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Deputy City Manager Maxine Calloway presented changes made since the first reading, including a list of neighborhoods proposed for enforcement, and a revision that allows the commission, by majority vote, to add or remove neighborhoods from the list. Calloway said staff added language to allow the city manager or designee to manage signage, an application process and fee schedule for decal issuance so the program can offset administrative costs.

Commission debate focused on the decal program’s duration, transferability and how to protect neighborhoods that specifically prohibit on-street parking. Commissioner Crystal Patterson, who requested the program change, pressed for a short-term decal limit to avoid creating permanent on-street parking rights in neighborhoods that sought restrictions. After back-and-forth about enforcement mechanics, Commissioner Patterson offered a friendly amendment limiting decals to 14 days within a 30-day period and to one decal per household when space is available; the commission accepted that amendment.

Commissioner Debra Bolton and others asked for additional clarifications — including whether associations and existing city-enforced agreements would be grandfathered — and staff said existing agreements the city approved in prior years would be honored. Several commissioners emphasized that the decal process is intended to be discretionary, subject to safety reviews (for example, ensuring emergency vehicles would not be blocked), and administered so signage and application fees support enforcement.

Maxine Calloway said the policy also includes a 6-month public-education period before enforcement begins. The commission approved the ordinance as amended; Mayor Gomez dissented, saying she had concerns about political influence and the breadth of exceptions.

The ordinance and attached parking policy will be implemented through city code enforcement and the manager’s office; staff said they would return to confirm details and clarify language around short-term versus long-term decals and how homeowner associations' rules interact with city enforcement.

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City staff said the charges arose from annual “true up” usage invoices and smaller purchases during the year under the city's Microsoft Enterprise Agreement, which the CIO said the city has run since about 2010. James Quigga, the city’s chief information officer, told the commission: “An enterprise agreement is a 3 year agreement with Microsoft that helps us ensure the best pricing available.” He described the $217,000 annual base cost for the enterprise agreement and said additional true-up and product purchases pushed vendor spending above the city manager’s spending threshold.

The purchase before the commission combined a $74,742.02 invoice the staff asked the body to ratify and an immediate invoice of $6,580.68. City staff asked the commission to authorize a small additional contingency (about $8,000) to capture any further September invoices; commissioners accepted a friendly amendment raising the authorization to $90,000 total. Commissioner Crystal Patterson moved the action; Vice Mayor Daniel seconded it, and the vote was recorded as yes from all five commissioners.

The discussion focused on procurement procedures and the city’s relationship with SHI. Staff explained SHI is a reseller designated on a State of Florida contract used to purchase Microsoft licenses under a state contract (often called a “piggyback” on the state contract). Commissioner Debra Bolton pressed staff for backup documentation, quotes, and the history of expenditures with SHI; staff said the Microsoft license agreement itself is with Microsoft and SHI acts as the reseller/agent under the state contract, and that prior spending sometimes was handled via the enterprise agreement and sometimes via SHI invoices for other smaller items. Finance staff reported the city had spent about $290,222.80 with SHI since 2024, with the three-year enterprise agreement costing roughly $217,000 per year.

Commissioners also questioned whether the city’s interlocal IT services agreement with Southwest Ranches — which shares the Microsoft licensing costs with a markup — was being reviewed and whether the ILA should be re-examined. City staff said the interlocal remains under annual review as a performance measure and that Southwest Ranches is billed for its actual license usage plus a 15% markup.

City Attorney and staff advised that piggybacking off an authorized state contract is permissible in Florida procurement and that the issue before the commission was ratifying expenditures that exceeded the city manager’s spending threshold. The commission’s action was limited to the ratification and authorization of the specified amount; no new multi-year contract was before the commission.

Commissioners requested clearer backups on future consent items and asked that staff provide detailed vendor quotes and the procurement history in future materials. The manager and CIO said they would return more detail in future agenda materials and continue to coordinate with purchasing and finance to reduce unplanned true-up risk.

The commission’s vote concluded the item. Staff and the commissioning members said they would provide additional documentation in follow-up and review the ILA with Southwest Ranches and procurement practices.

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At the meeting’s start the city attorney reported being introduced by a federal lobbyist to a New York law firm that is asking municipalities to participate in a class action alleging inflated prices for PVC pipe sold to governments and private parties. The attorney said the city would have an opportunity to participate and that doing so could lead to recovery of economic damages “without any cost to the city.” The city attorney requested the commission’s consent for staff to investigate that possibility.

Commissioners gave unanimous consent on the record (no formal motion), with Commissioner Patterson, Commissioner Wright, Vice Mayor Daniel, Commissioner Bolton and Mayor Michelle J. Gomez recorded as consenting. The attorney said the item was fresh and staff would follow up with details and any required formal approvals if participation were recommended.

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Christina Malenki, the applicant’s agent, presented the plan on behalf of the developer and described the project as eight two-story buildings totaling 50 units (three- and four-bedroom mixes), 125 parking spaces (2.5 spaces per unit) and amenity space including a pool and cabana near a reconfigured lake. Malenki said the townhouses meet setbacks and development standards and that the project reduces potential nuisances compared with previously proposed commercial development on the parcel. She said the design went through multiple reviews with city architectural staff and emphasized landscaping, a continuous buffer hedge along the southern property line, and extension of the city’s wall and signage.

Planning staff had recommended approval. During public comment, residents of adjacent Woodmont and Lakewood expressed concerns about wildlife relocation, trespassing in the broader Woodmont area, landscape buffering and parking impacts. Resident Ronald Jay Wasserman, whose property adjoins the site, said the neighborhood had “too many holes in this” and urged commissioners to deny approval as presented.

In commission deliberations, Vice Mayor Daniel (whose district includes the site) urged the applicant and staff to maximize double-driveway opportunities without compromising landscape and buffer standards; commissioners asked staff to craft an explicit condition. The applicant committed to working with staff to add double driveways \"to the extent feasible\" and agreed on the record to increase the public-purpose payment from the staff-recommended $1,000 per unit to $2,500 per unit, which the city indicated would be used for citywide public-purpose housing or related assistance programs. The applicant also committed to relocating or reconstructing the city’s “Welcome to Tamarac” sign as part of right-of-way improvements.

The item was moved by Commissioner Bolton and seconded by Commissioner Wright; the motion passed 4-1 with Mayor Michelle J. Gomez voting no. The approval included 12 staff conditions with the two amendments noted on the record (the higher public-purpose contribution and a new condition directing pursuit of additional parking where it does not cause variances). Staff said payment of the contribution will be made at or shortly after closing (applicant cited a 60-day window after closing) and that the funds will be available for city-administered public-purpose housing or neighborhood assistance programs subject to normal city processes.

Commissioners also asked staff to confirm details about how the new lake configuration, perimeter wall and landscape buffers will limit trespass and to confirm animal relocation steps required during permitting. The applicant said it had conducted multiple design reviews with city architects and would continue outreach to local contractors for construction bids.

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