>> MAYOR: WE WILL BE STARTING IN
A FEW MINUTES.
>> COMMISSIONER KELLEY. >> HERE. >> MAYOR, YOU HAVE A QUORUM. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU, MELEE. PASTOR BOB BENDER FROM CHRIST FELLOWSHIP CHURCH THIS LEAD THE INVOCATION AND COMMISSIONER TURKIN WILL LEAD IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. >> HEAVENLY FATHER, WE THANK YOU.
WE THANK YOU FOR LIFE. WE THANK YOU FOR THIS BEAUTIFUL CITY THAT WE GET TO LIVE IN. AND WE PRAY YOUR BLESSING WOULD BE ON OUR LEADERS. GIVE THEM WISDOM AND DISCERNMENT. WE PRAY YOUR BLESSING ON THOSE WHO SERVE AS FIRST RESPONDERS,
NURSES, POLICE, FIREFIGHTERS OR OTHERS THAT SERVE AND STAND IN THE GAP. WE THANK YOU FOR THE BRAVE MEN AND WOMEN WHO SERVE IN OUR ARMED FORCES, MANY WHO ARE HERE TONIGHT. WE HONOR YOU AND THANK YOU FOR THEM. WE PRAY FOR YOUR PROTECTION AND PROVISION FOR THEIR LIVES. WE PRAY FOR THOSE IN OUR COMMUNITY RIGHT NOW BATTLING ILLNESS OF ALL KINDS.
THAT YOU WOULD BRING HEALING. WE PRAY THAT YOU WOULD CONTINUE TO TEACH US TO LOVE ONE ANOTHER WELL. TO BE INSTRUMENTS OF KINDNESS TO ONE ANOTHER. MAY IT BE THAT BOYNTON BEACH IS KNOWN FOR ITS LOVE FOR HE'S JOY, PEACE, PATIENCE WE HAVE WITH ONE
ANOTHER, THE KINDNESS WE EXPRESS. THE FAITHFULNESS THAT WE CARRY TOGETHER. AND, LORD, THAT YOU WOULD HELP US TO GROW IN SELF-CONTROL AND UNDERSTANDING OF ONE ANOTHER AND OURS WOULD BE A COMMUNITY MARKED BY LOVE. WE THANK YOU. YOU ARE A GOOD AND LOVING FATHER. WE PRAY THIS IN THE NAME OF
JESUS, AMEN. [PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE]
>> MAYOR, BEFORE WE GET STARTED, IF I MAY SAY A WORD. >> MAYOR: YES. >> WE ALL KNOW ABOUT OUR FLORIDA STATE REPRESENTATIVE JOE CASTELLO, THAT HE DIED OF A
HARHEART ATTACK. HE WAS A FIREFIGHTER IN MASSACHUSETTS FOR THREE DECADES BEFORE GETTING INTO POLITICS IN FLORIDA. AND HE SERVED AS A BOYNTON BEACH CITY COMMISSIONER BEFORE BECOMING A STATE LAWMAKER.
HE HAD ANNOUNCED PLANS TO RUN FOR A SEAT AS PALM BEACH COUNTY COMMISSIONER IN 2026. WHAT WE WANT TO DO TONIGHT IN RESPECT AND OUT OF HONOR OF HIS LIFE, WE WANT TO HAVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE, IF YOU PLEASE.
[MOMENT OF SILENCE] THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR. WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO THE AGENDA APPROVAL, ADDITIONS, DELETIONS, OR CORRECTIONS. LET'S BEGIN ON MY RIGHT WITH
COMMISSIONER CRUZ, IF YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONS, DELETIONS, OR CORRECTIONS TO THE AGENDA. >> I DO NOT. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: VICE MAYOR HAY. >> I DO NOT. >> COMMISSIONER KELLEY. >> NO, MAYOR. I'M GOOD, THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: AND COMMISSIONER TURKIN. >> YEAH. I'D LIKE TO ADD AN ITEM FOR DISCUSSION OF THE FINALIZED
REPORT FROM THE OIG'S OFFICE TO STARTING AT 8A. >> ACTUALLY, IT WOULDN'T BE A PUBLIC HEARING ITEM.
IT WOULD BE ON THE REGULAR -- >> LET'S DO BEFORE 8A. >> BEFORE 8A OR YOU CAN PUT IT ON REGULAR AGENDA. BUT THEN MOVE IT UP. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO DO IT AT A CERTAIN TIME, 10B- >> 10B IS FINE.
>> 10D AS IN DOG AND THEN MOVE IT UP TO WHEREVER YOU WANT IT. >> CAN I MOVE IT TO 10A? >> OR 3B UNDER ANNOUNCEMENTS. >> LET'S STICK WITH 10A. >> OKAY, 10D. >> WE HAVE A 10A. >> CAN WE BUMP IT BACK IS WHAT
I'M SAYING? WE DO THAT EVERY SINGLE MEETING. I DON'T KNOW WHY THIS IS DIFFERENT. >> WE JUST HAVE TO RENUMBER THESE RESOLUTIONS. >> LET'S DO 3B.
>> PERFECT. >> MAYOR: IT WAS THE FINALIZED REPORT. >> OIG, YEAH. >> MAYOR: OKAY. IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE, MAY WE
HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA AS AMENDED. >> MOTION TO APPROVE. >> SECOND. >> MAYOR: VICE MAYOR HAY MOVED TO APPROVE THE AGENDA AND COMMISSIONER KELLEY SECONDED THE MOTION. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE AGENDA AS AMENDED, SAY AYE. [AYES] ALL THOSE OPPOSED, SAY NAY. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
WE WILL MOVE ON TO INFORMATIONAL ITEMS BY THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COMMISSION. LET'S BEGIN TO MY LEFT WITH COMMISSIONER TURKIN. >> YES. THANK YOU, CHAIR. I JUST WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT AND CONGRATULATE OUR CITY MANAGER DAN DUGGER ON EARNING HIS
EXECUTIVE MBA AND GRADUATING FROM FAU. HOOTY HOO. DAN FACED PUSHBACK DESPITE 20 YEARS OF HONORABLE SERVICE IN OUR OWN POLICE DEPARTMENT.
HE STOOD TALL THROUGH WEAPONIZED INVESTIGATIONS POLITICALLY MOTIVATED ATTACKS AND MONTHS OF BASELESS ACCUSATIONS THAT TARGETED NOT JUST HIM, BUT ALSO HIS FAMILY. TODAY DAN DUGGER STANDS AS ONE OF THE MOST RESPECTED AND PRODUCTIVE CITY MANAGERS IN PALM BEACH COUNTY.
UNDER HIS LEADERSHIP, WE HAVE SEEN CLEAR MEASURABLE PROGRESS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, INFRASTRUCTURE, PUBLIC SAFETY, AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. AND NOW IN ADDITION TO HAVING A VALID DRIVER'S LICENSE, DAN CAN PROUDLY ADD AN EXECUTIVE MBA TO
HIS PORTFOLIO FROM ONE OF FLORIDA'S TOP PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES. CONGRATULATIONS, DAN. YOU HAVE EARNED EVERY BIT OF THIS. [APPLAUSE] AND THE CITY IS A BETTER PLACE TODAY THAN IT WAS THREE YEARS AGO BECAUSE OF YOUR LEADERSHIP.
>> MAYOR: MOVING ON, WE ARE GOING TO THE NEXT ANNOUNCEMENT. IT WILL BE THE PROCLAMATION DESIGNATED TO THE CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH AS -- >> THAT WAS JUST HIS INFORMATIONAL ITEMS. >> MAYOR: I'M SORRY. DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING? >> I DID. OH, I DID WANT TO -- ANDREW, MY
INFORMATIONAL ITEMS HAS TO DO WITH DISTRICT 4. I WANTED TO MAKE THE RESIDENTS AWARE THAT THERE ARE INFRASTRUCTURE, POWER INFRASTRUCTURE UPGRADES HAPPENING ALONG LAWRENCE ROAD CAUSING SOME NIGHTTIME ROAD
CLOSURES. IT'S NOTHING THAT THE CITY IS DOING. BUT IT IS EXCITING TO SEE FP&L INCREASING AND ENHANCING OUR INFRASTRUCTURE WHEN IT COMES TO POWER LINES. IT'S JUST ONE MORE WAY THAT WE ARE BECOMING, YOU KNOW, MORE
HURRICANE STABLE AND PREPARED. AND SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THE RESIDENTS WERE AWARE THAT CONSTRUCTION IS HAPPENING. THEY ARE REPLACING POLES. THEY ARE HARDENING THE POWER GRID IN DISTRICT 4. SO I JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT
TO EVERYONE'S ATTENTION AND STAFF AS WELL. SO THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: VICE MAYOR HAY. >> YES. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO CONGRATULATE DAN DUGGER ON HIS MBA. WHAT A DIFFERENCE THREE YEARS CAN MAKE.
I KNOW I WAS ONE OF THOSE WHO GAVE YOU A HARD TIME, BUT I'M LOOKING FOR BIGGER AND BETTER THINGS. AND I'M SURE THAT WILL COME AND IT HAS ALREADY STARTED. SO THANK YOU. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO GREATER AND BETTER THINGS FROM YOU.
>> MAYOR: COMMISSIONER CRUZ. >> I'M NOT GOING TO REPEAT. BUT YES, CONGRATULATIONS AS WELL. AND I DO NOT HAVE ANY DISCLOSURES. >> MAYOR: DAN, CONGRATULATIONS. OKAY, NOW MOVING ON TO 3A, THE NEXT ANNOUNCEMENT WILL BE A PROCLAMATION DESIGNATING THE CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH AS A
PURPLE HEART CITY. SIGNIFYING ITS COMMITMENT TO HONOR AND SUPPORT UNITED STATES MILITARY VETERANS, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED THE DIRECT IMPACT OF COMBAT. ALFONZO, LOCAL PURPLE HEART VETERAN WILL ACCEPT THE
PROCLAMATION. HE FOUGHT IN AFGHANISTAN DURING OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM. HE WAS A PART OF THE NAVAL MOBILE BATTALION AND SERVED SPENDING TIME IN PUERTO RICO AND
JEOPARDY. MR. DUQUE RECEIVED HIS PURPLE HEART IN NOVEMBER OF 2012. HE WAS INJURED AS A PETTY OFFICER SECOND CLASS AND RETIRED AS A PETTY OFFICER FIRST CLASS. I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ANY VETERANS OR ACTIVE MILITARY PERSONNEL IN THE ROOM. PLEASE STAND UP TO BE RECOGNIZED. AND COMMISSIONER TURKIN WILL BE
READING THE PROCLAMATION. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR, MAYOR. WHEREAS THE CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH AND THE STATE OF FLORIDA HAS ALWAYS SUPPORTED ITS MILITARY VETERAN POPULATION. AND WHEREAS THE PURPLE HEART IS THE OLDEST MILITARY DECORATION IN PRESENT USE AND WAS INITIALLY
CREATED AS THE BADGE OF MILITARY MERIT BY GENERAL GEORGE WASHINGTON 1782. AND WHEREAS THE PURPLE HEART WAS THE FIRST AMERICAN SERVICE AWARD WAR DECORATION MADE AVAILABLE TO THE COMMON SOLDIER AND SPECIFICALLY AWARDED TO MEMBERS OF THE UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES WHO HAVE BEEN WOUNDED OR
PAID THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE IN COMBAT WITH A DECLARED ENEMY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. AND WARAS THE MISSION OF THE MILITARY ORDER OF THE PURPLE HEART IS TO FOSTER AN ENVIRONMENT OF GOOD WILL AMONG COMBAT VETERANS AND THEIR
FAMILIES. SUPPORT PATRIOTISM AND LEGISLATIVE INITIATIVES AND MAKE SURE WE NEVER FORGET. WHEREAS THE CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH AND THE PALM BEACH COUNTY AREA HAVE A LARGE HIGHLY DECORATED VETERAN POPULATION INCLUDING MANY PURPLE HEART RECIPIENTS. AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH APPRECIATES THE SACRIFICES
OUR PURPLE HEART RECIPIENTS MADE IN DEFENDING OUR FREEDOMS, AND BELIEVE IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE ACKNOWLEDGE THEM FOR THEIR COURAGE AND SHOW THEM THE HONOR AND SUPPORT THEY HAVE EARNED. THEREFORE, REBECCA SHELTON MAYOR OF THE CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH, FLORIDA DOES HEREBY PROCLAIM
AUGUST 7th, 2025 AS PURPLE HEART CITY AND ENCOURAGES THE CITIZENS OF THE CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH TO SHOW THEIR APPRECIATION FOR THE SACRIFICES THAT THE PURPLE HEART RECIPIENTS HAVE MADE IN DEFENDING OUR FREEDOMS, TO ACKNOWLEDGE THEIR COURAGE AND SHOW THEM THE HONOR AND SUPPORT
THEY HAVE EARNED.
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[APPLAUSE] >> MAYOR: MOVING ON TO 3B TO FINALIZE THE REPORT OF THE OIG. CITY ATTORNEY SHAWNA. >> TODAY WE RECEIVED A FINAL REPORT FROM THE OIG WITH REGARD TO THE ALLEGATIONS THAT WERE MADE AMONGST AND ABOUT SEVERAL
STAFF MEMBERS, SENIOR STAFF MEMBERS. AND COMMISSIONER TURKIN WOULD LIKE TO SAY IFEW THINGS. >> YOU'RE MODEST, SHAWNA. I WON'T BE ADD NOTTIST. THE OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL HAS OFFICIALLY CLEARED THE CITY MANAGER, THE DEPUTY CITY MANAGER, AND THE CITY ATTORNEY OF ALL ALLEGATIONS MADE AGAINST
THEM. [APPLAUSE] THAT'S RIGHT. OF ALL ALLEGATIONS MADE AGAINST THEM DURING A POLITICALLY FUELED 20-MONTH BOGUS INVESTIGATION. THESE CLAIMS ALL BASED ON
HEARSAY -- BOGUS ANONYMOUS COMPLAINTS AND ZERO INTUEBTED WRONG DOING, NOT ONLY COST OUR CITY COUNTLESS TAX DOLLARS, BUT TOOK THE TOLL ON THE FAMILIES AND REPUTATIONS OF SOME OF OUR MOST DEDICATED CITY SERVANTS. MEANWHILE, SOME OF THESE VERY
OFFICIALS WHO HELPED ORCHESTRATE THIS WITCH-HUNT VOTED TO PROLONG IT AND GIVE THIS LEGITIMACY, PUBLICLY ENDORSED THE ONE INDIVIDUAL WHO WAS SUSTAINED ON SERIOUS ALLEGATIONS OF SOLICITING CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS AND ATTENDING
CAMPAIGN EVENTS WHILE ON THE TAXPAYER CLOCK. LET THAT SINK IN. THOSE WHO WEAPONIZED OUR SYSTEMS AGAINST INNOCENT STAFF TURNED A BLIND EYE TO ACTUAL MISCONDUCT WHEN IT SUITED THEIR POLITICAL AGENDA. FOR THE SAKE OF PUBLIC TRUST I
ENCOURAGE THOSE WHO PARTICIPATED IN THIS SPECTACLE TO APOLOGIZE PRIVATELY OR PUBLICLY TO THE INDIVIDUALS AND THEIR FAMILIES AND THE HELL IT PUT THEM THROUGH IN THE NAME OF THEATER AND POLITICAL GAMESMANSHIP. THIS 20-MONTH CHARADE WAS AN
ABUSE OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS, STAFF TIME AND INSTITUTIONAL TRUST. LET ALONE DELAYED CITY INITIATIVES AND UNNECESSARILY SHIFTED THE FOCUS TO THIS INSTEAD OF PUTTING OUR RESIDENTS FIRST. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU,
COMMISSIONER TURKIN. YES, YOU MAY. >> TYPICALLY I DON'T COMMENT ON THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT I DO APPRECIATE THE WORDS THAT YOU JUST PROVIDED. AND, ANDREW, OBVIOUSLY, I'M
SORRY YOU HAD TO GO THROUGH THAT AND YOUR WIFE AND YOUR FAMILY. SHAWNA, SAME THING. AND AS THE FORMER MAYOR, TY PENSERGA, HE WAS BEHIND THIS WHOLE CHARADE. SO I THINK EVERYONE NEEDS TO KNOW THAT. HE'S THE ONE THAT ORCHESTRATED
THIS BEHIND THE SCENES. ^ THAT'S IT. >> MAYOR: READY TO MOVE ON? THANK YOU. >> NOTHING FURTHER, MAYOR. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU. WE ARE MOVING ON TO THE PUBLIC AUDIENCE PORTION OF THIS MEETING. AS ALWAYS, THREE MINUTES PER
PERSON AND NON-TRANSFERABLE. THE SAME RULES ALWAYS APPLY. THE SPEAKER MUST ADDRESS THE COMMISSION AS A WHOLE AND NOT ANY INDIVIDUAL ON THE DAIS OR AUDIENCE. INSULTS, PERSONAL ATTACKS AND DISRUPTIONS ARE NOT PERMITTED. YOU MAY BE ASKED TO LEAVE THE MEETING SHOULD YOU VIOLATE THESE RULES. AFTER WE HAVE CONCLUDED
IN-PERSON COMMENTS, WE'LL MOVE TO ONLINE. >> GOOD AFTERNOON. MIKE McCRAY. I'D LIKE TO SAY TO THE CITY COMMISSION AS A FORMER COMMISSIONER OF THIS CITY, CONGRATULATIONS, SIR. YOU BELONG NOW TO THE OWL FAMILY, YOU ARE FAU JUST LIKE I AM. SIR, NO MATTER HOW HIGH YOU
SOAR, REMEMBER YOU'LL COME BACK DOWN AND YOU WILL ALWAYS BE AN OWL. HOOT HOOT. [LAUGHTER] >> MAYO >> GOOD EVENING, CINDY FALCO DiCORRADO. TODAY I'D LIKE TO RISE NOT IN
CONFRONTATION, BUT IN COMMENDATION. I STAND HERE TO GIVE HEARTFELT KUDOS TO THOSE AMONG YOU WHO UPHELD THE COURAGE TO REMOVE THE LGBTQ FLAG FROM OUR CITY STREETS.
A DECISION NOT BORN OF HATE, BUT OF INTEGRITY AND RESPECT FOR ALL CITIZENS. BOYNTON BEACH BECAME THE FIRST CITY TO TAKE THIS STAND, NOT BECAUSE WE ARE AGAINST ANY PERSON, BUT BECAUSE WE BELIEVE THAT THE STREETS WE ALL WALK UPON SHALL NOT BE USED TO
ELEVATE AGENDAS THAT CAUSE DIVISION, CONFUSION, OR UNDERMINE THE VALUES THAT BUILT THIS NATION. YOU DIDN'T CAVE TO PRESSURE. YOU DIDN'T BOW TO THE LOUDEST VOICES. YOU LISTENED TO THE SILENT MAJORITY, THE FAMILIES, THE FAITH LEADERS AND THE HARDWORKING CITIZENS WHO SIMPLY
WANT TO SEE UNITY, NOT IDEOLOGY, WARFARE REFLECTED IN OUR PUBLIC STREETS. IN A TIME WHEN MORAL CLARITY IS SCARCE, YOU CHOSE TO DRAW A LINE WITH GRACE AND DIGNITY. THIS ISN'T ABOUT EXCLUSION. IT IS ABOUT REMEMBERING THAT OUR STREETS BELONG TO EVERYONE, NOT
TO POLITICAL MOVEMENTS, NOT TO IDENTIFY OR IDENTITY FRACTIONS. BUT WE, THE PEOPLE. I APPLAUD YOU FOR YOUR COURAGE, YOUR WISDOM AND YOUR RESPECT FOR THE BR BROADER COMMUNITY. FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART, I
THANK YOU. MAY GOD CONTINUE TO GIVE THE CITY LEADERS OF COURAGE, HEARTS OF DISCERNMENT AND VOICES THAT PROTECT THE TRUTH. AND MAY BOYNTON BEACH BE A CITY WHERE THE RIGHTEOUSNESS EXALTS US AND DIVISION HAS NO FOOTHOLD. THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS YOU ALL. AND I WANT TO SAY TRUTH IS WHAT
REALLY KEEPS BOYNTON BEACH ALIVE. LOVE AND TRUTH. AS PRAYER WAS JUST ABOUT LOVE, BUT IT'S TRUTH BECAUSE TRUTH IS LOVE. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: NEXT PLEASE. >> HI, SUSAN OYER, BOYNTON BEACH. SO I WANT TO START OFF BY SAYING CONGRATULATIONS, DAN. I WASN'T AWARE.
I TOO HAVE A MASTER'S FROM FAU, ALTHOUGH I BLEED ORANGE AND BLUE BECAUSE I'M A GATOR FIRST. [LAUGHTER] BUT CONGRATULATIONS. AND THAT'S A GREAT ACCOMPLISHMENT AND GOOD FOR YOU. I ALSO WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO THE CITY OF BOYNTON FOR IT'S A GREAT HONOR TO HAVE US AS A PURPLE HEART
CITY. I'M SURE COMMISSIONER TURKIN WILL TELL YOU, MY FAMILY HAS BEEN IN THE MILITARY FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS, GOING BACK EVEN PRIOR TO THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. SO I'M A VERY PROUD MILITARY FAMILY SO THANK YOU. WHAT I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT TONIGHT IS LACK OF RESPONSE.
I'M TRYING TO FIND OUT WHAT THE STATUS IS ON THINGS. SO, FIRST OF ALL, HAVEN'T GOTTEN A RESPONSE ON MY ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STUDY FOR THE FOREST WEST OF THE MALL. I ASSUME IT'S STILL GOING ON, BUT IT'S BEEN TWO MONTHS SO TIME FOR A STATUS CHECK.
OBVIOUSLY, I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO CARES, SO, YOU KNOW, I HAVE REACHED OUT TO THE CLERK. I HAVE ASKED A COUPLE OF TIMES NOW. THEY DON'T HAVE ANYTHING YET. SO I WANT TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON. SECOND OF ALL, I WASN'T SURE -- I WASN'T AWARE OF THIS ACTUALLY UNTIL I WAS AT THE HAZARDS WORKSHOP.
AND THEY WERE SHOWING US MAPS OF THE CITY OF BOYNTON. IT TURNS OUT WHERE THE NYU BUILDING ON QUANTUM IS NO LONGER PART. OF THE CITY. IT'S BLOCKED OUT LIKE WE'RE NOT RECEIVING TAX MONEY ON THAT. DID THEY GET SOME KIND OF DEAL
TO MOVE HERE AND NOT HAVE TO PAY CITY TAXES? BECAUSE WE EXEMPTED THEM AND TOOK THEM OUT OF THE CITY? BECAUSE THERE'S A BOUNDARY AROUND THERE. SO I'M JUST CURIOUS LIKE WHEN THAT HAPPENED, WHAT HAPPENED. AND THAT'S FINE AS LONG AS IT GETS SUNSETTED AND COMES BACK INTO THE CITY FOR TAXES AT SOME POINT.
I UNDERSTAND YOU GIVE BUSINESSES TAX BREAKS FOR A FEW YEARS. BUT WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THAT? AND LASTLY, ON JULY 15th, I SENT AN EMAIL TO ARTS AND INCLUDED ALL OF YOU ON IT. WHAT IS THE STATUS ON GETTING THE ALFONSO PIECE DOWN ON THE
CORNER REFLECTIONS FIXED. I'VE NEVER HEARD BACK. IT'S AN EXPENSIVE PIECE AND UNDER WARRANTY. IT IS NOT MOVING AND SPINNING. THAT IS OUR MOST VALUABLE PIECE OF ART IN THE CITY. THE ORIGINAL EXPENSIVE PIECE IS THE BLOOMER TREE.
MY FAVORITE PIECE. IT'S STUNNING. WHERE IS IT AT? IT'S BEEN HIDDEN A COUPLE OF YEARS NOW. WHEN IS IT COMING OUT OF INVENTORY? IT IS AN EXQUISITE PIECE OF ART. EVERY RESIDENT LOVED IT. WHERE IS IT AT? IT WAS WORTH OVER $100,000 ABOU?
A DOZEN YEARS AGO WHEN IT WAS FIRST GIVEN TO THE CITY. SO UNTIL REFLECTIONS CAME ALONG, IT'S OUR MOST VALUABLE PIECE. WHERE IS IT AT? AND I ALSO ASKED WHAT'S THE STATUS ON THE INVENTORY BECAUSE WE'RE MISSING -- WE HAVE ALL THESE PIECES OF ART. WE HAVE A COUPLE OF STORAGE FACILITIES. WHAT'S GOING ON? WHEN ARE WE GOING TO GET SOME
KIND OF INVENTORY ON OUR HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS WORTH OF ART IN THIS CITY. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU. NEXT PLEASE. >> HELLO. MY NAME IS CHARLES HUNT.
I'M A MILITARY RETIREE. AND I FEEL THAT I HAVE BEEN FIGHTING BASICALLY ALL MY LIFE FOR MY COUNTRY AND MY RIGHTS.
I FEEL THAT BOYNTON BEACH, MY CITY, MY HOMETOWN -- I'M FIGHTING AGAINST THEM FOR $75 A DAY FINE THAT'S CHARGED AGAINST
MY HOME ILLEGALLY. FOR A YEAR NOW, SINCE JANUARY -- I MEAN JULY 18th. NOT ONLY THAT, THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT, I WAS FORCED TO ALLOW THEM TO TOW MY VEHICLE WHEN I WAS PARKED ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WAITING ON AAA. DURING THE TIME THAT I WAS
WAITING, I WAS TOLD THAT I WAS ONLY ALLOWED TO BE THERE FOR 30 MINUTES. AND I WAS THERE MORE THAN 30 MINUTES. SO I LET THEM KNOW MY VEHICLE -- MY AAA WAS ON THE WAY.
BUT THEY STARTED LOADING MY VEHICLE ANYWAY. DURING THAT PARTICULAR TIME, MY AAA TOOK A RIDE AND THEY REFUSED TO LET MY AAA TAKE MY TRUCK, MY VEHICLE. THEY FORCED ME TO ALLOW THEM TO
CARRY MY VEHICLE AND CHARGED ME $250 FOR THREE MILES. LESS THAN THREE MILES. I INTRODUCED THIS PROBLEM TO THE
CITY SHERIFF AND HE SAID THEY WAS ONLY SUPPOSED TO CHARGE VEHICLES THAT WAS BROKE. MY VEHICLE ONLY HAD A FUSE BLOWN AND THEY TOOK MY VEHICLE. I WAS SO HURT.
I AM ASKING THAT THE $250 AND ALL THAT I HAVE BEEN CHARGED BE REIMBURSED. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU. NEXT PLEASE.
>> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS AND STAFF. MY NAME IS DEANNA BRICKMAN, I'M A WIFE, MOTHER TO SIX BEAUTIFUL CHILDREN. I WORK AS A NURSE AND MY HUSBAND OOWNS A LOCAL BUSINESS RIGHT DON THE STREET. I'M A RESIDENT OF BOYNTON BEACH LIVING IN GOLFVIEW HARBOUR
NEIGHBORHOOD. I'M HERE TONIGHT TO RESPECTFULLY ASK THE CITY COMMISSION TO CONSIDER REVISING THE LAW FROM THE MANDATORY SIDEWALK INSTALLATION REQUIREMENT. WHAT I HAVE BEEN TOLD AS PER THE LDR CHAPTER 4, SECTION 8,
SECTION 3D, NO PERSON SHALL IMPROVE ANY PARCEL OF LAND WITHIN THE CITY OR CHANGE THE OCCUPANCY CLASSIFICATION WITHOUT INSTALLING A SIDEWALK. I'M REQUESTING A CHANGE IN THE LAW EITHER THROUGH A WAIVER, VARIANCE, REEVALUATION OF THE ORDINANCE AS IT APPLIES TO
LEGACY NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE OURS. THE SIDEWALK REQUIREMENT HAS CREATED A SIGNIFICANT BURDEN ON OUR PROJECT. MY SPECIFIC SITUATION INCLUDES A LARGE IMMOVEABLE FPL TRANSMISSION TRANSFORMER THAT WILL NEVER GO UNDERGROUND. IT'S LOCATED AT THE CORNER OF MY
PROPERTY AND IT MAKES SIDEWALK CONSTRUCTION IMPRACTICAL. ADDITIONALLY, NO OTHER HOMES ON MY STREET OR NEARBY HAVE SIDEWALKS. SO CONSTRUCTING ONE AT MY LOCATION PROVIDES NO CONNECTIVITY OR PEDESTRIAN BENEFIT. IT WOULD BE A SIDEWALK TO
NOWHERE AND NO ONE CAN USE IT. I ATTEMPTED TO REQUEST A WAIVER THROUGH THE ENGINEERING AND PLANNING DEPARTMENTS BUT I WAS TOLD THAT NO WAIVER COULD BE GRANTED UNDER THE CURRENT CODE. AND THAT'S WHY I'M HERE -- TO ASK YOU, THE COMMISSION, TO CONSIDER AMENDING THIS ORDINANCE TO ALLOW FOR ADMINISTRATIVE
FLEXIBILITY IN NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE GOLFVIEW HARBOUR WHERE SWUX SIDEWALKS HAVE NEVER BEEN PART OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD DESIGN. AND WHERE RESIDENTS STRONGER OPPOSITION TO NEW SIDEWALK CONSTRUCTION DUE TO AESTHETIC AND SAFETY CONCERNS AND IT BEING IMPRACTICAL IN MOST AREAS FROM
LAST FEBRUARY OUR TOWN HALL. I'M PROUD TO BE IMPROVING MY HOME AND INVESTING IN THE CITY, BUT I BELIEVE THIS CODE, AS CURRENTLY APPLIED, CREATES A DISPROPORTIONATE BURDEN IN CERTAIN AREAS. I HOPE YOU'LL CONSIDER MY REQUEST AND I WELCOME THE OPPORTUNITY TO FOLLOW UP WITH ANY OF YOU DIRECTLY AS I HAVE
EMAILED YOU. EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE THE EMAIL I SENT FROM EARLIER THIS WEEK AND LAST. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, YOUR SERVICE AND FOR LISTENING TO MY CONCERNS. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU. NEXT PLEASE.
>> HI, GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS NIKKI KING. I'M AN EMPLOYEE THROUGH WASHINGTON, D.C. OF SAFEWAY. I'M HERE ON ARRIVAL OF JULY 21st OF 2025 ON BEHALF OF THE JOHN P. HICKENS, GENERAL
COUNSEL OF WASHINGTON, D.C. CORRESPONDENCE. I'M HERE BECAUSE THERE'S A NEW SCHOOL YEAR BEGINNING FOR 2025-2026. THIS IS IN REGARDS TO ADVISORY BOARDS ABOUT MY THREE MISSING DAUGHTERS THAT'S BEEN MISSING BETWEEN FOUR TO SEVEN YEARS. WHICH IS ALREADY -- THE MESSAGE
HAVE ALREADY BEEN SAID TO ALL LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT WITHIN PALM BEACH COUNTY AREA. I'M JUST HERE RAISING CONCERN BECAUSE THERE WAS SO MUCH EXPLOITATION WHERE TRAFFICKING HAS HAPPENED TO MY THREE MISSING DAUGHTERS. SO IF YOU GUYS CAN OPEN UP THE ADVISORY BOARDS JUST TO GET THE
WORD OUT, EVEN THROUGH THE NEWS TEAM ABOUT MY THREE DAUGHTERS THAT'S BEEN MISSING THROUGH THIS KIDNAPPING OR WHATEVER THESE PEOPLE ARE CLASSIFYING IT AS THROUGH WEST PALM BEACH. WHERE THEY WENT MISSING AT IN WEST PALM BEACH FROM BOYNTON BEACH.
THIS IS OUR HOME OF -- MY HOME OF 36 YEARS. I HAVE HAD NO OTHER HOME BESIDES BOYNTON BEACH, FLORIDA. AND MY WORK IS LEGALLY BINDING OF WASHINGTON, D.C. SO AGAIN, THIS IS A FOLLOW-UP
WITH SENATOR RICK SCOTT OF HIS GENERAL COUNSEL MR. JOHN P. HICKENS. I'M ACTUALLY GETTING READY TO DEPART AGAIN IN TWO MORE DAYS. BUT I AM TO NOTIFY MY CITY COUNCIL AND CITY COMMITTEE -- I GUESS THE CITY COMMITTEE
MEETINGS IN REFERENCE TO THE ADVISORY BOARD ABOUT MY THREE MISSING DAUGHTERS WHICH IS ALREADY WITHIN THE PALM BEACH COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT POLICE WHO IS IN A DISTRESSFUL STATE RIGHT NOW BECAUSE OF WHAT'S GOING ON. AND SHE CANNOT BELIEVE THE CITY
IS ALLOWING THIS TO HAPPEN INSTEAD OF JUST RETURNING THE CHILDREN. AGAIN, MY NAME IS NIKKI KING. AND I'M AN EMPLOYEE OF WASHINGTON, D.C., OF SAFEWAY. AND THIS IS A FOLLOW-UP WITH SENATOR RICK SCOTT THROUGH HIS
GENERAL COUNSEL JOHN P. HICKENS. THANK YOU. HAVE A GREAT NIGHT. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU. NEXT PLEASE.
>> MY NAME IS WILLIE ROBERTS. I'M A RESIDENT AT 249 NORTHWEST 28th AVENUE, BO BOYNTON. SINCE I GOT UP AND TALKED THE OTHER NIGHT, I SEE A LITTLE DIFFERENCE GOING ON IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. BUT IT'S SOME MORE NEED TO BE DONE. I'VE GOT A CAR. I WAS IN HERE THE OTHER DAY,
TOO, I GUESS ABOUT A CAR. BUT THIS CAR BEEN ON THE SIDEWALK WHERE THE KIDS WALK IN THE ROAD. AND I HAVE TO LET THEM KNOW THAT WE'VE GOT SIDEWALKS THERE. AND THEY HAD TO WALK ON THE SIDEWALK. SO THIS PARTICULAR CAR GOT
SEVERAL FAMILIES OF SPIDER WEBS UP UNDER IT AND A FLAT TIRE ON THE BACK. THE CAR BEEN PARKED THERE SINCE LAST YEAR. I ASKED MY NEIGHBOR NEXT-DOOR TO ME HOW LONG IT'S BEEN THERE. HE SAID NEAR ABOUT TWO YEARS. I NEARLY -- I SPOKE TO A POLICE
OFFICER. AND I'M GOING TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH. I CALLED THE POLICE OFFICE DEPARTMENT AND I WANTED TO TALK TO THE CHIEF. THEY SENT SOMEBODY ELSE OUT THERE. I STILL AIN'T TALK TO THE CHIEF OF POLICE YET. IT'S SO HARD TO GET TO HIM.
I DON'T KNOW WHY. THIS PARTICULAR -- TO GET BACK ON THIS CAR, THIS CAR BEEN THERE. GOT SPIDER WEBS, FLAT TIRE RIGHT THERE IN THE FRONT OF MY HOUSE. HOW WOULD YOU LIKE WAKING UP IN THE MORNING AND THIS FLAT -- THIS CAR PARKED ON THE SIDEWALK FOR A WHOLE YEAR.
AND THEN THE MARKS IN THE ROAD, THEY HAVE A TENDENCY TO RIDE THEM LITTLE SCOOTERS. AND THE DIRT BIKES. SOMETIMES 10:00 AT NIGHT. ONE NIGHT I CAME OUT THERE AND I COULDN'T GET THE CAR TAG NUMBER. I WAS TRYING.
THAT'S NOT THE FIRST TIME I AM IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, ESPECIALLY ON THAT CORNER. THAT CORNER I TOLD THE POLICE YEARS AGO. IF ANYTHING GOES ON ON THIS CORNER, I'M REPORTING IT. AND IT IS EITHER ME OR THEM GOING TO RUN IT.
BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE OUR RESIDENCE AT. SO I'D LIKE TO GET A BETTER RESPONSE FROM THE CITY AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO GET THERE ON TIME. NOT AN HOUR LATER.
OKAY? IT'S JUST RIDICULOUS. Y'ALL HAVE A GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SPEAK. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU. NEXT PLEASE. >> DAVID KATZ. WOULD THIS BE THE PROPER TIME TO TALK ABOUT SOMETHING THAT'S ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? THAT'S YES, THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT NUMBER 7H. IT HAS TO DO WITH APPROVING A
$20,000 INCREASE TO AN AUTO BODY SHOP THAT'S IN LAKE WORTH. I SPOKE TO STAFF ABOUT THIS. AND I GOT INFORMATION THAT WE USE AUTO BODY SHOPS THAT ARE IN BOYNTON BEACH, PIONEER AUTO, U.S.A. COLLISION, A SPECIALTY
TRUCK REPAIR SHOP DOWN IN POMPANO WHICH I UNDERSTAND. BUT THIS VINNY'S AUTO BODY IS IN LAKE WORTH. THERE'S GOT TO BE ANOTHER AUTO BODY SHOP IN BOYNTON BEACH THAT WE CAN USE. AND IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU WANT TO HAVE AS MANY EGGS IN THE BASKET THAT YOU CAN GO SEE.
BUT I THINK THIS EGG IN LAKE WORTH SHOULD BE BROUGHT TO BOYNTON BEACH. THERE'S GOT TO BE ANOTHER SHOP. I UNDERSTAND THAT I BELIEVE IT'S AN EXPECTATION OF A CERTAIN HOURLY RATE. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN FIND
ANOTHER SHOP, EVEN IF YOU CAN'T, $70, $75 AN HOUR. I UNDERSTAND THE CURRENT RATE IS 65. IT'S HERE IN BOYNTON BEACH AND THAT'S WHERE WE SHOULD SPEND THE MONEY. WE SHOULD NOT -- I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS CAN CORRECT THIS TONIGHT. BUT I'M SURE VINNY'S IS A VERY
FINE SHOP BUT IT IS IN LAKE WORTH. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO COME DOWN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? IF NOT, WE WILL MOVE TO ONLINE. [SPEAKER OFF MIC] >> WE DO HAVE -- OKAY.
WE HAVE ONE PERSON ONLINE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. THAT'S CAMERON MAHARAJ. I'LL GIVE YOU A WARNING WHEN YOU HAVE 15 SECONDS REMAINING.
>> YES, HELLO! >> YES, WE CAN HEAR YOU. >> YES, OKAY. SO, CAMERON MAHARAJ FOR DISTRICT 2. I'M THANKFUL FOR YOU GUYS. TODAY I HAVE REQUESTED A PUBLIC INFORMATION REQUEST WHEN IT
COMES DOWN TO OUR FLOCK CAMERAS. LIKE OUR SISTER NEIGHBORHOOD JUPITER, THEY HAVE PUBLIC INFORMATION WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO THE DATABASE OF WHERE THE FLOCK CAMERAS ARE POSTED, CRIMINAL STATISTICS OF ACTUAL
CASES BEING SOLVED, WHETHER THAT BE MISSING CHILDREN, REPORTED STOLEN CARS OR TRAFFIC INFRACTIONS THAT ARE CAPTURED BY THESE FLOCK CAMERAS. SO I WOULD JUST LIKE TO GET SOME MORE INSIGHT ON A PUBLIC DISPLAY OF GIVING SOME MORE TRANSPARENCY
OF THE RESULTS OF THE FLOCK CAMERAS THAT ARE ENCROACHING OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, ESPECIALLY IN THE DISTRICT 2 AREA. SO JUST WANTED TO LET THAT BE KNOWN. I THANK EVERYONE FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU.
PUBLIC COMMENT WILL NOW BE CLOSED. WE ARE GOING TO MOVE ON TO THE ADVISORY BOARD APPOINTMENTS. WE HAVE AN APPOINTMENT THAT WAS TABLED AT THE LAST MEETING THAT NEEDS TO BE REMOVED FROM THE TABLE. OH, WAIT. I'M SORRY, WHAT?
[SPEAKER OFF MIC] OH, WHERE? COME ON DOWN. I'M SO SORRY. THANK YOU. >> GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS KATIE MILLER AND I HAVE LIVED IN GOLFVIEW HARBOUR
FOR OVER 50 YEARS. I'M 88 YEARS OLD. BUT I WISH YOU ALL COULD HELP ME WITH THE CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH. I HAVE TWO GARBAGE CANS OUT IN FRONT OF ME YARD. BEEN OUT THERE FOR A MONTH NOW. AND I HAVE CALLED THE CITY
NUMEROUS TIMES AND THEY SAY, OH, WE GOING TO PICK THEM UP. AND THEY ARE STILL OUT THERE AS OF TODAY, THE TWO CANS ARE STILL THERE. SO I WAS JUST HOPING THAT MAYBE SOME OF YOU ALL COULD GET THE CITY TO MOVE THEM. I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU.
>> MAYOR: THANK YOU. NOW WE WILL BE MOVING ON TO THE ADVISORY BOARD AND APPOINTMENTS. WE HAVE AN APPOINTMENT THAT WAS TABLED AT THE LAST MEETING THAT NEEDS TO BE REMOVED FROM THE TABLE. >> MAYOR. >> MAYOR: YES. >> I DID NOT WANT TO REMOVE IT FROM THE TABLE BECAUSE OF
ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGES THAT ARE GOING TO BE HAPPENING WITH THE PROCESS. >> MAYOR: UNDERSTOOD. >> JUST REAL QUICK BEFORE WE JUMP IN, CAN I GET MORE INFORMATION ON MS. BRINKMAN'S REQUEST FOR THE SIDEWALKS? I GOT THAT INFORMATION AND I THINK I FORWARDED THAT TO THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE AND HAVEN'T GOTTEN A RESPONSE BACK.
JUST TO SEE WHAT HER OPTIONS ARE AND I'LL FOLLOW UP WITH HER. >> SO SHE CHOOSES NOT TO REMOVE IT FROM THE TABLE. WE'LL LEAVE IT ON THE TABLE WHICH I BELIEVE IS WITH REGARD TO THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION. >> MAYOR: YES.
>> SO THAT ONE WE WILL NOT BE DOING THIS EVENING. SOME THINGS DID COME UP WITH REGARD TO CHANGING THE PROCESS, I WENT BACK AND DID SOME RESEARCH. OUR CURRENT BOARD APPOINTMENTS ORDINANCE REQUIRES AN
APPLICATION BE SUBMITTED AND VETTED BY THE CLERK. SO IF WE ARE GOING TO CHANGE THE PROCESS, WE WILL HAVE TO CHANGE THE ORDINANCE. I JUST WANT TO POINT THAT OUT TO THE COMMISSION. >> OKAY. >> AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT
FURTHER. >> I JUST WANTED TO DEFER TO THE CITY MANAGER ABOUT THE ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESS OF IT BECAUSE I THINK IN A GENERAL SENSE, WHAT WE DISCUSSED DURING THE AGENDA REVIEW WAS JUST TO GET A RECEIPT. NOT FOR ANYTHING, BUT JUST TO GET A RECEIPT. LIKE WE HAVE RECEIVED YOUR
APPLICATION. IT DOESN'T MEAN YOU ARE ACCEPTED. >> OH, YES. I WAS REFERRING MORE TOWARD COMMISSIONER TURKIN'S COMMENTS ABOUT IF THE COMMISSION COULD VET THEM. AND CURRENTLY, OUR ORDINANCE AS WRITTEN DOESN'T ALLOW FOR THAT.
>> WELL, AS FAR AS PROVIDING A RECEIPT, I KNOW A LOT OF US HAVE SUBMITTED INQUIRIES OR EITHER PAYMENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT WHERE YOU'LL GET A RECEIPT EMAILED TO YOU. I'LL WORK WITH I.T. AND GET WITH FRED HARRIS TO SEE IF WE CAN'T COME UP WITH A PROCESS. THE MAYOR HAS BROUGHT UP THINGS
LIKE THIS. I THINK A RECEIPT SYSTEM IS ACTUALLY A VERY GOOD IDEA. AND IT SEEMS PRETTY SIMPLISTIC. >> MAYOR: I DID GET FEEDBACK, THOUGH. SOMEBODY DID APPLY FOR A BOARD AND THE NEXT DAY THEY GOT A CONFIRMATION EMAIL. >> OH, THEY DID? >> MAYOR: YEAH, YEAH. SOMEBODY THAT APPLIED FOR THE
PARKS AND REC, I BELIEVE. BUT GOT A CONFIRMATION THE NEXT DAY. >> I THINK PART OF IT IS WHEN WE HAVE RESIDENTS WHO MAYBE RUN INTO AN ISSUE OR THEY HAVE A HICCUP, THAT WE REALLY JUST ENCOURAGE YOU TO CALL THE CLERK'S OFFICE OR CALL SOMEBODY
AT THE CITY BECAUSE THE ONLY WAY THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO TROUBLESHOOT ANY ISSUES OR CONCERNS THAT WE HAVE IS TO REALLY KNOW WHAT THE PROCESS IS OR WHAT'S WORKING OR NOT WORKIN. SO REENG OUT TO US IS GREAT EXCEPT WE HAVE NO IMMEDIATE
ACCESS TO THAT INFORMATION. AND SO OUR STAFF IS READY AND WILLING TO JUMP IN AND HELP. MELEE IS AMAZING WHEN IT COMES TO ADVISORY BOARDS AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT SHE DOES. I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO LOOK AT THE APPOINTMENTS THAT ARE AVAILABLE, APPLY FOR THE BOARDS.
IF YOU RUN INTO AN ISSUE OR YOU DON'T HEAR ANYTHING RIGHT AWAY, REACH OUT TO CITY STAFF. WE DO WANT THESE BOARDS TO GET FILLED WITH RESIDENTS AND HAVE YOU PARTICIPATE IN THE PROCESS. AND IT IS SUPER IMPORTANT. BUT WE KNOW THAT SOMETIMES WE
CAN -- I KNOW I DO IT. I CLICK CANCEL INSTEAD OF SEND BECAUSE THE BUTTONS ARE SWITCHED. AND SO SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, LITTLE THINGS HAPPEN AND SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IF YOU DO, THAT YOU GET YOUR ISSUES ADDRESSED AND GET THAT TAKEN CARE OF. SO I THINK IT COMES DOWN TO,
DAN, YOU KNOW, ONE THING THAT I HAD BROUGHT UP NOT TOO LONG AGO WHEN IT COMINGS TO ADVISORY BOARDS, IS THAT WE'RE NOT PUSHING OUT THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA WHAT'S AVAILABLE, WHAT'S OUT THERE, WHAT THE PROCESS IS, WHAT IT MEANS TO SIT ON AN ADVISORY BOARD. AND SO I THINK PART OF THAT
WOULD ALSO BE GOOD TO ESTABLISH A POINT OF CONTACT. MAYBE THAT'S NOT MAYLEE, BUT MAYBE SOMETHING FROM THE CLERK'S OFFICE THAT IS A POINT OF CONTACT. IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO REACH OUT AND SPEAK TO SOMEBODY ON THE PHONE, JUST KNOW THAT THEY ARE DOING IT CORRECTLY AND RUNNING THROUGH THE PROCESS. I THINK THAT WOULD BE IMPORTANT. BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT
COMES DOWN TO JUST COMMUNICATION AND HAVING THAT OUT THERE BECAUSE MOST OF THE TIME, THE RESIDENTS DON'T KNOW. SOMETIMES I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHO TO CONTACT. THANK GOD FOR ANDREW BECAUSE I DON'T NECESSARILY KNOW WHO TO CONTACT. SO THE RESIDENTS WHO ARE NOT, YOU KNOW, INVOLVED IN THIS
PROCESS, YOU KNOW, WON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION. SO I THINK THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL, TOO, TO REALLY PUSH THAT OUT AND BE A LITTLE BIT MORE, YOU KNOW, INFORMATIVE WHEN IT COMES TO THE ADVISORY BOARDS. >> WE'VE GOT QUITE A FEW BOARDS, COMMISSIONER KELLEY, THAT I KNOW FOR A FACT WE HAVEN'T GOT A LOT
OF INTEREST IN FOR QUITE SOMETIME. SO MAYBE PUSHING SOME OF THAT STUFF OUT ON SOCIAL MEDIA WOULD BE A GREAT IDEA. MAYBE PUBLICIZE A LITTLE BIT MORE. >> AND THEN IF THESE BOARDS AREN'T MAKING QUORUM, I THINK WE NEED TO DO A HOLISTIC REEVALUATION OF THESE BOARDS AND
SEE IF WE WANT TO CONTINUE THEM OR NOT. >> YES, I AGREE. >> WELL, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE STANDING IN LINE TO JOIN THESE BOARDS. AND I THINK WE, AS A CITY OR BOARD OR WHATEVER, WE NEED TO MARKET THEM A LITTLE BIT BETTER
FROM AN ENCOURAGING STANDPOINT TO GET THEM TO APPLY. BECAUSE AS WE LOOK AT THIS, WE CONSTANTLY ROLL THROUGH THIS ADVISORY BOARD VACANCIES. AND WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF
PEOPLE WHO ARE WILLING TO SERVE. SO I THINK WE SHOULD TAKE A LOOK AT THAT, TOO, IN TERMS OF HOW CAN WE ENCOURAGE MORE OF THE PEOPLE OUT OF 82,000 PLUS PEOPLE TO SERVE ON OUR BOARDS FOR THE CITY.
BECAUSE THE OPPORTUNITY IS THERE, BUT MANY OF THEM -- WHATEVER, THEY HAVE COLD FEET. AND I THINK WE NEED TO REACH OUT TO THEM AS WELL AS ACKNOWLEDGE WHEN THEY DO APPLY. AND THERE'S A RESPONSIBILITY ON THEIR PART, TOO, TO INQUIRE.
SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, WORKING TOGETHER, WE CAN SOLVER A LOT OF THESE VACANCIES THAT WE HAVE ON THE BOARD. >> MAYOR: YES, WE CAN. AND I ALSO SENT OUT MY NEWSLETTER TODAY OF OVER 14,000 EMAILS. BUT IT WILL BE IN MY SEPTEMBER
NEWSLETTER FOR PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS WHAT IS VACANT AND HAVE IT CLARIFIED A LITTLE BIT MORE BECAUSE, AGAIN, I THINK WHEN SOME PEOPLE -- EVEN THE EMAIL I GOT TODAY, SHE THOUGHT SHE WAS APPLYING FOR THE BOARD, NOT AS AN ALTERNATE. SO THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF CONFUSION THERE. I WILL BE PUTTING THAT OUT IN
THE NEXT NEWSLETTER. AT LEAST WE'LL KNOW ABOUT 8,000 OF THE 14,000 ACTUALLY OPEN THE EMAIL. SO YOU DO NOT WANT TO UNTABLE. OKAY. SO WE HAVE ONE APPLICATION FOR THE BUILDING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT AND APPEALS.
AND THERE ARE FOUR REGULAR POSITIONS AND ONE ALTERNATE POSITION. THIS NOMINATION GOES TO COMMISSIONER CRUZ. WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE YOUR
MOTION? >> I'LL GO AHEAD AND APPOINT WENDY SCHOLL SAINT.
>> SECOND. >> MAYOR: COMMISSIONER CRUZ MOCHED TO APPOINT WENDY SCHOLL SAINT AS A REGULAR AMENDMENT. VICE MAYOR HAY SECONDED THE MOTION. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. [AYES] ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. WE HAVE ONE FOR THE HISTORIC
RESOURCES PRESERVATION, TWO REGULAR POSITIONS AND TWO ALTERNATE POSITIONS. THIS NOMINATION GOES TO COMMISSIONER CRUZ. WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE YOUR MOTION? >> BASED ON THE FEEDBACK PER THE CHANGES WITH THE WEBSITE, I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THIS TO A FUTURE MEETING. THANK YOU.
>> MAYOR: COMMISSIONER CRUZ MADE A MOTION TO TABLE. COMMISSIONER TURKIN SECONDED THE MOTION. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. [AYES] ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. WE HAVE ONE APPLICATION FOR THE RECREATION AND PARKS BOARD. AND WE HAVE ONE ALTERNATE POSITION. THE NOMINATION GOES TO VICE
MAYOR HAY. WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE YOUR MOTION? >> YEAH. I'D LIKE TO APPOINT MANDY COREY TO THAT POSITION. >> SECOND. >> MAYOR: THIS IS THE RESIDENT THAT EMAILED ME NOT WANTING AN ALTERNATE.
IS THERE NOT ANOTHER POSITION? IT SAYS WE HAVE ONE APPLICATION AND ONE ALTERNATE. I'LL JUST PUT HER THERE. VICE MAYOR HAY MOVED TO APPROVE AMANDA COWEN OF THE PARKS AND REC BOARD. COMMISSIONER KELLEY SECONDED THE MOTION. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. [AYES] ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY.
MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. WE HAVE ONE APPLICATION FOR THE SENIOR ADVISORY BOARD AND WE HAVE TWO ALTERNATE POSITIONS AVAILABLE. THIS NOMINATION GOES TO COMMISSIONER KELLEY. WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE YOUR MOTION? >> YES, THANK YOU, MAYOR. I WOULD LIKE TO APPOINT PHIL PERKINS TO THE ALTERNATE POSITION ON THE SENIOR ADVISORY
BOARD. >> SECOND. >> MAYOR: COMMISSIONER KELLEY MOVED TO APPROVE WILLIAM PERKINS AS AN ALTERNATE MEMBER OF THE SENIOR ADVISORY BOARD. COMMISSIONER TURKIN SECONDED THE MOTION. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. [AYES] ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THERE ARE NO APPLICANTS FOR THE FOLLOWING BOARDS BUT WE
ENCOURAGE RESIDENTS TO APPLY IF YOU ARE INTERESTED. THE ART ADVISORY BOARD, THE EDUCATION AND YOUTH ADVISORY BOARD, AND LIBRARY BOARD. WE WILL NOW BE MOVING ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA. MY COLLEAGUES WANT TO PULL ANY ITEMS FROM CONSENT, LET'S BEGIN TO MY LEFT WITH COMMISSIONER
TURKIN. >> I'M OKAY. >> MAYOR: COMMISSIONER KELLEY. >> NO. >> MAYOR: VICE MAYOR HAY. >> NO. >> MAYOR: COMMISSIONER CRUZ. IF THERE ARE NO FURTHER CHANGES, MAY WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. >> MOVE TO APPROVE. >> SECOND. >> MAYOR: VICE MAYOR HAY MOVED TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. COMMISSIONER TURKIN SECONDED THE MOTION. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING
THE CONSENT AGENDA, SAY AYE. [AYES] ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. MOVING TO CONSENT BIDS AND PURCHASES. IF MY COLLEAGUES WOULD LIKE TO PULL ANY ITEMS, LET'S BEGIN TO MY RIGHT WITH COMMISSIONER CRUZ.
>> NO MAYOR. >> MAYOR: VICE MAYOR HAY. >> NO. >> COMMISSIONER KELLEY. >> 7H PLEASE. >> MAYOR: AND COMMISSIONER TURKIN. >> NO. COMMISSIONER KELLEY ALREADY DID. THANK YOU.
>> MOTION TO APPROVE THE REMAINDER OF CONSENT. >> SECOND. >> MAYOR: COMMISSIONER KELLEY MADE THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE REMAINDER OF THE CONSENT AND COMMISSIONER TURKIN MADE A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. [AYES] ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. AND COMMISSIONER KELLEY, WOULD YOU LIKE TO BEGIN SINCE YOU
PULLED THIS ITEM. >> THANK YOU, MAYOR. YES. ANDREW, AS YOU KNOW, THIS WAS BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION DURING PUBLIC COMMENT. BUT I DID WANT TO JUST GET KIND OF AN UNDERSTANDING AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, OUR CONTRACTS FOR BODY SHOPS.
AND I KNOW NORMALLY THERE'S A LIST. AND WE PRIORITIZE. BUT IF YOU OR STAFF COULD GO OVER THIS ITEM, JUST FOR SOME CLARIFICATION. >> YES, MA'AM. >> THANK YOU. >> SO RECENTLY WHEN WE GOT OUR
NEW PROCUREMENT DIRECTOR THAT CAME ON, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HE IDENTIFIED VERY QUICKLY IS THE TOTAL SPEND BY VENDOR. SO ONE OF THE THINGS YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN SEEING A LOT ON HERE IS INCREASE IN THE ANNUAL EXPENDITURE BECAUSE WHAT WE'RE DOING IS THE PREVIOUS FINANCE DEPARTMENT, WHEN THEY LOOKED AT
IT, THEY WERE ALLOWING EACH DEPARTMENT TO SPEND UP TO THE THRESHOLD OF 50,000 FOR EACH DEPARTMENT. WELL, OBVIOUSLY, THAT'S NOT -- THAT INTERPRETATION NO LONGER IS VALID. NOW WE'RE CAPPING SPEND PER VENDOR AT 50,000. SO YOU'RE FEELING SOME OF THAT PAIN HERE.
WE DO USE MULTIPLE VENDORS FOR THIS. AND LIKE MR. KATZ MENTIONED, WE DO HAVE SOME LOCAL ONES. WE DO ANTICIPATE GOING OUT FOR A BID FOR THIS WHICH IN A LOT OF THE CONTRACTS THAT WE'RE LOOKING, WE WANT TO BE THE FRONT END BIDDER, NOT A PIGGYBACK OR
TRY AND GETTING QUOTES IS MORE EFFICIENT. THIS PARTICULAR ITEM HERE IS WE HAVE SOME WORK THAT THEY NEED TO DO SO WE'RE TRYING TO GET THEM ADDITIONAL MONEY TO FINISH THAT PARTICULAR WORK FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR. WE DO A ROTATION, BUT WE DO ANTICIPATE DOING A BID. AND WE WILL LOOK AT POTENTIALLY
USING OTHER BODY SHOPS IN THE AREA. AND ONE OF THE OTHER REASONS WHY WE'RE USING THIS ONE A LITTLE BIT MORE IS THEIR PRICE IS ADVANTAGEOUS FOR THE CITY. SO WE ARE SAVING QUITE A BIT OF MONEY. >> OKAY. YEAH. THAT WAS MY -- JUST MY CONCERN OF THE TIMELINE OF THIS.
IF WE WERE AGREEING TO A LONG-TERM CONTRACT, IT IS JUST SOMETHING WE'RE CLEANING UP FOR THE REST OF THIS YEAR. YEAH, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE -- I MEAN IT'S NOTHING NEW. IT'S NOTHING NEW TO THIS BOARD OR THE CITY THAT WE LIKE TO KEEP OUR BUSINESS IN THE CITY. BUT WE ALSO KNOW THAT WE HAVE TO
BE FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE TO THE RESIDENTS AND THE TAXPAYERS. SO I GET IT. SO I JUST AM GLAD TO HEAR THAT WE'RE, YOU KNOW, PUSHING THIS FORWARD AND WILL RE-EVALUATE NEXT YEAR. THANK YOU.
>> MOTION TO APPROVE. >> SECOND. >> MAYOR: COMMISSIONER KELLEY MADE THE MOTION -- NO, COMMISSIONER TURKIN MADE THE MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER R25-210. COMMISSIONER KELLEY MADE THE SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. [AYES] ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY.
MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. OKAY. NOW MOVING ON TO PUBLIC HEARING. WE HAVE TWO PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS, PUBLIC COMMENT WILL BE PERMITTED ON ITEMS 8A.
I'LL TURN TO THE CITY CLERK TO READ 8A INTO THE RECORD. >> PROPOSED ORDINANCE NUMBER 25-010, SECOND READING, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH, FLORIDA AMENDING CODE OF ORDINANCES PART III LAND INVESTIGATION REGULATIONS CHAPTER 2, LAND DEVELOPMENT
PROCESS, ARTICLE VI, IMPACT AND SELECTED FEES AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. >> GOOD EVENING, PRINCIPAL PLANNER. STAFF DOES NOT HAVE A PRESENTATION AND THERE ARE NO
CHANGES FROM THE FIRST READING. >> MAYOR: GREAT. ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSION? >> NO. >> MAYOR: PUBLIC COMMENT IS PERMITTED AT THIS TIME. EACH PERSON HAVING THREE MINUTES.
OKAY. >> NONE IN THE AUDIENCE AND NONE ONLINE. >> MAYOR: PUBLIC COMMENT IS NOW CLOSED AND THERE ARE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSION. IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE, MAY WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE PROPOSED ORDINANCE. >> SO MOVED. >> MAYOR: NUMBER 25-010. COMMISSIONER TURKIN MOVED TO
APPROVE ORDINANCE NUMBER 25-010 AND VICE MAYOR MADE A SECOND MOTION. LET'S TURN TO THE CITY CLERK FOR A ROLL CALL PLEASE. >> COMMISSIONER KELLEY. >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER TURKIN. >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER CRUZ. >> YES. >> VICE MAYOR HAY. >> YES. >> MAYOR SHELTON. >> MAYOR: YES. >> IN A ROLL CALL VOTE THE MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.
>> MAYOR: NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS THE CITY MANAGER'S REPORT. DAN, WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND START? >> YES, THANK YOU, MAYOR. SO THIS IS AN ITEM THAT WE HAVE HAD A PRETTY COMPREHENSIVE DISCUSSION UP HERE AS FAR AS LIKE WE WANT TO TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OF THE ORDINANCES THAT ARE GOING TO HAVE A SIGNIFICANT
IMPACT IN OUR NON-HOA COMMUNITIES. AND ONE OF THE COMMON COMPLAINTS THAT I HAVE GOTTEN -- I KNOW THE POLICE CHIEF HAS GOTTEN AND I KNOW ANDREW HAS GOTTEN AND YOU GUYS AS REPRESENTATIVES FOR YOUR RESPECTIVE DISTRICTS HAVE GOTTEN IS PARKING.
A LOT OF TIMES WHAT HAPPENS IS I DON'T FEEL LIKE OUR ORDINANCE IS REFLECTIVE OF OTHER CITIES. I THINK WE COULD PROBABLY DO A BETTER JOB OF GIVING A LITTLE BIT MORE TEETH AND STRENGTH. AND WE COULD WORK WITH THE CITY ATTORNEYS OFFICE TO DO THAT. SOME OF THE PHOTOS, SOME OF THE
DIFFERING ISSUES THAT WE SAW ARE SEMI TRUCKS BEING PARKED IN RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS. WE HAVE SEEN UPWARDS OF SOMETIMES 20, 30 CARS PARKED ON GRASS, PARKED IN THE SWALES. SOMETIMES EVEN VICE MAYOR HAY
BROUGHT UP AN EXAMPLE DOWN BY HIS RESIDENCE WHEN THEY HAVE PARTIES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SOME OF OUR PUBLIC SAFETY VEHICLES, THEY CAN'T ACCESS THOSE ROADWAYS APPROPRIATELY. SO WHAT WE DID -- AND IT WAS ACTUALLY ANDREW. HE HAD LOOKED AT THE VILLAGE OF
WELLINGTON AND HOW THEY ATTACK THEIR PARKING SITUATION AND STUFF. AND WE KIND OF PIGGYBACKED OFF THE MAYOR'S CONCERNS WITH COMMISSIONER TURKIN AS WELL IN THE FOREST PARK AREA. AND WE LOOKED AT IT AND WE'RE LIKE HOA COMMUNITIES DON'T REALLY EXPERIENCE THOSE,
ESPECIALLY THE GATED ONES. RENAISSANCE COMMONS PROBABLY HAS SOME PARKING ISSUES AS WELL. THIS CAN BE EXTENDED AS LONG AS THOSE ARE AGREEMENTS WITH THE CITY IN THESE HOAs. SO IT'S A FAIRLY COMPREHENSIVE LOOK AT, HEY, HOW CAN WE LOOK AT
ENHANCING AND STRENGTHENING SOME OF OUR PARKING ORDINANCES. WE'RE GOING TO NEED THE COMMISSION'S HELP IN DOING THAT. SO THIS IS FROM AN ADMINISTRATIVE POINT AS US -- CANDACE IS THE PRESENTER TO US PROVIDING YOU GUYS WITH ALL THE DETAILS.
AND MAYBE OFFERING SOME SUGGESTIONS FROM OTHER CITIES OF WHAT WE CAN ACTUALLY IMPLEMENT HERE TO HELP CLEAN SOME OF THOSE ISSUES UP. AND I HAVE SPOKEN WITH SOME REPRESENTATIVES FROM OTHER MUNICIPALITIES. A LOT OF TIMES THEY POINT TO CODE ENFORCEMENT AS THE TIP OF
THE SPEAR WHEN IT COMES TO ACTUALLY CLEANING UP AND REVITALIZE A LOT OF THESE TROUBLED AREAS. SO I THINK I'M GOING TO HAND OVER THE FLOOR TO MS. CANDACE STONE. AND I'LL LET HER GO FORWARD WITH THE PRESENTATION. WE'RE LOOKING AT PROBABLY ABOUT
10 MINUTES, MAYOR. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU. >> AND ANY Q&A AFTERWARDS. >> I WAS ASKED TO GO THROUGH IT QUICKLY SO IT WON'T BE 10 MINUTES. SO GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS. YES, WHAT I HAVE HERE IS A PRESENTATION THAT THE FIRST
SLIDE -- OH. CAN WE HAVE THE OTHER PRESENTATION FIRST? THOSE ARE PICTURES BUT WE'LL GO THROUGH THE ORDINANCE FIRST. OKAY. SO THE FIRST SLIDE, THESE ARE
THE CURRENT ORDINANCES WE HAVE THAT REGULATE SOME FORM OF PARKING. WHAT WE'RE REALLY LOOKING TO AIM IS CHANGE SECTION 14-5, THE STOPPING, STANDING, PARKING AND STORAGE OF PROHIBITED IN SPECIFIC PLACES. AND WE'LL GO THROUGH THAT ONE IN
A MINUTE. THE FIRST ONE WAS ABANDONED PROPERTY. THAT'S WHAT WE USE WHEN THERE'S AN ABANDONED VEHICLE ON THE PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY. THEN THE SECOND ONE WAS WHEN WE
USE IT ON THE PRIVATE PROPERTY. I CLICKED TOO FAST. AND THEN 14-3 IS TRUCK PARKING REGULATIONS. SO WE DO HAVE A 15-MINUTE WINDOW AND THAT IS ALL WE ALLOW FOR SEMI TRUCKS TO BE PARKED BEFORE WE CITE THEM.
CODE WILL CITE THEM AND THE PD WILL GET INVOLVED AND ISSUE TICKETS. AND THEN WE HAVE -- THIS IS A CONTINUANCE THAT SHOWS THE FIEPS START AT $100 AND $200 AND $500 WHICH WE CURRENTLY PRETTY MUCH ON A DAILY BASIS USE AND GO TO
THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE WITH THAT OR THROUGH PD. SO SECTION 14-5 IS THE ORDINANCE THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO UPDATE TO MIRROR WELLINGTON. WE ALREADY CURRENTLY HAVE THESE IN PLACE.
THE ISSUE WITH OUR CURRENT ORDINANCE, I HIGHLIGHTED IT. IT'S RIGHT HERE WHERE WE ACTUALLY ALLOW PUBLIC, FOR PARKING TO BE ON THE PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY INCLUDING SWALES AND STREETS. THERE IS A TIME LIMIT TO IT.
AND THIS IS WHAT WE KIND OF WANT TO CHANGE, SO THIS WILL HELP ALLEVIATE THE PARKING ON THE STREETS. IT WILL HELP ALLEVIATE THE PARKING ON THE SWALES. AND ALONG WITH THE GRASS, BECAUSE WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING TO
LOOK AT -- WE ALSO HAVE CONDITIONS FOR PARKING RECREATIONAL VEHICLES AND BOATS. CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW YOU'RE ALLOWED TO HAVE TWO BOATS OR TWO TRAILERS ON THE PROPERTY.
>> CANDACE, YOU SAID YOU'RE ALLOWED TWO BOATS? >> CORRECT. >> BEHIND THE LINE, RIGHT? >> SO AS IT STANDS RIGHT NOW, NO. YOU ARE ALLOWED TO HAVE TWO BOATS OR TWO TRAILERS AS LONG AS IT'S ON A HARD SURFACE IN THE FRONT OF YOUR HOUSE OR HAVE IT
ON THE SIDE PAST THE FRONT LINE. >> IT'S NOT ON A HARD SURFACE. >> IF IT'S NOT ON A HARD SURFACE, CORRECT, CANNOT HAVE IT IN THE FRONT AT ALL. >> MAYOR: DID I SEE IN THE FIRST SLIDE, THOUGH -- IS IT AFTER 10 DAYS IT'S A TOWING? >> FOR ABANDONED VEHICLES.
>> MAYOR: YEAH. >> IT'S 10 DAYS WHEN IT'S ON PRIVATE PROPERTY. >> MAYOR: WHY SO LONG? >> THAT'S THE ORDINANCE. IT IS A STATE STATUTE AS WELL. >> MAYOR: OKAY. >> IT GIVES THE RESIDENT A CHANCE TO -- >> TO ALLEVIATE, YEAH. WHEN IT'S ON PUBLIC PROPERTY, IT'S FIVE DAYS.
>> MAYOR: OH, OKAY. >> WHEN YOU SEE THE GREEN OR ORANGE STICKER, THAT MEANS CODY HAS ALREADY BEEN THERE OR POLICE AND WE'RE WORKING ON GETTING IT REMOVED. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU. >> SHAWNA, IS THAT THE STANDARD? >> SO THERE IS A STATE STATUTE THAT GOVERNS HOW MUCH NOTICE YOU HAVE TO GIVE.
AND I BELIEVE THAT YOU HAVE TO PUT THE STICKER ON FOR A PERIOD OF TIME AND THEN YOU HAVE TO CONTACT THE REGISTERED OWNER. AND I THINK THE PERIOD IS SEVEN DAYS. BUT IF YOU DO LIKE THE THREE DAYS PLUS THE SEVEN DAYS, I KNOW I HAVE LOOKED AT IT BUT IT'S BEEN A WHILE.
ACTUALLY, WE ARE BRINGING OUR ABANDONED PROPERTY ORDINANCE. WE HAVE REVAMPED THE ENTIRE THING AND IT'S COMING BACK TO YOU ON AUGUST 19th. SO YOU MAY SEE SOME CHANGES WITH THAT AS WELL. >> I THINK WHEN I WAS DOING MY RESEARCH, I DID SEE A COUPLE OF CITIES HAD A SHORTER TIME PERIOD.
I'M NOT SURE IF THE STATE PREEMPTS IT SO WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO SHORTEN THAT TIME. >> MAYOR: I WOULD HOPE SO JUST BECAUSE OF WHAT WE'RE SEEING. >> IT MAY BE FIVE DAYS BECAUSE I KNOW IT DIFFERS FOR BOATS VERSUS ON THE WATERWAY VERSUS CARS.
VERSUS THERE ARE DIFFERENT TIME FRAMES. I THINK WE PRETTY MUCH MIRRORED THE STATUTE. WE'LL LOOK AT THAT, CANDACE, AND SEE WHERE WE'RE AT. >> MAYOR: I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE CARS ON THE ROAD. >> YOU'LL BE SEEING IT NEXT MEETING. >> WELL, FIVE DAYS SEEMS LIKE WE HAD A BOAT THAT JUST SHOWED UP ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD IN
DISTRICT 4 IN SANDALWOOD AND IT'S SITTING THERE. FIVE DAYS SEEMS LIKE A LONG TIME FOR IT TO SIT THERE ON A SWALE, YOU KNOW, JUST IN THE MIDDLE -- LIKE IT WAS JUST DROPPED OFF. >> THE BOAT IS ON THE SWALE? >> YEAH, ON A TRAILER JUST SITTING ON THE SIDE.
FIVE DAYS SEEMS LIKE A LONG TIM- >> THAT'S A DISTRICT 3 ISSUE. I'M SURPRISED IT'S HAPPENING OVER THERE. >> THAT SEEMS LIKE A LONG TIME. MAYBE WE CAN LOOK AND SEE WHAT OTHER CITIES ARE DOING AS FAR AS THE TIME OF THAT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, TO HAVE TO KEEP GETTING PHONE CALLS ABOUT WHY THERE'S A BOAT SITTING ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD.
THANK YOU, CANDACE. YOU CAN KEEP GOING. >> YEAH, WE'LL DOUBLE-CHECK THAT. IT'S JUST THE STATE -- IF THE STATE STATUTE ALLOWS IT, WE CAN GO STRICTER. >> THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: SHAWNA, YOU CAN CLARIFY. >> FOR CLARIFICATION, DOES THIS INCLUDE LIKE, YOU KNOW, HOMEMADE
AUTO SHOP IN SOMEONE'S BACKYARD? OR IS THIS JUST VISIBLE FROM THE FRONT YART? >> IT'S VISIBLE FROM THE FRONT. IF WE CAN SEE AN INOPERABLE VEHICLE IN THE BACKYARD THROUGH A NEIGHBORING PROPERTY OR THEY HAVE IT BACKED UP TO SOME TYPE OF EASEMENT WE CAN SEE, WE CAN
CITE FOR IT. THE TOW TRUCK WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO TOW IT. IT WOULD ESSENTIALLY GO TO SPECIAL MAGISTRATE AND HAVE DAILY FINES. THAT'S EVEN ONES IN THE FRONT YARD. IF IT'S NOT ACCESSIBLE TO THE TOW TRUCK, THEN IT WILL JUST SIT THERE AND HAVE DAILY FINES UNTIL THEY DECIDE TO REMOVE THE
VEHICLE. >> OUR ORDINANCES NOW DON'T INCLUDE -- EVEN IF THEY WERE OPERABLE, I THINK THREE OR FOUR CARS IN SOMEONE'S BACKYARD, I MEAN THERE'S ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES WITH THAT. THERE'S A LOT THAT GOES WITH THAT. >> IF WE COULD PROVE THAT THEY ARE DOING MECHANIC WORK, YES. IF WE CAN OBSERVE IT, WE CAN CITE FOR IT.
BUT WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO OBSERVE IT IN SOME WAY. >> BUT WITH OUR CODE TODAY, LET'S SAY THEY ARE NOT CHANGING THEIR OIL, YOU KNOW, OR DOING WHATEVER, THREE OR FOUR CARS IN THE BACK YARD, THAT'S JUST NOT -- >> MAYOR: THAT'S WHAT I WAS JUST GOING TO ASK. >> WE DO HAVE DRONES.
WE HAVE INVESTED A LOT OF MONEY IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. >> THAT WAS A QUESTION FOR US, IF WE WERE ALLOWED TO USE DRONES. >> LET'S TALK ABOUT THAT OFFLINE. [LAUGHTER] >> YEAH, THAT WAS BROUGHT UP RECENTLY. >> THANK YOU, LEGAL. >> MAYOR: WELL, WE KNOW THERE'S BODY SHOPS.
>> WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT OFFLINE. >> MAYOR: WE KNOW THERE ARE BODY SHOPS AND MECHANIC SHOPS OPERATING IN THE DISTRICT. THERE'S ONE ON SOUTHWEST 1st AVENUE TO THE WEST OF THE HOTEL. AND THE NEIGHBORS ARE AFRAID TO REPORT IT. SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE PROBLEM WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO HAVE IF WE DON'T START DOING
SOMETHING. >> A LOT OF TIMES WE'RE JUST LIMITED. >> I CAN GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THAT BUT THERE IS CASE LAW. >> MAYOR: I FIGURED. >> ABOUT WHAT CAN BE DONE TO OBSERVE VIOLATIONS AND WHAT WE CAN DO TO DO THAT. >> MAYOR: ALL RIGHT. CONTINUE. THANK YOU. >> SO I SAW THE FIRST CITATION
IS $100. OBVIOUSLY, YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO WRAP THIS UP AND BRING IT BACK TO US VIA ORDINANCE, RIGHT? >> WELL, SHE WAS HIGHLIGHTING OUR CURRENT ORDINANCE. THIS IS WHAT WELLINGTON DOES, WHICH I THINK IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO MIRROR. >> WHEN WE START FINING, FROM WHAT I SAW -- >> YOU WANT TO UP THE FINE
AMOUNT? >> RIGHT. WELL, NO, WHAT I WANT TO DO IS SEND OUT NOTICES BEFORE WE STAR- >> OH, NO, THAT HAPPENS. YOU HAVE TO GIVE NOTICE. >> EVERYBODY DESERVES A FAIR SHOT. >> WE HAVE TO GIVE NOTICE BEFORE WE GIVE THEM A TICKET. SO WE GIVE THEM THAT FINE.
IT'S A VERY COMMON CODE THAT WE USE. IT'S LITERALLY IN THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE EVERY OTHER MONTH. >> THANK YOU. >> LET ME BE CLEAR ON SOMETHING. ONE OF OUR CITIZENS BROUGHT UP AN ISSUE ABOUT PARKING ON THE
ROAD WAITING FOR THE AAA I GUESS TO PICK UP. IS THERE A RULE THAT 30 MINUTES IS THE MAXIMUM THAT CAR CAN BE WAITING FOR SOMEONE LIKE AAA? DO WE HAVE ANYTHING ON OUR BOOKS LIKE THAT?
I NEVER HEARD OF IT. >> THAT'S THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WOULD HAVE TO REALLY TALK ABOUT THAT. I HAVE NOT HEARD. >> I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE SOME TYPE OF RESPONSE TO THAT. IF CHIEF DeGIULIO OR SOMEONE CAN SPEAK FOR HIM, I WOULD LIKE
TO KNOW THAT BECAUSE I WANT TO KNOW HOW TO RESPOND TO THIS GENTLEMAN WHO BROUGHT UP THAT ISSUE ABOUT PARKING. I'VE NEVER HEARD OF SUCH A RULE. AND IF THERE IS, SO BE IT.
BUT CAN SOMEONE CLARIFY THAT FOR ME? >> MAYOR: YOU REALLY CAN'T CONTROL HOW LONG AAA IS GOING TO TAKE. >> THAT SEEMS A LITTLE CRAZY. >> THAT SOUNDS A LITTLE STRANGE.
>> COMMISSIONER, THE QUESTION AGAIN. >> THE QUESTION IS ONE OF OUR CITIZENS SPOKE IN PUBLIC AUDIENCE THAT HIS CAR WAS PARKED ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD BROKEN DOWN, SO TO SPEAK. AND HE WAS WAITING FOR AAA. BUT THE CITY -- I DON'T KNOW WHO
IT WAS. BUT SAID THAT HE COULDN'T BE THERE ANY LONGER THAN 30 MINUTES AND TOWED HIS CAR AWAY. AND COST HIM $250 TO GET IT BACK. I JUST WANT TO KNOW, IS THERE
SUCH A RULE ON OUR BOOKS OR IN THE PD DEPARTMENT? WHAT ARE WE DOING HERE? I'VE NEVER HEARD OF IT. >> YEAH. I WOULDN'T SAY THERE'S A RULE OF 30 MINUTES. IT WOULD BE SITUATIONAL. IF A VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND CREATING A TRAFFIC HAZARD, IT MAY BE THAT THE OFFICER COULD
HAVE ONLY STAYED THERE FOR SO LONG WITH HIS LIGHTS BEHIND HIM BEFORE HE FINALLY HAD TO CALL HIS OWN TOW TRUCK. HE PROBABLY GAVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO MOVE IT ON THEIR OWN FIRST. AND WHEN HE WAS UNSUCCESSFUL IN SECURING A TOW, IT SOUNDS LIKE THE OFFICER AT THAT POINT WOULD HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO TOW THE
VEHICLE. >> AND I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, OFFICER, I REALLY DO. BUT MY UNDERSTANDING WAS THAT HE WAS JUST ON THE ROAD WHERE HIS CAR BROKE DOWN. LIKE IF I WAS -- IF MY CAR BROKE DOWN ON FEDERAL HIGHWAY, YOU KNOW, I HAVE NO CONTROL OVER THE
LOCATION WHERE IT BREAKS DOWN. IT COULD BE, YOU KNOW, IN FRONT OF, YOU KNOW, GOODYEAR OR SOMETHING. I JUST WANT TO KNOW DO WE HAVE SUCH A RULE. I'M NOT TRYING TO POINT FINGERS OR CAUSE ANY KIND OF, YOU KNOW -- I JUST WANT TO KNOW, IS
THERE SUCH A LAW ON OUR BOOKS. AND IF THERE'S NOT, LET'S LOOK INTO IT AND CLEAN IT UP. >> IT WOULD BE OFFICER DISCRETION. IF THE VEHICLE IS CAUSING A TRAFFIC HAZARD AND IT'S A DANGER TO THE MOTORISTS ON THE ROADWAY, THEN HE WOULD HAVE THE
DISCRETION TO TOW IT. >> VICE MAYOR, IF I MAY. I THINK WHAT WOULD BE BEST IS IF WE DID SOME DUE DILIGENCE AND SEE IF WE CAN GET THE REPORT AND JUST FORWARD IT TO THE COMMISSIONER OR THE VICE MAYOR IN DISTRICT 2. >> SURE. WE'LL FIND IT.
>> THAT WAY HE HAS THE ACTUAL FACTS OF THE INCIDENT INSTEAD OF TAKING THINGS AT FACE VALUE DURING PUBLIC COMMENT. >> YEAH. >> IF WE HAVE THE ACTUAL INCIDENT, WE CAN FIND THE LOCATION AND WE CAN ALSO DO SOME RESEARCH ON THE STATE LAWS THAT ACTUALLY GIVE OFFICERS THE LEGAL AUTHORITY.
>> DO THAT FOR ME AND I'M HAPPY. >> SURE. >> MAYOR: CANDACE, IF YOU WANT TO CONTINUE. >> OKAY. SO BASICALLY, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO UPDATE IS TO KIND OF MIRROR WELLINGTON WHICH IS WHAT'S IN FRONT OF YOU RIGHT NOW. WHERE THEY DON'T ALLOW PARKING
ON THE STREET. THEY DON'T ALLOW PARKING ON YOUR GRASS. THEY DON'T ALLOW PARKING. BASICALLY YOU'RE PARKING IN YOUR APPROVED PARKING AT YOUR HOUSE, WHETHER IT'S YOUR HOUSE OR COMMERCIAL PROPERTY OR WHEREVER. THEY DO HAVE AN EXEMPTION, YOU KNOW. IT DOES SAY LIKE IF THERE'S A PARTY OR SPECIAL EVENT GOING ON AT YOUR HOUSE, THAT IS THE TIME
FRAME IN WHICH YOU CAN HAVE PEOPLE PARK IN FRONT OF YOUR HOUSE OR ON YOUR GRASS OR SOMETHING. IT WOULD BE A SITUATION LIKE THAT. THE REST OF THE SLIDES THAT I HAVE HERE ARE ALL OTHER CITIES IN THE COUNTY THAT PRETTY MUCH HAVE VERY SIMILAR ORDINANCES. THEY ALL DO NOT ALLOW PARKING ON
YOUR GRASS, PARKING ON THE SWALE OR PUBLIC PARKING ON THE ROADWAYS. SO I JUST PUT THEM IN HERE FOR REFERENCE, THAT WAY YOU CAN SEE THAT WE'RE KIND OF ONE OF ONLY THE CITIES LEFT IN THE COUNTY THAT DOESN'T HAVE AN ORDINANCE
THAT'S UPDATED TO NOT ALLOW FOR PARKING ON THE STREETS, RIGHT-OF-WAYS, GRASS. AND THAT WOULD SOLVE A LOT OF ISSUES WITHIN THE COMMUNITY AND ALSO IN THE COMMERCIAL AREAS AS WELL. SO WE'RE ASKING THAT, YES, IF WE CAN UPDATE -- IF YOU GUYS WOULD,
YOU KNOW, TALK AND DISCUSS AND SEE IF WE CAN UPDATE THAT TO ALLOW NO PARKING ON THE GRASS, NO PARKING IN SWALES, NO PARKING IN THE RIGHT-OF-WAY. WHICH MEANS THE ROADS AS WELL TO HELP CLEAR UP THAT CONGESTION. >> CANDACE, THE THING I NOTICED
ABOUT WELLINGTON, I DON'T WANT TO JUST BLANKET LIKE YES, WE'RE GOING TO EXCEPT WELLINGTON. THEY TALK ABOUT RECREATIONAL VEHICLES AND BOATS AND STUFF. I DON'T WANT TO CHANGE WHAT WE CURRENTLY DO UNLESS WE KNOW -- I WOULDN'T WANT TO CHANGE DISTRICT 3 AND DISTRICT 2 AND HOW THEY HANDLE BOATS AND RECREATIONAL
VEHICLES. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT DOESN'T GET SNUCK IN BECAUSE WE SAY, OH, YEAH, WE LIKE WHAT WELLINGTON DOES. I WANT TO MAKE THAT VERY CLEAR. >> NO. WE'RE ONLY LOOKING TO UPDATE 14-5. SO THE BOAT AND RECREATIONAL IS A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT ORDINANCE.
I PUT IT IN THERE JUST SO YOU'RE AWARE OF THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF PARKING REGULATIONS THAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY. >> MAYOR: SEMIS AND BUSES ARE NOT ALLOWED, CORRECT? >> NO. >> MAYOR: BECAUSE WE'VE GOT THOSE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. >> NO. >> MAYOR: WE HAVE PICTURES FOR YOU IF ANYONE WANTS TO SEE THEM. >> SEMIS ARE A LITTLE DIFFICULT. THEY GET TICKETED BY PD.
WE WORK TOGETHER, PD AND CODE. CODE GOES OUT THERE, STICKERS IT, CALLS PD OUT. THEY HELP TICKET IT. A LOT OF TIMES UNFORTUNATELY, THEY JUST COME RIGHT BACK EITHER A WEEK LATER OR SO. >> MAYOR: ARE THEY PAYING THEIR FINES? >> I DON'T KNOW BECAUSE IT GOES THROUGH THE CIVIL COURT.
>> MAYOR: YEAH. I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE PRIVY TO THAT INFORMATION. >> CANDACE, HOW DO WE -- AND THIS IS CITYWIDE FOR THE QUESTION. HOW ARE YOU -- HOW IS CODE
RECEIVING THESE ISSUES AND THESE CONCERNS? AND IF YOU ARE RELYING ON PD, THAT WOULD EXPLAIN WHY DISTRICT 4 ALWAYS HAS DUMP TRUCKS AND SEMIS ON THE ROAD. BECAUSE WE KNOW WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF PATROLLING HAPPENING IN
DISTRICT 4. SO ARE WE GETTING THAT INFORMATION? BECAUSE I KNOW I TEXT ANDREW OR I TEXT SOMEBODY AND SAY, HEY, THERE'S ANOTHER SEMI TRUCK PARKED ON MINER ROAD ALL WEEKEND LONG WITHOUT ANYONE, ANY CARE INNOINTHE WORLD. I'M WONDERING HOW IS THIS
INFORMATION BEING TRANSPORTED TO CODE. AND I GET 100% THAT, YOU KNOW, DISTRICT 2 AND DISTRICT 3 GET THE FOCUS AND GET THE CODE OFFICERS DRIVING AROUND. BUT WE DO HAVE AN ISSUE IN DISTRICT 4 AS WELL. AND SO IF YOU ARE GOING TO RELY
ON ME OR RESIDENTS OR SOMEBODY ELSE TO MAKE THAT PHONE CALL, THEN I NEED TO KNOW WHERE TO GIVE THAT INFORMATION BECAUSE I'M GETTING IT FROM RESIDENTS. I'M PASSING IT ALONG. I HOPE IT'S BEING FOLLOWED UP ON. SO I HEARD YOU SAY THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT NOTIFIES CODE
AND DOES THIS. >> WE NOTIFY THE POLICE. WE USUALLY GO OUT THERE AND STICKER AND NOTIFY THE POLICE TO SIGN THE TICKET. AND IT GOES BOTH WAYS. SOMETIMES POLICE COME TO US US, TOO. BUT MOST OF THE TIME WE'RE CITING FOR THESE THINGS THROUGH, YES, WE GET COMPLAINTS FROM
RESIDENTS WHO WILL COME ON MY BOYNTON ROCK SOLID AND COME THROUGH GUYS AND COME THROUGH CITY MANAGERS. AND THERE'S PROACTIVE INSPECTIONS. ESPECIALLY FOR YOUR DISTRICT AND ON THE WEST SIDE WE WERE SHORT STAFFED FOR MANY, MANY MONTHS.
WE JUST NOW GOT SOMEONE FULL-TIME COVERING THAT ZONE. I DID HAVE THE SUPERVISOR SWEEPING THERE. SO I WILL SAY THAT WAS A BIG PART AND A CHALLENGE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE CITY BECAUSE A LOT OF THE ATTENTION REALLY DID GO ON THE EAST SIDE. BUT NOW WE DO HAVE SOMEONE
THERE. WE HAVE SOMEONE ON SATURDAYS. WE HAVE SOMEBODY ON SUNDAYS AND THEY HAVE BEEN INSTRUCTED TO START SWEEPING THEM. MAKE SURE THEY STICKER THEM. THAT'S WHAT THEY ARE LOOKING FOR. >> SO I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT, THANK YOU. ONE OF OUR BIGGEST ISSUES IN
DISTRICT 4 ARE THE SEMIS AND THE DUMP INSTRUCTION WHO LIKELY LIVE IN THE TRAILER PARK OR LIVE ON THE OTHER SIDE ON MINER ROAD AND PARK OVERNIGHT. THEY PARK AT 9:00 AT NIGHT OR 8:00 AT NIGHT, 7:00 AT NIGHT AFTER PEOPLE LEAVE. AND THEN THIS MORNING I'M
WALKING AT 5:15 IN THE MORNING AND THE LIGHTS ARE ON AND THEY ARE LEAVING. AND SO THEY HAVE NOT BEEN NOTIFIED. THEY HAVE NOT BEEN CITED. THEY HAVE NO IDEA. I'M SURE THEY KNOW THEY ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE PARKING THERE. BUT NOW WE HAVE MISSED AN OPPORTUNITY TO ENFORCE A RULE
THAT WE HAVE HAD ON OUR BOOKS FOREVER. AND WE'RE NOT ENFORCING A RULE THAT WE HAVE. AND SO I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT YOU HAVE SOMEBODY THAT'S DESIGNATED FOR THE WESTERN SIDE OF THE CITY SO THAT WE CAN GET SOME
ATTENTION. >> OVERNIGHT. >> THERE HAS TO BE SOME OVERNIGHT, YOU KNOW, OUTSIDE OF THE NORMAL 9:00 TO 5:00, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO SEMIS AND DUMP TRUCKS AND ILLEGALLY PARKING ON SWALES AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
>> THANK YOU, MAYOR. YOU SEE IT WHEN IT HAPPENS IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD. [INDISTINCT CONVERSATION] COMMISSIONER KELLEY, I DEFINITELY AGREE WITH LET'S NOT TOUCH THE BOATS. A LOT OF PEOPLE MOVED TO THE NON-HOA NEIGHBORHOODS SO THEY
CAN PARK THEIR BOAT, GATEWAY TO THE GULF STREAM. I DON'T WANT TO TOUCH THAT ISSUE RIGHT NOW. I DO THINK, THOUGH, TO PIGGYBACK OFF OF WHAT COMMISSIONER KELLEY HAD MENTIONED -- I BROUGHT THIS UP THE LAST SIX MONTHS OF A TASK
FORCE OF THE FIREFIGHTERS AND THE POLICE. YOU GET SICK CBA CONTRACTS SO I WANT TO SEE SOME COLLABORATION. WE INVEST HEAVILY IN OUR POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENT. AND IF THERE'S TIME TO GO TO PUBLIX, IF THERE'S TIME TO DO ALL THESE OTHER THINGS, IF THERE'S TIME TO SIT AROUND, THERE IS TIME TO WORK WITH CODE
ENFORCEMENT AND TAKE THE BURDEN OFF OF THEM. EVERYONE IN PUBLIC SAFETY AND CODE SHOULD KNOW THESE ORDINANCES, RIGHT. SEE SOMETHING, SAY SOMETHING. THAT'S HOW WE WORK TOGETHER AND HOW HOW WE GET IT DONE SO THE BURDEN ISN'T JUST ON CANDACE. LEVERAGING THOSE PUBLIC SAFETY
AIDS AT 4:35 IN THE MORNING, RIGHT. AND PARTNERING WITH CODE. AND COMMISSIONER CRUZ BROUGHT SOMETHING UP. HELL, I DON'T KNOW, A YEAR OR SO AGO ABOUT HAZARD PAY, YOU KNOW, OR SOME TYPE OF ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION BECAUSE BEING A
CODE OFFICER IS CONFLICT RESOLUTION, YOU'RE DEALING WITH PEOPLE. YOU NEVER KNOW WHO YOU'RE DEALING WITH. FOR ME, I JUST CARE ABOUT THAT GETTING DONE BECAUSE WHEN YOU HAVE A TASK FORCE AND YOU'RE ABLE TO UTILIZE AND LEVERAGE MULTIPLE PEOPLE TO ACCOMPLISH SOMETHING, WE'RE GOING TO SEE A
HUGE CHANGE ECONOMICALLY IN THE CITY. YOU HAVE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS BEING INVESTED IN OUR DOWNTOWN. I WAS DRIVING AROUND THE OTHER DAY AND I THOUGHT TO MYSELF, IF I WAS GOING TO RAISE A FAMILY, IF I'M A FATHER, MARRIED WITH A FEW KIDS, AM I GOING TO MOVE HERE TO RAISE A FAMILY WHEN I SEE 18 CARS IN ONE DRIVEWAY, YOU
KNOW. I MEAN A PLETHORA OF UNDESIRABLE ACTIVITY GOING ON. JUST LIKE HOUSES THAT LOOK LIKE, YOU KNOW -- THAT HAVE OPPORTUNITIES I SHOULD SAY. I'LL TRY TO BE NICE, YOU KNOW. AND LIKE JUST -- I MEAN NOT
WHERE A BILLIONS OF DOLLARS ARE BEING INVESTED, RIGHT. WE SHOULD REALLY BE FOCUSED ON, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY ALL THE DISTRICTS, BUT THE CORE. IF I'M DRIVING AROUND THE DOWNTOWN AND I'M LOOKING AT A PLACE IN THE MEADOWS AND LOOKING AT A PLACE IN RENAISSANCE COMMONS, RIGHT, I'M GOING TO
SPEND MY TIME DOWNTOWN IN BOYNTON BEACH AND DRIVE A COUPLE OF STREETS OVER AND THE STREET LIGHTS ARE OUT WHERE THERE'S 14 CARS IN A DRIVEWAY AND TRASH CANS WITH TRASH ALL OVER, THAT IS UNACCEPTABLE. WE HAVE TO REALLY TURN THE HEAT UP BECAUSE DO WE WANT BOYNTON BEACH TO BE THE BEST THING IN PALM BEACH COUNTY?
DO WE REALLY WANT TO TAKE PRIDE IN WHAT WE'RE DOING? OR DO WE WANT TO GIVE LIP SERVICE? I'LL PUT MY MONEY WHERE MY MOUTH IS. IF IT'S A MATTER OF FUNDING, IF IT'S A MATTER OF INCREASED STAFF, YOU KNOW -- I'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET MORE CODE OFFICERS EVERY BUDGET YEAR. AND I KNOW WE'RE WORKING WITH THE CRA TO GET THAT DONE.
LIKE LET'S BE AGGRESSIVE ON THIS. LET'S BE HYPERAGGRESSIVE ON THIS. AND I'M ASKING THE FIRE CHIEF AND I'M ASKING THE POLICE CHIEF TO BE AS AMBITIOUS AND AS PASSIONATE AS WE ARE UP HERE. BECAUSE WE ALWAYS SUPPORT YOU GUYS AND WE ALWAYS SUPPORT YOUR PEOPLE. IT'S TIME FOR YOU GUYS TO DO THE SAME FOR US.
THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: AND IS IT CORRECT THAT WE DO HAVE CODE ENFORCEMENT SEVEN DAYS A WEEK? IS THAT JUST IN THE EAST? >> NO. >> MAYOR: ALL OVER? >> IT'S ALL OVER RIGHT NOW. THE NEXT THING I'M TRYING TO DO -- WITH THE CRA, CODE OFFICERS THAT WE'RE HOPING TO
GET, VERY CLOSE TO GETTING, THEY WILL ONLY BE ALLOWED ON THE EAST SIDE IN THE CRA. EVEN THOUGH I CAN CHANGE THEIR SCHEDULES, I NEED SOME ALSO ON THE WEST SIDE THAT'S GOING TO BE IN THE MORNING OR IN THE EVENING. SO I HAVE ALREADY TALKED TO MY STAFF, LET THEM KNOW THAT THESE CHANGES ARE GOING TO START
COMING. THAT I'M GOING TO HAVE TO PROBABLY FLUCTUATE SOME OF THEIR SCHEDULES TO STA STAGGER THEM A LITTLE BIT. THEY ARE UNION SO I HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE UNIVE UNION AS WELL. IT'S NOT A QUICK CHANGE. BUT I WANTED TO MENTALLY PREPARE THEM I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT
WHAT WILL BE BEST FOR THE CITY, THEIR ZONES AND THE MORALE AT THE SAME TIME. >> MAYOR: OKAY. >> EXACTLY. >> ONE MORE THING, I'M SORRY. I WILL SAY, THOUGH, I DO WANT TO THANK THE STREETS TEAM WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. I KNOW THEY ARE ACTIVELY WORKING ON PELICAN POINT AND THEY ARE
WORKING WITH CODE. SO I WANT TO SEE THAT BUT AMPLIFIED, RIGHT. AND THEN I THINK ALSO, TOO, I DON'T WANT TO LIKE JUMP ON YOUR TOES, DAN. BUT OPERATIONALLY, IF EVERYONE IS TRAINED WITH THE BOYNTON APP, RIGHT, AND THEY CAN SUBMIT THE TICKETS, RIGHT -- >> MAYOR: THE PROBLEM WE HAVE IS
CITIZENS DON'T WANT TO. >> I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT THE CITIZENS. >> MAYOR: OH, US INTERNALLY? >> I'M TALKING ABOUT POLICE, I'M TALKING ABOUT FIRE. IF THEY ARE ON THE CLOCK, IF YOU ARE WAITING OVER HERE IN THIS BACK PARKING LOT AND I CATCH YOU AT 5:30 IN THE MORNING AGAIN AND I DRIVE DOWN -- EVERY MORNING
I'M HERE AND I SEE TWO OR THREE CARS AND THEY ARE JUST SITTING THERE, HASN'T BEEN AS RECENT BECAUSE I SAID SOMETHING TO THE CHIEF. BUT THERE'S A BUNCH OF TRASH OR THERE'S SOME, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING GOING ON, WHY DO I HAVE TO DO THAT? WHY DOES A RESIDENT HAVE TO DO THAT? IF SOMEONE IS GETTING PAID
FULL-TIME SICK BENEFITS, RIGHT, AND THEY ARE JUST SITTING THERE. TO ME, THAT IS UNACCEPTABLE WITH HOW MUCH WE HAVE INVESTED INTO THESE DEPARTMENTS. SO I'M JUST ASKING, YOU KNOW, MEET US HALFWAY. >> I WILL TELL YOU THAT POLICE REACHED OUT LIKE TWO WEEKS AGO
ABOUT PELICAN POINT AND OFFERED ASSISTANCE. AND WE ARE ACTUALLY GETTING TOGETHER TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO, OTHER OPTIONS FOR PELICAN POINT. >> MAYOR: COLLABORATE. >> THE POINT IS I'VE BEEN SCREAMING ABOUT THIS FOR THREE YEARS. SAY IT AGAIN?
>> MAYOR: 20. >> 20 YEARS. LET'S PLAY 20 YEARS OF CATCH-UP. >> NOW YOU'RE IN THE RIGHT SEAT. >> MAYOR: I MEAN THIS WEEKEND ALONE. >> WE HAVE THE SUPPORT AND I APPRECIATE MY COLLEAGUES FOR SUPPORTING THIS. AND, MAYOR, THIS HAS BEEN ONE OF YOUR BIG INITIATIVES.
AGAIN, I WANT THIS TO BE ONE OF OUR FOREFRONT INITIATIVES. BECAUSE OF THIS COMES MUCH BETTER THINGS. YOU HAVE ECONOMIC PROSPERITY, RIGHT. THE PROPERTY VALUES WILL INCREASE. PROPERTY VALUES INCREASE, SCHOOL DISTRICTS INCREASE. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN.
MORE PEOPLE, RIGHT, MORE PEOPLE WILL MOVE TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD. BUT THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN IF WE'RE NOT GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND. >> MAYOR: CORRECT. >> I WANT THE STANDARD TO BE SET HIGH. WHEN WE DID OUR STRATEGIC PLAN, WE TALKED ABOUT DOING A GOLD STANDARD OF CUSTOMER EXCELLENCE WITH LYLE. I WANT THAT GOLD STANDARD.
AND I WANT THAT. THAT DOESN'T REST JUST ON CANDACE OR THE CITY MANAGER. IT IS ONE POINT, ONE TEAM, RIGHT. SO I JUST REALLY WANT THAT TO BE A HARD INITIATIVE IN THIS NEXT BUDGET YEAR. AND THERE'S THINGS THAT, YOU
KNOW -- THERE'S IDEAS. EVEN CODE OFFICERS HAVE IDEAS HOW WE CAN GET THAT DONE AND WHAT THEY NEED, RIGHT. I WANT TO HEAR THOSE IDEAS AND SEE THOSE AMENDMENTS IN THE BUDGET BEFORE WE ADOPT IT FINALLY BECAUSE FOR ME, THIS IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT.
AND I SEE THE POTENTIAL ROI IN SPENDING. MAYBE IT'S A COUPLE OF YEARS WHERE WE REALLY, YOU KNOW, INVEST IN PERSONNEL OVERTIME, YOU KNOW, RESOURCES. BUT WHAT WE'LL SEE IN RETURN WILL BE UNMATCHED. >> MAYOR: AND I ALSO DON'T KNOW
IF THIS IS EVEN PERMITTED. IT WOULD BE NICE TO KIND OF GET UPDATES ON OUR DISTRICTS. >> THAT'S WHAT I WAS JUST ABOUT TO SAY. >> MAYOR: FOR HOW MANY COMPLAINTS ARE COMING OUT AND THEN THE RESULT BECAUSE THE APP SHOWS YOU THAT IT'S FIXED RIGHT AWAY. >> WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF MOVING -- BECAUSE WE HAD AN
INCIDENT THAT WAS INVESTIGATED. AND I'M BIG ON ANALYTICS. >> MAYOR: YEAH. >> MEANING THAT I WANT YOU GUYS TO BE GETTING ANALYTICS ON EACH OF YOUR DISTRICTS. I CAN DO THAT THROUGH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. AND WHEN I ASKED FOR THOSE ANALYTICS, WE DIDN'T HAVE THE APPROPRIATE CAPABILITY THROUGH
THE ERP SYSTEM WHICH WE'RE UPDATING ON WORKDAY. THIS IS ANOTHER THING WE SPOKE ABOUT. THERE'S CHANGES COMING AND I ALWAYS LIKEN THE CITY TO THE TITANIC. IT TAKES TIME TO TURN THE SHIP AND GET IT AWAY FROM THE
ICEBERG. OBVIOUSLY, I'M PASSIONATE ABOUT IT AND WANT TO SEE THE CITY CLEANED UP. AND DOING THE BEAUTIFICATION TEAM, FULLY STAFFING THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. I WAS LOOKING AT DIFFERING COMMUNITY STANDARDS FIRMS OUT THERE. WE COULD ALSO LOOK AT BRINGING IN ON A PART-TIME BASIS TO
ADDRESS THE PARKING ISSUE ALONE. AND YOU CAN KIND OF NARROW THE SCOPE AND MAYBE THEY CAN PICK UP THE WEEKENDS. THEY CAN PICK UP SOME OF THE EVENINGS BECAUSE VENDORS ARE GOING TO BE MORE APT TO DO THAT AND YOU DON'T RUN INTO THE UNION ASPECT OF THAT IF YOU GO OUTSIDE THE CBAs.
>> THAT'S A GREAT IDEA. >> MAYOR: I DO WANT TO SAY IN 20 YEARS, THIS IS THE FIRST WEEK SEVEN DAYS IN A ROW THERE HAS NOT BEEN A COUCH OR MATTRESS OUT ON SEACREST SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> TOMORROW MORNING THAT'S GOING TO BE ONE, THOUGH. >> DON'T SAY IT. >> MAYOR: WE MADE IT A WEEK.
AND EVEN DRIVING AROUND, WE CHANGED CODE AS OF THE FIRST BULK TO FRIDAY. THERE WAS ONLY LIKE TWO PEOPLE THAT REALLY DIDN'T GET IT. LIKE I DROVE THE EAST TODAY BECAUSE THEY WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THAT THEIR PICKUP WAS TODAY AND THERE WAS TWO. I GET IT, THEY JUST CHANGED IT. I WAS COUNTING THE DAYS LAST
WEEK. I SAID DAY TWO, DAY THREE, DAY FOUR. AND WE MADE IT SEVEN DAYS, NO COUCHES, TOILETS. >> CAN I GET CONSENSUS OF US MAYBE GOING OUTSIDE THE CBAs AND LOOKING AT A FIRM OR VENDOR
TO BRING IN IF WE DO AN RFP TO SUPPLEMENT CODE? >> TO GET US CAUGHT UP IS WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? AND THEN WHEN WE HAVE -- >> MEANING THEY WOULD ESSENTIALLY HAVE THE SAME AUTHORITY AS CODE, BUT THEY ARE NOT GOING TO BE ENTERED INTO THAT CBA AGREEMENT WHERE SHE HAS TO STAGGER SCHEDULES AND THINGS
OF THAT NATURE. >> THEY COULD FIGHT IT. >> YOU'RE NOT DEALING WITH THE WHOLE CBA AGREEMENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. >> MAYOR: LITERALLY 4:30 TO 10:30 A.M. SHIFT IS GOING TO BE LIFE-CHANGING AND REVENUE DRIVEN. >> WHATEVER THOSE NEEDS ARE, WE CAN PROVIDE THE SCOPE WHENEVER
WE SEND IT OUT TO BID. >> IS THAT COMMON? IS IT COMMON? I'M UNAWARE. >> CORRECT, YEAH. THE FIRMS DO EXIST. >> OKAY. >> ABSOLUTELY. >> I JUST WANT TO SEE THAT SCOPE OF WORK, TOO. >> YES. MAYBE BRING US SOME MORE INFORMATION. >> I HAD BRIEFLY SPOKE WITH ADAM
BEFORE HE WENT ON VACATION. WHEN HE GETS BACK, WE'LL GET WITH HIM AGAIN. >> OKAY. >> MAYBE CANDACE, YOU CAN DO A LITTLE DUE DILIGENCE AND SEE HOW MANY DIFFERENT VENDORS ACTUALLY OFFER THAT SERVICE. >> YEAH, DEFINITELY.
>> MAYOR: I'M SMILING. >> WE'RE GETTING THERE. >> MAYOR: WE'RE GETTING THERE. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? >> MY ONLY QUESTION IS WHEN ARE WE GOING TO HAVE THE FIRST READING OF THE ORDINANCE BE. >> IT PROBABLY WON'T BE UNTIL SEPTEMBER BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT
OF ORDINANCES COMING UP. >> MAYOR: I'M NOT SURE FOR THE FIRST SEPTEMBER MEETING. >> CAN WE MOVE IT UP A LITTLE BIT? AS WE KNOW, THIS IS A BIG CONCERN, YOU KNOW, PARKING AND ALL OF THAT. WE HAVE PRETTY MUCH HAD CONSENSUS ON IT SO IT MIGHT BE
SIMPLE READING FIRST AND SECOND. >> AUGUST 19th WOULD BE THE FIRST. AND THEN THE NEXT MEETING IS SEPTEMBER 5th. SO I WAS JUST ASKING. >> MAYOR: SEPTEMBER 2nd. >> NO, TODAY IS AUGUST. >> SEPTEMBER 2nd. >> AUGUST 19th AND THEN SEPTEMBER 2nd.
MY ONLY ISSUE IS THE TIME FRAME TO GET STUFF ON THE -- >> ON THE AGENDA. >> ON THE AGENDA AND TO HAVE THE ORDINANCE READY. >> PUBLISHED NEXT TUESDAY FOR THE 19th. >> WE PUBLISH NEXT TUESDAY. >> MAYOR: I WON'T BE HERE ON THE 2nd. I'M IN UTAH AND I WANT TO BE HERE FOR THAT.
>> YEAH. THAT MEANS BASICALLY I HAVE A WEEK TO D DRAFT THE ORDINANCE. I'LL GET IT DONE. >> MAYOR: PERFECT. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> MAYOR: VICE MAYOR, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS? GO AHEAD. >> YEAH, JUST ONE OTHER QUESTION. JUST TO BE CLEAR, RIGHT NOW I
GET THE QUESTION FROM PEOPLE OF, YOU KNOW, WHO DO I TURN TO WHEN THE STREETS ARE BLOCKED. SOMETIMES THE PEOPLE HAS TO TURN AROUND AND GO THE OPPOSITE WAY. I TELL THEM TO CALL THE PD DEPARTMENT. >> ABSOLUTELY, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. >> I TELL THEM TO CALL THE PD DEPARTMENT.
>> YOU'RE CORRECT. IF IT'S IN THE ROAD, YES. AS OF RIGHT NOW, CODE ENFORCEMENT CAN ONLY HANDLE INOPERABLE VEHICLES. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT HAS TO CHANGE, TOO, ALONG WITH THIS CODE AND THE CBA AND WITH THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW LEGALLY BEING ABLE TO DO.
>> I MEAN BECAUSE IF WE HAD A FIRE OR AN EMERGENCY, THE TRUCKS COULD NOT GET THROUGH SOME OF THESE CROWDED -- >> I HAVE HEARD THE FIRE CHIEF SAY HE WILL MAKE IT THROUGH. HE WILL MAKE IT THROUGH.
>> TEAR UP A FEW CARS IN THE PROCESS. >> MAYOR: THERE WAS A GAS LEAK ABOUT TWO MONTHS AGO ON SEACREST NEAR WOOLBRIGHT AND THEY HAD TO GO BACK THE BACK WAY. >> I GET SO SICK OF TRYING TO NAVIGATE. I KNOW IT'S JUST A PERSONAL PROBLEM, BUT IT IS OUR PROBLEM, TOO. >> MAYOR: UH-HUH.
>> THAT WE HAVE TO NAVIGATE THROUGH THESE STREETS. AND YOU DON'T WANT TO KEEP BOTHERING THE PD WITH, YOU KNOW -- I DON'T SAY IT'S MINOR BECAUSE IF YOU HAD AN EMERGENCY, IT WOULD BE A PROBLEM. >> RIGHT. >> IT WOULD REALLY BE A SERIOUS PROBLEM.
AND WE'RE TRYING TO GET THE RESPONSE TIME REDUCED DOWN TO WHATEVER MINIMUM WE CAN GET IT. I UNDERSTAND THAT. BUT I GUESS THE ONLY OPTION IS TO JUST CALL PD, HUH? >> MAYOR: AT THE MOMENT. >> AT THE MOMENT. >> YEAH. >> MAYOR: COMMISSIONER CRUZ, I
KNOW YOU HAD SOMETHING ELSE TO SAY. >> THANK YOU, MAYOR. I THINK ANDREW JUST ANSWERED IT. I APPRECIATE IT. >> MAYOR: OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS BEFORE WE MOVE ON? >> NO, JUST, CANDACE, CAN YOU JUST FOLLOW UP? THERE WAS A RESIDENT IN PUBLIC COMMENT THAT SPOKE ABOUT A CAR THAT'S BEEN PARKED, HAS SPIDER
WEBS. DID YOU TAKE CARE OF THAT? >> I DID AND LET HIM KNOW -- THAT CAME TO MY ATTENTION TODAY EARLIER. AND WE OPENED A CASE. THE CODE OFFICER ACTUALLY SAW IT HIMSELF ON LAST FRIDAY, CITED FOR IT. I HAD HIM GO OUT TODAY. EVEN THOUGH HE CITED FOR IT,
HAVE CALLED PD TO COME OUT AND TICKET IT AS WELL. EVEN IF THEY TICKETED IT BEFORE, TICKET IT AGAIN BECAUSE IT'S STILL SITTING THERE. THEY CAN DO A NEW TICKET EVERY DAY. AND THEN WE'LL TRY TO GET IT TOWED. I TOLD ANDREW I'LL FOLLOW UP TOMORROW TO SEE IF IT APPEARS INOPERABLE. IF THERE'S A FLAT TIRE, THEN WE CAN ALSO STICKER IT TO BE TOWED.
>> GREAT. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: MOVING ON TO THE REGULAR AGENDA, I WILL TURN TO THE CITY CLERK TO READ 10A INTO THE RECORD. >> PROPOSED ORDINANCE NUMBER 25-006, FIRST READING, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH, FLORIDA AMENDING PART II,
CHAPTER 27, ARTICLE I, SECTION 27-2, BOARD OR COMMITTEE MEMBER SELECTION, ORGANIZATION, QUALIFICATIONS, TERM, ESTABLISHING LIMITED AUTHORITY TO WAIVE CERTAIN APPOINTMENT REQUIREMENTS, PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, PROVIDING FOR
CONFLICTS AND PROVIDING FOR EFFECTIVE DATE. >> STASTAFF, WOULD YOU LIKE TO BEGIN YOUR PRESENTATION? >> YEAH, DO YOU HAVE THE POWERPOINT FOR ME. >> IF I.T. CAN PUT THE
POWERPOINT UP. >> GOOD EVENING, ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY. I'LL WALK US THROUGH THE CHANGES TO THE ORDINANCE REAL QUICK. BEFORE I DO THAT I WANT TO CLARIFY SOMETHING WHICH MIGHT'VE BEEN A LITTLE BIT OF CONFUSION ABOUT. THERE'S ACTUALLY NO BOARD ADVISORY BOARD IN BOYNTON BEACH THAT REQUIRES SOLELY RESIDENCY
WITHIN THE CITY. THERE IS LANGUAGE REQUIRING YOU TO BE AN ELECTOR OF PALM BEACH COUNTY AND THEN THERE IS A PREFERENCE LANGUAGE WHERE -- BOYNTON BEACH RESIDENTS GET FIRST PREFERENCE AND THEN IF YOU'RE AN OWNER OF A BUSINESS, OR A PROPERTY OWNER IN THE CITY,
YOU CAN ACTUALLY SERVE AS WELL. IT'S ALSO NO FLORIDA STATUTE THAT REQUIRES MEMBERS OF MUNICIPAL ADVISORY BOARDS TO BE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY. THERE'S ONLY ONE ADVISORY BOARD IN BOYNTON BEACH THAT ACTUALLY HAS THAT LANGUAGE WITHIN THE ORDINANCE FOR THE BOARD. THAT'S THE ART ADVISORY BOARD,
REQUIRES FIVE OF THE SEVEN MEMBERS TO BE CITY RESIDENTS, OR ALSO TO BE BUSINESS OWNERS WITHIN THE CITY. SO I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD. YOU GUYS ALREADY SPOKE ABOUT IT A LITTLE BIT THIS MEETING, BUT
WE'VE BEEN HAVING A CHALLENGE FILLING SOME OF THOSE ADVISOREE BOARDS, ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT REQUIRE MORE SPECIALIZED DEGREES OR LIKE FOR A MEMBER TO HOLD A CERTAIN CERTIFICATE SUCH AS A HISTORIC PRESERVATION BOARD. I THINK SOME OF THOSE WE'VE ACTUALLY RECEIVED ZERO QUALIFIED
CANDIDATES, SO PROPOSED SOLUTION: TO AMEND THE LANGUAGE OF SECTION 27.2 TO ALLOW FOR LIMITED WAIVER AUTHORITY. THOSE WOULD ALLOW YOU TO WAIVE REQUIREMENTS FOR WHEN THERE ARE SPECIFIC QUALIFICATIONS, SUCH AS
A SPECIFIC DEGREES, CERTIFICATIONS, THE RESIDENCY REQUIREMENT, A PROHIBITION ON SERVING MULTIPLE BOARDS, AND THE TWO TERM LIMIT. AND I'LL STAY HERE BECAUSE THAT'S THE IMPORTANT SLIDE. ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
>> THIS WAIVER JUST ALLOWS TO WAIVE ANY OF THESE. >> YES, IT ALLOWS YOU TO WAIVE ANY SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS. FOR EXAMPLE, IF IT REQUIRES AN ENGINEER WHO IS ALSO A RESIDENT AND MAYBE YOU DON'T HAVE ENOUGH QUALIFIED ENGINEERS, YOU COULD EITHER WAIVE THE ENGINEERING REQUIREMENT AND APPOINT SOMEONE
WHO'S A RESIDENT OR YOU COULD SEEK A QUALIFIED ENGINEER WHO MAYBE HAS IMPORTANT CONTACTS IN THE CITY OR DOES JOBS IN THE CITY BUT DOESN'T HAVE A BUSINESS HERE. AND YOU COULD WAIVE THAT. YOU COULD ALSO WAIVE THE
RESIDENCY REQUIREMENTS. YOU CAN WAIVE THE MULTIPLE BOARD PROHIBITION, SO IF YOU HAVE A PERSON WHO'S REALLY DEDICATED, MAYBE THE THEY'RE A RETIRED INDIVIDUAL AND YOU KNOW MAYBE THEY WOULD LIKE TO SERVE ON THE SENIOR BOARD AND ANOTHER BOARD, YOU COULD WAIVE THAT.
WHEN THERE IS AN ADDITIONAL TERM, THAT MAYBE THAT PERSON HAS BEEN IN THE TERM YOU COULD WAIVE THEM HAVING TO WAIT OUT FOR A YEAR OR THE TWO TERM LIMIT. WHEN IT'S IN THE BEST PUBLIC INTEREST OF THE CITY. AND AGAIN, SO THESE HAVE -- THESE WAIVERS HAVE TO COME BEFORE THE COMMISSION, AND CERTAIN FINDINGS HAVE TO BE
MADE. FOR EXAMPLE, IT'S IN THE BEST INTEREST AND WHERE WE CAN'T FIND ANOTHER QUALIFIED PERSON. IT JUST OPENS UP THE ABILITY TO GET MORE QUALIFIED PEOPLE BECAUSE WE ARE HAVING PROBLEMS. YOU KNOW. AND IF WE CAN GET QUALIFIED PEOPLE FROM OUTSIDE THE CITY,
YOU KNOW, AGAIN, HAS TO BE APPROVED BY THE BOARD. >> AS NEEDED BASIS. >> SOUNDS GOOD. SOUNDS GOOD. >> THANK YOU. I WOULD DEFINITELY FOCUS ON THE EXPERTISE. I KNOW, I THINK THERE WAS ONE BOARD YOU MENTIONED LIKE MAYBE HAVING AN ENGINEER.
I WOULD CAUTION ON REMOVING, YOU KNOW, SPECIFICITY ABOUT, LIKE, KNOWLEDGE OR CONTEXT. AND MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE SERVING ON CERTAIN BOARDS HAVE KNOWLEDGE. LIKE FOR EXAMPLE THE ARTS BOARD YOU WANT SOMEBODY WHO KNOWS ABOUT ART, RIGHT OR THINGS OF THAT NATURE SO THAT'S JUST
SOMETHING THAT I WAS THINKING ABOUT. >> YEAH, AND ACTUALLY SO THESE WILL BE ON A CASE-BY-CASE BASIS, AND YOU GUYS WILL HAVE, IT'LL BE A RESOLUTION ITEM WITH A DISCUSSION REGARDING WHETHER OR NOT YOU WANT TO APPROVE THAT
WAIVER, AND THEN FINDING IF IT'S IN THE BEST PUBLIC INTEREST BECAUSE YOU ARE HAVING DIFFICULTY FINDING OTHER QUALIFIED CANDIDATES. AND AS A BOARD YOU CAN DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT YOU'RE WILLING TO WAIVE IT OR NOT. >> I LIKE THAT.
THANKS. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD? >> NO. >> MOTION TO APPROVE. >> SECOND. >>> COMMISSIONER TURKIN MADE -- >> SORRY. >> GO AHEAD. >> MY APOLOGIES. FOR I'M LOOKING AT PAGE 2 OF THE
PRESENTATION, I DON'T KNOW WHERE, WHAT, WHERE IN THE ORDINANCE THIS IS. BUT FOR ALTERNATIVE QUALIFICATIONS, CAN WE ADD SOMETHING WITH REGARD TO LIKE KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES, OR
CONTACTS RELATED TOOT BOARDS? >> THE BOARDS ALREADY STATE WHAT IS REQUIRED IN THERE. ALL WE'RE ADDING IS THAT IN CERTAIN INSTANCES, THE BOARD AT THE DISCRETION CAN WAIVE IT. THAT'S ALL THAT'S BEING ADDED. >> COMMISSIONER TURKIN MOVED TO APPROVE ORDINANCE NUMBER 25-006
IN THE FIRST READING. VICE MAYOR HAY 2ndED THE MOTION. LET'S TURB TO THE CITY CLERK FOR A ROLL CALL. >> COMMISSIONER KELLEY. >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER CRUZ. >> YES. >> VICE MAYOR HAY. >> YES. >> MAYOR SHELTON. >> IN ROLL CAW VOTE THE MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.
>> GREAT. I WILL TURN TO THE CITY CLERK TO READ 10B INTO THE RECORD. >> PROPOSED ORDINANCE NUMBER 25-011, FIRST READING, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 2, ARTICLE 3 ELECTIONS OF THE CITY
CODE OF ORDINANCES TO RETITLE SECTION 2-42 TO READ CANDIDATE REQUIREMENTS AND QUALIFICATIONS, OFFICIAL BALLOT, AND FILING FEES, ESTABLISHING QUALIFYING REQUIREMENTS, MODIFYING THE NUMBER OF PETITIONS REQUIRED TO RUN FOR OFFICE, AND THE AMOUNT OF CAMPAIGN FILING FEE, AND
CREATING SECTION 2-48 ENTITLED CAMPAIGN SIGNS: BONDS, PENALTIES, AND FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY, PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. >> THANK YOU.
>> GO AHEAD AND DO YOUR -- >> RUN THROUGH A REFRESHER ON THE CHANGES BEING MADE THERE AS WELL. THE CANDIDATES REQUIREMENTS, WE ADD FEW REQUIREMENTS THERE. SORRY. THERE YOU GO. YOU CAN SEE THOSE. THE CANDIDATE PETITIONS, FOR COMMISSIONER WE INCREASED THE SIGNATURES REQUIRED TO 50 SIGNATURES FOR MAYOR WE
INCREASED THAT TO 100 SIGNATURES. CAMPAIGN FILING FEE THAT WAS $25 IN THE CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH. WE INCREASED THAT TO 2% OF THE SALARY, THE POSITION BEING SOUGHT WHETHER THAT'S MAYOR OR COMMISSIONER. AND FINALLY, THE SIGNED BOND FEES. WE DID NOT HAVE ONE IN BOYNTON BEACH. WE CREATED THAT.
$500 SIGNED BOND FEE. WE ALSO REQUIRED THAT TO BE PAID TO THE CANDIDATES PERSONAL FUNDS, CANDIDATES ARE REQUIRED TO SIGN AN AFFIDAVIT AFFIRMING THAT. AND THEN THEY HAVE 10 DAYS TO REMOVE SIGNS OR THEY WILL FORFEIT THAT SIGN BOND FEE. THANK YOU. >> PERFECT. >>> I'M HAPPY. I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
DO YOU HAVE, VICE MAYOR HAY? >> I'M HAPPY. >> COMMISSIONER -- SHE'S OUT. >> MOTION TO APPROVE. >> SECOND. [LAUGHTER] >> COMMISSIONER TURKIN MOVED TO APPROVE ORDINANCE NUMBER 25-011 ON FIRST READING. VICE MAYOR HAY SECONDED THE
MOTION. LET'S TURN TO THE CITY CLERK FOR A ROLL CALL. >> COMMISSIONER KELLEY. >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER TURKIN. >> YES. >> STEPPED OUT. >> VICE MAYOR HAY. >> YES. >> MAYOR SHELTON. >> IN ROLL CALL VOTE, THE MOTION PASSED 4-0.
>> THE FINAL ITEM FOR TONIGHT, THANK YOU SO MUCH. THE FINAL ITEM FOR TONIGHT IS PROPOSED INVESTIGATION LIEWG R25-214 TO RATIFY THE SELECTION OF MEMBERS APPOINTED TO THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMITTEE BY EACH MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION AND FIRST DISCUSSION OF THE. STAFF IF YOU COULD PLEASE BEGIN THIS DISCUSSION.
>> SO EACH PERSON ON THE BOARD HAS PROVIDED ME WITH A NAME AND SO THE RESOLUTION MERELY IDENTIFIES THE MEMBERS SELECTED. WHAT WAS REQUIRED OF THE ORIGINAL RESOLUTION IS A JOINT
MEETING BETWEEN THE CITY COMMISSION AND THOSE MEMBERS. I PROPOSE THAT WE SET ASIDE TIME ON AUGUST 19th IF YOU DON'T REQUIRE A SPECIAL MEETING, BECAUSE THE TIME FRAME FOR THEM TO BRING BACK PROPOSED CHANGES IS VERY, VERY SHORT, WE NEED TO GET THE BALL ROLLING.
SO THERE NEEDS TO BE A DISCUSSION BETWEEN YOU AND THE BOARD MEMBERS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, IF THERE IS ANYTHING SPECIFIC YOU WANT LOOKED AT, AND OF COURSE THEY HAVE AUTHORITY TO LOOK AT THE ENTIRE THING THEMSELVES AND BRING FORWARD OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS BASED UPON
A MAJORITY VOTE. BUT THAT IS THE TIME FOR YOU TO GO AHEAD AND STATE ANY PARTICULAR ITEMS YOU WANT THEM TO LOOK AT. SO I JUST NEED SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT WHETHER YOU WANT IT AUGUST 19th AS PART OF OUR AUGUST 19th MEETING, OR IF YOU WOULD LIKE A SPECIAL MEETING.
>> [OFF MIC] >> THAT'S FINE. >> LIKE WE'VE DONE WITH THE -- >> YEAH. >> LIKE THE SHADE MEETINGS. >> LET'S START EARLY. >> ARE THESE FIVE NAMES CONFIRMED NOW? >> YES, THEY ARE. WOULD YOU LIKE TO KNOW -- WELL, ONCE YOU VOTE THEY WILL BE. >> WHEN WE VOTE?
>> WELL, YOU'RE JUST RATIFYING THE SELECTION. >> YEAH, BUT -- >> CORRECT. >> WOWOULD YOU LIKE THE FIVE NAMES. >> SURE, SO THE REST OF THE PEOPLE CAN HEAR. >> OPEN IT FOR YOU. OKAY.
OH, MY GOSH. SORRY. I DON'T HAVE IT HERE. >> GOT IT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD. >> YOU DO? >> IT'S THE MAYOR'S IS JERRY TAYLOR. VICE MAYOR'S REVEREND DAMES.
COMMISSIONER CRUZ'S PHYLLIS. COMMISSIONER KELLEY'S IS DAVID KATZ AND MINE IS ANGELA. >> THAT IS -- >> PHOTOGRAPHIC MEMORY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> WHAT WAS YOURS? >> ANGELA TRONOWSKY. >> I DON'T KNOW HOW TO SPELL
THAT. >>> SO WITH REGARD TO THE MEETING ON AUGUST 19th, WOULD WE LIKE TO START AT 5:30 OR 6:00? >> KEEP IT AT 6:00, AND THEN JUST WE'LL -- >> -- AFTERWARDS. >> YEAH I DON'T IMAGINE IT BEING TERRIBLY.
>> OKAY SO WE WILL -- THE CLERK WILL DO A NOTICE OF A JOINT MEETING BEGINNING AT 6:00 OR I'LL PREPARE THE NOTICE ONE OF US WITH THE REGULAR MEETING TO START THEREAFTER. JUST TO FILL YOU IN, WITH REGARD TO A JOINT MEETING BETWEEN THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMITTEE AND THE
COMMISSION TO DISCUSS WHAT IF YOU HAVE ANY SPECIFIC ITEMS THAT YOU WANT THEM TO LOOK AT. >> ANDREW DID THE AUGUST MEETING LOOK LIKE A HEAVY MEETING OR IS THIS DOABLE AND IS IT GOING TO CAUSE -- I JUST FOR TIME SAKE
AND EVERYONE. >> THERE IS A LOT OF PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS I BELIEVE ON THE 19th. I DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S A HEAVY ITEM FROM CONSENT OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT BUT THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT ITEMS ON THAT MEETING. >> THE 19th. THERE IS AT LEAST EIGHT OR NINE. >> IMAGINE THIS IS GOING TO TAKE HALF AN HOUR. >> YEAH, I CAN'T EITHER.
>> HALF AN HOUR. >> YEAH. YES, AND AT THAT MEETING WE'LL ALSO JUST DISCUSS -- [OFF OVERLAPPING DISCUSSIONS] >> DO YOU WANT TO START AT 5:30. >> 5:30. >> THAT'S FINE. >> OKAY. AND. >> START AT 5:30. >> AND AT THAT MEETING WE'LL
ALSO WITH INPUT FROM THEM SET OUR FIRST CHARTER REVIEW MEETING. >> AWESOME, THANK YOU. >> OKAY. >> IF I COULD. >> JUST NEED A MOTION ON THE RESOLUTION. >> MOTION TO APPROVE. >> TO APPROVE? >> SECOND. >>> COMMISSIONER TURKIN MOVED TO
APPROVE RESOLUTION R25-214 VICE MAYOR HAY 2ndED THE MOTION, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. >> AYE. >> ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. >> MAYOR, IF I COULD. >> YES, GO AHEAD. >> THANK YOU. DAVID KATZ, BOYNTON BEACH. FIRST I WANT TO THANK THE
COMMISSION FOR THE CONFIDENCE THEY HAVE IN MYSELF, FORMER MAYOR TAYLOR, AND THE OTHERS THEY'VE APPOINTED. ONE IS I WOULD APPRECIATE AND I'M SURE THE OTHERS, NOBODY ELSE IS HERE, TRANSMITTING TO US EITHER THROUGH HARD COPY OR AN ATTACHMENT COPY OF THE CHARTER.
ANOTHER THING IS IS THAT I'D BE, I'M HOPING, THIS IS JUST MY PERSONAL PREFERENCE, THAT STACY WINE GR WOULD BE OUR CONTACT. BECAUSE SHE HAS THE CHOCOLATES. [LAUGHTER]
>> [LAUGHTER] >> BUT YEAH, AND THAT WILL WE HAVE TO MEET IN THE CHAMBERS OR BECAUSE LIKE THE LAST TIME THERE WAS A CHARTER REVIEW COMMITTEE, WE MET IN A LIBRARY CONFERENCE ROOM WITH A CLERK RECORDING IT AND THE CITY ATTORNEY AT THE TIME. >> IT DOES HAVE TO BE A PUBLIC
MEETING, SO. >> WELL THEY WERE PUBLIC MEETINGS TOO BUT THAT'S WHERE THEY WERE, THAT'S ALL. >> I THINK THE EQUIPMENT IS SET UP IN HERE. >> THAT'S NOT A PROBLEM. I'M JUST ASKING. >> [OFF MIC] >> YEAH, OKAY, SO AGAIN WE JUST, I WOULD APPRECIATE, YOU KNOW, A COPY OF THE CHARTER EITHER THROUGH ATTACHMENT TO -- >> SURE, I CAN, IF I CAN GET, I'LL GET EVERYONE'S EMAIL
ADDRESSES AND GET THAT TOGETHER. WE CAN GET THAT AT THE AUGUST 19th MEETING. AND I'LL MAKE SURE THAT I GET -- I HAVE YOURS. >> WHY DON'T WE GIVE EACH OF THE MEMBERS OF THE CHARTER COMMITTEE A COPY OF THE PHYSICAL CHARTER. >> SURE,. >> NO, I CAN. I JUST -- OH, YOU WANT ME TO
PRINT IT OUT. >> YES. >> OH, OKAY. >> AT LEAST THAT'S HOW I FUNCTION. I TAKE NOTES AND. >> I'M -- THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> I THINK IT WOULD MAKE SENSE. >> OKAY. DOES ANYONE HAVE -- COMMISSIONER KELLEY, DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING? >> YES, I MEANT TO ASK ABOUT IT
AT THE END OF THE MEETING BECAUSE I KNOW WE'VE BOUNCED IT OFF A COUPLE OF TIMES. IS THERE A JOINT MEETING WITH THE CRA IN THE WORKS OR HAS THERE BEEN DISCUSSIONS BECAUSE, WE GOT AN EMAIL TODAY ABOUT
DISCUSSIONS ABOUT OTHER PROPERTIES AND SOME OTHER THINGS, AND SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE, I WANT TO SEEMS TO WHEN WE SAY IT HERE, IT HAPPENS, SO I WANT TO, I WOULD LIKE TO SCHEDULE ANOTHER JOINT MEETING
WITH THE CRA SO WE CAN DISCUSS PROPERTIES AND PROJECTS AND MOVING THINGS FORWARD AND I THINK AFTER THE NEXT MEETING THAT WE HAVE WOULD PROBABLY BE A GOOD TIME BECAUSE I THINK THAT MEETING WE'LL HAVE SOME THINGS SOLIDIFIED. SO THAT'S MY, THAT IS MY
REQUEST. SO IF STAFF COULD JUST WORK ON THAT IN THE BACKGROUND I WOULD APPRECIATE IT. >> MAYOR, IF I MAY. >> YES, YOU MAY. >> NO, I DEFINITELY AGREE. I THINK WEAVE RAILROAD ALREADY HAD THIS CONVERSATION ABOUT MAKING THIS A REGULAR THING. >> THAT'S FINE. >> THE CITY MANAGER, I DON'T KNOW, YOU KNOW, THINGS FALL THROUGH THE CRACKS, I UNDERSTAND
THAT. BUT LET'S MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE COMMUNICATING AND CORRESPONDING WITH THE INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND WE'RE HAVING THESE REGULAR MEETINGS BECAUSE AS WE KNOW, THERE'S A HUGE OVERLAP, AND WE SHOULD BE ALL MOVING IN ONE DIRECTION VERSUS HERE AND HERE. AND SO. >> THERE SHOULD BE. >> THERE SHOULD BE AN OVERLAP
BUT THERE IS A DISCONNECT. >> CORRECT. >> I WAS TRYING TO BE MODEST. >> NO BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? I THINK THAT IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US IF WE HAVE A COMMISSION MEETING, AND AT THE COMMISSION MEETING WE SAY WE WANT TO HAVE A MEETING THEN WE CAN HAVE A CITY STAFF MEMBER SEND AN EMAIL TO SOMEBODY IN THE CRA TO COMMUNICATE THAT THINGS ARE HAPPENING. >> ABSOLUTELY.
>> AND NOT JUST ASSUME THAT THEY MIGHT BE WATCHING THE MEETING. THEY COULD BE BUT YOU KNOW WE HAVE TO GIVE PEOPLE A LITTLE GRACE. >> AND FOLLOW-UP. >> BUT WHAT I'M SAYING IS I BROUGHT UP IT IN CRA MEETINGS AND THEN NOTHING HAPPENED SO THAT'S WHY I'M SAYING IF I BRING IT UP HERE IT TENDS TO HAPPEN SO I WANT TO MAKE STHUR TAT IT HAP -- SURE THAT IT HAPPENS BECAUSE IT IS IMPORTANT AND I
BROUGHT IT UP MANY TIMES IN BOTH MEETINGS THAT COLLABORATION IS SO IMPORTANT BETWEEN THE, BETWEEN THE TWO ENTITIES AND THE MORE THAT WE HAVE THESE CONSISTENT MEETINGS, THE MORE WE CAN START REALLY COLLABORATING BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE WE TALK ABOUT DIFFERENT THINGS, STAFF TALKS ABOUT ALL THESE GREAT
IDEAS AND THINGS THEY WANT TO DO, AND THEN WE HIT A BRICK WALL BECAUSE THERE IS NO COLLABORATION AMONGST THERE'S A HUGE DISCONNECT, AND IT'S VERY FRUSTRATING TO ME THAT WE HAVE THIS ISSUE, AND I FEEL LIKE IT
JUST CONTINUES. SO THAT'S, SO I AM ASKING THAT STAFF PLEASE WORK WITH THE CRA STAFF TO SCHEDULE A JOINT MEETING IN THE NEXT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE, YOU KNOW, SEPTEMBER, WHATEVER, BUT AND LET'S GET ON A CONSISTENT BASIS WHETHER THAT BE
ONCE A MONTH AT OUR CITY MEETING OR ONCE EVERY TWO MONTHS OR WHATEVER. BUT GET ON A CONSISTENT BASIS BECAUSE WE, WE REALLY HAVE TO START COLLABORATING AND LOOKING BECAUSE WE'RE REALLY NOT. AND THERE'S A HUGE DISCONNECT, AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO MOVE THINGS FORWARD IN THE
CITY WITHOUT MORE COLLABORATION. SO. >> I AGREE 100% AND I THINK THAT IT ALSO IS STARTING TO, THE DISCONNECT IS HINDERING US WHEN WE TALK ABOUT REBRANDING OUR CITY OR CERTAIN EVENTS OR CHALLENGES THAT WE'RE HAVING WITH THE CODE STUFF. LIKE THEY'RE SO INTERTWINED BUT
YET WE'RE HAVING THESE DISCU DISCUSSIONS AND THEN IT JUST KIND OF GOES INTO THE EITHER ON ONE SIDE, SO I'M ABSOLUTELY A BIG PROPONENT OF THAT. ANY OTHER COMMENTS FOR TONIGHT. >> YES, I WANT TO PIGGYBACK. WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO ELIMINATE THE BUREAUCRACY OF, OKAY, WELL WE GOT TO WAIT UNTIL THE NEXT
MEETING, AND THEN WE GOT TO WAIT TILL THE NEXT MEETING FOR APPROVAL, SCREW THAT, LET'S JUST GET TOGETHER, LET'S, I'M BEING NICE BY SAYING THAT, LET'S JUST GET TOGETHER, PERIODICALLY, I WOULD EVEN GO A STEP AHEAD AND LIKE LET'S CHANGE THE DYNAMIC AND LET'S PUT OUR MONEY WHERE OUR MOUTH IS WHEN WE TALK ABOUT PUBLIC SERVICE.
AND LET'S MAKE THIS A REGULAR THING. WHETHER THAT'S EVERY MONTH, EVERY OTHER MONTH, BECAUSE THAT'S HOW WE'RE GOING TO GET THINGS DONE AND THAT'S HOW WE'RE GOING TO ESTABLISH A LEGACY, RIGHT? THAT'S HOW WE'RE GOING TO REALLY T TAKE THAT STRATEGIC PLAN AND THE CRA PLAN AND MAKE IT BECOME A REALITY INSTEAD OF A BOOBOOK ON THE SHELF FOR
THE NEXT DECADE, RIGHT? I DON'T WANT TO BE HERE FOR THE NEXT 2 1/2 YEARS AND LOOK BACK AND BE LIKE, ALL RIGHT, WELL, YOU GOT TO CONTINUE. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? YEAH, EXACTLY. NO. NO WAY. WE HAVE SO MUCH VALUE IN OUR CITY. IT'S UP TO US TO REALLY
EXECUTE. AND SO ON THAT THE NOTE, CITY MANAG MANAGER I DO WANT TO GET A PERIODIC UPDATE MAYBE ONCE A MONTH ON THE CITY MANAGER'S REPORT IF THERE IS TASK FORCE, CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT, ON ELIMINATING THE SEMITRUCKS THE
TRASH, THE COUCHES, JUST BEAUTIFYING OVERALL THE WHOLE OVERHAUL, RIGHT? I WANT TO SEE UPDATES ON THAT. I DON'T CARE IF IT'S ONE ISSUE OR TEN ISSUES, I JUST WANT TO SEE THAT PERIODICALLY, SO I KNOW THAT THERE'S PROGRESS BEING MADE. >> AGREE.
>> MY COMMENT IS THIS. YOU KNOW, I AGREE WITH WHAT IS BEING SAID. BUT BY THE SAME TOKEN IF WE MAKE ALL OF THESE HAVE ALL THIS BIGWIGS LIST, WE NEED TO COMMIT
OURSELVES TO MAKING THE MEETINGS. I'VE NOTICED IN MY OPINION TOO MANY ABSENCES WITHOUT EXCUSE, AND NO REASON GIVEN, NO ONE SAY WHERE THAT PERSON IS OR IS IT A
PERSONAL THING OR EMERGENCY OR WHATEVER. SO I HAVE MOW PROBLEM WITH, WITH DEALING WITH THESE ISSUES WHETHER IT'S THE CRA BOARD, MEETING WITH THE COMMISSION BOARD, DOESN'T MATTER. BUT I'D LIKE TO SEE A LITTLE MORE ON, I SPEAK FOR MYSELF.
A LITTLE MORE COMMITMENT TO THIS BOARD AND TO THIS CITY TO MAKE THESE THINGS HAPPEN. >> YEAH, I'LL JUST TAKE THE WORDS, YOU KNOW, I'LL ADDRESS THIS WHEN I TALKED ABOUT AND SAID THAT VERY SAME THING, LET'S
GO TO MISTHETING, LET'S GO TO THIS MEETING THE RESPONSE I HEARD WAS I'M RETIRED BUT I DO HAVE A LIFE. YOU CAN'T SAY THAT ON ONE HAND AND THEN ON THE OTHER ASK FOR A COMMITMENT.
WE'RE EITHER ALL IN OR ALL OUT. I'M ALL OUT. >> ONE QUK THING. I WANT TO ADD A FUTURE ITEM TO A FUTURE AGENDA. THAT WOULD BE THE DISCUSSION ON THE GULFVIEW HARBOR SIDEWALKS POTENTIAL WAIVER. I WANT TO GET SOME RESEARCH ON THAT AND HAVE THAT AT A FUTURE
COMMISSION MEETING WHENEVER IT'S POSSIBLE. >> PERFECT. >> HAVE AN ACTUAL DISCUSSION AND GET BACKGROUND INFORMATION. >> YEAH, I AGREE. >> OKAY. OKAY, DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE -- ANY OTHER COMMENTS. >> MOTION TO ADJOURN. >> SECOND. >> COMMISSIONER TURKIN MOVED TO ADJOURN. VICE MAYOR HAY SECONDED THE MOTION. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. >> GOOD NIGHT.
>> WITH NO FURTHER BUSINESS, MEETING'S ADJOURNED.