Sep 23, 2025 City Commission Meeting

KEEPS YOU AS THE CORE AND CENTER IN THE DECISION, IN THE COMMAND.

ITEM THREE A.

OUR INVOCATION WILL BE PROVIDED THIS EVENING BY THE VERY REVEREND FATHER LUCIAN OF ST.

HELEN CATHOLIC CHURCH.

SIR, MAY I ASK YOU TO PLEASE STAND IF YOU WISH.

I WOULD LIKE TO START WITH A PASSAGE OF SAINT PAUL TO TIMOTHY.

BELOVED, FIRST OF ALL, I ASK THAT SUPPLICATIONS PRAYERS, PETITIONS, AND THANKSGIVING BE OFFERED FOR EVERYONE, FOR KINGS AND FOR ALL IN AUTHORITY, THAT WE MAY LEAD A QUIET AND TRUNK OUR LIFE IN ALL DEVOTION AND DIGNITY.

THIS IS GOOD AND PLEASING TO GOD, OUR SAVIOR, WHO WILLS EVERYONE TO BE SAVED AND TO COME TO KNOWLEDGE OF THE TRUTH ALMIGHTY AND TRYING GOD.

WE GIVE YOU THANKS ALL AND PRAISE FOR ALL YOUR MIGHTY WORKS.

YOU ARE LOVING, GOOD AND GRACIOUS.

THIS EVENING.

WE COME BEFORE YOU TO THANK YOU FOR CREATING US AND SUSTAINING US DAY BY DAY.

THANK YOU THAT YOU MADE US IN YOUR IMAGE TO EXIST IN COMMUNITY AND TO SERVE YOU THROUGH YOUR PEOPLE.

LORD, WE HUMBLY ACKNOWLEDGE OUR FAILURES AND SINS.

WE ASK YOU FOR FORGIVENESS FOR THE TIME.

WE HAVE NOT LOVED YOU WITH OUR WHOLE HEARTS, AND WE HAVE NOT LOVED OUR NEIGHBORS AS OURSELVES.

FORGIVE US AND GIVE US HEARTS OF OBEDIENCE AND TO YOUR HOLY COMMAND.

WE LIFT OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS, LEADERS, THE CHURCHES, SCHOOLS AND FAMILIES, AND THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL THAT MAKE OUR CITY A SAFE PLACE.

I PRAY THAT EACH SERVANT OF YOURS WILL CONTINUE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE CALLING AND PERFORM IT FAITHFULLY.

BE WITH OUR JUDGES, LAWYERS, LAW ENFORCEMENT GRANT, THAT THEY WILL NEVER NEGLECT OR ABUSE THEIR AUTHORITY, BUT THAT THEY WILL STAND FIRM FOR TRUTH AND JUSTICE.

KEEP THEM SAFE FROM HARM THAT THEY SERVE OUR COMMUNITY.

GIVE THEM CLARITY, WISDOM, GUIDANCE, AND PEACE.

GRANT THAT OUR CITY WILL BE KNOWN AS A RIGHTEOUS CITY.

A CITY THAT

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A CITY OF PEACE AND HOPE.

A CITY OF HAPPY HOMES, A CITY THAT WELCOMES THE STRANGERS, A CITY THAT CARES FOR THE NEEDY, A CITY THAT DEFENDS THE INNOCENT FROM HOME.

I PRAY FOR THIS COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT.

GIVE THE CONSUL WISDOM AND GUIDANCE AS THEY DELIBERATE ON THE ITEMS BEFORE THEM.

MAY EVERY DECISION BE RIGHTEOUS IN YOUR SIGHT FOR OUR BENEFIT AND FOR YOUR GLORY.

WE MAKE THIS PRAYER IN YOUR HOLY NAME, OUR GOD AND FATHER.

AMEN.

PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE OF STATES OF AMERICA AND THE REPUBLIC STANDS TO STAND.

ONE NATION, ONE NATION, UNDER, UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE, MORAL.

ITEM FOUR, PROCLAMATIONS PRESENTATIONS.

YOU MAY BE SEATED.

FATHER LUCIAN, THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR THAT PRAYER, FOR THE PRAYERS FOR OUR CITY, FOR OUR COUNCIL, FOR GIVING US DISCERNMENT, FOR ASKING FOR SAFETY, FOR EVERYONE HERE, FOR REMINDING US THAT THE LOVE OF GOD EXTENDS TO ALL, WHETHER THEY'RE KINGS OR COMMON MAN, AS WE MAY CALL IT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRAYER.

THERE ARE NOT ANY THIS EVENING.

ITEM FIVE,

[5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM PREVIOUS MEETING]

APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM PREVIOUS MEETING.

ITEM FIVE A SEPTEMBER 8TH, 2025, CITY COMMISSION WORKSHOP.

MINUTES ITEM FIVE B, SEPTEMBER 9TH, 2025.

CITY COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES.

MADAM MAYOR, MADAM VICE MAYOR, I HAVE READ.

SEPTEMBER 8TH, 2025, CITY COMMISSION WORKSHOP, MINUTES, SEPTEMBER EIGHT, NINTH, 2025.

CITY COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES.

THERE ARE NO ERRORS OR OMISSION.

I MOVE THAT THE MINUTES BE CONFIRMED.

MAYOR EDWARDS PHILLIPS FOR VICE MAYOR SWELL FOR COMMISSIONER HARRISON.

FOR COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. FOR COMMISSIONER THOMAS FOR MOTION PASSES.

PETITIONS FROM THE PUBLIC.

ITEM SIX,

[6. PETITIONS FROM THE PUBLIC]

SO THERE PETITIONS FROM THE PUBLIC, MADAM CLERK MADAM MAYOR.

WE HAVE TWO PETITIONS FROM THE PUBLIC TONIGHT.

THE FIRST ONE IS FROM, UH, FORMER VICE MAYOR, MARK SPENCE, FORMER VICE MAYOR SPENCE.

UM, GREETINGS TO THE MEMBERS OF THE DAAS, MADAM MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS CITY ATTORNEY AND CITY CLERK AND CITY MANAGER AND TO THE VIEWING AUDIENCE.

UM, GREETINGS.

UM, YESTERDAY AT THE WORKSHOP THERE WAS A DISCUSSION ABOUT THE ATONEMENT CHURCH, THEIR PETITION.

UM, I'M NOT SATISFIED WITH THE ANSWER OF IT.

I DO BELIEVE THAT THE, THE CITY'S ACTIONS TOWARDS THE, UM, THE CHURCH WAS A VIOLATION OF THE RELIGIOUS FREEDOM ACT OF 1993.

UM, THERE'S NO RULES IN A BOOK AGAIN THAT WOULD CAUSE THEM TO HAVE TO FILL OUT THAT FORM AND, AND HOW IT IS RIGHT NOW IN OUR CITY.

THAT IF THERE'S ANOTHER CITY, UM, IF WE HAVE A NEW DIRECTOR, THAT THEIR OPINION WILL BE THE BASE OF, OF THE, UM, RESPONSE.

SO THERE'S NO RULE OR LAW SET IN PLACE AND WE NEED TO HAVE THAT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY GETS TREATED THE SAME.

AND EQUALLY JUST WHETHER THE, UM, WHETHER WHO'S IN THAT, WHO'S IN THAT POSITION.

I ALSO WANNA SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO WELL, NO, HAPPY BIRTHDAY AND HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY.

I TOLD COMMISSIONER, UM, MAXWELL THAT I'LL BE NICE TODAY, .

BUT, UM, MADAM COUNTY COMMISSIONER, UM, I FEEL A CERTAIN WAY ABOUT THE NAME GOING ON THE, ON THE MULTIPURPOSE BUILDING.

I REMEMBER WHEN WE HAD THE, WHEN THEY HAD FIRST TALKED ABOUT RENAMING THE PARK, THE VETERANS PARK, THAT MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY CAME OUT, UM, TO NOT BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T WANT, WANT TO DO ANYTHING FOR VETERANS, BUT THEY BELIEVED THAT BECAUSE YOU LED THE CAUSE TO HAVE THAT PARK THERE THAT YOUR NAME DESERVES TO BE ON THERE.

AND IT SAID A LOT BECAUSE THEY SAID IT BECAUSE YOUR LEADERSHIP WORKING WITH THE PRESIDENTS AND THE COMMUNITY, COMMUNITY OF THAT TIME, THAT IT WAS A SENTIMENT OF VALUE THAT YOUR NAME BEYOND THAT PARK.

AND SO I FEEL KIND OF A WAY THAT IT'S, UM, THAT THAT PARK DOESN'T HAVE YOUR NAME AND THAT WE'RE PUTTING YOUR NAME ON AN OLDER BUILDING THAT MAY NOT LAST ANOTHER 20 YEARS.

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FORMER VICE MAYOR AND FORMER VICE MAYOR.

HAPPY UPCOMING BIRTHDAY TO ME AND HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY TO COMMISSIONER HARRISON.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR VICE MAYOR, MADAM CLERK.

OUR SECOND AND FINAL PETITION FOR TONIGHT IS FROM DR.

REVEREND REVEREND.

DR. DENNIS GRANT.

REVEREND DR. GRANT.

WHY DIDN'T KNOW I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW MAD MAYOR, SIR.

ALL OF THE PROTOCOLS OBSERVED.

I WOULD LIKE TO THANK COMMISSIONER CARLENE MAXWELL FOR OUR LEADERSHIP AND GUIDANCE FOR THE SPECIAL RECOGNITION THAT WE'RE HERE TO TALK ABOUT THIS EVENING IN NAMING THE CULTURAL CENTER ATTRIBUTE TO A VERY DESERVING MEMBER, NOT JUST A POLITICIAN, BUT MEMBER OF OUR COMMUNITY.

SHE WAS THE FIRST JAMAICAN ELECTED TO OFFICE IN SOUTHEASTERN USA, FIRST TO BE ELECTED TO THE STATE HOUSE, A CHARTER MEMBER OF THE VERY ACTIVE ORGANIZATION FOR OVER 27 YEARS.

THIS VISIONARY LEADER SHE WENT ON, WAS A PART OF THE FIRST CARIBBEAN MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL IN BROWARD COUNTY AND CO-HOSTED BY THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES.

NOT ONLY IS SHE BEEN ACTIVE IN POLITICS, BUT SOME 30 YEARS AGO, ROUGHLY 32 YEARS AGO, I CAN RECALL HER ACTIVE SERVICE IN THIS COMMUNITY.

NOT JUST IN THIS, BUT IN THIS PART OF THE COUNTRY.

I DID KNOW NEVER THEN, BUT I GOT A CALL ONE DAY AND SHE INTRODUCED HERSELF NOT KNOWING WHO THIS PERSON WAS.

SHE SAID, I SEE WHAT I WAS WATCHING TELEVISION AND I SEE WHAT YOU'RE DOING IN THE COMMUNITY.

AND SHE MENTIONED THE KID THEY CALLED CRIME BOY, WHO WAS ARRESTED SOME 37 TIMES WITH 57 CHARGES AT AGE 12, SHE GAVE US HER SUPPORT.

THEN CAME LIONEL TATE, 12 YEARS OLD AGAIN, CHARGED FOR MURDER OF UH, HIS COUSIN WHITE PLANE.

THIS INDIVIDUAL WAS THERE AGAIN.

TWO JAMAICAN STUDENTS WERE KILLED ON THE I 95 BY A DRUNKEN FBI OFFICER.

SHE WAS THERE AGAIN.

A BABY WAS LEFT AT A FIRE STATION, NEWLY BORN GIVEN UP.

SHE WAS THERE AGAIN.

A FAMILY WAS BURNT OUT IN NORTH LAUDERDALE, NOT LAUDERDALE LAKES, BUT IN ANOTHER CITY.

SHE WAS THERE AGAIN.

A BROTHER CALLED STERLING WAS IDE BY THE BROWARD SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND WHO DIED, SHE WAS THERE AGAIN AND MAD MAYOR.

THE LIST GOES ON AND ON AND ON.

SO SHE'S NOT ONLY A POLITICIAN BUT A COMMUNITY SERVANT.

IT IS FITTING THAT THIS RECOGNITION BE GIVEN.

AND AS I CLOSE, I GO ONE STEP FURTHER.

I WOULD LOVE TO BE DRIVING IN LADALE LAKES AND SEE A STREET SIGN WHICH SAYS IS A P ROGERS AVENUE OR STREET.

WHEN THAT TIME COMES, I'LL BE WILLING TO MAKE THAT SUBMISSION.

ANY OTHERS? MADAM MAYOR? NO, THERE'S NO MORE PETITIONS.

CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCES ON SECOND READING I, ITEM

I WOULD LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE PRESENCE OF COMMISSIONER HARRISON, ALSO.

[A. ORDINANCE 2025-011 RENAMING THE CITYS MULTIPURPOSE CENTER IN LAUDERDALE LAKES TO THE "HAZELLE P. ROGERS MULTIPURPOSE CENTER” (SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER MAXWELL-WILLIAMS)]

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SEVEN A MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONER'S ORDINANCE 2 0 2 5 DASH 0 1 1.

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES, BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, APPROVING THE RENAMING OF THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES MULTIPURPOSE CENTER AS THE HAZEL P ROGERS MULTIPURPOSE CENTER, PROVIDING FOR ADOPTION OF RECITALS, PROVIDING FOR IMPLEMENTATION, REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, PROVIDING FOR INCLUSION IN THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

MAD MAYOR, THIS IS A COMMISSIONER.

A PUBLIC HEARING.

SO THIS A MOTION, MADAM MAYOR, MY VICE MAYOR.

I WOULD LIKE TO BRING ORDINANCE 2025 DASH 0 1 1 TO THE FLOOR FOR DISCUSSION.

MAYOR EDWARDS PHILLIPS, VICE MAYOR SWELL FOR COMMISSIONER HARRISON.

FOR COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. FOR COMMISSIONER THOMAS FOR MOTION PASSES.

THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING AT THIS TIME.

IF THERE'S ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, WE WOULD GLADLY RECEIVE YOU.

MR. MAILER.

BYRON MAILER FROM NORTHGATE PROTOCOL HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED.

I COULDN'T HELP MYSELF BUT TO GET UP TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT MY FRIEND .

UH, YOU KNOW, I LIKE BACKGROUND.

I WAS SUGGESTING EARLIER THAT THE NORTHGATE PARK SHOULD BE NAMED AFTER HER.

AND I GOT A FIGHT FROM COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS, BUT SHE BEAT ME TO IT AND ELEVATE MY FRIEND TO SOMETHING MORE WORTHWHILE.

SO, UH, COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS. I KNOW WE HAD ALL BACK AND FORTH, BUT I I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR EFFORT IN THIS MATTER AND I, HOPEFULLY THE COMMISSION WILL EXALT OR INSTALL OR NAME THE MULTIPURPOSE, UH, MULTIPURPOSE CENTER AFTER A WORLDWIDE RECIPIENT TO SERVE THE CITY.

ABLY, PRODUCTIVELY.

EVEN WHEN SHE WENT TO THE STATE HOUSE, SHE WAS STILL LOOKING OUT FOR US.

SO I IMPLORE THE CITY TO DO THE RIGHT THING AND JUST ENDORSE THE THING.

THANK YOU MR. MAILER.

ANYONE ELSE? ANYONE ELSE FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS, SIR? SHE HERE.

MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, CITY ATTORNEY, OTHER MEMBERS OF THE CITY STAFF.

OR CRAFTING THIS IDEA TO BESTOW THIS HONOR.

MY NAME IS MIKE SISON.

I'M A FRIEND OF COMMISSIONER IS ROGERS.

AND THE FACTS HAVE BEEN STATED EARLIER BY A GOOD COLLEAGUE, DR. DENNIS GRANT.

THERE IS NO REASON WHY I SEE THAT THAT HONOR SHOULD BE BESTOWED ON A COMMUNITY SERVANT, A COMMUNITY ACTIVIST.

SHE'LL TELL YOU THAT SHE'S NOT A POLITICIAN.

SHE IS AND A SERVANT AND SHE HAS NO BIOLOGICAL CHILDREN, BUT SHE HAS SERVED SO MUCH IN THE CAPACITY OF YOUTH DEVELOPMENT.

A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THAT SHE WAS A FORMER TRUCK STAR AND A NETBALL PLAYER WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR BRINGING WORLD NETBALL TO THE UNITED STATES IN THE PLACE OF BROAD COUNTY.

SO MY ENDORSEMENT IS 100% AND I COME IN THE COMMISSION FOR, YOU KNOW, DESIGNING

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THANK YOU SIR.

ANYONE ELSE? CLARIFICATION SIR? COMMENTS RIGHT NOW FROM THE PUBLIC? PARDON? THANK YOU.

WOULD YOU LIKE YOU'VE HAD YOUR COMMENTS FOR THIS EVENING? THANK YOU, SIR.

YES, BUT HAVE A CLARIFICATION, MAYOR, COME, COME RIGHT UP.

UH, VERY BRIEFLY.

I'M ALWAYS BRIEF THE FORMER VICE MAYOR, MENTION SOMEHOW ABOUT 20 YEARS AND WHERE THE CURRENT BUILDING IS LOCATED.

I DON'T IF THAT'S GONNA BE THE, WHETHER IT IS 20 OR 30 OR 40.

IF A NEW BUILDINGS ERECTED, THEN THE SIGN OF A P ROGERS BE REMOVED AND PUT ON THAT NEW BUILDING.

THANK YOU, SIR.

ANYONE ELSE? IF NOT COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC OR NOT CLOSED? COLLEAGUES READY TO SPEAK? YES.

MADAM MAYOR, MADAM VICE MAYOR.

YOU KNOW, I SEE MY FRIEND TO THE RIGHT OR TO THE SOUTH OF ME TAKING CREDIT THAT, OH, YOU KNOW, I GOT IT DONE.

I DIDN'T SAY THAT.

NO, BUT SOMETIMES IT'S NOT WHAT WE SAY.

WHAT IS IMPRESSION THAT WE GIVE? THIS WAS IN THE MAKING FOR A LONG TIME.

AND THE ACTING CITY MANAGER WOULD TELL YOU THAT WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT GETTING HER NAME ON ETCHED ON OAKLAND PARK BOULEVARD, WHERE YOU GO NORTH, SOUTH, EAST OR WEST.

I CALLED TO FIND OUT WHAT WAS THE PROCEDURE.

SO I WOULD SAY THANKS TO MY FRIEND HERE, COMMISSIONER COLLEEN MAXWELL WILLIAMS, AND TO ALL THE OTHERS SITTING HERE.

'CAUSE THERE WAS NO IF OR BUT FROM ANYONE THAT IT WAS NOT TO BE DONE AND ON BEHALF.

LET ME GO BACK TO EAST GATES HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, WHERE I MET COMMISSIONER SECRETARY, I WOULD SAY, OF THE EAST GATE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION IN 1987, WHICH IS JUST THE OTHER DAY BEFORE SOME OF US WERE BORN.

AND SHE STARTED TALKING ABOUT GETTING US INVOLVED AS CARIBBEAN.

AND I WOULD ALSO SAY PEOPLE OF COLOR BECAUSE WHEN I CAME HERE IN 19, STARTED REALLY LIVING HERE IN 1985, I DON'T REMEMBER SEEING ANY PERSON THAT LOOK LIKE US RIGHT NOW THAT WAS SITTING IN THE CHAMBER.

AND HAZEL FROM THAT TIME KNEW WHERE SHE WANTED TO GO.

SHE STARTED AS A SECRETARY WITH WILLY WEBB AND SHE WENT THROUGH LORD DAY LAKES TO TALLAHASSEE, BACK TO LORD DAY LAKES.

AND NOW SHE'S DOWNTOWN.

AND MAYBE THE NEXT STEP COULD BE WASHINGTON, DC I DON'T KNOW WHAT PLANS HER HUSBAND HAS FOR HER, BUT CONGRATULATIONS.

IT IS WELL DESERVED.

I DO NOT CONSIDER YOU AS A POLITICIAN.

MAYBE SOMETIMES YOU ARE, BUT I SEE YOU AS A SERVANT OF THE PEOPLE.

SO ON BEHALF OF TY SWELL, NOT COMMISSIONER, A RESIDENT OF LORD DE LAKES, I AM REALLY, REALLY HAPPY THAT THIS THING, IT HASN'T FINISHED FINALIZES YET.

'CAUSE WE HAVEN'T TAKEN THE FINAL VOTE.

BUT I WOULD HOPE THAT THERE IS NO ONE HERE WHO IS GOING TO VOTE AGAINST IT.

SO, CONGRATULATIONS.

THANK YOU MADAM VICE MAYOR.

OKAY, MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR.

UM, I WANNA CLEAR THIS UP.

VOTE WAS NOT GOING TO MAKE IT WHERE IT WAS.

SO, UH, , I AM, I COULD NOT DO THIS WITH, I HAD THE THOUGHTS THAT WE TALKED AND I CANNOT DO THIS WITHOUT MY MAYOR AND COMMISSION.

I ONLY HAVE ONE VOTE.

AND MY ONE

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SO I DO APPRECIATE EACH AND EVERYONE, AND IF WE WERE IN JOKING WHEN WE WERE AT THE PARTY, THAT WAS IN JOKE, BUT SHE KNOWS SHE LIKED TO TAKE THINGS AND RUN WITH IT.

SO WE'LL PRAY FOR HER.

SO I NEED IT.

MY COMMISSIONER SHARON THOMAS AND COMMISSIONER HARRISON.

SO I'M SO, I'M SO EXCITED AND WE WANNA THANK THE MOST IMPORTANT PERSON THAT MAKES THAT FOR THIS LADY.

AND THAT'S HER MOM.

YULA SEAL, UH, BACKS.

SHE IS, YES.

WHAT IS IT? YULA LEE.

YULA LEE BACKS THAT, UH, HAD GIVEN BIRTH TO THIS YOUNG LADY TURNING INTO THIS BEAUTIFUL, WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL YOUNG WOMAN THAT I ADMIRE AND FOR HER HUSBAND THAT KEEP HER GOING AND PUT UP WITH HER POWER TEA AND MY BROTHER.

SO, YOU KNOW, ALL, SO SHE DID NOT GET THERE BY HERSELF.

JUST LIKE HOW I DON'T SIT HERE AND I TELL HER PEOPLE, I DON'T GET HERE BY MYSELF.

I HAVE MY HUSBAND, MY KIDS, AND SHE HAS SOME GREAT FAMILY.

AND I GIVE KUDOS TO ALL HER FAMILY WHO HAVE STAND BEHIND HER AND HELP HER ACHIEVE THE GOAL AND GREAT ACHIEVE THE GOALS THAT SHE HAS ACHIEVED AND PUT HER WHERE SHE IS TODAY THAT SHE, THIS GREAT THING CAN HAPPEN FOR HER.

SO I'M VERY PROUD AND I'M HAPPY.

AND, UM, THANK YOU TO MY, THE MAYOR AND MY VICE MAYOR.

THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH.

I THINK IT'S GREAT AND IT'S, IT'S ALL OF US.

COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS, KELLY, COMMISSIONER THOMAS, MADAM MAYOR.

ALL I HAVE TO SAY, THIS IS A GREAT BIRTHDAY GIFT.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY IS COMING UP.

COMMISSIONER HARRISON.

I JUST WANTED TO SAY TOO CONGRATULATIONS TO MADAM COUNTY, COMMISSIONER HAZEL ROGERS.

I THINK YOUR WORK, UM, SPEAKS, UH, VOLUMES IN THE COMMUNITY AND UH, I'M INSPIRED EVERY TIME I HEAR ABOUT WORK THAT TOOK PLACE, YOU KNOW, BACK WHEN I WAS JUST A TWINKLE IN MY FATHER'S EYE.

I WASN'T EVEN HERE .

UM, BUT, UH, IT IS DEFINITELY INSPIRING AND DESERVING AND CONGRATULATIONS.

MADAM COMMISSIONER, I CERTAINLY WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU PERSONALLY FOR BEING A MENTOR FOR ME SINCE I STARTED THIS JOURNEY BACK IN 20 15, 20 16.

BUT I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BEING THE SERVANT OF LAUDERDALE LAKES AND OF BROWARD COUNTY THAT YOU HAVE BEEN.

I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYWHERE IN BROWARD COUNTY AND THE STATE OF FLORIDA AND BEYOND THAT, IF YOU SAY HAZEL ROGERS, THAT THEY WILL NOT KNOW WHO WE ARE TALKING ABOUT.

SO WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE LOVE THAT YOU HAVE GIVEN TO THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES AND YOU CONTINUE TO GIVE TO CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES.

I THOUGHT ABOUT YOU AND I THINK ABOUT YOU OFTEN, BUT TONIGHT I THOUGHT ABOUT YOU WHEN I WAS READING ABOUT SILAS AND THE CELL PHONE.

SO WE'LL KEEP THAT BETWEEN THE TWO OF US.

BUT ON BEHALF OF THE GREAT WECARE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES AND ALL OF OUR 35 PLUS RESIDENTS AND EVERYONE ELSE IN BROWARD COUNTY, EVERYONE ELSE IN BROWARD COUNTY, WE WANT TO SAY WE LOVE YOU.

THANK YOU CLIFF.

WE LOVE YOU TWO.

UH, UNCLE DEREK, WE LOVE YOU TWO AND THAT'S ANOTHER INSIDE STORY FOR THAT.

BUT COMMISSIONER HAZEL P ROGERS, THANK YOU.

WE LOVE YOU.

THE CITY OF DALE LAKES LOVES YOU.

MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER THOMAS.

SOLICITOR.

MOTION FOR APPROVAL.

I'D LIKE TO BRING ORDINANCE 2025 DASH 0 1 1 FOR APPROVAL.

MAY MAYOR EDWARDS PHILLIPS FOR VICE MAYOR SWELL FOR COMMISSIONER HARRISON.

FOR COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. WELL LET ME THINK.

DON'T PLEASE FOR COMMISSIONER THOMAS FOUR MOTION PASSES.

THANK YOU SO VERY, VERY MUCH.

COMMISSIONER PRIVILEGE PLEASE.

YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.

LET TAKE SOME PHOTOS.

CAN YOU TAKE SOME PHOTOS? YES, SHE TAKE, OH SHE'S GOOD EVENING.

MADAM MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS AND I, I'M GONNA CALL NAMES COMMISSIONER, VICE MAYOR TY SWELL OR MAYOR VERONICA EDWARDS PHILLIPS OF COURSE.

OR COMMISSIONER SHARON THOMAS.

AND OF COURSE OUR ONLY MALE COMMISSIONER EASTERN.

HOW ARE YOU HARRISON? HOW ARE YOU DOING? GOOD.

HOW ARE YOU? LET ME SAY COMMISSIONER CARLENE MAXWELL WILLIAMS.

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SURE.

SHE'S DOING SOME SIGNS OVER HERE.

RIGHT.

I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU TO LORD OF DE LAKE, BUT IT WOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED WITHOUT ALL OF YOU VOTING AND SUPPORTING.

AND I WANNA SAY THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF MY MOM BECAUSE WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT IT, I SAID, YOU KNOW, I WOULD LOVE FOR MOM BECAUSE SHE IS ILL.

WE ALL THINK THAT SOMETHING IS GONNA HAPPEN BEFORE IT'S TIME, BUT IT'S GOD'S TIME.

SO, BUT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE SHE COULD SMELL THE ROSES AND CARLENE KEPT SAYING, YES, MOMMY NEED TO SMELL THE ROSES.

SO WE KNOW SHE HAD HER BIRTHDAY ON THE 18TH.

SO WE PLANNED AN EVENT ON THE 19TH SO HER DOMINO TEAM COULD BE AT THE EVENT.

YOU NOTICE THEY'RE NOT HERE TONIGHT BECAUSE THEY KNOW MOMMY'S NOT COMING.

BUT IF THEY KNEW SHE WAS COMING, THIS ROOM WOULD BE JAM PACKED BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE HAD BECAUSE IT WAS A OVERFLOW AND IT WAS A BLESSING.

AND SHE WENT HOME AND SLEPT THROUGH THE NIGHT.

NORMALLY SHE'S REST RESTLESS.

SHE WAS COMFORTABLE FRIDAY NIGHT.

AND UNTIL TODAY SHE'S STILL PERKY.

SO I GIVE CREDIT TO MY SISTER AS ALWAYS AND THANKS TO MY HUSBAND OF 50 PLUS YEARS.

SO HE ROBBED THE CRADLE.

SO JUST UNDERSTAND THAT.

BUT THAT'S MY EVERYTHING.

ALRIGHT? SO WOULDN'T BE REMISS IF I DID NOT ACKNOWLEDGE MY HUSBAND.

BUT THEN I HAVE SOME FRIENDS WHO ACTUALLY CAME OUT AND MADE THEIR COMMENTS.

MIKE CAME FROM A A VS RADIO AND WE CALL HIM THE COOL ONE.

AND OF COURSE DR. DENNIS GRANTER, WE CALL HIM THE LOVE DUCK BECAUSE IF YOU LISTEN TO WVS, YOU GO HEAR SOME REALLY NICE MUSIC, RIGHT? COMFORTABLE, NICE MUSIC.

AND OF COURSE MR. MAILER, I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY ABOUT YOU FROM HE TOOK OVER AS PRESIDENT.

I DON'T THINK YOU ARE EVER BEEN NOTHING BUT THE PRESIDENT OF NORTHGATE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION.

NOW I THOUGHT I SERVED FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME, NOT THAT LONG.

SO YOU BEAT ME, I'M GIVING IT TO YOU.

YOU HAVE SERVED NOT GATE WELL AND I THANK YOU FOR CONTINUING TO BE THERE AND SHARING INFORMATION, JUST PROVIDING THAT OPPORTUNITY.

AND MR. FORBES, THANKS FOR ALWAYS FEEDING ME BECAUSE YOU NOTICE I'M ALWAYS RUNNING.

SAY LEMME PACK SOMETHING FOR YOU NOW.

GREATLY APPRECIATE, ALTHOUGH MEN NOT SUPPOSED TO EAT ANYTHING OR TAKE ANYTHING THAT'S OVER $5, BUT THEY INCREASE IT TO, I THINK IT'S 50, MAYBE A HUNDRED.

WHO KNOWS? NOT WATCHING IT.

AND TO EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM, I SEE TWO OF MY STAFFERS, ONE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT SHE'S DOING HERE, CONSIDERING SHE'LL LIVE ALL THE WAY SOUTH AND THEN ALL THE WAY WEST AND SHE'S IN THE BACK.

MIMI, CAN YOU STAND PLEASE? SHE IS.

AND YOU DON'T SEE DWIGHT BECAUSE HE'S OUT ON VACATION.

SO THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT.

BUT THE NEWEST AND PERSON THAT TAKES THE PICTURES AND MAKE OUR COMMUNICATIONS PROJECT THE MESSAGE THAT WE NEED TO PROJECT.

AND I HOPE EVERYONE SIGNED UP FOR THE NEWSLETTER COMING FROM DISTRICT NINE.

I HOPE YOU DID.

AND IF YOU HAVE NOT, THEN YOU'RE MISSING OUT ON AWESOME INFORMATION ABOUT THE COUNTY AND WHAT WE DO EVERY DAY.

AND THE GENTLEMAN THAT MAKES THOSE PICTURES LOOK GOOD AND THE NEWSLETTER LOOKS GOOD AND HAVE INFORMATION IS MR. LUKE VALENTINE.

THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH.

AND I DID NOT RECOGNIZE THE FIRST YOUNG LADY THAT WORKED WITH ME WHEN I CAME BACK FROM TALLAHASSEE AND WON THE ELECTION AS YOUR MAYOR.

AND I DON'T KNOW YOU DID IT, BUT SHE TRY, MS. POP TRIED TO KEEP UP WITH ME AND SHE SAY, COMMISSIONER, I HAVE SOME YOUNG CHILDREN, YOU KNOW, SO I CAN'T GO EVERY NIGHT AND I CAN'T GO, YOU KNOW, I SAID THAT'S ALL RIGHT WHEN WE FIND SOMEONE, IT'S OKAY.

AND LOOK AT HER TODAY.

UH, WHAT IS YOUR NEW TITLE? DEPUTY CITY CLERK.

OH, DEPUTY CITY CLERK.

YOU EARNED IT.

YOU DESERVE IT.

CONGRATULATIONS.

AND DENISE, THE CITY MANAGER.

SIX YEARS TODAY, SIX YEARS IS MY ANNIVERSARY.

WOW.

AWESOME.

SEE WHAT LAUDERDALE LAKES PRODUCE.

ABSOLUTELY SOME AWESOME PEOPLE.

AND OF COURSE SOMEONE THAT I'VE KNOWN FOR A LONG TIME.

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WHEN YOU NEED A GOOD LAND USE ATTORNEY, YOU CALL SID CALLOWAY, SIDNEY CALLOWAY.

THAT'S ALL I KNOW.

WHEN I WENT TO TALLAHASSEE, THAT'S WHAT I WAS TOLD, IF YOU WANT A LAND USE ATTORNEY, THAT'S WHO YOU SHOULD FIND.

SO A LOT OF DE LAKES, IT'S MORE THAN THAT.

IT'S ALL THAT WE DO, ALL THAT WE INCORPORATE IN EVERYTHING WE DO TO MAKE LORD OF DE LAKE CONTINUE TO BE THE BEST PLACE TO LIVE, WORK, AND RECREATE.

AND ALSO TO MAKE SURE WE ARE THE ONES INVITING THE BEST INTO OUR CITY.

SO I WILL CLOSE BY SAYING THANK YOU TO EVERYONE.

YOU MIGHT BE LISTENING TO ME.

I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT YOU HAVE TOUCHED MY LIFE IN SOME WAYS I KNOW IT.

I FEEL IT BECAUSE AS WAS STATED BEFORE, YOU CAN'T DO EVERYTHING BY YOURSELF.

NOTHING WITH, WITHOUT COLLABORATION AND PARTICIPATION FROM OTHERS.

SO I SAY TO EVERYONE, THANK YOU FOR BEING KIND AND THANK YOU FOR THIS HONOR.

AND I ACCEPT IT ON BEHALF OF MY FAMILY BECAUSE THEY WERE THERE, RIGHT? MSTY? YES.

ALL THE WAY.

SO THERE SHE TRAINED YOU WELL.

, SHE'S MY MAMA.

I'M CARLENE MAXWELL WILLIAMS. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THIS .

SHE FRAMED THE ORDINANCE, THE ORIGINAL ORDINANCE AND GAVE IT TO MOM ON FRIDAY.

AND IT WAS GOOD HAVING ALL OF THE COMMISSIONERS THERE.

THAT WAS SPECIAL.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU GUYS FOR TAKING THE TIME AND BEING THERE.

EVERYONE IN THE AUDIENCE.

OH SHARON, OH DEAR.

HOW YOU DOING? GOOD TO SEE YOU AND ALL OF YOUR STAFF.

ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH EVERYONE.

YOU KNOW, I KNOW ALL OF THEM.

SHARON, CAPTAIN, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU EVERYBODY.

'CAUSE YOU KNOW YOU HAVE TOUCHED MY LIFE.

I HOPE I'VE TOUCHED YOURS ALSO.

WHERE YOU GOING? GOING RIGHT THERE.

SHE SAID WE GOING UP, GOING RIGHT THERE.

COME BACK UP.

THEY'RE GOING TO USE, THIS IS THE BATHROOM.

COME ON, COME ON, COME ON AT THAT .

I COULD SPANK ALL THESE YEARS.

COLLAR FOR ME.

PLEASE JUST FIX.

YEAH, BREATHE IN.

BE CAREFUL RIGHT HERE.

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NOW AREN'T YOU GLAD YOU WERE HERE TONIGHT, EVEN OUR GUESTS FOR THIS GREAT OCCASION.

WE WANT TO THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.

ITEM EIGHT, CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCES ON FIRST READING.

THERE ARE NOT ANY ITEM NINE

[9. CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTIONS ON CONSENT AGENDA]

CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTIONS ON CONSENT.

AGENDA ITEMS NINE A, NINE B, NINE C 90 D, MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS RESOLUTION 2 0 2 5 DASH NINE A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF LAUDERDALE LAKES FLORIDA AWARDING AND AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND CITY CLERK TO EXECUTE AND ATTEST RESPECTIVELY THAT CERTAIN CONTRACT NUMBER ITB 23 DASH 3 410 DASH 20 B TWO SOLITUDE LAKE MANAGEMENT LLC IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $64,812 PROVIDING FOR HERBICIDE APPLICATION AND ALGAE CONTROL IN THE CITY'S CANAL NETWORK.

A COPY OF SOLITUDE LAKE MANAGEMENT LLC BID PACKAGE IS ATTACHED HERE TO AS EXHIBIT A DRAFT COPY OF THE CONTRACT NUMBER 23 DASH 3 4 1 10 DASH 20 B.

AND SCOPE OF SERVICES ATTACHED HERE TO AS COMPOSITE EXHIBIT B, COPIES OF WHICH MAY BE INSPECTED IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK PROVIDING FOR ADOPTION OF RECITALS, PROVIDING FOR INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CITY CLERK, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE RESOLUTION 2 0 25 20, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF LAUDERDALE LAKES FLORIDA, AWARDING AND AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND CITY CLERK TO EXECUTE AND TEST RESPECTIVELY THAT CERTAIN CONTRACT NUMBER 25 DASH 310 DASH ZERO FOUR R TWO STANTEC CONSULTING SERVICES, INC.

IN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $30,400.

PROVIDING FOR A SOLID WASTE RATE STUDY FOR THE CITY'S SOLID WASTE SPECIAL ASSESSMENT.

A COPY OF STANTEC CONSULTING SERVICES INC.

PROPOSAL IS ATTACHED HERE TO AS EXHIBIT A.

A DRAFT COPY OF CONTRACT NUMBER 25 DASH 310 DASH ZERO FOUR R IS ATTACHED HERE TO AS EXHIBIT B.

COPIES OF WHICH MAY BE INSPECTED IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK PROVIDING FOR ADOPTION OF RECITALS, PROVIDING FOR INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CITY CLERK PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE RESOLUTION 2 0 2 5 DASH 1 21 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF LAUDERDALE LAKES FLORIDA, AWARDING AND AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND DEPUTY CITY CLERK TO EXECUTE AND TEST RESPECTIVELY THAT CERTAIN CONTRACT NUMBER ITB TWO FIVE DASH 63 10 DASH 11 B TO SFA CONSTRUCTION LLC IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $1,000,423 $585 PROVIDING FOR STORMWATER CONVEYANCE AND WATER QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROJECT CANAL FIVE PORTIONS OF SAFER CONSTRUCTION LLC BIDS PACKAGES ATTACHED HERE TO AS COMPOSITE EXHIBIT A, A DRAFT COPY OF THE CONTRACT NUMBER 25 DASH 6 3 1 10 DASH 11 B AND SCOPE OF SERVICES IS ATTACHED HERE TO AS COMPOSITE EXHIBIT B, COPIES OF WHICH MAY BE INSPECTED IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK PROVIDING FOR ADOPTION OF RECITALS, PROVIDING FOR INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CITY CLERK, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE RESOLUTION 2 0 2 5 DASH 1 22 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF LAUDERDALE LAKES FLORIDA APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE ACTING CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THAT CERTAIN FOURTH AMENDMENT TO THE INTER-LOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE BROWARD COUNTY AND THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES FOR COMMUNITY SHUTTLE SERVICE.

A COPY OF WHICH IS ATTACHED HERE TO AS EXHIBIT C, COPY OF WHICH MAY BE INSPECTED IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK PROVIDING FOR ADOPTION OF RECITALS, PROVIDING FOR INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CITY CLERK, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

OUR LAKES.

WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO PULL ANY OF THESE ITEMS? IF NOT A MOTION FOR MAYOR? YES.

MR. THOMAS? YES.

YOU WANNA PULL POOL NUMBER 8:00 AM NINE A

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ITEM.

NINE A HAS BEEN PULLED AND WILL BE DISCUSSED.

FIRST ITEM UNDER 10.

SOLICIT A MOTION FOR APPROVAL FOR NINE B NINE C NINE D.

MAD MAYOR, COMMISSIONER THOMAS, I MOVE TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 2025.

THAT'S 1 20 20 25, 21 AND 2025 DASH 22 VICE MAYOR SWELL FOR COMMISSIONER HARRISON.

FOR COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. FOR COMMISSIONER THOMAS FOR MAYOR EDWARDS PHILLIPS FOR MOTION PASSES.

UM, THE ITEM THAT HAS BEEN PULLED,

[A. RESOLUTION 2025-119 AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND THE ACTING CITY MANAGER TO AWARD A CONTRACT TO SOLITUDE LAKE MANAGEMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF SIXTY FOUR THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND TWELVE DOLLARS ($64,812.00) TO PROVIDE HERBICIDE APPLICATION FOR VEGETATION AND ALGAE CONTROL IN THE CITY'S CANAL NETWORK]

ITEM NINE A.

OKAY, SO THIS IS THE MOTION FOR DISCUSSION.

UH, ONE IS FROM SOUTHEAST LAND WATER MANAGEMENT AND THE AMOUNT OF $349 90, 92 AND ONE FROM DEANGELO CONTRACTING SERVICES AND THE AMOUNT OF 60 $66,756.

MR. THOMAS, IS THAT 10 A? YEAH, YOUR HONOR.

CONSIDERATION NINE.

WE'LL GET 10 A NINE I MOVE.

UM, I'D LIKE TO BRING RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 1 1 9 TO THE FLOOR FOR DISCUSSION.

CLERK COMMISSIONER HARRISON FOR COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. FOR COMMISSIONER THOMAS FOR COMM.

MAYOR EDWARDS PHILLIPS FOR VICE MAYOR SWELL FOR MOTION PASSES.

THANK YOU MADAM.

A CM MADAM MAYOR, THIS RESOLUTION AUTHORIZES THE MAYOR AND THE ACTON CITY MANAGER TOWARD A CONTRACT TO SOLITUDE LAKE MANAGEMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF 64,812 TO PROVIDE HERBICIDE APPLICATION FOR VEGETATION AND ALGAE CONTROL IN THE CITY'S CANAL NETWORK.

MR. RON DIS BRUS PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR WILL PRESENT THIS ITEM THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR.

THANK YOU MR. RON.

GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR.

MADAM VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, UH, MY NAME IS C MR. C MADAM CLERK AND THE AUDIENCE, UH, FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS RON DES BRU, PUBLIC CO DIRECTOR, UH, MAD MAYOR.

DEAR, BEFORE YOU IS, UH, A RESOLUTION TO AWARD THE CONTRACT TO SOLITUDE LAKE MANAGEMENT AND THE AMOUNT OF 64,000 HUNDRED $12 TO PROVIDE HERBICIDE APPLICATION FOR VISIT, CONTROL AND ALLERGY CONTROL IN THE CANAL NETWORK SYSTEM.

UM, , WE OWN AND OPERATE 11 MILES OF CANAL AND, UH, THE CITY STORMWATER DIVISION MAINTAIN, UH, THE SYSTEM, THE, THE STORMWATER SYSTEM IS NOT JUST THE CANAL, IT'S ALSO 77,000 FEET OF DRAINAGE PIPE AND ALSO INLET SOIL.

ALL OF THE, ALL OF THAT FALLS INTO THE CANAL.

SO HOW DO WE MAINTAIN THE CANAL? UH, WE HAVE EQUIPMENT.

WE HAVE TWO WEED DOS.

UH, IT'S, UH, IT'S LIKE A LAWNMOWER ON, ON A BOAT.

UH, SO IT GOES INTO THE CANAL.

IT'S JUST CHOPPED THE WEEDS.

WE ALSO HAVE TRASH, A LOT OF TRASH.

UH, ONE THING, ONE THING THAT'S COMMON IN THE CITY, UH, OUR RESIDENT, LIKE COCONUT TREES, UH, PRETTY MUCH EVERY SINGLE HOUSE HAS COCONUT TREE IN THE BACK OF THE HOUSE AND THE DEAD COCONUT TREES WILL FALL IN THE CANAL AND WITH TIDE GO UP AND DOWN AND WE PICK THAT UP AS WELL.

AND ALSO BRANCHES WILL FALL ALL KIND OF, UH, EVEN DEAD ANIMAL THAT WILL TOSS IN THE CANAL.

SO WE MAINTAIN THAT.

BUT THE SHORELINE AT THE EDGE OF THE, THE CANAL, WE CALL IT SHORELINE GRASS.

UH, THE GRASS NEED TO GROW FAST AND CAN, UM, WE CANNOT REACH THAT WITH BOAT, ALL THE WE.

AND ALSO DURING SUMMERTIME, THERE'S A LOT OF ALGAE, UH, BECAUSE PEOPLE USE HERBICIDE AND THAT WATER WILL FOLLOW, UH, TO THE CANAL SYSTEM AND THE PHOSPHO INTO THE HERBICIDE WILL, UH, IT'S LIKE NUTRIENT FOR ALGAE.

IT WILL GROW FAST AND WE CANNOT SCOOP THE ALGAE.

AND SAME THING FOR THE SHORELINE GRASS.

THE BOAT CANNOT REACH THAT SECTION.

HOW DO WE MAINTAIN THAT? WE SPRAY, UH, CHEMICAL AND THE SHORELINE AND ALSO WE SPRAY CHEMICAL, UH, WITH THE ALGAE.

THAT'S HOW WE ABLE TO CONTROL THAT WITH THE CHEMICAL APPLICATION.

IN THE HEAT, WE APPLY CHEMICAL ONCE A MONTH FROM SEPTEMBER TO APRIL AND TWICE A MONTH, UH, FROM MAY FROM OCTOBER TO APRIL, AND TWICE A MONTH FROM MAY TO SEPTEMBER.

SO WE'VE BEEN DOING THAT IN HOUSE AND STUFF FEEL LIKE IT WOULD BE MORE EFFICIENT, UH, AND EASY OF SCHEDULE BECAUSE THE, THE 11 MILES OF CANAL IS DIVIDED INTO FIVE ZONE AND WE HAVE 12 STAFF THAT MAINTAIN THE CANAL SYSTEM.

WE FEEL LIKE IT WOULD BE MORE EFFICIENT, UH, TO CONTRACT THAT SERVICE OUT.

SO AN INVITATION TO BID WAS ADVERTISED.

WE RECEIVED THREE PROPOSAL, ONE FROM SOLITUDE, AND THE AMOUNT OF $64,812.

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AND WE REVIEW THE PROPOSAL.

SA STAFF WAS, UM, EVALUATED THE PROPOSAL AND DEEMED SOLITUDE THE BEST, UM, PRICING AND ALSO HAVING THE QUALIFICATION TO PERFORM THE, THE, THE CONTRACT BY MAYOR.

SO, UM, I'LL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTION.

THE BOARD MAYOR FOR ME AT THIS TIME, MADAM VICE, MADAM MAYOR, MADAM VICE, MR. RON, YOU SPENT A LOT OF TIME TALKING ABOUT THE CANAL AND AS I SAID LAST NIGHT, I REMEMBER CLEARLY 2023, YOU CAME TO US, TO THIS COMMISSION TO LET TO ASK US YOU WANTED SEVEN MORE PEOPLE BECAUSE EVERYTHING FROM PUBLIC WORKS WAS GOING TO BE DONE IN-HOUSE.

AND AS I ASK YESTERDAY, NOW THAT WE ARE GOING TO SPEND 129,000 6 24 FOR THE YEAR, BECAUSE 64,812 TAKES US HALF A YEAR, MAY THROUGH SEPTEMBER.

NOT WHAT I SAID IS WHAT YOU SAID, AND I DID ASK ANYONE HAS BEEN TERMINATED, LAID OFF.

NO, NONE HAS BEEN LAID OFF.

SO WE HAD, YOU SAID YOU HAVE 12 PEOPLE.

WE HAVE THREE SQUARE MILES OF PROPERTY IN BROWARD COUNTY, AND THREE TIMES FOUR GOING TO GIVE ME 12 SQUARE MILES, THREE HERE, WHATEVER IT IS.

AND I KNOW WHERE MY ONE VOTE IS.

I AM NOT WILLING TO VOTE ON THIS.

WE WERE DOING IT IN HOUSE.

WE CAN BRING BACK PEOPLE TO DO THAT IN HOUSE WHEN WE GO OUT AND GIVE BIG CONTRACTORS MONEY.

WHAT BENEFIT DOES IT HELP IN THIS CITY? IT'S NOT THE LITTLE MAN.

GETTING THE CONTRACT IS ALWAYS BIG NAMES.

SO YOU DID ASK FOR SEVEN PEOPLE BECAUSE YOU WERE GOING TO NOT MY WORD, THE DIRECTOR'S WORD.

WE, THEY WERE GOING TO DO STUFF IN-HOUSE.

AND THEN LAST YEAR, WHAT DID YOU DO? YOU CAME BACK TO US TO TELL US THAT A, YOU NEEDED A CONTRACT TO DO THE LANDSCAPING ON I THINK STATE ROAD SEVEN OR OAKLAND PARK.

SO TECHNICALLY YOU ASK FOR WORKERS, WE PROVIDE IT AND AFTER A WHILE WE NEED CONTRACTS.

SO ARE THOSE PEOPLE REALLY WORKING FOR 40 HOURS? MR. ROCK, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW, OR MAYBE THE RESIDENTS WHO ARE LISTENING WOULD LIKE TO KNOW.

MR. UH, MAD MAYOR, POINT OF CLARIFICATION.

EMPLOYEES AND REQUESTED TWO MORE EMPLOYEES BECAUSE AS FAR AS L LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE, WE HAVE THE MAJOR ROADWAY, MEANING STATE WARD SEVEN OAKLAND PARK BOULEVARD.

THIS CONTRACT IS FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR, NOT FOR SIX MONTH.

IT'S A, IT'S A YEARLY CONTRACT.

UM, REGARDING THE STAFFING, WHEN I STARTED ABOUT NINE YEARS AGO, THE STONEWALL DIVISION HAD 10 EMPLOYEES.

RIGHT NOW WE HAD 12 EMPLOYEES.

AND ONE OF THE REASON WHY I WAS ABLE TO HAVE 12 EMPLOYEES BECAUSE I HAD TWO, UH, EMPLOYEES THAT RETIRED BECAUSE OF THE SALARY.

I KIND OF FLIP IT INTO TWO BOOTS ON THE GROUND BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE THE DIVISION WAS TOP HEAVY.

I HAD A BUNCH OF COORDINATORS, UH, SPECIALIZED, UH, UH, STAFFING.

BUT AS FAR AS THE, THE BOATS ON THE GROUND, I, I WAS SHORT ON THAT.

SO NOW WE, FROM SEVEN, FROM 10 EMPLOYEES TO 12.

UH, VICE YOU REFERRING TO THE SEVEN EMPLOYEES, UH, WHEN THAT CONTRACT WAS PRESENTED TO THE LEA COMMISSION, IT WAS, AND WE GOT TO THE LANDSCAPE DIVISION.

AT THAT TIME, THE LANDSCAPE DIVISION HAD FIVE

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AND WE MAINTAIN THE PARKS FIVE PARKS AND ALL THE STREETS, 21, 24, 26, 29, 34, 37, 36, 41, 44.

ALL OF THOSE STREETS ARE UNDER OUR MAINTENANCE.

BUT THE TRICKY PART FOR SIX SEVEN OAKLAND PARK BOULEVARD UNIT NEED SPECIALIZED MAINTENANCE OF TRAFFIC BECAUSE OF THE HEAVY TRAFFIC.

SO WHEN WE TAKE THE SERVICES IN HOUSE, WE REQUESTED TWO ADDITIONAL STAFFING, THE TO TAKE THE PARKS AND ALL THE OTHER STREETS ON THE PUBLIC WORKS.

BUT THE MAIN ROADWAY WITH WOMEN CONTRACTED AT THAT TIME, WE HAD THREE CONTRACTS, UH, FOR THAT SERVICE, WE GET RID OF TWO CONTRACT.

WE KEPT ONE FOR THE MAJOR ROADWAY, WHICH THE ONE WE HAVE RIGHT NOW.

AND WE REQUESTED TWO STAFFING FOR THE LANDSCAPE DIVISION, NOT FOR THE STORMWATER.

I'VE NEVER ASKED FOR ADDITIONAL STAFFING FOR STORMWATER DIVISION.

WE WENT FROM 10 TO 12.

AND I WANNA CLARIFY, THE CONTRACT IS FOR A YEAR, NOT FOR SIX MONTH NOW, 64,000.

WE USED TO BE IN HOUSE AND ON A YEARLY BASIS JUST TO PURCHASE THE CHEMICAL.

TO TRANSPORT THE CHEMICAL STORAGE.

WE SPEND ABOUT $50,000 A YEAR JUST TO BUY THE CHEMICAL.

AND THERE ARE RISK, I'M SORRY, I'M SORRY, THROUGH YOU MADAM OF FIVE ZERO OR 50, 55, 0 THOUSAND, AND WE HAVE TO STORE IT.

THERE ARE SOME, UM, UM, POTENTIAL LIABILITY STORING THE CHEMICAL, EVEN SPRAYING THE CHEMICAL.

IF WE DON'T DO IT THE PROPER WAY, WE MIGHT END UP KILLING FISHES THAT ARE DANGER TO THE ENVIRONMENT.

CURRENTLY, WE DON'T HAVE THE STAFF IN HOUSE.

WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF HIRING SOMEONE WITH THE LICENSE.

EVEN WITH THE LICENSE FOR EFFICIENCY PURPOSES, IT WOULD BE BEST TO CONTRACT THAT OUT.

WE ARE ASKING FOR 64,000 FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR.

IF, WHEN WE FACTOR IN STAFF COST EQUIPMENT, UH, AND PURCHASING OF THE CHEMICAL, IT'S ROUGHLY ABOUT $75,000 A YEAR.

AND TOP OF THAT, WHEN WE DEAL WITH STAFF, UM, WE HAVE FIVE ZONES WHERE THE, THE SUMMER DIVISION GOES EVERY, EVERY WEEK.

ALL IT TAKES IS JUST ONE HOLIDAY DURING THE WEEK TO THROW THE WHOLE SCHEDULE OFF.

IF IT'S TWO DAYS, UH, WE ARE BEHIND.

SO BEING ABLE TO, WE ALLOCATE THOSE RESOURCES AND TRANSFER IT SOMEWHERE ELSE, WITH THE COST BEING ABOUT THE SAME, WE FEEL LIKE IT'S MORE EFFICIENT TO CONTRACT THAT OUT.

UM, I'M NOT SURE IF I ANSWERED YOUR QUESTION.

MY ADVICE MAYOR, NOT, NOT SIR HAS MOVED ME.

ALL COLLEAGUES.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS? NO.

THIS A MOTION FOR APPROVAL MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER THOMAS.

UM, I MOVE TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 1 1 9.

COMMISSIONER HARRISON FOR COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. FOR COMMISSIONER THOMAS FOR MAYOR EDWARDS PHILLIPS FOR VICE MAYOR SWELL AGAINST MOTION PASSES.

THANK YOU MR. RON.

THANK YOU MAD MAYOR.

ITEM 10, CONSIDERATION

[B. RESOLUTION 2025-123 A QUASI JUDICIAL PROCEEDING APPROVING, WITH CONDITIONS, CONDITIONAL USE APPLICATION NO. 01-CU-25 (“APPLICATION”), SUBMITTED BY RAM’S CAR CARE/RAM’S CAR CARE CENTER, INC., REQUESTING CONDITIONAL USE APPROVAL PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 5 SECTION 503 OF THE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS (“LDRS”) TO ALLOW FOR THE OPERATION OF AN AUTOMOBILE REPAIR GARAGE IN THE B-4 INTENSE BUSINESS DISTRICT]

OF RESOLUTIONS ON REGULAR AGENDA.

ITEM 10 A, B, C, MR. CALLOWAY, ATTORNEY CALLOWAY MATTER MAYOR AND COMMISSIONER'S RESOLUTION 2 0 2 5 DASH 1 23.

A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF LAUDERDALE LAKES, FLORIDA APPROVING WITH CONDITIONS CONDITIONAL USE APPLICATION NUMBER ZERO ONE CU DASH 25 APPLICATION SUBMITTED BY RAMS CAR CARE.

RAMS CAR CARE CENTER, INC.

REQUESTING A CONDITIONAL USE APPROVAL PURSUANT TO CHAPTER FIVE, SECTION 5 0 3 OF THE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS TO ALLOW FOR OPERATION OF AN AUTOMOBILE REPAIR GARAGE ND B FOUR INTENSE BUSINESS DISTRICT COPY OF SAID APPLICATION IS ATTACHED HERETO AS EXHIBIT A.

A COPY OF THE, UH, INTER-OFFICE MEMORANDUM AND BACKGROUND MATERIALS IS ATTACHED HERETO AS COMPOSITE EXHIBIT B.

COPIES OF EACH MAY BE INSPECTED IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK PROVIDING FOR ADOPTION OF RECITALS, PROVIDING FOR INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CITY CLERK, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

MADAM MAYOR, UH, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING, UH, AND A QUASI-JUDICIAL PROCEEDING.

MR. MARILYN? HE'S GOING UP TO SEE.

ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? PUBLIC COMMENTS TODAY,

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HEY.

OH, OH.

ARE YOU JUST GOING? I THINK SO.

UH, BYRON MAY AGAIN FROM NORTHGATE PROTOCOL IS ESTABLISHED.

UH, I WAS NOT AWARE OF THIS, UH, RESOLUTION UNTIL I CAME IN HERE THIS EVENING AND READ IT AND READ IT.

BUT, UH, WHAT COME TO MIND IS THE FACT THAT MAYBE SOME OF YOU ON THE DIOCESE MIGHT NOT KNOW MR. UM, BUT IF YOU LIVE HERE LONG ENOUGH, YOU KNOW, WHEN HE STARTED AT TIRE KINGDOM AND HE STARTED UP FAMILY BUSINESS, NOW THE BIG GUNS COME IN THE CITY.

AND WHEN WE REDEVELOPED THE THE REEF PLAZA, WE AS AN CITY ALWAYS SAY THAT WE ARE FRIENDLY TO LOCAL BUSINESSES.

THIS IS A NO BRAINER.

YOU NEED TO MAKE THE NECESSARY ADJUSTMENT AND ALLOW MR. RAM TO CONTINUE HIS BUSINESS IN LADALE LAKES AND KNOW HE PAY TAXES HERE.

AND AS, UH, PEOPLE IN THE REAL ESTATE BUSINESS KNOW THAT BUSINESSES PAY MORE TAX THAN EVEN RESIDENT.

SO GIVE THE RAM ORGANIZATION DUE CONSIDERATION.

THANK YOU MR. MILLER.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS? PUBLIC COMMENTS, COLLEAGUES? MOTION? YES, MME. MAY.

IT'S QUAI.

IT NEEDS TO BE BROUGHT TO THE FLOOR.

YEAH, YOU CAN.

MADAM MAYOR, I WOULD LIKE TO BRING RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 1 23 TO THE FLOOR FOR APPROVAL FOR DISCUSSION, FOR, FOR DISCUSSION, JUST FOR DISCUSSIONS.

COMMISSIONER HARRISON FOR COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. FOR COMMISSIONER THOMAS FOR MAYOR EDWARDS PHILLIPS FOR VICE MAYOR SWELL FOR MOTION PASSES.

THANK YOU MADAM ACM.

MADAM MAYOR, MS. TANJA MCCOY, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DIRECTOR WILL PRESENT THIS ITEM.

ANY MEMBER AND A PERSON WHO, AGAIN, WOULD BE AN AFFECTED PERSON OR WHO HAS AN INTEREST IN THIS MATTER.

UM, AND MADAM MAYOR, UM, JUST A POINT OF INFORMATION, UH, THIS IS A QUASI-JUDICIAL PROCEEDING.

I WANNA WALK THROUGH SOME OF THE PROCESSES THAT ARE NECESSARY UNDER SECTION 3 0 4 OF THE CITY'S, UM, CODE OF ORDINANCES, UM, UNDER SECTION 3 0 4 0.2, UM, WELL UNDER 4 3 0 4 0.1.

THE QUASI-JUDICIAL PROCEEDING IS A PROCESS BY WHICH THE CITY COMMISSION WILL ADJUDICATE THE PRIVATE RIGHTS OF A PARTICULAR PERSON AFTER A HEARING THAT COMPORTS WITH THE DUE PROCESS REQUIREMENTS.

AND THEN YOU'LL BE REQUIRED TO MAKE FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW ON THE ISSUES THAT ARE PRECEDED.

UH, I WANT TO GIVE OUT JUST A COUPLE OF DEFINITIONS THAT WILL BE IMPORTANT AND I'LL WALK THROUGH SOME OF THE OTHER PROCESSES THAT WILL, UH, BE IMPORTANT FOR PURPOSES OF PROVIDING DUE PROCESS.

UH, IN ACCORDANCE WITH FLORIDA LAW.

UH, YOU'LL HEAR NOTE OF AN AFFECTED PERSON.

AN AFFECTED PERSON IS A PERSON WHO IS EITHER NATURAL OR CORPORATE, BUT WHO IS THE OWNER OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY OR WHO OWNS PROPERTY WITHIN 300 FEET OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY AS LISTED IN THE COUNTY PROPERTY APPRAISER OR WHO RESIDES IN OR OPERATES A BUSINESS WITHIN 300 FEET OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY ON THE SUBJECT OF EX PARTE PROCEEDINGS UNDER CHAPTER 3 0 4 AND EX PARTE PROCEDURE, UH, COMMUNICATION, UH, WHICH ARE MADE TO ANY COMMISSION MEMBER WITH REGARDS TO THIS MATTER BY ANY PERSON WHO HAS A DIRECT INTEREST OR A INDIRECT INTEREST OR BY ANY AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OR COUNSEL SHALL BE REPORTED IN WRITING AND BECOME PART OF THE RECORD OF THE PROCEEDING.

SO, UH, MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS, I WOULD, UH, INQUIRE OF THIS COMMISSION WHETHER OR NOT THERE HAVE BEEN ANY EX PARTE COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN, UH,

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MR. HARRISON? MR. THOMAS? NO.

AND LET'S PUT IT ON THE RECORD AND NO THANK YOU MR. THOMAS.

NO, NO, NO, NO.

UM, ALSO RELATIVE TO PROCEDURE, I WOULD INQUIRE OF THE, UH, DIRECTOR FOR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.

UH, THE LAW REQUIRES THAT AT LEAST SEVEN CALENDAR DAYS PRIOR TO THE PROCEEDING, THE CITY SHALL PROVIDE A LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT TO BE PUBLISHED IN A NEWSPAPER OF GENERAL PAID CIRCULATION IN BROWARD COUNTY AND OF GENERAL, UM, INTEREST AND READERSHIP IN THE COMMUNITY AS, AS IT PERTAINS TO THIS MATTER, I'M INQUIRING OF THE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, WHETHER OR NOT, UH, THE, UH, UH, PROCEDURE REQUIRING LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS HAVE BEEN MET THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR? YES.

AND THEN NOT LATER THAN FIVE CALENDAR DAYS BEFORE THE PROCEEDING, A MAIL NOTICE CONTAINING THE SAME INFORMATION AS IN THE LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT, SHALL BE SENT TO EACH PROPERTY OWNER WITHIN 300 FEET OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY AS LISTED IN THE LATEST VALOR TAX RECORDS OF BROWARD COUNTY.

ASKING AGAIN, THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DIRECTOR, WHETHER OR NOT A MAIL NOTICE, UH, CONSISTENT WITH THE, UH, UH, PROVISION OF, UH, SECTION 3 0 4 HAS BEEN SATISFIED THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR? YES.

ANY AFFECTED PERSON WHO DESIRES TO TESTIFY AT THIS PROCEEDING, UH, ARE REQUIRED TO COMPLETE A FORM AND THAT FORM SHOULD HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED TO THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE PERSONS TESTIFYING BEFORE THE BOARD OR COMMISSION, UM, SHOULD BE SWORN.

UM, AND THEY SHOULD ALSO HAVE PROVIDED NOTICE, UH, TO THE CITY CLERK.

I WOULD ASK NOW THAT AS IT PERTAINS TO THE APPLICANT, IF THEY'RE PRESENT AND ALL PERSONS DESIRING TO APPEAR ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT SHOULD, UH, BE SWORN IN INCLUDING CITY STAFF, ALL PERSONS WHO ARE TESTIFYING ON THIS MATTER SHOULD BE SWORN IN.

THE EFFECTIVE PERSONS PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 3 0 4 WOULD BE THE PROPERTY OWNER, UH, AND THE CITY MADAM CLERK.

WOULD YOU SWEAR THOSE PERSONS IN? CAN YOU RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND? I CAN YOU STATE YOUR NAME? GREG.

I SWEAR TO TELL THE TRUTH BASED ON RESOLUTION 2 0 1 5 DASH 23 I, EVERYONE WHO MAY TESTIFY SHOULD RAISE THEIR HAND AND BE SWORN IN AND IT SHOULD BE A GENERAL STATEMENT TO ALL OF THOSE WHO HAVE RAISED THEIR HAND AND INTEND TO TESTIFY.

BE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT ON THE MATTER.

SO I'LL SAY IT AGAIN AND THEN THEY CAN ALL SAY, STATE THEIR NAME.

I PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.

I'M JIM MCCOY.

CRAIG SWEAR TO TELL THE TRUTH ON RESOLUTION 2 0 1 15 DASH 23.

I DO, I DO.

OKAY IN THIS HEARING, UH, THE EVIDENCE THAT WILL BE PRESENTED, UH, IS EVIDENCE THAT A REASONABLY PRUDENT PERSON, UH, IN THE CONDUCT OF THEIR BUSINESS SHALL BE AT ADMISSIBLE.

UH, DOCUMENT DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE, UH, CAN BE PRESENTED.

THE PARTY SHALL BE ENTITLED TO CROSS-EXAMINE WHEN TESTIMONY IS PROVIDED OR DOCUMENTS ARE MADE.

PART OF THE RECORD.

THIS OFFICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY OFFICE IS REPRESENTING THE BOARD OR THE COMMISSION AND SHALL ADVISE AS TO THE PROPRIETY OR ADMISSIBILITY OF EVIDENCE PRESENTED AT THIS PROCEEDING.

UH, RELATIVE TO THE CONDUCT OF THE PROCEEDING, UH, THE ORDER OF THE PROCEEDING SHALL BE AS FOLLOWS.

UM, FIRST STATEMENTS OF COUNSEL MATTER.

MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS SHALL ONLY BE CONSIDERED AS ARGUMENT NOT CONSIDERED AS EVIDENCE.

COUNSEL SHALL ANNOUNCE, UH, THAT COUNSEL'S TESTIMONY IS COUNSEL SHALL ANNOUNCE THAT COUNSEL'S TESTIMONY IS FACT-BASED AND COUNSEL ESTABLISHED A PREDICATE.

UH, THEREFORE, UH, AND THAT'S A EXCEPTION, UH, WHERE THE TESTIMONY IS NOT JUST ARGUMENT.

CITY STAFF SHALL FIRST PRESENT ITS REPORT ON THE MATTERS, FOLLOWED BY THE PETITIONER SHALL ALSO THEN

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IF THERE ARE ANY PARTIES OTHER THAN THE PETITIONER AND THE CITY WHO WISH TO, UH, TESTIFY AND HAVE BEEN GIVEN THE RIGHT FORMS, THEY SHALL BE ALLOWED TO TESTIFY AS WELL.

STAFF SHALL THEN PROVIDE A REPORT IN RESPONSE TO THE PETITIONER FINAL PRESENTATION BY THE PETITIONER, AND THEN THE CITY CAN ACCEPT ALL OF THE TESTIMONY AND THEN DELIBERATE ON THE QUESTION.

THIS MATTER AGAIN WILL BE SUBJECT TO THE STANDARDS THAT ARE OUTLINED UNDER SECTION 5 0 3 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES.

UH, MAD MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS, WE ARE READY TO PROCEED.

USES SHALL MEET EACH OF THE FOLLOWING STANDARDS.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

PLEASE HAVE KURT LOAD THE PRESENTATION.

GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR, MADAM VICE MAYOR, CITY COMMISSION, CITY ATTORNEY AND CITY CLERK.

TODAY I AM HERE TO PRESENT, UH, FOR APPLICATION NUMBER ZERO ONE CU 25 TO THE CITY COMMISSION MEETING ON SEPTEMBER 23RD, 2025.

THE PURPOSE OF THE CONSIDERATION OF THE FOLLOWING APPLICATION IS, IS FOR A CONDITIONAL USE APPLICATION.

NEXT SLIDE, WHICH IS LOCATED, UH, ON 19TH STREET.

AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE, UM, POWERPOINT PRESENTATION, IT IS IN THE INDUSTRIAL AREA OF THE 19TH STREET.

NEXT SLIDE, SITE DATA FOR THIS PROPOSAL IS B THREE.

THE TOTAL SITE AREA IS 12.3 ACRES.

THE TOTAL BUILDING AREA WHERE THIS BUSINESS WILL BE LOCATED IS 10,750 SQUARE FEET.

AND UM, THE TENANT SPACE IS AROUND 3,500 SQUARE FEET.

OH, I'M SORRY.

THE TENANT SPACE IS 10,750 SQUARE FEET AND THE TOTAL BUILDING IS 34,870 SQUARE FEET.

THIS IS A COMMERCIAL BUILDING AND IT IS SURROUNDED BY COMMERCIAL RESIDENTIAL TO THE NORTH.

TO THE SOUTH IS RESIDENTIAL, TO THE EAST IS CEMETERY, AND TO THE WEST IS COMMERCIAL AS WELL.

NEXT SLIDE.

THE PER PROPOSED USE SPECIFICATIONS, THIS IS A AUTOMOBILE REPAIR GARAGE, WOULD, UM, OCCUPY AGAIN 10,750 SQUARE FEET.

THE AUTO REPAIR RE THE AUTOMOBILE REPAIR GARAGE IS ARE LISTED AS A PER PERMITTED UNDER A CONDITIONAL USE WITHIN THE B FOUR INTENSE BUSINESS DISTRICT.

SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT NORMALLY, UM, THIS TYPE OF BUSINESS IS PERMITTED IN THIS DISTRICT, BUT IT HAS TO GO THROUGH A CONDITIONAL USE PROCESS.

SO CITY, CITY STAFF WAS NOT ALLOWED TO JUST GO AHEAD AND PERMIT THIS USE.

UM, HOWEVER, THE APPLICANT DID PROVIDE US WITH A FLOOR PLAN SHOWING SIX AUTOMOBILE LIFT STATIONS AND TWO DIAGNOSTIC RACKS.

THE SITE HAS 50 PARKING SPACES AND 21 OF WHICH WILL BE ALLOCATED TO THIS TENANT.

CURRENTLY ON THE SITE THERE IS OFFICE USE, WAREHOUSE USE, AND THEN THIS AUTO AUTOMOBILE REPAIR WILL BE ON THAT SITE.

AND AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE SLIDE, THIS IS THE, UH, PROPOSED SPECIFICATIONS.

THIS SHOWS THE, UM, BAYS AS WELL AS THE, UM, ADDITIONAL DIAGNOSTIC RACKS.

AND THEN ALSO THIS NEXT SLIDE SHOWS THE BUILDING AND THE, UH, SITE.

IT ALSO SHOWS THE AREA WHERE THE PARKING IS LOCATED FOR THE TENANT.

SO MOVING ON TO THE STANDARDS FOR THE CONDITIONAL USE.

IN ADDITION TO THESE STANDARDS SET FORTH IN THE LDR, THE PARTICULAR USE OF ALL PROPOSED CONDITIONAL

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THE PO PROPOSED USE SHALL BE CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, AND STAFF FINDS THAT THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ELEMENT IS CONSISTENT WITH THIS PROPOSED USE WITH THE GOAL TO STRIVE TO CREATE A DIVERSE ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT THAT WILL SUSTAIN EXISTING BUSINESSES AS WELL AS ATTRACT NEW BUSINESSES.

STANDARD NUMBER B IS THE ESTABLISHED MAINTENANCE OR OPERATION OF THE PRO PROPOSED USE SHALL NOT BE DETRIMENTAL OR TO ENDANGER THE PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY, OR WELFARE.

AND THE CITY FINDS THAT CITY STAFF FINDS THAT THE PROPOSED AUTOMOBILE REPAIR GARAGE WILL NOT BE DETRIMENTAL OR ENDANGER TO PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY, OR WELFARE IN ITS LOCATION.

BEING WELL WITHIN THE B FOUR ZONING DISTRICT AND SURROUNDED BY LIKE USES THE PROPOSED USE SHALL BE CONSISTENT WITH THE COMMUNITY CHARACTER OF THE IMMEDIATE NEIGHBORHOOD OR THE PROPOSED OF THE PROPOSED USE.

SORRY.

AND THEN THE PROPOSED USE AGAIN, AS I STATED, IS SURROUNDED BY, UM, ON THREE SIDES BY COMMERCIAL, TWO SIDES BY COMMERCIAL BUSINESS, AND THEN A CEMETERY AND RESIDENTIAL TO THE, UH, NORTH.

SO THAT IS, UM, IN THIS LOCATION, IT MEETS THE CHARACTER OF THE AREA.

IN ADDITION TO THOSE STANDARDS OF THE LDR, THE UTILITY AND ROADWAY CAPACITY, DRAINAGE AND OTHER NECESSARY PUBLIC FACILITIES INCLUDING POLICE, FIRE, EMERGENCY SERVICES, SHALL EXIST AT THE CITY'S ADOPTED LEVEL OF SERVICE, OR WILL BE AVAILABLE CONCURRENT WITH DEMAND AS PROVIDED FOR.

AND THE REQUIREMENTS OF THESE LDRS AND STAFF FINDS THAT THE NECESSARY PUBLIC FACILITIES ARE CURRENTLY IN EXISTENCE AND THAT THE CITY'S LEVEL OF SERVICES WILL BE MAINTAINED.

THE NEXT STANDARD E IS ADEQUATE MEASURES EXIST TO OR SHALL BE TAKEN TO PROVIDE INGRESS EGRESS TO THE PROPOSED USE IN A MANNER THAT MINIMIZES TRAFFIC CONGESTION TO THE PUBLIC STREETS.

AND, UM, WE WENT OVER THIS VERY CAREFULLY WITH THE APPLICANT AND WE WERE ABLE TO SAY, UM, WITHOUT A DOUBT THAT THIS SHOULD BE, UH, PRETTY EASY TO, UM, BECAUSE THE APPLICANT CURRENTLY IS USING, UM, MOST OF HIS BUSINESS IS WITH THE ENTERPRISE BUSINESS, SO HE'S DOING FLEET MAINTENANCE AND HE'S ABLE TO MAINTAIN, UH, INGRESS AND EGRESS TO THE PROPERTY WITH NO ISSUES.

THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE CONDITIONAL USE SHALL NOT IMPEDE THE DEVELOPMENT OF SURROUNDING PROPERTIES FOR USES PERMITTED IN THE ZONING DISTRICT.

AND AGAIN, THE SURROUNDING AREA IS A MIX OF COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL, AND RESIDENTIAL USES.

AND THIS USE WILL NOT IMPACT THEM IN TERMS OF, UM, PERMITTING.

G THE UTILITY ROADWAY CAPACITY, DRAINAGE, AND OTHER NECESSARY PUBLIC FACILITIES, INCLUDING THE FIRE AND DESIGN OF THE PROPOSED USE SHALL MINIMIZE ADVERSE EFFECTS INCLUDING VISUAL IMPACTS OF THE PROPOSED USE ON ADJACENT PROPERTIES THROUGH THE USE OF BUILDING ORIENTATION, SETBACK, BUFFERS, AND LANDSCAPING, OTHER DESIGNS.

SO THIS BUILDING WAS ALREADY IN EXISTENCE AND, UM, ALL OF THOSE REQUIREMENTS HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN MET AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE MET DURING THIS USE.

THE CITY, UM, COMMISSION FINDS THAT THE GRANTING OF THE APPLICATION WILL BE IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CITY AND C CITY STAFF HAS DETERMINED THAT THE, UM, GRANTING OF THE APPLICATION WOULD BE IN A GOOD, UM, GOOD IN BEST INTEREST OF THE CITY BASED ON THE FACT THAT IT WILL PREVENT US FROM LOSING A LONGSTANDING BUSINESS.

AND SO WE BELIEVE THAT WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE RECOMMEND THAT THE, UH, CONDITIONAL USE FOR THIS APPLICATION BE APPROVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION UNDER THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS.

SUBSTANTIAL CONFORMANCE TO THE SITE PLAN DATED ON AUGUST 2ND, 2025, SUBSTANTIAL CONFORMANCE TO THE FLOOR PLAN DATED AUGUST 2ND, 2025.

SUBSTANTIAL CONFORMANCE TO THE LETTER OF INTENT DATED AUGUST 21ST, 2025, THAT NO VEHICLES SHALL BE PARKED OUTDOORS OVERNIGHT AND ALL PLANS SHALL BE SIGNED AND SEALED PRIOR TO THE BUILDING PERMIT APPROVAL.

OKAY, AT THE CONCLUSION, YES, THAT'S THE CONCLUSION OF MY PRESENTATION.

AND DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? ALRIGHT, AND BEFORE QUESTIONS, MADAM MAYOR

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AND COMMISSIONERS, I WOULD ASK THAT THE APPLICATION NUMBER ZERO ONE DASH CU DASH 25, UH, AS WELL AS THE STAFF REPORT, UH, IDENTIFIED AS EXHIBIT A AND EXHIBIT B OF THIS, UH, OF, OF YOUR RESOLUTIONS, B MADE PART OF THE RECORD FOR PURPOSES OF THIS PROCEEDING.

UM, IS IT HIS TURN? YES, IT'S, IT'S OKAY.

THE APPLICANT? YEAH, IT'S THE APPLICANT'S.

AND THEN AFTER THE APPLICANT, IF, IF THERE'S ADDITIONAL TESTIMONY FROM STAFF, YOU CAN TAKE THAT AFTER TESTIMONY FROM FINAL STAFF, THEN YOU CAN DELIBERATE DO THE SAME, THE SAME PRESENTATION.

I TOOK IT.

YOU MAKE NO, WELL, IT WAS CHEAP, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, DON'T LIKE CHEAP STUFF.

MR. KELLY, CAN WE PUT ALL THREE TOGETHER AND JUST REMEMBER THE OTHER TWO? NO, IT CAN'T.

OH, THE OTHER TWO? NO, THE B FOR THE TWO.

TWO DIFFERENT WILLIAMS, B AND C FOR THE TOWERS.

MM-HMM.

OH, BUT HE SAID 1 25, 23.

YOU SAID 1 23, YOU SAID 1 25, YOU SAID 1 25.

CONGRATULATIONS, MS. ROGERS, UM, FOR TONIGHT.

GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.

GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, CITY ATTORNEY, CITY MANAGER, CITY CLERK, EVERYONE HERE TONIGHT.

UM, I AM VERY EXCITED.

I AM, UH, HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY FOR MONTHS NOW.

I TO BE IN FRONT OF YOU ALL THIS EVENING TO REASSURE YOU THAT RAM'S CAR CARE CENTER HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO STAY IN LAUDERDALE LAKES AND TO CONTINUE TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY.

I HAVE FOUND A WAY AND TOGETHER WE CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN.

FOR THOSE WHO DO NOT KNOW ME OR KNOWS ME, BUT NOT MY NAME, I'M CRAIG CODI.

I AM PROUD TO SERVE AS CO-OWNER AND OPERATOR OF RAMS CAR CARE CENTER ALONGSIDE MY BIG SISTER, NITA, MY PARENTS RAM AND V.

OVER THE YEARS I'VE WORN MANY HATS IN THIS SHOP MANAGER, TECHNICIAN, EVEN APPRENTICE.

MANY OF YOU SEEN ME GROW UP.

I, I'M SO PROUD TO BE THERE AND TO LEARN FROM EVERYONE IN THIS CITY.

AND IT'S PEOPLE LIKE YOU THAT WANT US TO STAY INTO THIS CITY AND TO MAKE IT GROW.

FOR ME, RAMS IS MORE THAN AN AUTO REPAIR CENTER.

IT'S A COMMITMENT TO SERVICE, RELIABILITY AND SUPPORTING BOTH OUR COMMUNITY AND THE FAMILIES AND COMPANIES WHO DEPEND ON US.

THE SATISFACTION OF HELPING PEOPLE STAY SAFE ON THE ROAD WHILE PROVIDING FOR MY OWN FAMILY IS WHAT DRIVES ME EVERY DAY.

WE RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THE EXPEDITED REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF CONDITIONAL USE FOR THE CONTINUED OPERATION OF RAMS CAR CARE CENTER AT 3 5 5 1 DASH 3 5 5 9 NORTHWEST 19TH STREET IN THAT BUILDING, FIVE LADALE LAKES IS ONLY SO BIG AND TO FIND A PROPERTY WITHIN THE COMMUNITY WAS A CHALLENGE.

BUT WITH THE HELP OF EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY AND THE STAFF, WE WERE ABLE TO GET SOMETHING THAT MIGHT BE ABLE TO BE ABLE TO WORK.

OUR FAMILY OWNED AND OPERATED A REPAIR SHOP HAS PROUDLY SERVED LOREAL LAKES COMMUNITY SINCE 2004.

OVER THE PAST 21 YEARS, WE HAVE SUPPORTED LOCAL RESIDENTS AS WELL AS MAJOR FLEET ACCOUNTS, INCLUDING ENTERPRISE HOLDINGS SIX, RENTAL COUNTY AND LOCAL ENFOR LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES.

AND MOST OF ALL, THE CITY OF LOREAL LAKES ITSELF.

THIS RELOCATION IS NOT

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AN EXPANSION.

IT IS THE ONLY OPTION FOR US TO REMAIN IN BUSINESS WITHIN THE CITY.

WE, WE CALL HOME.

AS YOU KNOW, THE COMMISSION RECENTLY APPROVED THE DEMOLITION OF OUR CURRENT LOCATION ON THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF OAKLAND PARK BOULEVARD AND 4 41 IN THE REEF PLAZA TO MAKE WAY FOR NEW DEVELOPMENT WITH LIMITED INFORMATION ON THE PROJECT, IT HAS BEEN A FRENZY FOR MY TEAM TO QUICKLY FIND A SOLUTION FOR ALL OF US.

WHILE WE DO NOT YET HAVE A CONFIRMED EVICTION OR, AND DEMOLITION DATE, IT CAN HAPPEN AT ANY TIME.

THIS UNCERTAINTY PLACES OUR BUSINESS, OUR EMPLOYEES, OUR CUSTOMERS, AND EVERYONE IN JEOPARDY.

WITHOUT TIMELY APPROVAL OF THIS REQUEST, BOTH OUR OPERATION AND OUR CLIENTS, INCLUDING ESSENTIAL FLEET SERVICES AND CITY VEHICLE REPAIR, WILL BE LEFT WITHOUT A RELIABLE SERVICE PROVIDER.

RAM'S CAR CARE CENTER SPECIALIZES IN PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE AND LIGHT REPAIR SERVICES TO ENSURE VEHICLE SAFETY AND ROAD READINESS.

OUR CORE SERVICES INCLUDE OIL CHANGES, TIRE REPLACEMENT, BRAKE WORK, FILTER CHANGES, SPARK PLUGS, AND VITAL, UM, CAR MAINTENANCE, PARTICULARLY FOR THE FLEETS WE SERVE AS THEY KEEP VEHICLES SAFE, DEPENDABLE, AND ROAD WORTHY.

OUR REQUEST FULLY ALIGNS WITH THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKE'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, SPECIFICALLY THE FUTURE LAND USE ELEMENT GOAL ONE, WHICH PROMOTES SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, VIBRANT STREET CORRIDORS, AND SAFE ATTRACTIVE COMMUNITIES.

OBJECTIVE ONE, ONE EMPHASIZES COORDINATING DEVELOPMENT WITH TOPOGRAPHY, SOIL CONDITIONS, AND AVAILABLE SERVICES.

OUR SHOP'S PROPOSED LOCATION FITS SEAMLESSLY INTO THE EXISTING WAREHOUSE DISTRICT AND INFRASTRUCTURE WITHOUT OVERBURDENING CITY RESOURCES.

POLICY 1 2 7 HIGHLIGHTS, COMPATIBILITY WITH ADJACENT LAND USES OUR USES CONSISTENT WITH THE B FOUR ZONING DISTRICT COMPLIMENTS NEIGHBORING TENANTS AND FITS THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY CHARACTER.

IN SHORT, OUR RELOCATION FOSTERS COMMUNITY IDENTITY, PROTECTS PUBLIC SAFETY, AND ESSENTIALLY ENHANCES THE LOCAL ECONOMY.

OUR OPERATIONS ARE DESIGNED TO SUPPORT VEHICLE SAFETY AND COMMUNITY WELFARE.

WE COMPLY FULLY WITH ZONING AND LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS, AND OUR BUSINESS HAS NO NEGATIVE IMPACT ON SURROUNDING PROPERTIES.

BY ENSURING RELIABLE VEHICLE MAINTENANCE FOR BOTH BUSINESSES AND RESIDENCES, WE CONTRIBUTE DIRECTLY TO PUBLIC SAFETY.

THE NEW LOCATION IS WITHIN A WAREHOUSE COMPLEX WHERE SIMILAR BUSINESSES OPERATE.

ALL WORK WILL BE CONDUCTED INDOORS, ENSURING NO ADVERSE VISUAL OR PHYSICAL IMPACTS.

OUR USE IS ENTIRELY COMPATIBLE WITH THE B FOUR DISTRICT AND SUPPORTS THE INTENDED PURPOSE OF THE ZONING DESIGNATION.

NO MODIFICATIONS ARE REQUIRED FOR UTILITIES, DRAINAGE, OR ROADWAY CAPACITY.

UM, CAPACITY.

THE FACILITY ALREADY COMPLIES WITH FIRE AND SAFETY REGULATIONS.

21 DESIGNATED PARKING SPACES, INCLUDING A DA COMPLIANCE SPOTS ARE ALREADY EX EXISTING AND AVAILABLE FOR CUSTOMER USE.

EXISTING INGRESS AND EGRESS MINIMIZED TRAFFIC CONGESTION APPROVING THIS CONDITIONAL USE IS IN THE CITY'S BEST INTEREST.

RAM'S CAR CARE CENTER IS MORE THAN A BUSINESS.

WE ARE A TRUSTED PARTNER TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT BUSINESSES AND RESIDENTS.

OUR LONGSTANDING RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE CITY'S MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT AND FLEET SERVICES REFLECT OUR VALUE TO LA LAKES.

AND AGAIN, THIS STEMS FROM THE COMMISSION'S OWN APPROVAL TO REDEVELOP OUR CURRENT LOCATION.

WITH OUR LEASE NOW ON A MONTH TO MONTH BASIS, OUR STABILITY AND ABILITY TO SERVE THE CITY ARE AT RISK.

APPROVING THIS RELOCATION ENSURES CONTINUITY AND ESSENTIAL SERVICES, PREVENTS DISRUPTION FOR LOCAL CLIENTS, AND ALLOWS US TO REMAIN A PROUD PART OF LADALE LAKES COMMUNITY.

TO LOOK AT THIS MOVE WITH OPTIMISM.

RELOCATING TO THIS NEW FACILITY GIVES US A UNIQUE ADVANTAGE, THE OP OPPORTUNITY TO DESIGN AND EQUIP THE SHOP FROM THE GROUND UP WITH STATE-OF-THE-ART TOOLS AND TECHNOLOGY.

BY INVESTING IN THIS LATEST EQUIPMENT, WE CAN ENSURE THAT OUR OPERATIONS KEEP PACE WITH THE RAPID ADVANCEMENTS IN AUTOMOTIVE MANUFACTURING AND EMERGING VEHICLE TECHNOLOGIES.

THIS NOT ONLY STRENGTHENS OUR ABILITY TO SERVE MODERN FLEET EFFICIENTLY, BUT ALSO POSITIONS US FOR LONG-TERM GROWTH IN AN INDUSTRY THAT IS EVOLVING FASTER THAN EVER BEFORE.

GIVEN THE URGENCY OF THIS SITUATION, WE RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOUR EXPEDITED REVIEW AND

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APPROVAL OF THIS CONDITIONAL APPLICATION.

THIS WILL ALLOW US TO CONTINUE SERVING THE RESIDENCES, BUSINESSES, AND THE CITY ITSELF.

WITHOUT INTERRUPTION.

I WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND MY GRATITUDE TO THE STAFF AND DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES FOR GUIDING ME TOWARD A PROPERTY THAT MAY WORK AND ENSURING THAT WE CAN REMAIN WITHIN THE CITY.

IT IS TRULY A BLESSING TO BE ABLE TO WORK TOGETHER IN PRESERVING OUR BUSINESS AND THE LONGSTANDING RELATIONSHIPS WE HAVE BUILT HERE.

IN ADDITION, I WOULD ESPECIALLY LIKE TO EXTEND MY SINCERE GRATITUDE TO EACH MEMBER OF THE DRC, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO MS. TANJA MCCOY, MR. ADAM BLOCK, MR. CHARLES HACKETT, MR. BILL DE SORO, MR. SAMAN AND MR. RONALD DE PUNE FOR TAKING THE TIME TO GUIDE ME AND TO PATIENTLY ANSWER MY CALLS AND MAKE SURE I WAS STAYING COMPLIANT AND DOING THINGS THE RIGHT WAY.

AS SOMEONE WHO IS STILL LEARNING, I HAVE GAINED A WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE AND LOOK FORWARD TO BUILDING ON THAT AS WE CONTINUE FORWARD.

COMPLIANCE IS MY HIGHEST PRIORITY, AND I AM COMMITTED TO DOING WHATEVER IT TAKES TO ENSURE THAT I BECOME ONE OF THE EASIEST AND MOST EFFICIENT BUSINESS OWNERS IN THE CITY OF LADALE LAKES.

ON BEHALF OF MY FAMILY, OUR EMPLOYEES, AND OUR CUSTOMERS, WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE COMMUNITY AND ALL OF YOU HERE TONIGHT FOR TAKING YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION AND SUPPORT IN KEEPING RAM'S CAR CARE CENTER IN LARE LAKES WHERE WE BELONG.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

OKAY, MS. TAN, DO YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL THINGS YOU'D LIKE TO ADD? INFORMATION? CAN'T HEAR YOU THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR.

AT THIS TIME, I DO NOT HAVE ANY, UH, ADDITIONS TO THE PRESENTATION.

MIKE WAS NOT ON, BUT I WAS ASKING MS. TANJA IF SHE HAD ANY IN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, BUT YOU DO NOT.

I DO NOT.

AND MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS, UH, THE EXTENT TO WHICH YOU HAVE TESTIMONY, UH, FROM BOTH THE CITY AND THE APPLICANT, THAT TESTIMONY SHOULD BE MADE PART OF THE RECORD.

AND IF THERE'S NO ADDITIONAL TESTIMONY FROM THE APPLICANT OR CITY STAFF, THE COMMISSION IS FREE TO ASK QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE ANY.

IF YOU DON'T HAVE QUESTIONS, THEN THE COMMISSION CAN GO TO THE NEXT STEP, WHICH IS TO, UH, DELIBERATE ON THE ITEM DELIBERATION, MEANING YOU'LL CONSIDER WHETHER OR NOT THE APPLICATION HAS MET THE STANDARDS UNDER SECTION 5 0 3 0.3 OF THE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS, WHICH WERE GONE THROUGH, WHICH, UH, STAFF WENT THROUGH, UH, AS WELL AS THE APPLICANT.

DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF EITHER THE CITY OR THE APPLICANT? I DON'T HAVE ANY.

REALLY MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER THOMAS? NO, NO QUESTION.

BUT I I DO SEE THAT THEY HAVE, UH, FULFILLED THE STANDARD OF THE APPLICATION, UM, THROUGH WHICH MS. TANJA MCCOY HAVE NOTED TO US FOR APPROVAL.

I, I MUST SAY, CAN I ADD A COMMENT TO IT? I HAVE KNOWN RAMS CAR CENTER.

MY FAMILY HAS USED YOU, AND YOU HAVE DELIVERED EXCELLENT SERVICE TO US, UM, AS WELL AS THE COMMUNITY.

YOU HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR QUITE A LONG TIME.

UM, AND I'M ALSO PLEASED THAT THE STAFF WAS ABLE TO ASSIST YOU IN FINDING ANOTHER LOCATION THAT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE, UM, TO CONTINUE FOR CONTINUATION OF YOUR CAR SERVICE.

UM, AND I, I DO SEE THAT YOU HAVE FULFILLED ALL FROM ALL THE DIFFERENT STANDARD OF REQUIREMENTS FROM A TO .

H WILL LOOK LIKE EIGHT TO H MM-HMM .

MADAM MAYOR, MADAM VICE MAYOR, I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR STAYING IN THE CITY.

'CAUSE LORD, THE HILL IS JUST ON THE OTHER SIDE AND NOT EVEN ON THE OTHER SIDE.

JUST SOUTH.

OF YOUR 19TH STREET.

AND I KNOW YOUR DADDY FROM, HE WAS AT TIRE KINGDOM, SO IT'S A LONG TIME AND I'M REALLY, REALLY HAPPY THAT YOU STILL BELIEVE IN THIS, THIS CITY AND THAT YOU WILLING TO INVEST YOUR TIME, YOUR MONEY AND EVERYTHING HERE.

SO I'M REALLY GLAD THAT YOU DID THAT.

I, TOO, COMMISSIONER MAX WILLIAMS. THANK YOU.

UM, I MAKE THE SAME SENTIMENT.

I REVIEWED EVERYTHING AND IT SEEMED LIKE THEY'RE UP TO ON ANY RECOMMENDATION, TANJA.

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SO THANK YOU FOR REMAINING AS MY COLLEAGUES SAY IN THE CITY.

'CAUSE AS YOU KNOW, LOT OF HILL IS ONCE YOU STEP OVER AND YOU LOT OF HELP.

SO THANK YOU FOR REMAINING HERE.

I BRING, UM, USE YOUR SERVICES A LOT OF TIME AND ALWAYS EXCELLENT SERVICE.

SOMETIMES I DON'T EVEN HAVE APPOINTMENTS.

I JUST DRIVE IN.

AND THAT WAS BACK IN THE DAY BEFORE I WAS HERE, SO HE DIDN'T KNOW WHO I WAS, BUT THEY, THEY NEVER TURNED ME AWAY AND I APPRECIATE THAT.

SO THANK YOU FOR REMAINING IN OUR CITY.

I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR SUCH A COMPREHENSIVE AND DETAILED RESPONSE TO ALL OF THE STANDARDS THAT ARE REQUIRED FOR YOUR MOVE.

I HAVE NOT USED YOUR SERVICES BEFORE, BUT YOU CAN DEPEND ON ME COMING TO USE YOUR SERVICES FROM THIS POINT ON.

BUT I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE SERVICE THAT YOU HAVE GIVEN TO THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES ALL THESE YEARS.

I TOO AM EXCITED THAT YOU'RE ABLE TO STAY WITH US AND YOU AND YOUR FAMILY WILL BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO BUILD YOUR BUSINESS.

AND THANK YOU, MS. TANYA FOR THE CITY, FOR ASSISTING THEM, AS HE SAID, IN MAKING SURE THAT ALL OF THEIR T'S WERE CROSSED AND THEIR I'S WERE DOTTED FOR THIS.

THANK YOU, MS. TANJA.

THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS.

YOU NOW HAVE A OPPORTUNITY TO MOVE THAT THE ITEM BE APPROVED OR APPROVED WITH CONDITIONS UNDER THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF, OF STAFF, UM, OR A DENIAL.

SO THIS IS A MOTION FOR APPROVAL.

MAYOR, MADAM VICE MAYOR, I WOULD LIKE TO BRING RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 1 23 TO THE FLOOR FOR APPROVAL WITH CONDITION OR WITHOUT CONDITION.

WITHOUT CONDITION.

WITHOUT CONDITION, I WOULD SAY COMMISSIONER HARRISON, FOUR, FOUR, COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. FOUR, COMMISSIONER THOMAS FOR MAYOR EDWARDS PHILLIPS FOUR VICE MAYOR SWELL FOR MOTION PASSES.

UH, IT'S, IT'S NEXT ONE.

MATTER, MAYOR AND, UH, COMMISSIONER'S RESOLUTION 2 0 2 5 DASH 1 2 4.

NEXT ONE, 10 B

[C. RESOLUTION 2025-124 A QUASI-JUDICIAL PROCEEDING REGARDING SBA TOWERS X, LLC APPLICATION FOR A WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS PURSUANT TO SECTION 1111 OF THE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS, LOCATED AT 3001 NORTH STATE ROAD 7, LAUDERDALE LAKES, FL, 33313, IN THE B-3 GENERAL BUSINESS DISTRICT]

A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF LAUDER OAKS, FLORIDA, DENYING OR APPROVING WITH CONDITIONS.

APPLICATION NUMBER ZERO ONE DASH WC DASH 24 FOR A WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS TOWER.

APPLICATIONS SUBMITTED BY SBA WIRELESS COMMUNICATION TOWERS, SBA TOWERS XLLC CARE OF KATIE BURKEY, ESQUIRE, A ICP BECKER POLYOL PROVIDING FOR CONSTRUCTION OF A 105 FOOT WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS TOWER ON PROPERTY LOCATED WITHIN THE B THREE GENERAL BUSINESS DISTRICT OF THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES.

IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 1111 OF THE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS.

A COPY OF SET APPLICATIONS IS ATTACHED HERE TO AS EXHIBIT A COPY OF THE INNER OFFICE MEMORANDUM.

AND ADDITIONAL BACKUP MATERIALS ARE ATTACHED HERE TO AS COMPOSITE EXHIBIT B, COPIES OF EACH, WHICH MAY BE INSPECTED IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK, PROVIDING FOR ADOPTION OF RECITALS, PROVIDING FOR INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CITY CLERK, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS, THIS IS ALSO A PUBLIC HEARING AND A QUASI-JUDICIAL PROCEEDING.

ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC? MR. MAILER? MADAM MAYOR BYRON MAILER, AGAIN FROM NORTHGATE.

I'M NOT, I'M NOT TRYING TO BE A BUM BEAR TONIGHT, BUT, UH, I WASN'T AWARE OF THIS RESOLUTION UNTIL I COME IN THE CHAMBER TONIGHT AND I READ IT AND, UH, I SEE WHERE THIS OUTFIT IS MAKING AN REQUEST TO PUT A TOWER IN OUR CITY.

NOW, IT, IT STRIKES ME THAT IN THE PAST, I DON'T KNOW, THE TECHNOLOGY CHANGE A CHANGE, BUT WHEN YOU ERECT EDIFICE LIKE THESE AROUND HIGH OCCUPANCY AREA, THIS, THESE TOWERS

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EMIT RADIATION AND STATIC ELECTRICITY.

NOW, I DON'T KNOW IF THE COMMISSION IS AWARE OF THAT.

IF YOU NOTICE, UH, IN LAUDER HILL AT THE JUNCTION OF 4 41 AND SUNRISE, JUST A LITTLE BIT WEST OF 4 41, WHERE LITTLE CHURCHES, THEY ERECT ONE.

THERE IT IS OUT OF THE PREVIEW OF RESIDENTS.

NOW, THEY MIGHT SAY THEY'RE GOING TO BUILD A WALL AROUND IT, BUT, UH, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY, THE STAFF RECOMMEND, BUT THESE ARE CONSIDERATION THAT NEED TO BE DONE BEFORE YOUR WARD PEOPLE, THESE VARIANCES TO PUT THESE EDIFICE IN AREAS WHERE PEOPLE LIVE AND TRAVERSE, MAYBE, I DON'T KNOW, THE COMMISSIONS THAT, WHERE THAT RADIATION BREEDS CANCER.

IF YOU'RE OVEREXPOSED TO IT, TAKE THOSE THINGS INTO CONSIDERATION WHEN YOU ARE REWARDING THESE PEOPLE, THESE VARIANCES.

THANK YOU, MR. MILLER.

MS. HALL, GOOD NIGHT EVERYONE.

MY NAME IS NICOLE HALL, THE PRESIDENT HAS BEEN ALREADY SAID.

GOODNIGHT COMMISSIONER.

GOODNIGHT MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS.

UM, TONIGHT I'M HERE TO SPEAK VERY BRIEFLY ON, UH, RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 1 24.

UM, MY QUESTION IS FOR THE TOWER IS WHAT I'VE ASKED BEFORE.

WE HAVE A VERY SMALL CITY, 3.84 MILES, AND WE ARE LANDLOCKED.

UM, WE HAVE FOUND OURSELF WHERE WE CANNOT GO OUT, WE HAVE TO GO UP.

SO TO KIND OF PIGGYBACK OFF OF WHAT MR. MILLER SAID, I WON'T LOOK AT THE HEALTH RAMIFICATIONS BECAUSE MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE GOVERNMENT DOES NOT LOOK AT THE HEALTH RAMIFICATIONS.

HOWEVER, WITHIN OUR CITY, OUR OWN CODE, OUR CODES SPECIFY THAT THEY ARE TO BE AT LEAST ONE MILE APART.

SO I WANT YOU ALL TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THAT CURRENTLY AS IT STANDS, THERE IS TWO FOR SURE.

NOW, I'VE HAD A LOT OF RESIDENTS COME TO ME AND TELL ME THAT THERE IS A THIRD ONE IN THE EASTGATE COMMUNITY, UM, HEADING TOWARDS, UH, RACETRACK.

I'M NOT SURE IF WHETHER OR NOT THAT MAY BE A OAKLAND PARK BORDER, BUT I AM AWARE OF TWO DEFINITELY.

I THINK TO SUM IT ALL UP FOR BOTH APPLICATIONS, AFTER GIVING IT A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF THOUGHT, IS THIS, THIS IS OUR ONLY LAND SPACE.

AND THE QUESTION THAT WAS ASKED DURING PRESENTATIONS TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD IS, WHAT DOES THE CITY STAND TO GAIN WHEN YOU HAVE SOMETHING? WE HAVE LAND, THIS IS IT.

THIS IS ALL WE HAVE.

WHAT DO WE STAND TO GAIN? AND WE ASKED THAT QUESTION WHILE WE WERE IN THE PLANNING AND ZONING MEETINGS OF, UH, SBA, WHO IS, I BELIEVE ALSO AT AND T WHO IS OWNING IT? WHAT DOES THE CITY STAND TO GAIN? PREVIOUSLY WE SAW, UH, APPLICATION THAT WAS APPROVED FOR A COMPANY THAT HAS DONE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF CONTRIBUTIONS WITHIN OUR CITY, HAS BEEN IN OUR CITY FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.

MY QUESTION, PLAIN, STRAIGHT, AND FORWARD.

I WON'T, 'CAUSE I CAN BE A HARD DRUDGE OF CHARACTER, SO I WON'T COME THAT HARD.

WHAT I WILL ASK IS THIS, WHAT ARE WE GAINING FROM BREAKING OUR OWN CODES? 'CAUSE OUR CODE SAYS WALL ONE MILE, UM, SHRUBBERY AROUND.

WE HAVE DIFFERENT REQUIREMENTS THAT OUR CODE HAVE.

SO WHAT ARE WE GAINING? I'M NOT AGAINST IT.

WHAT I DO BELIEVE THAT I AM WANTING YOU ALL TO, WHEN DELIBERATIONS IS TO CONSIDER MAYBE TO HOLD OFF SO THAT WE CAN HOLD ON TO THAT OPPORTUNITY FOR ANOTHER TIME WHEN WE CAN REALLY POSSIBLY HAVE MORE CARDS ON THE TABLE.

I WOULD LOVE FOR US TO KNOW WHAT WE'RE GAINING,

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RIGHT? WHAT ARE WE GAINING FROM THE COMPANY WHO WANTS TO USE THIS LAST, THIS IS THE LAST PIECE OF LAND THAT WE HAVE THAT WE CAN GIVE TO A COMPANY, AND WE ARE BREAKING OUR OWN CODES IN ORDER TO DO THAT.

SO WHAT ARE WE GAINING AS A CITY, AS RESIDENTS? MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THIS TOWER WILL BE UNMANNED.

LAUDERDALE LAKES RESIDENTS WILL NOT BE EMPLOYED.

WHAT ARE WE GAINING? SO DURING DELIBERATIONS, PLEASE CONSIDER THAT WHEN WE MOVE TO, UM, PURSUE AND RECOMMEND THAT THIS 105 FOOT TOWER BEHIND THE RESIDENCE OF WESTGATE IN THAT AREA THERE, SMALL AREA, VERY SMALL CONDENSED AREA.

WHAT ARE WE GAINING? THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MS. HALL.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC? COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC? COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ARE NOT CLOSED.

UH, MATTER, MAYOR, EXCUSE ME, MATTER.

MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS, AGAIN, THIS IS A QUASI-JUDICIAL PROCEEDING.

UH, AND YOU'VE HEARD ME INDICATE THAT IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 3 0 4 OF THE CITY'S, UH, UH, LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS, A QUASI-JUDICIAL PROCEEDING IS A HEARING THAT IS HELD BY THE COMMISSION TO ADJUDICATE THE PRIVATE RIGHTS OF A PARTICULAR PERSON AFTER A HEARING, WHICH COMPORTS WITH DUE PROCESS FINDINGS, UM, DUE PROCESS REQUIREMENTS AND FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW ON THE ISSUE.

UM, EX PARTE COMMUNICATIONS, WE'VE GONE THROUGH THAT.

SO I WILL ALSO ASK, UH, FOR PURPOSES OF SECTION 3 0 4 0.4 OF THE CODE, WHETHER OR NOT THERE'S BEEN ANY, UH, EX PARTE COMMUNICATIONS BY THE COMMISSION OR A COMMISSION MEMBER WITH, UH, SOMEONE WHO IS AN INTERESTED PARTY TO THIS PROCEEDING.

MS. HARRISON? NO, NO, NO, NO, NO.

AND AGAIN, MATTER MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS, CONSISTENT WITH SECTION 3 0 4, AN EFFECTIVE PERSON, AGAIN, IS A PERSON, UH, NATURAL OR CORPORATE WHO IS THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY OR WHO OWNS PROPERTY WITHIN 300 FEET OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY AS LISTED IN THE RECORDS OF THE COUNTY PROPERTY APPRAISER OR WHO RESIDES IN OR OPERATES A BUSINESS WITHIN 300 FEET OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.

ALL AFFECTED QUASI ALL AFFECTED PERSONS OR PERSONS WHO ARE DESIRING TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PROCEEDINGS, UH, SHOULD HAVE, UH, UH, PROVIDED A COMPLETED FORM WITH THE CITY CLERK.

UM, AND I'LL ASK THE CITY CLERK AGAIN IF, UH, THERE HAVE BEEN PERSONS WHO HAVE SUBMITTED A NOTICE OF INTENT TO PARTICIPATE AS A, UH, PARTY IN THIS MATTER, MR. CALLOWAY, WE HAVE FIVE WITNESSES ON BEHALF OF THE PETITIONER.

OKAY? UH, AND THEN THE OTHER QUESTION TO CITY STAFF THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICE DIRECTOR IS WHETHER OR NOT, AGAIN, A LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT HAS BEEN PUBLISHED IN A NEWSPAPER OF GENERAL PAID CIRCULATION IN BROWARD COUNTY AND OF INTEREST IN READERSHIP IN THIS COMMUNITY, CONSISTENT WITH THE CODE THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR.

ALSO, THE QUESTION FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE RECORD IS WHETHER OR NOT A MAIL NOTICE WENT OUT TO THE SAME WITH THE SAME INFORMATION AS IN THE LEGAL, UH, ADVERTISEMENT, UH, IF IT WAS SENT TO THE REAL PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 300 FEET OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTIES THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR? YES.

BE PRESENTED THROUGH DOCUMENTS AND TESTIMONY.

AND MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS, AS IT PERTAINS TO THIS PROCEEDING, THE EFFECTIVE PERSONS ARE THE PETITIONER, UH, AND THE CITY, AGAIN, CONSISTENT WITH THE CODE.

THE CITY ATTORNEY IS, UH, REPRESENTING THE, UH, COMMISSION, UH, ON THE MATTERS, UH, THAT WE ARE HAVE IN FRONT OF US AT THIS TIME.

UM, THE PRESENTATION OF EVIDENCE, AGAIN, WILL GO FORWARD WITH THE, UH, PETITIONER FIRST MAKING THE, UM, FOLLOWING THROUGH WITH HER PRESENTATION TO THE COMMISSION, FOLLOWED BY, UH, THE PETITIONER THROUGH THEIR COUNCIL.

UH, THEY WILL BE ALLOWED TO, UH, UH, HAVE, UH, ANY PERSONS WHO WANT TO TESTIFY ON THEIR BEHALF, THEY CAN DO THAT.

CITY STAFF OR MYSELF CAN CROSS EXAMINE THOSE WITNESSES IF NECESSARY.

UH, COUNSEL FOR MS FOR THE, UH, APPLICANT CAN ALSO ASK QUESTIONS OF, UH, THE CITY'S STAFF.

UH, FOR PURPOSES OF THIS MATTER, WHAT I SAY, WHAT COUNSEL SAYS FOR THE APPLICANT IS ARGUMENT, IT IS NOT EVIDENCE.

YOU'LL CONSIDER ONLY THE EVIDENCE THAT WILL

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UH, FOR OUR PURPOSES, THE, UH, AGAIN, THE CITY STAFF WILL PROCEED FIRST FOLLOWED BY THE PETITIONER.

UH, AND IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS ON WHAT IS EVIDENCE, THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IS HERE TO MAKE THOSE PRONOUNCEMENT ON, ON THE RECORD.

UH, AND AGAIN, BEFORE WE BEGIN, ANYONE WHO IS HERE TO TESTIFY ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT OR CITY STAFF, UH, SHOULD BE PRESENT, UH, AND SHOULD BE SWORN IN AT THIS TIME.

FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.

TANJA MCCOY.

MARIA JIMENEZ SIMMONS.

UH, PLEASE REPEAT AFTER ME.

BY THE AUTHORITY VESTED IN B AS A NOTARY OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA, DO YOU SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT THE TESTIMONY YOU'RE ABOUT TO GIVE IS THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH, AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH? I DO.

THANK YOU MATTER, MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS.

UH, THE, UH, CITY STAFF IS, UH, FREE TO PROCEED MS. SANDER THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR, UH, THIS EVENING I AM HERE TO PRESENT ON APPLICATION NUMBER ZERO ONE WC DASH 24, AS WELL AS APPLICATION ZERO ONE DASH CU DASH 24 IN FRONT OF THE CITY COMMISSION MEETING ON SEPTEMBER 23RD, 2025.

I WILL PRESENT THE FIRST APPLICATION AND THEN ALLOW THE PETITIONER TO RESPOND TO THAT WITH THEIR PRESENTATION.

AND THEN I WILL PRESENT THE SECOND APPLICATION.

UH, FOR PURPOSES OF THIS PROCEEDING, UH, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A RECORD THAT IS CLEAR.

SO I THINK WE SHOULD TAKE EACH APPLICATION ONE AT A TIME AND LET THE COMMISSION MAKE THE APPROPRIATE FINDINGS, UH, IF NECESSARY, WE PROCEED TO THE SECOND APPLICATION.

THANK YOU, MS. SANDRA.

SO THIS CURRENT PRESENTATION IS FOR APPLICATION NUMBER ZERO ONE DASH WC DASH 24.

THE CONSIDERATION OF THE FOLLOWING APPLICATION IS FOR A COMMUNICATION TOWER WITH, UM, EXCEPTIONS.

AND THE APPLICATION, UM, IS REQUESTING THAT THE COMMUNICATION TOWER IS ALLOWED TO BE, UM, PLACED LESS THAN THE ONE MILE DISTANCE SEPARATION.

SO AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE SLIDE, NEXT SLIDE, THE APPLICATION, THE, UH, CELL TOWER WILL BE ON THE CURRENT WALMART SUPERCENTER PROPERTY LOCATED THE, IN THE REAR OF THE BUILDING.

AND, UM, THIS CURRENT ZONING DISTRICT IS THE B THREE.

NEXT SLIDE, B THREE GENERAL BUSINESS DISTRICT.

IT, THE PROPERTY SITE IS 2000, I MEAN 20 SQUARE, 20.3 ACRES.

AND THE TOTAL BUILDING AREA IS 227,359 SQUARE FEET.

THAT IS THE WHAT THE WALMART PROPERTY IS, UH, SET UPON THE EXISTING SITE.

LAND USE IS COMMERCIAL AND THE PROPOSED USE IS ALSO FOR A COMMERCIAL USE.

THE, THE BUILDING IS SURROUNDED TO THE NORTH BY COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL B2B THREE UTILITY AND RM 16 TO THE SOUTH CANAL.

THERE'S A CANAL COMMUNITY FACILITY AND A RESIDENTIAL USE, WHICH IS C-F-C-R-S FOUR, AND THEN TO THE EAST THAT THIS IS COMMERCIAL B THREE TOWN CENTER AND TO THE WEST IS RESIDENTIAL.

AGAIN, RM TWO AND RM 16.

SO THE GENERAL REGULATION OVERVIEW IS THAT SECTION 1 1 11 11 WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION TOWER AND ANTENNA REGULATIONS FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION TOWER.

THIS SECTION IS THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS FOR ALSO IDENTIFIES IN SECTION 11, 11.5, DEVELOP DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS.

AND THEN SECTION 11, 11.6 EQUIPMENT FACILITY PROVIDED SPECIFICATIONS FOR APPROVAL OF A CELL TOWER IN THE CASE WHERE THE APPLICANT DOES NOT STRICTLY CONFORM TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 11, 11.5 AND 11, 11.6,

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A DENIAL OF THE APPLICATION MUST FIRST BE ISSUED UPON THE ISSUANCE OF THE DENIAL, THE APPLICANT MAY REQUEST EXCEPTIONS FROM 11, 11.5 AND 11, 11.6 PURSUANT TO SECTION 11, 11.7, FOLLOWING THE PROCEDURES AND REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 5 0 3, WHICH IS THE CONDITIONAL USE.

THIS CON, EXCUSE ME, UH, UH, MADAM DIRECTOR, COULD YOU TAKE THE COMMISSION RELATIVE TO YOUR TESTIMONY AND THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF STAFF AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THE APPLICATION SATISFIES THE CONDITIONS OR THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS IDENTIFIED UNDER 11, 11.5 AND 11, 11.6, THAT'S THE SUBJECT OF THE COMMISSION'S DELIBERATE, THAT THE COMMISSION NEEDS TO DELIBERATE ON.

YES, THIS IS, UH, WHAT THE NEXT PORTION OF THE PRESENTATION WE'LL GO THROUGH.

UM, AS YOU HAVE SEEN IN OUR EARLIER PRESENTATION, SECTION 5 0 3 IS THE CONDITIONAL USE.

AND AS STATED HERE, IF THE APPLICANT, UM, DOES NOT MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF 11, 11.5 AND 11, 11.6, THEY MUST GO THROUGH THE CONDITIONAL USE PROCESS.

SO THE PROPOSED NEXT SLIDE, SORRY.

THE PROPOSED CELL TOWER SPECIFICATIONS IS FOR 105 FOOT TALL, UM, MONO PINE AND TO BE PLACED IN AN EXISTING STORM WATER MANAGEMENT BASIN.

THE MONO PINE IS CONSIDERED A STEALTH DESIGN, WHICH IS REQUIRED BY OUR CODE.

THE DESIGN ACCOMMODATES UP TO FOUR TENANTS, AND IT IS, UM, IT IS GONNA BE SITTED UP ON AN ELEVATED BASE, WHICH IS 40 FOOT BY 40 FOOT PERVIOUS EQUIPMENT PLATFORM TO SUPPORT A FOUR EQUIPMENT LEASED AREAS.

SO THE MONO PINE ITSELF WILL BE BASED ON THE PICTURE.

IT WILL BE IN THE, UM, BASIN IN STABILIZED, OF COURSE THROUGH THE GROUND.

BUT THE PLATFORM IS WHERE THE EQUIPMENT WILL SIT.

AND THAT WILL BE BECAUSE THEY HAVE FOUR UM, ANTENNAS AVAILABLE ON THE MONO PINE.

THERE'S ALSO GOING TO BE EQUIPMENT FOR FOUR LEASE AREAS.

THERE WILL BE A SIX FOOT CHAIN LINK FENCE WITH PVD SLATS TO CONCEAL EQUIPMENT.

THE GROUND EQUIPMENT OR THE EQUIPMENT THAT'S SET ON THE PLATFORM, THE TOTAL HEIGHT OF THE EQUIPMENT FACILITY IS 13 FEET FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE BASIN BASIN AND 7.8 FEET WHEN MEASURED FROM AVERAGE SURROUNDING GRADE.

CONTINUING ON WITH THE SPECIFICATIONS, UM, THIS, UH, PICTURE IDENTIFIES WHAT THE PERVIOUS, UM, PLATFORM IT LOOKS LIKE AND HOW THE EQUIPMENT WILL SET ON THE PERVIOUS PLATFORM AND THE AREA IN WHICH THIS WILL BE SITUATED.

THE PLATFORM WILL HAVE SIGNAGE TO MAKE SURE THAT NO ONE ENTERS THE, UM, AREA, WHICH IS PRIVATE PROPERTY, NO TRESPASSING, AS WELL AS DANGER.

HIGH VOLTAGE ENCLOSURE, KEEP OUT SIGNS.

SO REVIEWING THE STANDARDS FOR 11, 11.5 AND 11, 11.6, THE GENERAL STANDARDS IS THAT THE TOWER MUST COMPLY WITH ALL APPLICABLES, CITY, STATE, AND FEDERAL LAWS, CODES, AND INDUSTRY STANDARDS, INCLUDING FAA AND FCC REGULATIONS, FACILITIES MUST NOT INTERFERE WITH PUBLIC SAFETY COMMUNICATIONS.

MONOPINE TOWER MUST BE DESIGNED TO SUPPORT AT LEAST TWO USERS.

SO THAT IS OUR CODE THAT IT HAS TO AT LEAST SUPPORT TWO USERS.

CITING SHALL BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH A CITED CITING ALTERNATIVES HIERARCHY IN WHICH IT IS DEMONSTRATED THAT THE HIGHER RANKING OPTIONS ARE NOT AVAILABLE.

AND THOSE HIERARCHIES ARE TALKING ABOUT WHERE YOU CAN LOCATE IN TERMS OF B THREE DIFFERENT BUSINESS DISTRICTS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

SO BASICALLY THIS IS THE BEST LOCATION IN TERMS OF BUSINESS USE THAT THEY COULD FIND FOR A MONO MONO PINE, BECAUSE IT IS IN A COMMERCIAL AREA, PUBLIC NOTICE MUST COMPLY WITH SECTION 5 0 1 11.

THE CITY'S LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS, AESTHETIC STANDARDS, THE FACILITY WITHIN MUST BE

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WITHIN 300 FEET, MUST NOT BE ANY CLOSER THAN 300 FEET OF RESIDENTIAL AREAS, MUST BE STEALTH DESIGN.

THE TOWER IN EXCESS OF 90 FEET SHALL HAVE AN ALTERNATIVE TOWER STRUCTURE, STEALTH TOWER DESIGN, AND NOT EXCEED 150 FEET, WHICH THE TOWER DOES NOT EXCEED 150 FEET.

THE TOWER MUST HAVE NEUTRAL OR GALVANIZED FINISHES, AND ONLY ONE TOWER IS PERMITTED PER SITE.

MOVING ON WITH THE STANDARDS, AESTHETIC STANDARDS CONTINUED THE SETBACK A MINIMUM OF 110% OF THE TOWER'S HEIGHT.

THE PUBLIC NOTICE MUST COMPLY WITH SECTION 5 0 1 OF THE CITY'S LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS.

NO SIGNS INCLUDING COMMERCIAL ADVERTISEMENTS, LOGOS, POLITICAL SIGNS, FLOWER FLYERS, FLAGS OR BANNERS SHALL BE LOUD ON THE TOWER AT ANY TIME AND MUST POST PERMANENT HIGH VOLTAGE AND NO TRESPASSING, UH, WARNING SIGNS.

AND THEN THE CONDITION IN RED IS ONE OF THE, UH, REASONS THAT THE, UM, TOWER IS NOT MEETING.

THAT IS THAT THE EQUIPMENT MUST BE SCREENED BY A DECORATIVE WALL AND MEDITERRANEAN REVIVAL STYLE WITH OPAQUE GATES AND 10 FOOT LANDSCAPE BUFFER.

AND THEN THE MUST BE AT LEAST ONE MILE APART.

UH, AND MR. ATTORNEY? YES, MS. UH, MCCOY IS THE ITEMS THAT ARE MARKED IN RED, ARE THOSE UNDER THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS THAT ARE UNDER CHAPTER ONE? ONE, 1.5? YES.

1, 1, 1 0.5 AND 1 1 1 POINT 11.

I MEAN 0.6, EXCUSE ME FOR THE RECORD.

SO THAT IS WHY THIS APPLICATION, UM, WAS DENIED BY STAFF AND BROUGHT FORWARD FOR COMMISSION TO REVIEW, AND WITH THE EXCEPTION OF 1111 OF WHAT IS MARKED OR IDENTIFIED IN RED IN YOUR REPORT, OTHER THAN THOSE TWO ITEMS THAT ARE OUTLINED, UH, IN RED, ARE THERE OTHER STANDARDS THAT THIS, UH, APPLICATION DID NOT MEET UNDER AGAIN, 11, 11.5 OR 11? 11.6, YES.

UM, THE BUFFER, THE LANDSCAPE BUFFER IS ONE THAT THE APPLICANT IS ALSO ASKING FOR, EXCEPT TWO.

SO THE STAFF HA HAS REVIEWED THE APPLICATION AND FIND THAT THE PROPOSED DESIGN AS SET FORTH IN THE APPLICATION FAILS TO MEET THE DECORATIVE MASONRY WALL REQUIREMENT, THE 10 FOOT LANDSCAPE BUFFER REQUIREMENT AND THE ONE MILE DISTANCE SEPARATION REQUIREMENT.

AND THIS MAP AS SHOWN ON THIS, I'M SORRY, KIRK, CAN YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE? THIS MAP AS SHOWN IDENTIFIES THE OTHER TWO POLLS THAT WAS SPOKEN OF EARLIER AND THAT THE, UH, APPLICANT AGREES ARE CURRENTLY LOCATED IN OUR CITY.

ONE OF THE MONO MONOPOLES IS LOCATED AT THE WATER PLANT AND THE OTHER ONE IS AT THE PARK.

THAT POLE IS, UM, WILLOW WEB PARK, AND THAT POLE IS CROWN CASTLE POLE OWNED BY CROWN CASTLE, AND THE OTHER POLE IS OWNED BY BROWARD COUNTY.

AND THIS CONCLUDES MY, UM, SO I'M SORRY.

STAFF.

STAFF RECOMMENDS, UM, BASED ON THE ASSESSMENTS AND FINDINGS CONTAINED WITHIN THIS STAFF REPORT, CITY STAFF RECOMMENDS THE DENIAL OF THE WIRELESS COMMUNICATION TOWERS APPLICATION.

UM, AND NOW ANYTHING ELSE FROM, AND OH, I'M SORRY.

AND YES, THE, UM, WE ALLOW, WE RECOMMEND DENIAL, BUT WE ALSO RECOMMEND THAT THE APPLICANT BE ALLOWED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE CONDITIONAL USE APPLICATION REQUEST, AN EXCEPTION FROM THE MASONRY WALL LANDSCAPE BUFFER AND DISTANCE SEPARATION REQUIREMENTS.

AND AT THIS TIME, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO THE APPLICANT FOR THEIR PRESENTATION.

AND THE APPLICANT THROUGH MS. BURKEY, I UNDERSTAND, UH, CAN ASK OR POSE QUESTIONS TO STAFF IF YOU LIKE AT THIS POINT, OR YOU CAN GIVE, UH, THE, UH, PRESENTATION ON BEHALF OF THE PETITIONER MADAM MAYOR, JUST ONE CORRECTION.

THERE ARE SIX WITNESSES ON BEHALF OF THE PETITIONER.

BUT IN THE ALTERNATIVE SEEKING EXCEPTIONS, THOSE ARE UNDER 11, 11.5, ONLY THE ONE MILE SEPARATION, THE BUFFER WALL, AND THE LANDSCAPING.

JUST ONE POINT OF CLARIFICATION.

THE, THE ITEMS IN RED WHERE WE ARE NOT COMPLIANT,

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SO NOTHING TRIGGERED UNDER 11, 11.6 JUST FOR CLARITY.

BUT OTHERWISE, NO QUESTIONS OF STAFF AT THIS TIME.

VERY GOOD.

AND I SHOULD HAVE STARTED WITH INTRODUCTIONS.

I'M SORRY, MS. UH, BE BE.

BEFORE YOU BEGIN, LET ME ASK AGAIN FOR PURPOSES OF THE RECORD TO HAVE, UH, STAFF'S TESTIMONY AS WELL AS THE MEMORANDUM AND THE APPLICATION BE MADE PART OF THE RECORD FOR THIS PROCEEDING.

THANK YOU KINDLY.

AND GOOD EVENING FOR THE RECORD.

I'M KATIE BURKEY.

I'M A CERTIFIED, UH, LAND PLANNER AND ALSO BOARD CERTIFIED CITY, COUNTY AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT AT ATTORNEY AT BECKER AND POFF.

AND I'M HERE TODAY REPRESENTING THE APPLICANT SBA TOWERS XLLC ON COMPANION AGENDA ITEMS 10 B BEFORE YOU RIGHT NOW.

AND THEN THE SUBSEQUENT ITEM, WHICH IS RELATED 10 C, UM, AS AN INITIAL MATTER, ALTHOUGH THE APPLICATIONS ARE DISTINCT AND S STAFF IS ALREADY ALLUDED TO, THEY'RE INTERRELATED.

UM, SO AT THIS TIME, WE'RE PREPARED TO PROCEED WITH THE PRESENTATION FOR 10 B, BUT WE ASK THAT ALL, UM, PRESENTATION, MATERIALS, SUBMISSIONS, UM, AND TESTIMONY FOR THIS ITEM ALSO BE INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE INTO 10 C, THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM AND WITH ME TODAY.

UM, AND IF MR. BROWN COULD KINDLY PULL UP OUR POWERPOINT AS WELL.

UM, EXCUSE, EXCUSE ME, MS. BURKEY, UH, WE'RE ON ITEM 10 B AND I, I THINK IT'S GONNA BE APPROPRIATE FOR THE COMMISSION TO DELIBERATE ON ITEM 10 B, MAKE FINDINGS RELATIVE TO THE ITEM ON 10 B BEFORE WE PROCEED TO A, UH, MATTER THAT'S IDENTIFIED AS UNDER TC, WHICH IS 10 C, WHICH IS A CONDITIONAL USE.

AND I JUST ASK THAT OUR TESTIMONY BE INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE INTO THE SECOND ITEM AS WELL.

WE HAD SOME PUBLIC SPEAKERS WHO MAY NOT SPEAK ON THE SECOND ITEM, BUT I WILL BE ADDRESSING THEIR COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM.

SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THAT GETS CARRIED BY REFERENCE TO THE NEXT ITEM AS WELL.

BUT WE'RE PREPARED TO DO A SECOND SIMILAR PRESENTATION INDEPENDENT ON THE SECOND ITEM WHEN WE GET THERE.

AND WITH ME TODAY, I HAVE OUR EXPERTS, PETER TRAFFIC CANTY, A ICP LAND PLANNER WITH KIMLEY HORN AND ASSOCIATES, SHAZAD MAHMUD, SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER, ALSO WITH KIMLEY HORN, SANJAY DEWAN, VICE PRESIDENT OF NEW BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY AND OPERATIONS AT SBA COMMUNICATIONS, WHICH IS A RELATED CORPORATE ENTITY TO THE APPLICANT, SBA TOWERS XLLC.

WE ALSO HAVE MARIA JIMENEZ, RADIO FREQUENCY ENGINEER WITH VERIZON, WHO'S THE CARRIER FOR THE PROPOSED TOWER, AND ALSO MATT SIMMONS, COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL APPRAISER AND CONSULTANT WITH MAXWELL HENDRY AND SIMMONS.

UM, AS AN INITIAL MATTER, I'LL GO AHEAD AND SUBMIT THE RESPECTIVE RESUMES INTO THE RECORD.

I ALREADY PROVIDED A COPY TO MS. MCCOY AND THE RESUMES WERE ALSO PROVIDED WITH OUR PER UH, PETITIONER DISCLOSURE FORM ON FRIDAY.

UM, WITH THAT, I WILL ALSO SUBMIT A HARD COPY OF OUR POWERPOINT PRESENTATION.

UM, AND AFTER I CIRCULATE THESE, MAY I THANK YOU.

HAPPY TO TURN IT OVER TO MR. RAFTI TO START OUR PRESENTATION.

OH, AND WITH THAT TOO, I'D LIKE TO RESERVE, UM, TIME TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AMONG OUR EXPERTS AFTER PETER'S PRESENTATION AS WELL, AND ALSO RESPOND TO THE PUBLIC COMMENTS PRESENTED SO FAR AFTER PETER CONCLUDES, IF I MAY.

SORRY.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

I'LL JUST WAIT UNTIL YOU HAVE ALL THE MATERIAL PASSED OUT BEFORE I, YEAH.

AND, AND WHILE, WHILE WE'RE DOING THAT, LET ME ASK MS. BURKEY A, A QUESTION.

HOW MUCH TIME DO YOU THINK YOU NEED FOR, FOR YOUR PART OF THE PRESENTATION HERE? I THINK 15 MINUTES IS KIND OF WHAT WE ANTICIPATE, DEPENDING ON QUESTIONS FROM.

VERY GOOD.

AND FOR PURPOSE OF THE RECORD, THE DOCUMENT SUBMITTED BY MS. BURKEY IS THE RESUMES AS WELL AS A POWERPOINT PRESENTATION.

THEY SHOULD BE MADE PART OF THE RECORD.

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UH, AS BEING IN RELATION TO THE RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT, UH, NO LIGHTING IS REQUIRED PER FAA, UH, WE MEET ALL THE SETBACKS AND WE ARE WITHIN THE HEIGHT, UH, LIMITATIONS FOR THE POLE AS WELL.

UH, FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS PETER RAF WITH KIMLEY HORN AT 200 SOUTH ORANGE AVENUE, UH, ORLANDO, FLORIDA.

I AM A ICP PLANNER WITH KIM, UH, KIMLEY HORN.

AND FOR OUR PROJECT TEAM, WE HAVE KATIE LEY, MYSELF, SHAZAD MAHMUD, SANJAY WAN, MARIA JIMENEZ, AND MATTHEW SIMMONS.

AND NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

OUR PROJECT LOCATION IS AT 3001 NORTH STATE ROAD, SEVEN LAUDERDALE LAKES, UH, FLORIDA 3 3 3 1 3 ON AN EXISTING WALMART SITE LOCATED SOUTH OF WEST OAKLAND PARK BOULEVARD, WEST STATE ROAD SEVEN, AND NORTH OF MIDDLE RIVER, EXCUSE ME, MIDDLE RIVER.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

THE SUMMARY OF REQUEST IS A FOR A 100 FOOT, UH, TOWER.

UH, IT'S A HUNDRED AND IT'S A HUNDRED FEET FOR THE TOWER AND FIVE FEET FOR THE TOPS OF THE BRANCHES FOR A TOTAL OF 105 FEET.

AND AGAIN, THE LOCATION IS AT 3001 NORTH STATE ROAD SEVEN.

THE ZONING FOR THE SITE IS B THREE.

THE ITEM WE'RE ADDRESSING RIGHT NOW IS 10 B APPLICATION, UH, ZERO ONE WC 24.

OUR PRESENTATION, UH, WILL BE HIGHLIGHTING, UH, BOTH OF OUR REQUESTS.

I UNDERSTAND THAT WE ARE JUST PROCEEDING WITH 10 B AT THE MOMENT.

UM, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

I'M SORRY, IS THIS A CLICKER THAT I CAN USE TO CONTROL THE SLIDES? UH, AS MENTIONED, THE EXISTING ZONING IS B THREE ZONING TO THE NORTH OF THE PROPERTY IS RM 16, AND B TWO TO THE WEST OF THE PROPERTY IS ZONED M 16.

AND TO THE SOUTH IS MIDDLE RIVER, WHICH EXTENDS 70 FEET SOUTH OF THE PROPERTY LINE.

AND THEN RS FOUR IN THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE, UH, LAUDER HILL, EXCUSE ME, THE IMAGE BEFORE YOU IS THE SITE PLAN.

THE TOWERS PROPOSED WITHIN AN EXISTING DRY POND BETWEEN THE EXISTING CONCRETE WALL AND VEGETATION, UH, AND THE WALMART SERVICE DRIVE.

AS NOTED IN THE TABLE, THE PROPOSED LOCATION MEETS THE SETBACK REQUIREMENTS.

THE TABLE, UH, TABLE WITH THE SETBACKS REQUIREMENTS ARE IN THE BOTTOM LEFT FOR REFERENCE.

UH, THE APPLICANT IS NOT SEEKING THE MAXIMUM HEIGHT PERMITTED FOR A CO CO-LOCATED MONOPOLE TOWER, WHICH WOULD ALLOW UP TO 150 FEET.

WE ARE ONLY SEEKING 105 FEET FOR THE TOWER.

IT'S STRUCTURALLY DESIGNED TO CARRY A TOTAL OF FOUR CARRIERS.

VERIZON INTENDS TO CO-LOCATE ON THE PROPOSED TOWER.

THIS IS THE VIEW FROM THE EAST LOOKING WEST TOWARDS THE RESIDENTIAL, UH, DEVELOPMENT.

YOU CAN SEE IN THE IMAGE THAT THE, ON THE RIGHT, THAT THE PROPOSED SIX FOOT TALL SLAT FENCE WILL BE LOWER THAN THE EXISTING EIGHT FOOT TALL CONCRETE WALL AND NOT VISIBLE FROM THE BUZZ, UH, BUDDING RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY.

THIS IS THE VIEW, UH, ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE SITE, LOOKING SOUTH FROM THE SERVICE DRIVE BEHIND THE WALMART.

THIS IS THE VIEW LOOKING EAST, STANDING WITHIN THE RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY TO THE WEST OF THE SUBJECT SITE.

WITHIN THE NEAREST RIGHT OF WAY BETWEEN THE WALL AND THE CLOSEST HOMES, THE MONOPOLE HAS BEEN DESIGNED TO BLEND IN WITH THE EXISTING PALM TREE PLANTINGS AND OTHER VEGETATION.

THE VIEWPOINT REITERATES THAT THE FOUNDATION IN THE SIX FOOT TALL FENCE WILL NOT BE VISIBLE FROM THE NEIGHBORING PROPERTIES.

UH, THIS IS WHERE WE SEPARATE THE APPLICATIONS TO ADDRESS THE CRITERIA FOR EACH, UH, FOR THE WIRELESS COMMUNICATION TOWERS, WE LOOK TO SECTION 1, 1, 1, 1, AND MORE SPECIFICALLY SECTIONS 0.5 AND 0.6.

UH, I KNOW WE TOUCHED ON A FEW OF THESE ALREADY.

SO JUST BRIEFLY, UH, THE DEVELOPMENT, UH, THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT FOR THE CELL TOWER IS CONSISTENT FOR THE LOCAL, STATE AND FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS.

OUR CO-LOCATION HAVING FOUR CARRIERS, THE AESTHETICS BEING THE MONOPOLE STEALTH DESIGN,

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AND WE ALSO HAVE ADDRESSED THE, UH, HIERARCHY OF SITE ALTERNATIVES AS NO OTHER OPPORTUNITIES IN THE VICINITY MEET THE REQUIREMENT FOR HEIGHT AND LOAD CAPACITY.

THE STANDARDS, WHICH OF THIS PROPOSAL IS NOT DIRECTLY MEETING ARE THE SEPARATION, THE CONCRETE WALL, AND THE LANDSCAPE BUFFER, WHICH I KNOW WE TOUCHED ON, UH, EARLIER.

SO I JUST WANNA HIGHLIGHT THOSE THREE RIGHT NOW.

UM, SO THE NEXT TWO SLIDES WE'LL GO OVER IN MORE DETAIL.

THE, UM, THE SEPARATION, WHICH WE ARE NOT MEETING.

THE PROPOSED TOWER IS LOCATED, UH, WITHIN 0.7 MILES FROM THE BREVARD COUNTY MONOPOLE AND 0.9 MILES FROM THE, UH, CROWN CASTLE MONOPOLE TO THE SOUTH.

THE REASON THAT THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING THE EXCEPTION IS BECAUSE THIS IS THE MOST IDEAL LOCATION TO IMPROVE BOTH COVERAGE AND CAPACITY WHILE GETTING CLOSEST TO THE MEETING, TO MEETING THE CITY'S OTHER LOCATIONAL AND SITE CRITERIA.

UH, COVERAGE IS NEEDED TO EXPAND THE WIRELESS SERVICE INTO AN AREA THAT EITHER HAS NO SERVICE OR BAD SERVICE.

AND CAPACITY IS THE NEED FOR MORE WIRELESS RESOURCES.

EXAMPLES OF THIS WOULD BE THAT WHEN YOU ARE USING YOUR PHONE AND IT SHOWS ONLY FOUR BARS, YOU ARE STILL GETTING THE SPINNING WHEEL.

THAT'S A CAPACITY ISSUE.

THERE ARE TOO MANY USERS ON THE SYSTEM, SO THE SPEED SLOWS WHEN YOU, WHEN YOUR CALL WON'T GO THROUGH.

THIS IS, UH, A COVERAGE ISSUE.

THE PROPOSED TOWERS AIMS TO RESOLVE BOTH OF THESE ISSUES, BOTH COVERAGE AND CAPACITY.

THIS ILLUSTRATION IDENTIFIES THE ONE MILE RADIUS OF THE PROPOSED, UH, SITE TO SERVE, SERVE THE NEARBY COMMUNITIES IN A SURROUNDING ROADWAY NETWORK.

THERE HAS BEEN A DEMONSTRATION NEED, A DEMONSTRATED NEED TO EXPAND THE SERVICE INTO THE AREA WHERE THERE IS NO OR BAD SERVICE TO, TO SERVE CUSTOMERS IN EMERGENCY PERSONNEL AND NEED TO IMPROVE THE CAPACITY TO HANDLE VOICE CELLS, VOICE CALLS, DATA CONNECTIONS, AND DATA VOLUME.

THE PROPOSED SITE ALSO MEETS THE CITY'S REQUIRED LOCATIONAL CRITERIA.

SO AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE CENTER OF THE EXHIBIT HERE, THAT RED AREA IS WHAT WE'RE GONNA BE FOCUSING ON.

THIS IS THE, UH, AREA WITH THAT LACKS COVERAGE.

THIS NEXT EXHIBIT IDENTIFIES WHAT THIS CELL TOWER WILL BE COVERING, AND YOU CAN SEE BETWEEN THE TWO, UM, THE COVERAGE THAT THIS CELL TOWER WILL BE ADDRESSING.

UH, AGAIN, THIS PRESENTATION WAS PUT TOGETHER TO ADDRESS THE EXCEPTIONS.

I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT.

MAY MM-HMM .

UM, IF, IF IT'S THE PLEASURE OF THE COMMISSION, SINCE WE'RE HEARING 10 C NEXT, WE CAN HOLD A SEGMENT OF OUR TESTIMONY WITH RESPECT TO THE EXCEPTIONS FOR THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM.

AND, AND, AND LIKEWISE HOLD OUR RADIO FREQUENCY TESTIMONY FOR THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM AS WELL.

THE POWERPOINT, I, AGAIN, ASK, BE CARRIED BY REFERENCE ON THIS ITEM AND THE NEXT ITEM AS WELL.

BUT IN TERMS OF TIME EFFICIENCY, UNLESS IT'S THE PLEASURE OF THE COMMISSION, YOU CAN, AND I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION FOR THE PLANNER.

WOULD YOU TELL US YOUR NAME AGAIN, PLEASE? IT'S PETER RAF.

MR. RAF, IS IT YOUR TESTIMONY THAT THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS RELATING TO THE WALL, THE LANDSCAPE, AND THE SEPARATION DISTANCE, THOSE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS UNDER SECTION 11, 11.5 DO NOT MEET THE STANDARDS? THIS APPLICATION DOES NOT MEET THOSE THREE STANDARDS? THAT IS CORRECT.

UM, NO, NO FURTHER QUESTIONS.

I, AND ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FROM STAFF TO MR. TRAFFIC? CANTY TRAFFIC CAN, EXCUSE ME.

TAN MS. MCCOY.

SO ANY QUESTIONS TO MR. TRAFFIC STAFF? NO, MS. MCCOY? NOT AT THIS TIME.

UM, HE ALLUDED TO A VARIANCE.

UH, AND, AND IF I COULD JUST BRIEFLY CONCLUDE AND, AND ADDRESS THE PUBLIC TESTIMONY THAT HAS, UH, BEEN STATED SO FAR.

FOR THE RECORD, I BELIEVE IT WAS MR. MEAR COULDN'T QUITE CATCH HIS LAST NAME, BUT BYRON,

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I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT PARTICULARLY 10 C IS A CONDITIONAL USE COUPLED WITH EXCEPTIONS.

THE BURDEN OF PROOF OF THE APPLICANT IS VERY DIFFERENT IN A VARIANCE, WHICH IS VERY HEIGHTENED STANDARD OF REVIEW HERE.

A CONDITIONAL USE IS ALREADY CONTEMPLATED AS BEING APPROPRIATE IN CERTAIN ZONING DISTRICT SUBJECT TO CERTAIN CONDITIONS.

AND UNDER THE NEXT ITEM, WE'LL ELABORATE AS TO HOW WE MEET EACH OF THOSE REVIEW AND APPROVAL CRITERIA FROM THE CONDITIONAL USE AND EXCEPTION SIDE.

UM, WITH RESPECT TO MS. HALL AND MR. MEER AS WELL, WITH RESPECT TO, UH, RADIATION, THE APPLICANT HAS ALREADY PROVIDED FOR THE CASE FILE FOR THIS ITEM AND THE COMPANION ITEM, THAT THERE'S NO EVIDENCE OF ADVERSE HEALTH IMPACTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE FACILITY AND THE CARRIER AND ANY SUBSEQUENT CARRIERS WILL OPERATE CONSISTENT WITH ALL FEDERAL, UH, REQUIREMENTS, INCLUDING THOSE OF THE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION, FCC.

UM, WHILE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS LIKE THE CITY CAN CONSIDER THE LOCATION OF WIRELESS FACILITIES, UM, UNDER ITS ZONING REGULATIONS, THEY ARE PROHIBITED FROM CONSIDERING ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS OF THE FACILITY AND ARE PREEMPTED UNDER FEDERAL LAW.

THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS ARE EXCLUSIVELY UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE FCC AND THE FEDERAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT.

UM, AND THE FCC HAS ALREADY DETERMINED NO ILL EFFECTS.

UM, WITH RESPECT TO THE ONE MILE SEPARATION FROM MS. HALL'S TESTIMONY, UM, THERE'S AIT A SUBMITTAL FROM US IN RESPONSE TO STAFF QUESTIONS.

IT WAS TRANSMITTED ON SEPTEMBER 9TH TO STAFF AT THEIR REQUEST FOLLOWING PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD, WHICH FURTHER JUSTIFIES THE APPLICANT MEETING THE LOCATIONAL CRITERIA, THE NEED CRITERIA, AND ALSO FURTHER JUSTIFYING THE ONE MILE EXCEPTION.

UM, AND IN TERMS OF, UH, WHAT THIS CITY STANDS TO GAIN IN TERMS OF BEING LANDLOCKED AND HAVING TO GO VERTICAL, I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY WITH THIS PROPOSED SITE BEING WITHIN A DRY RETENTION AREA, IT'S NOT OTHERWISE DEVELOPABLE, IT WOULD DIMINISH THE HOLDING CAPACITY FOR STORMWATER AND DRAINAGE.

SO THIS IS OTHERWISE ONLY A STORMWATER ACCESSORY USE TO THE PRIMARY WALMART.

WE'RE AVAILING OURSELVES IN TERMS OF AN ELEVATED PLATFORM TO NOT DIMINISH THAT HOLDING CAPACITY, BUT IT'S NOT OTHERWISE DEVELOPABLE OR, UM, OF, OF BENEFIT TO THE PARENT SITE OR THE CITY FOR SOME ALTERNATIVE USE IN THAT PARTICULAR LOCATION.

IN ADDITION, UM, THE TOWER IF APPROVED, EITHER UNDER THIS ITEM OR IN THE ALTERNATIVE WITH EXCEPTIONS UNDER THE COMPANION ITEM, WILL PROVIDE BETTER COVERAGE AND CAPACITY, NOT ONLY FOR CITIZENS, UM, VISITORS BUSINESSES, BUT ALSO PUBLIC SAFETY PERSONNEL.

SO IN TERMS OF COLOCATORS, THE TOWER HAS TO BE MADE AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC SAFETY EQUIPMENT, NOT JUST PRIVATE CARRIERS.

SO THAT IS A BENEFIT TO NOT ONLY RESIDENTS, BUT VISITORS AND BUSINESSES AS WELL.

AND WITH THAT, UM, WE'LL HOLD OUR, OUR FURTHER PRESENTATION FOR THE NEXT ITEM, BUT WE'RE AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS AS WELL.

MADAM MAYOR, MR. HARRISON.

UH, THANK YOU FOR THAT WELL DETAILED PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU STAFF.

TANJA MCCOY, UH, FOR THE RECOMMENDATIONS, UM, IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT IT'S, IT IS PROBABLY BEST FOR US TO STRIKE DOWN AND NOT APPROVE THIS PARTICULAR ITEM.

UM, AND, UH, I JUST WANT TO, THE FIRST QUESTION, I HAVE A FOLLOW UP STATEMENT OF QUESTION, BUT GO AHEAD, MS. MCCOY.

IS THAT THE CASE? IS STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THIS ITEM TO NOT BE APPROVED? YES.

SANDRA, THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR? YES.

THIS, UH, IS RECOMMENDED THAT THIS ITEM NOT BE APPROVED.

MINORITY COMMUNITIES AREN'T CONNECTED TO WHAT'S GOING ON.

GOT YOU.

SO, I, MY MY COMMENTS IS, UM, ALTHOUGH WE'RE GOING TO VOTE AGAINST THIS ITEM, I AM IN SUPPORT OF THE TOWER.

I THINK THIS IS, UM, HELPING WITH THE CONNECTIVITY IN LAUDERDALE LAKES.

I, I FIRMLY BELIEVE IN THE 21ST CENTURY LAUDERDALE LAKES.

AND, UM, I KNEW THAT THE RADIATION WOULDN'T BE AN ISSUE, BUT I TOOK THE PLEASURE OF DRIVING OUT TO THE SITE AND LOOKING AT IT MYSELF ONCE IT CAME UP ON, UM, AGENDA REVIEW.

AND I THINK IT'S A PRETTY GOOD PLACE TO PUT A TOWER IF WE HAD TO PUT ONE, UM, WITHIN THE CITY.

I KNOW, UH, WALMART, THE STORE OWNER IS ON BOARD WITH IT.

UH, I DON'T SEE IT IMPEDING THE RESIDENTIAL LIFE IN ANY WAY, SHAPE OR FORM.

I'M SORRY.

I'M VERY KEEN TO THOSE TYPE OF THINGS.

I JUST DON'T SEE IT BEING AN IMPEDANCE ON THE RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY.

I ACTUALLY SEE IT BEING A BENEFIT GIVEN HOW MANY EMERGENCY CALLS WE HAVE COMING OUT OF THIS COMMUNITY.

UM, AND NOW IT'S A REQUIREMENT THAT OUT OF THE FOUR BAYS, ONE OF THEM MUST BE, WELL, ALL OF THEM CAN'T BE PRIVATE.

ONE OF THEM HAS TO BE EMERGENCY SERVICES.

SO, UM, I'M, I'M, I'M IN FAVOR OF IT BECAUSE AGAIN, I OFTENTIMES IN THESE COMMUNITIES AND YOU SEE ON THE HEAT MAP HOW MUCH WE'RE NOT COVERED.

THERE'S A DIGITAL DIVIDE GOING ON IN BROWARD COUNTY WHERE COMMUNITIES OF COLOR,

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SO, UM, I AM IN SUPPORT OF THIS.

UH, I ALSO AM IN SUPPORT OF THE FACT THAT IT'S NOT AN EYESORE THAT WE'RE USING MONOPINE, A MONOPINE TECHNOLOGY, WHICH IS, UH, RECENTLY BECAME POPULAR.

SO, UM, AND AGAIN, I ALSO AGREE THAT THAT LAND IS NOT DEVELOPABLE FOR ANYTHING ELSE.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE COULD GO THERE.

IT'S A VALLEY.

LIKE IF YOU GO THERE AND LOOK AT IT YOURSELF, I THINK IT'S A GOOD PLACE WHERE WE CAN PUT IN A TOWER FOR MORE CONNECTIVITY.

UM, I'M, I'M NOT GONNA TURN THIS INTO A CONSPIRACY THEORY OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

WE'RE TRYING TO BRING BETTER SERVICE AND COVERAGE TO OUR RESIDENTS.

AND UH, ALSO WE'RE BRINGING MORE BUSINESSES.

'CAUSE NOW PEOPLE CAN LEASE OUT THE BASE.

UM, SO I'M IN SUPPORT OF US HAVING A TOWER.

IN ORDER TO DO THAT, WE HAVE TO VOTE DOWN THIS ITEM.

BUT I'M IN SUPPORT.

MADAM VICE MAYOR.

YES, I, THERE ARE THREE AREAS THAT THE STAFF MENTIONED.

IT'S LESS THAN A MILE.

AND THERE ARE TWO OTHERS WITHIN, AT THE CITY, IN THE CITY RIGHT NOW.

AND I, I, IF PEOPLE WANT TO DO BUSINESS WITH MY CITY, I WOULD HOPE THAT THEY WOULD BE IN COMPLIANCE.

'CAUSE WHEN WE ARE TALKING TO ORDINARY PEOPLE, NOT BUSINESSES, NOT HIGH POLLUTED PEOPLE, WE GIVE THEM A HARD TIME.

WE WANT THEM DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE IN COMPLIANCE.

IT'S LESS THAN A MILE AND THE CODE SAYS IT MUST BE AT LEAST A MILE.

AND IT'S NOT THAT THIS IS THE ONLY ONE COMING.

'CAUSE IF IT WAS THE ONLY ONE COMING, THEN THEY WOULD'VE BEEN IN COMPLIANCE.

TWO OTHER STUFF THEY SAID THEY DON'T WANT THE, LET ME SEE IF I FIND IT.

IT'S ABOUT THE BUFFER.

AND I THINK SOMETHING ABOUT THE, UM, SHRUBBERY, WHY WOULDN'T YOU WANT TO DO WHAT IS PART OF OUR CODE? THIS IS WHERE I LIVE.

YOU ARE PASSING THROUGH, WHICH MAKES A LOT OF DIFFERENCE.

AND IF THE CODE SAYS THIS IS WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE, I DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO COST MILLIONS OF DOLLARS THAT YOU WOULD NOT HAVE WANTED.

I CAN UNDERSTAND IT LESS THAN A MILE, BUT THE OTHER STUFF COULD BE DONE IF YOU, YOUR COMPANY.

SO CHOOSE.

SO RIGHT NOW AS IT STANDS, I WOULDN'T VOTE FOR IT.

I'M IN DENIAL WITH THE STAFF.

YOU SHOULD.

THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR, YOU SHOULD I, UM, I VOTE TO DENY RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 1 25.

UH, 'CAUSE IT DOES NOT MEET WHAT THE CODE SAYS.

1 2 4 1 25 DASH 24.

NO, WE HAVE TO VOTE TO DENY IT.

UH, ATTORNEY, I, I THINK THE COMMISSIONER'S MOTION WAS TO DENY, DENY RESOLUTION.

2 0 2 5 DASH 1 2 4 2 4.

MA, MADAM MAYOR, YOU COMMISSIONER.

SO TO CLARIFY THE, BEFORE WE VOTE, THE, THE COMMISSIONER THOMAS HAS MADE A MOTION TO DENY.

SO WHEN WE SAY FOUR, THAT MEANS WE'RE IN AGREEANCE OF DENYING TO THE ITEM.

MADAM CLERK COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS FOR COMMISSIONER THOMAS FOR MAYOR EDWARDS PHILLIPS FOR VICE MAYOR SWELL FOR COMMISSIONER HARRISON FOR MOTION PASSED.

RESOLUTION 2 0 2 5 DASH 25.

MAD MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS

[D. RESOLUTION 2025-125 A QUASI-JUDICIAL PROCEEDING APPROVING SBA TOWERS X, LLC APPLICATION FOR A CONDITIONAL USE WITH EXCEPTIONS WHICH WILL ALLOW THE PLACEMENT OF A 105FT STEALTH “MONOPINE” WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS TOWER LOCATED AT 3001 N. STATE ROAD 7, LAUDERDALE LAKES, FLORIDA]

A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF LAUDERDALE LAKES FLORIDA DENYING OR APPROVING OR APPROVING WITH CONDITIONS.

CONDITIONAL USE APPLICATION NUMBER ZERO ONE DASH CU DASH 24, SUBMITTED BY SBA WIRELESS COMMUNICATION TOWERS, SBA TOWERS, BY AND THROUGH KATIE O BURKEY, ESQUIRE, BECKER AND POFF ON BEHALF OF WALMART STORES EAST

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LP SEEKING CONDITIONAL USE APPROVAL PURSUANT TO SECTION 5 0 3 AND SECTION 11, 11.7 OF THE LAUDERDALE LAKES LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS PROVIDING FOR CONSTRUCTION AND PLACEMENT OF A 105 FOOT WIRELESS COMMUNICATION TOWERS WITH EXCEPTIONS IN THE B THREE GENERAL BUSINESS DISTRICT.

A COPY OF SET APPLICATION IS ATTACHED HERE TO AS EXHIBIT A.

A COPY OF THE INTEROFFICE MEMORANDUM AND ADDITIONAL BACKGROUND MATERIALS ARE ATTACHED HERE TO AS COMPOSITE EXHIBIT B, COPIES OF EACH, WHICH MAY BE INSPECTED IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK PROVIDING FOR ADOPTION OF RECITALS, PROVIDING FOR INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CITY CLERK, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS, AGAIN, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND A QUASI-JUDICIAL PROCEEDING.

ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC MS. HALL? SORRY.

ARGUABLE POINT BECAUSE IT'S WITHOUT SAYING ALL BUILDINGS ARE BUILT LIKE THAT.

THE PRECEDENCE HAS ALREADY BEEN SAID, UH, QUICKLY.

SO JUST TO CLARIFY, UM, WHAT WAS SAID, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WANT US TO LOOK AT IS HOW THE APPLICATION IS BEING BROUGHT.

TYPICALLY, AN APPLICATION IS BROUGHT, IT'S DENIED.

THEY GO BACK TO THE DRAWING TABLE.

UM, THE PREVIOUS APPLICATION FOR RAM IS DIFFERENT.

THEIR PLACE IS BEING DEMOLISHED.

THIS APPLICATION IS BEING BROUGHT AS A DOUBLE FOR THE COMMISSION TO APPROVE EVERYTHING IN ONE NIGHT.

OR, UM, ALSO THE TOWER HOUSES FOR USERS WITH OUR CODE REQUIRING THAT IT MUST HOUSE AT LEAST TWO.

NOW, I KNOW FOR A FACT THAT SOMEONE SPOKE VERY PASSIONATELY, UM, ABOUT HEALTH CONCERNS.

HOWEVER, TO BE CLEAR, BECAUSE OF FCC REGULATIONS, THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M SPEAKING OF TODAY.

I'M SPEAKING OF THE FACT THAT THIS IS OUR CITY, RIGHT? AND AS MENTIONED BY, I BELIEVE IT WAS THE FIRST GENTLEMAN THAT CAME UP HERE WHEN HE SAID BASICALLY NO ONE ELSE IS ALLOWING THEM IN THEIR CITY.

NO ONE ELSE IS ALLOWING THEM IN THEIR CITY WITH THOSE EXCEPTIONS.

SO THEY CAME HERE AS FOLKS ALWAYS TEND TO DO, UH, AS FAR AS THE COVERAGE AND CAPACITY WITH FOUR DIFFERENT CARRIERS, YOU HAVE EVEN MORE POWER BEING DISTRIBUTED.

JUST BECAUSE YOU HAVE A SNAKE IN A BAG DOESN'T MEAN IT'S NOT A SNAKE.

SO THE FACT THAT IT'S STEALTH AND IT'S COVERED BY FAKE BRANCHES, THAT'S FINE.

UM, AGAIN, I'LL GO BACK TO WHAT I SAID INITIALLY.

I'M, I WASN'T SPEAKING OF DEVELOPMENT FOR HOUSING.

I WAS SPEAKING OF OWNERSHIP AND HAVING IT.

I BELIEVE ONE OF THE COMMISSIONERS SAID THAT, UH, OTHERS WILL COME, RIGHT? SO IT'S NOT WHY NOW WITH THESE EXCEPTIONS, WE ARE ALREADY ALLOWING THEM.

IF YOU ALL, UM, VOTE ON THIS LESS THAN ONE MILE, WE'RE BREAKING OUR OWN CODE, THEY HAVE YET TO ANSWER WHAT IS OUR CITY GAINING? UM, I BELIEVE THE YOUNG COMMISSIONER, UH, HARRISON SAID SOMETHING ABOUT, IT'S A UNMANNED TOWER.

GET INTO THE DETAILS, THE SALIENT POINTS OF WHAT'S IN FRONT OF YOU.

UM, IT'S A UNMANNED TOWER, THE BUILDING, UNLESS WE HAVE ENGINEERS HERE IN THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES THAT ARE GONNA BE MADE TO ERECT THIS TOWER, WHAT ARE WE GAINING? UM, SO I'M NOT SAYING ABOUT DEVELOPMENT AS FAR AS WHETHER OR NOT, UM, CAPACITY, RIGHT? SO THAT'S WITH YOUR PHONE.

THIS IS VERIZON.

THIS IS A PHONE COMPANY, OKAY? THEY'RE PROFITED BUSINESS.

YOU'RE ASKING ABOUT CAPACITY OF REACH FOR AND HOW MANY CALLS COME OUT OF HERE.

WE HAVE ROUGHLY LESS THAN 37,000 RESIDENTS IN THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES.

WE HAVE THE SECOND SMALLEST CITY.

UM, WE ARE NOT SUFFERING HERE, UH, WITH THOSE ISSUES.

AND IF WE ARE, I'LL GO BACK TO THE BUILDING AGAIN IN THE SALIENT FINE PRINT OF ALL YOUR INFORMATION, IS THE FACT THAT ALL FLORIDA REAL ESTATE IS BILLED WITH REINFORCED CONCRETE.

ALL OF IT, EVERY BUILDING REINFORCED CONCRETE TO MEET HURRICANE STANDARDS.

SO THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MAY CAUSE RECEPTION TO BE BAD IN DIFFERENT AREAS.

UM, SO THAT'S NOT A

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AS FAR AS MINORITY COMMUNITIES BEING LEFT BEHIND, MINORITY COMMUNITIES POSSESS THE MOST CELL PHONES.

SO WHEN YOU SAY WE'RE BEING LEFT IN A GAP, A GAP OF WHAT? BECAUSE VERIZON, WHO'S GONNA HAVE THE TOWER? HOW DOES THAT CONNECT WITH THE INFORMATION EXCHANGE IN MINORITY COMMUNITIES? UM, SO GO, OKAY.

LOOK AT WHERE IT'S TALKING ABOUT.

LOOK AT THE AREA.

WE ALSO LOOKED AT THE STUDY THAT WAS DONE.

THE STUDY THAT WAS DONE DOES NOT, UM, JIVE DOESN'T PASS THE SMELL TEST BECAUSE THE LOCATIONS ARE NOT WITHIN OUR VICINITY.

THAT'S NUMBER ONE.

UH, SO I WANT US TO JUST RARELY LOOK AT WHAT THEY'RE ASKING US TO DO IN OUR COMMUNITY TO BREAK OUR OWN RULES, TO SATISFY THEM FOR WHAT REASON? THANK YOU MS. HALL, PUBLIC COMMENTS? ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS? ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS? PUBLIC COMMENT IS NOT CLOSED.

YES, HARRISON.

UM, GO AHEAD.

CITY ATTORNEY, MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS, AGAIN, THIS IS A QUASI-JUDICIAL PROCEEDING.

UH, YOU'VE HEARD ME TAKE YOU THROUGH THE PROCEDURES FOR THAT.

UM, I WILL ASK, UM, MS. BURKEY IF, UH, I, I'M, AND I'M GONNA ASK CITY STAFF AS WELL AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THEY'D LIKE TO, UM, WAIVE THE FORMALITIES OF THE QUASI-JUDICIAL PROCEEDING, OR IF YOU WANNA PROCEED WITH THAT FOR PURPOSES OF TESTIMONY AND GETTING THE EVIDENCE TO, I WOULD PREFER TO, UH, PROCEED WITH THE FORMALITIES AS WE DID WITH THE FIRST ITEM.

BUT ALL OF OUR FOLKS HAVE BEEN SWORN IN ALREADY, SO NO NEED TO DUPLICATE EFFORTS ON THE SWEARING IN AND STAFF WAS SWORN IN AS WELL.

ALRIGHT, SO ON BEHALF OF THE, THE, UH, OF ITEM 10 C, UM, AGAIN, MS. MCCOY WILL TESTIFY ON BEHALF OF, OF THE CITY, UH, FOLLOWED BY QUESTIONS, IF ANY, FROM COUNCIL.

UH, AND THEN FOLLOWING BY A, UH, PRESENTATION BY THE PETITIONER, MS. SANDRA, MS. MCCOY.

AND AGAIN, MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS, YOU ARE WITH YOUR LEGISLATIVE, NOT WITH YOUR LEGISLATIVE HATS, BUT WITH YOUR FACT FINDING HATS.

YOU ARE LOOKING AT WHETHER OR NOT THE, UH, APPLICATION SATISFIES THE CONDITIONAL USE STANDARDS IDENTIFIED UNDER SECTION 5 0 3, AS WELL AS SOME ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATIONS THAT ARE OUTLINED UNDER 11, 11.7 THAT YOU CAN ALSO CONSIDER, BUT YOU HAVE TO CONSIDER WHETHER OR NOT, UH, THEY MEET THE STANDARDS UNDER SECTION 5 0 3 RELATIVE TO CONDITIONAL USE.

JUST BEFORE KIRK, COULD YOU BRING MY SLIDE, PAGE 12 RESOLUTION.

TO THE, UM, WALL, THERE IS A WALL CURRENTLY AROUND THE WALMART PROPERTY, WHICH ALSO PROVIDES FOR THE BUFFERED AREA.

MOVING FORWARD WITH, UM, NOW THAT THE ORIGINAL APPLICATION FOR THE WIRELESS TOWER HAS BEEN DENIED, NOW WE HAVE TO REVIEW THIS APPLICATION AS A CONDITIONAL USE WITH EXCEPTIONS.

SO NOW I'M GONNA GO OVER THE REQUIREMENTS FOR APPROVAL UNDER 11, 11.7, WHICH, UM, IDENTIFIES THE EXCEPTIONS REQUIREMENTS.

SO NOTHING IN THIS CHAPTER MAY PROHIBIT OR HAVE THE EFFECT OF PROHIBITING THE ABILITY OF, I'M SORRY, WHAT IS IT? WHEN SHE FINISHES HER MS. MCCOY COMPLETE SERVICE PRESENTATION, MS. MCCOY.

THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR, NOTHING IN THIS CHAPTER SHALL PROHIBIT OR HAVE THE EFFECT OF PROHIBITING THE ABILITY OF A SERVICE PROVIDER TO PROVIDE PER PERSONAL WIRELESS SERVICES IN VIOLATION OF THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT.

THE PROVISIONS LISTED IN THIS SECTION ONLY APPLY WHERE AN APPLICATION FOR A PLACEMENT OF A TELECOMMUNICATION TOWER DOES NOT MEET THE CRITERIA FOR APPROVAL AS PROVIDED IN SECTIONS 11, 11.5 AND 11, 11.6, AN APPLICATION APPLICANT FOR AN EXCEPTION SALE.

SUBMIT INFORMATION DESCRIBED IN 11, 11.3 AND 11,

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I'M SORRY, 11.3.

AND ANY OTHER REASONABLE INFORMATION THE CITY MAY REQUIRE, THE CITY MAY DENY THE APPLICATION IF IT DOES NOT COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SECTION.

IN THE EVENT THAT THE APPLICANT FILES FOR AN EXCEPTION, THE APPLICANT MUST COMPLY WITH THE PROCEDURES AND REQUIREMENTS OF THE CONDITIONAL USE AS STATED IN CODE, SPECIFICALLY SECTION 5 0 3.

IN GRANTING A PERMIT FOR AN EXCEPTION, THE CITY MAY IMPOSE CONDITIONS TO THE EXTENT THE CITY CONCLUDES SUCH CONDITIONS ARE NECESSARY TO MINIMIZE ANY ADVERSE EFFECTS FOR THE PROPOSED TELECOMMUNICATION TOWER, TELECOMMUNICATION FACILITY, OR ANTENNA ON ADJOINING PROPERTIES OR PROTECT THE HEALTH, SAFETY, AND WELFARE OF THE CITY AND THE RESIDENTS.

REVIEWING 11, 11.7, THE STANDARDS A AVAILABLE FOR SUITABLE EXISTING TELECOMMUNICATIONS TOWERS, OTHER STRUCTURES, OR STATE OF THE ART TECHNOLOGIES ARE NOT REQUIRING THE USE OF TOWERS OR STRUCTURES.

SO, UM, THIS WAS ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT I ASKED THE APPLICANT TO EXPOUND UPON AFTER THE PLANNING BOARD MEETING WAS TO, UM, MAKE SURE THAT THERE, UM, ARE NOT NEW EXISTING TELECOMMUNICATION, UH, SERVICES AVAILABLE THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO RECEIVE THIS SAME TYPE OF COVERAGE WITHOUT HAVING THE MONOPOLE.

AND THE APPLICANT HAS PROVIDED ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO DEMONSTRATE THAT THEY, UM, THERE ARE NOT CURRENTLY ANY ADDITIONAL NEW TECHNOLOGIES THAT WILL PREVENT, UM, THEM FROM USING THE MONOPOLE AND ALSO PROVIDE THE COVERAGE THAT IS NEEDED.

SO, UH, B IS HEIGHT OF THE PROPOSED TELECOMMUNICATION TOWER OR FACILITY.

105 FEET TALL IS THE POLE, AND IT ACCOMMODATES UP TO FOUR TENANTS, WHICH IS 150 FEET IS PERMITTED WITHIN OUR CITY.

AND, UM, AGAIN, WE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE AT LEAST TWO TENANTS IF IT GOES OVER 90 FEET, THE SETBACK AND SEPARATION DISTANCE BETWEEN THE PROPOSED TELECOMMUNICATION TOWER OR FACILITY AND THE NEAREST RESIDENTIAL UNIT OR RESIDENTIAL ZONED PROPERTY.

AND SO STAFF WAS, UH, VERY CAREFUL IN IDENTIFYING THE SETBACK REQUIREMENTS AND DETERMINING THAT THE 214 FEET SETBACK FROM THE RESIDENTIAL WAS, UM, WHAT THEY ARE PROPOSING.

AND THERE'S, IT'S ONLY REQUIRED TO BE 115.5 FEET AWAY FROM RESIDENTIAL ZONING.

AND THEN ON THE WEST SIDE, THE 123 FOOT PROPOSED SETBACK IS ALSO, UM, WELL OVER OR SOMEWHAT OVER THE 115 FOOT SETBACK REQUIREMENT.

THE SOUTH SETBACK IS AT 277 FEET, WHICH AGAIN IS WELL OVER THE 215.5 SETBACK REQUIREMENT.

THEN THE STAFF LOOKED AT WHAT THE POLE WOULD LOOK LIKE ON THE SITE AND THE PROXIMITY OF THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS.

SO, UH, I'M SORRY, UNDER EXCEPTIONS 11, 11.7 CONTINUE D STATES THAT THE PROXIMITY OF THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS TOWER OR FACILITY TO RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURES AND RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS.

AND WHEN WE LOOKED AT, UM, THE HEIGHT OF THE POLE AND THE SETBACK AND WHERE, HOW IT WOULD LOOK FROM THE RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT, WE COULD SHOW YOU A PICTURE HERE OF WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE.

AND THEN THE NATURE AND USE OF ADJACENT AND NEARBY PROPERTIES IS E THE SITE OF THE PROPOSED CELLULAR TOWER IS ADJACENT TO RESIDENTIAL USES ON THE NORTHWEST AND SOUTH SIDE.

AGAIN, STAFF DOES STATE THAT IDEALLY WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION TOWERS WILL BE LOCATED WELL WITHIN A COMMERCIAL AREA OR INDUSTRIAL AREA TO MINIMIZE VISUAL IMPACTS OF THE TOWER ON RESIDENTIAL USES.

HOWEVER, WITH THE MONO PINE, THERE IS SOME MINIMIZING OF THE LOOK OF THE, UH, TOWER F SURROUNDING TOPOGRAPHY.

THE PROPOSED TOWER IS LOCATED WITHIN A RETENTION POND.

THE MEASURE WHICH MEASURES IN THE TOWER MEASURES 105 FEET, UM, IS MEASURED FROM THE BASE OF THE RETENTION POND, RESULTING IN A LOWER HEIGHT APPEARANCE FROM THE SURROUNDING GRADE.

AS YOU CAN SEE HERE IN THIS PICTURE AS WELL, EVEN THOUGH THE APPLICANT HAS NOT, UH, IS REQUESTING EXCEPTION

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SO THE FACT THAT THE APPLICANT IS LOCATING ON AN EXISTING SITE IS ONE OF THE REASONS THAT THAT EXCEPTION MAY BE, UM, APPROVED.

BECAUSE NORMALLY IF THE APPLICANT CAME IN WITH A NEW SITE, THERE WOULDN'T BE A WALL AND THERE WOULDN'T BE A BUFFER ALREADY ESTABLISHED, WHICH HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED ON THE WALMART PROPERTY.

AGAIN, CONTINUING WITH 11, 11.7 EXCEPTIONS SURROUNDING AREA TREE COVERAGE AND FOLIAGE.

AS YOU CAN SEE WITH THE PREVIOUS PICTURE, THERE WAS, UM, SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF, UM, COVERAGE AND FOLIAGE THAT HELPS TO, UM, MASS OR HIDE THE POLE DESIGN OF THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS TOWER OR FACILITY WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO DESIGN CHARACTERISTICS THAT HAVE THE EFFECT OF REDUCING OR ELIMINATING VI VISUAL INTRUSIVENESS.

AND AGAIN, I THINK THE FACT THAT IT IS A MONO PINE AND THAT THERE ARE TREES THAT WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT FROM A RESIDENTIAL AREA, YOU MAY NOT REALLY NOTICE RIGHT AWAY THAT THAT IS A CELL TOWER.

SO BASED ON THAT, UM, AGAIN, I IS PROPOSED INGRESS AND EGRESS.

THIS IS NOT AN ISSUE AT THIS PARTICULAR SITE, AGAIN, BECAUSE WALMART IS ALREADY ON THE SITE AND THERE'S NO ONE DRIVING AROUND BACK THERE OTHER THAN SOMEONE WHO'S MAINTAINING THAT RETENTION POND.

OTHER, UH, FACTORS THE CITY DETERMINED TO BE RELEVANT IS THAT THE POLL AGAIN IS, UM, THERE'S NO, THERE'S AN ADDITIONAL RIGHT OF WAY BETWEEN THE PROPERTY LINE AND THE RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURES GIVEN AN ADDITIONAL 60 FOOT, UM, BUFFERING AREA FROM THE RESIDENTIAL AREA.

SO NOW I'M GOING TO REVIEW THE STANDARDS OF 5 0 3 0.3 STANDARDS OF FOUR A CONDITIONAL USE.

IN ADDITION TO THE STANDARDS SET FORTH IN THESE LDRS, THE PARTICULAR USE AS PROPOSED CONDITIONAL USE SHALL MEET EACH OF THE FOLLOWING STANDARDS.

THE PROPOSED USE SHALL BE CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

STAFF FINDS THAT THE PROPOSED TOWER IS CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, OBJECTIVE AND POLICY PURSUING THE ADVANCEMENT OF WIRELESS SERVICES IN DIGITIZED TECHNOLOGY TO PRODUCE A TECHNOLOGY ADVANCE WORKING ATMOSPHERE AND POLICY X 1 9 1, COORDINATING WITH THE STATE, LOCAL, AND PRIVATE BROADBAND INITIATIVES TO BUILD OUT AND MAINTAIN CITYWIDE FIBER OPTIC NETWORKS AND BROADBAND WIRELESS INTERNET SERVICES.

B, THE ESTABLISHED MAINTENANCE OR OPERATION OF THE PROPOSED USE SHALL NOT BE DETRIMENTAL TO OR ENDANGERED TO PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE.

AND BASED ON SECTIONS 11, 11.5 REQUIREMENTS, ALL TELECOMMUNICATIONS TOWERS TENANTS TO MEET CURRENT STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS OF THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION AND THE FELLOW FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION, INCLUDING EMISSION STANDARDS AND ANY OTHER AG, ANY OTHER AGENCIES OF THE LOCAL, STATE OR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WITH THE AUTHORITY TO REGULATE TOWERS AND ANTENNAS IN ADDITION TO TELECOM COMMUNICATIONS, TOWERS SHALL NOT CAUSE INTERFERENCE WITH PUBLIC SAFETY.

TELECOMMUNICATION.

MOVING ON WITH THE STANDARDS C, THE PROPOSED USE SHALL BE CONSISTENT WITH THE COMMUNITY CHARACTER OF THE IMMEDIATE NEIGHBORHOOD OF THE PROPOSED USE.

AGAIN, THE TREES AND THE WALL AND THE CURRENT BUFFER AREA THAT WAS ALREADY IN EXISTENCE DOES ALLOW THE POLE TO HAVE A CONSISTENT CHARACTER IN THAT LOCATION.

D, THE UTILITY, ROADWAY CAPACITY AND DRAINAGE AND OTHER NECESSARY PUBLIC FACILITIES, INCLUDING POLICE, FIRE, EMERGENCY SERVICES, SHALL EXIST AT THE CITY'S ADOPTED LEVEL OF SERVICE, OR WILL BE AVAILABLE CONCURRENT WITH DEMAND AS PROVIDED FOR IN THE REQUIREMENTS OF THESE LDRS AND STAFF FINDS THAT THOSE NECESSARY FACILITIES ARE CURRENTLY AT THE ADOPTED LEVEL AND THIS, UM, POLL WILL NOT IMPACT THAT E ADEQUATE MEASURES EXIST TO SHOW OR SHALL BE TAKEN TO PROVIDE INGRESS AND EGRESS TO THE PROPOSED USE IN THE MANNER THAT MINIMIZES TRAFFIC CONGESTION.

THE PLACE THAT THIS POLE IS LOCATED ON THE SITE

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DOES NOT IMPEDE INGRESS OR EGRESS POINTS.

THE F THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A CONDITIONAL USE SHALL NOT IMPEDE THE DEVELOPMENT OF SURROUNDING PROPERTIES OR USES PERMITTED IN THE ZONING DISTRICT.

AND THERE IS NO EVIDENCE WAS FOUND THAT, THAT THIS USE WOULD IMPEDE THE PERMITTING OF ZONING OF IN THE ZONING DISTRICT.

CONTINUING WITH 5 0 3 0.3 G, THE UTILITY ROADWAY CAPACITY, DRAINAGE AND OTHER NECESSARY PUBLIC FACILITIES, INCLUDING POLICE, FIRE, AND DESIGN OF THE PROPOSED USE SHALL MINIMIZE ADVERSE EFFECTS INCLUDING VISUAL IMPACTS OF THE PROPOSED USE ON ADJACENT PROPERTIES THROUGH THE USE OF BUILDING ORIENTATION, SETBACKS, BUFFERS, LANDSCAPE, AND OTHER DESIGN CRITERIA.

STAFF BELIEVES THAT THE APPLICANT HAS SHOWN THAT THEY HAVE MET THAT STANDARD BY, UM, YOU HAVING THE EIGHT BECAUSE OF THE EXISTING EIGHT FOOT TALL MASONRY WALL SURROUNDING THE WALMART PROPERTY, THE EXISTING BUFFER SETBACKS AND THE MONOPOLE, UM, STEALTH DESIGN.

THE CITY COMMISSION FINDS, I'M SORRY, H THE CITY COMMISSION FINDS THAT THE GRANTING OF THE APPLICATION WILL BE IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CITY.

THE EQUIPMENT COMPOUND WILL ONLY BE VISIBLE WITHIN THE CONFINES OF THE REAR LO LOADING AREA OF THE COMMERCIAL PROPERTY AND WILL NOT BE VISIBLE FROM ANY OF THE SURROUNDING RESIDENTIAL USES.

UM, BASED ON THE EIGHT FOOT WALL MASONRY WALL, HOWEVER, IT WILL BE, UH, VISIBLE BECAUSE IT IS 105 FEET.

BUT BASED ON OUR CODE LOOKING DIRECTLY ON YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO SEE IT BECAUSE THERE IS A EIGHT FOOT WALL THERE WITH THAT.

UM, STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS FOR APPLICATION NUMBER ZERO ONE CU TWO FOUR IS BASED ON THE ASSESSMENT AND FINDINGS CONTAINED WITHIN THIS REPORT.

THE PLANNING AND ZONE, I'M SORRY.

YEAH, THE REPORT, THE PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD VOTED THREE TO TWO TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL STAFF BASED ON THOSE, UM, I'M SORRY, THE STANDARDS IN THIS REPORT AS WELL AS THE PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD'S RECOMMENDATION.

STAFF ALSO RECOMMENDS THAT THE CITY COMMISSION APPROVE THE REQUESTED CONDITIONAL USE ALONG WITH THE REQUESTED EXCEPTIONS FOR THE MASONARY WALL LANDSCAPE BUS FOR AND DISTANCE REQUIREMENTS.

SHOULD THE COMMISSION APPROVE THE APPLICATION.

STAFF ALSO RECOMMENDS THE APPLICATION BE SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS, SUBSTANTIAL CONFORMANCE WITH THE PLANS FOR SB TOWER DATED JULY 14TH, 2024 FIVE.

THE SUBSTANTIAL CONFORMANCE WITH THE JUSTIFICATION STATEMENT DATED JULY 15TH, 2025, CONTAINING 77 PAGES.

ALL EQUIPMENT HOUSED ON THE EQUIPMENT PLATFORM SHALL NOT EXCEED SIX FOOT IN HEIGHT AS MEASURED FROM THE BASE OF THE PLATFORM.

THE APPROPRIATE WARNING SIGNS ARE POSTED AS PROVIDED IN THE PLAN, UM, FROM THE TEP DATED FEBRUARY 3RD, 2025.

ZONING, DRAWING SHEET C TWO, REVISED REVISION NUMBER THREE, NO SIGNS INCLUDING COMMERCIAL ADVERTISEMENT, LOGOS, POLITICAL SIGNS, FLYERS, FLAGS OR BANNERS, WHETHER OR NOT POSTED TEMPORARILY SHALL BE ALLOWED ON ANY PART OF THE ANTENNA TELECOMMUNICATION FACILITY OR TELECOMMUNICATION TOWER UNLESS REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW.

AND ALL REQUIRED LICENSES WILL BE REQUIRED AND PROVIDED AT THE TIME OF THE ISSUANCE OF THE BUILDING PERMIT, FINAL CERTIFICATION OF USE AND OR BUSINESS TAX RECEIPT.

AND WITH THAT, I CONCLUDE MY PRESENTATION.

COMMISSIONER MAX WILLIAMS, DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION, PLEASE? NO, SHE DOESN'T.

PROPOSED, UM, SITE, UM, EXCUSE ME A MINUTE.

COMMISSIONER.

UH, THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR.

THANK YOU TANJA, UH, FOR THE PRESENTATION.

UM, BASED ON PUTTING ON FACT FINDER HATS IN IN THIS CAPACITY, UH, WE'RE COMPARING WHAT THE APPLICANT IS ASKING FOR AND WHAT'S ALREADY WITHIN CODE.

UH, WHAT I'M SEEING IS THAT WHAT WE USUALLY WOULD REQUIRE PEOPLE TO DO, THOSE ELEMENTS ARE ALREADY THERE IN PLACE.

UH, THE SHRUB IS ALREADY THERE IN PLACE AND THERE'S ALREADY A WALL.

SO IT'S NOT THAT I, I FEEL LIKE THEY'RE TRYING TO AVOID FROM BEING IN COMPLIANT WITH THE CODE.

THERE'S ALREADY ELEMENTS THAT'S ALREADY SATISFIED IN THAT PARTICULAR AREA.

UM, SO THERE'S ALREADY A WALL AND I'VE BEEN THERE.

SO VERSUS THE RESIDENTIAL, THERE'S A DIP GOING INTO THE VALLEY WHERE THE PROPOSED, UH, POLL WOULD BE.

I DON'T SEE THAT BEING A EYESORE OF PEOPLE BEING ABLE TO SEE THAT

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COMMISSIONER HARRISON POINT OF, UH, ORDER MATTER, UH, MAYOR THROUGH TO COMMISSIONER HARRISON.

UM, YOU STILL HAVE THE TESTIMONY COMING FROM THE PETITIONER.

IF YOU WANNA ALLOW THEM BEFORE WE CAN, THEN THE COMMISSIONER CAN DELIBERATE.

OH, I THOUGHT WE WERE IN DELIBERATION.

MY APOLOGIES.

NO, NO.

SORRY.

THAT WE'LL COME BACK AND, AND THAT'S ASSUMING THAT THE PETITIONER HAS, HAS SOMETHING TO SAY.

AND THE PETITIONER CAN ALSO, UH, POSE QUESTIONS TO STAFF OR THEY CAN JUST PRESENT AT THIS TIME.

STAFF PRESENTATION SHOULD BE MADE PART OF THE RECORD ON THIS MATTER.

ANY QUESTION? NO QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME, BUT THANK YOU, YOUR HONOR, MS. BURKEY.

AND IF MR. BROWN COULD KINDLY PULL UP OUR POWERPOINT BACK AGAIN, AGAIN, FOR THE RECORD, KATIE BURKEY, BECKER AND POFF AGENT, UM, AND ATTORNEY FOR THE APPLICANT, SBA TOWERS X.

AND AGAIN, I ASK INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE, OUR TESTIMONY AND PRESENTATION, PRESENTATION ITEMS ON 10 B BE CARRIED OVER BY REFERENCE TO ITEM 10 C.

AND, UM, I GUESS INITIALLY, JUST WHILE IT'S FRESH, UM, FROM MS. HALL DURING PUBLIC COMMENT, UM, I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT THE COVERAGE AND CAPACITY NEEDS AND LOCATIONAL CRITERIA, AGAIN, MS. HALL MAY NOT HAVE SEEN IT FROM THE AGENDA PACKET TODAY 'CAUSE IT FOLLOWED SINCE THE CONCERNS RAISED OR QUESTIONS RAISED AS PART OF PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD.

BUT IN YOUR AGENDA PACKET FOR ITEM 10 C IS THAT RESPONSE TO STAFF QUESTIONS DATED SEPTEMBER 9TH, WHICH FURTHER UNDERSCORES HOW WE DO MEET THE COVERAGE AND, UM, LOCATIONAL CRITERIA AND THE THE NEED IS NOT JURISDICTIONALLY DRIVEN.

SO, UH, WE HAVE RADIO FREQUENCY TESTIMONY THAT YOU'LL HEAR TODAY THAT HELP EXPLAIN THE GAP IN COVERAGE AND WHY A TOWER IS NEEDED IN THIS LOCATION.

UM, BUT IT'S NOT JURISDICTIONAL SPECIFIC, IT'S COMPLAINT DRIVEN.

SO IT JUST SO HAPPENS THAT THERE'S A HOLE IN THE DONUT THAT IS TRYING TO BE FILLED.

AND I HAVEN'T SURVEYED THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES TO YOU ALL, BUT I SUSPECT YOUR PROCESS IS MORE RIGOROUS, MORE, UM, MORE RESTRICTIVE THAN OTHERS SURROUNDING YOU.

SO, UH, THE, THERE WAS A STATEMENT MADE AS IF WE'RE LOCATING IT HERE BECAUSE IT'S EASIER TO LOCATE IT HERE DUE THE, DUE TO THE EXCEPTIONS ALLOWED UNDER YOUR CODE.

THAT JUST SIMPLY ISN'T THE CASE.

UM, AND OTHER COMMUNITIES, COLLIER COUNTY, FOR EXAMPLE, UM, PUBLICLY INITIATED AMENDMENTS TO THEIR CODE WITHIN A YEAR, UM, TO MAKE NEARLY AN IDENTICAL FACILITY TO THIS ONE AT THEIR OWN WALMART BE AN INSUBSTANTIAL CHANGE TO A SITE PLAN, TOTALLY ADMINISTRATIVE OUTSIDE OF THE PUBLIC HEARING PROCESS, RECOGNIZING THIS FACILITY AS A TYPE OF ESSENTIAL SERVICE.

SO JUST TO GIVE YOU A COMPARISON TO WHAT OTHER COUNTIES AND MUNICIPALITIES ARE DOING ELSEWHERE.

UM, BUT WE'LL HAVE FURTHER TESTIMONY ON THE RADIO FREQUENCY SIDE AS WELL.

UM, SO WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO MR. RAFTI TO PICK UP WHERE HE LEFT OFF ON THE LAST AGENDA ITEM.

UM, AND WAS THIS ABOUT WHERE YOU WERE, PETER? HERE WE GO.

AND AGAIN, WE'LL BE AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS AND I'LL MAKE CONCLUDING REMARKS WHEN PETER CONCLUDES MR. TRAFFIC.

SO ONE THING TO NOTE IS THAT THE CODE DOES NOT SPECIFY THE LOCATION WHERE THE CONCRETE WALL IS REQUIRED, EXCEPT THAT ITS PURPOSE IS TO SCREEN THE FACILITIES FROM THE VIEW OF THE PUBLIC STREETS.

AND AGAIN, UH, MY NAME'S PETER RAF WITH KIMLEY HORNE.

UH, AS WE'RE REVIEWING THE SPECIAL EXCEPTION REQUEST, I JUST WANT TO, UH, REITERATE THAT THE FIRST REQUEST IS FOR THE SEPARATION, UH, BETWEEN THE TWO POLES, UH, FOR THE ONE MILE DISTANCE, AND WE ARE LOCATING IN, IN THE AREA, UH, TO PROVIDE COVERAGE FOR AN AREA THAT LACKS SUFFICIENT COVERAGE RIGHT NOW.

UM, SUCH IS THE REASON FOR THE LOCATION OF THE POLE.

AND SO IN ADDITION TO THE SEPARATION EXCEPTION, THE SECOND AND THIRD ARE FOR THE CONCRETE WALL AND LANDSCAPE REQUIREMENTS.

AS WE, AS WE'VE REVIEWED THE SITE, UH, IS EXISTING WITH PLANTINGS AND A CONCRETE WALL ALREADY, IT WILL, THE PROPOSAL WILL NOT INCLUDE THE LANDSCAPE BUFFER AND ADDITIONAL SCREENING AS IT PROVIDES NO VALUE TO THIS LOCATION.

THE COMPOUND WILL NOT BE VISIBLE SITTING IT, EXCUSE ME, THE COMPOUND WILL NOT BE VISIBLE AS IT IS SITTING DEPRESSED WITHIN THE RETENTION AREA.

AND WITH EXISTING LANDSCAPING AND AN EXISTING BUFFER WALLS, YOU CAN SEE HIGHLIGHTED IN THE YELLOW BOX ON THE IMAGE IN FRONT IN FRONT OF YOU.

UH, THE ADDITIONAL WALL LANDSCAPING WOULD RESTRICT WATER FLOW WITHIN THE RETENTION BASIN, DIMINISHING ITS ABILITY TO SERVE THE PRIMARY FUNCTION OF STORMWATER RUNOFF, UH, UH, STORMWATER RUNOFF MANAGEMENT FOR THE WALMART SITE.

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THE APPLICANT PROPOSES NOT TO INSTALL A NEW DECORATIVE WALL DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO THE, THE EQUIPMENT FACILITIES, BUT TO UTILIZE THE EXISTING WALL SEPARATING COMMERCIAL SITE FROM THE RESIDENTIAL, WHICH MEETS THE INTENT OF THE WALL TO SCREEN FROM PUBLIC VIEW PUB, WHICH MEET, EXCUSE ME, WHICH MEETS THE INTENT OF THE WALL TO SCREEN FROM PUBLIC VIEW, UH, FROM THE STREETS.

THE EXISTING VEGETA VEGETATION INCLUDES THE REQUIRED, UH, SHADE TREES, BUT LACKS THE CONTINUOUS ROW OF SHRUBS AND GROUND COVER DUE DUE TO ITS LOCATION WITHIN THE RETENTION POND.

AND AGAIN, TOUCHING ON THE REVIEW PROCESS, IF AN APPLICATION IS DENIED BECAUSE OF THE PROPOSED FACILITY DOES NOT MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF SUB OF SUBSECTIONS 11, 11.5, OR 11, 11.6, THE APPLICANT MAY FILE THE, FOR THE APPLICATION FOR THE EXCEPTION PURSUANT TO 1111 0.7, SUCH AS THIS SECTION 5 0 3 OF THE CITY'S CODE INCLUDES THE CONDITIONAL USE CRITERIA AND THEREFORE THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT IS THE REQUIRED VEHICLE TO SUBMIT THE EXCEPTION REQUESTS TO THE EXCEPTIONS WE PRESENTED ARE INCLUDED WITHIN THE SECOND APPLICATION BEFORE YOU TODAY, WHICH IS APPLICATION ZERO ONE CU 24.

AND THOSE EXCEPTIONS, EXCUSE ME, SECTION 11, 11.7 APPLIES WHERE A TOWER OR FACILITY DOES NOT MEET THE CRITERIA FOR APPROVAL AS PROVIDED IN SECTIONS 11, 11.5, THE CITY MAY CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING FACTORS IN DETERMINING WHETHER TO GRANT THE EXCEPTION.

UH, THE EXCEPTIONS HAVE ALREADY BEEN TESTIFIED BY STAFF.

SO I'LL JUST SKIP THROUGH THIS TO, UH, SAVE ON TIME.

AND WE'RE GONNA, I'M GONNA HAND THIS OVER TO SANJAY TO SPEAK ABOUT THE COVERAGE.

FIXED WIRELESS AND THAT IS NOT WORKING.

UH, MADAM MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, UM, CITY COMMISSIONERS, OFFICIALS, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

I WILL BE VERY, VERY BRIEF AND I WILL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, SO CAN YOU STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE? YES, MY NAME IS SANJAY DEWAN.

UH, I'M VICE PRESIDENT, NEW BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS AT SBA COMMUNICATIONS BASED IN BOCA RATON.

UM, THANK YOU.

SO I, WHAT I'M GOING TO DO IS I'M GOING TO ADDRESS THE COVERAGE NEED, WHAT WE'VE SEEN WITH 5G.

UH, AND IT IS IMPORTANT WHEN IT COMES TO PUBLIC SAFETY, WHEN IT COMES TO, UH, BUSINESS OWNERS, RESIDENCES, UM, COMMUNITY SERVICES.

5G MAKES A HUGE DIFFERENCE.

WE ARE ALREADY SEEING, UM, OPERATORS, VERIZON, OTHER OPERATORS, THEY'RE DOING 5G PUBLIC SAFETY, AND IT HAS ENHANCED THE SERVICE LEVEL SUBSTANTIALLY, AND IT HAS ALSO BROUGHT BENEFITS WHEN 5G IS DEPLOYED.

WE'VE SEEN, UH, UM, BUSINESSES, UH, LEVERAGE 5G TO ENHANCE THEIR OFFERINGS.

OVERALL, INCOMES HAVE GONE UP ONCE 5G HAS BEEN DEPLOYED AND SO ON.

SO IF YOU CAN SEE, I'M TRYING, UH, SO IF I GO HERE, WE'VE LOOKED AT THE TOWERS IN THE VICINITY.

WE CAN SEE THERE'S OF COURSE, UH, ONE IS, UH, UP NORTH ABOUT, UH, UH, 0.7 MILES NORTH OF THE PROPOSED, UH, FACILITY IS THE BROWARD COUNTY MONOPOLE, WHICH ONLY SUPPORTS MICROWAVE, RIGHT? AND IT'S A COUNTY TOWER SOUTH ABOUT, UH, 0.9 MILES, WHICH IS ALMOST A MILE AWAY, IS THE CROWN CASTLE TOWER.

AND WE WILL SHOW YOU THAT DESPITE HAVING 5G, THAT IT IS NOT ABLE TO PROVIDE COVERAGE AND ADDRESS THE CONGESTION ISSUES THAT WHERE YOU'RE, WE ARE SEEING THE COMPLAINTS AND WE ARE SEEING THE CONGESTION ISSUES.

THAT TOWER IS NOT, UH, UH, ABLE TO ADDRESS THOSE CONCERNS.

THERE IS A THIRD TOWER, WHICH IS 1.13 MILES AND OUTSIDE THIS AREA, WHICH ALSO FALL, WHICH THEN FALLS OUTSIDE THE ONE MILE REQUIREMENT THAT IS NEEDED.

SO I WILL JUST TAKE A COUPLE OF MINUTES, BUT I JUST WANTED TO EMPHASIZE THAT THE NEED IS SUBSTANTIAL FOR, UM, ALL CARRIERS.

VERIZON IS HERE, UM, FOR THEIR, UM, UH, BUT ESSENTIALLY WE SEE, AND LIKE MY COLLEAGUE SAID, COVERAGE IS WHERE YOU REALLY SEE FOUR UP TO FOUR BARS.

IF YOU'RE SEEING ONE BAR, THAT MEANS THAT THE PHONE IS BARELY WORKING.

THAT MEANS YOU'RE NOT GETTING THE FULL 5G EXPERIENCE.

AND EVEN IF YOU ARE FOUR BARS, WHAT CAN HAPPEN IS WHEN YOU HAVE TOO MANY USERS AND THERE'S TOO MUCH DEMAND, YOU WILL HAVE CONGESTION.

SO YOU'LL SAY, MY PHONE DOESN'T WORK, WHAT'S GOING ON? OR, I HAVE

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AND THE REASON IT'S NOT WORKING IS BECAUSE ALL THAT, UH, AVAILABLE CAPACITY IS BEING USED UP BY THE, UH, USERS THERE.

SO YOU NEED TO ADD CAPACITY.

AND WHAT I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU IN THE NEXT TWO, THREE SLIDES IS, UH, BASED ON, UH, CROWDSOURCE DATA, WHAT CROWDSOURCE DATA IS, IT'S ESSENTIALLY DATA FROM USERS.

IT'S YOURSELVES IN THIS COMMUNITY.

WHAT IS YOUR EXPERIENCE IN YOUR HOMES, IN YOUR BUSINESSES, IN CARS? WHAT IS ACTUALLY THE USERS ARE SEEING? SO IF YOU SEE GREEN, THAT IS GOOD.

IF YOU SEE RED, IT'S BAD.

AND, AND, AND IT'S, IT'S FAIRLY, THIS IS INDUSTRY RECOGNIZED.

IT'S QUITE WELL ADVANCED.

SO YOU CAN SEE, AND THIS IS I, AND WE WILL SHOW YOU FOR VERIZON, WE WILL SHOW YOU FOR AT T AND WE'LL SHOW YOU FOR T-MOBILE.

AS YOU CAN SEE, UH, ON BOTH EAST AND WEST OF THE TOWER FOR VERIZON, YOU CAN SEE THE COVERAGE FROM CROWDSOURCE DATA.

THE, IT'S ALL RED IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS.

SO INDOORS, WHEN YOU'RE INDOORS, WHEN YOU'RE IN CARS, AND SO ON, THERE'S A SUBSTANTIAL NEED.

NOT ONLY THAT, AS YOU SEE ON, UH, THE STATE ROUTE, UH, AS WE TALK ABOUT STATE ROUTE SEVEN ON, ON OAKLAND, YOU CAN SEE EVEN THOUGH THE COVERAGE PARTS OF STATE ROUTE SEVEN, THE COVERAGE IS DECENT.

BUT ONCE YOU GO TO THE RIGHT SIDE WHERE THE QUALITY IS REALLY POOR, THAT MEANS THERE'S EXTREME CONGESTION.

SO THE COMMUNITY IS NOT GETTING THE FULL BENEFIT OF 5G.

THE HIGH SPEEDS FIXED WIRELESS ACCESS, HIGH DATA RATES, AND THIS NEED IS HERE.

IT IS NOT A MILE LEFT, UH, WEST, IT'S NOT A MILE EAST, IT'S NOT A MILE NORTH, IT'S NOT A MILE SOUTH.

THE NEED IS IN THIS PARTICULAR AREA.

THAT IS THE REASON WHY WE ARE FOCUSING ON THIS SPECIFIC AREA, AND IT IS TO ADDRESS.

AND IF THE, IF THE PERFORM, IF YOU HAVE CONGESTION, IF YOU HAVE POOR COVERAGE, THAT IMPACTS YOUR PUBLIC SER SERVICES AS WELL.

IT'S NOT LIKE, UH, FIRSTNET SERVICE WILL GET IMPACTED.

SO THAT'S WHY IT IS IMPORTANT TO HAVE COVERAGE WHERE IT IS NEEDED.

AND, AND WE CAN SEE THAT EVEN WITH THE OTHER, UH, CARRIERS IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE.

THIS SLIDE IS, UH, AS YOU CAN SEE FOR AT AND T, IF YOU SEE FROM THE GRAPH ON THE RIGHT SIDE, THE CHART ON THE RIGHT SIDE CROWD, UH, PUBLIC DATA IS SHOWING THAT THERE IS EXTENSIVE CONGESTION, UH, AROUND THE, IN THIS WHOLE AREA.

SO DESPITE HAVING A SITE WHICH IS, UM, LIKE WE SAID, 0.9 MILES AWAY, IT IS NOT ABLE TO FULFILL THE CONGESTION NEEDS AND GIVE THIS COMMUNITY THE REQUIRED, UH, 5G EXPERIENCE, WHICH IS WHAT IS NEEDED.

AND THAT IS WHY WE ARE DOING IT.

AND IF YOU GO TO T-MOBILE, UH, WHICH IS MY LAST SLIDE, UH, YOU, YOU WILL SEE THAT, UH, EVEN FOR T-MOBILE, UM, IT, IT IS THE SAME THING.

IT IS HEAVILY CONGESTED.

THERE IS NOT ENOUGH BANDWIDTH, THERE'S NOT ENOUGH CAPACITY TO SERVE THE 5G NEEDS IN THIS ENTIRE AREA.

AND, AND THAT IS WHY WE, WE, UH, THAT IS THE REASON WHY FROM A VERIZON STANDPOINT AND OTHER CARRIER POINT STANDPOINT, THIS IS THE IDEAL LOCATION TO HAVE THE SITE.

UH, WE DID A MODELING TO SEE WHAT WOULD HAPPEN WHEN WE PUT THE SITE FROM NOT HAVING, FROM HAVING VERY LOW EXPERIENCE.

YOU WOULD GOING GO TO, WHEN ALL THE SPECTRUM IS DEPLOYED, EACH OPERATOR WOULD HAVE UP TO ONE GIGABIT SPEEDS, REALLY HIGH SPEEDS.

YOU CAN DEPLOY FIXED WIRELESS, YOU CAN DEPLOY OTHER SERVICES.

YOU WILL HAVE FAR HIGHER EXPERIENCE IN THIS AREA BY BUILDING A TOWER HERE.

AND THIS IS ALL USING INDUSTRY, UM, DATA, PUBLIC DATA, UM, UH, USING MAPS OF THIS AREA USING AOL PLATFORM, WHICH IS WHAT WE USE.

AND THIS IS INDUSTRY SPECIFIC.

VERIZON SHOWED THE SAME THING.

UM, AND WE BELIEVE THAT THIS WOULD BRING A LOT OF BENEFIT TO THE COMMUNITY.

APOLOGIZE, I'M JUST TRYING TO GET THROUGH THESE, MAKING SURE I'M ON THE CORRECT ONE.

THANK YOU, MR. SANJA, MR. TRAFFIC ANTE.

THANK YOU, SANJAY.

SO AGAIN, OUR PROPOSAL IS CONSISTENT WITH THE GENERAL STANDARDS OF REVIEW FOR THE CONDITIONAL USE AS UH, STAFF HAS FOUND IN THEIR, UH, FINDINGS FOR SECTION 5 0 3 3.

UH, I'M NOT GONNA HIGHLIGHT THESE BECAUSE WE'VE ALREADY REVIEWED THEM.

UH, JUST TO SAVE ON TIME, MR. TRAFFIC COUNTY, THESE DOCUMENTS ARE PART OF THE RECORD AS WELL, IS THAT RIGHT? YES, YES, THEY ARE.

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SO, AND, UH, FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION, UH, CONDITIONS FOR APPROVAL, UH, IN GRANTING THE PERMIT FOR EXCEPTION, THE CITY MAY IMPOSE CONDITIONS TO THE EXTENT THE CITY CONCLUDES SUCH CONDITIONS ARE NECESSARY TO MINIMIZE ANY ADVERSE EFFECTS ON THE PROPOSED TELECOMMUNICATION TOWERS AND STAFF HAS BEEN, HAS FOUND THAT WE ARE, UM, MINIMIZING THE ADVERSE EFFECTS OF, UH, FROM THE TOWER.

AND THESE ARE THE, UH, CONDITIONS FOR APPROVAL THAT STAFF HAS HIGHLIGHTED PREVIOUSLY AND ARE IN FOR RECORD.

MR. RAF CANTI, DOES THE APPLICANT ALSO, UH, ACQUIESCE TO THE CONDITIONS THAT STAFF HAS RECOMMENDED TO THE COMMISSION? YES.

UM, , SO Y TWO APPROVE THE APPLICATION.

IT'S, IT'S BECAUSE THIS APPLICATION IS CONSISTENT WITH THE COMMERCIAL WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION TOWERS AND ANTENNAS, THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS AND CO-LOCATION REQUIREMENTS IN THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE, THE PROPOSED TOWER IS CITED ON A COMMERCIAL SITE.

IT HAS LIMITED VISUAL IMPACT ON THE SURROUNDING AREA.

IT'S INCREASED TELECOMMUNICATION COVERAGE, CAPACITY AND RELIABILITY IN THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES AND ROADWAY NETWORK.

IT HAS OPPORTUNITIES FOR CO-LOCATION FOR PUBLIC AND PRIVATE PROVIDERS, INCLUDING EMERGENCY SERVICES AND STAFF'S FIND THE STAFF FINDING IN THE REPORT.

UH, STAFF'S FINDINGS IN THE STAFF REPORT ARE FAVORABLE, UH, FOR APPROVAL FOR THIS APPLICATION.

THIS APPLICATION IS ALSO COMPATIBLE WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS INDICATED IN THE STAFF REPORT.

AND JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT ONE OF THE BENEFITS OF PROVIDING THIS TOWER AND LOCATION, UH, THAT WE HAD, UH, CONCERNS WITH FOR, FROM PUBLIC COMMENT WAS, WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS THE COMMUNITY IS GETTING? YOU'RE GONNA GET ENHANCED EMERGENCY SERVICE COMMUNICATION IN THE AREA WITH THE, UH, WITH THE INSTALLATION OF THIS TOWER.

AND I THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT ITEM TO HIGHLIGHT IS THE, UH, ENHANCED COMMUNICATION FOR EMERGENCY SERVICES.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO CONCLUDE THAT WE SUPPORT STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION FOR APPROVAL ON THIS ITEM AND HOPE THAT YOU ALL MAKE THE SAME CONSIDERATION.

THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS, I'LL TURN IT BACK OVER TO KATIE FOR A FEW CLOSING REMARKS.

MS. BURKEY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH AGAIN FOR THE RECORD.

KATIE BURKEY, AGENT FOR THE APPLICANT, UM, WITH US TODAY.

IF YOU DO HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, WE HAVE, UM, MR. MATT SIMMONS OF MAXWELL, HENDRY AND SIMMONS AS PART OF YOUR AGENDA BACKUP MATERIALS FOR 10 C.

THERE IS, UM, A VALUE IMPACT STUDY THAT WAS PROVIDED TO STAFF, UM, IN ADVANCE OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD HEARING.

UM, AND HIS FINDINGS WERE AFFIRMATIVE THAT, UH, THE TOWER WILL NOT NEGATIVELY IMPACT THE VALUE OF ADJACENT PROPERTIES IN TERMS OF SALE PRICES OR LEASE RATES.

AND IN FACT, HIS, UM, COMMUNICATIONS WITH BROKERS AND LEASING AGENTS ALSO INDICATE THAT THE AVAILABILITY AND QUALITY OF WIRELESS SERVICE IS A MATERIAL CONSIDERATION OF THEIR CLIENTS WHO ARE LOOKING TO EITHER RENT OR BUY.

AND LIKEWISE, A CONSIDERATION FOR BUSINESSES TO LOCATE WITHIN THE CITY.

AS AN ASIDE, UM, MR. SIMMONS IS AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS WITH RESPECT TO HIS FINDINGS.

UM, WITH RESPECT TO, UM, ENVIRONMENTAL, UM, IMPACTS FROM THE PUBLIC, AGAIN, THAT'S PREEMPTED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

UM, IN TERMS OF MULTIPLE CARRIERS BEING LOCATED ON, ON THE TOWER, FCC COMPLIANCE IS REVIEWED ON A CARRIER BY CARRIER BASIS.

SO IN THE AGGREGATE, UM, WITH THE ADDITION OF VERIZON OR ANY OTHER FUTURE CARRIERS, THAT FEDERAL COMPLIANCE IS REVIEWED AND IS AGAIN, FOUND TO BE SAFE, UM, PURSUANT TO THE FCC.

UM, AND WITH THAT AS CONFIRMED BY THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION ON ITEM 10 C AND THE PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD RECOMMENDATION, THE APPLICATION CASE FILE, THE AGENDA BACKUP MATERIALS PROVIDED TO YOU, AND THROUGH THE S UH, TESTIMONY PROVIDED TO YOU THIS EVENING, THE APPLICANT HAS SUFFICIENTLY DEMONSTRATED THAT THE CONDITIONAL USE AND EX EXCEPTION REQUESTS MEET EACH OF THE APPLICABLE REVIEW AND APPROVAL CRITERIA.

AND AGAIN, JUST AS A MATTER OF COURSE, THE DECISION ON OUR APPLICATION CANNOT BE MADE BASED ON HEARSAY OR SPECULATION, BUT THE FINDINGS OF FACT AND RELIANCE ON THE SUBSTANTIAL COMPETENT EVIDENCE PROVIDED TO YOU TODAY.

AND AS PART OF THE RECORD.

SO WITH THESE CONSIDERATIONS IN MIND, WE RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT YOU ACCEPT THE RECOMMENDATION OF STAFF AND THE PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD AND APPROVE THE CONDITIONAL USE WITH EXCEPTIONS.

UM, THE FACILITY WILL NOT ONLY BE AN AMENITY, BUT AN ESSENTIAL SERVICE, UM, OF GREAT VALUE TO THE RESIDENTS, BUSINESSES,

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VISITORS, AND PUBLIC SAFETY PERSONNEL.

UM, SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND WE'RE AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.

COMMISSIONER THOMAS, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

MADAM MAYOR, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION, BOTH STAFF AND, UM, FOR THE APPLICANT.

MY QUESTION, I KNOW YOU SAID FOUR, UM, THERE ARE FOUR ADDITIONAL THAT CAN GO ON THIS TOWER.

UM, VERIZON IS THE OWNER THAT'S PUTTING IT UP, IS THAT, PLEASE EXPLAIN TO ME, FOR INSTANCE, IF I HAVE ANOTHER CARRIER, UM, AND THAT CARRIER CHOOSES TO CONNECT TO THAT THEY CAN, THEY HAVE THE AVAILABILITY.

CORRECT.

SO MY NAME IS SHAZAD MAHMUD.

I WORK WITH KIMLEY HORN AS A SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER.

THE TOWER ITSELF IS GONNA BE OWNED BY SBA COMMUNICATIONS, THEY'RE THE OWNER OF THE TOWER.

THEY WILL LEASE OUT SPACE TO VERIZON, AT AND T T-MOBILE.

CURRENTLY THEY HAVE A CONTRACT IN PLACE WITH VERIZON, AND WE, THEY DO BELIEVE THEY'RE DESIGNING THE TOWER FOR FUTURE TO, UH, TO CO-LOCATE ONTO THAT TOWER AS WELL.

SO AT AND T AND T-MOBILE HAVE AMPLE SPACE ON THE TOWER TO CO-LOCATE AS WELL AS AT THE BASE OF THE TOWER.

DOES THAT ANSWER THE QUESTION? IT DOES, IT DOES THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR.

AND AS IT STANDS NOW, YOUR, UM, YOUR, I GUESS YOUR RESEARCH AND ALL THAT SHOWS THAT THERE'S LOW COMMUNICATION CONNECTIVITY TO WHO IS AROUND IN THIS GENERAL REGION HERE.

CORRECT.

SO MY, JUST LOOKING AHEAD, MY, UM, MY CONCERN IS THAT IF WE'RE USING ONE, I KNOW NOT EVERYONE USES VERIZON, BUT PERHAPS T-MOBILE.

HOW OVER WITH THE NETWORK, HOW MUCH WILL YOU BE PUTTING FORTH FOR THE COMMUNITY WITH ALL THE DIFFERENT, BECAUSE YOU SAID THERE'S A GAP RIGHT NOW, CORRECT? THERE IS A GAP WHEN WE'RE TRYING TO FILL THE GAP.

SO WITH ALL THE DIFFERENT ONES CONNECTED TO THAT MONOPINE, HOW MUCH WILL YOU BE LETTING OFF TO THE COMMUNITY? YOU KNOW? SO I THINK THAT'S BEST ILLUSTRATED IN THE COVERAGE MAP THAT WE HAD PROVIDED.

IT SHOWED YOU THE RED AREA, OKAY, WHICH IS THAT DONUT, UM, SHOWING THAT THERE'S VERY LOW COVERAGE IN CAPACITY, THAT'S AN ISSUE FOR VERIZON THAT THEY'VE PROVIDED TO YOU.

AND THEN SANJAY ALSO PROVIDED ADDITIONAL INFORMATION SHOWING THAT CLEARLY AT AND T HAS AN ISSUE THERE, AND T-MOBILE HAS AN ISSUE.

VERIZON, THANK YOU.

GOOD EVENING FOR THE RECORD.

MY NAME IS MARIA JIMENEZ.

I AM THE RADIO FREQUENCY ENGINEER FOR VERIZON.

I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE YOU A SIMPLE EXAMPLE.

I WAS TRYING TO CONNECT TO MY COMPUTER RIGHT NOW.

HERE YOU HAVE ZERO COVERAGE.

THIS LOCATION WILL IMPROVE COVERAGE WHEN THAT TOWER GETS ON AIR.

IT'S A PUBLIC SERVICE FOR THE CITY.

IT'S A PUBLIC SERVICE FOR EMERGENCIES, FOR HURRICANE SITUATIONS.

IS THAT ADDRESSES YOUR CONCERN.

I CAN'T GUARANTEE IT TODAY, BUT THIS IS THEIR BUSINESS MODEL.

I DO HAVE A QUESTION.

VERIZON HAS ALREADY CONTRACTED WITH YOU ALL OR IS IN THE PROCESS OF CONTRACTING, IS THAT CORRECT? CORRECT.

FOR THE RESIDENTS IN THE SURROUNDING AREA, THAT RED AREA THAT WAS DISPLAYED, WHO MAY HAVE OTHER CARRIERS, WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO ENCOURAGE THE OTHER CARRIERS TO ALSO COME ON BOARD SO THAT THOSE WHO HAVE OTHER CARRIERS BESIDES HORIZON WILL ALSO SEE THE BENEFITS? I THINK THAT THAT'S A FANTASTIC QUESTION AND THANK YOU FOR ASKING THAT.

UM, SO MY EXPERIENCE WITH SBA TOWERS AND WITH TOWERS IN GENERAL IS I'VE DEVELOPED TOWERS FOR ABOUT 20 YEARS THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES.

UM, WHAT HAPPENS IS THE TOWER COMES IN PLACE AND THEN THAT'S WHEN THE CARRIERS START TO NOTICE VERIZON IS THE FIRST ONE TO PLANT THE FLAG.

AND THEY'RE SAYING, HEY, WE HAVE A COVERAGE ISSUE HERE.

SBA, IT LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE TAKING CARE OF THAT.

AND NOW, UM, WE'RE GONNA HAVE BETTER COVERAGE.

WHAT HAPPENS IS SBA THEN MARKETS THAT SITE TO T-MOBILE TO AT AND T TO ANY OTHER CARRIERS THAT WOULD BE INTERESTED.

AND USUALLY ONCE THEY SEE THAT PLA THAT FLAG PLANTED IN THE GROUND, THERE'S A TOWER ALREADY THERE EXISTING.

THE OTHER CARRIERS JUMP ON BOARD.

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SBAS BUSINESS MODEL IS TO HAVE MULTIPLE CARRIERS ON THEIR TOWERS.

YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

NO, I THINK WE ALREADY TALKED TO CARRIERS EVEN BEFORE THE TOWER GOES UP AND THERE WE HAVE VERY, VERY TIGHT RELATIONSHIPS WE HAVE WITH VERIZON AND WE HAVE WITH THE OTHER CARRIERS.

SO THEY HAVE A NEED AND WE ARE IN CONSTANT DISCUSSIONS AND, UH, COMMUNICATION WITH THEM.

SO AS SOON AS WE HAVE A GO AHEAD, THEN WE WOULD GO AND HAVE THE CONVERSATION AND SAY, HEY, NOW WE HAVE THE CITY APPROVAL.

AND THEN THEY WOULD START TO LOOK AT IT AND THEN THEY WOULD START TO CONSIDER IT IN THEIR PLANNING PURPOSES AS AS WELL AND SO ON.

SO, BUT THIS IS A PROCESS THAT WE HAVE ALL THE TIME AND WE WORK VERY, VERY CLOSELY WITH EVERY CARRIER AND EACH ONE IS ON THOUSANDS OF OUR TOWERS.

SO IT, IT'S, IT'S A VERY, VERY WELL DEFINED PROCESS THAT WE HAVE AND IT'S A CONSTANT ENGAGEMENT.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER.

THANK YOU FOR THAT.

I APPRECIATE IT.

ONE OF MY OTHER QUESTIONS TO YOU, SIR.

UM, WHAT OTHER CITIES HAVE YOU ERECTED THIS MONOPINE AND AS WE MENTIONED, THE TOP OF THE SHOW, PRESIDENT TRUMP, PRESSURING ATTORNEY GENERAL PAM BONDING QUITE PUBLICLY TO GO AFTER HIS POLITICAL OPPONENTS PROSECUTION.

HE WROTE IN PART ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

UH, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF, UH, MONO PINES DEPLOYED TODAY IN A NUMBER OF CITIES.

I DON'T HAVE THE LIST WITH ME, BUT IF YOU LIKE, WE ARE HAPPY TO SUBMIT THAT TO YOU.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE A LIST.

ABSOLUTELY, WE CAN, I'VE PERSONALLY ON BEHALF OF SBA, UH, GONE THROUGH HUNDREDS OF, OF SITES OF CITIES WHERE WE'VE DEPLOYED MONO PINES THROUGHOUT, THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR.

IF YOU CAN DO THAT, I WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

ABSOLUTELY.

ESPECIALLY WITHIN IT, BECAUSE I'M NOT, I'M ALSO CERTAIN THAT IT'S NOT JUST LAUDERDALE LAKES, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE 31 MUNICIPALITY WITHIN BROWARD COUNTY ITSELF.

UM, SO IF YOU'RE SAYING YOU HAVE MAYBE ONE OR TWO, YOU COULD, YOU KNOW, EVEN SAY WITHIN YOUR MIND, OH, THERE'S ONE IN DEERFIELD THERE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A MONO PALM, I BELIEVE IN SUNRISE.

UM, THAT I CAN, THAT'S NOT TOO FAR FROM HERE.

IT'S AT ONE OF THE PARKS.

I THINK WALLABY PARK CLOSE TO THERE.

UH, THERE'S ALSO IT, I BELIEVE IN SEVERAL, THERE'S SEVERAL, THERE'S SEVERAL HERE IN FLORIDA.

I JUST CAN'T TELL YOU OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD MADAM.

BUT, UH, WE HAVE DEPLOYED THESE ALL THROUGHOUT SOUTH FLORIDA, ALL THROUGHOUT THE NATION.

AND, AND THE PHOTOS SIM WE PROVIDED YOU IS, IS ONE FROM A REAL LIFE SITE, FROM AN ACTUAL SITE.

WE GRABBED HOW THAT LOOKED AND WE PLACED IT ONTO WHAT YOU GUYS SEE IN FRONT OF YOU.

UNDERSTAND THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR.

AND AVAILABILITY OF THE TELECOMMUNICATION.

AND THAT'S THOSE THAT YOU'VE PLACED, IS IT DESIGNED TO THE FREQUENCY AND THE LESS OF, FOR INSTANCE HERE YOU SAY WE'RE LOW IN TERMS OF CONNECTIVITY MM-HMM .

SO YOU PUT FOUR ON, OR IS THAT THROUGHOUT WHEN YOU DO DEPLOY THESE DIFFERENT MONO PINES, DOES IT DEPEND ON HOW MANY, UM, CARRIERS YOU CAN WITHIN THAT PARTICULAR AREA? THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO ASCERTAIN.

IS IT ONE OR TWO THAT YOU CONNECT TO THIS MONOPINE OR, YOU KNOW, AS MANY AS AS MANY AS YOU CAN.

AS MANY AS YOU CAN.

THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER HARRISON.

UM, AGAIN, I, I, UM, I RECOGNIZE THAT WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE IS WE'RE ADDRESSING A CONNECTIVITY ISSUE.

OUR DOWNTOWN AREA THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO BUILD AND DEVELOP.

AND, UM, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE INTERESTING THINGS ABOUT LAUDERDALE LAKES IS WE SIT RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF BROWARD COUNTY.

SO AGAIN, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THIS DONUT EFFECT, WE'RE NOT JUST HELPING WITH CONNECTIVITY HERE IN THE CITY, BUT REGIONALLY CREATING, YOU KNOW, FILLING IN THAT GAP.

SO I, I TOTALLY GET IT.

UM, I THINK THAT IT'S ALSO A GOOD THING THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE A DIVERSE AMOUNT OF CARRIERS ARE PART OF THIS, UM, TOWER.

AND IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU GUYS ALREADY PARTNER WITH THE MOST POPULAR CARRIERS.

THE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE BIG THREE, UM, AS WELL AS EMERGENCY SERVICES GONNA BE ENHANCED AS WELL.

UM, IT HAS BEEN KNOWN AND LAUDERDALE LAKES HAS NOT HAVE THE BEST COVERAGE.

THAT'S JUST ALWAYS BEEN KNOWN, AND I'M ACTUALLY EXCITED THAT WE HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF HELP WITH THAT.

UM, I, I, I WANT TO ALSO PAY SPECIAL ATTENTION TO THE HEAT MAP THAT WAS SHOWN WITH THE, UM, THE AREAS THAT WAS LIKE RED AND, AND, AND GREEN.

UM, I THINK THE GENTLEMAN HERE, UM, I IDENTIFIED THAT IF, IF YOU NOTICE IN A LOT OF THOSE RED AREAS THAT HAVE WEAK COVERAGE, THOSE ARE ACTUALLY AREAS THAT FALLS WITHIN

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SO IF WE HAVE BAD COVERAGE NOW, I CAN ONLY ANTICIPATE WHEN WE START DEVELOPING MORE COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES, WE, WE WOULD BE ADDRESSING A NEED RIGHT NOW AHEAD OF TIME.

UH, IT'S ABOUT BRINGING A LOT OF THE LAKES INTO THE 21ST CENTURY.

I FEEL.

UH, THERE WAS SOMETHING MENTIONED ABOUT WE HAVE 37,000 RESTAURANT, UM, RESIDENTS.

IT'S NOT A LOT.

WELL, AGAIN, LAUDERDALE LAKES, OAKLAND AND 4 41, WE HAVE OVER 10,000 CARS THAT DRIVE THROUGH HERE THAT WE TOO HAVE TO SHARE BANDWIDTH WITH.

THESE ARE SO MANY THINGS FOR US TO THINK ABOUT.

UM, I I, I THINK IT'S A GOOD, UM, ITEM FOR US TO ASCERTAIN AND, AND, AND SUPPORT.

I THINK THEY'RE REASONABLY ASKING FOR THESE CONDITIONAL, UM, POINTS AND, UM, I'LL BE IN SUPPORT.

SURE.

ANY OTHER 30 MINUTES, MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER HARRISON.

UH, I MOVE TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 2 0 2 5 DASH 1 25 CONDITIONAL WITH THE CONDITIONAL USES OF OF STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS EXCEPTION.

THANK YOU FOR APPROVAL.

FOR APPROVAL.

I SAID THAT COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS FOR COMMISSIONER THOMAS FOR MAYOR EDWARDS PHILLIPS VICE MAYOR SWELL FOR COMMISSIONER HARRISON FOR MOTION PASSES.

MAYOR AND COMMISSIONER'S RESOLUTION 2 0 2 5 DASH 26, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF LAUDERDALE LAKES FLORIDA CANCELING THE CITY COMMISSION WORKSHOP SCHEDULED FOR OCTOBER 13TH, 2025, AND THE CITY COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING SCHEDULED FOR OCTOBER 14TH, 2025.

ITEM MATTER MAYOR AND MADAM

[E. RESOLUTION 2025-126 CANCELLING THE OCTOBER 13, 2025 CITY COMMISSION WORKSHOP AND THE OCTOBER 14, 2025 CITY COMMISSION MEETING DUE TO THE CITY COMMISSION ATTEDING THE FLORIDA REDEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION (FRA) CONFERENCE FROM OCTOBER 14TH TO OCTOBER 17TH, 2025]

PURSUANT TO CHAPTER TWO, ARTICLE TWO, DIVISION TWO, SECTION TWO DASH FIVE, ONE OF THE LAUDERDALE LAKES CODE OF ORDINANCES PROVIDING FOR ADOPTION OF RECITALS, PROVIDING FOR INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CITY CLERK, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE MATTER MAYOR, SORRY, COMMISSIONER THOMAS.

I MOVE THAT WE BRING RESOLUTION 2 0 2 5 DASH 26 FOR THE FLOOR FOR DISCUSSION.

MAYOR EDWARDS PHILLIPS, VICE MAYOR COSAL FOR COMMISSIONER HARRISON FOUR, COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. FOUR, COMMISSIONER THOMAS FOR MOTION PASSES.

MADAM A M THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR, MORE THAN THREE COMMISSIONERS WILL BE ATTENDING THE UPCOMING FRA CONFERENCE IN WEST PALM BEACH AGAIN, OCTOBER 13TH THROUGH THE OCTOBER 17TH, WHICH IS WHY STAFF IS ASKING THAT THE MEETING BE CANCELED BECAUSE THERE WILL BE NO QUORUM CITIZEN MOTION APPROVAL.

MADAM MAYOR, MR. THOMAS, I JUST, AS I, UH, ASKED LAST NIGHT, I ASKED IT BE PUT ON BECAUSE NORMALLY WE HAVE, UH, RESOLUTION BE DONE ON THE FIRST MEETING, AND I WAS ASKING FOR IT TO BE DONE ON THE SECOND MEETING.

PROCLAMATION.

I MEAN, THE PROCLAMATION.

THE PROCLAMATION, SORRY.

THE PRO THANK YOU FOR THE CORRECTION PROCLAMATION TO BE DONE AT THE SECOND, UM, COMMISSION MEETING.

YEAH, WE AGREED.

JUST ONE BRING MAYOR EDWARDS.

WILL IT? OH, FOR FOUR VICE MAYOR COWELL WAS THERE A SAYS FOR THE MEETING TO BE CANCELED.

YES, OF COURSE.

COMMISSIONER HARRISON, HOLD ON.

HOLD ON, HOLD ON.

FOR, FOR CLARITY.

FOR CLARITY COLLEAGUE WAS WAS SAYING THAT, DOES THAT INCLUDE THE, THE EXCEPTION FOR THE PROCLAMATIONS? DO WE HAVE TO VOTE ON THAT? NO, WE JUST, I'M ASKING THE CITY ATTORNEY.

PLEASE DO THE MAYOR.

YOU KNOW WHAT, YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS, MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS, THE COMMISSIONER THOMAS POSED A QUESTION THAT COULD BE A SUBJECT TO AMEND THE MOTION ON THE RESOLUTION THAT IS ON THE TABLE.

UM, TO HAVE THAT MOTION BE A MOTION TO AMEND TO INCLUDE THAT THE PROCLAMATION BE PLACED ON THE SECOND MEETING IN OCTOBER.

REGULAR MEETING AGENDA.

I, I THINK THAT'S WHAT I HEARD.

OKAY, SO, SO THAT'S A MOTION.

I MAKE THANK YOU COMMISSION HOLMES.

I MAKE A MOTION THAT, UM, UTE WHERE 1 2 6 RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 1 2 6.

UM, I MOVE TO MOVE WITH THE AMENDMENT THAT THE, UH, PROCLAMATION BE PUT HAVE YEAH.

TO THE SECOND MEETING OF COMMISSION MEETING OCTOBER.

ON THE OCTOBER DATE OF THE SECOND MEETING, MAYOR EDWARDS PHILLIPS VICE MAYOR SWELL FOR COMMISSIONER HARRISON.

FOR COMMISSIONER THOMAS FOR MOTION PASSES.

ITEM EI NEED A

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A MOTION.

A MOTION MOTION ON THE, YOU NEED A VOTE ON THE RESOLUTION AS AMENDED.

COMMISSIONER THOMAS, MOTION FOR A CANCELLATION.

OH NO.

DO WE HAVE TO DO ANOTHER MOTION AMENDING THE RESOLUTION? I THINK YOU HAVE TO THEN HAVE A MOTION.

MADAM MAYOR ON AMEND.

MAD MAYOR COMMISSIONER'S RESOLUTION 2 0 2 5

AMEND.

COMMISSIONER HARRIS.

YEAH, I, I MOVE THAT WE ACCEPT THE RESOLUTION AS AMENDED THE RESOLUTION.

1, 2 6.

COMMISSIONER THOMAS FOR COMMISSIONER HARRISON FOR VICE MAYOR COWELL.

FOR MAYOR EDWARDS PHILLIPS FOR MOTION PASSES.

[F. RESOLUTION 2025-127 APPROVING THE FUNDING IN THE AMOUNT OF EIGHT THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED AND FORTY-FOUR DOLLARS AND TWENTY-THREE CENTS ($8,344.23) FOR THE NEWLY FORMED LAUDERDALE LAKES CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INIATIAVE ENTITLED SHOP LAUDERDALE LAKES: LOCAL SPENDING, LOCAL PROSPERITY]

DASH 27.

A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF LAUDERDALE LAKES FLORIDA APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING EXPENDITURE OF CITY FUNDS IN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $8,344 AND 23 CENTS TO SUPPORT INITIATIVE OF THE NEWLY FORMED LAUDERDALE LAKES CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ENTITLED SHOP LAUDERDALE LAKES LOCAL SPENDING LOCAL PROSPERITY.

A COPY OF THE CHAMBER SPONSORSHIP REQUEST IS ATTACHED HERE TO HIS EXHIBIT A, A COPY OF WHICH MAY BE INSPECTED IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK PROVIDING FOR ADOPTION OF RECITALS, PROVIDING FOR INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CITY CLERK, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE, A MOTION TO BRING TO THE FLOOR FOR DISCUSSION.

MADAM MAYOR, MADAM VICE MAYOR, I WOULD LIKE TO BRING RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 1 27 TO THE FLOOR FOR DISCUSSION.

VICE MAYOR COWELL.

FOR COMMISSIONER HARRISON.

FOR COMMISSIONER THOMAS FOR MAYOR EDWARDS, PHILLIPS FOUR.

MADAM A THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR, WE DO HAVE MS. VIELKA BUCHANAN TO PRESENT THIS ITEM.

AND COMMISSIONER'S RESOLUTION 2 0 2 5 DASH 28.

CAN PROPOSE MADAM MAYOR.

YEAH, MADAM MAYOR.

DISCUSSION PROPOSED.

BE TAPE.

NO DISCUSSION MADAM MAYOR.

ANY DISCUSSION? NO DISCUSSION, BUT I WANTED TO SAY IF IT'S THE WILL OF THE COMMISSION, I'D LIKE TO MOVE THE TABLE, THIS ITEM, UM, TO OUR, UM, UNTIL, UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.

I THINK AS PART OF OUR DISCUSSION ON LAST TIME IN WORKSHOP, THAT THAT WAS PART OF THE DISCUSSION TO WAIT UNTIL AFTER THE BREAKFAST TO SEE WHAT RESOURCES WERE GOING TO BE AVAILABLE TO THE, THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

DID YOU MAKE THE MOTION? YES, MA'AM.

I MADE THE MOTION FOR COMMISSIONER HARRISON FOR COMMISSIONER THOMAS FOR MAYOR EDWARDS PHILLIPS FOR MOTION PASSES IF MATTER, MAYOR

[G. RESOLUTION 2025-128 TO ALLOW MUSIC AT RESTAURANTS DURING CARNIVAL WEEKEND]

A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSIONER OF LAUDERDALE LAKES FLORIDA APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING A ONE-TIME SPECIAL EVENT ENTITLED SAVOR THE CITY DURING CARNIVAL WEEK, SCHEDULED FOR THE THREE DAY PERIOD BETWEEN OCTOBER 10TH, 2025 AND OCTOBER 12TH, 2025.

AUTHORIZING PROVIDING FOR A TEMPORARY CONDITIONAL USE FOR RESTAURANTS LOCATED IN THE B TWO COMMUNITY BUSINESS AND B THREE GENERAL BUSINESS ZONING DISTRICTS ALONG US 4 41 AND OAKLAND PARK BOULEVARD TO INCLUDE INDOOR MUSIC BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 1:00 PM AND 8:00 PM PROVIDING FOR ADOPTION OF RECITALS, PROVIDING FOR INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CITY MANAGER, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DAY.

MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER HARRISON.

A MOVE WE BRING RESOLUTION 2 0 2 5 DASH 28 FOR THE FLOOR TO THE FLOOR FOR DISCUSSION.

COMMISSIONER HARRISON FOR COMMISSIONER THOMAS FOR MAYOR EDWARDS PHILLIPS VICE MAYOR CROSWELL FOR MOTION PASSES.

MS. AC MADAM ACM.

THIS INITIATIVE IS DESIGNED TO PROMOTE LOCAL RESTAURANTS, CELEBRATE CULTURAL DIVERSITY AND STRENGTHEN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THROUGH INCREASED COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.

AND MS. TANJA MCCOY WILL PROVIDE FURTHER DETAIL THROUGH YOUR MADAM MAYOR, THROUGH YOUR MADAM MAYOR.

YES MA'AM.

UH, WE SPOKE ABOUT THIS LAST NIGHT, SO WE DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE TO MAKE THE CHANGES ACCORDING TO THE TIMEFRAME, BUT, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, REQUEST THAT YOU GUYS APPROVE THIS RESOLUTION.

UH, THE KEY OBJECTIVE IS TO SHOWCASE THE CITY'S DIVERSE CULINARY OPTIONS.

SUPPORT LOCAL RESTAURANTS BY DRIVING NEW CUSTOMER TRAFFIC.

FOSTER CULTURAL PRIDE, ENHANCE COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS, POSITIONING THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES AS A VIBRANT DESTINATION FOR FOOD, CULTURE AND ENTERTAINMENT.

MR. CRANE, I THINK WE HAVE TO HAVE A MOTION.

FOUR, COMMISSIONER THOMAS.

SOLICIT A MOTION TO AMEND, UM, FROM THE TIME THE, UM, RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 1 28 REGARDING THE TIME, MADAM MAYOR, MADAM MAYOR, MADAM VICE MAYOR, I WOULD LIKE TO BRING RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 1 28 TO THE FLOOR TO DO AN AMENDMENT FOR THE TIME FRAME AND THE TIME FROM, WAS IT 1, 2, 2, 11

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TO 11? YES.

COMMISSIONER HARRISON.

FOUR, MAYOR EDWARDS PHILLIPS FOUR VICE MAYOR SWELL.

FOUR.

MOTION PASSES.

AND NOW MOTION TO APPROVE MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER HARRISON, I MOVE TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 2 0 2 5 DASH 28 AS AMENDED VICE MAYOR SWELL FOR MAYOR EDWARDS, PHILLIPS FOUR.

COMMISSIONER THOMAS FOR COMMISSIONER HARRISON FOR MOTION PASSES G, HONOR, MAYOR AND

[H. RESOLUTION 2025-129 ACCEPTING THE ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT FOR FY 2024]

COMMISSIONER'S RESOLUTION 2 0 2 5 DASH 12 NINE A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF LAUDERDALE LAKES FLORIDA ACCEPTING THE FISCAL YEAR 2023.

2024 ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT PREPARED BY THE CITY'S AUDITOR, HCT CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS AND CONSULTANTS LLC PROVIDING FOR ADOPTION OF RECITALS, PROVIDING FOR INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CITY CLERK, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DAY MAD MAYOR.

MOTION TO BE COMMISSIONER MOVE.

WE BRING RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 1 29 TO THE FLOOR FOR DISCUSSION.

COMMISSIONER THOMAS OR MAYOR EDWARDS PHILLIPS FOUR VICE MAYOR SWELL FOR COMMISSIONER HARRISON.

FOUR.

MOTION PASSES.

THANK YOU MADAM.

A CM THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR.

I DO NOT SEE MS. SUSAN, BUT SHE'S LEFT.

BUT WE DO HAVE THE FINANCIAL SERVICES DIRECTOR TO INTRODUCE OUR AUDITOR.

GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR, FELLOW COMMISSIONERS, CITY ATTORNEY, ACTING CITY MANAGER AND CITY CLERK.

CAN I REACH YOU? MR. HARVEY IS HERE TO PRESENT THE AUDIT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024 AND I'D ALSO LIKE THAT THIS TIME TO PRESS MY APPRECIATION FOR HIM FOR STAYING THIS LONG.

MR. HARVEY.

GOODNIGHT.

ROD HARVEY WITH HCT PARTNER.

UH, HCT IS A CPA FIRM OF RECORD FOR THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES.

UH, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.

WE HAVE PERFORMED OUR AUDITS FOR THE AND, UH, CONCLUDED IN ALL MATTERS.

WE HAVE ISSUED, UH, ALL THE APPROPRIATE AUDITOR'S REPORTS, UH, MADE ALL APPROPRIATE CHANGES.

UH, WE CAN REPORT TO YOU, THERE ARE NO FINDINGS, UH, CURRENT, YOUR PRIOR FINDINGS BASED ON OUR TEST WORK.

UH, AFTER THE ISSUANCE, WE WILL DO ALL THE OTHER STEPS, WHICH IS TO WELL ASSIST, ENSURE, DISCUSS THE OTHER STEPS FOR THE AUDIT REPORT TO BE SENT TO THE STATE, UH, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND, UH, JAC AS NEEDED.

AND SO WOULD LIKE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE OF ME.

UM, ALL OF THE ELECTED OFFICIALS SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED A COPY OR DRAFT COPY OF THE AUDIT REPORT, UM, OVER THE LAST 24 TO 36 HOURS.

AS ALWAYS, I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY ONE-ON-ONES.

UH, IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS OF ME OR ANY QUESTIONS AFTER THEY READ, REVIEW THE ACT FOR AS PUT FORWARD.

PROBABLY MY QUESTION IS, I'M TIRED, MADAM MAYOR.

COMMISSIONER, I MOVE TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 2 0 2 5 DASH 29.

ANY CORRESPONDENCE? MADAM CLERK, NO CORRESPONDENCE.

COMMISSIONER THOMAS, OR MAYOR EDWARDS PHILLIPS FOUR VICE MAYOR SWELL.

FOUR.

COMMISSIONER HARRISON.

THE MAYOR'S BREAST CANCER WALK ONE OCTOBER 4TH FROM NINE INTO NOON AT VINCENT TORRES PARK AND RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY.

FOR THE MAYOR, JUST TWO ITEMS.

[12. REPORT OF THE MAYOR]

AND OCTOBER 22ND MOMENTS WITH THE MAYOR, DR.

JEFF HOLDING THE SCHOOL BOARD REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES AND PENDING THE CHIEF OF SECURITY FOR THE SCHOOL BOARD OF BROWARD COUNTY.

THANK YOU FOR STAYING.

THANK YOU FOR THOSE WHO ARE VIRTUAL.

GOD BLESS AND GOODNIGHT MADAM VICE MAYOR.

[13. REPORT OF THE VICE MAYOR]

GOOD EVENING, GOOD EVENING.

GOOD NIGHT.

I'LL SEE YOU IN ANOTHER MONTH.

COMMISSIONER HARRIS.

THANK YOU

[14. REMARKS OF THE COMMISSIONERS]

I WANTED TO REMIND EVERYBODY, UH, THANK YOU FOR JOINING AND PARTICIPATING BOTH IN PERSON AND VIRTUALLY.

UH, WE HAVE THE, UH, LAUDERDALE LAKES BUSINESS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE HAPPENING, UH, THIS THURSDAY MORNING AT 7:30 AM OVER AT LAUDERDALE LAKES INDUSTRIAL, UH, PARK ON 31ST.

UM, HOPE TO SEE YOU GUYS OUT THERE.

UH, ALSO THE CHESS CHALLENGE, COMMISSIONER'S CHESS CHALLENGE IS GONNA BE THE FIRST THURSDAY OF NEXT MONTH, OCTOBER.

UH, THIS CHESS CHALLENGE WILL NOT BE AT CITY HALL.

WE'RE GONNA HOST IT AT SING'S ROTI DELIGHT RESTAURANT HERE IN LAUDERDALE LAKES.

THAT'S GONNA BE OCTOBER 2ND AT 6:30 PM THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR THOMAS.

ON HER BIRTHDAY TO STAY THE FULL COURSE, BUT THIS I SAY IS BECAUSE OF THE LOVE IN MY SERVICE TO THE CITY AND AND TRULY I'M APPRECIATIVE FOR EVERYONE THAT WAS ONLINE TONIGHT AS WELL AS ALL THOSE THAT ARE IN THE, UM, AUDIENCE.

YOU KNOW, IT TAKES A WOMAN TO HOLD OUT

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THANK YOU STAFF FOR ALL YOU DO AND, UM, FOR TAKING THE HARD COMMENTS AND ROLLING WITH IT AND FOR ALL, ALL OF US TO GET BETTER AT WHAT WE DO.

I THANK YOU SO MUCH, UM, AND I DO APPRECIATE IT.

THE WORK IS NOT EASY.

DEFINITELY NOT A PART-TIME WORK.

JUST WHAT WE PERFORM TONIGHT ALONE, UM, COULD TELL YOU THAT PUTTING ON FACT FINDERS AND ALL THAT, WE SEE HOW LONG WE'RE HERE, RIGHT? SO LET ME NOT PROLONG IT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH AND GOD BLESS.

THANK YOU MADAM.

A CM

[15. REPORT OF THE CITY MANAGER]

I'LL BE QUICK SO YOU CAN CELEBRATE THE REST OF YOUR BIRTHDAY BEFORE MIDNIGHT.

UM, ANNOUNCEMENTS SPOOKTACULAR, OCTOBER 31ST FROM 6:00 PM TO 9:00 PM AT VINCENT TORRES PARK.

THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES AND FARM SHARE WILL HOST A FOOD FOOD DISTRIBUTION ON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16TH AT 10:00 AM AT THE MULTIPURPOSE AUDITORIUM FOR ACTIVE ADULTS.

WE HAVE PING PONG ON MONDAYS AND TUESDAYS FROM 9:00 AM TO 12:00 PM AT VINCENT TORRES IN THE DOMINO'S CLUB ON MONDAY AND WEDNESDAYS FROM 5:00 PM TO 9:00 PM AT THE RESOURCE ROOM IN THE MULTIPURPOSE BUILDING.

CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES IS EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE OUR RECREATIONAL TENNIS PROGRAM RUNNING SATURDAYS FROM 2:00 PM TO 3:00 PM AT VINCENT TORRES PARK.

THIS PROGRAM IS DESIGNED FOR YOUTH AGES SIX TO 18.

THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES WILL BE HOSTING ESOL CLASSES.

REGISTRATION IS CURRENTLY OPEN AND APPLICATION FORMS CAN BE PICKED UP AT THE EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL CENTER FROM 5:30 PM TO 8:30 PM SEPTEMBER'S BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT IS SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER CARLENE MAXWELL WILLIAMS. WE'RE THRILLED TO ANNOUNCE CASPIAN DENTAL AND ORTHODONTICS AS OUR LAKES BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT FOR SEPTEMBER, THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES.

INVITE STUDENTS TWO TO 12 TO JOIN US FOR OUR SUPER STEAM SUN.

SATURDAYS OF FUN AND EDUCATIONAL SERIES OF HANDS-ON SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, ART AND MATH ACTIVITIES.

SATURDAYS, OCTOBER 4TH THROUGH MAY 30TH AT WILLIE WEBB SENIOR PARK, BROWARD HEALTH IN COLLABORATION WITH THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES, PROVIDE ACCESSIBLE HEALTHCARE TO THE COMMUNITY VIA MOBILE HEALTH UNIT.

AND THEY'RE HERE MONDAYS FROM 9:00 AM TO 5:00 PM AT VINCENT TORRES PARK.

THE BRO BROWARD COUNTY TAX COLLECTOR IN COLLABORATION WITH THE CITY IS PROUD TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE WITH PROPERTY TAXES, LOCAL BUSINESS TAXES, AUTO TAG AND REGISTRATION RENEWALS ON FRIDAY, OC OCTOBER 3RD FROM 10:00 AM TO 2:00 PM INSIDE OF THE GIRAFFE ROOM.

THAT CONCLUDES MY ANNOUNCEMENTS.

THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS.

I'LL RESERVE MY REPORT.

CAPTAIN PHILLIPS, NO MORE.

NONE.

NEED TO GO HURRY.

CAPTAIN HAS 15 MINUTES BEFORE WE HAVE TO APPROVE ANOTHER HALF THE TIME.

SO CAPTAIN HAS 15 MINUTES.

ADAM MAYOR, VICE MAYOR PHILLIPS, AND, UH, MEMBERS OF THE DIOCESE, I PROMISE I'LL BE QUICK, BUT IN OUR ONGOING EFFORTS TO PUSH OUR COMMUNITY ORIENTED, UM, POLICING INITIATIVES, I JUST WANT TO MAKE YOU AWARE, UM, THAT WE ARE STILL LOOKING TO RECRUIT, UM, UM, LAKES RESIDENTS FOR OUR CITIZENS ON PATROL INITIATIVE ON EVERYONE IS FAMILIAR WITH THAT.

THEY COME HELP OUT WITH SOME OF THE PUBLIC EVENTS THAT WE HAVE.

SO IF WE CAN HELP, UM, REPLENISH SOME OF THOSE NUMBERS, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

UM, WE ALSO HAVE OUR EXPLORER PROGRAM, THAT'S OUR YOUTH INITIATIVE THAT WE USE TO HELP GET THE YOUTH INVOLVED AND, UM, FAMILIARIZE WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT, UM, STUFF LIKE THAT.

AND JUST WANTED TO MAKE A QUICK ONE, A QUICK BRIEF THAT THIS IS HURRICANE PRE PREPARED THIS MONTH.

EVERYONE'S GONE THROUGH THE S SPILL.

JUST MAKE SURE WE HAVE ENOUGH SUPPLIES FOR, UM, OUR HOMES, MEDICATION AND SENSITIVE DOCUMENTS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

JUST IN EVENT, WE HAVE TO BE ACTIVATED.

AND, UM, THAT'S THE CONDENSED VERSION.

I KNOW EVERYONE IS READY TO GO HOME.

SO THAT CONCLUDES MY THANK YOU.

AND I'M GOING TO ASK YOU CAPTAIN PHILLIPS, AT OUR NEXT MEETING, WOULD YOU PROVIDE SOME CRIME STATISTICS FOR US FOR THE CITY OF LAW JAIL LINKS? BECAUSE WE HAD A COMMENT AT OUR WORKSHOP ON LAST EVENING, SO IF YOU WOULD PROVIDE SOME CRIME.

ABSOLUTELY.

THAT'LL BE THE BEGINNING OF THE, UM, MONTH.

AND WE'LL HAVE THOSE, THOSE STATS FOR YOU.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, MEINA, ADJOURN.