5.h TR14377 - A Resolution of the City Commission of the City of Tamarac, Florida, appointing ten (10) members to the Veterans’ Affairs Committee. Each will serve a four-year term, or until such time as new appointments are made; providing for conflicts; providing for severability; and providing for an effective date.

[5.h TR14377 - A Resolution of the City Commission of the City of Tamarac, Florida, appointing ten (10) members to the Veterans’ Affairs Committee. Each will serve a four-year term, or until such time as new appointments are made; providing for conflicts; providing for severability; and providing for an effective date.]

NO FIVE E AND 55H55H IS THE ONE THAT'S PULLED.

FIVE E IS NOT GOING TO BE HEARD TODAY. CORRECT.

NORA SNORES SO FIVE H IS TR14377. CITY ATTORNEY, PLEASE READ THE TITLE FOR THE RECORD FIVE EIGHT ITEM 5HA RESOLUTION CITY COMMISSION, CITY OF TAMARAC. APPOINT TEN MEMBERS OF THE VETERANS AFFAIRS COMMITTEE.

EACH WILL SERVE A FOUR YEAR TERM UNTIL SUCH TIME AS NEW APPOINTMENTS ARE MADE, PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU. I'LL TAKE A MOTION TO MY SECOND.

I HAVE A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER DANIEL. COMMISSIONER PATTERSON, DO YOU WISH TO PULL THIS ITEM? YES. THANK YOU. MAYOR. SO I WANTED TO PULL THE ITEM BECAUSE I WANTED TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF DISCUSSION AROUND THE MATTER.

I HAD SEVERAL QUESTIONS FOR THE MANAGER DURING MY BRIEFING.

I BELIEVE THERE ARE SOME AREAS IN WHICH I'M NOT CLEAR.

I'M PRESENTED WITH TEN NAMES FOR APPROVAL TONIGHT, NONE OF WHICH I SAW AN APPLICATION FOR.

I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS BOARD HAS A EACH MEMBER HAS A FOUR YEAR TERM.

NONE OF THESE. I DON'T KNOW WHO APPOINTED THESE INDIVIDUALS.

I PERSONALLY DID NOT GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO ANY OF THE APPLICANTS THAT ARE REPRESENTING DISTRICT THREE, NOR WAS I ABLE TO YOU KNOW, PERSONALLY, YOU KNOW, I THINK, YOU KNOW, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT I HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO JUST BE A PART OF THIS PROCESS. AND SO I WASN'T QUITE COMFORTABLE VOTING TO REINSTATE.

I'M NOT SURE IF WE'RE REINSTATING PEOPLE OR PERSONS THAT WERE ALREADY ON THE BOARD.

I'M NOT SURE IF MY COLLEAGUES HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO, YOU KNOW, SEE APPLICATIONS AND OR SELECT NAMES.

SO I'M JUST NOT CLEAR IF MANAGER, YOU CAN PROVIDE SOME, SOME DETAILS ON WHETHER OR NOT THESE ARE COMMISSION APPOINTED COMMITTEE MEMBERS OR ARE THEY STAFF SELECTED. AND IF THAT'S THE CASE, IF THEY'RE STAFF SELECTED, WHY DOES THE COMMISSION NEED TO APPROVE THEM? CITY MANAGER. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER. MAYOR.

SO I'M GOING TO REFER THIS DIRECTLY TO CITY CLERK FOR, FOR FOR A PROCESS EXPLANATION AND HOW WE GET TO THIS POINT FOR THIS COMMITTEE. GOOD EVENING. KIMBERLY DILLON CITY CLERK FOR THE RECORD.

SO, COMMISSIONER PATTERSON AS IT RELATES TO YOUR QUESTION, I JUST WANTED TO CONFIRM THERE WAS NO APPLICANTS FOR DISTRICT THREE THAT WAS RECEIVED FOR THE VETERANS BOARD. HOWEVER, THE THE PROCESS.

AND THIS BOARD IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT FROM OUR REGULAR BOARDS DUE TO.

IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN AN ISSUE TO FIND INDIVIDUALS TO SERVE BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF THE BOARD AND THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE BOARD.

AND SO AS PER OUR CODE IT IS A CITY COMMISSION APPROVAL AND NOT NECESSARILY A SELECTION BY DISTRICT AND OUTSIDE OF THE IN THE SELECTION PROCESS, THE ITEM IS BROUGHT TO THE COMMISSION AND THE COMMISSION THEN APPROVE THE MEMBERS.

I ALSO WANT TO SAY THAT A NUMBER OF THE APPLICANTS, WE HAD TEN MEMBERS PREVIOUSLY SERVING ON THE BOARD OF THOSE TEN MEMBERS WE RECEIVED SIX MEMBERS THAT ASKED FOR REAPPOINTMENT.

AND THERE WERE THREE, I MEAN, FOUR NEW MEMBERS THAT WE HAD APPLICATIONS FOR.

AND SO DUE TO THE, THE, THE FACT THAT, IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN AN ISSUE TO FIND MEMBERS TO SERVE ON THIS BOARD.

IT HAS BEEN BEST PRACTICE. I WOULD SAY THAT ALL THE MEMBERS THAT APPLY, WE WOULD ADD THEM TO THE RESOLUTION FOR COMMISSION APPROVAL.

THANK YOU. SO, SO I DIDN'T. OKAY. SO IF WE GOT TEN APPLICATIONS AND I UNDERSTAND THAT WE DON'T NECESSARILY ALWAYS GET ENGAGEMENT, BUT I THINK IT'S BECAUSE PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THAT WE'RE DOING AND WE'RE SOLICITING AND WE'RE LOOKING, I PERSONALLY, I THINK FOUND OUT AT THE VERY, AT THE 11TH HOUR AND I MEAN, YOU GUYS KNOW,

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I'M PRETTY ACTIVE AND I'M GOING TO MAKE SURE MY RESIDENTS KNOW THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR PEOPLE.

AND I JUST THINK THAT WE NEED TO, YOU KNOW, WORK A LITTLE BIT MORE COLLABORATIVELY WHEN IT COMES TO GETTING THE WORD OUT ON VARIOUS THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING AND SEEKING CANDIDATES FOR. YOU KNOW, I, I'M NOT COMFORTABLE JUST REAPPOINTING PEOPLE THAT.

YOU KNOW, WHAT IF NEW PEOPLE WANT TO SERVE WHO JUST HAVEN'T, WHO DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT.

I LIKE, I LIKE WE, WE'RE HONORING PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT ARE ACTIVE THAT WANT TO BE ACTIVE.

WE'VE GOT A NUMBER OF PEOPLE AT TAMARAC UNIVERSITY ON A REGULAR BASIS.

SOMETIMES IT'S NOT FOR LACK OF PARTICIPATION, IT'S FOR LACK OF KNOWLEDGE.

AND THAT'S, IT'S IMPORTANT TO ME THAT WE SEE NEW PEOPLE CIRCULATE AND HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY.

MY HUSBAND'S A VETERAN. PERHAPS HE WOULD WANT TO SERVE, I DON'T KNOW, BUT WE'VE GOT VETERANS, A TON OF THEM ON THE WALLS. I MEAN, WHAT ARE WE DOING TO REALLY, REALLY ENGAGE AND SOLICIT ENGAGEMENT? SO FOR THAT REASON, I CAN'T SUPPORT THE ITEM TODAY.

I WOULD ASK THAT MY COLLEAGUES SUPPORT A MOTION TO DEFER THIS ITEM UNTIL WE HAVE A BETTER PROCESS IN PLACE.

THANK YOU. WELL, AT THIS TIME, I'M NOT HEARING IT, BUT I WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT, PLEASE.

I HEAR WHAT COMMISSIONER PATTERSON SAYING, BUT AT THE SAME TOKEN, I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD HOLD UP THE MEMBERS WHO'VE BEEN ON THIS BOARD FROM BEING ABLE TO CONTINUE TO SERVE ON IT FOR THE SAKE THAT THEY FOR NEW PEOPLE WHO WANT TO COME ON, THEY CAN COME ON AT ANY TIME.

IS THAT CORRECT? CITY CLERK CORRECT. THAT IS CORRECT.

MAYOR. GOMEZ. AND I WOULD ALSO SAY THAT THE MEMBERS THAT ARE CURRENTLY THERE, THEY DO SERVE UNTIL THEY ARE EITHER REAPPOINTED OR NEW APPOINTMENT IS MADE.

SO THE BOARD WILL STILL CONTINUE TO FUNCTION.

SO THE PEOPLE THAT ARE ON THIS LIST HERE, THEY'VE BEEN ON HERE.

WELL, SOME OF THE, SOME, SOME OF THE MEMBERS SOME OF THE, THE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE CURRENTLY ON THIS LIST ON THE MEMO.

THESE INDIVIDUALS ARE LOOKING TO BE REAPPOINTED.

HOWEVER, BASED ON OUR CODE, IT'S NOT THAT THE BOARD STOPPED FUNCTIONING.

IT IT'S AT THAT PERIOD OF TIME WHERE A NEW APPOINTMENT IS MADE OR A REAPPOINTMENT.

SO THEY STILL WORK UP UNTIL A NEW APPOINTMENT IS MADE OR THEY'RE REAPPOINTED.

SO I AM A LITTLE CONFUSED ON THIS. IF MOST OF THESE ARE REAPPOINTMENTS, AND THERE'S BEEN NO CHANGE IN OUR COMMISSION OVER THE PAST YEAR, THEN WHY DO WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH THIS AND HAVE THE POSSIBILITY WHERE THEY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO BE REAPPOINTED? SO OUR CODE STATES THAT THEY SERVE FOR FOUR YEARS.

AT THIS POINT, THEIR TERM HAS EXPIRED, AND THEREFORE WE'RE COMING TO YOU TO ASK FOR THEM TO BE REAPPOINTED.

SO IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE ON THIS LIST, IT MEANS THAT THE BOARD WILL NOT FUNCTION.

THE BOARD WILL FUNCTION WILL STILL CONTINUE TO FUNCTION UNTIL THE COMMISSION DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT THEY WANT TO REAPPOINT THESE INDIVIDUALS OR THEY WANT TO MAKE NEW APPOINTMENTS. SO I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S A VETERANS AFFAIRS COMMITTEE MEETING TOMORROW MORNING, BUT I ALSO DON'T UNDERSTAND IN SOME RESPECTS, BECAUSE IF THEY'RE ALL IN THE SAME, EVERYONE'S ON THE SAME FOUR YEAR CYCLE.

YES, EVERYONE'S ON THE SAME SIDE. OKAY. BUT IF SOMEONE COMES ON TOMORROW AFTER THIS GOES THROUGH.

SO THEY ARE GOING TO SERVE THEIR FOUR YEAR STARTS AT THE POINT IN THAT TIME WHEN THEY WERE APPOINTED.

OKAY. SO THERE WOULD BE A STAGGERED START ON THAT. YES.

SO THIS IS AN OPEN BOARD FOR EVERYBODY. LIKE IF YOU'RE A VETERAN AND YOU LIVE IN THE CITY OF TAMARAC, THAT'S YOUR QUALIFICATIONS. IS THAT A BUSINESS IN THE CITY OR YOU OWN A BUSINESS? SO THAT'S YOUR QUALIFICATIONS? YES. OKAY. AND YOUR HONORABLE DISCHARGE.

HONORABLY DISCHARGED. YES, YES. SO SO I HAVE NO PROBLEM.

I GUESS I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH SAYING TO TABLE THIS.

THERE'S A MEETING TOMORROW. THESE LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THESE VETERANS WANT TO SERVE.

THEY WANT TO BE ON THIS COMMITTEE. AND I THINK THAT IF WE WANT TO HAVE ADDITIONAL PEOPLE GO ON, THEN EACH PERSON IN THE COMMISSION SHOULD DEFINITELY GO OUT AND HELP GET MORE PEOPLE TO SERVE ON THIS BOARD.

I THINK THAT WOULD BE WONDERFUL, BUT I DON'T THINK THAT WE SHOULD BE HOLDING UP THE SERVICE OF OTHERS.

LET'S. COMMISSIONER PATTERSON, ARE YOU MAKING A MOTION TO DEFER? A MOTION TO DEFER. IS DIFFERENT THAN A MOTION TO TABLE. SO THERE'S A LOT TO MAKE COMMENTS.

SO, COMMISSIONER PATTERSON, ARE YOU MAKING A MOTION? WELL, BASED ON THE DISCUSSION, I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS.

DO I HAVE ANY MORE TIME TO TIME? OKAY, GOOD. OKAY.

I GUESS NOW I'M ALSO FURTHER CONFUSED THAN I WAS ORIGINALLY.

SO ARE WE SAYING THAT IF NOT FOR US APPROVING THIS ITEM TONIGHT? BECAUSE WHAT I'M HEARING YOU SAY IS THAT THEY CAN STILL WORK AND MEET. THEY ARE SUGGESTING THAT IF WE DON'T MAKE NEW APPOINTMENTS.

SO ONCE ONCE THOSE NEW APPOINTMENTS ARE MADE, THESE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE SITTING THERE CURRENTLY ON THE BOARD,

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IF THEY'RE NOT REAPPOINTED, THEY WILL NOT CONTINUE AFTER THE COMMISSION MADE AN APPOINTMENT.

DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? SO OKAY, SO WE'RE SO SO WE'RE SAYING IS THAT THEY CAN CONTINUE TO SERVE AND WE CAN CONTINUE TO DO THE BUSINESS UNTIL WE GET THERE. THEY CAN CONTINUE TO MEET. SO WHAT I'M SAYING IS LET'S SEE APPLICATIONS.

LET'S TALK TO THE FOLKS THAT ARE ON THESE COMMITTEES. NO DIFFERENT THAN WE DO ANY OTHER COMMITTEE. IT IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN WE DO THE OTHER COMMITTEES, BECAUSE THE OTHER THE CODE CALLS FOR US TO THE APPOINTMENTS FOR THE OTHER COMMITTEES DONE ON A DISTRICT BASIS.

AND BECAUSE IT'S DONE IN THAT MANNER, WHEN WE SHARE THE APPLICATIONS WITH THE COMMISSION MEMBER, YOU EACH RECEIVE THE APPLICATIONS FOR YOUR DISTRICT.

BUT BECAUSE THIS IS DONE ON A COMMISSION LEVEL, YOU DON'T RECEIVE WHY? WHY, WHAT'S THE REASON THAT THIS ONE IS THIS IS THE ONLY ONE THAT'S DIFFERENT.

WELL, SO AS I IN THE PAST WHEN IT WAS HARD TO GET MEMBERS FOR THE BOARD.

AND SO THE ORDINANCE. WE MADE A CHANGE TO THE THE CODE BACK IN 2021, DUE TO THE FACT THAT IT WAS HARD TO FIND MEMBERS TO SERVE.

IT WAS, FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD. IT WAS AN OLDER GROUP THAT WAS SERVING DURING THE TIME AND MANY OF THEM, YOU KNOW, FELL SICK OR THEY MOVE OUT OF THE CITY.

AND SO WE DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH MEMBERS TO SERVE.

AND BECAUSE OF THAT, WE OPENED THE CODE FOR IT TO US.

WE. SO PREVIOUSLY THERE WAS DIFFERENT BRANCH OF THE ARMED SERVICES THAT EACH MEMBER WOULD HAVE TO SERVE.

LET ME ADD COMMISSIONER. THERE'S, THERE'S NOTHING THAT PRECLUDES THIS BODY FROM REVIEWING APPLICANTS UNDER THE, UNDER THE CODE THAT'S ADOPTED WITH THIS VETERAN COMMITTEE NOTWITHSTANDING THE FACT IT'S NOT DISTRICT APPOINTEES.

THE COMMISSION CAN STILL REVIEW THERE'S NOTHING THAT PRECLUDES THAT REVIEW BY THE COMMISSION.

SO MAYBE BY I PRACTICE. IT OCCURRED IN THE PAST, BUT LEGALLY THE COMMISSION STILL COULD INTERVIEW APPLICANTS AND AND INDIVIDUALLY AND AND MAKE A RECOMMENDATION.

OKAY. BEFORE WE GO FURTHER, BECAUSE IT WAS AN ITEM THAT WAS PULLED.

MY APOLOGIES. WE SHOULD I SHOULD HAVE OPENED THIS FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS.

IS THERE ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? IF SO, PLEASE. GO AHEAD. YOU'RE UP. OKAY. AND THEN I HAVE RON WASSERMAN. I HAVE KATE JOHNSON. ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? OKAY. SAME RULES APPLY AS ALWAYS. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, CITY CLERK, CITY ATTORNEY, CITY MANAGER, AND ALL GOOD PEOPLE ATTENDING THE TAMARAC VETERAN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE IS ONE OF FOUR BOARDS.

NAME? MY NAME IS JAKE HACKER. I LIVE IN THE VILLAGE OF WOODMONT.

THREE. THREE. THREE. TWO. ONE. I HAVE THE HONOR AND PLEASURE OF SERVING ON FOUR VA BOARDS.

THIS PARTICULAR ONE IS NOT A. NONPROFIT GROUP AS MY OTHER VA BOARDS ARE.

IT'S ALSO ONE OF THE MOST DIFFICULT BOARDS TO KEEP THE MEMBER'S INTEREST.

WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO IS TO RUN AS THE CITY WISHES, MEMORIAL DAY, VETERANS DAY, AND WHATEVER OTHER CEREMONIES WE HAVE THE HONOR AND PLEASURE OF OFFERING AND PRESENTING TO YOU.

THIS LAST YEAR, I'VE HAD THE HONOR OF ACTUALLY BEING THE EMCEE, MASTER OF CEREMONIES FOR VETERANS AND MEMORIAL DAY FOR THOSE THAT ATTENDED.

YOU MAY REMEMBER SOME OF US EVEN WERE GOOD ENOUGH DURING LAST VETERANS DAY, BECAUSE I DO WANT TO POINT OUT TWO COMMISSIONERS THAT ARE EXTREMELY GOOD IN MY VIEWPOINT, WHICH WOULD BE MY COMMISSIONER COMMISSIONER DANIEL, AS WELL AS COMMISSIONER BOLTON FOR THE MONIES THAT THEY HAVE VOLUNTEERED TO OFFER TO THE VETERANS TO HELP THEM IN BROWARD COUNTY. THIS IS A BOARD THAT, AGAIN, HYPOTHETICALLY, YOU'RE TELLING ME I HAVE A MEETING TOMORROW MORNING AT 10:00.

IF THIS IS NOT APPROVED, TO MY UNDERSTANDING, THE MEETING CAN EXIST NOW AGAIN.

IT IS BASICALLY A FOUR YEAR RESOLUTION OF WHICH I WAS NOT EVEN AWARE OF UNTIL ABOUT A WEEK AGO.

HOWEVER, A NEW APPLICATION WAS SUBMITTED. I UNDERSTAND THAT I WAS APPROVED AND I AM STILL HAVING THE HONOR AND PLEASURE OF BEING ON TAMARAC VETERAN AFFAIRS. WHATEVER YOU NEED TO DO, PLEASE REMEMBER THAT VETS ARE

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REPRESENTING YOU AND MAKING YOU GUYS LOOK GOOD AS WELL AS OURSELVES.

THANK YOU. MORE TO TALK ABOUT LATER. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. RON, COME ON DOWN. KATE. YOU'RE NEXT.

OR WHICHEVER ONE, I DON'T CARE. YOU GOT THREE MINUTES.

COME ON OVER. KATE JOHNSON MAINLANDS FOR. IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING FROM THIS DISCUSSION THAT ANYBODY CAN JOIN THIS BOARD. SO IT'S NOT LIMITED TO TEN MEMBERS.

IT'S LIMITED BY HOW MANY VETERANS WANT TO BE ON THE BOARD.

AND IF THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING, WHY WOULD YOU TELL A VETERAN THAT THEY ARE NOT WELCOME TO SERVE.

VETERANS HAVE SERVED US IN MORE WAYS THAN WE CAN COUNT.

PUT THEIR LIVES ON THE LINE IN MORE WAYS THAN WE CAN COUNT.

THEREFORE, IF THEY WANT TO CONTINUE THAT SERVICE TO THIS CITY BY SERVING ON A VETERANS BOARD.

HOW DARE WE SAY NO? I MEAN, IT IS OUR OBLIGATION TO SAY YES TO THEM.

AND IF ANY COMMISSIONER WANTS TO GET MORE PEOPLE FROM THEIR DISTRICT, THEY WANT TO ASK TO BE ON THE BOARD AND THAT PERSON WANTS TO PUT IN AN APPLICATION. IT'S JUST MORE PEOPLE ON THE BOARD.

YOU STILL HAVE THE TEN WHO DEFINITELY WANT TO SERVE RIGHT NOW.

AND AS THE CLERK SAID, NAMES CAN BE ADDED AT ANY TIME.

SO ANY VETERAN THAT ANY COMMISSIONER RECRUITS CAN PUT IN AN APPLICATION AND CAN BE ADDED TO THE BOARD.

THAT ONLY MAKES COMMON SENSE AND OUR DUTY TO THESE VETERANS WHO HAVE SERVED US.

THANK YOU. LET'S DO OUR HAPPY HANDS. THANK YOU.

I DIDN'T EXPLAIN THOSE RULES EARLIER TODAY. WE LIKE WHAT SOMEBODY'S SAYING. HAPPY HANDS.

WE DON'T. WE KIND OF GO LIKE THIS. THIS WAY WE DON'T INTIMIDATE ANYBODY WHO IS SPEAKING.

IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEEING. THERE'S NO ONE ELSE WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.

WAS THAT A BREATH OF. NOT SURE. IT'S A BREATH OF NOT SURE.

OKAY THEN, I'LL KEEP THAT OPEN UNTIL RHONDA'S DONE.

ALL RIGHT. EXCUSE ME, RON WASSERMAN AGAIN. I LIVE HERE IN TAMARAC.

THREE. THREE. THREE. TWO. ONE. WE'VE HAD THE PLEASURE.

I'M SORRY. WE'VE HAD THE PLEASURE OF GOING TO THESE EVENTS.

MEMORIAL DAY, VETERANS DAY. IT GIVES ME IT REALLY PUTS A CHILL THROUGH ME.

MY GRANDFATHER, MY GREAT GRANDFATHER, SERVED IN WORLD WAR ONE.

MY BROTHER SERVED IN THE MILITARY. THERE'S A LOT OF VETERANS OUT THERE.

AND THIS IS NOT I DON'T THINK THIS SHOULD BE A DISPUTE ABOUT WHETHER THIS GENTLEMAN SHOULD BE THE MC OR DIRECT THE TRAFFIC TO IT. BUT I HAVE TO TELL YOU, ONE OF MY NEIGHBORS, HE SERVED IN THE KOREAN WAR, AND HE WAS SO PROUD.

HE WAS SUCH A PROUD AMERICAN. CAME FROM CANADA ORIGINALLY.

WE'VE HAD A LOT OF SENIORS IN OUR COMMUNITY. SOME HAVE PASSED ON.

BUT IN THIS CASE, WHEN I GO TO THESE EVENTS, ONE OF MY NEIGHBORS CAME AND HIS NAME WAS UP ON THE WALL.

IT TAKE. IT TOOK YEARS TO GET THE NAME UP ON THE WALL, AND FINALLY IT WAS UP THERE.

AND SHE WAS SO EMOTIONAL, SO EMOTIONAL. SO I SUPPORT WHATEVER NEEDS TO BE DONE.

I DON'T WANT TO PICK OUT PEOPLE. I COMPLAIN ABOUT A NUMBER OF THINGS, BUT THIS IS NOT SOMETHING I WANT TO COMPLAIN ABOUT.

LET'S HAVE A KUMBAYA. LET'S GET TOGETHER ON THIS TYPE OF SITUATION, OKAY? PLEASE. WE RESPECT ALL VETERANS. ALL OF YOU BEHIND ME.

IF YOU'RE A VET, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. AND MAY I JUST END IT AS THIS? CAN'T WE PLEASE TRY TO GET ALONG? PLEASE? THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO ME.

I'M GOING HOME TO THE QUEEN OF MY HOUSE. THAT'S RIGHT.

YOU GO HOME AND TAKE CARE OF YOUR QUEEN. ALRIGHT.

GARY'S ON HIS WAY UP. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE, THE PUBLIC COMMENTS WILL BE CLOSED AFTER GARY.

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GOOD EVENING. GARY GRAY, ISLES OF TAMARAC, MAYOR COMMISSIONERS AND CITY OFFICIALS.

TO THE VETERANS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. IT IS APPRECIATED EVEN IF SOME PEOPLE DON'T SHOW IT.

THIS COMMISSION, FROM WHAT I CAN GATHER TONIGHT, IS A UNLIMITED MEMBERSHIP COMMISSION.

AS LONG AS YOU ARE A HONORABLY DISCHARGED VETERAN.

SO THE SIZE OF THE COMMISSION COULD VARY. THERE'S NO PROBLEM WITH THAT.

FROM WHAT I'VE HEARD TONIGHT. LET'S LET THESE PEOPLE PROCEED.

AND IF YOU SO CHOOSE TO HAVE ADDITIONAL MEMBERS RECRUIT THEM, FIND THEM, SEE IF THEY'RE WILLING TO SERVE.

BRING THEM ON BOARD. THERE'S NOTHING STOPPING THAT.

LIKE I SAID, ALL IT TAKES IS BEING A VET THAT'S HONORABLY DISCHARGED, AND THERE'S A LOT OF THEM OUT THERE.

SOME OF THEM ARE OLDER VETS. A LOT OF THEM ARE YOUNGER VETS THAT ARE STRUGGLING.

YOU MAY HAVE SEEN SOME OF THEM ON THE STREET CORNERS BEGGING FOR MONEY, BUT THIS COMMISSION SHOULD NOT BE LIMITED BY NARROW MINDS THAT JUST WANT TO CLOSE THINGS DOWN. PLEASE OPEN UP THE COMMISSION.

OPEN UP THE COMMITTEE. LET IT FLOW AND BRING ON NEW BLOOD.

IF THAT'S WHAT YOU SO CHOOSE TO DO. BUT DON'T HAMSTRING WHAT'S ACTUALLY IN PLACE TODAY.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY. WE'RE AT THE POINT OF CALLING THE QUESTION OR. COMMISSIONER PATTERSON, ARE YOU DOING A SUPERSEDING BECAUSE WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE TABLE FOR THE ITEM.

IT'S EITHER GO FORWARD. EXCUSE ME. OH, I'M SO SORRY.

COMMISSIONER. DANIEL. YOU KNOW WHY? BECAUSE I DON'T SEE YOU WHEN I PUT MY LIGHT ON.

I DON'T SEE YOU, SO I DON'T SEE YOU. THAT'S OKAY.

GO AHEAD. ONCE AGAIN, THANK YOU. FOR ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT HAS SERVED, WE DO APPRECIATE YOU.

I DON'T THINK IT WAS ONCE AGAIN TWISTED AND ESPECIALLY THOSE FROM MY DISTRICT.

YOU KNOW, I APPRECIATE YOU. THAT'S RIGHT. I THINK THE COMMISSIONER, SHE WAS JUST ASKING FOR CLARIFICATION.

I THINK SHE STARTED OFF SAYING SHE'S NOT SURE HOW THIS WORKS.

SO BASED ON THE CLARIFICATION, BECAUSE I, I WENT AND FOUND SOMEONE AND SPONSORED THEM TO THE, THE, THE COMMITTEE BECAUSE NO ONE APPLIED. SO I WENT, I LEARNED MY LESSON AND I GO FIND SOMEONE TO APPLY.

SO NOW DO YOU NEED ANY MORE CLARIFICATION? BECAUSE ACCORDING TO THE CITY CLERK, YOU SAID ANYONE COULD COME IN AT ANY TIME.

SO I DON'T KNOW IF COMMISSIONER PATTERSON, IF THAT EXPLAINED IT TO YOU BETTER OR DO YOU NEED MORE CLARIFICATION? BECAUSE I COULD ASK. BECAUSE I GOT TIME FOR YOU.

OR I COULD GIVE YOU MY TIME. NO, WE'RE NOT GOING TO START PLAYING THOSE GAMES.

LET'S NOT PLAY THIS GAME. SHE'S GOT TWO MINUTES. SHE'S GOT TWO MINUTES. OKAY, BUT IT'S NOT A GAME. BUT WE DON'T SHARE.

CAN YOU? OKAY. BE NICE. CAN YOU PLEASE CITY CLERK CLARIFY THE COMMITTEE AND THE RULES FOR EVERYONE HERE? SO SO THE THE COMMITTEE ITSELF, PAST PRACTICE IS THAT ONCE WE RECEIVE AN APPLICATION DUE TO THE NATURE OF THIS BOARD AND THE FACT THAT IT WAS HARD TO FIND MEMBERS WHOEVER APPLY, AS LONG AS THEY MEET THE REQUIREMENT OF THE BOARD, THEY WOULD BE APPOINTED BY THE COMMISSION.

SO THEREFORE, COMMISSIONER PATTERSON, MYSELF, COMMISSIONER RIGHT.

VICE MAYOR BOLTON CAN GO OUT AND FIND MORE MEMBERS IF THEY SO PLEASE, OR IF THEY MEET SOMEONE AND THEY CAN APPLY TO THE BOARD.

SO THE BOARD IS OPEN ACCESS ALL YEAR LONG. THAT'S CORRECT.

THANK YOU. VICE COMMISSIONER THERE'S NO CAP ON MEMBERSHIP, RIGHT? THERE'S NO CAP. YES. AND THE MAYOR CAN FIND SOMEBODY TO IF SHE SO DESIRES.

ARE YOU DONE? I WAS ASKING HER IF SHE WAS DONE ANSWERING YOU.

ARE YOU GOOD? DID I ANSWER THE QUESTION FOR YOU? COMMISSIONER. SO YOU SAID THERE'S OPEN ACCESS ALL YEAR BECAUSE THIS IS MY FIRST TIME HEARING THAT AS WELL.

BECAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW THAT THERE IS NO LIMIT TO THE BOARD.

OKAY. THANK YOU. YEAH. THANK YOU SO MUCH. YOU'RE WELCOME.

VICE MAYOR. THANK YOU. MAYOR UNTIL 2030.

IT'S A COMPLIMENT. RELAX. CAROL MENDELSOHN. OKAY.

I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU. KIM, MADAM CITY CLERK.

I'M SORRY. OKAY. THE FOUR YEAR TERM ENDS WHEN.

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SO I BELIEVE THE TERM FOR RECLAIMING MY TIME.

I'M SORRY, VICE MAYOR. I AM TRYING TO MULTITASK BY ANSWERING THE QUESTION AS WELL AS TIMING AS WELL.

SO GIVE ME ONE SECOND. I HAVE THAT INFORMATION HERE.

SO THE TERM EXPIRED FOR NINE OF THE MEMBERS BACK IN.

WELL, FIVE OF THE MEMBERS BACK IN AUGUST 25TH.

ONE IN FEBRUARY 26TH. SO ACTUALLY, THERE'S FOUR MEMBERS THAT'S STILL SITTING ON THE BOARD AND SIX OF THE TEN RATHER SORRY, THEIR TERM EXPIRED FIVE IN AUGUST AND ONE IN FEBRUARY OF 26.

OKAY. SO THE FOUR PEOPLE THAT ARE SITTING ON THE BOARD, THEY'RE STILL THERE BECAUSE THEIR TERM HAS NOT YET EXPIRED.

RIGHT. SO, WELL, ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS ARE STILL SITTING THERE.

THE WAY OUR CODE IS WRITTEN IS UNTIL THEY ARE REPLACED OR NEW MEMBERS ARE ADDED.

OKAY. I GUESS I'M TRYING TO GET TO IF WE WERE TO TABLE THIS TONIGHT, WOULD THEY STILL BE ABLE TO HAVE A MEETING TOMORROW? THE BOARD WOULD STILL FUNCTION UNTIL THE COMMISSION EITHER TAKE THESE INDIVIDUALS OFF THAT THEIR TERM HAS EXPIRED, OR THEY REAPPOINT AND ADD NEW MEMBERS. SO AT THAT POINT IN TIME, THE MEMBERS THAT STILL HAVE TERM LIMITS WILL CONTINUE TO SERVE. IF THE MEMBERS THAT THEIR TERM HAS EXPIRED, THEY ARE REAPPOINTED, THEY WILL CONTINUE TO SERVE.

AND IF NEW MEMBERS ARE APPOINTED, THOSE MEMBERS THEN GET ADDED TO THE TEN THAT'S CURRENTLY THERE.

I HOPE THAT MAKES SENSE. IT DOES. SO I WANT TO BE FAIR.

YOU CAN START MY TIME. SO SO NO HARM, NO FOUL.

THEN IF WE TABLE THIS, THE MEETING STILL GOES ON TOMORROW.

THEY STILL OPERATE. AND WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THE VETERANS BOARD BEING DEFUNCT UNTIL WE MAKE A DECISION.

THAT IS CORRECT. OKAY. I HAVE A QUESTION FOR MISS CALLOWAY.

VICE MAYOR MAXINE CALLOWAY. DEPUTY CITY MANAGER.

MAXINE CALLOWAY DEPUTY CITY MANAGER. OKAY. ALL RIGHT, MISS CALLAWAY.

DO YOU RECALL WHEN I ASKED THAT EVERY TIME WE ARE APPOINTING MEMBERS TO ANY BOARD, THEIR RESUMES OR APPLICATION NEEDS TO BE IN THE BACKUP AND THIS COMMISSION GAVE CONSENSUS FOR THAT.

DO YOU RECALL THAT? YEAH. I THINK THAT DISCUSSION HAPPENED A FEW YEARS AGO.

YES. OKAY. SO I'M LOOKING IN THE BACKUP. I'M ONLY SEEING THE RESOLUTION AND I'M NOT SEEING THE RESUMES NOR THE REPLICATION.

TELL US WHY. THE CITY CLERK DID NOT PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION.

THAT WAS AN OVERSIGHT. OKAY, SO I DON'T WANT THIS TO BE TWISTED.

EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT I SUPPORT POLICE OFFICERS, I SUPPORT VETERANS, I SUPPORT FIREFIGHTERS, RIGHT? BILLY, YOU'RE MY FRIEND, RIGHT? SMILE AND NOD.

OKAY, SO I DO SUPPORT THE VETERANS. I PROMISED THEM A $5,000 CHECK, AND IT'S COMING.

SO THIS IS NOT TO BE CONSTRUED WITH. OH, HE DOES NOT SUPPORT VETERANS.

I HEARD THE CITY CLERK SAY THAT THE MEETINGS WILL CONTINUE AND THEY WILL HAVE THEIR MEETINGS.

NOT THE BOARD NOT BEING DEFUNCT. IF WE TABLE THIS TONIGHT I'M LOOKING AT THE LIST AT LEAST TWO PEOPLE FROM DISTRICT ONE IS THERE. SO I'M HAPPY WITH THAT. SO I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE BOARD OR THE MEMBERS.

I THINK THAT THIS IS GOING TO COME TO US. ANYWAY.

YOU KNOW, PROFESSIONAL COURTESY IS SOMETHING THAT I'D LOVE TO EXTEND.

AND WHEN A COMMISSIONER ESPECIALLY A NEW COMMISSIONER IS ON THE DAIS THAT HAS NOT HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO THROUGH THIS EXERCISE, YOU HAVE TO GIVE THEM PROFESSIONAL COURTESY. SO THAT'S ONE.

SECONDLY, THE RULES WERE NOT FOLLOWED HERE. THERE ARE NO THERE'S NOT SUFFICIENT BACKUP INFORMATION TO SUPPORT THE RESOLUTION WITH

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THE APPLICATIONS OR THEIR RESUMES. THIS IS CUSTOMARY.

THIS IS WHAT WE DID IN THE PAST. AND YOU HAVE SAID THAT THIS IS AN OVERSIGHT.

SO WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO SUPPORT MY COLLEAGUE TO TABLE THIS ITEM UNTIL THE NEXT MEETING SO THAT SHE CAN HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECRUIT MORE MEMBERS, TO THE BOARD. AND BECAUSE I BELIEVE IT WOULD BE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST FOR HER TO APPOINT HER HUSBAND.

I'M GOING TO REACH OUT TO HER, TO HIM PERSONALLY AND ASK HIM IF HE WANTS TO JOIN THE BOARD AS WELL.

I THINK THAT WOULD BE PRUDENT. THANK YOU. ARE YOU MAKING A MOTION TO TABLE? I THINK COMMISSIONER PATTERSON ALREADY MADE THE MOTION TO TABLE.

SHE DIDN'T MAKE A MOTION TO TABLE. SHE STARTED TO SAY SHE THINKS SHE WANTS TO DO A MOTION FOR DEFERRAL.

AND IT WAS NOT IN A. I WANT TO DEFER. WHAT IS WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE? I'M SO SORRY. MAYOR. I DON'T MEAN TO INTERRUPT YOU.

WHAT THE MOTION TO TABLE IS STOP DISCUSSION AND WE HAVE A VOTE RIGHT NOW.

MOTION. WHAT IS MOTION TO DEFER. BASICALLY, YOU YOU YOU YOU DEFER TO A DATE.

CERTAIN. AND YOU COULD STILL HAVE DISCUSSION AS YOU GO ON.

THERE'S STILL DISCUSSION AFTERWARDS. SO I HAVE TWO QUALIFICATIONS CLARIFICATION QUESTIONS I'D LIKE TO ASK.

OKAY. DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION? AND LISTEN, I'M NOT I DON'T USE THESE NAMES.

I'M FAMILIAR WITH A WHOLE LOT OF THEM. I DON'T KNOW, TWO OF THEM.

SO I KNOW EIGHT OF THEM. AND I KNOW CYNTHIA SPENCE.

SO THE, THIS IS A, THIS IS A GOOD WELL-ROUNDED BOARD.

I REALLY DO THINK SO. BUT IT'S PROFESSIONAL COURTESY AND IT'S ALSO MAKING SURE THAT THE RULES ARE FOLLOWED ON THIS.

SO THAT'S MY, I'D LIKE TO ASK FOR CLARIFICATION ON THE REASON IT CAME BEFORE US TODAY.

IS THERE SOMEBODY NEW WHO ASKED TO BE APPOINTED TO THE BOARD? IS THAT CORRECT? IS THAT WHAT I HEARD? NO, THAT'S NOT THE PRIMARY REASON.

THE PRIMARY REASON THEY'RE MEMBERS WHO THEIR TERMS HAVE EXPIRED IN AUGUST OF THAT.

AND THERE IS ONE IN FEBRUARY. BUT BECAUSE THERE IS AN EXPIRATION OF THOSE TERMS, WE HAVE TO EITHER COME TO THE COMMISSION FOR REAPPOINTMENT OR NEW APPOINTMENTS.

THERE IS A MINIMUM OF EIGHT MEMBERS THAT THE BOARD ASKED TO SERVE AT ANY POINT, SO IF THAT MINIMUM IS NOT THERE, THEN THE BOARD IS BASICALLY NOT FUNCTIONING UNTIL WE MAKE THE APPOINTMENTS.

SO IT'S A MINIMUM OF EIGHT, A MINIMUM OF EIGHT.

WE HAVE EIGHT CURRENTLY ALREADY ROLLING OVER AT THIS TIME.

THE BOARD IS TEN. CURRENTLY THERE'S TEN MEMBERS WITH FIVE EXPIRED TERMS. AND AND I MEAN SIX EXPIRED TERMS AND FOUR THAT STILL HAVE TERMS TO CONTINUE.

THEY'VE EXPIRED, BUT THEY'RE NOT EXPIRED BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT EXPIRED UNTIL WE GET THE WE THE THE, THE LANGUAGE OF THE CODE, IT STATES THAT THEY ARE REPLACED WHEN NEW APPOINTMENTS ARE MADE OR THEY'RE REAPPOINTED.

SO THEY SERVE UNTIL. SO THEY'RE NOT REALLY FULLY EXPIRED, BUT THEY'RE EXPIRED.

OKAY. RIGHT. BUT THE ONE THING I ALSO THE RESUMES, THERE'S NO RESUMES COLLECTED WITH THE VETERANS BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO JUST GIVE THEIR DD214 TO SHOW THAT THEY WERE HONORABLY DISCHARGED, SHOW THAT THEY LIVE IN TAMARAC AND OR THAT THEY WORK IN TAMARAC.

IS THAT CORRECT? SO THERE IS NO IN TAMARAC NO RESUME TO BE INCLUDED.

AND WE DON'T EVEN HAVE THE RESUMES IN THE BACKUPS FOR THE LAST ITEM.

SO I DON'T WANT US TO MAKE A DECISION BASED ON THOSE KIND OF ITEMS THAT ARE NOT, IT WOULD SEEM A LITTLE BIT HYPOCRITICAL.

SO IF IT'S TO JUST PULL IT BECAUSE OF WHAT OTHER REASON? OTHER REASONS, FINE. BUT NOT BECAUSE OF THE BACKUP. AND AS NICE AS IT SOUNDS, VICE MAYOR, I DO THINK THAT COMMISSIONER PATTERSON HAS EVERY RIGHT TO ASK HER HUSBAND IF HE WANTS TO PARTICIPATE ON THIS BOARD, BECAUSE IT IS NOT A CONFLICT OF INTEREST. IF YOU WANT TO ASK HIM AS WELL, THEN THAT'S YOUR CALL.

BUT SHE HAS EVERY RIGHT TO GO HOME TONIGHT OR TEXT HIM IN THE MIDDLE OF THE MEETING, SAY, HONEY, I WANT TO KNOW IF YOU WANT TO SERVE ON THIS BOARD. BUT ANYWHO, THAT'S NOT REALLY OUR CALL, RIGHT? SO WE'RE JUST GOING TO MOVE IT ALONG NOW.

COMMISSIONER DANIEL, DID YOU WANT TO CLARIFICATION BECAUSE YOU BECAUSE I WAS STRAIGHT UNTIL YOU CONFUSED ME.

IF THEY. DON'T HAVE TO BE EXPIRED. THE BOARD IS UNLIMITED OPEN ACCESS.

WHY WOULD THEY LEAVE THE BOARD? BECAUSE THE CODE PRESCRIBES A FOUR YEAR TERM.

SO THEN IT'S NOT OPEN ACCESS. IT IS OPEN ACCESS BECAUSE THERE'S NO LIMIT TO THE BOARD.

THERE'S A MINIMUM REQUIREMENT BUT THERE'S NO MAXIMUM REQUIREMENT.

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DOES THAT MAKE SENSE. SO THE BOARD HAS TO BE EIGHT MEMBERS OR MORE.

CORRECT. BUT IF I SERVED FOUR YEARS AND I WANT TO CONTINUE TO SERVE, WHY WOULD YOU TAKE ME OFF? SO BECAUSE YOUR TERM EXPIRED, YOU CAN COME BACK TO THE COMMISSION FOR THEM TO REAPPOINT YOU.

SO, SO IF YOU'RE ON THE BOARD FOR MORE THAN FOUR YEARS OR AT MINIMUM FOUR YEARS ALREADY, YOU CAN JUST REAPPLY BASICALLY.

SO BASICALLY, AT THE END OF THE TERM, WE REACH OUT TO THE BOARD MEMBERS WHO ARE CURRENTLY SERVING.

THIS IS FOR ALL BOARDS. WE REACH OUT TO THEM TO LET THEM KNOW THEIR TERMS HAVE EXPIRED AND IF THEY WANT TO CONTINUE TO SERVE.

FOR THE BOARDS THAT ARE COMMISSION APPOINTED, WE SAY TO THEM, REACH OUT TO YOUR COMMISSIONER TO LET THEM KNOW YOUR INTEREST TO CONTINUE SERVING FOR THIS PARTICULAR BOARD. WE ASK THEM TO REAPPLY BECAUSE IT'S A COMMISSION APPOINTMENT AND NOT NECESSARILY APPOINTMENT PER COMMISSIONER.

THANK YOU. SO DID THEY ALL REAPPLY? WE HAD SIX MEMBERS REAPPLY, BUT THE OTHER FOUR STILL SITS THERE. AND THEN WE HAD FOR YOU FOR MORE TECHNICALLY BECAUSE OTHER FOR.

DON'T WANT TO SERVE AGAIN. WELL THE OTHER FOR TERM HAS NOT EXPIRED.

OH. SO THERE IS SIX THAT THEIR TERMS HAVE EXPIRED.

THERE'S FOUR THAT STILL HAVE TERM LIMITS. TO CONTINUE SERVING.

OF THOSE SIX THAT THEIR TERM EXPIRED, THEY REAPPLIED.

AND THEN WE RECEIVED FOUR NEW APPLICATIONS. SO NOW YOU HAVE 14.

SO IF IF THE APPOINTMENTS ARE MADE TONIGHT WE'LL HAVE 14 IN TOTAL.

OKAY. SO THEN TECHNICALLY YOU COULD BE ON THIS BOARD FOR A LIFETIME.

YOU HAVE TO CONTINUOUSLY REAPPLY, RIGHT? AND LIKE I SAID, SOMETIMES BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF THE BOARD, SOMETIMES PEOPLE FALL OFF. I GOT YOU. OKAY. AND COMMISSIONER.

RIGHT. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. I UNDERSTAND COMMISSIONER BOLTON'S PART WITH THE RESUME FOR OTHER COMMUNITIES, BUT I THINK ANYONE WHO SAW THIS COUNTRY AND CAN SHOW THEIR FORM.

I DON'T THINK A RESUME IS NEEDED. I THINK THAT IS THE ULTIMATE RESUME.

THE FACT THAT YOU SERVE AND YOU WIN AND YOU CAN PROVE THAT THAT IS THE RESUME.

I ALWAYS TELL THE STORY. WHEN I WAS A KID, I MET MY FATHER UNTIL I WAS SEVEN YEARS OLD, BUT HE WAS IN THE MILITARY AND THE FIRST GIFT HE SENT ME WAS HIS SHIRT, HIS AIR FORCE SHIRT FROM THE US AIR FORCE. AND I DIDN'T MEET HIM, BUT HE CAME MY HERO BECAUSE HE SERVED IN THE MILITARY.

AND THAT'S WHAT HIS RESUME, HIS AIR FORCE SHIRT THAT HE SENT ME.

SO I DON'T THINK WE HAVE TO SHOW A PAPER RESUME FOR SOMEONE WHO SERVED.

BUT I THINK THE FACT THAT THEY SHOWED THAT THEY'VE SERVED THE COUNTRY, I THINK THAT IS THE ULTIMATE RESUME. IT IS NOT LIKE THE TYPICAL COMMITTEES WHERE PEOPLE MIGHT SAY, OKAY, YOU HAVE EXPERIENCE IN WOMEN LEADERSHIP OR YOU HAVE EXPERIENCE IN OTHER SERVICES WHERE WE LOOK AT YOUR RESUME AND SAY, YOU HAVE A MASTER'S DEGREE. I THINK THE FACT THAT THEY PROVIDE THIS INFORMATION, THAT IS THE ULTIMATE FORM OF RESUME. SO I THINK FOR THIS COMMITTEE, I DON'T SEE THE NEED FOR RESUMES BECAUSE BEING THAT THEY SERVE, THAT IS THE ULTIMATE RESUME THAT YOU CAN HAVE.

COMMISSIONER PATTERSON THANK YOU MAYOR. I THINK I NEED TO PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT OF CLARIFICATION.

FIRST AND FOREMOST, I THINK I SPEAK QUITE CLEARLY WHEN I SPEAK.

FOR ANYONE THAT LIKES TO MISCONSTRUE MY WORDS.

I DON'T APPRECIATE IT BECAUSE THE RECORD WILL BE CLEAR BY THE TIME I'M DONE SPEAKING TONIGHT.

WHAT I SPECIFICALLY SAID WAS THAT I WOULD LIKE CLARIFICATION.

THOSE THAT ELECTED ME TO SIT IN THIS SEAT EXPECT ME TO LEGISLATE BASED ON FACTS.

UNFORTUNATELY, I WAS NOT PROVIDED THAT INFORMATION AND THUS I AM HERE REQUESTING CLARIFICATION FOR ANYONE THAT IS CONFUSED ABOUT MY POSITION HERE.

NUMBER ONE. NUMBER TWO, DISTRICT THREE HAS A LARGE AMOUNT OF VETERANS.

UNLIKE THE REST OF MY COLLEAGUES, I DON'T KNOW THE TEN PEOPLE ON THE LIST.

I'M NOT ASKING FOR A RESUME. HOWEVER, AN APPLICATION WOULD HAVE BEEN NICE.

I WOULD HAVE LOVED TO PICK UP THE PHONE AND GIVE HIM A PHONE CALL. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW, IS DISTRICT THREE WELL REPRESENTED? EVERYTHING THAT I'VE SEEN SO FAR IS REPRESENTATIVE OF A DISTRICT SPLIT.

I WANT TO ENSURE THAT THE PEOPLE OF DISTRICT THREE ARE WELL REPRESENTED ON THIS BOARD, AND I BELIEVE I HAVE THE RIGHT TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.

I BELIEVE THAT THEY WOULD EXPECT ME TO DO THAT FIRST.

THAT'S THE FIRST THING. THE SECOND THING THERE IS NO SECRET.

MY FATHER IS AN AIR FORCE RETIRED COLONEL. I WAS RAISED IN THE IN A MILITARY ENVIRONMENT.

LET'S BE CLEAR HERE. THIS IS NOT ABOUT ME NOT SUPPORTING VETERANS.

THIS IS ABOUT CITY PROCESSES BEING EFFICIENT.

I WANT TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE BEING FAIR AND EQUITABLE IN OUR APPROACH TO APPOINTING COMMITTEE MEMBERS.

I SEE ONE NAME HERE THAT I'M FAMILIAR WITH, AND THAT'S HERBERT DALY, WHO I KNOW LIVES IN DISTRICT THREE.

I AM FINE WITH HIM SERVING ON THIS COMMITTEE.

WHAT I'M SAYING IS THAT BECAUSE I WAS NOT PROVIDED ANY DETAILS, CLEARLY THE RULES AND THE RESOLUTION OR THE ORDINANCE IN WHICH THIS COMMITTEE HAS BEEN

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ADOPTED IS CONVOLUTED. THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF DISCUSSION.

MY COLLEAGUES WHO HAVE BEEN HERE FOR QUITE SOME TIME WERE MISINFORMED AROUND HOW THIS COMMITTEE WORKS.

SO NATURALLY, I'M NOT CLEAR EITHER. AND THE REQUEST TO TO TABLE OR DEFER THE ITEM WAS SIMPLY MADE SO THAT EITHER A WE CLEAN UP THE LANGUAGE AND PROVIDE FOR MORE TRANSPARENCY ON WHAT'S BEING ASKED HERE OR B YOU KNOW, WE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON WHO'S ON THIS LIST SO THAT WE CAN ENSURE THAT THE CITY IS WELL REPRESENTED.

THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING. THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH ME NOT SUPPORTING VETERANS.

SO TO BE CLEAR, THE ASK TONIGHT WAS TO SIMPLY BE I NEEDED MORE INFORMATION MANAGER AND I WOULD ASK THAT WHEN WE.

I DON'T NEED RESUMES. I AGREE THE ULTIMATE IS THE SERVICE.

HOWEVER, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF MY DISTRICT IS REPRESENTED.

I DO THINK THAT THERE IS A CLEANUP THAT SHOULD HAPPEN TO SOME EXTENT AND YOU KNOW I'M FINE WITH SUPPORTING THOSE THAT ARE CURRENTLY ON THE BOARD.

IF WE'VE GOT NEW MEMBERS, PROVIDE SOME APPLICATION.

LET'S GET SOME INFORMATION ON WHO THESE FOLKS ARE.

ARE WE WELL, IS THIS DIVERSE? I LIKE THE IDEA OF DIVERSITY DIVERSIFICATION.

AND I WANT TO ENSURE THAT MY DISTRICT IS WELL REPRESENTED.

I BELIEVE THE VETERANS IN DISTRICT THREE WOULD APPRECIATE THAT. NO DIFFERENT FROM WHEN WE ENACTED THE SENIOR ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

WHEN I CHAMPIONED THAT COMMITTEE. I SPECIFICALLY REQUESTED THAT EVERY DISTRICT IN THE CITY IS REPRESENTED.

SO, YOU KNOW, FOR WHATEVER REASON, IF THE ONLY REASON WHY THIS IS WRITTEN THE WAY THAT IT IS, IS BECAUSE WE'VE LACKED ENGAGEMENT IN THE PAST, I BELIEVE THAT OUR SENIORS, OUR VETERANS, THOSE WHO HAVE SERVED THIS COUNTRY, HAVE DEMONSTRATED A DESIRE TO BE ENGAGED.

AND THAT IS THE REASON WHY I'VE ASKED THE QUESTIONS IN WHICH I HAVE.

THANK YOU. WE'RE GOING TO CALL THE QUESTION NOW, UNLESS I'M HEARING SOME ANY OTHER EMOTION ON TOP OF IT.

SO I THINK, CAN I AMEND THE MOTION THAT WAS ORIGINALLY MADE? DO I NEED TO HAVE THE. WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE TABLE CURRENTLY HAVE A MOTION ON THE TABLE FOR FIVE H PASSING FIVE H.

RIGHT. SO THAT'S THE MOTION TO TABLE SUPERSEDES THAT.

WE DON'T HAVE A MOTION TO TABLE ON THE TABLE.

WE DON'T HAVE A MOTION TO TABLE MAYOR. THERE WAS A QUESTION ASKED.

NO VICE MAYOR WANTED TO MAKE THAT MOTION. IT WAS A DEFERRAL.

HE WAS ASKING YOU A QUESTION ON WHETHER OR NOT IT WAS A DEFERRAL OR A TABLE.

WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ON THE RECORD YET, SO WE EITHER GO THROUGH THE FIRST ONE OR I GET A MOTION TO TABLE TO A TIME CERTAIN BECAUSE NO MORE DEFER BECAUSE DEFER. YOU SAID GOT QUESTIONS.

WE WERE ABLE TO DO COMMENTS. SO THOSE ARE THE OPTIONS WE HAVE.

THEY CAN MAKE A MOTION TO TABLE A MOTION TO DEFER.

THERE'S NOTHING THAT PRECLUDES THAT. SICK WITH THE SAME WAY THAT WE WERE ALREADY DOING BUSINESS.

LET'S STOP ADDING OTHER THINGS. WE EITHER HAVE THE MOTION ON THE RECORD THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW, OR IS THERE A MOTION TO TABLE TO A TIME CERTAIN.

THOSE ARE THE TWO OPTIONS. SO. OKAY. OKAY. LISTEN, I MY LIGHT IS LIT FOR MY TWO MINUTES, SO I'LL TAKE MY YOU KNOW, YOU WENT ON AFTERWARDS.

SO WHEN I ALREADY ASKED FOR CALLING THE QUESTION. SO PLEASE DON'T PLAY THESE GAMES. WE'RE, WE'RE DEALING WITH THIS FOR ALMOST 50 MINUTES OR 40 MINUTES.

SO GO AHEAD. COMMISSIONER. VICE MAYOR. OKAY A FEW SECONDS, MY BEAUTIFUL MAYOR.

SO. THE THE BOARD WILL, THE BOARD WILL CONTINUE TO FUNCTION WITH THE SIX PEOPLE THERE REGARDLESS IF WE MAKE A DECISION TONIGHT SO, YOU KNOW, WITH THAT SAID AND, AND, AND HEAR ME CLEARLY, YOU KNOW, RESUMES ARE IMPORTANT.

VETERANS ARE OUR HEROES AND. YOU KNOW WHAT? I'LL LEAVE IT THERE. SO I'M MAKING A MOTION TO TABLE.

AND ALONG WITH THAT MOTION THAT THE BOARD STILL OPERATES AND ALSO APPOINTING AND KEEPING THE APPOINTMENT FOR CITY OF SPENCE.

SECOND. WHAT WAS THIS MOTION? BECAUSE ALL I HEARD IS A SENTENCE TABLING ALL NEW APPOINTMENTS, KEEPING THE OLD ONES THAT ARE THERE BECAUSE THE BOARD IS FUNCTIONING.

SO SO KEEPING KEEPING THE BOARD FUNCTIONING. UNTIL THE NEXT MEETING.

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BUT TONIGHT I'M ADDING CYNTHIA SPENCE TO THE BOARD.

THAT'S A CLARIFICATION. AND WELL, SHE WAS ALREADY ON THERE.

WHO IS THE CITY? IS LYDIA SPENCE NEW OR WAS SHE WAS SHE ON THERE? BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S WHY I ASKED THE QUESTION THAT I DID.

IF THERE WAS A NEW PERSON BEING ADDED, I WAS TOLD EVERYBODY'S NEW PEOPLE BEING ADDED. NO THEY'RE NOT.

THE CITY CLERK JUST CITY CLERK. HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE BEING ADDED? HOW MANY NEW PEOPLE? WE'RE ADDING FOUR NEW PEOPLE.

THERE YOU GO. SHE SAID IT LIKE FIVE TIMES. BUT I ASKED YOU SPECIFICALLY, ARE WE ADDING NEW PEOPLE? AND THAT'S WHY THIS IS COMING ABOUT. AND YOU SAID THERE ARE SIX REAPPOINTMENTS SIX AND FOUR NEW PEOPLE.

SO THEN IT'S FOUR NEW PEOPLE, NOT JUST THE CITY OF WHICH.

SO THE CITY SHE'S NOT CURRENTLY SITTING ON THE BOARD.

WHY DON'T YOU READ? MAYOR GOMEZ THE LIST THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT ON THE RESOLUTION ITSELF.

THOSE ARE NOT ALL. REAPPOINTMENTS. SO THE CURRENT BOARD THAT WE HAVE, WE HAVE JAY CUTLER, BRIAN HAYWARD, HERBERT DALEY, JAMES GRIFFIN WILFRED RODRIGUEZ, ISHMAEL DAVIS, LORI HARE, EDWARD, SYLVAIN, SYLVAIN, MICHAEL HARRIS, AND ANTONIO MITCHELL, RIGHT.

SO BASICALLY, WE'VE GOT CITY OF SPENCE, ALFREDO, ALFREDO RUIZ, ADIRA MILLARD, AND CARLOS MELENDEZ.

THOSE ARE THE FOUR NEW PEOPLE. OKAY, SO.

IT'S THE LAST FOR MOM. SO FOR ADIRA, DEIRDRE MILLARD, WILFRED RODRIGUEZ, WILFREDO RUIZ, AND CITY OF SPENCE, THOSE ARE THE FOUR NEW PEOPLE.

SO I'M HEARING A MOTION ON THE TABLE WHERE WE'RE LETTING THE OLD ONE STAY ON TILL WE DECIDE IN ANOTHER MONTH.

AND THEN. BUT WE'RE GOING TO ADD ONE OF THE NEW PEOPLE. WE COULD NOT.

STUDIO WASN'T MINE. I DID BETTER, BUT JUST OKAY.

MOTION TO TABLE AS IT AS AS IT IS TO TIME. CERTAIN OF NEXT MEETING.

NEXT MEETING. YES. I GOT A MOTION TO TABLE THIS WHOLE THING UNTIL NEXT MEETING.

FAILING FOR NO. SECOND. SECOND. MOTION TO TABLE.

TO THE NEXT MEETING. CITY CLERK CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE.

COMMISSIONER. RIGHT. NO. COMMISSIONER. DANIEL.

YES. VICE MAYOR. BOLTON. YES. MAYOR. GOMEZ. NO.

COMMISSIONER. PATTERSON. YES. THANK YOU. MOTION TO TABLE PASSES 3 TO 2.

THANK YOU. MAYOR POINT OF CLARIFICATION. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE MANAGER UNDERSTANDS WHAT WE'RE WHAT I'M EXPECTING IN THE NEXT WHEN THIS COMES BACK.

I BELIEVE THERE NEEDS TO BE A CLEANUP ON THE.

ON WHAT? YOU KNOW, THE FACT THAT THE ENTIRE COMMISSION IS CONFUSED IS AN ISSUE.

NO ONE'S NAME HAD NEW OLD. THERE WAS NO CLARIFICATION IN THIS ITEM.

SO IT'S EITHER WE NEED TO CLEAN UP SOME OF THE LANGUAGE IN HOW THE COMMITTEE IS DESIGNED, OR BRING BACK AN ITEM THAT HAS CLARIFICATION AROUND WHO IS LIKE, WHAT'S WHO? WHO ARE THE FOLKS THAT WE'RE APPOINTING? WHAT DISTRICT DO THEY BELONG TO? ARE THEY NEW OR ARE THEY OLD? IS THIS THEIR FIRST TERM? JUST SOMETHING, WE WILL LOOK AT RULES RELATING TO APPOINTMENTS TO MAKE SURE THAT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, IF NEEDED, IS PROVIDED BY THE COMMISSION. BEFORE THE NEXT MEETING, AT LEAST SEVERAL DAYS BEFORE THE NEXT MEETING, OR A WEEK AT LEAST. SO AT LEAST THERE'S CLARITY ON, YOU KNOW, FOR EXAMPLE, IF THE POINT HE LIVED IN DISTRICT TWO THREE, WE NEED TO GET MORE INFORMATION. OUR WORK WITH THE MANAGER'S OFFICE.

MAKE SURE THAT INFORMATION IS INCLUDED. THANK YOU.

I'M GOING TO ASK FOR A POINT OF CLARIFICATION BECAUSE I'M HEARING SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. AND I THINK THERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT ITEMS DONE THOUGH.

WELL, YEAH, BUT, BUT I THINK YOU KNOW, LET US.

NO NO NO NO NO NO, I'M GOING TO FINISH MY SENTENCE.

RIGHT. WELL NO, BECAUSE I'M TIRED OF EVERYBODY TALKING OVER EVERYBODY.

AND IF THERE'S CONFUSION, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S NO CONFUSION OR ELSE WE WIND UP BEING BACK IN THE SITUATION WHERE THERE'S MORE CONFUSION. AND QUITE HONESTLY, I DON'T WANT TO GO THROUGH ALL THE CONFUSION. I JUST WANTED TO BRING SOME CLARITY. SO THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO DO. SO IF I HEARD THE COMMISSIONER PATTERSON RIGHT THO.

COMMISSIONER PATTERSON. BESIDES, THE INFORMATION IS THE WAY IT IS BEING PRESENTED TO US IN THE PACKAGE.

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I HEAR A SECOND ITEM YOU'RE ASKING FOR IS CLARIFICATION OF THE ORDINANCE ITSELF, OR AM I NOT HEARING THAT? I BELIEVE THAT THE ORDINANCE SHOULD GIVE THE SPECIFICS.

WE JUST HAD A TON OF QUESTIONS THAT THE ORDINANCE DOES NOT LIST.

IF IT IS SO, IF THE RESOLUTION I MEAN, I READ THE RESOLUTION, IT SIMPLY SAYS SHALL CONSIST OF EIGHT OR MORE MEMBERS APPOINTED BY THE CITY COMMISSION TO SERVE FOUR YEAR TERMS. SO YOU'RE ASKING FOR THE RESOLUTION TO HAVE MORE INFORMATION IN IT? WELL, EITHER THAT I LET THE MANAGER DO HIS JOB.

IF HE FEELS THAT THE RESOLUTION COULD BE EXPANDED ON, THEN THEY CAN DO THAT.

IF THEY FEEL LIKE THERE IS A NEED TO CLEAN UP WHATEVER IS IN THE ORDINANCE, THEY CAN PROPOSE THAT.

I DON'T KNOW, BUT I'M GOING TO LET THEM DECIDE WHAT'S THE APPROPRIATE APPROACH.

WELL, I'M JUST ON THAT. IF IT'S COMING BACK WITH AN ORDINANCE.

AN ORDINANCE TAKES TWO READINGS FOR CLEANING IT UP.

IT THEN MOVES THE ABILITY TO VOTE ON THIS ITEM.

IF IT DOESN'T HAVE THE CLEAR LANGUAGE THAT IS BEING ASKED FOR IN THE RESOLUTION, IF WE HAVE TO CLEAN UP AN ORDINANCE.

PUTTING THAT OUT THERE FOR YOU GUYS TO CONSIDER BEFORE, BECAUSE AGAIN, WE HAVE ONE PERSON WHO'S SAYING SOMETHING.

THERE'S CERTAIN THINGS LIKE THAT WOULD BE A CONSENSUS. I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH IT, BUT IT NEEDS TO BE CLEAR ABOUT WHAT IS BEING ASKED FOR.

THE BOTTOM LINE THIS ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE VETERANS COMMITTEE HAS I WOULD SAY GUIDELINES THAT ARE LIMITED IN TERMS OF THE REQUIREMENTS AND LET ME READ THE REQUIREMENTS BASICALLY TO BE PART OF THIS COMMITTEE MEMBER MUST HAVE SERVED IN A BRANCH OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES, MUST RECEIVE AN HONORABLE DISCHARGE OR BE AFFILIATED WITH A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION PROVIDING SERVICE TO VETERANS.

THAT'S BASICALLY ALL THE REQUIREMENTS TO SERVE ON THE COMMITTEE.

ADDITIONALLY, I THINK THIS CITY HAS OTHER REQUIREMENTS WHEN IT COMES UP TO CERTAIN BOARDS AND OUR WORK WITH THE CLARK CITY MANAGER SEE IF IT ALSO APPLIES TO THIS BOARD. AND IF IT DOES ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WILL BE PROVIDED TO THE COMMISSION.

OKAY. MOVING RIGHT ALONG. WE ARE NOW GOING TO ORDINANCES ON SECOND READING.

[8.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 (j), 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.]

WE ARE AT ATO2608 CITY ATTORNEY, PLEASE READ THE TITLE FOR THE RECORD.

ITEM EIGHT A AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSION.

CITY OF TAMARAC. AMENDING CHAPTER NINE HEALTH SANITATION NUISANCE ARTICLE FOR RESIDENTIAL AND NONRESIDENTIAL PROPERTY MAINTENANCE.

STANDARD SECTION 9-1 31. NONRESIDENTIAL PROPERTY MAINTAINING STANDARDS SUBSECTION J OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC CODE OF ORDINANCE TO ADD CLARIFICATION LANGUAGE REGARDING PARKING LOT MAINTENANCE PROVIDING FOR EFFECTIVE DATE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND.

MOVE IT. SECOND, I HAVE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR KENT IS AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS BUT BEFORE GOING.

SO WE WILL OPEN THIS ITEM UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS.

AND I BELIEVE I HAVE KATE JOHNSON ALREADY SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM.

IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? ALL RIGHT. SEEING NONE, PUBLIC COMMENTS WILL BE CLOSED.

KATE JOHNSON MAINTENANCE FOR. I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS AND I'M READING THROUGH THE BACKUP MATERIAL.

I JUST HIGHLIGHTED A COUPLE THINGS THAT WAS SEEMED CONFUSING TO ME.

THE ADDITION OF OR WHEN THE PAVEMENT SURFACE HAS BECOME EXCESSIVELY WORN, DISCOLORED OR OTHERWISE DEGRADED SO THAT IT IS NO LONGER PRESENTS A UNIFORM, WELL-MAINTAINED APPEARANCE, AND THEN IT GOES ON.

FURTHER, SUCH MAINTENANCE INCLUDES, BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO, REMOVING GLASS AND LITTER, PRUNING, MOWING, NOURISHING, WATERING, VEGETATION RESURFACING AND RESTRIPING RE-ANCHORING OR REPLACING WHEEL STOPS, REPLACING OR PAINTING SIGNS. MY PROBLEM WITH THIS ONE IS IT'S IT IS NOT VERY LITERAL.

IT IS UP FOR INTERPRETATION. WHAT DOES DISCOLORED MEAN? I CAN TELL YOU THAT WE JUST REDID OUR PARKING LOT AT OUR HOA, AND I WILL GUARANTEE YOU IN SIX MONTHS, PART OF IT WILL NOT LOOK THE SAME AS THE OTHER PART, BECAUSE ONE PART IS UNDER SHADE IN ONE PART IS NOT.

AND WHEN THE SUN BEATS DOWN, IT'S GOING TO CAUSE DISCOLORATION IN CERTAIN PARTS.

SO IT'S THERE'S SOME THERE SHOULD BE SOMETHING IN THERE, FOR INSTANCE, THAT WITHIN FIVE YEARS OR YOU GIVE A GRACE PERIOD BECAUSE DISCOLORATION WILL HAPPEN.

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WE HAVE TO REDO OURS EVERY SEVEN YEARS. WE GOT A LETTER FROM THE CITY.

IT HADN'T BEEN SEVEN YEARS SINCE WE REDID IT.

WE REDID IT AGAIN. NOW, IF THEY COME BACK IN TWO YEARS AND SAY IT'S DISCOLORED, THAT'S GOING TO COST US ANOTHER $7,000. SO THIS IS THIS IS NOT SPECIFIC ENOUGH AND IT DOES NOT TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION SOUTH FLORIDA WEATHER AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. SO SOMEWHERE IN THIS PROCESS, PROCEDURES OR WHATEVER, THERE SHOULD BE A TIME LIMIT.

IF I'VE HAD IT DONE WITHIN FIVE YEARS AND IT'S SUPPOSED TO LAST SEVEN YEARS, AND YOU COME IN, SAY IN FIVE YEARS AND SAY IT'S NOT LOOKING GOOD, THAT'S ONE THING, BUT TO SAY IN TWO YEARS IT'S NOT LOOKING GOOD.

THAT'S SOMETHING TOTALLY DIFFERENT. AND THAT IS NOT TAKING INTO ACCOUNT OUR WEATHER SITUATION, THE SUN AND WEAR AND TEAR JUST FROM THE WEATHER.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND SEEING THAT NO ONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, THIS ITEM IS NOW CLOSED.

AND LOOKING AT MY ITEM HERE, THERE'S NO ONE WHO'S WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.

SO I WILL JUST SAY THAT MY SAME COMMENTS FOR LAST TIME AND I HAPPEN TO AGREE WITH THE SPEAKER THERE'S NOTHING IN HERE THAT MAKES IT WHERE THERE'S ANY IT'S VAGUE, EGG UNDULY BURDENSOME AND OVERBROAD FOR OUR BUSINESSES AND EVEN OUR HOMEOWNER ASSOCIATIONS THAT WE'RE GOING TO NOW START GOING TO THEM, AND WE'RE ALREADY STARTING TO DO IT.

IT'S LESS THAN A YEAR OR TWO YEARS WHEN THEY'VE PAID ALL THIS MONEY FOR THESE DRIVEWAYS OR BLACKTOPS, AND WE'RE COMING AFTER THEM TO DO IT AGAIN. AND WHERE WE DON'T EVEN DO OUR OWN CITY, OUR OWN PARKING LOTS ARE DISGUSTING.

I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THE WHEEL STOPS OR THE BACK STOPS, WHATEVER YOU CALL THOSE THINGS FOR THE CEMENT BLOCKS AND MAKING SURE THAT THOSE METAL RODS ARE IN AND THEY'RE SAFE AND THE LINES ARE PAINTED.

ABSOLUTELY NO PROBLEM WITH ALL THOSE OTHER THINGS IN HERE. BUT BECAUSE OF THE WAY THAT IT JUST SEEMS LIKE IT'S GOING TO BE VERY PUNITIVE AGAINST OUR PLAZAS.

I CAN'T SUPPORT THIS ITEM AS WRITTEN, AND I'VE SHARED THAT WITH YOU OVER AND OVER AGAIN, AND I THINK WE HAVE USED IT AS A WEAPON AGAINST OUR PLAZAS, ESPECIALLY WHEN OUR PLAZA OWNERS COME TO YOU AND OUR NEW PLAZA OWNERS THAT BY THE DECREPIT PLAZAS AND SAY, HERE IS OUR FIVE YEAR PLAN. WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS, THIS AND THIS, AND WE ARE ONLY GOING TO CONTINUALLY HURT THEM BY MAKING SOME OF THESE PLANS AND DEMANDS ON THEM. WHEN? WHY? BECAUSE IT'S NOT A BLACK TOP.

GRAY TOP LOOKS JUST AS GOOD. IT'S. AS LONG AS IT'S STURDY AND THERE'S NO BIG OLD POTHOLES IN IT.

AND ANYTHING THAT'S GOING TO BE CAUSING A DYSFUNCTION INTO THEIR PLAZAS IN THE SAFETY OF OUR PEOPLE GOING THERE.

I CAN'T CONTINUE TO ALLOW US TO, IN THE NAME OF MAKING CERTAIN THINGS BETTER, MAKE THINGS WORSE, BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT I THINK WE'VE BEEN DOING A LOT LATELY.

UNINTENTIONALLY UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES. BUT I FEEL THIS IS AN UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCE THAT WE CAN AVOID AND WE HAVEN'T TRIED TO AVOID IT, WHICH IS WHY I CAN'T SUPPORT THIS. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL CLERK.

CITY CLERK. MAYOR GOMEZ. NO. COMMISSIONER. RIGHT.

YES. COMMISSIONER. DANIEL. YES. COMMISSIONER PATTERSON.

YES. VICE MAYOR. BOLTON. NO. THANK YOU. MOTION PASSES 3 TO 2.

IT'S OKAY. CITY ATTORNEY, YOU CAN LAUGH, TOO. MOVING RIGHT ALONG TO 11.

[11.a Solid Waste Authority Presentation Requested by Commissioner Patterson & Presented by Mayor, Steve Breitkreuz Town of Southwest Ranches]

A SOLID WASTE AUTHORITY PRESENTATION. THIS HAS BEEN REQUESTED BY COMMISSIONER PATTERSON AND IS BEING PRESENTED BY MAYOR STEVE FREDERICKS.

BRETT. I COULD DO THAT. BRETT. OUR MAYOR OF THE TOWN OF SOUTHWEST RANCHES.

THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY. GREAT. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. I KNOW IT'S IT'S BEEN A LONG MEETING, BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN AN AWESOME MEETING.

OH. THANK YOU. IT'S BEEN AN AWESOME MEETING TO BE ABLE TO SHARE IN THE CELEBRATIONS THAT YOU ALL HAVE HAD THIS EVENING.

AND, AND I'VE TRULY ENJOYED IT. I'VE TRULY ENJOYED IT.

AND IT WAS GOOD TO BE HERE. OFFICIALLY. THANK YOU, MAYOR.

VICE MAYOR COMMISSIONERS, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.

YOU KNOW, THERE'S A CONNECTION BETWEEN SOUTHWEST RANCHES AND TAMARAC THAT I WANT YOU ALL PROBABLY AWARE OF IT, BUT MAYBE SOME OF YOUR RESIDENTS ARE NOT. AND I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW, I HAVE NOT HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK BEFORE YOU, AND I WANT TO THANK YOU. WE WERE TALKING A LITTLE BIT EARLIER ABOUT SOME OF OUR ADVENTURES IN IT BEFORE YOU ALL WERE THERE TO HELP US OUT.

AND AND IT'S NOT ONES I WANT TO REPEAT ON THE PUBLIC ON THE, ON THE RECORD, BUT YOU ALL HAVE DONE AN AMAZING JOB AND YOUR IT FOLKS HAVE DONE AN AMAZING JOB FOR US AND WE TRULY APPRECIATE YOU ALL YOUR PARTNERSHIP ON THAT.

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SO COMMISSIONER PATTERSON, THANK YOU ESPECIALLY FOR THE, THE INVITE TO BE ABLE TO COME HERE THIS EVENING.

THANK YOU. SO WHAT I WANTED TO DO THIS EVENING IS GIVE YOU SOME BACKGROUND ON THE SOLID WASTE AUTHORITY.

THE S W A WHAT WE'VE BEEN UP TO THE LAST TWO PLUS YEARS.

JUST TO KIND OF LEVEL SET FIRST. I KNOW IT'S BEEN A LONG EVENING, SO I'M GOING TO TRY AND GO THROUGH THIS PRETTY RAPIDLY.

AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH THE MASTER PLAN, WHICH IS REALLY THE PLAN GOING FORWARD.

BUT ONCE AGAIN, I'M JUST GOING TO HIGHLIGHT REALLY THE CRITICAL THINGS BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY WHERE WE NEED TO GO. AND THEN WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE FACILITIES AGREEMENT, WHICH IS GOING TO ACTUALLY BE THE DOCUMENT THAT COMES BEFORE YOU.

IN, IN THE NEXT UP TO YOUR SCHEDULE, BUT OVER HOPEFULLY THE NEXT THREE MONTHS.

SO LET ME KICK IT OFF WITH THIS THE PRESENTATION THAT WE'VE GOT HERE, IT'S A SHORT POWERPOINT AND AND SO I'M GOING TO WALK THROUGH THIS, I'M GOING TO SKIP THROUGH SOME OF THE SLIDES BECAUSE YOU KNOW, WE'RE JUST GOING TO GO AND DO THE MOST IMPORTANT ONES.

SO THIS WOULD BE AWESOME, RIGHT? IF TRASH JUST DISAPPEARS.

AND UNFORTUNATELY TO A DEGREE, THAT'S THE WAY WE KIND OF FEEL ABOUT IT.

WE PUT IT OUT FRONT IN OUR, IN OUR PROPERTY AND THEN IT'S GONE, YOU KNOW, BUT WE ALL KNOW THAT THAT'S NOT EXACTLY THE THE TRUE STORY OF IT.

SO SO WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE, REALLY THE BASELINE HERE IS THAT WE DO HAVE A A CRISIS THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS.

AND FORTUNATELY OR UNFORTUNATELY, HOWEVER YOU WANT TO LOOK AT IT, IT'S NOT SOMETHING, IT'S NOT A CRISIS THAT THERE IS A SET DEADLINE FOR.

IT'S SOMETHING THAT JUST GETS WORSE AND WORSE AND WORSE.

AND WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO CATCH IT BEFORE WE REALLY GET BEYOND AND THE EXPENSES GET TO B BE CRAZY.

SO I'LL SKIP BY THAT. SO THIS IS KIND OF AN EYE OPENER.

HOW MUCH, HOW MUCH GARBAGE ARE WE REALLY TALKING ABOUT HERE? IT'S REALLY PRETTY CRAZY. THE WE GENERATE 10.6 BILLION POUNDS EVERY YEAR IN BROWARD COUNTY.

THAT IS 20,000 POUNDS A MINUTE. SO. YOU KNOW, A THREE MINUTE.

HOW LONG AM I GOING TO BE SPEAKING HERE THIS EVENING? YOU KNOW, 20 MINUTES.

YOU KNOW, WE'VE GENERATED ANOTHER INCREDIBLE AMOUNT.

SO IT'S JUST SOMETHING IT CONTINUES TO GROW AND CONTINUES TO BE AN ISSUE FOR US.

SO THE QUESTION IS WHAT CAN WE DO. SO WE HAVE JUST A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND BACK AROUND THREE YEARS AGO.

COMMISSIONER MAYOR FUR CAME AROUND WITH OTHER INDIVIDUALS TO SIGN US UP FOR THIS.

ISLA. AND FORTUNATELY, THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE MUNICIPALITIES IN BROWARD COUNTY DID SIGN UP FOR THAT.

28 OUT OF THE 31 MUNICIPALITIES DID SIGN UP FOR IT.

SO THAT WE COULD WORK ON THIS PLAN. BASICALLY WHAT WE WERE GOING TO WORK ON IS A MASTER PLAN TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THIS IN A POSITIVE WAY, POSITIVE BEING DEFINED AS A WAY THAT WILL BE MORE HEALTHY FOR OUR COMMUNITIES GOING FORWARD LOWER COST FOR OUR COMMUNITIES GOING FORWARD AND BEING ABLE TO DO TO TURN OVER TO THE NEXT GENERATION A CLEANER, MORE SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENT THAN WHAT WE'RE, WHAT WE ARE, ARE HEADED FOR AT THE MOMENT.

I'LL MOVE ON FROM THAT AND THAT SO THE QUESTION IS, WHAT IS THE BENEFIT OF THIS WHOLE PLAN FOR THE CITY OF TAMARAC? OKAY, SO I TOUCHED ON IT BRIEFLY, BUT BASICALLY IT KEEPS THE COMMUNITY CLEAN AND HEALTHY.

IT HELPS MITIGATE FLOODING BECAUSE OF, OF THE WAY THAT WE'RE ABLE TO MORE POSITIVELY DEAL WITH THE WASTE THAT WE GENERATE.

ONE OF THE KEY VALUES, ONE OF THE KEY ELEMENTS HERE IS THAT WASTE HAS A VALUE.

A LOT OF TIMES WE DON'T THINK ABOUT THAT, BUT MORE AND MORE RECYCLED PRODUCT HAS VALUE TO IT.

AND AND BY THROWING IT AWAY, WE'RE JUST THROWING AWAY VALUE.

AND, AND SO WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO RECAPTURE SOME OF THAT VALUE TO REDUCE THE COST.

AND THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY. LISTEN, LET ME BE CLEAR ABOUT THIS.

I'M NOT SAYING YOUR COSTS ARE GOING TO GO DOWN, BUT WHAT I AM SAYING IS THAT THE TRAJECTORY OF GOING UP IS GOING TO BE SLOWER AND LOWER THAN IT WOULD HAVE BEEN IF WE DO NOTHING. AND SO BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO BE RECAPTURING SOME OF THAT VALUE DOES CREATE MORE JOBS, BETTER JOBS. AND THIS IS CRITICAL. THE LONGER WE WAIT TO FIX IT, THE MORE EXPENSIVE IT'S GOING TO GET.

AND THAT'S WHY THIS IS REALLY CRITICAL RIGHT NOW.

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WE HAVE A REAL OPPORTUNITY ON THE TABLE TO BE ABLE TO FIX THIS PROBLEM, BEGIN THE JOURNEY.

LET ME PUT IT THIS WAY TO BEGIN THE JOURNEY TO FIX THIS PROBLEM.

IT'S NOT A IT'S NOT A PROBLEM WHERE WE CAN, YOU KNOW, FLIP THE LIGHT SWITCH AND IT'S GOING TO BE RESOLVED.

BUT WE CAN WE CAN TAKE A REAL STEP FORWARD TO BE ABLE TO RESOLVE THIS PROBLEM.

AND WHY IS IT IMPORTANT? THIS IS THIS IS WHAT I COME DOWN TO IS THAT LAST BULLET POINT, HONESTLY.

AS AS ELECTED OFFICIALS, OUR JOB IS TO MAKE OUR COMMUNITIES BETTER THAN THEY ARE RIGHT NOW.

AND THIS IS CRITICAL FOR THE NEXT GENERATION.

WE'VE GOT TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM. WE'VE REALLY GOT TO WORK ON THIS.

WE'VE GOT TO GIVE THEM SOMETHING THAT IS MORE POSITIVE AND MORE SUSTAINABLE GOING FORWARD.

SO YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T, WE CAN'T SOLVE THIS ALONE.

SO I'LL JUST, I'LL JUST KIND OF SUMMARIZE THESE INTO ONE POINT.

IT'S THE ECONOMY OF SCALE. IF WE'RE ALL GOING OUT THERE AS DIFFERENT MUNICIPALITIES WORKING ON OUR OWN CONTRACTS AND OUR OWN WAYS OF SOLVING THIS WE CAN WORK PRETTY GOOD DEALS BECAUSE WE STILL HAVE A FAIR AMOUNT OF, OF, OF SCALE. BUT WHEN WE COME TOGETHER AS A COUNTY AND ARE ABLE TO TAKE ALL THAT, THAT THAT POWER AND ALL OF THAT VOLUME AND GO TO OUR VENDORS WITH THAT VOLUME, COUNTY'S VOLUME, RATHER THAN JUST A MUNICIPALITY'S VOLUME, WE CAN WORK TOGETHER AND GET A MUCH BETTER PRICE ON THAT.

AND THAT'S JUST ECONOMICS. IT'S ACROSS THE BOARD.

AND SO BY WORKING TOGETHER, WE CAN WE CAN WORK TO, AS I SAID, I'M GOING TO SAY LOWER COST.

SAY AGAIN, IT'S NOT THAT WE'RE WE'RE LOWERING THE COST, BUT THAT THAT TRAJECTORY WILL BE MUCH, MUCH BETTER INTO THE FUTURE. SO WHAT ARE THE NEXT STEPS? SO IN OUR IN OUR, OUR SWAY EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING THAT WE'RE HAVING ON THE 26TH, WHICH IS NEXT FRIDAY, WE WILL BE GETTING TOGETHER AND, AND VOTING BOTH THERE AND WITH THE GOVERNING BOARD ON TWO THINGS.

AND THIS IS THIS IS IMPORTANT TO KIND OF UNDERSTAND THE KIND OF THE LINGO OF IT.

THERE'S TWO ELEMENTS. ONE IS THE MASTER PLAN AND THE OTHER IS THE FACILITIES AGREEMENT.

OKAY. SO THE MASTER PLAN IS THE PLAN ITSELF. AND THAT'S GOING TO BE THE SECOND PART OF WHAT I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT IS THE ACTUAL MASTER PLAN.

BUT THE MASTER PLAN IS ACTUALLY THE PLAN THAT WE'VE PUT TOGETHER AS AS THE ILA, THOSE 28 MUNICIPALITIES AND THE COUNTY TO COME UP WITH HOW WE'RE GOING TO DEAL WITH THIS.

THE SECOND PIECE IS A FACILITIES AGREEMENT, AND THAT IS WHAT IS GOING TO BE COMING BEFORE YOUR COMMISSION IS THAT FACILITIES AGREEMENT.

AND THE REASON WHY THAT IS KEY AND WHY WE NEED YOUR VOTE ON THAT IS BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THE BUYING THE FACILITIES IS WHERE THE MONEY COMES IN.

AND SO IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE PART OF, MAKE THAT FINAL CHOICE THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE PART OF THIS MASTER PLAN THAN ANY, ANY MUNICIPALITY, ANY COMMISSION IS GOING TO SAY, OKAY, SOUNDS LIKE A GREAT IDEA, BUT WHAT IS IT GOING TO COST ME? RIGHT? THAT'S THE KEY ELEMENT. AND SO WHEN THAT FACILITIES AGREEMENT COMES BEFORE YOU, THAT'S WHAT IT'S GOING TO SHOW YOU IS IT'S GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE COST.

I HAD GONE BACK AND FORTH. I'M GOING TO I'M GOING TO BE I'M TELLING YOU RIGHT NOW, I'M GOING TO BE VAGUE ON THE COST RIGHT NOW BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE FINALIZED ON THE MEETING ON THE 26TH. AND THAT'S WHY WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT. I'M NOT SURE IF YOU ALL WERE INVOLVED IN THAT, BUT BUT THERE WAS SOME TALK ABOUT WHETHER I COME TONIGHT OR WAIT UNTIL AFTER IT WAS IT WAS THE FACILITIES AGREEMENT WAS PUT TOGETHER.

I'M HAPPY TO COME BACK. I ENJOY YOUR MEETINGS.

IT WAS AN AWESOME MEETING. SO BUT BUT I'M GOING TO BE A LITTLE VAGUE.

I'LL JUST TELL YOU UP FRONT ON THE NUMBERS BECAUSE WE DON'T. IT HASN'T BEEN FINALIZED YET AND I DON'T WANT TO SAY ANYTHING THAT WOULD BE WRONG OR MISLEADING. I CAN TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, BUT THAT'S WHAT'S GOING TO BE COMING BEFORE YOU IN THE NEAR FUTURE IS THAT FACILITIES AGREEMENT.

SO YOU CAN SEE THE COST AND YOU CAN MAKE A DECISION.

NOW YOU'LL HAVE THE MASTER PLAN AND YOU'LL HAVE THE FACILITIES AGREEMENT THAT SAYS, HERE'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO, AND THIS IS WHAT IT'S GOING TO COST YOU. AND THEN YOU CAN MAKE AN INFORMED DECISION. OH, LET ME GO BACK.

ONE OTHER QUICK NOTE ON THAT. SO SO THE INTERESTING THING ABOUT THE ILA, THE ILA WAS A TWO YEAR AGREEMENT TO PULL TOGETHER THE MASTER PLAN.

OKAY. WE WORKED VERY DILIGENTLY, BUT WE WERE NOT ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH IT IN TWO YEARS.

SO ACTUALLY THE ILA, THE INITIAL TERM OF IT RAN OUT LAST AUGUST, BUT IT DID HAVE IN IT THE ABILITY TO EXTEND IT ONE MORE YEAR, WHICH WE DID. SO NOW IT GOES THROUGH AUGUST OF 2026.

THIS YEAR, THERE IS NO ELEMENT OF EXTENSION BEYOND THAT EITHER.

WE ACCOMPLISH THIS BY AUGUST OF THIS YEAR OR THE ILA DISSOLVES.

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SO THERE IS A VERY FIRM DEADLINE THERE. WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO, KNOWING THAT WE ALL LIVE IN SOUTH FLORIDA.

WE ALL KNOW SUMMERS ARE TOUGHER TO GET. MUNICIPALITIES TOGETHER.

SO WE'RE LOOKING VERY HARD. WE'RE GOING TO WORK VERY HARD TO GET ALL THESE VOTES DONE BY THE END OF JUNE.

THAT'S REALLY OUR GOAL. BUT WE WILL HAVE AN EXTRA 45, ABOUT AN EXTRA 45 DAYS TO BE ABLE TO FINISH IT UP IF WE NEED TO.

SO SO, BUT IT IS IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS A HARD DEADLINE IN AUGUST.

OKAY. SO THAT IS THE KIND OF THE BACKGROUND IN THE BEGINNING ON IT.

SO THE NEXT THING THAT I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT WAS THE MASTER PLAN ITSELF.

BEFORE MAYOR, WITH YOUR PERMISSION. BEFORE I GET INTO THAT, IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT I'VE SPOKEN OR CAN WE DO THAT OR WOULD YOU RATHER WAIT? I'M GOING TO ASK COMMISSIONER PATTERSON IF SHE WANTED TO SAY ANYTHING ABOUT THE PART OF THE PRESENTATION. YOU JUST GAVE.

BEFORE WE GO TO THE MASTER PLAN. THANK YOU. YEAH.

THANKS, MAYOR. I JUST WANTED TO PROVIDE SOME CONTEXT.

AS THE CITY'S APPOINTEE TO THE SOLID WASTE AUTHORITY.

I WANTED TO JUST INVITE THE MAYOR TO COME BY AND PROVIDE SOME PERSPECTIVE ON WHERE THE AUTHORITY IS.

I WAS APPOINTED RECENTLY. OBVIOUSLY, THIS COMMITTEE HAS BEEN WORKING FOR SEVERAL YEARS.

I BELIEVE, MAYOR, YOU SERVED. I BELIEVE MY PREDECESSOR SERVED AS WELL, COMING IN AT THE TAIL END OF THIS PROJECT.

IT'S A PRETTY HEAVY LIFT IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, INFORMING YOU GUYS ON WHAT'S TO WHAT'S TO COME.

I DIDN'T WANT ANYONE TO KIND OF BE CAUGHT OFF GUARD, AS I SAID EARLIER.

I DON'T LIKE TO I LIKE CLARITY. AND SO HERE WE ARE AGAIN, JUST MAKING SURE THAT YOU GUYS HAVE THE INFORMATION THAT YOU NEED SO THAT WHEN IT DOES COME TIME TO HAVE TO LEGISLATE ON THIS ITEM, YOU GUYS ARE INFORMED AND SO.

MAYOR. BRIGHT CUZ I BELIEVE HAS HAS BEEN ON THE COMMITTEE SINCE ITS INCEPTION AND HE HAS THE KNOWLEDGE, HISTORY AND ABILITY TO COMMUNICATE. YOU KNOW, THE, THE INITIATIVES OF THE COMMITTEE UP UNTIL THIS POINT AND I WANTED TO JUST MAKE HIM AVAILABLE SO THAT YOU GUYS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ASK QUESTIONS AND GAIN THE CLARITY THAT YOU MIGHT NEED.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SO TYPICALLY I LIKE THE PRESENTER TO FINISH THEIR PRESENTATION.

SO THIS WAY ALL QUESTIONS CAN BE ASKED AT ONE TIME.

PERFECT. IF YOU DON'T MIND. SO GO AHEAD. NO, NO. NO WORRIES. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

CAN WE DISPLAY THE THE MASTER PLAN? THAT IS THE POWERPOINT.

THERE WAS A SECOND DOCUMENT THAT WAS ATTACHED TO MY EMAIL THAT WE WERE GOING TO GO OVER.

IT WAS TANYA. THIS WAS A PDF, NOT A NOT A POWERPOINT.

I'D REALLY LIKE FOR YOU ALL TO BE ABLE TO SEE THAT BECAUSE THIS IS, THIS IS THE, THE ACTUAL DOCUMENT ITSELF.

SO WHAT WE'LL SEE WHEN WE, WHEN THAT COMES UP IS BASICALLY THE PLAN FROM A HIGH LEVEL, WE HAVE CONTRACTED WITH CONSULTANTS, REALLY A CONSORTIUM OF CONSULTANTS BECAUSE THEY ALL HAD DIFFERENT EXPERTISE AND THEY WERE BIDDING AGAINST EACH OTHER.

AND WE ENDED UP ASKING THEM TO COME TOGETHER AND BRING THEIR, THEIR EXPERTISE TOGETHER.

AND WHAT THEY DID WAS THEY CAME UP WITH FIVE DIFFERENT OPTIONS TO ACCOMPLISH OUR GOAL.

SOME OF THEM HAD INCINERATION WHICH WAS A REAL DIVIDER AMONG THE MUNICIPALITIES, BECAUSE CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES, AND I'LL SAY SOUTHWEST RANCHES WAS ONE OF THEM, WAS REALLY NOT AT ALL COMFORTABLE WITH BUILDING A NEW INCINERATOR.

AND SO SOME HAD INCINERATION, SOME DID NOT BASED ON SOME WOULD BE MORE COSTLY.

THE INCINERATION PIECE WAS ALSO CONCERNED BECAUSE IT WAS THE MOST COSTLY FACILITY.

LIKE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE FACILITIES AGREEMENT, THAT WOULD BE THE MOST COSTLY FACILITY TO INCLUDE IN THERE IF WE HAD IT. AND SO WHAT? AND, AND SOME OF THEM GOT US TO A HIGHER RECYCLING RATE THAN OTHERS.

AND SO THE ONE THAT WE SETTLED ON WAS A, WAS OPTION, I BELIEVE IT WAS A AND IT DID NOT HAVE ANY INCINERATION IN IT. AND IT, IT HAD ONE OF THE LOWER RECYCLING RATES, YOU'LL SEE WHEN WE GET, WHEN WE GET THE ACTUAL DOCUMENT UP THERE.

HOWEVER, I'VE ALWAYS LOOKED AT THIS AS A JOURNEY, NOT AS A.

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I KNOW WE SAY THAT ABOUT A LOT OF THINGS, BUT THIS REALLY IS. IT IS A JOURNEY.

WE, WE'RE THERE'S NO QUICK FIX TO THIS. WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS WE NEED TO GET BETTER AND BETTER AND BETTER AND BETTER AND HAVE A PLAN THAT WILL TAKE US AND ALLOW US TO GET BETTER AND BETTER AND BETTER.

SO SO THIS ONE HERE, I'M TAKING ALL THE THUNDER OUT OF THE, OUT OF THE DOCUMENT, BUT THAT'S ALL RIGHT.

THE, YOU KNOW, OUR, OUR CURRENT OR AT LEAST IN 2023, OUR RECYCLING RATE WAS ABOUT 39%.

THIS PLAN THE WAY IT IS, WILL GET US INTO THE LOW 60S, ABOUT 62%.

BUT FOR A LITTLE REFERENCE, 2023, WE WERE AT 39% IN 2024.

WE ACTUALLY SLIPPED. WE'RE STILL IN THE 30S, BUT WE ACTUALLY SLIPPED LOWER, WHICH JUST ADDS TO THE IMPETUS THAT WE'VE GOT TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS.

TECHNOLOGY IS GREAT WHEN IT WORKS, RIGHT? I KNOW, I KNOW.

QUICK QUESTION MAYOR OUT OF CURIOSITY, YOUR NEIGHBORING CITY OF PEMBROKE PINES.

I DON'T SEE THEM ON THE LIST. WHY WERE THEY NOT INVOLVED? SO I'VE HAD I'VE HAD A NUMBER OF CONVERSATIONS WITH MAYOR CASTILLO ON THAT.

AND THEIR CONCERN I, WE'RE, WE'RE GOING TO HOPEFULLY REVISIT WITH THEM BECAUSE THE CONCERN THAT HE EXPRESSED TO ME AND ACTUALLY EXPRESSED THIS IN A PUBLIC MEETING THAT WHEN IT WAS FIRST BEING DISCUSSED WAS THAT THEY WERE UNCOMFORTABLE COMMITTING MONEY TO THE ILA WHEN A PLAN HAD NOT BEEN DEVELOPED. IT'S KIND OF A CHICKEN AND EGG THING, RIGHT? WITHOUT THE MONEY, YOU CAN'T DEVELOP THE PLAN.

BUT NOW YOU'RE THROWING, YOU'RE YOU'RE PUTTING MONEY TOWARDS A PLAN THAT YOU DON'T KNOW HOW IT'S GOING TO TURN OUT.

AND SO THAT WAS WHAT HE EXPRESSED TO ME WAS THAT UNTIL THERE'S A PLAN, THEY JUST WERE NOT REALLY COMFORTABLE.

BEING ABLE TO SUPPORT IT AND INVEST THE MONEY IN IT.

SO I AM, I'M HOPING TO HAVE A FOLLOW UP CONVERSATION WITH HIM NOW THAT WE HAVE THE PLAN AND SEE SEE IF THEY WOULD BE WILLING TO JOIN ONCE AGAIN.

THEY'RE, THEY'RE A GREAT MUNICIPALITY. THEY'RE A BIG MUNICIPALITY.

THEY WOULD ADD TO THAT FLOW CONTROL AND THE VOLUME THERE AND, YOU KNOW, HELP US TO GET EVEN EVEN A BETTER PRICE.

SO IT WOULD BE GREAT IF THEY WOULD BE JOINING.

THANKS. IS THAT THE ONE I SENT? I THINK THAT MAY BE THE FULL DOCUMENT, WHICH MINE WAS A SUMMARY BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT TO GO CRAZY WITH IT.

AND NO, THIS IS NOT IT. YOU KNOW WHAT? NEVER MIND.

IT'S OKAY. THAT'S ALL RIGHT. I WILL, I WILL EXPRESS AND HOPEFULLY VISUALLY GIVE YOU THE, THE IMAGE OF WHAT, WHAT I'M TRYING TO EXPRESS HERE. ALL RIGHT. SO THE CURRENT OR IN 2023 THE TOTAL WASTE WAS ABOUT 5 MILLION POUNDS YOU KNOW, TONS, 5 MILLION TONS. AND AND OF COURSE THAT'S, THAT'S SPLIT UP AMONG A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS, C AND D CONSTRUCTION AND DEBRIS AND REGULAR SOLID WASTE AND RECYCLABLE ITEMS AND ITEMS THAT WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO BE RECYCLED.

AND FOOD WASTE, WE CAN COMPOST. AND SO, SO THE KEY FOR US WAS TO BE ABLE TO BREAK THAT DOWN AND COME UP WITH A SOLUTION FOR EACH ONE OF THOSE DIFFERENT ELEMENTS IN THE MOST POSITIVE, SUSTAINABLE WAY THAT WE COULD COME UP WITH. BECAUSE IF YOU BREAK THEM DOWN AND YOU SOLVE EACH ONE OF THOSE PROBLEMS, THEN YOU PUT IT TOGETHER, THEN YOU'VE SOLVED THE BIG PROBLEM. AND SO THAT WAS BASICALLY HOW WE APPROACHED IT.

WE, WE BROKE IT DOWN AND LOOKED AT EACH ONE OF THOSE ELEMENTS.

AND HOW IS THE BEST WAY TO, TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT? AND HOW'S THE BEST WAY TO RESOLVE EACH ONE OF THOSE? AND, AND SO THE, THE PLAN THAT WE CAME UP WITH CURRENTLY WHAT WE TRIED TO ALSO DO WAS TO MAXIMIZE THE FACILITIES THAT ARE ALREADY IN BROWARD COUNTY.

LET'S FACE IT, WE'RE ALL LOOKING AT THE SAME ISSUE THAT'S COMING DOWN FROM TALLAHASSEE.

SO WE CAN'T IGNORE THAT THAT, YOU KNOW, READY OR NOT, HERE IT COMES.

AND SO WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THAT AND UNDERSTAND THAT, THAT THIS SOLUTION HAS TO BE ABLE TO LOWER OUR COST.

THERE IT IS. AWESOME. AM I IN CONTROL OF THAT OR ARE YOU.

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I AM. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. I'M GOING TO JUST SKIP A LOT HERE.

WE TALKED WE HAVE THIS ON OUR DESKS AS WELL. OH, OKAY.

GREAT. OKAY. AWESOME. GOOD. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

SO THE ONLY THING I'M GOING TO JUST TOUCH ON THIS. SO THIS IS WHAT I MENTIONED EARLIER THAT WE WERE AT 39%.

WE'RE AROUND ANYONE. WE'RE IN THE THIRD. WE'RE STILL IN THE 30S, BUT IT'S LOWER.

THE GOAL THAT WAS SET BY TALLAHASSEE, THIS IS AN INTERESTING GOAL.

SO THE GOAL THAT WAS SET BY TALLAHASSEE WAS TO ACHIEVE 75% RECYCLING.

HOWEVER, THE GOAL WAS TO DO IT BY 2020. SO WE'RE WE STILL HAVE WORK TO DO.

BUT WE'RE WORKING ON IT, RIGHT? THAT'S WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT. THAT'S THE MAKEUP OF THE S.W.A.

THIS IS WHAT I WAS LOOKING AT BEFORE. SO. SO THIS IS LIKE THE 4.9 MILLION TONNES THAT WE GENERATE FROM A POPULATION OF JUST UNDER 2 MILLION PEOPLE. YOU CAN YOU CAN SEE TODAY BASICALLY WHAT HAPPENS TO IT.

YOU KNOW, HALF A MILLION TONNES GOES TO THE WASTE TO ENERGY PLANT AND YOU CAN SEE HOW IT ALL GOES.

I'M NOT GOING TO IT'S LATE. THIS IS WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT AS FAR AS BREAKING DOWN THE DIFFERENT TYPES.

WELL, THE INTERESTING THING HERE I WILL POINT OUT ONE THING HERE. SO IF YOU LOOK.

SO BEFORE WE WERE AT 4.89, ALMOST JUST UNDER 5 MILLION TONNES, IF THIS IS THAT WAS 23.

HERE'S THE PROJECTION FOR 25. IT'S 5.3 MILLION TONNES 2065, 7.2 MILLION.

OBVIOUSLY IT JUST CONTINUES TO GET BIGGER. LET'S SEE.

SO I'M GOING TO ON PAGE NINE, I'M JUST GOING TO MAKE A COUPLE.

SO THIS IS WHERE KIND OF WHERE I WAS AT. WE HAVE A LOT OF FACILITIES THAT ARE ALREADY OUT THERE.

THEY ARE, ARE BEING USED IN DIFFERENT WAYS FOR DIFFERENT THINGS.

SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE GONE OUT TO THE NEW MURPH THAT WAS JUST OPENED UP BY W.M.

BRAND NEW RECYCLING FACILITY, WHICH IS HAS AI IN IT.

IT'S FAR SUPERIOR TO ANYTHING THAT'S CERTAINLY HERE IN SOUTH FLORIDA, BUT FRANKLY, IT'S ONE OF THE TOP 2 OR 3 IN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY.

BRAND NEW. SO IT'S SO THAT'S SO, SO HERE'S, HERE'S THE DEAL.

SO WHEN WE FIRST STARTED THIS PROJECT, WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS GOING TO BE OUT THERE.

AND SO WE LOOKED AT POTENTIALLY BUILDING SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

NOW THAT W.M. IS THERE AND THEY'VE BUILT IT ALL.

WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO DO IS CONTRACT WITH THEM.

SO IT'S LIKE A HUGE EXPENSE THAT WE DON'T NEED TO.

WE DON'T NEED TO SPEND. AND THAT'S WHY YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THE FACILITIES AGREEMENT IS GOING TO BE VERY REASONABLE WHEN IT COMES BEFORE YOU, BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO BE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THAT FACILITY ALONG WITH ALL THESE OTHER LITTLE LINES, WHICH ARE ALL LITTLE FACILITIES AS WELL. ALL RIGHT, SO HERE I'M JUST GOING TO TOUCH ON THE, THE KEY, THE KEY POLICIES HERE REAL BRIEFLY, I'VE ALREADY SAID A LITTLE BIT.

SO THIS IS KIND OF LIKE GUIDED OUR, OUR, OUR MASTER PLAN IS THAT IT'S A 40 YEAR HORIZON.

WE'RE NOT LOOKING AT A FIVE YEAR DEAL. THIS IS LIKE A 40 YEAR HORIZON.

IF WE NEED TO DO OUT OF COUNTY DISPOSAL, WE CAN, BUT WE WANT IT TO AS MUCH AS WE CAN TO BE ABLE TO YOU KNOW, DICTATE OUR OWN, OUR OWN DESTINY HERE MAXIMIZE OUR EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE.

THAT'S WHAT I WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT. SO ENACT ANNUAL ASSESSMENTS TO RECOVER THE COSTS.

SO. SO I WANT TO TALK ABOUT COSTS. WHAT I WHAT I DO KNOW AND WHAT I CAN SHARE WITH YOU.

SO RIGHT NOW FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, YOU'VE PROBABLY SEEN IN YOUR BUDGET WHERE THERE HAS BEEN A PAYMENT THAT WAS MADE TO THE SWA FOR ALL THE WORK THAT WE'VE BEEN, WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON AND HAVE ACCOMPLISHED.

AND THAT'S BEEN BASED ON THE POPULATION OF TAMARAC COMPARED TO ALL THE OTHER MUNICIPALITIES.

AND SO THE HIGHER THE POPULATION, THE HIGHER THE AMOUNT WAS THAT WE REQUESTED, BECAUSE BASICALLY, IN THE LONG RUN, THAT WOULD BE HOW THE BENEFIT.

HOWEVER, AS WE MOVE OUT OF THIS PLANNING PHASE AND INTO AN EXECUTION PHASE, THAT'S GOING TO CHANGE.

OKAY. AND WHAT WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TOWARDS IS A AND THIS IS WHERE IT GETS A LITTLE GRAY.

SO PLEASE DON'T QUOTE ME ON THIS, BUT THIS IS THE DIRECTION WE'RE GOING IS IT'S GOING TO GO MORE TOWARDS WHAT YOU'RE DOING TODAY, WHICH IS PROBABLY I'M ASSUMING IT'S WHAT WE DO, I THINK, IS WHAT VIRTUALLY ALL THE MUNICIPALITIES DO IS YOU PAY BY TON.

SO IT'S GOING TO BE BASED ON THE TONNAGE THAT YOU THE TIPPING FEE BASICALLY THAT FOR THE MORE DEBRIS THAT'S CREATED, THE MORE IT'S GOING TO COST. THAT'S THE MOTIVATION.

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THAT'S THE MOTIVATION TO MOVE TOWARDS A MORE SUSTAINABLE, RECYCLABLE SOLUTION, RIGHT? TO BE ABLE, THAT'S HOW WE CAN ALL KIND OF CONTROL OUR OWN DESTINY BY DOING THE RIGHT THING AND MOVING IN THAT DIRECTION.

SO WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET THAT SAME FEE THAT YOU'VE BEEN PAYING THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. YOU'LL PROBABLY GET IT ONE MORE YEAR AS WE FINISH THIS UP, BUT THEN WE'RE GOING TO MOVE AWAY FROM THAT. PLAY.

YEAH. BUT FIRST, SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE OBVIOUSLY HAVE THE WE WANT TO PROTECT THE PROPERTIES.

ANY FACILITIES AROUND HERE. WE WANT TO PROTECT IT. THE RESIDENTS THAT ARE AROUND IT.

AND AND THE SIXTH ONE IS MORE FROM A, A I THINK MORE FROM A COUNTY STANDPOINT THAT THEY MAY DO SOME MANDATORY THINGS TO FORCE THE COMMUNITY TO DO SOME OF THE RIGHT THINGS.

ALL RIGHT. I'M GOING TO SKIP ON THAT. I'M JUST GOING TO TOUCH ON THIS BECAUSE I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.

THESE ARE THE PRIORITIES. WE'VE GOT TO CHANGE BEHAVIOR.

I CAN'T TELL YOU OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS HOW MANY CONVERSATIONS I'VE HAD WHERE THERE'S JUST A LOT OF EDUCATION THAT NEEDS TO GO ON BECAUSE A LOT OF FOLKS DEPENDING ON WHERE THEY LIVE IN THE COUNTY, THEY HAVE TOTALLY DIFFERENT RECYCLING TYPE RULES OR YOU MAY NOT RECYCLE AT ALL.

YOU MAY HAVE A RECYCLE WHERE IT'S A DROP OFF POINT, YOU MAY HAVE A RECYCLE WHERE IT'S, YOU KNOW, PICKED UP AT YOUR CURB. AND SO THERE'S A LOT OF A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT.

THERE'S A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT, I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MANY CONVERSATIONS I'VE HAD WHERE PEOPLE HAVE SAID, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT TO RECYCLE.

IT DOESN'T MATTER. IT'S ALL GOING INTO THE LANDFILL ANYWAY, I WAS LIKE, NO, NO, NO IT'S NOT.

WE'RE ACTUALLY THIS IS THIS IS THIS IS WORKING AGAIN.

YOU KNOW, AND SO THERE'S A LOT OF EDUCATION AND A LOT OF CHANGE IN BEHAVIOR.

IT'S TOUGH WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU HAVEN'T BEEN RECYCLING.

IT'S TOUGH TO CHANGE THAT BEHAVIOR. THE ECONOMIES OF SCALE.

I'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT. THAT'S KEY. THE MORE MUNICIPALITIES WE CAN GET SIGNED ON, THE MORE BENEFIT WE WILL ALL, ALL BE ABLE TO RECEIVE. LEVERAGING THE EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE.

I TALKED ABOUT THAT AND HARMONIZE THE SERVICES SO THAT BASICALLY THE SERVICES WILL BE THE SAME ACROSS THE COUNTY SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE THIS CONFUSION ANY LONGER. OKAY. LAST SLIDE I'M GOING TO TOUCH ON.

THIS IS, THIS IS BASICALLY AS CLOSE AND I, THERE'S ALREADY CHANGES TO THIS.

SO BECAUSE THIS, THIS PARTICULAR PRESENTATION WAS PUT OUT I THINK IN DECEMBER.

AND SO THERE ARE SOME MODIFICATIONS TO IT, BUT I'M JUST GOING TO DO THE HIGH POINTS.

SO. SO BASICALLY WHAT YOU'RE, WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE WHEN THAT FACILITIES AGREEMENT COMES OUT IS VERY FEW FACILITIES. BASICALLY WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE IS SOME SOME DROP OFF CENTERS, WHICH ARE ONE OF THE LEAST COSTLY FACILITIES THAT'S GOING TO BE OUT THERE. AND THEN ASIDE FROM THAT THERE MAY BE A FEW ODDS AND ENDS DEPENDING ON HOW IT ALL FALLS OUT, BUT THE TRANSFER STATIONS, WE LOOKED AT THOSE.

YOU CAN SEE THERE'S SOME LISTED THERE. THEY'VE BEEN ELIMINATED AFTER WE LOOKED AT IT AND WERE REALLY WERE ABLE TO GET INTO THE NITTY GRITTY OF HOW THIS WOULD REALLY WORK.

WE DETERMINE THOSE TRANSFER STATIONS ARE NOT NOT NEEDED LANDFILLS, ANYTHING.

WHAT WE NEED WE'VE ALREADY GOT WE HAVE THE SINGLE STREAM MURF.

I JUST TALKED ABOUT THAT. THAT'S WHAT IT WAS. W.M.

JUST FINISHED THEIR WORK ON, SO WE DON'T NEED TO BUILD THAT UP.

WE ARE GOING TO BE DOING SOME THINGS FOR MULCH AND FOR FOR BIOCHAR.

WE'RE GOING TO BE. ONE OF THE ELEMENTS WE WANTED TO DO WAS WE WANTED TO DO TO TO DO THIS RIGHT.

WE'VE GOT TO DO NEWER TECHNOLOGIES. YOU KNOW, OLD TECHNOLOGY IS EITHER BURIED OR YOU BURN IT.

WELL, THERE'S, THERE'S BETTER TECHNOLOGIES OUT THERE, BUT THERE'S, THERE'S A FINE LINE THERE BECAUSE THERE'S ALWAYS A NEW, BETTER IDEA, BUT WE DON'T WANT TO BE CHASING IDEAS THAT THEN CRUMBLE.

AND WE'VE WASTED A LOT OF MONEY ON IT. SO WE'RE LOOKING FOR THOSE IDEAS THAT ARE PROVEN THEY'RE NEW.

THEY MAY NOT BE USED ACROSS THE BOARD. SO THEY'RE NEWER, BUT THEY ARE BEING USED AND THEY ARE, THEY ARE BEING SUCCESSFULLY IMPLEMENTED. BIOCHAR IS ONE OF THOSE.

MIAMI-DADE HAS JUST STARTED THEIR, THEIR BIOCHAR FACILITIES AND C AND D, C AND D IS WE'RE NOT WE DON'T NEED A NEW FACILITIES FOR THAT. BUT IT IS ONE OF THE BIG THINGS THAT WE'RE ABLE TO.

IT'S WHERE, IT'S WHERE THE TONNAGE IS, RIGHT.

I MEAN, C AND D IS THE CONSTRUCTION AND DEBRIS AND DEMOLITION DEBRIS.

AND SO THERE'S A LOT OF TONNAGE THERE. AND SO THAT'S IF YOU WANT TO BUMP UP THAT 39%, THAT'S BY WEIGHT.

THAT'S A, THAT'S A BIG LOW HANGING FRUIT THAT WE CAN DO IT.

SO WITH ALL THAT SAID THAT'S GENERALLY THE MASTER PLAN.

THE FACILITY'S AGREEMENT IS COMING UP. AND I THINK IT'S CRITICAL FOR OUR, FOR EACH OF OUR

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COMMUNITIES, FOR BROWARD COUNTY AS A WHOLE THAT WE DO COME TOGETHER AND SUPPORT THIS MASTER PLAN.

I'LL SAY THIS IN CLOSING, THAT IF YOU GO BACK 25, 30 YEARS AGO, BROWARD COUNTY AND PALM BEACH COUNTY WERE IN VERY SIMILAR SITUATIONS AND BROWARD COUNTY ATTEMPTED TO COME TOGETHER.

BUT THEY DID IT IN A WAY THAT IT WAS NON-BINDING.

PALM BEACH COUNTY CAME TOGETHER IN A WAY THAT WAS BINDING.

TODAY, IF YOU LOOK AT IT, PALM BEACH COUNTY IS VERY CLOSE TO THAT 75%, AND WE'RE IN THE MID 30S.

WE'VE GOT TO DO THIS IN A WAY THAT WE ALL COME TOGETHER AND WE'VE GOT TO DO THIS FOR THE NEXT GENERATION.

I DON'T WANT TO I DON'T WANT TO OVERSTATE THAT. BUT I DON'T THINK I CAN OVERSTATE THAT WE'VE LOST THIS.

THIS, I HONESTLY BELIEVE IS ONE OF OUR LAST OPPORTUNITIES TO REALLY DO THIS.

RIGHT. AND THEN THE COST IS JUST GOING TO GET OUT OF CONTROL.

SO I'LL STOP THERE. IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, I'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER.

WELL, I APPRECIATE, I BELIEVE WE ALL DO. SOME OF THE COMMENTS ARE FOR STUFF WE CAN TALK ABOUT PLANNING THE FUTURE.

I ALSO THINK WE'RE A LITTLE DIFFERENT PATH THAN PALM BEACH, AREN'T WE? DIDN'T WE DO A DIFFERENT STRUCTURE? WE DID A DIFFERENT STRUCTURE, RIGHT? BUT OURS FELL APART BECAUSE OF THAT. RIGHT. SO WE'RE ON AN ISLA VERSUS A 163 WITH A SEPARATE DEPARTMENT.

SO WE'RE NOT EVEN ON THE SAME PLANE RIGHT NOW AS PALM BEACH.

CORRECT. AS COMMISSIONER PATTERSON. I SERVED ON THAT COMMITTEE FROM ALMOST THE BEGINNING OF WHEN IT WAS GOING DOWN AND SEPARATING THE FIGHT WITH THE COUNTY, GOING THROUGH THE FIGHT WITH THE COUNTY, GOING THIS WAY, GOING THAT WAY, AND WHICHEVER WAY AND SEVERAL PEOPLE IN BETWEEN.

SO IT'S TAKEN US A REALLY LONG TIME TO GET OUT OF OUR OWN PAPER BAG.

SO I DON'T THINK IT'S BEEN RECYCLED. BUT ANYWHO, THE PURPOSE OF TONIGHT, THE ASK IS SPECIFICALLY WHAT? SO THE ASK I WOULD NOT I WOULD NOT ASK YOU TO APPROVE THE FACILITIES AGREEMENT UNTIL YOU'VE SEEN IT.

SO MY ASK IS THIS. YEAH. IT'S RIDICULOUS. I WOULDN'T DO THAT AS A MAYOR OF MY TOWN EITHER.

SO HERE'S MY ASK IS TO BE IF REQUESTS THAT YOU GIVE.

I'VE GIVEN YOU THE OVERVIEW OF THE MASTER PLAN, THAT YOU TAKE THE TIME TO REVIEW THE MASTER PLAN AND THAT THE FACILITY'S AGREEMENT IS GOING TO BE AVAILABLE IN THE NEXT TEN DAYS THAT YOU REVIEW THAT AS WELL, AND THAT SOMETIME IN THE NEXT 60 DAYS THAT YOU PUT IT ON THAT FACILITY'S AGREEMENT ON YOUR AGENDA FOR CONSIDERATION AND VOTE FOR THAT. MY ASK IS THAT YOU? I HOPE THAT AFTER YOU REVIEW ALL THAT, YOU'LL SEE THE BENEFIT OF IT.

BUT MY ASK IS THAT IT APPEAR ON YOUR AGENDA SO YOU CAN VOTE ON IT.

OKAY. AND IF I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY, THE FACILITY'S AGREEMENT IS AN $85,000 ASK OF OUR CITY TO BE A PART OF THE ILA FOR ANOTHER YEAR.

OKAY, LET ME CLARIFY THAT BECAUSE. OKAY, OKAY. BECAUSE YEAH, THAT'S THAT'S SO THE THE 85,000 IS NOT, IS NOT PART OF THE FACILITIES AGREEMENT. THE 85,000 IS PART OF THE, THE CURRENT ILA AGREEMENT TO SUSTAIN THE ILA THROUGH THIS FINAL PHASE, THE, THE FACILITY'S AGREEMENT IS GOING TO GIVE YOU THE COST OF ACTUALLY BEING, IMPLEMENTING AND BEING A PART OF THE MASTER PLAN.

SO THAT COST IS MAN, I HATE TO, I HATE TO THROW A NUMBER OUT THERE, BUT I KNOW THAT'S FINE.

SO BASICALLY THE ASK IS TWOFOLD BECAUSE WE NEED TO APPROVE WHETHER OR NOT WE'RE GOING TO BE A PART OF THIS MAIN PART OF THE ILA FOR FACILITATING, FOR WORKING ON THIS AGREEMENT FOR ANOTHER YEAR TO FACILITATE THE FACILITIES AGREEMENT AND THEN DETERMINE THROUGH THIS FACILITIES AGREEMENT, WHETHER OR NOT WE'RE GOING TO BE PART OF THE 28 COUNTY CITIES IN THE COUNTY THAT ARE GOING TO GO THROUGH WHATEVER TIPPING.

YEAH, YEAH, THAT'S A GOOD WAY TO PUT IT. SO SO THE THERE'S TWO, TWO SEPARATE THINGS, BUT YES, EXACTLY. SO, SO THE THAT 85,000 IS, IS BEEN PART OF YOUR BUDGET FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS.

WE ARE REQUESTING THAT YOU WOULD, YOU WOULD DO THAT AGAIN, A THIRD YEAR, THIRD AND FINAL YEAR BECAUSE IT ENDS IN AUGUST.

SO IT'S, IT'S A FINAL YEAR. OBVIOUSLY SOME OF THAT MONEY WILL THEN ALL OF THAT MONEY THEN WILL GO TOWARDS

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IMPLEMENTING THE MASTER PLAN, ASSUMING THAT IT, IT PASSES, RIGHT.

SO BASICALLY RIGHT NOW YOU'VE GIVEN US YOUR ASK, WE DON'T NEED TO HAVE CONSENSUS ON ANY OF THIS.

CORRECT. CITY ATTORNEY, CITY MANAGER, CITY CLERK IF DO WE NEED TO HAVE CONSENSUS THAT WE WILL AGREE TO REVIEW IT? AND THEN 60 DAYS BRING IT BEFORE US. DO WE NEED THAT? I DON'T THINK I MEAN, WE'LL WAIT UNTIL WE GET A DRAFT OF THE PROPOSED AGREEMENT AND THEN MANAGER AND I, WE COULD BRING IT UP TO THE COMMISSION. YEAH.

I THINK THAT'S THE BEST WAY. THAT'S FINE. SO I THINK THEN.

YEAH. I MEAN I DON'T DISAGREE WITH THAT. I WOULD, I WOULD, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE A COMMITMENT OR A CONSENSUS THAT YOU WOULD CONSIDER IT IN THE NEXT 60 DAYS JUST BECAUSE IT'S EASY TO PUSH THINGS.

WELL, THE CITY IS VERY MUCH AWARE OF THE TIMEFRAME, THE SENSITIVITY OF THE NATURE OF HAVING TO BE ABLE TO GET IT DONE, AND THAT WE ARE PART OF THE 28 IN THIS GROUP IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT IT RUNS SMOOTHLY.

SO I THINK WE ALL GOT THAT. AND I THINK THAT TIME FRAME IS, IS DEFINITELY AMONGST ALL OF US TO KNOW.

BUT I'M JUST BEFORE YOU GO, I'M GOING TO OPEN IT UP TO MY COLLEAGUES IN CASE I HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

COMMISSIONER PATTERSON, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NO, I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, BUT I APPRECIATE YOU, MAYOR, FOR COMING OUT AND ASSISTING WITH THE WITH THE CONVERSATION. AND TO YOUR TO, TO THE REGARDING THE EXCHANGE THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY HAVING I AGREE WITH THE MAYOR.

I THINK THAT WE, WE, WE'VE KIND OF ALREADY INTERNALLY HAD SOME DISCUSSIONS THE CITY ADMINISTRATION HAS COMMITTED TO ENSURING THAT, YOU KNOW, AN ITEM IS PREPARED TIMELY SO THAT THE AUTHORITY DOES HAVE BUY IN AND WEIGH IN FROM TAMARAC.

SO THIS WAS REALLY MORE FOR AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, INFORMATIONAL IN NATURE SO THAT YOU GUYS ARE PREPARED AND HAVE THE INFORMATION NECESSARY IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO CONSIDER AN ITEM. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. SEEING NO OTHER QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS FROM OUR, MY COLLEAGUES, I WILL SAY THANK YOU ON OUR BEHALF.

TRAVEL SAFELY BACK HOME. WE STILL HAVE MORE TO GO.

WE HAVE THREE MORE ITEMS. YOU'RE WELCOME TO STAY. YOU ALL WILL HANDLE IT PERFECTLY WELL, I APPRECIATE THAT. I HAVE BEEN ASKED SEVERAL TIMES FOR SOME BATHROOM BREAKS, SO IT IS 1043. WE WILL BE BACK HERE AT 1055. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE'RE IN RECESS. ALL RIGHT, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IT IS 1055.

WE ARE BACK ON THE RECORD, AND WE ARE READY TO GO.

I THINK WE HOPE AS WE GO NOW TO ONE OF THE ITEMS ON THE AGENDA.

I'M GOING TO MOVE UP. I'M GOING TO MOVE UP THE LAST ITEM, WHICH IS 11 E PRESENTATION DISCUSSION ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A FORMAL SISTER CITIES

[11.e Presentation & Discussion on the establishment of a formal Sister City Partnership. Presented by Sister Cities Committee Members, Jay Koutcher (Chair), Peter Mason, and Trisha Soman.(Part 1 of 2)]

PARTNERSHIP. IT'S BEEN REQUESTED THAT I MOVE THAT UP TO B WHERE WE WOULD HAVE ORIGINALLY HAD 11 B.

SO ON THAT NOTE, I'M GOING TO ASK OUR SISTER CITIES COMMITTEE MEMBERS J.

KUSHNER, WHO IS OUR CHAIR, AND PETER MASON AND TRICIA SCHULMAN FOR SOMAN COME TO THIS PODIUM PLEASE.

I KNOW HE IS, BUT THESE ARE VOLUNTEERS THAT ARE COMING BEFORE US RIGHT NOW.

SO. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR. TANYA, YOU WEREN'T ON MY LIST.

MAYOR COMMISSIONERS. BEFORE THE COMMITTEE'S PRESENTATION, I'LL JUST LIKE TO JUST GIVE A QUICK, BRIEF BACKGROUND OF OF THE COMMITTEE. IT WAS ESTABLISHED IN ON FEBRUARY 23RD, 2021 BY RESOLUTION.

AND THE CORE PURPOSE OF THE COMMITTEE WAS TO CONDUCT RESEARCH FOR POTENTIAL SISTER CITIES PARTNERSHIPS.

AND THE MAIN ELEMENT FOR THIS EFFORT IS TO BUILD INTERNATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS THROUGH MUTUAL SUPPORT AND CULTURAL EDUCATION AND ECONOMIC EXCHANGES.

SO IN A NUTSHELL, THE COMMITTEE'S ROLE WAS TO CONDUCT RESEARCH AND THEN RENDER A RECOMMENDATION TO THE, TO THE COMMISSION. I WANTED TO JUST PROVIDE A QUICK UPDATE AS IT RELATES TO THE COMMITTEE ACTIVITIES.

I HAVE TO SAY, SINCE 2021, THE COMMITTEE EXPERIENCED SEVERAL MEMBERSHIP CHALLENGES AS IT RELATES TO MEETING QUORUMS AND ADVANCING THE WORK OF, OF, OF THE COMMITTEE AS IT RELATES TO RESEARCH.

I ALSO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT IN 2021, THE CITIES IDENTIFIED FOR RESEARCH WAS KINGSTON, JAMAICA, PORT AU PRINCE, HAITI, CORINTO, NICARAGUA, AMELIA, ITALY, AND SANTANDER, SPAIN.

AND OVER THE, I WOULD SAY, THE YEARS AND THE THE COMMITTEE'S RESEARCH, THE THE LIST EVOLVED TO INCLUDE PICKERING,

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CANADA. AND YOU'LL HEAR MORE ABOUT THAT. AND AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE MEENA WILSON GALLIMORE, WHO IS THE STAFF LIAISON FOR, YOU KNOW, ADVANCING AND HELPING THE COMMITTEE REACH THIS POINT.

THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING AGAIN, MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, CITY CLERK, CITY MANAGER, CITY ATTORNEY AND ALL THOSE WHO STILL DECIDED TO STAY WITH US TONIGHT.

IT IS A PLEASURE. LET ME START OFF WITH ONE MAJOR QUESTION.

WHAT IS THE SISTER CITY AS FAR AS TAMARAC IS CONCERNED? THIS IS OUR FIRST ABILITY TO APPROACH YOU AS A GROUP TO TELL YOU WHAT WE DO AND WHAT WE HAVE DONE AND WHAT WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO DO. WE HAVE HAD ZERO FUNDS FROM DAY ONE.

WE'VE HAD NO FUNDS UP UNTIL THIS POINT. WE HAVE BEEN IN TOUCH WITH OTHER GROUPS THAT OBVIOUSLY HAVE CARDS, HAVE HANDOUTS, HAVE TRI FOLDS, HAVE INFORMATION WHICH WE CAN PASS ON.

PERSONALLY, I'VE BEEN TO MANY CEREMONIES AND MET MANY PEOPLE FROM OTHER GROUPS, FROM SISTER CITIES.

THE FACT OF IT IS, IS THAT WE HAVE BEEN SO FAR BEHIND BECAUSE EVERY TIME WE HAVE THE PLEASURE OF AN ELECTION AND WE HAVE A MAYOR AND OR COMMISSIONER COME IN, THE PERSON USUALLY HAS NOT USUALLY ALWAYS HAS RE APPOINTED A NEW MEMBER. SO THE MEMBER THAT MADE ALL THE DIFFERENCE AND MADE A LOT OF HEADWAY IS NO LONGER WITH THE GROUP BECAUSE THE APPOINTMENT IS NOT THERE. I HAVE THE HONOR BECAUSE I WAS SELECTED THROUGH THE MAYOR AT LARGE, TO STILL BE WITH THIS GROUP AND STILL WANT TO SEE SOMETHING HAPPEN WITH IT, FOR IT. AGAIN, WE HAVE NOT HAD THE ABILITY TO BE SELF-SUSTAINING AND MONEY TO DO ANY PRINTING OR GET ANYTHING DONE. WHAT IS HIS SISTER CITY? SISTER CITIES IS THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN TOWNS, CITIES AND COUNTRIES WORLDWIDE.

IT'S A BROAD BASED, LONG TERM PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN TWO DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES IN TWO DIFFERENT STATES OR COUNTRIES, AND THEIR PURPOSE IS TO PROMOTE AND CREATE MUTUAL RESPECT AND COOPERATION AND ASSISTANCE.

AND FORGIVE ME, GUYS, I KNOW THIS WAS HANDED.

I HAVE NO IDEA HOW TO WORK IT. SO IF I HAVE ASSISTANCE.

THANK YOU. ONE EYES HALF CLOSED, THE OTHER IS FULLY OPEN.

I JUST WANT EVERYBODY TO BE AWARE, AND I'M SURE MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION FEEL ABOUT THE SAME WAY.

A CITY MAY HAVE ANY NUMBER OF SISTER CITIES WITH COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT AND A WIDE RANGE OF VOLUNTEERS.

SISTER CITIES IS AN INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION OF WHICH TAMARAC IS A MEMBER, AND WE HAVE THAT HONOR. HOWEVER, AS I LOOK THROUGH THE LIST OF SISTER CITIES ON THE MAIN WEB PAGE FOR SISTER CITIES INTERNATIONAL, THERE'S VERY FEW CITIES THAT DO NOT ALREADY HAVE AN ESTABLISHED FRIENDSHIP OR SISTER CITY ASSOCIATION.

WE HAVEN'T HAD THAT ABILITY TO DO IT YET. WHAT'S THE MISSION? THE MISSION IS TO PROMOTE PEACE THROUGH MUTUAL RESPECT, TRADE, UNDERSTANDING AND COOPERATION.

ONE INDIVIDUAL, ONE COMMUNITY AT A TIME. THE MOTTO OF SISTER CITIES INTERNATIONAL IS CONNECT GLOBALLY THRIVE LOCALLY. FOOD FOR THOUGHT.

SISTER. CITIES. STRUCTURE. THE PROGRAMS MAY INCLUDE PARTICIPATION FROM A RANGE OF COMMUNITY AND INSTITUTIONAL PARTNERS.

DEPENDING ON HOW THE INDIVIDUAL PROGRAM IS STRUCTURED, THE POSSIBLE PARTICIPANTS MAY INCLUDE MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVES.

HI GUYS, YOUR REPRESENTATIVES, EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS AND THEIR REPRESENTATIVES, NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS. CIVIC OR CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS.

BACKGROUND. WHAT'S THE PURPOSE OF A SISTER CITY TO STRENGTHEN INTERNATIONAL CULTURAL TIES, ENCOURAGE BUSINESS AND TRADE COLLABORATION. EXPAND EDUCATIONAL AND YOUTH EXCHANGE OPPORTUNITIES.

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PROMOTE TOURISM AND SHARED VISIBILITY. BUILD LONG TERM COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS.

STEPS FOR ESTABLISHING A SISTER CITY. STEP ONE PLANNING.

ESTABLISHING A COMMUNITY COMMITTEE. TWO RESEARCH RESEARCHING THE POTENTIAL FRIENDSHIP CITY AND THEN SISTER CITY FOR A LONG TERM PARTNERSHIP. JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, WE ARE LOOKING FOR A FRIENDSHIP CITY TO BE ABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS AGREEMENTS THAT ARE IMPORTANT, BE THEY NATIONAL, INTERNATIONAL OR STATE TO STATE, BECAUSE ALL OF THIS IS RECOGNIZED. IT DOES NOT HAVE TO BE ONE COUNTRY TO ANOTHER, AS WE HAVE BEEN ASKED TO DO.

YOU CAN HAVE STATE TO STATE THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES.

THREE. ESTABLISH LINES OF COMMUNICATION. CONTACTING PROSPECTIVE SISTER CITY COMMUNITIES AND THEIR REPRESENTATIVES FOR CORRESPONDENCE. LEARNING ABOUT EACH OTHER'S COMMUNITIES.

FIVE. DEVELOP A PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT FORMALIZING THAT RELATIONSHIP.

SIX. IT'S CALLED THE SIGNING CEREMONY. ONCE BOTH COMMUNITIES HAVE APPROVED THE AGREEMENT, THE TWO HIGHEST RANKING OFFICIALS THAT ARE AVAILABLE WILL SIGN THE DOCUMENTS.

SEVEN. IMPLEMENTATION AND EVALUATION. IMPLEMENT PROGRAMS AND PLAN EXCHANGES OUTLINING THE COOPERATIVE PLAN THAT WAS DEVELOPED BETWEEN THESE TWO AREAS.

THAT'S MY PORTION. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING. I HOPE YOU'RE STILL AWAKE.

GOOD EVENING, PETER MASON, CORAL SPRINGS. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.

THE COMPARATIVE COMPATIBILITY CRITERIA FOR THIS WAS FIVE CITIES WERE RESEARCHED AND EVALUATED USING THE FOLLOWING COMPATIBILITY FACTORS. EDUCATIONAL COLLABORATIONS. CULTURAL CONNECTIONS.

THANK YOU. DO YOU WANT TO STAY THERE? ECONOMIC COMPATIBILITY.

CONNECTIVITY. HUMAN RIGHTS COMPATIBILITY. SO AFTER LOOKING AT THIS CRITERIA, WE'VE COME UP WITH TWO RECOMMENDATIONS FOR YOU TO LOOK AT AND PICKERING, CANADA, THREE HOURS AWAY WITH A DIRECT FLIGHT 1500 MILES AWAY IN ONTARIO, CANADA.

LET'S HAVE A LOOK AT THE COMPARISONS. SO THERE ARE LARGER CITY 43,000 DIFFERENCE SUBURBAN MUNICIPAL GOVERNANCE, SIMILAR TO TAMARAC HIGHLY MULTICULTURAL CITY.

SO IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, WE WILL DO ANOTHER JUST LOOK AT OUR COMPARISONS.

SO IT IS A VERY DIVERSE COMMUNITY MIXED SUBURBAN WITH NATURAL AREAS, WATERFRONT FESTIVALS AND MULTICULTURAL CELEBRATIONS, ART FESTS. THEY ACTUALLY PULLED 89,000 OVER 50 EVENTS AND THEY HAVE A MULTICULTURAL EVENT WITH OVER 3300.

STRONG SUBURBAN COMMERCIAL GROWTH, SUPPORTED BY THE AJAX PICKERING BOARD OF TRADE OR BUSINESS, VERY SIMILAR TO THE TAMARAC NORTH LAUDERDALE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE MEMBERS.

THEY HAVE OVER 600 MEMBERS. I THINK THE CHAMBER HAS ABOUT 240.

SO CANADIAN STABILITY AND INNOVATION FOCUSED BUSINESS CULTURE.

SO I THINK THEY HAVE OVER 2000 BUSINESSES IN PICKERING.

SO WE'VE DONE SOME COMPARISONS. LET'S LOOK AT THE STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT.

SO GOLF TOURISM PARTNERSHIP IS THIS POSSIBLE.

DEVELOP RECIPROCAL GOLF TOURNAMENT TOURISM BY COORDINATING TOURNAMENTS AND TRAVEL PACKAGES BETWEEN DESTINATION COURSES IN TAMARAC AND PICKERING, ENCOURAGING VISITOR EXCHANGE AND SPORTS TOURISM, HAVING ENGAGED WITH THE LOCAL GOLF COURSES.

YES, THEY WOULD LOVE TO HAVE COMPETITIONS EITHER WAY.

CARIBBEAN CARNIVAL EXCHANGE ALLOWING CULTURAL CELEBRATIONS THROUGH SYNCHRONIZED CARIBBEAN CARNIVAL EVENTS.

OF COURSE THE JUNE IN TAMARAC AND IN JULY PICKERING.

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THEY HAVE THEIR MULTICULTURAL EVENT PROMOTE CULTURAL HERITAGE, TOURISM AND SHARED PROGRAMING.

SO THERE IS A COMMON FACTOR THERE. AND ALSO MIAMI CARNIVAL IS AN IMPACT IN OUR IN OUR CITY.

AND SO IS THE TORONTO CARNIVAL WITH PICKERING ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY BENEFITS.

ADVANCE MUTUAL OPPORTUNITIES IN TOURISM, TRADE, EDUCATION, CULTURAL EXCHANGE, STRENGTHENING INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN BOTH COMMUNITIES. WE ARE IN A FANTASTIC GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION.

WE CAN SHARE SOME OF THOSE, I THINK FROM CONCERTS AT PANTHERS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

AND THE YOUTH EDUCATIONAL EXCHANGE. FOSTER CROSS-BORDER LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH STUDENT EXCHANGES, INTERNSHIPS AND POST-SECONDARY PATHWAYS SUPPORTING GLOBAL LEARNING AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.

IT WAS, IN FACT, THE CHAMBER INTERNS THAT DID A LOT OF RESEARCH FOR THIS THAT HELPED US AND ACTUALLY PRESENTED AT THE COMMITTEE.

SO THE YOUNGSTERS, THEY WANTED IT. SO THE STRATEGIC INTENT IS TO POSITION TAMARAC AS A GLOBAL MUNICIPAL PARTNER WITH EXPANDING TOURISM, EXPANDING CULTURAL PROGRAMING AND ECONOMIC CONNECTIVITY WITH PICKERING, CANADA.

AND WITH THAT, I AM GOING TO HAND IT OVER TO TRICIA FOR RECOMMENDATION NUMBER TWO.

GOOD EVENING AGAIN. TODAY I'LL BE PRESENTING OUR RECOMMENDATION FOR KINGSTON, JAMAICA.

IT'S OUR SECOND OPTION. SO KINGSTON IS THE NATION'S CAPITAL.

AND AS OF 2026, THE POPULATION SIZE OF JAMAICA IS MAKERS APPROXIMATELY 2.84 MILLION PEOPLE.

APPROXIMATELY 600 PEOPLE REPRESENTING ONE THIRD OF ALL JAMAICA RESIDE IN KINGSTON, JAMAICA.

SO IF WE LOOK AT OUR COMPARISONS TAMARAC POPULATION 74,000 SUBURBAN WITH AN OLDER DEMOGRAPHIC COMPARED TO KINGSTON, JAMAICA, POPULATION OF 600,000. URBAN SETTING, MIXED POPULATION WITH YOUTHFUL WORKFORCE AND CULTURAL SCENES.

WE CAN SEE SUBURBAN MULTICULTURAL GOVERNANCE SIMILAR TO, TO TAMARAC.

KINGSTON IS ABOUT 600 MILES SOUTH OF TAMARAC.

IT'S A ONE AND A HALF MILE FROM, FROM KINGSTON, FROM FORT LAUDERDALE TO KINGSTON.

THEY HAVE THE SHARED SAME SHARED TIME ZONE AND LANGUAGE.

NEXT SLIDE. OUR COMPARISON ON KINGSTON'S CULTURAL ALIGNMENT WE HAVE A DIVERSIFIED A DIVERSE POPULATION IN TAMARAC SUBURBAN AREA WITH STRONG JAMAICAN CULTURE EXPRESSION THROUGH FOOD AND MUSIC.

WE HAVE SEVERAL EVENTS. THE ONE TAMARAC FESTIVAL, CARIBBEAN AND HISPANIC HERITAGE CELEBRATIONS IN KINGSTON AND COMPARED. WE HAVE MULTIPLE MULTI MULTICULTURAL POPULATION WORLDWIDE CULTURAL RELEVANCE THROUGH REGGAE AND DANCEHALL EVENTS AND CELEBRATION FOODS AND FOOD AND MUSIC. INTERNATIONALLY KNOWN AND RECOGNIZED FOR INNOVATION IN CULTURAL INDUSTRIES.

OUR ECONOMIC AND BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT. TAMARAC IS A SMALL BUSINESS COMMUNITY.

WE HAVE. WE HAVE THE TAMARAC NORTH LAUDERDALE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

THERE IS A STRONG JAMAICAN DIASPORA AND SERVICE ORIENTED ECONOMY WITH GROWING INTEREST.

CROSS BORDER BUSINESS EXCHANGE, KINGSTON, JAMAICA.

WE HAVE REGIONAL HUB FOR HOSPITALITY, TOURISM, MUSIC, ART AND SMALL BUSINESS.

THERE'S EXPANSION IN THE REAL ESTATE AND TRADE SECTION SECTORS, AND IT IS ALSO A SERVICE ORIENTED ECONOMY.

SO OVERALL OUR STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT WOULD BE OUR CULTURAL TIES.

BOTH CITIES CAN CELEBRATE SHARED CARIBBEAN HERITAGE AND MULTICULTURAL CULTURAL EVENTS, FOSTERING MUTUAL APPRECIATION THROUGH FESTIVAL ART, MUSIC AND CULINARY EXCHANGES, ENSURING CULTURAL HERITAGE PRESERVATION.

WE ALSO ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY IMPACT COLLABORATION THROUGH BOOSTING TOURISM FOR BOTH CITIES.

SMALL BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES AND LOCAL COMMERCE JOINT VENTURES THROUGH TRAVEL PACKAGES AND TRADE PARTNERSHIP.

OUR YOUTH ENGAGEMENT. WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF STUDENT EXCHANGES, MENTORING PROGRAMS AND SHARED SPORTS AND ART INITIATIVES THAT CAN BROADEN GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE AND INTERCULTURAL SKILLS AMONG YOUNG RESIDENTS.

AND LASTLY, EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES PARTNERSHIP CAN CREATE INTERNSHIP, POST-SECONDARY SECONDARY PATHWAYS, VIRTUAL CLASSROOMS, AND COLLABORATION COLLABORATION, ACADEMIC PROJECTS BETWEEN SCHOOLS AND UNIVERSITY.

OVERALL, THE STRATEGIC INTENT IS TO POSITION TO TAMARAC AS A GLOBAL MUNICIPAL PARTNER WHILE EXPANDING TOURISM,

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MAINTAINING CULTURAL PROGRAMING, AND PRESERVING CULTURAL HERITAGE.

THANK YOU, SISTER SITI. SAID YOU'RE SURE? I'M SURE.

100% POSITIVE. SHE HAS SOMETHING TO ADD ON TO THAT.

PLEASE. YEAH. HE WANTS ME TO SHARE THAT MIAMI-DADE HAS JUST PARTNERED WITH KINGSTON.

THEY HAVE PARTNERED. THEY HAVE PARTNERED WITH KINGSTON, JAMAICA.

THANK YOU JAY. THANK YOU. TRICIA COMMISSIONER MEMBERS.

GOOD EVENING. FOR THE RECORD. DOMINICG GILMORE WILSON.

AS A COMMITTEE HAS JUST PRESENTED THEIR RESEARCH FINDINGS OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS.

THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS KINGSTON, JAMAICA AND PICKERING, CANADA.

WHY? BECAUSE BOTH ALIGNS WITH TAMARAC IN MULTIPLE AVENUES CULTURAL RELEVANCE, ECONOMIC ALIGNMENT, EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES, CONNECTIVITY, WHICH ARE VERY IMPORTANT TOO.

AND THEY ARE ALSO IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE COMPATIBILITY CRITERIA, WHICH WE ALSO MENTIONED EARLIER.

SO OF COURSE, WITH OUR SHARED INTEREST IN TOURISM AND SUSTAINABILITY DEVELOPMENT, THE COMMITTEE IS RECOMMENDING THESE TWO CITIES AS RECOMMENDATIONS FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.

AND AS JAY PRESENTED EARLIER WITH A HIGHLIGHT ON STEP THREE, THE COMMITTEE HAS SPENT A LOT OF TIME IN THE RESEARCH PHASE GOING THROUGH SEEING WHAT PRIOR COMMITTEE DID WITH THEIR RESEARCH AND THEN OF COURSE, UPDATING THAT DATA TO PRESENT TO YOU THIS EVENING WITH UPDATED RESEARCH FINDINGS.

SO THEY'RE IN STEP THREE. AND NOW THEY'RE LOOKING TO ESTABLISH LINES OF COMMUNICATION.

SO LOOKING TO AUTHORIZE THE COMMITTEE TO INITIATE COMMUNICATION WITH RECOMMENDED CITIES PICKERING, CANADA AND JAMAICA. SHOULD THAT BE WHAT THE COMMISSION GIVES CONSENSUS ON? ONCE WE HAVE THAT, STEP FOUR WOULD BE TO IMPLEMENT THE CORRESPONDENCE PHASE, TO START THE DISCUSSIONS OF IT, AND TO SEE WHAT PARTNERING OPPORTUNITIES MAY ALIGN AND FIT WITH TAMARAC AND THE NEEDS OF OUR CITY.

OF COURSE, WE'VE HIGHLIGHTED OUR CULTURAL EXCHANGES, EDUCATIONAL, COLLABORATION, BUSINESS AND TRADE AS THAT'S WHAT TAMARAC.

OF COURSE, WE HAVE SIX GOALS AND WE'RE ECONOMICALLY RESILIENT IS ONE OF OUR GOALS TOO.

SO I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT. STEP FIVE IMMEDIATELY AFTER THAT WOULD BE TO DRAFT PARTNERSHIP FRAMEWORK THROUGH MOUS OUTLINING THE PROPOSED PARTNERSHIP FRAMEWORK.

SO IN RECAP WITH THOSE TWO RECOMMENDATIONS FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION IS WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR DISCUSSION.

AND IF YOU APPROVE, OF COURSE, THE COMMITTEE'S RECOMMENDATION FOR PICKERING, CANADA AND KINGSTON, JAMAICA. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. BEFORE WE PROCEED ON THIS ITEM, WE ARE DRAWING UPON 11.

IT IS 1115. OUR MEETING'S END PROMPTLY AT 1130, UNLESS THEY ARE EXTENDED.

DO I HAVE A MOTION TO EXTEND THIS MOTION TO EXTEND UNTIL ALL THREE ITEMS ARE DONE? UNTIL ALL THREE ITEMS ARE DONE. DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. COMMISSIONER.

DANIEL. YES. VICE MAYOR. BOLTON. YES. MAYOR. GOMEZ.

YES. COMMISSIONER. PATTERSON. YES. COMMISSIONER.

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

OKAY. NOW BRINGING YOU BACK TO THE TOPIC AT HAND SO WE CAN PROCEED.

I'M NOT SEEING ANYBODY WISHING TO MAKE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.

[11.c Motion to rescind prior commission action dated April 23, 2025, prohibiting future consideration of the speed detection systems for the school zone speed limits Program. (Original Motion: “To Not Bring the Item Back in Perpetuity”).]

WE'RE GOING TO NOW MOVE ON TO 11 C. IT IS. MOTION TO RESCIND PRIOR COMMISSION ACTION DATED APRIL 23RD, 2025, PROHIBITING FUTURE CONSIDERATION OF SPEED DETECTION SYSTEMS FOR THE SCHOOL ZONE SPEED LIMIT PROGRAM.

SO I AM BEING ASKED HERE TO ASK THIS COMMISSION.

IF THEY WISH TO PUT A MOTION TO RESCIND ON THE TABLE.

CITY CLERK. OKAY, WHAT? OKAY, SO BASICALLY I'M BEING ASKED TO AM I BEING ASKED TO BE THE ONE TO MAKE THE MOTION? I'M ASKING FOR A MOTION TO RESCIND THE MOTION TO RESCIND THE PRIOR MOTION PROHIBITING THE FUTURE DISCUSSION OF THIS TOPIC. THIS TOPIC IS NOT FOR DISCUSSION NOW. IT'S JUST TO RESCIND THE ORIGINAL MOTION, WHICH WAS TO NOT BRING THIS ITEM BACK IN PERPETUITY.

AND IF THE MOTION TO RESCIND IS APPROVED, THEN THE ITEM WOULD APPEAR AT THE NEXT COMMISSION MEETING.

CORRECT? CORRECT. CORRECT. OKAY. WELL, WHENEVER.

SORRY. FORGIVE ME. AT A FUTURE COMMISSION MEETING. NOT A TIME.

CERTAIN. OKAY. OKAY. COMMISSIONER VICE MAYOR BOLTON.

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SO. SO WE'RE. SO IS THIS CONSENSUS OR JUST MOTION? BECAUSE. BECAUSE IT WAS A MOTION THAT BASICALLY IMPOSED THAT CONDITION.

SO LET'S GET A MOTION TO RESCIND IT AND WE MOVE ON.

OKAY, SO MOTION TO RESCIND. A SECOND. SO SECOND.

SO YOU HAVE THAT? YES. I HAVE A MOTION BY VICE MAYOR BOLTON AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER PATTERSON.

YES. I AM NOT SEEING ANYBODY WISHING TO MAKE ANY COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM.

CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. COMMISSIONER.

RIGHT. NO. MAYOR GOMEZ. I HAVE TROUBLE WITH THE LEGALITY OF DOING WHAT WE'RE DOING.

YES, COMMISSIONER. DANIEL. YES. THAT'S FINE. VICE MAYOR BOLTON.

YES. COMMISSIONER PATTERSON. YES. THANK YOU. MOTION PASSES 4 TO 1.

THANK YOU. JUST AS A GENERAL ITEM. THE REASON I SAID THAT IS BECAUSE YOU CAN'T HAVE SOMETHING IN PERPETUITY IN THE FIRST PLACE.

SO WE SHOULD HAVE LEGALLY NEVER DONE WHAT WE DID IN THE FIRST PLACE. SO THAT'S JUST MY COMMENT. SO ON THE NEXT AND A FUTURE MEETING, THIS ITEM WILL COME BACK FOR DISCUSSION. WE'RE NOW GOING TO 11 D REQUEST TO AMEND THE CITY OF TAMARAC ON STREET PARKING POLICY TO ADD MAINLANDS.

[11.d Request to Amend the City of Tamarac On Street Parking Policy to Add Mainlands Section 6 to the List of Neighborhoods with On-Street Parking Restrictions. ]

SECTION SIX TO THE LIST OF NEIGHBORHOODS WITH ON STREET PARKING RESTRICTIONS.

THIS ITEM IS BEING REQUESTED BY VICE MAYOR BOLTON.

PLEASE SUMMARIZE THE ITEM. THANK YOU MAYOR.

SO I'M SIMPLY REQUESTING THAT WE AMEND THE CITY OF TAMARAC ON STREET PARKING POLICY TO ADD MAINLAND SIX TO THE LIST OF NEIGHBORHOODS WITH ON STREET PARKING RESTRICTIONS, AS YOU KNOW WE HAVE A POLICY THAT GOVERNS THE FACT THAT A CITY COMMISSIONER HAS THE ABILITY TO COME BACK TO ASK.

FOR COMMUNITIES TO BE ADDED OR REMOVED. AND SO I'M ASKING THAT MAINLAND SIX BE ADDED TO THE LIST OF NEIGHBORHOODS WITH ON STREET PARKING.

I HAD THE PLEASURE OF ATTENDING A MEETING THERE AT MAINLAND'S SIX.

AND THE RESIDENTS RESOUNDINGLY SUPPORT ON STREET PARKING RESTRICTIONS AND ENFORCING PARKING. SO WITH THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO TO ADD THE COMMUNITY TO THE LIST.

VICE MAYOR, CAN I HAVE A MOTION, PLEASE? MOTION TO ADD MAINLAND SIX TO THE LIST OF NEIGHBORHOODS WITH ON STREET PARKING RESTRICTIONS.

SECOND. SEEING DOES NOT APPEAR THAT ANYBODY WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM. CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. COMMISSIONER RIGHT.

YES. VICE MAYOR. BOLTON. YES. COMMISSIONER PATTERSON.

YES. MAYOR. GOMEZ. YES. COMMISSIONER. DANIEL.

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