[00:00:01] ALL RIGHT. GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. IT'S MONDAY, APRIL 10, 2026 10:00 A.M.. [1. City Manager's Opening Remarks] THIS IS THE STAFF AGENDA REVIEW FOR THE UPCOMING COMMISSION MEETING ON WEDNESDAY. SO LET'S GO THROUGH THE AGENDA AND SEE WHAT WE HAVE HERE. WE HAVE A NUMBER OF PROCLAMATIONS AND RECOGNITIONS. [2. City Manager Report] AND THEN WE HAVE EMPLOYEE SERVICE AWARDS 5 YEARS, 10 YEARS, 20 YEARS AND 25 YEARS. AND WE'LL CELEBRATE AND RECOGNIZE OUR EMPLOYEES TENURE WITH THE CITY OF TAMARAC. AND THEN ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF MINUTES THAT, THAT THE CITY COMMISSION WILL BE APPROVING OR [5. Consent Agenda] WILL BE PRESENTING. AND THEN 5E IS THE PURCHASE OF THREE DIFFERENT PIECES OF EQUIPMENT FOR THE GOLF COURSE MAINTENANCE. THESE ARE REPLACEMENTS. MELISSA OR EARL YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT THIS? YES. THIS IS MELISSA PATRON, DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION. THIS IS THE REPLACEMENT OF THREE EQUIPMENT FOR COLONY WEST FOR THEIR LANDSCAPING AND MAINTENANCE. THIS WAS IDENTIFIED LAST YEAR, SO IT WAS PUT IN THE FY 26 BUDGET TO. SO IT IS FUNDED IN THE BUDGET TO COVER THE COST OF ONE MOWER AND TWO UTILITY CARTS AT THE COST OF $125,754.74 FROM EVERGLADES EQUIPMENT GROUP, WHO DID COME IN AS THE LOWEST QUOTE OUT OF THE THREE QUOTES THAT WE GOT PROVIDED. EXCELLENT. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MELISSA. AND THEN THE NEXT ITEM, 5F IS THE IS A GRANT APPLICATION AND AN AWARD ACTUALLY WITH THE BROWARD COUNTY CULTURAL DIVISION THAT'S FOR THE UPCOMING YARD ON THE LAWN CONCERT. WE APPLIED AND RECEIVED A $20,000 GRANT FOR THE IN SUPPORT OF THIS EVENT. SO WE APPRECIATE THIS COOPERATION AND PARTNERSHIP FOR THIS UPCOMING SIGNIFICANT EVENT. AND 5G IS THE ACQUISITION OF 11 REPLACEMENT VEHICLES FOR A NUMBER OF DEPARTMENTS IN THE CITY. AND OUR INTERIM PUBLIC SERVICES DIRECTOR, EARL HENRY, DO YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT THAT? SURE. GOOD MORNING. EARL HENRY, INTERIM DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC SERVICES. SO IT'S WE'RE PURCHASING 13 VEHICLES REPLACEMENTS YOU KNOW, FIVE FOR BUILDING DEPARTMENT, TWO FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ONE FOR FIRE, TWO FOR PUBLIC WORKS. WE HAVE ONE FOR STORMWATER AND TWO FOR UTILITIES. SO WE ARE UTILIZING AN AVAILABLE COOPERATIVE PURCHASING AGREEMENTS, YOU KNOW, WITH SOURCEWELL, FLORIDA'S SHERIFF'S ASSOCIATION, STATE OF FLORIDA AND ALSO BRADFORD COUNTY SHERIFF. AND THESE VEHICLES WERE APPROVED FOR PURCHASE FROM LAST FISCAL YEAR. AND PRETTY MUCH THE PUBLIC SERVICES LOOK AT VEHICLES, YOU KNOW, THE AGE, MILEAGE AND MAINTENANCE AND DETERMINE, YOU KNOW, WHICH VEHICLES GETS REPLACED. SO, SO, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THESE VEHICLES HAVE BEEN LOOKED AT AND WE HAVE DETERMINED THAT THESE NEED REPLACEMENT. OKAY. THANK YOU. I KNOW IN THE BACKUP, YOU HAVE A MORE DETAILED EXPLANATION OF THE AGE AND THE MILEAGE AND THE CONDITION OF THESE VEHICLES AND IN SUPPORT OF THIS REPLACEMENT. ONE OTHER QUESTION IS WHAT HAPPENS TO THESE REPLACED VEHICLES. SO THE VEHICLES THAT GET REPLACED THOSE ARE PUT IN ON THE CITY'S WE TRY TO, YOU KNOW, GET THOSE THROUGH. WE GET THOSE IN SURPLUS AND SELL THOSE OFF. OKAY. THAT'S BEEN THE PRACTICE IN THE PAST TO DECLARE THEM AS SURPLUS. AND DOES THAT REQUIRE A SEPARATE COMMISSION ACTION TO DECLARE THEM AS SURPLUS OR IN THIS ITEM? ARE WE DECLARE THEM AS SURPLUS AS PART OF THIS, THIS AGENDA ITEM. AS PART OF THIS. NO, THIS IS PRETTY MUCH JUST. JUST THE REPLACEMENT. THE ACQUISITION. RIGHT. OKAY. AND THEN PAM, DOES THIS REQUIRE A SEPARATE COMMISSION ACTION TO. YOU KNOW, I'M NOT REALLY SURE I'D HAVE TO LOOK AT OUR CODE ON THAT. SOMETIMES THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS THAT ARE JUST AUTOMATICALLY SURPLUS, AND YOU CAN PUT THEM THROUGH OTHER THINGS LIKE PROPERTIES YOU HAVE TO PUT BACK ON THE [00:05:08] AGENDA. RIGHT? SO WE'LL DEFINITELY CHECK ON THAT AND MAKE SURE THAT WE DO THE CORRECT PROCESS. OKAY. AND THEN ITEM 5H IS ADDING A NUMBER OF ENTITIES TO THE CITY'S CHARITABLE ENTITIES LIST. THIS IS THE CITY'S WELL I'LL LET THE INTERIM PUBLIC FINANCIAL SERVICES DIRECTOR TO EXPLAIN THAT. HI. GOOD MORNING. PRISCILLA MOXEY, INTERIM DIRECTOR FOR FINANCIAL SERVICES. THE REQUEST WAS TO ADD TO CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS TO THE CITY'S LIST. WE CONFIRMED THAT THEY ARE ELIGIBLE 501C'S AND ARE NOW HAVING THEM LISTED FOR APPROVAL. THIS JAMAICAN WOMEN'S OF FLORIDA INC. ACTUALLY THERE'S THREE SMILEYS VOICE FOUNDATION INC AND LOTUS FOUNDATION. SO THESE WERE PUT ON BY VARIOUS COMMISSIONERS TO BE APPROVED IN THE OKAY. GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND THEN IN THE REGULAR AGENDA OR ORDINANCES IN THE FIRST READING, [7.a TO2629 -An ordinance of the city commission of the City of Tamarac, Florida, amending Chapter 10, Article 4, of the Land Development Code of the City of Tamarac, Florida, entitled "Development and Design Standards"; amending Section 10-4.10, entitled "Signs"; specifically amending Sections 10-4.1 O(B) entitled "Sign Permits" to provide exemptions for certain government related signs installed by the city; 10--4.1 0(L), entitled "Prohibited Signs", to remove the prohibition on electronic message center signs; 10-4.1 0(D), entitled "General Sign Requirements", to authorize and establish a use-based regulatory framework for electronic message center signs; providing for codification; providing for conflicts; providing for severability; and providing for an effective date. ] WE HAVE ITEM 7A THIS IS AMENDING THE USE OF FOR SIGNS, ELECTRONIC SIGNS. AND I'M GOING TO LET OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR MR. KENT WALIA. TO, TO EXPLAIN THAT OR YOU HAVE A PRESENTATION AS WELL. PERFECT. I GUESS SO. I DIDN'T KNOW WE HAD ONE ALREADY, BUT YEAH, THIS IS AN AMENDMENT TO OUR LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE, SECTION 10-4.10. AND THIS IS TO ALLOW ELECTRONIC SIGNS FOR SPECIFIC USES. THIS WAS ASKED REQUESTED TO BE BROUGHT BACK. WE KEPT SOME OF THE SAME STANDARDS FOR THE DESIGN ELEMENTS AND THE DISTANCE SEPARATION. WE REMOVED THE NEED FOR SPECIAL EXCEPTION AND LIMITED IT TO USES. WHICH I'LL GO OVER IN JUST A MOMENT THAT'S CONSISTENT WITH OUR NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES. AND THAT IN TURN WOULD REDUCE THE PROLIFERATION OF IT. WE STILL HAVE DISTANCE SEPARATIONS AS WELL. THESE ARE SOME GENERAL APPEARANCES OF ELECTRONIC MESSAGE SIGNS. OBVIOUSLY CREDIT UNIONS ARE NOT ONE OF THE LISTED USES. THE LISTED USES THAT WE ARE PROPOSING IS LIMITED TO MUNICIPAL FACILITIES, WHICH WE CURRENTLY DO. NOW IT'S JUST GRANDFATHERING THAT IN AND MAKING THAT CONFORMING. ALSO BROWARD COUNTY SCHOOLS THEY ARE EXEMPT FROM THAT, BUT WE'RE JUST, YOU KNOW, LOOPING THEM INTO AS WELL AS SCHOOLS, RELIGIOUS ASSEMBLIES WHICH IS CONSISTENT COUNTRY CLUBS, STADIUMS, ARENAS THEATERS, FREESTANDING EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES WITH STUDENT POPULATIONS GREATER THAN 500 PUPILS. THAT ALLOWS US TO YOU KNOW, NOT HAVE THEM FOR SCHOOLS THAT HAVE A SMALL AMOUNT OF STUDENTS IN THERE. THESE ARE YOUR LARGER SCHOOLS AND THEN HOSPITALS, WHICH IS OUR HOSPITAL DISTRICT. THEY'RE ON UNIVERSITY TO ACCOMMODATE THAT, ACCOMMODATE MORE THAN 150 BEDS. WE'LL STILL HAVE THE TEN FOOT SETBACK AND NOT LOCATED WITHIN 150FT OF ANOTHER EMC. THIS WOULD BE LOCATED WITH THE CORRESPONDING ZONING DISTRICTS THAT ALLOW FOR THAT USE. WE WOULD LIMIT THE BRIGHTNESS TO A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF LUMENS SO THAT IT'S NOT BRIGHT. IT CANNOT FACE ANY RESIDENTIALLY ZONED OR USED PROPERTY. THE HEIGHT SHALL NOT EXCEED SIX FOOT IN HEIGHT, SEVEN FEET IN WIDTH. AND THE ELECTRONIC MESSAGE SIGN CANNOT EXCEED 50FT² FOR EACH SIGNAGE FACE. SO THAT'S WHAT I JUST READ OFF THERE. AND THEN THE BRIGHTNESS OF THE FOOT CANDLES AS WELL. AND THEN THE LOCATIONS OF THE CURRENT ZONING DISTRICTS IS R-3 BECAUSE WE HAVE CERTAIN CHURCHES IN R-3. AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE CERTAIN MUNICIPAL FACILITIES. NOW MUNICIPAL FACILITIES WOULD BE EXEMPT FROM THESE ZONING STANDARDS. HOWEVER, IT WILL STILL REQUIRE A PERMIT OR A PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY PERMIT AS WELL. YOU KNOW, IF YOU DO IT ON STATE ROADS, FDOT COUNTY, BROWARD AND CITY WILL BE PUBLIC SERVICES. CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND THEN MEETS OUR REVIEW CRITERIA. THANK YOU, KENT, FOR THAT. AND THEN IN THE SECTION EIGHT ORDINANCES, SECOND READING, YOU HAVE TWO ITEMS THAT ARE BOTH YOURS AS WELL. [8.a TO2625 - An Ordinance of the City Commission of the City of Tamarac, Florida, adopting a small scale local land use plan amendment to the City of Tamarac's Comprehensive Plan Future Land Use Map in accordance with Chapter 163, specifically Section 163.3187 of the Florida State Statutes, for said lands situated, lying, and being in Broward County, Florida, and located on the east side of N Hiatus Road, North of W Commercial Boulevard, at 5600 N Hiatus Road, shown in Exhibit "A" and more particularly described in the legal description shown in Exhibit "B" attached hereto, to change the future land use of approximately 6.1 gross acres of land from "Commercial" to "Industrial" to facilitate the development of an industrial warehouse facility and provide consistency with the Land Development Code in accordance with the intent of the Comprehensive Plan of the City of Tamarac; (Case No. 2-LUA-25) authorizing transmittal of the Small Scale Land Use Map Amendment to the Broward County Planning Council for recertification of the City of Tamarac Future Land Use Map; providing for amendment to the land use plan to reflect such change; providing for conflicts; providing for severability; and providing for an effective date. ] [9.a TO2626 - An Ordinance of the City Commission of the City of Tamarac, Florida, amending the Official Zoning Map of the City of Tamarac referenced in Section 102.1 (B) of Chapter 10 of the City of Tamarac Code of Ordinances for approximately 5.5 acres of land situated, lying, and being in Broward County, Florida, and legally described in Exhibit "A", from the current MU-C (Mixed-Use Corridor) zoning classification to the proposed BP (Business Park) zoning classification, for the subject property located on the east side of N Hiatus Road, north of W Commercial Boulevard, shown in Exhibit "B" at 5600 N Hiatus Road to allow for the proposed industrial warehouse facility and provide consistency with the Land Development Code in accordance with the intent of the Comprehensive Plan of the City of Tamarac; (Case No. 8-Z-25); providing for amendment to the official zoning map to reflect such change; providing for conflicts; providing for severability; and providing for an effective date. ] [00:10:03] AND THESE HAVE TO DO WITH THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT IN THE CITY'S INDUSTRIAL OR COMMERCIAL AREA. SO YOU WANT TO TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT AS WELL. SURE. I DIDN'T KNOW I HAD A PRESENTATION FOR THESE TWO EITHER. [LAUGHTER] NEXT SLIDE. THIS IS JUST A LAND USE PLAN AMENDMENT. FOR THE THE LAND USE CHANGE FROM THE PROPERTY LOCATED ON I THINK IT'S 5400 HIATUS TO GO FROM COMMERCIAL TO INDUSTRIAL. AND THEN THE REZONING FROM MIXED USE TO BUSINESS PARK TO FACILITATE A 84,000 ZERO SQUARE FOOT LIGHT INDUSTRIAL BUILDING. THIS IS JUST FOR SECOND READING. SO JUST TO GO OVER THIS REALLY, REALLY QUICK. AS I MENTIONED THERE, THERE'S THE SUBJECT LOCATION ACROSS FROM SONNY'S CAR WASH. I DISCUSSED THE REZONING REQUEST, THE SURROUNDING USES. I WENT OUT THERE TO THE SITE AND DROVE THAT WHOLE ENTIRE CORRIDOR. WHAT THEY'RE ESSENTIALLY TRYING TO DO IS THEY'RE HAVING IT AS ONE FREESTANDING BUILDING. THEY COULD HAVE MULTIPLE TENANT SPACES WITHIN IT. THE SITE PLAN SHOULD BE COMING IN THE NEXT MONTH OR TWO. SO YOU'LL SEE MORE IN DEPTH DESIGN OF IT. HOWEVER, THE DEVELOPER AT THE FIRST READING KIND OF MENTIONED KIND OF WHAT WAS GOING THERE. THEY DON'T HAVE A SPECIFIC TENANT YET, BUT TRADITIONALLY WITH THIS WHOLE ENTIRE INDUSTRIAL AREA, YOU TYPICALLY SEE A LOT OF WAREHOUSE AND A LOT OF LIGHT INDUSTRIAL STUFF, NOTHING TOO HEAVY. SO THAT'S KIND OF LIKE A ZOOM OUT OF THE AREA. THERE IS A CHURCH BEHIND IT, BUT THE USES SURROUNDING IT, SIMILAR TO TAMARAC BUSINESS PARK IS JUST, YOU KNOW, CONTRACTOR OFFICES AND STUFF LIKE THAT. THERE'S AN AMAZON FACILITY. THERE'S ALSO FEDEX AREAS AND ASSEMBLY FACILITIES IS TYPICALLY WITH LIGHT INDUSTRIAL. THERE'S A CHANGE. AND THEN WE JUST DID SOME FACILITIES AND SERVICES WOULD BE MET. TRAFFIC ANALYSIS WOULD ACTUALLY BE DE MINIMIS FROM THE CURRENT USE THAT'S ALLOWED BECAUSE A SCHOOL WOULD GENERATE BECAUSE CURRENTLY THERE'S A SCHOOL THERE. NOW IT WOULD WARRANT LESS TRAFFIC THAN SWITCHING IT TO INDUSTRIAL, WHICH IS MORE OR LESS FACILITY SPACE. AND THAT'S IT. GREAT. THANK YOU. AND THAT CONCLUDES THE REGULAR AGENDA. AND THEN IN OTHER SECTION THERE IS A THERE'S AN ITEM FOR CONSIDERATION OF ICLEI USA MEMBERSHIP [11.a Consideration of ICLEI USA Membership for Sustainability and Resilience Planning Support. Requested by Commissioner Morey Wright Jr. ] FOR SUSTAINABILITY AND RESILIENCE PLANNING SUPPORT THAT WAS REQUESTED BY COMMISSIONER WRIGHT AND HE'LL DISCUSS THAT AND THE COMMISSION WILL MAKE A DETERMINATION AND THAT CONCLUDES THE AGENDA FOR UPCOMING WEDNESDAY MEETING. I DON'T HAVE A BACKUP OR PRESENTATION FOR THIS ITEM. THOSE ARE USUALLY PRESENTED BY THE RECOMMENDING COMMISSIONER. SO HE WILL MAKE THAT PRESENTATION AT THE COMMISSION MEETING. AND ANYTHING ELSE WE NEED TO DISCUSS, ADD, REMOVE, CHANGE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.