>> MAYOR: GOOD EVENING. WELCOME TO THE CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH CITY COMMISSION MEETING. TODAY IS TUESDAY APRIL 1st, 2025. THE TIME IS 6:00 P.M. WE WILL TURN TO THE CITY CLERK FOR ROLL CALL. >> MAYOR SHELTON.
>> MAYOR: PRESENT. >> VICE MAYOR HAY. >> PRESENT. >> COMMISSIONER CRUZ IS ABSENT. COMMISSIONER TURKIN. >> PRESENT. >> COMMISSIONER KELLEY. >> HERE. >> MAYOR, YOU HAVE A QUORUM. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU, MAYLEE. OUR INVOCATION WILL BE BY VICE
MAYOR HAY FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE LED BY COMMISSIONER TURKIN. LET'S ALL STAND FOR THE INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. >> HEAVENLY FATHER, WE COME BEFORE YOU WITH GRATEFUL HEARTS AND THANKING YOU FOR ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE THIS GREAT
CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH. WE ACKNOWLEDGE YOUR PRESENCE, WISDOM, JUSTICE AND MERCY AS WE ASK FOR YOUR PRESENCE IN THIS MEETING HERE TONIGHT. BEING THE CENTER OF EVERY DECISION THAT WE MAKE. LORD, BLESS OUR CITY LEADERS WITH DISCERNMENT, PATIENCE AND
INTEGRITY AS WE MAKE DECISIONS THAT IMPACT OUR COMMUNITY LET OUR DECISIONS BE GUIDED BY FAIRNESS AND UNITY AND A SHARED COMMITMENT TO THE WELL-BEING OF ALL OUR RESIDENTS.
GRANT US WISDOM TO SEEK THE BEST FOR EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD, EVERY FAMILY, AND EVERY INDIVIDUAL IN THIS GREAT CITY. WE ALSO LIFT UP THOSE WHO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY, OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, OUR EDUCATORS,
BUSINESS OWNERS, AND ALL WHO MAKE BOYNTON BEACH A THRIVING AND COMPASSIONATE PLACE TO LIVE. MAY YOUR PRESENCE REST UPON OUR CITY AND MAY WE WORK TOGETHER IN HARMONY AND RESPECT. LORD, LET JUSTICE, KINDNESS AND
HUMILITY BE THE FOUNDATION OF ALL OF OUR WORK HERE TONIGHT. WE ASK ALL OF THIS IN THE MIGHTY NAME OF JESUS THE CHRIST WE DO PRAY AND ASK IT ALL, LET EVERY HEART SAY AMEN. >> Group: AMEN.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU, EVERYONE. WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO THE
AGENDA APPROVAL, ADDITIONS, DELETIONS, CORRECTIONS. LET'S BEGIN TO THE LEFT WITH COMMISSIONER TURKIN. IF YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONS, DELETIONS, CORRECTIONS. >> THANK YOU, MAYOR. THE ONLY THING IS JUST A REFRESH FROM OUR AGENDA WORKSHOP IN
REGARDS TO THE JOINT MEETING WITH THE CRA. THE CITY ATTORNEY ADVISED I BRING THIS UP AGAIN THIS THIS FORUM ALONG WITH THE CODE OVERHAUL. AND THEN I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF UPDATE REQUESTS FROM STAFF
REGARDING THE TOWN SQUARE INVESTIGATION. I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHERE WE ARE AT AND WHEN THAT'S GOING TO COME BEFORE US. AND ALSO WHERE WE'RE AT IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE STATE GOVERNMENT IN REFERENCE TO 287G. I THINK WE NEED TO GET IN COMPLIANCE WITH THAT. THE LAST THING WE WANT IS TO
LOSE ANY STATE OR FEDERAL FUNDING FOR GRANTS. AND SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE GETTING AHEAD OF THIS. THE OTHER THING IS NLC, THE CONFERENCE, THE ANNUAL
CONFERENCE IN NOVEMBER. I WANT TO GET A CONSENSUS FROM MY COLLEAGUES WE CAN START BOOKING THAT REGISTRATION. THE EARLY BIRD IS IN MAY SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT WAITING TOO LATE FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO GO.
THEN I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO ANDREW AND ADAM FOR MEETING WITH THE SAVE ANDREWS COMMITTEE TONIGHT WITH TIM AND BRINGING EVERYONE TO THE TABLE. THAT WAY THERE'S NO LOSS IN COMMUNICATION. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU. AND COMMISSIONER KELLEY. >> THANK YOU.
COMMISSIONER TURKIN, I SUPPORT ALL THE THINGS THAT YOU SAID. SO I DON'T KNOW IF STAFF HAS ENOUGH INFORMATION TO PUT THAT ON OR IF WE NEED TO GET A CONSENSUS AS FAR AS WHAT THE
ITEMS ARE THAT YOU ARE WANTING TO ADD TO FUTURE. IT LOOKS LIKE SHAWNA -- >> WITH THE REQUEST FOR THE JOINT MEETING, IT IS ON F. I AM WORKING WITH THE POLICE CHIEF ON THE MUTUAL AID AGREEMENT.
WE SHOULD HAVE AN UPDATE ON THAT AT THE NEXT COMMISSION MEETING ON APRIL 15th. I'M SORRY. WITH REGARD TO THE TOWN SQUARE, UNFORTUNATELY WE HAVE HAD TO DELAY COMING OUT WITH THE REPORT
BECAUSE WE STILL ARE IN LITIGATION WITH THEM. WE JUST HAD OUR SIXTH MOTION TO DISMISS WITH E2L. THEY APPEALED THE FINAL ORDER OF DISMISSAL. SO AT THIS TIME, WE ARE HAVING TO WAIT BEFORE PAM CAN COME. PAM IS DONE, BUT WE NEED TO HOLD
THAT RIGHT NOW BECAUSE OF THE PENDING LITIGATION. WAS THERE ANOTHER ITEM? I'M SORRY, COMMISSIONER TURKIN, THAT YOU HAD THAT I DIDN'T ADDRESS. >> NO. JUST THE JOINT MEETING. >> YEAH, THAT'S ON TODAY'S AGENDA.
THANK YOU. IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE, I BELIEVE -- >> IT'S ON TODAY'S AGENDA? >> IT IS NUMBER F ON THE REGULAR AGENDA. >> OH, PERFECT, OKAY.
AND THEN YOU WANTED TO TALK ABOUT NLC. DO YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT TODAY OR APRIL 15th? >> I THINK IT'S A QUICK CONVERSATION. I KNOW THE EARLY BIRD IS IN MAY. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE NEXT AGENDA LOOKS LIKE. IF YOU GUYS ARE OKAY, WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT TODAY THAT WAY
STAFF IS PREPARED TO MOVE FORWARD BASED ON CONSENSUS. >> SO JUST ADD IT TO 10, MAKE IT 10G TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ON PROBABLY THAT AND FLC -- YEAH, FLC-IS NOT A BAD CONVERSATION TO HAVE, TOO, WITH THOSE TWO
CONFERENCES. >> YEAH. >> MAYOR, I WOULD LIKE TO -- BECAUSE I HAVE -- BECAUSE DR. FULLER IS HERE FROM BOYNTON BEACH HIGH SCHOOL, I WANTED TO SEE IF WE COULD MOVE UP 5F, WHICH IS MY REQUEST FOR COMMUNITY SUPPORT FUNDS TO
BEFORE PUBLIC COMMENT. MAYBE 3E, JUST SO THAT -- YOU KNOW, TO NOT HAVE HIM SIT THROUGH MOST OF THE MEETING, THAT WOULD BE MY REQUEST IF IT'S OKAY WITH THE REST OF THE BOARD.
>> MAYOR: FINE WITH ME. >> NO OBJECTION ON MY PART. >> THANK YOU. SO THEN 3E WILL BE THE COMMUNITY SUPPORT FUNDS RIGHT BEFORE PUBLIC AUDIENCE. THANK YOU. THAT WAS MY ONLY REQUEST.
THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: I'M MOVING IT BEFORE PUBLIC AUDIENCE. VICE MAYOR HAY, DO YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONS, DELETIONS, CORRECTIONS? >> NO, MOST OF THE ITEMS THAT I WAS GOING TO MENTION HAS BEEN ALREADY ADDRESSED.
EXCEPT I DO WANT TO GIVE KUDOS TO OUR STAFF AND ESPECIALLY OUR DEPUTY CITY MANAGER ANDREW MACK FOR ATTENDING LAST NIGHT'S COMMUNITY MEETING.
IT WAS AN AWESOME TURNOUT. AND THERE WAS A LOT OF INTEREST IN HOUSE BILL 991 AND SENATE BILL 1224. THESE WERE -- WE SPENT A LOT OF
TIME ON THAT LAST NIGHT. AND I AM INTERESTED -- WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE ADDRESS THAT. AND WE WILL. I DO WANT TO SAY KUDOS TO THE
OTHER NIGHT -- WHERE WAS THAT? FRIDAY NIGHT, SATURDAY, WE HAD THE MARKETING THERE IN THE PARK. THAT WAS TREMENDOUS. I DIDN'T BUY AS MUCH AS THE REST OF THE COMMISSIONERS, BUT THEY DID HAVE A LOT FOR SALE. AND THERE WAS SOME REALLY GOOD
ITEMS. SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE OTHER THAN WHAT'S ALREADY BEEN MENTIONED. >> MAYOR: OKAY. IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE, MAY WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA? >> SO MOVED.
>> SECOND. >> MAYOR: SO VICE MAYOR HAY, YOU GAVE THE FIRST AND YOU GAVE THE SECOND. MOVE TO APPROVE THE AGENDA AS AMENDED. [AYES] >> I'M ONLINE. >> OH, HELLO. >> MAYOR: I'M LIKE WHERE IS SHE.
>> HELLO. >> WHO WAS THAT? >> MAYOR: IT'S COMMISSIONER CRUZ IS ONLINE. >> OH, OKAY. >> IF WE COULD JUST LET THE RECORD REFLECT, COMMISSIONER CRUZ WILL BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN DISCUSSION. HOWEVER, SHE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO VOTE TODAY ONLINE. BUT SHE WILL BE ABLE TO DELIBERATE AND DO ALL OF THOSE THINGS.
>> MAYOR: AND SHE'S ALLOWED TO ADD -- >> COMMENT, ALL OF THOSE THINGS, JUST NOT ANY FORMAL VOTES. >> MAYOR: SO, COMMISSIONER CRUZ, DO YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONS, DELETIONS, CORRECTIONS? WE ALREADY DID IT. >> I DID NOT, MAYOR, THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: SO WE'RE GOOD. OKAY. WE DON'T HAVE TO DO THAT ONE
AGAIN. OKAY. MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. WE MOVE ON TO INFORMATIONAL ITEMS BY THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COMMISSION. LET'S BEGIN ON THE RIGHT WITH VICE MAYOR HAY. >> NO, JUST THAT THE ACTIVITY THAT THE CRA PUT ON WAS
OUTSTANDING. AND THE COMMUNITY MEETING THAT WE HAD. SO THAT'S IT FOR ME. >> MAYOR: OKAY. >> MAYOR, I DO NOT HAVE ANY INFORMATIONAL ITEMS. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: COMMISSIONER TURKIN. >> NO, I'M GOOD. THANK YOU, MAYOR. >> MAYOR: MOVING ON, THE NEXT
ITEM IS AN UPDATE ON THE DREDGING PROJECT AT HARVEY OYER PARK. IS THERE A STAFF MEMBER THAT WILL BEGIN THE UPDATE?
ANDREW, DO YOU WANT TO INTRODUCE? >> GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY. >> GOOD EVENING.
>> MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, STAFF AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. SO TODAY WITH US FROM PALM BEACH COUNTY WE HAVE ANDY STUDT. STUDT. AND HE WILL BE TALKING TO US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE DREDGING PROJECT THAT SHOULD BE TAKING PART BEGINNING HOPEFULLY LATER
THIS MONTH HERE. SO HE HAS SOME ITEMS THAT HE'LL BE SHARING WITH US UP ON THE SCREENS AS WELL AS HE CAN ANSWER A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS FOR YOU GUYS, TOO, IF YOU HAVE ANY. ALL RIGHT. WONDERFUL. >> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR,
COMMISSIONERS. APPRECIATE YOU HAVING ME HERE. I WILL TRY TO BE AS BRIEF AS POSSIBLE WITH THIS PRESENTATION SO I WILL GIVE SOME TIME FOR QUESTIONS AT THE END. MY NAME IS ANDY STUDT. I MANAGE THE COUNTY'S COASTAL RESOURCES PROGRAM, SO THAT'S EVERYTHING FROM BEACHES AND INLETS TO DUNES. THE COUNTY MANAGES A NUMBER OF
THOSE PROJECTS DIRECTLY. WE COORDINATE WITH OTHER MUNICIPALITIES THAT MANAGE THEIR OWN PROJECTS. WE ALSO MANAGE THE SAKE LAKE WORTH INLET ALSO KNOWN AS BOYNTON INLET. I'LL DEFER TO YOU AND CALL IT THE BOYNTON INLET THIS EVENING. A CRITICAL RESOURCE HERE IN SOUTH CENTRAL COUNTY BUT
CRITICAL FOR THE COUNTY AS WELL. THE COUNTY TOOK OVER MANAGEMENT OF THIS INLET IN 1996 WHEN THE SOUTH LAKE WORTH INLET DISTRICT WAS DISSOLVED BY THE GOVERNOR. SO EVER SINCE THEN, WE HAVE HAD A HAND IN EVERYTHING TO DO WITH DREDGING, MAINTENANCE OF THE
INLET, STRUCTURES, AND THE PROJECT SOUTH OF THE OCEAN RIDGE SHORE PROTECTION PROJECT. THAT PHOTO UP THERE GIVES A GOOD DESCRIPTION OF EXACTLY WHAT THIS PROJECT IS ABOUT. I DON'T KNOW IF I HAVE A PRESENTATION OR JUST THAT. >> JUST THIS ONE FACT SHEET. >> ALL RIGHT. I'M GOING OFF A PRESENTATION I
GAVE LAST WEEK TO YOUR PARKS ADVISORY COMMITTEE. BUT JUST TO GIVE YOU A QUICK SYNOPSIS OF WHAT THIS PROJECT IS ABOUT, THE INLET IS AN UNNATURAL INLET. IT'S A MAN-MADE INLET THAT HAS STRUCTURES THAT INTERRUPT THE NATURAL FLOW OF SAND NORTH TO
SOUTH ALONG THE COASTAL LINE. BECAUSE OF THAT, EVERY SO OFTEN WE HAVE TO GO TO THE INTERIOR AREAS OF THE FLOOD SHOAL AND YOU CAN SEE IT UP THERE. THE SAND WILL BE CAPTURED AND ACCRETE IN THE AREAS. THAT'S A PROBLEM FOR NAVIGATION, FOR THE BOATS THAT WANT TO USE
THAT AREA. IT'S A PROBLEM FOR THE CITY'S OYER PARK BOAT RAMP AND INCLUDING BOYNTON BEACH OCEAN OCEANFRONT PARK. WE DO REGULAR MAINTENANCE
DREDGING. IT'S THE OLDEST ONE OPERATING OF ITS KIND IN THE WORLD INSTALLED IN 1937 ORIGINALLY THAT CONTINUOUSLY TRANSFERS SAND ACROSS THE INLET TO TRY TO MIMIC THAT NATURAL FLOW. WE STILL CAN'T CAPTURE ALL OF IT. THERE'S SAND CAPTURED IN THE INTERIOR SHOAL AREAS. WE DREDGE THE SHOAL AREAS.
WE HAVE A SAND TRAP ADJACENT TO THE INLET. TYPICALLY WHEN WE DREDGE, WE WILL PARTNER WITH THE FLORIDA INLAND NAVIGATION DISTRICT AND DREDGE THEIR CHANNEL AND ALSO PARTNER WITH THE CITY AS WE HAVE THE PAST COUPLE OF TIMES TO DREDGE THE OYER PARK CHANNEL TO
PROVIDE NAVIGATIONAL ACCESS TO THE BOAT RAMP AND RETURNS THAT GOOD BEACH SAND INTO THE SYSTEM RATHER THAN HAVING A DEFICIT LONG-TERM. AS I MENTIONED, THE LAST COUPLE OF TIMES WE HAVE DONE THIS PROJECT, WE HAVE COMBINED FORCES AND DREDGED WITH THE COUNTY MANAGING THE CONTRACT AND
PLACING THE MATERIAL FROM ALL OF THESE SEPARATE AREAS ON THE BEACH SOUTH OF THE INLET. THESE OF THOSE PERMITTING PROCESSES WERE A ONE-TIME JOB. THE REGULATORS WERE ONLY ALLOWING US TO DO THAT ONCE AND THEN SEEK APPROVAL THE NEXT TIME. SO THIS TIME AROUND, WE SOUGHT APPROVAL FOR A LONG-TERM PERMIT.
THIS TIME WE'VE GOT ABOUT A 15-YEAR PERMIT WHERE WE CAN GO OUT MULTIPLE TIMES WITHIN THAT TIME PERIOD AND DREDGE AS NEEDED. THE CITY'S CHANNEL AND OUR SAND TRAP. SO LOOK FORWARD TO BEING PARTNERS OVER THE LONG-TERM ON THIS. THE CITY WAS GRACIOUS ENOUGH TO GRANT THE COUNTY AN EASEMENT IN 2020 TO ACCESS THE BEACH THROUGH
THE BOYNTON BEACH OC OCEANFRONT PARK AREA. THAT IS WHERE WE GET BULLDOZERS ON THE BEACH. THIS ISN'T THAT LARGE DREDGE PROJECT YOU SEE EVERY SIX TO EIGHT YEARS TO WIDEN THE BEACH. THIS IS A SMALLER PROJECT. THE BID VOLUME WAS ABOUT 55,000 CUBIC YARDS BUT OUR SURVEY
VOLUMES INDICATE THIS HAS GONE UP AND WE SHOULD BE DREDGING ABOUT 63 CUBIC YARDS FROM THE INTERIOR SHOAL AREAS. WE WILL ADD IT BELOW THE WATERLINE AND STRENGTHEN THE BEACH OVER THE NEAR-TERM AND THEN WE'RE ALSO PLANNING A FOLLOW-ON PROJECT THIS COMING
WINTER IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS TO RESTORE STORM DAMAGES WHERE WE WILL BE PLACING ABOUT HALF A MILLION CUBIC YARDS FROM AN OFFSHORE BAR SOURCE. THAT IS THE ONE TO WIDEN THE BEACH AND PROTECT US FROM FUTURE STORM EVENTS, BOYNTON BEACH
OOCEANFRONT PARK. I WAS STRUCK LAST WEEK TALKING TO YOUR PARKS ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND SEEING YOUR CITY LOGO AND YOUR AMERICA'S GATEWAY TO THE GULF STREAM, IT'S OBVIOUSLY CRITICAL FOR THE CITY TO MAINTAIN ACCESS FROM THE BOAT RAMP DIRECTLY OUT BOYNTON INLET AND ALSO CRITICAL FOR ALL THE OTHER STAKEHOLDERS TO FACILITATE
THIS REGULAR MAINTENANCE DREDGING. IT'S SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS AT INLETS ACROSS SOUTHEAST FLORIDA. WHEN YOU HAVE AN INLET, EVEN NATURAL, IN ORDER TO GET A BOAT OUT YOU HAVE TO DREDGE IT OCCASIONALLY. THIS INLET IS LARGELY MAINTAINED IN THE THROAT OF THE INLET BY
VELOCITIES OF CURRENTS BUT THE ADJACENT AREA IS STILL SHOAL. WE HAVE GOT SOME CROSS-SECTIONS AND A NUMBER OF EXHIBITS. THE BOTTOM LINE IS THIS IS AN IMPORTANT PROJECT FOR THE REGION AND IT INVOLVES CLOSE COORDINATION WITH YOUR STAFF
BECAUSE OF THE POTENTIAL IMPACTS TO OYER PARK. WE HAVE DISCUSSED IT WITH CITY STAFF AND IT SOUNDS LIKE THE BEST WAY FORWARD IS TO CLOSE THE BOAT RAMP FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME WHILE WE'RE DREDGING THE WESTERN PART OF THE OYER PARK BOAT CHANNEL. BASICALLY WHEN WE STICK A DREDGE IN THAT SMALL CHANNEL AREA, IT'S
NOT GOING TO BE SAFE TO NAVIGATE AROUND IT. SO THE CITY WILL BE COORDINATING TEMPORARY SHORT-TERM CLOSURE OF THE RAMP TOWARDS THE END OF THIS DREDGING PROJECT, THE LAST COMPONENT WE COMPLETE BECAUSE IT'S THE SKINNIEST NARROWEST AREA TO GET IN WITH OUR DREDGE.
WE'RE LOOKING AT A TIMELINE OF THAT CHANNEL DREDGING FOR THE OYER PARK AREA STARTING LIKELY CLOSER TO THE 21st OF THIS MONTH. WE HAVE BEEN BALLPARKING STARTING BETWEEN THE 14th AND THE 21st. BUT GIVEN THE DREDGE START-UP, JUST THIS MORNING, DREDGING THE
INTERLOCAL WATERWAY, WE HAVE A COUPLE OF WEEKS BEFORE GETTING TO THE CITY CHANNEL. WE ARE HOPEFUL FOR A WEEK OR LESS DREDGING THE CITY CHANNEL AREA. THEN WE'LL HAVE IT CLEARED OUT FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS PRESUMABLY. IT'S A $1.9 MILLION PROJECT AS
IT SITS NOW. WEATHER AND CONDITIONS DEPENDENT. WE ALWAYS HAVE TO BE FLEXIBLE WITH THESE, UNDERSTANDING THE CONDITIONS ARE VERY DYNAMIC OUT THERE. I DO WANT TO JUST THANK CITY STAFF. THEY HAVE BEEN FANTASTIC TO WORK WITH IN HELPING US FACILITATE THIS.
AND OBVIOUSLY, THE COUNTY IS A WILLING PARTNER AND AVAILABLE TO UPDATE YOU AT ANY TIME THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THIS. I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD, FABIAN. BUT THAT'S THE LONG AND SHORT OF IT. LAST TIME THE PROJECT WAS
ADRENALINED WAS 2013 TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA. IT WAS 12 YEARS. PRIOR TO THAT WAS 2008 AND 2001. IT'S CONDITIONS DEPENDENT. AS WE GET SAND IN THE INLET WITH VARIOUS STORMS, IT INCREASES OUR NEED TO DREDGE. ^#. >> MAYOR: ANY QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER TURKIN. >> THANK YOU, MAYOR.
THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE PRESENTATION. FABIAN, ANDREW, THANKS FOR BEING ON TOP OF THIS. A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. SO YOU SAID THE LAST TIME THIS WAS DREDGED WAS 2013. HOW CAN WE ENSURE WE DON'T WAIT THAT LONG OR HOLD EACH OTHER ACCOUNTABLE TO MAKE SURE IT DOESN'T TAKE THAT LONG? YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF --
AND WHEN I'M SPEAKING, I'M SPEAKING IN REFERENCE TO HARVEY OYER BOAT RAMP. THERE'S A LOT OF RECREATIONAL USE THERE BUT ALSO A LOT OF COMMERCIAL USE, A LOT OF PEOPLE'S BUSINESSES THAT RELY ON THAT BOAT RAMP, YOU KNOW, THAT ALLOW THEM TO PUT FOOD ON THE TABLE FOR THEIR FAMILIES. SO WHAT CAN WE DO AS A CITY OR
AS A BODY, YOU KNOW, OR COLLABORATIVELY WITH THE COUNTY TO ENSURE WE DON'T HAVE THIS LARGE OF A LAPSE AGAIN? >> CERTAINLY. AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE KIND OF BAKED INTO THIS PERMITTING PROCESS. I MENTIONED BEFORE THE LAST COUPLE OF TIMES WE DID THIS, THE REGULATORY AGENCIES ONLY ALLOWED
US A ONE-TIME AUTHORIZATION TO ADD THE OYER PARK BOAT CHANNEL TO THE PERMIT. THIS TIME AROUND WE INCLUDED IT FOR THE LONGER TERM. WHETHER WE'RE GOING TO BE OUT THERE AGAIN TO DREDGE THE SAND TRAP ON A MORE REGULAR BASIS OR ASSIGN THE PERMIT TO THE CITY SO YOU CAN FACILITATE YOUR OWN DREDGING OF THAT SAND TRAP OR
THAT BOAT CHANNEL, SORRY. TYPICALLY BY STATE RULE THAT BEACH COMPATIBLE MATERIAL IS REQUIRED TO GO OUT TO THE BEACH WHICH MAKES MORE SENSE TO DO IT WITH A LARGER PROJECT. WITH THAT SMALLER WESTERN CHANNEL AREA, WE HAVE TALKED WITH THE STATE AND THERE WILL LIKELY BE AN EXEMPTION IF WE ARE
ABLE TO USE IT ON A HABITAT RESTORATION PROJECT IN THE LAGOON. WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT THAT. THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT LENGTHENED THIS PERMITTING PROCESS. WE STARTED IN 2019 AND SUBMITTED IN 2020. IT TOOK US A LITTLE OVER THREE AND A HALF YEARS TO GET PERMITS PARTIALLY BECAUSE ADDING THE
LONG-TERM COMPONENT. MOSTLY WITH THIS DREDGING EVENT, WE ADDED THE WESTERN PART OF THAT OYER PARK CHANNEL THAT WE KNOW IT'S BEEN DREDGED IN THE PAST. THIS BOAT RAMP HAS BEEN ACTIVE FOR MANY DECADES. BUT WE COULDN'T FIND A RECORD OF IT WITH THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS OR WITH THE STATE. SO SINCE THERE WASN'T A RECORD,
IT HAD TO BE CONSIDERED NEW DREDGING. WE HAD TO GO THROUGH THE MITIGATION PROCESS. LUCKILY THE COUNTY HAD SOME MITIGATION AT OUR BRYANT PARK PROJECT UP IN LAKE WORTH. BUT MITIGATION IS A CUMBERSOME PROCESS. IT TOOK LONGER THAN WE LIKE BUT WE HAVE THE PERMIT IN PLACE FOR
A LONGER TERM. WE HAVE THE MITIGATION TO DREDGE THAT WESTERN CHANNEL AREA WE HAVEN'T DREDGED IN A NUMBER OF DECADES. WE HOPE IT WILL WORK OUT AND SMOOTHER IN THE LONG-TERM. >> AWESOME, I APPRECIATE THAT. THE OTHER THING IS -- SO WE HAVE
A FIREFIGHTER FISHING TOURNAMENT WITH THE LOCAL IAFF BENEVOLENT ON APRIL 26th. AND SO I THINK THEY HAVE ALREADY PULLED PERMITS WITH THE CITY AND THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE REGISTERED. WE PLAN ON WINNING IT AGAIN, I THINK, FOR THE MYSTERY FISH. BUT, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANT TO
MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW -- I THINK YOU MENTIONED STARTING THE DREDGING PROJECT BETWEEN THE 14th AND THE 21st. IS THAT THE OYER SITE OR JUST THIS PROJECT? >> THAT WILL BE THE OYER SITE. SO WE STARTED THE PROJECT LATE THIS MORNING. THE DREDGE SHOWED UP ON SATURDAY. THEY WERE DELAYED ON THE WEST
COAST SO WE WOULD HAVE HOPED TO BE WRAPPING UP AROUND THIS TIME. BUT THEY WERE DELAYED WITH STORM EVENTS IN THE WEST COAST OVER THE LAST SEASON AND ADDITIONAL DREDGE QUANTITIES. SO THEY ARE STARTING A LITTLE BIT LATER THAN ANTICIPATED. I WOULD BE HOPEFUL THAT WE'LL BE DONE BY THE 26th.
BUT I CAN'T PROVIDE ANY GUARANTEES. AND THE ISSUE IS THE TIME IS NOW TO GET THIS PROJECT DONE. WE CAN'T QUITE STOP. SO WE'LL BE IN CLOSE COORDINATION WITH YOUR STAFF ON TIMING. IT'S REALLY GOING TO TAKE US A WEEK OR TWO TO IRON OUT WHAT OUR PRODUCTION IS AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO BACK UP INTO THE END OF
THE MONTH IN TERMS OF DREDGING. I MENTIONED WE HAVE TO DREDGE THAT OYER PARK CHANNEL COMPONENT LAST BECAUSE THAT'S THE SKINNIEST COMPONENT THAT WE HAVE TO -- WE ARE ACTUALLY HAVING A SEPARATE SMALLER DREDGE BROUGHT IN TO SNEAK INTO THAT BACK AREA BECAUSE IT'S SO NARROW. SO, YOU KNOW, LONG STORY SHORT,
I'M HOPEFUL WE CAN HAVE IT DONE BY THEN. I CAN'T PROMISE, BUT WE'LL BE IN CLOSE COORDINATION. EVEN IF WE CAN'T, WE'LL TALK WITH THE CONTRACTOR AND SEE IF THERE'S A POSSIBILITY OF GETTING BOATS AROUND THE DREDGE. WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE, YOU KNOW, THAT ALL THE SAFETY ISSUES
ARE ACCOUNTED FOR AND THAT THE SUCCESS OF THIS VERY OCCASIONAL LONG-TERM PROJECT ISN'T IMPACTET DREDGING IS YOU'RE ALWAYS IMPACTING SOMEBODY. IT'S NEVER A GOOD TIME OF YEAR. WE ALWAYS HAVE TO DO IT IN WINTER TO AVOID SEA TURTLE
NESTING SEASON. USUALLY I'M GETTING CALLS ON CHRISTMAS. WE'RE OPERATING 24/7 BECAUSE OF THE COST WITH THE PROJECT. I CAN'T PROVIDE ANY GUARANTEES FOR THE 26th BUT WE WILL WORK WITH THE CONTRACTOR AND TRY OUR BEST.
WE WILL KEEP YOUR STAFF UPDATED AND HOPEFULLY IN THE NEXT WEEK OR TWO WE'LL HAVE AN IDEA. >> MAYBE WITH STAFF, WE KEEP THAT COMMUNICATION CLOSE WITH THE UNIONS AND THE BENEVOLENT. THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING BY
AND DOING THIS. >> CERTAINLY. >> MAYOR: ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? >> NO. COMMISSIONER TURKIN TALKED ABOUT IT. I JUST CAN'T STRESS ENOUGH HOW -- I MEAN WE KNOW THIS PROJECT IS SUPER IMPORTANT. WE KNOW WE REALLY NEED THIS. I FEEL LIKE I KNOW IN THE BACK
IN BEHIND THE SCENES EVERYONE KNEW WHAT WAS GOING ON. BUT I DON'T THINK THAT STAFF EVEN KNEW OF THE POTENTIAL CALENDAR CONFLICT UNTIL I BROUGHT IT UP THURSDAY. SO I KNOW THIS IS A REALLY IMPORTANT PROJECT.
BUT I DO WISH WE HAD A LITTLE MORE COORDINATION IN MAKING SURG TOURNAMENT FORM OUR FIRE GUYS. THIS IS ONE OF THEIR FUND-RAISE THAT THEY DO SO THAT THEY CAN GO OUT AND DO WHAT THEY DO IN THE COMMUNITY. AND SO I WOULD BE REALLY -- I JUST WOULD BE BESIDE MYSELF IF
WE ARE THE REASONS WHY THEY WOULD HAVE TO CANCEL OR POSTPONE THEIR FISHING TOURNAMENT. IT'S FRUSTRATING TO ME. I UNDERSTAND THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT AND IT'S MUCH-NEEDED AND IT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR A REALLY LONG TIME. BUT BECAUSE OF THAT, THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN SOME -- A
LITTLE BIT BETTER PLANNING ON THE BACK END. THOSE ARE MY FRUSTRATIONS. I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT IT'S HAPPENING AND WE DO NEED IT. AND HOPEFULLY THIS WILL START, YOU KNOW, A MORE SCHEDULED, YOU KNOW, PLAN MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS PROJECT. BUT, YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE MY
CONCERNS AND I REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT STAFF IS -- YOU KNOW, WE REALLY DON'T HAVE THE LUXURY IN BOYNTON BEACH OF HAVING SOME ALTERNATIVE PLACE WHERE WE CAN HAVE THIS FISHING TOURNAMENT. I MEAN THE HARVEY OYER PARK IS OUR HUB. IT'S OUR ONLY LITTLE BOAT RAMP
THAT HAS ACCESS TO THE INTRACOASTAL. SO, YOU KNOW, I AM JUST ASKING STAFF TO PLEASE LIKE BE MINDFUL IN TALKING ABOUT THIS ON A DAILY BASIS SO THAT THE MEN WHO HAVE -- AND WOMEN WHO HAVE SPENT THE LAST YEAR PLANNING FOR THIS
FISHING TOURNAMENT, THAT THEY ARE NOT FINDING OUT ON APRIL 26th OR APRIL 25th THAT THEY CAN'T DO WHAT THEY HAVE PLANNED FOR AN ENTIRE YEAR. SO IMAGINE A COUNTY EVENT, SOMEBODY HAS BEEN PLANNING IT AN ENTIRE YEAR AND, ALL OF A SUDDEN, SOME OTHER COUNTY
DEPARTMENT COMES IN, SWOOPS IN AND SAYS, OOPS, SORRY, YOU CAN'T. SORRY FOR ALL YOUR TIME AND EFFORT. IT'S FRUSTRATING TO ME TO LEARN ABOUT THIS. I'M EXCITED IT'S HAPPENING. IT'S NEEDED, BUT IT'S FRUSTRATING. SO THOSE ARE MY 2 CENTS. SO I WILL YIELD AT THIS POINT.
THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: VICE MAYOR HAY. >> YES. THANK YOU, FIRST OF ALL, FOR COMING BY TO GIVE US THE UPDATE. JUST CURIOUS ON SOME QUESTIONS. IS THERE A PARTICULAR DEPTH AND WIDTH THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO
MAINTAIN FOR THE BOATS? >> FOR THE OYER PARK CHANNEL? >> YEAH. BECAUSE I NOTICED THERE'S SOME SHRUBBERY OUT THERE. ARE THEY GOING TO CONTINUE TO REMAIN THERE? ARE YOU GOING TO HAVE TO REMOVE THOSE? >> ANY OF THE UPLAND SHRUBBERY
WILL STAY IN PLACE. THIS IS SOLELY IN THE WATER PROJECT. THERE WERE SOME SUBMERGED AQUATIC VEGETATION THAT WAS PART OF THE MITIGATION IN ORDER TO DREDGE IN THOSE AREAS. IT WAS VERY SPARSE. BUT IN ORDER TO DREDGE THOSE AREAS, WE HAVE TO REPLICATE IT BEFORE WE CAN EVEN GO OUT AND DREDGE. THAT WAS THE LENGTHY PERMITTING
COMPONENT. WE WON'T BE IMPACTING ANY UPLAND STRUCTURES. IT WILL BE VERY SIMILAR, JUST ABOUT THE SAME AS THE LAST DREDGE PROJECT IN 2013. >> GOOD, GOOD. WHERE IS THE DREDGE, THE SAND
BEING RELOCATED TO? WHERE DO YOU PUT THAT? >> SO THE RELOCATION POINT STARTS -- I BELIEVE IT'S ABOUT 2,000 FEET SOUTH OF THE INLET BELOW MEAN LOW WATER. SO IF YOU SEE THE ROCK GROWINGS
OUT THERE AT OCEAN LIMIT PARK THAT KIND OF MAINTAIN THE STABILIZATION OF THE BEACH IMMEDIATELY SOUTH OF THE INLET. IT'S TWO TO THREE TIMES AS FAR AS THAT. IF YOU LOOK AT THE INLET CAM YOU CAN SEE THE BULLDOZER DOWN THERE. IT'S NORTH OF OCEAN HAMMOCK PARK, THE COUNTY'S PARK AND WELL
NORTH OF BOYNTON BEACH OCEANFRONT PARK. WE DON'T EXPECT TO PLACE ENOUGH MATERIAL IN FRONT OF OCEANFRONT PARK. WE USE THE VERY NORTHERN PART OF THAT PARK PROPERTY TO ACCESS THE BEACH. >> CAN ANY OF THAT MATERIAL BE
USED FOR BEACH RENOURISHMENT? >> THAT'S OSTENSIBLY WHAT WE'RE DOING. THIS PROJECT REQUIRES US -- THIS MATERIAL HAS BEEN SITTING OR ACCUMULATING OVER 12 YEARS. SO IT'S HAD TIME TO SORT ITSELF. IT'S NOT QUITE PERFECT FOR BEACH PLACEMENT OR THE TURTLES TO USE IT DIRECTLY.
IT WILL BE IN MEAN LOW WATER. IT WILL BE ADDED TO THE BEACH DURING NATURAL PROCESSES BUT WE'RE NOT ADDING IT DIRECTLY TO THE DRY BEACH. THAT WILL BE THAT FOLLOW-ON PROJECT NEXT WINTER WITH THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS THAT WILL PLACE AN ORDER OF MAGNITUDE MORE MATERIAL, ABOUT 500,000 CUBIC YARDS.
>> VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. >> SURE. >> MAYOR: COMMISSIONER CRUZ, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? >> I DO NOT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> MAYOR: OKAY. NO, I DON'T. YOU GUYS ASKED THEM ALL. I WAS WORRIED ABOUT THE EVENT ON
THE 26th. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, FOLKS. I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY. >> THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: NEXT IS AN ANNOUNCEMENT FOR PRE-HURRICANE PREP AND VEGETATION AMNESTY WEEK. HURRICANE SEASON BEGINS JUNE 1st AND THE SOLID WASTE DIVISION IS URGING RESIDENTS TO
DO THEIR PARK CONDUCTING TREE TRIMMING EARLY IN PREPARATION FOR HURRICANE SEASON. THE CITY WILL HAVE AMNESTY WORK THAT RUNS MAY 5th TO MAY 9th, 2025 THE RESIDENTS MAY PLACE MORE THAN THE 3 CUBIC YARDS OF VEGETATION ONLY OUT FOR PICKUP ON THEIR SCHEDULED BULK
DAY DURING THAT WEEK. FEES WILL BE WAIVED DURING AMNESTY WEEK ONLY AND ALL GUIDELINES MUST BE FOLLOWED FOR PICKUP. THAT'S IT. MOVING ON FOR THE ANNOUNCEMENT FOR ART AND AUTISM EXPO.
THE CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH IS PARTNERING WITH FAU'S CENTER FOR AUTISM AND RELATED DISABILITIES FOR THE FIFTH ANNUAL ART&AUTISM EXPO. WHERE ART WILL BE DISPLAYED THROUGHOUT APRIL IN THE ARTS AND CULTURAL CENTER AT 125 EAST OCEAN AVENUE. THERE WILL BE A SPECIAL GALLERY
OPENING EVENING FROM 5:00 TO 7:30 ON TUESDAY APRIL 8th DURING WHICH ATTENDEES CAN SEE PERFORMANCES, MEET ARTISTS AND ENJOY TREATS FROM THE CHOCOLATE SPECTRUM AND MAKE CANDLES WITH SENSIBILITY CANDLES. THE NEXT ITEM IS PRESENTED FOR 2024 YEAR-END CRIME REPORT.
AND I BELIEVE CHIEF DeGIULIO WILL BE PRESENTING THIS. >> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, VICE
MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS. HERE TO PRESENT THE 2024 YEAR-END CRIME REPORT. IN CASE YOU'RE WONDERING WHY WE ARE IN APRIL AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT YEAR-END OF 2024, AS WE WAIT, THE FDLE IS ABOUT THREE MONTHS BEHIND TO VERIFY OUR CRIME DATA.
THIS IS THE VERIFIED INFORMATION THAT WE SUBMIT THROUGH WHAT WE CALL FIBERS AND NIBRS. AND IT'S FDLE CONFIRMED. IT'S USUALLY ABOUT A QUARTER BEHIND. SO SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS ON OUR FIRST SLIDE. YOU'LL SEE THAT IN OUR VIOLENT CRIME SECTION, WE HAD A
REDUCTION OF 14% OF VIOLENT CRIME. ONE OF THE THINGS I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT IN OUR HOMICIDE CATEGORY, NOT ONLY DO WE HAVE A REDUCTION, WE ALSO HAD 100% CLEARANCE RATES. AND IT'S TWO YEARS IN A ROW WE HAVE BEEN 100% CLEARANCE RATE ON HOMICIDES.
WE ALSO HAVE A HIGH LEVEL OF CLEARANCE RATES WHICH IS ABOVE THE NATIONAL AVERAGE ON THE AG ASSAULT AND BATTERY. YOU'LL SEE IN THE SEXUAL BATTERY THAT WE HAD 31 TOTAL, BUT WE ONLY HAD TWO ARRESTS. JUST SOME CLARIFICATION ON WHY THE OTHERS ARE NOT ARRESTS. SIX HAVE ACTIVE WARRANTS.
WE HAVE 16 UNCOOPERATIVE WHETHER IT'S REFUSAL TO PROSECUTE OR VICTIMS JUST REFUSING TO COOPERATE WITH DETECTIVES IN THE INVESTIGATION. WE HAVE FOUR CASES STILL ACTIVE. AND WE HAVE ONE THAT WAS EXPIRED STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS. IF WE MOVE TO THE MIDDLE
CATEGORY, WE'LL SEE THAT WE HAVE A REDUCTION OF OUR PROPERTY CRIME BY 5%. AND OUR CLEARANCE RATE IS 19%. THROUGHOUT ALL OUR CATEGORIES ON OUR PROPERTY CRIME, WHICH IS ABOVE THE CLEARANCE RATE NATIONALLY FOR PROPERTY CRIME AND IT'S JUST BEEN A FANTASTIC
JOB WHEN IT COMES TO RETAIL THEFT. I FEEL LIKE A LOT OF OTHER SIGNATURES DON'T NECESSARILY -- ARE VERY ACTIVE WITH RETAIL THEFT AS WE ARE HERE IN BOYNTON. WE HAVE ABOUT 35% CLEARANCE RATE ON RETAIL THEFTS. SOMETIMES WHEN YOU ARE PROACTIVE
AND MAKE A LOT OF ARRESTS, THE CRIME RATE WILL GO UP BECAUSE YOU ARE SELF-REPORTING. EVEN SO WE SAW A REDUCTION. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT, EVEN TALKING ABOUT RETAIL THEFT, BY BEING OUT THERE AND BEING AVAILABLE TO OUR BUSINESSES, WE ARE KEEPING THEM HERE IN THE CITY. THEY ARE NOT NECESSARILY LOSING
A LOT WHEN IT COMES TO THEIR THEFTS. SO WE HAVE BEEN KEEPING OUR BUSINESSES IN PLACE HERE. I KNOW THERE'S OTHER CITIES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY THAT ARE NOT EVEN PROACTIVE WHEN IT COMES TO IT. NOT EVEN FILING COMPLAINTS ON IT. SO I FEEL LIKE IN BOYNTON WE
HAVE A GREAT RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR RETAIL COMMUNITY AND YOU CAN SEE BY THE COOPERATION WITH LPOs AND OFFICERS WITH 35% CLEARANCE RATE. THE LAST BOX IS REALLY AN INDICATION OF THE FACT THAT YOU GUYS HAVE SUPPORTED THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WITH THE STAFFING. WE HAVE MORE OFFICERS NOW ON THE ROAD DOING MORE TRAFFIC STOPS,
MORE F.I.R.'S AND MORE CITATIONS WITH MOVING VIOLATIONS AND NON-MOVING VIOLATIONS. THE ONE BIG NUMBER YOU'LL SEE IS THE FIELD INTERVIEW REPORTS. I'M SURE YOU'RE WONDERING WHY WE HAD SUCH A LARGE INCREASE, 1 12% INCREASE.
THAT'S THE TESTAMENT TO THE NEW CAD SYSTEM R43 THAT THE COMMISSION SUPPORTED US ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO. IT ALLOWS THE OFFICE TO BE MORE EFFICIENT OUT THERE. SEWELL THAT HE THAT NUMBER WILL START TO INCREASE EVEN AS WE GO INTO THE NEXT YEAR AS WELL.
AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE LAST BOX, CALLS FOR SERVICE, WE ARE AVERAGING THE SAME THAT WE DID LAST YEAR. THERE WAS A SLIGHT REDUCTION. WE HAD A NEW PROGRAM CALLED THE DESK OFFICER PROGRAM THAT SHOULD HAVE REDUCED SOME OF OUR CALLS FOR SERVICE AND ALLOW OUR OFFICERS TO BE AVAILABLE FOR MORE OF THE HIGH-PRIORITY CALLS.
AND AS THIS SYSTEM STARTS TO RUN ITS PACES, YOU'LL SEE THAT PROBABLY NEXT YEAR WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE A SLIGHT REDUCTION AS WELL. THE ADVERTISED PERCENTAGE REDUCTION IS ABOUT 20% OF THE CALLS THAT DESK OFFICER CAN BE PICKING UP WHICH IS A GREAT
THING, THESE ARE LIKE LOW-PROFILE NON-PRIORITY CALLS LIKE LOST WALLET OR LOST PASSPORT THAT REQUIRE CASE NUMBERS TO BE REPLACED DURING INSURANCE COMPANIES. WE'RE NOT TYING OFFICERS UP AND THEY ARE ABLE TO DO IT ONLINE. IT'S VERY CONVENIENT FOR COMPLAINANTS AS WELL.
THIS IS JUST ANOTHER VERSION OF OUR CALLS FOR SERVICE. UNLESS THERE'S A QUESTION, I'M GOING TO SKIP TO THE NEXT SLIDE. AS FAR AS OUR VIOLENT CRIME, NOT ONLY DO WE HAVE A GOOD YEAR
COMPARED TO LAST YEAR, WE ALSO HAD A REALLY GREAT YEAR COMPARED TO THE PAST FIVE YEARS. WE HAVE SEEN THE LOWEST OF OUR CRIME INSTANCES AND VIOLENT CRIME SINCE 2020 WITH THE EXCEPTION OF SEXUAL BATTERY WHICH HAS BEEN THE LOWEST IN FOUR YEARS.
THAT'S ONCE AGAIN A TESTAMENT TO THE HARD WORK OUR DETECTIVES ARE DOING, THE FACT THAT WE HAVE OFFICERS OUT THERE BEING MORE PROACTIVE. AND THEN WE'LL GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE WHICH IS OUR NON-VIOLENT. I PUT A LITTLE FOOTNOTE ON THERE ABOUT WHAT OUR PERCENTAGE IS AS
RELATES TO THE NATIONAL AVERAGE WHEN IT COMES TO CLEARANCE RATES. NATIONAL AVERAGE IS 13.9%. WE'RE AT 19%. THE ONE INCREASE WE DID HAVE IS THE BURGLARIES. WE CAN ATTRIBUTE THAT IN THE EARLY PART OF THE YEAR, WE HAD A PROLIFIC BURGLAR A JUVENILE
UNFORTUNATELY GETTING RELEASED BY THE JUVENILE ASSESSMENT CENTER INTO THE COMMUNITY AND COMMITTING THE CRIMES. THAT INDIVIDUAL WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR NUMEROUS BURGLARIES, SPECIFICALLY AUTO BURGLARIES. BUT OUR DETECTIVES PUT NUMEROUS CASES ON THAT INDIVIDUAL. SO FAR, I BELIEVE EITHER THEY
RELOCATED OR THEY ARE STILL IN THE ASSESSMENT CENTER OR SERVING SOME TIME IN JAIL. THIS IS A MORE SNAPSHOT OF OUR PROACTIVE.
WE GOTTA A TOTAL ARRESTS. YOU'LL SEE AN INCREASE THE YEAR BEFORE FROM 2023 TO 2024, WE ACTUALLY HAD AN INCREASE OF OVER 800 MORE ARRESTS. THIS YEAR WE HAD AN INCREASE OF 2%. ONCE AGAIN, IT JUST SHOWS THAT THE OFFICERS ARE OUT THERE, THEY
ARE BEING EFFICIENT. THEY ARE BEING EFFECTIVE. THEY ARE BEING PROACTIVE. THEY ARE BEING VISIBLE. AND ONE LAST THING, I JUST WANTED TO PUT OUT THERE, JUST IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF THIS YEAR -- YOU SAW HOW GREAT OUR
NUMBERS WERE FROM 2023 TO 2024. JUST IN THIS FIRST QUARTER OF THIS YEAR, WE HAVE A REDUCTION OF 20% VIOLENT CRIME AND A 12% REDUCTION IN PROPERTY CRIME. SO WE'RE STILL TRENDING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
[APPLAUSE] >> THANK YOU, CHIEF. AND, YOU KNOW, THANKS TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THIS BODY, YOU KNOW, A FEW YEARS AGO WE DEVELOPED A STRATEGIC PLAN. AND THE FIRST PRIORITY WAS PUBLIC SAFETY. YOU KNOW, HERE WE ARE THREE YEARS LATER AND HERE ARE THE
DIRECT RESULTS OF INVESTING IN OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, INVESTING IN THE SAFETY OF THE CITY. I DON'T HAVE TOO MANY YERS. I DO WANT TO KNOW THE HONING IN -- THIS IS SOMETHING ADAM HAD SHARED WITH ME. WAS GRAND THEFT LIKE FIVE YEARS IN A ROW, MAYBE LONGER.
AND, YOU KNOW, FOR THE FIRST TIME, THEY DIDN'T HAVE A STOLEN CAR. LAST TWO YEARS THERE HASN'T BEEN A HOMICIDE THERE. AND PRIOR TO THAT, THERE WAS SOME FORM OF VIOLENT CRIME. THAT IS A DIRECT REFLECTION OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND HOW, YOU KNOW, GROWING ECONOMICALLY AND PUBLIC SAFETY GO HAND IN
HAND, RIGHT. SO I THINK PARTNERING WITH THE PRIVATE SECTOR AND, YOU KNOW, THAT NUISANCE ABATEMENT PROGRAM OVER THERE I THINK WAS A HUGE CONTRIBUTOR TO GETTING A GOOD PLAYER IN. AND, YOU KNOW, THE PROOF IS IN THE DATA, RIGHT. THAT USED TO BE A HOT SPOT OF
CRIME. YOU KNOW, AS LONG AS I HAVE LIVED IN THE CITY, AND PROBABLY DECADES BEFORE THEN. AND, YOU KNOW, NOW YOU HAVE A BOUTIQUE, YOU KNOW, HOTEL DEVELOPER THERE THAT THEY ARE ALMOST FINISHED WITH AND NO HOMICIDES, RIGHT.
SO I THINK THAT'S A STORY TO TELL. AS WE GROW EFFECTIVELY AS A CITY, WE ARE PROACTIVE IN INVESTING IN, YOU KNOW, OUR LOCAL ECONOMY AND OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, RIGHT. FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE CITY'S
HISTORY, WE ARE FULLY STAFFED. WE FILLED OUR VACANCIES. WE DON'T HAVE ANY OPENINGS. AND, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A TESTAMENT FROM US HERE ON THE DAIS AND OUR CITY STAFF, CHIEF DeGIULIO AND EVERY HARDWORKING MAN AND WOMAN IN THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE ARE DEFINITELY TRENDING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION AND GETTING THE SERVICES THAT WE DESERVE AS A CITY AND THE SAFETY THAT'S A RIGHT FOR EVERYONE. SO THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: I DO HAVE ONE
QUESTION. WHEN IT COMES TO SEXUAL ASSAULTS DOES THE CITY HAVE A PARTNERSHIP WITH -- >> WE HAVE A VICTIM ADVOCATE
BARBIE RODRIGUEZ. SHE'S FANTASTIC WITH COORDINATING, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL ASSAULTS. THEY DO A FANTASTIC JOB, ALSO USING THE COUNTY RESOURCES AS WELL. >> MAYOR: OKAY, THANK YOU. VICE MAYOR HAY. >> YES.
CHIEF DeGIULIO, WOULD YOU JUST COMMENT ON HOW HAS THE COMMUNITY POLICE ENGAGEMENT CHANGED THIS YEAR? >> YOU WANT TO KNOW THE SPECIFIC EVENTS OR THE SPECIFIC INITIATIVES OR AS IT RELATES TO
HOW WE SEE CRIME? >> HOW WE SEE CRIMES. >> WELL, I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS -- I DON'T NECESSARILY -- WE CAN'T NECESSARILY QUANTIFY IT. BUT WE DO FEEL WHEN YOU DO HAVE THE RELATIONSHIPS, WHETHER IT'S THE COOKOUT WITH A COP OR CRA POLICING UNIT, WE ARE ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO WORK WITH THE POLICE.
WE ARE ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO REPORT CERTAIN CRIMES. AND I THINK THAT'S THE IMPORTANT PART, UNDERSTANDING WHAT OUR ISSUES AND OUR CONCERNS ARE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. IF WE CAN'T DO THAT WITHOUT THE OUTREACH, UNDERSTANDING WHAT SOME OF THE ISSUES MAY BE IN THE COMMUNITY LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE
HAVE AT SOME OF OUR PARKS -- ONE SPECIFICALLY, JUST HEARING FROM THE COMMUNITY, KNOWING THE NEEDS. WE LOOK AT CRIME A LOT OF TIMES THROUGH LIKE THE DATA LENS, YOU KNOW. AND WE'RE TRYING TO PUT OUR RESOURCES WHERE THOSE SPECIFIC CRIMES ARE HAPPENING. BUT WE DON'T NECESSARILY -- WE DON'T HEAR FROM A COMMUNITY THAT
WE'RE HAVING ISSUES WITH SPEEDING ON THIS BLOCK OR DRUG DEALING ON THAT BLOCK BECAUSE IT'S NOT BEING ILLUMINATED THROUGH CRIME STATS. WE WOULDN'T KNOW TO HIT THOSE AREAS AND TO ADDRESS THOSE COMMUNITY NEEDS. WITHOUT THE OUTREACH, WE ARE JUST GOING TO RELY ON DATA.
WE MAY NOT NECESSARILY MAKE OUR COMMUNITY FEEL SAFE BECAUSE WE'RE NOT ADDRESSING THE NEEDS THAT THE COMMUNITY HAS. SO I THINK THE COMMUNITY POLICING OUTREACH PERSPECTIVE -- WHETHER IT COMES FROM COMMUNITY RESPONSE TEAM WHICH IS ONE OF OUR NEW COMMUNITY TEAMS WE PUT TOGETHER WHICH IS CITYWIDE.
WE HAVE OUR CRA POLICING UNIT WHICH HAS THE SAME PHILOSOPHY. IT'S ALL QUALITY OF LIFE DRIVEN BY COMMUNITY COMPLAINTS WHICH IS IN THE CRA DISTRICT. AND WE DO HAVE OUR OFFICERS. WE CHANGED THE WAY WE PATROL. WE ADDED MORE ZONES OUT THERE SO WE DIDN'T HAVE LARGE ZONES. WE HAVE SMALLER AREAS WHERE WE
CAN DO MORE PATROLLING. I JUST FEEL LIKE THOSE INITIATIVES HAVE ALLOWED US TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, THE BETTER RELATIONSHIPS AND TO HEAR WHAT SOME OF THE COMMUNITY NEEDS AND CONCERNS ARE. >> OKAY. WOULD YOU ALSO COMMENT, CHIEF, ON HOW THE RESIDENTS CAN STAY INFORMED AND INVOLVED IN MAKING
BOYNTON BEACH A SAFER PLACE? >> WELL, I THINK, YOU KNOW, PART OF THE -- LIKE I MENTIONED ABOUT THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROGRAMS, A LOT OF TIMES LIKE WE HAD COFFEE WITH A COP. IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO HAVE THOSE ONE-ON-ONES WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS. WHEN WE DO ADVERTISE THESE THINGS, WHETHER IT'S COOKOUT WITH A COP -- WE USUALLY GET A
TREMENDOUS RESPONSE FROM OUR COMMUNITY. THOSE ARE THE TIMES WHERE WE CAN HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS, YOU KNOW. AND WE ALSO HAVE THE DESK OFFICER PROGRAM WHICH IS AN ONLINE SERVICE PROVIDER THAT YOU CAN SUBMIT YOUR COMPLAINTS ON THERE, YOUR TIPS. YOU WANT TO REGISTER YOUR BIKE ON THERE. WE HAVE A LOT OF CRIME
PREVENTION TOOLS IF YOU WANT TO ENTER INTO A TRESPASS. WE ARE TRYING TO BE ACCESSIBLE TO EVERYBODY IN THE COMMUNITY. AND SOME PEOPLE AREN'T VERY TECH SAVVY SO WE DO PROVIDE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES WHEN IT COMES TO OUR CRIME PREVENTION TEAM GOING OUT THERE. AND, LIKE I SAID, THE EVENTS ARE
REALLY GOOD BECAUSE IT'S WHERE -- WE HAD THAT ONE PLACE WE'RE GOING TO BE HERE AND THIS CENTRAL LOCATION WHERE WE CAN MEET PEOPLE AND EXCHANGE SOME OF THE CONCERNS. I FEEL LIKE SOME OF THE GREAT CONVERSATIONS WE HAVE WITH OUR COMMUNITY ARE WITH THESE EVENTS. COOKOUT WITH A COP, WE HAVE SOME
OF THE GREATEST CONVERSATIONS DURING THAT EVENT. IT'S A COMMUNITY EVENT, PEOPLE ARE MORE APPROACHABLE AND MORE WILLING TO SAY SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THEY WOULD NOT NECESSARILY WANT TO CALL THE NON-EMERGENCY OR COME TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. THEY SEE US OUT THERE, OUT IN THE COMMUNITY AND WE CAN HAVE THESE REAL CONVERSATIONS.
>> THANK YOU, CHIEF. >> GOT IT. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU. >> MAYOR. >> MAYOR: YES. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU, CHIEF. I'M GLAD THAT YOU MENTIONED AND BROUGHT TO VIEW THE CLEARANCE RATE. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE HIGHLIGHT THAT, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW CRIME HAPPENS EVERYWHERE,
BUT WHEN WE CAN CLEAR IT, AND SOLVE THE CASE, I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, IT SHOWS HOW HARD EVERYONE IS WORKING AS A TEAM TO REALLY, YOU KNOW, PUSH IT FORWARD. AND YOU BRIEFLY JUST SAID ONE,
BUT WHAT ARE SOME INITIATIVES THAT YOU ARE GOING TO TRY AND IMPLEMENT IN THE NEXT YEAR BASED ON THIS DATA TO TRY AND EVEN FURTHER BRIDGE THAT GAP? ANY NEW INITIATIVES OR ANYTHING
THAT YOU ARE WANTING TO TRY AND, YOU KNOW, MAKE THAT EVEN -- YOU KNOW, OUR RATES EVEN BETTER. >> ARE WE TALKING ABOUT MORE FROM LIKE THE CRIME PREVENTION PERSPECTIVE OR FROM SOME OF OUR CRIME TOOLS LIKE OUR REALTIME CRIME CENTER? I THINK ONE OF THE BIGGEST
THINGS I FEEL THAT REALLY HELPS REDUCE CRIME IS THE VISIBILITY OF POLICE OFFICERS. AND I APPRECIATE THE COMMISSION'S SUPPORT OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS OF GETTING THE OFFICERS OUT THERE. OBVIOUSLY, OUR STAFF ON RECRUITING. RIGHT NOW, IT'S A DIFFICULT TIME TO RECRUIT AND RETAIN OFFICERS.
AND WE DO A FANTASTIC JOB, YOU KNOW. AN MENTIONED LIKE WE ARE CLOSE TO FULLY STAFFED. WE ALWAYS BALANCE ONE OR TWO HERE AND THERE. IN MY WORLD, HAVING ONE OR TWO VACANCIES IS ESSENTIALLY BEING FULLY STAFFED. WE DO HAVE PEOPLE RETIRING SO IT DOES CHANGE. THAT'S THE BIGGEST THING -- IS
VISIBILITY AND JUST BEING OUT THERE AND BEING PRESENT. BUT YOU MENTIONED THE CLEARANCE RATES. I THINK THE CLEARANCE RATES ARE ACTUALLY WHAT STANDS OUT MOST ON HERE BECAUSE AS MUCH AS WE LIKE TO SAY AS WE CAN DO OUR BEST TO PREVENT CRIME BY BEING VISIBLE, A LOT OF TIMES ELEMENTS AND
CIRCUMSTANCES ARE OUTSIDE OF OUR CONTROL. CRIME DOES HAPPEN. SO IT'S NOT EXACTLY WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED. HOW DO YOU RESPOND TO IT? AND SEEING THE CLEARANCE RATES SO HIGH SHOWS US THAT WE ARE RESPONDING IN THE RIGHT WAY. WE HAVE THE RIGHT TOOLS IN PLACE AND THE RIGHT DETECTIVES AND OFFICERS IN PLACE AS WELL TO ADDRESS THIS AND KEEP OUR
COMMUNITY SAFE. >> YEAH. AND I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS, CHIEF, THAT I THINK -- I THINK EVEN NATIONWIDE THAT HAS HELPED A LOT OF POLICE DEPARTMENTS IS THE KIND OF INTEGRATION AND UTILIZING RING CAMERAS AND
PEOPLE'S PERSONAL CAMERAS. I BELIEVE THAT HAS REALLY ASSISTED OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT. IS THAT A PROGRAM YOU'RE ACTIVELY UTILIZING? IS THERE A WAY THAT RESIDENTS WHO WANT TO, YOU KNOW, MAYBE -- YOU KNOW, WANT TO
ASSIST BUT MAYBE DON'T WANT TO, YOU KNOW, BE THAT ASSISTING, BUT, YOU KNOW, CAN SHARE THAT? I BELIEVE THERE'S EVEN A NATIONWIDE PROGRAM. BUT DO WE HAVE A CITYWIDE PROGRAM WHERE RESIDENTS CAN PARTICIPATE IN THAT AND SHARE THAT RING DATA?
>> THAT'S A GREAT POINT BECAUSE I DID MISS THAT. THAT'S KIND OF PART OF THE REALTIME CRIME CENTER -- IS HAVING THE CAMERA REGISTRY PROGRAM, WHICH WE DO HAVE. WE DID CHANGE FROM A PROGRAM CALLED COMMAND CENTRAL AWARE THAT PREDATED ME. AND THEN WE HAD PIVOTED JUST
RECENTLY OVER TO FLOCK O.S. AND IT HAS AN ELEMENT IN THERE ABOUT REGISTERING CAMERAS. IT'S TWOFOLD. YOU CAN REGISTER YOUR CAMERA WHERE WE HAVE THE ABILITY, AS LONG AS IT INTEGRATES WITH OUR REALTIME CRIME CENTER AND WE CAN VIEW IT.
THE OTHER THING IS REGISTERING YOUR CAMERA. WE CAN SEE WHOSE HOUSE HAS A CAMERA. IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE A RING CAMERA. IT CAN BE ANY. RING WE CAN GET ACCESS AS LONG AS THEY SIGN THE PERMISSIONS. AND WE DO HAVE THAT AGREEMENT
WITH RING THROUGH CRIME PREVENTION. >> GREAT, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: COMMISSIONER CRUZ, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS ONLINE? >> THANK YOU, MAYOR. NO, I DO WANT TO GIVE THANKS TO THE CHIEF AND THE ENTIRE POLICE DEPARTMENT. I APOLOGIZE. MY VOICE ISN'T SO GREAT SO I'M GOING TO KEEP IT A BIT QUIET.
>> MAYOR: UNDERSTAND, THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHIEF. >> THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SUPPORT. IF IT WASN'T FOR THE PERSONNEL AND THE RESOURCES AND THE SUPPORT OF THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, YOU KNOW, THE RESULTS MAY BE DIFFERENT. THANK YOU. >> VERY GOOD. >> THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: NOW WE ARE MOVING ON TO THE COMMUNITY SUPPORT FUNDS. >> YES.
>> MAYOR: WE HAVE A REQUEST FOR COMMUNITY SUPPORT FUNDS FROM COMMISSIONER KELLEY TO OPERATION CONNOR FOR 500. MAY WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS REQUEST. >> SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >> MAYOR: ALL RIGHT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. [AYES]
ALL THOSE OPPOSED, SAY NAY. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. COMMISSIONER TURKIN, MOVED TO APPROVE COMMUNITY SUPPORT FUNDS TO OPERATION CONNOR SHARE FROM COMMISSIONER KELLEY IN THE AMOUNT OF 500 AND VICE MAYOR HAY SECONDED THE MOTION. SO THE MOTION HAS PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. NEXT WE HAVE A REQUEST FOR COMMUNITY SUPPORT FUNDS FROM
COMMISSIONER KELLEY FOR 2,000 TO THE BOYNTON BEACH COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL FOR THEIR AEROSPACE SCIENCE ACADEMY SUMMER COMPETITIONS. MAY WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS REQUEST? >> SO MOVED.
>> SECOND. >> MAYOR: TURKIN SECONDED, OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. [AYES] ALL THOSE OPPOSED, SAY NAY. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. >> THANK YOU, MAYOR. CAN I JUST SPEAK BRIEFLY BEFORE WE MOVE ON? SO I WANTED TO JUST BRIEFLY -- BEFORE I ASK DR. FULLER TO COME
UP, I DID -- MY COMMUNITY SUPPORT FUNDS WERE A LITTLE UNIQUE THIS MONTH. BUT I DID WANT TO SHARE, OPERATION CONNOR SHARE IS A NOT-FOR-PROFIT THAT WAS ACTUALLY CREATED BY AN 8-YEAR-OLD BOY THAT'S A RESIDENT OF OUR CITY. HE'S NOW IN COLLEGE.
HE AND HIS -- HE STARTED OUT OPERATION CONNOR SHARE WHEN HE WAS JUST A BOY. AND IT BECAME A HOMELESS OUTREACH. THEY WOULD MAKE THANKSGIVING DINNERS. THEY AND THEIR FRIENDS AND EVERYTHING WOULD GATHER THE
FUNDS AND THE RESOURCES AND THEY WOULD FEED THE HOMELESS. IT HAS EVOLVED INTO MANY DIFFERENT ANNUAL EVENTS AND PROGRAMS. THIS ONE IN PARTICULAR, THEY ARE DOING EASTER BASKETS FOR CHILDREN IN LOCAL HOSPITALS AND
GOODY BAGS FOR ELDERLY IN NURSING HOMES. SO HE IS AN AMAZING COLLEGE BOY, YOUNG MAN NOW. BUT I HAVE KNOWN HIM SINCE HE WAS A BABY. AND HIS MOM AND THEY ARE GREAT PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY. THEY LIVE IN OUR CITY. AND SO I JUST WANTED TO PUSH
THAT OUT THERE -- IF THERE'S ANYONE IN THE COMMUNITY LOOKING FOR SOMETHING TO DONATE OR TO GET INVOLVED IN, THEY HAVE A WEBSITE. THEY ARE VERY INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY. SO JUST THREW THAT OUT THERE. AND THEN ALSO, ON MY SECOND COMMUNITY SUPPORT FUNDS ARE FOR
BOYNTON BEACH HIGH SCHOOL. DR. FULLER IS HERE. I ASKED HIM IF HE WOULD SHARE FOR A COUPLE OF MINUTES WITH US. I WENT RECENTLY AND DID AN UPDATE TOUR WITH HIM OF THE HIGH SCHOOL. AND WE WENT TO ALL THE AEROSPACE CLASSROOMS AND HIS TEACHERS WERE
TELLING ME ABOUT THIS SUMMER. I'LL LET HIM KIND OF SHARE A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT IT. BUT TWO OF THEIR TEAMS ARE COMPETING THIS SUMMER IN A NATIONAL COMPETITION. AND THEY STRUGGLE WITH FUNDING AND LOOKING FOR FUNDING. SO I WAS HAPPY TO SUPPORT
BOYNTON BEACH HIGH SCHOOL AND THEIR AERONAUTICAL AND AEROSPACE PROGRAM. DR. FULLER, IF YOU COULD EXPLAIN THIS PROGRAM, I'D GREATLY APPRECIATE IT. >> GOOD EVENING ANN CONGRATULATIONS, MAYOR SHELTON. FIRST OF ALL, LET ME INTRODUCE
MYSELF. I'M HONORED TO SERVE AS THE PRINCIPAL OF BOYNTON BEACH COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL. I'M ALMOST TWO YEARS IN. MY PREDECESSOR IS NOW MY BOSS. JUST IN CASE ANYONE IS WONDERING. BUT I GOT TO START BY THANKING YOU GUYS, FIRST OF ALL, IN '23
YOU GIFTED US WITH A $100,000 GRANT WHICH IS EXTREMELY TRANSFORMATIVE TO SOME OF THE THINGS WE HAVE ACCOMPLISHED IN THE LAST YEAR AT BOYNTON HIGH. FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE COVID, WE WERE ABLE TO GO ONE-TO-ONE WITH TECHNOLOGY. AND YOUR SUPPORT HAS ACTUALLY
BENEFITED OUR SENIORS THE MOST. WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO MOVE OUR GRADUATION RATE UP TO A 91% WITH JUST ONE YEAR OF WORK. AND THAT'S JUST PIGGYBACKING OFF OF THE FUNDS THAT WERE GRANTED TO US. BEYOND ACADEMICS IN THIS PAST YEAR, WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO
PARTNER WITH THE CITY MEETING WITH MR. MACK QUITE A BIT ACTUALLY. BUT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO HOST NUMEROUS EVENTS. ONE OF THEM ACTUALLY, FIRST RESPONDER APPRECIATION NIGHT WHERE WE WERE THERE CELEBRATING OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH POLICE AS
WELL AS FIRE. AND I CAN SAY AS FAR AS THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH, OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE BOYNTON BEACH POLICE IS OUTSTANDING. NOT ONLY ARE WE PROVIDED WITH A COUPLE OF OFFICERS A DAY, THEY ARE THERE BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS WITH OUR STUDENTS, WITH US AS A STAFF, AND THEN, OF COURSE, ME
BEING A COMMUNITY MEMBER. I HAPPEN TO RUN INTO THEM ALL THE TIME, NOT BECAUSE THEY ARE STOPPING ME FOR SPEEDING OR ANYTHING. [LAUGHTER] BUT AT THE DIFFERENT EVENTS. WE PARTICIPATE IN THE TREE LIGHTING, THE PARADE. WE WERE VERY HONORED TO PARTICIPATE IN PIRATE FEST THIS
YEAR, ALL WITH THE GOAL OF JUST CONNECTING TO THE CITY. SO TODAY JUST HIGHLIGHTING OUR AEROSPACE SCIENCE ACADEMY. AFTER DOMINATING A REGIONAL COMPETITION, THEY HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN INVITED TO AN INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION WHICH WILL BE HELD AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND AT
THE END OF MAY BEGINNING OF JUNE. BOTH OUR A AND B TEAMS HAVE WON FIRST AND SECOND PLACE. WHAT'S MORE ALARMING IS OUR FIRST PLACE WINNERS ARE ACTUALLY OUR UNDERCLASSMEN. THE FUTURE IS VERY BRIGHT. JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT
C-PERCH IS. IT'S AN UNDERWATER DRONE COMPETITION. THEY HAVE TO DESIGN AND BUILD THEIR ROVs AND TAKE THEM THROUGH OBSTACLE COURSES AND CHALLENGES UNDER WART. MAYBE ONE DAY WE CAN HELP WITH THE DREDGING PROJECT, WHO KNOWS.
I JUST WANT TO TAKE THIS TIME TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP AND YOUR SUPPORT. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU, DR. IF FULLER. >> MAYOR: OKAY. WE ARE MOVING ON TO THE PUBLIC AUDIENCE PORTION OF THE MEETING. AS ALWAYS, IT WILL BE THREE MINUTES PER PERSON AND IT'S
NON-TRANSFERABLE. SO ANYBODY WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK COME ON DOWN. WE HAVE PODIUMS ON EITHER SIDE. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR CITY. >> I THOUGHT THAT WAS A DIME BUT IT'S NOT.
ANYWAY, MIKE McCRAY. PROTOCOL HAS ALREADY BEEN ESTABLISHED SO I WILL NOT GO THROUGH THAT. I WOULD LIKE TO SAY TO OUR DEPUTY CITY MANAGER ANDREW MACK, I WANT SO SAY, SIR, THANK YOU LAST NIGHT FOR YOUR PRESENTATION IN REGARDS TO THE CEMETERY. BEFORE YOU GET TOO FAR ALONG IN
YOUR PLANS, PLEASE SPEAK WITH ALL THE DIRECTORS THAT WILL BE UTILIZING THAT CEMETERY SO THAT YOU ALL WILL GET OUR INPUT. PEOPLE THINK JUST BECAUSE WE ARE DIRECTORS THAT WE DON'T LIKE LIVE PEOPLE, BUT WE DO. [LAUGHTER] >> APRIL FOOL'S. >> THANK YOU.
MOVING RIGHT ALONG, I SAT ON THE COMMISSION WHEN WE VOTED TO DO SARA SIMS PARK. I HEARD SOME DISTURBING NEWS LAST NIGHT. I HAVE TO ADDRESS IT TO THIS COMMISSION. AND THEY SAID THAT WE HAVE HOMELESS PEOPLE LIVING IN SARA
SIMS PARK WHEN WE SPENT OVER $3 MILLION TO BEAUTIFY THAT PARK AND MAKE IT A PRISTINE PARK, NOT ONLY FOR DISTRICT 2 BUT FOR THE CITIZENS HERE IN BOYNTON. AND FOR ME TO HAVE WORKED SO HARD ALONG WITH THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS AND TO HEAR THAT THE CHILDREN IN THAT COMMUNITY
ARE SAYING THAT THEY ARE AFRAID TO GO OUT TO SARA SIMS PARK BECAUSE OF WHAT'S TAKING PLACE NOW -- I HEARD THE CHIEF REPORT. CONGRATULATIONS, BUT THERE'S STILL MUCH WORK THAT WE ALL MUST DO. WE'RE NOT THROUGH YET. I'D LIKE TO COMMEND YOU ALL ON
THE ATMOSPHERE HERE TONIGHT. THE ATMOSPHERE IS DELIGHTFUL. WE DON'T FEEL LIKE WE ARE BEING ENCAMPED LIKE IN A PRISON SETTING THAT WE CAN SAY WHAT WE WANT TO SAY. >> AMEN. >> IN REGARDS TO OUR MEETING THAT WE HAD LAST NIGHT, THIS MEETING TAKE PLACE ONCE A MONTH.
WE HAVE KIOSKS HERE IN THE CITY. LET'S UTILIZE THOSE KIOSKS TO ADVERTISE THAT MEETING. IT'S HELD IN DISTRICT 2, BUT IT'S FOR ALL OF THE CITIZENS IN BOYNTON. AND WE NEED MORE PEOPLE TO COME OUT. WE HAD ABOUT 25 TO 30. VICE MAYOR HAY SAID THAT WE HAD
A FABULOUS TURNOUT, BUT I WAS DISAPPOINTED BECAUSE IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN PACKED. WHEN YOU HAVE CONCERNS -- THERE ARE MANY MEMBERS THAT CAME FROM DELRAY TO HELP US LOOK GOOD. BUT I'M JUST SAYING THE CITIZENS IN BOYNTON, WE NEED TO BE NUDGED
TO DO WHATEVER IT IS TO TELL US THAT IS OUR MEETING, OUR INPUT. ALSO THESE CHAMBERS NEED TO BE FILLED WITH PEOPLE OF COLOR BECAUSE THIS IS WHERE WE GET THE WORK DONE. WE'VE GOT YOU ALL REPRESENTING US UNLESS WE BRING THINGS TO YOU AND ASK FOR YOUR HELP, YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT WE NEED. I JUST WANT TO TELL YOU ALL, GOD
BLESS YOU ALL. LIKE THE DRO ASKED THE DIRECTORS BEFORE, HE CAME TO US AND SAID HOW'S BUSINESS? I SAID WE'RE STILL COVERING UP YOUR MISTAKES, THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU, NEXT.
>> GOOD EVENING, ALL. MY NAME IS CHARLES HUNT, A MILITARY RETIREE. I LIVE AND RESIGN IN ROLLING GREEN, AT 1330 NORTHWEST FIRST COURT. FOR THE PAST SIX TO SEVEN
MONTHS, I HAVE BEEN COMPLAINING ABOUT THE CITY OF BOYNTON TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE RESIDENTS IN. [ROLLING TONGUE] ROLLING GREEN WITH LIENS AND FINES WHICH WE COULD NEVER REPAY.
WHEREAS I MYSELF ARE BEING CHARGED $75 A DAY FOR HAVING SOMETHING ON MY CARPORT OTHER THAN A CAR. SINCE 18 JULY.
I SOMEWHAT COULD UNDERSTAND THAT IF WE HAD SOMETHING LOOKING BAD ON OUR CARPORT, WE SHOULD BE FINED.
BUT I DON'T SEE IT, NOTHING. IN THE PAST, I BLAMED THE CITY MANAGER WHICH I MUST APOLOGIZE BECAUSE THE CITY MANAGER IS
NOT -- THAT'S NOT HIS FIELD OF FORCE. WHERE HE IS NOT DEDICATED POLICE, WHICH I THINK THAT HE WOULD BE THE BEST POLICE CHIEF WE COULD EVER HAVE.
HE JUST DON'T HAVE THE HEART. AND HE HAVEN'T BEEN TRAINED IN DEALING WITH PEOPLE. HE'S NOT PEOPLE ORIENTED. HE ENFORCE. THAT'S HIS JOB.
IN FACT, WE ALL AGREE THAT HE CAME DOWN OFF OF THE PODIUM TO THE AUDIENCE ON DECEMBER 3rd TO JUMP ON -- WELL, TO FORCE AN
INDIVIDUAL, A SENIOR CITIZEN WHO WAS VOICING HIS OPINION. AND THIS GUY WAS IN DISTRESS. LUCKILY, WE HAD A POLICE OFFICER TO COME BETWEEN THEM. I'M NOT REALLY SAYING THAT, HEY,
THIS IS A BAD PERSON. BUT I THINK IT'S THE WRONG PERSON IN THE WRONG JOB. YOU'VE BEEN TRAINED TO ENFORCE THE LAW, NOT TO BRING PEOPLE
TOGETHER. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU. NEXT PLEASE. >> HI, SUSAN OYER, BOYNTON BEACH. SO I WANTED TO START OUT WITH THE LAST REGULAR COMMISSION MEETING. I WAS WRONG ON SOME STATS I BROUGHT UP. AND I TALKED WITH CHIEF
DeGIULIO, SO I TOLD HIM I WOULD COME BACK AND SAY I WAS WRONG. AND WHAT HAPPENED AT THE TIME WAS OUTSIDE THE CITY LIMITS, SO I JUST WANTED TO CORRECT THAT. NUMBER ONE, WE NEED TO GET THE ANDREWS HOUSE OVER TO THE CRA, GET IT MOVED, GET IT SAVED, STOP
PLAYING AROUND. AND I WOULD TALK ABOUT SOME OF THIS DURING CRA, EXCEPT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S ONE OF MY LATER POINTS HERE. NEXT UP, WE NEED -- THERE'S A PETITION TO STOP THE DUNES PROJECT. PLEASE SIGN IT. PLEASE SHARE IT. IT'S OUT THERE. IT'S PUBLIC. LET'S GET THIS AWFUL PROJECT OFF
AND OUT OF OUR CITY. NUMBER THREE, I'M SORRY, THIS IS ACTUALLY NUMBER FOUR. I SHOULD HAVE BROUGHT MY READING GLASSES. HERE WE GO. THE CRA ATTORNEY, SHE BASICALLY LIED TO THE PUBLIC AT THE TIME CRA MEETING SAYING ABOUT WHAT WE COULD AND COULD NOT TALK TO.
SO OBVIOUSLY, I SHOULD TALK ABOUT IT HERE WHERE I'M ALLOWED TO TALK ABOUT WHAT I WANT TO BECAUSE THE CRA ATTORNEY LIES ABOUT WHAT WE ARE ALLOWED TO TALK ABOUT DURING CRA MEETINGS DURING PUBLIC TIME. SO MY SUGGESTION IS YOU ALL CONTEMPLATE GETTING READY OF THAT CRA ATTORNEY AND SHE'S ON MY LIST.
AND THAT'S NOT A GOOD PLACE TO BE. LET'S SEE. WE NEED TO BRING -- WE NEED TO HAVE A CODE REVISION BOARD. WE NEED TO TO GET MOVING ON BEAUTIFICATION WHICH I HAVE BEEN COMPLAINING ABOUT SINCE 2019 WHEN THAT CRA STUDY HAPPENED.
AND NOTHING HAS STILL BEEN DONE. LET'S GET IT DONE. WE NEED TO WORK ON BRINGING BACK P&D AND GIVING THEM FINAL AUTHORITY OR ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW BOARD. CITIES WHO HAVE THOSE WITH FINAL AUTHORITY ARE ALLOWED TO KEEP THEM EVEN WITH LIVE LOCAL. SO MAYBE IT'S TIME WE DO
SOMETHING BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY WHAT'S COMING OUR DIRECTION IS UGLY AND THE RESIDENTS ARE NOT HAPPY. SO MAYBE YOU GUYS WANT TO START TAKING A LOOK AT THIS AND LET'S GET MOVING ON SOME BOARDS. AND SO SINCE NOBODY SEEMS TO BE READING MY EMAILS, HERE YOU GO.
CLERK, THERE'S ONE FOR YOU AND COMMISSIONER CRUZ. I'VE GOT YOUR NAMES ON THEM. I DON'T HAVE ENOUGH FOR ALL THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGERS, SORRY, BUT THERE'S A NAME ON EACH ONE FOR DAN AND THE COMMISSIONERS. AND I'LL GIVE YOU SOMETHING TO READ TONIGHT WHILE YOU'RE SITTING HERE IN THE SLOW TIMES OR WHEN YOU ARE BORED BECAUSE
YOU DIDN'T TAKE THE TIME TO READ AND RESPOND TO THE EMAIL I SENT. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU. NEXT PLEASE. >> HELLO. MY NAME IS CHARLES GALKIN,
RESIDENT OF COLONIAL CLUB. NUMBER 8 COLONIAL CLUB DRIVE. I CAME WITH SEVERAL OTHERS WHO ARE HERE FROM THE SAME AREA. WITH THE IDEA THAT WE WOULD BE
ABLE TO PRESENT OUR VIEWS QUITE OPPOSED TO THE CREATION OF AN EIGHT-STORY MONSTROSITY OF 298
APARTMENTS, PLUS 38 TOWNHOUSES ON THE WEST SIDE OF FEDERAL HIGHWAY OPPOSITE OUR RESIDENCES. AND I THOUGHT THAT WE WOULD
FOLLOW THE USUAL PROCEDURES, WHICH WOULD BE TO PRESENT THE REASONS FOR OPPOSING THIS MONSTROSITY, WHICH WOULD BE FOLLOWED BY PRESENTATIONS BY THE
DEVELOPER AND THE CONSIDERATION BY THE BOARD. AND THIS WOULD EVENTUALLY POSSIBLY LEAD TO CORRECTIONS AND REDESIGN AND SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE NOT ONLY POTENTIALLY
LEGAL, BUT OF LESS OF AN IMPOSITION ON THE PROPERTY OWNERS NEARBY, WHICH BY THE WAY HAVE NEVER BEEN INFORMED OF ANY PROPOSED ACTIVITY.
NOW, I'M DISAPPOINTED, MORE THAN DISAPPOINTED BUT SHOCKED TO FIND FOR THE FIRST TIME THAT YOU DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH IT.
THE STATE JUST RECENTLY HAS PASSED -- THE LEGISLATURE HAS APPROVED A NEW LAW WHICH REMOVES THE RIGHTS OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS.
EXCEPT FOR THE ONES WHO ARE GOING TO BUILD. AND THIS IS A RATHER UNIQUE AND DISTRESSING DEVELOPMENT THAT I
BELIEVE THAT THIS LAW WAS ADOPTED A FEW MONTHS AGO. >> MAYOR: SIR, YOU HAVE ABOUT FIVE SECONDS. >> EXCUSE ME. >> MAYOR: THERE'S A TIME LIMIT. SO YOU HAVE ABOUT FIVE SECONDS. [TONE] KEEP GOING IF YOU WANT TO WRAP IT UP. IT'S OKAY.
>> IT'S A SHOCK. THIS IS THE TIME WHEN THE COMMISSION OUGHT TO BE SPEAKING OUT. I DON'T HEAR ANYTHING. I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THAT THIS LAW, WHICH WAS A NUMBER --
>> MAYOR: UNDERSTOOD, SIR. >> SB102. >> MAYOR: SIR, THANK YOU SO MUCH. UNFORTUNATELY, WE HAVE OTHER PEOPLE. >> PLEASE TAKE ACTION. I THINK ON YOUR PROGRAM, YOU MADE A REFERENCE TO THIS KIND OF THING. >> MAYOR: YES. >> AND NOTHING HAS COME OUT OF
HERE, NOTHING AT THE LOCAL LEVEL. THE LEGISLATURE IS ON A TEAR NOT ALLOWING ANY ROOM LEFT FOR LOCAL DECISION MAKING. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> AND THIS IS IMPORTANT.
AND THE RIGHTS OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS REMAIN, ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU. >> THAT WAS NOT REMOVED. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU. NEXT PLEASE. >> GOOD EVENING. MADAM MAYOR, MR. VICE MAYOR,
CITY STAFF AND COMMISSIONERS. MY NAME IS DAVE PATTERSON AND I LIVE IN LAS MANGOS WHICH IS OFF OF FEDERAL HIGHWAY IN BOYNTON BEACH. I AM THE LAS MANGOS BOARD PRESIDENT AND ALSO SIT ON A
COMMITTEE CALLED SAVE LAS MANGOS. WE ARE A COMMUNITY OPPOSITE THIS GENTLEMAN. FOR THOSE UNFAMILIAR WITH US, OUR COMMUNITY OF 188 HOMES HAS BEEN AROUND FOR NEARLY FIVE
DECADES. WE ARE A DIVERSE COMMUNITY WITH A MIX OF YEAR-ROUND RESIDENTS, SNOWBIRDS, WHITE COLOR, BLUE BLE COLLAR ALL AGES. OUR COMMUNITY IS PARK-LIKE AND WE HAVE OVER 800 INVENTORIED
TREES ON 38 ACRES. WE ARE A ONE STORY AND TWO STORY COMMUNITY. AND WE ARE HERE REPRESENTING OUR NEIGHBORS FROM WOOLBRIGHT SOUTH
TO THE DELRAY BEACH LINE. WE ARE HERE TONIGHT BECAUSE PERMITS HAVE BEEN APPROVED FOR DIEWRN ONE AND DUNE TWO. WE NOW HAVE A BETTER IDEA OF WHAT IS BEING BUILT. WE ARE HERE TO PROTEST IN THE
STRONGEST TERMS POSSIBLE AGAINST THIS LIVE LOCAL ACT PROTECTED EIGHT-STORY 85-FOOT HIGH PROJECT CONTAINING 298 RENTAL APARTMENTS AND A 401 SPACE PARKING GARAGE. THE CITY'S POSITION HAS BEEN IT
CAN DO NOTHING. YOUR HANDS ARE NOT TIED. YOU DO HAVE A CHOICE. WE SEE THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF FLORIDA CITIES LARGE AND SMALL PROTECTING THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD'S QUALITY OF LIFE BY PUSHING BACK
ON THE LIVE LOCAL ACT. IT'S ALREADY BEEN AMENDED. IN FACT, IN THE LATEST LEGISLATIVE SESSION, THERE ARE MANY WHO NOW PUBLICLY STATE THAT THIS LAW IS BROKEN. IT NEEDS TO BE COMPLETELY REIMAGINED. IT NEEDS A DO-OVER. LET US BE CRYSTAL CLEAR.
WE WHOLEHEARTEDLY SUPPORT AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND WOULD ADVOCATE FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING THAT IS TRULY AFFORDABLE. WE ARE NOT FOR A GRAB BY A DEVELOPER TO GET OCEAN VIEW UNITS AT A MARKET RATE. NOT JUST THIS BUILD, BUT ALL
BUILDS IN BOYNTON BEACH NEED TO BE IN HARMONY WITH THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY AND WITH THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. WE NEED AN INNOVATIVE CITYWIDE PROGRAM TO ENCOURAGE HOMEOWNERSHIP. I'LL LEAVE IT THERE FOR NOW.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION. AND I'LL TURN THIS OVER NOW TO THE CHAIR OF OUR SAVE LOS MANGOS COMMITTEE. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU SO MUCH. NEXT PLEASE.
>> YOU CAN GO FIRST, GO, GO. >> GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS KIM RODGER AND I ALSO LIVE IN LOS MANGOS. I'M THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE SAVE LOS MANGOS COMMITTEE. THE PROBLEMS WITH THIS BUILD ARE MANY.
FOR EXAMPLE, 298 APARTMENT ON JUST 2.98 ACRES THAT IS TANTAMOUNT TO A ZERO LOT LINE BUILD. IT GROSSLY EXCEEDS THE DENSITY LEVELS IN OUR AREA'S NEIGHBORHOODS BY 10 TIMES. IT IS DANGEROUS. IT IS RECKLESS. AND IT IS BEING PROTECTED UNDER
THE LIVE LOCAL ACT. IT HAS BEEN CHARACTERIZED AS A BUILD THAT IS TOO TIGHT. YESTERDAY WE RECEIVED OUR REQUEST FOR THE DOCUMENTS THAT SUPPORT THE APPROVED PERMITS AND BEGIN REVIEWING THEM. THANK YOU, ADAM, FOR FACILITATING THE REQUEST.
THERE WAS AN EXTENSIVE LIST OF ISSUES AND CONCERNS. TODAY WE WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT THE ATTACK OF THE MEDIAN WE HAVE MAINTAINED SINCE 1977, THE PLACEMENT OF OUR COMMUNITY
SIGNAGE AND LACK OF FULL-THROATED TRANSPARENT ENGAGEMENT BY THE DEVELOPER. THE REST WILL BE PRESENTED AT ANOTHER TIME. INITIALLY, WE ARE ASKING FOR THIS 85-FOOT BUILD TO BE LOWERED TO 45 FEET AND BE COMPATIBLE WITH OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.
PROPER SETBACKS, REORIENT THE BUILDING ON THE SITE, AND ESTABLISH A GOOD NEIGHBOR POLICY. IN CLOSING TONIGHT, WE HOPE THE CITY WILL STEP UP AND PROTECT THE GOOD PEOPLE OF BOYNTON BEACH. IF ALLOWED TO HAPPEN AS NOW
PROPOSED, THIS WILL SET A PRECEDENT THROUGH THE CITY AND BEYOND. WE RESPECTFULLY TAKE THE POSITION IT IS TIME FOR EVERYONE ON THE DAIS TO STAND UP FOR THE RESIDENTS, THE VOTERS, TAXPAYERS, HOMEOWNERS, AND NOT ONLY PROTECT OUR CITY, BUT BRING BALANCE TO THIS WHOLE PROCESS.
WE ARE ASKING FOR THIS TO BE THE START OF A DIALOGUE WITH YOU. WE ARE HOPEFUL YOU WILL TAKE OUR REMARKS VERY SERIOUSLY. THANK YOU. AND PERSONALLY, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO THANK VICE MAYOR HAY ALWAYS FOR HIS THOUGHTFUL CONVOCATIONS. THANK YOU.
>> MAYOR: THANK YOU. NEXT PLEASE. >> GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS BARBARA REEDY. AND I WANTED TO SPEAK TO YOU TONIGHT ABOUT -- I NEED HELP WITH GETTING HISTORIC SIGNS
REPLACED AND REPLANTED AND PURCHASED AND PUT UP. I WALK THROUGH THE DEWEY PARK THE OTHER DAY AND WAS VERY SADDENED BY THE CONDITION OF THE SIGN REMINDING PEOPLE IN THAT FARK WHAT THAT PARK REPRESENTS.
IT'S BEEN BEAT UP, BEAT UPON, TORE UP. IT DEFINITELY NEEDS TO BE REPLACED, PLEASE. THE CHILDREN'S SCHOOLHOUSE MUSEUM IS ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER. WHERE IS ITS SIGN? SOME OF THESE SIGNS WERE REMOVED DURING THE CONSTRUCTION THAT
TOOK PLACE DOWNTOWN ON THE TOWN SQUARE. BUT WE NEED TO PUT THAT BACK UP. CHILDREN'S SCHOOLHOUSE MUSEUM IS ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER. LET'S PUT ITS SIGN BACK UP, PLEASE. I DON'T KNOW WHERE IT IS. I DON'T KNOW WHO TO ASK FOR HELP.
THE GIRL SCOUT TROOP 25145, ONE OF THE LITTLE GIRLS WANTED TO HELP SOMEHOW WITH THE MAGNUSON HOUSE SIGN BECAUSE THERE'S A QR CODE ON THERE THAT IS SO DEGRADED THAT YOU CAN'T REALLY READ IT OR USE IT. AND THE GIRL SCOUTS WANTED TO
HELP SOMEHOW. AND I DON'T KNOW HOW TO ASK THEM TO HELP, HOW TO DIRECT THEM TO HELP US. THE QR CODES THAT WERE ON STAND
DOWNTOWNAND THAT THEY WOULD BE D AND PROTECTED FROM THE SUN. WE'RE STILL WAITING FOR IT. WE'D REALLY LIKE TO PURCHASE AN HISTORIC SIGN FOR THE CULTURAL CENTER TO MAKE PEOPLE AWARE OF THE HISTORY OF THAT BUILDING. IT IS ON THE LOCAL REGISTER. WE HAVEN'T PUT IT ON THE
NATIONAL REGISTER, ALTHOUGH WE COULD. AND THAT WOULD BE WONDERFUL. SO I JUST WANTED TO ASK FOR HELP WITH SIGNS. WE DON'T HAVE AN HISTORIC PRESERVATION PLANNER SO, YOU KNOW, ADVOCATE FOR THESE THINGS. AND I WANTED TO SAY ALSO THAT I
AGREE WITH WHAT SUSAN SAID. COULD YOU PLEASE, YOU KNOW, BOUNCE THE ANDREWS HOUSE INTO THE CRA COURT AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO ABOUT MOVING RAPIDLY ON THAT? SO THE DEVELOPER DOESN'T BECOME DISENFRANCHISED. AND ALSO, CAN WE DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE LIVE LOCAL ACT?
THOSE FOLKS ARE -- I DON'T BLAME THEM FOR BEING UPSET ABOUT IT. AND YOU SHOULD, TOO, BECAUSE THIS IS POWER. YOUR POWER THAT HAS BEEN USURPED. AND YOU DO NOT HAVE CONTROL OVER THESE LIVE LOCAL THINGS. AND THAT'S NOT RIGHT.
SO THERE MUST BE SOMETHING WE CAN DO. PLEASE, THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU. NEXT PLEASE. >> MIKE FITZPATRICK, 175 SOUTHWEST SECOND STREET. 2:00 P.M. TODAY THERE WAS A VERY POSITIVE MEETING ON MOVING THE ANDREWS HOUSE.
IN ATTENDANCE WAS ANDREW MACK, ADAM TEMPLE AND TIM TACK. MY OBSERVATION IS THE GENERAL CONSENSUS WAS THE CRA SHOULD BE THE LEAD AGENCY FOR MOVING THE ANDREWS HOUSE BECAUSE IT WOULD BE MOVING TO THE CRA PROPERTY.
AND MOST OF THE FUNDS WOULD COME FROM THE CRA. MORE TIME WAS SPENT TALKING ABOUT THE MAGNUSON HOUSE THAN THE ANDREWS HOUSE BECAUSE OF BOTH HOUSES ARE ON THE SAME LOT. PROBLEMS ARE INTERTWINED.
THE BIGGEST QUESTION MARK THAT WAS NOTED IS THE DEVELOPER IS NOT RESPONDING TO MULTIPLE CONTACT ATTEMPTS. MY OBSERVATION IS TO KEEP SOLVING PROBLEMS, THE STAFF
NEEDS A MORE FORMAL DIRECTION FROM THE CRA BOARD. AND AT THE END, ANDREW MACK RECOMMENDED THE PEOPLE MEETING TODAY SHOULD REGULARLY MEET APPROXIMATELY EVERY TWO WEEKS AS NEEDED TO KEEP PUSHING FORWARD. LIKE I SAID, A VERY POSITIVE
MEETING. AND THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU. NEXT PLEASE. >> DAVID KATZ, BOYNTON BEACH. A FEW MOMENTS AGO CHARLES HUNT CAME UP HERE AND SPOKE DISPARAGINGLY ABOUT OUR CITY MANAGER. THE INCIDENT HE SPOKE ABOUT, ONE THAT WAS NOT A SENIOR CITIZEN,
ALSO IT WAS A GENTLEMAN WHO DOESN'T EVEN LIVE IN THE CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH. AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS BECAUSE THAT PERSON SENT ANONYMOUS EMAILS TO THE CITY MANAGER'S FAMILY. SORT OF TRYING TO UPSET HIS WHOLE FAMILY LIFE. AND I DON'T THINK THERE'S A MAN IN THIS ROOM WHO WOULDN'T STAND
UP FOR HIS FAMILY AND RISK EVERYTHING HE HAS TO PROTECT HIS KIDS AND HIS WIFE. AND THAT'S WHAT THAT MAN DID. HE CAME DOWN HERE AND RISKED HIS JOB BECAUSE OF WHAT THE ATTACKS WERE ON HIS FAMILY AND HIS WIFE. THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED.
NOW, HE APOLOGIZED FOR IT. HE DIDN'T STAY FOR THE MEETING. BUT I'M TELLING YOU, THAT IS A MAN WITH CHARACTER. THAT IS A MAN WHO WILL PROTECT HIS FAMILY AT ANY COST. AND THAT'S THE KIND OF MAN WE NEED TO BE CITY MANAGER. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU.
NEXT PLEASE. >> CINDY FALCO DiCORRADO. I JUST WANT TO BRING UP SEVERAL ISSUES TONIGHT. I'D LIKE THEM TAKEN CARE OF. NUMBER ONE, THE BATHROOMS NEED TO BE DESIGNATED ONE FOR A MAN AND ONE FOR A WOMAN. THERE ARE ONLY TWO GENDERS. SOME MEN NEED TO BE A LITTLE
SWEETY AND CLEAN THE SEATY. IT IS A HAZARD TO HAVE US FEMALES SIT ON THAT. IT'S A HEALTH HAZARD. THE LGBTQ TP SIGN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD, IT IS ILLEGAL. IT DENOTES THE CITY AGREES WITH PEDOPHILIA AND RAPING CHILDREN.
THE 666 BENCHES, THEY CALL IT ART. BUT IT IS THE SYMBOL OF THE MARK OF THE BEAST. FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT KNOW, YOU KNOW. THE CHIEF OF POLICE WHO ALLEGEDLY, SLEEPS WITH HOOKERS, DISTORTS TRUTH HANS A SEARCH ATTACK AMERICANS SUCH AS MYSELF
WHICH WAS RIGHT HERE ON MARCH THE 5th, 2024, I WONDER IF THAT'S ON THAT LIST OF HIS STATS AND ARRESTING PRETTY MUCH INNOCENT AMERICANS BECAUSE THAT'S WHO THEY ARE ARRESTING MOSTLY. AND I WANT TO ALSO SAY THE CHIEF OF POLICE IS ALSO VIOLATING HIS
OATH OF OFFICE BY NOT REMOVING ILLEGALS. HE WILL NOT SIGN THE DOCUMENT WHICH IS HARMING AMERICANS. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT ILLEGALLY HERE. WE ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE WHO CAME THROUGH THE FRONT DOOR. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT STRANGERS COMING INTO OUR HOME WITHOUT PERMISSION, TAKING OUR HOUSES AND EATING OUR FOOD AND SLEEPING IN OUR BEDS WITHOUT OUR CONSENT.
WHAT PART OF ILLEGAL DO YOU NOT COMPREHEND, MR. CHIEF OF POLICE? NEXT IS THE DISGUSTING ODOR OF MARIJUANA THAT PERMEATES OUR AIR. OUR RIGHT TO BREATHE WITHOUT SECONDHAND SMOKE AND TOXIC CHEMICALS GOING INTO OUR BODIES. IF IT IS FOR MEDICINAL PURPOSES, STAY AT HOME AS THAT IS WHERE
YOU STAY WHEN YOU'RE SICK. ALSO THE FIRST AMENDMENT FREEDOM OF SPEECH, IT IS ALIVE AND WELL. GOD GAVE US THE FREEDOM TO SPEAK AND ALL OF YOU TOOK AN OATH TO UPHOLD AND PROTECT THAT RIGHT. JUST KEEPING IT REAL. WE DO NOT WANT EIGHT-STORY BUILDINGS IN OUR DOWNTOWN AREA. WE DO NOT HAVE THE
INFRASTRUCTURE NOR WATER PIPES TO SUSTAIN IT. FOR YOUR INFORMATION, THOSE WHO ARE FOR HIGH-RISES DO NOT LIVE IN EAST BOYNTON BEACH AND IT WOULDN'T AFFECT THEM WITH THE TRAFFIC AND THE PROBLEMS THAT THIS WILL CAUSE. LAST BUT NOT LEAST, THE RED LIGHT CAMERAS, THEY ARE ILLEGAL. IT IS COLOR OF LAW, TITLE 18
U.S. CODE 241 AND 242 WHICH IS CRIMES AGAINST WE THE PEOPLE. IT ALSO VIOLATES THE 6th AMENDMENT TO FACE YOUR ACCUSER. I DEMAND THESE THINGS BE REMOVED NOW. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU.
NO OTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS? >> WE HAVE NOBODY ONLINE. >> MAYOR: DO WE HAVE PEOPLE ONLINE? >> NO. >> MAYOR: NO ONE IS ONLINE SO WE ARE GOOD TO MOVE ON. >> MAYOR, POINT OF INFORMATION. CAN WE -- IF IT'S OKAY WITH MY COLLEAGUES, CAN WE HAVE THE CITY
ATTORNEY ADDRESS THIS CONCERN ABOUT LIVE LOCAL AND EVERYTHING? AND MAYBE GO OVER THOROUGHLY HOW THIS LAW CAME TO BE, WHAT IT DOES IN A VERY SIMPLE MATTER. THEN I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS AFTER
YOU GO, IF YOU GUYS ARE OKAY WITH THAT. >> MAYOR: PLEASE, I AM. ARE YOU OKAY, VICE MAYOR? >> I JUST WANT TO TAKE A MINUTE TO EXPLAIN LIVE LOCAL ACT. I'M SORRY. DID YOU SAY -- >> MAYOR: SHE'S OKAY WITH IT. GO AHEAD. >> SHAWNA LAMB, CITY ATTORNEY. WITH REGARD TO THE LIVE LOCAL
ACT, AS WE ALL KNOW, LOCAL GOVERNMENTS HAVE WHAT IS CALLED HOME RULE POWER. AND THAT MEANS WE HAVE THE POWER TO REGULATE THOSE THINGS LIKE DEVELOPMENTS AND THOSE SORT OF THINGS, SO LONG AS THE STATE HAS NOT PREEMPTED THAT POWER. AND WHEN THE STATE REGULATES SOMETHING, THAT MEANS THAT WE NO
LONGER HAVE THE RIGHT TO REGULATE THAT. SO WHAT THE LEGISLATION DID WITH SENATE BILL 102, THEY CREATED THE LIVE LOCAL ACT. SO WITH REGARD TO THE LIVE LOCAL ACT, BECAUSE IT IS A STATE
STATUTE, THE CITY COMMISSION IS COMPLETELY LIMITED ON ANYTHING RELATING TO THOSE DEVELOPMENTS. AND TO BE SPECIFIC, PROJECTS THAT PREEMPTS GOVERNMENT CONTROL IN SEVERAL WAYS. IF A PROPOSED MULTI-FAMILY DEVELOPMENT MEETS THE STATE'S
LIVE LOCAL ACT CRITERIA BY SETTING ASIDE UNITS FOR AFFORDABLE OR WORKFORCE HOUSING, THIS COMMISSION CANNOT DENY THE DEVELOPMENT BASED ON LAND USE, ZONING, DENSITY, OR HIGH LIMITATIONS. THIS APPLIES IF THE PROPERTY IS ZONED FOR COMMERCIAL OR
INDUSTRIAL USE. THE DEVELOPMENT IS IN AN AREA WITH SUFFICIENT INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE SITE ISN'T PRESERVATION OR CONSERVATION LAND. THE CITY MUST ADMINISTRATIVELY APPROVE WITHOUT ANY COMMISSION REVIEW THESE QUALIFYING PROJECTS IF THEY COMPLY WITH THE FLORIDA
BUILDING CODE AND OTHER TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS. THEY CANNOT IMPOSE ANY ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS BEYOND BASIC LIFE SAFETY STANDARDS. THE CITY ONLY RETAINS AUTHORITY OVER BUILDING CODE COMPLIANCE REVIEW, BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE
ADEQUACY AND LIFE SAFETY REQUIREMENTS. AND THE PROCESSING OF THE PERMITS AND APPLICATIONS MUST HAPPEN WITHIN THE STATUTORY TIME FRAMES SET OUT BY OUR STATE LEGISLATURE. THIS MEANS THAT THE TRADITIONAL COMMISSION POWERS OVER ZONING, DENSITY, LAND USE ARE
RESTRICTED. THE ACT WAS SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED TO BYPASS LOCAL CONTROL OF THE GOVERNMENT TO ACCELERATE AFFORDABLE HOUSING. IT INTENTIONALLY LIMITS MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY TO STREAMLINE THE APPROVAL PROCESS FOR THESE AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS.
NOW, THE LEGAL IMPLICATIONS. ATTEMPTING TO REZONE PROPERTY SPECIFICALLY TO PREVENT OR REDUCE LIVE LOCAL PROJECTS WOULD LIKELY FACE SERIOUS LEGAL CHALLENGES BECAUSE THE LIVE LOCAL ACT EXPLICITLY -- I'M SORRY, I'M SICK.
PROHIBITS LOCAL GOVERNMENTS FROM TAKING ANY ACTION THAT WOULD PREVENT QUALIFYING DEVELOPMENTS. ANY TARGETED AT REDUCING LIVE LOCAL PROJECTS COULD BE INTERPRETED AS DELIBERATELY CIRCUMVENTING FLORIDA LAW. SUCH ACTIONS EXPOSE THE CITY TO
LEGAL LIABILITY, LAWSUITS, POTENTIAL CLAIMS OF DISCRIMINATORY HOUSING PRACTICES, FINANCIAL PENALTIES, LEGAL COSTS AND REVERSAL OF REZONING DISTRICTS. THERE IS ALSO ADDITIONAL -- SINCE THE DEVELOPERS OWN THE PROPERTY, IF YOU RESTRICT NOW
WHAT THEY ARE ABLE TO USE THE PROPERTY YOU COULD TRIGGER WHAT'S CALLED A BURT HARRIS CLAIM, POTENTIALLY FORCING THE CITY TO EITHER COMPENSATE THE PROPERTY OUR OR REVERSE THE REZONING DECISION. THERE'S ALSO A CONSTITUTIONAL TAKINGS CHALLENGE THAT COULD BE
BROUGHT. IF THE REZONING SUBSTANTIALLY DIMINISHES THE PROPERTY VALUE OR THEIR DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS. SO WE ARE LITERALLY HAND TIED. NOW, I DO WANT TO MENTION LOCAL CRITERIA, IF THEY ARE MET -- LET
ME SAY THIS. EVEN IF THE PROPOSED LIVE LOCAL DEVELOPMENT CONFLICTS WITH THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, OR FUTURE LAND USE MAP OR POLICIES, THE ACT SAYS THE ACT TAKES PRECEDENCE.
SO LONG AS THE DEVELOPMENT IS MEETING THE STATE GUIDELINES, WE HAVE NO SAY DESPITE IF WE CHANGE OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OR OUR LAND USE -- FUTURE LAND USE MAP. I DO WANT TO GIVE YOU ONE EXAMPLE THAT I WAS ABLE TO
RESEARCH. BAL HARBOR VILLAGE ATTEMPTED TO -- THEY HAD A NINE-COUNT COMPLAINT THAT'S OVER 300 PAGES FILED AGAINST THEM BECAUSE THEY TRIED TO TAKE ACTION TO PREVENT LIVE LOCAL ACTS.
WE KNOW BAL HARBOR IS A VERY WEALTHY AREA. AFTER THE COMPLAINT WAS FILED, THE VILLAGE PURSUED AN ALTERNATE STRATEGY TO PREVENT THE APPLICATION FROM BEING APPROVED AND AMENDING EXISTING ORDINANCES TO RENDER THE APPLICATION NON-COMPLIANT. IN DOING SO, EFFECTIVELY ACKNOWLEDGING THAT IT HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO APPROVE THE
APPLICATION. THE COMPLAINT WENT ON TO SAY THAT THESE ACTIONS BY THE VILLAGE COUPLED WITH THE FLORIDA LEGISLATURE'S MOST RECENT MEMORANDUM OF THE LIVE LOCAL ACT NOT COINCIDENTALLY TO PREVENT THIS TYPE OF MISCHIEF AND STATUTORY NULLIFICATION REQUIRED THE FILING OF THIS ACTION.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED WITH THAT SUIT. I SUSPECT THEY THEN APPROVED THAT ACTION. SO WE ARE VERY, VERY, VERY LIMITED ON WHAT WE CAN DO. AND AMANDA CAN CERTAINLY COME UP AND TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE
THINGS THAT MAY BE DONE. BUT, YOU KNOW, THE FRUSTRATION IS THERE AND I BELIEVE, YOU KNOW, THE CITY HAS THE FRUSTRATION AS WELL. HOWEVER, THE COMPLAINTS REALLY NEED TO GO TO THE LOCAL REPRESENTATIVES AT THE STATE
LEGISLATURE AND IN VOTING, YOU KNOW. BECAUSE WE HAVE NO SAY. AND ANY ATTEMPT TO CHALLENGE IT SUBJECTS US TO VERY EXPENSIVE AND COSTLY LITIGATION. >> THANK YOU, SHAWNA. REAL QUICK, YOU MENTIONED
CHANGING THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. IF WE -- IF THIS BODY DECIDED TO MOVE IN THAT DIRECTION HOLISTICALLY AND ORGANICALLY, WOULD THAT AFFECT FUTURE PARCELS THAT ARE NOT OWNED BY SOMEONE LOOKING TO DO LIVE LOCAL? >> NO, BECAUSE THE ACT
SPECIFICALLY STATES -- THE ACT SPECIFICALLY STATES IF THE PLANNED DEVELOPMENT MEETS THE STATE'S ACT IT DOES NOT MATTER WHAT YOUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN SAYS. WE ARE COMPLETELY PREEMPTED. >> YEAH. LAST, THIS WAS -- WHEN WAS THIS LAW PASSED? A YEAR AGO, TWO YEARS AGO?
>> IT WAS ORIGINALLY PASSED IN 2023 AND THERE WERE SIGNIFICANT AMENDMENTS MADE LAST YEAR. >> YEAH, I REMEMBER THE AMENDMENTS. AND THE CITY LOBBIED AGAINST THIS LAST YEAR WITH ALL OUR PARTNERS. THE PALM BEACH COUNTY LEAGUE OF CITIES LOBBIED AGAINST THIS. YOU KNOW, THIS IS NOT JUST CERTAIN TO BOYNTON BEACH.
THERE'S A LOT OF MUNICIPALITIES THAT ARE AGAINST THIS BILL. AND I JUST WANT TO TOUCH ON EVERYONE WHO IS CONCERNED. YOU HAVE TO REACH OUT TO YOUR LOCAL REPRESENTATIVES. WE REACH OUT TO OUR LOCAL REPRESENTATIVES. BUT THE MORE EMAILS, THE MORE PHONE CALLS THAT ARE DONE, THE MORE MOVEMENT YOU CAN GET.
AND I WOULDN'T JUST FOCUS ON OUR CURRENT REPRESENTATIVES, BUT OUTSIDE OF BOYNTON BEACH, OUTSIDE OF THEIR DISTRICTS. BECAUSE THAT'S THE ONLY WAY YOU'RE GOING TO INSTITUTE CHANGE. WHEN I WAS IN TALLAHASSEE LAST YEAR, I SAW THE AMENDMENTS AND EVERYTHING JUST MOVED THROUGH COMMITTEE FAST. AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S UNFORTUNATE.
AND SO I THINK WHAT THIS COMMISSION NEEDS TO DO -- THIS IS SOMETHING THAT COMMISSIONER CRUZ HAD BROUGHT UP PRIOR. TAKE A LOOK AT OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND MAYBE TAKE ACTION, YOU KNOW, TO PREVENT THIS FROM HAPPENING IN THE FUTURE. I KNOW WE HAVE HAD CONVERSATIONS ABOUT INCREASING REQUIRED GREEN
SPACE, INCREASING SETBACKS, INCREASING THE MINIMUM SQUARE FOOTAGE, YOU KNOW, FOR UNITS IN THE CITY. YOU KNOW, I THINK THERE'S OTHER CREATIVE WAYS TO INCENTIVIZE AND REGULATE THE TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT THAT WE WANT. AND, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE DO TODAY,
WE MIGHT NOT SEE THE RESULTS IN A YEAR OR TWO. WHAT WE DO TODAY WE WILL SEE IN THREE TO FIVE YEARS. SO, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO SEE THAT CONVERSATION COME BACK. I KNOW THERE'S CONSENSUS PRIOR TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION. I KNOW THAT'S A BIG OVERHAUL TO LOOK AT OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S SOMETHING WE DO IN-HOUSE OR THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE FARM OUT. BUT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE BEEN HEARING THIS FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS. LOOK AT TOWN SQUARE, YOU KNOW. THERE WAS A BIG PUSHBACK ON THAT. IT'S EIGHT STORIES, 450
APARTMENTS AT THE END OF MY STREET. I GET IT, RIGHT ACROSS FROM HERE. AND, YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T CONTROL THE PAST BUT WE CAN DEFINITELY SET THE STAGE FOR THE FUTURE..
>> MAYOR, ADD OUR PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT ARE CURRENTLY NEGOTIATING A >> THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATE, COMMISSIONER. >> CAN I MAKE A COMMENT. >> MAYOR: YES, COMMISSIONER CRUZ. >> THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATE, ALSO. I WANTED TO SEE IF IT'S
POSSIBLE, AND THANK YOU, SHAWNA, I HOPE YOU FEEL BETTER. YOU SOUND VERY SICK AS WELL. JUST QUICK QUESTION. IF WE COULD HOLD ON THAT PORTION A LITTLE BIT WITH REGARD TO THE
STATE REQUIREMENT, THE LIVE LOCAL STATE GUIDELINES, I THINK YOU MENTIONED A PIECE ABOUT THE INFRASTRUCTURE OR SOMETHING ALONG THE LINES OF THE PROJECT BEING ALIGNED WITH THE,
SOMETHING ABOUT INFRASTRUCTURE. CAN YOU HOLD A LITTLE BIT ON THAT, PLEASE? >> I'D LIKE TO INVITE AMANDA UP, BECAUSE AS IT GETS INTO ANY SPECIFIC PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT AND THOSE SORT OF THINGS, SHE IS CERTAINLY THE EXPERT, NOT I.
>> GOOD EVENING, AMANDA RATTIGAN, PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR FOR THE CITY. THE WAY THE STATE STATUTE READS IS THAT THE PROJECTS DO NEED TO MEET THE DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS, SO THEY ARE HELD TO THE SAME INFRASTRUCTURE STANDARDS AS ANY OTHER PROJECT WOULD BE. AND THEY DO HAVE TO MEET ALL THE
PLANNING AND ZONING REGULATIONS WITHIN THE CODE. THAT IS DIFFERENT THAN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DOESN'T HOLD REGULATIONS. IT IS JUST POLICY. THOSE TYPES OF THINGS WOULD NEED TO BE EDITED WITHIN THE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS. SO THEY ARE REVIEWED LIKE ANY
OTHER PROJECT. THEY NEED TO MEET DRAINAGE. THEY NEED TO TALK ABOUT THE UTILITIES AND THE ALL THE EASENTS AND MOVE WATER THE -- EASEMENTS AND MOVE WATER THE SAME WAY THE PROJECT WOULD. WE CANNOT MOVE A PROJECT WITHOUT THOSE CONCURRENCY REVIEWS. THANK YOU. >> REAL QUICK.
SO WHAT -- WHAT DICTATES, MEETS THE INFRASTRUCTURE REQUIREMENTS? >> SO THERE WAS DRAINAGE REQUIREMENTS AND INFRASTRUCTURE REQUIREMENTS ARE WITHIN THE LAND REGULATIONS. WE HAVE A ZONING AND ENGINEERING PORTION THAT ARE REVIEWED AND
SOME OF THEM ARE OUTSIZE AGENCIES AS WELL SO THINGS LIKE TRAFFIC, ROAD, LIKE WE TALKED ABOUT MOBILITY, ALL OF THOSE CONCURRENCY REVIEWS ARE HANDLED WITHIN DIFFERENT AGENCIES, LARGELY WITHIN OUR CITY.
>> BUT BACK -- SO LIKE THE DRAINAGE. IS THAT DR. KALKAT THAT DECIDES THAT OR? >> NO, SO,. >> LIKE WHO DECIDES LIKE HEY, THIS IS GOOD TO GO? I KNOW THE COUNTY DOES THE TRAFFIC. RIGHT? THEY'LL DO THE TRAFFIC STUDY AND THEN THE -- >> DRAINAGE WOULD BY THE CITY ENGINEER, AND WITHIN THE
ENGINEERING DIVISION'S PURVIEW FOR REVIEW. UTILITIES REVIEWS WASTEWATER AND UTILITIES, NOT DRAINAGE. DRAINAGE IS HOW MUCH WATER AND STORMWATER RUNOFF THERE IS ON THE SITE, AND THE FACT IF THEY CAN CONTAIN THAT WATER SO THERE ARE CODES WITHIN OUR
REGULATIONS, AND THERE IS ALSO SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT CODES THAT WE FOLLOW. >> SO IT'S, OKAY, SO SOUTH, SO SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT ALSO LOOKS AT THE DRAINAGE, IS THAT FOR EVERY PROJECT OR -- IS THAT FOR
RESIDENTIAL TWO, SINGLE-FAMILY HOME? >> THAT'S CORRECT. SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGE M MENT DISTRICT DOES REGULATE WITHIN SOUTH FLORIDA. EVEN -- ONLY IF IT WAS A SINGLE-FAMILY HOUSE. LIKE IF YOU WERE GOING TO BUILD ONE HOUSE ON ONE LOT. IT ALSO HAVE LAKEWORTH DRAINAGE
DISTRICT 1WE8 THAT IS INVOLVED WITH SOME OF THE DRAINAGE AS WELL. DEPENDING ON HOW THEY'RE DISCHARGING OR WHERE THEY'RE DISCHARGING TO. >> OKAY. . >> YEAH BECAUSE I MEAN IT'S LIKE A SUPER DENSE PROJECT, SO I JUST -- I MEAN, YOU DON'T KNOW HOW BAD THE DRAINAGE IS GOING TO
BE UNTIL IT'S BUILT, RIGHT? LIKE LOOK AT FORT LAUDERDALE. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? THEY APPROVED EVERYTHING UNDER THE SUN DOWN THERE, AND IT'S UNDER WATER. YOU KNOW, WHEN IT STORMS. SO I DON'T KNOW. I THINK I'M LOOK FORWARD TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OVERHAUL.
>> I WILL MENTION THAT YOU KNOW ANY DRAINAGE THAT'S DESIGNED IS DONE BY A PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER, LISNSZED IN THE STATE OF -- LICENSED IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA WHO HAS LICENSE AND INSURANCE. THERE WAS A PROBLEM WHERE THERE WAS MALFEASANCE OR NEGLIGENCE DONE, THAT COMMUNITY COULD OR THE CITY COULD FILE A CLAIM AGAINST THEIR LICENSE AND/OR
RESTITUTION AS WELL. >> GOT IT. GOT IT. >> AND THESE ARE SUBJECT TO FLORIDA BUILDING CODE? THIS ADMINISTRATIVE APPROVAL SUBJECT TO FLORIDA BUILDING CODE. >> OKAY. >> COMMISSIONER CRUZ, YOU HAD A
COMMENT. >> THANK YOU, MAYOR. NO, I WAS JUST SAYING, THANK YOU FOR YOUR RESPONSES, AND THANKS TO ANDREW AS WELL FOR CLARIFICATION. >> OKAY. YEAH, I GUESS WE'LL CONTINUE THIS CONVERSATION WHEN -- I JUST
WANTED TO HAVE THE PUBLIC RECEIVE SOME INFORMATION, SOME CLARITY LIKE WE HAD DISCUSSED AT THE AGENDA WORKSHOP. SO YEAH, MAYBE WE CAN, WE CAN DISCUSS THIS AT ANOTHER MEETING OR IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. THANK YOU, SHAWNA.
THANK YOU, AMANDA. ANDREW. >> OKAY, MOVING ONTO THE ADMINISTRATIVE PORTION OF THE AGENDA. THE FIRST ITEM IS APPOINTING A CITY REPRESENTATIVE AND ALTERNATE FOR THE COUNTY-WIDE INTERGOVERNMENTAL COORDINATION PROGRAM. ARE THERE ANY VOLUNTEERS?
>> I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPOINT A COMMISSIONER KELLEY. >> WE VIEWED THIS DURING THURSDAY, RIGHT? >> YES. >> YES. >> RIGHT. >> BUT COMMISSIONER CRUZ WASN'T ONLINE, SO. >> YEAH, THANK YOU. NO I WAS -- I HAD AN EVENT THAT
I HAD TO ATTEND, BUT I WOULD BE FINE WITH THAT. >> YOU'RE MUFFLING COMMISSIONER. >> NEVER MIND. >> SO IS THERE A SECOND FOR THE -- WE NEED AN ALTERNATE -- >> WE NEED AN ALTERNATE TOO. >> CORRECT, SO I SELECT REBECCA AS THE ALTERNATE.
I THINK IS WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT ON THURSDAY. SO GOOD TO MOVE -- >> SO WE JUST NEED A MOTION, MOTION TO MOVE COMMISSIONER
KELLEY AS THE REPRESENTATIVE AND REBECCA SHELTON AS THE ALTERNATE TO THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL COORDINATION PROGRAM. >> OKAY SO ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR -- >> I'LL MAKE THE MOTION. MOTION TO APPROVE COMMISSIONER
KELLEY AS THE PRIMARY INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGENCY DELEGATE AND MAYOR SHELTON AS THE ALTERNATE. >> SECOND. >> OI. OKAY SO COMMISSIONER TURKIN MOVED TO APPROVE R20581, COMMISSIONER KELLEY SECONDED THE MOTION. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. MOVING ON, THE SECOND ITEM IS APPOINTING A CITY REPRESENTATIVE AND ALTERNATE TO THE COALITION OF BOYNTON WEST RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION. ARE THERE ANY VOLUNTEERS? >> I'LL TAKE THAT.
>> COMMISSIONER HAY FOR THE PRIMARY. >> VICE MAYOR HAY WAS GOING TO BE -- AND THEN WE JUST NEEDED AN ALTERNATE FOR THAT BOARD. >> COMMISSIONER CRUZ IS THE ALTERNATE NOW, BUT. >> I AM. >> I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE VICE MAYOR HAY AS THE PRIMARY DELEGATE FOR COBRA WITH MAYOR
SHELTON AS THE ALTERNATE. >> SECOND. >> OKAY SO COMMISSIONER TURKIN MOVED TO APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER R25-082. VICE MAYOR HAY SECONDED THE MOTION. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. OKAY, THE THIRD ITEM IS
APPOINTING A CITY REPRESENTATIVE AND ALTERNATE TO THE PALM BEACH COUNTY LEAGUE OF CITIES. ANY VOLUNTEERS? >> I WOULD LIKE TO BE THE ALTERNATE. SO I WOULD MIKE TO MAKE THE MOTION TO -- DOES ANYONE OPPOSE THAT?
>> I'LL BE THERE. >> AND MOTION TO APPROVE, VICE MAYOR HAY AS THE PRIMARY FOR THE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE LEAGUE OF CITIES AND MYSELF, COMMISSIONER TURKIN, AS THE ALTERNATE. >> SECOND. >> MAYOR: OKAY. COMMISSIONER TURKIN MOVED TO APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER
R25-083. COMMISSIONER KELLEY SECONDED THE MOTION. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. OKAY THE FOURTH ITEM IS APPOINTING A CITY REPRESENTATIVE AND ALTERNATE TO THE TRANSPORTATION PLANNING AGENCY, ARE THERE VOLUNTEERS?
>> I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO NOMINATE COMMISSIONER KELLEY AS THE PRIMARY FOR THE TPA, AND IF THERE IS NO OPPOSITION, I WOULD LIKE MYSELF TO BE THE ALTERNATE. >>> THAT A MOTION? >> THAT'S A MOTION. >> I WANTED TO MAKE A COMMENT.
>> I'LL SECOND THAT FOR A COMMENT. >> MAYOR: GO AHEAD. >> YEAH, I'VE BI BEEN ON THE TPA FOR THREE YEARS. I'VE BROUGHT IPMILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO THE CITY. I'VE BEEN PART OF THE BOARD FOR THREE YEARS ALREADY AND I WOULD LIKE TO STAY ON WHETHER IT'S ON
A ALTERNATE POSITION OR PRIMARY EITHER WAY I WOULD BE OKAY WITH, WITH EITHER OF THOSE, BUT I DON'T WANT TO BE KICKED OFF THIS BOARD. I MEAN, I'VE BEEN ABLE TO BRING IN A LOT OF MONEY TO THE CITY, AND BEEN ABLE TO BUILD RELATIONSHIPS WITH THAT AS WELL WHICH HAS BENEFITED OUR
COMMUNITY. >> IS THERE SUCH A THING AS ALTERNATE 1 AND ALTERNATE 2? [LAUGHTER] >> I MEAN IT'S BY RESOLUTION. >> YOU GUYS CAN APPOINT MORE
THAN ONE ALTERNATE IF YOU SO CHOOSE. >> OKAY SO WE HAVE COMMISSIONER KELLEY IS THE MAIN -- >> CALL THE QUESTION, CALL THE VOTE. >> IS THERE A MOTION? >> THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND JUST FOR DISCUSSION.
>> OKAY, REPEAT THE MOTION, THE MOTION IS TO APPROVE COMMISSIONER KELLEY AS THE PRIMARY REPRESENTATIVE AND, WITH, I'M SORRY, WHO IS THE ALTERNATE? COMMISSIONER TURKIN. IS THERE, DO YOU WANT TO AMEND THE MOTION TO ADD A SECOND ALTERNATE? >> IS THAT SOMETHING WE CAN DO?
>> YES. >>> OKAY, THEN YEAH. >> LET'S AMEND THAT CURRENT MOTION TO ADD AN ADDITIONAL ALTERNATE NOMINATING COMMISSIONER CRUZ.
>> SECOND. >> WE HAD COMMISSIONER -- IT'S CONFUSING ME A LITTLE BIT, GUYS. >> IT'S ALL GOOD. >> SO COMMISSIONER TURKIN MOVED TO APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER R25-084. >> VICE MAYOR HAY SECONDED IT. >> VICE MAYOR HAY SECONDED THE MOTION.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED NAY. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. >> LET ME MAKE A COMMENT ON THAT. >> MAYOR: YES. THAT ONE THREW ME OFF. >> WHEN YOU GO TO THE TRANSPORTATION PLANNING AGENCY, AS MANY OF US THAT WANTS TO GO CAN GO BECAUSE TH THERE IS AN
AUDIENCE. >> IT'S ONLINE TOO ?EE SO. >> SO YOU CAN GO TO THE MEETING OR YOU CAN ATTEND IT ONLINE BUT THOSE WHO ARE UP SITTING ON THE BOARD, THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT WE JUST VOTED ON. JUST WANT TO 134 MAKE SURE THAT'S CLEAR. >> CAN I ASK A QUESTION ABOUT THE PROCESS?
SO WHEN THE MAIN PERSON CANNOT GO, DO THEY NOTIFY SO THE ALTERNATE HAS ENOUGH TIME TO BE ABLE TO ATTEND? >> YES. >> OKAY. >> JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS. >> TYPICALLY THERE IS COMMUNICATION WITH OUR ASSISTANT THAT'S THE WAY IT'S SUPPOSED TO WORK. >> OKAY. >> IT HASN'T ALWAYS WORKED IN THE PAST THAT WAY, BUT THAT'S THE WAY IT SHOULD WORK.
>> I UNDERSTAND EMERGENCIES COME UP, BUT IF WE KNOW AHEAD OF TIME, IT WOULD BE NICE TO MAKE SURE WE ALWAYS HAVE REPRESENTATION THERE. OKAY. WE WILL MOVE ONTO THE ADVISORY BOARD APPOINTMENTS. THE NOMINATION GOES TO COMMISSIONER CRUZ TO APPOINT A REGULAR MEMBER TO THE ART
ADVISORY BOARD, WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE YOUR MOTION? CAN SHE BECAUSE SHE IS ONLINE? >> SHE CAN APPOINT BUT SHE CAN'T MAKE THE MOTION. SO SOMEONE ELSE CAN MAKE THE MOTION ON HER BEHALF. >> COMMISSIONER CRUZ,ED W ,ED WITH A -- WOULD YOU LIKE TO APPOINT SOMEONE? >> I WILL SKIP FOR TODAY,
PLEASE. >> OKAY. >> MOTION TO TABLE. >> CORRECT. >> I'LL SECOND THAT. >> IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE THINKING -- WHAT YOU WERE -- >> YES.
>> YEAH, OKAY. >> SO WE VOTE ON THE MOTION TO TABLE. >> YEAH, WE JUST MADE A MOTION. I SECONDED IT TO TABLE THE ITEM FOR THE ARTS ADVISORY BOARD. >> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? >> YEP. >> MAYOR: ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
>> TABLED FOR THE NEXT MEETING. >> MAYOR: THAT ONE THREW ME OFF TOO. OKAY. SO MOVING ALL THE WAY THROUGH -- >> THERE ARE NO APPLICANTS FOR THE BUILDING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS. >> WHAT DID YOU SAY, SHAWNA? >> THERE IS NO -- >> THE -- >> MAYOR: WE'RE MOVING ON, THERE ARE NO APPLICANTS FOR THE BUILDING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT AND
APPEALS, BUT THERE ARE FIVE REGULAR MEMBER AND TWO ALTERNATE MEMBER POSITIONS AVAILABLE FOR ANYONE THAT QUALIFIES AND WOULD LIKE TO APPLY. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ONTO THE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCIED AGENCY ADVISORY BOARD. WE HAVE ONE APPLICANT AND THREE POSITIONS AVAILABLE. THIS NOMINATION GOES TO COMMISSIONER KELLEY TO APPOINT A REGULAR MEMBER TO THE CRA
ADVISORY BOARD. >> I THINK I GOT -- >> NO, TURKIN. >> COMMISSIONER TURKIN. >> SO I HAD -- I BELIEVE, THERE'S A MISSING APPLICANT ON HERE, I SPOKE WITH BILL SWINER AND HE HAD SHOWED INTEREST AND APPLYING IN THIS SO IF IT'S OKAY I WOULD LIKE TO FOR MY
NOMINATION, I'D LIKE TO APPOINT BILL SWINER. HE IS IN THE CROWD IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ASK QUESTIONS. SERVED ON THE BOARD PRIOR, LONG-TERM RESIDENT OF THE CITY. >> HOW DO WE KNOW HE APPLIED? >> WELL, WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE AND MAYLEE CORRECT ME, THEY HAVE
TO DO SOME DUE DILIGENCE WITH REGARD TO VETTING THE APPLICATION, SO WE WOULD JUST HAVE TO SEE WHERE THE CLERK'S OFFICE IS WITH DOING THAT BEFORE WE CAN MOVE TO APPOINT. >> YEAH, THERE IS CUT-OFF DATES, AND SO HE PROBABLY APPLIED AFTER OUR CUT-OFF DATE, AND HE MIGHT
BE ON THE NEXT, ON THE NEXT MEETING, SO THERE ARE A FEW MORE POSITIONS IF YOU WANTED TO DO THAT FOR THE NEXT MEETING,. >> YEAH, CAN I JUST TABLE MY -- TABLE THIS ALL TOGETHER.
IF YOU GUYS ARE OKAY WITH TABLING ALTOGETHER? >> YES. >> OKAY, MOTION TO TABLE THE APPOINTMENTS. >> SECOND. >> MAYOR: OKAY, SO COMMISSIONER MADE A MOTION TO TABLE. THE CRA ADVISORY BOARD APPOINTMENT.
COMMISSIONER KELLEY SECONDED IT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
OKAY. >> OKAY TO THE CONSENT AGENDA. WE WILL NOW MOVE TO THE CONSENT AGENDA. IF MY COLLEAGUES WOULD LIKE TO PULL ANY ITEMS FROM CONSENT, LET'S BEGIN WITH COMMISSIONER TURKIN TO MY LEFT. >> NO, WE KIND OF COVERED EVERYTHING AT THE WORKSHOP.
NO, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING. >> COMMISSIONER KELLEY. >> NO, THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: VICE MAYOR HAY. >> NONE FOR ME. >> IF THERE ARE NO FURTHER CHANGES, MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. >> MOTION TO APPROVE CONSENT AGENDA. >> SECOND. >> MAYOR: ALL THOSE IN FAVOR APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA, SAY
AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. OKAY, NOW WE'RE MOVING ONTO CONSENT BIDS.
WE'LL ME MOVING ONTO CONSEND BIDS AND PURCHASES OVER $100,000 IF MY COLLEAGUES WOULD LIKE TO PULL ANY ITEMS, VICE MAYOR HAY. >> I HAVE NONE. >> COMMISSIONER KELLEY. >> NO, THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: COMMISSIONER TURKIN. >> NO, MOTION TO APPROVE CONSENT. >> SECOND. >> BIDS AND PURCHASES OVER $100,000. >> MAYOR: OKAY, IF THERE IS NO
FURTHER CHANGES, WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONCEPT BIDS FOR PURCHASES OVER $100,000. WE HAVE A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR TO APPROVE THE AGENDA, SAY AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
MOVING ONTO SECTION 8. >> NOTHING ON PUBLIC HEARING. >> NO. >> NO. >> MAYOR: NO PUBLIC HEARING SO WE'RE GOING ONTO 9. >> MAYOR ON 10B I THINK THAT WAS MENTIONED THAT WE WERE GOING TO TABLE THAT ITEM UNTIL LATER MEETING. ON THURSDAY. SO. >> WE DID. >> MAYOR: OH, YES. >> WHICH ONE?
>> 10B, IT'S A DISCUSSION OF THE ANIMAL CONTROL POSITION OF POLICE DEPARTMENT. >> MAYOR: THAT WILL BE TABLED. >> WE'LL HAVE TO MAKE A MOTION TO TABLE IT BECAUSE IT IS ON THE AGENDA. >> MOTION TO -- >> NOT THERE YET.
SORRY. >> WE'RE ON 10A FOR THE LAMAR JACKSON WAY OR WE'RE GOOD WITH THAT ONE? >> YEAH, NO, THAT'S WHAT WE STARTED. THERE WAS NO CITY MANAGER'S REPORT. >> THE FIRST ITEM UNDER REGULAR AGENDA IS PROPOSED RESOLUTION R25-094 APPROVING NAME OF THE ENTRY ROAD TO BOYNTON BEACH HIGH
SCHOOL AS LAMAR JACKSON WAY IN HONOR OF BOYNTON BEACH HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNUS LAMAR JACKSON FOR THE OUTSTANDING ATHLETIC ACHIEVEMENTS AND CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE COMMUNITY. WHO DO WE HAVE FROM STAFF THAT WILL BEGIN? COME ON DOWN. THANK YOU.
>> GOOD EVENING AGAIN, EVERYBODY. >> GOOD EVENING. >> WONDERFUL, OKAY. SO SHORT PRESENTATION FOR YOU GUYS JUST TO KIND OF GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF A BACKGROUND FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW WHO LAMAR JACKSON IS AND GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO HERE.
FABIAN DARYL THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF RECREATION AND CULTURAL SERVICES HERE IN THE CITY AND I'VE HAD THE HONOR OF BEING ONE OF THE LEADS FOR THIS PROJECT HERE.
OKAY WELL ONE OF THE SLIDES I ADDED IS NOT HERE BUT IT'S OKAY. HERE ARE TWO EXAMPLES OF THE SIGNAGE WE'RE LOOKING TO DO. THESE SIGNS WOULD BE PLACED ON CAMPUS AT BOYNTON BEACH HIGH SCHOOL AS WELL AS THE SIGN RIGHT THERE AT THE INTERSECTION OF GATEWAY ENTERING INTO THE HIGH
SCHOOL WOULD BE ADJUSTED TO WITH MORE OF YOUR STANDARD FDOT KIND OF SCREEN SIGNAGE THAT'S KIND OF THERE SO RIGHT NOW IT SAYS BOYNTON BEACH HIGH SCHOOL BUT THAT WOULD BE SWAPPED OUT TO BE SAYING LAMAR JACKSON WAY AS WELL. THEY DID SOMETHING RECENTLY IN LOUISVILLE THAT IS VERY SIMILAR TO THIS. THEY RETIRED HIS JERSEY JUST
THIS PAST SEASON, AND THIS WAS PART OF THAT PROGRAM TOO WAS RENAMING THE STREET THERE ON THE STADIUM AS WELL AS PUTTING SOME SIGNAGE SIMILAR TO THIS. A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ON LAMAR JACKSON. HE IS A SOUTH FLORIDA NATIVE BORN AND RAISED IN POMPANO BEACH
BUT CAME UP HERE FOR HIGH SCHOOL, WENT TO BOYNTON BEACH HIGH SCHOOL, WAS A BIG, BIG ATHLETE HERE, PRETTY MUCH THE TOP ATHLETE COMING OUT OF PALM BEACH. HIS SENIOR WENT. WENT ONTO LOUISVILLE WINNING THE
HEISMAN TROPHY THE MOST RETEEDGES TROPHY YOU CAN WIN IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL. HE WAS TWO-TIME ACC PLAYER OF THE YEAR, WON MULTIPLE, MULTIPLE AWARDS, THE MAXWELL AWARD AND MANY OTHERS IN COLLEGE, AS HE TRANSITIONSTED TO THE PROS
HE WAS TWO-TIME MVP, THREE TIME NFL ALL PRO, FIRST TEAM ALL PRO SO PRETTY MUCH SETS HIM UP AS THE LAST FIVE, TEN YEARS THE TOP QUARTERBACK HERE IN THE LEAGUE. SO HE DOES A LOT OF PHILANTHROPIC WORK HERE IN SOUTH FLORIDA. SPECIFICALLY HERE IN BOYNTON BEACH, HE DOES THE LJ FUN DAY
WHICH USUALLY FALLS IN THE MIDDLE OF JULY. THAT TAKES PLACE OVER AT EZUAL HESTER COMMUNITY CENTER UTILIZING THE TURF FIELD AS WELL AS OUR MULTIPURPOSE FIELD OUT THERE. LAST YEAR ATTENDANCE WAS THROUGH
THE ROOF. HE PROVIDED TONS OF AMENITIES FOR KIDS, BLOWUP OPTIONS, PHOTO OPPORTUNITIES, EVEN STAYED AFTERWARDS TO THROW THE FOOTBALL WITH THE KIDS TOO IT WAS A VERY, VERY EXCITING EVENT AND SOMETHING WE LOOK FORWARD TO HOSTING EACH YEAR.
THIS PROGRAM WE PUT TOGETHER WITH STREET RENAMING WE GOT TOGETHER WITH THE HIGH SCHOOL, SO WE CREATED A BIT OF A SUBCOMMITTEE, HELD DISCUSSIONS, ALSO BROUGHT THIS TO THE REC AND PARKS ADVISORY BOARD TO GET THEIR BUY IN ON THE PROJECT. THEY FULLY SUPPORTED IT, ALL BOARD MEMBERS AS WELL AS WE GOT SOME PUBLIC INPUT AT THAT EVENT
LAST -- AT THAT MEETING LAST MONDAY AS WELL. O SEARVED SEEMS TO BE BEHIND IT. HE'S A BIG FIGURE HERE IN THE COMMUNITY. THE HIGH SCHOOL AS I SAID IS FULLY SUPPORTIVE OF IT. AND I THINK IT'LL BRING SOME PRIDE IF YOU WILL TO THE HIGH SCHOOL AND TO THE AREA AS WELL
SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT, AND THIS GIVES US THE OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS PROJECT HERE. WE DON'T HAVE SPECIFIC DATES ROLLED OUT.
PERHAPS WHEN HE COMES BACK TO TOWN AND DO A BIGGER RECOGNITION FOR HIM, BUT THIS, THESE ARE THE INITIAL STEPS TO GET THE BALL KIND OF ROLLING AND GET THE APPROVAL AND THE BUY IN FROM THE COMMISSION SO WE CAN MOVE FORWARD ONCE WE ARE READY TO DO
SO. I'M HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, OR CONCERNS. >> MAYOR: ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS? >> I'M GOING TO SAY ONE THING REAL QUICK. THIS IS OUR INITIATIVE MOVING FORWARD OF OUR HOMETOWN HEROES, SIGNIFICANT FIGURES IN BOYNTON BEACH THAT WE CAN ESSENTIALLY
HIGHLIGHT THEIR ACHIEVEMENTS AND THEM BEING FROM OUR COMMUNITY. OBVIOUSLY WHEN LAMAR GOT DRAFTED INTO THE NFL, SO I THINK HIM COMING BACK TO BOYNTON, ESPECIALLY LAST YEAR, VICE MAYOR
HAY, YOU SAW HOW SIGNIFICANT THAT WAS WHE WITH ALL THE KIDS AND EVERYTHING, SO IT'S, WE'RE DEFINITELY STARTING TO BRIDGE THOSE GAPS, AND I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE BENEFICIAL TO THE CITY AS A WHOLE, TO THE KIDS AND EVERYTHING SO THEY CAN SEE THAT HEY, YOU COME FROM BOYNTON, YOU'RE AN ATHLETE AND YOU MAKE A
SIGNIFICANT ACHIEVEMENT, CITY'S GOING TO RECOGNIZE YOUR ACHIEVEMENTS. >> ABSOLUTELY, I COULDN'T, I COULDN'T AGREE WITH YOU MORE. LAMAR JACKSON IS AN ASSET TO THE COMMUNITY AND ESPECIALLY TO THE KIDS. WHEN HE WAS HERE THE LAST TIME
AND HE CAME OUT ON THE FIELD, WAS LIKE HE WAS A SUPERSTAR BUT YOU KNOW THEY JUST GATHERED AROUND HIM, THERE WERE HUNDREDS OF KIDS GATHERED AROUND HIM HE WAS OUT THERE THROWING PASSES TO THE KIDS AND TAKING PICTURES.
HE WAS QUITE A GOOD ROLE MODEL FOR OUR KIDS, AND WHENEVER WE CAN GET SOMEONE LIKE THAT, WHO WILL TAKE THE TIME OUT FOR OUR KIDS, WE NEED TO JUMP ON IT BECAUSE IT'S AN INVESTMENT. IT'S AN INVESTMENT INTO OUR KIDS. THESE ARE KIDS WE DON'T HAVE TO
WORRY ABOUT THEY ARE INTO A CONSTRUCTIVE PROGRAM, AND WE SHOULD BE CHEERING THEM ON, ALL OF BOYNTON BEACH. THANK YOU. >> ONE MORE THING I FORGOT TO MENTION AND MY APOLOGIES BUT I DO WANT TO COMMEND ANDREW, CHRIS.
BILLY, OUR PAL PROGRAM. SATURDAY THE SE 7 AND 8-YEAR-OLD GIRLS, 5-6 WON THE CHAMPIONSHIP, AND I THINK OUR 12 AND 13U? 7-8, THEY CAME IN RUNNERS UP. SO, AND THAT WAS A SOUTH FLORIDA TOURNAMENT THAT INCLUDED HALLANDALE, I WANT TO SAY MIAMI
GARDENS, US, DAVY, MIRAMAR, SO NAT BECAUSE THE FIRST YEAR WE KIND OF -- SO THAT WAS THE FIRST YEAR WE KIND OF BROUGHT IN GIRLS FLAG FOOTBALL AND IT WAS A TREMENDOUS SUCCESS AND I OWE THE GRATITUDE TO BILLY TOMAY. HE CONTINUES TO GIVE BACK TO THE
COMMUNITY AFTER FOUR DECADES, SO. >> I JUST HAVE ONE QUICK COMMENT. THANK YOU, FABIAN FOR DOING THIS. I WAS AT THAT EVENT THIS LAST SUMMER AND, HE IS ONE OF THOSE GUYS THAT YOU WOULDN'T KNOW THAT HE WAS A SUPERSTAR OR FAMOUS
FOOTBALL PLAYER WHEN HE GETS, WHEN HE SHOWS UP. HEE RUNG AROUND FOREVER AND I REMEMBER HIS TEAM WAS LIKE WE HAVE TO GO DO THIS. HE WAS LIKE NO, I'M GOING TO GO HANG OUT WITH THESE KIDS AND FLOW THE FOOTBALL AND THIS --
THROW THE FOOTBALL AND THIS IS MY TIME. SO HE IS A TRULY JUST A DOWN-TO-EARTH GUY. HE IS NOT THAT YOU KNOW SUPERSTAR. HE DOES LOVE HIS COMMUNITY, LOVES COMING BACK AND GIVING TO THE KIDS, AND TODAY CITY SO I'M
SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THIS. I LOVE THE COLORS. HE CAN'T CHANGE FOOTBALL TEAMS NOW. >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> IT FLOWS. >> YES, ABSOLUTELY. >> SO SNOW, THIS IS COOLT, I LOVE IT. I'M EXCITED TO SEE IT COME UP. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: ANY OTHER COMMENTS. >> EVERYTHING HAS BEEN SAID.
>> MAYOR: OKAY, IF THERE IS NO FURTHER CHANGES, MAY WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION R25-094. >> STOW MOVED. >> SECOND. >> MAYOR: OKAY. I'M GOING FOR IT.
VICE MAYOR HEY, MOVE TO APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER R25-094. VICE MAYOR KELLEY SECONDED THE MOTION. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED NAY. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. SO WE'RE SKIPPING OVER B. WE GO RIGHT IN.
>> MOBILE TO TABLE 10B. >> SECOND. >> MAYOR: OKAY. SO WE HAVE A MOTION TO TABLE 10B. AND WE HAVE A SECOND FROM VICE MAYOR KELLEY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. SERRY VICE MAYOR HAY.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED, NAY. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. OKAY, MOVING ONTO 10C. THIS DISCUSSION WAS REQUESTED BY COMMISSIONER KELLEY. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO BEGIN THE DISCUSSION ON TAKING LEGISLATIVE SUMMER BREAK. >> YES, THANK YOU. WE DID THIS LAST YEAR, AND I THINK THAT IT WAS HELPFUL FOR
OUR STAFF. I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT IT AGAIN WITH STAFF. DO WE KNOW, AND I'M SURE WE DO, BUT WHAT ARE THE BUDGET DATES IN JULY? DO WE HAVE THOSE HANDY? BECAUSE I KNOW THEY'RE NOT ON MY CALENDAR.
>> IS TONY DAVIDSON, IS HE, ALAN, DO YOU HAVE THE BUDGET DATES, SIR? >> IT SHOULD BE ON EVERYONE'S CALENDAR. >> I THINK IT'S JULY 7th. >> IT'S NORMALLY AT THE END OF JUNE, BEGINNING OF JULY, BUT I THINK THOSE ARE WORKSHOPS.
I DON'T THINK THEY FALL ON THE TRADITIONAL TUESDAY MEETING. >> RIGHT. >> NO BUT I WANTED TO BECAUSE WHAT MY NOT WAS, WE TOOK OFF JUNE BUT THEN RIGHT INTO THAT THEN WE HAVE 4th OF JULY, AND I WAS JUST THINKING IF WE WENT RIGHT THROUGH 4th OF
JULY AND THEN OUR FIRST MEETING WOULD BASICALLY BE A BUDGET MEETING BECAUSE JULY IS THE FOCUS OF THE BUDGET MEETING, THAT'S WHY I WAS ASKING BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT TO GET INTO A POSITION WHERE WE'RE UP AGAINST THE BUDGET DATES. SO I WAS HOPING THAT WE'D HAVE THOSE -- I KNOW I AM THROEING THIS ON YOU RIGHT THIS SECOND.
>> I THINK WE GOT IT. >> JULY -- >> WE HAVE THREE DATES. WE HAVE JULY 7th, JULY 9th, AND JULY 10th. SOY IF YOU WANTED TO NOT INVOLVE THE BUDGET, THAT MEANS YOU WOULD PROBABLY HAVE TO DO MORE TOWARDS THE ENTIRETY OF THE MONTH OF
JUNE. TYPICALLY LEGISLATIVE BREAK INCLUDES TWO MEETINGS. OR WE COULD MOVE AROUND THE. >> WHAT DID YOU SAY, ANDREW. >> CANCEL THE JULY 1st MEETING. >> RIGHT, BECAUSE THEN WE HAVE 4th OF -- THEN, DOES IT MAKE
MORE SENSE 124R50 I WILL BE GONE FROM THE 26th OF JUNE TO LIKE THE 3rd FOR MY 50th. I ALREADY HAD THE PLANS FOR THE YEAR. >> I DON'T THINK WE'LL IS A MEETING. >> OKAY. THERE'S A MEETING JULY 1st. >> JULY 1st THERE IS A
MEETING. >> I HAD THIS TRIP PLANNED FOR A YEAR. >> DISMI'LL GO WITH WHATEVER THE MAJORITY IS. I'M EASY. >> WE COULD LOOK AT RESCHEDULING THOSE BUDGET WORKSHOPS AS WELL.
I COULD GET WITH STAFF AND MAYBE -- >> I THINK THAT JULY 7th O ONE WOULD BE FINE. >> I'M BACK ON THE 4th. AL I'LL BE BACK FOR THE 4th OF JULY EVENTS HERE.
YOU ONLY TURN 50 ONCE. >> YES. >> THE JUNE MEETINGS ARE JUNE 3rd, AND JUNE 17th SO YOU COULD CANCEL JUNE OR YOU COULD CANCEL JUNE 17th AND
JULY 1. >> JUST CONSOLIDATE THOSE EITHER PUSH THEM BEFORE OR AFTER. >> CORRECT. >> I WOULD MISS THE JUNE 3rd MEETING BUT THAT'S FINE. >> THE FIRST ONE YOU WOULD CANCEL WOULD BE THE SECOND
MEETING IN JUNE WHICH WOULD BE JUNE 17th AND THEN YOU WOULD CANCEL THE FIRST MEETING IN JULY, WHICH WOULD BE JULY 1. >> THE FIRST MEETING WAS WHAT? >> JUNE 3rd. >> CRA IS 10th SO ESSENTIALLY THE 11th UNTIL THE -- >> UNTIL THE 7th, 6th. >> JUNE 4th UNTIL JULY.
>> DO YOU GUYS DO A LEGISLATIVE BREAK ON THE CRA BOARD AS WELL? >> YES. >> OKAY SO THEN WE WILL DISCUSS THAT AT A DIFFERENT. >> YEAH. >> SO WHICH DATES DO YOU GUYS WANT TO LOOK AT AS FAR AS HAVING US RESCHEDULE. >> NO, NOT RESCHEDULE JUST --
>> CANCEL. >> WE'RE GOING TO CONSOLIDATE. WE STILL HAVE TO DO CITY BUSINESS. >> WE'LL MEET JUNE 3rd. >> OKAY. >> AND THEN SKIP ALL THE WAY UNTIL. >> JULY 7th. >> JULY 7th. >> OKAY. >> I WON'T BE HERE FOR THE JUNE 3rd MEETING, BUT THAT'S
FINE I'M SURE YOU GUYS CAN HANDLE IT. UJ MY -- IN MY ABSENCE. >> OKAY. >>> DO WE NEED A MOTION FOR THAT. >> NO, IT'S JUST A DISCUSSION ITEM. >> FAT WAS GOING TO BE MY NEXT QUESTION. -- THAT WAS GOING TO BE MY NEXT QUESTION.
OKAY, SO MOVING ON, ITEM D, THE DISCUSSION WAS REQUESTED BY COMMISSIONER TURKIN. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO BEGIN THE DISCUSSION ON RESIDENCY REQUIREMENTS TO HOLD ELECTED OFFICE. >> YEAH, SO I'VE SPOKEN ON THIS. WE'VE REVIEWED THIS. I DON'T KNOW. THERE IS A PRESENTATION IF YOU GUYS WANT TO SEE IT. WE'VE LOOKED AT THIS BEFORE I
THINK A FEW MONTHS AGO. >> IF WE COULD BRING UP THE POWERPOINT BECAUSE I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT. SO WITH REGARD TO THE RESIDENCY REQUIREMENTS, OUR CHARTER CURRENTLY STATES THAT YOU ONLY HAVE TO BE A RESIDENT FOR A YEAR SO THAT'S NOT SOMETHING WE CAN CHANGE WITHOUT A CHARTER AMENDMENT.
HOWEVER, WHAT THE COMMISSION IS ABLE TO REGULATE IS WHAT ARE THE REQUIREMENTS TO PROVE RESIDENCY. WE COULD, IF WE COULD SKIP SLIDE 1. PLEASE. I'M SORRY, I DON'T HAVE ACCESS. OKAY, ONE MORE. KEEP. I'LL TELL YOU WHEN TO STOP, KEEP
GOING, PLEASE. OKAY. SO THESE ARE THE RESIDENCY REQUIREMENTS THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW ON IN OUR CODE. OR CHARTER, DEPENDING ON WHERE YOU LOOK. SO SOME OF THE THINGS WE CAN CHANGE IF YOU PLEASE GO TO THE
NEXT SLIDE, OKAY. SO THIS IS WHAT WEST PALM BEACH CURRENTLY REQUIRES. THEY ALSO HAVE A ONE-YEAR REQUIRED. BUT FORT LAUDERDALE TO PROVE RESIDENCY YOU HAVE TO SHOW THESE OTHER THINGS. SO LIKE FOR YOUR FLORIDA DRIVER'S LICENSE FOR EXAMPLE YOU
WOULD HAVE TO SHOW A FLORIDA DRIVER'S LICENSE VALID FOR THE YEAR PRIOR, AND THEN YOU WOULD ALSO NEED A TRUE COPY OF A DEED, A PROPERTY TAX RECEIPT OR THESE VARIOUS THINGS. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. OKAY, THE CITY OF BOCA RATON,
YOU SEE THE THINGS THEY REQUIRE. 2 OR MORE OF THE FOLL FOLLOWING AND IT LISTS THE THINGS, A LEASE AGREEMENT, AND ALL THOSE SORT OF THINGS WHICH DATE BACK A YEAR PRIOR. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THE FINAL SLIDE. OKAY, DUDUH RAL IS VERY COMPREHENSIVE -- DURAL IS VERY COMPREHENSIVE WITH REGARD TO
WHAT THEY REQUIRE. THEY ALSO REQUIRE A BIOGRAPHY, A RESUME, OR A CURRICULUM VETAY WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT. ALSO, THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT THEY REQUIRE TWO YEARS, WE COULD ONLY REQUIRE ONE YEAR. BUT THE DIFFERENT THINGS YOU CAN
USE TO PROVE RESIDENCY ALSO THIS SIGN BOND WHICH WAS ONE OF THE THINGS I KNOW WE'VE HAD A PROBLEM WITH SIGNS, SO REQUIRING THEM TO POST A BOND OF $500 AND THEN IN THE EVENT IT'S NOT -- THE SIGNS ARE NOT REMOVED WITHIN X NUMBER OF DAYS, 30, 60,
WHATEVER YOU GUYS DESIRE, THEN THE BOND GETS FORFEITED TO THE CITY. I'VE STILL SEEN SOME ELECTION SIGNS UP ACTUALLY DRIVING AROUND, SO YOU KNOW, THESE ARE THINGS THAT WE COULD PUT TOGETHER INTO AN ORDINANCE KIND OF BEEF UP THE REQUIREMENTS.
FINALLY THE DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY AND I HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT THIS BUT WE ONLY REQUIRE 25 PETITIONS. I CAN'T SEE WHERE THAT IS IN OUR CODE, SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WAS BY A RESOLUTION OR HOW THAT WAS DONE BUT THAT'S PROBABLY
SOMETHING WE SHOULD CODIFY AS WELL. >> THANK YOU, CITY ATTORNEY, FOR THAT CLARIFICATION. SO JUST SO I UNDERSTAND AND THE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDS, WITH, WITH REGARDS TO THE ACTUAL YEARS OF RESIDENCY, THAT NEEDS TO BE VIA CHARTER AMENDMENT WHICH THE
PEOPLE WILL DECIDE ON EITHER FOR A SPECIAL ELECTION OR IN CONJUNCTION WITH AN ELECTION OF THE COMMISSION. WITH THE TUPOSITIONS, ASK -- THE PETITIONS, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT'S CHARTER OR IS THAT, COULD
WE INCREASE THAT VIA ORDINANCE. >> I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO FIND IT IN THE CHARTER AND STACY HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO FIND IT IN THE CHARTER SO WE DO NOT BELIEVE IT'S THERE. I BELIEVE IT IS SOMETHING WE CAN CHANGE AND INCLUDE IT AS A RESIDENCY REQUIREMENT RUNNING FOR ELECTION.
>> I WOULD DEFINITELY BE IN FAVOR. I LIKE DURAL'S FORMAT. YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY WE LOOK AT BOCA RATON, WE LOOK AT WEST PALM BEACH, AND DURAL, ALL THESE CITIES HAVE SOMETHING IN COMMON THAT YOU HAVE TO ACTUALLY PROVE YOU LIVE HERE IN THE CITY, RIGHT? AND I THINK -- YOU KNOW WE GET
TO THIS POINT, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE OF, YOU KNOW, PRIOR SITUATIONS, BUT I DEFINITELY THINK WE SHOULD INCLUDE THAT VIA ORDINANCE. SPIFTLY AND IMMEDIATELY -- SWIFTLY AND IMMEDIATELY AND YOU KNOW I WOULD BE IN FAVOR OF
PUTTING THIS AN A CHARTER AMENDMENT FOR THE NEXT ELECTION FOR THE VOTERS TO DECIDE. I'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF FEEDBACK, AND I THINK THIS WOULD PASS IN A LANDSLIDE. I THINK PEOPLE WANT SOMEONE THAT ACTUALLY LIVES IN THEIR CITY, KNOWS THEIR CITY, HAS INVESTED IN THEIR CITY, CARES ABOUT THE CITY.
YOU KNOW NOT JUST USING THE CITY AS A POLITICAL STEPPING STONE, WHICH WE'VE SEEN TIME AND TIME AGAIN OR AT LEAST THE ATTEMPTS TIME AND TIME AGAIN AND TIME AND TIME AGAIN IT DOESN'T WORK. SO YOU KNOW I WOULD BE IN FAVOR OF HAVING THIS COME BACK TO VIA
ORDINANCE IF IT'S OKAY WITH MY COLLEAGUES TO INCLUDE PROOF OF RESIDENCY, WHETHER THAT'S THE PROTOCOL THAT BOCA RATON AND WEST PALM BEACH HAS, VERY SIMPLE STUFF, LEASE AGREEMENT, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT NEEDS TO BE MOTE NOTARIZED TOO BECAUSE YOU
CAN GO ON LEGAL.COM AND TYPE IN YOUR OWN LEASE AGREEMENT AND YOU KNOW MAKE SOMETHING UP, RIGHT? SO I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE VERIFIED BY NOTARY. ALSO, I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT HOMESTEAD EXEMPTIONS AS WELL. RIGHT? BECAUSE IF YOU OWN A HOUSE, TYPICALLY YOU'RE GOING TO BE
HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION AND I THINK WE CAN ACHIEVE THOSE RECORDS. YOU KNOW, WHAT I'M TRYING TO AACCOMPLISH IS MAKING SURE WE DON'T HAVE FLY BY NIGHT CANDIDATES COMING INTO URCITY TRYING TO MANAGE A $300 MILLION BUDGET AND MAKE IMPACTS AND MAKE DECISIONS THAT IMPACT THE DAILY LIVES OF PEOPLE WHO WORK HARD
DAY IN AND DAY OUT FOR THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE. SO YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS THE AMOUNT OF PETITIONS, I WOULD YOU KNOW LIKE TO SEE WHAT MY COLLEAGUES SAY AND HOPE YOU GUYS JOIN ME IN DOING THIS BECAUSE I TRULY THINK THIS IS YOU KNOW
WHAT THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY DESERVE AT THE VERY MINIMUM. >> I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS EVEN IF WE DO IMPLEMENT THESE NEW PROCEDURES, IS IT MEAN THAT THE CITY ACTUALLY DOES CHECK THESE OUT FOR CERTAIN THAT THERE IS A VERIFICATION PROCESS INSTEAD OF
THEM JUST TURNING IT IN? >> SO MAYLEE'S JOB TO VERIFY THEY HAVE THE DOCUMENTS. IT'S NOT THE CLERK'S JOB TO GO AND DOUBLE CHECK TO VERIFY IT'S AN ACTUALLY NOTARY THAT SIGNED IT OR THAT YOU KNOW, AND THOSE SORTS OF THINGS.
SHE IS REALLY LIMITED IN WHAT SHE IS EMPOWERED TO DO. >> IS IT POSSIBLE TO CHANGE WHAT'S VERIFIED? >> THAT'S BY STATE STATUTE. YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY THE WAY IT WORKS IF SOMEONE WANTS TO CHALLENGE A CANDIDATE IT HAS TO COME FROM EITHER A RESIDENT OR
FROM SOMEONE RUNNING AGAINST THEM. IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT THE CITY TYPICALLY CHALLENGES. >> HMM -- INTERESTING. >> I THINK IF WE MAKE IT STRONGER. >> IT WE MAKE IT STRONGER IT --
BEFORE SOMEONE GOES AND SPENDS THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS HIRING AN AN ELECTION ATTORNEY THERE IS MERIT. AND ALSO I THINK PEOPLE WILL THINK TWICE IMFER COMMITTING FRAUD. >> AND THE QUALIFYING FEE IS THAT SOMETHING THAT'S MANDATED BY THE STATE OR MUNICIPALITIES CAN CHANGE THAT? >> MUNICIPALITIES.
WE MAY BE ABLE TO CHANGE THAT, AND I DIDN'T LOOK TO SEE IF THAT WAS IN OUR CHARTER VERSUS HOW WE HAVE THAT. I WOULD JUST HAVE TO VERIFY THAT. >> AND THEN THE ONLY OTHER TWO QUESTIONS I HAVE, I UNDERSTAND 25 PETITIONS IT'S TOO LOW IN MY OPINION EVEN THOUGH WE ARE A
DISTRICT AND NOT AT LARGE, YOU GUYS ARE DISTRICT, OTHER MUNICIPALITIES STILL HAVE A HIGHER NUMBER AND I THINK 25 IS A PRETTY WEAK NUMBER TO HAVE THAT FOR VERIFICATION AND WHEN IT COMES TO THE SIPE BOND ISSUE, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT IT COULD THEN BE REQUIRED THE CANDIDATE HAS TO PUT THEIR PERSONAL MONEY
NOT DONOR MONEY BECAUSE AGAIN, IT'S REAL EASY FOR SOMEBODY TO USE THEIR DONOR MONEY. IF THEY HAD TO PUT THEIR OWN MONEY, AND COULD IT BE MORE THAN $500? >> IT COULD BE WHATEVER YOU WANT IT TO BE. IT DOES TYPICALLY COME FROM THE ELECTION CAMPAIGN BECAUSE THAT'S SOMETHING THEY HAVE TO REPORT IN THEIR FINANCES.
>> OKAY AND F THEN IF THEY WERE FOUND IN VIOLATION OF THAT, DOES IT GO BACK TO REGULAR ELECTION RULES THAT ELECTION VIOLATIONS ARE PAID PERSONALLY NOT FROM CAMPAIGN FUNDS? >> THAT I DON'T KNOW. I CAN'T ANSWER -- I COULD LOOK INTO IT. IT'S NOT SOMETHING I CAN ANSWER OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD. >> IT'S PRETTY EASY FOR
FLY-BY-NIGHT CANDIDATES COME IN AND NOT SHOW UP TO EVENTS AND SIGN 25 PETITIONS AND LEAVE SIGNS OUT FOR 60 DAYS AND IT'S NOT THEY ARE MONEY. THEY DON'T CARE. BUT IF IT WAS THEIR MONEY AND IT WAS MORE AND IT WAS A PERSONAL SIGNED BOND THEY MIGHT THINK TWICE ABOUT WHEN TO GET THEM UP AS WELL.
>> [OFF MIC] >> LET ME JUST SAY THIS. >> MAYOR: PLEASE. >> I LIKE THIS IDEA OF TAKING A LOOK AT IT, BUT IN ADDITION TO LIVING IN THE CITY, I THINK NAY NEED TO LIVE IN THE CITY FOR THE TURID DURATION OF THE TERM.
>> IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, THAT IS -- I DO BELIEVE THAT IS IN YOUR CHARTER ALREADY IF I'M NOT THIS H MISTAKEN.
>> OKAY I WILL LET THAT GO. I DO FEEL IF SOMEONE IS RENTING, THEY SHOULD BE ABLE ELIGIBLE TO RUN. >> RIGHT, CORRECT. >> NOT NECESSARILY THAT THEY OWN A HOME. >> THEY HAVE TO REMAIN IN THEIR DISTRICT. >> I DON'T PARTICULARLY AGREE
WITH THIS ONE, TWO YEARS I THINK ONE YEAR LIVING IN THE RESIDENCE BUT YOU PUT IT TOGETHER AND BRING IT BACK. WE'LL FINE TUNE IT. SPH: THE OTHER COMMENT AS FAR AS PETITIONS ARE CONCERNED I DO THINK 25 IS LOW. I THINK IT OUGHT TO BE 50.
THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS RIGHT NOW. >> IS THERE A DIFFERENT NUMBER YOU WANT FOR THE MAYOR BECAUSE THEY'RE RUNNING AT LARGE OR -- >> DO YOU HAVE A RECOMMENDATION? >> YOU JUST DID IT.
>> THAT'S,. >> IT'S FINE, I'VE WORKED IN MY CAREER, WE DID A DRIVE YEARS AGO IN THE CLERK OF COURTS AND WE HAD TO QUALIFY BY PETITION AND IT WAS 17,000 PETITIONS THAT I DID ON A COUNTY-WIDE, SO I'M UP FOR A CHALLENGE IF THAT'S THE CASE. I THINK IT SHOULD BE AT LEAST
100 IN A MAYOR'S RACE IF NOT MORE. I THINK BOCA OR DEL RAY IS 200 AND CHANGE. AGAIN FOR MAYOR AND AT-LARGE. THAT'S WHY I DON'T AGREE WITH THE ONE YEAR BECAUSE IT'S EASIER
TO CREATE SOME FRAUDULENT DOCUMENTS IN A ONE-YEAR BUT TO GET A COUPLE OF THESE IN A TWO-YEAR IS A LITTLE MORE CHALLENGING BUT I'M OPEN TO WHATEVER. >> SO WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE IF IT'S OKAY IS WE DO 50 PETITIONS FOR COMMISSIONERS AND
100 FOR THE MAYOR AND THEN ULTIMATELY WITH THE ONE-YEAR VERSUS TWO YEAR, LET'S LET THE VOTERS DECIDE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE MIGHT, YOU KNOW, WHAT BETTER FORM OF DEMOCRACY THAN ALLOWING THE PEOPLE TO DECIDE WHAT THAT SHOULD BE. >> I AGREE.
>> AND I DON'T KNOW I DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT REFERENDUM BUT I'M SURE THE CITY IS, I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU GUYS WORK THAT OUT, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT AT THE NEXT COMMISSION ELECTION ON THE BALLOT.
AND THEN THE OTHER THING. >> WAS THERE SOMETHING ON THE QUALIFYING FEE. >> DO WE HAVE COMPARABLES? >> IF WE GO BACK A SLIDE, BELIZE.
I DON'T HAVE THEM -- PLEASE. I DON'T HAVE THEM BUT I KNOW WHAT-- I JUST DIDN'T INCLUDE THEM IN HERE BUT I CAN CERTAINLY LOOK INTO THAT AS WELL. IF IT IS SOMETHING WE CAN CHANGE, IS THERE A DOLLAR AMOUNT THAT THIS BOARD WOULD LIKE TO SEE? >> I WOULD LIKE TO SEE OTHER NEIGHBORING. >> RIGHT. >> I WANT TO MAKE A QUICK
COMMENT IF POSSIBLE. >> MAYOR: SURE. >> I SUPPORT RESIDENCY REQUIREMENTS, I SUPPORT INCREASING THE NUMBER OF PETITIONS FOR COMMISSIONER AND MAYOR BUT WHAT I DO NOT SUPPORT IS PRECLUDING PEOPLE BASED ON THEIR INCOME FOR RUNNING FOR OFFICE.
I ABSOLUTELY DO NOT SUPPORT THAT. THANK YOU. >> I'M NOT SURE WHERE THAT POINT'S MADE BUT WHETHER IFTS 25 -- IT'S $25 OR $50, YOU KNOW, I DON'T. >> I DON'T SEE ANYTHING WRONG
WITH $25. >> WELL, IF WE'RE GOING TO INCREASE THE QUALIFYING CARDS THEN MAYBE WE LEAVE THE FEE AS IT IS. IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT, I MEAN IN THE INDEPENDENTERM, SHAWNA IS -- INTERIM, SHAWNA IS GOING TO RESEARCH IT AND SEE IF THERE ARE COMPARABLES.
>> WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO RUN. >> THE PROBLEM WE HAVE IS WE ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO RUN AND THEY DON'T PARTICIPATE IN A RISK IS THE TAXPAYERS ARE GOING TO PAY $40,000 TO GO TO RUNOFFS FOR CANDIDATES THAT DON'T SHOW UP ANYWHERE, DON'T PARTICIPATE, TAKE A LOT OF MONEY AND JUST
TOSS IT AROUND? LOOK AT THE LAST REPORTS ON SOME OF THE, ON ONE OF THE PARTICULAR OTHER CANDIDATES. IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S JUST A PASSTHROUGH OF MONEY GOING THROUGH AND THEY DIDN'T SHOW UP
ANYWHERE AND THE TAXPAYERS ARE PAYING FOR A RUNOFF. THAT'S SOMETHING WE HAVE TO START CONSIDERING EVEN IN YOUR PRIOR ELECTION THERE WAS A RUNOFF COST HOW MUCH MONEY. WHETHER ONE OF YOUR OPPONENTS WAS QUESTIONABLE ON THEIR RESIDENCY 236789 WE CAN PROCESS THAT AND TAKE THAT ALL IN BEFORE
WE MAKE DECISIONS BUT IT FALLS ON TAXPAYERS TO PAY FOR RUNOFFS FOR CANDIDATES WHO ARE NOT INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING. WHEN YOU GO OUT THERE AND IGNORE EVERYONE AND RAISE $40,000 AND
IS IT GETS FLUSHED THROUGH I THINK IT'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO REVISIT. >> I THINK EVERYONE UP HERE KNOWS THE RUNOFF IS A STRATEGIC MOVE BY CANDIDATES TO DILUTE THE POOL. SO YOU BASICALLY LIKE HURT THE LEAD CANDIDATE. >> LOOK, IF ANYBODY WANTS TO RUN THEY HAVE TO BE UP FOR THE
CHALLENGE BUT I THINK IT'S NOT FAIR FOR OTHER CANDIDATES TO GET OUT THERE AND PARTICIPATE AND SHOW UP TO THE COMMUNITIES AND SIT THERE AND OTHER PEOPLE JUST PAY $25 AND SAY WELL I'M JUST NOT GOING TO DO THAT.
NII JUST PUT MY NAME ON THE BALLOT AND RAISE MONEY AND LORD KNOWS WHAT I'M DOING WITH THE MONEY AND IT GOES BACK TO IT'S UP TO THE CANDIDATE OR CITIZEN TO BRING FORTH ELECTION VIOLATIONS. WELL, THAT'S NOT AN EASY PROCESS FOR AN EVERYDAY CITIZEN AND GET
AN ELECTION LAWYER WHICH IS ONE OF THE MOST EXPENSIVE LAWYERS OUT THERE. SO IF WE CAN TIGHTEN UP THIS PROCESS IT DOESN'T PUT IT BACK ON THE TAXPAYER ALL THE TIME. IT DOESN'T PUT IT ON A CITIZEN TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO FILE ELECTION COMPLAINTS WHICH IS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT AND EXPENSIVE. >> YEAH, AND LOOKING AT THIS AT
A MACRO LEVEL TOO, YOU ELIMINATE GUTTER CLOGGING THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM WITH THESE TYPE OF THINGS,RIGHT? SO AS YOU KNOW BEING FIDUCIARIES OF OUR BUDGET AND OTHER TAXPAYERS, WE NEED, IT NEEDS TO BE STRICT. I UNDERSTAND THE SENTIMENT YOU
KNOW FROM WHAT WAS SAID EARLIER BUT $25, $50, I MEAN, A PART OF THIS IS MANAGING YOUR FINANCES, RIGHT, AND MANAGING OTHER PEEP'S FINANCES AND SO YOU GOT TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT, YOU KNOW, AND SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, IF THAT, I
JUST DIAGREE WITH THAT SENTIMENT. BUT AGAIN I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME COMPARABLES FROM OTHER MUNICIPALITIES, BUT I DO WANT TO GET CONSENSUS TODAY AS FAR AS THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE FOR
INCREASING PETI PETITIONS AND RESIDENCY REQUIREMENT AND SOME COMPARABLES AND OPTIONS FOR THE INCREASE OF THE FILING FEE. I KNOW ONE OF THE FEES ARE PERCENTAGE BASED ON THE COMMISSION SALARY S. THAT WHERE WE'RE GETTING THAT $25 -- OKAY, OKAY.
>> ALL RIGHT, YES, PLEASE. >> THE QUALIFYING FEE IS 1% OF THE BASE SALARY FOR THE COMMISSIONERS, AND THE MAYOR. THAT GOES TO THE STATE. THAT'S A STATE FEE. THAT'S ON THE STATE ELECTION LAWS. THE QUALIFYING FEE IS OUR FEE, WHICH IS MORE LIKE AN
ADMINISTRATIVE FEE. AND THEN THE PETITIONERS ARE 10 CENTS CENTS PER PETITION, AND THAT'S A, THAT'S A FEE THAT GOES TO THE FORVISOR OF ELECTIONS. >> THE QUALIFYING FEE IS AN
ADMINISTRATIVE FEE, $25 PER CANDIDATE FOR THE CLERK'S OFFICE TO THEN -- >> THAT'S A FILING FEE. >> FILING FEE. >> QUALIFYING FEE -- >> SILTY'S ADMINISTRATIVE -- CITY'S ADMINISTRATIVE QUALIFYING FEE. HOW, I JUST WENT THROUGH THIS. I CAN SEE HOW HARD YOU AND TAMMY AND THE CLERK'S OFFICE WORK, RIGHT?
I MEAN, HOURS AND HOURS SPENT ON THIS FOR $25, YOU KNOW, ARE WE DOING THE CITY A SERVICE? ARE WE DOING THE CLERK'S OFFICE A SERVICE? ARE WE DOING THE TAXPAYERS A SERVICE FOR STOPPING EVERYTHING WE'RE DOING FOR $25? YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW, I THINK THERE IS A CONVERSATION TO BE HAD THERE AS WELL.
>> I THINK I HAVE A SUGGESTION. WHY DON'T I AT THE NEXT MEETING WE COULD DO A QUICK DISCUSSION ITEM, I'LL LOOK AT SOME OF THE OTHER JURISDICTIONS OBHOW MANY PETITIONS THEY REQUIRE, HOW MUCH THE QUALIFYING FEE IS IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS VERSUS A FILING FEE IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS. >> PLEASE. >> I THINK WE'RE SOLID ON THE PETITIONS. >> YEAH.
>> UNLESS THERE IS SOMETHING GROSSLY DIFFERENT BUT I THINK WE ARE AGREED. >> THAT'S FINE. >> I THINK EVERYONE HAD A CONSENSUS ON THAT. >> SO THAT'S F FINE, AND ONCE I HAVE THAT THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE CAN PUT TOGETHER A PROPOSED ORDINANCE. THE ONLY OTHER THING I WOULD
WANT TO MENTION WITH REGARD TO A CHARTER AMENDMENT REFERENDUM IS BECAUSE OF THE COST OF DOING THAT, I DO THINK IF WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT ANY OTHER CHARTER PROVISIONS, IT'S REALLY SOMETHING WE SHOULD START DOING AND I BELIEVE MAYLEE DO THEY
HAVE TO BE TO THE SUPERVISOR OF ELECTION BY NOVEMBER, CORRECT? >> TYPICALLY IT'S BEFORE, IT'S BY THE BEGINNING OF DECEMBER IT HAS TO BE BEFORE TO THE SUPERVISOR OF ELECTIONS OFFICE. >> THAT'S WHY I BROUGHT THIS UP EARLY BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO
HAVE TO PAY FOR A SPECIAL ELECTION. THIS IS PIGGYBACK OFF OF THE 2026 ELECTION FOR DISTRICT 4 AND DISTRICT 2.
YEAH WTHAT, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT THE CHARTER COMMITTEE CONVERSATION IS A, YOU KNOW, A SEPARATE ONE, AND WE'LL HOPEFULLY WE'LL DISCUSS THAT AT THE NEXT MEETING. >> I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION, IF I MAY.
>> MAYOR: YES, GO AHEAD. >> OKAY. WITH REGARD TO HAVING SOMETHING ON THE BALLOT AT THE NEXT ELECTION, THERE IS NO COST BECAUSE WE ALREADY HAVING AEN ELECTION, CORRECT? >> CORRECT. >> OKAY. YOU'RE CORRECT.
>> I OKAY. I DO HAVE A SMALL CONCERN WITH THAT AND I DON'T KNOW INMY COLLEAGUES SHARE THAT. AS WE SAW IN THE LAST ELECTION, TURNOUT WAS EXTREMELY LOW. ABOUT WROAD ABOUT 46,000 -- WE HAD ABOUT 46,000 REGISTERED V VOTERS NIT SEA80000 RESIDENTS AND I BELIEVE ONLY, IF I
REMEMBER CORRECTLY, UNDER 6,000 PEOPLE VOTED. TURNOUT IS VERY LOW, EVEN IN ELECTIONS WHERE WE HAVE THE MAYOR ON THE BALLOT SO MY CONCERN FOLLOWING THIS COMING ELECTION FOR DISTRICT 2 AND
DISTRICT 4 IS THAT WE DON'T HAVE THE MAYOR ON THE BALLOT AND WE DON'T HAVEBY LARGER SCALE ELECTIONS -- HAVE ANY LARGER SCALE ELECTIONS WHERE MY FEAR IS WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A VERY SMALL PERCENTAGE OF THE POPULATION MAKING THIS DECISION, AND I MEAN, I'M SURE EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS THIS AND CAN SEE THE
DATA FROM THE LAST ELECTION, BUT I DO IS A KERNEL WE'RE NOT GOING -- CONCERN THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET -- THE IDEAL SCENARIO TO REALLY TRY TO GET EVERYBODY'S VOICED HEARD BECAUSE OF THE ISSUE WITH THE TURNOUT. THTHAT'S MY CONCERN. >> MAYOR, IF I MAY. I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT UP DATA,
COMMISSIONER CRUZ. BECAUSE IN DISTRICT 3 THERE WAS ACTUALLY A HIGHER TURNOUT THAN YOU SAW IN 2022 SO I THINK IT'S ACTUALLY ABOUT COMMUNICATION LIKE YOU MENTIONED, RIGHT? AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY AS ELECTED OFFICIALS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE
COMMUNITY KNOWS WHAT'S GOING ON. RIGHT? SCWH SO I'M GOING TO RESPECTFULLY DISAGREE WITH THAT. I THINK IT'S OUR DUTY TO TALK TO OUR COMMUNITY LEADERS NOT JUST OUR DISTRICT BUT THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE TO LET THEM KNOW
WHAT'S ON THE BALLOT, RIGHT? WE LIVE IN AN AGE WHERE TECHNOLOGY IS A DOUBLE EDGE SWORD. YOU CAN HAVE MISINFORMATION SPREAD QUICKLY OR U.K. UTILIZE THOSE PLATFORMS TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC AND SO YEAH, YOU KNOW, I LOOK FORWARD TO DISCUSSING THIS,
AND, YOU KNOW, LOOK FORWARD TO WHAT THE CITY ATTORNEY HAS MOVING FORWARD. >> YEAH, THE IT'S GOOD WITH REGARD TO TECHNOLOGY AND I AGREE WITH THAT. MISINFORMATION CAN BE SPREAD VERY QUICKLY.
WITH TECHNOLOGY. AT THE SAME TIME, A LOT OF OUR SENIORS ARE NOT. ALWAYS AS TECH SAVEY AS THE YOUNGER FOLKS, SO I DO STILL HAVE THAT CONCERN. THE ISSUE WITH TURNOUT, OBVIOUSLY WITH YOUR DISTRICT IT
WAS DIFFERENT BUT WITH REGARD TO THE CITY AS A WHOLE, TURNOUT WAS VERY LOW. SPAND IT ALWAYS IS FOR MUNICIPALITIES BUT IT WAS LOW IN THIS ELECTION. I DO HAVE THAT CONCERN WITH TURNOUT AND IT'S NOT BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT INFORMED. IT'S BECAUSE SOMETIMES IT'S ALSO VOTER SENTIMENT, AND IT'S, IT
HAS A LOT TO DO WITH THAT AS WELL. WE COULD DO IT. WE COULD EDUCATE PEOPLE. IT'S THEIR CHOICE AS WELL. >> I DO THINK IT COMES DOWN TO THE CITY BEING MORE PROACTIVE. IT WAS NOT ON THE DIGITAL BILLBOARDS THERE WAS AN ELECTION. NOT TRYING TO THROW ANY SHADE
BUT IT'S UP TO THE CANDIDATES AND UP TO THE SUPERVISOR OF ELECTIONS TO GET OUT EARL I ARE IN THE GAME BUT IF -- EARLIER IN THE GAME BUT IF WE WAIT THREE YEARS UNTIL THERE IS A MAYOR'S RACE, IF THERE ARE FOUR PEOPLE IN THE OTHER TWO DISTRICTS, NEXT YEAR, AND IT RUNS OFF THEN AGAIN TAXPAYERS ARE PAYING MAYBE
$25,000 THAT YEAR AND IT'S JUST GOING TO CONTINUE AND CONTINUE. SO I THINK THAT IT'S ALSO UP TO US AS ELECTED TO GET INTO OUR
DISTRICT EARLIER ON. >> DAVID KATZ, I'LL TRY. I'LL TRY. >> I'M SORRY. >> GET A CONSENSUS. >> THERE HAS TO BE CONSENSUS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON THESE -- >> FOR A PUBLIC COMMENT. >> I'M OKAY. >> I'M GOOD, I'M OKAY. >> THAT'S FINE. >> I JUST WANT TO SAY NEW MAYOR, NEW LOOK. ANYWAY, YEAH, WITH ALL DUE
RESPECT TO COMMISSIONER CRUZ, THIS HAS GOT TO BE DONE NOW. WE HAD AN ELECTION IN DISTRICT 2, WHERE THAT GENTLEMAN, HE DID NOT LIVE IN THE CITY AND IT WAS PROVEN BUT NOTHING COULD BE DONE ABOUT IT. WE JUST HAD AN ELECTION IN DISTRICT 3 WITH THE GENTLEMAN WHO RAN AGAINST THE INCUMBENT. HE DID NOT LIVE IN THE CITY FOR
A FULL YEAR BEFORE QUALIFYING. IT WAS KNOWN BUT BECAUSE OF THE CITY CLERK BEING MINISTERIAL WE COULD DO NOTHING ABOUT IT. I THINK MOST PEOPLE IF YOU ASK THEM REASONABLE PEOPLE WOULD SAY THE RESIDENCY REQUIREMENT SHOULD BE THREE YEARS, BUT WE'LL TAKE
TWO BUT IT'S GOT TO STOP BEING AT ONE. IT'S GOT TO STOP BEING AT ONE. THE OTHER THING WAS THE BOND FOR THE SIGN I KNOW THAT I'VE DONE CAMPAIGNS THAT WERE IN BOCA WHERE THERE IS A $500 BOND THAT NEEDS TO BE POSTED. I DON'T REMEMBER IF IT WAS A PERSONAL ONE OR FROM THE CAMPAIGN. I THINK IT, UNLESS IT'S
STATUTORILY IMPOSSIBLE TO DO IT, I THINK IT SHOULD BE FROM A PERSONAL ACCOUNT. THAT WAY THAT CANDIDATE WILL MAKE SURE THOSE SIGNS GET TAKEN CARE 0678 OF. AND THE SIGNS THAT ARE STILL UP ARE IN AN FENCED IN AREA THE CANDIDATES CAN'T GET TO AND IF
THEY OPENED THE FENCE, THE CANDIDATES WOULD BE HAPPY TO TAKE THEM DOWN. YOU HAVE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS. IT'S A CRIME TO HAVE PEOPLE RUN FOR OFFICE WHO DON'T LIVE IN THE CITY OR MAYBE, WELL, THEY'RE IN THE CITY MOVE TO ABBA COA. >> THANK YOU. NEXT PLEASE. >> YOU MAKE ME LAUGH, DAVID.
SUSAN OYER, BOYNTON BEACH. GOSH, HE'S FUNNY. HE IS. SO I THINK THIS IS YOU GUYS AREN'T EVEN MAKING THIS HARD ENOUGH. I'VE BEEN AN ADVOCATE LONG ENOUGH. YOU NEED TO BE RESIDENT FOR FIVE YEARS OR MORE. YOU NEED TO LIVE IN THIS CITY AND KNOW MORE THAN THE MALL AND KNOW MORE THAN THE BEACH.
YOU NEED TO HAVE SOME HARD CORPS TIME IN OUR CITY, AND I THINK YOU ALL ALSO SHOULD'VE VOTED IN THE LAST, PICK A NUMBER, TWO TO FIVE ELECTIONS, AND WHETHER THEY WERE CITY, NATIONAL, STATE, WHATEVER IT IS, BUT YOU SHOULD BE AN ACTIVE REGISTERED VOTER AND I THINK IF YOU'RE
GOING TO BE AN ELECTED, WHY THE HECK ARE YOU NOT A VOTER AND I THINK THAT CAME UP WITH OUR PRIOR MAYOR WHO HAD NEVER VOTED IN ELECTION IN HE IS LIFE TILL HE ACTUALLY RAN. SO THAT NEEDS TO BE SOMETHING JUST LIKE DEL RAY THE LAST I UNDERSTAND, THEY MADE MANDATORY
VOTING IN THE LAST TWO ELECTIONS FOR THEIR BOARD MEMBERS TO BE ON A BOARD. AND I THINK THE FILING FEE, I
MEAN YOU NEED TO HAVE A VESTED IN THIS AND NO MORE FLY BY NIGHT. IF YOU WANT TO DO 50 AND 100, THAT'S FINE OR EVEN GO HIGHER BECAUSE YOU KNOW, WHAT, YOU NEED TO WANT THIS, AND YOU KNOW HAVE YOUR FRIENDS YOU, HAVE A PARTY, HAVE EVERYBODY BRING YOU A
DOLLAR IF THAT T TAKE -- THAT'S WHAT IT TAKES SO YOU CAN WALK IN WITH SOME MONEY. YOU NEED TO HAVE SKIN IN THIS GAME, AND IT DEFINITELY NEEDS TO BE MORE THAN 25 PETITIONS. I DO LIKE THE IDEA OF THE 50 AND THE 100 IN THE MAYOR. I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA.
OR EVEN GOING 200 FROM EACH DISTRICT MAYBE DOING 50 IN EACH DISTRICT. SO THE PERSON RUNNING FOR MAYOR IS ACTUALLY KNOWN IN EACH OF THOSE DISTRICTS, AND I DON'T THINK WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE PETITIONS, I DON'T THINK THEY
SHOULD ALL BE FROM THE SAME NEIGHBORHOOD. I THINK IT SHOULD BE REPRESENTATIVE OF YOUR DISTRICT SO DON'T HAVE 50 OF YOUR NEIGHBORS FILLING OUT YOUR PETITION, GO TO AT LEAST FOR EXAMPLE THREE DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS IN YOUR DISTRICT WHEN YOU TURN THESE IN AND I THINK WE NEED TO BE DOING
SOMETHING SO THAT THIS IS MORE ACTIVELY CHECKED AND CHALLENGED BECAUSE THIS IS EMBARRASSING WHEN I RUN INTO FRIENDS IN OTHER CITIES THAT GO WE HEAR YOUR MAYOR LIVES IN X, Y, Z, AND IT'S LIKE YEAH, IT'S THE WORST KEPT
SECRET IN BOYNTON BEACH. I THINK WE NEED TO BE TOUGHENING THIS UP AND THE MORE FORMS OF RESIDENCY YOU REQUIRE, THE BETTER OFF YOU ARE GOING TO BE BECAUSE IF YOU LIVE HERE, THEN YOU SHOULD HAVE ALL OF THIS AND IT SHOULDN'T BE A PROBLEM SO MAKE FIVE, SIX, TEN THINGS REQUIRED. DON'T MAKE ONE OR TWO. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: GREAT.
NEXT, PLEASE. >> GOOD EVENING. JIM CIZEK, BOYNTON BEACH. I JUST SIDE BAR COMMENT. I JUST THINK THAT WORRYING ABOUT THE FILING FEE IS KIND OF AN AFFRONT.
YOU DON'T KNOW THE QUALITY OF THE INDIVIDUALS. I DON'T DON'T KNOW -- YOU DON'T KNOW THEIR FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES, THEIR ABILITIES. I THINK TO EVEN CONSIDER THAT, IF THERE'S STATUTORY REQUIREMENT THAT CITES A CERTAIN DOLLAR AMOUNT, THAT HAS TO COME IN FOR
SOMEBODY TO QUALIFY OR FILING FEE, LEAVE IT AT THAT. LEAVE IT AT THAT. YOU WANT TO WORRY ABOUT WASTING TOO MUCH MONEY ON, ON TAXPAYER DOLLARS, IF IT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A RUNOFF OR ANYTHING LIKE
THAT, BURDEN THEM. GO FOR $200 VOTES TO SIGN, REALLY DAMPER SOMEBODY TO REALLY SHOW THAT THEY ARE A TRUE CANDIDATE TWO YEARS AS A MINIMUM. FIVE YEARS I UNDERSTAND THE PASSION BEHIND THAT.
BUT I THINK TWO YEARS AND THEN BLANKET THEM WITH SEVERAL THINGS PROVING THAT THEY'VE BEEN HERE, THAT THEY HAVE IT. BUT DON'T GO AFTER A DOLLAR AMOUNT. A DOLLAR AMOUNT, IT'S SUCH A PETTY THING. IF YOU CAN MAKE $200, YOU KNOW,
YOU GOT BACKERS. WHETHER OR NOT YOU BELIEVE THAT IT COMES OUT OF PERSONAL FUNDS OR NOT. I THINK FORCE THE INDIVIDUAL TO PROVE THAT THE WEIGHT OF THEIR CANDIDACY COMES FROM OTHER RESIDENTS THAT BELIEVE IN THEM.
AND IF THEY CAN'T GET THAT, THEN YOU CAN'T RUN. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: OKAY. NOW WE ARE GOING TO MOVE ONTO ITEM E., DISCUSSION WAS REQUESTED BY COMMISSIONER
TURKIN, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO BEGIN THE DISCUSSION. CONTINUED SERVICE ON THE ADVISORY BOARD, WAIVE OUR PROCESS TO ALLOW CONTINUED SERVICE. >> YES, I WOULD, AND THIS IS AN OPTION THAT I THINK SHAWN AND I HAD TALKED ABOUT THAT'S NOT AS
CONVOLUTED AS REVISITING EVERYTHING. BUT ALLOWING A WAIVER PROVISION FOR THE COMMISSION TO DECIDE IF WE WANT TO EXTEND A WAIVER PROVISION FOR LIKE THE TERM LIMITS FOR THE RESIDENTS WHO LIVE IF THE CITY -- IN THE CITY. AND I HAD A MEMBER FROM PARKS
ADVISORY SERVED ON THERE, I THINK 20 SOMETHING YEARS. YOU KNOW BEEN IN THE CITY SINCE STEEFS A KID AND SHE WANTS TO HELP -- SINCE SHE WAS A KID. SHE WANTS TO HELP, SEEPTS TO SERVE, RIGHT, AND I THINK THERE SHOULD BE A MECHANISM WHERE WE COULD HAVE A CASE-BY-CASE
SITUATION FOR THE COMMISSION TO DECIDE WE WILL DO A WAIVER FOR THIS INDIVIDUAL WHILE MAINTAINING SOME -- THAT'S THE WHOLE IDEA OF THIS, JUST TO PROVIDE A MECHANISM FOR THE COMMISSION TO MAKE A DECISION IF THEY KIDDECIDE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH SOMEONE WHO'S ALREADY SHOWN
DEDICATED SERVE AND LIVES IN THE CITY YOU KNOW TO CONTINUE SERVING ON THE ADVISORY BOARD. >> MAYOR? THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER TURKIN.
I SUPPORT THAT WITH, I THINK WITH CONDITIONS BECAUSE WHAT I DON'T WANT TO SEE IS THEN WE GET INTO THE POINT WHERE WE'RE APPROVING SO MANY WAIVERS THAT THEN WE GO WHY DO WE EVEN HAVE TERM LIMITS AT THAT POINT? WHY ARE WE EVEN, BECAUSE THE WHOLE POINT OF STARTING THE,
KIND OF THE TERM TERM LIMITS WAS TO ALLOW AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A POSITION TO THINK VACANT SO WE COULD -- SO SOMEBODY ELSE COULD HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY THAT MAYBE WOULDN'T OTHERWISE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE THE PERSON WHO HAD SERVED FOR MANY YEARS NAME WOULD BE KNOWN TO THE COMMISSION AND WOULD JUST AUTOMATICALLY REAPPOINT THEM AS
APOISED TO GIVING SOMEBODY ELSE A SHOT WHO WANTS TO SERVE AND WHO HAS LIVED IN THE CITY AND IS INVESTED IN THE CITY. SO I'M COMFORTABLE WITH A WAIVER PROCESS AS LONG AS IT'S SOMETHING THAT ACTUALLY COMES
BEFORE US AS OPPOSED TO IT JUST THEIR BEING ABLE TO BECOME A NAME ON THE ADVISORY BOARD. BECAUSE WHAT WE HAVE SEEN IS HAPPEN IS WE LOOK AT A LIST AND WE PICK A NAME. SO THERE IS NOT ANY CONTINUITY
TO THAT, AND SO I WANT IF THAT'S SOMETHING WE WANT TO ESTABLISH, WE WOULD WANT IT TO BE A SEPARATE ITEM WHERE THERE WAS A DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT UNDER THE ADVISORY BOARD'S OF COURSE BUT THAT THERE IS MORE DISCUSSION AS OPPOSED TO THAT NAME BEING
PLACED BACK ON THE, BACK ON THE CALENDAR TO, IN THE FOLD. I THINK ALSO THE, THE TIME
PERIOD IS A YEAR FOR THEM TO SIT OUT. I KNOW THERE ARE OTHER THINGS WE CAN DO, AND THAT WOULD APPLY FOR CITY RESIDENTS ALSO. IF YOU'RE A CITY RESIDENT YOU CAN ASK FOR A WAIVER. I DON'T WANT TO GET IN THE HABIT WHERE, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE SOME BOARDS THAT I THINK WE OPEN IT UP TO NOT BEING CITY RESIDENTS,
BUT I THINK THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IF WE ARE GIVING A WAIVER, THAT THE, THEY HAVE TO BE A RESIDENT OF THE CITY TOO TO GET THAT WAIVER. >> I WHOLEHEARTEDLY AGREE WITH THOSE CONDITIONS. I UNDERSTAND THE LOGIC. THAT THE MAKESS SENSE TO ME. >> THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: VICE MAYOR HAY, ANY
COMMENTS? >>> YES. I GUESS I WANT TO AVOID HAVING A VACANT BOARD BECAUSE SOMEONE IS TERMED OUT AND WE DON'T HAVE ANY CANDIDATES.
WE DON'T HAVE A LONG LINE OF PEOPLE FOR THESE BOARDS. I CAN'T REMEMBER THE LAST TIME ALL THE BOARDS WERE FILLED. I WAS ADVISED LAST NIGHT THAT WE HAD ONE TIME.
BUT THE POINT IS THAT WE HAVE A CHALLENGE TRYING TO GET PEOPLE TO SERVE, AND BECAUSE OF THAT I HAVE NO PROBLEM IN SOMEONE SERVING PAST WHATEVER TERM LIMIT WE HAVE IF WE DON'T HAVE OTHER
CANDIDATES STANDING IN LINE TO TAKE THAT POSITION. WE DON'T HAVE THAT TYPE OF KNOWLEDGE WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT LIST. I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH EFFORT IT WOULD TAKE TO LET US KNOW THIS PERSON HAS SERVED THEIR LIMIT.
MY -- AND MY FEELING IS IF THERE IS NO OTHER PERSON IN THAT CATEGORY, IN THAT QUEUE, THEN THAT PERSON SHOULD BE ALLOWED IF 245EU6B DONE A DEYA -- THEY HAVE DONE A GOOD JOB AND THEY DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM SERVING THEY SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO SERVE
BEYOND THE TERM LIMIT BECAUSE I LOOK AT THIS LIST AND EVERY TIME I LOOK AROUND THERE ARE NO CANDIDATES, THERE ARE NO CANDIDATES. WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING TO ENCOURAGE OUR PEOPLE TO SERVE. WE NEED TO GIVE SOME TYPE OF
INCENTIVIZE OF THAT SERVICE. SO I JUST FEEL THAT WE NEED TO TAKE THAT UNDER CONSIDERATION AND GET MORE INFORMATION SO WE CAN MOVE THESE BOARDS AHEAD BECAUSE THEY'RE THERE TO ADVISE US. AND HELP US TO MAKE THE PROPER
DECISIONS SO I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH GOING OVER THE EXTENDED TERM LIMIT. >> SORRY, JUST, SORRY JUST ONE MORE POINT. VISE MAYOR LAY, YOU JUST KIND OF BRIEFLY TOUCHED ON IT. I THINK, AND I IN SPEAKING WITH
RESIDENTS OVER THE LAST YEAR OR SO AND MENTIONING ADVISORY BOARDS AND VACANCIES NOBODY HAS ANY IDEA WHAT I'M EVEN TALKING ABOUT SO I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS WE CAN DO AS A CITY THAT WE HAVE FAILED TO DO IS REALLY PUSH OUT SUCH A THINK AS WE HAVE
AN ADVISORY BOARD BECAUSE I THINK WE HAVE RESIDENTS WHO WANT TO APPLY. THEY HAVE GONE ON AND APPLIED AND ARE NOW SITTING ON THE BOARDS SO I THINK WE ALSO HAVE REALLY FAILED AT ADVERTISING AND PUSHING OUT THE VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE DO HAVE. IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SIT ON AN
ADVISE REBOARD WE HAVE OTHER VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES. IF YOU WANT TO SIT ON AN ADVISORY BOARD HERE IS THE INFORMATION, HERE ARE WHERE THE VACANCIES ARE. I THINK THAT'S WHERE WE REALLY HAVE FAILED TO PUSH OUT THE BOARDS AND TO PUSH OUT THE NEED BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY I
HAVE SAT ON A BUNCH OF BOARDS AND SOME OF THEM YOU ARE REALLY HELPFUL TO THE BOARD THAT YOU'RE SERVING BUT THEN SOME YOU'RE REALLY NOT DOING ANYTHING SO THEN IT BECOMES WHY AM I GOING AND BY AM I SERVING IF I'M NOT REALLY DOING ANYTHING EITHER.
SO BUT I THINK THAT I THINK THE CITY AS A WHOLE CAN DO A BETTER JOB OF PUSHING OUT OUR ADVISORY BOARDS. I HAVE SPOKEN TO NUMEROUS PEOPLE WHO HAD NO IDEA WE HAVE HAD SUCH BOARDS AND HAVE GONE ON TO APPLY AND BE ON THESE BOARDS.
SO I THINK THAT WE CAN CHANGE THAT NAWR NEGATIVE TO BY-- NARRATIVE TO BY PUSHING OUT TO OUR -- >> WORDS RIGHT OUT OF MY MOUTH, COMMISSIONER KELLEY. ALSO TOO WE DID IT ONE YEAR BUT I DON'T THINK WE DID IT THIS
PAST YEAR WHERE WE HAD THE RECOGNITION FOR ALL THE ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS. I KNOW WE BROUGHT THAT UP RAST TIME IT WAS DONE, YOU KNOW, IT WASN'T DONE SO MAYBE THAT'S OUR ACCOUNTABILITY COMPONENT FOR THIS UPCOMING BUDGET IS MAKE SURE WE DISCUSS THAT.
I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT, RIGHT? A LOT OF RESIDENTS DEDICATE LOT OF TIME AND IT'S UNPAID, AND I THINK IT WOULD BE NICE TO, YOU KNOW, HAVE THE PUBLIC RECOGNIZE THEM.
>> ONE QUESTION, DO ALL OF THE BOARDS MEET DURING THE DAY OR SOME AT NIGHT? >> SOME AT NIGHT. >> BECAUSE I IT'S VERY HARD FOR PEOPLE TO PARTICIPATE ON MONDAY AT 1:00. I WAS ABLE TO DO THAT BECAUSE MY WORK SCHEDULE IS FLEXIBLE BUT IT'S ALSO PUBLICIZING WHEN THOSE MEETINGS BECAUSE THERE IS THE MISCONCEPTION THAT THESE THINGS
ARE ALWAYS TAKING PLACE WHEN PEOPLE ARE WORKING. AND THEY MIGHT GRAVITATE TO BOARDS IF THEY KNOW IT'S SOMETHING THEY CAN FIT INTO THEIR SCHEDULE. >> THAT'S ACTUALLY A GREAT POINT. SO WHAT, WHO DICTATES THE TIME? >> VICE MAYOR HAY HAS A COMMENT. >> IT'S NOT REALLY A QUESTION OR
ANYTHING. I JUST WANTED TO AGREE WITH COMMISSIONER TURKIN ON THAT, HAVING THE DINNER OF RECOGNITION OF COMMITTEES THAT WE HAVE IN
THE CITY. I REMEMBER WHEN WE HAD THAT BEFORE, THE EXCITEMENT LEVEL WAS UNBELIEVABLE, THEY HAD EXCITEMENT FOR THAT, WE SHOWED APPRECIATION THERE THEIR SERVICE.
THAT'S THE LEAST THAT WE COULD DO, AND AT THAT DINNER CERTAIN PEOPLE WERE RECOGNIZED FOR WHATEVER, GOT LITTLE PLAQUED OR WHATEVER. AND I KNOW IT WAS NICE. I KNOW BECAUSE OF THE ECONOMY
WENT SOUTH, WE HAD TO KIND OF BACK OFF OF THAT, BUT I THINK WE HAVE RECOVERED TO THE DEGREE THAT WE CAN CRANK THAT UP AGAIN AND I THINK IT WOULD MOTIVATE MORE APPLICANTS TO PARTICIPATE
ON OUR COMMITTEES. JUST WANT TO AGREE WITH YOU 1TTEN -- 110%. >> MAYBE THAT AND MAYBE INCENTIVIZE YOU KNOW IF YOU'RE ON AN ADVISORY BOARD YOU GET A TASTE OF BOYNTON TICKET, I DON'T KNOW. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
SOMETHING LIKE THAT. INCENTIVIZE GETTING ON THE BOARDS BUT I THINK LOOKING AT THE TIME IS A BIG THING TOO. >> OKAY. SO WHAT'S THE NEXT MOVE. >> THERE IS ONE THING I WANT TO BRING UP, AND THIS IS BASICALLY
WITH GABBY. CURRENTLY WE HAVE 51 EVENTS ON THE BOOKS. WE'VE LOOKED AT ADDING MAYBE A TPA EVENT IN ADDITION TO THAT AND NOW THE ADVISORY BORES EVENT SO I JUST WANT TO COMMISSION TO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS A LOT
OF WORK, TIME AND MONEY THAT GOES INTO PREPPING THESE EVENTS AND THE BANDWIDTH OF STAFF IS ONLY SO MUCH SO I WOULD ACTUALLY MAYBE LOOK AT AN ALTERNATIVE OR STRATEGIC APPROACH TO MAYBE COMBINING SOME OF THE EVENTS WITH OUR FIRST FRIDAY LIKE
MUNGTLY FIRST -- MONTHLY FIRST FR FRIDAY EVENTS. IF WE WANT TO GIVE OUT ANY SORT OF CERTIFICATES AND THINGS LIKE THAT, OR DOING SOMETHING TO WHERE WE CAN MAYBE ACTUALLY LOOK AT MOVING SOME OF THESE EVENTS
TOGETHER. JUST TO TAKE PRESSURE OFF THE EVENTS TEAM. I'M STILL GETTING PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT THE DRONE SHOW THEY SAW FROM I-95. >> MAYBE WHAT WE COULD DO IS MAYBE EVEN A PREEVENT RECEPTION OR SOMETHING WHERE AT FIRST FRIDAY OR AT A DIFFERENT EVENT WE HOST A RECEPTION BEFORE THE
EVENT FOR THE ADVISORY BOARDS. THAT'S WHERE WE CAN DO SOMETHING THAT PROVIDING A WHOLE SEPARATE EVENT BUT PROVIDING RECOGNITION FOR THEM. >> OKAY. >> OKAY. >> IS THERE CONSENSUS DIRECTION FOR STAFF? >> YES, FOR THE WAIVER
PROVISION. >> YES. >> THAT WILL HAVE TO BE ADD UNDERTO THE ORDINANCE SO I WILL TAKE THAT -- ADDED INTO THE ORDINANCE SO I WILL TAKE A LOOK AT THAT AS WELL. >> THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: OKAY, AND F. THERE IS A REQUEST TO HAVE A JOINT MEETING WITH THE COMMUNITY
REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY TO DISCUSS THE PENDING LEGISLATION RELATED TO CRA, DOES STAFF HAVE TIME AND DATES THEY ARE PROPOSING FOR A JOINT MEETING? >> YEAH JOUST REGURGITATING EVERYTHING I MENTIONED ON THURSDAY, EVERYTHING GOING ON IN TALLAHASSEE, THE STRATEGIC PLAN CITY AND THE CRA SHOULD BE WORKING TOGETHER TO ACCOMPLISH
THESE GOALS, AND BECAUSE OUR FUNDING COULD BE LIMITED I WOULD LIKE TO HOLD A JOINT MEETING BETWEEN BOTH BODIES SO WE CAN HAVE THIS DISCUSSION IN AN OPEN MATTER AND WHEN THAT IS IS, I
GUESS, DO WE HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE HOW DOES THAT WORK. >> IABLE WE CALL THE MEETING AND NOTIFY THEM -- I BELIEVE WE CALL THE MEETING, NOTIFY THEM. THEY JUST PUBLISHED THEIR AGENDA TODAY SO IF IT'S SOMETHING WE WANT TO DO AT THEIR NEXT MEETING WE WOULD JUST ADD A THAT TO THE BEGINNING OF THEIR MEETING, AND
ASK THEM TO RENOTICE IT. >> OKAY. >> AS FAR AS SETTING A DATE WITH THE CRA BOARD? >> YEAH, I DON'T KNOW HOW QUICKLY YOU WANTED TO DO IT, THIS MONTH OR NEXT MONTH? >> I THINK IT WOULD PROBABLY BE EASIER IF THE CITY JUST JOINED AT THE CRA BOARD MEETING AND MAYBE WE COULD DO IT THEN.
1234R50 THE NEXT MEETING IS ON TUESDAY. >> SOONER THE BETTER. >> NEXT WEEK. >> OKAY. OKAY. >> AND WE'LL ADD THAT TO -- I'LL GET IN TOUCH WITH CATHERINE TO HAVE THAT DONE. >> OKAY, THANK YOU. >> AND G. >> YES, G.
ABOUT THE CONFERENCES. COMMISSIONER TURKIN ADDED. >> SO JUST DISCUSSION FOR FLC, NLC, I GUESS WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR IS JUST CONSENSUS FOR US TO START LOOKING AT WHO WANTS TO GO TO THE ONE FLC IN AUGUST AND NLC
IS OUTSIDE THE BUDGET YEAR I GUESS, BUT TO MAKE SURE THAT -- >> NOVEMBER, MM-HMM. >> THIS IS SOMETHING WE ATTEND ANNUALLY BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE DO THIS IN A COST EFFECTIVE MANNER WITH THE EARLY BIRD SPECIAL. >> YES. >> WHAT'S THE DATE ON THAT. >> DO WE KNOW? >> FLC I THINK IS AUGUST, AND
IT'S IN ORLANDO THIS YEAR. >> YEAH, NLC I'M NOT -- NLC I'M NOT SURE. I THINK IT'S NOVEMBER. I THINK FLC WAS IN TAMPA. >> IT'S IN SALT LAKE CITY. >> NOVEMBER 21st.
>> NLC IN SALT LAKE CITY. >> HANG ON ONE SECOND. WHILE WE'RE WAITING FOR THAT WHEN I FIRST GOT ON THE COMMISSION THREE YEARS AGO, VICE MAYOR HAY SAID I WOULD GO TO AS MANY OF THESE AS YOU CAN BECAUSE THEY'RE VERY INFORMATIVE, AND I'M GOING TO PASS THAT INFORMATION TO YOU, MADAM MAYOR. I WOULD GO TO AS MANY AS YOU CAN BECAUSE THEY'RE VERY
INFORMATIVE, AND IT'S REILLY EYE OPENING TO SEE WHAT OTHER MUNICIPALITIES DO AS FAR AS PROCESS. SOMETIMES WE OPERATE AND WE'RE CONED IN WITH INFORMATION, SO IT'S GOOD TO EXPAND THAT PUERIZEN. >> I GUESS THE MAYOR IS GOING TO
BE GOING TO UTAH A LOT BECAUSE OF THE PENSION CONFERENCE. >> 19th THROUGH 22nd. >> I WILL BE GOING TO THAT ONE, AND THE SEPTEMBER ONE. >> WHAT'S THE DATE?
>> AUGUST. >> JUST TO LET YOU KNOW I WILL KNEE GOING -- >> I'LL K BE GOING TO FLC AND NLC AND FRA. >> DO ANY OF THOSE CONFLICTS WITH ANY OF OUR MEETINGS.
>> I WANT TO STAY FLC I THINK DOES. NLC IS USUALLY LIKE THAT WEDNESDAY. >> NLC IS 19th OF NOVEMBER. >> AND THEN THE FRA WE'LL DISCUSS WITH THE CRA. >> THAT ONE WILL BECAUSE WE HAVE A MEETING NOVEMBER 18th SO
WE'LL HAVE TO USUALLY, LOOK AT THE TRAVEL DATES. >> OKAY. >> ON BOTH OF THOSE. >> SO I KNOW LAST YEAR YOU GUYS WILL BRING BACK YOU KNOW ADJUSTMENTS TO THE COMMISSION SCHEDULE. MAYBE WE CAN DO THAT. BECAUSE I KNOW WE HAVE TO DO THAT WITH THE BUDGET ANYWAYS. >> YEAH. >> WE'LL GET IT TAKEN CARE OF.
>> I'M SURE. >> WHEN'S THE EARLY BIRD. >> STARTS IN MAY. >> OKAY, YEAH, I JUST DON'T LIKE IF PEOPLE DECIDE TO GO LAST MINUTE, RATHER GET AHEAD OF IT SO YOU KNOW. >> UNDERSTOOD. >> WE'RE NOT PAYING MORE THAN WE SHOULD.
>> SO HOW MANY OF YOU GUY -- OH, I GUESS DO YOU WANT TO CHECK YOUR SCHEDULES OR JUST GET WITH US INDIVIDUALLY VIA EMAIL. >> THAT'S FINE. >> THAT'S FEIGN. >> OKAY, THAT'S IT. >> MAYOR: DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY FINAL COMMENTS FOR TONIGHT?
IF NOT, MAY WE HAVE A MOTION -- >> WELL, I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT WHEN WE LOOK AT THE APPLICANTS FOR FOR EXAMPLE THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION, THAT WELIC FOR -- WE LOOK FOR SPECIFIC JOB TYPES,
NOT JUST RANDOM APPLICANTS. >> MAYOR: AGREE. >> THAT -- TO BE TAKEN UNDER CONSIDERATION. >> I THINK THAT SHOULD BE WITH ANY POSITION MOVING FORWARD, THAT IT'S APPROVEN TRACK RECORD. >> TRUE BUT PARTICULARLY THAT ONE. >> THEY HAVE BEEN SOMEWHERE BEFORE AND SUCCEEDED. >> ON THAT BOARD WE DO HAVE,
THERE ARE REQUIREMENTS THAT'S IN OUR ORDINANCE THAT SAYS IF WE CAN GET THEM, WE HAVE THEM. ONE IS AN ENGINEER, ONE IS A PLANNER SO WE HAVE THAT, BUT THEN THERE IS ALWAYS THAT IF
POSSIBLE BECAUSE. -- POSSIBLE CLAUSE. I KNOW THAT'S WRITTEN IN A COUPLE OF THEM THAT WE HAVE THOSE SET IN THERE BUT JUST DOUBLE CHECK THAT, SHAWNA. >> OKAY. >> MOTION TO ADJOURN. >> SECOND. >> OKAY, SECOND, YOU GUYS ARE ON IT. >> GOOD JOB, MADAM MAYOR. >> WE HAVE VICE MAYOR -- OKAY,
IT'S OVER.