Oct 08, 2025 Regular

[CALL TO ORDER]

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GOOD EVENING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, AND WELCOME TO OUR WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8TH, 7 P.M.

MEETING. CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

OH, SLIGHT TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES. MIC'S NOT WORKING.

THIS PRESENTATION.

GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. MAYOR GOMEZ. GOOD EVENING.

COMMISSIONER BOLTON. COMMISSIONER. RIGHT. GOOD EVENING, COMMISSIONER PATTERSON.

LISTEN. HERE. VICE MAYOR DANIEL. GOOD EVENING.

THANK YOU. I THINK WE HAVE ANOTHER ONE THAT'S NOT WORKING.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IN THE INTERIM, WE'RE ALL GOING TO RISE. AND VICE MAYOR DANIEL WILL LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. AND WE WILL STAND FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE. NO PROBLEM TO PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG. AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.

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

I DID IT.

THANK YOU. PLEASE BE SEATED.

NO REPORT, MADAM MAYOR. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

WELL, COLLEAGUES, IF YOU WOULD, PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE WELL AND WE'LL START.

THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

ARE YOU GOOD?

[2. CITY MANAGER REPORT]

AND THIS HAS BEEN REQUESTED BY COMMISSIONER MOYER.

RIGHT. AND SO I WILL ASK FOR PRINCIPAL DOCTOR HARRIGAN TO COME UP, BUT I DON'T.

I DIDN'T THINK SO. WHO'S STANDING IN HIS PLACE FOR RIGHT NOW? OKAY, I'M GOING TO GIVE THIS TO YOU. YEAH. THANKS.

I JUST WANTED TO PRESENT THIS CHECK TO THE MILLENNIUM COLLEGIATE ACADEMY FOR $10,000, FOR BECOMING THE NUMBER ONE SCHOOL IN BROWARD COUNTY.

NUMBER FOUR IN THE STATES. IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT WE CONTINUE TO FUND PUBLIC EDUCATION BECAUSE IT'S A PILLAR IN OUR SOCIETY.

AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE RANKING, IT'S SCHOOLS IN WESTERN AND PARKLAND THAT ARE ALSO IN THAT TOP FIVE.

SO IT'S ALSO CORRELATES WITH HIGHER PROPERTY VALUES.

SO I'M LOOKING TO INVEST. IT'S NOT TAXPAYERS MONEY COMES FROM THE DISTRICT FUNDS.

SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO YOU GUYS GIVING, GOING HIGHER AND BECOMING THE NUMBER ONE SCHOOL IN THE STATE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. WOW. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS AWARD.

IT IS DEFINITELY A PRIVILEGE AND WE ARE SO GRATEFUL.

DOCTOR HARRIGAN AND THE LEADERSHIP TEAM WORKS HARD, BUT WE KNOW HE CAN'T DO IT WITHOUT THE EDUCATORS.

AND WE LOVE OUR STUDENTS. AND WE ARE ABOUT EXCELLENCE AMONG THE STARS, WHICH IS OUR MOTTO FOR THIS YEAR.

SO WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING TO STRIVE AND DO GREAT THINGS, AND WE THANK YOU FOR THIS INVESTMENT.

SO THANK YOU.

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SO TO ALL THE PEOPLE WHO TOLD US YEARS AND YEARS BEFORE.

DOCTOR HARRIGAN, GOOD TIMING. COME ON DOWN.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING ON THE SPOT? YOU KNOW, JUST COME IN.

HELLO? HERE'S A MIC. YES. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.

I DID NOT PREPARE TO SPEAK, BUT I JUST WANT TO TAKE THIS TIME TO THANK THE COMMUNITY.

THANK MAYOR GOMEZ. THANK MR. MURRAY, AND OBVIOUSLY THE WHOLE CITY FOR YOUR SUPPORT.

WE TRULY APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT THAT WE RECEIVE FROM THE CITY.

WE REALLY FEEL HONORED AND PRIVILEGED TO AT LEAST FOR ME TO BE PART OF THE CITY GOING ON MY THIRD YEAR AT MILLENNIUM.

THE SUPPORT WE'VE RECEIVED. AND IT'S BEEN AMAZING.

AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY, BUT DEFINITELY TO THE MAYOR AND TO MR. MURRAY HERE FOR HIS SUPPORT AND ALWAYS TAKING MY CALLS AND EMAILS AND MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE TAKEN CARE OF.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND TELL US, HOW ARE YOU GOING TO USE THE MONEY? ABSOLUTELY. AS YOU KNOW, THERE'S IF YOU HAVEN'T HEARD, THERE'S BUDGET CUTS ALL OVER.

WE ARE GOING TO USE THE MONEY FOR EXTENDED LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES.

SIMPLY MEAN FOR TUTORING. WE ARE A SCHOOL. OBVIOUSLY, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT KIDS COMING THROUGH THE DOOR ARE CONTINUING TO RECEIVE THE ADDITIONAL SUPPORT. SO IT WILL BE USED FOR TUTORING, INTERVENTION AND MAKING SURE KIDS GET THE ADDITIONAL SUPPORT THAT THEY NEED.

WITH ALL OF US. BECAUSE, AGAIN, WOULD YOU LIKE TO TAKE WE'RE GOING TO DO A DO OVER.

SORRY.

NO. YOU'RE GOOD. THAT'S GOOD.

ALL RIGHT. ON THE SECOND TIME AS WELL. THANK YOU.

YES. AND THEY SAID WE WOULD NEVER HAVE A HIGH SCHOOL IN THE CITY OF TAMARAC.

AND LOOK AT HOW FAR WE'VE COME AND HOW GREAT WE'RE DOING.

AND EVEN BETTER, WE'RE GOING TO BE RIGHT. AWESOME.

AWESOME. GOOD JOB EVERYBODY. AND IT IS A WHOLE COMMUNITY THAT HELPS ALL THE TEACHERS, EVERYBODY IN THE SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION, EVERYBODY. ALL RIGHT. THIS NEXT PRESENTATION IS A COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING RECIPIENTS FOR RESIDENTIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

IS THERE ANYONE HERE FOR THE RESIDENTIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM? OKAY. OH, COME ON DOWN. DON'T BE SHY. WE'RE VERY HAPPY.

THESE FUNDS WERE PROVIDED TO THE CITY THROUGH THE GREAT EFFORTS OF CONGRESSWOMAN SHEILA MCCORMICK.

SIR PHYLLIS MCCORMICK. WE WERE PART OF IT, BUT WE WERE EXPECTING, YOU KNOW, THIS IS JUST YOUR FUND CHECK.

IF YOU GET TO CASH THIS, LET US KNOW. WE'LL MAKE MORE.

RIGHT. WELL, ALL. RIGHT.

WE'LL TAKE A PHOTO FIRST BECAUSE WE'RE ALREADY IN LINE.

OH MY GOD.

ALL RIGHT. OKAY. JUST LIKE THE DOCTOR SAID, WE WEREN'T READY.

WE DIDN'T PREPARE A SPEECH, BUT WE JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.

YOU KNOW, FOR THE FOR THE CITY. WHEN I SAW THE EMAIL, IT WAS LIKE, OH, WOW.

YOU KNOW, THAT'S THAT'S THAT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY.

AND SO I TOLD MY WIFE ABOUT IT AND SHE SAID, YEAH, SURE, GO AHEAD AND APPLY AND THEN AND PRAY ABOUT IT AND THEN WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENED. AND LO AND BEHOLD, YES, WE ARE THE RECIPIENT OF THE ASSISTANCE.

SO THANK YOU TO EVERYONE, AND THANK YOU FOR HAVING THIS TYPE OF PROGRAM OUT FOR THE RESIDENTS.

ABSOLUTE PLEASURE. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. AND I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT TAMARAC IS A GREAT CITY TO LIVE IN.

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I HAD JUST LOST MY HUSBAND A YEAR AGO. SO AT THAT TIME, IT WAS JUST SOMETHING THAT I FELT THAT I COULD PROBABLY USE, AND IT WORKED FOR ME. AND I WOULD LIKE TO THANK EVERYONE FOR THAT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. HOPE YOU'RE DOING ALL RIGHT.

SO. WE'LL HAVE TO GET ANOTHER ONE OF THESE DAYS.

WE'LL GET WE'LL GET TO. SORRY. YOU WANT TO TAKE ANOTHER PICTURE? NO, NO. THAT'S YOURS. THAT'S YOURS. WE'RE GOING TO GET THEM ANOTHER ONE.

DO WE HAVE ANYBODY HERE FOR THE FIRST TIME HOMEBUYER PROGRAM? COME ON UP. HOW ARE YOU? GOOD TO SEE YOU. GOOD, GOOD.

WELL, THIS IS FOR YOU. UNLESS YOU DON'T WANT TO SAY ANYTHING.

AND THEN THIS IS YOUR PHONE CHECK. ACTUALLY, I'D LIKE TO THANK THE CITY OF TAMARAC BECAUSE I WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO BUY MY HOME WITHOUT THE ASSISTANCE, AND IT WAS TOUCH AND GO FOR A WHILE, BUT IT CAME TOGETHER.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. GLAD YOU'RE HERE.

WE LOVE OUR TAMARAC RESIDENT. COME A LITTLE BIT CLOSER.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU.

OH, WELL, I MADE A MISTAKE. I'M NOT SUPPOSED TO GIVE AWAY THIS ONE, BUT.

OH, TAKE IT AWAY. OH. WHY NOT? MAKE ANOTHER ONE.

OKAY. THANK YOU. ALRIGHTY. WE'RE NOW UP TO OUR ANTI-BULLYING PROCLAMATION. AND THIS EVENING, WE ARE PROUD TO AFFIRM TAMARAC COMMITMENT TO KINDNESS, INCLUSION AND RESPECT. THE CITY OF TAMARAC IS OFFICIALLY DESIGNATED AS AN ANTI-BULLYING ANTI-HATE COMMUNITY, REFLECTING OUR SHARED GOALS OF BUILDING A CITY WHERE EVERYONE FEELS SAFE, VALUED AND SUPPORTED TO HELP CARRY ON THAT MESSAGE AND CARRY IT FORWARD.

WE ARE LAUNCHING THE HASHTAG TAMARAC. BE KIND CAMPAIGN, ENCOURAGING ACTS OF KINDNESS, INCLUSION AND EMPATHY THROUGHOUT OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, SCHOOLS AND BUSINESSES. AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO INVITE COMMISSIONER PATTERSON TO READ THE PROCLAMATION.

THANK YOU. MAYOR. I GUESS WE'RE RECEIVING THE PROCLAMATION AS A CITY.

MY UNDERSTANDING IS THIS. IS THERE A GROUP HERE? WE HAVE UNITED WAY WHO'S RECEIVING ONE OF THE PROCLAMATIONS.

ONE OF OUR VALUED COMMUNITY PARTNERS WHO WILL BE ACCEPTING ON BEHALF IS DONALD RUFUS RAPHAEL.

AND THEN I'LL JUST ANNOUNCE THEM ALL RIGHT NOW.

CYNTHIA REYNOSO, THE AD COMMUNICATIONS AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH WITH CHILDREN'S SERVICES COUNCIL OF BROWARD COUNTY.

AND WE WILL BE RECOGNIZING ALSO ITS RECOGNIZING OUR STUDENTS FROM MEMORIAL HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS, YOUTH SERVICES, NEW DAY DIVISION, DIVERSION PROGRAM, MILLENNIUM 612 COLLEGIATE ACADEMY.

J.P. TARAVELLA HIGH SCHOOL AND EACH OF THESE GROUPS, IF YOU WILL COME UP AND COMMISSIONER PATTERSON IS GOING TO READ THE PROCLAMATION AND THEN YOU'LL EACH GET ONE OF THEM TO TAKE HOME.

ALL RIGHT. WELL, OBVIOUSLY, WE EXPECT THAT THIS PROCLAMATION AND THIS CAMPAIGN PERMEATE THROUGHOUT OUR CITY.

AND SO AS A BODY, WE'RE GRATEFUL THAT YOU GUYS ARE HERE TO RECEIVE THE PROCLAMATION AND TO COME TO KIND OF CARRY OUT THE INITIATIVE.

SO WHEREAS BULLYING, HARASSMENT AND INTIMIDATION CAN SIGNIFICANTLY AFFECT AN INDIVIDUAL'S HEALTH, WELL-BEING, AND ABILITY TO THRIVE IN SCHOOL, THE WORKPLACE AND THE COMMUNITY, CAUSING PHYSICAL, MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL HARM. AND WHEREAS BULLYING CAN TAKE MANY FORMS VERBAL, PHYSICAL, WRITTEN AND ELECTRONIC,

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AND WHEREAS, THE CITY OF TAMARAC THROUGH RESOLUTION NUMBER R2025, DASH 047, ADOPTED ON APRIL 9TH, 2025, FORMALLY ESTABLISHED ITSELF AS AN ANTI-BULLYING AND ANTI-HATE COMMUNITY, COMMITTING TO PROACTIVE STEPS TO ENSURE THAT ALL INDIVIDUALS, RESIDENTS, EMPLOYEES AND VISITORS EXPERIENCE DIGNITY, RESPECT AND INCLUSION IN ALL CITY SPACES AND SERVICES.

AND WHEREAS, THE CITY'S ANTI-BULLYING AND ANTI-HATE POLICY ARE GUIDED BY THE PRINCIPLES OF LEADERSHIP, STARTS AT THE TOP. EDUCATION IS PREVENTION, COMMUNITY CENTERED SOLUTIONS AND PROVIDING RESOURCES TO SUPPORT VICTIMS. AND WHEREAS, BUILDING ON THESE PRINCIPLES, THE CITY OF TAMARAC HAS DESIGNATED SAFE PUBLIC SPACES SINCE 2021, MARKED BY HATE FREE ZONE SIGNAGE AND INCLUSIVITY AND INCLUSION STATEMENTS DISPLAYED THROUGHOUT CITY BUILDINGS AND PARKS.

AND WHEREAS, THE CITY HAS FURTHER DEMONSTRATED THIS COMMITMENT BY PROMOTING A MINUTE OF SILENCE FOR PEACE ON SEPTEMBER 23RD, RECOGNIZING PEACE ACROSS BROWARD DAY ON SEPTEMBER 26TH, AND TODAY OFFICIALLY LAUNCHING THE HASHTAG TAMARAC.

BEKIND CAMPAIGN TO PROMOTE KINDNESS, BELONGING AND SHARED RESPONSIBILITY.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, THAT THE CITY OF TAMARAC PROUDLY JOINS COMMUNITIES NATIONWIDE IN RECOGNIZING OCTOBER 2025 AS NATIONAL BULLYING PREVENTION MONTH AND OCTOBER 22ND, GET 2025 AS UNITY DAY, ENCOURAGING ALL RESIDENTS, SCHOOLS, ORGANIZATIONS AND BUSINESSES TO STAND TOGETHER IN KINDNESS, INCLUSION AND RESPECT. NOW, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE CITY AFFIRMS ITS DEDICATION TO FOSTERING A SAFE AND WELCOMING ENVIRONMENT FOR ALL PEOPLE, FREE FROM BULLYING AND HATE, AND CALLS UPON THE COMMUNITY TO UNITE IN THIS IMPORTANT MISSION.

TAMARAC STANDS AGAINST BULLYING AND HATE, FOSTERING UNITY AND BELONGING FOR ALL.

I THINK WE GIVE IT OFFICIALLY TO THE FOLKS WITH THE COOL SHIRTS ON.

WHAT GROUP ARE YOU GUYS WITH? OH, MILLENNIUM.

OKAY. YEAH. ALL RIGHT, SO SINCE MILLENNIUM KIND OF SPOKE, BUT YOU GUYS, ARE YOU GUYS PREPARED TO SAY A WORD OR TWO ABOUT THIS? OKAY, COOL. OKAY.

GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. MY NAME IS ISABELLA MONTALVO AND AS A SENIOR AT MILLENNIUM AND PRESIDENT OF CHOOSE PEACE, STOP VIOLENCE, I'VE LEARNED THAT KINDNESS ISN'T JUST SOMETHING WE TALK ABOUT.

IT'S SOMETHING WE LIVE BY EVERY DAY. THE THE HASHTAG TAMARAC BE KIND CAMPAIGN REMINDS US THAT EACH OF US HAS THE POWER TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE JUST BY HOW WE TREAT ONE ANOTHER. WHETHER IT'S STANDING UP FOR SOMEONE BEING BULLIED, INCLUDING A CLASSMATE WHO FEELS LEFT OUT OR SIMPLY OFFERING A SMILE, KINDNESS SPREADS AND CHANGES LIVES.

IN A WORLD WHERE NEGATIVITY CAN BE LOUD, LET'S CHOOSE TO BE LOUDER WITH LOVE, RESPECT AND COMPASSION.

OUR SCHOOL, OUR CITY, AND OUR GENERATION CAN SET THE STANDARD FOR WHAT PEACE TRULY LOOKS LIKE.

SO TODAY AND EVERY DAY, LET'S BE KIND, BE PEACE, AND ALWAYS BE THERE FOR OTHERS.

THANK YOU. HELLO, MY NAME IS CALEB BLACK, AND I'M HERE AS A PROUD REPRESENTATIVE OF MILLENNIUM 612 COLLEGIATE ACADEMY.

TO ME, THE TAMARAC BE KIND CAMPAIGN IS MORE THAN JUST WORDS, BUT IT STANDS AS A STARK REMINDER TO ALL THAT KINDNESS CAN PROTECT AGAINST BULLYING, HATE, AND DIVISION. WHEN WE CHOOSE KINDNESS, WE CHOOSE TO PROTECT OUR COMMUNITIES AND ENSURE THAT WE ARE LIFTING UP OTHERS INSTEAD OF TEARING THEM DOWN. WE WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT.

WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT DIFFERENCES ARE EXACTLY WHAT MAKE OUR COMMUNITY GREAT.

AS A STUDENT, I KNOW PERSONALLY THAT EACH INDIVIDUAL ACT OF KINDNESS CAN CHANGE DAYS FOR ANYBODY, AND I HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCED THIS EVERY SINGLE DAY OF MY LIFE, ESPECIALLY DURING CHOOSE PEACE WEEK, WHERE OUR SCHOOL STARTED WRITING DOWN KIND MESSAGES ON THE HALLWAYS AND ON THE FLOORS, GIVING US A BRIGHTER DAY TO LOOK FORWARD TO IN THE FUTURE. SO WHAT I SAY TO YOU ALL IS TOGETHER.

I KNOW THAT WE CAN BUILD A CULTURE WHERE KINDNESS ISN'T JUST THE EXCEPTION, BUT THE EXPECTATION.

THANK YOU. VERY NICE. THANK YOU. EXCELLENT. RIGHT.

OKAY. MY NAME IS MANAHIL AND I'M A STUDENT AT J.P.

TARAVELLA HIGH SCHOOL. AS A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT, I'VE REALLY SEEN HOW THE BE KIND CAMPAIGN IS MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN OUR SCHOOLS AND OUR

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BUT THIS CAMPAIGN REMINDS US TO PAUSE AND THINK ABOUT HOW WE TREAT THE PEOPLE AROUND US.

I'VE NOTICED MORE STUDENTS CHECKING IN ON EACH OTHER, STANDING UP FOR ANOTHER, AND SPREADING POSITIVELY ONLINE INSTEAD OF NEGATIVITY IN THIS CAMPAIGN CAN FURTHER THESE EFFORTS THAT STUDENTS HAVE BEEN MAKING ALREADY ON THEIR OWN.

IT'S CREATING AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE PEOPLE ACTUALLY FEEL SEEN AND SUPPORTED, AND BEING KIND DOESN'T TAKE MUCH, BUT IT BUILDS TRUST, CONFIDENCE AND CONNECTION.

THINGS EVERY STUDENT NEEDS TO BE SUCCESSFUL. THIS CAMPAIGN IS HELPING US REALIZE THAT KINDNESS ISN'T JUST SOMETHING WE DO, IT'S PART OF WHO WE ARE AS PEOPLE AND HOW WE MAKE OUR SCHOOL A BETTER PLACE FOR EVERYBODY.

THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE WANT TO SAY NO? YEAH. GOOD.

NO. WE'RE GOOD. OKAY. WE'RE GOOD. OKAY. I JUST WANT TO.

I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE YOU GUYS FOR BEING HERE TODAY AS A PROUD SPONSOR OF THIS INITIATIVE.

I'M REALLY, REALLY EXCITED TO SEE THAT THE STUDENTS ARE HERE REPRESENTATIVE OF WHAT THE HASHTAG TAMARAC BE KIND MEANS.

AND OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, WE HOPE THAT YOU GUYS HELP US GET THE WORD OUT, SHARE THE NEWS ABOUT THIS CAMPAIGN.

WE'RE RELYING ON YOU GUYS AS YOU GUYS ARE DEFINITELY THE FUTURE OF TAMARAC.

THANK YOU. DID YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING? JUST A LITTLE BIT ON THE SPOT. SORRY. NO. YOU'RE GOOD. OKAY. THANK YOU EVERYBODY.

YOU KNOW, I GUESS TODAY IS TO CATCH EVERYBODY OFF GUARD, RIGHT? SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WE'VE TAKEN A PHOTO. ALL RIGHT. YOU WANT TO. WE HAVE A FEW MORE OF THE PROCLAMATIONS FOR THE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS.

FOR NEXT TIME. SO NEXT TIME YOU GUYS COME.

BACK HERE. ONE. TWO. THREE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WE'RE GOING TO GIVE ONE.

WE HAVE ONE FOR EACH OF YOU. YES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I WAS IN THERE.

YES. OKAY. FOR ME. OH, YAY! THANK YOU.

EXCELLENT. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH, EVERYONE. SO THIS NEXT PROCLAMATION WAS REQUESTED BY MYSELF, AND I AM LOOKING FOR SANDRA WILLIAMS. COME ON UP.

AT LEAST I GAVE HER A HEADS UP THAT I'M GOING TO ASK HER IF SHE WANTS TO SPEAK. I THOUGHT THAT IT WOULD BE THE NICE THING TO DO. WHEREAS BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH IS AN ANNUAL CAMPAIGN TO INCREASE AWARENESS ABOUT THIS DISEASE AND TO RAISE FUNDS FOR RESEARCH INTO ITS CAUSE PREVENTION, EARLY DETECTION, DIAGNOSIS, TREATMENT AND ULTIMATELY FINDING THE CURE.

AND WHEREAS BREAST CANCER IS THE MOST COMMON FORM OF CANCER IN WOMEN IN THE UNITED STATES, EXCEPT FOR SKIN CANCER, FOR 2024, THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY ESTIMATES THAT IN THE UNITED STATES, APPROXIMATELY ONE IN EVERY EIGHT WOMEN WILL BE DIAGNOSED WITH BREAST CANCER THIS YEAR.

ON AVERAGE, A WOMAN IS DIAGNOSED WITH BREAST CANCER IN THE UNITED STATES EVERY TWO MINUTES.

IT IS ESTIMATED THAT NEW CASES THIS YEAR ARE APPROXIMATELY 310,720, WILL BE INVASIVE BREAST CANCER, AND APPROXIMATELY 56,500 WILL BE DUCTAL CARCINOMA IN SITU DCIS.

AND WHEREAS BREAST CANCER ALSO AFFECTS MEN, MEN HAVE A LIFETIME RISK OF ONE.

833 OF GETTING BREAST CANCER. MALE BREAST CANCER IS ALSO DIAGNOSED, TYPICALLY AT AN OLDER AGE THAN FEMALE.

MAJORITY OF MEN ARE IN THEIR 60S. MUCH OF THIS IS DUE TO MEN NOT GETTING SCREENED EARLY, AND INSURANCE COMPANIES UNWILLINGNESS TO PAY FOR BREAST CANCER FOR BREAST.

FOR TESTING, BRCA1 AND BRCA2 TESTING CAN SHOW GENETIC RISKS FACTORS THAT ARE IN MEN AND WOMEN, WHEREAS BREAST CANCER MAINLY OCCURS IN MIDDLE AGED AND OLDER WOMEN.

THE MEDIAN AGE AT THIS TIME OF BREAST CANCER DIAGNOSIS IS 62.

THIS MEANS HALF OF THE WOMEN WHO DEVELOP BREAST CANCER ARE 62 YEARS OF AGE OR YOUNGER WHEN THEY ARE DIAGNOSED.

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BREAST CHANGES LONG BEFORE SYMPTOMS CAN BE SEEN OR FELT.

3D MAMMOGRAMS ARE EVEN BETTER, AND SONOGRAMS FOR DENSE BREASTS IS BEST.

EARLY DETECTION IS BELIEVED TO HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED THE NUMBER OF DEATHS CAUSED BY BREAST CANCER.

WHEREAS RESEARCHERS, SCIENTISTS, AND NUMEROUS NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS ARE DEDICATED TO DISCOVERING THE CURE FOR BREAST CANCER.

DURING THE MONTH OF OCTOBER, WE ACKNOWLEDGE THE EXTRAORDINARY COMMITMENT AND EFFORT INVESTED IN THIS CAUSE.

AND WHEREAS WE DISPLAY PINK RIBBONS AND WEAR PINK CLOTHES TO RAISE AWARENESS, WE ALSO RECOGNIZE MORE THAN 3.8 MILLION BREAST CANCER SURVIVORS, THOSE WHO ARE CURRENTLY BATTLING THE DISEASE, AND THEIR FAMILY AND FRIENDS WHO ARE TIRELESS SOURCES OF LOVE AND ENCOURAGEMENT.

WE COMMEND THE EFFORTS OF OUR MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS AND RESEARCHERS WORKING TO FIND A CURE FOR THIS DEADLY DISEASE, AND WE HONOR THE LIVES OF THOSE WE'VE LOST TO THIS DISEASE.

WHEREAS RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES IN THE CITY OF TAMARAC ARE ENCOURAGED TO PROMOTE AWARENESS OF BREAST CANCER IN MEN AND WOMEN.

WITH BREAST CANCER CASES STEADILY RISING, WIDESPREAD AWARENESS BECOMES THE UTMOST URGENT AND URGENT TO ENABLE EARLY DETECTION AND TIMELY TREATMENT FOR MEN AS WELL AS WOMEN. NOW, THEREFORE, I MICHEL J.

GOMEZ, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC, BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COMMISSION, ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO RAISE THEIR HEALTH AWARENESS.

GO FOR REGULAR MEDICAL CHECKUPS. CELEBRATE THE COURAGEOUS MEN AND WOMEN WHO HAVE BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH BREAST CANCER.

HONOR THOSE WHO HAVE LOST THEIR BATTLE TO THIS TERRIBLE DISEASE.

THANK THE CAREGIVERS FOR THEIR LOVE, SUPPORT, AND PRAYERS AND PROCLAIM.

OCTOBER 2025 IN THE CITY OF TAMARAC AS BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH IN THE CITY.

SO IT IS MY ABSOLUTE PLEASURE TO GIVE THE MICROPHONE OVER TO SANDRA, A FELLOW SURVIVOR, EVER TO SAY A FEW WORDS.

GOOD EVENING. MAYOR, CITY COMMISSIONERS, FELLOW RESIDENTS IN THE CITY OF TAMARAC.

I AM A SURVIVOR, AND I'M TRULY GRATEFUL FOR ALL THE SUPPORT AND THE LOVE THAT I RECEIVED FROM MY FAMILY, FRIENDS, AND THE COMMUNITY ON A WHOLE. THIS WAS KIND OF SUDDEN.

I JUST KNEW ABOUT IT YESTERDAY, SO I DON'T REALLY HAVE A SPEECH PREPARED, BUT I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.

THANKS, EVERYBODY, AND HAVE A GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU.

AND STAY HEALTHY. WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A PHOTO.

OH. WHERE ARE YOU GOING? THIS IS OUR VERSION OF BERMUDA TRIANGLE.

YOU COME UP HERE, YOU TAKE A PHOTO.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. IT IS A LITTLE DISCONCERTING TO COME UP HERE. I UNDERSTAND THAT VERY WELL. I DON'T BELIEVE MY RECIPIENT IS HERE.

SO WHEN WE DON'T HAVE A RECIPIENT HERE TO RECEIVE THE REWARD, WE JUST HAVE IT UP ON THE SCREEN.

SO IT IS HINDU HERITAGE MONTH. AND SO IF YOU WOULD JUST TAKE A MOMENT TO READ THE PROCLAMATION THAT IS ON THE SCREEN AS WE CELEBRATE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE OF HINDU HERITAGE. AND DO WE HAVE THE.

THANK YOU. SO SOMEONE'S NOT HERE BUT CELEBRATE BABIES? MICHELLE HUGHES. SORRY, I KNEW WE SKIPPED OVER SOMETHING.

SORRY. SO IT IS MY PLEASURE TO HAVE THIS PROCLAMATION AND PRESENT IT TO MICHELLE HUGHES CHILDREN'S SERVICES AT BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA. COME ON IN. GOOD TO SEE YOU. WHEREAS INFANTS AND YOUNG CHILDREN THRIVE WITHIN NURTURING ENVIRONMENTS AND STABLE RELATIONSHIPS THAT MEET THEIR DEVELOPMENTAL NEEDS, AND FOR THOSE WHO CARE FOR INFANTS AND YOUNG CHILDREN ARE OFTEN IN VULNERABLE STATES AND REQUIRE SUPPORT AND RESOURCES TO HELP THEM CARE FOR THEIR YOUNG CHILDREN. WHEREAS FLORIDA IS COMMITTED TO THE BELIEF THAT EARLY RELATIONSHIPS ARE THE FOUNDATION FOR YOUNG CHILD'S PSYCHOLOGICAL, EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND PHYSICAL WELL-BEING.

EACH INFANT, THE YOUNG CHILD, AND YOUNG CHILD MUST BE NURTURED AND PROTECTED BY ONE OR MORE CONSISTENT CAREGIVERS.

WHEREAS IN THE THIRD WEEK OF OCTOBER, THE FLORIDA ASSOCIATION OF INFANT MENTAL HEALTH AND THE FAMOU BROWARD CHAPTER BRING AWARENESS TO

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WHEREAS F A M BROWARD CHAPTER IS COMPRISED OF PARTNERS FROM THE BROWARD COUNTY SYSTEM OF CARE WHO WORK WITH INFANTS AND FAMILIES AND COME TOGETHER MONTHLY TO COLLABORATE ON HOW BROWARD COUNTY CAN SUPPORT THE EARLY MENTAL HEALTH OF INFANTS AND THEIR FAMILIES WITHIN THE COUNTY THROUGH EDUCATION, TRAINING, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, REFLECTIVE CONSULTATION AND COMMUNITY RESOURCES.

WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE MUST WORK TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY TO INCREASE AWARENESS AND PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING OF THE CRITICAL IMPORTANCE OF HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN INFANTS, TODDLERS, PARENTS AND THE EARLY CHILDHOOD SYSTEM OF CARE.

WHEREAS THE DATA SHOWS THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS THE DISPARITIES THROUGH THE CREATION OF INCLUSIVE SYSTEMS THAT PROVIDE EQUITABLE ACCESS TO SERVICES AND PROGRAMS THAT SUPPORT ALL INFANTS, TODDLERS AND YOUNG CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES.

THANK YOU. WHEREAS THERE ARE SEVERAL POLICY INITIATIVES IN FLORIDA COMMITTED TO IMPROVING THE OUTCOMES FOR INFANTS, TODDLERS AND YOUNG CHILDREN, WITH A FOCUS ON THE COLLABORATION AND PARTNERSHIPS.

WHEREAS THROUGH INTENTIONAL COMMUNITY OUTREACH, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, NETWORKING, FUNDRAISING, SOCIAL ACTION AND POLICY AWARENESS EFFORTS, BABIES, THEIR FAMILIES AND THOSE WHO PERSONALLY AND PROFESSIONALLY SUPPORT THEM ARE HONORED AND CELEBRATED. NOW, THEREFORE, I, MICHELLE J. GOMEZ, VERY PROUD MAYOR OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC, ON BEHALF OF THE COMMISSION, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM OCTOBER 20TH THROUGH 24, 2025 AS CELEBRATE BABIES WEEK IN BROWARD COUNTY AND WE URGE ALL BROWARD COUNTY RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES TO RECOGNIZE AND COMMEND THE FLORIDA ASSOCIATION OF INFANT MENTAL HEALTH, BROWARD CHAPTER FOR PROVIDING THE TIME AND SPACE FOR THE COMMUNITY TO CONTRIBUTE TO IMPROVING THE LIVES OF OUR LOCAL INFANTS AND THEIR FAMILIES.

THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR GOMEZ, AND THANK YOU TO THE CITY OF TAMARAC FOR THEIR CONSISTENCY IN CELEBRATING BABIES WEEK FOR THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS.

WE WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF INFANTS IN OUR COMMUNITY BECAUSE WITHOUT THEM, NONE OF US WOULD GET TO THE PLACE OF WHERE WE ARE AS WELL.

AND AS FOR THE PARENTS IN THE ROOM, WE KNOW THAT IT TAKES A VILLAGE, AND SO IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO CONSISTENTLY BE SUPPORTIVE OF PARENTS AS THEY RAISE THEIR CHILDREN IN THIS COMMUNITY TO ENSURE THAT THE CHILDREN HAVE PROPER MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH.

SO THANK YOU TO THE CITY OF TAMARAC AND THE CITY COMMISSION FOR RECOGNIZING THIS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

OOPS. JUST WHEN YOU THOUGHT IT WAS SAFE, RIGHT? THIS PROCLAMATION WAS REQUESTED BY OUR CITY MANAGER, LEVENT SUCUOGLU.

MISS NORA CHARLES, ARE YOU COMING DOWN TO ACCEPT THIS ON BEHALF? WHEREAS APPROXIMATELY 400 EMPLOYEES OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC, DRAWN FROM DIVERSE DEPARTMENTS AND SPECIALTIES, CONTRIBUTE THEIR SKILLS, DEDICATION AND EFFORT DAILY TO DELIVER EFFICIENT, HIGH QUALITY AND OFTEN PERSONALIZED SERVICE TO OUR RESIDENTS, BUSINESSES AND VISITORS. AND WHEREAS CUSTOMER SERVICE WEEK IS OBSERVED ANNUALLY THE FIRST FULL WEEK OF OCTOBER TO HONOR THE IMPORTANCE OF CUSTOMER SERVICE AND THE PEOPLE WHO DELIVER IT. AND WHEREAS, IN 1992, THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS FORMALLY RECOGNIZED NATIONAL CUSTOMER SERVICE WEEK, URGING ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS THE NATION TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE VALUE OF CUSTOMER SERVICE PROFESSIONALS.

AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF TAMARAC TAKES GREAT PRIDE IN MAINTAINING EXCEPTIONAL SERVICE STANDARDS, AND OUR EMPLOYEES CONSISTENTLY EXEMPLIFY THESE STANDARDS THROUGH THEIR DAILY INTERACTIONS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS.

AND WHEREAS OUR EMPLOYEES REPRESENT A WIDE ARRAY OF PROFESSIONS AND TRADES, UTILIZING THE BREADTH AND KNOWLEDGE OF SKILLS AND INTEGRITY, ALWAYS STRIVING TO ACHIEVE SERVICE EXCELLENCE.

AND WHEREAS THE OFFICIAL THEME FOR CUSTOMER SERVICE WEEK 2025 IS MISSION POSSIBLE? A FITTING REMINDER THAT OUR STAFF CONTINUOUSLY RISES TO MEET CHALLENGES AND DELIVER MEANINGFUL RESULTS.

WHEREAS WE EXTEND HEARTFELT THANKS TO ALL WHO CALL TAMARAC HOME, AS WELL AS THOSE WHO WORK, VISIT AND INVEST INVESTOR TIME AND TALENTS IN OUR COMMUNITY AND FOR GIVING US THE PRIVILEGE TO SERVE THEM.

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THANK YOU. I'M HONORED TO ACCEPT THIS PROCLAMATION ON BEHALF OF OUR CITY STAFF TEAM.

I KNOW HERE OUR CULTURE IS WITH OUR STAFF. EXCELLENCE ALWAYS IN CUSTOMER SERVICE IS EXCEPTIONAL CUSTOMER SERVICE.

WE PROVIDE NOT JUST CUSTOMER SERVICE. I DO WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT REAL QUICK TO SOME FOLKS ON OUR TEAM THAT HAVE SPENT THE LAST FEW MONTHS MAKING THIS WEEK SPECIAL FOR OUR CITY STAFF. I SEE VANESSA FROM THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE AND I KNOW SHAUNA HELPED A GOOD BIT.

WE HAVE FROM OUR PIO, WE HAVE JOANNA, SIERRA AND GREG AND THEN FROM OUR HR STAFF TINA AND SADHNA TO MAKE THIS SPECIAL WEEK FOR ALL OF US. THANK YOU ESPECIALLY THANK YOU ALL FOR HONORING US AND CELEBRATING WITH US THIS WEEK.

THANK YOU. ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS. AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, IF YOU ARE A STAFF MEMBER IN THE CITY AND YOU WORK FOR THE CITY, YOU SHOULD ALL BE COMING UP HERE FOR THIS. YEAH.

AND LET'S SEE SOMEBODY ELSE. YEAH. COME ON, COME ON, COME ON.

COME ON. COME ON. COME.

YOU KNOW. SOME PEOPLE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH.

TIME. OKAY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. WE'LL GO BACK UP THERE AND CONTINUE THE MEETING. WE DO KNOW THAT AT SOME POINT, YOU GUYS MIGHT NOT STAY.

WE WISH YOU WOULD, BUT IF YOU HAVE TO LEAVE, WE UNDERSTAND THAT.

MAKE IT YOUR THING. THANK YOU.

I DON'T KNOW.

I DON'T, KNOW. I'M SORRY. I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE FAITH. YEAH. YEAH.

ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. ACTUALLY, SEEING THAT WE HAVE SOME PICTURES THAT ARE GOING TO BE TAKEN.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IT IS 738. WE ARE IN RECESS TO 745.

TAKE YOUR PHOTOS. THANK YOU EVERYBODY. IT IS NOW 745 AND WE ARE RESUMING OUR COMMISSION MEETING. WE APPRECIATE EVERYONE WHO WAS HERE.

I KNOW THEY HAD TO GO AND EVERYONE WHO STAYED.

THANK YOU. SO, CITY MANAGER, YOUR REPORT. GOOD EVENING.

MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS. I KNOW WE MADE THIS ANNOUNCEMENT A NUMBER OF TIMES ALREADY, BUT IT'S PART OF THE TRADITION TO WELCOME THE NEW CHIEF AS PART OF THE CITY MANAGER REPORT.

IT WOULD BE GREAT IF HE WAS IN THE ROOM, BUT HE MUST HAVE STEPPED OUT.

OKAY, SO HE'S HE'S GOING TO MISS THIS ANNOUNCEMENT, BUT WE WELCOME CHIEF FRAZIER ONE MORE TIME, AND WE'RE WE'RE EXTREMELY HAPPY TO HAVE HIM AS OUR NEW CHIEF LEADING THE EXCELLENT FIRE DEPARTMENT.

AND AS PART OF THE TAMARAC BE KIND CAMPAIGN, CITY LAUNCHED A WEB PAGE HIGHLIGHTING OUR COMMITMENT TO KINDNESS,

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AND JASON, CAN YOU PULL UP THE PAGE THAT THAT'S ON THE HOME PAGE? AND IF YOU CLICK ON THAT YOU'LL SEE THE THE, THE WEBSITE AND ALL THE THE GREAT INFORMATION IN THERE. SO PLEASE VISIT THE WEBSITE AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS GREAT PIECE OF INFORMATION.

AND SO TOGETHER, WE'RE BUILDING A CULTURE WHERE EVERYONE FEELS SAFE, VALUED AND SUPPORTED.

SO PICK UP A PLEDGE CARD, STICKER OR BRACELET FROM THE BACK OF THE ROOM TO JOIN THE TAMARAC BEKIND MOVEMENT AND CITY MANAGER, JUST TO LET YOU KNOW THAT OUR FIRE CHIEF HAS REENTERED THE ROOM.

SO WE HAVE A NEW FIRE CHIEF. THERE HE IS. YOU'LL HAVE TO WATCH THE TAPE. CHIEF. AND WE HAVE A NUMBER OF EVENTS, AND YOU KNOW, EVERY COMMISSION MEETING, I TALK ABOUT THE EVENTS, BUT THIS TIME, I'M JUST GOING TO POINT YOU TO THE CITY'S WONDERFUL CALENDAR OF EVENTS.

IT'S ON THE MAIN PAGE ON THE CITY'S HOME PAGE.

AND SO IF YOU GO IN THERE, YOU'LL KNOW THAT WE HAVE A MOVIE NIGHT COMING UP.

WE HAVE A RUN WALK EVENT COMING UP. WE HAVE A HAHA'S EVENT COMING UP.

WE HAVE LINE DANCING EVENT COMING UP. WE HAVE A HALLOWEEN HOOPLA EVENT COMING UP.

GREAT PUMPKIN SPLASH COMING UP. WOMEN'S HEALTH EVENT COMING UP.

AND WE HAVE FOOD TRUCK FRIDAYS THERE. I DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING, BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S ALL ON THE WEBSITE.

IT'S ON THE CALENDAR. PLEASE VISIT THE CITY'S WEBSITE AND ATTEND THOSE GREAT, WONDERFUL EVENTS THAT ARE COMING UP.

AND THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT. OUR NEXT COMMISSION MEETING IS SCHEDULED FOR WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22ND, 09:30 A.M.. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. EXCELLENT.

THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO PUBLIC PARTICIPATION, AND THE RULES OF PUBLIC PARTICIPATION ARE GOING UP ON THE SCREEN.

[3. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION]

WE DO NOT SHARE OUR MINUTES. IF WE'RE HAPPY WITH WHAT SOMEBODY SAYS, WE CAN GO LIKE THIS OR WE CAN GO LIKE THIS.

IF WE'RE NOT TOO HAPPY, WE DON'T WANT TO MAKE ANYBODY FEEL INTIMIDATED.

AND WHEN YOU SAY YOUR NAME, PLEASE ALSO SAY THE ADDRESS.

OR IF YOU'RE NOT COMFORTABLE WITH THE ADDRESS, AT LEAST THE CITY WHERE YOU LIVE.

SO FIRST UP, AND THIS IS FOR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION, ITEMS THAT ARE NOT ON THE AGENDA OR FOR CONSENT AGENDA OR ITEM CALLED OTHER.

I HAVE DANIEL ALVAREZ. ALVAREZ. SORRY, SORRY, I SHOULD KNOW HOW TO READ.

AS YOU CAN SEE, THIS EVENING HAS BEEN A LITTLE DIFFICULT. THANK YOU.

GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. OKAY. GOOD EVENING.

I'M DANIEL ALVAREZ, A RESIDENT OF ANYONE OH TWO SILVER PALM COURT.

AND TAMARA. HOW THAT HELPS. THERE YOU GO. I COULDN'T HEAR MYSELF.

I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS JUST ME. DANIEL ALVAREZ, A RESIDENT OF 8102 SILVER PALM COURT IN TAMARAC.

I STAND HERE BEFORE YOU TODAY BECAUSE I'VE BEEN EMAILING THE CITY MISS ELAINE BENJAMIN REGARDING A LIGHTING ISSUE THAT WE'VE HAD.

IT'S IT'S POOR LIGHTING AT NIGHT. THE MAJORITY OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

THERE'S 70 HOUSES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD ARE AGING IN PLACE.

SO THE ONLY TIME THEY DO GET TO WALK IS AT NIGHT.

AND IT'S BEEN VERY POOR LIGHTING. AND WHEN WHEN WE ASKED THE CITY TO COME.

LOOK, I HAVE PHOTOS HERE. I SAID WE CANNOT SEE AT NIGHT.

ALL THE PHOTOS THEY SEND ME ARE DURING THE DAYTIME, RIGHT? WE HAVE HAD OUT OF 18 LIGHTS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

ONE WAS REPAIRED SO THAT ONE STREET THEY SEE PERFECT.

EVERYBODY ELSE HAS VERY POOR LIGHTING. AND SOME PEOPLE HAVE EVEN SCARED TO GO AT NIGHT BECAUSE OF SAFETY ISSUES.

RIGHT? NOT SAFETY. THEY'RE GOING TO GET ROBBED. THE SAFETY THEY CAN'T SEE TRIP FALL.

AND WE'VE HAD SOME INJURIES, SO I AT LEAST WANT TO BRING IT UP IN THE CITY.

COMMENTS. JUST SO EVERYBODY WOULD KNOW. RIGHT.

AND WE HAVE SENT SOME EMAILS OUT. THE RESPONSE I GOT FROM MISS ELAINE ON EIGHT 2925 WAS, CONTACT FPL AND FPL COULD COME OUT THERE AND THEY'LL CHARGE YOU FOR IT BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO REPLACE THE LIGHTS BECAUSE THEY WERE ORIGINALLY PLACED IN 2019.

BUT I EXPLAINED TO HER THE LIGHT ISSUES, POOR LIGHTING.

IT'S NOT THAT WE NEED TO TRIM THE TREES OR DO ANYTHING ELSE, IT'S JUST THE LIGHTING.

BULBS ARE NOT FUNCTIONING PROPERLY. SO THAT'S ALL I GOT.

I'LL GIVE YOU A MINUTE AND A HALF BACK. YES, I APPRECIATE THAT.

AND ACTUALLY THE GENTLEMAN IN THE BACK IS MUSTAFA AL-BASSAM.

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YES, SOME OF IT IS FP AND L, BUT HE MIGHT BE ABLE TO HELP US.

HELP YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY. I HAVE CYNTHIA REYNOSO.

RON WASSERMAN. WELL, MISS CYNTHIA IS NOT HERE THAT I KNOW OF BECAUSE SHE'S NOT MOVING.

AND THEN MARK GOGGIN IS ON DECK.

GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. MY NAME IS RON WASSERMAN.

I LIVE AT 8577 JADE DRIVE HERE IN TAMARAC. I'M REPRESENTED BY DOCTOR DANIEL.

THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO ME. I HAVE QUITE A FEW THINGS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT ON, ESPECIALLY WITH THESE PRESENTATIONS.

MILLENNIAL. GOOD JOB. WE LOVE TEACHERS. I WENT TO MILITARY HIGH SCHOOL.

I LEARNED TO APPRECIATE TEACHERS, THE HOME PRESENTATION.

THE ANTI-BULLYING FOLLOWING PROCLAMATION. AS A KID GROWING UP, I HAD TO FIGHT MY WAY THROUGH MY NEIGHBORHOOD.

I KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE PICKING ON PEOPLE. YOU'RE NASTY.

YOU'RE BLACK, YOU'RE WHITE. WHATEVER. BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH, THIS IS TO MY HEART.

MANY OF YOU ARE HERE. YOU HEAR ME? SPEAK ABOUT CANCER TONIGHT.

I WANT TO SPEAK SPECIFICALLY ABOUT BREAST CANCER.

THE QUEEN OF MY HOUSE, MISS SANDY. CONTRACTED BREAST CANCER IN 2021.

SHE'S SO LUCKY TO BE ALIVE. I CAN'T TELL YOU.

SO I ASKED PEOPLE WHO CAN HEAR MY VOICE. BREAST CANCERS.

THE ENEMY WORKING AGAINST US. LADIES AND MEN.

PLEASE, LADIES. HELP YOURSELVES. A MAMMOGRAM.

IT'S NOT BREAST CANCER AWARENESS. IT'S BREAST CANCER ACTION.

DON'T JUST LET IT ROLL. PLEASE, LADIES, I'M SPEAKING TO PEOPLE BEHIND ME ALSO.

IF YOU'RE 35 YEARS OLD AND YOU THINK THAT YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE CANCER, YOU MAY BE MISTAKEN.

SO I ASK EVERYONE, BEING A CANCER SURVIVOR MYSELF, BUT BEING SO CONCERNED ABOUT BREAST CANCER, I LOOK BACK. THERE'S MANY LADIES SITTING BEHIND ME.

PLEASE HELP US. PLEASE HELP YOURSELVES. MY MOTHER ALWAYS USED TO TELL ME.

SHE SAID, IF IT'S RIGHT FOR YOU, THEN SPEAK ABOUT IT.

WELL, THIS IS RIGHT BY ME. PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, I HAVE 16 SECONDS.

MAYOR. I WISH YOU THE BEST OF LUCK RAISING LOTS OF MONEY.

LET'S GO AHEAD AND FIGHT THIS HEAD ON. PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE BE TESTED.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MARK GOGGIN IS MAKING HIS WAY DOWN, AND I HAVE STUART WEBSTER AFTER HIM.

GOOD EVENING, MARK OGDEN FROM TAMARAC LAKE SOUTH.

I WANT TO THANK MISS PETERSON, COMMISSIONER PETERSON FOR PUTTING FORTH THAT BULLY THING.

AND IT IS THE HOPE THAT THE WORK THAT KIDS ARE DOING IN THEIR SCHOOLS.

LET'S HOPE IT STARTS UP HERE IN THE COMMISSION LEVEL AND SHOW THE KIDS HOW COMMISSIONERS CAN BE KIND.

ALL THE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY CAN BE KIND TO EVERYBODY.

THAT'S WHAT'S NEEDED. THE OTHER PRESENTATIONS, ALL OF THEM WERE GOOD AND EVERYTHING.

AND THANKS FOR THOSE. BUT ONE IN MY HEART. MY FATHER WAS VERY WELL INVOLVED IN THIS ONE THAT I'M GOING TO MENTION THIS WEEK,

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HE WAS A FIRE MARSHAL IN MASSACHUSETTS. FIRE PREVENTION WEEK IS THIS WEEK.

WE NEED TO THANK THE FIRE CHIEF, FRAZIER. FRAZIER AND ALL HIS MEN.

I'VE BEEN SEEING ON THE FACEBOOK PAGE. THEY'VE BEEN PUTTING THINGS OUT.

BUT WE SHOULD RECOGNIZE THAT AS A CITY AS WELL.

FIRE PREVENTION IS EVERYTHING. MAKE SURE YOU HAVE ALL LAPTOPS.

I KNOW THE CHIEF WILL LIKE THIS. DON'T KEEP THEM PLUGGED IN AT NIGHT.

YOU GO TO SLEEP. A LITTLE THING CAN SMOKE AWAY.

IF YOU SEE ON AIRPLANES, THEY'RE NOT LETTING YOU PUT THAT IN YOUR CHECKED LUGGAGE ANYMORE.

SO WE NEED TO THINK AND THINK FIRE PREVENTION NOT ONLY THIS WEEK, BUT ALL THE TIME.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AS STUART IS COMING TO THE PODIUM, IS THERE ANYONE ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK ON AN ITEM THAT IS NOT ON THE AGENDA? SEEING NONE AFTER MR. WEBSTER GOES PUBLIC PARTICIPATION WILL BE CLOSED.

GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR. STUART WEBSTER, ALL PROTOCOL OBSERVED.

PLEASE DO NOT. OVER. LOOK WHAT MR. WASSERMAN SAYS.

THE WORST THING IS IF WE GET INTO AN IF A WOULDA, COULDA, SHOULDA MODE.

MY MOM PASSED FROM CANCER. I GET TESTED ON A REGULAR BASIS AND THANK GOD I'M OKAY.

BUT PLEASE, HE COMES UP HERE VERY OFTEN. PLEASE DON'T TUNE HIM OUT.

I'M REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE BUDGET. THE BUDGET IS LOCKED IN, BUT THE WAY THAT IT'S LOCKED IN IS OF A CONCERN. FIRST OFF, ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I LIKE TO COME HERE VERY OFTEN IS BOTH AS A RESIDENT, AS A PSYCHOLOGIST, IS TO LOOK AT PEOPLE'S BODY LANGUAGE, AND THAT'S A CONCERN.

THE LAST TIME I WAS HERE, THE, THE MAYOR TALKED ABOUT SOME CONCERNS THERE AND ALSO A SITUATION REMINDED ME OF SOMETHING. BOTH MY CHILDREN USED TO LOVE TO GO TO CHUCK E CHEESE, AND THEY LOVED TO PLAY IN THE PLASTIC GAMES.

YOU KNOW, THAT DIVE INTO THE THE BALLS AND SO ON.

AND THEY'D PLAY AROUND AND THEN THEY'D COME ON OUT AND ONCE OR TWICE THEY WANTED TO TAKE SOME HOME.

I SAID, YOU CAN'T DO THAT. WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT SOME OF THE COMMISSIONERS THINK OF THE CITY BUDGET AS A BUNCH OF BALLS THAT THEY CAN DIVE IN AND PLAY AROUND IN, AND THEN THEY CAN WALK OUT OR THEY DON'T SEE.

SERIOUSLY. WE HAD A SLIDE FULL OF THINGS DROPPED UPON US, AND A REMARK WAS MADE, OH, IT'S ONLY X PERCENT OF THE BUDGET, SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S IT.

THAT WAS $176,000. I THINK WE NEED TO BE MORE PRUDENT AND MORE EFFICIENT WHEN IT COMES TO THAT.

THERE WAS ONE PARTICULAR ITEM ON THE BUDGET THAT STUCK OUT AND STUCK OUT TO ME, AND ONE IS INCREASING THE THE PIO BUDGET BY AT LEAST 60, 70, 80, $90,000. WELL, I'M GOING TO WATCH THAT VERY CLOSELY OVER THE NEXT YEAR.

I HOPE IT'S A PERFORMANCE BUDGET SO THAT WE GET WHAT WE WORTH.

AND NOT ONLY THAT, IT SHOULD BE A PERFORMANCE BUDGET, BUT WHO IT GETS GIVEN TO.

THANK YOU. HAVE A GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IS NOW OVER AND WE ARE GOING TO OUR COMMISSION REPORTS.

[4. COMMISSION REPORTS]

ALL RIGHT. SO I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS EVENT THAT'S COMING UP THIS WEEKEND.

IT IS GOING TO BE ABSOLUTELY PHENOMENAL. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW, IT IS TAMARAC FOR THE CURE.

AND IT WILL BE HEADLINED BY THE OLYMPIC WORLD CHAMPION YOHAN BLAKE.

HE IS THE SECOND FASTEST MAN ON THE PLANET AFTER USAIN BOLT.

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THE NEXT WEEK. SO I THOUGHT IT WAS VERY FITTING TO BRING HIM TO THIS EVENT.

ALSO, HE'S A PHILANTHROPIST. HE HAS A CHILDREN'S HOME IN JAMAICA AND HAS GONE THROUGH CANCER AND HIS FAMILY AS WELL. SO THAT'S THE STORY BEHIND THAT. SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE SUPPORT OF THE ENTIRE CITY STAFF AND THE RESIDENTS OF OUR COMMUNITY.

PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT YOU COME OUT AND BE A PART OF THAT.

AND THE NEXT WEEK AFTER THAT, WE HAVE THE PINK HEROES GALA.

IT WILL BE AT THE COLONY WEST GOLF CLUB, AND IT WILL SEE A LOT OF RESIDENTS ACROSS BROWARD COUNTY AND TAMARAC GET A MEDAL OF HONOR BECAUSE THEY HAVE SURVIVED BREAST CANCER.

AND SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. I THANK MY COLLEAGUES COMMISSIONER WRIGHT AND VICE MAYOR DANIEL, AS WELL AS COMMISSIONER PATTERSON, SEND FOR THEIR SPONSORSHIP FOR THESE TWO EVENTS.

GREAT. GREAT INITIATIVE. AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD.

TO THIS CANCER. IS THAT THING THAT I SHARE THE SAME SENTIMENT WITH YOU MR. J DRIVE. MY FATHER HAD PROSTATE CANCER. AND MY BROTHER BEAT PROSTATE CANCER.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER TYPE OF CANCER IT IS PEOPLE SHOULD MAKE SURE THAT THEY GO AND GET CHECKED AND MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT YOU KNOW, TAKES THEIR LIFE, SO TO SPEAK.

SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT ON THIS COMING SATURDAY AS WELL AS NEXT WEEK.

I ON ANOTHER NOTE, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE CITY ATTORNEY.

I DID RECEIVE A LETTER FROM THE OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL.

AND THE SUMMARY OF THAT REPORT SAYS THE BROWARD OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL HAS CONCLUDED ITS INVESTIGATION INTO ALLEGATIONS OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC MAYOR MICHELLE GOMEZ. I'M GOING TO ASK FOR THIS TO BE SILENCED, AS THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE CONFIDENTIAL.

UNTIL SUCH TIME, THE FINDINGS WERE DETERMINATIVE AS BECAUSE THIS IS ONLY BEING USED FOR POLITICS.

AND THE CITY COMMISSIONER HAS READ THE REPORT AND UNDERSTANDS THAT IT SAYS SO, AND THAT THIS IS NOT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE UNTIL OCTOBER 31ST, UNTIL ALL PARTIES HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE HEARD.

AND THIS COMMISSIONER KNOWS THIS. SO CITY ATTORNEY.

MAYOR. I'M JUST WANT TO INDICATE THAT REPORT AS WRITTEN BY THE OIG DID NOT NOTE THAT IT WAS CONFIDENTIAL.

YES IT DID. DO YOU NOT KNOW? MAYOR. I'M. I'M LOOKING AT THE REPORT.

LETTER? LOOK, I DON'T CARE. I'M FINE. OKAY? I'M.

BUT THE CITY ISN'T. AS I INDICATED TO YOU, THE LETTER THAT THE OIG WROTE WAS BASICALLY.

IN FACT, IT WAS CONFIDENTIAL. THEY WOULDN'T HAVE GIVEN IT TO ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION.

NO, THE CITY COMMISSION IS INVOLVED BECAUSE THE CITY POLICIES ARE WHAT THERE'S A PROBLEM WITH, AND THAT IS WHY IT WAS DISPERSED TO THE CITY COMMISSION.

YES, BUT BUT IT'S NOT UNTIL OCTOBER 31ST. READ THE REPORT.

MAYOR. I HAVE IT IN FRONT OF ME. OKAY. IN FACT, I WROTE TO YOU AND ASKED IF THE CITY WANTED TO PROVIDE A RESPONSE SINCE IT WAS RELAYING TO YOU. I INDICATE IF YOU WANT TO PROVIDE THE RESPONSE, IT'S ON BEHALF OF THE CITY.

THE VERY EXPLOITATIVE TITLE IF YOU READ THE DOCUMENT.

MAY I READ THE TITLE SINCE THIS INVESTIGATION WAS RELATING TO YOU, I GAVE YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE THE RESPONSE.

DON'T PUT THIS ALL ON ME. THE ONLY ISSUE THAT I HAVE ASKED MANAGEMENT IS TO LOOK AT VENDOR SELECTION PROCESS, WHICH THE REPORT INDICATED COULD BE BEEFED UP AND WHICH THE MANAGEMENT HAS INDICATED WITH THE PARK DIRECTOR THERE.

BUT THE LETTER. PLEASE NOTE, UNTIL SUCH TIME WE ISSUE THE FINAL REPORT.

IF YOU'D LIKE TO DISCUSS QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS, CALL OUR OFFICE.

BUT THIS NOTE WITH THE MAINTAINING CONFIDENTIALITY CONFIDENTIALITY OF THIS INVESTIGATION IN THIS PRELIMINARY REPORT, OCTOBER 1ST, 2025 I PRETTY MUCH BELIEVE THAT EVERY PERSON ON THE CITY COMMISSION HAS ACKNOWLEDGED THAT FIRST PAGE AND THE CITY

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WHICH PAGE ARE YOU REFERRING TO? MAYOR. MR. HAINES, CITY ATTORNEY, CITY OF TAMARAC, 7525 NORTHWEST 88TH AVENUE, TAMARAC. SENT BY EMAIL TO HANS ON OCTOBER 1ST.

DEAR MR. AUDENAERT, PLEASE FIND THE ATTACHED COPY.

DO YOU RECOGNIZE THE LETTER? IT'S THE FIRST ITEM ON THERE.

THE LETTER. SAY. LET ME READ IT. LET ME READ IT VERBATIM.

IT'S DATED OCTOBER 1ST TO HANS ORTNER. PLEASE FIND ATTACHED THE OFFICE OF INSPECTOR PRELIMINARY REPORT.

READ THE LAST PARAGRAPH. PLEASE NOTE THAT WE ARE MAINTAINING THE CONFIDENTIALITY OF THIS INVESTIGATION, INCLUDING THIS PRELIMINARY REPORT. UNTIL SUCH TIME WE ISSUE THE FINAL REPORT.

IF WE'D LIKE TO DISCUSS, CALL GENERAL COUNSEL AS THERE'S A 30 DAY RESPONSE PERIOD.

AND INSTEAD, YOU KNOW VERY WELL THAT THE WHOLE REASON FOR BRINGING THIS UP RIGHT NOW IS TO TRY TO TARNISH SOMEBODY'S REPUTATION.

INSTEAD, I'M THE ONE WHO'S GOING TO BE PUT OUT IN FRONT OF IT.

SO YOU KNOW WHAT? THAT'S FINE. LET'S HAVE SANCTIONS COME AGAINST THOSE PEOPLE WHO DON'T KNOW HOW TO TAKE CARE OF CONFIDENTIALITY.

AGAIN THE LETTER WAS SENT TO EVERY MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION AND THE OIG.

YOU KNOW, THEY WILL MAINTAIN THE CONFIDENTIALITY, BUT THE MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION, THERE'S NOTHING THAT PRECLUDES THEM FROM DISCUSSING IT IN THIS LETTER. POINT OF CLARIFICATION, MAYOR.

I DO HAVE A QUESTION, THOUGH, BECAUSE I AM LOOKING AT IT AS WELL.

I WASN'T ON THE COMMISSION AT THE TIME. THE VIOLATION WAS OR THE COMPLAINT WAS FILED.

I RECEIVED IT AND MINE DOESN'T SAY CONFIDENTIAL.

IT SAYS PRELIMINARY REPORT. MAYOR OF TAMARAC VIOLATED A VENDOR'S FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS BY FORBIDDING HIM FROM SELLING.

BUT I GUESS THAT'S THE QUESTION. THAT'S THE CLARIFICATION. THE QUESTION IS THE OIG.

IT DOESN'T. THERE'S NOTHING THAT PRECLUDES THE MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION FROM DISCUSSING SINCE YOU RECEIVED THE REPORT.

THERE'S NOTHING IN THERE. AND THAT'S WHAT THE QUESTION IS, IS LIKE WHAT? SO THE MAYOR IS SAYING THIS IS AGAINST THE CITY.

YOU'RE SAYING, I MEAN, WHAT I GOT SAYS THE MAYOR VIOLATED SOMEONE'S FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS.

CAN WE JUST CLARIFY? WELL, THIS INVESTIGATION LET ME.

I'M BEING THROWN UNDER THE BUS FOR AND I HAVE RIGHTS TO COUNCIL CITY MANAGER ABOUT THIS AND IS SUPPOSED TO BE CONFIDENTIAL.

IF IT WAS MEANT TO COME INTO THE SUN, IT WOULDN'T BE A PRELIMINARY REPORT.

THERE IS TEN DAYS FOR REBUTTAL AFTERWARDS. SO, CITY ATTORNEY, YOU KNOW BETTER.

SO GUESS WHAT? I HAVE TO HAVE A LAWSUIT. I'M PUTTING IT AGAINST YOU TOO.

IT WAS FORWARD TO MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION. THERE'S NOTHING IN THAT REPORT THAT PRECLUDES THEM FROM TALKING ABOUT IT.

THE OIG INDICATE THEY'RE GOING TO KEEP IT CONFIDENTIAL, BUT IT DIDN'T SAY CITY ATTORNEY.

YOUR DOUBLE SPEAK. NO, I'M JUST GIVING YOU INCREDIBLE.

I'M JUST GIVING YOU INCREDIBLE POINT OF CLARIFICATION, MAYOR.

I'M SORRY. AND THE REASON I JUST POINT OF CLARIFICATION, WENT TO EVERYBODY IN THE CITY COMMISSION BECAUSE OF THE ISSUES THAT WILL FACE THE CITY IF AND WHEN THIS GOES FORWARD. THIS IS NOT THAT'S NOT WHAT THIS SAYS, THOUGH, THE FIRST TIME.

I MEAN, IT COMES DIRECTLY FROM THE BOARD. I KNOW EXACTLY WHERE IT COMES FROM.

AND AT THIS TIME, I WILL SAY NOTHING FURTHER WITHOUT MY COUNSEL, BECAUSE I SEE EXACTLY WHAT THIS COMMISSION IS GOING TO TRY TO DO.

SURE, SURE. YOU'RE RIGHT. JUST REMEMBER, EVERYBODY, THIS IS ON THE RECORD.

SURE. YOU KNOW. ABSOLUTELY. AND THAT'S WHY I BROUGHT THIS ON THE RECORD, BECAUSE THE THE LETTER DOES STATE THAT THE OIG WILL BE MAINTAINING THE CONFIDENTIALITY OF THE INVESTIGATION.

AT THIS TIME DOES NOT PUT THE ONUS ON US. IT IS ABOUT THE OIG.

SO IT'S THEIR PREROGATIVE IF THEY WANT I STATED EARLIER, IF THEY WANTED US TO MAINTAIN CONFIDENTIALITY, THEY SHOULD HAVE SAID THAT. WHAT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT IS THAT I THOUGHT I WAS THE ONLY ONE THAT GOT A COPY OF THE LETTER, AND I WAS WONDERING WHY I GOT A COPY OF THE LETTER.

BECAUSE I HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE FILING OF THE THE THE REPORT.

SO NOW I'M HEARING THAT MY COLLEAGUES ALSO GOT A COPY OF OF OF THE LETTER.

SO YOU KNOW, I WAS JUST CONCERNED ABOUT THE PART OF THE LETTER THAT SAYS THAT IF WE WANT TO PROVIDE, YOU KNOW, A RESPONSE, IF I WANT TO PROVIDE A RESPONSE, I SHOULD DO SO TO THE OIG.

AND I ASKED MYSELF, WHY SHOULD I PROVIDE A RESPONSE TO THE OIG? IT'S NOT IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH ME, BUT THE MAYOR VIOLATING THE FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT OF ALLEGEDLY VIOLATING.

GET THAT STRAIGHT. WELL, THE REPORT THE 6 TO 64 PAGE REPORT IS QUITE DAMNING.

NO IT'S NOT. AND SO IF YOU'RE GOING TO ANNOUNCE IT ALL, THEN PUT IT ALL OUT THERE AND READ THE ACTUAL FACTS AND NOT THE JUST THE PART OF IT THAT

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GO AHEAD. COMMISSIONER MARLON. I DON'T KNOW WHY MY TIME IS BEING TRAMPLED ON, BUT YOU KNOW, AT THE SAME TIME, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT THE FIRST TIME THAT THE MAYOR HAS VIOLATED SOMEBODY'S RIGHT.

MAYOR HAS VIOLATED MY RIGHTS IN THE PAST ELECTION AS WELL.

THE ISSUE AND YOU KNOW, BUT BUT THIS THIS REPORT IS, IS QUITE DAMNING.

IT IS A REPORT THAT IS EXTREMELY YOU KNOW, UNFRIENDLY.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, WHEN THE REPORT BECOMES FINAL, I'D LIKE THE CITY COMMISSION TO DISCUSS IT AND POSSIBLE BRING POSSIBLE SANCTIONS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. COMMISSIONER BOLTON, WITH RESPECT TO YOUR QUESTION MY OFFICE, CITY MANAGER OFFICE DO NOT INTEND TO FILE ANY WRITTEN RESPONSE TO THIS REPORT. HOWEVER WE WILL ADVISE THE ETHICS COMMISSION OF ANY IMPROVEMENT THAT WE HAVE MADE TO THE VENDOR SELECTION PROCESS.

I THINK THEY CLEARLY INDICATE THAT WE CAN WE NEED TO BEEF THAT PROCESS UP.

SO THE MANAGER AND HIS TEAM IS WORKING ON THAT PROCESS.

THEY LET ME MAKE SURE TO CLARIFY THE VENDOR SELECTION PROCESS FOR OTHER EVENTS BY THE RECREATIONAL DEPARTMENT.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

COMMISSIONER. DISTRICT TWO. WAIVE MY REPORT, MADAM MAYOR.

COMMISSIONER PATTERSON, DISTRICT THREE. NO REPORT.

THANK YOU. VICE MAYOR. DISTRICT FOUR. THANK YOU.

GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. JUST WANT TO INVITE YOU ONCE AGAIN TO OUR LINE DANCE.

IT'S BEEN GOING VERY WELL. WE HAVE A LOT OF PARTICIPANTS.

I DON'T SEE ANY MENDO. YOU COULD LINE DANCE TOO.

COME ON, RON, COME JOIN ME AND MR. WEBSTER. COME ON.

WE HAD A GOOD TIME. AND YOU? IT'S GOOD FOR THE BODY.

IT'S PHYSICAL ACTIVITY. SO PLEASE COME OUT AND JOIN US.

YOU WILL MEET NEW FRIENDS AND TRULY HAVE A GOOD TIME AND FEEL GOOD WHEN YOU GO BACK HOME AND MAYBE GET SOME ICE CREAM.

JUST WORK OUT FOR ICE CREAM. THAT'S RIGHT, WORKOUT FOR ICE CREAM.

ALSO ON OCTOBER 15TH AT 4 P.M., WE HAVE OUR LITTLE VOICES AT PLAY.

WE HAVE A CLINICAL SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST THAT'S HERE TO TEACH OUR OUR CAREGIVERS, PARENTS, KIDS ON THE FLOOR HOW TO COMMUNICATE. SOME SOME OF OUR STUDENTS STUDENTS.

LORD FORGIVE ME. NO, I RETIRED, BY THE WAY. SO I NEED TO STOP SAYING STUDENTS.

YES, I'M TALKING ABOUT STUDENT CHILDREN UNDER FOUR THAT NO LONGER, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NOT SPEAKING.

THEY MIGHT HAVE AUTISM. SOME TYPE OF ISSUE. THEY MIGHT BE DELAYED, BRING THEM OUT.

EVEN IF THEY'RE NOT. IT'S SO GOOD TO SPEND TIME WITH OUR CHILDREN.

IT'S SO NEEDED. I MEAN, I THINK ABOUT IT. MY GRANDMOTHER WAS ABLE TO STAY HOME AND RAISE HER KIDS.

WE DON'T HAVE THAT ANYMORE. SO COME OUT WITH YOUR YOUNG ONES, SPEND SOME TIME WITH THEM, LEARN SOME COMMUNICATION SKILL.

THAT WOULD BE ON OCTOBER 15TH AT 4 P.M.. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR RETIREMENT.

THANK YOU. SOUNDS GOOD. I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF I KNOW HOW TO SPELL THAT WORD RETIREMENT.

THE ONLY ONE THING I'M GOING TO SAY ABOUT THE DISPARAGING ITEMS THAT ARE BEING TALKED ABOUT IS WE'LL DEAL WITH IT WHEN MY COUNCIL IS DONE WITH GOING THROUGH IT.

AND IF THERE ARE ANY SANCTIONS THAT NEED TO COME AGAINST THE CITY, THEY WILL BE BROUGHT AND I'LL BE VINDICATED IN THE END.

SO BACK TO THE BASIC COUPLE OF WEEKS HAVE BEEN VERY BUSY.

I WANT TO THANK BSO FOR THIS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS PROGRAM THAT THEY PUT ON, AND I AND APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH.

WOMEN ON THE GOLF COURSE WAS A GREAT PROGRAM, AND IT IS A GREAT PROGRAM HERE AT COLONY WEST.

AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO REALLY KNOW HOW TO PLAY, AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE A WOMAN. BUT IF YOU WANT TO GO OUT TO IT AND ENJOY AND LEARN HOW TO PLAY GOLF AND HAVE SOME GOOD TIME OUT THERE, YOU SHOULD REALLY ENJOY GOING TO IT.

HISPANIC HERITAGE CONCERT WAS FANTASTIC. APPRECIATE ALL AND SPACE MUSEUM THE ONLY CARIBBEAN MUSEUM COLLABORATING WITH COMMISSIONER JACKIE GUZMAN TO CELEBRATE HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH AND HONOR VARIOUS PEOPLE WHO ARE OF HISPANIC FAITH AND ARE ALSO DOING PUBLIC SERVICE.

FOR THE BUSYNESS THAT CONTINUES TO GO ON ON SATURDAY, AS WELL AS THE SECOND SATURDAY OF THE MONTH, WHERE I HAVE MY FIVE K, WHICH YOU CAN WALK OR RUN FROM 7 A.M.

TO 9 A.M. OVER AT DEPTFORD PARK. JUST ASK THAT YOU REGISTER JUST SO WE KNOW YOU'RE COMING.

OTHER THAN THAT, NO FEE AND IT'S EVERY SECOND SATURDAY OF THE MONTH.

WE ALSO AT 1130, 1035 ON SATURDAY HAVE MOVED WITH THE MAYOR, SO PLEASE JOIN US AT THE REC CENTER WHERE WE WILL HAVE BAR BEER BAR

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AND VERY HAPPY TO BE RAISING AWARENESS FOR BREAST CANCER.

ALL CANCER BUT CANCER FOR MEN AND WOMEN. MEN.

IT IS NO JOKE. I'VE LOST SOME GOOD FRIENDS AND WE'VE LOST SOME GOOD PEOPLE BECAUSE MEN THINK THAT THEY DON'T NEED TO GET CHECKED.

AND GUESS WHAT YOU DO. SO PLEASE, YOU CAN'T TELL YOUR FAMILY.

I'M SO SORRY, I WAS EMBARRASSED. I JUST DIDN'T GET MYSELF CHECKED.

YOU HAVE MORE CHANCE OF SURVIVAL WITH EARLY DETECTION, AS WE ALL KNOW. AND AS A PERSON WHO IS STILL GRATEFUL FOR THE LUNG CANCER INSTITUTE MAMMOGRAM VAN THAT WILL BE HERE, COMMISSIONER PATTERSON IS BRINGING AT THE END OF THE MONTH FOR THEIR 3D MAMMOGRAMS. THAT CAUGHT MY CANCER, WHICH WAS INVASIVE DUCTAL CARCINOMA THAT HAD SPREAD TO MY LYMPH NODES.

SO I HAD A PIECE OF MY BREAST REMOVED AND SEVEN LYMPH NODES AND A WONDERFUL ROUNDS OF CANCER AND RADIATION.

AND VERY PROUD, GRATEFUL TO BE ALIVE AND TRY TO LIVE THE BEST LIFE FOR THOSE WHO CANNOT.

AS MY BROTHER PASSED AWAY FROM CANCER AS WELL.

OCTOBER 7TH. YESTERDAY WAS THE SECOND ANNIVERSARY OF THE DESPICABLE ATTACKS ON ISRAEL.

WE STILL PRAY FOR THE REMAINING BELIEVE IT'S 45 PEOPLE TO COME HOME.

NOT ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE ARE ALIVE, UNFORTUNATELY.

AND TO GET THIS WAR ENDED AND INCLUDING THE BULLYING WAR THAT WE ALLEGEDLY HAVE A PROCLAMATION ON THAT SAYS WE WILL NOT BULLY PEOPLE, WE WILL NOT INTIMIDATE PEOPLE, WE NOT EMBARRASS PEOPLE.

BUT YET THIS COMMISSION CAN'T GET OUT OF ITS OWN WAY, NOW CAN IT? SO I GIVE US A A PLUS AND HYPOCRISY. WELCOME TO THE CITY OF TAMARAC ALL.

EVERYTHING ELSE IS ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS. ON THAT NOTE, WE WILL NOW GO TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA.

[5. CONSENT AGENDA]

SEEING NO ITEMS BEING PULLED FOR DISCUSSION, I'LL TAKE A SECOND TO MY MOTION.

SECOND. I HAVE A SECOND. BY COMMISSIONER WRITES.

CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. MAYOR GOMEZ.

YES. COMMISSIONER WRIGHT. YES. VICE MAYOR. DANIEL.

YES. COMMISSIONER. PATTERSON. YES. COMMISSIONER.

BOLTON. YES. THANK YOU. MOTION PASSES 5 TO 0.

THANK YOU. MOVING ON TO ORDINANCES ON FIRST READING.

[7.a TO2611 - An Ordinance of the City of Tamarac, Florida, amending Section 10-5.7 entitled “New Development Impact Fees” of Chapter 10, of the Tamarac City Code, adopting the City of Tamarac Impact Fee Study, attached hereto as Exhibit “A”; by amending the Impact Fee Schedule and Land Use Categories, providing for an increase to the current impact fee rate of 25% for Governmental Facilities, Parks and Recreational Facilities and Multimodal Transportation; re-establishing criteria and administrative procedures for the assessment and collection of impact fees, providing updated guidelines for the phasing of impact fee increases, processing of refunds, credits, and fair share agreements relative to the city’s impact fee program; providing for notice and implementation; providing for codification; providing a savings provision, providing a conflicts provision, providing for severability, and providing for an effective date.]

ITEM SEVEN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC, FLORIDA, AMENDING SECTION TEN DASH 5.7 ENTITLED NEW DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEES OF CHAPTER TEN OF THE CITY CODE, ADOPTING THE CITY OF TAMARAC IMPACT FEE STUDY ATTACHED AS EXHIBIT A BY AN IMPACT FEE SCHEDULE AND LAND USE CATEGORIES PROVIDING FOR INCREASE TO THE CURRENT FEE IMPACT OF 25% FOR GOVERNMENT FACILITIES, PARKS, RECREATION FACILITIES AND MULTI-MODAL TRANSPORTATION.

WE ESTABLISHED CRITERIA ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE FOR ASSESSMENT, COLLECTION AND IMPACT FEES, PROVIDING UPDATE GUIDELINES FOR THE PHASES OF IMPACT FEES, INCREASE FOR PROCESSING REFUNDS, CREDITS FAIR SHARE AGREEMENTS RELATED TO THE CITY IMPACT FEE PROGRAM.

PROVIDING FOR NOTICE AND IMPLEMENTATION. PROVIDING FOR EFFECTIVE DATE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I'LL TAKE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

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

I HAVE A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WRITES THE CONSULTANT CARSON BS WILL MAKE A PRESENTATION VIRTUALLY.

VICE. SORRY, SORRY. VOICE IN THE SKY. THROUGH MICROSOFT TEAMS AND BOTH HE AND MAXINE CALLOWAY, OUR DEPUTY CITY MANAGER, ARE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. AND I APOLOGIZE.

I'M NOT THERE IN PERSON. MY, ACTUALLY, MY FLIGHT JUST LANDED ABOUT FIVE MINUTES AGO.

I JUST GOT A NOTIFICATION OF SO, ANYWAY, I I'M I APOLOGIZE, I'M NOT THERE IN PERSON.

I DO SEE THE PRESENTATION ON THE SCREEN. AM I GOING TO BE CONTROLLING IT, OR DO I NEED TO TO SHARE MY SCREEN AS PART OF THIS WILL CONTROL IT FOR YOU. JUST GREAT OKAY. YEAH. SO SO LET'S GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

YEAH. SO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT US. TISCHLER BICE.

WE'RE BASED IN BETHESDA, MARYLAND AND BOISE, IDAHO.

WE ARE THE NATIONAL LEADERS IN, IN CALCULATING IMPACT FEES AS WELL AS DOING FISCAL AND ECONOMIC IMPACT ANALYSIS.

AND YOU CAN SEE HERE WE'VE GOT A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF EXPERIENCE IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA.

NEXT SLIDE. SO WHAT BRINGS US BEFORE YOU TODAY IS THIS THE CITY'S CURRENT IMPACT FEE STRUCTURE WAS ADOPTED IN 2019 AND INCLUDES THREE FEES PARKS AND RECREATION, GOVERNMENT FACILITIES, AS WELL AS TRANSPORT OR MULTI-MODAL TRANSPORTATION.

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ONE IS HOUSE BILL 479 THAT WENT INTO EFFECT ON OCTOBER 1ST OF 2024.

THAT ONE REQUIRES THAT IMPACT FEES REFLECT THE MOST RECENT AND LOCALIZED DATA.

SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS, IS THAT, FOR INSTANCE, YOU HAVE A TRANSPORTATION FEE AND THERE'S A NEW IT OR INSTITUTE OF TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERS BOOK OF TRIP GENERATION RATES MEANS THAT YOUR YOUR, YOUR, YOUR IMPACT FEES FOR TRANSPORTATION ARE OUT OF DATE.

AND THAT JUST HAPPENED ABOUT TWO MONTHS AGO. EVERY TIME THERE'S A NEW ISSUANCE OF CENSUS DATA, AGAIN, IT MEANS THAT YOU'RE YOU'RE NOT YOU DON'T HAVE THE MOST RECENT LOCALIZED DATA.

SO AS AND IT REQUIRES THE DATA BE NO MORE THAN FOUR YEARS OLD.

AND SO SINCE THE CITY'S FEES WERE CALCULATED IN 2019, THE CITY PAUSED COLLECTION OF THOSE FEES IN OCTOBER 1ST OF 2024.

NEXT SLIDE. ALSO, PRIOR TO HOUSE HOUSE BILL 479, THERE WERE SOME OTHER LEGISLATIVE CHANGES.

SO A FEW YEARS BACK, THERE WERE SOME CHANGES THAT BASICALLY LIMITED THE AMOUNT OF INCREASE IN IMPACT FEES.

SO AN INCREASE OF NOT MORE THAN 25% MUST BE IMPLEMENTED IN TWO EQUAL INSTALLMENTS, MEANING THAT IF YOU HAD FEES THAT WERE $1,000 AND THEY WERE NOW RECOMMENDED AT 1250, THAT YOU THEN HAD TO THEN INCREASE THOSE FEES IN INCREMENTS OF $125 OVER TWO YEARS TO GET TO THE $1,250. SAME WITH AN INCREASE BETWEEN 25 AND 50%.

HOWEVER, THEY MUST BE INCREMENTED OVER A FOUR YEAR PERIOD OF $125 TO GET TO THE $1,500.

NOW, YOU COULD INCREASE OR, EXCUSE ME, AN AN IMPACT FEE INCREASE MAY NOT EXCEED 50% OF THE CURRENT FEES.

HOWEVER, YOU COULD DO WHAT'S CALLED DEMONSTRATING EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES.

SO IN ORDER TO INCREASE YOUR FEES BY OVER 50%, YOU WOULD HAVE TO INVOKE THIS CLAUSE, WHICH INCLUDED TWO PUBLICLY NOTICED WORKSHOPS.

AND THE INCREASE MUST BE APPROVED BY AT LEAST TWO THIRDS VOTE OF THE GOVERNING BODY.

REGARDLESS OF THIS, THE FEES MAY OR MAY NOT BE INCREASED MORE THAN ONCE EVERY FOUR YEARS.

SO BASICALLY, WHETHER YOU GO 2550 OR THE EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES, ONCE THAT'S ADOPTED, YOU CAN'T INCREASE OVER THE FOUR YEARS. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

SO A LITTLE BIT OF BASICS ABOUT IMPACT FEES BECAUSE I KNOW THERE'S SOME NEW MEMBERS ON THE COUNCIL SINCE THE LAST STUDY.

ONE IS THAT, YOU KNOW, THE FIRST IS IMPACT FEES ARE A ONE TIME PAYMENT FOR GROWTH RELATED INFRASTRUCTURE.

WE CAN'T USE IMPACT FEES FOR OPERATIONS, MAINTENANCE OR REPLACEMENT.

WE WE HAVE TO ESTABLISH BASICALLY THREE PRONGS OF LEGAL TESTS.

THE FIRST IS NEXUS OR NEED. SO THE IMPACT FEES MUST BE PROVIDING GROWTH RELATED INFRASTRUCTURE.

AND BY GROWTH RELATED INFRASTRUCTURE I MEAN SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS MEANING IMPROVEMENTS THAT BENEFIT THE CITY OR OR RESIDENTS CITYWIDE OR BUSINESSES CITYWIDE. THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE THINGS LIKE TURN LANES REQUIRED FOR A DEVELOPMENT OR, YOU KNOW, PARK DEDICATION REQUIREMENTS THAT SERVE A PARTICULAR SUBDIVISION.

THESE HAVE TO BE IMPROVEMENTS OR INFRASTRUCTURE THAT BENEFIT EVERYBODY CITYWIDE.

SECOND, THE FEES MUST REPRESENT A PROPORTIONATE SHARE OF THE CAPITAL COST OF THESE SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS.

SO AS PART OF THIS, THAT'S WHY THE FEE SCHEDULE DIFFERENTIATES BETWEEN SIZE OF UNITS OR TYPE OF UNITS, OR TYPES OF NONRESIDENTIAL SQUARE FOOTAGE, VERSUS JUST HAVING A RESIDENTIAL VERSUS A NONRESIDENTIAL FEE.

THE AMOUNT OF THE FEE HAS TO BE COMMENSURATE WITH THE THE DEMAND FOR FACILITIES.

SO FOR INSTANCE, RETAIL DEVELOPMENT TYPICALLY GENERATES MORE VEHICLE TRIPS OR MORE PERSON TRIPS THAN OFFICE.

OFFICE GENERATES MORE THAN INDUSTRIAL. SO THE FEES HAVE TO BE COMMENSURATE WITH THAT DEMAND.

THIRD, FEE PAYERS MUST RECEIVE A BENEFIT, AND BENEFIT IS SHOWN TWO WAYS.

ONE IS THROUGH GEOGRAPHIC SERVICE AREAS. FIRST OF ALL TAMARAC IS NOT OF A SIZE THAT REQUIRES US TO SLICE AND DICE THE CITY, SO TO SPEAK. IN TERMS OF BENEFIT AREAS, YOU'RE PROVIDING THING LEVELS OF SERVICE FROM AN INFRASTRUCTURE INFRASTRUCTURE PERSPECTIVE ON A CITYWIDE BASIS.

THE SECOND IS ACCOUNTING AND EXPENDITURE CONTROLS. THAT'S GOVERNED THROUGH THE IMPACT FEE ACT.

YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PUBLISH AN ANNUAL REPORT. AND WE HAVE TO SPEND THE MONEY IN A TIMELY FASHION, MEANING THAT WE JUST DON'T COLLECT IMPACT FEES PAID BY ME 15 YEARS FROM NOW.

WE HAVE TO EXPEND THEM IN A IN A REASONABLE PERIOD OF TIME.

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SO OUR DEMOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS SHOWS AND SIMILAR TO THE DEMOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS IN 2019 THAT A SINGLE FAMILY UNITS INCREASE IN SIZE.

SO DO THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE. SO DO THE NUMBER OF VEHICLES AVAILABLE.

AND SO DO THE VEHICLE TRIP GENERATION RATES. AND SO THE FEES ARE REFLECTIVE OF THAT.

MULTIFAMILY UNITS OR APARTMENTS ARE COLLECTED BY UNIT.

AND THEN WE'VE ALSO MAINTAINED THE SENIOR HOUSING CATEGORIES THAT YOU HAD FROM THE PREVIOUS PHE STUDY.

FROM A NONRESIDENTIAL PERSPECTIVE, WE HAVE RECOMMENDED A LARGER CHANGE.

ONE IS THAT INSTEAD OF GOING WITH A NONRESIDENTIAL FEE STRUCTURE, THAT IS OVER.

I THINK IT WAS 40 DIFFERENT CATEGORIES. WE RECOMMEND THAT IT BE STREAMLINED FOR EASIER USE BY THE CITY.

ALSO, IT HAS SOME ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND INCENTIVIZING QUALITIES TO IT.

SO THE NEW FEE SCHEDULE WOULD INCLUDE FIVE CATEGORIES UNDER WHICH ALL DEVELOPMENT WOULD, WOULD FALL.

THAT INCLUDES COMMERCIAL, INSTITUTIONAL OFFICE AND OTHER SERVICES, GENERAL INDUSTRIAL AND WAREHOUSING.

THE ORDINANCE IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE, WOULD STILL ALLOW FOR THE FEE PAYER TO INVOKE THE INDEPENDENT FEE CALCULATION CLAUSE, WHICH BASICALLY SAYS THAT IF I FEEL THAT FOR WHATEVER REASON, YOU KNOW, MY PROJECT DOESN'T FIT NICE AND NEATLY INTO ONE OF THESE CATEGORIES BECAUSE OF, YOU KNOW, EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES, I HAVE THE ABILITY TO COME TO THE CITY AND MAKE MY CASE AND AND, AND ALLOW THE CITY TO DETERMINE WHETHER THAT'S A REASONABLE ASSUMPTION FOR MIXED USE DEVELOPMENTS.

AND THOSE ARE THE, THE HARDEST TO, TO TO IMPLEMENT BECAUSE OF THE VARIETY OF USES, THE CONNECTIVITY OF USES, ETC.. THE, THE FEE SCHEDULE WILL BE BASED ON THE TOTAL NUMBER OF RESIDENTIAL UNITS PLUS THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF NONRESIDENTIAL SQUARE FOOTAGE.

SO, FOR INSTANCE, THE MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT THAT MAY HAVE 500 APARTMENTS, 5000FT² OF RETAIL AND 10,000FT² OF OFFICE, RATHER THAN HAVING MIXED USE CATEGORY, THE FEES WOULD BE ASSESSED BY APARTMENT UNIT, OFFICE SQUARE FOOTAGE, RETAIL SQUARE FOOTAGE. SO THAT'S IN KEEPING WITH YOUR CURRENT FEE SCHEDULE.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO LET'S TURN TO PARKS AND RECREATION, WHICH IS THE FIRST OF THE THREE IMPACT FEE CATEGORIES.

I WILL TELL YOU UP FRONT THAT ON ALL THREE FEE CATEGORIES, IT'S A STAFF RECOMMENDATION THAT WE ONLY PURSUE THE 25% INCREASE OVER YOUR CURRENT FEE STRUCTURE, AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS TO KEEP YOU COMPETITIVE WITH OTHER JURISDICTIONS IN THE REGION AND KEEP YOU WITH IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE FEE STRUCTURE THAT YOU HAVE IN PLACE FROM 2019. SO AS WE LOOK AT PARKS AND RECREATION FROM A SINGLE, SINGLE FAMILY HOME PERSPECTIVE, THE LARGEST SIZE SINGLE FAMILY HOME, WHICH IS 25,000 OR EXCUSE ME, 2500FT² OR GREATER, HAS A A A MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE FEE OF OVER $10,000.

THE CURRENT FEE IS AT $3,000. THE RECOMMENDED FEE IS AT $3,815.

SAME KIND OF RELATIONSHIP EXISTS BETWEEN MULTIFAMILY AS WELL AS THE SENIOR HOUSING.

FEES. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. GOVERNMENT FACILITIES.

AGAIN, DRAFT FEES ARE RECOMMENDED AT 25% OF YOUR CURRENT LEVEL.

AGAIN, LET'S FOCUS ON THE LARGEST SINGLE FAMILY, WHICH IS 2500FT² OR GREATER.

THE MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE FEE IF YOU WENT THE EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES ROUTE IS $3,036.

YOUR CURRENT FEE IS $773. THE RECOMMENDED FEE IS $966, WHICH IS A 25% INCREASE OVER YOUR CURRENT FEE.

AND THAT SAME RELATIONSHIP EXISTS FOR THE OTHER FEES AS WELL.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. FINALLY, MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION AGAIN 25% INCREASE.

FOCUSING AGAIN ON THE 2500FT² OR GREATER. THE MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE FEE IS $1,227.

THE CURRENT FEE IS 1069. SO THE RECOMMENDED FEE IS $1,227 BECAUSE YOU'RE ACTUALLY STILL UNDER THE THE MAXIMUM OR THE, THE, THE ALLOWABLE INCREASE UNDER THE ACT. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

SO IN TERMS OF SUMMARIZING THE IMPACT FEES WE ARE RECOMMENDING THAT AGAIN, THE 25% INCREASE.

AND SO IF YOU REMEMBER FROM THE I THINK THIRD, THIRD SLIDE, IF YOU GO THE 25% ROUTE THAT IT HAS TO BE DONE IN TWO EQUAL INCREMENTS.

SO THE RECOMMENDED FEES FOR PARKS AND RECREATION, WHICH IS THE TOP TABLE.

AGAIN, WE'LL FOCUS ON THE SINGLE FAMILY 2500FT² OR GREATER.

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SO IN YEAR ONE IT WOULD GO TO 3434 AND THEN TO 3815.

SAME WITH GENERAL GOVERNMENT FOCUSING AGAIN ON 2500FT² OR GREATER.

THE MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE IS 3086. THE RECOMMENDED FEE IS 966.

IN YEAR ONE IT GOES TO 870 AND THEN AGAIN TO 966.

AND FINALLY MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION, AGAIN FOCUSING ON SINGLE FAMILY 20 500FT² OR GREATER.

MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE FEE IS 1227. THE RECOMMENDED FEE IS 1227 BECAUSE AGAIN IT FALLS UNDER THE 25%.

THE RECOMMENDED FEE IN YOUR OR THE PHASING WOULD BE 1148 IN YEAR ONE, AND THEN 1227 IN YEAR TWO.

NEXT SLIDE. SO I MENTIONED EARLIER ON THAT ONE OF THE REASONS WHY THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION WAS 25% WAS TO KEEP THE CITY IN LINE WITH OTHER PEER COMMUNITIES OF SIMILAR SIZE, SIMILAR DEMOGRAPHICS, ETC., WITHIN THE REGION.

AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE ALWAYS SEE IN MOST OF OUR STUDIES IS, IS THE ELECTED OFFICIALS WANT TO SEE, WELL, WHERE DO YOU COMPARE? SO YOU CAN SEE HERE HIGHLIGHTED IN GRAY IS THIS IS THE DRAFT OR THE MAXIMUM OR THE RECOMMENDED FEES AT 25% LEVEL FOR THE CITY OF TAMARAC. SO YOU CAN SEE HERE THE TOTAL COST IS 53.79.

NOW YOU ARE ON THE, YOU KNOW, THE TOP 50%. BUT YOU'RE NOT THE HIGHEST, AND YOU'RE A LONG WAY OFF FROM THE HIGHEST, WHICH IS MIAMI DADE COUNTY. NOW, I CAN ALSO TELL YOU FROM EXPERIENCE, BECAUSE WE'RE UPDATING TWO OF THESE FEE STUDIES THAT OTHER JURISDICTIONS ARE ALSO UPDATING THEIR FEE STUDIES. AND SO THESE NUMBERS ARE LIKELY TO CHANGE OVER TIME.

AND WITH THAT, I AM HAPPY TO. OH. EXCUSE ME. NEXT STEP.

SORRY. SO FROM FROM THIS FOR NEXT STEPS, SECOND READING IS CITY COMMISSION MEETING OCTOBER 22ND.

AND THEN THERE'S A 90 DAY NOTICE PERIOD BEFORE IMPLEMENTATION, WHICH IS ESTIMATED TO BE JANUARY 20TH OF 2026.

AND WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE ABOUT THE TECHNICAL FEE STUDY. THANK YOU.

PLEASE HANG ON TIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO GO TO PUBLIC COMMENTS FIRST.

IS THERE ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WISHES TO MAKE ANY COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE, PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE NOW CLOSED. I SEE NO DISCUSSION BY THIS COMMISSION.

CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. COMMISSIONER.

RIGHT. YES. VICE MAYOR. DANIEL. YES. COMMISSIONER.

BOLTON. YES. MAYOR. GOMEZ. YES. COMMISSIONER PATTERSON.

YES. THANK YOU. MOTION PASSES 5 TO 0. MOVING ON TO OUR LAST ITEM.

[11.a Discussion and Possible Direction on Establishing a Homeowners Association (HOA) Resiliency and Infrastructure Grant]

COMMISSIONER BOLTON HAS PUT THIS ON THE ITEM.

PLEASE SUMMARIZE THE SAME. THANK YOU. CHAIR. THE THANK YOU CHAIR. THE THE ITEM IS ESSENTIALLY BECAUSE I'VE BEEN RECEIVING CALLS FROM HOA ASSOCIATIONS, HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATIONS AS WELL AS THEIR PRESIDENTS TO HELP WITH SOME OF THE BURDENS THAT THEY ARE GOING THROUGH AS A COMMUNITY.

SO TYPICALLY THE 55 AND OLDER COMMUNITIES. I RECEIVED A CALL RECENTLY ABOUT MAINLAND'S FIVE NOT ABLE TO CUT SOME TREES THAT ARE DAMAGING HOA PROPERTY.

HURRICANE SEASON IS UPON US AND THEY WANT SOME HELP WHERE THAT IS CONCERNED.

I LOOKED AT THE NEIGHBORHOOD PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM.

AND MISS CALLAWAY HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR YOU REGARDING THAT.

OKAY. MAXINE CALLOWAY MANAGER. OKAY. SO IS THE ITEM IS PRESENTED AND NOW YOU'RE GOING THROUGH YOUR QUESTIONS FOR IT.

GO AHEAD. MAXINE CALLOWAY DEPUTY CITY MANAGER.

YES, COMMISSIONER. OKAY. I'M NOT GOING TO BE TIMED.

I HAVE 15 MINUTES TO PRESENT MY ITEM, AND I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS.

SO, MISS CALLOWAY, THE NEIGHBORHOOD PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM THAT YOU HAVE, THAT COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT HAS TELL

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WHAT WHAT DOES IT ENTAIL? AND HOW CAN WE EXPAND THE PROGRAM? THE PROGRAM PROVIDES FOR $4,999 OF ASSISTANCE FOR HOA CONDOMINIUMS, PRIMARILY FOR COMMON AREAS. SO ANYTHING THAT'S IN THE COMMON AREA VISIBLE FOR SOME OF THE ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES INCLUDES LANDSCAPING LIGHTING SIGNAGE. MOST RECENTLY WE ADDED CAMERAS JUST TO ENHANCE AND BEAUTIFY THE COMMON AREA AS IT RELATES TO THE LANDSCAPING COMPONENT, THERE'S NO CONSIDERATION FOR PRUNING OR TREE TRIMMING OR TREE REMOVAL.

AND SO IF THAT'S THE DESIRE OF THE COMMISSION THAT COULD BE ADDED AS AN ELIGIBLE ACTIVITY UNDER THE PROGRAM.

SO THE PROGRAM IS THE PROGRAM ALREADY EXISTS.

IT DOES. AND IT'S ALREADY FUNDED. SO IT WOULD NOT HAVE ANY FISCAL IMPACT EXCEPT THAT WE WOULD BE EXPANDING THE USE OF THE PROGRAM IF THAT'S A DESIRABLE CONDITION.

YES. TO ADD PRUNING AND TREE REMOVAL OR TREE TRIMMING AS AN ELIGIBLE ACTIVITY UNDER THE LANDSCAPING COMPONENT.

OKAY. AND WOULD THIS BE PROPER IF THE COMMISSION TAKES THAT THAT APPROACH WOULD IT CHANGE THE, THE MEANING THEN OF THE OF THE PROGRAM? I DON'T THINK SO.

WE ALREADY HAVE A CATEGORY FOR LANDSCAPING. AND OF COURSE THAT COULD BE CONSIDERED AS A FORM OF BEAUTIFICATION IF THE TREE IS OVERGROWN OR IF THE TREE IS DAMAGING THE SIDEWALK OR THE PROPERTY, AND YOU WANT TO REMOVE THE TREE, THEN THAT IS JUST EXPANDING THE LANDSCAPE.

AND CURRENTLY THE PROGRAM PROVIDES FOR ASSISTANCE TO PLANT FOR LANDSCAPING ENHANCEMENT, BUT IT JUST DOES NOT INCLUDE REMOVAL OR PRUNING.

AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, IF THAT'S THE DIRECTION OF THE OF THE COMMISSION, YOU WOULD JUST DIRECT STAFF OR WOULD INCLUDE IT IN THE GUIDELINES.

BUT THE PROGRAM RECENTLY CLOSED AND SO WE'D PROBABLY HAVE TO OPEN AND EXTEND THE PROGRAM DEADLINE.

IT JUST CLOSED LAST WEEK. OKAY. SO A PART OF THIS, I WANT TO ASK MY COLLEAGUES TO EXPAND THE THE PROGRAM TO INCLUDE TRIMMING AND PRUNING AND REMOVAL. TREE REMOVAL.

YEAH. AND TO ASK STAFF TO EXTEND THE TIME TO GIVE HOSE CITYWIDE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TO APPLY NOT JUST HOSE IN MY, IN MY DISTRICT, OBVIOUSLY, BUT THIS WOULD BE OPEN TO EVERYBODY.

I'M SURE PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT THIS, BUT SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, COMMISSIONERS GO TO DIFFERENT HOA MEETINGS AND THEY WANT TO BE ABLE TO BE ARMED WITH INFORMATION TO HELP THEIR RESIDENTS. SO THIS IS ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT.

SO ABOVE THAT YOU KNOW, I WANT IT TO WANTED STAFF TO LOOK INTO AN ADDITIONAL RESILIENCY PROGRAM THAT COULD HELP HOSE WITH SO THIS IS TWO PRONGED.

PERHAPS, YOU KNOW, MY COLLEAGUES HAVE SOME HOSE IN THEIR COMMUNITIES THAT NEED HELP.

I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE THE DIFFERENT DISTRICTS.

TWO, THREE, FOUR AND WHAT THEIR NEEDS ARE. BUT CERTAINLY IN MY DISTRICT, HOSE ARE LITERALLY BEGGING FOR HELP, AND SOME OF THEM ARE, ARE PASSING ON THE BURDEN TO RESIDENTS WHICH THEN MAKES RESIDENTS STRESSED OUT AS ACTUALLY TALKING TO A RESIDENT ON MY WAY HERE.

SHE SAID SHE MOVED HERE TWO YEARS AGO, AND WHEN SHE DID HER COMMUNITY WAS AFFORDABLE FOR HER BUDGET.

IT WAS HER FEE WAS, I THINK 200 AND SOMETHING DOLLARS, AND NOW IT HAS ESCALATED TO 600 SOMETHING DOLLARS.

SHE CAN'T AFFORD IT. THESE ARE SENIORS ON FIXED INCOME, SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT CAN BE DONE OR WHAT TYPE OF PROGRAMS WE CAN CREATE OR FROM WHAT BUCKET WE CAN YOU KNOW, TAKE THAT FROM.

I KNOW THAT THE BUDGET IS ALREADY SEWN UP. BUT, YOU KNOW, AS AN ASTUTE ATTORNEY AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR THAT IS SO BRIGHT AND, YOU KNOW, SO AMAZING, I'M SURE YOU CAN COME UP WITH

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MISS CALLOWAY JUST WANT TO PUBLICLY SAY HOW AWESOME YOU ARE.

YOU ARE AN EXEMPLARY EMPLOYEE. AND NEVER THINK OTHERWISE.

SO JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT PUBLICLY. ALL RIGHT.

SO THAT'S THE CRUX OF MY MY ITEM. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER.

THANK YOU COMMISSIONER. JUST A BIT UNEXPECTED, BUT I WAS JUST TAKING IT IN.

BUT THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU FOR THE MINUTE. YOU GET IT AND ENJOY IT. TILL THAT CHANGES, WHEN THE SERPENT'S TAIL COMES BACK AROUND. VICE MAYOR.

JUST. JUST ONE QUESTION. SINCE THIS THIS TOPIC IS UP, WOULD IT INCLUDE ALSO PAINTING OF THE FPL BOXES? BECAUSE I KNOW WE'VE HAD SOME ISSUES WITH THAT.

THE PROGRAM CURRENTLY DOES NOT INCLUDE THAT. CAN CAN WE INCLUDE SINCE WE'RE LOOKING TO MAKE SOME CHANGES, CAN WE INCLUDE THAT AS WELL PLEASE FOR FUNDING FOR FOR THAT AND PROVIDED AGAIN IT'S IN THE COMMON AREA.

I DON'T KNOW WHERE THOSE ARE LOCATED. IF THEY ARE IN CITY RIGHT OF WAY OR IF THEY'RE TYPICALLY IN THE COMMON AREA.

BUT WE CAN LOOK AT THAT CITY MANAGER AND VICE MAYOR.

WE ALSO I MEAN, WE CONTACTED FPL FOR SOME OF THAT CONVERSATION AND THEY DID HAVE SOME CONCERNS.

AND SO THEY PROVIDED SOME, SOME GUIDELINES FOR WHAT CAN BE DONE.

BUT IT'S NOT STRAIGHTFORWARD AS, AS GO AHEAD AND PAINT THE, THE, THE BOXES.

SO WE DO HAVE SOME GUIDANCE FROM THEM. YEAH. THE LAST MEETING WE HAD, I THINK THEY SAID IT DEPENDS ON HOW DAMAGED IT IS, BUT WE ARE THE HOA COULD PAINT IT, BUT THEY WOULD HAVE TO PAY THE COST.

AND BECAUSE THEY HAVE SOME MARKINGS ON THOSE BOXES AND, YOU KNOW, IT CAN'T BE COVERED OR.

YEAH, RIGHT. WE HAVE TO COMPLY WITH THOSE THINGS.

AND SO CASE CASE BY CASE. UNDERSTOOD. AND ALSO IF WE DO VOTE FOR IT JUST TO HAVE I KNOW WE HAVE A LOT OF GREAT HOAS OUT THERE, INCLUDING MINE, BUT THERE'S SOME THAT YOU KNOW, HOW DO I SAY THIS? THE ACCOUNTABILITY AND THE COMPLAINTS THAT WE'VE GOTTEN.

HOW WILL WE KEEP THAT IN MIND? WHAT DO YOU MEAN? VICE MAYOR, WHEN YOU SAY ACCOUNTABILITY AS IT IS NOW, THE PROGRAM REQUIRES US TO ENGAGE THROUGH AN AGREEMENT.

SO THE HOA HAS TO BE ACTIVE, AND WE ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT, AND WE FUND IT AFTER THEY HAVE BROUGHT TO US THREE QUOTES OF WHATEVER IT IS THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO IMPROVE. AND THEN THE CHECK IS MADE PAYABLE TO RIGHT NOW I'M JUST TALKING ABOUT I'VE HAD A COUPLE COMPLAINTS ABOUT MISMANAGEMENT, AND I KNOW IT'S NOT I'VE SPOKEN TO CITY, THE CITY ATTORNEY REGARDING THOSE.

SO WHEN WE'RE GIVING TO KEEP THOSE IN MIND, BECAUSE THEN I WOULDN'T WANT TO ADD TO PROBLEMS. GOTCHA. YEAH. COMMISSIONER PATTERSON. THANK YOU.

THROUGH THE MANAGER. MISS CALLOWAY, JUST A COUPLE QUICK QUESTIONS.

HOW LONG HAVE WE HAD THE PROGRAM? I WOULD SAY MAYBE AROUND FIVE YEARS AT THIS POINT.

AND HAS IT ALWAYS BEEN FUNDED AT FOUR, NINE, NINE, NINE? YES, YES. AND THAT'S TO AVOID I THINK WE CUT IT OFF THERE.

THERE'S SOME PROCUREMENT THRESHOLD. THAT'S ANYWHERE OVER $5,000.

SO THAT'S WHY IT WAS CUT OFF OF 4999. OKAY. WHAT WOULD BE THE PROCUREMENT THRESHOLD RELATIVE TO THAT? DO YOU REMEMBER WHAT IT WAS? I BELIEVE AFTER YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A 2500 THRESHOLD AND A 5000 THRESHOLD.

IT REQUIRES INFORMAL CODES AFTER THAT 5000 THRESHOLD.

YEAH. AND IS THIS JUST A DONATION TO THE HOA, A GRANT? YEAH, IT IS A GRANT. YEAH. IS IT. IT MAY IT MAY NOT BE SUBJECT TO OUR PROCUREMENT REQUIREMENTS.

AT THE TIME, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT IT WAS, WHICH IS WHY WE ARRIVED AT THAT FIGURE.

WHAT THE 4999. AND IT'S FUNDED THROUGH GENERAL FUND.

YEAH. AND IF ANYTHING, WE CAN AMEND THE CODE TO EXEMPT IT.

IT SOUNDS LIKE A GRANT PROGRAM LIKE ANY OTHER GRANT PROGRAM.

OKAY, SURE. WHAT'S THE TOTAL ALLOCATION ANNUALLY? IT'S 10,000 PER DISTRICT AND 10,000 CITYWIDE.

SO IT'S A TOTAL OF 50,000. SO 50 K IS THE LINE ITEM AND THEN TEN PER DISTRICT.

10,000 PER DISTRICT AND 10,000 CITYWIDE. SO IT'S 50,000 TOTAL.

SO BASICALLY TWO NEIGHBORHOODS PER DISTRICT, PROVIDED THAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR THE MAXIMUM IN SOME INSTANCES,

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AND IT'S OKAY. AND SO DOES THE NEIGHBORHOOD TYPICALLY HAVE TO PROVIDE SOME QUOTES? IS THAT HOW THAT WORKS? THEY DO. YES. AND WE DO A WORKSHOP ABOUT TWO WEEKS BEFORE THE PROGRAM OPENS TO HELP COMMUNITIES UNDERSTAND HOW TO SUBMIT A COMPLETE APPLICATION. SO IN THAT WORKSHOP, WE TELL YOU WHAT'S NEEDED, HOW TO COMPLETE THE APPLICATION AND HOW TO GET YOUR QUOTES DONE AND SUBMITTED.

HOW DID WE ESTABLISH THE PROGRAM? WHAT WAS THE BASIS FOR ESTABLISHING THE PROGRAM? I THINK IT WAS AN ASK FROM A MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION AT THE TIME.

IS THERE A REASON WHY WE PRECLUDED NEIGHBORHOODS THAT DON'T HAVE HOMES THAT DON'T HAVE HOA'S? WE NEED A COMMUNITY TO CONTRACT WITH. WE DO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT AND TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF THE IMPROVEMENTS ONCE IT'S DONE, AND THEN TO BE ABLE TO WRITE A CHECK TO IS IT OUR CONTRACTORS OR DOES THE NEIGHBORHOOD PROVIDE THEY DO THEY PROVIDE THREE QUOTES.

SO THE NEIGHBORHOOD IDENTIFIES A CONTRACTOR. THEY DO.

OKAY. HOW MUCH DO WE GIVE COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS? IN THE MOST RECENT GRANT PROGRAM THAT WE THAT THIS COMMISSION JUST ADOPTED, IT'S $5,000 FOR THE SMALL BUSINESS.

IF YOU RESIDE IN THE CITY OF TAMARAC, THEN THIS COMMISSION AUTHORIZED THAT TO BE 10,000.

AND THEN THE INTERIOR IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM IS UP TO 100,000, AND THE FACADE PROGRAM WAS UP TO 250,000.

NO, I DIDN'T MEAN. SO ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE SMALL BUSINESS GRANTS? I'M REFERRING TO COMMERCIAL SHOPPING PLAZAS THAT WE'RE KIND OF HELPING OUT, FIXING CODE VIOLATIONS.

JUST THERE'S AN ALLOCATION OR A POT SPECIFIC FOR THAT GROUP? YES. HOW MUCH HAVE WE. SO THAT'S THE PROGRAM.

LET'S SEE. I THINK IT'S UP TO 5000. IT'S ON THIS LIST.

NEIGHBORHOOD PARTNERSHIP. RESIDENTIAL INDIVIDUAL PLAZA CAN GET UP TO, WHAT, 250? SO IT GOES UP FROM THAT. AND I JUST WANT TO ADD, WHILE MISS CALLOWAY IS LOOKING INTO THAT WE'LL PROVIDE YOU SHORTLY A COMPLETE LIST OF ALL OUR GRANTS. AND SO YOU'LL, YOU'LL YOU'LL HAVE A REFERENCE FOR ALL THE GRANTS THAT THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE TODAY AND THE AMOUNTS IN THE APPLICATIONS. SO WE HAVE A PROGRAM WHICH IS A THROUGH CODE COMPLIANCE.

THERE IS A COMMERCIAL COMPONENT AS WELL THAT IS NOT THROUGH THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OFFICE.

THAT IS UP TO $5,000 FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO YOUR SIGN PAINTING OF YOUR BUILDING.

ANY LIGHTING FOR COMMERCIAL PLAZAS. SO THAT'S UP TO $5,000.

I THOUGHT IT WAS MORE THAN THAT. I THOUGHT THERE WAS MORE THAN THAT. SO THE PROGRAM YOU RECENTLY ADOPTED IS THE ONE I JUST PUT ON THE RECORD.

SO IT'S 5000 FOR THE SMALL BUSINESS. IF YOU RESIDE IN THE CITY OF TAMARAC, IT'S 10,000 FOR YOUR SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAM, 100,000 FOR THE INTERIOR RENOVATION PROGRAM, AND UP TO 250,000 FOR THE COMMERCIAL FACADE PROGRAM.

SO THE COMMERCIAL FACADE PROGRAM? YES, THE COMMERCIAL PLAZA CAN GET UP TO 200.

AND THAT IS CORRECT. AND THAT COMES TO THIS COMMISSION? YES. EXTERIOR. YES. AND THAT'S THE ONE THAT INCLUDES FIXING CODE VIOLATIONS.

YES. FOR SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS TO THE BUILDING.

OKAY, SO $250,000 TO FIX YOUR COMMERCIAL PLAZA, $5,000.

CAN YOU GUYS SPEAK TO THE BENEFIT OF WHY THESE PROGRAMS EXIST? WHY DO WE CARE ABOUT GIVING PEOPLE OR GIVING COMMUNITIES PLAZAS DOLLARS TO REHAB? SO THE COMMERCIAL FACADE PROGRAM REALLY CAME FROM EXTENSIVE MEETINGS WITH THE COMMUNITY.

WHEN THE COMMUNITY TALKED ABOUT THE CONDITION OF OUR PLAZA, WE INCLUDED IT AS A PART OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

AND IT'S NOW AN ELEMENT IN THE THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ELEMENT IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

AND THERE'S A STRATEGIC PLAN THAT COMES FROM THAT.

AND SO NOT NECESSARILY THIS BODY AS IT EXISTS, BUT THE COMMISSION FELT THAT THERE WAS A NEED TO FOCUS ON THE APPEARANCE OF OUR COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES AND REQUESTED THAT STAFF BRING FORWARD SOME MEANINGFUL WAYS TO SEE SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS TO THOSE PROPERTIES.

SO, SO SURELY THE COMMISSION APPROVED THE POLICY AND FOUND BASIS.

BUT I GUESS FOR JUST FROM A PROFESSIONAL STANDPOINT, WHY IS REVITALIZATION IMPORTANT, BE IT TO A COMMERCIAL PLAZA, A NEIGHBORHOOD? WHY IS REVITALIZATION IMPORTANT GENERALLY JUST, YOU KNOW, FOR THE GROWTH OF THE COMMUNITY, FOR THE BUSINESS GROWTH, THE ESTHETIC GROWTH, BUT PRIMARILY THE BUSINESS GROWTH OF THE COMMUNITY.

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THAT WAS NOT ATTRACTING THE TENANT PROFILE THAT THEY NEEDED.

AND IT PRIMARILY HAD TO DO WITH APPEARANCE. AND SO THERE WAS A STRATEGIC EFFORT THAT WAS PUT IN TO MAKE THAT A PRIORITY.

I WOULD I WOULD DEFINITELY SUPPORT THIS. I THINK THAT IT'S IMPORTANT THAT FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS OBVIOUSLY, I THINK IN ADDITION TO WHAT YOU JUST STATED THE I PERSONALLY HAVE AN INTEREST IN ENSURING THAT OUR CITY MAINTAINS A LEVEL OF BEAUTIFICATION THAT WE ERADICATE ANY SLUM AND BLIGHT THAT THAT EXISTS IN OUR CITY.

AB THE AVERAGE, YOU KNOW, COMMUNITY THAT WELL, NOT THE AVERAGE COMMUNITY, BUT THERE ARE MANY COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF FLORIDA WHO FUND THESE TYPES OF PROJECTS THROUGH THEIR THEIR CRAS, THEIR YOU KNOW THEIR REDEVELOPMENT AGENCIES.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, THE CONVERSATION IN TAMARAC IS VERY DIFFERENT BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ONE OF THOSE.

AND SO WE ARE, YOU KNOW, ENCUMBERING DOLLARS TO BE ABLE TO ENSURE THAT OUR CITY MITIGATES THESE ISSUES.

RIGHT. AND I JUST WANT TO, YOU KNOW, THE REASON I'M GOING THROUGH THIS EXERCISE AND THIS DISCUSSION IS BECAUSE I HAVE RECEIVED A COUPLE OF EMAILS ABOUT THIS ITEM.

AND SADLY, IN A LOT OF CASES, OUR RESIDENTS ARE SO MISINFORMED.

AND I THINK THAT IT'S IMPORTANT THAT AS WE GO THROUGH THE AND WE HAVE THESE DISCUSSIONS THAT WE EXPLAIN WHAT'S GOING ON, WHY WE'RE DOING IT, BECAUSE PEOPLE GRAB THE INFORMATION FROM AN AGENDA AND GO MISINFORM RESIDENTS.

AND I PERSONALLY HAVE RECEIVED WE GOT DOLLARS FROM A DEVELOPER.

NOT LONG AGO, I PUT TOGETHER A RESIDENTIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

THAT PROGRAM FUNDED SO MANY CONDOS. SO MANY FOLKS REACHED OUT THAT NEEDED SOME ASSISTANCE TO PAY CONDO ASSESSMENTS.

THIS IS NOT THIS IS JUST PERSONAL STUFF THAT THEY NEEDED TO FUND AND TAKE CARE OF.

SO THAT BEING SAID YOU KNOW, I JUST THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE RECOGNIZE THAT, YOU KNOW THESE TYPES OF PROGRAMS BENEFIT EVERYONE IN THIS COMMUNITY. IN THE CITY OF TAMARAC, JUST GENERALLY.

AND SO WITH THAT SAID, I WOULD LOVE FOR THE COMMISSION TO CONSIDER YOU KNOW, AN INCREASE TO THE DOLLAR VALUE THAT'S ASSOCIATED WITH THE EXISTING PROGRAM.

I THINK THAT THERE'S A LOT OF A LOT OF RESTRICTIONS.

I ALSO WANT TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE THAT CONDOS ARE ABLE TO BENEFIT FROM THESE TYPES OF PROGRAMS. I THINK THAT ONE OF MY KING'S POINT COMMUNITIES REACHED OUT AND TOLD ME THAT THEY DID.

THEY WERE ABLE TO GET FUNDED. CONDOS ARE INCLUDED.

YEAH, THEY GOT FUNDED FOR SOME LANDSCAPING RECENTLY, BUT I JUST WANT TO ENSURE THAT CONDOS REMAIN AS A PART OF THE PROGRAM AND THAT WE EXPAND.

BEAUTIFICATION IS LARGE, LARGE, LARGELY REPRESENTATIVE OF EVERYTHING.

I DON'T THINK THAT THERE SHOULD BE ANY RESTRICTIONS AROUND BEAUTIFICATION BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, ULTIMATELY, ANYTHING THAT YOU KNOW. I THINK BEAUTIFICATION A IS SUBJECTIVE.

AND, YOU KNOW, IF WE HAVE A PROGRAM IN PLACE AND SOMEONE CAN PRESENT A NEED THAT FALLS WITHIN THE BROAD SCOPE OF BEAUTIFICATION, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO CONSIDER THAT AS AN OPTION.

SO I WOULD SUPPORT THIS AND I WOULD SUPPORT SOME REVISIONS TO THE PROGRAM AS IT SITS.

AND I WOULD LOVE TO SEE MORE ADDED TO THE, THE VALUE OF THE PROGRAM.

THANK YOU. VICE MAYOR. THANK YOU. MAYOR. BACK TO FPNL, THE RESIDENT THAT JUST CAME UP AND SPOKE ABOUT THE LIGHT. AND CAN WE ADD THAT AS WELL? BECAUSE IT SOUNDED REALLY BAD IN HIS NEIGHBORHOOD.

SO NOT ONLY THE BOXES THAT I WANTED PAINTED, BUT WHEN THEY COMPLAIN ABOUT LIGHTING, CAN WE ADD THAT AS ANOTHER OPTION FOR FIXING LIGHTING? BECAUSE IT'S NOT THE FIRST TIME I'M HEARING ABOUT COMMUNITY, COMPLAINING ABOUT THE LIGHTING, DELIGHTING. EVEN MY COMMUNITY COMPLAINED ABOUT THE LIGHTING, BUT WE WERE TOLD WE HAD TO GIVE MORE EASEMENT. YES, I REMEMBER. SO CAN WE ADD LIGHT IN? THAT IS JUST A LOT MORE.

YEAH, A LOT MORE THAN A COMMUNITY CAN TAKE ON.

WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH FPNL. THERE HAS TO BE. CORRECT.

BUT THEY HAVE BEEN DOING THAT AND I HAVEN'T HEARD OF SUCCESS YET.

YEAH. SO HOW CAN WE ASSIST TO MAKE SURE THAT OBVIOUSLY LIGHTING IS AN ISSUE, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE FIX IT AS A CITY AND NOT THROW THEM TO THE BIG GIANT FPN? WELL, WHAT IS IT? FLORIDA POWER AND LIGHT AND THEY GET LOST IN THE SHUFFLE.

THEY'RE NOT GETTING THE HELP BECAUSE THE LIGHTING IS STILL AN ISSUE THAT SOUND LIKE YOU KNOW WE'RE NOT HELPING.

YEAH IT'S A BIGGER PLAN. THAT COMMUNITY WOULD HAVE TO PROBABLY DO A SITE PLAN AMENDMENT, DO A PHOTOMETRIC PLAN, MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE MAKING IT COMPLICATED. THAT'S WHAT I WAS TRYING TO MAKE IT.

BUT THAT'S WHAT I WAS TRYING TO MAKE IT SIMPLE.

CAN WE TAKE ON SOME OF THE LEGWORK IN GETTING IT DONE? BECAUSE IF PEOPLE CAN'T SEE, I MEAN, WE'RE THE GOVERNMENT FOR THE COMMUNITY.

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IT'S NOT ADD LIGHTING, IT'S USING THE TYPE OF LIGHT.

WELL, SOME NEIGHBORHOOD IT IS ADD. I THINK MINE IS ADD, BUT FOR HIS NEIGHBORHOOD IT'S BASICALLY CHANGING THE BULBS.

OKAY. SO I THINK WE HAVE YEAH I'M GOING TO ASK MISS.

YEAH I THINK WE HAVE SOME ARRANGEMENT WHERE WE'RE DOING THAT WITH FPL WALKING THROUGH THE WHOLE ENTIRE CITY.

SO WHAT'D YOU DO WITH THE BALL? CAN WE DO SOMETHING? FOR THE RECORD, MUSTAFA AL-BASSAM, PUBLIC SERVICES DIRECTOR VICE MAYOR.

ALL THE STREET LIGHTS WITHIN THE CITY BELONG TO THE CITY.

AND WE HAVE AN AGREEMENT WITH FPL. THE PROBLEM IS, IT'S A PUBLIC RECEPTION WHERE PEOPLE THINK IT'S DARK.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE DO. ANALYSIS. AND WE PROVE TO THEM YOU SAY PERCEPTION.

BUT IF YOU CAN'T SEE, YOU CAN'T SEE. WELL, UNDERSTOOD.

BUT THERE IS A GUIDELINES THAT WE HAVE TO FOLLOW BECAUSE AT THE SAME TIME WE DO HAVE SOME RESIDENTS WHERE THEY COMPLAIN IT'S TOO BRIGHT, THEY CAN'T SLEEP AT NIGHT. THE WATER IS OVERSPILLING ON PROPERTIES, SO THERE'S A GUIDELINES AND RULES THAT WE HAVE TO FOLLOW AND STAFF.

THEY PROVIDE INSPECTIONS TWICE PER MONTH AT NIGHT.

WE DRIVE ALL THE CITY AND WE HAVE A METER THAT READS ILLUMINATION TO INDICATE IF IT'S BRIGHT ENOUGH AND IF THERE'S ANY STREETLIGHTS ARE OUT.

WE REPORT TO FPL. SO THERE ARE SOME LIGHTS WHERE WE ARE RESPONSIBLE TO REPLACE THE BULBS.

THERE ARE OTHER LIGHTS. WE HAVE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH FPL AND WE PAY THEM ANNUAL FEE TO MAINTAIN THOSE LIGHTS.

SO GIVING FUNDS TO HOA'S. IT WILL. I WAS JUST TRYING TO GET THE JOB DONE REGARDLESS, BECAUSE HIS FRUSTRATION IS NOT THE ONLY COMMUNITY FRUSTRATION REGARDING LIGHTS.

I'M JUST I MEAN, I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH HIM AND THE PICTURES THAT WAS SHARED WITH HIM EARLIER THAT WERE TAKEN DURING THE DAY.

IT WAS TAKEN BY STAFF TO SHOW TREES BLOCKING THE LIGHTS BECAUSE THEY CAN'T TAKE PICTURES SHOWING THE TREES AT NIGHT.

SO STAFF HAVE VISITED THAT AREA. THE LIGHTS ARE FUNCTIONAL AND I WILL HAVE TO GO BACK AND CHECK THE REPORT, BUT THE PICTURES THAT WERE SHARED WITH HIM ARE PICTURES SHOWING THE TREES ARE BLOCKING THOSE, AND THOSE ARE RESIDENTIAL TREES AND THE HOMEOWNERS RESPONSIBLE RESPONSIBILITY TO TRIM THOSE TREES AND NOT AFFECT THE LIGHTS.

SO THAT'S I THINK HE MISUNDERSTOOD WHAT THE PICTURES WERE SHARED WITH HIM AT THAT TIME.

CITY MANAGER, VICE MAYOR, IF I MAY THIS IS A THIS IS A CONCERN THROUGHOUT THE CITY, AND WE HAD THIS CONVERSATION BEFORE.

IF YOU WOULD ALLOW US TO TO LOOK INTO THIS AND THANK YOU.

YEAH. THANK YOU I APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU.

AND THEN LET LET AT LEAST LET ME KNOW WHERE WE ARE LIKE PERIODICALLY.

ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

I'M JUST GOING TO ASK YOU A COUPLE QUESTIONS, MISS CALLOWAY. WE HAVE SEPARATE PROGRAMS TO ASSIST COMMUNITIES OR PEOPLE FOR TREES. WE HAVE A TREE TRUST FUND THAT WE HAVE WORKED AND CREATED.

CORRECT? YEAH, WE DO HAVE A TREE TRUST FUND, BUT WE DID NOT CREATE A PROGRAM USING ANY OF THOSE PROCEEDS.

SO WE JUST HAVE A TREE TRUST FUND AND IT'S SITTING THERE.

AND AT THE TIME WE DID THE UPDATE TO THE LANDSCAPE ORDINANCE, WE DID IT SO WE COULD EXPAND THOSE FUNDS IF NEEDED TO ASSIST PRIVATE PROPERTIES. THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE THAT IT WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

SO THE FUNDS ARE THERE, BUT WE HAVE NOT CREATED A PROGRAM.

SO IN OTHER WORDS, MAYBE OUT OF THIS RESILIENCY AND INFRASTRUCTURE DISCUSSION, IT SHOULD BE ACTUALLY CREATING A PROGRAM.

SO IF WE HAVE FUNDS THAT ARE ACCUMULATING, WE CAN HELP PEOPLE WITH THE FUNDS THAT WE'RE ACCUMULATING TO TAKE CARE OF THESE TREES THAT NEED TO BE TRIMMED OR PRUNED OR PULLED OUT OF THE GROUND. OR WE CAN DIRECT SOME OF THOSE FUNDS, AS MENTIONED, THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM, AND WE CAN DIRECT SOME OF THOSE FUNDS THROUGH THE CURB APPEAL PROGRAM THAT ASSISTS RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY TO CONSENSUS FOR THAT TO HAPPEN.

YES. OKAY. ALSO, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HOMEOWNERS, WHETHER IT'S HOMEOWNERS OR CONDOMINIUM OWNERS, IT'S YOU BUY COMMUNITY PROPERTY FOR A REASON, YOU'RE IN A COMMUNITY.

SO IT'S NOT AN ASSOCIATION PUTTING A BURDEN ON THE INDIVIDUAL HOMEOWNER.

IT'S EACH OF THE HOMEOWNERS HAVING THE INDIVIDUAL BURDEN TO BURDEN, TO BE A COMMUNITY, TO RAISE THE FUNDS AND MAINTAIN THEIR COMMUNITY PROPERTY.

SO I'M NOT SAYING ANYBODY IS AT FAULT, BUT LET'S NOT DEMONIZE THE ASSOCIATIONS AS IF THEY'RE DOING SOMETHING WRONG TO THE RESIDENTS THAT ARE LIVING IN THE COMMUNITY. COMMUNITIES NEED HELP.

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ANY WHICH WAY YOU SLICE IT, UNLESS WE EVER GET ANOTHER DEVELOPER WHO IS STRONGARMED INTO GIVING $2.6 MILLION OR $925,000 FOR CERTAIN FUNDS TO BE DISTRIBUTED AND UTILIZED, WE'RE PROBABLY NOT GOING TO HAVE THAT AGAIN, OR ELSE WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE ANY DEVELOPMENT IN OUR CITY.

SO BASICALLY WHAT WE'RE BEING ASKED FOR IS TO CREATE RESILIENCY AND INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT, WHICH ALL GOES ALONG THE LINES OF ALL THE STUFF THAT WE ALREADY HAVE IN PLACE. SO IF IT'S JUST AN ASK TO EXPAND THE PROGRAM.

FIND OTHER DOLLARS, THEN THAT'S WHAT WE SHOULD BE BEING ASKED FOR.

THEN, TO MAKE IT SEEM LIKE WE'RE GOING TO BE CREATING SOMETHING NEW, WHICH IT WILL THEN BE IN CONFLICT WITH EVERYTHING ELSE THAT WE'RE ALREADY TRYING TO DO.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SHARE ABOUT THAT, ANYWAY.

COMMISSIONER BOLTON. THANK YOU. AND I DON'T THINK THAT ANYONE IS DEMONIZING OUR HOA'S.

AS A MATTER OF FACT, THE PREMISE FOR THIS ITEM IS TO ASSIST HOAS AND HOA THAT REACHED OUT TO ME.

SO I'D LIKE TO CORRECT THE RECORD ON THAT. AND SECOND CORRECTION IS THAT I DON'T THINK THAT ANYBODY IN THIS CITY, COMMISSIONERS OR STAFF MEMBERS WOULD STRONG ARM DEVELOPERS IN GIVING ANYTHING.

AS A MATTER OF FACT, WE HAD A FORMER MANAGER THAT ACTUALLY ALLEGEDLY STRONG ARM THE DEVELOPER INTO GIVING $3 MILLION. IN CORRUPTION CHARGES. SO THAT'S NOT THAT.

BUT IT'S WORTH NOTING. AND AS A MATTER OF FACT, IN THAT SAME REPORT, THE MAYOR IS ALSO INVOLVED.

HOWEVER, WITH THIS INITIATIVE MISS CALLAWAY, JUST COME BACK FOR A LITTLE BIT.

COMMISSIONER, I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT YOU UNDERSTOOD WHAT WE'RE ASKING.

SO FOR THE PROGRAM THAT IS ALREADY EXISTING WE'RE ASKING FOR THE TWO E'S TO EXPAND AND TO ALSO EXTEND. SO WE'RE ASKING THAT YOU EXPAND THE PROGRAM BASED ON THE COMMENTARY TONIGHT AND ALSO EXTEND THE APPLICATION WINDOW SO THAT HOA'S CITYWIDE CAN, BE A PART OF THIS.

ABOVE AND BEYOND THAT, THE MAYOR SOMETIMES HAS SOME LITTLE IDEAS THAT ARE NICE.

SO TELL ME ABOUT THE THE TREE PRESERVATION WHATEVER FUND.

SO COMMISSIONER, IT'S BEEN TWO YEARS THAT THE CITY NOW IS CONTROLLING THE TREE REMOVAL AND PERMIT PROGRAM.

BEFORE THAT IT WAS I REMEMBER WE TOOK IT FROM BROWARD COUNTY AND THEN.

YES, GOT IT. AND SINCE THAT TIME. YES. AND SINCE THAT TIME, WE'VE ACCUMULATED ABOUT $100,000 IN EITHER VIOLATION OR FINES OR FEES THAT HAVE BEEN PAID INTO THAT FUND. GOT IT. I FORGOT ABOUT THAT.

AND IT'S NOT THE MAYOR'S IDEA. IT'S MY IDEA. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. SO NOW WE HAVE THAT $100,000 IN THAT PROGRAM.

WHAT ARE WE DOING WITH THAT? IT IS PRIMARILY DEDICATED TO TREE PRESERVATION, TREE CANOPY, TREE PLANTING, AND MOST RECENTLY WE INCLUDED ON PUBLIC PROPERTY, AND MOST RECENTLY WE AMENDED THE ORDINANCE TO INCLUDE PRIVATE PROPERTY.

SO A BIT OF THOSE PROCEEDS CAN ASSIST WITH THE SAME EFFORT ON RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES.

AND SO, FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU HAVE A PROPERTY OWNER WHO CANNOT AFFORD REMOVING A TREE, PROVIDED THE TREE IS DEEMED A WORTHY OF BEING REMOVED, THEN THAT PROPERTY OWNER AND I WOULD SAY THROUGH THE CURB APPEAL PROGRAM, WHICH IS A PROGRAM THAT CURRENTLY EXISTS TO HELP RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY.

THE NEIGHBORHOOD PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM IS FOR COMMON AREAS FOR HOA AND CONDOMINIUMS. THE CURB APPEAL PROGRAM IS FOR RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY OWNERS.

AND SO UNDER THAT PROGRAM, CURRENTLY, LANDSCAPING IS AN ELIGIBLE ACTIVITY.

BUT AGAIN, PRUNING, TREE REMOVAL AND TREE TRIMMING IS NOT ELIGIBLE UNDER THE CURB APPEAL.

AND SO IF WE MAKE IT ELIGIBLE UNDER BOTH PROGRAMS THEN THAT CAN MAKE IT POSSIBLE FOR BOTH YOUR COMMON AREA HOA CONDOS AS WELL AS YOUR RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY OWNERS TO BE ABLE TO BENEFIT.

DO YOU NEED CONSENSUS AS TO THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT YOU'D BE TAKING FROM THAT TREE PROGRAM TO EXTEND THE PROGRAMS THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT? WELL BOTH PROGRAMS FOR THE CURB APPEAL PROGRAM, IT WAS RECENTLY FUNDED BEGINNING OCTOBER 1ST.

IT JUST REOPENED. AND SO FOR THAT, WE CAN JUST ADD THE TRIMMING AND PRUNING AND LEAVE THE FUNDING AS IT IS SINCE WE'RE AT OCTOBER 8TH.

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AND SO TO THE CURB. SO SO YOU WOULDN'T NEED TO EXTEND THE DEADLINE FOR THE OTHER PROGRAM BECAUSE YOU WOULD EXPAND THE CURB APPEAL PROGRAM AND MAKE THIS TREE TRIMMING, PRUNING AND REMOVAL ELIGIBLE EXPENSE BE AN ELIGIBLE EXPENSE.

AND HOW MUCH IS THE GRANT AWARDING UP TO $3,000.

OKAY, SO THE OTHER PROGRAM IS A LITTLE BIT MORE ROBUST BECAUSE IT OFFERS 4999.

SO THEN THE NEXT QUESTION IS FOR THE CURB APPEAL PROGRAM.

CAN WE EXPAND OR INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT THAT WE PROVIDE AS A GRANT THAT THIS COMMISSION DESIRE.

BUT I CAN TELL YOU WE HAVE REALLY IT'S IT'S IT'S MATCHING IN SOME INSTANCES WHERE THE PROPERTY OWNER PUT IN SOME OF THEIR SEED MONEY.

BUT WE HAVE HAD GREAT SUCCESS WITH THE PROGRAM WITH THE 3000.

AND THEN IN SOME INSTANCES, WE DO THE MATCH IT WITH THE $500 PAINT VOUCHER AND SAY FOR PROPERTY OWNERS DOING SOME LANDSCAPING OR SOME PRESSURE WASHING AND THEY'RE DOING SOME PAINTING, THEY CAN GET THE 3000 PLUS THE 500 FOR THE PAINT PROGRAM.

BUT IF THIS COMMISSION THINKS IT'S WORTHY TO GO, I WOULD SAY JUST LEAVE THAT PROGRAM AS IT IS, BUT EXTEND THE DEADLINE FOR THE OTHER PROGRAM BECAUSE THE OTHER PROGRAM HAS MORE MONEY THAT THAT IS AWARDED.

SO I WOULDN'T WANT TO CHANGE THE MECHANISM OF, OF OF WHAT YOU HAVE.

THAT'S JUST MY OPINION. BUT YOU KNOW, THE OTHER PROGRAM JUST EXPAND THE, THE, THE USE AND TO EXTEND THE DEADLINE.

THAT WOULD BE GREAT. AND THEN I THINK I ALSO HEARD MY COLLEAGUES INTERESTED IN YOU KNOW, ESTABLISHING OR HAVING STAFF AT LEAST LOOK INTO ESTABLISHING A HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, RESILIENCY AND INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT.

WHATEVER. HOWEVER THAT COMES, I VICE MAYOR DANIEL HAS SOME ISSUES ABOUT FPL AND PAINTING AND THAT SORT OF STUFF.

AND COMMISSIONER PATTERSON SPOKE ABOUT THE GRANTS THAT WE GIVE TO PLAZAS AND WHY WE'RE NOT GIVING IT TO HOAS. SO I THINK IT'S WORTH LOOKING INTO AND WHAT WE CAN DO AS A CITY.

I'M NOT SAYING THAT WE SHOULD COMMIT TO ANY LANGUAGE NOW, BUT I'M JUST THINKING THAT STAFF CAN GO BACK AND LOOK AT SOME OF THE FUNDING THAT WE HAVE IN OTHER PLACES, MAYBE REPURPOSE IT FOR OTHER PLACES AND SEE HOW WE CAN HELP THE RESIDENTS AND THE HOA'S OF OUR OF OUR CITY.

UNDERSTAND? ESSER. COMMISSIONER. OKAY. COMMISSIONER.

THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED TO TO THAT POINT, JUST ADD THAT YOU KNOW, THIS NEW DISCUSSION WITH, WITH RESPECT TO RESILIENCY AND WHAT HAVE YOU I THINK IS GOING TO BE IMPORTANT THAT WE CONSIDER SITUATIONS THAT ARE THAT ARE OUT OF THE NORM.

THERE ARE COMMUNITIES IN OUR IN OUR CITY THAT YOU KNOW, THAT ARE IN SITUATIONS THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY MAY NOT NECESSARILY QUALIFY FOR THE PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE ON THE BOOKS.

AND SO TO THE COMMISSIONERS POINT, I'D LIKE THAT WE THAT WE LOOK AT A PROGRAM THAT WOULD CONSIDER THOSE ALTERNATE CIRCUMSTANCES WE, I KNOW PERSONALLY IN MY DISTRICT, I'VE GOT COMMUNITIES REACHING OUT FOR MATTERS OF SLUM AND BLIGHT THINGS THAT AFFECT, I BELIEVE, NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES. AND I WOULD LOVE THAT WE IF, IF THERE IS A POOL OF DOLLARS AND FUNDS AVAILABLE THAT WE HAVE NOT COMMITTED OR WE'RE NOT NECESSARILY SPENDING AND WE HAVE CONTROL OVER YOU KNOW, WHAT WE FUND THAT WE CONSIDER CIRCUMSTANCES THAT ARE OUTSIDE OF THIS EXISTING PROGRAM SO THAT WE CAN YOU KNOW DO THE WORK THAT THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD BE DOING, WHICH ULTIMATELY IS ENSURING THAT WE PRESERVE THE LIFE, HEALTH AND SAFETY OF OUR COMMUNITY THAT, YOU KNOW, WE PRESERVE PROPERTY VALUE.

AND SOMETIMES THERE ARE SOME CIRCUMSTANCES THAT REQUIRE US TO COME BECOME A LITTLE BIT INNOVATIVE IN OUR APPROACH.

AND SO I WOULD HOPE THAT WE CAN CONSIDER THOSE FACTORS WHEN WE RECONVENE AND LOOK AT AN ALTERNATE OPTION.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SO ACTUALLY, AT THIS TIME, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE NEED TO ACTUALLY DETERMINE THE DOLLAR AMOUNT FOR USE. IF WE WERE GOING TO USE ANY MONEY OUT OF THE TREE FUND, WE.

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ARE WE TALKING HOW MUCH MONEY ARE WE TALKING PER GRANT? GO AHEAD, CITY MANAGER. WE WE DON'T HAVE THE RESILIENCY PROGRAM YET, BUT BUT FOR THE FOR THE EXPANSION OF THE EXISTING PROGRAM THAT THE COMMISSION CONSENTED. HOW MUCH MORE DOLLARS WE NEED TO ALLOCATE OUT OF THE THREE PRESERVATION FUND? IS IS WHAT WE NEED RIGHT NOW. WE SUPPOSEDLY HAVE $100,000, CORRECT? THAT WE HAVEN'T EVEN BEEN ABLE TO HELP THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE NEEDED THE ISSUES, WHO HAVE TREES THAT ARE BEING PULLED OUT OF THEIR YARDS AND THEY'RE BEING CITED FOR.

SO OUT OF THAT $100,000, WE WANT TO NOW HAVE THAT WHICH WE DON'T NEED A PROGRAM TO BE ABLE TO GIVE TO THE PEOPLE WHO NEED IT OUT FOR THAT FUND. WE NOW WANT TO FUND ANOTHER PROGRAM WITH IT, WITH A DIFFERENT SET OF REQUIREMENTS THAT WE DON'T EVEN HAVE IN PLACE.

AND HOW MUCH MORE YOU WANT TO GIVE IS WHAT YOU WANT.

YOU WANT TO SAY 50,000. YOU WANT TO SAY 20,000.

WHAT WHAT ARE WE DOING HERE? DO MAYBE SO WE'RE WE'RE LOOKING AT MY UNDERSTANDING FROM THE COMMISSION'S CONSENSUS IS TO INCREASE THE FUNDING AND THE TIME PERIOD FOR THE, HOA BEAUTIFICATION GRANTS AND EXPAND THE CRITERIA FOR QUALIFICATION. AND SO FOR THAT WE NEED ADDITIONAL DOLLARS, I BELIEVE.

AND SO IF WE'RE GOING TO USE THE TREE PRESERVATION FUND AS THE SOURCE YOU KNOW, MAYBE YOU CAN PROVIDE US WITH SOME WITH SOME DOLLAR AMOUNT. IS IT 20,000 RIGHT NOW? THE FUNDING IS $10,000 PER DISTRICT AND $10,000 FOR THE CITYWIDE. AND SO YOU WANT TO YOU WANT TO EXPAND THAT WITH ANOTHER $10,000 PER DISTRICT OR YOU KNOW, WHATEVER AMOUNT. IF YOU GIVE US THAT, WE CAN WE CAN PROCEED FROM THAT POINT OF CLARIFICATION.

SO THE TREE PRESERVATION FUND IS GEARED TOWARDS RESIDENTS DIRECTLY.

CORRECT? NO, IT'S IT'S COLLECTED FROM YOU KNOW, WHO'S IT DIRECTED TO? WHO'S IS IT IS DESIGNED FOR RESIDENTS WHO WANT TO, WHO WANT, WHO CAN'T AFFORD TO TAKE CARE OF A TREE.

IS THAT. NO, WE HAVEN'T FINISHED. AND I'M JUST ASKING FOR CLARIFICATION.

THE FUND SHOULD BE USED TO PRESERVE TREES IN THE COMMUNITY FOR PUBLIC PROPERTY, AND MOST RECENTLY, WE SAID IT CAN BE USED ON PRIVATE PROPERTY, AND IT'S SPECIFIC TO PRESERVING THE TREE CANOPY AND TO PLANTING TREES, THOSE SURROUNDING TREES. SO I WOULD RECOMMEND AND I THOUGHT WHAT I HEARD WAS SINCE THE CURB APPEAL PROGRAM OPENS OCTOBER 1ST, TODAY IS OCTOBER 8TH. IT'S FULLY FUNDED IF WE JUST ADD TREE PRUNING, TREE TRIMMING, AND TREE REMOVAL AS AN ELIGIBLE EXPENSE, THAT WOULD JUST CONTINUE THE WAY IT HAS BEEN 3000 PLUS AN ADDITIONAL 500 IF YOU'RE PAINTING YOUR HOME.

SO WE WILL CONTINUE. BUT NOW PROPERTY OWNERS WHO BEFORE TODAY WOULD NOT QUALIFY TO HAVE A TREE REMOVED NOW CAN APPLY TO THE CURB APPEAL AND SAY I'M EXPERIENCING A HARDSHIP. HERE IS THE COST $600 TO REMOVE MY TREES AND YOU WOULD BE.

THAT CONTRACTOR WOULD BE PAID TO REMOVE THE TREE IF THE TREE IS ELIGIBLE TO BE REMOVED.

THAT'S HOW I UNDERSTAND. IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? POINT. POINT OF CLARIFICATION. I DID SAY THAT THIS PROGRAM IS LIMITED TO $3,000.

WOULD WE PREFER THE OTHER PROGRAM TO TO EXPAND IT AND EXTEND IT? BECAUSE THE OTHER PROGRAM GIVES $4,999, $5,000 FOR THE AWARD? NOW, IF WE'RE GOING TO GO THE ROUTE OF THE CURB APPEAL PROGRAM, I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT. BUT I JUST THINK THAT $3,000 TO REMOVE A BUNCH OF TREES ON HOA PROPERTIES IS KIND OF A LITTLE, A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY.

SO IF I MIGHT COMMISSIONER JUST EXPAND THE AMOUNT AS WELL IF WE'RE GOING TO DO THE CURB APPEAL PROGRAM NOW.

SO THE HOA COMMUNITY WOULD NOT BE ELIGIBLE TO APPLY UNDER CURB APPEAL.

SO THE HOA WOULD BE APPLYING UNDER THE NEIGHBORHOOD PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM BECAUSE IT'S DESIGNED TO ADDRESS COMMON AREAS THEY WOULD NOT BE APPLYING ON THE CURB APPEAL.

AND THEN YOUR SINGLE FAMILY PROPERTY OWNER, AND I THINK YOU DID ALSO RECEIVE A SEPARATE EMAIL FROM THAT LADY MAHIR HAD TO GO OUT AND CONDUCT AN INSPECTION.

THERE WAS A TREE THAT WAS ON HER SWALE. IT WAS JUST TOO LARGE AND SHE WAS SAYING IT WAS UNAFFORDABLE FOR HER TO REMOVE IT.

SHE WOULD APPLY UNDER THE CURB APPEAL. SO THE CURB APPEAL IS A SEPARATE PROGRAM JUST FOR SINGLE FAMILY PROPERTY OWNERS.

THE NEIGHBORHOOD PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM IS FOR YOUR CONDO AND HOA'S FOR COMMON AREAS.

AND I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY, BECAUSE YOU SAID EARLIER THAT THE PROGRAM OPENED AND CLOSED.

SO THE NEIGHBORHOOD PARTNERSHIP, RIGHT. SO SO IF THE HOAS CANNOT APPLY UNDER THE CURB APPEAL PROGRAM,

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YES. AND FROM THE TREE PRESERVATION GRANT FUNDS.

WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT FUNDS ARE DIRECTED TO THAT PROGRAM SO THAT IT BOLSTERS THAT PROGRAM, BECAUSE, OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, I'M SURE YOU KNOW, SHARON BARRON IS LISTENING, AND SHE'S GOING TO PROBABLY WRITE AN ARTICLE ABOUT THIS.

AND THEN TAMARAC TALK IS IT'S EXTREMELY POPULAR.

SO THEN HOA'S ARE GOING TO APPLY CITYWIDE. SO WE'RE GOING TO NEED MORE MONEY.

SO YOU KNOW, JUST MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE FUNDING BOTH PROGRAMS. OR YOU SAY THAT THE CURB APPEAL PROGRAM IS JUST OPEN WITH FRESH FUNDS OCTOBER 1ST.

WE DON'T HAVE TO FUND THAT PROGRAM, BUT WE NEED TO FUND THE THE OTHER PROGRAM THAT CLOSED.

THAT'S MY ONUS IS ON THAT. AND I DON'T WANT TO LOSE THE THE MEANING OF WHAT WE WANT.

SO SO CLARIFICATION BECAUSE YOU SAID I JUST HELD A RESIDENT WITH THE SAME GRANT MONEY, WE HAD RIGHT TO REMOVE A TREE AND IT WAS $5,000.

SO SAY IT'S NOT 600. YEAH, IT'S NOT 600. IS A PLANTING.

YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. THAT THAT THEY HAVE TO GIVE AS A DONATION.

SO LET'S CLARIFY. AND I'M THINKING IF THEY HAVE TO GIVE THAT BULK OF THAT MONEY SHOULD GO TO THEM TO THE RESIDENTS.

RIGHT. NO. THE $600. RIGHT. NO. THAT WAS JUST AN EXAMPLE.

COMMISSIONER. YEAH, BUT $5,600 IS LIKE, WAY OFF BECAUSE IT LITERALLY WAS $5,000 TO JUST REMOVE A TREE FROM HER PROPERTY WITH ALL THE COSTS. SO THE 100,000 THAT WE HAVE IN THAT ACCOUNT, HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE THAT $100,000 TO? IT WAS ACCUMULATED OVER THE TWO YEARS.

WE'VE ONLY BEEN ADMINISTERING THE PROGRAM NOW FOR TWO YEARS.

SO THAT BEING SAID, WE CAN'T SPEND 100,000. CAN I TAKE TWO YEARS? I WOULDN'T SAY MORE LIKE 25,000 IS WHAT I'M HEARING, YOU KNOW, JUST FROM HOW LONG IT TAKES TO ADD UP THE MONEY.

AND THEN SHOULDN'T THAT JUST GO TO TREES? EXACTLY.

IT HAS TO GO TO TREES ONLY. JUST TREES. SO. AND NOT JUST REMOVING, REMOVE AND REPLACING TREE CANOPY.

BUILDING THE TREE CANOPY. WHAT WOULD YOU WRITE? SOMETHING SEPARATE FOR? JUST TREES REMOVAL. ADDITION.

I'M JUST ASKING BECAUSE I KNOW THAT ONE FALL IN HIS TIME FRAME OR I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON, BUT ISN'T IT BEST TO JUST CREATE OUR OWN TREE PROGRAM? BECAUSE THEN IF WE PUT IT THROUGH THE CURB APPEAL, THE NEIGHBORHOOD PROGRAMING, IT'S ONLY OPEN AT CERTAIN TIMES OF THE YEAR WHERE SOMEBODY NEEDS TO PULL OUT A TREE TOMORROW OR IN THE MIDDLE OF NOVEMBER AND ALL THE PROGRAMS ARE CLOSED.

WE'RE GOING TO TELL A PERSON THEY'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE ANY MONEY BECAUSE WE HAVE TO WAIT A YEAR. SHOULDN'T WE JUST WORK ON HAVING OUR TREE PROGRAM HAVE THAT CAPABILITY INSTEAD OF WAITING IT LIKE IT'S GOING TO BE THE SADOWSKI TRUST FUND.

YEAH. YEAH. IT SHOULD BE HOA RESIDENTS, COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONS, INDIVIDUAL HOMEOWNERS.

LIKE THERE ARE SOME. EVEN. I'M SORRY. TOWNHOMES ARE CONSIDERED CONDOMINIUMS. THEY NEED TO BE INCLUDED BECAUSE WE HAVE SOME TOWNHOMES THAT HAVE TREES.

THAT IS WHAT STARTED ALL THIS. YEARS AGO WHEN THIS GENTLEMAN WAS HAVING THE TREE ROOTS UNDERNEATH HIS HOUSE AND HE COULDN'T DO A THING ABOUT IT BECAUSE WE ALSO HAD RULES IN PLACE THAT SAID, YOU CAN CHOP DOWN THIS TREE, BUT YOU HAVE TO REPLACE IT WITH THE SAME TREE IN THE SAME LOCATION, WHICH IS WHY WE WENT THROUGH ALL THIS. SO WE DIDN'T HAVE RULES LIKE THAT, WHICH WERE KIND OF RIDICULOUS.

SO ANYWAY, BACK TO THE POINT THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO THINGS, UNDERSTAND THE NEED OR THE DESIRE TO WANT TO EXPAND THE CURRENT FUND, BUT I DON'T THINK IT IS WISE TO RAID THE TREE FUND TO HELP PEOPLE WITH TREES IN A DIFFERENT WAY.

WE SHOULD JUST CREATE IT WHERE THEY CAN HAVE ALL ACCESS ON THAT FUNDS ALL YEAR ROUND.

COMMISSIONER. RIGHT. OH, I WAS GETTING JUST I THINK SHE CLARIFIED MY POINT.

AND I AGREE WITH WHAT YOU GUYS ARE SAYING AS WELL, IN TERMS OF CREATING A FUND THAT HANDLES THE TREE, WHETHER IT'S HOAS, COMMUNITIES, BECAUSE I GET THE SAME COMPLAINTS FROM THE WOODLANDS AS WELL. I HAD TWO RESIDENTS REACH OUT.

IT'S LIKE FIVE, $5,000 TO REMOVE A TREE. BUT I ALSO GET THE COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE FPL BOX AND FPL NOT THE LIGHTS NOT WORKING.

SO I AGREE WITH DOCTOR DANIELS AND DOING SOMETHING WHERE WE CAN KIND OF TAKE CARE OF THAT PROBLEM AND CURIOSITY DOESN'T FPL HAVE CONTRACTORS THAT WE CAN HIRE TO KIND OF EXPEDITE THE PROCESS? BECAUSE I'VE BEEN EMAILING THE YOUNG LADY FROM FPL.

SHE KIND OF EXPEDITED IT, BUT IT'S BEEN 3 TO 4 WEEKS AND THE RESIDENTS ARE STILL COMPLAINING ABOUT NOT HAVING LIGHTS.

YOU KNOW, THEY'RE AFRAID, AND THEY USUALLY WALK ALONG WOODLANDS BOULEVARDS WHEN THEY'RE EXERCISING AT NIGHT. SO WE'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH THIS PROCESS FOR A VERY LONG TIME. AND

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AND THEN SO WE GO THROUGH FPL FOR THAT. AND THERE'S NOT PEOPLE THAT WORK WITH FPNL, FOR EXAMPLE, LIKE A DETAIL A COP WORKS A DETAIL AT NIGHT OR WHATEVER.

THERE'S NOT FPNL CONTRACTORS THAT WILL TRY TO GOING TO ASK OUR PUBLIC SERVICES DIRECTOR, BUT I DON'T BELIEVE WE'RE ALLOWED TO BRING IN ANOTHER CONTRACTOR TO TACKLE FPL LIGHTS. THEY'RE NOT FPL EMPLOYEES WHO MOONLIGHTS BECAUSE, YEAH, IT'S BEEN TAKEN FOREVER.

WELL, MAYBE NOT COMMISSIONER. WE DO LIKE THE CITY MANAGER HAD MENTIONED.

WE HAVE AN AGREEMENT WITH FPL TO. AND WE PAY THEM ANNUAL MAINTENANCE FEE PER POLE.

THEY OWN THOSE POLES. WE DON'T OWN THOSE POLES.

SO TECHNICALLY, US WORKING ON THEIR POLLS IS A VIOLATION OF RIGHTS BECAUSE THEY HAVE.

THAT'S THEIR POLLS. NOW, ON COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD, FOR EXAMPLE, WE IN UNIVERSITY, WE HAVE OUR OWN POLLS.

WE MAINTAIN THEM THROUGH OUR OWN CONTRACTOR THAT'S, YOU KNOW, SUBSTANTIALLY WORKS FOR FPL AS WELL.

OR SIMULTANEOUSLY, I SHOULD SAY THE CHALLENGE BEHIND POLLS ARE PARTS ARE THE SHORTAGE NATIONWIDE IN THE POLLS, IN THE PARTS FOR REPLACEMENTS. SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE HEARING IT FROM OTHER MUNICIPALITIES AS WELL, HAVING A HARD TIME IN GETTING THE POLLS BACK IN PLACE.

AND THAT TENDS TO HAPPEN DURING A RAINY SEASON IN HURRICANE SEASONS.

OKAY. THANKS. THANK YOU. YOU KNOW, MUSTAFA, OVER THE OVER THE NINE YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN HERE I'VE GENERALLY HEARD STAFF COME UP WITH, YOU KNOW, EXCUSES THAT THEIR THEIR POLICIES AND WE CAN'T DO IT AND WE CAN'T DO THIS AND WE CAN'T DO THAT.

AND I THINK I'VE EARNED THE NAME OF BULLY BECAUSE I PUSHED BACK AND AND I CHALLENGE STAFF TO GO ASK QUESTIONS AND I CHALLENGE STAFF TO TO TO DO BETTER. AND OVER THE YEARS, WHAT I'VE LEARNED IS THAT SOMETIMES WHEN STAFF SAYS IT CAN'T BE DONE, YOU GO AND ASK A QUESTION AND YOU COME BACK AND SAY, IT CAN BE DONE.

AND SO I DON'T LIKE IT WHEN, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY THE VICE MAYOR ASKED FOR SOMETHING AND THEN SHE'S TOLD MAYBE IT CAN'T BE DONE OR JUST GO AND ASK THE QUESTION. I THINK YOU, YOU YOU ARE AN EXCELLENT EMPLOYEE.

AND YOU, YOU'VE BEEN DOING EXTREMELY WELL. AND I MUST COMMEND YOU ON YOUR ROLE.

BUT, YOU KNOW, I DON'T I DON'T THINK THAT ANY OF THESE STAFF MEMBERS SHOULD, SHOULD SAY NO.

JUST JUST GO AND DO THE RESEARCH. MISS CALLAWAY KNOWS.

I ALWAYS TELL HER THAT. JUST GO AND DO THE RESEARCH.

COME BACK. AND GENERALLY WHEN YOU GO AND DO THE RESEARCH, YOU KNOW WHAT, YOU COME BACK AND YOU HAVE A DIFFERENT WAY OF DOING SOMETHING.

I DON'T LIKE THIS. NO CAN DO ATTITUDE FROM ANYBODY.

IT NEEDS TO BE. WE'LL GO AND DO THE RESEARCH.

WE'LL GO AND MAKE IT HAPPEN. MAKE IT HAPPEN SOME WAY.

YEAH. THANK YOU, CITY MANAGER. WE'RE GOOD.

OKAY. THOUGH WE'RE OUT OF OUR TIME, OF OUR TWO ROUNDS AND EVERYTHING.

I'M COMMISSIONER PATTERSON. THANK YOU. MAYOR.

I JUST WANT TO JUST KIND OF CURIOUS. ARE WE ABLE TO.

I KNOW WE KIND OF TALKED ABOUT A RESILIENCY PROGRAM, BUT POTENTIALLY BECAUSE, I MEAN, I'M HEARING THAT THERE'S A TREE FUND FOR CLARIFICATION, THOUGH, BEFORE I SAY WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY, BECAUSE I'VE GOT A COUPLE THOUGHTS. THE WHAT PRECLUDES US FROM USING THE THE FUNDS FOR ANYTHING ELSE? OUT OF THE TREE PRESERVATION FUND.

IT'S THE NATURE OF THE THE THE THE THE FUND ITSELF.

I BELIEVE IT COMES WITH SOME RESTRICTIONS, BUT I'M GOING TO ASK MISS CALLOWAY TO, TO TO EXPLAIN THAT IT'S, IT'S IF WE CONTROL THE PROGRAM. YEAH. COMMISSIONER IT'S A PART OF THE LEGISLATION THAT THE FUNDS CAN ONLY BE USED FOR TREE PRESERVATION AND MITIGATION LEGISLATION OR THE CITY OF TAMARAC LEGISLATION THAT HAD TO BE CONSISTENT WITH BROWARD COUNTY'S TREE PRESERVATION ORDINANCE AS WELL.

OKAY, SO WHEN THE COUNTY TRANSFERRED OVER THE RESPONSIBILITY TO THE MUNICIPALITY, THERE WAS YOU KNOW, WE ASKED FOR IT. WE ADOPTED OUR OWN ORDINANCE AS A PART OF THE PROCESS.

BROWARD COUNTY HAD TO REVIEW IT. THEY HAD TO APPROVE IT AS WELL BEFORE THIS COMMISSION APPROVED THE ORDINANCE.

AND SO THERE'S A PROVISION IN THE ORDINANCE THAT SPEAKS TO THE FUNDS AND SPECIFICALLY WHAT THE FUNDS SHOULD BE USED FOR.

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I'M TRYING TO WOULD YOU WOULD YOU ASK ONE MORE TIME? COMMISSIONER. SO LET'S SAY THAT THERE IS A COMMUNITY THAT DOESN'T HAVE AN HOA BUT THEY HAVE A POOL THERE, RIGHT? AND THEY SAY. OR MAYBE THEY SAY. MAYBE THERE'S A HOME THAT WENT INTO FORECLOSURE.

AND THE CITY'S, YOU KNOW, TAKES IT OVER, WHATEVER THAT THERE IS A PARCEL OR A SOMETHING IN THE OR IN THE CITY THAT IS DISPOSED OF AND THE CITY HAS CONTROL OVER IT. IS THERE A FUNDING MECHANISM? IS THERE A IS THERE SOMETHING IS POTENTIALLY THE RESILIENCY GRANT THAT WE WERE JUST DISCUSSING? COULD WE POTENTIALLY LOOK AT THAT AS AN INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT, WHERE IF WE HAVE SITE CONTROL THAT WE CAN ADDRESS OR REVITALIZE A PARTICULAR SITE THROUGH THAT, THROUGH THAT MECHANISM? WE NORMALLY GO THROUGH OUR REGULAR BUDGETING AND, YOU KNOW, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLANNING PROCESS FOR, FOR THOSE IMPROVEMENTS IF, IF THAT'S A CITY PROPERTY THAT, THAT WE'VE TAKEN OVER WE IF WE HAVE CONTROL OVER THAT PROPERTY.

SO IT WOULD JUST YOU'RE SAYING THAT THAT WOULD JUST BE IT WOULD IT THAT PROJECT WOULD BE FUNDED UNDER CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT OR UNDER UNDER SOME GENERAL BUDGETING PROCESS. YOU KNOW, WHICHEVER CATEGORY IT FITS IN.

OKAY. ON THAT, IF IT'S A PROPERTY THAT'S IN FORECLOSURE, THERE'S NO ONE LIVING THERE.

WE HAVE OUR NUISANCE ABATEMENT PROGRAM, RIGHT.

WHICH WILL TAKE CARE OF THE TREES. I WAS REFERRING TO A CITY OWNED, CITY CONTROLLED PROPERTY, BUT IT WAS A MATTER OF MY UNDERSTANDING THAT PART OF THIS ISN'T WORRYING ABOUT WHETHER THE CITY HAS MONEY TO TAKE CARE OF OUR OWN CITY PROPERTY, BUT IF SOMEBODY NEEDS HELP IN THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE THERE'S NO HOA AND THE PERSON'S LOST THEIR HOME, THERE'S NOBODY THERE. SO THE GRASS IS OVERGROWN, THE POOLS ARE GREEN, AND THERE'S NO HOA TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT.

WE HAVE OUR NUISANCE ABATEMENT PROGRAM TO GO OUT THERE AND TAKE CARE OF IT, AND WE PUT ON OUR TAX BILL.

CITY ATTORNEY I THINK THE FINANCE DIRECTOR WE HAVE BAD NEWS.

YES. WE'RE NO LONGER ALLOWED TO DO IT. THE TAX COLLECTOR INFORMED NOT JUST CITY OF TAMARAC, BUT CITIES IN BROWARD COUNTY THAT THEY WILL NOT COLLECT THE NUISANCE ABATEMENT ASSESSMENT AGAINST OUR PROPERTIES IN BROWARD COUNTY. SO THAT'S DIDN'T GIVE US A REAL JUSTIFICATION.

IT'S JUST THEY CLAIM THAT THEY DON'T HAVE AUTHORITY TO COLLECT IT.

SO THE CITY, YOU KNOW, JUST LIKE YOU INDICATED, YOU KNOW, FORECLOSED PROPERTY.

IF THEY BECOME ABANDONED, WE WOULD HAVE TO SPEND MONEY TO CLEAN UP THOSE PROPERTIES.

AND WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO RECOVER THOSE COSTS.

SO I'M GOING TO THIS KIND OF SHOULD HAVE BEEN A CITY ATTORNEY REPORT, AND WE SHOULD FIGURE SOMETHING OUT, BECAUSE WE HAVE A PROGRAM THAT HAS BEEN EFFECTIVE IN OUR CITY TO HELP US OUT.

NOW, DID THEY SAY THEY CAN'T ACTUALLY COLLECT IT? BUT CAN'T WE PUT IT ON 163, OR IS THERE ANY WAY TO DO THAT UNDER A STATUTE WHERE WE AS A CITY CAN COLLECT IT AND PUT IT IN AND HAVE IT AS A LIEN ON THE PROPERTY. WELL, IT'S IT'S OBVIOUSLY CAN BE A LIEN ON THE PROPERTY.

AND THE ISSUE IS LIKE ANY OTHER LANE IT MAY BE SUBJECT TO, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, NOT BEING A PRIORITY LIEN SUBJECT TO FORECLOSURE.

YEAH. WE CAN ALWAYS LEAN THE PROPERTY. RIGHT.

BUT DOING IT AS A ONE 60 THREE, WHICH IS A PRIORITY LIEN OVER A FIRST MORTGAGE THAT WOULD BE ABLE TO SHUT US OUT.

YEAH, WE CAN DO THAT. BUT FROM A COLLECTION MAY NOT GET THE MONEY RIGHT NOW HERE.

BUT BUT WHEN THAT PROPERTY ACTUALLY IS SOLD, WE'RE GOING TO BE PAID OFF.

CORRECT. SO I WOULD THINK THAT MAYBE THE CITY WILL BRING US BACK A MODIFICATION OF OUR NUISANCE ABATEMENT PROGRAM SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE ON AND BE ABLE TO HELP, BECAUSE UNFORTUNATELY, WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO SEE A FEW MORE OF THESE THINGS HAPPENING IN THE CITY.

YEAH, A POINT OF CLARIFICATION. A SPECIAL ASSESSMENT LIEN UNDER ONE 60 THREE DOES NOT HELP ANYBODY.

THAT'S JUST A LIEN AGAINST THE PROPERTY AND A PROPERTY OWNER WERE TO SELL SOMETHING THAT THEY OWN SOMEWHERE ELSE.

WE WOULD COLLECT FIRST. BUT THAT DOESN'T FIX THE IMMEDIATE ISSUE THAT EXISTS IN THE CITY.

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THEY HAVE NO HEIRS. THEY JUST WANT TO CONVEY.

AND THEN WE DECIDE WE WANT TO TURN THAT LOT INTO A PARKING.

RIGHT. WE'VE GOT ALL THESE COMMUNITIES THAT DON'T HAVE PARKING.

WE DECIDE WE WANT TO CONVERT THAT PARCEL INTO PARKING FOR THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.

MY QUESTION IS, DO WE HAVE A VEHICLE CURRENTLY IN PLACE WHERE WE COULD FUND A PROJECT LIKE THAT? WELL, I THINK THE MANAGER INDICATED, LET'S SAY LET'S USE YOUR EXAMPLE.

IF SOMEONE WANTED TO DONATE A PIECE OF PROPERTY TO THE CITY, AND WE WANT TO CONVERT THAT TO A PUBLIC PURPOSE PARKING SPACE APART.

IT WOULD BASICALLY BE THROUGH SOME CAPITAL PROJECT BUDGET INCREASE OR THE COMMISSION MAKE THAT DETERMINATION THAT THIS IS A GOOD PROJECT FOR THE CITY AND WE MOVE FORWARD IF IT'S FUN.

OKAY, OKAY. SO AS WE SIT HERE AT 932 AND A COUPLE PEOPLE ON THE DAIS KNOW EXACTLY WHO THEY ARE, WHO SAID THIS WOULD BE A SHORT MEETING? THEY'RE BUYING DINNER THE NEXT TIME. WHERE DO WE STAND? YOU NEED DIRECTION. YOU WANTED TO KNOW IF WE'RE EXPANDING A PROGRAM FROM $3000 TO $5000? NO. WE'RE DONE. WE'RE DONE WITH ALL THIS. I THINK WE HAVE OUR DIRECTIONS, MADAM MAYOR.

OKAY. YEAH. GOOD. THEN THE ONLY DIRECTION THAT'S LEFT IS EVERYBODY. HAVE A REALLY GOOD NIGHT. GET HOME SAFELY. IT IS 933.

WE'RE ADJOURNED.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.