITIES OR THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE IMPACTED AND THAT AND IF WE CALL OUT THE NEIGHBORHOODS, IT WOULDN'T BE SELECTIVE ENFORCEMENT.

YOU DO THAT NOW FOR PANHANDLING AND OTHER LEGISLATION YOU HAVE ON THE BOOK, WHERE YOU CALL OUT THE STREETS AND THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE IMPACTED BY THAT LEGISLATION. SO THE CITY ATTORNEY CAN CERTAINLY OPINE, BUT WE HAVE DONE IT IN, IN THE ORDINANCE AS IT IS NOW, AND CERTAIN OTHER LEGISLATION WHERE WE HAVE CALLED OUT AREAS, WE HAVE CALLED OUT WOODLANDS BOULEVARD, AS IT IS NOW FOR ENFORCEMENT, SPECIFICALLY FOR PARKING IN CERTAIN TIMES.

TIME. SO THAT'S ALREADY DONE IN OUR CODE. AND MAKE NO MISTAKE, AND I'LL ASK YOU TO OPINE ATTORNEY, BUT MAKE NO MISTAKE THAT THERE ARE RESIDENTS FROM OTHER COMMUNITIES, NOT JUST IN MY DISTRICT AS WELL, THAT THAT CALLS ABOUT THESE ISSUES OF BEING TICKETED AND I'VE.

AND I FEEL BADLY FOR THEM. AND SOMETIMES THEY CALL THAT THAT THIS ORDINANCE IS BEING WEAPONIZED, WEAPONIZED BY A PARTICULAR PERSON. AND IF I CALL THE NAME, IT WOULD BE ATTACKING.

IT'S BEING WEAPONIZED. GO TOW THE VEHICLE. GO DO THIS.

GO GO GO TICKET. I DON'T CREATE POLICY BASED ON POLITICS.

IT'S NOT A CAMPAIGN PROMISE. PEOPLE WOULD VOTE FOR ME ANYWAY.

IT'S NOT A CAMPAIGN PROMISE. SECONDLY, WE DON'T CREATE POLICY TO WEAPONIZE AGAINST OKAY. AND I FEEL LIKE THIS IS BEING WEAPONIZED.

SO I DON'T WANT TO GO AGAINST THE RESIDENTS OF MY DISTRICT WHO ARE FACED WITH THIS ISSUE FOR THAT REASON.

I WANT TO KEEP THE ORDINANCE IN PLACE, BUT I ALSO WANT TO ASK MY COLLEAGUES TO WORK WITH STAFF TO CALL OUT THE COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE AN ISSUE.

WORK ON THAT. AND THEN WE GET RID OF THIS ORDINANCE THAT IS AFFECTING MY GOOD.

VICE MAYOR. DO YOU UNDERSTAND? BECAUSE THAT IT'S IT'S IT'S ROUGH WHEN A COMMISSIONER OR OR AN ELECTED OFFICIAL HEAR FROM THEIR RESIDENTS AND THEY FEEL POWERLESS. I'VE BEEN IN THAT POSITION, AND SHE SHOULD NOT HAVE TO BE IN THIS POSITION.

SO, ATTORNEY, PLEASE OPINE. I HAVE TWO SECONDS.

YES, COMMISSIONER BOLTON. IN FACT, IF YOU MAY RECALL, I BELIEVE THIS ORDINANCE WAS ON THE BOOKS FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, AND THERE WAS A DISCRETIONARY DECISION THAT WAS MADE NOT TO ENFORCE.

AND EVENTUALLY THIS BODY DECIDED THAT THEY WANTED TO ENFORCE IT CITYWIDE.

SO WHAT CITY MANAGER CALLAWAY WAS INDICATING THAT ENFORCEMENT IS A DISCRETIONARY DECISION AND THAT YOU CAN OBVIOUSLY TARGET CERTAIN AREAS THAT HAVE PARTICULAR PROBLEMS WHICH POLICE DO ALL THE TIME AND CODE DOES IT ALL THE TIME. SO VERSUS AREAS THAT YOU PROBABLY NEVER HEARD COMPLAINTS ABOUT STREET PARKING OR THOSE ISSUES.

[03:00:01]

LET'S LOOK AT ALTERNATIVES. WE ARE A CITY OF 60 YEARS OLD.

YOU HAVE CITIES THAT ARE WAY OLDER AND THEY COME UP WITH SOLUTIONS.

YOU CAN'T JUST PUT A BLANKET BANDAGE ON SOMETHING THAT HURT OTHERS, A LOT OF OTHERS, AND PARKING IS NOT.

I HEARD WHAT COMMISSIONER SAID. PARKING IS NOT A PROBLEM FOR ME.

MY HUSBAND EXTENDED OUR DRIVEWAY. MULTIPLE CARS CAN PARK IN MINE.

BUT I DO HAVE SENSE ENOUGH TO UNDERSTAND THAT THAT'S NOT THE SITUATION FOR MOST RESIDENTS IN TAMARAC.

MADAM MAYOR, IF I CAN HAVING EXPERIENCED THIS PROBLEM AND WHEN I WAS CITY ATTORNEY IN SUNNY ISLES BEACH, AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, CONDOS USED TO GIVE A UNIT OWNER ONE PARKING UNIT PER.

EVEN IF YOU HAVE THREE THREE ROOMS AND RESIDENTS WOULD ADULT KIDS WITH THREE CARS DIDN'T HAVE OBVIOUSLY PARKING SPACE WITHIN THEIR CONDO. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE CITY DEVELOPED, WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEASE I CALL IT PUBLIC LAND FROM FDOT, AND WE WOULD OBVIOUSLY ALLOW RESIDENTS TO BUY A PARKING PERMIT WITH A REASONABLE PRICE TO PARK VEHICLES ON PUBLIC PROPERTY OVERNIGHT BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T HAVE PARKING SPACE WITHIN THEIR CONDOS TO USE.

SO I HAVE SEEN THIS PROBLEM BEFORE WHERE THE HOMES.

IT COULD BE A CONDO THAT THEY DON'T HAVE. THE DEVELOPER NEVER BUILT ADEQUATE SPACE FOR CONDOS.

YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE THREE UNITS, THREE ROOMS, AND YOU ONLY GET 1.5 SPACE.

AND THAT MEANS ONE SPACE. SO I JUST, YOU KNOW, I DID DISCUSS THAT IN THE PAST WITH MANAGEMENT.

SEE IF THERE WAS ANY PUBLIC LAND THAT YOU CAN HAVE AS A OVERNIGHT PARKING FOR A REASONABLE FEE.

COMMISSIONER PATTERSON. THANK YOU. MAYOR. I YOU KNOW, I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I THINK THAT I UNDERSTAND THE SENTIMENTS OF BOTH VICE MAYOR AND THE COMMISSIONER. I UNDERSTAND WHY THE ORDINANCE WAS ADOPTED.

OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, IT'S IMPORTANT TO BE ABLE TO ASSIST AS BEST AS WE POSSIBLY CAN.

AND I ALSO UNDERSTAND YOU KNOW, WHEN AN ORDINANCE IS ADVERSELY OR NEGATIVELY AFFECTING A COMMUNITY, MY DISTRICT, WHO HAS BOTH. YOU HAVE PEOPLE THAT CAN THAT HAVE ADEQUATE PARKING, AND THEN YOU HAVE PEOPLE THAT DON'T HAVE THE ADEQUATE PARKING.

AND SO JUST KIND OF DEPENDING ON WHEN OUR COMMUNITIES WERE DEVELOPED.

BUT I DID WANT TO SAY, I THINK THERE'S A, YOU KNOW, A TON OF WAYS TO SKIN A CAT.

THE COMMISSIONER BROUGHT UP SELECTIVE ENFORCEMENT.

AND I KIND OF WANTED TO JUST, YOU KNOW, MENTION THERE'S IN MY EXPERIENCE, WE'VE LOOKED AT, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY, DEPENDING ON YOUR CITY, YOU NEED TO EVALUATE THE DEMOGRAPHICS AND WHAT WORKS.

I MEAN, THE CODE SPECIFICALLY SAYS NO VEHICULAR PARKING IN THE PAVED PORTIONS OF THE DEDICATED PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY AREAS, PERIOD. AND SO I THINK THAT'S WHERE THE CHALLENGE IS COMING IN.

IT'S NOT SAYING YOU KNOW, THAT THERE NEEDS, YOU KNOW, THAT IT'S TELLING THE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER THAT ANY CAR PARKED ON THE STREET HAS TO BE TICKETED. IT'S NOT SAYING THAT IN A CASE WHERE AN EMERGENCY VEHICLE.

I AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE A MEANS OF INGRESS AND EGRESS FOR THEM TO PASS.

I DON'T BELIEVE THAT POLICE HAVE A POSITION THAT A CAR CANNOT BE PARKED ON THE STREET JUST BY LAW.

I COULD BE WRONG, BUT IN MY EXPERIENCE, I DON'T THINK JUST BECAUSE YOU PARK ON THE ROAD UNLESS THE CITY ADOPTS A RULE AND IN THIS CASE WE HAVE THAT SAYS THAT A VEHICLE PARKED ON THE STREET IS A VIOLATION OF OUR CITY ORDINANCE AND LAW, WHICH IS NOW TRIGGERING THE TICKET.

I MEAN, YOU COULD I'VE THE CITY OF MIAMI. CITY OF MIAMI BEACH.

THEY HAVE PARKING BY PARK BY PETITION. EXCUSE ME.

PARK BY PERMIT. AND THEY, YOU KNOW, HAVE SIMILAR TO WHAT HE WAS SUGGESTING, THAT IF THERE IS A COMMUNITY OR A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT'S FACED WITH AN ISSUE BY 60% OF THE COMMUNITY, THEY CAN SIGN A PETITION AND AGREE.

IF THE COMMUNITY IF YOU KNOW, IF THE IF THE COMMISSION IS INTERESTED IN TAKING THAT ROUTE.

IT SOUNDS LIKE THE ATTORNEY IS FINE WITH US JUST ADOPTING NEIGHBORHOODS BASED ON THE FACT THAT WOODLANDS IS ALREADY IDENTIFIED IN THE CODE,

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ADDITIONALLY, I DO THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, THE ORDINANCE MAY ALSO BENEFIT FROM SOME STEPS.

I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, WE PROBABLY SHOULD CONSIDER, YOU KNOW, GIVING SOME DUE PROCESS IF WE'RE NOT GOING TO GO ABOUT IT VIA THE PARKING PERMIT PROCESS. YOU KNOW, WE MIGHT WANT TO SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT THERE IS A WARNING ISSUED OR IN THE EVENT THAT THERE IS NO MEANS OF INGRESS OR EGRESS, LIKE, MEANING THERE'S TWO CARS PARKED ON THE STREET ON THE SAME, YOU KNOW, ABUTTING EACH OTHER, AND THEN YOU CANNOT PASS.

AND I COULD BE WRONG, BUT I BELIEVE THAT'S WHERE THE CHALLENGE LIES.

IF WE'RE GOING TO SAY THAT THE BECAUSE ALL OF THE EMAILS I SAW AND I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND THE ISSUE.

AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT, OBVIOUSLY, FOR SERVICE VEHICLES TO GET IN AND DO THEIR JOB. BUT I THINK WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IN A CIRCUMSTANCE WHERE VEHICLES ARE ABUTTING AND YOU CANNOT PASS. ALTERNATIVELY, I BROUGHT TO THE MANAGER'S ATTENTION AT ONE POINT OR ANOTHER THAT THE CITY COULD POTENTIALLY LOOK AT PURCHASING A PROPERTY IN ANY OF THESE NEIGHBORHOODS. MAYBE WE CONVERT IT TO PARKING.

ADDITIONAL I KNOW CALICO CORNER IN MY COMMUNITY, THERE ARE PARCELS IN THE COMMUNITY THAT HAVE BEEN DESIGNATED AS ADDITIONAL PARKING IN THE COMMUNITY. THE CITY COULD POTENTIALLY LOOK AT FROM A STRATEGIC PLANNING STANDPOINT, PURCHASING A PARCEL IN SOME OF THESE NEIGHBORHOODS TO PROVIDE FOR ADDITIONAL PARKING SO THAT THESE COMMUNITIES THAT WERE ORIGINALLY DEVELOPED WITHOUT ADDITIONAL PARKING CAN HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL PARKING SPACES.

SO THAT, AGAIN, WE'RE TRYING TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE IN A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A, YOU KNOW, INNOVATIVE FROM AN INNOVATIVE STANDPOINT.

OBVIOUSLY, I AGREE IT'S TOUGH TO PENALIZE PEOPLE WHO PURCHASED IN OUR COMMUNITY OR IN OUR CITY BACK WHENEVER THEY PURCHASED AND SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO WRITE YOU A TICKET BECAUSE YOU CAN'T, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE YOU CANNOT JUST PARK ON THE STREET.

SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, I AGREE WITH THE COMMISSIONER AND THE VICE MAYOR.

I BELIEVE THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT IT AND SEE IF THERE ARE SOME ALTERNATIVE OPTIONS.

THANK YOU. YEAH. THANK YOU. OKAY, SO I HAVE.

THIS IS A TOOL IN THE TOOLBOX, RIGHT. THIS IS A 14 AT LEAST 14 YEAR PROBLEM.

I AM HAPPY TO HEAR THAT THERE WILL PROBABLY BE SOME SUPPORT TO DO CERTAIN THINGS THAT ARE DIFFERENT, BECAUSE I HAVE ALSO BROUGHT UP PURCHASING PROPERTY IN RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES TO USE AS PARKING, AND IT WAS NEVER ALLOWED TO GO FORWARD. SO IF THERE'S ACTUALLY SUPPORT FOR IT, I LOOK FORWARD TO DISCUSSING THIS AT STRATEGIC PLANNING.

SO BUT ONE OF THE THINGS IS WE'VE ALSO ASKED OUR ASSOCIATIONS IF THEY'D BE WILLING TO DO PARKING PERMITS.

AND SOME PEOPLE SAY THEY DO, THEIR ASSOCIATIONS DO.

THEY'RE JUST NOT ALLOWING OR PEOPLE AREN'T USING IT BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT TO WALK THAT FAR. IT IS NOT A ONE SIZE FITS ALL.

THERE IS SOME PROBLEMS. I'VE GONE TO MANY COMMUNITIES THAT ARE SO EXCITED NOW THROUGHOUT EVERYBODY'S DISTRICT, WHO ARE SO EXCITED THAT THIS IS NOW GOING THROUGH.

THERE ARE 1 OR 2 WHO COMPLAIN, AND THEN THEY'VE CALLED THE CITY THEY'RE WORKING WITH GETTING THEIR EXTENSIONS.

THEY'RE HAPPY WITH THE REDUCTION IN THE PERMIT FEES.

THEY'RE HAPPY WITH THE REDUCTION IN SOME OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR BEING ABLE TO EXPAND THEIR DRIVEWAY IS ALSO HAS HELPED FINDING SOME OF THOSE PROPERTIES THAT ARE NOT USING THEIR GARAGES FOR WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE, THOSE SIDE SPLIT ROOMS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER, WE'RE NOT THIS IS NOT A PERFECT ITEM, BUT WE'VE BEEN DOING NOTHING FOR SO LONG.

THE SLOPE HAS GONE TO WHERE WE'VE HAD TO DO SOMETHING, AND IT IS, AGAIN, NOT MEANT TO PENALIZE.

I DON'T KNOW ABOUT ALL THIS TOWING. THE ONLY CAR THAT I KNOW THAT THE CITY HAS TOWED WAS UNDER THE NUISANCE ABATEMENT, WHERE THE CAR HAD BEEN ON THE STREET, IT HAD BEEN NON-OPERATIONAL, IT HAD BEEN THERE FOR MONTHS, AND IT GOT OPERATIONAL FOR A MOMENT, GOT PUT IN THE RIGHT PLACE AND THEN PUT RIGHT BACK ON THE STREET.

SO THE CITY TOWED IT. IF A CAR IS BEING TOWED, IT IS BEING TOWED BECAUSE THE COMMUNITY HAS THE AUTHORIZATION TO DO SO, BECAUSE ANOTHER COMMUNITY DURING THE HOLIDAYS CALLED ME AND SAID THAT THEY PUT THE LITTLE WARNING OUT AND THE CAR THAT THEY WERE GOING TO BE TOWED BECAUSE THEY HAD THE AUTHORITY TO DO SO ON A PUBLIC STREET. THE NEXT THING YOU KNOW, THEY PUT A CAR IN FRONT OF IT AND A CAR BEHIND IT TO TRY TO BLOCK IT, BECAUSE THEY KNEW THAT THE CAR WAS GOING TO BE TOWED.

THAT'S ALSO SOME COMMUNITY ISSUE THINGS. I KNOW THAT THERE'S YOU TURN A CORNER AND YOU GOT TO BE CAREFUL BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO CRASH RIGHT INTO SOME CARS.

WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THE BEST WAY. I DON'T UNDERSTAND THIS IS ONLY A FOUR A FOUR MONTH OLD SITUATION.

AND OUR. I DON'T EVEN THINK OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS HAVE STARTED.

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POLICE STARTED PUTTING OUT SOME STUFF AND PEOPLE WERE GETTING TICKETS.

WERE THOSE CARS THAT HAVE BEEN OUT THERE FROM 2 A.M.

TO 6 A.M., NOT THE 12 TO 2 BECAUSE 12 TO 2 WERE GETTING THE NOTICES? BECAUSE THAT'S THE NEW PART OF IT. PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ON ALERT FOR A YEAR THAT WE WERE GOING TO START ENFORCING THE 2 TO 6.

WE'VE BEEN TOLD BY OUR SURVEYS, CODE ENFORCEMENT, CODE ENFORCEMENT, COMMUNITY SAFETY, MAKING IT EASIER, MAKING OUR ROADWAY BETTER. THESE ARE ALL, AGAIN, A TOOL IN THE TOOLBOX TO BE ABLE TO DO SO.

I DON'T KNOW IF I IF YOU'D EVEN HAVE THE ANSWER TO THIS. MISS MAXINE, DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN APPLYING FOR THE PARKING? IF YOU HAVE, YOU JUST TAKE YOUR ANSWER. NO. IF YOU DON'T, YES, WE'VE JUST HAD ONE APPLICATION UNDER THE CURB APPEAL PROGRAM FOR EXTENSION OF A DRIVEWAY. JUST ONE. JUST ONE. WE HAVE HAD OTHER APPLICATIONS FOR DRIVEWAY ENHANCEMENTS, SO THEY'RE KEEPING THE SAME SIZE AND JUST ENHANCING THEIR DRIVEWAY, BUT JUST ONE FOR AN EXTENSION. OKAY. I'M JUST SURPRISED BECAUSE I KNOW HOW MANY I'VE SENT THE INFORMATION TO.

AND I AM NOT IN AN EFFORT TO HAVE AN ARGUMENT.

I KNOW FOR SIZE 14, I KNOW 76. WE JUST HEARD IT.

THERE'S PLENTY OF PLACES IN DISTRICT FOUR. THERE'S PLENTY OF PLACES ALL AROUND THE CITY OF TAMARAC THAT HAS THE HOUSING STOCK.

IT'S NOT A DEMOGRAPHIC SITUATION. IT'S A HOUSING STOCK SITUATION, HOUSING STOCK THAT WAS OLDER WITH NOW PEOPLE MOVING IN.

AND NOW WHEN PEOPLE MOVE TO THE CITY, WHEN IT WAS CREATED, YOU HAD ONE CAR.

YOU DIDN'T HAVE BIG CARS, YOU DIDN'T HAVE SUVS, YOU NOW HAVE ALL KINDS OF STUFF.

SO SOME THINGS ARE WHAT WE'RE ALSO DEALING WITH.

SO YES, DO I, I DON'T ALSO BELIEVE THAT WE'RE TELLING THE CHURCHES OR OTHER PLACES THAT YOU CAN'T PARK IN THERE.

IF WE ARE, I'D LIKE TO UNDERSTAND WHY WE'D BE DOING THAT.

MAYBE THE FACILITY JUST DIDN'T WANT TO HAVE OTHER PEOPLE'S CARS ON THERE FOR LIABILITY, AND IT WAS BEING USED AS A REASON TO NOT HAVE PEOPLE PARK THEIR CAR IN THERE ANYMORE. BUT I THINK WE NEED TO KEEP IT.

I THINK THAT JUST LIKE WE'VE HAD IT IN THE PAST, ENFORCEMENT WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE ENFORCED.

IF YOU'RE IN A PLACE WHERE THEY'RE ALL PARKED AGAINST A ROW, THEN MAYBE IT DOESN'T NEED TO HAVE ENFORCEMENT THERE.

WE SHOULD BE PUTTING OUR USING OUR EFFORTS FOR THOSE COMMUNITIES THAT ARE BEGGING US TO GET IN THERE, BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T BEEN IN THERE YET, BUT IT'S ONLY A FOUR MONTH OLD PROCESS AT MINIMUM. AND I THINK WE COULD FIND OTHER THINGS LIKE PARKING ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE STREET, PARKING ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE STREET, ALTERNATE SIDE OF STREET PARKING BECAUSE I STILL THINK WE HAVE A DAY PARKING WHEN WE DON'T HAVE OUR GARBAGE TRUCKS ABLE TO GET THROUGH WHERE WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO CAN'T UTILIZE THE STREET WHEN THEY NEED TO.

AND WE'RE NOT ENFORCING, ACTUALLY DURING THE DAY, THE FACT THAT OUR BIKE LANES ARE BEING BLOCKED TOO.

SO THAT IS COMMISSIONER DANIEL, VICE MAYOR DANIEL, THANK YOU.

I'M GLAD TO HEAR EVERYONE IS OPEN TO COMING UP WITH ALTERNATIVES, BECAUSE THAT ONE BLANKET WAS NOT GOOD, NOT GOOD. AND ALL I WANTED WAS ALTERNATIVES BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A PROBLEM.

BUT JUST MAKING ONE BLANKET RULE FOR EVERYONE, IT DOESN'T WORK.

WE DON'T GET OFF THAT EASY. SO I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT WE'RE GOING TO LOOK INTO IT, AND THE SUBJECTIVITY OF PEOPLE DECIDING WHO TO GIVE AND NOT TO GIVE.

WE NEED TO FIX THAT TOO, BECAUSE AS HUMAN BEINGS, SOME OF US CAN'T BE TRUSTED WITH THAT TYPE OF POWER.

SO. SO FOR SOME REASON, WE HAVE TO BE DIRECT AS TO WHAT IS THE LAW.

BUT I'M GLAD I AM. I'M PROUD OF THIS COMMISSION THAT COMMISSIONER BOLTON THE MAYOR, MISS PATTERSON, ARE WILLING TO LOOK INTO IT AND NOT JUST START GIVING RESIDENTS TICKETS.

THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR. THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR.

NOT MAKING SOMEBODY'S LIFE MISERABLE. THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR.

LET'S WORK WITH THEM. MAYBE WE COULD DO. ADVERTISEMENT.

I'VE SEEN THAT NEW PARK. THE PARK THAT WAS RENOVATED IN DISTRICT ONE.

THEY HAVE A TV UP WITH LITTLE CLIPPINGS. SHOW THEM HOW TO PARK ON THE CLIPPINGS.

MAYBE PEOPLE JUST THAT INCONSIDERATE OR THAT BUSY.

THEY DON'T KNOW. LET'S REINFORCE IT. THIS IS HOW YOU PARK ONE SIDE.

LET'S MAKE A RULE. YOU ONLY GET TO PARK ON THIS SIDE ON TUESDAY.

THERE'S SO MANY ALTERNATIVE WAYS, SO I'M GLAD TO SEE IT.

SOUNDS LIKE WE HAVE. A MAJORITY OF US ARE WILLING TO COME UP WITH AN ALTERNATIVE, THAT EVERYONE CAN BE SATISFIED AND NOT HURT THEIR POCKETS, AND THE PEOPLE WHO DESERVE TO GET CODE ENFORCEMENT OUT ON THEM.

ABSOLUTELY. GIVE THEM A CODE BECAUSE WE ALL, EVERY COMMUNITY HAVE THOSE PEOPLE.

YES, BUT NOT YOUR REGULAR RESIDENT THAT'S TRYING TO MAKE A LIVING.

AND OH MY TRUCK. ONE GUY SHOWING ME YOU THINK BECAUSE MY TRUCK IS OFF THE OFF THE OFF THE GRASS.

THEY'RE GOING TO GIVE ME A TICKET. LIKE, WHY AM I GOING WITH A RESIDENT TO SEE IF HE'S PARKED RIGHT? COME ON. IT'S NOT FAIR. IT'S NOT RIGHT. THANK YOU.

COMMISSIONER RIGHT. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. I WANT TO THANK VICE MAYOR DANIELS FOR CHAMPIONING THIS ISSUE. I KNOW WE'VE BEEN BACK AND FORTH. INITIALLY,

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BECAUSE I DO HAVE PEOPLE LIKE IN WESTWOOD AND THOSE COMMUNITIES THAT COMPLAIN ABOUT THE TICKETS THAT HAVE A DIFFERENT ISSUE THAN THOSE LIKE IN THE MAINLAND COMMUNITIES.

SO I TOTALLY AGREE WITH COMMISSIONER BOLTON WHAT HE MENTIONED, HIS DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES WHERE PEOPLE HAVE DIFFERENT EXPERIENCES BASED ON THE COMMUNITY.

SO I'M IN ALSO IN SUPPORT OF US, YOU KNOW, CREATING OTHER INNOVATIVE IDEAS TO MAKE THIS ORDINANCE MAKING IT BETTER.

COMMISSIONER BOLTON. CAPTAIN.

OH. AND REMIND ME OF THE RULES.

ATTORNEY. THIS IS A WORKSHOP ITEM. WHY ARE WE BEING TIMED? WE'RE NOT TIMED IN A WORKSHOP. WE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN TIMED DURING THE WORKSHOP AT THE COMMISSION MEETINGS.

I'M ASKING THE ATTORNEY A QUESTION. THE CITY ATTORNEY LOOKED LIKE HE DIDN'T KNOW, AND HE WENT LIKE THIS. SO THAT'S WHY I'M ANSWERING. WORKSHOP ITEM. IT'S 1010.

IT'S A WORKSHOP ITEM. IT'S UP TO THE CITY COMMISSION, MAJORITY OF YOU GUYS.

YEAH. I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD BE TIMED, ESPECIALLY, YOU KNOW, BRING IT UP AT A WORKSHOP AND LET'S DEAL WITH IT. THIS IS THE WORKSHOP? NO, THIS IS A WORKSHOP ON YOUR ITEM. YOUR RULE SAYS THIS IS THE WORKSHOP.

WE FOUGHT AGAINST THIS THE LAST TIME YOU SAID THIS.

TEN, TEN. THIS IS 1111 IS WORKSHOP ITEM. IF IT'S A WORKSHOP ITEM, WE SHOULD NOT BE TIMED.

YES, BUT THIS IS IMPORTANT TO THE RESIDENTS IN MY DISTRICT.

AND IT SHOULD NOT BE TIMED FOR ONE, ONE, ONE MINUTE AND 52 SECONDS TO ASK QUESTIONS.

BUT PROCEDURALLY, AT THE CITY COMMISSION MEETINGS, WE HAVE DONE FIVE AND TWO.

IT HAS BEEN WHAT WE HAVE. IT'S A WORKSHOP. IT'S A WORKSHOP, A COMMISSION MEETING, AND THERE HAS BEEN DECORUM.

MAYOR, THIS IS AGAIN, EVEN IF YOU HAVE THIS, YOU KNOW, THE CLERK COULD COULD GIVE THE INPUT ANY TIME LIMITS.

IF THE MAJORITY COMMISSION WANTS TO SPEAK LONGER, THEY COULD THEY COULD AGREE TO THAT.

SO WE HAVE NO RULES IN PLACE. IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.

WE HAVE NO MAYOR. WHERE'S THE RULE? THERE'S NO WRITTEN RULE.

YOU KNOW WHAT, CITY ATTORNEY? WHAT ARE YOU NOT IN THE MOOD TO DEBATE WITH YOU RIGHT NOW ON THE FACT THAT SOMETIMES IT'S CONVENIENT FOR YOU WHEN THE RULES ARE IN, AND SOMETIMES IT'S MAKING UP RULES THAT DOESN'T EXIST, MAKING UP RULES.

THESE ARE THE RULES AND THE PROCEDURES THAT HAVE BEEN DONE SINCE WE'VE BEEN DOING WORKSHOP AT THE CITY COMMISSION MEETING.

BUT YOU KNOW WHAT YOU WANT THE FREE FOR ALL. HAVE FUN AGAIN, CAPTAIN COOPER, YOU'RE UP.

HE HAS SOME QUESTIONS FOR YOU. WE'LL BE HERE TILL TOMORROW NIGHT.

FREE FOR ALL. SO HAVE FUN. LET'S GET RID OF THE TIME.

AND IT HASN'T BEEN VOTED ON, SO UNLESS THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND IS STAYING THE WAY IT IS, IS THERE A MOTION? IN A SECOND? YOU CHANGED THE 30 MINUTE AGGREGATE FOR PUBLIC PARKING? I DIDN'T CHANGE ANYTHING. IT'S STILL ON THE BOOKS. YOU YOU EXTEND THE TIME WHEN YOU WANT TO.

YOU KNOW, YOUR COLLEAGUES HAVE DONE THE RULES FOR THIS, AND NOW YOU'RE TELLING THEM THAT BECAUSE YOU WANT TO SPEAK.

THIS IS AN IMPORTANT DISCUSSION FOR MY RESIDENTS.

AND I WANT TO ASK THE CORRECT QUESTION SO WE CAN BE IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

SO ASK YOUR QUESTIONS. AND THEN THIS IS A DISCUSSION AND RECONSIDERATION IF IT'S COMING BACK OR NOT.

ANYWAY, GO FOR IT. THERE'S NO YOU'VE GOT. YOU'RE WASTING TIME.

GO AHEAD, CAPTAIN COOPER. HOW MANY TICKETS HAVE WE ISSUED? OR CAN YOU SPEAK TO SOME OF THE AREAS THAT WE HAVE ISSUED TICKETS? COMMISSIONER. I DON'T HAVE THE SPECIFIC AREAS. I DO HAVE TOTALS.

SO EXCUSE ME. FROM LAST LAST YEAR, JUNE, UNTIL RECENT TIME OR TODAY'S DATE, RATHMORE BSO HAS ISSUED APPROXIMATELY 166 CITATIONS. ALTHOUGH I DON'T HAVE THE SPECIFIC NEIGHBORHOODS AND COMMUNITIES, THAT'S THE NUMBER OF CITATIONS WE'VE WRITTEN FOR PARKING VIOLATIONS.

AND WOULD YOU SAY THAT YOU HAVE GONE THROUGH THE ENTIRE CITY AT AT LEAST ONE ONCE TO ISSUE THOSE TICKETS? YES, OF COURSE, SPORADICALLY SO. I KNOW THE WORD SELECTIVE WAS MENTIONED BEFORE.

WE ARE NOT SELECTIVE IN OUR ENFORCEMENT. WE DO ENFORCE, DEPENDING ON OUR TIME RESTRAINTS, THE DEPUTIES AT NIGHTTIME, WHEN THEY'RE NOT ON CALL SERVICE CALLS, THEY ARE INSTRUCTED TO GO OUT AND ENFORCE PARKING THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE CITY.

BUT YOU HAVE AT LEAST GONE EAST TO WEST AND NORTH TO SOUTH.

YOU'VE COVERED THE CITY. YES. THAT'S CORRECT.

AND BASED ON THE TICKETS, CAN YOU LOOK AT THE ADDRESSES TO KIND OF FIGURE OUT WHAT THE PROBLEM ZONES ARE? I, I HAVE THAT INFORMATION. I DON'T HAVE IT RELATIVELY READILY AVAILABLE FOR ME RIGHT NOW, BUT I CAN GET THAT INFORMATION FOR YOU. CAN YOU PROVIDE IT AT THE WILL OF THE COMMISSION, TO THE COMMISSION AND STAFF,

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AND THEY'RE NOT BEING TICKETED. THEY'RE NOT BEING TOWED.

SO WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THAT? THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. PROBABLY I'M GOING TO ASK MY MY FRIEND HERE, MAXINE, TO HELP ME OUT WITH THAT. BUT BUT MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT IF THERE'S NO POSTED SIGN THAT INDICATES NO PARKING.

WE HAVE TO ONE FIRST. EITHER GIVE A WARNING OR A.

I DON'T WANT TO CALL IT A CITATION, BUT A TAG TO TAG THE VEHICLE PRIOR TO BEING TOWED.

AND IT'S A 24 HOUR WARNING. SO IN MOST CASES WHAT WE DO IS IN OUR TRUCKS.

AND LISTEN, AS YOU KNOW, IT CAN BE VERY EXPENSIVE TO TOW ANY KIND OF VEHICLE.

SEMI TRUCKS EVEN MORE EXPENSIVE. WHAT WE TRY TO DO IS GET THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE DRIVER TO REMOVE THE VEHICLE, REMOVE THE TRUCK, RELOCATE THE TRUCK TO AN AREA WHERE IT IS PROPERLY PARKED BEFORE EITHER ONE ISSUING A CITATION OR SPECIFICALLY BEFORE TOWING THAT VEHICLE.

IT JUST SEEMS THAT OUR FOCUS IS AT THE WRONG PLACE.

I MEAN, THESE TRUCKS SHOULD BE TOWED. PEOPLE ARE PARKED IN PLACES THAT THEY SHOULD NOT BE PARKED AND THEY ARE NOT BEING TOWED AND THEY'RE NOT BEING TICKETED.

AND SO THE RESIDENTS ARE BEING TICKETED AND IT JUST FEELS LIKE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE BEING TARGETED.

MISS CALLOWAY, QUESTIONS FOR YOU, COMMISSIONER.

WOULD YOU SAY THAT RESIDENTS ARE AFRAID TO EXTEND THEIR DRIVEWAYS BECAUSE THEN IT WOULD TRIGGER SOME CODE PROVISION OR SOME CODE ENFORCEMENT ISSUES? LOOKING BACK AT ONE OF THE RESIDENTS THAT WE HAD OUT EAST THAT EXTENDED HER DRIVEWAY BECAUSE OF THIS PARKING ISSUE, AND THEN SHE HAD CODE ENFORCEMENT ISSUES. TALK TALK TO US ABOUT THAT.

YEAH, THAT COULD BE POSSIBLE. WE DID RUN INTO SOME ISSUES, PARTICULARLY ON THE EAST SIDE WHERE WE HAVE LOTS THAT ARE 49FT IN WIDTH.

BUT WE DID COME FORWARD WITH AN ORDINANCE TO MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS SO WE CAN PROVIDE THAT FLEXIBILITY BECAUSE WE RECOGNIZE THAT PARTICULARLY ON THE EAST, YOU HAVE HOMES THAT HAVE BEEN BUILT OVER 50, 60 YEARS AGO ON SMALLER LOTS WHERE OUR SETBACK REQUIREMENT COULD IMPACT THEIR ABILITY TO ABILITY TO EXTEND THEIR DRIVEWAYS. SO WE DID PROVIDE THAT FLEXIBILITY AND AMENDED THE CODE IN THE LATTER PART OF 2024 TO PROVIDE FOR THAT ADJUSTMENT.

GOOD JOB. WE ASKED ABOUT REVENUE SHARING TO USE SOME OF THE REVENUES FROM THE TICKETS TO HELP RESIDENTS WITH THEIR DRIVEWAYS.

DID WE MAKE AN ATTRACTION WITH THAT? YEAH. THIS COMMISSION DID INCREASE THE CURB APPEAL PROGRAM LAST YEAR FROM 50,000 TO $100,000, PRIMARILY FOR THAT PURPOSE. WE ALSO AMENDED THE CITY MANAGER'S AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE FOR WAIVERS OF VARIANCES RELATED TO DRIVEWAY EXTENSION. SO WE DID PROVIDE VARIOUS OPTIONS IN DIFFERENT WAYS TO TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE.

OKAY. AND CERTAINLY IN THE PAST I'VE MET WITH MY COMMUNITY TO TALK ABOUT PARKING ENFORCEMENT.

IT SEEMS LIKE THIS IS WARRANTING ANOTHER MEETING, SO I'LL CALL ANOTHER MEETING IN MY COMMUNITY.

TROUBLEMAKERS ARE NOT INVITED. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER PATTERSON.

THANK YOU. MAYOR. I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF GO THROUGH A COUPLE THINGS THAT I HEARD ON THE BOARD.

YOU KNOW, WITH RESPECT TO, YOU KNOW, TOWING, I THINK IT'S INAPPROPRIATE JUST TO ARBITRARILY TOW CARS THAT ARE SITTING ON THE ROAD.

EQUALLY, I BELIEVE THAT THERE IS A DISTINGUISHED DIFFERENCE BETWEEN DERELICT VEHICLES AND VEHICLES THAT ARE PARKED ILLEGALLY.

I'M HEARING, YOU KNOW, THERE'S ISSUES AND WE KIND OF ADOPTED THIS ORDINANCE FOR A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT REASONS.

BUT BECAUSE THE ORDINANCE IS SO BROAD, EVERYBODY IS ADVERSELY IMPACTED.

I BELIEVE THAT WE NEED A COUPLE DIFFERENT MECHANISMS TO GET TO THE DESIRED DESTINATION.

SOME OF IT INCLUDES MAYBE A RED TAG ON A DERELICT VEHICLE.

WHETHER THE VEHICLE SITS ON PRIVATE OR PUBLIC PROPERTY.

I BELIEVE THAT WE NEED A RED TAG SYSTEM WHERE THE VEHICLE IS TAGGED AT A 24 HOURS AFTER DUE PROCESS IS GIVEN.

THEN THE VEHICLE IS PROPERLY ADDRESSED IF IT'S SITTING ON PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY.

PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY COULD INCLUDE NOT JUST THE STREET, BUT A SWALE.

SO THE CODE IS QUITE BROAD IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, HOW IT'S CURRENTLY WRITTEN, WHICH I BELIEVE IS KIND OF WHY WE'RE RUNNING INTO SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT WE'RE RUNNING INTO IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PARKING MATTERS.

AGAIN, I AND I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, THE THE CAPTAIN CAME AND ADDRESSED SOME OF THE QUESTIONS, BUT THE MAYOR YOU MENTIONED SOMETHING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE HOMES WERE BUILT 30 YEARS AGO.

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PEOPLE'S KIDS HAVE GROWN UP. THEIR KIDS, THEY HAVE KIDS THAT HAVE KIDS.

SO I HAVE SEVERAL COMMUNITIES THAT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE HAVE LIVED THERE FOR 30 YEARS.

THEY HAVE 30 YEAR OLD CHILDREN WITH GRANDCHILDREN.

AND SO I WOULD HATE FOR RESIDENTS TO CALL ME AND TELL ME THAT THEY WERE TICKETED BECAUSE THEIR BECAUSE THEIR GRANDKID CAME FROM COLLEGE TO VISIT WITH THEM.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, ULTIMATELY, I DO THINK THAT WE NEED TO KIND OF BREAK UP AND ESTABLISH A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT VEHICLES TO GET TO THE DESIRED OUTCOME.

THANK YOU. WOULD YOU LIKE MORE TIME TO SPEAK? COMMISSIONER.

MAXINE CALLOWAY. WILL YOU PLEASE ANSWER WHETHER WE HAVE WHAT COMMISSIONER PATTERSON WAS ASKING? YOU WERE SHAKING YOUR HEAD, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF PEOPLE COULD SEE YOU. YEAH.

WE DO. COMMISSIONER PATTERSON, THAT IS IN OUR NUISANCE ABATEMENT SECTION.

SO WE DO HAVE THE RED TAG. WE DO TAG THE VEHICLE.

IF IT IS DERELICT, WE RED TAG IT, AND THEN AFTER A CERTAIN TIME.

BUT THIS IS JUST PERTAINING TO ON STREET PARKING, ON PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY AND BEING ABLE TO TICKET THOSE VEHICLES.

CAN I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE DO GO AHEAD AND EXTEND THE CONVERSATION AND WAIVE THE RULES? I HAVE A MOTION. IS THAT A SECOND COMMISSIONER BOLTON MOVE IT.

SECOND, YOU DON'T DO MOVE IT. YOU HAVE A SECOND.

I'LL CALL THE CALL THE QUESTION. THERE'S A MOTION TO EXTEND TIME FOR DISCUSSION, AND THAT IS ACTUALLY THE PROCEDURES FOR DOING IT, A MOTION TO EXTEND TIME FOR DISCUSSION. VICE MAYOR DANIEL.

YES. COMMISSIONER PATTERSON. YES. COMMISSIONER BOLTON.

WE'RE IN WORKSHOP MODE, SO I'LL GIVE CONSENSUS.

AND MY CONSENSUS IS. YES. KNOW YOUR RULES, MAYOR.

COMMISSION MEETING PROCEDURALLY. COMMISSION MEETING RULES.

TRUMP. YES. COMMISSIONER WRIGHT. YES. MOTION PASSES 5 TO 0.

THANK YOU. I'M SORRY. SO I DID KIND OF FEEL A LITTLE RUSH IN THAT MOMENT.

GO AHEAD, DEPUTY MANAGER. YES, COMMISSIONER. SO WITH RESPECT TO WHAT YOU MENTIONED, WHICH IS ABSOLUTELY A GREAT IDEA.

IT IS ALREADY PROVIDED FOR IN THE CODE UNDER OUR NUISANCE ABATEMENT PROVISION, SPECIFICALLY SPEAKING TO DERELICT VEHICLE.

IT DEFINES WHAT THAT IS, AND ALSO HAS A PROCESS WHICH PROVIDES FOR US PUTTING A RED TAG, WHICH WE DO.

AND THEN IF IT'S NOT RESPONDED TO WITHIN 24 HOURS IF IT'S ON THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY, THE DERELICT VEHICLE, IF IT'S ON PRIVATE PROPERTY, IT IS TEN DAYS AND THEN WE'RE WE CAN ACT.

SO COULD I MEAN, SO GIVING CONSIDERATION TO THE FACT THAT THE CODE HAS SEPARATE AREAS, SEPARATE AREAS THAT WE'RE ADDRESSING VEHICLES FROM, MAYBE WE SHOULD CONSIDER BRINGING SOME THINGS TOGETHER TO PROVIDE FOR ONE CENTRAL LOCATION THAT THE CODE ENFORCEMENT TEAM OR WHOMEVER IS ENFORCING FROM, SO THAT DEPENDING ON SO THAT WE CAN KIND OF MINIMIZE THE SUBJECTIVITY OF THE ISSUE THAT'S BEING OBSERVED.

A AND THEN B NOT TO SAY THAT WHAT'S CURRENTLY DRAFTED IN TERMS OF THE PARKING ENFORCEMENT DOESN'T NEED TO BE RECONSIDERED, BUT I THINK WE NEED TO BRING OVER SOME OF THAT SO THAT IF THEY'RE ADDRESSING A DERELICT VEHICLE ON PUBLIC PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY.

THEY KNOW WHAT VEHICLE OR MECHANISM TO USE IN THAT OCCURRENCE.

AND THEN EQUALLY, IF THEY'RE DEALING WITH A PARKING ISSUE, WHICH I BELIEVE WE NEED TO FURTHER ESTABLISH WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.

AND I YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND THAT THAT WE'RE IN A SETTING.

I HOPE THAT THE VICE MAYOR DOES HAVE THE ABILITY IN THIS FORUM TO GIVE DIRECTION TO STAFF, TO BRING BACK, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER THE NECESSARY REVISIONS ARE.

I KNOW THE COMMISSIONER HAD MENTIONED MAYBE IDENTIFYING COMMUNITIES.

I DON'T KNOW HOW WE, YOU KNOW, GO ABOUT DOING THAT BECAUSE MAYBE THERE ARE COMMUNITIES THAT WE MISS OUT ON BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T NECESSARILY HEARD THE COMPLAINTS, BUT POTENTIALLY THE PROBLEMS DO EXIST. SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT WE START THERE, IDENTIFY WHAT ELSE IN THE CODE WE CAN BRING OVER OR MAYBE YOU KNOW, MERGE INTO THIS SECTION AND THEN LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE ACTUAL EMERGENCY VEHICLE RULES ARE.

DOES IT IS, IS THE EMERGENCY VEHICLE SAYING THAT THEY CAN'T GET THROUGH IN THESE PICTURES THAT ARE IN FRONT OF ME? OR ARE THEY SAYING THAT THE ISSUE EXISTS FOR THEM WHEN THERE'S TWO VEHICLES SITTING, YOU KNOW, PARALLEL TO EACH OTHER ON THE ROAD? RIGHT. BECAUSE THEN THAT WOULD MEAN THAT IF THAT'S THE ISSUE, THEN WE NEED TO ADDRESS THAT AND NOT JUST BROADLY, SAY A CAR SITTING ON THE STREET IS A VIOLATION OF OUR PARKING RULES WHEN WE KNOW THE MAJORITY OF OUR CITY DOESN'T HAVE ADEQUATE PARKING.

RIGHT. THANK YOU. SURE. THANK YOU. I KNOW THE CAPTAIN HAS JUST LEFT.

I DON'T KNOW IF THE CAPTAINS SIX 116 CITATION.

OH, SORRY, CAPTAIN, THE 166. DOES THAT INCLUDE ALL CITATIONS THAT.

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THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO KNOW. DOES THE 166 INCLUDE CODE ENFORCEMENT? AND IF IT DOESN'T, BECAUSE I KNOW CODE ENFORCEMENT GOT ONTO THIS A LITTLE BIT LATER.

HOW MANY ISSUES, HOW MANY HAVE BEEN DONE BY CODE ENFORCEMENT? I HAVE ONE FOR YOU. OKAY. GO AHEAD. YEAH, BECAUSE MINE IS LATE.

SO TOTAL OF 166 FOR BSO AND 170 FOR CODE ENFORCEMENT.

170170. YES. OKAY. AND I'M NOT GOING TO ASK YOU TO DIVIDE UP HOW MUCH.

HOW MANY WERE. WELL, THE CITATIONS MEAN IT WAS OVER AT 2 P.M., 2 A.M.

OR TO SIX. THAT'S CORRECT. I HAVE ALWAYS SAID I'M AMENABLE TO MORE.

THIS AGAIN, A TOOLBOX. WE WERE SUPPOSED TO HAVE MORE OF A DISCUSSION.

LIFE HAPPENS IN OUR CITY. OTHER THINGS JUMP THE LINE, SO TO SPEAK.

PRIORITIES GET MOVED AROUND. BUT OBVIOUSLY, MAYBE NOW PARKING ON OUR CITY STREETS WILL BUBBLE UP TO BEING MORE OF AN ITEM THAT WE SHOULD BE TALKING ABOUT FOR PROTECTION OF OUR CITY TO BE ABLE TO HELP PEOPLE VERSUS WAITING, BUT I AM NOT. I WANT TO MAKE SURE IT'S CLEAR I'M NOT SAYING TO NOT ENFORCE THIS RULE.

IT SHOULD BE ENFORCED DEFINITELY WITH CODE ENFORCEMENT AND BSO IS SEEING THE ISSUE.

I'M NOT SAYING JUST TAKE A STREET WHERE IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THERE'S NO ISSUE THERE JUST BECAUSE CARS ARE PARKED ON THE STREET THERE. WE'VE HAD SUBJECTIVE ENFORCEMENT, SO TO SPEAK, AS IT'S BEEN TERMED FOR A LONG TIME.

WE HAVE SOME ISSUES. THEY NEED TO BE ADDRESSED.

AND I'M NOT SAYING BECAUSE YOU MOVED IN THE HOUSE 30 YEARS AGO BECAUSE, HEY, I'M ONE OF THEM.

I HAD TO EXTEND MY DRIVEWAY. OTHER RESIDENTS HAVE EXTENDED THEIR DRIVEWAY. ALL DIFFERENT PEOPLE HAVE HAD TO EXTEND THEIR DRIVEWAYS, AND THAT'S BEEN PART OF THE DISAGREEMENT THROUGH COMMUNITIES.

WHY SHOULDN'T YOU HAVE TO EXTEND YOUR DRIVEWAY? I HAD TO EXTEND MY DRIVEWAY. I MOVED IN HERE KNOWING THAT I COULD ONLY HAVE TWO CARS, AND THE COMMUNITIES HAVE TOLD YOU THEY HAVE SOME STRICT RULES IN SOME OF THESE COMMUNITIES SAYING YOU'RE AWARE YOU HAVE TWO CARS, THREE CARS, FOUR CARS, WHATEVER IT IS, IF WE AS A COMMUNITY DECIDE TO TRY TO CHANGE THE RULES AND THINK THAT THE RULES DON'T APPLY TO US, WHICH HAS BEEN SOME OF THE PROBLEM HERE, THERE'S NOT ONE THING THAT WE'RE ADDRESSING HERE.

WE'RE TRYING TO ADDRESS MANY ITEMS. SO DO WE STILL HAVE THINGS TO ADDRESS? YES. IS THIS THE END ALL AND BE ALL? NO. WILL WE MAYBE BE ABLE TO FIND SOME OTHER MECHANISM? GREAT. LET'S DO IT. LET'S FINALLY HAVE THE CONVERSATION.

THERE HAVE BEEN PRIOR COMMISSIONS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN WILLING TO HAVE THE CONVERSATIONS. PEOPLE WHO HAVE NOT BEEN WILLING TO.

MAKE THE HARD DECISIONS, TALK ABOUT THE HARD THINGS AND ACTUALLY DEAL WITH IT.

IT'S BEEN EASIER JUST TO PUSH IT UNDER THE RUG AND JUST SAY, FORGET ABOUT IT.

WELL GUESS WHAT? THE RUG IS GONE. WE'VE GOT TO FIGURE IT OUT.

BUT WE STILL NEED TO ENFORCE IT BECAUSE WE STILL HAVE ISSUES THAT OBVIOUSLY THROUGH, I'M NOT EVEN GOING TO DO THE MATH.

OVER 300 PEOPLE HAVE HAD ISSUES THAT THEY'VE RECEIVED CITATIONS, SO THAT MEANS THEIR NEIGHBORS HAVE HAD ISSUES WITH IT.

AND THERE ARE STILL SO MANY OTHER PLACES THAT WE'VE HEARD FROM PEOPLE THAT HAVEN'T GOTTEN THE CITATIONS AS THE BIKE LANES HAVE BEEN PARKED.

I HAVE ONE PERSON TELLING ME ABOUT THEIR CUL DE SAC, WHERE THIS ONE GUY IN THE COMMUNITY HAS FIVE CARS.

THAT PERSON PARKS IN THE CUL DE SAC. THEY ALL CAN'T GET OUT OF THEIR DRIVEWAYS THAT LIVE IN THE CUL DE SAC.

WE NEED TO FIGURE IT OUT, AND IT NEEDS TO BE A CONVERSATION, AND IT NEEDS TO BE WITH THE CODE ENFORCEMENT.

IT NEEDS TO BE WITH THE COMMUNITY. IT NEEDS TO BE WHAT WE'VE SEEN.

IT NEEDS TO BE WITH THE POLICE. AND WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WE CAN DO. BUT I AM NOT SAYING THAT I AM IN SUPPORT OF DISMISSING THIS RULE AND NOT ENFORCING IT IN ITS TOTAL AND IN ITS TOTALITY. COMMISSIONER BOLTON.

YES. MISS CALLOWAY, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU.

COMMISSIONER. USING YOU A LOT TODAY. OKAY, SO WE TALKED ABOUT A CALL OUT OF THE COMMUNITIES AS A POSSIBLE SOLUTION IN THE FUTURE. WE HAVE THIS ORDINANCE NOW IN PLACE.

IF WE WERE TO, AS A PART OF THIS ORDINANCE, CALL OUT SOME OF THE COMMUNITIES THAT WE BELIEVE IS AN ISSUE.

WOULD THAT BE AN ISSUE WITH SELECTIVE ENFORCEMENT, OR DO YOU THINK THAT THIS COULD BE A SOLUTION FOR NOW? FOR INSTANCE FOR INSTANCE, FOR NOW, YOU KNOW, I WOULD SAY, YOU KNOW, TAMARAC LAKE SOUTH BOULEVARDS OF TAMARAC ONE THROUGH SEVEN IS AN ISSUE IN MY, IN, IN MY COMMUNITY COMMUNITY.

SO ENFORCE THOSE COMMUNITIES. NOW, WITHIN THAT ORDINANCE, AND FOR INSTANCE, THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS COULD TELL YOU THE ISSUES IN THEIR COMMUNITIES,

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WINK, WINK. SO IS THAT A VIABLE OPTION NOW? BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE VICE MAYOR IS AT EASE, THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE WON'T BE ANY OTHER ISSUES IN HER COMMUNITY.

FOR NOW, UNTIL WE FIND A VIABLE SOLUTION. YEAH.

AND AS MENTIONED BY THE CITY ATTORNEY, WHICH WAS A VALID POINT.

THIS LEGISLATION HAS BEEN IN THE BOOKS FOR YEARS, AND AT ONE POINT STAFF WAS DIRECTED NOT TO ENFORCE.

AND SO FOR SEVERAL YEARS WE DID NOT ENFORCE. AND SO LIKEWISE THAT DIRECTION CAN BE GIVEN TO US IN TERMS OF WHERE YOU'D LIKE TO SEE A CONCENTRATION OF ENFORCEMENT OR WE'RE NOT TO ENFORCE. AND SO I THINK THAT THAT DIRECTION COULD BE VIABLE AT THIS POINT.

OKAY. CITY ATTORNEY, WHAT DO YOU THINK? I AGREE I AGREE WITH OBVIOUSLY DEPUTY CITY MANAGER CALLOWAY.

WE CAN MAKE THOSE DECISIONS BASED ON, OBVIOUSLY, GEOGRAPHIC AREAS OF THE CITY.

NOT EVERY STREET IN THE CITY ARE THE SAME, I BELIEVE.

SO I THINK I'VE BEEN AROUND THE CITY FROM EAST WEST TO SOUTH.

SO THOSE THOSE ARE DISCRETIONARY DECISIONS. I WOULD NOT PUT IT IN THE CODE.

I WOULD DEFINITELY LIKE WE ALWAYS HAVE DONE, ALLOW THE CITY MANAGER AND HIS TEAM TO MAKE THOSE DISCRETIONARY DECISIONS.

OKAY. THROUGH THE MAYOR. VICE MAYOR. MAYOR. JUST QUICK.

QUICK. I WANTED TO ASK, COULD WE POTENTIALLY JUST DO A MORATORIUM ON DISTRICT FOUR, AND I WOULD BE WILLING TO ASK FOR MINE TO WHILE ENFORCEMENT REMAINS IN DISTRICT ONE AND THREE OR WHOEVER.

WHILE WE RECONSIDER WHATEVER THE CHANGES ARE TO THE ORDINANCE.

YOU CAN ANSWER THE QUESTION IF YOU WANT. I THINK WE HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION STILL PENDING, WHICH IS WHY I WAS ASKING YOU TO HOLD FOR A SECOND.

OKAY. SO IF YOU WANT TO ANSWER THE LAST ONE FIRST.

BUT YOU CAN DO ZONING IN PROGRESS. THAT'S BASED ON GEOGRAPHY.

YES, WE COULD DO THAT IS WHAT WE HAVE ON OUR BOOKS, WHICH IS TYPICALLY DONE WHILE WE ARE CONSIDERING PENDING LEGISLATION.

SO IF THE OBJECTIVE IS TO AT SOME POINT, WHICH IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT'S WHAT I'M HEARING TO RECONSIDER THIS ORDINANCE, THEN YES, THE CITY MANAGER CAN DO A ZONING IN PROGRESS ON CERTAIN GEOGRAPHIC AREA ON THE ENFORCEMENT OF THAT ORDINANCE WHILE WE STUDY AND LOOK AT THE ORDINANCE THAT'S ON THE BOOKS, AND BRING SOMETHING BACK TO YOU AT A WORKSHOP SETTING IN TERMS OF CHANGES.

SO PART OF THE QUESTION ON THAT WHICH I WAS GOING TO ASK THE CITY ATTORNEY AS IT GOES TO BOTH QUESTIONS, CONFLICT, MEANING WE HAVE RESIDENTS HERE, WHETHER IT'S BEEN EMAILS, REPRESENTATION CALLS, WHAT WE'VE RECEIVED. WE HAVE CONFLICT BETWEEN PEOPLE IN THE DISTRICTS, WHETHER IT'S DISTRICT THREE.

DISTRICT FOUR. DISTRICT TWO. DISTRICTS WHO SAY THAT ENFORCE IT, DON'T ENFORCE IT.

THE WHOLE THING THAT I'VE TALKED ABOUT OVER THE YEARS OF LESS FILLING TASTES GREAT.

PART OF THE PROBLEM THAT HAS HAD ENFORCEMENT ISSUES THIS WHOLE TIME.

SO WE HAVE A FOUR YEAR, FOUR MONTH OLD ITEM THAT IS JUST BEEN PUT IN PLACE.

IF WE'RE NOW TALKING MORATORIUM, WHICH IS NOT WHAT IS EXPECTED BY THE RESIDENTS, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANY KIND OF NOTICE ISSUE FOR THAT PART.

RIGHT. WE HAVE ON THE TABLE AS WELL. CAN WE JUST FIGURE OUT WHICH COMMUNITIES TO ENFORCE OR NOT ENFORCE? AGAIN, WHICH LEADS ME TO SOME CONCERN. IF WE HERE DON'T ENFORCE IN THIS COMMUNITY, WHEN SOME OF US HAVE RECEIVED EMAILS SAYING, PLEASE ENFORCE, DON'T STOP IT, I IT JUST FEELS LIKE THERE'S A PROBLEM.

WE'RE TRYING TO SOLVE IT. AND I DON'T KNOW IF KNEE JERKING CERTAIN THINGS RIGHT NOW AT THIS MEETING WITHOUT HAVING FULL INFORMATION FROM STAFF THAT HAS BEEN THROUGH THE AREAS, INCLUDING OUR EMAILS AND OUR CALLS AND OUR CONCERNS PUT OUT THERE FOR A COMPLETE CONVERSATION VERSUS ALL OF A SUDDEN POSSIBLY PUTTING IN ANOTHER REGULATION THAT CAN CAUSE US TO BE BACK HERE YET AGAIN, BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T FULLY HAD A CHANCE TO FIGURE IT OUT.

MAYOR AND I WAS UP TO SPEAK A COUPLE PEOPLE AGO, BUT THAT'S WHAT YOU DID THE LAST TIME.

THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE DID THE LAST TIME. NOT HERE.

THE RESIDENT. NOW, I'VE HEARD MY RESIDENTS LOUD AND CLEAR IN EMAIL, IN PERSON, IN VISITS, AT EVENTS. THEY DON'T WANT IT. SO IF YOU TALK ABOUT DISTRICT FOUR, I COULD TELL YOU RIGHT NOW THEY DON'T WANT IT.

THE RESIDENTS THAT HAVE COMPLAINED NOW, BUT I.

I LIKE THE FACT THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT ALTERNATIVES.

WHAT I WILL NOT AGREE WITH IS THAT WE JUST TALK AND WE DO THAT A LOT.

WE'RE NOT GOING TO JUST TALK. SO I WOULD LIKE SOME TYPE OF DECISION TODAY AS TO PEOPLE LIKE AN ENCLAVE WHERE

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NO ONE COMPLAINED. YOU SAID RESIDENTS. NO ONE COMPLAINED. THEY JUST GOT TICKETS.

NO ONE COMPLAINED IN THAT COMMUNITY. I COULD TELL YOU THAT FOR A FACT.

SO THAT'S NOT TRUE. SO, YES, I WOULD LIKE US TO COME TO SOME TYPE OF DECISION ON RESIDENTS WHO, WHETHER IT'S WEAPONIZED OR RESIDENTS THAT IT DOESN'T IMPACT, BUT NOW WE'RE NEGATIVELY IMPACTING SOMETHING BE DONE TODAY.

A DECISION WE'RE NOT JUST GOING TO JUST TALK BECAUSE TALKING GOT US WHERE WE ARE NOW.

NO ONE CAME UP WITH DATA OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

Y'ALL JUST MADE A DECISION AND VOTED FOR IT. PERIOD.

I HEAR YOUR LAST PART. I DON'T LIKE I SAID, IT'S BEEN A 14 YEAR ISSUE.

I THINK THAT IF WE CAN GIVE CODE ENFORCEMENT AND BSO THE FLEXIBILITY THAT HAS BEEN DISCUSSED. IF IT'S ON A WALL AND IT'S NOT BOTHERING ANYBODY WHEN YOU'RE THERE, DON'T GIVE A TICKET OR CITATION.

IT DOESN'T NEED TO BE IN A FULL IF IT'S BETTER TO SAY IT OUT LOUD.

FINE. SAY IT OUT LOUD. BUT THE WHOLE THING IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE OFFICERS HAVE THE DISCRETION WHEN THEY'RE IN THAT COMMUNITY.

I'M THINKING AT ONE BLOCK THAT IN PARTICULAR HAS NOT HAVE A WALL.

THEY'RE BLOCKING PEOPLE. I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'VE BEEN CITED YET OR NOT BECAUSE I HAVEN'T SEEN THE DATA.

I HAVEN'T SEEN THE INFORMATION, BUT IT IS IN DISTRICT FOUR.

I'VE SEEN IT IN DISTRICT TWO. I KNOW IT'S IN.

I'VE BEEN TO COMMUNITY. LIKE I SAID, I'VE BEEN IN EVERY SINGLE COMMUNITY SINCE THIS HAS HAPPENED.

I'M NOT SAYING THAT THERE AREN'T PEOPLE WHO HAVE COMPLAINED, BUT I HAVE MORE PEOPLE SAYING THANK YOU. SO YES, LET'S DIRECT STAFF TO ENFORCE IT WHERE IT IS EVIDENT THAT THERE IS AN ISSUE.

IF IT TAKES IT OFF THE WALL, IF THAT MAKES IT BETTER FOR YOU.

THE WALL IS ONE PLACE. SO I I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR STAFF'S OPINION AND I WOULD LIKE IT NOT BE SUBJECTIVE OR WEAPONIZED.

SO I WILL GO WITH STAFF OPINION ON THIS ONE. SO I DON'T KNOW IF THE ATTORNEY OR MISS MAXINE WANT TO SPEAK, BUT PLEASE LEAVE DISTRICT FOUR RESIDENTS ALONE.

NOW, IF IT'S A PROBLEM AND THEY'RE BLOCKING THE ENTIRE STREET.

ABSOLUTELY. BUT THAT'S COMMON SENSE. WE DIDN'T EVEN NEED AN ORDINANCE FOR THAT.

I NEED TO ASK FOR CLARIFICATION. WHAT IS WEAPONIZED? WHO? WHAT IS THIS WORD WEAPONIZED BEING THROWN OUT ABOUT? I DON'T GET IT. NEIGHBORS NOT LIKING NEIGHBORS AND CALLING THE POLICE ON YOU.

CALLING THE CITY ON YOU THAT'S WEAPONIZED WHEN YOU'RE DOING IT OUT OF ILL WILL.

THAT'S WEAPONIZED WHEN YOU'RE DOING IT BECAUSE YOU DON'T LIKE SOMEBODY THAT'S WEAPONIZED WHEN IT DON'T EVEN BOTHER YOU, BUT YOU STILL CALL HIM BECAUSE YOU DON'T LIKE THE COLOR OF SOMEONE'S HAIR THAT'S WEAPONIZED. I GET THAT PART, BUT FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, CODE HAS BEEN GOING OUT AND SWEEPING THE WHOLE ENTIRE CITY BECAUSE THAT WAS THE DIRECTIVE TO GO TO EACH OF THE COMMUNITIES.

HENCE WHY PEOPLE PARKED ON THE WALL GOT A TICKET.

SO IT DOES NOT WORK. BUT I'M JUST. MY COMMENT IS REGARDING WEAPONIZATION, NOT.

I'M ON A FOCUSED TRACK, SO. PEOPLE MAY BE FEELING IT LIKE IT'S BEING WEAPONIZED, BUT IF IT'S KIND OF LIKE THE NIPPET PROGRAM WHERE CODE GOES OUT AND SAYS, THIS WHOLE COMMUNITY, WE'RE GOING TO SEE ALL YOUR CODE ISSUES AND WE'RE GOING TO TELL YOU WHAT YOU NEED TO FIX.

MY UNDERSTANDING, THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENED WITH CODE AND OR CODE ENFORCEMENT AT NIGHT OR BSO.

IF I'M WRONG, LET US KNOW, BECAUSE WE DON'T NEED THIS NEGATIVE FEELING ABOUT THIS.

WHAT WE NEED TO DEAL WITH THE FACTS OF PARKING ISSUES AND HAVING THEM ENFORCED.

OBVIOUSLY HAVING BEEN FORCED WHERE IT'S NOT SUBJECTIVE IN THE RESPECTS OF I'M GOING TO TAKE YOUR CAR ON BAYBERRY LANE, BUT I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE YOUR CAR ON BAY BERLIN.

I'M GOING TO TAKE YOUR CAR ON 70TH, BUT I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE YOUR CAR ON 70TH.

THAT'S WHAT WOULD BE SUBJECTIVE IF YOU'RE NOT GOING TO DO IT FOR EVERYBODY THERE.

I DON'T KNOW IF STAFF'S PREPARED. STAFF. ARE YOU PREPARED? MAXINE, ARE YOU PREPARED TO TELL US WHICH AREAS HAVE HAD THE MOST COMPLAINTS AND THE MOST ISSUES? MADAM MAYOR, IF I MAY GO AHEAD. YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO ACCOMPLISH TODAY IS TO LEAVE WITH A CLEAR DIRECTION.

AND IT SEEMS LIKE FROM THE CONVERSATION, THE ONLY CLEAR DIRECTION IS TO SUSPEND THE PARKING ENFORCEMENT.

LET ME LET ME UNTIL WE BRING THIS ITEM TO A WORKSHOP FOR A MORE COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH TO THIS.

SO IT GIVES US SOME TIME TO WORK ON THIS. CITY MANAGER, YOU DID NOT HEAR CONSENSUS ON THAT.

I'M LOOKING AT THREE FACES THAT SAY NO, NO. I SAT IN A ROOM OF RESIDENTS IN THE MAINLAND, AND I TOLD THEM THAT, THAT I WOULD STAND BY THEM WITH THIS PARKING ISSUE.

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I ALSO DON'T WANT TO GIVE BSO FLEXIBILITY TO OKAY, YOU CAN TAKE IT THIS ONE.

YOU CAN TAKE IT THAT ONE. I THINK THAT'S WHERE THE ISSUE ALSO COMES IN.

I ALSO SAID IN ANOTHER MEETING, IN A PREVIOUS MEETING THAT I DON'T THINK THAT BSO SHOULD BE THE ONES TO TO GO OUT AND ISSUE THESE TICKETS BECAUSE THEY HAVE OTHER THINGS TO DO WITH THEIR TIME.

THE CITY SHOULD BE LOOKING AT DIFFERENT VENDORS THAT CAN GO OUT AND, AND, AND ISSUE THESE TICKETS.

SO THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE SHOULD ALSO LOOK AT.

COMMISSIONER PATTERSON CAME UP WITH A WITH AN EXCELLENT IDEA TO PROBABLY DO MORE MORATORIUM ON TWO OF THE DISTRICTS.

I ALSO ASKED MISS CALLOWAY ABOUT A CALL OUT OF THE COMMUNITIES THAT ARE BEING AFFECTED.

BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO REALIZE, THOUGH, THAT THERE IS DATA THAT THE THAT THE CAPTAIN SAYS THAT HE HAS THAT WOULD POINT US TO SOME INFORMATION THAT WOULD MAKE IT INTELLIGENT AND INTELLIGENT DECISION.

HE'S ISSUED 166 TICKETS ACROSS THE CITY. WHERE DID HE ISSUE THOSE TICKETS? TELL US THE PROBLEM ZONES. BECAUSE IF HE ISSUED THOSE TICKETS IN FORT SITE COLONY, THAT IS, IN DISTRICT FOUR, THAT IS HAVING AN ISSUE, AND WE PUT A MORATORIUM ON DISTRICT FOUR.

THEN THE RESIDENTS IN FORT SITE COLONY WOULD NOT HAVE RELIEF.

SO THAT IS WHY IS WHY I BELIEVE THAT PROBABLY THE MORATORIUM ON THE DISTRICT WIDE WOULD NOT BE THE BEST OPTION, BECAUSE FORD'S COLONY IS ONE OF THE PROBLEM AREAS.

BUT I THINK THAT WE SHOULD CALL OUT THE COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE THE ISSUE.

THAT WAY WE CAN ENFORCE THOSE COMMUNITIES. IN THE MEANTIME THAT WE'RE TRYING TO FIND THESE SOLUTIONS.

SO YOU'VE HEARD THE COMMUNITIES IN MY DISTRICT THAT HAS THE ISSUE.

I DON'T HEAR ANY OTHER COMMUNITIES IN MY ISSUE IN MY DISTRICT HAVING THE ISSUE.

WHAT I DO HEAR, THOUGH, IS SEMI TRUCKS LINED UP ON PROSPECT, LINED UP ON 57TH CLOSE TO BERMUDA CLUB LINED UP ALONG ROCK ISLAND ROAD. LINED UP ALONG WOODLANDS BOULEVARD.

THOSE ARE SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT.

SO, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, I DON'T WANT TO GO BACK ON MY PROMISE TO THESE COMMUNITIES IN MY DISTRICT, AND WE HAVE TO LISTEN TO THE VICE MAYOR WITH THE WOES IN HER DISTRICT.

SO WE KIND OF HAVE TO BALANCE THAT. AND I AGREE WITH HER THAT IT'S SHOULDN'T BE OUR TALK, THAT WE SHOULD FINALLY TAKE SOME ACTION AND TAKE SOME ACTION TODAY. AGAIN, YOU KNOW, COMMISSIONER SHOULD NOT BE POWERLESS.

WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO MAKE DECISIONS FOR OUR COMMUNITIES.

AND BY THE WAY, WHEN THEY WENT TO THE BALLOT BOX TO VOTE FOR US, THEY DELEGATED THEIR VOICE TO US.

WE'RE SPEAKING FOR PEOPLE WHO DON'T HAVE A VOICE FOR THEMSELVES.

AND SO I STRONGLY BELIEVE THAT THAT'S MY CONVICTION.

AND SO WE'RE TALKING ON BEHALF OF THEM. AND, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THEM ARE TORN ON THIS ISSUE.

YOU CAN'T TELL ME THAT THAT RESIDENTS IN MY COMMUNITY WHO IS GETTING A TICKET GOES OUT IN THE MORNING AND SEES THE SEES THE TICKET AND IS LIKE, WOW, I GOT A TICKET! YAY! OF COURSE THEY'RE TORN.

OF COURSE THEY'RE TORN. BUT THEIR NEIGHBOR WHO THEY'RE BLOCKING IS IS CELEBRATING, RIGHT? SO, YOU KNOW, THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE AN ISSUE THAT THAT ANY OF US WIN.

IT'S YOU KNOW, I CERTAINLY DID NOT WIN THAT ISSUE IN MY COMMUNITY LAST YEAR.

I WAS WALKING OUT EAST AND RESIDENTS, YOU KNOW, ACCOSTED ME.

THAT CODE IS IN THEIR COMMUNITY EVERY SINGLE DAY, CITING THEM FOR DRIVEWAYS.

AND I WAS LIKE, GREAT, BECAUSE YOUR COMMUNITY LOOKS LIKE A WAR ZONE ANYWAY.

YOUR CODE SHOULD BE OUT HERE. IT'S NOT A IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT I COULD WIN.

SO THIS LET'S ENFORCE PARKING IS NOT A CAMPAIGN PROMISE.

IT IT ACTUALLY WAS DETRIMENTAL. UNTIL. SO WE CAN'T WIN WHETHER WE GO LEFT OR RIGHT.

THAT'S WHY IT'S NOT LEFT OR RIGHT, THOUGH. IT'S IN BETWEEN AND WE NEED TO TAKE THE TIME TO DO IT PROPERLY.

I'VE SAID THAT EVERY TIME WE COME UP KNOW, TAKE THE TIME TO COME UP WITH ALTERNATIVE OPTIONS.

IN THE MEANTIME, I GET IT. I SAY, IF THE MAINLAND'S WHEREVER THERE'S AN ISSUE, DEAL WITH THAT.

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AND THAT'S A PROBLEM TOO. SO IT JUST WASN'T RIGHT.

IT WASN'T THE RIGHT ANSWER. AND I'VE SAID THAT OVER AND OVER AGAIN.

IT'S NOT THE RIGHT ANSWER I AGREE. SO IN THE MEANTIME IT I KNOW I APOLOGIZE, BUT I THINK YOU'LL WORK WITH ME.

YEAH. IN THE MEANTIME, IN THE MEAN PLEASE. HE'S NOT MAD THOUGH, MA'AM.

IN THE MEANTIME. AND IT'S A DISCUSSION. SO IN THE MEANTIME, CAN STAFF COME UP WITH A WAY WHERE WHERE THERE'S NOT A NOT A PROBLEM.

WE'RE NOT SENDING CODE OUT. I AM OKAY WITH LEAVING OR DOING A CALL OUT.

WE COULD MEET INDIVIDUALLY AND TALK ABOUT THE DIFFERENT AREAS IN OUR DISTRICT.

I'M FINE WITH THAT. WITH DISTRICT FOUR, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT ANYONE ELSE. I'M FINE WITH TELLING YOU BECAUSE THERE IS SOME PROBLEM AREAS. I GET THAT, BUT THERE'S MORE NOT PROBLEM AREAS THAN THERE ARE PROBLEM AREAS.

SO I AM FINE WITH MEETING WITH STAFF. I THINK WE'VE MET SEVERAL TIMES REGARDING THIS BECAUSE THE EMAILS KEEP COMING IN AGAINST.

I DON'T KNOW WHO READ MY EMAIL, BUT I KNOW WHAT I GET AND IT'S AGAINST ZERO FOUR IN MY DISTRICT, ALL AGAINST. AND THESE ARE EDUCATED PEOPLE THAT SEND IN LONG EMAILS WITH PICTURES AND PREVIOUS CODES.

OKAY. SO IT'S NOT IT'S NOT A SIMPLE THING WHERE OH, THEY DON'T KNOW.

THEY KNOW WHAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT. SO I DON'T MIND MEETING WITH STAFF TO FIGURE OUT FOR DISTRICT FOUR.

SO THE BEST WAY. GO AHEAD. COMMISSIONER BOLTON.

SO I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY THAT MY SOLUTION IS THE CALL OUT.

I IF IT PLEASES THE COMMISSION, I WILL DRAFT A MEMO AND DIRECT IT TO WHOEVER IT IS MANAGER OR BSO OR WHOEVER IT GOES TO. CITY MANAGER, PLEASE.

CITY MANAGER. THAT THE COMMUNITIES IN MY DISTRICT THAT ARE FACED WITH THESE ISSUES ARE ABCDEFG, AND THAT NO OTHER COMMUNITIES SHOULD BE AFFECTED BY THIS ORDINANCE.

IF THAT PLEASES THE COMMISSION, I THINK THAT IS A COMPROMISE FOR NOW.

COMMISSIONER DANIEL CAN DO THE SAME FOR HER COMMUNITY AND CALL OUT THE COMMUNITIES THAT ARE AFFECTED.

AND BY THE WAY, YOU CAN DO THIS, NOT JUST WEAPONIZING IT.

LET'S LET'S YOU KNOW, GIVE TICKETS ONLY TO MAINLANDS FOR TO EVERY RESIDENT THERE.

BUT I WILL LOOK AT THE DATA FROM CAPTAIN COOPER, AND I'LL MAKE THE DECISION BASED ON THE DATA THAT CAPTAIN COOPER GIVES ME, BECAUSE HE HAS GONE THROUGH THE ENTIRE DISTRICT, INCLUDING THE ENTIRE CITY, AND HE HAS TICKETS IN FOR WHERE HE HAS GIVEN THESE TICKETS. SO OBVIOUSLY, THAT DATA IS GOING TO POINT ME EXACTLY TO WHERE THE TO THE COMMUNITIES ARE.

DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? SO I'M GOING TO BASE MY DECISION TO CALL OUTS BASED ON THE DATA THAT HE GIVES ME.

SO IT'S NOT GOING TO BE I'M JUST CALLING YOUR COMMUNITY OUT.

I'M CALLING YOUR COMMUNITY OUT BECAUSE THERE'S AN ISSUE IN YOUR COMMUNITY, AND I HOPE THE CAPTAIN CAN GIVE ME THE INFORMATION AT SHORT WILL.

THAT WAY I CAN MAKE THAT DECISION IF IT PLEASES THE COMMISSION.

IF THAT'S A SOLUTION I'D BE HAPPY TO TO GO WITH THAT SOLUTION.

COMMISSIONER BOLTON I WOULD ASK THAT YOU ALSO RECEIVE THE INFORMATION FROM CODE ENFORCEMENT.

AS CODE ENFORCEMENT HAS GIVEN 170. WE DID HIRE NIGHTTIME CODE ENFORCEMENT WHO HAVE BEEN DOING THE JOB SO THAT BSO COULD BE FREE TO DO OTHER THINGS.

SO IF YOU'RE GOING TO LOOK AT IT, PLEASE LOOK AT THE WHOLE THING AS TO WHAT WE HAVE TO DATE IN ORDER TO MAKE THE MOST EDUCATED DECISIONS AND HELP OUR TEAM DO WHAT THEY NEED TO DO AND ALSO HELP OUR COMMUNITIES. AND I'M SORRY, MAYOR, BUT FOR THE RECORD, CODE ENFORCEMENT DID SEND ME THAT INFORMATION, SO THEY HAVE IT ON HAND. I'M NOT SAYING THEY DON'T.

I JUST I'M ASKING BECAUSE THE CALL OUT HAS ONLY BEEN FOR BSO.

MY CALL OUT IS FOR EACH OF US, AND DESPITE ME NOT HAVING A COMMISSION DISTRICT, I DO HAVE RESIDENTS I AM RESPONSIBLE TO THROUGH THE WHOLE ENTIRE CITY.

SO I HEAR IT AS WELL. AND SO I WANT TO RECEIVE THAT INFORMATION TOO.

AND I THINK THE BETTER WAY TO HANDLE IT IS DISCUSSION STRAIGHT WITH CITY MANAGER TO THEN HE WILL GIVE IT THROUGH TO STAFF AND THEN COMMISSIONER BOLTON, ARE YOU DONE? YES. OKAY.

COMMISSIONER. PATTERSON. YEAH. THANKS, MAYOR.

I WANTED TO JUST CLARIFY, THOUGH. I THINK THAT THE DATA IS GOING TO BE, TO SOME DEGREE SKEWED, BECAUSE IF WE'RE SAYING THAT THE ORDINANCE TO THE ORDINANCE IS I THINK WE ALL HAVE KIND OF ACKNOWLEDGED THAT IT'S NOT BEEN IS NOT WRITTEN EXACTLY THE WAY WE WANT IT TO BE WRITTEN. THE CITATIONS ARE GOING TO BE GRANDKID IN TOWN, CAR PARKED ON THE STREET, OR COULD POTENTIALLY BE GRANDKID IN TOWN, CAR PARKED ON THE STREET.

THEY GOT A TICKET. I MEAN, I'M NOT SURE THAT THE DATA THAT THEY'RE GOING TO PROVIDE WILL ACCURATELY ASSESS THE ACTUAL CHALLENGES SO THAT WE CAN ADDRESS THEM.

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BUT I THINK IN ORDER TO MAKE AN, YOU KNOW, A REAL EDUCATED DECISION, IF YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO SHARE THE DATA, PLEASE CLARIFY THE NATURE OF THE ISSUES, AND I AGREE THAT POLICE RESOURCES SHOULD NOT BE USED FOR THIS PURPOSE.

I STRONGLY FEEL LIKE THEY HAVE BETTER JOBS TO DO AND THIS IS NOT ONE OF THEM.

SIMILARLY, FIRE. THE CODE TALKS ABOUT THE FIRE AND I GET IT.

IF WE'RE LOW ON RESOURCES, THEY CAN DO IT. I HOPE THAT'S WHAT IT MEANS.

BUT I DO THINK THAT IF WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THIS, WE JUST THE COMMISSIONER DID MENTION AND LIST OUT A WHOLE BUNCH OF OPTIONS.

THIS SHOULD NOT JUST BE A DISCUSSION AT THIS POINT.

WE LAY OUT A WHOLE LOT OF OPTIONS AND AREA FOR OPPORTUNITY FOR STAFF TO BE ABLE TO BRING BACK SOME VIABLE ADJUSTMENTS TO WHAT'S CURRENTLY DRAFTED IN THE ORDINANCE TO INCLUDE. AND I WANT TO JUST ADD TWO ADDITIONAL THINGS THAT WERE NOT LISTED, WERE THE TWO THINGS THAT I MENTIONED.

POTENTIALLY, THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ADDITIONAL REVENUE THROUGH A PERMIT PROCESS THAT, YOU KNOW, GUESTS CAN MAYBE PUT IF THEY'RE GOING TO STAY OVERNIGHT OR WHAT HAVE, YOU COULD COME TO THE CITY AND IN THESE DESIGNATED COMMUNITIES AND PURCHASE A PERMIT SO THAT THEY ARE RELIEVED OF ANY RESPONSIBILITY ON THE ROAD WHILE THE VEHICLE IS PARKED THERE OVERNIGHT.

ALTERNATIVELY, WE HAVE NO LAND ACQUISITION OPPORTUNITY AS A CITY, SO IF WE WANT TO APPEASE IN A LONG TERM, YOU KNOW, AND BE SOLUTION ORIENTED AS A COMMISSION, AS A PART OF OUR STRATEGIC PLAN, WE COULD POTENTIALLY, YOU KNOW, COMB THROUGH THESE COMMUNITIES, IDENTIFY A UNIT THAT'S FOR SALE AND DEMO THAT UNIT, TURN IT INTO FIVE, SIX, SEVEN PARKING SPACES FOR THESE COMMUNITIES.

SO THAT TO THE VICE MAYOR'S POINT, WE'RE NOT PUNISHING PEOPLE WHO WANT TO LIVE IN THIS IN THIS CITY, BUT ARE HAVING CHALLENGES BECAUSE THEIR FAMILY HAS GROWN OR THEY WANT TO HAVE A CELEBRATORY PARTY OR WHATEVER.

SO I JUST THINK THAT WE WANT TO JUST ADD THOSE OPTIONS TO THE LIST MANAGER FOR AREAS AND OPPORTUNITIES TO REVIEW IN TERMS OF SOLUTIONS AND, YOU KNOW, OPTIONS FOR FOR HOW WE MOVE FORWARD.

THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER. BOLTON. YEAH. SO COMMISSIONER PATTERSON, THE CALL OUT OF COMMUNITIES IS JUST A BAND-AID FOR NOW. SO THAT WE ARE, WE MAKE SURE THAT THE VICE MAYOR HAS SOME PEACE OF MIND IN HER DISTRICT.

AND THEN IN THE MEANTIME, STAFF IS GOING TO COME BACK WITH ALL THAT THEY NEED TO COME BACK WITH SO THAT WE CAN DISCUSS AT A WORKSHOP AND MAKE A SOLID DECISION. IS THAT WHAT YOU UNDERSTOOD, MISS CALLOWAY? WE HAVE ASKED FOR A WORKSHOP. WE'VE ASKED FOR PLANNING ON THIS TO FINALLY RESOLVE THIS ISSUE SO WE CAN DISCUSS OTHER MECHANISMS. SO THE ANSWER TO THAT IS YES. YEAH. SO? SO THE CALL OUT IS JUST A BAND-AID FOR NOW.

AND I ALSO SAID THAT I WILL GO TO MY COMMUNITY AGAIN AND DISCUSS THIS.

THEREFORE I CAN HAVE THEIR INPUT AS WELL. SO WHEN I GO TO WORKSHOP, I'M ABLE TO TO SPEAK FROM THEIR PERSPECTIVE AS WELL.

AND, YOU KNOW, AT LEAST ONE OF THE RESIDENTS IS HERE FROM THE LAST MEETING THAT I HAD IN THE COMMUNITY.

AND I WAS WAS VERY HONEST IN SAYING THAT FOR SIX YEARS, RESIDENTS ASKED ME TO ENFORCE TO TO BE ON BOARD WITH PASSING THIS PARKING ORDINANCE.

AND I WAS VERY HONEST WITH SAYING THAT I DID NOT DO ANYTHING BECAUSE I BELIEVED THAT WE WOULD BE TICKETING OUR RESIDENTS AND THEY DON'T HAVE THE MEANS TO TO PAY FOR SOME OF THESE TICKETS.

SO I DID SAY THAT. SO I BELIEVE THAT THE DATA WILL BE CORRECT BECAUSE THIS IS NOT JUST A LAST CHRISTMAS THING.

THIS IS A YEARS AGO THING. RIGHT. AND SO WE WE HAVE WE KNOW WHERE THE THE PROBLEM HAVE BEEN.

WE JUST HAVE NOT ENFORCED IT. AND BSO HAVE CLEARLY SAID THAT THEY'VE GONE THROUGH THE ENTIRE DISTRICT, AT LEAST ONE ENTIRE CITY AT LEAST ONCE. SO I'M SURE THAT THE THAT THE DATA WILL WILL BE SOMEWHAT CORRECT.

I AGREE WITH YOU. IT'S NOT GOING TO BE PERFECT.

NOTHING IS PERFECT, BUT AT LEAST IT WILL POINT US IN THE DIRECTION TO NOT JUST BASE A DECISION ON YOU KNOW HOW WE FEEL, BUT JUST BASE THE DECISION ON ON ON DATA THAT WILL WILL RECEIVE.

AND VICE MAYOR, YOU'RE RIGHT. I DID RECEIVE SOME INFORMATION FROM THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS, BUT THE INFORMATION THAT I ASKED FOR INFORMATION FROM BSO SO I CAN MAKE A COMPREHENSIVE DECISION. OKAY.

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MAYBE YOU'LL ALSO TELL US THE CALLS TO CODE ENFORCEMENT.

BACK TO THE TRUCKS. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE BEEN TOLD WHEN I KNOW THAT WE'VE HAD ISSUES WITH TRUCKS ALONG ROCK ISLAND.

THERE'S A CAR THAT'S BEEN PARKING ON COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD BETWEEN SHAKER VILLAGE GOING EAST.

WEST. WE'RE TOLD IT'S A COUNTY ROAD. WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT.

SO IF ROCK ISLAND COUNTY ROAD. COMMERCIALS. COUNTY ROAD.

THESE OTHER ROADS ARE COUNTY ROAD. I KNOW 57TH IS OURS, SO WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.

WHAT ARE WE GOING TO BE TO BE ABLE TO DO? SO I'M NOT ASKING FOR AN ANSWER NOW, BUT SINCE WE'RE BRINGING ALL THIS PARKING AND VEHICLE CONVERSATION BACK, PLEASE THINK ABOUT WHAT WE NEED TO DO. I'M SORRY.

MOST PEOPLE HAVE HEARD ME COMPLAINING ABOUT THIS BEFORE. I SHOULDN'T HAVE TO PUT A NO PARKING SIGN WHEN YOU KNOW THAT PROPERTY IS NOT YOUR PARKING SPACE.

WHEN I SHARED THIS STORY, WHEN SOMEBODY DECIDED TO USE MY DRIVEWAY AS THEIR OWN PARKING SPOT, BUT I WAS TOLD THAT BSO COULDN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT AND THEY COULDN'T COME TO BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T BE ASSURED THAT THAT PERSON WASN'T ON MY DEED.

WHICH IS BALONEY. WHEN YOU KNOW WHO'S ON MY DEED, YOU JUST LOOK IT UP IN PUBLIC RECORD.

NOT ON MY DEED, NOT MY PROPERTY, NOT MY MY CAR OR MY PROPERTY.

BUT WE HAVE SOME RULES THAT DON'T MAKE SENSE, RIGHT? SO LET'S FIGURE OUT WHAT RULES WE CAN ALSO PUT IN PLACE, SO THAT WE'RE ALSO NOT GETTING ALL THE COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE TRUCKS THAT ARE ON THE ROAD AND PLACES BEING PARKED ILLEGALLY. I'VE ASKED WHY WE DON'T HAVE SOME KIND OF SHUTTLE THAT HAS PEOPLE GOING BACK AND FORTH TO THE EDGE OF COMMERCIAL AND THE SAWGRASS WHERE THEY CAN PARK THEIR CARS AND THEN HAVE A CAR LEFT THERE SO THEY CAN DRIVE THEMSELVES HOME.

SO THERE'S A PLACE FOR THEMSELVES. I KNOW THAT WE HAVE A COUPLE OF OUR HOTELS THAT ARE TRUCKER FRIENDLY, WHICH IS FINE. THE PROBLEM IS THE TRUCKS THAT ARE PARKED THERE AND THEY'RE ON THE STREET, ON THE OUTSIDE IN THE SWALE BLOCKING ROADWAY, OR RUN ALL NIGHT BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE REFRIGERATION SYSTEM GOING ON IN THERE, OR THAT PEOPLE ARE NOT USING THE HOTEL, BUT SLEEPING IN THEIR CARS OR IN THE TRUCK BED.

WE HAVE SEVERAL ISSUES. AGAIN, WE'RE NOT SOLVING IT ALL, BUT IT IS VERY NICE TO FINALLY HAVE A COMMISSION WILLING TO ACTUALLY TALK ABOUT IT VERSUS SHYING AND PUTTING IT ASIDE, AND SAID, I DON'T WANT TO DEAL WITH IT NOW BECAUSE SOMEBODY WILL BE MAD AT ME THEN OR NOT. I DO HAVE ONE CONCERN ABOUT THE GIVING ALL THE INFORMATION TO THE CITY TEAM AND SAYING, WHAT HAPPENS IF WE HAVE CONFLICT.

BUT I GUESS WE'LL DEAL WITH IT AS IT COMES UP IN OUR NEXT CONVERSATION OF ANYBODY SAYING THAT THERE'S A CONFLICT THAT THEY SHOULD ENFORCE OR DON'T ENFORCE OR THAT.

BUT FOR RIGHT NOW, I THINK YOU'VE GOT CLEAR DIRECTION.

CORRECT. I'M TRYING TO CLARIFY THAT. SO THE CLEAR DIRECTION IS NO ENFORCEMENT ON DISTRICT FOUR.

NO, NO. HERE, LET ME LET ME WRAP IT UP FOR YOU THEN PLEASE.

THE ENFORCEMENT IS REMAINING OKAY. WE'RE NOT CHANGING THE RULE.

EACH OF US ARE GOING TO RECEIVE THE DATA THAT SAYS HOW MANY BSO TICKETS, HOW MANY CODE ENFORCEMENT TICKETS, AND THE LOCATIONS WE WILL ALSO BE RECEIVING FROM THE CITY CLERK IF SHE'S GOT IT, WHICH I'M SURE SHE DOES, BECAUSE WE'VE RECEIVED SEVERAL EMAILS AND IT WILL BE ONE, TWO, THREE, AND FOUR OF WHICH DISTRICT THAT THEY COME FROM SHOULD BE ABLE TO KNOW.

THEN THE COMMISSION WILL THEN ADVISE THROUGH YOU WHICH COMMUNITIES THEY DEFINITELY WANT ENFORCEMENT ON.

AND IF THERE'S IN THE ALTERNATIVES LIKE FOR COMMISSIONER DAN VICE MAYOR DANIEL SHE KNOWS SPECIFICALLY WHICH COMMUNITY SHE DOES NOT WANT ENFORCEMENT ON AT ALL.

WE GIVE THAT INFORMATION TO YOU. IT'LL PASS THROUGH TO CODE, IT'LL PASS THROUGH TO BSO.

AND THAT'LL BE HOW WE'LL WORK IT FOR RIGHT NOW, UNTIL SUCH TIME WE FINISH THE WORKSHOP AND WE CAN GET SOME OTHER CODE RULES IN PLACE OR ENFORCEMENT RULES IN PLACE, OR UNTIL SUCH TIME, IF ALL OF A SUDDEN WE HAVE A SEA OF PEOPLE SAYING THAT IT'S NOT WORKING AGAIN, BECAUSE AGAIN, THIS IS NOT EVEN FOUR MONTHS OLD AND WE KNEW WE WOULD HAVE SOME GROWING PAINS.

WE KNEW WE'D HAVE SOME CHALLENGES, BUT WE CAN'T ALL OF A SUDDEN SAY THAT THE WHOLE THING IS NOT WORKING, BECAUSE WE DO HAVE PEOPLE WHO DO SAY IT'S WORKING.

SO AGAIN, THOSE THAT'S HOW WE'RE GOING FORWARD.

[04:05:01]

AND THEN ARE WE PLANNING FOR A WORKSHOP OR YOU'RE GOING TO GIVE US A WORKSHOP.

IT DEPENDS ON HOW LONG IT'S GOING TO TAKE TO GET THE INFORMATION FOR THE COMMISSION TO PROCESS. IN REALITY, EVERYONE WILL GO FORWARD AS THEY'RE GOING FORWARD AND AS SOON AS DISTRICT FOUR IS DONE, IF SHE'S GOT THE VICE MAYOR HAS GOT THE INFORMATION THAT WILL GO FORWARD.

IF THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS HAVE ALL OF IT DONE QUICKLY, IT WILL GO AS QUICKLY AS THEY GET IT DONE FROM WHEN THEY GET THEIR INFORMATION.

AS FOR A WORKSHOP, BECAUSE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I KNOW WE'VE BEEN ASKING FOR AND WE TALKED ABOUT IN OTHER STRATEGIC PLANS AND DISCUSS ABOUT WHETHER IT'S PERMIT, WHETHER IT'S ALTERNATE SIDE STREET PARKING, WHETHER IT'S GOING TO BE KNOCKING DOWN AND BUYING DILAPIDATED OR A HOME THAT'S NOT IN USE ANYMORE IN A COMMUNITY AND WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY TO PARK THERE, HAVING PARKING STRUCTURES IN THE CITY.

THESE ARE ALL CONVERSATIONS WE'VE STARTED BUT NEVER FINISHED. SO WHEN YOU WANT TO HAVE THAT NICE LONG WORKSHOP OR STRATEGIC PLANNING JUST SOLELY DESIGNATED TO PARKING.

BECAUSE LET'S BE REALISTIC, THIS IS A ONE ITEM ONLY ON A MONDAY SINCE WE STARTED THIS CONVERSATION.

WHAT ABOUT 12 SOMETHING, RIGHT? WE CAN'T HAVE OTHER THINGS IN THE WAY.

WE HAVE TO HAVE ALL THE CARDS ON THE TABLE IN A CONVERSATION.

ALL RIGHT. NOW I KNOW THE RULES HAVE NOT GONE IN PLACE BECAUSE TECHNICALLY WE HAVE ORDINANCES ON SECOND READING, BUT IT SEEMS TO BOTHER SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES BY ME JUST SAYING WE ARE ADJOURNED AND TO MAKE EVERYBODY HAPPY, BECAUSE IT'S ALREADY 216 AND I DON'T REALLY GIVE A HOOT ABOUT IF I GET PERMISSION, I WANT A SECOND TO MY MOTION TO ADJOURN THIS MEETING.

MOVE IT. SECOND, YOU DON'T GET TO CHANGE THE RULES.

CITY CLERK, CALL THE ROLL. COMMISSIONER BOLTON.

YES, MAYOR. GOMEZ. YES, COMMISSIONER. WRIGHT.

YES. VICE MAYOR. DANIEL. YES, COMMISSIONER. PATERSON.

YES. THANK YOU. MOTION PASSES 5 TO 0. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE'RE ADJOURNED.

BE SAFE. STAY WARM.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.