* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [CALL TO ORDER] [00:00:04] GOOD EVENING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, AND WELCOME TO OUR WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9TH MEETING. IT IS CURRENTLY 7:00 PM CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. MAYORIA GOMEZ. GOOD EVENING, VICE MAYOR BOLTON. GOOD EVENING, COMMISSIONER WRIGHT. GOOD EVENING, COMMISSIONER PATTERSON. GOOD EVENING, COMMISSIONER DANIEL. SEE YOU WALKING ON. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, IF EVERYONE WILL PLEASE STAND. VICE MAYOR BOLTON WILL LEAD US IN A PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, THE REPUBLIC, WHICH STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD IN WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL SEATED CITY ATTORNEY. ANY REPORT? NO REPORT, MADAM MAYOR. ALL RIGHT THEN COLLEAGUES, [2. CITY MANAGER REPORT] PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE ONE. ALL RIGHT, WE ARE NOW HERE WITH ITEM TWO A HUNGER ACTION PROCLAMATION MONTH. AND THIS WAS REQUESTED BY COMMISSIONER DR. DANIEL AND CO-SPONSORED BY VICE MAYOR MARLON BOLTON. OKAY, IS THERE ANY REPRESENTATIVE HERE? THANK YOU, SIR. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO. WHEREAS HUNGER AND FOOD INSECURITY AFFECTS INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILY OF ALL AGES AND BACKGROUNDS, CREATING CHALLENGES THAT CAN IMPACT HEALTH STABILITY AND OVERALL QUALITY OF LIFE. AND WHEREAS FEEDING SOUTH FLORIDA HAS SERVED COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT SOUTH FLORIDA FOR DECADES BY PROVIDING ACCESS TO NUTRITIOUS FOOD ESSENTIAL RESOURCES AND PROGRAMS DESIGNED TO ADDRESS HUNGER AND SUPPORT INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES IN NEED. AND WHEREAS FEEDING SOUTH FLORIDA, ALONG WITH LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS, VOLUNTEERS, BUSINESSES, AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS, WORKS TO ADDRESS THE CAUSES AND EFFECT OF FOOD INSECURITY THROUGH FOOD ASSISTANCE, EDUCATION, ADVOCACY, AND PROGRAMS THAT PROMOTE GREATER ECONOMIC STABILITY AND WELLBEING. AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF TAMARACK RECOGNIZED THE IMPORTANCE OF ENSURING THAT RESIDENTS HAVE ACCESS TO NUTRITIOUS FOOD, ENCOURAGES RESIDENTS, BUSINESSES, COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION, AND CIVIC LEADERS TO SUPPORT EFFORTS THAT ADDRESS HUNGER AND FOOD INSECURITY IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND WHEREAS HUNGER ACTION MONTH PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY TO WE TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT FOOD INSECURITIES, RECOGNIZE THOSE WORK TO ADDRESS HUNGER AND INSPIRE COLLECTIVE ACTION TO HELP BUILD HEALTHIER AND MORE RESILIENT COMMUNITIES. NOW, THEREFORE, I COMMISSIONER DR. KEISHA DANIEL, TOGETHER WITH VICE MAYOR MARLON BOLTON, AND ON BEHALF OF THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF TAMARACK AND THE COMMISSION DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER, 2026 AS HUNGER ACTION MONTH. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND SIR, IF YOU'D LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING FROM FEEDING SOUTH FLORIDA. THANK YOU, UH, MADAM MAILER, I KNOW YOU'RE A, AN ADVOCATE OF OURS. I'VE SEEN YOU AT OUR DISTRIBUTIONS. I ENCOURAGE YOU TO, TO COME OUT AGAIN AND THE REST OF THE COUNCIL, UH, ON BEHALF OF FEEDING SOUTH FLORIDA. WE APPRECIATE THIS ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, THIS RECOGNITION. UH, IN THE CITY OF TAMARACK, WE HAVE IN THE PAST YEAR DISTRIBUTED NEARLY 600,000 POUNDS AND SERVED OVER 500, [00:05:01] UH, OVER 5,000 OF YOUR FAMILIES. WE COULDN'T DO THAT WITHOUT THE COOPERATION OF THE COMMUNITY. AND THAT STARTS HERE AND TRICKLES DOWN. UH, I WOULD LIKE TO ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO GO TO OUR WEBSITE. IF YOU KNOW SOMEONE OR IF YOU YOURSELF ARE IN NEED, YOU CAN GO IN, YOU CAN PUT YOUR ADDRESS IN, IT WILL GIVE YOU THE LOCATIONS. AND I'M ALSO EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS YEAR IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE MIAMI DOLPHINS, WE'LL BE HOSTING, UH, A THANKSGIVING DINNER AT HARD ROCK STADIUM. SO IF YOU KNOW SOMEBODY THAT'S HOME ALONE FOR THE HOLIDAYS OR, OR JUST WANTS TO EVEN MAYBE STEP UP AND VOLUNTEER, UH, PLEASE GO TO OUR WEBSITE AND AND CHECK THAT OUT. AND AGAIN, THANK YOU. WE DO APPRECIATE THIS VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. CAN YOU COME TAKE A SURE. OKAY. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. APPRECIATE YOU GUYS. THANK YOU. THIS NEXT GROUP OF PROCLAMATIONS IS CHILDHOOD CANCER AWARENESS MONTH AND PROSTATE CANCER AWARENESS MONTH PROCLAMATION REQUESTED BY VICE MAYOR BOLTON. DUNNO IF THE RIGHT REPRESENTATIVE FOR OKAY. AWESOME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY, GOOD. ALL RIGHT. WHEREAS SEPTEMBER IS RECOGNIZED AS CHILDHOOD CANCER AWARENESS MONTH AND PROSTATE CANCER AWARENESS MONTH, BRINGING COMMUNITIES TOGETHER TO RAISE AWARENESS, HONOR THOSE WHOSE LIVES HAVE BEEN AFFECTED, UH, BY CANCER AND AFFIRM OUR COMMITMENT TO SUPPORTING INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES AFFECTED BY THIS DISEASE. AND WHEREAS CHILDHOOD CANCER PROFOUNDLY IMPACT CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES PLACING EXTRAORDINARY PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL CHALLENGES ON YOUNG PATIENTS AND THOSE WHO CARE FOR THEM WHILE THEIR COURAGE, STRENGTH, AND RESILIENCE CONTINUE TO INSPIRE HOPE IN COMMUNITIES EVERYWHERE. AND WHEREAS EVERY CHILD DESERVES THE OPPORTUNITY TO GROW, LEARN, DREAM, AND ENJOY A HEALTHY FUTURE, UNDERSCORING THE IMPORTANCE OF CONTINUED RESOUR, UH, RESEARCH INNOVATION, INNOVATIVE TREATMENT AND COMPASSION CA AND COMPASSIONATE CARE AND RESOURCES THAT SUPPORT CHILDREN AND FAMILIES THROUGHOUT THEIR CANCER JOURNEY. AND WHEREAS PROSTATE CANCER IS ONE OF THE MOST COMMONLY DIAGNOSED CANCERS AMONG MEN IN THE UNITED STATES WITH MORE THAN THIRTY THREE, THREE HUNDRED AND THIRTY 3000 NEW CASES ESTIMATED NATIONWIDE IN 2026, UNDERSCORING THE IMPORTANCE OF HEALTH EDUCATION, REGULAR ME MEDICAL CARE, AND APPROPRIATE SCREENING TO SUPPORT EARLY DETECTION AND IMPROVED HEALTH CON OUTCOMES. AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF TAMRA HONORS THOSE COURAGEOUSLY FACING CANCER CELEBRATES SURVIVORS WHOSE JOURNEY INSPIRES HOPE, REMEMBERS THOSE WHO LIVE, UH, WHOSE LIVES HAVE BEEN LOST. AND RECOGNIZE THE FAMILIES CAREGIVERS, HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS AND RESEARCHERS, ADVOCATES AND ORGANIZATIONS WHOSE DEDICATION PROVIDES THE CARE, COMFORT, AND SUPPORT. AND WHEREAS RAISING AWARENESS PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY TO ENCOURAGE RESIDENTS TO, UH, PRIORITIZE THEIR HEALTH, SUPPORT THOSE AFFECTED BY CANCER AND STRENGTHEN A COMMUNITY, UH, IN WHICH INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES FACING CANCER KNOW THEY DO NOT STAND ALONE. NOW, THEREFORE, I VICE MAYOR, I VICE MAYOR MARLON BOLTON, ON BEHALF OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF TAMARA, FLORIDA, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM SEPTEMBER, 2026 AS CHILDHOOD CANCER AWARENESS MONTH AND PROSTATE CANCER AWARENESS MONTH, AND ENCOURAGE ALL RESIDENTS TO RAISE AWARENESS, SUPPORT THOSE AFFECTED BY CANCER HONOR SURVIVORS. REMEMBER THOSE WHO HAVE LOST AND INSPIRE THOSE, UH, INSPIRE HOPE THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITY. AND WE HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE HERE, UH, THIS EVENING, KIM, UH, TO RECEIVE THE PROCLAMATION BEFORE KIM DOES THAT. UM, I JUST WANT TO QUICKLY SAY, UH, THAT MY FATHER DIED FROM PROSTATE CANCER. UM, AND IT WAS A VERY HARD, UM, TIME IN MY FAMILY. AND THIS IS WHY EVERY SINGLE YEAR, UM, I STAND WITH THOSE WHO, UM, ARE AFFECTED BY CANCER, NOT JUST PROSTATE CANCER, BUT BREAST CANCER AND ALL SORTS OF CANCERS. AND ON OCTOBER 10TH, I'LL BE HOSTING AN [00:10:01] EVENT, UH, DEDICATED TO MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE WHO ARE LIVING WITH CANCER AND THOSE WHO HAVE LOST, UH, THEIR LIVES, UM, ARE SEEN, HEARD AND REMEMBERED. AND SO I THANK YOU KIM, FOR BEING HERE THIS EVENING TO RECEIVE THIS PROCLAMATION. IT MEANS A LOT TO ME. IT MEANS A LOT TO MY FAMILY AS WELL, UM, AS MY BROTHER SURVIVED BREAST PROSTATE CANCER AND IS LIVING TODAY, UH, BECAUSE OF TREATMENT AND AWARENESS. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO RAISE AWARENESS FOR PROSTATE CANCER. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO MAY NOT KNOW PROSTATE CAN, AS MANY PEOPLE ARE DIAGNOSED WITH PROSTATE CANCER AS BREAST CANCER, UM, BREAST CANCER AWARENESS HAS BECOME VERY POPULAR IN THIS COUNTRY. WE WANNA MAKE SURE PROSTATE CANCER HAS JUST AS MUCH AWARENESS. EARLY SCREENING MEANS EARLY INTERVENTION, BETTER OUTCOMES, LONGER LIVES. UM, AS THE VICE MAYOR JUST, UH, SUGGESTED BEFORE RAISING AWARENESS IS REALLY IMPORTANT, UM, WE DO SERVE ALL TYPES OF CANCER. PEDIATRIC CANCER IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE RECOGNIZING THIS MONTH. IT DEVASTATES FAMILIES, USUALLY ONE PERSON AND ONE PARENT HAS TO STOP WORKING TO TAKE CARE OF THAT CHILD. UM, AND GILD IS CLUB PROVIDES THE SUPPORT FOR FAMILIES, UH, AND CANCER PATIENTS. UM, AND ALL OF OUR SERVICES ARE FREE. IF THERE'S ANYONE WHO NEEDS OUR SERVICES, PLEASE DON'T HESITATE TO CALL US. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR RAISING AWARENESS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND WE NOW GO TO SICKLE CELL AWARENESS MONTH, WHICH IS REQUESTED BY VICE MAYOR BOLTON. OKAY. AND MS. HALL IS HERE. MS. HALL. OKAY. I KNOW THIS IS IMPORTANT TO HER. SO I'LL UM, I'LL SKIP THIS FOR NOW FOR YOU, UM, TO BACK MAYOR? YES. OKAY. I'M NOT SURE IF MY REPRESENTATIVE HERE IS HERE FOR NATIONAL VOTER REGISTRATION DAY. NO. THE PEOPLE OUTSIDE ARE FOR, IS SHE OUTSIDE? I THINK SHE WOULD'VE BEEN INSIDE. SO, NATIONAL VOTER REGISTRATION DAY PROCLAMATION, IT IS IN OUR BACKUP. IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE REMEMBER TO REGISTER TO VOTE. AND THEN WE WILL GO TO OUR NEXT ITEM, WHICH IS A VERY SPECIAL ONE. LIVE LOCKED TOM PROCLAMATION. IT WAS REQUESTED BY MYSELF. AND IF BETH ANN WANTS TO COME UP, IF THE WHOLE FAMILY WANTS TO COME UP OR WE'LL GO, JUST DO YOU FIRST. SO WHILE YOU'RE COMING UP AND WE'RE GETTING THE PROCLAMATION, BRING TOM TO YOU HAVE TO BRING TOM, UM, AS THE SISTER OF HER BROTHER WHO PASSED AWAY. MY BROTHER WAS DIAGNOSED AT 11 AND PASSED AWAY AT 13. AND WHOSE FATHER LEFT SHORTLY AFTERWARDS. UM, BECAUSE IT IS VERY DIFFICULT AND AS IT'S BEEN SAID, FAMILIES HAVE TROUBLE STAYING TOGETHER. UM, WHEN YOU HAVE SOMEBODY WHO IS SICK IN THE FAMILY, ESPECIALLY A CHILD, IT DOES WREAK HAVOC ON THE, THE HOME. UM, SO I'VE ALSO VERY MUCH ADMIRED BETH ANN FOR HER STRENGTH, HER COURAGE, WATCHING HER AS TOMMY WENT THROUGH TREATMENTS, STILL BEING STRONG, GOING TO WORK, DOING WHAT YOU NEEDED TO DO AND BEING HAPPY. AND HE WAS A VERY HAPPY YOUNG BOY. SO, UM, THANK YOU FOR YOUR COURAGEOUSNESS, YOUR STRENGTH AND ALL THAT YOU'RE DOING AND TURNING YOUR PAIN INTO POSITIVITY. SO IT WAS AN HONOR TO READ THIS HOPEFULLY WITHOUT CRYING. ALRIGHT. WHEREAS CHILDHOOD CANCER IS LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH BY DISEASE FOR CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 18 IN THE UNITED STATES. AND WHEREAS CAUSES OF CHILDHOOD CANCER ARE LARGELY UNKNOWN AND MORE STUDIES ARE NEEDED TO UNDERSTAND WHICH TREATMENTS WORK BEST FOR CHILDREN. AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF TAMARACK IS ACUTELY AWARE OF THE PROFOUND IMPACT CHILDHOOD CANCER HAS ON FAMILIES IN THE BROADER COMMUNITY AND RECOGNIZES THE CRITICAL NEED TO ELEVATE AWARENESS, PROVIDE ROBUST SUPPORT AND ADVANCED RESEARCH [00:15:01] INTO THE SERIOUS ILLNESS. AND WHEREAS TOMMY THOMAS, TOMMY BOGLER, A COURAGEOUS YOUNG RESIDENT OF TAM, WAS DIAGNOSED WITH STAGE THREE WOMBS TUMOR AT THE TENDER AGE OF FOUR, AND DEMONSTRATED REMARKABLE BRAVERY IN HIS FIVE-YEAR BATTLE AGAINST DISEASE UNTIL HIS PASSING ON MAY 4TH, 2021 AT THE AGE OF NINE. WHEREAS IN TRIBUTE TO THOMAS BOGLER, HIS MOTHER, BETH ANN FRAZIER FOUNDED THE LIVE LIKE TOM FOUNDATION TO HONOR HIS LEGACY AND ASSIST FAMILY AND CAREGIVERS OF CHILDREN CONTENDING WITH CANCER. AND WHEREAS THE FOUNDATION PROVIDES CAREGIVER BAGS TO FAMILIES AND HOSPITALS, FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO FAMILIES FIGHTING PEDIATRIC CANCER AND COMMUNITY SUPPORT AND OUTREACH, PERPETUATING THOMAS'S SPIRIT OF PERSEVERANCE AND COMPASSION. AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF TAMARA PREVIOUSLY HONORED THOMAS BOGLER IN SEPTEMBER, 2019 THROUGH THE KIDS OF LOVE FOUNDATION DURING CHILDHOOD CANCER AWARENESS MONTH, THEREBY BRINGING HONOR AND RECOGNITION TO BOTH HIM AND HIS FAMILY. AND WHEREAS BETH AND FRAZIER, A DEVOTED TAMARA TAMARACK RESIDENT EDUCATOR AT TAMARACK ELEMENTARY AND PART-TIME STAFF FROM THE CITY'S PARK AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT, HAS ADVOCATED FOR THE DESIGNATION OF SEPTEMBER AS CHILDHOOD CANCER AWARENESS MONTH. AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF TAMARACK ENCOURAGES ALL HISS RESIDENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS DESIGNED TO FOSTER AWARENESS AND UNDERSTANDING OF CHILDHOOD CANCER, WHILE SUPPORTING THOSE DIRECTLY AFFECTED BY THE SERIOUS DISEASE. NOW, THEREFORE, I'M MICHELLE J. GOMEZ, VERY PROUD MAYOR OF THE CITY OF TAMARACK. ON BEHALF OF THE COMMISSION DO HEREBY ALONG WITH THE COMMISSION, PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER AS CHILDHOOD CANCER AWARENESS MONTH AND THE LIVE LIKE TOM FOUNDATION AWARENESS MONTH. THANK, THANK YOU, UM, TO THE MAYOR COMMISSION, UM, VICE MAYOR, THE CITY OF TAMARACK. UM, I'VE COME TO YOU GUYS THE LAST COUPLE YEARS FOR A PROCLAMATION AND YOU HAVE ALWAYS JUMPED RIGHT ON IT. DECLARING SEPTEMBER CHILDHOOD CANCER AWARENESS. UM, IN 2022, A YEAR AFTER TOMMY PASSED, I STARTED TO LIVE LIKE TOM FOUNDATION. UM, THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT TOMMY AND I USED TO SPEAK ABOUT 'CAUSE WE WANTED TO GIVE BACK. 'CAUSE DURING HIS TREATMENT, SO MANY FOUNDATIONS HELPED US. SO IN RETURN, WE WANTED TO DO SOMETHING BACK. SO THIS IS WHERE I STARTED THIS, UM, FIRST BY DELIVERING CAREGIVER BAGS TO FAMILIES IN THE HOSPITAL. AND NOW WE'RE TO THE POINT WHERE WE CAN SUCCESSFULLY HELP FAMILIES FINANCIALLY WITH THEIR MORTGAGE, JUST THAT NECESSITIES TRAVEL AND EVERYTHING. AND I'M EXTREMELY GRATEFUL SINCE 2022, WE'VE HELPED 12 FAMILIES IN OVER A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS WE HAVE GIVEN TO THOSE FAMILIES BECAUSE OF THIS FOUNDATION. SO AGAIN, THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY. UM, I'M TRULY GRATEFUL AND I JUST WANT EVERYBODY TO LIVE LIKE TOM. HE WAS THE, THE MOST POSITIVE KID THERE WAS. UM, AND THANK YOU. I DUNNO WHAT ELSE TO SAY, BUT THANK YOU. IT'S ALL GOOD. THANK YOU. AND THE NEXT ONE IS THE COMMUNITY HERO AWARD PRESENTATION REQUESTED BY VICE MAYOR BOLTON. THANK YOU MAYOR. AND NOT TO STEAL YOUR THUNDER MAYOR, BUT, UM, I, I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE EMPLOYEE FROM THE COMMUNITY CENTER, UH, FOR LIVE LIKE TOM. UM, AND BECAUSE CANCER IS SO DEAR TO MY HEART, UM, I REALLY WANT TO DONATE TO YOUR DONATION, UH, TO YOUR, UH, ORGANIZATION. UH, SO WE'RE COMMITTED TONIGHT TO DONATE $2,500 TO YOU. SO THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE. THERE IS NO COMPETITION WHEN IT COMES TO MAKING SURE WE TAKE CARE OF EVERYBODY. AND AS YOU MAY ALREADY KNOW THAT SINCE LAST YEAR, I'VE HAD MY HAHAS FOR THE TATAS, WHICH IS A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION RAISING MONEY FOR CANCER AWARENESS ON OCTOBER 10TH. SO WHICHEVER EVENT YOU GO TO, OR NO EVENT THAT YOU GO TO, JUST KNOWING THAT WE ARE HERE TO RAISE AWARENESS TO HELP EVERYBODY. AND IT'S ALL FOR A GOOD CAUSE, [00:20:01] RIGHT? MAKING SURE WE FIND A CURE FOR THIS AWFUL, AWFUL DISEASE. AND EVERYBODY NEEDS TO GO REMEMBER TO GET CHECKED. NOBODY CARES WHAT YOUR BODY PARTS LOOK LIKE. GET CHECKED. YEP. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY. AND, AND DR. DANIEL JUST REMINDED ME THAT SHE IS, UH, MAKING A DONATION AS WELL. I DID NOT KNOW, PLEASE. I DID, I DID TELL YOU. OKAY. COME ON, . NO, IT WOULD, I'LL DO IT PRIVATELY. THIS IS JUST FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE FOR DISTRICT, FOR, UM, RESIDENTS, STUDENTS. YOU KNOW, YOU SH UH, I LOVE YOUR HEART. I LOVE YOUR GIVING. AND SINCE YOU'VE GIVEN SO MUCH TO THE COMMUNITY, THIS IS FOR YOU PERSONALLY FOR BEING A HERO. UM, MY ASSISTANT, UH, SHE HAS THE CHECK FOR YOU, NOT FOR YOUR ORGANIZATION. THIS IS FOR YOU. SO LET'S MAKE IT CLEAR IT'S NOT FOR YOUR ORGANIZATION. THIS IS FOR YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO. THANK YOU, DR. DANIEL. ALL RIGHT. UM, TO OUR COMMUNITY HERO, UH, ROXANNE CHAMBERS, PLEASE. UM, IS CAPTAIN FRANKS HERE. ARE YOU ABLE TO COME DOWN FOR HIM, PLEASE? OF COURSE. UM, PLEASE JUST STAND WITH US, UH, BECAUSE THIS IS A REALLY IMPORTANT STORY AND I REALLY WANT, UH, ROXANNE AND THE, AND THE CAPTAIN TO, TO BE HERE AS WELL. UM, OKAY. SO THIS COMMUNITY HERO AWARD IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO ME. UH, YOU GUYS KNOW, UH, HOW MUCH I LOVE THE WORK OF BSO, AND I LOVE OUR SENIORS. AND, UH, I WITNESSED, UH, SOMETHING AT TRUIST BANK THAT REALLY, UH, BROKE MY HEART. SO, WHEREAS HUN CHAMBERS, UH, VICE PRESIDENT AND BRANCH LEADER WITH TRUIST FINANCIAL COOPERATION IN TAMARACK, FLORIDA, HAS DEDICATED MORE THAN 20 YEARS TO THE BANKING AND FINANCIAL SERVICES INDUSTRY, BUILDING A DISTINGUISHED CAREER CHARACTERIZED BY LEADERSHIP, PROFESSIONALISM, FINANCIAL EDUCATION, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND COMMITMENT TO HELPING INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES AND BUSINESSES ACHIEVE GREATER FINANCIAL SECURITY. AND WHEREAS THROUGHOUT HER CAREER, ROXANNE HAS REMAINED COMMITTED TO EMPOWERING OTHERS THROUGH FINANCIAL LITERACY, RESPONSIBLE FINANCIAL DECISION MAKING, MENTORSHIP AND ACCESS TO FINANCIAL SOLUTIONS THAT HELP FAMILIES, UH, BUILD STABILITY, OPPORTUNITY, AND GENERATIONAL WEALTH. AND WHEREAS ROXANNE'S COMMITMENT TO THE PEOPLE, UH, SERVE SHE SERVES WAS POWERFULLY DEMONSTRATED WHEN SHE RECOGNIZED THE TAMARACK RESIDENT WAS BEING TARGETED BY AN INDIVIDUAL ATTEMPTING TO DEFRAUD HER OF MORE THAN $15,000. AND ROXANNE IMMEDIATELY INTERVENED, TOOK STEPS TO PRO PROTECT THE RESIDENT, AND CONTACTED LAW ENFORCEMENT PREVENTING WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN A DEVASTATING FINANCIAL LOSS. AND WHEREAS HER ACTIONS WENT FROM BEYOND THE ORDINARY RESPONSIBILITIES OF BANKING AND DEMONSTRATED, UH, EXTRAORDINARY VIGILANCE, COMPASSION, COURAGE, AND CONCERN FOR A VULNERABLE MEMBER OF OUR COMMUNITY, EMBODYING THE HIGHEST IDEALS OF CORPORATE CITIZENSHIP AND COMMUNITY SERVICE. AND WHEREAS ROXANNE'S PROFESSIONAL JOURNEY FROM THE, FROM BEGINNING HER BANKING CAREER AS A TELLER AND ADVANCING THROUGH POSITIONS, INCLUDING RELATIONSHIP, BA BANKER, BRANCH LEADER, AND VICE PRESIDENT, SERVES AS A INSPIRING EXAMPLE OF PERSEVERANCE, CONTINUED EDUCATION, LEADERSHIP, DEV DEVELOPMENT, AND THE VALUE OF INVESTING IN PEOPLE AND THE COMMUNITIES WE CALL HOME. AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF TAMRAC PROUDLY RECOGNIZES INDIVIDUALS WHOSE ACTIONS MAKE OUR COMMUNITIES STRONGER, SAFER, AND MORE COMPASSIONATE. AND ROXANNE CHAMBERS HAS DEMONSTRATED THROUGH BOTH HER CAREER AND HER DECISIVE ACTIONS THAT PROTECTING AND EMPOWERING OTHERS IS NOT MERELY PART OF HER PROFESSION, BUT A REFLECTION OF HER CHARACTER AND COMMITMENT TO SERVICE. AND SO NOW, THEREFORE, I, MARLON D BOLTON, VICE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF TARK, ON BEHALF OF THE MAYOR AND THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE, AND THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF TAMARA, FLORIDA, DO CONFER THE MEDAL OF HONOR AND DO HEREBY PROCLAIM SEPTEMBER 9TH, 2026 AS ROXANNE CHAMBERS DAY IN THE CITY OF TAMARA, AND CALL ON ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS TO JOIN IN, IN RECOGNIZING AND CELEBRATING ROXANNE CHAMBERS FOR HER OUTSTANDING LEADERSHIP, DEDICATION TO FINANCIAL EMPOWERMENT, COMMITMENT TO COMMUNITY SERVICE, [00:25:01] AND EXTRAORDINARY ACTIVE VIGILANCE THAT PROTECTED A TAMRA RESIDENT FROM FINANCIAL EXPLOITATION. THAT'S AWESOME. WE ALL, WE ALWAYS HEAR THESE STORIES ABOUT, YOU KNOW, SENIORS AND A LOT OF US, UM, GETTING SCAMMED BECAUSE I'VE HEARD SO MANY TIMES THAT MY, UM, WARRANTY ON MY CAR HAS EXPIRED. AND SO I NEED TO SEND SOME, SOME MONEY. AND, UM, THE, THIS, I WAS IN TRUIST BANK AT THE TIME, AND THE SCAMMER WAS ON THE ACTUAL PHONE TELLING THE SENIOR WHAT TO DO. AND THE SENIOR WAS SO SCARED, JUST WITHDRAWING $15,000 FROM HER BANK ACCOUNT TO GIVE TO THIS PERSON. AND ROXANNE STEPPED IN, UM, AND INTERCEPTED THAT. SO, THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH ROXANNE. AND WE ARE GIVING YOU, UH, THIS PROCLAMATION TONIGHT AND, UH, OUR MEDAL OF HONOR HERE IN THE CITY OF RACK. UH, AND WE DO HAVE, UH, A BOUQUET OF FLOWERS ALMOST AS BEAUTIFUL AS YOU. OH, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU, MAYOR, FOR THIS HONOR. IT IS WITH PROFOUND GRATITUDE THAT I ACCEPT THIS MEDAL FROM THE CITY. UM, SERVING AS A BANK MANAGER FOR THE CITY OF TAMARA GAVE ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO NOT JUST PROTECT SHOWIS MONEY, BUT ALSO PROTECT THE SENIOR CITIZEN IN TAMARACK. WE HAVE A LOT OF SENIOR CITIZENS LIVING IN THIS MARKET, AND THEY COME TO THE BANK EVERY DAY. SO WE ARE FAMILIAR WITH THEIR TRANSACTION. SO WHENEVER WE SEE SOMETHING THAT IS NOT NORMAL, IT'S UP TO US TO ASK MORE QUESTIONS. AND I'VE SEEN A COUPLE OF MY CLIENTS HERE. UM, SO IT'S OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE PROTECTING OUR CLIENTS. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ACKNOWLEDGING ME, AND I ENCOURAGE YOU, UM, COMMISSIONERS AND MAYORS THAT PLEASE, PLEASE, UM, BRING AWARENESS. I'VE SEEN IT EVERY SINGLE WEEK. WE HAVE SAVED SOME, I WAS SHARING WITH VICE MAYOR THAT LAST MONTH, ONE OF YOUR RESIDENT LAST OVER $500,000. PLEASE BRING AWARENESS, UM, AROUND THIS. THEY'RE BEING TARGETED AND IT'S UP TO US. THE CLIENT THAT YOU WITNESSED WAS A RETIRED CHOICE TEAMMATE. SHE'S OLDER AND WE HAVE TO PROTECT THEM. SO PLEASE BRING SOME FORM OF AWARENESS AROUND THIS. IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE PROTECT THEM. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU FOR THIS HONOR. IT'S A PRIVILEGE. THANK YOU. EXCELLENT. ALRIGHT, NOW WE HAVE HUNGER ACTION DAY COMMUNITY SUPPORT INITIATIVE. THIS HAS BEEN REQUESTED BY COMMISSIONER BOLTON. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, UM, OUR CITY RECEIVED, UH, SOME FUNDING FROM, UH, OUR PFAS LAWSUIT. LAWSUIT. AND, YOU KNOW, WE REALLY WANT TO SHOW OUR RESIDENTS THAT THE CITY CARES. UH, WE COULD HAVE USED, WE COULD HAVE USED, UH, THAT MONEY FOR ANYTHING, BUT WE CHOOSE TO GIVE IT BACK TO OUR RESIDENTS. AND I KNOW THAT A HUNDRED DOLLARS, UH, SOMEBODY'S GOT, HE'S STEALING MARLON'S GUN . NO WORRIES. NO WORRIES. IT'S OKAY. IT'S OKAY. IT'S OKAY. DO YOU WANNA BRING HIM DOWN HERE? DOES YOU WANNA COME DOWN HERE? SHE'S GOING OUTSIDE. ALL RIGHT. GUESS NOT. [00:30:01] OKAY. UM, HAVE FUN DOWN. I KNOW, RIGHT? UM, SO, YOU KNOW, I, I KNOW THAT A A HUNDRED DOLLARS, UM, YOU KNOW, PER RESIDENT IS, IS NOT A LOT OF MONEY. BUT WE ARE LIVING IN A TIME WHERE EVEN BUYING GROCERIES IS SO HARD AND IT'S SO EXPENSIVE, BUYING GAS SO HARD AND SO EXPENSIVE. UM, I FILLED UP, UH, A TANK OF GAS THE OTHER DAY AND IT WAS ALMOST $90 AND IT'S A REGULAR VAN. AND SO, YOU KNOW, THIS GOES A FAR AWAY TO ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS. UH, NOT ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS, BUT SOME OF OUR RESIDENTS IN TAMARA. UM, WE HAVE ABOUT 400 OF THEM THAT, UH, APPLIED FOR THIS PROGRAM. AND WE WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT WE LOVE YOU AND WE SUPPORT YOU. UH, AND WE ALWAYS, UH, WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT YOU HAVE A SPECIAL PLACE IN OUR HEARTS. AND IF YOU WANT, PLEASE COME AND TAKE A PHOTO WITH US. WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. YOU DON'T HAVE TO, BUT PLEASE COME. I KNOW THAT SOME OF YOU ARE, ARE IN THE ROOM AND A LOT OF YOU ARE OUTSIDE. BUT PLEASE COME AND, UH, TAKE A PHOTO WITH US. DON'T BE SCARED. PLEASE, PLEASE, ALL OF YOU. WE DON'T BITE . WE GOT TWO BRAVE ONES. COME ON GUYS. COME ON. COME ON. HOW YOU DOING? GOOD. HOW ARE YOU? READY? THREE. 1, 2, 3. I'M A YOUNG LADY. YOUNG LADY RIGHT HERE. ME? OH, YOU'RE POSING. OKAY. MY APOLOGIES AHEAD. THANK YOU. SO, I KNOW, I KNOW THERE IS, THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE OUTSIDE, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, MARIA, IF YOU'RE HEARING ME, JUST MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY THAT'S, THAT WAS INSIDE, JUST, YOU KNOW, BE SERVED FIRST. SO PLEASE, UH, FEEL FREE TO GO BACK OUTSIDE, COLLECT YOUR GIFT CARD AND PLEASE ENJOY, UH, THAT CARD. AND IF YOU LIVE IN DISTRICT FOUR, COMMISSIONER DANIEL, THE DIAMOND OF DISTRICT FOUR IS DOING A GAS CARD GIVEAWAY ON SEPTEMBER 26TH. SO PLEASE LOOK OUT FOR THAT INFORMATION AND WE'LL DEFINITELY PUT DOOR HANGERS ON YOUR DOOR REGARDING THAT. YOU'LL GET ONE TOO. CAROL, COME ON NOW. SICKLE CELL. SHE'S HERE. I KNOW YOU WANNA ANNOUNCE IT. ABSOLUTELY. ALL RIGHT. NOW CIRCLING BACK, WE ARE VERY GLAD TO CIRCLE BACK TO THIS ONE 'CAUSE IT'S VERY IMPORTANT AWARENESS FOR SICKLE CELL AWARENESS MONTH. AND THIS HAS BEEN REQUESTED BY, BY VICE MAYOR BOLTON. ALRIGHT, UM, ANDREA HALL BROWN IS HERE, AND WE ALSO HAVE RAIN JARRET, THE VICE PRESIDENT OF HOPE FOUNDATION FOR SICKLE CELL AWARENESS. PLEASE, PLEASE JOIN US AND YOUR TEAM. ALL RIGHT. WHEREAS SEPTEMBER IS RECOGNIZED AS NATIONAL SICKLE CELL AWARENESS MONTH, PROVIDING AN OPPORTUNITY TO INCREASE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING OF SICKLE CELL DISEASE, PROMOTE EARLY DI EARLY DIAGNOS DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT, SUPPORT INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES AFFECTED BY THE DISEASE, AND ENCOURAGE CONTINUED RESEARCH TOWARD IMPROVED TREATMENTS AND CURES. AND WHEREAS SICKLE CELL DISEASE IS AN INHERITED BLOOD DISORDER IN WHICH ABDO ABNORMAL RED BLOOD CELLS CAN RESTRICT THE FLOW OF BLOOD AND OXIDANT THROUGH THE BODY, POTENTIALLY CAUSING SEVERE PAIN, ANEMIA, INFECTIONS, ACUTE CHEST SYNDROME, STROKE, AND DAMAGE TO MAJOR ORGANS. AND WHEREAS APPROXIMATELY 100,000 AMERICANS ARE LIVING WITH SICKLE CELL, UH, DISEASE, MORE THAN 90% [00:35:01] OF WHOM ARE BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN, WHILE THE DISEASE ALSO AFFECTS HISPANICS AND LATINO AND LATINO AMERICANS, AND PEOPLE WHOSE ANCESTRY TRACES TO THE CARIBBEAN, CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA, THE MEDITERRANEAN, MIDDLE EAST, AND SOUTH ASIA. AND WHEREAS SICKLE CELL DISEASE OCCURS IN APPROXIMATELY ONE IN EVERY 365 BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN BIRTHS, AND ONE IN EVERY 16,300 HISPANIC AMERICAN BIRTHS, WHILE APPROXIMATELY ONE IN 13 BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN BABIES IS BORN WITH SICKLE CELL TRAIT, UNDERSCORING THE IMPORTANCE OF EDUCATION, GENETIC GENETIC AWARENESS, SCREENING, AND ACCESS TO APPROPRIATE HEALTHCARE. AND WHEREAS THE DIVERSITY OF THIS, OF RACK AND BROWARD COUNTY, INCLUDING OUR VIBRANT BLACK CARIBBEAN, HISPANIC, LATINO, AND MULTICULTURAL COMMUNITIES, MAKE AWARENESS OF SICKLE CELL DISEASE ESPECIALLY MEANINGFUL. AND WE RECOGNIZE THAT THE PATIENTS, CAREGIVERS, HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS, UH, BLOOD DONORS, ADVOCATES, RESEARCHERS AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, UH, WORKING TO IMPROVE THE LIVES OF THOSE AFFECTED BY THE DISEASE. AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF TAMRA RECOGNIZES RESIDENTS TO, UH, ENCOURAGES RESIDENTS TO LEARN THEIR SICKLE CELL STATUS, BECOME EDUCATED ABOUT SICKLE CELL DISEASE AND TRAIT SUPPORT, BLOOD DONATIONS AND COMMUNITY AWARENESS E EFFORTS, AND STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH THE INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES WHO COURAGEOUSLY CONFRONT THE CHALLENGES OF SICKLE CELL DISEASE EVERY SINGLE DAY. NOW, THEREFORE, I VICE MAYOR MARLIN DE BOLTON, ON BEHALF OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF TAMC, FLORIDA, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM SEPTEMBER, 2026 AS NATIONAL SICKLE CELL AWARENESS MONTH IN THE CITY OF TAMARA, AND CALL UPON RESIDENTS, BUSINESSES, HEALTHCARE, UH, PARTNERS, FAITH COMMUNITIES, AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS TO INCREASE AWARENESS, PROMOTE EDUCATION AND SCREENING, SUPPORT THOSE LIVING WITH SICKLE CELL DISEASE, AND HELP ADVANCE A FUTURE IN WHICH EVERY PERSON AFFECTED BY THIS DISEASE HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO LIVE A HAPPIER AND HEALTHIER LIFE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND, UM, MS. UH, MS. BROWN, MRS. BROWN, UH, WE, UH, WANTED TO, UH, HAVE A CHECK READY FOR YOU TONIGHT. UH, BUT, UH, UNFORTUNATELY WAS NOT READY BECAUSE, UH, YOUR ORGANIZATION IS NOT YET ON THE CITIZEN'S LIST OF CHARITIES. UH, BUT WE WANT TO, UM, ANNOUNCE TONIGHT THAT WE'RE DONATING $5,000 TO YOUR, UH, ORGANIZATION, UM, AS SOON AS THE MAYOR AND ALL THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS, UH, UH, APPROVE YOUR ORGANIZATION TO BE A PART OF THIS LIST. SO WE THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE. AND WE KNOW I'LL DONATE A AND MR. HANS , OUR CITY ATTORNEY, WILL DONATE A THOUSAND AND MORE. YOU'LL DONATE A THOUSAND TO YOU WILL. ABSOLUTELY. SO THAT'S $7,000 FOR YOU, ANOTHER ONE AND ANOTHER ONE FROM DR. DANIEL THAT'S $8,000 FOR YOU. COMMISSIONER PATTERSON, A THOUSAND FROM YOU TOO, , SHE ALREADY GAVE HER MONEY OUT. AND MAYBE NEXT YEAR'S ROUND WHEN WE HAVE OUR $8,000 FOR YOUR ORGANIZATION, BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT SICKLE CELL, UM, IS IMPORTANT. AND YOU HAVE A PERSONAL STORY, UH, REGARDING SICKLE CELL. SO WE WANT YOU TO TELL US AT THAT STORY, AND PLEASE ACCEPT OUR PROCLAMATION TONIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. OH, THIS IS, THIS IS AMAZING. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR THIS. WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT. I AM ALSO VERY GRATEFUL TO HAVE BOARD MEMBERS HERE WITH US RAIN AND ARLENE AND SHAQ. SO VOLUNTEERS. AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT, UM, SHAKIRA MARTIN, MY DAUGHTER, WHO WAS, UH, MISS JAMAICA IN 2011, BORN WITH SICKLE CELL DISEASE, ACTUALLY STARTED THE ORGANIZATION IN JANUARY OF 2016. SADLY THAT SAME YEAR IN AUGUST, SHE LOST HER BATTLE. SHE WAS 30 YEARS OLD. SO WE ARE CARRYING ON HER LEGACY. OUR MISSION IS TO BUILD AWARENESS AND THROUGH EDUCATION, AND ALSO TO HELP TO IMPROVE THE LIVES OF THOSE LIVING WITH SICKLE CELL HERE IN FLORIDA. I WOULD, IF, IF I CAN GIVE YOU ONE TAKEAWAY, I WOULD ASK ALL OF YOU TO KNOW YOUR STATUS. IT DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU THINK OR DON'T THINK IT'S IN THE FAMILY. GET TESTED, GET YOUR FAMILY MEMBERS TESTED. AND IF SOMEONE TELLS YOU THEY'RE IN PAIN, BELIEVE THEM. THERE'S A LOT OF STIGMA ATTACHED TO PEOPLE WHO GO TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM. PEOPLE SOMETIMES THINK THEY'RE DRUG SEEKING. IT'S VERY DIFFICULT. IT'S A MONSTER. IT COMES AT YOU AND ALL IN, YOU KNOW, ALL HOURS OF THE DAY UNEXPECTEDLY. SO [00:40:01] JUST BE COMPASSIONATE AND SUPPORT THOSE. YOUR FRIEND AT SCHOOL OR AT WORK MAY BE ABSENT A LOT. UM, THAT COULD BE ONE OF THE REASONS THEY TEND NOT TO SHARE A LOT BECAUSE THEY THINK THEY'RE, THEY'RE A BURDEN. SO I JUST WANTED TO, YOU KNOW, JUST THANK YOU FOR THIS EVERYONE, THE CITY AND ALSO HANS, WHO I KNOW HAS A DAUGHTER AS WELL, LIVING WITH SICKLE CELL. SO WE ARE IN TOUCH AND WE, WE SHARE A LOT OF THE SAME JOURNEY, SO OH, YES. AND WE HAVE A BRUNCH ON SUNDAY. UM, WE DO AN ANNUAL BRUNCH CALLED ISLANDS OF HOPE. IT'S ON SUNDAY THE 13TH FROM 11 TO THREE AT THE, UM, JACARANDA COUNTRY CLUB. AND THE TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE ON EVENTBRITE. I HOPE YOU CAN MAKE IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. SAH YOU CAN BLESS YOU, BLESS YOU, BLESS YOU. ALL RIGHT. PROCEEDING RIGHT ALONG. WE ARE NOW UP TO OUR CITY MANAGER'S REPORT. FOR ANYBODY WHO'S LEAVING, PLEASE GET HOME SAFELY. CITY MANAGER, YOUR REPORT. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. GOOD EVENING MAYOR, VICE MAYOR. COMMISSIONERS. GONNA WAIT FOR THE AUDIENCE TO SETTLE DOWN FOR JUST TWO SECONDS AND THEN, UM, AND I'LL CONTINUE. ALRIGHT, SO, CITY OF TAMARACK AND WHITES, OUR RESIDENTS TO STAY INFORMED AND PARTICIPATE IN THE UPCOMING FY 2027 BUDGET HEARINGS. THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE HELD ON MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 14TH, 2026 AT 5:05 PM FOLLOWED BY THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING ON WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23RD, 2026 AT 5 0 5. 5:05 PM BOTH HEARINGS WILL TAKE PLACE IN THE COMMISSION CHAMBERS AT CITY HALL, AND IT WILL ALSO BE BROADCAST ONLINE AND ON FACEBOOK LIVE. AS I REPORTED, UM, THE LAST COMMISSION MEETING, MINOR HOME REPAIR IS NOW OPEN. PLEASE DON'T MISS THE DEADLINE, APPLY ONLINE TODAY. FUNDING IS LIMITED. APPLICATION PERIOD IS SEPTEMBER 8TH, 2026 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 21ST, 2026, ENDING AT 12:00 PM APPLICATIONS MAY CLOSE EARLIER, ONCE HUNDRED 50 APPLICATIONS ARE RECEIVED, AS YOU KNOW, WHILE ELIGIBLE REPAIRS ARE, UM, ACCESSIBILITY, ELECTRICAL, PLUMBING, HVAC, ROOF IMPACT, WINDOWS AND DOORS. AND, UM, PLEASE APPLY ONLINE AT ACH.GOV/HOME REHABIL. REHABILITATION AMENDMENT THREE IS A PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE FLORIDA CONSTITUTION THAT WOULD CHANGE FLORIDA'S PROPERTY TAX SYSTEM AS PART OF THE BROWARD LEAGUE OF CITIES EDUCATE ON THREE INITIATIVE. THE IS SHARING INFORMATION TO HELP RESIDENTS UNDERSTAND THE AMENDMENT, TAMARACK PROPERTY TAX REVENUE, AND THE MUNICIPAL SERVICES AND, UM, MUNICIPAL SERVICES THAT ARE SUPPORTED BY LOCAL REVENUE. SO INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE@TAMARACK.GOV ON THAT WEBSITE. UH, IT SAYS EDUCATE ON THREE AND IT'S ALSO BEING SHARED ACROSS THE CITY'S SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS. AND, AND, UM, IF YOU, UH, FOLLOWING WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE CITY, UH, COMMISSIONERS ARE ALSO HOSTING, UM, A NUMBER OF SESSIONS, EDUCATIONAL SESSIONS WITH THE, UH, PROPERTY APPRAISER AND, AND OTHER, UM, OFFICIALS FROM THE STATE, UH, REGARDING EDUCATION [00:45:01] ON UPCOMING AMENDMENT THREE. AND, UM, CITY'S RESIDENT SURVEY IS NOW CLOSED. THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO PARTICIPATED AND PROVIDED VALUABLE FEEDBACK. THE BUSINESS SURVEY, IT REMAINS OPEN AND IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR APPROXIMATELY TWO MORE WEEKS, UH, PROVIDING LOCAL BUSINESSES ADDITIONAL TIME TO SHARE THEIR FEEDBACK. SO HELP US GET, UM, GET YOUR FEEDBACK AND UM, AGAIN, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF UPCOMING EVENTS. IF YOU CAN, UM, VISIT OUR WEBSITE, DISCOVER UPCOMING COMMUNITY EVENTS, FAMILY, FUN, RECREATION PROGRAMS, FITNESS ACTIVITIES, AND MORE HAPPENING THROUGHOUT THE CITY. PLEASE DON'T MISS WHAT'S COMING NEXT. UM, VISIT THE WEBSITE AND STAY CONNECTED WITH ALL THE THINGS THAT'S HAPPENING. THIS FALL. CITY OF TAMARACK FACILITIES WILL BE CLOSED THIS FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11TH, 2026 IN OBSERVATION OF THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF SEPTEMBER 11TH. PATRIOT DAY, REGULAR BUSINESS HOURS WILL RESUME MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 14TH. AS WE MARK 25 YEARS SINCE THAT TRAGIC DAY, WE PAUSE TO REMEMBER THE LIVES LOST, HONOR THE BRAVERY AND SACRIFICE OF OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, AND REFLECT ON THE STRENGTH, COURAGE, AND UNITY DEMONSTRATED BY OUR NATION. OUR NEXT COMMISSION MEETING WILL BE HELD ON SEPTEMBER 23RD, UH, 2026 AT 9:30 AM AND UM, THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT, MADAM MAYOR, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND NOW WE HAVE OUR BSO MONTHLY UPDATE. SO, SO YOU ARE LIEUTENANT. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. ON BEHALF OF MAJOR PALMER AND CAPTAIN FRANKS, WHO IS ON A WELL DESERVED VACATION. SOMEONE TOLD AND WHO WAS APPARENTLY APPROVED, WELL DESERVED THOUGH, SO HOPEFULLY HE'S HAVING A GOOD TIME. I THINK HE'S WATCHING ACTUALLY. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. CITY MANAGER, MADAM MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, CITY ATTORNEY, CITY CLERK, AND THOSE IN ATTENDANCE TONIGHT, THE TAMARACK DISTRICT. WE'LL START WITH OVERALL CRIME REDUCTION. THE TAMARACK DISTRICT CONTINUES TO SEE POSITIVE RESULTS IN OUR OVERALL CRIME PICTURE FOR AUGUST. TOTAL REPORTED PART ONE OFFENSES DECREASED BY 12% TO AUGUST OF LAST YEAR FROM 91 TO 80 OFFENSES. OUR PROPERTY CRIME NUMBERS WERE PARTICULARLY ENCOURAGING WITH AN OVERALL 18% REDUCTION, WHICH INCLUDES A 44% REDUCTION IN AUTO THEFT, A HUNDRED PERCENT REDUCTION IN BURGLARY STRUCTURE, AND A 33% REDUCTION IN RESIDENTIAL BURGLARIES. NOW IF YOU LOOK AT THE A HUNDRED PERCENT, IT'S ONLY ONE TO ZERO, BUT IN MY LINE OF WORK, YOU'LL TAKE ANY 100% REDUCTION IN ANYTHING. VIOLENT CRIMES, UH, VIOLENT CRIME INCREASED MODESTLY 11% FROM 19 TO 21 OFFENSES. MOST OF THEM ARE UNDER THE ROBBERY AND SEXUAL BATTERY CASES. HOWEVER, OF NOTE, MOST, IF NOT ALL OF THOSE CASES HAVE KNOWN SUSPECT AND CHARGES WILL BE PENDING. OUR CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS AND CRIME SUPPRESSION TEAMS CONTINUE TO WORK PROACTIVELY TO IDENTIFY TRENDS, DEVELOP INTELLIGENCE AND TARGET THE INDIVIDUALS AND LOCATIONS CONTRIBUTING TO THESE OFFENSES, ALL OF WHICH HAVE HAD POSITIVE EFFECTS MONTH TO MONTH PROACTIVE POLICING, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, ONE OF THE AREAS I'M PARTICULARLY PROUD OF IS OUR CONTINUED EMPHASIS ON PROACTIVE POLICING. OUR PARK WALK AND TALK INITIATIVE INCREASED BY 44% FROM 657 TO 9 48 IN AUGUST. THESE CONTACTS GIVE OUR DEPUTIES AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET OUT OF THEIR VEHICLES, ENGAGE DIRECTLY WITH RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES, IDENTIFY CONCERNS BEFORE THEY BECOME CALLS FOR SERVICE, AND STRENGTHEN THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN OUR DEPUTIES AND THE COMMUNITY. OUR ARREST ACTIVITY, WE HAD 79 ARRESTS DURING THE MONTH OF AUGUST. OF THOSE 79 ARRESTS, 15 WERE DOMESTIC RELATED, PARDON ME, PARDON ME. 15 WERE DOMESTIC RELATED, HIGHLIGHTING THE CONTINUING WORK OUR DEPUTIES ARE DOING TO ADDRESS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND PROTECT VULNERABLE VICTIMS. I WANT TO NOTE THE NUMBER OF ARRESTS ALONE DOES NOT TELL THE ENTIRE STORY OF OUR POLICE ACTIVITY. OUR FOCUS REMAINS ON QUALITY ENFORCEMENT SOLVING CASES, PREVENTING CRIME AND ADDRESSING THE ISSUES THAT HAVE THE GREATEST IMPACT ON OUR COMMUNITY. TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT TRAFFIC SAFETY, OF COURSE, REMAINS A SIGNIFICANT PRIORITY OF THE TAMARACK DISTRICT. WE ISSUED 1,749, I'M SORRY, 1,794 CITATIONS IN AUGUST. AN INCREASE OF 13% OVER THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR. AT THE SAME TIME, TOTAL CRASHES DECREASED BY AN IMPRESSIVE 38%. SO OBVIOUSLY IF WE'RE OUT THERE WRITING CITATIONS, PEOPLE ARE RECEIVING THESE EDUCATIONAL CERTIFICATES STARTING TO SLOW DOWN AND STARTING TO OBEY. AND IT'S LEADING TO A SIGNIFICANT DECREASE IN CRASHES IN SOME OF OUR MAJOR INTERSECTIONS. SO A QUICK STORY ON THAT. WE ACTUALLY HAVE OUR TRAFFIC DEPUTY ASSIGNED AND WE ALSO HAVE [00:50:01] DEPUTIES ENFORCING TRAFFIC IN A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT MEANS. WE HAD TO PULL SOMEBODY OVER THE OTHER DAY. IT HAD TO DO WITH A LICENSE PLATE ISSUE. SO THE DEPUTY'S WALKING UP TO THE WINDOW, THE DRIVER'S SIDE OF THE VEHICLE, AND THE PERSON ROLLS DOWN THEIR WINDOW AND, YOU KNOW, KIND OF LEANS OVER, CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT YOU PULLED ME? YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU PULLED ME OVER FOR? 'CAUSE I KNOW IT WASN'T FOR SPEEDING. 'CAUSE PEOPLE KNOW NOT TO SPEED IN TAMRA ANYMORE. SO THAT WAS A NICE STORY. I THINK THE DEPUTY SMILED, I THINK WHEN WE SHARED THAT STORY WITH THE CITY MANAGER LAST WEEK. UH, THE PEOPLE AT THE, THE BUILDINGS, UH, OR AT THAT TABLE SMILED AS WELL. THAT'S THE OUTCOME WE'RE LOOKING FOR. WE WANT PEOPLE TO PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT THEY'RE DOING, PUT THE PHONES DOWN, PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT THEY'RE DOING, DRIVING CALLS FOR SERVICE. OUR TOTAL CALLS FOR SERVICE REMAINED RELATIVELY STABLE, DECREASING ONLY 1%, 41,000, I'M SORRY, 4,140 TO 4,114. IF YOU LOOK AT THOSE NUMBER OVER A 30 DAY OR 31 DAY MONTH, WE'RE HANDLING OVER 137 CALLS FOR SERVICE A DAY. THAT'S SIGNIFICANT ANY GIVEN MONTH. INTERESTINGLY, THE DISPATCH CALLS FOR SERVICE DECREASED BY 13% WHILE SELF-INITIATED ACTIVITY INCREASED BY 16%. THAT REFLECTS OUR DEPUTY SPENDING MORE TIME PROACTIVELY ADDRESSING RATHER THAN SIMPLY ADDRESSING CALLS AFTER SOMETHING OCCURS. UH, WE CONTINUE TO FOCUS OUR CRIME, UH, AND ACTIVITY DATA TO IDENTIFY LOCATIONS REQUIRING OUR ATTENTION. OUR TOP CITATION, LOCATIONS, AND CRASH LOCATIONS HELP US STRATEGICALLY DEPLOY OUR TRAFFIC MOTORS, PATROL SERVICES AND CRIME SUPPRESSION TEAM, RATHER THAN A ONE SIZE FITS ALL APPROACH. I WANT TO EMPHASIZE JUST A COUPLE THINGS IN CLOSING. WHILE THERE'S STILL AREAS THAT REQUIRE ATTENTION, PARTICULARLY VIOLENT CRIME, WE REMAIN COMMITTED TO THE PROACTIVE DATA DRIVEN APPROACH. OUR DEPUTIES, CRIME SUPPRESSION TEAM, CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS, MOTORS, AND DISTRICT PERSONNEL CONTINUE TO WORK TO KEEP TAMRA SAFE AND RESPOND TO THE NEEDS OF OUR RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES. ONE OF THE THINGS, OUR FEW THINGS I'D LIKE TO EMPHASIZE, WE'RE NOT JUST RESPONDING TO CRIME, WE'RE WORKING ON PREVENTING IT. THE 44% INCREASE IN WALK A PARK, WALK AND TALK IS A GOOD INDICATOR OF OUR COMMITMENT TO BEING VISIBLE AND ACCESSIBLE TO THE COMMUNITY. THE REDUCTION IN CRASHES WHILE INCREASING TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT DE DEMONSTRATES THE VALUE OF TARGETED ENFORCEMENT. OUR GOAL IS NOT SIMPLY TO GENERATE STATISTICS, IT'S TO PRODUCE MEASURABLE IMPROVEMENTS IN QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES. AS ALWAYS, WE APPRECIATE THE CONTINUED PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY OF, UH, WITH THE CITY COMMISSION, CITY STAFF, AND THE RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES OF TREK. THANK YOU EVERYBODY. I'M HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. COMMISSIONER PATTERSON, DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION? YEAH. THANK YOU MAYOR. I JUST HAVE TWO QUICK QUESTIONS FOR YOU. SURE. UM, LIEUTENANT, UH, DO WE GET TO GET A DISCOUNT SINCE WE'VE GOT A DECREASE IN CALLS FOR SERVICE ? NO, I'M JUST KIDDING. UM, TWO BUT TWO SERIOUS QUESTIONS. ONE OF THEM IS, UM, IS THERE CURRENTLY, LIKE, UH, I I FEEL LIKE THE, THE BROWARD SHERIFF'S OFFICE DOES A FANTASTIC JOB WITH MARK ITS MARKETING CAMPAIGNS FROM THE DISTRICT LOCATION. DOES, UM, TAMARACK BSO HAVE THE CAPACITY TO DO ITS OWN MARKETING, UH, TO KIND OF JUST PUT OUT, NOT JUST FLYERS AT THE CITY WOULD, YOU KNOW, CIRCULATE ON YOUR BEHALF, BUT I FEEL LIKE THERE'S A, THERE'S A NEED FOR SOME ADDITIONAL JUST, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A GAP BETWEEN COMMUNICATION, RIGHT? YEAH. UM, I FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW, EVEN IF IT'S SIMPLE THINGS LIKE THE CADET PROGRAM AND THINGS THAT KIDS CAN GET INVOLVED IN ALL THE WAY THROUGH, YOU KNOW, IF YOU SEE SOMETHING, SAY SOMETHING LIKE, SURE, HOW DO WE, HOW DO WE BEEF THAT, THAT AREA UP? I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE FOCUSING ON, NOT ONLY THROUGH THE EXPLORER PROGRAM, WHICH WE STILL HAVE, UH, AN INITIATIVE TO RAISE THAT FROM 20 TO 25 TO EVEN 30 MEMBERS. BUT THE BROWARD SHERIFF'S OFFICE, TAMARACK DISTRICT DOES HAVE ITS OWN FACEBOOK PAGE, ITS OWN SOCIAL MEDIA OUTLET. SO WE DO GET A LOT OF INFORMATION OUT THAT WAY. UM, BUT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE WORKING TOWARDS IMPROVING, TRYING TO IMPROVE THOSE NUMBERS AND TRY TO, UH, BE MORE, MORE AVAILABLE IN THOSE AREAS SO THAT THERE'S MORE BACK AND FORTH. AND BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THAT'S A LOT WITH THE PARK WALK AND TALK WHEN YOU'RE WALKING YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND STOPPING AND SAYING HELLO, YOU'D BE SURPRISED HOW MANY PEOPLE JUST SAY, HEY, YOU KNOW WHAT, MY NEIGHBOR, I DIDN'T WANNA CALL IT IN. I DON'T WANNA BOTHER ANYBODY BUT MY UH, MY NEIGHBOR'S DOING THIS. OR, UM, YOU KNOW, THIS ONE, YOU KNOW, HAS, HAS SOME ISSUES WITH GOING TO SCHOOL IN THE MORNING, SOME NORMAL INFORMATION THAT YOU WOULDN'T GET FROM A CALL FOR SERVICE OR SOMEONE TAKING THE TIME TO CALL THE NON-EMERGENCY LINE. WE GET THAT INFORMATION BECAUSE WE'RE OUT IN THE PUBLIC. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S GONE OVER QUITE WELL ARE THE CRUISE LIGHTS, ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT. 'CAUSE YOU CAN SEE US FROM A MILE AWAY, BUT DEPUTIES WAVE THE COMMUNITY WAVES, THEY STOP AND SAY HELLO. YOU'RE STARTING TO KNOW, UH, YOU KNOW, WE CALL IT ZONE INTEGRITY. YOU'RE STARTING TO KNOW YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND YOU'RE STARTING TO KNOW YOUR, YOUR, YOUR ZONE AND YOUR RESIDENCE A BIT MORE. AND I THINK THAT'S IMPROVED EXTENSIVELY UNDER CAPTAIN FRANK'S LEADERSHIP. UH, THANK YOU. I'M GONNA SAVE THE QUESTION FOR LATER. THAT'S GOOD FOR ME. THANK YOU. SURE. THANK YOU EVERYBODY. [00:55:01] OKAY, WE [3. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION ] NOW GO TO PUBLIC PARTICIPATION. THE RULES ARE GOING UP ON THE SCREEN, BUT THE GENERAL IDEA OF THIS IS THAT YOU COME TO THIS PODIUM OVER HERE, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS IF YOU'RE NOT COMFORTABLE WITH THE ADDRESS, THE COMMUNITY WHERE YOU LIVE, OR AT LEAST THE COUNTY, UM, CITY. AND THEN IF WE'RE HAPPY WITH WHAT SOMEBODY'S SAYING IN THE AUDIENCE, WE JUST DO HAPPY HANDS. IF WE DON'T LIKE WHAT SOMEBODY'S SAYING, WE JUST KIND OF DO THIS. WE DON'T WANNA CHEER, CHEER, OR MAKE ANYBODY FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE FOR WHAT THEY'RE SAYING. EVERYBODY HAS A RIGHT TO BE RESPECTED FOR WHAT THEY'RE SAYING, BUT ALSO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, WE ASK THAT YOU BE RESPECTFUL. SO ON THAT NOTE, I GO DOWN THE LIST. ANYBODY WHO HAS SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC SPEAKING, FOR THE ITEMS THAT ARE NOT ON THE AGENDA, COME UP NOW. AND THEN IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT'S ON THE AGENDA, I'LL GO BACK THROUGH THE LIST. AND IF YOU HADN'T HAD A CHANCE TO SIGN UP FOR EITHER ONE, WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT WE ASK YOU AT THAT TIME. SO STARTING OFF, I'VE GOT KATE JOHNSON AND THEN JEFFREY SHAPIRO WILL BE NEXT. KATE JOHNSON, MAINLANDS FOUR. THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS TO COVER, BUT LET'S START WITH TONIGHT. EMBARRASSING PEOPLE NEEDING ASSISTANCE FOR A PHOTO OP IS APPALLING. BRIBING THEM TO SHOW UP HERE FOR MONEY, STATING THAT THIS IS THEIR ONLY CHANCE TO GET THE MONEY. SO YOU CAN FILL UP SEEDS FOR A SHOW IS BEYOND REPREHENSIBLE AND REMOVES DIGNITY FROM THESE PEOPLE. I'M SURE MANY OF THEM DON'T WANT THEIR FACES PLASTERED ALL OVER SOCIAL MEDIA. BUT WHEN YOU TRULY NEED THE MONEY TO FEED YOUR FAMILY, YOU'LL DO WHAT IT TAKES. YOU SHOULD BE ASHAMED. HERE'S A GOOD REMINDER. DON'T DO YOUR GOOD DEEDS PUBLICLY. TO BE ADMIRED BY OTHERS FOR YOU WILL LOSE THE REWARD FROM YOUR FATHER IN HEAVEN. MATTHEW SIX ONE TO THE ISSUE OF ALL OF THESE HANDOUTS, EVENTS, GIFT CARDS, FLYERS, BANNERS, POLITICAL CAMPAIGNING ON OUR DIME ICE CREAM, $455,000 CONCERTS AND MORE. NOT TO MENTION HOW MANY AMENDMENT THREE MEETINGS SO FAR? FOUR OR FIVE. AND NONE OF THIS IS COUNTING STAFF. BSO EMPLOYEE TIME PAY ONE COMMISSIONER SAYS IT ALL COMES FROM DONATIONS. WHAT DONATIONS YOU MEAN? THE $925,000 FROM 13TH FLOOR THAT WAS EXTRACTED FROM THEM IN EXCHANGE FOR APPROVAL ON TOP OF THE 750,000, THEY DEVOTED TOWARD A NEW UNNEEDED SHAKER VILLAGE COMMUNITY CENTER AND THE $250,000 FROM THEM FOR CHARITIES INCLUDING 25,000 TO FAITH CENTER AND SUNRISE OR THE MONEY FROM A PLAZA OWNER TOWARD PET PROJECTS LIKE WINE AND FOOD FESTIVAL TO GET YOU TO VOTE FOR HIS NEEDED FINANCIAL RELIEF. AND YOU WONDER WHY IT'S HARD TO GET BUSINESSES AND RESTAURANTS HERE, OR MAYBE YOU MEAN THE $500,000 FROM THE LEGAL SETTLEMENT MEANT FOR OUR WATER INFRASTRUCTURE? IT'S INTERESTING THAT ALMOST RIGHT AFTER YOU VOTED TO TAKE THAT MONEY, WE HAD A LEAK IN OUR SYSTEM THAT REQUIRED CHLORINATION FOR WEEKS, FORCING RESIDENTS TO SPEND THEIR MONEY ON BOTTLED WATER. ALL THESE SO-CALLED DONATIONS COULD HAVE BEEN MADE TO THE WATER INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDED. EVERY PENNY THAT DOES NOT GO TOWARD NEEDED REPAIRS IS MONEY TAXPAYERS ARE ON THE HOOK FOR. SO YES, THIS IS ALL TAXPAYER MONEY, WHETHER YOU ACKNOWLEDGE IT OR NOT. AND WE, TAXPAYERS WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE IT IF YOU HAD PUT OUR NEEDS FIRST. HECK FOR THE COST OF ONE CONCERT, EACH RESIDENT COULD HAVE BEEN GIVEN $6,000. NOW THAT'S REAL HELP. THANK YOU. WE HAVE JEFFREY SHAPIRO COMING TO THE MIC. AND THEN MARK GOGGIN IS NEXT. JEFFREY SHAPIRO, SHAPIRO WOODLAND, SECTION EIGHT. GOOD EVENING. THERE ARE CERTAIN COMMISSIONERS ON THIS DAIS THAT DON'T CARE AT ALL ABOUT [01:00:01] ANY OF THE RESIDENTS IN THE WOODLANDS COMMUNITY. IF I HAD THE POWER, I'D VOTE YOU OUT OF OFFICE. BUT I CAN'T DO THAT BECAUSE EACH DISTRICT ONLY VOTES THE RESIDENTS ONLY FROM EACH DISTRICTS VOTE FOR THAT DISTRICT COMMISSIONER. THINGS NEED TO BE CHANGED IN THE CITY. THE COMMISSIONERS SHOULD BE FOR EVERY SINGLE RESIDENT WITHIN THE CITY BOUNDARIES, NOT JUST YOUR OWN CONSTITUENTS. AND THIS NEEDS TO CHANGE. AND THAT'S WHY, YOU KNOW, YOU THINK I DON'T, IF I DON'T ATTEND THE MEETINGS, I DON'T KNOW WHAT GOES ON. I WATCH 'EM LIVE AND THE LAST MEETING WAS APPALLING. SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. THINGS NEED TO CHANGE IN THE CITY. AND IT'S UNFORTUNATE, IT'S VERY UNFORTUNATE. BUT EVERY RESIDENT OF THE CITY NEEDS TO VOTE FOR EVERY SINGLE COMMISSIONER THAT SERVES ON THIS DAYS. AND UNTIL THAT HAPPENS, WE'RE JUST, IT IS JUST GONNA BE TERRIBLE. ONE COMMUNITY FIGHTING AGAINST ANOTHER AND IT'S NOT RIGHT. AND THAT'S NOT WHAT YOUR DUTY SHOULD BE WHEN YOU'RE SWORN UP HERE TO BE A COMMISSIONER. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. AS MARK GON IS COMING UP, I BELIEVE IT'S ERICA HILL. DID YOU WANNA SPEAK? OKAY. DID YOU WANNA SPEAK AT THE NEXT ONE, ERICA? OR JUST OKAY, THEN WE HAVE MICHAEL RIVERA. WE'LL BE ON DECK. GOOD EVENING. MARK GAN FROM TARRICK LAKES OUT IN THE EAST SIDE OF TOWN. AND ONE THING I LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT I'VE WATCHED AND SOME OTHER PEOPLE HAVE MENTIONED THIS, THE COMMISSIONERS, INSTEAD OF PLAYING ON THEIR PHONES OR TEXTING MESSAGES DURING PUBLIC PARTICIPATION, THEY SHOULD BE PAYING ATTENTION TO THE C CL RESIDENTS, NOT DOWN LOOKING AT THEIR PHONES. I WANNA THANK, I KNOW VICE MAYOR, MS. DANIELS, CHRISTINE AND MOY. Y'ALL HAVE HAD THESE TAX PREPAREDNESS THINGS. GOOD. THE ONE LAST NIGHT. I KNOW WE HAD EXTRA CHAIRS OUT 'CAUSE YOU GOT SO CROWDED, RIGHT? , THEY, UM, OTHER THING IS PEOPLE WERE TALKING TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION WHAT IS BEING SAID, WHAT OUR COUNTY PROPERTY PRICES SAID, WE NEED TO START LOOKING AT CUTTING NEXT YEAR. CUT A LITTLE A YEAR OR TWO AGO, ONE OR TWO OF THE COMMISSIONERS WHEN WE HAD THE SEVEN MILEAGE POINT, YOU WANTED TO LOWER IT OR HE OR SHE WANTED TO LOWER IT, BUT NOBODY ELSE DID. NOW IS THE TIME TO LOWER IT. WE CAN CUT OUT 35 EVENTS. WE DON'T NEED 35 EVENTS. SAVE SOME OF THAT MONEY, INCREASE YOUR SALARY. LOOK IN LINE. WE PULL DOWN FROM THE LINE TAMARACK AND OUR SECTION HERE OF NORTHWEST, UM, BROWARD COUNTY. YOU ARE ONE OF THE TOP ONES BEING PAID CITIES WITH MORE PEOPLE, BIGGER COMMUNITIES, SUNRISE AND PEMBROKE PINES AREN'T MAKING AS MUCH. SO WE NEED TO LOOK AT THAT. THERE ARE THINGS THAT COULD START CUTTING BEFORE THE BUDGET HEARINGS. THINGS THAT YOU KNOW, YOU CAN CUT OUT RIGHT NOW. MAKE A LITTLE LEEWAY. YOU MENTIONED THE PEOPLE HERE. WE ALL HAVE TO PUT A LIVING AND FIGHT NOW WITH THE COST OF FOOD. YESTERDAY ON PROSPECT AND COMMERCIAL, THOSE GAS STATIONS IN THE MORNING, IT WAS 3 85, 8 O'CLOCK AT NIGHT, IT WAS FOUR 19. HOW MUCH OF RISE IS THAT? A LOT? ONE OTHER THING FOR THE LIEUTENANT ON HIS REPORT, COMMERCIAL ON 31ST WAS THE NUMBER ONE FOR ACCIDENTS AGAIN LAST MONTH. I TALKED ABOUT THE, UM, FUNCTION HALL THAT'S OPENING IN OUR DISTRICT, UH, WITH OUR COMMISSIONER, VICE MAYOR. WHEN THAT DOES OPEN, MAYBE THE LIEUTENANT SHOULD HAVE THE PATROL OFFICER BE SITTING AROUND THERE A LITTLE BIT MORE [01:05:01] IF WE'RE HAVING THE MOST ACCIDENTS WITHOUT THAT PLACE OPEN YET, WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN WHEN IT OPENS? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AS MICHAEL RIVERA COMES DOWN, I HAVE COLLEEN AND I THINK IT'S STEPHANIE, BUT I APOLOGIZE. JERMAINE. YES, NO, MAYBE SO. NO, NO. OKAY. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS MICHAEL RIVERA. I LIVE AT 96 10 NORTHWEST 65TH STREET RACK, FLORIDA 3, 3, 3, 2, 1. UH, THIS ONE'S ABOUT AMENDMENT THREE. UM, I'M SPEAKING TODAY TO OTHERS LIKE MYSELF, WHO WILL BE VOTING IN NOVEMBER IN FAVOR OF FLORIDA'S AMENDMENT. THREE, INCREASED HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION, LOWER CAP ON INCREASES IN NON NON-HOMESTEAD PROPERTY ASSESSMENTS. AND TO THOSE WHO MAY BE INTERESTED IN ALTERNATIVE THESIS THAN THOSE THAT WERE PROVIDED ON SEPTEMBER 8TH, 2026 DURING THE EVENT HOSTED BY COMMISSIONER MARLON BOLTON INFORMING TIME IRAQ RESIDENTS ABOUT AMENDMENT THREE AND ITS POTENTIAL IMPACTS ON THE CITY'S BUDGET. I'D LIKE TO BEGIN BY EXPRESSING THAT I WAS EXTREMELY DISTURBED LAST NIGHT WHEN I LEARNED HOW THIS CITY CANNOT EVEN BARELY EXIST WITHOUT THE THEFT OF AND THREAT AGAINST MY PROPERTY AND THE PROPERTY OF THOSE AROUND ME. IT SEEMS AS THOUGH PROPERTY TAXPAYERS ARE LESS THAN RESIDENTS AND MORE LIKE INDENTURED ENABLERS FOR THE CITY WHICH IS ADDICTED TO GROWTH. A SUSTAINABLE ONLY THROUGH THE COERCION OF FORCE AGAINST PROPERTY OWNERS WE'RE MEANT TO PROVIDE FOR THE CITY, DESPITE THE FACT THAT ITS VERY EXISTENCE APPEARS HARDLY EARNED BY ANY LEGITIMATE MEANS THAT I CAN THINK OF. IF VOTERS WERE ABLE TO SELF, SO IF VOTERS WERE EVER TO BE SO SELFISHLY FOOLISH TO DECIDE TO REDUCE THEIR OWN INDIVIDUAL LIABILITIES, THEN NEW LIABILITIES WE WERE INFORMED WOULD BE INTRODUCED AGAINST THEM, THE TAXPAYERS. I FEEL THAT THIS PERSPECTIVE SHOULD CAUSE OUR CITY COUNCIL TO IMMEDIATELY BEGIN EXTREME CUTS. BUT IT WON'T WILL IT. WHY WE'RE LUCKY TO HAVE CLEAN WATER AFTER ALL, BECAUSE IT REQUIRES A LOT OF MONEY AND CONTINUOUS PUNISHMENT OF PROPERTY OWNERS INVESTMENT THROUGH TAXATION TO QUENCH THIS THIRST. THAT IS MY FEELING FROM THE INFORMATION I WAS PROVIDED LAST NIGHT. BEHIND THE TAX COLLECTOR'S HAND IS A MAN STANDING WITH A SWORD READY TO TAKE YOUR OWN IF YOU DON'T PAY. CONTEXTUAL THREATS. VEILED AS CONSCIENTIOUS INFORMATION WERE DELIVERED TO THE AUDIENCE MEMBERS YESTERDAY EVENING, BUT THERE WAS FOOD TO OKAY. PROPERTY APPRAISER MARTYR BAND BEGAN BY MENTIONING THAT ICE CREAM IS PRETTY COOL. SO HE ALSO EXPLAINED SOME OF THE HISTORY PRIOR TO THE INTRODUCTION OF FLORIDA'S AMENDMENT THREE. I DIDN'T, UH, QUITE FOLLOW HIS INTERPRETATION OF HISTORY, BUT HE SAID THAT THE LEGISLATORS HAD WANTED TO IMPLEMENT A SALES TAX INCREASE AT SOME POINT. HE THEN SEGUED TO THE CONTEXT OF AMENDMENT THREE BY ALLUDING THAT AMENDMENT THREE WAS A STOPGAP TO, TO REDUCE TAX BURDEN, MAKING ROOM FOR INCREASES TO SALES TAX IN THE FUTURE. UH, IT'S MY OPINION THAT THESE DECEPTIVE MAGIC WORDS WERE USED AS PURELY, PURELY TO ELICIT EM AN EMOTIONAL RESPONSE FROM THE AUDIENCE, SPECIFICALLY TO MAKE PEOPLE FEEL AS THOUGH VOTING AGAINST AMENDMENT THREE IS A BETTER OPTION THAN THE DREADED SALES TAX INCREASE BECAUSE THE THREAT OF A SALES TAX INCREASE IS MOSTLY IRRELEVANT UNLESS OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS MAKE THAT HYPOTHETICAL THREAT OF REALITY. IN MANY CASES, VOTERS HAVE THE FINAL SAY IN THAT MATTER. CAN I HAVE MORE TIME? UNFORTUNATELY, IT'S, YEAH, RIGHT. SO LONG STORY SHORT, LOOK UP SB FOUR F IT WAS NOT MENTIONED ONE, ONE TIME LAST NIGHT, UH, DURING THE AMENDMENT THREE INFORMATION THING, AND I'LL, I'LL BE GOING TO THE ONE IN, IN, UH, IN LAUDER HILL AS WELL. UH, SB FOUR F HAS PROTECTIONS THAT PREVENT THE PEOPLE HERE FROM RAISING OUR MILLAGE RATES. SO MOST OF THE THREATS THAT THESE PEOPLE WERE TELLING US LAST NIGHT, THEY WEREN'T THREATS, THEY WERE INFORMATION, BUT ESSENTIALLY THAT INFORMATION WAS INCOMPLETE. LOOK UP SB FOUR F LOOK AT MY PUBLIC RECORD HERE AND YOU'LL FIND OUT MORE INFORMATION. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND THERE WILL BE MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOU TO SPEAK IF YOU WISH TO COME TO OUR BUDGET HEARINGS. PLEASE DO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WANTED TO SPEAK ON A NON AGENDA ITEM WHO DIDN'T HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK? COME ON UP. AND THEN, UH, GARY, GARY STEIN IN THE CLAREMONT SECTION OF, UH, KINGS POINT. I WAS AT THAT MEETING LAST NIGHT AND I'M NEW TO ALL THIS, BUT THERE'S, I BECAME AWARE OF THE SITUATION AND TAMARACK THROUGH, THROUGH SEEING THING POSTS ON FACEBOOK. SO I CAME TO THE MEETING LAST NIGHT, NOT, NOT UNDERSTANDING THE, THE WASTE THAT'S GOING ON IN THIS TOWN COMPLETELY OBLIVIOUS TO IT. SO I SENT YOU A QUESTION LAST NIGHT. I'D LIKE TO READ THE QUESTION AND I I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHETHER YOU SAW THAT QUESTION BECAUSE YOU, AT THE, AT THE END OF THE QUESTION PERIOD, YOU SAID THAT'S, THAT YOU, YOU DIDN'T GET ENOUGH, YOU DIDN'T GET ANY MORE QUESTIONS. AND I DID ASK YOU A QUESTION. GIMME ONE SECOND PLEASE. OH GOD. I SAID, DO YOU AS ELECTED OFFICIALS TAKE ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE UNFORTUNATE SITUATION WE'RE IN? AND THAT WAS REF REFERENCING AMENDMENT THREE. IS IT, YOU KNOW, IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S GONNA BE DRASTIC CUTBACKS. AND WHY IS THERE THE NECESSITY FOR THESE CUTBACKS AT THIS POINT? BECAUSE OF THE EXCESSIVE SPENDING, THE CRAZY SPENDING. AND BY THE WAY, I JUST GOT CAUGHT UP IN THAT LINE OUTSIDE. UH, I THOUGHT THAT WAS FOR THIS [01:10:01] MEETING. I THOUGHT IT WAS MUCH MORE CONCERN IN THIS TOWN THAN IT SEEMS TO BE. BUT I WAITED OUT THERE AND I COME IN HERE AND IT TURNS OUT IT'S ANOTHER GIVEAWAY. SO IT JUST SEEMS LIKE THAT AS THAT RELATES TO MY QUESTION, WOULD YOU PLEASE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE ADDRESS THAT QUESTION NOW? AND YOU SEEM LIKE A VERY CHARISMATIC PERSON. I'M A HUMER. YOU ARE A CHARISMATIC GUY, BUT MY CONCERNS ARE REAL AND I THINK I'M NOT ALONE. THERE'S A WHOLE, YOU KNOW, IT, IT SEEMS LIKE HE, I THINK EVERYBODY, IF THEY THOUGHT THIS THROUGH, THEY WOULD MAKE THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THIS AMENDMENT AT THIS POINT AND THE GIVEAWAYS IN THIS TOWN AND WHY YOU MIGHT BE SURPRISED THAT SOMEONE LIKE ME NOT INCLINED TO BE IN FAVOR OF THAT AMENDMENT. NOW I THINK I'M VOTING FOR THAT. SO MS, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND, SINCE I WAS, SINCE YOU WERE, YOU WERE HOSTING THAT MEETING, YOU KNOW, ANSWERING THAT QUESTION. THANK YOU. OKAY. HMM. COME ON. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS ON AN ITEM THAT IS NOT ON THE AGENDA? GO AHEAD. SEEING NONE. THEN AFTER DR. SCHILLER, THEN PUBLIC PARTICIPATION WILL BE CLOSED. GOOD EVENING. DARCY SCHILLER. UH, KINGS POINT. IT'S BEEN SINCE APRIL 19TH WHEN MY MOM PASSED THAT. I HAVEN'T BEEN HERE, BUT GUESS WHAT, I'M BACK. UM, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S A WARNING OR A PROMISE. UM, BUT IN THE MEANTIME, I HAVE A COUPLE OF ISSUES TO, UH, ADDRESS REGARDING THE, UH, MONEY GIVEAWAYS TONIGHT. I KNOW FOR A FACT THAT FINANCIAL, UM, ELIGIBILITY WAS REQUIRED. WE HAD A PROBLEM IN MY, UM, COMPLEX AND I CALLED OUR COMMISSIONER CRYSTAL AND SHE GOT RIGHT ON IT. BUT THIS IS FOR YOU MICHELLE, AND IT'S NOT A PUT DOWN. IT'S ABSOLUTELY ASKING YOU TO SUPPORT CRYSTAL AND FOLLOW THROUGH ON THIS. WHEN WASTE MANAGEMENT CAME UP HERE FOR RENEWAL, I REMEMBER THAT YOU AND MAURY WERE THE ONLY TWO AT THAT TIME THAT WANTED TO RENEW THEIR CONTRACT. AND I BELIEVE MARLON, KEISHA AND, UH, CRYSTAL WENT WITH A ALTERNATIVE GARBAGE COMPANY AND ULTIMATELY WEST MANAGEMENT WON. SOMEBODY, UM, DECIDED TO RUIN OUR DUMPSTER AND OUR PRESIDENT SPENT GOD KNOWS HOW MANY HOURS AND HOW MANY GALLONS OF CLOROX TO GET THE SMELL OUT THAT PERMEATED THE WHOLE FIRST FLOOR. HE CALLED WASTE MANAGEMENT. WE'LL GET TO IT NEXT WEEK. EXCUSE ME. WE PUT IN FOR NEW DUMPSTERS A YEAR AGO AND THEY SAID THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANY. WE NEED DUMPSTERS NOW. OUR COMMISSIONER GOT ON IT AND THEY SAID THEY'LL GET IT TO US IN A FEW DAYS. DO YOU WANNA COME OUT AND SMELL WHAT IT SMELLS LIKE ON THE FIRST FLOOR OF MY BUILDING? YOU COULD VOMIT AND WASTE MANAGEMENT NEEDS TO STEP UP BECAUSE I RECALL THAT THEY STATED TO US THAT THEY HAVE ENOUGH DUMPSTERS TO GO AROUND EVEN WHEN SOME ARE NOT, YOU KNOW, USABLE. SO I KNOW OUR COMMISSIONER LOOKED INTO IT. I WOULD LIKE YOU TO LOOK INTO IT AS WELL, SINCE YOU WERE A CHAMPION OF THEIRS FOR THAT. I THANK YOU. OKAY. I UNDERSTAND, AND I DON'T FULLY UNDERSTAND IT, THAT THERE'S THIS WHOLE BIG THING GOING ON OUT IN THE WOODLANDS AND IT'S GOTTA DO WITH SOIL EXCAVATION AND DISPOSAL. DOC DOC, DR. SCHULA. THAT'S GONNA BE AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA, SO YOU'LL HAVE TO SPEAK ABOUT IT AT THAT TIME. WHICH ITEM PLEASE? IT'S ITEM SIX BI BELIEVE IT'S SIX B SIX A. HOLD ON ONE SEC. IT'S SIX B. OKAY, SO YOU CAN COME BACK THEN ON ONE. OKAY, THEN ON THAT. NO, THERE IS NOT MUCH ELSE I HAVE TO SAY. THANK YOU. BE BACK. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. MOVING FROM PUBLIC PARTICIPATION, WE [4. COMMISSION REPORTS] ARE NOW GOING TO COMMISSION REPORTS. DISTRICT ONE VICE MAYOR. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR . UM, I WAS LOOKING FOR YOUR QUESTION, SIR, AND UH, AND I DID NOT, I DID NOT FIND IT. SO IF YOU CAN SEND ME A TEXT MESSAGE WITH YOUR QUESTION. UH, (954) 275-3850 IS MY CELL PHONE NUMBER. UH, I REALLY APPRECIATE, UM, SEEING THAT MESSAGE, UH, FROM YOU AND, UH, PERHAPS IT CAME THROUGH. UH, BUT YOU KNOW, THOSE QUESTIONS ALSO WENT TO IT, SO IF YOU WANT TO MAKE A RECORDS REQUEST FOR THE QUESTIONS THAT WERE GIVEN, YOU CAN ALSO DO THAT. I APPRECIATE YOU, UH, RESPONDING TO MY ORIGINAL QUESTION. I GOT TIED UP IN THE OTHER STUFF. THANK YOU. OKAY. UM, CHARISMATIC. I DON'T KNOW. HANDSOME. YES. UM, AND . AND SO, UH, YOU KNOW, IF, IF IF YOU FOLLOW, UH, MY, MY CAREER FROM [01:15:01] THE VERY FIRST DAY I WAS ELECTED IN THE CITY OF TAM, I HAVE ALWAYS LOOKED OUT FOR THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY. UM, IT'S NEVER ABOUT A PHOTO OPPORTUNITY. UH, IF IT WERE ABOUT A PHOTO OPPORTUNITY, I WOULD BE OUTSIDE RIGHT NOW, FORSAKING MY DUTIES, UH, WITH A CAMERAMAN OR CAMERA WOMAN, UH, AND TAKING PICTURES AND VIDEOS. IT'S NOT ABOUT THAT. IT'S ABOUT HELPING, UH, FAMILIES WHO ARE FACED WITH FOOD INSECURITY. UH, SO MANY OF OUR RESIDENTS ARE IN NEED, AND WE MUST HELP OUR RESIDENTS. UH, SOME OF THEM, UH, CANNOT MAKE ENDS MEET. AND SOME PEOPLE WOULD SAY THAT'S NOT GOVERNMENT'S RESPONSIBILITY. UM, AND TO SOME EXTENT, UM, I DO BELIEVE, UH, SOMETIMES, UH, THAT, UH, IT IS NOT GOVERNMENT'S RESPONSIBILITY TO STEP IN, UH, IN CERTAIN SITUATIONS. BUT WITH MY WHOLE HEART, I BELIEVE, UH, THAT GOVERNMENT SHOULD HELP WHEN GOVERNMENT CAN HELP. UM, LAST NIGHT I DID NOT ADVOCATE FOR OR AGAINST, UM, AMENDMENT THREE. UH, WE LIVE STREAMED, UM, THAT EVENT. WE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE, UM, THAT CAME, THE ROOM WAS FILLED TO CAPACITY. UM, SO MUCH SO WE WERE BURSTING THROUGH THE SEAMS, AND WE HAD TO, UH, SET UP, UM, CHAIRS, UM, IN THE LOBBY AREA FOR PEOPLE TO LISTEN. AND THERE WERE PEOPLE, UH, LISTENING ON THE, UH, WEBSITE AS WELL. UM, YOU KNOW, IT IS ALWAYS SAID THAT WHEN, UH, SOMEBODY REPEATS 20 LIES, UM, LIKE KATE JOHNSON ALWAYS DOES, UM, AND ONE TRUTH AND ONE TRUTH, THEN, UH, THE LIES WILL BE, UH, BELIEVED MORE THAN THE ONE TRUTH THAT IS, IS SAID. UM, IT IS UNFORTUNATE THAT, UM, SOMEBODY WHO, UM, YOU KNOW, IS, IS A PART OF THE CLOTH, SO TO SPEAK, UH, LIKE I AM, WOULD SPIT SO MUCH VENOM, UM, IN OUR COMMISSION MEETINGS AND, UM, TERRORIZE OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS WITH THE KIND OF, UH, MISINFORMATION, UM, THAT, UH, IT'S SPEWED EVERY MEETING. BUT THANKFULLY, I'VE SPENT THREE TERMS ON THIS CITY COMMISSION. UM, IN TWO YEARS. I NEED TO MAKE A DECISION WHETHER I STAY OR I GO. UM, AND HOPEFULLY, UM, NOT MY CHARISMA, AS YOU SAY, BUT MY EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE WILL, UH, HELP ME TO, UH, LAND SOMEWHERE ELSE. I APPRECIATE YOU FOR, UM, BEING HERE TONIGHT. UM, AND THAT THE ORIGINAL THOUGHT THOUGH, YOU, I I, I, I, I UNDERSTAND, BUT WE, WE DON'T, WE DON'T TALK. I'M SORRY, BUT WE, WE CAN HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH HIM AFTERWARDS. THANK YOU. YEAH. AND YOU KNOW, I, I NEVER, UM, SHY AWAY FROM A, A DISCUSSION OR DEBATE. UM, AND I WOULD ABSOLUTELY, UH, IF THIS MEETING, UH, ENDS EARLIER, THEN I, IT SHOULD, UH, I, I WILL HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH YOU. AS A MATTER OF FACT, I HAVE A CONVERSATION, CONVERSATIONS WITH LOTS OF OUR RESIDENTS ON THEIR VERANDAS, THEY CALL IT IN JAMAICAN, ON THEIR PATIOS, UM, SEVERAL TIMES PER WEEK WHEN THEY CAN'T MAKE IT TO CITY HALL. I I GO THERE, UM, AND, AND SO FORTH TO, TO TALK TO THEM. SO I'D LOVE TO COME SIT ON YOUR VERANDA NEAR PATIO TO HAVE, EXCHANGE A CUP OF COFFEE. UM, AND IF, UH, CAROL CLEANS UP THE FRONT OF HER HOUSE, UM, I'LL CERTAINLY COME TO YOUR HOUSE AS WELL TO HAVE COFFEE WITH YOU. YES, MAYOR, CAN YOU STOP, PLEASE? UM, SO TOMORROW THERE WAS, THERE'S GOING TO BE, UH, ANOTHER TAX MEETING IN, UH, THE CITY OF LAUDERHILL. UH, WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY IS EDUCATED ABOUT AMENDMENT THREE. AGAIN, NOT ADVOCATE OR, UM, GO AGAINST, UH, THIS MEASURE, BUT TO EDUCATE PEOPLE, TO LET THEM KNOW WHAT THEY'RE VOTING FOR AND TO LET THEM KNOW WHAT, UM, THE, THEIR CITIES, UH, IS GOING TO LOSE IF THEY WOULD VOTE YES. AND OF COURSE, UH, THE IMPACTS BENE BENEFITS AND POSITIVE AND, AND NEGATIVE IMPACTS OF, OF AMENDMENT THREE. SO PLEASE COME OUT TO THE CITY OF LAUDER HILL AT THE KEN THURSTON, UH, CENTER TOMORROW AT 6:00 PM UH, IT IS A TOUR THROUGH, UH, BROWARD COUNTY, NOT JUST THE CITY OF TAMARACK. SO THANK YOU AGAIN TO ALL OF THE PEOPLE WHO CAME, UH, LAST NIGHT. UM, AND I WISH, UH, THAT, UH, WE WILL HAVE, UH, MORE PRODUCTIVE MEETINGS, UH, LESS MISINFORMATION AND LESS AND MORE, UM, IMPACTFUL, UH, INFORMATION FROM OUR RESIDENTS. SO, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER [01:20:01] TWO. COMMISSIONER WRIGHT, NO REPORT, MADAM MAYOR. ALRIGHT, COMMISSIONER THREE, CRYSTAL PATTERSON. THANK YOU, MAYOR. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. I'M ACTUALLY, UH, QUITE THRILLED TO SEE SOME FACES HERE THAT, UH, I'VE NOT SEEN IN THE PAST. I THINK IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO DIVE IN A LITTLE BIT DEEPER INTO SOME OF WHAT WE'RE HEARING TONIGHT. UM, WELCOME, UH, MR, I'M SORRY I DIDN'T GET YOUR NAME, BUT I AM YOUR DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVE, AND I AM ACTUALLY HAPPY TO SEE THAT YOU'RE HERE, UM, BECAUSE I DO THINK THAT THERE IS QUITE A BIT OF MISINFORMATION AND DISINFORMATION THAT TENDS TO COME FROM THESE MEETINGS. AND, AND SO WITH THAT, I JUST WANT TO, YOU KNOW, PLACE ON THE RECORD THAT EVERY CLAIM, UH, THAT THERE'S, THAT THERE ARE CLAIMS THAT CITY INITIATIVES ARE FUNDED SOLELY BY TAXPAYER DOLLARS. AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT RESIDENTS UNDERSTAND THAT RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY TAXES ARE A STREAM OF THE CITY'S REVENUE, NOT THE ONLY STREAM OF REVENUE THAT THE CITY RECEIVES. OKAY? SO PROPERTY TAXES DO REPRESENT A PORTION OF THE OVERALL REVENUE, HOWEVER, IT IS NOT THE ONLY STREAM OF REVENUE. THOSE PROPERTY, THOSE RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY TAX, TAX DOLLARS ARE IN A LARGE PART USED TO SUPPORT STAFF SERVICES TO TAKE CARE OF YOUR PARKS, YOUR POLICE SAFETY BUDGET, YOUR FIRE SAFETY BUDGET. SO THE INITIATIVES THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TODAY, THIS, THIS COMMISSION HAS HAD TO CREATIVELY IDENTIFY WAYS TO BE ABLE TO MEET THE VARIOUS NEEDS OF THIS COMMUNITY. WHILE AT SOME POINT, THIS WAS ONLY A SENIOR COMMUNITY, THIS COMMUNITY HAS BECOME QUITE DIVERSE. AND SO IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE VERY DIVERSE COMMUNITY THAT THE CITY OF TEAC NOW IS, THIS COMMISSION HAS BEEN ABLE TO SOLICIT DONATIONS. WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO NEGOTIATE COMMUNITY BENEFITS WITH DEVELOPERS. WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO BRING IN ADDITIONAL STREAMS OF INCOME TO BE ABLE TO DEAL WITH THE ROUTINE CALLS FOR ASSISTANCE, WITH RESPECT TO ECONOMIC DISPARITIES AND CHALLENGES THAT OUR RESIDENTS DO HAVE THAT UNFORTUNATELY, THE CITY GOVERNMENT JUST DOES NOT HAVE PROGRAMMING TO MEET. AND SO WITH THAT, YOU KNOW, I, I SAW A COUPLE TEXT MESSAGES A FEW OF THE RESIDENTS SENT ME THIS MORNING THAT UNFORTUNATELY, YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE RESIDENTS WHO WILL TAKE INFORMATION, SKEW THE INFORMATION, MISREPRESENT THE FACTS, AND SADLY PREY ON THE SENIOR COMMUNITY. AND IT'S QUITE UNFORTUNATE BECAUSE I THINK THAT OUR SENIORS DESERVE THE FACTS. MY OFFICE IS ALWAYS OPEN. IF THERE IS EVER A QUESTION WITH RESPECT TO WHAT, HOW WE'RE SPENDING, WHAT WE'RE SPENDING ON, OR SPECIFICALLY WHAT I AM SPENDING ON, I'M ALWAYS HAPPY TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS. AND I, AND I WELCOME, UH, DISAGREEMENT, RESPECTFUL DISAGREEMENT, THOUGH WE'RE NOT ALWAYS GOING TO AGREE, I'VE GOT, WE'VE GOT A 70,000, THIS IS, THIS CITY IS COMPRISED OF 70,000 PEOPLE. WE'RE NOT ALWAYS GONNA AGREE ON AN EVENT. WE'RE NOT ALWAYS GONNA AGREE ON WHETHER OR NOT A ROAD NEEDS PAVING. HOWEVER, WE DO NEED TO TRUST THAT THE DECISIONS THAT ARE BEING MADE FROM THIS DAIS ARE IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THIS CITY. AND SO, WITH THAT, I DO WANNA JUST PUT INTO THE RECORD RECENTLY, I AM GRATEFUL THAT I WAS ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, THROUGH DEVELOPER DOLLARS, PUT TOGETHER A SENIOR RELIEF PROGRAM THAT ASSISTED A HUNDRED RESIDENTS. AND I'M JUST GONNA READ INTO THE RECORD SOME OF THE COMMENTS THAT I PERSONALLY AND MY OFFICE RECEIVED IN RESPONSE. OH MY LORD, THANK YOU SO, SO VERY MUCH. I DON'T KNOW HOW I'M GOING TO MEET MY BILLS NEXT MONTH, BUT I KNOW THAT GOD IS IN CONTROL. THANK YOU. AND TELL MS. CRYSTAL, GOD BLESS HER AND HER FAMILY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CRYSTAL. I RECEIVED THE APPROVAL LETTER, AND I'M VERY GRATEFUL FOR YOUR HELP. HAVE A NICE EVENING. IT IS WITH GREAT JOY AND RELIEF THAT I RECEIVED THE ACCEPTANCE LETTER FROM YOUR OFFICE. I FEEL BETTER THAT I, THAT EVEN IN THE SHORT TERM, I CAN AFFORD MY DIABETES SENSOR THIS MONTH SINCE MEDICARE HAS BEEN REJECTING MY DOCTOR'S ORDER AND I'VE BEEN PAYING OUT OF POCKET ON TOP OF NEEDING A $7,000 AC SYSTEM. MAY GOD BLESS YOU AS YOU CONTINUE TO BE THE SENTINEL OF YOUR TAMARA CONSTITUENTS. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT ANYBODY ELSE, BUT WHEN I RAN FOR OFFICE, I DIDN'T RUN FOR OFFICE WITH THE INTENT TO ATTACK ANYONE ON THIS DIET. I RAN A CLEAN RACE. I DIDN'T NEED TO RUN ON THE HEELS OF ANYBODY. I HAD AN INITIATIVE, I HAD AN AGENDA, AND I EXECUTED. CHECK MY RECORD. THE FACTS ARE THERE. WITH THAT BEING SAID, I JUST WANNA THANK YOU GUYS FOR COMING OUT TONIGHT. THANK YOU. IF YOU CAME OUT TO ANY OF THE PROPERTY TAX SESSIONS, WE, AS IF YOU UNDERSTAND THE WAY THE LEGISLATION IS WRITTEN, WE ARE PREEMPTED FROM BEING ABLE TO GIVE YOU OUR OPINIONS ON THIS LEGISLATION. HOWEVER, WE PROVIDED THESE TOWN HALLS SO THAT YOU HAVE AS MUCH INFORMATION AS AS MUCH INFORMATION AS POSSIBLE. UNFORTUNATELY, IN A LOT OF CASES, IT'S A HEFTY, UH, IT'S A LOT OF MATERIAL. IT'S TOUGH TO UNDERSTAND. IT'S TOUGH TO FOLLOW SPECIFICALLY [01:25:01] IF YOU'VE NOT BEEN ENGAGED. HOWEVER, AGAIN, I THINK WE ALL WELCOME YOUR FEEDBACK. WE ALL WELCOME WHATEVER CONVERSATION THAT WE CAN HAVE WITH YOU, WITH RESPECT TO WHATEVER YOUR CONCERNS ARE AND ARE ALWAYS ABLE TO POINT YOU IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION IF WE CAN'T HANDLE IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER. DR. DANIEL, DISTRICT FOUR. GOOD EVENING. GOODNIGHT, EVERYONE. I'LL BE SHORT. IT WON'T BE THAT LONG, BUT JUST SOME UPDATES ON STUFF HAPPENING IN DISTRICT FOUR. AND IF YOU'RE RESIDENT RACK, YOU'RE ALWAYS WELCOME TO COME. I KNOW ONE OF THE RESIDENT FROM WOODLAND SAID IT SHOULD BE, UM, ONE CITY, ONE VOTE, BUT EACH DISTRICT IS UNIQUE AND HAVE DIFFERENT NEEDS AND DIFFERENT WANTS. BUT ANY EVENT I SPONSOR AND PUT ON, EVERYONE IN TAMRA IS WELCOME. REALLY, ANYONE CAN COME. IT'S, IT'S, IT'S OPEN. SO PLEASE FEEL FREE TO COME. MY EVENTS ARE SO GOOD. EVEN MY OPPONENTS SHOW UP TO ALL OF THEM FOR SOME REASON. SO MAKE SURE YOU COME. IF YOU DID NOT GET TO COME TO ANY OF THE, THE TOWN HALL MEETING, THE ONE WE HAD LAST NIGHT THAT I CO, UM, SPONSOR, IS THAT WHAT YOU CALL WITH, UM, COMMISSIONER BOLTON WENT VERY WELL. AND THAT'S WHAT MARKETING DOES. IT MAKES PEOPLE AWARE OF WHAT'S GOING ON. IF YOU LOOK AT WHO'S WATCHING THIS COMMISSION MEETING RIGHT NOW IS THREE PEOPLE. THE CITY HAS 75,000. HOW DO YOU REACH THE REST? YOU HAVE TO MARKET. I'VE BEEN ON THIS, IN THIS CHAIR FOR LIKE FOUR YEARS. AND ONE TOPIC THAT ALWAYS COMES UP IN STRATEGIC PLANNING, EVERYBODY HERE CAN ATTEST TO IT IS MARKETING. NOW WE'RE MARKETING PEOPLE COMPLAINING. I CAN ASSURE YOU, SIR, ONE THING I'VE LEARNED BY SURPRISE IS THAT THERE'S A GROUP OF PEOPLE HERE THAT JUST LIES. THEY JUST TELL LIES AND STUFF IS UNCLEAR. SO IF YOU NEED FACTS, GO TO THE PEOPLE WITH THE FACTS. NO TAXPAYER MONEY WAS SPENT. THE WATER TAKING CARE OF WATER, THE WATER BILL IS A WHOLE SEPARATE ENTITY. NONE. I DON'T THINK THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OR TAXPAYER GIVE US MONEY TO JUST SPEND IT FREELY. IT'S JUST NOT TRUE. YEAH. AND IT SAYS, WHAT IF YOU SCAN IT, IT GOES TO THE CITY WEBSITE. YES, SIR. YES. SO THAT'S FOR INFORMATION. THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT IT'S FOR. I'LL GIVE YOU ANOTHER ONE TONIGHT. THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT IT'S FOR. THIS CITY. WE WEREN'T ELECTED BY THE TWO PEOPLE WHO COMES HERE AND COMPLAIN. IT'S BY THE 75,000 WE REPRESENT, NOT JUST ONE MINDSET. DIVERSITY MATTERS, EVERYBODY. VOICE MATTER, NOT ONE, NOT ONE CULTURE, NOT ONE COLOR. EVERYONE. YES, BECAUSE I CAN, BECAUSE IT'S OBVIOUS. SO WE ALL MATTER. WE ARE HERE TO REPRESENT EVERYONE. SO ON THE 22ND, IF YOU STILL HAVE CONCERN, LIKE I SAID AT THE MEETING YESTERDAY, MY TEXT IS HOT, I MIGHT VOTE NO TAX. EVERYBODY'S ENTITLED TO THEIR VOTE. VOTE WHAT YOU THINK. WE'RE JUST INFORMING YOU, RIGHT? GO READ ONLINE. YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE TO COME. THESE ARE VIRTUAL. IT'S SO SEPTEMBER 22ND, VIRTUAL TOWN HALL MEETING WITH REPRESENTATIVE LISA DON CLA AT 7:00 PM FOLLOW ME ON THAT. YOU SCAN IT, YOU'LL GET THE INFORMATION TO COME ON OUT VIRTUALLY ON SEPTEMBER 25TH, WE'LL HAVE FARM SHARE, FOOD DRIVE. BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE IN OUR CITY THAT NEEDS FOOD. AND WE'LL HAVE THAT. I HAVE THAT MONTHLY. SO MAKE SURE YOU COME OUT IF YOU HAVE ANY NEEDS FOR FOOD. IT'S EXPENSIVE. I BOUGHT A BAG OF POTATO TODAY IN PUBLIX. IT WAS $8 AND SOMETHING FOR LIKE SIX POTATOES. LISTEN, IT IS BAD. PEOPLE HERE TALKING ABOUT WE GET PAID SO MUCH, BUT I GET PAID. CAN'T PAY MY MORTGAGE. . ARE YOU KIDDING ME? NOW IMAGINE THAT IT'S NOT, IT IS HARD FOR SOME PEOPLE. THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SELFISH AND CONSTANTLY TALKING, SOME OF US ARE STRUGGLING. SOME OF YOUR RESIDENTS, THEY MIGHT NOT TELL YOU 'CAUSE THEY HAVE PRIDE. THEY ARE STRUGGLING. OCTOBER 26TH, I'LL ALSO HAVE A GAS GIVE GAS CARD GIVEAWAY WITH MONEY THAT WAS DONATED, NOT TAXPAYER MONEY. YES, MA'AM. SEE, NOT 'CAUSE YOU SAY NO, DOESN'T MAKE IT. SO FAX OCTOBER 2ND, ANOTHER FARM SHARE, FOOD DRIVE GIVEAWAY AT EDGEWATER PARK. OCTOBER 29TH, ANOTHER VIRTUAL TOWN HALL MEETING. SO COME ON, I KNOW YOU'LL BE THERE. COME TO EVERYTHING I DO. OCTOBER 16, OUR BLUE NOSE PE PEOPLE, AND PUPPY CONCERT. MAKE SURE YOU COME 5:00 PM AT TAMARACK PARK. HOPE TO SEE YOU AT ONE OF THESE EVENTS AND HAVE A GOOD NIGHT. THANK YOU. UM, GRANDVILLE WILL BE RECEIVING THEIR NEW DUMPSTER TOMORROW. I WANT TO THANK COMMISSIONER WRIGHT AND THE WONDERFUL ORGANIZATION OF ISLAND SPACE MUSEUM FOR THE HERS EVENT THAT THEY HAD AT TAMARA COMMUNITY [01:30:01] CENTER. IT WAS A WONDERFUL EVENT, UM, PLEASURE OF GOING TO THE FFL CIO AND CELEBRATING WITH UNION. I AM THE PROUD DAUGHTER OF AN ELECTRICIAN AND A TEACHER WHO THEN BECAME AN ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL. UM, LABOR DAY WAS ALWAYS A WONDERFUL DAY IN OUR HOUSE, AND WE ALWAYS WENT WALK FOR THE LABOR DAY WALK IN MANHATTAN. UM, CHAMBER BREAKFAST WAS ALSO VERY GOOD. AND PLEASE GO OUT TO THEIR PINK GALA ON OCTOBER 21ST. IT'LL BE AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER. PLEASE REMEMBER, AS WE TALKED EARLIER, THERE'S FREE CANCER SCREENINGS AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER. UM, IT IS IMPORTANT TO GET CHECKED. NOBODY CARES WHAT YOUR BODY LOOKS LIKE. YOU DON'T WANNA TELL YOUR FAMILY MEMBER, I'M SO SORRY THAT I DIDN'T, I'M NOT GONNA BE HERE WITH YOU ANY LONGER BECAUSE I WAS TOO EMBARRASSED TO GET CHECKED. UM, IT, UM, I DID MISS THAT PART. I APOLOGIZE. THAT IS, THAT WAS WHAT WE HAD JUST HAD, THAT WAS LAST WEEK. MY APOLOGIES. UM, BUT WE CONTINUE TO DO 'EM AGAIN. WE'RE GONNA BE DOING A CANCER SCREENING ON NOVEMBER 7TH. UM, WE'RE BRINGING THE PROMISE FAN OVER TO THE SPORTS COMPLEX. I'LL HAVE SOME INFORMATION OUT THAT WE'RE FINISHING IT UP. IT'S A MEN'S HEALTH AWARENESS EVENT WHERE THEY'LL BE PLAYING SOCCER AND ALSO HAVING SOME SCREENINGS GOING ON. SO I'LL GET MORE INFORMATION OUT TO YOU FOR THAT ON NOVEMBER 7TH. UM, IT WAS GREAT GOING TO THE BRAVO AND BEAUTY MASTER RIBBON CUTTING MASTER, UM, BUSINESSES TWO NEW BUSINESS THAT OPENED UP, BUT THE OLD WINN DIXIE PLAZA WHERE WE'VE NOW RENAMED IT NOW, I THINK IT'S OFFICIALLY JUST B AND B PLAZA. NO MORE REFERENCE TO WINN DIXIE. UM, IT WAS AN HONOR AND A PRIVILEGE TO CELEBRATE JOSEPH HABA HOMIE'S BIRTHDAY. HE TURNED 90 YEARS YOUNG, UM, AND SHARED SOME STORIES WITH HIS FAMILY REGARDING, UM, HIS PLAYING DAYS OF SOCCER. I SPENT TODAY AND PROBABLY GO BACK FOR TOMORROW. WE HAVE A TWO DAY SEMINAR. IT'S OIC OF SOUTH FLORIDA MIDDLE CLASS SUMMIT IS CONVERSATIONS THAT ARE FOCUSED AROUND ECONOMIC MOBILITY AND LEADERSHIP AND INNOVATION, ESPECIALLY IN AN AI DRIVEN WORLD AS WE TALK ABOUT HERE. AND YOU'RE HEARING SO MUCH ABOUT MONEY, MONEY, MONEY, AND HOW ARE WE MAKING ENDS MEET? BECAUSE IT IS TRUE. YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON BEHIND SOMEBODY ELSE'S EYES AND WHAT'S GOING ON IN THEIR HOME. YOU DON'T KNOW IF THEIR INSURANCE HAS GONE UP OR THEY'RE TELLING THEM TO DO A NEW ROOF OR THEY HAVE TERMITES. BECAUSE LET'S BE REALISTIC. WE LIVE IN SOUTH FLORIDA AND THOSE BABIES ARE ALL OVER THE PLACE. SO ONCE YOU SEE YOUR NEIGHBOR'S HOUSE GOING UP, YOU KNOW YOUR OTHER NEIGHBORS ARE GOING UP, AND THEN MAYBE YOURS IS GOING UP TOO WITH A TENT AND DEALING WITH ALL THAT. AND ALL THESE THINGS ARE MONEY, AND IT'S A VERY HARD SITUATION TO TALK ABOUT. AND DIFFICULT DECISIONS NEED TO BE MADE. AND WHATEVER HAPPENS ON NOVEMBER 3RD, WHATEVER DECISIONS ARE MADE BY THE PUBLIC, DECISIONS WILL BE MADE BY YOUR COMMISSION AS WELL. AND ALL OF OUR MEETINGS ARE PUBLIC, SO WE DO ENCOURAGE YOU TO COME OUT TO OUR, OUR MEETINGS AND, AND PARTICIPATE WHERE YOU CAN. UM, SEPTEMBER 11TH, 25 YEARS FOR OUR HEROES, UM, PEOPLE WHO DIED TRYING TO SAVE PEOPLE IN BUILDINGS, UM, PENTAGON AND THE PLANE THAT WENT DOWN. SO PLEASE, IF YOU ARE NOT GOING TO BE GOING TO AN EVENT, AT LEAST TAKE SOME TIME AND WATCH THE NEWS. REMEMBER, WE DON'T WANT THIS STUFF HAPPENING AGAIN. UM, SOME PEOPLE DON'T EVEN KNOW IT EXISTED. SOME PEOPLE WEREN'T EVEN BORN YET. IF YOU HAVE SOME TIME AT 10 O'CLOCK, COME TO THE MOOSE. UM, ON ROCK ISLAND ROAD. THERE'S GONNA BE A CEREMONY IF YOU FEEL LIKE DOING A LITTLE WORKOUT AND TRYING TO DO THOSE STEPS. 111 STEPS. NICE LITTLE COMPETITION GOING ON AT RETROFIT HERE ON, UM, PINE ISLAND AND SOUTH GATE. THEY WILL HAVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE STARTING AT 8 46 IN THE MORNING, AND THEN THROUGHOUT THE DAY, JUST COME AND SEE IF YOU CAN, IF YOU CAN DO IT. I KNOW OUR FIREFIGHTERS AND SOME OF OUR BSO WILL BE THERE AS WELL. THERE WILL BE NO RUN CLUB THIS SATURDAY. EVERY SECOND SATURDAY OF THE MONTH, I DO A 5K WALK OR RUN. UM, DUE TO ROSH HASHANAH STARTING ON FRIDAY NIGHT AND GOING THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT, UM, WE HAVE CANCELED THE RUN CLUB FOR THIS MONTH. WISHING EVERYBODY CELEBRATING THE JEWISH NEW YEAR, ALYSSA NATO TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY. UM, I HOPE EVERYONE WILL COME OUT AND GET YOUR TICKETS FOR THE HAHAS. FOR THE TATAS. THAT IS OUR FOURTH ANNUAL, UM, EVENT WHERE WE COME OUT TO LAUGH FOR A CAUSE. BUT WE KNOW THAT CANCER'S NO LAUGHING MATTER AS A PROUD CANCER SURVIVOR. AND AS I SHARED WITH YOU EARLIER, 'CAUSE SOME OF YOU ARE HERE, UM, WHO LOST HER BROTHER TO IT, AND KNOWING HOW IT AFFECTS FAMILIES AND KNOWING HOW OUR NEIGHBORS HAVE PASSED AWAY FROM IT. AND IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO DO WHAT WE CAN TO EDUCATE, BE AWARE, PROTECT OURSELVES, EVEN IF IT'S A ZERO. AND YOU'VE GOTTA GET IT OUT, GET TAKEN CARE OF AND GET CHECKED. UM, SO LOOK FOR MORE INFORMATION ONLINE AS HAHAS FOR THE TATAS. UM, ON OCTOBER 27TH, STARTING FROM HERE AND GOING TO CORAL SPRINGS, THE VNA, WE WILL BE CELEBRATING OUR FIRST RESPONDERS. WE WILL HAVE A NICE LITTLE PARADE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE [5. CONSENT AGENDA ] ARE NOW GOING TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA, CITY [01:35:01] MANAGER. ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONS OR DELETIONS? NO, MAYOR. EXCELLENT. I'LL TAKE NO ONE IS WISHING TO PULL AN ITEM FROM THE AGENDA THAT I SEE. I'LL TAKE A SECOND TO MY MOTION. SECOND. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER WRIGHT WITH A SECOND CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. COMMISSIONER WRIGHT? YES. COMMISSIONER DANIEL? YES. MAYOR GOMEZ. YES. COMMISSIONER PATTERSON? YES. VICE MAYOR BOLTON? YES. THANK YOU. MOTION PASSES. FIVE TO ZERO. THANK YOU. NOW MOVING [6.a TR14425 - A Resolution of the City Commission of the City of Tamarac, Florida, requesting approval to execute an agreement between the City of Tamarac and Digitech Computer LLC attached hereto as Exhibit A for the administration, processing, and collection of fees associated with the transport of Emergency Medical Services (EMS) patients by Tamarac Fire Rescue Department for a three-year period beginning October 1, 2026, through September 30, 2029 at the percentage of revenues collected as set forth in the Agreement in an amount not to exceed $300,000 annually; providing for conflicts; providing for severability; and providing for an effective date.] ON TO OUR REGULAR AGENDA ITEM SIX A TR 1 4 4, 2 5, CITY ATTORNEY. PLEASE READ THE TITLE FOR THE RECORD. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR, A RESOLUTION IN CITY COMMISSIONER, CITY OF TAMARA REQUESTS AND APPROVAL TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF TAMARA AND DIGITA COMPUTER LLC FOR THE ADMINISTRATION PROCESSING COLLECTION OF FEES ASSOCIATED WITH TRANSPORT AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE. PATIENT BY TAMARA FIRE RESCUE DEPARTMENT FOR A THREE YEAR PERIOD BEGAN ON OCTOBER 1ST, 2026 TO SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2029, AND AT THE PERCENTAGE REVENUES COLLECTED SET FORTH IN AGREEMENT THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $300,000, PROVIDE FOR EFFECTIVE DATE. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND, MOVE IT. SECOND, OUR FIRE CHIEF FRAZIER WILL MAKE A PRESENTATION AND WILL BE AVAILABLE TO ANY FOR ANY QUESTIONS. GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS FOR THE RECORD. MY NAME IS JONATHAN FRAZIER, FIRE CHIEF. UM, I COMMISSION, UM, UH, COMMISSIONER PATTERSON MENTIONED EARLIER, THERE'S ALTERNATIVE, UM, REVENUE SOURCES. SO THIS IS ONE I'D LIKE TO BE ABLE TO EXPLAIN TO YOU ALL IN A LITTLE BIT DETAIL. THIS CONTRACT IS THROUGH DIGITECH, WHICH IS OUR CURRENT, UH, VENDOR FOR EMS BILLING. NOW, THIS IS A MULTIFACETED CONTRACT. WE DID SIGN A ONE YEAR CONTRACT LAST YEAR, AND THAT CONTRACT IS UP FOR EXPIRATION AT THE END OF THIS MONTH. SO, UM, COUPLE THINGS WE'RE GONNA GO OVER WHAT EXACTLY THEY DO, UM, WHAT THE DEFINITION OF PEMT AND MCO ARE, WHICH IS PEM T'S PUBLIC EMERGENCY MEDICAL TRANSPORTATION. AND MCO IS IS A MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATION. THESE ARE BOTH ADJUNCTS FROM THE STATE AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THAT ASSIST US IN WHAT WE DO WITH WHEN IT COMES TO REVENUE COLLECTION FROM OUR TRANSPORTS. A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND, LIKE I SAID, WE'VE SIGNED A THREE YEAR CONTRACT ABOUT 13 MONTHS AGO. THAT CONTRACT IS SET TO EXPIRE AT THE END OF THIS MONTH DURING THIS PORTION OF THE CONTRACT COMPENSATION FROM US TO DIGITECH WILL NOT EXCEED 300,000 PER PHYSICAL YEAR DUE TO THE, UH, PROCUREMENT CODE. THIS ALLOWS US TO PIGGYBACK THIS CONTRACT OFF OF FERNANDO BEACH, WHICH IS, WHICH IS THEY HAVE A CURRENT CONTRACT, WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE DOING. UM, TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF AN EXAMPLE, THIS IS FROM YEARS 23, 24 AND 25 AND A PROJECTED OF 26. NOW, OUR REVENUES ON NON-MEDICAID, WHICH IS WHAT WE DO FOR BILLING. IF YOU HAD A AN INSURANCE COMPANY, WE HAVE 4%, AND THIS IS, I WANT Y'ALL TO STAY WITH ME. 4% OF, OF THE TRANSPORTS MEDICAID, WHICH IS A FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SUBSIDY, THEY DO NOT BILL THEM EIGHT PERCENTAGE. SO THEY BILL 'EM A THOUSAND DOLLARS A MONTH FLAT RATE. SO YOU'LL SEE $12,000 ACROSS THE BOARD. THE OTHER ONE, WHICH IS THE NON-MEDICAID, WHICH IS THE MEDICAL INSURANCE, THAT IS YOUR 4%. NOW THIS IS WHERE WE START TO GET INTO A LITTLE BIT OF STUFF. UM, I WANT TO BRING THIS TO YOUR ATTENTION THAT OUR NET REV REVENUE RECOVERY HAS INCREASED FROM EVERY YEAR FROM 23, WHICH IS 70.1 YEAR FISCAL YEAR 75, I MEAN 24, WHICH IS 75.5, AND YEAR 25, WHICH IS 76.9. NOW WE'VE GOT A PROJECTED INCREASE FOR YEAR 26 OR 77.5%. YOU'LL NOTE THAT, UH, AS EACH YEAR PROGRESSES, OUR OUR PERCENT PERCENTAGE OF INCREASE ALSO INCREASES. SO DOES OUR CASH PER TRANSPORT PER YEAR. SO THAT'S NOTE IMPORTANT TO NOTE WHENEVER WE GET INTO A COUPLE OTHER SLIDES CURRENTLY WITHIN BROWARD COUNTY. THESE ARE ALL THE OTHER AGENCIES THAT, UM, DIGITECH PERFORMS A REVENUE RECOVERY SYSTEM FOR BROWARD COUNTY HAS A MULTITUDE OF AGENCIES AND ON THE SLIDE THAT REFLECTS AND WE'LL GET INTO THEIR RECOVERY IN JUST A MOMENT. UM, ALL THOSE AGENCIES, WHENEVER IT COMES TO THEIR REVENUE RECOVERY, YOU'LL SEE THAT TAMARACK IS RANKED THIRD IN THE, IN THE, IN THE, IN THE COUNTY. THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT FACTORS THAT GO INTO THAT. A LOT OF IT IS DEMOGRAPHICS. A LOT OF IT IS, UM, HOW MUCH REVENUE AND INCOME THE FAMILIES HAVE AND THEIR ABILITY TO PAY. SO ABOUT ALL THOSE WE'RE RANKED AT 76%. IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THE NATIONAL AVERAGE IS ABOUT 68% NATIONWIDE. SO WHENEVER WE ARE AT 76%, YOU'LL SEE THAT WE ARE PROJECTED TO BE AT 77.5% FOR YOUR PHYSICAL YEAR, 2026. SO ONCE AGAIN, THAT ONE ALSO INCREASES ACROSS THE, ACROSS THE BOARD. NOW, IF YOU HAD TO TAKE THE 4%, WHICH IS THE INSURANCE THAT WE BUILT, PLUS THE $12,000 PER YEAR, WHICH IS [01:40:01] A THOUSAND DOLLARS A MONTH. ON TOP OF THAT, DIGITECH COLLECTS THE PEMT, THAT WHICH WHICH WE TALKED ABOUT, THE PUBLIC, UH, MEDICAL TRANSPORT. WITH THAT, THEY CHARGE 6% FOR PEMT AND 3% FOR MCO. THAT GIVES US A, UH, GIVES US A COLLECTION ACROSS THE BOARD, UM, OF REVENUE GENERATED $2,787,317 FOR 2325 IS $3,407,287 AND 84 CENTS. AND THE TOTAL FEE THAT WE HAVE, WHICH WAS TOTAL AMOUNT THAT WE PAY OUT PER YEAR, IS ABOUT, UM, 4.4% FOR THOSE YEARS. NOW, OUR PROJECTED REVENUE FOR YEAR 2026, ONCE AGAIN, THESE ARE PROJECTIONS. 27 AND 28 IS, IS IN FRONT OF YOU. NOW, THE PROJECTED TOTAL FEE, WHICH IS ON THE LAST YEAR OF THE, OF THE AGREEMENT, UH, IS $177,852 AND 13 CENTS. NOW, YOU ALSO NOTE THAT THE FIRST SLIDE SAYS WE WOULD NOT PAY ANYTHING IN EXCESS OF $300,000 A YEAR. NOW, IF WE CONTINUE ON OUR CURRENT TRAJECTORY, AND THEY, THEY HAD INCREASED IT, LET'S SAY WE INCREASED OUR, OUR OUR TRANSPORT FEES DOWN THE ROAD, THAT WOULD BE, ONCE AGAIN, WE ARE TAPPED AT $300,000. WE'RE NOT GONNA GO OVER THAT. JUST TO, UM, GIVE YOU SOME OTHER INFORMATION, THE UNCOVERED RESIDUAL FUNDS THAT WE'VE HAD PER YEAR 23 WAS 926,841, WHICH IS 33.5, 33.2% OF, OF OUR BALANCE. NOW, THAT HAS ALSO GONE DOWN, UH, EVERY YEAR THAT WE'VE HAD THEM IN THE LAST, LAST THREE YEARS, I SHOULD SAY. HAVE ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE WE GO TO THE COMMISSION? WE'RE GONNA GO TO PUBLIC. OKAY. SO IS THERE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO HAS ANY QUESTIONS? PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IS NOW OPEN SEEING NO QUESTIONS FROM THE AUDIENCE, PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IS NOW CLOSED. I'M NOT SEEING ANY QUESTIONS FROM THIS COMMISSION. CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. MAY YOU GO MASS. MAY YOU GO MASS. YEAH, I HEARD YOU. UM, YES. VICE MAYOR BOLTON? YES. COMMISSIONER PATTERSON? YES. COMMISSIONER DANIEL? YES. COMMISSIONER WRIGHT? YES. THANK YOU. MOTION PASSES. FIVE TO ZERO. OH, GOOD NIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY, [6.b TR14431 - A Resolution of the City Commission of the City of Tamarac, Florida, making findings and designating approximately 276 acres of real property generally located at 4600 Woodlands Boulevard, Tamarac, Florida, and identified by Broward County property identification numbers 494114070010, 494114070012, 494114010021, and 494114111260, as a brownfield area pursuant to Section 376.80(2)(C), Florida Statutes, to be known as the “Woodlands Club Green Reuse Area,” for purposes of environmental rehabilitation and economic redevelopment; making findings that the requirements of Section 376.80(2)(C), Florida Statutes, have been satisfied; identifying Woodlands Club Holdings, LLLP as the person responsible for brownfield site rehabilitation, subject to applicable state and county requirements; authorizing the city manager, or designee, to notify the Florida Department of Environmental Protection and Broward County of the designation; providing that the designation does not modify or create development rights; providing for conflicts; providing for severability; and providing for an effective date.] WE ARE AT SIX BTR ONE FOUR. 4 3 1. CITY ATTORNEY. PLEASE READ THE TITLE FOR THE RECORD. A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION, CITY OF TOWN MAKING FINDINGS AND DESIGNATING APPROXIMATELY 276 ACRES OF REAL PROPERTY, GENERALLY LOCATED AT 4,600 WOODLANDS BOULEVARD AND TAMARACK, FLORIDA. AND IDENTIFY BY BROAD COUNTY PROPERTY IDENTIFICATION NUMBERS AS A BROWNFIELD AREA PURSUANT TO SECTION 3 76 0.80. FLORIDA STATUTES BE KNOWN AS THE WOODLANDS CLUB GREEN REUSE AREA FOR THE PURPOSES OF ENVIRONMENTAL RE REHAB, REHABILITATION, AND ECONOMIC RE REDEVELOPMENT. MAKING FINDINGS THAT THE REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 3 76 8 POINT 80 HAVE BEEN SATISFIED. IDENTIFYING WITNESS CLUB HOLDINGS AS A PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR BROWNFIELD SITE REHAB, SUBJECT TO APPLICABLE STATE COUNTY REQUIREMENT, AUTHORIZING CITY MANAGER DESIGNATE TO NOTIFY FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION IN BROAD COUNTY, PROVIDING THAT THE DESIGNATION DOES NOT MODIFY CREATE DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS, PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS, PROVIDING FOR EFFECTIVE DATE. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU. WE HAVE RECEIVED AN APPLICANT, THE APPLICANT'S AUGUST 25TH, 2026 LETTER REQUESTING FORMAL DEFERRAL OF THE SEPTEMBER 9TH, 2026 AND SEPTEMBER 23RD, 2026, PUBLIC HEARINGS TO NOVEMBER 10TH, 2026 AND DECEMBER 9TH, 2026. RESPECTFULLY, RESPECTIVELY, AT THIS TIME I'M CALLING A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR DEFERRAL REQUEST. DO I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND? SEEING I HAVE NONE. THIS SHALL FAIL AND THEREFORE WE SHALL PROCEED WITH THIS ITEM. THE APPLICANT'S AGENT, BRETT UND THE GOLDSTEIN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW FIRM, WILL MAKE A PRESENTATION. BUT BEFORE WE DO THE MOVE IT, BEFORE WE DO THE PRESENTATION, I'M GOING TO CALL FOR A MOTION AND A SECOND. DO I HAVE A MOTION? AND A SECOND. THANK YOU. SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION BY VICE MAYOR BOLTON. AND I HAVE A COMMISSION A SECOND BY MR. PATTERSON. NOW WE WILL GO TO THE PRESENTATIONS. MR. BRUMA FLORA IS YOURS. [01:45:15] GOOD EVENING MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, AND CITY STAFF. MY NAME IS BRETT BRUMMOND WITH THE GOLDSTEIN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW FIRM. OUR OFFICES ARE AT 2100 PELLI BOULEVARD AND CORAL GABLES. AND I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT, WOODLANDS CLUB HOLDINGS, LLLP, REGARDING ITS REQUEST FOR DESIGNATION OF THE PROPERTY IT OWNS AS A GREEN REUSE AREA PURSUANT TO FLORIDA'S BROWNFIELD REDEVELOPMENT ACT. I WANNA FOCUS MY PRESENTATION TONIGHT ON THIS SPECIFIC DECISION BEFORE YOU, UH, SECTION 3 7 6 0.80. FLORIDA STATUTES ESTABLISHES FIVE CRITERIA THAT APPLY TO A PRIVATELY REQUESTED DESIGNATION. AND OUR PURPOSE HERE TONIGHT IS TO DEMONSTRATE THAT THE APPLICANT SATISFIES EACH OF THOSE FIVE CRITERIA AND THE RECORDS SUPPORT STAFF CITY STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION FOR APPROVAL. BEFORE ADDRESSING THOSE CRITERIA, I'LL PROVIDE A VERY BRIEF, UH, OVERVIEW OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS AT THE PROPERTY, WHAT THE DESIGNATION ACTUALLY DOES, AND HOW IT RELATES TO THE REDEVELOPMENT THE CITY HAS ALREADY APPROVED. I'D ALSO LIKE TO INCORPORATE BY REFERENCE TO THE APPLICANT'S APPLICATION MATERIALS THAT WERE FILED WITH THE CITY. UH, THE PROPERTY PROPOSED FOUR DESIGNATION CONSISTS OF THE 200 ROUGHLY 200 HUNDRED 76 ACRES THAT ARE OWNED BY THE APPLICANT HAS FOUR PARCELS TOTAL. AND THE DESIGNATION IS LIMITED TO ONLY THE APPLICANT'S PROPERTY DOES NOT GO OUTSIDE THE PROPERTY BOUNDARIES. SO THE REASON THE PROGRAM IS RELEVANT HERE FOR THE APPLICANT IS IT HISTORICALLY OPERATED AS A GOLF COURSE FROM THE 1960S UNTIL 2020. AND AS IS COMMON WITH GOLF COURSE USES, UH, THE APPLICATION OF PESTICIDES AND HERBICIDES CREATED ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS PRIMARILY IN THE TOP TWO FEET OF THE SOIL WHERE THOSE CHEMICALS WOULD'VE BEEN APPLIED. UH, THE CONTAMINANT THAT WE ARE SEEING HERE IN THE SOIL SOLELY CONSISTS OF ARSENIC AS WELL AS ARSENIC IN THE GROUNDWATER, LIKELY AS A RESULT OF THAT HERBICIDE AND PESTICIDE APPLICATION, UH, NO SURFACE WATER IMPACTS WERE IDENTIFIED ABOVE THE REGULATORY CRITERIA DURING THE SITE ASSESSMENT. UH, SO IMPORTANTLY, THESE ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS ALREADY EXIST AND THEY DO REQUIRE REMEDIATION. THE DESIGNATION DOES NOT CREATE THE CONTAMINATION. IT DOES NOT CHANGE THE STANDARDS THAT APPLY TO THE CLEANUP. AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP STILL MUST BE ADDRESSED AS PART OF THE REDEVELOPMENT REGARDLESS OF THIS DESIGNATION, AND IS CURRENTLY BEING ADDRESSED UNDER ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND REMEDIATION LICENSE NUMBER 1 3 5 0 UNDER THE OVERSIGHT OF BROWARD COUNTY. SO THIS MAP GIVES YOU A SENSE OF THE EXTENT OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT THAT HAS ALREADY OCCURRED ACROSS THE PROPERTY. THESE POINTS INDICATE A SOIL, GROUNDWATER, OR SURFACE WATER SAMPLING LOCATION. AND I DON'T INTEND TO TAKE THE COMMISSION THROUGH THE TECHNICAL ENVIRONMENTAL DATA TONIGHT. I THINK THAT'S BETTER SUITED FOR OUR COMMUNITY MEETING OR AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A BACK AND FORTH AND ANSWER, UH, UH, QUESTIONS FROM THE PUBLIC. UH, THE IMPORTANT POINT FOR PURPOSES OF THIS APPLICATION IS THAT THE PROPERTY HAS BEEN EXTENSIVELY ASSESSED, THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED, AND THOSE IMPACTS DO REQUIRE REMEDIATION. SO THAT BRINGS US TO THE STATUTORY MECHANISM AND PRO AND, UH, PROCESS THAT WE'RE ASKING THE CITY TO CONSIDER AT THIS FIRST OF TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS. SO THE PROGRAM IS GOVERNED BY STATUTE SECTION 3 7, 6 0.80, FLORIDA STATUTES AND A DESIGNATION REQUESTED BY A PRIVATE PARTY. SUBSECTION TWO C APPLIES NOW, THE FLORIDA LEGISLATURE CREATED THIS PROGRAM IN 1997, AND THEY INTENDED TO CREATE BOTH A PUBLIC PROCESS TO ENSURE THAT, UH, THE PUBLIC IS AWARE OF WHAT'S GOING ON IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD AND SUBSTANTIVE CRITERIA FOR THIS TYPE OF APPLICATION. THE PROCESS SUMMARIZED REQUIRES NOTICE A COMMUNITY MEETING, TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS, UH, CONSIDERATION OF FIVE STATUTORY CRITERIA AND FOLLOWING DESIGNATION IF APPROVED A VOLUNTARY CLEANUP AGREEMENT WITH EITHER THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, OR IN THIS CASE BROWARD COUNTY, IS A DELEGATED LOCAL POLLUTION CONTROL PROGRAM. UH, WE'VE COMPLETED THE NOTICE AND COMMUNITY MEETING PORTIONS OF THAT PROCESS, AND TONIGHT IS THE FIRST OF TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS. AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, THE LEGISLATURES IDENTIFIED, UH, FIVE SPECIFIC CRITERIA AGAINST WHICH THE COMMISSION MUST APPLY THE OR EVALUATE THE APPLICATION BEFORE TURNING TO THOSE CRITERIA. WANT TO, UH, CLARIFY WHAT THIS DESIGNATION ACTUALLY DOES. IT'S AVAILABLE TO ANYONE WHO HAS NOT CAUSED OR CONTRIBUTED TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION. IT'S AVAILABLE BOTH TO PRIVATE PARTIES AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS. AND FOLLOWING THE DESIGNATION, THE APPLICANT MUST ENTER INTO A VOLUNTARY CLEANUP AGREEMENT WITH BROWARD COUNTY. THAT AGREEMENT ESTABLISHES THE REGULATORY FRAMEWORK FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT, UH, EXIST, UH, SORRY FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT, THE REMEDIATION AND INCLUDES DELIVERABLES AND TIMEFRAMES AND CONSEQUENCES FOR NON-COMPLIANCE. JUST AS IMPORTANT AS WHAT THE DESIGNATION DOES NOT DO. SO THE DESIGNATION DOES NOT REDUCE THE CLEANUP STANDARDS THAT APPLY HERE, THAT BROWARD COUNTY WILL APPLY TO THE PROPERTY AND THE CLEANUP THAT HAPPENS. IT DOES NOT CHANGE OR REOPEN ANY EX EXISTING CITY REDEVELOPMENT APPROVALS, AND IT DOES NOT REQUIRE ANY [01:50:01] LOCAL TAXPAYER FUNDS. THE PROGRAM IS FUNDED EXCLUSIVELY BY THE STATE THROUGH THE STATE'S CORPORATE INCOME TAX. SO THE REDEVELOPMENT THROUGH WHICH THE REMEDIATION WILL OCCUR HAS BEEN APPROVED BY THE CITY. IT CONSISTS OF 335 SINGLE FAMILY HOMES WITH ASSOCIATED COMMUNITY AMENITIES AND EXTENSIVE OPEN SPACE AND OF PARTICULAR IMPORTANCE HERE, UH, APPROXIMATELY 169 ACRES OF THE 276 TOTAL ACRE PROPERTY WILL REMAIN AS DEDICATED OPEN SPACE AND RECREATIONAL AMENITY SPACE, WHICH INCLUDES 110 ACRES OF PARK AND RECREATIONAL AREAS, INCLUDING POCKET PARKS AND A FIVE MILE WALKING TRAIL, AS WELL AS A 16 ACRE BURROWING OWL PRESERVE FOR THE NATIVE BORROWING HOURS. OWLS THAT ALREADY RESIDE ON THE PROP, RESIDE ON THE PROPERTY AND 34 ACRES OF OTHER OPEN SPACE, WHICH WOULD INCLUDE LAKES AND BUFFER AREAS. AND THIS IS CONSISTENT WITH THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT ALREADY APPROVED BY THE CITY. SO FOR A DESIGNATION REQUESTED BY A PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNER, THE LEGISLATURE ESTABLISHED FIVE OBJECTIVE CRITERIA BY STATUTE. UH, IN SIMPLIFIED TERMS, THEY ASK FIRST, DOES THE APPLICANT OWN OR CONTROL THE PROPERTY AND AGREE, AND DO THEY AGREE TO REHABILITATE AND REDEVELOP IT? SECOND, WILL THE REHABIL OR THE REDEVELOPMENT RESULT IN ECONOMIC PRODUCTIVITY AND SATISFY EITHER THE EMPLOYMENT REQUIREMENT OR ONE OF THE STATUTORY EXCEPTIONS. THIRD, IS THE REDEVELOPMENT CONSISTENT WITH THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS. FOURTH, HAVE THE HAVE THE STATUTORY NOTICE AND PUBLIC PARTICIPATION REQUIREMENTS BEING SATISFIED. AND FINALLY, HAS THE APPLICANT PROVIDED REASONABLE ASSURANCE THEY HAVE FINANCIAL RESOURCES TO COMPLETE THE REHABILITATION AND REDEVELOPMENT OF THE PROJECT? WE'RE LOOKING AT EACH OF THOSE IN ORDER HERE. CRITERION ONE IS STRAIGHTFORWARD. THE APPLICANT OWNS THE PROPERTY, THE APPLICANT REQUESTED THE DESIGNATION, AND THE APPLICANT HAS ALREADY COMMENCED SITE REHABILITATION UNDER THE OVERSIGHT OF BROWARD COUNTY. IF APPROVED, THE APPLICANT WILL THEN ENTER INTO A BROWNFIELD SITE REHABILITATION AGREEMENT, WHICH IS THAT VOLUNTARY CLEANUP AGREEMENT WITH BROWARD COUNTY. SO CRITERION ONE IS THEREFORE SATISFIED. UH, CRITERION TWO ADDRESSES ECONOMIC PRODUCTIVITY. UH, HERE THE REDEVELOPMENT WILL PLAINLY RETURN A FORMER GOLF COURSE BACK INTO PRODUCTIVE REUSE THROUGH AN APPROXIMATELY $200 MILLION REDEVELOPMENT. THE ECONOMIC ANALYSIS, UH, INCLUDED WITH THE APPLICANT'S APPLICATION ALSO IDENTIFIES THAT APPROXIMATELY 24 DIRECT INDIRECT AND INDUCED JOBS WILL BE CREATED INCLUDING FIVE TO SIX DIRECT PERMANENT FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT POSITION POSITIONS AT THE DEVELOPMENT ITSELF. NOW I'M JOINED TODAY BY MR. ANDREW KART, UH, PRESIDENT OF MIAMI ECONOMIC ASSOCIATES INCORPORATED, PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE ECONOMIC PRODUCTIVITY ANALYSIS. UH, I BELIEVE THIS CAME TO YOU A LITTLE LATE. THE ECONOMIC PRODUCTIVITY ANALYSIS, IT SUPPLEMENTS A VERSION THAT WAS PROVIDED IN THE APPLICANT'S ORIGINAL APPLICATION. NOW, MR. KART HAS PROVIDED A REAL ESTATE CONSULTING SERVICES TO DEVELOPERS AND INVESTORS IN GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES FOR OVER 50 YEARS, UH, INCLUDING RESIDENTIAL PROJECTS THROUGHOUT FLORIDA, THE CARIBBEAN, MEXICO CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA. AND MR. KARTS CONSIDERED ONE OF THE LEADING EXPERTS IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA WITH RESPECT TO THE ECONOMICS OF COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT. I'D LIKE TO, UH, ALLOW MR. DEL CAR A FEW MINUTES TO SPEAK, UH, AND THEN I WOULD LIKE TO RETURN MY PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS. MY NAME IS ANDREW DO CARTT. I AM PRESIDENT OF MIAMI ECONOMIC ASSOCIATES, AS BRETT SAID, AND WE HAVE OFFICES IN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY. UM, IN TERMS OF THE ANALYSIS FOR PRO FOR ECONOMIC PRODUCTIVITY, WE BASICALLY USE AN INPUT EX, UH, AN INPUT OUTPUT MODEL CREATED BY IMPLANT, WHICH IS A MINNESOTA BASED COMPANY. THE MODEL BASICALLY TAKES INFORMATION SUCH AS THE FACT THAT AT THE COMMUNITY WILL COST $200 MILLION TO DEVELOP, AND THEN IT CALCULATES BASED ON THAT INPUT, WHAT NUMBER OF JOBS WOULD BE CREATED, THE, THE SALARIES, THAT WOULD BE THE SALARIES AND WAGES THAT WOULD BE EARNED BY THE WORKERS AS A RESULT OF THOSE JOBS. AND THE ECONOMIC, UM, THE, THE, UH, INCREASE IN, UM, UH, GROSS, GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT FOR, FOR BROWARD COUNTY. UM, IN THIS CASE, THE, AS, AS BRETT SAID, THE PRO COMMUNITY WILL COST $200 MILLION TO BUILD. BASED ON THE THE MODEL, IT INDICATES THAT A TOTAL OF 1,930 JOBS WOULD CREATE, BE CREATED OVER THE DEVELOPMENT PERIOD, WHICH IF WE ASSUME THAT LASTS FOR APPROXIMATELY FIVE YEARS, WOULD MEAN ABOUT 386 JOBS A YEAR. THE JOBS WOULD INCLUDE APPROXIMATELY 1100 JOBS ON SITE. THOSE ARE KNOWN AS DIRECTIVE DIRECT JOBS [01:55:01] WITH PEOPLE THAT ARE INVOLVED IN EITHER THE RE REHABILITATION OF THE SITE OR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE COMMUNITY. IT WILL ALSO PRODUCE 800 JOBS OR SITE, UH, SOME OF WHICH WILL BE IN BUSINESSES THAT SUPPORT THE ONSITE ACTIVITY SUCH AS, UH, CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT COMPANIES, BUILDING SUPPLY COMPANIES, TRUCKING COMPANIES, ET CETERA, AND THE OTHER JOBS. AND ANOTHER PORTION OF THE JOBS WILL BE IN A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT, UM, BUSINESSES AND SERVICE PROVIDING, UM, ESTABLISHMENTS, UM, WHERE THE, WHERE THE DIRECT WORKERS AND THE INDIRECT WORKERS, THOSE OFFSITE, UH, SPEND THEIR EARNINGS, UH, FOR THE NEEDS OF THEIR FAMILIES. SO, UM, IT, IT, THE, THE OVERALL EFFECT IS ESSENTIALLY APPROXIMATELY 386 JOBS A YEAR OVER A FIVE YEAR PERIOD. THE WAGES THAT THE WORKERS WOULD EARN DURING THAT PERIOD, ALL OF THE WORKERS, THE DIRECT, THE INDIRECT, AND THE, AND THE, AND THE WORKERS IN THE PLACES WHERE THE, THE DIRECT AND INDIRECT WORKERS, UM, SPEND THEIR MONEY WILL, THEIR, THEIR, THEIR TOTAL EARNINGS OVER THE FIVE YEAR PERIOD WOULD BE ABOUT $118.6 MILLION. AND THEIR, THEIR, UM, IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITY WOULD BE THAT THEY WOULD ADD VALUE ADDED TO THE ECONOMY OF BROWARD COUNTY OF $197.7 MILLION OVER THAT FIVE YEAR PERIOD. SO NOW OBVIOUSLY IT'S A RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY. SO AFTER THE COMMUNITY IS BUILT THAT WHAT WHAT REMAINS AS A POSSIBLE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION IS THE, THE, UM, HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION AND THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT. AND IT IS ESTIMATED THAT THEY WILL EMPLOY FIVE OR SIX FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT WORKERS ON SITE TO DO A VARIETY OF ADMINISTRATIVE FUNCTIONS, UM, AND ALSO TO DEAL WITH, UH, RESIDENT ISSUES. UM, HOWEVER, THE TOTAL NUMBER OF JOBS THAT WOULD BE CREATED BY THE EXPENDITURES OF THE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION, WHICH WILL BE A COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION AND THE, UH, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT, A TOTAL OF EXPENDER, ABOUT $1.4 MILLION A YEAR WOULD BE APPROXIMATELY 24 JOBS. AND AGAIN, THERE WILL BE JOBS OFFSITE IN, IN FIRMS THAT PROVIDE ALL SORTS OF SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITY FOR REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE, PEST CONTROL, ACCOUNTING, LEGAL, UM, MATTERS. AND THERE WILL BE, UH, IN, UH, JOBS IN BUSINESSES AND, AND, UM, SERVICE ESTABLISHMENTS IN THE COMMUNITY WHERE THE PEOPLE ON SITE AND THE PEOPLE IN THOSE FIRMS THAT DO PROVIDE CONTRACT SERVICES SPEND THEIR EARNINGS. WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY, UM, WHAT, WHAT EXACTLY THE TOTAL, UM, UH, SALARIES AND, AND, AND, UM, AND, UH, VALUE ADDED OF THAT WILL BE BECAUSE IT'LL DEPENDS ON THE MIX OF WHICH KINDS OF CONTRACTORS ARE PROVIDING THE, THE, YOU KNOW, THE BULK OF THE SERVICES. AND THAT'S REALLY NOT BEEN DETERMINED. WITH THAT, I'LL, UH, COMPLETE MY COMMENTS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. KART. UH, THERE IS ALSO, IN ADDITION TO THE ECONOMIC PRODUCTIVITY ANALYSIS THAT THE APPLICANT PROVIDED AND INCORPORATED INTO THEIR APPLICATION AS A, AS A, IN SATISFACTION OF CRITERION NUMBER TWO, THERE'S AN ADDITIONAL INDEPENDENT REASON THAT THE, THIS CRITERION IS SATISFIED. THE LEGISLATURE EXPRESSLY PROVIDED THE FIVE JOB REQUIREMENT DOES NOT APPLY WHEN REDEVELOPMENT WILL CREATE RECREATIONAL AREAS, CONSERVATION AREAS OR PARKS. THIS REDEVELOPMENT PROVIDES APPROXIMATELY 110 ACRES OF RECREATIONAL AND PARK AREAS AS REQUIRED UNDER THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE TO, UH, THE WOODLANDS COMMUNITY AND FUTURE RESIDENTS OF THE PROJECT. IT INCLUDES SPORTS PLAYING AREAS THAT FIVE MILE WALKING TRAIL AND EQUIPMENT ON THAT WALKING TRAIL. UH, THE, AS I ALSO MENTIONED, THAT 16 ACRE BURROWING OWL CONSERVATION AREA AS DEMONSTR AS, UH, DEMONSTRATED IN THE APPROVED REMEDIAL ACTION PLAN INCORPORATED INTO THE RECORD WILL BE A FENCED OFF AREA FOR THE RESIDENT BURROWING OWLS, UH, I BELIEVE THERE WERE TWO CLUSTERS OF, UH, BURROWS IN THAT AREA, REPRESENTING ABOUT 12 TOTAL BURROWS. THIS, UH, AREA HAS BEEN INCORPORATED INTO A FLORIDA FISH AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION COMMISSION PERMIT FOR IMPACTS TO, UH, BURROWING OWL HABITAT ON THE REMAINDER OF THE PROPERTY. BUT THIS AREA WILL REMAIN FENCED IN AND WILL NEED TO BE SUBJECT TO A DECLARATION OF RESTRICTIVE COVENANT EXECUTED BY BROWARD COUNTY [02:00:01] WITH RESPECT TO HOW THE, UH, SOILS IN THAT AREA WILL BE MANAGED. AND TO DEMONSTRATE THE LOCATION OF THAT CONSERVATION AREA IT'S LOCATED IN THE CENTER OF THE PROPERTY. THAT AREA WILL REMAIN OPEN SPACE AND BE FENCED OFF AND BE SUBJECT TO THAT DECLARATION OF RESTRICTIVE COVENANT IN THE FUTURE WHEN REMEDIATION IS COMPLETE. AND THE LANGUAGE THAT THE LEGISLATURE CHO CHOSE HERE IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT THE EXCEPTION APPLIES TO REDEVELOPMENT THAT CREATES RECREATIONAL AREAS, CONSERVATION AREAS, OR PARKS. IT DOES NOT QUALIFY THOSE, UH, THOSE USES OF THE LAND ANY FURTHER. AND THE REDEVELOPMENT INCLUDES AREAS THAT SQUARELY FALL WITHIN THOSE CATEGORIES. THEREFORE, THIS COMMISSION COULD FIND THAT THE APPLICANT SATISFIES CRITERIA NUMBER TWO, BASED ON THE ECONOMIC PRODUCTIVITY AS WELL AS THE JOB CREATION OR THE CREATION OF RECREATIONAL AREAS, CONSERVATION AREAS, OR PARKS. NOW, CRITERION THREE REQUIRES CONSISTENCY WITH THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND APPLICABLE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS. UH, I BELIEVE THIS ONE'S ALSO STRAIGHTFORWARD AS THE REDEVELOPMENT IS PROCEEDING CONSISTENT WITH THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT THAT HAS BEEN APPROVED BY THE CITY. WITH RESPECT TO CRITERION FOUR, UH, THAT CONCERNS NOTICE AND PUBLIC PARTICIPATION, THE STATUTE REQUIRES NOTICE THROUGH POSTING AT THE PROPERTY PUBLICATION IN A NEWSPAPER OF GENERAL CIRCULATION PUBLICATION IN SOME SORT OF COMMUNITY BULLETIN OR ETHNIC NEWSPAPER, AS WELL AS AN ANNOUNCEMENT AT A SCHEDULED CITY COMMISSION MEETING OF THESE TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS. IN ADDITION TO HOSTING A COMMUNITY MEETING OR SOME SORT OF FORUM TO ALLOW THE PUBLIC TO COME AND EXPRESS THEIR COMMENTS AND SUGGESTIONS ABOUT REHABILITATION. UH, HERE THE APPLICANT POSTED THE REQUIRED NOTICES AT FIVE LOCATIONS ON THE PROPERTY, PUBLISHED A NEWSPAPER NOTICE IN THE SUN SENTINEL, CONDUCTED AN AUGUST 18TH COMMUNITY MEETING AND PROVIDED, UH, THE REQUIRED OPPORTUNITIES FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. IN ADDITION, THE APPLICANT WENT BEYOND THE STATUTORY PROCESS TO MAIL NOTICE TO 2,143 INDIVIDUAL PROPERTY OWNERS AND CITY OFFICIALS WITHIN THE WOODLANDS NEIGHBORHOOD AND ADJACENT TO IT, UH, THOSE NOTICES WERE POSTMARKED ON AUGUST 7TH, 2026. THE CITY ALSO PROVIDED NOTICE OF BOTH THE PUBLIC HEARINGS AND OUR COMMUNITY MEETINGS THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS AND POSTING ON THE CITY'S BULLETIN BOARD. AND AGAIN, WE HELD THAT, UH, COMMUNITY MEETING ON AUGUST 18TH, 2026. I COUNTED, UH, WE HAD ABOUT 60 PEOPLE SIGN IN ON OUR SIGN IN SHEET, THOUGH I BELIEVE MORE ATTENDED, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE, UH, MAYOR GOMEZ AND COMMISSIONER WRIGHT FOR ATTENDING. AND FINALLY, UH, CRITERION FIVE REQUIRES REASONABLE ASSURANCE THAT THE APPLICANT HAS SUFFICIENT FINANCIAL RESOURCES TO COMPLETE BOTH THE REHABILITATION AGREEMENT AND THE REDEVELOPMENT OF THE PROJECT THAT THE APPLICANT PROVIDED THAT A CERTIFICATION LETTER IN ITS APPLICATION PACKAGE STATING THAT IT'S ADEQUATELY CAPITALIZED AND HAS ACCESS TO FINANCING, UH, AND THE DEVELOPMENT EXPERTISE NECESSARY TO COMPLETE THE ROUGHLY 200 MILLION MILLION DOLLARS REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT. THE APPLICANT'S ALSO AFFILIATED WITH 13TH FLOOR INVESTMENTS IN 13 FLOOR HOMES, WHICH HAS EXTENSIVE DEVELOPMENT EXPERIENCE AND ACCESS TO OVER $1.5 BILLION IN COMMITTED INVESTOR CAPITAL. STATUTORY STANDARD HERE IS REASONABLE ASSURANCE, AND THE EVIDENCE IN THE RECORD, UH, PROVIDES THAT INSURANCE, THAT ASSURANCE. SO COMMISSION, UH, SORRY, CRITERION FIVE IS THEREFORE SATISFIED. SO RETURNING TO OUR FIVE CRITERIA, THE APPLICANT HAS ESTABLISHED THEY SATISFIED ALL FIVE WITH EVIDENCE IN THE RECORD. AND THIS IS SIGNIFICANT BECAUSE THE STATUTE DOES NOT MERELY IDENTIFY FACTORS FOR THE COMMISSION'S CONSIDERATION. THE STATUTE PROVIDES THAT LOCAL GOVERNMENT SHALL ADOPT THE DESIGNATION WHEN THE APPLICANT ESTABLISHES THE STATUTORY CRITERIA, THE PRESENTATION REFLECTS THAT STATUTORY CONCLUSION, AS DOES THE, UH, EVIDENCE IN THE RECORD. AND CITY STAFF HAS INDEPENDENTLY REVIEWED THE APPLICATION AND RECOMMENDS APPROVAL. AND THE EVIDENTIARY RECORD SUPPORTS CITY STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION AS WELL. SO TO CONCLUDE, UH, THE PROPERTY HAS DOCUMENTED ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED OR IN THE PROCESS OF BEING ADDRESSED. THE DESIGNATION DOES NOT CREATE THOSE CONDITIONS. IT DOES NOT REDUCE THE APPLICABLE CLEANUP STANDARDS THAT THE APPLICANT WILL NEED TO GO, UH, APPLY AS THEY GO THROUGH THE ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP AND REDEVELOPMENT PROCESS. IT ALSO DOES NOT CHANGE THE APPROVED REDEVELOPMENT OR IMPOSE ANY FINANCIAL OBLIGATION ON THE CITY. WHAT IT DOES IS PLACE THE ENVIRONMENTAL REHABILITATION OF THIS PROPERTY WITHIN THE STA THE FRAMEWORK ESTABLISHED BY THE PROGRAM. AND IT MAKES IT A, A MORE PUBLIC PROCESS. THE APPLICANT HAS AVAILED THEMSELVES TO THE PUBLIC TO DEMONSTRATE THAT THE CLEANUP THAT THEY'RE DOING, WHICH THEY COULD HAVE DONE, UH, WITHOUT COMING BACK BEFORE THE COMMISSION, IS BEING DONE IN A MANNER THAT PROMOTES THE COMMUNITY OR SUPPORTS THE REDEVELOPMENT OF THAT AREA OF THE COMMUNITY AND A LONG UNDERUSED PROPERTY. SO AGAIN, THE LEGISLATURE ESTABLISHED THOSE FIVE CRITERIA FOR DESIGNATION, AND THE APPLICANT HAS SATISFIED ALL FIVE. WE THEREFORE, RESPECTFULLY REQUESTED THE COMMISSION APPROVE THE RESOLUTION AT THIS FIRST READING, AND THEN AGAIN AT OUR SECOND READING ON SEPTEMBER 23RD. AND THANK YOU. I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I KNOW THAT OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, KENT WALIA, WILL ENTER HIS PRESENTATION INTO THE RECORD. UM, I AM SEEING THAT COMMISSIONER BOLTON, VICE MAYOR BOLTON'S LIGHT IS ON. [02:05:01] ARE YOU WISHING FOR HIM TO DELIVER IT NOW? I CAN. I WAS AT THE MEETING ON MONDAY. THE, THE MAYOR WASN'T THERE, BUT DID DID YOU DO THE PRESENTATION? I, YEAH, TOTALLY FORGOT. OKAY. SO, UM, I DON'T REQUIRE IT IF MY COLLEAGUES THAT DID NOT, UM, ATTEND THE MEETING REQUIRES IT THEN. SURE. UM, WE'RE GONNA FINISH THE PRESENTATION, SO, UH, PLEASE, PLEASE PUT THE PRESENTATION ON SURE. AND THEN WE'LL GO TO PUBLIC COMMENTS. THANK YOU. AND FOR THE RECORD, UM, THE COMMISSION IS SENT THE, UM, STAFF WORKSHOP AND EVERYTHING FROM THE STAMP WORKSHOP. SO IF WE'RE NOT THERE IN PERSON, IF WE'RE NOT WATCHING IT ONLINE, WE ARE ABLE TO SEE IT AFTERWARDS. AND BEFORE THIS MEETING, KENT WALLY, A COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, I'LL PROVIDE A BRIEF PRESENTATION, STAFF PRESENTATION. SO, AS MENTIONED, UM, THE PROPOSED REDEVELOPMENT OF THE WOODLANDS, UH, GOLF GOLF CLUB REDEVELOPMENT SITE IS A 335 UNIT, UH, RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT ON 276 ACRES. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A BROWNFIELD GREEN REHABILITATION AREA, UM, DESIGNATION FOR 276 ACRES OF THE SITE. UH, FLORIDA STATUTES 3 76 POINT 80 PROVIDES THE, UH, REVIEW CRITERIA FOR, UH, GRANTING A BROWNFIELD DESIGNATION AND A RESOLUTION IS REQUIRED BY, UH, THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT. SO THE THRIVE CRITERIA, AS THE APPLICANT MENTIONED, ONE, THE OWNER HAS TO AGREE TO REHABILITATE AND REDEVELOP THE SITE. TWO, IT HAS TO DEMONSTRATE ECONOMIC PRODUCTIVITY AND PROVIDE AT LEAST FIVE NEW PERMANENT JOBS FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT JOBS UNLESS THE PARK, THE PROJECT PROVIDES AFFORDABLE HOUSING, RECREATION, CONSERVATION AREA OR PARK SPACE. THE PROPOSED REDEVELOPMENT NUMBER THREE, HAS TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE FOUR, NOTICE HAS TO BE PROVIDED TO NEARBY RESIDENTS. AND THEN WITHIN THE EFFECTIVE AREA FIVE, THE APPLICANT HAS TO DEMONSTRATE THAT THEY HAVE THE FINANCIAL BACKING TO COMPLETE THE REDEVELOPMENT. SO FOR THE SITE EVALUATION FOR NUMBER ONE, WOODLANDS CLO, UH, CLUB HOLDINGS, LLP OWNS THE PROPERTY, SUBMITTED A BROWNFIELD AREA DESIGNATION, UH, REQUEST. THEY HAVE A VOLUNTARY CLEANUP LICENSE WITH, UH, BROWARD COUNTY THAT IS REQUIRED FOR CLEANING UP ANY CONTAMINATED SITE. AND IT TENDS TO REDEVELOP THE 335 UNIT RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT AS PROPOSED IN THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT. THE ECONOMIC IMPACT DEMONSTRATES, UH, THAT THE APPLICANT INDICATED THAT IT'LL BE PROVIDING FIVE TO SIX F UH, FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT JOBS TO 24.5 THAT WAS MENTIONED AS A TOTAL OF INDIRECT, UM, UH, JOBS PROVIDED. THEY DID INDICATE THAT $200 MILLION, UM, WOULD BE, UH, DEVELOPED IN THE COMMUNITY AND WILL PROVIDE THE ECONOMIC IMPACT THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY. AND THEY DID INDICATE THAT THEY'RE GONNA PROVIDE THAT CONSERVATION EASEMENT FOR THE BURING OWLS. THE REDEVELOPMENT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE FUTURE LAND USE ELEMENTS LISTED ABOVE COMPATIBLE LAND USE DESIGN CONSERVATION, FACILITATING DEVELOPMENT, THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WAS, UM, APPROVED SEVERAL YEARS AGO AND I THINK I BELIEVE 2023. UM, AND THE DEVELOPMENT AND THE CODE REQUIREMENTS OF THAT DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE AND THE LAND ZONING DESIGNATION OF RESIDENTIAL ESTATE. LAND USE IS CONSISTENT WITH THE SURROUNDING RESIDENTIAL ZONE DISTRICTS. MAILERS WERE SENT TO 2,143 RESIDENTS AND A 400, UH, FOOT PLUS RADIUS FROM THE EFFECTIVE AREA. AS YOU CAN SEE, THAT LITTLE MAP AT THE LOWER RIGHT HAND, LOWER LEFT HAND SIDE WAS THE AREA, UM, THAT ALL THE MAILERS WENT TO. THE NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING HAD APPROXIMATELY 63, UH, RESIDENTS THAT SIGNED THE ATTENDANCE SHEET. THERE WERE, UH, THE APPLICANT INDICATED THAT MORE WERE IN ATTENDANCE. UM, THERE WERE FOUR FIVE PUBLIC NOTICE SIGNS POSTED THROUGHOUT THE PROPERTY. NOTICES WERE, UM, SENT THROUGH THE CITY SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS, PUT ON THE CLERK'S BULLETIN BOARD ON THE CITY'S WOODLANDS WEBSITE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATUTE AND LOCAL CITY CODES. UM, AND THEN NUMBER FIVE, THE APPLICANT HAS DEMONSTRATED THAT THEY HAVE FINANCIAL BACKING, UM, TO DEVELOP THE PROJECT, UM, ACCORDANCE TO THEIR TIMELINE. AND THEY HAVE EXPERIENCE IN DEVELOPING OVER 4,000 HOMES WITH $1.5 BILLION IN PROPERTY VALUE. SO IN SUMMARY, UM, THEY'RE REQUESTING APPROVAL TODAY FOR THE, UM, GREEN REUSE, UH, AREA DESIGNATION. UM, FOLLOWING THAT, UH, WELL, IF THE CITY WERE TO APPROVE THAT REQUEST, IT DOES NOT AMEND OR SUPERSEDE THE CURRENT DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT THAT WAS APPROVED OR THE SITE PLAN. IT DOES NOT WAIVE ANY ENVIRONMENTAL PERMITTING REQUIREMENTS AS CURRENTLY REQUIRED. THERE IS NO FUNDING OBLIGATION TO THE CITY IF APPROVED WITHIN 30 DAYS. [02:10:01] UM, THE CITY WOULD HAVE TO NOTIFY, UH, THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION OF THE RESOLUTION. THE APPLICANT WOULD HAVE TO NO, UM, NEGOTIATE THE BROWNFIELD SITE REHABILITATION AGREEMENT WITH DEP AND BROWARD COUNTY. AND THEN THEY WOULD HAVE TO, UH, CREATE AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO ACTUALLY OVERSEE THE REDEVELOPMENT OF THE GREEN REUSE BROWNFIELD AREA IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FLORIDA STATUTE SECTION. I'LL BE AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. WE'LL NOW OPEN UP PUBLIC COMMENTS. I WILL GO BY THE LIST THAT I HAVE AND IF THERE'S ANYBODY ELSE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK AFTERWARDS, UM, YOU'LL COME FORWARD. SO I'LL SAY THE FIRST PERSON'S NAME AND THE NEXT PERSON WHO'S ON DECK TO TRY TO KEEP THIS MOVING. AS A REMINDER, SAME RULES AS APPLIED FOR OUR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION EARLIER TONIGHT. WE ARE STARTING WITH KATE JOHNSON, AND THEN WE HAVE OKO SATAR WILL BE NEXT, OR SORRY, KATE JOHNSON MAINLANDS FOUR, REGARDING THE DESIGNATION OF GREEN REUSE, WHICH WOULD ALLOW DEVELOPERS TO ACCESS MONEY TO ASSIST IN THE CLEANUP. I ATTENDED THE PUBLIC MEETING AND ASKED QUESTIONS. MANY OF THE QUESTIONS WERE FOR THE CITY, BUT SINCE CITY PEOPLE WERE NOT THERE, MANY QUESTIONS WENT UNANSWERED, WHICH IS WHY THEY ASKED FOR A DEFERMENT, WHICH HAS NOW BEEN DENIED. I SUPPORT THIS DESIGNATION BECAUSE IT MUST BE DONE. WE HAVE TO HAVE THE REMEDIATION. IF YOU DENY THIS DESIGNATION AFTER THE CITY ENTERED INTO A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH THEM, IT WILL PASS ADDED FEES ALONG TO THE HOME BUYERS. WHILE YOU SAY YOU WANT TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO BUY HOMES IN TAMARACK DENYING THIS DOES NOTHING TO SUPPORT THAT, WHAT I DO NOT UNDERSTAND IS THE HOSTILITY SHOWN TO THE DEVELOPERS AND THEIR STAFF. THE CITY ENTERED THIS AGREEMENT FREELY. YOU WERE ALL TOO EAGER TO TAKE THEIR MONEY, BUT NOW GO AGAINST THE VERY AGREEMENT YOU SIGNED. YOU DENIED THE CREDIT TOWARD IMPACT FEES AT THE LAST MEETING, EVEN THOUGH THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT CLEARLY STATES AND DUE TO TIME CONSTRAINTS, I'M READING THE RELEVANT PARTS. SECTION 14.2, DEVELOPERS $300,000 CONTRIBUTION WILL BE CONSIDERED AS A CREDIT AND APPLIED AGAINST FUTURE IMPACT FEES. SECTION 21 B DEVELOPER SHALL CONTRIBUTE $750,000 POINT OF BOARD, MADAM MAYOR, STOP THE CLOCK. THIS ITEM IS NOT BEFORE US. THE ITEM THAT IS BEFORE US IS THE BROWNFIELD ITEM. AND SO IT ADD OUT CAUTION YOU TO SCOLD THE RESIDENT AS YOU SCOLD DR. SCHILLER WHEN SHE TRIED TO BRING UP AN ITEM THAT IS ON THE AGENDA. THIS ITEM IS NOT ON THE AGENDA, SO PLEASE MOVE ON. UM, IT'S ALL PART OF, NO, IT'S NOT VICE MAYOR BOLTON. THERE WAS NO SCOLDING TO DR. SCHILLER. SHE WAS REMINDED THAT SHE COULD TALK ABOUT IT AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME, WHICH WILL BE LATER IN THIS PUBLIC PARTICIPATION. AND SHE HAS HER THREE MINUTES. IT'S ALL REGARDING THIS ITEM FROM THE LAST MEETING. IF SHE WISHES, YOU DON'T HAVE TO LIKE WHAT SHE HAS TO SAY, YOU CAN JUST IGNORE IT. BUT SHE WILL FINISH HER THREE MINUTES BECAUSE I'M PRETTY SURE THAT THERE WILL BE OTHER COMMENTS THAT ARE MADE ALL THE TIME THAT ARE NOT 100% ON POINT TO THE ITEM AT HAND. SO WE'RE GONNA FINISH THIS ITEM, PLEASE. THANK YOU. DEVELOPER SHALL CONTRIBUTE $750,000 TOWARDS THE SHAKER VILLAGE COMMUNITY CENTER AND SHALL BE CREDITABLE TOWARDS IMPACT FEES. 21 C DEVELOPER AGREES TO CONTRIBUTE $925,000 FOR DISTRIBUTION TO VARIOUS HOMEOWNER ASSOCIATIONS, YET NO HOMEOWNER ASSOCIATIONS GOT THEM. 20 1D DEVELOPERS SHALL PROVIDE VARIOUS CHARITABLE DONATIONS TOTALING $250,000. SECTION 22 PAYMENTS AND CONTRIBUTIONS NOTED HEREIN THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH APPLICABLE CITY IMPACT FEES SHALL BE IMPACT FEE CREDITABLE. SECTION 29 8, IF A SUIT IS BROUGHT. ATTORNEY ATTORNEY FEES ARE COLLECTIBLE. SO YOU ARE HAPPY TO TAKE THEIR MONEY, BUT NOW YOU GIVE THEM PROBLEMS AT EVERY TURN. LEGAL LANGUAGE IS CLEAR. OUR ATTORNEY SHOULD HAVE POINTED THAT OUT. SHALL AND WILL ARE UNAMBIGUOUS IN THE LAW [02:15:01] AND LEAVE NO DOUBT THAT IT IS TO HAPPEN. YOU WANT TO PUNISH DEVELOPERS NOW THAT YOU HAVE THEIR MONEY, BUT IN REALITY, YOU'RE WASTING TAXPAYER MONEY AGAIN AND YOUR TIME IS DONE. YOU SHALL TAKE YOUR SEAT. EXCUSE MR. NO, NO. YOU KNOW WHAT? IT, YOU DON'T HAVE TO STOOP TO HIS LEVEL. IT'S, IT'S APPRECIATED. IT'S UNFORTUNATE. ANYWAY, WE NOW HAVE , PLEASE COME ON UP. AND THEN, UM, JEFFREY SHAPIRO IS ON DECK. HI, MY NAME IS NIA STA AND, UH, AS YOU CAN SEE, THE 4,600 WOODLANDS BOULEVARD AND I LIVE IN 40, UH, 48 0 5 WOODLANDS BOULEVARD, WHICH IS IMPACTING EVERYTHING WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT TODAY. AND IT'S, UH, IT WAS APPRECIATING, UH, IN THE PAST. YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT A LOT OF THINGS ABOUT, UH, CANCER AWARENESS. AND I THINK, UH, EVERYBODY AWARE OF WHEN IT COMES TO ENVIRONMENT, ESPECIALLY THE, THE TOXIC ENVIRONMENT, IT'S GONNA BE RELIEVING FROM THE, UH, UH, THIS BROWN FIELD, WHAT THEY WERE SAYING. WE JUST WANT YOU TO SAY, SAY TO NO CERTAIN THINGS THAT THEY ARE, HAVE TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE SURE BRING BACK TO THE REGIONAL CONDITION. AND, UH, JUST HAVING SAID THAT, TO APPRECIATING EVERYTHING, WHAT YOU ARE DOING FOR THE COMMUNITY. BUT I THINK ALSO THE, IT'S, IT'S YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO KEEP US SAFE HEALTH WISE, BECAUSE OUR HEALTH AND FAMILY, THERE'S NOTHING LEFT. IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW MUCH MONEY BRING TO THE CITY, ALL THE COUNTY, ALL THE FAMILY, AND WE ALL JUST WANNA BE STAY HEALTHY. AND AS YOU WALK THROUGH THE ORLEANS NOW IT'S, EVERYTHING'S BEEN TONED UP AND IT'S BASICALLY, AND THE WIND BLOWS AND EVERYTHING ELSE. AND WE JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE PLACE WE ARE LIVING AT HOME, WE WANNA BE SAFE. AND, UH, YOU KNOW, I WANT YOU TO RECONSIDER THE VOTING FOR NOTE FOR THE, UH, SIX. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AS JEFFREY IS COMING HERE, WE HAVE DARCY, WHO'S ALREADY ACTUALLY SIGNED UP FOR SIX B JEFFREY SHAPIRO WOODLANDS, UH, SECTION EIGHT 13TH FLOOR. HAD IN THEIR ORIGINAL PRESENTATIONS, AND YOU CAN GO BACK AND GO THROUGH THE ARCHIVES OF ALL THE TESTIMONY, 13TH FLOOR HAD MISREPRESENTED THIS LAND AND BECAUSE THEY MISREPRESENTED IT, OKAY THEY INFORMED THE COMMUNITY, OH, THERE'S NO ARSENIC IN THIS LAND. THIS LAND HASN'T BEEN USED AS A GOLF COURSE AT THAT TIME FOR ABOUT, OH, ALMOST SIX YEARS. OKAY? AND THEY SEEMED TO RELAY TO PEOPLE, PEOPLE LIKE MYSELF, WHO ATTENDED ALL THESE MEETINGS AND TESTIFIED MYSELF THAT, OH, WELL, THAT, THAT ARSENIC AND FROM THOSE CHEMICALS, IT DISSIPATED ALREADY. WELL, I LEARNED ON, ON AUGUST, UM, 18TH, OH, COMMUNITY'S FILLED WITH ARSENIC. MEANWHILE, TO DATE, 40 TO 45% OF THE, OF THE LAND THAT THE GOLF COURSE WAS ON HAS ALREADY BEEN DISTURBED. THIS ARSENICS ALREADY OUT. THIS IS TOO LATE. YOU ARE WAY TOO LATE. AND, AND THERE SHOULD BE A CEASE AND DESIST ON WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE WOODLANDS. THERE'S NOBODY FROM BROWARD COUNTY OVERLOOKING ANYTHING. THE, THEY STARTED DISTURBING THE LAND IN MARCH. AND THEN THIS IS, THIS IS DESPICABLE. I KNOW THE LAND NEEDS TO BE CLEANED UP, BUT STOP WHAT'S GOING ON NOW UNTIL THEY GET THEIR APPROVALS. AND THE BROWN COUNTY CAN SUPERVISE WHAT'S GOING ON. 'CAUSE GOD KNOWS HOW MANY TONS OF DIRT THEY ALREADY MOVED. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. AS DR. SCHILLER IS COMING [02:20:01] UP, WE HAVE AUTHOR STORY ON DECK. P****S ME OFF. I WON'T GET THAT LOUD. DARCY SILLER KING'S POINT, IF I AM CORRECT, UM, MARLIN HAS A CHILD, CRYSTAL HAS A CHILD, AND CRYSTAL HAS A CHILD, AND KEISHA HAS A CHILD. I WONDER HOW IT WOULD FEEL, DO THE FAMILIES MOVING INTO THE WOODLANDS OR THE FAMILIES THAT CURRENTLY LIVE THERE WITH ARSENIC FLYING AROUND IN THE AIR. I WONDER HOW THEY WOULD FEEL KNOWING THAT, UM, THE LOSS OF BIOLOGICAL HEALTH, WHICH WILL STRIP AWAY ESSENTIAL SOIL STRUCTURE. OKAY, THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS WRONG WITH THIS PROPOSAL. I HAVE A LIST HERE, BUT I'M AFRAID I WON'T HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO READ IT. OKAY. THE INHALATION FROM THE DUST AND THE DRY DIRT, OR THE TOXIC GASES FROM THE UNDERGROUND CHEMICALS CAN FLOAT IN THE AIR AND ENTER YOUR LUNGS. ANYBODY AND I PARTICULARLY POINT TO THE MAYOR WHO HAS A FAMILY MEMBER OR WHO HAS ANYBODY WITH LUNG ISSUES, REALLY RUNS THE RISK OF DYING RELATIVELY QUICKLY BECAUSE OF THIS. IT COSTS A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS TO RAISE A CHILD IN 18 YEARS. THAT'S A, IT'S 1,000,800. THE CITY CAN'T EVEN PAY THAT BACK TO EVERY INDIVIDUAL WHO HAS A CHILD WHO LIVES IN THE WOODLANDS IN THIS COMMUNITY FOR THE MEDICAL BILLS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO INCUR, OR FOR THE MEDICAL NEEDS THAT WILL FOLLOW AFTER THEIR 18TH BIRTHDAY. I REALLY THINK THAT, THAT THERE SHOULD BE SOMETHING DONE REGARDING THE, UH, ARSENIC AND WHATEVER OTHER TOXIC THINGS ARE IN THE SOIL TO EITHER ABOLISH IT, DESTROY IT, OR SOMETHING OTHER THAN WHAT THIS, UM, GREEN, WHATEVER IT'S CALLED, GREEN, UH, REUSE AREA, OR THE BROWN, WHATEVER IT IS, THAT'S ALL UP THERE. 'CAUSE YOU HAVE ME SO MUMBLED AND JUMBLED WITH THE FIGURES AND THE NAMES. AND THE, THIS BOTTOM LINE IS THAT FOR THE LIFE OF CHILDREN AND FOR THE LIFE OF THE ELDERLY, AND GOD KNOWS TAMARACK IS A FAMILY COMMUNITY OR SO, IT KEEPS PROMISING THAT IF YOU WANNA MOVE INTO THE WOODLANDS, WHICH IS SUPPOSED TO BE, YOU KNOW, THE NICEST SECTION OF TAMARIC, YOU WANNA BUY A HOUSE THAT'S GONNA BE WORTH A MILLION AND A HALF DOLLARS. THAT'S GONNA KEEP YOUR FAMILY SAFE AND HEALTHY, NOT KILL YOU WITHIN A FEW MONTHS. JUST MY THOUGHTS AS ARTHUR IS COMING TO THE PODIUM, WE HAVE DAVID DEBORJA COMING TO THE PODIUM NEXT ARTHUR SOY 5,200 WILLENS BOULEVARD. UM, SO I'M ONE OF THE PEOPLE WHO MOVED IN NINE MONTHS AGO AND HAVE A YOUNG CHILD. AND YEAH, THE DEBRIS IS FLYING AROUND ALL DAY EVERY DAY. UM, THEY MENTIONED THEY DID A COMMUNITY MEETING, WHICH WAS HELD ON ELECTION NIGHT. UH, WE MUST HAVE ASKED THE GUY ABOUT 50, 60 QUESTIONS. THEY HAD NO ANSWERS FOR NONE OF THE QUESTIONS. WE'LL GET BACK WITH YOU YET. HAVE I SEEN ANYTHING, ANY ANSWERS POSTED ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE TO ANY OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WAS CLAIMED THAT THEY WERE TAKING NOTES AND THEY, ALL OF THE QUESTIONS WOULD BE ANSWERED. NOTHING'S BEEN ANSWERED YET. SO, YOU KNOW WHAT REALLY HAPPENED THERE? WAS THAT A COMMUNITY MEETING? BECAUSE I DON'T THINK IT REALLY WAS BECAUSE THE COMMUNITY MEETING WAS POSTED ON THE SAME SIGN THAT LISTED THIS MEETING AND THE NEXT MEETING ALSO. SO THEY ALREADY KNEW WHAT THEY WERE GONNA DO. IT DIDN'T MATTER WHAT WAS SAID AT THE COMMUNITY MEETING. THAT'S WHY THEY DIDN'T SHOW UP TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. SO THAT'S THERE. UM, I WAS HERE AT THE LAST MEETING, I BELIEVE THE LAST COMMISSION MEETING, AND TALKED ABOUT THE 30 FOOT PILE OF DEBRIS THAT WAS IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE FOR NINE WEEKS. AND I WAS ASSURED FOR THE FOUR OR FIVE WEEKS BEFORE THAT, THAT IT'S GONNA BE MOVED. IT'S GONNA BE MOVED. THEY FINALLY DIDN'T MOVE IT. THEY CHIPPED IT. NOW I HAVE A 40 FOOT PILE OF MULCH SITTING IN FRONT OF MY HALF MY MY $1.2 MILLION HOUSE. THAT IS A JOKE. THAT'S A JOKE. AND IF YOU DON'T LIVE THERE AND YOU DON'T SEE IT, BUT THEY'RE TELLING YOU SOMETHING. WHO'S POLICING? WHO'S POLICING A 40 FOOT PILE OF MULCH WHEN I WALK OUT MY FRONT DOOR? WHO IS POLICING? YOU KNOW, WHO'S POLICING? EILEEN AND MY NEIGHBORS AND MYSELF ARE POLICING BECAUSE WE'RE CALLING THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT BECAUSE THEY'RE FLYING THROUGH IN DUMP TRUCKS NOW ALL DAY, EVERY DAY DOING U-TURNS IN THE MIDDLE OF WOODLANDS BOULEVARD. THE CLOUD SIGN CLEARLY SAYS YOU SHOULDN'T BE DRIVING COMMERCIAL OR CONSTRUCTION TRUCKS THROUGH HERE. IT'S HAPPENING. YOU KNOW, THEY'RE DIGGING UP THE DIRT. DUST IS FLYING. WE'RE SAYING, WHERE'S [02:25:01] THE PEOPLE WATERING THE GROUND? NOBODY'S WATERING THE GROUND. SO, OH, WELL, IT RAINED. YEAH, IT DIDN'T RAIN TODAY. SO NOBODY'S POLICING. SO YEAH, THE BROWNFIELD DESIGNATION, HOW CAN YOU TRUST 'EM TO DO IT? THEY'RE NOT DOING WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO DO NOW. AND YEAH. OH, WE WANNA POSTPONE THE MEETING. POSTPONE IT. WHAT? SO WE COULD ELECT EVERYBODY TO GO BACK INTO OFFICE AND THEN YOU GO AHEAD AND VOTE FOR IT AND LET 'EM GO. NO, MAKE A RUN IT HERE TODAY. YOU KNOW? SO THIS HAS REALLY BECOME A JOKE. UM, I HATE MYSELF FOR BEING HERE BECAUSE I'M FROM GOVERNMENT, SO I HATE MYSELF FOR COMING HERE, TALKING CRAP AT THIS MEETING BECAUSE I DON'T LIKE TO DO THAT TO THE ADMINISTRATION, WHATEVER. BUT IT IS A JOKE RIGHT NOW. IT IS A COMPLETE JOKE. SO YOU GUYS WILL BE SEEING ME. THANK YOU. WE ARE HAVING DAVID COME DOWN AND EDGAR DELGADO WILL BE NEXT. I AM DAVID DEBOER. MY ADDRESS IS 4 9 0 9 WOODLANDS BOULEVARD. THE HOUSE IS EASY TO FIND, 'CAUSE IT'S THE ONE WITH THE FRESH SCHOOL BUTTS TRACKS GOING THROUGH THE FRONT LAWN RIGHT NOW, BUT THAT MIGHT BE A TOPIC FOR ANOTHER DAY. AS THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE HOMEOWNER ASSOCIATION, SECTION FOUR, I'M IN, UH, I RECOGNIZED THE REQUIREMENT TO CLEAN UP, UH, ANY TOXINS THAT MAY BE IN THE SOIL, BUT I OPPOSED THE DESIGNATION AS A BROWNFIELD AREA BECAUSE IT HAS AN IMMEDIATE IMPACT ON PROPERTY VALUES BECAUSE NOBODY WANTS TO LIVE NEXT TO WHAT HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS A TOXIC WASTE DUMP. AND THERE'S A LOT OF TURNOVER IN THE WOODLANDS. JUST THE, MY IMMEDIATE NEIGHBORS. I'VE BEEN THERE FOR 12 YEARS. I'M ON MY THIRD OWNER TO THE HOUSE ON THE LEFT OF ME, THE THIRD OWNER, THE HOUSE ACROSS THE STREET FROM ME, THE THIRD OWNER TO THE HOUSE, TO THE RIGHT FROM ME. NOW, I'M NOT GONNA ELIMINATE THE POSSIBILITY THAT I COULD BE THE REASON EVERYONE, UH, WANTS TO MOVE IN AND OUT OF THE WOODLANDS, BUT, UH, IF THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE SELLING THEIR HOUSES, AND THESE ARE MILLION DOLLAR HOMES IN A 10% IMPACT ON THAT IS A HUGE NUMBER. IF YOU DO PROCEED WITH THIS, UH, WE HAVE A BUNCH OF QUESTIONS. UH, LIKE, UH, WHO DO WE CALL WHEN WE SEE, UH, THAT, UH, THE DEVELOPMENT IS NOT IN COMPLIANCE? UH, LIKE THE, THE CONSTRUCTION TRAFFIC, THERE'S SIGNS RIGHT OUT FRONT, NO CONSTRUCTION TRAFFIC, AND I'VE HAD 'EM, I'VE HAD PICKUPS, TRUCKS DRIVE RIGHT THROUGH MY SIDE YARD. SO, UH, THERE WE SEE THE BIG TRUCKS, WE SEE THE SMALL TRUCKS. UH, THERE'S A LOT OF CONSTRUCTION GOING ON AND IT SHOULDN'T BE THERE. UH, WHO SHOULD RESIDENTS CONTACT WHEN THEY OBSERVE, OBSERVE WHAT THEY BELIEVE MAY BE A VIOLATION OF THE, UH, THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, THE PERMIT CONDITIONS? LIKE, UH, ARTHUR WAS JUST SAYING, HEY, THERE'S A 40 FOOT PILE OF MULCH ACROSS THE STREET FROM ME. WHO DO WE TALK TO ABOUT THAT TO TRY TO GET THAT FIXED? ALSO, UH, WHAT ROUTES ARE THE CONSTRUCTION WORKERS OR CONTRACTORS AND THE VEHICLES, UH, SUPPOSED TO TAKE? UH, WE KNOW THE OBVIOUS ANSWER. WELL, THERE'S THE MAIN ROAD IN THE BOULEVARD, RIGHT DOWN WOODLANDS BOULEVARD, BUT THERE'S ALSO A BIG SIGN, THERE'S NO CONSTRUCTION TRAFFIC. SO, UH, WHEN WE DO SEE CONSTRUCT CONSTRUCTION TRAFFIC, WHAT ARE THE APPROVED ROUTES SO THAT WE KNOW THAT'S WHERE THEY CAN BE VERSUS WHERE THEY CAN'T BE. THOSE ARE THE, JUST ALL THE QUESTIONS I HAVE FOR YOU TODAY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AS EDGAR'S COMING UP, WE HAVE EILEEN LIEBERMAN. MICHAELSON WILL BE NEXT. GOOD EVENING. EDGAR DELGADO, 5 0 0 1 WILLARDS BOULEVARD. MOST IMPORTANTLY IS NOT MY ADDRESS IS, UH, THAT I AM A FATHER TO TWO VERY YOUNG CHILDREN. AND, UH, I WILL PASS OUT SOME PICTURES IN A MINUTE OF THE WAY. THE WAY THIS IS BEING HANDLED IS JUST RIDICULOUS. IT'S JUST RIDICULOUS. YOU GOT TRUCKS DRIVING UP AND DOWN THE BOULEVARD, NOT ONE OR TWO, 10 AT A TIME, ONE BEHIND EACH OTHER, JUST GOING IN CIRCLES, MOVING SOIL FROM ONE SIDE OF THE ROAD TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ROAD. WHAT TYPE OF REMEDIATION IS THAT? WHO IS WATCHING THESE PEOPLE WHO, THERE'S NOTHING LIKE YOU. IT'S RIDICULOUS. I MEAN, MADAM MAYOR, YOU SEE THIS EVERY DAY. IT'S HAPPENING RIGHT BEHIND MY HOUSE. I MEAN, HOW WE CAN ALL JUST SIT HERE AND, AND, AND [02:30:01] JUST ACT LIKE IT'S, I MEAN, IT'S RIDICULOUS. Y YOU KNOW, I GOT A 2-YEAR-OLD, AND I'M SURE EVERY TIME YOU DRIVE RIGHT BY OUR ROAD, AND EVERY TIME WARRIOR COMES BY IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, HE SEES ME OUT THERE WITH HIM ON HIS LITTLE MOWER, RIGHT? AND HE'S BREATHING THIS CRAP. AND, AND IT'S OKAY. I MEAN, I, I HAD A WHOLE BUNCH OF THINGS HERE TO SAY, BUT IT, IT'S JUST RIDICULOUS THAT ANYONE HAS TO EVEN COME HERE OVER THIS. WHEN AN ELECTED OFFICIAL LIVES 300 FEET FROM WHERE THIS IS HAPPENING, IT'S RIDICULOUS, YOU KNOW? AND THAT'S, THAT'S PRETTY MUCH ALL I GOTTA SAY, BUT IT'S ALL ON YOU. IF YOU VOTE ON, ON, ON THE I'M DONE. JUST, IT'S JUST HORRIBLE. THE PICTURES TO THE THANK YOU. SEE IF THEY DO SOMETHING, WE NOW HAVE EILE LIEBERMAN MICHELSON COMING TO THE PODIUM. AND ERICA, ARE, YOU'RE STILL AT A NO, RIGHT? OR ARE YOU AT A YES. IT'S OKAY. YOU CAN CHANGE YOUR MIND. NOT RIGHT NOW. OKAY. SO, AND THEN WE WILL NATALIA EARL, YOU'LL BE RIGHT AFTER. DID YOU SIGN UP? YEAH. NO, NO. NATALIA, DID I, I'LL GET YOU THEN AT THE END, AFTER EVERYBODY ELSE WHO SIGNED UP. YES. YOU NATALIA, YOU'RE AFTER, AFTER EILEEN, THE GENTLEMAN IN FRONT OF YOU, ONE OF OUR NEIGHBORS WILL GO. WE HAVE ACTUALLY, YOU'LL BE RIGHT AFTER THAT. WE'RE ALMOST AT THE END OF THE, WE'RE AT THE END OF THE LIST THERE. SO GO AHEAD. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, CITY COMMISSIONERS. I'M EILEEN LIEBERMAN MICHELSON, 48 0 9 WOODLANDS BOULEVARD. I SPEAK TO YOU TONIGHT AS AN EXPERT WITNESS ON THE DECLINE IN RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY VALUES CAUSED BY NEARBY LAND BEING DESIGNATED AS A BROWNFIELD. THE DOCUMENTS THAT I JUST HANDED OUT TO ALL OF YOU SUPPORT MY POSITION. THIS IS NOT ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THE GOLF COURSE WILL BE REMEDIATED. OF COURSE IT WILL BE REMEDIATED JUST LIKE THE DEVELOPER REMEDIATED SABLE PALM AND MONTEREY AT THEIR OWN EXPENSE. THE ISSUE IS, WILL YOU HOLD THE DEVELOPER RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT HE PROMISED THE COMMUNITY? AND HAVING SERVED AS A CITY COMMISSIONER FOR FOUR YEARS IN LAUDERHILL AS A STRONG MAYOR IN LAUDERHILL FOR EIGHT YEARS, 16 YEARS AS A COUNTY COMMISSIONER, INCLUDING A TERM AS CHAIR OF THE COMMISSION AND AS THE MAYOR OF BROWARD COUNTY. BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, FOR YEARS, I SERVED AS A COUNTY APPOINTEE TO THE BROWARD COUNTY VALUE ADJUSTMENT BOARD, WHICH REVIEWS APPLICATIONS FROM PROPERTY OWNERS CONTESTING THEIR ASSESSED VALUATIONS. SO AS A RESULT, I'VE HAD QUITE A HISTORY WITH RESPECT TO THESE DESIGNATIONS. UM, IT IS MY PROFESSIONAL OPINION AS AN EXPERT, AND IT IS BACKED UP BY THE DOCUMENTS I JUST GAVE YOU IN YOUR POSSESSION, THAT IF THIS IS APPROVED AS A BROWNFIELD DESIGNATION, THE FINANCIAL IMPACT TO THE ADJACENT PROPERTIES WILL LOWER THEIR PROPERTY VALUE BY CLOSE TO 10%. AND YOU HAVE SEVERAL ARTICLES THAT SUPPORT THAT POSITION. UM, FOR MANY YEARS, YOU KNOW, I HAVE OPPOSED THIS DEVELOPMENT BECAUSE OF THE CONCERN I HAD THAT THE DEVELOPER WOULD NOT DO WHAT IT PROMISED THE COMMUNITY IT WOULD DO. AND IN FACT, THAT HAS HAPPENED. IF YOU LOOK AT THE LETTER FROM EATON MARK TO JOSE SPINA, WHO IS THE PRESIDENT OF DEFEND THE WOODLANDS, I'VE HIGHLIGHTED FOR YOU AT LEAST TWICE IN THAT LETTER WHERE MR. MARK TELLS MR. SPEEDA THAT AT ITS OWN COST, 13TH FLOOR WILL REMEDIATE THE GOLF COURSE. WHEN THEY CAME TO YOU FOR A LAND USE PLAN AMENDMENT, DID THEY TELL YOU THEY WERE GONNA GET A BROWNFIELD DESIGNATION? NO. WHEN THEY CAME TO YOU WITH A SITE PLAN, DID THEY MENTION THAT? NO. WHEN THEY CAME TO YOU WITH AN AMENDED SITE PLAN, DID THEY MENTION THAT? NO. AND YET, HERE IS THIS LETTER FROM 2021 FROM EATON MARK LAWYER FOR 13TH FLOOR SAYING 13TH LAW WAS SPENDING ITS OWN MONEY TO REMEDIATE THE GOLF COURSE, AND YOUR DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT MAKES THAT VERY PLAIN. THIS ISN'T ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THE GOLF COURSE WILL BE REMEDIATED. HE WAS COMPLAINING ABOUT FLYERS THAT WE HAD PUT OUT UNDER DEFEND THE WOODLANDS. YOU HAVE COPIES OF THOSE FLYERS, WHICH IF TRUE TO BE. UM, THANK YOU. CAN I RESPECTFULLY ASK THIS? I'M HERE AS AN EXPERT FOR ANOTHER MINUTE. WE DON'T HAVE THAT DESIGNATION. THIS IS NOT A JUDICIAL, BUT I JUST HAVE ONE FURTHER THING TO SAY AND I WILL SIT DOWN. EILEEN, COME ON. WE DIDN'T LET OUR OTHER NEIGHBORS SPEAK. EXCUSE ME, MAYOR, IF THIS IS NOT WHAT I'VE GIVEN TO YOU, CONVINCES YOU, YOU SHOULD VOTE NO. THE LAST DOCUMENT IN MY PACKAGE SHOULD [02:35:01] CONVINCE YOU, EILEEN. IT'S FROM THE PROPERTY APPRAIS SUPPORTING MY POSITION. THANK YOU, EILEEN. COME ON. EVERYBODY ELSE HAS TO FOLLOW THE RULES. PLEASE COME FORWARD. PLEASE PROCEED. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS. AND EVERYONE PRESENT. MY NAME IS NATALIA EARL. I AM A HOMEOWNER IN THE WOODLANDS AND SECRETARY OF WOODLAND SECTION FOUR. LET ME BE CLEAR, WE'RE NOT HERE TO OPPOSE AN ALREADY APPROVED DEVELOPMENT. LIKE SOME PEOPLE HAVE SAID, IT HAS ECONOMIC BENEFITS AND IT HAS, YOU KNOW, THE ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION OF THE GOLF COURSE THAT'S EXPECTED. WE WANT THE PROPERTY PROPERLY AND THOROUGHLY REMEDIATED. THAT'S A GIVEN. BUT REMEDIATION AND BROWNFIELD DESIGNATION, WHICH IS WHAT I'M HERE TO ARGUE AGAINST AND ASK YOU TO VOTE NO FOR, ARE NOT THE SAME THING. THEY'RE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS. AS EILEEN MENTIONED, THE DEVELOPER HAS ALREADY BEEN ABLE TO REMEDIATE GOLF COURSES WITHOUT THE BROWNFIELD DESIGNATION. SO THE QUESTION TONIGHT IS NOT WHETHER PROPERTY, WHETHER PROPERLY CLEANING UP, EVERYTHING SHOULD HAPPEN, THAT SHOULD HAPPEN. THAT'S CLEAR. IT'S WHY IS THIS ADDITIONAL DESIGNATION NECESSARY AND WHO BENEFITS FROM IT? WHAT WE HAVE HEARD FROM THE LAWYERS IS THAT THEY WILL GAIN STATE INCENTIVES AND FINANCIAL BENEFITS THROUGH THIS PROGRAM. BUT WHAT DO FAMILIES WHO ARE DIRECTLY AFFECTED RECEIVE? SOME OF US WHO LIVE HERE IN THE WOODLANDS WILL BEAR THE CONSTRUCTION REMEDIATION, TRAFFIC, NOISE, UNCERTAINTY, AND POTENTIALLY YEARS OF STIGMA ASSOCIATED WITH HAVING A DESIGNATED BROWNFIELD BESIDE OUR HOMES. WHAT PROTECTIONS ARE WE RECEIVING WHEN EVEN NOW THE PROPERTY IS ALREADY DISTURBED? WHAT COMPENSATION IS AVAILABLE IF OUR PROPERTY VALUES ARE NEGATIVELY AFFECTED, WHICH THEY WILL BE? THAT'S WHAT THE DATA SHOWS. WHAT ASSURANCES DO WE HAVE ABOUT HOW LONG THIS PROCESS WILL TAKE? THIS PROCESS, THIS PROJECT HAS ALREADY BEEN DELAYED MANY YEARS. A CONSERVATIVE 10% REDUCTION IN THE VALUES, AS EILEEN KIND OF MENTIONED IN JUST MY HOME, WOULD RESULT IN 80%, $80,000 IN LOST FAMILY EQUITY. THAT IS NOT AN ABSTRACT NUMBER THAT REPRESENTS SAVINGS, RETIREMENT, SECURITY, WEALTH FOR MY FAMILY THAT WE'VE WORKED YEARS TO BUILD. THAT'S UNACCEPTABLE, AND IT SHOULD BE TO YOU AS WELL. IMPORTANT QUESTIONS RAISED BY RESIDENTS REMAIN UNANSWERED EVEN WHEN ASKED AT THE MEETING BY THE SAME ATTORNEY WHO PRESENTED HERE TODAY. AND WHAT HAPPENS IF THIS PROJECT IS DELAYED EVEN FURTHER? MOST IMPORTANTLY, IF REMEDIATION CAN OCCUR WITHOUT BROWNFIELD DESIGNATION, WHY SHOULD THIS ADDITIONAL DESIGNATION BE GRANTED? THE DEVELOPER RECEIVES IDENTIFIABLE FINANCIAL BENEFITS. THE CITY WILL RECEIVE OBVIOUS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BENEFITS FROM THE DEVELOPMENT ITSELF. AND OUR OTHER NEIGHBORS HAVE RECEIVED A LOT OF MONETARY BENEFIT. BUT WHAT ARE WE GOING TO GET? I ASK THAT YOU VOTE NO ON THIS DESIGNATION SO THAT WE WHO LIVE AT THE WOODLANDS DON'T HAVE TO BEAR ANY ADDITIONAL RISKS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WANTED TO SPEAK IN THIS ITEM WHO DID NOT SIGN UP TO SPEAK, SEEING NO ONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? YOU'LL BE OUR LAST SPEAKER. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. UM, I DEFINITELY SECOND WHAT THE YOUNG LADY JUST SAID, BUT, UM, I JUST, I'M SORRY. OH, MY BAD. UM, MY NAME IS WILLIE FREEMAN. I LIVE ON, UM, BA LANE. AND WHEN I MOVED INTO THE WOODLANDS, YOU KNOW, IT WAS A GREAT AREA FOR ME TO MOVE MY FAMILY TO, BUT YOU KNOW, I DRIVE AROUND ON MY GOLF CART WITH MY FRIENDS AND FAMILY, AND I STARTED THINKING TO MYSELF NOW AS I STARTED LEARNING THAT THIS ARSENICS AND HIGH LEVELS, UM, THAT MY, MY KIDS ARE BREATHING US IN. AND IT DEFINITELY HAS A LOT OF CONCERN TO ME. AND I JUST WONDER, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE FOR THE FUTURE? LIKE, WHAT IF YOU KNOW, THINGS DOWN THE LINE, THEY DEVELOP SOMETHING LIKE, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE FOR MY FAMILY? AND YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT, WHAT REGULATIONS OR WHAT IS IT IN PLACE FOR THAT? AND IT'S JUST, I JUST WANT TO KNOW SOME SORT OF ANSWERS TO THAT BECAUSE I'M REALLY CONCERNED FOR MY KIDS AND NOT KNOWING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN DRIVING AROUND IN THE EVENING TIME ON THE GOLF CART AND THEY'VE BEEN BREATHING THIS IN THIS WHOLE TIME. SO JUST REALLY CONCERNED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IS NOW COMPLETE, AND WE WILL NOW GO TO DISCUSSION BY THE COMMISSION. COMMISSIONER WRIGHT. UM, THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. UM, MR. SORRY, I HAVE ALL YOUR QUESTIONS RIGHT [02:40:01] HERE. SO, UM, WE DIDN'T GET TO HAVE THE COMMUNITY MEETING, BUT I'LL DIRECT THE QUESTIONS TO THE DIFFERENT PEOPLE AND STAFF AND CITY MANAGER. I'LL START WITH YOU. UM, IN TERMS OF MANAGING THE PROJECT, WHO'S, WHO'S, WHO'S MANAGING THE PROJECT, I THINK YOU MENTIONED LAST TIME, BUT PLEASE, UM, TAKE US THROUGH THE PROCESS AGAIN OF HOW THE PROJECT IS BEING MANAGED. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER. SO THESE, THESE PROJECTS, UM, ARE MANAGED BY MULTIPLE, UM, DIVISIONS AND, AND UM, AGENCIES IN TERMS OF, UH, CITY OF TAMARACK, WE HAVE OUR BUILDING DEPARTMENT. WE HAVE OUR ENGINEERING, UH, DEPARTMENT, UM, WE HAVE OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PLANNING AND ZONING DEPARTMENT. THEY ALL HAVE A PIECE AND PART IN THE, UM, IN THE, IN THE ADMINISTRATION AND, AND MONITORING AND CONTROL OF THIS PROJECT. SO, UM, ON A, ON A DAILY BASIS, UM, OUR, UM, UH, CITY ENGINEER, OUR, OUR BUILDING, WELL BUILDING DEPARTMENT IS NOT YET INVOLVED, BUT, BUT, UM, AT THIS POINT, UH, MOST OF THE PERMITTING IS, IS GOING THROUGH THE, UM, ENGINEERING SERVICES AND, AND, UM, OUR, OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT IS INVOLVED AS WELL. AND, AND SO, UM, UH, THAT'S THE, UH, THE INVOLVEMENT OF THE CITY. ON, ON THE OTHER HAND, UM, CORE ENFORCEMENT IS OBVIOUSLY SPENT A LOT OF TIME IN THE, IN THE COMMUNITY, UM, MAKING SURE THAT, THAT THE, UM, DEVELOPER IS STAYING WITHIN ITS, UH, BOUNDARIES AND, AND, UH, STAYING TRUE TO, UH, CONSTRUCTION STANDARDS THAT, THAT WE HAVE ESTABLISHED AND, AND, UM, YOU KNOW, SIDING AS NECESSARY AND, AND ENFORCING AS NECESSARY. SO, UM, ARE, ARE, UM, THAT'S OUR, UH, THAT'S OUR APPROACH TO, TO MANAGING THE, UH, CONSTRUCTION OUT THERE. AND WHAT IMPACT DOES THE, THIS IS A QUESTION FOR KENT. WHAT IMPACT DOES THE BROWNFIELD DESIGNATION HAVE ON HOME, VAL HOME VALUES IN THE ADJACENT AREAS? IS THAT KENT? YEAH. WELL, I'M NOT SURE IF, IF, UM, KENT IS ABLE TO SPECULATE ON THAT. UM, YOU KNOW, WE OBVIOUSLY, UH, HEARD FROM THE, THE COMMUNITY, UM, COMMISSIONER AND, AND, AND SO, UM, THE, THE SAME DESIGNATION WOULD ALSO IMPACT THE DEVELOPER AS WELL, BECAUSE THEY'RE ALSO, UH, LOOKING TO BUILD 335 HOMES. BUT OBVIOUSLY IT'S A, IT'S A, UM, YOU KNOW, UM, IT'S, IT'S COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAVE SPOKEN AND, AND THAT'S HOW THEY FEEL. AND, AND, AND SO, UM, I DON'T HAVE THE HARD DATA TO, TO SAY, UH, THIS IS WHAT IT HAPPENS. AND, AND, UM, UM, SO WE CANNOT SPECULATE AT THIS POINT WHAT IT WOULD DO. UM, REMEDIATION OF THE SOIL, HOW IS THAT BEING DONE? I'M SORRY, REMEDIATION OF THE SOIL. I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THE TECHNOLOGY THAT'S BEING UTILIZED, BUT, BUT IT'S THE, UM, UM, I BELIEVE THE, UH, THE, THE, THE IMPACTED, UH, PART OF THE SOIL IS, IS, IS TURNED OVER, UM, UH, AND, AND IT NEEDS TO BE BURIED. WHAT, UM, AT LEAST 20 INCHES, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. UM, UH, YEAH, KEN, GO AHEAD. UM, AND IT'S DONE, UH, UNDER A BROWARD, UH, DEP, UH, PERMIT AND, AND WITH THE, UH, INSPECTION OF THE BROWARD COUNTY. UM, UH, AND THEN, THEN WE HAVE THE GENTLEMAN HERE FROM THE, UH, ENVIRONMENTAL COMPANY THAT CAN PROBABLY BETTER EXPLAIN THAT. YEAH. THE APPLICANT BETTER ANSWER. STATE, STATE EXCUSE, SIR. DO YOU WANT ME TO ANSWER OR THE APPLICANT. OKAY. UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER WRIGHT. UH, SO THE, THE REMEDIATION WITH RESPECT TO THE SOIL, UH, THE PRIMARY METHOD OF REMEDIATION WILL BE TO RETAIN AS MUCH SOIL ON SITE BENEATH AN ENGINEERING CONTROL CAP, WHICH MAY CONSIST OF AT LEAST TWO FEET OF CLEAN AND UNCONTAMINATED SOIL OR IMPERVIOUS SURFACES LIKE ROADWAYS AND BUILDING FOUNDATIONS. THAT'LL BE THE, THE METHOD FOR REMEDIATING. UH, AS, UH, THE CITY MANAGER MENTIONED, SOME SOIL MAY BE RELOCATED FROM THE SURFACE DOWN BELOW, BUT NOTHING WOULD EVER, UH, REPLACE BELOW THE WATER TABLE IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT THE TOP TWO FEET OF SOIL IS REMEDIATED, AND THEN THE REMEDIATION IS SIGNIFIED TO BE COMPLETE. WHEN A RESTRICTIVE COVENANT IS RECORDED ON THE PROPERTY, THAT REQUIRES THE PERPETUAL MAINTENANCE OF THOSE, UH, ENGINEERING CONTROL CAPS SELLERS, DO THEY HAVE TO DISCLOSE THE BROWNFIELD DESIGNATION WHEN THEY GO IN, WHEN THEY GO TO SELL THEIR HOME? UH, NO. THE SELLER DOES NOT NEED TO DISCLOSE THE BROWNFIELD AREA DESIGNATION WHEN THEY SELL THEIR HOME. HOW MUCH MONEY WILL BE RECEIVED FROM THE PROGRAM FOR THE DEVELOPER? THE INCENTIVE PROVIDED BY THE STATE IS ENTIRELY DEPENDENT ON THE AMOUNT OF MONEY SPENT. IT'S NOT A GRANT PROGRAM, IT'S A PARTIAL REIMBURSEMENT IN THE FORM OF A CORPORATE INCOME TAX CREDIT. I CAN'T SAY EXACTLY HOW [02:45:01] MUCH IS AVAILABLE HERE, BECAUSE IT DEPENDS ON WHEN THE MONEY IS SPENT AND HOW MUCH, BUT THERE ARE ANNUAL LIMITS. THE DEVELOPER CAN RECEIVE NO MORE THAN $500,000 PER YEAR, WHICH WOULD BE BASED ON, UH, 50% OF WHAT THEY ACTUALLY SPEND THAT YEAR. AND HERE, THE DEVELOPER'S LOOKING AT, UH, SPENDING, I BELIEVE, ABOUT $7 MILLION TOTAL ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION. HOWEVER, IF THAT, UH, THE MOST SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THAT IS SPENT OVER ONE OR TWO YEARS, THAT SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCES THE AMOUNT THAT THEY CAN RECEIVE BACK FROM THE STATE BECAUSE THEY'RE STILL LIMITED TO, TO THAT 500,000 PER YEAR PLUS A BONUS AT THE END. UH, BASED ON, UH, COMPLETING THE, THE ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP OF UP TO 500,000 PER YEAR, SORRY, UP TO 500,001 TIME. AND GOING BACK, WHAT YOU MENTIONED ABOUT 1997 BEING PASSED BY THE STATE, I READ THIS LONG, UM, ARTICLE FROM 1997 ACTUALLY, WHERE WELLS TALKING ABOUT BROWNFIELD, UM, BASICALLY WAS CREATED THROUGH INDUSTRIAL COMMERCIAL PLACES THAT WERE KIND OF BLIGHTED AND PLACES THAT WERE KIND OF LOW INCOME TO KIND OF INCREASE THEIR VALUE, UM, IN, IN THIS DESIGNATION. HOW DOES THAT HELP THE VALUE OF THE, THE HOMES? YEAH, THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER. SO THE PROGRAM, WHEN IT WAS CREATED, THAT WAS ITS PURPOSE, BUT OVER TIME, IT HAS REALLY EVOLVED TO, UH, ALLOW FOR THE REUSE OF PROPERTY THAT IS NO LONGER BEING USED. MUCH LIKE MANY GOLF COURSES ARE BEING REDEVELOPED ACROSS THE STATE NOW, 'CAUSE GOLF COURSES SIMPLY AREN'T AS POPULAR AS THEY WERE BEFORE. SO THOSE LAND USES ARE CHANGING, AND THAT LEAVES A LARGE EXPANSE OF OPEN LAND THAT NEEDS TO BE REMEDIATED. I'D SAY MOST GOLF COURSES THAT WE DEAL WITH ARE IN A SIMILAR POSITION. THEY HAVE SIMILAR IMPACTS. SO THE PROGRAM IS EQUALLY AVAILABLE TO THE REDEVELOPMENT OF GOLF COURSE PROPERTIES LIKE THIS. UH, NOW I'M NOT AWARE OF THE RESEARCH THAT A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC PROVIDED, UH, IN SUPPORT OF PROPERTY VALUES DECREASING, BUT HERE WE HAVE TO MAKE A DISTINCTION BETWEEN THE PROGRAM AND THE CLEANUP OF THE CONTAMINATION. SO THE PROGRAM ITSELF, I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY STUDIES THAT LOOK SPECIFICALLY AT A BROWNFIELD AREA DESIGNATION IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA AND THE IMPACT ON PROPERTY VALUES. HOWEVER, ON A NATIONAL LEVEL, THERE HAVE BEEN STUDIES ON THE IMPACT OF CLEANUP AND REDEVELOPMENT OF CONTAMINATED PROPERTIES THAT SHOW AN INCREASE IN PROPERTY VALUES AS THE PROPERTIES ARE CLEANED UP, REDEVELOPED, AND PUT BACK INTO USE. AND THAT'S THE EXTENT OF WHAT, UH, I COULD SPEAK TO THAT HERE TODAY. YOU ALSO MENTIONED THAT 13 FLOOR HAS $1.5 BILLION IN CAPITALIZATION. OBVIOUSLY IT'S A WELL CAPITALIZED FIRM. UM, WHAT IS THE NEED FOR THE BROWNFIELD INCENTIVES IF IT'S WELL CAPITALIZED? THE PROGRAM DOES NOT REQUIRE DEMONSTRATION OF NEED. THE PROGRAM IS AVAILABLE TO ANYONE WHO HAS NOT CAUSED OR CONTRIBUTED TO THE CONTAMINATION. AND IN FACT, ONE OF THE CRITERIA FOR DESIGNATION IS THAT THE APPLICANT MUST SHOW THEY HAVE FINANCIAL RESOURCES TO COMPLETE THE REHABILITATION AGREEMENT AND REDEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT. SO THAT INDICATES THAT THE PROGRAM IS INTENDED TO HAVE A, UH, A WELL CAPITALIZED DEVELOPER STEP IN WHO CAN ACTUALLY COMPLETE THE JOB. THE INCENTIVES ARE THERE TO ENCOURAGE SOMEBODY TO PURCHASE A CONTAMINATED PROPERTY THAT OTHERWISE, UH, WOULD BE MUCH MORE DIFFICULT AND MUCH MORE EXPENSIVE TO CLEAN UP AND RE REDEVELOP. AND BACK TO THE CITY MANAGER. UM, AS SOME OF THE RESIDENTS MENTIONED IN TERMS OF LIKE THE, IN THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, THERE WAS, THERE WAS AGREEMENT TO, TO PUT WATER AND THAT TYPE OF STUFF ON THE SOIL AND THE MOVEMENT OF ALL THAT STUFF. AND THERE WAS NOT SUPPOSED TO BE ANY TRAFFIC ALONG WOODLANDS BOULEVARD, OBVIOUSLY. UM, MR. DELGADO CALLED ME A FEW AGO AND SAID THERE WAS TRUCKS ALL ALONG WOODLANDS BOULEVARD. UM, WHY IS THAT HAPPENING? WE'VE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH THE DEVELOPER A NUMBER OF TIMES REGARDING THOSE, AND, AND, AND THEY PROMISED THE, UH, THE, THE CON UM, DEVELOPER REPRESENTATIVE PROMISED US THAT, UM, THEY WILL, UM, PAY SPECIAL ATTENTION BECAUSE THEY'RE DEALING WITH CONTRACTORS, AND THEIR CONTRACTORS NEEDS TO BE, THEY MUST BE INFORMED, UH, ABOUT THE TRAFFIC PATTERNS IN THE, IN THE CONSTRUCTION SITE AND, AND, UM, UH, APPARENTLY, WELL, CLEARLY SOME OF 'EM DID NOT GET THE, UM, THE TRAFFIC PATTERNS AND, AND, AND, BUT WE HAVE HAD A NUMBER OF CONVERSATIONS WITH THE DEVELOPER TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ADHERE TO THOSE, UM, UH, PRINCIPLES, COMMISSIONERS. OKAY. THOSE ARE MY QUESTIONS TO NOW, VICE MAYOR. THANK YOU, CHAIR. GENTLEMEN, WHAT'S YOUR NAME AGAIN? VICE MAYOR. MY NAME IS BRETT BROMAN. YOU'RE AN ATTORNEY? YES, SIR. FOUR 13TH FLOOR? UH, YES, WE'RE ENGAGED BY 13TH FLOOR. OKAY. HOW LONG HAVE YOU PRESENTED THEM? UH, WE WERE ENGAGED AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS YEAR. SO YOU'RE STANDING ATTORNEY OR YOU JUST, I'M SORRY, WHAT WAS THAT QUESTION? ARE YOU A STANDING ATTORNEY? UH, I BELIEVE SO. I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE TERM. UM, POINT OF CLARIFICATION, YOU WORK FOR A DIFFERENT FIRM AND YOU WERE HIRED FOR THIS PARTICULAR ITEM? THAT'S CORRECT. MAYOR? YES. OUR FIRM, THE GOLDSTEIN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW FIRM, WAS ENGAGED BY 13TH FLOOR TO ASSIST BY, UH, SPECIFICALLY BY WOODLANDS CLUB, HOLDING LLLP TO ASSIST WITH THE DESIGNATION PROCESS. YOU'RE [02:50:01] FAMILIAR WITH 13TH FLOOR'S WORK AND THEIR WORK IN THE PAST? UH, SOMEWHAT, YES. OKAY. META PARK, CENTRAL PARK, HIDDEN TRAILS. DO YOU RING A BELL? UH, I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH THAT. OKAY. SO THEN I'LL ASK CITY MANAGER, WERE YOU CITY MANAGER WHEN META PARK, HIDDEN TRAILS CENTRAL PARK WAS BEING BUILT? NO, I WAS NOT. OKAY. MR. WALIA, WERE YOU CENTRAL PARK? YES. I WAS NOT IN THAT. OKAY. WHO WAS MS. CALLOWAY? MS. CALLWAY? NO. MS. CALLOWAY WAS COMMITTED TO DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR AT THE TIME? SHE WAS, YES. OKAY. CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION, MS. CALLOWAY? IS MAYOR MAXINE CALLWAY, DEPUTY CITY MANAGER FOR THE RECORD. THANK YOU. UM, YOU WERE HERE WHEN 13TH FLOOR WAS BUILDING MANA PARK, CENTRAL PARK HIDDEN TRAILS, CORRECT? YES, I WAS MY SENIOR. OKAY. UH, WAS THAT LAND CONTAMINATED? YES, IT WAS. AND THIS LAND THAT WOODLANDS, UH, IN WOODLANDS IS CONTAMINATED? THAT'S CORRECT. DID THEY APPLY FOR BROWNFIELD DESIGNATION THEN? NO, THEY DID NOT. WHY DO YOU THINK NOT? WELL, THE STATUTE PROVIDES FOR VOLUNTARY APPLICATION BY AN APPLICANT, SO I CAN'T SPEAK TO WHY THEY DID NOT, BUT THEY DIDN'T. YOU HEARD THAT VOLUNTARY HISTORY TELLS US THAT THEY DID NOT AT THAT TIME. WHY DIDN'T THEY? UH, I'M NOT AWARE OF WHY THEY DID NOT AT THE TIME. UH, AS I UNDERSTAND, THEY ONLY RECENTLY BECAME AWARE OF THE PROGRAM, AWARE OF THE PROGRAM, BUT BY YOUR OWN ADMISSION, THE FLORIDA STATUTES GAVE THEM THAT RIGHT? LONG BEFORE, I THINK IN 2000 OR 1997, I THINK IT IS, CORRECT, YES. OKAY. SO 1997 WAS ON THE BOOKS, AND THEY WOULD'VE HAD CREDITS, AND THEY DIDN'T APPLY FOR THOSE CREDITS. UH, THEY DID NOT. IT'S A BUSINESS DECISION OF ANYBODY TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAM, AND I CAN'T SPEAK TO, UH, WHAT HAPPENED BEFORE WE WERE ENGAGED BY THEM, UH, TO ANY OF THEIR DECISIONS THAT THEY MADE AT THE TIME COULDN'T BE BECAUSE THEY WERE BROKE. BECAUSE I WATCHED THOSE LAST MEETINGS AND THEY SAID THAT THEY WERE FULLY LOADED BACK THEN. YEAH. I, I CAN'T SPEAK TO THAT. HMM. OKAY. SO THE PROPERTY IS CONTAMINATED, AND WE KNOW THAT THE MAYOR DOES NOT BELIEVE, UH, CONTAMINATED PROPERTIES EXIST, ESPECIALLY ARSENIC AND THE WOODLANDS. UM, THE DEVELOPER, UM, ALREADY LEGALLY OBLIGATED IS OB THE, THE IS DEVELOPER. IS THE DEVELOPER ALREADY LEGALLY OBLIGATED TO REMEDIATE THIS PROPERTY REGARDLESS OF WHETHER WE APPROVE THE BROWNFIELD DESIGNATION TONIGHT? YES. REMEDIATION IS REQUIRED JUST AS A PROPERTY OWNER. SO THEN WHY ARE YOU HERE? THE APPLICANT HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO REQUEST HIS DESIGNATION BASED ON THE STATUTORY PROVISIONS. SO IF THEY ARE GOING TO REMEDIATE, REGARDLESS WHY YOU'RE ASKING FOR A VOTE, GIVE ME A BETTER ANSWER. THE, THE REMEDIATION MUST HAPPEN. THE LEGISLATURE CREATED THIS PROGRAM IN ORDER FOR PERSONS OR COMPANIES WHO HAVE NOT CAUSED THE CONTAMINATION TO REMEDIATE IT WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF STATE FUNDING, UH, THAT'S PROVIDED AS A PARTIAL REIMBURSEMENT. SO THAT'S, UH, THE REASON THEY'RE MAKING THIS REQUEST, THAT, UH, PROGRAM IS AVAILABLE, AND THE LEGISLATURE HAS MADE IT AVAILABLE TO THEM TO USE IF THEY MAKE THE DECISION TO, UH, UTILIZE THE PROGRAM. OKAY. SO THE DEVELOPER DOES GAIN FINANCIALLY FROM THIS? YES. THE DEVELOPER RECEIVES A FINANCIAL INCENTIVE, UH, BASED ON THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT THEY ACTUALLY SPEND ON THE CLEANUP. PLEASE SPECIFY THE STATE, UH, TAX CREDIT. UH, SO THE STATE TAX CREDIT IS CALLED A VOLUNTARY CLEANUP TAX CREDIT. IT IS A STATE CORPORATE INCOME TAX CREDIT USED TO OFFSET, UH, CORPORATE INCOME TAXES PAY TO THE STATE. IT'S A, A PROGRAM THAT OPERATES ON AN ANNUAL BASIS. SO AT THE END OF EVERY YEAR, THE APPLICANT WOULD SUBMIT, UH, UH, INVOICES AND PAYMENT RECORDS TO THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION. IF THE COSTS ARE ELIGIBLE AND THE ELIGIBLE COSTS ARE SPECIFIED IN FLORIDA ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, AND BY STATUTE, THE STATE WILL ISSUE THAT, UH, FLORIDA CORPORATE INCOME TAX CREDIT TO THE DEVELOPER, AND THAT'S AVAILABLE EVERY YEAR. THAT COSTS ARE INCURRED. WHAT IS THE ESTIMATED DOLLAR VALUE FOR THESE BENEFITS? SO ANNUALLY, THEY ARE CAPPED AT $500,000, WHICH IS BASED ON UP TO $1 MILLION IN COST PER YEAR. AND AT THE END OF THE PROCESS, THERE IS A SEPARATE, IT'S CALLED A SITE REHABILITATION COMPLETION ORDER BONUS TAX CREDIT. THAT IS CAPPED AT 500,000 TOTAL DOLLARS. BUT ALL OF THOSE COSTS ARE BASED AGAIN, ON WHAT THE APPLICANT ACTUALLY SPENDS PER YEAR. SO, FOR EXAMPLE, IF THEY SPEND, UH, $500,000 IN A GIVEN YEAR, THEIR TAX CREDIT WOULD ONLY BE $250,000 FOR THAT YEAR, AND THERE'S NO ABILITY TO TRANSFER BETWEEN YEARS. IT'S BASED STRICTLY ON JANUARY ONE TO DECEMBER 31ST, [02:55:01] AND THE EXCESS COSTS ARE THEN LOST. SO IT'S ALL ABOUT MONEY. UH, THE PROGRAM, THE, THE FINANCIAL INCENTIVE IS A SIGNIFICANT COMPONENT OF WHY PEOPLE WOULD PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAM, BUT IT'S ALL ABOUT MONEY, YES OR NO? UH, YEAH. THE, IT IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO REDUCE THE CLEANUP COST. SO IT'S ABOUT MONEY, UH, CORRECT, YES. HMM. BUT YOU TESTIFIED THAT YOU HAVE $1.5 BILLION? YEAH. AGAIN, THERE'S NO NEED DEMONSTRATION OF NEED REQUIREMENT IN THE STATUTE. THAT'S NOT ONE OF THE FIVE CRITERION. AND THE, THE STATUTE REQUIRES THAT YOU DEMONSTRATE YOU DO HAVE, UH, THE FINANCIAL RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO COMPLETE THE REHABILITATION OR REDEVELOPMENT IN ORDER TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAM IN THE FIRST PLACE. WHAT ARE THE FIVE PERMANENT JOBS THAT YOU'RE OFFERING? UH, SO THE APPLICANT EXPECTS JOBS TO CONSIST OF, UH, UH, HOA MANAGER OR PROPERTY MANAGER, A COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT MANAGER, MAINTENANCE STAFF, UM, AS WELL AS, UH, UH, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT COUNCIL. UM, THERE WILL ALSO BE ACCOUNTING JOBS AND FINANCE JOBS AVAILABLE, OR ACCOUNTING JOBS AVAILABLE. BUT AT THIS STAGE OF THE DEVELOPMENT, THE APPLICANT CANNOT IDENTIFY THE SPECIFIC JOB CATEGORIES. WE'RE LOOKING AT WHAT IS EXPECTED TO BE CREATED AT A DEVELOPMENT OF THIS SIZE WITH THIS, UH, LEVEL OF PUBLIC LAND AND AMENITY OR OPEN LAND AND AMENITIES. AT THIS TIME, THEY CANNOT IDENTIFY THE JOBS, UH, NOT, NOT THE SPECIFIC JOB CATEGORIES. WHILE THE PROJECT IS STILL UNDER DEVELOPMENT SECTION 3 7, 3 7, 6 0.0 0.80 TO SECTION C, SUBSECTION C TWO REQUIRES THE APPLICANT TO ESTABLISH THE, THAT REHABILITATION REDEVELOPMENT WILL CREATE AT LEAST FIVE NEW PERMANENT F-T-P-F-T-E JOBS AT THE BROWNFIELD SITE, EXCLUDING JOBS ASSOCIATED WITH THE REHABILITATION AGREEMENT AND DEMOLITION CON, UH, UH, CON, UM, CONSTRUCTION. SO YOU TELLING US THAT YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THE JOBS ARE, OR IF THESE JOBS ARE, UM, CREATED AND, AND CREATED BECAUSE OF CONSTRUCTION DOES NOT RISE TO THE LEVEL OF WHAT I WANT TO HEAR. I WANT TO HEAR THE PERMANENT JOBS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO, UH, PROVIDE, BECAUSE FLORIDA STATUTES DEMANDED THAT YOU PROVIDE THESE FIVE JOBS. SO TELL US WHAT THESE FIVE JOBS ARE. UH, UH, THE FIVE JOBS THAT WE EXPECT TO BE CREATED HERE WOULD CONSIST OF AT LEAST THE, UH, HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION MANAGEMENT OR MANAGER, A COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT MANAGER, UM, AS WELL AS SEVERAL MAINTENANCE STAFF. NOW, WE CAN'T POINT TO THOSE SPECIFIC JOB CATEGORIES, UH, AT THIS STAGE OF DEVELOPMENT. HOWEVER, THIS LEGISLATURE ALSO CREATED AN EXCEPTION TO THE JOB CREATION REQUIREMENT FOR PROPERTIES THAT PROJECTS THAT WILL CREATE RECREATIONAL AREAS, CONSERVATION AREAS, AND PARKS. SO THAT PROVISION EQUALLY APP APPLIES HERE. WILL CONTAMINATION BE REMOVED OR MANAGED IN PLACE? YES. LARGELY, UH, LARGELY MANAGED IN PLACE, I'M SORRY, VICE MAYOR, WHILE 2-YEAR-OLD CHILDREN LIVE IN THE COMMUNITY. UH, THE CLEANUP REQUIREMENTS ARE ESTABLISHED BY THE FLORIDA ADMINISTRATIVE CODE. UH, THEY'RE RISK-BASED CORRECTIVE ACTION MEASURES. AND, UH, THE, UH, FDEP AND THE LEGISLATURE HAS APPROVED THE CLEANUP STANDARDS AND THE CLEANUP METHODS THAT ARE, ARE AVAILABLE HERE. SO THEY CONSIDER, UH, WHAT IS NECESSARY TO PROTECT HUMAN HEALTH IN THE ENVIRONMENT. THEREFORE, THE REMEDIATION MEASURES HERE THAT ARE APPROVED BY BROWARD COUNTY AS A EE OF THE STATE, UH, ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE ROLE REQUIREMENTS. WILL FUTURE HOMEOWNERS HAVE ANY RESTRICTIONS ON DIGGING, INSTALLING POOLS, LANDSCAPING, IRRIGATION WELLS, OR DISTRIBUTING, DISTRIBUTING SOIL? UH, THEY MAY, UH, I'M NOT AWARE OF THE EXACT LOCATIONS OF WHERE THESE ENGINEERING CONTROLS AND THESE RESTRICTIONS WOULD BE, BUT IT IS POSSIBLE THAT FUTURE HOMEOWNERS WOULD TAKE TITLES, SUBJECT TO THOSE RESTRICTIONS WHEN THEY PURCHASE THE PROPERTIES. SAY THAT AGAIN FOR THE RECORD. UH, SO UNDER THE FLORIDA ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, AS WE, AS WE MENTIONED, THE, UH, SELF CONTAMINATION MAY REMAIN, BUT IT WILL NEED TO BE, UH, PLACED BENEATH ENGINEERING CONTROLS THAT COME WITH A, A DECLARATION OF RESTRICTIVE COVENANT RECORDED ON THE TITLE OF THOSE INDIVIDUAL HOME LOTS. SO FUTURE HOMEOWNERS MAY TAKE TITLE, UH, SUBJECT TO THAT DECLARATION OF RESTRICTIVE COVENANT WITH THOSE RESTRICTIONS IN PLACE. AND IF THIS DOESN'T PASS TO PASS TONIGHT, UH, ASSUMING 20 YEARS FROM NOW, WHO HAS LIABILITY? UH, I CAN'T SPEAK TO THAT AUTHORITATIVELY, BUT THE HOMEOWNERS WOULD'VE LIABILITY. UM, PREVIOUS OWNERS WOULD ALSO HAVE LIABILITY. IT'S A, IN FLORIDA, IT OPERATES AS JOINT SEVERAL. LIABILITY IS YOUR PANTS ON FIRE? ? YEAH. DOES, UH, BROWNFIELD DESIGNATION, UH, PROVIDE THE DEVELOPER OR FUTURE PARTIES WITH ANY LIABILITY PROTECTION THEY DO NOT CURRENTLY POSSESS? YES. UH, BY EXECUTING THE BROWNFIELD SITE REHABILITATION AGREEMENT, THE PROGRAM DOES PROVIDE [03:00:01] LIMITED LIABILITY PROTECTIONS, UH, SPECIFICALLY FREEDOM OF LIABILITY TO OTHERS FOR CONTRIBUTION OF THEIR CLEANUP COSTS ON THAT SITE, AS WELL AS, UH, UH, FREEDOM OF LIABILITY FOR INJUNCTIVE RELEASE RELIEF TO COMPEL CLEANUP BEYOND WHAT'S REQUIRED BY THE COUNTY. AND, UH, FREEDOM OF LIABILITY FOR CLAIMS FOR PROPERTY DAMAGE BASED ON THE CONTAMINATION BEING ADDRESSED. AND THESE APPLY ONLY TO THE SIGNATORY TO THE BROWNFIELD AGREEMENT. THEY WOULD NOT APPLY TO PRIOR OWNERS WHO ALSO CARRY CLEANUP LIABILITY. WHERE'S YOUR FINANCIAL ASSURANCE? UH, OUR FINANCIAL ASSURANCE WAS INCLUDED IN THE ASSURANCE, UH, YEAH, OUR FINANCIAL ASSURANCE WAS INCLUDED IN THE APPLICATION PACKAGE. I WILL, UH, FIND THE SPECIFIC ATTACHMENT ONE MOMENT, BUT IT WAS IN THE FORM OF A CERTIFICATION LETTER PROVIDED BY 13TH FLOOR DETAILING THEIR, UH, FINANCIAL WHEREWITHAL. POINT ME TO IT. WHAT DOCUMENT IN TONIGHT'S RECORD CONSTITUTES THE APPLICANT'S REASONABLE ASSURANCE ARE OF SUFFICIENT FINANCIAL RESOURCES UNDER FLORIDA STATUTES 3 7 6 0.0 0.80. THAT IS EXHIBIT B TO OUR ELIGIBILITY STATEMENT, UH, WHICH WAS ATTACHED TO THE APPLICATION PACKAGE. IS THERE A BOND? NO, THERE'S NO BOND. IS THERE A LETTER OF CREDIT? NO, THERE'S NO LETTER OF CREDIT. WHAT ABOUT ESCROW? SORRY, WHAT WAS THE QUESTION? ESCROW. NO, THERE'S NOT, NONE OF THOSE, UH, ARE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE REASONABLE ASSURANCES CORPORATE GUARANTEE. NO AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENT, NO COMPLETED GUARANTEE? NO. THE, THE STATUTE REQUIRES REASONABLE ASSURANCE THAT THE APPLICANT HAS SUFFICIENT FINANCIAL RESOURCES, REASONABLE WHEN YOU CAN'T EVEN MOVE DIRT. UH, THE APPLICANT IS IN THE PROCESS OF DOING THE REMEDIATION. UH, THEY'RE PAYING THEIR COST AS THEY COME DUE. SO YOU HAVE NOT TESTIFIED TO NONE OF THESE EXISTING. UM, WHAT EVIDENTIARY BASIS ARE YOU, ARE WE MAKING THE STATUTORY FINDING TONIGHT THAT CRITERION FIVE HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED? UH, WE ARE RELYING ON THE LETTER PROVIDED BY THE APPLICANT THAT ESTABLISHES THE, UH, FUNDS THEY HAVE COMMITTED AND AVAILABLE FROM INVESTORS TO UTILIZE FOR THEIR PROJECTS. WHO ARE THE INVESTORS? UH, I CAN'T SPEAK TO WHO THE INVESTORS ARE. THE APPLICANT PROVIDED A, A SUMMARY OF THEIR FINANCIAL RESOURCES IN THE CERTIFICATION LETTER INCLUDED WITH THE APPLICATION. SO THE LETTER IS AS EXPENSIVE AS THE PAPER FOR TRUMP UNIVERSITY. UH, WHERE IS THE BROWNFIELD ADVISORY COMMITTEE? THE COMMITTEE HAS NOT BEEN CREATED YET. THAT WOULD BE CREATED WITH THE BROWNFIELD SITE REHABILITATION AGREEMENT. WE'RE NOT AWARE OF THE, OR WE HAVEN'T, UH, FIGURED OUT THE PROCESS FOR SELECTING COMMITTEE MEMBERS YET. BUT IF APPROVED, THE, THE APPLICANT WOULD NEED TO GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS TO IDENTIFY NEIGHBORS WHO, UH, ARE, BE INTERESTED IN SERVING ON THAT COMMITTEE. WHAT ADVISORY COMMITTEE YOU WILL SERVE. THE WOODLAND WOULD SERVE THE WOODLANDS CLUB GREEN REUSE AREA UNDER SECTION 3 7 6 0.80. THAT, THAT WOULD BE THE COMMITTEE CREATED AS PART OF THE BROWNFIELD SITE REHABILITATION AGREEMENT. AND THAT WILL BE A, A COMPONENT OF THE AGREEMENT WITH THE, UH, NAME, ADDRESS, PHONE NUMBERS, AND EMAIL ADDRESSES FOR THE MEMBERS. AND THAT WILL BE REVIEWED BY BROWARD COUNTY AS PART OF THE AGREEMENT EXECUTION PROCESS. AND THERE'LL BE WOODLAND RE WOODLAND'S RESIDENCE? UH, I BELIEVE SO. UH, THE STATUTE REQUIRES, UH, DO YOU BELIEVE SO? OR, YOU KNOW, SO, UH, I'M NOT AWARE OF THE APPLICATION OR THE SELECTION PROCESS YET, BUT THAT'S CERTAINLY A CONSIDERATION, AND I CAN'T SPEAK TO EXACTLY WHO WOULD BE SELECTED AT THIS TIME. BUT YOU HAVE TO SPEAK TO IT, SIR, BECAUSE FLORIDA STATUTES DEMAND THAT YOU SPEAK TO IT. THANK YOU. AND YOU CAN FINISH ANSWERING THE QUESTION AND FINISH YOUR QUESTION. YEAH. SO FINISH YOUR ANSWER. THE STATUTE REQUIRES THAT THE APPLICANTS SELECT PERSONS ADJACENT TO THE BROWNFIELD AREA, THOSE WITHIN IT, UH, BUSINESS OWNERS NEARBY, OR OTHERS DEEMED APPROPRIATE. SO BECAUSE THERE'S A REQUIREMENT TO SELECT PERSONS ADJACENT TO THE BROWNFIELD AREA, THERE, MOST LIKELY WILL BE WOODLANDS RESIDENTS ON THE COMMITTEE. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER PATTERSON. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUICK QUESTIONS. UH, A COUPLE FOR YOU, MR. ATTORNEY, AND THEN, AND THEN, UH, I HAVE A FEW FOR STAFF, UM, RELEVANT TO THE BROWNFIELD DESIGNATION, JUST FOR CLARITY, UM, WOULDN'T IT BE FAIR TO SAY THAT IF THERE WERE A BROWNFIELD DESIGNATION, IT WOULD BE RECORDED IN THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, WHICH WOULD THEN CREATE A DOCUMENTED ENVIRONMENTAL STIGMA ON THE PROPERTY OR PROPERTIES? [03:05:01] UH, THAT IS CORRECT. IT WOULD BE RECORDED IN THE STATE OF THE F DEPART F DPS DATABASE OF DESIGNATED AREAS, BUT THE PROPERTY IS ALREADY DOCUMENTED AS CONTAMINATED, UH, WITH THE STATE, AS WELL AS WITH BROWARD COUNTY AND PUBLIC RECORDS, WHICH WOULD MEAN THEN THAT THERE WOULD BE PERHAPS EVEN SOME RESTRICTIONS RECORDED IN PERPETUITY. UH, YES, THAT'S VERY LIKELY HERE WHERE SOME CONTAMINATION WILL REMAIN. THE COUNTY AND THE STATE WILL REQUIRE THAT RESTRICTIONS BE PLACED ON AREAS WITH IMPACTED SOIL AND PERPETUITY. SO IN FACT, THERE COULD POTENTIALLY BE SOME IMPACT TO PROPERTY VALUE. UH, THERE MAY BE AN IMPACT TO PROPERTY VALUES. I CAN'T SPEAK TO THAT. I DON'T WANNA SPECULATE. HOWEVER, GENERALLY, AS REMEDIATION HAPPENS, AND THE CONTAMINATION IS CONTROLLED WITH OVERSIGHT OF THE COUNTY AND THE STATE, PROPERTY VALUES DO TEND TO INCREASE NEAR THESE SITES. UM, OKAY. SO I MEAN, I, I MEAN, I GUESS WE, IT IT'S KIND OF POTATO, POTATO WITH THAT. UM, YOU KNOW, I FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW, A, A DOCUMENTED RECORDING DOES HAVE AN IMPACT, THUS IT DOES POTENTIALLY REQUIRE SOME SELLERS DISCLOSURES. I MEAN, IT IS A DOCUMENTED DESIGNATION, SO I WOULD IMAGINE, YOU KNOW, THERE WOULD, YOU KNOW, WE CAN ARGUE IT, BUT I THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE FAIR. IT'S, THERE'S SOME FAIR, UM, PERSPECTIVE AS IT PERTAINS TO WHAT THE RESIDENTS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT. I WOULD SAY THAT THE DESIGNATION APPLIES ONLY TO THIS PROPERTY, AS WOULD ANY FUTURE RESTRICTIONS. THE DESIGNATION ITSELF IS NOT RECORDED ON THE PROPERTY TITLE. IT'S ONLY IN A LIST OF, OF DESIGNATED AREAS AT THE STATE LEVEL, AND THE LIST OF ALL CONTAMINATED PROPERTIES STATEWIDE THAT EXISTS. FAIR, FAIR. UM, DOES THE DESIGNATION, AND MAYBE THIS IS FOR OUR ATTORNEY, I'M NOT SURE, UM, WOULD THIS DESIGNATION NARROW THE CITY'S LEVERAGE? SHOULD THERE EVER BE AN ANOTHER OCCURRENCE OR REAPPEARANCE OF ARSENIC IN THE FUTURE? UH, TO THAT QUESTION, I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN ANSWER FOR THE CITY, HOWEVER, BROWARD COUNTY IS THE REGULATORY AGENCY THAT IS, UH, RESPONSIBLE FOR OVERSEEING ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION AND CLEANUP IN, UH, BROWARD COUNTY. SO THERE IS A REOPENER PROVISION. IF THE CONTAMINATION IS ADDRESSED, BUT A NEW DISCHARGE OCCURS, OR ADDITIONAL CONTAMINATION IS FOUND, BROWARD COUNTY CAN STEP IN AND REQUIRE ADDITIONAL CLEANUP. MM. UM, ATTORNEY, DO YOU, ARE YOU ABLE TO WEIGH IN THERE? I MEAN, I, IT, IT WOULD SEEM AS THOUGH IF THIS BODY WERE TO DESIGNATE THE AREA AS A BROWNFIELD, THAT SHOULD THERE BE ANOTHER OCCURRENCE OR AN ADDITIONAL CLEANUP IN THE FUTURE THAT'S NEEDED OR NECESSARY, THE CITY'S LEVERAGE WOULD THEN BE NARROWED. THAT JUST SEEMS LIKE A SIMPLE CONCEPTUAL, UH, OBVIOUSLY, UH, IF THIS IS APPROVED, YOU HAVE, WE HAVE TO ENTER INTO SOME FORM OF AGREEMENT, AND THIS AGREEMENT WOULD GOVERN THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE DEVELOPMENT WITH RESPECT TO CLEANUP. SO OBVIOUSLY, UH, IF THAT AGREEMENT GOVERNS RELATIONSHIP, THE LEVERAGE MAY NOT BE AS STRONG AS IT IS NOW. OKAY. THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WAS, THAT'S A BIT OF A CONCERN FOR ME, FOR SURE. UM, SPECIFICALLY CONCERNING, UM, JUST WHAT THE CURRENT HANDLING OF THE REMEDIATION, OR HOW THE CURRENT HANDLING OF THE REMEDIATION IS BEING MANAGED. UM, I GUESS THIS MIGHT BE FOR STAFF. I'M LOOKING AT A REPORT, UH, YOU GUYS PROVIDED SOME DA, SOME BACKUP, A LOT OF BACKUP. I SPENT A LOT OF TIME READING IT. MAYBE KENT, YOU CAN ANSWER A COUPLE QUESTIONS FOR ME THROUGH THE MANAGER. UM, I KNOW THAT THE APPLICANT PROVIDED AN APPLICATION AND SUPPLIED QUITE A BIT OF INFORMATION. UM, I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, OUR JOB IS TYPICALLY JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY CHECK THE BOXES, AND THERE'S A STATUTE, THE STATUTE HAS A CRITERIA, AND WE'RE JUST LOOKING TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CRITERIA WAS MET. WE'VE HEARD A LOT TONIGHT ABOUT, UM, CONTRACT COMPLIANCE, ET CETERA. MY QUESTION IS, I UNDERSTAND THAT THE CITY DOES HAVE A THIRD PARTY ORGANIZATION, CORINO GROUP, WHO WAS AN INDEPENDENT REVIEWER OF THIS PACKAGE. HOWEVER, THE PACKAGE WAS NEVER PROVIDED. SO I HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF AN ISSUE WITH THE FACT THAT THE CORINO GROUP'S EVALUATION OF THIS APPLICATION WAS NOT PROVIDED. OH, THEIR, THEIR ASSESSMENT OF THE APPLICATION PACKAGE. SO IN THE BACKUP, IT SAYS THAT THE STAFF REVIEWED THE CORINO GROUP, THE CORINO GROUP, UH, REVIEW, IF YOU WILL, AND THEY SIGNED OFF ON IT. BUT I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHAT THE CORINO GROUP SPECIFICALLY HAD TO SAY, PARTICULARLY BECAUSE THEY WERE HIRED AS AN INDEPENDENT REVIEWER ON THIS DEAL. I, I, I, I SAY TO YOU GUYS ALL THE TIME, DON'T BRING SOMETHING IN FRONT OF ME THAT DOES NOT HAVE A, I I DON'T, I CAN'T MAKE A DECISION ON HALF INFORMATION, NOR SHOULD I BE ASKED TO. WE HAVE A JOB TO DO. IT'S NOT OUR JOB JUST TO SIGN OFF. OUR JOB IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE EVALUATED IT AGAINST ALL THE ODDS TO INCLUDE ALL PERSPECTIVES, NOT JUST TO SIGN OFF BECAUSE THE APPLICANT GAVE US A COMPLETE APPLICATION. [03:10:03] NO ONE HAS AN ANSWER. WHAT THE, YOU, THE QUESTION WAS COR DINO'S RESPONSE. THE QUESTION WAS, WHERE IS THE CORINO? WHERE IS THE CORINO GROUP? WHERE IS WHATEVER THEY SIGNED OFF ON WHAT YOU READ, OR YOU READ MANAGER, WHATEVER YOU GUYS READ, WHERE IS IT? IT WASN'T IN THE PACKAGE. YEAH, MY APOLOGIES FOR NOT INCLUDING THAT IN THE PACKAGE. BUT THEIR RESPONSE WAS THEY ASSISTED US IN THE REVIEW OF THE APPLICATION. THEIR RESPONSE WAS THE RESPONSES BACK FROM THE APPLICANT IN THEIR PACKAGE. IT WAS JUST DEEMED SUFFICIENT AS A RESPONSE. THAT WAS GENERALLY THEIR RESPONSE. THEY HAD NO COMMENTS OF SPECIFIC NATURE. THEY HELPED US THROUGHOUT THE REVIEW, MAKE SURE THAT WE GOT THE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING THE, UH, JOB EQUIVALENCY. THEY HELPED US WITH THE REVIEW, MAKING SURE THAT, UM, THEY HAD THE FINANCIAL BACKING IN THAT REPORT. THEY WERE HELPING US WITH SUFFICIENCY OF THE DOCUMENTS. SO WE WERE GOING BACK AND FORTH WITH THE APPLICANT WITH THAT PACKAGE THAT YOU'VE SEEN TODAY INCORPORATING THEIR COMMENTS, GETTING OFFICIAL RESPONSE. UNDERSTOOD. BUT I THINK THAT THE, THE PURPOSE OF AN INDEPENDENT REVIEWER IS TO ENSURE THAT THE CITY IS PROTECTED AND THAT THE APPLICANT IS PROVIDING THAT WHICH IS NECESSARY IN ORDER FOR THEM TO QUALIFY. RIGHT. I'M NOT GONNA GET INTO THE WHOLE THING ABOUT THE JOBS AND HOW, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY STATE LAW REQUIRES THAT THERE'S FIVE POSITIONS, UM, CREATED. I'M NOT GONNA GET INTO THAT, BUT THE BACKUP IS A LITTLE BIT CONFLICTING. IN ONE HAND, IT'S, THEY'RE, THEY'RE SAYING THAT THEY'VE GOT 24 AND A HALF JOBS THAT ARE BEING CREATED. I HEARD HIM QUOTE FIVE A COUPLE MINUTES AGO. AND ON THE OTHER HAND, THE CITY IS SAYING, WELL, THERE'S AN EXEMPTION IN THE STATE LAW. SO MY QUESTION BECOMES, ARE THEY ELIGIBLE UNDER AN EXEMPTION OR DO THEY ACTUALLY HAVE THE FIVE REQUIRED POSITIONS, HEATH, WHICH WAY OR THE OTHER? AGAIN, LIKE, WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO PRESENT SOLID MATERIAL SO THAT THIS COMMISSION CAN MAKE SOLID DECISIONS. AG AGREED. THEN THE, THE RESPONSE THAT I HAD SHARED WITH THE APPLICANT TOO, AS WELL, THE 24.5 THAT HE INCLUDED, INCLUDED THE FIVE TO SIX FULL-TIME, SO THE FIVE TO SIX FULL-TIME, AS THE APPLICANT INDICATED. HE IS NOT DEFINING THE SPECIFIC CATEGORIES. THE 24.5 IS INDIRECT JOBS. THERE'S ONLY FIVE TO SIX FULL-TIME JOBS THAT THE APPLICANT IS INDICATING THAT THEY'RE GONNA BE PROVIDING. THE ADDITIONAL UP TO THAT, TO THE 24.5 IS INDIRECT JOBS. SO CONTRACTORS BEING HIRED IN AND TO THAT NATURE. BUT I'LL ALLOW THE APPLICANT TO, TO FULLY CLARIFY THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WELL, I, WE DON'T NEED TO GET INTO THE JOBS. I'M SORRY. NOT TO CUT YOU OFF. I'M NOT, WE'VE ALREADY KIND OF, I THINK THE VICE MAYOR ALREADY KIND OF WENT DOWN THAT RABBIT HOLE. I'M JUST MAKING A POINT. SURE. THAT WHAT I'M BEING PRESENTED WITH, IT'S A, IT'S, IT'S PRETTY EXHAUSTING. AND THEN WHEN YOU HAVE RESIDENTS COME TO THE PODIUM TO ARGUE WHY A COMM, A COMMISSION IS NOT AT A DEVELOPER'S FOR THE COMMUNITY THAT THE COMMISSION WAS, UM, GIVEN, I'LL TAKE MY TWO MINUTES NOW, UM, FOR, AND, AND THE COMMISSION WASN'T GIVEN NOTICE ABOUT THE MEETING UNTIL THE NIGHT BEFORE THE MEETING. I, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, I, I CAUTION PEOPLE WHEN THEY COME FROM THE AUDIENCE, I RESPECTFULLY APPRECIATE THOSE WHO COME FROM THE COMMUNITY TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE PROJECT. THEY'RE DIRECTLY AFFECTED, BUT WHEN WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON, I CAUTION PEOPLE TO BE CAREFUL ON WHAT THEY'RE COMMUNICATING ON BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE THE TIME KNOW WHAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT SEPARATELY. MY LAST QUESTION IS THIS, UM, IN YOUR BACKUP, YOU TALK ABOUT CLEAN SOIL AND YOU GIVE UP A BUNCH OF LEVELS, UH, IN TERMS OF WHAT THE CLEAN SOIL IS GONNA BE FOR RECREATIONAL AREAS, THE OWL EASEMENT, BUT NOWHERE WAS I ABLE TO FIND A SPECIFIC NUMBER RELEVANT TO WHAT THE CLEAN SOIL, UH, LEVELS SHOULD BE RELEVANT TO THE SPECIFIC 335 HOMES. THAT I THINK IS OBVIOUSLY THE MOST IMPORTANT LEVEL. THAT'S THE LEVEL THAT SHOULD BE IN THE BACKUP. THAT'S THE LEVEL THAT'S NOT THERE. SO, UM, FOR ME, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT EVEN NECESSARILY SURE IF YOU HAVE AN ANSWER. I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF STAFF SAW THAT OR DIDN'T SEE IT. EITHER WAY. I FEEL LIKE WHAT'S BEFORE ME IS A BIT CONFLICTING, UM, FOR ME TO BE ABLE TO MAKE A DECISION ON IT BASED ON WHAT I'M HEARING FROM THE RESIDENTS, THOUGH, IT'S A NO FOR ME TODAY, UH, JUST FLAT OUT, JUST SIMPLY BASED ON THE FACT THAT WHAT I HAVE IN FRONT OF ME IS JUST NOT ADEQUATELY PRESENTED. UM, THAT COULD THE, THE MAJOR AREAS. AND THEN, AND THEN I WOULD QUESTION HOW WE'RE EVEN GOING TO ISSUE A CEO ON, UH, I, I THINK SOMEWHERE I READ THAT THERE WAS LIKE A TWO FOOT ENGINEERING CAP. I'M WONDERING HOW THAT GETS VERIFIED AND HOW ARE CEOS GONNA BE ISSUED? WHO'S GONNA DO THAT? MANAGER RESPECTFULLY. THINGS LIKE THIS TYPICALLY REQUIRE A CONTRACT COMPLIANCE PERSON. WHEN WE ENTER INTO AGREEMENTS AS AN ORGANIZATION, AND WE'VE GOT CONTRACTS OF THIS MAGNITUDE, AND WE'VE GOT STAFF WHO ALREADY HAVE DESIGNATED ROLES, THEIR JOB IS NOT TO JUST BOUNCE AROUND AND WAIT TO BE RES REACTIVE TO CALLS FROM THE COMMUNITY. [03:15:01] THANK YOU. UM, I WAS JUST GONNA POINT OUT THAT, THAT IN TERMS OF THE, UM, UH, THE, THE ENVIRONMENTAL, UM, UH, TECHNICALITIES IN TERMS OF THE, THE REMEDIATION AND, AND ALL OF THAT, UM, THAT'S NOT A, THAT'S NOT WITHIN THE, THE PURVIEW OF THE CITY. THAT'S, UM, THAT'S UNDER THE, THE COUNTY PERMIT. AND, AND THOSE ARE, UM, UH, ESTABLISHED BY THE COUNTY AND, AND THEN THEY'RE MONITORED AND CONTROLLED BY THE COUNTY. SO THE CITY STAFF HAS NO JURISDICTION ON THOSE, UM, ON THOSE ELEMENTS OF THE, UH, THE REMEDIATION. NOW, UM, I I'M ALSO CURIOUS, UH, BRAD, MAYBE YOU CAN, UH, ENLIGHTEN US, UM, IN EITHER, UM, UH, POSITION, WHETHER IT'S, IT'S, UH, BROWNFIELD OR, OR, UH, ROUTINE REMEDIATION. IS THERE A, UH, ROUTINE, UH, CHECKUP, UH, REQUIREMENT DOWN THE ROAD EVERY FIVE YEARS, EVERY 10 YEARS OR SO? IF YOU CAN, UH, PROVIDE SOME, SOME, UM, UH, BECAUSE COMMISSION WAS ASKING ABOUT THAT, YOU KNOW, LIKE WHAT HAPPENS IN THE FUTURE. YEAH. THANK YOU. CITY MANAGER AND COMMISSIONER PATTERSON. I CAN ALSO SPEAK TO SOME OF ONE OF YOUR, A COUPLE OF YOUR QUESTIONS AS WELL. UH, THERE IS A RESIDENTIAL SOIL CLEANUP TARGET LEVEL THAT WILL NEED TO BE MET IN THE TOP TWO FEET OF SOIL. THAT'S 2.1 MILLIGRAMS PER KILOGRAM OF ARSENIC, AND THAT'S ESTABLISHED BY THE STATE AND INCORPORATED BY THE COUNTY. SO THAT, UH, ONCE THAT SOIL ENGINEERING CONTROL CAP IS PLACED AND, UM, COMPACTED THE, UH, AN ENGINEERING CONTROL VERIFICATION REPORT, AN ENGINEERING CONTROL VERIFICATION SAMPLES WILL BE TAKEN IN EACH HOME LOT TO CONFIRM THE SOIL IN THAT AREA MEETS THE REQUIREMENT FOR A RESIDENTIAL USE. AND TO YOUR QUESTION, CITY MANAGER, THERE IS A PROGRAM, UH, CALLED THE INSTITUTIONAL CONTROL AND ENGINEERING CONTROL AUDIT PROGRAM THAT THE STATE OPERATES, THE COUNTY DOES HERE IN BROWARD COUNTY, WHERE THEY GO INSPECT CONDITIONALLY CLOSED SITES LIKE THIS, THAT HAVE THOSE CONTROLS AND ENSURE THOSE CONTROLS ARE STILL IN PLACE SO THAT IT HAPPENS. I BELIEVE THAT THEIR GOAL IS TO THAT ANNUALLY. THERE WILL ALSO BE AN ANNUAL, UH, I'M SORRY, EVERY FIVE YEARS, BUT THERE WILL ALSO BE AN ANNUAL INSPECTION REQUIREMENT INCORPORATED INTO THE RESTRICTIVE COVENANT. UM, I CAN'T SPEAK TO EXACTLY HOW THAT WOULD OPERATE AT HERE AT A PROJECT LIKE THIS WITH THE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, BUT I'VE SEEN IT DONE IN OTHER PLACES WHERE THAT IS A REQUIREMENT OF THE HOA RATHER THAN THE INDIVIDUAL HOMEOWNER. BUT AGAIN, I CAN'T SPEAK TO EXACTLY HOW THAT WOULD BE DONE IN THIS CASE AT THIS STAGE OF THE PROJECT. POINT OF CLARIFICATION, UM, I, I THINK, WHICH I JUST WANNA MAKE THIS ONE COMMENT. IT, IT'S, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE UNDERSTAND THAT WHY IT'S SO CRITICAL FOR, UM, CONVERSATIONS TO BE HAD WITH THE BODY. I CAN'T, I CAN'T MAKE A DECISION ON SOMETHING LIKE THIS IN SEVEN MINUTES IN FIVE, I'VE GOT FIVE PLUS SEVEN PLUS TWO. I'VE GOT QUESTIONS THAT MANAGER, YOU'RE TELLING ME, YOU'RE GIVING ME AN ANSWER. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S FACTUAL OR YOU GUYS DIDN'T PUT ANYTHING IN THE BACKUP THAT WOULD SPEAK TO THE QUESTION. THIS GENTLEMAN IS RATTLING A A MILE, YOU KNOW, A MILE A MINUTE TO GIVE ME A, A MILLION ANSWERS. THIS IS, THESE ARE TWO LARGE OF ISSUES FOR US TO DELIBERATE IN SEVEN MINUTES ON THIS, ON THIS DAIS. I'VE NOT, I'VE NOT BEEN BRIEFED ON THIS MATTER TO THE EXTENT THAT I FEEL COMFORTABLE SUPPORTING IT. SO, LIKE I SAID, IT'S A NO FOR ME. HENCE THE REASON FOR THE REQUEST FOR A DEFERRAL FOR MORE CONVERSATION FROM THE COMM WITH THE COMMUNITY. ANYWAY, THE AUDIT THAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT IS THAT POINT OF CLARIFICATION, MAYOR, MAYOR, FIRST OF ALL, I, I MEAN, I DON'T THINK THAT WE NEEDED A, A DEFERRAL WAS NOT FOR OUR BENEFIT. A DEFERRAL WAS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE DEVELOPER, AND THE DEFERRAL WAS FOR THE BENEFIT ALLEGEDLY FOR THE COMMUNITY. ACTUALLY, NO, BUT NEITHER DEVELOPER NOR THE COMMUNITY IS WHO'S MAKING THE DECISION. SO, I MEAN, I WOULD JUST, YOU KNOW, I, I THINK THAT WE NEED TO RESPECTFULLY JUST DISAGREE THAT WE WERE NOT BRIEFED AND THE QUESTIONS, THE BACKUP IS NOT THOROUGH ENOUGH. AND I DON'T BELIEVE THAT CITY STAFF'S JOB IS JUST TO SIGN OFF ON APPLICATIONS. I BELIEVE THE CITY STAFF HAS AN OBLIGATION. SO DOES THE INDEPENDENT REVIEWER AND SO DOES THE ADMINISTRATION TO ENSURE THAT ALL OF THE COMMISSION'S QUESTIONS ARE A, ARE ANSWERED. COMMISSIONER, THE COMMUNITY ASKED US, COMMISSIONER WRIGHT AND MYSELF FOR SOME TIME TO HAVE A COMMUNITY MEETING, WHICH WAS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY THE DEVELOPER ASKED FOR THIS APPLICATION TO BE POSTPONED IN ORDER TO HAVE THE COMMUNITY'S QUESTIONS ANSWERED. SO WE COULD BRING SOMEBODY FROM BROWARD COUNTY AND THE EPA DOWN HERE TO DISCUSS THE CONCERNS THAT THE COMMUNITY HAS REGARDING THE ARSENIC, BUT, AND POINT CLARIFICATION, MAYOR, CLARIFICATION BY THE MAYOR. YOU COULD HAVE HAD THE MAYOR, YOU COULD HAVE HAD THE MEETING PUBLICLY NOTICED. IT'S NOT. SO THAT'S OUR MEETING. IT'S NOT OUR YOU SHOWED UP THOUGH. YOU KNEW ABOUT IT. I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT IT. I KNEW ABOUT IT THE NIGHT BEFORE. YOU KNOW WHAT? AND SOMEHOW YOU KNEW ABOUT IT. IT'S NOT HERE. SOMEHOW COMMISSIONER WRIGHT KNEW ABOUT IT. AND YOU AS THE MAYOR WHO HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN THIS, IN THIS, IN THIS DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT OR THIS DEVELOPMENT FOR YEARS, YOU, YOU TALK ABOUT SUNSHINE ALL THE TIME. [03:20:01] YOU HAD THE ABILITY TO, TO NOTICE THE MEETING OR TO DELAY THE PUBLIC MEETING SO THAT WE COMMISSIONER PATT, NOTICE THE MEETING. YOU'RE INCORRECT ON THIS ONE. I, SO I THINK THAT WE JUST GOTTA BE CAREFUL ON HOW PATT WE PAINT THE NARRATIVE YOU HAD. NO, DON'T CHANGE YOUR NARRATIVE TO FIT THIS. THIS WAS NOT OUR MEETING. IT'S NOT A CITY MEETING. THIS WAS A WHOLE MATTER BETWEEN A PRIVATE ENTITY AND THEIR PROPERTY THAT FOR SOME REASON IS COMING BEFORE THE CITY FOR A DESIGNATION. THAT'S THE ONLY REASON WHY WE'RE INVOLVED. THIS IS NOT ABOUT US. WE DON'T HAVE CONTROL OVER THIS OTHER THAN WHETHER OR NOT IT'S DESIGNATED A BROWNFIELD. NOW I WILL NOT. MY POINT OF CLARIFICATION, I WILL START MY, OF MY TIME. POINT, POINT OF POINT OF CLARIFICATION BEFORE YOU START YOUR FOUR MINUTES AND 54 SECONDS, MR. ATTORNEY, ISN'T IT TRUE THAT THE DEVELOPER, IF THAT IS TWO MINUTES, YOU CAN NO, NO, NO. ABSO NO. IT IS A POINT OF CLARIFICATION. ISN'T IT TRUE THAT THE DEVELOPER HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO CALL THE EPA TO CALL STAFF FROM BROWARD COUNTY TO CALL STAFF FROM THE CITY OF TAM REC IN ORDER TO BE IN THOSE MEETINGS TO PROPERLY INFORM THE RESIDENTS, UH, RICE MAYOR? I THINK YOU ARE A HUNDRED PERCENT CORRECT, BECAUSE THIS PROCESS HAS BEEN A LONG PROCESS. AND IF THEY WANTED, UH, I CALL IT THE INTERESTS PARTIES FROM THE COUNTY STAFF, UH, THEY COULD INVITE 'EM. SO THERE WAS NOTHING PRECLUDE THEM. AND MR. ATTORNEY, I, I I, I REDIRECT ON, ON THIS POINT OF, OF CLARIFICATION BECAUSE CRITERION NUMBER FOUR, SIR REQUIRES NOTICE TO NEIGHBORS AND RESIDENTS AND MEANINGFUL OPPORTUNITY FOR COMMENTS CONCERNING THE REHABILITATION. THAT'S CRITERION FOUR. THIS IS, THIS IS, YOU DID NOT MEET IT. BRETT. IF YOU WISH TO ANSWER, YOU CAN. IF NOT, THIS IS GONNA BE IN TIER TWO MINUTES. I GO AHEAD. I I DO WANT TO RESPOND TO THIS. PLEASE. WE WORKED, WE WORKED HARD WITH CITY STAFF TO PLAN THIS MEETING. WE RESCHEDULED TWICE TO GIVE CITY STAFF MORE TIME TO PREPARE AND GET THE APPROPRIATE NOTICE OUT. ALTHOUGH THIS IS NOT A CITY CODE REQUIRED, IT WAS NOT A CITY CODE REQUIRED COMMUNITY OR NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING. WE WORKED HARD TO FIT WITHIN THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE CITY CODE. IT'S FLORIDA STATUTE. WE WORKED HARD TO FIT WITHIN THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE CITY CODE REQUIRED THAT NOTICE THAT WENT TO NEIGHBORS. WE MAILED NOTICE TO THE NEIGHBORS. IT'S NOT REQUIRED IN THE FLORIDA STATUTE. SO WE DID WORK HARD. IT DOES WITHIN THE CODE 3 7, 6 0.80. WE'RE, WE'RE DONE. SUBSECTION TWO, HE'S ANSWERED. COMMISSIONER BOLTON, YOU COULD PRETEND YOUR'RE ATTORNEY LATER ON WITH YOUR OLD DEGREE FROM 50 YEARS AGO. DON'T GO THERE. YES, PROUDLY DON'T GO SIX YEARS AN ATTORNEY. I HAVEN'T BEEN. EILEEN LIEBERMAN HAS HER DEGREE AND I'M SURE SHE'S PROUD FOR HAVING MANY YEARS. DON'T GO DECIDED TO ANYWAY, BECAUSE ELVIN VILLALOBOS BOUGHT A HOUSE, OKAY. BOUGHT A CONDO IN KINGS POINT. IT WAS FUNDED BY AN LLC CONTROLLED BY AN ATTORNEY, BUT ALLEGEDLY OWNED BY MICHELLE GOMEZ AND VILLALOBOS. BUT I WONDER 13 FLOOR FUNDED THAT LLC LAW ENFORCEMENT WOULD LIKE TO KNOW. LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS LAW. AS YOU ADD LAW RECORD, LAW ENFORCEMENT WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF THE LLC THAT ELVIN VILLALOBOS BOUGHT A CONDO IN KINGS POINT, IS CONTROLLED BY YOU AND ELVIN VILLALOBOS AND FUNDED BY 13TH FLOOR. AND IF YOUR CURRENT HUSBAND DONE, AND IF YOUR CURRENT HUSBAND HAD GOT MONEY FROM 13TH FLOOR, YOU ARE ON THEIR PAYROLL. OKAY? AND I HOPE LAW ENFORCEMENT HEARS IT. THE ATTORNEY EVER, EVER GOING TO STAND UP AND DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE LIES THAT GO OUT OF THE S MATTER'S, NOT LIES FIRST. FIRST OF ALL, CHECK THE LLC, THE CHAIR, THE PRE, UH, POLICE COMMISSION AND YOU'RE THE PARLIAMENTARIAN AND, AND, AND FOCUS ON THE ISSUE. MOVED TO THE ISSUE. YEAH. OKAY. FOCUS ON THE ISSUE. YOU'RE THE PARLIAMENTARIAN AND THAT'S YOUR LOVELY EXCUSE. THE FIRST TIME YOU COME CLOSE TO THE MONEY CONTROL THE CONDUCT OF HIS MEMBER. OH YEAH. SO IF YOU, IF YOU WANNA CONTROL MEMBER'S CONDUCT, YOU CAN ASK YOUR COLLEAGUES. OKAY. THAT'S, THAT'S WHEN KATE JOHNSON'S BROUGHT UP A POINT, WHY DIDN'T YOU POLICE HURT? GENTLEMEN, WELCOME TO YOUR, YOUR, YOUR PROFESSIONAL ME WHEN I GO OFF COURSE. REALLY WELCOME TO YOUR PROFESSIONAL COMMISSION. WE'RE HERE TO SERVE YOU IN A VERY WELL MAINTAINED MANNER. SO BASICALLY THE QUESTION I HAVE FOR YOU, YOU WERE BRI, IS THE QUESTION I HAVE. YOU WERE, BRAD, YOU TOOK MONEY FOR YOU. IS THIS, YOU SAID THERE'S AN AUDIT EVERY FIVE YEARS AND THERE'S AN AGREEMENT THAT WOULD RUN WITH THE LANDS THAT GOES WITH THE HOA OR THE HOMEOWNERS OF THE PROPERTY, WHICH BE SECTION NINE. NONE OF US FROM ONE THROUGH EIGHT. DOES THAT HAPPEN WITHOUT THIS DESIGNATION FOR BROWNFIELD? YES. THAT WOULD STILL HAPPEN WITHOUT THIS DESIGNATION. OKAY, THANK YOU. SO THE PURPOSE OF THIS DESIGNATION GIVES WHAT EXTRA LAYER OTHER THAN THIS MONEY STUFF, TELL ME AND TELL US WHAT IT DOES. THAT IS THE, THE GOAL OF THE PROGRAM IS TO PROVIDE THESE INCENTIVES AS A WAY TO FACILITATE THE CLEANUP OF THESE PROPERTIES. SO THE INCENTIVES THAT ARE AVAILABLE, INCLUDING THE LIABILITY PROTECTIONS, ARE WHAT, UH, BROUGHT THE DEVELOPER TO MAKE THIS REQUEST. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THERE'S AN EXTRA [03:25:01] LAYER OF EYES FROM THE EPA ON THIS OTHER THAN WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE AS OF NOW WHEN WE HAVE TO DEVELOP THIS. IS THIS NOT TRUE? UH, SO HERE, BROWARD COUNTY IS THE AGENCY WITH DELEGATED AUTHORITY FROM FDEP. UH, EPA WOULD NOT BE INVOLVED AT A, ON A SITE LIKE THIS. FDEP IS THE, THE STATEWIDE REGULATORY AGENCY, BUT THEY'VE DELEGATED THAT AUTHORITY TO BROWARD. BUT FDEP PLAYS THAT BACKUP ROLE. UH, SO, UH, THEY'RE ABLE TO STEP IN ON CLEANUP DECISIONS IF NEEDED. SO IN ORDER TO GET THE FUNDS, ISN'T THIS SECONDARY GRANT COMPANY THIS DESIGNATION FROM THE TAX DOLLARS FROM COM, UM, CORPORATE INCOME TAX? AREN'T THEY SUPPOSED TO HAVE ANOTHER LAYER IN THERE? UH, AS FAR, I'M SORRY. I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE QUESTION THERE. MY UNDERSTANDING IS BY GOING THROUGH A BROWNFIELD DESIGNATION, IT ADDS ANOTHER LAYER OF CHECK MARKS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE SITE CLEANUP IS BEING DONE. IS THAT NOT TRUE? IT DOES NOT ADD AN ADDITIONAL LAYER ASIDE FROM EXECUTION OF THAT CLEANUP AGREEMENT TO ACTIVATE THE INCENTIVES. UH, IF THE DEVELOPER FALLS OUT OF COMPLIANCE WITH THAT CLEANUP AGREEMENT, IT WOULD BE TERMINATED BY BROWARD COUNTY AND THEY WOULD FALL BACK INTO THE DEFAULT CLEANUP, UM, UH, THE DEFAULT CLEANUP REGIME. OKAY. SO JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT, UM, TO TALK TO MY NEIGHBORS, BECAUSE MOST OF THE PEOPLE HERE THAT HAVE TALKED ARE WOODLANDS. SECTION FOUR, MY NEIGHBORS, WE HAVE SOME BANYAN, WHICH ARE BASICALLY SECTION SIX. UM, I'M GLAD THAT YOU GUYS ARE CONCERNED. NOW, I REALLY WISH YOU WOULD'VE BEEN HERE AND HELP ME OUT WHEN I'D BEEN ASKING FOR HELP, BECAUSE YOUR COMMENTS ARE A LOT ABOUT MONEY. AND THERE WAS MONEY THAT WAS GIVEN, BUT IT WASN'T GIVEN TO OUR COMMUNITY, OUR SECTION, BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HELP ON THIS PROCESS. SO IT'S A LITTLE HARD TO HEAR THAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT THE MONEY AND WE JUST DON'T WANNA LET THIS GO. WHERE THEY'RE GONNA HAVE, UM, A RECOGNITION OF THE SITE, DESIGNATION OF THE SITE, ALL ABOUT MONEY. THE CONSTRUCTION ON THIRD ON WOODLANDS BOULEVARD. IT SAYS IN OUR AGREEMENT ON, ON SECTION 18, THEY WILL USE THEIR BEST EFFORTS. BUT LET'S BE REALISTIC. IN ORDER TO USE SOME CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL, FROM ONE SIDE, YOU HAVE TO USE THE BOULEVARD. AND ONE OF THE REASONS WE ARE GETTING SOME MONEY, PITTEN AS IT IS, BECAUSE I DIDN'T HAVE THE HELP THAT I HAD ASKED FOR, IS $172,000 A WHOPPING $200 FOR EACH OF OUR HOMES TO HELP WITH THE CLEANUP THAT WE'VE GOT. HOWEVER, ALSO IN SECTION 14.2, THERE ARE CERTAIN CONSTRUCTION THINGS THAT ARE GONNA BE GIVEN TO OUR SECTIONS, LIKE PAVING OUR ROADWAYS ON SECTIONS IN THE WOODLANDS BOULEVARD, BANYON LAKE, CERTAIN BANYON LANE, CERTAIN OTHER AREAS. I'M NOT GONNA GO THROUGH IT ALL. AND SOME, UM, MITIGATION FOR OUR TRAFFIC, CALMING, THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE WERE GIVEN BECAUSE OF THEIR TRUCKS ON THE ROAD. SO LET'S BE REALISTIC. WE KNEW WE WERE GONNA HAVE SOME LONG TIME OF THIS. AND THE BEAUTIFUL SITE THAT IS SEEN FROM MR. STORY'S HOME, MY HOUSE ON BAYBERRY LANE, MY TENANTS GET TO SEE IT EVERY DAY AND THEY GET A BETTER VIEW BECAUSE THERE'S NO TREES BLOCKING IT. BUT WE KNOW THAT WE'RE IN A CONSTRUCTION ZONE AND THAT'S JUST THE WAY IT IS. SO IF WE'RE HERE ABOUT, 'CAUSE SOMEBODY GETS A TAX BREAK. IF YOU'RE SENDING YOUR KID TO COLLEGE, YOU WILL FIND OUT THAT THERE'S A GRANT THAT YOU CAN APPLY FOR. DON'T YOU WANT IT? YES YOU DO. WHO DOESN'T WANNA HAVE SOME ASSISTANCE IN THIS? SO WE SHOULDN'T BE SAYING, OH, THEY GOT MONEY, OR, OH, THEY SAID THIS, AND DEFAULT THEM FOR THAT AND GIVE THEM A HARD TIME OVER IT. THEY HAVE TO CLEAN IT UP ANYWAY. THEY WILL CLEAN IT UP. THE COUNTY'S GONNA MAKE SURE OF IT. AND IF THERE'S EXTRA PROTECTIONS THAT WE CAN PUT UPON IT, GREAT. AND IF YOU READ ALL THIS STUFF IN THE BACKUP OR YOU GO ONLINE AND DESIGNATE THE BROWNFIELD, IT DOES SAY THAT, YES, IT'S NOT GREAT NOW, BUT YOUR PROPERTY VALUES DO GO UP. THERE'S AN EXAMPLE OF AN $800,000 PROPERTY THAT WENT UP TO $4.2 MILLION. IT GOES UP FROM 3.5% TO ABOUT 11.5% BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE HAPPY THAT THEY KNOW THEIR PROPERTIES WERE CLEAN AND THE AIR IS CLEAN. I DON'T HEAR ANYBODY FROM MANOR PARKS, HENDRY PARK, HIDDEN TRAILS, AND UM, EVEN WOODMONT HERE TONIGHT SAYING, DON'T CLEAN UP YOUR PROPERTY. ALL THEIR PROPERTY VALUES CONTINUE TO GO UP. AND YES, I MAY NOT HAVE CHILDREN, BUT I HAVE DOGS THAT WALK ON THE PROPERTY. MY WATER CAME IN FROM THE GOLF COURSE, IT RUN OFF IN THERE. IT HAD ARSENIC. MY KIDS ARE LICKING THEIR PAWS. NOBODY SAID THERE WAS AN ARSENIC. WE LIVE ON A GOLF COURSE. WE LIVED ON A DEFUNCT GOLF COURSE, AND THEY HAVE TO REMEDIATE IT. AND WE HAVE TO HAVE SOME TRUST SOMEWHERE. DO I LIKE ANY OF THIS? NO, I HAVEN'T LIKED IT A LOT, BUT WE'RE IN A POSITION THAT WE HAVE NO CHOICE. SO IF WE'RE BEING HERE TO BE PETTY AND TO JUST SAY, NO, NO, NO, JUST BECAUSE WE DON'T LIKE 13TH FLOOR, WE DON'T LIKE THE PROJECT, WE DON'T LIKE CERTAIN THINGS. WELL, REALLY, DOES THAT HELP US? I DON'T THINK SO. ARE THEY MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE BEING DONE? THE COUNTY'S DOING WHAT THEY NEED TO DO? THE THE, UM, ETPD, SORRY, I'M BAD WITH ACRONYMS. GOOD FOR THEM. THEY NEED TO DO WHAT THEY NEED TO DO. IT'S GONNA BE CLEANED UP ANYWAY, WHETHER THIS BROWNFIELD DESIGNATION GOES THROUGH. AND I LIKE THE IDEA THAT WE ARE ALREADY LISTED AS A CONTAMINATED SITE. SO THERE'S AN OBLIGATION FOR THE RESIDENTS TO KNOW THAT THE AREA IS GOING TO REMAIN CLEANED UP AND THERE'S SOMEONE THEY CAN GO TO. UM, I THINK THAT IT'S, WE'RE NOT THE PROFESSIONALS. NONE OF US IN THIS ROOM ARE PROFESSIONALS WHEN IT COMES [03:30:01] TO THIS. THE PROFESSIONALS ARE THE ONES WHO ARE DOING THE SOIL SAMPLES AND THE ONES THAT WE CAN HOLD ACCOUNTABLE FOR DOING THEIR JOBS. ANYWAY. DR. DANIEL, DISTRICT FOUR. THANK YOU. I THINK MY BIGGEST TAKEAWAY, THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO SPOKE, 'CAUSE OBVIOUSLY IF IT MATTERS TO THE RESIDENT, UNLIKE WHAT SOME INDIVIDUALS SAID, IT MATTERS TO ALL OF US. UM, MY BIGGEST THING IS I WANTED TO SEE THE WOODLANDS LOOKING BETTER. IT WAS LOOKING EXTREMELY RAGGEDY. BUT MY BIGGEST CONCERN IS 13TH FLOOR DID NOT DO WHAT THEY PROMISED. ONE OF THE REASON WHY I VOTED FOR THE PROJECT WAS THAT THEY PROMISED THAT THEY WILL DEAL WITH THIS ARSENIC ISSUE. THEY PROMISED THAT THEY WOULD NOT HAVE THE COMPLAINTS LIKE THEY DID IN THE PREVIOUS DEVELOPMENTS. AND HERE WE ARE AGAIN. SO NOW I FEEL SILLY VOTING FOR THE PROJECT. UNLIKE WHAT THE PERSON WHO ALWAYS AGREES WITH THE MAYORS, THE THREE THAT SEEM LIKE THEY'RE ON HER PAYROLL, SAID THAT, OH, THEY GAVE YOU MONEY SO YOU SHOULD VOTE. WE DON'T SELL VOTES. WHAT TYPE OF FOOLISHNESS? NO, WE DON'T HAVE TO VOTE FOR THEM. IF YOU GAVE MONEY, LET ME TELL YOU THAT RIGHT NOW. IT DOESN'T WORK LIKE THAT. YOU SHOULD NOT RUN FOR POLITICS. IF YOU THINK THAT WHEN SOMEBODY GIVES YOU MONEY, YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO VOTE FOR THEM. DON'T RUN THAT, THAT, THAT'S JUST BLATANT WRONG. SO WHETHER YOU GIVE MONEY OR NOT, HEY, TAKE BACK YOUR MONEY. NO, YOU PROMISE TO TAKE CARE OF THE RESIDENTS AND THEIR CONCERN, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT CAME TO ARSENIC, AND THEY SAY YOU'RE NOT EVEN WATER. HOW, I MEAN, REALLY, YOU COULDN'T PUT WATER. LIKE THAT'S BLATANTLY DISRESPECTFUL. IF YOU CAN'T DO SIMPLE, SIMPLE AS WATER, HOW ARE YOU GONNA DO THE BIG STUFF LIKE LAYMAN'S TERM? NO, IT'S NOT THAT WE JUST WANT TO SAY NO, IT'S JUST THAT WE RESPECTFULLY YOU DID NOT KEEP YOUR PROMISE. AND THAT WAS A SIMPLE PROMISE. AND ANYONE FROM 13TH FLOOR CAN TELL YOU EVERY TIME I SPOKE TO THEM, ARE YOU GONNA MAKE SURE THIS IS DONE? EVERY SINGLE CONVERSATION, AND THIS IS WHAT THE PEOPLE COME BACK AND SAY, SHAME ON THEM. THANK YOU. VICE MAYOR ARSENIC HAS TO BE ABOVE RESIDENTIAL LEVELS IN ORDER TO BE DESIGNATED GEN. IF, IF ARSENIC IS THE CONTAMINANT OF CONCERN, WE WOULD GENERALLY CONSIDER THE PROPERTY CONTAMINATED IF THE CONCENTRATIONS EXCEED THE RESIDENTIAL SOIL CLEANUP TARGET LEVEL. BUT THE MAYOR SAID THAT IT DID NOT. ARSENIC WAS NOT A BIG DEAL. I I CAN'T SPEAK TO THAT. ALL I KNOW IS THE ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT DATA DOES DEMONSTRATE THE PROPERTY IS CONTAMINATED, OKAY? CANCER, LIVER CANCER, AND PROSTATE CANCER. WHEN THE MAYOR, MICHELLE GOMEZ HEARD ABOUT ARSENIC, SHE IMMEDIATELY CALLED 13TH FLOOR IN THEIR LAWYER, SCOTT BECKMAN. AND SHE SAID TO THEM, ANY INFORMATION ABOUT ARSENIC WOULD ADVERSELY AFFECT THE ABILITY TO APPROVE CURRENT OR FUTURE PROJECTS LIKE THE ONE IN THE WOODLANDS. SHE DID THIS AFTER DISCUSSIONS WITH THE SOON TO BE FIRED. CITY MANAGER, NEW AT NO, TIM CITY MANAGER MANAGER MIKE CNI IS OUT OF A JOB. CNI IS ACCUSED OF PLAYING A ROLE IN A PLOT TO EXTORT OVER $3 MILLION FROM FLORIDA DEVELOPER. MAYOR GOMEZ INITIALLY REQUESTED A SUSPENSION FOR THE CITY MANAGER WITHOUT PAY SAYING WE ARE ALL INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY. SHE WAS OUTVOTED THOUGH FOUR TO ONE, BUT IT WAS DIFFERENT STORY. WHEN SHE CAME AND MET WITH US, THE HOMEOWNERS IN THE WOODLANDS, WE ASKED HER, WHAT ABOUT ARSENIC? WE'RE CONCERNED, BUT NOT MICHELLE GOMEZ. THIS IS WHAT SHE SAID, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE WERE LIVING ON A GOLF COURSE. WE'VE GOT ARSENIC IN OUR WATER ANYWAY. ANYBODY WALKS ON THEIR GRASS WITH THEIR DOGS. WE GOT ARSENIC IN THERE. WE'VE BEEN LIVING THERE FOR YEARS LIKE THAT. WE'RE, WE'RE NOW GONNA BE EXCITED AND UPSET ABOUT IT AS HAS BEEN EXPRESSED. IF YOU PICK ANY OF THOSE MANGOES OFF WITH SOMEBODY'S TREE AND EAT 'EM, GUESS WHAT? IT'S ALREADY IN YOUR GROUP AND YOU'RE DEALING WITH IT ANYWAY. NOW IT'S A BIG DEAL. WOW. FOR THE RECORD, MAYOR ARSENIC IS A BIG DEAL. EVERYBODY KNOWS IT'S A DEADLY POISON, A CARCINOGEN OF THE FIRST ORDER. IT'S FOUND IN GOLF COURSES ALL OVER FLORIDA BECAUSE THE HERBICIDES WHICH WERE USED TO MAINTAIN THE GOLF GREENS, THE AS AN AMBASSADOR FOR 13TH FLOOR, SHAME ON YOU AS AN AMBASSADOR TO GET OUR PLACE CLEANED UP. I AM NOT GONNA HAVE ANY SHAME, AND I'M NOT AN AMBASSADOR FOR 13TH FLOOR. SO YOU TAKE CERTAIN WORDS OUT OF CONTEXT, GO FOR IT. I KNOW THAT WE LIVE ON A GOLF COURSE. I ACCEPT IT. WE ALL MOVE TO IT. YOU CAN'T ACCEPT IT. I CAN'T HELP YOU WITH THAT. THE PROBLEM IS IT'S [03:35:01] BEING REMEDIATED AND THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING. PEOPLE HAVE MOVED IN BECAUSE THEY'RE HAPPY WITH THE REMEDIATION. IT'S GONNA BE A BETTER PLACE FOR OUR COMMUNITY. WHETHER THIS BROWNFIELD DESIGNATION GOES THROUGH OR NOT, THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH IT. THE PROJECT'S GOING THROUGH AND THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR MAKING SURE IT'S DONE RIGHT AND THEY'RE PRO RESPONSIBLE FOR MAKING SURE THAT THEY KEEP IT CLEAN AND IT'LL BE UNDER THE WATER. IT'LL BE OUT OF OUR TABLE. IT'LL BE WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE, CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT, MAYOR. SO YOU WANNA BLAME ME FOR THE GOLF COURSE? YOU WANNA BLAME ME FOR ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF? GO FOR IT. I DON'T CARE. IT'S NOT MY RESPONSIBILITY FOR WHAT YOU WANNA BELIEVE. I CARE ABOUT THE COMMUNITY THAT I LIVE IN FOR 34 YEARS AND I'VE BEEN COMING DOWN AND I'VE WATCHED THIS MESS. YOU WANNA SHAME ON ME? FINE. IT IS WHAT IT IS. THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS THE GOLF COURSE IS TRYING TO, THEY'RE DOING THE REMEDIATION. THEY HAVE TO DO THE REMEDIATION. IT'S WHETHER OR NOT YOU WANNA GIVE THEM THE DESIGNATION. AS COMMISSIONER PATTERSON HAS POINTED OUT AND HAS ALREADY BEEN POINTED OUT ALSO BY THE ATTORNEY, WE ALREADY ARE ON THE LIST FOR HAVING ARSENIC IN OUR COMMUNITY WHERE WE LIVE. AND IT IS ON THE AREAS THAT WILL BE DESIGNATED FOR PLAYING FIELDS AND PEOPLE WILL HAVE WALKING TRAILS. OUR PEOPLE WILL BE WALKING ON IT, THEY'LL BE EXERCISING ON IT, WHICH IS THE WHOLE REASON WHY WE WERE TRYING TO HAVE A MEETING TO GET SOME OF THE PROFESSIONALS DOWN AND WE COULDN'T DO IT ON THE MOMENT'S NOTICE OR THE APPLICANT COULDN'T DO IT ON THE MOMENT'S NOTICE. AND THE COMMUNITY HAS SHAKEN YOUR HEAD. FOR SOME OF YOU PEOPLE WHO DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON FOR SOME OF THE POLITICS, I CAN TALK TO YOU LATER ABOUT IT IF YOU WANT. IF NOT, BELIEVE WHAT YOU WANNA BELIEVE BECAUSE IT'S EASIER. SOMETIMES I'M NOT CALLING MY COMMUNITY STUPID. I AM CALLING MY COMMUNITY TO TELL THEM THAT IF THEY KNOW THAT THEY WANNA SPEAK TO ME, THEY'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY, BUT THEY'VE CHOSEN TO NOT. FOR SOME OF 'EM, SOME OF THEM MAY NOT HAVE KNOWN POINT OF ORDER. UM, THERE'S NO POINT OF ORDER. POINT OF POINT OF ORDER, MR. ATTORNEY. AND, AND I WANT TO MAKE THIS POINT CLEAR. UM, THE MAYOR SAID ON THE RECORD, UH, THAT WE WANT TO VOTE NO BECAUSE WE DON'T LIKE 13TH FLOOR. UH, THIS IS WHAT SHE SAID A MOMENT AGO. AND I WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR, UH, THAT FLORIDA STATUTES, UH, SAYS THAT THE CITY COMMISSION SHALL APPROVE THIS IF YOU MEET THRIVE CRITERION. AND I JUST WANNA MAKE IT CLEAR THAT I'M VOTING NO, NOT BECAUSE I HATE 13TH FLOOR, NOT BECAUSE I HATE THIS DEVELOPMENT. NOT BECAUSE YOU ARE PUTTING ZERO LOT LINE HOMES IN. IT'S NOT ZERO LOT LINES. GOD BLESS ZERO LOT LINE HOMES IN A JEWEL OF A COMMUNITY. THAT'S NOT THE REASON I BELIEVE THAT YOU HAVE NOT MET ALL THE CRITERION, ESPECIALLY CRITERION FOUR AND CRITERION FIVE. I WANT TO MAKE THAT CLEAR AND I ALSO WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR FOR THE RECORD BECAUSE YOUR REPRESENTATIVE IS TAKING NOTES AND I HOPE THAT YOUR REPRESENTATIVE ALSO TOOK THE NOTES ABOUT THE BRIBERY CHARGES THAT I BELIEVE IS COMING UP AGAINST MICHELLE GOMEZ FOR TAKING MONEY AND BEING ON THEIR PAYROLL. JUST 'CAUSE HE SAYS IT DOESN'T MAKE IT TRUE. SO GO AHEAD BRETT. UH, YEAH, I WOULD LIKE TO RESPOND TO YOUR APPOINT VICE MAYOR. THE APPLICANT HAS ESTABLISHED AND SATISFIED ALL CRITERIA BASED ON THE EVIDENCE IN THE RECORD. UM, I ALSO NOTE THAT THIS PROCESS REQUIRES TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS. WE ARE AT THE FIRST OF THOSE TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS, SO WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, THE COMMISSION HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THE RECORD FOR OUR NEXT PUBLIC HEARING ON SEPTEMBER 23RD. JUST A POINT OF CLARIFICATION FOR YOU, BRETT, IF IT VOTES NO TONIGHT, YOU DON'T COME BACK FOR YOUR SECOND UNDERSTOOD. I KNOW YOU KNOW THAT, BUT JUST THANK YOU MAYOR FOR ANYBODY WHO MAY NOT. SO IF IT'S VOTED DOWN, YOU DON'T HAVE A SECOND CHANCE. UH, SIR, POINT OF CLARIFICATION. YOU, YOU, YOU SAID THAT YOU HAVE, UH, MET THE FINANCIAL, UH, OBLIGATIONS FOR THIS. YET WHEN I ASKED YOU WHERE IS THE DOCUMENT IN OUR BACKUP TONIGHT THAT CONSTITUTES THE APPLICANT'S REASONABLE ASSURANCE OF SUFFICIENT FINANCIAL RESOURCES? YOU JUST SAID THERE IS A LETTER WHEN I ASKED YOU IF THERE IS A BOND, YOU SAID NO. WHEN I ASKED YOU IF THERE IS A LETTER OF CREDIT, YOU SAID NO ESCROW, NO CORPORATE GUARANTEE, NO AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENT, NO COMPLETED GUARANTEE. NO. AND YOU EXPECT ME TO VOTE? YES. ABSOLUTELY NOT. ON THIS POINT OF CLARIFICATION, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S THE CITY ATTORNEY, CITY MANAGER, OR IF IT'S OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, THE CRITERIA FOR WHAT IS THE FINANCIAL OBLIGATION CRITERION, YOU'RE WHATEVER AT THIS POINT, THE CRITERIA OR CRITERION, DEPENDING ON WHOSE ENGLISH IS REQUIRED BY WHO, WHOSE DESIGNATED IT, WHOSE PAPERWORK DOES IT NEED TO BE FOLLOWED? IS IT THE COMMISSION'S DESIRE OF WHAT MAKES A FINANCIALLY SOUND? IS IT THE STATUTE FINANCIAL DETERMINATION OR IS IT THE [03:40:01] GRANT UNDERWRITER? UH, MAYOR, THE STATUTE STATES, THE PERSON PROPOSING THE AREA FOR DESIGNATION HAS PROVIDED REASONABLE ASSURANCE THAT HE OR SHE HAS SUFFICIENT FINANCIAL RESOURCES TO IMPLEMENT AND COMPLETE THE REHABILITATION AGREEMENT AND REDEVELOPMENT OF THE BROWNFIELD SITE. NOW, WE, UH, PROVIDED A LETTER FROM 13TH FLOOR, UH, CERTIFYING THE FINANCIAL RESOURCES THAT THEY HAVE ON HAND AND HAVE ACCESS TO AT EXHIBIT B, ATTACHMENT C TO THE APPLICATION PACKAGE. SIR, POINT OF CLARIFICATION, THAT IS NOT REASONABLE BECAUSE IT IS NOT AN AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENT. ANYBODY CAN PUT ON PIECE OF PAPER THAT THEY HAVE MONEY I CAN PUT ON A PIECE OF PAPER THAT HAVE $3 MILLION WHEN I DON'T. SO CUT THE, CUT THE HOLINESS OF WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. IT IS NOT TRUE. AND IT'S NOT A RABBIT HOLE THAT WE TALK ABOUT JOBS BECAUSE THAT IS ALSO A PART OF CRITERION TWO THAT YOU HAVE NOT ESTABLISHED, SIR. CRITERION TWO, ECONOMIC PRODUCTIVITY PLUS FIVE QUALIFYING PERMANENT F-T-F-T-E JOBS UNLESS A STATUTORY EXCEPTION APPLIES AND YOU BY YOUR OWN ADMISSION SAYS, I AM STILL WAITING. DON'T EVEN KNOW ON AN ANSWER TO, I DON'T EVEN MY QUESTION. DON'T KNOW. THAT'S WHAT YOU SAID. YOU CAN'T SPEAK TO IT. SO HOW CAN YOU EXPECT ME TO VOTE YES ON THIS? OKAY, WHEN YOU HAVE NOT HEARD, COMMISSIONER, IF YOU'VE NOT MET CRITERIA TWO, ATTORNEY OR CITY MANAGER FOR THE ONE OF THE TWO OF YOU OR KENT, YOU WANNA RESPOND TO THAT? WHICH ONE? MAYOR WHO I, WHO I WANT MY ANSWER FOR. MY QUESTION. IS IT THE OBLIGATION OF THIS BODY TO DETERMINE THE SUFFICIENCY OF WHAT HAS BEEN PRESENTED OR IS IT WHAT HAS BEEN PRESENTED? AND THEN IS THE SUFFICIENCY OF THE APPLICATION TO THE BROWNFIELD DESIGNATION FOR THOSE, THE ENTITY THAT MAKES THAT DETERMINATION? UH, THIS COMMISSION AND THIS PROCESS SITS AS THE FINAL FACTS. UH, COMMISSION OBVIOUSLY CAN QUESTION EVIDENCE AS PRESENT TO THEM, AND IF THEY DISAGREE, UH, THEY CAN DISAGREE WITH THE EVIDENCE PRESENTED TO 'EM. OBVIOUSLY, UH, THOSE CRITERIA IN THE STATE STATUTE COMMISSION, UH, LOOKED AT THE EVIDENCE PRESENTED ALSO HAVE THEIR OWN, UH, OBVIOUSLY ANALYSIS OF THE EVIDENCE AND THEY MAKE A FINDING AND THEY DON'T HAVE TO AGREE WITH THE APPLICANT. SO THANK YOU FOR ANSWERING. THE LONG ANSWER TO THE QUESTION IS THE COMMISSION IS THE FINAL ARBITER OF WHETHER OR NOT THE STATUTE HAS BEEN COMPLIED WITH WHETHER OR NOT THE LETTER IS SUFFICIENT AS FINANCIAL OR NOT FOR FI, CORRECT? CORRECT. THANK YOU. IF WE ARE DONE, NO OTHER COMMENTS. CITY CLERK CALL THE ROLL. COMMISSIONER PATTERSON? NO. COMMISSIONER DANIEL? NO. COMMISSIONER WRIGHT? NO. MAYOR GOMEZ? YES. VICE MAYOR BOLTON? NO. THANK YOU. MOTION FAILS FOR THE ONE. THANK YOU. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PLEASE GET HOME SAFELY. IT IS 10 43. THIS COMMISSION MEETING IS ADJOURNED. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.