On June 10, 2025, the City of Hollywood Planning and Development Board held a meeting covering nine agenda items, including variances, design and site plan approvals, and a text amendment regarding domestic chickens. The board approved most items unanimously, continued one item, and denied a text amendment.
Good evening, everyone. Thank you for coming tonight to the City of Hollywood Planning and Development Board meeting for June 10th, 2025. We begin all of our meetings with a pledge of allegiance, so I'm going to ask everyone to please rise. Thank you. Steven Morales. Tara Jafarmadar. Robert Vargas. Bob Gligman. Here. We have a quorum, so thank you. Um, I am going to take a moment of privilege. This is my last board meeting. I've been serving on this board for approximately eight years of last few years as a chair. And I can tell you how humbling I am to have been sitting here with the professional people on my left and on my right, and all my previous boards. I said to the city commission the other day that I think that this is the most educated and the best prepared planning and development team that the city has seen, at least since I've been here, and I'm proud. Unfortunately, I'm leaving, so I won't be able to work with them anymore, but I will be watching all the good things that I know will happen as a result. So with without that, and I thank all of you, you've all been great. I told the city commission that each of you bring something special to the agendas for the input for our decision making because of who you are, your professions, and what you know and your experts' opinions. And I thank all of you. And I think we've done a great job as we drive around the city. I think we all deserve of applause. Anyway, having said that, uh, we're ready to continue. We've got a long agenda tonight. I will try to keep it rolling for all of us, so we won't be here forever tonight. So first we will start with any additions, deletions, or withdrawals for tonight's items. Chair, the um the only withdrawal and not necessarily withdrawal is going to be item number 10. Um this has to deal with the diplomat activity center. The applicant is requesting a continuance to date and time uncertain so that they can work with the community through some of their issues. Okay, fine. So can we have a motion to continue that item? Madam Chair, I'll make a motion to continue file number 25-L-15. Second. We have a motion and second to continue this item. All in favor? Aye. Aye. Any opposed? Okay, that is continued time uncertain at this moment. So now we'll go to city attorney announcements, please. Good evening. Yes, I will read the quasi-judicial proceedings into the record. Florida courts have determined that there are certain types of matters, including items one through eight, uh, ten being withdrawn, or excuse me, continued, not withdrawn, on today's agenda, which are to be treated differently than other issues considered by the board. Most decisions of the board are legislative in nature, which is item number nine, which means that the board is acting as a policy-making body. In contrast, in quasi-judicial matters, the board is applying existing rules and policies to a particular factual situation and is therefore acting like a judge or jury in a courtroom. In such cases, the courts have decided that due process and fundamental fairness requires that more formal procedures be followed. Therefore, in quasi-judicial matters, all witnesses are sworn in and subject to cross-examination by the parties. In addition, the decision of the board must be supported by competent and substantial evidence presented at the hearing. However, here in Hollywood, we have adopted a rule allowing for waiver of the quasi-judicial formalities. Waiver can only occur if agreed to by staff, the applicant, and any member of the public who is present. So, madam chair, if you would inquire if there's anyone who objects to waiving the quasi-judicial formalities when you call your item.