Apr 07, 2026 Regular

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GOOD EVENING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TONIGHT.

[CALL TO ORDER]

SO PLEASE BEAR WITH US. WE WILL DO OUR INITIAL PROTOCOLS.

CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.

GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. MAYOR GOMEZ. GOOD EVENING, VICE MAYOR BOLTON.

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

GOOD EVENING, COMMISSIONER DANIEL. GOOD EVENING.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND IF EVERYONE WOULD PLEASE STAND.

VICE MAYOR BOLTON WILL LEAD US IN THE SIDE OF IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

AND WE WILL TAKE OUR MOMENT OF SILENCE LATER ON IN THE PROGRAM.

THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

MANY OF YOU HERE KNOW THAT WE USUALLY DO A MOMENT OF SILENCE, BUT WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THAT A LITTLE BIT LATER. SO IF YOU WOULD PLEASE BE SEATED.

CITY ATTORNEY ANY REPORT. NO REPORT TONIGHT. NO REPORT TODAY.

THANK YOU. COLLEAGUES, IF YOU WOULD JOIN ME IN THE WELL.

[2. CITY MANAGER REPORT]

300FT. TURN RIGHT UP. GOOD EVENING. FAMILY, FRIENDS, ELECTED OFFICIALS, DIGNITARIES, COMMUNITY LEADERS AND HONORED GUESTS.

THIS PAST WEEK HAS BEEN INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT FOR ALL OF US.

TONIGHT WE GATHER AS A COMMUNITY TO REMEMBER NANCY MATTEO.R, CORAL SPRINGS VICE MAYOR, A WARM HEARTED, CARING AND KIND PERSON. ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COMMISSION AND THE CITY OF TAMARAC, WE STAND WITH THE CITY OF CORAL SPRINGS IN REMEMBRANCE FOR HER AND IN GRATITUDE FOR HER SERVICE. THE LOSS IS ESPECIALLY MEANINGFUL TO ALL OF US.

NANCY BEGAN HER PUBLIC SERVICE JOURNEY HERE IN TAMARAC AS A COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT LIAISON.

SHE WENT ON TO BECOME A TRAILBLAZER, SERVING AS THE FIRST BLACK AND HAITIAN AMERICAN WOMAN ELECTED TO THE CORAL SPRINGS CITY COMMISSION AND LATER AS VICE MAYOR.

SHE DEDICATED HER TIME AND HER VOICE TO STRENGTHENING HER COMMUNITY.

TO NANCY'S PARENTS, FAMILY, AND LOVED ONES, I WISH THERE WAS SOMETHING WE COULD DO TO TAKE YOUR PAIN AWAY.

NANCY WAS MORE THAN JUST A DEDICATED AND RESPECTED LEADER THAT MANY OF US KNEW.

IT WAS CLEAR HOW NANCY TOUCHED EVERYONE IN SOME WAY.

I'M GRATEFUL. I HAD THE PLEASURE OF MEETING HER WHILE SHE WORKED HERE AT CITY HALL AND BEFORE HER FIRST ELECTION GOT TO KNOW HER, AND FOR CONTINUING OUR RELATIONSHIP SINCE WE HAD A WONDERFUL CONVERSATION ON MONDAY LAST WEEK.

THAT NIGHT WE TALKED ABOUT THE NEXT STEPS AND WE WERE EXCITED FOR THE CONVERSATION TO CONTINUE THIS WEEK.

THERE'S NO QUICK FIX AND NO WAY TO FILL THE HOLE THAT HAS BEEN LEFT, BUT WE KEEP HER MEMORIES ALIVE IN OUR HEARTS AND MINDS AND THEREFORE SHE WILL ALWAYS BE WITH US. PLEASE TAKE A MOMENT TO CLOSE YOUR EYES AND REFLECT ON YOUR MOST FAVORITE MEMORY WITH NANCY.

LOOK AT ALL ASPECTS OF THAT STILL FRAME IN YOUR MIND.

I'M SURE IT INCLUDES HER BEAUTIFUL SMILE THAT JUST RADIATED WITH WARMTH AND KINDNESS.

NANCY, IT WAS A TRUE PRIVILEGE TO KNOW YOU. MAY YOUR MEMORY BE FOR A BLESSING.

AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO INVITE VICE MAYOR BOLTON TO READ A PROCLAMATION AND SAY A FEW WORDS.

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BEFORE I READ THIS PROCLAMATION IN 2018 NANCY CAME TO THE CITY OF TAMARAC TO WORK AS ONE OF OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT LIAISONS.

SO I MET HER THROUGH FORMER COMMISSIONER MIKE GELIN.

AND WHEN NANCY SAID SHE WANTED TO RUN FOR, FOR OFFICE, LIKE MOST PEOPLE AROUND BROWARD COUNTY, SHE SHE ASKED FOR HELP. I REMEMBER SITTING AT A COFFEE SHOP IN CORAL SPRINGS AND TALKING TO HER ABOUT HER CAMPAIGN TELLING HER JUST THE RECIPES TO, TO WIN. AND WHEN SHE WON HER CAMPAIGN IT WAS LIKE A BREATH OF FRESH AIR IN CORAL SPRINGS. AND NANCY WENT ON TO JUST BEING A FIGHTER IN OUR COMMUNITY FOR DEMOCRACY AND FOR THE ENVIRONMENT AND PEOPLE WHO DID NOT HAVE A VOICE FOR THEMSELVES.

SHE WAS THAT VOICE NOT JUST IN CORAL SPRINGS, BUT ACROSS BROWARD COUNTY.

AND SO TONIGHT AS I READ THIS PROCLAMATION I HOPE THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS WILL NOT JUST BE WORDS ON A PIECE OF PAPER, BUT WORDS THAT WE LIVE BY FOREVER AS WE HOLD NANCY IN OUR HEARTS.

WHEREAS THE CITY OF TAMARAC JOINED OUR COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF FLORIDA AND ACROSS THE NATION IN MOURNING THE PROFOUND LOSS OF NANCY METOYER, A TRAILBLAZER, LEADER, DEVOTED PUBLIC SERVANT, AND COMPASSIONATE ADVOCATE WHOSE LIFE'S WORK WAS DEDICATED TO UPLIFTING OTHERS AND STRENGTHENING THE FABRIC OF OUR COMMUNITIES.

AND WHEREAS VICE MAYOR NANCY MATEJA SERVED WITH HONOR AND DISTINCTION AS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL IN CORAL SPRINGS, WHERE SHE CHAMPIONED INITIATIVES THAT PROMOTED EQUALITY, EXPANDED OPPORTUNITIES, AND IMPROVED THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR RESIDENTS, DEMONSTRATING A STEADFAST COMMITMENT TO RESPONSIVE AND INCLUSIVE GOVERNANCE.

HER INFLUENCE EXTENDED BEYOND MUNICIPAL LEADERSHIP AS SHE ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN CONVERSATIONS AND INITIATIVES AT THE COUNTY, STATE AND NATIONAL LEVELS, LENDING HER VOICE TO CRITICAL ISSUES IMPACTING COMMUNITIES ACROSS FLORIDA AND THE UNITED STATES AND SERVING AS A POWERFUL ADVOCATE FOR JUSTICE, REPRESENTATION AND PROGRESS.

AND WHEREAS HER CAREER. AND WHEREAS.

AND WHEREAS HER CAREER VICE MAYOR MATTEOR WAS WAS WAS KNOWN FOR HER ABILITY TO BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER, FOSTERING COLLABORATION.

AND LED WITH BOTH STRENGTH AND EMPATHY QUALITIES THAT EARNED HER RESPECT AMONG COLLEAGUES.

CONSTITUENTS AND LEADERS AT EVERY LEVEL OF GOVERNMENT AND WHEREAS PRIOR TO HER ELECTED SERVICE, NANCY MATERA WAS A VALUED AND DEDICATED EMPLOYEE OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC, WHICH CONTRIBUTED MEANINGFULLY TO THE ORGANIZATION AND BUILT LASTING RELATIONSHIPS THAT REFLECT HER PROFESSIONALISM, INTEGRITY AND COMMITMENT TO PUBLIC SERVICE.

HER JOURNEY FROM. HER JOURNEY FROM PUBLIC SERVANT WITHIN TAMARAC TO

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AND WHEREAS VICE MAYOR MATHIEU'S LEADERSHIP WAS MARKED BY HER ADVOCACY FOR FAMILIES, YOUTH AND UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES, AS WELL AS HER DEDICATION TO CREATING SPACES WHERE EVERY VOICE COULD BE HEARD AND VALUED. HER LEGACY TRANSCENDS TITLES AND POSITIONS AS SHE INSPIRED COUNTLESS INDIVIDUALS, PARTICULARLY WOMEN AND YOUNG LEADERS. TO PURSUE LIFE OF A LIVE A LIFE OF PURPOSE, LEADERSHIP AND SERVICE, LEAVING AN INDELIBLE MARK NOT ONLY WITHIN HER CITY BUT ACROSS THE BROADER CIVIC LANDSCAPE. AND WHEREAS, EVEN IN THE FACE OF CHALLENGES, SHE LED WITH GRACE, COURAGE, AND CONVICTION, EMBODYING THE VERY PRINCIPLES OF SERVANT LEADERSHIP.

AND REMINDING US OF THE POWER OF RESILIENCE AND COMPASSION.

WHEREAS WHILE HER PASSING LEAVES A DEEP AND IMMEASURABLE VOID, HER LEADERSHIP WILL.

OH MY GOD.

WHILE HER PASSING LEAVES A DEEP AND IMMEASURABLE VOID, HER LEGACY WILL ENDURE THROUGH LIFE.

THE LIVES SHE TOUCHED, THE POLICIES SHE HELPED TO SHAPE, AND THE EXAMPLES SHE SET FOR GENERATIONS TO COME.

NOW. THEREFORE, I ADVISE MAYOR MARLON DE BOLTON OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC, ON BEHALF OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC, DO HEREBY HONOR THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF NANCY MATERA AND EXTEND OUR DEEPEST CONDOLENCES AND HEART AGAIN.

EXTEND OUR DEEPEST CONDOLENCES AND HEARTFELT SYMPATHIES TO HER FAMILY, FRIENDS, COLLEAGUES AND THE RESIDENTS OF CORAL SPRINGS AND BEYOND.

BE IT FURTHER PROCLAIMED THAT THE CITY OF TAMARAC DOES HEREBY PROCLAIM APRIL 7TH, 2026, AS HONORABLE NANCY MATEO DAY IN THE CITY OF TAMARAC, AND WE UNITE AS A CITY TO CALL UPON ALL RESIDENTS TO REFLECT ON HER REMARKABLE LEGACY OF SERVICE TO HONOR HER MEMORY THROUGH ACTS OF KINDNESS, UNITY, CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, AND TO CONTINUE THE WORK SHE SO PASSIONATELY ADVANCED.

BUILDING STRONGER, MORE INCLUSIVE, AND MORE COMPASSIONATE COMMUNITIES.

WITNESS THEREOF. THANK YOU. MAYOR.

I THOUGHT IT WAS FITTING THAT FORMER COMMISSIONER GELIN WOULD RECEIVE THIS PROCLAMATION TONIGHT BECAUSE WHILE NANCY WORKED HERE COMMISSIONER GELIN COULD HAVE CHOSEN ANYBODY ELSE TO WORK FOR HER.

WORK FOR HIM. BUT HE GAVE NANCY AN OPPORTUNITY.

I REMEMBER HAVING A CONVERSATION WITH COMMISSIONER GELIN, AND HE SAID THAT NANCY WAS LEAVING THE CITY TO GO RUN FOR OFFICE IN CORAL SPRINGS.

AND WITHOUT COMMISSIONER GELIN LEADERSHIP, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT NANCY WOULD HAVE BEEN IN THE PLACE WHERE SHE WAS.

SO I HOPE THIS MEANS SOMETHING TO YOU. COMMISSIONER.

GELIN. AND THANK YOU FOR MAKING SURE THAT SHE HAD HER START IN POLITICS.

I KNOW HER PASTOR IS ALSO HERE. THEY LEAD A, A WONDERFUL GROUP OF

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I JUST COULD NOT BELIEVE IT. JUST DAYS BEFORE, WE WERE HOPING TO HAVE NANCY AT A WOMEN'S CONFERENCE AND SHE WAS SO EXCITED ABOUT RUNNING FOR OFFICE. AND THAT'S ALL SHE WANTED TO DO TO HELP PEOPLE.

AND SHE NEVER SAW A TITLE. NEVER ONCE SAW A TITLE.

ALWAYS SAYING THAT I WANT TO RUN FOR SOMETHING BECAUSE I CAN HELP PEOPLE.

AND I BELIEVE THAT'S WHAT COMMISSIONER GELIN INSTILLED IN HER.

SHE WAS AN EMPLOYEE HERE, AND I HOPE THIS PROCLAMATION WILL SIT ON YOUR WALL AS A REMEMBRANCE OF NANCY.

THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER BOLTON. I'M SORRY. VICE MAYOR BOLTON MAYOR GOMEZ AND THE ENTIRE TAMARAC COMMISSION.

I FIRST MET NANCY SOMETIME IN 2017 OR 2018, SHORTLY AFTER SHE WAS ELECTED FOR THE BROWARD SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT.

I SAW HER SEVERAL TIMES AFTERWARDS AT VARIOUS NETWORKING EVENTS AND AFTER WINNING MY SEAT FOR COMMISSIONER OF DISTRICT TWO HERE I DECIDED TO HIRE HER AS MY LEGISLATIVE AIDE. AND WHEN I LOOKED AT HER RESUME, I THOUGHT, SHE DOESN'T BELONG HERE.

MANY OF YOU HAVE SEEN OR HEARD ABOUT HER EDUCATION.

SHE WAS OVERQUALIFIED FOR THE POSITION, BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS FITTING FOR HER TO GET THE POSITION BECAUSE IT WOULD HELP BUILD HER RESUME TO RUN FOR OFFICE.

SO YOU READ THAT SHE WAS A TWO TIME COMMISSIONER. BUT NANCY ALSO RAN FOR MAYOR FOR THE CITY OF CORAL SPRINGS.

EVERYBODY TOLD HER NOT TO RUN. I TOLD HER TO RUN.

I SUPPORTED HER IN HER RUN. I KIND OF KNEW SHE WAS GOING TO LOSE, BUT I WANTED.

I DIDN'T WANT HER TO CURB HER ENTHUSIASM FOR RUNNING FOR OFFICE.

AND IF SHE HAD MORE SUPPORT, SHE WOULD HAVE WON.

SHE ONLY LOST BY 786 VOTES. I ALSO KNEW THAT BY HER RUNNING FOR MAYOR, IT WOULD SET HER UP FOR WINNING THE COMMISSION SEAT THE FOLLOWING YEAR.

THERE WERE SIX CANDIDATES AND SHE CAME OUT ON TOP.

OF COURSE WHEN NANCY WAS HERE, SHE HELPED ME WITH MY COMMISSION PRESENTATIONS, HELPED ME WITH DIFFERENT EVENTS, HELPED ME DO A COMMUNITY CLEANUP. AND WHEN I USED TO COME TO MY OFFICE, YOU KNOW, AS COMMISSIONERS, YOU'RE ALMOST NEVER IN THE OFFICE BECAUSE YOU'RE IN THE FIELD. SHE'D BE SITTING AT MY DESK AND SHE WOULD GET UP.

I SAID, NO, DON'T GET UP. I'LL SIT IN THE GUEST CHAIR.

YOU SIT IN THAT CHAIR. I WANT HER TO BE COMFORTABLE IN THE COMMISSIONERS CHAIR.

WHEN WE HAD OUR AGENDA REVIEW MEETINGS. I INCLUDED HER IN THOSE MEETINGS.

WHEN WE MET WITH LOBBYISTS AND DEVELOPERS. I MADE SURE SHE MET WITH THOSE LOBBYISTS AND DEVELOPERS.

SO I WAS HAPPY TO SUPPORT HER. NOT SURPRISED THAT SHE WON SEVERAL TIMES.

NOT SURPRISED THAT SHE WAS GOING TO GO FOR HIGHER OFFICE.

AND SO WE ALL HAVE OUR OWN LITTLE MEMORIES OF, OF PEOPLE AND MINE IS A SMALL ONE.

AND IT JUST, IT JUST TAUGHT ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHO SHE WAS AS A PERSON.

SO WE WERE AT A CONFERENCE IN EITHER ORLANDO OR DETROIT AND I WAS WITH MY SON AND WE'RE GOING DOWN THE ESCALATORS.

AND MY SON, HE WAS 3 OR 4 AT THE TIME. I WAS ALWAYS SCARED TO GET ON THE ESCALATOR.

AND I SAID, LOOK, IF YOU DON'T COME, I'M GOING TO LEAVE YOU. AND I LEFT HIM.

SO I'M DOWN ON THE ESCALATOR. HE'S UP. AND NANCY SAID, CAN I, CAN I WALK HIM DOWN? I SAID, YEAH. SHE GOT DOWN REALLY LOW AND HELD HIS HAND AND CAME DOWN THE ESCALATOR WITH HIM.

AND I THOUGHT TO MYSELF, WOW, YOU KNOW WHAT A, WHAT A NICE PERSON.

HERE I AM TRYING TO TEACH MY SON HOW TO BE TOUGH AND TO BE BOLD AND GO DOWN THE ESCALATOR BY YOURSELF.

AND SHE HELPED HIM DOWN. THEN SHE GOT DOWN AND HE WAS SMILING AND SO HAPPY.

AND SO THAT'S, THAT'S THE MEMORY THAT I HAVE.

I CAN'T POST THAT ON SOCIAL MEDIA, BUT THAT'S A PICTURE THAT'S GOING TO STAY ON MY MIND.

AND I JUST WANT TO JUST GIVE MY CONDOLENCES TO HER FAMILY, HER PARENTS, HER PARENTS RAISED HER WELL.

I'M THE SON OF HAITIAN IMMIGRANTS, SO I KNOW HOW MUCH EDUCATION AND SUCCESS MEANS TO A HAITIAN HOUSEHOLD TO ALL HOUSEHOLDS.

AND I'M GOING TO I'M GOING TO TAKE THIS. THIS PROCLAMATION AND PROVIDE IT TO HER FAMILY.

WHENEVER THE THE FUNERAL WAS THERE. IT'S BEING HELD AND I KNOW ALL OF US ARE WRESTLING WITH.

HOW DID THIS HAPPEN? WHAT SIGNS DID WE MISS AND WHETHER OR NOT NANCY SAW THOSE SIGNS.

AND I THINK NANCY ALWAYS TRIED TO SEE THE GOOD IN PEOPLE.

AND SO EVEN IF THERE WERE SIGNS, SHE WAS TRYING TO SEE THE GOOD AND PERHAPS MAYBE DID NOT SEE THE SIGNS BECAUSE SHE WAS ONLY TRYING TO SEE THE GOOD.

SO THAT'S, THAT'S THE MEMORY I HAVE OF, OF NANCY.

MATEJA DROPPED THE LAST, THE OTHER LAST NAME.

AND SO THANK YOU FOR THIS. I'LL SHARE IT WITH THE FAMILY AND THANK YOU TO THE COMMISSION AND FOR EVERYONE TO BE HERE TO PAY YOUR RESPECTS TO NANCY.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER. GELIN.

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RABBI KOPPEL SILVERBERG WAS HERE EARLIER, BUT HE WAS NOT ABLE TO STAY BECAUSE HE HAD SERVICES STARTING AT 7 P.M..

I'M GOING TO START BY ASKING PASTOR BOB HOPE FOR ALL NATIONS CHURCH TO SHARE A FEW WORDS, AND THEN HE WILL SHARE A STATEMENT FROM RABBI DANIELA SCHUSTER AND RABBI RAMI PAVELOVSKY OF THE TEMPLE. CEDRIC HERE IN TAMARAC.

THANK YOU. MAYOR. YOU KNOW, AS A PASTOR HERE IN TAMARAC, I WANT TO LET ALL OF YOU KNOW THAT I STAND WITH THE REST OF OUR COMMUNITY TO MOURN THE TRAGIC AND SENSELESS DEATH OF CORAL SPRINGS VICE MAYOR NANCY MATEO.

AND AS YOU'VE ALREADY HEARD, THE REASON WE'RE HOLDING THIS VIGIL IN TAMARAC IS BECAUSE PRIOR TO HER MOST RECENT POSITION, SHE WORKED FOR THE CITY. SO WE UNDERSTAND HOW CLOSE AND HOW DEEP THE HURT IS.

AND AS A LOCAL CHURCH, ALL OF US, INCLUDING OUR PRAYER INTERCESSORS, MYSELF, ON BEHALF OF MY WIFE AND OUR LEADERSHIP, WE SHARE THAT PAIN THAT MANY OF YOU ARE EXPERIENCING.

AND TRULY, THAT IS WHAT THE FAITH COMMUNITY IS HERE FOR.

WE ARE TO PROVIDE A SHOULDER TO LEAN ON WHEN YOU'RE GRIEVING, TO PROVIDE COMFORT AND COMPASSION, WHEN THE PAIN IS HEAVY, AND TO RESTORE HOPE WHEN EVERYTHING SEEMS HOPELESS.

AND I'M SURE SOME OF YOU TONIGHT, ESPECIALLY NANCY'S FAMILY, ARE FEELING THAT SENSE OF HOPELESSNESS.

EVEN IF YOU HAVE FAITH, YOU HAVE THOSE MOMENTS WHEN YOU JUST LOOK HEAVENWARD AND WANT TO ASK GOD WHY, AND YOU JUST DON'T SEEM TO HAVE AN ANSWER. SO REGARDLESS OF WHATEVER YOUR RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION IS, OR LACK THEREOF OR YOUR POLITICAL PREFERENCE, WE HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT WE ARE ALL GOD'S CREATION.

THE WORD OF GOD SAYS WE ARE MADE IN HIS IMAGE.

EVERY LIFE IS PRECIOUS. AND BECAUSE OF THAT, AS A COMMUNITY, WE MUST STAND UNIFIED AGAINST THE SENSELESS TYPE OF VIOLENCE THAT TOOK NANCY'S LIFE. WE'RE GOING TO PRAY IN A MOMENT, BUT I WANT YOU TO KNOW WHAT'S THAT PRAYER IS GOING TO INCLUDE.

WE'RE GOING TO ASK GOD, THE CREATOR OF HEAVEN AND EARTH, TO BRING PEACE AND COMFORT TO THOSE WHO ARE IN MOURNING.

WE'RE GOING TO ASK HIM TO CHANGE THE HEARTS OF THOSE WHO SEE VIOLENCE AS THE RIGHT ANSWER.

AND WE'RE GOING TO ASK GOD TO BE GRACIOUS AND PATIENT WITH EACH OF US AS WE JOURNEY THROUGH THIS THING CALLED LIFE.

EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US IS AT A DIFFERENT PLACE, AND WE NEED TO BE PATIENT AND UNDERSTANDING, TO RECOGNIZE THAT WHOEVER WE'RE LOOKING AT ON THE OTHER SIDE IS NOT WHERE WE ARE AS A CHRISTIAN.

WE HOLD TO A STANDARD OF THE TEACHINGS OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST.

AND AS THE WORD OF GOD SAYS, AND HE DECLARED WHEN ASKED, WHAT IS THE GREATEST COMMANDMENT, HE SAID, THERE ARE TWO. THE FIRST IS TO LOVE GOD WITH ALL OF YOUR HEART, ALL OF YOUR SOUL, AND ALL OF YOUR MIND. AND THE SECOND IS TO LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF.

LET'S REMEMBER THIS AND LOVE OUR NEIGHBOR TODAY.

AMEN. AMEN. WOULD YOU BOW YOUR HEADS WITH ME, PLEASE, AS WE PRAY? FATHER, WE THANK YOU. WE THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO, AS A COMMUNITY, COME TOGETHER TO COMFORT THE FAMILY WHO HAS LOST A LOVED ONE. PARENTS HAVE LOST A CHILD. A BROTHER OR SISTER HAS LOST THEIR SIBLING.

FRIENDS HAVE LOST SOMEONE THEY CARED DEEPLY ABOUT.

I PRAY, LORD, THAT YOU WOULD BRING A PEACE TO THOSE THAT ARE IN MOURNING.

LORD, A PEACE THAT TRANSCENDS ALL UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU WOULD GUARD THEIR HEART AND THEIR MIND.

I PRAY, FATHER, THAT THOSE WHO ARE FEELING ANGER, WHETHER IT'S VENGEANCE OR REVENGE, AND BELIEVE THAT VIOLENCE CAN SOLVE THIS PROBLEM, CHANGE THEIR HEART AND LET THEM KNOW IT'S NOT VIOLENCE, LORD, BUT LOVE.

JUST LIKE THE LOVE THAT YOU HAVE FOR US THAT WE SHOULD HAVE FOR OUR FELLOW MAN.

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YOUR WORD SAYS YOU ARE LONG SUFFERING. YOU ARE GRACIOUS.

YOU ARE PATIENT. I ASK YOU TO BE THAT WAY WITH EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US, REGARDLESS OF WHERE WE ARE IN OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH YOU, WHEREVER WE ARE IN OUR OWN LIVES. BUT AS WE GO ON THIS JOURNEY, CONTINUE TO GUIDE AND DIRECT EACH AND EVERY PERSON'S STEP THAT THEY MIGHT DRAW NEAR TO YOU, BOTH IN GOOD AND BAD TIMES.

WE LIFT THIS PRAYER UP INTO THE HEAVENS TO ALMIGHTY GOD.

AND AS A CHRISTIAN, I PRAY IT IN JESUS NAME, AMEN.

AMEN. I'M GOING TO TAKE A MOMENT NOW AND READ THAT STATEMENT FROM RABBIS DANIELA SCHUSTER AND RAMI PAVELOVSKY, WHO ARE THE RABBIS AT TEMPLE? BETH. BETH TORAH WHO ARE WHO ARE PERSONALLY MY FRIENDS.

THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO ATTEND AGAIN, AS THE MAYOR SAID, BECAUSE TONIGHT IS THE SEVENTH DAY OF THE PASSOVER HOLIDAY AND 1:07 P.M.

HITS. THEY'RE THERE IN OBSERVANCE. IN RESPECT TO THEIR RELIGIOUS STANDARDS, THEIR STATEMENT READS, WE ARE HEARTBROKEN BY THE TRAGIC LOSS OF VICE MAYOR NANCY MATTEOR BONE OF THE CITY OF CORAL SPRINGS.

HER LEADERSHIP AND DEDICATION TO THE PEOPLE OF CORAL SPRINGS WERE A TRUE LIGHT IN HER COMMUNITY.

MAY HER MEMORY BE AN ETERNAL BLESSING TO HER FAMILY, HER COLLEAGUES, AND THE ENTIRE CITY SHE SERVED SO FAITHFULLY.

OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS ARE WITH THE COMMUNITY IN THIS TIME OF DARKNESS.

WE OFFER OUR PRAYERS AND THE TRADITIONAL JEWISH EXPRESSION.

MEN, I'M NOT GOING TO SAY THIS RIGHT. GO AHEAD.

MAYOR. SORRY. MIN HASHAMAYIM. THE MEMO DIDN'T DO IT RIGHT MYSELF.

BUT MAY YOU BE COMFORTED FROM THE HEAVENS. MAY GOD PROVIDE YOU THE COMFORT AND PEACE THAT WORDS ALONE CANNOT EXPRESS.

STANDING WITH THE COMMUNITY IN PRAYER AND MOURNING RABBIS.

DANIELLA AND RAMI FROM TEMPLE BETH TORAH. GOD BLESS YOU ALL.

AND AGAIN, MAY THE PEACE OF GOD THAT TRANSCENDS ALL UNDERSTANDING GO WITH YOU TONIGHT.

AMEN. THANK YOU PASTOR. NOW, I'D LIKE TO CALL UP TO THE PODIUM BISHOP ORAL WALTERS FROM LIVING WORD CHRISTIAN CENTER.

THANK YOU ALL. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. I'VE BEEN CALLED TO PRAY.

BUT BEFORE I PRAY, I JUST WANT TO SAY JUST A FEW WORDS.

I MET NANCY IN 2018 WHEN SHE WAS RUNNING FOR I THINK THE SEAT OF MAYOR IN CORAL SPRINGS 2018.

THIS IS I THINK I'M NOT SURE WHO INVITED HER TO OUR CHURCH.

I THINK OUR EVANGELIST MICHELLE RICHARDS INVITED HER TO OUR CHURCH AND THERE WAS THIS YOUNG, ENERGETIC EXCITABLE YOUNG LADY JUST FULL OF LIFE, YOU KNOW, AND I, AND I WAS JUST SO INTRIGUED BY HER, JUST YOU SORT OF JUST LOVE HER AT FIRST SIGHT, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE OF HER, THE WAY SHE CARRIED HERSELF AND HOW SHE SPOKE.

SHE HAD SUCH GREAT HOPE AND FAITH AND SHE HAD A WONDERFUL FUTURE AHEAD OF HER.

AND I WOULD SAY THAT WE ACTUALLY LOST A STAR, NOT JUST A STAR, BUT A SHOOTING STAR.

SHE HAD SUCH GREAT POTENTIAL, AND I BELIEVE THAT THERE WERE NO LIMITS FOR NANCY.

THERE WAS NO LIMITS FOR NANCY, AND SHE WILL BE CERTAINLY MISSED.

BUT WE THANK GOD FOR THE LEGACY THAT SHE HAS LEFT BEHIND.

AND I STAND BEFORE YOU. I'M NOT HER PASTOR. I WAS ONE OF THE CHURCHES THAT SHE WOULD ATTEND AND SUPPORT. SHE WAS A BIG PART OF MANY OF OUR COMMUNITY EVENTS, ESPECIALLY TIME FOR SCHOOL AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SHE WAS JUST AT THE CHURCH TWO WEEK A FEW WEEKS AGO TO PRESENT TO US THE PROCLAMATION ON OUR 29TH ANNIVERSARY.

SO WE ARE ALWAYS IN CONSTANT CONTACT WITH HER.

AND THIS WAS JUST THE SADDEST THING. AND JUST THINGS LIKE THIS SHOULD NEVER HAPPEN AND WE SHOULD NEVER HAVE TO SAY GOODBYE TO SOMEONE LIKE THE HONORABLE NANCY MOSHEA IN THIS FASHION.

AND AS I INSTRUCTED OUR CHURCH ON SUNDAY, IF YOU EVER GET A CHANCE, IF YOU EVER IN A RELATIONSHIP AND YOU FEEL THAT YOU CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE,

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WOULD YOU BOW YOUR HEADS, PLEASE, WHILE I PRAY? HEAVENLY FATHER, WE COME BEFORE YOU TONIGHT. WITH HEARTS THAT ARE HEAVY.

HEARTS THAT ARE HEAVY. BUT HEARTS THAT ARE HOPEFUL, GRIEVED YET TRUSTING IN YOUR GOODNESS.

YOUR WORD DECLARES IN PSALMS 46 AND ONE THAT YOU ARE OUR REFUGE AND STRENGTH, A VERY PRESENT HELP IN TROUBLE.

AND FATHER, TONIGHT WE RUN TO YOU BECAUSE YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE WHO CAN HOLD US, HEAL US, AND HELP US IN MOMENTS LIKE THESE. FATHER, WE LIFT UP THE FAMILY OF THE HONORABLE NANCY MONTOYA.

YOU ARE THE GOD OF ALL COMFORT. AND YOUR WORD SAYS IN SECOND CORINTHIANS ONE AND THREE AND FOUR THAT YOU COMFORT US IN ALL OUR TRIBULATION. SO, LORD, WE ASK YOU NOW WRAP YOUR LOVING ARMS AROUND HER FAMILY.

STRENGTHEN THEM WHERE THEY FEEL WEAK. GIVE THEM PEACE WHERE THERE IS PAIN, AND LET YOUR PRESENCE BE SO REAL TO THEM THAT EVEN IN SORROW THEY WILL KNOW THAT THEY'RE NOT ALONE.

YOUR WORD SAYS IN PSALMS 3418 THAT THE LORD IS CLOSE TO THE BROKENHEARTED.

HE RESCUES THOSE WHOSE SPIRITS ARE CRUSHED. SO DRAW NEAR TO THEM TONIGHT AND RESCUE EVERY CRUSHED SPIRIT TONIGHT, LORD. FATHER, WE LIFT UP OUR CITIES, CORAL SPRINGS, TAMARAC AND EVERY SURROUNDING COMMUNITY.

YOUR WORD DECLARES IN SECOND CORINTHIANS 714 THAT IF YOUR PEOPLE HUMBLE THEMSELVES AND PRAY, YOU WILL HEAR FROM HEAVEN AND YOU WILL HEAL THE LAND.

SO TONIGHT, LORD, WE HUMBLE OURSELVES AND WE ASK YOU TO HEAL OUR LAND WHERE THERE HAS BEEN VIOLENCE.

RELEASE YOUR PEACE WHERE THERE HAS BEEN DIVISION.

BRING UNITY WHERE THERE IS FEAR. RESTORE FAITH.

LET YOUR HAND REST UPON OUR LEADERS, OUR FAMILIES AND OUR COMMUNITIES.

LET RIGHTEOUSNESS RISE AGAIN IN OUR CITY. FATHER, WE ASK FOR THE RESTORATION OF LOVE.

YOUR WORD TELLS US IN JOHN 13 AND 35 THAT WE ARE KNOWN BY OUR LOVE FOR ONE ANOTHER.

AND TONIGHT, LORD, WE ASK YOU, TEACH US TO LOVE AGAIN.

REMOVE ANGER, REMOVE HATRED, REMOVE BITTERNESS AND REPLACE IT WITH COMPASSION, GRACE, AND UNDERSTANDING. LET LOVE RETURN TO OUR HOMES. LET LOVE RETURN TO OUR STREETS.

AND LET LOVE RETURN TO OUR HEARTS. AND FATHER, TONIGHT WE ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT OUR GREATEST NEED IS YOU.

YOUR WORD SAYS IN JAMES FOUR AND VERSE EIGHT, DRAW NEAR TO GOD, AND HE WILL DRAW NEAR TO YOU.

SO, LORD, WE PRAY, TURN OUR HEARTS BACK TO YOU.

LET THIS MOMENT AWAKEN SOMETHING DEEPER. LET IT STIR A HUNGER FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS.

LET IT CAUSE US TO REFLECT, TO REPENT AND TO RETURN TO YOU.

BECAUSE YOUR WORD DECLARED THAT RIGHTEOUSNESS EXALTS A NATION.

AND FATHER, WE DECLARE YOUR PEACE OVER EVERY PERSON GATHERED HERE TONIGHT.

YOUR WORD SAYS IN PHILIPPIANS FOUR SEVEN THAT YOUR PEACE SURPASSES ALL UNDERSTANDING AND WILL GUARD OUR HEARTS AND OUR MINDS.

SO LET YOUR PEACE SETTLE OVER THIS COMMUNITY, OVER THIS PLACE, OVER THESE CITIES.

LET YOUR SPIRIT BRING CALM WHERE THERE IS CONFUSION AND COMFORT.

WHERE THERE IS SORROW. AND FATHER, EVEN THIS MOMENT WE DECLARE, EVEN IN SORROW WE DECLARE THAT THERE IS STILL HOPE, EVEN IN DARKNESS, WE DO DECLARE THAT THERE STILL IS LIGHT, BECAUSE YOUR WORD SAYS THAT THE LIGHT SHINES IN DARKNESS AND THE DARKNESS CANNOT OVERCOME IT. SO, LORD, WE HOLD ONTO THAT LIGHT TONIGHT.

WE TRUST YOU, GOD. WE LEAN ON YOU, AND WE PLACE THIS FAMILY, THIS CITY, AND OUR LIVES INTO YOUR HANDS.

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WE PRAY AND ALL SAY. AMEN. GOD BLESS YOU. THANK YOU. BISHOP. AT THIS TIME, I ASK EVERYONE TO PLEASE RISE AND TURN ON YOUR CANDLES.

THESE LIGHTS HONOR NANCY'S LIFE, THE LOVE AND IMPACT SHE LEAVES BEHIND, AND OUR COMMITMENT TO CARRY HER MEMORY FORWARD AS THE OVERHEAD LIGHTS BEGIN TO DIM. WE WILL HAVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE.

DURING THIS MOMENT, I INVITE YOU TO SAY A SILENT PRAYER FOR NANCY'S PARENTS, HER FAMILY, HER LOVED ONES, AND FOR ALL OF THE CITY OF CORAL SPRINGS. NANCY'S PASSING IS A PAINFUL REMINDER OF THE IMPACT OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND THAT WHICH WE OFTEN DON'T KNOW THE STRUGGLES OF OTHERS AND WHAT THEY MIGHT BE FACING.

LET US HONOR HER LIFE, HER SERVICE, AND THAT MANY WAYS SHE TOUCHED OUR COMMUNITIES WHILE ALSO REMEMBERING THE IMPORTANCE OF KINDNESS, AWARENESS, AND SUPPORT FOR THOSE WHO MAY BE SUFFERING IN SILENCE.

PLEASE, LET'S TAKE A MOMENT OF SILENCE TO REFLECT AND HONOR NANCY MATERA.

THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE THIS EVENING TO HONOR NANCY'S LIFE AND LEGACY.

YOUR PRESENCE IS A POWERFUL REMINDER OF HOW DEEPLY SHE TOUCHED THE COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU TO OUR FAITH LEADERS AND EVERYONE WHO SHARED COMFORTING REMARKS THIS EVENING.

FOR ANYONE WHO IS IN NEED OF SUPPORT, COUNSELING RESOURCES ARE AVAILABLE JUST OUTSIDE THE CHAMBERS.

AS WE TRANSITION INTO THE REGULAR CITY COMMISSION MEETING TONIGHT, WE ASK THAT ANYONE LEAVING DO SO AND QUIETLY CARRY THIS MOMENT WITH YOU ALONG WITH THE CANDLELIGHT. THIS WAY WE KNOW HER LIGHT WILL NEVER DIM.

MAY NANCY'S LIFE, HER SERVICE, HER BEAUTIFUL SPIRIT CONTINUE TO INSPIRE US TO CARE FOR ONE ANOTHER, TO LIVE LIFE FULL OF LOVE AND COMPASSION, STRENGTH AND GRACE AS WE KNOW SHE WOULD HAVE.

THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE THIS EVENING. WE WILL NOW HAVE 15 MINUTE RECESS BEFORE RESUMING THE COMMISSION MEETING.

THANK YOU, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. IT IS CURRENTLY 8 A.M. 8 P.M.

AND WE SHALL RESUME OUR MEETING. COLLEAGUES, WOULD YOU PLEASE JOIN ME BACK IN THE WELL? OKAY, SO YOU HAVE TWO. CHOICES. SO I CAN GO IN THE PROCLAMATION.

SHE WANTS THE BATTERY FIRST. YEAH.

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WE'RE GOING TO FIRST GO TO OUR PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA AWARENESS MONTH AWARD.

AND IT IS AN HONOR AND A PRIVILEGE TO HAVE MR. KENNETH ROBERTS FROM THE PVA FLORIDA CHAPTER JOIN US HERE IN THE WELL.

THANK YOU. MAYOR. THANK YOU. YES, MA'AM. WHEREAS IN 1984, THE PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA DESIGNATED THE MONTH OF APRIL TO HONOR BOTH AMERICA'S PARALYZED VETERANS AND THE ORGANIZATION'S FOUNDING.

AND WHEREAS THIS MONTH LONG SERIES OF PUBLIC EDUCATION ACTIVITIES ALLOWS PARALYZED VETERANS AND ITS MEMBERS TO SHOWCASE THEIR COMMITMENT TO AMERICA'S VETERANS AND CELEBRATE THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS. AND WHEREAS VETERANS WITH DISABILITIES HAVE SERVED THEIR COUNTRY WHEN IT NEEDED THEM, AND THEY CONTINUE TO SERVE THEIR COMMUNITIES THROUGH RESEARCH AND ADVOCACY.

WHEREAS, WE ARE REMINDED THAT PARALYZED VETERANS PERSONIFY THE HIGHEST IDEALS OF SERVICE TO OUR COUNTRY, SACRIFICE OF SELF AND PERSEVERANCE IN OVERCOMING ADVERSITY, AND THEIR STORIES OF HARDSHIP AND TRIUMPH PROVIDE LIFE AFFIRMING LESSONS FOR ALL OF US.

WHEREAS, RESIDING WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF TAMARAC, MANY OF OUR NEIGHBORS HAVE SERVED AS MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES AND IN DOING SO, HONORED OUR COMMUNITY WITH EXEMPLARY, EXEMPLARY DEDICATION IN THE LINE OF DUTY.

THESE BRAVE AND HONORABLE MEN AND WOMEN MADE SACRIFICES ON OUR BEHALF FOR WHICH WE CAN NEVER REPAY THEM.

AND NOW, THEREFORE, I, MICHEL J. GOMEZ, VERY PROUD MAYOR OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC, ALONG WITH THE TAMARAC COMMISSION, ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO HONOR THE PARALYZED VETERANS, REFLECT UPON AND APPRECIATE THE SACRIFICES THEY AND THEIR FAMILIES HAVE ENDURED FOR OUR FREEDOM, AND HEREBY PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF APRIL 2026 AS PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA AWARENESS MONTH IN THE CITY OF TAMARAC.

THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU MAYOR. GOMEZ THANK YOU FOR HONORING US.

OUR 80TH YEAR. PARALYZED VETERANS, SPINAL CORD INJURY.

I'M PROUD TO BE HERE TO ACCEPT THE PROCLAMATION FROM THE CITY OF TAMARAC.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU. MA'AM, CAN YOU TAKE A PICTURE WITH YOU? THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU.

LET'S GIVE OUR MILITARY HERO ANOTHER ROUND OF APPLAUSE, PLEASE.

STANDING OVATION IS GOOD TOO. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

AND THANK YOU TO ALL WHO SERVED OUR COUNTRY. AT THIS TIME WE WILL GO TO COMMUNITY HERO AWARD PRESENTATION REQUESTED BY VICE MAYOR BOLTON. THANK YOU MAYOR. EVERY MONTH WE HONOR AN EXEMPLARY RESIDENT IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND SO THIS MONTH, WE ARE HONORING KAREN.

KAREN, WILL YOU PLEASE COME? HOPE I CAN READ THIS ONE WITH LOTS MORE HAPPINESS.

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AND WHEREAS KAREN DEWAR DWYER AS PRESIDENT OF MAINLAND'S ONE AND TWO HOMEOWNERS.

HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION HAS DEMONSTRATED EXEMPLARY, EXTRAORDINARY DEDICATION TO THE RESIDENTS SHE SERVES, PROVIDING STEADY LEADERSHIP, ADVOCACY AND A DEEP COMMITMENT TO IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF LIFE WITHIN HER COMMUNITY.

AND WHEREAS HER TIRELESS EFFORTS, KAREN DWYER HAS GONE ABOVE AND BEYOND THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF HER ROLE, WORKING DILIGENTLY TO ENSURE THAT THE VOICES OF RESIDENTS, PARTICULARLY THOSE WHO ARE VULNERABLE, UNDERSERVED AND IN NEED, ARE HEARD, SUPPORTED AND PROTECTED.

AND WHEREAS KAREN DURHAM HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN FOSTERING A SENSE OF UNITY, SAFETY AND PRIDE WITHIN THE MAINLAND'S COMMUNITY, OFTEN SERVING AS A AS A TRUSTED SOURCE, ADVOCATE AND SOURCE OF COMFORT FOR RESIDENTS FACING CHALLENGES.

AND WHEREAS HER UNWAVERING COMPASSION AND HANDS ON APPROACH TO HELPING OTHERS HAVE MADE A LASTING IMPACT ON COUNTLESS INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES, REFLECTING THE HIGHEST IDEALS OF COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT.

AND WHEREAS KAREN DWYER'S COMMITMENT TO SERVICE EXEMPLIFIES THE VALUES OF KINDNESS AND INTEGRITY AND RESILIENCE, AND HER WORK CONTINUES TO INSPIRE OTHERS TO GIVE BACK AND STRENGTHEN THE FABRIC OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC.

AND WHEREAS IT IS FITTING AND PROPER TO RECOGNIZE KAREN DWYER FOR HER OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS AND CELEBRATE HER AS A TRUE CHAMPION FOR THE PEOPLE OF TAMARAC. NOW THEREFORE, I, VICE MAYOR MARLON DE BOLTON, ON BEHALF OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC, FLORIDA, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM AND RECOGNIZE KAREN DWYER AS A COMMUNITY HERO AWARD RECIPIENT AND EXTEND OUR DEEPEST GRATITUDE FOR HER EXEMPLARY LEADERSHIP, COMPASSION, AND UNWAVERING DEDICATION TO SERVING THE RESIDENTS OF TAMARAC.

IN WEAKNESS I HAVE HERE UNTO PUT MY HAND AND CAUSED THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC TO BE AFFIXED ON THE SEVENTH DAY OF APRIL 2026.

THERE YOU GO. AND WE'RE GOING TO CONFER THIS MEDAL OF HONOR TO TO KAREN.

WE DON'T WANT TO GO INTO SPECIFICS, BUT KAREN CALLED ONE DAY VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT ONE OF THE RESIDENTS WHO HAD AN APPLICATION FOR HER ROOF TO BE CHANGED.

AND THERE'S WATER COMING IN AND TREES GOING THROUGH THE ROOF AND SO FORTH.

AND HER APPLICATION WAS EITHER LOST OR DENIED.

AND KAREN WAS ADAMANT FOR IT TO BE APPROVED. AND I'M SO GRATEFUL THAT BECAUSE KAREN CALLED OUR OFFICE, WE WERE ABLE TO APPROVE THAT APPLICATION TO HAVE THE RESIDENCE ROOF FIXED AND REPAIRED.

SO, KAREN, WITHOUT YOU, THAT WOULD HAVE NEVER HAVE HAPPENED. SO I THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.

WELL, IT'S IT'S REALLY AN HONOR. VICE MAYOR AND MAYOR GOMEZ AND THE COMMISSIONERS.

AND I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

I KNOW THE RESIDENTS OF MAINLAND ONE AND TWO WILL BE VERY HAPPY THAT YOU HELPED THIS ELDERLY RESIDENT.

AND I WANT TO THANK MY BOARD FOR ATTENDING TODAY, AND OF COURSE, MY DAUGHTER FOR ATTENDING AND ALL THE SUPPORT THAT WE GET AT MAINLAND ONE AND TWO FROM THE COMMISSION. THANK YOU, OH, THERE YOU GO. OH. IT'S HEAVY.

OKAY, I'LL HOLD THIS. OKAY. OKAY.

ONE. TWO. THREE. THANK YOU.

OH, WOW. HOW ABOUT THIS? JUST PUT THE FLOWERS IN.

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AND LOCAL ARTISTS SERVE AS A CULTURAL AMBASSADOR, REFLECTING THE SPIRIT, HISTORY, AND DIVERSITY OF OUR COMMUNITY WHILE INSPIRING FUTURE GENERATIONS TO EMBRACE CREATIVITY AND PURSUE ARTISTIC ENDEAVORS.

AND WHEREAS BROWARD COUNTY IS HOME TO A TALENTED INDIVIDUAL, WHEREAS BROWARD COUNTY IS HOME TO TALENTED INDIVIDUALS SUCH AS LOCAL ARTIST ORAL FERGUSON, WHOSE ARTISTIC CONTRIBUTIONS CONTINUE TO ELEVATE THE CULTURAL LANDSCAPE AND BRING VIBRANCY, INSPIRATION AND PRIDE TO OUR CITY. AND WHEREAS WORLD ART DAY PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE AND SUPPORT ARTISTS, ENCOURAGE ARTISTIC EDUCATION, AND SUPPORT THE PROFOUND IMPACT OF ART ON OUR DAILY LIVES AND COMMUNITY IDENTITY.

NOW THEREFORE, I, VICE MAYOR MARLON DE BOLTON, ON BEHALF OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM APRIL 15TH, 2026 AS WORLD ART DAY IN THE CITY OF TAMARAC AND ENCOURAGE ALL RESIDENTS TO CELEBRATE THE ARTS, SUPPORT LOCAL ARTISTS, AND ENGAGE IN CREATIVE EXPRESSION.

AND THERE'S AN EVENT IN THE CITY OF SUNRISE THAT AURA WILL PLEASE TELL US ABOUT AS WELL.

I I JUST GOT THIS INFORMATION YESTERDAY THAT I WAS GOING TO BE HERE FOR THIS PROCLAMATION AND I DROPPED EVERYTHING TO BE HERE.

I WANT TO THANK THE CITY FOR HAVING US. SO HE MENTIONED WORLD ART DAY.

WORLD ART DAY IS CELEBRATED IN EUROPE AS THE 15TH OF APRIL, AND PEOPLE ACTUALLY TAKE IT OFF AS A HOLIDAY.

SO WE HAD OUR FIRST WORLD ART DAY IN SUNRISE LAST YEAR, AND HOPEFULLY NEXT YEAR WE CAN HAVE IT IN THIS GREAT CITY OF TAMARAC.

I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL AGAIN FOR THIS PROCLAMATION AND HAVE A GOOD DAY.

I. THOUGHT IT WAS A CHECK THAT COMES OUT OF HIS POCKET.

THE NEXT PROCLAMATION, YOM HASHOAH HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY IS GOING TO BE MOVED TO OUR NEXT MEETING ON APRIL 22ND.

AS TONIGHT, AS YOU HEARD EARLIER, IS THE LAST TWO DAYS OF PASSOVER ARE AS OBSERVANT AS THE FIRST TWO DAYS OF PASSOVER.

AND SO WE'LL HAVE THEM. THE RABBI'S HERE. THEN THE NEXT ONE IS AUTISM AWARENESS MONTH PROCLAMATION REQUESTED BY COMMISSIONER.

KEISHA DANIEL AND SHE WILL PRESENT IT TO DOCTOR SHIRLEY SIMMS. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. THANK YOU, DOCTOR SIMS. WE APPRECIATE ALL THAT YOU DO. AND THIS IS MISS KELLY.

HI, KELLY. OKAY. WHEREAS AUTISM AWARENESS MONTH IS OBSERVED.

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GO AHEAD. MY PLEASURE TO HELP. WHEREAS AUTISM AWARENESS MONTH IS OBSERVED EACH APRIL TO INCREASE UNDERSTANDING, PROMOTE ACCEPTANCE, AND CELEBRATE THE UNIQUE STRENGTHS AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF INDIVIDUALS ON THE AUTISM SPECTRUM.

AND WHEREAS AUTISM IS A DEVELOPMENTAL CONDITION THAT AFFECTS HOW INDIVIDUALS COMMUNICATE, INTERACT, AND EXPERIENCE THE WORLD, AND IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT COMMUNITIES FOSTER INCLUSIVE ENVIRONMENTS WHERE ALL INDIVIDUALS ARE RESPECTED, SUPPORTED, AND EMPOWERED TO THRIVE. AND WHEREAS DOCTOR SHIRLEY SIMMS, A DEVOTED MOTHER, EDUCATOR, AND ADVOCATE, HAS TRANSFORMED HER PERSONAL JOURNEY INTO A POWERFUL MISSION TO UPLIFT CHILDREN ON THE AUTISM SPECTRUM AND SUPPORT FAMILIES NAVIGATING SIMILAR PATHS.

AND WHEREAS, INSPIRED BY HER DAUGHTER CARLY, WHO IS DIAGNOSED WITH AUTISM AT THE AGE OF FOUR AND A HALF, DOCTOR SIMS HAS INTENTIONALLY CREATED SPACES THAT ARE THAT PROVIDE RESOURCES, SHARED EXPERIENCES, AND A SENSE OF BELONGING FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, ENSURING THEY FEEL SEEN, SUPPORTED AND EMPOWERED.

AND WHEREAS DOCTOR SIMS COAUTHORED THE CHILDREN'S BOOK MY SPARKLE MY WAY AUTISM AND ACCEPTANCE ALONGSIDE HER DAUGHTER, A HEARTFELT STORY THAT HIGHLIGHTS THE BEAUTY, CONFIDENCE, AND BRILLIANCE OF AUTISTIC CHILDREN WHILE PROMOTING REPRESENTATION, UNDERSTANDING, AND MEANINGFUL DIALOG WITHIN HOMES, SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES.

WHEREAS, AS A FOUNDER OF AWESOME PALS AND AUTISM AFFIRMING BRAND DOCTOR, SIMS HAS DEVELOPED IMPACTFUL PROGRAMS, STORYTELLING INITIATIVES, AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES THAT FOSTER INCLUSION, CELEBRATE DIFFERENCES, AND STRENGTHEN CONNECTIONS AMONG FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES.

WHEREAS, THROUGH OVER 25 YEARS OF PROFESSIONAL LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE, A DOCTORATE IN EDUCATION AND LEADERSHIP, AND A DESIGNATION AS A CERTIFIED AUTISM SPECIALIST, DOCTOR SIMS COMBINES BOTH LIVED EXPERIENCE AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERTISE TO CHAMPION ACCEPTANCE AND CREATE LASTING, MEANINGFUL CHANGE.

AND NOW, THEREFORE, ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC, BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, WE ALL HEREBY RECOGNIZE, WITH THE SUPPORT OF DOCTOR COMMISSIONER KEISHA DANIEL AND RECOGNIZE APRIL AS AUTISM AWARENESS MONTH IN THE CITY OF TAMARAC AND PROUDLY HONORED DOCTOR SHIRLEY SIMS FOR HER UNWAVERING DEDICATION, ADVOCACY, AND COMMITMENT TO UPLIFTING CHILDREN ON THE AUTISM SPECTRUM AND THEIR FAMILIES.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. FIRST, THANK YOU SO MUCH, DOCTOR COMMISSIONER DANIEL MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND ALL THE COMMISSIONERS.

JUST REAL QUICK, MY PERSONAL JOURNEY, AS YOU KNOW, CALLIE IS ON THE SPECTRUM.

AND FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS, I HAVE BEEN REALLY ADVOCATING JUST SO KIDS ON THE SPECTRUM CAN BE SEEN.

SO I CREATED AWESOME PALS AND OUR ENTIRE GOAL IS TO CREATE SPACES SO KIDS CAN DEVELOP FRIENDSHIPS.

OFTEN KIDS ON THE SPECTRUM, THEY DON'T REALLY HAVE FRIENDS OUT BESIDES THE FRIENDS THEY MEET AT ABA THERAPY.

BUT FOR THEM TO BE INVITED TO BIRTHDAY PARTIES, IT'S REALLY HARD.

SO AWESOME PALS THROUGH OUR BOOKS THAT WE WRITE, WE WROTE WHICH I PROVIDED A COPY TO EACH OF YOU.

WE TEACH INDIVIDUALS ABOUT UNDERSTANDING WHAT AUTISM IS, HOW DO YOU COMMUNICATE AND BEING SENSORY AWARE OF CHILDREN ON THE SPECTRUM? AND SO CALLIE HELPED CO-WRITE THE BOOK. SO ALL OF THE CHARACTERS SHE HAD TO APPROVE THE ARTWORK SHE HAD TO APPROVE.

SO PLEASE JUST CONTINUE TO HELP SUPPORT THE MISSION OF JUST BEING SUPPORTIVE AND CREATING SPACES FOR KIDS AND INDIVIDUALS ON THE SPECTRUM.

AND CALLIE, IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO SAY? THANK YOU. OH, THANK YOU SO MUCH. I'M GOING TO TAKE A PICTURE.

I'M GOING TO GO IN THE MIDDLE. OH, THAT'S THE ONE I WAS GOING TO.

COME ON. COME ON. LET'S GO. LET'S DO IT RIGHT.

GET IN. GET IN THE MIDDLE. COMMISSIONER! COME ON.

COME OVER HERE. OKAY. OH, MY. SUPPORT SYSTEM.

LET'S DO ONE FIRST, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO DO ONE.

AND THEN WE'LL HAVE EVERYBODY.

COME ON, WE'LL GET TO THE PHOTOS. OKAY.

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ONE. TWO. THREE.

THANK YOU. THAT'S A GOOD IDEA. IN COMMUNITY IS UNITY.

WE GET THROUGH THINGS TOGETHER. AT THIS TIME, IT IS A PLEASURE TO HAVE CHIEF JONATHAN FRAZIER COME DOWN AND PROCLAIM AND PRESENT OUR FIREFIGHTER OF THE YEAR TO FIREFIGHTER JAMES MURAD.

COME ON DOWN. YOU. MIGHT AS WELL.

I DO, I DO, I DO. YOU NEED ME TO HOLD THEM. AFTER ALL, THE PEOPLE THAT SPEAK FOR A LIVING ARE THE MEN OF GOD AND POLITICIANS.

HERE. I'M GOING TO GIVE THIS A SHOT. SO IT'S A PLEASURE TO BRING TO YOU TONIGHT.

FIREFIGHTER JAMES MURAT FOR, FOR 2025 WAS THE FIREFIGHTER OF THE YEAR.

AND I'M GOING TO READ TO YOU THE PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS EACH YEAR THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC FIRE RESCUE NOMINATE THEIR PEERS FOR THE CITY OF TAMARAC FIRE RESCUE FIREFIGHTER OF THE YEAR AWARD AND THE SELECTION REVIEWS.

ALL NOMINATIONS SUBMITTED AND FIREFIGHTER JAMES MURAD'S NOMINATION WAS UNANIMOUSLY SELECTED AS THE 2025 TAMARAC FIREFIGHTER OF THE YEAR FOR HIS EXCEPTIONAL COMMITMENT AS A LEAD INSTRUCTOR OF THE TAMARAC FIRE RESCUE CADET PROGRAM.

HIS CONSISTENT, HIGH PERFORMANCE AND EXCEPTIONAL SERVICE TO THE GREATER GOOD OF THE DEPARTMENT.

AND WHEREAS FIREFIGHTER JAMES MURAD DEDICATION AND COMMITMENT TO HIS ROLE AS THE TAMARAC CADET PROGRAM LEAD INSTRUCTOR HAS RESULTED IN AN INCREASED ENROLLMENT IN THE CADET PROGRAM AND HAS PRODUCED TWO CADETS WHO HAVE BEEN HIRED BY HOLLYWOOD FIRE RESCUE AND MIRAMAR FIRE RESCUE.

AND WHEREAS HIS ROLE AS A LEAD INSTRUCTOR HAS MOTIVATED FORMER TAMARAC CADETS TO A HIGHER ENROLLMENT RATE IN THE EMT, PARAMEDIC AND FIRE ACADEMY PROGRAMS, SCHOOLS AND SOME FORMER CADETS HAVE EVEN RETURNED TO ASSIST WITH THE CADET PROGRAM.

WHEREAS, FIREFIGHTER JAMES MURAD SERVES AS AN ACTING LIEUTENANT AND IS CURRENTLY ON THE LIEUTENANT PROMOTIONAL LIST, DEMONSTRATING STRONG LEADERSHIP AND MENTORING QUALITIES THAT HAVE EARNED HIM THE RESPECT AND ADMIRATION OF HIS CREW.

I BELIEVE THAT LAST PART IS FOR YOU. AND NOW I, MICHEL J.

GOMEZ, VERY PROUD MAYOR OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC, ALONG WITH THE CITY COMMISSION, DO HEREBY COMMEND FIREFIGHTER JAMES MIA.ROD FOR HIS SERVICE AND HIS ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND ALL ACTIONS ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC AND CONGRATULATE HIM ON BEING SELECTED.

THE 2025 CITY OF TAMARAC FIREFIGHTER OF THE YEAR.

WOO HOO! THANK YOU, EVERYBODY FOR COMING OUT, I APPRECIATE IT.

A LOT OF HARD WORK GOES INTO THIS AWARD, BUT A LOT OF CREDIT GOES TO MY CREW.

THERE'S SOME GUYS HERE. HI BUDDY. THERE'S SOME GUYS AND GIRLS THAT I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH FOR A REALLY LONG TIME THAT HAVE HELPED ME GET TO THIS POINT IN TIME IN MY CAREER. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO MY CREW.

THANKS SO MUCH TO MY FAMILY. THERE'S A TON OF SACRIFICE THAT GOES INTO BEING A FIREFIGHTER ON THE FAMILY SIDE, MY WIFE AND MY TWO BEAUTIFUL CHILDREN. I COULD NOT DO IT WITHOUT YOU.

SO THANK YOU AND THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE.

THANK YOU. SO IF WE, THE WHOLE FAMILY, COME ON DOWN AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A FIREFIGHTER FAMILY JOIN US.

OH. YOU'RE GOOD.

WE'RE ALL COMING UP. I'M READY. ONE. TWO. THREE.

OH. AND LET'S GET THE FIREFIGHTER FAMILY TO COME ON DOWN TO THE WHOLE FAMILY. YOU WANT TO BLEND FAMILY?

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ONE. TWO. THREE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANKS A LOT. I APPRECIATE IT.

THANK. YOU, CHIEF. IT WAS A PLEASURE.

YOU SAID. WE GET TO GO BACK UP NOW.

ALRIGHTY. ALWAYS WONDERFUL TO HAVE HIGHLIGHTS OF GOOD THINGS AND GOOD PEOPLE.

ALL RIGHT, I'M DONE STALLING. OUR BSL MONTHLY UPDATE IS BEING PRESENTED BY BSL CAPTAIN DAVID FRANKS.

GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, CITY MANAGER, CITY ATTORNEY AND THE CITIZENS OF TAMARAC.

TONIGHT WE WILL TALK ABOUT A FEW QUICK NUMBERS BECAUSE THERE'S SOME OTHER THINGS I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT HERE TONIGHT.

I THINK THAT WOULD JUST REALLY, YOU KNOW, BEEN EXCITING ME FOR THIS MONTH.

JUST REALLY WANT TO TALK ABOUT REAL QUICK ON THE CRIMES OVERALL FROM COMPARED TO LAST YEAR, FROM MARCH OF LAST YEAR AND THEN THE MARCH OF THIS YEAR, WE'VE GONE DOWN 26%, WHICH I THINK IS AN ASTOUNDING JOB BY THE DEPUTIES AND DETECTIVES IN THE DISTRICT. THEY'VE DONE A MAGNIFICENT JOB.

AND ONE OF THE BIG THINGS I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS LIKE THE AGGRAVATED ASSAULTS, WHICH HAVE ALWAYS BEEN EVERY TIME WE COME IN HERE, THEY'VE GONE UP, THEY'VE GONE UP, BUT THIS TIME THEY'VE GONE DOWN 57.1%, WHICH IS AN AMAZING DROP ON THE AGGRAVATED ASSAULTS.

SO I KNOW THE VIOLENT CRIMES ARE SOMETHING THAT WE ARE DEFINITELY WORKING HARD TO TRY TO, YOU KNOW, EDUCATE THE PUBLIC AND WORK TOWARDS, YOU KNOW, A MUCH, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE COULD FIND DIFFERENT WAYS TO, YOU KNOW, USE THEIR, YOU KNOW, EMOTIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

ANOTHER COUPLE GOOD THINGS, YOU KNOW, WITH THE BURGLARY, THE RESIDENTS GONE DOWN 33% AND EVEN OUR THEFTS, WHICH USUALLY ARE OUR HIGHEST NUMBERS HAVE GONE DOWN 46%.

IT'S THE DEPUTIES ARE OUT THERE. THEY'RE GOING TO THE PLACES THEY'RE BEING SEEN.

AND I THINK PEOPLE ARE LEARNING THAT THIS IS NOT THE PLACE TO GO OUT AND BREAK INTO PLACES AND TO STEAL THINGS.

THE ARRESTS HAVE GONE UP. WE HAVE GONE. WE DID 129 ARRESTS THIS MONTH OF JUST 35 OF THEM WERE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.

AND THE BEST NUMBER I'D LIKE TO SEE IS THE DEPUTIES ARE GETTING OUT THERE SO THAT TO CONTROL THE TRAFFIC.

LAST YEAR WE WROTE 1097 TICKETS IN THE MONTH OF MARCH, AND THIS MARCH WE WROTE 1491 CITATIONS.

SO THE DEPUTIES ARE OUT THERE. TAMARAC IS NOT THE PLACE TO SPEED.

IT'S NOT THE PLACE TO BREAK THE TRAFFIC LAWS.

SO I DEFINITELY WANT TO PUSH THAT OFF TO THE THE RESIDENTS FROM TAMARA AND THE OTHER PLACES AROUND THE CITY.

SO ON THAT NOTE, I'D LIKE TO DEFINITELY BRING UP DEPUTY REMY WELDON AND MY, MY EXECUTIVE OFFICER, LIEUTENANT DAN MELIS. AND WHILE THEY'RE COMING UP, HOW ABOUT A BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR OUR BSO? THANK YOU FOR DOING SUCH A GREAT JOB IN PROTECTING US.

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AND WHEN WE LOOK AT THE DEPUTIES, WE'RE NOT JUST HONORING A DEPUTY FOR JUST DOING THEIR JOB.

THIS IS SOMETHING FOR THEM GOING WAY ABOVE AND BEYOND THE WORK THAT THEY DO EVERY DAY, TAKING THAT EXTRA STEP, NOTICING THE THINGS THAT MAYBE GET MISSED BY A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE.

AND BACK ON FEBRUARY 20TH, DEPUTY WELDON INITIATED A TRAFFIC STOP, AND ON THE TRAFFIC STOP, SHE RECOGNIZED THE PERSON THAT WAS DRIVING THE CAR AS HAVING A SUSPENDED LICENSE.

SHE'S SEEN HIM BEFORE. SHE'S DEALT WITH HIM. BUT THE OTHER THING IS, SHE ALSO NOTICED THAT HE'S HAD A CASE WITH A WITH LEWD AND LASCIVIOUS BATTERY.

SO WHEN SHE STOPS THE CAR, SHE STARTS TALKING TO THE PERSON AND SHE KNOWS THE PERSON IN THE CAR WITH HIM IS A 17 YEAR OLD MALE.

AND AFTER SPEAKING, FINDING OUT HIS AGE AND EVERYTHING AND REALIZING THIS PERSON IS ON PROBATION AND NOT SUPPOSED TO BE AROUND MINORS, NOT SUPPOSED TO HAVE ANY TYPE OF ELECTRONIC DEVICES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

HE'S NOW WITH A 17 YEAR OLD WHO'S NOT SUPPOSED TO BE WITH AND HAVING DEVICES THAT HE SHOULDN'T BE WITH.

SO HER WITH HER INVESTIGATION, SHE WAS ABLE TO END UP ARRESTING HIM FOR NOT ONLY DRIVING ON A SUSPENDED LICENSE, BUT FOR BEING WITH BASICALLY INTERFERENCE OF CUSTODY OF A MINOR AND ALSO POSSESSING A ELECTRONIC DEVICE.

AND I THINK THAT WAS THE ONLY OTHER CRIME. AND I GUESS VIOLATING HIS, HIS COURT ORDER, BUT BECAUSE OF HER, A 17 YEAR OLD WAS NOT VICTIMIZED IN OUR CITY, WAS NOT VICTIMIZED.

AND THAT TO ME IS AN AMAZING AMOUNT OF WORK THAT SHE DID.

SO FOR THE FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY, WE ARE HONORING DEPUTY WELDON AS THE EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH FOR FEBRUARY OF 2026 FOR HER OUTSTANDING AND DEDICATED WORK TOWARD THE DISTRICT. THANK YOU SIR.

THIS FOR YOU. AND ANOTHER THING I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WHEN I STARTED HERE IN TAMARAC, ONE OF THE THINGS I REALIZED THAT WE'RE MISSING SOMETHING WHEN IT CAME TO COMMUNITY HERE AND IT WAS THE EXPLORER PROGRAM.

AND TO ME, AND I KNOW AFTER THE COMMISSION WORKSHOP WITH VICE MAYOR BOLTON, HE WAS BIG ABOUT BEING A MEMBER, BRINGING THE COMMUNITY AND NEW WAYS AND INNOVATIVE WAYS TO INSPIRE YOUNG PEOPLE TO BECOME PART OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND BECOME PART OF THE CITY.

SO WE STARTED THE EXPLORER PROGRAM. AND LIEUTENANT MICHAEL PAPARELLA HAS JUST BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN ABSOLUTELY STARTING THIS PROGRAM.

AND I'D LIKE TO BRING HIM UP HERE AND ALLOW HIM TO INTRODUCE HIS TEAM AND ALLOW HIM TO INTRODUCE THE AMAZING CADETS THAT WE HAVE HERE IN THE CITY.

THANK YOU CAPTAIN. THEY ALWAYS HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY ABOUT MY HEIGHT, SO I HAD TO BRING DOWN THE MICROPHONE.

SO GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.

SO AND THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. AS OF JANUARY 2026, WE PROUDLY REESTABLISHED TAMARAC EXPLORER PROGRAM.

WE CURRENTLY HAVE TEN ACTIVE EXPLORERS AND HOPING TO BRING IT UP TO 15.

SO THEY'RE COMMITTED TO LEARNING, GROWING, AND SERVING OUR COMMUNITY.

I'D LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE OUR VOLUNTEERS.

WHO WITHOUT THEM, THIS PROGRAM WOULD NOT BE AS MUCH A SUCCESS AS IT IS.

DEPUTY HILTON. DEPUTY. ISAAC. DEPUTY MASUCCI.

THESE THREE DEPUTIES HAVE BEEN FANTASTIC, RIGHT? THEY'VE HELPED ME EVERY STEP OF THE WAY. I REALLY LEANED ON THEM IMMENSELY.

SO WITHOUT THEM, WE WOULDN'T BE WHERE WE'RE AT TODAY, RIGHT.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR HELP. SO AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOUR EXPLORER PROGRAM, YOUR EXPLORERS. JEN LEDERMAN.

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RIGHT. MARCH. RAIN. OH, PLEASE.

TAMARA COMMISSIONER. WELCOME TO TAMARAC EXPLORER PROGRAM.

SO PLEASE, JUST ANOTHER MOMENT OF YOUR TIME, IF YOU DON'T MIND.

SO THE TAMARAC EXPLORER PROGRAM. IT'S A VALUABLE INITIATIVE THAT PROVIDES YOUNG MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY WITH FIRSTHAND EXPOSURE TO LAW ENFORCEMENT WHILE FOSTERING LEADERSHIP, DISCIPLINE AND COMMITMENT TO PUBLIC SERVICE THROUGH MENTORSHIP, TRAINING, AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT.

THESE EXPLORERS GAINED GAINING INSIGHT INTO RESPONSIBILITIES AND EXPECTATIONS OF A CAREER IN LAW ENFORCEMENT.

THIS PROGRAM STRENGTHENS LEADERSHIP BETWEEN OUR AGENCY AND THE COMMUNITY, WHILE ALSO SERVING AS A PIPELINE FOR DEVELOPING FUTURE LAW ENFORCEMENT PROFESSIONALS GROUNDED IN OUR VALUES. OUR EXPLORERS PARTICIPATE IN COMPETITIONS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, WHICH THEY WILL ALSO.

THEY ARE ALSO SCHEDULED TO ATTEND ONE IN JUNE INTO JULY.

SO IT'S A WEEK THEY'RE GOING TO BE GOING UP TO ORLANDO. THEY WILL COMPETE WITH OTHER EXPLORERS STATEWIDE.

THESE EVENTS PROMOTE TEAMWORK, DISCIPLINE AND CONFIDENCE WHILE KEEPING THEM ENGAGED IN A POSITIVE, STRUCTURED ENVIRONMENT THAT SETS THEM UP FOR SUCCESS.

SO THESE YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN REPRESENT THE FUTURE OF OUR PROFESSION IN OUR COMMUNITY.

WHILE MANY MAY CHOOSE A CAREER IN LAW ENFORCEMENT, THE VALUES, DISCIPLINE AND ETHICAL FOUNDATION THEY DEVELOP HERE WILL GUIDE THEM TO SUCCESS IN ANY PROFESSION THAT THEY DECIDE IN THE FUTURE.

SO THE INVESTMENT WE MAKE IN THEM TODAY WILL SHAPE THEM TO BE THE LEADERS THAT WE CAN RELY ON TOMORROW.

SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

OH, HEY. PAUSE, PAUSE. EXCUSE ME. PAUSE ONE SECOND.

I THINK WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO LEAN UP OVER HERE. WE'RE GOING TO GET TOGETHER OVER HERE. SO ABOUT FACE. LET'S COME OVER HERE TO THE CENTER PART OF THE COMMISSION CHAMBERS FOR A PHOTOGRAPH. COMMISSIONER WOULD YOU LIKE TO JOIN US FOR A PHOTOGRAPH? WE'D BE HONORED. ALSO, I JUST WANT TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW THAT THEY JUST COMPLETED THE FIRST EXPLORER ACADEMY WITH THE BROWARD COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE. AND WITH THAT, THEY GAVE UP THEIR SPRING BREAK TO COME AND ACTUALLY WORK OUT, DO TACTICS, BUILDING, CLEARING, ALL THE THINGS THAT WE DO AS LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND LEARN THE THINGS OF HOW TO BE A PROFESSIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER, AND I COMMEND THEM FOR THE WORK THAT THEY DID.

SO THAT WAS ANOTHER GREAT PART OF THINGS FOR THEM.

JUST HAVING FALLEN OVER HERE. THIS IS PICTURE TIME.

HERE'S HOW WE LINE UP. ALRIGHT, LET'S LINE UP IN THE FRONT, PLEASE.

AND THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. I'M GOING TO COME TO THE END.

THEY'RE A LOT TALLER THAN I.

ALL RIGHT. I THINK I KNOW SOME PROUD PARENTS.

PROUD PARENTS. COME ON UP.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. EXCELLENT.

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THANK YOU. YESTERDAY YOU SAID THAT. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. 0011. LEFT. RIGHT.

RIGHT. LEFT. LEFT. LEFT. RIGHT. RIGHT. LEFT. LEFT.

LEFT. RIGHT. RIGHT. LEFT. RIGHT. LEFT.

THANK YOU EVERYBODY. THANK YOU FOR. YOUR COMMITMENT TO HELPING AND SUPPORTING THEM IN THIS ENDEAVOR.

SO THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.

AND PARENTS, IF YOU'RE ASKING YOURSELF THAT QUESTION, CAN WE LEAVE NOW? THE ANSWER IS YES. IF YOU WISH TO LEAVE, YOU CAN.

THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE THIS EVENING. GET HOME SAFELY.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU AGAIN. CITY MANAGER ANY REPORT.

THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. I'M GOING TO DO THIS VERY QUICKLY SO WE CAN GET ON WITH THE THE COMMISSIONER AGENDA.

BUT I'D LIKE TO ANNOUNCE THAT THE TAMARAC SCHOLARS PROGRAM IS BACK.

THIS PROGRAM PROVIDES UP TO $2,500 IN FUNDING TO HELP TAMARAC RESIDENTS PURSUE COLLEGE OR TRADE SCHOOL EDUCATION.

APPLICATIONS OPEN ON MAY 1ST, 2026. YOU CAN SCAN THIS QR CODE TO COMPLETE YOUR ONLINE APPLICATION OR REACH OUT TO US FOR MORE INFORMATION. WE SENT A NOTICE TO OUR RESIDENTS REGARDING A TEMPORARY FREE CHLORINATION PROCESS IN THE CITY'S DRINKING WATER SYSTEM, SERVING US WEST TAMARAC WEST OF STATE ROAD SEVEN.

THIS PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE PROCEDURE WILL TAKE PLACE FROM MARCH 24TH THROUGH APRIL 14TH, AND IS PART OF THE ROUTINE MAINTENANCE REQUIRED FOR WATER SYSTEMS THAT USE COMBINED CHLORINE DISINFECTION. THIS PROCESS IS NOT EXPECTED TO IMPACT SERVICE, ALTHOUGH SOME RESIDENTS MAY NOTICE NOTICE A SLIGHT CHANGE IN TASTE OR ODOR DURING THIS PERIOD, BUT IT'S TEMPORARY.

WE HAVE AN EXCITING LINEUP OF EVENTS PLANNED IN THE COMING WEEKS, WHICH INCLUDE THE INAUGURAL TAMARAC FOOD AND WINE FESTIVAL EVENT ON APRIL 17TH. ADDITIONALLY, THE BSO SHARED A TON AND OPERATION MEDICINE CABINET EVENTS ARE HAPPENING THIS MONTH, OFFERING RESIDENTS A SAFE AND CONVENIENT WAY TO DISPOSE OF UNWANTED ITEMS. SO PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE FOR DATES AND EVENTS AND TIMES OF THESE EXCITING EVENTS COMING UP.

AND THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. OUR NEXT COMMISSION MEETING WILL BE HELD ON APRIL 22ND, 26 AT 9:30 A.M..

THANK YOU. WE WILL NOW MOVE TO PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.

[3. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION ]

BASICALLY, WHILE WE'VE DONE A LOT OF CLAPPING AND CHEERING AND ALL THAT GOOD STUFF.

FOR THE EARLIER PART OF THE MEETING TODAY. IF SOMEONE COMES UP TO THE PODIUM, IF WE DON'T LIKE WHAT THEY'RE SAYING, WE JUST WILL GO LIKE THIS. IF WE LIKE WHAT THEY'RE SAYING, WE DO.

HAPPY HANDS LIKE THIS. WE DON'T WANT TO INTIMIDATE ANYBODY AND MAKE THEM FEEL LIKE THEY ARE NOT ENTITLED TO HAVE THEIR MOMENT TO SHARE WHAT THEY'D LIKE TO SAY.

YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. THEY ARE NOT SHAREABLE.

THEY'RE JUST FOR YOURSELF. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO COME TO THE PODIUM.

WE DO NEED YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS. IF YOU'RE NOT COMFORTABLE IN PROVIDING YOUR ADDRESS, PLEASE JUST STATE THE CITY WHERE YOU LIVE.

AND WE WILL START OFF WITH DARCY SCHILLER. AND THEN RIGHT AFTER THAT WE HAVE GLORIA SEGARRA.

GOOD EVENING, DARCY SCHILLER. KING'S POINT GOT A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS TO TALK ABOUT.

THE FIRST ONE IS STORYTELLING. ANYTIME ANYBODY DISAGREES WITH THE MAYOR OR SHOULD HAVE A DIFFERENCE OF OPINION.

SHE POINTS OUT HOW THEY STORYTELL. WELL, I HAVE TO SAY, MAYBE IF THE WORLD SEES EVERYTHING RED AND YOU SEE IT GREEN MAYOR. MAYBE THERE'S A PROBLEM WITH PERCEPTION.

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THIS $100 MILLION NEW CITY HALL, WHICH IS SO UNNEEDED.

AND ALL I CAN DO IS COMMEND COMMISSIONER DANIEL.

BECAUSE FOR ALL THE BARNEY RUBBLES OUT THERE WHO CALL ME REPREHENSIBLE BECAUSE I SUPPORT MARLON AND KEISHA AND KRYSTAL FOR ADVOCATING FOR US, THE CONSTITUENTS.

LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING, BARNEY RUBBLE, IF YOU LISTEN TO LAST NIGHT'S WORK.

EXCUSE ME. YESTERDAY MORNING'S WORKSHOP. KEISHA DID NOTHING BUT FIGHT AGAINST THE MAYOR'S CASTLE BECAUSE SHE DIDN'T THINK WE NEEDED TAXES TO GO THAT HIGH TO PAY FOR IT. AND KRYSTAL HAS DONE NOTHING BUT ADVOCATE FOR THE PEOPLE, AND MARLON HAS DONE NOTHING BUT ADVOCATE FOR HIS PEOPLE.

BECAUSE IF YOU GO INTO HIS COMMUNITY, BECAUSE I HAVE FAMILY OUT THERE, THEY PRAISE THE GROUND HE WALKS ON AND THEY THINK HE IS NEXT TO JESUS.

AND TO THAT LAST COMMENT IS OUR CITY MANAGER.

I WANT TO TRY TO UNDERSTAND HOW OUR CITY MANAGER KEEPS HIS POSITION WHEN EVERY TIME THE COMMISSION ASKS HIM A QUESTION, HE HAS TO CALL ONE OF HIS WORKERS TO COME UP AND ANSWER IT.

MY GOD, HE'S A CITY MANAGER. HE SHOULD KNOW THE ANSWER TO EVERY SINGLE QUESTION AND THE FACT THAT HE DOESN'T.

AND THE FACT THAT I'VE WATCHED THIS WEEK AFTER WEEK, MONTH AFTER MONTH, FOR YEARS AFTER MIKE CERNECH WAS REMOVED.

I REALLY HAVE TO QUESTION HIS COMPETENCE. AND YOU, THE COMMISSIONER, RESPONSIBLE FOR HIS EMPLOYMENT.

I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOMEBODY EITHER DEMAND THAT HE GET SOME TRAINING IN WHAT HE DOES, OR YOU REPLACE HIM, BECAUSE AS A CITY MANAGER, HE IS AWFUL AS A HUMAN BEING.

HE'S NICE AND HE'S POLITE. BUT AS A CITY MANAGER, YOU ALL SHOULD BE EMBARRASSED.

ON THAT NOTE, I WANT TO GIVE MY CONDOLENCES TO EVERYBODY WHO KNEW THIS COMMISSIONER IN CORAL SPRINGS.

I DID NOT KNOW HER. I'M SORRY FOR THE FAMILY.

AND I HOPE THE MONSTER WHO SHOT HER GETS HIS DAY IN HELL.

AND THAT'S IT FOR IT FOR NOW. I WILL SEE YOU ALL NEXT MONTH.

THANK YOU. AS GLORIA SEGARRA COMES UP. NOPE. YOU JUST SIGNED.

OKAY. MARK GOGGIN. AND THEN AFTER MARK, WE HAVE KATE JOHNSON.

YEAH. MARK GOGGIN FROM EAST TAMARAC TAMARAC LAKE SOUTH.

ONE THING I'D LIKE TO JUST CONGRATULATE, AND HOPEFULLY IT PASSES QUICKLY THIS TIME ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.

THE NEW 13 MEMBERS FOR THE VETERANS COMMITTEE.

IT'S VERY WORTHWHILE. AND WE'RE SORRY TO THEM THAT THEY HAD TO GO THROUGH ALL THAT HASSLE LAST MONTH.

THE OTHER THING IS WE NEED TO REMEMBER THE SESSION UP IN TALLAHASSEE WE THINK IS OVER, BUT THEY'RE GOING BACK TO DISCUSS MORE.

WE STILL NEED TO WATCH WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE DOING, HOW IT'S GOING TO AFFECT US AS A CITY.

IF THEY PUSH THAT TAX CUT, HOW MANY THINGS WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO LOOK AT? REMEMBER THE PRIORITY SERVICES. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE SURE FIRE AND POLICE STAY IN EFFECT.

A LOT OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE SPEND OR WASTE MONEY ON GOING TO HAVE TO CUT OUT.

SO WE NEED TO START LOOKING BECAUSE IT IS APRIL MAY TIME TO LOOK AT THE BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR.

NEED TO LOOK AT WHAT NEEDS TO BE CUT, WHAT NEEDS TO BE HELD BACK ON EXPENSES BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN COME NOVEMBER.

WHAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO THINK. SO REMEMBER THAT AS WE START LOOKING AT THE BUDGET THINGS AND EVERYTHING.

AND THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AS KATE JOHNSON IS COMING UP, I HAVE NICOLE GUTIERREZ COMING ON DECK.

KATE JOHNSON, MAINLAND'S FOUR. IT'S INTERESTING THAT THE FIRST SPEAKER TALKED ABOUT PERCEPTION, BECAUSE THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS I WAS THE MAIN THING I WAS GOING TO TALK ABOUT.

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I'VE BEEN WATCHING THE THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN SAID, THE NEWS, FACEBOOK ABOUT THE TRAGIC MURDER OF THE VICE MAYOR OF CORAL SPRINGS. AND A LOT OF PEOPLE ASK THE QUESTION, WHY DIDN'T SHE SAY ANYTHING? WHY DID SHE STAY? THOSE ARE THE WRONG QUESTIONS.

BECAUSE WHEN WE ASK WHY SHE DIDN'T. WE PUT THE BLAME ON HER RATHER THAN THE PERSON THAT THE BLAME BELONGS ON? WHICH IS WHY DID HE THINK IT WAS OKAY TO DO THAT? AND THAT WAS THE OPTION HE TOOK? IT IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY PEOPLE DON'T TALK ABOUT IT, WHY PEOPLE DON'T SAY WHAT THEY'RE GOING THROUGH BECAUSE OF THE SHAME AND JUDGMENT THAT THEY GET BY.

QUESTIONS LIKE THAT. WHEN WE HEAR SOMEBODY IS GOING THROUGH IT, WHAT WE NEED TO SAY TO THEM IS, HOW CAN I HELP? WHAT DO YOU NEED FROM ME TO PROTECT YOU? WE NEED TO HAVE INFORMATION POSTED IN WORKPLACES, IN CHURCHES, IN LOCATIONS THAT PEOPLE KNOW THAT THIS IS NOT OKAY AND THAT THERE ARE PLACES FOR THEM TO HELP.

IT NOT ONLY HELPS THEM, BUT IT TELLS THEM SOMETHING ELSE, SOMETHING MORE IMPORTANT THAT YOU CARE ABOUT THE ISSUE AND THAT YOU ARE NOT STAYING SILENT. THAT YOU WILL SPEAK OUT AND YOU WILL HELP WITHOUT JUDGMENT.

THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE NEED IN ORDER TO COME FORWARD, IN ORDER TO SAY, THIS IS MY LIFE.

THIS IS WHAT I'M GOING THROUGH. AND AS FAR AS VIOLENCE BEING THE ANSWER, VIOLENCE IS NEVER THE ANSWER.

I HAD A FRIEND OF MINE WHO SERVED TIME IN PRISON FOR INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER.

IT WAS NOT A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CASE. HE GOT INTO A BAR FIGHT.

HE PUNCHED THE GUY. THE GUY FELL BACK, HIT HIS HEAD AGAINST THE CURB AND DIED.

AND HE WAS CONVICTED AND HE WENT TO PRISON. IT WAS VERY INTERESTING CONVERSATIONS THAT WE WOULD HAVE ABOUT HIS TIME THERE. AND HE SAID THE BIGGEST LESSON HE LEARNED WAS TO PUT YOUR HANDS IN YOUR POCKET WHEN YOU'RE FEELING TOO EMOTIONAL, WHEN YOU'RE FEELING UPSET, PUT YOUR HANDS IN YOUR POCKET BECAUSE THEN YOU WON'T DO SOMETHING BECAUSE YOUR HANDS ARE TAKEN CARE OF. AND I HOPE EVERYBODY HEARS THAT LESSON. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK TONIGHT BUT DID NOT SIGN UP FOR AN ITEM THAT IS NOT ON THE AGENDA? ALL RIGHT THEN, NICOLE, YOU ARE OUR LAST PERSON.

GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS NICOLE GUTIERREZ. I LIVE IN FAIRHAVEN, 11 IN TAMARAC SINCE 1999.

I AM HERE AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE TAMARAC NORTH LAUDERDALE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

I WANTED TO INTRODUCE MYSELF AND I WANTED TO INVITE YOU ALL TO THE RISE HEALTH, WEALTH AND BUSINESS EXPO ON APRIL 23RD FROM 4 TO 7 AT THE TAMARAC COMMUNITY CENTER, WHERE OUR COMMUNITY, INCLUDING MY BUSINESS, WILL BE THERE TOGETHER TO GROW AND SUPPORT ONE ANOTHER.

COME MEET LOCAL BUSINESSES, DISCOVER VALUABLE RESOURCES, AND BE A PART OF THE ENERGY THAT HELPS OUR COMMUNITY RISE ABOVE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE WILL NOW MOVE TO OUR COMMISSION REPORTS VICE MAYOR DISTRICT

[4. COMMISSION REPORTS]

FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE STILL WATCHING ONLINE, AND FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE STILL IN THE AUDIENCE FOR COMING TO THE.

VIGIL CANDLELIGHT VIGIL THIS EVENING IT WAS REALLY A MEANINGFUL TIME TO REFLECT ON WHO NANCY MATHIEU WAS AND HER LEADERSHIP, NOT JUST IN THE CITY OF CORAL SPRINGS, BUT HER TIME HERE IN THE CITY OF TAMARAC.

SO THANK YOU TO CITY STAFF AND TO THE CITY ATTORNEY AND THE CITY MANAGER FOR JUMPING IN. WHEN I ASKED FOR THAT SEGMENT TO BE PUT ON THE CITY COMMISSION, THEY NEVER DENIED THE REQUEST.

THE CITY MANAGER IS A CONSUMMATE PROFESSIONAL AND ALWAYS THERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AND TO SUPPORT THE CITY COMMISSION AND

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AND OF COURSE THANK YOU TO OUR PIO, WHO DID A WONDERFUL JOB WITH MAKING SURE THAT THE ROOM WAS FILLED.

AND TO VANESSA, WHO DID AN EXCELLENT JOB WITH ALL THE CANDLES AND ALL THE THINGS THAT YOU SAW HERE TONIGHT ARE JUST AN AMAZING PERSON, AMAZING WORKER HERE IN THE CITY OF TAMARAC. I ALSO WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO SINCERELY THANK THE TAMARAC DISTRICT OF THE BROWARD SHERIFF'S OFFICE FOR THEIR LEADERSHIP, VISION, AND COMMITMENT TO OUR COMMUNITY IN LAUNCHING THE FIRST, VERY FIRST TAMARAC EXPLORERS PROGRAM.

THIS IS MORE THAN JUST A PROGRAM. IT IS AN INVESTMENT IN OUR FUTURE.

IT CREATES A PATHWAY FOR OUR YOUNG PEOPLE TO LEARN, GROW, AND SEE THEMSELVES AS LEADERS IN LAW ENFORCEMENT AND PUBLIC SERVICE. I'M ESPECIALLY HONORED TO CHAMPION FUTURE FUNDING FOR THIS INITIATIVE THROUGH OUR SCHOOL ZONE CAMERA REVENUE.

TURNING THOSE DOLLARS INTO AN OPPORTUNITY TO MENTOR TURNING THOSE DOLLARS INTO AN OPPORTUNITY FOR MENTORSHIP, EDUCATION, AND CAREER DEVELOPMENT. THIS IS EXACTLY THE KIND OF IMPACT WE SHOULD STRIVE FOR AS A CITY.

AND TO THE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE A PART OF THIS PROGRAM, YOU ARE THE FUTURE OF TAMARAC.

THIS PROGRAM INSPIRES, WILL INSPIRE, GUIDE, AND PREPARE THE NEXT GENERATION OF POLICE OFFICERS RIGHT HERE IN OUR CITY TO BE A.

SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP, YOUR DEDICATION, AND YOUR BELIEF IN OUR YOUTH.

TOGETHER, WE'LL BE BUILDING A SAFER, STRONGER AND MORE CONNECTED CITY OF TAMARAC.

AND TO THOSE PEOPLE WHO HAVE HEARD ABOUT TAMARAC FOOD AND WINE FESTIVAL, PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE THERE.

THIS EVENT IS GOING TO BE PHENOMENAL AND ONE FOR THE BOOKS WE HAVE BUSY SIGNAL COMING.

AS YOU KNOW, BUSY SIGNAL IS AN INTERNATIONALLY ACCLAIMED ARTIST, AND HE IS GOING TO BE SINGING UP SOME TUNES, AND ESPECIALLY TO THOSE WHO ARE CELEBRATING THEIR BIRTHDAY IN THE MONTH OF APRIL.

YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR HAPPY BIRTHDAY. I'M A FRIEND ONE MORE YEAR UPON THEM, AND SO IT'S GOING TO BE AN EXCITING TIME.

THERE'S GOING TO BE OVER 30 FOOD STATIONS. SO ONE SIDE OF THE EVENT IS GOING TO BE FOR FREE.

YOU GO TO THE FOOD TRUCKS, YOU GET TO EXPERIENCE JUST BUYING FOOD AND SEEING THE CONCERT FROM THE GENERAL ADMISSION POINT OF VIEW. BUT TO THOSE WHO LIKE LUXURY, LIKE MYSELF AND MY WIFE IN THE AIR WHO IS LISTENING YOU'LL GET TO COME TO THE TAMARAC FOOD AND WINE FESTIVAL AND EXPERIENCE LUXURY CURATED WITH WINE TASTINGS AND FOOD FROM 14 STATIONS THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO PAY FOR.

IT IS INCLUDED IN YOUR TICKET, AND YOU'LL HAVE A VIP SECTION IN THE FRONT WHERE YOU'LL SIT ON JUST AT THE MOST AMAZING PLACE OF TAMARAC VILLAGE WHERE YOU'LL GET TO SEE THE CONCERT.

SO WHY DON'T YOU GO TO TAMARAC.GOV/VIP? THAT'S TAMARAC.GOV/VIP.

GET YOUR TICKETS. I THINK WE HAVE ABOUT 14 VIP TICKETS LEFT.

SO CONGRATULATIONS STAFF AND PARKS AND RECREATION FOR DOING SUCH A WONDERFUL JOB.

ON THE EVENT, THERE ARE STILL GENERAL ADMISSION TICKETS AVAILABLE AND THOSE TICKETS ARE FREE.

AND WITH THAT, I SAY HAPPY EASTER TO EVERYONE.

AND REMEMBER, IT'S ALWAYS FOUR DAYS OF EASTER.

TAKE CARE. COMMISSIONER TWO DISTRICT COMMISSIONER.

RIGHT. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. I ALSO WANT TO EXTEND MY CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILY OF NANCY MATEO.

THE COMMUNITY AND THE RESIDENTS. I HAD THE PRIVILEGE TO MEET MISS MATEO THROUGH THE POLITICAL THROUGH BEING AN ELECTED POSITION.

BUT LAST YEAR, I TRAVELED DOWN TO BRAZIL, ACTUALLY WAS INVITED BY MAYOR MOHAMMED AND VICE MAYOR MATEO TO A CONFERENCE, A CLIMATE CHANGE CONFERENCE, MAYOR'S CONFERENCE.

AND I REMEMBER GOING TO AN EVENT AND SEEING MAYORS FROM ALL ACROSS THE WORLD, LONDON, RIO DE JANEIRO PARIS, YOU KNOW, SAYING HELLO TO OUR NANCY. NANCY, YOU KNOW, I WAS IMPRESSED BECAUSE TO SEE SOMEONE FROM OUR COMMUNITY SO REVERED AROUND THE WORLD GOING TO THAT CONFERENCE, AND I REMEMBER VIVIDLY, WE WERE AT AN EVENT TALKING TO THE MAYOR OF LONDON.

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SHE WAS DEFINITELY A PERSON WHO LOOKED UP FOR THE DOWNTRODDEN.

SHE WAS DEFINITELY PASSIONATE ABOUT HER COMMUNITY AND NO MATTER WHERE SHE WAS IN THE WORLD, NO MATTER WHO SHE'S AROUND, SHE KNEW IT WAS IMPORTANT TO ALWAYS RETURN TO HER COMMUNITY.

AND I REMEMBER I LOST MY PHONE AND IT GOT STOLEN AND GOT ROBBED, AND I WENT TO THE DINNER.

THE FIRST PERSON TO EMBRACE ME WAS NANCY MATHIA.

SHE GAVE ME A HUG AND SHE SAID, DO YOU WANT ME TO CALL CONGRESSMAN DEBBIE WASSERMAN SCHULTZ SO HE CAN KNOW THAT YOUR PHONE GOT STOLEN AND WE CAN REACH OUT TO THE EMBASSY? SO SHE WAS DEFINITELY SOMEONE WHO WAS KIND, SOMEONE WHO WAS SWEET AND SOMEONE WE SHOULD ALWAYS REMEMBER.

YOU KNOW, IN THE SCRIPTURE IT SAYS THAT HEAVEN IS A PLACE WE GO WHEN WE DIE.

BUT I THINK HEAVEN IS A PLACE IS A PLACE WHERE WE FEEL MOST ALIVE.

AND WHEN WE WERE AROUND NANCY, THAT'S WHERE WE FELT GOD REST HER SOUL.

AND ONE THING SHE WAS PASSIONATE ABOUT WAS CLIMATE CHANGE.

AND SHE WAS PART OF THIS ORGANIZATION CALLED IKEA.

AND I TOLD HER I WAS GOING TO LOOK INTO IT, AND I WAS GOING TO SEE IF TAMARA CAN BE A MEMBER.

CITY MANAGER IF YOU DON'T, IF WE CAN BRING THAT TO THE NEXT MEETING IN HONOR OF HER MEMORY.

LOOKING TO TAMARAC GELIN NUCLEAR ORGANIZATION AND ARE CONTINUING NANCY'S WORK FOR CLIMATE CHANGE, ADVOCATING FOR IT IN CITIES AND ACROSS THE WORLD.

RUSS, MAY GOD REST HER SOUL AND MAY GOD CONTINUE TO BLESS HER FAMILY.

THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER WRIGHT. DISTRICT THREE COMMISSIONER COMMISSIONER.

CRYSTAL PATTERSON. THANK YOU MAYOR. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.

THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH US THIS EVENING.

I TOO WANT TO ECHO THE SENTIMENTS OF MY COLLEAGUES.

TONIGHT WE PAUSE TO HONOR VICE MAYOR NANCY MATTEOR, WHO WE ALL KNOW WAS TAKEN FAR TOO SOON.

I HOLD HER FAMILY IN MY HEART. I LIFT THEM IN PRAYER, IN STRENGTH AND IN LOVE.

ON FOUR OVER 18, WE HAVE OUR MONTHLY DISTRICT THREE BIKE RIDE.

IF YOU HAVE NOT HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND THE BIKE RIDE, THE COMMUNITY BIKE RIDE YET, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO COME OUT.

I PROMISE YOU YOU WILL HAVE AN AMAZING TIME. WE ARE ESCORTED BY OUR PUBLIC SAFETY TEAM, BSO, WE GATHER FOLKS FROM ALL OF THE SURROUNDING CITIES TO INCLUDE OUR OWN TAMARAC RESIDENTS.

IT IS AN AMAZING AND AMAZING COMMUNITY INITIATIVE.

THIS MONTH, IN HONOR OF NATIONAL CRIME VICTIMS RIGHTS WEEK, WE WILL RIDE FOR THAT CAUSE.

WE'RE INVITING ANYONE THAT HAS A FAMILY MEMBER, A RELATIVE OR FRIEND WHO WAS A VICTIM OF ANY TYPE OF CRIME TO REGISTER THEIR NAME WHEN THEY REGISTER FOR THE BIKE RIDE. AND WE WILL WE WILL RIDE IN THEIR HONOR ON SATURDAY THE 18TH AT 8 A.M.

MEET US AT THE TAMARAC SPORTS COMPLEX FOR THE RIDE.

I WANT TO JUMP BACK AND SAY KUDOS TO. I DON'T KNOW WHO'S APPROPRIATE TO SAY KUDOS TO WHETHER IT'S THE MANAGER OR YOU CAPTAIN.

I DON'T KNOW WHO BROUGHT BACK THAT BROUGHT BACK THE EXPLORER PROGRAM, BUT THAT WAS A HIGHLIGHT OF THE DAY.

I AM SO, SO EXCITED TO SEE THOSE CADETS AND PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT YOU GUYS LET ME KNOW MORE.

I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THAT OUT TO THE COMMUNITY.

I HAD NO IDEA UNTIL TONIGHT. SO A VERY, VERY PLEASANT SURPRISE.

I THINK IT IS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING TO SEE OUR YOUNG FOLKS A PART OF A PROGRAM LIKE THAT.

I THINK THEY'RE GOING TO DO AMAZING THINGS. AND WE NEED FUTURE LEADERS.

AND I BELIEVE THAT IF AS A CITY, WE TAKE THE LEAD ON AN INITIATIVE LIKE THAT, WE ARE DEFINITELY HEADED IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

SO THANK YOU TEAM FOR BRINGING THAT EXPLORER PROGRAM BACK UP ON APRIL 20TH.

EXCUSE ME, APRIL 11TH. WE HAVE. A GARDENING EVENT AT THE TAMARAC COMMUNITY CENTER.

IT'S CALLED PLANTING SEEDS OF KINDNESS. WE ACTUALLY ALREADY HAVE AND TEN FOLKS REGISTERED FOR THIS GARDENING WORKSHOP.

SO IF YOU HAVE NOT YET REGISTERED, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO REGISTER.

IT IS FROM 11 A.M. TO 1 P.M. WE WILL BE WORKING WITH A MASTER GARDENER WHO IS GOING TO TEACH HOW TO GROW YOUR OWN FOOD, HOW TO BE MORE SUSTAINABLE, THOSE TYPES THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO SOME COMPOSTING AND JUST SOME REALLY COOL THINGS AT THIS WORKSHOP.

SO IF YOU HAVE NOT YET REGISTERED, PLEASE DO SO.

AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, I AM PLEASED TO HAVE PARTNERED WITH LUCKY SCOOPS ICE CREAM AND THE KINGS POINT VETERAN'S CLUB TO HOST A VETERAN'S ICE CREAM SOCIAL AT LUCKY SCOOPS ON APRIL 21ST FROM 3 P.M.

TO 430. WE WILL HAVE A SCOOP OF ICE CREAM FOR ALL VETERANS IN THE CITY OF TAMARAC, SO WE WELCOME ANYONE THAT IS A VETERAN IN OUR CITY TO MEET US ON APRIL 21ST FOR A VETERAN'S ICE CREAM SOCIAL.

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DOCTOR. DANIEL. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING AT OUR MEETING TONIGHT.

IT WAS VERY EMOTIONAL. MY PRAYERS GO OUT TO THE VICE MAYOR'S FAMILY.

ESPECIALLY TO HER MOM. AS A MOM, I CAN'T IMAGINE LOSING TWO CHILDREN SO CLOSE.

THAT IS HEARTBREAKING. SO IF YOU KNOW THE MOM, PLEASE GIVE HER A HUG AND, YOU KNOW, SAY A PRAYER FOR THE ENTIRE FAMILY, BUT ESPECIALLY A MOM. I JUST CANNOT IMAGINE WHAT SHE'S GOING THROUGH.

SOME UPDATES FROM DISTRICT FOUR GETTING STEP LINE DANCE CLASSES CONTINUE EVERY THURSDAY AT 06:30 P.M.

AT TAMARAC COMMUNITY CENTER. REGISTRATION IS CURRENTLY OPEN.

THIS WEEKEND WE WILL KICK OFF OUR FIRST SATURDAY CLASS AT TAMARAC PARK FROM 10 TO 11.

IT WILL BE EVERY SECOND AND FOURTH SATURDAY. REGISTER IN ADVANCE.

WE ALREADY HAVE, I THINK APPROXIMATELY 70 PEOPLE REGISTERED FOR THAT ALREADY.

SO COME ON IN. REGISTER IF YOU HAVEN'T DONE SO YET.

OUR YOUTH SYMPOSIUM WILL TAKE PLACE SATURDAY, APRIL 18TH FOR YOUTH AGES EIGHT THROUGH 18.

IT'LL BE INTERACTIVE ACTIVITIES, PRESENTATIONS, SCHOLARSHIPS AND CAREER ASSISTANCE, FREE LUNCH, RAFFLES AND PRIZES. THERE ARE FEW SLOTS REMAINING, SO PLEASE IF YOU KNOW ANY CHILDREN OR YOUNG ADULTS DURING THAT AGE GROUP, PLEASE REMIND THEM TO REGISTER AND OUR SECOND ANNUAL SENIOR EXPO WILL TAKE PLACE JULY 11TH AT TAMARAC COMMUNITY CENTER. WE'LL HAVE FREE SCREENING, VENDOR SOCIAL SERVICES, AND SOME SURPRISES, SO MAKE SURE YOU'RE THERE TO SEE THE WONDERFUL SURPRISES YOU CAN ATTAIN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND AGAIN, AS MY COLLEAGUES HAVE SAID, OUR HEARTS GO OUT TO THE MATEO FAMILY.

AND VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THE CITY TEAM FOR PUTTING TOGETHER TONIGHT.

THANK YOU, VANESSA, AND ALL YOUR HARD WORK THAT YOU DID THIS EVENING TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS WAS A SEAMLESS EVENT.

SO WE CAN CELEBRATE NANCY IN A PROPER MANNER IN OUR CITY, AS YOU CAN TELL, THERE'S SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE.

SO THIS SATURDAY COMING UP, IF YOU DON'T WANT TO BIKE RIDE AND YOU'RE NOT YET READY TO DO SOME LINE DANCING WE'RE ACTUALLY BETWEEN SOME OF THOSE EVENTS, YOU CAN COME OUT TO THE FIVE K RUN OR WALK CLUB THAT WE HAVE AT TELFORD PARK STARTS AT 7 A.M.

WITH A LITTLE BIT OF STRETCHING. THEN WE WALK AROUND THE PARK.

IT'S UP TO YOU IF YOU WANT TO WALK OR RUN OR DO A LITTLE BIT OF BOTH.

TWO LAPS AROUND THE PARK IS BASICALLY YOUR FIVE K, AND WE'RE DONE USUALLY BY 9:00 AND THEN SOME FELLOWSHIP AFTERWARDS ON SATURDAY, APRIL 18TH IS RHYTHM AND WELLNESS AT TAMARAC PARK.

STARTING AT 9:00, WE'RE GOING TO DO A WALK AROUND THE PARK. A QUICK ONE, AND WE'RE CALLING IT OUR 10,000 STEPS.

BUT THERE'S NO WAY IN THE WORLD WE'RE DOING 10,000 STEPS IN THAT SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO MOVE IT ON INTO THE MULTI-PURPOSE CENTER WHERE WE WILL HAVE 930 TO 10. WE WILL HAVE ZUMBA WITH MARIA AND 945 TO 1015.

WE'RE GOING TO DO LINE DANCING WITH RON. AND THROUGHOUT THAT WHOLE TIME YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE THE DOUBLE DUTCH 40 CLUB, 40 PLUS CLUB DOING SOME DOUBLE DUTCH THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE TIME, AND SOME VENDORS AROUND THE GYM WHERE YOU CAN LEARN MORE ABOUT YOUR HEALTH.

AND THERE'LL BE A JUICE BAR AND A MASSAGE. AND HCA IS PROVIDING SOME DOCTORS AND NURSES AND PEOPLE TO HELP US WITH OUR BLOOD PRESSURE AND SCREENINGS.

SO COME OUT FOR OUR DAY OF WELLNESS AND HAVE A LITTLE FUN.

AND THANK YOU TO HCA WOODMONT FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT OF THESE EVENTS.

JUST WANTED TO SAY I TOO AM OVER THE MOON WITH THE EXPLORER CLUB EXPLORERS COMING BACK.

AND I PUT THIS CHALLENGE OUT TO LIEUTENANT. SERGEANT.

SORRY IF I SCREWED UP HIS TITLE. I KNOW HE SAID HE WANTS TO BRING IT UP TO 15, BUT RIGHT BEFORE COVID, WE WERE AT 25. SO THE CHALLENGE IS 25 OR HIGHER.

WE JUST DON'T GO TO THE BOTTOM LEVEL NUMBER. WE WANT HIGHER.

IT IS A GREAT, GREAT PROGRAM THAT YOU'RE BRINGING BACK AND LOOK FORWARD TO ALL OF US.

OBVIOUSLY, WHATEVER WE COULD DO TO SUPPORT AND HELP THE PROGRAM.

ON THAT NOTE, WE WILL NOW HEAD TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA.

[5. CONSENT AGENDA]

ALL RIGHT. NOT SEEING MY BOARD LIT UP. CITY CLERK, CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE.

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

CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.

VICE MAYOR. BOLTON. YES. COMMISSIONER. RIGHT.

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

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

THANK YOU. WE WILL NOW GO TO ORDINANCES FIRST READING TA202625.

[Items 7.a. & 10.a.]

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THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. ALSO, I WILL ASK YOU TO READ THE TITLE TO QUASI JUDICIAL HEARINGS.

TEN ATO2626. WHILE THIS IS GOING TO BE VOTED UPON SEPARATELY, WE WILL HAVE BOTH ITEMS BE HEARD AT THE SAME TIME.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ITEM SEVEN A AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSION.

CITY OF TAMARAC. ADOPTING SMALL SCALE LOCAL LAND USE PLAN AMENDMENTS.

CITY. TAMARAC. COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. FUTURE LAND USE MAP IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER 163 FOR LAND SITUATED LYING AND BEING IN BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA. LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF NORTH HAVEN ROAD NORTH OF WEST COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD AT 5600 NORTH HIGHLAND ROAD, SHOWN ON EXHIBIT A, IN PARTICULAR DESCRIBING LEGAL DESCRIPTION SHOWING ON EXHIBIT B TO CHANGE THE FUTURE LAND USE OF BROCKTON.

6.1 GROSS ACRE OF LAND FROM COMMERCIAL TO INDUSTRIAL.

TO FACILITATE THE DEVELOPMENT OF INDUSTRIAL WAREHOUSE FACILITY AND PROVIDE CONSISTENCY WITH THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTENT OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

THE CITY OF TAMARAC AUTHORIZE IS TRANSMITTED TO A SMALL SCALE USE MAP AMENDMENT TO THE BROWARD COUNTY PLANNING COUNCIL FOR RECERTIFICATION.

SOOY. TAMARAC. FUTURE LAND USE MAP PROVIDED FOR EFFECTIVE DATE.

ITEM NUMBER TEN A AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF CITY OF TAMARAC.

AMENDING OFFICIAL ZONING MAP OF CITY OF TAMARAC.

REFERENCE SECTION TEN DASH 2.1 B OF CHAPTER TEN OF CITY CODE OF ORDINANCE FOR APPROXIMATELY 5.5 ACRES OF LAND SITUATED LYING AND BEING IN BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA. LEGALLY DESCRIBING EXHIBIT A FROM THE CURRENT MIXED USE ZONING CLASSIFICATION TO PROPOSE BUSINESS PARK ZONING CLASSIFICATION. SUBJECT PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF NORTH HIATUS ROAD, NORTH WEST COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD, SHAUN ON EXHIBIT B AT 56 NORTH HIGH ROAD TO ALLOW THE PROPOSED INDUSTRIAL WAREHOUSE AND FACILITY PROVIDE CONSISTENCY WITH THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTENT OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OF CITY OF TAMARAC.

PROVIDED FOR EFFECTIVE DATE. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU.

SO WE'LL START WITH SEVEN A. I'LL TAKE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

PLEASE MOVE IT SECOND. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. I'VE GOT A MOTION BY VICE MAYOR BOLTON.

I HAVE A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER DANIEL. AND MALCOLM BUTLER, OUR AGENT FOR THE APPLICANT WILL DELIVER A PRESENTATION ON ITEM SEVEN A AND SEVEN AND TEN A. SINCE TEN A IS A QUASI JUDICIAL CITY CLERK.

DYLAN WILL PERFORM THE SWEARING IN. AND THE ITEMS, AS I SAID EARLIER, WILL BE VOTED ON SEPARATELY.

BOTH MR. BUTLER AND KENT WALIA, OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.

THE STAFF PRESENTATION ON THE ITEM WILL BE ENTERED INTO THE RECORD.

CITY CLERK. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. ALL WITNESSES FOR THIS ITEM.

PLEASE STAND AND RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. DO YOU SWEAR TO TELL THE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH? I DO, THANK YOU. WITNESSES ARE SWORN. AND THANK YOU.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MR. BUTLER, THE FLOOR IS YOURS.

THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. MALCOLM BUTTERS. BUTTERS, CONSTRUCTION DEVELOPMENT, 1900.

AND WHILE YOU'RE LEARNING THE REMOTE. MY APOLOGIES. I ALWAYS THOUGHT THERE WAS AN S ON THE END, BUT MY THING SAID IT WASN'T, SO I THOUGHT I WAS READING IT, DOING IT WRONG ALL THIS TIME. SO THAT'S OKAY. MY APOLOGIES, MR. BUTTERS.

YEAH. 1900 NORTHWEST CORPORATE BOULEVARD, SUITE 110, BOCA RATON, FLORIDA.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. ORDINARILY. DENNIS MEALY FROM GREENSPOON WOULD BE PRESENTING MR. MR. MEALY COULD NOT ATTEND AND HE ASKED ME WOULD DO WE WANT TO POSTPONE? AND I'M GOING. HELL NO! THE CITY OF TAMARAC IS SO NEAR AND DEAR TO MY FAMILY AND MYSELF THAT THIS IS A HOME GAME, AND IT'S MY HONOR AND MY EXCITEMENT TO TO PRESENT THIS.

SO WE'RE HERE FOR A SMALL SCALE LAND USE AMENDMENT AND A REZONING FOR A PARCEL THAT WE HAVE UNDER CONTRACT WITH ONE OF OUR FAVORITE JOINT VENTURE PARTNERS, BLACKROCK, WHICH IS THE LARGEST ASSET MANAGER IN THE WORLD.

WE DID TWO PROJECTS ALREADY WITH THEM IN TAMARAC, ONE ON THE NORTH END OF HIATUS ROAD WHERE AMAZON IS, AND ANOTHER ONE ON THE SOUTH END OF HIATUS WHERE SONNY'S CAR WASH IS.

SO THAT'S OUR THIRD PROJECT TOGETHER. AND WE HAVE THE PROJECT THAT YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN, 5600 HIATUS BOULEVARD UNDER CONTRACT AND HOPEFULLY WE GET IT REZONED.

LIKE JUST QUICKLY GO THROUGH. YOU KNOW, MY FAMILY HAS BEEN DOING THIS SINCE 36 YEARS IN THE CITY OF TAMARAC.

WE'VE DONE ONE POINT 3,000,000FT² IN THE CITY.

ALL THESE GREAT TENANTS, AMAZON, GOLD COAST SCHOOLS, SONNY'S CAR WASH, AND YOU CAN SEE FROM THIS BRIEF EXHIBIT, ALL THOSE BLUE DOTS ARE BUILDINGS THAT WE WERE INVOLVED IN.

[01:55:02]

I WAS A LOT YOUNGER WHEN WE STARTED ON THIS PROJECT WITH MY FAMILY.

BUT IT'S BEEN GREAT AND THE CITY HAS BEEN A TREMENDOUS PARTNER OVER THE YEARS.

SO THIS IS THE, THE LOCATION 5600 HIATUS BOULEVARD.

IT'S CURRENTLY HOME FOR GOLD COAST. WE BUILT THIS PROJECT, YOU KNOW, OVER 25 YEARS AGO.

GOLD COAST, LIKE MANY SCHOOLS, IS GOING ONLINE, SO THEY ARE VACATING THE BUILDING.

AND IT'S AN ASSET THAT'S NOT NEEDED ANY LONGER.

SO THE OWNERS OF THE BUILDING ARE SELLING IT.

AND LIKE OFFICE AND MANY OFFICES, THINGS HAVE CHANGED.

SO WE'RE PROPOSING TO REZONE FROM OFFICE TO INDUSTRIAL AND GOING WITH A DIFFERENT LAND USE, WHICH WE'LL TALK ABOUT. AND OUR, OUR, WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK TO YOU NEXT MONTH OR IN JUNE, HOPEFULLY WITH THE SITE PLAN APPROVAL. SO TODAY'S ONLY THE LAND USE AND THE ZONING.

SO YOU CAN SEE THE SURROUNDING USES, PROBABLY PREDOMINANTLY WAREHOUSE AND OFFICE A NUMBER OF THEM THAT WE'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN.

AND AGAIN, OUR APPLICATION IS FOR A SMALL SCALE LAND USE AMENDMENT TO GO FROM COMMERCIAL TO INDUSTRIAL AND ALSO TO REZONE THE PARCEL FROM MIXED USE CORRIDOR TO BUSINESS PARK. THE SITE PLAN AGAIN WILL BE BROUGHT BEFORE YOU GUYS LATER FOR AN APPROXIMATELY 85,000 SQUARE FOOT INDUSTRIAL BUILDING.

AND WE'LL DO A FLAT NOTE AMENDMENT THROUGH THE CITY AND THROUGH THE COUNTY EVENTUALLY TOO.

SO THE CURRENT ZONING MAP, YOU COULD SEE THE GREEN IS THE BUSINESS PARK THAT'S EXISTING ZONING AND WE'RE RECOMMENDING AND SUGGESTING THAT WE, THE SUBJECT SITE GETS REZONED. SO IT'S CONSISTENT WITH THE SURROUNDING USES.

AND ALSO YOU COULD SEE THAT MOST OF THE SITE HERE IS ALREADY ZONED BUSINESS PARK.

THE LAND USE CURRENTLY COMMERCIAL, WE'RE PROPOSING TO GO TO INDUSTRIAL, WHICH IS CONSISTENT WITH A LOT OF THE PURPLE AROUND IT ALREADY.

THE ZONING AND THE LAND USE CHANGE YOU COULD SEE WILL ACTUALLY BE LESS IMPACTFUL, MEANING THERE'S LESS STRESS ON THE SYSTEM.

THE NUMBER OF TRIPS WILL GO DOWN COMPARED TO THE EXISTING USE OF COMMERCIAL THAN THE WATER, THE SEWER AND THE WASTE ARE ALL GOING TO BE DECREASED COMPARED TO THE CURRENT USE.

THE ONE THING THAT'S NOT ON THIS SLIDE THAT WILL GO UP WILL BE THE TAX REVENUE, BECAUSE CURRENTLY THE CURRENT PARCEL IS ASSESSED AT APPROXIMATELY $5 MILLION.

AND WHEN WE'RE DONE AND PROBABLY WILL BE ASSESSED AT 15 MILLION.

SO THE TAX REVENUE OF THE CITY WILL PROBABLY TRIPLE.

AGAIN, THIS IS THE SITE PLAN. WE'RE NOT APPROVING IT. AND JUST YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ALWAYS.

OH ARE YOU GOING TO DO WITH IT. THIS IS WHAT I'M GIVING YOU A SNEAK PEEK OF WHAT WE'RE WORKING WITH KENT AND, AND THE REST OF THE STAFF TO GET APPROVED. THE LANDSCAPE PLAN.

A LOT OF LANDSCAPING AND SOME ELEVATIONS THAT IT'S A LITTLE EASIER TO READ.

VERY SIMILAR TO THE BUILDING THAT WE HAVE ON THE CORNER OF HIATUS AND COMMERCIAL, WHICH IS HOME TO SONNY'S AND WE'RE HOPING TO BRING, YOU KNOW SOME NEW TENANTS OR HOPEFULLY SOME EXISTING TENANTS TO EXPAND, LIKE PURE CLEAN OR BLUE AEROSPACE OR NASH.

WE'RE NOT WORKING WITH ANYONE YET, BUT WE'RE HOPEFUL.

YOU KNOW, THE, THERE ARE NO VACANT INDUSTRIAL PARCELS IN THE CITY.

THIS WOULD BE THE ONLY PARCEL. AND WE THINK THAT'S, THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE HAVING A WELL ROUNDED ECOSYSTEM AND HAVING INDUSTRIAL ALONG WITH COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL I THINK IS ESSENTIAL TO HAVING A WELL ROUNDED SYSTEM.

SO AGAIN, WE HAVE A STRONG RELATIONSHIP AND HISTORY IN THE CITY.

WE, WE FOUGHT HARD. WE HAD TO BID TO GET THIS PROJECT FROM THE OWNERS AND WE COULDN'T LET ANY, JUST ANYONE COME INTO THE CITY AND DEVELOP IT.

WE FIGURED WE HAVE TO CONTINUE THE TRADITION.

SO HOPEFULLY WE'RE HERE TO STAND AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

AND WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE PROJECT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

IN AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION AND JUST IN CASE, EVEN THOUGH THE FIRST ONE WE'RE VOTING ON IS NOT QUASI JUDICIAL, WHY DON'T WE JUST DO OUR DISCLOSURES? BECAUSE THERE MAY BE QUESTIONS THAT MIGHT BE ASKED THAT GO THROUGH BOTH.

SO COMMISSIONER PATTERSON, ANY DISCLOSURES? YES, I SPOKE TO THE APPLICANT.

ONE OF THEM I KNOW IS FOR THE NEXT ONE. BUT SINCE WE'RE GOING TO POSSIBLY ASK QUESTIONS, ANSWERING THE QUESTION.

THANK YOU. I MET THE APPLICANT VIA ZOOM. I'VE ALSO MET WITH THE APPLICANT AS WELL.

[02:00:01]

ALL RIGHT. DISCLOSURE ASIDE, NOW I AM NOT SEEING ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM.

CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. MAYOR, LET'S OPEN IT UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.

SORRY. YOU'RE RIGHT. MY APOLOGIES. THIS ITEM IS NOW OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS.

ANYBODY WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE NOW CLOSED.

NOW, CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. COMMISSIONER PATTERSON.

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

COMMISSIONER WRIGHT. YES. COMMISSIONER DANIEL.

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

I'LL NOW TAKE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR TEN A.

MOVE IT SECOND. THANK YOU. I WILL NOW OPEN THIS ITEM FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS.

ANYBODY WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM. SEEING NONE, PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE NOW CLOSED.

NOT SEEING ANY REQUEST FOR COMMENTS FROM THE COMMISSION.

CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL COMMISSIONER.

RIGHT. YES. MAYOR GOMEZ. YES. COMMISSIONER PATTERSON.

YES. COMMISSIONER. DANIEL. YES. VICE MAYOR BOLTON.

ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU. MOTION PASSES FIVE. THANK YOU GUYS.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE THIS EVENING, EVERYBODY. IT IS 9:22.

GET HOME SAFELY. WE'LL SEE YOU ON APRIL 22ND.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.