areas, if I'm correct. Sort of broadly categorizing those. So my question, I guess, for you to all bear in mind is with the redevelopment sites like the Broward Mall parking, if that space is, which by the way, I really loved Mr. Alpern's presentation and the environmental concerns that you brought forth were very good and I think hit the key points that should be concerns for the environment. So if that space is converted to something, say affordable housing, that won't necessarily resolve the issue of the drainage unless there's some kind of ordinance or guidelines to how much needs to be allocated for green space or appropriate drainage. It's not necessarily making it green to bring more people into the city either. So it's sort of shifting the issues environmentally from one to another. And then for the new development sites, if we basically remove the parking requirements, making it easier for developers to calm, developed, cheaper, faster, and maybe, you know, in less space than they would have, could we then have some kind of ordinance or criteria that they have to take that place that would have been parking and make it green? Or are we just allowing them to take up less space so that another developer can come, but right up against them and so forth? So those are just food for thought. Thank you. I think one of the byproducts is that there would be more green, less variances for removing the green, more pervious areas, which would also help the drainage and all that stuff. So, Bush. Cynthia Bush, Plantation Midtown Advisory Board, and also resident of the Midtown District. So, this is, I think, a very timely conversation, particularly in the context of many things that we've been having, conversations we've been having about the Midtown District and the properties that have been developed are in the process of being redeveloped, or we hope will be in the process of being redeveloped, like the Broward Mall. And so, as somebody who actually lives and gets around that area in many different ways, I think this parking situation is probably the first part of a much larger conversation about how we are going to take these properties and redevelop them so that we have a more sustainable urban core, which I think is what maybe we're all driving towards here with, with the beginning with the parking. I think there's a lot of issues involved with parking, and I can say, as somebody who has, who does both, that I don't think there's any property, you know, tagging onto Owen's comments, that there's always available parking in plantation. I don't care what property you're on. And I think that one of the biggest issues is that once you park, how do you get around in these areas without having to move your car? I think that that would be a big step towards, right, as part of your parking plan, is to think about what, how we're going to improve to just mobility within the area itself. I would love to walk to Target. I hate driving to that Target. It's only a quarter of a mile from my apartment, but it just isn't set up so that I can do that. And I want there to be parking places for the families who live in the neighborhoods who have to drive because they can't walk to the Target. It makes sense. And if you're filling your car with stuff, right, you're not going to want to take public transportation. So, you know, it's as we develop these properties and people are moving in here and people are moving around in here who live here, or maybe they're coming for the day, how do we take this parking ordinance and variances and then also put it back on the developers to create properties that are sustainable and that we can put into some sort of urban plan that can help us move around. So I don't also, so I don't have to drive to the taco craft. I would love that one too. So just to be clear, okay. And I don't like the parking there. I agree with you. And I think that's pretty much my comment. And I think also environmentally, of course, that would be the most important thing too. Improving the drainage in the district would be really important. Creating green spaces for water to go, creating green spaces for people to walk through the district would be really helpful. And I think would make the properties just desirable in themselves. And it would just be a natural to make really valuable and places where people want to go and be. Thanks. You look at that overhead of Broward Mall and that's, it's not appealing. That could be really plush. Like that's a, Mr. Mayor. Just before you close down, and I think I'm speaking on behalf of you all. I can't tell you how grateful we are to all of you who serve on advisory boards that put in the time. You're working, you're working for free. You're doing this because you care about it. My, my suggestion is if, if you're, if you feel like you're over communicating with your council person, you're doing it about right. Because we do want to hear from you. So thank you all again. That's, that's all I got to say. Councilmember Horland. Thank you, Mr. President. Just a quick comment to Ms. Bush. We had a conversation at our last meeting and we're going out to bid on microtransit within the district. So I think it is, you know, to Ms. Berger's point, not everyone, our goal is to get as many people out of their cars as possible. But it's not feasible to think that we're going to get everybody out of their cars. And we can't do that. So improving that mobility and that connectivity in there, I think it's a goal of all of ours. So I think I'd like to ask Mr. Alpert about next steps. And you are seeking some feedback from us about reducing or eliminating the parking requirements. So I'd like to hear more from you on that. Well, first of all, I'd like to say that the comments are well taken. It's all about balance, the proper balance. Yeah. And the answer to, I believe Dr. Peach's question was, no, it would not be to allow for more development, less parking. It would be to have more green spaces, more pedestrian amenities and so forth. There's a cost to putting that parking in. Yes, yes. And then that helps with everything else. Right. So next steps. Yes, we would like your feedback on the direction to take. There's obviously many different possibilities that you, we could go so that we can finalize the ordinance. And then we'd like to take the ordinance, draft ordinance back to the different boards and committees that were invited here for their feedback before it comes to city council. And if I might just comment, as we're looking toward the future and not so much about the parking minimum requirements, but I think we need to take a look at where some of these newer implementations are working well. And I think if you take a look at 82nd Street, and I've made this comment to several people, I think that's where the midtown concept has been executed well. And if you look at an apartment complex like the Remy, who's sharing that parking garage, it's shared parking, which is in our backup material. It's shared with the office building and it works quite well. And they've got street parking there. The walkability is great over there. You can walk to the public's, you can walk over to Plantation Walk. And again, we're trying to retrofit, but that is, I think, where it's been very well executed. And we've talked about parking garages as well in the past about making those more adaptable so that they can be converted if we need to and make sure that it has that high floor to ceiling ratio. So I think those are things that we all need to take into consideration. And I did a lot of research around the city, taking pictures, looking at sites day and night, and Danny had to hold me back from flooding you with pictures. But I think some of the people in the audience that spoke can attest to a lot of what we had proposed. Okay, thank you. I believe that's it. So with that, we'll adjourn the workshop at 7.06. Thanks. We're going to, as soon as Ms. Begaro is ready, we're going to go right into the CRA. She's ready. Don't go anywhere. Good evening and welcome. The Wednesday, March 6, 2024 City Plantation CRA meeting is now called to order at 7.06. Ms. Begaro, please call the roll. Commissioner Anderson. Here. Commissioner Andreu. Here. Commissioner Fajan. Here. Commissioner Horland. Here. Commissioner Reinstein. Here. Commissioner Sortel. Here. City Attorney Hasrall. Here. Thank you. Thank you. The consent agenda consists of items one through two and may be approved with one motion. Does any member of the commission wish to pull an item? If you're not seeing anybody turned in anything from the public, is there anybody in the chamber that would like to pull an item? I don't see anybody. Ms. Begaro, please call the roll. Can I have a motion? Motion to approve. Second. Ms. Begaro, please call the roll. Who is the second? Council Member Anderson. Thank you. Thank you. Commissioner Anderson. Yes. Commissioner Andreu. Yes. Commissioner Fajan. Yes. Commissioner Horland. Yes. Commissioner Reinstein. Yes. Commissioner Sorrell. Yes. Thank you. Okay. I believe Mr. Conklin, did you want to speak for the CRA? Going once. I don't see him. Did he turn a slip in? Yeah. Okay. Did anybody want to speak public comment for the CRA? Dennis? Okay. Public comments closed. With that, the meeting's adjourned at 7.08. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know.