Jun 11, 2025 Regular

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GOOD EVENING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT.

[CALL TO ORDER]

WELCOME AND CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE, MAYOR GOMEZ.

GOOD EVENING.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. NOW, IF EVERYONE WOULD PLEASE STAND.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE THEREAFTER.

THANK YOU. PLEASE BE SEATED.

CITY ATTORNEY, ANY REPORT. NO REPORT, MADAM MAYOR.

THANK YOU. BEFORE WE GO INTO THE CITY MANAGER'S REPORT.

[2. CITY MANAGER REPORT]

OKAY. SORRY, EVERYBODY. THE FIRST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA WAS FLORIDA POWER AND LIGHT HURRICANE PREPAREDNESS UPDATE, AND IT WAS A PRESENTATION BY CHRISTINE SHAW, AND SHE CAN'T BE HERE THIS EVENING.

SO THAT IS BEING MOVED TO OUR NEXT AGENDA. SO WE'RE GOING TO GO STRAIGHT ON TO OUR PRESENTATION OF CITIZEN AWARD AND MARIO CASTAÑON AND FERDINAND AMBROSIO. ARE THEY HERE TO RECEIVE THE AWARDS? THERE YOU ARE. [SPANISH] PLACE ON APRIL 8TH, 2025, IN THE WELDING COMPLEX.

MARIO CASTAÑON AND FERNANDO AMBROSIO WERE WORKING AT A NEARBY CONSTRUCTION SITE WHEN THEY WITNESSED A VEHICLE PARTIALLY ENTER THE LAKE.

THEY RAN APPROXIMATELY 2/10 OF A MILE AROUND THE LAKE, AND PLACED LARGE ROCKS BEHIND THE VEHICLE'S REAR TIRES TO PREVENT IT FROM ROLLING FURTHER INTO THE WATER. SO YES, THEY DESERVE A REALLY BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE.

THANKS A LOT FOR YOUR HEROISM, AND WE THANK YOU VERY MUCH, AND , MARIO.

THIS IS FOR YOU. THANK YOU, AND THIS IS FOR YOU.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING? YOU CAN SAY IT IN SPANISH AND WE'LL HAVE A TRANSLATOR.

BUENAS TARDES. A CADA UNO DE USTEDES. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.

EN PRIMER LUGAR. LE DOY. GRACIAS A DIOS Y GRACIAS A USTEDES POR ESTE RECONOCIMIENTO.

WELL, IT'S MY FIRST TIME SPEAKING IN PUBLIC. [SPANISH]

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[SPANISH] WE WERE WORKING AND ALL OF A SUDDEN WE SAW THE CAR ACTUALLY GETTING INTO THE WATER.

I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY HOW IT HAPPENED BUT WE SAW WHEN HE WAS GETTING INTO THE WATER.

[SPANISH] SO THE MOMENT THAT WE SAW IT OUR FIRST INSTINCT WAS TO GO AND HELP, AND THEN MY BOSS SAID WAIT.

JUST WAIT AND SEE IF SOMEONE IS GOING TO COME OUT OF THE CAR, BUT THEY WAITED AND NOBODY CAME OUT OF THE CAR, SO THE NEXT THING THEY DID WAS TO GO AND ASSIST.

[SPANISH] THIS IS ALL I HAVE TO SAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE RECOGNITION.

HAVE A GOOD EVENING.

SO THIS NEXT PRESENTATION WILL BE TO DEPUTY MICHAEL BUSHONG FOR EXEMPLARY SERVICE, AND THIS HAS BEEN REQUESTED BY COMMISSIONER BOLTON.

GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. SO IN THE HISTORY OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC, THIS IS GOING TO BE OUR VERY FIRST MEDAL OF HONOR TO BE PRESENTED TO ANYONE.

AND SO. SO I WANT TO SAY, FIRST AND FOREMOST, THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR SUPPORTING ME TO MAKE SURE THAT MEDAL OF HONORS ARE NOW A THING THAT WE DO HERE IN THE CITY OF TAMARAC.

SO WHEREAS LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS PLAY A VITAL ROLE IN PROTECTING AND SERVING THE RESIDENTS OF TAMARAC, ENSURING THE SAFETY AND WELL-BEING OF OUR COMMUNITY, AND WHEREAS DEPUTY MICHAEL BUSHONG HAS DEDICATED OVER SIX YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE BROWARD COUNTY'S SHERIFF'S OFFICE, CONSISTENTLY DEMONSTRATING HIS COMMITMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF TAMARAC AS A PATROL ROAD PATROL DEPUTY, AND WHEREAS, DEPUTY BUSHONG IS A MEMBER OF THE QUICK RESPONSE FORCE, QUICK RESPONSE FORCE, THE DIVE RESCUE TEAM, AND THE HIGH WATER TASK FORCE, SHOWCASING HIS VERSATILITY AND WILLINGNESS TO TAKE ON VARIOUS CHALLENGES, AND DEPUTY BUSHONG RECENTLY RECEIVED A RECOMMENDATION FROM A TAMARAC RESIDENT FOR HIS EXCEPTIONAL PROFESSIONALISM AND COMPASSION DURING A DIFFICULT SITUATION FOLLOWING A MOTOR VEHICLE CRASH, WHERE HE NOT ONLY RESPONDED AT THE SCENE, BUT ALSO TOOK THE TIME TO VISIT THE RESIDENT AT THE HOSPITAL.

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NOW, THEREFORE, I MARLON D BOLTON TAMARAC DISTRICT ONE COMMISSIONER, DO HEREBY CONFER THE MEDAL OF HONOR AWARD UPON DEPUTY MICHAEL BUSHONG FOR HIS DEDICATION AND COMPASSION AS A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER WHO HAS MADE A POSITIVE IMPACT ON THE CITY OF TAMARAC.

I MEAN, I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR THE RECOGNITION AND THANK YOU, COMMISSIONERS, MAYOR.

THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT. JUST DOING MY JOB, RIGHT? SO, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I APOLOGIZE. I DID NOT REALIZE THAT OUR REPRESENTATIVE, LISA DUNKLEY, WAS STILL WITH US. I THOUGHT SHE HAD LEFT, AND SO I APOLOGIZE.

SHE IS HERE, AND I WOULD LIKE TO CALL HER UP TO BE A PART OF THIS CEREMONY.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME? YES, YES.

YES.

THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. NOW WE'RE GOING TO THE CARIBBEAN HERITAGE MONTH PROCLAMATION.

THIS IS ONE THAT I HAD REQUESTED, AND THIS IS BEING PRESENTED TO [INAUDIBLE] OF LAVINIA RESTAURANT, AND WE DID GET TO ENJOY SOME DELICIOUS DELECTABLES FROM HER AND FROM BUTTER FLAKES EARLIER THIS EVENING.

COME ON UP. LET'S SEE WHAT I'M TALKING. WHEREAS CARIBBEAN AMERICANS HAVE MADE COUNTLESS CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE FABRIC OF OUR NATION, AND WHEREAS CARIBBEAN AMERICANS HAVE ENHANCED AND ADVANCED IN MANY ASPECTS OF OUR SOCIETY FOR GENERATIONS THROUGH THEIR SKILL, KNOWLEDGE, INNOVATION AND INITIATIVE AND HAVE BECOME LEADERS IN GOVERNMENT, SPORTS, SCIENCE, ENTERTAINMENT, THE ARTS, AND MANY OTHER FIELDS, AND WHEREAS PROMINENT CARIBBEAN AMERICANS HAVE INCLUDED ALEXANDER HAMILTON, OUR NATION'S VERY FIRST SECRETARY OF TREASURY.

COLIN POWELL, FORMER US SECRETARY OF STATE, W.E.B.

DUBOIS, CO-FOUNDER OF THE NAACP, AND HARRY BELAFONTE AND SIDNEY POITIER, CELEBRATED ARTISTS AND CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVISTS.

YEAH, EXACTLY, AND WHEREAS, DURING THE MONTH OF JUNE, WE ALSO HONORED THE FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND THE CARIBBEAN, THE COUNTRIES OF THE CARIBBEAN, AND WE CELEBRATE THE 4.5 MILLION CARIBBEAN AMERICANS SHARING THEIR VIBRANT CULTURE AND HERITAGE WITH US ACROSS THE NATION, ESPECIALLY IN TAMARAC, AND WHEREAS WE APPRECIATE THE MEMBERS OF THE CARIBBEAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY WHO HAVE SELECTED TAMARAC TO CALL HOME TO LIVE, WORK AND PLAY ALSO OPEN A BUSINESS AND PLAY. WHEREAS A BODEGA NAMED LAVINIA IN THE CITY OF MANTAS, CUBA, WAS BOUGHT IN 1959 BY A LOCAL FAMILY WITH EARNINGS FROM THEIR GREAT GRANDPARENTS FARM OFFERING TRADITIONAL FOOD SUPPLIES FROM THE CUBAN KITCHEN, SPECIALTY PRODUCTS FROM SPAIN IN A SMALL TAPAS BAR WITH FINE SELECT LIQUORS.

IN 2025, DESCENDANTS OF THE OWNERS AND OPERATORS OF THAT BUSINESS OPENED A NEW RESTAURANT IN TAMARAC, BRINGING THEIR FAMILIES, CULINARY AND CULTURAL TRADITIONS TO OUR COMMUNITY WITH A CHEF WHO IS A GRAND NEPHEW OF THE ORIGINAL DELIVERY MAN FOR THE BODEGA, AND THE MAITRE D, WHO WAS THE GRANDDAUGHTER OF ONE OF THE OF THE PARTNERS IN THAT BUSINESS, AND THEY NAMED THEIR NEW RESTAURANT LAVINIA IN ORDER TO HONOR THEIR ANCESTORS, AND DEDICATION TO SERVICE AND HARD WORK.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, MICHELLE J. GOMEZ, VERY PROUD MAYOR OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC, ON BEHALF OF THE COMMISSION,

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THANK YOU EVERYONE. BEAUTIFUL.

SO CARIBBEAN HERITAGE AMERICAN MONTH MEDAL OF HONOR AWARDS HAS BEEN REQUESTED BY COMMISSIONER MARLON BOLTON, AND HE WILL BEGIN THE PROCESS.

ALL RIGHT. THIS CEREMONY THIS EVENING IS ANOTHER.

FIRST I ASKED MYSELF, I'M ON MY WAY OUT AS COMMISSIONER AND THIS IS MY LAST TERM, UNFORTUNATELY, AND SO I ASKED MYSELF WHAT CAN BE DONE TO LEAVE A LASTING LEGACY IN THE CITY OF TAMARAC? YOU KNOW, THE SEAT DOES NOT LAST FOREVER, AND SO I REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I LEAVE A LASTING IMPACT HERE IN THE CITY OF TAMARAC, AND MY ENTIRE LIFE HAS ALWAYS TO SUPPORT AND CELEBRATE PEOPLE IN THE AREAS THAT THEY ARE GOOD IN, AND SO WE CELEBRATED BLACK HISTORY MONTH BY STARTING THE FIRST BLACK HISTORY MONTH EXCELLENCE AWARDS, AND TONIGHT I'M PROUD TO CHAMPION THIS INITIATIVE FOR CARIBBEAN AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH.

SO MY FIRST AWARDEE TONIGHT IS DOCTOR MICHELLE RICHARDS.

OKAY, WHEREAS THE RICH AND DIVERSE HERITAGE OF CARIBBEAN AMERICANS WITH ORIGINS SPANNING NUMEROUS ISLANDS AND NATIONS HAS SIGNIFICANTLY ENRICHED OUR NATION'S CULTURE, ECONOMY AND SOCIETY, AND WHEREAS CARIBBEAN AMERICANS HAVE MADE PROFOUND CONTRIBUTIONS ACROSS VARIOUS FIELDS, INCLUDING THE ARTS, SCIENCES, BUSINESS AND GOVERNMENT, SHOWCASING THEIR RESILIENCE, INNOVATION AND LEADERSHIP AND WHEREAS, THE CELEBRATION OF CARIBBEAN AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH PROVIDES A VALUABLE OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE THE HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF CARIBBEAN MIGRATION TO THE UNITED STATES, INCLUDING THE ONGOING IMPACT OF BOTH VOLUNTARY AND FORCED MIGRATION, AND WHEREAS, THE RECOGNITION OF CARIBBEAN AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH ALSO SERVES TO BUILD CROSS-CULTURAL UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION, PROMOTING UNITY AND INCLUSION WITHIN OUR CITY, AND WHEREAS DR. MICHELLE RICHARDS, A DISTINGUISHED JAMAICAN BORN EVANGELIST, HAS BEEN A TRAILBLAZER IN HER OWN RIGHT, ACHIEVING REMARKABLE SUCCESS IN HER CAREER AND PHILANTHROPIC ENDEAVORS, INCLUDING BEING RECOGNIZED WITH THE 2021 PRESIDENTIAL AWARD FOR HUMANITARIANISM PRESENTED BY PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN AND VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS, AND WHEREAS, DOCTOR RICHARDS HAS DEMONSTRATED EXCEPTIONAL LEADERSHIP AND DEDICATION TO SERVING OTHERS THROUGH HER EXTENSIVE WORK AS A PREACHER, MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKER, EVANGELIST, AND A AND PURPOSE COACH, INSPIRING COUNTLESS INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS, AND DOCTOR RICHARD'S NUMEROUS ACCOMPLISHMENTS INCLUDE CREATING VARIOUS INTERNATIONAL MINISTRIES, OWNING SEVERAL BUSINESSES, AND BEING FEATURED ON THE COVER OF SHE EXIST MAGAZINE AND IN TIMES SQUARE BILLBOARDS. FURTHER.

FURTHER SOLIDIFYING HER IMPACT AND INFLUENCE.

NOW THEREFORE, I, MARLON D. BOLTON TAMARAC DISTRICT ONE COMMISSIONER, DO CONFER THE MEDAL OF HONOR AWARD UPON DOCTOR MICHELLE RICHARDS FOR

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YOU CAN SPEAK FIRST. I'M GOING TO ASK MY DAUGHTER [INAUDIBLE] TO COME STAND WITH ME.

LOOK AT THE FACE. YOU SEE, I COULDN'T DO THIS WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF MY CHILDREN, AND MANY TIMES, AS PARENTS AND AS PKS, YOU KNOW THEY THEY'RE LEFT IN THE BACKGROUND AND THEY'RE NOT RECOGNIZED. MANY TIMES WHEN YOU WOULD SEE ME ON THE AIRCRAFT, SHE'S THE ONE PULLING THE BAGS WITH THE MISSION THINGS AND ALL THE LAPTOPS AND TABLETS THAT I GIVE TO MANY OF THE COUNTRIES THAT I ATTEND.

SO, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU PUBLICLY, [INAUDIBLE], AND TO MY OTHER TWO DAUGHTERS, ASHLEY AND CHANEL, AND MY FOSTER KIDS THEY THEY THEY REALLY SUPPORT WHAT I DO, AND JUST FOR THE MANY PERSONS THAT HAVE COME HERE THIS EVENING TO JUST CHEER ME ON. IT'S A LOT THAT'S GOING ON IN MY FAMILY RIGHT NOW.

MY DAUGHTER IS IN THE HOSPITAL JUST A FEW MINUTES AGO.

WELL, ABOUT TWO HOURS AGO, BUT I BELIEVE THAT WE SERVE A MIGHTY GOD THAT IS A HEALER, AND SHE'S GOING TO BE FINE.

SO EVEN AS WE'RE STANDING HERE THIS EVENING, I JUST WANT TO HONOR CHANEL.

THEY'RE IN GEORGIA, BUT GOD IS GOOD, AND , AND SO, MY SON, YOU KNOW, WHEN HE GIVES TROUBLE, HE SAYS, I SAID HE'S MY SON, BUT , YOU KNOW, I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU.

YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T YOU DON'T GET THE RECOGNITION THAT YOU REALLY DESERVE, AND YOU'VE DONE SO MUCH FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND YOU'VE HELPED SO MANY PEOPLE IN THE MISSION.

HE ACTUALLY WENT ON A MISSION TRIP WITH ME TO TURKS AND CAICOS AND HELPED.

YES, AND SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR CONTINUING TO RECOGNIZE THE WORK THAT WE ALL DO IN THIS COMMUNITY, AND TO THE TAMARAC CITY COMMISSIONERS AND TO MAYOR MICHELLE, ALL OF YOU.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR AGREEING. BECAUSE IF YOU NEVER VOTED, I COULD NOT GET THIS, AND TO EVERYONE THAT CAME HERE THIS EVENING TO SUPPORT ME, THANK YOU. GOD BLESS YOU.

DO YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING? AT. ALL. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT, AND SINCE I STARTED THIS INITIATIVE, I TOOK THE LIBERTY TO DO TWO.

ALL RIGHT, SO THIS NEXT MEDAL OF HONOR WILL GO TO DOROTHY M NELSON.

OKAY. WHEREAS THE RICH AND DIVERSE HERITAGE OF CARIBBEAN AMERICANS HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY ENRICHED OUR NATION'S CULTURE, ECONOMY, AND SOCIETY THROUGH THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS IN VARIOUS FIELDS, AND WHEREAS CARIBBEAN AMERICANS HAVE DEMONSTRATED REMARKABLE RESILIENCE, INNOVATION, AND LEADERSHIP, MAKING LASTING IMPACTS IN ARTS, SCIENCES, BUSINESS AND GOVERNMENT, AND WHEREAS, THE CELEBRATION OF CARIBBEAN HERITAGE MONTH PROVIDES A VALUABLE OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE THE HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF CARIBBEAN MIGRATION TO THE UNITED STATES AND ITS ONGOING IMPACTS, AND WHEREAS, THIS RECOGNITION ALSO FOSTERS CROSS-CULTURAL UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION, PROMOTING UNITY AND INCLUSIVITY WITHIN OUR COMMUNITIES, AND WHEREAS DOROTHY M NELSON, A NATIVE OF JAMAICA, HAS SHOWN VISIONARY LEADERSHIP AND DEDICATION THROUGH HER ROLE IN FOUNDING IN FINDING BETHLEHEM PRESCHOOL, AN INSTITUTION BORN FROM FAITH AND PURPOSE THAT REFLECTS HER UNWAVERING CONVICTION AND INSPIRATIONAL VISION.

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NOW THEREFORE, I MARLON D. BOLTON TAMARAC DISTRICT ONE COMMISSIONER, DO HEREBY CONFER THE MEDAL OF HONOR AWARD UPON DOROTHY M NELSON FOR HER WORK AS A TRAILBLAZER IN THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY AND RECOGNIZING HER OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR COMMUNITY AND BEYOND.

THE ENTIRE CITY, AND I WILL CONTINUE TO WORK HARD IN THE CITY OF TAMARAC.

ALL YOU HAVE TO DO, KEEP PRAYING FOR ME AND GOD BLESS YOU.

THANK YOU. DO YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING? YOU DON'T WANT TO SAY SOMETHING? VERY RARE OCCASION.

NEXT PRESENTATION WILL BE BY COMMISSIONER PATTERSON. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MAYOR.

ALL RIGHT. WELL IF I MAY CALL MISS YVONNE JONES TO THE STAGE AND ALL OF HER FRIENDS, PLEASE GIVE HER A MAJOR ROUND OF APPLAUSE. AS THIS IS SUPER SPECIAL TO ME, AS WELL AS A CARIBBEAN AMERICAN AND THE FIRST HAITIAN AMERICAN.

DISTRICT THREE REPRESENTATIVE IN THE CITY OF TAMARAC. I'M VERY HONORED TO PRESENT THIS MEDAL OF HONOR.

WHEREAS CARIBBEAN AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH IS A TIME TO HONOR AND CELEBRATE THE RICH HISTORY, VIBRANT CULTURE, AND SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS OF CARIBBEAN AMERICANS TO THE UNITED STATES, AND WHEREAS, CARIBBEAN AMERICANS HAVE DEMONSTRATED REMARKABLE RESILIENCE, INNOVATION AND LEADERSHIP MAKING IMPACTS IN THE ARTS, SCIENCES, BUSINESSES AND GOVERNMENT, AND WHEREAS, THE CELEBRATION OF CARIBBEAN HERITAGE MONTH PROVIDES A VALUABLE OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE THE HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF CARIBBEAN MIGRATION TO THE UNITED STATES AND ITS ONGOING IMPACT, AND WHEREAS, THIS RECOGNITION ALSO FOSTERS CROSS-CULTURAL UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION, PROMOTING UNITY AND INCLUSIVITY WITHIN OUR COMMUNITIES, AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF TAMARAC IS PROUD TO BE HOME TO A VIBRANT, DIVERSE CARIBBEAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY THAT CONTRIBUTES SIGNIFICANTLY TO THE CITY'S GROWTH AND VITALITY, AND WHEREAS YVONNE JONES, PRESIDENT OF THE CARIBBEAN AMERICAN CLUB AT KINGS POINT, HAS DEMONSTRATED EXCEPTIONAL LEADERSHIP AND DEDICATION TO THE CARIBBEAN AND ELDERLY COMMUNITY IN THE CITY OF TAMARAC, FLORIDA, AND WHEREAS MISS JONES HAS BEEN A CORNERSTONE OF CULTURAL ENRICHMENT AND COMMUNITY SERVICE, TIRELESSLY WORKING TO UPLIFT AND SUPPORT HER FELLOW RESIDENTS THROUGH HER UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO ENHANCING THE LIVES OF SENIORS, AND WHEREAS, HER LEADERSHIP HAS INSPIRED COUNTLESS INDIVIDUALS, FOSTERING A SPIRIT OF UNITY AND COMPASSION AMONG RESIDENTS, AND HER EFFORTS HAVE LEFT AN INDELIBLE MARK ON THE TAMARAC COMMUNITY.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, CRYSTAL PATTERSON, TAMARAC DISTRICT THREE CITY COMMISSIONER, DO HEREBY CONFER THE MEDAL OF HONOR AWARD UPON YVONNE JONES FOR HER WORK AS A

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GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. FIRST, I WANT TO GIVE HONOR AND GLORY TO GOD FOR BRINGING ME TO THIS POINT.

THIS IS VERY HUMBLING TO RECEIVE THIS HONOR. I AM GRATEFUL, I AM THANKFUL, AND I HAVE TO SAY THAT THIS IS NOT ONLY FOR ME. I HAVE A TEAM THAT'S BEHIND ME.

THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO, FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD, THEY HAVE MY BACK.

I HAVE SOME OF THEM WITH ME THIS EVENING. I HAVE MY NEPHEW, AND I HAVE MEMBERS OF A FEW MEMBERS OF THE TEAM THAT WORK WITH ME.

THEY REALLY THEY REALLY HELPED ME, AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU, AND I'LL JUST CONTINUE DOING WHAT I'M SUPPOSED TO DO TO MAKE MY COMMUNITY OF TAMARAC THE ELDERLY ESPECIALLY, YOU KNOW, TO BE, TO KEEP GOING FORWARD.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YOU'RE WONDERFUL.

NOW WE HAVE VICE MAYOR DANIEL. OKAY. THANK YOU.

I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF HONORING MINISTER MARION HALL. IT'S TRULY A PRIVILEGE.

I GREW UP LISTENING TO HER MUSIC. I STILL DO.

IT WAS MY SONG AT MY WEDDING. I KNOW SHE DON'T WANT TO HEAR IT, BUT, LIKE, THIS JOB HAS GIVEN ME SUCH A PRIVILEGE TO BE AMONGST PEOPLE THAT I ADMIRE.

OH MY GOD. I'M GOING TO, YOU KNOW, SAVE THIS VIDEO SO I CAN SEE IT, BUT LET ME START AS A TRAILBLAZER FOR CARIBBEAN HERITAGE MONTH. WHEREAS THE RICH AND DIVERSE HERITAGE OF CARIBBEAN AMERICANS HAS SIGNIFICANTLY ENRICHED OUR NATION'S CULTURE, ECONOMY AND SOCIETY THROUGH THEIR CONTRIBUTION IN VARIOUS FIELDS, AND WHEREAS, CARIBBEAN AMERICANS HAVE DEMONSTRATED REMARKABLE RESILIENCE, INNOVATION AND LEADERSHIP, MAKING LASTING IMPACTS IN THE ARTS, SCIENCE, BUSINESS AND GOVERNMENT, AND WHEREAS MINISTER MARION HALL, BORN IN GALENA, SAINT MARY, JAMAICA, IS A POWERFUL EXAMPLE OF TRANSFORMATION.

YES. YES. TALENT AND SERVICE. WITH A JOURNEY FROM GLOBAL MUSIC ICON TO DEVOTED MINISTER, MARKED BY RESILIENCE, PURPOSE AND PASSION FOR HELPING OTHERS, AND WHEREAS MINISTERS HALL ILLUSTRIOUS MUSIC CAREER SPANNING OVER TWO DECADES, I THINK IT'S MORE THAN THAT, BUT WE'LL GO INCLUDES HISTORIC ACHIEVEMENT AS THE FIRST JAMAICAN FEMALE DANCEHALL DJ TO WIN A GRAMMY AWARD IN TAMARAC.

OKAY! AND ACHIEVED TRIPLE PLATINUM STATUS WITH COLLABORATION WITH RENOWNED ARTISTS SUCH AS BERES HAMMOND. IF YOU DON'T KNOW, PLEASE LOOK HIM UP.

GWEN STEFANI AND PHARRELL WILLIAMS, THE HAPPY GUY.

"I'M HAPPY!" YEAH, AND WHERE AS MINISTER HALL COURAGEOUSLY TRANSITIONED FROM SECULAR MUSIC MINISTRY IN 2015, USING HER VOICE AND LIFE EXPERIENCE TO INSPIRE, UPLIFT AND SERVE THROUGH MULTIPLE GOSPEL ALBUMS AND INITIATIVES LIKE CHURCH FOOD AND JUICE FRIDAYS, AND WHEREAS, THE LEADER OF THE HOLY GHOST PENTECOSTAL CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST IN TAMARAC DISTRICT FOR USE USING HER VOICE AND I'M SORRY AND I HAVE ON THE GLASSES. YEAH. IN TAMARAC MINISTER HALL LIVES OUT HER

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NOW, THEREFORE, I, DR. KICIA DANIEL TAMARAC, DISTRICT FOUR COMMISSIONER--I LOVE YOU--AND VICE MAYOR DO HEREBY CONFER THE MEDAL OF HONOR AWARD UPON MINISTER MARION HALL FOR HER WORK AS A TRAILBLAZER IN THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY AND GLOBALLY, RECOGNIZING HER OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO OUR COMMUNITY AND BEYOND.

THANK YOU. OH, BLESS THE LORD. BLESS THE LORD.

HEAVEN BLESS YOU. IT'S AN HONOR AND A PRIVILEGE I HAVE.

LORD, I DON'T EVEN KNOW, BUT YEARS AGO, WHEN THE LORD TOLD ME TO GIVE BACK ALL THE MONEY.

CANCEL ALL THE SHOWS. I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND. HE SAID TO ME, WHAT I HAVE PLANNED FOR YOU IS GOING TO BE BIGGER THAN YOU, AND HE THEN SENT ME TO THE WHITE HOUSE, AND I SAID, IF GOD START RIGHT HERE, THEN IMAGINE WHAT HE'S HE'S GOING TO DO, YOU KNOW. SO TO BE STANDING HERE, REMIND ME OF THE SCRIPTURE THAT SAID, YOUR GIFT WILL MAKE ROOM FOR YOU, AND DO WHAT? RIGHT, RIGHT. GREAT PEOPLE. I MEAN, LOOK AT THIS.

KINGS AND QUEENS, AND YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? SO TO BE STANDING NEXT TO YOU, TO BE HONORED.

I TELL YOU, IT'S IN AMERICA. I JUST GOT MY GREEN CARD YESTERDAY.

YES. RIGHT? YES AND YES. I USED TO HAVE PAROLE CARDS, SO GOD GAVE ME MY GREEN CARD YESTERDAY BECAUSE OF FAITH. THE BIBLE SAID FAITH IS THE SUBSTANCE OF THINGS HOPED FOR.

THE EVIDENCE OF THINGS NOT SEEN. I NEVER SEEN THIS COMING.

SO I BLESS GOD FOR THE CITY OF TAMARAC. YES, WE HAVE A CHURCH RIGHT THERE AT THE CORNER OF MCNABB HOLY GHOST, PENTECOSTAL CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST. THE LORD TOLD ME YEARS AGO HE WAS GOING TO GIVE ME A CHURCH.

SO I ASKED HIM, WHAT'S THE NAME OF MY CHURCH YOU'RE GIVING ME, LORD? THE HOLY SPIRIT SAID, DON'T SAY MY CHURCH. SO IT'S GOD'S CHURCH, AND I LOVE TO COOK FOR HOMELESS PEOPLE.

I LOVE TO TAKE THEM SHOPPING AND ALL THAT, AND I MET SOME GREAT PEOPLE OVER THERE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WITH CHILDREN WHO SPECIAL NEED CHILDREN, AND WHEN THEY COME TO CHURCH, THEY CAN'T SIT STILL.

I ALLOW THEM TO RUN. I PREACH WHILE THEY'RE RUNNING.

THEY NEVER CAN DISTRACT ME. SO IT'S A HONOR AND A PRIVILEGE TO YOU ALL, MR. MARLON. GOD BLESS YOU MY SISTER. I LOVE YOU, I LOVE YOU, I THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH AND BLESS YOU, BLESS YOU, BLESS YOU ALL. I GAVE IT ALL UP TO JESUS AND I WOULD DO IT AGAIN.

I GAVE IT ALL UP FOR JESUS BECAUSE I FOUND TRUE PEACE IN HIM.

I GAVE IT ALL UP MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO STAND NEXT TO THESE GREAT PEOPLE.

I GAVE IT UP. I HOPE YOU CAN LIVE UP TO THAT ONE.

ALL RIGHT, MY KIDS. I GOT SOME KIDS, BUT I GOT A LOT.

YEAH. COME ON.

MY MEDAL OF HONOR AWARD IS GOING TO YUNAISY SEGURA.

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IT SEEMS THAT THEY MUST HAVE BEEN MISPLACED, SO WE'LL JUST GET THEM TO YOU.

WE KNOW EXACTLY WHERE YOU ARE. YES, AND YOU WILL GET THEM, AND I KNOW ELLIE'S FLORIST IS PHENOMENAL, AND I'M PRETTY SURE WE'LL BE ABLE TO GET YOU A BEAUTIFUL BOUQUET AS WELL.

YOURS WILL BE TWICE AS BIG. THAT'S RIGHT. THAT'S RIGHT.

COME TAKE A QUICK PHOTO.

ALL RIGHT. THIS NEXT PROCLAMATION WAS REQUESTED BY MYSELF, AND THIS IS FOR NATIONAL GUN VIOLENCE AWARENESS AND BEING PRESENTED TO LUCY RAWLES , MOMS DEMAND ACTION AND THE WHOLE TEAM. ALL OF YOU, COME ON UP, AND I THOUGHT I SAW SOME MORE COME IN AS WELL.

SO COME ON UP, LADIES. WHEREVER YOU WANT TO GO.

SORRY. NOT WEARING SORRY NOT WEARING ORANGE. SO WHEREAS EVERY DAY MORE THAN 130 AMERICANS ARE KILLED BY GUN VIOLENCE AND MORE THAN 200 ARE SHOT AND WOUNDED, WITH AN AVERAGE OF MORE THAN 18,000 GUN HOMICIDES EVERY YEAR AND WHEREAS IN FLORIDA, 2989 PEOPLE DIE BY GUNS IN AN AVERAGE YEAR, WITH A RATE OF 13.3 DEATHS PER 100,000 PEOPLE, A CRISIS THAT COST THE STATE $40.3 BILLION EACH YEAR, OF WHICH 875.9 MILLION IS PAID BY TAXPAYERS, AND WHEREAS FIREARMS ARE NOW THE LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH FOR AMERICAN CHILDREN, AND WHEREAS GUN HOMICIDES AND ASSAULTS ARE CONCENTRATED IN CITIES AND CITIES ACROSS THE NATION, INCLUDING TAMARAC, AND WE ARE WORKING TO END SENSELESS VIOLENCE WITH EVIDENCE BASED SOLUTIONS, AND WHEREAS MAYORS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND ALL COMMISSIONS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH LOCAL VIOLENCE INTERVENTION ACTIVISTS AND RESOURCES KNOW THEIR COMMUNITIES BEST AND ARE BEST POSITIONED TO UNDERSTAND HOW TO KEEP THEIR CITIZENS SAFE.

WHEREAS SUPPORT FOR THE SECOND AMENDMENT RIGHTS OF LAW ABIDING CITIZENS GOES HAND IN HAND WITH KEEPING GUNS AWAY FROM PEOPLE WITH DANGEROUS HISTORIES AND ENCOURAGING RESPONSIBLE GUN OWNERSHIP. WHEREAS IN JANUARY 2013, HONOR STUDENT HADIYA PENDLETON WAS TRAGICALLY SHOT AND KILLED AT AGE 15, AND ON JUNE 6TH, 2025, PEOPLE ACROSS THE UNITED STATES RECOGNIZED NATIONAL GUN VIOLENCE AWARENESS DAY AND WEAR ORANGE OR ORANGE IN TRIBUTE TO A DAY OF PENDLETON AND OTHER VICTIMS OF GUN VIOLENCE AND THE LOVED ONES OF THOSE VICTIMS, AND WHEREAS THE IDEA WAS INSPIRED BY A GROUP OF HADIYA'S FRIENDS WHO ASKED THEIR CLASSMATES TO COMMEMORATE HER LIFE BY WEARING ORANGE.

THEY CHOSE THIS COLOR BECAUSE ORANGE IS THE COLOR HUNTERS WEAR FOR SAFETY, AND IT CARRIES A MESSAGE THAT PEOPLE ARE NOT PREY AND SHOULD NOT BE IN DANGER.

WHEREAS WEARING BY WEARING ORANGE AND EVERYONE WHO WORE ORANGE ON JUNE 6TH, 2025, AMERICANS RAISED AWARENESS ABOUT GUN VIOLENCE AND HONOR THE LIVES OF VICTIMS AND SURVIVORS, AND WHEREAS, WE RENEW OUR COMMITMENT TO REDUCE GUN VIOLENCE AND PLEDGE TO DO ALL THAT WE CAN TO KEEP OUR FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES SAFE.

NOW THEREFORE, I, MICHELLE J. GOMEZ, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC, ON BEHALF OF OUR COMMISSION, ENCOURAGE ALL CITIZENS TO SUPPORT THEIR LOCAL COMMUNITY'S EFFORTS TO PREVENT THE TRAGIC EFFECTS OF GUN VIOLENCE AND TO HONOR AND VALUE HUMAN LIVES, AND DO I DO HEREBY DECLARE, AND WE DID DECLARE JUNE 6TH, 2025, AS NATIONAL GUN VIOLENCE AWARENESS DAY.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU EVERYONE, AND WE ACCEPT THIS PROCLAMATION AND HONOR OF ALL GUN VIOLENCE SURVIVORS AND VICTIMS, BOTH IN TAMARAC AND THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU EVERYONE.

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COME ON UP. HOPE YOU CAN COME, TOO. SURE.

OKAY LET'S GO GUYS. CHARLOTTE TAYLOR. YES. YOU KNOW WHAT? ADRC, COME ON, FOR ALL THAT YOU'VE DONE FOR OUR SENIORS AND OUR PEOPLE.

A GING DISABILITY RESOURCE CENTER. SO WHEREAS OLDER FLORIDIANS ARE VALUED MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITIES WHO HAVE DESERVED TO BE TREATED WITH RESPECT AND DIGNITY, TO ENABLE THEM TO LIVE SAFELY, INDEPENDENTLY, TO SERVE AS LEADERS, MENTORS AND VOLUNTEERS, AND WHEREAS ELDER ABUSE IS AN ACT THAT HARMS ANY OLDER PERSON OR JEOPARDIZES HIS OR HER HEALTH OR WELFARE. IT IS A TRAGICALLY INFLICTED OR TRAGICALLY INFLICTED SORRY ON VULNERABLE OLDER FLORIDIANS, AND IS AN EVER INCREASING PROBLEM THAT CROSSES ALL SOCIOECONOMIC BOUNDARIES.

WHEREAS 2025 MARKS THE 19TH ANNUAL WORLD ELDER ABUSE AWARENESS DAY, REPRESENTING THE ONE DAY IN THE YEAR WHERE THE ENTIRE WORLD FOCUSES ON ELDER ABUSE, ONE OF THE MOST UNRECOGNIZED, UNDERREPORTED AND UNADDRESSED ISSUES FACING OLDER VULNERABLE ADULTS, AND WHEREAS THE PURPOSE OF WEAAD IS TO PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR COMMUNITIES AROUND THE WORLD TO PROMOTE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF ABUSE AND NEGLECT OF OLDER PEOPLE BY RAISING AWARENESS OF THE CULTURAL, SOCIAL, ECONOMIC, DEMOGRAPHIC PROCESSES AFFECTING ELDER ABUSE AND NEGLECT.

WHEREAS ALL FLORIDIANS HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY TO SERVE AS PROTECTORS OF VULNERABLE OLDER ADULTS, TO PROMOTE THE PROGRAMS AND ORGANIZATIONS THAT SERVE THEM, AND TO PARTICIPATE IN COMMUNITY EFFORTS TO IMPROVE THE SAFETY AND WELL-BEING OF ALL PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE STATE. NOW, THEREFORE, I, MICHELLE J.

GOMEZ, VERY PROUD MAYOR OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC ON BEHALF OF THE COMMISSION, ENCOURAGE ALL CITIZENS TO SUPPORT THEIR LOCAL COMMUNITIES AND LAW ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS TO PROTECT OUR OLDER RESIDENTS FROM ABUSE THAT THREATENS THEIR HEALTH AND WELFARE AND DO HEREBY DECLARE JUNE 15TH, 2025, IN THE CITY OF TAMARAC AS ELDER ABUSE AWARENESS DAY.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MAYOR.

I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING THAT THIS IS AN IMPORTANT DAY TO TRY TO CURB AND CURTAIL ELDER ABUSE, WHETHER THEY BE A 18 YEAR OLD DEPENDENT ADULT OR AN 85 YEAR OLD WHO LIVES IN OUR COMMUNITY, BUT RECOGNIZING APS, ADULT PROTECTIVE SERVICES, THE ADRC, THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT FOR JUST RECOGNIZING THIS FACT THAT WE NEED TO BRING AWARENESS TO THE COMMUNITIES TO CURTAIL ELDER ABUSE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. IT'S DEFINITELY A BIGGER ISSUE THAN IT SHOULD BE, AND I KNOW WE AT THE AREA AGENCY ON AGING, ALSO KNOWN AS THE ADRC, UNFORTUNATELY DO COME ACROSS MORE SENIORS THAN WE WOULD WANT TO SEE WHO ARE SUFFERING FROM ELDER ABUSE. ACTUALLY, TORINA, WHO'S WITH US HERE TODAY, ACTUALLY IS DEDICATED TO GOING AROUND PROVIDING PRESENTATIONS.

SO IF ANY OF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN GETTING MORE INFORMATION OR SHARING IT WITH YOUR COMMUNITY, PLEASE LET US KNOW. BECAUSE THE MORE WE CAN GET EDUCATION OUT THERE, THE MORE WE CAN PREVENT THIS AND PROTECT OUR SENIORS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, AND IT'S LIKE ANYTHING, PEOPLE GET EMBARRASSED, SO DON'T BE EMBARRASSED.

OPEN UP. SHARE WHAT'S GOING ON. DEPUTY RIGGS, YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING? JUST REMINDING OUR SENIOR SAFETY SUMMIT COMING UP JUNE 21ST.

JUNE 21ST. SENIOR SAFETY SUMMIT. TAMARAC COMMUNITY CENTER.

WE HOPE TO SEE EVERYBODY THERE. THIS IS PROBABLY OUR THIRD OR FOURTH ONE WE'RE DOING, AND THIS TIME WE'RE PLAYING JEOPARDY FOR PRIZES, SO WOULD LOVE TO SEE EVERYBODY THERE.

[00:50:05]

SO RECOGNIZING AND CELEBRATING MONA MALBRANCHE'S INDUCTION TO THE DR.

NAN S HUTCHISON, BROWARD SENIOR HALL OF FAME WAS REQUESTED BY COMMISSIONER PATTERSON AND SHE IS GOING TO DO THE PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU. IF YOU KNOW MONA MALBRANCHE, CAN YOU MAKE SOME NOISE FOR FROM MONA MALBRANCHE.

SO A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, I HAD THE DISTINCT HONOR OF BEING INVITED TO WITNESS MISS MALBRANCHE BE INDUCTED INTO THE NAN HUTCHINSON SENIOR HALL OF FAME, AND THEY REACHED OUT TO ME AND THEY SAID, COMMISSIONER, WOULD YOU MIND GIVING ME A LETTER TO PUT IN A SCRAPBOOK? AND I SAID I COULD DO THAT, BUT I THINK I'D RATHER GO AHEAD AND GIVE HER A PROCLAMATION ON THE BEHALF OF THE CITY AND THEN GIVE IT TO THEM.

SO WITH THAT SAID, WHEREAS THE DOCTOR, NAN HUTCHINSON, BROWARD SENIOR HALL OF FAME, CELEBRATES EXTRAORDINARY SENIOR LEADERS WHOSE LIVES EXEMPLIFY RESILIENCE, DEDICATION AND SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY, AND WHEREAS, MISS MONA MALBRANCHE, A PROUD HAITIAN AMERICAN AND LONGTIME RESIDENT OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC, EMBODIES THESE VALUES THROUGH A LIFETIME OF COMPASSIONATE SERVICE AND UNWAVERING DETERMINATION AND WHEREAS AFTER EMIGRATING FROM HAITI TO THE UNITED STATES IN THE YOUNG YEAR OF 1961, MONA PURSUED A DISTINGUISHED CAREER AS A REGISTERED NURSE, PROVIDING CARE AND COMFORT TO COUNTLESS PATIENTS WHILE RAISING A FAMILY AND CONTRIBUTING TO HER COMMUNITY, AND WHEREAS MONA FACED A PROFOUND CHALLENGE AT AGE 47 WHEN SHE LOST HER VISION, YET SHE TRANSFORMED THIS ADVERSITY INTO AN OPPORTUNITY TO INSPIRE AND EMPOWER OTHERS. JOINING THE DIVISION FOR THE BLIND AND CONTINUING HER COMMITMENT TO SERVICE, AND WHEREAS, MONA HAS HELD LEADERSHIP ROLES AS PRESIDENT OF HER HOMEOWNER'S ASSOCIATION AND THE KINGS POINT DEMOCRATIC CLUB, ACTIVELY ADVOCATING FOR VOTER PARTICIPATION, DISABILITY RIGHTS AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, AND EARNING RECOGNITION AS VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR BY THE DEMOCRATIC EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, AND WHEREAS MONA'S STORY IS ONE OF STRENGTH, RESILIENCE AND A DEEP ROOTED BELIEF IN THE POWER OF COMMUNITY, MAKING HER A BELOVED ROLE MODEL AND A TRUE INSPIRATION.

NOW, THEREFORE, ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC, BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, WE DO HEREBY RECOGNIZE AND CELEBRATE MONA MALBRANCHE FOR HER LIFELONG CONTRIBUTIONS TO PUBLIC SERVICE, RESILIENCE, AND ADVOCACY AND PROCLAIM THAT SHE EMBODIES THE SPIRIT OF RESILIENCE, SERVICE, AND COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT. CONGRATULATIONS.

YOU'RE NOT AT A LOSS FOR WORDS. SORRY. WE ALL KNOW YOU IN THIS ROOM.

I KNOW. GOOD EVENING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. COMMISSIONER.

MAYOR. GOMEZ COMMISSIONER DANIELS COMMISSIONER.

CRYSTAL PATTERSON COMMISSIONER MOREY WRIGHT AND COMMISSIONER MARLON BOLTON, AND LADIES AND GENTLEMEN AND ALL MY FRIENDS AT KINGS POINT WHO CAME TO LISTEN TO ME.

TO ALL THE HOUSE. I AM TRULY HONORED BY THIS PROCLAMATION, AND I AM HUMBLED, AND THE REASON BEING, I'M NOT COMFORTABLE IN THIS KIND OF SETTING. I IF I SPEAK IN FRONT OF A CLUB, I AM COMFORTABLE, BUT WHEN IT HAS TO DO WITH ME, I AM NOT VERY COMFORTABLE AT ALL. MY LIFE, AS YOU HEARD IT, HAS BEEN THAT OF SERVICE.

I CAME FROM PARENTS THAT ACTUALLY ALWAYS WERE SERVING PEOPLE, AND MY SISTER AND BROTHER ARE HERE SOMEWHERE. I CAN'T SEE THEM, BUT THEY ALSO HAVE A LIFE OF SERVICE LIKE I DO.

EDUCATORS, ENGINEERS ALL CONSTANTLY SERVING PEOPLE.

I FEEL THAT ALL OF US COME HERE WITH A MISSION.

SOME OF US DO NOT KNOW WHAT OUR MISSION IS. WE JUST HAVE TO DISCOVER IT.

I'VE DISCOVERED MINE THROUGH NURSING BECAUSE I'M CONSTANTLY, AND I KNOW ALL OF YOU DO, TOO.

[00:55:03]

IF A PERSON FALLS ON THE GROUND. I KNOW MY FIRST JOB IS TO DO CPR.

IF THEY'RE NOT BREATHING AND YOU PROBABLY DO THE SAME, LIKE THE GENTLEMAN OVER THERE WHO ACTUALLY JUMPED IN THE IN THE WATER TO SAVE ONE'S LIFE. IT'S ALL INSTINCTUAL, AND YOU DISCOVER YOUR MISSION AS YOU GO ALONG.

SO I'M NOT GOING TO SAY TOO MUCH. I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT ANY SERVICE THAT YOU RENDER, WHETHER IT'S TO PICK UP SOMEONE WHO'S SITTING ON THE GROUND AND CANNOT GET UP BY THEMSELVES, OR ONE WHO JUST NEEDS THE DOOR OPEN FOR THEM.

ALL OF THAT IS CONSIDERED MISSION. IT'S A SERVICE, AND YOU'RE NOT DOING IT FOR YOURSELF.

YOU'RE DOING IT FOR THE ALMIGHTY. THAT'S UPSTAIRS.

SO I IMPLORE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU TO FIND OUT WHAT YOUR MISSION IS AND TO GO FOR IT, OKAY? BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT I DO EVERY SINGLE DAY THAT I WAKE UP.

AS LONG AS YOU COULD MOVE THESE ALL FOURS AND YOU CAN BREATHE AND YOU CAN SEE AND DON'T TAKE YOUR VISION FOR GRANTED. I SEE WITH MY MIND'S EYE I DISCOVER THINGS WITH MY MIND'S EYES. I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF YOU OUT THERE. UNLESS YOU'RE JUST IN FRONT OF ME.

I DON'T KNOW WHO YOU ARE. I IDENTIFY YOU BY YOUR VOICE, BY YOUR MOVEMENT.

SO PLEASE DON'T TAKE YOUR EYES OR ANY APPENDAGES THAT YOU HAVE FOR GRANTED.

WORK HARD FOR IT. I CAN'T SING LIKE THAT WONDERFUL LADY, BUT I'M SURE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US, WE DO A LITTLE SINGING IN THE SHOWER. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH, ALL OF YOU, FOR BEING HERE, AND THANK YOU, MAYOR. COMMISSIONERS, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR RECOGNIZING THE WORK THAT I'VE DONE.

CITY MANAGER, DO YOU HAVE A REPORT? I DO, MAYOR, THANK YOU.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS AND OUR REMAINING AUDIENCE.

SO LET ME GET STARTED WITH OUR WITH OUR REPORT, AND OF COURSE, FIRE RESCUE DID IT AGAIN.

SO GREAT NEWS TO SHARE. TAMARAC FIRE RESCUE TOOK FIRST PLACE AT THE FIRST THERE FIRE CARE CONFERENCE HELD AT THE HARD ROCK HOTEL.

YES. SO THEY COMPETED AGAINST 30 TEAMS FROM ACROSS THE STATE, AND IT'S A PROUD MOMENT FOR OUR CITY. SO PLEASE JOIN US IN CONGRATULATING THE TEAM FOR THEIR OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE AND DEDICATION TO EXCELLENCE, AND THEIR TAKING FIRST PLACE. CONGRATULATIONS.

YOU KNOW, THESE THESE THINGS ARE HAPPENING SO FREQUENTLY THAT , YOU KNOW, WE'RE THAT WE'RE NOT GIVEN THE EMPHASIS THAT IT DESERVES,

[01:00:04]

IT'S SOMETHING. SO. CONGRATULATIONS, CHIEF. I'M ALSO HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE THAT FIRST TIME HOME BUYER PURCHASE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM IS NOW OPEN.

IF YOU'RE READY TO OWN A HOME IN TAMARAC, THE CITY'S FIRST TIME HOMEBUYER PROGRAM MAY BE ABLE TO HELP WITH DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE.

SO PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AND, YOU KNOW, LOOK AT THE QUALIFICATIONS AND INCOME ELIGIBILITY TO SEE IF YOU QUALIFY, BUT THE PROGRAM IS OPEN AND I THINK DETECTIVE RIGGS MENTIONED THIS.

SENIORS IN OUR COMMUNITY REMAIN ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE TO CRIMINAL ACTIVITY.

SO TO ADDRESS THIS, BSO IS HOSTING A SENIOR SAFETY SUMMIT ON SATURDAY, JUNE 21ST AT THE TAMARAC COMMUNITY CENTER.

WE ENCOURAGE ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS TO ATTEND AND LEARN ABOUT THE LATEST SCAMS AND HOW TO PROTECT THEMSELVES.

ELSE. ADDITIONALLY, THERE'S AN ONGOING PROGRAM PROVIDING FREE RING CAMERAS TO QUALIFYING SENIORS.

THIS INITIATIVE AIMS TO IMPROVE SAFETY AND SECURITY AT HOME.

TO QUALIFY, SENIORS MUST MEET SPECIFIC CRITERIA AND APPLY THROUGH THE WEBSITE LISTED IN THAT ANNOUNCEMENT.

OUR RESIDENTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO ATTEND THE UPCOMING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE WORKSHOP, AN IMPORTANT EVENT INITIATED AT THE REQUEST OF THE CITY COMMISSION IN RESPONSE TO RECENT INCIDENTS IN OUR COMMUNITY. SO, THIS WORKSHOP AIMS TO EMPOWER AND EDUCATE ATTENDEES BY PROVIDING CRITICAL RESOURCES, HELPING THEM RECOGNIZE SIGNS OF ABUSE, AND OFFERING GUIDANCE ON HOW TO SEEK HELP OR SUPPORT OTHERS.

YOUR PARTICIPATION CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE. LET'S COME TOGETHER TO BUILD A SAFER, MORE INFORMED TAMARAC.

FLIERS ARE AVAILABLE AT THE ENTRANCE BY THE DOOR AND PRE-REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED FOR THIS PROGRAM AS WELL.

WE HAVE SOME INCREDIBLE UPCOMING EVENTS. FARM SHARE FOOD DISTRIBUTION IS SCHEDULED FOR FRIDAY, JUNE 27TH AT CAPRORELLA AQUATIC CENTER AND OUR YARD ON THE LAWN MUSIC FESTIVAL ON JUNE 28TH.

IT'S GUARANTEED TO BE A HUGE EVENT, AND WE'RE PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THAT TAMARAC HAS BEEN SELECTED TO RECEIVE THE 2025-2026 ARTS AND CULTURAL FESTIVAL AND SPECIAL EVENT SPONSORSHIP GRANT FOR $25,000 FROM THE BROWARD CULTURAL DIVISION TO SUPPORT THIS SPECIAL EVENT. SO THIS ITEM WILL BE PRESENTED AT THE UPCOMING COMMISSION MEETING ON TUESDAY, JUNE 25TH AS WELL, AND CITY FACILITIES WILL BE CLOSED ON THURSDAY, JUNE 19TH IN OBSERVANCE OF JUNETEENTH FREEDOM DAY, AND SO PLEASE JOIN US FOR OUR JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION AT SPORTS COMPLEX THIS SATURDAY, JUNE 14TH FROM 6 P.M. TO 9:30 P.M. OUR NEXT COMMISSION MEETING IS SCHEDULED FOR WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25TH AT 9:30 A.M.. SO WE'LL SEE YOU THEN.

THANK YOU. EVERYONE. THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT, MADAM MAYOR.

THANK YOU. SO WE'RE NOW MOVING TO PUBLIC PARTICIPATION, WHERE WE WILL HAVE RESIDENTS OR ANYBODY WHO WISHES TO SPEAK.

[3. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION ]

PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, YOUR ADDRESS. IF YOU'RE NOT COMFORTABLE WITH YOUR ADDRESS, PLEASE JUST PUT THE CITY IN WHICH YOU LIVE AND WHEN YOU ARE HAPPY WITH SOMETHING THAT IN THE AUDIENCE. IF YOU'RE HAPPY WITH SOMETHING THAT IS SAID HAPPY HANDS. IF YOU'RE NOT, YOU CAN DO THIS, BUT WE DON'T BOO OR JEER OR CHEER TO MAKE SURE THAT NOBODY FEELS UNCOMFORTABLE FOR WHAT THEY ARE SAYING, AND EVERYBODY HAS THE RIGHT TO SPEAK, BUT WE ALSO DO KEEP IT VERY CORDIAL.

PLEASE. AS YOU COME TO THE PODIUM, I HAVE RON WASSERMAN AND THEN I HAVE DARCY SCHILLER, AND THEN, IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK? YOU'RE GOING TO GO LAST; I GOT YOU.

I'VE GOT PATTI LYNN. WAS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WANTED TO SPEAK THAT DIDN'T SIGN UP TO SPEAK? AND THEN I HAVE CARRIE EINFELD. OKAY, I GOT YOU.

GOOD EVENING.

GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. MY NAME IS RONALD J. WASSERMAN.

I LIVE AT 8577 J DRIVE HERE IN TAMARAC. 33321.

I'M REPRESENTED BY DR. KICIA DANIEL. I'VE SPOKEN BEFORE YOU GUYS SO MANY TIMES.

[01:05:02]

I DON'T KNOW, I'M ALWAYS CONCERNED. YOU KNOW I AM.

WHAT AM I CONCERNED ABOUT? CRIME. CRIME AND MORE CRIME.

YOU SEE IT EVERY MORNING. I CAN'T WATCH TV ANYMORE.

SO TONIGHT I'D LIKE TO SEND SOME CONGRATULATIONS.

SOME GOOD THOUGHTS. MAYOR, YOU ALWAYS REMEMBER PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND I WANT TO REMEMBER.

MENTION HIS NAME. DAVID GONZALEZ. DAVID WAS AN IMMIGRANT FROM NIGERIA.

DAVID SPOKE FIVE LANGUAGES. HE WAS A GOOD MAN.

HE WAS KNOWN TO THE FAMILY AS DARTH VADER. IF THAT MEANS ANYTHING.

HE'S A GOOD GUY. I ALSO WANT TO CONGRATULATE AND PLEASE OUR FIRE RESCUE TEAM.

THEY SERVICED THAT FAMILY SO MANY TIMES. SO MANY TIMES THEY CAME TO OUR HOUSE.

SO, CHIEF, I KNOW YOU'RE HERE. YOU'RE IN THE BACK.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR OUR FAMILIES. I LIVE IN THE COMMUNITY OF SHANGRI-LA, AND QUITE FRANKLY, SOMETIMES IT'S NOT SHANGRI-LA. LIKE W HAT ARE YOU DOING BACK THERE, BUDDY? WHO ARE YOU BACK HERE? WHO ARE YOU BACK HERE? WHATEVER. BUT THAT'S NOT THE POINT. I WANT TO DO ONE MORE.

THANK YOU. BECAUSE I'M RUNNING OUT OF TIME. THIS IS FOR HCA WOODMONT.

I WANT TO THANK DOCTOR KENNETH GREENBERG. WHAT A GUY.

WHEN I HAD MY PACEMAKER INSTALLED, DOCTOR GREENBERG WAS THERE TO DRAIN IT.

NO QUALMS, AND AT THE SAME TIME, OUR FIRE CHIEF CAME ALONG WITH HIS COLLEAGUE.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I APPRECIATE YOU ALL.

I APPRECIATE YOU ALL. PLEASE TRY TO HELP MAKE OUR COMMUNITIES SAFER, EASIER TO WORK WITH.

DON'T JUST APPROVE MORE 1520 STORY BUILDINGS.

COME ON. AFTER A WHILE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU.

AS DARCY SCHILLER IS COMING UP, WE HAVE PATTI LYNN ON DECK, AND AS YOU KNOW, I READ THE NAMES AS THEY ARE PRESENTED TO ME. SO, RON, I'M SORRY YOU DIDN'T HAVE A J. YOU DIDN'T PUT IT IN, AND DARCY, YOU DIDN'T GIVE ME YOUR DOCTOR, SO THEREFORE I DIDN'T READ IT. I'M SORRY. I WAS JUST SAYING, I.

WHILE YOU WERE ROLLING OVER THERE, KILLING SOME TIME, I READ THE NAMES AS THEY'RE PRESENTED TO ME.

IF YOU DON'T GIVE ME YOUR DOCTOR, I DON'T READ IT.

HE DIDN'T GIVE ME HIS J. I DON'T READ IT, SO I NEVER KNOW WHEN YOU WANT IT OR NOT WANT IT.

PLEASE PROCEED. DARCY SCHILLER, KINGS POINT. I'D LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEM SEVEN C BECAUSE I NEED TO GO HOME FOR HEALTH REASONS, AND I'M NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO STAY THE WHOLE EVENING. OKAY.

I UNDERSTAND THAT THE CITY IS ASKING FOR THE COMMISSION TO VOTE ON SELLING ALCOHOL IN PUBLIC PARKS IN GENERAL. I'M AGAINST IT. HOWEVER, IF THE IF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO HOST A SPECIAL EVENT GET THE CITY APPROVAL BEFOREHAND WITH SOME KIND OF LICENSE OR WHATEVER TO SERVE ALCOHOL AND TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR ALL THE PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO BE BUYING ALCOHOL FROM THEM. I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH IT IF IT'S JUST GOING TO BE A GLOBAL APPROVAL FOR EVERYBODY TO COME IN AS VENDORS SELLING ALCOHOL, I AM DEAD SET AGAINST IT, BUT AGAIN, IF IT'S CASE BY CASE SITUATION, I WOULD HOPE THAT THE CITY DESIGNED SOMETHING SO THAT IT IS DEFINITELY PROTECTING THE PEOPLE WHO ARE BUYING AND THE PEOPLE WHO ARE SELLING, BECAUSE ALCOHOL CAN BE FUN IN SMALL QUANTITIES.

DEFINITELY NOT SAFE IN LARGE, AND THAT WAS BASICALLY MY THING.

SO GOOD NIGHT ALL. ALL RIGHT. PATTY LIN IS ON HER WAY.

THANK YOU. OTHER THAN MR. EHRENFELD, IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK? THEN, AFTER MR. EHRENFELD, PUBLIC COMMENTS WILL BE CLOSED.

GOOD EVENING, PATTY LYNN, I WANTED TO COMMENT ON THE RECOGNITION OF OF MOMS DEMAND.

ACTION FOR THE GUNS CAME OUT TODAY THAT ALL THOSE STATES WITH LOOSE GUN LAWS LIKE US HAVE MORE FATALITIES THAN THAN

[01:10:06]

THE SECOND AMENDMENT DOES NOT GUARANTEE THAT YOU CAN OWN ANY WEAPON IN THE WORLD.

THERE'S NO REASON SELF-DEFENSE DOESN'T WORK WITH A WITH A WEAPON THAT THEY CONSIDER AN ASSAULT WEAPON. THEY THEY DECIMATE EVERYTHING THEY HIT.

THAT'S WHY STONEMAN DOUGLAS WAS SUCH A DISASTER.

BECAUSE SO MANY PEOPLE WERE LITERALLY TORN APART.

WE NEED TO DO WHAT WE CAN. OUR STATE DOES NOT ALLOW MUNICIPALITIES OR COUNTIES TO FURTHER REGULATE GUNS LIKE THEY DON'T ALLOW YOU TO DO A LOT OF THINGS ANYMORE. HOME RULE IS GOING AWAY. I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT WITH THE CITY MANAGER.

I SPENT A GOOD DEAL OF TIME GOING THROUGH SECTION 405.

IN OUR MUNICIPAL ORDINANCE 405, SECTION TWO, 405 STANDARDS OF CONDUCT AND BEHAVIOR OF PUBLIC OFFICIALS, WHICH YOU GUYS ARE, AND AGAIN, I APOLOGIZE.

WE'RE SO USED TO SAYING, GUYS, WHEN WE'RE TALKING IN MIXED COMPANY.

SO IF YOU'RE OFFENDED, PLEASE LET ME KNOW AND I'LL READDRESS IT.

I, I REALLY WANT TO TALK TO THE CITY MANAGER.

I WANT AN APPOINTMENT WITH YOUR OFFICE TO GO OVER SOME THINGS, BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME SERIOUS VIOLATIONS QUESTIONS THAT GO UNADDRESSED IN THIS CITY, AND THAT'S LIKE, LIKE YOU HAVE A SPOILED BRAT KID AT HOME, YOU KNOW, AND YOU IGNORE HIM.

DON'T WORRY. HE'LL GROW OUT OF IT. HE'LL GROW OUT OF IT.

THEY NEVER GROW OUT OF IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MS. EHRENFELD. MS. EHRENFELD. CARRIE, WOULD YOU LIKE TO PROCEED TO THE PODIUM? OH, SORRY. I'M SORRY. PHILIP. YOU LOOK JUST LIKE CARRIE.

I DO APOLOGIZE. NO WONDER YOU'RE LOOKING AT ME LIKE.

WHO ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? OKAY. YES. NO. MY NAME IS PHILIP [INAUDIBLE].

I LIVE AT 5203 BAYBERRY LANE HERE IN TAMARAC, AND I'M HERE TONIGHT TO, AND I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK, ESPECIALLY COMMISSIONER. RIGHT, AND THIS IS TAKING THIS OPPORTUNITY.

I WANT TO THANK THE TAMARAC FIRE RESCUE, WHICH HAS BEEN TO MY HOUSE THREE TIMES, AND UNFORTUNATELY, ON LAST MAY 11TH ON MOTHER'S DAY. THEY CAME TO OUR HOUSE AND MY WIFE, SUE DIDN'T MAKE IT THROUGH THIS THROUGH THE NIGHT. THEY SAID I WAS THINKING ABOUT THAT EVENT.

I THOUGHT I SHOULD THANK THE TAMARACK FIRE RESCUE AND LET THE COMMUNITY KNOW ABOUT THE LIFE SAVING SERVICE THEY PROVIDE AND WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO WITH YOUR INDULGENCE.

READ THAT LETTER HERE. TO THE FIRE RESCUE. TAMARACK FIRE RESCUE, AND I'M GOING TO MESS IT UP HERE, CHIEF, BUT ANYWAY, IT'S TO YOU, TO YOUR DEPARTMENT.

THIS LETTER IS TO THANK THE MEMBERS OF THE TAMARACK FIRE RESCUE DEPARTMENT FOR THEIR SERVICE TO THIS COMMUNITY.

SINCE CHRISTMAS EVE 2022. I HAD TO CALL THREE TIMES FOR EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE FOR MY WIFE, SUE. EACH TIME WE RECEIVE PROMPT MEDICAL SERVICE.

THE FIRST TWO TIMES WERE NOT LIFE THREATENING, BUT SERIOUS ENOUGH FOR MY WIFE.

SUE HAD TO BE TRANSPORTED TO THE MEDICAL FLORIDA MEDICAL FLORIDA MEDICAL CENTER, BUT ON MOTHER'S DAY, MAY 11TH, 2025, SHE NEEDED PROFESSIONAL MEDICAL ATTENTION WHEN WE WERE UNABLE TO HELP HER SON CALLED FOR THE PARAMEDICS. THE FIREFIGHTERS, EMT NICO AND HIS TEAM FROM STATION 78 IMMEDIATELY ASSESSED THE SITUATION.

BEFORE I KNEW IT, SHE WAS IN THE AMBULANCE RECEIVING ATTENTION.

WHEN WE ARRIVED AT THE HOSPITAL, WE WERE INFORMED.

THAT SHE WAS IN CRITICAL CONDITION. SHE WOULD NOT HAVE ARRIVED IF IT HADN'T BEEN FOR THOSE PARAMEDICS. BECAUSE THEIR EXPERTISE AND PROFESSIONALISM, I WAS ABLE TO SEE MY WIFE ALIVE FOR THE LAST TIME AND TELL HER IN OUR SPECIAL WAY, I LOVE HER.

SHE PASSED AWAY EARLY IN THE MORNING OF MAY 12TH.

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IT MAY SEEM THAT THIS IS ALL IN A DAY'S WORK, BUT THERE ARE THOSE WHO NEED YOUR SERVICE, AND THIS IS A COMFORT THAT YOU CAN PROVIDE WITH THIS LIFE SAVING SERVICE, AND I ONLY WISH THAT I COULD REMEMBER THE NAMES OF ALL THOSE WHO CAME TO MY HOUSE THAT SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

SIGNED PHILIP [INAUDIBLE] AND FAMILY. CHIEF, ARE YOU STILL HERE? THERE YOU GO.

DON'T WORRY. OKAY. THANK YOU. YOU GOT IT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR COMING BY, PHILIP, AND OUR CONDOLENCES. OKAY. WE WILL NOW GO TO

[4. COMMISSION REPORTS]

ANY RULES THAT PRECLUDES PEOPLE FROM COMING IN WITH PLACARDS, MESSAGES.

THERE'S NO RULES ON THE BOOKS. OBVIOUSLY SIGNS WOULD BE SUBJECT TO THE OBSCENE RULES.

ALSO, YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVE OBSCENE LANGUAGE, IT WOULD BE SUBJECT TO THOSE REGULATIONS.

OKAY. OKAY. WE CAN'T HEAR. THERE'S NO RULES THAT PRECLUDES ANYONE FROM BRINGING SIGNS.

UNLESS THOSE SIGNS ARE OBSCENE, AND JUST. JUST THE GENERAL LAW.

OKAY. ANY RULES ON PRECLUDING RESIDENTS WHO ARE INTOXICATED WHILE SPEAKING AT THE MIC? THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE REGULATE. OBVIOUSLY.

YOU KNOW, FROM MY STANDPOINT, THERE'S NO RULES ON THE BOOK RELATING TO THAT.

OKAY. WE WENT TO WASHINGTON. SO GLAD TO HAVE BEEN ON THE TRIP.

THAT'S THE ADVOCACY TRIP THAT WE ATTEND EVERY YEAR.

WE SAW CONGRESSWOMAN SHEILA MCCORMACK. WE ALSO SAW OUR REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE SENATOR ASHLEY MOODY AND A COUPLE OF OTHER DEPARTMENTS. IT WAS A GREAT TRIP, AND I'M GLAD THAT I WAS ABLE TO ATTEND.

WHILE IN THE OFFICE OF CONGRESSWOMAN MCCORMACK I PREFER TO SUGGEST THAT THE MANAGER, THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT MANAGER, WHEN YOU'RE GIVING OUT CHECKS FOR FIRST TIME HOMEBUYER PROGRAMS. IF YOU WOULD HAVE THE RECIPIENT HAVE A BIG CHECK WITH THE CITY OF TAMARAC LOGO AS WELL AS THE CONGRESSWOMAN'S LOGO ON THERE SO THAT PEOPLE KNOW WHERE THESE FUNDS ARE COMING FROM AND THAT WE'RE HELPING RESIDENTS WITH FIRST TIME HOMEBUYER FUNDS. THIS IS NOT A COMMISSION ITEM. I'M JUST ASKING PUBLICLY THAT WE DO THAT IN THE IN THE FUTURE. ATTORNEY WOULD THIS FALL UNDER AN ITEM, OR CAN I JUST ASK MY COLLEAGUES TO DIRECT THE MANAGER . YEAH, THAT'S WITHIN THE MANAGER'S PURVIEW, AND WITH THE COMMISSION, I THINK HE GOT THE INSTRUCTION, I DON'T THINK. OKAY, SO. SO I'D LIKE TO HAVE MY COLLEAGUES GIVE CONSENSUS TO HAVE GIANT SIZED CHECKS WITH THE CITY'S LOGO AND THE CONGRESSWOMAN'S LOGO ON THERE TO PRESENT TO BE PRESENTED TO THE AWARDEES FOR FIRST TIME HOMEBUYER PROGRAMS, AS WELL AS HOME REHABILITATION PROGRAMS OR ANY PROGRAM THAT THE CONGRESSWOMAN WOULD HAVE ADVOCATED FOR ON BEHALF OF US.

GO AHEAD. THANK YOU, AND TO CHIEF ANISI. GOOD JOB.

KUDOS TO YOUR TEAM. WE HEARD THE GENTLEMAN AT THE MIC.

WE APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT AND YOUR HARD WORK IN HERE IN THE CITY OF TAMARAC, AND IF YOU WOULD TRANSMIT TO MY OFFICE THE NAMES OF THE PEOPLE WHO WERE ON THAT ON THAT CALL AT THE NEXT COMMISSION MEETING, I WOULD LOVE TO GIVE YOUR TEAM A MEDAL OF HONOR AS WELL.

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THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER WRIGHT. NO REPORT, MADAM MAYOR.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER PATTERSON. THANK YOU.

MAYOR. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE MENTION THAT WELL, ACTUALLY NOT MAKE MENTION, BUT JUST CIRCLE BACK ON THE KINGS POINT RENAMING CEREMONY THAT WE HAD BETWEEN THIS MEETING AND OUR LAST MEETING, IT WAS AN EXTREMELY JUST, VIBRANT CELEBRATION. IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO IN THE AREA AND CHECK OUT THE NEW STREET SIGNS, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO THAT. I WANT TO THANK THE STAFF, OBVIOUSLY, FOR MAKING SURE THAT HAPPENED.

YOU KNOW, JUST TO SEE THE SMILES ON THE FACES OF THOSE THAT CAME THOSE THAT DIDN'T COME, THAT REACHED OUT TO ME, WHO HAD HEARD ABOUT IT, AND JUST WERE REALLY APPRECIATIVE OF, YOU KNOW, JUST WHAT THAT SIGN SYMBOLIZES WAS REALLY HEARTWARMING. SO I JUST WANTED TO, AGAIN, THANK THE STAFF, THANK MY COLLEAGUES FOR SUPPORTING ME IN THAT INITIATIVE.

THANK YOU MAYOR. THAT'S IT. THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR.

GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. FIRST, LET ME START OFF BY SAYING THANK YOU TO OUR FIRE CHIEF, OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT, AND OUR POLICE CAPTAIN. BECAUSE LATELY I HAVE BEEN GETTING SUCH A GOOD REPORT, AND TO SEE WHAT THE RESIDENTS SAY TODAY.

SO YOU'RE. YOU ARE DOING AN AMAZING JOB. LATELY, EVERYONE IS HAPPY WITH THE POLICE.

PEOPLE. RESIDENTS ARE ACTUALLY TAKING THE TIME TO WRITE LETTERS OF.

THANK YOU. SO THAT IS AWESOME, AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

WHAT CAN I SAY? YOU'RE AWESOME. I REMEMBER, AND I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK FROM A PLACE OF HURT, BUT I KNOW WHAT THE GUY WAS TALKING ABOUT. I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS LOSING A CHILD AT 36 WEEKS, AND I DID NOT KNOW BUT YOUR STAFF WAS AMAZING.

THE EMPATHY. THEY HAVE THE CARE. SO I KNEW EXACTLY WHAT HE WAS TALKING ABOUT BECAUSE I'VE EXPERIENCED IT.

IT'S NOT SOMETHING EASY TO TALK ABOUT. SO FOR HIM TO COME UP HERE AND SAY THAT AND STILL GIVE YOU THANK IN THE MIDST OF HIS GRIEF AND HIS TRAGEDY, KNOW THAT YOU AND YOUR DEPARTMENT IS DOING AN AMAZING JOB.

THANK YOU, AND FROM SOME PAIN, SOMETIMES TALKING ABOUT IT HOPEFULLY BRINGS SOME COMFORT.

WANT TO SAY TO THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY? PLEASE KNOW THAT WHILE IT WAS NOT, THE PROCLAMATION WAS WRITTEN ON AND PUBLISHED ON JUNE 1ST. IT WAS NOT PRESENTED TODAY BECAUSE WE HAVE A PLAN FOR IT TO BE PRESENTED AT THE JUNE 25TH COMMISSION, AND THERE WAS NO INTENTION OF SLIGHT OR RIDICULE BY DOING SO.

IT WAS A PLAN. SO WE CAN HAVE A BIGGER AUDIENCE HERE THAT WE'RE EXPECTING, INCLUDING OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT.

IT WAS A PLEASURE TO ATTEND THE HALL OF FAME AWARDS FOR THE SENIOR HALL OF FAME WITH MONA MALBRANCHE AS WELL, AND HELENA FRIEDMAN, 96 YEARS YOUNG. ABSOLUTELY AN AMAZING LADY AT DISTRICT FOR COMMUNITY, AND SHE DRIVES AND SHE COUNSELS, SHE ACTUALLY GOES OVER TO KINGS KING'S POINT TO GIVE COUNSELING.

JUST PHENOMENAL, AND SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT OUR SENIOR COMMUNITY AND WE TALK ABOUT MAKING SURE WE'RE AWARE OF ABUSE, MAKE SURE WE'RE PAYING ATTENTION TO OUR PEOPLE BECAUSE ONE VIBRANT DAY AND THEN YOU SEE THAT MAYBE THEY'RE NOT AND MAYBE THEY'RE NOT SHARING SOMETHING AND BECAUSE IN THIS CITY, IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT YOUR AGE, YOU ARE STILL RARING TO GO.

IT WAS GREAT TO HAVE MISS DOROTHY, DOROTHY NELSON HERE, AND HER TWO DAUGHTERS, BARBARA AND AUDREY NELSON, ATTENDED THE BETHLEHEM GRADUATION, WHERE, AS WAS SAID, ONE KID IN THEIR KITCHEN TO NOW OVER SERVING OVER ALMOST 2000 PEOPLE, AND THERE WERE 152 OR SO GRADUATES FROM PRE-K, KINDERGARTEN, FIFTH GRADE AND EIGHTH GRADE.

IT WAS ABSOLUTELY AN HONOR. THEY WENT FROM BEING AT THE WOODLANDS COUNTRY CLUB AND HAVING THEIR GRADUATIONS FOR A SMALL AMOUNT OF PEOPLE TO NOW AT BOYD ANDERSON.

VERY PROUD OF OUR MILLENNIUM COLLEGIATE ACADEMY AND ALL OF OUR GRADUATES AND OUR GRADUATES OF FIVE.

IT'S OUR FIFTH ANNIVERSARY AND THEY'RE ALL GOING ON WITH THEIR ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE.

THE TRIP TO WASHINGTON WAS GREAT FOR ALL OF US TO BE THERE TO ADVOCATE ON BEHALF OF OUR CITY.

WE ARE IN SOME SERIOUS NEED OF DOLLARS FOR OUR WATER TREATMENT PLANT, BECAUSE WATER GOES TO EVERYBODY, AND EXPANSION OF MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE SOME REDUNDANCIES IN CASE THERE ARE ANY ISSUES.

AS YOU MAY KNOW, THE BUILDING IS A 1969 AND IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT ELDER IS NOT GOOD, BUT WHEN IT COMES TO BUILDINGS, SOME THINGS NEED A LITTLE BIT OF HELP. SO WE WERE WORKING ON THAT.

IT WAS AN HONOR TO GO TO THE STRONG TOWER RIBBON CUTTING, THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMMITTEE MEETING THAT WE HAD LAST ON MONDAY.

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UNFORTUNATELY, THERE ARE STILL SOME PEOPLE ARE VERY PROUD OF THE ACCOMPLISHMENT OF THAT. WE GOT THROUGH 1996 AND ON THERE GETTING MORE PEOPLE TO OR MORE BUSINESSES TO INSURE, BUT IT DOESN'T HELP FOR AN OLDER COMMUNITY THAT HAS HOUSES THAT WERE BUILT BEFORE 1996.

SO WE'RE STILL TRYING TO GET THAT RESOLVED AND WORK WITH OUR REPRESENTATIVES IN THE STATE.

IT WAS A PLEASURE TO HAVE THE SIGNING CEREMONY WITH THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION. THE COMMISSION DID RIGHT BEFORE WE HAD OUR LITTLE CELEBRATION IN THE IN THE ATRIUM THERE. I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE EVERYBODY TO MOVE WITH THE MAYOR, OUR POWER CIRCUIT CLASS AT 9:30 AT TAMARAC PARK.

DOUBLE BOOKING THIS WEEKEND AT TAMARAC PARK IS ALSO FROM NINE TO NOON.

IT IS. LET'S TALK AND TEST YOUR HEALTH. THERE WILL BE ONE BLOOD FOR BLOOD DONATIONS OUT THERE.

THERE WILL BE THE WAISTLINE MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS PINK DUMPSTER, WHERE YOU CAN ALL SIGN YOUR NAME ON IT AND LIVE IN POSTERITY, AND WE WILL ALSO HAVE THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI'S GAME CHANGER MOBILE WHERE YOU CAN BE TESTED FOR CERVICAL CANCER, COLORECTAL CANCER, PAP SMEARS, HEPATITIS B AND C, AND THEN WE WILL HAVE SMOKE FREE TOBACCO, SMOKE FREE FLORIDA TOBACCO AND A COUPLE OF OTHER ENTITIES THERE FOR RESOURCES AND INCLUDING KIWANIS.

AND THEN ALSO, WE ARE VERY PROUD TO HAVE HCA WOODMONT HOSPITAL WILL BE HAVING A FEW OF THEIR DOCTORS THERE WHO WILL BE DOING A PANEL SPEAK FOR ANSWERING QUESTIONS AND PRIMARILY GETTING DOWN TO THE CONVERSATIONS NOBODY WANTS TO HAVE.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IT'S YOUR BODY. IT IS NOT TABOO.

ASK QUESTIONS. GET CHECKED. GET HEALTHY. BETTER TO CATCH IT AT A ZERO THAN WHEN YOU HAVE TO DEAL WITH IT AT FOUR.

SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL SEE EVERYBODY OUT THERE AND WE'RE ENTERING IT WITH A HALF HOUR FREE FUN AEROBIC AEROBICS.

SO PLEASE DO NOT COME DRESSED FOR ANYTHING NICE.

COME DRESSED IN YOUR WORKOUT CLOTHES AND WE'LL SEE YOU ON SATURDAY, AND THEN WE HAVE A WHOLE BUNCH OF OTHER THINGS ON SATURDAY. LIKE WE HAVE OUR JUNETEENTH EVENT THAT WAS MENTIONED BY THE CITY MANAGER AND ALL THAT GOOD STUFF.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALRIGHTY. MOVING RIGHT ALONG.

[5. CONSENT AGENDA ]

FROM THE COMMISSION FOR DISCUSSION. I WILL TAKE A SECOND TO MY MOTION, PLEASE.

SECOND. I HAVE A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WRIGHT TO MY MOTION.

CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

THANK YOU. MOTION PASSES 5 TO 0. EXCELLENT. WE ARE NOW ON ORDINANCES ON FIRST READING AND CITY

[7.a T02593 -An Ordinance of the City Commission of the City of Tamarac, Florida, terminating "Zoning in Progress" by amending Chapter 10, Article 3, Section 10-3.2, entitled "Table of Allowed Uses," of the City of Tamarac Land Development Code; specifically, amending Table 10-3.1: Allowed Uses, to remove "funeral home" as a permitted use from the Mixed Use Neighborhood (MU-N), Mixed Use Corridor (MU-C), and Public Facilities (PF) zoning districts, while continuing to permit "funeral home" as a use type within the Business Park (BP) zoning district; providing for codification; providing for conflicts; providing for severability; and providing for an effective date.]

CITY OF TAMARAC TERMINATING ZONING IN PROGRESS BY AMENDING CHAPTER TEN, ARTICLE THREE, SECTION 10-3 .2.

ENTIRE TABLE OF USES OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE.

SPECIFICALLY AMENDING TABLE. TABLE 10- 3.1 ALLOWED USES TO REMOVE FUNERAL HOME AS A PERMITTED USE FROM THE MIXED USE NEIGHBORHOOD, MIXED USE CORRIDOR AND PUBLIC FACILITIES ZONING DISTRICT, WHILE CONTINUING TO PERMIT FUNERAL HOMES AS A USE TYPE WITHIN THE BUSINESS ZONING DISTRICT. 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. SECOND.

I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER BOLTON AND I HAVE A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WRIGHT.

A PRESENTATION OF THIS ITEM WAS DELIVERED AT THE STAFF AGENDA REVIEW WORKSHOP ON MONDAY, AND MISS CALLOWAY, OUR DEPUTY CITY MANAGER, IS AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.

SO AT THIS TIME, I'M GOING TO OPEN THE FLOOR FOR ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC FOR ANY COMMENTS.

SEEING NONE PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE NOW CLOSED. COMMISSIONER.

RIGHT. OKAY, SO NOW I SEE DISCUSSION BY THE COMMISSION.

WELL, I HAVE A QUESTION. MISS CALLOWAY. SO I KNOW THAT WE ARE NOW HAVING THE PROPOSAL IS FOR THIS BUSINESS TYPE TO BE BY RIGHT IN THE BUSINESS PARK AND THEN THE INDUSTRIAL TWO.

CORRECT. YEAH. I HEAR YOU, BUT THE BUSINESS PARK.

YES. THAT'S THE ZONING DESIGNATION THAT IT'S BEING PROPOSED TO REMAIN IN CURRENTLY.

IT'S ALLOWED IN FOUR ZONING DISTRICTS. STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO ELIMINATE IT FROM THREE AND CONTINUE TO ALLOW IT IN THE BUSINESS PARK.

THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. KNOWING THAT OUR BUSINESS PARK IS NOT THAT LARGE, ALONG WITH OUR INDUSTRIAL PARK AND KNOWING SOME OF THE

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IT'S JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE RIGHT.

THINGS IN PLACE IF A BUSINESS IS GOING TO GO INTO A BUSINESS PARK.

SO WHAT WOULD BE YOUR THOUGHTS ON IF I WERE TO ASK THE COMMISSION TO HAVE AN AMENDMENT TO THIS AND ASK FOR THE BUSINESS PARK TO BE A NOT BY RIGHT, BUT BY SPECIAL EXCEPTION? MAYOR.

THAT'S A DESIRE OF THE COMMISSION. THIS IS A POLICY OR ORDINANCE THAT'S SET BY THE COMMISSION.

SO IF THAT'S A COMMISSION DESIRE, THEN WE WOULD CHANGE A P TO AN SE, WHICH MEANS THAT USE WOULD REQUIRE A PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE THE PLANNING BOARD AND THE CITY COMMISSION. SO IT'S AT YOUR PLEASURE. OKAY. SO COMMISSION I AM ASKING FOR THE CONSIDERATION AND FOR DISCUSSION IF YOU WISH, OR A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT. OR IS IT AN AMENDMENT, OR IS IT JUST A REQUEST TO MAKE A CHANGE? WHAT'S PROPOSED IS A P IN THE USE CHART. SO IF YOUR COLLEAGUES IS IF THEY'RE IN SUPPORT OF MAKING THAT P AND SE, WHICH IS A SPECIAL EXCEPTION, THEN YES, IT WOULD CHANGE IT FOR SECOND READING.

MADAM MAYOR. MISS CALLOWAY, CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHY CERTAIN USES ARE SPECIAL EXCEPTION UNDER OUR CODE? SO THEY KNOW WHY. SO SPECIAL EXCEPTION IS, YOU KNOW, OUR USES THAT ARE PERMISSIBLE BECAUSE THEY'RE UNIQUE IN NATURE.

THEY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL REVIEW, AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, THEY ALLOW THE COMMISSION TO ATTACH CONDITIONS, AND SO THOSE ARE USES YOU HAVE SEEN, SUCH AS DRIVE THROUGH SCHOOLS SOMETIMES OR SPECIAL EXCEPTION.

THEY ARE PERMISSIBLE, BUT BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF THE USE THEY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL REVIEW, AND OFTENTIMES CONDITIONS CAN BE ATTACHED AS WELL.

THANK YOU. SO, COLLEAGUES, I AM THROWING THAT OUT THERE TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY DISCUSSION OR ACCEPTANCE TO MAKE A CHANGE FROM PERMITTED IN THE BUSINESS PARK TO A SPECIAL EXCEPTION.

VICE MAYOR? YES. THANK YOU. I HAVE A QUESTION.

DID YOU FIND IT NECESSARY TO DO A SPECIAL EXCEPTION WHEN YOU WERE COMING UP WITH THE CHANGES? WE DID THE STUDY, AND JAMES, IF YOU CAN JUST ALLOW ME JUST TO GO TO THE CHART.

THANK YOU. THAT'S THE CHART? YES. SO ALL WE DID, AS YOU CAN SEE, IS ELIMINATED FROM OR MAJOR CORRIDORS, WHICH IS THE MUN, MUC AND AND PF, AND WE LEFT IT IN THE BUSINESS PARK BECAUSE IT'S CURRENTLY PERMITTED BY RIGHT.

WE JUST LEFT IT AS PERMITTED BY RIGHT AND LEFT IT AS A P.

THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER BOLTON. THANK YOU. MAYOR.

I'M GOING TO SUPPORT THIS AS IS. I THINK MISS GALLOWAY DID A FINE JOB WITH MAKING SURE THAT IT IS PROPERLY DESIGNATED, AND SO I APPRECIATE YOUR HARD WORK ON THIS, MISS GALLOWAY, AND I WON'T BE ACCEPTING THE FRIENDLY AMENDMENT.

OKAY, AND PLEASE KNOW IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH YOUR HARD WORK.

YOUR HARD WORK IS GREAT. IT'S JUST. AS YOU AND I HAD DISCUSSED EARLIER, MY THOUGHTS ON CERTAIN THINGS THAT ARE FUNERAL HOMES HAVE HAD TO GO THROUGH, AND JUST MAKING SURE THAT IT WOULD BE BETTER, BUT OBVIOUSLY IT WON'T BE SUPPORTED.

SO IF THERE'S NOTHING FURTHER, CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

THANK YOU. MOTION PASSES 5 TO 0. THANK YOU. MOVING ALONG TO 7B22594.

[7.b T02594 -An Ordinance of the City Commission of the City of Tamarac, Florida, amending Chapter 10 of the city's code of ordinances, entitled "Land Development Code," by amending Article 2, entitled "Zoning Districts," and specifically Section 102.7(C), entitled "Woodlands Overlay District," to provide for the extension of the termination date of the Woodlands Overlay District until such time as the code enforcement structure and officer, funded by Section 9 is established, as required by the Development Agreement between Woodlands Club Holdings, LLLP, and the City of Tamarac; providing for codification; providing for conflicts; providing for severability; and providing for an effective date.]

AMENDING CHAPTER TEN OF THE CITY CODE OF ORDINANCE ENTITLED LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE BY AMENDING ARTICLE TWO ENTITLED ZONING DISTRICT, SPECIFICALLY SECTION 10- 2.7 C ENTITLED WOODLANDS OVERLAY DISTRICT TO PROVIDE FOR THE EXTENSION OF THE TERMINATION DATE OF THE WOODLANDS OVERLAY DISTRICT UNTIL SUCH TIME AS CODE ENFORCEMENT, STRUCTURE AND OFFICER FUNDED BY SECTION NINE IS ESTABLISHED AS REQUIRED BY THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN WOODLANDS CLUB HOLDINGS LLP AND THE CITY OF TAMARAC, PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION CONFLICTS AND PROVIDING FOR EFFECTIVE DATE.

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

MOVE IT. SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER BOLTON.

I HAVE A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WRIGHT. THIS PRESENTATION WAS DELIVERED AT THE STAFF AGENDA REVIEW WORKSHOP ON MONDAY.

MISS CALLOWAY, OUR DEPUTY CITY MANAGER, IS AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS.

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PATTY LYNN, I JUST HAVE A QUESTION. JUST READING THIS LAST THING WHEN THE WHEN THE NEW DEVELOPMENT GETS IN, THE WOODLANDS OVERLAY WILL STOP. IS THAT WHAT THAT MEANS? NOBODY'S ALLOWED TO ANSWER. PARDON ME? IT'S YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO US.

OKAY. YOUR QUESTION HAS BEEN HEARD. OKAY. THANK YOU.

ANYBODY ELSE FROM THE AUDIENCE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE.

PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE NOW CLOSED. MISS CALLAWAY, I SEE YOU PERCHED.

COME ON UP. COMMISSIONER BOLTON. THANK YOU. MAYOR.

I HAD THE SAME QUESTION FROM MISS PATTI LYNN.

CAN YOU TELL US IF THE WOODLANDS OVERLAY DISTRICT WOULD STOP? THAT IS THE INTENT. ONCE A STRUCTURE IS ESTABLISHED, A STRUCTURE MEANING A MASTER ASSOCIATION TYPE OF STRUCTURE, AS WELL AS THE CODE ENFORCEMENT POSITION THAT PARAGRAPH 20 OF THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT SPEAKS TO, THEN THE INTENT IS TO REMOVE THIS FROM THE CODE.

YES. EXPLAIN WHAT AN OVERLAY DISTRICT IS. TYPICALLY IT IS OVER THE EXISTING ZONING DISTRICT, WHICH ALREADY HAS STANDARDS. IT PROVIDES FOR ADDITIONAL STANDARDS OVER AND ABOVE THE ZONING DESIGNATION AND THAT ZONING DISTRICT, AND TELL US HOW MANY ZONING DISTRICTS ARE IN TAMARAC.

THE MAP IS IN MY OTHER PRESENTATION. I THINK WE HAVE ABOUT 10 TO 13 WITHOUT GOING BACK.

10 TO 13 TOTAL. OR DID YOU MEAN OVERLAY? OVERLAY DISTRICT, SORRY.

OH, WE JUST HAVE ONE WOODLANDS OVERLAY. THAT'S THE ONLY OVERLAY.

OKAY. THAT'S WHAT I MEANT TO SAY. I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY 13 WAS THE ONLY OVERLAY DISTRICT.

YES. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO TELL US WHY THE WOODLANDS COMMUNITY HAVE AN OVERLAY DISTRICT.

WHY IS THIS COMMUNITY THE ONLY COMMUNITY THAT HAS ONE? FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, THIS WAS ESTABLISHED IN 2004.

THIS IS BEFORE I ARRIVED AT THE CITY. IT WAS REALLY MEANT TO ASSIST WITH THE DEFUNCT MASTER ASSOCIATION.

APPARENTLY, SOMETIME IN THE PAST, THE COMMUNITY HAD A MASTER ASSOCIATION.

CURRENTLY, THERE ARE EIGHT SECTIONS, AND WITH THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, SECTION NINE IS SUPPOSED TO BE THE NINTH SECTION.

SO THERE'S NOT A MASTER ASSOCIATION THAT GOVERNS ALL THE SECTIONS.

ALL THE SECTIONS HAVE THEIR INDIVIDUAL HOMES, THEIR INDIVIDUAL DOCUMENTS, AND THERE'S NOT A MASTER.

SO IN 2004, FROM WHAT MY UNDERSTANDING, THERE WAS SOME COMMUNITY REQUESTS TO CREATE THE OVERLAY DISTRICT, TO HAVE WHAT I WOULD REGARD AS MAINTENANCE COMMUNITY STANDARDS, SOMETHING THAT WOULD IS TANTAMOUNT TO WHAT YOU WOULD SEE IN AN HOA DOCUMENT.

SO THAT WAS ESTABLISHED IN 2004. IN 2018, WHEN WE DID OUR CODE REWRITE, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE NATURE OF THIS OVERLAY DISTRICT IS NOT CONSISTENT WITH WHAT YOU WOULD SEE IN OTHER OVERLAY DISTRICTS, AND SO THE LANGUAGE WAS PUT IN THE CODE TO HAVE IT TERMINATED ONE YEAR FROM 2018, AND SINCE THEN WE HAVE EXTENDED IT ABOUT FOUR TIMES OR SO TO WAIT FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT TO BE APPROVED SO WE CAN FIGURE OUT THE BEST WAY TO HAVE THOSE STANDARDS MAINTAINED IN THE COMMUNITY, AS OPPOSED TO HAVING THEM IN THE CODE AS AN OVERLAY DISTRICT.

OKAY, AND WE HEARD THE QUESTION FROM MISS PATTI LYNN, WHERE SHE ASKED IF THE OVERLAY DISTRICT WOULD CEASE.

WHAT ARE SOME OF THE ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES TO ENDING THIS OVERLAY DISTRICT? WELL, AT THE TIME IN 2018, WHEN WE HAD, IT WAS INTRODUCED IN THE CODE TO HAVE IT TERMINATED.

THE DISADVANTAGE WAS IT WAS SERVING ALMOST LIKE A MECHANISM FOR HOA, AND SO HAVING IT IN THE CODE WOULD SET A PRECEDENT FOR OTHER HOAS WHO ARE DEFUNCT OR NOT FUNCTIONAL, TO ASK THE CITY TO CREATE AN OVERLAY AND TO HAVE SIMILAR TYPE OF MECHANISM.

SO WE'RE ENFORCING. SO THAT'S A DISADVANTAGE.

THE WAY IT'S WRITTEN, I PERSONALLY DO NOT SEE ANY ADVANTAGE OF HAVING WITH THE EXCEPTION OF A MEANS OR A MECHANISM FOR THE COMMUNITY TO HAVE MAINTENANCE STANDARDS ENFORCE. HAVE YOU SURVEYED THE COMMUNITY TO FIND OUT WHETHER OR NOT THEY WOULD BE INTERESTED IN SEEING THE OVERLAY DISTRICT COME TO AN END. NO, WE DID NOT.

THIS THIS CONVERSATION HAS BEEN HAPPENING SINCE 2018.

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I THINK MOST RECENTLY WE AMENDED IT. IT HAD THE PAINT STANDARDS IN IT.

WE AMENDED IT. THE HOA DECIDED THAT THEY WOULD TAKE THAT OVER.

SO WE EXTRACTED THAT FROM THE FROM THE STANDARDS AND GAVE THAT TO THE HOA.

WE HAVE NOT HAD NO COMPLIMENTS, NO COMPLAINTS SINCE.

SINCE 2018? NO. OKAY. SO WHAT TYPICALLY HAPPENS IS THAT CITY MAKES A CHANGE, AND THEN RESIDENTS FIND OUT ABOUT IT, AND THEN THEY COMPLAIN OR COMPLIMENT. RIGHT, AND SO I DON'T THINK THAT I'M COMFORTABLE WITH YOU KNOW, MAKING THIS CHANGE TONIGHT. I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, I WOULD BE COMFORTABLE WITH TABLING THIS, THIS ITEM. SO AT LEAST THE DISTRICT TWO COMMISSIONER COULD TALK TO THE RESIDENTS TO FIND OUT WHETHER OR NOT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THEY WANT OR DON'T WANT.

I'M ALWAYS FOR HEARING FROM RESIDENTS. I DO NOT FEEL THAT CITIES SHOULD HAVE TOTAL AUTONOMY TO MAKE DECISIONS ON BEHALF OF THEM AND I THINK THAT THIS IS ONE OF THE, THE ITEMS THAT WARRANTS A COMMUNITY MEETING OR A CONVERSATION WITH THE RESIDENTS, AND I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM THE RESIDENTS THERE AS WELL.

I'M A COUPLE. I'M FRIENDS WITH A COUPLE OF THEM.

I TRIED TO CALL THEM. THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO ANSWER MY CALL.

SO I THINK THAT THIS ITEM SHOULD BE TABLED SO THAT IT GIVES MORE TIME FOR THE COMMISSIONERS, INCLUDING MYSELF, TO REACH OUT TO A COUPLE OF PEOPLE TO FIND OUT IF THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE. THANK YOU.

DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO TABLE? MOTION TO TABLE.

SECOND. CALL THE QUESTION. CALL THE ROLL.

THANK YOU. MOTION TO TABLE PASSES 5 TO 0, AND I'M GOING TO DO A POINT OF ORDER AND CLARIFICATION ON THIS ITEM, BEING THE PERSON WHO LIVES IN THIS COMMUNITY AND HAS LIVED THROUGH ALL THIS THE DECLARATION AND I'M SAYING THIS NOW FOR PEOPLE TO BE EDUCATED FROM WHEN THEY'RE GOING OUT TO TALK TO THE COMMUNITY. THE COMMUNITY LOST THEIR DECLARATION.

EACH EIGHT OF THE SECTIONS HAVE THEIR OWN BYLAWS AND DECLARATIONS, RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS.

THEY'RE NOT ALL THE SAME. THERE ARE SIMILARITIES.

THERE IS NO MASTER ASSOCIATION. THERE'S NEVER BEEN A MASTER ASSOCIATION.

THE HOA IS A BUSINESS ORGANIZATION THAT WAS CREATED BY THE SECTION.

SO THEY CAN SPLIT MONEY FOR LANDSCAPING, EXTERMINATION CABLE AT THE TIME AND OTHER USES.

OKAY. ALL THINGS CHANGE IN THE WORLD AND SO NOT ALL SECTIONS ARE NOW IN THERE.

IN ORDER TO MAKE ANY CHANGES, YOU NEED 100% OF THE RESIDENTS TO MAKE CHANGES.

THE FACT THAT THE CITY ALSO TRIED WHAT WAS CALLED THE WOODLANDS NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT.

THEY TRIED TO DO A SPECIAL 163 BECAUSE THERE WAS RESIDENTS WHO SAID, WE'LL GET GATING AND ALL THIS KIND OF STUFF TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS.

IT DIDN'T FLY. THERE WAS LAWSUITS. IT WOUND UP FAILING.

THERE WAS THEN THE NEIGHBORHOOD ALLIANCE COMMITTEE TO TRY TO BRING ALL EIGHT SECTIONS BACK TOGETHER.

THEN ALONG CAME 13TH FLOOR AND THINGS KEPT GETTING PUSHED BECAUSE THERE WAS A DISCUSSION TO SEE IF THERE COULD BE SOME UMBRELLA ORGANIZATION.

NOW? YES. THE CITY OF TAMARAC. POINT OF ORDER, MADAM.

I'M. I AM IN THE MIDDLE OF MY POINT OF ORDER.

YOU WERE. YOU WERE SPEAKING. I'M GOING ABOUT AN ITEM THAT IS ALREADY DONE.

SO IF YOU WANT TO SET THE PRESIDENT TO TALK ABOUT ITEMS THAT IS ALREADY FINISHED, GO AHEAD, BECAUSE I WILL DO THE SAME THING IN THE FUTURE.

COMMISSIONER BOLTON. THIS IS AN ITEM ABOUT SOMETHING THAT IS GOING TO BE DISCUSSED AND EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ON ITEMS THAT IS DONE IN THE FUTURE.

THERE IS A TIME FACTOR ON THIS ITEM BECAUSE IT IS SET TO SUNSET ON JULY 12TH AND IT IS IMPORTANT THAT THESE THINGS BE KNOWN AND SINCE WE CANNOT TALK ABOUT THEM SEPARATELY BECAUSE IT IS A VOTING ITEM, I WILL FINISH WHAT I HAVE TO SAY. SO KEEPING THAT IN MIND, WHAT THE CITY HAS IN PLACE WITH 13 FLOOR IS ONLY BETWEEN DISTRICT NINE

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THEY HAVE NOT SIGNED UP FOR IT. SO KEEP THAT IN MIND WHEN THIS IS GOING THROUGH YOUR CONVERSATIONS WITH THE RESIDENTS.

BE INFORMED, BECAUSE IF YOU DO NOT EDUCATE THE RESIDENTS IN YOUR CONVERSATION, WE WILL THEN HAVE BAD DECISIONS BEING MADE.

THANK YOU. NOW WE WILL GO TO 7C, TO2596 CITY ATTORNEY.

[7.c T02596 -An Ordinance of the City Commission of the City of Tamarac, Florida, Amending Chapter 15 of the City of Tamarac Code of Ordinances, Entitled "Parks and Recreation," by Specifically Amending Section 15-88, Entitled "Alcoholic Beverages," to Allow for the Sale and Serving of Alcoholic Beverages for Consumption in City Parks and Facilities; Providing for Codification; Providing for Conflicts; Providing for Severability; and Providing for an Effective Date.]

CITY OF TAMARACK. AMENDING CHAPTER 15 OF THE CITY OF TAMARACK.

CODE OF ORDINANCE ENTITLED PARKS AND RECREATION BY AMENDING SECTION 15 - 88 ENTITLED ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES TO ALLOW THE SALE, AND SERVING ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES FOR CONSUMPTION IN CITY PARKS AND FACILITIES, WITH APPROVAL OF THE CITY MANAGER OR DESIGNEE.

PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION. PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS. PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY. PROVIDING FOR EFFECTIVE DATE.

THANK YOU. I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND. MOVE IT! SEEING, WE DON'T HAVE A SECOND.

SECOND. OKAY, SO WHICH ONE OF THE TWO? ALL RIGHT.

COMMISSIONER DANIEL IS , SORRY, COMMISSIONER PATTERSON IS A SECOND TO COMMISSIONER BOLTON.

MELISSA PATRON, ACTING PARKS AND RECREATION DIRECTOR, IS AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.

THIS ITEM IS NOW OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. IS THERE ANYONE WISHING TO MAKE ANY COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME? OKAY, MISS LYNN, PLEASE COME UP.

PATTI LYNN MAINLANDS EIGHT. I KNOW THIS CAME UP BEFORE AND IT WAS REJECTED.

I DON'T KNOW WHY IT'S COMING BACK UP AGAIN. I GUESS SOMEBODY MUST HAVE WANTED TO DO THIS.

THERE'S NO REASON TO HAVE ALCOHOL IN THE PARKS.

THERE'S NO REASON FOR THE CITY TO GET INVOLVED, TO ALLOW IT.

THE LIABILITY IS TERRIBLE. PEOPLE ARE HAVING A GOOD TIME WITH THEIR FAMILIES, AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY'RE DRINKING AND THEY SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN DRINKING, AND BAD THINGS HAPPEN SOMETIMES WHEN PEOPLE DRINK.

I KNOW, SO I'M DEFINITELY NOT IN FAVOR OF THE CITY GETTING INVOLVED WITH ALLOWING ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES IN THE PARKS.

I KNOW PEOPLE BRING THEM INTO THE PARKS, BUT THE CITY'S NOT CONDONING IT.

IF THE CITY CONDONES IT, WE HAVE LIABILITIES AND YOU DON'T WANT TO REGRET BAD THINGS HAPPENING.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE, PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE NOW CLOSED. THE FLOOR IS NOW OPEN TO OUR COMMISSIONER BOLTON.

OKAY. QUESTION FOR. MELISSA PATRON NO PUN INTENDED.

YOU KNOW, THERE'S A SAYING THAT SAYS DRINK RESPONSIBLY, AND A LOT OF PEOPLE IN TAMARAC DON'T DRINK RESPONSIBLY.

THIS IS WHY THEY HAVE DUIS. SO TELL US, MISS PATRON, DO WE HAVE LIABILITY INSURANCE FROM ANY VENDOR? THAT WOULD BE SERVING ALCOHOL? YES. SO WITH THIS CHANGE, ANY VENDOR THAT SERVES ALCOHOL WILL DO THE SAME THING AS ANY OTHER VENDOR THAT WE HAVE WITH THE CITY.

WE HAVE A LOT OF PAPERWORK THEY HAVE TO FILL OUT.

LIABILITY INSURANCE. THEY HAVE HOLD HARMLESS AGREEMENTS.

THEY HAVE. AUTO INSURANCE THEY HAVE TO PROVIDE US.

THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT INSURANCES THAT WE REQUIRE JUST FROM A REGULAR VENDOR, BUT ON TOP OF AN ALCOHOL BEVERAGE VENDOR, BESIDES ALL THAT, THEY HAVE TO HAVE THEIR STATE LIQUOR LICENSE, AND THIS IS COMING FROM A CITY SPONSORED EVENT.

SO WE ALREADY HAVE ALL THE OTHER PROTOCOLS IN PLACE. WE HAVE SECURITY, WE HAVE SANITATION, WE HAVE OUR EVENT MANAGEMENT PROTOCOLS IN PLACE.

SO THIS WOULD BE JUST BRINGING OUT ANOTHER VENDOR LIKE WE DO WITH ALL OUR OTHER VENDORS, JUST MAKING SURE THEY'RE FOLLOWING ALL THE PROPER PROCEDURES THAT WE REQUIRE.

OKAY, AND WOULD THIS BE AT ALL CITY EVENTS, INCLUDING EVENTS WITH CHILDREN? NO, NO, AND THIS IS NOT WHY IT WAS BROUGHT UP.

IT'S MORE BROUGHT UP. IT'S LOOKING FOR PLANNING EVENTS THAT WE'VE NEVER HAD IN THE CITY, LIKE A SIP AND STROLL OR A WINE TASTING EVENT.

IT'S DOING CERTAIN THINGS LIKE THAT OTHER CITIES ARE ALREADY DOING THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO, TOO, AND SO THERE ARE CITIES, FOR INSTANCE, CORAL SPRINGS, THAT SERVE ALCOHOL AT THEIR EVENTS.

SO YES, I'VE DONE RESEARCH AND THERE'S ABOUT 19 I HAVE ON A LIST AND I CAN NAME THEM ALL, BUT THEY'RE ALL FROM BROWARD COUNTY THAT WE'RE THE ONLY ONE THAT I'VE COME ACROSS THAT HAS NOT. TELL ME WHAT. TELL ME. THESE CITIES. RATTLE THEM OFF TO YOU.

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OKAY, AND SO A LOT OF THESE CITIES ARE ALSO FAMILY CITIES.

LOTS OF SENIOR POPULATIONS AS WELL. YES. SO THEY'RE LIKE TAMARAC.

HAVE YOU EVER HEARD OF ANY INCIDENTS THAT HAPPENED AT EVENTS WITH THESE CITIES THAT SERVE ALCOHOL? I PERSONALLY HAVEN'T. YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN TO EVENTS THAT SERVE ALCOHOL AT CITY EVENTS.

I HAVEN'T SEEN ANYTHING LIKE YOU HAVE TO HAVE SECURITY THERE.

SO IF THERE IS AN INCIDENT, YOU DO HAVE LAW ENFORCEMENT THAT IS ABLE TO HANDLE IT.

OKAY. YOU KNOW, WHEN I FIRST MOVED TO THE US, I LIVED IN SOUTH BEACH, AND ONE OF MY FIRST EVENTS IN THE CITY, WAS SOUTH BEACH.

I THINK WINE AND FOOD FESTIVAL. I THINK THEY CALLED IT SOBE WINE AND FOOD FESTIVAL, AND I ENJOYED THE EVENT.

I'M NOT AN ALCOHOL DRINKER. I DRINK GINGER ALE, YOU KNOW, EVERY OPPORTUNITY I GET, BUT , YOU KNOW, IT'S. I THINK SOMETIMES PEOPLE GO OUT AND WANT TO HAVE FUN, RIGHT? AND I DON'T KNOW HOW WE WILL DO THIS IN TAMARAC IF THIS PASSES TONIGHT, BUT JUST TELL US.

JUST OUTLINE THE PLAN AGAIN. WHAT DO YOU ENVISION? WELL, FOR INSTANCE, IF WE HAVE AN EVENT COMING UP THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO OFFER SALE OF ALCOHOL.

NOW, YOU KNOW, THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO PASS, THAT YOU CAN JUST GO TO OUR PARK.

IT'S STILL PROHIBITED IN OUR PARKS, BUT IF IT'S A CITY SPONSORED EVENT, WHICH MOST OF THEM HAPPEN IN OUR PARK, IT'S JUST DURING THAT EVENT. SO WE WOULD BRING ON A VENDOR JUST LIKE WE DO OUR FOOD TRUCK VENDORS OR ANY OF OUR OTHER TYPE OF VENDORS WE HAVE AT OUR EVENTS, AND THEY WOULD FOLLOW THE SAME PROTOCOLS, EXCEPT THEY'D HAVE THOSE EXTRA REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE NEEDED FROM THAT PARTICULAR VENDOR BECAUSE THEY'RE SELLING ALCOHOL, AND WE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE IDING.

THEY CAN'T SELL TO UNDER 21. WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE EXTRA SECURITY AT THE EVENTS INSTEAD OF IF IT'S AN EVENT THAT WE NORMALLY HAVE FIVE DETAIL, MAYBE WE ADD AN EXTRA FIVE SECURITY DETAIL OFFICERS.

OH, SO IT'S NOT LIKE YOU GO TO THE PARK AND THERE IS CHILDREN AT THE PLAYGROUND AND WATER SPLASHING, AND THEN THERE'S A VENDOR THAT SAYS, HEY, COME GET SOME ALCOHOL.

IT'S NOT LIKE THAT. NO. OKAY. SO IT'S FOR EVENTS AND SPECIFIC EVENTS, AND YOU'LL MONITOR THE EVENTS AND YOU'LL MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY HAS LIABILITY INSURANCE AND SO FORTH. EXACTLY. OKAY. GOT IT. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

COMMISSIONER PATTERSON. THANK YOU. MAYOR. THROUGH THE MANAGER.

MADAM PARKS DIRECTOR, CAN YOU JUST WALK ME THROUGH WHAT THE PROPOSED PROCESS WOULD BE? SO IF THE CITY HAS A LAW RIGHT NOW. THE CITY.

OUR CITY SAYS THAT THERE IS NO SALE OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES IN OUR CITY.

PERIOD. RIGHT. CAN YOU WALK ME THROUGH WHAT? WHAT IS THE PROPOSED POLICY? WHAT DOES IT REQUIRE OF ONE THAT'S INTERESTED OR YOU KNOW, YEAH, THAT'S INTERESTED IN MAKING ALCOHOL AVAILABLE AT, AT A PARTICULAR EVENT. WHAT IS OUR POLICY GOING TO STATE? WELL, WE WOULD HAVE WE'LL LOOK AT IT TWO DIFFERENT WAYS. WE HAVE OUR CITY SPONSORED WHERE IT'S OUR STAFF PLANNING THE EVENT, AND THEN THEY WOULD LOOK TO SEE WHETHER THEY WANT TO SELL, HAVE THAT AS A VENDOR SELLING AT THE EVENT.

OR WE CAN HAVE, YOU KNOW, WE COULD JUST LEAVE IT LIKE THAT, OR WE COULD HAVE IT WHERE AS AN OPTION, WHERE WE CAN HAVE OUTSIDE ORGANIZATIONS THAT WANT TO HOLD AN EVENT IN OUR CITY WHERE THEY WOULD HAVE TO FILL OUT A PERMIT.

WE ALSO COULD HAVE IT WHERE THEY'RE RENTING A BALLROOM FOR THE WEDDING, AND THEY WANT TO SERVE WINE. SO WE CAN ALSO OFFER IT LIKE THAT, BUT THERE STILL HAS TO BE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES THAT HAVE TO BE FOLLOWED, PERMITS THAT NEED TO BE FILLED OUT, AND THEN WE ALSO, IF THAT OUTSIDE VENDOR IS BRINGING IN A BEVERAGE VENDOR, WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE COMPLYING WITH ALL OUR REQUIREMENTS, BECAUSE WHAT I'M READING IN THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE, IT SAYS THAT THE LANGUAGE THAT WE'RE PROFFERING HERE IS THAT THE POSSESSION, SALE OR CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES IN CITY PARKS AND FACILITIES ARE PROHIBITED EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN THIS SECTION AND THEN IT GOES ON TO TALK ABOUT THE PROPOSAL TODAY AND HOW THE CITY WOULD GO ABOUT MAKING MAKING IT AVAILABLE FOR SOMEONE THAT'S INTERESTED.

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SO THERE'S YOU GUYS ARE SAYING THAT IN ORDER FOR SOMEONE.

SO WE'RE PUTTING A POLICY ON THE BOOKS, YOU GUYS ARE PROPOSING THE POLICY AND YOU'RE SAYING THAT IN ADDITION TO THE POLICY, THERE WILL BE MEASURES THAT ONE WOULD NEED TO TAKE IN ORDER TO MAKE THE ALCOHOL AVAILABLE AT THE EVENT, EVEN IF IT IS A CITY EVENT. CORRECT. SO IF IT'S A CITY EVENT, THE CITY WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS, AND IF IT'S SOMEONE ON THE EXTERNAL STAKEHOLDER, THEY WOULD NEED TO GO THROUGH THE SAME PROCESS IN ORDER TO MAKE ALCOHOL AVAILABLE.

BECAUSE I WAS LOOKING ALSO DOING A LITTLE BIT OF RESEARCH MYSELF.

I KNEW THAT YOU GUYS HAD DONE SOME RESEARCH, BUT I WAS ALSO CURIOUS.

EVERYONE KNOWS I COME FROM CITY BACKGROUND AS WELL, SO I'M FAMILIAR.

MOST CITIES DO HAVE THIS ON THE BOOKS. I WAS A LITTLE SURPRISED TO SOME EXTENT.

OBVIOUSLY, WE'VE BEEN A BEDROOM COMMUNITY FOR SOME TIME, SO I UNDERSTAND WHY WE DIDN'T HAVE IT ON THE BOOKS, BUT I DID LOOK AND IT LOOKS LIKE YOU GUYS MIRRORED THE EXACT SAME LANGUAGE THAT I SAW IN THE MUNICODE FROM EVERY OTHER CITY.

FOR THE MOST PART. SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT NOW, LET ME ASK YOU THIS OTHER QUESTION.

SO IF SOMEBODY DECIDES THAT MAYBE THEY WANT TO RENT OUR BALLROOM AT TCC AND HOST A WEDDING, TO YOUR POINT, A WEDDING OR RECEPTION, CAN THEY RIGHT NOW SERVE LIQUOR AT THAT EVENT? SO WHEN THEY GO TO RENT THAT SPACE. NOT RIGHT NOW, NO.

SO THEY CANNOT SERVE ALCOHOL AT A PRIVATE EVENT.

OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. STAY COMFORTABLE.

SO ALONG THOSE LINES, YOU CAN'T WE DON'T SERVE ALCOHOL.

WE ALLOW ALCOHOL THERE. SO WE HAVE A WEDDING.

WEDDING PEOPLE HAVE BABIES AND KIDS IN THERE.

DO WE HAVE ANY RESTRICTIONS ON THAT FOR SERVING ALCOHOL WITH KIDS IN PRESENCE? YOU MEAN IF SOMEBODY IS COMING TO RENT A FACILITY AND THEY WANT TO HAVE A WEDDING AND THEY SAY THEY FILL OUT AND CHECK THAT THEY WANT TO SERVE ALCOHOL? THEY'RE ALLOWED TO DO THAT AS LONG AS THEY FOLLOW ALL THE RIGHT PROTOCOLS.

IT DOESN'T MATTER WHO'S IN ATTENDANCE AT THEIR WEDDING. THERE WAS SOMETHING I HEARD ON ONE OF CLARIFICATION.

THIS IS ONLY FOR EVENTS THAT DON'T HAVE CHILDREN COMING TO IT.

NO, LIKE I SAID, WE DON'T HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT EVENT THIS WOULD BE FOR, BUT AS PLANNING AS GOING FORWARD PLANNING, IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO OFFER, THEN WE WOULD DO THAT IN THE PLANNING STAGES AND THEN WE WOULD, YOU KNOW, GO TO THE CITY MANAGER TO GET HIS APPROVAL. RIGHT.

THERE WAS A COMMENT MADE EARLIER THAT MADE IT SEEM LIKE WE WOULD NOT SERVE ALCOHOL AT CITY EVENTS IF THERE WERE KIDS INVOLVED OR KIDS THERE, AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT 'S NOT TRUE. WELL, YEAH, I MEAN, WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO IT.

I'M NOT GOING TO GO PLANNING WITH MY STAFF AND SAY, OH YEAH, LET'S GO TO THE AQUATIC SPLASH EVENT AND SELL ALCOHOL WHEN IT'S MOSTLY KIDS.

WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THE EVENT AND DETERMINE IF IT'S APPROPRIATE OR NOT.

4TH OF JULY. THAT'S IF IT'S DETERMINED APPROPRIATE.

THERE'S A LOT OF CITIES THAT DO SELL ALCOHOL AT 4TH OF JULY, BUT THERE ARE KIDS THERE. THERE ARE PEOPLE OF ALL AGES THERE. YOU MENTIONED ALL THESE OTHER CITIES. WHAT DO THEY CHARGE? WHAT DO THEY CHARGE? I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY CHARGE. I HAVEN'T LOOKED AT ALL OF THEIR APPLICATIONS. SO DO WE KNOW IF MONEY GOES BACK TO THE CITY FOR THE SALES? THERE WAS ONE CITY I NOTICED THAT THEY DO. THEY TAKE 10% OF THEIR SALES BECAUSE IN HERE, WE'RE TRYING TO BE TOLD THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE A GREAT FINANCIAL IMPACT TO THE CITY, AND CAN YOU TELL US WHAT GREAT FINANCIAL IMPACT THE CITY WE'RE GOING TO HAVE? THE LANGUAGE IS GREATER ENGAGEMENT WITH LOCAL VENDORS, ADDITIONAL REVENUE FROM PERMITTED RELATED ACTIVITIES.

INDIRECT BENEFITS INCLUDE SPENDING AT ADJACENT COMMERCIAL AREAS DURING PUBLIC EVENTS, WHEN MOST OF OUR PUBLIC EVENTS ARE HELD AT NIGHT AND WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING OPEN AROUND THEM. SO TELL US SOME MORE ABOUT WHAT IT'LL BENEFIT.

WELL, DEPENDING ON WHAT WE CHARGE FOR A VENDOR THAT'S COMING IN, LIKE WE CHARGE OUR FOOD TRUCK VENDORS WHO COME IN.

SO THAT'S EXTRA REVENUE, AND THEN ALSO IF WE NOT ONLY THE REVENUE FOR US, BUT THEY'RE ALSO MAKING REVENUE AS WELL, AND IT COULD BE A LOCAL BUSINESS THAT'S COMING TO CATER ONE OF OUR EVENTS THAT'S SERVING THE ALCOHOL.

SO THEY'RE BRINGING IN REVENUE AND THEY'RE TAMARAC BUSINESS OUT OF OUR FOOD TRUCKS THAT COME TO OUR EVENTS.

HOW MANY OF THEM ARE LOCAL? I CAN'T TELL YOU THAT I DON'T KNOW.

HOW MUCH SHOULD WE CHARGE FOR OUR FOOD TRUCKS? DEPENDING ON EVENT, ANYWHERE FROM 100 TO $175.

WHOPPING GOOD MONEY COMING IN. WHAT HAPPENS IF THEY ARE SERVED BEVERAGES HERE? AND WE SAY THAT THEY'RE SERVED BEVERAGE HERE? NOTHING'S HAPPENING HERE, BUT THEY GET ON THE ROADWAY.

WHAT HAPPENS THEN? WHAT SURVEY'S BEEN DONE? ANYTHING FROM OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT? LET'S SEE. COMMISSIONER BOLTON, I WOULD APPRECIATE IF YOU DON'T MAKE ANY COMMENTS ABOUT ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE.

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IT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME. WE HAVE ALL THE RESTAURANTS IN, IN, IN OUR CITY, PEOPLE SERVE ALCOHOL, THEY DRINK, THEY MR. THEY GO. MR. CITY MANAGER, I AM VERY MUCH AWARE THAT YOU ARE VERY MUCH IN SUPPORT OF THIS ITEM, AND YOU ARE PUSHING THIS. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME, BUT THE FACT OF THE MATTER STILL IS WE SERVE THE ALCOHOL IN OUR EVENT THEY LEAVE OUR PROPERTY. WE ARE STILL THE ONES WHO HAVE SERVED IT.

HOW FAR DOES OUR INSURANCE GO TO PROTECT US? I THINK THAT I'M SORRY.

CHRIS PALOMARO, ACTING CAPTAIN. MADAM MAYOR, I THINK THE LIABILITY QUESTION WOULD BE BETTER FOR THE CITY ATTORNEY CRIMINALLY.

OBVIOUSLY, IF OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT IN THE CITY OF TAMARAC, BROWARD SHERIFF'S OFFICE OR FOR ANY OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT DUI COULD OCCUR OR ANY OTHER CRASH INVESTIGATION IF THERE WAS A CRASH RELATED, BUT IN TERMS OF LIABILITY, THAT WOULD BE A CITY ATTORNEY.

CITY ATTORNEY THEN I HAVE REPRESENTED CITIES FOR THE PAST 20 PLUS YEARS.

MOST OF THOSE CITIES SERVE ALCOHOL AT OBVIOUSLY SEVERAL FUNCTIONS.

I HAVE NOT HAD TO DEAL WITH ONE CASE THAT DEAL WITH LIABILITIES RELATING TO SERVICE OF ALCOHOL? OBVIOUSLY IF A VENDOR WILL ALSO HAVE TO COMPLY WITH WHATEVER REQUIREMENT THAT THE PARKS DEPARTMENT AND THE RULES ARE GENERALLY, YOU KNOW, WITH RESPECT TO THE CITY, THEY ASK FOR THE VENDOR TO HOLD US HARMLESS, ALSO PROVIDE THE INSURANCE IF THE VENDOR BECOMES OBVIOUSLY NEGLIGENT IN HIS OR HER CONDUCT AND SERVING ALCOHOL, THAT LIABILITY FALL ON A VENDOR, NOT US. PASS THE BUCK.

OKAY. SO WHAT HAPPENS IF I'M AT THE PARK AND I DON'T GET ALCOHOL FROM SOMEONE ELSE, BUT I'M DRINKING IN THE PARK, AND THEN I HAVE AN ISSUE, AND I SAY THAT I GOT SERVED BY THE VENDOR.

ARE WE MAKING OUR VENDORS KEEP TRACK OF EVERYBODY THAT THEY'VE SERVED TO? WHEN PEOPLE BRING THEIR STUFF IN. ANYBODY WANT TO TAKE IT? IT'S FINE. I THINK YOU KNOW THE PARK DIRECTOR HERE.

OUR GOAL IS TO ENSURE THAT VENDORS WHO HAVE APPROVAL AND PERMITS ARE THE ONLY ONES SELLING ALCOHOL.

IF OBVIOUSLY AN INDIVIDUAL BRINGS HIS OWN ALCOHOL, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE REGULATIONS IN PLACE TO DEAL WITH THEM, AND IF THEY DON'T WANT TO COMPLY, WE CALL THE POLICE.

CORRECT. YEAH. I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU JUST SAID.

I'M SORRY. LET ME EXPLAIN IT IN LAYMAN'S TERMS. THIS PROCESS IS TO PERMIT ONLY PERMITTED VENDORS TO SELL ALCOHOL.

SO IF SOMEONE ACCUSED. I THINK YOU SAID IF SOMEONE ACCUSED A VENDOR OF SELLING HIM OR HER ALCOHOL.

CORRECT? NO. MY QUESTION WAS, I DECIDED TO BRING ALCOHOL TO THE PARK.

OKAY. COMPLETELY INTOXICATED, AND THERE'S SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS IN THE PARK, AND IT'S BLAMED ON THE ALCOHOL.

THE PERSON SAYS I WAS SERVED BY THE VENDOR. THE VENDOR THEN HAS AN ISSUE WITH LIABILITY, BUT THAT VENDOR NEVER SERVED THE PERSON.

YEAH. W ELL, IF THE PERSON OBVIOUSLY LIES AND SAID THAT THE VENDOR SERVED THEM ALCOHOL AND THEN SERVED, THAT'S YOU KNOW, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THROUGH OBVIOUSLY INVESTIGATION WILL DETERMINE.

I MEAN YOU KNOW, IN MY EXPERIENCE, THAT'S RARELY HAPPENED.

I NEVER HEARD THAT HAPPEN BEFORE, BUT IF SOMEONE COMPLETELY TELL A BOLD FACED LIE, YOU KNOW, AND THE VENDOR, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY, WHAT WE, YOU KNOW, THE PARKS DIRECTOR WILL DO IS MAKE SURE THESE VENDORS ARE RESPONSIBLE, MAKE SURE THEY HAVE A RECORD OF THE ALCOHOL SALES THAT THEY TAKE PLACE, AND MAKE SURE THEY COMPLY WITH THE CITY CODE.

IF THEY DON'T, I ASSUME THEY WON'T BE PERMITTED TO SELL AGAIN.

CORRECT. SO ARE WE SAYING THERE'S ONLY ONE VENDOR? ONE ALCOHOL VENDOR PER EVENT. WELL, IT WOULD DEPEND ON THE SIZE OF THE EVENT.

I'VE BEEN TO PLENTY OF EVENTS WHERE THERE'S MULTIPLE ALCOHOL BEVERAGE VENDORS AND NOBODY BUYS A BEER FOR THEMSELVES, AND THEN BUYS A BEER FOR ANOTHER ONE AND BRINGS THEM TO WHEREVER IT IS, RIGHT.

SO KEEPING TRACK WILL BE A LITTLE DIFFICULT. WHO PAYS THE EXTRA COST TO COVER OUR BSO AND SECURITY AND OUR ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL THAT NEED TO BE THERE TO MAINTAIN THE PARK? WELL, IF IT'S OUR EVENT, WE WILL PAY FOR THAT.

SO IT'S JUST AN ADDITIONAL EXPENSE TO THE CITY? WE'RE NOT. ARE WE MAKING ANY WAY TO HAVE THAT COVERED? WELL, THEY'VE ALREADY STARTED INCREASING THE AMOUNT OF DEPUTIES THEY HAVE AT OUR EVENT.

SO I THINK WHAT THEY HAVE NOW IS ALREADY COVERING IT.

WE MAY BE INCREASING THE AMOUNT OF DEPUTIES WE HAVE AT THE EVENT, BUT MANY OF THESE ARE SPECIAL DETAIL EVENTS, AND WHEN WE HAVE MORE DEPUTIES, WE PAY MORE

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SO THAT MEANS OUR BUDGET HAS TO INCREASE FOR MORE DEPUTIES TO COME TO PAY TO BE A SPECIAL DETAIL, WHICH IS TIME AND A HALF OR IS IT DOUBLE TIME? DOESN'T MATTER. IT'S STILL THE SAME AMOUNT. THE DETAIL RATE IS A FLAT RATE SET BY THE BROWARD SHERIFF'S OFFICE DETAIL OFFICE.

IT'S DIFFERENT, AND APART FROM OVERTIME, OVERTIME IS TIME AND A HALF, BUT DETAIL RATE IS, I BELIEVE 125. NO, THAT'S THE FIRST SERGEANT.

I THINK IT'S 70.

OKAY. SO BASICALLY IT'S INCREASED, LET'S JUST SAY $100 PER DEPUTY PER HOUR.

THE DETAIL, THE NUMBER OF DEPUTIES NEEDED FOR DETAIL DEPENDS UPON THE SIZE OF THE EVENT AND THE TYPE OF THE EVENT.

SO THAT WOULD BE DETERMINE HOW MANY DEPUTIES ARE NECESSARY.

YES, MA'AM. SO THAT IS AN INCREASED BUDGET ITEM? YES, MA'AM. POTENTIALLY. FROM WHAT I HEAR, WE DON'T EVEN HAVE SOME SET PROCEDURES IN PLACE.

IT'S WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS. WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT. WELL, WE ALREADY KIND OF HAVE OUR PROCEDURES IN PLACE AS FAR AS VENDOR WISE.

WE WOULD JUST HAVE TO ADD THOSE EXTRA REQUIREMENTS THAT WE NEEDED BECAUSE OUR AN ALCOHOL VENDOR BEVERAGE VENDOR, BUT WE DO HAVE TO PUT PROCEDURES IN PLACE FOR ANYBODY THAT'S EXTERNAL THAT WANTS TO COME AND SELL BEVERAGES AT EVENT.

OR IF WE DO DECIDE TO DO IT AT OUR FACILITIES FOR A RENTAL, WE HAVE AN ALCOHOL VENDOR FOR THE CITY.

NO, WE DON'T CURRENTLY HAVE ONE, BUT WE WOULD SOLICIT FOR THEM.

HOW DO WE SOLICIT THAT PROCESS, JUST LIKE WE DO WITH OUR FOOD TRUCK VENDORS OR ANY OTHER FOOD VENDORS THAT WE HAVE AT OUR EVENTS? THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER WRIGHT. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.

YOU KNOW, MY SENTIMENTS WERE EXPRESSED AT THE LAST DISCUSSION WITH THIS I AM AN ALCOHOL DRINKER.

I OCCASIONALLY HAVE A RED STRIPE. IN TERMS OF THE ALCOHOL BEVERAGE IN THE PARK, I'M.

I'M STILL HAVE THE SAME SENTIMENTS. YOU SAID 19 CITIES, BUT YOU MENTIONED LIKE FIVE PLACES IN PALM BEACH.

BROWARD HAS ABOUT 30 OR 31 CITIES. SO IT'S ACTUALLY NOT A MAJORITY OF CITIES IN BROWARD COUNTY.

CAN YOU. YEAH, I DIDN'T I DIDN'T GET AROUND TO ALL OF THEM, BUT OKAY BUT CAN I LOOKED AT SOME OF THE CODES.

I DID MY RESEARCH AND SOME OF THE CODES, AND AS COMMISSIONER PATTERSON MENTIONED, IT MIMICS A LOT OF THE LANGUAGE IN, IN, IN THOSE CITIES, CAPTAIN. SO IF I GO TO AN EVENT, OBVIOUSLY WE'RE GOING TO SERVE IT IN A CUP AND I HAVE A BEER, I HAVE A RED STRIPE, AND I'M TALKING TO A RESIDENT AND I'M GOING BACK TO MY CAR AND I HAVE A CUP IN MY HAND, AND IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF REMNANTS OF THE DRINK IN MY CUP, AND I PUT IT IN MY CAR AND I DRIVE HOME.

I THINK FLORIDA HAS OPEN CONTAINER LAWS WHERE IF YOU DRIVE WITH AN OPEN ALCOHOL, YOU CAN GET A DUI.

IS THAT CORRECT? NO. IT'S A VIOLATION OF AN OPEN CONTAINER DUI IS DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE, SO THAT WOULD BE SEPARATE AND APART, BECAUSE EVEN AN OPEN CONTAINER PERSON COULD HAVE ONE DRINK AND NOT BE PROBABLE CAUSE FOR DUI, BUT WHAT HAPPENS IF I HAVE AN OPEN CONTAINER? I'VE NEVER HAD A DUI. I'VE NEVER BEEN ARRESTED. SO I DON'T KNOW THESE THINGS. I'VE NEVER BEEN IN THESE SITUATIONS. I BELIEVE IN VIOLATION OF OPEN CONTAINER LAW IN A MOTOR VEHICLE IS A SECOND DEGREE MISDEMEANOR. OKAY, OKAY. SO YOU CAN GET IN TROUBLE FOR HAVING AN OPEN.

YEAH. YOU CAN GET A CITATION FOR THAT. OKAY. THAT WAS MY QUESTION.

I'M JUST THINKING ALL OF THE THINGS THAT KIND OF CAN HAPPEN ALSO IN THE PROCESS, IT SAYS IT GOES TO THE CITY MANAGER.

CITY MANAGER, AND HOW DOES THAT PROCESS WORK? HOW DO YOU ASSESS THESE EVENTS? HOW DO YOU KNOW WHICH EVENT, IF THAT YOU'RE GOING TO GIVE A LICENSE OR YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GIVE A LICENSE, FOR EXAMPLE? WHAT IF ROLLING? HAVE YOU EVER HEARD ABOUT ROLLING LOUD? I DON'T YOU NEVER HEARD ABOUT ROLLING LOUD? NO.

HAVE YOU EVER TAKEN I DON'T BELIEVE SO. I HEARD A ROLLING LOUD.

YOU HEARD OF ROLLING LOUD. SO, FOR EXAMPLE, ROLLING LOUD IS A CONCERT WITH A LOT OF OUR YOUNGER PEOPLE WHO COME AND THEY LIKE TO HAVE A GOOD TIME.

HOW DO YOU ASSESS THE EVENT AND KNOW IF IT'S AN EVENT WHERE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GET EXTRA SECURITY, OR AN EVENT WHERE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE EXCESSIVE DRINKERS? WHAT PROCESSES WOULD YOU HAVE IN PLACE IN IN DOING THAT? WELL, COMMISSIONER I DON'T LIKE TO ASSUME, YOU KNOW, THAT IN SOME EVENTS PEOPLE ARE GOING TO DRINK MORE EXCESSIVELY THAN THE OTHERS, BUT , YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS.

FOR EXAMPLE YOU KNOW, AS MISS PATRON MENTIONED, YOU KNOW WE HAVE A PROGRAM THAT WE'D LIKE TO BRING SOME, SOME PLACE MAKING ACTIVITIES IN CERTAIN PARTS OF THE CITY.

YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SOME PARTS OF THE CITY THAT, THAT YOU KNOW, WE'D LIKE TO, FOR EXAMPLE, BRING A WINE TASTING EVENT, A MUSIC, CLASSICAL MUSIC EVENT WITH SOME WINE TASTING.

SO IT'S NOT NECESSARILY A HEAVY ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION AT ONE OF OUR PARKS, AT ONE OF OUR FAMILY FRIENDLY EVENTS,

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SO IT'S ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS AND NOT NECESSARILY A PROLIFIC YOU KNOW, CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOL IN OUR EVENTS THAT WE WOULD BE ENCOURAGING GOING BACK TO VENDORS. DO WE SERVE ALCOHOL AT COLONY WEST? WE DO. WHO OWNS COLONY WEST? TROON. A MANAGEMENT COMPANY THAT WE HAVE A CONTRACT WITH.

THEY OWN COLONY WEST. NO, WE CITY OWNS COLONY WEST.

SO WHEN I GO TO COLONY WEST AND I GET A RED STRIPE, WHERE DOES THAT MONEY GO? I'M SORRY.

WHEN I GO TO COLONY WEST AND I BUY AND BUY A RED STRIPE. OCCASIONALLY I DO THAT. WHERE DOES THAT MONEY GO? THAT MONEY COMES TO THE CITY AFTER PAYING THE APPROPRIATE FEES AND EXPENSES. SO WHY ARE WE GOING TO LOOK FOR A VENDOR? WELL, WE ALREADY HAVE A BAR. WE ALREADY OWN AN ALCOHOL ALCOHOL VENDOR, AND THEY CAN VERY WELL BE ONE OF THE VENDORS THAT CAN SERVE IF THEY HAVE THAT KIND OF YOU KNOW, INTEREST IN PARTICIPATING IN THOSE EVENTS AS AN ALCOHOL VENDOR.

WELL, IT'S A LOCAL VENDOR THAT'S GOING INTO OUR COFFERS, ACTUALLY. IT'S ACTUALLY COMING THROUGH THE TAXPAYER'S POCKET BECAUSE IT COMES INTO US.

SURE. I MEAN THIS ORDINANCE IS NOT INTENDED FOR THE CITY TO SERVE ALCOHOL.

I UNDERSTAND, BUT I UNDERSTAND YOUR QUESTION AS WELL, AND SO IT'S A GREAT POINT, AND IF THEY'RE WILLING TO ENTERTAIN THAT POSSIBILITY, I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GREAT OPTION. I'M JUST SAYING, IF IT PASSES, YOU KNOW, IN DISCUSSION, YOU GUYS MENTIONED VENDORS. I JUST THOUGHT THAT, HEY, YOU KNOW, SINCE WE ALREADY, IF IT PASSES, YOU KNOW THAT COMMENT. WELL, I LET MY I HAVE GIVEN MY POINTS AND THAT'S IT.

MAY I MAKE ONE CORRECTION? I WAS INCORRECT. A OPEN CONTAINER IN A VEHICLE IS A UNIFORM TRAFFIC CITATION.

NOT EVEN A SECOND DEGREE MISDEMEANOR. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT CLARIFICATION.

NOW, THE ALCOHOL THAT IS BEING PROPOSED. WINE, BEER, HARD ALCOHOL, TOP SHELF.

YEAH. I MEAN, IT'S SOMETHING WE CAN LOOK AT WHETHER.

I MEAN, I WOULD PREFER JUST WINE AND BEER AT AN EVENT, ESPECIALLY STARTING OFF, BUT THERE IS VENDORS THAT DO HAVE THE ABILITY TO SERVE LIQUOR AND MIXED DRINKS AND COCKTAILS. SO WHO MAKES THAT DECISION? LIKE I SAID, IT WOULD BE IN, LIKE THE PLANNING PROCESS OF THE EVENT AND WHAT TYPE OF EVENT IT IS. SO YOU CAN INDISCRIMINATELY SAY THAT I'M GOING TO DO HARD LIQUOR AND ALL KINDS OF ALCOHOL FROM ONE CITY PARK EVENT AND THEN NOT ANOTHER.

YEAH. I THINK THAT IS TOO LOOSE. I THINK THAT THERE'S NOT ENOUGH STRUCTURE FOR THIS.

I REALLY THINK THAT SIPPING WINE AND CHEESE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PARK SOUNDS ROMANTIC.

I DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN TOO MUCH. AS YOU KNOW, I'M ALL FOR PEOPLE ENJOYING THEMSELVES RESPONSIBLY.

I DON'T THINK THAT THIS IS AN ADDED BENEFIT IF WE'RE HAVING TROUBLE BRINGING PEOPLE TO OUR EVENTS.

I DON'T THINK ADDING ALCOHOL IS A REASON TO BRING THEM IN TO ATTRACT THEM.

I CAN'T, AND I'VE SPOKEN WITH THIS TO MAXINE, THE CITY MANAGER.

IT'S SAID WITH LOVE. I DO NOT BELIEVE IN ANY BIT OF THIS FISCAL IMPACT TO BE OF SUPPORT TO ANYTHING IN THE CITY, ESPECIALLY WHEN THESE EVENTS ARE PRIMARILY AT NIGHT AND NOTHING SEEMS TO BE COMING BACK TO THE CITY, AND I'M NOT SAYING TO CHANGE IT, SO WE SHOULD BE GETTING BUCKS AT THE DOOR.

I JUST THINK THAT THIS IS BEING PUSHED FOR AN AGENDA OF SOME BIG EVENT THAT WE'RE HAVING AT THE END OF THE MONTH, AND I DON'T WHERE IT WAS SUPPOSED TO ORIGINALLY BE A COLONY WEST, WHERE WE WERE SUPPOSED TO SERVE ALCOHOL, AND WE WERE SUPPOSED TO BE SHOWING OFF OUR CITY'S PRIME EVENT SPOT WHERE WE SERVE FOOD AND ALCOHOL AND IT HAS GROWN, AND IT'S NO PROBLEM THAT IT'S GROWN, BUT AGAIN, THE TRANSPARENCY OF HOW THINGS GO ABOUT BOTHER ME, AND THIS ISN'T A ONE OFF. IT'S NOT EVEN ASKED FOR A SPECIAL EXCEPTION THAT MAYBE WE COULD DO SOMETHING.

IT IS BEING A BLANKET TO BE ALLOWED ALL THE TIME, AND FOR THOSE REASONS AND OTHERS, NOT FOR IT.

THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER BOLTON. IF A LAWYER GIVES BAD ADVICE.

THAT LAWYER WILL BE BROUGHT UP TO TALLAHASSEE, TO THE BAR, AND I'M SURE YOU KNOW, LOTS OF LAWYERS WHO GOT THEIR DEGREES SEVERAL YEARS

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MAYBE IF THIS PASSES. MELISSA, YOU CAN LOOK AT NOT CHARGING $150, PLEASE.

YOU KNOW, THEY NEED TO PAY MORE, RIGHT? COLONY WEST AS A PLACE THAT SERVES ALCOHOL. TO MY LIMITED KNOWLEDGE OF LIQUOR LICENSES, THERE ARE DIFFERENT LIQUOR LICENSES.

SO I DON'T THINK CALLING THE WEST CAN JUST TAKE THEIR LIQUOR LICENSE AND GO SERVE ALCOHOL AT AN EVENT.

IT REQUIRES A CERTAIN TYPE OF LICENSE TO DO THAT.

SO JUST FOR SOME EDUCATION FOR MY COLLEAGUES, I HAD A RESIDENT WHO ATTENDED A COMEDY SHOW IN TAMARAC.

SHE SAID SHE WOULD NEVER GO BACK TO THAT COMEDY SHOW BECAUSE THAT COMEDY SHOW HAD THE WORST PROFANITIES SHE'S EVER HEARD IN HER LIFE, AND SHE DOES NOT CARE IF THAT COMEDY SHOW IS RAISING FUNDS FOR A CHARITY.

HOW DISGUSTING THAT AN ELECTED OFFICIAL WOULD PUT ON A COMEDY SHOW LIKE THAT IS HER WORDS AND MY RESPONSE.

IT'S AN ADULT ENVIRONMENT YOU CHOSE TO GO. SO IF PEOPLE CHOOSE TO GO TO AN ADULT SHOW THAT SERVES ALCOHOL, IT'S THEIR CHOICE, AND IF THEY WANT TO GO TO THAT SHOW AND DRINK TOO MUCH AND THEN GET IN THEIR CAR AND DRIVE AND GET A DUI, SO BE IT. VICE MAYOR.

I WANT NO ONE TO DRIVE AND GET A DUI. SO LET'S MAKE SURE IF YOU DRINK, DON'T DRIVE.

LET'S CLARIFY THAT. PLEASE DON'T DRIVE AND DRINK.

QUESTION, I SPOKE TO THE ATTORNEY. I MET WITH THE ATTORNEY AND SPOKE TO HIM ON THIS BECAUSE WHILE SOME RESIDENTS DO WANT THIS IN THE, YOU KNOW, TO BE ABLE TO HAVE WINE AT EVENTS OR WHATEVER THEY WANT.

MY CONCERN WAS CHILDREN EVENTS, AND YOU SAID YOU DID PUT SOMETHING TOGETHER THAT WOULD EXCLUDE IF THERE'S A FOOTBALL GAME, IF THERE'S LACROSSE, IF THERE'S SOCCER, IF THERE'S EASTER EGG HUNT.

I MEAN, I WOULD THINK THAT'S COMMON SENSE THOUGH, RIGHT? THERE'S LANGUAGE TO EXCLUDE ALCOHOL AT THOSE EVENTS.

OKAY, AND I HEARD THE MAYOR SAY ABOUT HER WEDDING.

I MEAN, I DID SERVE ALCOHOL AT MY WEDDING, BUT YOU HAD TO GO BUY IT.

SO IT'S ON YOU AS AN ADULT, AND THEY WERE KIDS, RIGHT? SO I YEAH. SO YOU CAN'T REALLY SAY CERTAIN EVENTS WON'T HAVE KIDS BECAUSE THEY WILL.

IT'S JUST WHAT IT IS, BUT CERTAIN EVENTS IS SPECIFICALLY FOR CHILDREN AND I KNOW HOW DID YOU WORD IT TO ENSURE THAT THOSE EVENTS IS PROHIBITED? IS PROHIBITED. PROHIBITED.

OKAY. THANK YOU, AND I DID WANT IT TO BE AT THE CULTURAL EVENT, TO BE AT COLONY WEST, BUT WE WERE TOLD THAT IT WOULD DAMAGE THE GOLF COURSE. I THINK THAT'S WHAT WHY WE SWITCHED THE EVENT BECAUSE IT WOULD DAMAGE THE GOLF COURSE OF PEOPLE WALKING ON THE GOLF COURSE.

SO I THINK THAT'S WHY. RIGHT. IT'S THAT AND ALSO THE EXPECTED CROWD THAT 'S GOING TO BE MUCH LARGER THAN WHAT? WELL, THE GOLF COURSE IS LARGE. NO? BUT ONLY A PORTION OF THE GOLF COURSE WE WOULD BE PLANNING TO USE.

OKAY. THANK YOU. CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

WAIT. YEAH. THANK YOU. MAYOR, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE ONE MORE COMMENT.

I WAS KIND OF DOING A LITTLE BIT MORE RESEARCH, AND I DID NOTICE THAT THERE WAS JUST KIND OF HEARING MY COLLEAGUES DEBATE AND DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM. I JUST KIND OF MAYBE WANTED TO PROFFER.

THE CITY OF FORT LAUDERDALE USES LANGUAGE THAT SAYS CITY APPROVED SPECIAL EVENTS, AND SO MAYBE I THINK BECAUSE I THINK WHAT WE'RE WHAT I'M HEARING HERE IS THAT WE'RE CONCERNED WITH, YOU KNOW, WHAT TYPE OF EVENT AND THE KIDS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE, WHICH IS ALL FAIR ARGUMENTS, BUT I THINK IF, YOU KNOW, IF THE BOARD IS, YOU KNOW, AT SOME POINT INTERESTED IN ENSURING THAT WE CREATE A CITY THAT IS INCLUSIVE OF, YOU KNOW, EVERYONE AND THOSE WHO SEEM THAT THEY MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN COMING INTO OUR CITY FOR VARIOUS EVENTS, MAYBE WE LOOK AT REWORDING THE LANGUAGE THAT'S BEING, YOU KNOW, PROFFERED RIGHT NOW.

I THINK IT SAYS ALCOHOL IN CITY PARKS, AND WE MAYBE LOOK AT HOW FORT LAUDERDALE HAS IT WRITTEN,

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SO I THINK THAT MAYBE COULD BE A HAPPY MEDIUM BETWEEN WHAT OUR CONCERNS ARE, YOU KNOW, AS IT PERTAINS TO WHAT EVENTS DO WE PICK? AND I THINK IF WE'RE SAYING THAT THERE ARE SPECIAL EVENTS THAT WE MIGHT WANT TO CONSIDER MAKING ALCOHOL AVAILABLE AT, THEN, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THAT'S HOW WE GO ABOUT THE ORDINANCE.

I JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT ON THE TABLE, MAYBE AS A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT TO THE WAY IT'S CURRENTLY WRITTEN. I THINK COMMISSIONER THESE EVENTS THAT WILL SERVE ALCOHOL OR CITY SPONSORED EVENTS I THINK THE PARK DIRECTOR CLEARLY INDICATE THAT SO IT HAS TO GO THROUGH APPROVAL PROCESS BY THE PARKS DIRECTOR IN THE CITY MANAGER.

SO IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW ANYONE THAT CAN JUST COME TO THE PARK AND SAY I'M HAVING AN ORGANIZED EVENT, AND SO IT HAS TO BE APPROVED BY THE CITY AND BY IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE PARKS DIRECTOR.

RIGHT, I AGREE WITH YOU, AND THAT IS ACTUALLY A SUBSECTION OF THE SECTION THAT I'M REFERRING TO UNDER FORT LAUDERDALE'S CODE.

SO UNDER FORT LAUDERDALE'S CODE, INSTEAD OF THEM, AGAIN, THE TITLE OF THE ORDINANCE IS DIFFERENT.

IT DOESN'T SAY ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION IN CITY PARKS.

IT SAYS CITY APPROVED SPECIAL. A POINT OF POINT OF POINT OF CLARIFICATION.

I'M SORRY. POINT OF ORDER. MAYOR. IF I CAN CONTINUE.

CITY APPROVED SPECIAL EVENTS AND THEN IT, YOU KNOW, READS ON ON, YOU KNOW, GIVES SOME ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE AND THEN IT GIVES SOME SUBSTEPS INTO HOW, YOU KNOW, YOU GO TO THE PARKS DEPARTMENT, YOU KNOW, FILL OUT THE APPLICATION.

YOU WOULD NEED TO ENSURE THAT THERE'S POLICE AND ALL THE THINGS, THE PERMITS, ETC..

SO I'M JUST PROFFERING THAT MAYBE BECAUSE IT SOUNDS LIKE WE, WE'RE NOT LOOKING TO JUST DO THIS BROADLY.

YOU KNOW, WE JUST WANT TO HAVE A POLICY ON OUR BOOKS THAT ENABLES US TO BE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW GO USE THE VEHICLE IF WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO USE IT AT ANY POINT, AND I THINK MAYBE, AS YOU KNOW, AS A ALTERNATIVE TO WHAT'S CURRENTLY DRAFTED, WE RECONSIDER THE LANGUAGE AND MAYBE REFER TO IT AS CITY, YOU KNOW, A CITY APPROVED OR ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES AT CITY APPROVED SPECIAL EVENTS.

WE'VE GOT MISS CALLOWAY, WHO'S UP AT THE PODIUM TO POTENTIALLY ADDRESS THE COMMENT THAT WAS MADE.

CITY ATTORNEY, GO AHEAD AND FINISH, BUT SHE HAS SOMETHING THAT SHE'S SEEING.

COMMISSIONER I DON'T KNOW IF THIS MIGHT SUFFICE, BUT IT DOES SAY WITH A SPECIAL EVENT PROGRAM OR PERMITTED ACTIVITY.

SO 1588 ALCOHOL BEVERAGES MAY BE SOLD OR CONSUMED ON CITY PARK PROPERTY AND FACILITIES IN CONJUNCTION WITH A SPECIAL EVENT PROGRAM OR PERMITTED ACTIVITY, PROVIDED THAT EVENT ORGANIZER RESPONSIBLE PARTY OBTAINS PRIOR WRITTEN APPROVAL FROM THE CITY MANAGER.

SO IS IT YOUR DESIRE TO SEE THE SPECIAL EVENT PORTION IN THE TITLE? I MEAN, TO ME, EVEN THIS IS LIMITING, BUT I MEAN, AGAIN, I JUST BASED ON THE ARGUMENT THAT I'M HEARING AND THE DEBATE THAT I'M HEARING, I THINK WHEN WE HEAR PARKS, WE IMMEDIATELY ASSOCIATE THE PARK WITH KIDS, AND SO, YOU KNOW, I'M SORRY I GOT CITY ATTORNEY. THE LANGUAGE IS CLEAR THAT AT ANY ACTIVITIES RELATING TO YOUTH ACTIVITIES FOOTBALL, BASEBALL YOU NAME IT, THAT NO ALCOHOL SHOULD BE SOLD AT THOSE EVENTS, AND I THINK THE PARK DIRECTOR CLEARLY INDICATE FOR ANY ALCOHOL TO BE SOLD, THERE'S A PROCESS SIMILAR TO CITY OF FORT LAUDERDALE, WHICH YOU WILL HAVE TO BASICALLY, THE CITY HAS TO REVIEW A PERMIT APPLICATION OR SPECIAL EVENT APPLICATION AND MAKE A DETERMINATION WHETHER THEY WANT TO USE THAT VENDOR FOR A CITY SPECIAL EVENT.

IN TERMS OF IF AN INDIVIDUAL WANT TO RENT A FACILITY TO HAVE A WEDDING OR PARTY, THAT PROCESS STILL IN PLACE. SO THERE'S ENOUGH, I WOULD SAY PROVISION IN ADDITION TO, I THINK, THE PARKS DIRECTOR, THERE'S A PERMANENT APPLICATION, THERE'S DIFFERENT THAT VENDORS ALREADY HAVE TO FILL OUT RIGHT NOW AS WE SPEAK AND I DON'T HAVE THE APPLICATION IN MY HAND, BUT I THINK THERE'S ENOUGH REVIEW AND PROTECTIONS THAT MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS NOT A FLOODGATE THAT'S GOING TO BE OPEN. I THINK AS A POINT OF CLARIFICATION, IF I HEARD COMMISSIONER PATTERSON CORRECTLY,

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YOU MADE THE SECOND. THE PERSON WHO HAS THE FIRST WOULD BE COMMISSIONER BOLTON, AND IF IT'S NOT ACCEPTED, THIS IS IN FIRST READING, AND THEN THERE IS A SECOND READING IF IT SHOULD PASS OR NOT.

SO THE FLOOR IS YOURS TO DETERMINE IF YOU ARE GOING TO ASK THAT I WITHDRAW THAT WITHDRAW THE FRIENDLY AMENDMENT BECAUSE BASED ON WHAT THEY'RE EXPLAINING, IT ESSENTIALLY READS SIMILARLY. SO CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

THANK YOU. MOTION PASSES 3 TO 2. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO GO TO OUR LAST ITEM, WHICH IS 11.

[11.a Discussion and Consensus on creating a Memorial Bench Initiative Requested by Commissioner Marlon Bolton]

THIS WAS REQUESTED BY COMMISSIONER BOLTON. PLEASE SUMMARIZE THE ITEM.

MADAM MAYOR, I WANT TO PREFACE THIS BY SAYING THAT THIS IS NOT MY ITEM.

DURING THE LAST COMMISSION MEETING, I DID SAY THAT I HEARD COMMISSIONER PATTERSON HAVING A GREAT IDEA, WHICH IS THIS CREATING OF BENCH MEMORIAL BENCH INITIATIVE, AND SO, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO PREFACE THAT BY SAYING IT'S NOT MY IDEA. IT'S WHILE I MAY HAVE REQUESTED THE ITEM PUBLICLY I DID SAY THAT THE ITEM THE IDEA IS, IS COMMISSIONER PATTERSON AND I WOULD HOPE THAT THE ITEM WOULD STATE THAT, AND SO BECAUSE IT'S NOT MY ITEM, I DID NOT COME PREPARED WITH A PRESENTATION. I THINK THAT WE DID ASK OR WE DID HAVE SOME CONSENSUS THE LAST MEETING AND WE DID ASK THAT PARKS AND RECREATION COME BACK WITH A PRESENTATION FOR THIS KIND OF THING, AND REALLY AND TRULY, IT SHOULD NOT JUST BE MEMORIAL BENCHES, BUT PERHAPS STONES AND THAT SORT OF STUFF, AND SO, YOU KNOW, PERHAPS MISS PATRON CAN MEET WITH COMMISSIONER PATTERSON TO HEAR HER IDEAS AND PERHAPS MEET WITH EACH OF US AS WELL, TO HEAR OUR IDEAS RESEARCH DIFFERENT CITIES, SEE WHAT THEY'RE DOING, AND THEN COME WITH A COMPREHENSIVE PRESENTATION AT ONE OF THE STAFF WORKSHOPS.

SO AT THIS POINT, I'D LIKE TO REMOVE THIS ITEM FROM THE AGENDA ITEM IS REMOVED.

ALL RIGHT, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IT IS 9:36. MEETING'S ADJOURNED.

THANK YOU. GET HOME SAFELY.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.