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          GOOD EVENING, LADIES AND 
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GENTLEMEN, AND WELCOME TO OUR MEETING. IT IS WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 11TH. IT IS CURRENTLY 7.01 P.M. CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. 
          GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. 
          MAYOR GOMEZ. GOOD EVENING. 
          VICE MAYOR BOLTON. IT'S A WONDERFUL EVENING. 
          COMMISSIONER WRIGHT. GOOD EVENING. COMMISSIONER PATTERSON. GOOD EVENING. 
          COMMISSIONER DANIEL. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. IF EVERYONE WOULD, PLEASE STAND. COMMISSIONER CRYSTAL PATTERSON WILL LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, AND THEN WE WILL HAVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE THEREAFTER. 
          EXCELLENT. WELL, LADIES AND 
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GENTLEMEN, WE ARE VERY HAPPY THAT TONIGHT WE ARE CELEBRATING IN OUR CHAMBERS BLACK HISTORY MONTH. AND SO, WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, I'M GOING TO GO TO DISTRICT 01, WHICH IS VICE MAYOR COMMISSIONER BOLTON, TO AWARD HIS RECIPIENT. ALL RIGHT, GOOD EVENING. ALL RIGHT, MAY I HAVE ATTORNEY KASIA EARLY ESQUIRE, PLEASE. 
          THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH, ATTORNEY EARLY, FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT. 
          ESPECIALLY ON THIS WONDERFUL EVENING, WE CELEBRATE BLACK WOMEN, BLACK VOICES IN OUR COMMUNITY. I STARTED THIS PROGRAM SEVERAL YEARS AGO WHEN I WAS THE ONLY BLACK ELECTED OFFICIAL HERE. AND I'M PLEASED THAT I WAS ABLE TO SUPPORT THREE OTHER COLLEAGUES TO BE ON THE CITY COMMISSION WITH ME. SO THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT EVENING FOR US. WHEREAS K.C. EARLY ESQUIRE HAS DEDICATED HER CAREER TO THE PURSUIT OF JUSTICE, USING HER VOICE, SKILL AND COMPASSION. 
          TO ADVOCATE FOR FAIRNESS AND EQUALITY WITHIN THE LEGAL SYSTEM AND THE COMMUNITIES SHE SERVED. 
          AND WHEREAS KASEY EARLY BEGAN HER ACADEMIC JOURNEY AT HOWARD UNIVERSITY IN WASHINGTON, D.C., WHERE SHE EARNED A BACHELOR OF ARTS DEGREE IN POLITICAL SCIENCE. 
          BEFORE CONTINUING HER PATH TO LAW AT ST. THOMAS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW IN MIAMI, FLORIDA, EARNING HER JURIS DOCTOR DEGREE. 
          WHEREAS, FOLLOWING HER FORMAL EDUCATION, KACIA EARLY ESTABLISHED HERSELF AS A FORMIDABLE LITIGATOR, FOUNDING EARLY LAW FIRM, PLC, LLC, WHERE SHE PRACTICES CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LITIGATION AND HAS BROUGHT MORE THAN 100 CASES TO TRIAL. RANGING FROM MISDEMEANORS TO FIRST-DEGREE FELONIES. 
          WHEREAS, THROUGHOUT HER CAREER, CASEY EARLY HAS REMAINED STEADFAST IN HER COMMITMENT TO JUSTICE, SECURING DISMISSALS IN MORE THAN 300 CRIMINAL CASES AND CONSISTENTLY PROTECTING THE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS OF THOSE SHE REPRESENTS. 
          AND, WHEREAS, BY THE PRINCIPLE, FOR UNTO WHOMEVER MUCH IS GIVEN. 
          OF HIM, MUCH IS REQUIRED. 
          LUKE 12, 48. KASIA EARLY HAS EXTENDED HER SERVICE BEYOND THE COURTROOM. BY PROVIDING PRO BONO LEGAL 
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REPRESENTATION AND EDUCATING OTHERS AS A LECTURER AT CHURCHES, HOMELESS SHELTERS, DETENTION CENTERS, AND UNIVERSITIES. AND WHEREAS KASEY EARLEY'S INFLUENCE HAS GROWN, SHE HAS BECOME A TRUSTED LEGAL VOICE NATIONALLY, SERVING AS A GUEST LEGAL ANALYST ON COURT TV, LAW & CRIME, ICRIME, CBS, NEWS NATION, AND MSNBC, WHILE EARNING WIDESPREAD RECOGNITION FOR HER EXCELLENCE, LEADERSHIP, AND DEDICATION TO SERVICE. I JUST LOVE THIS BLACK GIRL MAGIC RIGHT HERE. 
          SHE'S AMAZING. WE LOVE AMAZING BLACK GIRLS. NOW, THEREFORE, ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF TAMARACK, BROWARD COUNTY, WE PROUDLY HONOR KASEY EARLY ESQUIRE DURING BLACK HISTORY MONTH FOR HER UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO JUSTICE. 
          FROM THE COURTROOM TO THE COMMUNITY, HER CAREER HAS BEEN DEFINED BY ADVOCACY, LEADERSHIP, AND SERVICE. A BEACON OF EXCELLENCE AND A CHAMPION OF JUSTICE, HER STORY SERVES AS A SOURCE OF INSPIRATION, EMPOWERMENT, AND HOPE FOR GENERATIONS TO COME. SO I'D LOVE TO PRESENT THIS PROCLAMATION TO YOU ON BEHALF OF THE MAYOR AND COMMISSION, AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT AND CONGRATULATIONS. PLEASE SAY A FEW WORDS. FIRST AND FOREMOST, GIVE AN HONOR TO MY LORD AND SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST, WHO IS THE HEAD OF MY LIFE. I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO GIVE HONOR TO EVERYONE IN YOUR RESPECTIVE PLACES AND I TRULY APPRECIATE... THIS HONOR FROM THE ENTIRE CITY OF TAMARACK, AND I THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR BOLTON, AND I WILL CONTINUE TO FIGHT FOR THE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS FOR EVERYONE. SO THAT JUSTICE FOR ALL IS NOT JUST A WORD, IT'S NOT JUST A PHRASE, BUT IT IS REALITY. THANK YOU. 
          EXCELLENT. CONGRATULATIONS. 
          AND NOW WE ARE UP TO COMMISSIONER OF DISTRICT 2, MAURY WRIGHT. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. MY NOMINEE IS A LONGTIME TAMARACK RESIDENT, WHEREAS THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY IS DESIGNATED NATIONALLY AS BLACK HISTORY MONTH. SORRY. WHEREAS THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY IS DESIGNATED NATIONALLY AS BLACK HISTORY MONTH, WHEREAS THE CITY COMMISSION DEEMS IT IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE INDIVIDUALS WHOSE WORK EMBODIES THE LEGACY, INNOVATION, AND CULTURAL IMPACT OF BLACK HISTORY, WHOSE CONTRIBUTIONS CONTINUE TO UPLIFT AND INSPIRE PRESENT AND FUTURE GENERATION. 
          AUDLEY ROLLIN, A LEGENDARY JAMAICAN ENTERTAINER, CULTURAL PIONEER, AND REGGAE ICON, WHOSE ARTISTIC CAREER BEGAN IN THE LATE 1950S. UNDER VARE JOHNSON'S INF- INFLUENTIAL OPPORTUNITY. 
          HOUR, WHERE HE AND HIS BROTHER GAINED NATIONAL ACCLAIM AS AN AWARD-WINNING ACROBATIC DUO KNOWN AS THE WISDOM BROTHERS. WHEREAS IN 1969, HIS FIRST HIT, OH, MY DARLING, WENT ON TO ACHIEVE INTERNATIONAL SUCCESS, CONTRIBUTING TO GLOBAL RISE OF REGGAE AS A POWERFUL EXPRESSION OF BLACK IDENTITY, RESISTANCE, AND CREATIVITY. 
          WHEREAS AUDLEY ROWLAND COMMITTED HIS LIFE WORK TO CHRISTIAN MINISTRY. AND AS A BROADCASTER ON WAVS 1170, EARNING A DOCTORATE IN MINISTRY AND COUNSELING, ALONGSIDE HIS WIFE, DAWN MARIE, FOUNDING WISDOM SABBATH MINISTRY IN FLORIDA. WHEREAS AUDLEY ROLLINS' CAREER EXEMPLIFIED CULTURAL INNOVATION, RESILIENCE, AND THE GLOBAL INFLUENCE OF JAMAICAN MUSIC WITHIN THE AFRICAN DIASPORA, AND AS AN EARLY ARCHITECT OF REGGAE DEVELOPMENT, AND HIS WORK HELPED CARRY THE GENRE FROM LOCAL STAGES TO INTERNATIONAL AUDIENCES. 
          EXPANDING BLACK ARTISTIC EXPRESSION WORLDWIDE. 
          WHEREAS HIS LIFE DEDICATION TO CULTURAL PRESERVATION, MENTORSHIP, SPIRITUAL LEADERSHIP, MUSICAL EXCELLENCE, MAKE HIM A SIGNIFICANT FIGURE WHOSE 
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CONTRIBUTION MERIT RECOGNITION DURING BLACK HISTORY MONTH. NOW, THEREFORE, ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF TAMARACK, BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, WE HEREBY PROCLAIM DR. AUDLEY ROLLIN RECOGNIZED AS AN OUTSTANDING CULTURAL LEADER WHOSE ARTISTIC INNOVATION, GLOBAL INFLUENCE, COMMITMENT TO COMMUNITY, EMBODY THE SPIRIT AND LEGACY OF BLACK HISTORY. FIRST OF ALL, I MUST SAY THANK YOU TO OUR LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST, AND I MUST TELL YOUR FAMILY STANDING HERE THIS EVENING, I'M VERY HUMBLED FOR THIS HONOR THAT HAS BEEN BESTOWED UPON ME. BUT I WILL HAVE TO GIVE SOME OF THE CREDIT TO MY FAMILY, TO MY BEAUTIFUL BRIDE, DR. 
          JEAN-MARIE. SHE HAS STOOD BY MY SIDE ALL THE WAY, AND I JUST REALLY WANT TO... 
          THANK HER FOR THAT. I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE MAYOR AND THE COMMISSIONERS FOR THIS HONOR THAT HAS BEEN STORED UPON ME. 
          I TRULY APPRECIATE IT AND I WILL ENDEAVOR TO CONTINUE TO PURSUE WHAT WE DO WITH THE MINISTRY. AND WE'RE JUST WORKING WITH EVERYONE THAT WE CAN WORK WITH TO TRY TO ENRICH THEIR LIVES. AND TO TOUCH IT IN A SPECIAL WAY AND IN A MEANINGFUL WAY. AMEN. 
          THANK YOU. EXCELLENT. GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU. 
          CONGRATULATIONS. THAT'S RIGHT. THE NEXT PROCLAMATION WILL BE GIVEN BY COMMISSIONER CRYSTAL PATTERSON, DISTRICT 3. COME ON DOWN, MS. HOLT. IT IS TRULY MY HONOR TO HONOR YOU DURING THIS BLACK HISTORY MONTH. I THINK WE ALL KNOW HER, AND WHAT'S THE NAME OF THE DANCE GROUP? NOT A KETE. WE ALL ARE FAMILIAR WITH HER AND NANAKETE HERE IN THE CITY OF TAMARACK. 
          THEY ARE A DANCE GROUP THAT HAS PERFORMED FOR OUR EVENTS ON A NUMBER OF OCCASIONS, SO I AM HONORED TO HONOR YOU ON TODAY. WHEREAS THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY IS DESIGNATED NATIONALLY AS BLACK HISTORY MONTH, AND WHEREAS? THROUGH HER VISION AND INITIATIVE, CHERYL HOLTZ FOUNDED THE NANAKETE TROUPE, AN ETHNIC DANCE ENSEMBLE. DEDICATED TO PRESERVING AFRICAN CULTURAL TRADITIONS WHILE INSPIRING INTERGENERATIONAL PARTICIPATION, ARTISTIC EXPRESSION, AND CULTURAL EDUCATION THROUGHOUT TAMARAC AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES. 
          AND WHEREAS THE NANA KETE TROUPE, UNDER CHERYL HOLTZ'S GUIDANCE, HAS PERFORMED AT NUMEROUS CIVIC, EDUCATIONAL, AND CULTURAL VENUES, SERVING AS A POWERFUL PLATFORM FOR CULTURAL STORYTELLING, UNITY, AND CELEBRATION, BRINGING RESIDENTS TOGETHER THROUGH THE UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE OF MUSIC AND MOVEMENT. AND WHEREAS CHERYL HOLTZ HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN EXPANDING, EXPANDING CULTURALLY SIGNIFICANT PROGRAMMING WITHIN THE CITY OF TAMARAC, INCLUDING HIGHLY ATTENDED JUNETEENTH CELEBRATIONS, PRE-KWANZAA COMMUNITY EVENTS, DRUM CIRCLES, AND SOCIAL INITIATIVES THAT PROMOTE INCLUSION, HISTORICAL AWARENESS, AND COMMUNITY PRIDE. AND WHEREAS, IN RECOGNITION OF HER LEADERSHIP, DEDICATION, AND POSITIVE IMPACT, CHERYL HOLTZ WAS ELECTED PRESIDENT OF THE AFRICAN AMERICAN CULTURAL AND SOCIAL CLUB IN KINGS POINT IN SEPTEMBER 2025, WHERE SHE CONTINUES TO GUIDE INNOVATIVE PROGRAMMING, STRENGTHEN COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS, AND ELEVATE CULTURAL ENGAGEMENT ACROSS THE CITY. AND WHEREAS? PRIOR TO HER RESIDENCY IN TAMARACK, CHERYL HOLTZ DEVOTED MORE THAN SEVEN DECADES TO PUBLIC SERVICE IN NEW YORK CITY, INCLUDING 48 YEARS AS A PHYSICAL AND HEALTH EDUCATION TEACHER, EXTENSIVE WORK IN COMMUNITY PLANNING AND HOUSING ADVOCACY. LEADERSHIP WITHIN NATIONAL PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND LIFELONG MENTORSHIP THROUGH FAITH-BASED AND CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS. AND WHEREAS CHERYL HOLTZ'S LIFELONG COMMITMENT TO EDUCATION, YOUTH DEVELOPMENT, CULTURAL PRESERVATION, AND COMMUNITY 
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EMPOWERMENT HAS CREATED LASTING POSITIVE CHANGE ACROSS GENERATIONS, ESTABLISHING HER AS A RESPECTED LEADER WHOSE INFLUENCE CONTINUES TO UPLIFT THE CITY OF TAMARACK AND BEYOND. NOW, THEREFORE, ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF TAMARACK, BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, WE DO HEREBY RECOGNIZE CHERYL HOLTZ AS AN OUTSTANDING CULTURAL LEADER WHOSE ARTISTIC EXCELLENCE, LIFELONG SERVICE, AND DEDICATION TO COMMUNITY ENRICHMENT HONOR THE HERITAGE, RESILIENCE, AND ENDURING LEGACY OF BLACK HISTORY. CONGRATULATIONS. 
          THANK YOU. I PRACTICE AN AFRICAN RELIGION, SO I'M THANKING ALL THE GODS THAT ARE EVERYWHERE FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO BE STANDING HERE IN FRONT OF YOU AS AN HONOREE. I THANK THE COMMISSIONERS, I THANK THE MAYOR, I THANK MY FRIENDS AND FAMILY FOR COMING OUT, AND MY NEXT NEW PROJECT IS TO HAVE, AND I HOPE IT HAPPENS, IN 2026. FOR DECEMBER 26TH TO BE AN OUTDOOR KWANZAA CELEBRATION AT THE SPORTS COMPLEX. 
          OKAY? WE ALL GET TOGETHER AND CELEBRATE. IT'S A CULTURAL EVENT. IT IS NOT ONLY FOR THE AFRICAN RACE. IT'S FOR ALL RACES TO COME TOGETHER AND CELEBRATE. 
          THANK YOU. I HAVE BEEN SO MOTIVATED. BY COMMISSIONER PATTERSON, BEING A PHYSICAL EDUCATION TEACHER FOR 48 YEARS. WHEN I SAW HER SPIN CYCLE, OH MY GOODNESS, IT GAVE ME THE MOTIVATION TO DO MORE WITH MY BODY AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION. I LOVE THAT. I LOVE THAT. CAN I INVITE ALL OF HER FRIENDS AND FAMILY TO COME DOWN AND TAKE A PHOTO? ALL OF OUR FRIENDS FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD, COME ON DOWN, PLEASE. AND NOW, DR. KEISHA DANIEL, DISTRICT 04, WILL GIVE HER PROCLAMATION. GOOD NIGHT. 
          WELL, IT IS NIGHT. GOOD NIGHT, EVERYONE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING OUT AND CELEBRATING THIS HONORABLE MOMENT WITH US. IT'S SUCH A PRIVILEGE TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CELEBRATE THE GREAT PEOPLE THAT WE MEET. AS WE WALK THE STREETS, KNOCK ON DOORS, OR, YOU KNOW, JUST IN THE STORES. AND THE PERSON I'D LIKE TO HONOR TODAY IS MR. JERRY PINCHINAT. YEAH, IF YOU KNOW JERRY, YOU WOULD CLAP. YES. I DON'T KNOW IF HIS WIFE WANT TO COME DOWN. 
          I'M CALLING YOU OUT. YES, YES, YES. COME ON NOW. HE DESERVED THE HONOR, DON'T HE? OKAY. WHEREAS BLACK HISTORY MONTH IS OBSERVED ANNUALLY TO RECOGNIZE, HONOR, AND CELEBRATE THE RICH HISTORY, CULTURE, RESILIENCE, AND INVALUABLE CONTRIBUTIONS OF AFRICAN AMERICANS WHOSE LEADERSHIP, SERVICE, AND SACRIFICE HAVE SHAPED THE SOCIAL, CULTURAL, CIVIC, AND ECONOMIC FABRIC OF OUR NATION. AND WHEREAS MR. JERRY PINCHINOT, A NATIVE OF HAITI, WHO MIGRATED TO THE UNITED STATES. 
          AT THE AGE OF 13, EMBODIES THIS PROMISE OF THE AMERICAN DREAM. THROUGH HIS LIFELONG COMMITMENT TO EDUCATION, 
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PUBLIC SERVICE, AND LEADERSHIP, AND WHEREAS MR. PINCHINOT EARNED A BACHELOR OF ARTS DEGREE IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND TWO MASTERS OF ARTS DEGREES IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE, DEMONSTRATING A STEADFAST COMMITMENT TO ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE AND PROFESSIONAL GROWTH. AND WHEREAS MR. PINCHINOT HONORABLY SERVED THE UNITED STATES, AS A POLICE OFFICER WITH THE LOS ANGELES POLICE DEPARTMENT AND LATER AS A CHIEF WARRANT OFFICER IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY. 
          RETIRED AFTER 30 YEARS OF FAITHFUL AND DISTINGUISHED MILITARY SERVICE, AND WHEREAS DURING HIS MILITARY CAREER, MR. PINCHINOT COMPLETED MULTIPLE COMBAT TOURS TO IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN IN SUPPORT OF THE FBI GLOBAL WAR ON TERRORISM. WE HAVE A HERO IN THE HOUSE, GUYS. EARNING TWO COMBAT ACTION RIBBONS AND A DEFENSE MERITORIOUS SERVICE MEDAL FOR HIS GALLANTRY AND EXEMPLARY SERVICE. AND WHEREAS FOLLOWING HIS MILITARY RETIREMENT, MR. PINCHINOT CONTINUED HIS SERVICE TO THE NATION AS AN EXPLOSIVE SAFETY SPECIALIST WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IN WASHINGTON, D.C. THANK YOU. FURTHER ADVANCING PUBLIC SAFETY AND NATIONAL SECURITY. 
          AND WHEREAS AN ADJUNCT PROFESSOR FOR CRIMINAL JUSTICE AT CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY, THE UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX, AND WESTWOOD COLLEGE, MR. PINCHINOT MENTORED AND EDUCATED THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS PURSUING CAREERS IN LAW ENFORCEMENT AND PUBLIC SAFETY, LEAVING A LASTING IMPACT ON FUTURE GENERATIONS. 
          WHEREAS MR. PINCHINOT IS HUSBAND TO SHERRY, SHIRLEY, I'M SORRY. CHARLIE MARCELLIUS PINCHINOT, THE PROUD FATHER OF FOUR CHILDREN AND A LONG-TIME RESIDENT OF THE CITY OF TAMARACK, WHERE HIS LIFE AND SERVICE CONTINUE TO REFLECT THE VALUES OF INTEGRITY, DEDICATION, AND COMMUNITY PRIDE. AND NOW, THEREFORE, ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF TAMARACK, BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, I HEREBY RECOGNIZE BLACK HISTORY MONTH AND HONOR MR. JERRY PINCHINOT FOR HIS EXTRAORDINARY SERVICE, LEADERSHIP, YES, CHEER HIM ON, COME ON, AND CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR CITY, OUR NATION, AND THE GLOBAL COMMUNITY. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. WOW, I'M SPEECHLESS. I JUST WANT TO THANK CITY COUNCIL. MOST IMPORTANTLY, THE HONORABLE DR. KEISHA DANIELS FOR ALL THE HARD WORK WE'VE BEEN DOING FOR THE CITY OF TAMARACK. MAYOR GOMEZ, I'VE KNOWN FOR A LONG TIME, AND I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY, FOR THIS AWARD. AND I COULDN'T DO THIS WITHOUT YOU. IT'S BEEN A LONG ROAD, A LOT OF DEPLOYMENT, AWAY FROM MY FAMILY, STILL AWAY FROM MY FAMILY. 
          AND SHIRLEY, YOU'RE ALWAYS THERE FOR ME, SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU. JUST GIVE ME A HUG. MOM, I SEE YOU, OKAY? AWW, OKAY. HEY, YOU NEED TO COME OVER HERE. I GOTTA SHARE THIS STORY. OKAY, MOM CAN DO THIS WITHOUT YOU, OKAY? I DIDN'T GET THIS, I DIDN'T GET THE WAY I'M AT TODAY WITHOUT YOU. LIKE, 13 YEARS OLD, BACK IN THE 80S IN NEW YORK, GOING ON THE WRONG TRACK, AND POSSIBLY BE GOING TO PRISON, AND BEING KILLED IN BROOKLYN. AND GYPSY, GIGI, Y'ALL GOT THE ULTIMATUM, SAY, HEY, YOU NEED TO CHANGE YOUR LIFE, RIGHT? AND I DID. AND I WENT TOTALLY 
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THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION. LAW ENFORCEMENT, MILITARY, THAT WAS LIKE SOMETHING I WAS PROBABLY LIKE, TOTALLY AGAINST. 
          BUT THAT WAS THE BEST ROUTE FOR ME. AND IT'S 360, RIGHT? AND, LIKE, MY LIFE IS LIKE, MORE LIKE A DREAM. IT'S LIKE A DREAM. LIKE, IF I HAD A DREAM ABOUT MY LIFE, AND IT WOULDN'T BE THAT WAY. 
          SO, MOMMY, YOU WERE THERE FOR ME, AND YOU NEVER GAVE UP. AND I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT, RIGHT? AND ONE MORE PERSON, MARK. YEAH, COME ON MAN, COME ON, YEAH, YEAH, YOU GOTTA COME HERE. YEAH, MARK. YEAH, MARK, YOU JUST LIKE, YOU'RE LIKE A JACK-OF-ALL-TRADES. 
          ALRIGHT? THE BEST BUILDER IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA. IF YOU GUYS KNOW ABOUT PULTE, THIS THE GUY, RIGHT? AND MARK, YOU'RE DOING EVERYTHING. I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU LIKE EITHER OF. 
          ASSISTANT MAYOR, ASSISTANT VALS MAYOR, YOU'RE DOING SO MUCH. WHEN DID YOU GO TO SLEEP? HE DOES IT, RIGHT? SO THANK YOU, SIR. 
          THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING. 
          BEAUTIFUL, AND THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH AGAIN FOR ALL THAT YOU'VE DONE FOR OUR COUNTRY AND FOR US AND YOUR WHOLE FAMILY. 
          WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A QUICK MOMENT, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND. CAN YOU HIT THE LIGHTS, PLEASE? JUST TAKE THEM ON DOWN. TAKE THEM ON DOWN. AWESOME. SIT BACK, RELAX, AND ENJOY FOR A MOMENT. MAN, HE ALWAYS LET ME KNOW THAT MY ART WAS BIG AND THAT GAVE ME THE ENCOURAGEMENT TO MOVE FORWARD IN MY CAREER. THANK YOU. 
          WHAT'S UP WITH YOU GUYS? Y'ALL JUST STANDING? YOU ALL HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT TO MAKE. WE HAVE SOMEONE VERY SPECIAL. GOD, YOU MEAN IT? CHEERS. WE CAME IN, 
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I'M TELLING YOU, THE FIRST DAY OF REHEARSING. SO IT GRIEVES ME. 
          GREAT PLEASURE TO HAVE MY HONOREE BE JIMMY LOCUS. AND IF IT WAS ANOTHER NIGHT, I WOULD PROBABLY HAVE ASKED HIM TO TEACH ME A DANCE STEP SO I COULD HAVE COME IN THIS WAY. 
          BUT WHEN YOU WANT TO SEE THE REST OF HIS WONDERFUL VIDEO, IT'LL BE THERE, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE SOME SPECIAL THINGS GOING ON IN THE FUTURE. BUT FOR RIGHT NOW, WHEREAS... 
          JIMMY LOCUST IS AN INTERNATIONALLY RESPECTED CHOREOGRAPHER, EDUCATOR, AND ARTS LEADER, WHOSE CAREER SPANS DECADES AND INCLUDES WORK ALONGSIDE MICHAEL JACKSON, JANET JACKSON, PAULA ABDUL, OTIS SALIDE, QUINCY JONES, AND DEBBIE ALLEN. AND WHEREAS MR. LOCUS WAS ONE OF THE HEAD CHOREOGRAPHERS OF THE OPENING AND CLOSING CEREMONIES OF THE 1996 OLYMPICS IN ATLANTA, AND HAS CHOREOGRAPHED COMMERCIALS FOR BOTH INTERNATIONAL AND NATIONAL MARKETS. WHEREAS MR. LOCUS' WORK HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED BY THE AMERICAN CHOREOGRAPHY AWARDS, AND HE RECEIVED STAGE SCENE LA'S 2023-2024 SCENES AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHY IN THEATER. AND WHEREAS, BEYOND HIS PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS, MR. LOCUS HAS DEMONSTRATED A DEEP COMMITMENT TO YOUTH EMPOWERMENT AND HAS EDUCATION FOUNDATION, FOUNDING A YOUTH AND ANTI-BULLYING PROGRAM, HARMONY NATION, IN 2005. 
          MR. LOCUS HAS BEEN A MASTER TEACHER AND A STUDIO OWNER FOR OVER 20 YEARS IN CONNECTICUT AND IN FLORIDA. 
          WHEREAS IN 2021, MR. LOCUS ESTABLISHED THE LOCUS FOUNDATION IN TAMARACK. A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO EMPOWERING YOUTH THROUGH FREE AND AFFORDABLE DANCE, ARTS, EDUCATION AND PERFORMANCE OPPORTUNITIES. 
          AND WHEREAS MR. LOCUS AND THE LOCUS FOUNDATION HAVE FURTHER SUPPORTED LOCAL ARTS COMMUNITY BY PROVIDING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, DONATING BALLET BARS, FLOORING, AND STUDIO EQUIPMENT TO AREA DANCE SCHOOLS, STRENGTHENING ACCESS TO QUALITY ARTS EDUCATION THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY, WHEREAS HE IS COMMITTED TO NOT ONLY STRENGTHENING TECHNIQUE, BUT ALSO STRENGTHENING CHARACTER THROUGH MENTORSHIPS AND ANTI-BULLYING AWARENESS AND MORAL SUPPORT. NOW, THEREFORE, I, MICHELLE J. 
          GOMEZ, VERY PROUD MAYOR OF THE CITY OF TAMARACK, ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COMMISSION, DO PROUDLY RECOGNIZE JIMMY LOCUS FOR HIS LIFELONG DEDICATION TO THE ARTS, FOR ADVOCATING FOR MORE CARING COMMUNITY, BRINGING HIS EXPERIENCE AND ENERGY TO THE CITY OF TAMARACK, AND BEING A MODERN DAY TRAILBLAZER. THANK YOU SO MUCH, AND I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE AN HONOR TO GOD, TO JESUS CHRIST. I AM SO HONORED TO BE IN THE COMPANY OF SUCH WONDERFUL PEOPLE THIS EVENING, AND I JUST WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU FOR INCLUDING ME ON SUCH A WONDERFUL EVENT, AND GOD BLESS YOU ALL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, LADIES AND 
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GENTLEMEN, FOR BEING HERE FOR OUR CELEBRATION FOR BLACK HISTORY MONTH. YOU ARE MORE THAN WELCOME TO STAY FOR THE MEETING, BUT WE UNDERSTAND IF YOU DO NOT DESIRE TO DO SO. JUST IF THAT'S THE CASE, PLEASE GET HOME SAFELY AND THE MEETING WILL CONTINUE ON THERE. 
          THANK YOU, AND CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN. 
          THERE'S OTHER PROCLAMATIONS. 
          I DO APOLOGIZE. I GOT SO EXCITED. AS FAR AS A COUPLE OF THESE PROCLAMATIONS, THE PROCLAMATION FOR LUNAR NEW YEAR, PLEASE REVIEW WHAT'S ON THE SCREEN. I WILL BE PRESENTING IT TO THE FOGUANZHANG TEMPLE. AS FAR AS THE AMERICAN HEART HEALTH, THAT WILL BE ON THE SCREEN IN A MOMENT AS WELL, AND THAT WILL BE PRESENTED SEPARATELY. 
          FOR RIGHT NOW... WE'RE GOING TO GO TO WHEREVER. I MISSED THE SCRIPT. MY GOODNESS. SO THIS PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING BSO DEPUTY JULIA TANGILIA. 
          DID I SCREW THAT UP? I'M SO SORRY. I SHOULD KNOW BETTER. 
          THIS WAS REQUESTED BY BSO CAPTAIN DAVID FRANKS. AND THE SAME IS BEING CO-SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER PATTERSON. AND SHE WILL READ THE PROCLAMATION. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. SO, WHEREAS DEPUTY TENELL. TENALIA, SORRY. DEPUTY TENALIA HAS CONSISTENTLY DEMONSTRATED AN UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO PUBLIC SAFETY THROUGH HER DEDICATION OF TIME, TRAINING, AND SPECIALIZED EXPERTISE. 
          AS A MEMBER OF THE BROWARD SHERIFF'S OFFICE DIVE TEAM, WILLINGLY PLACING HERSELF IN HARM'S WAY TO PROTECT THE LIVES OF OTHERS. AND, WHEREAS ON JANUARY 12, 2026, AT 8100 NORTHWEST 91ST AVENUE IN TAMARACK, FLORIDA, MR. AHMED SHAH WAS INVOLVED IN A VEHICLE INCIDENT WHEN HIS JEEP GRAND WAGONEER ENTERED A RETENTION POND FOLLOWING A REPORTED STEERING MALFUNCTION AND DASHBOARD WARNING INDICATORS, LEAVING HIM UNABLE TO PREVENT THE VEHICLE FROM ENTERING THE WATER. AND WHEREAS? DEPUTY TENAGLIA PROMPTLY RESPONDED TO THE SCENE, ASSESSED THE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS PRESENTED BY THE SUBMERGED VEHICLE AND RETENTION POND, AND UTILIZED HER TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE TO DETERMINE THE SAFEST COURSE OF ACTION. AND WHEREAS DEPUTY TENAGLIA DEMONSTRATED EXCEPTIONAL COURAGE AND DECISIVE ACTION BY ENTERING THE WATER AND SUCCESSFULLY ASSISTING MR. SCHAR TO SAFETY, PREVENTING A POTENTIALLY LIFE-THREATENING OUTCOME. WHEREAS, DUE TO DEPUTY TENAGLIA'S SWIFT, PROFESSIONAL, AND COORDINATED RESPONSE, THE INCIDENT CONCLUDED WITHOUT INJURY TO THE INVOLVED INDIVIDUAL AND WITHOUT DAMAGE BEYOND THE VEHICLES ITSELF. 
          NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT PROCLAIMED, ON BEHALF OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF TAMARACK, FLORIDA, THAT DEPUTY JULIANA TENAGLIA IS HEREBY COMMENDED FOR HER EXCEPTIONAL PROFESSIONALISM, BRAVERY, AND UNWAVERING DEDICATION TO PUBLIC SAFETY. HER ACTIONS EXEMPLIFY THE HIGHEST STANDARDS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVICE AND REFLECT GREAT CREDIT UPON HERSELF AND THE BROWARD SHERIFF'S OFFICE. 
          NOW, BE IT THEREFORE PROCLAIMED, FEBRUARY 11, 2026, AS DEPUTY JULIANA TENAGLIA DAY IN THE CITY OF TAMARACK. AND ALL RESIDENTS 
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ARE ENCOURAGED TO RECOGNIZE HER AND HER OUTSTANDING SERVICE TO THIS COMMUNITY. 
          BEFORE I HAND YOU THE MICROPHONE, THE REASON WHY I WANTED TO CO-SPONSOR THIS WAS... 
          THAT HAPPENED RIGHT OUTSIDE OF MY NEIGHBORHOOD. SO I WAS TRAVELING HOME ONE NIGHT, LEAVING THE GYM AND TURNING IN, AND I NOTICED THE NEWS AND LIGHTS AND SIRENS AND ALL THE OTHER THINGS. SO I IMMEDIATELY PULL OVER. 
          YEAH, I'M A COMMISSIONER, BUT I WAS IN SWEATS AND ALL THOSE STUFF. I DIDN'T LOOK THE BEST, BUT I WAS PREPARED TO GET ON AND FIGURE OUT WHAT THE HECK IS GOING ON. SO I PULL OVER AND I LEARNED OF WHAT HAD HAPPENED. I CALLED THE MANAGER AND WE FOUND OUT I WAS ABLE TO GO HOME COMFORTABLY. 
          LEARNING THAT THE PERSON WAS, THERE WAS NO INCIDENT, AND OUR BSO KICKED IT. SO, YEAH. SO, CONGRATULATIONS. I LOVE TO SEE WOMEN DO THEIR THING, AND SO I AM PROUD TO HAVE YOU AS A PART OF OUR BSO TEAM HERE IN THE CITY OF TAMARACK. 
          CHIEF, THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU'VE BEEN DOING SINCE YOU'VE BEEN HERE WITH US IN THE CITY OF TAMARACK. THERE HAS BEEN AN INCREASED PRESENCE AND ABSOLUTELY AN ENHANCED LEVEL OF SERVICE. SO THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING. 
          THANK YOU. THANK YOU, JESUS. THANK YOU, CITY OF SAMARAC. AND THANK YOU, BSO. AND THE PEOPLE OF SETTLEMENT. IS THE GENTLEMAN THAT WAS SAVED IN THE ACCIDENT, MR. SHAH, ARE YOU HERE? I UNDERSTAND HE MIGHT BE HERE. NO? OKAY. ALL RIGHT. I COULDN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT DEPUTY TENAGLIA. I ALWAYS PUT A G IN THERE. SHE IS AN OUTSTANDING DEPUTY, AND THIS JUST EXEMPLIFIES HER JUST AMAZING WORK AND EVERYTHING THAT SHE GIVES TO THE CITY OF TAMARACK EVERY DAY. SO CONGRATULATIONS. YOU DESERVE IT. ALL RIGHT, NOW PROCLAMATIONS AND AWARDS ARE DONE. SO THANK YOU FOR SAYING, AND THOSE FOR WHOM MIGHT HAVE BEEN LEAVING, OR JUST STAY THE REST OF THE NIGHT. WE'RE FUN. ALL RIGHT. KIND OF WENT A LITTLE OUT OF ORDER, BUT I HOPE THAT WAS NOT A PROBLEM. SO WE'LL FINISH UP WITH THE CITY MANAGER REPORT, AND THEN WE'LL GO CIRCLE BACK TO THE CITY ATTORNEY. 
          BUT CITY MANAGER, GO AHEAD. 
          OH. MAYOR, WE HAVE. SORRY. I WILL GET MY STUFF TOGETHER. 
          NO REPORT 
          [1.CITY ATTORNEY REPORT]
FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY ALSO. 
          WELL, ACTUALLY, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE CITY ATTORNEY, SO YOU MIGHT HAVE A REPORT. 
          SO GO AHEAD, CAPTAIN. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, CITY COMMISSIONERS, CITY MANAGER, AND RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF TAMARACK. I DON'T KNOW HOW I CAN BEAT AND BYPASS WHAT WE JUST HAD HERE TODAY. IT WAS AMAZING. 
          CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE RECIPIENTS IF YOU'RE STILL HERE. SO, ABSOLUTELY AMAZING WITH ALL THE PROCLAMATIONS. 
          WE'RE GOING TO TOUCH BASE REAL QUICK ON THE MONTHLY REPORT. JUST A COUPLE TOUCH WITH THINGS. 
          BECAUSE I HAVE SOME REALLY GOOD, EXCITING THINGS I'D LIKE TO, PEOPLE THAT I'D LIKE TO BRING UP AND INTRODUCE TO THE CITY. JUST GOING TO START, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT OVER THE MONTH OF JANUARY, OUR PROPERTY CRIMES DID GO UP JUST A TINY BIT, BUT WHAT I REALLY WANTED TO TALK ABOUT HERE WAS THE VIOLENT CRIMES THAT HAVE GONE DOWN 24% OVER THE LAST MONTH. 
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I THINK THAT IS JUST A TESTAMENT TO THE DEPUTIES THAT ARE OUT THERE AND DOING A GREAT JOB IN EVERYTHING THAT THEY DO. 
          THIS KIND OF GIVES US A SNAPSHOT OF WHERE THE... WHAT WE CALL HOT SPOTS ARE IN THE CITY WHERE WE HAVE OUR THEFTS OR THOSE TYPE OF THINGS. WE DO WORK WITH OUR CRIME SUPPRESSION TEAM. OUR DETECTIVES HAVE DIRECTIVE PATROLS, OPS PLANS, AND THINGS LIKE THAT TO ADDRESS THE AUTO CRIMES, THE THEFTS, AND THOSE TYPE OF THINGS. BUT I HAVE ANOTHER SECRET WEAPON WE JUST BROUGHT OUT TODAY. AND THIS IS THE OTHER ONE. SOME PEOPLE MAY LIKE THIS ONE. SOME PEOPLE MAY NOT. OUR CITATIONS. 
          FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER, WE HAD 1,028, AND A YEAR AGO WE HAD 778. BUT FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY, WE WROTE 1,510 CITATIONS. IN THE CITY OF TAMARACK, WHICH MEANS WITH OUR NEW TRAFFIC UNIT AND THE MOTORS ARE OUT THERE, ACTIVELY WORKING ON THE TRAFFIC PROBLEMS THAT WE HAVE HERE IN TAMARACK. AND HITTING, EXCUSE MY VOICE, HITTING THOSE AREAS THAT EVERYBODY SEEMS TO BE COMPLAINING ABOUT, AND THEY'RE DOING A GREAT JOB DOING IT. THE CALLS FOR SERVICE HAVE GONE DOWN ABOUT 15%, WHICH IS GOOD. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S EVERYBODY FREEZING IN THEIR HOUSE, BUT THEY HAVE GONE DOWN FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY. 
          AND WE'RE STILL DOING OUR PARK WALK AND TALKS, AND I EXPECT THOSE NUMBERS TO GO UP. I ALSO ASSUME WITH IT BEING VERY COLD, THE DEPUTIES WEREN'T OUT THERE AS BUNDLED UP IN A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT WERE GOING ON. AND THAT WOULD BE THE SHORT, QUICK PRESENTATION. BUT THE ONES I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IS A COUPLE THINGS. 
          MAJOR D.G. AVANI, WHO HAS BEEN THE REGIONAL MAJOR FOR US HERE IN TAMARACK, IT'S GOOD AND IT'S BAD. WE LOST HIM IN THE BAD PART, BUT THE GREAT THING IS HE IS NOW, LIEUTENANT COLONEL, HAS NOW OVER ALL OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT, WHICH IS OUTSTANDING FOR HIM. AND WE NOW HAVE AN OUTSTANDING MAJOR WHO HAS BEEN WITH THE AGENCY NOW FOR ALMOST 30 YEARS, I BELIEVE, MAJOR THOMAS PALMER, WHO IS COMING TO US FROM THE CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE SECTION, WHICH IS THE COURTHOUSE, THE AIRPORT, AND THOSE TYPE OF SECTIONS. AND HE'S ALSO BEEN A DISTRICT CHIEF, AND HE BRINGS WITH HIM A LOT OF THE BELIEFS THAT WE HAVE OF BEING A HOMETOWN POLICE DEPARTMENT. MAJOR? GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, CITY STAFF. IT'S AN HONOR TO BE HERE TODAY. AS THE CAPTAIN HAD MENTIONED, I'VE BEEN WITH THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE FOR 29 YEARS NOW. I'M A BROWARD COUNTY NATIVE AND I SPENT SEVERAL YEARS AS A DISTRICT CHIEF, AND I'M EXCITED TO BE HERE. 
          AS HE MENTIONED, I CAME FROM COUNTY CRITICAL, WHICH IS THE AIRPORT, PORT EVERGLADES AND THE COURTHOUSES AND ANCILLARY UNITS. I'M EXCITED TO BE BACK PART OF A COMMUNITY AND HAVING RESIDENTS AGAIN. YOU DON'T GET TRANSIENT FOLKS IN THE AIRPORT AND THE PORT, SO I'M VERY EXCITED TO BE PART OF THE CITIES HERE. AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH ALL OF YOU IN ANYTHING WE DO TO HELP. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. AND ANOTHER, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE, WE HAVE TWO NEW ADDITIONS TO THE TAMARACK DISTRICT OFFICE. I'D LIKE TO BRING UP DEPUTY TYRUS GADSEN AND TYRONE BROWN. I JUST WANT TO INTRODUCE THEM AS BEING OUR TWO NEWEST DEPUTIES HERE IN THE CITY OF TAMARACK. THE TWO DEPUTIES ARE NOW IN THEIR FIELD TRAINING AFTER... GOING THROUGH 22 WEEKS OF PEPPER SPRAY, BATONS, DEFENSIVE TACTICS, RUNNING, AND BASICALLY BEING OUT THERE, JUST BEING BEAT DOWN. 
          BUT I JUST WANT EVERYBODY TO GET A CHANCE TO MEET THEM, FOR THEM TO SAY HI, AND TO BE OUT THERE AND INTRODUCE THEM TO THE CITY. SO, DEPUTY BROWN. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE TODAY. I'M HAPPY TO BE HERE IN TAMARAC. I'M HAPPY TO BE ABLE TO LEARN IN A PLACE LIKE THIS. AND I'M EXCITED TO GET OUT THERE ON THE ROAD AND BE ABLE TO HELP YOU GUYS OUT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME THIS AFTERNOON. 
          IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE SERVING YOU GUYS, TO GET TO KNOW EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU AS WE PROTECT YOU. 
          HONORED TO BE HERE, AND THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. LAST BUT NOT LEAST, MY NEW SECRET WEAPON FOR COMMUNITY IN THIS CITY. 
          WE CALL IT THE COMMUNITY DEPLOYMENT TEAM. AND THE COMMUNITY DEPLOYMENT TEAM IS BASICALLY THE ONES THAT ARE GOING TO GO OUT THERE, GET TO KNOW THE COMMUNITY, GET TO KNOW THE BUSINESS OWNERS, GET TO KNOW THE STAKEHOLDERS IN THE CITY, BUT BE THERE FOR THE RESIDENTS AND EVERYBODY. 
          THEY SHOULD BE GETTING TO KNOW EVERYBODY. I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE... DEPUTY BRANDON OWENS AND DEPUTY LATOYA ISAAC, WHO ARE NOW 
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PART OF OUR COMMUNITY DEPARTMENT TEAM. THEY WILL ALSO BE DEALING WITH A LOT OF THE QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES. THEY'LL BE WORKING WITH CODE ENFORCEMENT AND WORKING WITH THE HOMELESS AND THOSE TYPE OF THINGS. 
          AND DEPUTY OWENS COMES TO US FROM CENTRAL BROWARD, WHERE HE WAS WORKING A LOT OF THE HOMELESS AND ALL THOSE TYPE OF THINGS. SO I COULDN'T BE PROUDER TO HAVE HIM HERE IN TAMARACK, AND HE'S GOING TO BE A GREAT ASSET. AND DEPUTY ISAAC, WHO HAS A LOT OF EXPERIENCE, SHE'S WORKED IN THE JAIL, SHE'S WORKED ON THE ROAD, AND SHE JUST BRINGS AN AMAZING SPIRIT WITH HER. AND WHEN SHE DID HER INTERVIEW, THE FIRST QUESTION WE ASKED HER IS, WHAT DO YOU THINK IT'S ABOUT? AND HER FIRST THING, SHE SAID, IS ONE WORD, AND SHE WON THE INTERVIEW, HANDS DOWN. SHE SAID, TRUST. AND IT'S ABOUT HAVING TRUST BETWEEN US AND THE COMMUNITY. 
          AND I COULDN'T BE HAPPIER WITH HAVING HER ON THE TEAM. HELLO EVERYONE. 
          I'M HONORED TO BE HERE. 
          THANKS FOR HAVING ME TONIGHT. 
          I LOOK FORWARD TO ENGAGING WITH THE COMMUNITY AND CONTRIBUTING TO THE SUCCESS OF SAMARAC AND OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR QUALITY OF LIFE. 
          THANK YOU. HELLO, GOOD EVENING. I JUST WANT TO SECOND THAT I'M HAPPY TO BE HERE. THANK YOU, CAP, FOR PUTTING THAT TRUST IN ME. THANK YOU GUYS. I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE YOU GUYS OUT THERE AND I'M REALLY, REALLY HAPPY FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU AND WELCOME ABOARD. AND FOR SOME PEOPLE ON THE TEAM WHO LEFT US AND CAME BACK, WELCOME BACK. 
          ALWAYS GOOD TO HAVE YOU HERE. I'M A NEW YORKER, SO TO ME, YOU'RE STILL EVERYBODY IN BLUE. SO WE DO HAVE TO CHANGE YOUR UNIFORMS, I THINK, BUT WE SUPPORT EVERYBODY IN GREEN. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. CITY ATTORNEY, I KNOW YOU SAID YOU HAD NO REPORT, BUT I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS THAT I THINK FALL UNDER YOUR PURVIEW. I KNOW. 
          FIRST, WE'RE GOING TO WISH HIM A HAPPY BIRTHDAY ON THREE, EVERYBODY, ONE, TWO, THREE. HAPPY BIRTHDAY. 
          IT'S A SECRET. WELL, IT WAS A SECRET, NOW IT'S OUT. 
          ALRIGHT, SO UNDER YOUR GUIDANCE, THE CITY OF TAMARACK, WE ARE RUN BY RULES AND REGULATIONS AND WE HAVE A STANDARD CODE OF CONDUCT. YOU'VE BEEN ON SOME OF THE EMAILS THAT WE'VE RECEIVED AND CONCERNS ABOUT... AN INCIDENT THAT HAPPENED THIS WEEKEND. NOW, MY UNDERSTANDING OF OUR CODE, WHICH IS SECTION 2-405 FOR OUR CODE OF CONDUCT, AND THERE'S PROBABLY 1, 2, 3, 04, 5, 6, 7, 8 ITEMS THAT MIGHT BE BEING CALLED INTO QUESTION, BUT THE WAY OUR RULES UNDER ENFORCEMENT IS UNDER 2-408, WHICH SAYS IF IT'S ON THE COMMISSION, THERE NEEDS TO BE A REPORT DONE, AN INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATOR. 
          ON FINDINGS, ON WHETHER OR NOT THERE HAS BEEN ANY KIND OF MISCONDUCT OCCURRED, BECAUSE EVERYBODY IS INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY. SO HOW DO WE GO ABOUT THAT? DO I MAKE A MOTION AND ASK FOR AN INVESTIGATION AND HAVE MY COLLEAGUES EITHER SUPPORT THE MOTION OR NOT? IS THAT HOW WE GO ABOUT DOING THIS? MAYOR, WITH RESPECT TO... WHAT THE ISSUE, YOU SAID? I'VE BEEN RECEIVING EMAILS. I RECEIVED, I BELIEVE, ONE EMAIL FROM THE CITY MANAGER. 
          OKAY, I RECEIVED ONE EMAIL FROM THE CITY MANAGER AND JUST RELATES TO AN INCIDENT THAT HAPPENED OVER THE WEEKEND. THE CITY MANAGER BASICALLY JUST GAVE IT TO ME FOR INFORMATION PURPOSES. I HAVEN'T LOOKED AT IT. OKAY, I RECEIVED ONE EMAIL FROM THE CITY MANAGER. AND I JUST REVIEWED IT BRIEFLY. 
          THE MANAGER DIDN'T ASK ME TO LOOK AT IT. IT'S VERY CLOSE, OKAY? I RECEIVED ONE EMAIL FROM THE CITY MANAGER RELATING TO INCIDENT HAPPENED OVER THE WEEKEND. I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER FACTS. I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER, I WOULD SAY, OTHER EMAILS RELATING TO THIS ISSUE. BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, WHEN IT COMES TO THE COMMISSION, AND YOU KNOW, CONDUCT BY THIS BODY, THE COMMISSION HAS AUTHORITY TO REGULATE CONDUCT. NOT THE CITY MANAGER AND MYSELF, RIGHT, BUT THE ORDER AND PROCEDURE IN WHICH IT WOULD GO ABOUT. 
          MY UNDERSTANDING, AND YOU CAN TELL ME IF I'M CORRECT, IS AT THIS MEETING A MOTION FOR A FUTURE MEETING TO TIME. CERTAIN WOULD BE FOR A DRAFT OF A RESOLUTION REGARDING CENSURE OR INVESTIGATION. REQUEST FOR EVIDENCE TO DETERMINE IF THERE HAS BEEN ANY VIOLATION OF ANY OF THE RULES OF 2-405. AND THAT WOULD BE 
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WHAT WE WOULD DO TODAY. 
          NOTHING WOULD BE HEARD TODAY, BUT IT WOULD BE SET UP FOR A FUTURE MEETING TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THERE WAS AN ISSUE. IS THAT CORRECT? WELL, IF YOU WANT TO OBVIOUSLY PUT ANY ITEM TO CENSURE ANY MEMBER, YOU KNOW, WITH RESPECT TO THIS BODY, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN OBVIOUSLY WORK WITH THE CITY CLERK, MYSELF, AND THE MANAGER, AND WE CAN PUT THE ITEM ON THE AGENDA AS YOU WISH. 
          SO, READING FROM 2-408, IF AN ALLEGED VIOLATOR IS A MEMBER OF THE CITY COMMISSION, AN INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION COMMISSIONED BY THE MAJORITY OF THE COMMISSION SHALL FIRST BE CONDUCTED IN ORDER TO MAKE A DETERMINATION AS WHETHER A VIOLATION OF ANY OF THE ABOVE-MENTIONED TYPES OF VIOLATIONS HAVE OCCURRED. 
          IF THE REPORT OF THE INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATOR MAKES A FINDING THAT A VIOLATION OCCURRED, THE CITY COMMISSION THEN MAY IMPOSE ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING PENALTIES, SUBJECT TO THE MAJORITY VOTE OF THE REMAINING COMMISSIONERS WHO ARE NOT SUBJECT TO THE VIOLATION. SO THEREFORE, MY QUESTION TO YOU IS FOR US TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THERE'S BEEN A NEED FOR AN INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION. MY UNDERSTANDING OF THE RULES IS THAT I NEED TO ASK FOR A MOTION FROM THIS BODY TO APPROVE. 
          AT THE NEXT MEETING. THERE SHOULD BE A DISCUSSION ON THIS MATTER TO THEN DETERMINE IF IT SHOULD GO FOR AN INVESTIGATION OR NOT. 
          WELL, THE FIRST ISSUE, THE AGENDA DOESN'T HAVE THAT ITEM ON THE AGENDA. IF YOU WANT TO PUT THAT ITEM ON THE NEXT AGENDA TO REQUEST INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION ON ANY MATTER RELATING TO YOUR COLLEAGUES, YOU CAN PUT THAT ON AGENDA NEXT TIME. NO, MY UNDERSTANDING IS, IN ORDER TO BE ON THE AGENDA FOR THAT PARTICULAR ITEM, IT NEEDS TO BE A VOTE BY THE COMMISSION TO PUT IT ON THE AGENDA. THIS IS NOT A REGULAR ITEM WHERE I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT SOMETHING AND GET IT ON AN AGENDA ITEM. THIS IS A SPECIAL ITEM THAT DEALS WITH THE COMMISSION, AND THEREFORE IT NEEDS THE BODY'S VOTE TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THERE WILL BE AN ITEM ON THE FUTURE COMMISSION. TO DISCUSS WHETHER OR NOT AN INVESTIGATION SHOULD BE INITIATED BY THE COMMISSION. WELL, IF THIS COMMISSION WANT TO PUT AN ITEM UP, YOU CAN VOTE FOR IT TONIGHT IF YOU WANT TO. ALL RIGHT. 
          WELL, I HEREBY AM ASKING FOR A SECOND TO MY MOTION TO HAVE AT THE NEXT MEETING A DISCUSSION BY THIS BODY ON WHETHER OR NOT AN INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION NEEDS TO BE DONE. 
          ON THE ITEM AND THE INCIDENT, THE ALLEGED INCIDENT THAT OCCURRED ON FEBRUARY 7TH. 
          MONT TAMARACK AT OUR SPORTS COMPLEX BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 6 P.M. 
          AND 8.15 P.M. I'M ASKING. 
          SECOND. THANK YOU. I HAVE A SECOND. I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A DISCUSSION ON THIS OR A STRAIGHT TO A VOTE. IT'S SILENT IN THE RULES. BUT BEING THAT THERE WILL BE DISCUSSION AT THE VOTE, LET'S PUT IT TO A VOTE. CITY CLERK? COMMISSIONER WRIGHT? NO. 
          MAYOR GOMEZ? YES. 
          COMMISSIONER, VICE MAYOR BOLTON, SORRY. YES. 
          COMMISSIONER PATTERSON? NO. 
          COMMISSIONER DANIEL? NO. 
          MOTION FAILS, 3D2. OKAY, I THANK YOU VERY MUCH. POINT OF ORDER, MADAM MAYOR. CITY ATTORNEY, THERE WAS ALSO AN INCIDENT THAT HAPPENED AT MAINLANDS PARK, WHERE THE... 
          THAT'S NOT... GO AHEAD. I'M SORRY, I GAVE YOU YOUR CHANCE TO SPEAK. THERE WAS AN INCIDENT THAT HAPPENED AT MAINLANDS PARK, WHERE A RESIDENT VIOLATED, CLAIMED THAT THE MAYOR VIOLATED HIS RIGHTS IN... TELLING HIM THAT HE SHOULD NOT BE SELLING T-SHIRTS SUPPORTING KAMALA HARRIS, AND THAT HE SHOULD BE SELLING T-SHIRTS SUPPORTING DONALD TRUMP. SO I'D LIKE AN INVESTIGATION TO BE DONE AS WELL INTO THAT ALLEGATION. SO I'M GOING TO ASK FOR A SECOND FROM MY COLLEAGUES. AND ON THAT, I'M GOING TO DO A POINT OF CLARIFICATION BECAUSE I CAN. 
          THAT WAS YOU? DEEMED AND ALREADY INVESTIGATED BY OUTSIDE COUNSEL THROUGH THE OIG IN DURHAM. 
          DETERMINED THAT THERE WAS THE ONLY THING THAT THE CITY NEEDED TO DO WAS TO FIX ITS RULES AND THAT I PERSONALLY HAD NOT DONE ANYTHING. SO, WHILE THAT MAY HAVE BEEN TRUE FOR COMMISSIONER BOLTON SAYING THAT AN INCIDENT OCCURRED, BUT NOT EXACTLY AS HE SAYS IT DID, IT'S ALREADY BEEN INVESTIGATED BY OUTSIDE COUNSEL THROUGH OIG. SO IT CANNOT BE BROUGHT BACK. MAYOR, MR. ATTORNEY, I'M SORRY. THE MAYOR SAID THAT OUR RULES CALL FOR FOR AN INVESTIGATION. SO 
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CAN'T WE DO OUR OWN INVESTIGATION? YOU CAN DO YOUR OWN INVESTIGATION. 
          BECAUSE SHE WAS INVESTIGATED BY THE OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR VIOLATING THE RIGHTS OF A RESIDENT. THAT WAS SUPPORTING KAMALA HARRIS RUNNING FOR THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. SO I THINK THAT WE SHOULD CALL OUT THIS REPUBLICAN, RIGHT? SO IF YOU WOULD, I GAVE YOU COURTESY. DON'T PUT OUT LIES. DON'T PUT OUT THINGS THAT WERE NOT TRUE IN THERE AND ADD YOUR SUPERFICIAL TAKE. THERE'S A MOTION. THAT'S FINE, BUT IT NEEDS TO BE CORRECTED, CORRECTED, BECAUSE, AS I WILL SAY, IT HAS TO GO TO OUTSIDE INVESTIGATION, AND IT ALREADY WENT TO THE OIG. SO IT ALREADY HAS BEEN INVESTIGATED. I DON'T THINK THAT APPLIES. THAT'S FINE. BUT LET IT BE ON THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER, NOT THE LIES AND THE FABRICATIONS COMING OUT OF HIS MOUTH. WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR. THAT'S FINE, BASED ON THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER, NOT THE FABRICATIONS THAT ARE COMING OUT OF HIS MOUTH. ITEM DIES FOR LACK OF SECOND. THANK YOU. NOW, WE WILL GO TO PUBLIC PARTICIPATION. 
          PUBLIC PARTICIPATION HAS SOME 
          [2.CITY MANAGER REPORT  (Part 2 of 2)]
RULES, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. MADAM MAYOR, I HAD A SHORT REPORT. 
          A SHORT REPORT? YEAH, I MEAN... OKAY, GO FOR IT. 
          SHORT REPORT. I CAN SKIP IT IF YOU LIKE, BUT I DO HAVE A SHORT REPORT. 
          NO, GO FOR IT. AND SO, IF I MAY. WE'VE SENT THIS SURVEY OUT AND WE'RE ASKING OUR RESIDENTS TO HELP SHAPE TAMARAC'S 24 DIVISION. AND THAT'S PART OF OUR STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS AS WE PREPARE FOR THE NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET AND THE THE LONG-TERM PLANNING. WE ALWAYS ASK RESIDENTS FOR FOR FOR THEIR INPUT AND PARTICIPATION IN IN MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE ALIGNED IN VISIONING THE TAMARAC'S FUTURE. SO PLEASE HELP US COMPLETE THE SURVEY AND TELL US ABOUT YOUR PERSPECTIVES. AND WE HAVE, AGAIN, A NUMBER OF EVENTS. SENIOR SAFETY SUMMIT IS COMING UP. WE HAVE A LOT OF EVENTS, AND THEN THEY'RE ALL ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE, ON THE CITY'S CALENDAR. 
          BUT AS WE'RE SPEAKING ABOUT THESE... THESE EVENTS AND COMMISSIONED INITIATIVE EVENTS AND CITY EVENTS, A LOT OF EFFORT GOES INTO THESE EVENTS. AND WE. 
          WE ALWAYS TEND TO RECOGNIZE THE PEOPLE THAT WE SEE THAT ARE IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE. 
          UH, TO US, IN IN IN THE FIELD, AND THEN THOSE ARE USUALLY PARKS AND RECREATION, AND MAYBE, UH, MAYBE IT, MAYBE SOME OF THOSE OTHER DEPARTMENTS. 
          BUT I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE UM, THE THE, THE OTHER HEROES THAT REPRESENT THE CITY'S EVENTS, AND THAT'S OUR GROUND CREW AND OUR PUBLIC SERVICES, GROUND CREW AND OTHERS, YOU KNOW, IT AND, YOU KNOW, A NUMBER OF OTHER PEOPLE THAT PARTICIPATE IN THESE EVENTS, OUR PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICE. SO I JUST WANT TO RECOGNIZE THEM HERE THAT THEIR EFFORTS ARE NOT... 
          THEY DON'T GO UNNOTICED. WE APPRECIATE THEIR ASSISTANCE. 
          WE APPRECIATE THEIR SERVICE. 
          WE APPRECIATE THEIR DEDICATION TO THE CITY OF TAMARACK. AND THE CITY WILL BE CLOSED ON MONDAY, FEBRUARY 16TH, DUE TO PRESIDENT'S DAY. AND OUR NEXT COMMISSION MEETING IS GOING TO BE FEBRUARY 25TH AT 9.30 A.M. AND THAT CONCLUDES MY 
          [3.PUBLIC PARTICIPATION  ]
QUICK REPORT. THANK YOU. 
          BEAUTIFUL AND QUICK. SO, ACTUALLY, ON THAT NOTE, THANK YOU FOR MY SEGUE. WHEN IT COMES TO EVERYTHING HEREAFTER ON OUR COMMISSION MEETINGS, WE DON'T CLAP, WE DON'T JEER, WE DON'T BOO, WE DON'T HISS. IF WE'RE HAPPY ABOUT SOMETHING, WE KIND OF DO HAPPY HANDS. IF WE DON'T LIKE SOMETHING, WE KIND OF DO THIS. BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT ANYBODY TO FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE AND FEEL LIKE THEY DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT TO SPEAK. BECAUSE EVERYBODY HERE HAS THE RIGHT TO SAY YOUR PIECE. NOW, EVERYBODY HAS THE RIGHT TO SAY YOUR PIECE FOR THREE MINUTES. YOU'LL SAY YOUR NAME, YOUR ADDRESS. IF YOU'RE NOT COMFORTABLE GIVING YOUR ADDRESS, PLEASE STATE THE CITY AND WHERE YOU LIVE. 
          AT LEAST THE COUNTY, YOU KNOW. IF YOU'RE REALLY NOT HAPPY WITH STAYING IN YOUR CITY. AND THEN YOU GET THREE MINUTES OF YOUR OWN MINUTES. YOU DO NOT SHARE TIME HERE. AND SO I THINK I'VE READ ALL THE MINUTES AND ALL THE RULES IN, RIGHT? WE'RE READY TO GO. WE HAVE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO WISH TO SPEAK. AND SO WE WILL START THE PROCESS. AND CITY CLERK IS READY. MADELINE KNOLL. AND I WILL SAY, THE NEXT PERSON WHO'S 
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ON DECK, THAT WILL BE THE NEXT SPEAKER RIGHT AFTERWARDS. AND IT'S GOING TO BE CAROL MENDELSON. 
          TESTING. BUT ONE SECOND. 
          WHILE YOU HAVE YOUR SIGNS, THEY'RE GREAT, BUT YOU ARE BLOCKING SOME PEOPLE'S ABILITY TO SEE, SO JUST, YOU CAN HAVE THEM UP. I'M JUST ASKING YOU NOT TO HAVE THEM UP AS HIGH. 
          THANK YOU. SURE. MADELINE NOEL, BROWARD COUNTY. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, COMMISSION MEMBERS, CITY MANAGER, CITY... CAN YOU STATE YOUR ADDRESS? I'M ALSO A GUARDIAN AD LITEM, AND THAT EXCLUDES ME FROM PROVIDING MY ADDRESS. 
          GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, COMMISSION MEMBERS... CITY MANAGER, CITY ATTORNEY, CITY STAFF, AND GUESTS. MY NAME IS MADELINE NOEL, COMMUNITY LEADER AND ADVOCATE. I'M HERE TO EXPRESS BEFORE THIS COMMISSION BOARD, AS EXPRESSED BY EYEWITNESSES, GRAVE COMMUNITY CONCERNS, AND PARTICULARLY TO THE AGGRESSIVE CONDUCT OF COMMISSIONER, VICE MAYOR, PASTOR MARLON BOLTON. 
          OF THE RECENT JUAN TAMARACK FESTIVAL EVENT TOWARDS THE CITY CONTRACTED HOSTESS, MS. LUDI ST. TEAL. BRIEFLY, MS. ST. TEAL IS NOT SOLELY A PROFESSIONAL HOST. SHE'S A RESPECTED EDUCATOR, POSITIVELY IMPACTING THE LIVES OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES. 
          SHE WAS RAISED BY RESPECTFUL PARENTS OF FAITH. HER UPBRINGING AND PROFESSIONALISM WAS DISPLAYED EVEN IN THE MIDST OF POTENTIAL DANGER SHOWN AS SHE WAS PUBLICLY HUMILIATED AND INSULTED. PUBLIC OFFICE IS NOT MERELY A POSITION OF AUTHORITY. IT IS A COMMITMENT TO RESTRAINT, RESPECT, AND SERVICE. WHEN AN ELECTED OFFICIAL'S CONDUCT REPEATEDLY UNDERMINES THOSE PRINCIPLES, THE PUBLIC HAS BOTH THE RIGHT AND RESPONSIBILITY TO DEMAND ACCOUNTABILITY. 
          AT THE RECENT ONE TAMARACK FESTIVAL, A COMMUNITY EVENT INTENDED TO CELEBRATE UNITY AND CIVIC PRIDE, RESIDENTS AND ATTENDEES WITNESSED A DEEPLY TROUBLING INCIDENT INVOLVING VICE MAYOR PASTOR MARLON BOLTON. ACCORDING TO MULTIPLE EYEWITNESSES, VICE MAYOR BOLTON VERBALLY AGGRESSED MS. LUDI ST. 
          HILL, A HOSTESS HIRED BY THE CITY OF TAMARACK, PERFORMING HER DUTIES OF THE EVENT. TO SUCH AN EXTENT THAT OTHERS REPORTEDLY HAD TO INTERVENE AND PHYSICALLY RESTRAIN HIM TO DE-ESCALATE THE SITUATION. 
          THIS WAS NOT A POLICY DISAGREEMENT. THIS WAS A PUBLIC CONFRONTATION INVOLVING A CITY OFFICIAL AND A CIVILIAN WORKER AT A FAMILY-ORIENTED EVENT. 
          SILENCE IN THE FACE OF SUCH CONDUCT IS NOT NEUTRALITY. 
          IT IS ENDORSEMENT. THE CITY COMMISSION HAS A DUTY TO ACT. AT MINIMUM, THE COMMISSION SHOULD REQUEST AND ENSURE A PUBLIC APOLOGY TO MS. ST. TEAL AND THE COMMUNITY, FORMALLY INVESTIGATE THE INCIDENT ON JULY 7TH, ISSUE A FORMAL CENSURE BASED ON SUPPORTED FACTS, REAFFIRM A ZERO TOLERANCE STANDARD FOR INTIMIDATION OR ABUSE BY ANY CITY OFFICIAL. 
          LEADERSHIP IS NOT PROVEN BY HOW ONE EXERCISE AUTHORITY. OVER OTHERS, BUT BY HOW ONE RESTRAINS IT. THE CITY OF TAMARACK MUST ACT, AND YOU MUST ACT IMMEDIATELY. 
          THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AS CAROL IS COMING ON DECK, KATE JOHNSON IS NEXT. CAROL MENDELSON-WOODMONT. MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, I'VE REVIEWED THE LEGISLATIVE ESTIMATE CHART SHARED BY THE BROWARD PROPERTY APPRAISER REGARDING THE POSSIBLE ELIMINATION OF CERTAIN NON-SCHOOL TAXES ON HOMESTEADED PROPERTIES. 
          TAMARACK CAN FACE A POTENTIAL REVENUE IMPACT OF APPROXIMATELY $19.5 MILLION, ROUGHLY A 41% REDUCTION IN THAT PORTION OF THE TAX BASE. IF EVEN PART OF THAT BECOMES LAW, TAMARACK COULD EXPERIENCE SIGNIFICANT REVENUE LOSS. 
          THIS REQUIRES PREPARATION AND RESPONSIBLE FINANCIAL STRATEGY NOW. HAVE WE IDENTIFIED SERVICES THAT MUST BE PROTECTED? HAVE WE REVIEWED DISCRETIONARY SPENDING? BECAUSE WHEN I LOOK AT RECENT SPENDING PATTERNS, INCLUDING COSTLY EVENTS AND OVERRUN BUDGETS, I'M CONCERNED THAT THE LONG-RANGE FINANCIAL PLANNING IS NOT BEING TREATED WITH THE URGENCY IT DESERVES. 
          NOT WHEN WE HAVE GONE FROM $35 MILLION IN RESERVE FUNDS TO $5 MILLION OR SPENT APPROXIMATELY $70,000 ON A RECENT EVENT. EVERY DOLLAR THE CITY SPENDS IS TAXPAYER MONEY. EVERY DECISION SHOULD DETERMINE WHETHER IT IS A NECESSARY EXPENDITURE. FINANCIAL DISCIPLINE AND LEADERSHIP GO HAND IN HAND. RESPECT AND 
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DECENCY FROM THE DAIS ARE NOT OPTIONAL. THEY ARE THE FOUNDATION FOR PUBLIC TRUST. WHEN RESIDENTS AND STAFF ARE TREATED DISRESPECTFULLY, IT IS UNACCEPTABLE. PUBLIC SERVICE REQUIRES PROFESSIONALISM, COMPOSURE, MUTUAL RESPECT AT ALL TIMES, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU DISAGREE. 
          STRONG CITIES ARE NOT DEFINED ONLY BY THEIR BUDGETS, BUT BY THEIR STANDARD OF CONDUCT. STRONG CITIES LOOK AT THEIR BUDGET, THEY AVOID RISKS, AND THEY PREPARE IN LEADERSHIP. RESIDENTS EXPECT CONTINUITY OF COURT SERVICES, PUBLIC SAFETY, INFRASTRUCTURE, AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE. THAT STABILITY ONLY COMES FROM DISCIPLINED BUDGETING. 
          BASED ON RECENT DECISIONS. 
          THAT LEVEL OF PREPARATION IS NOT EVIDENT. ARE YOU PREPARED TO REDUCE YOUR NON-ESSENTIAL SPENDING AND BENEFITS? PLANNING AHEAD PROTECTS OUR RESIDENTS. IT PROTECTS SERVICES, AND IT PROTECTS TAMARAC'S FINANCIAL FUTURE. 
          WE NEED TRANSPARENT BUDGETING, DISCIPLINED SPENDING, AND MOSTLY RESPECTFUL LEADERSHIP. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AS KATE JOHNSON IS COMING UP, I HAVE DIJO.NINE GEORGE. 
          WE'LL BE NEXT. KATE JOHNSON, MAINLANDS 4. I ATTEMPTED TO GET ACTION ON A DEPLORABLE INCIDENT AND SENT AN EMAIL TO THE CITY MANAGER AND CITY ATTORNEY. AND MAYOR OVER A WEEK AGO AND STILL NO RESPONSE. AS THEY THINK IGNORING IT WILL MAKE IT GO AWAY, IT WON'T. SO LET ME READ MY EMAIL INTO THE RECORD. QUOTE, I AM APPALLED AT THE STATEMENT MADE BY COMMISSIONER KEISHA DANIEL THAT WAS ALLOWED TO STAND WITHOUT ACTION OR COMMENT AT THE LAST COMMISSION MEETING ON JANUARY 29TH. 
          FOR HER TO CALL ME, QUOTE, KKK KATE, END QUOTE. AND RECEIVE NO ACTION FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY TO STOP IT OR CORRECT IT, OR CALL HER OUT IS UNCONSCIONABLE. THIS IS SLANDER PER SE. SLANDER IS A, QUOTE, FORM OF DEFAMATION INVOLVING FALSE SPOKEN STATEMENTS THAT DAMAGE A PERSON'S REPUTATION OR LIVELIHOOD. ORAL DEFAMATION, FALSE SPOKEN OR EPHEMERAL STATEMENTS THAT INJURE A PERSON'S REPUTATION. IT MUST BE COMMUNICATED TO A THIRD PARTY. END QUOTE. 
          AS WAS DONE IN THIS CASE, FROM THE DAIS TO THE PUBLIC AT LARGE. SLANDER PER SE, SUCH AS FALSELY ACCUSING SOMEONE OF SOMETHING, LIKE BEING A MEMBER OF THE KKK, ARE CONSIDERED INHERENTLY DAMAGING, ALLOWING FOR LAWSUITS WITHOUT SPECIFIC DAMAGE. NOT ONLY THAT, BUT IT IS ALSO RACIST, HATEFUL, BULLYING, AND DISGUSTING. ANYONE WHO KNOWS ME KNOWS HER STORY. 
          STATEMENT IS FURTHEST FROM THE TRUTH, YET I HAVE ALREADY HAD RESIDENTS WHO HEARD IT ASK ME ABOUT IT. IT COULD VERY WELL DAMAGE MY PROFESSIONAL WORK REPUTATION IF IT IS ALLOWED TO STAND. 
          THEREFORE, I EXPECT A PUBLIC APOLOGY AT THIS COMMISSION MEETING AND A DIRECTIVE TO COMMISSIONERS TO REFRAIN FROM FURTHER ATTACKS SUCH AS THIS. TAMARACK PASSED AN ORDINANCE STATING TAMARACK IS ANTI-BULLYING. YET IT CONTINUES, SINCE THE SLANDER, DISCRIMINATION, AND DEFAMATION WERE MADE IN PUBLIC, SO NEEDS TO BE THE APOLOGY. END QUOTE. 
          THIS COMMISSION, SPECIFICALLY THREE COMMISSIONERS, CONTINUES TO DEGRADE, SLANDER, AND MAKE FALSE ACCUSATIONS ABOUT RESIDENTS, BUSINESSES, AND GUESTS OF THIS COMMISSION AND THE CITY. CALLING OUT CORRUPTION AND INCIVILITY IS NOT RACIST. IT IS SHINING LIGHT IN THE EVIL PLACES, AND THAT LIGHT WILL NOT BE EXTINGUISHED. OUR VOICES MATTER, WHETHER YOU DEEM THEM SO OR NOT. AND FOR THE RECORD, I STAND WITH LUDI ST. TEAL AGAINST WHAT SHE ENDURED. I WAS GOING TO ASK HOW MANY COMMISSIONERS WOULD, BUT WE GOT OUR ANSWER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AS DJ IS COMING TO THE PODIUM. I HAVE J. 
          JEAN-LOUIS NEXT. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. MY NAME IS JANINE GOUOGUE, AND I'M HERE 
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TO SUPPORT LOUIS DE SAINT-HIER. IF SHE'S NOT SPEAKING, IT'S NOT BECAUSE SHE'S NOT STRONG, BUT OUR COMMUNITY HAS HER. 
          AFTER THE INCIDENT, I WAS STANDING NEXT TO THE CAR WHERE COMMISSIONER BOLTON, AS WELL AS MR. MORIA, WERE TALKING. 
          SO I WILL BE CALLED AS A WITNESS. BULLYING HAS NO PLACE IN PUBLIC OFFICE, AND IT CERTAINLY HAS NO PLACE IN TAMARACK. PUBLIC SERVICE, SIR, IS A RESPONSIBILITY. 
          WHEN AN ELECTED OFFICIAL ENGAGES IN BEHAVIOR THAT APPEARS TO INTIMIDATE OR DEMEAN OTHER PEOPLE, THIS IS NOT LEADERSHIP. SO TODAY, I RESPECTFULLY ASK THE CITY MANAGER, AS WELL AS THE CITY ATTORNEY, WHAT ARE THE FORMAL PROCEDURES? PROCEDURES FOR AN EMPLOYEE, CONTRACTOR WHO'S BEING BULLIED BY AN ELECTED OFFICIAL. 
          OBVIOUSLY, THOSE GUYS COULD STAND UP BECAUSE THEY'RE VERY PROUD, BUT WE WILL UNDERSTAND THAT. 
          IN THE REPORT THAT THE POLICE OFFICER GAVE, THERE WAS NOTHING ABOUT BULLYING. SO MY SON USED TO BE AT THE STORE, MATT DOUGLAS. I KNOW YOU HAVE KIDS, SO I WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED THAT THEY'RE BULLYING OTHER PEOPLE. AND THE CITY ATTORNEY UNDERSTANDS THAT LAUDERHILL BECAME LAUDERKILL BECAUSE OF THIS VIOLENCE. THIS IS NOT ABOUT POLITICS. THIS IS ABOUT DIGNITY. THIS IS NOT ABOUT GENDER. WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT EVERYBODY WHO ENGAGED WITH THE CITY, WHETHER RESIDENT, EMPLOYEE, CONTRACTORS, FEEL SAFE. 
          DESERVE LEADERSHIP THAT REFLECTS PROFESSIONALISM AS WELL AS INTEGRITY. I'M A FORMER SUBSTITUTE TEACHER. I WOULD HATE TO FEEL HOW SHE FEELS. IF I WERE TO REPRIMAND OR SAY ANYTHING TO HIS KID. AND FOR HIM TO SHOW UP WHERE I PROBABLY WOULD LOSE MY LIFE. TAKE ON DANCING, ANGER MANAGEMENT. 
          BUT THIS HAS TO STOP. AND TAMARA, I'VE BEEN HERE SINCE 2000 AND I'VE SEEN YOU ACT. YOU GUYS ACT LIKE GANGSTERS. AND YOU BEING SILENT, DO YOU WANT IT TO BE CLOSE TO YOU WHEN IT HAPPENS TO YOUR CHILDREN? WHEN IT HAPPENS TO YOUR FAMILY, THAT'S WHEN YOU'RE GOING TO FEEL LIKE IT'S GOING TO HIT HOME? THIS IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO CHANGE THINGS. THANK YOU. 
          BEFORE YOU GO, BEFORE YOU GO, JUST DO ME A FAVOR. SAY, THE CITY IN WHICH YOU LIVE ON THE RECORD. I LIVE IN HIS DISTRICT. THAT'S IN MALIAN 6. THANK YOU. SO I UNDERSTAND THAT. THANK YOU. 
          WE WILL HAVE CHRISTIAN. 
          FORGIVE ME, I'M HAVING TROUBLE SEEING THE LAST NAME. 
          LUCIA? IS THERE A CHRISTIAN HERE? OKAY, YOU'RE GOING TO GO NEXT. WE'VE GOT JEAN-LOUISE IS COMING FIRST, AND YOU'LL BE NEXT, PLEASE. 
          THANK YOU. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR CITY, PLEASE. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS JAY JEAN-LOUIS. I AM FROM BROWARD COUNTY AND I LIVE IN THE CITY OF MIRAMAR. 
          USUALLY, WHEN I SHOW UP IN FRONT OF A CITY COMMISSION, IT'S TO APPLAUD THE WORK THAT THEY DO. AND THAT WAS SUCH A BEAUTIFUL EVENT THIS EVENING, WHEN YOU SEE THOSE PROCLAMATIONS AND SEE THOSE INDIVIDUALS WORKING IN THE CITY. GIVING THEIR TALENT AND TREASURES TO THE SERVICE OF THE CITY. 
          SO THAT I'M DEEPLY SADDENED TO BE HERE. SADDENED BECAUSE THE EVENT THIS WEEKEND ON ONE TIME IRAQ FESTIVAL, WHERE ALLEGEDLY VICE MAYOR BOLTON WAS VERY AGGRESSIVE TOWARD RUDY SANTIA. I WOULD APPRECIATE IF THIS COMMISSION DO NOT SWIPE THIS EVENT. 
          UNDER THE RUG. IT'S TIME FOR US TO KEEP OURSELVES ACCOUNTABLE. I'M FROM A HAITIAN COMMUNITY WHERE WE ARE UNDER ATTACK. I'M NOT LOOKING AT THIS EVENT AS AN ATTACK BY ITSELF ON THE HAITIAN COMMUNITY. BUT YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT RIGHT NOW, WE ARE UNDER ATTACK FROM THE HIGHEST OFFICE IN THE LAND. AND WE NEED PEOPLE IN THIS CITY TO LOOK UP TO, TO SAY, VICE MAYOR BOLTON, WE WANT YOUR SUPPORT. WE WANT YOU TO PROTECT US. WE WANT YOU TO LOOK OUT FOR US AND FOR ALL THE RESIDENTS IN THE CITY OF TAMARACK. AND MYSELF, I WOULD APPLAUD EVERY SINGLE MEMBER OF THIS COMMISSION. IF YOU 
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CAN FIND THE COURAGE TO BRING THIS ITEM TO AGENDA FOR THE NEXT MEETING. I DON'T KNOW HOW WE CAN DO THIS, MR. CITY ATTORNEY. BUT THIS IS AN IMPORTANT ISSUE AND THIS HAS TO STOP. WE CAN'T CONTINUE WHERE THE RESIDENTS CANNOT LOOK UP TO THE COMMISSION AND FEEL TRUST AND FEEL SECURITY. AND FEEL THAT THERE IS FAIRNESS. SO WE NEED TO HAVE AN INVESTIGATION. WE NEED TO SEE WHAT REALLY HAPPENED. 
          AND DEFINITELY, WE HAVE TO COMMUNICATE TRANSPARENTLY TO THE COMMUNITY AND SAY WHAT REALLY HAPPENED, AND WE COME TO A CONCLUSION. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CITY COMMISSION, FOR GIVING ME THE TIME. 
          THANK YOU. AS CHRISTIAN IS COMING FORTH, I HAVE MANASITO TALSPORT. WE'LL BE NEXT. MY NAME IS CHRISTIAN LEYVA. I LIVE IN MIAMI, LAKES. I WOULD LIKE TO START OFF WITH MY FELLOW AMERICANS. I WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE YOU ALL ON YOUR PROCLAMATIONS. IT WAS BEAUTIFUL TO WATCH YOU CELEBRATE THIS MONTH OF CONGRATULATING BLACK HISTORY. BUT THERE ARE OTHER PRESSING MATTERS AT HAND. 
          THE CHILDREN OF THIS CITY, OF THIS COUNTY, OF THIS STATE, AND OF THIS NATION ARE AT RISK BECAUSE THE EPSTEIN ELITE ARE FREE. WE, THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, HAVE GRIEVANCES AND MANY GRIPES, AND THE MOST APPALLING AND MOST REVOLTING CRIMES HAVE BEEN COMMITTED UPON THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, MORE IMPORTANTLY, UPON OUR YOUNGEST AND INNOCENT CHILDREN. THE FUTURE OF OUR COUNTRY HAS BEEN BUTCHERED, BRUTALIZED, AND USED LIKE OBJECTS. AND WITH THE NEWS OF THESE ATROCITIES, WHICH CAN BE LIKENED TO THAT OF THE DEVIL, I DO NOT SEE HOW ANYONE HERE CANNOT, HOW ANYONE HERE, CAN LOOK AT A CHILD WITHOUT FEELING IMMENSE FURY FOR THEIR ABUSERS. I KNOW THAT THIS CITY ALONE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO LAUNCH AN INVESTIGATION, BUT TOGETHER WITH THE SOLIDARITY OF OTHER LEADERS ACROSS THE NATION, WE CAN CAUSE REAL CHANGE FOR WHAT OUR LOCAL LEADERS FOR, BUT CHANGE. I REQUEST THAT YOU, THE COUNCIL MEMBERS OF TAMARAC, PUBLICLY CONDEMN THESE CRIMES AND TO DECLARE YOUR SUPPORT FOR AN INVESTIGATION. THERE IS NO REASON NOT TO. THE INNOCENT HAVE NOT TO FEAR OF THE INVESTIGATION, SO IF YOU ARE ON THE SIDE OF JUSTICE, INNOCENCE, AND THE PEOPLE, YOU WILL FOLLOW THROUGH AND CONDEMN THE ACTS OF THE MONSTROUS PEDOPHILES AND INVESTIGATE THE EPSTEIN FILES. GOD BLESS OUR CHILDREN, GOD BLESS THE AMERICAN WORKING CLASS, AND GOD BLESS AMERICA. THANK YOU. 
          AS MENICITO TELFER COMES FORWARD, I HAVE DAMIAN RODRIGUEZ. STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR LOCATION, PLEASE, IF YOU WOULD. THANK YOU. MY NAME IS MANCITO TELFORD. I AM A RESIDENT OF BROWARD COUNTY. GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS. I'D LIKE TO ECHO THE CONCERN ALREADY RAISED REGARDING THE PROCESS FOR REVIEWING ALLEGED ETHICAL MISCONDUCT BY COMMISSIONER MARLON BOLTON. FOR CLARITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY, I RESPECTFULLY REFERENCE CHAPTER 2, ARTICLE 11 OF THE TAMARACK CODE OF ORDINANCES AND CHAPTER 112 OF THE FLORIDA STATUTES, WHICH MAKE CLEAR THAT PUBLIC OFFICE IS A PUBLIC TRUST. MY QUESTION IS SIMPLE. 
          WHAT IS THE CITY'S FORMAL PROCEDURE FOR REVIEWING ALLEGED ETHICAL MISCONDUCT BY A COMMISSIONER? AND HAS THAT PROCESS BEEN INITIATED IN RESPONSE TO THE PUBLICLY DOCUMENTED ALLEGATIONS AT THE. INCIDENT ON FEBRUARY 7TH, 2026. THE RESIDENTS OF TAMARACK DESERVE TRANSPARENCY REGARDING HOW ACCOUNTABILITY FUNCTIONS WITHIN THIS BODY. 
          AND I JUST WANT TO SAY, THANK YOU. CAN WE HAVE AN ANSWER TO THE QUESTION, OR I JUST WALK OFF? WELL, IT WILL BE SENT TO THE CITY CLERK, THE SAME THING THAT I JUST WROTE. YOU KNOW, I WOULD LIKE FOR IT TO BE A PUBLIC RECORD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND YOU'LL GET AN EMAIL RESPONSE. THANK YOU. SO AS DAMIEN IS COMING FORTH, WE HAVE MARK GOGGIN NEXT. HELLO. MY NAME IS DAMIEN RODRIGUEZ, MIAMI-DADE COUNTY. FIRST, I WANT TO CONGRATULATE YOU GUYS ON OTHER DEVELOPMENTS IN YOUR CITY. IT WAS GOOD SEEING THE CELEBRATION OUTSIDE FOR BLACK HISTORY MONTH. I ACTUALLY WROTE THIS 
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AFTER CHURCH ON SUNDAY. 
          THERE'S A COUPLE MAD PEOPLE IN THE CROWD. I FEEL THAT IF YOU CAN HELP US WITH THIS, YOU'LL MAKE EVERYBODY HAPPY. 
          I STAND BEFORE YOU AS A RESIDENT OF THIS CITY AND AN AMERICAN IN THE SPIRIT OF 1776. 
          IN THE SPIRIT OF A PEOPLE WHO BELIEVE THAT NO THRONE, NO CROWN, NO ELITE CIRCLE OF THE POWERFUL STANDS ABOVE THE LAW. WE ARE TOLD THAT THE EPSTEIN FILES ARE SEALED, REDACTED, HIDDEN FROM PUBLIC EYE. WE ARE TOLD TO TRUST THE SAME INSTITUTIONS. THAT ALLOWED THE ABUSE OF CHILDREN, THE TRAFFICKING OF YOUNG GIRLS, THE CORRUPTION OF WEALTH AND POWER TO FLOURISH IN THE SHADOWS. 
          BUT THIS COUNTRY WAS NOT FOUNDED ON THE BLIND TRUST IN ELITES. IT WAS FOUNDED ON THE PRINCIPLE THAT THE PEOPLE HAVE THE RIGHT TO KNOW, THE RIGHT TO HOLD POWER ACCOUNTABLE, AND THE RIGHT TO TEAR AWAY THE VEIL. WHEN INJUSTICE HIDES BEHIND IT. 
          YES, YOU MIGHT SAY THIS IS FEDERAL. YES, YOU MAY SAY YOUR AUTHORITY IS LOCAL. BUT MORALITY IS NEVER JUST FEDERAL. JUSTICE IS NEVER JUST FEDERAL. IF OUR CITY CAN DECLARE ITSELF AGAINST RACISM, AGAINST VIOLENCE. 
          AGAINST INJUSTICE, THEN SURELY IT CAN DECLARE ITSELF, IT CAN SAY THAT IT CANNOT TOLERATE PEDOPHILIA, SEX TRAFFICKING, OR THE PERSECUTION, OR THE PROTECTION OF POWERFUL PREDATORS. 
          AT THE VERY LEAST, YOU CAN SUBMIT A FORMAL DEMAND FOR A FULL, UNREDACTED RELEASE OF THE EPSTEIN FILES AND FOR A REAL INVESTIGATION. 
          THE FOUNDING FATHERS DID NOT IMAGINE AN AMERICA WHERE WEALTH, BY SILENCE AND POWER, BURIES TRUTH. THEY ENVISIONED A REPUBLIC OF VIRTUE. IT IS WHY PEOPLE CROSSED OCEANS FOR FREEDOM. IT IS WHY THERE WAS A CIVIL WAR TO END HUMAN BONDAGE. IT IS WHY ABRAHAM LINCOLN SPOKE OF A NEW BIRTH OF FREEDOM. 
          IT IS WHY JOHN BROWN GAVE HIS LIFE, BELIEVING THIS NATION MUST ANSWER FOR ITS SINS. IT IS WHY THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT MARCHED, AND WHY MARTIN LUTHER KING REMINDED US THAT INJUSTICE ANYWHERE IS A THREAT TO JUSTICE ANYWHERE. WE MUST BE THE CONTINUATION OF THIS TRADITION. IF WE CLAIM TO BE PATRIOTS, THEN LET US ACT LIKE IT. 
          PATRIOTISM DOES NOT MEAN PROTECTING THE POWERFUL. IT MEANS DEFENDING THE INNOCENT. 
          IT MEANS DEMANDING TRUTH. IT MEANS STANDING EVEN AT THE LOCAL LEVEL AND SAYING, IN THIS CITY, WE STAND WITH THE PEOPLE, NOT WITH SECRECY, NOT WITH EXPLOITATION, AND NOT WITH THOSE WHO TRAFFIC CHILDREN. LONG LIVE 1776. 
          LONG LIVE THE AMERICAN REPUBLIC. GOD BLESS OUR CHILDREN. THANK YOU. AS MARK GOGGIN IS COMING UP, DIDIER ORTIZ WILL BE NEXT. 
          GOOD EVENING, MARK GOGGIN. 
          TAMARACK LAKES, EAST TAMARACK. I'M GOING BACK IN OLD BUSINESS. THINGS THAT WERE BROUGHT UP BEFORE. 
          OF COURSE, THE BULLYING ISSUE, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE GET RID OF THAT. 
          BUT THE CITY ATTORNEY, ALONG WITH A FEW OTHERS, WHEN PUBLIC IS SPEAKING TO YOU, THE COMMISSIONERS, YOU'RE LOOKING DOWN. YOU'RE NOT PAYING ATTENTION TO THEM. SOME ARE, SOME AREN'T. THE ATTORNEY, YOU LOOK DOWN ALL THE TIME. 
          YOUR RESPONSIBILITY, MR. ATTORNEY. IS TO MAKE SURE THIS COMMISSION BEHAVES AT ITS MEETING, NOT TO CRITICIZE OTHER COMMISSIONERS, NOR THE PUBLIC OF THE CITY. 
          WE HAVE ONE ISSUE. LAST MEETING TWO WEEKS AGO, OUR VICE MAYOR ASKED YOU A QUESTION. IT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA THIS MONTH ABOUT THE LAW, SO THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT WILL GET PERMISSION FROM THE HOAS. 
          TO OFFER A BUILDING PERMIT WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. YOU HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING WITH THAT. IT'S BEEN TWO WEEKS. I WORKED 43 YEARS FOR A BOARD. IF THEY ASK A QUESTION AT THE BOARD MEETING, I HAVE THE ANSWER TO THEM IN 72 HOURS. THAT SHOULD BE TIME ENOUGH FOR YOU TO SPEAK AND GET THIS ISSUE HANDLED THAT HE ASKED YOU TO BRING FORWARD TO THIS COMMISSION. IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO A LOT OF THE CITIZENS OF THIS COMMUNITY AND THEIR HOAS TO MAKE SURE THEY KNOW. AND THAT THE PEOPLE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY ARE OBEYING BY THE CITY LAWS AND THE HOA LAWS. 
          THE OTHER ISSUE I HAVE THAT I BROUGHT UP BEFORE, MR. MANAGER, AND PROBABLY... 
          PUBLIC WORKS, I DON'T KNOW WHICH DEPARTMENT. IF YOU HAVE NOT SEEN THE TELEVISION NEWS LATELY, FLORIDA IS BACK 
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IN A DROUGHT. BROWARD COUNTY IS IN A DROUGHT. MIAMI-DADE HAS ALREADY ISSUED SPECIFICS OUT TO THEIR COMMUNITY OF WATER RESTRICTIONS. I'VE MENTIONED A NUMBER OF TIMES, DRIVING AS AN UBER DRIVER IN THIS COMMUNITY, AT NIGHT, THE CAR GETS WET. 
          THE STREETS ARE WET WHEN YOU'RE WATERING THOSE ISLANDS. WHY DOES THE WATER HAVE TO BE PRESSURING OUT THAT IT'S COVERING BOTH SIDES OF THE ISLAND, GOING WEST OR EAST, ON COMMERCIAL, MCNABB, AND MANY OTHER STREETS? THAT WATER SHOULD BE CUT BACK. IT DOES NOT HAVE TO BE SPRINKLING FIVE FEET HIGH. 
          IF YOU'RE ONLY TRYING TO WATER AN AREA THAT'S MAYBE TWO TO THREE FEET WIDE, THAT NEEDS TO BE LOOKED AT. 
          THE CITY NEEDS TO WATCH ITS WATER SUPPLY BECAUSE OUR FIREMEN UNDER CHIEF FISHER WILL NEED THAT WATER. WHEN WE HAVE A BRUSH FIRE IN THE EVERGLADES OR COMING OVER THE TURNPIKE ON COMMERCIAL. THERE'S A LARGE BRUSH AREA THAT COULD GET GOING AND AFFECT THOSE COMMUNITIES RIGHT THERE. 
          THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AS DIDIO ORTIZ COMES UP, I HAVE MATT ROD NEXT. 
          GOOD EVENING, COMMISSIONERS. MY NAME IS DIDIER ORTIZ, PLANTATION, FLORIDA. I WANTED TO START BY READING A FEW BIBLE VERSES INTO THE PUBLIC RECORD. THIS IS MATTHEW, CHAPTER 18, VERSES 6 THROUGH 9. 
          BUT WHOSO SHALL OFFEND ONE OF THESE LITTLE ONES WHICH BELIEVE IN ME, IT WERE BETTER FOR HIM THAT A MILLSTONE WERE HANGED ABOUT HIS NECK, AND THAT HE WERE DROWNED IN THE DEPTH OF THE SEA. WOE UNTO THE WORLD BECAUSE OF OFFENSES, FOR IT MUST NEEDS BE THAT OFFENSES COME, BUT WOE TO THAT MAN BY WHOM THE OFFENSE COMETH. 
          WHEREFORE, IF THY HAND OR THY FOOT OFFEND THEE, CUT THEM OFF, AND CAST THEM FROM THEE. IT IS BETTER FOR THEE TO ENTER INTO LIFE HALT OR MAIMED, RATHER THAN HAVING TWO HANDS OR TWO FEET TO BE CAST INTO EVERLASTING FIRE. AND IF THINE EYE OFFEND THEE, PLUCK IT OUT AND CAST IT FROM THEE. IT IS BETTER FOR THEE TO ENTER INTO LIFE WITH ONE EYE, RATHER THAN HAVING TWO EYES AND BE CAST INTO HELL. NOTICE GOD'S WRATH AND JUSTICE. WRATH AGAINST THOSE WHO WOULD ABUSE THE LITTLE ONES. AND JUSTICE AS THE ONLY MEANS TOWARDS A BETTER FUTURE. TOWARDS HEAVEN, TOWARDS DEMOCRACY, TOWARDS GOOD GOVERNANCE. 
          OVER THE LAST MONTH, THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE HAS RELEASED, BIT BY BIT, THE SO-CALLED EPSTEIN FILES. 
          YOU HAVE PROBABLY HEARD OF THEM. EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM HAS HEARD OF THEM. IT IS A VERY UNCOMFORTABLE FACT. THE RULING CIRCLES OF THIS COUNTRY ARE THE BRAVE MONSTERS THAT COMMIT THE MORE HEINOUS CRIMES THAT WE'VE SEEN. AND THEY SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED. WHO CAN READ THE UNREDACTED EPSTEIN FILES? EVERY MEMBER OF CONGRESS. 
          YOU WOULD THINK THAT ALL THE HUNDREDS OF MEMBERS OF CONGRESS, THEY WILL BE RUSHING TO THE DOJ. WE'RE GOING TO READ THESE FILES. 
          WE'RE GOING TO EXPOSE THESE PEOPLE. 
          THERE'S ONLY TWO MEMBERS OF CONGRESS DOING THAT. NONE OF THEM ARE FROM FLORIDA. 
          NOT ONE OF THEM. YOU COULD SAY, MR. ORTIZ, YOU CAN GO TO YOUR LOCAL CONGRESSMAN AND TELL HIM, HEY, RELEASE THE NAMES AND LET'S GET THIS INVESTIGATION GOING. 
          BUT THEY WON'T LISTEN TO ME. 
          BUT MAYBE THEY'LL LISTEN TO ME AND EVERYBODY HERE. 
          MAYBE THEY'LL LISTEN TO ME AND YOU AND MY COMMISSIONERS, AND EVERYBODY HERE AND EVERYBODY OVER THERE IN PLANTATION. MAYBE THEY'LL LISTEN TO EVERYBODY IN BROWARD COUNTY. MAYBE THEY'LL LISTEN TO EVERYBODY IN FLORIDA. BUT LET'S GET THAT BALL STARTED NOW. LET'S HAVE A FULL INVESTIGATION WITH THE PRESUMPTION OF INNOCENCE, RIGHT? JUST BECAUSE YOU WERE NAMED IN A FILE DOESN'T MEAN YOU'RE GUILTY. WE HAVE TO DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE. GOD BLESS AMERICA. THANK YOU. 
          AS MATT RODD COMES UP, I HAVE MAYA GARCIA. GOOD EVENING, COMMISSION. MATT ROD, AYALIA. GOOD EVENING, SITTING COMMISSION. AS MANY OF YOU SHOULD KNOW, BY NOW, OUR GOVERNMENT HAS NOT PROSECUTED NOR MADE ACCOUNTABLE TO THE PEOPLE INVOLVED IN THE EPSTEIN FILES. THAT HAVE POWERS THAT CONTROL AND INFLUENCE POLITICALLY OUR DAY-TO-DAY ACTIVITIES. LET ME SAY THIS CLEAR TO YOU, TO THE MANY WHO HERE DON'T UNDERSTAND. OUR CONSTITUTION 
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IS IN THE HANDS OF A WEALTHY, PEDOPHILIC, RULING ELITE. ANY ATTEMPTS TO MAKE MINOR REFORM CHANGES WITHIN OUR GOVERNMENT ARE INHERENTLY USELESS. WHERE IS THE PROSECUTION OF THESE PEDOPHILIC, OLIGARCHICAL ELITES WHO WANT NOTHING BUT TO INDULGE IN THEIR DEGENERATE, DISGUSTING, INHUMANE PRACTICES AND WAGE WARS ACROSS LANDS FOR THEIR GAIN OF WEALTH? OUR MEDIA, FUNDED BY THE VERY SAME... SAME RULING ELITE I'M TALKING ABOUT IS STRAYING AWAY FROM THE VERY WEIGHT OF THE NATURE OF THESE FILES THEMSELVES THAT HAVEN'T BEEN ADDRESSED. CLEARLY TO WHAT IT ALL MEANS TO THE COMMON OF AMERICA AND OUR FUTURE. WHAT THAT MEANS FOR ALL OF US, WE, THE PEOPLE OF OUR FUTURES AND STRIVINGS FOR DEVELOPMENT. FIRST TO SEE IN OUR COUNTRY, LIKE WE WERE PROMISED BEFOREHAND. 
          IT IS MADE CLEAR THAT OUR STATE, A DEEP STATE, IS PROTECTING THESE VERY SAME ELITE AND EXPENDING EVERY DOLLAR TO WAGE WARS FOR A BETTER INVESTMENT FOR THESE ELITES? THERE SHOULD BE A RESOLUTION INTO THE FULL INVESTIGATION OF ALL PEOPLE INVOLVED WITHIN THE FC FILES, THE ELITES, THE BOURGEOIS, TO BRING AWARENESS OF THE CRIMES THE RULING ELITE HAS COMMITTED OVER THE YEARS OF ROBBING THE FUTURE OF AMERICA, FOR THE CHILDREN AND FOR THE YOUTH WHO CARRY THE SPIRIT OF THIS NATION THROUGH GENERATION AFTER GENERATION, THAT ECHO THROUGHOUT HISTORY. HISTORY. 
          TO BE AN ANTI-IMPERIALIST IS TO BE A PATRIOT. 
          TO BE A PATRIOT MEANS TO PROTECT AND SERVE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, WE, THE PEOPLE, AND OUR COMMUNITIES WITH OUR LOVED ONES. LET'S MAKE BROWARD COUNTY AN ANTI-WAR COUNTY. AGAIN, TO BE AN ANTI-IMPERIALIST IS TO BE A PATRIOT OF YOUR COUNTRY. AND WHY IS THAT? BECAUSE IT IS IN OUR SPIRIT, IN OUR HISTORY, IN OUR VERY CORE OF OUR INDEPENDENCE. 
          TO PUT THIS COUNTRY FIRST, I DID SAY ANY MINOR ATTEMPTS TO REFORM WITHIN OUR GOVERNMENT ARE INHERENTLY USELESS. BUT THAT IS WHY THIS COUNTY MUST DECLARE AN INDEPENDENCE OF THE WORKING PEOPLE HERE TO PUT FORWARD A FIGHT AGAINST THE WAR MACHINE THAT OUR CURRENT GOVERNMENT IS PROTECTING. WE DEMAND CHANGE, NOT FROM WITHIN, BUT WITH THE SYSTEM AS A WHOLE. 
          BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE MUST BRING JUSTICE TO JUSTICE THAT BECAME INHERENTLY CORRUPTED BY THESE ELITES. THE REAL JUSTICE HAPPENS HERE, NOW, IN THE VERY ROOTS OF THE LAND OF THE FREE, OF THE HOME OF THE BRAVE. 
          THE AMERICAN WORKING CLASS THEMSELVES ARE THE PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY WHO WILL BRING JUSTICE FOR ALL. 
          FROM THE VERY ROOTS OF OUR HOMELAND, THE COMMONS. AGAIN, WE DECLARE A RESOLUTION TO THE FULL INVESTIGATION OF ALL PEOPLE INVOLVED WITHIN THE EPSTEIN FILES. 
          AND IT STARTS HERE WITH YOU, THE CITY COMMISSION. GOD BLESS AMERICA AND THE AMERICAN PEOPLE! THANK YOU, THANK YOU. WE HAVE MAYANA GARCIA COMING UP AND LUDI SANTEL WILL BE NEXT. HELLO, MY NAME IS MAYA GARCIA. I LIVE IN HIALEAH, FLORIDA. 
          GOOD EVENING. HAPPY BLACK HISTORY MONTH, TO BEGIN WITH. STANDING HERE TODAY, I WANT TO DRAW ATTENTION TO SOMETHING EVERYONE SHOULD BE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW. 
          AFTER MONTHS OF DEFLECTION AND BROKEN PROMISES, DOCUMENTS PERTAINING TO THE EPSTEIN CHILD SEX TRAFFICKING RING HAVE BEEN RELEASED. THE RELEASES WERE DONE IN A METHODICAL AND CONTROLLED WAY, DESIGNED TO PLACATE AMERICANS, SHOCK AND OVERLOAD OUR SENSES, AND PREVENT ANY REAL RETALIATION AGAINST THE PEOPLE NAMED. WE KNOW WHAT HAS HAPPENED. IT'S STILL HAPPENING TODAY, AND YET OUR DAILY LIVES GO ON LIKE NOTHING. WHAT IS IN THESE FILES DETAILS THE HORRIFIC CRIMES COMMITTED AGAINST THE MOST VULNERABLE MEMBERS OF OUR SOCIETY BY THE MOST POWERFUL. 
          DESPITE THIS, NOTHING HAS LED TO THE ARRESTS OF THESE PEOPLE. 
          BILLIONAIRES, POLITICIANS, AND THE LARGEST HOLDERS OF WEALTH IN THE WORLD HAVE BEEN GATHERING TO CONDUCT SEXUALLY AND MORALLY PERVERSE ACTS OF VIOLENCE, YET FACE NO CONSEQUENCES. 
          THESE SAME PEOPLE ARE THE ONES IMPEDING ON OUR RIGHTS, USING STATE RETALIATION TO SUPPRESS THE VOICES OF THOSE WHO SPEAK OUT. WE CANNOT ALLOW OURSELVES TO BECOME NUMB TO THESE ATROCITIES, BUT INSTEAD WE MUST DIRECT THIS ANGER TOWARDS FUEL FOR JUSTICE. WHAT LAW OR ORDER CAN RULE WHEN THE WORST OF THE WORST ARE THE ONES DECLARING WHAT IS LAW, YET WALKING FREE, PROFITING MORE AND MORE OFF THE EXPLOITATION OF THE COMMON MAN? THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT STRETCHES BEYOND CITY AND COUNTY LINES. 
          IT IS NOT CONFINED TO A PRIVATE ISLAND. THIS IS NOT A DEMOCRAT OR REPUBLICAN ISSUE. THIS IS A CONCERN OF THE VERY ESSENCE OF MORALITY IN OUR NATION. 
          SO MY QUESTION TO YOU, AS LOCAL LEADERS, IS THIS. 
          WHAT WILL YOU STAND FOR? WILL YOU STAND FOR THE CHILDREN, THE UNDERPRIVILEGED AND THE ABUSED, OR WITH THE CORRUPT PREDATORS WHO HAVE IMPOSED THEIR POWER OVER THE AMERICAN PEOPLE FOR FAR TOO LONG? WILL YOU BE JUST ANOTHER LAYER OF GOVERNMENT THAT HEARS ABOUT THE TRAFFICKING OF CHILDREN AND MOVES ON TO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM? OR WILL YOU HAVE THE COURAGE TO USE YOUR VOICE, 
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HOWEVER SMALL IT MAY SEEM? I CALL ON YOU TO PASS A RESOLUTION DEMANDING THAT OUR FEDERAL REPRESENTATIVES USE EVERY TOOL AVAILABLE TO UNSEAL EVERY DOCUMENT, NAME EVERY NAME, AND PROSECUTE EVERY LAST ACCOMPLICE IN THE EPSTEIN NETWORK TO THE FULLEST EXTENT OF THE LAW. TOGETHER, OUR VOICES ARE LOUD. WHILE ALONE, WE MAY FEEL POWERLESS AND HOPELESS TO WHAT IS HAPPENING OUTSIDE OUR REACH. 
          TOGETHER, WE ARE ABLE TO CREATE REAL CHANGE AND BRING REAL JUSTICE TO THE VICTIMS OF THIS HORRIFIC CHILD ABUSE RING, AND ARREST THE PERPETRATORS TO PREVENT ANY OTHER CHILD FROM FACING THE SAME FATE. 
          IF WE HAVE FAILED TO ADDRESS THIS HEAD-ON, WE HAVE FAILED AS A NATION. 
          WE HAVE FAILED OUR YOUTH, AND WE HAVE FAILED IN THE EYES OF GOD. DO NOT BE SILENT. HISTORY IS WATCHING. 
          OUR CHILDREN ARE WATCHING. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION. THANK YOU. AFTER LUDI SANTILLA, I HAVE ADAM ANDERSON. DID YOU WANT TO SPEAK ON PUBLIC COMMENTS, OR YOU JUST SIGNED UP? OKAY. SO THEN ANDREW BARSET WILL BE NEXT. ONE MORE. 
          WAIT. LUDI SANTILLA IS FIRST. 
          THEN YOURSELF, ANDREW. HELLO EVERYONE, MY NAME IS LUDIE ST. HILL, AND I LIVE IN BROWARD COUNTY. I BELIEVE EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM ALREADY HAS EXPRESSED MY SENTIMENTS, SO I WON'T BE BEFORE YOU TOO LONG. FIRST OF ALL, CAN ALL OF MY SUPPORTERS, CAN YOU GUYS PLEASE STAND FOR ME, PLEASE? I WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT AND FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO SINCERELY SPOKE ON MY BEHALF. I COME TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE PERSON, THE PASTOR, THE VICE MAYOR IN THE FACE, BETTER KNOWN AS BULLY BOLTON, AS YOU CALLED YOURSELF ON SATURDAY. LET ME SAY THIS. LET THIS BE THE LAST TIME YOU FIX YOUR MOUTH TO DISRESPECT A WOMAN. THE LAST TIME, MAN OF GOD. I KNOW YOU THOUGHT WHAT YOU DID ON SATURDAY WAS OKAY. YOU THOUGHT THE POWER THE CITY OF TAMARACK GAVE YOU COULD INSTILL FEAR AND MANIPULATE ME? IT DID NOT. I KNOW WHO I AM, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, I KNOW WHOSE I AM. AND BABY, I GOT THE POWER OF HEAVEN, AND THAT IS THE REAL POWER. 
          SO, I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW, I AM NOT AFRAID OF YOU. WE ARE NOT AFRAID OF YOU. AND I'LL CLOSE WITH THIS, MAN OF GOD. GIANTS DO FALL, AND I FORGIVE YOU. MY NAME IS LUDI ST. HILL, AND THAT IS MY TIME. TAMARACK I WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR BOOKING ME FOR YOUR EVENT FEBRUARY THE 7TH. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. AND WE NOW HAVE ANDREW COMING FORTH AND DARIO FELIPE, YOU'LL BE NEXT. 
          PLEASE. UH, THANK YOU EVERYBODY. I WANTED TO, UM, THANK LOUIS C.J. 
          FOR SPEAKING. I WASN'T AT THE EVENT, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE A LOT OF PEOPLE CAME IN TO REPRESENT HER. WHICH I'M VERY HAPPY THAT PEOPLE ARE SPEAKING UP FOR THINGS GOING ON IN THE CITY. I MAINLY CAME UP HERE BECAUSE I WANTED TO SPEAK UP ON THE BSO. I'M GLAD TAMARACK BROUGHT THE NEW CONTRACT OF BSO. I SEE THE CAPTAIN BACK HERE. HE'S BROUGHT THE STATISTICS ON WHAT'S GOING ON. SPEED ENFORCEMENT HAS BEEN GOING ON VERY WELL, AND I'M NOTICING A LOT LESS ACCIDENTS. MY NEXT QUESTION IS... QUESTION UM, OVER HERE, THE NEXT PLAZA BY THE FIRE STATION, THERE'S A IT'S AN EXIT ONLY, BUT THERE'S NO SIGNAGE SAYING IT'S EXIT ONLY. SO PEOPLE ARE ENTERING IN THERE WITH SEMI TRUCKS, TOW TRUCKS AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF. AND WE'RE SEEING A LOT OF HEAD-ON COLLISIONS OVER THERE. IT'S THE PLAZA WITH THE COLLISION CENTER, KRAMER'S AUTOMOTIVE AND THAT KIND OF STUFF. WE'RE GOING TO NEED SOME KIND OF SIGNAGE IN THE STREET SHOWING PEOPLE THAT YOU CANNOT TURN IN THERE, ONLY OUT OF THERE. THERE'S A SMALL SIGN ONCE YOU'RE IN TOO DEEP, ALREADY, PULLING INTO THAT LITTLE AREA. MY NEXT THING, I'M NOT SURE, I'VE BEEN HERE FOR ABOUT EIGHT YEARS NOW, I'M NOT SURE IF SOMETHING CHANGED WITH THE FAA, BUT I'M NOTICING A LOT MORE AIRPLANES FLYING OVER THE HOUSES AT ALL TIMES OF THE NIGHT. 
          WHERE IT'S... EVEN MY HOUSE WITH HURRICANE IMPACT WINDOWS, I'M STILL FEELING AND HEARING THE AIRPLANES COMING OVER THE HOUSES. SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY HAD TO GET APPROVED BY THE CITY OR WHATEVER. 
          MAYBE AT 2, 3 O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING, MAYBE THEY COULD GO OVER COMMERCIAL AREAS INSTEAD OF HOUSING DEVELOPMENT. AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. 
          WELL, THANK YOU. THE CITY MANAGER IS ALREADY TAKING NOTES REGARDING THE PLAZA. 
          WE'LL GET BACK TO YOU ON THE FAA. AND DO ME A FAVOR, JUST FOR THE RECORD, I NEED YOU TO SAY... YOUR RESIDENCE OR YOUR LOCATION? I AM A RESIDENT. WESTWOOD THREE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          ALL RIGHT. IS DARIO FELIPE? STILL? HERE ARE YOU? DARIA? 
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NO, OKAY. IS THERE ANYONE WHO WISHED TO SPEAK? WHO I DID NOT CALL? ALL RIGHT, MR. WEBSTER, IT IS ALL YOURS. IF NO ONE ELSE WISHES TO SPEAK, STU WEBSTER WILL BE OUR LAST PERSON ON PUBLIC COMMENTS. STU WEBSTER. VERSAILLES GARDENS. 
          I WONDER IF PEOPLE REALIZE HOW THEIR ACTIONS LEAK OVER INTO OTHERS. I CAME HERE EARLIER, SITTING IN THE CORNER, AND THE SWAT TEAM ON BEHALF OF A PARTICULAR COMMISSIONER CAME IN. 
          AT THE TIME THEY ROLLED OUT THEIR BANNERS, I HAD TO ASK TWO OF THEM, PLEASE HOLD IT DOWN SO THAT I WOULDN'T BE BLOCKED. BUT IN TYPICAL DISTRICT 1 STYLE, THEY TOTALLY IGNORED ME. 
          THAT SEEMS TO BE PAR FOR THE COURSE IN THAT ENTIRE DISTRICT. AS FAR AS COMMISSIONERS ARE CONCERNED, IT'S REALLY IMPRESSIVE WHEN YOU HAVE A SWAT TEAM THAT YOU CAN ROLL OUT, ROLL OUT WITH SIGNS, ROLL OUT WITH BRAND NEW T-SHIRTS. 
          SINCE A PARTICULAR COMMISSIONER HAS BEEN HERE, I'M REALLY IMPRESSED AT HOW QUICKLY T-SHIRTS CAN BE ROLLED OUT AND THE NUMBER OF T-SHIRTS THAT CAN BE ROLLED OUT. I ALSO HAVE ANOTHER POINT TO SAY, BUT BEFORE THAT, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT SATURDAY EVENING, WHERE I WAS, BUT I WAS NOT AT THE EVENT. AND THE FIRST THING I WANT TO SAY, THOUGH, IS PROBABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT THING OF THIS ENTIRE EVENING. I AM SO HAPPY I'M A MEMBER OF TAMARACK. 
          WHY? BECAUSE I'VE WATCHED THE CITY ADMINISTRATION MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THIS INSTANCE. STEP IN. 
          PROBABLY BEING THE CATALYST TO BRING THINGS DOWN A NOTCH. THAT'S WHY I'M REALLY, REALLY PROUD OF THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY OF TAMARACK. AS FOR THE SITUATION ON SATURDAY, ONCE AGAIN, IT JUST CONSTANTLY KEEPS BEING BROUGHT. PEOPLE KEEP BRINGING IT UP FRONT TO ME. AND BEFORE I EVEN GET INTO THAT, MADAM MAYOR, I WANT TO SAY, I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU DO IT, BUT I'M GLAD YOU DO IT. THE AMOUNT OF HORSE FEATHERS THAT YOU HAVE TO PUT UP WITH FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE SUPPOSED TO KNOW BETTER, TAMARACK HAS NO IDEA WHAT AN ASSET YOU ARE. QUICKLY, AS FAR AS THE SITUATION ON SATURDAY, IT'S A PUBLIC EVENT. PUBLIC FUNDS WERE MADE TO RECORD THE EVENT. I WOULD LIKE THROUGH YOU TO THE CITY MANAGER WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY. I WANT TO SEE A COPY OF IT. IT'S A PUBLIC EVENT, BEING PAID FOR PUBLIC MONEY. I NEED TO BE DIRECTED HOW I CAN GET TO SEE THAT. PLEASE. NOW, TONIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. IF YOU WOULD, MONICA'S IN THE BACK AND SHE'LL HELP YOU WITH YOUR FOIA REQUEST. 
          THANK YOU. THANK YOU. LADIES 
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AND GENTLEMEN, OUR PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE NOW CLOSED. WE ARE NOW GOING TO OUR COMMISSION REPORTS. 
          OH, THERE'S SOME LIGHTS GOING ON. DISTRICT 1, VICE MAYOR. 
          GOOD EVENING. SO GOOD TO HAVE SEEN SUCH A SPIRITED MEETING TONIGHT, ESPECIALLY HAVING THE HONOREES THAT WE HAD TONIGHT FOR BLACK HISTORY MONTH. I WANT TO SAY KUDOS TO... YOU, AS CITY ATTORNEY, ON BECOMING THE FIRST HAITIAN AMERICAN CITY ATTORNEY THAT WE HAVE, I'M SO GLAD THAT I SUPPORTED YOU TO BE A PART OF THIS GREAT CITY. AND TO COMMISSIONER GELLIN, I KNOW YOU'RE WATCHING, I SUPPORTED YOU AS THE FIRST HAITIAN MAN TO BE ELECTED IN TAMARACK. AND TO YOU, COMMISSIONER PATTERSON, I SUPPORTED YOU TO BE THE FIRST HAITIAN WOMAN TO BE ELECTED HERE. SO I DO SUPPORT ALL OF YOU TONIGHT AND ALL OF THE HONOREES TONIGHT. 
          BUT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT ONE TAMARACK ON SATURDAY. AND INSTEAD OF TALKING ABOUT IT, LET'S GIVE STUART WEBSTER WHAT HE WANTS AND ROLL THE TAPE. .OF. ON-STAGE 
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ENTERTAINMENT GOING ON RIGHT NOW. LATER TONIGHT, YOU'LL BE SEEING THE LIKES OF KEVIN LITTLE ON STAGE. 
          AND WE'VE GOT A SURPRISE FOR HIM. IT IS THE KEY TO THE CITY THAT HE'LL BE HIS FAVORITE COMMISSIONER RIGHT HERE IN THE CITY OF TOWN. 
          ONE TIME RACK MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL, IT IS GOING TO BE A GREAT EVENT. NO WAY! WE ARE BEING KEPT IN LINE FOR CASTELLANOS! COME ON, COME ON, COME ON, COME ON! I LOVE THE KIDS! FOLLOW ME GUYS AS I GO ON STAGE AND SURPRISE KEVIN LITTLE WITH THE KEY TO THE CITY. WATCH THIS. 
          TAMARACK, PLEASE GIVE A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR KEVIN LITTLE FOR THE KEY TO THE CITY OF TAMARACK. THERE YOU HAVE IT. 
          NOTHING BUT LOVE, NOTHING BUT THE SPIRIT OF COMMUNITY, NOTHING BUT THE SPIRIT OF EXCELLENCE. SO GLAD THAT WE WERE ABLE TO BRING THIS FESTIVAL FORWARD, CELEBRATING THE MANY CULTURES, INCLUDING THE HAITIAN CULTURE, RIGHT HERE IN THE CITY OF TAMARAC. IF ANYBODY IS LISTENING AND YOU WANT TO GET A HOLD OF ME, 054-275-3850, AND MY INSTAGRAM IS AT COMMISSIONER MARLON BOLTON. 
          THERE, YOU'LL SEE NOTHING BUT EXCELLENCE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. 
          COMMISSIONER WRIGHT, DISTRICT 2. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. AGAIN, I WANT TO ECHO THE SAME SENTIMENTS. I WANT TO CONGRATULATE ALL THE HONOREES THIS EVENING, FROM DANZOS TO MICHAEL JACKSON TO PEOPLE WHO HAVE SERVED IN THE MILITARY. IT SHOWS THE UNIQUE AND DIVERSITY OF TAMARACK. I ALSO WANT TO MENTION AGAIN, ONE TAMARACK WAS A GREAT FESTIVAL. IF YOU GUYS RECALL, I SAID, WELL, ONE COMMUNITY, ONE FAMILY. I JUST WANT THE RECORD TO REFLECT, I DID NOT WITNESS THE INCIDENT WHERE YOU SAW ME. YOU SAW ME BY COMMISSIONER BOLTON'S CAR WHEN HE WAS LEAVING. THAT WAS THE END OF IT. 
          CHIT-CHATTING, I JUST WANTED TO BE CLEAR. MANY TIMES, YOU KNOW, I WOULD SEE HIM PLACES, AND THAT'S WHERE YOU SAW ME. 
          SO I DID NOT WITNESS THE INCIDENT. SO I JUST WANT THE RECORD TO REFLECT THAT. 
          THERE'S ALL ALLEGATIONS. I HAVEN'T SEEN ANY VIDEOS. SO I JUST WANT THAT TO REFLECT THE RECORD. AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, IT'S NOT ABOUT DIVISION. IT'S NOT ABOUT HATE. WE'RE ONE COMMUNITY. WE HAVE TO MOVE PAST THIS. WE HAVE TO MOVE PAST ALL THE FIGHTING, ALL THE STUFF THAT WE SEE HAPPENING IN THE COUNTRY. 
          THE SUPER BOWL, AS WE KNOW IT, IS A UNIQUE AMERICAN THING, WHERE WE AS ONE PEOPLE SIT DOWN AND WATCH THE SUPER BOWL. AND OBVIOUSLY DIVISION WITH THE SUPER BOWL. SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE AS A COMMUNITY NEED TO MOVE PAST THE DIVISION, MOVE PAST THE FIGHTING. I THINK COMMISSIONER BOLTON IS A GOOD PERSON. I THINK THE MAYOR IS A GOOD PERSON. I'M PROUD TO CALL BOTH OF THEM MY FRIEND, AND BOTH OF THEM, YOU KNOW, PICK ON ME ALL THE TIME. SO WHEN YOU SAW ME TALKING TO COMMISSIONER BOLTON, I WAS TALKING TO HIM AS A FRIEND. I DID NOT KNOW WHAT HAPPENED. I DIDN'T SEE WHAT HAPPENED. 
          BUT I TRY TO PLAY THAT ROLE WITH HIM ALL THE TIME. 
          AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS TO THE NOMINEES. AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, YOU CAN ALWAYS EMAIL ME. 
          THANKS. THANK YOU. 
          COMMISSIONER PATTERSON, DISTRICT 3. THANK YOU, MAYOR. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. I HAVE A COUPLE UNRELATED THINGS TO SAY. 
          TO SHARE. FIRST, I'M GOING TO START WITH SOME COMMENTS THAT DR. 
          SCHILLER ASKED ME TO SHARE ON HER BEHALF. SHE'S UNABLE TO BE HERE TONIGHT, BUT SHE HAD SOME COMMENTS THAT SHE WANTED TO HAVE SHARED ON THE BEHALF OF HER EXPERIENCE RECENTLY WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. 
          FOUR YEARS AGO, I HAD CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE, AND MY FIRE DEPARTMENT CAME TO, OR, EXCUSE ME, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT CAME TO MY HOUSE AND SAVED MY LIFE. 
          TWO YEARS AGO, I HAD COMPLETE HEART, COMPLETE FULL RENAL FAILURE AND MY PANCREAS COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN. AND THEY CAME, TOOK ME TO THE HOSPITAL, CORAL SPRINGS AND SAVED MY LIFE. LASTLY, 10 DAYS AGO, I HAD A MAJOR HEART ATTACK AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT CAME TO MY HOUSE, FED ME. NITRO. 
          ALL THE WAY TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM AT CLEVELAND CLINIC, WHERE THEY TOOK ME IN, 
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TOOK MY BLOOD AND PUT ME RIGHT INTO SURGERY AND SAVED MY LIFE. THAT'S THREE TIMES THE CHARM. I AM BEYOND WORDS AND DO NOT KNOW HOW TO THANK THE TAMARACK FIRE DEPARTMENT ENOUGH FOR THEIR SKILL, THEIR CALM TEMPERAMENT, AND THEIR SWIFTNESS AND RAPIDNESS IN RESPONDING TO MY IMMEDIATE NEEDS. MY FIRE DEPARTMENT IS RIGHT HERE, ON HIATUS, WHERE I BELIEVE THE CHIEF IS STATIONED, SO, IF NOTHING ELSE, PLEASE GIVE A HUGE SHOUT OUT TO EVERY ONE OF THOSE FIREMEN BECAUSE THEY ARE ABOVE AND BEYOND STELLAR, AND I WANT TO PERSONALLY THANK THEM A ZILLION TIMES. SINCERELY, DR. DARCY SCHILLER. SO THANK YOU, TAMARACK FIRE, FOR ALL THAT YOU GUYS DO. 
          WITH THAT, YOU KNOW, EVERYONE OBVIOUSLY SAW OUR AMAZING BLACK HISTORY CELEBRATION, SO I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO GO THROUGH THAT AGAIN. I THINK THAT THAT WAS BEAUTIFULLY DONE. THANK YOU TO THE STAFF FOR ENSURING THAT WE WERE ABLE TO HONOR AND RECOGNIZE PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY WHO REPRESENT BLACK HISTORY MONTH. I WANT TO ALSO MAKE MENTION OF... 
          OUR NEXT COMMUNITY BIKE RIDE, WHICH IS ON FEBRUARY 21ST AT 8 A.M. AT THE TAMARACK SPORTS COMPLEX. I INVITE ALL OF THOSE THAT ATTENDED PREVIOUSLY TO COME BACK, AND THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE NOT ATTENDED OR PARTICIPATED, PLEASE COME. IT IS A FABULOUS RIDE. WE DO ABOUT FOUR TO SIX MILES ON AVERAGE, AND SO FOR THOSE OF YOU, AGAIN, WHO HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PAST, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO COME OUT. IT'S A REALLY GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO GET YOUR WELLNESS ON. 
          WITH THAT, I THINK... THAT PRETTY MUCH, I JUST, YOU KNOW, AND I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW THAT. I NEED TO TALK ABOUT ANYTHING THAT HAS BEEN RAISED ON THE RECORD TONIGHT. I WAS AT THE EVENT. I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT ANYONE IS KIND OF REFERENCING. I DIDN'T SEE ANY OF THAT. BUT TO THE GENTLEMAN AND THE YOUNG FOLKS THAT CAME UP AND SPOKE TO MATTERS THAT ARE AFFECTING OUR COUNTRY NATIONALLY, I DEFINITELY THINK THAT. MY OFFICE IS HAPPY TO SHARE WITH YOU CONTACT INFORMATION FOR OUR CONGRESS REPRESENTATIVES AS WELL AS NOW. YOU KNOW, ALL OF OUR NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES SO THAT YOU CAN GET YOUR VOICES HEARD AT THAT LEVEL. SO PLEASE FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT TO MY OFFICE. AND WE'LL BE HAPPY TO GET YOU IN CONTACT WITH THE REPRESENTATIVES WHO CAN ENSURE THAT YOUR COMMENTS AND YOUR REMARKS ARE HEARD. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH, THANK YOU, DR. KEISHA DANIEL DISTRICT 4. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE, IT'S STILL A GOOD NIGHT. 
          SMILE, SMILE. WE CELEBRATED BLACK HISTORY TODAY. IT WAS WONDERFUL TO HONOR THE MEN AND WOMEN FROM THE CITY OF TAMARACK WHO HAVE DONE AWESOME THINGS. IT WAS A PLEASURE TO SEE ALL THE YOUNG PEOPLE THAT CAME UP AND SPOKE. SO IMPRESSED, SO IMPRESSED. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK. AND WHATEVER I CAN DO TO HELP OR ASSIST, I WILL GLADLY DO SO. THANK YOU, BSO. IT'S SO GOOD TO SEE ALL THE NEW STAFF. 
          YES, YES, YES. GOOD JOB. ONE OF THE YOUNG MEN, HE LOOKED LIKE 14. I'M LIKE, IS IT ME? VERY YOUNG, BUT THAT'S GOOD. THAT MEANS THEY CAN RELATE TO THE YOUNG PEOPLE WHEN THEY SEE THEM. 
          SO I THINK EXCELLENT CHOICES. 
          I LOOK FORWARD TO SEE WHAT WE CAN ACCOMPLISH. OKAY, UPDATE. 
          CHEWING CHAT POP-UPS. NEXT CHEWING CHAT POP-UP WILL BE FEBRUARY 21ST AT 3 30 P.M. 
          AT VETERANS PARK. PLEASE COME OUT, SHARE YOUR CONCERNS, SHARE WHAT YOU SEE THAT'S GOING WELL IN OUR DISTRICT, OR JUST COME OUT AND HAVE SOME FOOD AND AND CHILL OUT. 
          THANK YOU TO THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT STAFF FOR COMING OUT AND ENGAGING WITH THE COMMUNITY, CODE ENFORCEMENT, ALL THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS THAT COME AND SHARE THEIR KNOWLEDGE. IT'S GREATLY APPRECIATED. GET IN STEP WITH KEISHA. NO, I CANNOT CYCLE. LORD HAVE MERCY. I NEED TO SEE THAT VIDEO, BUT I CAN TRY TO DANCE. SO PLEASE COME OUT ON FEBRUARY 19TH, THURSDAY AT 6 30 P.M. 
          AT TAMAR COMMUNITY CENTER. 
          YOU WON'T WANT TO MISS THAT. WE HAVE FUN LEARNING HOW TO DO STEPS. 
          ALL RIGHT, SAVE THE DATE. 
          MARCH 6TH THROUGH THE 7TH IS OUR ANNUAL WOMEN'S GALA. 
          THIS YEAR, IT WILL BE A SNEAKERS BALL. 
          SO COME OUT, WEAR YOUR FAVORITE SNEAKERS, YOUR BEST SNEAKERS, YOUR BLINGING SNEAKERS, WHATEVER YOU WANT TO WEAR, BUT MAKE SURE YOU'RE DRESSED IN A GOWN WITH YOUR SNEAKERS. THIS WEEKEND, WE'LL HAVE THE WORKSHOP, OUR EVENING GALA, AND ALSO A MINGLE TIME, AN EXPO OF DIFFERENT BUSINESSES IN OUR CITY AND AROUND US LOCALLY. ON APRIL 18TH, OUR YOUTH SYMPOSIUM FOR YOUTH AGES 8 THROUGH 18 WILL TAKE PLACE. WORKSHOP PANEL DISCUSSION AT TAMARACK COMMUNITY CENTER. 
          ON JULY 11TH, WE WILL HAVE OUR SECOND ANNUAL SENIOR EXPO. DO NOT MISS IT, YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS IT. 
          WE'RE GONNA EVEN MAKE IT BETTER THIS YEAR. THAT WILL ALSO BE AT TAMARACK COMMUNITY CENTER. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. AS HAS BEEN SAID, AN EXCELLENT BLACK HISTORY MONTH CELEBRATION, AND ACTUALLY, WE CONTINUE TO CELEBRATE BLACK HISTORY THROUGHOUT THE MONTH. OUR PARK AND REC DEPARTMENT HAS SOME WONDERFUL ADDITIONAL PROGRAMMING PLANS. I WANT TO 
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THANK OUR PUBLIC SERVICES AND PARK AND REC DEPARTMENT FOR ALL YOUR HELP WITH THE LIBERTY TREE DEDICATION. AND WHILE IT WAS FREEZING COLD, WE HAD OVER 125 PEOPLE THERE, CELEBRATING AND HONORING PEOPLE WHO HAVE FOUGHT FOR OUR COUNTRY AND WHO WILL CONTINUE TO FIGHT FOR OUR FREEDOM. THE TAMARACK FIRE RESCUE AWARDS, CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR NEWLY PROMOTED, NEW HIRES, AND THE VARIOUS TEAM AWARDS, ESPECIALLY SOME OF THE FUN ONES LIKE THE GOLDEN MIKE AND THE BARISTA AWARDS. THOSE LOOK FUN. 
          AT THE BROWARD COUNTY AFFORDABLE HOUSING MEETING, WHERE I AM THE CHAIR, WE GOT READY TO DISCUSS THE TOPICS FOR OUR YEARLY REPORT. THANK YOU. OUR ULI LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE, WE TOOK A TOUR OF THE WAR MEMORIAL AND THE ICE SKATING RINKS. WITH THE PANTHERS PRACTICE, AND IT WAS QUITE AMAZING TO SEE SOME OF THE STUFF THAT THEY DO TO GET READY. I WAS VERY PROUD TO WEAR SOME BLING. I GOT A CHANCE TO WEAR THEIR CHAMPIONSHIP RING, AND IT IS HEAVY, AND UNFORTUNATELY, I COULD NOT KEEP IT, BUT THAT'S OKAY. ALWAYS WONDERFUL TO HAVE OUR EMPLOYEE RECOGNITION AND CELEBRATE OUR WONDERFUL EMPLOYEES WHO DO SO MUCH FOR OUR CITY. AND WHILE SOME PEOPLE HAVE NOT RECEIVED BRAVOS, IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THEY'RE NOT DOING A GREAT JOB. AND IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THEY'RE NOT APPRECIATED. 
          JUST NOT EVERYBODY GETS A BRAVO WRITTEN ABOUT THEM, SO WE DO APPRECIATE OUR TEAM. 
          THE YEARLY NAMASTE EVENT THAT'S HELD IN POMPANO BEACH WAS ANOTHER GREAT EVENT, LEARNING AND CELEBRATING CULTURE. AND WE ENJOYED THE ENDING OF THAT DAY ON THE 7TH WITH OUR ONE-TIME RACSO. 
          AGAIN, KUDOS TO OUR PARK AND RAC, PUBLIC SERVICES, BSO, AND TAMARAI FIRE RESCUE FOR THE WONDERFUL JOB THEY DID, AND I LIKE HOW THEY SPREAD IT OUT. 
          SO WE WERE ABLE TO HAVE A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR KIDS. TO BE IN ONE LOCATION, I WAS NOT GOING TO TRY GOING THAT CLIMBING WALL. I'M GLAD THAT OUR VENDORS WERE ABLE TO BE SEEN AND OUR MUSIC HEARD, AND THE DANCING AND ALL THAT STUFF, THE INCIDENTS THAT OCCURRED ASIDE. I DO BELIEVE MS. LUTIE HANDLED A VERY TREMENDOUS EXPERIENCE WITH STYLE AND GRACE, AND COMPLIMENT HER FOR HER INTEGRITY AND HER CHARACTER IN THE FACE OF ADVERSITY. I HOPE EVERYONE WILL START VALENTINE'S DAY WITH ME ON SATURDAY, THE 14TH. WE DO THIS EVERY SECOND SATURDAY OF THE MONTH. IT'S A 5K CLUB. 
          YOU CAN RUN OR WALK, TAKE YOUR PICK. I ASSURE YOU, I AM WALKING. AND WE START OFF WITH SOME STRETCHING, AND THEN WE END WITH SOME STRETCHING AS WELL. 
          AND IT'S FROM 7 A.M. TO 9 A.M. AT TEPFORD PARK. AND AGAIN, IT IS EVERY SECOND SATURDAY OF THE MONTH. 
          ALSO, KEEPING IN MIND THIS SATURDAY, WHILE IT IS ALL ABOUT LOVE AND VALENTINE'S, AND EVEN IF YOU DON'T HAVE THAT SPECIFIC... PERSON TO LOVE LOVE YOURSELF BECAUSE REALLY, YOU NEED TO MAKE SURE YOU TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF. MENTAL HEALTH IS VERY IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY ALSO KNOWING THAT EVERYONE THROUGH STONEMAN DOUGLAS, THOSE WHO HAVE PASSED AWAY, OR, LET'S BE REALISTIC, THOSE WHO ARE KILLED AND THE PEOPLE THAT ESCAPED STILL HAVE TRAUMA FROM IT AS WELL. AND IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT WE NEED TO TAKE CARE OF OUR OUR PEOPLE. ON THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19TH AT 6 30, WE HAVE THE SECOND MOVE OF THE MAYOR, FREE MOVE OF THE MAYOR. EVENT OF THE MONTH, 2020, AND THAT WILL BE AT THE TAMARACK REC CENTER. ALSO, THE SAME EVENING, WE HAVE OUR TAMARACK. NORTH LAUDERDALE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE HAS ITS YEARLY TASTE OF TAMARACK, AND IT IS QUITE SOMETHING SPECIAL. IT WILL BE DONE THIS YEAR, THOUGH, AT COLONY WEST. SO PLEASE GO OUT TO SEE THAT AT 6 TO 8, AND, OF COURSE, FEBRUARY 21ST. 
          PLEASE JOIN COMMISSIONER WRIGHT AND MYSELF AS WE GET... FOR BABIES ADOPTED, WHETHER IT'S CATS, BIRDS, OR DOGS. WE HAVE 10 RESCUES LISTED AS OF RIGHT NOW. WE HAVE ABOUT OVER 20 VENDORS THAT DEAL WITH PETS AND PETS ALONE, AND SOME OTHER VENDORS OUT THERE AS WELL. BROWARD COUNTY ANIMAL DIVISION WILL BE COMING OUT THERE AND GIVING VACCINES, RABIES VACCINES, MICROCHIPPING, AND TAGGING. AND IT IS $25 FOR THE TAG. IT'S FOR BROWARD COUNTY RESIDENTS ONLY. SO PLEASE BRING YOUR PETS OUT. IF YOU HAVE SEVEN PETS IN YOUR FAMILY, BRING THEM ALL OUT. AND WE ALSO HAVE THE AMERICAN RED CROSS, WHO WILL BE DOING PET CPR. SO IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO LEARN HOW TO TAKE CARE OF YOUR FUR BABIES. AND, OF COURSE, I THANK FIRE RESCUE BECAUSE THEY WILL BE DOING A HANDS-ONLY CPR, AND WE WILL HAVE SOME TRAINING BEING DONE AS WELL. AND IT WILL BE A GREAT EVENT WHERE WE WILL END WITH A NICE LITTLE FUN PET PARADE. SO WE'LL SEE YOU FROM 10 TO 1 AT TAMARACK PARK ON SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 21ST, WHERE YOU'LL COME AND HOPEFULLY ADOPT YOUR NEW LOVE 
          [5.CONSENT AGENDA  ]
BUG. AND ON THAT NOTE, HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY FOR EVERYBODY HERE. WE WILL NOW GO TO ITEM FIVE, WHICH IS OUR CONSENT AGENDA. 
          CITY MANAGER, ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONS OR DELETIONS? NO, MAYOR. EXCELLENT. I'LL TAKE A MOTION TO MY SECOND. OKAY, WE WILL FAIL FOR A LACK OF SECONDS. SECOND, SECOND. 
          WE HAVE A SECOND ON THE... 
          OKAY, WE HAVE A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WRIGHT. CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. 
          MAY I GO NEXT? YES. WHITE MAY BOLTON YES. 
          [02:05:01]
COMMISSIONER WRIGHT? YES. 
          COMMISSIONER PATTERSON? 
          [6.aTR14364 - A Resolution of the City Commission of the City of Tamarac, Florida, Approving the City of Tamarac 2026 Federal Legislative Agenda; directing the City Clerk to transmit a copy of the City of Tamarac 2026 Federal Legislative Agenda to the National League of Cities, the U.S. Senators from Florida, the Florida Congressional Delegation, the Broward County Board of County Commissioners, and other appropriate entities; providing for conflicts; providing for severability; and providing for an effective date.]
YES. COMMISSIONER DANIEL? YES. THANK YOU. MOTION PASSES 5-0. THANK YOU. NOW WE'LL GO TO 6A ON OUR REGULAR AGENDA. TR. 
          14364. CITY ATTORNEY, PLEASE READ THE TITLE FOR THE RECORD. ITEM 6A, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSIONER OF THE CITY OF TAMARACK, APPROVING THE CITY OF TAMARACK 2026 FEDERAL LEGISLATIVE AGENDA, DIRECTED THE CITY CLERK TO TRANSMIT A COPY. I SEE THAT UP. 
          TAMARACK 2026 FEDERAL LEGISLATIVE AGENDA TO THE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITY, U.S. SENATORS FROM FLORIDA, THE FLORIDA CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION, AND THE BROWARD COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONS PROVIDE FOR EFFECTIVE DATE. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU. 
          I'LL TAKE A MOTION AND A SECOND, PLEASE. MOVE IT. 
          SECOND. ALL RIGHT. PERRY ADAIR ESQUIRE FROM BECKER AND POLYAKOV IS OUR CITY LOBBYIST. WE'LL MAKE A PRESENTATION AS AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS. GOOD EVENING, MISS. OH, THERE YOU ARE. CAN YOU ALL HEAR ME? HI THERE, PERRY. GOOD TO SEE EVERYBODY. HI. I'M SORRY I COULDN'T BE WITH YOU THIS EVENING. I'M ALL THE WAY IN D.C. I DID NOT WANT TO BRING THE COLD WEATHER DOWN WITH ME, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU GUYS HAD YOUR SHARE THIS WEEKEND. SO I HOPE EVERYONE'S DOING OKAY, AND THANK YOU AGAIN FOR LETTING ME PRESENT TO YOU ALL TONIGHT. I HAVE BEEN WORKING, AND MY OFFICE HAS BEEN WORKING, VERY CLOSELY WITH YOUR STAFF, SPECIFICALLY TANYA WILLIAMS. WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL TO HER EFFORT AND THE CITY STAFF'S EFFORT TO HELP CRAFT THIS 2026 FEDERAL AGENDA. AGAIN, IT REFLECTS A LOT OF HARD WORK AND COLLABORATION, NOT ONLY WITH CITY STAFF, BUT ALSO YOUR CITY DEPARTMENTS. TO CRAFT WHAT WE THINK IS A VERY ROBUST AND HOPEFULLY PRODUCTIVE FEDERAL AGENDA FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR. AND I'M NOT, I HAVE SLIDES ON MY END. I WAS TOLD YOU ALL MIGHT HAVE MY SLIDES AS WELL TO PRESENT. I'M HAPPY TO WALK THROUGH THOSE, BUT IF YOU NEED ME TO SHARE MY SCREEN, I'M HAPPY TO DO THAT AS WELL. 
          I JUST CAN'T SEE WHAT IS ON SCREEN, IF ANYTHING, ON THE COMMISSION'S END. 
          RIGHT NOW ON THE SCREEN IS 2026 TIMERACK FEDERAL AGENDA PRIORITIES. OKAY, GOTCHA. SO I CAN SEE YOU. SO IN THAT CASE, I HAVE MY OWN VERSION OF THE POWERPOINT. I'LL JUST GO MANUALLY. SO IN THAT CASE, I'LL JUST SAY NEXT SLIDE, IF THAT'S OKAY, AND WE'LL GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, AND I'LL JUST FOLLOW MYSELF MANUALLY. 
          APOLOGIES. NO, IT'S ALL GOOD. 
          SOUNDS GOOD. THANK YOU. 
          YEP, SO IT SHOULD SAY I'M LOOKING AT 2026 TAMARACK FEDERAL AGENDA PRIORITIES, AND IT SHOULD LIST THOSE PRIORITIES TOP TO BOTTOM. 
          JUST TO GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT IS KIND OF UPCOMING IN THE AGENDA FOR APPROVAL. 
          THOSE AREAS COVER WHAT WE BELIEVE ARE AREAS OF HIGHER OPPORTUNITY, NOT ONLY FOR THE CITY PRIORITIES TO PURSUE IN THE UPCOMING YEAR, BUT ALSO MATCH TO WHAT THE APPETITE IS UP HERE IN D.C. 
          FOR POLICY AND APPROPRIATIONS PURPOSES. SO THOSE PRIORITIES ARE INFRASTRUCTURE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, PRESERVATION AND STABILITY, PUBLIC SAFETY, AND SECURITY. SAFETY, EMERGENCY RESPONSE, DISASTER PREPAREDNESS AND RECOVERY, THE NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM, PARKS AND OPEN SPACES, PAYROLL, HEALTH ACCESS PROGRAMS AND WORKPLACE MENTAL HEALTH, AND FINALLY, TAMARAC UNIFIED ZIP CODE. 
          I'VE BROKEN THEM DOWN INDIVIDUALLY HERE, BUT FOR THE PURPOSES OF LIKE SUBJECTS, I'VE COMBINED THEM IN THE FOLLOWING SLIDES. AND I KNOW THAT YOU ALL HAVE NOT ONLY THIS PRESENTATION, BUT A MEMO AS WELL, ACCOMPANYING ALL THIS. SO I WON'T BELABOR THE POINTS TOO MUCH. I'LL GIVE YOU SORT OF A HIGH-LEVEL OVERVIEW AND HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, EITHER AFTER EACH SLIDE OR AT THE END OF THE PRESENTATION. SO WITH THAT, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. IT SHOULD BE THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SLIDE. SO THIS, THE TWO, I SHOULD SAY TWO POINTS, INFRASTRUCTURE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, PRETTY MUCH WHAT IT SAYS ON HERE, SUPPORT FOR TRANSPORTATION, SAFETY, ACCESSIBILITY, SMART MOBILITY PROJECTS, WITH AN EMPHASIS ON ROADWAY AND SIDEWALK AND MULTIMODAL CONNECTIONS. I WILL SAY WE MENTIONED TRANSIT AS WELL, ALTHOUGH THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION HAS PUT SORT OF A DE-EMPHASIS ON TRANSIT VERSUS TRADITIONAL HARD INFRASTRUCTURE, BE IT ROADWAYS, BRIDGES, AND THE LIKE, ALTHOUGH THERE ARE DEDICATED PROGRAMS IN THE ADMINISTRATION AND ALSO IN CONGRESS, TO SUPPORT FEDERAL FUNDING. 
          SOME EXAMPLES OF THAT ARE SOME COMPETITIVE GRANT PROGRAMS LIKE SAFE STREETS FOR ALL, TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT. THAT'S THE INFRASTRUCTURE SIDE. 
          ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, SUPPORT FOR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, EDUCATION, PIPELINES, SUPPORT LIVING WAGE. MORE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, SUPPORT FOR THE ARTS, MODERNIZATION OF FACILITIES AND COMMUNITY BEAUTIFICATION, AND TAX INCENTIVES TO SUPPORT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. AND AGAIN, THAT'S ALL ALIGNED WITH NOT JUST THE ADMINISTRATION'S SUPPORT FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND HARD INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT ON A COMPETITIVE BASIS, BUT IN CONGRESS AS WELL. BECAUSE, AND I'LL TOUCH ON THIS LATER, BUT CONGRESS IS GOING TO BE GOING THROUGH A HUGE SERVICE TRANSPORTATION REAUTHORIZATION BILL, IDEALLY BY THE END OF THE YEAR, IF YOU RECALL, DURING THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION. THEY PASSED THE BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE LAW. THAT WHOLE AUTHORIZATION IS COMING DUE. AT THE END 
          [02:10:01]
OF THIS YEAR. SO YOU'RE GOING TO BE HEARING A LOT ABOUT THAT IN CONGRESS. SO NEXT SLIDE. SO THIS IS THE HOUSING STABILITY, AND I'VE COMBINED THE HOUSING STABILITY PIECES AND THE PUBLIC AND SAFETY EMERGENCY RESPONSE ASPECTS HERE. 
          AGAIN, AS WITH LAST YEAR'S AGENDA, CONTINUING THE SUPPORT FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING, SUPPLY AND ACCESS, BOTH AT HUD AND THE VA. THEY HAVE SOME VERY GOOD PROGRAMS THAT CONGRESS IS LOOKING TO BOLSTER. I'M SURE YOU READ IN THE NEWS THIS WEEK THAT CONGRESS PASSED, OR I SHOULD SAY THE HOUSE PASSED, ON AN OVERWHELMING BIPARTISAN BASIS, I THINK. 
          390 TO 9, THE HOUSING FOR THE 21ST CENTURY ACT. I'M HAPPY TO SUPPLY SOME FURTHER INFORMATION ON THAT, BUT THAT'S REALLY GOING TO BOLSTER SOME HUD CAPABILITIES REGARDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING, MANUFACTURED HOUSING, RENTAL ASSISTANCE, AND ZONING ASSISTANCE AS WELL. THAT'S ON THE HOUSING PIECE. 
          PUBLIC SAFETY EMERGENCY RESPONSE, AGENDA WOULD CALL FOR SUPPORTING FEDERAL RESOURCES FOR COMMUNITY ORIGIN POLICING AND MODERN PUBLIC SAFETY TECHNOLOGY, AND THAT'S ON THE... POLICE SIDE. BUT ALSO FOR FIRE, FIRE AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE, AND FEMA'S GRANT PROGRAMS WITHIN THAT BEING SAFER AND ASSISTANCE TO FIREFIGHTER GRANTS I'VE WORKED WITH. I'VE SPOKEN WITH FIRE DEPARTMENT CHIEF FRAZIER REGARDING SOME GRANTS OF THE CITY'S PURSUED AND PASSED, AND WORKING ON HOPEFULLY BEING SUCCESSFUL IN THAT REGARD. BUT AGAIN, AS YOU WELL KNOW, THE ADMINISTRATION IS VERY SUPPORTIVE OF SUPPORTING AFFORDABLE HOUSING SUPPLY AND PUBLIC SAFETY AS WELL. SO LOOKING TO TACKLE THAT IN THE NEXT YEAR, OR THE UPCOMING YEAR, I SHOULD SAY. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. DISASTER PREPAREDNESS, FLOOD PROTECTION AND RECOVERY, AGAIN, KIND OF COMBINE THOSE TWO AREAS. 
          MAINLY WITH EQUITIES IN FEMA. FEMA IS GOING THROUGH A BIT OF A REORGANIZATION THIS YEAR, AND I'LL TOUCH ON THIS IN LATER SLIDES, BUT THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION IS LOOKING TO TRANSFORM FEMA. 
          SORT OF NOT JUST A FRONT END SUPPORT, BUT MORE OF A BACK END FOR STATES, WHERE STATES TAKE A LEAD ROLE. BUT STILL, FEMA HAS A LOT OF RESOURCES FOR PRE-DISASTER MITIGATION, RESILIENCY, INFRASTRUCTURE, EMERGENCY PLANNING AND MITIGATION, NOT JUST AT THE AGENCY LEVEL, BUT CONGRESS ALSO HAS A ROLE TO PLAY IN THAT AND PASSING EARMARK PROJECT LINE ITEM FUNDING FOR THAT. SO CONGRESS HAS A LOT OF SAY IN SAYING WHERE THE FUNDING FOR EMERGENCY DISASTER PREPAREDNESS GOES TO, AND WE'LL BE PURSUING THAT IN THE UPCOMING YEAR. 
          NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE. I'M SURE YOU'VE READ ABOUT RISK RATING 2.0. WE'VE BEEN FOLLOWING THAT VERY CAREFULLY. THERE'S A LOT OF NUMBER OF ASSOCIATIONS AS WELL. SO THAT'S, ESPECIALLY WITH THE UPCOMING FEMA REORGANIZATION, THAT'S THE LATE REPORT, WE'RE MONITORING THAT VERY CLOSELY ON BEHALF OF THE CITY. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. AND AS FAR AS PRIORITIES FOR THE AGENDA, THIS IS THE FINAL SLIDE. I'M GOING TO PIVOT NEXT, AFTER THIS SLIDE, TO SORT OF WHAT LIES AHEAD IN THE YEAR FOR COMMERCE AND THE ADMINISTRATION. 
          BUT AS FAR AS THE AGENDA, AND IF IT HELPS, I CAN STOP HERE AS FAR AS THE AGENDA. 
          TO DISCUSS WHAT WE DISCUSSED, DISCUSS WHAT I'VE DISCUSSED HERE. THIS IS KIND OF THE LAST IN AUTOMATION OF THE AGENDA, QUALITY OF LIFE AND COMMUNITY IDENTITY. 
          PARKS AND OPEN SPACES WORKED VERY MUCH WITH YOUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT TO DISCUSS SOME OF THE PROJECTS ON THE GROUND. AND HOW WE CAN MARRY THIS, TOO, WITH FEDERAL SUPPORT. SO, ACQUISITION, REHABILITATION, ENHANCEMENT OF PARKS, PRIORITIZING INVESTMENT TO IMPROVE PUBLIC HEALTH, RECREATION, COMMUNITY WELL-BEING, THAT'S IN THE PARKS AND OPEN SPACE ASPECT. 
          BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, WORKPLACE MENTAL HEALTH, THERE ARE A LOT OF PROGRAMS AT HHS'S SUBSTANCE ABUSE MENTAL HEALTH ADMINISTRATION, MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATION, SAMHSA, A LOT OF GOOD PROGRAMS TO SUPPORT THAT, AS WELL AS DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AS WELL. 
          AND THE LAST PIECE, I'VE SPOKEN TO YOU ALL, I WANT TO SAY A COUPLE MONTHS AGO NOW, TAMARACK UNIFIED ZIP CODE. AND AGAIN, I'VE WORKED CLOSELY WITH TANYA WILLIAMS ON THIS, ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF THE UNIFIED ZIP CODE. WAS IN THE AGENDA LAST YEAR, BUT THIS IS AGAIN A REMINDER OF WHAT THAT IS. PURSUING A CONSOLIDATED ZIP CODE THROUGH USPS AND THROUGH CONGRESS AND LEGISLATION TO GET USPS TO CONSOLIDATE THE ZIP CODES IS NOT ONLY IMPORTANT FOR MAIL DELIVERY IN AND OF ITSELF, BUT IT REALLY HELPS CLARIFY COMMUNITY DATA FOR OUTSIDE BUSINESSES THAT WANT TO INVEST. THEY LOOK, THE FIRST THING THEY SEE IS THE ZIP CODE. THEY COULD SAY, WELL, THIS ZIP CODE SHOWS THIS KIND OF ECONOMIC DATA, BUT YOU MIGHT HAVE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES SPILL INTO THAT AND KIND OF DISTORT. THEIR PERCEPTION OF WHAT TAMARAC IS AND ISN'T. 
          SO HAVING A UNIFIED ZIP CODE FOR THAT RESPECT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO CLARIFY WHAT TAMARAC IS. SO WE'VE WORKED WITH THE NATIONAL ZIP CODE ADVOCACY COALITION TO PARTNER TAMARAC IN THAT EFFORT. AND AGAIN, IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S APPROVED IN THIS AGENDA, REALLY HAPPY TO CONTINUE THAT EFFORT IN CONGRESS. NOW THAT IS THE, THERE ARE MORE SLIDES IN HERE, BUT I'LL STOP THERE IF ANY. 
          QUESTIONS ON THE AGENDA ITSELF AND THEN BEFORE PIVOTING TO THE OUTLOOK FOR CONGRESS AHEAD. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR PERRY. FIRST STRUCTURE CATEGORY ENCOMPASSES A LOT OF DIFFERENT CATEGORIES, BUT I DO WANT 
          [02:15:06]
TO SPECIFICALLY ADD TO THE AGENDA THE ADVOCACY FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW WATER TREATMENT PLANT AND OTHER FILTERING FACILITIES FOR UPCOMING REGULATIONS, ESPECIALLY ON PFAS AND OTHER CATEGORIES. 
          AND SO I WANT TO EMPHASIZE SPECIFICALLY IN ITS OWN UNIQUE CATEGORY. 
          THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW WATER TREATMENT FACILITY, WHICH IS IN OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM THAT WE'VE BEEN PLANNING FOR FOR SOME TIME. SO IF WE CAN ADD THAT TO THE CATEGORY WITH TANYA AND OTHERS, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. 
          WITH THE BLESSING OF THE COMMISSION, OF COURSE. ABSOLUTELY. AND I THINK I BRIEFED IT WITH TANYA IN RECENT WEEKS, BUT AS YOU KNOW, CONGRESS, AFTER A BURGEONING GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN THEY JUST HAD, THEY PASSED THE MOST RECENT TRANCHE OF FEDERAL FUNDING BILLS TO SORT OF CLOSE OUT WHAT WAS THE MOST RECENT APPROPRIATIONS PROCESS. 
          IN THAT BILL, AT ONE POINT, WAS EARMARKED FOR THE CITY ON THE WATER TREATMENT PROJECT, A LITTLE OVER A MILLION DOLLARS, SPONSORED OUT OF CONGRESSWOMAN SHAFILIS MCCORMICK'S OFFICE. THAT, UNFORTUNATELY, WAS STRIPPED FROM THE APPROPRIATIONS BILL FOLLOWING SOME OF THE LEGAL ISSUES THAT THE CONGRESSWOMAN IS FACING. SO IF WE'RE GOING TO PURSUE THAT IN AN EARMARK, AGAIN, HAPPY TO DO THAT. IT'S GOING TO HAVE TO PATENT. PRETEND TO BE FROM ANOTHER MEMBER OF CONGRESS, MOST LIKELY. 
          BUT AGAIN, THAT'S A LITTLE MORE INSIDE BASEBALL. 
          BUT THERE ARE OTHER POCKETS OF FEDERAL FUNDING, WE CAN LOOK INTO THAT AS WELL. BUT DEFINITELY THAT WE'VE BEEN TRACKING THAT TREATMENT PLANT PROJECT ISSUE AND OTHER PFS ISSUES FOR A WHILE NOW. AND THANK YOU FOR AGAIN FOR HIGHLIGHTING THAT, THAT A MILLION DOLLAR GRANT. 
          WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO DO THAT 50 TIMES. YEAH, THANK YOU. 
          NOW, WE TYPICALLY LIKE YOU TO GO THROUGH YOUR PRESENTATION AND THEN QUESTIONS CAN BE ASKED. SO DO YOU HAVE MORE TO GO? YEP. 
          NOT MUCH MORE, SO I'LL FINISH THAT UP NOW. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. SO THIS IS SORT OF THE AGENDA FOR, NOT JUST THE TAMARACK AGENDA. 
          THIS IS NOW CONGRESS'S AGENDA FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR. AND APOLOGIES, THE FIRST BULLET, THIS PRESENTATION WAS PROVIDED WITH THE IDEA THAT WE'D BE PRESENTING AT THE END OF LAST MONTH. SO ONLY A LITTLE BIT HAS CHANGED AS FAR AS APPROPRIATIONS. SO THE BULLET UP THERE, I'LL JUST AMEND THAT, TO SAY, PASS THE ONE REMAINING FEDERAL APPROPRIATIONS BILL BY, IF NOT THIS FRIDAY, THEN HOPEFULLY AT SOME POINT. AS YOU KNOW, CONGRESS WENT THROUGH THAT LONG GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN, REOPENED IT ON A CONTINUED RESOLUTION BASIS, WITH BILLS EXPIRING ON THAT DATE. YOU SEE THERE, JANUARY 30TH. THERE WAS A PARTIAL GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN OVER THE WEEKEND OVER THE PROTESTS OVER ICE AND HOMELAND SECURITY FUNDING OVERALL. SO CONGRESS ESSENTIALLY REMOVED THE DHS. 
          FUNDING BILL OUT OF THE WAY AND PASSED THE REMAINING GOVERNMENT FUNDING BILL. SO REALLY, ONLY DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY NOW IS OPERATING ON A STOPGAP BASIS, WITH FUNDING THROUGH THIS FRIDAY. SOME DEAL HAS TO BE MADE TO AVOID A DHS SHUTDOWN THIS FRIDAY. OTHERWISE, WE'RE BACK TO SQUARE ONE. SO FOR THE PURPOSES OF WHAT'S FUNDED IN DHS, THAT'S TSA AND CBP, WHICH OBVIOUSLY ARE AT MIAMI AIRPORT. AND EVERY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, OR EVERY AIRPORT, I SHOULD SAY. FEMA FUNDING AS WELL. 
          SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE MONITORING NOW. THERE WILL LIKELY BE, AND EVEN CHAIRMAN COLE, THE HEAD OF THE HOUSE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE, FORESEES THERE'LL BE SOME SHORT-TERM SHUTDOWN OF DHS BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO REACH AN AGREEMENT. WE'LL BE MONITORING THAT AND REPORT BACK AS WELL. NOW, THAT'S THE FY26 PROCESS. NEXT STEP IS THE FY27 APPROPRIATIONS PROCESS. THAT'S ONGOING. 
          MEMBERS OF CONGRESS ARE SOLICITING EARMARK APPLICATIONS AS WE SPEAK. 
          THE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE HAS YET TO RELEASE GUIDANCE ON THAT PROCESS, THOUGH. 
          SOME MEMBERS ARE JUMPING THE GUN, BUT WE ARE MONITORING THAT ON BEHALF OF THE CITY, FROM THE CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION, JUST A LITTLE BIT OF INSIDE BASEBALL. 
          CONGRESSMAN MCCORMICK, NOTWITHSTANDING THE LEGAL ISSUES SHE'S FACING, DOES ACCEPT EARMARKS. 
          SENATOR SCOTT IS ON THE SENATE SIDE. SENATOR SCOTT DOES NOT ACCEPT EARMARKS, AND IT REMAINS TO BE SEEN WHETHER SENATOR MOODY WILL DO EARMARKS. HER PRIOR SUCCESSOR, SENATOR RUBIO, DID NOT. SO I'M ASSUMING THAT TREND HOLDS, KIND OF LIMITS OUR... SPACE OF PLAY FOR EARMARKS, BUT AGAIN, WE'LL BE MONITORING THAT ON BEHALF OF THE CITY. AND I'VE ALLUDED TO IT EARLIER, BUT THE UPCOMING SURFACE TRANSPORTATION REAUTHORIZATION, I MENTIONED THAT UNDER PRESIDENT BIDEN, THE BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE LAW WAS SIGNED, $1.2 TRILLION, I BELIEVE. IT WAS OVER HALF A BILLION DOLLARS PLUSED UP IN FEDERAL FUNDING FOR INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS AND SOME HOUSING PROJECTS AS WELL. VERY UNLIKELY THAT WE'LL SEE AN EXPANSION OF THAT AGAIN. REPUBLICANS HOLDING THE GAVEL NOW ARE GOING TO SEE IT. PUSH HER EMPHASIS ON FORMULA FUNDING VERSUS DISCRETIONARY FUNDING. 
          THEY THINK OF FORMULA VERSUS DISCRETIONARY ON VETERINARY 
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PROGRAMS AND A RESTRUCTURING OF WHERE DOLLARS ARE ALLOCATED. BUT THAT REMAINS TO BE A SCENE ON. BILL TEXT CURRENTLY BEING SHOPPED IN-HOUSE, BUT WE'LL SEE THAT WITHIN MAYBE THE HOUSE TIMELINE IS SOMETIME IN MARCH. WE'LL BE MONITORING THAT CLOSELY AS WELL. 
          ANOTHER REAUTHORIZATION, THEY DO THIS EVERY OTHER YEAR, EVERY EVEN YEAR, THE WATER RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT ACT. THAT'S ARMY CORPS. 
          THOSE ARE VERY IMPORTANT PROJECTS AND STUDIES PUT OUT BY THE ARMY CORPS. AND CONGRESS IS PRETTY GOOD ABOUT DOING THAT ON A BIANNUAL AND BIPARTISAN BASIS. SO WE'LL BE MONITORING THAT, BUT DON'T FORESEE ANYTHING MAJOR ON THAT FRONT. AND WHAT MITIGATED THE SHUTDOWN PRIOR. 
          THE LAST YEAR SHUT DOWN THE ACA SUBSIDIES. 
          THOSE ARE LAPSED, BUT SOME MEMBERS ON THE REPUBLICAN SIDE ARE PARTNERING WITH DEMOCRATS TO POTENTIALLY EXTEND THEM. 
          WE WILL SEE THAT. 
          OBVIOUSLY, YOU HAVE TO GET NOT ONLY JUST OUT OF THE HOUSE, THROUGH THE SENATE'S FILIBUSTER, AND THEN PAST THE PRESIDENT'S DESK. 
          SO THAT ALL REMAINS TO BE SEEN, BUT WE ARE AGAIN MONITORING THAT. AND FINALLY, THIS IS A LITTLE MORE, I DON'T WANT TO SAY ABSTRACT, BUT THERE'S SOME MOMENTUM BEHIND THIS, THE FEMA ACT, WHICH WOULD... DRASTICALLY RESTRUCTURE FEMA, NOT ONLY JUST TAKE OUT, MAKE A CABINET LEVEL, BUT ALSO AMEND A LOT OF FEMA GRANT PROGRAMS. IT PASSED OUT OF THE HOUSE TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE ON A OVERWHELMING BIPARTISAN BASIS LAST YEAR. IT'S CONTINUING TO BE WORKSHOP ON THE HOUSE SIDE, ALSO THE SENATE SIDE, SO WE ARE MONITORING ALL OF THAT. THE NEXT SLIDE AND THIS IS THE FINAL, SUBSTANTIVE SLIDE. BEFORE ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE, THIS IS WHAT TO EXPECT AS FAR AS THE APPROPRIATIONS TIMELINE THAT SPOKE ABOUT WRAPPING UP THE FY26, MOVING TO FY27. WE'RE IN THAT PROCESS NOW. WE'RE IN THE FEBRUARY-MARCH PERIOD WHERE WE'RE WAITING FOR THE COMMITTEES TO RELEASE THEIR GUIDANCE, WHICH LETS US KNOW WHERE CONGRESS WILL APPROPRIATE CERTAIN POTS OF MONEY FOR CERTAIN PROJECTS OF LOCAL PROJECTS. MARCH AND APRIL, WE'LL BEGIN SUBMITTING THOSE PROJECTS AND WAITING FOR MEMBERS TO SELECT THEM AND SUBMIT TO THE COMMITTEE. MAY AND JUNE, IT KEEPS WORKING OUT FURTHER THE PROCESS WHERE COMMITTEES APPROVE THOSE BILLS AND PROJECTS. AND THEN IDEALLY, AND IT, RARELY HAPPENS BY THE END OF SEPTEMBER, BUT IDEALLY, THEY PASS THE APPROPRIATIONS BILL BY THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR, MOST LIKELY BY THE END OF THE CALENDAR YEAR. AND WITH THAT, THE NEXT SLIDE SHOULD BE THE QUESTIONS SLIDE, AND ANY OTHER QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM. EXCELLENT. 
          THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. 
          BEFORE WE GO TO THE COMMISSION, PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE NOW OPEN. 
          IS THERE ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK? ALL RIGHT. SEEING NONE, PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE NOW CLOSED. SEEING NO COMMENTS FROM THE COMMISSION, CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. 
          COMMISSIONER PATTERSON? YES. COMMISSIONER WRIGHT? YES. MAYOR GOMEZ? YES. 
          COMMISSIONER DANIEL? YES, BUT KEEP IN MIND WHAT THE MANAGER SAID REGARDING ADDING THE WATER PLANT INFORMATION. 
          THANKS. VICE MAYOR BOLTON? YES. THANK YOU. MOTION PASSES 5-0. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. 
          [6.bTR14373 - A Resolution of the City Commission of the City of Tamarac, Florida, Rescinding Resolution No. R-2026-010; and Approving and Authorizing the deviation from Section 2-76 of the City of Tamarac Code of Ordinances, entitled “Lien Reduction and Abatement Procedures,” specifically Section 2-76(4)(e), to review for consideration relief to reduce the lien accrual amounts on the property located at 3100–3224 West Commercial Boulevard and 3102 NW 50 Street, owned by YDB Three Lakes; providing for conflicts; providing for severability; and providing an effective date((Part 1 of 2).]
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. FEEL BETTER? WE ARE GOING TO 6-0. B, TR14373. 
          CITY ATTORNEY, PLEASE READ THE TITLE FOR THE RECORD. 
          ITEM 6B, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION AND THE CITY OF TAMARACK. WE SEND THE RESOLUTION NUMBER R-2026-010 AND APPROVE AND AUTHORIZE A DEVIATION FROM SECTION 2-76 OF THE CITY OF TAMARACK CODE OF ORDINANCE ENTITLED LEAN REDUCTION AND ABATEMENT PROCEDURES, SPECIFICALLY SECTION 2-76. 
          TO REVIEW FOR CONSIDERATION RELIEF TO REDUCE LEAN CORRAL AMOUNTS ON THE PROPERTY, LOCATED AT 3100-3224 WEST COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD AND 3102 NORTHWEST 50TH STREET, OWNED BY YTB THREE LAKES, PROVIDED FOR EFFECTIVE DATE. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I'LL TAKE A MOTION AND A SECOND, PLEASE. MOVE IT. SECOND. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ADAM ANDERSON OF THREE LAKES PLAZA AND TONY PALACIOS, OUR BUILDING OFFICIAL, ARE AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. 
          AT THIS TIME, I WILL OPEN IT UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS. I BELIEVE I HAD ONE, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S FOR THIS. MARK GOGGIN, DID YOU WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? YES, PLEASE COME UP. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? IT IS 6B. IT USED TO BE 6C, BUT IT IS NOW 6B. SO THEN KATE JOHNSON WILL BE NEXT. 
          MARK GOGGIN FROM TAMARACK LAKE SOUTH. JUST WANT TO SPEAK UP FOR THIS AGAIN. 
          THREE WEEKS. PLAZA HAS DONE A GOOD JOB, BUT THEY'RE DOING THE UPGRADES, A LOT OF NEIGHBORS I HAVE OUR SEEING THE UPGRADES DONE. IT'S GOING TO LOOK GOOD. IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN BY IT, YOU SHOULD GO BY AND LOOK AT WHAT THEY'VE DONE. IF YOU KNOW WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE BEFORE, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF UPGRADES, AS I SAID BEFORE. THE OWNERS OF THE NEW CHINA RESTAURANT ARE VERY PLEASED WITH WHAT'S GOING ON AND THEY FEEL IT'S GOING TO HELP OVERALL BUSINESS IN THE COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. 
          IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WISHING 
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TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NO ONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK, PUBLIC COMMENTS WILL BE CLOSED AFTER KATE JOHNSON. 
          KATE JOHNSON, MAINLANDS 4. 
          WHEN I SAW THIS ITEM ON THE AGENDA, I WAS QUITE CONFUSED BECAUSE THIS HAD ALREADY BEEN VOTED ON BY THIS COMMISSION. BUT THEN I READ THE BACKUP MATERIAL, AND I WAS ENLIGHTENED, AND IT ALL MADE SENSE. 
          FIRST, YOU DENY THE $100,000 OUT OF A VENDETTA FOR POLITICAL REASONS. THEN YOU ACCEPT THIS $100,000 BECAUSE YOU'VE EXTORTED $80,000 FROM THE PLAZA OWNER. 
          $10,000 TO EACH COMMISSIONER'S INITIATIVE FUND. AGAIN, THE MAYOR GETS LEFT OUT. DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT. $10,000 TO TAMARACK LAKE SOUTH HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION. $30,000 FOR CITY-SPONSORED EVENTS, INCLUDING THE WINE AND FOOD. 
          AGAIN, YOU WANT TO KNOW WHY WE CAN'T BUILD TAMARACK VILLAGE PHASE 3 AND GET STORES AND RESTAURANTS IN TAMARACK? THIS TYPE OF BUSINESS IS THE REASON WHY. 
          YOU ARE NOT BUSINESS-FRIENDLY. YOU EXTORT BUSINESSES, YOU THREATEN THEM, YOU HOLD VENDETTAS AGAINST THEM, AND THEN YOU SAY, GEEZ, WE JUST CAN'T UNDERSTAND WHY A NICE RESTAURANT WON'T COME TO TAMARACK. YOU WANT TO KNOW WHY? LOOK IN THE MIRROR, THANK YOU. 
          WE'RE NOW UP TO DISCUSSION BY THE COMMISSION, SEEING NO DISCUSSION BY MY COLLEAGUES, I'LL MAKE MY COMMENTS. I WAS INTRIGUED BY THE NEW WAY OF HANDLING SOMETHING. WE VOTE ON SOMETHING, AND INSTEAD OF DOING THE PROPER MECHANISM OF THE WINNING, THE PERSON OR THE GROUP ON THE WINNING SIDE, SO TO SPEAK, USUALLY DOES. A MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION. THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE SET PROPERLY, AND THEN WE CAN EVEN HAVE THAT RECONSIDERATION BEING DONE RIGHT AT THE SAME TIME. 
          BUT INSTEAD, WE'VE GOT SOMETHING CALLED RESCINDING RESOLUTION. NEVER HEARD OF THAT BEFORE. VERY CURIOUS AS TO HOW THIS CAME ABOUT, BECAUSE WHO PUT IT ON HERE? THE CITY OF TAMARACK DECIDED TO RESCIND THIS? WAS IT OUR DECISION, CITY MANAGER? I'M SORRY, MA'AM, WHAT'S THE QUESTION? WHO DECIDED TO RESCIND THE RESOLUTION? THIS IS A MUCH STRAIGHTFORWARD PROCESS THAN THE PREVIOUS ONE. THAT SAID... IT'S A NEW PROCESS NOW, ISN'T IT? WE HAVE IN THE PAST USED A SIMILAR PROCESS. 
          NEVER HEARD OF IT BEFORE. 
          BEEN AROUND A LITTLE BIT. 
          I'VE SEEN IT BEFORE. OKAY, IT MUST BE IN A DIFFERENT CITY. NO, I'VE BEEN HERE ALL MY LIFE. WHEN WE DID THIS BEFORE, BECAUSE A RESCISSION HAS NEVER BEEN, BUT THE QUESTION WAS, WHO BROUGHT IT UP? THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO DO FOR THE LONGEST TIME. THAT'S NOT THE ANSWER TO THE QUESTION. SO THE ANSWER TO THE QUESTION IS, OUR GOAL IS TO MAKE SURE THAT PLAZA IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THOSE... 
          CODE ISSUES AND THEY ARE, AND THEY'RE MOVING IN THAT DIRECTION. AND WE'LL DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO FORMULATE A SOLUTION TO SETTLE THIS OUTSTANDING LIEN. 
          SO YOU BELIEVE IN BRIBERY AND EXTORTION? ABSOLUTELY NOT. OKAY, BECAUSE NICE TAP DANCING, BY THE WAY, CITY MANAGER. 
          BECAUSE THE ANSWER TO THE QUESTION IS STILL NOT ANSWERED. LOOK, I BELIEVE THAT THE PLAZA OWNER SHOULD HAVE BEEN GIVEN THE GRANTS LAST TIME WHEN HE WAS HERE. 
          THEY'VE PUT IN A LOT OF WORK. THEY'RE GOING TO BE ADDING ABOUT OVER $1.2 TO $1.3 MILLION INTO THAT PLAZA TO MAKE IT LOOK GOOD. 
          EVERYBODY IS FULLY AWARE OF THE COMMENTS THAT WERE SAID AFTER AND IN BETWEEN THE BREAK, AND A PICTURE SHOWN THAT THERE WAS A TRUCK AT THIS PLAZA DURING THE LAST ELECTION THAT HAD OTHER PEOPLE SUPPORTED ON IT, AND FOR THAT VERY REASON. THIS PARTICULAR PLAZA OWNER HAS NOW BEEN EXTORTED AND HIJACKED. AND WAS GIVEN A 15% BOOST INSTEAD OF THE 10 OR 05, OR SOMETIMES 3 THAT WE ACTUALLY DO DO IN OUR CITY. 
          AND SO, UNDERSTANDABLY, HE DOESN'T WANT TO HAVE TO PAY ANOTHER HALF A MILLION DOLLARS. THAT GOES TO ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. 
          BUT I WAS TOLD, OH, BUT IT WILL GO TO GOOD THINGS FOR THE CITY. WELL, LO AND BEHOLD, ALL OF A SUDDEN ON OUR AGENDA IS AN ITEM HAVING 
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$80,000 THAT DOESN'T EVEN SHOW GOOD FOR OUR CITY. IT SHOWS GOOD FOR OUR FOUR COMMISSIONERS. 
          THE ONLY THING GOOD OUT OF IT IS $10,000 FOR A COMMUNITY. AND I'M SORRY, BUT THIS ALL OF A SUDDEN. HAVING A TASTE OF TAMARACK FOOD AND WINE FESTIVAL BEING HIJACKED OR BOOTSTRAPPED ONTO ONE OF OUR CITY'S GROOVE IN THE GRASS. THAT IS BEING COMPLETELY RUN BY ONE PERSON ON THE DAIS, EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT BEING WRITTEN UP AS AN INITIATIVE BECAUSE IT'S JUST EASIER. THAT WAY, JUST SHOWS ADDITIONAL USE OF CITY FUNDS IMPROPERLY. 
          AND YOU, I'M SORRY. THREE LAKES PLAZA ARE GETTING THE BRUNT OF IT. AND IF YOU REALLY WANTED TO DO SOMETHING GOOD FOR THE CITY, TO HELP PEOPLE, THIS COMMISSION TALKS ABOUT HELPING PEOPLE, THEN IF $80,000 IS THE KEY NEGOTIATION BETWEEN THE $500,000 THEY WANTED TO CHARGE AND NOT HAVING YOU CHARGE AT ALL, WHY ISN'T THIS $80,000 GOING TO OUR SOCIAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT, WHICH ACTUALLY HELP PEOPLE IN THE CITY, VERSUS MORE ABILITY FOR A COMMISSION TO JUST GIVE AWAY GAS CARDS, GIVE AWAY THIS, MORE ABILITY TO HAVE MARKETING DONE FOR SOLE PURPOSES OF FORWARDING THE AGENDA OF INDIVIDUAL PEOPLE ON A COMMISSION. VERSUS HELPING THE RESIDENTS IN THE CITY OF TAMARACK. SO IF YOU CAN'T TELL, AND I'M NOT EXPECTING AN ANSWER BECAUSE I'M REALLY NOT GOING TO MAKE YOU TAP DANCE ANYMORE, IT'S ALREADY A DONE DEAL. 
          FOR SOME REASON, SOMEHOW, THIS DISCUSSION HAPPENED AND IT'S BEEN ALLOWED TO COME ON THIS DAIS. AND ALLOWED TO COME INTO A SUPPORTED ITEM IN A RESOLUTION TO WHERE THIS IS BEFORE US RIGHT NOW. SO, AGAIN, I DO NOT SUPPORT THE ADDITIONAL MONEY. I WAS QUITE FINE WITH THE ORIGINAL NEGOTIATIONS THAT HAPPENED, AND YOU DID EVERYTHING THAT YOU PROMISED TO DO TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE. YOU MADE IT LOOK VERY GOOD, AND YOU HAVE A GREAT PLAN TO MAKE IT LOOK EVEN BETTER. 
          AND I'M SORRY THAT, IN MY OPINION, YOU HAVE HAD YOUR ARM PUT BEHIND YOUR BACK. BECAUSE I'M SURE YOU DIDN'T THINK OF HOW TO DIVIDE THIS UP, BECAUSE HOW WOULD YOU WITHOUT, UNLESS YOU WERE TALKING TO SOMEBODY FROM THE CITY? THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD NORMALLY THINK OF. YOU MIGHT SAY, HERE'S 80 GRAND, DO WHAT YOU NEED WITH IT, BUT YOU WOULDN'T SPECIFICALLY ALLOCATE IT IN THE MANNER IN WHICH IT IS. SO FOR THAT AND SOME OTHER OPINIONS, I WILL NOT BE VOTING FOR THIS. I AM SORRY. SO NOW THAT OTHER PEOPLE WISH TO SPEAK, COMMISSIONER PATTERSON. THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO MAKE A COUPLE QUICK COMMENTS. I APPRECIATE THAT STAFF WAS ABLE TO NEGOTIATE SOME TERMS THAT WERE, I THINK, IN FAVOR OF EVERYBODY. IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT, OR I BELIEVE, THE POSITION OF THE COMMISSION WHEN WE HEARD THIS ITEM LAST TIME, WAS THAT. WE JUST DIDN'T THINK THAT WHAT WAS PRESENTED WAS SIGNIFICANT IN TERMS OF THE IMPACT. AND SO, YOU KNOW, AS PERSONALLY AS SOMEONE THAT, YOU KNOW, NEGOTIATES AND DOES THESE TYPES OF TRANSACTIONS ON A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS. AND MY LIFE, OUTSIDE OF BEING A CITY COMMISSIONER, I THINK THAT COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP IS FANTASTIC. I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS WOULDN'T BE THE FIRST TIME THAT I'VE SEEN A TRANSACTION. 
          AS A MATTER OF FACT, THESE ARE COMMON TRANSACTIONS, SO I'M A LITTLE ALARMED AT THE LANGUAGE THAT'S BEING USED IN THE CONVERSATION TODAY BECAUSE THIS IS COMMON EVERYWHERE, COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS, COMMUNITY BENEFITS. PEOPLE CALL ME, I THINK THIS WEEK I GOT THREE PHONE CALLS ABOUT PEOPLE THAT NEEDED ASSISTANCE WITH WATER BILLS, PEOPLE THAT COULDN'T PAY THEIR PROPERTY TAXES. SO I ASSURE YOU THAT WHATEVER DOLLARS THAT COME TO MY DISTRICT ARE BEING USED TO SERVICE MY COMMUNITY AND MY DISTRICT. SO I THINK THAT THE STAFF DID A GREAT JOB NEGOTIATING SOME TERMS THAT WOULD, YOU KNOW, CREATE IMPACT BEYOND. THE ONE DISTRICT. AND AGAIN, I THINK I WANT TO MAKE IT EXPLICITLY CLEAR THAT I'VE BEEN ON THE COMMISSION FOR A YEAR AND SOME CHANGE NOW. 
          THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TRANSACTION LIKE THIS, AND IT'S NOT THE ONLY TRANSACTION. I MEAN, THIS IS COMMON ACROSS GOVERNMENTS, CRAS, THIS IS NORMAL. SO WE USE THE SEAT TO BE POLITICAL WHEN WE DON'T LIKE WHATEVER IS HAPPENING, BUT THE REALITY IS THAT. I'M GLAD THAT WE CAME TO AN AGREEMENT THAT MAKES SENSE FOR EVERYONE AND I'LL SUPPORT THE ITEM TODAY. THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. VICE MAYOR? THANK YOU, MAYOR. I HAVE A QUESTION FOR MS. ANDERSON. 
          OKAY, NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. ADAM ANDERSON, I'M MANAGEMENT OF THREE LAKE PLAZA IN TAMARACK, AND I LIVE IN SUNNY ISLE BEACH, FLORIDA. 
          OKAY. MR. ANDERSON, SOME MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE 
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CALLED THE MAYOR A TYRANT TONIGHT, BUT I WON'T CALL HER A TYRANT. BUT I WANT TO ASK YOU A QUESTION. THE SELF-PROCLAIMED TYRANT TONIGHT USED WORDS LIKE... 
          EXTORTION, BRIBERY, AND VENDETTAS. DO YOU FEEL THAT YOUR BUSINESS IS BEING EXTORTED BECAUSE OF THIS ITEM? NO, I DO NOT. 
          OKAY. DO YOU FEEL THAT YOU ARE BEING BRIBED BECAUSE OF THIS? NO, I DO NOT. 
          OKAY. DO YOU THINK THAT ANY MEMBER OF THIS COMMISSION HAS ANY PERSONAL VENDETTAS AGAINST YOU OR YOUR BUSINESS? NO, I DO NOT. OKAY. DO YOU FEEL LIKE YOUR HANDS ARE... 
          BEHIND YOUR BACK, SO TO SPEAK, AND YOUR HANDS ARE TIED. 
          NO, I DO NOT. OKAY, THANK YOU SO MUCH. I'D LIKE TO ASK THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT A QUESTION, THANK YOU MR. ADAMSON. WELL, HOW ABOUT I HAVE DECO ALEXANDER COME UP? COMMISSIONER? OKAY. STATE YOUR NAME AND TITLE FOR THE RECORD. DECO ALEXANDER, ASSISTANT BUILDING OFFICIAL. OKAY. ON FEBRUARY 1ST, MR. ADAMSON ANDERSON FORWARDED AN EMAIL TO LEVENT SHIJULO, AND I HAPPENED TO HAVE A COPY OF THAT EMAIL. IT IS AN EMAIL THREAD THAT WAS ORIGINATED FROM THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT ON JANUARY 22ND, 2026. AND IN THAT EMAIL, THE CHIEF BUILDING OFFICIAL... HIS ASSISTANT COPIED YOU ON AN EMAIL. AND IT SAYS THAT THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT THINKS THAT SOME $283,384.37 IS A FAIR SETTLEMENT. DO YOU RECALL THAT EMAIL? YES, COMMISSIONER. OKAY. SO THAT IS HALF OF THE AMOUNT THAT THE CITY COMMISSION APPROVED IN THE LAST MEETING, YES? YES, COMMISSIONER. IT WAS BASED ON A 7%. OKAY. SO IT IS, IN YOUR EXPERT ANALYSIS, THAT $283,000 AND SOME DOLLARS WOULD HAVE BEEN FAIR? THAT'S WHAT WE... THE BERLIN OFFICIAL AND OUR STAFF CAME UP WITH THIS. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. OKAY. NOW THE QUESTION FOR THE CITY MANAGER. 
          AFTER THIS EMAIL WAS SENT ON THE 22ND OF JANUARY, THERE WAS A CONVERSATION ABOUT $100,000 INSTEAD OF $283,000. WHERE DID THAT $100,000 COME FROM? THAT CAME FROM ME. THANK YOU. SO THEN YOU THOUGHT THAT IT WAS EVEN MORE FAIR TO OFFER THE BUSINESS OWNER $100,000 INSTEAD OF YOUR STAFF'S EXPERT OPINION FOR $283,000. WHY? AS I STATED A NUMBER OF TIMES, OUR GOAL HERE IS COMPLIANCE AND TO MAKE OUR PLAZAS AS VIABLE. 
          AND PLEASANT AS POSSIBLE. 
          AND SO THIS PLAZA HAS A NUMBER OF VIOLATIONS, AND AFTER A LONG PERIOD OF WORKING WITH THE PLAZA MANAGEMENT, WITH MR. ANDERSON AND HIS STAFF, WE HAVE COME TO THE TERMS IN TERMS OF ALL THE MODIFICATIONS AND REMODELING AND BEAUTIFICATION THAT'S BEEN DONE TO THE PLAZA. AND SO, THAT WAS OUR GOAL ALL ALONG. 
          AND THE 100,000 CAME FROM, I BELIEVE, THAT WAS THE ORIGINAL NUMBER FROM LAST YEAR. WHEN THEY APPEARED BEFORE THE COMMISSION, WHEN THEY HAD NO PLANS FOR FIXING THOSE CODE VIOLATIONS. 
          AND NOW THAT WE'RE FIXING ALL THE CODE VIOLATIONS, MAKING THE PLAZA VIABLE AND BEAUTIFUL, WE'RE NOT HERE TO PUNISH OUR BUSINESSES AND HURT THEM ECONOMICALLY. 
          WE'RE HERE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE COMPLIANT WITH THE BEAUTIFICATION EFFORTS. 
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OKAY. SO THEN THE COMMISSION SAYS $566,000 IS FAIR, STAFF SAYS $283,000 IS FAIR, AND YOU SAY ANYTHING BETWEEN $100,000 TO $283,000 IS FAIR. AND I BELIEVE THAT YOU TOLD MR. ANDERSON THAT THIS $180,000, INCLUDING COMMUNITY BENEFITS, BY THE WAY, THE ASSOCIATION NEXT TO THE PLAZA IS A WONDERFUL AND NOBLE PLACE TO GIVE IT TO, ESPECIALLY IF THEY'RE IN CLOSE PROXIMITY. SO I'M VERY HAPPY THAT IT'S NOT MAINLANDS 4, BUT THAT'S BESIDES THE POINT. 
          YOU COMMUNICATED THIS TO MR. ANDERSON, AND HE AGREED, WILLINGLY? CORRECT. OKAY. 
          ALL RIGHT. SO, ON THAT STRENGTH, WITH STAFF, THEIR TESTIMONY AND WHAT I'VE HEARD FROM THE CITY MANAGER TONIGHT, I'M INCLINED TO SUPPORT IT ON THIS STRENGTH. I'D JUST LIKE TO ASK A QUESTION BEFORE I WRAP UP TO THE CITY ATTORNEY. CITY ATTORNEY, IF I SHOULD CHANGE MY MIND TONIGHT AFTER I VOTE, I CAN STILL RECONSIDER THIS WITHIN TWO WEEKS, YES? BASED ON THE RULES, ANYBODY ON THE PREVAILING SIDE OBVIOUSLY CAN ASK FOR RECONSIDERATION OF THE ITEM, OKAY? OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          BASICALLY, SO IF YOU VOTE ON A RESOLUTION AND IT EITHER YOU IS. IF YOU'RE ON THE MAJORITY SIDE, THAT IF YOU WANT TO RECONSIDER IT AT THE NEXT MEETING, YOU CAN BRING IT UP TO THE COMMISSION. BECAUSE YOU'RE ON THE MAJORITY SIDE. IT COULD BE THE MAJORITY YAY OR MAJORITY NAY. OKAY. IT'S A THREAT. ANYWAY, WE'VE NEVER DONE COMMUNITY BENEFITS. 
          WHEN IT COMES TO LIEN MITIGATION BEFORE COMMUNITY BENEFITS ARE USUALLY FOR NEW DEVELOPMENT AND REESTABLISH ESTABLISHING NEW COMMUNITIES. SO, UM, THIS ISN'T COMMONPLACE IN OUR CITY. IT MIGHT NOW WIND UP BEING BECAUSE ANYBODY WILL COME TO THE MAGISTRATE AND SAY, HEY, LET ME GO TO THE COMMISSION. LET ME SEE IF THEY CAN MAKE SOME CHANGES BECAUSE I HAVE SOME EXTRA CAPITAL FOR THEM. THAT'S MY MY OPINION ON THE CHILLING EFFECT THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IN THE CITY. 
          BUT ANYWHO, UM, OF COURSE, I SPEAK AND PEOPLE HAVE TO RESPOND. SO VICE MAYOR, GO AHEAD AND THEN YOU GOT COMMISSIONER PATTERSON. 
          ABSOLUTELY. I NEGLECTED TO SAY THAT I DID VISIT THE PLAZA TODAY BY MYSELF. DID NOT LOOK AT ANY PHOTOS THAT WAS SENT TO ME BY THE PLAZA OWNER. 
          AND I MUST SAY THAT I AM VERY IMPRESSED WITH THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE HAPPENING THERE. THE COMMUNITY. NEXT TO IT, WE'LL NOW NOT SEE AN EYESORE, BUT THEY'LL SEE AN IMPROVED PLAZA. I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW, RESIDENT, THAT I HEAR YOU, I LISTEN TO YOU, AND I TOOK WHAT YOU SAID INTO CONSIDERATION FROM THE LAST MEETING AND THE MEETING TONIGHT. I'D LOVE TO HEAR FROM MY RESIDENTS, ESPECIALLY THE ONES THAT ARE REASONABLE AND SOUND. NOT THE ONES THAT ARE EQUALLY TYRANTS. BUT I APPRECIATE YOUR HONESTY, YOUR CANDOR, AND I APPRECIATE YOUR INPUT TONIGHT. SO TO TREE LAKES PLAZA, THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR FIXING YOUR PLAZA. I LOOK FORWARD TO SUPPORTING THE PLAZA AS WELL. AND LIKE DR. 
          DARCY SCHILLER WOULD ALWAYS SAY, SOME OF THE BEST RELATIONSHIPS START ON THE WRONG FOOT. 
          CONGRATULATIONS IN ADVANCE. 
          COMMISSIONER PATTERSON. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A QUICK STATEMENT. 
          COMMUNITY BENEFITS, TO MY KNOWLEDGE, HAVE NO RESTRICTIONS. 
          COMMUNITY BENEFITS ARE BUSINESS TERMS THAT ARE TYPICALLY NEGOTIATED BY SAVVY GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS. AND SO KUDOS TO YOU, MANAGER, FOR STEPPING IT UP. WE ARE BECOMING A LOT MORE SAVVY IN OUR... BUSINESS NEGOTIATIONS AND ENSURING THAT WE ARE BUILDING COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS AND RELATIONSHIPS. AND I AGREE THAT, YES, WE'RE NOT IN THE BUSINESS OF NECESSARILY USING CODE ENFORCEMENT, FINES AND LIENS TO ASSIST OUR GENERAL FUND. 
          HOWEVER, WHENEVER OUR PLAZAS, WHETHER IT'S NEW DEVELOPMENT OR EXISTING COMMUNITY PARTNERS, ARE WILLING 
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TO BECOME PARTNERS WITH OUR CITY. IT IS ADVANTAGEOUS TO US AND OUR, AND TO OUR RESIDENTS. SO I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY SOME OF THE COMMENTS AND THE REMARKS THAT WERE MADE ON THE RECORD. THANK YOU CITY CLERK. CALL THE ROLL. 
          PLEASE. COMMISSIONER WRIGHT NO, COMMISSIONER DANIEL YES, COMMISSIONER PATTERSON YES, 
          [8.aTO2624 - An Ordinance of the City Commission of the City of Tamarac, Florida, amending Chapter 6, entitled “Finance and Taxation,” Article V, entitled “Tamarac Procurement Code” of the Code of Ordinances to update the solicitation approval and expenditure thresholds to in excess of $100,000 for City Commission, up to $100,000 for the City Manager, and up to $50,000 for the Procurement and Contracts Manager; providing for severability; providing for conflicts; providing for codification; and providing for an effective date.]
VICE MAYOR BOLTON YES, MAYOR GOMEZ. NO. THANK YOU. 
          MOTION PASSES 3-2. MOVING RIGHT ALONG TO OUR LAST ITEM ON THE AGENDA, WE ARE AT ORDINANCES ON SECOND READING, 8A, CO2624. CITY ATTORNEY, PLEASE READ THE TITLE FOR THE RECORD. ITEM 8A, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF TAMARACK, FLOWED IN CHAPTER 06, ENTITLED FINANCE AND TAXATION. ARTICLE 5, ENTITLED TAMARACK PROCUREMENT CODE AND CODE OF ORDINANCE, TO UPDATE THE SOLICITATION APPROVED WITH AN EXPENDITURE THRESHOLD TO IN EXCESS OF $100,000 FOR CITY COMMISSION. UP TO $100,000 FOR CITY MANAGER, UP TO $50,000 FOR THE PROCUREMENT AND CONTRACTS MANAGER, PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. THANK YOU. I'LL TAKE A MOTION AND A SECOND, PLEASE. MOVE IT. 
          SECOND. THANK YOU. CITY ATTORNEY HANS OTTEN IS AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. 
          I WILL NOW OPEN THIS UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS. ANYONE WISHING TO MAKE ANY COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM? PLEASE COME FORWARD. KAY JOHNSON, MAINLANDS 4. AGAIN, LOOKING AT THE BACKUP MATERIAL, IT WAS VERY INTERESTING TO ME. THE REASONING IS TO MAKE US MORE COMPARABLE TO OTHER CITIES. THAT'S WHAT'S BEING SAID. LET'S MAKE TAMARACK MORE COMPARABLE. 
          BUT INTERESTINGLY, THE 20 CITIES THAT THEY MENTION IN THE BACKUP MATERIAL, ONLY 6 OUT OF THE 20 ALLOW THE CITY MANAGER TO APPROVE ANYTHING OVER $65,000. OUT OF THE OTHER 14 THAT ARE LEFT, 6 HAVE LARGER POPULATIONS. FROM TAMARACK, YET LOWER THRESHOLDS OF ONLY $25,000 FOR THE CITY MANAGER TO APPROVE WITHOUT GOING TO THE COMMISSION. SO IF WE'RE REALLY DOING THIS BECAUSE WE WANT TO BE FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE AND WE WANT TO BE COMMISERATE WITH OTHER CITIES, THEN WHERE WE'RE AT, WE'RE ALREADY HIGHER THAN MOST CITIES. BECAUSE THE BOTTOM 10 CITIES. THE CITY MANAGER HAS TO BRING TO THE COMMISSION ANYTHING OVER $50,000. AND HERE HE GETS $65,000. SO I WOULD SAY, I TOTALLY THINK THAT THOSE WHO ARE BUYING MATERIALS, WHO ARE BUYING EQUIPMENT, YES, PRICES HAVE GONE UP. BUT THE CITY MANAGER SHOULD NOT. 
          BE APPROVING ANYTHING OVER $65,000 WITHOUT COMING TO THIS COMMISSION. THAT'S A BIG CHUNK OF MONEY. JUST TAKE, FOR INSTANCE, DEWAN MEDIA. THEY HAD ALREADY EARNED $65,000 AND HAD TO COME BACK AND GOT, I THINK IT WAS ANOTHER $30,000 FOR THE NEXT MONTH AND A HALF FOR THE FISCAL YEAR. WELL, NOW HE WOULDN'T HAVE TO COME BACK FOR THAT, RIGHT? HE COULD JUST APPROVE IT AND SPEND ALL THIS MONEY. 
          AS MS. MENDELSON SAID IN THE BEGINNING, WE GOT TO WATCH OUR MONEY HERE. 
          WE'VE ALREADY RATED OUR RESERVES. WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO WHEN WE HAVE A HURRICANE? WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO TO FIX OUR WATER TREATMENT PLANT, WHICH I HEARD THE MANAGER SAY IS $50 MILLION? THINK ABOUT FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY, AND YOU, THE COMMISSION, ARE TASKED WITH THAT JOB. SO YOU NEED TO DO YOUR JOB AND OVERSEE LARGE EXPENDITURES. 
          THANK YOU. THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE, PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE NOW CLOSED. I HAVE A CORRECTION THAT IT IS THE CITY MANAGER WHO IS AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS, IF THERE ARE ANY, BY THIS COMMISSION. THANK YOU, MAYOR. AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT ALL THE TIME THAT I AGREE WITH MS. KATE, BUT I DO AGREE WITH MS. 
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JOHNSON THAT WE NEED TO WATCH OUR PURSE AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CITY IS HELD ACCOUNTABLE FINANCIALLY. $65,000 TO $100,000, YOU KNOW, IT SHIFTS THE BURDEN TO THE CITY MANAGER IN SOME REGARD. I FELT UNEASY ABOUT IT AFTER THE NEXT MEETING, AND I TOLD MYSELF TONIGHT I WOULD VOTE NO ON SECOND READING. 
          HOWEVER, I DID SEE THAT THE CITY OF MARGATE IS DOING THE SAME THING. YOU KNOW, AND IT SEEMS LIKE A TREND THAT IS HAPPENING WITH OTHER CITIES. IT DOES NOT PRECLUDE US FROM LOWERING THE LIMIT AGAIN IN THE FUTURE. IF WE FEEL THAT YOU ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THIS, RIGHT, MANAGER? COMMISSIONER WEISSMAN, I'M SO GLAD YOU MENTIONED CITY OF MARGATE. I'M PRETTY COMFORTABLE TO SAY THAT MOST OTHER CITIES WILL FOLLOW THE... THE SAME PROCESS. AS I MENTIONED THE LAST TIME IN THE CONVERSATION FOR THIS ITEM, THE COST OF ITEMS THAT WENT UP TREMENDOUSLY. WE'RE BUYING TRUCKS FOR FIRE DEPARTMENT THAT ARE NOW $70,000 A PIECE, AND WE'RE CONTRACTING FOR ENGINEERING OR CONSULTING SERVICES THAT ARE UM, MUCH HIGHER. AND IT'S JUST SIMPLY THE FACT THAT WE DEAL WITH. AND WE'RE NOT TRYING TO HIDE AWAY FROM ACCOUNTABILITY IN FRONT OF THE CITY COMMISSION OR OUR RESIDENTS, WE'RE ACTUALLY TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT THE BUSINESS OF THE CITY IS CONDUCTED IN AN EFFICIENT AND EXPEDIENT MANNER. AND SO I'M CONFIDENT THAT WE'LL, WE'LL BE ABLE TO DEFEND OUR EXPENDITURES THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS AND OR ANY OTHER METHOD FOR THAT MATTER. OKAY. SORRY FOR THE LONG-WINDED ANSWER, BUT... NO, YOU KNOW, LONG ANSWERS SOMETIMES ARE NEEDED. 
          I LIKE DETAILS, AND I DO LIKE TO READ A LOT, SO I WILL BE ZONING IN ON WHAT FINANCE DOES AND WHAT YOUR OFFICE DOES, AND SO I'LL SUPPORT THIS ITEM TONIGHT. I WANT TO PREFACE THIS BY SAYING, MAYOR, THAT AFTER THIS ITEM, I'M GOING TO CALL A MOTION TO RECONSIDER ON THE PREVIOUS ITEM. SO IF YOU'D ALLOW ME THAT TIME AFTER THIS ITEM IS DONE TO, PLEASE LET ME DO THAT. THANK YOU. YES. OKAY. THEN THE ONLY OTHER COMMENT, THEN, IF NO ONE ELSE WISHES TO SPEAK, I JUST WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT. I'M REITERATING MY OPINION ON THIS. I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THE INCREASE AS IT PERTAINS TO FIRE RESCUE, PUBLIC SERVICES, AND THE NEEDED ITEMS FOR OUR CITY TO DO ITS BUSINESS. 
          BUT I DO HAVE AN ISSUE WITH IT FOR EVERYTHING ELSE. SO, AS SUCH, I WILL NOT BE APPROVING THIS, OR I WILL NOT SAY YES. CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. 
          COMMISSIONER DANIEL? YES. 
          COMMISSIONER PATTERSON? YES. VICE MAYOR BOLTON? YES. MAYOR GOMEZ? NO. 
          COMMISSIONER WRIGHT. NO. 
          THANK YOU. MOTION PASSES 3-2. 
          THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER, VICE MAYOR BOLTON HAS ASKED FOR A MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION OF 6B. 
          IS THAT CORRECT? YES, MADAM MAYOR. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO RECONSIDER ITEM 6B. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. 
          COMMISSIONER, VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONER DANIEL. 
          WITH THE SECOND, EXCUSE ME. 
          IS THERE CITY ATTORNEY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION FOR CONSIDERATION, OR IS THIS JUST STRAIGHT VOTE? ALL RIGHT, ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM, ON ON THE ACTUAL MOTION TO RECONSIDER, NOT THE ITEM ITSELF? BECAUSE I CAN'T TELL IF THE BUTTONS ARE STILL LIT. VICE MAYOR, YOU WANTED TO HAVE A COMMENT ON THE MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION, OR ARE WE JUST GOING TO VOTE? NO, YOU CAN JUST CALL THE VOTE. CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. VICE MAYOR BOLTON? YES. MAYOR GOMEZ? NO. COMMISSIONER 
          [6.bTR14373 - A Resolution of the City Commission of the City of Tamarac, Florida, Rescinding Resolution No. R-2026-010; and Approving and Authorizing the deviation from Section 2-76 of the City of Tamarac Code of Ordinances, entitled “Lien Reduction and Abatement Procedures,” specifically Section 2-76(4)(e), to review for consideration relief to reduce the lien accrual amounts on the property located at 3100–3224 West Commercial Boulevard and 3102 NW 50 Street, owned by YDB Three Lakes; providing for conflicts; providing for severability; and providing an effective date.(Part 2 of 2)]
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PATTERSON? YES. 
          COMMISSIONER WRIGHT? NO. 
          COMMISSIONER DANIEL? YES. 
          THANK YOU. MOTION PASSES 3-2. 
          ALL RIGHT, COMMISSIONER BOLTON, YOU WANT TO BRING THIS UP, SO CITY ATTORNEY, PLEASE READ THE TITLE INTO THE RECORD YET AGAIN. 
          ITEM 6B, RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF TAMARACK, WE SEND IN RESOLUTION NO. R-2026-010, AN APPROVAL AND AUTHORITATIVE DEVIATION FROM SECTION 2-76 OF THE CITY OF TAMARACK COURT OF ORDINANCE, ENTITLED LEAN REDUCTION AND ABATEMENT PROCEDURE, SPECIFICALLY SECTION 2-76, TO REVIEW THE CONSIDERATION RELIEF TO REDUCE THE LIEN. 
          ACCRUAL AMOUNTS ON THE PROPERTY, LOCATED AT 3100 3224 WEST COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD AND 3102 NORTHWEST 50TH STREET, OWNED BY YTB THREE LAKES, PROVIDED FOR EFFECTIVE. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. I NEED A MOTION, A SECOND, PLEASE MOVE IT SECOND, THANK YOU. UM, MR ANDERSON HAS LEFT ALONG WITH HIS COLLEAGUE, SO HE'S NOT AVAILABLE FOR ANSWERING ANY QUESTIONS. I'M TONY PALACIOS, OUR BUILDING OFFICIAL, IS STILL HERE. I WILL OPEN THIS UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS, HOWEVER, I DO NOT KNOW THE REASON FOR BEING RE-HEARD. SO SEEING NO PUBLIC COMMENTS, DISCUSSION BY THE COMMISSION. MAY I BE RECOGNIZED, MAYOR? SORRY, I THOUGHT I DID. GO AHEAD. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. I RECALL THE ITEM BECAUSE MS. JOHNSON MADE MENTION OF THE COMMUNITY BENEFITS ON PAGE 7 OF THE BACKUP. AND PARTICULARLY JUST SEEING THAT EACH CITY COMMISSIONER GETS $10,000 IN THE INITIATIVE FUNDS. AND I ALSO SEE... SEE ALSO LISTEN TO WHAT MAYOR GOMEZ SAID ABOUT HELPING PEOPLE AND US, THE SOCIAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT. LET ME BE CLEAR, THIS IS NOT ABOUT A SCOLDING ANY ELECTED OFFICIAL. BUT BUT I, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO BE, YOU KNOW, POINTED WITH WITH WHAT I'M SAYING. 
          COMMISSIONER WRIGHT VOTED NO ON ADDITIONAL ASSISTANTS IN THE OFFICE. ENLISTED ROZ, WHO WAS ALREADY WORKING FOR US, AND SAID, YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT TO HIRE ANOTHER ASSISTANT, I JUST WANT TO SAVE THE CITY SOME MONEY. 
          WE VOTED, HE VOTED NO, AND THEN, ALL OF A SUDDEN, ROZ WAS TRANSFERRED TO ANOTHER DEPARTMENT, AND COMMISSIONER WRIGHT HIRED A NEW ASSISTANT. 
          WITHOUT THE PUBLIC KNOWING, WE TALKED ABOUT NO RAISES FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT LIAISONS. HE VOTED NO. ALL OF A SUDDEN, I'M MAKING MY POINT, ALL OF A SUDDEN. 
          AFTER WE TALKED ABOUT NO COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT LIAISONS, HE HIRED COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT LIAISONS. WE SAID NO INCREASE ON TRAVEL. WE SAID INCREASE ON TRAVEL. HE VOTED NO ON INCREASE OF TRAVEL, BUT THEN UTILIZES THE MONEY FOR TRAVEL. WE TALKED ABOUT INCREASING INITIATIVE FUNDS. 
          HE SAID, NO, I'M NOT WILLING TO INCREASE MY INITIATIVE FUNDS TO $20,000. THE COMMENTARY WAS THAT HE WANTED LESS THAN THE AMOUNT THAT WE GET, AND THEN HE USES THE INITIATIVE FUNDS. AND HE VOTED NO ON THE WOODLANDS. 
          WHEN THE WOODLANDS CAME WITH COMMUNITY BENEFITS, HE VOTED NO ON THE PROJECT, AND NOW HE'S USING THAT AMOUNT OF MONEY. THE MAYOR TALKED ABOUT GIVING FREE GAS CARDS AND FREE THINGS TO RESIDENTS. WELL, HE'S GIVING THAT MONEY TO RESIDENTS, AND I'M SURE WE'LL BE USING $100,000 ON HIS NEXT ELECTION. I ASK YOU AGAIN, POINT OF CLARIFICATION, THIS IS NOT APPROPRIATE TO HAVE THE VICE MAYOR DEFYING TO ATTACK COMMISSIONER WRIGHT ON HIS DECISION. I'M NOT ATTACKING ANYONE. MAYOR, A LOT OF COMMISSIONERS... IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE... NO, THE ITEM ON THE AGENDA... THE ITEM ON THE AGENDA FOR THE ATTORNEY IS WHETHER OR NOT HE CAN SPEAK ON THE ITEM AS HE WANTS. 
          THIS IS NOT ON THE ITEM AS TO THE ATTORNEY. AND HE CAN BRING FACTS THAT HE WANTS. 
          THERE'S NOTHING IN THE RULES THAT HE SAY HE CAN'T. 
          TO THE ATTORNEY. CITE ME THE RULE THAT PREVENTS HIM FROM DOING IT. HE IS SUPPOSED TO BE TALKING ABOUT THE ITEM. DO YOU WANT TO LOOK AT THE RULES? AND, COMMISSIONER, MORE THAN LIKELY RESPOND TO IT. 
          BECAUSE YOU'RE THE ONE WHO SHOULD BE TELLING ME. IT'S IN THE RULES WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE ITEM THAT'S ON THE AGENDA. THE ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS WHETHER OR NOT. 
          HE'S GIVING BACKGROUND INFORMATION AND HE CAN'T. 
          THAT'S NOT FACT. WHAT 
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COMMISSIONER RIGHTS? VOTES ARE NOT BACKGROUNDS? FOR THIS TIME, ALLOW HIM TO FINISH. YES, SO WHAT? WE'RE WASTING TIME BY YOU, ALLOWING THINGS ARE NOT PART OF OUR PROCEDURES TO DO. 
          THERE IS NO REASON. ALL YOU GUYS HAVE GIVEN BACK. I KNOW IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY, BUT IT DOESN'T EXCUSE THE RULES ARE BEING FOLLOWED. NO, THEY'RE NOT LEARN THE RULES. AND THE HR DIRECTOR CAME BEFORE THE CITY. THANK YOU. 
          COMMISSION AND SAID THAT THE CITY COMMISSION WOULD BE DOUBLING THE BENEFITS. AND COMMISSIONER WRIGHT SAID NO. 
          AND I FIND OUT FROM STAFF THAT HE IS GETTING THE BENEFIT. IT SEEMS LIKE A OIL SALES, WHATEVER SALESMAN THEY CALL IT, ALWAYS VOTING NO ON BENEFITS AND THEN USING THE BENEFITS IN THE BACKGROUND. 
          AND QUITE FRANKLY, I AM TIRED OF IT. SO I'M GOING TO TAKE THE MAYOR'S IDEA. 
          AND I WOULD LIKE FOR MY COLLEAGUES TO CONSIDER THE $10,000 THAT WOULD GO TO DISTRICT 2 TO BE DEPOSITED INTO OUR SOCIAL SERVICES FUND. THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          THAT IS WHAT I'M ASKING MY COLLEAGUES TO DO. 
          OBVIOUSLY, THERE IS MORE DISCUSSION TO BE HAD. I'M SURE THEIR LIGHTS ARE LIT. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, AS YOU KNOW. 
          THE COMMISSIONER WOULD DO. 
          HE'S GOING TO COME WITH, YOU KNOW, LIES FROM MOREHOUSE OR HARVARD-STYLE SCHOOLS. 
          ENOUGH, VICE MAYOR. VICE MAYOR, LET'S KEEP IT ON THE SURFACE. YEAH, AND SAY, WELL, I DID THIS AND I DID NOT DO THIS, AND YOU DID THIS, AND YOU DID NOT DO THAT. 
          VICE MAYOR, ENOUGH. YEAH, SO, YOU KNOW, LIKE A... LIKE, UH, THE MOTION THAT YOU HAVE ASKED FOR FOR YOU TO SAY THAT VICE COMMISSIONER WRITES TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS WILL GO TO PUBLIC SERVICES IS HEARD. 
          AT THIS POINT IN TIME, IT IS UP TO COMMISSIONER DANIEL IF SHE WILL SECOND THE MOTION. ACTUALLY, I HAVE NO PROBLEM SECONDING THAT MOTION. I THINK I HAD THE SAME SITUATION WHEN ANOTHER COMMISSIONER WAS THERE. IF YOU'RE GOING TO VOTE AGAINST SOMETHING, DON'T TAKE THE BENEFIT YOU CAN TALK IN A MINUTE. RIGHT NOW. YOU HAVE EXPRESSED THAT YOU HAVE, YOU HAVE APPROVED AND ACCEPTED THE FRIENDLY AMENDMENT GIVEN BY MAY. GO, MAN, JUST A SECOND, PLEASE. 
          FOR THE ITEM 6B. I BELIEVE THE SECOND WAS COMMISSIONER PATTERSON. MY APOLOGIES AS A MOTION TO RECONSIDER. MY APOLOGIES COMMISSIONER PATTERSON. DO YOU ACCEPT COMMISSIONER BOLTON'S FRIENDLY AMENDMENT? THANK YOU FOR YOUR VERY CONCISE ANSWER. 
          IT'S VERY MUCH APPRECIATED. 
          WE ARE NOW AT DISCUSSION? THE MOTION IS TO BRING BACK TR 14373 WITH THE MODIFICATION THAT THE $10,000 THAT WOULD GO TO DISTRICT 2 WILL NOW GO TO CITY OF TAMARACK SOCIAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT. 
          COMMISSIONER WRIGHT? I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THE RECORD WITH COMMISSIONER BOLTON. 
          CITY MANAGER WITH THE HR BENEFITS WHEN WE DECIDE TO INCREASE IT, DIDN'T THE HR PERSON SAY THAT IT COULDN'T BE REJECTED? WHEN I SAID I DO NOT WANT IT? POINT OF CLARIFICATION, I WAS TOLD THAT THIS IS NOT ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT. 
          YEAH, WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT, I'M SORRY, AND SO AND SO. IF THIS NEEDS TO BE DISCUSSED, IT COMES BACK AT THE NEXT COMMISSION MEETING, BUT HERE, NO, NO, NO, HEAR ME AND HEAR ME. GOOD. 
          THIS COMMISSION SAID IN THIS COMMISSION MEETING THAT COMMISSIONER WRIGHT SHOULD NOT HAVE THAT BENEFIT AND STAFF BACK TOWARDS THE BENEFIT AND IS GIVING IT TO COMMISSIONER WRIGHT. 
          EVERYTHING THAT HE VOTES ON NO SHOULD NOT BE GIVEN TO HIM. HE DID NOT JUMP OVER YOU. HIS TWO MINUTES ARE DONE. I'M SORRY. CITY ATTORNEY, YOU ALLOWED HIM TO SPEAK. HE HAS A RIGHT TO SPEAK. THE DOOR WAS OPEN ON THAT ISSUE. YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO SPEAK. GO AHEAD. 
          CLARIFICATION, CITY MANAGER. 
          COMMISSIONER, I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER THE CONVERSATION. I BELIEVE YOU'RE RIGHT IN OUR HR. DANIELLE DORGAS SAID IN THE BUDGET MEETING, IT WAS AT TAMARACK PARK. WE WERE IN THAT MEETING. I RECALL IT VERY WELL. AND I SAID, I DID NOT WANT IT, AND SHE SAID, WE CAN'T BIFURCATE IT. I CALLED HER AT THE COMMISSION MEETING AFTER, AND THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID. 
          BECAUSE YOU'RE PART OF THE CERTAIN GROUP IN THE... SO, I DO NOT CHECK MY WHATEVER, I DON'T CHECK MY STUBS. MY MONEY THAT I GET FROM CITI GOES INTO MY SAVINGS ACCOUNTS, MY GOLDMAN SACHS SAVINGS ACCOUNTS. IF I'M GETTING A DECISION, I SAID, I DIDN'T WANT IT, PLEASE CLARIFY IF I CAN REJECT IT OR 
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NOT. GET CLARIFICATION ON THAT, BECAUSE I SAID THAT. AND THE HR DIRECTOR SAID IT COULD NOT HAPPEN. I BELIEVE YOU'RE CORRECT, BUT WE CAN DEFINITELY CHECK ON THAT. I KNOW EXACTLY WHERE THE MEETING HAPPENED. IT WAS A BUDGET MEETING ON THAT DAY. I GOT 10 GENERALS ON CXC. WHAT ELSE DID HE... 10 GENERALS ON CXC. NEXT QUESTION. I THINK, IF MY RECOLLECTION SERVES ME CORRECTLY, COMMISSIONER BOLTON VOTED AGAINST THE WOODLANDS AS WELL AND ALSO GOT BENEFITS. THE CITY GOT BENEFITS. ENOUGH. DISTRICT. 
          AND IF MY RECOLLECTION SERVES ME CORRECTLY, INITIALLY THE FUNDS WERE ALL GOING TO DISTRICT 1, AND THEN I DECIDED WE'RE GOING TO BRING IT BACK TO DISTRICT. ONE MILLION DOLLARS BACK TO DISTRICT 2, AND THEN AFTER COMMISSIONER PATTERSON GOT ELECTED, WE DECIDED WE'RE GOING TO SPLIT IT ALONG THE FOUR DIFFERENT DISTRICTS, WHICH IS WHAT WE DID, BUT YOU VOTED AGAINST THE PROJECT. SO DON'T TRY TO PAINT ME AS SOMEONE I'M NOT. YES, I VOTED NO, AND IF YOU WANT TO GIVE THE $10,000 TO THE COMMUNITY, I'M FINE WITH THAT. ONCE IT'S HELPING THE PEOPLE OF TAMARACK, THAT'S ALL THAT MATTERS. SO I'M IN SUPPORT. 
          YOU GIVE MY $10,000 TO WHEREVER YOU WANT TO GIVE IT TO. ONCE IT'S IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CITY, I AM TOTALLY FINE. THE NEXT MEETING, I'LL BE CALLING FOR THE PAUSING OF YOUR, OF SPENDING THOSE. ENOUGH. 
          COMMISSIONER, VICE MAYOR BOLTON, COME ON. WE'RE MINUTES AWAY FROM ACTUALLY BEING DONE WITH THE MEETING. NO, I'VE GOT COMMISSIONER, COMMISSIONER DANIEL WANTS THIS. GOOD NIGHT EVERYONE, SORRY FOR THE DELAY, BUT I DO RECALL, UM, THE HUMAN RESOURCE PERSON DID SAY YOU COULD NOT NOT TAKE IT. 
          HOWEVER, YOU DO TEND TO VOTE KNOWING STUFF THAT YOU KNOW IS GOING TO PASS BY OTHERS AND THEN REAP THE BENEFIT. 
          ON THE WOODLANDS, WHICH I VOTED YES, SO I FEEL FREE TO TALK. 
          ON THE WOODLAND AGREEMENT, WHEN THE MONEY WAS DIVIDED, YOU SAID YOU WANTED ALL YOURS TO GO TO WOODLANDS. AND I KEEP ASKING, WHERE IS THAT? INSTEAD, IT'S BEING SPENT ON DIFFERENT THINGS. I REMEMBER THAT. COMMISSIONER WRIGHT, GO AHEAD. POINT OF CLARIFICATION, THE REST OF THAT MONEY WENT TOWARDS SHAKER VILLAGE, WHICH I SUPPORTED AS WELL. NO, NO, NO, I'M TALKING ABOUT THE DIVIDED MONEY. YOU SAID IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE DIVIDED TO THE RESIDENTS IN THE WOODLANDS, AND YOU DID NOT. YOU'RE NOT STOPPING ME. YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE LITERALLY OVER-TALKING. 
          BUT I AM... I'M SO GLAD THE LIES ARE COMING OUT. 
          RIDICULOUS. PEOPLE, YOU ALL SAID NO TO CERTAIN THINGS, EXCEPT COMMISSIONER DANIELS. SHE DIDN'T. SHE SAID YES, AND SO SHE GOT THE FUNDS. 
          OTHER PEOPLE DID SAY NO, AND THEY STILL GOT THE FUNDS. 
          WHATEVER, IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS TOPIC. WE HAVE A MOTION IN A SECOND. 
          OH, THANK YOU. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CITY CLERK CALLED THE ROLL. THE ROLL IS BEING CALLED, THERE IS NO FURTHER DISCUSSION. IT INCLUDES HAVING IT AS AMENDED. WITH A $10,000 THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN GOING TO COMMISSIONER WRIGHT OR DISTRICT 2, WILL NOW GO TO THE CITY OF TAMARAC. 
          THANK YOU. SOCIAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. SO, CITY CLERK, I JUST WANT TO KNOW, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU UNDERSTAND. SHE'S NOT AN IDIOT. SHE UNDERSTANDS. 
          MICHELLE GOMEZ, I HAVE TWO MINUTES. NO, YOU DON'T. 
          YOU'RE JUMPING OVER EVERYBODY. AND ONCE THE ROLL IS CALLED, YOU CANNOT PROCEED. YOU ARE CALLING THE ROLL. I AM BECAUSE I AM THE CHAIR. ONCE THE ROLL IS CALLED, YOU ARE TO PROCEED, CITY CLERK. CALL THE ROLL. I JUST WANT TO KNOW THAT... THE CITY CLERK UNDERSTANDS THAT $10,000 THAT WAS BEING DIRECTED TO DISTRICT 2 IS NOW BEING DIRECTED TO THE SOCIAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT. 
          TO HELP OUR RESIDENTS WITH THE NEEDS THAT THEY HAVE, CORRECT? CITY CLERK, CALL THE ROLL. YOU DON'T HAVE TO ANSWER THE QUESTION. 
          CORRECT, CITY CLERK? CALL THE ROLL. THE MOTION WAS AMENDED FOR THE $10,000 FROM DISTRICT 2 TO BE DEPOSITED TO SOCIAL SERVICES FOR US. 
          THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER WRIGHT? THE ROLL. NO. VICE MAYOR BOULTON? YES. 
          COMMISSIONER DANIEL? YES. 
          COMMISSIONER PATTERSON? YES. MAYOR GOMEZ? NO. THANK YOU. MOTION PASSES 3-2 AS AMENDED. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, ENJOY YOUR TWO WEEKS AWAY FROM US. HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY. WE'LL SEE YOU ON THE 21ST AT THE PET EXPO.
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