Jul 08, 2026 Regular

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LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WELCOME TO TONIGHT'S MEETING. WE ARE SORRY THAT WE ARE RUNNING A FEW MOMENTS LATE. VERY GOOD TO SEE SOME PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WE EXPECTED TO SEE ONLINE. IT IS CURRENTLY 7:01. IT IS WEDNESDAY, JULY 8TH. THIS IS OUR LAST COMMISSION MEETING BEFORE BREAK. WE WELCOME YOU ALL HERE. CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. MAYOR GOMEZ. GOOD EVENING. VICE MAYOR BOLTON.

GOOD EVENING. COMMISSIONER WRIGHT. GOOD EVENING.

COMMISSIONER PATTERSON. GOOD EVENING. COMMISSIONER DANIEL.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. IF EVERYONE WOULD PLEASE STAND, COMMISSIONER DR. KEISHA DANIEL WILL LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. WE WILL HAVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE THEREAFTER.

THANK YOU. AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. THANK YOU. PLEASE BE SEATED. CITY ATTORNEY, ANY REPORT? NO REPORT, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT, REPRESENTATIVE

[2. CITY MANAGER REPORT ]

COME TO THE LEFT, COME TO THE RIGHT. WHICH SIDE? ALL SIDES ARE GOOD SIDES. I THOUGHT I WAS TALL THIS EVENING. IT LOOKS LIKE I'M STILL SHORT. OH WAIT, OH NO, I'M TALLER THIS EVENING. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME HERE IN THE BEAUTIFUL CITY OF TAMARAC. THANK YOU ALSO FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP AND YOUR LEADERSHIP IN SUPPORTING ME THROUGHOUT THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION. AND I ALSO WANT TO TAKE THIS MOMENT TO ALSO THANK THE RESIDENTS OF TAMARAC FOR THEIR TRUST IN ALLOWING ME TO CONTINUE TO SERVE IN THIS CAPACITY. I APPRECIATE YOU ALL. AND WITH THAT SAID, I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU FROM OUR LEGISLATIVE SESSION THAT ENDED JUST ABOUT A MONTH AGO. WE STARTED OUT THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION IN JANUARY WITH HOPES THAT WE WERE GOING TO BE DONE IN MARCH. HOWEVER, THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN THAT WAY.

WE WERE SUPPOSED TO FINISH THE BUDGET IN MARCH, BUT WE ENDED UP COMPLETING THE BUDGETING PROCESS THE END OF MAY. AND THE CITY OF TAMARAC ASKED ME TO CARRY, I BELIEVE, 2 PROJECTS, ONE OF WHICH WE WERE ABLE TO GET FUNDING FOR, STAND CORRECTED. AND I ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE OUR CITY MANAGER AND THE CITY ATTORNEY, ONE OF WHICH WE WERE ABLE TO GET $750,000 FOR THE WATER MAIN AND FIRE PROTECTION SYSTEM IMPROVEMENT FOR THE PHASE 1 OF THIS PROJECT. AND AS YOU MAY WELL KNOW, THIS PROJECT WILL ASSIST THE CITY WITH REPLACING UNDERSIZED AND DETERIORATED CAST IRON WATER MAINS AND HYDRANTS TO IMPROVE THE COVERAGE AND RESTORING PAVEMENTS. AND THE GOAL IS TO ENSURE RELIABLE DRINKING WATER, REDUCE MAIN BREAKS AND BOIL NOTICES, AND MEET THE REQUIRED FIRE FLOW STANDARDS AND REDUCE UNPLANNED ROAD CLOSURES WHILE IMPROVING THE EMERGENCY ACCESS IN THE COMMUNITY. AND AS I TALK ABOUT US GETTING THAT PROJECT, I ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE OUR PARTNER, BECAUSE I COULDN'T DO THIS BY MYSELF. AND I WANT TO RECOGNIZE RON BOOK AND HIS OFFICE FOR THE TREMENDOUS WORK THAT THEY DID IN HELPING US, AND MY SENATE SPONSOR AS WELL, WHO ALSO CARRIED IT ON THE SENATE SIDE IN, IN MAKING SURE THAT WE WERE ABLE TO BRING THIS PROJECT HOME. I ALSO WANT TO SHARE ANOTHER OF A PROJECT THAT WE CARRIED THROUGH MY OFFICE IS THE

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THEN ONE OF THE OTHER BILLS THAT WAS HEARD IN THE SPECIAL SESSION, THOUGH, THE LAST OF THOSE BILLS THAT WE HEARD IN JUNE WAS THE PROPERTY TAX BILL, WHICH MANY OF OUR RESIDENTS I'M SURE HAS HEARD ABOUT. I AM GOING TO, YOU KNOW, WHILE I, I PERSONALLY BELIEVE, AND I BELIEVE A LOT OF THE LEGISLATORS BELIEVE THAT WE NEED PROPERTY TAX RELIEF. I'M GOING TO ASK OUR RESIDENTS TO PLEASE GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE BILL, LOOK AT THIS ISSUE, TO COME BACK WITH SOMETHING BETTER. AS WHEN THE BILL WAS PRESENTED, WE WERE HAULED INTO SESSION ON MONDAY AT WHERE WE GATHERED IN AND BY THE NEXT MORNING AT , WE WERE ASKED TO VOTE ON A BILL THAT WAS NOT NECESSARILY VETTED IN THE PROCESS THAT IT USUALLY TAKES. TYPICALLY, BILLS GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF AT LEAST 3 COMMITTEES, AND THEN IT'S VETTED SO WE CAN ALL UNDERSTAND, MAKE DIFFERENT CHANGES, ET CETERA, WITH THAT BILL. HOWEVER, THIS WAS NOT THE PROCESS. AND AS A RESULT, AS WE KNOW, THERE ARE MANY OF OUR CITIES THAT ARE GOING TO BE AFFECTED. THE CITY OF TAMARAC, WE DID HEAR FROM YOU TO TELL US WHERE, HOW MUCH, HOW MUCH THE IMPACT IS GOING TO BE. AND NOT JUST THE CITY OF TAMARAC, BUT ALSO MANY OF OUR SMALL CITIES IN THIS BROWARD COUNTY THAT WILL BE AFFECTED. SO WE'RE GOING TO ASK IF OUR RESIDENTS CAN JUST CONSIDER, CONSIDERATION, ALLOW US VOTE NO AND ALLOW US TO GO BACK AND REWORK THIS BILL SO WE CAN COME OUT WITH A, A BETTER OUTCOME FOR THE BILL ON THAT. AND I ALSO WANTED TO TALK ABOUT, THERE WERE A FEW BILLS OUTSIDE OF THE 2 THAT I SPONSORED THIS YEAR. THERE WERE OTHER BILLS FROM OTHER REPRESENTATIVES. AS A STRONG ADVOCATE FOR VETERANS, THERE WAS A BILL THAT CAME ACROSS BY ALSO REPRESENTATIVE DAN DALY, WAS ONE OF THE CO-SPONSORS OF THE BILL FOR HOMES HOUSING FOR VETERANS. AND THIS BILL WILL CREATE THE PROGRAM, BROWARD BEING ONE OF THOSE COUNTIES THAT WOULD BENEFIT, TO ENCOURAGE LANDLORDS TO LEASE UNITS TO VETERANS PARTICIPATING IN THE HUD-VASH PROGRAM, WHICH COMBINES FEDERAL RENTAL ASSISTANCE WITH VA CASE MANAGEMENT FOR HOMELESS VETERANS. SO I'M HOPING THAT YOU KNOW, OUR VETERANS THAT NEED THAT SERVICE WILL BE ABLE TO BENEFIT. AND THAT WAS VERY, I WAS HAPPY TO VOTE ON THAT BILL BECAUSE OF HOW IMPORTANT IT WAS. I JUST WANT TO CLOSE OUT JUST TO MENTION I REPRESENT 7 CITIES AND THEY ARE CITY OF LAUDERDALE, LAUDERDALE LAKES, TAMRAC, I'M IN NORTH LAUDERDALE PLANTATION, SUNRISE, ALL OF WHICH ALSO HAD ASKED ME TO CARRY PROJECTS, WHICH THE TOTAL OF THE AFTER OUR VETO ALLOWED ME TO BRING BACK TO OUR 7 DISTRICTS APPROXIMATELY $47, $47,744 MILLION. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR WORK HERE IN THE CITY AGAIN, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING WORKING WITH YOU ALL. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH, REP, AND FOR ALL THE HARD WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE FOR US AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO FOR US. I'M SURE WE'LL HAVE QUESTIONS AT A LATER DATE. AS

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MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, GREAT TO SEE YOU AND THANKS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. I'M JOINED WITH, BY RONNA BROWN, WHO I GET ALL THE CREDIT FOR EVERYTHING. SHE DOES ALL THE WORK, SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I RECOGNIZE HER AT THE START OF OUR COMMENTS.

SO, THANK YOU. IT WAS QUITE A SESSION. IT WAS QUITE A COUPLE OF MONTHS OF ACTIVITY. AND I WANT TO START FIRST BY TALKING ABOUT BUDGET. YOU HAD REPRESENTATIVE DUNKLEY WHO TOOK THE WATER PROJECT BY THE HORNS. YOU HAD SENATOR OSGOOD WHO TOOK BOTH THE WATER PROJECT AND THE AERIAL LADDER FIRE TRUCK. BOTH PROJECTS GOT INTO THE BUDGET. I WILL TELL YOU THAT TO DEMONSTRATE THE SIGNIFICANCE OF WHAT OCCURRED. THE AERIAL LADDER PROJECT WAS IN THE BUDGET BEFORE THE BUDGET GOT FINISHED IN CONFERENCE. YOUR WATER PROJECT FELL OUT. YOUR WATER PROJECT GOT SPEAKER SPRINKLE MONEY TO THE FULL TUNE OF $750,000. WHEN WE GOT INTO THE VETO PROCESS, WE KNEW WE WERE NOT GOING TO NECESSARILY BE ABLE TO KEEP 2 BECAUSE THE GOVERNOR WAS NOT TRYING TO GIVE MOST CITIES, 2 PROJECTS. WE MANAGED TO TAKE WHAT WE BELIEVE TO BE THE BIGGER, THE MOST SIGNIFICANT OF YOUR 2 PROJECTS, WHICH WAS THE WATER PROJECT, WHICH IS $750 VERSUS $450. WE CAN BOTH DO THE MATH.

WE KNOW WHERE THAT LEAVES YOU.

I THINK THAT WHAT YOU NEED TO UNDERSTAND WAS THE DIFFICULTY IN GETTING TO A BUDGET AGREEMENT. I THINK WHAT YOU NEED TO RECOGNIZE IS THAT LAST YEAR'S BUDGET, WHEN IT PASSED, WAS JUST SHY OF $118 BILLION. WHEN THE GOVERNOR FINISHED HIS VETOES, HE TOOK IT DOWN TO JUST BELOW $115 BILLION. THIS YEAR, THE SENATE CAME IN WITH A BUDGET ABOUT $1.4 BILLION, $1.5 BILLION ABOVE WHERE THE HOUSE BUDGET WAS BEFORE WE WENT TO THE BUDGET CONFERENCE COMMITTEE. THE SENATE WASN'T TRYING TO STAY BELOW A CERTAIN NUMBER. THE HOUSE WAS TRYING TO STAY BELOW A CERTAIN NUMBER. WHAT THEY WERE TRYING TO DO WAS RATCHET DOWN WHAT THEY GAVE TO THE GOVERNOR. NO SECRET THAT THERE WAS A BATTLE BETWEEN THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE AND THE GOVERNOR OVER SEPARATION OF POWERS.

THEY DIDN'T GET ALONG. THEY DIDN'T PARTICULARLY LIKE EACH OTHER. HARD TO MISS, IF YOU WILL, THE DISPLAY OF DYSFUNCTIONALITY IN HOW THAT PLAYED OUT.

AT THE END OF THE DAY, THEY PASSED A BUDGET. THE GOVERNOR VETOED JUST OVER $1 BILLION.

THE BUDGET IS NOW JUST BELOW $114 BILLION. THE GOVERNOR HAS MANAGED DURING HIS 8 YEARS IN OFFICE, WE CAN SAY GOOD THINGS, WE CAN SAY BAD THINGS, BUT IF YOU WANT TO RECOGNIZE WHAT HAS HAPPENED OVER THE 8-YEAR PERIOD, WE WENT FROM A SIGNIFICANT LEVEL OF DEBT TO WHERE THE GOVERNOR FORCED THE LEGISLATURE TO BRING DEBT DOWN, PAY DEBT DOWN BY OVER 50% OF WHERE IT WAS 8 YEARS AGO WHEN HE ASSUMED OFFICE. GOOD, BAD, RIGHT, WRONG, OR INDIFFERENT, IF, IF OUR DEBT IS DOWN, THERE'S MORE OBVIOUS MONEY TO EXPEND ON NON-RECURRING PROJECTS OVER THE COURSE BECAUSE THEY'RE NO LONGER FUNDING THE DEBT IN THE COURSE OF THE BUDGET.

IT'S A BIG DEAL, AND IT WILL BE A BIG DEAL AS WE GO INTO THE NEXT 4-YEAR AND THE NEXT 8-YEAR CYCLE OF THE NEXT GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA. I THINK YOU NEED TO RECOGNIZE THAT AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE STATE HAS MORE RESERVES THAN ANYBODY COULD HAVE EVER IMAGINED. WE'RE IN GOOD FINANCIAL SHAPE IN SPITE OF A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS ABOUT ECONOMIC DOWNTURNS. THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS OUR ECONOMY IS ROBUST. WE'RE ROARING. PEOPLE ARE STILL COMING HERE. PEOPLE ARE STILL PAYING TAXES HERE. IT'S, IT'S A GOOD THING. THINGS ARE GOOD.

EVERYBODY WANTS TO TALK ABOUT PROPERTY TAX RELIEF. A YEAR AGO, THE GOVERNOR PROCLAIMED THAT HE WANTED TO PUT A BALLOT MEASURE OUT THERE FOR THE PUBLIC TO ELIMINATE PROPERTY TAXES ALTOGETHER. THE HOUSE KEPT SAYING BRING US A PROPOSAL.

THE SENATE WAS WAITING ON THE GOVERNOR'S PROPOSAL TO DO WHATEVER THEY WERE GOING TO DO. WEEK 1, WEEK 2, WEEK 03, WEEK 4, WEEK 5, WEEK 6, THE HOUSE DECIDED, WELL, IF THE GOVERNOR IS NOT GOING TO GIVE US A PROPOSAL AND THE SENATE'S NOT GOING TO GIVE US A PROPOSAL, WE'RE GOING TO PASS WHAT THE GOVERNOR ASKED FOR. SO YOU WILL REMEMBER, WEEK 6, THE HOUSE PASSED A MEASURE 3/5 VOTE TO PUT A REPEAL OF ALL AD VALOREM PROPERTY TAXES ON THE BALLOT. THEY NEVER EXPECTED THE SENATE TO TAKE IT UP. THEY NEVER EXPECTED THE GOVERNOR TO EMBRACE IT.

BUT THEY WERE CALLING, IF YOU WILL, THEIR WORDS, NOT MINE,

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EVERYBODY'S GOING TO RAISE THEIR HANDS. BUT ASK THEM IF THEY WANT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO SHOW UP IN 30 SECONDS OR 30 MINUTES. ASK THEM IF THEY WANT EMS TO SHOW UP IN 2 MINUTES OR 25 MINUTES.

AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT THE FACT THAT THEY SAID THAT FIRST RESPONDERS ARE HELD HARMLESS.

THAT'S JUST NOT TRUE. IT'S JUST NOT TRUE. IT'S NOT ACCURATE.

WHILE YOU CAN STILL SPEND AD VALOREM PROPERTY TAXES FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT, BECAUSE WHAT THE MEASURE DOES IS IT ELIMINATES THINGS THAT LOCAL GOVERNMENTS CAN SPEND MONEY ON.

SO THE FUTURE OF PARKS, THE FUTURE OF PLACES LIKE THE NANCY J. KAUTERMAN SEXUAL ASSAULT TREATMENT CENTER, TO USE AS AN EXAMPLE, CANNOT BE FUNDED. IF YOU CAN TIE A PARK TO AN ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECT, YOU CAN FUND A PARK WITHOUT THEIR OWN PROPERTY TAXES.

BUT IF YOU CAN'T, GOOD LUCK FUNDING PARKS IN THE FUTURE, AND SOME CITIZEN WILL SUE THAT LOCAL GOVERNMENT WHEN THEY START DOING THAT. I THINK THAT WHEN THIS AMENDMENT CAME FORTH, AND IT'S REFERRED TO AS A JOINT RESOLUTION BECAUSE IT'S A JOINT RESOLUTION, HOUSE AND SENATE, TO PUT SOMETHING ON THE BALLOT, IT NEVER GOES TO THE GOVERNOR, GOES STRAIGHT TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE. HE COULDN'T HAVE VETOED IT IF HE WANTED TO, BUT HE HAD INCLUDED SCHOOL TAXES. SCHOOLS IN IT.

THAT CAME OUT, AND THAT CAME OUT BECAUSE THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE FORCED IT TO BE REMOVED. WITH THAT CAME A PROVISION THAT SAID YOU COULDN'T SPEND MONEY ON LIBRARIES. WELL, THEY CLARIFIED THAT LIBRARIES ARE NOW CONSIDERED EDUCATION, SO YOU CAN SPEND MONEY ON IT.

BUT THE NUMBER OF QUESTIONS THAT AREN'T ANSWERED AS TO WHAT YOU CAN SPEND YOUR MONEY ON AND WHAT YOU CAN'T UNDER THIS AMENDMENT. WE CAN GET TO DEI IN A FEW MINUTES. I SEPARATE DEI FROM THE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT BECAUSE THEY ARE DIFFERENT. THEY WERE DIFFERENT BILLS. BUT IT TELLS YOU WHAT YOU CAN AND WHAT YOU CAN'T DO.

AND SO ANYBODY WHO LIKES THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN THIS CITY TODAY AS IT IS, I'M, I'M NOT YOU. YOU CAN'T SAY VOTE NO, YOU CAN'T SAY VOTE YES, BUT IF YOU LIKE THE QUALITY OF LIFE THAT YOU HAVE IN THIS CITY, THEN YOU VOTE NO. IF YOU THINK THAT YOU SPEND TOO MUCH ON PARKS, TOO MUCH ON BEAUTIFICATION OF YOUR MEDIANS, YOU SPEND TOO MUCH TO MAKE SURE SIDEWALKS ARE REPAIRED, POTHOLES ARE FILLED, ALL OF THE OTHER NECESSITIES THAT YOU NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE A VIBRANT, GOOD-LOOKING COMMUNITY, THEN YOU VOTE NO.

I'M NOT TELLING YOU TO VOTE YES. I'M NOT TELLING YOU TO VOTE NO. I CAN TELL YOU THEY'RE PROHIBITED FROM TELLING YOU VOTE YES OR NO BECAUSE IT'S PROHIBITED UNDER THE LAW THAT THEY PASSED. I CAN'T GET OVER THE 20 YEARS OF THE, IF YOU WILL, EROSION OF YOUR HOME RULE POWERS. YOU KNOW, THE CITY ATTORNEY AND I HAVE KNOWN EACH OTHER A REALLY LONG TIME, LONG ENOUGH TO REMEMBER THAT THE LEGISLATURE 20 YEARS AGO WOULD HAVE NEVER THOUGHT TO DO WHAT LIVE LOCAL HAS DONE TO YOU.

THEY WOULD NEVER HAVE THOUGHT TO TELL YOU WHAT YOU CAN AND WHAT YOU CAN'T SPEND YOUR TAX DOLLARS ON. WE COULD TALK ABOUT DOGE ALL DAY LONG. WE COULD TALK ABOUT WHETHER THERE'S WASTEFUL SPENDING AT THE STATE LEVEL, AT ANY OF THE DEPARTMENTS, AND WHEN WE CAN GO ON DOWN TO CITIES AND COUNTIES. BUT

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THE LEGISLATURE, YOU'VE HEARD ME COME TO YOU BEFORE ABOUT THE ISSUE OF SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY, AND I'VE REPEATEDLY SAID THEY'RE COMING AFTER US. THEY PASSED IT AGAIN.

THE GOVERNOR VETOED IT LAST WEEK. WHETHER OR NOT IN THE FUTURE THAT REMAINS WHAT THE NEXT GOVERNOR WILL DO OR NOT, WE WILL SEE IN TIME. I BELIEVE THAT THERE'S MOMENTUM FOR A CANDIDATE IN THE GOVERNOR'S RACE. I THINK THAT IT'S BEGINNING TO COME CLEARER AS TO WHERE WE'RE MOVING AS A STATE.

BUT EVERYBODY WANTS TO KNOW, AFTER YOU MOVE OFF OF PROPERTY TAXES, AND IT MATTERS NOT WHERE YOU ARE ON THE SPECTRUM, WEALTHY, MIDDLE, LOWER. EVERYBODY WANTS TO TALK ABOUT IT. YOU'VE HEARD ENOUGH FROM ME ON IT. I'LL BE HAPPY TO TAKE QUESTIONS WHEN WE'RE DONE. BUT THE SECOND QUESTION EVERYBODY WANTS TO KNOW ABOUT IS DEI.

AND ALL I CAN TELL YOU IS YOU CAN'T, YOU CAN'T, YOU CAN'T.

AND YES, THE EFFECTIVE DATE IS UP THE ROAD. I WOULD STRONGLY DISCOURAGE SPENDING WHERE THEY'VE TOLD YOU DON'T, WHERE THEY'VE TOLD YOU DON'T.

AND BY THE WAY, LET ME GO BACK TO PROPERTY TAXES FOR ONE SECOND. WE WILL GET TO NOVEMBER, AND WHETHER THE AMENDMENT PASSES OR FAILS, I BELIEVE THE LEADING CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR HAS BEEN EXTREMELY CLEAR THAT WHEN HE APPOINTS MEMBERS TO THE CONSTITUTIONALLY MANDATED EVERY 10 YEARS TAX AND BUDGET REFORM COMMISSION, AND THAT COMMISSION CAN PUT THINGS DIRECTLY ON THE BALLOT. IF IT PASSES, HE HAS SAID HE WILL ENCOURAGE ADDITIONAL CHANGE.

IF IT FAILS, HE IS ASSURED THAT HE HAS A DIFFERENT PLAN TO COME AFTER LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT SPENDING AND HOW MUCH YOU CAN AND CAN'T RAISE. SO THE FIGHT WILL NOT BE OVER IN DECEMBER OF '26. THE FIGHT WON'T BE OVER UNTIL NOVEMBER OF 2028, BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN THAT NEXT STATEWIDE INITIATIVE CAN BE IN FRONT OF THE VOTERS. GO BACK TO DEI FOR JUST A MINUTE. I, I CAN ONLY CAUTION I'M GOING TO LEAVE IT TO THE CITY ATTORNEY TO ADVISE YOU WHAT YOU CAN AND WHAT YOU CAN'T DO GOING FORWARD. WE'VE GONE BACKWARDS, AND THAT'S ALL I CAN SAY TO YOU. WE'VE JUST GONE BACKWARDS. NOW, I'LL BE GLAD TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE.

IT WAS A ROUGH-AND-TUMBLE SESSION. I THINK NEXT SESSION WILL BE ROUGH AND TUMBLE, BUT I THINK THERE'LL BE VERY CLEAR SEPARATION OF POWERS BOUNDARIES WHEN WE GO FORWARD IN 2 YEARS.

THANK YOU AND DO APPRECIATE THE OFFER TO ASK QUESTIONS. IT WAS OUR UNDERSTANDING THAT WE WOULD JUST GET THE UPDATE TODAY. YOU CAN DO WHATEVER, AND WE, WE HAVE A PACKED AGENDA, I'M TOLD. SORRY. SO WE DON'T, DON'T WORRY, WE'LL BE IN TOUCH. ANY ONE OF THE 5 OF US OR MORE OF US, AND EVEN SOME OF OUR RESIDENTS WHO MIGHT ASK US QUESTIONS THROUGH US TO YOU, WE'LL BE IN TOUCH. APPRECIATE VERY MUCH.

I WANT TO JUST REMIND YOU THAT WE APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO REPRESENT YOU AND YOUR TAXPAYERS. WE TEND TO GIVE YOU A PRETTY GOOD EFFORT TO MAKE SURE WE BRING HOME FOR YOUR TAXPAYERS WHAT YOU SHOULD EXPECT US TO DO. SO THANK YOU.

WE APPRECIATE THEM, AND WE DEFINITELY THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HELP. SO THANK YOU. SO WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO A FUN LITTLE THING OF OUR TAMARACK SCHOLARS SCHOLARSHIP PRESENTATION. SO COMMISSION, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE MEET ME IN THE WELL. ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT. LET'S GET OUR FUN ON THE ROAD BECAUSE I'M PRETTY SURE OUR SCHOLARS ARE READY AND OUR PARENTS ARE EVEN MORE READY AND THE FAMILIES AND FRIENDS OF THEM. SO. IT APPEARS WE'RE GOING IN DISTRICT ORDER. SO DISTRICT 01, VICE MAYOR, THANK YOU,

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GIVE ME A HUG. UH-OH. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. THE FIRST CERTIFICATE FOR THIS SCHOLARSHIP OF $2,500 WILL GO TO SUMMER ALTHIN.

SUMMER, AND FATHER WILL COME FOR SUMMER. RIGHT HERE, WHICHEVER WAY YOU WANT TO GO.

THERE YOU GO. THANK YOU SO MUCH. FOR THE CONGRATULATIONS. WOULD YOU LIKE TO TAKE A PHOTO WITH THEM? SURE. COME ON IN.

SHOULD I OPEN THIS? SURE.

OKAY, NEXT AWARDEE IS ALIANA ALMEIDA. ALIANA. CONGRATS, ALIANA, WHEREVER YOU ARE.

OKAY, MORGAN CONNOR. AWESOME.

OKAY CHASE EMERY. CHASE IS ALREADY IN COLLEGE. YAY! EMILY GUSTAVE. ALL RIGHT, CONGRATULATIONS, EMILY. NEXT ONE IS ROY MCCUTCHEON.

CONGRATS, ROY. BRAYLON SION.

OKAY, CONGRATS. ALEXANDER SERVIN. MAYBE I'M CALLING THE NAMES WRONG, THEY DON'T RECOGNIZE ME.

NAKISHA WALLACE. ALL RIGHT, WELL, CONGRATS. DISTRICT 2.

ALL RIGHT, NEXT UP IS DISTRICT 02, COMMISSIONER WRIGHT. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. I WANT TO CONGRATULATE ALL THE STUDENTS.

ALL THE BEST ON YOUR COLLEGE JOURNEY. FIRST PERSON IS OMAR ABBASADA. NEXT ONE IS ALYSSA ENER. ALYSSA ENER. THANK YOU. NICHOLAS GUTIERREZ. NICHOLAS GUTIERREZ. CONGRATS. CASSIA LYNN. CASSIA LYNN. CONGRATS.

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ADLER MERCHAND. KYLE MCDONALD. KYLE MCDONALD.

JONATHAN SMITH. JONATHAN SMITH. DAVID TORQUINO. DAVID TORQUINO. ABIGAIL WILLIAMS. ABIGAIL WILLIAMS. ALL RIGHT, OUR NEXT DISTRICT IS DISTRICT 3. COMMISSIONER CRYSTAL PATTERSON. I THINK WE ALREADY GAVE MY STUDENTS, YEAH, THEY ALREADY CAME. THEY'RE NOT HERE. WE ALREADY GAVE OURS OUT.

THESE NAMES, WE'VE ALREADY DONE THEM.

RIGHT, HANNAH BOLDEN, WE KNOW.

CONGRATULATIONS, SAVANNAH SENDICK. CONGRATULATIONS, BILAL LOGAN. CONGRATULATIONS, JADA COOK. CONGRATULATIONS, JANELLE ADDERLEY.

CONGRATULATIONS. LINDA DUERSON, CONGRATULATIONS. NONE OF THEM ARE HERE, RIGHT? I DID A SEPARATE CEREMONY FOR MY DISTRICT, SO I, I DIDN'T EXPECT ANYONE TO BE HERE. RICKY LYNN, CONGRATULATIONS. SARAH SANTANA, CONGRATULATIONS. AND TATIANA SYLVESTER, CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU.

AND NEXT, DISTRICT 4 COMMISSIONER DR. KEISHA DANIEL. YOU NEED HELP? YES, I DO. THANK YOU, MAYOR. SO CONGRATULATIONS. THIS IS ONE OF THE GOOD PARTS OF THE JOB, THE PRIVILEGE TO GIVE BACK, ESPECIALLY TO OUR CHILDREN.

NOT EVEN CHILDREN, THEY'RE ADULTS. SO CONGRATULATIONS. SANTIAGO BALLESTEROS. HANDSOMELY DRESSED. YES, HE'S READY TO CONQUER THE WORLD.

CONGRATULATIONS. ISABELLA FONTALVO. ISABELLA, CONGRATULATIONS. JASMINE GORDON. COME ON DOWN, JASMINE. TELL US YOUR MAJOR.

BIOLOGY. OH, A SMART ONE.

CONGRATULATIONS. JADEN PULLIAM. COME ON DOWN, JADEN.

WE'RE WAITING TO HEAR ALL THE GREAT THINGS YOU'RE GOING TO ACCOMPLISH. YOU KNOW, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO TELL US WHAT'S YOUR GOALS, WHAT'S YOUR DREAM, WHAT'S YOUR PURPOSE. SORRY, THE TEACHER IN ME. MY GOAL IS TO

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CLAUDIA OLIVEIRA.

CONGRATULATIONS. JADEN RICHARDS, YES. JADEN GONNA BE AN ATTORNEY, AREN'T YOU, JADEN? HE'S COMING TO TAKE OVER MY JOB. INTRODUCE YOURSELF. MY NAME IS JADEN RICHARDS AND I'M MAJORING IN POLITICAL SCIENCE. ALL RIGHT. JOSHUA RODRIGUEZ.

CONGRATULATIONS, JOSHUA.

SHELDON ROLL.

CONGRATULATIONS. AWESOME. NOW FOR AT LARGE, CHRISSA BABALU, BALALAU, SORRY. AND DO YOU WANT TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT WITH US? CONGRATS. COME ON IN, SHARE, SHARE. MY NAME IS CHRISSA BABELAL AND I'M MAJORING IN NEUROSCIENCE.

NICE. SORRY, TASHA CAMPBELL.

AND ON BEHALF OF TASHA CAMPBELL, OR, OR JUST, YOU ARE TASHA CAMPBELL? COME ON. WELL, GOOD. YOU ARE A CANDIDATE. TASHA, GOOD. TELL US WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE DOING. SO I'M GOING FOR AN ACCELERATED BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN NURSING. IT'S MY SECOND DEGREE. I ALREADY HAVE A BACHELOR'S IN MANAGEMENT AND ACCOUNTING.

EXCELLENT. EXACTLY WHAT THIS PROGRAM IS MEANT TO BE. IT'S FOR CHILDREN OF ALL AGES, PEOPLE OF ALL AGES GOING BACK TO SCHOOL AND GETTING THE EDUCATION AND NOT BEING BEING ONLY FOR THOSE JUST GETTING OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL. SO THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT. GRACE SUGINO. AND I APOLOGIZE IN ADVANCE FOR HALFWAY THROUGH THAT, FOR DESTROYING NAMES, I APOLOGIZE. KUMAR DARVILLE.

ZAVIA HORTON.

CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU.

SHAKE HER HAND AND THEN TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE DOING, IF YOU DON'T MIND. THANK YOU.

SO MY NAME IS AVA, AND I'M IN FLIGHT SCHOOL TO BE A PILOT. AWESOME. SO THERE'S A GENTLEMAN WHO THINKS HE'S RETIRING SOON FROM FLORIDA EXECUTIVE AIRPORT. YOU MAY WANT TO PUT A LITTLE BUG IN HIS EAR BEFORE HE ACTUALLY DOES.

CONGRATULATIONS. NIKKI GORDON. NIKKI GORDON'S NOT

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KAYLA MARSHMAN. YOU'RE SO WELCOME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

CONGRATULATIONS. CONGRATS. AND NOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO SHARE WITH US? SURE. MY NAME IS KAYLA AND I'M GOING TO SCHOOL FOR HUMAN SERVICES. ROBERT STERLING. NO ROBERT STERLING.

AND CARLO WOODS. WELL, CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF OUR RECIPIENTS THAT WERE HERE TODAY. AS YOU HEARD, SOME OF THE PART OF THIS PROCESS WE GAVE OUT LAST WEEK WHEN WE MISSED, WE DIDN'T HAVE OUR MEETING, SO THE REST OF US GETTING THE AWARD HERE TODAY.

BUT WE'RE VERY PROUD OF YOU FOR BEING HERE.

FOR THOSE WHO WEREN'T ABLE TO MAKE IT, KEEP DOING GREAT, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING ALL ABOUT WHAT YOU STUDIED OVER THE YEAR. GOOD JOB. NOW IT COMES TO ONE MR. RUFUS JAMES, AND THIS PROCLAMATION IS BEING PRESENTED BY VICE MAYOR BOLTON. THANK YOU, MAYOR. IF WE DON'T GIVE YOU THIS, YOU DON'T GO, RIGHT? SO I'VE WORKED WITH RUFUS FOR THE PAST 10 YEARS. SO I WAS APPOINTED TO THE FLOOR OF FORT LAUDERDALE EXECUTIVE AIRPORT WHERE RUFUS JAMES IS THE DIRECTOR THERE, THE AIRPORT MANAGER. AND I CAN'T TELL YOU ENOUGH HOW MUCH OF A CONSUMMATE PROFESSIONAL RUFUS IS. HE IS DEDICATED TO THE AIRPORT, AND HE IS RETIRING, NOT REALLY RETIRING, BUT GOING SOMEWHERE ELSE. AND SO WE ARE SO DELIGHTED TO PRESENT THIS PROCLAMATION TO RUFUS TONIGHT FOR HIS GREAT WORK. WHEREAS RUFUS JAMES, A NATIVE OF ST.

LUCIA, IMMIGRATED TO THE UNITED STATES AT THE AGE OF 5 AND HAS EXEMPLIFIED THE VALUES OF DEDICATION, PERSEVERANCE, AND PUBLIC SERVICE THROUGHOUT HIS DISTINGUISHED CAREER. AND WHEREAS, AFTER GRADUATING FROM HIGH SCHOOL, RUFUS HONORABLY SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY, INCLUDING DURING OPERATION JUST CAUSE IN PANAMA AND OPERATION DESERT SHIELD DESERT STORM IN THE PERSIAN GULF, DEMONSTRATING COURAGE AND COMMITMENT TO PROTECTING THE FREEDOMS ENJOYED BY ALL AMERICANS. AND WHEREAS RUFUS JAMES BEGAN HIS CAREER WITH THE CITY OF FORT LAUDERDALE AND FORT LAUDERDALE EXECUTIVE AIRPORT, FXE, IN AUGUST 1999 AS AN AIRPORT OPERATIONS AIDE, AND THROUGH EXCEPTIONAL LEADERSHIP AND UNWAVERING DEDICATION ROSE THROUGH THE RANKS TO SERVE AS AIRPORT OPERATIONS SUPERVISOR, ASSISTANT AIRPORT MANAGER, ACTING AIRPORT MANAGER, AIRPORT MANAGER, AND ULTIMATELY AIRPORT DIRECTOR. AND WHEREAS HIS NEARLY 27 YEARS OF SERVICE, 27, HE LOOKS 27, BUT RUFUS HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN TRANSFORMING FORT LAUDERDALE EXECUTIVE AIRPORT INTO ONE OF FLORIDA'S MOST SUCCESSFUL GENERAL AVIATION AIRPORTS, OVERSEEING THE MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONS OF 01,000-ACRE CAMPUS AND HELPING INCREASE THE AIRPORT'S ECONOMIC IMPACT FROM $839 MILLION IN 2014 TO AN IMPRESSIVE $3.9 BILLION WITH A B IN 2023, RANKING FXE AMONG THE MOST ECONOMICALLY IMPACTFUL AIRPORTS IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA. AND WHEREAS RUFUS HAS BEEN A CHAMPION FOR EDUCATION, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, AND AVIATION AWARENESS, SPEARHEADING INITIATIVES SUCH AS AVIATION SAFETY EXPO, AVIATION CAREER DAY AT FXC, FLYING CLASSROOM, AND STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS WITH BROWARD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, ATLANTIC TECHNICAL COLLEGE AND HIGH SCHOOL, AND THE BARRINGTON IRVING TECHNOLOGY TECHNICAL TRAINING SCHOOL TO INSPIRE AND PREPARE FUTURE GENERATIONS OF AVIATION PROFESSIONALS. AND WHEREAS RUFUS HAS DEMONSTRATED A PROFOUND COMMITMENT

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AND WHEREAS HIS LEADERSHIP EXTENDS BEYOND THE AIRPORT THROUGH SERVICE ON NUMEROUS BOARDS AND ORGANIZATIONS, INCLUDING THE FLORIDA AIRPORT COUNCIL BOARD OF DIRECTORS, THE GREATER FORT LAUDERDALE ALLIANCE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, THE ALLIANCE AVIATION SUBCOMMITTEE, AND CAREERSOURCE BROWARD. AND WHEREAS RUFUS, RUFUS'S OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS HAVE EARNED HIM NUMEROUS ACCOLADES, INCLUDING AIRPORT EXECUTIVE OF THE YEAR FROM THE SOUTHEAST CHAPTER OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF AIRPORT EXECUTIVES, THE FORT LAUDERDALE ALLIANCE LEADERSHIP AWARD, THE BROWARD METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION CHAMPION AWARD FOR LEADERSHIP AND COMMUNITY SERVICE, AND RECOGNITION AS A FLORIDA PANTHERS BLACK EXCELLENCE HONOREE. AND WHEREAS RUFUS, RUFUS'S GREATEST SOURCE OF PRIDE REMAINS HIS FAMILY, INCLUDING HIS WIFE HERMINE JAMES AND THEIR SONS NIGEL AND TYLER, WHOSE SERVICE AND PURSUIT OF EXCELLENCE CONTINUE THE FAMILY'S PROUD TRADITION OF LEADERSHIP AND COMMITMENT TO COUNTRY. NOW, THEREFORE, I, MARLON D. BOLTON, VICE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC, FLORIDA, ON BEHALF OF THE MAYOR, CITY COMMISSION, AND RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC, DO HEREBY RECOGNIZE AND HONOR RUFUS JAMES FOR HIS EXCEPTIONAL LEADERSHIP IN DISTINGUISHED MILITARY SERVICE, UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO AVIATION, AND LASTING CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE SOUTH FLORIDA COMMUNITY, AND EXTEND OUR DEEPEST GRATITUDE AND BEST WISHES UPON HIS RETIREMENT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE IT.

BEFORE I DO GO ON, I DO WANT TO ALSO THANK THE MAYOR, COMMISSIONER, COMMISSIONER.

JUST TO TOUCH ON A FEW THINGS I THINK THE LAST TIME I WAS HERE, I CAME WITH OPEN HANDS ASKING FOR A FAVOR FROM THE CITY COMMISSION. AND AS THE VICE MAYOR INDICATED, HE'S BEEN ON OUR AVIATION ADVISORY BOARD FOR THE LAST 10 YEARS. BUT ALSO, THE MAYOR TAKES HER TIME, WHETHER IT'S ON A WEEKEND OR IF THERE'S A LATE EVENING EVENT WE'RE HAVING AT THE AIRPORT, TO SHOW UP AND REPRESENT FOR THE CITY OF TAMARAC. SO DO KNOW THAT YOU HAVE 2 GREAT SUPPORTERS FOR THE CITY OF TAMARAC THAT ENGAGE WITH THEIR NEIGHBORING COMMUNITY, WHICH IS THE CITY OF FORT LAUDERDALE AND THE FORT LAUDERDALE EXECUTIVE AIRPORT.

SO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT. I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK MY FAMILY.

NORMALLY MY WIFE WOULD BE HERE TODAY TO BE PART OF THIS, BUT SHE'S HELPING OUT A FRIEND UP IN HOPE SOUND AND SO FORTH. SO I'M LIVING THE BACHELOR LIFE FOR A FEW WEEKS. LOTS OF TAKEOUT. BUT, YOU KNOW, MY 2 SONS, AS YOU HEARD, I DID SERVE IN THE ARMY. I WAS ENLISTED. IT WAS SOMETHING THAT MY GROWING UP WITH A SINGLE MOTHER, COLLEGE WAS QUESTIONABLE BECAUSE OF THE COST OF COLLEGE BACK THEN. AND I KNOW TODAY IT'S STILL EXPENSIVE, BUT I JOINED THE ARMY TO AT LEAST TAKE THAT BURDEN OFF MY MOTHER, RIGHT? AND IT ALL WORKED OUT GREAT. DID MY 5 YEARS, GOT OUT, AND GOT MARRIED TO MY WIFE OF 34 YEARS. THANK YOU. AND I KNOW SOME OF YOU ARE SAYING, HOW COULD IT BE 34 YEARS? WELL, THE MINUTE SHE CAME OUT OF HER MOTHER'S WOMB, I PUT A RING ON THE FINGER, AND THAT SEALED THE DEAL.

BUT NO, ALL KIDDING ASIDE, MY WIFE HAS BEEN MY GREATEST SUPPORT, AND OBVIOUSLY WITH MY SONS. WHAT THEY ARE ACCOMPLISHING TODAY IS WHAT I DIDN'T GET TO ACCOMPLISH WHEN I WAS IN THE ARMY, AND THAT IS BEING MILITARY OFFICERS SERVING OUR COUNTRY TODAY. SO I'M VERY PROUD OF THEM FOR THAT. AND WHILE I WISH IF I CAN TAKE THE, YOU KNOW, CREDIT FOR THAT, BUT IT WAS THEIR OWN DECISION.

AND OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL, THEY APPLIED TO THE UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY. GOT IN. THE OLDER ONE IS SERVING RIGHT NOW HE'S IN OKLAHOMA.

THE YOUNGER ONE IS FINISHING UP HIS SENIOR YEAR AT WEST POINT RIGHT NOW. AND THE LAST THING I WANT TO TOUCH ON, YOU KNOW, THIS IS SUCH A FITTING OCCASION SEEING ALL THESE YOUNG KIDS WHO ARE GETTING THESE SCHOLARSHIPS.

I GOT TO TELL YOU THAT YOU ARE VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE WHAT THIS COMMISSION IS DOING FOR YOU. BECAUSE BACK IN THE DAY YOU HAD TO FIGHT, SCRAPE TOOTH AND NAILS

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AS YOU'VE HEARD, 27 YEARS DOING THIS WITH THE CITY OF FORT LAUDERDALE. AND TODAY, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT REALLY EXCITES ME IS THIS PARTNERSHIP WITH THE BARRINGTON URBAN TECHNICAL TRAINING SCHOOL. AND THIS ISN'T JUST FOR THE CITY OF FORT LAUDERDALE. AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, I DON'T BELIEVE IN BORDERS. SO THE CITY OF TAMARAC IS FAMILY TO THE AIRPORT, AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CITY OF TAMARAC KIDS, MIDDLE SCHOOL, IF YOU'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT YOU WANT TO DO WITH YOUR LIFE, AVIATION IS A CAREER THAT YOU SHOULD CONSIDER. AND ZEVA, I'M SORRY.

IT WAS MY FAULT. I GOT YOU THE WRONG ONE. OKAY. YES. IF YOU EVER, EVER RUN INTO ANY ISSUES AS YOU'RE PURSUING THIS CAREER IN AVIATION AS A PILOT, COME TO THE AIRPORT. WE'LL HELP YOU GET THROUGH THAT. BARRINGTON WILL HELP YOU GET THROUGH THAT. SO DON'T EVER FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE GOING TO GIVE UP, YOU'RE GOING TO QUIT, BECAUSE NOW IS THE BEST TIME, ESPECIALLY FOR YOUNG LADIES, TO BE IN THE COCKPIT CONTROLLING AIRCRAFT AND SO FORTH. SO DON'T GIVE UP ON THAT DREAM. ALL RIGHT. SO THANK YOU ALL AGAIN. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONERS, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR. THIS IS TRULY AN HONOR AND GREATLY APPRECIATED. THANK YOU ALL. ALL RIGHTY. PHOTOS.

PHOTOS. AND WHILE WE'RE WAITING FOR PHOTOS TO BE DONE, JUST SO YOU KNOW, WE'RE INTRODUCING, I'M HOPING IT'LL GET IN FOR THIS YEAR, IT MIGHT NOT BE UNTIL NEXT YEAR, AVIATION INTO MILLENNIUM COLLEGIATE ACADEMY. SO ANY OF YOU HAVE BROTHERS OR SISTERS IN THERE, WE ARE TRYING TO GET A PROGRAM IN THERE.

WE'RE WORKING ON IT. SO YOU'RE GOING TO LEARN. WE'LL MAKE IT HAPPEN. GOOD. THANK YOU. I'VE GOT SOME OF THE STUFF, BUT YOU'LL HELP ME PUSH THE REST OF IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHTY, WE ARE NOW ON TO OUR COMMUNITY HERO AWARD PRESENTATION REQUESTED BY VICE MAYOR MARLON BOLTON.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. IT IS SO FITTING BECAUSE WE HAVE FOR OUR COMMUNITY HERO AWARD THIS EVENING NO OTHER THAN STATE REPRESENTATIVE LISA DUNKLEY, WHO HAS WORKED TIRELESSLY WITH UTERINE FIBROIDS, BRINGING BACK THIS SESSION ALMOST $1 MILLION TO FIGHT AND TO ALSO WORK ON RESEARCH. SO WE INVITE REPRESENTATIVE DUNKLEY TO COME TO RECEIVE THIS MEDAL OF HONOR TONIGHT. I'MMA PASS TO YOU AND THEN GO BACK. AND THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALL RIGHT, WHEREAS UTERINE FIBROIDS ARE NON-CANCEROUS GROWTHS OF THE UTERUS THAT AFFECTS MILLIONS OF WOMEN AND MAY CAUSE SERIOUS HEALTH CHALLENGES INCLUDING SEVERE PAIN, HEAVY BLEEDING, ANEMIA, INFERTILITY, PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, AND A DIMINISHED QUALITY OF LIFE. AND WHEREAS UTERINE FIBROIDS DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECT BLACK WOMEN WHO ARE MORE LIKELY TO DEVELOP FIBROIDS AT AN EARLY AGE, EXPERIENCE MORE SEVERE SYMPTOMS, AND FACE GREATER BARRIERS TO TIMELY DIAGNOSIS, TREATMENT, AND CARE. AND WHEREAS JULY IS RECOGNIZED AS UTERINE FIBROIDS AWARENESS MONTH PROVIDING AN IMPORTANT OPPORTUNITY TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC,

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THANK YOU SO MUCH, VICE MAYOR. THIS WORK, I WISH I COULD STAND HERE TODAY AND SAY THAT THIS WAS JUST SOLELY LISA DUNKLEY THAT DID THIS WORK, BUT OVER 15 YEARS AGO IN THE PERSON OF OUR NOW COMMISSIONER HAZEL ROGERS, WHILE SHE SERVED IN THE LEGISLATURE, BROUGHT ATTENTION TO THIS ISSUE AND ITS STARTED.

AND THEN FOLLOWING HER, THE THEN-REPRESENTATIVE ANIKA OMPHROY MADE THE PUSH FOR US TO HAVE JULY RECOGNIZED AS UTERINE FIBROIDS AWARENESS MONTH IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA. AND AGAIN, WHEN I ENTERED INTO THE HOUSE, SHE HAD THE BILL THAT WE STILL NEEDED WORK TO BE DONE TO IT. WHAT WE, WHAT I LEARNED WAS, ESPECIALLY IN THE STATE, WHEN YOU HEAR A BILL PASSED, IF YOU DON'T FOLLOW THAT BILL, SOMETIMES IT GOES BY THE WAYSIDE. AND THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE BILL. IT WENT BY THE WAYSIDE AND THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH FAILED TO IMPLEMENT THE BILL FOR SUCH AN IMPORTANT ISSUE AS UTERINE FIBROIDS FOR WOMEN FOR THE RESEARCH. AND SO FOR 3 YEARS, IF YOU ARE FOLLOWING MY SOCIAL MEDIA, FOR 3 YEARS I HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR US TO DO WHAT IT TAKES FOR US TO HAVE THE DATA AND THE RESEARCH DONE. THE STATE GOT FUNDING FOR IT, DID NOT USE THE, DOH GOT FUNDING FOR IT, DID NOT USE THE MONIES. THEN THIS YEAR, THANKFULLY, THROUGH THE HELP OF STAFF IN THE STATE, IN OUR HOUSE, WE WERE ABLE TO GET THE FUNDING NECESSARY TO DO THIS DATA RESEARCH. WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO DOING MORE WORK ON UTERINE FIBROIDS BECAUSE THIS IS JUST A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

BUT THERE'S SO MUCH MORE WORK TO DO. AND I WILL ALSO SHARE THAT ON THIS JOURNEY OF DOING THIS UTERINE FIBROIDS BILL, I FOUND OUT MUCH LATER THAT I HAD UTERINE FIBROIDS. SO THIS, THERE'S SO MANY WOMEN WHO ARE AFFECTED, AND WE, AND I'M ASKING US TO CHALLENGE YOURSELF TO LEARN MORE, AS THE VICE MAYOR SAY, SO THAT WE CAN UPLIFT THIS ISSUE. IT'S NOT JUST A BLACK WOMAN ISSUE, IT'S ALL THE WOMEN WHO ARE AFFECTED BY THIS. SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR BRINGING THIS AWARENESS AND FOR MAKING SURE THAT THIS IS HIGHLIGHTED IN THE CITY. THANK YOU FOR THE RECOGNITION. YES, FIBROIDS, NOT A LOT OF FUN.

THIS NEXT PROCLAMATION HAS BEEN REQUESTED BY COMMISSIONER CRYSTAL PATTERSON, AND IT IS FOR JUNETEENTH LEGACY AWARD.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

AT THIS TIME, IF I CAN INVITE MR. GEORGE GADSON TO COME DOWN AND BE RECOGNIZED. SO WHILE WE ARE DEFINITELY IN THE MONTH OF JULY, JUNETEENTH WAS LAST MONTH. IT

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ALL RIGHT, I'LL UH, AND JUST BY THE WAY MR. GADSON IS OUR PUBLIC ARTS CHAIR HERE FOR THE CITY OF TAMARAC, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE NOT AWARE. SO WHEREAS JUNETEENTH, ALSO KNOWN AS FREEDOM DAY, EMANCIPATION DAY, JUBILEE DAY, AND LIBERATION DAY, IS THE OLDEST NATIONALLY CELEBRATED COMMEMORATION OF THE END OF SLAVERY IN THE UNITED STATES, OBSERVED ANNUALLY ON JUNE 19TH, IT MARKS THE DAY IN 1865 WHEN THE LAST ENSLAVED AFRICAN AMERICANS IN GALVESTON, TEXAS LEARNED OF THEIR FREEDOM, SERVING AS A POWERFUL REMINDER OF OUR NATION'S CONTINUING PURSUIT OF LIBERTY, EQUALITY, AND JUSTICE. AND WHEREAS JUNETEENTH IS BOTH A CELEBRATION OF FREEDOM AND AN OPPORTUNITY TO REFLECT ON OUR SHARED HISTORY, HONOR THE RESILIENCE AND ACHIEVEMENTS OF AFRICAN AMERICANS, AND RECOGNIZE THOSE WHO WORK, THOSE WHOSE WORK PRESERVES HISTORY, ENRICHES CULTURE, AND INSPIRES FUTURE GENERATIONS.

AND WHEREAS GEORGE GADSON IS AN INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED SCULPTOR, PUBLIC ARTIST, EDUCATOR, AND ARTS ADMINISTRATOR WHOSE ACADEMIC FOUNDATION AT DUKE UNIVERSITY, TOGETHER WITH ADVANCED STUDIES IN ARTS MANAGEMENT AND LEADERSHIP, HAS SUPPORTED A DISTINGUISHED CAREER SPANNING MORE THAN 4 DECADES IN PUBLIC ART, CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT, AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. AND WHEREAS MR. GADSON'S DISTINGUISHED PORTFOLIO OF COMMISSIONED PUBLIC ART CELEBRATES HISTORY, CULTURE, AND COMMUNITY, INCLUDING THE BRIDGE AT THE AFRICAN AMERICAN RESEARCH LIBRARY AND CULTURAL CENTER, LIFT EVERY VOICE OF, LIFT EVERY VOICE AT FLORIDA MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY, THE SANKOFA MONUMENT IN FORT LAUDERDALE, LEGACY IN MOTION AT THE MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.

COMMUNITY CENTER IN PANAMA CITY, AND EGRETTA THULA AT TAMARAC COMMONS PARK. AND WHEREAS THROUGH HIS ARTWORK, MR. GADSON HAS HELPED PRESERVE AND ELEVATE THE STORIES, EXPERIENCES, AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF AFRICAN AMERICANS AND OTHER HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT COMMUNITIES CREATING LASTING PUBLIC SPACES THAT EDUCATE, INSPIRE, AND ENCOURAGE REFLECTION FOR GENERATIONS TO COME. AND WHEREAS SINCE 2015, MR. GADSON HAS SERVED AS THE CITY OF TAMARAC'S PUBLIC ART CONSULTANT AND PUBLIC ART ADMINISTRATOR, PROVIDING LEADERSHIP IN THE CITY'S PUBLIC ART PROGRAM WHILE ADVANCING PUBLIC ART INITIATIVES THROUGHOUT SOUTH FLORIDA AND HELPING TO SHAPE TAMARAC'S CULTURALLY, EXCUSE ME, TAMARAC'S CULTURE CULTURAL, EXCUSE ME, IDENTITY THROUGH MEANINGFUL ARTISTIC EXPRESSION.

AND WHEREAS, THROUGH THIS ARTISTIC VISION, COMMITMENT TO HISTORICAL PRESERVATION, AND DEDICATION TO PUBLIC EDUCATION, GEORGE GADSON HAS ESTABLISHED A LASTING LEGACY THAT EMBODIES THE SPIRIT OF JUNETEENTH BY ENSURING THAT STORIES OF PERSEVERANCE, FREEDOM, HERITAGE, AND ACHIEVEMENT CONTINUE TO BE SHARED, REMEMBERED, AND CELEBRATED. AND NOW THEREFORE, I, CRYSTAL PATTERSON, COMMISSIONER ON BEHALF OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC, FLORIDA, DO HEREBY RECOGNIZE AND HONOR GEORGE GADSON FOR HIS ARTISTIC EXCELLENCE, HIS DEDICATION TO PRESERVING AND CELEBRATING AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY AND CULTURE THROUGH PUBLIC ART, HIS ENDURING CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE CITY OF TAMARAC, AND HIS LASTING LEGACY OF INSPIRING REFLECTION, UNDERSTANDING, AND COMMUNITY PRIDE FOR GENERATIONS TO COME. AND WE ALSO RECOGNIZE YOU TODAY WITH THE JUNETEENTH LEGACY AWARD. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER PATTERSON, COMMISSIONERS, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR. I'M SPEECHLESS. I REGRET THAT I WASN'T ABLE TO BE HERE FOR JUNETEENTH. I WAS ACTUALLY IN CALIFORNIA, MY WIFE AND I.

GETTING READY TO GET OUR SON MARRIED. SO YEAH, I JUST WANT TO SAY THIS. I GRADUATED FROM DUKE UNIVERSITY WITH MY DEGREE IN THEOLOGY. I WENT TO DUKE TO BECOME A BAPTIST MINISTER.

NOW I'M GOING TO TELL MY AGE.

IN 1975, WHEN I GRADUATED, OKAY, YOU CAN DO THE MATH. NOW YOU KNOW HOW OLD I AM. I DIDN'T KNOW WHO I WAS THEN, SO I DIDN'T WANT TO GO INTO THE MINISTRY AND MESS SOMEONE ELSE'S LIFE UP. SO, I WENT INTO THE BANKING BUSINESS, WHICH IS WHAT I DID IN HIGH SCHOOL PART-TIME AS WELL AS COLLEGE. WHILE IN BANKING, I GOT STRESSED OUT, DECIDED THAT I NEEDED A HOBBY. I ENROLLED IN AN ART CLASS ON THE WEEKENDS WITH SENIOR CITIZENS. I WASN'T ONE BACK THEN. SENIOR CITIZENS TO LEARN HOW TO PAINT. AND I FELL IN LOVE WITH WHAT I NOW KNOW IS MY MINISTRY. I CHANGE LIVES AND CHANGE COMMUNITIES THROUGH MY ART.

FOR THE YOUNG PEOPLE HERE, AND EVEN THE ADULTS, IT'S NEVER TOO LATE

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THE EVENT IS NOT DONE. BUT WE UNDERSTAND IF YOU ARE GOING TO LEAVE US, PLEASE GET HOME SAFELY. WE'LL SIGN YOU UP. THERE'S A LIST, LIKE. ALL RIGHT, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE ARE, WE ARE STILL IN THE MIDDLE OF OUR MEETING. WE'RE NOT ON A RECESS, SO I'M SORRY TO KIND OF TAKE ALL THE JOY OUT OF IT.

BUT WE ARE NOW READY TO PROCEED WITH OUR NEXT ITEM, WHICH IS OUR BSO REPORT BEING GIVEN BY OUR VERY OWN BSO CAPTAIN DAVID FRANK. THANK YOU, MAYOR. CAPTAIN. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR. VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, CITY MANAGER, CITY ATTORNEY, THANK YOU FOR HAVING US HERE TONIGHT TO TALK ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN TAMARAC. IT'S BEEN ANOTHER GREAT MONTH FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE. AGAIN, WE'RE GOING DOWN IN ALMOST EVERY SINGLE CATEGORY. WE HAD A LITTLE UPTICK IN SOME OF THE LARCENIES AND A LITTLE UPTICK IN THE BURGLARIES, BUT ON THE POSITIVE SIDE, THERE WERE, A LOT OF THEM WERE SOLVED AND PEOPLE WERE GOING TO JAIL FOR THOSE. SO, AS IT GOES, THERE WAS AN INCREASE OF 19% ON THE ARRESTS. WE HAD 115 ARRESTS LAST MONTH FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE. AND THEN I KNOW WHAT EVERYBODY ON THE DAIS LIKES, BUT NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE LIKE.

WE WENT UP 99% IN CITATIONS.

WE WROTE 1,747 CITATIONS LAST MONTH, WHICH MEANS OUR DEPUTIES ARE OUT THERE. THEY'RE ENFORCING THOSE TRAFFIC LAWS. SO, IF YOU'RE OUT THERE SPEEDING, MAKE SURE YOU DON'T DO IT IN TAMARAC BECAUSE WE WILL FIND YOU. AND THEN WE DID HAVE AN

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LAST MONTH, WE WERE ABLE TO GET 3 NEW SERGEANTS HERE FOR THE DISTRICT. 2 OF THEM WHO WERE JUST PROMOTED AND ONE WHO CAME TO US FROM WEST PARK WHO'S BEEN WITH US AT AN AGENCY FOR 20 YEARS, AND HE'S GOT EXPERIENCE AS K-9, HE'S BEEN IN THE VIPER, AND A WHOLE LOT OF OTHER DIFFERENT VENUES.

SO, I WANTED TO COME UP AND BRING THEM UP HERE AND INTRODUCE THEM TONIGHT. I HAVE SERGEANT JEFFREY BECKELHEIMER, SERGEANT LOUIS WICK, AND SERGEANT JAMAN SIMMONS-DAVENPORT. COME ON DOWN. I'D LIKE THEM TO COME DOWN HERE SO EVERYBODY CAN SEE.

ON AN INTERESTING NOTE, SERGEANT WICK, ACTUALLY, I WAS IN POMPANO WHEN HE STARTED, AND I REMEMBER HIM ON FTO AND STARTING THERE. AND WHEN I WAS IN WEST PARK BACK IN THE DAY, SIMMONS-DAVENPORT STARTED THERE. SO HAVING THEM COME TO US AND BACK WORKING WITH ME HAS BEEN, IT'S BEEN AN HONOR TO HAVE THEM. ALSO, ON ANOTHER NOTE, SERGEANT SIMMONS DAVENPORT ALSO SERVES US IN THE AIR FORCE RESERVE.

HE IS ONE WHO PROTECTS OUR COUNTRY AS WELL AS PROTECTING OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. SO, I THINK HE DOES AMAZING WORK. I THINK THESE SERGEANTS HERE ARE GOING TO JUST REALLY EXCEL IN THIS DISTRICT IN MAKING IT A GREAT PLACE TO WORK. SO, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SERGEANTS, FOR COMING OUT HERE. IF YOU'D LIKE TO SAY A WORD, SERGEANT SIMMONS DAVENPORT. I KNOW I WAS GOING TO PUT THEM ON THE SPOT. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS. THANK YOU. I'M EXCITED TO BE HERE AND TAKE ON THIS JOURNEY AS A SERGEANT AND TO PLAY MY PART IN KEEPING TAMARAC A SAFE PLACE TO LIVE AND VISIT. SO, THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. I'M EXCITED TO BE A PART OF THE CITY. I SPENT THE LAST 10 YEARS IN POMPANO, SO I'LL BRING A LOT OF EXPERIENCE FROM THERE, BUT I'M EXCITED TO BE A PART OF YOUR CITY TOO HERE NOW.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

APPRECIATE IT. AND THANK YOU TO CAPTAIN FRANKS FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME TO TAMARAC AND CONTINUE MY CAREER. ON ANOTHER NOTE, SERGEANT BECKELHEIMER IS ALSO A VETERAN FROM THE U.S. ARMY, SERVED US OVER THERE RIDING AROUND ON HELICOPTERS AND SERVING DURING SOME WARTIME. SO AMAZING WORK FROM THE SYSTEM. THANK YOU. I THINK DEPUTY MARION WOULD APPRECIATE IF YOU WOULD STAND THIS WAY AND FACE THE AUDIENCE SO SHE CAN GET A PHOTO. MADAM MAYOR. YES, SIR.

MAYBE THE COMMISSION WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A PICTURE WITH THE. SURE. COMMISSIONER WRIGHT, COMMISSIONER WRIGHT, COMMISSIONER WRIGHT, DO YOU WANT THIS ONE? I THINK ALL OF YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE DOWN HERE FOR THIS NEXT ONE ESPECIALLY VICE MAYOR BOLTON. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS ACTUALLY AN HONOR FOR ME TO DO IS EVERY MONTH WE GET TO GO OVER MANY DIFFERENT NOMINATIONS FOR DEPUTY OF THE MONTH. AND THIS MONTH WAS, WAS INCREDIBLE.

I HAD DEPUTIES WHO ARRESTED SUBJECTS WHO WERE OUT DOING ROBBERIES. I HAD A CHOP SHOP THAT WAS FOUND DOWN IN HOLLYWOOD. AND OTHER ONES THAT MADE SOME AMAZING ARRESTS.

BUT ONE OF THE THINGS I LIKE TO DO WHEN WE HAVE DEPUTY OF THE MONTH IS RECOGNIZE THOSE WHO GO ABOVE AND BEYOND AND GIVE THEIR OWN TIME TO US, TO THE CITY, AND, AND JUST TO THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC. SO, THIS MONTH WE HAVE A DEPUTY WHO

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SHE KNOWS SHE IS MY FAVORITE.

COME ON, TAKE A PICTURE. YOU MIGHT WANT TO MOVE YOUR FINGER OFF THE LENS. COME ON. YOU DON'T KNOW HOW IT IS. DON'T WORRY, IT'S NOT GOING IN THE MUD THERE. NOT IN THE MUD. WE'VE POSTED IT EVERYWHERE. I ALREADY PUT IT ONLINE. 1, 2, 3. ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GOOD. PLEASE DON'T, WE'VE SEEN JARED'S PICTURE.

AND THEN JUST ONE MORE THING BEFORE WE FINISH UP TONIGHT.

NO, YOU'RE GOOD. I'LL FIND A DIFFERENT WAY OF DOING THIS.

SO, FOR 3 AND A HALF YEARS, THE BROWARD SHERIFF'S OFFICE TAMARAC DISTRICT HAS HAD THE HONOR OF HAVING LIEUTENANT MICHAEL PAPARELLA WITH US.

LIEUTENANT PAPARELLA HAS BEEN AN OUTSTANDING PATROL LIEUTENANT. HE IS A MENTOR TO MANY, MANY OF THE DEPUTIES WHO ARE HERE.

HE DOES AN INCREDIBLE JOB. AND BECAUSE OF THE JOB THAT HE'S DONE, HE WAS SELECTED TO GO DOWNTOWN AND WORK WITH A, ACTUALLY ALMOST CREATING A NEW UNIT AND EVERYTHING DOWN THERE AS THE EXECUTIVE OFFICER FOR THE CAPTAIN DOWN THERE.

SO, I WANTED TO THANK HIM PUBLICLY AND HAVE HIM COME UP AND SAY A FEW WORDS.

BUT HE'S GOING TO BE LEAVING US.

BUT ALTHOUGH WE'RE, BUT HE CAN'T. HE'S GOT OUR EXPLORERS TO TAKE CARE OF. HE ACTUALLY, HE'S ALREADY GOING TO STAY AND HELP WORK WITH THE EXPLORERS. HE'S BEEN TASKED WITH THAT. WE'RE NOT GIVING THAT UP. I GOT ROPED IN.

ROPED IN. WAIT, HOLD ON. EACH AND EVERY TIME, RIGHT? EACH AND EVERY TIME. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY WORKING HERE IN TAMARACK. SUCH A GREAT TIME. LAST 3 YEARS, I GOT TO TELL YOU THAT HOW DIFFICULT IT WAS TO SAY YES TO THIS NEW POSITION. GREAT DEPUTIES, GREAT STAFF, CAPTAIN, LIEUTENANT GREAT PARTNERS, RIGHT? IT'S BITTERSWEET. SO HOPEFULLY ONE DAY I'LL BE ABLE TO COME BACK AND WORK WITH YOU AGAIN.

BUT IT'S BEEN A WONDERFUL 3 YEARS, AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. BUT ONE OF THE THINGS IS, WHEN I SAID TO THE MAJOR, I SAID YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE GOING TO TAKE MIKE, I NEED TO HAVE AN AMAZING LIEUTENANT. I, TRYING TO FILL HIS SHOES IS JUST SO DIFFICULT.

AND I GET A CALL A FEW WEEKS AGO AND TELL ME WHO I WAS GETTING AS A LIEUTENANT TO REPLACE HIM, AND I COULDN'T HAVE BEEN HAPPIER. LIEUTENANT HOWE IS COMING TO US FROM IT.

SHE HAS A BACKGROUND IN WORKING WITH THE ROBBERY UNIT. SHE'S ALSO WORKED HOMELAND SECURITY, SID. SHE, HER RESUME JUST KEEPS ON GOING AND GOING. SHE'S NOT GOING TO GET OUT TALKING ON THIS MICROPHONE. SO, SHE IS GOING TO BE AN AMAZING PATROL LIEUTENANT HERE, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH HER AND HAVING HER BEING PART OF THE TAMARAC FAMILY.

SO, THANK YOU. THANK YOU, CAPTAIN. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE, AND THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. I LOOK FORWARD

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IT, I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A WONDERFUL YEAR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH AND HAVE A GREAT EVENING. AND JUST A SELFLESS PLUG FOR ANY OF THE KIDS THAT ARE STILL HERE FROM THE COLLEGE, AFTER COLLEGE, BSO IS HIRING.

THERE YOU GO. THERE YOU GO.

EXCELLENT. GOOD CAREER PATH.

WELL, CONGRATULATIONS AND ALL THE BEST AND FOR ALL THE MOVING PARTS, BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR SERVING OUR CITY SO WELL.

WE ARE NOW GOING TO OUR CITY MANAGER. YOUR REPORT? YES, MADAM MAYOR. GOOD EVENING, VICE MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS. BEFORE I START WITH MY REPORT, I'D LIKE TO INVITE MR. BRETT FRIEDMAN FROM RSM. HE'S A PARTNER WITH RSM. CITY'S AUDIT FIRM TO DELIVER AND CLOSE THIS YEAR'S AUDIT PROCESS. HELLO AND WELCOME. OKAY, THANK YOU, SIR. GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS. AGAIN, BRETT FRIEDMAN, PARTNER WITH RSM.

JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW YOU SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN 2 PACKAGES SENT TO YOU BY PRISCILLA MOXIE AND THE FINANCE TEAM. THE LARGE ONE IS YOUR ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT THAT'S PUT TOGETHER BY YOUR FINANCE TEAM. IT'S LIKE ABOUT 200 PAGES. IT'S A LOT OF WORK. THEY WORK REALLY HARD ON IT. MOST IMPORTANT THING WE COULD SAY IS THAT WE ARE ISSUING AN UNMODIFIED OPINION, WHICH WHAT THAT TELLS YOU IS THAT THE REPORT IS FAIRLY PRESENTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH GENERALLY ACCEPTED ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES. THE OTHER DOCUMENT HERE IS A BRIEF DOCUMENT, JUST GOING TO WALK YOU THROUGH. THOSE ARE THE REQUIRED COMMUNICATIONS TO THE HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COMMISSION, JUST TO GIVE YOU A QUICK OVERVIEW OF THE AUDIT AND THE RESULTS.

SO JUST TO START OUT, THE AUDIT WAS DONE IN ACCORDANCE WITH GENERALLY ACCEPTED ACCOUNTING STANDARDS AND GOVERNMENT AUDITING STANDARDS AND OUR ARRANGEMENT LETTER, WHICH WAS DATED SEPTEMBER 4TH, 2025.

AT THE BEGINNING OF THE AUDIT, WE PROVIDED COMMUNICATION LAYING OUT THE PLANNED TIMING AND SCOPE ON JANUARY 22ND. GOING DOWN, AS THE GASB DOES EVERY YEAR, TRIES TO MAKE THINGS INTERESTING FOR YOUR FINANCE FOLKS, SO THEY HAD SOME NEW STANDARDS.

THE NEW ONE THIS YEAR, THE KEY ONE, WAS GASB STATEMENT 101, WHICH TRIED TO MAKE IT CONSISTENT AS TO HOW ALL GOVERNMENTS REPORT THEIR COMPENSATED ABSENCES, WHICH IS LEAVE TIME, SICK, VACATION, MILITARY LEAVE, THINGS OF THAT NATURE. NOW AS PART OF THAT, YOU'LL NOTICE IN THERE, YOU'LL SEE A WORD RESTATEMENT.

THAT WAS NOT DUE TO ANY ERROR OR ANYTHING DONE, JUST WHEN YOU IMPLEMENT A NEW STANDARD LIKE THIS, THE BEGINNING BALANCES HAD TO BE RESTATED TO REFLECT THE NEW ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS.

SO, YOU'LL SEE THERE'S AN EMPHASIS PARAGRAPH THAT THE BEGINNING NET POSITION AND COMPENSATED ABSENCE BALANCES WERE RESTATED TO REVISE AND MATCH THE STANDARD. GOING OVER KEY HIGHLIGHTS, THERE WERE NO SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES IN AREAS THAT LACK PROPER GUIDANCE OR IN EMERGING AREAS WHERE THEY'RE CONTROVERSIAL. NO SIGNIFICANT OR UNUSUAL TRANSACTIONS. NO AUDIT ADJUSTMENTS OR UNCORRECTED MISSTATEMENTS.

AGAIN, LIKE I SAID, THE EMPHASIS PARAGRAPH HIGHLIGHTS THE RESTATEMENT, NOT THAT ANYBODY DID ANYTHING WRONG. WE HAD NO DISAGREEMENTS WITH MANAGEMENT. WE'RE NOT AWARE OF ANY CONSULTATIONS WITH OTHER ACCOUNTANTS, ANY OPINION SHOPPING. NO SIGNIFICANT ISSUES OR DIFFICULTIES. AGAIN, WE AFFIRM THAT WE ARE INDEPENDENT OF THE CITY. WE HAVE A PROCESS IN PLACE TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERY MEMBER OF OUR TEAM, ANYBODY WHO TOUCHES THE CITY ENGAGEMENT, IS INDEPENDENT OF THE CITY. WE WORK TOGETHER WITH THE CITY AS A JOINT RESPONSIBILITY THERE. ALSO IN YOUR PACKAGE, YOU HAVE YOUR COMPLIANCE REPORT IN ACCORDANCE WITH UNIFORM GUIDANCE, WHICH IS OVER FEDERAL AWARDS AND ALSO STATE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE. THERE WERE NO ISSUES IN THOSE. AND THERE'S ALSO AN INTERNAL CONTROL REPORT AS FAR AS CITY INTERNAL CONTROLS. THERE WE DID HAVE JUST A SIGNIFICANT DEFICIENCY AS FAR AS IMPROVING SOME OF THE INTERNAL CONTROLS IN THE CITY. BUT KEY THING TO HIGHLIGHT FOR YOU IS THE ACCOUNTING ESTIMATES. THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT INVOLVE JUDGMENT.

A LOT OF WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE CITY IS EITHER CASH IN OR CASH OUT, BUT THESE ESTIMATES ARE WHERE YOU COULD HAVE MANAGEMENT BIAS AND IMPACT. THE KEY ONES FOR THE CITY WERE YOUR PENSION PLANS, THE NET PENSION LIABILITIES, THE CITY USES A THIRD-PARTY ACTUARY. WE HAVE OUR OWN CONSULTING ACTUARIES WHO REVIEW BOTH THE METHODOLOGY AND THE ASSUMPTIONS USED. FOUND NO PROBLEMS WITH THE APPROACH OR THE ASSUMPTIONS. THE ALLOWANCE FOR DOUBTFUL ACCOUNTS, AS FAR AS COLLECTABILITY OF RECEIVABLES, WE LOOKED AT THE CITY'S METHODOLOGY, NO CONCERNS THERE. OTHER POST-EMPLOYMENT BENEFIT LIABILITIES, SAME THING. THE CITY USES AN ACTUARY. WE HAVE OUR OWN INDEPENDENT ACTUARY REVIEW IT FOR REASONABLENESS.

ACCOUNTING FOR LEASES, AND ALSO SUBSCRIPTION-BASED IT ARRANGEMENTS. THERE AGAIN, WE LOOK AT THE METHODOLOGY APPLIED, MAKE SURE THAT THE CITY'S FOLLOWING THE ACCOUNTING STANDARDS. AND THEN THE OTHER ONES ARE INVESTMENT VALUATION AND DEPRECIATION OF CAPITAL ASSETS. AND OF COURSE, THE BIG ONE BEING COMP STAY ABSENCES, BECAUSE THAT DID CHANGE DRAMATICALLY AS TO HOW IT WAS REPORTED. AND BASICALLY, WHAT IT DID IS IT, IT REQUIRED YOU TO PUT EVERYTHING ON THE BOOKS, WHETHER YOU'RE PHYSICALLY GOING TO PAY THE LIABILITY OUT TO EMPLOYEES OR IF THEY ARE GOING TO USE IT. IF IT'S MORE LIKELY THAN NOT TO BE USED. SO THAT WAS THE BIG CHANGE, WHICH IN MOST CASES INCREASED THE LIABILITY FOR MOST GOVERNMENTS ACROSS FLORIDA. ANOTHER KEY ONE IS SELF-INSURANCE LIABILITIES.

THE CITY USES AN ACTUARY. WE HAD OUR OWN ACTUARY REVIEW THAT AND HAD NO ISSUES THERE. AND THEN LAST IS JUST THE LIABILITY

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AGAIN, NO CONCERNS THERE. AND WITH THAT, IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS. I DON'T SEE ANYBODY ASKING ANY QUESTIONS. I, I DON'T, I GUESS WE MUST HAVE RECEIVED THIS IN THE EMAIL RECENTLY TOO, AND THEN NOT KNOWING THAT IT WAS, YOU SHOULD BE RECEIVING IT.

OKAY, BECAUSE I MOMENTARILY, OKAY, I DIDN'T THINK THAT I MISSED SEEING IT. OKAY, GOOD.

WELL, I GUESS WE MIGHT HAVE QUESTIONS AFTER WE GET A CHANCE TO REVIEW IT, BUT, WELL, AGAIN, WE'RE ALWAYS AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. THANK YOU, BRAD.

CITY MANAGER? YES, THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. WE'RE AWARE OF THESE UNSOLICITED COMMUNICATIONS FROM SCAMMERS FALSELY PROMOTING CITY'S MUNICIPAL SERVICES. CITY OF TAMARAC DOES NOT CONTACT RESIDENTS THROUGH THESE UNSOLICITED PHONE CALLS REGARDING HOME IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS, OR CITY INITIATIVES, SO WE ENCOURAGE OUR RESIDENTS TO USE CAUTION BEFORE RESPONDING TO THESE UNSOLICITED ADVERTISEMENTS OR PHONE CALLS. YOU SHOULD ALWAYS VERIFY THE LEGITIMACY OF A PROGRAM BEFORE CLICKING ON THE LINKS, SHARING PERSONAL INFORMATION, OR PROVIDING FINANCIAL INFORMATION. IF YOU EVER HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE LEGITIMACY OF A PROGRAM, PLEASE CONTACT THE CITY AND LET US KNOW, AND THEN WE'LL DEFINITELY VERIFY THE INFORMATION. I'M REALLY EXCITED TO TELL YOU ABOUT THIS NEW ADVANCEMENT IN TECHNOLOGY IN THE DELIVERY OF OUR BUILDING INSPECTION SERVICES. SO, THE CITY OF TAMARAC IS NOW OFFERING GLIMPS.

IT'S A REAL-TIME INSPECTION TRACKING SYSTEM FOR BUILDING DEPARTMENT INSPECTIONS. THE SERVICE ALLOWS CUSTOMERS TO RECEIVE ESTIMATED ARRIVAL TIMES AND TRACK THEIR INSPECTOR ON THE DAY OF THEIR SCHEDULED INSPECTION.

SO, IT'S A MAJOR IMPROVEMENT, AND, AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO, TO GREAT UTILIZATION OF THAT. IN ADDITION, WE HAD SOME CONVERSATION WITH SOME OF OUR CUSTOMERS AND ALSO WITH THE, THE MEMBERS OF CITY COMMISSION. THE CITY'S ELECTRONIC PLAN REVIEW OR ELECTRONIC PERMITTING SYSTEM NOTIFICATIONS ARE NOW LIVE, AND FOR THESE NEW PERMIT APPLICATIONS, PROJECTS, AND PLANS MOVING FORWARD THROUGH THE ELECTRONIC PLAN REVIEW PROCESS, THESE NOTIFICATIONS WILL APPLY TO NEW PROJECTS GOING FORWARD AND WILL NOT APPLY RETROACTIVELY. HOWEVER, THESE NOTIFICATIONS ARE DESIGNED TO KEEP HOMEOWNERS BETTER INFORMED AS THEIR PERMIT MOVES THROUGH THE KEY STAGES OF THE PROCESS. THIS ENHANCEMENT PROVIDES TRANSPARENCY FOR SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL HOMEOWNERS WHILE STILL MAKING CLEAR THAT THE PERMIT APPLICANT OR CONTRACTOR IS RESPONSIBLE FOR TAKING ACTION. IN A LOT OF CASES, MADAM MAYOR, THE HOMEOWNERS THEY CONTRACT WITH AN ENTITY AND THE ENTITY APPLIES FOR A PERMIT AND SOMETHING HAPPENS TO THAT PERMIT IN THE PROCESS CALLED THE CONTROL, AND THEN THERE'S SOME BACK AND FORTH.

AND THAT PART OF THE PROCESS IS NOT REPRESENTED ACCURATELY BACK TO THE HOMEOWNER. SO, IT'S, THE CITY IS ALWAYS BLAMED FOR DELAYS IN THE PERMITTING PROCESS WHEN IN FACT 99.9% OF THE TIME WHEN WE LOOK AT THOSE CASES, IT IS A MISSING DOCUMENT. IT'S PLANS, IT'S THIS, IT'S THAT.

IT'S SOMETHING LEGITIMATE THAT THE CONTRACTOR SHOULD DELIVER TO THE CITY AS PART OF THE PERMITTING PROCESS. SO NOW THIS PROCESS NOTIFIES THE HOMEOWNER EXACTLY WHERE THE PERMIT APPLICATION IS, IF IT'S MISSING DOCUMENTATION, IF IT'S MISSING PARTS AND PIECES OF THE APPLICATION, THE HOMEOWNER IS NOTIFIED AT THE SAME TIME THE CONTRACTOR OR THE PERMIT RUNNER IS NOTIFIED.

SO, ABOUT TIME. YOU'RE WELCOME.

AND THEN WE ENTER THE PEAK SUMMER SEASON AND ONE OF THE BUSIEST TIMES OF THE YEAR FOR THE AQUATIC CENTER. SO, WE WANT TO KEEP OUR RESIDENTS INFORMED.

THE SPRAY GROUND AND ADJACENT PAVILION WILL BE TEMPORARILY CLOSED FOR RENOVATIONS. AS YOU KNOW, THE COMMISSION APPROVED REPLACEMENT OF SOME OF THESE AMENITIES, BUT THE POOL, AQUATIC CENTER POOL, SLIDES, AND ALL OTHER AMENITIES WILL REMAIN OPEN AND FULLY OPERATIONAL THROUGHOUT THE RENOVATION PERIOD. THIS WORK WILL TAKE SOME TIME,

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DURING THIS SCHEDULED RECESS, COMMISSIONERS AND STAFF FOCUS ON STRATEGIC PLANNING, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, AND PREPARATION FOR THE UPCOMING MEETING CYCLE.

CITY SERVICES AND OPERATIONS WILL CONTINUE AS NORMAL THROUGHOUT THE HIATUS, AND THE NEXT COMMISSION MEETING WILL BE HELD ON AUGUST 26TH, 2026, AT.

THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THAT

[3. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION ]

WE WILL NOW GO TO PUBLIC PARTICIPATION. THE RULES OF THE ROAD ARE ABOVE ON THE SCREEN. BASICALLY, IF YOU LIKE WHAT SOMEBODY SAYS, PLEASE JUST DO HAPPY HANDS. IF YOU'RE NOT TOO THRILLED, PLEASE JUST DO THUMBS DOWN. WE DON'T WANT TO MAKE ANYBODY FEEL INTIMIDATED FOR BEING ABLE TO EXPRESS WHAT THEY WANT TO EXPRESS, AND WE ASK THAT EVERYBODY EXPRESS THEMSELVES CORDIALLY, KINDLY. EVEN IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING NICE TO SAY, IT COULD BE SAID IN A MANNER THAT'S NOT OFFENSIVE TO THE PERSON RECEIVING IT. WE ASK THAT YOU COME TO THIS MICROPHONE OVER HERE, SAY YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, AND IF YOU'RE NOT COMFORTABLE WITH YOUR ADDRESS, PLEASE STATE, THE CITY, AND WHERE YOU LIVE. AND YOU HAVE 3 MINUTES THAT CANNOT BE SHARED. SO, FIRST ON THAT, WE HAVE EILEEN LIEBERMAN-MICHELSON COMING UP, AND THEN I'M NOT SURE IF ERIC AND SHERRY BAKER SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. TO SPEAK? OKAY. ARE YOU GOING TO GO TOGETHER? ARE WE GOING TO HAVE YOU SEPARATE? TOGETHER. ALL RIGHT, WELL, YOU'RE ON DECK RIGHT AFTER FORMER COMMISSIONER LIEBERMAN. WHAT? YOU'RE GETTING A HANDOUT. HANDOUT, HAND UP, COMING. EILEEN LIEBERMAN-MICHELSON, 4809 WOODLANDS BOULEVARD, PRESIDENT OF SECTION 4. I'M HERE TODAY BECAUSE I'M BECOMING INCREASINGLY CONCERNED ABOUT WHO'S MINDING THE STORE AS FAR AS 13TH FLOOR'S AGREEMENT, DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, COMPLIANCE WITH THAT AGREEMENT. WHAT YOU'RE GETTING NOW COMES FROM THE BROWARD COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATION. THERE'S NO QUESTION THAT THE ENTIRE WOODLANDS GOLF COURSE, INCLUDING WHERE THE CLUBHOUSE WAS LOCATED, IS A CONTAMINATED SITE IN BROWARD COUNTY. THE COUNTY HAS FOUND ELEVATED LEVELS OF ARSENIC AND A PESTICIDE, DIDRIN, ABOVE WHAT WOULD BE PERMITTED IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA. AS A RESULT OF THAT, THE DEVELOPER HAD TO ENTER INTO A REMEDIATION AGREEMENT.

AND HERE'S WHERE MY CONCERN, IF YOU LOOK AT PAGE 3 IN THE HANDOUT, 1 AND 2 BASICALLY TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE ISSUES IN THE COUNTY.

BUT BASICALLY, THE DEVELOPER WAS TOLD THAT THEY HAD TO EXCAVATE TOPSOIL HEAVILY IMPACTED BY THOSE 2 CHEMICALS.

I WALK EVERY MORNING. I HAVE SEEN WHERE THE DEVELOPER HAS BACKHOES PUSHING SOIL THAT'S CONTAMINATED INTO THE LAKE TO THE WEST SIDE OF WHERE THE CLUBHOUSE USED TO BE. THEY'RE NOT EXCAVATING ANYTHING. THIS ALSO REQUIRES THAT THE, A LOT OF THE RESIDENTS ARE HAVING A PROBLEM WITH, AS CONSTRUCTION GOES ON, IT CREATES A MESS ON THEIR PROPERTY. THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE EXPOSING THAT AREA TO SOME SORT OF WATER MANAGEMENT, SPRINKLERS OR WHATEVER, TO STOP THE DUST. THEY'RE NOT DOING THAT. I'VE NEVER SEEN IT.

AT THE ENTRANCE FROM THE WOODLANDS TO THE WOODLANDS FROM COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD, THERE'S A BIG SIGN THAT SAYS NO CONSTRUCTION TRAFFIC.

EVERYBODY CAN READ IT BECAUSE THE LETTERS ARE PRETTY BIG.

HOWEVER, CONSTRUCTION TRAFFIC IS COMING IN ON COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD COMING ALL THE WAY DOWN WOODLANDS BOULEVARD TO GET TO THE SITE WHERE THE CLUBHOUSE USED TO BE.

SOMETIMES THEY DON'T COME IN ON WOODLANDS BOULEVARD, THEY COME IN ON BAYBERRY, BUT IN EITHER CASE, THEY'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO USE EITHER. THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE A ROAD THAT THEY BUILD OFF OF ROCK ISLAND, AND THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO BUILD IT BEFORE THEY STARTED CONSTRUCTION. THAT HAS NOT HAPPENED. WHILE THEY HAVE CLEARED A PATH, IT IS NOT A PAVED ROADWAY.

FINALLY, IN SOME OF THE AREAS

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THERE ARE POTHOLES, THERE ARE PIECES OF, OF THE ROADWAY, THERE ARE WEEDS GROWING IN THE ROADWAY. AND I KNOW THE CITY HAS A CITYWIDE RESURFACING PROJECT, AND I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW WHEN THE WOODLANDS WILL BE PART OF THAT. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. AS ERIC AND SHERRY BAKER ARE COMING TO THE MICROPHONE, THEN HAVE SHANE. I'M NOT SURE IF THIS IS A C. CARTER OR CARTER. IS THERE A SHANE? SORRY, SHANE. MY APOLOGIES. YOU'LL BE NEXT.

YOU'RE NOT SPEAKING. PLEASE RESPOND. GOOD EVENING, CITY COUNCIL. MY NAME IS ERIC BAKER. THIS IS MY WIFE, SHERRIANN. WE LIVE AT 9205 NORTHWEST 70TH PLACE. I THINK IT'S DISTRICT 3. WE'RE HERE BECAUSE WE'RE HAVING A VERY BAD FLOODING PROBLEM IN OUR RIGHT IN OUR FRONT YARD. MR. TODD SCHULTZ AND THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN DILIGENT.

THEY'VE TAKEN OUT TREES, THEY'VE REMOTE SHOT THE LINE, THEY'RE CLEAR, CLEAR, AND THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO DO. SO, WE'RE HERE TO ASK THE COMMISSION, I DON'T KNOW IF WE NEED TO GET A RE-DRAINAGE OR SOMETHING, BUT THE FLOODING NOW IS COMING UP CLOSE TO OUR FRONT DOOR. SO, IT'S GETTING PRETTY BAD AS THE RAIN OR AS THE YEARS GO BY. MY WIFE JUST PRESENTED THE PICTURES THERE. YOU CAN SEE.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING THIS WITH US. EARL HENRY, WHO IS OUR INTERIM PUBLIC SERVICES DIRECTOR, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND, HE'S GOING TO SPEAK WITH YOU ABOUT THIS FURTHER, AND THEN WE CAN TALK WITH THE CITY MANAGER AND KNOW WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE. OKAY, OKAY, I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU.

LIKE I SAY, PUBLIC WORKS HAVE TODD SCHULTZ AND HIS CREW, THEY HAVE BEEN OUT, BUT THEY'RE, THEY'RE AT A STANDSTILL RIGHT NOW BECAUSE IT'S JUST, NOW IT'S, IF YOU HAVE ON BOOTS, IT'S, IT'S HIGHER THAN YOUR BOOTS IF YOU HAVE ON BOOTS NOW. THEN WE GOT TO SEE WHAT ELSE CAN BE DONE.

OKAY, THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. VERY SORRY ABOUT THAT. I'VE GOT MARK GOGGIN AND THEN RON WASSERMAN. YOU'LL BE AFTER MARK. AFTER MARK, YES. MARK ARGAN FROM EAST TAMARAC. GOT A COUPLE COMMENTS AND THINGS.

ONE REGARDING THE, AS YOU SAW ON THE CAPTAIN'S REPORT, COMMERCIAL AND 31ST HAS BEEN VERY BUSY WITH ACCIDENTS LAST MONTH. A QUESTION SOME OF OUR RESIDENTS ASKED IS WHO PICKS UP THE DEBRIS. WE'VE HAD A FENDER FROM A CAR SIT THERE FOR OVER A WEEK. ONE OF THE NEIGHBORS ACTUALLY ASKED ONE OF EARL'S GUYS WHO PICK UP THE TRASH AT THE BUS STOP IF THEY COULD TAKE IT, AND I SAW THAT THEY TOOK IT THE OTHER DAY. BUT SHOULDN'T THE TOW TRUCKS BE MADE, SUPPOSED TO TAKE ALL THAT STUFF WITH THEM, AREN'T THEY? THAT WAS THE LAST I KNEW WHEN I SAW A LOT OF ACCIDENTS. TOW TRUCKS SHOULD TAKE IT WITH IT. SO, I DON'T KNOW IF THE CAPTAIN NEEDS TO MAKE SURE THE DEPUTIES HAVE THE TRUCKS TO TAKE THOSE. THE OTHER THING TO REMEMBER IS WE'VE GOT, AS THE STATE REP SAID, THE TAXES. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IF MR. BOOK AND PEOPLE, BECAUSE I KNOW YOU GUYS CAN'T BECAUSE OF THOSE LAWS, CAN'T SPEAK YES OR NO ABOUT THEM, BUT IF SOMEBODY LIKE MR. BOOK OUR REPRESENTATIVE OR SOMEBODY ELSE COULD GET CLARIFICATION INFORMATION OUT TO ALL THE RESIDENTS SO THEY KNOW WHAT THEY'RE VOTING ON. BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK AT THE SITUATIONS, ONE THING TELLS YOU ANOTHER, ANOTHER THING COMES OUT TOMORROW SAYS SOMETHING TOTALLY DIFFERENT. SO, WE SHOULD TRY AND MAKE SURE ALL OUR RESIDENTS UNDERSTAND WHAT THE VOTE'S GOING TO BE DOING. ONE OF MY FINAL ASKS PROBABLY GOES MORE TOWARDS THE CITY LEADER OVER ON THE LEFT HERE. WE HAD REPORTS THAT THE STATE DOJ CAME TO TAMARAC. WE NEVER HEARD

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THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND JUST PLEASE NOTE THAT BSO WILL BE TAKING CARE OF THE DEBRIS SITUATION AND MAKING SURE THAT, THAT THE AREAS ARE CLEANED BETTER. I HAVE RON WASSERMAN COMING UP, AND THEN I HAVE MATTHEW GUGLIERA. SORRY. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. MY NAME IS RONALD J. WASSERMAN. I LIVE AT 8577 J DRIVE HERE IN TAMARAC, 33321. MADAM DANIEL IS MY COMMISSIONER. SHE REPRESENTS ME. SO, I LIKE COMING BEFORE YOU GUYS. I DISAGREE WITH A LOT OF THINGS THAT GO DOWN. I THINK YOU KNOW THAT.

BUT I JUST WANT TO RELAY A COUPLE OF THINGS. I JUST WANT TO ASK EVERYONE THAT CAN LISTEN TO MY VOICE, PLEASE. I'M A CANCER SURVIVOR. I KNOW SOME OTHER PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM THAT ARE CANCER SURVIVORS TOO. I BEG EVERYONE TO GET TESTED. CANCER IS THE DEVIL WORKING ON THIS EARTH. SO PLEASE. BE TESTED. YOUR FAMILY WILL APPRECIATE WHAT YOU DO FOR THEM. IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT YOU, IT'S ABOUT YOUR FAMILY. SO, WE HAD A LOT OF STUDENTS HERE TODAY. I GOT TO TELL YOU, IT'S VERY EXCITING. WHY? FOR ME, GROWING UP, I GREW UP IN NEW YORK, IF YOU CAN'T TELL, I WENT TO MILITARY HIGH SCHOOL.

CORPORAL PUNISHMENT WAS IN EFFECT. WHAT DO I MEAN BY THAT? THERE WAS A PADDLE ABOUT THIS LONG, AND IF YOU DIDN'T DO WHAT THEY SAID, YOU'D GET THE PADDLE. SO NOW I LOOK AT HOW THINGS ARE AND I SAY, WOW. SO, A COUPLE OF COMPLIMENTS I NEED TO IT'S EITHER BITTERNESS FROM ME, I WANT TO CALL PEOPLE OUT, THERE'S A COUPLE PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM THAT I ALWAYS WANT TO APPRECIATE. OUR NEW CAPTAIN, HE'S LOOKED ME IN THE EYE AND ALWAYS HAS TRIED TO HELP ME. CHIEF, THE FIRE CHIEF IN THE BACK, YOU'RE HIGHLY APPRECIATED. I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY TIMES I CAN COMPLEMENT PEOPLE, BUT A LOT OF YOU DESERVE COMPLIMENTS, REALLY DO. GOOD LUCK TO ALL OF YOU, BUT I WANT TO ASK, AND THIS HAS ALWAYS BEEN AN ISSUE.

MANY OF YOU KNOW ME. WE'VE GONE THROUGH A LOT OF THINGS IN OUR COMMUNITY. WHAT DO I MEAN BY THAT? A LOT OF YOU KNOW OUR HOME'S BEEN BROKEN INTO 3 TIMES. 3 TIMES! MY LADY WAS ATTACKED ON THE STREET ON COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD. THIS GUY TRIED TO STRANGLE HER. SO, I'M GOING TO SPEAK OUT WHEN THE TIME IS RIGHT.

DON'T TREAT PEOPLE IN OUR SENIOR COMMUNITY LIKE THEY'RE A BUNCH OF ASSES, BECAUSE YOU'LL TURN OUT TO BE THE ASS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR LISTENING TO ME. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE. MATTHEW, YOU ARE ON DECK. YOU ARE UP. IS THERE ANYONE WHO WISHED TO SPEAK WHO DIDN'T SIGN UP? ALL RIGHT, BE NEXT. HELLO.

THANK YOU FIRST TO THE MAYOR AND THE CITY STAFF AND ALSO TO THE COMMISSIONERS AND IN GENERAL EVERYBODY IN TAMARAC FOR ALLOWING A VERY CIVILIZED TYPE OF DISCOURSE.

YOU KNOW, WE MAY HAVE DIFFERENT OPINIONS, BUT WE CAN DISCUSS THEM. AND I'VE HAD A GOOD EXPERIENCE GOING TO THE TOWN HALL AND BEING SERVED BY SOME AMAZING ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF. SO, I WANT TO BEGIN WITH THAT. THE MATTER OF TAXES, PROPERTY TAXES, I WANT TO GIVE YOU A CONCRETE EXAMPLE FROM MY, MY SITUATION. I MOVED TO TOWN NOT MANY YEARS AGO. I BOUGHT A SMALL HOUSE, 1,200 SQUARE FEET. I'M PAYING OVER $6,000, $6,000 A YEAR IN PROPERTY TAXES. NOW, PLEASE,

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THAT'S NOT ACCEPTABLE. THERE'S A POINT, AND I THINK THAT'S WHERE YOU HEAR REPRESENTATIVE DUNKLEY, OH WE DON'T WANT THAT.

WE DON'T WANT TO LOWER TAXES.

WE WANT TO DO IT A DIFFERENT WAY.

WELL, WHAT WAS THEIR IDEA? NONE. THAT WAS THEIR IDEA.

SO, I'M TELLING YOU FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF JUST A HOMEOWNER, THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS MATTER, YOU KNOW. SO THAT'S NUMBER ONE.

NUMBER 2 IS THIS CODE SITUATION. I CONTACTED SEVERAL OF YOU, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME REGARDING CODE.

WHAT IS, WHAT'S THE SITUATION WITH CODE AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED? I LIVE IN THE MAINLAND, SECTION 10.

WE ARE DISCUSSING A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS, INCLUDING PARKING AT NIGHT, NOISE, AND TRAFFIC. BUT I HAVE TO SAY YOU KNOW, THE CHIEF OR THE CAPTAIN MENTIONED SOMETHING, OR BSO MENTIONED ABOUT CHANGE ALWAYS BEING GOOD.

I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THAT, BUT IN THIS CASE, I THINK WE NEED SOME OF THAT.

AND SPECIFICALLY, WE HAVE A SITUATION WHERE CODE, THE CODE ENFORCEMENT AND THE CODE OFFICE HAS BEEN ALLOWING EXPANSION OF DRIVEWAYS, EXPANSION OF CLOSING GARAGES OR WHATEVER.

VARIOUS THINGS THAT ARE UNDER THE RADAR, BUT POPULATION INSIDE OF EACH HOME GROWS. SO NOW YOU HAVE 5, 6 CARS TRYING TO PARK IN ONE AREA. SORRY. THANK YOU.

IT'S OKAY, BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

OKAY, THANK YOU. AS STUART MAKES HIS WAY DOWN HERE, MR. WEBSTER, IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WISH TO SPEAK? SEEING THAT NO ONE ELSE WISHED TO WAS THAT A SIGH THAT YOU WANT TO, A SIGH THAT YOU'RE NOT SURE? I'LL GIVE YOU THROUGH MR. WEBSTER'S COMMENTS TO MAKE THAT DECISION. OKAY.

STU WEBSTER, VERSAILLES GARDENS. ALL PROTOCOL OBSERVED AS USUAL. MADAM MAYOR, FIRSTLY, I JOIN THE MANY OF US IN CONGRATULATING YOU FOR YOUR REELECTION AS THE LEADER OF THIS CITY FOR YOUR LIFE.

THANK YOU FOR BEING THERE TO CAUSE THIS CITY TO DODGE THE BULLETS OF DECEIT, GRAFT, DECEPTION, POLITICAL AND FISCAL ABUSE.

CONTINUE BEING CHARMING, HEALTHY, FOCUSED, TRANSPARENT, AND RESPECTFUL. WE DESPERATELY, DESPERATELY NEED YOU TO STAY THAT WAY. AND I'M NOT ONLY SPEAKING FOR MYSELF BECAUSE YOU KNOW MY POSITION, MY ELECTED POSITION IN THIS CITY. MANY TAMARAC RESIDENTS, FOR ONE REASON OR THE OTHER, DIRECT ME TO CARRY OUT THEIR FEELINGS HERE, TREATING ME LIKE THEIR TAMARAC PI ATA, HAPPILY BROWBEATING ME WITH BOTH KUDOS AND CONCERNS.

THEY KNOW MY MASOCHISTIC TENDENCIES AND MY LOVE AND THE LOVE FOR MY CITY. ASIDE FROM MY KUDOS TO THE MAYOR, AND I'LL LEAVE MORE OF THAT TO ANOTHER TIME, I START WITH ONE THAT ONE OF THE MATTERS AT HAND, NAMELY THE ALLEGEDLY DESPICABLE, MANIACAL, SADISTIC VERBAL ABUSE DEVIOUS, HARASSING, GRIFTING, ETC., ALMOST CONTINUOUS, RELENTLESS, UNCEASING ACTIONS OF SOMEBODY WHO MAY OR MAY NOT BE PRESENT ON THE DAIS. IT TOOK ME ALMOST A WEEK TO TONE DOWN MYSELF TO WRITE THAT.

PLEASE UNDERSTAND THAT WE ALL HAVE IDIOSYNCRASIES, EVERY ONE OF US, AND IF THAT PERSON CAN BE QUALIFIED WITH SUCH CHARACTERISTICS NOTHING IS WRONG WITH THAT.

THAT PERSON CAN WEAR THAT MANTLE WITH HONOR, HAPPINESS, AND JOY, AS CHARACTERIZED BY THE HUGE CHESHIRE GRIN THAT WE HAVE COME TO KNOW AND TOLERATE.

ON THE OTHER HAND, WHEN THAT PERSON FOISTS THESE ON OTHERS, THEN MY COMMUNITY PROTECTIVISM COMES IN. AS OTHERS HAVE SAID TO ME, THEY WISH THAT THAT PERSON WOULD AT LEAST RISE

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IS THERE ANYONE ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK? MOM? MAMA, NO. AND THIS WILL BE OUR LAST PUBLIC PARTICIPANT FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS. GO AHEAD.

GOOD EVENING, MY NAME IS GARY GRAY. I LIVE IN ISLES OF TAMARAC. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS. THE LAST PERSON THAT WAS HERE, ABSOLUTELY I AGREE WITH WHAT HE HAS SAID. I HAVE SEEN THINGS COME OUT OF CERTAIN PEOPLE THAT JUST SHOCKED THE HECK OUT OF ME. DISRESPECT, IT JUST ISN'T EARNED BY THE CITY EMPLOYEES. THE TERROR THAT THEY LIVE UNDER ISN'T EARNED BY THEIR EMPLOYMENT HERE. I DID NOT PREPARE COMMENTS FOR TONIGHT.

AS THE MAYOR NOTICED, IT WAS KIND OF A LAST-MINUTE THING, BUT YOU GUYS ARE BETTER THAN THAT.

YOU HAVE TO BE BETTER THAN THAT. EVEN THOUGH YOU'RE ELECTED BY DISTRICT, YOU STILL HAVE TO REPRESENT EVERY SINGLE CITIZEN WITHIN THE BORDERS OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC. YOU CAN'T BE INSULATED TO JUST YOUR LITTLE GROUP OF PEOPLE. THINK OF THE BIG PICTURE. AND THE BIG PICTURE REQUIRES FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY. NOW, YOU PROBABLY KNOW WHERE THIS IS GOING. $500,000 SHOULD NOT BE USED FOR INDIVIDUAL COMMISSIONERS' PET PROJECTS.

THAT SHOULD BE PUT TO THE GREATER GOOD OF THE ENTIRE CITY, AND IT SHOULD BE PUT INTO THE COFFERS BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO COME WITH THIS PROPERTY TAX RULING THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO VOTE ON. I'LL TELL YOU, MOST OF THE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO VOTE, LET'S GET RID OF PROPERTY TAXES, AND THEY DON'T RECOGNIZE CITIES, COUNTIES HAVE TO FIND MONEY SOMEWHERE.

THEY'RE GOING TO FIND THE MONEY. EITHER OUR WATER BILLS ARE GOING TO GO WAY UP, SEWER BILLS ARE GOING TO GO WAY UP, BUT THE CITIES AND THE COUNTIES ARE GOING TO GET THE MONEY SOMEWHERE. IT MAY NOT BE CALLED PROPERTY TAX, BUT IT WILL BE A TAX OF SOME KIND. SO FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY BEFORE THAT EVENT OCCURS IS PARAMOUNT. IF I KNOW THAT MY WAGES ARE GOING TO DROP DOWN IN THE NEAR FUTURE, I CUT BACK ON MY SPENDING. I DON'T JUST SPEND WILLY-NILLY. YOU CUT BACK AND YOU SAVE. YOU SAVE FOR THAT RAINY DAY. THAT'S ONE THING THAT I WAS TAUGHT YEARS AND YEARS AGO. SAVE FOR THE RAINY DAY BECAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT'S COMING. AND I REALLY IMPLORE THE COMMISSIONERS TO DO THE SAME THING. DON'T JUST SPEND, SPEND, SPEND. SAVE WHAT YOU CAN NOW BECAUSE YOU MAY NOT HAVE IT

[4. COMMISSION REPORTS]

VICE MAYOR. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, AND GOOD EVENING, COMMISSION. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING THE MARLON BOLTON SHOW.

OF COURSE, ON THE 22ND OF JULY, I'LL BE HOSTING AN EVENT CALLED CHRISTMAS IN JULY, AND THIS IS TO RAISE AWARENESS FOR CHILDREN WHO ARE IN NEED ALL OVER THE CARIBBEAN, THIS COUNTRY AS WELL AS VENEZUELA. AND SO, I'D LOVE TO HAVE THE SUPPORT OF THE RESIDENTS TO COME OUT AND GIVE SOME TOYS ON THE 22ND OF JULY. IT'S ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH ME. A LOT OF PEOPLE WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING IN THE CITY OF TAMARAC AND OF COURSE TO JUST SHARE THEIR IDEAS AND NETWORK AND THAT SORT OF STUFF. SO, WE'RE INVITING ALL OF OUR BUSINESS OWNERS, OUR RESIDENTS, AND THAT SORT OF STUFF TO COME OUT AND BE A PART OF THIS WONDERFUL EVENT. WE'LL BE AT THE FAIRFIELD BY MARRIOTT POOLSIDE. WE'LL HAVE FOOD AND DRINKS AND JUST A TIME TO CELEBRATE ONE ANOTHER IN TRUE BOLTON STYLE. I'VE ALREADY HAD ABOUT 200 PEOPLE RSVP, AND SO IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT TIME TO BE THERE. ALSO, ON SEPTEMBER 8TH, WE ARE GOING TO BE HOSTING A MEETING TO

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SO, JOIN ME ON TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8TH AT 6 PM AT THE TAMARAC COMMUNITY CENTER, WHERE I WILL BE PARTNERING WITH COMMISSIONER KEISHA DANIEL, AS WELL AS PROPERTY APPRAISER MARTY KERR AND LAUDERDALE MAYOR DENISE GRANT TO PUT ON THIS WONDERFUL EVENT. THE EVENT IS 2 HOURS, BUT YOU'LL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR FROM MARDI GRAS DIRECTLY. WE WON'T GIVE YOU, WE WON'T TELL YOU WHETHER TO VOTE FOR OR AGAINST THE PROPERTY TAX MEASURE, BUT WE'LL GIVE YOU THE MEAT AND POTATOES, SO TO SPEAK, AS TO WHAT IT WILL DO POSITIVELY AND NEGATIVELY.

AND WE'LL ALSO HAVE ATTORNEYS THERE ON HAND TO EXPLAIN WHAT WILL BE ON YOUR BALLOT. SO PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE THERE ON SEPTEMBER 8TH. WE DISCUSS THIS NOW BECAUSE WE'RE COMING BACK IN AUGUST AND YOU MAY NOT HAVE SOME TIME TO HEAR THE INFORMATION BEFORE THAT. I WANT TO SAY TRULY MY RESPECT AND MY LOVE AND MY ADORATION FOR THE MEN IN GREEN AT BSO, AND CONGRATULATIONS TO JEN, MY FAVORITE DEPUTY AT BSO, AND I THINK THE WHOLE DEPARTMENT KNOWS THAT. JARED, YOU'RE THE MAYOR'S FAVORITE, SO I'LL TAKE JENNIFER. AND LISTEN BSO DOES A WONDERFUL JOB, AND I'M GOING TO READ THIS LETTER IN THE RECORD, NOT TO TOOT MY HORN. I KNOW I LOVE TO BRAG, BUT I PROMISE YOU I'LL TELL YOU WHY I'M READING THIS.

SO, I WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS MY SINCERE APPRECIATION FOR YOUR KINDNESS AND IMMEDIATE RESPONSE WHEN I CONTACTED YOU, COMMISSIONER MARLON BOLTON, REGARDING THIS SCAM INVOLVING MY MOTHER. MY MOTHER, AND I'LL DELETE HER NAME, IS A SENIOR CITIZEN AND RESIDENT OF THE BERMUDA CLUB CONDOMINIUMS. SHE HAS ALWAYS SPOKEN VERY HIGHLY OF YOU AND OFTEN MENTIONS HOW APPROACHABLE AND RESPONSIVE YOU ARE TO RESIDENTS YOU SERVE. SHE LEFT OUT THAT I'M HER HANDSOME.

WHEN I LEARNED WHAT HAD HAPPENED, I WAS TRYING TO DETERMINE MY FIRST STEPS, AND YOU IMMEDIATELY CAME TO MIND BECAUSE MY, OF THE CONFIDENCE SHE HAS IN YOU. FORTUNATELY, SHE HAD YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION CLOSE BY, AND I'M GRATEFUL THAT I REACHED OUT. YOUR WILLINGNESS TO LISTEN AND PROMPTLY ASSISTING IN ENSURING THE MATTERS, MATTER WAS REPORTED TO THE BROWARD SHERIFF'S OFFICE BROUGHT COMFORT DURING A VERY STRESSFUL TIME.

WHEN WE BEGAN A FRIGHTENING EXPERIENCE, WHAT BECAME A FRIGHTENING EXPERIENCE BECAME MUCH MORE MANAGEABLE BECAUSE YOU TOOK THE TIME TO HELP ME NAVIGATE THE SITUATION WITH PATIENCE AND CARE.

KNOWING THAT YOU WERE WILLING TO RESPOND SO QUICKLY REMINDED ME THAT COMPASSION, ACCESSIBLE LEADERSHIP TRULY MAKES A DIFFERENCE. I KNOW MY MOTHER JOINS ME IN EXPRESSING OUR HEARTFELT THANKS FOR THE CARE AND CONCERN YOU SHOWED TO US.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THE RESIDENTS OF TAMARAC.

AND I SAY THAT TO SAY BECAUSE I CALLED OUR CAPTAIN TO HELP ME TO RESOLVE THIS ISSUE WITH THIS RESIDENT, AND THE RESIDENT WAS SO FRANTIC AND SO WORRIED BECAUSE THE SCAMMER IN ANOTHER COUNTRY WAS TELLING HER TO GO TO THE BANK AND TO DO A LOT OF THINGS, AND SHE HAD TO REPORT TO THE SCAMMER, I'M GETTING IN THE CAR NOW, I'M GOING IN THE SUPERMARKET NOW, I'M GOING TO THE BANK NOW. AND SHE WAS STRESSED OUT, AND OUR CAPTAIN REALLY HELPED ME TO RESOLVE THAT, GOT A DEPUTY OVER THERE IN SHORT ORDER. AND SO, I THANK YOU, CAPTAIN, FOR ALL THAT YOU DID FOR THE RESIDENT. SO, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL THAT YOU DO. THANK YOU.

COMMISSIONER WRIGHT, DISTRICT 2. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. I WANT TO CONGRATULATE THE STUDENTS WHO ARE RECEIVING THE SCHOLARSHIPS. I WANT TO FOLLOW UP ON MISS LIEBERMAN. CITY MANAGER, I THINK WE HAD THIS CONVERSATION PRIVATELY ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE PROJECT IN THE WOODLANDS. IF WE CAN HAVE SOMEONE WHO CAN MANAGE THAT AND GIVE US AN UPDATE ON A MONTHLY BASIS, AND OF COURSE KIND OF KEEPING US INVOLVED IN WHAT'S HAPPENING. I SENT AN EMAIL A FEW DAYS AGO, SO WE'RE WORKING ON THAT, MISS LIEBERMAN. ALSO, THE TEED PROGRAM THAT'S BEEN OPEN, IT'S BEEN A SUCCESS. WE'VE HAD APPLICANTS. WE HAVE A FEW MORE SPACES REMAINING, SO IF YOU WANT TO APPLY AGAIN, YOU GET $100 A MONTH FOR THE NEXT 6 MONTHS.

THAT'S TAMARAC.GOV/TEED. SO PLEASE REAPPLY SO WE CAN HELP YOU WITH THIS AFFORDABLE, AFFORDABILITY CRISIS THAT'S HAPPENING. THANKS.

COMMISSIONER PATTERSON, DISTRICT 3. THANK YOU, MAYOR.

GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE, AND I'M ECHOING THE SENTIMENTS OF MY COLLEAGUES. THANK YOU TO BSO THOUGH. I APPRECIATE THE REPORT CAPTAIN, AND, AND THE KUDOS TO ALL THE NEW TEAM MEMBERS THAT WE HAVE ON BOARD HERE. OBVIOUSLY, WE APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU GUYS DO. JUST REALLY QUICKLY, WE HAVE A SECOND ROUND

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I REALLY, REALLY WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR SPONSORS. EVERY SINGLE THING THAT WE ARE GIVING OUT AT THAT BACKPACK GIVEAWAY IS 100% DONATED. SO, I APPRECIATE THE CHILDREN'S SERVICES COUNCIL FOR THEIR PARTNERSHIP BLUE CHIP SOLUTIONS AND LEGACY TRESS SALON. WE HAVE BACKPACKS FULL OF SUPPLIES THERE WERE SOME VOUCHERS FOR HAIR SERVICES PROVIDED, AND THERE WERE ALSO ADDITIONAL BACKPACKS PROVIDED BY BLUE CHIP SOLUTIONS. SO, WE HAD A DRIVE ALREADY, AND WE HAD SO MUCH STUFF THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IT A SECOND TIME. SO, IF YOU DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO COME OUT AND GET THOSE SUPPLIES, WE INVITE YOU TO COME. THE VICE MAYOR MENTIONED THAT THERE IS A PROPERTY TAX EVENT OR TOWN HALL SCHEDULED ON SEPTEMBER 8TH.

OUR CITY IS GOING TO BE HOSTING 2 OF THOSE. SO, IF YOU'RE NOT ABLE TO MAKE IT ON THE 8TH, I HAVE ALSO PARTNERED WITH SENATOR OSGOOD STATE REP DAN DALY, AND STATE REP REPRESENTATIVE CHRISTINE HACHEWSKI ON SEPTEMBER THE 5TH.

SO, IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO JOIN ON THE 8TH, YOU'RE WELCOME TO COME ON THE 5TH FROM 11 TO AT THE TAMARAC COMMUNITY CENTER, WHERE WE WILL BE ALSO, GETTING THE SCOOP ON PROPERTY TAXES. SO, PLEASE MAKE YOURSELVES AVAILABLE ON EITHER OF THE DATES SO THAT YOU ARE AS INFORMED AS POSSIBLE WHEN YOU, GET TO THE BALLOT BOX. AND WITH THAT, I THINK I'LL BE BACK AT THE END OF AUGUST, SO I'LL SAVE SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT I HAVE IN THE MONTH OF OCTOBER FOR WHEN WE COME BACK IN AUGUST. THANKS, MAYOR. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER DISTRICT 4.

DR. HEASTER DANIEL. MAYBE UNPLUGGED. I DID SOMETHING WRONG. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. GOOD NIGHT, ACTUALLY. TOMORROW, IF YOU'RE A DISTRICT 4 RESIDENT, OR BECAUSE THERE'S SEVERAL OF YOU IN THE ROOM, OR YOU JUST WANT TO COME SPEND SOME TIME WITH US, WE'LL BE AT THE WOODMONT COUNTRY CLUB DISCUSSING, HAVING A TOWN HALL MEETING DISCUSSING THE NEW BARRIER WALL THAT WE'RE PLANNING FOR 81ST STREET FROM MCNABB TO PINE ISLAND. SO, IF YOU KNOW ANYONE WHO LIVES ON THAT STRIP, TELL THEM TO COME OUT. AND EVEN IF YOU DON'T LIVE ON THAT STRIP, COME OUT, SHARE YOUR OPINION, FIND OUT WHAT'S GOING ON. SO, THAT WILL BE TOMORROW AT WOODMONT COUNTRY CLUB. FOOD DISTRIBUTION AT EDGEWATER PARK ON JULY 24TH.

SO, IF YOU KNOW ANYONE THAT NEEDS A GROCERY OR FOOD OR ANY, ANY TYPE OF NEED AS FAR AS HUNGER, PLEASE TELL THEM TO COME OUT.

OR JUST LOW INCOME, BECAUSE IT'S HARD FOR SOME PEOPLE REGARDLESS, RIGHT? EVERYBODY'S FEELING IT THESE DAYS. SO, TELL THEM TO COME OUT TO EDGEWATER PARK. THAT'S JULY 24TH, THURSDAY AT 9 AM. GET IN STEP WITH KEISHA LINE DANCE CLASS.

CAN I TELL YOU, IT'S AMAZING. I THOUGHT THEY WOULD STOP WHEN I STOPPED THE REGISTRATION, BUT IT'S AT 50 STRONG EVERY THURSDAY. I FELT SO BAD, I SAW A LADY IN A WALKER TRYING HARDER THAN ME. SO COME OUT.

IF YOU HAVE NOT JOINED OUR LINE DANCING CLASS YET, YOU HAVE TO COME EXPERIENCE IT. YOU'LL DEFINITELY COME BACK. SO THAT'S LINE DANCING EVERY THURSDAY FROM TO AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER, OR EVERY SECOND AND FOURTH SATURDAY AT TAMARACK PARK, WHICH ALSO HAVE A GOOD TURNOUT.

OH, OUR 4TH ANNUAL BACK-TO-SCHOOL HAIRCUT DRIVE FOR BOTH BOYS AND GIRLS. LET ME TELL YOU, EACH YEAR IT GETS MORE AND MORE POPULAR. WE'LL BE STARTING THAT IN 2 WEEKS, SO IF YOU DON'T FOLLOW ME ON SOCIAL MEDIA, FOLLOW ME.

WHAT WE DO IS WE GET, AND I'M SO PROUD OF THIS, WE USE LOCAL BUSINESSES IN TAMARAC THAT ARE HAIRSTYLISTS, BARBERS. THEY GIVE VOUCHERS OUT TO THE STUDENTS, COME AND GET VOUCHERS, THEY GET THEIR HAIRCUT IN SO NOT ONLY DOES IT HELP THE RESIDENT, IT ALSO HELPS OUR LOCAL BUSINESS. SO IF YOU KNOW ANY CHILD FOR BACK TO SCHOOL DURING THE MONTH OF JULY AND AUGUST, LET THEM KNOW, COME SEE US, FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA SO THAT THEY CAN GET THEIR HAIRCUT VOUCHER, EITHER FOR A HAIRSTYLE OR A HAIRCUT FOR THE BOYS. ALL RIGHT, WHAT ELSE IS COMING UP? DRIVE TIME, YEAH. I'M ALSO HAVING, I KNOW WE'RE SUPPOSED TO SAVE, AND I TRULY BELIEVE IN SAVING, BUT WHEN PEOPLE ARE HURTING, YOU CAN'T HELP BUT GIVING, RIGHT? SO I'M OF THE, THE, THE THINKING THAT IF SOMEONE IS IN NEED, WHATEVER I CAN DO TO HELP, I'M GOING TO HELP. SO WE WILL HAVE GAS CARD GIVEAWAY FOR DISTRICT 4 RESIDENTS ON JULY 25TH. THAT WOULD BE AFTER THE FISHING WITH A DEPUTY. I SEE YOU THREW THAT

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THEY'LL HAVE GIVEAWAY. THEY HAVE SO MANY SPONSORS. I WAS LIKE, THE RIGHT GROUP OF PEOPLE CAME UP WITH THAT BECAUSE YOU GOT DICK'S TO GIVE YOU STUFF.

WHAT'S THE OTHER FISHING COMPANY I SAW SPONSORING? BASS PRO, WHICH IS A BIG HIT.

SO LET YOUR NEIGHBORS KNOW, COME FISHING WITH A DEPUTY ON JULY 25TH. IF YOU'RE IN DISTRICT 4, WE HAVE GAS GUARD GIVEAWAY. COME ON OUT. OUR SENIOR EXPO WILL BE THIS AUGUST. WE ALSO HAVE THIS AUGUST DOG PARTY. SO BRING THE KIDS AND YOUR DOGS AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A DOG PARTY.

LORD HAVE MERCY. SO I HAD A SPONSOR CAME UP AND SAID SHE WANTED TO PUT ON A DOG PARTY. I SAID, ABSOLUTELY. I KNOW THE MALE BEATER. EXACTLY. I'M TAKING SHOTS NOW. SO LET'S SEE HOW THAT TURN OUT. SO I'M TAKING ALLERGY SHOTS BECAUSE I'M ALLERGIC, BUT IT SOUNDS SO EXCITING. I COULDN'T RESIST.

SO HOPEFULLY. HOPEFULLY I'LL SEE YOU AT ONE OF THESE EVENTS. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SO FEBRUARY 20TH, I'LL SEE YOU AT THE PED EXPO THIS YEAR. ALL RIGHT, SHOTS WILL WORK. SO FIRST I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO MR. WEBSTER AND MR. GRAY FOR ACKNOWLEDGING SOMETHING.

THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY AS WELL FOR SUPPORTING ME. AND I'VE BEEN GOING TO BE YOUR MAYOR FOR THE NEXT 4 YEARS. I APPRECIATE IT. IT'LL BE MY LAST TERM. I'LL BE TERMED OUT AFTERWARDS, BUT I APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT TO WHERE I WON UNOPPOSED. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT.

GETTING INTO FITNESS, WE'LL GO, OUR 5K CLUB WILL BE ON THE SECOND SATURDAY. IT CONTINUES THROUGH THE SUMMER.

IT'LL BE SATURDAY, JULY 11TH, AND SATURDAY, AUGUST 8TH, 7 AM TO 9 AM. PLEASE COME OUT TO TETTFORD PARK. YOU GO AT YOUR OWN PACE. WE STRETCH, WE WALK. SOME OF US MAY NOT MAKE IT THE FULL 5K, BUT WE'RE THERE. AND WE HAVE A GOOD TIME. THE MOVE WITH THE MAYOR AND ALL THESE THINGS ARE FREE AND SUPPORTED AND HELPED BY HCA WOODMONT HOSPITAL. SO ON JULY 22ND, WEDNESDAY AT 7 PM AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER, WE HAVE BOOT CAMP. ON FRIDAY, AUGUST 7TH, WE HAVE BODY SCULPT AT 6 PM AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER. AND ON TUESDAY, IT MIGHT BE A THURSDAY, JULY, AUGUST 18TH MULTI-LEVEL LINE DANCING AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER. SO COME OUT AND ENJOY AND HAVE A GREAT TIME. THANK YOU TO OUR PARK AND REC, OUR PUBLIC SERVICES, BSO, TAMARAC FIRE RESCUE, AND ALL OUR VOLUNTEERS FOR MAKING IT A GREAT, GREAT, GREAT FOURTH OF JULY. HAPPY 250TH ANNIVERSARY OF OUR COUNTRY, AND IT WAS WONDERFUL. INVITE EVERYBODY TO COME OUT FOR THE FINAL GAME OF THE WORLD CUP BEING HOSTED BY MYSELF ON COLONY WEST. AT 3 PM SUNDAY, JULY 19TH. COME SCREAM, YELL, PACE, HAVE A GOOD TIME WITH YOUR CLOSEST FRIENDS AND WITH THE NEWEST CLOSEST FRIENDS YOU'VE EVER HAD. IT'S A GOOD TIME OF GOOD FOOD, GOOD FUN, AND AN ATMOSPHERE. AND IF YOU WANT MORE DETAILS ON THE WORLD CUP FINALS, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO EMAIL ME, CALL ME, OR FOLLOW MY SOCIAL MEDIA.

PLEASE ALSO COME HELP FOR VENEZUELA RELIEF. WE HAVE COLLECTION BOXES HERE AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER, AT TAMARACK PARK, AND AT, CITY, AT TCC COMMUNITY CENTER, TIMER PARK CITY HALL DURING ALL OUR NORMAL BUSINESS HOURS. AND WE ARE COLLECTING BABY FORMULA, DIAPERS, PET FOOD, FIRST AID KITS, AND EVERYTHING THAT YOU CAN IMAGINE THAT IS NEEDED FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE TO START ALL OVER. WE'RE DOING THIS THROUGH JULY 31ST. ALSO, IT WAS A GREAT DAY YESTERDAY AT FOOD FOR THE POOR WHERE WE PUT TOGETHER RELIEF KITS, AT FOOD FOR THE POOR, AND THEY'RE DOING VARIOUS TIMES EVERY DAY DURING THE WEEK TO PACKAGE THESE KITS TO GO TO VENEZUELA, AND THEY'LL BE DOING THAT THROUGH JULY 17TH.

THEY'RE GOING TO BE ANOTHER SEGMENT OF WHAT'S GOING TO BE DONE BECAUSE THEY'RE KIND OF IN THE RECOVERY RIGHT NOW, AND THEN IT HAS TO GO INTO RESTORATION AND REBUILDING. SO THERE'S A LOT MORE THAT'S GOING TO BE NEEDED BY, BY OUR FAMILIES AND FRIENDS IN VENEZUELA. I'M HONORED THAT I'LL BE THE COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER FOR THE SOUTHEASTERN COLLEGE. NEXT WEEK I AM ALSO HONORED TO BE PICKING UP FOR THE 4TH YEAR IN A ROW SINCE THE INAUGURAL ONE. WE HAVE BEEN, I'M JUST GOING TO READ IT. FLORIDA LEAGUE OF MAYORS IS PLEASED TO INFORM YOU THAT YOUR CITY HAS BEEN AWARDED THE MAYOR'S MUNICIPAL INNOVATION AWARD FOR TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION CATEGORY FOR OUR AI-POWERED COMMUNITY CALENDAR AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT PLATFORM. SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED THAT, 4 YEARS IN A ROW WE'RE GOING TO BE PICKING UP THIS AWARD ON AUGUST 12TH DOWN IN HOLLYWOOD AT THE FLORIDA LEAGUE OF CITIES MEETING. IT WAS A GREAT TIME BOWLING WITH PURE CLEAN AND THE OTHER PEOPLE FROM THE CHAMBER FOR BOWLING FOR SCHOOLS. A GREAT TIME RAISING MONEY FOR OUR SCHOOLS. AND, DIDN'T THROW MYSELF DOWN THE AISLE THIS TIME, SO IT WAS PRETTY,

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AND I AM SORRY THAT I MISSED THE BOARDS AND COMMITTEE LUNCHEON APPRECIATION. I DID HAVE A DEATH IN THE FAMILY THAT I HAD TO ATTEND TO. BUT IT, WITHOUT OUR PEOPLE VOLUNTEERING, WITHOUT PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY BEING INVOLVED. WE DON'T GET TO KNOW EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON. WE CAN'T SEE ALL, AND YOUR INPUT IS EXTREMELY VALUABLE TO US. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR DOING THAT. THE TALK ABOUT OUR PROPERTY TAXES AND ALL THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT. THERE'LL BE A LOT OF INFORMATION THROWN OUT AT US. GET YOUR INFORMATION FROM RELIABLE SOURCES.

AT THE END OF TONIGHT, WE WILL HAVE THE OFFICIAL INFORMATION OF WHAT OUR CITY WILL BE DOING, MORE EDUCATIONAL BROCHURES AND ITEMS WILL BE SENT OUT TO PEOPLE FOR YOU TO RECEIVE.

SO VERIFY ALL SOURCES. NOT EVERYTHING ONLINE IS THE TRUTH.

ALSO, PLEASE RESERVE YOUR CALENDAR. HA HA'S FOR THE TA TA'S, OCTOBER 10TH, 2026, COLONY WEST FUNDRAISER FOR BREAST CANCER AWARENESS, ALL CANCER AWARENESS, RAISING MONEY FOR THE TAMARAC EMPLOYEE BENEVOLENT FUND,

[5. CONSENT AGENDA ]

WE WILL NOW GO TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA. CITY MANAGER, DO YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONS OR DELETIONS? NO, MAYOR. OKAY, I'M NOT SEEING ANYBODY WISHING TO REMOVE ANYTHING FROM THE AGENDA. HOWEVER, I KNOW I WANT TO. I WILL BE REMOVING 5G, TR14413. CITY, I AM LOOKING FOR A MOTION TO, A SECOND TO MY MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS AMENDED. SECOND. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. CITY CLERK, WHEN YOU'RE READY, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

COMMISSIONER DANIELS? YES.

MAYOR GOLDMAN? YES.

COMMISSIONER PATTERSON? YES.

VICE MAYOR BOLTON? YES.

COMMISSIONER WRIGHT? YES.

THANK YOU. MOTION PASSES 5 TO 0 AS AMENDED. AND CONGRATULATIONS PRISCILLA MOXLEY, AS YOU ARE NOW OUR CITY'S FINANCIAL SERVICES

[5.g TR14413 - A Resolution of the City Commission of the City of Tamarac, Florida, Amending the City of Tamarac List of Charitable Entities by Adding "Hands of Merce Inc." and "Miami Broward One Carnival Host Committee Inc." to the List of Charitable Entities with Which the City of Tamarac Recognizes a Formally Approved Relationship, Attached Hereto as Exhibit "A," for the Express Purpose of Compliance with Section 1-19(c)(5)(a)(4) of the Broward County Code of Ordinances; Providing for Conflicts; Providing for Severability; and Providing for an Effective Date.]

GOOD JOB. ALL RIGHT, CITY ATTORNEY, PLEASE READ 5H, TR14415, FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE. ITEM 5G, MAYOR. 5G, SORRY. YES, TR14413, MY APOLOGIES. YES, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF CITY OF TAMARAC AMENDING THE CITY OF TAMARAC LIST OF CHARITABLE ENTITIES BY ADDING HANDS OF MERCY INC.

AND MIAMI BROWARD ONE CARNIVAL HOST INC. TO THE LIST OF CHARITABLE ENTITIES WHICH THE CITY OF TAMARAC RECOGNIZES AS FORMALLY APPROVED RELATIONSHIP, FOR THE EXPRESS PURPOSE OF COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 1-19 OF THE BROWARD COUNTY CODE OF ORDINANCE, PROVIDING FOR EFFECTIVE DATE. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. I'LL TAKE A SECOND TO MY MOTION TO APPROVE. MOVE IT. ALL RIGHT, SO I ASK FOR THIS ITEM TO BE PULLED DUE TO SOME CONCERNS. ONE, I WILL REPEAT SOME OF THE STUFF WE'RE LOOKING UP.

WE CAN'T READ THIS, IT'S BLURRY. HAVING TO GO THROUGH AND SEE WHAT IS IN OUR BACKUP, IT ALSO IS NOT DOING CHECK A CHARITY. WE HAVE BEEN TOLD TIME AGAIN THAT WE HAVE TO CHECK A CHARITY, WHICH IS THROUGH THE STATE, TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THESE CHARITIES ARE ALLOWED TO COLLECT FUNDS AND TO BE ABLE TO SOLICIT AND THEREFORE ALLOWED TO DONATE. MY ISSUE WITH MIAMI BROWARD ONE CARNIVAL HOST COMMITTEE IS TO PUT IT ON THE RECORD, IT'S NOT AN ISSUE WITH THEM PER SE. THEY ARE CURRENT, ARE A CURRENT ENTITY, BUT THERE IS A DEFICIT OF $696,304. AND I BELIEVE THAT THERE WAS A CHARITY THAT WAS DENIED FOR THOUSANDS UPON THOUSANDS LESS. AND MAKES US, WITHOUT ANY MORE ON THE BACKUP TO EXPLAIN WHAT THE REASON IS FOR THAT DEFICIT, I THINK IT SHOULD CALL QUESTION TO US AS TO WHY WE'RE APPROVING A CHARITY WHERE WE POTENTIALLY WILL BE GIVING MONEY TO. I THINK IT'S OUR FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY TO ASK MORE QUESTIONS TO BE ABLE TO GIVE AN EDUCATED ANSWER ON A VOTE. THE OTHER ITEM IS HANDS OF MERCY. ACCORDING TO CHECK A CHARITY, IT HAS EXPIRED ON MAY 23RD, 2024. AND WHILE PEOPLE MIGHT BE CURRENT ON SUNBIZ IS NOT THE OFFICIAL PLACE TO LOOK. IT'S WHERE THEY DO BUSINESS, BUT THEIR CHARITY OF BEING ABLE TO SOLICIT FUNDS HERE IN OUR CITY IS ACCORDING TO THE STATE WEBSITE, AND THEY ARE NOT CURRENT ON THAT. SO PERSONALLY, FOR ME, I WOULD APPRECIATE IF THESE CHARITIES WOULD,

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MAYOR GOMEZ? NO. COMMISSIONER WRIGHT? YES. VICE MAYOR BOLTON? YES. COMMISSIONER DANIELS? YES. THANK YOU.

COMMISSIONER PATTERSON? YES.

THANK YOU. MOTION PASSES 4 TO 1. ALL RIGHTY, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IT IS CURRENTLY. WE WILL BE BACK AT. WE'RE IN RECESS. THANK YOU EVERYONE.

IT IS AND WE ARE BACK ON THE RECORD, AND WE WILL NOW MOVE TO OUR REGULAR SCHEDULE, OUR REGULAR AGENDA. 9A, TR14404, 6A. I THINK I'M READY TO BE DONE. I'M SO SORRY. MY NUMBERS ARE GOING. MY NUMBERS ARE GOING. I APOLOGIZE. I AM TIRED. I ADMIT IT 2,000%. SO,

[6.a TR14404 - A Resolution of the City Commission of the City of Tamarac, Florida, approving the proposed millage rate of 7.0000 mills for general operating purposes; approving September 14, 2026, at 5:05 p.m. at the Tamarac Commission Chambers, 7525 N.W. 88th Avenue, Tamarac, Florida, as the date, time, and place for the first public hearing to set the proposed millage rate and tentative budget for Fiscal Year 2027; approving September 23, 2026, at 5:05 p.m. at the Tamarac Commission Chambers, 7525 N.W. 88th Avenue, Tamarac, Florida, as the date, time, and place for the second public hearing to adopt the millage rate and budget for Fiscal Year 2027; authorizing the City Manager to send the proposed millage rate of 7.0000 and the date, time, and place for both the first and second public hearings to the Broward County Property Appraiser for Fiscal Year 2027; providing for conflicts; providing for severability; and providing for an effective date.]

AUTHORIZE CITY MANAGER TO SEND THE PROPOSED MILLAGE RATE OF 7.0 MILL AND DATE AND TIME AND PLACE TO BOTH FIRST AND SECOND TO THE BROWARD COUNTY PROPERTY APPRAISER. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU. I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND. SO, MOVED. SECOND. ALL RIGHT, SO PRISCILLA MOXIE, OUR FINANCIAL SERVICES DIRECTOR, WILL MAKE A PRESENTATION NOW ON 6A THROUGH D, BUT WE'RE ONLY GOING TO FIRST VOTE ON 6A, AND THEN WE WILL ALSO CONDUCT PUBLIC COMMENTS SEPARATELY FOR EACH ITEM. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONER, CITY MANAGER, AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.

TONIGHT, MY NAME IS PRISCILLA MOXIE AND I AM, I GUESS, THE OFFICIAL DIRECTOR OF FINANCIAL SERVICES. I AM PRESENTING THE FY27 PRELIMINARY MILLAGE RATE AND ASSESSMENT RESOLUTIONS. THESE ITEMS ESTABLISH THE PRELIMINARY RATES THAT WILL BE USED FOR NOTICE PURPOSES INCLUDING TRIM NOTICE AND REQUIRED PUBLIC HEARING NOTICES. IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE BEGINNING, IN THE BEGINNING, THAT IT IS, TONIGHT'S ACTION IS PRELIMINARY. THE RATES BEING CONSIDERED ARE NOT-TO-EXCEED RATES. FINAL ADOPTION WILL RETURN TO THE COMMISSION DURING THE SEPTEMBER PUBLIC HEARING PROCESS. MADAM MAYOR, SINCE HER PRESENTATION IS ON ALL 3 ITEMS, I CAN READ THE TITLE. 4, AND WHEN THE COMMISSION CAN VOTE ON EACH, BECAUSE OUR PRESENTATION IS ON ITEM 6B, ITEM 6C, AND 6D.

DO YOU WANT ME TO READ THE TITLE? IT'S UP TO YOU. WHY DON'T WE GO WITH THE ORIGINAL PLAN THAT WAS HAD, AND WE'LL, OKAY, THANK YOU.

PLEASE PROCEED. OKAY, AS THE, CITY ATTORNEY MENTIONED, THE PRESENTATION WILL COVER TEMPORARY RESOLUTION 14404, WHICH ESTABLISHES THE PRELIMINARY OPERATING MILLAGE RATE AT 7.0 MILL, MILLS. THAT RATE SUPPORTS GENERAL FUND OPERATION AND IS ABOVE THE ROLLBACK RATE BY 4.49%. ALSO, IT RELATES TO TEMPORARY RESOLUTION 14405, WHICH ESTABLISHES THE PRELIMINARY FIRE ASSESSMENT, THE FIRE RESCUE ASSESSMENT OF $509 PER RESIDENTIAL UNIT FOR FISCAL YEAR '27. THE FY '26 RATE WAS $450, SO THIS REPRESENTS A $59 INCREASE.

ALSO, THIS PRESENTATION REPRESENTS, TEMPORARY RESOLUTION 14406, WHICH

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IT ALSO REPRESENTS TEMPORARY RESOLUTION 14407, WHICH ESTABLISHES THE PRELIMINARY SOLID WASTE ASSESSMENT OF $278.75 PER RESIDENTIAL UNIT, WHICH IS UNCHANGED FROM THE PRIOR YEAR. AGAIN, THESE RATES ARE BEING SET FOR NOTICE PURPOSES AND NOTICE PURPOSES, AND WILL, AND WE WILL RETURN, FOR THE FINAL PUBLIC HEARING ACTION IN SEPTEMBER. OKAY, SO REGARDING, TEMPORARY RESOLUTION 14404, THIS SETS THE PRELIMINARY OPERATOR AND MILEAGE RATE FOR FY27. THE PROPOSED MILLAGE RATE IS 7.000 MILLS, OR $7 FOR EVERY $1,000 OF TAXABLE VALUE. THE ROLLBACK RATE IS 6.6991 MILLS, WHICH MEANS THE PROPOSED RATE IS 4.49% ABOVE THE ROLLBACK RATE, OR 0.3009 MILLS HIGHER. THE BUDGET PROPERTY TAX REVENUE IS PROJECTED AT APPROXIMATELY $48.19 MILLION, WHICH IS ABOUT $1.98 MILLION HIGHER THAN THE PRIOR YEAR. THE OPERATING MILLAGE SUPPORTS CORE CITY OPERATIONS INCLUDING GENERAL GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS, EMS AND FIRE RESCUE, AND TAMARAC POLICE SERVICES.

FOR RESIDENTS, THE FORMULA IS STRAIGHTFORWARD: TAXABLE VALUE DIVIDED BY 1,000 MULTIPLIED BY THE MILLAGE RATE.

FOR EXAMPLE, A PROPERTY WITH $100,000 IN TAXABLE VALUE WOULD GENERATE $700 IN CITY OPERATING MILLAGE AT THE MILLAGE RATE OF 7.00 MILLS. OKAY, I'M SORRY, I'LL GO BACK ONE. OKAY, SO THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE CHANGE IN PROPERTY TAX REVENUE FROM FY26 TO 27. WHEN, IT COMPARES THE JUNE ESTIMATED, I'M SORRY, I KEEP CLICKING. IT COMPARES THE JUNE ESTIMATED CERTIFIED VALUES I DID. I'M SORRY, I CAN'T SEE UP THERE. CAN I GO BACK UP IT? THIS IS THE PAGE.

I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT. THIS SLIDE COMPARES THE JUNE ESTIMATED VALUES TO THE JULY CERTIFIED VALUES. THE KEY POINT IS THAT THE PROPOSED MILLAGE RATE REMAINS UNCHANGED AT 7.00 MILLS. HOWEVER, ONCE THE JULY CERTIFIED VALUES WERE RECEIVED, THE ROLLBACK RATE CHANGED FROM 6.7298 MILLS TO 6.6991 MILLS. AS A RESULT, THE PERCENTAGE INCREASE OVER THE ROLLBACK RATE CHANGED FROM POINT, FROM 4.01 TO 4.49.

THE IMPORTANT TAKEAWAY IS THAT THE STAFF IS NOT CHANGING THE PROPOSED MILLAGE RATE, THE RATE REMAINS FLAT. THE CHANGE IS JUST IN THE CERTIFIED VALUE CALCULATIONS AND THE ROLLBACK, COMPARISONS. OKAY, SO THIS, THIS SLIDE HERE, GOES OVER THE IMPACT ON THE HOMESTEAD, PROPERTY. IT IS INTENDED TO HELP EXPLAIN THE IMPACT TO RESIDENTS IN A SIMPLE WAY.

AT 7 MIL RATE, EVERY $10,000 OF TAXABLE VALUE EQUALS $70 IN CITY OPERATING MILLAGE.

FOR A PROPERTY WITH $100,000 IN TAXABLE VALUE, THE CITY OPERATING MILLAGE WOULD BE $700.

FOR THE EXAMPLE TAXABLE VALUE OF $202,279, THE CITY OPERATING MILLAGE WOULD BE APPROXIMATELY $1,416. IT IS IMPORTANT TO CLARIFY THAT WHILE THE MILLAGE RATE IS PROPOSED AT, TO REMAIN

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SO AT THIS TIME, I WILL OPEN PUBLIC COMMENTS? ANYBODY WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NO ONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE NOW CLOSED.

AND DISCUSSION FOR THE COMMISSION? SEEING NO ONE WISHING TO SPEAK, CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

VICE MAYOR BOLTON? YES.

COMMISSIONER DANIEL? YES.

[6.b TR14405 - A Resolution of the City Commission of the City of Tamarac, Florida, Adopting a Preliminary Assessed Cost Attached Hereto as Appendix "A" Relating to the Provision of Fire Rescue Services, Facilities and Programs in the City of Tamarac, Florida; Establishing the Estimated Assessment Rate for Fire Rescue Assessments for the Fiscal Year Beginning October 1, 2026; Directing the Preparation of an Assessment Roll; Authorizing a Public Hearing and Directing the Provision of Notice Thereof; Providing for Conflicts; Providing for Severability; and Providing for an Effective Date.]

MAYOR GOMEZ? YES.

COMMISSIONER WRIGHT? YES.

THANK YOU. MOTION PASSES 5 TO 0. THANK YOU. SO NOW WE WILL GO TO 6 B, TR14405. CITY ATTORNEY, PLEASE READ THE TITLE FOR THE RECORD. YES, ITEM 6B, RESOLUTION, CITY COMMISSION OF CITY OF TAMARAC ADOPTING PRELIMINARY ASSESSED COSTS AS A SPENDING STATEMENT RELATING TO THE PROVISION OF FIRE RESCUE FEE FACILITIES PROGRAMS IN THE CITY OF TAMARAC, ESTABLISHING THE ESTIMATED ASSESSMENT RATE FOR THE FIRE RESCUE ASSESSMENT FOR FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING OCTOBER 1ST, 2026, DIRECTING THE PREPARATION ASSESSMENT ROLL, AUTHORIZING PUBLIC HEARING, DIRECTING PROBATION AND NOTICE, PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND, PLEASE. MOVE IT.

THIS ITEM WILL NOW FAIL FOR A LACK OF SECOND. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER PATTERSON.

MISS MOXLEY, PLEASE PROCEED.

OKAY, SO THIS IS TEMPORARY RESOLUTION 14405, WHICH ESTABLISHES PRELIMINARY FIRE RESCUE ASSESSMENT FOR NOTICE PURPOSES. IN OUR JUNE 22ND, BUDGET REVIEW, WE DISCUSSED, AND WE HAD A PRESENTATION, WITH ACCENTRA, BASED ON THE ALLOWABLE COSTS, AFTER THEY'VE ANALYZED ALL OF THE EXPENSES FOR FIRE SERVICES THIS WAS THE PROPOSED RATE THAT WAS, ESTABLISHED AT THE TIME SO, IT ESTABLISHES THE PRELIMINARY FIRE RESCUE ASSESSMENT FOR NOTICES, FOR NOTICE PURPOSES. THE PROPOSED FY27 RESIDENTIAL RATE OF $509 PER RESIDENTIAL UNIT, WHICH IS A $59 INCREASE FROM FY26 RATE OF $450. THE ESTIMATED NET RULE IS APPROXIMATELY $20,038,000. THE TOTAL PROPOSED FIRE RESCUE BUDGET IS $38,137,880, AND THE ASSESSMENT FUNDING LEVEL REPRESENTS APPROXIMATELY 50.75% OF THE FIRE RESCUE TOTAL OVERALL BUDGET. THE RATE IS BASED ON THE JUNE 2026 ACCESSIBLE COST UPDATE FOR THE FIRE RESCUE ASSESSMENT STUDY AND USES A 3-YEAR AVERAGE FOR FIRE SERVICE COSTS.

FOR RESIDENTS, THE KEY POINT IS THAT THIS ASSESSMENT SUPPORTS FIRE RESCUE SERVICES AND APPEARS ON THE NON-AD VALOREM SECTION OF THE TAX BILL. THE PRELIMINARY RATE WILL BE NOTICED AND WILL RETURN TO THE COMMISSION FOR FINAL ADOPTION IN SEPTEMBER. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I'LL NOW OPEN THIS ITEM FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS. IS THERE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE, PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE NOW CLOSED.

CITY COMMISSION, SEEING NOBODY WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. MAYOR GOMEZ? YES. COMMISSIONER PATTERSON? YES. COMMISSIONER WRIGHT? NO. COMMISSIONER DANIEL? YES. VICE MAYOR

[6.c TR14406 - A Resolution of the City Commission of the City of Tamarac, Florida, Relating to the Provision of Stormwater Management Provided by the City's Stormwater Utility; Determining That Certain Real Property Will Be Specifically Benefited Thereby; Establishing and Confirming the Method of Calculating the Cost of Stormwater Management Service Against the Real Property That Will Be Specially Benefited Thereby; Directing the City Manager to Prepare or Direct the Preparation of a Preliminary Stormwater Utility Management Fee Roll Based Upon the Methodology Set Forth Herein; Establishing a Public Hearing for the Proposed Stormwater Utility Management Fees and Directing the Provision of Notice in Connection Therewith; Providing for Conflicts; Providing for Severability; and Providing for an Effective Date.]

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SECOND. ALL RIGHT, MISS MOXIE.

OKAY, THIS IS REGARDING TEMPORARY RESOLUTION 14406, STORMWATER ASSESSMENT. THIS TEMPORARY RESOLUTION ESTABLISHES A PRELIMINARY STORMWATER UTILITY MANAGEMENT FEE ASSESSMENT. THE PROPOSED FY27 RATE IS $178.07 PER EQUIVALENT RESIDENT UNIT, OR ERU. THIS REFLECTS A 4.2% CIP INCREASE. THE CITY ORDINANCE PROVIDES FOR AN ANNUAL INCREASE OF 3% OR CPI, WHICHEVER IS HIGHER.

FOR FY27, THE CPI FACTOR IS BASE, IS THE BASIS FOR THE INCREASE. THE STORMWATER ASSESSMENT SUPPORTS THE ANNUAL OPERATION OF THE STORMWATER SYSTEM, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS, AND THE CAPITAL EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT.

THIS IS ALSO BEING SET AS A PRELIMINARY RATE FOR NOTICE PURPOSES AND WILL RETURN FOR FINAL ACTION DURING THE SEPTEMBER PUBLIC HEARING PROCESS. THANK YOU. THIS ITEM IS NOW OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS. ANYBODY WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SAME RULES APPLY AS PUBLIC PARTICIPATION, YOUR NAME, LOCATION, 3 MINUTES.

JUST A QUICK QUESTION.

MATTHEW GUDERA, MAINLANDS 10.

WHAT IS THIS 4.2 CPI INCREASE? WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? IT'S THE UTILITY CPI THAT'S SET BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. CPI, WHAT DOES IT STAND FOR? CONSUMER PRICE INDEX. POINT OF ORDER, MADAM MAYOR. I DON'T THINK THAT, WHEN WE HAVE QUESTIONS FROM THE PUBLIC THAT THE STAFF MEMBER RESPONDS. I THINK THAT WE, YES, AND YOU HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO CORRECT IT AND YOU DIDN'T.

SO I THINK THAT THE, THE RESIDENT SHOULD CONTINUE HIS QUESTIONS, AND THEN WHEN HE'S DONE, THE STAFF MEMBER CAN ABSOLUTELY MEET HIM AFTER THE PRESENTATION IS DONE.

BUT WHAT IF THE QUESTION ISN'T ANSWERED, LIKE IN THIS CASE? WE TAKE, YOU CAN ASK THE QUESTIONS.

QUESTIONS COULD BE ANSWERED AFTERWARDS THROUGH PRESENTATION IF THEY HAVEN'T ALREADY BEEN DONE. BUT IT'S NOT A BACK-AND-FORTH TYPE SITUATION.

FINE. WELL, THERE'S THE QUESTION. OK. THANK YOU. I APOLOGIZE. SOME OF US UNDERSTAND A LITTLE LENIENCY ON YOUR FIRST TIME AT THE PODIUM DURING THIS ITEM. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION, A SECOND ON THE FLOOR. NO OTHER COMMENTS BY THE COMMISSION.

CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

COMMISSIONER PATTERSON? YES.

COMMISSIONER DANIEL? YES.

VICE MAYOR BOLTON? NO.

COMMISSIONER WRIGHT? NO.

MAYOR GOMEZ? YES. THANK YOU.

MOTION PASSES 3-2. WE ARE NOW MOVING TO 6D, TR1407. CITY

[6.d TR14407 - A Resolution of the City Commission of the City of Tamarac, Florida, Adopting a Preliminary Assessment Cost Attached Hereto as Appendix "A," Relating to the Provision of Residential Solid Waste Collection Services, Facilities and Programs in the City of Tamarac, Florida, in Accordance with Chapter 19, Article V, Section 19-86 of the Tamarac Code of Ordinances; Establishing the Estimated Rate for the Residential Solid Waste Collection Services Assessment for the Fiscal Year Beginning October 1, 2026; Directing the Preparation of a Residential Solid Waste Collection Services Special Assessment Roll; Authorizing a Public Hearing and Directing the Provision of Notice Thereof; Providing for Conflicts; Providing for Severability; and Providing for an Effective Date.]

MOVE IT. SECOND. MISS KNOX.

OKAY, THIS IS TEMPORARY RESOLUTION 14407, SOLID WASTE ASSESSMENT. TEMPORARY RESOLUTION 14407 ESTABLISHES THE PRELIMINARY SOLID WASTE COLLECTION SERVICE ASSESSMENT.

THE PROPOSED RESIDENTIAL RATE IS $278.75 WHICH IS UNCHANGED FROM THE PRIOR YEAR. THE ESTIMATED ASSESSMENT ROLL IS APPROXIMATELY $5 MILLION OR $5.13 MILLION. THE ASSESSMENT COVERS CURBSIDE SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL COLLECTION. THE COST COMPONENT INCLUDES THE COLLECTION COST THROUGH THE CITY'S FRANCHISE, THE DISPOSAL FEE COMPONENT PAID THROUGH BROWARD COUNTY OR THE DESIGNATED DISPOSAL FACILITY, AND THE ADMINISTRATIVE FEES INCLUDING COLLECTION AND BILLING FEES BY BROWARD COUNTY. THE MAIN MESSAGE FOR THE RESIDENT IS THAT THE PROPOSED SOLID WASTE ASSESSMENT

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ANYBODY HAVING ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? SEEING NONE, PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE NOW CLOSED.

SEEING NO REQUESTS FROM THE COMMISSION, CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

COMMISSIONER DANIEL? YES.

VICE MAYOR BOLTON? YES. MAYOR GOMEZ? YES. COMMISSIONER

[6.e TR14414 - A Resolution of the City Commission of the City of Tamarac, Florida, approving a conditional loan commitment in the amount of six hundred and forty thousand dollars ($640,000) to HTG Tamarac Terrace, LLC, in support of its application to the Florida Housing Finance Corporation; designating the development to be located at 5701 NW 88th Avenue as the city’s local government area of opportunity (LGAO) project; authorizing the City Manager or designee to execute all necessary documents; providing for conditions of approval; providing for implementation; and providing for an effective date.]

WE'RE NOW GOING TO 6E, TR14414. CITY ATTORNEY, PLEASE READ THE TITLE FOR THE RECORD. A RESOLUTION, CITY COMMISSION, CITY OF TAMARAC, APPROVING A CONDITIONAL LOAN COMMITMENT IN AMOUNT OF $640,000 TO HTG TAMARAC TERRACE LLC IN SUPPORT OF ITS APPLICATION TO FLORIDA HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION DESIGNATING THE DEVELOPMENT TO BE LOCATED AT 5701 NORTHWEST 88TH AVENUE AS A CITY LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF OPPORTUNITY PROJECT.

AUTHORIZE CITY MANAGER DESIGNATE TO EXECUTE ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. I'M BEING ASKED A QUESTION ON 6E. ISN'T THE CROSSING GUARD STUFF, I THINK YOU READ 6F. NO, 6E IS HDG. THAT'S OKAY. OUR CROSSING GUARDS ARE IN THE CONSENT AGENDA. WE'RE IN CONSENT. MOVE TO CONSENT.

ALL RIGHT, WE ARE BACK ONLINE. NO WORRIES.

SO WE NOW HAVE, I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THIS ITEM. SO MOVED.

SECOND. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER PATTERSON. SECOND BY VICE MAYOR BOLTON. RODRIGO PAREDES OF HTG GROUP IS MAKING THE PRESENTATION, AND KENT WALLY, OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, HAS ONE IF IS NEEDED. I GOT THIS RIGHT.

GOOD TO SEE YOU. HELLO. WELL, GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR AND, VICE MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. I DID A LITTLE PRESENTATION THAT I HOPE IT CAN BE FAST. I KNOW EVERYBODY WANTS TO GET OUT OF HERE. SO, YOU KNOW, REALLY APPRECIATE THE CITY MANAGER AND THE STAFF.

THEY'VE BEEN PUTTING TOGETHER A LOT OF RESOURCES AND RESEARCH TO GET TAMARAC TO BE COMPETITIVE IN GETTING FEDERAL FUNDING, AND THAT'S WHAT THIS IS ABOUT.

WE ARE DEVELOPERS OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING, ATTAINABLE HOUSING, AND WORKFORCE HOUSING IN FLORIDA, AND WE ARE RECOGNIZED AS ONE OF THE BETTER, THE BEST DEVELOPERS AT DELIVERING A PRODUCT THAT IS AS BEAUTIFUL AS THIS DEVELOPMENT I DID 3 YEARS AGO IN HOLLYWOOD, THE ONE THAT YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN. AND, YOU KNOW, I GOT PEOPLE WANTING TO LIVE HERE, LIKE THE LIST IS SO LONG THAT I CANNOT TELL YOU.

I MEAN, IT'S INCREDIBLE. SO I'M GOING TO CUT TO THE CHASE.

WHAT ARE WE ASKING FOR? WE'RE ASKING FOR THIS $640,000 LOAN FROM THE CITY JUST BECAUSE IT'S A COMPETITIVE TOOL OR A GOAL THAT FLORIDA HOUSING, WHO IS THE ONE WHO DESIGNATES THE, WHO GETS THE CREDITS OR WHAT PROJECTS GET FUNDED FROM FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, REQUIRES. SO, THIS YEAR IF YOU DON'T GET THIS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CONTRIBUTION FROM A CITY OR A COUNTY, YOU'RE NOT GETTING FUNDED, PERIOD, END OF STORY. SO AS SOME OF YOU KNOW, WE HAD PLANS TO DEVELOP THIS AS A BOND, COUNTY BOND DEVELOPMENT. THE COUNTY ALREADY CHOSE THIS DEVELOPMENT TO GO FORWARD. BUT GUESS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU DO COUNTY BONDS? YOU GET TAX EXEMPTION. SO I CAME UP WITH THE HELP OF THE CITY MAYOR AND THE MANAGER WITH THIS PLAN OF LIKE DOING IT THROUGH ANOTHER FUNDING PROCESS WHICH WOULD NOT BE TAX-EXEMPT.

THEREFORE, WE WOULD BE PAYING TAXES. I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT IN A SECOND. SO, A LITTLE CHANGE FROM THE INITIAL PLAN. WE WERE INITIALLY DOING 90, 100 UNITS.

NOW WE'RE DOING 90 TO ACCOMMODATE MORE 2-BEDROOMS, TO ACCOMMODATE BETTER PARKING, YOU KNOW, MORE, MAKE THE DEVELOPMENT BETTER THANKS TO THE FEEDBACK WE GOT FROM, FROM A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE. AND IT, I THINK IT'S NOW MUCH BETTER DEVELOPMENT BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO SERVE MORE PEOPLE IN NEED AND, AND A DIFFERENT DEMOGRAPHIC.

IT'S GOING TO BE

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IT'S OPEN FOR, FOR, FOR WHATEVER DEMOGRAPHIC, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE A BETTER MIX OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE IN NEED.

AGAIN, FLORIDA HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION, WE CALL IT FHFC, HAS THIS LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF OPPORTUNITY FUNDING, LONG NAME, WE CALL IT LGOO. SO, WE'RE ASKING FOR THIS LGOO SO THAT THE CITY OF TAMARAC IS COMPETITIVE WITHIN THE BROWARD MUNICIPALITIES TO GET THIS FEDERAL FUNDING.

EVERY YEAR, THE STATE ALLOCATES AROUND $800 MILLION IN TAX CREDITS FOR 9% TAX CREDITS, WHICH IS THE ONE WE'RE GOING FOR NOW. AND BROWARD GETS AROUND, LET'S SAY, $100 MILLION EVERY YEAR. THERE ARE MUNICIPALITIES THAT COMPETE EVERY YEAR AND THEY CALL ME LIKE, HEY, I DON'T WANT, I DON'T HAVE AN APPLICATION.

AND THEN I PUT IT IN FOR THEM. TAMARAC HASN'T BEEN SUBMITTING APPLICATIONS, AND WE'RE HERE TO, TO TRY AND GET THIS MONEY FOR YOU GUYS. AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S LIKE 6 TYPICAL USUAL APPLICANTS OR CITIES THAT DO PROVIDE THIS LGOO. WE WANT TAMARAC TO BE ONE OF THEM. SO, THIS IS NOT A, WE'RE NOT ASKING TODAY TO GIVE US THIS MONEY NOW.

WE'RE, IT'S A CONDITIONAL COMMITMENT. IF WE GET FUNDING FROM THE STATE OR THE STATE CHOOSES THIS DEVELOPMENT, THEN IT'S A TRUE COMMITMENT.

BUT THAT DEVELOPMENT IS GOING TO HAPPEN. ONCE THE STATE GIVES US THIS 9% TAX CREDITS, THAT'S LIKE 70% OF THE SOURCES REQUIRED TO BUILD THIS $45 MILLION DEVELOPMENT. IT'S LIKE $33 MILLION. AND WITH THAT MONEY, IT'S, YOU KNOW, WE GET A BANK LOAN, A PRIVATE, YOU KNOW, LOAN AND, AND, AND IT'S GOOD ENOUGH, THE DEVELOPMENT IS GOING TO HAPPEN. SO IT'S BASICALLY INVESTING $640,000 TO GET $33 MILLION OF FEDERAL MONEY THE, THE APPLICATIONS ARE DUE IN, IN AUGUST, AUGUST 12TH. IT'S ONE PAGE THAT, OF A FORM THAT FLORIDA HOUSING HAS THAT CAN BE SIGNED BY THE CITY MANAGER OR THE CITY MAYOR. SO, THIS YEAR IS A GOOD, WE HAVE GOOD CHANCES OF GETTING FUNDED BECAUSE WE HAVE, THIS SITE HAS ANOTHER PREFERENCE THAT THE STATE IS LOOKING FOR. IT'S LOCATED IN SOMETHING CALLED A STATE, A SMALL AREA, DIFFICULT TO DEVELOP AREA. SO WE HAVE 2 SHOTS AT GETTING THIS APPLICATION FUNDED. SO IT'S A GOOD CHANCE. 33% CHANCE IS ACTUALLY AMAZING. THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF ANOTHER DEVELOPMENT I DID IN HOLLYWOOD, 216 UNITS IN 21ST AVENUE, YOU KNOW, WHERE THE STATION IS GOING TO GET BUILT FOR LIKE THE COMMUNITY RAIL. SO WE BUILT SOME PUBLIC PARKING FOR THE CITY AND WE DID BARRY UNIVERSITY ON THE GROUND FLOOR. SO A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THIS LTOO. AGAIN, IT'S FOR 9% CREDITS. SO THAT WE CAN PAY TAXES. WE'RE NOT USING LIVE LOCAL, WE'RE NOT USING THE ZONING INCENTIVES OF LIVE LOCAL, WE'RE NOT USING THE MIDDLE, MIDDLE, THE MISSING MIDDLE TAX EXEMPTION OF LIVE LOCAL. SO IT'S FUNDED THROUGH THIS 9%, AND IF THIS HAPPENS, IF THE STATE SELECTS US FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT THE CITY'S GOING TO GET $1.7 MILLION IN PROPERTY TAXES OVER 15 YEARS. BY THE TIME THAT THOSE 15 YEARS ARE OVER, WE'RE GOING TO PAY BACK THE LOAN. THE STATE REQUIRES FOR THE LOAN TO HAVE A MATURITY OF 15 YEARS.

DURING THOSE 15 YEARS, WE'RE GOING TO BE PAYING $235,000 IN INTEREST, PROBABLY MORE. I THINK I DID THAT CALCULATION A LITTLE BIT WRONG, BUT SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE.

AND $1 MILLION WE'RE GOING TO BE PAYING IN IMPACT FEES AND PERMITTING AND UTILITY CONNECTION FEES TO THE CITY.

SO, BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING, I THINK, IT'S THAT WE CAN BRING THIS LUXURY TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT THAT IS GOING TO BE CATALYST TO DO MORE DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE AREA. AND IT'S ALSO FOR, YOU KNOW, ATTAINABLE HOUSING. SO IT'S RENTS THAT ARE LOWER. WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT IN A SECOND. OR RENTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE 30% OF THE INCOME OF THE FAMILIES THAT LIVE HERE IN TAMARAC. WE CAN ALSO CREATE SOME PREFERENCES FOR TAMARAC, YOU KNOW, EMPLOYEES OR TAMARAC PEOPLE WHO WORK IN TAMARAC SO THAT THEY CAN HAVE FIRST LOOKS INTO BEING ABLE TO BE RESIDENTS OF THIS COMMUNITY. ALSO, WE CAN CREATE PREFERENCES FOR

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AFTER WE GET TCO OR CO, THEN IS WHEN WE NEED TO KIND OF DRAW THE MONEY FROM THE CITY. THAT'S PART OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE STATE HAS. SO IT'S VERY LOW RISK FOR YOU. THIS IS ANOTHER DEVELOPMENT WE DID IN DEERFIELD BEACH. YOU KNOW, YOU CAN SEE HOW BEAUTIFUL OUR FACADES ARE. AGAIN, A $45 MILLION DEVELOPMENT. $33 MILLION COMES FROM FEDERAL FUNDS, AND THEN $11 MILLION COMES FROM FREDDIE MAC. LIKE, THAT'S, THEN WE, IT'S A 50-YEAR AFFORDABILITY PERIOD. THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO MONITOR OUR COMPLIANCE TO FEDERAL FUNDS, TO AFFORDABILITY. THE STATE HAS, THEY HIRE SOMEBODY TO AUDIT US EVERY YEAR. AND, YOU KNOW, SO IT'S GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT IS BEING LOOKED UPON. SO THOSE 90 UNITS, ALL OF THEM ARE GOING TO BE RENT RESTRICTED, OKAY? SO YOU SEE THERE A LITTLE BIT OF THE INCOME MIX. THERE'S GOING TO BE 14 UNITS AT 30% AMI, WHICH IS FOR, LIKE, FAMILIES THAT ARE ON THE VERY, VERY LOW-INCOME SIDE, YOU KNOW, LIKE MINIMUM WAGE, 36 UNITS AT 60% AMI AND 40 UNITS AT 70% AMI. SO YOU'LL SEE THERE THE RENTS. THEY RANGE FROM, SAY, $712 A MONTH FOR A 1-BED TO $1,900 A MONTH FOR A 2-BED, ALMOST 2-BEDROOM. SO VERY SMALL. WE'RE GOING TO ALSO HAVE A VERY SMALL RETAIL IN THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING. IT'S GOING TO BE A 6-STORY BUILDING. WE HAVE GREAT ARCHITECTS. AGAIN, WE'RE NOT USING LIVE LOCAL.

IT'S GOING TO BE WITHIN THE ENVELOPE OF THE ALREADY APPROVED ZONING OF THAT SITE. WE'VE SPOKEN ALREADY WITH CITY PLANNING AND THEY AGREE WITH EVERYTHING WE'RE TRYING TO DO. THE LOAN HAS TO, AGAIN, MATURE IN 15 YEARS. YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO HAVE A LURA, A SECOND MORTGAGE, AND A LOAN AGREEMENT TO, YOU KNOW, TO GUARANTEE THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE THIS PAID BACK. WE'RE PROPOSING A 3% INTEREST ON A 30-YEAR AMORT. I FORGOT TO UPDATE THAT ON, SO IT'S GOING TO BE LIKE $240,000 OF INTEREST. THE SITE IS LOCATED IN COMMISSIONER WRIGHT'S DISTRICT. IT'S IN PINE ISLAND, SORRY, 57TH AND PINE ISLAND ROAD. THERE'S GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW WHERE IT IS.

IT'S RIGHT IN FRONT OF THAT POLLO TROPICAL OR WALGREENS.

YOU'LL SEE IT ON THE BOX THERE. IT'S THE PARKING LOT OF THE PINE ISLAND PROFESSIONAL CENTER. SO THE OWNER OF THAT OFFICE BUILDING GAVE US A CONTRACT TO DEVELOP THOSE 2 ACRES NEXT TO IT ON 57TH STREET. SO IT'S JUST BUILDING A 6-STORY BUILDING WITH 90 UNITS THERE.

SO THIS IS LIKE A CONCEPTUAL OF HOW THE GROUND FLOOR IS GONNA, YOU KNOW, SITE PLAN IS GONNA LOOK LIKE.

IT'S GONNA BE FRONTAGE OF, YOU KNOW, UNITS AND RETAIL. YOU WANNA INCORPORATE, WE'RE GONNA USE THAT ON-STREET PARKING THAT THE CITY PAID FOR ALREADY.

WE'RE GONNA USE THAT AND WE'RE GONNA BUILD 220 UNITS. 28 SPACES, WHICH IS BEYOND THE PARKING REQUIREMENT FOR THIS 90 UNITS IN THE OFFICE BUILDING OF 214 SPACES. SO IT'S GOING TO BE, IT'S GOING TO HAVE ENOUGH PARKING TO SATISFY BOTH USES, ACTUALLY THE 3 USES: OFFICE, RETAIL, AND, RESIDENTIAL. THIS IS HOW THE SECOND FLOOR IS GOING TO LOOK AND THE THIRD FLOOR UP GOING TO LOOK. SO IN THE SECOND FLOOR, THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME MORE PARKING STRUCTURED PARKING.

AND THEN ON THE 3RD FLOOR, THERE'S GOING TO BE A POOL, THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME, SOME, SOME LANDSCAPING AND, YOU KNOW, CLUBHOUSE. AND, YOU KNOW, THANKS, MAYOR, FOR ALL YOUR COMMENTS ON THIS. AND, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE BIT ABOUT US.

HOUSING TRUST GROUP IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ATTAINABLE HOUSING COMPANIES IN FLORIDA.

MY BOSS IS 77 YEARS OLD, AND HE WAS PROUD TO BE ONE OF THE URBAN DEVELOPERS OF

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WE HAVE 25,000 UNITS IN COMBINED EXPERIENCE BETWEEN MY 12 DEVELOPERS AND I. WE HAVE A FULLY INTEGRATED PLATFORM OF 264 EMPLOYEES WITHIN HOUSING TRUST GROUP. WE NOT ONLY DEVELOP, WE HAVE FINANCING DEPARTMENT, WE HAVE CONSTRUCTION DEPARTMENT, WE HAVE, WE DO THE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT OF OUR OWN PROPERTIES, AND WE OWN THEM. WE HAVE RIGHT NOW A PORTFOLIO OF 8,000 UNITS.

WE'RE THE TOP-RANKED WORKFORCE AND SENIOR HOUSING DEVELOPER IN FLORIDA, RANKED NUMBER 20 IN THE COUNTRY. THIS IS LIKE A DEPICTION OF ALL THE PROPERTIES WE'VE DEVELOPED IN BROWARD. AGAIN, THIS IS ONE I DID MYSELF 3 YEARS AGO. LIKE, YOU KNOW, I GET PEOPLE HERE, YOU KNOW, I WANT, I'LL PAY DOUBLE THE RENT AND I'M LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE RENT RESTRICTED.

VILLAGE VIEW IN FORT LAUDERDALE, VERY, VERY NICE DEVELOPMENT AS WELL.

MARGATE, FORT LAUDERDALE, THAT SAME FORT LAUDERDALE DEVELOPMENT, THE DEERFIELD BEACH DEVELOPMENT I WAS SHOWING. THIS IS LIKE HOW THE AMENITIES LOOK.

THIS IS THAT UNIVERSITY STATION DEVELOPMENT, THE AMENITIES. AND THAT'S IT. I WANTED TO SEE IF YOU GUYS HAVE QUESTIONS. EXCELLENT, THANK YOU. BEFORE WE GO TO THE COMMISSION QUESTIONS, AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO ADD AT THIS TIME? NO? OKAY, OKAY.

THEN WE WILL OPEN THIS UP TO PUBLIC COMMENTS. IS THERE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WISHING TO COMMENT? NOPE. SEEING NONE, PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE NOW CLOSED.

AND NOW IT'S OPEN TO THE COMMISSION.

COMMISSIONER WRIGHT. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. SO BASED ON THE INFORMATION I HAVE IN THE BACKUP, I DID MY CALCULATIONS BASED ON THAT. I SAW YOU KIND OF ALTERED IT. IN THE BACKUP THAT YOU PRESENTED WAS 90 ONE-BEDROOM UNITS. YEAH, SO THE PLAN WHEN WE WERE DOING OUR, LIKE THE BOND DEVELOPMENT, IT WAS TO DO 100 UNITS BECAUSE YOU NEED TO DO A LOT OF UNITS TO MAKE THOSE FINANCIAL WORKS.

SO TO 100 UNITS, WE WERE GOING TO DO 91 ONE-BEDROOMS AND 9 TWO-BEDROOMS. BUT THEN IN DISCUSSING THIS WITH THE STAFF AND THE MAYOR, WE, THIS, WE SAID, WHY DON'T WE DO MORE TWO-BEDROOMS? SO NOW WE'RE DOING, SO, BUT TO FIT THE PARKING AND MAKE EVERYTHING FIT WITHIN THE ENVELOPE OF THE ZONING, WE REDUCED 80 TO 88, TO 90 UNITS. ACTUALLY, I WAS ABLE TO FIT A LITTLE BIT MORE. SO 90 UNITS, OF WHICH 20 ARE 2 BEDS AND 70 ARE 1 BEDS. SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A CHANGE PLAN FROM THE INITIAL TO WHAT WE ARE PRESENTING TODAY. SO APOLOGIES FOR THE CONFUSION. OKAY. AND I MEAN, AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS DEFINITELY NEEDED IN BROWARD COUNTY. WHEN I LOOK AT THE PERCENTAGE OF UNITS AND THE COST, JUST TAKING THE AVERAGE AND THE WEIGHT, IT EQUATES TO ABOUT $1,400 A MONTH, CORRECT? YEAH.

WHICH THE AVERAGE RENT IN TAMARAC, INCLUDING 2-BEDROOM, IS ABOUT $1,700 BASED ON, BASED ON HOUSING DATA THAT I HAVE.

SO I MEAN, IT'S A FEW HUNDRED DOLLARS CHEAPER. I LIVE IN THAT AREA AND I PAY ABOUT $1,900 PLUS ALL THE FEES IT ADDS UP TO ABOUT $2,400 FOR RENT AT TAMARAC VILLAGE.

SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING, IT SEEMS LIKE MORE OF THE UNITS ARE SKEWED AT THE HIGHER END. YEAH, I MEAN, IT'S TO MAKE THE ECONOMICS WORK.

WHAT WE'RE DOING THERE IS WE'RE DOING A, WELL, THERE ARE STUDIES SHOWING THAT WHEN YOU DO THIS TYPE OF HOUSING, YOU WANT TO HAVE A MIX OF INCOMES TO AVOID FLIGHT OR WHATEVER, AND CRIMINALITY. SO WE ARE FOLLOWING THE STATE GUIDANCE OF, LIKE, THAT'S THE TYPE OF MIX THAT KIND OF WORKS. YOU KNOW, YOU COMBINE 30% OF THE UNITS AT 30% AMI, OR SORRY, 15% OF UNITS 30% AMI WITH SOME 70% AMI UNITS. WHEN YOU'RE GOING OUT AND LOOK AT THE MARKET AT NEW DEVELOPMENTS, RIGHT, DEVELOPMENTS THAT WERE BUILT IN THE LAST 10 YEARS, THE RENTS ARE GOING TO BE HIGHER THAN THAT AVERAGE.

YOU KNOW, SO WE'RE GOING TO PROVIDE A NEW PRODUCT WITH, YOU KNOW, VERY NICE AMENITIES AND ALL THE, YOU KNOW, THAT IS GOING

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OFFICE, BUT AGAIN, IT'S MULTIFAMILY. SO WHEN, IF THIS ADDENDUM OR THIS, THE, THE REFERENDUM PASSES, THAT DOESN'T, THOSE, THE PROPERTY TAXES ARE NOT, ARE, ARE STILL GOING TO BE APPLICABLE TO MULTIFAMILY. SO IT'S ONE OF THE BENEFITS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO BRING TO THE CITY. MAY I JUST ASK THIS QUESTION? BECAUSE WHEN I LOOK AT THE NUMBERS, AGAIN, AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS NEEDED IN OUR COMMUNITY. IT IS NOT THAT MUCH MORE THAN MARKET PRICES, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT THAT MUCH MORE AFFORDABLE THAN MARKET PRICES, MOST OF THE UNITS BASED ON YOUR PRESENTATION. THE TAX VALUE THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET BASED ON THE VALUATION OF THE PROPERTY IS NOT THAT MUCH TAXES OVER A 15-YEAR PERIOD.

OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE JUST INVESTING NOW AND THEN LATER WE'LL DECIDE ALL THESE DIFFERENT THINGS, BUT IF WE'RE GOING TO DO ATTAINABLE HOUSING, IT SHOULD BE WHERE IT'S ATTAINABLE FOR THE PEOPLE WHO WE'RE TRYING TO CATER TO. YEAH, TO ME IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S MORE SKEWED TOWARDS THE HIGHER END OF THE AMI. AND WHAT'S THE AMI IN BROWARD? WHAT'S THE AMI? WHAT'S THE, RIGHT NOW I THINK AMI IS, $70,000. $70,000? YEAH, A YEAR.

SO, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE BENEFITS OF THOSE HIGHER 70% AMI UNITS IS THAT YOU CAN, THERE'S A LOT OF PUBLIC EMPLOYEES OR HEALTHCARE EMPLOYEES THAT IF YOU DON'T HAVE THAT UP TO 70, THEY DON'T QUALIFY. SO THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PAY MORE IF, YOU KNOW, SO IT IS, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE FOUND IS THAT THOSE 70% AMI UNITS DO FEED SOME PEOPLE THAT ARE IN GROWING INCOME AND, YOU KNOW, THAT NEED SAVINGS SO THEY CAN GO INTO HOMEOWNERSHIP. SO EVEN THOUGH IT SOUNDS LIKE A LITTLE BIT HIGH FOR TAMARAC, I DO THINK, I VISITED SOME MARKET RATE DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE KIND OF NEW AROUND HERE, AND THERE'S A PRICE DIFFERENCE.

IT IS NOT AS MUCH AS WE PROBABLY WANT TO SEE, BUT IT'S THE HONEST TO GOD THE ONLY WAY TO MAKE THOSE DEVELOPMENTS FINANCIALLY FEASIBLE. YOU NEED TO GET, BECAUSE I WAS SAYING YOU NEED TO GET A FREDDIE LOAN OF $10 MILLION, SO YOU DO HAVE TO HAVE SOME INCOME SO THAT YOU CAN GET THOSE TYPE OF LOANS. AND THAT PARKING LOT, IT'S VERY SMALL. I PASS IT EVERY DAY. IT'S A, YOU KNOW, THE SPACE IS VERY LIMITED.

WHAT HAPPENS TO THE PARKING FOR THE COMMERCIAL BUILDING? YOU SAID THAT THE OWNER IS SELLING YOU THE PARKING LOT.

SO WHAT HAPPENED TO THE PARKING FOR HIS BUILDING? SO WE ACCOUNTED FOR THE PARKING THAT IS REQUIRED FOR THOSE THAT THE OFFICE USE.

AND THAT'S ALL IN OUR CALCULATIONS, AND WE'VE SHOWED THAT TO THE CITY PLANNERS, AND THEY AGREE WITH IT.

THERE'S A LIST OF TENANTS THEY HAVE. SO WE, BOTTOM LINE, EVERYBODY'S GOING TO BE PARKED. THERE'S ENOUGH PARKING FOR EVERYBODY. OKAY.

COMMISSIONER PATTERSON. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, WELL, COULD YOU JUST CLARIFY THE, THE COMMITMENT THAT YOU GUYS ARE ASKING FOR? IT'S A, IT'S A PAPER COMMITMENT, RIGHT? IT'S A LOAN. CLARIFY THE WAY THAT WORKS. YEAH, IT'S A LOAN OF $640,000. HONESTLY, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT LIKE IT'S SOMETHING THAT THE DEVELOPMENT NEEDS, BUT IT'S TO GET FUNDED, YOU DO NEED TO SHOW THAT THE CITY CHOSE A DEVELOPMENT. YOU CAN ONLY CHOOSE ONE DEVELOPMENT EVERY YEAR. AND YOU HAVE TO PUT THE MONEY WHERE YOUR MOUTH IS.

THAT'S HOW THEY EXPLAINED IT WHEN THEY CREATED THIS LIKE 06, 7 YEARS AGO. SO IT'S JUST TO GET THE POSSIBILITY OF GETTING THIS OTHER $33 MILLION. UNFORTUNATELY, IT DOES HAVE TO BE A 15-YEAR LOAN.

THAT'S PART OF THE RULE THAT THE STATE SET UP. SO, YOU KNOW, IT IS GOING TO BE PAID BACK.

WE'RE NOT SAYING THAT THAT LOAN

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OBVIOUSLY, I DON'T THINK WE'RE IN THE BUSINESS OF LOOKING TO BUILD A SLUM. I MEAN, I DON'T THINK ANYONE IS. SO, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO OBVIOUSLY BE ABLE TO BRING IN A MIX OF INCOME, MAKE IT AVAILABLE FOR FOLKS WHO, YOU KNOW, MAY NOT NECESSARILY BE ABLE TO AFFORD, MAYBE ON THE LOWER END OF THEIR INCOME, BUT ALSO WORKFORCE, TEACHERS, POLICE OFFICERS, PEOPLE THAT YOU KNOW, ARE WORKING. YEAH, YOU MENTIONED PUBLIC SERVICE JOBS.

SO, YOU KNOW, I ACTUALLY REALLY APPRECIATE THE ABILITY TO, YOU KNOW, AS I THINK I, I DON'T KNOW WHO ELSE ON THE COMMISSION HAS SERVED ON THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMMITTEE FOR THE CITY, BUT AS THE CITY'S CURRENT DELEGATE, I APPRECIATE THE ABILITY TO SEE A PROJECT THAT WILL BRING IN, I MEAN, IT'S A SMALL-SCALE PROJECT, BUT THE ABILITY TO SEE OR CREATE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR EVEN, AND I HEARD YOU MENTION IN YOUR PRESENTATION THAT THERE IS A POTENTIAL TO COMMIT, YOU KNOW, OR GIVE PREFERENCE TO CITY EMPLOYEES AND, WHAT HAVE YOU. I MEAN, A COUPLE HUNDRED DOLLARS DOES MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE. WE DO PROGRAMS ALL THE TIME AS COMMISSIONERS, IN THE COMMUNITY. $200 HELPS FOLKS. SO, YOU KNOW, WHILE IT MAY NOT NECESSARILY BE, I MEAN, I'M NOT NECESSARILY LOOKING TO DO 30% FLAT AMI PROJECTS, BUT I DO THINK THAT HAVING SOMETHING IN OUR COMMUNITY WHERE FOLKS, YOU KNOW, WHO GO TO WORK EVERY DAY AND SOMETIMES CAN'T SEE THEIR FAMILIES BECAUSE THEY'RE WORKING TONS OF OVERTIME, THIS MAKES THEM, YOU KNOW, THIS GIVES THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO AFFORD TO LIVE IN OUR CITY WHILE AT THE SAME TOKEN, YOU KNOW, GO TO WORK EVERY DAY AND NOT NECESSARILY FEEL THE ECONOMIC CRUNCHES. SO, YOU KNOW, I PERSONALLY APPRECIATE THE MIXED INCOME. DO YOU GUYS HAVE A, I, I ACTUALLY ALSO APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT YOU GUYS HAVE STRATEGIZED ON A WAY TO BE ABLE TO BRING, SOME TAX REVENUE, TO THE CITY. IS THERE A TAX PRO FORMA THAT, OR DID YOU GUYS JUST HAVE LIKE A FLAT, IS THERE A FLAT PROJECTION? WE, WE DID A PROJECTION BASED ON LIKE LOOKING AT SOME COMPS, BUT YOU KNOW, WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THE TAX, PROPERTY TAXES IS GOING TO BE. WE, IT'S JUST LIKE A PROJECTION.

LIKE YOU SAID, IT'S AROUND LIKE $180,000 A YEAR, BUT I'M NOT ENTIRELY SURE THAT'S GOING TO BE THE CASE. SO, YOU KNOW, BUT YEAH, I MEAN, IT'S GOING TO BE BASED ON WHATEVER YOU GUYS DECIDE THE TAXES ARE GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. THAT'S IT FOR ME.

THANK YOU. WELL, I THANK YOU.

I'VE KNOWN, WE'VE TALKED FOR QUITE SOME TIME ON THIS PROJECTS, AND THE PROJECT'S GONE THROUGH SOME ITERATIONS OVER THE PAST COUPLE YEARS.

AND THANK YOU FOR HEARING US OUT. I AM PROUDLY THE CHAIR OF THE COUNTY AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMMITTEE FOR QUITE SOME TIME, OVER A DECADE, SINCE ACTUALLY 2009. I'VE BEEN ON THIS BOARD, BUT THANK YOU FOR OPENING IT UP AND, AND PUTTING IT ON THE RECORD

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SO THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR WORKING WITH THE CITY AND COMING UP WITH AN IDEA SO THE CITY IS NOT IN A POSITION WHERE IT'S GIVING OUT FUNDS BEFORE IT'S TIME.

AND FIGURING OUT A WAY TO BRING INCOME ON A PROJECT THAT COULD HAVE BEEN DONE IN A LIVE LOCAL SITUATION WHERE YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO EVEN TALK TO US AND ASK US WHAT WE NEEDED. AND YOU ALSO ARE WORKING WITHIN THE SPECS OF WHAT OUR CITY RULES AND REGULATIONS ARE.

SO VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THAT YOU ARE DOING THAT AND THAT YOU'VE TAKEN SUCH A GREAT TIME AND CARE TO DO THIS FOR OUR CITY. BECAUSE WE DO NEED THE UNITS. WE DESPERATELY NEED THE UNITS. WE HAVE PEOPLE MOVING OUT OF OUR CITY BECAUSE OF THE FINANCES, AND WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT A WAY THAT IT'S NOT JUST AFFORDABLE, IT'S ATTAINABLE, IT'S MAINTAINABLE, AND IT'S IN A GREAT CITY. SO, MORE TO COME WHEN, WHEN OTHER THINGS COME BEFORE US, BUT I APPRECIATE ALL YOUR TIME, IN, IN DOING THIS. SEEING NO OTHER COMMENTS, PLEASE, CITY CLERK, CALL THE ROLL.

COMMISSIONER DANIEL? YES.

VICE MAYOR BOLTON? YES.

MAYOR GOMEZ? YES.

[6.f TR14418 - A Resolution of the City Commission of the City of Tamarac, Florida, Expressing Its Support for the Economic Development and Tourism Initiative of Vice Mayor Marlon Bolton to Establish the Red Road J'Ouvert Festival as a Signature Annual Initiative of Vice Mayor Marlon Bolton in the City of Tamarac; Expressing Its Support for Pursuing a Partnership with Miami Broward One Carnival Host Committee Inc. to Host the Miami Broward Kids Carnival as a Separate Annual Event in the City of Tamarac; Finding That Both Events Will Advance the City's Economic Development, Tourism, Hospitality, Small Business, and Destination Marketing Objectives; Authorizing and Directing the City Manager to Take All Actions Necessary to Effectuate These Initiatives, Including Negotiating and Executing Any Agreements Necessary to Implement the Events as Permitted by Law; Providing for Implementation; Providing for Conflicts; and Providing for an Effective Date.]

COMMISSIONER WRIGHT? YES.

THANK YOU. MOTION PASSES 5 TO 0. THANK YOU. GOOD LUCK. WE'LL GET THAT DOCUMENT SIGNED SO YOU CAN GO DO WHAT YOU GOT TO DO.

OKAY, WE ARE NOW AT 6F, TR14418. CITY ATTORNEY, PLEASE READ THE TITLE FOR THE RECORD. A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION AND CITY OF TAMARAC EXPRESSING ITS SUPPORT FOR THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TOURISM INITIATIVE OF VICE MAYOR MARLON BOLTON, ESTABLISH THE RED ROAD JUVETTE FESTIVAL AS SIGNATURE ANNUAL INITIATIVE OF VICE MAYOR BOLTON AND THE CITY OF TAMARAC, EXPRESSING SUPPORT PURSUING A PARTNERSHIP WITH MIAMI BROWARD ONE CARNIVAL HOST COMMITTEE TO HOST THE MIAMI BROWARD KIDS CARNIVAL AS A SEPARATE ANNUAL EVENT.

IN THE CITY OF TAMARAC, FINDING THAT BOTH EVENTS WILL ADVANCE THE CITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, TOURISM, HOSPITALITY, SMALL BUSINESS, AND DESTINATION MARKETING OBJECTIVES.

AUTHORIZE AND DIRECT THE CITY MANAGER TO TAKE ALL NECESSARY ACTION TO EFFECTUATE THIS INITIATIVE, INCLUDING NEGOTIATING, EXECUTING AGREEMENTS NECESSARY TO IMPLEMENT THE EVENTS AS PERMITTED BY LAW, PROVIDING FOR EFFECTIVE DATE. I'LL TAKE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

SO MOVED.

SECOND.

OKAY, I AM NOW SEEKING VICE MAYOR BOLTON TO SUMMARIZE THE ITEM, PLEASE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I THINK THE ITEM IS TYPICALLY SUMMARIZED ALREADY IN THE HEADING. MIAMI CARNIVAL, MIAMI BROWARD CARNIVAL HAPPENS EVERY YEAR DURING THE MONTH OF OCTOBER.

AND, THE J'OUVERT EVENT THAT THEY DO TYPICALLY IN THE CITY OF LOTTE HILL BRINGS AROUND 50,000 VISITORS FROM ACROSS THE WORLD. THEY HAVE THE MIAMI CARNIVAL THAT BRINGS AROUND 100,000 PEOPLE.

IT BUILDS, IT BRINGS VISITORS TO THE REGION TO FILL HOTELS AND TO ALSO, IT HAS ALSO BECOME AN ECONOMIC DRIVER IN THE COUNTY.

AND SO, THEY ALSO PRODUCE MIAMI KIDS CARNIVAL, AND MIAMI KIDS CARNIVAL IS THE, THE JUNIOR VERSION OF THE ADULT CARNIVAL WHERE THE KIDS GET TO DRESS UP IN THEIR COSTUMES AND THEY GET TO BE JUDGED BY DIFFERENT JUDGES. AND SO THEY GET TO HAVE THEIR OWN CARNIVAL AS WELL. AND SO THIS ECONOMIC DRIVER FOR US WOULD BE

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WITH THAT SAID, I ALSO WOULD LOVE TO ASK COMMISSIONER DANIEL IF SHE WOULD BE INTERESTED IN BEING THE HOST AND THE CURATOR FOR THE MIAMI KIDS CARNIVAL EVENT, OBVIOUSLY BECAUSE OF HER LOVE FOR YOUTH. SHE IS A CONSUMMATE PROFESSIONAL WHEN IT COMES TO YOUNG ADULTS IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND NOT JUST IN TAMARAC BUT ACROSS BROWARD COUNTY WITH HER WORK AS A PRINCIPAL.

AND SO THESE ARE 2 POSITIVE EVENTS THAT WE WOULD LOVE TO, I WOULD LOVE TO CURATE. AND SO I'M ASKING FOR MY COLLEAGUES' SUPPORT SUPPORTING THIS ECONOMIC INITIATIVE THAT WOULD HOPEFULLY BECOME A YEARLY EVENT IN THE CITY OF TAMARAC.

COMMISSIONER, ACTUALLY, COMMISSIONER DANIEL HAD HER LIGHT LIT, THEN COMMISSIONER WRIGHT. YOU GO AHEAD. I WAS JUST SAYING THANKS FOR THE OFFER. I WOULD LOVE TO SPONSOR THIS EVENT. DID THEY HAVE A SET TIME? SO THE MIAMI, THE KIDS CARNIVAL HAPPENS IN THE MORNING, SO IT STARTS, AROUND LIKE 11 O'CLOCK AND IT GOES UNTIL LIKE 3 PM BECAUSE OF COURSE THEY'RE KIDS AND THIS IS A SATURDAY MORNING KIND OF EVENT. AND SO THE KIDS GET TO DO THEIR PARADE, YOU KNOW, IN A CLOSED, SAFE ENVIRONMENT. AND SO, YEAH. SO WOULD IT BE LIKE AROUND OCTOBER? I KNOW THEY PROBABLY ALREADY HAVE THEIR COSTUMES. YEAH. SO MIAMI KIDS CARNIVAL HAPPENS EVERY YEAR.

SO WHAT WE ARE DOING IS BRINGING THE KIDS CARNIVAL THAT IS ALREADY PACKAGED TO THE CITY OF TAMARAC. SO THERE ARE KIDS ALREADY ON THE WAITING LIST WANTING TO PARTICIPATE. SO IT HAPPENS EVERY YEAR, AND OCTOBER, SO THE FIRST WEEKEND OF OCTOBER. SO IT WOULD BE A TREMENDOUS OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO HOST THE EVENT IN TAMARAC.

BEFORE COMMISSIONER WRIGHT GOES, MY APOLOGIES, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I FORGOT TO OPEN UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS. PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE NOW OPEN. SEEING NO PUBLIC COMMENTS, PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE NOW CLOSED.

COMMISSIONER WRIGHT. THANK YOU, MADAM. JUVIE, ARE THEY STILL GOING TO HAVE THE J'OUVERT IN LOTTA HILL? I'M SORRY, IS THE, ARE THEY STILL GOING TO HAVE THE J'OUVERT IN LOTTA HILL, OR THIS IS GOING TO BE THE OFFICIAL J'OUVERT? THEY WILL HAVE AN OFFICIAL, THEY WILL HAVE A J'OUVERT EVENT IN LAUDERHILL. WE WILL HAVE A J'OUVERT EVENT ON THE NIGHT BEFORE. SO RED ROAD, SO THERE'S A SLIGHT CHANGE IN, IN THE NAME, IT'S RED ROAD TO J'OUVERT, BUT IT'S A MATTER OF SEMANTICS. SO THE FRIDAY NIGHT WE WILL HOST OUR RED ROAD TO J'OUVERT IN TAMARAC, AND THEN THE NEXT MORNING THERE WILL BE A J'OUVERT IN LAUDERDALE. SO FOR ANYONE WHO IS CARNIVAL LOVERS, YOU KNOW THAT THERE ARE EVENTS FOR THE ENTIRE WEEK. AND IF YOU THINK THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE TIRED, THEY ARE NOT TIRED. THEY GO ONE WHOLE WEEK IN TRINIDAD, THEY MIGHT GO 2 WEEKS, AND EVERYBODY LOOKS FORWARD

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IT WOULD BE A STATIC, J'OUVERT, MEANING THAT IT DOESN'T GO ON THE ROAD, IT DOESN'T HAVE A TRUCK THAT GOES AROUND.

OKAY.

OKAY.

WITH MUSIC.

THE SECOND OPTION IS TO HOST IT AT MIAMI, AT TAMARAC VILLAGE. AND IF WE HOSTED AT TAMARAC VILLAGE, I WOULD HAVE THE MIAMI CARNIVAL PEOPLE AS WELL AS BSO IN A ROOM TO KIND OF FIGURE OUT LOGISTICS AS TO DOING THE EVENT ON THE GRASS AND THEN GOING UP ON THE ROAD AT 57TH AND THEN COMING RIGHT BACK DOWN TO THE GRASS. SO AT LEAST WE HAVE A ROAD TYPE OF MARCH. OKAY, AND WE'RE PARTNERING WITH OBVIOUSLY ONE MIAMI CARNIVAL, WHICH IS THE BIGGEST CARNIVAL ORGANIZER IN SOUTH FLORIDA. THE KIDS FESTIVAL, I READ THAT THEY DID NOT HAVE IT LAST YEAR BECAUSE OF, YOU KNOW, COVID OR WHATEVER. SO THE KIDS FESTIVAL WOULD BE, IS THERE GOING TO BE A CHARGE FOR THE KIDS FESTIVAL? BECAUSE I READ IT WAS FREE MOST TIMES.

IT WAS FREE. MIAMI KIDS CARNIVAL, THE KIDS CARNIVAL IS COMPLETELY FREE. YEAH. THE ECONOMIC DRIVER THERE IS THE FOOD TRUCKS AND THE, FACE PAINTINGS AND, AND ALL THAT STUFF. OKAY, OKAY.

AND IN TERMS OF THE CITY IN TERMS OF COSTS? ARE WE GOING TO HAVE TO PAY FOR PERFORMERS AND THAT TYPE OF STUFF? AT WHICH ONE OF THE EVENTS? AT THE, LIKE, A J'OUVERT AND THE KIDS CARNIVAL.YEAH, SO THE KIDS CARNIVAL OBVIOUSLY WILL COME WITH SOME PRODUCTION COSTS, AND WE WILL HAVE SPONSORS TO ALSO COVER SOME OF THE COSTS. AS FAR AS THE J'OUVERT EVENT, WE HAVE ALREADY SPOKEN WITH MARSHALL MONTANO, THE KING OF SOCA, WHO IS VERY MUCH INTERESTED IN COMING TO THE EVENT. WE HAVE ALSO SPOKEN TO BUNJA GARLAND, WHO WANTS TO COME TO THE EVENT, PATRICE ROBERTS, ALISON HINDS. THEY ALL WANT TO BE A PART OF THE EVENT, AND THEY ALL WILL BE IN FLORIDA THAT WEEKEND, AND WHOEVER WE CHOOSE TO PERFORM AT THE J'OUVERT EVENT WOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO PERFORM AT ANY OTHER BROWARD EVENT. OKAY, AND ARE WE GOING TO CHARGE FOR THEM, FOR PEOPLE TO COME TO THE J'OUVERT? ABSOLUTELY. WE'RE GOING TO CHARGE FOR, OKAY, AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE MARSHALL AND, OKAY, OKAY. WHAT ELSE? SOMETHING ELSE I HAVE TO ASK YOU. THAT'S ALL MY QUESTIONS FOR NOW. OKAY, I HAVE QUESTIONS. I KNOW CARNIVAL IS A LOT OF FUN. J'OUVERT, I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF GREAT TRADITION THAT COMES WITH IT. AND IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU HAVE A LOT MORE INFORMATION IN YOUR MIND THAT DIDN'T GET TO PAPER AND DIDN'T GET TO US. OKAY, SO I'M, I'VE GOT A BUNCH OF QUESTIONS FOR YOU, BECAUSE WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR TRAFFIC SAFETY, CLEANUP, ALL THE LIABILITY, THE IMPACT ON OUR RESIDENTS. AND IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S 2 EVENTS. ONE IS YOUR EVENT, YOUR INITIATIVE EVENT, CORRECT? THE ROAD TO J'OUVERT.

YES, MAYOR. SO BOTH, BOTH EVENTS ARE INITIATIVE EVENTS.

SO I'VE ASKED, COMMISSIONER DANIEL, NOW ON THE SUNSHINE, TO ALSO PARTNER WITH THE MIAMI CARNIVAL KIDS EVENT. SO THESE ARE, INITIATIVES, CORRECT? THEY'RE INITIATIVE EVENTS. SO THEN FOR THE KIDS EVENT, IT WOULD NOT NECESSARILY BE MIAMI BROWARD CARNIVAL HANDLING IT? THE COMMISSION WOULD HANDLE, IT'S THE CITY EVENT LED BY BOTH OF YOU. SO THESE ARE EVENTS THAT WOULD HAPPEN WITH THE GUIDANCE OF MIAMI BROWARD ONE CARNIVAL HOST COMMITTEE. AS FAR AS THE KIDS EVENT, THEY WOULD DO ALL OF THE PLANNING. WE WOULD MAKE SURE THAT WE PROVIDE THEM THE

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IN TERMS OF RED ROAD J'OUVERT, THEY'RE ALSO GIVING US PLANNING SUPPORT. OF COURSE, WE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE THE PLANNING SUPPORT OF THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT AS WELL AS PUBLIC SERVICES, ALL OF THE DEPARTMENTS THAT PROBABLY WAS ALSO INVOLVED WITH YARD AND THE LAWN TO HELP TO PLAN THE EVENT TO MAKE IT SUCCESSFUL. AND THERE'S NO DATES HERE. SO WHAT IS THE, WHAT ARE THE DATES THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT? SO FOR THE J'OUVERT EVENT WOULD BE ON FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9TH, AND FOR THE KIDS CARNIVAL WOULD BE THE FIRST SATURDAY IN OCTOBER. SO THAT WOULD BE, I THINK, OCTOBER 3RD. THOSE ARE THE CORRECT DATES, AND WE HAVE ALREADY HELD THE DATES ON THE CALENDAR WITH PARKS AND RECREATION PENDING THE OUTCOME OF TONIGHT'S VOTE. NOW, COMMISSIONER WRIGHT, IT SAYS SOMETHING ABOUT THE KIDS EVENT HADN'T BEEN DONE LAST YEAR.

WHY IS THE KIDS EVENT NOT BEING DONE IN LAUDERHILL AGAIN? I'M NOT, I'M NOT SURE. THE KIDS EVENT IS ONE OF THEIR LOW-PERFORMING EVENTS WHEN IT COMES TO FINANCES, BUT IT'S ONE OF THEIR MOST IMPACTFUL EVENTS WHEN IT COMES TO CHANGING CHILDREN'S LIVES.

SO AS YOU ALLUDED, PERHAPS THEIR FINANCES WERE NOT ENOUGH TO DO THE KIDS EVENT LAST YEAR, SO THEY ARE LOOKING ACTIVELY FOR CITIES TO PARTNER WITH THEM WITH SOME OF THE EVENTS THAT THEY DO. I KNOW THAT THE CITY OF LAUDERHILL, CITY OF SUNRISE, AND A COUPLE OF OTHER CITIES ARE ACTIVELY TRYING TO GET THESE EVENTS IN THEIR CITIES.

BUT IF YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT BULLY BOLTON, THAT WILL NOT HAPPEN. OH, JUST A LITTLE.

SO WHAT IS THE COST? WHAT IS THE ESTIMATED COST OF THIS, OF EACH OF THEM? I'D LIKE TO KNOW THE ESTIMATED COST OF THE ROAD TO J'OUVERT, THE ONE THAT YOU'RE DOING SEPARATE FROM THE COMMITTEE, AND THE ONE THAT THE COMMITTEE IS ASKING US TO BE THE HOST CITY FOR.

OKAY, SO WE DO NOT KNOW THE ESTIMATED COST OF THE EVENT YET, BUT I DO KNOW THE ESTIMATED, COST OF THE PROFIT, AND IT IS SOMEWHERE AROUND $300,000. THE PROFIT FOR WHOM? FROM THE EVENT. WHERE DOES THE PROFIT MONEY GO TO? WHEN YOU'RE SAYING PRO, THE REASON I ASK IS WE HAVE NO DOLLARS TO BE TELLING US HOW MUCH WE'RE SPENDING. HOW DO WE KNOW HOW MUCH MONEY IS COMING IN AS A PROFIT? SO I CAN ONLY ESTIMATE WHAT THE GROSS PROFITS WILL BE. I HAVE BEEN TAKING SOME TIME TO SIT DOWN TO KIND OF LIKE CRUNCH NUMBERS TO SEE WHAT IT COULD COST. I DON'T HAVE THAT NUMBER YET, BUT WHEN WE DO HAVE THAT NUMBER, IT WILL BE A RESPONSIBLE NUMBER AND IT WILL COME BACK TO THE COMMISSION FOR A VOTE.

SO TONIGHT THOUGH, WE'RE BEING ASKED FOR A BLANK CHECK. YES. AND, AND SO ONCE THE BLANK CHECK IS SIGNED, YOU CAN'T GET THAT BLANK CHECK BACK. SO I HAVE DIFFICULTY WITH A BLANK CHECK, ESPECIALLY AS WE HAVE A BUDGET ITEM THAT'S COMING BEFORE US FOR BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR THINGS FOR LAST YEAR. AND THEN WE HAVE OUR NEW 2027 BUDGET OF $450,000 FOR YARD AND LAWN AND $200,000 FOR A FOOD DISTRIBUTION, FOR FOOD FESTIVAL. THAT'S $650,000. WE HAVE ALL THIS NEED FOR OUR WATER TREATMENT PLANT, ALL OF OUR INFRASTRUCTURE. WE CAN'T PAVE OUR ROADS, SO MANY OTHER THINGS THAT WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO DO. AND WHILE I LIKE A GOOD PARTY NEXT TO THE NEXT PERSON, I DON'T HAVE A COMFORT HERE WITH A BLUEPRINT OF HERE'S HOW MUCH WE'RE CHARGING, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT IT TOOK A WHILE FOR US TO FINALLY DO YARD AND LAWN, AND THERE HAS BEEN THERE WAS CHARGES AT THE END. WE DON'T HAVE ANY DETAILS ON HOW YARD AND LAWN HAS DONE. I MEAN, YOU MIGHT HAVE THOSE NUMBERS, BUT WE DON'T. SO, AND AS WE'RE SAYING, WE'RE HELPING THE ECONOMY AND OUR LOCAL TAMARAC RESIDENTS AND/OR BUSINESSES.

WHAT WAS OUR, WE HAD 2 YARD AND LAWNS SO FAR. HOW DID WE DO WITH OUR TAMARAC BUSINESSES? WHAT IS OUR DATA TO SHOW THAT ALL THE MONEY THAT WE'RE EXPENDING IS ACTUALLY REACHING THE BUSINESSES WE'RE TRYING TO REACH AND PROMOTING WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO PROMOTE. OKAY. MAY I RESPOND, MAYOR? PLEASE. SO TODAY I HOSTED AN INITIATIVE.

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WHAT ALSO CAN'T BE QUANTIFIED IS THE JOY IN THE RESIDENTS' FACES WHEN THEY COME TO THESE EVENTS AND THEY GET TO DEBRIEF, DE-STRESS FROM ALL OF THE ISSUES THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE IN THEIR HOMES. RESIDENTS ARE STILL COMING TO ME, THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR THE EVENT THAT YOU DID WITH BOJOBA, AND IT WAS REALLY WELL ORGANIZED, WELL, WELL DONE. PEOPLE ENJOYED THE EVENT. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I REMAIN PROUD OF IS NOT THE AMOUNT OF TICKET SALES THAT WE HAD, BECAUSE WE GET TO TALK ABOUT HOW MUCH MONEY WE SPENT, BUT WE HAVE NOT YET GOTTEN TO HOW MUCH MONEY WE ACTUALLY BROUGHT IN. AND I THINK THAT WILL COME IN SHORT ORDER.

BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I LOOK BACK ON AND I PRIDE MYSELF ON FROM YARD AND THE LAWN IS THAT WE REALLY CATERED TO RESIDENTS THIS TIME, THAT MORE THAN 60% OF THE PEOPLE WHO ATTENDED YARD AND THE LAWN WERE TAMARAC RESIDENTS. WE WERE STRONG ON DATA. WE WERE MAKING, WE MADE SURE THAT 5,000 TICKETS WERE GIVEN OUT TO TAMARAC RESIDENTS. WE MADE SURE THAT TICKETS THAT WERE BEING DOWNLOADED ONLINE, THEY HAD THEIR ZIP CODES AND THEY HAD TO PRESENT THEIR ZIP CODES AT THE TIME OF CHECKOUT. SO WE KNOW THAT OVER 60% OF THE CROWD WERE TAMARAC RESIDENTS. THAT GOES TO SAY THAT WHEN TAMARAC RESIDENTS ARE ASKING FOR THESE EVENTS, THESE ENTERTAINMENT EVENTS, THEY'RE ASKING FOR SOMETHING THAT WE CAN PROVIDE AND WE CAN PRODUCE. AND SO THIS SOCA BRINGS TOGETHER ALL CULTURES OF THE CARIBBEAN. IT BRINGS THE WORLD TOGETHER. THIS IS NOT A CARIBBEAN THING. THIS IS AN ECONOMIC DRIVER. THIS IS A TOURISM EVENT WHERE PEOPLE WILL ACTUALLY FLY IN TO ATTEND.

THIS EVENT WILL ALSO FILL OUR HOTEL ROOMS. THIS EVENT WILL BRING BACK SO MUCH DOLLARS TO OUR CITY, NOT JUST BECAUSE OF THE PRODUCTION COST, BUT THE LEVEL OF ECONOMIC STABILITY THAT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE FLYING IN FOR CARNIVAL WILL BRING. IT WOULD BE A SHAME TO SEE 50,000, 60,000 PEOPLE IN BROWARD COUNTY AT THE TIME AND NOT TAKE ADVANTAGE OF 10,000 OF THEM TO COME TO OUR CITY, TO KNOW WHERE TAMARAC IS, AND TO SPEND SOME TIME IN TAMARAC. FRANKLY, BEFORE THE BUJU BANTON EVENT, PEOPLE PROBABLY DID NOT KNOW WHERE TAMARAC WAS. BEFORE THE BUJU BANTON EVENT, A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE SAYING THEY DIDN'T WANT TO MOVE TO TAMARAC. NOW THEY WANT TO MOVE. NOW THEY'RE EXCITED TO MOVE TO OUR CITY. I'M PROUD OF THAT EVENT, AND I'LL CERTAINLY BE PROUD OF THIS ONE. WELL, I UNDERSTAND THAT. SO YOUR ESTIMATED ATTENDANCE FOR WHICH EVENT, EACH EVENT, WHAT IS YOUR ESTIMATED ATTENDANCE? SO I ESTIMATE RED ROAD TO J'OUVERT TO BE 10,000. MIAMI KIDS CARNIVAL, THE KIDS CARNIVAL HERE IN TAMARAC, TAMARAC KIDS CARNIVAL, ESTIMATED ABOUT 3,000 CHILDREN.

AND THOSE ARE CONSERVATIVE NUMBERS BECAUSE THEIR NUMBERS HAVE BEEN EXPONENTIALLY HIGHER.

SO I HEAR ALL THE WARM AND FUZZIES. I TRULY DO, AND I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH WARM AND FUZZIES, BUT I ALSO STILL DON'T HAVE DATA THAT YOU HAVE IN YOUR BRAIN AND IN YOUR POSSESSION THAT IS NOT HERE THAT TELLS ME HOW MANY RESIDENTS OR HOW MANY BUSINESSES IN TAMARAC BENEFITED FROM THE FOOD TRUCKS AND BRINGING IT ALL TO THEIR FAMILIES. BECAUSE QUITE HONESTLY, AS MUCH AS I LOVE THE REST OF THE COUNTY, I LOVE TAMARAC MORE, RIGHT? ABSOLUTELY. AND

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AND I'M NOT HEARING GUARANTEE OF, YOU KNOW WHAT, KIND OF LIKE THE, THE HOTEL, NOT THE HOTEL, BUT THE PROJECT HERE FOR, HTG. WE'RE GOING TO GIVE $640,000 AND WE'RE GOING TO GET ALL OF OUR MONEY BACK, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO GET SOME. I DON'T HEAR THAT. I, AND I KNOW THAT YOU SAID THAT THERE'S MONEY COMING BACK TO US FROM YARD ON THE LAWN, BUT I ALSO DON'T KNOW, IS THAT IF WE SPENT $300,000 ON YARD ON THE LAWN IS THAT MONEY COMING BACK TO COVER THE $300,000, OR IS THAT SEPARATE AMOUNT OF MONEY? DO YOU SEE WHERE I'M HAVING A LITTLE DIFFICULTY? ABSOLUTELY, MAYOR. AND, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE ENTITLED TO HAVE THAT DIFFICULTY. AND, YOU KNOW, WHILE I WOULD LOVE YOUR SUPPORT, I, I ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU KNOW, YOUR SUPPORT MIGHT NOT BE THERE. YOU HAVE NOT SUPPORTED A LOT OF GOOD THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE IN THE CITY. AND THAT'S NOT TO SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU ARE AGAINST THOSE THINGS. IT'S MORE LIKE YOU ARE A LITTLE BIT MORE CONSERVATIVE AND IN THE WEEDS IN YOUR THOUGHTS. AS A MAN OF INTEGRITY, I DON'T WANT TO SAY THAT THE CITY IS GOING TO MAKE $1 MILLION FROM AN EVENT. I DON'T WANT TO SAY THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE 30,000 PEOPLE COME TO THE EVENT. PROBABLY WE'LL HAVE 100 PEOPLE THAT COMES TO THE EVENT. PROBABLY WE'LL SELL 50 TICKETS.

BUT WHAT I DO KNOW IS THAT YARD AND THE LAWN HAS MADE ME A BELIEVER IN UNDERSTANDING THAT OUR CITY CAN PUT ON THESE WORLD-CLASS EVENTS.

AND ALREADY FOR, AND NO, WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT YARD AND THE LAWN, BUT ALREADY FOR NEXT YEAR, A MAJOR ARTIST THAT IS BEYOND OUR WILDEST IMAGINATION HAS SAID THAT THEY WANT TO PERFORM AT THE ART IN THE LAWN AND HAS A BETTER EFFECT THAN BUJU BANTON. SO THIS IS WHAT WE'RE DOING. WE'RE BUILDING AN ECOSYSTEM HERE IN THE CITY.

WE'RE BUILDING OUR NAME. WE'RE FINDING OUR IDENTITY AS A DESTINATION OF CHOICE. I'D LOVE YOUR SUPPORT, BUT IF YOU CAN'T SUPPORT IT TONIGHT, THERE'S NO LOVE LOST. THERE'S NEVER BEEN. I'VE HAD A PROBLEM WITH US NOT HAVING COMPLETE PLANS AHEAD OF TIME. I'M THE ONE WHO WANTED US TO CHARGE FOR YARD AND THE LAWN. I'M THE ONE WHO ASKED IF YOU WOULD OPEN IT UP FOR IT TO BE NOT JUST YOURSELF, BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF GOOD PLANNING. WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING TOO. AND THAT'S THE PROBLEM. I WANT TO GET TO YES, BUT WITH NOTHING BUT SAYING, GIVING A BLANK SLATE TO THE CITY MANAGER TO DO ANYTHING AT ALL FOR THESE 2 EVENTS, NOT EVEN TELLING US DATES, NOT EVEN HAVING LOCATIONS, NOT EVEN GIVING US MORE INFORMATION. I JUST TOLD YOU THE DATES AND THE LOCATION.

WELL, THAT'S FINE, BUT YOU HAVE MORE THERE IN YOUR MIND THAT YOU'RE NOT SHARING WITH US, AND THAT ALWAYS MAKES ME CURIOUS. THAT'S OKAY.

SEEING NO ONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, THEN I WILL CALL. MAYOR

[7.a TO2627 - An Ordinance of the City Commission of the City of Tamarac, Florida, Adopting the First (1st) Budget Amendment to the City of Tamarac Operating Budget, Revenues and Expenditures, the Capital Budget, and the Financial Policies for the Fiscal Year 2026, by Increasing the Total Revenues and Expenditures by a Total of $1,392,524 as Detailed in Attachment "A" Attached Hereto and Summarized in Attachment "B" Attached Hereto and Incorporated Herein; Providing That the 1st Amendment Is Being Adopted in the Same Manner as the Original Budget and Serves as the New Adopted Budget; Providing for Conflicts; Providing for Severability; and Providing for an Effective Date.]

CITY ATTORNEY, PLEASE READ TO-2627 FOR THE RECORD. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF CITY OF TAMARAC ADOPTING FOR THE FIRST BUDGET AMENDMENT TO THE CITY OF TAMARAC OPERATING BUDGET REVENUES AND EXPENDITURE, THE CAPITAL PROJECT, AND THE FINANCIAL POLICIES OF FISCAL YEAR 2026 BY INCREASING TOTAL REVENUES AND EXPENDITURE BY A TOTAL AMOUNT OF $1,392,524, HERETO, AND SUMMARIZE ATTACHMENT B HERETO, AND INCORPORATE HEREIN PROVIDING THAT THE FIRST AMENDMENT IS BEING ADOPTED IN THE SAME MANNER AS ORIGINAL BUDGET, SERVE AS A NEW ADOPTED BUDGET, PROVIDING FOR EFFECTIVE DATE. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU. I'LL TAKE A MOTION AND A SECOND, PLEASE. MOVE IT. SECOND. THANK YOU. PRISCILLA MOXIE, OUR FINANCIAL SERVICES DIRECTOR, WILL PRESIDE, PROVIDE A PRESENTATION. ONCE AGAIN, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, CITY MANAGER, AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. MY NAME IS PRISCILLA MOXIE. I AM THE DIRECTOR FOR FINANCIAL SERVICES PRESENTING TO YOU TEMPORARY ORDINANCE 26-27, WHICH BUDGET AMENDMENT, WHICH IS A BUDGET AMENDMENT 1 FOR FISCAL YEAR '26. THIS ITEM IS BEFORE THE COMMISSION FOR FIRST READING AND IS SCHEDULED FOR, RETURN ON THE SECOND READING AND ADOPTION AT THE

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THIS BUDGET AMENDMENT 1 INCREASES THE TOTAL FY26 BUDGET BY APPROXIMATELY $1.39 MILLION.

THE ADOPTED BUDGET WAS $294,157,462. THIS AMENDMENT INCREASES THE BUDGET BY $1,392,524, RESULTING IN AN AMENDED BUDGET OF $295,549,986. THIS IS A TARGETED AMENDMENT. IT REPRESENTS A LIMITED ADJUSTMENT TO THE ADOPTED BUDGET AND IS BEING BROUGHT FORWARD TO RECOGNIZE ITEMS THAT WERE APPROVED OR BECAUSE NECESSARY AFTER THE ORIGINAL FY26 BUDGET WAS ADOPTED. THE PROCESS FOR THIS ORDINANCE INCLUDES FIRST READING, WHICH IS TODAY, JULY 8TH, 2026, AND A SECOND READING AND ADOPTION ON AUGUST 26TH, 2026. BOTH READINGS ARE CONSIDERED PUBLIC HEARINGS.

OKAY, SO WHERE ARE THE AMENDMENT CHANGES FUND TOTALS.

THE AMENDMENT CHANGES FUND TOTALS IN 3 FUND CATEGORIES.

GENERAL FUND INCREASED BY $569,636. CAPITAL PROJECT FUND INCREASED BY $90,079.

ENTERPRISE FUND INCREASED IT BY $732,809. ONCE AGAIN, THE TOTAL, CHANGE WOULD BE REFLECTED OF $1,392,524. SO WHAT DRIVES THIS CHANGE? THE AMENDMENT IS DRIVEN BY 2 MAIN CATEGORIES. THE FIRST CATEGORY IS THE COMMISSION-APPROVED OR RESOLUTION-SUPPORTED ITEMS. TOTALING $967,524. THIS INCLUDES THE CAPITAL PROJECTS, PRIOR COMMISSION ACTIONS, DONATIONS, SETTLEMENT ALLOCATIONS, AND PROJECT-RELATED ADJUSTMENTS.

THERE WAS ALSO, 2 ITEMS THAT WAS DONE VIA CONSENSUS. ONE WAS FOR, $400,000, WELL, IT WAS FOR $500,000. HOWEVER, $400,000 IS BEING PRESENTED IN THIS BUDGET AMENDMENT AND THE SUPPORT THAT YOU'VE RECEIVED LAST WEEK. $100,000 WHICH IS THE, PORTION THAT THE MAYOR ALLOCATED TO UTILITY FUND, WILL BE DIRECTED SPECIFICALLY TO A, UTILITIES PROJECT THROUGH A TRANSFER AND WILL COME IN OUR SECOND OFFICIAL BUDGET AMENDMENT ONCE FACILITIES HAS DETERMINED WHAT PROJECT EXACTLY IT WILL GO TO.

SO, THE $425,000 THAT WAS CONSENSUS, WHICH IS $100,000 FOR EACH DISTRICT.

AND THERE IS THE $25,000 THAT TOOK PLACE IN NOVEMBER OF 2025 THAT WAS FOR GRANTS AND AID.

OH, AND ONE MORE, FROM THE PRIOR SLIDE. I'M SORRY. THE AMENDMENT ALSO REFLECTS ENCUMBRANCE ACTIVITIES. THE ENCUMBRANCE RULE DOES NOT INCREASE THE CITYWIDE BUDGET TOTAL. INSTEAD, IT REALLOCATES EXISTING AUTHORITY SO PRIOR YEAR APPROVED PURCHASES CAN BE COMPLETED IN THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR.

OKAY, THESE ARE SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT ARE IN THE BUDGET AMENDMENT. THE SLIDE SUMMARIZES THE COMMISSION-APPROVED ACTIONS THAT ARE BEING RECOGNIZED IN

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THERE'S ALSO $55,754 FOR THE LIFT STATION 29 AND 10 REHABILITATION, AND $70,000 RELATED TO THE YDB THREE LAKES SETTLEMENT COMMUNITY BENEFITS.

TOGETHER, THESE ITEMS TOTAL $967,524 AND ARE BEING ADDED TO PROPERLY REFLECT PRIOR APPROVALS AND RELATED BUDGET AUTHORITY. ADDITIONAL ADJUSTMENTS RECOMMENDED. THE REMAINING BUDGET, THE REMAINING ADJUSTMENTS ALIGN RESOURCES WITH CURRENT YEAR'S IMPLEMENTATION AND COMMISSION PRIORITIES. AS STATED BEFORE, THE FY25 ENCUMBRANCE ROLL, THAT TOTALS $772,293. AND AS STATED BEFORE, IT MOVES PRIOR YEAR'S APPROVED PURCHASES INTO THE APPROPRIATE DEPARTMENTAL BUDGETS SO THAT WORK CAN BE COMPLETED IN FY26. THIS IS, ONCE AGAIN, THIS IS A REALLOCATION OF EXISTING AUTHORITY AND DOES NOT INCREASE THE OVERALL CITYWIDE BUDGET. THE AMENDMENT ALSO INCLUDES THE $25,000 FOR COMMISSION GRANTS AND AID, AS STATED BEFORE, REPRESENTING A $5,000 INCREASE TO EACH ELECTED OFFICIAL BASED ON COMMISSION CONSENSUS FROM THE NOVEMBER 12TH, 2025 MEETING. THE PFAS SETTLEMENT ALLOCATION TOTALS $500,000 OVERALL. FOR THIS AMENDMENT, $400,000 IS ALLOCATED TO 4 COMMISSION, TO 4 COMMISSION DISTRICTS AT $100,000 PER DISTRICT FOR COMMISSION INITIATIVES ACCOUNT THAT BENEFITS RESIDENTS. THE LARGEST ENCUMBRANCE REALLOCATION ARE PUBLIC SERVICES AT $344,600.

17, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AT $186,252, AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT OF $128,114. THERE WERE ALSO PERSONNEL ADJUSTMENTS THAT TOOK PLACE BUT HAD NO FISCAL IMPACT. THE AMENDMENT RECOGNIZES 4 PERSONNEL-RELATED UPDATES: ELIMINATING PART-TIME BUS DRIVER POSITIONS DUE TO, CONTRACTED TRANSIT SERVICES WITH PROCAL MOBILITY, RECLASSIFYING THE UTILITIES PROJECT MANAGER FROM AN 06N TO AN 07N, RECLASSIFYING THE CAPITAL PROJECTS MANAGER FROM AN 07N TO AN 08N, AND RECLASSIFYING THE COMMUNITY AIDE FROM TEMPORARY, TEMPORARY FULL-TIME TO AN ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT REGULAR FULL-TIME. AS STATED BEFORE, THESE CHANGES ARE ORGANIZATIONAL UPDATES AND DO NOT INCREASE THE FY26 PERSONNEL COSTS. AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE NOW OPEN.

ANYBODY? SEEING NONE, PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE NOW CLOSED.

SEEING NOBODY WISHING TO SAY ANYTHING FROM THE CITY COMMISSION, CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. COMMISSIONER PATTERSON? YES. COMMISSIONER DANIEL? YES. VICE MAYOR

[8.a TO2633 - An Ordinance of the City Commission of the City of Tamarac, Florida, adopting amendments to the City of Tamarac Comprehensive Plan “with changes”, including amendments to the future land use element, the transportation element, the housing element, the infrastructure element, the capital improvements element, the economic development element, and; authorizing the appropriate city officials to take administrative action to transmit the revisions of the adopted City of Tamarac 2050 Comprehensive Plan as amended inclusive of the supporting data and analysis and all associated tables, exhibits, and maps attached hereto as Exhibit “A” to the Florida Department of Commerce and other reviewing agencies as required by Florida Statute 163.3184(3); providing for severability; providing for conflicts; and providing an effective date.]

THANK YOU. MOTION PASSES 4 TO 1. 8A-02633. CITY ATTORNEY, PLEASE READ THE TITLE FOR THE RECORD. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF CITY OF TAMARAC ADOPT AMENDMENTS TO CITY OF TAMARAC COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WITH CHANGES INCLUDING AMENDMENTS TO FUTURE LAND USE ELEMENT, TRANSPORT, TRANSPORTATION ELEMENT, THE HOUSING ELEMENT, THE INFRASTRUCTURE ELEMENT, THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS ELEMENT, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ELEMENT, AND AUTHORIZE APPROPRIATE CITY OFFICIALS TO TAKE ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION TO TRANSMIT THE REVISIONS ADOPTED CITY OF TAMARAC 2050 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AS AMENDED.

WITH SUPPORTING DATA, PROVIDING FOR EFFECTIVE DATE.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND, PLEASE. MOVE IT. ITEM FAILS FOR A LACK OF SECOND.

SECOND. GOT TO BE A LITTLE MORE TIMELY ON THIS. COMMISSIONER PATTERSON WITH A SECOND. KENT WELLER, OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, IS GOING

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GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, MEMBERS OF PUBLIC, KENT COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. I'LL BE REALLY QUICK ON THIS PRESENTATION.

THIS IS JUST A, REVISION TO OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AS A RESULT OF THE SENATE BILL 180 AMENDMENTS SO LONG STORY SHORT, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLANS ARE THE GOALS, OBJECTIVES, AND POLICIES OF THE CITY. WE ADOPTED IT LAST YEAR IN NOVEMBER 2025. FIRST READING WENT IN MAY. HOWEVER, WHAT HAPPENED IN ABOUT, I WANT TO SAY AUGUST, JULY-AUGUST OF LAST YEAR, THE SENATE BILL 180 CAME OUT. WHICH HAD RETROACTIVE PROVISIONS FOR THE HURRICANES THAT HAPPENED IN 2024 FOR DEBBIE, HELENE, AND MILTON. ONE OF THE PROVISIONS IN THAT SENATE BILL 180 WAS THAT GOVERNMENTS DO NOT CREATE ANY POLICIES THAT MAY SEEM RESTRICTIVE AND BURDENSOME IN ANY TYPE OF WAY, EVEN BY THE, YOU KNOW, THE DESCRIPTION AND TONE OF VERBIAGE. SO US AND ABOUT 60 OTHER MUNICIPALITIES IN FLORIDA, ANY COMPREHENSIVE PLANS THAT WERE ADOPTED AFTER 2024 OF THIS HURRICANE WERE SUBJECT TO THE SENATE BILL 180 GLITCH PROVISION. AND THEY FLAGGED A COUPLE OF OUR COMMENTS, AND I EVEN REVIEWED IT ON THE STATE SIDE TOO AS WELL.

THIS HAPPENED AFTER OUR ADOPTION HEARING IN NOVEMBER. SO KIND OF STOLE MY THUNDER THERE.

JUNE 2026 WAS SENATE BILL 20, MY APOLOGIES. 2020, NOVEMBER 12TH, WE ADOPTED OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. DECEMBER 11TH, WE GOT THIS LETTER, STAFF REPORT, BASICALLY SAYING TO AMEND YOUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WITHIN 180 DAYS FROM THE FIRST READING, WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN THE FIRST WEEK OF JANUARY. WE HAD ASKED FOR AN EXTENSION, SO WE HAVE UNTIL JANUARY 18TH, 2027 TO ADDRESS THESE COMMENTS.

HOWEVER, THE REASON WHY WE'RE HERE TODAY IS WE NEED TO HAVE AN ACTIVE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ON THE BOOKS WITH THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE IN ORDER TO EVEN APPROVE OUR WATER SUPPLY PLAN TOO AS WELL, WHICH IS ANOTHER COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT. SO WE JUST MADE SOME SMALL MINOR REVISIONS.

SOME OF THE VERBIAGE WE HAD TO REVERT BACK TO THE PREVIOUS COMP PLAN THAT WAS DATED ON 2024 AND FOR SOME OF THESE COMMENTS. WE HAD TO DO SLIGHT MODIFICATION VERBIAGE.

LUCKILY, THE SENATE BILL 180 IS GOING TO EXPIRE IN THE SUMMER OF 2027, SO WE CAN ALWAYS COME BACK WITH COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENTS AND PUT IT RIGHT BACK TO THE WAY IT WAS APPROVED BEFORE. THE STATE'S ALLOWING US TO DO AN AMENDMENT TO THE SECOND READING, SO THAT'S WHY WE ARE JUST COMING TO THE SECOND READING FOR THIS AMENDMENT HERE. SO THE NEXT STEPS ARE TO ADDRESS THE COMMENTS, MAKING IT CONSISTENT WITH 163.

WE WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE. WE FEEL LIKE THESE MINOR CHANGES THAT WE DID TO JUST ABOUT 20 POLICIES WILL BE CONSISTENT WITH THEM AND WE'LL GET THIS APPROVED. THE STATE HAS BEEN DEALING WITH A LOT OF OTHER MUNICIPALITIES WITH THE SAME ISSUES, SO, THEY'VE BEEN REALLY HARD TO GET BACK TO US, BUT WE FEEL LIKE IT SHOULD GO THROUGH PRETTY SMOOTHLY BECAUSE WE HAD WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH THEM OVER THE LAST 6 MONTHS, AND WE WOULD JUST TRANSMIT IF WE GET APPROVAL TODAY. AND I'LL BE AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WE WILL NOW OPEN THIS ITEM FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS. SEEING NO PUBLIC COMMENTS, PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE NOW CLOSED.

SEEING THAT NO ONE WISHES TO SAY ANYTHING FROM THE COMMISSION, CITY

[9.a TR14397 - A Resolution of the City Commission of the City of Tamarac, Florida, approving the Program Year 2026-2027 Community Development Block Grant Funds (CDBG) Annual Action Plan and to receive the annual allocation CDBG funding in the amount of $508,694 and to utilize the recaptured Neighborhood Stabilization Program income (NSP PI) funding in the amount of $1,278,687 to administer activities in the annual action plan attached hereto as Exhibit "A"; authorizing the Mayor or designee to submit said annual action plan and related documents to the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development(HUD); providing for conflicts; providing for severability; and providing for an effective date.]

MOTION PASSES 5-0. THANK YOU.

WE'RE NOW MOVING ON TO OUR PUBLIC HEARINGS. 9A, TR14397. CITY ATTORNEY, PLEASE READ THE TITLE FOR THE RECORD. A RESOLUTION, CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC, APPROVING THE PROGRAM YEAR 2026-2027 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUNDS ANNUAL ACTION PLAN TO RECEIVE THE ANNUAL ALLOCATION OF CDBG FUNDING IN THE AMOUNT OF $508,694 TO UTILIZE THE RECAPTURE NEIGHBORHOOD STABILIZATION PROGRAM FUNDING IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,278,687 TO ADMIN, ADMINISTER ACTIVITIES IN ANNUAL ACTION PLAN.

AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR OR DESIGNEE STATE ACTION PLAN AND RELATED DOCUMENTS TO THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND.

MOVE IT. SECOND. KENT WELLIA,

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PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE NOW OPEN.

SEEING NONE, PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE NOW CLOSED.

DISCUSSION BY THE COMMISSION.

COMMISSIONER PATTERSON. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I DIDN'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT I'M ACTUALLY QUITE THRILLED TO SEE STAFF BRING THIS BEFORE THE COMMISSION. SEVERAL MONTHS BACK, I HAD HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH KENT AND HIS TEAM AND THE MANAGER REGARDING FINDING SOME DOLLARS THROUGH OUR CDBG ALLOCATION TO BE ABLE TO ASSIST OUR SENIORS. WE'VE TALKED EXTENSIVELY DURING WORKSHOPS AND STRATEGIC PLANNING SESSIONS ABOUT HOW THE COMMISSION HAS BEEN SPENDING ITS OWN INITIATIVE DOLLARS TO BE ABLE TO FUND PROGRAMS TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT OUR SENIORS. SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE STAFF FOR MAKING THIS HAPPEN AND ENSURING THAT WE WERE ABLE TO CARVE OUT SOME, SOME DOLLARS THAT CAN BE SPECIFICALLY USED, FOR THIS TYPE OF SOCIAL SERVICE, IF YOU WILL PURPOSE. AND SO AGAIN, I THANK YOU GUYS FOR, MAKING THIS HAPPEN. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. CITY CLERK. MAYOR GOMEZ? YES. COMMISSIONER DANIEL? YES. COMMISSIONER WRIGHT? YES. VICE MAYOR

[10.a TR14410 - A Resolution of the City Commission of the City of Tamarac, Florida, granting site plan approval (major) with conditions to allow for the redevelopment of the subject property, legally described in Exhibit “A”, to permit the demolition of an existing one-story 19,983 square foot professional school building and the construction of a new 84,245 square foot industrial warehouse building located on the east side of N Hiatus Road, North of W Commercial Boulevard, shown in Exhibit “B” at 5600 N Hiatus Road (Case No. 8-SP-25); providing for conflicts; providing for severability; and providing for an effective date.]

MOTION PASSES 5 TO 0. WHAT, YOU THINK WE'RE ALMOST UP TO YOUR ITEM? WE'RE ON OUR QUASI-JUDICIAL 10A, TR14410. CITY ATTORNEY, PLEASE READ THE TITLE FOR THE RECORD. A RESOLUTION OF CITY COMMISSION OF CITY OF TAMARAC GRANTING SITE PLAN APPROVAL WITH MAJOR WITH CONDITIONS TO ALLOW FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SUBJECT PROPERTY LEGALLY DESCRIBED IN EXHIBIT A, TO PERMIT THE DEMOLITION OF EXISTING ONE-STORY, 19,983-SQUARE-FOOT PROFESSIONAL SCHOOL BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION OF NEW 84,245-SQUARE-FOOT INDUSTRIAL WAREHOUSE BUILDING LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF NORTH HYATTUS ROAD, NORTH COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD, WITH THE ADDRESS OF 5600 NORTH HYATTUS ROAD, PROVIDING FOR CORRECT DATE.

THANK YOU. CITY ATTORNEY, WILL YOU READ THE RULES FOR QUASI-JUDICIAL? YES, THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. ALL PERSONS TESTIFYING BEFORE CITY COMMISSION MUST BE SWORN IN.

PETITIONER AND ANY AFFECTED PERSON WILL BE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT EVIDENCE, BRING FORTH WITNESS, CROSS-EXAMINE WITNESS, REBUT ANY TESTIMONY. ALL EVIDENCE RELIED ON BY REASONABLE AND PRUDENT PERSON SHALL BE ADMISSIBLE WHERE SUCH EVIDENCE WOULD BE ADMISSIBLE IN THE COURT OF LAW. HOWEVER, IMMATERIAL AND UNDULY REPETITIOUS EVIDENCE SHALL BE EXCLUDED. HEARSAY EVIDENCE MAY BE USED FOR PURPOSE OF SUPPLEMENTING, EXPLAINING OTHER EVIDENCE, BUT IT SHOULD NOT BE SUFFICIENT BY ITSELF. STATEMENTS OF ATTORNEYS SHALL NOT BE CONSIDERED ONLY AS ARGUMENT AND NOT BE CONSIDERED AS TESTIMONY.

CITY COMMISSION SHALL HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO REFUSE TO HEAR ANY TESTIMONY, WHICH IS IRRELEVANT.

IRRELEVANT DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE MAY BE PRESENTED IN THE FORM OF COPY ORIGINAL IF AVAILABLE.

UPON REQUEST, ALL THE PARTIES SHOULD BE GIVEN OPPORTUNITY TO COMPARE THE COPY TO THE ORIGINAL. ALL PARTIES SHOULD BE GIVEN OPPORTUNITY TO CROSS-EXAMINE WITNESS, AS STATED EARLIER. ORDER OF BUSINESS SHOULD BE THE PETITIONER SHOULD PRESENT FIRST, SECOND, AT THE DISCRETION OF COMMISSION STAFF, WILL MAKE A PRESENTATION.

AFFECTED PARTIES WILL BE ALLOWED TO PROVIDE TESTIMONY.

PERSONS WHO ARE IN SUPPORT AND OPPOSITION CAN PROVIDE TESTIMONY. FINALLY, THE CITY COMMISSION SHALL DELIBERATE ON THE PETITION. AT A POINT NO FURTHER TESTIMONY SHOULD BE TAKEN, MEMBERS OF CITY COMMISSION SHALL NOT ASK FURTHER QUESTIONS OF PERSONS PRESENTING TESTIMONY. AT THIS POINT, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF THERE WAS ANY EX PARTE COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE COMMISSION MEMBERS.

I WILL, ASK THE COMMISSION CITY COMMISSIONER PATTERSON. I NOT NOT REGARDING THIS SPECIFICALLY. WE HAD A CONVERSATION SOME TIME BACK.

WELL, YEAH, YEAH, I'M SORRY.

YES, WE DID. YES, I SPOKE TO MISS WILLIAMS. NOT SINCE THE LAST TIME YOU WERE HERE, BUT ON OTHER ITEMS. COMMISSIONER DANIEL. NOT SINCE THE LAST TIME. NOT SINCE THE LAST MEETING. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND AT THIS TIME, CITY CLERK, PLEASE SWEAR IN THE WITNESSES. ALL WITNESSES FOR THIS ITEM, PLEASE STAND AND RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. DO YOU SWEAR TO TELL THE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH? I DO.

THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. ALL WITNESSES HAVE BEEN SWORN IN.

EXCELLENT. I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND. MOVE IT. SECOND. I HAVE THE SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WRIGHT, AND MR. MALCOLM BUTTERS WILL PROVIDE US WITH A PRESENTATION. THANK YOU,

[03:55:02]

HERE'S ANOTHER RENDERING OF THE SITE. YOU CAN SEE RIGHT NOW IT'S A 20,000 SQUARE FOOT SCHOOL. GOLD COAST REAL ESTATE SCHOOL IS THERE.

THEY'RE CLOSING, HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH US. THE WAY EDUCATION IS BEING PRESENTED THESE DAYS, A LOT OF IT'S GOING ONLINE. PEOPLE ARE NOT WANTING TO GET THEIR REAL ESTATE LICENSE OR THEIR GC LICENSE OR THEIR INSURANCE LICENSE. IT'S JUST MORE CONVENIENT TO DO IT AT YOUR LEISURE. SO, THE ECONOMICS ARE NOT WORKING OUT.

GOLD COAST IS CLOSING THIS LOCATION AND THEY PUT THE BUILDING UP FOR SALE. YOU COULD SEE THE SURROUNDING AREA IS A LOT OF WAREHOUSES, SOME OFFICE, AND SOME RETAIL. AND THE ZONING, WHICH IS ALREADY IN PLACE, IS BUSINESS PARK, AND THE LAND USE IS ALREADY INDUSTRIAL. SO OUR SITE PLAN IS TO REPLACE THIS FAIRLY ANTIQUATED SINGLE-STORY OFFICE WITH A MODERN 84,000-SQUARE-FOOT INDUSTRIAL BUILDING. THIS THIS BUILDING WOULD BE SIMILAR TO A PROJECT WE DID ABOUT 2 YEARS AGO ACROSS THE STREET AT 5601 HIATUS. THAT ONE, SONNY'S CAR WASH, WHICH IS THE LARGEST CAR WASH EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURER IN THE COMPANY, THEY TOOK OVER THAT BUILDING.

ONE OF THE NICE THINGS ABOUT THIS IS, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NO MORE INDUSTRIAL LAND LEFT IN TAMARAC, AND WE TALK ABOUT BALANCE AND WE TALK ABOUT REVENUE. BUT IN TERMS OF RETAINING BUSINESS AND HAVING COMPANIES LIKE BLUE AEROSPACE OR AMAZON OR SUNNY'S EXPAND, THIS GIVES THEM THE OPPORTUNITY, AS WELL AS THE ABILITY TO ATTRACT NEW COMPANIES INTO THE CITY. AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF LANDSCAPE. 30% OF THE SITE IS PERVIOUS, MEANING, YOU KNOW, LANDSCAPING AND WATER COULD PENETRATE.

THERE'S ABOUT 250 TREES, WHICH IS PROBABLY FAR MORE THAN THERE IS NOW. AND AGAIN, YOU CAN, GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF SOME OF THE LANDSCAPE AREA. THIS IS JUST A DRAWING THAT SHOWS HOW TRUCKS WILL COME IN AND OUT.

WE'RE FIGURING MOST OF THEM ARE GOING TO BE COMING IN OFF THE SAWGRASS AND COMMERCIAL. THEY WILL MAKE A RIGHT-HAND TURN FROM HIATUS INTO THE SITE, THERE'S PLENTY MANEUVERABILITY, AND THEN THEY'LL BE ABLE TO EXIT AND GO BACK PREDOMINANTLY, WE THINK, TO THE SAWGRASS.

WE'RE USING EXISTING CURB CUTS, SO WE'RE NOT REALLY ANTICIPATING DOING ANY NEW ENTRIES. THIS JUST SHOWS THAT THIS FACILITY WILL GENERATE A LOT LESS TRIPS SO THERE'S GOING TO BE LESS TRAFFIC ON THE ROAD. WE DIDN'T DO A SLIDE, BUT WE'RE TALKING, I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE REVENUE AND SOME OF THE POTENTIAL LOSS FROM THE STATE BECAUSE OF THE AMENDMENT. THIS FACILITY HERE RIGHT NOW IS, IS ASSESSED AT $5 MILLION BY BROWARD COUNTY. WE'LL PROBABLY GET ASSESSED AT $15 MILLION. SO WHAT IT MEANS TO TAMARAC IS THE TAX BILL BASED ON A 7 MILLAGE RATE WILL BE ROUGHLY, THE TAX REVENUE ON THIS BUILDING WILL GO FROM ABOUT $35,000 A YEAR TO $100,000 A YEAR. SO IT'S ABOUT ALMOST A $70,000, AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT'S GOING TO GET ASSESSED AT, BUT A GOOD GUESS IS PROBABLY ABOUT $70,000 MORE TO THE CITY JUST

[04:00:01]

AND HERE'S A BETTER RENDERING.

WE WERE VERY CAREFUL. WE SHELTERED ALL OF THE TRUCK DOORS TO THE EAST SIDE OF THE BUILDING, SO IT ACTUALLY FACES THE LOADING AREA OF THE CHURCH. SO WE HAVE A LOADING AREA FACING LOADING AREA. IT'S NOT FACING ANY OF THE STREET. AGAIN, THAT'S IT, AND I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. I KNOW THAT WE HAVE, THE CITY HAS A PRESENTATION, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE BEING ASKED TO SHOW IT, BUT WE DO NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU PRESENT IT FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.

PROVIDE IT, JUST SUBMIT IT FOR THE RECORD. THANK YOU. AND I'M AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. OKAY, SO, SO SUBMITTED. AWESOME. NOT SEEING ANY, WELL, I'M GOING TO OPEN UP TO PUBLIC COMMENTS BEFORE I GO TO THE COMMISSION. SEEING NO ONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE NOW CLOSED.

SEEING NO ONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM FROM THE COMMISSION, CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

ARE THERE PEOPLE NOW WANTING TO SPEAK AFTERWARDS? NO, I JUST WANT TO ASK IF THAT'S MALCOLM SON. SORRY, YES, OH, OKAY, THAT IS MY SON.

MY WIFE AND MY OTHER SON LEFT EARLIER. THEY COULDN'T, THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE SAME STAMINA AS MY OTHER SON. SO, HE NOW WORKS WITH US. SO, YOU KNOW, YOU HAD THE PLEASURE A LONG TIME AGO OF MY DAD BEING HERE, AND THEY HAVE ME, AND THEN EVENTUALLY YOU'LL HAVE HIM.

OKAY, COOL. I DID THIS SLIDE OF EXISTING DEVELOPMENTS. GOOD JOB. DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING? OKAY, CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. VICE MAYOR BOLTON? YES. MAYOR GOMEZ? YES.

COMMISSIONER PATTERSON? YES.

COMMISSIONER WRIGHT? YES.

COMMISSIONER DANIEL? YES.

THANK YOU. MOTION PASSES 5 TO 0. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. GET HOME SAFELY. CAN I, ONE MINUTE, MAYOR, I APOLOGIZE, BUT CAN I SAY THANK YOU FOR ALWAYS MAKING IT SO EASY TO VOTE A YES ON YOUR PROJECTS. I HAVEN'T BEEN AROUND THAT LONG AS YOUR FAMILY, BUT THANK YOU FOR ALWAYS BEING SO RESPECTFUL.

NO, THANK YOU. FIRST, THANKS TO KENT AND ROBERT JOHNSON, YOUR STAFF, AND THE CITY MANAGER AND EVERYONE. THIS CITY IS THE EASIEST CITY TO DEVELOP IN, SO IT'S REALLY OUR PLEASURE. YOU MIGHT WANT TO PUT THAT OUT FOR OTHER PEOPLE TO KNOW, RIGHT? BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE USED TO, WE USED TO JOKE, YOU

[10.b TBO104 - Order Granting/Denying Special Exception application for Duwbu Ballroom & Lounge, located at 3104-3108 West Commercial Boulevard, Tamarac, FL 33309 to allow for the use of a modified tenant space within a commercial retail plaza, for a proposed hall for hire or “banquet hall” in the MU-C (Mixed-Use Corridor) zoning district, pursuant to the City of Tamarac Code of Ordinances.]

THANK YOU THOUGH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN WHO ARE ON THE DAIS, WE HAVE ONE MORE ITEM, JUST A QUICK ONE. 10B, TBO 104. THIS, EVERYBODY, I UNDERSTAND THAT. GOOD NIGHT.

IT NEEDS TO BE ANNOUNCED THAT THIS ITEM WILL BE CONTINUED TO THE CITY COMMISSION MEETING OF AUGUST 26TH, 2026. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. EVERYONE HAVE A GREAT SUMMER WITHOUT US BEING ON THE, WAIT, OKAY, I NEED TO READ THE ITEM. ORDER GRANTING OR DENYING SPECIAL EXCEPTION APPLICATION FOR DUBU BALLROOM AND LOUNGE LOCATED AT 3104 TO 3108 WEST COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD, TAMARAC, FLORIDA 33309.

TO ALLOW FOR THE USE OF A MODIFIED TENANT SPACE WITHIN A COMMERCIAL RETAIL PLAZA FOR ALL PROPOSED, FOR PROPOSED HALL FOR HIRE OR BANQUET HALL IN THE MUC MIXED-USE CORRIDOR ZONING DISTRICT PURSUANT TO THE CITY OF TAMARAC CODE OF ORDINANCES. AND NOW I OFFICIALLY SAY THAT THIS WILL BE HELD AND DISCUSSED AT THE CITY COMMISSION MEETING ON AUGUST 26TH, 2026. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. ENJOY YOUR SUMMER WITHOUT US. SEE YOU AUGUST 26TH, I THINK. YOU. I'M SUPPOSED TO SLAM, BAM! OH, TIME. 9.30 IN THE MORNING. OKAY, NOT OFFICIALLY ADJOURNED. IT'S 9.30 IN THE MORNING, AUGUST 26TH, 2026, FOR THAT NEXT MEETING. AND NOW WE'RE OFFICIALLY ADJOURNED.

ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.