* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:02] GOOD [1. CALL TO ORDER] EVENING. GOOD EVENING, MADAM MA'AM. GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR ATTENDING OUR CITY COMMISSION MEETING THIS EVENING. JULY 14TH, 2026, 7:00 PM WE ARE PLEASED THAT YOU HAVE DEMONSTRATED AN INTEREST IN THE CITY OF WATERDALE LAKE BY ATTENDING A CITY COMMISSION MEETING. WE HOPE THAT YOU ENJOY THE MEETING AND WILL ATTEND MORE OF THESE MEETINGS IN THE FUTURE. PLEASE TURN OFF A SILENCE. ALL YOUR CELL PHONES , ANY PERSON REQUIRING AUXILIARY AIDS AND SERVICES MUST HAVE CONTACTED THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE AT LEAST 24 HOURS PRIOR TO THIS MEETING. IF YOU OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW IS HEARING IMPAIRED OR SPEECH IMPAIRED, THEY MUST HAVE CALLED FLORIDA RELAY SERVICES AT THE NUMBER PROVIDED WHO MAY SPEAK. ANY INDIVIDUAL WHO WISHES TO ADDRESS THE CITY COMMISSION MAY DO SO. PROVIDING IT IS ACCOMPLISHED IN AN ORDERLY MANNER AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROCEDURES OUTLINED IN SECTION TWO DASH FIVE FOUR. THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, PETITIONS FROM THE PUBLIC PER SECTION TWO DASH FIVE FOUR OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, EACH PERSON DESIRING TO PETITION THE CITY COMMISSION WILL BE ALLOTTED FIVE MINUTES UNDER THE APPLICABLE ORDER OF BUSINESS FOR THE CITY COMMISSION. MEETING PETITIONS FROM THE PUBLIC SHALL NOT EXCEED 30 MINUTES IN AGGREGATE TIME. THE MAYOR AT HER DISCRETION MAY ALLOW MORE TIME THAN THE ALLOTTED TIME SPEAKING ON ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA. EACH PERSON WHO WISHES TO ADDRESS THE CITY COMMISSION MUST SIGN IN WITH THE CITY CLERK BEFORE 7:00 PM BY COMPLETING THE PETITION FROM THE PUBLIC FORUM LOCATED ON THE PODIUM OUTSIDE OF THE CITY COMMISSION. CHAMBERS, THE CITY COMMISSION MEETING IS A BUSINESS MEETING, AND AS SUCH, PLEASE CONDUCT YOURSELVES IN A RESPECTFUL AND PROFESSIONAL MANNER, BOTH IN TONE OF VOICE AS WELL AS CHOICE OF WORDS. PLEASE DIRECT YOUR COMMENTS TO THE CITY COMMISSION AS A BODY THROUGH THE PRESIDING OFFICE AND NOT TO THE AUDIENCE OR INDIVIDUAL CITY COMMISSIONER. AS YOUR CITY COMMISSION. WE WILL ABIDE BY THE DEBATE AND DECOR RULES, WHICH PROVIDES FOR EACH CITY COMMISSIONER TO SPEAK 10 MINUTES AT A TIME ON EACH SUBJECT MATTER. AFTER EVERY COMMISSIONER HAS SPOKEN, THE MAYOR WILL PROVIDE FOUR OTHER COMMENTS IF NECESSARY. AGAIN, THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR ATTENDING OUR CITY COMMISSION MEETING THIS EVENING. A MEETING IS NOW CALLED TO ORDER. MADAM CLERK ROLL CALL PLEASE. MAYOR EDWARD PHILLIPS. HERE, VICE MAYOR THOMAS PRESENT, COMMISSIONER SWELL PRESENT, COMMISSIONER HARRISON PRESENT, COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. PRESENT ACTING CITY MANAGER HOWARD PRESENT CITY ATTORNEY CALLOWAY PRESENT. MADAM MAYOR, WE HAVE A QUORUM. THANK YOU. ITEM THREE, INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. ITEM THREE A. OUR INVOCATION WILL BE PROVIDED BY SENIOR WARDEN DAPHNE, PEER OF ANGLIN EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF THE ATONEMENT. PLEASE STAND. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. EVENING, LET US PAUSE FOR A MOMENT OF PRAYER AND REFLECTION. MOST GRACIOUS AND HEAVENLY FATHER, YOU'RE THE SOURCE OF ALL WISDOM AND COMPASSION WE GATHER TODAY. AS NEIGHBORS AND PUBLIC SERVANTS FOR THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES, WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE AND FOR THE TRUST PLACED IN US BY THIS COMMUNITY. WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY, RECOGNIZING THE DIVERSE TALENTS AND PERSPECTIVES PRESENT IN THIS ROOM. WE ASK FOR CLARITY OF MIND AND EMPATHY OF HEART FOR OUR LEADERS AND CITIZENS ALIKE. AS WE DISCUSS BUSINESS, GRANT US THE COURAGE TO SPEAK WITH HONESTY, THE PATIENCE TO LISTEN WITH RESPECT AND THE WISDOM TO SEEK SOLUTIONS THAT SERVE THE COMMON GOOD. INSPIRES LOOK BEYOND OUR INDIVIDUAL INTERESTS SO THAT WE MAY WORK COLLABORATIVELY TO BUILD A STRONGER, MORE JUST AND MORE PROSPEROUS COMMUNITY. FOR EVERYONE MAY OUR DECISIONS TODAY REFLECT CARE FOR EVERY RESIDENT [00:05:01] FROM OUR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES TO AS SENIOR AS AND THOSE MOST IN NEED, ESPECIALLY THE HAITIANS WHO ARE AFFECTED BY DETERMINATION OF TPS. HELP US TO REMEMBER THAT BEHIND EVERY AGENDA ITEM IS A PERSON, A HOME, A HOPE GUIDE, THESE COMMISSIONERS AND STAFF AND ALL WHO PARTICIPATES. MAY WE WORK TOGETHER IN UNITY, SET ASIDE DIVISION, AND BUILD A STRONGER, MORE JUST COMMUNITY FOR ALL WHO CALL THIS CITY HOME, STRENGTHEN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND MOVE OUR CITY FORWARD FOR THE GOOD OF ALL. WE ASK THIS IN THE SPIRIT OF SERVICE AND GOODWILL. IN JESUS'S NAME WE PRAY. AMEN. AMEN. AMEN. PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF UNITED STATES AMERICA. YOU MAY BE SEATED. THANK YOU. SENIOR WARDEN, PARENT FOR PRAYING FOR THE CITY FOR WISDOM, FOR COMPASSION, FOR EMPATHY. THANK YOU FOR PRAYING FOR OUR HAITIAN BROTHERS AND SISTERS AND THE SITUATION IN WHICH THEY FIND THEMSELVES. THANK YOU FOR PRAYING FOR OUR COMMUNITY THAT WE WILL BE, WE WILL BE UNITED AS ONE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRAYERS. THANK ITEM FOUR PROCLAMATIONS PRESENTATIONS. THERE ARE NOT ANY ITEM. [5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM PREVIOUS MEETING] FIVE APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM PREVIOUS MEETING. ITEM FIVE A JUNE 22ND, 2026, CITY COMMISSION WORKSHOP. MINUTES ITEM FIVE B. JUNE 23RD, 2026. CITY COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES. MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER COWELL, I HAVE READ JUNE 22ND, 2026, CITY COMMISSION WORKSHOP, MINUTES JUNE 23RD, 2026, CITY COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES. THERE ARE NO ERRORS OR MISSIONS. I MOVE THAT THE MINUTES BE CONFIRMED. MAYOR EDWARDS, PHILLIPS FOUR, VICE MAYOR THOMAS FOR COMMISSIONER SWELL FOUR. COMMISSIONER HARRISON. FOUR, COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. OH FOUR. MOTION PASSES. FOUR. SORRY. THANK YOU. ITEM SIX, PETITIONS [6. PETITIONS FROM THE PUBLIC] FROM THE PUBLIC. MADAM CLERK, DO WE HAVE ANY PETITIONS FROM THE PUBLIC THIS EVENING? MADAM MAYOR, WE HAVE ONE PETITION FROM THE PUBLIC TONIGHT. FORMER COMMISSIONER BEVERLY WILLIAMS. THANK YOU. FORMER COMMISSIONER BEVERLY WILLIAMS. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. GOOD EVENING. GOOD. I CAN'T SAY PROTOCOL, SO I HAVE TO SAY THE MAYOR, THE VICE MAYOR, THE COMMISSIONERS, THE CITY MANAGER. THE CITY CLERK. WELCOME. WE ARE HAPPY TO BE HERE TODAY. IT'S A SPECIAL DAY HERE IN LAUDERDALE LAKES. I'M INTRODUCING SOMEONE WHO JUST COME INTO OUR CITY THAT I NEED YOU ALL TO KNOW ABOUT. AND I WANTED TO GET HERE BEFORE AUGUST. 'CAUSE I KNOW YOU ALWAYS ON AWAY ON IN AUGUST. I CALL HER MS. ALINA. SHE WOULD PRONOUNCE HER NAME PROPERLY BECAUSE I DON'T WANNA MESS IT UP. MS. ALINA? YEAH. GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME TODAY. IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE WITH YOU TODAY HERE. MY NAME IS ALINA DE LA BARRA. I KNOW IT'S A VERY LONG LAST NAME. I AGREE. UM, I'VE BEEN A BRAND BRANCH MANAGER AT LORI DE LAKES BRANCH LIBRARY SINCE MARCH IS MY PLEASURE TO SERVE THIS COMMUNITY AND HONOR. WELCOME, WELCOME, WELCOME. UH, MS. LINA. MM-HMM . I'M SORRY. YEAH. SO, UM, HOW I SAID, MY NAME IS ALINA DE LA BARRA AND I, I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF SERVING AS A BRANCH MANAGER AT FOR LO LA LORI DE LAKES BRANCH LIBRARY. I JOINED THE BRANCH EARLIER THIS YEAR. PREVIOUSLY I WORK AT OME BRANCH FOR FOUR YEARS AND I'VE BEEN FROM WITH BROWARD COUNTY, UH, FOR NINE YEARS ALREADY, CO UH, WORKING, UH, IN THE LIBRARY. UM, SO MY PLEASURE, UH, BEING, UH, IT'S A PLEASURE, UH, GETTING TO KNOW THE RESIDENTS, COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AND CITY PARTNERS WHO MAKE LORE THE LAKES SUCH A WELCOMING COMMUNITY. UH, THROUGHOUT MY CAREER WITHROW WITH BROWARD COUNTY LIBRARIES, I HAVE BEEN PASSIONATE ABOUT CREATING OPPORTUNITIES THAT CONNECT PEOPLE WITH INFORMATION, LIFELONG LEARNING AND ONE ANOTHER. I BELIEVE [00:10:01] LIBRARIES PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN STRENGTHENING COMMUNITIES BY PROVIDING FREE BOOKS, TECHNOLOGY AND PROGRAMS THAT SERVE RESIDENTS OF EVERY, EVERY AGE. I LOOK FORWARD TO BUILDING STRONG PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY AND WORKING TOGETHER TO CONTINUE SERVING THE RESIDENTS OF LORI THE LAKES. I WOULD LIKE TO ADD ONE MORE PARAGRAPH. AS WE LOOK TO THE FUTURE, ONE OF OUR PRIORITIES IS EXPANDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR CHILDREN AND TEAMS TO EXPLORE ROBOTICS, CODING, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, AND OTHER EMERGING EMERGING PRO TECHNOLOGIES. SO, WORKING ALONGSIDE WITH THE FRIENDS OF THE LORE DE LAKES LIBRARY LED BY PRESIDENT MS. WILLIAMS, WE ARE SUPER HAPPY TO HAVE HER AS THE PRESIDENT. WE ARE PURSUING GRANT OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH THE CHILDREN'S SERVICES COUNSELING TO STRENGTHEN STEM AND TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMMING FOR OUR, OUR YOUTH. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING AND ATTEND. THANK YOU. YOU CELINE. WELCOME, WELCOME TO SAY HER OWN NAME. RIGHT. WELCOME. OKAY. UH, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS TAKING PLACE AT YOU ALL CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKE. IN MARCH, WE DID A WILTING CLASS, AND IT'S CALLED THE LOST ART OF HAND QUILTING. OUT OF THE 27 PEOPLE THAT WE HAD, 15 IN THE FIRST CLASS, WE HAD MS. OBAMA JUST STAND UP. WE HAD, UH, 22 PEOPLE WHO HAD NEVER, TWO PEOPLE WHO HAD NEVER SEWN ANYTHING IN THEIR LIFE. AND THEY HAVE ACTUALLY MADE QUILTS. THEY HAVE MADE PILLOWS, AND THEY HAVE COME ON . I WANT, SHE MISS JENNIFER'S SITTING OVER THERE, SUPPOSED TO BRING HERS AND SHE FORGOT . BUT THESE LADIES CAME IN THERE, WE HAVEN'T HAD A MAN YET. CAME IN THERE AND THEY ACTUALLY, NICE. OH, THAT'S NICE. BEAUTIFUL. OH, THAT FITS BEAUTIFULLY OVER THE PODIUM. . YEAH, WE DO . SO THE CLASS, WE HAVE ANOTHER CLASS STARTING SEPTEMBER 10TH AND THE 24TH. THE CLASS IS FREE. WE CHARGE FOR NOTHING. WE GOT A GRANT FROM THE, UH, BROWARD, UM, FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY. SO WE ARE ABLE TO BUY EQUIPMENT. SO ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS SHOW UP. SO WE ARE LOOKING, I ACTUALLY DO LIKE 15 STUDENTS. IT STARTS SEPTEMBER 10TH, FOUR O'CLOCK FOUR TO ABOUT SIX, SIX O'CLOCK, AND IT'S FREE. WE ALSO HAVE, WE HAVE, WE HAVE A YOUNG MAN THAT'S A UP AND COMING SENIOR AND HE TEACHES OUR STEM AND ROBOTICS CLASS. WE HAVE A YOUNG LADY NOW AND THE CLASSES ARE GOING ON. THEY'RE TEACHING LITTLE KIDS HOW TO CROCHET. SO WE ARE GOING OLD SCHOOL. WE'RE ASKING Y'ALL TO PARTICIPATE. I'M ALSO ASKING THE CITY TO PLEASE SPONSOR US, ACT LIKE IT USED TO DO BACK IN THE DAY BECAUSE WE NEED FUNDS AND THAT'S HOW WE RAISE OUR FUNDS BY SELLING BOOKS. THE LIBRARY DONATES BOOKS TO US, AND THAT'S HOW WE MAKE OUR FUNDS. THANK YOU SO MUCH AND YOU ALL ENJOY AUGUST AND WE'LL SEE YOU ALL IN SEPTEMBER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. FORMER COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS AND THANK YOU MS. ALINA DE LA MEHER. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I KNOW ITEM SEVEN, CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCES ON SECOND READING. THERE ARE NOT ANY ITEM EIGHT CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCES ON FIRST READING. ITEM EIGHT A [8.A . ORDINANCE 2026-004 OF THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES APPROVING A CITY INITIATED TEXT AMENDMENT OF THE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS TO ESTABLISH CONSISTENCY BETWEEN THE CITY’S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND THE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS REGARDING MAXIMUM RESIDENTIAL DENSITY; PROVIDING FOR A MAXIMUM DENSITY OF FIFTY (50) DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE IN APPLICABLE ZONING DISTRICTS ] MATTER. MAYOR AND COMMISSIONER'S. ORDINANCE NUMBER 2 0 2 6 DASH ZERO FOUR IN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES, BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA AMENDING THE CITY'S LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS TO ESTABLISH CONSISTENCY WITH THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN REGARDING MAXIMUM RESIDENTIAL DENSITY, ESTABLISHING A MAXIMUM RESIDENTIAL DENSITY OF 50 DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE IN APPLICABLE ZONING DISTRICTS, INSISTENT WITH THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN ELEMENT OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, PROVIDING FOR ADOPTION OF RECITALS, REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES AND CONFLICTS, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, PROVIDING FOR INCLUSION IN THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONER, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING, SO THIS IS A MOTION TO BRING TO THE FLOOR FOR DISCUSSION. MADAM MAYOR, MADAM MAYOR, MADAM VICE MAYOR. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. I, UM, LIKE TO BRING ORDINANCE 2026 DASH 0 0 4 TO THE FLOOR FOR A DISCUSSION. VICE MAYOR THOMAS FOR COMMISSIONER SWELL. FOR COMMISSIONER HARRISON. FOR COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. FOR MAYOR EDWARDS PHILLIPS FOR MOTION PASS. THANK YOU, MADAM AC. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. MS. TANJ MCCOY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DIRECTOR WILL PRESENT THIS ITEM THREE. YOU. THANK YOU, MS. SANDRA. GOOD. A GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR, MADAM VICE MAYOR COMMISSION, CITY ATTORNEYS, CITY CLERK. THIS ITEM IS, UM, REGARDING AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES APPROVING A TAX AMENDMENT, WHICH WILL ALLOW FOR 50 DWELLING UNITS IN CERTAIN DISTRICTS. AND [00:15:01] THIS WILL BRING OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND CONSISTENCY WITH THE CURRENT LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS. IN MARCH OF 20, MARCH 29TH, 2023, GOVERNOR RON DESANTIS SIGNED A SENATE BILL 1 0 2, CREATING A LIVE LOCAL ACT, CODIFYING AND SECTION 1 2 5 0 1 5 5 AND 1 6 6 0 4 1 5 1 FLORIDA STATUTES. THE ACT REQUIRES MUNICIPALITIES TO AUTHORIZE QUALIFIED MULTIFAMILY AND MIXED USE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT AND COMMERCIAL INDUSTRIAL AND MIXED USE ZONING DISTRICTS THROUGH AN ADMINISTRATIVE APPROVAL PROCESS UNDER SPECIFIC CONDITIONS, RECENT INQUIRIES RECEIVED BY THE CITY AND STAFF RESEARCH REQUIRED IMPLEMENTATION OF THE LIVE LOCAL ACT. HIGHLIGHTED AND INCONSISTENCY BETWEEN THE CURRENT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND THE CITY LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS CONCERNING MAXIMUM RESIDENTIAL DENSITIES. WHILE THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND FUTURE LAND USE MAP CONTEMPLATED RESIDENTIAL DENSITIES OF UP TO 50 DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE. THE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS ONLY ALLOWED FOR 25 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN SUPPORTS REDEVELOPMENT AND MIXED USE GROWTH. OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FUTURE LAND USE USE MAP INCLUDES HIGH RESIDENTIAL, WHICH IS A 50 DWELLING UNITS EXISTING LAND USE MAPS IDENTIFY HIGH MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL, UP TO 50 DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE. AND THE TOWN CENTER DISTRICT, UM, REDEVELOPMENT AREA HAS POLICIES THAT ALSO CONTEMPLATE THIS TYPE OF DENSITY. THE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS, HOWEVER, ONLY HAS THE RM 25 DISTRICT CURRENTLY IMPLEMENTING MAXIMUM DENSITY OF ONLY 25 DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE. THE TOWN CENTER, THE T AND D AND PUD DISTRICTS PROVIDE FLEXIBILITY REGARDING DEVELOPMENT INTENSITY. HOWEVER, IT, IT DOES NOT SHOW THE CONSISTENCY THAT IS NEEDED. CURRENT LAND DEVELOPMENT AND ZONING MAPS DOES NOT PROVIDE FOR THE 50 DWELLING UNIT PER ACRE IMPLEMENTATION STANDARDS. SO THIS PROPOSED TAX AMENDMENT WILL RE WILL BE REVIEWED FOR CONSISTENCY WITHIN THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND IS FOUND TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE GOALS, OBJECTIVES, AND POLICIES OF THE FUTURE LAND USE PUBLIC SERVICE FACILITIES ELEMENT. THE AMENDMENT ALSO ESTABLISHED CONSISTENCY BETWEEN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND THE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS BY IMPLEMENTING THE COMPREHENSIVE PLANS ADOPTED MAXIMUM DENSITY OF 50 DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE. AND AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE MAP, UM, THIS IS OUR FUTURE LAND USE MAP. IT DOES HAVE THE 25 DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE ESTABLISHED, BUT IT DOESN'T HAVE THE 50 ON THERE, SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO UPDATE AS WELL. AND THIS IS OUR ZONING MAP THAT ALSO IDENTIFIES THE 25 BUT NOT THE 50. AND ONCE WE UPDATE THOSE, UH, TWO MAPS THAT WILL ALSO BE A PART OF THIS, IT WILL ALLOW US TO IMPLEMENT THE 50 DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE. MY ANTICIPATION IS THAT AS PEOPLE COME IN, THOSE UPDATES WILL TAKE PLACE BECAUSE THEY WILL ASK TO REZONE THEMSELVES TO THE 50 DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE. SO AT THIS TIME, STAFF RECOMMENDS, UH, A UPDATE AND AMENDMENT TO THE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS SECTION 7 0 1 ZONING DISTRICTS AND 7 0 3 RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICTS TO IMPLEMENT THE ITIES UP TO 50 DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING. ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING. ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? PUBLIC HEARING, ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED. COLLEAGUES, CAN I SAY SOMETHING? COMMISSIONER, POSSIBLE? YES. UM, MS. TANJA, THE GOVERNOR WANTS THE 50 PER ACRE, BUT WHAT I'M THINKING OF, WHAT ABOUT OUR INFRASTRUCTURE THROUGH [00:20:01] YOU MADAM MAYOR, MS. . SO IT'S NOT THE GOVERNMENT GOVERNOR'S, UH, REQUEST HIS, HIS, UH, REQUEST IS THE LIVE LOCAL ACT. SO THE LIVE LOCAL ACT IS WHAT IS BRINGING PEOPLE INTO OUR CITY. AND WHEN THEY CAME INTO THE CITY, WE FOUND THAT WE HAD SOME INCONSISTENCIES. AND STATE STATUTE SAYS THAT OUR LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS AND OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN SHOULD BE CONSISTENT WITH ONE ANOTHER. ANOTHER NOW, IN TERMS OF OUR INFRASTRUCTURE MM-HMM . THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WILL HAVE TO DEFINITELY TAKE A LOOK AT, UH, ONCE THIS IS IMPLEMENTED. HOWEVER, A LOT OF TIMES WHEN YOU GET A DEVELOPMENT OF THIS NATURE, ALL OF THOSE THINGS GO THROUGH THE REVIEW PROCESS AND WE ARE ABLE TO BRING OUR INFRASTRUCTURE UP TO DATE IN ORDER TO SUPPORT THE NEW DEVELOPMENT. OKAY, MADAM MAYOR, MADAM VICE MAYOR, I MOVE TO APPROVE. ORDINANCE 2026 DASH 0 0 4. NO, SIR. VICE MAYOR THOMAS. FOUR. COMMISSIONER SWELL FOR COMMISSIONER HARRISON. FOR COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. FOR MAYOR EDWARDS PHILLIPS MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. NUMBER NINE, CONSIDERATION [9. CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTIONS ON CONSENT AGENDA] OF RESOLUTIONS ON CONSENT. AGENDA ITEM NINE A. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO PULL FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA? ITEM NINE, A MATTER MAYOR AND COMMISSION'S RESOLUTION 2 0 2 6 DASH 0 7 6. A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF LAUDERDALE LAKES FLORIDA APPROVING AND ADOPTING THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES CITY, UH, TITLE VI PLAN IN ACCORDANCE WITH TITLE VI SIX OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964, THE CIVIL RESTORATIONS ACT OF 1987, THE FLORIDA CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1992 AND 49 CFR PART 21, AFFIRMING THE CITY'S POLICY PROHIBITING DISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF RACE, COLOR, NATIONAL ORIGIN, AGE, DISABILITY, FAMILY STATUS, OR RELIGION, AND ALL PROGRAM SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES, RECEIVING FEDERAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AUTHORIZING IMPLEMENTATION OF THE TITLE SIX PLAN. DRAFT COPY OF THE LAUDERDALE LAKES TITLE VI PROGRAM PLAN IS ATTACHED HERE TO AS EXHIBIT A COPY OF WHICH IS AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK, PROVIDING FOR ADOPTION OF RECITALS, PROVIDING FOR INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CITY CLERK, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE, MOTION FOR APPROVAL. MAD MAYOR, COMMISSIONER HARRISON, I MOVE TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 2 0 2 6 DASH 0 7 6. COMMISSIONER SWELL FOR COMMISSIONER HARRISON. FOR COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. FOR MAYOR EDWARDS PHILLIPS, VICE MAYOR THOMAS FOR MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. ITEM 10, CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTIONS ON REGULAR AGENDA. ITEM 10, A [10.A. RESOLUTION 2026-077 APPROVING AND ADOPTING REVISIONS TO THE PARKS AND HUMAN SERVICES FACILITY USAGE AND FEE STRUCTURE POLICY] MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS RESOLUTION 2 0 2 6 DASH SEVEN SEVEN A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF LAUDERDALE LAKES FLORIDA APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE ADOPTION OF REVISIONS TO THE PARKS AND HUMAN SERVICES FACILITY USAGE AND FEE STRUCTURE POLICY. A COPY OF THE REVISED POLICY FEE STRUCTURE IS ATTACHED HERE TO AS EXHIBIT A, A COPY OF WHICH IS AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK, PROVIDING FOR ADOPTION OF RECITALS, PROVIDING FOR INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CITY CLERK, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE MOTION FOR MAYOR. I WOULD LIKE TO BRING RESOLUTION 2026 DASH 0 7 7 TO THE FLOOR FOR DISCUSSION. COMMISSIONER HARRISON FOUR, COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS, FOUR MAYOR EDWARDS PHILLIPS VICE MAYOR THOMAS FOR COMMISSIONER SWELL FOR MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU MME. MAY SUE. HI, MADAM MAYOR. AS THE COMMISSION MAY RECALL THAT LAST NIGHT'S WORKSHOP, THE STAFF PRO PROPOSED, UM, RECEIVED FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMISSION AS IT RELATES TO THIS ITEM. MS. ERICA LOCKETT, PARKS AND HUMAN SERVICES DIRECTOR IS ONLINE AND CAN ANSWER ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE. GOOD EVENING, MS. ERICA, COLLEAGUES, ANY QUESTIONS? I HAVE NONE. NO, NO. THANK YOU. SO THIS IS A MOTION FOR A PLEA. MADAM MAYOR. EXCUSE ME. ATTORNEY, I'M SORRY. UH, MAD MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS FOR A POINT OF REFERENCE, THE ORDINANCE THAT HAS BEEN PUBLISHED, AND THAT IS BEFORE THE COMMISSION, I'M SORRY, THE ORDINANCE, THE RESOLUTION, EXCUSE ME. THAT IS BEFORE THIS COMMISSION. UH, YOU'LL RECALL AT LAST NIGHT'S CONVERSATION, I DID INDICATE THAT THERE IS A PROVISION AGAIN THAT NOW ALLOWS FOR CONSIDERATION RELATING TO GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AND AFFILIATES. I SUGGEST, UH, IF THE COMMISSION WANTS THAT TO HAPPEN, THE MOTION, THE RESOLUTION NEEDS TO BE AMENDED JUST TO INCLUDE THE, THE PHRASE WITH GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AND A AFFILIATED OR, UH, ENTITIES OR ORGANIZATIONS. [00:25:02] UH, AND THAT WOULD AGAIN, BRING IN THOSE ORGANIZATIONS WHO HAVE RELATIONSHIPS WITH GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES, WHETHER IT'S THE COUNTY, THE CITY, OR FEDERAL OR OTHER STATE AGENCIES. MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER HARRIS. THANK YOU. UH, I MOVE TO AMEND RESOLUTION 2 0 2 6 DASH 0 7 7 TO INCLUDE GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AND AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS. COMMISSIONER HARRISON FOUR, COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. FOUR MAYOR EDWARD PHILLIPS, VICE MAYOR THOMAS. FOUR. COMMISSIONER SWELL. FOUR. MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. ITEM 10 B. NO MA'AM, MADAM MAYOR, THE MAIN RESOLUTION IS THEN THE MAIN MADAM VICE MAYOR. I MOVE TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 2026 DASH 0 7 7. COMMISSIONER HARRISON FOR COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS FOR MAYOR EDWARDS PHILLIPS VICE MAYOR THOMAS FOR COMMISSIONER SWELL FOR MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. NOW, ITEM 10 B. [10.B. RESOLUTION 2026-078 IS A QUASI JUDICIAL PROCEEDING APPROVING, WITH CONDITIONS, CONDITIONAL USE APPLICATION NO. LDA-26-03, (CONDITIONAL USE REQUEST) AND COMPANION APPLICATION LDA-26-13 (MAJOR SITE PLAN REQUEST) TO ALLOW A 7 BREW DRIVE THRU COFFEE SHOP IN THE TC-TOWN CENTER DISTRICT PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 5 SECTION 503 OF THE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS ] THIS IS A QUESTION, MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONER'S RESOLUTION 2 0 2 6 DASH 0 7 8 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF LAUDERDALE LAKES FLORIDA APPROVING OR APPROVING WITH CONDITIONS OR DENYING CONDITIONAL USE APPLICATION NUMBER LDA 26 DASH ZERO THREE APPLICATION SUBMITTED BY SEVEN BREW DRIVE THROUGH COFFEE, THE APPLICANT PURSUANT TO CHAPTER FIVE, SECTION 5 0 3 OF THE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS TO ALLOW FOR THE OPERATION OF A DRIVE THROUGH IN THE TOWN CENTER ZONING DISTRICT. A COPY OF SET APPLICATION IS ATTACHED HERE TO AS EXHIBIT A. A COPY OF THE INTEROFFICE MEMORANDUM AND BACKGROUND MATERIALS IS ATTACHED HERE TO AS 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 MATTER MAN COMMISSIONERS. THERE IS A, UH, PUBLIC HEARING FOLLOWING WHICH A QUASI-JUDICIAL PROCEEDING WILL BE NECESSARY TO CONSIDER A FINAL DETERMINATION ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM. THANK YOU. ITEM 10 TO BE RESOLUTION 20 26 0 7 8. ANY PUBLIC COMMENT FLOOR IS OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. ANY PUBLIC COMMENT, PUBLIC COMMENT IS NOT CLOSED. OBJECT, UM, MATTER. MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS, AS INDICATED ON THIS ITEM, IT IS A, UH, MATTER FOR WHICH A QUASI-JUDICIAL PROCEEDING, UH, IS REQUIRED. THAT IN FACT IS THE COMMISSION, UM, REMOVING ITS LEGISLATIVE HAT AND ADOPTING A, UM, QUASI-JUDICIAL FRAMEWORK FOR ADJUDICATING THIS APPLICATION. UM, I'VE INDICATED, UH, PREVIOUSLY FROM LAST NIGHT THAT UH, 'CAUSE THIS MATTER HAS GONE TO THE, UH, PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD, IT'S ALSO GONE TO THE CITY'S, UH, DRC, THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE. UH, IT IS APPROPRIATE TO, UH, REQUEST OF BOTH STAFF AND THE, UH, APPLICANT IF THEY ARE WILLING OR CONSENTING TO WAIVING THE FORMALITIES OF THE QUASI-JUDICIAL PROCEEDING, IF THAT IS THE CASE, AGAIN, I'D BE PRESENTING THAT QUESTION NOW TO STAFF AND AS WELL AS TO THE APPLICANT'S COUNSEL PROTOCOL ESTABLISHED THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR, YES, WE WOULD BE IN AGREEMENT WITH WAIVING THE FORMALITIES. GOOD EVENING. UH, DWAYNE DICKERSON ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT, UH, ATTORNEY WITH THE LAW FIRM MS. GOMAN OFFICES AT 55 50 GLADES ROAD IN BOCA RATON, AND THE APPLICANT WISHES TO WAIVE THEIR QUASI-JUDICIAL PROCEEDING AS WELL. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, UH, MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS, UH, UH, GIVEN THAT THIS IS STILL A, UH, REQUIRED PROCEDURE, UH, I WOULD ALSO ASK STAFF TO, UH, PROVIDE CONFIRMATION THAT THE NOTICES, UM, UNDER THE APPLICABLE CITY CODE AS WELL AS CHAPTER 1 63, WHETHER OR NOT THEY HAVE BEEN FOLLOWED WITH RESPECT TO THIS PARTICULAR APPLICATION THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR. YES. THOSE, NO, THE NOTICING REQUIREMENTS HAVE BEEN FOLLOWED. UM, WE DID POST SIGNS AS WELL AS SEND OUT LETTERS TO, UH, ANYONE WHO LIVES WITHIN 300 FEET OF THIS PROPERTY, AS WELL AS POST THE NOTICE IN THE SUN SENTINEL NEWSPAPER 10 DAYS AHEAD OF TIME. AND THEN FOR PURPOSES OF THE RECORD MATTER, MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS, UH, AGAIN, AFFECTED PERSONS DO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO COME AND PRESENT, UM, POSITIONS FOR OR AGAINST THE APPLICATION. THEY ALSO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, PROVIDE TESTIMONY AND TO CROSS, UH, [00:30:01] EXAMINE AND DO DIRECT WITNESSES AS WELL. THE QUESTION TO THE CITY CLERK UNDER OUR, UH, CHAPTER, UH, 3 0 4 OF THE CODE, ANY EFFECTIVE PERSON IS REQUIRED TO SUBMIT THE FORMS TO THE CITY CLERK, UH, INDICATING THEIR DESIRE TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROCEEDING. SO AT THIS TIME, I WILL ASK MADAM CLERK, UM, UH, MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS, WHETHER OR NOT THERE HAVE BEEN ANY PERSONS WHO SUBMITTED FORMS, UH, INDICATING THEIR DESIRE TO APPEAR HERE TODAY TO, UH, ADVOCATE FOR OR AGAINST THE ITEM, MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS, MR. ATTORNEY. WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY SUCH FORMS. ALRIGHT, AND THEN FINALLY, MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS, UH, THE PROCEEDINGS DO REQUIRE THAT, UH, AS IT PERTAINS TO THE SUBJECT OF EX PARTE COMMUNICATIONS, UH, IT DOES REQUIRE A DISCLOSURE OF, UH, UH, ANY ELECTED OFFICIAL HERE WHO'S HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH THE APPLICANT. UH, AND IF THAT'S THE CASE, THEN AGAIN, NOW WOULD BE THE TIME TO MAKE THOSE DISCLOSURES, UH, AND PROVIDE FOR THAT BY WAY OF A WRITTEN DOCUMENT AFTER, OR ALONG WITH THESE PROCEEDINGS AS WELL. BUT, SO WE SHOULD POLL THE COMMISSION, UH, TO INDICATE WHETHER OR NOT ANY EX PARTE COMMUNICATIONS HAVE TAKEN PLACE. MAD MAYOR, MADAM VICE MAYOR, NO COMMUNICATION. MR. HARRISON MAYOR, NO COMMUNICATION. MR. MAD MAYOR. NO COMMUNICATION. NO COMMUNICATION FOR THE MAYOR, COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. NO, NO COMMUNICATION. ALRIGHT, UH, AND WITH THAT MATTER, MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS, UH, MY SUGGESTION RELATIVE TO, UH, THE INFORMALITY OF THIS PROCESS, PARTICULARLY GIVEN THE WAIVERS, IS TO HAVE STAFF PRESENT, UH, THE APPLICATION FOLLOWED BY ANY FOLLOW UP TESTIMONY OR, UM, UH, PRESENTATION FROM APPLICANT'S COUNSEL ON THE MATTER, AFTER WHICH THE COMMISSION IS FREE TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY CONSIDER. I WILL SAY AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE COMMISSION HAS THE, UM, BASICALLY THE TWO ITEMS THAT YOU WANNA DO IS TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE SATISFIED THAT THE, UH, PRESENTATION OF THE EVIDENCE FROM STAFF AND THE APPLICANT ONE, UH, PRESENTS, UH, FACTS AND TESTIMONY THAT ASSURES YOU THAT THIS CONDITIONAL USE APPLICATION IS CONSISTENT WITH THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. UH, AND THAT, UH, UH, THE OTHER, UH, STANDARDS THAT ARE OUTLINED UNDER CHAPTER, UM, 5 0 3 OF THE CODE HAVE BEEN MET. UH, AND AGAIN, STAFF AND THE APPLICANT CAN GIVE YOU THAT TESTIMONY. UH, YOU SHOULD ALSO KNOW, AGAIN THAT THE, UH, RECOMMENDATION FROM THE PLANNING AND ZONING IS, UH, PART OF THE EVIDENCE THAT STAFF CAN SHOW IN ADDITION TO THE REPORT THAT THE, UH, THE PLANNING AND ZONING, UH, BOARD RECEIVED FROM THE CITY'S DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE. AND SO THAT'S MY SUGGESTION IS TO, UH, HAVE STAFF, UH, MAKE THE PRESENTATION FOLLOWED BY THE APPLICANT'S, UH, ATTORNEY. THANK YOU, MS. SANJA, THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR. KURT, WOULD YOU PUT THAT UP? AND MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS, I'M SORRY. UH, BECAUSE THERE IS A COMPANION APPLICATION, YOU MAY HEAR, UH, PRESENTATION FROM BOTH THE APPLICANT AND STAFF THAT PERTAINS TO ONE THE APPLICATION BEFORE YOU, THE CONDITIONAL USE APPLICATION, AS WELL AS THE APPLICATION FOR A MAJOR SITE PLAN APPROVAL. SO THOSE APPLICATIONS ARE TO BE CONSIDERED SEPARATELY, BUT AS FAR AS THE PRESENTATION, YOU MAY HEAR PIECES FROM, FROM BOTH OF THEM. SERGEANT. OKAY. APPLICATION SUMMARY IS A CONDITIONAL USE, UH, LDA 26 3, AND IT'S A REQUEST FOR A CONDITIONAL USE APPROVAL TO ALLOW FOR THE DRIVE THROUGH OF A COFFEE SHOP. SO A DRIVE THROUGH COFFEE SHOP IS WHAT THE CONDITIONAL USE IS REQUESTING. THIS IS REQUIRED BASED ON OUR CODE. UM, IT ALLOWS ONLY A DRIVE THROUGH UNDER A CONDITIONAL USE APPROVAL. AND THEN THE SECOND PART, WHICH I'M GONNA GO THROUGH BOTH WITHIN THIS PRESENTATION, IS A SITE PLAN REQUEST, AND THAT'S A COMPANION TO THE CONDITIONAL USE APPROVAL. AND THAT SITE PLAN IS LDA 26 13. AND AGAIN, THIS IS A REQUEST FOR [00:35:01] APPROVAL OF A MAJOR SITE PLAN. THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS LOCATED ON, UH, OAKLAND PARK BOULEVARD, FORMERLY KNOWN AS NORTHWEST 31ST STREET, AND ALSO WEST OAKLAND PARK BOULEVARD. AS YOU CAN SEE, THE NOTICING REQUIREMENT WAS COMPLETED ON JUNE 30TH, AND IT INCLUDED THE POSTING OF SIGNS, A LETTER THAT WAS SENT OUT TO THE, UH, PEOPLE WHO LIVE WITHIN 30 MILE 30, I'M SORRY, 300, 300 FEET OF THE PROPERTY, AS WELL AS THE POSTING THAT WENT INTO THE SUN SENTINEL PAPER. SO THIS ARCHITECTURAL SITE VIEW OF WHAT THE PROJECT WILL LOOK LIKE SHOWS THAT THIS IS A NEW BUILDING, A NEW CONSTRUCTION THAT WILL BE MOVED TO THE FRONT OF THE PROPERTY. AND THE APPLICANT HAS IDENTIFIED THAT THEY WILL HAVE THE DRIVE THROUGH, COME IN THROUGH THE BACK OF THE PROPERTY, AND THAT WAY THAT WILL KEEP THE TRAFFIC OFF OF THE OAKLAND PARK BOULEVARD AREA. YOU MAD? CAN WE ASK QUESTIONS? OH, NOT YET. OH, SORRY. WE SHOULD FINISH THIS, UH, PERMISSION. SORRY. NO, NO PROBLEM. THE SITE PLAN HERE SHOWS THE DIFFERENT ZONING DISTRICTS THAT'S CLOSE BY IN THIS AREA. WE HAVE A PLAN UNIT DEVELOPMENT, WHICH IS ALSO KNOWN AS BELLA VISTA. WE HAVE THE TOWN CENTER AREA, UM, AND THEN WE HAVE COMMERCIAL TO THE NORTH AND COMMERCIAL TO THE WEST, AS WELL AS THE SOUTH OF THIS PROPERTY. THE SITE DATA IDENTIFIES THE SEVEN BREW, UH, DRIVE THROUGH COFFEE SHOP AS PROPERTY LOCATED AT 3 6 6 0 NORTHWEST 31ST STREET, LAUDERDALE LAKES. THE COMMERCIAL USE IS VACANT, CURRENTLY VACANT, AND IT'S IN THE TOWN CENTER DISTRICT. IT'S APPROXIMATELY 1.08 ACRES, AND ALSO THE CURRENT USE IS COMMERCIAL. AND THEN THE NEXT USE THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO DO IS A COMMERCIAL USE, BUT WITH A DRIVE THROUGH COFFEE SHOP. AND THE ZONING AND LAND USE DESIGNATIONS WILL REMAIN THE SAME FOR A CLOSER VIEW, WE CAN SEE THAT THE CURRENT BUILDING IS SITTING TO THE BACK OF THE PROPERTY. THAT BUILDING WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE SITE, AND THE NEW BUILDING WILL BE PUT INTO PLACE. SO THE STANDARDS FOR THE CONDITIONAL USE INCLUDE THE PROPOSED USE SHALL BE CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. STAFF FINDS THAT THE PROPOSED USE IS, UH, CONDITIONAL USE, IS CONSISTENT WITH THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. THE ESTABLISHED MAINTENANCE OR OPERATIONS OF THE PROPOSED USE SHALL NOT BE DETRIMENTAL TO OR ENDANGER THE PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY OR GENERAL WELFARE. STAFF FINDS THAT THE PROPOSED DRIVE-THROUGH COFFEE SHOP ESTABLISHMENT WILL NOT BE DETRIMENTAL OR ENDANGER THE PUBLIC WELFARE. AS YOU CAN SEE, WE TALKED ABOUT THE FACT THAT THEY WERE, UM, GOING TO BRING THE TRAFFIC IN OFF THE BACK SO THAT WOULDN'T INC, UH, REQUIRE ANY ADDITIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE OR THINGS OF THAT NATURE THAT COULD BE IN PLACE IF THEY WERE BRINGING IT OFF THE FRONT. THE PROPOSED USE SHALL BE CONSISTENT WITH THE COMMUNITY CHARACTER OF THE IMMEDIATE NEIGHBORHOOD OF THE PROPOSED USE. THE PROPOSED DRIVE THROUGH COFFEE SHOP ESTABLISHMENT IS CONSISTENT WITH EXISTING COMMERCIAL CHARACTER WITHIN THAT, UH, CORRIDOR. UH, WE DO HAVE SOME OTHER C COFFEE SHOPS AS WELL AS DRIVE-THROUGH RESTAURANTS WITHIN THAT AREA. AND SO THAT THEREFORE, STAFF FINDS THAT THE PROPOSED DRIVE-THROUGH COFFEE SHOP ESTABLISHMENT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE EXISTING COMMERCIAL CHARACTER OF THE SURROUNDING AREA AND THE DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS ALONG WEST OAKLAND PARK BOULEVARD UTILITY AND ROADWAY CAPACITY. UH, THAT'S ANOTHER KEY INDICATOR OF WHETHER OR NOT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO APPROVE THIS CONDITIONAL USE, AND THAT IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE ROAD CAPACITY, DRAINAGE AND OTHER NECESSARY PUBLIC FACILITIES, INCLUDING POLICE, FIRE, AND EMERGENCY SERVICES, SHALL EXIST AT THE CITY'S ADOPTED LEVEL OF SERVICE OR BE AVAILABLE CONCURRENT WITH DEMAND. SO, UM, STAFF FINDS THAT THAT IS ADEQUATE. THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN REVIEWED BY THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT, PUBLIC PUBLIC SERVICES DEPARTMENT, AS WELL AS DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT, INCLUDING LANDSCAPE AND PLANNING. [00:40:01] AND WE FOUND THAT THIS, UH, THE UTILITY OF THIS SITE WILL ESTABLISHMENT WILL BE, UH, SUPPORTED BY OUR CURRENT LEVEL OF SERVICE. SO THAT FI STAFF FINDS THAT THAT IS A ADEQUATE NEXT ONE, E ADEQUATE MEASURES EXIST TO OR SHALL BE TAKEN TO PROVIDE INGRESS AND EGRESS INTO THE PROPOSED USE IN A MANNER THAT MINIMIZES TRAFFIC CONGESTION IN THE PUBLIC STREETS. AGAIN, THE, UH, DIAGRAM THAT I SHOWED SHOWS THAT THE TRAFFIC WILL COME OFF THE SIDE STREET AND THEY HAVE TWO STACKING LANES SO THAT IT SHOULD BE ADEQUATE TO KEEP ANY OF THE TRAFFIC OFF OF THE PUBLIC STREETS. THEY ALSO HAVE A, A, A, A LANE THAT YOU CAN GO AROUND THE BUILDING IF NEEDED, TO GET INTO THE PARK TO THE AREA. SO THEY DO HAVE THOSE THREE LANES AVAILABLE, AND THAT SHOULD KEEP ALL TRAFFIC OFF OF THE PUBLIC STREETS. THEREFORE, STAFF FINDS THAT THE USE THAT THE SITE PROVIDES ADEQUATE INGRESS AND EGRESS AND IS SUFFICIENT FOR PARKING TO SUPPORT THE PROPOSED USE WHILE MINIMIZING TRAFFIC CONGESTION AND ALLOWING SAFE OR ONSITE CIRCULATION. SO THE, UH, NEXT ONE IS F THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE CONDITIONAL USE SHALL NOT IMPEDE THE DEVELOPMENT OF SURROUNDING PROPERTIES OR USE PERMITTED IN THE ZONING DISTRICT. THE SURROUNDING AREA IS FULLY DEVELOPED WITH A MIX OF COMMERCIAL MIXED USE AND RESIDENTIAL USES. THE PROPOSED USE IS CONSISTENT WITH THESE EXISTING ACTIVITIES AND DOES NOT PROPOSE ANY IMP IMPEDING ACTIVITY TOWARDS THOSE TYPE OF USES, AND ACTUALLY COULD PROBABLY GENERATE MORE. SO THEREFORE, THE STAFF FINDS THAT YES, THIS PROPOSED USE IS CONSISTENT. G THE 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 FINDS THAT THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT HAS BEEN DESIGNED TO MINIMIZE ADVERSE IMPACTS ON ADJACENT PROPERTIES THROUGH APPROPRIATE BUILDING ORIENTATION, SETBACKS, LANDSCAPE BUFFERS, AND OTHER SITE DESIGN ELEMENTS. SO AGAIN, STAFF HAS FOUND THAT THAT HAS BEEN MET. AND THEN H THE CITY COMMISSION FINDS THAT THE GRANTING OF THE APPLICATION WILL BE IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CITY AND STAFFS FINDS THAT THE PROPOSED DRIVE THROUGH COFFEE ESTABLISHMENT WILL NOT BE DETRIMENTAL AND, UM, THEREFORE LEAVES THAT UP TO THE CITY COMMISSION TO MAKE THE FINAL DETERMINATION. SO GETTING MORE INTO THE SITE PLAN, THIS IS WHERE I CAN SHOW THAT THE DRIVE-THROUGH, AGAIN, COMES IN OFF OF, UH, 36 TERRACE. AND ALSO THERE'S AN EASEMENT IN PLACE FOR, UH, CUSTOMERS TO ENTER OFF OF THE MARKETPLACE PLAZA AREA. AND THEN THERE'S ALSO GOING TO BE A CONNECTION RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE EGG ROLL BUSINESS. SO THERE'S SEVERAL WAYS THAT THE TRAFFIC CAN COME INTO THE SITE WITHOUT IMPEDING TRAFFIC. AND THEN HERE IT ALSO SHOWS THE DRIVE THROUGH LANES THAT'S PUT IN PLACE AS WELL AS THE BYPASS LANE. SO THAT WILL KEEP TR UH, TRAFFIC CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE SITE AND NOT ONTO PUBLIC RIGHT AWAY. SO FOR THE SITE PLAN PORTION OF THE APPLICATION, THE PERMIT, THERE'S UH, SEVERAL QUESTIONS THE STAFF HAD TO ASK AS WELL IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT THE, UM, SITE WAS UP TO DATE WITH THE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS AND THAT PERMITTED USE, UH, RESTAURANTS, CAFES WITHOUT DRIVE THROUGH FACILITIES ARE PERMITTED, AND SO THEREFORE THE APPLICANT HAS BROUGHT IN THE CONDITIONAL USE. THE NEXT ONE, CONDITIONAL USE DRIVE THROUGH FACILITIES. DRIVE THROUGH FACILITIES, YES, HAVE TO BE UNDER A CONDITIONAL USE. THE FRONT SETBACKS IS 50 FEET. UM, THIS CURRENT PROJECT IS, UM, STATING THAT THEY WANNA BE 65 FEET. SO THAT, UH, REQUIREMENT HAS BEEN MET. ECT BACKS IS 25 FEET. THE 25 FOOT FEET HAS ALSO BEEN MET, SO WE COULD SAY YES TO THAT. THE REAR SETBACK OF 25 FEET IS ALSO, UH, HAS BEEN MET BY 25 FEET. THEN THE BUILDING MAXIMUM HEIGHT IS 50 FEET. AND AGAIN, YES, THE MAXIMUM HEIGHT OF THIS BUILDING IS 50 FEET. SO IT HAS BEEN MA PLOT COVERAGE. MAXIMUM OF 45% [00:45:01] OF THE PLOT IS TO BE COVERED. AND THIS BUILDING IS ONLY GONNA COVER 25% OF THE PLOT LANDSCAPE AND OPEN SPACE. UM, OUR COAL REQUIRES 35% AND THIS APPLICANT HAS BROUGHT IN A, A ADDITIONAL LANDSCAPE THAT WILL ALLOW, WILL ACTUALLY DO BE 50%. SO AGAIN, YES, THOSE REQUIREMENTS HAVE BEEN MET. AMOUNT OF OFF STREET PARKING RESTAURANTS HAVE, UH, 200 SQUARE FEET OF FLOOR AREA REQUIRES THREE SPACES, AND THE APPLICANT HAS PROPOSED EIGHT SPACES. SO YES, AGAIN, THEY MEET THE REQUIREMENTS SIZE OF THE PARKING SPACES. NINE BY 18 THEY'VE MET THAT REQUIREMENT. STACKING REQUIREMENTS IS SIX SPACES PER SERVICE LANE, AND THEY'RE, UM, PROPOSING SEVEN SPACES PER SERVICE LANE. SO THEY, AGAIN, THEY MEET THAT REQUIREMENT. MAXIMUM SIGN FACE IS 600 FEET BY 400 SQUARE FEET. SO THE APPLICANT IS RECOMMENDING THAT TWO SIGNS THAT ARE 450 SQUARE FEET, WHICH MEANS THEY HAVE MET THAT REQUIREMENT. MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF SIGNS, ONE PER STREET FRONTAGE, AND THEY HAVE ONE PER FRONTAGE. SO AGAIN, THEY HAVE MET THAT REQUIREMENT. MAXIMUM SIGN HEIGHT IS 15 FEET AND THEY'RE PROPOSING A SIGN OF 11 FEET MAXIMUM ILLUMINATION, ONE FOOT CANDLE PER AVERAGE. AND THEY HAVE PROPOSED THAT EXACT AMOUNT. SO AGAIN, THEY HAVE MET THAT REQUIREMENT. LIGHT HEIGHT STANDARDS, 12 FEET ABOVE THE GRADE OR NON CUTOFF. AND AGAIN, UH, THEY, THEY HAVE THAT STANDARD MET, BUT IT VARIES THROUGHOUT THE SITE PLAN. AND JUST A QUICK REVIEW OF THE LANDSCAPE, AS YOU CAN SEE, THIS IS PROJECT IS GOING TO BRING IN A LOT OF NEW LANDSCAPING IN THAT AREA, WHICH WILL BEAUTIFY THE AREA. AND THEY ALSO HAVE AGREED WITH THE CITY TO MOVE THE SIDEWALK ONTO THE CITY'S PROPERTY, WHICH WILL ALLOW FOR THE CITY TO HAVE ACCEPT THE SIDEWALK AND TAKE, UH, POSSESSION OF THAT, WHICH IS IN A VERY IMPORTANT PIECE BECAUSE WE ALWAYS WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE IN CONTROL OF OUR SIDEWALKS. AND ACTUALLY THE APPLICANT HAS AGREED TO PAY FOR THAT INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT. SO FOR THE CONDITIONAL USE APPROVAL STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT THE PLANNING, AND I'M SORRY THAT THE CITY COMMISSION RECOMMENDS APPRO, OH, I'M SORRY. THIS PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD DID RECOMMEND APPROVAL FOR THIS PROJECT OF FOUR TO ZERO. SO IT WAS A UNANIMOUS VOTE. AND THEN STAFF DOES RECOMMEND THAT THE CITY COMMISSION APPROVE THIS APPLICATION, UM, WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS, SUBSTANTIAL CONFORMANCE TO THE APPLICANT'S LETTER OF INTENT JUSTIFICATION STATEMENT SUBMITTED IN SUPPORT OF APPLICATION LDA 26 0 3 AND LDA 26 13 CONDITION NUMBER TWO, ALL CONDITIONS AND DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE COMMENTS SHALL BE ADDRESSED TO THE SATISFACTION OF THE APPLICABLE REVIEW DEPARTMENT PRIOR TO THE ISSUANCE OF ANY BUILDING PERMITS. AND ANY SUBSTANTIAL MODIFICATIONS TO THE APPROVED SITE PLAN OR CONDITIONAL USE SHALL BE REQUIRED, REQUIRE ADDITIONAL REVIEW AND APPROVAL BY THE CITY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS. AND THE APPLICANT HAS ALREADY BROUGHT IN AND ADDRESSED ANY, UH, COMMENTS BY THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE. SO THAT CONDITION, THOUGH, IS STILL ON HERE. IT'S JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT IF ANYTHING COMES UP DURING THE BUILDING PERMITTING PROCESS, THAT WE HAVE AN ESTABLISHED UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT IS APPROVED. AND WITH THAT, I WILL COMPLETE MY PRESENTATION. MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS? UH, YES. UH, THIS IS FOR EDIFICATION AND FOR THE RECORD, UM, MS. MCCOY, YOU TOOK THE COMMISSION THROUGH SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE CITY'S REGULATIONS UNDER CHAPTER 7 0 4, CHAPTER 8 0 1, CHAPTER 9 0 9, UH, AND, UH, CHAPTER 1104, VARIOUS LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS, RIGHT? YES. ARE THOSE THE REGULATIONS THAT THE, UH, DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE ALSO CONSIDERED? YES. AND DID THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE FIND THAT THE APPLICANT MET THE STANDARDS? YES. UH, YOU ALSO MENTIONED, WELL, I KNOW THAT THIS MATTER WENT TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD, IS THAT RIGHT? YES. AND DID THE PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD VOTE ON THIS MATTER? THE PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD. BOARD DID VOTE ON THE MATTER, AND [00:50:01] THEY VOTED A FOUR TO ZERO UNANIMOUS. DID STAFF RECOMMENDING APPROVAL? DID STAFF SUBMIT A REPORT TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD? YES. UH, AND IS THAT THE REPORT THAT IS ATTACHED TO THE, UH, UH, RESOLUTION ON THIS ITEM THIS EVENING? YES. IS THAT PART OF THE RECORD? THAT SHOULD BE FOR THIS ITEM? YES. UH, AND THEN THE CONDITIONS THAT YOU JUST DESCRIBED, ARE THOSE IN THE STAFF REPORT? THAT'S PART OF THE RECORD, YES. SO THE DRC CONSIDERED THE REGULATIONS AS WELL AS THE STANDARDS THAT YOU OUTLINED UNDER A THROUGH H OF SECTION 5 0 3, IS THAT RIGHT? YES. OKAY. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. QUESTION, WHERE EXACTLY IS THIS, BECAUSE I'M CONFUSED. I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, WAS THERE A BANK USED TO BE THERE? MM-HMM . YES. BANK UNITED? YES. BANK UNITED. AND IT'S ON 31ST AND OAKLAND PARK IT, THE ADDRESS SAYS 31ST, BUT IT'S REALLY WEST OAKLAND PARK BOULEVARD. THAT IS WHAT THE PROPERTY APPRAISER CURRENTLY HAS. SOMETIMES WHEN A PROPERTY HAS GONE VACANT, THEY DON'T UPDATE THE ADDRESS. I'M ANTICIPATING THAT WHEN THE APPLICANT TAKE POSSESSION, THEY WILL PROBABLY WANNA UPDATE THAT BECAUSE OAKLAND PARK IS EASIER TO FIND THAN THAT 31ST. SO I'M STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, I'M SORRY. IS IT CLOSE TO THE SWAP? THE, IS IT THE FLEA MARKET? NO, LET ME TELL YOU A MOMENT. HOLD ON A MOMENT. SHE WANTS TO NO, LET, WANTS TO KNOW. BUT HOLD ON A MOMENT THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR. YES. SO IT'S, IT'S RIGHT, IF YOU KNOW WHERE THE EGG ROLL SHOP IS? UH, MARKETPLACE PLAZA. OH, AMERICA? YES. OH, IT'S RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO THE EGG GROVE SHOP. IT'S LIKE ACROSS THE STREET FROM BANK OF AMERICA, RIGHT? IT'S RIGHT IN THE PLAZA WHERE DMV IS? YES. SO THERE'S A DRIVE THROUGH ALREADY THERE FOR THE BANK? YES. OH, OKAY. NOW I KNOW WHERE. OKAY. OKAY, UNDERSTOOD. THANK YOU. OTHER COLLEAGUES? NO, I WAS TRYING TO TELL HER IT SO MS. TANYA WAS ABLE TO TELL HER. COMMISSIONER CARSWELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS, COLLEAGUES? NO, I, I MEAN, SORRY, MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER MAX WILLIAMS. AND WHAT IS THE NAME OF IT? YOU SAID BREW THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR. SEVEN BREW. SEVEN BREW. SO IS, IS IT LIKE A STARBUCKS THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR? I WOULD SAY IT'S, UH, MORE ON PAR WITH A STARBUCKS. NOT THE EXACT SAME TYPE OF, UH, DRINK. I DID HAVE A CHANCE TO DRINK AT ONE MYSELF, AND I THINK THE COFFEE IS MORE ON PAR WITH A STARBUCKS. SO ANOTHER QUESTION? YES. OUR SENIOR MADAM MAYOR. YES. REMEMBER WE HAVE DUNKING DONUTS. SO IS IT, IS IT GOING TO LIKE, THE DUNKING DONUTS IS TWO BLOCKS AWAY AND THIS AND THE DUNKING DONUTS IS ALSO LIKE A COFFEE IS A COFFEE SHOP. SO IS THAT, THAT MAKES SENSE. YES. THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR, I DID, UH, TALK TO THE APPLICANT AND THEY STATED THAT THEY DON'T SERVE FOOD AND THEY SERVE A MULTITUDE OF OTHER TYPES OF DRINKS. SO IT'S PROBABLY GONNA BE A DIFFERENT CUSTOMER BASE. OKAY. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. AND I ALSO WENT ONLINE OF COURSE, AND I GOOGLE , THE OTHER SHOPS. MM-HMM . AND THE MENU, AS FAR AS BEVERAGES ARE CONCERNED, ARE QUITE EXTENSIVE. THEY ARE FEATURED DRINKS SEVEN ORIGINAL SEVEN, CLASSIC SEVEN ENERGY DRINKS, SEVEN FIFTH SODAS, TEAS, CHAI AND MATCHA LEMONADE, SMOOTHIES AND SHAKES. SO IT HAS QUITE AN EXTENSIVE, UH, VARIETY OF, OF BEVERAGES IN ADDITION TO COFFEE. YES. ALRIGHT. UH, NO, IT'S THE APPLICANT. OH, THE APPLICANT. OKAY. THANK YOU MS. SANJA. THANK YOU MS. DICKERSON, WOULD YOU LIKE TO? OF COURSE YOU WOULD. . GOOD EVENING AGAIN. DWAYNE DICKERSON ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT ATTORNEY WITH THE LAW FIRM, MS. GO BACKMAN OFFICES AT 55 50 GLADES ROAD, UH, SUITE SIX 20 IN BOCA RATON, FLORIDA, UM, BETWEEN, UH, DIRECTOR MCCOY AND HER THOROUGH, UH, PRESENTATION IN YOUR RESEARCH AND QUESTIONS. UH, IT'S GONNA, IT'S GONNA BE HARD FOR THE, FOR ME TO GET PAID TONIGHT. 'CAUSE THE CLIENT'S GONNA SAY, DWAYNE, YOU DIDN'T DO ANYTHING. YOU LET, YOU, LET YOU LET THE STAFF AND, AND, AND THE COMMISSION DO ALL THE WORK. BUT I WILL, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO JUST DO, UH, SOMETHING TO BEGIN WITH FOR HOUSEKEEPING PURPOSES FOR THE RECORD. UM, AS, UH, MR. [00:55:01] CITY ATTORNEY STATED, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE RECORD INCLUDES ANY OF THE MATERIALS THAT HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED BY MY TEAM, INCLUDING ALL THE PLANS AND THE BACKUP MATERIALS, ALL THE APPLICATIONS, AS WELL AS THE POWERPOINT PRESENTATION THAT I'M GONNA BRIEFLY GO THROUGH THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY SUBMITTED TO THE, UM, TO THE CITY. AND WITHOUT OBJECTION, MADAM MAYOR WOULD LIKE FOR THAT TO BE PART OF THE RECORD IN ADDITION TO ALL OF THE MATERIALS THAT CITY STAFF HAS REVIEWED AND SUBMITTED, AND THE MEETING MINUTES FROM THE PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD. SO WITHOUT OBJECTION, MADAM MAYOR, JUST LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF THOSE DOCUMENTS ARE PART OF THE RECORD. YES, SIR. THANK YOU. UH, MR. KURT, CAN YOU PLEASE? OH, ARE WE READY? OKAY, SO, UH, JUST TO REITERATE THE LOCATION, IT'S IN THE BOUNDARY IN THE YELLOW THERE. SO THE MAJOR ROAD JUST ABOVE THE YELLOW BOUNDARY IS OAKLAND PARK BOULEVARD. UM, DIRECTOR MCCOY IS EXACTLY CORRECT. UH, THE PROPERTY APPRAISER HAS IT AS NORTHWEST 31ST STREET, UH, BUT WE ALL KNOW IT AS WEST OAKLAND PARK BOULEVARD. SO, UH, AND I'M SURE WE'D PROBABLY LIKE OAKLAND PARK BOULEVARD TO BE OUR TECHNICAL ADDRESS BECAUSE IT'S EASIER TO FIND AND, UM, I THINK IT IDENTIFIES A SITE BETTER. SO, UH, BUT OAKLAND PARK BOULEVARD IS JUST ON TOP OF THAT SITE. AND THEN THE MAJOR, UM, THE MAJOR BOULEVARD THAT RUNS NORTH SOUTH TO THE LEFT IS STATE ROAD SEVEN. SO THAT'S HOW YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THE FRAME OF REFERENCE OF THE MAJOR RIGHTS OF WAY THAT ARE ADJACENT TO THE PROPERTY. AND THEN THIS IS A ZOOM IN. SO ON TOP ONCE AGAIN IS OAKLAND PARK BOULEVARD, INTO THE RIGHT IS NORTHWEST 36TH TERRACE. UM, AND YOU CAN SEE THE BANK BUILDING ON THERE. IT WILL BE DEMOLISHED, UH, TO MAKE ROOM FOR THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT. IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE BANK HAS, UM, BEEN VACANT AND, AND IT'S BEEN DARK FOR AT LEAST A COUPLE OF YEARS NOW, TWO OR THREE YEARS. SO, UH, WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO, UH, UH, A NICE FRESH REDEVELOPMENT OF THE SITE. UH, DIRECTOR MCCOY, UH, VERY THOROUGHLY WENT THROUGH THE TWO APPLICATIONS BEFORE. YOU WANTED THE CONDITIONAL USE TO ALLOW FOR THE DRIVE THROUGH IN OUR ZONING DISTRICT, WHICH IS TOWN CENTER, AS WELL AS A MAJOR SITE PLAN TO ALLOW FOR, UH, THE SEVEN GROUP DEVELOPMENT. A BRIEF KINDA SUMMARY OF WHO WE ARE. SO WE'RE A DRIVE THROUGH COFFEE AND SPECIALTY BREW ESTABLISHMENT. UM, AND WE PROVIDE POSITIVE CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE. THAT'S A BIG COMPONENT OF OUR, OF OUR PROGRAM, AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT VERY BRIEFLY. BUT WE PROVIDE SIGNIFICANT HANDCRAFTED BEVERAGES, UH, AND WE PRIDE OURSELVES ON OUR SPEED OF SERVICE. AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT ALLOWS US TO DO THAT IS OUR DUAL DRIVE THROUGH MODEL, WHICH YOU'RE STARTING TO SEE MORE WITH THE QUICK SERVICE, UH, FACILITIES OF PROVIDING THE DUAL DRIVE THROUGH INSTEAD OF THE SINGLE. BUT WHAT THAT DOES IS THE, THE MAIN THING ANY QUICK SERVICE ESTABLISHMENT IS LOOKING AT IS THEIR TICKET TIMES. AND THAT'S FROM WHEN, UH, A CUSTOMER PLACES AN ORDER, HOW MUCH TIME DOES IT TAKE TO PREPARE THE ORDER, MOVE THE VEHICLE THROUGH THE SITE, AND THEN PROVIDE THE ORDER TO, TO THE CUSTOMER? UH, WE'RE ABLE TO HAVE SOME OF THE BEST, UM, UH, OR SOME OF THE SHORTER TICKET TIMES IN THE INDUSTRY BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT WE DO HAVE THE DUAL DRIVE-THROUGH LANES AND WE DO, UH, ALLOW OUR, OUR TEAM MEMBERS TO GO TAKE THE ORDERS UP AND DOWN THE, THE DRIVE-THROUGH LANES TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE MOVING QUICKLY. SO THERE ARE NO MENU BOARDS AND THERE ARE NO SPEAKERS OR ANYTHING OF THAT NATURE. ALL OF OUR ENGAGEMENT WITH OUR CUSTOMERS IS THE TEAM MEMBERS. OUR EMPLOYEES WILL GO AND TAKE THE ORDERS FROM THE VEHICLES. NOW, IF, AS, AS WE'VE DONE THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY, UH, AND BUILDING THE RELATIONSHIPS, WE'LL START TO LEARN OUR CUSTOMERS AND THEY'LL SHOW UP AND WE'LL KNOW WHAT THEY WANT. SO THAT, THAT'S REALLY WHAT YOU WANT. YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE, UH, INVITING YOUR COMMUNITY TO THIS LOCATION AND YOU'RE GETTING TO KNOW YOUR COMMUNITY WELL. SO THAT'S A BIG PART OF OUR BUSINESS MODEL IS THE, THE DIRECT CONTACT WITH OUR, OUR TEAM MEMBERS AND THE CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE THAT WE PROVIDE. UM, BUT SO WE DO PROVIDE ALSO THE, THE DOUBLE DRIVE THROUGH APPROACH. SO THAT DOES GIVE MORE OPPORTUNITY TO GET VEHICLES IN, IN THE SPACE ON THE PROPERTY AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE NOT STACKING OFF OF THE PROPERTY OR ONTO ADJACENT PROPERTIES OR ONTO ADJACENT RIGHTS AWAY. SO WE WERE ABLE TO MEET OR EXCEED ALL OF THE, UH, THE MATRIX THAT YOUR CITY REQUIRES FOR STACKING AND VEHICLE AND PARKING AND ALL THOSE THINGS. UM, THE TRADITIONAL STORE, AND WE ANTICIPATE THIS STORE TO EMPLOY, UH, APPROXIMATELY 70 EMPLOYEES. AND THAT IS WITH SHIFTS, USUALLY WITH FOUR TO 18 MEMBERS PER SHIFT. UM, THERE ARE TYPICAL HOURS AND DAYS OF OPERATION [01:00:01] ARE SUNDAY TO, UM, THURSDAY FROM 5:30 AM TO 10:00 PM AND THEN FRIDAYS AND SATURDAYS FROM 5:30 AM TO 11:00 PM UM, LIKE WE TALKED ABOUT, IT'S A DRIVE THROUGH ONLY CONCEPT. SO THERE'S NO INTERIOR, UH, ORDERING AND NO INTERIOR DINING AS IS BASED ON OUR, OUR BUSINESS MODEL. AND, UM, WHEN WE COME TO A COMMUNITY, WE LOOK TO BE PART OF THE COMMUNITY. UM, SO THE RELATIONSHIPS THAT WE ESTABLISH, NOT ONLY WITH THE CITY, UH, STAFF AND CITY OFFICIALS AND WITH THE VERY IMPORTANT TO US, UH, THEY'RE A VERY PHILANTHROPIC COMPANY, SO THEY'VE DONATED, UH, WELL OVER $1.3 MILLION AND THEY ALSO DONATE IN KIND, SO DRINK DONATIONS. SO WE LOOK FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO WORK WITH THE CITY AND, AND DO THINGS THAT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL TO THE CITY, UM, TO, TO GROW OUR BUSINESS AND OBVIOUSLY TO SUPPORT THE CITY IN YOUR, IN YOUR INITIATIVES. UM, THE COMPANY WAS FOUNDED IN ARKANSAS, AND RIGHT NOW WE'VE JUST SURPASSED OUR 777TH STORE. UH, WE'RE ALSO HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE THAT, UH, IF THIS LOCATION IS APPROVED, THIS WILL BE THE FIRST LOCATION IN BROWARD COUNTY. SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT, UH, THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES AND, AND YOU KNOW, BEING THE FIRST CITY THAT WE'D BE IN IN BROWARD COUNTY. AND MADAM MAYOR, YOU DID YOUR HOMEWORK. UH, IT'S, IT'S FUNNY, IT'S BREW AND YOU THINK COFFEE, BUT BECAUSE OF THE SPECIALTY DRINKS THAT WE PROVIDE, COFFEE IS ACTUALLY LESS THAN 50% OF OUR DRINK OFFERINGS. WE DO HAVE THE TEAS AND THE SMOOTHIES, WE HAVE SHAKES, WE HAVE THE, UH, SEVEN FIZZ, WHICH YOU STATED, UH, MATTER MAYOR IS A SPARKLING WATER WHERE YOU CAN ADD DIFFERENT FLAVORS OF INFUSION INTO THE WATER. UH, WE HAVE ENERGY DRINKS AND SO FORTH. SO, UM, UH, UH, MADAM COMMISSIONER, TO YOUR POINT ABOUT DUNCAN AND SOME OF THE OTHERS, WE, UH, WE'RE VERY CONFIDENT THAT WE WILL PROVIDE DIFFERENT OFFERINGS THAT SOME OF THE OTHER, UH, COFFEE SHOPS ARE NOT PROVIDING IN YOUR CITY. UH, WE WELCOME COMPETITION AS WELL. WE THINK COMPETITION IS HEALTHY AND WE THINK IF YOU HAVE COMPETITION, THAT MEANS YOU HAVE TO PROVIDE QUALITY SERVICE, YOU HAVE TO PROVIDE QUALITY PRICING, AND YOU HAVE TO PROVIDE A QUALITY PRODUCT TO, TO, TO DO WELL WHEN THERE'S COMPETITION IN THE MARKET. AND WE'RE FINE WITH THAT. SO, BUT WE DO OFFER THINGS THAT SOME OF THE OTHERS DON'T. I THINK WE HAVE UPWARDS OF 20,000 UNIQUE DIFFERENT COMBINATIONS OF DRINKS THAT WE PROVIDE. UM, AS STATED, THIS IS THE SITE PLAN. SO OAKLAND PARK IS TO THE LEFT AND WHICH WILL BE THE NORTH, UM, INTO THE RIGHT IS SOUTH ON TOP WOULD BE EAST, WHICH IS NORTHWEST 36TH PLACE, I'M SORRY, NORTHWEST 36 TERRACE. AND THEN TO THE WEST IS ON THE BOTTOM. UM, IN LINE WITH WORKING WITH THE CITY, THEY ASKED US TO SECURE A CROSS ACCESS AGREEMENT WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER TO OUR WEST, AND THEY HAVE ALREADY AN ACCESS POINT ON OAKLAND PARK BOULEVARD. SO INSTEAD OF ASKING FOR A NEW CUT ONTO OAKLAND PARK BOULEVARD, WHICH COULD POTENTIALLY CREATE TRAFFIC, UM, CONFLICTS, WE AGREED TO ENTER INTO A CROSS ACCESS EASEMENT SO WE COULD UTILIZE AN EXISTING ACCESS POINT. AND THEN IF CUSTOMERS ARE COMING FROM THAT SITE TO OUR WEST, THEY DON'T HAVE TO GO BACK TO OAKLAND PARK TO GET TO OUR PROPERTY. THEY CAN USE THAT CROSS ACCESS POINT, UM, TO GET TO THE PROPERTY. AND SO IF YOU TALK TO FDOT AND THE COUNTY AND YOUR CITY ENGINEER, THOSE ARE ALL THINGS THAT ARE ENCOURAGED TO, UH, TO, AND THEY CALL IT INTERNAL CAPTURE, WHICH IS BEING ABLE TO KEEP TRIPS OFF OF THE MAJOR THOROUGHFARE AND KEEP THEM INTERNAL TO, UM, THE DIFFERENT PROPERTIES ADJACENT TO. SO WE WERE ABLE TO SECURE THAT, AND THAT IS PART OF YOUR BACKUP IN THE RECORD. AND THEN AS, UH, DIRECTOR MCCOY STATED, WE HAVE ACCESS ON NORTHWEST 30, UM, 36 TERRACE, WHICH IS TO THE EAST. WE ALSO HAVE ACCESS ON 30TH PLACE, WHICH IS TO THE SOUTH. SO WE HAVE THESE ACCESS POINTS ON THESE SECONDARY RIGHTS OF WAY, WHICH KEEPS TRAFFIC OFF OF THE MAJOR RIGHTS OF WAY. AND ALSO YOU HAVE MULTIPLE POINTS, YOU HAVE MULTIPLE DISTRIBUTION OF TRAFFIC, SO YOU HAVE A NICE BALANCE OF HOW VEHICLES GET TO AND FROM THE SITE. UM, SO YOU DON'T HAVE ANY OVERFLOW OR ANY, UM, CONFLICTS. AND THEN YOU HAVE ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT ACCESS POINTS SO THE VEHICLES CAN COME TO THE PROPERTY AND STACK ON THE PROPERTY AND NOT STACK ON ADJACENT RIGHTS AWAY. UH, THIS IS ANOTHER SITE PLAN. YOU CAN SEE ALL THE GREEN AREA. WE'VE WORKED EXTENSIVELY WITH YOUR, UH, YOUR LANDSCAPING DEPARTMENT, AND WE MEET OR EXCEED ALL OF YOUR CODE REQUIREMENTS. UM, AS WAS STATED, THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE LOOKED AT THIS, WHICH IS YOUR FIRE DEPARTMENT, PUBLIC WORKS, ENGINEERING, LANDSCAPING, OF COURSE PLANNING AND ZONING. AND THEY ALL HAVE, UM, SIGNED OFF AND APPROVED THE PLAN AS SUBMITTED NOW, AND THAT, UH, WE'VE MET OR EXCEEDED ALL OF YOUR CODE REQUIREMENTS IN EACH OF THEIR, THEIR DISCIPLINES. UH, ONE OTHER THING I WANTED TO NOTE IN, IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT SIDE OF THE PICTURE, WHICH IS THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE SITE, IS WHERE OUR TRASH RECEPTACLE CAN BE. YOU CAN SEE IT'S TUCKED AS FAR AWAY FROM ANY RIGHTS AWAY. UM, SO WE DID THAT ON PURPOSE TO MAKE SURE [01:05:01] THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, EVERY LITTLE PIECE OF THIS DESIGN WAS, WAS INTENTIONAL, UM, TO DO IT IN A WAY THAT MAKES SURE IT MAXIMIZES THE BENEFIT AND THE OPERATION OF THE SITE, BUT ALSO MINIMIZES OR ELIMINATES ANY NEGATIVE IMPACTS TO ADJACENT PROPERTIES OR TO THE CITY. UM, SO THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT'S JUST A, A SMALL EXAMPLE OF SOME OF THE DESIGN THINGS THAT WE LOOKED INTO. THIS IS OUR LANDSCAPE PLAN. I'M NOT A LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT, BUT UH, IF YOU LOOK AT ALL OF THE SHAPES, THE SHAPES MEAN TREES AND LANDSCAPE COVER AND GROUND COVER AND HEDGES AND SO FORTH. SO WE FAR EXCEED, WHICH ARE CODE REQUIRES WITH RESPECT TO LANDSCAPING. WE THINK THE SITE'S GONNA BE BEAUTIFUL. UM, AND STAFF WAS VERY SUPPORTIVE OF WHERE WE ARE WITH THE PLAN. AS, AS PRESENTED BEFORE YOU TONIGHT, UH, THESE ARE THE ELEVATIONS. SO THE TOP LEFT CORNER, WHICH IS THE WEST ELEVATION, ESSENTIALLY IF YOU WERE ON THE ADJACENT PROPERTY, UM, LOOKING AT THE WEST SIDE OF THE BUILDING, THIS IS WHAT YOU WOULD SEE. THE TOP RIGHT IS THE NORTH ELEVATION. SO IF YOU ARE ON OAKLAND PARK BOULEVARD LOOKING INTO THE SITE, THAT'S THE, UM, ELEVATION YOU WOULD SEE. UH, THE BOTTOM LEFT IS THE EAST ELEVATION. THAT'S IF YOU WERE, UM, ON 36TH TERRACE LOOKING WEST INTO THE SITE, THAT'S WHAT YOU WOULD SEE. AND THEN THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER IS A SOUTH ELEVATION. AND THAT'S ESSENTIALLY, IF YOU WERE IN THE BACK OF THE BUILDING LOOKING TOWARDS THE BUILDING OR LOOKING FROM 30TH PLACE, THAT'S THE ELEVATION THAT YOU WOULD SEE. UH, THIS IS AN ARCHITECTURAL RENDERING. SO THIS IS ESSENTIALLY IF YOU WERE ON THE CORNER OF OAKLAND PARK BOULEVARD IN 36TH TERRACE LOOKING KIND OF A BIRD'S EYE VIEW INTO THE SITE, UM, YOU CAN SEE ALL THE SIGNIFICANT LANDSCAPING THAT WILL BE THERE. UM, DIRECTOR MCCOY MENTIONED THE SIDEWALK. UH, THE CITY WAS ALREADY, I BELIEVE, DESIGNING OR IN THE PROCESS OF SOME IMPROVEMENTS ON 36 TERRACE, AND THEY ASKED US TO PARTICIPATE WITH THAT, WITH THE SIDEWALK, WHICH WE DID AGREE TO. SO AS PART OF OUR PLAN, WE DID REORIENT THE SIDEWALK SO THAT IT MET THE INTENT OF THE CITY WITH THEIR IMPROVEMENTS AND ALSO TO HAVE SIGNIFICANT PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIVITY, NOT ONLY THROUGHOUT OUR SITE, BUT THE ADJACENT CORRIDORS AND PEDESTRIAN CORRIDORS AROUND THE SITE. SO WE WERE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH THAT WITH THIS, UH, DESIGN. AND THEN THIS IS IF YOU WERE ON 36 TERRACE LOOKING, UH, AT THE BACK OF THE FACILITY. SO ESSENTIALLY YOU'RE LOOKING NORTHWEST AND THIS IS THE, THE BACKSIDE OF THE FACILITY. AND YOU SEE ONE OF THE OTHER MAIN ACCESS POINTS OFF OF 36 TERRACE THERE. STAFF VERY THOROUGHLY WENT THROUGH THE CRITERIA FOR CONDITIONAL USE. SO I THINK THE RECORD IS CLEAR THERE. I'M NOT GOING TO, UM, GO THROUGH THEM AGAIN. ALL I WANT YOU TO NOTE IS THAT THERE'S A GREEN CHECK BY ALL EIGHT CRITERIA. WE'VE MET OR EXCEEDED ALL OF THE CRITERIA AS STATED IN YOUR STAFF REPORT AND, AND STATED BY STAFF. AND, UH, WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR ANY VARIANCES. SO, UM, THE USE IS PERMITTED BECAUSE OF THE DRIVE THROUGH COMPONENT. WE ARE REQUIRED TO GET THE CONDITIONAL USE, BUT UM, WE'VE DESIGNED IT TO MEET OR EXCEED ALL OF YOUR CODE REQUIREMENTS. AND I THINK STAFF INDICATED THAT WE'VE GONE ABOVE AND BEYOND AND A LOT OF, UH, COMPONENTS OF THE DESIGN. SO STAFF THROUGHOUT THE REPORT AND THROUGHOUT THE PRESENTATION THIS EVENING JUST LISTED ALL OF THEIR FINDINGS, ALL OF THEIR FINDINGS, UM, STATED THAT WE MET ALL OF THE CODE REQUIREMENTS. UH, SO STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF BOTH THE CONDITIONAL USE APPLICATION AND THE SITE PLAN, THE MAJOR SITE PLAN APPLICATION. AND AS WAS STATED, IT DID GO THROUGH THE PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD ON JULY THE SEVENTH. AND THEY DID UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE APPLICATION AS WELL. AND WITH RESPECT TO THE CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL, WE DO ACCEPT THOSE CONDITIONS AND, AND, YOU KNOW, SO WE'RE COMFORTABLE WITH THEM BEING PART OF YOUR MOTION HOPEFULLY TO APPROVE. UM, AND AS STAFF STATED, WE TOOK THEIR CONDITIONS SERIOUSLY. ONE OF THE CONDITIONS WAS TO ADDRESS THE REMAINING DRC ITEMS AND BEFORE PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD, WE DID ADDRESS THOSE ITEMS AND WE DID RESUBMIT TO STAFF AND THEY HAVE BEEN APPROVED BY STAFF. SO I JUST THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT, UH, WE ARE TAKING THIS APPLICATION SERIOUSLY AND WE'VE BEEN VERY PROACTIVE, EVEN AS LATE AS MAKING SURE WE'VE MET ONE OF THE CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL BEFORE WE EVEN GOT TO OUR PUBLIC HEARINGS. SO WITH THAT, UH, WE'RE REALLY EXCITED FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. AS ALWAYS. I WAS HERE WITH YOUR, UM, YOUR WORKSHOP YESTERDAY, AND I KNOW YOU TALK ABOUT ECONOMIC GROWTH AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT YOU'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO. WE, WE FIRST SUBMITTED THIS APPLICATION IN JULY OF 2025, SO IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME COMING. UM, BUT THIS IS AN IMPORTANT CITY, UM, FOR OUR PROGRAM. AND, UH, SO WE ARE, WE ARE HERE THIS EVENING AND, AND WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY MOVING FORWARD IN THE CITY. SO WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE, AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME, MADAM MAYOR. LEMME JUST GET A COUPLE OF PROCEDURES AND [01:10:01] THEN I'LL SIT DOWN. UH, MR. DICKERSON, WOULD YOU, UH, FOR THE RECORD, GIVE THE CITY COMMISSION YOUR CLIENT'S FULL NAME? SURE. SO, UH, MY CLIENT, SO SEVEN BREW IS A FRANCHISE PROGRAM. SO THEY ARE THE PARENT COMPANY, UH, AND THEY ARE A FRANCHISE, UH, PROGRAM. SO MY CLIENT, BREW HORIZONS IS A FRANCHISEE OF SEVEN BREW AND, AND IN FACT, WE ARE ONE OF THE LARGEST FRANCHISEES IN THE ORGANIZATION. I BELIEVE NOW WE HAVE TOTAL 40 LOCATIONS. YEP. UM, 11 OF WHICH ARE IN, IN THE, UH, IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA. AND WE HAVE 20 PLUS MORE THAT ARE IN SOME FORM OF ENTITLEMENT THAT ARE COMING. MR. DIX, I JUST WANNA KNOW THE APPLICANT'S FULL NAME FOR THE RECORD. YES, SIR. UH, MR. CITY ATTORNEY BREW HORIZON'S, LLC IS THE APPLICANT. OKAY. AND, UM, IS IT YOUR TESTIMONY OR YOUR OFFERING, UH, THE EVIDENCE BASED ON THE PLANS THAT YOU'VE SUBMITTED, DOES THAT ESTABLISH FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE THAT THE SITE PLAN IS CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN? YES, SIR. AND RELATIVE TO THE DOCUMENTS THAT ARE PART OF THE RECORD, YOUR APPLICATION, ALL OF THE DOCUMENTS, THE EXHIBITS AND ET CETERA, WOULD THOSE BE THE SAME DOCUMENTS THAT YOU WOULD PRESENT RELATIVE TO, UH, ANY CONSIDERATION BY THIS COMMISSION LATER ON FOR THE SITE PLAN APPROVAL? YES, SIR. AND THE CONDITIONS THAT YOU SAID YOUR CLIENT IS ACCEPTING, ARE THOSE CONDITIONS THAT ARE OUTLINED IN STAFF'S REPORT? YES, SIR. AND THAT'S PART OF THE RECORD THAT THEY PRESENTED THIS EVENING? YES, SIR. OKAY. THANK YOU MADAM VICE. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU, MR. DICKERSON. UM, YOU KNOW, NORMALLY I'M BEATEN UP ON YOU, RIGHT, , UH, BUT I, UM, ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I ATTENDED THE PLANNING AND ZONING, UM, BOARD MEETING VERY BRIEFLY, UM, JUST TO GET AN IDEA ON WHAT GOES ON THERE. AND ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WERE ASKED BY ONE OF THE COMMITTEE MEMBER WAS CONCERNING EMPLOYMENT OF THOSE PEOPLE, UH, THOSE LIVING IN THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES, WILL THEY HAVE, NOT FIRST DIBS, BUT WILL THEY BE LOOKED AT, UM, TO ACQUIRE EMPLOYMENT WITH SEVEN BREW? YES, SIR. UH, MADAM MAYOR, YES. ATTORNEY, ATTORNEY, MADAM VICE, VICE MAYOR, YOU ARE 100% CORRECT. UH, THE QUESTION WAS ASKED, YOU KNOW, IF, IF WE WOULD MAKE SURE THAT LAUDERDALE LAKES RESIDENTS HAD AN OPPORTUNITY FOR, UM, THE EMPLOYMENT WITH SEVEN BREW? I'LL SAY, AND I SAID TWO THINGS. ONE, FIRST OF ALL, THE, THE, THE ANSWER IS ABSOLUTELY YES. RIGHT? AND I THINK IT'S GOOD FOR THE COMMUNITY, AND I THINK IT MAKES GOOD BUSINESS SENSE, RIGHT? UH, IT'S BEEN OUR EXPERIENCE THAT IF YOU ARE FROM THAT COMMUNITY, YOU TAKE PRIDE IN THAT STORE, YOU WANT IT TO LOOK CLEAN, THAT IS YOUR HOME STORE. UM, AND YOU TAKE PRIDE IN IT. SO WE WANT, UM, EMPLOYEES THAT ARE FROM THIS COMMUNITY THAT ARE GOING TO TAKE PRIDE IN, IN THIS LOCATION AND MAKE SURE THE LANDSCAPING IS KEPT UP IN THE, IN TRASH MAINTENANCE AND ALL THOSE OTHER THINGS. AND WE FOUND THAT TO BE A REALLY GOOD BUSINESS MODEL FOR US, IN ADDITION TO THE COMMUNITY. SO WHAT I SUGGESTED IS, IF THE CITY HAS, UM, UH, ANY JOB FAIRS OR WORKING WITH YOUR, WITH YOUR TEAM, IF THERE ARE ANY OPPORTUNITIES WHERE WE CAN PRESENT OR BE A PART OF THOSE PROGRAMS THAT THE CITY MAY HAVE, UM, CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, ANYTHING THAT YOU MAY HAVE, WE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE TAKING PART IN THAT AS PART OF OUR EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY. NOW, I'M ALWAYS VERY CAREFUL TO SAY, OH, WE'RE GONNA HIRE X NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES FROM THIS CITY BECAUSE I THINK THAT CAN BE DANGEROUS WITH, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY TRYING TO SAY WE'VE DISCRIMINATED AGAINST THEM OR OTHERWISE. BUT I DON'T THINK IT'S, IT'S WRONG WHATSOEVER TO SAY WE WANT TO GIVE PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT TO A LAUDERDALE LAKES BECAUSE IT'S IN THE LAUDERDALE LAKES COMMUNITY. AND IF MAYBE WE HAVE A JOB FAIR IN LAUDERDALE LAKES BEFORE WE OPEN IT UP TO OTHER, UH, TO PEOPLE OUTSIDE OF THE LAUDERDALE LAKES COMMUNITY SO THAT LAUDERDALE LAKES RESIDENTS HAVE, UH, THE BEST OPPORTUNITY TO GET THESE JOBS, WE WOULD, WE WOULD WELCOME THAT OPPORTUNITY IN WORKING WITH YOUR STAFF. UH, THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. MAYOR, THANK YOU SO MUCH. IF, IF APPROVED TONIGHT, HOW LONG WILL THIS PROJECT TAKE? UH, MADAM MAYOR, MAYOR, THANK YOU, MADAM VICE MAYOR. TRADITIONALLY, IT TAKES ABOUT [01:15:01] 18 WEEKS OF CONSTRUCTION, BARRING WEATHER, AND ALL THOSE OTHER THINGS, UH, WE WOULD HOPE WITHIN 18 PLUS OR MINUS WEEKS TO BE BUILT. AND THAT'S FROM THE TIME THE BUILDING PERMIT IS ISSUED. ATTORNEY DICKINSON, I AM EXCITED ABOUT SEVEN BREW. I AM NOT A COFFEE DRINKER. I AM A TEA DRINKER AND A SMOOTHIE DRINKER. SO THE OFFERINGS THAT YOU HAVE, I THINK WILL, WILL HAVE A LARGE CLIENTELE OF RESIDENTS AND THOSE PASSING THROUGH OUR COMMUNITY. AND THAT'S SO VERY, VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE BEING THE MAIN INTERSECTION OF BROWARD COUNTY, BASICALLY EVERYBODY PASSES THAT INTERSECTION AT SOME POINT IN TIMES IN THEIR TRAVEL. SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO A ROBUST, UH, DEVELOPMENT THERE. AND AS YOU MAY KNOW, THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES HAS OTHER ROBUST DEVELOPMENTS BREWING, IF YOU WILL. FUN INTENDED . I LIKE THAT . SO WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT IT. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. ATTORNEY DICKERSON. MAD MADAM MAYOR, THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND I, I'VE BEEN PAYING ATTENTION TO THE TEXT AMENDMENT THAT YOU VOTED ON EARLIER FOR THE 50, THE DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE, AND I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. LET'S JUST SAY, I'LL SAY THAT FOR ANOTHER DAY. BUT I HAVE TO YOUR POINT, I HAVE SOME CLIENTS THAT ARE REALLY INTERESTED AND, AND THAT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT PIECE OF THEM, UM, COMING TO THE CITY AND BEING ABLE TO BE SUCCESSFUL AND VIABLE. SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT. THANK YOU. SO THIS MOTION COMMENT, MAYOR COMMISSIONER HARRISON. THANK YOU. UH, I TOO WANTED TO SAY, I THINK ONE OF THE KEY THINGS YOU MENTIONED MR. DICKERSON, WAS, UM, THE IMPORTANCE OF COMPETITION. AND THE BEAUTIFUL THING ABOUT THE COUNTRY WE LIVE IN, THE FREE MARKET COMPETITION IS WHAT PRODUCES THE BEST PRODUCT. SO, UH, NOT ONLY WILL THE OTHER COFFEE SHOPS BE ON THEIR TOES, BUT ALSO SEVEN BREW AS WELL. YES SIR. IT'S GONNA GIVE THE BEST SERVICE THEY POSSIBLY CAN IF APPROVED. UM, GIMME A SECOND HERE. SORRY FOR THE RECORD. ARE WE ON 0 7 8? YES. THANK YOU. YES, YES. ALRIGHT, MADAM MAYOR, I MOVE TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 2026 DASH 0 7 8. ALRIGHT, UH, MADAM MAYOR, I'M SORRY. YEAH, JUST A POINT OF ORDER, UH, BECAUSE THIS IS A QUASI-JUDICIAL, UH, PROCEEDING. THE MOTION THAT YOU WANT IS A MOTION THAT APPROVES WITH CONDITIONS THAT'S OUTLINED IN STAFF'S REPORT. UH, IF THAT'S YOUR PREROGATIVE COMMISSION. UH, BUT ALSO YOU WANT TO INCLUDE IN YOUR MOTION THAT THE APPLICATION SATISFIES THE REGULATIONS UNDER, UH, THE, THAT WERE CONSIDERED BY THE DRC AND THAT IT ALSO SATISFIES THE REGULATIONS THAT STAFF TOOK YOU THROUGH, UH, A THROUGH H OF, UH, SECTION 5 0 3 OF THE CODE. THAT'S SPEC SPECIFIC, BUT WHEN YOU DO A QUASI-JUDICIAL ORDER, YOU'VE GOTTA MAKE SPECIFIC FINDINGS RELATIVE TO THE STANDARDS THAT WERE CONSIDERED. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. MADAM MAYOR. OH, SORRY. NOT TO APPROVE MADAM MAYOR. YES, MADAM. I JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, I THOUGHT THEY HAD WAIVED THE RIGHTS OF THE QUASI-JUDICIAL, BUT WE STILL HAVE TO GO ACCORDING TO STANDARD. YES. OKAY. YES. THANK YOU. AND SO THE STANDARDS ARE TWO SETS FOR CONDITIONAL USE. THANK YOU. ONE IS THE GENERAL REGULATIONS, AND YOU'LL NOTICE I ASKED, UH, STAFF ABOUT 7 0 4 8 0 1 9 0 9 11 0 4. THOSE ARE THE GENERAL REGULATIONS THAT THE DRC, UH, CONSIDERED, AS WELL AS ITEMS A THROUGH H OF SECTION 5 0 3. THAT STAFF, UH, MS. MCCOY ALSO TOOK YOU THROUGH AND SAID THEY MET EACH OF THOSE STANDARDS. SO YOU WANNA JUST MAKE THE FINDINGS THAT THEY MET BOTH THE STANDARDS UNDER THE DRC UNDER THE GENERAL REGULATIONS AS WELL AS UNDER SECTION 5 0 3 AND YOU'RE APPROVING WHAT CONDITIONS. YES. COMMISSIONER HARRISON. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. I MOVE TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 2 0 2 6 DASH 0 7 8, INCLUDING THE CONDITIONS AND REGULATIONS OF THE DRC AND ALSO STAFF STANDARDS REGULATIONS A THROUGH H AS DESCRIBED IN 5 0 3 , COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS, FOUR MAYOR EDWARDS, PHILLIPS FOUR, VICE MAYOR THOMAS. FOUR. COMMISSIONER SWELL FOR COMMISSIONER HARRISON FOR MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. ITEM [10.C RESOLUTION 2026-079 A QUASI JUDICIAL PROCEEDING APPROVING, WITH CONDITIONS, MAJOR SITE PLAN APPLICATION NO. LDA-26-13, (MAJOR SITE PLAN REQUEST) AND COMPANION APPLICATION LDA-26-03 (CONDITIONAL USE REQUEST) TO ALLOW A 7 BREW DRIVE THRU COFFEE SHOP IN THE TC-TOWN CENTER DISTRICT PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 5 SECTION 503 OF THE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS ] 10 C, RESOLUTION 2 0 2 6 7 9. ALRIGHT, UH, MAD MAYOR AND COMMISSIONER, RESOLUTION 2 0 2 6 0 7 9, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF LAUDERDALE LAKES, FLORIDA IN ACCORDANCE [01:20:01] WITH CHAPTER FIVE, SECTION FIVE 11 OF THE LAUDERDALE LAKES LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS, APPROVING OR APPROVING WITH CONDITIONS OR DENYING APPLICATION LDA 26 DASH 13 MAJOR SITE PLAN REQUEST. ATTACHED HERE TO HIS EXHIBIT A SUBMITTED BY SEVEN BREW DRIVE THROUGH COFFEE SEEKING APPROVAL OF A FINAL MAJOR SITE PLAN DATED APRIL 30TH, 2026, ATTACHED AS EXHIBIT B TO, UH, CONSTRUCT A DRIVE THROUGH RETAIL COFFEE SHOP ON THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 36 60 NORTHWEST 31ST STREET, LAUDERDALE LAKES 3 3 3 1 1 SITUATED AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF WEST OAKLAND PARK BOULEVARD AND NORTHWEST 36 TERRACE. SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS EXPRESSLY SET FORTH IN THE INTEROFFICE MEMORANDUM TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD, UH, DATED JULY 7TH, 2026. ATTACHED HERE TO HIS EXHIBIT C COPIES OF SAID EXHIBITS, UH, MAY BE INSPECTED IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK PROVIDING FOR ADOPTION OF RECITALS, PRESIDING PROVIDING FOR INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CITY CLERK AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. AND MADAM MAYOR, YES, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING FOLLOWED BY, UH, QUASI-JUDICIAL DECISION. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ANY COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC? THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING. THIS ITEM IS A PUBLIC HEARING. ANY COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC? SIR? YES. YOU HAVE TO COME TO THE MIC. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. UH, MY NAME IS KEN BURROWS. I AM THE MARKETING DIRECTOR FOR THE LAUDERDALE LAKES CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. WE LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING, UH, SEVEN BREW COME IN, UH, AS ONE OF, UH, LAUDERDALE LAKES, UH, BUSINESS. MY QUESTION IS REGARDING PARKING. UH, I KNOW THAT THEY SAID THERE ARE SEVEN PARKING SPOTS, UH, THAT ARE THERE. UH, ARE THEY FOR THE PUBLIC? UH, WHERE ARE THE EMPLOYEES GOING TO PARK? IS THAT PARKING GONNA BE MONITORED SO THAT, UH, TRANSIENT, UH, CARS ARE NOT TAKING ADVANTAGE OF IT? PUBLIC COMMENTS QUESTION. PUBLIC COMMENTS, YOUR COMMENTS OR TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION? THANK YOU SO MUCH. LAST CALL FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS. PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE NOW CLOSED. ALRIGHT, UH, MAD MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS, UH, ON THIS APPLICATION, UH, THAT, UH, IS REGULATED UNDER CHAPTER FIVE, SECTION FIVE 11 OF THE LAUDERDALE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS. THIS IS A QUASI QUASI JUDICIAL PROCEEDING. UH, AND THE QUESTION FOR STAFF, AGAIN, WILL BEGIN WITH WHETHER OR NOT, UH, STAFF HAS PROVIDED NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC RELATIVE TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF CHAPTER 1 63 AND CHAPTER FIVE, UH, 11 OF THE LAUDERDALE LAKES LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR SANDRA? YES. STAFF HAS, UH, MET THE NOTICING REQUIREMENTS AS DEMONSTRATED IN THE PREVIOUS PRESENTATION. UH, THOSE NOTICING REQUIREMENTS WERE MET ON JUNE 30TH, WHICH HAS, UH, BEEN OVER 10 DAYS AND THAT IS WHAT THE REQUIREMENTS ARE. AND THOSE INCLUDE POSTING OF A SIGN, SENDING OUT, UH, MAILERS TO EVERYONE WITHIN 300 FEET OF THE PROPERTY, AS WELL AS POSTING IN THE SUN SENTINEL. ALRIGHT. UH, AND ALSO MATTER, MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS, AGAIN AFFECTED PERSONS DO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE TONIGHT TO PRESENT TESTIMONY, UH, FOR OR AGAINST THE APPLICATION, PROVIDED THEY'VE, UH, SUBMITTED FORMS TO THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE INDICATING THEIR DESIRE TO PRESENT, UH, AS WELL AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO CROSS EXAMINE OR PROVIDE ANY KIND OF TESTIMONY, UH, AT ALL. UH, SO THE QUESTION TO THE CITY CLERK IS WHETHER OR NOT ANY, UH, PERSONS HAVE SUBMITTED AN APPLICATION OR A, A DOCUMENT, UH, NECESSARY TO TESTIFY HERE TODAY, INDICATING FOR OR AGAINST THE, UH, APPLICANT THAT IS, UH, BEFORE THE COMMISSION, MR. CITY ATTORNEY, THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY DOCUMENTS. ALRIGHT, AND THEN ON THE SUBJECT OF EX PARTE COMMUNICATIONS MATTER, MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS, AGAIN, I THINK IT'S NECESSARY THAT, UH, WE, UH, UPHOLD THE COMMISSION FOR EX PARTE COMMUNICATIONS ON THIS APPLICATION AS WELL. MR. HARRISON? I HAVE RECEIVED NO COMMUNICATIONS. MADAM MAYOR, MR. COWELL? I RECEIVED NONE. MADAM MAYOR, NO COMMUNICATION RECEIVED FROM THE MAYOR. MADAM VICE MAYOR, NO COMMUNICATION COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. NO COMMUNICATION. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. UH, AND THEN, UH, MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS, UH, THE QUESTION TO STAFF IS WHETHER OR NOT THEIR DOCUMENTS, THE INTEROFFICE MEMORANDUM, UH, HAVE THOSE BEEN PART OF THE RECORD IN THE PREVIOUS PROCEEDING? MCCO? YES. [01:25:01] DIRECTOR MCCOY MM-HMM . WOULD THOSE BE THE SAME DOCUMENTS EXHIBITS THAT YOU WOULD PRESENT TO THIS COMMISSION ON THIS APPLICATION BEFORE THE COMMISSION TONIGHT? THROUGH YOUR MADAM MAYOR? YES. AND YOUR TESTIMONY AND THE INTEROFFICE MEMORANDUM RELATIVE TO THE SITE PLAN, DOES THAT INCLUDE, UH, YOUR PREVIOUS COMMENTS THAT THE SITE PLAN WAS REVIEWED FOR COMPLIANCE WITH THE, UH, REGULATIONS UNDER THE, UH, CITY'S LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS THROUGH YOUR MADAM MAYOR? YES. DID STAFF ALSO FIND THAT THE APPLICATION MEETS, UH, AND IS CONSISTENT WITH THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR? YES. DID YOU ALSO HAVE A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THE DOCUMENTS PRESENTED BY THE APPLICANT RELATIVE TO THE SITE PLAN THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR? YES. THOSE DOCUMENTS ARE PART OF THE RECORD AS WELL? YES. ALRIGHT. UH, AND AGAIN, YOUR QUESTION TO MY QUESTION IS WHETHER OR NOT THE, UH, THE APPLICATION SATISFIES THE STANDARDS, UH, AND IS CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR? YES. THE APPLICATION SATISFIES BOTH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, UH, CONDITIONAL USE AND LAND USE REGULATION FOR CONDITIONAL USE WITHIN THE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATION AND ALSO THE, UH, LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATION SITE PLAN REQUIREMENTS. ALRIGHT. AND FINALLY, MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONER, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE AGAIN, THAT WE'RE IN PROPER ACCORD. UH, HAS STAFF CONSENTED TO THE WAIVER OF THE FORMALITIES OF THE QUASI-JUDICIAL PROCEEDING THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR? YES. AND THEN SAME QUESTION TO APPLICANT'S COUNSEL, DWAYNE DICKERSON FOR THE RECORD? UH, YES SIR. WE HAVE, UH, WAIVED QUASI-JUDICIAL PROCEEDING. ALRIGHT. ALRIGHT, MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS FOR PURPOSES OF THIS PROCEEDING, UH, THE DOCUMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED BY STAFF AS WELL AS THE APPLICANT ARE PART OF THE RECORD. UM, STAFF HAS INDICATED AGAIN THAT THERE IS CONSISTENCY WITH THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AS WELL AS WITH THE DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS. THIS COMMISSION CAN ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS OF STAFF OR THE APPLICANT, OR YOU CAN DELIBERATE AT YOUR PLEASURE. THANK YOU, ALEX. I, I'M SATISFIED WITH WHAT I'M HEARING. YES. NONE, NOTHING FROM ME. NO QUESTIONS? NO QUESTIONS. ALRIGHT. MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS, TO THE EXTENT THAT, UH, THERE'S A MOTION TO BE MADE TO EITHER APPROVE OR APPROVE WITH CONDITIONS, UH, THE MOTION WOULD AGAIN INDICATE THAT THE APPLICATION SATISFIES THE REGULATIONS THAT ARE UNDER THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE UNDER SECTION FIVE 11, AS WELL AS IT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN COLLEAGUES. THE MOTION, MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER HARRISON, I MOVE TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 2 0 2 6 DASH 0 7 9 AND FIND THAT IT, AND FIND THAT IT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE, UH, CONDITIONAL USE, UH, STANDARDS WITHIN THE COMP PLAN. SORRY, IS THAT, I'M SORRY. HELP ME OUT HERE. YOU'RE, YOU'RE MAKING A FINDING THAT'S CONSISTENT WITH THE CITY'S LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS AS PRESENTED BY STAFF AND THAT IT'S CONSISTENT WITH THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ALL MADAM MAYOR? YES. I MOVE TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 2 0 2 6 DASH SEVEN NINE AND FIND THAT IT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS AS PROVIDED BY STAFF AS WELL AS THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DO. YES. MAYOR EDWARDS PHILLIPS FOR VICE MAYOR THOMAS FOR COMMISSIONER SWELL FOR COMMISSIONER HARRISON. FOR COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS FOR MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MS. SONYA. THANK YOU ATTORNEY DICKON. ITEM 11, CORRESPONDENCE. MADAM CLERK, IS THERE ANY CORRESPONDENCE? MADAM MAYOR, WE HAVE NO CORRESPONDENCE TONIGHT. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. ITEM 12, [12. REPORT OF THE MAYOR] REPORT OF THE MAYOR, WHICH WILL BE BRIEFED THIS EVENING. GOOD EVENING AGAIN, THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR ATTENDING. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE IN OUR AUDIENCE, AND THANK YOU FOR THOSE WHO MAY BE VIRTUAL, VIRTUAL, WE'RE ALWAYS EXCITED TO PROVIDE INFORMATION FOR YOU AND TO YOU. AND I INVITE YOU TO COME TO THE CHAMBER TO SEE WHAT THE CHAMBER LOOKS LIKE AND, AND TO GET THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE VIBES FROM THE CHAMBER. SO THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE NOT VISITED US IN THE CHAMBER, THIS IS AN OPEN AND STANDING INVITATION TO YOU, BUT THANK YOU TO THOSE OF YOU WHO COME OUT TO THE CHAMBER TO PARTICIPATE. JUST A COUPLE OF ANNOUNCEMENTS ABOUT EVENTS. THE MAYOR'S COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WALK WILL BE HELD [01:30:01] JULY 25TH FROM 11:00 AM UNTIL 1:00 AM IN THE NONE OTHER GREAT DIVISION OF OAKLAND AND STATES COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. SINCE YOU ASKED , WHEN WERE I, WHEN WERE WE COMING TO VISIT OAKLAND STATES? SO WE WILL BE IN OAKLAND STATES ON JULY 25TH. OKAY. MY SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT IS THAT THE MAYOR'S BREAST CANCER A WAR AND THIS WALK RUN BIKE WILL BE HELD ON OCTOBER 3RD. THIRD. THIS IS AN UP AND COMING EVENT, SO PLEASE MA'AM, THE PLEASE SERVES, ALERT YOURSELVES AND PUT IT ON YOUR CALENDAR. OCTOBER 3RD, MAYOR'S BREAST CANCER AWARENESS. WALK ONE BY. AND WITH THAT, AGAIN, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH TO EVERYONE. GOODNIGHT. AND GOD BLESS, MADAM VICE MAYOR. [13. REPORT OF THE VICE MAYOR] THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM MAYOR. I DITTO ALL THOSE THAT ARE STILL IN THE CHAMBERS AND THOSE THAT ARE ONLINE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR PARTICIPATING. YOU KNOW, UH, THANKS TO EVERYONE THAT CAME OUT TO CONVERSATION WITH YOUR COMMISSIONER, UH, COMMISSIONERS. THE TOPIC WAS COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT AND WITH IM AND IMPACT. AND WE CANNOT DO ANYTHING WITH JUST ONE PERSON, BUT WITH OTHERS JOINING IN, WE CAN MAKE A A IMPACT. SO, GOOD EVENING, AND I AM GRATEFUL FOR ALL THOSE, YOU KNOW, I'M GRATEFUL FOR SENATOR OSGOOD THAT CAME OUT AND PRESENT. REPRESENTATIVE CAMPBELL, THEY SPOKE ABOUT MANY THINGS. ONE OF THE THINGS ALSO AS, UM, EXPRESSED BY SENATOR OSGOOD, SHE GAVE A, A REPORT ON MONIES THAT CAME TO THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES THROUGH OUR APPROPRIATION. ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS IS THAT THE PEN OFF THE OF THE GOVERNOR DID NOT VOTE. VETO IT WENT, ALL OUR APPROPRIATION WENT THROUGH. MAYBE SOME WERE DECREASED IN THE AMOUNT, BUT WE'RE GRATEFUL THIS YEAR THAT EVERYTHING WENT THROUGH OFF A TICK AND SAY, YES, IT'S A GO. THAT WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THAT. UM, ALSO, I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT I AM EXCITED, MAYOR, I'VE GOT THE WORD TONIGHT. I AM EXCITED FOR THE SHIFT THAT HAS TAKEN PLACE IN THE WECARE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES. I KNOW IT WAS MY FIRST TIME, I'M NOT AFRAID TO SAY SO. TO REALLY BE ABLE, UM, TO BE A PART OF THE HIRING OF A NEW CITY MANAGER TO THE WECARE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES. AND I'M SO GRATEFUL FOR ALL THOSE. THAT PART PARTICIPATED ON THE COMMITTEE TO BRING THAT 109, UM, APPLICANTS DOWN TO 11 AND DOWN TO FIVE. IT WAS A FULL DAY. BUT I'M HAPPY FOR THE DECISION, UNANIMOUS DECISION THAT THIS COMMISSION, UM, TEAM MADE. ALSO JUST BRINGING NOTICE TO, UM, CONVERSATION. I THANK YOU CHIEF CHAD HACKETT FOR BRINGING OUT THE, UH, NOT ONLY SERGEANT JOHNSONS WERE THERE WITH THE EXPLORERS, BUT THE, UH, WHAT ARE THEY CALLED AGAIN? I'M SO SORRY. CADETS. THE CADETS WERE THERE. AND, YOU KNOW, SOMEONE MADE MENTION, I THINK HIS SENATOR OSGOOD MADE MENTION THAT, LOOK AT THAT. THE, THERE'S ONE WOMAN, ONE YOUNG LADY IN THE MIDST OF THE MEN. SO WE WERE EXCITED. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BRINGING THEM OUT AND LETTING OUR YOUNG PEOPLE KNOW THAT THERE IS AVAILABILITY FOR EXPLORERS AS WELL AS THE CADETS THAT CAY IN. AND FOR ALL THOSE MADAM, A CM YOU WERE THERE PRESENTING, UM, CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, MR. PATRICK GREEN, AS WELL AS MS. MELANIE DOMINIQUE WAS THERE AS WELL AS, AND STATE REP, REPRESENTATIVE CAMPBELL. UM, WE WANNA UPGRADE, RIGHT? AND A LOT OF TIMES THE STAFF COMES HERE TO UPGRADE VEHICLES, NEW EQUIPMENT AND THE LATEST TECHNOLOGY. BUT DO WE KNOW HOW TO MAINTAIN THINGS? YOU KNOW, IT'S ONE THING. UH, IF THE PROPOSED TAX IS VOTED ON, WE HAVE TO LEARN HOW TO MAINTAIN WHAT WE HAVE. SO WHAT DOES MAINTAIN MEAN TO KEEP SOMETHING IN ITS EXISTING STATE? CONTINUE [01:35:01] IT WITHOUT INTERRUPTION OR PRESERVE IT IN GOOD CONDITION. THAT MEANS WE HAVE TO LOOK AT IT LIKE HOW WE MAINTAIN OUR, UM, VEHICLES. 'CAUSE IF WE DON'T, AFTER A WHILE, IT STARTS TO DETERIORATE. WE AS A COMMISSIONERS CAN APPROVE RESOLUTION AND ORDINANCES AS WE PROGRESS THE CITY FORWARD, PROGRESS THE CITY FORWARD. BUT MAINTAINING THE PURPOSE OF THAT THING IS ESSENTIAL IN KEEPING ITS VALUE. AND ITS WORTH, IT TAKES EFFORT TO MAINTAIN OR SUSTAIN THE CITY'S AESTHETICS, INFRASTRUCTURE VEHICLES TO KEEP IT FROM FALLING INTO DISREPAIR. LET'S NOT LESSEN THE CONDITION OF OUR CITY, BUT MAINTAIN IT TO ITS UPKEEP. WE ARE ALL MEMBERS OF BEING A MAINTAINER, THE RESIDENTS, THE WORKERS, THE VISITORS AND BUSINESSES AND CITY WORKERS AS WELL. LET'S NOT ABUSE OUR OVERUSE OF IT, BUT LET'S MAINTAIN IT. MAINTAIN A DAILY STANDARD TEMPERATURES. I HAD TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT THAT BECAUSE WE ALWAYS WANNA MOVE FORWARD WITH NEW THINGS. BUT ARE WE MAINTAINING IT TO KEEP IT KEEPING OUR CITY CLEAN? YOU KNOW, I WORE MY SHIRT, UH, FROM THE SOLID WASTE AUTHORITY. I THINK IT WAS ON LAST FRIDAY. YEAH, LAST FRIDAY. AND EVERYWHERE I WENT, I WAS IN WALMART. I WAS AT THE HARD ROCK. UM, AND EVERYWHERE I WENT THE SHIRT, I SAID, CAN YOU SCAN THE BACK? WHY AM I SCANNING THE BACK OF YOUR SHIRT? BECAUSE I NEED YOU TO TAKE THE PLEDGE THAT YOU WILL LEARN HOW TO RECYCLE, RIGHT? BECAUSE WITH THE SOLID WASTE AUTHORITY, WE HAVE TO LEARN HOW TO MAINTAIN WHAT WE HAVE OR GET BETTER AT REDUCING, REUSING, AND RECYCLING WHAT WE HAVE. SO IT WAS A RUN ON JOKE AS I ACCOMPANIED SOMEBODY TO THE HARD ROCK AND I WAS ONLINE AND I EXPLAINED TO ONE PERSON. NEXT THING I KNOW, EVERYBODY HAD THEIR CAMERA TAKING PICTURES OF MY QR CODE ON THE BACK OF MY SHIRT. WHAT THAT DOES, IT GIVES, UM, PROPS TO YOUR CITY AND IT LETS THE SOLID WASTE AUTHORITY KNOW THAT THIS CITY IS TAKING THE PLEDGE. THIS AMOUNT OF PEOPLE ARE TAKING THE PLEDGE TO RECYCLE RIGHTS. SO PLEASE, TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO SOAR. PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU ARE HYDRATING AND USING YOUR SUNSCREEN IF YOU ARE IN THE SUN, PREPARATION IS KEY. MAKE SURE YOU HAVE AMPLE SUPPLY OF EMERGENCY SUPPLY IN CASE OF HURRICANE. JULY 20TH IS THE LAST DAY. IF YOU CHOOSE TO VOTE BY MAIL, IF THAT'S ONE OF YOUR OPTION, YOU CAN CALL 9 5 4 3 5 7 8 6 8 3 OR GO ON THE WEBSITE TO BROWARD VOTES.GOV IF THAT'S YOUR CHOICE TO VOTE BY MAIL. BUT WHATEVER YOU DO, WHETHER IT'S VOTE BY MAIL OR IN PERSON, PLEASE, LET'S DO OUR CIVIC DUTY OF VOTING. THANK YOU SO MUCH. GOD BLESS AND HAVE A GOOD NIGHT. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER CONSWELL. [14. REPORTS OF THE CITY COMMISSIONERS] GOOD EVENING. I AM GOING TO BE VERY, VERY BRIEF. I HEARD TODAY THAT BOY ANDERSON SCORED ANOTHER A. SO ON BEHALF OFF THE CITY OF LORD DE LAKES, I'M GOING TO EXTEND CONGRATULATIONS TO MR. GRIFFIN. ANDY, STEVE, HOPEFULLY I'LL HEAR FURTHER IF PARK LAKE, THEY DID, YES. SCORED THEIR, I HEARD THAT THEY DID, BUT I'M NOT SURE. SO BY SMEAR YOU ARE SURE THAT THEY SCORED. THANK YOU. NOT MUCH TO SAY IT'S HOT. AND FOR THOSE WHO DON'T NEED TO BE OUTSIDE, STAY INSIDE. HAVE A GOOD NIGHT AND I'LL SEE YOU IN TWO WEEKS. JUST A MOMENT. COMMISSIONER HARRISON, MADAM VICE MAYOR, THANK YOU SO MUCH. I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE SOMEONE IN OUR [01:40:01] PRESENCE BECAUSE ANYTIME I SEE UPCOMING WOMEN AS WELL AS MEN, BUT THIS HAPPENED TO BE A YOUNG LADY IN HER THIRD YEAR OF, UH, COLLEGE. I JUST HAD HER THING. WHERE DID I PUT IT? AS A CIVIL ENGINEER STUDENT IN HER THIRD YEAR. MS. TIFFANY JONES. JUST WANT TO RECOGNIZE YOU TONIGHT. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND FOR REPRESENTING THE CIVIL ENGINEERING FIELD SO MUCH APPRECIATE YOU, COMMISSIONER HARRISON. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. UH, GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. I TOO WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR JOINING WHO DID JOIN IN PERSON AS WELL AS VIRTUALLY. UH, I WANTED TO ALSO SAY, UH, WE TOOK PART IN A VERY IMPORTANT DECISION OF CHOOSING OUR NEXT CITY MANAGER, UH, FOR THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES. THAT IS PROBABLY THE MOST SINGLE IMPORTANT DECISION, IF NOT ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT DECISIONS WE CAN MAKE AS A BODY. SO I'M EXCITED FOR MR. JONATHAN EVANS. UM, IF ALL GOES WELL, THAT HE WILL BE OUR NEXT CITY MANAGER, AND THAT THIS WILL BE A NEW CHAPTER WITHIN THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES. UH, SPEAKING OF A NEW CHAPTER, THIS IS OUR FIRST MEETING SINCE OUR STATE OF THE CITY AS WELL AS OUR, AS WELL AS OUR 65TH, UH, BIRTHDAY. SO I WANTED TO, UH, THANK STAFF FOR PUTTING ON A GREAT AND AMAZING PRESENTATION AS WELL AS THE 65TH, UM, BIRTHDAY AND THE STATE OF THE CITY. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR FOR YOUR REMARKS FOR THE STATE OF THE CITY. YOU DID AN EXCELLENT JOB WITH, UH, TELLING THE PUBLIC WHAT WE'VE DONE SO FAR AND ALSO WHERE WE'RE TO GO. AND I ALSO WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO THE BORN ON PURPOSE PROJECT FOR THEIR OPEN HOUSE THAT THEY HAD HERE IN THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES. UH, WE HAVE TO HIGHLIGHT NOT JUST OUR BUSINESSES, BUT ALSO OUR CHARITY, NONPROFITS THAT ARE DOING AMAZING WORK IN THE CITY. UM, THEY HAVE A MENTORSHIP PROGRAM WHERE THEY HAD RETIRED AND ACTIVE LAW ENFORCEMENT AND PEOPLE AS FIRST, UH, RESPONDERS TO HELP MENTOR PEOPLE WHO WANT TO GET INTO THAT FIELD. SO THEY HAVE AN AMAZING PROGRAM GOING ON OVER AT THE BORN ON PURPOSE IN OUR HEADWAY PLAZA. AND I TOO WANT TO THANK, UH, VICE MAYOR THOMAS FOR THE CONVERSATION WITH COMMISSIONERS AND, UM, MAKING SURE THAT THE, UH, IMPORTANT DISCUSSIONS WERE INCLUDED IN THAT. AND THAT'S ALL FROM OUR REPORT. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH. COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. UM, AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A LOT OF RESIDENTS HERE THAT ARE ON TPS, SO I'M GONNA GIVE SOME IN SOME IMMIGRATION INFORMATION TONIGHT. SO FOR THE WORK PERMIT THAT IS EXTENDED UNTIL JULY 24TH, SO I WANT, UM, ANYONE THAT IS LISTENING AND THEY'RE ON TPS, THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE GONNA DO NEXT WEEK, FRIDAY. THERE'S A LOT OF ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE OUT THERE THAT CAN HELP. WE HAVE A LOT OF PRO BONO ATTORNEYS THAT ARE ON SITE. UM, THE HAITIAN LAWYERS ASSOCIATION, THE CATHOLIC LEGAL SERVICES, THE AMERICAN, UH, AMERICAN FOR IMMIGRANT JUSTICE, AND OF COURSE FLICK. SO ANYONE WHO HAS ANY, UM, OR ON TPS AND THEY'RE GOING THROUGH THESE ISSUES, PLEASE KNOW THAT THERE'S HELP OUT THERE. UM, PLEASE CALL 1-888-600-FIVE 7 6 2 AND YOU CAN ALSO CALL ME DIRECTLY AND (954) 588-0473. MAKE SURE YOU HAVE YOUR TPS NOTICE, UM, WITH YOU, YOUR PASSPORT, UM, YOUR, UM, WORK PERMIT. KEEP ALL THOSE DOCUMENTS TOGETHER AND PLEASE DO NOT LET FAIR OR MISCOMMUNICATION STOP YOU FROM TAKING THE NEXT STEP. REACH OUT THERE. DO OUR GENUINE PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO ARE WILLING TO HELP, INCLUDING MYSELF. ALSO CITIZENSHIP. THEY ARE IN THE WORKS TALKING ABOUT INCREASING THE FEE FROM SEVEN 60 TO $1,330. AND THEY'RE DOING AWAY. THEY WANT TO TAKE AWAY THE REDUCED FEE AND THE REDUCED, UM, THE FEE WAIVER THAT SO MANY PEOPLE RELY ON 'CAUSE THEY CANNOT AFFORD A SEVEN 60. UM, THEY'RE STILL IN TALKS, IT'S STILL IN NEGOTIATION. SO I'M ASKING EVERYONE, IF YOU'RE ELIGIBLE TO BECOME CITIZEN, TAKE THE, UM, THE INITIATIVE AND DO THAT. IF YOU'RE HERE FOR THREE YEARS AND MARRIED TO A UNITED STATES CITIZEN, AND IF YOU'RE HERE FOR OVER FIVE YEARS, UM, COME OUT, GET YOUR INFORMATION. I WON'T BE HAVING A DRIVE IN THE CITY THIS MONTH, BUT NEXT MONTH THERE WILL BE ONE. UM, I WILL BE HAVING ONE THIS SATURDAY IN, UM, WILTON MANORS. UM, IS IT WILTON? NO. THE NEXT WEEK SATURDAY, THERE WILL BE ONE IN WILTON MANORS, UM, IN THE CHURCH IN WILTON MANORS COULD FOLLOW ME ON SOCIAL MEDIA, YOU'LL SEE THE FLYER. GIMME A CALL, UH, 9 5 4 5 8 8 0 4 7 3. WE HAVE ABOUT ALMOST 80 PEOPLE ALREADY REGISTERED FOR THAT EVENT. SO COME OUT, GET YOUR APPLICATION [01:45:01] BECAUSE IF YOU HAVE A FAMILY MEMBER THAT IS A, A LEGAL PERMANENT RESIDENT, THEY CAN GET THEIR CITIZENSHIP AND THEY CAN HELP THEIR FAMILY MEMBER WHO ARE TPS HOLDERS, ESPECIALLY KIDS THAT THEY, IF YOU HAVE KIDS THAT ARE 21 NOW WERE BORN HERE OF TPS PARENTS AND THEY'RE 21, THEY CAN NOW HELP THEIR MOM OR DAD GET THEIR, UM, THEIR PAPERWORK DONE. SO THERE'S SO MANY THINGS CAN BE DONE TO HELP. SO PLEASE REACH OUT. AGAIN, I'M GIVING THE NUMBER 1-888-600-FIVE 7 6 2. AND FEEL FREE TO CALL ME ANYTIME. (954) 588-0473. AND I AM HERE TO HELP ALSO, THIS SATURDAY WE HAVE IN OUR LITERACY DAY, UM, THAT WILL BE IN THE HAZEL P ROGERS MULTIPURPOSE CENTER. WE'LL BE HAVING FREE LUNCH, FREE BOOKS. SO COME OUT, IT STARTS AT 10, IT ENDS AT TWO. SO PLEASE COME OUT ON SATURDAY. AND WITH THAT, I SAY GOODNIGHT. THANK YOU MADAM AC. [15. REPORT OF THE CITY MANAGER] THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. GOOD, GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. JULY'S BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT IS SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER CARLENE MAXWELL WILLIAMS. WE'RE THRILLED TO ANNOUNCE WE CARE ASSOCIATES GROUP AS OUR LAKES BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT FOR JULY. THEY ARE LOCATED AT 33 54 NORTHWEST 22ND COURT. I'LL PROVIDE, UH, SOME UPDATES ON A FEW OF OUR PROJECTS, PUBLIC WORKS AND ENGINEERING. CITYWIDE TRAFFIC. COMMON PROJECTS ARE IN GONNA BE INSTALLED IN VARIOUS AREAS OF LAUDERDALE LAKES TO INCLUDE NORTHWEST 24TH STREET, 23RD COURT IN THE EASTGATE AREA, NORTHWEST 34TH STREET, 35TH AVENUE IN THE NORTHGATE AREA, AS WELL AS NORTHWEST 41ST STREET OAKLAND ESTATES, AND ALSO NORTHWEST 43RD AVENUE. AND 33RD STREET, WHICH IS WESTGATE. SO LOOK OUT FOR THOSE. UM, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS CITYWIDE COMMON. OTIS GRAY PARK ALSO HAS A PROJECT GOING ON WHERE WE'RE GONNA BE INCLUDING FLEXI, PAVE TRAIL FITNESS STATION SEATING, AND THAT IS SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETED. ALSO, WE HAVE A NORTHGATE PARK IMPROVEMENTS PROJECTS, CITYWIDE DRAINAGE AND CANAL FIVE IS TARGETED FOR COMPLETION AT THE END OF THIS FISCAL. SO THERE ARE VARIOUS PROJECTS THAT ARE, UM, UNDERWAY IN THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES, ALSO MANAGING MORE THAN 730 ACTIVE PLANNING, BUILDING AND CODE COMPLIANCE APPLICATIONS TAKING PLACE IN THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT, FINANCIAL SERVICES. OUR 2025 ANNUAL AUDIT HAS BEEN COMPLETED AND SUBMITTED AS OF JUNE. AND LASTLY, OUR FISCAL YEAR 2027. BUDGET DEVELOPMENT IS UNDERWAY. THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR, CAN I SAY SOMETHING? MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. SORRY. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. THE NUMBER, THE 1-888-600-FIVE SEVEN SIX TWO, YOU CAN CALL AND YOU CAN ALSO SEND A TEXT MESSAGE SO YOU CAN USE THAT AND JUST SEND A TEXT. IF YOU DON'T FEEL LIKE CALLING, SEND A TEXT MESSAGE. AND ALSO YOU CAN SEND ME A TEXT MESSAGE. AGAIN, 9 5 4 5 8 8 0 4 7 3. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. YOU'RE WELCOME. MR. ATTORNEY CALLAWAY. [16. REPORT OF THE CITY ATTORNEY] UH, YES, MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS AND TO THE PUBLIC. UH, ON THE SUBJECT OF THE, UH, COMMISSION'S MOST RECENT APPOINTMENT OF THE, UH, NEW CITY MANAGER, UH, I JUST WANNA REPORT THAT I DID, UH, PREPARE A, UM, EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT THAT I SHARED WITH, UH, THE CANDIDATE, MR. JONATHAN EVANS. EVANS. UH, HE DOES HAVE THE DRAFT DOCUMENT FOR HIS CONSIDERATION. HE DOES HAVE COUNSEL. I BELIEVE THEY'RE BOTH ARE GONNA BE LOOKING AT THAT DOCUMENT. THEN, UH, AS SOON AS I HEAR BACK FROM THEM, WE'LL START A CONVERSATION AROUND WHAT THE FORM A FINAL DOCUMENT MIGHT LOOK LIKE. BUT, UH, I'M EXPECTING TO HEAR FROM HIM SHORTLY ON THAT. UH, AND THE EXTENT TO WHICH, UM, THERE'S SOME POSSIBILITY THAT WE COULD GET THROUGH THIS BEFORE THE NEXT CITY COMMISSION MEETING. OBVIOUSLY WE'LL LOOK TO THAT, CAN'T GUARANTEE IT, BUT CERTAINLY WILL BE, UH, PART OF THE OBJECTIVE OF THE PROCESS. AND THEN FINALLY, AS IT PERTAINS TO THE CHALLENGE TO THE, UH, HEALTH'S JOINT RESOLUTION ONE F ON THE BALLOT, UH, LANGUAGE, UH, THAT MATTER IS ON THE COURT'S, UH, CALENDAR, I BELIEVE FOR UM, JULY 29TH. UH, AND I'LL BE TRACKING THAT. SO IF WE CAN REPORT ON THAT, UH, I CERTAINLY WILL DO SO BY, UM, UH, A REPORT OR A EMAIL TO THE COMMISSION SEPARATELY ON THIS MATTER. THANK YOU, SIR. CAPTAIN PHILLIPS, AND WHILE CAPTAIN PHILLIPS IS COMING, I WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE MS. JOHNSON. [01:50:01] MS. JOHNSON, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE STAND, STAND UP. IT'S NOT JOHNSON. NOW MS. JOHNSON IS A NEWLYWED. MADAM MAYOR, CAPTAIN PHILLIPS, VICE MAYOR, CITY ATTORNEY, ACTING CITY MANAGER, COMMISSIONERS, CAPTAIN PHYLLIS BROS. SHERIFF'S OFFICE, YOU'RE A DISTRICT CAPTAIN. I JUST WANT TO TAKE THE TIME TO JUST MAKE YOU AWARE OF SOME OF THE GREAT THINGS THAT YOUR OFFICERS ARE DOING OUT THERE, AND I'M SURE THAT YOU WOULD AGREE WITH ME. UM, FIRST I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW YOUR REPORT FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE, OUR OFFICERS RESPONDED TO, RESPONDED TO 2,779 CALLS FOR SERVICE IN THE MONTH OF JUNE. THEY MADE 77 ARRESTS. THEY WROTE 536 CITATIONS. THAT'S TOO MUCH. AND THEY HAD 59 CITIZEN CONTACTS. AND THOSE ARE THOSE POINTS WHERE THEY COME IN CONTACT WITH WITH, UM, CITIZENS. THERE'S NO ARRESTABLE OFFENSE, NOTHING TO TAKE FURTHER FROM IT OTHER THAN JUST HOW, HOW'S IT GOING AND MOVING FORWARD. OVERALL, THE CRIME IN THE CITY OF DALE LAKES IS DOWN BY 9%. SO THAT'S, UM, GREAT. WE HAD A COUPLE SPIKES IN SOME CATEGORIES. NOTHING TO BE ALARMED ABOUT. HOWEVER, THE OVERALL CRIME IN THE CITY IS DOWN BY 9%. I KNOW MADAM MAYOR'S ALWAYS CONCERNED ABOUT THE JUVENILES, BUT THERE WERE NO JUVENILE CITATIONS ISSUED. AND MOST OF THE TIME WHEN WE'RE DEALING WITH THAT, IT IS JUST THE SEMANTICS OF THE LAW. UM, THEY, THEY CAN'T HAVE ANY PRIOR ARREST, AND IF IT'S A FELONY, THEY DON'T QUALIFY FOR THE PROGRAM. SO THAT'S TYPICALLY WHAT IS WHAT IT'S IN ADDITION TO THAT, I WANNA MAKE YOU AWARE OF ONE OF OUR DEPUTIES AND, UM, MADAM MAYOR AGAIN, YOU KNOW WHO HE IS, UM, NICOLA, NICOLA MORGAN, WHO, UM, YOU DID THE RIDE ALONG WITH, BUT HE'S OUR STAR OF THE MONTH FOR THE MONTH OR JUNE. RIGHT? RIGHT. AND, UM, JUST TO GIVE YOU A QUICK BRIEFING OF SOME OF THE THINGS HE'S DONE, JUST TO MAKE YOUR ARM AWARE, ON MAY 8TH, DEPUTY MORGAN WAS ONE OF SEVERAL DEPUTIES DISPATCHED TO A CALL WHERE HE DEMONSTRATED EXCEPTIONAL COMPOSURE, LEADERSHIP AND TACTICAL AWARENESS DURING MULTIPLE CRITICAL INCIDENTS. WHILE RESPONDING TO AN IN PROGRESS SEXUAL BATTERY INVESTIGATION, DEPUTY MORGAN IMMEDIATELY IDENTIFIED AND SAFELY DISARMED THE ARMED INDIVIDUAL WHO WAS LATER DETERMINED TO BE THE VICTIM'S BROTHER AND WAS PREPARING TO CONFRONT THE SUSPECT. THE SWIFT ACTIONS COMMAND PRESENCE AND DECISIVE INTERVENTION PREVENTED THE SITUATION FROM ESCALATING TO A POTENTIALLY VIOLENT ENCOUNTER, ALLOWING FOR THE SAFE RECOVERY OF THE VICTIM AND THE PROMPT ARREST OF THE SUSPECT. THAT'S ONE INCIDENT HE HAD THEN AGAIN ON MAY 29TH AND A SEPARATE INCIDENT INVOLVING AN IMP UM, IMP PROGRESS BURGLARY. DEPUTY MORGAN WAS THE, UM, FIRST DEPUTY ON SCENE AND CONFRONTED FOUR SUSPECTS AT GUNPOINT THROUGH EFFECT THE VERBAL COMMANDS AND STRONG COMMAND PRESENCE. HE SUCCESSFULLY DIRECTED ALL FOUR SUBJECTS TO, TO THE PRONG POSITION AND MAINTAINED CONTROL OF THE SCENE UNTIL ADDITIONAL UNITS ARRIVED. ALL FOUR SUBJECTS WERE SUBSEQUENTLY TAKEN INTO CUSTODY WITHOUT INCIDENT AND CHARGED WITH BURGLARY AND POSSESSION OF BURGLARY TOOLS. THREE OF THE FOUR SUSPECTS WERE ALSO FOUND TO, UM, HAVE BEEN REPORTED MISSING FROM ANOTHER JURISDICTION. AND ON DEPUTY MORGAN'S PROFESSIONALISM, COURAGE AND SOUND JUDGMENT DIRECTLY CONTRIBUTED TO THE SUCCESSFUL RESOLUTION OF THAT PARTICULAR INCIDENT AND REF. AND IT REFLECTED GREATLY UPON THE BROWARD SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND THE RESIDENTS OF CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKE. THAT'S WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL. UM, JUST RECENTLY. AND THAT'S, HE'S OUR START OF THE MONTH FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE. ALL RIGHT. UM, WE ALSO HAVE THE MONTH OF JULY THAT WE JUST STARTED. WE HAVE TWO OTHER DEPUTIES WHO'S DONE AN AMAZING JOB. WE HAD AN OPERATIONAL PLAN CALLED OPERATION MIDNIGHT HEAT. DURING THIS OPERATIONAL PLANS, OUR OFFICERS ARE OUT THERE BEING PROACTIVE, THEY'RE STOPPING VEHICLES, THEY'RE GETTING IN THE CARS AND SEEING WHAT'S GOING ON. SO ON FRIDAY, THIS FRIDAY JUST PASSED. WHILE PROACTIVELY WORKING THE OPERATION, DETECTIVE RIVERA AND DEPUTY BALTAZAR CONDUCTED A TRAFFIC STOP ON A WHITE KILL TIMA DISPLAYING THE GEORGIA TAG THROUGH THEIR INVESTIGATIVE MEANS. THEY DETERMINED THAT THE PASSENGER WAS A, UM, IN UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF A FIREARM ON THE INDIVIDUAL, WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY AND PROPERLY IDENTIFIED WITH THEIR NEW YORK DRIVER'S LICENSE. UH, WHEN ASKED WHY WAS HE IN SOUTH FLORIDA, HE SAID HE WAS ON VACATION. FURTHER INVESTIGATIVE MEANS DISCOVERED THAT THIS PARTICULAR PERSON HAD COMMITTED A MURDER IN ANOTHER COUNTRY ON THE NECESSARY, UM, PHONE CALLS WERE MADE AND, UM, THEY TOOK THAT GUY OFF THE STREET WHO WAS HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY, BUT THROUGH THEIR EFFORTS, THEY TOOK A VIOLENT SUBJECT OFF THE STREET AND, UM, MAKING OUR COMMUNITY SAFE. SO THAT WAS, UM, THOSE GUYS FOR THE MONTH OF, UM, STARTING OFF THIS MONTH. AND I JUST WANT TO, BEFORE I CONCLUDE, I ALSO JUST WANT TO TAKE THE TIME TO RECOGNIZE OUR EXPLORERS. WE KNOW OUR [01:55:01] EXPLORERS, THEY'RE A YOUNG GROUP AND THEY'RE NEW TO THE EXPLORER, UM, PROCESS, HOWEVER, UNDER THE LAUDERDALE LAKES EXPLORERS PARTICIPATED IN THE 2026 FLORIDA SHERIFF'S EXPLORER ASSOCIATION STATE CONFERENCE AND COMPETITION FROM SUNDAY, JUNE 28TH THROUGH FRIDAY, JULY 3RD. UH, PARTICIPATION IN THE CONFERENCE OFFERED A VALUABLE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE EXPLORERS TO SHOWCASE THE KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS THEY DEVELOPED DURING THEIR, UM, EXPLORER PROGRAM, WHILE BOOSTING THEIR TEAM WORK, LEADERSHIP, COMMUNICATION, PROBLEM SOLVING ABILITIES, AND REALISTIC LAW ENFORCEMENT SCENARIOS. OVER THE WEEKS, THE EXPLORERS COMPETED IN VARIOUS EVENTS DESIGNED TO MIMIC REAL LIFE PUBLIC SAFETY SITUATIONS, ENABLING THEM TO APPLY THEIR TRAINING IN A PROFESSIONAL AND DEMANDING ENVIRONMENT. THE CONFERENCE ALSO GAVE EXPLORERS A CHANCE TO NETWORK WITH OTHER EXPLORER POSTS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT PROFESSIONALS FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THIS EXPERIENCE DIRECTLY SUPPORTED THEIR PERSONAL GROWTH AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WHILE REINFORCING CORE VALUES SUCH AS INTEGRITY, DISCIPLINE, SERVICE LEADERSHIP, ESSENTIAL QUALITIES FOR A CAREER IN LAW ENFORCEMENT. AND THROUGHOUT THEIR ADULT LIVES. THE LAUDERDALE LAKES EXPLORER POST EARNED TWO AWARDS DURING THE COMPETITION, TAKEN THIRD PLACE IN THE CRISIS INTERVENTION SCENARIO, AND SECOND PLACE IN THE FIRST TIME SHOOTER TYRO CENTERPIECE SHOOTING COMPETITION. THESE ACHIEVEMENTS ARE PARTICULARLY MEANINGFUL AT AS THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME THE MEMBERS OF OUR EXPLORER PROGRAM PARTICIPATED IN THIS EVENT. SO, UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, OUR UM, EXPLORERS ARE DOING VERY WELL IN THE PROGRAM, IS DOING WHAT WE DESIGNED IT TO DO AND WHAT ITS PURPOSE AND INTENDED, YOU KNOW, UM, EFFECTS ARE TO BE. SO, UM, WE JUST WANT TO LET YOU ALL KNOW THAT THESE ARE THE THINGS WE'RE DOING WITH OUR YOUNG PEOPLE AND OUR DEPUTIES ARE WORKING VERY HARD FOR THE CITY OF A LOT OF LA THANK YOU FOR THAT CONCLUDES GREAT JOB. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, CAPTAIN PHILLIPS . THAT CONCLUDES MINE. CHIEF CHA. GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR. MADAM VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, CITY MANAGER, CITY ATTORNEY RESIDENTS FIS OF LAUDERDALE LAKES. FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS CHAZ HACKETT. I'M YOUR DISTRICT CHIEF OF FIRE RESCUE FOR BSO. FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE, WE HAD 661 TOTAL CALLS FOR SERVICE RIGHT ON PAR. ABOUT HALF OF THOSE ARE FOR TRANSPORTS TO LOCAL HOSPITALS. UM, FOR THE FIRE INSPECTIONS, OUR FIRE INSPECTORS COMPLETED 272, EITHER INSPECTIONS, RE-INSPECTIONS, PLAN REVIEW, UH, PERMIT INSPECTIONS, UH, THINGS OF THAT NATURE. LOOKING AT OUR CALL VOLUME FROM JANUARY ONE UNTIL JUNE 30TH THIS YEAR, COMPARING IT TO LAST YEAR, WE APPEAR TO BE ABOUT SEVEN AND A HALF PERCENT ABOVE THE STATS FROM LAST YEAR DURING THE SAME TIMEFRAME. UM, AS FOR THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH, WE CONDUCTED C-P-R-A-E-D AND STOP THE BLEED CERTIFICATION FOR THE ALZHEIMER'S CENTER AND THE, UH, WORKERS IN THAT UH, FACILITY. WE ALSO ATTENDED LAUDERDALE LAKES MIDDLE SCHOOL CAREER DAY. UH, WE ATTENDED LAUDERDALE LAKES CARIBBEAN UNITY FEST. WE PROVIDED TWO MEDICAL DETAIL CARTS, UH, WITH OFF-DUTY FIREFIGHTERS, PARAMEDICS, AND WE APPLIED, UH, WITH CITY STAFF FOR FOUR GRANTS AS PREVIOUSLY NOTED, TOTALING AROUND EIGHT AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS FOR THE GRANTS. THAT IS ALL FROM FIRE RESCUE FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. WHAT ABOUT YOU? WHAT'D I FORGET? YOUR, YOUR, UM, I CAME WITH YOU THE OTHER NIGHT. YOU DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY ABOUT THAT? THE CONVERSATION WITH THE COMMISSIONERS YOU'S FOR NEXT MONTH? OH, THAT'S, THAT'S, YEAH, THAT'S FOR JULY. OKAY. SORRY. I'M SO SORRY. THANK, THANK YOU. THANK YOU, CHIEF . ALL RIGHT. IF THERE IS NOT ANYTHING ELSE, GOODNIGHT. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.