WELCOME TO OUR WEDNESDAY, 
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FEBRUARY 25TH COMMISSION MEETING. THE CURRENT TIME IS 9.30 A.M. SO, CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE. 
          GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. MAYA GOMEZ. GOOD MORNING. VICE MAYOR BOLTON. GOOD MORNING. 
          COMMISSIONER WRIGHT. GOOD MORNING. COMMISSIONER PATTERSON. GOOD MORNING. 
          COMMISSIONER DANIEL. GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, AND IF EVERYONE WOULD, PLEASE STAND. COMMISSIONER KEISHA DANIEL WILL LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, AND THERE WILL BE A MOMENT OF SILENCE. 
          I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. 
          NO REPORT. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I'M GOING TO ASK MY COLLEAGUES TO JOIN ME IN THE WELL. 
          PLEASE. SEEMS LIKE A VERY QUIET MORNING, DOESN'T IT? ALL RIGHT, LET'S GET SOME ENERGY IN HERE. SO THIS IS A 
          [2. CITY MANAGER REPORT]
PROCLAMATION THAT WAS REQUESTED BY MYSELF FOR DR. VON DELANEY-MAZEL, AND IT IS MY HONOR AND PRIVILEGE TO PRESENT IT TO DR. JOHN H. 
          HILL III, WHICH IS DR. VON MAZEL'S SON, MRS. SHERRY HILL, AND DR. KIM RAE, MAZEL HILL. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE. IF YOU'D LIKE TO STAND, OR YOU COULD SIT THERE AND THEN COME UP FOR PHOTOS, WHATEVER YOU'RE COMFORTABLE WITH. YOU'RE FINE THERE? I NEED A LITTLE BIGGER. 
          I'M GOOD. WHEREAS DR. VON DELANEY MIZELL WAS A PIONEERING PHYSICIAN, CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER, AND COMMUNITY ADVOCATE WHOSE LIFELONG SERVICE PROFOUNDLY ADVANCED RACIAL EQUITY, PUBLIC HEALTH, AND SOCIAL JUSTICE IN BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA. AND WHEREAS DR. MIZELL WAS A FOUNDING FORCE OF THE FIRST NAACP CHAPTER IN SOUTH FLORIDA. PROVIDING ORGANIZED LEADERSHIP AND ADVOCACY TO CONFRONT RACIAL INJUSTICE AND PROMOTE CIVIL RIGHTS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY. AND WHEREAS DURING AN ERA OF LEGALIZED SEGREGATION, DR. 
          MAZZELLA SPEARHEADED AND CO-FOUNDED PROVIDENCE HOSPITAL IN 1938, THE FIRST HOSPITAL IN BROWARD COUNTY TO SERVE AFRICAN AMERICANS, ENSURING ACCESS TO QUALITY MEDICAL CARE FOR BLACK RESIDENTS WHO WERE OTHERWISE DENIED TREATMENT. 
          WHEREAS DR. MIZELL COURAGEOUSLY CHALLENGED SYSTEMATIC DISCRIMINATION IN THE MEDICAL PROFESSION BY SUCCESSFULLY SUING THE BROWARD COUNTY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, THEREBY OPENING PATHWAYS FOR BLACK PHYSICIANS TO PRACTICE MEDICINE LOCALLY AND ADVANCING EQUITY WITHIN HEALTH CARE INSTITUTIONS. AND WHEREAS IN 1961, DR. MIZELL LED THE HISTORIC WADE-INNS PROTESTING SEGREGATION OF PUBLIC BEACHES IN FORT LAUDERDALE, A NONVIOLENT CIVIL RIGHTS ACTION, THAT RESULTED IN THE DESEGREGATION OF BROWARD COUNTY BEACHES BY 1962 AND MARKED A PIVOTAL MOMENT IN FLORIDA'S CIVIL RIGHTS HISTORY. WHEREAS, IN RECOGNITION OF HIS ENDURING LEGACY AND LEADERSHIP, JOHN U. LLOYD BEACH STATE PARK WAS OFFICIALLY RENAMED THE DR. 
          VON D. MAZEL-ELUA JOHNSON STATE PARK IN 2016, MEMORIALIZING HIS CONTRIBUTIONS TO CIVIL RIGHTS, EQUALITY, AND PUBLIC ACCESS TO SHARED SPACES. AND WHEREAS DR. MIZELL'S COMMITMENT TO JUSTICE, HEALTH CARE ACCESS, AND COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT CONTINUES TO INSPIRE FUTURE GENERATIONS AND REMAINS FOUNDATIONAL TO THE SOCIETAL AND TO SOCIAL AND CIVIC PROGRESS IN BROWARD COUNTY. NOW, I, MICHELLE J. GOMEZ, VERY PROUD MAYOR OF THE CITY OF TAMARACK, ON BEHALF OF THE COMMISSION, HEREBY COMMEND AND APPLAUD DR. YVONNE DELANEY MIZELL FOR HIS EXTRAORDINARY LEADERSHIP AND COURAGE, AND UNWAVERING DEDICATION TO CIVIL RIGHTS. HEALTH CARE EQUALITY AND THE BETTERMENT OF COMMUNITY. AND IN HONOR OF THE SAME, PROCLAIM FEBRUARY 25, 2026, IN THE CITY OF TAMARAC AS DR. VON DELANEY 
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MIZZELL DAY. WOULD YOU PLEASE COME UP? WELL, I JUST WANT TO SAY, THANK YOU SO MUCH, MAYOR GOMEZ, FOR THIS INCREDIBLE HONOR. I TRY TO WORK REALLY HARD EVERY DAY TO FILL JUST A LITTLE PIECE OF MY GRANDFATHER'S SHOES. AND SO I'M VERY PROUD TO BE HERE, AND I'M PROUD TO HAVE MY PARENTS HERE WITH ME AS WELL TO HAVE THIS HONOR SHARED. SO THANK YOU AGAIN, THOUGH. AND THANK YOU TO THE REST OF THE COMMISSION AS WELL. AND THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR GRANDFATHER, YOUR FATHER, AND ALL THAT HE'S DONE. AND I KNOW THAT YOU'RE DOING GREAT THINGS AS WELL IN SERVING THE COMMUNITY. SO THANK YOU. AND OBVIOUSLY, THIS IS A LITTLE EMOTIONAL. 
          BUT IT'S ALL WITH LOVE. SO WOULD YOU LIKE TO TAKE A PHOTO WITH US, OR WOULD YOU PREFER NOT TO? OKAY, COME ON UP. COME ON. 
          THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND THIS NEXT PROCLAMATION IS DEAN TATE. TEEN DATING VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH PROCLAMATION, ALSO REQUESTED BY MYSELF AND BEING PRESENTED TO DR. KATE JOHNSON. WHEREAS EACH FEBRUARY IS DESIGNATED AS DATING VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH NATIONWIDE TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT TEEN DATING VIOLENCE, THIS ANNUAL MONTH-LONG EFFORT FOCUSES ON ADVOCACY AND EDUCATION. 
          TO STOP DATING ABUSE BEFORE IT STARTS. THIS YEAR'S THEME IS REAL LOVE RESPECTS, WHEREAS DATING VIOLENCE IS MORE COMMON THAN MOST PEOPLE BELIEVE, ESPECIALLY AMONG TEENS AND YOUNG ADULTS. 
          IN FACT, ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HOTLINE, ONE IN THREE U.S. 
          TEENS WILL EXPERIENCE PHYSICAL, SEXUAL, OR EMOTIONAL ABUSE FROM SOMEONE THEY'RE IN A RELATIONSHIP WITH BEFORE BECOMING ADULTS, WHEREAS APPROXIMATELY ONE IN FIVE WOMEN AND ONE IN SEVEN MEN WHO EXPERIENCE RAPE, PHYSICAL VIOLENCE, AND OR STALKING BY AN INTIMATE PARTNER, FIRST EXPERIENCE SOME FORM OF PARTNER VIOLENCE. BETWEEN 11 AND 17 YEARS OF AGE. NEARLY HALF, 43% OF U.S. COLLEGE WOMEN REPORT EXPERIENCE VIOLENT AND ABUSIVE DATING BEHAVIORS, INCLUDING PHYSICAL, SEXUAL, DIGITAL, VERBAL, OR OTHERWISE CONTROLLING ABUSE. 
          AND WHEREAS ALMOST 1 IN 10 TEENS IN RELATIONSHIPS REPORT HAVING A PARTNER TAMPER WITH THEIR SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNT, WHICH CONSTITUTES THE MOST FREQUENT FORM OF HARASSMENT OR ABUSE, IN RECENT YEARS. WHEREAS IT BECOMES A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS AS SURVIVORS ARE THREE TIMES AS LIKELY TO MEET THE CRITERIA FOR PSTD OR PTSD, TWO TIMES MORE LIKELY TO DEVELOP SYMPTOMS OF DEPRESSION, THREE TIMES MORE LIKELY TO DEVELOP A MAJOR DEPRESSIVE ORDER, FOUR TIMES MORE LIKELY TO ATTEMPT SUICIDE, AND SIX TIMES MORE LIKELY TO HAVE A SUBSTANCE ABUSE DISORDER. AND WHEREAS EDUCATION ON HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS AND RED FLAGS. MAY HELP REDUCE THE RISK OF TEENS ENTERING UNHEALTHY AND ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIPS AND MUST BE ALL OF OUR CONCERN. SOME EXAMPLES OF RED FLAGS ARE CHECKING YOUR PHONE, EMAIL OR SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS WITHOUT YOUR PERMISSION, PUTTING YOU DOWN FREQUENTLY, ESPECIALLY IN FRONT OF OTHERS, ISOLATING YOU FROM FRIENDS OR FAMILY, PHYSICALLY, FINANCIALLY OR EMOTIONALLY, EXTREME JEALOUSY OR INSECURITY, EXPLOSIVE OUTBURSTS, TEMPER OR MOOD SWINGS, POSSESSIVENESS OR CONTROLLING BEHAVIOR, AND PRESSURING OR FORCING YOU TO HAVE SEX. NOW, THEREFORE, I, MICHELLE J. GOMEZ, VERY PROUD MAYOR OF THE CITY OF TAMARACK ON BEHALF OF THE COMMISSION, HEREBY REMINDS EVERYONE OF ALL AGES, REAL LOVE, RESPECTS, AND PROCLAIMS THAT. 
          FEBRUARY 2026 IN THE CITY OF TAMARACK AS TEEN DATING VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH. SO I'M PROUD TO PRESENT THIS PROCLAMATION TO DR. KATE JOHNSON, WHERE SHE. 
          WE'LL TALK MORE IN A MINUTE. 
          BUT I ALSO REMIND PEOPLE THAT WHILE IT MAY START 
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OUT AS TEENS, DOING THIS. IF THE ABUSE DOESN'T GET BETTER, OR THE ABUSER DOESN'T GET BETTER, THEY BECOME ADULTS WHO DO THIS. 
          AND THEN PEOPLE WHO NEVER THINK THAT THEY WOULD BE IN A POSITION LIKE THAT ARE IN A POSITION LIKE THAT, I KNOW FIRSTHAND. THANK YOU. 
          AND, AS THE MAYOR SAID, YOU DON'T GO INTO A RELATIONSHIP EXPECTING IT TO BE ABUSIVE. THEN IT'S ABUSIVE. AND WHEN I STARTED THIS WORK, THE STATISTICS WERE ONE IN TEN TEENS. IT'S NOW ONE IN THREE. SO WHAT'S CHANGED IN OUR SOCIETY, AND I THINK A BIG PART OF THAT IS, ONE, WE DON'T TEACH RESPECT FROM EARLY ON. RESPECT FOR OTHER PEOPLE, RESPECT FOR PROPERTY, RESPECT, AND I'M NOT SAYING YOUR PARTNER IS YOUR PROPERTY, BUT RESPECT IN GENERAL. WE NEED MORE ROLE MODELS THAT SHOW RESPECT. 
          RESPECT TO EACH OTHER, BECAUSE CHILDREN LEARN WHAT THEY SEE MORE THAN WHAT THEY HEAR. AND SO THANK YOU TO THE CITY OF TAMARACK FOR DOING THIS. I, TOO, WAS ONE OF THOSE TEENS WHO EXPERIENCED ABUSE AND IT GAVE ME THE PASSION TO BECOME AN ADVOCATE. 
          BECAUSE, OF COURSE, I GREW UP TO BE AN ADULT WHO EXPERIENCED ABUSE. AND SO THANK YOU TO THE CITY FOR DOING THIS. 
          THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, CITY MANAGER, ANY REPORT? THANK YOU, MAYOR. GOOD MORNING, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, EVERYONE. WELCOME. FIRST ITEM ON MY REPORT IS WE PROUDLY RECOGNIZE TEMANEK FIRE RESCUE AND THE OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE FOLLOWING TEAM MEMBERS. 
          MICHAEL BOYAN, FRANCOIS AVERILL, CHRIS CORBELLO, KINGMAN MACE, AND JOSEPH INELLO. THESE DEDICATED PROFESSIONALS COMPETED AND WON THE FLORIDA CUP ALS CHAMPIONSHIP CHALLENGE FOR THE THIRD CONSECUTIVE YEAR, MAKING THEM THE FIRST TEAM IN FLORIDA HISTORY TO ACCOMPLISH THIS REMARKABLE FEAT. YES. AND LAST WEEK, THEY WERE HONORED AT THE STATE CAPITOL AND FORMALLY RECOGNIZED DURING THE FLORIDA LEGISLATIVE SESSION FOR THIS HISTORIC MILESTONE. 
          AND THIS ACHIEVEMENT NOT ONLY REFLECTS THEIR INDIVIDUAL SKILL AND DISCIPLINE, BUT ALSO THE STRENGTH AND PROFESSIONALISM OF TAMARACK FIRE RESCUE AS A WHOLE. WE CONGRATULATE THEM ON THIS EXTRAORDINARY ACCOMPLISHMENT AND THANK THEM FOR REPRESENTING TAMARACK WITH DISTINCTION AND PRIDE. IT WAS A GREAT EVENT AT THE CAPITOL LAST WEEK WHEN THEY WERE RECOGNIZED. IT WAS A VERY PROUD MOMENT FOR ALL OF US IN TAMARACK. AND NEXT. NOT TO BE OUTDONE BY FIRE DEPARTMENT, THE CITY OF TAMARAC HAS BEEN NAMED THE FINALIST FOR THE 2026 IDC SMART CITIES NORTH AMERICA AWARDS, RECOGNIZING INNOVATION AND MEASURABLE PUBLIC IMPACT. 
          THE AWARDS HONOR GOVERNMENTS LEADING AND SUSTAINING SMART CITY INITIATIVES THAT CREATE MORE LIVABLE AND CONNECTED COMMUNITIES. WINNERS WILL BE ANNOUNCED AT SMART CITIES CONNECT AND RALLY, MARCH 10 THROUGH 12. 
          BUT IT'S A GREAT ACCOMPLISHMENT TO BE IN THAT LIST, AND SO WE CONGRATULATE OUR TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT AND EVERYBODY ELSE WHO PARTICIPATED IN THOSE. EFFORTS. 
          CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR FINANCE TEAM FOR EARNING THE GFOA DISTINGUISHED BUDGET PRESENTATION AWARD FOR THE 28TH CONSECUTIVE YEAR FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025. THIS 
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PRESTIGIOUS HONOR REFLECTS TAMARAC'S COMMITMENT TO THE HIGHEST STANDARDS IN GOVERNMENTAL BUDGETING AND FINANCIAL STEWARDSHIP. THIS AWARD RECOGNIZES OUR BUDGET AS A POLICY DOCUMENT, FINANCIAL PLAN, OPERATIONS GUIDE AND EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION TOOLS. 
          CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT AND EVERYBODY IN THE CITY THAT ASSISTED WITH THAT AS WELL. SPRING IS ALMOST HERE, SO WE GOT A FULL LINEUP OF COMMUNITY EVENTS IN THE WEEKS AHEAD. IT'S A GREAT TIME TO GET OUT, CONNECT WITH NEIGHBORS AND SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING AROUND THE CITY. SO AGAIN, FOR A COMPLETE LIST OF CITY AND COMMISSION INITIATIVES, VISIT OUR WEBSITE OR SCAN THAT QR CODE TO GET CONNECTED WITH OUR BEAUTIFUL COMMUNITY CALENDAR. 
          AND NEXT COMMISSION MEETING WILL BE HELD ON WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11, 2026, AT 7 P.M. A RECEPTION HONORING OUR WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH NOMINEES WILL TAKE PLACE PRIOR TO THE MEETING. SO, PLEASE JOIN US AT 6 P.M. IN THE ATRIUM FOR LIGHT REFRESHMENTS AND FOOD. 
          AND THANK YOU, MAYOR. THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT. THANK YOU 
          [3. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION]
VERY MUCH. WE WILL NOW GO TO PUBLIC PARTICIPATION. THE RULES AND THE ROAD ARE ON THE SCREEN, BUT JUST GENERALLY, PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM HERE, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES, YOU CAN'T SHARE YOUR THREE MINUTES WITH ANYBODY ELSE. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND IF YOU'RE NOT COMFORTABLE GIVING YOUR ADDRESS, THE CITY AND WHERE YOU LIVE AND WHAT YOU LIVE. AND WHILE WE WERE CLAPPING DURING THE CITY MANAGERS COMMENTS DURING THIS PART, WE DON'T. WE HAVE HAPPY HANDS OR WE CAN PUT THUMBS DOWN, BUT WE DON'T WANT TO INTIMIDATE ANYBODY WHO WISHES TO SHARE THEIR PIECE FROM THE PODIUM. WE JUST ASK THAT EVERYBODY BE RESPECTFUL. 
          AND THE FIRST PERSON ON MY LIST IS KATE JOHNSON, AND WILL BE FOLLOWED BY CAROL MENDELSON. GOOD MORNING, KATE JOHNSON, MAINLANDS 4. FIRST THING I WANT TO DO IS TAKE A MOMENT TO, AND I'M SO GLAD TO SEE PETER MASON IS HERE, TO THANK OUR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOR AN AMAZING TASTE OF TAMARACK EVENT. IT WAS PACKED, THE FOOD WAS GREAT, I KEPT GOING BACK. ATE WAY MORE THAN I SHOULD HAVE, BUT IT WAS JUST AN AMAZING, AMAZING THING. I BELONG TO THE CHAMBER. I HAVE BELONGED TO THE CHAMBER FOR A FEW YEARS NOW. ONE, BECAUSE I'M A TIMROCK RESIDENT, AND TWO, BECAUSE MY BUSINESS IS IN NORTH LAUDERDALE. SO I HAVE THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS TO BE PART OF THAT CHAMBER. AND THEY DO AMAZING THINGS FOR OUR CITY, AND THAT WAS JUST ONE OF THEM. SO THANK YOU TO THE CHAMBER. AND TO PETER MASON FOR HIS WORK. THE OTHER THING I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS 5A, WHICH IS THE TAMARACK PARK 400-METER TRACK AND, ALL OF A SUDDEN, MULTIPURPOSE CENTER REPLACEMENT. WHEN THE TRACK IDEA WAS FIRST BROUGHT FORWARD, IT WAS SAID IT WAS GOING TO BE $5 MILLION. 
          WITH ONE MILLION OF IT IN GRANTS. SO THE CITY WOULD BE PUTTING OUT FOUR MILLION. 
          THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO WAY THE CITY IS PUTTING OUT FOUR MILLION AND COMPLETELY TEARING DOWN AND REBUILDING A MULTI-PURPOSE CENTER REPLACEMENT. SO WE ARE LOOKING AT MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS THAT ARE GOING TO BE SPENT ON THAT PROJECT WHEN... I THINK IT WAS MILLENNIUM, MILLENNIAL, WHICHEVER IT IS, SAID THAT WE COULD SHARE THEIR TRACK AND PUT MONEY INTO THAT AND MAKE IT ACCESSIBLE FOR PUBLIC USE. AND SO WE'VE GOT A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO SPEND WAY LESS MONEY RATHER THAN DOING THIS PROJECT. IN ADDITION, WE'RE LOOKING AT THINGS LIKE WE MIGHT NOT GET PROPERTY TAXES. 
          WE MIGHT NOT GET BUSINESS TAXES. DEPENDING ON WHAT HAPPENS IN THE LEGISLATURE AND THE UPCOMING ELECTION. AND WE KNOW PEOPLE WILL THINK, OOH, NO PROPERTY TAX? LET ME VOTE FOR THAT. AND SO THIS CITY MUST... LOOK AT EVERY SINGLE PROJECT AND SAY, 
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IS THIS AN IMMEDIATE EMERGENCY? IS THIS SOMETHING WE HAVE TO DO? BECAUSE, JUST LIKE PUBLIC EVENTS, SOME THINGS ARE NOT NEEDED. 
          THEY'D BE NICE, BUT THEY'RE NOT NEEDED. WHEN WE HAVE AN ALTERNATIVE, USE THAT. THANK YOU. AS CAROL MENDELSON IS COMING DOWN, ANDREW BOSSETT IS NEXT. MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, CAROL MENDELSON-WOODMONT, WITH MAJOR STATE PROPERTY TAX AND BUSINESS TAX CHANGES STILL UNSETTLED, IT IS IRRESPONSIBLE FOR THIS COMMISSION TO CONTINUE SPENDING AS IF OUR REVENUES ARE GUARANTEED. THIS IS A TIME WHEN WE SHOULD BE TIGHTENING OUR SPENDING, NOT LOOKING TO SPEND IN EXCESS OF $5 MILLION. 
          FOR A TRACK FIELD TO SERVE A FEW WHEN A LOCAL SCHOOL SCHOOL TRACK FIELD IS AVAILABLE. WE NEED TRANSPARENCY WITH OUR SPENDING. IT IS UNCONSCIONABLE AND TOTALLY IRRESPONSIBLE TO EVEN HAVE A CONVERSATION AT THIS TIME REGARDING SPENDING MORE THAN $5 MILLION OF OUR TAXPAYER MONEY FOR A TRACK FIELD. WE ARE AT A PIVOTAL TIME IN OUR CITY. 
          AT THE LAST COMMISSION MEETING, I ADDRESSED THE POTENTIAL $19.5 MILLION REVENUE IMPACT OUR CITY COULD FACE. THIS IS A SERIOUS FISCAL WARNING. I ASKED A FEW SIMPLE QUESTIONS. WHAT HAVE YOU LOOKED AT? WHAT SPENDING ADJUSTMENTS ARE BEING CONSIDERED? EVERY DOLLAR SPENT IS TAXPAYER MONEY, OUR MONEY. 
          RESIDENTS WILL NEED TO TAKE ON THE FINANCIAL SHORTFALL. 
          THIS IS NOT A TIME FOR HIGH BUDGET SPENDING OR EVENTS. DO YOU WISH TO BE KNOWN FOR PROTECTING US OR SPENDING UNNECESSARILY? YOU WERE ELECTED TO PROTECT CORE SERVICES AND SAFEGUARD OUR FINANCES, NOT SPEND EVERY AVAILABLE DOLLAR. A $5 MILLION TRACK FIELD IS UNNECESSARY AND A POOR USE OF TAXPAYER FUNDS AT A CRITICAL TIME IN OUR SPENDING. LAST YEAR WE HAD $35 MILLION IN RESERVE FUNDS SHOULD THERE BE AN EMERGENCY. WITH YOUR IRRESPONSIBLE SPENDING, WE NOW HAVE APPROXIMATELY $7 MILLION. WE'RE IN TROUBLE IF THERE'S AN EMERGENCY, AND YET YOU CONTINUE TO SPEND OUR MONEY FREELY, AS IF THERE WERE UNLIMITED FUNDS AVAILABLE. WE NEED TO STOP THE BLEED NOW. I URGE YOU TO VOTE NO ON APPROVING THIS TRACK ON TODAY'S AGENDA. CHANGE IS COMING, AND I'D ALSO LIKE TO CONGRATULATE PETER MASON AND THE CHAMBER FOR THE WONDERFUL EVENT OF THE TASTE OF TAMARACK. WHAT A BEAUTIFUL, LOVELY EVENT THE CITY PUT ON. 
          THANK YOU, PETER MASON AND THE CHAMBER. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          AS ANDREW IS COMING DOWN, PETER MASON, YOU'LL BE NEXT. 
          GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY. I COME BEFORE YOU TODAY TO ANDREW BOSSERT, WESTWOOD III. SO THERE WAS AN ISSUE ON FEBRUARY 15TH AT VETERANS PARK DURING THE FARMERS MARKET. 
          THERE WAS AN ISSUE WHERE THERE WAS A BOAT COMING ON THAT WATERWAY OF THE C-14. 
          IT WAS HEADING FROM THE EAST SIDE TO THE WEST SIDE. THERE WERE THREE PEOPLE ON BOARD. ONE HAD A RIFLE. THEY WERE SHOOTING AT IGUANAS. THIS IS A PARK PACKED FULL OF PEOPLE, WITH PEOPLE SITTING ON THE GRASS. AND PEOPLE ON BOATS SHOOTING AT IGUANAS IN THE DIRECTION OF PEOPLE. I CALLED BSO. BSO SAID THEY SENT SOMEBODY. NOBODY RESPONDED TO ME. NOBODY GOT HURT ON THIS INCIDENT, BUT ANYTHING COULD HAPPEN AT ANY GIVEN TIME. ON THE ROCK WHERE THE IGUANA WAS PULLED FROM, WHERE THEY PULLED THE BLOOD... 
          THE BLOOD SOAKING IGUANA AND PUT IT ON THE BOAT INTO A BLACK BAG. I HAVE VIDEO OF THE WHOLE THING. IT WAS KIND OF WILD. I ASKED THE GUY ON THE BOAT WHY THEY DID IT, AND THEY SAID, BECAUSE I CAN. 
          IGUANAS, I KNOW, ARE AN INVASIVE SPECIES, AND THEY CAN BE UNALIVED AND KILLED. HOWEVER, ANY MISS SHOT FROM A RIFLE FROM A MOVING VESSEL COULD HIT AN INNOCENT BYSTANDER, ESPECIALLY PEOPLE THAT WERE LAYING ON THE GRASS AT THE FARMER'S MARKET. MY NEXT QUESTION IS, 
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WHY IS THERE NO SECURITY AT THIS FARMER'S MARKET ON UNIVERSITY AND SOUTHGATE? ACROSS FROM THE BOLERO. BSO NEVER CONTACTED ME, SO I CONTACTED THEM AGAIN THE VERY NEXT DAY. AND THEY TOLD ME THAT THEY CAME, THEY SAW NOBODY AS THEY WERE MOVING WESTBOUND ON THE C-14, SO THEY MOVED AS NON-CONCLUDED. I TOLD THEM THAT THIS COULD HAVE BEEN A WORSE CASE AND SOMETHING WORSE COULD HAVE HAPPENED, AND THEY SAID, WELL... UNFORTUNATELY, WE DIDN'T FIND NOBODY. WE DIDN'T SEE NOBODY. NOTHING. I REALLY FEEL LIKE SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE. I KNOW THE IGUANAS ARE INVASIVE, LIKE I SAID. 
          HOWEVER, A CHILD COULD HAVE BEEN SHOT AT THAT TIME. AND THIS IS A PARK FULL OF PEOPLE. MY NEXT THING IS, AT THE SAME PARK, I NOTICED THAT THE POW FLAG AND THE AMERICAN FLAG ARE TATTERED. 
          THAT IS A SHAME ON THE CITY. 
          THERE SHOULD BE NO AMERICAN FLAGS TATTERED ANYWHERE. THIS COUNTRY STANDS ON THAT FLAG. 
          AND TO SHOW A TATTERED FLAG IS TO SHOW A WEAKENED CITY, A WEAKENED PLACE, ANYWHERE. SO I WOULD DEMAND THAT WE HAVE THOSE FLAGS REPLACED IMMEDIATELY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. THE LC WILL BE MEETING YOU OUTSIDE TO TALK MORE ABOUT THE RIFLE IN THE PARK AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF. AND PLEASE KNOW THAT OUR PUBLIC SERVICES IS AWARE. 
          THEY'RE GOING AROUND TO CHECK ALL THE FLAGS AND REPLACE THEM. 
          AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S ON US, BUT I'M SURE WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT AS STRATEGIC PLANNING, WHAT RULES AND REGULATIONS WE'RE ALLOWED TO DO ON THE C-14 ABOUT PEOPLE WITH GUNS ON BOATS. SO, ANYWAY, WE'VE HEARD. AND SO AFTER PETER MASON, WE'VE GOT PATTY LYNN. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WISHED TO SPEAK WHO DID NOT SIGN UP TO SPEAK FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS TODAY? SEEING NONE, THEN PUBLIC COMMENTS WILL BE CLOSED AFTER PATTY LYNN. PETER MASON, CORAL SPRINGS, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE TAMRAT NORTH LAUDERDALE NONPROFIT ORGANISATION. I'M NOT HERE TO TALK ABOUT PROPERTY TAX OR BUSINESS TAX, EVEN THOUGH IT'S VERY CONCERNING. I'M HERE TO GIVE GRATITUDE AND THANKS. 
          TO THE PARTNERSHIP FOR TASTE OF TAMARACK. THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING OUR MISSION OF BRINGING PEOPLE AND BUSINESS TOGETHER. IT WAS A PLEASURE TO SEE SO MANY PEOPLE THERE, OVER 200 PEOPLE. IT WAS A PLEASURE TO SEE THE 23 LOCAL BUSINESSES MINGLING AND MIXING AND PROMOTING THEMSELVES FOR NEW CLIENTS AND NEW BUSINESS. 
          WE RECEIVED A LOT OF GOOD FEEDBACK. AGAIN, THANK YOU. I HOPE WE CAN WORK TOGETHER AGAIN IN THE FUTURE, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO MAYBE DOING TASTE OF TAMARACK IN 2027. I'M JUST GOING TO MENTION AND GIVE A SHOUT-OUT THAT OUR NEXT PARTNERSHIP IS THE RISE HEALTH WEALTH SMALL BUSINESS EXPO. WE'RE PLANNING TO HAVE HOPEFULLY OVER 60 VENDORS, WITH THE SAME THING OF BRINGING PEOPLE AND BUSINESS TOGETHER. IT'S A FREE EVENT TO THE COMMUNITY. WE'RE WORKING HARD ON... GETTING SOME VENDORS THERE. SO I HOPE YOU SUPPORT THAT EVENT AND COME DOWN TO THE TAMARACK COMMUNITY CENTRE ON APRIL 23RD, 4PM TO 7PM FOR OUR ANNUAL BUSINESS EXPO. SO IT'S WITH GRATITUDE AND THANKS FOR THESE PARTNERSHIPS. I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU SOON. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. GOOD MORNING, PATTY LYNN, MAINLAND'S 8TH. I WAS VERY HAPPY FOR THE PROCLAMATION FOR THE MIZELL FAMILY. VON D. 
          MIZELL IS A LEGEND IN BROWARD COUNTY. IN LIGHT OF WHAT'S GOING ON IN OUR COUNTRY, WE REALLY NEED TO BE PAYING ATTENTION. 
          THEY'RE TRYING TO ERASE BLACK HISTORY, EVEN DURING BLACK HISTORY MONTH. TOMORROW NIGHT AT THE MOUNT HERMON AME CHURCH, THERE WILL BE AN EVENT THAT FORT LAUDERDALE BROWARD NAACP IS DOING, MEET THE BLACK JUDGES. WHEN I FIRST STARTED GOING, THERE MAY HAVE BEEN EIGHT. NOW THERE'S A BUNCH. IT'S AMAZING WHAT THE NAACP HAS ACCOMPLISHED, AND THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU TO THE MIZELL FAMILY. TASTE OF TAMARACK. YEAH, WE ATE TOO MUCH. BUT IT WAS REALLY GOOD, AND WE MET A LOT OF PEOPLE FROM A LOT OF NEW RESTAURANTS. OH, ONE OF THOSE JUDGES, TOO, KEN GILLESPIE, LIVES IN TAMARACK. 
          HE'S IN WOODLANDS. HE'S A GOOD FRIEND. THE TASTE 
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OF TAMARACK WAS GOOD. 
          EVERYTHING THAT PETER HAS DONE SO FAR HAS BEEN REALLY GOOD. 
          TRACK. WE SHOULD NOT BE SPENDING ANY MONEY THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO SPEND. THERE'S NO NEED TO GET INVOLVED. IT'S ALMOST A HALF A MILLION DOLLARS JUST FOR THE SITE PLAN AND THE CONCEPT. IT'S NEVER GOING TO BE JUST $5 MILLION, AND YOU KNOW THAT. PLEASE, PLEASE POSTPONE IT. DON'T SAY, OKAY, WE'RE THROWING IT OUT. 
          WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO IT NOW. 
          LET'S PUT SOME OF THE MONEY IN WITH MILLENNIAL MIDDLE SCHOOL AND ACCOMPLISH WHAT WE WANT TO GET. A TRACK THAT THE CITY CAN USE AT A LOT LESS MONEY IN THIS TERRIBLE TIME. IT IS NOT THE BEST TIME. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE GOING TO... 
          AND YOU CAN'T SAY, WELL, IT DOESN'T COME OUT OF TAX MONEY, IT COMES OUT OF THIS FUND OR THAT FUND. 
          WHEN PUSH COMES TO SHOVE, IF WE LOSE ALL THE TAXES, THE FUNDS ARE GOING TO... 
          AMAZINGLY BLEED OUT INTO INTO OUR SERVICES. BECAUSE THAT'S THE ONLY THING THAT YOU GUYS WILL BE ABLE TO DO. 
          PLEASE USE YOUR BETTER JUDGMENT. IT'S NOT I WANT, I WANT, IT'S TIME FOR WE NEED AND WE DON'T NEED. 
          THANK YOU, VERY MUCH, 
          [4. COMMISSION REPORTS]
THANK YOU. WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO OUR COMMISSION, REPORTS VICE MAYOR, DISTRICT ONE, COMMISSIONER WRIGHT, DISTRICT 2. NO REPORT, MADAM MAYOR. 
          COMMISSIONER PATTERSON, DISTRICT 3. THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. I JUST BRIEFLY WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE CITY STAFF, VOLUNTEERS AND PARTICIPANTS, BSO, FOR COMING OUT FOR THE BIKE RIDE, THE COMMUNITY RIDE ON LAST SATURDAY. WE HAD SEVERAL PARTICIPANTS. IT WAS REALLY, REALLY A GREAT TIME. 
          FOR THOSE WHO WERE NOT ABLE TO ATTEND, WE HAVE ANOTHER RIDE SCHEDULED FOR MARCH 21ST AT 8 A.M. 
          AT THE SPORTS COMPLEX. IT IS A MONTHLY RIDE THROUGH THE MONTH OF JUNE, SO I ENCOURAGE YOU TO INVITE YOUR FRIENDS, YOUR FAMILY, YOUR NEIGHBORS, COME OUT. IT'S A REALLY, REALLY GREAT TIME TO BE ABLE TO CONNECT, BE IN COMMUNITY, AND PROMOTE WELLNESS IN OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. 
          COMMISSIONER DANIEL, DISTRICT 4. THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. GLAD TO SEE EVERYONE. IT'S A GOOD DAY. NICE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET THE FAMILIES SITTING UP FRONT. 
          IT'S AN HONOR TO MEET YOU. AND HAPPY BLACK HISTORY MONTH, EVEN THOUGH EVERY DAY, EVERY MONTH IS BLACK HISTORY MONTH, ASIAN HISTORY MONTH, EVERYONE HISTORY MONTH. WE CELEBRATE EACH OTHER DAILY. 
          ALL RIGHT. OUR CHEWING CHAT POP-UP HAS BEEN GOING GREAT. 
          EVERY NIGHT, THEN YOU GET ABOUT 10, 20, 30 PEOPLE SHOW UP AND TELL YOU THEIR ISSUES. THE RESIDENTS ARE SO HAPPY, AND I'M SO HAPPY TO PROVIDE THAT SERVICE. OUR NEXT CHEWING CHAT WILL BE AT THE WOODMONT PRESERVE. SO FOLLOW ME ON SOCIAL MEDIA TO SEE THE DATA IN TIME. THANK YOU TO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND THE STAFF THAT HAS BEEN COMING OUT TO ASSIST OUR RESIDENTS. THEY ARE GREATLY APPRECIATED, AND I APPRECIATE YOU AS WELL FOR TAKING THE TIME OUT OF YOUR BUSY SCHEDULE. OUR GET IN STEP WITH KEISHA CONTINUES, WHEN I SAY, CONTINUES, TO BE A WAITING LIST. IT CONTINUES TO HAVE A WAITING LIST. WE ALWAYS HAVE APPROXIMATELY 50 PARTICIPANTS. WHAT WE'RE LACKING IS MEN. SO IF YOU'RE A MAN, COME ON AND DANCE WITH US. HAVE A GOOD TIME. I PROMISE YOU, I'LL MOVE YOU OFF THE WAIT LIST AND MAKE SPACE FOR YOU. SO COME OUT, MAN. JOIN US. I TOLD YOU, WE'RE GOING TO START DOING STEP. WHAT IS THAT? THE CHICAGO STEP? SO COME OUT AND JOIN US FOR OUR STEP SESSION EVERY THURSDAY. AND WE'RE STARTING ON SATURDAY AS WELL. SO YOU HAVE NO EXCUSE. SO THAT WE CAN ACCOMMODATE EVERYONE THAT WANTS TO COME. MARCH WOULD BE THE MONTH THAT WE CELEBRATE WOMAN HISTORY. ONCE AGAIN, WE SHOULD CELEBRATE WOMEN EVERY DAY. 
          MARCH 6TH AND 7TH, THIS TIME, WE'RE DOING KIND OF A RETREAT CONFERENCE. 
          ON THE 6TH, WE'LL HAVE A MINGLE, GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER, WEAR SOME FESTIVE CLOTHES. IT WILL BE AT THE VIEW. SO MAKE SURE YOU CHECK MY SOCIAL MEDIA FOR THAT. THEN WE'LL HAVE OUR ANNUAL WOMAN GALA. THIS YEAR IS GOING TO BE A SNEAKER BALL. 
          SO, BRING OUT YOUR FAVORITE SNEAKERS, CLEAN IT UP OR BUY A NEW ONE. 
          BRING OUT YOUR OLD WEDDING. A BRIDESMAID DRESS, YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE TO BUY ANYONE. I KNOW WE ALL HAVE ONE IN OUR CLOSET, RIGHT? BRING IT OUT, COME ON OUT, AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A GOOD TIME. WE'RE ALSO GOING TO BE FEATURING WORKSHOPS SUCH AS OPEN A BUSINESS IN THREE DAYS WITH AI, LAUNCH A BUSINESS, AI PROMPTS. IF YOU ARE SCARED OF USING AI, WE HAVE SEVERAL PRESENTATIONS THAT WILL HELP YOU OUT. HOW TO TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF. WE EVEN HAVE HOW TO LEARN GOLF. YOUR THING AND YOU WANT TO LEARN GOLF, OR YOU'RE ADVANCED, COME OUT FOR THAT. AND WE'LL HAVE A LOT OF BUSINESS, WOMEN BUSINESS, 
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THERE FOR OUR EXPO. JUST SHARING HOW THEY BECAME SUCCESSFUL, GIVING YOU OUT FREEBIES, AND ALSO ADVERTISING THEIR BUSINESS. SO THE WEEKEND OF THE 6TH AND THE 7TH, PLEASE COME OUT. IT IS THERE FOR YOU. AND IF YOU WANT TO MAKE IT A RETREAT WEEKEND, THE HOTEL HAS GIVEN US SOME ROOM AT A DISCOUNT PRICE. SO BRING YOUR WIFE AND JUST HAVE A BALL. SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU THAT WEEKEND. I'M ALSO HAVING A CITIZEN DRIVE SPONSOR AND A CITIZEN DRIVE. 
          ANYONE YOU KNOW WHO NEEDS TO APPLY FOR CITIZENSHIP, WE'LL HAVE ATTORNEYS AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER, LEGAL AID, AND DIFFERENT INDIVIDUALS TO HELP YOU. THEY'RE VOLUNTARY AT THAT TIME, FREELY. SO ANYONE YOU KNOW WHO NEEDS THEIR CITIZENSHIP, PLEASE TELL THEM. 
          TO COME OUT TO THE COMMUNITY CENTER ON THE 14TH, ANY TIME BETWEEN 10 AND 2. THEY MUST REGISTER IN ADVANCE. IF THEY WANT MORE INFORMATION, THEY CAN FIND IT ON MY SOCIAL MEDIA. APRIL 18TH IS OUR YOUTH SYMPOSIUM FOR AGES 8 THROUGH 18. OUR SENIOR EXPO WILL BE AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER, OUR ANNUAL SENIOR EXPO, JULY 11TH. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT ONE. 
          WE HAVE SOME SPECIAL TREATS TO MAKE IT EVEN BETTER THAN LAST YEAR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. 
          AND THANK YOU AGAIN TO THE MEZAL HILL FAMILY FOR BEING HERE AND STAYING. I WAS REMISS. 
          I DIDN'T DO THIS LAST MEETING, BUT I WANT TO THANK, SPECIAL THANK YOU TO RENAISSANCE CHARTER, TO THE STUDENTS, TO THEIR TEACHERS, THE ADMINISTRATION, TO THE PARENTS. FOR THE GENEROSITY AND FUNDRAISING FOR THE HA-HA'S, FOR THE TA-TA'S, I WAS SURPRISED WITH A $2,500 CHECK, A REAL ONE, THIS IS JUST A NICE ONE TO HAVE HERE, FOR THE HA-HA'S, FOR THE TA-TA'S. 
          WHERE WE RAISE MONEY FOR THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY, GILDA'S CLUB, AND, OF COURSE, THE TAMARACK EMPLOYEE BENEVOLENT FUND. IT WAS ALSO A PLEASURE TO GO ON THE 13TH TO THE RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL, WHERE WE HAD THE PROGRAM WE WOULD LOVE. THEY DO IT EVERY YEAR. RIGHT BEFORE VALENTINE'S DAY. AND THEY SHOW THE PILLARS OF THE SCHOOL. AND THE STUDENTS BASICALLY TAKE CHARGE OF SHARING WHAT THEY LEARN AND THE VALUES AND THE PILLARS AND ALL THAT THEY DO IN THE SCHOOL. AND IT'S ABSOLUTELY AMAZING. UM, I HAD A BUNCH OF COMMUNITY MEETINGS IN THIS TIME. AND, AS ALREADY BEEN SAID, THE TAMARACK NORTH LAUDERDALE TASTE OF TAMARACK WAS UTTERLY DELICIOUS. UM, IT WAS WONDERFUL AND IT WAS GREAT TO SEE EVERYBODY MINGLING AND USING. COLONY WEST. IT USED TO BE IN THE COMMUNITY CENTER, BUT COVID HAS HAD THINGS CHANGE. 
          AND UM, BUT IT WAS I, I LIKE IT AT COLONY WEST. IT WAS A WARM GATHERING OF PEOPLE AND UM, 200 PEOPLE IS A LOT. AND SO MANY KUDOS TO YOU AND TO THE RESTAURANTS, THANK THEM FOR COMING OUT AND LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR 2027. AND SERIOUSLY, IT'S ALL ON YOU. PETER. YOU AND YOUR TEAM DID A GREAT JOB AND THE PARTICIPANTS. UM, UM, THANK YOU. IT WAS A PLEASURE TO CELEBRATE CHINESE AND LUNAR NEW YEAR OVER AT THE FULGUANZHANG TEMPLE. ON SUNDAY. AND THEY DID A LITTLE THING WITH SOME AI AND SHOWED ME IN A BEAUTIFUL DRESS, A CULTURAL DRESS THAT I WISH I COULD ACTUALLY LOOK AS GOOD AS THEY HAVE ME IN. I'M GOING TO GIVE A HUMONGOUS SHOUT OUT TO PARKS AND REC, PUBLIC SERVICES, ALL THE VOLUNTEERS. 
          THANK YOU ALL FOR ALL THAT YOU'VE DONE TO HELP THE 2026 FOREVER FRIENDS PET EXPO BE THE SUCCESS IT WAS. WE HAD OVER 750 PEOPLE THAT WERE COUNTED. BY 12, 15, WE KIND OF STOPPED COUNTING. 
          AFTER THAT POINT, WE WERE JUST IN HEAVEN. THERE WERE 10 RESCUES, 40 PETS FOCUSED BUSINESSES, THERE WAS SOME FOOD, WE HAD BROWARD COUNTY ANIMAL CARE OUT THERE, GIVING VACCINES AND TAGGING BABY SHOTS AND MICROCHIPPING. IT WAS PHENOMENAL. AND UM, THE ONE YEAR I DIDN'T HAVE THE REALLY LARGE 20 BY 2010 FOR PEOPLE TO HIDE UNDER WAS THE ONE YEAR IT WAS BOILING. SO THIS IS A MAKEUP, THIS IS A TAN. IT WAS JUST A BEAUTIFUL DAY, THOUGH, AND AMERICAN RED CROSS WERE DOING THE PET CPR AND GUS AND HIS TEAM DOING THE OBEDIENCE TRAINING. IT WAS JUST A WONDERFUL DAY AND LOOKING FORWARD TO THE 2027 PET EXPO. 
          IT IS ALREADY MARKED ON THE CALENDAR, FEBRUARY 20, 2027. AND I KNOW THAT OUR PUBLIC SERVICES AND PARKING REC WERE PULLED IN MANY DIRECTIONS BECAUSE THERE WERE SEVERAL EVENTS GOING ON THAT DAY. 
          BUT I THANK THEM FOR THEIR STRENGTH AND THEIR TENACITY AND CONTINUATION TO DO A GOOD JOB FOR ALL OF US HERE IN THE CITY. AND IT WAS A PLEASURE TO CO-HOST THIS WITH COMMISSIONER WRIGHT. AND YOU'LL SEE IN MY SOCIAL MEDIA SOON SOME OF THE PETS THAT WERE ADOPTED. 
          WE HAD ONE ON THE SPOT THAT WAS ADOPTED, AND CLYDE WENT HOME WITH HIS FAMILY, AND THERE WERE SEVEN MORE IN THE PROCESS OF BEING ADOPTED. AND IT WAS THE PERFECT REASON FOR WHAT THE DAY IS ALL ABOUT. 
          IT'S ALL ABOUT PETS AND THEIR FAMILIES. 
          GETTING PETS, NEW HOMES AND GETTING PRODUCTS AND SERVICES TO OUR FURRY, FEATHERED LOVE BUGS. SO MOVING 
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ON TO MORE THINGS TO COME. 
          MOVE OF THE MAYOR EVENTS FOR MARCH. THESE ARE ALL FREE. 
          MARCH 3RD, AT 12.45 P.M., THE MULTI-LEVEL LINE DANCING AT THE TCC. AND I AGREE WITH COMMISSIONER DANIEL. MEN, THIS IS FUN, TOO. YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT IF YOU'RE SINGLE OR NOT. 
          JUST DANCE AND MOVE YOUR BODY. 
          I THINK LINE DANCING IS AMAZING. YOU CAN NEVER SKETCH THE COMMISSIONER, DANIELS. 
          EVENTS, BECAUSE I ALWAYS SEEM TO BE ON A DAY WHEN I HAVE SOMETHING PRIOR SCHEDULED, BUT ONE DAY I'LL GET THERE. 
          ON MARCH 14TH, WE HAVE OUR, IT'S EVERY SECOND SATURDAY OF THE MONTH, OUR 5K CLUB, WHERE YOU RUN OR WALK AT TEPFORD PARK. IT'S FREE, SO PLEASE COME OUT AT 7 A.M. 
          AND WALK WITH US, OR RUN WITH US, OR DO A LITTLE BIT OF BOTH. AND THEN ON MARCH 19TH, IT'S THURSDAY AT 7 P.M., WE'RE GOING TO BE AT TAMARACK PARK FOR 30 SQUARED. I'VE NEVER TRIED THIS GYM CLASS AND I'M SURE IT'S GOING TO KICK MY, BUT I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. TOMORROW, I BELIEVE MANY OF US WILL BE GOING TO THE SCHOOLS AND WE WILL BE READING FOR THE RECORD AND LOOK FORWARD TO THAT. IT'S ALWAYS A JOY TO READ TO THE KIDS AND WATCH THEM GET ALL ANIMATED AND EXCITED AND PARTICIPATE. AND THEN ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE BOOK. ON SATURDAY, THE 7TH. IT IS THE SENIOR SAFETY SUMMIT WITH BSO. IT'S DEDICATED OR GEARED TOWARDS SENIORS, BUT LET'S BE REALISTIC, WE ALL GET SCAMMED. SO PLEASE, IF YOU GET A CHANCE TO COME OUT, IT'S 930 TO 11 AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER. AND 
          [5. CONSENT AGENDA]
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO OUR AGENDA, WHICH IS OUR CONSENT AGENDA. 
          CITY MANAGER, ANY EDITS OR DELETIONS? NO, MAYOR. NO? OKAY. WELL, I AM PULLING 5A. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ENJOY YOUR DAY. BE SAFE. I'M PULLING 5A. 
          COMMISSIONER PATTERSON, IS THIS OKAY? ANYONE ELSE? NO? SEEING NONE, I'LL TAKE A MOTION, A SECOND TO MY MOTION TO THE CONSENT AGENDA AS AMENDED. 
          SECOND. COMMISSIONER WRIGHT, THANK YOU. CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. VICE MAYOR BOLTON? YES. COMMISSIONER PATTERSON? YES. COMMISSIONER DANIEL? YES. COMMISSIONER WRIGHT? YES. MAYOR GOMEZ? YES. THANK YOU. MOTION PASSES 5-0 AS AMENDED. THANK YOU. I 
          [5.a. TR14341 -A Resolution of the City Commission of the City of Tamarac, Florida, authorizing the appropriate City Officials to award Task Authorization No. 26-1 OD to Carnahan Proctor and Cross, Inc. To provide design services for the Tamarac Park 400-Meter Track and Multi-Purpose Center Replacement, in accordance with the City's Continuing Services Agreement authorized by Resolution No. R-2022-138, for a contract amount of $486,115.00; including the preparation of conceptual services, feasibility report, design services and bidding assistance; providing for conflicts; providing for severability; and providing for an effective date. ]
HAVE PULLED 5A, TR 14341. 
          CITY ATTORNEY, PLEASE READ THE TITLE FOR THE RECORD. ITEM 5A, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION AND CITY OF TAMARACK AUTHORIZING APPROPRIATE CITY OFFICIALS TO AWARD TASK AUTHORIZATION NUMBER 26-10D TO CAMP CAPS. 
          CARNAHAN, PROCTOR, AND CROSS, INC. TO PROVIDE DESIGN SERVICE FOR THE TAMARACK PARK 400-METER TRACK AND MULTI-PURPOSE CENTER REPLACEMENT. IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CITY CONTINUUM SERVICE AGREEMENT, AUTHORIZED RESOLUTION NO. R-2022-138 AND A CONTRACT AMOUNT OF $486,115, PROVIDING FOR EFFECTIVE DATE. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND, PLEASE. 
          MOVE IT. SECOND. ALL RIGHT. 
          AT THIS TIME, I WILL OPEN THIS ITEM UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. IS THERE ANYONE WISHING TO MAKE ANY COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM? SAME RULES APPLY AS PUBLIC PARTICIPATION. KATE JOHNSON, NEWLANDS FORUM. GLAD TO HAVE MORE TIME TO SPEAK ON THIS ISSUE. I WATCHED. THE PRESENTATION AT THE STAFF MEETING ON MONDAY, AND I REALIZED THAT THAT WAS ONLY A RENDERING OF WHAT IT MIGHT LOOK LIKE, BUT IT WAS OVER THE TOP. IT LOOKED MORE LIKE THE SOCCER STADIUM DOWN THE ROAD THAN A SMALL RUNNING TRACK AT TAMARACK PARK. BUT THE OTHER THING THAT I NOTICED IN THE PROPOSAL, WHICH NOT SURE IF YOU'RE DOING A PRESENTATION ON THAT OR NOT, WAS $7,000. TO SEE IF THE TRACK WILL EVEN FIT IN THE PROPERTY. I AM AMAZED THAT THAT WAS NOT DONE BEFORE YOU VOTED TO DO THIS TRACK. LIKE, WHY WOULD YOU VOTE TO PUT IN A TRACK WHEN YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW IF THE TRACK IS GOING TO FIT ON THE PROPERTY? THAT JUST TOTALLY BLEW MY MIND THAT YOU VOTED FOR $5 MILLION WITHOUT EVEN KNOWING. IF THAT'S A POSSIBILITY OR NOT. SO THE FACT IS, AS I SAID EARLIER, THIS WILL NOT BE $5 MILLION. 
          YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO REDO THE PARKING LOT. 
          YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO REDO THE, YOU'RE ASKING, TO REDO THE MULTIPURPOSE CENTER. 
          YOU HAVE TO PUT IN STADIUM SEATING, OR ELSE THIS CANNOT BE USED 
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FOR TRACK MEETS. WE ALREADY KNOW THAT. IT WAS ALREADY SAID WHEN IT WAS FIRST PROPOSED. IT CAN'T BE USED FOR TRACK MEETS BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE BATHROOM SPACE, WE DON'T HAVE THE PARKING. AND NOW YOU'RE DOING A STUDY TO SAY, OH WELL, IF WE COULD DO IT, WHAT A HALF A MILLION DOLLARS. 
          AND I AGREE WITH WHOEVER SAID THAT DOESN'T MEAN YOU DON'T GO FORWARD WITH. MAYBE THE MULTIPURPOSE CENTER NEEDS TO BE REDONE. DON'T KNOW, BUT NOW IS NOT THE TIME. 
          YOU'VE PUT OFF SABLE PALM PARK FOR HOW LONG? THAT WAS PLANNED WAY BEFORE ANY OF THIS STUFF WAS PLANNED, BEFORE SHAKER VILLAGE, BEFORE THIS TRACK, AND YET IT STILL SITS THERE, NOT BEING DONE. SO GO BACK TO THE PRIORITIES, GO BACK TO THE LIST OF WHAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE DONE. AND THEN, AS WAS SAID, WHAT IS NEEDED, NOT WHAT IS WANTED, BECAUSE OUR INCOME FOR THIS CITY IS NOT GUARANTEED. EXTRA EVENTS, ALL OF THIS EXTRA MONEY THAT IS BEING SPENT NEEDS TO BE LOOKED AT AND NEEDS TO BE LOOKED AT. 
          FROM THE FINANCIAL PERSPECTIVE OF IF WE DON'T HAVE THIS INCOME, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO WITHOUT? THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING, GARY GRAY, ISLES OF TAMARACK. GOOD MORNING, MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS. WHY ARE WE SPENDING MONEY ON A TRACK? HOW MANY OF OUR RESIDENTS ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO UTILIZE THIS FACILITY? YOU NEED TO TAKE A STRONG LOOK AT THAT. AND ALSO, WITH THE UNCERTAINTY OF FUTURE FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE STATE, TAXES AND WHATNOT, WE CAN'T BE WASTING OUR MONEY. 
          YOU NEED TO VERY CAREFULLY REVIEW ALL EXPENDITURES AND DETERMINE WHAT IS NEEDED, NOT NECESSARILY WHAT ONE SMALL GROUP WANTS, BUT WHAT IS NEEDED FOR THE MAJORITY OF THE RESIDENTS OF OUR CITY. 
          PLEASE CHOOSE WISELY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NO ONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK, THIS ITEM IS CLOSED. THERE WAS A PRESENTATION DONE AT MONDAY'S WORKSHOP. I'M NOT SEEING ANYBODY WISHING TO PUT THIS PRESENTATION INTO THIS MEETING. I PULLED THE ITEM, SO I'LL GO FIRST. CITY MANAGER, I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS, AND IT WILL BE FOR OUR ACTING PUBLIC SERVICES DIRECTOR AND OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR, AND I'M NOT SURE WHOM ELSE. IS THAT OKAY? IS THAT IN SOME UP? MAYOR, I CAN GIVE IT A SHOT, AND THEN IF I CAN'T... YOU REALLY WANT ME TO GIVE YOU A SHOT? YEAH, I'LL TRY. IF NOT, THEY'RE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS. 
          OKAY. SO WHERE IS THE GRANT THAT WAS AWARDED TO OUR CITY FOR THE REDOING OF THIS PARK, TO PUT IN A WALKING TRAIL? AND THE LIGHTING AND THE SECURITY? I'LL ASK FOR HELP. ALL RIGHT. 
          FIRST ONE IN. TAG. COME ON DOWN. I BELIEVE. IS THIS FOR THE FINANCES FOR CHRISTINE CADUCE, OUR FINANCES DIRECTOR? IT'S NOT ACTUALLY. 
          IT'S FOR OUR GRANTS ADMINISTRATOR, BUT THAT GRANT IS STILL IN PLACE, BUT THERE'S A TIMELINE FOR THAT, CORRECT? WHO WANTS TO TAG IN AND HELP HIM OUT? GOOD MORNING. EARL HENRY. 
          INTERIM DIRECTOR FOR PUBLIC SERVICES. SO THERE IS A GRANT THAT IS IN PLACE, AND THAT GRANT WAS FOR THE LIGHTING INITIALLY AND SOME OTHER UPGRADES. 
          BUT PRETTY MUCH THERE IS A GRANT IN PLACE FOR THAT. WHEN DOES THIS GRANT EXPIRE? I BELIEVE IT EXPIRES... PRETTY SOON, I DON'T REMEMBER THE EXACT DATE, BUT WE WERE LOOKING AT GETTING AN EXTENSION FOR THAT GRANT. ARE ALL OF THE IAAF OLYMPIC NCAA 400-METER RUNNING TRACK 
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REQUIREMENTS BEING INCLUDED IN THIS SCOPE? WE ARE LOOKING AT... RATHER, THE CONSULTANT IS GOING TO BE LOOKING AT WHAT CAN ACTUALLY BE FITTED THERE, LONG JUMP, THE DIFFERENT EVENTS, BUT IT WILL HAVE TO BE LOOKED AT AT DESIGN. WELL, I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING ABOUT THE PARKING. THERE WAS A SURVEY FOR THE PARKING, BUT THAT DIDN'T REALLY INCLUDE THE PARKING. THE PARKING IS GOING TO BE LOOKED AT IN TERMS OF CAPACITY. AND HOW IT CAN ACCOMMODATE THE TRACK EVENTS. 
          BUT AS FAR AS CONSTRUCTION OR DESIGN IN THE THE PARKING LOT, THERE'S THERE'S NOTHING IN THERE FOR THAT. OKAY, BECAUSE IN ORDER TO HAVE THESE IAAF MEETS, IN ORDER TO WHAT WAS THE WORDING? WE'RE TRYING TO BRING IN PEOPLE FOR US TO HAVE FEEL GOOD ABOUT OUR CITY. WE NEED TO HAVE THOSE THINGS IN ORDER TO ATTRACT ALL THESE PROPER BUSINESSES. OR MEETS. 
          CORRECT, CORRECT, YES. WHEN WE'RE DOING THIS STUDY, ARE WE ESTIMATING THE YEARLY MAINTENANCE ON THIS TRACK MATERIAL? BECAUSE FOR THIS TO BE WHAT WE'RE SUPPOSEDLY WANTING IT TO BE, THIS PROFESSIONAL TRACK, TO BRING IN MEATS, IT'S SOME VERY SPECIFIC MATERIAL THAT WE NEED TO MAINTAIN IN ORDER TO KEEP THE SAFETY OF THIS. 
          ARE WE INCLUDING THAT IN OUR STUDY? MAY I JUMP IN FOR A SECOND? IF I MAY. LIKE ANY OTHER CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT WE PURSUE IN THE CITY, WE FOLLOW THE BEST PRACTICES AND THE GUIDANCE FROM PROFESSIONALS THAT WE HIRE TO PURSUE THOSE PROJECTS. AND THIS PROCESS IS EXACTLY THE SAME. AND WE HIRED, OR WERE PROPOSING TO HIRE ONE OF THE MOST REPUTABLE COMPANIES IN THE COUNTRY. IN TERMS OF DESIGNING AND BUILDING THESE KINDS OF SPORTS FACILITIES. 
          TO GIVE US PHASED APPROACH, IDEA TO PROPERLY DO THIS IF IT'S A POSSIBILITY. AND, AND SO, AND, AND WE ARE NOT ANYWHERE NEAR. 
          UM, IDENTIFYING THE ANNUAL MAINTENANCE AND AND FUTURE OPERATING EXPENSES THAT WILL COME AT A LATER PHASE OF THE PROJECT, BUT IT'S NOT PART OF THE CONSIDERATION. WE CAN PROBABLY THROW SOME NUMBERS AROUND, BUT THEY WOULD NOT BE ACCURATE UNTIL WE KNOW WHAT THE ENGINEERS, CONSULTANTS' INITIAL FINDINGS WILL BE. PART OF THE PROBLEM I FEEL WE HAVE IS WE SAY YES TO A, AND WE DON'T REALLY KNOW THAT. 
          THERE'S B, C, D ALONG THE LINE, AND WE DO THIS PIECEMEAL. AND WE DON'T MAKE THE BEST DECISIONS. IN ORDER FOR US TO MAKE A GREAT DECISION ON SOMETHING THAT IS NOT A $5 DEAL, WE NEED TO HAVE ALL THIS INFORMATION. 
          SO I DON'T WANT TO BE PUT IN THAT TRAP AGAIN. AND PERSONALLY, I FEEL OVER MY YEARS OF BEING HERE, I'VE BEEN ENTRAPPED TO SAY YES TO CERTAIN THINGS BECAUSE OF THIS. A, TODAY, B, THREE YEARS LATER, THEN TWO MONTHS LATER, FOR C. 
          I'M NOT GOING THERE AGAIN. SO IN THIS CASE, WE'RE NOT UNILATERALLY PURSUING A DIRECTION. WE'RE BRINGING IN THE PROFESSIONALS TO GIVE US THE ROADMAP PROPERLY TO MAKE SURE THIS IS FEASIBLE AND DOABLE, PROVIDED THAT IT SATISFIES ALL THE ELEMENTS OF A TRACK. YES, OF A TRACK. 
          BUT THIS TRACK IS SUPPOSED TO BE PART OF A BIGGER PICTURE. AND IF WE'RE NOT INCLUDING THE BIGGER PICTURE IN THIS SURVEY TO BE DETERMINED, THEN WE'RE ONLY MAKING ONE DECISION ON PART OF IT. IT'S KIND OF LIKE THE PET EXPO. I'M GOING TO ADOPT A DOG TODAY, BUT I HAVEN'T BOTHERED TO FIGURE OUT IF I CAN TAKE CARE OF THE DOG FOR THE REST OF ITS LIFE, OR THAT I HAVE TO MOVE IN THREE MONTHS INTO A SMALLER HOME THAN I CURRENTLY HAVE, AND THEREFORE I'M NOW GOING TO HAVE TO REHOME THE DOG. AND WE'RE NOT JUST ASKING FOR $8,000 FOR A STUDY. YOU'RE ASKING US TO APPROVE. HALF A MILLION DOLLARS, SO THE CONTINUATION GOES ON, AND WITHOUT THESE ITEMS EVEN BEING CONSIDERED IN THIS HALF A MILLION DOLLAR STUDY, I WOULD DISAGREE WITH THAT. 
          UH, WE'RE ASKING, UH, THIS PHASED APPROACH TO TO, UM, AND AND EACH PHASE IS, UH, PRECURSOR TO THE NEXT. SO WITHOUT SATISFYING THE THE FIRST PHASE, WHICH IS THAT, UM, 08, 000 PIECE, THERE'S NO MOVING TO THE NEXT PHASE. AND AND SO TO BE RESPONSIBLE IN THIS DIRECTION. THAT WE RECEIVED FROM THE COMMISSION IS TO INCLUDE ALL FACILITIES, ALL AVAILABLE PROPERTY IN THAT AREA IN CONSIDERATION 
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FOR THIS OR FUTURE USE OF THE MULTIPURPOSE CENTER. 
          LOOK, THE MULTIPURPOSE CENTER, I'M FINE WITH HAVING THAT LOOKED AT. IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE LOOKED AT ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO AND KEPT GETTING KICKED DOWN THE LINE. 
          RIGHT. RIGHT? AND SO. NOW, AT THIS POINT IN TIME, WHO KNOWS WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WITH THE SCHOOL PROPERTY, SO I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF I WANT TO BE TAKING CARE OF REMODELING THE MULTIPURPOSE CENTER UNTIL WE KNOW WHAT HAPPENS WITH THAT PROPERTY. WE MIGHT HAVE MISSED THE BOAT, AND WE MIGHT NEED TO WAIT UNTIL THE TIDE RISES AGAIN. WE MIGHT NOT BE THERE. 
          BUT THE THING IS, MY PROBLEM IS THIS PHASED APPROACH DOES NOT INCLUDE THOSE OTHER ASPECTS IN ORDER TO MAKE A GOOD DECISION. SO WE SAY THAT IT FITS IN $8,000, AND WE'RE GOING TO THE NEXT PHASE. 
          BUT WE DON'T HAVE THESE ITEMS IN THERE TO INCLUDE THEM IN. 
          HAVE WE ACTUALLY MADE A STUDY TO DETERMINE HOW MANY PEOPLE MIGHT BE ATTRACTED TO COMING HERE FROM THIS PARK? THAT WE WANT TO DO FOR EVERYBODY BUT US? WE DID NOT DO A SURVEY. HAVE WE DONE A CITY SURVEY FOR OUR RESIDENTS, OTHER THAN JUST ASKING SOME PEOPLE WHO PARTICIPATE AT THE TIME? PARK? I BELIEVE PARKS AND RECREATION HAD A SITE SURVEY. OTHER THAN THAT ONE WHERE THEY JUST SAID, OKAY, YOU'RE HERE TODAY, TAKE A SURVEY? HAVE WE DONE AN OFFICIAL SURVEY TO THE COMMUNITY AND ASKED THEM? NOT AT ALL. BASICALLY, I HAVE LIMITED MINUTES, AND I WOULD SUPPORT AN $8,000 DETERMINATION IF A TRACK CAN FIT THERE, BUT ALSO THE TRACK NEEDS TO HAVE BLEACHERS. ACCORDING TO THE IAAF, I DID A LOT OF, I DID ABOUT AN HOUR'S WORTH OF RESEARCHING WHAT NEEDS TO GO INTO THESE TRACKS IF WE WERE GOING TO HAVE ONE HERE. 
          LET IT NOT BE THAT PEOPLE THINK I'M AGAINST TRACK. I ACTUALLY WAS, MY DREAM WAS AN OLYMPIC RUNNER. 
          I THREW MYSELF OVER A POLE ON HIGH JUMP. I DID THE LONG JUMP. 
          I DID HURDLES. I LOVE TRACK AND FIELD. CAN'T DO IT ANYMORE, OBVIOUSLY, BUT I'M NOT AGAINST IT, BUT I'M NOT FOR IT FOR OUR CITY, BECAUSE I DON'T HEAR. A WHOLE GROUP OF PEOPLE POUNDING DOWN OUR DOOR AND SAY, LET'S DO IT, OVER YEARS, BECAUSE THIS CAME UP ABOUT SIX YEARS AGO AT LEAST, AND WE SAID IT WON'T FIT. AND ACTUALLY, AN IAAF 200-METER INDOOR TRACK IS QUITE FEASIBLE WHERE YOU CAN HAVE EVENTS. I'VE LOOKED IT UP. IT'S ON THE SAME PLATFORM WHERE ANYBODY ELSE CAN LOOK UP. SO MAYBE WE CAN REDO THE MULTIPURPOSE CENTER WITH THAT INDOOR GYM BECAUSE IT'S VERY HOT IN THE SUMMERTIME. 
          AND GIVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPAND OUR CITY AND THE STUFF THAT WE WANT TO DO HERE. 
          TO FIX UP THOSE SOCCER FIELDS, TO FIX UP THE BASEBALL FIELDS. 
          BECAUSE WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT ACTUALLY WANT TO WALK THE TRACK, TOO. AND NOT ONLY WORRY ABOUT GETTING RID OF THIS PARK, WHERE IT WON'T BE UTILIZED BY MANY AT ALL. AND, MADAM MAYOR, THAT'S EXACTLY WHY WE'RE DOING THE INITIAL STUDY TO ADDRESS ALL OF THOSE CONCERNS, AND IT WOULDN'T BE PRUDENT WITHOUT DOING A STUDY PROGRAM. 
          $8,000 IS ONE THING. HALF A MILLION DOLLARS IS ANOTHER. 
          WELL, HALF A MILLION DOLLARS... 
          I WOULD MAKE A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT TO OUR MOTION AND OUR SECOND. 
          TO ONLY DO PHASE ONE AT THIS TIME AND BRING IT BACK AROUND. 
          LET'S DO AN $8,000 STUDY TO SEE IF IT CAN FIT AND THEN BRING IT BACK WHEN WE KNOW MORE. WHY DO WE HAVE TO EARMARK HALF A MILLION DOLLARS AT THIS TIME? BECAUSE IT'S PRUDENT, WHEN WE'RE WORKING WITH AN ENTITY SUCH AS THE CARNAHAN, TO INCLUDE THE PROJECT AS A WHOLE IN THE TASK ORDER. 
          BUT IF... I MEAN, IF IT DOESN'T COME TOGETHER IN THE FIRST VERY INITIAL PHASE, THEN THERE'S NOTHING TO DISCUSS. WE STILL DON'T HAVE OTHER THINGS THAT BELONG IN THAT. FOR IF IT GOES INTO THE SECOND AND THIRD AND FOURTH PHASES TO BE INCLUDED INTO THIS. SO I'D RATHER DO ONE CONTRACT. THEY KNOW IF IT'S GOING TO BE CANCELED, IF IT'S NOT GOING TO FIT. SO WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES IT MAKE TO JUST DO ONE PART NOW? THIS IS NO DIFFERENT THAN EVERY OTHER PROJECT THAT WE PUT TOGETHER. AND I HAVEN'T BEEN TOO PLEASED WITH HOW WE'VE BEEN DOING PROJECTS LATELY ANYWAY. I MEAN, WE DO WALL DESIGNS, FOR EXAMPLE, AND IF WE DON'T GET EASEMENTS, THOSE WALLS DON'T GET BUILT. 
          THAT'S SOMETHING SO DIFFERENT. 
          EASEMENTS HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THE GRAND REMODEL OF A PARK, CITY MANAGER. 
          OKAY. SO I PUT A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT OUT TO THE MOTION THAT WAS MADE BY THE VICE MAYOR, AND IT WAS SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER WRIGHT. 
          TO MAKE THIS A MOTION FOR $8,000 FOR THE STUDY AND BRING BACK THE REST AT A LATER TIME WHEN WE KNOW THE RESULTS OF THE FIRST PHASE. SO THIS WAY, IF WE HAVE TO ADD ANYTHING INTO THE OTHER PHASES, WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT THIS PROJECT IS A COMPLETE PROJECT, NOT A PARTIAL PROJECT. VICE MAYOR, I WAS ASKING FOR A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT TO IT BEING $8,000 FOR THE FIRST PHASE ONLY AND WE WILL REVISIT THE REST OF IT. WHAT WE KNOW IF THE PARK WILL ACTUALLY HOLD A 400 METER TRACK? OKAY, 
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MY FRIENDLY AMENDMENT WAS DENIED. AT THIS TIME, WE'RE BACK TO THE REGULAR MOTION. SEEING NOBODY WANTS TO SPEAK. CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. 
          COMMISSIONER DANIEL. MAYOR GOMEZ. NO. COMMISSIONER PATTERSON. VICE MAYOR BOLTON. 
          YES. COMMISSIONER WRIGHT. 
          YES, THANK YOU. MOTION PASSES 
          [7.a TO2608 -An Ordinance of the City Commission of the City of Tamarac, Florida, amending Chapter 9, "Health, Sanitation and Nuisance," Article IV, "Residential and Nonresidential Property Maintenance Standards," Section 9-131, "Nonresidential Property Maintenance Standards," Subsection 0), of the City of Tamarac Code of Ordinances, to add clarifying language regarding parking lot maintenance; providing for codification; providing for conflicts; providing for severability; and providing for an effective date. ]
4-1. ALL RIGHTY. WE ARE NOW GOING TO OUR ORDINANCES ON FIRST READING, AND IT IS 7A, TO 2608. CITY ATTORNEY, PLEASE READ THE TITLE FOR THE RECORD. ORDINANCE 7A, ORDINANCE OF CITY COMMISSIONER OF CITY OF TAMARACK, COMMANDING CHAPTER 9, HEALTH, SANITATION, AND NUISANCE, ARTICLE 4, RESIDENTIAL AND NON-RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY MAINTAINING STANDARDS, SECTION 9-131. NON-RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY MAINTAIN STANDARDS, SUBSECTION J OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC CODE OF ORDINANCE, CRIME FOR EFFECTIVE DATE. THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. IT'S A LITTLE HARD TO BREATHE, SWALLOW WATER, AND TALK AT THE SAME TIME. MY APOLOGIES. I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND, PLEASE. MOVE IT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, KENT WELLA, CAN YOU DO ME A FAVOR? TELL ME HOW TO PRONOUNCE YOUR NAME BETTER. 
          MAY I PLEASE HAVE THE SECOND FOR THE MOTION, PLEASE? IT WAS COMMISSIONER WRIGHT. OKAY, THANK YOU. FORGIVE ME. NO WORRIES. KENT WALIA. WALIA. 
          YEP. WALIA. I'LL GET THAT. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. HE'S NEW TO THE TEAM. IT'S MY FAULT. 
          PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE NOW OPEN. 
          SEEING NOBODY WISHING TO SPEAK OF THIS ITEM, PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE NOW CLOSED. 
          LOOKING FOR DISCUSSION BY THIS COMMISSION. NOT SEEING ANYBODY. WELL. YOU CAN STAND UP THERE IF YOU WISH, BUT I AM FOR RULES AND REGULATIONS, BUT I THINK THAT THIS IS OVERBROAD. 
          WHEN IT COMES TO THE EXCESSIVELY WORN, MORE IT'S THE DISCOLORED OR OTHERWISE DEGRADED, SO IT NO LONGER PRESENTS UNIFORM, WELL-MAINTAINED APPEARANCE. 
          AND I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE RESURFACING COMMENT THE WAY IT IS IN HERE. I THINK THAT THIS IS OVERBROAD AND UNDULY BURDENSOME. I THINK THAT ALSO THAT THE CITY IS NOT INCLUDED IN THIS. AND I THINK THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF NERVE TO BE FORCING OUR COMMUNITY CENTERS TO HAVE FRESH BLACKTOP AND RESURFACING WHEN WE HAVEN'T DONE OUR OWN. WE KNOW HOW EXPENSIVE IT IS, THEN WE SHOULD TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION FOR OUR BUSINESS PLAZAS. MY PROBLEM COMES FROM SEVERAL OF OUR PLAZAS WHO HAD NEWLY BLACKTOPPED, AND THE SUN DOES WHAT THE SUN DOES, AND WITHIN A YEAR, IT'S GRAY AGAIN. AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, WE ARE FINDING THESE PLAZAS AND TELLING THEM TO RESURFACE AND TO REDO THEIR WHOLE ENTIRE PLAZA. EVEN WHEN THEY'RE GIVING US A PLAN ON HOW THEY ARE, FUNDAMENTALLY, THEY'RE BUDGETING TO PUTTING IT IN. AND WE'RE STILL FINDING THEM. AND THEN WHEN WE'RE FINDING THEM NOW, WE'RE GIVING THESE PLAZA OWNERS SUCH A HARD TIME THAT THEY CAN'T GET NEW TENANTS IN BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO SPEND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ON REDOING THEIR PLAZAS FOR THEIR COATING. I AM ALL FOR THE MAINTENANCE, INCLUDING THE MOVING GLASS, LITTER, PRUNING, MOWING, NOURISHING, WATER, VEGETATION, RESTRIPING. RE-ANCHORING AND REPLACING LOOPS AND BROKEN WHEEL STOPS, AND REPLACING AND PAINTING SIGNS AND MAKING SURE IT'S SAFE. I WANT EVERYTHING LOOKING GOOD, BUT THERE NEEDS TO BE A BETTER WAY TO JUDGE WHAT LOOKS GOOD. IT'S KIND OF LIKE WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT ART ON MONDAY. SOME PEOPLE REALLY LIKED CERTAIN THINGS, SOME PEOPLE REALLY DIDN'T ON THIS. KNOWING WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING TO PLAZAS, BECAUSE I HEAR FROM THE PLAZA OWNERS WHEN WE'VE BEEN SAYING, OH, IT'S GRAY, BUT I JUST REDID IT TWO YEARS AGO. I CAN'T HELP THE SUN. I DON'T WANT US TO GIVE THEM, OUR CITY, MORE TEETH OR TOOLS IN THE TOOLBOX. TO HURT OUR PLAZA OWNERS AND NOT GIVE OUR PLAZA OWNERS THE ABILITY TO SAY, I'VE JUST REDONE MY PARKING LOT. OR I HAVE A PLAN AND I HAVE SAVED MY MONEY, SO I KNOW I'LL BE ABLE TO AFFORD THIS NEXT YEAR. 
          PLEASE DON'T FINE ME YET. WE HAVE NOTHING IN HERE TO HELP THEM. AND SO, FOR THOSE REASONS, I CAN'T SUPPORT THE ORDINANCE AS IT IS WRITTEN. CITY MANAGER, YOU WANTED TO SAY SOMETHING? MAYOR, I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT. THIS IS AN EFFORT ON OUR PART FOR OUR CODE TO BE STRONGER IN TERMS OF MAKING SURE OUR PLAZAS ARE VIBRANT AND INVITING AND ATTRACTIVE. AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE ALL TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH IN THE CITY. 
          BEAUTIFICATION IS A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF OUR COMMITMENT TO OUR COMMUNITIES. AND SO WE DO NEED THE TOOLS. IN PLACE. 
          AND THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT IT DOES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE RIGHT TOOLS TO ENFORCE AND MAKE SURE THAT THOSE PLAZAS ARE ATTRACTIVE, INVITING, AND VIBRANT. AND I AGREE WITH YOU, AND I SUPPORT THAT, BUT I ALSO SUPPORT RECOGNITION, 
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RULES AND REGULATIONS THAT HELP PEOPLE KNOW THEIR PARAMETERS. 
          AND IN MY OPINION, THERE'S NOTHING IN HERE. SO RIGHT NOW, THIS IS MORE OF A WEAPON TO OUR PLAZA OWNERS, I FEEL, THAN AN ACTUAL BENEFIT TO HELPING THEM. BE SO EXCITED. 
          LOOK GOOD. AND QUITE HONESTLY, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OF US GO INTO A PLAZA AND SAY, OH, IT'S NOT A BLACKTOP RIGHT NOW, AND THEREFORE I'M NOT GOING TO GO IN THERE. IT DOESN'T LOOK GOOD. YES, I DON'T LIKE IF THE WHEEL STOPS OR THE CURB CUTS, OR THOSE THINGS ARE BROKEN AND NOT GOOD, BUT THAT'S NOT STOPPING ME FROM GOING IN THERE. AND AGAIN, AS LONG AS THE CITY IS NOT TAKING CARE OF OUR RESURFACING. AND WE'RE NOT HOLDING OUR VERSION OF PLAZAS TO THE SAFETY. AND THE COLOR OF THE GRAY, THEN I CAN'T SAY WE SHOULD BE DOING THAT TO OUR PLAZAS, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE WE HAVE GONE TOO FAR IN WHAT WE'VE DONE TO OUR PLAZAS. AND TRYING TO MAKE THEM LOOK BETTER. THAT WE DON'T GIVE OUR WIGGLE ROOM ANYMORE. WE'RE NOT WORKING WITH THEM WELL ENOUGH, AND WE ARE HURTING OUR PLAZA OWNERS. 
          THE GOAL AND THE INTENT OF WHAT WE WANTED TO DO IS BACKFIRING ON US. IT IS NOT WORKING OUT AS WELL, IN MY OPINION. GO AHEAD. AND IF I MAY, YOUR COMMENTS ARE DULY NOTED, AND I NOTED SOME OF THOSE AS WELL, AND I'VE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY WITH THE BOARD. WE CAN ALWAYS UPDATE SOME OF THIS LANGUAGE AS WELL. BUT TO CLARIFY, YOU KNOW, WE ALWAYS USE DISCRETION WHEN IT COMES TO BLACKTOPPING OF THE PARKING LOT. WE'RE LOOKING AT THE MAINTENANCE AND THE FUNCTIONALITY OF THE PARKING LOT. SO AS FAR AS LIKE FILLING IN POTHOLES, IF THERE'S CRACKS, THEY CAN, YOU KNOW, PUT THAT ASPHALT MATERIAL JUST TO FILL IN THE CRACKS, JUST MINOR MAINTENANCE. WHEN IT'S COMPLETELY DETERIORATED, THAT'S WHEN WE WOULD REQUIRE, YOU KNOW, THE BLACKTOP. BUT OBVIOUSLY THE SUN DOES WHAT IT DOES, AND IT DOES KIND OF WORE IT OUT. AS LONG AS THAT PARKING LOT IS FULLY FUNCTIONING, I THINK THAT'S THE GOAL. AND THEN THE STRIPING, MAKE SURE IT IS THERE, MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE MAINTAINING OUR LANDSCAPING. BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANT VISIBILITY TO BE IMPAIRED BY OVERGROWN SHRUBS, SIGNAGE TO BE FALLING APART, LIKE THE STOP SIGN IS COMPLETELY GONE, THE STOP BAR IS GONE. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE DO THAT. AND JUST TO KIND OF PATCH IN CERTAIN AREAS, AND WE'RE ALREADY ENFORCING THIS CODE AS IT IS. THIS WAS JUST MAKING IT A LITTLE BIT MORE CLEAR SO THAT WE CAN COMMUNICATE THAT EXPECTATION TO THE PROPERTY OWNERS. I APPRECIATE THAT, AND ACTUALLY, I KNOW, BECAUSE I WAS UPSET WHEN WE GAVE A GRANT TO A PLAZA THAT IT SEEMED TO HAVE PUT IN DEAD BUSHES. 
          RIGHT? YEAH, WE WANT TO MAINTAIN THAT, AND I GET IT. BUT I'LL USE KINGS POINT PLAZA, DINER PLAZA FOR AN EXAMPLE. 
          ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO, HE JUST BLACK TOPPED IT FOR SOME REASON, AND IT WAS STILL FINE, BUT IT WAS GRAY. THE CITY MADE HIM REDO IT AGAIN AND AGAIN, AND THAT'S WHAT'S FRUSTRATING. 
          AND ALSO THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH, UM, THE I'M WATER LINE FOR THE SPRINKLERS, NOT DONE BY THEM, BUT AT&T OR WHOEVER IT WAS, SORRY, WHICHEVER COMPANY DID IT. AND SO WE DIDN'T WORK WITH THEM TO HELP THEM WITH EVEN PUTTING UP SOME FAKE BUSHES TO HELP THEM WITH THE APPEARANCE. SO RIGHT NOW, IT SOUNDS GOOD IN THEORY. THE PROBLEM IS IN THE ACTUAL, IT HASN'T BEEN DONE THAT WAY. 
          AND THIS CODE DOESN'T SHOW ME HOW FOR THOSE SPECIFIC ITEMS, IT'LL BE DONE THAT WAY, RIGHT? IF YOU TELL ME THAT IF WE FIX THE LANGUAGE AND WE CAN FIX THOSE PARTS THAT I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH, I'LL SUPPORT. 
          BUT RIGHT NOW, I DON'T SEE IT IN THERE. AND YOU MAY NOT KNOW THIS, BUT I'M COMPLETELY AGAINST THE WAY WE HAVE OUR HEDGE HIKES. THEY NEED TO BE LOWERED BECAUSE THEY ALLOW THEM TO GROW TO THE TOP, AND THEN YOU DEFINITELY CAN'T SEE OVER IT. SO I'M FOR FIXING THESE, BUT FIXING THEM IN A CAPACITY IN WHICH YOU CAN ACTUALLY HAVE MEETING OF THE MINDS. BETWEEN WHO WE'RE GIVING A FINE TO, AND ALSO HELPING OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS KNOW WHAT THEY'RE FINING. COMMISSIONER PATTERSON. THANK YOU. KENT, I WANTED TO, OR THROUGH THE MANAGER, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT I APPRECIATE THAT YOU CAME IN AND STARTED TO IDENTIFY AREAS OF OUR CODE THAT NEEDED TO BE UPDATED. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT, YOU KNOW, OUR STAFF HAS THE TOOLS THAT THEY NEED TO BE ABLE TO DO THE JOB EFFECTIVELY AND EFFICIENTLY. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THE CODE ENFORCEMENT POLICY IS ROUTINELY REVIEWED AND UPDATED. 
          IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT IT'S BEEN SOME TIME SINCE. WE'VE LOOKED AT SOME OF THE CODES AND SOME OF THE PROVISIONS AS IT PERTAINS TO HOW THE CODE ENFORCEMENT TEAM DOES THEIR JOB. AND SO, YOU KNOW, I APPRECIATE THAT YOU'RE BRINGING SOMETHING THAT CLEANS UP THE POLICY AND MAKES IT CLEAR. SO THAT OUR CODE TEAM AND PROFESSIONALS WHO ARE OUT ON A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS, AND YOU, I THINK, CLARIFIED THAT STAFF USES DISCRETION. 
          ADDITIONALLY, IF THERE IS A CIRCUMSTANCE IN WHICH SOMEONE IS CITED, THERE IS A MITIGATION PROCESS IN PLACE. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF MECHANISMS IN PLACE, BUT ULTIMATELY, OUR POLICY NEEDS TO BE CLEAR, AND I BELIEVE IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE'RE NOT MAKING DECISIONS FROM THE DAY IS BASED ON HOW WE FEEL AND WHO WE HAVE FRIENDS OR 
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WHO OUR FRIENDS ARE, BUT THAT WE'RE MAKING DECISIONS THAT ARE IN THE BEST INTEREST OF OUR ORGANIZATION, HOLISTICALLY. SO I JUST SAY THAT TO SAY I SUPPORT THE ITEM. 
          THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SEEING NO OTHER COMMENTS, CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. 
          COMMISSIONER PATTERSON? YES. 
          COMMISSIONER WRIGHT? YES. 
          VICE MAYOR BOLTON? YES. MAYOR GOMEZ? NO. COMMISSIONER DANIELS? YES. THANK YOU. 
          [10.a TBO102 - Order Granting/Denying Special Exception approval for Scooter's Coffee-Tamarac, to allow for a drive-through restaurant in the MU-C (Mixed Use Corridor) zoning district, pursuant to the Tamarac Code of Ordinances at 8201 N. Pine Island Road, Tamarac, Florida. ]
MOTION PASSES 4-1. THANK YOU. 
          MOVING RIGHT ALONG, WE'RE GOING TO OUR QUASI-JUDICIAL HEARING. 
          IT IS 10A, TBO, 102. CITY ATTORNEY, PLEASE READ THE TITLE FOR THE RECORD AND THEN THE RULES OF THE ROAD. 
          AFTERWARDS, CITY CLERK DILLON WILL SWEAR IN ANY WITNESSES. 
          ITEM 10A, ORDER GRANTED OR DENIED, SPECIAL EXCEPTION APPROVED FOR SCOOTERS COFFEE TAMARACK. 
          TO ALLOW FOR A DRIVE-THRU RESTAURANT IN THE MIXED-USE CORRIDOR ZONE. 
          DISTRICT, PURSUANT TO TAMARACK COURT OF ORDINANCE, LOCATED AT 8201 NORTH PINE ISLAND ROAD, TAMARACK, FLORIDA. IN REGARD TO THE RULES, ALL PERSONS TESTIFYING BEFORE THE CITY COMMISSION MUST BE SWORN IN. WITH REGARD TO THE QUASI-JUDICIAL ITEMS BEING CONSIDERED ON THE AGENDA, THE PETITIONER AND ANY AFFECTED PERSON SHOULD BE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT EVIDENCE, BRING FORTH WITNESS, CROSS-EXAMINE WITNESS. ALL EVIDENCE RELIED UPON BY A REASONABLY APPROVED PERSON SHOULD BE ADMISSIBLE, WHETHER SUCH EVIDENCE WOULD BE ADMISSIBLE IN THE COURT OF LAW. HEARSAY EVIDENCE MAY BE USED FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUPPLEMENT OR EXPLAINING OTHER EVIDENCE, BUT IT SHOULD NOT BE SUFFICIENT BY ITSELF TO SUPPORT A FINDING. 
          STATEMENTS OF ATTORNEY SHOULD BE CONSIDERED ONLY AS ARGUMENTS, NOT BE CONSIDERED AS TESTIMONY. 
          THE ONLY CITY COMMISSIONER SHOULD HAVE AUTHORITY TO REFUSE TO HEAR TESTIMONY, WHICH IS IRRELEVANT. 
          DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE MAY BE PRESENT IN THE FORM OF A COPY OR ORIGINAL, IF AVAILABLE. ALL PARTIES SHOULD BE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO CROSS-EXAMINE WITNESSES AND QUESTION PARTIES ABOUT THEIR EVIDENCE. THE ORDER OF PRESENTATION WILL BE AS FOLLOWS. THE PETITIONER WILL PRESENT FIRST. STAFF WILL PRESENT AFTERWARDS. ANY AFFECTED PARTIES WILL BE ALLOWED TO PRESENT TESTIMONY. 
          PERSONS WHO ARE IN SUPPORT OR IN OPPOSITION CAN PROVIDE TESTIMONY OR STATEMENTS. THE PARTIES WILL BE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OR GIVE CLOSING ARGUMENTS. FINALLY, THE CITY COMMISSION WILL DELIBERATE. 
          ON THE APPLICATION AT THE POINT, NO FURTHER TESTIMONY SHOULD BE TAKEN, MEMBERS OF THE CITY COMMISSION SHALL NOT ASK FURTHER QUESTIONS OR PERSONS PRESENTED TESTIMONY. 
          AT THIS POINT, IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE FOR COMMISSION MEMBERS TO DISCLOSE ANY EX PARTE COMMUNICATION. THANK YOU. I MET WITH A GENTLEMAN AND HIS WIFE. 
          COMMISSIONER DANIEL? YES, I DID MEET WITH A COUPLE. YOU DID OR DID NOT? I'M SORRY. I DID. 
          OKAY, THANK YOU. I HAVE NOT MET WITH THE OWNERS, BUT I DID HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH THE PLAZA OWNER AND THE PROPERTY MANAGER. 
          COMMISSIONER WRIGHT? NO, NO DISCLOSURES. COMMISSIONER PATTERSON? YES, I MET WITH THEM. OKAY, THANK YOU. 
          AT THIS TIME, CLERK DILLON, WILL YOU PLEASE SWEAR ON ANY WITNESSES? ALL WITNESSES FOR THIS ITEM, PLEASE STAND AND RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. DO YOU SWEAR TO TELL THE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH? STAND ANYWAY, JUST IN CASE. YES. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. ALL WITNESSES HAVE BEEN SWORN IN. THANK YOU. I'LL TAKE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO BRING THIS FORWARD. MOVE IT. 
          SECOND. ALL RIGHT. SO, WE HAVE THE OWNERS, LOUISA CHONG AND PIERRE-ANTOINE TRICIN. YES. 
          SORRY. YEAH. THANK YOU. SO WE'VE HAD A PRESENTATION LAST TIME, BUT HAS YOUR PRESENTATION CHANGED? DO YOU HAVE MORE TO DO IN YOUR PRESENTATION? I MEAN, WE PREPARED A PRESENTATION TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE CONTEXT. THAT'S FINE. BECAUSE THEN PLEASE PRESENT YOUR PRESENTATION. SO GOOD MORNING MAYOR GOMEZ, FIRST MAYOR BOLTON, COMMISSIONER DR. 
          DANIEL, COMMISSIONER WRIGHT, COMMISSIONER PATTERSON. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TODAY. I'M PIERRE-ANTOINE PRYSEN AND THIS IS MY WIFE, LOUISE HACHON. 
          WE'RE HERE TO PRESENT OUR DRIVE-THRU SPECIAL EXCEPTION REQUEST FOR SCOOTER'S COFFEE AT 8201 NORTH PINE ISLAND ROAD. SO LUIS AND I ARE THE FRANCHISEES. THIS IS OUR FIRST LOCATION AND THE FIRST COOLERS COFFEE ANYWHERE IN SOUTH FLORIDA. WE LOOKED AT A LOT OF SITES ACROSS BARRETT COUNTY. WE CHOSE TAMARAC BECAUSE THIS IS A CITY THAT'S GROWING AND INVESTING IN ITSELF, AND WE WANT TO BE PART OF THAT. WE ARE COMMITTED TO BEING LONG-TERM, 
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HANDS-ON OPERATORS. LOUISA WILL BE AT THIS STORE EVERY DAY, PROVIDING A GREAT EXPERIENCE FOR EVERYONE. SOME OF YOU MAY NOT BE FAMILIAR WITH SCOOTER'S COFFEE. THE FRANCHISE HAS BEEN AROUND SINCE 1998, WITH OVER 900 LOCATIONS ACROSS 32 STATES, AND IS ONE OF THE FASTEST GROWING COFFEE FRANCHISES IN THE COUNTRY. WHAT MAKES SCOOTER'S DIFFERENT STARTS WITH THE MENU. WE USE ONLY THE TOP 10% OF OUR BIG CABINS. AND WE ALSO HAVE, THANKS TO THE LARGE NETWORK, PARTNERSHIP WITH MULTIPLE BRANDS SUCH AS RED BULL, WARNER BROS. AND PEPPA PIG. FOR THE KIDS. 
          ON PRICE, WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE MARKET, SO IT'S ACCESSIBLE WITHOUT CUTTING CORNERS ON QUALITY. THIS IS A DRIVE-THROUGH ONLY CONCEPT, NO INDOOR SEATING, NO WALK-UP WINDOW, THE MENU IS FOCUSED, AND THE WHOLE SYSTEM IS BUILT FOR SPEED. THE AVERAGE TRANSACTION TAKES UNDER TWO MINUTES. SO CUSTOMERS PULL IN, GET THEIR COFFEE AND LEAVE. WE WANTED TO BRIEFLY TALK ABOUT HOW SCOOTERS WILL IMPACT THE COMMUNITY. HERE ARE A FEW KEY POINTS. SO FIRST, THE JOBS. 
          WE'RE LOOKING AT APPROXIMATELY 20 LOCAL POSITIONS, BARISTAS, SHIFT SUPERVISORS AND MANAGERS, ALL HIRED FROM THE COMMUNITY. 
          WE'RE NOT BUILDING ON VACANT LAND, WE ARE REACTIVATING A SPACE THAT'S BEEN SITTING EMPTY SINCE THE 7-11 CLOSED. THIS PROJECT WOULD TURN THAT VACANCY INTO AN ACTIVE BUSINESS THAT BRINGS LIFE BACK TO THIS PART OF THE SHOPPING CENTER. 
          THROUGH SCOOTER'S COFFEE CULTURE AND ALSO WHAT MATTERS THE MOST TO US AS OWNERS, WE INTEND TO BE ACTIVE COMMUNITY PARTNERS, PARTICIPATING WHENEVER POSSIBLE TO LOCAL EVENTS, FUNDRAISERS AND COMMUNITY INITIATIVES. 
          HERE ARE THE KEY FACTS ON THE LOCATION. SO WE ARE TAKING OVER THE FORMER 7-ELEVEN SPACE AT CYPRESS COMMONS, PREVIOUSLY KNOWN AS TAMARACK TOWN SQUARE. APPROXIMATELY 1420 SQUARE FEET. THE OUT PARCEL BUILDING STAYS AND IS SHARED WITH ANOTHER TENANT. WE ARE JUST ADDING A DRIVE-THROUGH LANE THAT MEETS CITY SAFETY AND STACKING REQUIREMENTS. THIS IS A QUICK VISUAL FOR CONTEXT, AS SEEN FROM THE PINE ISLAND ROAD. THE LEFT IMAGE IS THE BUILDING TODAY. THE IMAGE ON THE RIGHT IS WHAT IS PROPOSED. 
          SO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE BUILDING IS WHERE SCHULLER'S COFFEE WILL BE, ON THE LEFT SIDE, THE DENTAL OFFICE STAYS AS IS. 
          SO HERE ARE THREE BUILDING RENDERINGS. 
          AT THE TOP IS WHAT WE JUST SAW. 
          BOTTOM LEFT IS THE DRIVE-THROUGH SIDE AND BOTTOM RIGHT IS THE PART THAT FACES THE INSIDE OF THE PLAZA. SO HERE'S A SITE PLAN. SO ON THE RIGHT YOU CAN SEE THE TRAFFIC FLOW PATTERN. THE YELLOW ARROWS SHOW VEHICLES COMING IN FROM PINE ISLAND ROAD, ENTERING THE PLAZA, QUEUING UP AND PLACING THEIR ORDER. FROM THERE, THE RED ARROW SHOWS THE PATH OUT, EXITING THE PLAZA BACK ONTO PINE ISLAND ROAD. SO THE IDEA IS SIMPLE, WE'RE WORKING WITH WHAT ALREADY EXISTS. 
          THERE ARE NO NEW CURB CUTS ON PINE ISLAND ROAD. WE REUSE THE EXISTING DRIVEWAYS AND ALL PEDESTRIAN ACCESS IS MAINTAINED. THE TRAFFIC FLOWS ONE WAY WITH ANGLED PARKING, AND WE'RE ADDING A NEW CONNECTING SIDEWALK FOR BARISTAS TO TAKE ORDERS BEFORE THE MENU BOARD. THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE ON-SITE SAFETY FEATURES THAT CONTROL VEHICLE MOVEMENT. WE ARE USING THE EXISTING SIGNAGE THROUGHOUT THE SHOPPING CENTER, ADDING THREE THINGS SPECIFIC TO THE DRIVE-THROUGH. NEW STOP BARS AND STOP SIGNS AT THE DRIVE-THROUGH EXIT, SO THE VEHICLES COME TO A FULL STOP BEFORE RE-ENTERING THE PARKING LOT. 
          WE ARE PAINTING DIRECTIONAL ARROWS ON THE PAVEMENT AT THE ENTRANCE TO GUIDE TRAFFIC FLOW. AND WE ARE PLACING DO NOT ENTER SIGNS AT THE DRIVE-THROUGH EXIT TO PREVENT WRONG-WAY ENTRY. 
          THE TRAFFIC ANALYSIS WAS CONDUCTED BY OUR ENGINEERING TEAM, WITH THE CITY'S TRAFFIC ENGINEER INVOLVED. SCHOUDER'S COFFEE WILL GENERATE LESS TRAFFIC THAN THE 7-11 THAT OPERATED HERE BEFORE. THE ANALYSIS ALSO ACCOUNTS FOR THE PLANNED RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT ACROSS PINE ISLAND ROAD. THE MAXIMUM AT THE DELAY IS LESS THAN ONE SECOND IN THE MORNING PEAK AND ABOUT ONE AND A HALF SECONDS IN THE AFTERNOON PEAK. ALL THE TRAFFIC MOVEMENTS ARE AT UNDER ONE SECOND. AGAIN. NOW THESE ARE THEORETICAL NUMBERS. 
          IF THE BUSINESS DOES WELL, AND WE HOPE IT DOES, THERE WILL PROBABLY BE SOME IMPACT ON PINE ISLAND ROAD TRAFFIC DURING THAT FIRST WEEK OF OPENING. THAT'S JUST THE REALITY FOR ANY NEW BUSINESS. 
          THAT'S WHY WE'RE PLANNING A SOFT OPENING FIRST TO STAGGER TRAFFIC AND WORK OUT ANY ISSUES BEFORE WE OFFICIALLY LAUNCH. 
          THIS SLIDE SHOWS HOW WE KEEP THE DRIVE-THROUGH MOVING AND PREVENT BACKUPS. IN ORANGE ON THE IMAGE, TWO PULL FORWARD SPACES PASS THE WINDOW. IF 
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SOMEONE HAS A LARGER ORDER, THEY PULL FORWARD, THE LANE STAYS CLEAR FOR THE NEXT CAR. IN RED, CURBSIDE ORDER TAKING, BARISTAS GO OUT THROUGH A BACK DOOR AND TAKE ORDERS ON A DEDICATED SIDEWALK BEFORE THE MENU BOARD. SO DRINKS START BEING MADE EARLIER. IN BLUE, THE WALKOUT DOOR DELIVERY DOES THE SAME SERVICE WINDOW USED FOR DRIVE-THROUGH CARS AND THE PULL FORWARD SPACES. BARISTAS HAND OUT DRINKS TO BOTH FROM THAT DOOR. AND WE OFFER MOBILE APP ORDER AHEAD, CUSTOMERS CAN ORDER AND PAY BEFORE THEY ARRIVE. THE EXPECTED QUEUE IS EIGHT CARS, OR FEWER, 95% OF THE TIME. 
          THAT'S BASED ON CITY DATA FROM A SIMILAR DRIVE-THROUGH COFFEE OPERATION IN THE AREA. SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO ADDRESS SCHOOL AREA SAFETY. 
          THE FIRST POINT IS THAT OUR PEAK HOURS IS 6 TO 8 A.M. WHEN THE EARLY MORNING COMMUTERS ARE ON THE ROAD. SCHOOL DISMISSAL IS BETWEEN 2 30 TO 3 30. SO, WHEN STUDENT FOOD TRAFFIC IS HIGHEST, OUR DRIVE-THROUGH IS AT ITS QUIETEST POINT OF THE DAY. FURTHERMORE, THERE ARE THREE MORE THINGS TO CONSIDER. THERE IS NO WALK-UP SERVICE, WHICH SHOULD LIMIT FOOD TRAFFIC AROUND THE DRIVE-THROUGH LANE. 
          THE LANE IS PHYSICALLY SEPARATED FROM PEDESTRIAN PATH, WITH HIGHLY VISIBLE CROSSWALKS STRIPPING. AND ALL OF OUR CUSTOMERS STAY IN THEIR VEHICLES FROM ENTRY TO EXIT, WHICH WILL NOT ADD ANY MORE PEDESTRIANS ON THE PARKING LOT. IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO ENSURE THAT AWARENESS AND OVERSIGHT ARE ACCOUNTED FOR. THERE WILL BE PERMANENT SIGNAGE EVERYWHERE ON WINDOWS, DOORS, ENTRY POINTS, MAKING IT CLEAR THIS IS DRIVE-THROUGH ONLY. WE WILL ALSO DO OUTREACH WITH THE NEARBY SCHOOLS AND THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA, SO THE COMMUNITY UNDERSTANDS THE FORMAT. IF SOMEONE WALKS UP, OUR STAFF WILL POLITELY REDIRECT THEM. 
          DURING SCHOOL DISMISSAL, WE WILL HAVE A TEAM MEMBER KEEPING AN EYE ON THE DRIVE-THROUGH AREA AND PARKING LOT VIA OUTDOOR CAMERAS. IF A STUDENT IS NEARBY, THE CARS WILL STOP. THE SAFETY REMAINS THE MOST IMPORTANT. WE WILL ALSO BE COORDINATING WITH PROPERTY MANAGEMENT FOR PATROL SUPPORT. AND WE ARE COMMITTED TO MEETING WITH CITY STAFF AFTER WE OPEN WHENEVER NEEDED AND MAKE ADJUSTMENTS AS WE GO. SO, TO SUM UP, WE'RE LOOKING AT APPROXIMATELY 20 LOCAL JOBS, AND A PROJECTED CONSTRUCTION STARTS IN MAY 2026. WE START OPENING IN AUGUST 2026. ONE THING I WOULD LIKE TO MENTION ABOUT SHARING THE BUILDING WITH THE DENTAL OFFICE, OUR PEAK IS EARLY MORNING 6 TO 8. 
          THE DENTAL OFFICE OPENS AT AROUND 10. BY THE TIME THE PATIENTS ARRIVE, OUR RUSH IS OVER, SO THE TRAFFIC SHOULDN'T OVERLAP. SO THANK YOU MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS. 
          WE RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOUR APPROVAL FOR THIS SPECIAL EXCEPTION. IT BRINGS A BRAND WE ARE PROUD OF TO A COMMUNITY WE WANT TO BE PART OF. WE'RE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE WILL NOW OPEN THIS UP TO COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC. 
          IS THERE ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE? PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE NOW CLOSED. COMMISSIONER PATTERSON THANK YOU MAYOR. UM, THANK YOU GUYS FOR COMING, YOU'RE WELCOME. UH, I'M THRILLED THAT YOU MADE THE REVISIONS THAT YOU DID. UM, AFTER WE SPOKE, UM, I SAW MOSTLY THE THINGS, MAJORITY OF THE THINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT IN THIS UPDATED PRESENTATION. 
          SO I APPRECIATE THAT. UM, DEFINITELY. PREFERENCE GIVEN TO TAMARACK RESIDENTS AND STUDENTS FOR JOBS AT THE COFFEE SHOP. I THINK WOULD BE IDEAL, AND SO WORKING WITH TERRAVELLA AND MILLENNIUM TO BE ABLE TO CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS, I THINK WOULD BE FANTASTIC. I APPRECIATE THAT YOU GUYS ADDRESS THE STUDENTS IN THE PLAZA. WE TALKED EXTENSIVELY ABOUT THAT. AND THAT'S A MAJOR CONCERN FOR ME. THAT OUR KIDS THAT ARE KIND OF IN THE OVERFLOW IN THAT PLAZA. I'M JUST KIND OF HANGING OUT AFTER SCHOOL LIKE KIDS DO. 
          BUT WE'VE HAD SOME CHALLENGES IN THE PAST WITH SOME OF THE BUSINESSES AND JUST, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES KIDS GET INTO TROUBLE AND THAT SORT OF THING. OBVIOUSLY, THIS IS A WALK-UP, EXCUSE ME, IT'S A DRIVE-THROUGH ONLY. SO CAN YOU TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT THE PLAN IS IN TERMS OF HOW TO SERVICE THE STUDENTS? IF THEY WANT TO COME HAVE COFFEE OR THEY START TO HANG OUT IN THAT AREA? YEAH, SO WE DISCUSSED ABOUT THIS, AND I THINK THAT THE BEST OPTION IS PROBABLY TO USE, TO ALLOW THEM TO OBVIOUSLY TO USE THE MOBILE APP. AND GIVE THEM A DEDICATED SPACE WHERE THEY CAN ACTUALLY DO THE PICKUP THAT IS NOT NEARBY THE DRIVE-THRU LANE. SO THEY WILL STILL BE ABLE TO GET THEIR DRINKS, BUT NOT NECESSARILY CLOSE BY. 
          SO WE SEE THAT SOMETIMES IN MCDONALD'S, WHERE YOU CAN ACTUALLY PULL UP INTO THE DEDICATED PARKING SPOT TO JUST HAVE YOUR ORDER DELIVERED TO YOU. WE NEED TO FIND A WAY, AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT THAT WOULD BE FROM THE GET-GO. BECAUSE WE NEED THE OPERATIONS TO BE MOVING, BUT AS SOON AS WE'RE ABLE TO DO THAT SAFELY. I THINK THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE THE BEST OPTION. 
          YEAH, I MEAN, THAT'S A REALLY, REALLY BIG DEAL FOR ME. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR KIDS FEEL 
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WELCOMED. OBVIOUSLY, I ALSO UNDERSTAND THE CONCERNS AND THE INTERESTS OF THE BUSINESS OWNER WHEN IT COMES TO, YOU KNOW, JUST THE ACTIVITY THAT THE CHILDREN PRESENT, BUT I REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU GUYS CONSIDER THAT. I ENCOURAGE YOU TO FIND SOME TIME ALSO TO VISIT THE PLAZA AROUND 2 O'CLOCK. AND JUST SEE THE ACTIVITY SO THAT YOU GUYS CAN REALLY HAVE A CONCRETE PLAN IN PLACE. TO BE ABLE TO BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR, OBVIOUSLY, AND, YOU KNOW, AT THE SAME TOKEN, BE PREPARED FOR THAT, OBVIOUSLY. UH, YOU KNOW, I DO BELIEVE THAT SOME OF THE BUSINESSES OVER THERE HAVE SOME OFF DUTIES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. I DON'T. I'M NOT NECESSARILY A HUGE FAN OF USING POLICE TO DETER THE CHILDREN, BUT I THINK WE NEED TO FIND A WAY TO BE, BECAUSE THEY HAVE MONEY, THEY CAN PATRONIZE THE BUSINESS AS WELL. BUT, YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT TO SEE A CIRCUMSTANCE WHERE OUR KIDS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO PURCHASE OR, YOU KNOW, FREQUENT THE BUSINESS. WE NEED TO FIND A WAY FOR THEM TO HAVE ACCESS TO THE FOOD WHILE STILL BEING SAFE. 
          OBVIOUSLY, THEY CAN'T JUST WALK TO THE DRIVE-THRU LANE. 
          BUT I THINK, LIKE A DEDICATED AREA WHERE YOU SAY, OKAY, MOBILE APP ORDER, GO PICK UP THERE. WE NEED TO JUST TALK ABOUT WITH THE PROPERTY OWNERS, LIKE, CAN WE GIVE US, CAN WE GET A FEW STALLS AND MAYBE PUT, LIKE, SOMETHING THERE SO THAT THEY COULD GO THERE. BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY WE DON'T WANT THEM TO SAY NO, YOU DON'T GET TO ASK FOR THIS COFFEE. WE WANT THEM TO BE PART OF IT AS WELL. RIGHT, RIGHT. 
          SO THAT'S IMPORTANT. SO I HOPE THAT YOU GUYS KIND OF FLESHED THROUGH AND IRONED THROUGH THAT. YOU SPOKE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE... THE TRAFFIC STUDY AND THE COMPARISON TO 7-ELEVEN. I DID SEE THAT YOU CONSIDERED THE UPCOMING DEVELOPMENT. WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT YOUR ENGINEER CONSIDERED THE DRIVE-THROUGH COFFEE SHOP AROUND THE CORNER, CALI COFFEE. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT FROM A STACKING STANDPOINT, I DON'T EXPECT THAT AT 5 A.M. 
          YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO HAVE THAT MANY PEOPLE IN THAT AREA. BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS A PLAN IN PLACE. I MEAN, TWO ADDITIONAL STALLS SEEMS, I GUESS IT SEEMS OKAY, BUT IS THERE A CONTINGENCY PLAN IN PLACE IN THE EVENT THAT IT'S NOT? YEAH, WHAT WE, IT'S ALWAYS DIFFICULT TO KNOW HOW POPULAR YOU'RE GOING TO BE. BUT, I MEAN, THERE'S ALWAYS A WAY TO PUT A SECONDARY, SO YOU'VE PROBABLY SEEN THAT IN DRIVE-THRU, WHERE YOU HAVE TWO LANES MERGING INTO ONE, OR YOU HAVE TWO LANES THE ENTIRE WAY, AND SO ON. SO IT'S A WAY TO ALSO USE THE WIDTH TO HAVE MORE CAR STACK. SO, AT LEAST AT THE BEGINNING. 
          WHEN YOU HAVE THE MENU BOARD, YOU COULD HAVE A SECONDARY ONE AND USE TWO LANES INSTEAD AND HAVE THE BYPASS LANE AFTER. SO THAT'S A WAY ALSO TO INCREASE YOUR CAR STACK, BASICALLY. SO WE DON'T WANT NECESSARILY TO DO IT RIGHT AWAY, BUT IT'S A FAIRLY EASY FIX TO ACTUALLY ADD AN EXTRA LANE AND TWO MENU ORDERING SPEAKERS. 
          AND REGARDING MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS, BUT CAN YOU JUST PUT ON THE RECORD WHO'S RESPONSIBLE? IS IT THE FRANCHISE OR THE FRANCHISEE FOR ISSUES THAT MAY CONCERN THE CITY? YEAH, SO IT'S THE FRANCHISEE DIRECTLY, WHICH IS GOOD BECAUSE WE'RE HERE AND WE CAN ACT ON IT. SO YOU WOULDN'T HAVE TO DEAL WITH A LARGE CORPORATION WHERE IT NEEDS TO GO UP THE LADDER AND NOTHING GETS DONE. SO IT WILL BE US. 
          OKAY. I THINK THAT'S ABOUT IT FOR ME. THE LAST THING I'LL MAKE, YOU KNOW, THE LAST COMMENT I'LL MAKE IS THAT I HAVE GREAT RELATIONSHIPS WITH OUR BUSINESSES IN DISTRICT 3. THEY'VE BEEN FABULOUS BUSINESS PARTNERS, COMMUNITY PARTNERS, AND SO I WILL SUPPORT YOUR ITEM TODAY, BUT I LOOK FORWARD TO YOU GUYS ALSO BEING A GREAT PARTNER WITH THE CITY. WE DO, YOU KNOW, YOU HEARD TODAY THAT WE DO A LOT OF EVENTS AND WE DO A LOT OF GREAT THINGS FOR OUR COMMUNITY. AND WE RELY ON OUR BUSINESSES TO BE ABLE TO PARTNER WITH US, SPONSORS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE, JUST TO MAKE THINGS COME ALIVE. AND I THINK THAT OUR COMMUNITY APPRECIATES SEEING OUR BUSINESSES IN RELATIONSHIP WITH US. AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, I KIND OF DRIVE IN AS WELL. 
          THANK YOU. I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE AMAZING TO SEE SOMETHING NEW COMING TO THE AREA. I WASN'T ENTIRELY THAT THRILLED TO SEE ANOTHER COFFEE SHOP, IF I'M 100 PERCENT HONEST. 
          BUT YOU DID EXPLAIN THAT. 
          THERE IS A RADIUS IN WHICH, I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE NO CONTROL OVER PRIVATE PROPERTY AND WHO RANKS SPACE, BUT YOU DID EXPLAIN THAT IN THE COFFEE WORLD THERE IS A RADIUS, AND BETWEEN SCOOTERS AND DUNKIN' DONUTS DOWN THE STREET, IT EXCEEDS THE RADIUS, I GUESS. YEAH, I MEAN, WHEN WE LOOK AT PLACING A NEW SITE, OBVIOUSLY YOU DO ALL KINDS OF STUDIES AND LOOK AT THE DATA. YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF COMPETITORS ROUGHLY IN A THREE-MILE RADIUS, BUT... YOU ALSO NEED TO LOOK AT 
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WHAT THEY OFFER AND WHERE'S THE GAP IN THE MARKET, RIGHT? SO SCOOTER'S COFFEE REALLY GIVES YOU THAT MIDPOINT BETWEEN A DUNKIN' AND A STARBUCKS. AND IT'S JUST DIFFERENT. IT'S LIKE, WHAT I WAS MENTIONING. IT'S LIKE, OKAY, YOU HAVE TWO RESTAURANTS NEXT TO ONE ANOTHER. ONE IS ITALIAN, THE OTHER ONE IS COLOMBIAN. ARE THEY REALLY COMPETING? YES, FOR FOOD, BUT IT'S ALSO A DIFFERENT FLAVOR AND DIFFERENT THINGS. SO IT'S JUST MORE VARIETY, AND I THINK EVERYONE WILL. 
          FIND SOMETHING NICE THERE. 
          THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. 
          COMMISSIONER DANIEL. THANK YOU. 
          IT WAS A PLEASURE MEETING YOU AND YOUR WIFE AND KUDOS TO THIS ADVENTURE. I HOPE IT GOES WELL. 
          BUT ONE WHAT? MY MAIN CONCERN WAS THE CHILDREN FROM TARAVELLA AND TREATING THEM WITH DIGNITY, RIGHT. AND I DON'T THINK YOU REALLY ADDRESSED THAT YET. YOU'RE SAYING, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE. 
          THE REASON WHY I SAID THAT IS BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE SAFE. SO UNTIL WE HAVE, OKAY, WHAT'S REALLY GOING ON? IN TERMS OF THE TRAFFIC AND HOW BUSY IT GETS DURING THAT PERIOD, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T INVITE THEM INTO AN AREA OF THE PLAZA WHERE THERE'S CARS GOING. THAT WAS MY POINT. OH, ABSOLUTELY, BUT I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT'S SOMETHING YOU WOULD HAVE LOOKED INTO FIRST. YOU UNDERSTAND? BECAUSE THEN I SAY, YES, AND IT NEVER GOT ADDRESSED AFTERWARDS. THE FACT THAT THEY ARE ABLE TO ORDER, IS THAT WHAT YOU MEAN? WELL, MAKE LEEWAY FOR THEM, YEAH, THAT THEY CAN ORDER. BECAUSE, I MEAN, SOME SHOULD BE ABLE TO DRIVE, I WOULD ASSUME. 
          BUT WHAT ABOUT THE ONES THAT CAN'T DRIVE? SO, IT WAS, WE HAD A BIG AT THE BACK AT FAULT. BECAUSE ORIGINALLY WE WERE THINKING OF HAVING LIKE A WINDOW WHERE THEY CAN ACTUALLY ORDER IN PERSON. THE PROBLEM IS THAT YOU'RE TOO CLOSE FROM THE DRIVE-THRU LANE AND THEN YOU... 
          RIGHT, I GET THE PROBLEM, BUT YOU SAID YOU WERE GOING TO TRY TO FIGURE IT OUT. 
          FOR THE PLACEMENT OF WHERE THEY CAN ACTUALLY PICK UP THEIR... 
          RIGHT, OR THE KIDS BEING THERE AT THAT TIME. THE ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC, BECAUSE IT IS. I MEAN, MCDONALD'S, WORK IT OUT, RIGHT? AND LET THEM FEEL WANTED. I MEAN, I'VE SEEN KIDS THERE WAITING OUTSIDE PUBLIX IN THE DOLLAR STORE BECAUSE THEY LOCKED THE DOOR, THEY CAN'T COME IN FOR A DOLLAR ITEM. NO, THE THINGS WE DISCUSSED WITH LISA... SO I DON'T WANT THEM TO BE IN THAT POSITION WITH YOUR ESTABLISHMENT AS WELL. 
          IT'S REALLY NOT... I WANT IT TO BE WELCOMING. EXACTLY, AND I THINK THAT... AND IT'S DEFINITELY NOT IN THE SCHOOL'S COFFEE. 
          CULTURE, BUT DEFINITELY NOT US AS OWNERS. WHAT WE DISCUSSED A FEW TIMES IS TO CAN WE PUT MAYBE A TRUCK STATION THERE OR SOMETHING WHERE YOU KNOW THEY FEEL WELCOME AND THAT'S DEDICATED TO THEM. THE THINGS THAT WERE NOT DISCUSSED ORIGINALLY WITH THE PROPERTY OWNERS. SO YOU ALWAYS NEED TO SAY, OKAY, CAN I GET A PARKING STALL JUST TO DO THIS? AND SO ON. I'M SURE THEY WILL BE OPEN TO IT, BUT WE NEED TO HAVE A PLAN BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE KNOW WE WILL DO IT, BUT YOU NEED TO GO THROUGH THE MOTIONS INTO ACTUALLY SAYING, OKAY, WHAT DOES THIS MEAN, WHERE IS IT, AND SO ON. AND ONCE THEY AGREE TO IT, THEN WE CAN ACTUALLY HAVE SOMETHING SOMEWHERE THERE THAT IS JUST OPEN DURING THAT DISMISSAL TIME, WHERE THEY CAN ACTUALLY COMMENT. I MEAN, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE DISMISSAL TIME. MAYBE YOU CLOSE THAT DISMISSAL TIME. I DON'T KNOW, BUT I DON'T SEE A PLAN. YOU UNDERSTAND? LIKE, I DON'T SEE A CONCRETE, OKAY, THIS IS WHERE WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS. 
          I'M GLAD THAT YOU ACTUALLY LOOKED AT IT AFTER DISCUSSION AND INCORPORATED IT. BECAUSE FROM 6 TO 8, OH, THERE IS A LOT OF KIDS WALKING IN THAT PLAZA. THEY WALK TO SCHOOL, THEY STOP BY MCDONALD'S, THEY GET BREAKFAST, THEIR PARENTS DROP THEM OFF IN THAT PLAZA. SO THEY COULD WALK THE REST OF THE WAY SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE TRAFFIC. 
          THERE IS A LOT DURING YOUR PEAK TIME, FROM 6 TO 8. WE WENT THERE YESTERDAY, LUISA WAS THERE. AND ESSENTIALLY, WHAT'S HARDER TO SAY IS BECAUSE ON OUR SIDE OF THE PLAZA, IT'S PRETTY DEAD, RIGHT? YOU HAVE THE DENTAL OFFICE. SO YOU HAVE WHAT WE'VE SEEN YESTERDAY, A LOT OF THE TRAFFIC ON THE OTHER SIDE. YOU WENT FROM WHEN SCHOOL WAS IN SESSION, WHEN THEY'RE GOING TO SCHOOL, BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF WALKERS OVER THERE. I EVEN REQUESTED A CROSSING GUARD, BUT THEY CAN'T DO CROSSING GUARD. 
          INSTEAD OF THE POLICE, THEY CAN'T DO CROSSING GUARDS. 
          FOR HIGH SCHOOL IS WHAT I LEARNED. SO THERE IS A LOT OF TRAFFIC AT THAT POINT. I'M NOT SURE YOU WENT AT THE RIGHT TIME. SORRY. SO, YES, I DID GO YESTERDAY. I DID STAY THERE FOR ABOUT TWO HOURS 
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TO OBSERVE. AT WHAT TIME? BETWEEN 2 TO 4. 
          BUT I'M SAYING THERE IS ALSO, DURING YOUR PEAK TIME, THERE'S A LOT OF TRAFFIC, BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN KIDS ACTUALLY GO TO SCHOOL. SO THEY STOP AT THE MCDONALD'S. A LOT OF PARENTS STOP AT THAT PLAZA, DROP OFF THE KIDS, AND LET THEM WALK TO THE SCHOOLS. RIGHT. SO, YEAH, I DID NOT GO IN THE MORNING TIME, BUT BASED ON WHAT I OBSERVED IN THE AFTERNOON TIME, IS THAT ON OUR SIDE, MOST OF THE DROP-OFF, PICKUP, WELL, NOT DROP-OFF, BUT PICKUP. 
          FROM WHAT I OBSERVED FROM PARENTS, THERE WERE MAINLY AROUND THE MCDONALD'S SIDE OF THE SHOPPING CENTER. SO, AND THEN I SEE A BIT OF KIDS CONGREGATING THERE, MAINLY ON THE MCDONALD'S SIDE AND JUST ALL OVER THE PLAZA, WHERE THEY LOVE THE DOLLAR STORE, TOO, AND THEY, IF YOU OPEN A COFFEE SHOP AND THERE'S A LITTLE EXCITEMENT, OF COURSE, I KNOW THERE'S A MARTIAL ARTS THAT OPENED THERE AS WELL. SO, YOU MIGHT SEE THEM AT MCDONALD'S, BECAUSE, YEAH, IT'S MCDONALD'S. RIGHT, OF COURSE. BUT, YOU KNOW, THEY DO TRAVEL, AND ONCE YOU HAVE SOMETHING EXCITING, THEY'RE GOING TO BE INTERESTED. RIGHT, ABSOLUTELY. I MEAN, JUST TO KIND OF GO BACK TO WHAT SCOOTER IS. THE MAIN CONCEPT OF SCOOTER'S COFFEE HAS ALWAYS BEEN A DRIVE-THRU. 
          THAT'S BEEN THEIR BUSINESS MODEL. AND THAT'S JUST TO BASICALLY FACILITATE, YOU KNOW, THE CONVENIENCY OF JUST COMING IN, GRABBING YOUR CUP OF COFFEE, AND THEN ON YOUR WAY OUT. 
          BUT THEN I ALSO UNDERSTAND, OF COURSE, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT CAME TO OUR MIND. HOW DO WE ALSO, YOU KNOW, OFFER SERVICE TO THESE STUDENTS THAT ARE NOT NECESSARILY PASSING BY VIA CARS, RIGHT? AND MOST OF THE THINGS THAT PIERRE ALREADY MENTIONED, THAT'S ON THE TOP OF OUR MIND. BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST BASICALLY FINDING OUT. LISTEN, WE LOVE COFFEE. 
          I'M PROBABLY THE BIGGEST COFFEE DRINKER UP HERE. I KNOW I HAD THAT CONVERSATION WITH YOU. 
          RESIDENTS THAT ARE COFFEE DRINKERS, FOR SOME, ARE BY OSMOSIS. WE KNOW EACH OTHER. 
          SO I GET IT. LIKE, I WANT COFFEE. MY THING IS TO ADDRESS. THE ISSUE AT HAND, MAYBE THAT ISN'T THE RIGHT LOCATION, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE OF THE KIDS, BUT I WANT YOU THERE. I JUST WANTED YOU TO ADDRESS BECAUSE THEN I COULD JUST WALK AND GET COFFEE. I JUST WANTED YOU TO ADDRESS THAT ISSUE. 
          INCORPORATE IT. AND I DON'T THINK YOU HAVE YET. THAT'S THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER, RIGHT? UH? THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. 
          CONGRATULATE YOU GUYS. IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOUR HUSBAND AND WIFE. 
          UM, BUSINESS TEAM QUESTION YOU SAID THIS IS YOUR FIRST LOCATION, THIS IS YOUR FIRST FRANCHISE. 
          IN MY RESEARCH WITH SCOOTERS, IT SEEMS LIKE YOU HAVE STANDALONE LOCATIONS, SIMILAR TO HOW CALI COFFEE IS LAID OUT. 
          THIS BEING IN A PLAZA, AND THIS BEING YOUR FIRST FRANCHISE, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES YOU, AS A FRANCHISE OWNER, AS A FIRST-TIME OWNER, IT CAN BE YOU EXPERIENCE THINGS THAT YOU HAVEN'T EXPERIENCED BEFORE. 
          BUT DO YOU HAVE OTHER LOCATIONS, SCOOTERS LOCATIONS THAT ARE IN PLAZA, OR ALL OF THEM STANDALONE LOCATIONS? IN PART OF THE SYSTEM, PART OF THE FRANCHISE SYSTEM? SO FOR A VERY LONG TIME, THEY WERE FOCUSED ON THE FULL BUILD-OUT, SO STANDALONE. BUT AFTER COVID AND WITH THE CONSTRUCTION COSTS GOING UP AND SO ON, IT'S JUST NOT SUSTAINABLE FOR MOST OF THE NETWORK. 
          TO START WITH A BUILD-OUT. 
          BECAUSE THE COST WILL BE PAST $1 MILLION, $1.5 MILLION, THEN YOU NEED TO LEASE THE LAND. MOST OF WHEN YOU LOOK AT IN FLORIDA, ALL THE LATEST STANDALONE THAT WERE BUILT. 
          THE FRANCHISE OWNERS ARE REALLY STRUGGLING TO TO TO BASICALLY BE PROFITABLE. 
          BECAUSE OF THAT, BECAUSE OF THE COST OF REAL ESTATE IN FLORIDA EXPENSIVE, SO MOST OF YOU WHERE? DO YOU HAVE OTHER LOCATIONS OF FLORIDA? SO THERE'S SO THIS IS YOUR FIRST FORAY INTO SOUTH FLORIDA? YEAH, THIS IS THE FIRST STORE IN SOUTH FLORIDA. THIS IS THE FIRST LOCATION IN SOUTH FLORIDA. YEAH. SO YOU GUYS ARE LIKE THE GUINEA PIG. YOU'RE THE TEST FOR WHAT CAN HAPPEN WITH PLAZAS. YEAH, WELL, THEY DO HAVE A FEW END CAPS NOW SINCE THEY OPENED IT, LIKE FOR THE LAST YEAR. SO YOU HAVE A FEW IN PLAZA, SCOOTER'S COFFEE NOW, A LITTLE BIT MORE. 
          BUT MOST OF THE NETWORK HAS BEEN DEVELOPED AS A STANDALONE KIOSK. BECAUSE WE ALWAYS WANT OUR BUSINESSES TO SUCCEED AND THRIVE. WHAT DIFFERENTIATES YOU FROM CALI COFFEE OR DUNKIN'? WHAT'S YOUR CORE COMPETENCY? WELL, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, SO I THINK THE PRICE POINT IS ONE. THE INGREDIENTS. 
          THE INGREDIENTS AS WELL, LIKE A LOT MORE, FOR EXAMPLE, THE SYRUP THEY ARE USING AND SO ON, IS LESS PROCESSED, SO IT'S MORE LIKE THE HEALTHIER ALTERNATIVE. 
          YOU WILL FIND, IF YOU COMPARE TO CADDY, YOU WILL FIND A LOT MORE FOOD ITEMS AND A LOT OF BIG BRAND PARTNERSHIPS AS WELL. 
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WHICH YOU WOULDN'T FIND IN CALI COFFEE BECAUSE THEY'RE STILL DEVELOPING, RIGHT? SO YOU HAVE KIND OF THE STRENGTH OF A LARGE NETWORK AND A LARGE CORPORATION, BUT IN MORE OF IN THAT MODEL. NOW DUNKIN DONUTS, I MEAN, I DON'T FREQUENT IT AS MUCH. 
          IT'S REALLY A QUESTION OF TASTE. I MEAN, SOME PEOPLE WILL REALLY LIKE THE DUNKIN DONUT FOOD AND ITEMS VERSUS COOLEST COFFEE, SO IT'S REALLY. AND YOU MENTIONED A WINDOW, A WALK-UP WINDOW FOR THE STUDENTS. MOST PLACES I'VE GONE TO WITH A WALK-UP WINDOW, I GO TO A COOKIE PLACE CALLED BLUEPRINT. THEY HAVE A WALK-UP WINDOW IN FORT LAUDERDALE. 
          MOST TIMES, CARS JUST PULL UP AND JUST GRAB THE STUFF FROM THE WINDOW. SO I CAN'T ENVISION HOW OTHER STUDENTS WOULD JUST WALK, OR ARE THEY GOING TO STILL HAVE TO USE THE CAR? SO THEY CAN'T COME TO THE DRIVE-THROUGH LANE. THE WALK-OUT DOOR IS ESSENTIALLY A SLIDING DOOR THAT YOU WOULD SEE IN CHICK-FIL-A. MOST OF THE DRIVE-THROUGHS THAT YOU SEE STILL IN MCDONALD'S, HAVE JUST THE UPPER HALF OPEN AND THEN JUST HAND OVER THINGS TO YOU. 
          WE'LL ADOPT, AND ACTUALLY, WE'LL PROBABLY BE THE FIRST IN THE NETWORK TO ACTUALLY HAVE A SLIDING DOOR. LIKE CHICK-FIL-A. 
          TO ALLOW OUR BARISTAS TO COME OUT, BUT ALSO TO SERVE PEOPLE THERE. SO COME OUT FOR THE PULL FORWARD SPACES. 
          SO WHENEVER YOU GET FOOD ITEMS OR A LARGE ORDER, TELL YOU, HEY, MOVE OVER THERE. THIS WAY, THE LANE CAN CONTINUE MOVING. 
          YOU KEEP THE QUEUE MOVING INSTEAD OF HAVING A BOTTLENECK. OKAY, THANKS. I THANK YOU BOTH FOR BEING HERE AND FOR BEING HERE THE LAST TIME. I KNOW YOU CAN STAY FOR THAT REALLY LONG MEETING, SO I APOLOGIZE. 
          BUT I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS, AND SOME OF THAT YOU'VE ANSWERED. SO YOU SAID YOU WERE AT THE PLAZA, BUT YOU WERE THERE FROM 2 TO 4. WAS THAT ON A REGULAR SCHOOL DAY? YES, IT WAS YESTERDAY. IT WAS YESTERDAY? IT WAS YESTERDAY. 
          DID YOU TALK TO THE OTHER PLAZA OWNERS, THE PLAZA SHOPS? DID YOU GO INTO PUBLIX? DID YOU GO INTO... 
          YES. WHAT WAS THEIR REACTION? JUST GENERAL PUBLIC REACTION AT THAT TIME? WHEN YOU SPOKE TO THE OTHER BUSINESSES IN THERE, SAYING WE'RE GOING TO BRING A DRIVE-THRU HERE, WE WOULD LIKE TO BRING A DRIVE-THRU, WHAT WAS THEIR REACTION? YEAH, SO, I MEAN, WE DIDN'T TALK TO EVERYONE IN THE BUSINESS. WE WERE MORE IN THE PLAZA. WE DISCUSSED WITH THE DENTAL OFFICE, BECAUSE THAT WAS OUR FIRST THOUGHTS, LIKE, OK, WE DON'T WANT TO, OBVIOUSLY, YOU GUYS HAVE ANY ISSUES BECAUSE WE HAVE A DRIVE-THRU NEARBY. SO WE SHARE WITH THEM THE SITE PLAN AND EVERYTHING, AND THEY HAD NO ISSUES. I SAY, GOOD LUCK, AND ESSENTIALLY, LIKE, THAT WAS IT. YOU'RE NOT GOING INTO A PLAZA BY YOURSELF, AND YOU'RE NOT GOING INTO A PLAZA WITH A DENTAL OFFICE ALONE. 
          WHAT WAS YOUR CONVERSATION WITH THE CELLOS, WHICH IS RIGHT THERE, SHARING THE PARKING LANES, THE DRIVE-THRU LANES? DID YOU SPEAK WITH THEM? NO, WE DID NOT. SO I HAVE CONCERNS, AND I'M SORRY WE DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO MEET. I WAS KIND OF HEADFIRST INTO MY... PUPPY THING. THE SITE PLAN THAT YOU SHOW, CAN YOU BRING UP THEIR SITE PLAN, PLEASE, WHERE IT SHOWS THE SQUARE AND THE DRIVING LANES? THAT ONE, PERFECT. MY PROBLEM WITH THIS IS YOU'RE NOT ACTUALLY UTILIZING ANY OF THE SOUTH ENTRYWAYS AND EXITWAYS AND PILING UP ALL YOUR TRAFFIC TO GO IN THE SAME PLACES WHERE THERE'S ALREADY PILEUP GOING OUT. BECAUSE IF YOU WATCH THE TRAFFIC AT THAT PLAZA. YOU'VE GOT PEOPLE COMING FROM THE TOP END AND THE BOTTOM END. IT'S GOING TO ADD A LOT MORE TRAFFIC, SO IT'S GOING TO BE A LOT MORE DIFFICULT. I'M ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT THE TRAFFIC, SO I LOVE COFFEE. I JOKE AROUND THAT I JUST NEED TO PLUG IT RIGHT IN, RIGHT? WHEN YOU HAVE THESE 50 NEW BUSINESSES OR HOMES ACROSS THE STREET, WHEN THEY TRY TO GET TO YOU. 
          AND THE PILEUP ON PINE ISLAND AND THE STACKING THAT'S GOING TO BE THERE, I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE ISSUES. I ALSO THINK THAT YOU OBVIOUSLY WANT PEOPLE TO COME THERE. SO YOUR GOAL IS TO, KIDS WILL HAVE CARS, IT'S ONE OF THE THINGS WE KNOW WILL HAPPEN. PARENTS WHO PICK UP THEIR KIDS WILL HAVE CARS AND GO THERE. PERSONALLY, I AM NOT FOR YOU CREATING AN OUT PARCEL TYPE THING TO HAVE PARENTS OR KIDS STAND THERE AND GET THEIR COFFEE. YOUR DESIGN IS A DRIVE-THRU FOR A REASON, NOT TO ALL OF A SUDDEN BE A PICKUP. 
          MCDONALD'S IS DIFFERENT. 
          DIFFERENT PLOT OF LAND, AND THEY HAVE WHERE YOU CAN CALL IN AND GET YOUR STUFF AND WALK TO A DOOR. YOU DON'T HAVE THAT HERE. YOU DON'T HAVE THE SAME SETUP HERE. AND I DON'T THINK YOU SHOULD BE CHANGING YOUR MODEL JUST FOR THIS, BECAUSE THEN IT'S NOT YOUR MODEL. 
          ACTUALLY, IF YOU'RE GOING TO CHANGE YOUR MODEL FOR ANYTHING, MY ATTITUDE IS GET RID OF THE DRIVE-THRU, MAKE YOURSELF A SIT-DOWN PLACE, BECAUSE IT WOULD BE GREAT TO HAVE SOMEWHERE TO GO AND ENJOY A GOOD CUP OF COFFEE AND SOME FRESH FOOD. 
          ARE YOU AWARE THAT THERE WAS AN INCIDENT WITH SOME KIDS THERE LAST WEEK FROM THE SCHOOL? NO. WHEN YOU SAY YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE SOMEBODY MONITORING THE PARKING LOT, HOW WELL WILL THAT PERSON BE MONITORING? THEY HAVE, WE GENERALLY PUT, ACTUALLY ALL THE TIME, PUT A FEW CAMERAS FOR THE DRIVE-THROUGH LANE. 
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MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO SEE THE CAR STACK TO KNOW IF WHETHER OR NOT. A BARISTA SHOULD COME OUT TO START TAKING ORDERS EARLIER BEFORE THE MENU BOARD TO KEEP IT ROLLING. RIGHT, BUT IF YOU HAVE THE KIDS STANDING THERE BECAUSE YOU WANT TO ACCOMMODATE HAVING... 
          WELL, THAT'S WHAT I WAS SAYING. 
          IS THAT ESSENTIALLY? LIKE, IF WE DO THAT, WE'LL NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S NOT IN THE WAY OF BEING CLOSE TO THE DRIVE-THRU. 
          PERSONALLY, I'M NOT FOR THAT AT ALL. YOUR BUSINESS MODEL IS YOUR DECISION. IT CAN'T BE ALL THINGS TO ALL PEOPLE. AND IF THIS IS YOUR BUSINESS MODEL, THIS IS YOUR BUSINESS MODEL. 
          SO WHAT OTHER ASSISTANCE WOULD YOU BE GIVING THE PLAZA AT THIS TIME IF WE ALLOW TO DRIVE THROUGH? BECAUSE YOUR CARS WILL BE GOING RIGHT THROUGH WHERE THERE'S GOING TO BE A STACK-UP. I'VE BEEN IN THAT PLAZA WHERE KIDS ARE RUNNING THROUGH. THE PLAZA, AS YOU GO THROUGH WHERE YOU SEE THE RED LINE, TO GET TO WHERE THE SOUTH SIDE IS, WHERE THE YELLOW LINE. GOING SOUTH OR WEST, AND TRYING TO GET BACK UP TO THE NORTH SIDE OF THE PLAZA. WHAT ASSISTANCE WILL YOU GIVE THE PLAZA OWNER? BECAUSE THEY'RE THE ONES HIRING COPS. THEY'RE THE ONES HIRING SPECIAL DETAIL. KIDS WILL BE KIDS, YES, I GET IT. 
          BUT THE PROBLEM IS, THIS PLAZA HAS HAD SIGNIFICANT ISSUES, DEFINITELY OVER THE PAST EIGHT YEARS AT THIS POINT. SEVEN YEARS. A LONG TIME. AND YOUR, IN MY OPINION, YOUR DRIVE-THROUGH CONCEPT CREATES A SAFETY HAZARD THAT HASN'T BEEN DEALT WITH, REALLY. SO WHAT ASSISTANCE WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO GIVE THE PLAZA OWNERS? I MEAN, IT'S ALWAYS A QUESTION OF, LIKE, WHAT IS NECESSARY TO GIVE. I MEAN, RIGHT NOW, WE'RE ASSUMING THAT IT'S GOING TO BE SO PACKED AT ALL TIMES, EVERY DAY. I WOULD LOVE THAT. I ALSO DON'T, THAT'S REALISTIC, TO BE HONEST. AGAIN, THE PEAK HOURS DURING THAT PEAK HOURS AND EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO ADDRESS. WHENEVER YOU HAVE A LOT OF TRAFFIC AND YOU SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING IN SAFETY HAZARD, IT'S REALLY COMMON SENSE FOR US AS OWNERS TO SAY THAT CANNOT HAPPEN. 
          SHOULD WE HIRE SOMEONE? WHAT CAN WE DO ABOUT FIXING THE PROBLEM? SO ANYTIME WE'LL BE FACED WITH AN ISSUE, IT'S ABOUT TALKING WITH THE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT, TALKING WITH CITY STAFF AND SAY, WHAT ARE THE SOLUTIONS? AND WE'LL MAKE IT HAPPEN. WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE IN A SITUATION AND SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, THAT'S YOUR PROBLEM. THAT'S NOT OURS. IF WE ARE PART OF THE PROBLEM, WE SHOULD BE PART OF THE SOLUTION. WELL, I RESPECT THAT. BUT PART OF THE REASON WHY THIS IS A SPECIAL EXCEPTION IS TO AVOID US HAVING TO DO THAT AFTERWARDS. BECAUSE IT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY, IF WE'RE GIVING YOU A SPECIAL EXCEPTION, BECAUSE WE KNOW THERE'S A POTENTIAL PROBLEM, TO MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT GOING MOBILE. DEAL WITH IT LATER AND SEE HOW IT WILL HAPPEN, HOW EXPENSIVE IT WILL BE, AND WHAT ISSUES WILL OCCUR PRIOR TO THERE BEING. BECAUSE THE LIABILITY IS ON WHO WHEN A KID GETS HIT RUNNING ACROSS THE PARKING LOT. AND I THINK IT'S NOT REASONABLE TO THINK THAT ALL THE PARENTS WHO ARE ACTUALLY USING THAT PARKING LOT TO PICK UP THEIR KIDS AREN'T GOING TO BE THERE. SO YOUR PEAK HOURS ARE REALLY MORE THAN YOU HAVE LISTED HERE. 
          IN MY OPINION, CITY MANAGER WANTED TO SAY SOMETHING. I JUST WANTED TO REMIND, UH, ALL OF US, THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING THIS, THIS, THIS PROJECT MOVE FORWARD. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE HAVE, UH... SITE PLAN, UH... THAT THAT'S, UH... AS THE NEXT STEP, WHICH SOME OF THESE CONCERNS CAN BE ADDRESSED AT THAT TIME WITH ITS TRAFFIC RELATED. OR, UH... PLACEMENT. AND THOSE ARE CONCERNS THAT ARE NORMALLY, UH... HANDLED, MANAGED, UH... 
          THROUGH THE SITE PLAN PROCESS. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT FOR THE COMPANY. I GET IT AND I WANT BUSINESS TO SUCCEED, AND I LIKE THE IDEA OF A NEW BUSINESS. 
          BUT I'M SORRY, AGAIN, I AM NOT GOING TO BE PUSHED INTO A DECISION THAT WE CAN FIX LATER. BECAUSE THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY IN YOUR POCKETS, GOING OUT OF YOUR POCKETS FOR THIS, RIGHT? I DON'T SEE THE SAFETY ITEMS BEING TAKEN CARE OF AND A LOT OF WHAT IFS. YOU'RE NOT GOING TO REDO THAT PARKING LOT. IF NOT, YOU'RE GOING TO BE CAUSING A LOT OF MONEY THAT'S GOING TO COME TO THE PLAZA OWNER FOR WHAT I SEE. I'LL TAKE MY TWO MINUTES NOW. ALSO, YOU DID NOT REALLY ANSWER THE QUESTION OF, YOU SAID THAT YOU WOULD HAVE SOMEBODY IN THERE. DO ME A FAVOR, GO BACK, GO FORWARD. 
          TWO SLIDES TO WHERE IT SAYS STUDENTS AND ONE MORE. NEXT ONE, NEXT ONE. OKAY, THE ACTIVE MONITORING AT DISMISSAL. WHO WILL BE THERE? IS IT A PERSON OVER THE AGE OF 18? YEAH, IT WILL BE A BARISTA THAT WE HIRE THAT WILL BE INSIDE WORKING. 
          THERE WILL BE CAMERAS, OBVIOUSLY BECAUSE OF THE DRIVE-THRU BUSINESS. SO CAMERAS WILL BE INSTALLED JUST AROUND THE PARKING TO SURVEY THE ENTIRE DRIVE-THRU LANE. SO THAT'S WHERE WE'LL EMPHASIZE MORE, 
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WHETHER IT'S DROP-OFF HOUR IN THE MORNING OR PICK-UP HOUR, TO MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE MONITORING THAT THROUGH OUR CAMERAS AND MAKING SURE THAT THERE'S NO WALK-UP ATTENDANTS OR KIDS CROSSING BY. AND BESIDES, I MEAN, IT'S REALLY A QUESTION OF TRAINING, RIGHT? THIS IS WHAT'S HAPPENING. THIS IS WHAT YOU SHOULD BE DOING ABOUT IT. 
          REDIRECTING TRAFFIC, MAKING SURE THAT KIDS ARE SAFE. 
          YOU COULD HAVE DEDICATED RESOURCES FOR THAT, AND YOU HAVE TO IF THE MOMENT COMES. 
          FROM HEARING, RIGHT, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE AN 18 OR 19 YEAR OLD WHO WILL HAVE TO GO OUT AND TELL 17 AND 16 YEAR OLDS THAT THEY NEED TO LEAVE THE PROPERTY? NO, YOU DID MENTION, WILL THEY BE OVER 18? YES, THEY WILL BE. IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THEY ARE 18. 
          YOU HAVE A SHIFT SUPERVISOR ON SITE AT THE TIME, WHICH HAS TO BE RESPONSIBLE ENOUGH TO MAKE THE PROPER DECISIONS. 
          BOTH FOR THE BUSINESS BUT ALSO FOR THE SAFETY OF EVERYONE AROUND. 
          OTHERWISE, YOU JUST DON'T HIRE THEM. I THINK THAT'S A LIABILITY WAITING TO HAPPEN ON THAT ONE, UNLESS IT'S ACTUALLY AN ADULT, BECAUSE ALSO YOU'RE SAYING YOU'RE GOING TO HIRE KIDS, WHICH I SUPPORT, YOU KNOW, 14-YEAR-OLDS, 15-YEAR-OLDS, 13-YEAR-OLDS, FOR CERTAIN THINGS. I AM SORRY. I CAN'T SUPPORT THIS. AGAIN, I LIKE THE IDEA. I LIKE THE CONCEPT. BUT CALI COFFEE, THAT YOU'RE ALSO DESCRIBING YOURSELF TO, IS A STANDALONE. IT'S NOT IN THE MIDDLE OF A VERY, VERY, VERY BUSY PLAZA. YOU WANT TO CONVERT IT INTO A SIT-DOWN? PERSONALLY, I'D BE ALL FOR IT. BECAUSE THEN YOU HAVE DESIGNATED PEOPLE IN CARS GETTING BUSINESS OUT OF THE AREA. DID WE EVER FIND OUT WHY 7-ELEVEN LEFT THE PROPERTY? YOU NEED TO KNOW A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE PLAZA. IT'S A GOOD PLAZA. AND I KNOW THAT THEY'RE DOING A GREAT JOB, TRYING TO BRING BUSINESSES IN THAT CAN ACCOMMODATE EVERYBODY. BUT I DON'T FEEL THAT YOUR DESIGN, AS IS, WORKS HERE WITH THE DRIVE-THROUGH. AND I ALSO DON'T FEEL MAKING YOUR PLACE A DRIVE-THRU WITH AN OUT PARCEL IN A SPOT TO MAKE THAT SAFE FOR PEOPLE TO DRIVE. BECAUSE NOW IT'S JUST FOR THE KIDS. BECAUSE YOU CAN'T JUST SAY, I'M SORRY, I'M GOING TO SERVE KIDS ONLY. I'M AN ADULT. I'M WALKING, AND I DON'T WANT TO DRIVE MY CAR FROM RETRO. 
          BECAUSE I JUST HAD A WORKOUT, AND NOW I WANT TO GO HAVE A CUP OF COFFEE. I HAVE TO WALK. 
          NO, I'VE GOT TO GET IN MY CAR. YOU CAN'T DO ONE OR THE OTHER, RIGHT? YOU CAN'T MAKE SPECIAL EXCEPTION LIKE THAT. AND I DON'T THINK YOUR TRAFFIC PATTERN IS GOING TO WORK. VICE MAYOR. THANK YOU, MAYOR. BREATHE. I SEE THE NERVOUSNESS AND THE TENSION, AND I SEE, YOU KNOW, THE DISAPPOINTMENT IN YOUR EYES, BUT THAT'S ONLY ONE VOTE. I WAS WALKING IN KINGS POINT RECENTLY AND KNOWING THAT SCOOTER'S COFFEE IS VERY POPULAR IN NEBRASKA. 
          ONE LADY THAT ANSWERED HER DOOR, AND SHE WAS SO ELATED TO SEE ME, BY THE WAY. SHE RECOGNIZED ME FROM THE COMMUNITY CENTER IN MY PHOTO AND HOW HANDSOME I WAS. 
          AND SHE SAID, OH MY GOSH, VICE MAYOR. AND WE HAD A WONDERFUL CONVERSATION. AND, DURING THE CONVERSATION, SHE SAID, SHE'S FROM NEBRASKA, AND I SAID, DO YOU KNOW SCOOTER'S COFFEE? SHE'S LIKE, OH MY GOD, I LOVE SCOOTER'S COFFEE, AND I SAID, OH, OKAY. I SAID, WOULD YOU ENJOY SCOOTER'S COFFEE IF IT WAS IF THEY WERE IN TAMARACK? SHE SAID, ABSOLUTELY. SO THERE ARE A LOT OF RESIDENTS WOULD BE HAPPY FOR SCHOOL IS COFFEE. NOT ALL COFFEE IS MADE EQUAL. MY FRIEND LOVES COFFEE, BUT HE HATES STARBUCKS. SO, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO LOVE DUNKIN' DONUTS, WELL, DUNKIN' COFFEE, AND HATE STARBUCKS. 
          LIKE MY FRIEND DARCY SCHILLER, ANOTHER KINGS POINT RESIDENT. SHE GOES TO DUNKIN' ALL THE TIME, AND YOU NEVER SEE HER. AT STARBUCKS. YOU KNOW, SO, WITH THAT SAID, I BELIEVE THAT THIS IS A WONDERFUL BUSINESS. 
          SURE, THERE ARE SOME CONCERNS, BUT YOU DON'T TAKE ON THE CONCERNS THAT SHOULD BE, ESPECIALLY FOR PLAZA OWNERS, AND PUSH THEM ON TO TENANTS. 
          AND I DON'T SPEAK JUST FROM A PLACE OF EMOTION, 
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HELPING BUSINESS OWNERS WHO ARE YOUNG AND VIBRANT, POSITIVE ENERGY TO LIVE THEIR DREAM, RIGHT? I SPEAK FROM FLORIDA STATUTE 768.0755, WHICH SAYS THAT THESE SAFETY ISSUES BELONG TO PLAZA OWNERS AND NOT TENANTS. AS A FLORIDA SUPREME COURT CERTIFIED COUNTY COURT MEDIATOR FOR EIGHT YEARS, I UNDERSTAND THESE ISSUES. I MEDIATE THESE ISSUES EVERY SINGLE DAY. SO I UNDERSTAND THAT. WHILE THERE ARE CONCERNS HERE, THAT SHOULD BE THE CONCERNS OF THE PLAZA OWNER, SHOULDN'T BE YOUR CONCERNS. 
          SURE, THERE'S SOME ISSUES IN THAT PLAZA WITH STUDENTS. 
          BUT AS LONG AS YOU TREAT THE STUDENTS AND THE RESIDENTS, AND ALL OF YOUR CUSTOMERS WITH DIGNITY AND HONOR, IT SHOULDN'T BE A PROBLEM. SO I HOPE THAT THIS PASSES TODAY. 
          YOU ARE AN EXCELLENT COUPLE. 
          YOU ARE OBVIOUSLY TRYING TO MAKE AN IMPACT IN OUR CITY. WE SEE THAT. WE RECOGNIZE THAT. YOU'RE A SMALL BUSINESS AND I ALWAYS LOVE TO SUPPORT SMALL BUSINESSES. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, UNDERSTANDING THAT, YOU KNOW, THE REST OF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE TO ALSO INVITE YOU INTO TAMARACK. I'LL PREFACE THIS BY SAYING THAT I'M POSITIVE TO SUPPORT YOUR ITEM. THANK YOU SO MUCH. COMMISSIONER PATTERSON. THANK YOU. JUST QUICKLY, DID YOU GUYS, HAVE YOU ALREADY LEASED YOUR SPACE? YES, WE HAVE. YOU'RE ALREADY IN AN AGREEMENT. OKAY. AND SO THAT WOULD, IT WOULD BE SAFE FOR ME TO ASSUME THEN THAT THE PLAZA OWNER WAS COMFORTABLE WITH GIVING YOU GUYS SPACE. AT THE LOCATION AND THOUGHT THAT THE BUSINESS MODEL MADE SENSE FOR THE LOCATION. IS THAT FAIR? EXACTLY. THAT WAS ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS. WE CANNOT OPERATE WITHOUT A DRIVE-THRU, SO WE REQUIRED THEM TO ACTUALLY SHOW US HOW THAT WOULD WORK AND STAND BEHIND THAT PROJECT. AND WITHOUT GETTING INTO ALL OF YOUR FINANCIALS, JUST CURIOUS, WHAT WOULD YOU SAY YOU'VE SPENT UP TO THIS POINT IN PREPARING FOR YOUR BUSINESS? JUST APPROXIMATELY. YEAH, I WOULD SAY $80,000. $80,000? $80,000. 
          ALL RIGHT. I THINK IT'S INTERESTING HOW WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT A POLICY. TO ENSURE THAT WE CAN DO CODE ENFORCEMENT IN THE CITY AND ENSURE THAT WE HAVE THE BEST QUALITY OF LIFE, THAT WE ENSURE THAT OUR COMMUNITY IS VIBRANT, BEAUTIFUL, AND WE GIVE DEFERENCE TO COMMERCIAL PROPERTY PLAZA OWNERS. WELL, VERY OFTEN WHEN WE SEE SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS COME BEFORE THIS COMMISSION, IT'S OFTEN SCRUTINIZED AT THE HIGHEST DEGREE. I APPLAUD YOU GUYS FOR YOUR EFFORTS. I THINK IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO COME BEFORE A COMMISSION. YOU'VE NEVER DONE IT BEFORE, SO I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING. I SUPPORT YOU 100%. I'M A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER, SO I UNDERSTAND THE COMPLEXITIES. I THINK THAT IT'S NOT A PERFECT SITUATION, BUT WE'RE NOT HERE TO DECIDE ON YOUR BUSINESS MODEL. WHAT'S BEFORE THE COMMISSION IS WHETHER OR NOT WE WILL APPROVE A SPECIAL EXCEPTION FOR A TRY-THROUGH. THAT'S IT. 
          SO I APPRECIATE THAT YOU TOOK THE TIME TO SIT DOWN AND HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT THE BUSINESS MODEL, AND YOU HEARD THE CONCERNS, AND I THINK THAT YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN DILIGENT IN YOUR PURSUIT, AND I BELIEVE THAT YOU WILL FIND THE SOLUTIONS THAT WE ARE LETTING YOU KNOW THAT THESE ARE OUR CONCERNS. AND TRUST ME, IF YOU GUYS DON'T FIND A SOLUTION, IT'S MY DISTRICT, AND I WILL BE SURE TO BE ON YOU ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON OVER THERE. BUT AGAIN, THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR SHARING THEIR SENTIMENTS AS WELL. WE OBVIOUSLY ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT THE CITY AND WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE THE BEST, THE RESIDENTS' BEST INTEREST IN MIND. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. AT THIS TIME, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. 
          COMMISSIONER DANIEL? YES. 
          MAYOR GOMEZ? NO. COMMISSIONER PATTERSON? YES. VICE MAYOR BOLTON? YES. COMMISSIONER WRIGHT? YES. THANK YOU. MOTION PASSES 4-1. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. IT IS 11 29. 
          LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE ARE ADJOURNED. HAVE A GOOD, SAFE DAY. THANK YOU.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.