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>> GOOD EVENING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
[CALL TO ORDER]
I KNOW IT'S BEEN ALMOST A MONTH AND YOU'VE MISSED US, BUT WE ARE BACK AND WE ARE GOING TO START OUR WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10TH MEETING.IT IS OUR LAST ONE THROUGH THE END OF 2025, AND THE CURRENT TIME IS 7:02.
CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. MAYOR GOMEZ.
>> GOOD EVENING. MERRY CHRISTMAS. HAPPY HANUKKAH.
>> THANK YOU. IF EVERYONE WILL PLEASE STAND, VICE MAYOR KICIA DANIEL WILL LEAD US IN A PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, AND WE WILL HAVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE THERE.
[1.CITY ATTORNEY REPORT]
>> I JUST WANT TO WISH THE MAYOR AND COMMISSION AND THE RESIDENTS HAPPY HOLIDAY.
HAPPY HANUKKAH. HAPPY KWANZAA.
>> THANK YOU VERY. WE HAVE OUR BSO MONTHLY UPDATE,
[2.CITY MANAGER REPORT]
AND WE'RE GOING TO ASK CAPTAIN FRANKS IF HE WOULD PROVIDE OUR BSO UPDATE, PLEASE.>> GOOD EVENING MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, VICE MAYOR, CITY MANAGER.
RESIDENTS OF THE BEAUTIFUL CITY OF TAMARAC.
I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT HOW NOVEMBER WENT FOR THE CITY OF TAMARAC? IT ACTUALLY IS A LOT OF GOOD NEWS.
ONE OF THE BEST THINGS THAT WE COULD TALK ABOUT IS OUR PROPERTY CRIMES GOING DOWN.
FROM THE MONTH OF OCTOBER TO THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER, WE WENT DOWN TO 63-52 PROPERTY CRIMES, WHICH IS EVEN BETTER THAT A YEAR AGO IN THE SAME MONTH, WE HAD 61 PROPERTY CRIMES.
PROPERTY CRIMES INCLUDES THEFTS.
IT INCLUDES RETAIL THEFT, BURGLARIES, AND BURGLARY CONVEYANCES AND ALL THAT TYPE OF STUFF.
WE HAVE SEEN A DECREASE IN THE PROPERTY CRIMES.
ALSO DURING THAT MONTH, WE HAD AN OPERATIONAL PLAN THAT WE WERE PUT TOGETHER WHERE WE HAD DETECTIVES OUT AT SOME OF THE HOT SPOTS WHO WERE OUT THERE WORKING IN CAPACITY TO ALLEVIATE SOME OF THE THEFT PROBLEMS THAT WE'VE HAD, WHICH WE HAD SOME GOOD ARRESTS ON.
THE VIOLENT CRIMES DID SHOW AN INCREASE AND THEY HAVE BEEN SHOWING AN INCREASE FOR THE YEAR, BUT I THINK A LOT OF THAT'S BECAUSE WE'RE REALLY BEING ZERO TOLERANCE ON ANY TYPE OF THE CRIMES AND WE'RE DOING THE REPORTING, BUT THE REAL POSITIVE THING WAS FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER, 91% OF THE VIOLENT CRIMES THAT OCCURRED WHICH WAS 20 FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER WERE ARRESTS.
THAT MEANS PEOPLE WERE TAKEN INTO CUSTODY AND WE'LL BE GOING THROUGH THE SYSTEM.
USUALLY THAT OTHER 9% WILL INCLUDE EITHER SOMEBODY DIDN'T WANT TO PROSECUTE.
MAYBE WE DIDN'T HAVE SOMEBODY IDENTIFY IT, BUT A LOT OF TIMES THEY'RE ALSO PUT INTO A NOT IN CUSTODY STATUS WHICH MEANS WE SEND IT TO THE STATE FOR REVIEW, AND ONCE THEY SAY, HEY, THAT WE SEE PROBABLE CAUSE, WE WILL MAKE AN ARREST ON THAT VIOLENT CRIME.
IT'S AMAZING THAT WE'RE KIDDING UP TO 91%.
OVERALL, FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR, WE'RE AT 66%, WHICH SHOWS ME THAT WE ARE INCREASING THROUGHOUT THE MONTHS AND GETTING BETTER AND BETTER.
WE PUT SOME NEW INITIATIVES IN PLACE THAT BASICALLY, WE TRY TO PUT NO TIME LAG IN ANY TYPE OF VIOLENT CRIME.
WE HAVE A CST TEAM, OUR VIPER TEAM ARE JUMPING ON THE ANYTIME OF THE VIOLENT CRIMES AND THEY'RE GOING OUT AND PUTTING PEOPLE INTO CUSTODY.
WE ALSO HAVE THE DETECTIVE NOW THAT IS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE DETECTIVE WHO SHE GOES THROUGH THE CASES EVERY MORNING, AND IF SHE SEES SOMETHING, SHE'S ALREADY WRITING A WARRANT, MAKING A PHONE CALL, AND TRYING TO GET THEM IN CUSTODY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE WHICH HAS BEEN REALLY SUCCESSFUL IN THE NEW WAY WE'VE BEEN DOING THINGS.
OUR STAFFING LEVELS HAVE MAINTAINED THE MINIMUM STAFFING, THE 11 WHICH IS 10 BODIES, WHICH GIVES US ALL THE ZONES COVER PLUS AN EXTRA AND A SUPERVISOR.
SOME DAYS WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE WITH THAT PEOPLE HAVEN'T TAKEN A DAY OFF OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, BUT WE'VE BEEN MAINTAINING THE MINIMUM STANDARDS THROUGHOUT THE TIMES.
NOW, THE PART 1 CRIMES, WHICH WE LOOK AT THIS AND WHAT IT REPRESENTS A IS HOT SPOTS IN THE AREA.
NOW, THE ONE THAT CIRCLED IS ACTUALLY GOING TO BE WHERE IT'S COMMERCIAL IN FO 41.
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ON THE POSITIVE SIDE, THOUGH, IS THAT IT WENT FROM 22 CRIMES DOWN TO 13.WHILE WE WERE DOING OUR OPERATIONAL PLAN, I CAN'T TELL YOU WAS IN THAT AREA, BUT IT WAS IN THAT AREA.
WHILE WE WERE DOING THAT OPERATIONAL PLAN, IT WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL.
I THINK PEOPLE WITH THE VISIBILITY THAT WE HAD THERE WITH THE AMOUNT OF DEPUTIES AND MAKING ARRESTS, THAT IT WAS ABLE TO BRING THE NUMBERS DOWN.
IT CONSIDERABLY WAS ABLE TO HAVE AN EFFECT ON THE CRIME THAT WAS GOING ON IN THAT AREA.
THEN EVERYBODY'S FAVORITE CITATIONS.
FOR THE MONTH, THEY DID GO DOWN A LITTLE BIT FROM OCTOBER, BUT WITH THE HOLIDAYS AND EVERYTHING ELSE, MAYBE A LITTLE BIT OF SPIRIT FOR THEM, THEY WERE OUT THERE, BUT THE MOTOR UNITS AND THE DEPUTIES ARE OUT THERE IN FORCE FOR THE HOLIDAY SEASONS AND WE'LL BE ISSUING THE CITATIONS.
THE CALLS FOR SERVICE OF THE MONTH HAVE ACTUALLY HAVE GONE DOWN FOR THE AMOUNT OF 911 TYPE OF CALLS AND THAT FOR THE CALLS COMING IN.
HOWEVER, THE FIELD INITIATED CALLS HAVE INCREASED.
THEN OUR PARK WALK AND TALKS DID GO DOWN, BUT MOST OF PARK WALK AND TALKS WERE IN AREAS THAT WERE ALSO PART OF THE OPERATION PLAN WHICH WE TOLD THE GUYS TO STAY OUT OF THEM SO THAT WE COULD WORK THE OPERATIONAL PLAN.
TO COMPLETE THIS, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE HOLIDAY SEASONS.
WE HAVE A LITTLE GUY OUT THERE CALLED THE GRINCH, WHO LIKES TO STEAL EVERYBODY'S HOLIDAYS IN WEST FOR CHRISTMAS AND EVERYTHING ELSE, SO WE PUT IT TO EVERYBODY TO PLEASE NOT LET THE GRINCH DESTROY YOUR HOLIDAY SEASON.
BE AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS, LOCK YOUR DOORS.
IF YOU SEE SOMEBODY FOLLOWING YOU, CALL US, LET US MEET WHO THEY ARE AND WHY THEY WANT TO FOLLOW YOU FROM THE STORES AND EVERYTHING ELSE, BUT WE DEFINITELY WANT EVERYBODY TO HAVE A SAFE, HAPPY, AND ENJOYABLE HOLIDAY SEASON.
>> THANK YOU. YOU CAN GIVE OUR CAPTAIN A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
TAKE IT WE'RE NOT DOING AN INVESTMENT REPORT.
IF MY COLLEAGUES WOULD PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE WELL. WE HAVE ONE.
BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU ASKED FOR.
YOU MIGHT JUST GET THAT. WOULD YOU SING WITH US?
>> WELL, THIS PROCLAMATION WAS REQUESTED BY MYSELF.
IT IS THE 250TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE.
KEISHA, COME ON DOWN, KEISHA DAVIS, AND I DON'T KNOW IF STEWART TANGLE MOBLEY IS WITH YOU.
THEN WE ALSO HAVE EDWIN JVAS, AS WELL.
WHEREAS 2025 IS THE YEAR OF THE 250TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CREATION OF THE UNITED STATES POST OFFICE, THE PREDECESSOR OF THE MODERN POSTAL SERVICE, ONE YEAR EARLIER THAN THE FOUNDING OF THE COUNTRY ITSELF AND LATER ENSHRINED IN THE US CONSTITUTION.
WHEREAS POSTAL SERVICE HAS PLAYED A SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN THE HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE COUNTRY FROM THE ESTABLISHMENT OF ROADS, RAILWAYS, AND AIRLINES TO BIND TOGETHER THE PEOPLE OF THE NATION THUS BECOMING A VITAL PART OF THE FABRIC OF THIS COUNTRY.
WHEREAS UNIVERSAL SERVICE OBLIGATION, USO IS THE LAW THAT ENSHRINES ALL INDIVIDUALS, REGARDLESS OF WHO THEY ARE OR WHERE THEY LIVE TO HAVE ACCESS TO EQUAL AND AFFORDABLE SERVICES.
IT REPRESENTS A FUNDAMENTAL DEMOCRATIC RIGHT FOR THE PEOPLE, AND WHEREAS US POSTAL SERVICE SERVES 169 MILLION ADDRESSES SIX AND SOMETIMES SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, AND WHEREAS USPS DOES NOT RECEIVE TAXPAYER MONEY, BUT RATHER RUNS ON HIS OWN REVENUE CREATED BY POSTAGE AND POSTAL PRODUCTS.
WHEREAS IT IS DUE TO PUBLIC MISSION, THE POSTAL SERVICE IS A LOW COST ANCHOR TO $1.3 TRILLION MAILING PACKAGING INDUSTRY, WHICH SUPPORTS SEVEN MILLION JOBS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
WHEREAS THE POSTAL SERVICE IS AN IMPORTANT SOURCE OF GOOD UNION LIVING WAGES,
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WITH FAIR HIRING PRACTICES, WITH EQUAL PAY FOR EQUAL WORK FOR WORKERS FROM ALL BACKGROUNDS AND EXPERIENCES, AND IS ONE OF THE LARGEST EMPLOYERS OF VETERANS.WHEREAS ANY EFFORT TO PRIVATIZE THE USPS IN WHOLE OR IN PART WOULD UNDERMINE THE VERY PUBLIC MISSION OF THE US POSTAL SERVICE, THE UNIVERSAL SERVICE MANDATE, AND THE DEDICATED WORK OF HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PUBLIC SERVANTS.
WHEREAS WHILE COMMUNICATION HABITS CONTINUE TO EVOLVE, THE USPS REMAINS AN ESSENTIAL CONDUIT FOR COMMUNICATION, ENABLING THE EXCHANGE OF IDEAS, FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS, SECURE AND PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE, MAIL ORDER MEDICATIONS, MAIL IN VOTING, ECOMMERCE DELIVERIES, AND A WIDE RANGE OF CURRENT AND EMERGING SERVICES.
WHEREAS THE UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE IS OWNED BY THE PEOPLE, IT IS AN EXTRAORDINARY NATIONAL TREASURE ENCAPSULATING THE BEST OF GOVERNMENT OF BY AND FOR THE PEOPLE.
NOW, THEREFORE, I'M MICHELLE J. GOMEZ, VERY PROUD MAYOR OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC COUNTY, FLORIDA, ON BEHALF OF OUR COMMISSION, AS WELL, RECORD AND SUPPORT THE PUBLIC MISSION OF THE US POSTAL SERVICE CONTAINED IN THE 1970 POSTAL RECOGNITION REORGANIZATION ACT, MY APOLOGIES, WHICH SAYS, UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE SHALL BE OPERATED AS A BASIC AND FUNDAMENTAL SERVICE PROVIDED TO THE PEOPLE BY THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES, AUTHORIZED BY THE CONSTITUTION, CREATED BY AN ACT OF CONGRESS AND SUPPORTED BY THE PEOPLE.
THE POSTAL SERVICE SHALL HAVE AS ITS BASIC FUNCTION, THE OBLIGATION TO BIND THE NATION TOGETHER.
NOW BE A FURTHER RESOLVE THAT THIS BODY APPRECIATES THE ROLE OF THE US POSTAL SERVICE ON HIS 250TH ANNIVERSARY AND SALUTES THE HARDWORKING POSTAL WORKERS WHO SERVE THE PEOPLE AND BUSINESS COMMUNITIES, SUPPORTING A ROBUST AND THRIVING PUBLIC POSTAL SERVICE FOR GENERATIONS TO COME.
HAPPY 250TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE UNITED STATES POSTAL OFFICE. THANK YOU.
[APPLAUSE] I AM GOING TO CALL ONE PERSON FROM THE BACK OF THE ROOM TO JOIN US.
MS. PATTY LYNN. MS. PATTY LYNN YOU DID SERVE OUR COUNTRY THROUGH OUR POSTAL SERVICE. COME ON DOWN.
>> I WANT TO SAY, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.
I'M ORIGINALLY FROM NEW YORK AND WHEN I MOVED TO FLORIDA, AND BROOKLYN IS WHERE I GREW UP.
WHEN I MOVED TO FLORIDA, I MOVED TO TAMARAC, AND I LOVE TAMARAC.
I JUST LOVE IT, BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR OUR LOCAL FOR ACKNOWLEDGING THE WORK THAT WE PUT IN AND THE SERVICE THAT WE PROVIDE FOR THE COMMUNITY.
>> THANK YOU GUYS FOR HAVING ME HERE TODAY.
THE POST OFFICE HAS BEEN REALLY GREAT TO ME AND MY FAMILY.
I STARTED ABOUT 16 YEARS AGO AS A MAIL CARRIER.
LITTLE BY LITTLE, I WORKED MY WAY UP, SO THEY HAVE BEEN, WITH SUCH A LARGE ORGANIZATION THAT WE GO THROUGH A LOT OF CHALLENGES, BUT THEY TRULY CARE ABOUT THEIR CUSTOMERS, THE BUSINESSES, AND THEIR EMPLOYEES AS WELL. THANK YOU AGAIN.
>> I RETIRED AFTER 25 YEARS WITH THE POSTAL SERVICE.
I ALSO STARTED AS A PTF LETTER CARRIER.
WHEN WE STARTED WAY BACK THEN, WE UNLOADED TRUCKS, WE DISTRIBUTED THE MAIL, WE TOOK A BREAK, AND THEN WE WENT OUT ON THE STREET.
IT WAS A VERY, VERY INTERESTING CAREER.
I MANAGED TO KEEP MYSELF AND MY KIDS ALIVE.
I RETIRED AS A MANAGER OF THE MARGATE POST OFFICE, AND I'M GLAD FOR MY RETIREMENT. [APPLAUSE]
>> THANK YOU VERY. THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK. YOU WANT TO TAKE A PHOTO? YES, WE ARE DONE, BUT I HAVE THAT EXTRA.
A LOT OF GOOD STUFF IN CELEBRATING THE 250TH ANNIVERSARY OF OUR COUNTRY AS WE GO INTO THE NEXT SIX MONTHS,
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AND VERY MUCH A PLEASURE TO GIVE THAT PROCLAMATION.WELL, OUR CITY MANAGER HIMSELF IS NOT HERE, BUT WE HAVE OUR DEPUTY CITY MANAGER, MAXIE CALLOWAY, DO YOU HAVE A REPORT FOR US?
>> THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR COMMISSIONERS, AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.
THE CITY OF TAMARAC IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT IT HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED AS A WINNER OF THE 2025 DIGITAL CITIES AWARD. [APPLAUSE]
>> THIS PRESTIGIOUS HONOR ACKNOWLEDGES THE CITY'S PROGRESS IN STRENGTHENING MUNICIPAL OPERATIONS AND ADVANCING DIGITAL EQUITY THROUGH AI ENABLED INITIATIVES, INCLUDING THE OMNI CHANNEL CALL CENTER AND SMALL PARKS, SUPPORTED BY MULTI YEAR TECHNOLOGY PLANNING.
MEMBERS OF THE CITY COMMISSION WERE HONORED TO ACCEPT THE AWARD IN SALT LAKE CITY AT THE 25TH ANNUAL DIGITAL CITIES AWARDS BANQUET.
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE CITY'S INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT FOR THEIR LEADERSHIP AND DEDICATION IN ACHIEVING THIS ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND RECOGNITION.
TU IS AN EIGHT WEEK INTERACTIVE SPRING PROGRAM THAT OFFERS RESIDENTS A BEHIND THE SCENES LOOK AT HOW THE CITY OPERATES.
PARTICIPANTS VISIT CITY FACILITIES AND LEARN FROM ELECTED OFFICIALS, DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS, AND CITY STAFF ABOUT LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC SERVICE WHILE ALSO BUILDING CONNECTIONS WITH OTHER CIVIC MINDED RESIDENTS.
THE DEADLINE TO SUBMIT APPLICATIONS FOR THE SPRING 2026 PROGRAM IS FRIDAY, JANUARY 23RD, 2026 AT 5:00 PM.
THE CITY OF TAMARAC HAS RELAUNCHED ITS NEIGHBORHOOD HOLIDAY LIGHT CONTEST FOR A SECOND YEAR.
RESIDENTS ARE INVITED TO REGISTER THEIR DECORATED HOMES AND HELP SPREAD HOLIDAY SPIRIT ACROSS TAMARAC NEIGHBORHOODS.
HOW TO PARTICIPATE, YOU MIGHT ASK.
ELIGIBLE TAMARAC RESIDENTS REGISTER THEIR HOME AND SUBMIT PHOTOS ONLINE THROUGH THE CONTEST WEBSITE.
COMMUNITY VOTING DETERMINES THE WINNERS AND TOP ENTRIES RECEIVE RECOGNITION AND PRIZES.
FULL DETAILS, REGISTRATION, VOTING INFORMATION ARE AVAILABLE AT HOLIDAYLIGHTS.TAMARAC.GOV OR BY EXPANDING THE QR CODE.
DON'T MISS OUT ON OUR UPCOMING HOLIDAY EVENTS AND CELEBRATIONS.
A FULL LIST OF CITY COMMISSION INITIATIVES CAN BE FOUND ON OUR WEBSITE OR BY SCANNING THE QR CODE.
ALL CITY FACILITIES WILL BE CLOSED ON WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 24TH, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 25TH, AND THURSDAY, JANUARY 1ST, 2026.
FINALLY, OUR NEXT COMMISSION MEETING IS SCHEDULED FOR WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14TH, 2026 AT 7:00 PM.
WISHING YOU A HAPPY HOLIDAY SEASON AND A HEALTHY AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR.
THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT, MADAM MAYOR.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE WILL NOW GO TO PUBLIC PARTICIPATION,
[3.PUBLIC PARTICIPATION]
AND WE HAVE A NICE LONG LIST HERE.THE RULES OF THE ROAD ARE ON THE SCREEN, BUT BASICALLY, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.
PLEASE COME TO THIS PODIUM AND SAY YOUR NAME.
IF YOU'RE NOT COMFORTABLE GIVING YOUR ADDRESS, PLEASE STATE THE CITY WHERE YOU LIVE.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IF WE'RE HAPPY WITH WHAT A SPEAKER SAYS, WE DO HAPPY HANDS.
IF WE'RE NOT, WE CAN DO THUMBS DOWN, BUT WE REACH OUT.
WE WANT EVERYBODY TO FEEL COMFORTABLE HAVING THE TIME TO SAY THEIR PIECE.
WE DON'T SHARE MINUTES, SO THE FIRST PERSON UP.
THIS IS FOR ANYTHING THAT IS NOT ON THE AGENDA.
PLEASE COME UP, JEFFREY SHAPIRO, AND ON DECK IS CAROL MENDELSSOHN.
JEFFREY SHAPIRO, THE WOODLANDS TAMARAC.
THIS EVENING, WHAT I WANT TO ADDRESS WITH YOU IS HOW THE CITY COMMISSION AND THE COMMISSIONERS THEMSELVES WHEN REVIEWING ITEMS THAT NEED TO BE VOTED ON, THEY IN MY OPINION, DO NOT ALWAYS DO THE BEST THINGS FOR THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OR THE CITY ITSELF.
THERE'S TOO MUCH POLITICS HERE AND IT DOESN'T BELONG.
THIS IS ALL PARTLY CAUSE BECAUSE OF THE WAY THE COMMISSIONERS GET VOTED INTO OFFICE.
ALL THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC SHOULD VOTE FOR ALL FOUR COMMISSIONERS, NOT THE WAY IT CURRENTLY IS.
UNTIL THAT EVER CHANGES, YOU'RE ALWAYS GOING TO LET YOUR PERSONAL FEELINGS, POLITICS, AND CATER TO THE PEOPLE THAT ELECTED YOU IN YOUR LOCAL DISTRICT GET MORE PREFERENCE THAN THE REST OF THE CITY.
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IT IS AN IMBALANCE.I'M SORRY TO SAY THIS, BUT THESE ARE MY THOUGHTS.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT NEEDS TO GO INTO CHANGING THIS, BUT IT NEEDS TO BE CHANGED.
THIS WAY, ALL REPRESENTATION FOR ALL THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY WILL BE MORE ON A EQUAL PLAYING FIELD.
NEXT, I JUST WANT TO ADDRESS, THERE'S A NEW WALL GOING UP, PRIMARILY IN DISTRICT 1, MR. BOLTON'S AREA.
THE SECTION HAS GONE UP, NOT COMPLETELY COMPLETED YET ON THE NORTHWEST CORNER RESIDENT OF WOODLANDS BOULEVARD IN COMMERCIAL.
IN MY OPINION, THERE SHOULD BE ANOTHER WHOLE SECTION OF CONCRETE PUT THERE BECAUSE IT'S AN IMBALANCE.
THE CONTRACTOR REMOVED SO MUCH OF THE REAR OF THAT PROPERTY AND THEN TO SEE THE WALL WAS PUT IN WITH THE DEAD END AND STOP, THERE NEEDS TO BE A WHOLE ANOTHER PANEL PUT IN THERE.
FURTHER BE A BALANCE AT THAT INTERSECTION.
IT'S GOING TO LOOK OFF, AND I'M SURE THAT RESIDENT HOMEOWNER COULD POSSIBLY COMPLAIN TO MR. BOLTON.
I WOULD SUGGEST WHEN HE GETS A CHANCE TO DRIVE BY AND TAKE A LOOK OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT COMPLETED, THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY.
THANK YOU. HAVE A HAPPY HOLIDAYS AND EVERYONE, BE SAFE. THANK YOU.
>> AS YOU SAID, IT IS NOT YET COMPLETED.
AFTER CAROL MENDELSSOHN, WE HAVE KATE JOHNSON.
>> CAROL MENDELSSOHN, DISTRICT 4, WOODMONT, MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS.
I SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITY EVENTS.
I SUPPORT TRADITIONS LIKE THE TURKEY TROT THAT BRINGS FAMILIES TOGETHER EVERY YEAR.
MY COMMENTS ARE NOT ABOUT OPPOSING THESE TRADITIONS, IT'S ABOUT PROTECTING THEM BECAUSE WHAT HAPPENED THIS YEAR WAS UNACCEPTABLE.
THIS YEAR'S TURKEY TROT WAS TURNED INTO A POLITICAL BILLBOARD.
NEARLY 200 POLITICAL SIGNS AND TENTS LINED THE COURSE AND SURROUNDING AREAS.
TWO POLITICAL SIGNS WOULD HAVE BEEN INAPPROPRIATE, 200 WERE OUTRAGEOUS.
PEOPLE SAID THEY FELT LIKE THEY WALKED INTO A CAMPAIGN RALLY.
PARTICIPANTS DON'T PAY REGISTRATION FEES TO RUN THROUGH A MAZE OF CAMPAIGN SIGNS.
IT WAS OVERWHELMING AND DISRESPECTFUL.
THE TURKEY TROT USED ABOUT 200 EVENT STAFF.
IF THE AVERAGE COST IS ABOUT $100 PER HOUR FOR EIGHT HOURS, THAT ADDS UP TO $160,000 IN PAYROLL YET THE EVENT BRINGS IN ONLY ABOUT 60,000 IN REVENUE.
THAT LEAVES A HUGE GAP, ONE THAT TAMARAC TAXPAYERS FILL, EVEN THOUGH ONLY ABOUT 35% OF PARTICIPANTS LIVE HERE.
THAT MEANS TAXPAYERS ARE SUBSIDIZING MOST OF THE COSTS AND STILL PAYING A REGISTRATION FEE IF THEY WANT TO JOIN THE RUN.
IT'S NOT SUSTAINABLE, AND IT'S NOT RESPONSIBLE.
WE CURRENTLY PAY A JUSTIFIED 7% INCREASE TO BSO FOR PUBLIC SAFETY.
WE NEED THEM. THE WAY OUR POLICE FORCE WAS USED WAS INAPPROPRIATE AND A POOR USE OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS, IT DOESN'T REFLECT PRIORITIES.
WHEN A MAJOR STORM HITS AND IT WILL, DECISIONS MADE TODAY WILL MATTER.
PEOPLE WILL REMEMBER WHETHER THE CITY CHOSE FINANCIAL DISCIPLINE OR UNNECESSARY SPENDING.
THEY'LL REMEMBER WHERE THE FUNDS WENT TOWARD PREPAREDNESS AND INFRASTRUCTURE OR DISTASTEFUL POLITICAL DISPLAYS LIKE THE ONES ALL OVER THE CITY.
TAMARAC TAXPAYERS DESERVE BETTER.
WE DESERVE EVENTS THAT CELEBRATE THE COMMUNITY, NOT EVENTS THAT DOUBLE AS POLITICAL ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS.
WE DESERVE TRANSPARENCY AND A COMMITMENT TO SPENDING TAXPAYER DOLLARS WISELY.
THIS ISN'T ABOUT STOPPING EVENTS.
IT'S ABOUT PROTECTING COMMUNITY TRADITIONS FROM BEING USED FOR POLITICAL GAIN, AND IT'S ABOUT RESTORING TRUST.
LOOK CLOSELY AT THE COST OF THESE EVENTS AND IT'S OVERWHELMING POLITICAL PRESENCE.
WE MUST ENSURE THAT OUR EVENTS REMAIN WHAT THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO BE.
FUN, FAMILY CENTERED, AND FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. AS KATE JOHNSON COMES TO THE PODIUM, CECILIA KLEIN, YOUR DYKE.
I ALWAYS SCREW UP YOUR LAST NAME.
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I APOLOGIZE. KLEIN RICHARD.AT THE LAST COMMISSION MEETING, THIS COMMISSION VOTED TO TAKE MONEY FROM THE AREA AGENCY ON AGING AND GIVE $36,000 TO DARE TO CARE, A NONPROFIT IN SUNRISE TO SUPPOSEDLY HELP TAMARAC RESIDENTS WITH FOOD INSECURITIES.
LOOKING DEEPER, DARE TO CARE IS RUN BY THE FAITH CENTER, WHICH IS A HOME CHURCH OF VICE MAYOR DANIEL, WHO MADE THE REQUEST.
I ALSO HEARD THAT COMMISSIONER PATTERSON ATTENDS THAT CHURCH.
I'M NOT SURE IF SHE CAN CONFIRM OR DISAVOW.
THERE WAS NO TRANSPARENCY ON DISCLOSURE IN THIS PROCESS.
WHY WAS THIS CONNECTION NOT MADE PUBLICLY? WHY GIVE IT TO THEIR CHURCH AND NOT A CHURCH LIKE THE KOREAN CHURCH WHICH GIVES OUT FOOD TO TAMARAC RESIDENTS EVERY MONTH? IN ADDITION, WHY TAKE MONEY FROM SENIORS AND THE DISABLED IF BOTH POPULATIONS HAVE ENOUGH DIFFICULTIES GETTING SERVICE.
SOME SAID THEY DIDN'T KNOW THE MONEY WAS GOING TO AAA, BUT IT'S IN THE BUDGET AND SHOULD HAVE BEEN READ.
AGAIN, PROCEDURES ARE PUT IN PLACE, BUT ALL OF A SUDDEN, THE COMMISSION DECIDES TO CHANGE A PROCEDURE WITHOUT NOTICE TO THE NONPROFIT WHO HAS BUDGETED FOR THAT MONEY.
IT'S LIKE SAYING MID STREAM, LET'S CUT YOUR SALARY BY 50% AND YOU JUST NEED TO ADJUST.
THEN YOU GIVE IT TO A NONPROFIT NOT EVEN IN TAMARAC.
WHEN TAMARAC HAS FOOD BANKS THAT COULD USE THE MONEY TO ACTUALLY FEED TAMARAC RESIDENTS.
HOW WILL THERE BE OVERSIGHT TO MAKE SURE THIS MONEY GOES TO HELP TAMARAC RESIDENTS? THAT'S WHAT YOU ARE REQUESTING FROM AAA, SO ARE YOU GOING TO BE ASKING THE SAME OF DARE TO CARE? SO MUCH FOR CARING ABOUT TAMARAC SENIORS.
I ALSO WANT TO ADDRESS THE EMAIL THAT WENT OUT REGARDING THE PUBLIC MEETING ABOUT THE SHAKER VILLAGE COMMUNITY CENTER NEXT WEDNESDAY.
OF COURSE, IT STATES IT'S THE EAST SIDE COMMUNITY PARK WHICH IS VERY MISLEADING.
MOST PEOPLE WHO DON'T KNOW THE HISTORY WILL READ THAT AS, OH, WE'RE GETTING A NEW PARK, NOT OH, ANOTHER COMMUNITY CENTER.
HOW MUCH WILL THAT COST? WHY A MEETING NOW WHEN YOU HAVE ALREADY GONE OUT FOR BIDS.
WHY DID YOU NOT ASK THE PUBLIC WHAT WE WANTED BEFORE BIDS WERE OBTAINED.
WHY SCHEDULE IT THE WEEK OF HANUKKAH AND THE WEEK BEFORE CHRISTMAS? SEEMS YOU DO NOT REALLY CARE ABOUT INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY.
OTHERWISE, THESE MEETINGS WOULD HAVE HAPPENED BEFORE GOING OUT FOR BIDS.
TO BE CLEAR, THIS IS NOT JUST A PARK, IT IS A BUILDING FOR A COMMUNITY CENTER AND WILL COST MILLIONS.
AGAIN, BE TRANSPARENT WITH THE RESIDENTS YOU REPRESENT.
>> THANK YOU. AS CECILIA IS COMING UP, RON WASSERMAN WILL BE AFTER YOU DON'T WANT TO SPEAK TO ME?
>> HI. MY NAME IS CECILIA KLEIN RICHARD AND I LIVE IN THE WOODLANDS.
MY WHOLE LIFE, I'VE HEARD OF HOW MONEY IS THE ROOT OF ALL EVIL.
DEFINITELY IT'S DISPLAYED VERY BIG TIME IN TAMARAC GOVERNMENT.
THE MAFIA IS ALL ABOUT POWER AND MONEY.
SEEMS LIKE YOU COMMISSIONERS COULD TEACH THEM A LITTLE SMOOTHER TECHNIQUE.
YOU MAKE THE MAFIA LOOK LIKE SAINTS.
MANY OF THE DECISIONS YOU HAVE MADE IS TO BENEFIT YOUR LIVES, NOT WE THE PEOPLE OF TAMARAC.
THEY'VE BEEN ABSOLUTELY HORRIBLE AND IF IT KEEPS UP, YOU WILL BANKRUPT OUR CITY.
YOU DO WORK FOR US, REMEMBER THAT.
MOST OF TAMARAC IS WAKING UP TO WHAT IS HAPPENING, AND IT'S SHAMEFUL.
I DON'T SEE HOW ANY OF YOU CAN EVEN SLEEP AT NIGHT.
WHETHER YOU BELIEVE IN GOD OR NOT, THERE IS ONE, AND ONE DAY, YOU'LL COME FACE TO FACE WITH HIM.
>> THANK YOU. AS RON WASSERMAN IS COMING UP TO THE PODIUM, MARK ORGEN WILL BE NEXT.
>> GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS RON WASSERMAN.
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J DRIVE, HERE IN TAMARAC, 33321.I HAVE A LOT TO SPEAK ABOUT TONIGHT.
I'VE BEEN SPEAKING BEFORE THIS CITY FOR QUITE A LONG WHILE AND I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE SOMEONE WHO'S IN THE AUDIENCE TONIGHT.
MS. DEBORAH PLACKO, WHO USED TO REPRESENT ME.
MY DAD, WHO WAS A HARD WORKING GUY.
I COME FROM A HARD WORKING FAMILY.
MY DAD WOULD SAY, LOOKING AT THIS SITUATION, WHAT A RACKET.
YOU GUYS BAG DOWN $100,000 A YEAR.
WHAT THE HECK IS GOING ON? YOU WON'T LISTEN TO ME.
OUR NEW CAPTAIN. THANK YOU, CAPTAIN.
I HAD A MEETING WITH YOU RECENTLY.
I HAD A MEETING WITH THE CAPTAIN.
MANY OF YOU KNOW I LIVE OFF OF SOUTHGATE. YOU DON'T CARE.
WE'RE COMING HOME. WE GOT CHINESE FOODS A SUNDAY.
IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY. WE'RE COMING HOME AND THERE'S SOME PEOPLE TRESPASSING BEHIND THE HOUSE AGAIN.
WE'VE HAD TRESPASSING ISSUES HUNDREDS OF TIMES.
WHAT DOES THIS GUY SAY TO ME? I SAID, YOU'RE TRESPASSING BACK HERE.
I DON'T WANT TO USE THE PROFANITY PART.
HE SAID, I'M GOING TO KILL YOU.
HE WASN'T A TEENAGER, BY THE WAY.
THIS WAS AN ADULT. YOU DON'T WANT TO LISTEN TO ME, YOU DON'T WANT TO REPRESENT ME.
WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU, GUYS? THE CAPTAIN HERE CAME OUT AFTER MY MEETING WITH HIM, CAME OUT TO MY LOCATION TO SEE EXACTLY WHAT WAS GOING ON AND THE LIEUTENANT.
HOLY SMOKES. MY OTHER HALF GRABS MY HAND.
SHE'S BEEN ASSAULTED MORE THAN ONCE ON THE STREET ON COMMERCIAL, GETTING A PIZZA.
I GO DOWN TO THE SKETCH ARTIST, AND I WORK WITH HIM FOR FIVE HOURS.
HE TURNS AROUND AND SAYS, IS THIS THE GUY? YES, IT'S HIM.
I DON'T CARE WHETHER YOU CARE ABOUT ME OR NOT.
ALL OF YOU. I'M SORRY TO RAISE MY VOICE.
BUT MY GOODNESS. AFTER MY HEALTH, I JUST WANT THE RIGHT THING TO HAPPEN FOR US. ALL OF YOU.
>> THANK YOU, FOLKS. IT'S ALL NONSENSE.
>> AS MARK IS COMING TO THE PODIUM, EILEEN, I SEE THIS IS THE ONE YOU WANT TO BE ON, YOU'RE NEXT.
>> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COMMISSIONERS, MARK ORGEN, TAMARAC LAKE SOUTH OVER ON THE FAR EAST SIDE, PART OF MILANS AREA. COUPLE OF THINGS.
I DID A STUDY AFTER SEEING THE NEW VICE MAYOR FOR NEXT YEAR.
OF THE LAST FIVE OR SIX YEARS, ONE OF THEM HAS MADE ME A COUPLE OF TIMES.
YOU HAVEN'T BEEN ONCE WITHIN SIX YEARS OF THIS YEAR.
I DON'T KNOW WHY. YOU DESERVE IT.
AN ARTICLE TODAY'S PAPER, IF YOU DIDN'T SEE.
THE COUNTY GAVE $91,000 BACK TO THE CITY BECAUSE OF THE FIRE SAFETY PAYMENT THAT WE PAID IN THE TAXES AND THE STORM WATER PROTECTION.
THAT 91,000 NEEDS TO STAY WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND WATER PROTECTION SERVICES AND SEWAGE, NOT GIVEN OUT FOR PEOPLE TO USE THE WAY THEY WANT TO.
THAT MONEY WAS PAID BY THE CITIZENS FOR FIRE SERVICE AND THE STORM WATER PROTECTION.
IT SHOULD STAY WITH THERE AND FIX ISSUES THAT THEY NEED IN THOSE TWO DEPARTMENTS.
THE THIRD THING, SOME OF YOU KNOW I DO UBER DRIVING NIGHTS.
I'VE HAD A LOT OF CUSTOMERS RECENTLY FROM THE CITY OF TAMARAC AND THEY RECOGNIZE ME EITHER FROM VIDEOS, THEY'VE SEEN THE COMMISSION MEETINGS, AND I GET THESE QUESTIONS.
WHY DO THINGS HAPPEN AT THE MEETING THE WAY THEY DO? I TELL THEM, WHO KNOWS?
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COME AND ASK FOR YOURSELF.BUT ONE OTHER IMPORTANT THING THEY HAVE ASKED ME AND I'VE CONCERNED WITH IT.
WE'RE IN A DROUGHT. WE'RE BANGING A DROUGHT.
THE RAINY SEASON DIDN'T GIVE US THE RAIN WE NEEDED.
YOU DRIVE COMMERCIAL, UNIVERSITY, MCNAB, ANY MAJOR STREETS.
THEY HAVE AN ISLAND AT NIGHT THE SPRINKLERS COME ON.
THIS LITTLE LAND THAT'S ABOUT TWO FEET WIDE.
WHY DOES IT NEED TO BE WATERED EVERY NIGHT FOR ALMOST A HALF HOUR AND FLOODING THE STREETS MORE THAN IT IS THAT LITTLE TWO FOOT LAND.
WHERE'S THAT WATER COMING FROM? IS IT CITY WATER? IS IT FROM THE CANAL? YOU'RE DRAINING THE CANALS, WHICH ARE GOING TO AFFECT US DURING THE DROUGHT SEASON, IF WE HAVE A WOODS FIRE OR ANY OTHER FIRE, THAT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT NEEDS TO PUMP OUT OF THOSE LAKES TO SUPPORT THE SUPPRESSION OF THOSE FIRES.
THANK YOU AND HAVE A HAPPY HOLIDAY.
NEXT PERSON WILL BE PATTY LYNN.
>> EILEEN MICHAELSON 489 WOODLANDS BOULEVARD, SECTION 4 PRESIDENT.
ON OCTOBER 23RD, THIS COMMISSION HEARD A VARIANCE REQUEST FROM 13TH FLOOR, WHICH IT DENIED.
AS OF TODAY, A MONTH AND A HALF AFTER THAT HEARING, THE SIGNS ARE STILL UP IN THE WOODLANDS.
I WANT TO KNOW WHAT THE PROCESS THE CITY HAS FOR MAKING SURE WHEN A HEARING IS OVER THAT THE SIGNS COME DOWN. THAT'S NUMBER 1.
NUMBER 2, WE WERE TOLD BY 13TH FLOOR WHEN THEY BEGAN CONSTRUCTION, AND I BELIEVE IT'S IN YOUR DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT THAT THEY WOULD BUILD A NEW ACCESS ROAD AND NO CONSTRUCTION VEHICLES WOULD COME IN ON WOODLANDS BOULEVARD.
WELL, AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, I WALK EVERY MORNING AND THE CONSTRUCTION VEHICLES ARE COMING IN ON WOODLANDS BOULEVARD.
I'M ASKING THAT YOU REMIND 13TH FLOOR OF THE COMMITMENT IT MADE TO BUILD A NEW ROAD FOR CONSTRUCTION VEHICLES SO THAT WOODLANDS BOULEVARD DOESN'T FURTHER DETERIORATE.
THE BLOCK INTERSECTION SIGNS ARE NOT WORKING IN THE MORNING.
AT ONE POINT, YOU HAD A DIGITAL SIGN THAT WAS UP AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE WOODLANDS PLASHING ABOUT DO NOT BLOCK THE INTERSECTION.
BUT I CAN TELL YOU NOW BETWEEN 7:00 AND 09:00 IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO BE ABLE TO MAKE A TURNOUT OF THE WOODLANDS BECAUSE THE INTERSECTION IS BLOCKED WITH VEHICLES THAT ARE HEADING EASTBOUND ON COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD.
THE DIGITAL SIGNS THAT MAYOR GOMEZ AND COMMISSIONER WARRIOR WRIGHT HAD IN SIGNED ON THE BOULEVARD, AND WHICH FLASHED AND GAVE YOU YOUR SPEED IN THE HOPES THAT PEOPLE SPEEDING WOULD SLOW DOWN ARE NOT WORKING.
I DON'T KNOW WHY, BUT COULD SOMEONE PLEASE LOOK INTO THEM AND GET THEM BACK UP? THEN FINALLY, LET ME TELL YOU THAT THE CONSTRUCTION VEHICLES ARE NOT ONLY COMING IN ON THE BOULEVARD, BUT THEY'RE ALSO PARKING ON THE GRASS.
NEITHER THE CITY'S CODE OR SECTIONS DOCUMENTS ALLOW ANYBODY TO PARK ON THE GRASS.
I'D APPRECIATE IF THE CITY COULD INSTITUTE SOME PROCESS TO REMIND THEM THAT THERE IS NO PARKING ON THE GRASS IN THE WOODLANDS.
LET ME WISH YOU ALL A HAPPY HANUKKAH, A MERRY CHRISTMAS, A HAPPY AND A HEALTHY NEW YEAR, AND ENJOY THE REST OF THE YEAR.
>> THANK YOU, AND EILEEN, THERE WAS A WHATSAPP MESSAGE THAT WENT OUT.
THEY'LL BE BACK IN SEVEN WEEKS.
YOU GOT IT. THEN WE HAVE STUART WEBSTER.
>> GOOD EVENING. PATTY LYNN MAY MANS.
I WANT TO ADDRESS THE AREA AGENCY ON AGING BROWARD COUNTY, ALSO KNOWN AS THE ADRC.
THE FIRST THING I WANT TO ADDRESS IS MR. BOLTON, WITH YOUR BEDBUG PROBLEM, YOU DID CALL THE ADRC ABOUT A BEDBUG PROBLEM.
J PELAS AND LAURIE AND ROSE FROM THIS CITY SAID TO THE ADRC, AAABC THAT THE CITY WAS GOING TO DO THE EXTERMINATING.
THE ADRC PAID FOR ONE OF THE NIGHTS OF THE HOTEL FOR THEY MADE THE MAN GO TO A HOTEL SO THEY COULD GET THE HOUSE CLEANED, THE ADRC DID PROVIDE A BRAND NEW BED AND MATTRESS FOR THE MAN.
THEY DID WHAT THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO DO.
THE CITY CLERK HAS SOME INFORMATION THAT I GAVE HER THAT SHE'S GOING TO GIVE TO YOU THAT GIVES YOU THE SUMMARY OF THE SERVICES THAT THE AREA AGENCY ON AGING PROVIDES TO THE CITY OF TAMARAC.
I WILL SAY THAT DURING COVID, THERE WERE HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE IN TAMARAC WHO WERE PROVIDED MEALS, THREE MEALS A DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK FOR ALMOST TWO YEARS, AT NO CHARGE TO THEM BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T GO OUT, EVERYBODY WAS QUARANTINED.
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VOLUNTEERS FROM THE AREA AGENCY ON AGING AND EMPLOYEES STARTED DELIVERING BEFORE WE WERE ABLE TO HIRE PEOPLE TO DO THE DELIVERIES.THE FACT THAT THE PEOPLE UP HERE ON THIS DAYS DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE AREA AGENCY ON AGING AND HAD NO IDEA WHAT THEY WERE DOING.
MY FIRST THOUGHT WAS, YOU GAVE THEM THE BUDGET MONEY.
HOW COULD YOU GIVE THEM A BUDGET MONEY IF YOU DON'T KNOW? LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT THE $79,000.
WHATEVER YOU GIVE TO THE AREA AGENCY ON AGING, THAT'S 10% OF WHAT THE MONEY IS GOING TO COME TO THE CITY.
THAT'S WHAT THE OLDER AMERICANS ACT AND THE STATE OF FLORIDA GIVES BACK TO THE AREA AGENCY ON AGING.
EVERY DOLLAR YOU TAKE AWAY FROM THEM, YOU'RE TAKING NINE MORE DOLLAR AWAY FROM THE CITIZENS IN THIS CITY.
I AM ABSOLUTELY DISGUSTED AT ALL OF YOU FOR BEING SO CARELESS FOR TAKING MONEY AND YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW THE PEOPLE WHO ARE GETTING IT.
WHAT THE CITY CLERK IS GOING TO HAND YOU IS WHAT THIS AREA AGENCY ON AGING PROVIDED TO TAMARAC RESIDENTS IN 2024 AND UP TO SEPTEMBER IN 2025, SO FAR IN 2025, THEY'VE INVESTED $1.5 MILLION ON RESIDENTS HERE.
THEY HAVE CLIENTS WHO DO EVERYTHING.
THE PEOPLE WHO NEED MEDICARE ASSISTANCE WHO NEED TO KNOW WHAT SUPPLEMENT PLAN TO HAVE.
IT'S FREE. YOU GO TO AN INSURANCE AGENT.
THEY'RE GOING TO CHARGE YOU MONEY.
THEY'RE NOT GOING TO CHARGE YOU MONEY, BUT THEY'RE GOING TO MAKE A COMMISSION.
THEY'RE GOING TO GET THE BEST COMMISSION FOR THEMSELVES NOT FOR THE PEOPLE.
THE SHINE PROGRAM AT THE AREA AGENCY ON AGING IS FREE.
THEY REVIEW EVERYTHING AND FIX IT.
HAPPY HOLIDAYS, KWANZA, HANUKKAH, CHRISTMAS.
>> THANK YOU. AS STEWART MAKES HIS WAY TO THE PODIUM, IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE TO SIGN UP WHO WANTS TO SPEAK? IF NOT, THEN PUBLIC COMMENTS WILL NOW BE CLOSED AFTER MR. WEBSTER.
>> [NOISE] STUART WEBSTER, VERS GARDENS.
BEFORE I GET CARRIED AWAY, I WANT TO WISH LITERALLY EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM A HAPPY, WONDERFUL, AND A SAFE SEASON IN WHICHEVER WAY YOU CELEBRATE IT.
I THINK SOME PEOPLE ARE AWARE THAT I HAVE BEEN AN ELECTED OFFICIAL, A COMMITTEEMAN, IN THE CITY OF TAMARAC FOR AT LEAST THE PAST 12 YEARS.
IN THAT POSITION, AS WELL AS IN MY PERSONAL POSITION, PEOPLE CONSTANTLY CALL ME ABOUT SITUATIONS IN THE CITY.
I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT ONE THIS EVENING.
AT 10:42 THIS MORNING, ABOUT 10:30, SOMEBODY CALLED ME.
THEY NEEDED SOME URGENCY INFORMATION FROM THE CITY.
SUBCONSCIOUSLY, I SAID TO MYSELF, WHY IS THIS PERSON CALLING ME? NEVERTHELESS, I SAID, I'LL GET THE INFORMATION FOR YOU.
AT 10:42AM, I STARTED BY CALLING THE ELECTED OFFICIALS OFFICE BECAUSE IT WAS JUST A QUICK QUESTION, AND ALL I DID AS AS USUAL, I GOT A VOICEMAIL.
THIS IS THE THIRD TIME THIS WEEK I NEEDED SOME INFORMATION I CALLED THAT PARTICULAR NUMBER, AND I GOT A VOICEMAIL.
LET'S NOT EVEN TALK ABOUT LUNCH.
I SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT? I'M GOING TO BE A MASOCHIST.
I ON MY PERSONAL OFFICE LINE, I CALLED AT 10:47AM.
I HAVE IT TIMED HERE FOR 27 MINUTES AND 32 SECONDS.
THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED THIS WEEK.
I CALLED ANOTHER DIVISION, WHILE I WAS ON MY DESK PHONE, 27 MINUTES, 32 SECONDS, I CALLED ANOTHER DIVISION HEAD NUMBER.
OBVIOUSLY, I DON'T NEED TO TALK TO HIM, AND I CAN TALK TO HIS ASSISTANT. VOICEMAIL TIME.
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BUT THIS IS TOTALLY AND ABSOLUTELY AND COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE, 27 MINUTES AND 32 SECONDS.EVENTUALLY, SOMEBODY ANSWERED THE PHONE.
THEY SAID, YOU WERE IN THE QUEUE. HAVE A GOOD EVENING.
>> THANK YOU. PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE NOW CLOSED.
WE'LL BE GOING TO OUR COMMISSION REPORTS.
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COMMISSIONER BOLTON, DISTRICT 1.>> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR GOOD EVENING, COMMISSIONERS.
I WISH EVERYONE A HAPPY HOLIDAY, HAPPY KWANZA, HAPPY HANUKKAH.
MY VIDEO TONIGHT WILL BE A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN FIVE MINUTES.
BEFORE THE MEETING, I DID ASK COMMISSIONER WRIGHT TO HEAL SOME OF HIS TIME, AND HE AGREED.
I ASKED MY COLLEAGUES TO BEAR WITH ME ON THAT.
>> I'M GOING TO MAKE A POINT OF CLARIFICATION.
>> CITY ATTORNEY. WE DON'T ALLOW IT FOR OUR RESIDENTS.
AS YOU KNOW, WE HAD RESIDENTS TONIGHT THAT WANTED TO SPEAK AND GO OVER THE THREE MINUTES.
I KNOW WE ARE THE COMMISSION, BUT THAT REALLY DOES NOT LOOK LIKE IT SUITS IN OUR RULES, DO WE SAY WE'RE ALLOWED TO DO THAT? DON'T WE SAY THAT WE DON'T SHARE MINUTES THE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES WE HAVE?
>> I WOULD DIRECT THAT QUESTION CITY CLERK IN TERMS OF TIME.
BUT AGAIN, THE COMMISSION HAS DISCRETION TO OBVIOUSLY WAIVE ANY TIME REQUIREMENT WITH RESPECT TO THE PUBLIC SPEAKING.
I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH IT.
I SAY IT'S UP TO THE DISCRETION OF THE COMMISSION.
>> BASICALLY, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WHAT YOU'RE HEARING IS THAT IF THE COMMISSION VOTES FOR IT, THE COMMISSION GETS TO DO IT, SORRY RESIDENTS.
COMMISSIONER BOLTON HAS ASKED AND I WILL GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF CONSENSUS.
>> MADAM MAYOR, I AGREE WITH COMMISSIONER BOLTON TO YIELD THREE MINUTES OF MY TIME.
FOR THE HOLIDAY SEASON IS A ONE TIME GIFT FOR THIS ONE TIME.
I'LL ASK MY COLLEAGUES FOR CONSENSUS IF THEY AGREE.
>> WELL, NUMBER IS THAT? AS WE ASKED THE CITY CLERK TO LOOK AT IT, IT DOES, IT IS H1B.
IT IS ON PART OF DOES IT GO A TO FRONT.
IT IS SECTION 2-34H, SUBSECTION B AND C. WELL, THE RULES ARE HERE.
NO MEMBER MAY SPEAK MORE THAN FIVE MINUTES OR CONTINUOUSLY ON THE CITY COMMISSION, BUT THE DECISION OF THE COMMISSION IS FINAL.
THAT'S FOR REGULAR NOT FOR OUR REPORTS. THAT'S NOT FOR REPORTS.
THE ORDINANCE THAT WE PUT IN PLACE WHEN WE BROUGHT BACK REPORTS SAID WE EACH HAD FIVE MINUTES.
ANYWAY, COMMISSIONER HAS SAID HE TO ALLOW IT.
WE'VE GOT COMMISSIONER PATTERSON, YOUR COMMENT.
YOUR CONSENSUS, YES OR NO. COMMISSIONER DANIEL.
>> YOU'VE GOT CONSENSUS. IT IS WHAT IT IS. GO FORWARD.
>> I APPRECIATE, BUT NO COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE AT THIS TIME.
THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER BOLTON, ARE YOU GOING FORWARD?
>> YES, I'M WAITING FOR THE VIDEO.
>> HELLO TAMARAC. IT'S YOUR FAVORITE COMMISSIONER, MARLIN BOLTON, AND THIS IS MY COMMISSION REPORT.
HEY, GUYS, IT'S YOUR FAVORITE COMMISSIONER, MARLIN BOLTON.
WE MADE IT TO THE ISLAND OF JAMAICA, WHERE HURRICANE MELISSA HAS TOTALLY DEVASTATED SOME OF THE PARISHES.
I'M GOING TO TAKE YOU ON A JOURNEY THROUGH SOME OF THESE PLACES.
PLACES LIKE CONTENT UNDERWATER, DEVASTATION, COMPLETE DEVASTATION.
THE RIVERS HAVE OVERFLOWN AND FLOODED THE ENTIRE STREETS.
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HOMES THAT ARE ALONG THE STREETS ARE TOTALLY SUBMERGED UNDERWATER.RIGHT BEHIND ME IS A BROKEN DOWN STRUCTURE WHERE PEOPLE WOULD OPERATE OR SLEEP, TOTALLY GONE.
>> AS YOU CAN SEE BEHIND ME AND IN FRONT OF ME, WE HAVE A LOTS OF TAR PACKETING.
THIS IS ONE OF THE ERA THAT HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BY THE STORM THAT REALLY DEVASTATED PARTS OF JAMAICA.
WE ARE HERE A POT PACKAGE THAT WAS DOING IT TO US.
I WANT TO SAY THANKS TO COMMISSIONER BOLTON FOR ORGANIZING THIS, AND WE ARE JUST A VESSEL THAT HELPED TO PUT THESE PACKAGES TOGETHER SO WE CAN DISTRIBUTE ALL OVER JAMAICA.
>> PRODUCTS LIKE THESE THAT ARE LAMB TURNS ARE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT FOR HURRICANE VICTIMS. THEY HAVE NO ELECTRICITY.
THIS CAN BE A LIFESAVER TO A LOT OF PEOPLE.
THERE WAS LIGHT. THIS WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE DONORS FROM TAMARAC AND ALL AROUND BROWARD COUNTY.
WE'RE EXTREMELY GRATEFUL, GUYS.
GOT TO REACH PEOPLE WHERE THEY ARE.
HOW ARE YOU? GOOD TO SEE YOU. HEY, HANDSOME.
ALRIGHT. PUT THE BACK WITH IT.
>> EVERYTHING BLEW AWAY WAS HORRIBLE.
I NEVER WANT TO GO THROUGH THAT AGAIN.
I UNDERSTAND OF KINGS AND WENT UP A MAJORITY THEM BACK.
UNDERSTAND AND PUT BACK IN THEM JUST TO GO BACK IN.
>> RESPECT TO COMMISSION THE PACKAGE.
>> GUYS, SO THIS IS OUR FINAL VIDEO UP DATE IN THE ISLAND OF JAMAICA FOLLOWING HURRICANE MELISSA, LEAVING ITS TRAIL OF DEVASTATION IN THE ISLAND.
WE HAVE GONE TO SO MANY DIFFERENT PARISHES, ST. JAMES, WESTMORELAND, ST. ELIZABETH, ST. ANNE, TRELAWNEY, MANCHESTER, AND ALL WE HAVE SEEN IS JUST COMPLETE DEVASTATION.
HOUSES UNDERWATER, HOUSES WITHOUT ROOFS.
ROADS IMPASSABLE, RUBBLE EVERYWHERE.
IT'S GOING TO TAKE THE ISLAND A WHILE LITERALLY TO BUILD BACK.
BUT WE ARE COMMITTED IN THE CITY OF TAMARAC TO SENDING AID TO THE PEOPLE HERE IN THE HARD HIT PARISHES.
I WANT TO THANK ALL OF THE PEOPLE ALL OVER BROWARD COUNTY WHO SUPPORTED OUR DAY OF ACTION, BRINGING GENERATORS AND TARPS AND NON PERISHABLE ITEMS TO US SO THAT WE WERE ABLE TO DISTRIBUTE TODAY AND THROUGHOUT THE WEEK.
SPECIAL THANKS TO INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS THAT CAME ALONGSIDE US TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS INITIATIVE WAS A SUCCESS.
TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE LIKE MICHELLE RICHARDS AND GET VISION INTERNATIONAL MISSIONS.
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VICE MAYOR DR. KICIA DANIEL, THERE TO CARE.A DONORS FROM ALL OVER A BROW COUNTY CLUB.
THE MAYOR OF LAUDA HILL, DENISE D GRANT.
WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING A PART OF THIS INITIATIVE TO EVERY SINGLE DONOR THAT WAS A PART OF THIS, KUDOS TO YOU.
TO THE CITY OF TAMARAC, YOU HAVE MADE THE ISLAND OF JAMAICA AND ITS RESIDENTS FEEL SO SPECIAL.
THEY HAVE FELT OUR SUPPORT LONG, FAR AND WIDE, AND WE WILL NOT STOP UNTIL THIS ISLAND IS REBUILT.
THANK YOU, SO VERY MUCH, GUYS.
MY NAME IS MARLIN BOLTON, YOU'RE TAMARAC DISTRICT ONE CITY COMMISSIONER.
THAT'S A WRAP ON MY COMMISSION REPORT THIS WEEK.
IF YOU EVER NEED TO REACH ME, MY CELL PHONE NUMBER IS 954-275-3850.
DON'T FORGET TO FOLLOW ME ON INSTAGRAM, USING MY HANDLE @COMMISSIONERMARLINBOLTON.
THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH WATCHING.
>> THAT'S MY REPORT, MADAM MAYOR.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. I JUST WANT TO WISH ONE A HAPPY HOLIDAY.
I ALSO WANT TO LET RESIDENTS KNOW WHO HAD MY PERSONAL CELL NUMBER.
I FINALLY GOT BACK MY PHONE AFTER A MONTH, 954-826-8560.
PLEASE TEXT ME YOUR NAME, SO I CAN GET YOUR PHONE NUMBER.
I HAD MY PHONE STOLEN WHEN I WAS IN BRAZIL.
IT WAS A LONG MONTH OF NOT HAVING A PHONE. AGAIN 954.
IF YOU HAVE MY CELL NUMBER, PLEASE TEXT ME, SO I CAN GET YOUR PHONE NUMBER, TEXT ME YOUR NAME SO I CAN HAVE YOUR NUMBER SAVED IN MY PHONE.
I HAVE NOT HAD MY PHONE IN THE PAST FOUR WEEKS; 954.
I THINK YOU HAVE MY NUMBER. JUST TEXT ME.
YOU HAVE MY NUMBER. IT'S THE SAME NUMBER.
JUST TEXT ME SO I CAN HAVE YOUR NAME AND YOUR NUMBER.
TEXT ME YOUR NAME, SO I CAN SAVE YOU IN MY PHONE BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE MY CONTACTS.
MY CONTACTS WERE STOLEN. EVERYTHING WAS HACKED.
I JUST NEED YOU TO TEXT ME 954-826-8560, MY SAME NUMBER WITH YOUR NAME. THANKS.
>> THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER PATTERSON, DISTRICT 3.
>> THANK YOU, MAYOR. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.
I HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS, SO I'M GOING TO BREEZE THROUGH THIS KIND OF QUICKLY, BEAR WITH ME.
FIRST AND FOREMOST, I WANT TO SHARE AN EMAIL THAT I RECEIVED WITH THE PUBLIC.
I'M WRITING TO EXTEND MY SINCERE GRATITUDE TO FORMALLY COMMEND FIREFIGHTER JOSHUA LUNA AND THE MEMBERS OF SHIFT B AT CHOIR STATION 78.
FOR THE EXCEPTIONAL CARE THEY PROVIDED TO ME LAST NIGHT.
I HAD BEEN EXPERIENCING SEVERE HEADACHES FOR THE PAST WEEK AND LAST NIGHT.
PASSING STATION 78, AS I DO ALMOST DAILY, I HOPE SOMEONE INSIDE COULD HELP.
WHEN I PULLED IN, I SAW AN OPEN TRUCK DOOR AND BOOTS IN THE BAY.
I KNOCKED AND ALMOST BANG ON THE DOOR BECAUSE I FELT LIKE I MIGHT COLLAPSE.
WITH THE BLOOD POUNDING IN MY NECK AND EARS, I WAS CONVINCED MY BLOOD PRESSURE HAD SKYROCKETED.
FIREFIGHTER LUNA, OPENED THE DOOR IMMEDIATELY, AND WITH GENUINE URGENCY AND COMPASSION, SAID, GET YOUR DAUGHTER. WE WILL HELP YOU.
MR. LUNA AND THE REST OF THE CREW MOVED QUICKLY AND CALMLY, SPARING ME AN UNNECESSARY AND COSTLY VISIT.
AFTER TAKING MY VITALS, HE REASSURED MY BLOOD PRESSURE WAS NORMAL.
THE TEAM OFFERED ME WATER AND EVEN TOOK MY DAUGHTER ON A BRIEF TOUR OF THE STATION, WHICH BROUGHT HER JOIN EASE TO WORRY.
ONCE I KNEW I WASN'T IN IMMEDIATE MEDICAL DANGER.
I WAS ABLE TO RETURN HOME SAFELY.
LUNA'S SKILLS AND GENTLENESS MADE ALL THE DIFFERENCE IN A MOMENT WHEN I FELT ALONE AND AFRAID.
HIS PROFESSIONALISM IS MATCHED ONLY BY HIS COMPASSION.
WHAT FIREFIGHTER LUNA AND SHIP BE DEMONSTRATED LAST NIGHT WAS NOT JUST PROFESSIONALISM.
IT WAS PUBLIC SERVICE AT ITS VERY BEST.
I HOPE THE TAMARAC COMMISSION FEELS PROUD.
I ABSOLUTELY DO, AND I'M SURE ON BEHALF OF MY COLLEAGUES, THEY DO, AS WELL.
THANK YOU, CHIEF FOR ALL THAT YOU DO.
PLEASE LET FIREFIGHTER LUNA KNOW THAT WE APPRECIATE ALL THAT HE IS DOING ON BEHALF OF THE TAMARAC COMMUNITY.
WITH THAT, I WANT TO QUICKLY PIVOT, BECAUSE, AGAIN, I DO HAVE QUITE A BIT.
I ONLY HAVE A COUPLE OF MINUTES.
I'M GOING TO ASK THAT THE CITY MANAGER TAKE NOTICE TO THE FOUR CONSTITUTIONAL PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS THAT WE AS A CITY MIGHT BE POTENTIALLY FACING HERE IN THE NEXT LEGISLATIVE SESSION, A COUPLE OF THINGS I JUST WANT US TO START TO LOOK INTO, RELATIVE TO THE PROPERTY TAX AMENDMENTS IS A, WHAT THE POTENTIAL DIRECT FISCAL IMPACTS TO OUR CITY ARE GOING TO BE.
THEN B, WHAT ARE OUR CONTINGENCY PLANS.
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KNOW WE ARE ENTERING THE SECOND HALF OF THE YEAR.THE FISCAL YEAR WILL PROBABLY BE PLANNING TO START BUDGETING MARCH THROUGH JUNE.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION.
I PERSONALLY WILL BE HOSTING A COMMUNITY FORUM IN DISTRICT 3 WITH MARTY KEIR TO DISCUSS THE IMPACTS OF THESE POTENTIAL CHANGES.
BUT I ALSO WANT THE CITY STAFF TO BE AWARE THAT THIS IS MAJOR AND THAT WE NEED TO START HAVING THOSE DISCUSSIONS.
LAST BUT NOT LEAST, I DO WANT TO SHARE A COUPLE HIGHLIGHTS.
DISTRICT 3 IS BUSY AS ALWAYS ON.
TOMORROW, I WILL BE REPRESENTING THE CITY AT A LEADERSHIP EXCHANGE WORKSHOP AT THE MARGARITAVILLE.
I'M THRILLED TO BE A PART OF THE PANEL THERE JUST DISCUSSING P3 PROJECTS.
ADDITIONALLY, ON THE 22ND, I AM GRATEFUL TO BE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH ACTS OF LOVE, A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION WHO HAS DONATED 50 GIFTS.
WE HAVE OPENED UP A TOY DRIVE AND MADE THAT AVAILABLE TO OUR CHILDREN IN NEED IN THE CITY.
I'M AGAIN, THRILLED TO PARTNER WITH HER ON DECEMBER 22ND HERE IN THE ATRIUM AT 10:30.
I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF OTHER NON PROFIT VENDORS WHO HAVE PARTNERED WITH US AS WELL TO BE ABLE TO GIFT THESE KIDS DURING THE HOLIDAY SEASON.
ADDITIONALLY, I'VE PARTNERED WITH THE GUIDANCE COLLABORATIVE, AND SO HER ORGANIZATION IS PREPARING JUNIORS FOR COLLEGE PREP.
DISTRICT 3 IS SPONSORING 3-5 STUDENTS TO TAKE THIS COLLEGE PREP COURSE.
IF YOU KNOW ANYONE THAT'S INTERESTED THAT MIGHT BE ABLE TO BENEFIT, PLEASE SEND THEM OUR WAY.
WE ALSO HAVE A SUPER COOL INITIATIVE COMING UP HERE IN JANUARY ON THE 17TH TO PIGGYBACK OFF OF OUR ANTI BULLY ANTI HATE POLICY.
WE ARE LAUNCHING A KIND INITIATIVE.
KIND IS AN ACRONYM FOR CRYSTAL INSPIRES NEIGHBORLY DEEDS.
WE WILL BE GOING ON A COMMUNITY BIKE RIDE ON THE 17TH.
I AM EXCITED TO LAUNCH THAT TONIGHT.
WE'RE GOING TO BE KICKING OFF AT THE SPORTS COMPLEX ON THE 17TH AT 8:00 AM.
LAST BUT NOT LEAST, WE WILL BE HOSTING A FIRST TIME FIRST TIME HOME BUYER WORKSHOP.
WE'VE PARTNERED WITH A COUPLE OF BUSINESS OWNERS HERE IN THE COMMUNITY WHO ARE GOING TO HOST THAT SESSION ON JANUARY THE 31ST.
I THINK I'VE GOT 20 MINUTES, 20 SECONDS TO SPARE, WISHING YOU ALL A VERY HAPPY HANUKKAH, MERRY CHRISTMAS, HAPPY KWANZA, AND A VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR. THANK YOU.
I'M EXCITED TO LAUNCH MY HOLIDAY ASSISTANT PROGRAM OFFERING GIFT CARD TO SUPPORT TAMARAC RESIDENTS WHO ARE IN NEED.
I LED THE EXTRA CHAIR THIS SEASON.
A LOT OF RESIDENTS HAVE CALLED IN, AND WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO SUPPORT THEM.
WE SENT THEM TO THE RC, INCLUDING SENIORS, AND THEY SENT THEM RIGHT BACK.
IF YOU'RE IN NEED, PLEASE CONTACT US TO REGISTER BY DECEMBER 18, SO YOU CAN GET THE SUPPORT YOU NEED.
LINE DANCE AND WE'LL CONTINUE.
WE ARE PARTNERING WITH DELTA SIGMA GAMMA RO SORORITY ON THURSDAY THE 18TH.
SISTERHOOD AND SERVICES ARE THEMES, THEY WILL ALSO BE BRINGING NON PERISHABLE ITEMS, OTHER DONATIONS FOR ANY FAMILIES THAT IN NEED.
WE ARE GOING TO A SEASON WHERE A LOT OF TAMARAC FAMILIES ARE FINDING IT HARD.
I WAS WATCHING SOMETHING TODAY AND THEY SAY PERILOUS TIME.
NOT ONLY WILL WE BE ABLE TO SUPPORT OUR SENIORS AND OUR DISABLE, BUT WE'RE GOING TO SUPPORT EVERYONE IN NEED.
THAT INCLUDES SINGLE MOMS WITH CHILDREN THAT CANNOT AFFORD TO EAT.
IF YOU ARE IN ANY NEED AND YOU LIVE IN OUR CITY, PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU CONTACT ME FOR SURE, OR ANYONE IN OUR COMMISSION OFFICE, AND WE WILL LEAD AND GUIDE YOU, MAKE SURE YOU GET THE SUPPORT YOU NEED.
THANK YOU. ALSO WANTED TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE KNOWS.
THANK YOU, SIR, THAT THE DARE TO CARE CONCERT WE HAVE AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR UPDATE.
IT WAS HEARTWARMING AND I'M SURE OUR RESIDENTS APPRECIATE KNOWING THAT THEY THE PERISHABLE ITEMS, THE DONATIONS THEY GAVE WENT TO GOOD USE.
WE'RE CONSTANTLY GOING TO GIVE BECAUSE THIS IS GOING TO BE A FEW YEARS AND IT COULD HAVE BEEN US.
LET'S NOT BE UNKIND AT THIS TIME.
WE DID A CONCEPT WE RAISED OVER $100,000, I THINK, 130,000 FOR JAMAICA TO REBUILD HOSPITAL TO REUSE SCHOOL, AND WE WILL BE GIVEN FEEDBACK.
YOU WILL SEE HOW THE MONEY WORK.
AND THIS WAS FROM EVERYONE IN BROD COUNTY, AND IT WAS A WONDERFUL NIGHT, AND IT'S SO GOOD AND HEARTWARMING TO KNOW THAT IF WE UNITE, WE CAN ACCOMPLISH GREAT THINGS. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. I WILL PROBABLY GO FAST
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AS WELL BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT HERE THAT HAS BEEN DONE IN THE PAST MONTH.DEFINITELY, I WANT TO GIVE A GREAT SHOUT OUT TO OUR PARK AND REC PUBLIC SERVICES, OUR WHOLE ENTIRE TEAM FOR A WONDERFUL TURKEY TROT AGAIN, AND ALSO WITH ALL OUR HOLIDAY LIGHTING, AND KNOWING THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE A GREAT WINTER WONDERLAND, AND ALL THAT KIND OF GOOD.
THANK YOU FOR ALL THE HARD WORK THAT YOU DO. YOU ARE AMAZING.
EVERYBODY THAT'S HERE TONIGHT, AND ALL THE TEAMS BEHIND YOU, YOU MAKE US LOOK GOOD, AND WE APPRECIATE IT.
I HAD THE PLEASURE OF GOING TO MENTORING TOMORROW'S LEADERS, AND SWEARING THEM INTO A NEW GROUP OF STUDENTS AT JPT.
WE HAD THE GRAND REOPENING OF WALMART.
THEY PUT MORE INVESTMENT IN THEIR PLACE AFTER TEN YEARS, RIBBON-CUTTING A STUDIO PROFESSIONALS AESTHETICS.
IT WAS A PLEASURE TO GO TO COMMUNITY CHRISTIAN CHURCH, AND THEY WERE PARTNERING WITH FOOD FOR THE POOR, AND WE WERE PACKAGING FOOD IN BOXES AND STUFF TO GO TO JAMAICA.
I WAS PROUD OF OUR TEAM, AND WE HAD 6 BOXES SHY OF 11.
WE WERE PROBABLY THE TOP ONE THERE FOR OUR LITTLE TEAM THERE.
WE WENT TO CHRISTIAN LIFE CENTER HISPANO TO CELEBRATE THEIR TEN-YEAR ANNIVERSARY, DEMONSTRATION MINISTRY FOR FOOD DISTRIBUTION.
THEN HAD THE PLEASURE OF REPRESENTING THE CITY AT THE MAYORS AGAINST ANTI-SEMITISM SUMMIT IN NEW ORLEANS.
IT WAS PUT TOGETHER BY THE ANTI-SEMITISM COALITION, THE AFRICAN AMERICAN MAYORS ASSOCIATION, THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, CONFERENCE OF PRESIDENT OF MAJOR AMERICAN JEWISH ORGANIZATIONS.
IT WAS A GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO OBSERVED ALL RELIGIONS, AND EVEN IF YOU DIDN'T OBSERVE ANY KIND OF RELIGIONS THERE TO JUST TALK ABOUT UNITY, AND LOVE, AND SUPPORT, AND UNDERSTANDING PEOPLE FOR WHO WE ARE, AND RESPECTING EACH OTHER.
IT WAS A WONDERFUL, AND INTENSE 36 HOURS, MAYBE OVER 40, 50.
WENT ON TUESDAY, CAME BACK ON THURSDAY MORNING.
GOT TO HEAR A PERSON WHO WAS CAPTIVE FOR 289 DAYS, AND HE FINALLY WAS FREED, AND THEN A WOMAN WHO WAS ABLE TO ESCAPE ON OCTOBER 7TH.
SOME VERY HEARTRENCHING CONVERSATIONS THAT WERE HEARD, BUT THE BOTTOM LINE, IT'S EVERYBODY NEEDS TO BE GOOD TO EVERYBODY.
WE DON'T GET ANYWHERE IN THIS WORLD ALONE.
IT'S TIME TO REMEMBER THAT WE NEED TO LEARN ONE ANOTHER, AND RESPECT EACH OTHER FOR OUR DIFFERENCES BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT MAKE US UNIQUE, AND HELPS US LEARN.
I HAD THE PLEASURE OF RUNNING OFF THE PLANE, AND GOING TO THE HOLIDAY LUNCHEON FOR OUR VOLUNTEERS.
APPRECIATE OUR VOLUNTEERS VERY MUCH.
ATTENDED THE PUROCLEAN CLASSIC, THE TAMARAC NORTH LAUDERDALE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE GOLF TOURNAMENT.
I'M VERY HAPPY TO SAY, I DID NOT LOSE ANY OF MY GOLF BALLS THIS YEAR.
I MAY HAVE BEATEN UP A TREE BY ACCIDENT, BUT WHAT CAN I TELL YOU? ATTENDED THE BLACK CHAMBER OF COMMERCE 8TH ANNUAL LUNCHEON YESTERDAY, AND HEARD SOME GOOD SPEAKERS BEFORE, UNFORTUNATELY, HAVING TO RUN OUT TO GET TO ANOTHER EVENT.
COMING UP, I HAVE MY RUNNING ON TAMARAC, WHICH IS EVERY SECOND SATURDAY OF THE MONTH, 07:00 AM TO 9:00 AM AT TEPHFORD PARK. IT'S FREE.
WE DO ASK YOU SIGN UP JUST SO WE MAKE SURE WE HAVE ENOUGH SNACKS FOR EVERYBODY, AND WATER.
IT'S ALL GOOD. ALSO ON SATURDAY, A VERY BUSY DAY ON THE 13TH.
IT'S MY LAST MOVE WITH THE MAYOR.
IT'S ANOTHER FREE EVENT FOR THE YEAR.
POWER CIRCUIT AT TAMARAC PARK AT 9:30 IN THE MORNING.
THE 2022 SCHEDULE, MY GOODNESS, I'M GOING BACKWARDS.
2026 SCHEDULE WILL BE OUT AT THE END OF THE YEAR, AND WE'LL BE DOING TWICE A MONTH.
PLEASE STAY TUNED TO THAT, AND WE WILL BE ASSISTED BY HCA WOODMONT IN SPONSORING SOME OF OUR RUNS, AND OUR MOVE WITH THE MAYOR WORKOUT, SO WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL FOR THEM.
LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH, AND PARTNERING WITH 6-12 MILLENNIUM COLLEGIATE ACADEMY ON SATURDAY NIGHT. PLEASE COME OUT.
IT'S ANOTHER FREE EVENT FROM 6:30 TO 9:00 AT TAMARAC VILLAGE WHERE WE WILL BE LISTENING TO THE MUSICAL STYLINGS OF THE SCHOOL'S BANDS, THEIR DANCE TEAM, THEIR CHEER TEAM.
WE WILL BE HAVING JUST 12 FOOD TRUCKS RIGHT NOW.
THERE MAY BE A LITTLE SNOW, THERE MIGHT BE A VISIT FROM SOMEBODY WHO LIKES TO GIVE OUT GIFTS.
PLEASE JOIN US AT CANDY CANE LANE, AND WE WILL BE HAVING AN AREA FOR GIFTS TO BE GIVEN.
UNWRAP TOYS PLEASE FOR CHILDREN IN NEED WHO WOULD NOT MAYBE HAVE ANY HOLIDAY GIFTS THIS YEAR, AND WE ALL STILL ARE COLLECTING FOR HURRICANE MELISSA, AND THE SCHOOL HAS BEEN COLLECTING AS WELL.
THEY'VE BEEN DOING A REALLY GREAT JOB, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO FOOD FOR THE POOR COMING TO THEIR SCHOOL ON THE 15TH TO PICK UP EVERYTHING THAT HAS BEEN DONATED BY THE RESIDENTS, AND THE CITY, AND VISITORS ALIKE.
VERY HAPPY HANUKKAH, VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS, VERY HAPPY KWANZA, VERY HAPPY, AND HEALTHY, AND WONDERFUL 2026.
ONE LAST THING ON THE 14TH AT TAMARAC PARK AT 4:30, TAMARAC CHABAD, WILL BE DOING THEIR LIGHT THE NIGHT FOR OUR FIRST NIGHT OF HANUKKAH,
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SO PLEASE DO COME OUT AS A REALLY GOOD TIME OF EATING LAKAS, AND DONUTS, AND LOTS OF GOOD SUGAR STUFF.THANK YOU AGAIN, AND WE WILL NOW MOVE TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA.
[5.CONSENT AGENDA ]
DEPUTY CITY MANAGER, I BELIEVE WE HAVE ONE ITEM.PLEASE LET US KNOW ABOUT THE ADDITIONS, AND DELETIONS.
>> THAT'S CORRECT, MADAM MAYOR.
WE'RE ADDING THE NOVEMBER 12TH MEETING ON THE AGENDA.
THAT WAS ALSO PLACED ON THE DAIS IN FRONT OF EACH OF YOU.
WE'RE ADDING THE NOVEMBER 12TH MEETING MINUTES TO THE AGENDA.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SEEING NO ITEMS BEING REQUESTED, I WILL LIKE A SECOND TO MY MOTION.
>> THANK YOU. I MADE THE MOTION, COMMISSIONER WRIGHT MADE THE SECOND.
CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
>> THANK YOU. MOTION PASSES FIVE TO ZERO.
>> THANK YOU, AND CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR NEW VICE MAYOR MARLIN BOLTON.
WE WILL NOW MOVE TO OUR REGULAR AGENDA 6ATR14350.
[6.a TR14350 - A Resolution of the City Commission of the City of Tamarac, Florida, awarding Bid No. 25-24B and approving an Agreement with Alexander & Johnson Project Management and Development, Inc., for the construction of the Westwood Blvd East Roadway and Drainage Improvement Project for a contract amount of $967,318.08; and a contingency in the amount of $96,731.81 (10% of the contract cost) will be added to the project account for a total project budget of $1,064,049.89; authorizing an expenditure from the appropriate accounts; providing for conflicts; providing for scrivener errors; providing for severability; and providing for an effective date.]
CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.>> I GOT IT, MAYOR, CITY CLERK.
ITEM 68, RESOLUTION AND CITY COMMISSION CITY OF TAMARAC, AWARD BID NUMBER 25-24B IN APPROVING AGREEMENT WITH ALEXANDER & JOHNSON PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT INC., FOR CONSTRUCTION OF THE WESTWOOD BOULEVARD EAST ROADWAY AND DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT FOR A CONTRACT AMOUNT OF $967,318.08, AND CONTINGENCY IN AMOUNT OF $96,731.81 WILL BE ADDED TO THE PROJECT ACCOUNT FOR A TOTAL PROJECT OF $1,064,049.89, AUTHORIZING EXPENDITURE IN APPROPRIATE ACCOUNTS, PROVIDE FOR EFFECTIVE DATE. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I NEED A MOTION, AND A SECOND, PLEASE?
>> I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER WRIGHT.
I HAVE A SECOND BY VICE MAYOR BOLTON.
A PRESENTATION OF THIS ITEM WAS DELIVERED AT THE STAFF AGENDA REVIEW ON MONDAY BY EARL HENRY, OUR ASSISTANT PUBLIC SERVICE DIRECTOR, AND DANIELLA HERRERA, OUR CITY ENGINEER.
THEY ARE AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS THIS EVENING.
AT THIS TIME, I WILL NOW OPEN THIS ITEM FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS.
IS THERE ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE, PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE NOW CLOSED.
COMMISSIONER WRIGHT, ARE YOU SEEKING TO DISCUSS? NO. SEEING NO CONVERSATION BY THIS COMMISSION, CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
>> MOTION PASSES FIVE TO ZERO.
>> THANK YOU. 6BTR14353. CITY ATTORNEY,
[6.b TR14353 - A Resolution of the City Commission of the City of Tamarac, Florida, approving the Agreement for Police Services between the City of Tamarac and Gregory Tony, Ph.D., as Sheriff of Broward County (“BSO”), attached hereto as Exhibit “1”, in accordance with the Special Terms and Conditions attached hereto as Exhibit “A”, and the Police Services General Conditions attached hereto as Exhibit “B”, effective October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2030; providing for conflicts; providing for severability; and providing for an effective date.]
PLEASE READ THE TITLE FOR THE RECORD.>> YES. A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSIONER OF CITY OF TAMARAC APPROVE AN AGREEMENT FOR POLICE SERVICES BETWEEN THE CITY OF TAMARAC, AND GREGORY TONY, PHD AS SHERIFF OF BROWARD COUNTY, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SPECIAL TERMS OF CONDITION ATTACHED AS EXHIBIT A, AND THE POLICE SERVICES GENERAL CONDITION ATTACHED AS EXHIBIT B, EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1ST, 2025 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2030, PROVIDE FOR EFFECTIVE DATE.
>> THANK YOU. I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND, PLEASE.
>> A MOTION BY VICE MAYOR BOLTON, AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WRIGHT.
A BRIEF PRESENTATION OUTLINING THE CHANGES FROM THE OCTOBER 22ND MEETING ON THIS ITEM WAS DELIVERED AT THE STAFF AGENDA REVIEW WORKSHOP ON MONDAY.
MAXINE CALLOWAY, OUR DEPUTY CITY MANAGER, MAJOR CHRISTOPHER DE GIOVANNI, AND LARRY JURIGA, OUR PUBLIC SAFETY CONSULTANT ARE AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS.
THIS ITEM IS NOW OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS.
IS THERE ANYONE WISHING TO MAKE ANY COMMENTS? SAME RULES AS PUBLIC PARTICIPATION. THANK YOU.
LOOKING AT PREVIOUS DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THIS CONTRACT, AND READING THE BACKUP MATERIALS.
ALTHOUGH THE PREVIOUS CONTRACT CAPPED YEARLY INCREASES AT 5%, THEN THIS INCREASE IS 11.9%.
IS THERE AN ACTUAL BUDGET THAT SHOWS WHERE THOSE FUNDS ARE GOING? I DID LOOK AT THE BREAKDOWN OF THE STAFF THAT WILL BE PROVIDED, BUT SURELY, THE BOOTS ON THE GROUND, LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AREN'T GETTING AN 11.9% RAISE.
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I KNOW COSTS HAVE GONE UP, BUT SHOW ME HOW THEY'VE GONE UP BY 11.9%.THAT IS WHY CITIES ARE ASKING QUESTIONS, AND NOT BLINDLY GIVING INTO THIS BUDGET.
IS THIS CITY ASKING QUESTIONS AS TO WHERE THE MONEY IS GOING, AND WHY THERE IS AN 11.9% INCREASE? I REMEMBER DURING THE BUDGET DISCUSSION WHEN SO MUCH WAS PUT IN FOR BSO, IT WAS SAID THAT, "OH, DON'T WORRY.
WE ARE NEGOTIATING THE CONTRACT, AND IT WILL BE MUCH LOWER." IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, THIS WAS THE SAME INCREASE THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE NEGOTIATED.
IT DOESN'T APPEAR THAT THERE WERE ANY NEGOTIATIONS HELD, JUST OKAY TO THE BUDGET INCREASE.
GRANTED, I'M NOT PRIVY TO THE DISCUSSIONS BEHIND THE SCENES, BUT IF THIS IS THE SAME BUDGET THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE NEGOTIATED, AND IT REMAINS THE SAME AS IF THERE WERE NO NEGOTIATIONS, HOW IS THAT FISCALLY HONEST? LOOK, I'M ALL ABOUT BACKING THE BLUE, OR IN THIS CASE, THE GREEN, BUT GREEN AS IN UNIFORMS, AND NOT WASTED DOLLARS.
THEY ARE UNDERAPPRECIATED, AND UNDERVALUED.
THIS IS NOT ABOUT THOSE WHO DO THE WORK.
IT IS ABOUT RESPONSIBLE BUDGETING, AND QUESTIONING THE BUDGET. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. IS ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE, PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE NOW CLOSED.
SEEING NO DISCUSSION BY THE COMMISSION, CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
>> THANK YOU. MOTION PASSES FIVE TO ZERO.
>> THANK YOU. YOU WISH TO SAY SOMETHING? [LAUGHTER] YOU GOT A GUN.
I'M NOT SAYING NO. [LAUGHTER].
>> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR. VICE MAYOR, CONGRATS.
COMMISSION, DEPUTY CITY MANAGER, AND RESIDENTS WHO ARE WITH US.
I JUST WOULD BE A REMISS IF I DIDN'T COME UP HERE AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT, FOR YOUR FAITH IN OUR TEAM HERE, FOR THE CONTINUED PARTNERSHIP.
THIS CONTRACT WILL BRING US INTO FOUR DECADES BY THE TIME IT'S COMPLETED.
FOUR DECADES OF MEANINGFUL RELATIONSHIP.
WE TAKE THAT NOT FOR GRANTED, AND WE'LL DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO FOSTER AND NURTURE THE RELATIONSHIPS HERE. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> THANK YOU. WE ARE NOW GOING TO ORDINANCES ON FIRST READING, 7ATO2618.
[7.a TO2618 - An Ordinance of the City Commission of the City of Tamarac, Florida, amending Chapter 5 “Buildings and Building Regulations” Article IV “Unsafe Structures” to create Section 5-79 of the Code of Ordinances to establish a milestone inspection process required by Section 553.899, Florida Statutes; providing for codification; providing for conflicts; providing for severability; and providing for an effective date.]
CITY ATTORNEY, PLEASE READ THE TITLE FOR THE RECORD.>> AN ORDINANCE OF CITY COMMISSION OF CITY TAMARAC AMENDED CHAPTER 5, BUILDINGS AND BUILDING REGULATION, ARTICLE 4, UNSAFE STRUCTURES TO CREATE SECTION 5-779 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCE STATUS, AND MILESTONE INSPECTION PROCESS REQUIRED BY SECTION 553899 FLORIDA STATUTES, PROVIDING FOR EFFECTIVE DATE.
>> THANK YOU. NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND, PLEASE?
>> MOTION BY VICE MAYOR BOLTON, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WRIGHT.
A PRESENTATION OF THE ITEM WAS DELIVERED AT THE STAFF AGENDA REVIEW WORKSHOP ON MONDAY BY TONY PALACIOS, BUILDING OFFICIAL, AND HE IS AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
THIS ITEM IS NOW OPEN FOR THE PUBLIC.
IS THERE ANYONE IN THE PUBLIC WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? COME ON UP, JEFFREY.
>> JEFFREY SHAPIRO, THE WOODLANDS TAMARAC.
I DON'T KNOW IF THIS ADDRESSES AN ISSUE WE HAVE WITHIN SECTION 8 OF THE WOODLANDS COMMUNITY.
DECO IS A BOARD MEMBER OF OUR SECTION 8 COMMUNITY.
THE LAST PERSONAL DISCUSSIONS WERE AT A BOARD MEETING WHERE WE HAVE A PARTICULAR HOUSE THAT'S REALLY IN SUCH A STATE OF DISARRAY WITHIN THE WOODLANDS COMMUNITY THAT WE DIDN'T KNOW WHETHER IT QUALIFIED FOR BEING CONDEMNED, KNOCKED DOWN, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THIS ADDRESSES THAT ISSUE.
HE'S A CITY EMPLOYEE, BY THE WAY. WELL, HE IS.
>> HE ACTUALLY IS, AND SO I'M PRETTY SURE YOUR NEIGHBOR.
WE'LL TALK TO YOU LATER. [LAUGHTER]
>> YES, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS ADDRESSES THIS, OR HELPS ADDRESS THIS AS TO WHAT WE CAN DO DOWN THE ROAD. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM?
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SEEING NONE, PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE NOW CLOSED.SEEING NO ONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM FROM THE COMMISSION, CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
>> THANK YOU. MOTION PASSES FIVE TO ZERO.
>> THANK YOU. 7BTO2619. CITY ATTORNEY,
[7.b TO2619 - An Ordinance of the City Commission of the City of Tamarac, Florida, amending chapter 6 of the City's code of ordinances, entitled "Finance and Taxation" and article V entitled “Tamarac Procurement Code”, by specifically amending section 6-148 entitled "Exclusions and Exceptions to Bid and Proposal Requirements” to expand the exemptions from competitive bidding process for purchase of film, video and audio services, purchase of goods, equipment and supplies for relief programs relating to natural disasters, and purchase of supplies and equipment made under a sales tax saving procedure constituting part of a construction project; providing for codification; providing for conflicts; providing for severability; and providing for an effective date.]
PLEASE READ THE TITLE FOR THE RECORD.>> AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSION AND CITY TAMARAC, CHAPTER 6 OF THE CITY CODE OF ORDINANCE, ENTITLED FINANCE TAXATION, ARTICLE 5 ENTITLED TAMARAC PROCUREMENT CODE, BY SPECIFICALLY AMENDED SECTION 6-148, ENTITLED EXCLUSION EXCEPTION TO BID AND PROPOSAL REQUIREMENT TO EXPAND THE EXEMPTIONS FROM COMPETITIVE BID PROCESS FOR PURCHASE OF FILM VIDEO AND AUDIO SERVICE, PURCHASE OF GOOD EQUIPMENT SUPPLIES OR RELIEF PROGRAMS RELATING TO NATURAL DISASTERS, AND PURCHASE OF SUPPLIES EQUIPMENT MADE UNDER THE SALES TAX SAVING PROCEDURE, PROVIDING FOR EFFECTIVE DATE. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.
>> THANK YOU. I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND, PLEASE.
>> A MOTION BY VICE MAYOR BOLTON, AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WRIGHT.
STEVE STEWART, OUR PROCUREMENT AND CONTRACTS MANAGER GAVE AN OVERVIEW OF THE ITEM AT MONDAY STAFF AGENDA REVIEW WORKSHOP, AND IS AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS.
THIS ITEM IS NOW OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM?
>> I'M GOING TO GET MY EIGHT MINUTES IN BY TALKING ON EVERYTHING.
WHEN THE CITY DID A PIGGYBACK CONTRACT FOR TRANSPORTATION, CUTTING OUT THE NORMAL PROCUREMENT PROCESS AND LEAVING A TAMARAC BUSINESS OUT OF THE PROCESS, I QUESTIONED WHY THAT WAS DONE.
THAT BUSINESS HAD A LOWER BID, BUT WASN'T GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO COMPETE.
IT WAS SAID IT DOESN'T COME OUT OF TAMARAC FUNDS. IT WAS BROWARD.
THE INFERENCE WAS WE SHOULDN'T WORRY ABOUT IT BECAUSE IT WAS MORE MONEY, BUT WE PAY BROWARD TAXES, AND WE PAY FEDERAL TAXES.
WHERE DO YOU THINK THESE GRANTS COME FROM FOR THESE SERVICES? OUR TAX MONEY.
FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY TO RESIDENTS MEANS ALL FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY, WHETHER IT IS PAID TO LOCAL, COUNTY, STATE OR FEDERAL TAXES.
IN ADDITION, YOU SAY YOU WANT TO BE BUSINESS FRIENDLY, BUT THEN YOU CUT OUT BUSINESSES FROM THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS.
NOW YOU WANT TO FURTHER THAT PRACTICE EVEN MORE.
ANYONE WHO KNOWS HISTORY KNOWS THIS IS A RUNAROUND OF THE VIDEO COMPANY THAT SOME OF THE COMMISSIONERS USE.
ONE COMPANY, DON FILM AND VIDEO SEEMS TO GET ALMOST ALL OF THE VIDEO BUSINESS LAST YEAR ALONE, MAKING AROUND $90,000, IN THIS FISCAL YEAR, ALREADY THOUSANDS.
WHY HAVE THERE NOT BEEN BIDS ON A SERVICE THAT GETS SO MUCH OF OUR MONEY? HOW MUCH DID THE JAMAICA VIDEO COST THAT WE SAW? WE ARE PAYING FOR THOSE VIDEOS AND TRAVEL.
WHY SO MUCH MONEY? AS I STATED PREVIOUSLY, VIDEO GRAPHERS AT EACH EVENT DISTRACT FROM THE EVENTS THEMSELVES, AND DRONES NOT FOLLOWING RULES ARE DANGEROUS.
ACCORDING TO A CERTIFIED DRONE OPERATOR, THE PILOT OF THE DRONE FOR THE TURKEY TROT AND THE SANTA EVENT DID NOT KNOW FAA RULES AND ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT.
THAT MAY LEAD TO CITY LIABILITY IF SOME ONE FLYING A DRONE IS NOT PROPERLY CERTIFIED.
THAT MAY BE SOMETHING PUT IN A PROCUREMENT PROCESS.
AS AN ASIDE, WHEN THE CITY IS PAYING FOR THESE PICTURES AND VIDEOS, THEY BECOME CITY PROPERTY, CORRECT? NOT FOR PERSONAL OR POLITICAL USE.
IF A COMMISSIONER WANTS PICTURES OR VIDEOS FOR CAMPAIGNING, THEY SHOULD PAY THEM OUT OF THEIR OWN POCKET.
GETTING BACK TO THE POINT, THIS PROCUREMENT PROCESS SHOULD NOT BE WEAKENED BY THIS CHANGE.
IF ANYTHING, IT SHOULD BE STRENGTHENED TO MAKE IT MORE FAIR, MORE EQUITABLE, AND ADVANTAGEOUS TO TAMARAC BUSINESSES.
YOU WANT TO BE BUSINESS FRIENDLY, THEN BE BUSINESS FRIENDLY WITH TAMARAC. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE, PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE NOW CLOSED.
THIS IS OPEN FOR THE CITY'S COMMISSION'S DISCUSSION.
SEEING NONE, I WILL MAKE MY COMMENT [OVERLAPPING]
>> FILM VIDEO SERVICES, I DON'T AGREE WITH THAT AS WELL, FOR ONE REASON, BECAUSE I'M IN THAT INDUSTRY.
I THINK IT'S ONE OF THE FASTEST GROWING INDUSTRIES IN TERMS OF IF YOU READ THE CREATE A ECONOMY,
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IT'S GROWN FROM $250 BILLION AND PROJECTED TO GO TO $1.5 BILLION BY YEAR 2030.I THINK THOSE SERVICES ARE SOMETHING THAT THE CITY IS GOING TO GO TO DO MORE OF BECAUSE WE KNOW COMMUNICATE WITH VIDEOS.
IF YOU STARTED OVER A SOCIAL MEDIA, YOU SAW MI SPACE OR TEXT SPACE.
NOW TIKTOK IS WHAT'S DOMINANT, AND IT'S PREDOMINANTLY VIDEOS.
I THINK THE CITY IS GOING TO NEED MORE OF THESE VIDEO SERVICES, WHETHER THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, FINANCIAL SERVICES, WE'RE GOING TO SPEND MORE MONEY ON THOSE SERVICES.
A FEW WEEKS AGO, WE HAD A DISCUSSION ABOUT SOFTWARE SERVICES.
TWO OF THE COMPANIES HAPPEN TO KNOW.
THIS YOUNG LADY. SHE'S ONE OF THE RICHEST WOMAN IN AMERICA.
SHE CREATED A COMPANY CALLED SHI.
HER COMPANY BASICALLY JUST SELLS SOFTWARE TO GOVERNMENTS.
BACK IN THE 90S, HORROR AND THIS GENTLEMAN WHO HAPPENS TO BE THE RICHEST BLACK MAN IN AMERICA, HE'S WORTH $12.5 BILLION, RICHARD AND JZ, OPRAH, LEBRON, AND MICHAEL JORDAN COMBINED.
HE ALSO FUNDED A COMPANY WHERE THEY WERE SELLING SOFTWARE SERVICES TO GOVERNMENT.
THEY SAW A NEED, AND THEY CREATED A NICHE BECAUSE GOVERNMENT HAD TO DO A PROCUREMENT PROCESS.
BEING A SOMEONE IN THE TECHNOLOGY FIELD, I THINK FILM AND VIDEO SERVICES IS THAT NEXT BIG INDUSTRY.
IT'S IMPORTANT WE HAVE A COMPETITIVE PROCESS BECAUSE THE NEXT WOMAN BILLIONAIRE OR THE NEXT BLACK BILLIONAIRE IS GOING TO COME FROM THAT INDUSTRY.
IT'S IMPORTANT WE HAVE A PROCESS WHERE IT'S FAIR AND IT'S EQUITABLE.
BUT ALSO WE CAN GET GOOD PRICING, BECAUSE SOMETIMES PEOPLE MIGHT CHARGE YOU MORE FOR VIDEO, WHERE YOU CAN GET A BETTER PRICING SOMEPLACE ELSE.
BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND THIS INDUSTRY, AND I KNOW WHERE IT'S GOING, I THINK THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS FOR THE FILMING VIDEO PART OF IT SHOULD BE WHERE WE STRENGTHEN IT, SHOULD BE WHERE WE CREATE THESE DIGITAL SERVICES IN A WAY WHERE THE CITY IS GETTING COMPETITIVE SERVICES.
BECAUSE GOVERNMENT IS ALWAYS LAID TO INNOVATE, AND WHEN IT COMES TO DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY WAS STILL BEHIND.
IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE MAKE THE RULES AND THE LAWS THAT MAKE IT EQUITABLE FOR THESE DIGITAL SERVICES.
I WOULD WANT TO TAKE THAT OVER AS WELL, AND WE WORK AT THAT SEPARATELY.
I THINK THE OTHER STUFF IN HERE IN TERMS OF THE PURCHASES FOR EQUIPMENT, WE'RE GOING TO SAVE A LOT OF MONEY AND THE TAXES.
I THINK THAT'S A GREAT THING FOR IN TERMS OF FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY.
THE EQUIPMENT FOR RELIEF DISASTER ISSUES, I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT, AS WELL.
WE SHOULDN'T HAVE BUREAUCRACY IN THE TIME OF DISASTERS, SO I CAN AGREE WITH THOSE.
BUT THIS PART, FILM AND VIDEO SERVICES, I CANNOT AGREE WITH BECAUSE I KNOW THAT INDUSTRY, KNOW WHERE IT'S HEADING, HOW IT'S GROWING, AND I STAND THE HISTORY OF HOW SOFTWARE STARTED, AND NOW WHERE THIS IS GOING TO GO.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THAT IS A COMPETITIVE PROCESS.
>> THANK YOU. WELL, I WILL SAY THAT I SUPPORT 20 THE CHANGE ON NUMBER 20 TO ALLOW THAT ADDITIONAL ITEM IN AND THAT'S THE GOODS AND EQUIPMENT, SUPPLY FOR DISASTER RELIEF PROGRAMS RELATED TO NATURAL DISASTERS WHICH ARE VERIFIED BY INDEPENDENT NEWS OR GOVERNMENT.
HOWEVER, I THINK THAT THERE MIGHT NEED TO BE A CAP, BECAUSE IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT EQUIPMENT, WHAT EQUIPMENT ARE WE BUYING? ARE WE BUYING THEM A FRONT LOAD OR ARE WE BUYING EMERGENCY LIGHT FIXTURES AND GENERATORS? SOME OF THOSE THINGS ARE MAJOR PURCHASES, AND I REALLY DO THINK THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME CAP AND SOME PROCEDURE FOR IT.
FOR MY OWN REASONS, BUT I LIKE COMMISSIONER WRIGHT'S REASONS.
BUT FOR NUMBER 5, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE REMOVED FROM OUR PROCUREMENT PROCESS.
WE SAW LAST YEAR ABOUT HOW WE HAD TWO CONTRACTS FOR SERVICES THAT HAD TO GO OUT AND ALL THAT WE NEEDED TO DO AND THE CONVERSATION THAT WE'VE HAD REGARDING TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE BRANDING OUR CITY AS ONE TAMARAC.
WE ARE ONE GROUP OF PEOPLE, BUT YET CONTINUING TO ALLOW ALL THE BIFURCATION OF EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE DOING ALLOWS US TO HAVE FIVE SEPARATE DEPARTMENTS RIGHT ON THE DAYS.
NOT TO EVEN MENTION ALL THE OTHER DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS THAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE IN OUR CITY.
WHILE I THINK 21, WE LISTED AS 21 PURCHASE OF MATERIALS AND EQUIPMENT, PREFABRICATED ELEMENTS AND COMPONENTS, THAT ITEM SOUNDS GOOD.
IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE GOING TO GET A NICE LITTLE BUNNY.
BUT GUESS WHAT? IN MY OPINION, THAT BUNNY IS GOING TO BE NOT AS GOOD AS YOU THINK.
THE ASSUMPTION THAT WE MAKE HERE, WE ALL KNOW WHAT THAT SAYS, WHEN YOU MAKE AN ASSUMPTION, WHAT HAPPENS TO ME AND YOU.
I THINK WE SHOULD BE DOING IT IN ALL OUR CONTRACTS.
WHEN WE PUT OUT OF OUR PROPOSALS AND OUR REQUEST TO PRODUCE FOR PROPOSALS IN PROCUREMENT, WE CAN SAY IN THERE, YOU WILL MAKE SURE THAT WE GET TAX FREE AND WE USE OUR CITY TAX EXEMPTION WITH YOU.
BUT I FEEL THAT BY DOING THIS AND PUTTING IT IN PLACE IN THIS MANNER, WE ARE COMPLETELY CIRCUMVENTING OUR CONSTRUCTION PEOPLE.
THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE THE IDEA KNOW EXACTLY HOW GOOD THE SERVICES
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ARE AND THE CONTRACTORS AND SUBCONTRACTS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO GO OUT THERE.WE DON'T NEED A BRIDGE FALLING DOWN THAT WE'RE GOING TO CREATE BECAUSE WE GO TO SOME SUBPAR PERSON BECAUSE IT'S CHEAPER, BUT WE ALSO ALSO DON'T KNOW IF I POSSIBLY OWN THE CONTRACTING COMPANY THAT WE'RE NOW GOING TO GO TO.
BECAUSE IT SEEMS THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS ANYMORE.
ALL THE OTHER RULES SEEM TO GO OUT THE WINDOW.
I'M NOT COMFORTABLE WITH THIS.
I LIKE THE IDEA OF WORKING WITH OUR CONTRACTORS AND GOING OUT TO BID AND SAYING FROM HERE IN OUR CONTRACTS, WE WILL WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE ANYTHING THAT YOU'RE BUYING, WHETHER YOU'RE BUYING AN HVAC OR ELECTRICAL STITCH GEAR, STEEL STRUCTURES, ROOFING MATERIALS, AND THE LIKE.
WE'LL PURCHASE IT BECAUSE WE CAN GET A TAX EXEMPT, BUT YOU'RE THE PROFESSIONAL.
IT'S UNDER YOUR CONTRACTING LICENSE, AND IT'S GOING TO BE UNDER YOUR LIABILITY, IF ANYTHING SHOULD HAPPEN.
NOT BY REMOVING IT FROM THE BID PROCESS.
WE DO THAT, GUESS WHAT? HELLO, WE'RE LIABLE.
I'M NOT COMFORTABLE WITH THIS AT ALL.
>> THANK YOU, MAYOR. I HEARD THE INNUENDOS FROM THE LADY IN THE BACK.
I DON'T THINK THAT THIS IS WHAT THIS ITEM IS ABOUT.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, DON FILMS WAS NOT AT TARGET TROT.
WHOEVER THAT WAS, QUIET. YOU'RE IN THE AUDIENCE.
THEY WERE NOT EVEN AT TARGET TROT.
SECOND OF ALL, A VIDEO IN JAMAICA WAS $495 WAY LESS THAN A HOLLYWOOD PRODUCTION COMPANY.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, I FLEW IN THERE ON MY DIME, NOT CITY DIME.
I WENT THERE ON MY DIME, NOT CITY DIME, AND I WAS THERE FOR A WEEK AND I CAME BACK WITH A BIRD FLEW.
I WISH I HAD MET YOU THAT WEEK.
THERE WAS A COMPANY THAT DID WORK FOR THE CITY.
COMMISSIONER PLACKO'S IN THE AUDIENCE CAN TELL YOU THAT THERE WAS DIRT ON THEIR CAMERA, AND THEY CHARGED THE CITY THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS.
COMMISSIONER WRIGHT MIGHT USE OUR PIO TO DO VIDEOS.
I SAW HIM IN THE ATRIUM FILMING A VIDEO, AND THAT VIDEO NEVER MADE IT TO LIGHT.
WHY? IT WAS HORRIBLE. HE NEVER USED IT.
THE CITY MANAGER SAID TO ME THAT THE PIO HIRED A NEW VIDEO COMPANY.
THAT WAS DONE ARBITRARILY WITHOUT A BID PROCESS.
TO BLAME THIS ON ONE COMPANY THAT IS A FALLACY IS FALSE.
BUT AGAIN, THAT'S ALL THAT COMES OUT OF YOUR MOUTH.
THIS IS NOT ABOUT ONE COMPANY, IT'S ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT TAMARAC SAVES MONEY.
WITH THAT SAID, CAN THE PROCUREMENT DIRECTOR COME UP? I HAVE A QUESTION FOR HIM.
MR. MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, AND STAFF FOR THE RECORD, I'M STEVE STEWART, PROCUREMENT AND CONTRACTS MANAGER.
>> BEFORE YOU COMMENTS, STEVE, I JUST WANT TO ALSO GIVE NUMBERS SINCE BILLIONAIRE NUMBERS ARE GOING OUT.
I'VE SENT EMAILS FOR YEARS, AND I HAVE THOUSANDS OF EMAILS, AGAIN, ON MY DIME, NOT THE CITY'S DIME, BUT LESS THAN 20% OPENED THOSE EMAILS.
WHEN I POSTED A VIDEO ON FACEBOOK, PROBABLY INVITING PEOPLE TO A DAY OF ACTION FOR HURRICANE RELIEF, WE HAD THOUSANDS OF CARS FLOODING IN, NOT A VIDEO BOOSTED, BUT A VIDEO JUST POSTED ONLINE.
WE WERE TELLING CARS TO STOP, PLEASE.
WE POSTED A VIDEO ONLINE, GOT 31,000 VIEWS, AND HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE CAME TO RUN FOR TAMARAC FOR THE Q 11,000 WATCHED MY VIDEO RUNNING THROUGH THE PARK, 31,000 LOOKED AT TAMARAC FOR THE Q.
VIDEOS HAVE A PART IN THE ECOSYSTEM.
ENOUGH ON VIDEOS AND FILM SERVICES, TELL US ABOUT THE OTHER PART OF THIS WHERE WE WOULD SAVE ON TAXES FOR CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS.
>> ABSOLUTELY. ON THE LAST ITEM,
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NUMBER 21, WHICH IS A NEW EXCEPTION.THE GIST OF THAT IS THAT WE WOULD SAVE ON THE SALES TAX.
ON A TYPICAL, THIS IS MAINLY USED FOR CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS.
IF YOU HAD A $10 MILLION CONSTRUCTION PROJECT, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU MAY HAVE A SITUATION WHERE HALF OF ITS LABOR, AND THE OTHER HALF IS MATERIALS.
TEN MILLION, HALF IS MATERIALS, WHICH IS FIVE MILLION, WE WOULD SAVE THAT 7% SALES TAX, WHICH ON FIVE MILLION WORKS OUT TO BE ABOUT WAS IT $350,000.
I THINK WHAT THE MAYOR WAS SAYING BEFORE WAS CORRECT.
WE WOULD STILL GO THROUGH A COMPETITIVE PROCESS TO PROCURE THIS.
FOR EXAMPLE, I THINK THERE WAS AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA TODAY FOR ALEXANDER FOR A DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT.
IN THE FUTURE FOR SITUATIONS SUCH AS THAT, IN THE BID DOCUMENT, WE WOULD SPECIFY THAT WE'D HAVE AN OWNER DIRECT PURCHASING SITUATION WHERE THE CITY WOULD HAVE A REQUIREMENT WHERE WE WOULD PURCHASE THE MATERIAL, THE CONTRACTOR WILL TAKE OWNERSHIP OF IT, AND THEN WE WILL BENEFIT FROM THAT 7% SALES TAX SAVINGS, WHICH THEY WON'T GET, BUT WE WILL GET AS BEING TAX EXEMPT.
THOSE SAVINGS PERTAIN TO NUMBER 21, AND IT WOULD STILL GO TO A COMPETITIVE PROCESS.
THESE TENDS TO BE FOR BIGGER PROJECTS.
THERE'S STILL GOING TO BE A BID, THAT THING.
WE WOULD JUST SPECIFY IN THE BID DOCUMENTS THAT IT'S GOING TO BE A SITUATION WHERE WE'RE GOING TO PURCHASE THE MATERIALS, NOT THEM, IN ORDER TO BENEFIT FROM THOSE SAVINGS.
>> DO YOU HAVE ANY EXAMPLES OF ANY SAVINGS THAT WE WOULD HAVE?
>> THIS WOULD REALLY BE FOR, WE TEND TO DO FOR BIGGER PROJECTS.
TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, FROM MY EXPERIENCE, CONTRACTORS, THERE ARE SOME ADMINISTRATIVE BURDENS, SO THEY DON'T REALLY LIKE IT FOR SMALLER PROJECTS, BUT ON ANY GIVEN PROJECTS, AND, HISTORICALLY, I DON'T KNOW IF THE CITY'S EVER DONE IT, BUT WE WOULD AIM TOWARDS LOOKING AT HIGH DOLLAR PROJECTS AND PUT IN LANGUAGE SO THAT WAY CONTRACTORS KNOW IN ADVANCE, WHEN THEY'RE BIDDING ON THIS, THE SITUATION IS GOING TO BE, IF YOU'RE SELECTED THE CITY IS GOING TO BUY THE ITEMS AND HAVE THE CONTRACTOR TAKE POSSESSION OF IT IN ORDER TO BENEFIT FROM THOSE SAVINGS.
WE'D PUT THAT IN WRITING IN ADVANCE, SO THAT WAY WOULD BE UNDERSTOOD UPFRONT THAT WHOEVER SELECTED WOULD HAVE TO WORK WITH US TOWARDS, HAVING THE ITEM PURCHASED IN THAT WAY SO WE CAN BENEFIT FROM THE SAVINGS.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. I DID GET A COMMENT FROM A RESIDENT ONLINE THAT SAID I CALLED KATE A LADY, AND SHE SAID THAT SHE'S NOT A LADY. I APOLOGIZE.
>> ACTUALLY, WHILE YOU'RE HERE, I'M GOING TO ASK FOR CLARIFICATION IF YOU DON'T MIND.
WE CAN PUT IT IN OUR CONTRACTS.
WE DON'T NEED TO HAVE IT IN OUR RULES HERE, WE DON'T NEED TO CHANGE AN ORDINANCE FOR THAT.
>> BY PUTTING IT IN OUR RULES HERE AS OUR PROCUREMENT, WHAT IS IT DOING? DOES IT ALLOW FOR THE ABILITY TO GO OUTSIDE THE SCOPE AND HAVE SOMEBODY ELSE TAILGATE IN ON A PERSONAL BID ON A PERSONAL?
>> I THINK IT SOLIDIFIES IT, AND IT ALSO COVERS SITUATIONS WHERE, MAYBE WE'RE PURSING SOMETHING AND MAYBE SOMETHING THAT'S ALREADY BEEN DONE IN THE PAST, OR JUST OTHER EXCEPTIONAL SITUATIONS WHERE WE DIDN'T GO OUT FOR BID, AND NOW WE'RE ABLE TO APPLY IT.
IT REALLY COVER THOSE MISCELLANEOUS SITUATIONS WHERE MAYBE SOMETHING DIDN'T GO TO THE TYPICAL BID PROCESS.
>> AM MORE CONCERNED ABOUT THE LOOPHOLES.
>> UNDERSTOOD. AS I CAN MENTIONED, THINGS THAT ARE BENEFITING FROM THIS WILL STILL GO TO A COMPETITIVE PROCESS, SO IT'S HIGHLY UNLIKELY, IT'S NEEDED.
IT WOULD REALLY BE THERE JUST IN CASE.
>> IT'S JUST A BAND AID FOR NO REASON WHEN WE'RE JUST GOING TO PUT IT IN OUR ON CONTRACTS JUST SO WE CAN FEEL GOOD.
>> MAYBE, SO WE HAVE JUST PUT IT IN WRITING FORMALLY.
IT'S JUST WRITTEN IN, THE CODE THAT, THIS IS THE WAY WE'RE GOING TO ADDRESS THIS MOVING FORWARD.
>> BUT AT THE SAME TOKEN, IT ALSO IF YOU PUT IT IN WRITING, THE WAY WE ADDRESSING IT FORMALLY, IT LEAVES A LOOPHOLE TO ALLOW ME AT THE NEXT THING THAT WE'RE GOING TO GO OUT FOR INSTEAD OF GOING FOR BID TO JUST HAVE THE CITY USE SOMEBODY'S FRIEND, CORRECT?
>> WELL, I GUESS THAT'S A WAY OF LOOKING AT IT.
AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, THESE ARE TEND TO USE FOR HIGH-DOLLAR PROJECTS, AND, THERE'S NO WAY SOME IS GOING TO BE SIGNED OFF WITHOUT IT COMING HERE FIRST.
IT'S GOING TO GO THROUGH A COMPETITIVE PROCESS.
>> WE HAVE A CITY MANAGER LIMIT OF 65,000.
IT CAN GO BEFORE IT COMES TO US.
>> THAT'S CORRECT, BUT 65,000 CONSTRUCTION.
THIS TENDS TO BE FOR HIGHER-DOLLAR PROJECTS.
IT DOESN'T HAVE TO ALL BE PURCHASE MATERIALS AND MATERIALS, COULD BE CHEAPER TILES, CEMENT, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE HUGE ITEMS THAT ARE HERE.
I KNOW THAT THERE ARE THINGS LISTED, BUT PIPES,
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VALVES, DOORS, FRAMES, EQUIPMENT.CITY ATTORNEY, I'LL PUT THIS TO YOU.
IF WE NEED TO PROTECT, SO IT DOES NOT GO TO ANYBODY THAT HAS A RELATIONSHIP.
I KNOW WE HAVE THE ETHICS, AND I KNOW WE HAVE ALL THOSE THINGS, BUT THEY SEEM TO BE CIRCUMVENTED SOMETIMES, AND IF WE'RE TAKING IT OUT OF PROCUREMENT, WHICH IS SUPPOSED TO BE THE BIGGEST THING TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T HAVE THAT PROBLEM.
WHAT LANGUAGE CAN YOU CAN YOU ADD IN HERE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T HAVE THAT PROBLEM?
>> I'M IN AGREEMENT WITH THE PROCUREMENT DIRECTOR.
I THINK THIS WILL ONLY BE SUBJECT TO MAJOR PROJECT, AND IT IS A DISCRETIONARY DECISION BY THE CITY MANAGER WITH RESPECT TO MAJOR CONSTRUCTION PROJECT, BECAUSE THE SAVINGS ARE NOT THERE WHEN IT'S A SMALL PROJECT, BECAUSE A 7% TAX OF A $60,000 PROJECT IS NOT REALLY ANY SAVINGS.
I HAVE DEALT WITH THIS PROVISION BEFORE IN MY CAPACITY, AND WHEN I WAS CITY ATTORNEY OF SY HUSS BEACH ON A $20 MILLION PROJECT WHERE THE CITY SAVED OVER HALF MILLION DOLLAR IN TERMS OF SALES TAX.
I THINK WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO IT, THERE WILL BE A PROCUREMENT PROCESS BY THE CITY MANAGER OR DESIGNEE.
THEN, AS THE PROCUREMENT DIRECTOR INDICATED, RFP WILL INDICATE, AND IT'S UP TO THE CITY MANAGER.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO IT EVERY PROJECT. YOU CAN DO IT.
YOU COULD SELECT WHICH PROJECT YOU WANT TO DO THE TAX SAVINGS.
IT'S A DISCRETIONARY DECISION.
IT'S NOT MANDATORY, BUT IT'LL ALLOW THE CITY MANAGER AND HIS STAFF TO CHOOSE A PROJECT THAT CAN HAVE SIGNIFICANT SAVINGS.
I THINK THE LANGUAGE, BASED ON MY EXPERIENCE, I HAD REVIEWED IT AND WORKED WITH PROCUREMENT STAFF AND CITY MANAGER IS SUFFICIENT LEGAL, RELYING.
>> I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS, EVEN THOUGH OUR PROCUREMENT CONTRACTS MANAGER, SORRY, NOT SO GREAT WITH THOSE TITLES.
YOU EVEN AGREE WITH ME THAT THERE'S SOME LOOPHOLES IN HERE.
BECAUSE OF THAT, I'M NOT COMFORTABLE WITH THIS.
IF THERE'S SOME LANGUAGE THAT COULD BE PUT IN BY THE NEXT READING, I MAY BE ABLE TO CHANGE MY MIND.
SEEING NOBODY ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK.
>> NO, I'M THE ONE CONTROLLING THE MEETING, SO NO, I DON'T.
GO AHEAD, VICE MAYOR. TWO MINUTES.
LISTEN, WHEN I WAS RUNNING LAST YEAR, I FOUND OUT THAT THE PERSON THAT WAS RUNNING MY OPPONENT'S CAMPAIGN WAS ACTUALLY EMPLOYED BY MICHELLE GOMEZ AS HER LIAISON.
>> POINT OF ORDER. FABRICATIONS FROM THE DAYS ARE NOT ALLOWED.
>> DO YOU WANT TO CALL IT FABRICATION? YOU WANT TO CALL IT FABRICATION?
>> THE STATE ETHICS COMMISSION.
>> YOU MAKE AT CITY MANAGER, CITY ATTORNEY, WILL YOU DO?
>> I THINK AT THE SAME TIME, SHE WAS EMPLOYED BY [INAUDIBLE] WAS RUNNING A CAMPAIGN AGAINST ME.
>> ABOUT HAVING FAB. CITY ATTORNEY.
>> SORRY. WE HAVE AN ITEM, AND THERE'S A MOTION SECOND.
>> THANK YOU. CALL THE QUESTION.
>> THANK YOU. MOTION PASSES 382.
>> THANK YOU. MOVING TO THE LAST ITEM ON THE AGENDA.
[8.a TO2613 - An Ordinance of the City Commission of the City of Tamarac, Florida establishing “Limited Online Sales” as an accessory use in the MU-N (Mixed-Use Neighborhood), MU-C (Mixed-Use Corridor), MU-G (Mixed-Use General), and NC (Neighborhood Commercial) zoning districts; amending Chapter 10, Article 3, Section 10-3.2, entitled “Table of Allowed Uses”, specifically Table 10-3.1: allowed uses for the inclusion of “Limited Online Sales”; and amending Section 10-3.4, entitled “Accessory Uses and Structures”, to provide the use-specific standards regulating the “Limited Online Sales” use; and amending Chapter 10, Article 6, entitled “Rules of Construction and Definitions”, specifically Section 10-6.2(E), entitled “Accessory Uses”, of the City of Tamarac code of ordinances, to provide a definition for “Limited Online Sales”; providing for codification; providing for conflicts; providing for severability; and providing for an effective date.]
ORDINANCES ON SECOND READING 8ATO2613.CITY ATTORNEY, PLEASE READ THE TITLE FOR THE.
>> TAMARAC CITY COMMISSIONER CITY OF TAMARA, ESTABLISHING LIMITED ONLINE SALES AS AN ACCESSORY USE IN THE MUN NEXT NEIGHBORHOOD DISTRICT, MUC, MUG IN NC ZONING DISTRICTS, AMENDED CHAPTER 10, ARTICLE 3, SECTION 10-32 ENTITLED TABLE OF ALLOW USE, SPECIFICALLY TABLE 10-31, ALLOW USE FOR THE INCLUSION OF LIMITED ONLINE SALES, AND AMENDING SECTION 10-34 ENTITLED ASSESSOR USES AND STRUCTURE TO PROVIDE FOR A USE SPECIFIC STANDARDS REGULATING THE LIMITED ONLINE SALES. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. I NEED A MOTION IN A SECOND.
>> A MOTION BY VICE MAYOR BOLTON,
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A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WRIGHT.MISS CALLOWAY, OUR DEPUTY CITY MANAGER, IS AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS.
THIS ITEM WILL NOT BE OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS.
I HAVE DR. K JOHNSON, 8A, ON THE LIST.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM?
>> DR. KATE JOHNSON, MAINLANDS 4.
I LISTENED TO THE LAST DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS ISSUE, AND I CANNOT UNDERSTAND WHY THIS IS CONTENTIOUS.
IS THERE A SINGLE BUSINESS THAT DOESN'T SELL ONLINE? CVS, WALGREENS, PUBLICS, WALMART, DUNKIN DONUTS, CHURCHES, COLLECTING FUNDS? SELLING ITEMS. ALMOST EVERYONE DOES IT.
FOR SOME REASON, THERE SEEMS TO BE AN ISSUE WITH THIS BUSINESS WANTING TO SELL ONLINE.
AGAIN, WE WANT BUSINESS IN TAMARAC, BUT ONLY IF THEY BUY OUR WISHES.
HONESTLY. WHAT IS THE RATIONALE FOR DENYING THIS ISSUE? PASS THE ORDINANCE, LET THE BUSINESS THRIVE IN OUR CITY, SHOW THEM THAT WE CARE ABOUT THEM, THEIR BUSINESS, AND THEIR SUCCESS. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE AFTER THIS WHO'D LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE, THEN PUBLIC COMMENTS WILL BE CLOSE. NO. AFTER.
I LIVE IN AISLES OF TAMARAC, AND I HAVE A QUESTION.
IS THIS GOING TO IMPACT PRIVATE PEOPLE SELLING ON EBAY OR OTHER ONLINE SELLING MARKETPLACES? IT'S A YES OR NO ANSWER.
>> WE DON'T GIVE IT BACK AND FORTH, BUT YOUR QUESTION HAS BEEN NOTED, AN ANSWER WILL BE GIVEN.
>> THANK YOU. AS FAR AS THE ANGST THAT I SEE COMING FROM THIS BOARD, THERE'S NAME-CALLING ATTACKS ON PERSONNEL THAT ARE UNWARRANTED FOR A CITY OFFICIAL TO BE MAKING TOTALLY INAPPROPRIATE.
>> PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT.
I'M LOOKING FOR A SANTA CLAUS NEXT WEEK.
>> IT'S A PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT.
>> I'M LOOKING FOR GREENS TOO. MISS CALLOWAY.
>> FIRST OF ALL, IT IS THE COMMISSION WHO HAS AUTHORITY TO DEAL WITH ANOTHER COLLEAGUE.
THAT'S THE COMMISSION AUTHORITY.
SIR, IT IS THE COMMISSION WHO CAN BASICALLY REGULATE EACH OTHER. NOT STAFF.
>> CITY ATTORNEY, YOU DO, AS A PARLIAMENTARIAN.
>> I HAVE NO AUTHORITY TO REGULATE ANYBODY ON THIS COMMISSION.
HE'S SPEAKING AT HIS DISCRETION, AND HE'S NOT VIOLATING ANY RULES WITH RESPECT TO THIS COMMISSION.
>> BEG TO DIFFER. BUT ANYWAY, COMMISSIONER VICE MAYOR BOLTON, FINISH THE TOPIC AT HAND, WHICH IS ITEM 8A, PLEASE.
>> THE TOPIC AT HAND WAS NOT DISCUSSED BY THE PERSON THAT CAME TO THE MIC.
>> DECORUM IS NOT ON THIS AGENDA.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I APPRECIATE, PLEASE.
WE WANT TO GET OUT OF HERE TONIGHT.
>> ABSOLUTELY. WILL BE MY PLEASURE.
MISS CALLOWAY. THE CRUX OF THIS ITEM IS WHAT? TO ALLOW ONLINE SALES?
WE'RE ADDING IT IN THE INCIDENTAL USE CHART IN YOUR CODE OF ORDINANCES.
THAT WAY THAT USE IS NOW AVAILABLE, IN THE EVENT, THIS TYPE OF USE, MUSEUM USE THAT ALLOWS LIMITED SALES OF CAR, CARS,
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IF IT WERE TO BE ESTABLISHED IN ANOTHER ZONING DISTRICT IN THE MUN IN THE MUC, IN THE MUG ZONING DISTRICT, THEN THIS LIMITED ONLINE SALES AS AN INCIDENTAL USE IS AVAILABLE IN YOUR USE CHART FOR ANY PROPERTY OWNER OR ANY RESIDENT OR ANY BUSINESS OWNER TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS.IT'S JUST MAKING THE USE AVAILABLE, WHICH IS CURRENTLY NOT LISTED IN YOUR USE CHART. IT'S NOT AVAILABLE.
>> THE USE IS CALLED LIMITED ONLINE SALES?
>> LIMITED ONLINE SALES, MEANING THAT YOU'RE ABLE TO GO TO THE BUSINESS.
YOU'RE ABLE TO VIEW THE MERCHANDISE THE PRODUCT, AND THEN YOU CAN LEAVE THE BUSINESS AND THEN MAKE A PURCHASE OR AN ARRANGEMENT ONLINE.
>> WE HAVE, LET'S SAY, CITY FURNITURE THAT'S HEADQUARTERED IN TAMARAC.
>> IT'S NOT INTENDED FOR BUSINESSES LIKE THAT.
>> WE HAVE, LET'S SAY, CITY FURNITURE IN TAMARAC.
I GO TO CITY FURNITURE, I LOOK AT A PIECE THAT I MAY LIKE.
THEN I GO ONLINE, I PURCHASE THAT PIECE.
I'M ABLE TO DO WITH THAT RIGHT NOW.
>> YOU ARE. THAT'S WHY I HAD THE CAVEAT.
IT'S NOT FOR USES SUCH AS THAT.
THAT USE IS ABLE TO FUNCTION AND OPERATE WITHOUT ACCESSING THIS USE ON THEIR BUSINESS TAX RECEIPT.
THE USE IN QUESTION, WHICH IS WHY THE APPLICANT MADE THE APPLICATION FOR ESTABLISHING THIS USE, WAS NOT AVAILABLE FOR THE SALES OF VEHICLE.
THAT'S WHY THIS APPLICANT SALE VEHICLES.
THE APPLICATION WAS NOT BROUGHT BY THE CITY.
IT'S AVAILABLE AS AN ESTABLISHMENT OF USE AND WAS BROUGHT BY AN APPLICANT WHO CURRENTLY HAS A MUSEUM THAT ALLOWS FOR THE LIMITED SALES OF CARS.
WE WANTED TO BE ABLE TO MANAGE THAT TYPE OF OPERATION, AND SO THE APPLICATION IS ESTABLISHING A TYPE OF USE THAT'S AVAILABLE JUST FOR THIS APPLICANT TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS.
BECAUSE IT'S LISTED IN YOUR USE CHART, DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN YOUR CITY FURNITURE, YOUR PUBLIC, AND I KNOW THAT CAME UP.
IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN THOSE USES WOULD NEED TO ACCESS IT.
ONLY FOR THOSE TYPES OF OPERATION THAT NEED THIS TYPE OF LIMITED VIEW AND PURCHASE ONLINE WOULD BE ABLE TO ACCESS IT AND ADD IT TO THEIR BUSINESS TAX RECEIPT.
CURRENTLY, IT'S NOT AVAILABLE IN YOUR CODE IN R CODE.
>> THIS IS NOT ABOUT FURNITURE. THIS IS ABOUT?
>> NO. WE'RE ESTABLISHING IT IN THE ZONING DISTRICTS.
>> LISTEN. IT'S NOT ABOUT FURNITURE, IT'S ABOUT CARS.
>> IT'S ABOUT ONE, MAKING THE USE AVAILABLE FOR A MUSEUM-TYPE USE THAT SELLS CAR.
>> WE HAVE A CAR DEALERSHIP RIGHT OFF OF COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD CLOSE TO THE SAWGRASS.
THEY'VE BEEN DOING THINGS ILLEGALLY FOR A WHILE? NO. WHAT IS A LIMITED.
>> THE APPLICANT OR THE OWNER THAT MADE THE APPLICATION FOR THIS ESTABLISHMENT CURRENTLY HAS A MUSEUM.
UNDER THAT MUSEUM USE, THERE ARE CARDS THAT ARE BEING DISPLAYED.
>> IT'S NOT ABOUT CARS. IT'S ABOUT I'M TRYING.
>> YEAH, I'M TRYING BECAUSE THE ANALOGY THAT YOU'RE MAKING IS FOR USE THAT'S NOT A MUSEUM.
THAT'S A SEPARATE USE IN A SEPARATE ZONING DISTRICT THAT THIS IS NOT APPLICABLE TO.
THAT COMPARISON IS A CAR DEALERSHIP THAT HAS A SEPARATE TYPE OF DEFINITION UNDER A SEPARATE ZONING DISTRICT THAT HAS A SEPARATE TYPE OF USE ASSOCIATED WITH IT.
THAT CAR DEALERSHIP, YOU CAN SHOP ONLINE, YOU CAN SHOP THERE, YOU CAN GO THERE AND SHOP.
YOU CANNOT GO TO A MUSEUM AND JUST AND BUY CARS AND SHOP THERE.
>> YEAH. IT LOOKS LIKE A DUCK, BUT IT'S NOT A DUCK.
IT'S A CAR DEALERSHIP, BUT THEY'RE UNDER THE [OVERLAPPING]
>> IT'S UNDER A MUSEUM THAT SELLS ANTI CARS.
>> IT'S THE PERMISSIBLE USE OR THE PRIMARY USE IS THE MUSEUM, AND THEY DISPLAY CARS.
BUT ON A LIMITED BASIS, YOU HAVE CUSTOMERS THAT ARE ABLE TO COME IN AND DO SOME VIEWING AND THEN PURCHASE.
BUT THE ABILITY FOR THAT TO HAPPEN WAS NOT AVAILABLE IN OUR CODE.
IT SHOULD BE A MUSIC, FOR INSTANCE, WHEN I GO TO, LET'S SAY, ALABAMA, AND I'M GOING I GO TO A MUSEUM.
I CAN'T BUY THE PIECES IN THE MUSEUM.
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JUST GOING THERE TO LOOK AT HISTORY LOOK AT OLD STUFF AND THAT THIS THING.THEY WANT TO BE ABLE TO SELL THE MUSEUM PIECES TO CUSTOMERS WHO MAY WANT.
>> UNLIMITED. YES. I THINK IN THE APPLICANT'S PRESENTATION, YOU TALKED ABOUT THE PERCENTAGE.
A LIMITED AMOUNT IS AVAILABLE TO VIEWERS TO BE ABLE TO PURCHASE.
WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE LIMITED THAT TYPE THAT THAT MUSEUM WAS NOT BECOMING A CAR DEALERSHIP.
>> WHY NOT JUST MAKE IT A CAR DEALERSHIP.
>> IT'S NOT APPROPRIATELY ZONED FOR THAT.
>> IT IS A MUSEUM, THE PRIMARY ALWAYS GET THE TRUTH.
IT'S NOT ZONED FOR A CAR DEALERSHIP, SO IT CAN'T BE A CAR DEALERSHIP.
>> MISS SCALLA, CAN YOU JUST LISTEN?
>> YOU'RE AN AMBASSADOR FOR THIS COMPANY.
IT'S ALMOST LIKE YOU'RE JUST TALKING, TALKING, TALKING.
IT'S NOT ZONED FOR A CAR DEALERSHIP.
YOU CAN'T PUT A CAR DEALERSHIP THERE, SO IT IS A MUSEUM.
THEN IN ORDER TO SELL THE CARS IN THE MUSEUM, YOU HAVE TO PASS THIS ORDINANCE THAT SAYS, I'M COMING TO A MUSEUM, WHICH REALLY AND TRULY IS NOT GOING TO BE A MUSEUM.
IT'S GOING TO BE A CAR DEALERSHIP.
YOU COME TO THIS MUSEUM, YOU LOOK AT THE CARS, YOU GET SOME WINE.
YOU WALK AROUND, THESE ARE SOME OLD CARS, SOME ANTI CARS, SOME VERY EXPENSIVE CARS.
THEN IF YOU WANT ONE OF THESE VERY EXPENSIVE CARS, YOU COME AND LOOK AT IT ON A LIMITED BASIS, AND THEN YOU CAN GO BACK HOME.
SIPPING, AGAIN, SOME WINE ON YOUR COUCH IN BOCA OR PARKLAND OR EAGLE TRACE.
THEN YOU PURCHASE THE CAR ONLINE ON A LIMITED BASIS.
IT IS A BACKDOOR TO A CAR DEALERSHIP. YES.
>> I KNOW YOU WOULD SAY NO, BUT THAT'S WHAT YOU JUST SAID.
IT'S A BACKOR TO A CAR DEALERSHIP. I SAY THAT.
IT IS NOT APPROPRIATE FOR A CAR DEALERSHIP.
IT'S NOT ZONED FOR A CAR DEALERSHIP.
BUT IN ORDER FOR PEOPLE TO COME AND LOOK AT THE ANTIQUE CARS, THEY CAN COME AND LOOK AT IT AT A LIMITED BASIS.
THEN AFTER THEY LOOK AT IT ON A LIMITED BASIS, ON A MUSEUM, THERE'S NEVER AND MUSEUMS DON'T SELL STUFF.
THEN COME TO THE MUSEUM AND OF COURSE, AFTER THEY COME TO THE MUSEUM, THEY CAN GO HOME AND THEY CAN BUY ONLINE BECAUSE THEY CAN'T MAKE THE PURCHASE IN THE STORE, BECAUSE IT'S NOT ZONED AS AN AUTO DEALERSHIP, THEY GO ONLINE AND THEY PURCHASE THE OLD CAR FROM THE MUSEUM. I GET IT.
>> I JUST WANTED TO HAVE MRS. CALLOWAY ANSWER HIS QUEST THE GENTLEMAN'S QUESTION BEFORE HE LEAVES REGARDING EBAY.
WHAT'S THE IMPACT ON THIS CHANGE TO EBAY?
>> IF THE GENTLEMAN IS TALKING ABOUT A HOME BASED BUSINESS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, IT WOULDN'T IMPACT THAT.
THAT WOULD NOT BE THE IF THE GENTLEMAN IS HAVING.
IF IT'S AN ONLINE BUSINESS OR AN E COMMERCE BUSINESS.
>> YOUR BUSINESS TAX RECEIPT WOULD NOT BE FOR LIMITED ONLINE SALES.
IT WOULD BE FOR HOME BASED BUSINESS, WHATEVER THAT BUSINESS MIGHT BE.
>> IF YOU SELL ONLINE, YOU'RE GOOD TO GO THROUGH EBAY.
WHY WAS IF THIS WAS A SPECIFIC REQUEST BY AN APPLICANT? WHY WASN'T THIS DONE THROUGH THE SPECIAL EXCEPTION PROCESS FOR THE BUSINESS AS OPPOSED TO A ZONING CHANGE? COMMISSIONER, THE SPECIAL EXCEPTION PROCESS ARE FOR USES THAT ARE EXISTING IN OUR CODE.
IT'S LISTED IN OUR CODE ALREADY, AND IT WILL SAY SE MEANING SPECIAL EXCEPTION.
YOU WOULD TYPICALLY, THE APPLICANT COMES BEFORE YOU.
THE USES ALREADY AVAILABLE IN YOUR CODE, IT'S LISTED AND ESTABLISHMENT OF USE APPLICATION IS FOR USES THAT ARE NOT IN YOUR CODE.
WHEN A CODE IS WRITTEN TYPICALLY, YOU CAN'T ANTICIPATE EVERY USE THAT MIGHT BE IN THE FUTURE.
THAT APPLICATION IS AVAILABLE TO PEOPLE TO COME TO THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT AND TO ESTABLISH THAT USE.
THEN WE LOOK AT OTHER COMMUNITIES.
WE LOOK AT THE APA. WE LOOK AT INNOVATION AND WHAT'S GOING ON, BECAUSE USES BECOME AVAILABLE AS TIME GOES BY, AND SO YOU'RE ABLE TO ESTABLISH THAT USE.
THIS USE IN PARTICULAR IS NOT AVAILABLE IN THE CODE.
IT'S NOT LISTED, AND SO THAT'S WHY IT'S
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BEING PROPOSED TO BE LISTED AS AN INCIDENTAL USE.A DEFINITION IS ALSO PROPOSED FOR THE USE AS A PART OF THE CODE CHANGE BECAUSE THE USE IS CURRENTLY NOT AVAILABLE.
>> MY CONCERN IS THAT THERE'S A PERCEPTION THAT THIS CHANGE HAS AN IMPACT ON OTHER BUSINESSES WHILE WHAT'S BEING STATED ON THE RECORD IS THAT IT'S SPECIFIC TO A BUSINESS.
HOW CAN YOU CLARIFY? BECAUSE IT'S QUITE CONFUSING.
I RECOGNIZE THAT THE STAFFS INTENTION IS TO CONTROL WHAT IS HAPPENING FROM THE SITE.
NATURALLY, WE'RE GOING TO SAY LIMITED ONLINE SO THAT WE CAN ENSURE THAT FROM AN ENFORCEMENT AND A USE STANDPOINT, THEY'RE NOT DOING WHAT WE, THE CITY, HAVEN'T PERMITTED THEM TO DO.
BUT I THINK LANGUAGE IN THIS CASE, HAS CREATED QUITE A BIT OF CONFUSION.
WHY DOESN'T IT JUST I'VE GOT MY OWN VIEWS ON THE WAY THE CODE IS WRITTEN RELATIVE TO OUR ZONING CODE AND HOW, WE APPROACH SPECIAL EXCEPTIONS AND ALL OF THE THINGS.
BUT IN THIS CASE, SOMEONE TALKED ABOUT PUBLICS AND PEOPLE ARE ASKING ME ABOUT CITY FURNITURE.
HOW DO YOU CLARIFY THIS SO THAT EVERYBODY IS CLEAR? YOU ARE SAYING THAT THIS IS SPECIFIC TO A REQUEST MADE BY AN APPLICANT.
THIS IS DOES THIS IMPACT ANY OTHER BUSINESSES?
>> I THINK THE DISTINCTION I WAS TRYING TO MAKE IS THAT IT'S NOT NECESSARILY A BROAD BRUSH.
THE FACT THAT THE USE IS BEING PROPOSED TO BE LISTED IN OUR CODE AS INCIDENTAL, IT'S ONLY APPLICABLE IF A BUSINESS NEEDS TO ACCESS IT.
YOUR PUBLIC, YOUR CITY FURNITURE, WOULD NEED TO ACCESS IT BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT DOING NECESSARILY UNDER THE DEFINITION OF WHAT THIS INCIDENTAL USE PROVIDES.
WHAT WE TRIED TO DO WAS, IF A MUSEUM, SIMILAR TO THE ONE THAT APPLIED THE APPLICANT, AND IT COULD BE ANY OTHER MUSEUM THAT OPENS IN A MUC OR MUN OR A MUG THAT THOSE TYPE OF USE WOULD HAVE ACCESS TO THIS LIMITED ONLINE SALE AS AN INCIDENTAL USE.
IN THIS CASE, THE APPLICANT HAPPENS TO BE A CAR MUSEUM, BUT IT COULD BE ANOTHER MUSEUM THAT OPENS IN THE ZONING DISTRICT.
THAT'S WHY WE MADE SURE THAT THE LIMITED ONLINE SALES WAS AN APPROPRIATE INCIDENTAL USE IN THE SAME ZONING DISTRICTS THAT YOU WOULD ALLOW A MUSEUM.
ANY TYPE OF MUSEUM THAT WOULD ALSO BE AVAILABLE TO HAVE LIMITED ONLINE SALES.
AS A COMMISSIONER MENTIONED, IT COULD BE A MUSEUM THAT HAS OTHER PIECES, BUT WOULD LIKE TO SELL THOSE PIECES ON A LIMITED BASIS.
THEY WOULD HAVE ACCESS TO THIS USE.
IT'S JUST MAKING THE USE ACCESSIBLE.
>> I WOULD JUST ASK THE ATE ATTORNEY, GIVEN THE DEBATE AND THE DISCUSSION AROUND THIS MATTER, DO YOU HAVE ANY THOUGHTS AROUND THE LANGUAGE AND IS IT INCLUSIVE? IS IT EXCLUSIVE? IS NATURALLY, I'M SURE YOU HAD A PART IN DRAFTING WHAT'S BEFORE US.
DO YOU JUST HAVE ANY GENERAL THOUGHTS AROUND WHAT THIS COMES TO DO?
>> WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THE ORDINANCE BEFORE IT WAS PRESENTED TO THE COMMISSION.
WE DISCUSSED IT WITH OBVIOUSLY MRS. CALLOWAY, AND WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY ISSUES IN GENERAL.
OBVIOUSLY, THERE'S OTHER WAYS TO DO IT, BUT WE WERE FINE BECAUSE THIS BUSINESS CAME IN AS A MUSEUM, AND THEY WANTED TO EXPAND THEIR USE OUTSIDE THE MUSEUM CONCEPT, BUT I CODE DID NOT ADDRESS THAT, AND MRS. CALLOWAY SOUGHT TO ADDRESS IT.
IT WAS A VERY LIMITED APPLICATION.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. I ALWAYS SAY, SO GO GOES TAMAS GOES AMERICA.
I'M SEEING WHEN MY BUSINESS SCHOOL LESSON COMES BACK TO HELP ME NOW.
LET ME GIVE YOU GUYS A HISTORY. BEFORE TESLA AND ELAN MUSK, YOU COULDN'T SELL CARS ONLINE.
AMERICA WAS SO ENTRENCHED THAT YOU HAD TO SELL CARS THROUGH DEALERSHIPS.
THANKS TO BILLIONAIRE, ILAN MOS, I POLITICAL LEANING IS, WHATEVER.
THEY CHANGED THE RULES WHERE YOU CAN SIT AND SHAKE A VILLAGE AND BUY A CAR ONLINE.
THAT'S JUST THE REALITY OF IT.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO TO THE DEALERSHIP I'LL GET A COMMERCIAL ANYMORE BECAUSE THEY CAN'T SELL CARS ONLINE.
IT'S DESIGNED FOR THEM TO SELL CARS IN PERSON.
I THINK THE GIST OF THIS AND WHAT THIS GUY IS TRYING TO DO IS THAT THE RULES HAVE STATED BEFORE THE STATE, YOU COULDN'T SELL CARS ONLINE.
I UNDERSTAND HE HAS A MUSEUM, AND ONE OF THE REASON I SUPPORTED IT IN KNOWING THE BUSINESS HISTORY IS THE FACT NOW,
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PEOPLE CAN COME TO THIS MUSEUM, SEE THESE EXPENSIVE CARS AND BUY IT ONLINE.THAT IS GOING TO HELP HIM WITH HIS SALES, BECAUSE A LOT OF THESE PEOPLE MIGHT NOT WANT TO PURCHASE THE CAR IN PERSON.
AGAIN, THOSE RULES WERE CHANGED BECAUSE BEFORE, YOU COULD NOT PURCHASE A CAR ONLINE.
LUCID, TESLA, ALL THESE NEW CARS, THESE NEW ONLINE COMPANIES AND THE SHOW ROOM, YOU GO IN, YOU LOOK AT THE CAR, YOU GO ONLINE, YOU PURCHASE A CAR, AND THEY DELIVER IT TO YOUR HOUSE.
THAT'S WHERE THE RULES WE CHANGE.
IN US DOING THIS, I THINK WE BEING INNOVATIVE, AND DOING SOMETHING THAT'S FORWARD THINKING, THE FACT THAT YOU CAN GO TO THIS MUSEUM AND YOU CAN GO ONLINE, AND YOU CAN BUY A CAR.
PEOPLE HAVE MONEY WAY TO BUY A CAR ONLINE.
MARK CUBAN PAID 41 MILLION BUCKS FOR A JET LIKE 25 YEARS AGO. THAT WAS INNOVATIVE.
I LIKE THE IDEA, AND I SUPPORT IT BECAUSE THE GIST OF IT IS THE FACT THAT WE ARE BEING FORWARD THINKING, OR DOING SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO SPUR SALES, BUT ALSO BE UNIQUE TO THE COMMUNITY.
THAT'S WHY I SUPPORTED IT THE FIRST TIME.
THAT'S WHY I'M GOING TO SUPPORT IT AGAIN.
>> THANK YOU, MAYOR. THE REASON I VOTED NO THE LAST TIME IS BECAUSE WHEN I FEEL LIKE I'M BEING BAMBOOZLED, I VOTE NO.
REALLY AND TRULY, THIS IS ONE OF THOSE BAMBOOZLED ITEM.
YOU CAN PUT A CAR DEALERSHIP, SO CALL IT A MUSEUM AND THEN COME INTO MY MUSEUM, LOOK AT THE ANTIQUE CARS, AND THEN GO BACK AND BIDE ONLINE.
WELL, THAT'S A WAY TO BACKDOOR POLICY.
ONCE I UNDERSTAND THAT YOUR BACK DOORING POLICY, THEN I HAVE TO MAKE UP IN MY MIND AND MY CONSCIENCE WHETHER OR NOT I WANT TO BE ABLE TO GO ALONG WITH YOUR BAMBOOZLE.
THIS IS A BAMBOOZLE. IT'S A WAY TO BACKDOOR A USE THAT IS NOT PERMISSIBLE AND MRS. CALLOWAY, YOU KNOW THAT.
SECONDLY, CHURCHES WILL START DOING THIS.
THEY'LL JUST SET UP A THEATER AND DURING THE WEEK, SAY, IT'S A THEATER, COME WATCH A MOVIE, AND THEN, BY THE WAY, WE'LL RENT IT TO A CHURCH ON A SUNDAY.
IT IS A THEATER, AND YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO STOP IT.
WHAT IS GOOD FOR THE GOOSE IS GOOD FOR THE GANDER.
OF COURSE, SCHOOLS WILL BE ABLE TO DO IT, TOO, AND USES THAT ARE NOT PERMISSIBLE WILL JUST CALL THEMSELVES SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
WHEN THEY CALL THEMSELVES SOMETHING DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW WHAT? IT'S NOT THE DUCK.
NOW THAT I UNDERSTAND THE BAMBOOZLE AND I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO, AND YOU'RE TRYING TO BACKDOOR A USE THAT IS NOT PERMISSIBLE, GO WITH YOUR ILLEGAL ACTIVITY.
>> I RECOMMEND EVERYBODY LOOKING AT THE BACKUP. GO TO PAGE 29.
ONLY 5% OF THE VEHICLES IN THE MUSEUM OF APPROXIMATELY 100 VEHICLES OR MORE MAY EVENTUALLY BE SOLD A YEAR TO ROTATE THE MUSEUM'S STOCK.
I'M SORRY, BUT FIVE VEHICLES IS NOT A CAR DEALERSHIP TO ME, CAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT CAN HAPPEN IF YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT CHANGING SOMETHING, IT CAN JUST BE DRIVEN RIGHT OVER TO SOMEBODY'S HOUSE, AND AT THE RATE WE'RE GOING, WE'LL SAY IT'S EBAY, AND YOU CAN SELL THAT CAR RIGHT ONLINE.
IF YOU DON'T GET YOUR PASSAGE OF THIS ITEM TODAY, YOU'VE GOT TO BACKUP.
BUT DOING THINGS THE RIGHT WAY WOULD ALLOW THIS.
NOW, MRS. CALLOWAY WHEN YOU'RE NOT TALKING TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, IF WE HAVE A MUSEUM THAT WANTS TO COMMENTS IN ART MUSEUM.
IF THEY WANTED TO HAVE SOME OF THEIR WARES GO OUT AND BE DONE ON AUCTION, THEY CAN.
THEY'D ALLOW THIS. THIS WILL BE ALLOWED NOW?
>> IF THEY HAVE A GIFT SHOP, WHERE IF ANYBODY'S BEEN TO A MUSEUM, THEY USUALLY HAVE GIFT SHOPS SO THEY CAN GIVE YOU EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE SEEN ON THE WALL IN CHEAP AND FAKE AS GIFTS.
WOULD THE GIFT SHOP BE NOW ABLE TO SELL THESE ITEMS?
I THINK THIS WAS AN ADMINISTRATIVE ITEM THAT REALLY COULD HAVE BEEN HANDLED ADMINISTRATIVELY.
I THINK IF YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT POLITICS, POLITICS REARED ITS UGLY HEAD TO FORCE THIS BUSINESS TO HAVE TO COME HERE TO DO THIS.
THIS APPLICANT'S ATTORNEY IS SITTING VERY PATIENTLY AND VERY QUIETLY IN THE BACK, WHERE HE COULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.
HE KNOWS WHAT HIS CLIENT IS PRESENTING.
WE TRULY KNOW WHAT IS BEING PRESENTED, AND IT IS NOT A BACK DOOR ENTRY INTO SOMETHING ILLEGAL.
AT THIS POINT IN TIME, VOTE YOUR CONSCIENCE AS YOU WISH.
CITY CLERK, CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE.
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>> THANK YOU. MOTION PASSES 5:0.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IT IS 9:12.
VERY HAPPY HOLIDAYS, MAY 2026 BE PHENOMENAL.
STAY HEALTHY. THANK YOU.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.