[0:00] Madam clerk, will you please
call the roll?
[0:03] >> : good evening.
[roll called]
[0:14] >> mayor: could everybody please
stand?
[0:18] before we do the pledge of
allegiance, we take a moment of
[0:23] Silence to honor our currently
deployed military, and our local
[0:31] Police and firefighters who
serve and protect our community
[0:36] every day.
Thank you.
[0:48] Tonight, we are welcoming the
safety patrol from indian trace
[0:53] Elementary school to lead us in
the pledge.
[0:56] they're accompanied tonight by
their proud principal, amy
[1:05] Winder.
Ready.
[1:06] broward county pledge ofready.
[pledge of allegiance]
[1:31] >> mayor: I'm going to ask you
to turnaround, face the crowd.
[1:36] the back row, step through and
go to the front.
[1:43] We're going to start down here.
You're going to introduce
[2:00] YOURSELF AND SAY WHAT GRADE
YOU'RE IN.
[2:12] MY NAME IS GABRIELLA
SANCHEZ.
[2:24] >> mayor: give us a moment.
These things happen and you guys
[2:28] are very good and very patient.
>> : good evening.
[2:41] My name is gabriella sanchez and
I am in fifth grade.
[2:48] >> : good evening.
My name is emma blazedwail and
[2:51] I'm in fifth grade.
>> : good evening.
[2:54] I'm name is emma garcia and I'm
in fifth grade.
[2:57] >> : good evening.
I'm ava and I'm in fifth grade.
[3:02] >> : good evening, I'm gabrielle
and I'm in fifth grade.
[3:09] >> : my name is alexandra and
I'm from fifth grade.
[3:12] >> : I'm niko and I'm from fifth
grade.
[3:16] >> : good evening, my name is.
[unintelligible]
[3:23] >> : good evening.
I'm dylan and I'm in fifth
[3:26] grade.
>> : good evening, my name is
[3:29] marshall and I'm in fifth grade.
>> : good evening, my name is --
[3:33] [unintelligible]
and I'm in fifth grade.
[3:35] >> : good evening, I'm in fifth
.
[3:44] >> : good evening, I'm olivia
and I'm in fifth grade.
[3:48] >> : I'm thomas and I'm in fifth
grade.
[3:51] >> : thank you, thomas.
Let's give them a round of
[3:57] allows.
Applause.
[4:04] [applause]
>> mayor: you see those two men
[4:06] over there, they have gifts for
you for doing such a good job
[4:10] Tonight.
You just need to walk over there
[4:13] and they'll give you gifts.
[applause]
[4:26] >> mayor: it is now my honor for
welcome chief todd dreysen to
[4:33] The podium to make the
presentation for the bso fire
[4:39] rescue employee of the month.
>> : good evening, mayor brown,
[4:50] Members of the commission, city
manager, city staff,
[4:54] distinguished guests and
residents of weston.
[4:56] thank you for your continued
support of public safety and for
[5:00] The opportunity to recognize the
members of the broward sheriff's
[5:05] office fire rescue and the
members who serve the community.
[5:07] I have the honor to recognize
captain robert melendez as the
[5:14] Employee of the month.
His life of service started in
[5:17] 19 many 0 when he went into the
united states marine corps.
[5:20] It was there that he learned the
lessons to guide him throughout
[5:25] his career, face difficult
situations with courage and
[5:27] trust the people you serve
beside.
[5:30] On december 6, 1992, he was
hired by [as an airport
[5:36] firefighter, he advanced through
the ranks and served as a
[5:40] Firefighter, driver engineer,
crash truck operator that
[5:43] doesn't crash into things, a
lieutenant, and a captain.
[5:48] each position brought greater
responsibility, but rob's
[5:51] Commitment to serving others
remained consistent and
[5:55] constant.
When he began his career in
[5:57] 1993, it was a different
profession.
[6:04] Everything has changed over the
years.
[6:06] rob not only adapted to those
changes, he helped lead others
[6:10] Through them while providing
that steady service that our
[6:13] residents expects.
He served at weston fire station
[6:18] 55 and cypress bay.
As a company officer, he has led
[6:22] His crew, protected the
community, and caring for the
[6:26] firefighters under his command.
He's approached that responsible
[6:29] with experience, faith, and
service and sincere concern for
[6:34] His people.
He said he wanted to be
[6:36] remembered as a firefighter that
showed up, a captain who cared
[6:39] for his people, and a servant
who tried to leave every station
[6:43] Better than he found it.
Rank and years of service tells
[6:46] only part of the story.
The greater legacy is found in
[6:49] people and in officers who
mentor others.
[6:57] Throughout his career, rob has
answered quasiless calls and
[7:00] Helped people through some of
the most difficult moments of
[7:03] their lives.
He's shared the victories,
[7:06] losses, long nights and lasting
bonds that are unique to the
[7:11] Fire service.
His 46 years of combined
[7:15] lifetime
fire service.
[7:24] There's missed birthdays,
interrupted holidays, late night
[7:29] calls, and his family's
sacrifices.
[7:35] They deserve our sincere
gratitude as we recognize him
[7:38] tonight.
As captain melendez begins his
[7:42] Retirement, he leaves station 55
and the fire service with the
[7:45] respect from those who served
alongside him and the gratitude
[7:49] of the community he helped to
protect.
[7:50] Although his duty as came to an
end, the example he has set and
[7:54] the rip rups he has built will
remain.
[7:58] it's my honor to thank captain
melendez for his service.
[8:10] I'm proud to present robert
melendez as our september
[8:14] employee of the month.
[applause]
[8:32] >> mayor: I had the distinct
honor of being able to attend
[8:35] his retirement ceremony.
What a beautiful ceremony and
[8:40] His speech was unparalleled in
his commitment to the fire
[8:45] service and especially to his
crew, as well as to the
[8:49] community of weston.
Tonight, we are -- you know,
[8:52] It's kind of bittersweet, I'm
sure he'll enjoy his retirement,
[8:57] but he'll be sorely missed by
the people in weston.
[9:31] [APPLAUSE]
>> MAYOR: SO, I WOULD LIKE TO
[9:51] Ask school board members to come
to the podium to assist in the
[9:56] prepare takes.
The 2025-2026 state of florida
[10:01] School grades provide an easy to
understand metric for measuring
[10:05] school performance.
The school grading system
[10:08] focuses the school grading
formula on the following majors.
[10:14] Achievement, learning gains,
graduation, acceleration
[10:19] success, and maintaining a focus
on students who needs the most
[10:23] Support.
It gives us a pleasure to
[10:25] introduce awards to every one of
the broward county public
[10:30] Schools in weston.
They each received an a grade in
[10:35] florida grades and improvement
ratings.
[10:38] this deserves formal
recognition.
[10:39] we will call up to the podium
the following principals to
[10:44] Present an award, one for their
school and one for each of them
[10:47] as individuals for their
dedication and outstanding
[10:50] Performance.
I am going to hand over the
[10:53] duties to both of you to read
and give out the awards.
[10:58] >> : first up is country isles
elementary, ms. Mindy morgan.
[11:09] [APPLAUSE]
>> GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY.
[11:19] I have the distinct honester
of honor of doing the next one.
[11:24] For those that don't know about
eagle point elementary school,
[11:29] wow, let me tell you, the number
one ranked traditional public
[11:33] School, elementary school in the
entire state of florida.
[11:40] [applause]
>> : very proud.
[11:42] principal, please join us up
here.
[11:44] very, very proud of you and
everything you've done at the
[11:50] SCHOOL.
>> : NEXT IS EVERGLADES
[12:12] Elementary, mr. Elliot
tillinger.
[12:16] [applause]
>> : okay, next is gator run
[12:31] Elementary.
I was trying to figure out if
[12:33] peter is wearing socks this
evening.
[12:36] he assured me he was, so come on
up here and get the award, sir.
[12:40] Great job.
[applause]
[12:44] >> : this last year, they had a
record-breaking number of
[12:48] students that were inducted into
the junior honors society and I
[12:53] HAD THE DISTINCT HONOR OF BEING
THERE AS WELL.
[13:08] >> : NEXT IS IMAGINE WEST END,
MR. NATHAN BROOKWOODS.
[13:16] [APPLAUSE]
>> : NEXT UP, INDIAN TRACE
[13:23] Elementary school.
Where's principal wider?
[13:27] winder?come on up, amy.
[applause]
[13:48] >> : next is manatee bay
elementary, ms. Vanessa mansion.
[13:59] [APPLAUSE]
>> : OKAY, FALCON COVE MIDDLE
[14:13] SCHOOL.
WHERE'S STEVEN?
[14:14] THERE HE IS.
[APPLAUSE]
[14:30] Tequesta trace
middle school, robert rivera.
[14:38] [applause]
>> : alright, next on the list
[14:49] Cypress bay high school, which
also happens to be, folks, 6:0
[14:55] This year in football.
So, if you get a chance, please
[14:58] come on out and support cypress
bay high school football team.
[15:03] [APPLAUSE]
>> : AND FINALLY, WE HAVE
[15:16] WESTERN HIGH SCHOOL,
MS. MICHELLE PADDERA.
[15:25] [APPLAUSE]
>> LET'S TAKE A PICTURE.
[16:01] [APPLAUSE]
[16:46] >> mayor: so, before he gets
seated comfortably, I just saw
[16:59] DALE COULD COME UP TO
THE PODIUM.
[17:04] Each year, the florida league of
cities recognizes those members
[17:07] of municipalities, as well as
elected officials who have gone
[17:12] Above and beyond to serve our
community.
[17:15] most especially in issues
regarding legislation and really
[17:20] Supporting our local
communities.
[17:22] myself and vice-mayor mead had
the distinct honor of already
[17:26] receiving these awards just
recently and I'm here to
[17:30] Personally give this to
mr. Darrel thomas as the home
[17:33] rule hero for 2026.
The assistant city manager,
[17:37] mr. Darrel thomas from the city
of weston.
[17:40] [APPLAUSE]
[18:08] >> mayor: it is my pleasure to
welcome aaron monohan, broward
[18:26] County pta reflections program
chair, and julia corona,
[18:30] Treasure of the falcon cove
middle school ptsa and the
[18:34] student award winners to the
podium.
[18:39] the program is a longstanding
arts education program.
[18:43] During the 2025-2026 school
year, students throughout
[18:47] broward county participated in
reflections through their local
[18:51] Pta, ptsa organizations, with
selected entries advancing
[18:56] through the broward county
counsel pta.
[18:59] every broward county student who
received recognition at the
[19:03] Florida pta state level this
year from a school in the city
[19:07] of weston.
In addition, one of the weston
[19:10] Students went on to receive
recognition at the national pta
[19:14] level.
Ladies, I'll let you go ahead.
[19:19] >> : good evening.
I was going to explain the
[19:22] Program, but she did such a
great job doing that.
[19:25] I'm happy to recognize these
students, their creativity and
[19:31] Expression of the theme of I
belong last year was just great
[19:35] to see.
We're so proud of our weston
[19:39] students that they were the ones
recognized at the state level,
[19:42] So that was very exciting.
So I would like to recognize
[19:45] from cypress bay high school,
emma gonzalez, for dance
[19:51] CHOREOGRAPHY.
NORRING RADAR FOR
[20:02] Photography.
From falcon cove, we have film
[20:05] production with sergio.
Alisa lopez for literature.
[20:11] And lucas area for photography.
From tequesta trace middle
[20:20] Alvarez
for visual arts frosm gator run
[20:26] elementary, we have alisa for
music composition and sarah for
[20:38] Composition frosm indian trace
elementary, our national student
[20:43] IS DOMINIC EASTER FROM MUSIC
COMPOSITION.
[20:52] CONGRATULATIONS.
[APPLAUSE]
[22:06] >> MAYOR: AND NOW, IT'S MY
[22:40] Pleasure to welcome to the
podium, back to the podium,
[22:45] chief todd dreysen and assistant
chief gary harrington to honor
[22:52] GRADUATING ASSERT
CLASS.
[23:01] >> : chief harrington, you can
come down, too, please.
[23:05] good evening, mayor, members of
the commission, distinguished
[23:09] guests, staff, and the residents
of weston.
[23:11] Tonight it's my previously to
recognize the newest graduates
[23:16] of the community of weston's
community response program.
[23:19] the cert program was developed
by fema to prepare citizens to
[23:25] Help themselves, their families,
their neighbors and their
[23:28] community before, during and
after an emergency.
[23:31] The program is built on a simple
but important idea.
[23:35] when a major disaster affects an
entire community, professional
[23:39] first responders may not be able
to reach everyone immediately.
[23:42] Trained residents can provide
valuable assistance until
[23:46] additional help can arrive that
is especially meaningful here in
[23:49] south florida.
We understand the threats posed
[23:51] By hurricanes, flooding, severe
weather, extended power outages
[23:55] and other emergencies is another
reminder that disasters do not
[23:59] respect city or county
boundaries.
[24:03] Although members are trained to
support their own communities,
[24:06] their knowledge and skills that
they gain can help family,
[24:10] Workers and coworkers where
assistant may be needed.
[24:14] these graduates completed 30
hours of classroom instruction
[24:18] and training.
They learned about fire
[24:23] Preparedness, disaster control,
operations, light, search and
[24:27] rescue, team organization, and
disaster psychology.
[24:29] they also practiced assessing a
scene, identifying hazards,
[24:33] Establishing priorities, and
working together safely and
[24:37] effectively.
Training isintended to give
[24:40] Residents the confidence and
appropriate skills.
[24:46] they may mean checking on a
neighbor, safely distinguishing
[24:50] A small fire, controlling
serious bleeding, organizing
[24:54] volunteers, document needs or
passing reliable information to
[24:58] responding agencies and the
value of the program reaches
[25:00] Well beyond a single emergency
when they become better prepared
[25:05] at home, helps strengthen
neighborhood resilience, and
[25:09] serve as ambassadors for
preparedness throughout weston.
[25:13] They understand that effective
response begins before the
[25:15] storm, before the power goes
out, and before the first call
[25:18] is made to 9-1-1.
Completing this program requires
[25:23] A real commitment.
Four evenings of training means
[25:26] time away from work, family and
other responsibilities.
[25:29] these graduates made the
commitment because they care
[25:31] About their community and they
want to be ready to help when
[25:34] weston needs them.
Their service represents the
[25:36] very best of community
partnership.
[25:38] a program like this is also
possible only because of the
[25:41] People who organize it and share
their knowledge with each class.
[25:44] I'd like to recognize assistant
chief gary harrington and our
[25:51] Program manager, michelle levy,
for their leadership,
[25:56] preparation, and their
dedication to the program.
[25:57] I'm proud to have served
alongside them in helping to
[26:01] Provide training to our
residents.
[26:02] I think it's important to thank
the city council, the city
[26:07] manager for their continued
support.
[26:10] Your investment in training,
public education and
[26:14] volunteering makes weston a
safer and more resilient
[26:17] community.
To our graduates, the
[26:19] certificate you receive is more
than just a completion of a
[26:21] Course.
It reflects your willingness to
[26:23] step forward, to prepare
yourself and accept
[26:27] responsibility for helping
others many we hope you never
[26:29] have to use these skills, but
your training will make you
[26:32] Better prepare fire department
that day does come.
[26:34] on behalf of the broward
sheriff's office department of
[26:37] fire rescue emergency services
and the city of weston,
[26:41] Congratulations to even of you,
and thank you for your time,
[26:43] commitment, and your
willingness to serve the
[26:49] residents of weston.
[applause]
[27:05] >> : THANK YOU, CHIEF.
MY NAME IS CHIEF HARRINGTON AND
[27:12] I've been blessed to to be one
of the instructors for the
[27:20] Program here in the city of
weston.
[27:23] our other instructor was unable
to attend tonight, as some of
[27:28] the other members were also
unable to attend, but we're
[27:32] Going to call out their name in
recognition as we bring
[27:38] everybody down to accept their
certificates.
[27:41] So, can I have all of the
certmembers come down now.
[28:16] THERE'S NO ORDER HERE.
VALTINA WEBL.
[28:28] THERE SHE IS.
[APPLAUSE]
[28:31] >> : ORLANDO BETANCOURT.
ALEJANDRO ABTINO.
[28:46] [APPLAUSE]
DANIELA ALLEN.
[28:59] [APPLAUSE]
>> : JOTTHEE RUNHA.
[29:06] [APPLAUSE]
>> : ANDREA LOPEZ.
[29:12] [APPLAUSE]
>> : MATEO CAPVELLA.
[29:30] [applause]
>> : ingrid castellanos.
[29:39] [applause]
>> : nanny corado.
[29:51] [APPLAUSE]
>> : MARGARITA LAWE.
[30:04] [applause]
>> : debra richmond.
[30:07] [applause]
>> : juan valencia.
[30:15] [APPLAUSE]
>> : PALO VELOSO.
[30:25] [APPLAUSE]
>> : MIRALI LA THYA.
[30:42] [applause]
>> : enrique mets.
[30:47] [applause]
>> : catalina mahia.
[30:54] [APPLAUSE]
>> : RUBEN LENNARDY.
[31:05] [APPLAUSE]
>> : GERALDO LANCARA.
[31:18] [APPLAUSE]
>> : ANDREA HODGEDIN.
[31:23] [APPLAUSE]
>> : IDINA GOSHOO.
[31:32] [APPLAUSE]
>> : CARMEN FRANCO.
[31:36] [APPLAUSE]
FELICRANNO.
[31:56] [APPLAUSE]
>> : VICKY DIEBOLT.
[32:01] [applause]
delgado.
[32:06] [applause]
>> : daniel gregory [applause]
[32:19] >> : JOSE DEANTONIO.
[APPLAUSE]
[32:27] Please join mow in welcoming the
city of weston 2026 community
[32:34] EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM.
[APPLAUSE]
[34:53] >> MAYOR: BEFORE WE BEGIN THE
[35:21] Agenda, I have some
announcements.
[35:24] we encourage parents to review
safety information before
[35:27] purchasing an e-bike, e-scooter,
or an e-motto.
[35:32] Know before you buy.
If you already are these
[35:35] devices, review this information
with your children.
[35:41] Westonorganize/bike safety.
A new podcast series has
[35:48] launched, weston at 30.
A history podcast in celebration
[35:51] Of weston's 30th anniversary,
including interviews with
[35:57] mr. John flint, weston's first
city manager.
[36:00] This is an opportunity for
residents to hear about the
[36:02] people, stories, and milestones
behind weston's first 30 years
[36:06] and even earlier.
You can listen to the weston way
[36:11] Podcast on our website or
wherever you get your podcasts.
[36:15] on saturday, october 3rd from
9:00 a.m. Until noon, bso will
[36:20] Host an open house at fire
station 81 here in weston.
[36:26] families can enjoy station tours
and safety activities focused on
[36:30] Water, fire, and bicycle safety
among others.
[36:35] stop in, play some games, and
learn valuable information.
[36:38] on saturday, october 10th, it
will be a busy saturday in
[36:43] Regional park.
At 10:00 a.m., we start with the
[36:47] mayor's chess challenge in the
weston community center, open to
[36:50] All ages and skill levels.
That's from 10:00 a.m. Still
[36:55] noon.
That evening, we quick off our
[36:58] movie in the park series at
8:00 p.m.
[37:01] Enjoy this animated feature with
friends or family.
[37:06] bring lawn chairs or blankets,
pack a cooler and relax.
[37:11] The movie is on us.
For information on the upcoming
[37:28] Elections and information
proposal, amendment 3,
[37:32] Constitutional amendment on the
ballot on november 3rd, visit
[37:36] our website at westonfl.org.
Tonight's meeting is the second
[37:41] And last commission meeting in
september finalizing the millage
[37:45] rate and budgets for fiscal year
2027.
[37:49] september meeting dates are
coordinated so as to not
[37:54] Conflict with the [school board
and broward county hearings in
[38:00] Accordance with florida
statutes.
[38:02] we are now beginning the portion
of our meeting where the public
[38:06] is given an opportunity to
address the commission on any
[38:11] Issues not on the agenda.
So, I just want to be very clear
[38:15] because I do have one person
signed up.
[38:17] if you're speaking on an issue
that's on the agenda, this is
[38:20] Not the time to speak.
You will speak just prior to the
[38:24] agenda item.
If you wish to participate in
[38:26] public comments virtually at
this meeting, you must be
[38:30] Connected to the cisco web xx
event many the meeting host will
[38:39] un-mute each attendee so the
person can be acknowledged.
[38:42] Each speaker will be allowed up
to three minutes.
[38:46] remote attendee also only have
audio during the meeting.
[38:51] I have one public comment card.
I have diana rosenquest.
[39:01] Diana.
Just state your name for the
[39:07] city clerk.
>> : my name and?
[39:12] >> mayor: address for the city
clerk.
[39:14] >> : good evening.
50eu78 diana rosenquest, 1715
[39:20] .
Bonaventure, how much
[39:28] development are we talking
about?
[39:31] TOTAL RESIDENTIAL UNITS
PROPOSALS
[39:40] -- represented by gables, weston
250 racquet club road which is
[39:45] the old bonaventure resort
hotel.
[39:51] 492 units.
357 racquet club road, the new
[39:57] proposal, 132 multifamily units.
There was previously at 357
[40:07] Racquet club road, there was
approved a senior residential
[40:10] Project, which would consist of
245 units, 303 beds.
[40:16] the place at bonaventure golf
course redevelopment, 379
[40:25] Residential units.
The potential development of
[40:28] this magnitude raises questions
about community impact on roads
[40:33] And traffic, water supply,
sewer, wastewater, electrical
[40:40] Capacities, stormwater and
drainage, fire and emergency
[40:44] response, school and public
services.
[40:46] conducted
one comprehensive community
[40:52] Infrastructure and traffic
capacity study that considers
[40:56] all of the bonaventure
developments together, not
[41:00] Simply one each, not simply each
project individually?
[41:06] if so, where is that study and
does it demonstrate that
[41:10] Bonaventure's existing
infrastructure can accommodate
[41:12] this level of additional
development?
[41:18] thank you.
[applause]
[41:21] >> mayor: so, I'm going to share
with everybody one of the things
[41:25] that we don't do here in the
city of weston in calibers, we
[41:31] Appreciate everybody's engaging,
but we don't do out bert.
[41:38] somebody may get up that is not
in agreement with your position.
[41:42] What we typically do because
your idea is you want us, the
[41:47] commission, to see if you're
supporting that, we do this
[41:50] Silently because the idea is not
to have everybody that gets up
[41:54] of view
feels intimidated because there
[42:00] Might be an outburst.
We don't did and claing unless
[42:04] it's kids getting awards.
So, I just want to be clear as
[42:07] we go forward this evening.
State your name and address for
[42:13] THE CITY CLERK, PLEASE.
>> : I LIVE IN THE BONAVENTURE
[42:22] Area.
I have been a resident of been
[42:25] bonaventure since 1996, so I've
been here as long as the city
[42:34] Has, so proud of our town.
I wanted to address the speed
[42:37] racing or drag racing near our
development.
[42:39] live at the end of lake view
drive, which goes to state road
[42:48] 84 EASTBOUND AND I-75 IS
PARALLEL TO US.
[42:50] I'll read what I sent to the
public comment line to make it
[42:53] streamlined.
It's in reference to the
[42:56] speeding that's happening on
weekends around that area,
[42:59] including loud engines, rapid
acceleration and vehicles
[43:04] Traveling at excess sieve
speeds.
[43:07] I'm a night owl and I can still
hear the cars from my storm
[43:12] Windows so that tells me how
loud it is.
[43:15] the drivers appear to be
teenagers.
[43:19] I'm not standing out place with
a flashlight, that's not not my
[43:23] Place to do that.
They're looping back on I-75 and
[43:26] racing there and I know that's
happening because this has been
[43:29] happening since speed movies
like fast and the furious being
[43:33] Filmed there and it's still a
trend with young drivers.
[43:36] it's been creating disturbance
in the building where I live.
[43:41] There's units front facing to
the highway, so from your living
[43:44] room you can hear the drag
racing after 10:00 o'clock,
[43:47] 11:00 o'clock at night.
On behalf of my building, I was
[43:50] Requested to attend here as not
everyone could be here tonight,
[43:55] requesting more police presence.
I know during the holidays we
[43:59] have bso in the area do you to
crime and break ins.
[44:02] My apartment itself has been
broken in, but thanks to bso, I
[44:08] still live here.
I think the request would be to
[44:13] Have more bso presence in that
area sometime just to maybe
[44:19] deter the racing from happening,
but also to kind of keep an eye
[44:23] Out, if this is still happening.
Especially if you're on west
[44:31] Mall road, we used to have bso
station there much it's
[44:35] typically november/december.
I think that would help because
[44:38] that's where the teams start
getting ready and then start
[44:42] Dragging out to get to the
highway.
[44:44] I just think with the concerns
with e-bikes and more cyclists
[44:50] Than anything else in my
neighborhood, I think it would
[44:52] be best if we had more police
presence in that area.
[44:56] thank you.
>> mayor: thank you.
[44:57] we have your phone number so
someone will be following up
[45:00] With you.
Thank you.
[45:01] let's see, public comment.
I have patricia berndeany.
[45:08] are you making a public comment
or is it on the agenda item?
[45:17] >> : PUBLIC COMMENT.
>> : JUST LIKE DIANA, I AM HERE
[45:20] To speak about the bonaventure
area, especially on the
[45:27] bonaventure park project, which
club and the range.
[45:33] >> mayor: that's actually an
agenda item.
[45:36] >> : that one is not.
>> mayor: oh, that one is not.
[45:39] go ahead.
>> : so, supposedly there is an
[45:49] Independent living facility that
would be built on the range and
[45:53] The apartments on the other
side.
[45:55] what I feel is that a lot of
times we do these rezonings and
[45:59] then the owners change their
minds and then since they
[46:03] Already have a rezoning for more
units, they go ahead and change
[46:08] their plans.
I think when it comes up to
[46:20] Vote, vote no until we figure
out what we're doing with the
[46:23] other projects that have been
rezoned all ready.
[46:29] >> : mayor, I would like to
congratulate our speaker,
[46:33] Patricia, I believe she became a
grandmother today for the third
[46:36] time, so congratulations to her
and her family.
[46:39] all the best.
>> mayor: mr. Jamie morero, are
[46:47] You speaking on the -- okay.
Alejandra vazquez, are you
[47:11] Speaking on public comments or
on the agenda item?
[47:16] [speaker off mic]
>> mayor: okay, agenda.
[47:18] thank you.
Are there any hands raised on
[47:27] Online?
Seeing none, railroad there any
[47:28] further public comment?
Seeing none, this closes public
[47:31] Comment.
We're now at the point of the
[47:34] consent agenda that any members
can pull an item from the
[47:39] consent agenda.
Is there anyone in chambers that
[47:41] WANTS TO PULL AN ITEM FROM THE
CONSENT AGENDA?
[47:50] Any online?
Seeing none, may I have a
[47:52] motion.
>> : so moved.
[47:54] >> : seconded.
>> mayor: beginning with
[47:55] vice-mayor -- anything you want
to pull?
[48:01] >> : no.
>> : commissioner jaffe.
[48:05] >> : no.
>> mayor: commissioner?
[48:07] >> : nothing.
>> mayor: madam clerk, will you
[48:09] please call the roll.
[roll called]
[48:20] >> mayor: agenda item number 6
is a resolution of the city
[48:25] commission to approve and adopt
the final millage rate for tax
[48:29] yaix f united nations of real
and personal property lying
[48:32] Within the properties of the
budget, for fiscal year 2027,
[48:36] commencing october 1st, 2026,
and ending september 30th, 2027.
[48:41] On september 14, 2026, the city
council approved proposed
[48:45] millage rate of.3647 mills.
The final millage rate is
[48:55] 3.50564 mills.
Compared to the rolled back rate
[48:59] of 3.810 mills.
The city manager's budget
[49:02] Message and the budget has been
available and are available on
[49:05] the website.
The city manager made a budget
[49:08] presentation to the city council
on the september 14th meeting.
[49:11] Mr. Decker, is there anything
additional that you would like
[49:14] to add at this time?
>> : no, mayor.
[49:16] we made no changes between first
and second reading.
[49:19] >> mayor: okay.
We will now open this as a
[49:21] Public hearing.
Is there anybody in the chambers
[49:25] that would like to speak to this
item?
[49:37] MS. PATRICIA BERNADINE.
>> : I AM JUST HERE TO TALK
[49:58] About the millage rate.
Even though the increase in the
[50:08] Millage is very minimal when we
apply to our taxable value.
[50:12] I believe that the city has
already increased the estimated
[50:17] gross taxable valuable by 5.52%
and an increase of the millage
[50:24] Rate is not necessary since
we've already increased the
[50:31] Estimated growth value coming
from years before.
[50:36] that's the only comment that I
have.
[50:38] >> mayor: thank you.
Pitino.
[50:51] Ms. Pitino.
>> : hi, good evening, mayor and
[50:53] commissioners.
Tonight, I'm asking you not to
[50:55] approve the proposed 3.5046
millage rate and adopt a lower
[51:01] Rate.
For eight years, weston
[51:03] maintained a millage rate of
3.3464.
[51:06] tonight, you are considering
raising that rate even as
[51:10] Property values and therefore
the tax bait have continued to
[51:14] grow.
I think we need to look at this
[51:15] in the context of what residents
have already been contributing.
[51:20] In fiscal year 2020, weston
budgeted approximately
[51:24] 28.4 million in property tax
revenue.
[51:27] by fiscal year 2026, that number
had grown to approximately
[51:32] 41.2 million, an increase of
about 45%, while the millage
[51:37] rate remained exactly the same.
That is important.
[51:39] the city did not need to raise
the millage rate to receive
[51:43] Substantially more property tax
revenue.
[51:46] rising taxable values were
already were already producing
[51:51] More revenue.
Mr. The fist tal year 2027 rate,
[51:56] we estimate property tax revenue
will approach 45.6 million,
[52:01] Roughly 61% more than fiscal
year 2020.
[52:04] during that same period,
cumulative south florida
[52:07] inflation has been approximately
40%, not 61.
[52:11] So, this is not simply a
question of whether the average
[52:15] homeowner can afford a small
increase in their property
[52:18] taxes.
The better question is, does the
[52:20] City actually need to increase
the tax rate when the existing
[52:23] rate is already generating
significantly more revenue as
[52:27] property values rise?
I also believe government should
[52:32] Face the same discipline
families and businesses face.
[52:36] when revenues grow, the first
question should be how to
[52:38] prioritize spending within those
growing revenues, not
[52:43] Automatically whether the tax
rate should increase.
[52:45] weston can continue to provide
excellent serves while also
[52:49] recognizing that taxpayers have
limits.
[52:52] So, tonight I respectly ask that
each of you look again at the
[52:56] budget, identify additional
savings or expenditures that can
[53:00] And adopt a millage
rate lower than 3.5406.
[53:08] you do not need to choose
between maintaining the quality
[53:11] Of our city and respecting
taxpayers.
[53:14] good budgeting should accomplish
both.
[53:17] please give residents the
benefit of the growth in our tax
[53:20] Base before asking them to pay a
higher tax rate.
[53:24] thank you.
>> mayor: thank you.
[53:25] >> : thank you.
>> mayor: is there anyone else
[53:29] that wanted to speak on this
item?
[53:33] Are there any hands raised
online?
[53:37] this will now close the public
hearing.
[53:39] may I have a motion and a
second?
[53:42] >> : so moved.
>> : second.
[53:44] >> mayor: moved by commissioner
jaffe, seconded by commissioner
[53:48] andrade.
Beginning with commissioner
[53:50] Jaffe.
>> : thank you, mayor.
[53:51] as I expressed back on our first
reading that I'm strongly in
[53:55] favor of property tax for our
community.
[53:59] reform forour city.
Also, weston has to look out and
[54:06] Protect the values and the
immediate future even when
[54:10] Property taxes are decreased.
As a reminder, the proposed
[54:14] millage rate tonight is lover
lower than the rate on the trim
[54:19] notice, so we did fight for that
we realized it was too high and
[54:23] Didn't need to raise it as much,
so we've lowered the proposed
[54:31] Rate.
The trace assessment has
[54:35] decreased by 7%, so that's a
deduction.
[54:38] when people talk about the
cumulative cost of inflation
[54:43] Since 2019, 2020 and through
2026, yes, that's a valid point,
[54:48] but at the same token, the
founding for police services,
[54:52] Fire services and emergency
response, because of the pass
[54:55] through healthcare costs, have
gone up more than the average
[54:59] cost of consumer price inflation
over the cumulative period from
[55:06] 2022 to 2026.
We have kept the current millage
[55:08] rate the same as you said for
the last eight year and we're
[55:13] Following the strategic value
plan, which you all voted on two
[55:16] years ago.
This is all in the plan.
[55:18] we are lowering from the
possessed fiscal year 2027
[55:22] Millage rate from what was
published initially in the trim
[55:25] notice.
I'm a proponent of property tax
[55:29] reform for residents.
We have run through scenarios if
[55:32] Amendment three still passes,
and I believe regardless we will
[55:37] still be the number one best
city to live.
[55:39] >> mayor: thank you.
Commissioner molina-macfie.
[55:45] >> : thank you, mayor.
I think we were rethough row in
[55:48] the last meeting many I agree
with everything that
[55:51] Commissioner jaffe just stated,
as well as knowing that I will
[55:55] not leave our dais, our city
with a three and a half million
[56:00] Dollar deficit going into the
new budget.
[56:03] want to see it flat.
Want to see the individuals that
[56:06] come on to this dais with
balanced budget, and that's it.
[56:12] >> mayor: thank you.
Commissioner andrade.
[56:15] >> : thank you, mayor.
You guys know my position about
[56:20] This.
I think that the residents are
[56:23] struggling to pay their taxes,
to pay their bills, and the
[56:27] economy is not going in the
right direction.
[56:29] I think we have to be very clear
with the city residents that,
[56:33] Yes, we lowered the original
proposed rate by the city
[56:37] manager because we raised direct
fees in other areas.
[56:39] I don't know if mr. Decker wants
to explain that to the
[56:42] Residents.
I think it's very important.
[56:43] yes, we lowered the millage in
this case, but it's because we
[56:48] authorized some fees to go up,
correct?
[56:51] >> : yes, commissioner, that was
part of it.
[56:53] you did increase fees primarily
in parks and recreation, and in
[56:58] a couple of other categories as
well, but we also did some stuff
[57:04] To the budget in the summer to
move stuff around.
[57:08] for example, the parking lot at
the school, that was an assigned
[57:14] Item.
We did things in addition to the
[57:16] revenue increases, but you're
right, that was a part of it.
[57:21] >> : okay.
While in the social media, they
[57:22] say I don't support the schools.
Definitely I support the
[57:25] schools.
I want to make sure that I
[57:27] support my residents.
We need to keep expenses down
[57:30] And lower the cost as much as
possible.
[57:32] one of the thing I would like to
leave on record, is that while
[57:35] we have november 3rd, the
proposition three, right, and if
[57:38] it passes by 66%, that should be
a good notice to all of our
[57:43] Staff and all of the management
team that if that passes, that
[57:46] means the residents of weston
also wants lower taxes in every
[57:50] Way we can.
Thank you very much and that's
[57:53] all my comments.
>> mayor: thank you.
[57:55] vice-mayor mead.
>> : thank you, mayor.
[57:57] this is not an easy decision to
make.
[58:00] Commissioner jaffe did make some
very, very good points there,
[58:03] especially the part about the
police services, the fire
[58:07] services are increased
exponentially over the years.
[58:11] There's also the consideration
that this has to be considered a
[58:15] total program for the city.
We can't take one tax or one set
[58:19] of fees, set it apart, and make
it an entity.
[58:25] They all blend together.
They all work together to fund
[58:30] The city.
Like I say, it's a difficult
[58:37] decision and it's one that's
taken not as a year at a time.
[58:44] The last increase was eight
years ago.
[58:47] at that point, the tax was
perhaps more than what was
[58:52] Needed, but as commissioner
stated, it ended up with a small
[58:56] deficit in the city.
Over the next eight years,
[59:06] That's a long period of time to
be able to hold a tax steady in
[59:10] Today's economy.
I think we're also considering
[59:19] the longevity of it, what we're
doing for our kids who will
[59:25] Inherit our houses or our
grandkids, so that's where we
[59:28] are.
>> mayor: thank you.
[59:35] >> mayor: anybody else?
Okay, madam clerk, will you
[59:38] please call the roll.
[roll called]
[59:54] >> mayor: the final millage rate
is adopted by the city of
[59:58] weston.
Agenda item number 7 is a
[1:00:00] Residential of the city comk of
the city of weston florida
[1:00:04] approving and adopting the final
budget for the city of weston
[1:00:08] for fiscal year 2027, commencing
october 2026, and ending
[1:00:13] September 30th, 2027.
We will now open the public
[1:00:15] hearing.
Is there anyone -- I'll start
[1:00:18] with patricia bernadine.
>> : hello again.
[1:00:29] There are certain items in the
budget that I feel should not be
[1:00:39] THERE.
ONE OF THEM IS THE PARKING LOT
[1:00:41] For cypress bay high school.
I know that the city has
[1:00:43] received a lot of complaints
from parents, but I think that
[1:00:47] the school board should be
taking care of that, not the
[1:00:51] Residents of weston.
In addition, the director for
[1:00:56] comprehensive planning, I guess
we have that because pretty soon
[1:00:59] a lot of projects are going to
come our way and that's maybe
[1:01:17] They've reduced their rate
because the director of
[1:01:21] Comprehensive planning is going
to cost the city about $440,000
[1:01:25] a year.
The other point is the design of
[1:01:37] The eagle point park.
The other day I tried to go to
[1:01:41] That park when we had the
holiday and it was closed.
[1:01:48] my daughter and I couldn't get
into it.
[1:01:56] I think 4 hind dollars for the
design would probably mean that
[1:01:59] the project will cost about four
or $5 million.
[1:02:03] I think that that park is too
secluded and very difficult to
[1:02:10] Get to I guess pretty much this
is all I have to say.
[1:02:23] Also, we have a big fund balance
and we have a lot of reserves
[1:02:29] that we can use.
That's also one of the issues we
[1:02:40] Need to look at when preparing
the budget.
[1:02:42] >> mayor: thank you.
Alexandra pitino.
[1:02:52] >> : good evening, mayor and
commissioners.
[1:02:54] on the previous item, I asked
you to lower the millage rate.
[1:02:58] on this item, this is the other
side of the equation.
[1:03:03] Spending.
Do not ask the residents for
[1:03:05] more revenue.
I ask you to go back through the
[1:03:08] proposed budget, identify
reductions and identify a lower
[1:03:12] Expense budget.
The proposed fiscal 2027 total
[1:03:16] expenditure budget is
approximately $200 million.
[1:03:19] at first glance, that looks like
a significant reduction from the
[1:03:23] 256 million in fy 2026, but we
need to remember that that
[1:03:29] included approximately
56 million in major one-time
[1:03:33] Capital projects.
So comparing the fiscal year
[1:03:36] 2027 to that unusually high year
does not tell the story.
[1:03:39] look instead at the longer
trend.
[1:03:43] In fiscal year 2020, weston's
total expense budget was
[1:03:47] approximately 135 million.
By fiscal year 2025, it had
[1:03:54] Grown to approximately
196 million, that's roughly a
[1:03:58] 45% increase in five years.
The general fund gives us a
[1:04:05] Better picture of ongoing city
operations.
[1:04:07] it was approximately 49 million
in fiscal year 2020.
[1:04:10] It grew to approximately
65 million in fiscal year 2025,
[1:04:19] approximately 59 million in
fiscal year 26, and the fy '27
[1:04:23] Proposal is approximately
72 million.
[1:04:25] that's nearly a 47% increase
since fiscal year 2020.
[1:04:31] Meanwhile, south florida
inflation over approximately
[1:04:33] that same period has been closer
to 40%.
[1:04:36] I understand that inflation
affects the city, too.
[1:04:40] Contracts costs more, salaries
costs more, insurance costs
[1:04:44] more.
Public safety definitely costs
[1:04:47] more, but those are exactly the
same pressures residents and
[1:04:50] Businesses are facing as well.
The different is that residents
[1:04:56] cannot simply increase their
revenue when expenses rise.
[1:04:59] we have to prioritize.
I believe our city government
[1:05:02] Should demonstrate that same
discipline.
[1:05:05] before approving higher spending
and a higher tax rate, please
[1:05:09] ask, what can wait.
What can be scaled back?
[1:05:13] What is a want rather than a
need?
[1:05:18] which programs have grown faster
than necessary?
[1:05:20] What contracts can be
reneglected and which capital
[1:05:25] projects can be deferred. A
budget is outly a statement of
[1:05:35] Opportunity to demonstrate that
fiscal responsible means more
[1:05:38] than balances revenues and
expenditures.
[1:05:40] It also means deciding when not
to spend.
[1:05:42] please reduce the fiscal year
2027 expense budget, prioritize
[1:05:48] essential services, deefer
non-essential spending and use
[1:05:55] Savings to deduct from the
amount you want from taxpayers.
[1:06:01] >> mayor: thank you.
Is there anyone that issues to
[1:06:03] speak on agenda item number 7?
Are there any hands raised
[1:06:08] online?
Seeing none, this closes public
[1:06:11] Comment.
Commissioner macfie?
[1:06:13] >> : no comments, maker.
>> mayor: commissioner andrade.
[1:06:18] >> : so much I wanted to say,
but I'm just one vote out of
[1:06:23] Five.
I think we need to leave it more
[1:06:24] to the residents and there's no
question about the residents
[1:06:27] that really looking out for us
to keep the costs down and keep
[1:06:31] Expenses down.
Understanding the challenges we
[1:06:33] have with fire rescue and police
serves.
[1:06:43] My position, like I said before,
election of november 3rd, if
[1:06:49] amendment three passes, that's a
message from the residents to
[1:06:52] Let's keep the taxes down and
continue in that direction.
[1:06:55] it's a big challenge for you,
mr. Decker, for next year that
[1:06:58] we need to look at where we're
at and moving forward.
[1:07:02] No question, elections have
consequences and we have
[1:07:04] elections coming up, and we want
to make sure that we elect the
[1:07:08] right people on the dais so
we're more fiscally responsible.
[1:07:15] Thank you.
That's all I have.
[1:07:17] >> mayor: vice-mayor.
>> : thank you, mayor.
[1:07:18] the speaker has raised some
valid points, but I think what
[1:07:21] We have to look at is at what
point does weston stop being
[1:07:25] weston?
We can cutback on landscaping.
[1:07:28] is that what we want to do?
Does weston require that
[1:07:32] Landscaping?
No, but that's why people moved
[1:07:34] here in many cases.
We can do away with some of the
[1:07:37] parkland we've got, but again,
park land we've got?
[1:07:44] Again, that's a decision.
I think they're up for
[1:07:49] consideration.
What the city stands for, why
[1:07:51] People moved here, what do we do
to maintain them?
[1:07:59] there's no right or wrong
decisions there.
[1:08:01] The people have a point, but
they also moved to weston
[1:08:05] because of the atmosphere,
because of what we have to
[1:08:07] offer.
Thank you, mayor.
[1:08:09] >> mayor: thank you.
Commissioner jaffe.
[1:08:11] >> : thank you, mayor.
First of all, I really want to
[1:08:15] thank the residents here.
Most of you, all of you here
[1:08:18] really did a really detailed
analysis here.
[1:08:22] I really appreciate that.
Feels good to see people
[1:08:25] following and seeing what's
going on.
[1:08:27] let me give you a little of how
it is sitting in this seat and
[1:08:36] How we operate in the city of
weston.
[1:08:39] specifically, if we wanted to
reduce the spending expenses a
[1:08:45] Certain percent rather than
maintain or keep them, you know,
[1:08:50] Keep our level of services the
same.
[1:08:53] in 2018, I was sitting here
along with mayor brown at the
[1:08:58] time, commissioner brown, the
city and parkland had a horrific
[1:09:03] Shooting at the schools.
Immediately, we came to the city
[1:09:07] manager and said, we want sros
at all of our schools full-time
[1:09:12] All day long.
We didn't have that before.
[1:09:15] city manager at the time,
not mr. Decker, he goes to us,
[1:09:22] Byron, would you like to know
how much that's going to cost.
[1:09:25] I said, I'm interested in how
much it's going to cost, but
[1:09:29] it's a need that the residents
are asking for.
[1:09:33] Two years ago or so, there was a
community here in the city that
[1:09:38] had multiple break ins.
If you were in that community
[1:09:52] Upset and scared.
I went to a meeting with 200
[1:09:55] residents in that community,
they were asking for action.
[1:09:58] we had multiple extra details in
there night after night after
[1:10:03] Night for a period of two months
until we caught one of the
[1:10:09] perpetrators and we and stopped
it.
[1:10:11] I never asked how much it was
for overtime, but I guarantee
[1:10:14] you, it was hundreds of
thousands of dos based on the
[1:10:18] manpower that we had there.
Our fire rescue unit, we had a
[1:10:25] Large expense to our fire unit.
You say, why do we need that?
[1:10:29] well, if you're 30 miles out on
alligator alley and you have a
[1:10:34] Car accident and you have
internal bleeding, very likely
[1:10:37] our rescue unit, which is based
out there, will respond to your
[1:10:41] Call and you might need whole
blood because the transport time
[1:10:45] from 35 miles west of here to a
major facility could be the
[1:10:49] difference between life and
death.
[1:10:51] So, that's how reality is for
our community, how we sit here
[1:10:54] dealing with the residents.
I understand that the budget,
[1:10:59] and it's a fluid device.
We're approving -- if this is
[1:11:03] Approved tonight, it's going to
be roughly $200 million.
[1:11:07] it could be a little less, it
could be a little more at the
[1:11:10] End of the day, but that's the
reality.
[1:11:12] we still have to fund certain
things out here and expenses
[1:11:15] occur that we can't predict.
So, I am for this budget.
[1:11:20] I want to keep the level of
service.
[1:11:23] I'm clearly concerned about
people's expenses and revenues.
[1:11:28] I'm retired now, so I'm also
looking at reducing my spending,
[1:11:32] So I understand.
But at the same time, I want to
[1:11:35] feel comfortable in this
city. Thank you, mayor.
[1:11:38] >> mayor: thank you.
Commissioner molina-macfie.
[1:11:43] >> : I just want to add that
commissioner jaffe was very
[1:11:54] I appreciated hearing is that
way.
[1:11:56] when it comes to the budget, I
know I moved here 35 years ago,
[1:12:00] I moved here for a specific
reason.
[1:12:02] the city has maintained those
reasons and I'd like to continue
[1:12:07] seeing us live and enjoy weston,
and protect our property values.
[1:12:12] Thank you.
>> mayor: thank you.
[1:12:14] so, just to kind of provide a
summary.
[1:12:16] again force those people who are
here, I also want to thank
[1:12:19] everybody who has done their due
diligence, has put in all of the
[1:12:23] Effort.
Ms. Pitino, fabulous job on
[1:12:25] giving so much detailed
information.
[1:12:27] I can see that you're truly
invested.
[1:12:30] I've said this before and I'm
going to ask that you think
[1:12:33] about it as we go forward.
When we start this workshops,
[1:12:37] mr. Decker, is it march, april,
when do we start the staff
[1:12:40] Putting thing together?
>> : the staff starts on the
[1:12:43] budget in january/february, but
we have our first public
[1:12:46] workshop in mid to late may.
>> mayor: so why am I saying at
[1:12:51] Any time, I know there's
residents out here that are here
[1:12:54] present today that have sat with
and
[1:13:03] Have gone over the budgets.
Whenever the trim notices come
[1:13:06] out, you can always call them.
One thing if nothing else, this
[1:13:10] Staff makes themselves readily
aible.
[1:13:15] available.
If they know there's going to be
[1:13:17] more than 10 people, we'll have
a town meeting for the
[1:13:20] Discussions.
Just get involved early on.
[1:13:22] we would be remiss if we came
here and all of a sudden this
[1:13:25] evening we weren't prepared to
pass this budget, primarily
[1:13:29] because we've had ample
discussions over this over the
[1:13:32] Course of the last nine or 10
months.
[1:13:37] it doesn't start a few weeks
ago.
[1:13:39] we've been working diligently on
this.
[1:13:42] There was a good point about
want versus needs, it's very
[1:13:45] true.
We can conflate these kind of
[1:13:47] things, but it's true, what are
we willing to give up.
[1:13:51] I don't mean that in anyway as
being a threat.
[1:13:55] we have to seriously ask
ourselves this.
[1:13:58] we've actually already started
thinking if the amendment goes
[1:14:02] Through, what are the things
that we're going to cherry pick
[1:14:07] and make a determination of what
we do less of.
[1:14:10] We're prepared.
If anything, this staff is
[1:14:14] always prepared.
They make sure-we aren't
[1:14:22] Reacting and have prepared for
where we're going.
[1:14:25] I can't encourage you enough to
say please, please, go on to our
[1:14:30] News letter, call the staff and
say, I would like to know when I
[1:14:33] can meet with you about the
budget or have questions with
[1:14:36] you.
Be do this throughout the year
[1:14:38] because those are the people who
we're looking to.
[1:14:41] We've been doing this for
ourselves up here 10 months and
[1:14:45] they probably just start after
we leave here.
[1:14:48] I'll leave it at that.
Thank you, everybody, for coming
[1:14:51] Out and voicing your comments.
Madam clerk, did I get a motion
[1:14:57] yet?
>> : can I have one more
[1:14:58] comment?
>> mayor: yes.
[1:14:59] >> : thank you, mayor.
.
[1:15:03] I do appreciate what city staff
does.
[1:15:06] they explain to us.
We sit down, you explain
[1:15:10] Everything, you do a great job.
Please don't get me wrong.
[1:15:14] I'm not asking to reduce
services or reducing agreements.
[1:15:18] it's just stakeholders, it's
very important to understand
[1:15:23] Where we are.
You know very well you could go
[1:15:25] the extra mile and I think
that's what the residents would
[1:15:27] like, that's what we would like,
that's what I would like is to
[1:15:32] Look at every department to see
where we can cut corners.
[1:15:34] like I mentioned the last
meeting, the city had never
[1:15:38] wanted to have
government/private affiliations
[1:15:44] Or associations.
We got that new park coming
[1:15:47] across and I think we should
look at partnerships there.
[1:15:51] I also without knowing the
president of the boys and girls
[1:15:56] club, he says I would like to
city down with the city to see
[1:15:59] what we can do to assist the
city because that's one of the
[1:16:03] Issues that make come up.
I appreciate you, mr. Decker,
[1:16:06] the last meeting after the
meeting, I came up to me and
[1:16:11] Said you would present it to the
commission, that's when we make
[1:16:15] the decisions, to see how we
dpiendz corporate partnerships.
[1:16:19] that's key.
Let's go on beyond the extra
[1:16:21] Mile.
All of the departments here,
[1:16:23] make sure we continue with
proper service to the community.
[1:16:31] I work in the airline business.
I've handled $75 million in
[1:16:36] contracts.
When we had issues in the
[1:16:38] industry, like 9/11, we said we
need to work together on this.
[1:16:42] I know that sometimes I hear,
government is different than
[1:16:47] private.
No, we have to make sure that
[1:16:48] government is more like private.
Where we need to cut, we need to
[1:16:52] Cut.
We look to ways to cut and we
[1:16:54] get the stakeholders involved.
Mr. Thomas, you do very well
[1:16:59] finding those grants constantly.
I think this week, you found
[1:17:02] Another one for us.
Don't get me wrong, but that's
[1:17:05] what I heard from my
constituents.
[1:17:11] When I was campaigning, they
said lower the cost, lower
[1:17:14] taxes.
Yes, I know what you're saying
[1:17:16] about grandkids.
Right now, my grandkids can not
[1:17:20] Aform my home because of the
taxes, insurance and fees and
[1:17:23] all of that.
So, thank you very much and
[1:17:25] let's look at how next year we
-- to the residents, yes, it's
[1:17:31] Perfect what you said.
Help upsff identify things you
[1:17:36] feel is not -- not that it's not
needed.
[1:17:39] maybe we should adjust it and
that's very important.
[1:17:41] Thank you very much, mayor, for
that opportunity, and to the
[1:17:44] staff, thank you, because you
have educated me a lot.
[1:17:47] please, don't get me wrong.
In my decisions here on the
[1:17:50] Dais, I appreciate everything
you do and I know you do it with
[1:17:55] with the best
commitment and the best you can
[1:18:04] Go thank you.
>> : I don't think we're
[1:18:05] misunderstanding you.
I think I'm understanding you
[1:18:09] clearly.
I just don't it's clear where
[1:18:15] You would find the additional
funds in the budget.
[1:18:18] we do have every department
thoroughly go through their
[1:18:23] Departments.
They were able to reduce from
[1:18:25] 2026 to this 2027 budget how
many million, don?
[1:18:34] >> : --
[overlapping speakers]
[1:18:36] from 256 to 200.
>> : this city has been fiscally
[1:18:47] Responsible.
I've sat on the dais and
[1:18:49] listened and learned for eight
years.
[1:18:53] This does not happen over a week
or two.
[1:18:56] this is months.
That's months that we're hearing
[1:18:59] about it.
Actually, they start right after
[1:19:02] This budget to start for the
next budget.
[1:19:05] I applaud every one of your
departments for being thorough
[1:19:08] and really digging deep to be
able to make the budget for
[1:19:15] Teach with only a 3 and a half
million dollar deficit.
[1:19:20] Truly appreciated at this point.
Thank you.
[1:19:22] >> : mayor, if I could just add
something, too.
[1:19:24] for next year's budget
preparation, one thing the state
[1:19:27] has put into place that the city
will adopt because it's the law,
[1:19:30] Is next year we'll be required
to present two budgets; a budget
[1:19:35] that we're recommending and then
a budget that would show a
[1:19:38] reduction of 10%.
That's a state law going
[1:19:41] Forward.
So, there will be that exercise
[1:19:43] next year and that commission
will be able to take a look at
[1:19:47] those 10% cuts.
They're things that historically
[1:19:51] Weston has embraced needs at
once, but things like special
[1:19:54] events.
We can cut 10% there certainly,
[1:19:57] but we may be losing things we
have come to like.
[1:20:00] Fourth of july, et cetera, et
cetera.
[1:20:02] there's things we can cut.
The question is, do people want
[1:20:06] weston light or if they want to
have weston the same as it
[1:20:10] Always it, then you captain.
That's the question.
[1:20:13] >> mayor: mr. Decker, you bring
up a very good point because I
[1:20:16] can remember all of my time and
I event sat on this dais for 10
[1:20:28] Years, but it will be 10 years,
and I do remember we only had
[1:20:32] One budget meeting where we had
to sit at tables right in here
[1:20:35] base we had so many people
attended that, but that was the
[1:20:37] only one that I have ever seen
where we've had workshops and
[1:20:41] That many people showed up and
were present to hear what was
[1:20:45] going on, so remember that.
We put these out there and it's
[1:20:48] like we are working hard and I
applaud everything that the
[1:20:51] Staff does.
They work tirelessly on this
[1:20:54] aside from everything else that
they're doing, and it's not a
[1:20:57] last minute rush to put this
together.
[1:20:59] it's quite a bit of effort and
it continues on a monthly basis,
[1:21:03] Year after year after year.
I'll just close with saying
[1:21:11] Because then we'll move on to a
vote.
[1:21:14] I hear everybody talking about
the high cost.?
[1:21:20] A. Cost.
Remember, all of us are members
[1:21:22] of the community as well.
Everybody wants us to reduce our
[1:21:28] costs, but we're also impacted.
So, we have to make tough
[1:21:33] Decisions as everybody up here
has stated, what we'll have to,
[1:21:38] what services or amenities we'll
have to look at.
[1:21:40] I will share this with you.
I don't think many people
[1:21:44] realize that the ymca and the
property that they sit on, they
[1:21:47] lease that from us.
Do you know what we're kind
[1:21:51] Enough to do to keep the rates
down so all of our people in
[1:21:54] weston can be there.
The lease for that is a dollar.
[1:21:57] why do we do that?
So that everybody can
[1:21:59] participate in the ymca
regardless of your financial
[1:22:03] Need.
That's another thing.
[1:22:04] if we're hammering out different
things that we do.
[1:22:07] so behind the scenes, we're
doing.
[1:22:11] That there's a private
collaboration with the ymca to
[1:22:16] fund their things.
The cleveland clinic hospital
[1:22:22] Came and they run their physical
therapy there for recovering
[1:22:27] heart patients, they can do it
right there.
[1:22:29] these are things that we're very
skilled at looking for.
[1:22:32] When that becomes an opportunity
and we see there's no other
[1:22:35] available, we need to seek that
kind of funding.
[1:22:38] it will be something that have
to entertain.
[1:22:41] For now, this is where we find
ourselves.
[1:22:44] we're going to end up at a
$3.5 million deficit if we don't
[1:22:49] pass what we did with the
millage rate.
[1:22:50] We have to balance a budget.
We can't get away from it.
[1:22:53] we have to.
>> : mayor?
[1:22:57] >> mayor: yes.
>> : I have one last comment
[1:22:59] when you're done.
>> : okay.
[1:23:02] >> mayor: is it about the
budget?
[1:23:04] >> yes, very quickly.
>> mayor: alright.
[1:23:07] thank you.
Go ahead.
[1:23:08] >> : I respect all of my
colleagues up here and I think
[1:23:10] Some of us are in the same
profession or have been in the
[1:23:14] same profession, but when you
talk about cutting costs and
[1:23:17] looking for private reductions
or relationships.
[1:23:22] We stood up here, we have to be
operational, management and
[1:23:27] leaders, and captains of this
community.
[1:23:29] I was in the airline industry.
Over 40 years, whenever there
[1:23:37] Was a fuel issue, everybody in
management said lower the amount
[1:23:40] Of fuel you carry on the
airplane.
[1:23:42] cut the corners, cut the costs,
reduce spending.
[1:23:45] if you're a pilot on the plane
is going to decide how many fuel
[1:23:49] I'm taking on the airplane based
upon how much I'm going to save
[1:23:52] The airline, you're not the
captain.
[1:23:54] if you're not going to sit up
here and be the captain and make
[1:23:57] those decisions that you would
if you were in a situation where
[1:24:00] You require the fuel to run the
city.
[1:24:05] thank you.
>> mayor: thank you.
[1:24:06] madam clerk, will you please
call the roll.
[1:24:10] >> : I need a motion.
>> mayor: I thought we had one
[1:24:13] already.
>> : so moved sunglasses so
[1:24:16] moved.
>> mayor: madam clerk, will you
[1:24:18] please call the roll?
Commissioner andrade.
[1:24:23] >> : no.
>> : vice-mayor mead.
[1:24:24] yes.
>> : commissioner macfie.
[1:24:29] >> yes.
>> : commissioner jaffe?
[1:24:30] A. Yes.
>> : mayor brown.
[1:24:33] >> mayor: yes.
Item eight, a resolution of the
[1:24:38] city of commission as the
governing board of the indian
[1:24:40] Trace development district
approving and approving the
[1:24:43] final district for fiscal year
2011, commencing october 1,
[1:24:47] 2026, and ending september 30th,
2027.
[1:24:52] We'll now have a public hearing.
Is this anybody that wanted to
[1:24:54] speak on agenda item number
eight?
[1:24:56] I do not have a card much is
this any hands raised online?
[1:25:01] No hands raised.
That closes public comments.
[1:25:05] vice-mayor mead?
>> : no comments, maker.
[1:25:09] >> mayor: commissioner jaffe.
>> nothing, mayor comoip
[1:25:13] Commissioner andrade.
>> nothing, mayor.
[1:25:18] >> : moved, seconded. >>
mayor: madam clerk, will you
[1:25:20] PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
>> MAYOR: YES.
[1:25:32] Agenda item number eight, the
governing board of the indian
[1:25:35] trace development district
approving and adopting the final
[1:25:49] -develop agenda item number
nine, the bonaventure
[1:25:54] Development district approving
and adopting the final budget
[1:25:57] for the bonaventure development
district for fiscal year 2027,
[1:26:00] Commencing october 31, 2026, and
ending september 31, 2027.
[1:26:06] is there anybody in the public
that wants to speak to this
[1:26:10] Agenda item number nine?
Are there any hands raised
[1:26:14] online?
Seeing none, beginning with
[1:26:17] commissioner jaffe.
>> : nothing.
[1:26:21] >> mayor: commissioner
molina-macfie.
[1:26:23] >> : nothing motorcycle
commissioner andrade?
[1:26:26] >> : nothing, ma'am.
>> : so moved.
[1:26:29] >> : second.
>> mayor: moved by commissioner
[1:26:30] Andrade, seconded by vice-mayor
mead.
[1:26:33] madam clerk, will you please
call the roll?
[1:26:36] [roll called]
>> mayor: items number 10
[1:26:51] Through 17 all relate to the
proposed development of 1312
[1:26:55] unit multifamily condominium for
the property located at 357
[1:27:00] Racquet club road weston,
florida.
[1:27:01] these items consist of six
variances and allocation of
[1:27:06] reserved units and a site plan
approval.
[1:27:09] agenda item number 10 is a
resolution of the city council
[1:27:16] CONSIDERING APPLICATION
PLN26-00296 OF SECTION 127.35,
[1:27:23] Sidewalks of the code of
ordinances the city to locate
[1:27:27] required sidewalks for the
building frontages rather than a
[1:27:30] Roadway network for proposed
condominium development leaked
[1:27:35] at 357 racquet club road,
weston.
[1:27:38] agenda item number 11 is a
resolution of the city city
[1:27:41] Council of weston, florida,
considering pln26-080297 for a
[1:27:49] variance of the section --
access to the code of ordinance
[1:27:53] Of the city of weston to allow
tandem parking space with
[1:27:58] private garages for proposed
multifamily condominium
[1:28:01] Development leected at 357
racquet club road, weston.
[1:28:05] agenda item number 12 is a
resolution of the city council
[1:28:10] Of the city of weston, florida,
considering application
[1:28:16] pln26-00298 for a variance from
the spro provisions of section
[1:28:30] Planting area for proposed
multifamily condominium
[1:28:32] development located at 357
racquet club road, weston,
[1:28:36] florida. Agenda
item number 13 is a
[1:28:39] resolution of the city council
of the city of weston, florida,
[1:28:42] Considering application
number pln26-00299.
[1:28:47] for a variance from the
provisions of section 124.54,
[1:28:52] Off street parking of the code
of ordinances of the city to
[1:28:55] allow a reduction of the
required off street parking from
[1:28:59] 5 to eight spaces to 406 spaces
spaces for proposed multifamily
[1:29:04] Condominium community located at
357 racquet club road, weston,
[1:29:36] Club road, weston, florida.
Agenda number 15 is a resolution
[1:30:31] Property located at 357 racquet
[1:30:35] club road, weston, florida.
Agenda number 17 is a resolution
[1:30:42] Of the city
commission of the city of
[1:30:43] weston, florida, considering
application no. Pln25-00339,
[1:30:47] site plan approval for a
proposed 132-unit multi-family
[1:30:51] Condominium development, for the
property located at 357 racquet
[1:30:53] club road, weston
florida.
[1:30:58] the city commission's procedures
allow for the waiver of the qua
[1:31:04] Judd hearing consent to do not
object.
[1:31:08] if the quasi-judicial hearing is
waived, there will be no
[1:31:10] Comments or discussion on items
10-17.
[1:31:12] and we will move directly to a
motion, second, and a vote on
[1:31:16] each item.
Will a representatives of the
[1:31:19] applicant for the items 10-17
please approach, identify
[1:31:22] Yourself whether you waive the
right to a quasi-judicial
[1:31:25] hearing for items 10-17.
>> madam mayor, good evening.
[1:31:40] My address is 1800 eller drive
sweet 500 ft. Lauderdale,
[1:31:45] florida.
I'm representing the application
[1:31:46] this evening and yes, we do
waive the quasi-judicial
[1:31:51] PROCEEDINGS.
>> Mayor: DOES ANY MEMBER OF
[1:31:53] THE CITY COMMISSION OBJECT TO
THE WAIVING OF THE
[1:31:56] QUASI-JUDICIAL PROCEDURES FOR
ITEMS 10-17?
[1:32:00] VICE MAYOR MEAD?
>> NO OBJECTION.
[1:32:02] >> Mayor: COMMISSIONER JAFFE.
>> NO OBJECTION.
[1:32:07] >> Mayor: COMMISSIONER
MOLINA-MACFIE?
[1:32:10] COMMISSIONER JAFFE?
>> NO OBJECTION.
[1:32:13] >> Mayor: DOES ANY MEMBER OF
THE PUBLIC OBJECT?
[1:32:17] CAN YOU PLEASE APPROACH THE
PODIUM.
[1:32:21] STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR
.
[1:32:31] >> IF THERE'S BEEN AN OBJECTION,
YOU DON'T NEED TO HAVE THEM
[1:32:35] IDENTIFY THEMSELVES.
>> Mayor: SINCE THERE'S BEEN AN
[1:32:37] OBJECTION TO WAIVING THE
QUASI-JUDICIAL HEARING AS TO
[1:32:40] Items 10-17, we will now hold a
quasi-judicial hearing on the
[1:32:44] items, because items 10-17 are
quasi-judicial and legal in
[1:32:48] nature, the city attorney will
now explain the city's
[1:32:55] Quasi-judicial procedures and
conduct the hearing after which
[1:32:57] I will call a motion, a second,
and a vote.
[1:33:01] Mr. Attorney?
>> thank you, mayor.
[1:33:04] florida courts have determined
that there are certain types of
[1:33:08] matters that are to be treated
differently than other issues
[1:33:10] Considered by the city
commission.
[1:33:13] most decisions of the commission
are legislative in nature, which
[1:33:16] means that the commission is
acting as a policy-making body.
[1:33:20] In contrast, when a matter is
quasi-judicial, the commission
[1:33:23] is applying existing rules and
policies to a factual situation
[1:33:28] and is therefore acting like a
judge or a jury in a courtroom.
[1:33:31] In such cases, the courts have
decided that due process and
[1:33:35] fundamental fairness require
that more formal procedures be
[1:33:39] followed.
The city of weston's procedures
[1:33:41] For quasi-judicial hearings are
as follows.
[1:33:44] the mayor has read the title of
the items and I will conduct the
[1:33:47] quasi-judicial hearing.
The hearing shall be conducted
[1:33:49] in an informal manner.
The city clerk will confirm
[1:33:53] Compliance with all advertising
and notice requirements.
[1:33:55] the city clerk will swear in
each person who intends to speak
[1:33:58] on any of the quasi-judicial
items immediately before he or
[1:34:02] She speaks.
The city staff will make its
[1:34:05] presentation, the applicant will
make its presentation.
[1:34:08] any member of the public may
speak and may make a
[1:34:12] Presentation.
All witnesses are subject to
[1:34:14] cross-examination by city staff,
city commission, and the
[1:34:17] applicant immediately after he
or she speaks.
[1:34:20] The applicant and staff will
make concluding remarks.
[1:34:22] the public hearing will then be
closed.
[1:34:24] once the public hearing is
closed, no further presentations
[1:34:28] or testimonies shall be
permitted although the city
[1:34:31] Commission may ask questions of
staff, the applicant, and any
[1:34:34] witnesses who have testified.
The city commission will make
[1:34:38] their comments, ask questions
and deliberate.
[1:34:40] The mayor will then call for a
motion, a second, and a vote
[1:34:43] will be taken.
The city commission reserves the
[1:34:47] right to prohibit evidence,
testimonies or questions and may
[1:34:52] Set reasonable time minutes.
I will rule on any evidentiary
[1:35:00] Questions.
Staff resumés on file with city
[1:35:03] clerk will automatically be
considered as evidence without
[1:35:06] authentication.
If the applicant's
[1:35:08] representative or any person
wishes to introduce any
[1:35:10] Documents or other evidence not
contained in the agenda backup,
[1:35:14] he or she shall request that the
documents be admitted into
[1:35:19] evidence during his or her
presentation and shall provide
[1:35:21] Ten copies to the city clerk.
Neither the applicant nor any
[1:35:25] person shall approach the dais
to deliver documents or other
[1:35:28] evidence directly to the mayor
or commissioners or leave any
[1:35:31] MATERIALS ON THE DAIS.
PAPER COPIES NO LARGER THAN
[1:35:37] 11X17 INCHES OF ANY BOARDS,
CHARTS, OR PowerPoint
[1:35:41] Computer presentations provided
to the city clerk by 12 noon
[1:35:44] three business days before the
meeting.
[1:35:46] although the city commission may
listen to non-expert opinion and
[1:35:51] Public sentiment, its decision
must be based upon competent,
[1:35:54] substantial evidence presented
at the hearing.
[1:35:56] will the city clerk please come
firm compliance with the
[1:35:59] advertising and notice
requirements?
[1:36:01] >> advertising has been met for
items 10-17.
[1:36:06] >> thank you.
Ex parte communications for the
[1:36:08] mayor and each city commissioner
have been given to the city
[1:36:11] Clerk and is now a part of the
public record.
[1:36:14] would anyone like to have it
read aloud?
[1:36:26] SWORN IN.
>> DO YOU SWEAR, AFFIRM TO TELL
[1:36:32] The truth, the whole truth and
nothing but the truth.
[1:36:34] >> I do.
>> please state your name and
[1:36:36] that you understand the rules of
the procedure.
[1:36:39] >> jim hickey, director of
development services.
[1:36:42] I understand the rules and
procedures.
[1:36:44] good evening, everyone.
Here to present the items 10-17
[1:36:48] and again as the mayor had
stated, it's for a 132-unit
[1:36:53] Multi-family condominium
development at 357 rocket club
[1:36:57] road.
Those of you on the dais may
[1:36:59] have remembered this is the same
property that was an assisted
[1:37:04] Living facility I believe we
approved back in 2024.
[1:37:07] so just wanted to let you know
that was previous.
[1:37:10] I was going to walk briefly
through the items.
[1:37:14] the items before you are six
variances.
[1:37:24] Those seven items will need to
be approved by you, considered
[1:37:27] and approved, before the site
plan can be considered.
[1:37:30] If any of these items aren't
approved, then the site plan
[1:37:33] doesn't move forward this
evening.
[1:37:35] so in order for the site plan to
be approved, all the other items
[1:37:38] would need to be considered and
approved by you this evening.
[1:37:43] So the first variance, item 10,
and that is sidewalks, and in
[1:37:52] Each of these applications, my
apologies, I don't have the page
[1:37:55] numbers, but there is an exhibit
which is two or three pages back
[1:38:00] From the back of each item and
it gives you a sketch of the
[1:38:06] proposed changes or requests the
applicant is making.
[1:38:09] the first is sidewalks are
city -- city code requires the
[1:38:13] Sidewalks to run alongside the
roadways.
[1:38:16] in this application, they are
proposing to move those
[1:38:19] sidewalks to the middle of the
area kind of in the front of the
[1:38:22] Buildings.
These buildings are designed a
[1:38:24] little bit different where the
front of the building does not
[1:38:27] face the roadway, so the back of
the building and the front faces
[1:38:31] Either the canal areas, if
you're facing the water, or they
[1:38:35] face that anterior park area
that's there.
[1:38:38] so that's the first request.
Our second request for a
[1:38:43] Variance is for the -- my
apologies -- to allow tandem
[1:38:51] Parking spaces.
This development is a little
[1:38:52] distinct than others we've seen
in the city.
[1:38:55] the tandem parking, what they're
proposing is the first floor of
[1:39:01] This development will be parking
area and then there'll be three
[1:39:03] levels of condos, four condos
per floor, for a total of 11
[1:39:10] Units which would get you 11
times 12, 132 units, which is
[1:39:14] what the applicant is
requesting.
[1:39:17] in this example, much like a
townhouse development, they're
[1:39:20] Requesting to have the parking
areas basically one behind one
[1:39:24] another.
That's something that's normally
[1:39:25] not allowed in a multi-family
development.
[1:39:28] because this is a condo
development, it's considered
[1:39:31] Multi-family, so it's a little
different on how they're
[1:39:36] arranging their parking, so
that's a variance that's
[1:39:38] required.
There's backup and conditions of
[1:39:39] approval in each of these.
One of the things we're looking
[1:39:43] At and making sure is that we
utilize those parking spaces.
[1:39:48] so there's going to be
conditions of not having storage
[1:39:51] In those areas.
There's enough space for two
[1:39:53] parking spaces, but once you
start putting holiday
[1:39:56] decorations or other things in
that area, you'll start to not
[1:40:01] Have the ability to do that.
We'd work with the applicant
[1:40:03] when the declarations are
created for this development to
[1:40:08] make sure that that's being
adhered to.
[1:40:14] Item 12 is a reduction in the
five-foot foundation plantings.
[1:40:18] one of the issues, and you can
those
[1:40:26] Drawings, the distance between
the driveways is approximately
[1:40:29] 22 inches wide.
Not enough to put a tree, maybe
[1:40:31] A small, small tree and some
landscaping.
[1:40:33] so that's the variance request
that they have for that item.
[1:40:39] item number 13 is the off-street
parking request.
[1:40:47] So the applicant has prepared a
parking analysis which is in
[1:40:49] your backup and the request is a
reduction from 528 spaces to 406
[1:40:55] Spaces and that would include
the tandem parking that we
[1:40:58] talked about.
They are also going to have one
[1:41:01] Additional space in the driveway
area so there'll be enough for
[1:41:04] three parking spaces.
The applicant is again working
[1:41:11] Through their agreement that
that would be the maximum of
[1:41:14] cars that anyone is allowed to
have.
[1:41:16] one of the other conditions of
approval would be to only allow
[1:41:20] Visitor parking in the extra
parking spaces.
[1:41:24] so each owner would have three
cars total and those spaces
[1:41:30] Would have to be utilized on
their property in the areas
[1:41:32] where parking is located.
Item number 14 is perimeter
[1:41:39] buffers and the applicants are
requesting to reduce the
[1:41:42] Required 20-foot buffering from
20 feet to ten feet.
[1:41:47] and that's a requirement for the
area around the property.
[1:41:53] Item number 15 is a request for
a reduction in swale trees and
[1:41:57] again this is related to the
other item about perimeter
[1:41:59] planting.
Again, those areas aren't large
[1:42:02] Enough to put swale trees in.
They do have a large amount of
[1:42:08] mitigation for trees, so in the
end result, yes, we're losing
[1:42:12] Swale trees, but they'll have
more than enough trees that will
[1:42:17] be beyond what the total
landscape requirements would be
[1:42:20] For this property.
Item number 17 is the allocation
[1:42:25] of reserve units.
So for those that don't no what
[1:42:30] Those are, this is something
allowed in our comprehensive
[1:42:34] plan and these are units that
are units that you as
[1:42:39] commissioners and mayor and vice
mayor can allocate to specific
[1:42:44] Projects.
Right now there's 127 reserve
[1:42:47] units that are allowed
bonaventure.
[1:42:50] So the request tonight from them
would be to allocate a number of
[1:42:55] these, 97 units from that pool
of units that you have for
[1:42:58] reserve, to this project so make
the density on the project work
[1:43:04] For the application.
The application right now, the
[1:43:07] land use underlying is five
units to the acre, it's
[1:43:10] Approximately seven acres, so
there's 35 units by-right, so
[1:43:15] the request would be to allocate
those additional 97 units to get
[1:43:18] you to 132 units.
And finally, the site plan
[1:43:25] Approval would come next.
Just some basic information, as
[1:43:28] I said, 11 buildings, 12 units
each.
[1:43:32] There is -- there was an
analysis done by the school
[1:43:35] board.
It's an increase of eight
[1:43:38] students.
The allocations for multi-family
[1:43:42] Product is a much lower student
generation rate than a single
[1:43:46] family or townhouse development
and that came directly from the
[1:43:49] school board.
The school board publishes that.
[1:43:52] We have experts that could talk
about levels of service for
[1:43:56] traffic and intersections.
That's there.
[1:43:59] but from the analysis we have
from the traffic studies, the
[1:44:03] Levels of service at the
intersections stay at the same
[1:44:06] number and one thing I did want
to mention, when they came in to
[1:44:09] start this analysis and do the
traffic study, we had them add
[1:44:14] In the bonaventure resort.
So the numbers that are in here
[1:44:17] include the bonaventure resort
plus this development there, so
[1:44:20] We wanted to make sure that we
captured all of the potential
[1:44:24] units that would be in
bonaventure on racket club road.
[1:44:28] so I think I have spoke through
enough.
[1:44:30] The one thing I would like to
add is if there's specific
[1:44:35] questions, if it's a time now
where I can, city attorney, I
[1:44:39] have some experts that I'd like
to have just get sworn in in
[1:44:44] Case there's specific questions.
So one, of course, would be the
[1:44:47] city manager, mr. Miller, mike
miller from planning, bill from
[1:44:51] Landscaping is here.
Chip is there as well.
[1:44:57] he'd be asking if there's
anything on infrastructure or
[1:45:00] Drainage and finally online, I
have pablo munoz, the city's
[1:45:07] traffic consultant.
So those folks, in case there's
[1:45:10] Specific questions on those
items, I would like to see if we
[1:45:14] could swear those folks in.
>> before we get to that, the
[1:45:17] next step is for
cross-examination.
[1:45:20] Do you have any questions for
mr. Hickey?
[1:45:27] >> city attorney, we have no
questions for mr. Hickey.
[1:45:30] >> members of the commission,
you can cross examine mr. Hickey
[1:45:34] now or you can ask questions
when it comes to commission
[1:45:38] deliberation time.
It's up to you.
[1:45:40] If you have questions right now
that you want to ask, you
[1:45:43] certainly can.
>> I think in the past, the way
[1:45:47] we've been doing the
quasi-judicial is to wait until
[1:45:50] Everything is done, public
comments, everything, and then
[1:45:52] we'll have our discussion and
ask questions.
[1:45:55] >> I assumed that, but you do
have the opportunity if you had
[1:45:58] questions now, okay.
So mr. Hickey, you can now call
[1:46:02] Additional witnesseses. You can
do it the way you suggested,
[1:46:05] have them all sworn in.
You don't have to have them
[1:46:09] actually testify.
If you could just stand up, give
[1:46:16] Each of their names, have them
stand up.
[1:46:19] >> so don decker, mike miller,
bill tesaro and (unfamiliar word
[1:46:23] Or name) and do we have to do
separate for online or can we
[1:46:28] have pablo raise his hand at the
same time?
[1:46:31] Pablo, please raise your hand
online.
[1:46:33] >> everybody stand, raise your
right hand.
[1:46:35] do you swear or affirm to tell
the truth, the whole truth and
[1:46:38] nothing but the truth?
When it comes your time, please
[1:46:44] State your name.
>> mr. Hickey, do you have any
[1:46:48] witnesses you then want to
testify to anything now?
[1:46:50] >> nothing additional.
I think just if there's specific
[1:46:53] questions, technical ones that I
can't answer, I'd rather have
[1:46:56] them answer it properly.
>> so you've reserved that right
[1:47:00] By having them sworn in.
Do you have any other evidence
[1:47:02] or anything else you want to
input into the record?
[1:47:05] >> nothing as of now.
Thank you.
[1:47:10] >> now we'll turn to the
applicant's presentation.
[1:47:13] can you please continue to stand
and be sworn in.
[1:47:17] >> please raise your right hand.
Do you swear or affirm to tell
[1:47:20] The truth, the whole truth and
nothing but the truth?
[1:47:22] >> yes.
>> please state your name and
[1:47:24] that you understand the rules of
procedures.
[1:47:26] >> my name is manny and yes I
understand the rules of the
[1:47:30] Procedures this evening.
>> thank you.
[1:47:33] >> please go ahead.
>> mr. City attorney, I do have
[1:47:37] a question, because I don't want
to -- or we have our own experts
[1:47:43] In the event that they need to
testify, and I'm wondering now,
[1:47:50] Similar to mr. Hickey's request,
if I could ask them to stand and
[1:47:55] be sworn in the event they do
need to speak later?
[1:47:58] I realize if we don't do that
now, maybe they may not be able
[1:48:02] To speak?
>> that's correct.
[1:48:05] by having them sworn in now,
that will preserve the ability
[1:48:07] for the commission to ask them
or you questions later on, so
[1:48:11] Yes, we will allow that.
Please identify each person by
[1:48:14] name and have them stand and
we'll collectively swear them
[1:48:18] in.
>> sure.
[1:48:19] on the third row, daniel, if you
will rise, please.
[1:48:27] THANK YOU.
HOPEFULLY I'M GOING TO REMEMBER
[1:48:30] ALL THESE NAMES.
CARRA PATTON, WOULD YOU PLEASE?
[1:48:42] I'm going to skip to ryan king,
our landscape architect.
[1:48:49] I'm going to come back to dennis
schultz, our civil engineer.
[1:48:55] By the way, I didn't introduce
tara, she is our planner.
[1:48:59] and daniel is our partner in
this venture.
[1:49:05] And from the office of ppks in
miami-dade, county, I'm going to
[1:49:12] ALLOW ALL THREE OF THE
PRINCIPALS TO INTRODUCE
[1:49:18] THEMSELVES.
ANDREW STARR, [ Off Mic ]
[1:49:27] >> CLAUDIA GORGI AND PETER
CALLIDEAN.
[1:49:31] >> they were not on the
applicant representative
[1:49:34] affidavit so they cannot speak,
the last two.
[1:49:37] >> okay.
Then mr. Starr could be a star
[1:49:39] on his own.
Thank you.
[1:49:42] And our graphic engineer, I
believe he is on the
[1:49:45] application, mr. Carl peterson?
>> yes.
[1:49:51] >> so collectively, we're ready
to swear our team in.
[1:49:56] >> please raise your right hand.
Do you swear or affirm to tell
[1:50:00] The truth, the whole truth and
nothing but the truth?
[1:50:04] please state your name and that
you understand the rules of the
[1:50:06] procedure when you come up to
speak, thank you.
[1:50:25] MR. CITY ATTORNEY, WE HAVE A
PowerPoint PRESENTATION THAT
[1:50:32] Expands a bit beyond the
presentation that was made by
[1:50:37] mr. Hickey.
We'd like to show that
[1:50:40] PowerPoint NOT ONLY TO THE
ELECTED OFFICIALS BUT TO THE
[1:50:45] COMMUNITY HERE AND THE RESIDENTS
WATCHING OVER VIDEO.
[1:50:49] >> WAS THAT PROVIDED TO THE CITY
CLERK THREE BUSINESS DAYS BEFORE
[1:50:52] The meeting?
>> it was not.
[1:50:54] it was provided this morning.
>> so under our rules, they're
[1:51:00] Required to provide that to the
city clerk three business days
[1:51:04] before today's meeting by noon.
They failed to do that.
[1:51:07] it is up to you whether or not
you wish to waive that
[1:51:11] REQUIREMENT AND ALLOW THEM TO
USE THE PRESENTATION AND ALLOW
[1:51:15] IT TO BE PART OF THE RECORD.
>> Mayor: BEGINNING WITH VICE
[1:51:23] Mayor mead, do you want to waive
it or not?
[1:51:24] >> no, I do not, mayor.
>> I'd like to see the
[1:51:30] PRESENTATION.
>> Mayor: COMMISSIONER JAFFE,
[1:51:32] MOLINA-MACFIE.
>> MORE INFORMATION, THE BETTER,
[1:51:34] I'D LIKE TO SEE IT.
>> Mayor: COMMISSIONER ANDRADE.
[1:51:36] >> YES, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT.
>> Mayor: I SAY YES AS WELL, SO
[1:51:41] MOTION MOVED.
>> WE WILL WAIVE THAT
[1:51:45] REQUIREMENT AND YOU CAN USE THE
PowerPoint PRESENTATION.
[1:51:48] HAVE YOU PROVIDED TEN COPIES TO
THE CITY?
[1:51:52] >> yes, we have.
>> okay, the city clerk has
[1:51:57] those and will distribute so
you'll have a copy of those and
[1:52:01] That -- I assume you would like
that to be made part of the
[1:52:04] record of the hearing?
>> yes, sir.
[1:52:07] >> okay, we will accept that as
part of the record of the
[1:52:10] HEARING.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK.
[1:53:02] >> mr. City attorney, as opposed
to me scrolling through the
[1:53:05] imagery, is it okay if I ask our
I.t. Staff to in effect run the
[1:53:12] Imagery as we proceed with the
presentation?
[1:53:15] I just want to make sure there's
--
[1:53:16] >> yes, that's fine.
>> thank you, sir.
[1:53:19] once again, thank you and good
evening.
[1:53:25] Always delighted to be here,
delighted to be home.
[1:53:30] IF WE COULD SCROLL TO THE NEXT
IMAGE.
[1:53:40] In orange, you basically see the
community of bonaventure, if you
[1:53:48] will.
And in that circle on the upper
[1:53:50] Left-hand side, there is a
parcel that in effect is a
[1:53:55] parcel that we're presenting to
you this evening.
[1:53:58] now if you saw this image
vis-a-vis the city of weston,
[1:54:04] You'd realize the community of
bonaventure represents maybe I'm
[1:54:08] going to say plus or minus 15%
area of the totality of the city
[1:54:12] Of weston, and it's specifically
in the northeast corner, if you
[1:54:18] will, of the city of weston.
In the next image, you'll see
[1:54:31] The rollup of the property.
Many of you who've been
[1:54:34] residents of the city for quite
some time will remember that
[1:54:37] this used to be the bonaventure
racquet club.
[1:54:42] And for that matter, racquet
club road was the road where the
[1:54:48] tennis center used to dwell.
There today is an existing
[1:54:52] Building that's boarded up.
There is a series of portables
[1:54:57] that at one time were used as
offices for vacation village
[1:55:03] When they owned the property.
There is a significant amount of
[1:55:08] pavement that's unutilized and
the balance is really just open
[1:55:11] Green space.
It has been unutilized, it has
[1:55:16] been neglected to a certain
degree by virtue of not being
[1:55:22] Used at all and not producing
any significant benefit to the
[1:55:27] community of bonaventure, for
that matter, to the city of
[1:55:32] Weston.
In the next image, and I'm not
[1:55:36] going to repeat them, because we
heard mr. Hickey tell us the six
[1:55:42] Variances that we were looking
to ask you to consider tonight,
[1:55:45] but I would like to show you the
graphic that he referred to in
[1:55:51] Your backup.
Not only is there information on
[1:55:53] the variance, but there is a
particular drawing that we
[1:55:57] prepared that shows you exactly
where and what the variance is
[1:56:00] All about and we thought it
would be important to do that.
[1:56:04] we won't do it just yet, but
that's coming.
[1:56:09] the next image is part of the
zoning map of the city of
[1:56:14] Weston, and again the city of
weston is quite significant in
[1:56:18] its size.
This just happens to be a
[1:56:21] Snippet of the area that's
around our project.
[1:56:24] our project, if you will, is the
orange polygon that has a 3
[1:56:32] Written on it.
The property in effect is
[1:56:36] currently zoned as a
multi-family site, mf3, with a
[1:56:41] Restriction.
And I believe that this
[1:56:43] commission was brilliant to do
that previously where if we did
[1:56:48] not develop the then-approved
assisted living facility, we
[1:56:54] Would restrict the height of the
buildings to mf2.
[1:56:58] there was a comment earlier in
terms of maybe not having that
[1:57:04] Vision.
You all had tremendous vision.
[1:57:07] we're here tonight not to show
you an assisted living facility
[1:57:09] but to show you a community of
132 we call them sky homes and
[1:57:16] I'll explain to you why they're
sky homes, but we're limited in
[1:57:20] Height because of the decision
that you made to do so when the
[1:57:26] assisted living facility was
approved a few years back.
[1:57:32] The height restriction, by the
way, is 50 feet, which is the
[1:57:36] limit of mf2.
Mf3 would have allowed 100 feet.
[1:57:42] You wisely chose to limit it to
50 feet in the event that the
[1:57:47] alf was not built.
And by the way, the alf that was
[1:57:49] proposed was significantly
higher and we'll get to that in
[1:57:53] Just a moment.
Than what we're proposing today.
[1:57:59] the next image is a simple
conceptual plan that shows you
[1:58:07] THE COMMUNITY.
357 IS IN EFFECT 11 BUILDINGS OF
[1:58:13] 12 units each.
It's easy to transpose that.
[1:58:17] but it's 12 units each, 11
buildings.
[1:58:22] You heard from mr. Hickey that
we've purposely designed the
[1:58:27] community so that your building
is either on the water's edge
[1:58:33] Overlooking waterfront, giving a
pretty amazing view out of your
[1:58:39] home, or you're looking at
green, whether it's the village
[1:58:43] Green at the center of the site
or for that matter the green on
[1:58:49] the perimeter of the site.
You get the benefit of all those
[1:58:53] Amenities by being able to rise
to your home either on the
[1:58:58] second, third, or fourth floor.
In the next image, you're going
[1:59:04] TO SEE THE TYPICAL BUILDING
FOOTPRINT.
[1:59:10] Very simple scheme, rectangle,
units back to back, where 100%
[1:59:17] of the unit has natural light
coming in.
[1:59:20] You're either looking at natural
light overlooking the water or
[1:59:23] you're looking at natural light
overlooking the village green or
[1:59:26] landscaping.
The units are simple, they're
[1:59:32] Clean, they're clear, they're
bright.
[1:59:37] they're contemporary.
Each condominium building is
[1:59:41] Only 12 units.
We purposely wanted to not be
[1:59:45] taller than four stories because
of the amount of four-story
[1:59:49] buildings surrounding us.
But we also did not want to have
[1:59:53] A lengthy building where you had
to travel distances to get to
[1:59:57] your home through an internal
corridor.
[2:00:01] So what we did is we broke that
into 11 individual buildings,
[2:00:05] each building with its own
elevator, each floor with only
[2:00:10] Four homes, and you get off the
elevator and you're basically
[2:00:13] taking a couple steps into your
sky home.
[2:00:19] the reason one of the images on
the upper left has 1 through 12
[2:00:23] Is because when you own a sky
home in your building, you also
[2:00:29] own a garage.
A garage on ground level that
[2:00:32] Has its own garage door that in
effect provides you two parking
[2:00:38] spaces within the garage and a
third space in the driveway
[2:00:43] Leading to the garage.
We have 11 of those in every
[2:00:47] building of 12.
There is one unit that will only
[2:00:53] Have one unit in the garage, one
in the drive, and the third one
[2:00:57] will be assigned close to the
building within the surface
[2:01:02] Parking areas.
What you see in blue is the
[2:01:07] elevator.
What you see in yellow is the
[2:01:11] Circulation, whether it's
horizontal circulation to get to
[2:01:13] your unit or stairs that lead
you from your unit down to the
[2:01:16] ground floor.
And the next image, and I'm
[2:01:22] Going to move a little quicker.
It's hard to see, but there's
[2:01:25] some really interesting
materials, textures, colors,
[2:01:30] Well thought out, very
emblematic of weston, of a
[2:01:37] unique sky home.
If you look at the next image,
[2:01:42] That is the opposite side where
you can see each one of those 12
[2:01:48] garages where your clicker will
allow you to come into your
[2:01:53] Garage, only your vehicles, and
from that garage, you can
[2:01:56] literally head on to the
elevator that takes you to the
[2:01:58] second, third, or fourth floor.
Again, the highest point of this
[2:02:05] Building is just under 50 feet.
The highest point of this
[2:02:09] building is just under 50 feet.
Okay?
[2:02:12] And I say that, because the alf
that was previously approved
[2:02:20] That in effect was allowed to be
a bit taller had an elevation of
[2:02:26] 89 feet four inches.
So we are at least 39 feet four
[2:02:30] Inches lower than the height of
that alf with this solution.
[2:02:36] in the next image, you begin to
see renderings, and again
[2:02:40] Difficult to see because of the
distance, but maybe easier to
[2:02:43] see in the packages that you're
holding.
[2:02:45] and you can see the back wall of
the unit in effect very solid.
[2:02:55] Bathrooms, kitchens, storage
areas and so on to the rear.
[2:02:59] in every other space, whether
it's a living space, whether
[2:03:02] It's a bedroom space, open out
with views and open out to
[2:03:08] natural light.
Whether you're unit c or d, and
[2:03:12] It has to do with which side of
the building you're at and which
[2:03:15] corner you're at, very
transparent and all the
[2:03:19] buildings have balconies that
allow you to engage the outside
[2:03:22] From either the second, third,
or fourth floor.
[2:03:25] in terms of square footage,
depending on the unit, we're
[2:03:30] Approximately at 1900 square
feet.
[2:03:33] and thathy we took the
liberty of referring to these as
[2:03:36] sky homes, because they really
are not just an apartment, not
[2:03:41] Just a multi-family solution.
They are intended to feel and
[2:03:49] live like homes because of their
size, their transparency, their
[2:03:53] Brightness, and for that matter,
their height.
[2:03:56] there is no ceiling that's going
to be lower than nine feet
[2:04:00] Within these units.
And that's very unusual in
[2:04:06] multi-family housing.
The next image and the one that
[2:04:10] Follows that are literally
renderings of the common spaces
[2:04:14] within the units.
You can see the transparency.
[2:04:16] you can see the amount of glass.
You can see the landscaping
[2:04:21] Beyond the frames of the windows
and the frames of the doors.
[2:04:24] you can see the kitchen areas
and for that matter the finishes
[2:04:29] that we're proposing for this
product.
[2:04:33] IN THE NEXT IMAGE, YOU SEE THE
OTHER UNIT.
[2:04:42] Again, you saw c, now you're
seeing d.
[2:04:45] and I think it's fair for us to
share with you that our
[2:04:50] Anticipated price for these sky
homes in today dollars, 2026, is
[2:05:00] $850,000.
Again, 1900 square feet, two-car
[2:05:04] garages, village greens,
waterfront, and so on.
[2:05:11] Something else that I want to
share with you is that we've
[2:05:13] been communicating with the
bonaventure town center club and
[2:05:17] we've asked for them to consider
us joining as members of that
[2:05:24] Facility, that community, if you
will.
[2:05:26] and we believe that they will in
effect approve that in an
[2:05:30] Upcoming meeting so that our
residents can be part of the
[2:05:35] bonaventure town center club and
be part of the community from
[2:05:38] day one.
The next six images have to do
[2:05:43] With the variances.
What you see in red is the
[2:05:47] sidewalk system.
The variance that we're asking
[2:05:49] you to consider tonight is not
because we're not providing
[2:05:54] Sidewalks.
It's because in this particular
[2:05:57] solution, the sidewalks are
either facing the waterfront or
[2:06:02] Facing the village green.
There are more than enough
[2:06:08] sidewalks.
There's no reason for anybody to
[2:06:10] Walk over pavement.
It's just that in this
[2:06:13] particular design, in this
particular solution, where the
[2:06:16] driveway becomes a carriageway
and the carriageway like it used
[2:06:20] To be was the entrance to your
home, there is no reason to put
[2:06:27] a sidewalk there, because we
want the sidewalks to be facing
[2:06:31] The amenities.
So that's the first variance
[2:06:33] that you heard today.
The next variance that you
[2:06:37] heard, and it's the next image,
please is tandem parking.
[2:06:52] I don't know if you caught the
gist of the message from
[2:06:56] mr. Hickey, but tandem parking
is allowed in weston.
[2:07:00] It's just not allowed in
multi-family.
[2:07:02] and we happen to be -- and I'm
going to say it, a hybrid.
[2:07:06] we're really not multi-family in
the sense that we're limiting
[2:07:10] Our height to a mid-rise and for
that matter we're providing
[2:07:13] amenities that you would expect
in townhomes and in single
[2:07:17] family homes.
But the code doesn't speak to
[2:07:20] That.
If you had a townhouse
[2:07:23] community, you would have tandem
parking in the garage if you had
[2:07:26] a garage and it wouldn't be an
issue.
[2:07:29] if you had a single family home,
you'd have tandem parking,
[2:07:33] Because you're parking in the
garage and on the driveway and
[2:07:36] it wouldn't be an issue.
Because we happen to be
[2:07:40] Multi-family, it's an issue.
Again, it's a different building
[2:07:44] type.
It's a different prototype.
[2:07:46] maybe at the time that the codes
were written, that wasn't
[2:07:50] Envisioned.
But it's a very successful
[2:07:53] prototype and hence the tandem
parking works, because every
[2:07:56] owner of a sky home controls his
or her garage.
[2:08:02] You're not parking your car in
somebody else's garage.
[2:08:05] you have two cars in your garage
and you have a third car outside
[2:08:09] of your garage.
And there's a question that we
[2:08:12] Heard through the process of how
big are these garages.
[2:08:15] they're big enough that if you
wanted to fit a three-row suv
[2:08:22] And somebody asked me would a
tahoe fit there, yeah, you can
[2:08:28] fit that in your garage and
still fit a third one outside in
[2:08:32] The driveway.
These are not intended to be
[2:08:34] tight garages.
They're significant in size.
[2:08:39] and in the drawings that you
have, we're showing you not only
[2:08:42] The size of the vehicles that I
referenced but we're showing you
[2:08:45] in dotted lines the dimensions
out to out of each parking
[2:08:52] Space.
In the next image, and I won't
[2:08:54] overwhelm you, but again, more
details about how the three cars
[2:08:57] fit in there.
The next image, sp2.4, the
[2:09:06] FOUNDATION PLANTING.
YOUR CODE DOESN'T REQUIRE
[2:09:10] Foundation planting in front of
garage doors.
[2:09:15] but between the garage doors, we
have what we call a landscape
[2:09:21] Strip defining every drive
leading up to a garage.
[2:09:25] and that landscape strip is only
22 inches wide.
[2:09:29] not enough really to provide the
type of foundation planting that
[2:09:33] Typically requires a tree.
And mr. Hickey is correct, we've
[2:09:37] provided the tree.
We just provided it elsewhere
[2:09:39] and we're going to show you
shortly where that is.
[2:09:42] So that's what the foundation
planting is about.
[2:09:45] and what I want to share with
you is that the foundation
[2:09:47] planting that is not provided is
only on one side of the
[2:09:52] Building.
On all three of the other sides,
[2:09:54] it is there.
We actually did a quick
[2:09:57] calculation and we had 4.5% of
the total possible foundation
[2:10:03] Planting of 100%, the variance
represents 4.5% of the required
[2:10:09] foundation planting, which we
are providing to you elsewhere.
[2:10:15] The next image in terms of the
variances is off-street parking.
[2:10:21] And that's a sensitive one,
because parking is always a
[2:10:28] concern.
For us it is as designers.
[2:10:31] For you as city officials.
For your public safety team.
[2:10:36] but the reality is that your
code, and we haven't found a
[2:10:42] Code like that yet, candidly,
requires one space for each unit
[2:10:47] plus one space for every
bedroom.
[2:10:49] because we purposely wanted our
units to be three bedrooms and
[2:10:53] We have 132 of them, hence we
really need four spaces for
[2:10:58] every single sky home.
What we are doing is providing
[2:11:03] Three spaces and in addition to
three spaces for every sky home,
[2:11:07] we're providing additional
surface parking.
[2:11:09] you heard from mr. Hickey that
we will, in our documents, our
[2:11:16] Condominium documents, we will
require residents to use their
[2:11:20] Garages as garages and garages
only.
[2:11:24] and we will also require them to
use the third space within their
[2:11:31] Garage, the driveway leading up
to the garage, for their use, as
[2:11:37] opposed to going and taking a
surface parking space that could
[2:11:40] Be available for visitors and
guests.
[2:11:48] the next image is the perimeter
buffer, and that candidly is one
[2:11:54] That happened very recently.
You used to have a ten-foot
[2:11:59] buffer.
We've had a number of projects
[2:12:01] Approved are a ten-foot
perimeter buffer.
[2:12:04] somewhere during the course of
the last year, we revisited that
[2:12:09] and decided that 20 is better
than ten.
[2:12:14] And we understand that, but
what's unique about our
[2:12:17] property, because we are
bordered by water on 95% of our
[2:12:23] Site, beyond the ten-foot buffer
that we are providing as opposed
[2:12:26] to the 20, we are providing
15 feet of lake maintenance
[2:12:34] Easement.
So the reality, the net result
[2:12:36] is there's at least 25 feet from
the property to the building.
[2:12:42] It's a combination of lake
management easement and the ten
[2:12:45] foot buffer, but that is what's
all about.
[2:12:49] and that only happens on the
perimeter.
[2:12:53] We wanted our buildings to be
close to the water, because if
[2:12:57] you happen to be on the water,
you want that view as soon as
[2:13:03] Possible and as close as
possible.
[2:13:07] the next four images gives you
an idea of the building.
[2:13:13] DID I MISS ONE?
[ Off Mic ]
[2:13:19] >> THE SWALE TREES, I'M GOING TO
AGREE WITH MR. HICKEY THAT THE
[2:13:25] 22-inch doesn't allow for swales
between the garage doors, hence
[2:13:29] we didn't provide them between
garage doors, but we provided
[2:13:33] Those trees elsewhere throughout
the community.
[2:13:36] that's the last variance.
That being said, the next image
[2:13:40] Gives you the start of what the
community is going to feel like.
[2:13:47] this is the four-story
buildings.
[2:13:51] The ground floor is access to
the garages.
[2:13:53] you see the balconies.
You see a significant amount of
[2:13:56] landscaping.
You see the carriageway that
[2:13:59] provides access for vehicles to
the units.
[2:14:02] In the next image, this is the
village green.
[2:14:07] the sidewalk system actually
embraces and celebrates this
[2:14:10] Space.
That's why the sidewalks are
[2:14:12] there so the community can
literally come from their homes
[2:14:16] and in effect enjoy the village
green.
[2:14:21] In the next image, the shorter
end of the village green, and
[2:14:26] you can see a significant amount
of landscaping and you can see
[2:14:30] On the village green side,
there's all kinds of foundation
[2:14:33] plantings and trees occurring.
The next image.
[2:14:41] This is the perimeter buffer
that's required along the
[2:14:44] right-of-way, and I want you to
understand that that is not part
[2:14:46] of the variance, because we
don't need a variance for that.
[2:14:50] You require 40-foot buffer.
We provided the 40-foot buffer.
[2:14:54] and that in effect is what would
exist all along the
[2:15:01] Right-of-way, all along racquet
club road from the east edge to
[2:15:06] the west edge of the project.
I'm going to wait on the traffic
[2:15:14] Impact study and on the parking
analysis as opposed to taking
[2:15:19] much more time now, because I'm
sure there'll be questions
[2:15:23] Related to that, but like you
heard from mr. Hickey, we took
[2:15:26] an enormous amount of data
included in our studies as it
[2:15:30] Relates to traffic and it
relates to parking, we really
[2:15:33] studying this building type
carefully.
[2:15:35] this is a building type that's
historic, believe it or not,
[2:15:39] exists throughout many other
states in the nation.
[2:15:41] We looked at those models very
carefully.
[2:15:44] the kind of resident, the number
of cars.
[2:15:46] we compared them to our
community and the needs and
[2:15:50] Demands of our residents.
And we can speak to that with
[2:15:57] your questions or your concerns.
The next image, we're going to
[2:16:05] Skip traffic because we'll come
to that and we're going to skip
[2:16:09] the impact study because we'll
come to that, although I've
[2:16:12] Mentioned a few things already.
And then this is a parking
[2:16:15] analysis as to the reduction
from the four per unit to the
[2:16:20] Amount that we're proposing,
which is 406.
[2:16:23] 406 spaces for 132 units.
And the next image, suffice it
[2:16:29] to say, I won't go through the
bullets, but we've done
[2:16:32] Extensive studies in terms of
the need and demand for this
[2:16:36] kind of product, for this kind
of project in the community, and
[2:16:39] it is fabulous in terms of an
opportunity for residents that
[2:16:43] Have been living here for 30
years and then some.
[2:16:46] that would like to stay here,
that may be in lieu of a single
[2:16:52] Family home, would engage the
idea of having a sky home at 357
[2:16:57] racquet club.
In the next image, there's a
[2:17:00] Significant amount of collateral
community benefits.
[2:17:03] I won't go through the detail,
but one of the interesting
[2:17:05] benefits is the ability we have
to join the bonaventure town
[2:17:08] center club and use their
amenities and for our residents
[2:17:12] To become part of that community
which is actually amazing when
[2:17:15] you consider that facility has
over 87,000 square feet of
[2:17:20] Amenities and a number of pools
and outdoor courts and
[2:17:25] restaurants and so on.
I'll wait on the summary.
[2:17:32] So we're going to pass on this
one.
[2:17:36] and with that, we thank you.
>> thank you.
[2:17:43] MR. HICKEY, DO YOU HAVE ANY
CROSS-EXAMINATION?
[2:17:51] >> nothing at this time.
>> city commission, again, you
[2:17:53] can ask questions now or you can
hold them.
[2:17:56] if you want to hold them like we
normally do.
[2:18:00] [ Off Mic ]
>> DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER
[2:18:03] EVIDENCE OR WITNESSES YOU WOULD
LIKE TO PUT INTO THE RECORD?
[2:18:07] >> NO, SIR, WE'RE HAPPY TO
ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
[2:18:09] I DO WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO
THANK THE STAFF FOR THEIR
[2:18:15] Diligence.
We heard a lot of accolades to
[2:18:18] them by the elected officials of
this community, but us as part
[2:18:23] Of the business community that
does business in this city, I
[2:18:26] can tell you that they really
are the finest.
[2:18:32] They are not easy.
But they will probably say that
[2:18:36] we're not either.
But they are always looking out
[2:18:39] for the best product that any
developer can bring to this
[2:18:45] Community, and we embrace that
and we want to thank them for
[2:18:50] That.
Thank you, sir.
[2:18:53] >> one other thing.
Mr. Hickey had mentioned several
[2:18:56] city staff people who were sworn
in.
[2:18:58] do you have any
cross-examination questions
[2:19:00] You'd like to ask them?
>> no, sir.
[2:19:03] >> mr. Hickey, do you have any
questions for the four or five
[2:19:07] people that were sworn in?
>> not at this time.
[2:19:09] >> at this point, we'll move on
to public comment.
[2:19:12] I have six cards.
If there's anyone else who would
[2:19:16] like to speak on these items and
has not filled out a card,
[2:19:20] Please go in the back and fill
out a card and you'll be added.
[2:19:25] okay, so first speaker is
patricia bernadini.
[2:19:33] You need to first be sworn in.
>> do you swear or affirm to
[2:19:38] tell the truth, the whole truth
and nothing but the truth?
[2:19:41] >> I DO.
>> I UNDERSTAND THE PROCEDURES.
[2:19:50] I consider this a bait and
switch, so two years ago, they
[2:19:55] were approved for an independent
living facility and now they're
[2:19:59] coming with another proposal for
a residential facility.
[2:20:06] The amount of -- 132 units with
three bedrooms, you could have
[2:20:14] Potentially six people living
there.
[2:20:17] the three parking spaces might
not be enough.
[2:20:20] And I don't think that they have
enough surface parking for
[2:20:27] guests.
In addition to that, all of the
[2:20:34] Hardships that they mentioned, I
believe they are self-imposed,
[2:20:40] Because instead of using our
ordinances, they design a
[2:20:47] project that needs, you know,
all the variances in order for
[2:20:50] Them to be able to build it.
So independent living facility
[2:20:56] would be an amazing project.
I know that they are also
[2:21:01] Working on independent living
facility in the bonaventure now.
[2:21:06] but that's why I think that this
is a bait and switch and you
[2:21:13] Will do what you think is right,
but the guest parking I think is
[2:21:20] Not enough.
In addition to that, the
[2:21:25] parking, they say that there
will be no storage.
[2:21:30] I can tell you that there will
be storage.
[2:21:35] and unfortunately, I think that
our code enforcement has left a
[2:21:38] lot to be desired in the last
few years.
[2:21:42] That's it.
>> thank you.
[2:21:44] don't leave yet though.
Do you have any
[2:21:52] Cross-examination?
>> we have none.
[2:21:55] >> okay.
Mr. Hickey, do you have any
[2:21:57] cross-examination?
>> no, we don't.
[2:21:59] >> thank you so much.
The next speaker is nicole moss
[2:22:07] SOLOMON.
>> GOOD EVENING.
[2:22:11] >> please raise your right hand.
Do you swear or affirm to tell
[2:22:15] the truth, the whole truth and
nothing but the truth?
[2:22:17] >> I do.
>> please state your name and
[2:22:19] that you understand the rules of
the procedure.
[2:22:23] >> I'm nicole solomon and I
understand the procedures.
[2:22:30] I'm a homeowner right next door
at 303 racquet club road and the
[2:22:35] proposed development at 357
racquet club road.
[2:22:39] I asked the commissioners and
developers to be mindful of
[2:22:43] Parking.
By limiting parking spaces, it
[2:22:46] will affect neighboring
communities.
[2:22:49] as it is, 303 will be affected,
because when guests come to
[2:22:52] Visit, the condo owners and
there's no parking, they're
[2:22:56] going to go next door and
they're going to park.
[2:22:58] and it happened even when the
lot was a visiting center.
[2:23:03] Visitors parked over in 303 and
walked away.
[2:23:07] and so that will be an issue.
And just like it was said, the
[2:23:14] Average family has three
drivers, even though they might
[2:23:17] be kids, kids grow up,
boyfriends and girlfriends need
[2:23:20] To come visit, and those parking
spaces will not be enough.
[2:23:24] and like it was said, garages
will be used for storage and
[2:23:28] decorations.
You cannot tell what people do
[2:23:30] Behind closed doors and you
cannot control it.
[2:23:33] homeowners will do what they
want to do.
[2:23:35] and visitors will park where
they need to park, be it next
[2:23:38] door or across the road.
It will affect neighboring
[2:23:41] Communities.
So I ask them to consider with a
[2:23:44] reduced spots and towing is not
an option.
[2:23:47] I live next door and towing, you
have to wait by the car, you
[2:23:50] Have to wait hours for the tow
truck to come, it's not going to
[2:23:52] be a simple, well, tow the cars
that are parked there.
[2:23:57] it's not a simple solution.
So please, it's a great
[2:24:01] Community, but you need parking.
You have to have parking in the
[2:24:05] community, because it's going to
affect the neighbors.
[2:24:08] or please, if you want to make
our community gated, so only
[2:24:12] Authorized people can park in
our community and you foot the
[2:24:15] bill and the city commissioners
approve it, then go ahead.
[2:24:19] but it will affect neighboring
communities.
[2:24:21] Thank you very much.
>> thank you.
[2:24:23] before you leave,
mr. Sinolofsky, do you have any
[2:24:29] questions or offers to make?
Do you have any
[2:24:38] CROSS-EXAMINATION?
>> MR. CITY ATTORNEY, I DO NOT
[2:24:40] Have cross-examination, but
similar to the previous speaker,
[2:24:43] I wrote some notes that I would
like to comment on.
[2:24:46] >> you'll have an opportunity to
make a closing statement.
[2:24:48] >> thank you.
>> mr. Hickey, do you have any?
[2:24:50] >> no, no questions.
>> thank you very much.
[2:24:52] and you win the award for the
best handwriting, penmanship.
[2:24:56] >> thank you, I'm a teacher,
thank you!
[2:25:01] >> the next speaker, and I
apologize if I misstate your
[2:25:05] name.
Gonzalo (unfamiliar word or
[2:25:14] .
>> PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.
[2:25:20] Do you swear or affirm to tell
the truth, the whole truth and
[2:25:23] nothing but the truth.
>> yes, I do.
[2:25:25] >> please state your name and
that you understand the rules of
[2:25:27] the procedure.
>> gonzalo (unfamiliar word or
[2:25:31] Name), I understand.
>> thank you.
[2:25:36] >> wow.
We're getting heavy rain on our
[2:25:41] ALREADY WET CITY.
TODAY WE ARE SEEING MORE THAN
[2:25:51] 800 homes new in a close part of
our city, the northeast part.
[2:25:58] on top of that, there is already
a proposal for 379 bonaventure
[2:26:09] ROAD.
ON TOP OF THAT, THERE IS ALSO
[2:26:16] The (unfamiliar word or name).
On top of that, the botanical.
[2:26:28] More than 1,000 homes in our
right corner part of our city.
[2:26:35] That is impossible.
We cannot accept that.
[2:26:39] we need people living in weston.
I'm asking you to reject all
[2:26:45] THESE PROJECTS.
AND TAKE CARE OF THE INCREASE OF
[2:26:52] The density of population which
is connected with lowering the
[2:26:58] quality of our city.
These people are finding gold
[2:27:03] Mines on top of our shoulders.
Building their business on top
[2:27:09] of our shoulders.
On top of the value of the city.
[2:27:14] They are doing their business.
We cannot accept that.
[2:27:22] And just to make sure, one of
the issues is these 1,000 new
[2:27:27] homes are going to overload the
streets southbound in each
[2:27:36] DIRECTION AND IT'S ALREADY
OVERLOADED.
[2:27:40] There are many other
calculations.
[2:27:42] some of our partners are
bringing to me these two that
[2:27:46] I'm going to introduce that,
please, for the study of the
[2:27:51] City.
But our point is one more time,
[2:27:55] we the people living in weston,
we the people working in weston,
[2:27:59] we don't want to lose the
quality of our city.
[2:28:11] We need you, the commissioners,
to protect our city.
[2:28:14] we're electing you to not accept
foreign companies to make their
[2:28:21] Business on top of our
shoulders.
[2:28:24] please stop that.
That is a long-time survivor of
[2:28:31] The city, thank you.
>> thank you.
[2:28:37] mr. Sinolofsky, do you have new
questions?
[2:28:39] mr. Hickey?
>> no questions.
[2:28:40] >> thank you so much.
The next speaker is an alejandro
[2:28:47] vasquez.
>> good evening.
[2:28:48] >> good evening, please raise
your right hand.
[2:28:50] Do you swear or affirm to tell
the truth, the whole truth and
[2:28:53] nothing but the truth?
>> yes, I do.
[2:28:55] >> please state your name and
that you understand the rules of
[2:28:58] procedures.
>> yes, al alejandro vasquez and
[2:29:02] I understand the procedures.
>> thank you.
[2:29:06] >> first of all, this is a nice
architectural design that you
[2:29:13] Presented today.
But I have some concerns
[2:29:17] regarding the impact that this
project may have into my
[2:29:22] Community.
So I live in the abutting
[2:29:25] property, which is the gardens
of bonaventure.
[2:29:29] and I have basically two
comments.
[2:29:31] The first one is patricia's
comment and everybody's
[2:29:37] comments, the parking.
I don't need to speak up any
[2:29:42] More about that.
But the second one is related to
[2:29:47] the engineering part of this
project.
[2:29:50] It looks to me that it's too
dense and that we may have
[2:29:57] problems with drainage.
That you may overflow when rainy
[2:30:04] Seasons come into our community.
We're actually having that
[2:30:08] problem with the development
that is behind our community.
[2:30:12] What is the name of that
community?
[2:30:19] I'm sorry, I forgot the name.
Botanica.
[2:30:26] >> can you please speak to the
commission?
[2:30:28] >> I'm sorry, yes.
So when botanica was developed,
[2:30:34] The drainage system was designed
their design didn't
[2:30:42] Fit properly for the amount of
rain that they were expecting.
[2:30:45] I don't know, maybe the
calculations were not properly
[2:30:49] performed.
Because the back of our
[2:30:51] Properties, some of our
buildings are getting flooded.
[2:30:55] in rainy seasons.
So really my concern is that we
[2:30:59] really don't want to have that
from your project, for example.
[2:31:05] And the other thing related to
the same is the buffer zones.
[2:31:09] so the buffer zones that you are
defining that you're trying to
[2:31:17] Reduce just creates from my
point of view an unsafe
[2:31:23] Condition for the residents of
that community.
[2:31:26] because a child could be in
15 feet close to the lake could
[2:31:31] Get into the lake.
One of the wild animals we used
[2:31:37] to have here in weston could get
into the community.
[2:31:40] So those buffer zones I think
are made just to create that
[2:31:48] safety area and to create areas
to build other utilities or to
[2:31:53] Be used for other things.
So basically those are my two
[2:31:59] main -- my three main comments
related to the impact that the
[2:32:03] Project may have to our
community.
[2:32:05] >> thank you very much.
Mr. Sinolofsky, do you have any
[2:32:13] Questions?
>> mr. City attorney, I don't
[2:32:15] have questions.
I have some comments for
[2:32:18] afterwards.
>> mr. Hickey?
[2:32:20] >> no questions.
>> the next speaker -- oh, thank
[2:32:23] you very much.
The next speaker is jaime
[2:32:36] Herrero.
>> good evening.
[2:32:38] >> please raise your right hand.
Do you swear or affirm to tell
[2:32:40] The truth, the whole truth and
nothing but the truth?
[2:32:43] >> I do.
>> please state your name and
[2:32:45] that you understand the rules
and procedures.
[2:32:48] >> I understand the rules of
procedure.
[2:32:50] >> thank you.
>> I guess my turn, you get to
[2:32:54] hear me reiterate everything
everybody else has already said.
[2:32:57] this is the advantage of going
so far back.
[2:33:01] There's a lot of things that I
don't know, because I'm not on
[2:33:04] that side of the dais, so today
I'm going to talk to you as a
[2:33:08] resident of bonaventure and an
hoa president.
[2:33:14] This development does have me
concerned because there are
[2:33:16] multiple other projects in line
at the same time in bonaventure.
[2:33:22] I understand they have a traffic
study, infrastructure study, but
[2:33:26] we need to do one that takes
into effect the 55 and older
[2:33:30] Community, the bonaventure club,
and this all at the same time,
[2:33:35] not as an individual project.
You know, we really need smart
[2:33:41] Development.
So having a good understanding
[2:33:43] of all these projects together
is really going to help make the
[2:33:47] best decision.
With all the variance requests
[2:33:49] that they have made, it really
feels to me like they're asking
[2:33:54] To put a square peg in a round
hole.
[2:33:59] the pictures were nice, but
we're not a city place in dural
[2:34:05] OR WEST PALM.
THIS IS WESTON.
[2:34:10] So with that being said, tonight
I'm asking to please listen to
[2:34:15] the bonaventure residents and
let's make the best decision for
[2:34:21] Bonaventure together.
Let's come together that we can
[2:34:28] do on a unified front, thank
you.
[2:34:31] >> thank you.
Mr. Sinolofsky, do you have any
[2:34:33] questions?
>> no, sir.
[2:34:35] >> mr. Hickey?
>> no questions.
[2:34:36] >> thank you very much.
The next speaker is ayeshanasir.
[2:34:44] You filled out cards for items
15 and 17.
[2:34:46] please make all of your comments
since we're combining them.
[2:34:51] >> thank you.
Do you swear or affirm to tell
[2:34:53] the truth, the whole truth and
nothing but the truth?
[2:34:56] >> I do.
>> do you understand the rules
[2:34:59] of the procedure?
>> I do.
[2:35:02] >> thank you.
>> as you said, sort of
[2:35:08] consolidate, my first concern
was the trees in the area.
[2:35:10] That's one of the beauties of
weston.
[2:35:14] we have all these beautiful
trees and I know on section 15,
[2:35:17] it was talking about reducing
the swale area, and to that, I'm
[2:35:23] Asking to, you know, look at
that again.
[2:35:26] if the city decides to proceed
with this project, I don't think
[2:35:30] We're moving all the trees they
are planning to remove is going
[2:35:33] to help.
We need trees.
[2:35:35] weston has already cut back so
many around the areas and that's
[2:35:38] part of our appeal and the
beauty of city is landscaping.
[2:35:41] And it's also because trees help
us breathe and help us bring
[2:35:45] these beautiful birds.
Our backyards to me are my
[2:35:48] favorite.
I've been in a lot of places,
[2:35:50] But to be able to see an iguana,
a peacock, a heron while I'm
[2:35:56] having my morning coffee is
pretty cool and I'd like for
[2:35:58] that to continue.
The less the trees, the less the
[2:36:02] Beauty that we have.
The final part would be on
[2:36:05] section 17 regarding these are
multi-family units.
[2:36:08] I live opposite of this building
on lakeview drive.
[2:36:12] MY CONCERN IS, AS THE GENTLEMAN
MENTIONED, OUTSIDE FOLKS COMING
[2:36:17] IN IN THE SENSE OF CORPORATIONS,
BUSINESSES, AirbnbS, WHATEVER,
[2:36:23] Buying these units they're
proposing and therefore not
[2:36:26] actually family units and it
becomes a fortune maker for
[2:36:29] these other folks that don't
even live in the united states
[2:36:32] Or even in the city of weston.
Other countries have done that
[2:36:36] where ownership is for the
residents of that country and I
[2:36:40] Think the city of weston, if
we're going to proceed with
[2:36:44] this, should to make sure it's
limited to people who actually
[2:36:46] live in florida or live in the
united states and not just
[2:36:48] corporations putting down
millions of dollars in cash
[2:36:52] Offerings to buy these units.
In my building alone, one
[2:36:55] company -- we have 57 units in
our condo building.
[2:37:00] And one business alone owns
seven of those units out of 57.
[2:37:04] I'm one of the last remaining
residents who's lived in that
[2:37:08] building since the 1900s.
I can say that now because I'm
[2:37:11] Very old.
And I bring that up, because I
[2:37:13] think it's important.
If we're trying to keep this
[2:37:16] legacy, proud of being 30 years
of this beautiful city, I've
[2:37:19] seen the city of weston videos,
kudos to your social media team
[2:37:23] For bringing back the old
videos, but if we want to keep
[2:37:25] that image, I really think we
need to look at if this is
[2:37:29] proceeding, we don't need more
investors and conglomerates and
[2:37:33] Corporations coming in and kudos
to the gentleman for mentioning
[2:37:40] This is not dural.
If christmas eve will ever tell
[2:37:44] you, if you want to know how bad
parking is, come no any
[2:37:47] neighborhood in the city of
weston on christmas eve and tell
[2:37:50] Me how many cars get towed,
because they never do, because
[2:37:53] we run out of parking every
holiday season.
[2:37:55] my last part, please, please, we
need libraries.
[2:37:58] we don't need more apartments.
Thank you.
[2:38:01] >> thank you.
Don't leave yet though.
[2:38:03] I've got to make sure there's no
questions.
[2:38:06] mr. Sinolofsky?
>> no questions.
[2:38:08] >> mr. Hickey?
>> no questions.
[2:38:10] >> thank you.
>> all right, I'm on the last
[2:38:13] card.
If there's anyone else who wants
[2:38:14] to speak that has not done a
card, please fill one out and
[2:38:18] put it in and if you're online
and you want to speak, raise
[2:38:22] Your hand.
So our last speaker based on the
[2:38:25] cards is antonio fernandez.
>> good evening.
[2:38:31] >> good evening, please raise
your right hand.
[2:38:33] do you swear or affirm to tell
the truth, the whole truth and
[2:38:36] nothing but the truth?
>> I do.
[2:38:38] >> please state your name and
that you understand the rules of
[2:38:40] The procedure.
>> antonio fernandez and I
[2:38:44] understand the rules and
procedures.
[2:38:46] >> thank you.
>> good evening, mayor brown and
[2:38:49] commissioners.
As I side, my name is antonio
[2:38:52] Fernandez.
I'm a weston resident and
[2:38:57] homeowner at the botanica
community.
[2:38:58] I also serve as the president of
the botanica hoa and also serve
[2:39:03] As a chairman of the botanica
city, the community development
[2:39:08] district.
I am here tonight because I have
[2:39:10] Some serious concerns regarding
the impact of additional
[2:39:15] residential development in the
area.
[2:39:18] particularly on traffic road
capacity, public safety, and
[2:39:21] Other services.
These are the same concerns I
[2:39:26] raised in writing regarding the
place of the new development
[2:39:31] Which was approved last june in
this same commission.
[2:39:35] my concern tonight is not simply
about these 132 additional units
[2:39:41] In isolation.
It is about the cumulative
[2:39:47] effect of multiple developments
being added to the same area and
[2:39:51] Relying on essentially the same
roadway, the same roadway
[2:39:55] network and public
infrastructure.
[2:39:57] the residents in the area
already experience significant
[2:40:01] Traffic on bonaventure boulevard
and the surrounding roads,
[2:40:05] particularly (unfamiliar word or
name).
[2:40:07] this proposed development is
immediately adjacent to our
[2:40:09] community and will add
additional residents, vehicles,
[2:40:14] Visitors, delivery, and service
traffic.
[2:40:16] at the beginning of to
presentation, I heard that the
[2:40:21] Traffic studies included the
bonaventure hotel traffic at
[2:40:27] that time.
The bonaventure hotel was shut
[2:40:30] Down in 2022 and in that time
frame, bonaventure place was
[2:40:38] approved and our community,
botanica, we are right now
[2:40:41] Almost at full capacity with
almost 125 homes.
[2:40:46] so I respectfully ask the
commission to consider whether
[2:40:50] The traffic analysis before you
accurately reflects current
[2:40:55] conditions and most importantly
the cumulative impact.
[2:41:07] Weston has grown successfully
because development has
[2:41:10] Historically been accompanied by
careful planning.
[2:41:12] my request tonight is we
continue applying the same
[2:41:15] standard and look at this 132
units not in isolation but as
[2:41:21] Part of the total development
occurring around bonaventure
[2:41:24] boulevard and racquet club road.
Thank you.
[2:41:27] >> thank you, mr. Fernandez.
Mr. Sinolofsky, any questions?
[2:41:32] >> no, sir.
>> mr. Hickey, any questions.
[2:41:35] >> no questions.
>> that is the last card we
[2:41:39] have.
Any other speakers, speak now or
[2:41:41] FOREVER HOLD YOUR PEACE.
[ Off Mic ]
[2:41:44] >> I HAVEN'T GOTTEN THERE YET,
OKAY.
[2:41:46] NOW LET'S TURN ONLINE.
ARE THERE ANY SPEAKERS ONLINE
[2:41:51] WHO HAVE IDENTIFIED THEMSELVES
AND PUT THEIR HANDS UP?
[2:41:55] WHAT IS THE NAME [ Off Mic ]
>> JENNIFER, CAN YOU PLEASE
[2:42:05] Stand and put your hand up and
the city clerk will swear you
[2:42:08] in.
>> thank you.
[2:42:12] >> do you swear or affirm to
tell the truth, the whole truth
[2:42:17] and nothing but the truth.
>> I do.
[2:42:19] >> please state your name and
that you understand the rules of
[2:42:22] The procedure.
>> my name is jennifer adler and
[2:42:24] I do understand the rules of the
procedure.
[2:42:27] one thing that I know that the
developer had addressed but I
[2:42:31] Don't believe it's really
accurate, nobody else has even
[2:42:35] discussed, is going to be what
the impact is going to be on our
[2:42:40] Schools.
This particular unit that
[2:42:41] they're talking about, these 132
condominiums, are zoned it looks
[2:42:45] like for eagle point elementary
school which is already at 92%
[2:42:52] Capacity to middle school over
capacity and western high school
[2:42:58] is about 89% capacity.
Now I know they said there would
[2:43:02] Be an impact of eight students.
I don't see how that's possible
[2:43:06] with three-bedroom units.
You'll have families living in
[2:43:09] these condos and you're going to
have at minimum at least 200
[2:43:17] More students, possibly more.
>> so at this time, I'm going to
[2:43:54] Ask the applicant if you have
any closing remarks you would
[2:43:56] like to make.
>> mr. City attorney, could I
[2:44:26] Ask for my traffic engineer and
for my civil engineer and for my
[2:44:32] Landscape architect to join me
here?
[2:44:34] >> yes.
>> would you please join me,
[2:44:36] gentlemen.
>> we'll specifically comment on
[2:45:00] The comments shared relative to
infrastructure or relative to
[2:45:03] traffic, relative to parking and
relative to landscaping.
[2:45:07] there'll be other comments we'll
have, but the experts are here
[2:45:09] and they can speak to that.
I'm going to ask carl to begin.
[2:45:14] CARL PETERSON.
>> GOOD EVENING, CARL PETERSON,
[2:45:24] 8400 north university drive and
I have been sworn in and I do
[2:45:26] understand the proceedings
tonight.
[2:45:29] >> thank you.
>> excuse me, carl, these are
[2:45:32] The images that I flew over
during the presentation.
[2:45:36] they will help you if -- but you
obviously are the author of all
[2:45:41] These studies.
>> right.
[2:45:44] let's talk briefly about the
traffic impact study.
[2:45:47] we coordinated directly with
your staff and your city traffic
[2:45:53] Engineering consultant to ensure
that we've prepared an accurate
[2:45:57] and robust traffic impact study
to address the traffic impacts
[2:46:02] Of this project and that was
prepared and finalized actually
[2:46:05] at the first of this month.
The generation analysis, so you
[2:46:13] Get a sense of what traffic
impacts we're looking at here as
[2:46:17] we've said many times tonight,
it's 132 units that we're
[2:46:22] PROPOSING HERE.
IN TERMS OF THE a.m. PEAK HOUR
[2:46:27] TRIPS THAT WOULD BE GENERATED BY
132 UNITS, IT'S APPROXIMATELY 63
[2:46:32] Trips.
Of those, 16 would be inbound,
[2:46:36] obviously most people leaving in
the morning.
[2:46:40] IN THE EVENING, WE'RE PREDICTING
ABOUT 67 TRIPS IN THE p.m.
[2:46:44] PEAK HOUR.
AND OF THOSE, 38 WOULD BE
[2:46:48] INBOUND AND 29 WOULD BE
OUTBOUND.
[2:46:50] And so I provide that as a
little bit of a frame of
[2:46:53] reference so you can get a sense
of magnitude when you're talking
[2:46:59] about trips in a peak hour.
That's roughly one vehicle per
[2:47:02] Minute.
So you get a little bit of a
[2:47:04] sense of what the traffic
impacts of that would be.
[2:47:08] not a significant impact when it
comes to traffic generation by a
[2:47:15] Development.
As I mentioned before, we did do
[2:47:17] a traffic impact analysis with
the direction of your staff and
[2:47:23] Your traffic engineering
consultant.
[2:47:26] we evaluated the intersections
in the study area.
[2:47:29] we also, as mr. Hickey
mentioned, we did include the
[2:47:39] Gables weston development
traffic in our analysis.
[2:47:42] I don't believe that that has
been approved.
[2:47:46] I could stand corrected on that.
But I don't believe it was
[2:47:49] approved.
Nonetheless, we included that in
[2:47:52] Our analysis to be kind of a
worst-case scenario in terms of
[2:47:56] committed development to make
sure that you had comfort that
[2:47:59] we didn't have this big
monstrous project lurking in the
[2:48:04] Background that could overwhelm
the situation.
[2:48:06] the fact of the matter is that
the intersection analyses still
[2:48:11] Indicate that we'll be looking
at level service a and b, the
[2:48:17] impacted intersections within
the study area.
[2:48:19] and I also have a note here that
no right-of-way is needed for
[2:48:23] The proposed development.
I'll talk for a minute about
[2:48:28] parking.
Is that okay?
[2:48:29] do you want me to go ahead and
talk for just a moment?
[2:48:32] I'm sure I heard parking come up
many times.
[2:48:35] and it's something that we
looked at very closely.
[2:48:39] as many mentioned, the required
parking per your code would be
[2:48:43] Four parking spaces per dwelling
unit.
[2:48:48] and I think we would all agree
that's probably on the high
[2:48:51] Side.
What we're actually providing is
[2:48:54] three for the entirety of the
development.
[2:48:59] manny has very clearly explained
how it would be configured with
[2:49:02] The tandem parking spaces in the
garage and then an additional
[2:49:05] space outside of the garage so
you'd have three spaces, save
[2:49:10] The one unit that has one
parking space in each building
[2:49:14] in a garage and an additional
space behind.
[2:49:16] we took a look at industry data
to kind of get a sense of what
[2:49:22] We would expect to see in terms
of parking demand for a product
[2:49:27] like this, and the go-to manual
for this would be the institute
[2:49:33] Of transportation engineers.
That manual suggests that for a
[2:49:36] product like this, the entirety
of the parking demand would be
[2:49:41] Less than 200 parking spaces.
And so I know that may seem a
[2:49:46] little bit odd, but I think the
thing to keep in mind is that
[2:49:50] Not everybody here is going to
have three cars.
[2:49:53] some will have one, some may
have two.
[2:49:55] and again, some may have three.
In terms of guest parking, in
[2:50:02] Most cases these units would
probably, based upon the
[2:50:05] industry data, require the two
spaces in the garage, which
[2:50:09] manny has also explained we'll
be putting the burden on the
[2:50:14] Community to manage the parking
and make sure that those parking
[2:50:17] garage spaces are not being used
for storage or other use.
[2:50:22] That additional space behind the
garage would serve in most cases
[2:50:26] as a guest space.
There are, however, an
[2:50:30] Additional I believe it's 21
surface parking spaces in the
[2:50:35] community that would serve as
additional parking, should
[2:50:39] somebody need an additional
guest space.
[2:50:41] So with that, I'll turn it back
over to manny.
[2:50:45] I'll be happy to answer any
questions and elaborate further
[2:50:47] on anything that you may have
questions on.
[2:50:52] Thank you.
>> mr. City attorney, if you
[2:50:57] want to speak to traffic and
parking, we can pause before we
[2:51:01] Go to landscape and
infrastructure or I can move on
[2:51:05] to landscape and infrastructure.
>> you should finish your
[2:51:08] closing statement with whatever
evidence you want to put on and
[2:51:12] Then mr. Hickey can cross
examine if he wants and then
[2:51:15] he'll present and then we'll go
to the commission.
[2:51:18] >> I will ask my landscape
architect, mr. Ryan king, to
[2:51:25] Join us for a moment. >>
good evening, ryan king,
[2:51:29] landscape architect with ecg and
certified arborist, office
[2:51:36] Address 10320, northwest 15
street, plantation, florida.
[2:51:39] >> thank you.
>> so when I initially went to
[2:51:42] This site, there was about 269
existing trees, about 20%
[2:51:49] invasive exotics.
And at the end of the day after
[2:51:51] All the calculations, we're
required to replace about
[2:51:57] 101,000 square feet of canopy
based on the city's code
[2:52:01] Requirements.
And our proposed development,
[2:52:05] we're proposing 749 trees
including a handful of existing
[2:52:12] We're retaining on-site which is
well over 100 trees per acre.
[2:52:18] so this site is heavily
landscaped.
[2:52:22] We're meeting all the code
requirements for tree
[2:52:26] replacement, all the code
requirements for foundation
[2:52:29] planting.
We're relocating to those three
[2:52:32] Sides of each of the 11 condo
buildings.
[2:52:35] and we're creating a really nice
park-like experience for the
[2:52:42] Community that we believe is
compatible with the city of
[2:52:45] weston and its ideals.
Along racquet club road, we have
[2:52:53] A 40-foot buffer with a
four-foot berm also heavily
[2:52:56] landscaped in some of these
renderings that were prepared.
[2:53:02] Along the northwest and east
perimeters, the backs of the
[2:53:16] 15-foot canal maintenance
easement in addition to the
[2:53:20] Required -- or the ten foot
buffer that we're providing that
[2:53:24] we're seeking the variance.
We're meeting all of the
[2:53:26] landscape code requirements in
those buffers, just within that
[2:53:31] Ten-foot area.
So generally we're meeting the
[2:53:36] intent of the code and providing
all the mitigation required
[2:53:41] On-site and creating this really
wonderful product for the city.
[2:53:46] and for the community.
Thank you.
[2:53:53] >> thank you, ryan.
And if I can ask dennis schultz
[2:53:56] to join us, our civil engineer.
>> dennis schultz, 241
[2:54:05] Commercial boulevard, I've been
sworn in and I understand the
[2:54:08] proceedings.
>> thank you.
[2:54:11] >> so the drainage approach to
this project was we modeled the
[2:54:14] site in the precondition, which
is how it exists today, and we
[2:54:21] Modeled that against the post
condition which is the assumed
[2:54:23] development of the site.
We input all of the existing
[2:54:26] features that are there, the
buildings, the parking lot, the
[2:54:29] grass, and we modeled based on
those innovations the ten-year,
[2:54:33] THE 25-YEAR, AND THE 100-YEAR
STORM AND WE MODELED THAT
[2:54:40] Against the assumed development
of the site and existing site
[2:54:42] when it was modeled shows that
the flood stages in all three of
[2:54:46] those storms are higher than
what it is in the
[2:54:49] post-condition.
And what makes that different is
[2:54:51] That there's underground storage
being added to the site both
[2:54:56] exfiltration trench and in
underground storage, so that's
[2:55:00] The difference that we looked
at.
[2:55:02] the site, when it's developed,
will have better drainage than
[2:55:06] .
>> I think the gentlemen can
[2:55:18] SIT.
I JUST HAVE ONE OR TWO MORE
[2:55:20] Comments.
>> mr. Hickey, are you going to
[2:55:23] have any questions for the three
...
[2:55:28] >> potentially traffic, just
stay up just in case there's
[2:55:36] QUESTIONS.
>> MR. CITY ATTORNEY, I'D LIKE
[2:55:44] To cover a handful of other
comments that were made from the
[2:55:52] Various speakers that joined us.
As it relates to the thought
[2:55:59] that there's a bait and switch,
the reality is that as you all
[2:56:05] Know, as the communities knows,
the project was previously
[2:56:09] approved as an assisted living
facility.
[2:56:12] It was an assisted living
facility that actually had 303
[2:56:17] beds, 242 units, if I recall,
had a building height of just a
[2:56:22] Hair under 90 feet, and the
reality is with the growing
[2:56:30] Expense of construction going
vertical, the project was not
[2:56:32] feasible at this time.
That being said, what the
[2:56:37] community may not know is that
what we had been discussing
[2:56:42] Previously in terms of an
independent living facility at
[2:56:48] the driving range, we intend and
we've actually submitted an
[2:56:57] Application where we're going to
modify the project at the
[2:57:05] Driving range to be the assisted
living facility.
[2:57:10] So the reality is we're going to
take that building type, we're
[2:57:14] going to take that use from the
357 site and we're moving it
[2:57:20] Over to the driving range site.
That will have to go through a
[2:57:26] process moving forward, but what
it does is it brings the lower
[2:57:35] Intensity of the assisted living
facility literally to that
[2:57:41] Driving range site.
And it's important for you all
[2:57:44] and the community to know that
it's not that we removed the alf
[2:57:50] Altogether and we are replacing
it with 132 sky homes.
[2:57:56] we are in effect going to move
the assisted living facility to
[2:58:02] The driving range.
That being said, the ownership
[2:58:13] Of this project is not a foreign
entity.
[2:58:16] the ownership of this project is
not travelers from afar.
[2:58:21] The owners of this project are
actual weston residents.
[2:58:25] and I think it's important for
you to know that and for the
[2:58:27] community to know that there are
partners that are heavily
[2:58:31] Involved in this project that
are actually residents of the
[2:58:33] city of weston.
And for that matter, don't
[2:58:38] intend to go elsewhere.
As it relates to the management
[2:58:53] Of the parking, because I can
understand how that can be a
[2:59:00] Stressful dynamic, we intend not
only to develop this property
[2:59:04] but to manage it in terms of
being a property manager.
[2:59:10] As much as we have 132 sky
homes, we understand that we
[2:59:14] need to have on-site management.
We understand that to keep the
[2:59:18] quality of the community as
such.
[2:59:20] And for that matter, to address
the dynamics that occur when you
[2:59:24] have more than one neighbor next
to another neighbor.
[2:59:27] property management is
essential.
[2:59:29] and it's critical.
The developer team has property
[2:59:37] Management within its expertise,
and we intend to be the on-site
[2:59:44] Property manager.
We want this community to really
[2:59:47] not only be spectacular day one
when we deliver it but day 1001
[2:59:56] As it moves forward and that's
something that you should be
[3:00:01] Aware of.
As it relates to meeting with
[3:00:05] our neighbors, we will be happy
to do that and to the extent
[3:00:11] That we can cooperate with them
in terms of improving the
[3:00:14] quality of the community, that's
what we do.
[3:00:18] and that's who we are.
So we'll be happy to stay
[3:00:24] Outside in the lobby if we're
given the opportunity for a few
[3:00:27] minutes and take names and phone
numbers and make sure that every
[3:00:30] Neighbor that is interested in
communicating with us can do so.
[3:00:39] and even in terms of reviewing
the material that we have in our
[3:00:43] Landscape plans to assure the
resident that was concerned
[3:00:45] about the quality of the
material relative to birds and
[3:00:54] Butterflies and so on and so
forth, we've got a lot of that
[3:00:55] going on.
A lot.
[3:01:02] The impact on the schools, and
we've been back and forth with a
[3:01:08] number of representatives of the
school district.
[3:01:13] We didn't necessarily hear the
numbers that we heard the
[3:01:17] speaker share with us earlier.
It is clear to us as early as
[3:01:23] This morning, and it's a fluid
dynamic, it's a very fluid
[3:01:32] Dynamic.
You know, at the beginning of
[3:01:33] the school year the count was x
and today the count is different
[3:01:37] by almost 2200 students.
So it's very fluid.
[3:01:40] But we are very clear as of this
morning that all three schools
[3:01:46] in effect are under capacity and
available for additional
[3:01:55] Students and candidly wanting
additional students.
[3:02:04] The students that would go to
eagle point elementary would be
[3:02:10] Well within the operating
capacity -- and this is the
[3:02:13] conversation I personally had
this morning -- well within the
[3:02:18] operating capacity of the
facility.
[3:02:20] The students that would go to
the middle school and it varies,
[3:02:27] depending on the age of the
child and what the school board
[3:02:30] Believes will be the ultimate
number of students at each
[3:02:33] school, but we were told this
morning that based on 132 sky
[3:02:39] homes, we will have a
negligible, I didn't make up
[3:02:43] This word, it was given to me, a
negligible impact on day-to-day
[3:02:48] operations or class sizes at the
middle school.
[3:02:54] And as it relates to the high
school, they are are excited,
[3:03:01] And that's the word I heard this
morning, about absorbing
[3:03:04] additional students in their
student body, because they
[3:03:07] actually have the least -- or
the lower amount of capacity --
[3:03:15] LET ME SAY THAT AGAIN.
THEIR CAPACITY IN TERMS OF
[3:03:20] What's available is the highest
and therefore they have at
[3:03:24] western high school the lowest
enrollment.
[3:03:29] so again, I wasn't fast enough
to write all the numbers that we
[3:03:36] Heard, but our conversations and
our numbers are drastically
[3:03:45] DIFFERENT.
AND MAYBE ONE OTHER THOUGHT, AND
[3:03:52] I'll be happy to pick on any
other comment that I missed, the
[3:04:13] Smartness of our project is
really extraordinary.
[3:04:21] It parallels the quality of
project that you see in weston
[3:04:28] throughout weston.
Our architects that are here,
[3:04:33] Ppks, are world-class designers.
Candidly, they have worked in
[3:04:39] weston for many years developing
some of the most successful
[3:04:44] Communities within weston when
the original developer was here.
[3:04:50] In many ways, they built or they
designed to build the city of
[3:04:54] weston years ago, so if anybody
knows about a hometown and if
[3:04:58] anybody knows about quality
design and if anybody knows
[3:05:03] About quality environments, it's
the team from ppks.
[3:05:08] and that's why we chose them for
this project.
[3:05:11] And I just wanted to share that
with you, because there was
[3:05:16] maybe an inference that somehow
we weren't being smart.
[3:05:22] And I can tell you that that
isn't the case.
[3:05:25] and with that, I will close my
commentary and I'd be happy to
[3:05:30] Answer any questions that you
all or the community may have.
[3:05:33] >> thank you.
Mr. Hickey, do you have any
[3:05:36] questions for mr. Sinolofsky or
any of the three people who
[3:05:39] spoke?
>> probably just mr. Peterson,
[3:05:42] So that's going to be part of my
discussion.
[3:05:44] >> you should do that now.
As part of your
[3:05:50] Cross-examination.
>> just one question.
[3:05:52] and if I may, I may ask my
traffic -- our traffic
[3:05:56] consultant just to verify.
So part of the -- I know a lot
[3:06:00] Of folks were concerned about
the tandem parking and the
[3:06:02] reduction in parking.
The off-street parking.
[3:06:07] part of the discussion in this
process was moving forward with
[3:06:10] Some conditions of approval,
because there's a lot of
[3:06:13] identity there on three parking
spaces per unit that the
[3:06:22] Non-garage or non-tandem parking
that's used for not for
[3:06:26] residents but for those
visiting.
[3:06:28] can you just talk a little bit
about that and just kind of that
[3:06:33] Process?
>> sure.
[3:06:35] and manny may want to elaborate,
because that's a little bit more
[3:06:39] on the operational side once
they get the project built, but
[3:06:42] It's my understanding based upon
discussions with the project
[3:06:46] development team that the
surface parking spaces that are
[3:06:50] Provided for the community, they
are not to be used by residents
[3:06:55] for an extra parking space.
Say somebody has the two tandem
[3:07:03] And they have capacity for three
spaces, they would not then
[3:07:06] somehow be entitled to a fourth
space in one of the surface
[3:07:09] parking spaces.
That would be strictly
[3:07:13] Prohibited.
That's my understanding, and if
[3:07:15] I've mistated that, manny, you
could probably correct me on
[3:07:19] that.
>> carl is precisely correct and
[3:07:24] We intend to add that to our
condominium documents as part of
[3:07:28] the documentation.
Item number 15, correct?
[3:07:53] NOPE, SORRY.
[ Off Mic ]
[3:07:56] >> IT'S GETTING LATE.
>> FOR ITEM 13, WHICH HAS
[3:08:05] Additional nine conditions of
approval, let's just make sure.
[3:08:08] 13 has nine, they both have
nine, that you're comfortable
[3:08:15] With the recommendation of
moving forward provided that
[3:08:18] those conditions of approval are
met.
[3:08:24] >> good evening.
My name is pablo -- can you hear
[3:08:28] me all right?
>> yes.
[3:08:32] >> my name is pablo and I
understand the proceedings.
[3:08:40] Correct.
So we've provided the applicant
[3:08:44] with conditions of approval and
those are there to precisely
[3:08:57] Help the city in that regard
that you were mentioning.
[3:09:06] >> okay.
Right, right.
[3:09:08] and my apologies, just for the
record, the parking variance
[3:09:13] Statement has 12 conditions of
approval, my apologies.
[3:09:17] but based on the conditions of
approval, you're recommending
[3:09:23] Approval of that item, those
items, those two items?
[3:09:28] >> that is correct.
>> okay.
[3:09:32] Thank you.
The only other item I know it
[3:09:35] was mentioned, but we did, and I
have to say when we rezoned this
[3:09:40] Property back in 2004, it was
one of those discussions that we
[3:09:45] brought up that yes, an assisted
living facility would
[3:09:49] potentially be a good use at the
time we approved it, but there
[3:09:54] Was -- 2024?
Did I say 2004?
[3:09:56] it's getting late, my apologies!
But back then, we wanted to make
[3:10:01] Sure that if it was assisted
living facility, yes, you could
[3:10:04] go to that height, but we did
put a declaration of restrictive
[3:10:10] Covenant to keep that at an mf2
and that's what this project is
[3:10:13] coming in, below 50 feet.
And I know the school capacity
[3:10:19] came up and the school capacity
and the number of students
[3:10:23] Generated is a function of the
school board, and that's
[3:10:27] actually done -- they are
supposed to do it every three
[3:10:31] Years but sometimes it's four or
five years.
[3:10:33] they actually count students in
each single family, townhouse,
[3:10:37] three-story garden apartment,
mid rise and highrise and they
[3:10:42] Calculate the student generation
on those numbers.
[3:10:45] so those are where the numbers
come from.
[3:10:47] they tend to be lower the more
dense the development becomes,
[3:10:50] But those are the numbers that
we have to use, because that's
[3:10:53] required by the school board and
our agreement with them moving
[3:10:59] forward.
So with that, I think I've
[3:11:02] Touched on everything that I
wanted to touch on.
[3:11:06] >> thank you, mr. Hickey.
>> mr. Sinolofsky, do you have
[3:11:10] Any questions for the traffic
person that spoke?
[3:11:15] >> no, sir.
>> at this point, we'll close
[3:11:17] the public hearing and it'll now
be turned over to the mayor and
[3:11:22] COMMISSION.
MAYOR?
[3:11:24] >> Mayor: THANK YOU VERY MUCH,
MR. COLE.
[3:11:28] SO NOW WE'RE GOING TO -- FIRST I
NEED -- THIS IS GOING TO BE
[3:11:32] Awkward.
I think what I'm going to do,
[3:11:33] we're going to do our discussion
first and then when I do each
[3:11:36] resolution, I have a motion on
each and vote on each.
[3:11:40] So I'm going to start with
questions and discussion, vice
[3:11:46] mayor mead.
>> thank you, mayor.
[3:11:48] did I understand you correctly,
we're going to do discussions on
[3:11:53] 10 AND 11 FIRST?
>> Mayor: WHAT WE'RE GOING TO
[3:11:56] DO IS DISCUSSION THE WHOLE
THING.
[3:11:57] AND I ALSO WANTING TO COGNIZANT
OF THE FACT IT'S 10:11, JUST
[3:12:02] Bear in mind, be very salient
about your points that you want
[3:12:06] to go over.
Not to say you can't say
[3:12:09] whatever you want.
What we'll do is when discussion
[3:12:11] Is done, you can ask other
people, then we will go for a
[3:12:15] motion and a second on -- I will
do each one, motion and a
[3:12:19] second, and then for a vote on
each one.
[3:12:23] >> okay, thank you, mayor.
I was glad to hear
[3:12:28] mr. Sinolofsky mention they were
going to do management
[3:12:34] On-premises.
If the project goes forward, I'm
[3:12:36] going to strongly urge that when
condos are purchased that a
[3:12:44] Condo doc is not only given to
the purchaser but signed,
[3:12:49] acknowledged, with all the
rules, regulations regarding the
[3:12:55] Parking.
I appreciate the concern about
[3:12:58] the parking with some of the
people that have commented on
[3:13:01] It.
And I would hope that again if
[3:13:04] the project goes forward that
there would be repercussions for
[3:13:10] Those who do impinge on
neighboring properties.
[3:13:13] that's not their right to do.
This is not a gated community,
[3:13:18] is that correct?
It's not a gated community?
[3:13:21] I see people shaking their heads
there.
[3:13:24] >> correct, not a gated
community.
[3:13:26] >> okay.
And I understood that there was
[3:13:29] 269 trees on the premises with
20% of them exotics and they
[3:13:35] Were going to be replaced with
749 trees?
[3:13:37] did I hear that correctly?
>> yes.
[3:13:45] >> okay.
And that's inclusive of the
[3:13:46] buildings that are there?
>> correct.
[3:13:48] >> all right, just want to be
sure.
[3:14:03] >> madam mayor, rather than me
holding up, let's go to sbun
[3:14:10] Else.
>> mayor: commissioner jaffe.
[3:14:12] >> thank you.
I have a question for mr. Hickey
[3:14:16] and his subject matter experts,
our staff.
[3:14:18] you are familiar with obviously
the city of weston comprehensive
[3:14:24] Plan?
>> yes.
[3:14:25] final adopted 2017.
>> yes.
[3:14:27] >> chapter one, future land use
elements, chapter two, housing,
[3:14:33] Chapter three, infrastructure
elements.
[3:14:36] are those the most important
chapters in that 345 page
[3:14:40] Document?
Do items 10-15 meet the goals,
[3:14:45] objectives and policies of the
city of weston comprehensive
[3:14:50] Plan adopted in 2017?
>> yes.
[3:14:52] >> so those variances that we
can grant meet those goals,
[3:14:57] objectives and policies.
>> yes.
[3:14:59] >> items 16 and 17 also meet
those goals objectivesed a
[3:15:05] Policies of the comprehensive
plan.
[3:15:06] >> yes.
>> thank you.
[3:15:09] I have a question for mr.
Sinolofsky.
[3:15:15] Thank you.
Mr. Sinolofsky, you and your
[3:15:17] team, are they also familiar
intimately or just familiar with
[3:15:21] The city of weston comprehensive
plan?
[3:15:23] >> yes, sir.
>> okay.
[3:15:27] and they have worked with this
plan for a minimum of 10 years
[3:15:32] Working on other developments in
the city of weston?
[3:15:36] >> tara has, ppk has and I have
for the better part of 30 years.
[3:15:43] >> the bonaventure town center,
this development will have use
[3:15:47] of the bonaventure town center,
the residents?
[3:15:52] Or is that a discussion?
I can't remember.
[3:15:54] >> no.
That is an item that is coming
[3:15:57] in front of their board because
it needs to be approved by their
[3:16:01] Board.
We've, in effect, discussed it
[3:16:04] with their administration and it
is coming to their monthly board
[3:16:09] meeting probably the month of
october.
[3:16:12] >> okay.
Thank you.
[3:16:14] >> thank you.
>> thank you, mayor.
[3:16:17] >> mayor: commissioner
molina-macfie.
[3:16:30] >> I think your mic is off,
commissioner.
[3:16:32] >> sorry.
I want to confirm it is a
[3:16:40] Condominium,
>> condominium, 132 unit.
[3:16:43] >> I'm on section 3, page two of
three, I don't see anything, I
[3:16:47] might be missing it because I
know some paperwork was
[3:16:52] Replaced.
I don't see anything that says
[3:16:53] that we are requiring parking to
be added into the covenants.
[3:17:05] >> so within the offstreet
parking, there is a condition
[3:17:09] that would be incorporated into
their declaration.
[3:17:13] So when they come in for -- when
they establish the declaration,
[3:17:19] they come to the city, we ensure
the tandem and offstreet parking
[3:17:24] Will be incorporated into that
declaration.
[3:17:28] >> okay.
Great.
[3:17:29] this question then goes to our
city attorney.
[3:17:34] What then confirms that nothing
changes from a condominium to a
[3:17:37] rental and we no longer have
covenants to make sure that
[3:17:42] Parking is addressed?
>> the document he is referring
[3:17:45] to is going to be a recorded
document that is recorded in the
[3:17:48] public records that is binding
on that property and all
[3:17:52] Successors.
So whether it's owned or rented,
[3:17:55] it doesn't really have any
bearing on that issue.
[3:17:58] could be the parking can't be
changed.
[3:18:02] Now whether these individual
units can be rented is a
[3:18:05] different question.
Once someone purchases a unit
[3:18:08] and, you know, they will own it.
And there's no restriction on
[3:18:14] Them renting.
>> I have to go there as well.
[3:18:17] >> as a whole these are condo
units.
[3:18:21] That does not mean in the future
you can't have individual
[3:18:25] owners.
>> but starts from right now
[3:18:28] until development starts those
covenants are going to be filed
[3:18:32] Before building starts?
What if something changes?
[3:18:37] assisted living facility
changes.
[3:18:41] We have so many developers come
in and say something and
[3:18:44] something else happens.
So I want to confirm if
[3:18:49] something's going to change and
it is no longer going to be a
[3:18:53] Condominium where we have
covenants where parking -- it is
[3:19:00] A major issue in bonaventure,
parking.
[3:19:05] it can come back to be
reconsidered.
[3:19:07] >> it is a condition of the
variance.
[3:19:09] >> okay.
>> if they do not meet that
[3:19:11] Condition the variance is no
longer in effect and they can't
[3:19:15] build the tandem and offstreet
parking the way they are
[3:19:20] Proposing.
It will have to be done this way
[3:19:22] and have to have the declaration
as to the tandem parking and the
[3:19:28] issues they talked about.
>> terrific.
[3:19:31] And drainage.
I'm not sure who I'm speaking
[3:19:34] to.
>> engineer.
[3:19:36] >> dennis, I believe it was.
>> the engineer.
[3:19:39] >> this is a big issue in
bonaventure, there was a
[3:19:43] Resident who brought up the
drainage issue.
[3:19:47] we have had significant issues
once botanical was built with
[3:19:55] Runoff to neighboring
properties.
[3:19:57] the city had to keep going out
and things needed to be
[3:20:01] Adjusted.
What has been put in place, what
[3:20:03] types of studies have taken
place that you are confident
[3:20:07] there will not be runoff or
drainage issues off to
[3:20:12] Neighboring properties and what
happens if you are wrong?
[3:20:15] >> we have modelled the site in
both the precondition and pote
[3:20:21] Condition.
We modelled it not utilizing the
[3:20:25] lake, not utilizing anything
else.
[3:20:27] and we have added a significant
amount of drainage to the
[3:20:30] Proposed project.
There is exfiltration trench,
[3:20:35] thousands of feet, which is like
a french drain.
[3:20:38] they have added significant
underground storage chambers
[3:20:43] Under the park.
Massive vaults in stormwater
[3:20:47] before it goes to the lakes.
>> thank you.
[3:20:51] Mayor, we'll come back for
discussion or do you want it
[3:20:54] now?
>> mayor: we can come back.
[3:21:00] Commissioner andrade.
>> you spoke to the people, what
[3:21:03] position, you as the school
board member?
[3:21:06] >> no.
We are speaking to staff,
[3:21:11] Commissioner.
The school district has a
[3:21:13] department that deals with
precisely deal with real estate
[3:21:24] Projects and it is purely staff.
>> thank you.
[3:21:27] mr. Hickey, I want to go in your
memory in regards to the issues
[3:21:31] In regards to traffic.
We got the hoa president from
[3:21:38] botanical came in front of the
board.
[3:21:40] I was not a board member.
There was a lot of discussion
[3:21:44] about traffic.
Have we had major problems
[3:21:47] because botanical had a traffic
problem with the neighbors,
[3:21:50] During the years mr. Decker,
maybe you?
[3:21:53] are there any problems?
I know there was a concern back
[3:21:58] then botanical will create
traffic and congestion.
[3:22:02] This is what we hear today when
new developments come about.
[3:22:06] those studies are not
necessarily accurate.
[3:22:12] What do you recall?
>> right.
[3:22:13] I mean, I can answer.
I wasn't here for the botanical.
[3:22:17] >> oh, okay.
>> I have been here through the
[3:22:21] Construction and it has been a
slow item.
[3:22:24] I will say and just reiterate,
when we look at a traffic study,
[3:22:29] they take into account all the
existing traffic that's on the
[3:22:31] Roads right now.
So that would include botanical
[3:22:35] development.
In addition, we had them go a
[3:22:37] little further and say, hey, we
have a current traffic study
[3:22:42] With gables weston, not quite --
it will probably come back
[3:22:46] before you early sometime next
year.
[3:22:48] they had a traffic study that
was completed.
[3:22:51] We handed it to them and said,
listen, we know there will be
[3:22:56] some impact in the future.
Add this into your numbers to
[3:22:59] make sure we know what the
cumulative impact is on that
[3:23:06] Development and this
development.
[3:23:07] if and when the development
comes in for the driving range
[3:23:11] Properties, they will do an
additional traffic study which
[3:23:15] will include all of these as
well.
[3:23:17] we are building off of the
numbers we have now plus what we
[3:23:20] Have either in the hopper to be
developed or that's already been
[3:23:24] approved by you all.
If that helps.
[3:23:28] >> yeah.
As far as existing conditions,
[3:23:30] No.
We've not been -- other than we
[3:23:33] did hear some comments about
racing near the community.
[3:23:41] I'm not sure I can tell you the
last time I fielded a complaint
[3:23:46] about traffic problems in
bonaventure.
[3:23:50] West gables and palm, not be on
venture.
[3:23:57] >> the studies are usually very
accurate.
[3:24:00] They don't reflect a major
problem and that is why they
[3:24:03] report to us and we make
decisions and later we learn
[3:24:08] that it worked out okay.
That was my point.
[3:24:12] Thank you.
Did I make myself understood?
[3:24:14] >> yes.
I would leave that to traffic
[3:24:18] s these studies are
typically fairly accurate as
[3:24:23] Opposed to genuine sentiment in
the community.
[3:24:27] >> you love to switch and bait.
One thing you answered that
[3:24:34] Concerned me, als was not
economically viable, but you are
[3:24:39] moving it to another location.
How is it there going to be
[3:24:42] Viable tomorrow?
>> so the --
[3:24:45] >> if over here you cannot make
it economically possible, how
[3:24:48] can it be on the other side?
>> it is a great question,
[3:24:52] Commissioner.
The reality is we had a height,
[3:24:55] a proposed height of 3:57 for
the alf that added tremendous
[3:25:02] Expense, tremendous complexity
to the building.
[3:25:14] We were able to lower the height
of the building at the site.
[3:25:18] we were able to use the geometry
of the site in a much better
[3:25:26] Fashion.
The drainage involves the
[3:25:29] movement of a lake and that lake
allows us that we are moving
[3:25:34] Allows us to gain fill to
develop that site.
[3:25:37] so there are a lot of factors
that make the site at the
[3:25:41] Driving range, if you will, much
more effective as it relates to
[3:25:47] developing the alf there as
opposed to the alf that would
[3:25:53] Have been built at 357.
>> thank you.
[3:25:59] did you hold community meetings
and how many did you hold?
[3:26:02] I didn't see that?
>> for 357.
[3:26:07] no, we actually did not hold
community meetings,
[3:26:14] Commissioner.
But, again, we're happy to meet
[3:26:18] with any resident, be responsive
to any resident.
[3:26:22] We want to share with residents.
I will give you an example the
[3:26:26] neighbors immediately west to
us, turtle run, a single family
[3:26:32] Community, homes there are one
and two-story homes.
[3:26:34] we literally rendered our
buildings behind landscaping
[3:26:39] that we were proposing to make
sure their views, as they are
[3:26:43] Close to us on the west side,
were not going to be impacted.
[3:26:47] we moved the buildings so that
their views weren't going to be
[3:26:51] Impacted.
We provided drainage tanks, if
[3:26:56] you will, in green areas to
collect water so there would be
[3:27:00] Score, zero runoff on to that
community.
[3:27:03] so we're happy to share that
information with those immediate
[3:27:07] neighbors.
The other residents around us
[3:27:13] Are multistory tall buildings
like us, but they are the one
[3:27:16] single family community
immediately to the west of us.
[3:27:20] >> thank you.
And mr. Hickey, a briefing you
[3:27:24] gave to me last thursday, can
you please explain to the
[3:27:28] residents in regards to the
location of the reserve?
[3:27:33] How do we go from the units we
have now, like a gift, we are
[3:27:38] giving them 97 more units they
can have.
[3:27:40] Where do they come from and who
assigns them or we assign them
[3:27:45] today here if we approve this?
>> sure.
[3:27:49] it is 10:30.
Reserve units are not the most
[3:27:53] Exciting part of planning, but I
will do my best to explain.
[3:27:57] the county plan allows for
additional units that are above
[3:28:01] And beyond our comprehensive
plan.
[3:28:05] so for example we have -- don't
quote me on the number --
[3:28:09] roughly 6,200 in bonaventure
allowed for the plan.
[3:28:12] What the reserved units do is
calculate 2% of that, which
[3:28:17] comes to 127 units just for
bonaventure.
[3:28:20] Those 127 units can be allocated
as the city sees fit and as you
[3:28:25] all, as the elected officials
make that decision.
[3:28:29] it is not something that staff
can make.
[3:28:31] What they are requesting this
evening, now, previous alf
[3:28:37] requested the whole 127 units.
So that was part of the initial
[3:28:42] Development.
What they are asking for you
[3:28:45] this evening if you approve 97
units allocated.
[3:28:51] 35 units allowed per current
land use.
[3:28:56] the other 97 would allow for
that 132.
[3:28:59] those 97 are ones that you would
allocate, too.
[3:29:02] So they can be used anywhere in
bonaventure.
[3:29:06] the additional 30 units would go
back into the city pool to be
[3:29:10] Used elsewhere.
Just those units are only
[3:29:13] specifically for bonaventure.
So --
[3:29:16] >> thank you.
>> sure.
[3:29:21] >> mayor: vice mayor mead.
>> thank you, mayor.
[3:29:25] mr. Hickey, the traffic studies
you referenced I think were done
[3:29:31] In-house and I also heard
mention of I t e, international
[3:29:36] traffic engineers.
How do those two different
[3:29:38] bodies interact with the studies
that have been going on?
[3:29:42] >> technical, if we can, I will
let mr. Peterson explain the
[3:29:51] Difference.
>> good evening.
[3:29:52] so I think I heard the first
part of your question was the
[3:29:55] traffic studies were done
in-house.
[3:29:58] is that part of --
>> yeah.
[3:30:00] I'm gathering that impression,
yes.
[3:30:03] >> I don't know that I would
characterize it that way.
[3:30:06] we did our traffic study based
upon a methodology that was
[3:30:12] Prescribed from the input of
city staff and your traffic
[3:30:15] engineering consultant, but we
were ultimately responsible for
[3:30:19] the preparation of the traffic
impact study that once completed
[3:30:23] Was, indeed, reviewed by staff
and their consultant.
[3:30:27] >> where did the methodology
originate?
[3:30:30] >> it was a discussion between
us and city staff and your
[3:30:35] consultant.
>> so my apologies, what
[3:30:38] normally happens when we do
these studies, they come in and
[3:30:41] Say we want to do a traffic
study.
[3:30:43] they provide the methodology.
We want you to look at this
[3:30:47] intersection.
So we come up with a methodology
[3:30:50] That the traffic engineers
mutually agree on therefore they
[3:30:54] start the traffic study.
I think he had specific
[3:30:58] questions --
>> I t e.
[3:31:02] >> institute of transportation
engineers.
[3:31:05] it is basically an international
organization, but it is really
[3:31:08] focused on the united states in
terms of traffic data
[3:31:12] Collection, parking data
collection at land uses
[3:31:15] throughout the country.
In order to gather information
[3:31:20] So that we can better predict
parking demands and
[3:31:26] characteristics of proposed land
uses.
[3:31:30] That is the backbone of the
traffic engineering and parking
[3:31:34] analysis world is to rely on
that information.
[3:31:36] it is an organization that has
been around for 70, 80 years and
[3:31:44] Constantly updating their data
and refining their processes.
[3:31:48] >> okay.
I'm sensing two different
[3:31:50] Systems here and how did they
interact with each other?
[3:31:53] >> okay.
So the methodology we talk about
[3:31:56] when we are communicating with
your staff and your consultant
[3:32:01] Relies upon, typically, the use
of ite data.
[3:32:06] it is really one of the key
components of whether it is a
[3:32:10] Parkinr a traffic study.
In this case it is the traffic
[3:32:13] study, where we are focused on
how are we going to estimate the
[3:32:18] traffic for this.
We agree, because it is the
[3:32:21] Industry standard, that we are
going to rely upon the ite
[3:32:29] manual to estimate traffic.
We rely upon their data.
[3:32:35] They are an independent
organization.
[3:32:36] >> that was the magic word
there.
[3:32:39] they are an independent
organization.
[3:32:41] >> yes.
100% independent.
[3:32:44] >> thank you.
Mr. Sinolofsky, let me go back
[3:32:49] to something commissioner macfie
touched on, regarding rental
[3:32:54] UNITS.
THERE ARE THERE ARE DEVELOPMENTS
[3:33:01] That don't allow short-term
rentals.
[3:33:07] would you be amenable to putting
that into the documents?
[3:33:10] >> yes, sir.
>> no short-term rentals?
[3:33:15] >> none whatsoever.
>> that would stand up, council?
[3:33:19] >> it is actually in our code it
is not allowed in multifamily.
[3:33:26] 124.15.
Yes.
[3:33:27] >> okay.
Thank you.
[3:33:29] that's all, mayor.
>> mayor: I'll go back around
[3:33:33] One more time.
Commissioner jaffe.
[3:33:35] >> thank you.
I think whenever a development
[3:33:37] is presented before us in the
community everybody looks at two
[3:33:41] Things, schools and traffic.
Mr. Hickey, schools, the
[3:33:46] elementary school that this
development is zoned for is --
[3:33:49] >> eagle point.
>> and what is the level of
[3:33:51] Service capacity at eagle point?
>> per the analysis we have
[3:33:59] here, it is 89.9.
>> okay.
[3:34:02] So you have 10% available
capacity for these students to
[3:34:06] go to the number one awarded
school in the state of florida?
[3:34:10] >> correct.
>> traffic.
[3:34:15] I think, I don't know if he is
still here, the gentleman who is
[3:34:20] The community development
district chair for botanical.
[3:34:23] oh, he is still here.
I commend you for coming and
[3:34:29] speaking out specifically on the
traffic issue, but I will say it
[3:34:34] Is ironic, well, ironic is not a
good term.
[3:34:38] I think it is unfortunate you,
as the chairperson of the
[3:34:42] Community development district
cannot come and speak out
[3:34:46] against any development at the
bonaventure resort property
[3:34:51] Because of the covenants that
are in your declarations that
[3:34:55] there is a legal jeopardy for
property owners from botanical
[3:34:59] to come out and speak on the old
bonaventure resort.
[3:35:04] I have to tell you, I think if I
were you, I would try to get
[3:35:09] your covenants changed before
something comes before us again.
[3:35:14] That project is six times the
last iter ration I voted down,
[3:35:20] It is six times the size of what
this proposal is tonight.
[3:35:24] so that is something to be aware
of.
[3:35:26] I do commend you for coming
here.
[3:35:28] I would like to see your
attorney and hoa change those
[3:35:34] Documents so your residents can
speak freely without legal
[3:35:39] jeopardy as well as other
bonaventure residents can do
[3:35:41] That.
I think that is really important
[3:35:43] to follow through in the future
for you.
[3:35:49] thank you.
>> mayor: commissioner
[3:35:51] Molina-macfie.
>> they, mayor.
[3:35:53] I want to go back to rentals.
I rushed through my questions
[3:35:58] really fast.
A woman brought up the fact of
[3:36:01] Corporate rentals.
Sounds very obscure, but not in
[3:36:07] weston.
A period of time a lot of
[3:36:10] Associations had rental
companies come in and purchase
[3:36:14] bulk amounts of homes and used
them for rental properties.
[3:36:18] but those were in associations
that have lower maintenance
[3:36:21] Fees.
I don't know what you are
[3:36:23] starting your maintenance fees
at.
[3:36:26] what do your covenants or do you
have any idea yet what that will
[3:36:31] State regarding restriction on
corporate ownership?
[3:36:45] We do have associations that
have included those restrictions
[3:36:52] On the limit of rentals.
Since you are going to have on
[3:36:58] site management --
>> commissioner, I think that
[3:37:00] You may have a few questions in
your question, in your single
[3:37:10] Question.
And I may need a minute just to
[3:37:15] caucus to be able to speak
intelligently to the two or
[3:37:19] three questions that you raised.
>> not a problem.
[3:37:22] >> IS THAT POSSIBLE MR. CITY
ATTORNEY?
[3:37:32] OKAY.
>> COMMISSIONER, IT IS
[3:38:31] Complicated for a number of
reasons.
[3:38:34] and we are seeing more of this
today maybe than before where
[3:38:39] families, in effect, are forming
a corporation to buy a home.
[3:38:43] Whether it is a trust, whether
it is an llc and we are not sure
[3:38:50] If we can legally prohibit that
as a offering to a buyer.
[3:38:58] we're not sure that we can do
that.
[3:39:01] What we can tell you -- what we
can tell you is that we
[3:39:09] certainly want to sell these
homes and for families to move
[3:39:13] HOMES, WHETHER IT IS
A FAMILY OF ONE, FAMILY OF TWO
[3:39:21] Or family of three.
That is what we do want.
[3:39:23] we are building not a building.
We are building a community.
[3:39:27] that being said, maybe we can
have a restriction in terms of x
[3:39:35] Amount of time before any buyer
would then be able to rent their
[3:39:45] Home for an extended period of
time.
[3:39:48] those are things we haven't
worked out and I don't believe,
[3:39:54] Candidly, we are prepared
tonight to negotiate that
[3:39:57] because we just don't know.
It turns out some of the impacts
[3:40:03] In terms of fair housing and
things of that nature.
[3:40:10] So other than we hear clearly
that we were making an absolute
[3:40:21] Commitment to a condominium
product that is going to be for
[3:40:23] sale and not that we're going to
convert that to a rental
[3:40:30] Product.
We can give you that commitment.
[3:40:33] us tonight for sure.
Absolutely.
[3:40:35] but in terms of your concern for
what could happen in the future,
[3:40:44] We're not really prepared to
give you detail other than to
[3:40:50] Tell you that short-term, as you
heard, our code won't allow it
[3:40:54] anyway.
But that is not our intent
[3:40:56] either, to allow any type of
short-term rental.
[3:41:00] And we would always intend to
meet all the code requirements
[3:41:08] that were effective today for
sure.
[3:41:13] I'm not sure that I'm answering
your question the way you want
[3:41:16] it answered, but I'm being as
transparent and candidly as
[3:41:21] Honest as I can tonight.
>> you've actually answered part
[3:41:25] of it, which is helpful, which
is a limitation on holding the
[3:41:30] Property before being able to
rent it which would also
[3:41:35] discourage corporate ownership.
Yeah.
[3:41:36] we do have associations that
have no corporate ownership, but
[3:41:41] They still have trusts.
So I'm not sure legally where it
[3:41:46] fits for a condo, but I know it
works in an hoa.
[3:41:52] Last of my questions and
statement I have.
[3:41:54] I lived directly behind this
property for eight years,
[3:41:57] approximately eight years.
This property is blighted.
[3:42:00] We had to call the police
numerous times.
[3:42:03] it's pretty much what looks like
an abandoned facility trailer.
[3:42:11] There's graffiti at any number
or any day you could show up to
[3:42:16] that property and there is
garbage.
[3:42:18] I have had to call the city
manager numerous times who has
[3:42:24] To call the owners of the
property to notice them or work
[3:42:31] To get it taken care of and we
have teenagers in there doing
[3:42:39] donuts.
We have music all hours of the
[3:42:44] Night.
I can't stress enough how
[3:42:47] something being put there, and
again, right plo -- project,
[3:42:54] Right place in bonaventure.
This looks to me right project
[3:42:58] in the right place for all the
reasons.
[3:43:03] It is horrible looking right
now.
[3:43:05] it can only enhance property
values.
[3:43:07] it can only enhance safeties for
the neighbors and for the
[3:43:12] Property itself.
So want to leave you with that
[3:43:13] thought.
>> mayor: did either of you want
[3:43:20] To say anything additional?
You do?
[3:43:23] go ahead.
>> yeah.
[3:43:25] just very quickly mr. Sinolofsky
made a reference to the property
[3:43:31] Of, I don't remember exactly
what it was, undernourished or
[3:43:38] something like that.
It actually as commissioner
[3:43:41] Molina-macfie said, it is a
disgrace.
[3:43:44] doors, windows are boarded up.
The boards have been taken off
[3:43:48] and replaced.
Windows have been broken out.
[3:43:51] There is siding that has fallen
off the buildings, completely
[3:43:57] overgrown, parking lot is all
pitted and torn up.
[3:44:01] It is a blight in the
neighborhood.
[3:44:03] it absolutely is.
>> mayor: okay.
[3:44:07] I think we've finished with
comments.
[3:44:10] I will just kind of provide a
few summaries.
[3:44:13] one, thank you that it is a for
sale and not a for rent
[3:44:16] property.
I think, again, as has been
[3:44:19] stated, that can only enhance.
It is a blighted property and in
[3:44:24] Truth, I'm reminded what mr.
Decker always says as well.
[3:44:29] is that you own -- there is
ownership of the property.
[3:44:33] The city doesn't own it.
What we can do is best identify
[3:44:40] Those people complementary of
the culture and climate of our
[3:44:45] community.
People want to preserve green
[3:44:46] spaces.
This is not a green space.
[3:44:47] this is a blighted space.
That is why when the alf came in
[3:44:52] We thought, hey, that is a
much-needed thing.
[3:44:56] again, this is an area that, I
think it is going to be
[3:45:00] OBVIOUSLY EVERYTHING THAT YOU
MANNY.
[3:45:10] It is upper scale and you have
brought the right people to the
[3:45:14] city of weston.
Again, areas in bonaventure, the
[3:45:19] older portion of our community
in the city of weston are in for
[3:45:23] Redevelopment.
So these refreshes and
[3:45:25] everything that we are going
through, of course, it is
[3:45:28] welcome.
So we keep talking about the
[3:45:30] Schools.
I happen to actually sit now on
[3:45:33] a task force with the school for
the facilities.
[3:45:35] and while we've lost about, I
want to say 31,000.
[3:45:41] We've seen a steep decline for
five years in broward county
[3:45:46] public schools.
It has not been as impactful
[3:45:49] here in the city of weston.
I did look at western high
[3:45:52] School, where the children would
go.
[3:45:54] they are significantly under
capacity of all the high schools
[3:45:59] that aren't closing.
We are under capacity at cyprus
[3:46:04] Bay as well.
I know we are close to capacity,
[3:46:07] none of the schools in the city
of weston are currently at
[3:46:11] Capacity.
I will tell you this, though, if
[3:46:13] you are looking for a traffic
study, don't ever go near one of
[3:46:19] our schools near dropoff or pick
up.
[3:46:27] THOSE BUILDINGS WERE RAZED IN
2021.
[3:46:31] We have enjoyed no traffic in
that area.
[3:46:34] I'm reminded that bonaventure
resort and spa had 501 hotel
[3:46:40] Rooms and suites.
Additionally they had a 60,000
[3:46:45] square foot conference center.
Many of us attended events
[3:46:49] frequently and it could hold
1,200 people arriving at the
[3:46:53] Same time and leaving at the
same time.
[3:46:55] we had additional parking, we
had valet.
[3:46:59] this is before we were doing
uber and lyft.
[3:47:03] I will tell you, so the
community in bonaventure, I
[3:47:08] understand the impact of the
traffic and everything, but we
[3:47:10] Have enjoyed this reprieve of
not having the bonaventure
[3:47:15] resort and spa there.
I think 132 units and what we
[3:47:18] are talking about, I have no
other further comments other
[3:47:22] Than I am concerned about the
individual that brought up about
[3:47:28] parking over into those areas.
Again, that is something I think
[3:47:32] That mr. Zanalosky has been kind
enough to say anybody can reach
[3:47:39] out to him as his project goes
forward.
[3:47:43] Additional, everything we were
talking about, landscaping.
[3:47:46] typically these groups,
actually, they take out the
[3:47:50] Invasive species and put in
trees that are on our laundry
[3:47:55] list of tree appropriate to put
in there and conducive to our
[3:47:58] environment.
So that will all be addressed.
[3:48:02] There will probably be more
trees currently than that there
[3:48:05] are now and well maintained.
I don't have much other to say
[3:48:10] Except for I think it was
brought up about -- parking
[3:48:13] garages are not for storage.
Please come to my neighborhood
[3:48:20] And tell me they are supposed to
be putting their cars in the
[3:48:27] garage and not use them as
storage.
[3:48:29] I don't know how you are going
to manage that.
[3:48:31] Parking is the biggest nightmare
in every neighborhood.
[3:48:35] so I don't know how anybody is
going handle holiday parties.
[3:48:40] Come on christmas eve.
I would say come on any of our
[3:48:43] holidays, christian and jewish
holidays.
[3:48:46] you can't get near anybody's
house.
[3:48:47] so good luck with the -- I do
like the idea that there is
[3:48:52] Onsite management because it is
the investment and shows you are
[3:48:56] demonstrating your investment in
the community that you are
[3:48:59] developing.
I have no further comments.
[3:49:00] What I'm going to do now --
>> mayor, I have one more
[3:49:04] important fact that the dais
needs to hear.
[3:49:08] >> mayor: okay.
>> the bonaventure town center
[3:49:14] Is a private club.
We have 500 additional spots
[3:49:18] left.
They can only be used by
[3:49:20] Properties in bonaventure.
It serves the bonaventure town
[3:49:28] center club to fill those spots.
As an entire association, we
[3:49:33] Can't piecemeal a home from one
location, a home from another
[3:49:37] location.
This would be beneficial to the
[3:49:40] Bonaventure town center club as
an entire association.
[3:49:43] >> mayor: thank you very much.
We are at 10:49.
[3:49:47] we have a hard stop at 11:00.
Thank you.
[3:49:51] WHAT I'M GOING TO DO NOW IS READ
EACH AGENDA ITEM.
[3:50:00] >> you don't have to read the
titles again.
[3:50:05] >> no.
>> I'm going to do each agenda
[3:50:10] Item.
Okay.
[3:50:11] do I have a motion on item no.
10?
[3:50:14] >> so moved.
>> second.
[3:50:17] >> moved by commissioner
molina-macfie and commish
[3:50:23] ANDRADE.
[ TAKING ROLL ]
[3:50:29] >> DO I HAVE A MOTION --
>> SO MOVED.
[3:50:32] >> second.
>> you are not helping when you
[3:50:36] go so fast.
Commissioner andrade made the
[3:50:43] Motion,
>> commissioner andrade.
[3:50:45] >> yes.
>> commissioner molina-macfie
[3:50:48] >> yes.
>> commissioner jaffe.
[3:50:52] >> YES.
>> MAY I HAVE A MOTION ON NUMBER
[3:50:57] 12.
>> ANDRADE.
[3:51:00] >> yes.
>> molina-macfie.
[3:51:04] >> yes.
>> mead.
[3:51:07] >> yes.
>> moved by molina-macfie.
[3:51:15] COMMISSIONER ANDRE MOREAU.
COMMISSIONER MEAD.
[3:51:21] Commissioner molina-macfie.
Commissioner andrade.
[3:51:26] madam clerk.
>> commissioner andrade, vice
[3:51:30] Mayor mead, commissioner
molina-macfie.
[3:51:34] commissioner jaffe mayor broen.
>> motion on item 17.
[3:51:37] >> so moved.
>> second.
[3:51:41] Commissioner andrade.
>> yes.
[3:51:43] >> vice mayor mead.
>> yes.
[3:51:45] >> commissioner molina-macfie.
>> yes.
[3:51:47] >> commissioner jaffe.
>> yes.
[3:51:49] >> mayor brown.
>> item number 16.
[3:51:51] >> SO MOVED.
>> SECOND.
[3:51:59] COMMISSIONER ANDRADE.
>> YES.
[3:52:01] >> vice mayor mead.
>> yes.
[3:52:03] >> commissioner molina-macfie
>> yes.
[3:52:05] >> commissioner jaffe.
>> yes.
[3:52:06] >> mayor brown.
>> yes.
[3:52:08] >> I tem number 17.
>> so moved.
[3:52:13] >> second.
Commissioner andrade.
[3:52:15] >> yes.
>> vice mayor mead.
[3:52:17] >> yes.
>> commissioner molina-macfie.
[3:52:19] >> yes.
>> commissioner jaffe.
[3:52:21] >> mayor brown.
>> yes.
[3:52:22] >> this is the end of the quasi
judicial hearing.
[3:52:39] ITEM 18.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY
[3:52:41] Commission of the city of
weston, florida, amending the
[3:52:44] code of ordinances of the
city -- planting requirements,
[3:52:51] And provided for an effective
data.
[3:52:53] this is the second and final
hearing.
[3:52:55] are there any members of the
public that would like to speak
[3:52:58] on this agenda item.
Are there any hands raised
[3:53:01] Online?
Seeing none, it is now close,
[3:53:05] the public hearing.
Motion and second.
[3:53:06] >> so moved.
>> second.
[3:53:08] >> moved by commissioner
andrade, second.
[3:53:14] Commissioner jaffe,
>> nothing.
[3:53:15] >> commissioner molina-macfie.
>> nothing.
[3:53:18] >> commissioner andrade
>> nothing.
[3:53:21] >> vice mayor mead.
>> nothing
[3:53:23] >> I have nothing.
Commissioner andrade.
[3:53:26] >> yes.
Vice mayor mead.
[3:53:27] >> yes.
>> commissioner molina-macfie.
[3:53:31] >> yes.
>> commissioner jaf ji.
[3:53:33] >> mayor brown.
>> yes.
[3:53:35] >> and with that, this meeting
is adjourned.