>> MAYOR: ALL RIGHT. LET'S CALL THIS MEETING TO  ORDER. WE ARE RETURNING FROM RECESS. THIS IS MEETING NUMBER THREE OF  OUR BUDGET WORKSHOP. GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY. TODAY IS JULY 11th, 2024, AND  THE TIME IS NOW 6:01 P.M. LET'S  BEGIN WITH THE ROLL CALL  FOLLOWED BY AGENDA APPROVAL BUT  LET'S BEGIN WITH ROLL CALL  FIRST.  >> MAYOR.  >>  >> VICE MAYOR KELLEY.  >> HERE.  >> CRUZ.  >> HERE.  >> COMMISSIONER HAY.  >> HERE.  >> COMMISSIONER TURKIN.  >> HERE.  >> MAYOR, YOU HAVE A QUORUM.  >> MAYOR: THANK YOU. LET'S GO OVER THE AGENDA TO MAKE SURE IF THERE'S ANY CHANGES OR  UPDATES. LET'S GO OVER THE AGENDA TO MAKE SURE WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE  ABOUT ORDER AND PRIORITIES TO BE COVERED TODAY. LET'S GO AROUND THE DAIS. IF THERE'S ANY REQUESTS, LET'S  BEGIN WITH COMMISSIONER CRUZ. SO WE DO HAVE AN UPDATED,  PRINTED AGENDA. LET'S MAKE SURE THAT'S CLEAR FOR THE PUBLIC AS WELL.  >> JUST FOR THE SAKE OF TIME, I  DON'T WANT TO ADD MORE THINGS TO THE AGENDA, BUT I DO REMEMBER  DURING OUR FIRST BUDGET HEARING  WE TALKED ABOUT THE LEGAL BUDGET AND SEEING THE FULL PICTURE OF  ALL THE ATTORNEY FEES AND ALL  THAT TO INCLUDE RISK MANAGEMENT. I JUST WANTED TO MAYBE HAVE THAT E-MAILED TO US INSTEAD OF  PRESENTING IT TO SAVE TIME. WE CAN WORK UNTIL THERE'S ANY  AMENDMENTS OR ANYTHING.  >> MAYOR: OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO THIS IS LEGAL AND RISK  BUDGET. ANY OTHER REQUESTS? LET'S GO TO VICE MAYOR.  >> THANK YOU, MAYOR. BEFORE EVERYONE WAS HERE, I WAS  ASSISTING WITH TECHNICAL AND  FINANCE. I WOULD LIKE TO BECAUSE OF  TECHNOLOGY'S SAKE, I WOULD LIKE  TO VISIT THE MILLAGE RATE  DISCUSSION EARLY. JUST LIKE UNDER BUDGET OVERVIEW, IF WE COULD JUST REVISIT JUST  THE MILLAGE RATE SO WE CAN  DISCUSS THAT FOR TECHNOLOGY  REASONS AND THEN WE CAN MOVE ON  TO THE OTHER OPTIONS.  >> MAYOR: I'M CERTAINLY  COMFORTABLE WITH THAT. I DON'T KNOW HOW MY COLLEAGUES  FEEL. SHE'S REQUESTING WE DISCUSS THE  MILLAGE RATE ON SET OF ALL THE  OTHER PRESENTATIONS TODAY. IT STILL EVENTUALLY HAS TO COME  BACK BECAUSE THERE IS A PROPOSED RESOLUTION TOWARDS THE END OF  THE AGENDA. COUNSEL, DID YOU WANT TO ADD  SOMETHING? >> WE COULD POTENTIALLY MOVE THE RESOLUTION UP TO CONSIDER THAT  RESOLUTION WITH THE DISCUSSION  OF THE MILLAGE RATE.  >> OKAY.  >> NEVER MIND. YOU WERE DOING PUBLIC AUDIENCE. OKAY. DISREGARD.  >> MAYOR: ALL RIGHT. LET'S GO TO MY LEFT NOW. COMMISSIONER HAY, IF YOU HAVE  ANY REQUESTS IN TERMS OF TODAY'S AGENDA? >> NONE.  >> OKAY. COMMISSIONER TURKIN.  >> THE MILLAGE RATE. SO WE'RE MOVING -- WHAT ARE WE  DOING EXACTLY? >> WE'RE JUST GOING TO HAVE A  DISCUSSION, THAT SLIDE  DISCUSSION AT THE BEGINNING  BECAUSE TECH -- BECAUSE WE'VE  SET THE SLIDE. SO BEFORE THEY DO OTHER  PRESENTATIONS, THEY WANT TO DO  THAT PRESENTATION FIRST, JUST  HAVE THAT DISCUSSION FIRST.  >> THANK YOU, MAYOR. FINANCE DIRECTOR SENT OUT  INFORMATION ABOUT FUND BALANCE  INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO. IS THAT SOMETHING YOU STILL WANT TO GO OVER OR WAS THAT  SUFFICIENT? >> I ACTUALLY WANTED TO HEAR  THAT AS WELL. COULD YOU GIVE US AN ESTIMATE -- I'M COMFORTABLE AND YOU WANTED  TO HEAR THAT AS WELL.  >> I WANTED TO REVIEW IT. I GOT THE E-MAIL AND I  APPRECIATE THAT BUT I DO WANT TO SEE A PRESENTATION.  >> ON THAT TOPIC, ANDREW, LET ME TURN TO MY COLLEAGUES. ARE YOU GUYS COMFORTABLE HAVING  THAT AFTER THE MILLAGE  DISCUSSION? OKAY. WE'LL DO MILLAGE, INVESTMENT  PORTFOLIO AND THEN PROCEED TO  THE UTILITY FUND. GOOD? ANYTHING FROM YESTERDAY? WE MADE A LIST.  >> CIP.  >> 202 AND UTILITY. THOSE THREE.  >> MAYOR: IT'S ALREADY HERE. ANYTHING NOT HERE? MAKE SURE WE'RE ALL GOOD.  >> ONLY THING YOU MENTIONED WAS  THE FUND BALANCE DISCUSSION.  >> FUND BALANCE DISCUSSION.  >> AND CDBG, WE TALKED ABOUT  THAT. THAT'S HERE, LISTED.  >> MAYOR: YES. WE'LL KEEP SHIP, CDBG IN THE  SAME PLACE ON THE AGENDA, IF  THERE'S NO OBJECTION FROM MY  COLLEAGUES. IN TERMS OF THE FUND BALANCE,  CAN WE DO THAT RIGHT AFTER OR IS IT ALREADY UNDER THERE.  >> UNDER B, ONE IS FUND BALANCE  PORTFOLIO. THAT IS WHAT YOU'RE TALKING  ABOUT? THIS IS UNDER CAPITAL LET'S  PROCEED. A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDAS  AMENDED.  >> APPROVED.  >> MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER  CRUZ, SECOND FROM VICE MAYOR. THANK YOU. ALL IN FAVOR SAY  [ CHORUS OF AYES ] AYES ALL OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. LET'S PROCEED RIGHT IN BY  DISCUSSING THE MILLAGE RATE. CITY MANAGER, DO YOU WANT TO  KICK IT OFF OR SHOULD WE BEGIN  WITH TONY? >> NO, MAYOR, I'LL START. THE MILLAGE RATE THAT WE WENT  FROM WAS 7.85. WE TOOK SOME OF THE INFORMATION  WE GOT FROM THE DAIS ON THE  FIRST MEETING AND LOOKED AT A  COUPLE OF DIFFERENT  CONTINGENCIES. TONY, I DON'T HAVE -- I BELIEVE  COMMISSIONER HAY WANTED TO KNOW  WHAT 7.8 LOOKED LIKE. I WANT TO SAY IT'S RIGHT AROUND  400,000 IS WHAT THE ADDITIONAL  NEED WOULD BE TO THE GENERAL  FUND. >> MAYOR: TO BE CLEAR, WHEN YOU  SAID 400,000 IS ADDITIONAL NEED, THAT MEANS DEPLETED THE AMOUNT  SET ASIDE FOR THE FUND BALANCE? >> NO. THAT'S IN ADDITION TO. SO THE 750,000, IN ADDITION TO  WOULD COME OUT TO AROUND $1.1  MILLION THEN IS WHAT THE NEED  WOULD BE TO BALANCE THE BUDGET. I DO WANT THE COMMISSION TO KEEP IN MIND, THIS IS A DRAFT. THESE ARE PRELIMINARY NUMBERS. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT STATE  REVENUES WILL BE. IT COULD BE UP OR DOWN. WE STILL HAVE $50,000 THAT WAS A SCRIVENER ERROR, WE CAME IN  $850,000 EVERY YEAR. COMMISSIONER CRUZ I SPOKE TO YOU ABOUT THAT. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE THAT. THAT'S ANOTHER $150,000. THERE'S OTHER THINGS TO GET  COMMISSION ON A BALANCED BUDGET. NOT ONLY BALANCED BUDGET BUT  POSSIBLY PUTTING MONEY BACK TO  FUND BALANCE THROUGHOUT THE  YEAR. >> MAYOR: CAN WE JUST SCROLL  DOWN TO SEE THE ENTIRETY? OFF  [ SPEAKING OFF MIC ] >> LOOKS LIKE -- MAYOR. YOU CAN SEE TONY HAS DID -- IF  THE COMMISSION DOESN'T FEEL  COMFORTABLE WITH 7. HE WENT  7.82, 7.84 ALSO. >> COMMISSIONER.  >> I'M IN FAVOR WITH  COMMISSIONER WOODROW --  COMMISSIONER HAYES PROPOSAL 7.8. ESPECIALLY CITY MANAGER, YOU'RE  TELLING ME WE CAN FIND MONEY NOT JUST TO OFFSET THAT DEFICIT BUT  ALSO TO PUT BACK IN FUND  BALANCE. I WOULD IMAGINE WE COULD ALWAYS  MAKE CHANGES CLOSER TO SEPTEMBER OR EVEN A BUDGET AMENDMENT IF WE DID ADOPT THIS FREIGHT. WE HEARD YESTERDAY ABOUT  CHILDREN AND FAMILIES WITH  WATER. WE HEARD ALL SORTS OF STUFF AS  FAR AS THE UTILITIES INCREASE,  THE FIRE TAX INCREASE THAT COULD POTENTIALLY HAPPEN. SO YOU KNOW, I WANT TO REMIND MY COLLEAGUES THOSE UTILITY RATES  INCREASED LAST YEAR, TOO. IF WE DO THIS, WE NEED TO BE  MINDFUL OF NEXT BUDGET YEAR. WE DID NOT DROP LAST YEAR. WE KNOW PROPERTY VALUES  INCREASED TREMENDOUSLY WHICH  ALLOWED THE CITY TO OPERATE WITH MORE REVENUE. HOWEVER, THE FAX PAIRS DO NOT  SEE THAT BREAK. EVEN IF YOU HAVE THE MILLAGE  RATE DROP, PROPERTY VALUE  INCREASES, WE KNOW THEY WILL PAY A LARGER DOLLAR AMOUNT OF TAXES. SO MY INITIATIVE IS TO TRY TO  REDUCE THAT INPUT AS MUCH AS  POSSIBLE YEAR-OVER-YEAR OVER  YEAR. I TRUST THE CITY MANAGER, I  TRUST THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT TO  GET US TO WHERE WE NEED TO BE. MORE IMPORTANTLY, YOU KNOW, AT  LEAST SHOW GOOD FAITH TO OUR  CONSTITUENCIES THAT WE'RE DOING  WHAT WE CAN TO MITIGATE. THE OTHER QUESTION I HAVE FOR  FINANCE I KNOW, MAYBE I'M  MISSING IT, BUT TYPICALLY WE  WOULD LOOK AT THE AVERAGE HOME  VALUE AND WHAT THE AVERAGE  PROPERTY TAXES WOULD BE AND WHAT THAT IMPACT IS -- THERE IT IS. PERFECT. THERE IT IS. RIGHT ON IT.  >> MAGIC. >> HE'S GOING TO PLUG IN THE NEW NUMBER.  >> $17 IS WHAT IT IS? STILL MORE EVEN WITH LOWER  MILLAGE RATE, STILL PAYING MORE. >> THAT'S CORRECT, COMMISSIONER. UNLESS YOU GO BACK TO THE  ROLLBACK RATE, WHICH IS 7.4.  >> RIGHT. AGAIN, I DON'T THINK WE CAN DO  THAT, YOU KNOW. BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO LOOK AT THIS. ALTHOUGH WE DROPPED THE MILLAGE  RATE, YOU KNOW, HOW BIG OF A  DIFFERENCE IS THAT MAKING. HOPEFULLY SOON WITH ALL THE  ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WE SEE IN  THE CITY, YOU KNOW, WE'LL BE  ABLE TO GET THAT CLOSER AND  CLOSER TO OUR NEIGHBORING  CITIES. I THINK WE HAVE TO KEEP HACKING  AWAY AT IT, YOU KNOW.  >> THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER. ANYTHING ELSE FOR MY COLLEAGUES  ON THIS? COMMISSIONER CRUZ? >> I'M DEFINITELY IN FAVOR OF  LOWERING TAXES FOR THE CITY. I ALSO WANT TO BE MINDFUL OF  MAKING SURE WE MAINTAIN AN  EQUITABLE AND FAIR LEVEL OF  SERVICE IN MAKING SURE WE  CONTINUE TO TAKE CARE OF OUR  EMPLOYEES. WE KNOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A  PAY INCREASE COMING UP. WE HAVE SOME CHANGES THAT WERE  MADE WITHIN THE LAST MONTH THAT  WE SHOULD BE MINDFUL ABOUT. SO YES, ALSO JUST A QUICK  QUESTION. CAN WE GO BACK TO THE OTHER  SLIDE REAL QUICK? WITH THE TAX CALCULATION --  OKAY. SO LOOKING AT THE HOMESTEAD  EXEMPTION, IT'S ABOUT MAYBE  $15,000 LESS, LIKE 30% LESS. LOOKING AT LINE 13, HOMESTEAD  RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY ASSESSED  VALUE. IF A HOME WAS LIKE $500,000 LAST YEAR AND NOW 515, WE WILL HAVE  THAT $50,000 HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION SO IT WOULD STILL BE -- OKAY. I MEAN, I THINK IT IS A  REASONABLE BREAK, AND IT'S  DEFINITELY A STEP IN THE RIGHT  DIRECTION. EITHER WAY, I MEAN, EVEN IF WE  KEPT THE MILLAGE THE SAME, THERE WOULD BE AN INCREASE. THIS WOULD BE -- I WOULD SAY THE BIGGEST TAX CUT THAT ANY  ADMINISTRATION HAS EVER DONE, I  WOULD PROBABLY THINK IN THE  HISTORY OF AT LEAST IN THE LAST  MORE THAN 10, 20 YEARS, SO THAT  WOULD DEFINITELY BE HEADING IN  THE RIGHT DIRECTION.  >> I CAN'T REMEMBER TAXES BEING  CUT BUT A FEW TIMES. I'VE BEEN IN THE CITY FOR 20  YEARS. YES, THAT'S CORRECT.  >> THE LAST ONE THAT HAPPENED  WAS I THINK IN 2019 AND IT WAS  .01.  >> WENT FROM 7.9 TO 7.89. YOU'RE CORRECT, COMMISSIONER.  >> ANYTHING ELSE? >> NO. I'LL JUST SUPPORT THIS CHANGE. I THINK THAT EVEN THOUGH, YOU  KNOW, THE RESIDENTS DON'T --  THEY ARE NOT SEEING A REDUCTION, PER SE, JUST LIKE COMMISSIONER  TURKIN, YOU MENTIONED BECAUSE OF PROPERTY APPRAISAL. WE'RE GETTING CLOSER TO MAYBE  NEXT YEAR IT WILL BE MORE OF A  BREAK EVEN AS OPPOSED TO EVERY  YEAR SEEING A TAX INCREASE. YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE TO BE  MINDFUL OF EVERYTHING COSTING  MORE, TOO. SO WE ALSO HAVE TO MAKE SURE  WE'RE ABLE TO BALANCE THE  BUDGET, CITY MANAGER, SO WE'RE  OBVIOUSLY HOPEFUL EVERYTHING  WILL WORK OUT THE WAY IT ALWAYS  HAS, OR AT LEAST HAS IN THE LAST COUPLE YEARS, AND THEN WE CAN  MOVE FORWARD. SO THANK YOU.  >> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. I WILL SUPPORT THE  RECOMMENDATION AS WELL. IT'S A GRADUAL DECLINE IN  MILLAGE RATE AS A RESPONSIBLE  STEP FORWARD. IT'S NOT THE STEP I WOULD HAVE  LIKED TO HAVE SEEN BECAUSE IT'S  NOT TRANSLATING. I UNDERSTAND WHY IT'S NOT YET  TRANSLATING TO THE HOME OWNERS. BUT IN TIME I HOPE IT WILL. BUT WE CAN'T CONTROL PROPERTY  EVALUATIONS, SO DOUBLE EDGED  SWORD. WITH THAT I'LL LEAVE MY COMMENTS THERE. ANY LAST CALL FOR COLLEAGUES? OKAY. LET'S MOVE ONTO THE NEXT ITEM  THEN. NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS THE  UTILITY FUND -- EXCUSE ME, I'M  SORRY. WE SAID THE INVESTMENT  PORTFOLIO. TONY, I'LL TURN THAT TO YOU. >> GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. ANTHONY DAVIDSON, INTERIM  FINANCE DIRECTOR. I SHARED THIS POWERPOINT WITH  YOU GUYS LAST NIGHT. I HOPE EVERYONE HAD A CHANCE TO  LOOK AT IT. AS YOU CAN SEE, THIS IS SENT  FROM OUR INVESTMENT ADVISER,  DEEP BLUE INVESTMENT ADVISERS. I'M GOING TO SKIP TO THE FIRST  PAGE, WHICH IS WHY WE'RE HERE,  WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. AS OF MAY 31st -- BY THE WAY, WE JUST GOT THE JUNE UPDATE TODAY,  AND IT PRETTY MUCH SLIGHTLY HAD  $165 MILLION. BUT THE APR WAS LIKE 4.6%,  SIMILAR NEIGHBORHOOD. BUT IN ANY EVENT, AS YOU CAN  SEE, THE TOTAL INVESTABLE  BALANCE IS $164 MILLION. THE AVERAGE RATE OF RETURN IS AT 5%. THE AVERAGE WEIGHTED AVERAGE  WITH REGARDS TO MATURITY IS 74. THE BANK OF AMERICA IS OUR  PRIMARY BUSINESS ACCOUNT WHERE  WE DO MOST OF THE CITY'S  BUSINESS, DAY TO DAY MOVEMENT OF CASH. AS YOU CAN SEE IT'S AT $25  MILLION. THE ARP DOLLARS WERE SEGREGATED  IN ITS OWN ACCOUNT AND YOU SEE  AT $6.6 MILLION. THEN THE REST OF IT IS PRETTY  MUCH A MIX OF DIFFERENT TYPE OF  INVESTMENT. THE FLORIDA FIT, WHICH IS A POOL CASH INVESTABLE POOL OF DOLLARS  WITH OTHER CITIES AT $53.3  MILLION. THEN WE DO HAVE SOME INVESTMENT, $4 MILLION IN ISRAEL BONDS. AS YOU CAN SEE, THE MATURITY IS  BEYOND A TWO-YEAR PERIOD. SO WE CAN'T ACTUALLY DO ANYTHING WITH THE INVESTMENTS IF WE  WANTED TO LIQUIDATE AT THE  MOMENT. $1 MILLION BEYOND A YEAR AND $3  MILLION BEYOND. INVESTMENT ADVISER FEMUR, THEY  ARE MANAGING ALMOST $65 MILLION. WHEN YOU GO OVER TO THE NEXT  PAGE, ONE SECOND, IT SORT OF  SHOWS YOU THE PORTFOLIO  ALLOCATION AND MOST OF THE  DOLLARS AS YOU CAN SEE IS IN  GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. VERY CONSERVATIVE. WHEN YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE -- THIS SLIDE, RATHER, IT ACTUALLY  SHOWS YOU THE SPECIFIC COST  ALLOCATION OF THE $164 MILLION  AS YOU CAN SEE. THE 64, WHICH IS TIED UP WITH  DEEP BLUE IS IN GOVERNMENT  SECURITIES, FLORIDA PRIME HAS  $56 MILLION. AGAIN, THOSE ISRAELI BONDS. THAT'S PRETTY MUCH THE MEAN MEAT OF THIS PRESENTATION FROM DEEP  BLUE INVESTMENT ADVISERS. SO I'LL FIELD ANY QUESTION YOU  GUYS HAVE THAT I CAN TRY TO  ANSWER, BECAUSE IT'S NOT OUR  PRESENTATION.  >> THANK YOU, TONY. IN GENERAL, COULD YOU EXPLAIN OR DISCUSS WHAT IS THE PROCESS BY  WHICH -- IS THERE A MEETING, ANY UPDATE FROM THE MANAGER? I'M JUST WONDERING, HOW ARE  DECISIONS BEING MADE, IF ANY? I JUST DON'T KNOW HOW THAT  WORKS.  >> TO MY KNOWLEDGE RIGHT NOW,  SINCE I'VE BEEN -- THIS YEAR I  CAN SPEAK PRIOR TO THE RE-ORG WE HAD. WE MET WITH DEEP BLUE I THINK AT LEAST TWICE. PRETTY MUCH THEY ARE THE ONE  THAT'S IN CHARGE OF MAKING THE  INVESTMENT DECISIONS. THE MOST RECENT THING THAT I DID PERSONALLY, THERE WAS A $10  MILLION MATURITY OF SOME  TREASURY BONDS. ABOUT A WEEK AND A HALF AGO I  GOT AN E-MAIL FROM THEM SAYING,  HEY, THERE'S AN INVESTMENT  MATURING. WE RECOMMEND THAT YOU GO INTO  ANOTHER SIX-MONTH MATURITY  THROUGH DECEMBER WITH THE $10  MILLION AND YOU COULD EARN 5% ON THE PORTFOLIO. DO YOU WANT US TO GO AHEAD AND  MOVE FORWARD WITH INVESTMENT. I TOLD THEM, YES, GO AHEAD. IT WAS EARNING 5%. IT WAS $10 MILLION. I SAID GO AHEAD. BUT THAT'S PROBABLY THE FIRST  SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE THAT I'VE  BEEN PUT IN A POSITION WHERE I  ACTUALLY MADE AN INVESTMENT  DECISION. BUT WE DO GET MONTHLY  COMMUNICATION FROM THEM, THE  SAME SORT OF REPORT THAT YOU'RE  SEEING. WE DO GET IT ON A MONTHLY BASIS. WE DO -- WE'VE HAD AT LEAST TWO  MEETINGS THIS YEAR. THE FORMER FINANCE DRR WAS HERE  WITH THE FINANCE COMPANY. THEY ARE THE ONES THAT MAKE THE  DECISION. IF WE HAVE TO LIQUIDATE TO COVER PRAEGS EXP OPERATION EXPENSES. INVESTMENT ADVISERS ARE THE ONES MAKING THE CALLS.  >> SO DO THEY BRING FORWARD  THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS TO YOU  CONSISTENTLY? >> YES, THEY DO IT.  >> JUST FOR THE PENSION BOARD,  IT COMES TO US, RIGHT, THEY MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE BOARD AND THEY COME BACK. I JUST NEVER KNEW HOW THAT  WORKED FOR THIS.  >> AS FAR AS THIS PARTICULAR  INCIDENT, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY  GET INVOLVED WITH THE PENSION  BOARD. I DO KNOW THEY COMMUNICATE  THROUGH THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT.  >> OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ANYTHING FOR MY COLLEAGUES ON  THIS ITEM? GO AHEAD, COMMISSIONER.  >> CAN I GET THE CONTEXT AND THE HISTORY OF THE ISRAEL BOND? >> I'M PRETTY SURE THAT WAS A  DAIS DECISION.  >> IT WAS. THE FORMER MAYOR.  >> WE CAN ACTUALLY FIND THOSE  MEETING MINUTES AND E-MAIL THEM  TO THE BOARD IF YOU GUYS WOULD  LIKE, GET THE EXACT DATE AND  TIME. I BELIEVE THAT WAS A DAIS  DECISION. I THINK THE COMMISSION DOES HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO INVEST THOSE  FUNDS DIRECTLY, TONY. IT'S A POLICY SET BY THEM.  >> THERE'S DEFINITELY GUIDANCE  AS FAR AS WHAT WE CAN INVEST  THESE DOLLARS IN. WITH REGARDS TO THE ISRAEL BOND, KNAVS A RECOMMENDATION FROM THE  DAIS.  >> IT WAS A RECOMMENDATION. >> DO WE -- I KNOW WITH BONDS,  THEY HAVE A MATURITY DATE. I'M SEEING THE PREVIOUS SLIDE  HAD THREE YEARS. HAVE THOSE BONDS ALREADY  MATURED? >> NOT TO MY KNOWLEDGE.  >> I SEE THE DATE HERE, 2025 AND 2026.  >> YEAH. >> TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION,  MAYOR, WE DEFINITELY NEED TO DO  MORE DUE DILIGENCE INTO WHAT  GOES AS FAR AS THE INVESTMENTS  THAT WE HAVE SITTING IN FRONT OF US. OBVIOUSLY MAYBE WE CAN GET BLUE  HORIZON TO COME AND MAKE A  PRESENTATION TO THE COMMISSION  AS WELL AND ANY POLICIES AND  PROCEDURES THAT GO WITH THAT. THAT'S OBVIOUSLY A LARGE SUM OF  MONEY, $164 MILLION.  >> RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR THAT, CITY  MANAGER. I JUST DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THE  PROCESS WAS, BECAUSE I KNOW IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT REGULARLY  COMES BEFORE ME OR THE BOARD. IT'S VERY DIFFERENT FROM THE  PENSION ENVIRONMENT THAT BOTH  THE CITY MANAGER AND I SIT ON. YOU KNOW, 4 OR 5%, 5.3% AVERAGE  ISN'T BAD. IT'S FAIRLY DECENT. BUT I WAS CURIOUS IF THERE WERE  RECOMMENDATIONS TO IMPROVE THAT  AND WHAT THE PROCESS WOULD BE. BUT IF THEY HAVEN'T ALREADY MADE RECOMMENDATIONS, I GUESS MAYBE  THERE ISN'T. THAT'S WHY I WAS ASKING FOR THAT PURPOSE. >> WE ARE CERTAINLY WELCOME TO  RECOMMENDATIONS. I WOULD GO ON RECORD TO TELL YOU I'VE MADE RECOMMENDATIONS MYSELF IN THE PAST THAT THERE ARE OTHER VEHICLES THEY CAN LOOK INTO. WE JUST HAVEN'T GOTTEN THEIRS  YET. WE DO INTEND TO LOOK AT THIS AS  ONE OF THE DIRECTIVES WE HAVE  GOTTEN TO SEE WHETHER OR NOT WE  CAN MAXIMIZE THESE DOLLARS  FURTHER.  >> WHO WOULD BE AGAINST THAT. MAXIMIZE DOLLARS, WHY WOULD WE  NOT.  >> I AGREE.  >> OKAY. PLEASE DO, CITY MANAGER, BRING  IT FORWARD, IF THERE'S NO  OBJECTIONS FROM MY COLLEAGUES. ALL RIGHT. THAT WAS IT FOR ME. I JUST WANTED TO KNOW HOW THAT  WORKS AND WHAT WE CAN DO BETTER. LET'S GO. ANYONE ELSE? WE'RE GOOD? OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ONTO THE  NEXT ITEM, WHICH IS C, UTILITY  FUND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS.  >> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR,  COMMISSIONERS, VICE MAYOR, CITY  MANAGER, AND EVERYBODY IN THE  AUDIENCE. I'M DIRECTOR OF UTILITIESES. I WANT TO TALK ABOUT CIP. I ACTUALLY HAVE MY ASSISTANT  DIRECTOR, KEITH, HE'S IN CHARGE  OF CIP. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE YOU  KNEW HIM AND INTRODUCED HIM. IF YOU CAN COME UP, KEITH, WE'LL JUST TEAM TAG AS NEEDED. >> HE'S IN CHARGE OF CIP. HE'S BEEN WITH US ALMOST A YEAR. A LITTLE LESS THAN A YEAR.  >> TEN MONTHS TODAY.  >> VERY PROUD OF EVERYTHING THAT HE AND HIS TEAM AND PROJECT  MANAGEMENT TEAM IS DOING,  INSPECTORS AND LOCATERS TO MAKE  SURE OUR CIP IS MOVING FORWARD. A LITTLE FASTER THAN WE'VE BEEN  ABLE TO IN THE PAST. SOME OF THAT WAS BECAUSE OF  COVID AND BECAUSE OF SUPPLY  CHAIN AND BECAUSE OF  CONSTRUCTION COSTS. NOW WE'RE GETTING MAST THAT  STAGE SO WE'RE REALLY MOVING  FORWARD WITH SOME OF THIS. THISACY BROAD SUMMARY FOR CIP  IS. TOTAL CIP IS AROUND $65 MILLION. I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THIS IS MULTIPLE, NOT JUST FOR THE NEXT  YEAR. THE NEXT YEAR IS AROUND 39, I  THINK. THAT'S WHAT I RECALL, AROUND  THAT AMOUNT. THE WAY WE DIVIDE UP OUR CIP IS  WE HAVE BROAD CATEGORIES, WATER  SUPPLY. NEIGHBORHOOD PROJECTS. THAT MEANS WE'RE TRYING TO DO  WATER, WASTEWATER, STORMWATER  AND STREETSCAPING PROJECTS ALL  TOGETHER. THE NEXT CATEGORY IS BOARD OF  COLLECTIONS SYSTEMS, THEN  STORMWATER AND DRAINAGE,  WASTEWATER DISTRIBUTION AND  STUDIES AND MASTER PLANNING  EFFORTS. SO YOU SEE HOW DOLLARS ARE  DIVIDED UP. THE WATER SUPPLY AND TREATMENT  PROJECTS HAVE THE MOST RIGHT NOW AND WILL PROBABLY INCREASE AS  YOU'RE AWARE AND WE'LL TALK TO  THAT A LITTLE BIT. WE'RE DOING A STUDY FOR LOOKING  AT WHAT TREATMENT OPTIONS SHOULD WE BE LOOKING AT. WHAT ALTERNATIVES FOR TREATMENT. WHAT PLANS SHOULD WE BE LOOKING  AT IN THE FUTURE, SOME EMERGING  CONTAMINANTS WE KNOW EPA IS. THAT COST WILL PROBABLY GO UP. ONCE WE KNOW THAT COST, WE'LL BE ABLE TO FIGURE OUT -- WE'LL COME BACK WITH A PLAN OF HOW DO YOU  WANT TO, HOW DO YOU TAKE A  UTILITY BOND AND HOW DO WE GO  ABOUT IT. WE'LL COME BACK PROBABLY IN THE  NEXT YEAR, YEAR AND A HALF TO  THE COMMISSION AND ASK FOR YOUR  GUIDANCE ON THAT. IF YOU WANT TO TAKE OVER.  >> SURE. SO TO START, WE'LL GO TO THE  NEIGHBORHOOD PROJECTS. AS POONAM MENTIONED, SYNERGISTIC PROJECTS THAT COMBINE WATER,  WASTEWATER AND STORMWATER  INFRASTRUCTURE SO WE CAN KIND OF GET THE BEST BANG FOR THE BUCK,  GET A CONTRACTOR IN THERE AND DO ONE PROJECT AT THE SAME TIME FOR ALL THE UTILITIES. ONE PRICE, PAVING, MAKE THE  WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD BETTER. SO CURRENTLY WE HAVE LAKE SIDE  GARDENS, WHICH WE'RE IN THE  PROCESS OF FINISHING UP. THE PROJECT WILL BE COMPLETED  AROUND THE END OF SEPTEMBER. RIGHT NOW WE'RE DOING  RESTORATION AND PAVING. THE WHOLE PROJECTS $4 MILLION  ONCE WE HEAD INTO STORMWATER. WE'VE SEEN SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WITH HOW THE STORMWATER SYSTEM  IS WORKING ALREADY WITH THE BIG  STORMS THAT WE'VE HAD. BASICALLY, THERE WAS NO FLOODING DURING THESE LAST STORMS WE'VE  HAD. RIGHT NOW THE BUDGET FOR NEXT  YEAR IS $1.2 MILLION. THAT'S JUST THE RESTORATION  COST, FINISHING UP THE INVOICES, PROJECTS FOR THIS YEAR. WE'LL BE COMPLETE BY THE END OF  SEPTEMBER. WE HAVE THE SEA MEADOWS PROJECT, WHICH IS AT THE TOP OF OUR  PRIORITY LIST. RIGHT NOW WE'RE LOOKING TO DO  THE SOUTH SIDE OF SEA MEADOWS,  SOUTH OF CONGRESS. WE'LL GO BACK TO NORTH SIDE IN A FEW YEARS. RIGHT NOW WE'RE SEEING THAT MOST OF THE ISSUES ARE ON THE SOUTH  SIDE WITH SEWER LATERALS ON THAT SIDE. NORTH SIDE HAS ISSUES AS WELL  BUT THEY DON'T COME NEARLY AS  OFTEN. WE'RE EXPECTING THAT PROJECT FOR CONSTRUCTION TO BE ABOUT $7  MILLION TO $7.5 MILLION WITH  DESIGN COST AT $500,000. THAT'S GOING INTO DESIGN THIS  YEAR. WE'RE LOOKING TO DO CONSTRUCTION THE FOLLOWING YEAR. WE HAD A CENTRAL SEA CREST  PROJECT. THIS ALSO THE SOUTHEAST FIRST IN CONJUNCTION WITH PUBLIC WORKS. $2 MILLION OF THIS IS TOWARDS  STORMWATER. $2.6 MILLION TOWARDS STORMWATER, ANOTHER $2 MILLION IS TOWARDS  SEWER REHAB AND MANHOLE REHAB  FOR THAT PROJECT AS WELL.  >> I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT  FIRST PROJECT LAKE SIDE GARDENS  WE DID A FLORIDA COMMERCE GRANT  AND $8R50,000 GRANT. WE'LL POINT OUT SOME OF THE  GRANT MONEY TO YOU AS WE GO  ALONG.  >> SO THESE ARE ALSO  NEIGHBORHOOD PROJECTS, COQUINA  COVE, IT'S BEEN ON THE CIP. IT'S MOVING FORWARD. FINALIZING EASEMENT FOR 36" OUT  PULL OUT THERE. WE'RE FINISHING THAT UP. IT'S GOING TO BE DONE SOON. WE'RE EXPECTING DESIGN TO BE  DONE THIS YEAR AND GO INTO  CONSTRUCTION NEXT YEAR AND HAVE  COMPLETION IN HOPEFULLY 2026. THIS ALSO HAS GRANTS FOR  STORMWATER IMPROVEMENTS. THEY ARE NOT TOWARDS THE SEWER  OR WATER BUT STORMWATER WE ARE  EXPECTING TO GET GRANTS OF ABOUT $2 MILLION. WE HAVE THE NEIGHBORHOOD  IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT, WHICH  RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A GRANT FOR  ABOUT $12.5 MILLION FOR THAT  WE'RE TRYING TO FINALIZE. THAT PROJECT IS SLATED FOR $14  MILLION. BUT AS WE LOOK AT THE PROJECT  SEE WHAT WE GET FROM THE GRANT,  DO AN EVALUATION PROJECT WITH  ENGINEERS WE'RE EXPECTING TO ADD WATER AND SEWER AS WELL. WE NEED TO EVALUATE WHAT NEEDS  TO BE DONE THERE BEFORE WE KNOW. THAT PROJECT WILL BE MORE THAN  $14 MILLION MOST LIKELY ONCE WE  FIND WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE FOR  WATER AND WASTEWATER. SAN CASTLE UTILITIES PROJECT. THE WHOLE PROJECT IN TOTAL IS  EXPECTED TO BE ABOUT $20  MILLION. THERES A GRANT FOR THAT PROJECT  AS WELL THAT IS $16.5 MILLION. THAT'S PUBLIC WORKS. THEY ARE GOING TO BE DOING  DRAINAGE. MOST OF THE GRANT IS TOWARDS  THAT DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENT IN  THAT AREA. WE ARE DOING SOME WATER AND  WASTEWATER AS WELL. THOSE IMPROVEMENTS ARE MUCH  SMALLER AS FAR AS THE PROJECT AS A WHOLE.  >> WE'LL GO THROUGH A COUPLE OF  PROJECTS JUST TO GIVE YOU A  GLIMPSE OF SOME OF THESE  PROJECTS. I DO WANT TO MENTION HOW WE DO  ABOUT DOING THESE PROJECTS, WE  REALLY LOOK AT WHAT THE NEED IS, DO CONDITION ASSESSMENT IN SOME  OF THESE AREAS. SOMETIMES DRAINAGE PROJECTS  MIGHT BE COMPLAINTS. SOME OF THE SEWER OR WATER  PROJECTS WE HAVE, WE'LL SEE THE  BREAKS OR INFRASTRUCTURE IS  GETTING OLD. I WANTED TO CONVEY THAT. WE'LL BE DOING A RISK ANALYSIS  WE TALKED ABOUT IN THE PAST. AS SOON AS IN PLACE, WE'LL GET  RISK ANALYSIS DONE. IT WILL MAKE IT MUCH MORE EASIER FOR US TO DECIDE WHERE WE NEED  TO DO WHAT PROJECTS. ALL OF THESE PROJECTS ARE BASED  ON DUE DILIGENCE. USUALLY THAT'S WHY YOU SEE  CERTAIN AREAS ARE GETTING MORE  PROJECT BECAUSE OF THAT REASON. I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW. IF CERTAIN AREAS, WE THINK,  WE'RE DOING OPERATIONAL THERE,  CALL OUT TREMAIN JOHNSON AND HIS TEAM. THEY LOOK AT THINGS THEY CAN DO  OPERATIONALLY AND SOMETIMES WE  CAN MITIGATE THE IMPACT,  IMMEDIATE IMPACT AND WE CAN GO  TO PROBABLY THE NEXT YEAR TO DO  PROJECTS OR NEXT FEW YEARS. WE CAN PUSH SOME THINGS FORWARD  A LITTLE BIT BY DOING  MITIGATION, BECAUSE WE HAVE ONLY THAT MANY DOLLARS IN OUR  RESERVE. SO JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW  THAT. >> THE PROJECT STARTED  ORIGINALLY AS JUST TO DO  WATER -- SORRY, WASTEWATER AND  POTABLE WATER. AS WE STARTED THAT PROJECT, WE  LOOKED INTO IT AND REALIZED  GRAVITY SEWERS WERE FAILING AS  WELL, IN REALLY BAD CONDITION. WE FIGURED WHILE THERE, BEST TO  REPLACE THOSE, BEST BANG FOR THE BUCK. RIGHT THING TO DO FOR THE  CONSTITUENT. WE MOVED FORWARD ON THAT  PROJECT. AS WE MOVE ON, WE'RE FINALIZING  THIS, WE HAD CONCERNS THERE'S  ALWAYS ISSUES WITH STORMWATER TO SOME DEGREE. THEY ARE AT ELEVATION ZERO. NO MATTER WHAT THERE'S ALWAYS  GOING TO BE SOME ISSUES WHEN  THERE'S MAJOR STORMS. THE WHOLE THING WE WANT TO DO  AND ACCOMPLISH IS MEET OUR LEVEL OF SERVICE, MAKE SURE WE CAN GET THE WATER OFF THE ROADWAYS AS  QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE AND GET IT  OUT TO OUTFALLS AND NOT HAVE  PEOPLE STUCK IN THEIR HOMES AND  MAKE IT A MUCH BETTER SITUATION. WE HAVEN'T EVEN FINALIZED THE  PROJECT AT THIS POINT, WE'RE  STILL PAVING, WHICH WILL  SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE THE FLOW  INTO THE BASINS AND OUT TO THE  OUTFALLS. WITH THE STORMS WE DIDN'T SEE  FLOODING. EVERYTHING WAS OFF THE ROAD  WITHIN 24 HOURS. COQUINA COVE DRAINAGE  IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT. THIS IS SOMETHING I KNOW YOU'VE  ALL HEARD FOR YEARS IT'S GOING  TO HAPPEN, IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN, IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN, IT'S  FINALLY HAPPENING. WE'RE FINALIZING EASEMENTS FOR  THIS. WE'RE FINISHING THE EASEMENT  DOCUMENT 735 AND 801 SHORE  DRIVE, A NEW 36" OUTFALL. THAT WILL SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE ALL THE FLOW THAT GOES OUT IN  THIS AREA. WE'RE DOING REHABILITATION OF  THE LIFT STATION 12 MANHOLES,  CLEANOUTS, WATER THERE AS WELL  AND WE'RE GETTING ABOUT $2  MILLION FROM A GRANT TO DO THE  STORMWATER PROJECT. WE'RE EXCITED TO GET THIS  PROJECT DONE.  >> WE WERE ABLE TO COORDINATE  WITH FPL FOR UNDERGROUND  ELECTRIC IN THESE AREAS. HOW THAT WORKS, JUST TO REMIND  EVERYBODY, IF FPL FEELS THEY  NEED TO DO SOME UNDERGROUNDING  IN THE AREA, THEY WILL PAY FOR  IT. OTHERWISE THEY WILL ASK  RESIDENTS PAY FOR IT OR  MUNICIPALITIES PAY FOR IT. USUALLY THEY ARE NOT ABLE TO DO  THAT UNLESS FPL THEMSELVES ARE  ABLE TO COME FORWARD. THIS ONE WE WERE ABLE TO WORK  WITH THEM AND WORKING WITH FPL  IN THAT AREA. AGAIN, RESIDENTS ALL HAVE TO  SIGN UP AND AGREE THAT'S WHAT  THEY WANT. THEY CAN'T DO IT ONE HOUSE --  THEY CAN'T DO IT ONE HOUSE. IT HAS TO BE ALL OR NONE.  >> SUPPLY AND TREATMENT, FIRST  MAIN REPAIR. THIS IS THE PROJECT THAT HAS  CAUSED TRAFFIC ISSUES EVERYONE  IS AWARE OF AT THIS POINT. WE ARE FINALIZING THIS PROJECT  RIGHT NOW. OUR SUBSTANTIAL IS NEXT FRIDAY  WITH FINAL COMPLETION 30 DAYS  AFTER THAT. RIGHT NOW IF YOU DRIVE BY, THE  HOLES ARE BACKFILLED. WE STILL NEED TO PAVE. RIGHT NOW WE'RE IN THE PROCESS  OF FLUSHING THAT WATER MAIN. WE'RE HOPING TO HAVE BACK IN  SERVICE NEXT WE'RE WEEK OR  FOLLOWING WEEK.  >> THE ROAD WILL STILL STAY  CLOSED. THE PORTION THAT PALM BEACH  COUNTY IS WORKING ON, THE  BRIDGE, THAT'S PROBABLY GOING TO TAKE ANOTHER MONTH.  >> AT LEAST ANOTHER MONTH. WE HAD A COUPLE MORE  CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM THIS  WEEK. THEY DO NEED TO GET APPROVAL  FROM THE COMMISSION AS WELL FOR  SOME OF THE THINGS THEY NEED TO  PROCURE TO FINISH THIS PROJECT. I BELIEVE THE NEW ROAD DECKS  HAVE BEEN POURED AT THIS POINT  BUT THEY NEED A PROCUREMENT  PROCESS TO FINALIZE THE PROJECT  SO THEY ARE THINKING AT LEAST  ANOTHER MONTH IF NOT TWO. WE'RE HOPING TO HAVE OUR PORTION WESTBOUND AND REOPENED WITHIN  THE NEXT 30 OR 45 DAYS. STRUCTURAL REPAIRS CLEAR WELL  LOG REMOVAL. THIS IS FINALIZING. WE'RE EXPECTING 100% DESIGN IN  THE NEXT MONTH OR TWO AND GO  INTO CONSTRUCTION THE BEGINNING  OF NEXT YEAR. LOG FOR REMOVAL MEANS REMOVING  99.99% OF VIRUSES FROM THE  WATER. SO THIS IS JUST SOMETHING THAT  EVERYONE IS MOVING TOWARDS AS A  MINIMUM TO GO THAT LOG FOR. IT'S NOT A REQUIREMENT  EVERYWHERE. IT'S SOMETHING WE'RE STARTING TO SEE THROUGHOUT THE INDUSTRY SO  WE'RE TRYING TO GET AHEAD OF IT  AND MAKE SURE WE'RE MEETING  THOSE REQUIREMENTS BEFORE THEY  COME DOWN ON US AND WE'RE NOT  MEETING THEM YET. EAST WATER TREATMENT PLANT  GENERATOR, ANOTHER PROJECT  THAT'S BEEN OUT THERE FOR A LONG TIME AND BEEN TALKED ABOUT. THIS IS SOMETHING WE'VE ADDED  MORE AND MORE TO AS WE LOOKED AT PROJECTS TO SEE HOW LOOK AT  REDUCING ENERGY COST. EVERYONE SEES FPL BILLS AND HOW  MUCH THEY ARE HURTING US AS A  CITY AND HURTING EVERYONE. WE WANT TO HARDEN THE PLANT,  BRING DOWN ENERGY COSTS. AS WE WENT ENTHUSIASTIC THIS  IT'S TO PUT NEW GENERATORS IN,  STRUCTURAL REPAIRS. OUR PLANT IS VERY OLD. WHEN WE STARTED LOOKING AT  PUTTING THINGS IN THE PLANT,  SOME OF THE COP CRETE IS  STARTING TO FAIL SO WE HAD TO  SAD THINGS. THIS IS FINAL LIP IN  CONSTRUCTION. WE'RE JUST KICKING OFF NOW AND  WE'RE EXPECTED TO FINISH THIS  NEXT YEAR SO WE EXPECT TO GET  THIS DONE. REMODELING OF THE FACILITY,  RIGHT NOW WEST TREATMENT PLANT,  WATER QUALITY FACILITY, ONCE  AGAIN, IT'S JUST VERY OLD. THE AC IS FAILING. THE LAB IS LEAKING. IRTS IN BAD SHAPE. LEGAL PROCUREMENT, LOOKING TO  GET IT OUT SHORTLY, HAVE IT DONE NEXT.  >> WE MOVE THE LAB TO THE EAST  PLANT SO THEY CAN CONTINUE  WORKING. ONCE EVERYTHING GETS FIXED, THEY WILL MOVE BACK.  >> A COUPLE MORE TREATMENT  PROJECTS, WESTFIELD ELECTRICAL  UPGRADES. RIGHT NOW SOME ARE WELLS OVER BY SUN VALLEY ARE CURRENTLY DOWN. RIGHT NOW SPECIFICALLY SPEAKING  FOR THOSE WELLS, 4, 5, 7 AND 8. ONCE AGAIN, THE ELECTRICAL TO  THOSE IS JUST SHOT. IT'S OLD. SO THOSE WELLS ARE OUT OF  SERVICE CURRENTLY. THIS PROJECT IS IN CONSTRUCTION. WE'LL HAVE THIS DONE NEXT YEAR  AS WELL. WE'LL HAVE ALL THOSE WELLS BACK  IN SERVICE. WE FINALIZED THE EASEMENTS FOR  THE PROJECT, WORKED WITH FPL,  COORDINATE WITH THEM TO GET A  LARGER TRANSFORMER SO WE CAN  SUPPLY THOSE WITH ENERGY ALL THE TIME, MAKE SURE WE'RE ABLE TO  HAVE SOMEONE COME OUT EASILY IN  THE CASE WE LOSE POWER AND GET  THE WELLS BACK UP AND  OPERATIONAL AND CONTINUALLY  SUPPLY WATER. WE ALSO HAVE EAST WATER  TREATMENT, HIGH SERVICE PUMPS 5  AND 6. WE JUST GAVE A LIST FOR THIS  PROJECT. WE'RE EXPECTING THIS PROJECT  THOUGH FINISH IN THE FIRST  QUARTER OF NEXT ENGINEER AS  WELL. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WILL ALSO REDUCE THE COST FOR ELECTRIC. RIGHT NOW OUR HIGH SERPUMPS 5 A  6, KICK ON VERY HARD. YOU CAN'T CONTROL TIMES BECAUSE  OF THE WAY THE ELECTRICAL IS SET UP WITH THEM AND PUMPS SET UP IN THE PAST. IT JUST PUTS OUT A HIGHER  PRESSURE. YOU CAN'T -- IT SHOOTS RIGHT UP, AND YOU CAN'T CONTROL IT GOING  UP SLOWLY AND GOING BACK DOWN. THESE BFDs MAKE IT SO THERE ARE  NOT WATER HAMMERS, NOT CAUSING  BREAKS, HAVE BETTER CONTROL OF  OUR PRESSURES AND ONCE AGAIN  BETTER CONTROL OVER OUR ELECTRIC BILLS. THIS IS THE HIGH SERVICE PUMP 5  AND 6 PROJECT. JUST DESCRIBED, INSTALLATION OF  TWO BFDs. WE'LL BE ABLE TO CONTROL POTABLE WATER PLANT FROM THE PLANT TO  DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM AND HELP  BETTER MAINTAIN PRESSURES IN THE SYSTEM. REDUNDANCY AND MORE EFFICIENT  CONTROLS OF THOSE HIGH-SERVICE  PUMPS. WASTE WASTE COLLECTION  IMPROVEMENT CIPP LINING. THIS IS IN THERE EVERY YEAR,  GOING THROUGHOUT EVERY DISTRICT  IN THE CITY MAKING SURE THAT WE  ALIGN A LOT OF THESE SEWER  PIPES, MAKE SURE THAT WE  CONTINUE TO GET THE LIFE OUT OF  THEM THAT WE'RE EXPECTED TO GET. IN SOME AREAS WHERE YOU EITHER  DON'T WANT TO OPEN THE ROAD,  MAYBE IT WAS JUST PAVED OR THE  WHOLE SYSTEM ISN'T FAILING IN  CATASTROPHIC SHAPE OR MAYBE YOU  HAVE SMALL LEAKS, SMALL HOLES IN THAT SEWER, CAN YOU COME IN,  LINE IT. THAT'S SOMETHING WE CONTINUE TO  DO EVERY YEAR. SEPTIC TO SEWER PROJECT, THIS  PROJECT ENDED UP BEING $2.5  MILLION. IT IS REIMBURSED BY THE CITY. WE'RE NOT PAYING FOR THIS  PROJECT. IT IS PAID BY THE TOWNSHIP. THEY HAVE GOT GRANTS TO GET RID  OF THE LAST OF THEIR SEPTICS IN  THEIR SYSTEM. IT'S IN A COMMERCIAL AREA. IT'S IN CONSTRUCTION, WE'LL HAVE IT DONE BY SEPTEMBER. LIFT STATION 410 AND 414,  CONNECTION TO FORCE MAIN  PROJECT. THIS IS ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE  PROJECTS, WE'LL SEE A LOT LIKE  THIS IN THE NEAR FUTURE. LOOKING AT THE WAY THE SEWER  SYSTEM SET UP WITH THE WAY THE  TREATMENT FACILITY WAS PRIOR TO, RIGHT NOW AN ISSUE WITH A LOT OF REPUMPING WHERE WE PUMP BACK UP  NORTH TO PUMP BACK DOWN SOUTH TO THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT  WE HAVE NOW. WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE THESE  CONNECTION TOSS MAKE IT MORE  EFFICIENT. AGAIN, LOWER COSTS FOR PUMPING  AND ALSO TAKE SOME BURDEN OFF OF OTHER MEANS THAT ARE JUST HAVE  RIGHT NOW AT FULL CAPACITY. OCEANFRONT PARK, THAT IS IN  DESIGN. FINALIZING THAT, THAT WILL BE  DONE BY JANUARY OF NEXT YEAR,  ENDS CONSTRUCTION NEXT YEAR,  HOPEFULLY FINISH NEXT YEAR AS  WELL. OCEANFRONT WASTEWATER TREATMENT  PLANT, BEACH PLANT, FINALIZED IN PROCUREMENT AS WELL, EXPECTING  THIS TO GO OUT TO BID HOPEFULLY  IN THE NEXT 30 DAYS. WE'LL FINISH THAT PROJECT AS  WELL. THAT DOES HAVE A GRANT AS WELL. MASTER LIFT STATION 317 MAJOR  REHAB UPGRADES. THAT PROJECT WE'RE FINALIZING  DESIGN. WE'RE HOPING TO HAVE IT DONE  AUGUST OR SEPTEMBER FOR DESIGN. FINALIZE CONSTRUCTION FOR THAT  PROJECT NEXT YEAR AS WELL. LIFT STATION 410 AND 414, FORCE  MAIN CONSTRUCTION PROJECT, THE  ONE I WAS JUST SPEAKING ABOUT. IT DOES A COUPLE OF THINGS FOR  US. ONE, IT ALLEVIATES THAT  REPUMPING ISSUE WE'RE HAVING IN  A LOT OF PORTIONS OF OUR CITY. ALSO, WE HAVE A 24-INCH GRAVITY  ON SOUTHEAST FIRST THAT IS  BACKLY AT FIRST CAPACITY. WITH THE PAVING PROJECT GOING ON THAT WE'RE ABOUT TO DO WITH  PUBLIC WORKS AND PUT SOME  DRAINAGE IN, WE DON'T WANT TO  REOPEN THAT ROAD. WE WANT TO BYPASS TO LINE IT. THIS PROJECT TO TAKE CAPACITY  OFF THAT MAIN AND BE ABLE TO GO  LINE THAT CURRENT 24 INCH  GRAVITY MAIN WITHOUT REOPENING  THE ROADS THEY ARE GOING TO PAVE RIGHT NOW. STORMWATER AND DRAIN IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, STORMWATER R AND R. THIS IS THE SAME THING. THIS IS JUST TO GO BACK AND LINE SOME OF THOSE STORM SYSTEMS. A LOT OF OLD PIPES ARE  CORRUGATED METAL. THEY ARE IN BAD CONDITION. THEY START TO FAIL. YOU CAN GET A LOT MORE LIFE OUT  OF THEM FOR A LOT MORE PRICE. IT'S A LOT MORE CONVENIENT. YOU DON'T HAVE TO OPEN THE ROAD. YOU GET LONGER LIFE OUT OF THEM. ANOTHER ONE WE'VE TALKED ABOUT  FOR A LONG TIME. IT'S FINALLY HAPPENING AS WELL. RIGHT NOW THAT IS ANOTHER ONE OF THE TWO PROJECTS AT THE TOP OF  MY LIST NEXT YEAR TO GET INTO  DESIGN. WE DO NEED AN RFQ FOR IT. WE'RE EXPECTING THAT PROJECT TO  COME BACK BETWEEN -- I'M  EXPECTING ABOUT $7AND $10  MILLION. I'M HOPING $7.5 MAKE WILL RANGE. THERE HAS BEEN AN EVALUATION  PREVIOUSLY, FROM $7 MILLION TO  $12 MILLION DEPENDING WHAT YOU  WANT TO DO THAT. WE DO NEED TO PUT A CONVEYANCE  IN, POSITIVE PUMPING STATION TO  GET THAT WATER OUT THERE JUST  BECAUSE OF THE SIGNIFICANT  AMOUNT OF WATER THAT'S IN CHAPEL HILL DURING STORMS. SO WE ARE GOING TO PUT AN RFQ  OUT FOR THAT FIRST THING NEXT  YEAR. WE'LL GET THAT OUT, GET IT  DESIGNED AND HOPEFULLY GO TO  CONSTRUCTION NEXT YEAR RIGHT  AFTER. QUANTUM LAKE STORMWATER  IMPROVEMENTS. THAT'S ANOTHER ONE, IT'S A  BURDEN BUT WE CONTINUE TO GO IN  THERE AND CONTINUE TO IMPROVE  THAT SYSTEM. CHAPEL HILL NEIGHBORHOOD  PROJECT. THIS IS THE MAIN AREA WE'LL BE  WORKING IN. THE POSITIVE PUMPING STATION I  WAS TALKING ABOUT ON THE  NORTHERN END NEAR 23rd STREET IN THE PARK OVER THERE. WE ARE GOING TO ALSO LOOK AT THE TWO SMALL OUTFALLS WE CURRENTLY  HAVE THERE. I KNOW THERE IS SOME ISSUES AT  THE DEAD-END PORTION, SO WE ARE  GOING TO LOOK AT THE OUTFALLS WE HAVE THERE, SEE IF WE CAN MAKE  IMPROVEMENTS AS WELL. THERE'S SOME SWELLS. THIS IS MOSTLY CONVEYANCE PIPE  AND NEW DRAIN PIPES GOING IN,  TRYING TO GET ALL THE -- OUT OF  THERE. STUDIES AND MASTER PLANNING. WE HAVE A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT  PLANS. WE HAVE THE WATER TREATMENT PLAN EMERGING CONTAMINANT TREATMENT  OPTIONS EVALUATION AND DESIGN. I WAS JUST SPEAKING ABOUT THAT.  >> YEAH. JUST HAD A PREBID MEETING. IT'S OUT ON THE STREET. SO WE ARE IN THE CONE OF SILENCE WITH THIS ONE. WE SHOULD BE GETTING CONSULTED. AS THAT HAPPENS WE'LL START  LOOKING AT WHAT ARE OUR OPTIONS  AND START EVALUATING AND COME  BACK WITH DESIGN EVALUATIONS AND PLANS FOR THE WHOLE SYSTEM. WE DIDN'T WANT TO JUST WORK ON  ONE PLANT. WE WANTED A GOOD IDEA WHAT WE  NEEDED FOR BOTH PLANTS AND HOW  DO WE PHASE IT. THESE PLANS HAVE TO BE  FUNCTIONAL 24/7. WHILE WE'RE BUILDING, WHATEVER  WE'RE DOING, WE NEED TO HAVE A  PLAN IN PLACE SO WE'LL BE  WORKING WITH CONSULTANTS TO DO  THAT. THAT IS AN SRF FUND, STATE  REVOLVING LOAN, PRINCIPLE  FORGIVENESS. THAT'S A LITTLE OVER $5 MILLION  WE GOT. WE'RE HOPING THAT WILL BE ENOUGH FOR US TO DO THE EVALUATION AND  DESIGN. WE'LL KNOW SOON ONCE WE GET A  CONSULTANT INVOLVED ON THAT. WE ALSO HAVE MONEY FOR GRANT  STRATEGY AND DEVELOPMENT --  >> EXCUSE ME. BEFORE YOU MOVE TO THE NEXT  ITEM. I WANT TO CLARIFY, I DON'T  UNDERSTAND WHAT IS EMERGING  CONTAMINANT, PFOSS.  >> IT IS BUT ALSO OTHER  CONTAMINANTS EPA MIGHT IDENTIFY  AND SAY DOWN THE ROAD. WHAT HAPPENS EPA DOES WHAT'S  CALLED UNREGULATED CONTAMINANT  MONITORING. SO THOSE ARE MONITORED FOR A  CERTAIN NUMBER OF YEARS. BASED ON WHAT THE RESULTS ARE  COMING BACK FROM ALL THROUGHOUT  THE COUNTRY, THEY DECIDE ON WHAT KIND OF AMOUNT, WHAT KIND OF  STANDARDS THEY WANT TO SET OR  WHETHER THEY WANT TO SET  STANDARDS. SO WE DON'T WANT TO JUST DO IT  FOR P FOSS OR COM PONDS EPA IS  COMING BACK WITH DRINKING WATER  STANDARDS THAT HAVE TO BE MET BY 2029. WE ALSO WANT TO BE LOOKING AT  WHAT ELSE MIGHT BE COMING DOWN  THE PIKE, SO WE'RE PLANNING FOR  IT. THE OTHER THING WE WANT TO DO  BECAUSE EPA'S REGULATION  REQUIRES US TO MEET PRIOR  DRINKING WATER BY 2029, HAVING  THIS PROJECT GOING,  CONSTRUCTION, WE NEED TO LOOK  AT -- WE NEED TO DO ANY GAP,  KIND OF LIKE CONSTRUCTION OR  SOMETHING ELSE IF COME 2029  WE'RE NOT DONE WITH CONSTRUCTION SO WE'RE GOING TO BE ASKING THEM FOR WHAT ARE THE SHORT-TERM  FIXES AND STUFF WE NEED TO DO  AND WHAT MAY BE THE LONGER TERM. >> THAT'S EXCELLENT.  >> WE'LL BE WORKING ON THAT.  >> THANK YOU FOR THAT  CLARIFICATION.  >> IT WAS IDENTIFIED AS WEST  PLANT TO REPLACE MEMBRANES. AS WE REALIZED THESE ARE SOME OF THE CONTAMINANTS WE PLAN FOR AND WHAT WE NEED TO DO WE DECIDED IT WAS MUCH BETTER TO LOOK AT THE  WHOLE SYSTEM, TREATMENT SYSTEM,  WHAT WE NEED TO DO AND GET KIND  OF LIKE A GOOD IDEA OF WHAT THE  COST IS GOING TO BE. WE ARE SEEING THOSE COSTS GO UP  SO WE JUST WANT TO KNOW WHAT  IT'S GOING TO BE AND HOW DO WE  PLAN FOR IT, PAY FOR IT, BECAUSE THAT'S SOMETHING WE ARE GOING TO DO. THE PLANT STRATEGY AND  DEVELOPMENT, PUT SOME MONEY IN  THERE, GET CONSULTANTS AS NEEDED TO WRITE UP GRANTS. AS YOU'VE SEEN, WE'VE IDENTIFIED A NUMBER OF PLANS THROUGHOUT CIP AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO THAT IN THE FUTURE. WE ARE LOOKING AT CYBERSECURITY. CYBERSECURITY IS ANOTHER ONE OF  THOSE BIG ITEMS THAT UTILITIES  AND ALMOST ALL ORGANIZATIONS  HAVE HAD TO LOOK AT AND WE WORK  VERY CLOSELY WITH I.T. BUT WE  HAVE OPERATIONAL TECHNOLOGY AND  INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ANDERSON  WE HAVE TO LOOK AT BOTH OF THOSE HAVE TO BE ROBUST. SO WE'VE GOT SOME PROJECTS  ONGOING. WE DON'T TALK TOO MUCH ABOUT  THAT BECAUSE THERE'S A  PRESIDENTIAL DIRECTIVE ON THESE  THINGS TO MAKE SURE WE ARE  FOLLOWING EVERYTHING BUT IT'S  NOT SOMETHING THAT'S OUT IN THE  PUBLIC BECAUSE IT CAN EXPOSE OR  CAUSE PEOPLE TO TRY AND LOOK FOR THINGS. SO OUR MASTER PLAN AND INI  STUDY, THIS IS GOING TO BE ONCE  WE HAVE -- WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO FOR THE SEWER. REMEMBER WHEN WE HAD THAT SSO. SO WE HAVE -- DEPP IS GOING TO  COME BACK AND LET US KNOW WHAT  IT NEEDS TO DO BUT WE HAVE  THINGS ALREADY IDENTIFIED. ONCE WE DO THE RISK ANALYSIS  WE'LL BE ABLE TO ADD TO WHAT IS  NEEDED FOR OUR SEWER. RISK ANALYSIS IS GOING TO BE ALL OUR UNDERGROUND UTILITIES. SO WE ARE JUST WAITING TO GET  SOME GES CONTRACTS IN PLACE AND  START DOING SOME OF THESE --  WE'LL START WORKING SOME OF THE  SEWER MAIN, ANYTHING ELSE,  CYBERSECURITY AND A COUPLE OF  OTHERS THAT WE'LL TALK ABOUT. ASSET MANAGEMENT IS ANOTHER ONE  OF THOSE PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE  KICKED OFF. WE HAVE A ROADMAP THAT WE'VE  WORKED ON WITH A CONSULTANT AND  WE ARE GETTING READY TO PUT OUT  AN RSKDS ON OCTOBER 1st IS WHEN  WE PLAN ON GOING OUT SO WE CAN  GET A NEW SYSTEM IN PLACE AND  LOOK AT IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR  THIS. WE HAVE ANSWER ADAPTATION PLANT. THAT'S REIMBURSABLE GRANTS. MOST ARE REIMBURSABLE GRANTS. WHAT THAT MEANS, WE HAVE TO HAVE THE MONEY UP FRONT TO GO OUT AND DO WHAT WE NEED TO DO AND GO OUT AND GET REIMBURSED OVER TIME. WE CAN SHIFT THOSE DOLLARS BUT  INITIALLY WE CAN ONLY DO SO MUCH BECAUSE THAT'S THE POT OF MONEY  WE HAVE. I'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT  INFRASTRUCTURE RISK ASSESSMENT,  WAITING ON GESs. UTILITIES SUSTAINABILITY  RESILIENCY GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE  STUDIES. I PERSONALLY AM VERY INTERESTED  IN LOOKING AT WHAT KIND OF GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE CAN BE PUT IN  PLACE. I REALLY WANT TO GET A  CONSULTANT ON BOARD LOOK  THROUGHOUT THE CITY, COME UP  WITH IDEAS THAT COULD BE  FUNCTIONAL AND WORK AND WORK  WITH OUR MAINTENANCE AND  OPERATIONAL STAFFING. WE DON'T WANT TO PLAN SOME  THINGS AND THEN NOT BE ABLE TO  TAKE CARE OF THOSE. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WHATEVER WE PUT IN PLACE IS DOABLE FOR OUR  CITY AND IT MATCHES WITH WHAT WE ALREADY HAVE. SO WE'LL BE WORKING ON SOME OF  THOSE IN THE NEAR FUTURE. THAT'S THE END OF OUR  PRESENTATION. WE'RE BOTH HERE TO ANSWER ANY  QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.  >> THANK YOU, POONAM. I'M SORRY, I FORGET YOUR NAME. KEITH. BRIEFLY BEFORE I TURN TO MY  COLLEAGUES, CONNECT WITH ME  OFFLINE EARLIER TODAY WE  RECEIVED A MESSAGE WITH ONE OF  OUR PARTNERS IN THE STATE. WE HAVE AN EXTENSION ON THE  ENERGY CONSERVATION BLOCK GRANT  PROGRAM SO WE HAVE MORE TIME ON  THAT. THERE'S OVER 100 GRANTS SLATED  FOR BOYNTON BEACH SO WE JUST  NEED TO PUSH THROUGH. LET'S GO AROUND THE DAIS FOR  QUESTIONS. THERE'S A LOT IN THESE SLIDES, A LOT OF INTERESTING THINGS. PEOPLE HAVE BEEN CARING ABOUT  THIS AND WAITING MANY YEARS. GO AHEAD, COMMISSIONER. LET'S BEGIN WITH YOU.  >> THANK YOU BOTH FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO. I'M PRETTY AMAZED TO SEE THE  NUMBER OF PRINCE GEORGE'S THAT  ARE BEING WORKED ON AND  EVERYTHING Y'ALL ARE DOING. SO JUST THANK YOU FOR THAT. I WANT TO COMMEND YOU AS WELL  FOR HAVING THE CYBERSECURITY  BECAUSE WE UNDERSTAND SOME  CITIES HAVE BEEN HACKED RECENTLY WITH THEIR WATER UTILITIES AND  WE UNDERSTAND THAT IS A  LEGITIMATE CONCERN. I AM PROUD THAT WE ARE  ALLOCATING FUNDING TO PROTECT  THE CITY FROM THOSE PURPOSES. SO THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING.  >> VICE MAYOR.  >> THANK YOU. POONAM, THE SEA MEADOWS SOUTH,  DOES THAT -- WILL THAT RESOLVE  THE ISSUES OUR RESIDENTS HAVE  HAD IN SEA MEADOW? >> YES. I CAN SPEAK TO A LITTLE BIT. IT WILL SOLVE THOSE ISSUES. WE ARE GOING TO BE UPGRADING  WATER MAINS, PUTTING FIRE  HYDRANTS THROUGHOUT SEA MEADOWS  FOR FIRE PROTECTION THROUGHOUT  THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY AS WELL AS  MOVE ALL THE WATER MAINS AND  SEWER MAINS BETWEEN THE  PROPERTIES OUT INTO THE STREET. WITH THAT SAID, WE'LL ALSO BE  RUNNING THE LATERALS AND SERVICE LINES BACK OUT IN THE STREET  INSTEAD OF OUT TO THE BACK OF  THE HOMES SO WE'VE ALLEVIATE ALL THOSE ISSUES WE'RE HAVING WITH  INFILTRATION AND TREES AND ROOTS AND EVERYTHING ELSE.  >> GREAT.  >> BRINGING CLEANOUTS OUT FROM  UNDER THOSE ALSO AND THOSE WILL  BE THE RESIDENTS' RESPONSIBILITY BUT WE WANT TO DO IT WELL. SO THAT'S A PROBLEM. RIGHT NOW WE CAN'T GO FIX THINGS BECAUSE THOSE CLEANOUTS ARE  UNDER THOSE TRAILERS. THERE'S A LOT OF VEGETATION. THERE ARE SOME ANIMALS AND OTHER FLORA AND FAUNA THERE AND IT'S  NOT EASY TO REALLY FIX ANYTHING  IF SOMETHING HAPPENS. USUALLY AFTER THE CLEANOUT IS A  RESIDENT'S RESPONSIBILITY. BUT THE WAY THIS DEVELOPMENT WAS TAKEN OVER, IT WAS JUST A STATE  OF AFFAIRS THE WAY THEY WERE.  >> RIGHT. SO NO, I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU  FOR JUMPING ON THAT. I KNOW THIS IS KIND OF WHEN WE  DID TAKE THAT OVER WITH KIND OF  A FORGOTTEN THING TO HANDLE AND  UPGRADE THESE UTILITIES TO  REDUCE THAT BURDEN ON THE  RESIDENTS. IT WAS BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION, AND YOU GUYS ARE JUMPING ON IT  TO FIX IT. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. THAT'S MY ONLY -- THANK YOU FOR  TAKING CARE OF THAT. I KNOW TO HAVE RESIDENTS THAT  ARE CONTACTING US FRUSTRATED AND WE'RE THERE TO -- YOU MET WITH  THEM AND EVERYTHING IS GOOD. SO I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU  FOR THAT AND TO CLARIFY THAT  RESOLVES -- WILL HOPEFULLY  RESOLVE THE ISSUES. NORTH IS NOT HAVING AS MANY  ISSUES.  >> NO, THEY ARE NOT HAVING AS  MANY ISSUES. WE JUST DON'T GET MANY CALLS OUT THERE. IT'S ALL REALLY ON THE SOUTH  SIDE. THAT'S WHERE A LOT OF ISSUES  COME IN. WE ARE ALSO GOING TO DESIGN THE  NORTH SIDE AND GET THAT IN FOR  REPLACEMENT AS WELL. IT'S JUST VERY DIFFICULT BECAUSE THE ENTIRE COST OF THE PROJECT  SOUTH SIDE AND NORTH SIDE IS $15 MILLION PLUS POTENTIALLY. SINCE WE ARE HAVING ISSUES ON  THE SOUTH SIDE, WE WAN TO TAKE  CARE OF THAT IMMEDIATELY AND  THEN ADDRESS THE NORTH SIDE IN A COUPLE OF YEARS AS WELL. WE DO HAVE IT IN THE CIP, IT'S  NOT SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO BE FORGOTTEN ABOUT. IT'S ON OUR CIP.  >> WE ALSO HAVE TROPICAL BREEZE  IS ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE  DEVELOPMENTS WE'RE GOING TO BE  WORKING ON IN THE NEXT FEW  YEARS. SIMILAR KIND OF THINGS.  >> I'M GLAD THEY ARE BACK ON OUR RADAR AND WE'RE TAKING CARE OF  IT, SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR.  >> MAYOR: THANK YOU. I HAVE A BUNCH OF QUESTIONS. I'LL LET ME COLLEAGUES GO FIRST  AND I'LL CIRCLE BACK.  >> I'M GOOD. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE WORK YOU DO DO. KEEP IT UP YEAR AFTER YEAR. GOOD JOB. IS IT KEITH? >> YEAH.  >> THANK YOU.  >> COMMISSIONER TURKIN.  >> BIG THANKS. BIG THANKS. SPEECHLESS FOR ALL THE PROJECTS  YOU GUYS HAVE GOT GOING ON. YOU'VE HAD QUITE THE YEAR, I'VE  GOT TO SAY. UNEXPECTED THINGS BUT YOU ALWAYS MAINTAIN YOUR COMPOSURE AND  YOU'RE ABLE TO PUT THE CITY  FIRST AND I APPRECIATE THAT  ABOUT YOU. I KNOW THE RESIDENTS OF CHAPEL  HILL ARE EXTREMELY EXCITED FOR  THIS PROJECT. BUT ALSO VERY GRATEFUL FOR  WHAT'S BEING DONE TO MITIGATE  THE ISSUES. WE SAW ISSUES FOR SEEMS LIKE THE FIRST RAINFALL WE'VE HAD FOR  QUITE SOMETIME. A LOT OF THE STUFZ NOT JUST  UTILITY BUT PUBLIC WORKS DID TO  HELP MITIGATE THAT. WE SAW A DIFFERENCE. THIS IS THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT'S  BEEN NEGLECTED NOT JUST WITH  ROADS BUT INFRASTRUCTURE FOR  DECADES. FINALLY HAPPY AND APPRECIATE MY  COLLEAGUES FOR SUPPORTING THIS  IN THE BUDGET. LONG OVERDUE. JUST THANK YOU, GUYS, FOR  EVERYTHING YOU DO. YOU DO A LOT. NOW WE'VE GOT TO WORRY ABOUT  BEING HACKED. IT'S CRAZY. SO THANK YOU AGAIN. NO FURTHER QUESTIONS OR  COMMENTS. THANK YOU, MAYOR.  >> THANK YOU. POONAM, COULD WE GO BACK TO --  WHOEVER IS CONTROLLING SLIDES,  GO BACK TO HEART OF BOYNTON. I KEEP GETTING QUESTIONS ABOUT  IT, PEOPLE CONCERNED ABOUT THE  DELAY. THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT'S  HAPPENING. COULD YOU RUN THROUGH THE BULLET POINTS OF THAT AND SEE IF  THERE'S ANYTHING WE CAN DO MORE  TO MOVE THAT FORWARD.  >> YES, I GUESS TALKING ABOUT -- HEARTH OF BOYNTON, FINALIZING  THE GRANTS, GOING THROUGH THE  GRANT PROCESS AND FINALIZE THAT  PORTION, UNTIL WE KNOW EXACTLY  WHAT WE HAVE FOR THEM WE'RE  GOING INTO DESIGN. RIGHT NOW WE'RE EXPECTED TO GO  INTO DESIGN FOR THAT PROJECT  THIS YEAR. IT'S FINALIZING THAT. WE HAVE TO DO AN EVALUATION OF  WATER MAINS AND SEWER MAINS IN  THAT AREA TO SEE WHAT WE NEED TO REPLACE AND WHAT'S FEASIBLE. RIGHT NOW WE'RE EXPECTING  COMPLETION IN 2027. THIS IS A PROJECT IN THE PROCESS BUT IT'S JUST A MATTER OF  GETTING TO DESIGN AND FINALIZING EVERYTHING WITH GRANTS.  >> THE GRANT IS MAINLY GOING TO  BE WITH DRAINAGE AREAS. SO THAT SOMETIMES BECOMES A  PROBLEM FOR US, BECAUSE IF YOU  HAVE TO DO WATER SEWER ALSO, THE COST REALLY BECOMES A LOT. BUT WE WANT TO MAXIMIZE AND DO  THESE SYNERGISTICALLY. THAT'S WHY WE HAVE TO THINK IT  THROUGH. THIS GRANT HASN'T COME THROUGH  YET. WE DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH YET. WE'RE STILL WAITING TO HEAR. BUT THE GOVERNOR HAS SIGNED THE  BUDGET SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE  HEARING SOON HOW MUCH MONEY  WE'LL GET FROM THIS AND THEN WE  CAN MOVE FORWARD.  >> SO IS IT ALSO FAIR TO SAY  SURFACE IMPROVEMENTS ARE ALSO ON HOLD BECAUSE OF THIS? IS THAT THE REASON OR SOMETHING  ELSE.  >> WE CAN'T FINALIZE WHAT ROADS  WE'RE GOING TO CURRENTLY SO WE  NEED TO KNOW WHERE WE'RE GOING  TO PUT THESE IN THE GROUNDS AND  MAKE THE OPENINGS, THOSE ARE THE ROADS WE'RE GOING TO SURFACE  PART OF THE REPLACEMENT OF WATER MAINSS SEWER MAINS, STORM, ET  CETERA.  >> YEAH. ONCE WE'RE ABLE TO DESIGN IT,  THEN WE KNOW WHAT WE NEED TO DO. THAT'S WHAT THE DELAY IS. WE DON'T WANT TO GO PAVE A ROAD  AND FIND OUT WE WILL PROBABLY  HAVE TO OPEN IT AGAIN.  >> MAYOR: IS THERE ANYTHING THIS COMMISSION CAN DO TO SUPPORT YOU MORE MOVING FORWARD OR  ESSENTIALLY YOU'RE CLOSE TO THE  FINISH LINE AND ON TRACK.  >> WE THINK WE'RE ON TRACK BUT  WE'LL DEFINITELY LET YOU KNOW IF YOU ALL NEED TO MAKE ANY CALLS. THESE GRANTS ARE REALLY  INDEPENDENT OF THE LEGISLATURE. SO WE'LL KNOW ONCE THE GRANT IS  FINALIZED. THEY USUALLY WAIT TO ASSIGN HOW  MUCH DOLLARS ARE GOING TO GO FOR SOME OF THESE GRANTS. ONCE THEY KNOW THAT, THEY HAVE A LIST FOR HOW THE PROJECTS ARE  SCORED AND PRIORITIZED. THAT'S WHEN WE KNOW HOW MUCH  WE'RE GETTING.  >> ALL RIGHT. ALSO, WE HAD PREVIOUSLY  DISCUSSED SENSORS THROUGHOUT THE SYSTEM TO MAKE SURE THERE'S A  LEAK TO IDENTIFY AND RESPOND TO  IT MUCH MORE RAPIDLY. IS THAT INCORPORATED IN ANY WAY? >> WE DO HAVE PRESSURE SENSORS  THROUGHOUT THE CITY. WE MONITOR THOSE. WE ARE ALSO LOOKING AT DOING  WHAT WE CALL LEAK DETECTION. WE'RE DOING IT SO THAT -- WE'RE  DOING WHAT WE THINK WE WANT TO  DO LIKE A SATELLITE SWEEP  THROUGHOUT THE CITY. THAT WILL ACTUALLY PICK UP ON  WATER, DRINKING WATER,  WASTEWATER AS WELL AS  FRESHWATER, WHICH WOULD BE THE  STORMWATER, SO ANY LEAKS  ANYWHERE. IT DOESN'T PINPOINT COMPLETELY  BUT TELLS YOU THIS IS WHERE  THERE'S PROBABLY A LEAK SO YOU  CAN FOCUS ON THAT. WE'RE ALSO GOING TO DO A LITTLE  MORE CLOSER IN LEAK DETECTION  FOR WATER, WASTEWATER. BUT IT'S HARD TO PUT SENSORS ALL THROUGH BUT WE ARE LOOKING AT  LEAK DETECTION TECHNOLOGY AND  SEE AND JUST FINALIZING WHICH  ONE WILL BE BEST FOR US. WE SHOULD BE GOING OUT. WE HAVE MONEY SET ASIDE FOR  THAT.  >> MAYOR: ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. I'LL TAKE THE REST OF MY  QUESTIONS OFFLINE. I KNOW WE'VE GOT A LOT ON THE  TABLE. OKAY. LAST CALL FOR MY COLLEAGUES. ANYTHING ELSE FOR THEM? THANK YOU SO MUCH BOTH OF YOU. KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK. YOU'VE GOT A LOT ON YOUR PLATE  SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO IT.  >> THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: MOVING ON TO THE NEXT  ITEM ON THE AGENDA, WHICH IS  CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT  PRESENTATIONS AT 302 FUND AS  WELL AS THE 303, THE GENERAL AND THE SURTAX RESPECTIVELY.  >> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, VICE  MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, PUBLIC  WORKS DIRECTOR SPEAKING ON  BEHALF OF CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT  PROJECTS '24, '25. GOTTA GET THIS RIGHT TONIGHT. I BROUGHT A CLICKER WITH ME BUT  SHE'S STILL SITTING BACK THERE  SO I'LL HAVE TO TRY IT MYSELF. SO TONIGHT'S AGENDA. >> ALL RIGHT. 303 FUND SURTAX PROPOSED BUDGET, PROJECT DETAILS AND THROUGH  GENERAL FUND. THERE SHE IS. >> SHE ACTUALLY HIT 23 YEARS  YESTERDAY FOR THE CITY OF  BOYNTON BEACH. [ APPLAUSE ] I'M TALKING ABOUT EFFICIENCIES  AND I CAN'T DO TWO THINGS AT ONE TIME. SO ANYWAY, SOURCE OF FUNDING. ON THE 303, WE HAD SURTAX FUND. THAT WAS OUR SURTAX FUND. IT HAS BEEN SINCE 2017. THAT'S OVER NEXT YEAR. THAT'S DONE. 302. WE HAD FUNDING FROM GAS TAX,  PUBLIC SERVICE TAX, CRA  REIMBURSEMENTS AND PARKS AND  RECREATION FUND 41 I BELIEVE  THAT IS. FOR THE BUDGET '24, '25. GENERAL GOVERNMENT 75,000 TOTAL  GOVERNMENT HBAC 30,000,  RECREATION AND PARKS. PUBLIC SAFETY, FIRE ALARM, OUR  FIRE DEPARTMENT AND PD, THEY ARE ON THERE, $791,000. TECHNOLOGY 709,000. TRANSPORTATION AND ROADWAY, $1.4 MILLION. 303 SURTAX. CITY HALL CARPET REPLACEMENT,  SECURITY CAMERAS, 50,000 AND  $25,000. HVAC REPLACEMENT FOR FIRE  STATION 2, $35,000. 303 SURTAX RECREATION AND PARKS  PROJECTS. THESE ARE PROJECTS THAT WE'RE  PROPOSING TO DO. I DON'T KNOW IF I SHOULD -- ARTS AND CULTURAL CENTER, INTERIOR  PAINT ON THE SECOND FLOOR,  INTERIOR FIRST AND SECOND FLOOR  ACTUALLY. BARRIER-FREE PARK, OUTDOOR WORK  AREA, BARRIER-FREE PARK PAINTING PROJECTS, BARRIER-FREE PARKS,  SHADE CELL REPLACEMENTS. THAT PARK WAS BUILT IN 2012 AND  IT'S IN NEED OF SOME REPAIR. BOYNTON BEACH EXTENSION SALES. THERE'S A ROW OF 10 CELLS BEYOND EXTENSION OF THAT NEW DOG PARK  WE PUT OUT THERE AND THEY NEED  TO BE REPLACED. IT'S A MINOR COST BUT ACTUALLY  IT NEEDS TON. CENTENNIAL PARKFIELD  MODIFICATION, RIGHT HERE OUT OF  CITY HALL. RIGHT HERE OUR AMPHITHEATER. IT'S WELL USED BY GABBY AND THE  EVENTS. TRYING TO FIND A WAY WHERE IT  CAN BE MAINTAINED TO THE LEVEL  WE SHOULD HAVE IT AT, BUT I HAVE TO DO THAT. POOL HEATERS, THOSE HEATERS ARE  DONE. THEY NEED REPLACED. PARKS CAN PUT REAL FENCING. WE'RE HEARING THERE'S PROBLEMS  WITH OFF ROAD MOTOR VEHICLES  GOING INTO THE PARK. WE'LL PUT A REAL FENCE SARN TO  BORDER THAT PARK TO HOPEFULLY  DERAIL DIRT BIKES, ET CETERA.  >> WHAT'S YOUR TIME LIMIT ON  THAT, KEVIN? ARE YOU EXPECTING THAT IN A YEAR AND A HALF? >> WHICH ONE.  >> THE FENCING.  >> THAT WOULD BE A VERY FAST  MOVE. THAT'S MINOR CONSTRUCTION.  >> END OF THE YEAR? BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR. WHAT IS FAST TO YOU.  >> I NEED MONEY. BEFORE THANKSGIVING.  >> OKAY, GREAT. THAT IS FAST. TO ME THAT'S FAST.  >> OKAY, GOOD. GALAXY PARK PLAYGROUND, REPAIRS, GALAXY PARK TURF. GILL IS WORKING ON THAT,  ACTUALLY, THOSE TWO ITEMS. PARK PLAYGROUND, THAT'S THE  PLAYGROUND WE TALKED ABOUT LAST  NIGHT. IT'S ONE OF THE ONES WE TALKED  ABOUT THAT'S DILAPIDATED, THE  PLAYGROUND AREA, COAST PAVILION, BATHROOM, PAVILION, PATH ROOM  BUILDINGS ON THAT SITE ALL THERE FOURTH OF JULY. IT WAS PRESENTABLE BUT SHOULD BE UP TO A HIGHER LEVEL THAN IT IS  RIGHT NOW SO WE'RE GOC TO DO  THAT. INTERCONTINENTAL PARK AND  RESTROOMS. YEAR AFTER YEAR WE GO INTO THESE BATHROOMS. IT'S A HEAVY USED AREA. THEY ARE WORN DOWN. WE'VE TRIED PAINTING ON,  TWO-PART EPOXY, ACTUAL WAY TO DO IT IS EPOXY RESIN, THAT'S WHY  PRICED AT 25 GRAND FOR THAT. IT WEARS WELL AND WEARS FOR 10,  15 YEARS. JAYCEE PARK FISHING PIER. IT'S IN GOOD SHAPE, PILINGS ARE  GREAT, SUPPORT IS SHAKING. THOSE SUPPORTS NEED TO BE  STRUCTURALLY REDONE ON THAT TO  MAINTAIN. HAVE ANOTHER 10, 15 YEARS OF  LIFE. THE PARK, PIP REPLACEMENT. THAT'S OUR BRAND-NEW PARK OUT  HERE. IT'S NOT JUST PIP, IT'S ALSO  ADDING SALES TO THAT PARK. IT'S A VERY HOT PARK. THE IDEA IS TO DO PIP OVER AND  PUT SAILS OVER THAT PARK TO MAKE IT LONGEVITY AND PRESENTABLE FOR THE AREA.  >> KEVIN, REAL QUICK, SUPER  QUICK. ONE OF THE THINGS I'VE TALKED TO STAFF ABOUT OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS BECAUSE OF THAT EXACT  REASON BECAUSE THERE'S NO SHADE  TREES IS WORKING -- TRYING TO  WORK WITH FP & L TO SEE IF THEY  WOULD PUT IN SOLAR TREES TO TAKE ADVANTAGE WAS THERE IS NO SHADE. IT'S THE PERFECT OPPORTUNITY TO  ADD SOLAR TREES FPL CAN PARTNER  WITH US. IT WOULD PROVIDE SHADE. THEY MAY EVEN DO IT FOR FREE  THIS THEY ARE GAINING THAT SOLAR POWER. MAYBE LOOK AT THAT AS AN  ALTERNATIVE TO SHADE BECAUSE  SHADES HAVE TO BE REPLACED OVER  TIME. IF FPL --  >> PART OF THE TREES YOU'RE  TALKING ABOUT.  >> LET'S LOOK AT THAT IF WE CAN, PLEASE.  >> GOOD SUGGESTION. MANGROVE PARK, BOARDWALK. THAT'S A BIG PROJECT. I THINK IT HAS TO BE DONE. IT'S ONE OF OUR AGREEMENTS WE  HAVE TO DO TO GET THAT DONE. BELOVED CITY FENCE. PROPERTY OVER THERE OFF MEADOWS  BOULEVARD. WE PUT NEW PARKING SIGNS,  WORKING WITH HOA TO CALM THEM. SAME THING WITH DIRT BIKES. REACHED OUT TO DRAINAGE DISTRICT BECAUSE THAT'S THEIR SOUTH SIDE  OF THE PROPERTY. WE'RE WORKING WITH THEM AND PUT  A REAL FENCE THERE TO KEEP OFF  ROAD VEHICLES OFF THERE. YOU WALK YOUR DOGS, TRY TO KEEP  BIKES OUT OF THERE.  >> THANK YOU, KEVIN. THAT'S AN AREA WE REALLY WANT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF. THAT'S ANOTHER AREA THAT WE'VE  NEVER -- IT BOGGLES MY MIND  WE'VE NEVER PUT TREES THERE,  NEVER PLANTED ANYTHING. WE HAVE THIS OPEN FIELD. TO IMAGINE HOW BIG A BEAUTIFUL  SHADETREE WOULD BE AND PEOPLE,  THAT WOULD HAVE ALLEVIATED SOME  OF THE ISSUES THEY ARE HAVING. I'M GLAD WE'RE SEEING WE'RE  MOVING FORWARD WITH SOMETHING  THAT OBVIOUSLY HAS BEEN VERY  IMPORTANT TO ME AND TO THE  RESIDENTS IN THE MEADOWS. THANK YOU FOR MAKING THAT A  PRIORITY AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO  WORK ON THAT AND MAKING THAT  SPACE EASY. THANK YOU.  >> RESURFACING TENNIS KOURTSZ AT MEADOWS AND ALSO SARA SIMS  SECURITY CAMERAS. WE DID THAT PARK. IT'S TIME FOR NEW CAMERAS.  >> KEVIN, BEFORE YOU MOVE ON,  COULD YOU JUST EXPLAIN, AND IT'S ALSO GOOD FOR THE PUBLIC TO  KNOW, CAN YOU EXPLAIN THE  COLUMNS LEFT BLANK.  >> COLUMNS IN YELLOW LEFT BLANK  IS BECAUSE WE HAVE PUSHED OUT  OUR PROJECTS. THESE ARE YEARS OF FURTHER  YEARS. THERE'S NO MONEY FOR THESE  PARTICULAR PROJECTS IN FUTURE  YEARS UNTIL YOU GET TO THE FIFTH YEAR. THIS IS A FIVE-YEAR PLAN. WE ARE DEFINITELY KEEPING TO A  TEN-YEAR PLAN. FOR RIGHT NOW NOR THESE  PURPOSES, AFTER THIS YEAR AND  THESE PROJECTS, THERE'S NO  FUNDING GOING FORWARD. WE'RE INTO OUR 302 NOW. THIS IS THE LAST YEAR OF THE  303. THAT'S WHAT THAT MEANS. THERE'S NO MORE FUNDING FROM  THIS POINT FORWARD ON 303.  >> MAYOR: THANK YOU. THAT'S WHAT I WANTED YOU TO  CLARIFY SO EVERYONE IS ON THE  SAME PAGE. MY WORRY IS WHAT HAPPENS  AFTERWARDS. I WASN'T SURE IF STAFF  INTERNALLY HAD DISCUSSIONS  ALREADY OF WHAT WE MIGHT DO WHEN THE TIME COMES IF IT DOES NOT  GET RENEWED OR IS THAT SOMETHING STILL TO BE DEVELOPED.  >> SO MY UNDERSTANDING IS THE  COUNTY LOOKING AT POTENTIALLY  REUPPING THEIR SURTAX IN 2026  FOR REFERENDUM VOTE. I BELIEVE SCHOOL DISTRICT GOING  OUT FOR THEIR PENNY TAX RE-UP. IT IS GOING TO TRANSITION FROM  BASICALLY FULL USE TO ONLY DOING INFRASTRUCTURE AND  TRANSPORTATION. SO WE'RE HOPING THAT THAT  HAPPENS. THAT WILL DEFINITELY BE A GOOD  THINGS FOR THE CITY TO GIVE US A DEDICATED REVENUE SOURCE TO COME INTO THE FUND TO HEAVEN OFFSET  INFRASTRUCTURE AND  TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS.  >> IF THAT DOES NOT OCCUR, THEN  DEFINITELY I HAVE SOME HARD  DISCUSSIONS IN THE FUTURE.  >> SUPER QUICK, ONE OF THE  THINGS I KNOW I'VE SPOKEN TO  STAFF ABOUT AND SUGGESTED IS,  YOU KNOW, WE -- IS LOOKING AT  WHAT WE HAVE OPTIONALLY AS FAR  AS POTENTIALLY A SALES TAX, HALF A PENNY OR WHATEVER, TO CAPTURE  VISITORS AND TRAVELERS AND  PEOPLE THAT COME INTO THE CITY  USING OUR FACILITIES. HOW CAN WE CAPTURE THAT? CAN WE CAPTURE THAT INTERNALLY  WITHIN THE CITY BY DOING A HALF  A PENNY SALES TAX, YOU KNOW, AS  A DEDICATED SOURCE FOR US TO  KIND OF CAPTURE THAT FROM  VISITORS AND TOURISM. SO WE CAN'T -- YOU'RE SHAKING  YOUR HEAD.  >> YEAH, I THINK THAT POINT  ACTUALLY CAME UP.  >> THAT'S ACTUALLY LIMITED --  IT'S A COUNTY. ONLY COUNTIES ARE ALLOWED TO DO  THAT, NOT MUNICIPALITIES. THAT'S NOT SOMETHING WE'RE ABLE  TO DO.  >> ARE THERE OPTIONS, THOUGH,  FOR MUNICIPALITIES? >> TO CAPTURE SALES TAX.  >> NOT THAT I'M AWARE OF. IT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING MY  OFFICE CAN LOOK INTO. I KNOW THAT WE SPECIFICALLY  LOOKED INTO THAT ISSUE, AND IT  WAS NOT SPECIFICALLY THE STATUTE ONLY ALLOWS COUNTIES TO DO THAT. >> I THINK QUEF TO GET CREATIVE. WHAT WE CAN DO AS A CITY WHEN -- ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S KIND OF UP  IN THE AIR AS FAR AS WHAT THE  COUNTY IS GOING TO DO.  >> SOME OF THE THINGS THEY DO  THAT I'VE SEEN IN OTHER  MUNICIPALITIES IS TYPICALLY WITH PARKING FEES AND THOSE SORTS OF  THINGS, WHICH I KNOW PARKING  FEES HERE HAVE NOT BEEN ADJUSTED FOR SOME PERIOD OF TIME. BUT THAT'S TYPICALLY WHERE THEY  USE THOSE FEES FOR THEIR PARKS  AND STUFF LIKE THAT. BUT I CAN CERTAINLY LOOK.  >> IF THERE'S LARGE PROJECTS THE COMMISSION WANTS TO DO IN THE  FUTURE, WE CAN ALWAYS REVISIT  THE GEO BOND. WE WANT TO SAY WE WANT TOOK WAIT UNTIL THE FEDERATE COMES DOWN  WAS ONE OF THE PRIMARY CONCERNS  OF THE BODY. WE CAN ALSO REVISIT THAT AT A  LATER TIME.  >> YES. THE QUESTION, IF THERE IS  PROJECTS I WOULD LIKE TO HAPPEN, YES, THERE DEFINITELY ARE. I THINK IN THE PAST THERE WAS  DISCUSSIONS ABOUT A POTENTIAL  WATER PARK AND PEOPLE KIND OF  JUST PUT THAT ASIDE AS A PIE IN  THE SKY IDEA. THERE'S PLENTY OF THINGS WE  COULD DO BUT NOT RIGHT NEW. BUT WE ARE PLENTY WITH IDEAS. LET'S KEEP GOING. >> OKAY. SO HIGHLIGHT A FEW PROJECTS,  RECREATION AND PARKS HIGHLIGHTED PROJECTS, BARRIER-FREE PARK AREA THAT'S A WORK ZONE. THE EQUIPMENT IS END OF LIFE, SO WE'RE GOING TO PULL THAT WHOLE  AREA UP AND PUT IN A NICE PIP  AREA TO DO AEROBICS AND MAYBE DO OTHER EVENTS THERE. WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO DO BRAND-NEW EQUIPMENT. IF I DID PUT EQUIPMENT I'D PUT A SOLID STATE OVER IT TO NOT RUIN  OUR EQUIPMENT QUICK. BARRIER-FREE, THIS IS PAVILIONS, PATH ROOMS. THAT PARK IS 12 YEARS OLD. IT HAS SOME PAINTINGS BUT DUE. BARRIER FREE THE SAILS HAVE BEEN THERE FOR SOMETIME. THEY TOOK HAIL AND WIND DAMAGE,  THEY DID THEIR TIME. REPLACE THAT AND REJUVENATE THAT PARK. THIS THE CONTINUAL FIELD  MODIFICATIONS, THE IDEAS TO  ENCAPSULATE SIDEWALKS INWARD,  NICE CONCRETE AREA WHERE YOU CAN PUT BENCHES AND SEATS. THEN FROM NICE SYMMETRICALLY  WITH THE OTHER ONE PUT IN THERE, ARTIFICIAL TURF FOR TWO AND TO  THE STAGE. THE PROCESS THAT WE'RE USING, WE CAN'T HAVE LIFE SIZE BECAUSE  WE'RE GOING TO GET WHAT WE HAVE. WE'VE HAD QUOTES TO MAINTAIN  THOSE UP TO $4,000 A YEAR, MAYBE SOMEBODY TO MAKE IT WHERE IT'S  NOT SO COSTLY EVERY YEAR. THAT'S THE THOUGHT PROCESS,  OKAY. THE PARK WE'RE GOING TO PUT THE  SAILS IN, NOW WE'LL LOOK INTO  THE TREES. THAT'S A GOOD IDEA. THIS IS JAYCEE PARK BOARDWALK. WE'RE GOING TO BE REMOVING THAT. SO THIS MONEY IS SET FOR THAT. IT'S A SHAME BUT IT'S ONE OF THE THINGS WE HAVE TO DO.  >> IS THE PLAN STILL TO LEAVE  THE STILTS IN? I THINK THEY ARE CALLED STILTS  OR WHATEVER THEY ARE CALLED.  >> THAT WILL BE DETETLUZ  ENVIRONMENTAL PERMITTING. AS SOON AS ENGINEERING APPROVED  ON THE AGENDA FOR THE 16th WE'LL BE MOVING FORWARD WITH DESIGN  PERMITTING.  >> IT COMES FROM DEPP? >> CORRECT, YES. >> THANKS. >> OKAY. PUBLIC SAFETY PROJECTS. PLANNING ON PUTTING IN A DIGITAL SIGN AT FIRE STATION 3, A PROPER DIGITAL SIGN. 4, BAY FLOOR PAINTING. STATION 4 WAS BUILT IN 2005,  FINISHED OPENING IN 2006, IT'S  18 YEARS OLD. WE HAVE SOME APRON ISSUES AND  BAY FLOOR. THAT BAY FLOOR WAS THE EPOXY  FLOOR. WE'RE GOING TO DRESS UP THAT  APPARATUS FOR FIRE STAFF. FIRE STATION SECURITY STAFF. THOSE ARE NEEDED AND NEED TO BE  REPLACED. FIRE STATION 5 IS GOING TO GET  SOME LOVE. IT NEEDS IT. THAT WAS THE FIRST THING I BUILT WHEN I GOT HERE. WE'RE GOING TO DO SECOND FLOOR  INTERIOR PAINTING. IT'S NEVER BEEN PAINTED ON THE  SECOND FLOOR INTERIOR OF THE  BUILDING. THE EXTERIOR WALLS AND CEILING. THAT BUILDING IS A PRECAST PANEL WALL. THAT MEANS THEY STAND IT UP AND  CAULKING BETWEEN EVERY PANEL  WITHIN EVERY 9 FEET. THAT'S LASTED SINCE 2009. THAT NEEDS DONE. EXTERIOR NEEDS PAINTED. THE ROOF IS 5 INCHES OF CHRON  CRETE, TWO-PART EPOXY SYSTEM. THAT'S WHY IT'S A CATEGORY 5  BUILDING. THAT NEEDS TO BE READDRESSED AND RESEALED AGAIN. PD PHASE TWO AND PD PATROL  LAPTOP REPLACEMENT. EXCELLENT. HIGHLIGHTED PROJECTS. JUST A PICTURE OF A DIGITAL SIGN THAT WILL BE PUT SOMEWHERE IN  FRONT OF 3. I DON'T THINK WE'RE GOING TO GO  WITH THE SAME DESIGN. I'M NOT QUITE SURE HOW THAT'S  WORKING. $25,000 IN FOR THAT ONE. WE'RE PUTTING IN NEARLY HALF A  MILLION DOLLARS INTO FIRE  STATION 5. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY. THIS IS I.T. $75,000 FROM 303 FUND TO OUR  LAPTOP REPLACEMENTS. VERY LOW BUT WE'RE RUNNING  OUT -- TRYING TO DO THE BEST WE  COULD BUDGETING DOLLARS WITH 303 THIS COMING YEAR. TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS. FIVE-YEAR LANDSCAPE MEDIAN PLAN  WILL THIS TIES INTO OUR  BEAUTIFICATION IN OUR STREETS  PROJECT. THAT'S IN CONJUNCTION WITH THAT. THERE'S BIG PLANS FOR THAT  DEPARTMENT. BRIDGE REPAIR, EVERY YEAR BRIDGE MAINTENANCE. SAME WITH DRIVE SAFE BOYNTON. WE WANTED TO UP IT TO $250,000  THIS YEAR. THERE'S SOME IDEAS BEHIND THAT  TO MAKE IT MORE EFFICIENT THAT  WE'LL WORK ON IN-HOUSE. FEC CROSSING, THAT'S ANOTHER ONE THAT'S A GIVEN. OUR SIX CROSSINGS, THAT'S THE  COST OF DOING BUSINESS WITH FEC. THIS IS A LOT OF PLANNING WE'RE  TRYING TO DO THIS YEAR SEE IF WE CAN DO SOMETHING WITH FLORENCE  ROAD.  >> MAYOR: IS THIS PLANTING OF  TREES ALONG THE MEDIAN? IS THAT WHAT THAT IS OR  SOMETHING ELSE? >> THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO  DO. WE'RE WORKING WITH THE COUNTY. IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE A SLOW PROCESS, I IMAGINE.  >> MAYOR: TO BE DEVELOPED. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. >> ADA RAMP. RIGHT NOW WE HAVE AN ASPHALT  RAMP LOWER PARKING LOT, RIDES UP THE HILL. WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO FIX THAT,  FINESSE THAT. THEN AGAIN WE HAVE THE GENERAL  EVERY YEAR $100,000 FOR ADA  SIDEWALKS. THIS YEAR STREET MAINTENANCE IS  ONLY HALF A MILLION DOLLARS. THAT'S A SHAME. IT IS WHAT IT IS. COTTAGES PAVING, THAT WAS AN  AGREEMENT WITH THE DEVELOPER TO  DO THE ROADS AROUND THAT WHOLE  DEVELOPMENT. THEY ARE PAYING A PORTION AND  WE'RE PAYING THE OTHER PORTION. WE'LL GET NEW ROADS AROUND THAT. SIGN HALF A MILLION DOLLARS ANY  PARTICULAR AREA. I HAVE ONE IN MIND. IT'S THE WORST ROAD. WE'LL LEAVE THAT TO BE  DETERMINED AS WELL.  >> KEVIN, EDUCATE ME, UNLESS  YOU'RE ALREADY GOING TO DO IT  LATER DOWN THE PRESENTATION,  WHAT IS INCLUDED IN STREET  MAINTENANCE? >> STREET MAINTENANCE, THAT'S  OUR CATCHALL ACCOUNT TO DO ALL  THE PAVING WE DID THIS YEAR, THE BEGINNING OF THIS YEAR, USUALLY  $1.9 MILLION EVERY YEAR.  >> LIKE THE STREET SWEEPER IS  NOT THERE.  >> NO, SIR. THAT'S OUT OF BUDGETING. THAT'S OUT OF OUR STREET  DEPARTMENT, OUT OF SANITATION  BUT STREETS OVERSEES THAT,  BEAUTIFICATION OF STREETS  DEPARTMENT.  >> WHILE WE'RE ON THIS TOPIC,  THE PAVING PORTION HERE, WE ARE  CURRENTLY OUT TO BID, WE'RE  HOPING TO AWARD GULF VIEW HARBOR PROJECT FOR PAVING. THAT'S COMING UP ON THE 16th. I THINK AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE'VE  RUN INTO ROADBLOCKS WITH USE OF  FUNDS FOR PAVING. IN ORDER TO FACILITATE THAT  PROJECT AND KEEP IT ON SCHEDULE, WE'RE LOOKING AT POTENTIALLY  DELAYING SOME OF THE PROJECTS  YOU'RE SEEING TODAY. THAT HALF A MILLION DOLLARS IN  PAVING WOULD BE DELAYED NEXT  YEAR IF WE GO AHEAD AND AWARD  THAT PROJECT NEXT TUESDAY. IF WE CAN WORK OUT THE STUFF  WITH ARPA, WE WOULD ADD THESE  BACK IN NEXT YEAR IF WE CAN. I WANTED TO GIVE YOU A HEADS-UP, THERE'S A FEW PROJECTS WE'LL  RECOMMEND DELAYING WITH A  MILLION DOLLARS OF THESE FUNDS  TO GO AHEAD AND DO GULF VIEW  HARBOR PROJECT, SIMILARLY FOR  LAKE BOYNTON ESTATES. POTENTIALLY WHEN THAT BID OWES  AND WE KNOW WHAT THE ACTUAL  DOLLARS ARE FOR THAT PROJECT, WE BRING BACK FOR A DISCUSSION ITEM FOR THE COMMISSION TO DISCUSS  EITHER DELAYING PULLING FROM  FUND BALANCE OR HOWEVER WE'RE  GOING TO DO THOSE PROJECTS IF OR DELAY THEM AS WELL. AGAIN, THERE'S SOME QUESTIONS  WE'LL BE BRINGING UP. I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THERE'S A FEW PROJECTS HERE WHEN WE  INITIALLY SUBMITTED CIP THEY MAY GET DELAYED BASED ON CHANGES  WITH ARPA.  >> MAYOR: THANK YOU FOR BEING UP FRONT ABOUT THAT. I DIDN'T REALIZE.  >> THANK YOU, KEVIN AND ANGELA. LET'S KEEP GOING. >> 302 BUDGET. GENERAL GOVERNMENT $2.46  MILLION, 0 HVAC TOTAL RECREATION AND PARKS $2 MILLION 365,000. TOTAL PUBLIC SAFETY, $225,000. TOTAL TRANSPORTATION,  $5,373,000. ARTS AND CULTURAL CENTER,  AUDITORIUM. TRYING TO GET THAT DONE. $1.1 MILLION. THIS IS A PROPOSED BUDGET. WE TOOK THE BEST SHOT AT IT. GIVEN EVERY YEAR. DIGITAL SIGNS. THIS IS THE BALANCE OF THE  DIGITAL SIGNS WE HAD THIS YEAR. $75,000. I BELIEVE WE'RE GOING TO PUT  THOSE ALONG THE FEDERAL HIGHWAY, CIP, TO BE DETERMINED, THAT'S  THE THOUGHT THOSE THREE SIGNS  SOMEWHERE ALONG FOR JULY 4th  EVENTS, CENTENNIAL PARK EVENTS. THAT'S THE MONEY SET ASIDE FOR  THAT. ENTRANCE FEATURE SIGNS. THAT'S DIFFERENT. THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE GOING TO  TREMENDOUS TO GET INTO AND  DESIGN AND PUT A MARK ON THE  CITY. NOT SO MUCH BRANDING BUT YOU'LL  DEFINITELY KNOW YOU'RE IN  BOYNTON BEACH. THAT TIES INTO THE  BEAUTIFICATION OF THE STREETS. LITTLE LEAGUE, IMPROVEMENTS, A  MILLION DOLLARS. WE'LL SEE A SLIDE A LITTLE  FURTHER DOWN ON THAT ONE. PORTABLE BATHROOM TRAILERS. WITH ALL OF OUR EVENTS AND ALL  OF OUR PLASTIC PORTALETTES, IT'S COME TO MIND MAYBE $480,000  WE'LL GET A COUPLE OF BEAUTIFUL  AIR CONDITIONED AND RELOCATABLE  TRAILERS WE CAN DO EVENTS HERE  AND SARA SIMS AND THAT'S THE  THOUGHT PROCESS BEHIND THAT  $180,000.  >> I'M SORRY, DID YOU WANT TO  CHIME IN? >> I JUST WANTED THE MAYOR AND  COMMISSION TO KNOW THESE  PORTABLE BATHROOM TRAILERS WERE  THE RESULT OF THE DEVELOPMENT  AGREEMENT WITH TOWN SQUARE, SO  THESE WILL BE REIMBURSED.  >> GREAT POINT. THAT'S RIGHT. THANK YOU TO STAFF WHO PUT THAT  IN THERE, INTO THE AGREEMENT. YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE. >> ANYWAYS -- I APPRECIATE --  GENERAL GOVERNMENT HIGHLIGHTED  PROJECTS AUDITORIUM FOR $1.1  MILLIMETER. WE HAVE DESIGNS OUT FOR THAT. THAT'S IN FOR PERMITTING RIGHT  NOW. WE SPENT $120,000 TO DESIGN IT  WITH HOPES OF GETTING IT DONE. DIGITAL SIGNS, $75,000, AGAIN,  THAT'S GOING TO BE ALONG THE  EAST SIDE OF THE CITY AND MAYBE  SOME INSIDE. LITTLE LEAGUE, THAT IS A PHASED  PROJECT. THIS IS A -- PROJECT. SHE HAS INNINGS AND OUTS OF  THIS. SHE GAVE THIS TO ME. I HAVEN'T SEEN HER STATEMENT FOR THAT IT LOOKS GREAT. RECREATION AND PARKS. BARRIER-FREE. PICKLEBALL COURT LIGHTING,  $80,000. WE HAVE A PICKLEBALL COURT OUT  THERE. IT'S VERY USED AND WE'RE TRYING  TO PUT SOME LIGHTS ON IT. FOREST PARK, FUTURE PARK. THIS IS ANOTHER GOVERNMENT USE  PROJECT, THIS TIES IN WITH THE  DAIS'S DEAL.  >> NO. RIGHT NOW WE'RE CURRENTLY LOOK  AT WITH THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH  POTENTIAL PURCHASE OF SMALL  PARCEL THERE FOR A NEIGHBORHOOD  PARK IN FOREST PARK. WE'LL BE USING -- THIS IS SLATED TO USE PARK IMPACT FEE DOLLARS  IF WE'RE SUCCESSFUL IN ACQUIRING THAT MARCELL, WE'RE PLANNING TO  DO A SMALL NEIGHBORHOOD PARK  WITH THIS MONEY.  >> THIS SMALL PARKS PROJECTS,  THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS, A  PLAYGROUND GOES DOWN WE CAN GRAB AND BUY AND REPAIR QUICKLY. PARK PROGRAM, THAT'S GOING TO BE A GRANT. SHE'S GREAT. THE CITY IS PUTTING IN $250,000. IT'S ACTUALLY $1,20,000. THE GRANT IS -- WE PAY OUT AND  GET REIMBURSED. MUCH LIKE THAT. CANAL PARK TENNIS COURTS  RESURFACING, GREEN TOWER,  THROUGH PD. I THINK -- ABOUT THAT, THE  BILLING PORTION, GUTS OF IT, THE TOWER ITSELF. SARA SIMS CEMETERY, $350,000. THOSE PLANS ARE DESIGNED AND  BEING DESIGNED RIGHT NOW. THE LAST ONE IS SENIOR CENTER  MASTER PLANNING AND DESIGN. WE'RE TRYING THAT. ALL RIGHT. THEN THE NEXT PAGE WILL BE --  >> KEVIN, ONE SECOND. I REMEMBERED THAT WE'VE HAD  RESIDENTS COME TO US COMPLAINING ABOUT THE SHOOTINGS HAPPENING  MINOR ROAD EAST OF I-95,  REQUESTING FOR MORE LIGHTING. I WANTED TO CIRCLE BACK ON THAT. DO YOU REMEMBER THAT? THERE WAS AT LEAST ONE LADY. YES. I WANTED TO KNOW IF WE'VE  CIRCLED BACK ON THAT AND IF WE  NEED TO MAKE INVESTMENTS WITH  STREET LIGHTING USING THESE  FUNDS.  >> I THINK TYPICALLY WHAT WE DO  WITH FPL IT'S A TARIFF PROGRAM  AND WE ADD IT, THEY --  >> PAY FOR ANY PORTION? >> SOMETIMES FOR DESIGN LIKE  MINOR ROAD LIKE WEST SIDE YOU  MENTIONED. WHEN IT'S IN A NEIGHBORHOOD LIKE THIS AND THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS  THERE AND THEY ADD IT OPT A POLE OR ONE POLE. THEY ADD IT AND ABSORB THE COGS  AND PAY OUR MONTHLY TARIFF FEE. IT ISN'T EVEN A COST THAT MADE  IT TO THE CIP, IT'S UNDER THE  THRESHOLD.  >> I REMEMBER THERE WAS A NEW  SUBDIVISION INSIDE SKY LAKE THAT DIDN'T HAVE ANY STROO  STREETLIGHTS. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU REMEMBER  THAT. IF DESIGN IS WHAT WE COVER, I  ASSUME DESIGN OF FUTURE  LOCATIONS, SKY LAKE OR NOT, DO  WE HAVE FUNDS FOR THAT? >> TYPICALLY FOR SMALL PROJECTS, WE INCLUDE MONEY FOR DESIGN IN  THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT  BUDGET. SO WE HAVE IN OUR OUTSIDE  CONSULTANT FEES THERE, WE HAVE  SMALL PROJECTS THAT COME UP AND  WE USE THAT MONEY THERE.  >> THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO KNOW. THANK YOU, ANDREW. I'M GOING TO PUT A CHECKTON THAT THAT THAT IS ALREADY COVERED.  >> I WILL MENTION WE HAVEN'T  IDENTIFIED THAT PROJECT SO I  WILL CIRCLE BACK TO YOU TO MAKE  SURE WE'RE GETTING THAT PROJECT  INTO THIS SYSTEM.  >> I ASK HOW WE'RE KEEPING TRACK OF THE BOONES THAT AREN'T ON CI  >> THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. I ASSUME STAFF HAS SOME SORT OF  SYSTEM. YES. SOMEBODY ELSE? ALL RIGHT. >> PROJECT WE TALK ABOUT,  BARRIER-FREE PARK, PICKLEBALL  COURTS AND PIONEER CANAL PARK  RAMP WHICH IS WAY OVERDUE AND  WE'RE GOING TO TAKE CARE OF  THAT. AND THE TENNIS COURTS AT PIONEER CANAL PARK. NEXT SLIDE IS THERE'S CEMETERY. GOING TO HAVE NEW FENCING, GOING TO BE EXPANDED AND BEAUTIFIED AS WELL AND MORE PLOTS. DUE TO SAFETY PROJECTS, ONE ITEM ON THERE, BOAT DOCK AND NEW FIRE BOAT. THOSE PLANS ARE DONE. THOSE PLANS ARE IN PERMITTING. THOSE PLANS WILL BE OUT  PERMITTING I ASSUME, ADAM, AND  WE'LL START PRICING THEM. ALWAYS PICKING ON ME. PUBLIC SAFETY PROJECTS  CONTINUED. $75,000 FOR POLICE LAPTOPS. THIS IS THE BOAT RAMP. THAT'S GOING TO PROBABLY BLEED  INTO MORE PROJECTS IN THE  FUTURE. >> IS THAT IT? [ LAUGHTER ] >> IT'S A LITTLE BLURRY BUT THE  GUY HAS A BLACK SHIRT AND JEANS. >> HEIGHT IT RIGHT.  >> BACKING THAT TRUCK,  TAILLIGHTS.  >> LET'S KEEP GOING, PLEASE.  >> ALL RIGHT. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY. PC LAPTOPS, THIS IS THROUGH I.T. FOR I.T. TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS IN THE  302. SOUTHEAST FIRST. THAT'S $3.4 MILLION PLUS  $400,000 FOR THE DM THAT WAS  GOING TO OVERSEE THAT PROJECT. THAT'S FDOT GRANT, $1.5 MILLION  REIMBURSEMENT FROM THEM FOR  THAT. THE NEXT ONE IS SOUTHEAST 36,  THE ONE DOWN BY WALMART AND  THAT'S IN CONJUNCTION WITH NOW  UTILITIES BECAUSE THEY ARE  ADDING WATERLINES TO IT. THAT'S DESIGN ADDITIONAL  WATERLINING IS IN DESIGN. WE HOPE TO GET THAT DRAWING OUT  AND BID EARL FALL ON THAT  PROJECT AND GET IT DONE BEFORE  HURRICANE SEASON NEXT YEAR. LAST ONE, THIS IS A COST SHARE  WITH DOT, SOUTHEAST 6th AVENUE  PEDESTRIAN CROSSWALK, THEY ARE  PUTTING IN THE CROSSWALK. WE'RE PUTTING MONEY TOWARD IT. SO THE NEXT ONE IS REALLY JUST  WE KNOW WHERE SOUTHEAST FIRST IS BUT THAT'S SORT OF A MAP OF IT. THE OTHER ONES POTENTIAL PAVING  RESTORATION PROJECTS. IF THERE WAS FUNDING WE HAVE  ALREADY MAPPED OUT THE ONES WE  CAN GO WITH NO STOPPING, NO  UTILITIES IN YOUR WAY IN-HOUSE  DESIGN CAN GET IT DONE AND  QUICKLY THIS YEAR. ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY. >> ALL RIGHT. COMMISSIONER CRUZ.  >> THANK YOU.  >> THANK YOU. I HAD A BRIEF VERY SHORT  CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS, NOT A  LONG ONE.  >> WHILE YOU'RE SPEAKING, COULD  STAFF JUST ROLL BACK ONE SLIDE  SO I CAN KEEP LOOKING AT IT. KEEP GOING FOR SURE.  >> THANK YOU. WHAT I WANTED TO REQUEST, I  REMEMBER WE INCREASED THE PARK  AND PACK FEES. I REMEMBER THAT'S SOMETHING THAT CAUGHT MY ATTENTION ON MY FIRST  TERM AND FINDING OPPORTUNITIES  TO FIND FUNDING FOR PARKS. WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF PARKS ON  THE WEST SIDE OF THE CITY. WHAT I WANTED TO ADVOCATE FOR  WAS TO GET FUNDING. I SEE THERE WAS ANOTHER PARK  THAT WE'RE PROPOSING FOR FOREST  PARK BUT I ALSO WANTED TO USE  SOME OF THE PARK IMPACT FUND  FEES FOR LEAISUREVILLE PARK. IT'S NOT GOING TO BE MORE  EXPENSIVE, MORE OF A PASSIVE  PARK BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THEY  WANT, BUT I DID WANT TO ALLOCATE MAKE FUNDING FOR THAT PURPOSE. AS WE DO LAKE BOYNTON ESTATES  RESURFACING DOING A U-TURN I  KIND OF WANTED TO DO THAT  SIMULTANEOUSLY SO I WANTED TO  MAKE SURE WE PUT FUNDING ASIDE  FOR PARK IMPACT FEE FOR THAT  PURPOSE.  >> I THINK WE HAVE ABOUT  $500,000 IN THAT ACCOUNT. NO? >> NO, YOU DON'T. YOU HAVE 175K.  >> WE HAVE 175K, SO WE DON'T  EASTBOUND HAVE 250 TO PURCHASE  FOREST HILL.  >> THAT'S PROPERTY ACQUISITION,  I THINK. THERE'S NOT A PARK THERE YET.  >> CORRECT. IT'S A PROPERTY -- WE DON'T HAVE MONEY IN THAT ACCOUNT TO DO THE  PROPERTY ACQUISITION. OKAY. I MUST MISHEARD THEN.  >> COMMISSIONER, DOES IT MATTER  EXACTLY WHERE IT COMES FROM AS  LONG AS THERE'S FUNDING FOR THE  PARK? >> NOT NECESSARILY. IDEALLY, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO  USE THOSE FUNDS, ESPECIALLY  BECAUSE WE DID HAVE THAT  PROPOSED INCREASE TO TRY TO GET  MORE FUNDING FROM THE BUSINESS  COMMUNITY FOR THAT PURPOSE. AS LONG AS WE GET FUNDING FOR  IT.  >> BASED ON THE NUMBERS, THERE  HAS TO BE MULTIPLE SOURCES. ALL RIGHT. STAFF, LOOKS LIKE YOU WERE ABOUT TO SAY SOMETHING.  >> I WAS GOING TO MENTION THE  LEESVILLE PROJECT, THAT'S  SOMETHING WE CAN POTENTIALLY DO  IN-HOUSE COMPARED TO WILL  CINEMAER PROJECTS. WE COULD DO DESIGN HOUSE AND USE MINOR CONSTRUCTION TO DO.  >> ANDERSON.  >> YES, CORRECT. THAT SHOULD BE SOMETHING --  >> IT MIGHT NOT COST --  >> CORRECT. >> CAN WE ADD IT AS A LINE ITEM  SO IT'S ON THE RECORD.  >> WE'LL MAKE SURE WHEN WE GO  TOWARDS -- AS LONG AS THERE'S  MORE CHANGES WE CAN ADD IT FOR  THE BUDGET HEARING IN SEPTEMBER. >> THANK YOU.  >> CAN I QUICKLY COMMENT. QUOTE FISCAL YEAR 2023. JUST LOOKED AT REVENUE REPORT  AND IT'S NOW MUSHROOMED TO 450. THERE IS SOME OTHER REVENUES  THAT CAME INTO THE FUND, SO IT'S UP TO 454 AS WE SPEAK TODAY.  >> OKAY.  >> GOOD.  >> THANKS, TONY.  >> JUST TO RECALL, THE PARK  IMPACT FEE, THAT'S FOR NEW PARKS OR EXPANSIONS OF PARKS.  >> CORRECT.  >> AS WE GET DENSE, WE NEED TO  HAVE GREEN SPACE. THAT FOREST PARK, BEEN HEARING  THAT FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS  GETTING A PARK IN THAT  NEIGHBORHOOD, MY NEIGHBORHOOD. I KNOW A LOT OF THE OLDER  RESIDENTS WANT SOMEWHERE THEY  CAN BE. I KNOW THE CHURCH HAS BEEN  LOOKING AT SELLING THAT PROPERTY AND THEY WANT TO DO SOMETHING  WITH THE CITY. HOPEFULLY THEY CAN GET THAT  DONE. ESPECIALLY WHEN WE HAVE  THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF UNITS COMING ACROSS THE STREET. THAT DENSITY INCREASING, IT'S  FAIR FOR THE RESIDENTS TO HAVE  SOME SORT OF GREEN SPACE.  >> THE RESIDENTS OF DISTRICT 1  DESERVES A PARK.  >> EVERYBODY DESERVES A PARK.  >> EVERYBODY DESERVES A PARK.  >> WE HAVE THE FUNDING.  >> WE HAVE THE FUNDING.  >> WE HAVE THE FUNDING.  >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU, BOTH OF YOU. LET'S KEEP GOING. WE GOT IT. WE'RE MOVING TOWARD THERE WILL  BE MONEY FOR PARKS. WE LOVE THEM. WE LOVE THEM. KEVIN, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO  ADD OR CAN WE KEEP GOING  FORWARD. COMMISSIONER CRUZ, IS THERE  ANYTHING ELSE? SOUNDS LIKE THERE WAS A IT. VICE MAYOR, ANYTHING ON YOU? >> NO.  >> OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE FROM HERE? >> KEVIN, YOU HAVE QUITE A FEW  PROJECTS THERE.  >> NOT AS MONEY AS UTILITIES  UNFORTUNATELY.  >> DID I MISS, WE TALKED ABOUT  THIS BEFORE, THE INFRASTRUCTURE  FOR SOUTH OF MLK AND EAST OF  SEACREST, THAT INFRASTRUCTURE  GOING IN THERE SO WE COULD COME  BACK AND PAVE THOSE STREETS LIKE WE DID ON THE NORTH END? >> YEAH. THAT WAS THE PROJECT POONAM WAS  TALKING ABOUT THAT THEY ARE  LOOKING FOR. THEY ARE DOING THE PLANNING AND  DESIGN RIGHT NOW. THEY ARE WAITING FOR THE AWARD  OF THE GRANT. ONCE THAT GRANT -- ONCE WE KNOW  AND THAT PROJECT -- IF WE GET  THE MONEY, AWARD THE GRANT  MONEY, FORWARD THAT PROJECT  THROUGH TO DESIGN. WE'RE JUST WAITING FOR GRANTS. ONCE THAT'S DONE, IDENTIFY WHAT  ROADS WE COULD PAVE NOW AND WHAT ROADS THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE TO  TEAR UP IN THE FUTURE.  >> OKAY. THAT SOUNDS GOOD. KEVIN, FROM I GUESS A QUALITY  CONTROL STANDPOINT, THERE ARE  ANY REGULAR AUDITS OR  EVALUATIONS OF THE COMPLETED  PROJECT TO ASSESS THEIR  LONG-TERM PERFORMANCE? >> THAT'S THROUGH OUR PARKS  DEPARTMENT. PARKS AND ENGINEERING, STREETS  AND SIDEWALKS. THE GOAL WAS WE'RE RUSHING,  TRYING TO GET STREETS DONE. WE WANT TO PUT ONTO A ROTATIONAL MAINTENANCE OF OUR ROADS, RIGHT? WE'RE ABOUT $9 MILLION AWAY FROM BEING DONE WITH EVERYTHING WITH  THE EXCEPTION OF THE CHAPEL HILL AND RIDGEWOOD ESTATES BEHIND THE CHURCH, GALAXY UP TO MLK. THOSE ARE THE TWO AREAS THAT  HAVE SOME FLOOD ISSUES THAT NEED SOME DESIGN FOR DRAINAGE. SO AS FAR AS BELLS AND WHISTLES  AND CHECKS AND BALANCES ON OUR  INFRASTRUCTURE, YES, THERE IS. THERE NEED TO BE FOR PARKS, WE  HAVE SOME ROLLOVERS RECREATION. I THINK THE NEW DIRECTOR FABIAN, HE'S VERY ENERGETIC. I THINK THAT BETWEEN HIM AND OUR PARKS STAFF, IT'S THE INITIAL  WAY. THEY ARE OUR BIGGEST CUSTOMERS,  PARKS. THEY ARE OUR BIGGEST CUSTOMERS. CIP, THEY ARE OUR BIGGEST  CUSTOMERS. THEY GET THE MOST USE, MOST  VISUAL AND THEY NEED LOOKED AT.  >> WHAT STRATEGIES DO YOU HAVE  IN PLACE TO EXTEND THE LIFE SPAN OF CAPITAL ASSETS? >> OKAY. DEPENDS WHAT THAT ASSET IS. IF IT'S EQUIPMENT AS FAR AS  HVAC, IT'S PROPER MAINTENANCE OF UNITS. VEHICLES, SAME THING. THE VEHICLES ARE DOWN TO A  SCIENCE WITH THE FLEET. IF THERE'S A PARK, THERE'S MANY  ASPECTS OF IT, WHETHER IT'S A  PIP. RIGHT NOW THE CITY BUILT THESE  PARKS, PLAY SURFACE. THERE'S A PRODUCT YOU CAN  CONDITION THE SURFACE. THOSE ARE THE THINGS WE NEED TO  DO. WE'RE ALWAYS REACTIVE. WE HAVE A BRAND-NEW FOOTBALL  FIELD. THAT FOOTBALL FIELD HAS A  CONTRACT FOR MAINTENANCE LIKE  ONE OF THE BEST THINGS IN THE  CITY. WE DID THAT BEFORE WE LEFT THAT  CONTRACTOR ALONE. YES, SIR. WE'RE PAYING FOR THAT. THAT'S IN LINE WITH THE FIELD  MANUFACTURERS THEMSELVES, NOT  SOME OFF THE WALL PEOPLE, FIRST  CLASS, MADE FOR WHAT IT'S FOR. SO TWHAES WE'RE MOVING AS WE'RE  GOING FORWARD. THERE USED TO BE A LOT OF  BAND-AIDING A FEW YEARS AGO. THE MAN OVER THERE STOPPED THAT. >> CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE FIRST  SLIDE WITH THE FUNDING SOURCES? >> FIRST SLIDE.  >> I THINK WHAT KEVIN IS TALKING ABOUT, WITHOUT THE SURTAX WE'VE  HAD A LOT OF DEFERRED  MAINTENANCE. A LOT OF CITIES AND COUNTIES, WE DIDN'T HAVE MONEY TO MAINTAIN  WHAT YOU HAD. YOU LOST PRODUCT. YOU LOST YEARS OF LIFE ON THINGS BECAUSE WE DEFERRED MAINTENANCE. I THINK WHAT KEVIN IS LOOKING -- I'M GLAD YOU'RE BRINGING THIS  UP. I'D LIKE TO GIVE KUDOS TO THIS  COMMISSION. OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS, YOU'RE  ONE OF THE FIRST COMMISSIONS TO  FUND CIP OUT OF THE GENERAL  FUND. 250 LAST YEAR AND 750 THIS YEAR. IF YOU GO BACK TO THE VERY FIRST SLIDE, THAT ONE, YOU CAN SEE  GENERAL FUND FROM 2017 ALL THE  WAY UP TO 2023. ZERO DOLLARS. ZERO DOLLARS. WE'VE RELIED SOLELY ON THE  SURTAX. IT LEAVES US IN A LITTLE BIT OF  A LURCH RIGHT NOW. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A LITTLE  GAP. HOPEFULLY THE COUNTY DOES WHAT  THEY ARE GOING TO DO WITH THE  SURTAX AND EXTENDS IT, WHICH  GIVES US ADDITIONAL REVENUE. THIS IS SOMETHING GOING FORWARD, IN ACTUALITY I GIVE PROPS TO  CHIEF GRUDENER. HIS IDEA OF FIRE ASSESSMENT TO  EASE THAT BURDEN OVER THE NEXT  SEVERAL YEARS, PULLING PUBLIC  SAFETY OUT OF THE CIP AND  FUNDING IT WITH FIRE ASSESSMENT  MONEY IS A BIG WIN FOR US IF YOU GUYS CHOOSE TO APPROVE THAT  TONIGHT. SO I THINK GOING FORWARD WE HAVE MAKE PLANS TO GET FUNDING. IT'S GOING TO GET A LITTLE DICEY IN THE NEXT YEAR OR TWO AND  WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME KIND OF HARD DECISIONS TO MAKE. WE'RE DELAYING SOME PROJECTS TO  GET OTHERS DONE. SOME ASSETS ARE GOING TO HAVE TO BE TAKEN OUT OF SERVICE. THE FISHING PIER IS ONE OF THEM. WE TOOK IT OUT. WE HAVE A PLAN, A GREAT PLAN TO  REPLACE IT, WE JUST DON'T HAVE  THE MONEY NOW. WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO LOOK  FOR GRANTS, REVENUE SOURCES AND  START FUNDING THE CAPITAL PLAN  BACK THE WAY WE USED TO FOR  2017.  >> I SAW BETTY AT THE EZELL  HESTER FIELD GRAND OPENING. FIRST THING SHE SAID TO ME WAS  WHAT'S UP WITH THE FISHING PIER. THE VERY FIRST THING. I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE  ESPECIALLY IN DISTRICT 2 AND  ALONG FEDERAL HIGHWAY, THEY ARE  DEFINITELY INTERESTED IN THAT  FISHING PIER.  >> KEVIN, BEFORE YOU GO AWAY --  >> NOT DONE YET, KEVIN.  >> JUST FOR CLARITY, HOW DO YOU  GO ABOUT PRIORITIZING CIP  PROJECTS? WHAT GOES INTO -- WHAT IS THE  PROCESS? YOU HAVE A LOT ON YOUR PLATE  THERE.  >> IT DEPENDS. WITH OUR STREET PROJECTS, MY  MENTALITY IS THOUGHT PROCESS, I  WANT THEM DONE. RIGHT NOW REJUVENATION OF GULF  VIEW HARBOR AFTER THE TOWN  MEETING, MID JULY, THE RAINS  CAUGHT THEM UP I'M DOWN TOWARDS  THE ENDS OF AUGUST. PRIORITY, IT IS SEASONAL. FIRST WHAT CAN DO QUICKLY TO  SECURE POs. A WINDOW FIRST WEEK OF OCTOBER. ONCE YOU GUYS APPROVE A CIP  PLAN, WHAT I CAN DO WITH  IN-HOUSE STAFF DESIGN OR WRITING SCOPE AND SERVICES FOR MINOR  CONSTRUCTIONS WHERE I'M OUT TO  BID IN SEPTEMBER SO WHEN OCTOBER COMES, I'M GOING TO FIND TONY,  GIVE ME MY POs AND LET ME START  WORKING ON THIS. IN THE REAL WORLD, CONTRACTORS  ARE WINDING DOWN THAT LAST YEAR. THEY WANT TO GET THAT WORK DONE, HAVE A HIGH RETURN ON PROFITS  FOR SHAREHOLDERS. LOOK WHAT WE'VE DONE, CLOSED OFF THIS YEAR STRONG. SO IPT'S ADVANTAGEOUS FOR US TO  DO THOSE THINGS. IT'S ECONOMIC AND WHAT'S COMING  UP WE KNOW ABOUT. IT WOULD BE GREAT IN THE REAL  WORLD, HAY, A FISHING PIER, A  DESIGN. LET'S GO HUNT DOWN SOME GRANTS. LET'S S HAVE DRAWINGS DONE. DRAWINGS ARE FAIRLY CHEAP. MOST OF THE TIME I FIND WITH  GRANTS IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO  SHOW YOU'VE ALREADY INVESTED,  USUALLY MINIMAL, THEY ARE READY  TO GIVE YOU MONEY. THEY KNOW YOU'RE SERIOUS. WE NEED TO SHIFT GEARS A LITTLE  BIT. MAYBE THIS LAW MIGHT BE A  BLESSING IN A WAY TO RETHINK  THESE THINGS.  >> I'M GLAD YOU TOOK THAT TIME  TO EXPLAIN THAT BECAUSE SEVERAL  PROJECTS ON THE BOOKS FOR YEAR  AFTER YEAR AFTER YEAR. NOTHING IS DONE. THERE'S A REASON FOR THAT. I WANT YOU TO ADDRESS THAT  PROCESS.  >> YES, SIR. OUR CIP, PUBLIC WORKS RUNS THE  CIP. SO WE DEAL WITH THE LIBRARY, PD, BRING THEM INTO OUR FOLD. BUT WE CONTROL THE RUN. THE ELECTED BODY SAYS IF WE SELL YOU AND DO THESE PROJECTS AND  YOU AGREE TO IT, I'M UNDER THE  IMPRESSION YOU EXPECT THEM DONE. THAT'S MY MARCHING ORDERS. WHENEVER RUNNING CIP AND I HAVE  PD COME IN THERE AND THEY ARE  NOT ON BOARD OUR LAST CIP WE  NEEDED THIS THIS AS A PROJECT. HERE IS THE SCHEDULE BY THIS  DATE YOU SHOULD HAVE SCOPE OF  SERVICES DONE, SCOPE OF WORK  DONE, SHOULD BE OUTFITTING IT. BY THIS DATE I NEED A PO IN HAND TO MAKE THIS END DATE. GRANTED, SOME PROJECTS ARE  LONGER IN. BUT MOST OF THE ONES WE HAVE,  THIS IS NOTHING I DON'T THINK WE CAN DO IN OUR CIP WITHIN THAT  TIME FRAME EXCEPT FOR HESTER  FOOTBALL FIELD.  >> CARRYOVER OF THOSE HIGH  PRIORITIES.  >> YES, BECAUSE THEY ARE LONGER  LEAD ITEMS. THEY ARE MORE INTENSE. IT'S REALLY GOOD TO COME OUT OF  THE GATES RUNNING AND KNOWS  KNOWING WHAT WE'RE AFTER. THAT'S PART OF WHAT I LIKE. IF YOU HAVE A CLEAR SCOPE OF  SERVICE, EVEN FOR CONSULTANTS,  WE HAVE ROTATIONAL CONSULTANTS  IN THE CITY. IF YOU COME FORWARD WITH A SCOPE OF SERVICE FOR THEM, LET THEM  TELL US SCOPE OF SERVICE HESTER  FOOTBALL FIELD FOR THEM. THIS IS WHAT WE NEED, THIS IS  OUR SERVICE WE EXPECT FROM YOU. WHAT I'VE FOUND TAKING OVER THIS SITUATION, CONCERNING SERVICES,  WE GET CONSTRUCTION AND  ADMINISTRATION'S PROPOSALS ONCE  CONS CONSULTANT GAVE US A DESIGN, IT  WAS INFLATED, SO MANY HOURS  PAYROLL CHECK PAYOUTS FROM  CONTRACTORS. WHY ARE WE DOING THAT? THAT'S A WASTE OF MONEY. I CUT THEM DOWN. WE HAD ONE INDUSTRIAL WAY, THIS  IS ONE OF MY BEST, CAME AT 174,  KNOCKED THEM DOWN TO 20,000,  SAVED 146. THERE WAS CHANGE ORDERS. BY BEING FOCUSED ON THOSE  PROJECTS, WE ACTUALLY DID THE  PROJECTS FOR 24,000 LESS THAN  THE ORIGINAL PO. THAT'S WHAT CONSTRUCTION  SERVICES DOES. WHEN YOU'RE FOCUSED AND INTO IT, THAT'S WHAT YOU NEED. YOU NEED THAT WITHOUT A BUNCH OF DIFFERENCE -- THAT'S WHAT  HAPPENED WHEN CREATED THIS  CONSTRUCTION DEPARTMENT. ZERO SAME THING HAPPY WITH  BEAUTIFICATION OF THE STREETS. THAT'S THE WAY I WORK. METHODICAL. >> THANK YOU, KEVIN, FOR PUTTING THAT OUT THERE.  >> ALL RIGHT. >> GIVE KIFFIEVIN HIS KUDOS. OVER THE LAST YEARS HE TOOK OVER CONSTRUCTION SERVICES. TONY CAN SAY COMPLETED MORE IN  THE LAST THREE YEARS THAN THE  FIVE OR SIX I'VE BEEN HERE. YOU'VE SEEN HIS TEAM, AND HIS  TEAM IS FALL. IT'S A VERY SMALL TEAM. HE DOESN'T HAVE A HUGE STAFF,  THEY CRANK OUT THEIR STAFF,  CRANK OUT PURPOSEFULLY WITH THE  CONTRACTORS AND CONVENIENT DOORS AND SAVING THE CITY MONEY. HIS TEAM HAS SAVED THE CITY  MILLIONS OF DOLLARS AND WE  APPRECIATE IT, KEVIN.  >> PROBABLY NEED TO DROP THE  INTERIM TITLE, HUH.  >> I'M JUST DOING WHAT I'M  DOING. I'M QUITE HAPPY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WHATEVER YOU NEED.  >> WE'LL GET HUGH TO GET UP HERE ON YOUR BEHALF.  >> WE HAVE A SEAT FOR YOU.  >> IF THAT'S THE CASE --  >> THANK YOU, SIR.  >> THANK YOU, KEVIN.  >> NEXT FUND, 303, SURTAX.  >> WE JUST DID THAT.  >> SORRY. BOTH WERE INCLUDED" SHIP AND  CDBG. SORRY TO SCARE YOU, KEVIN.  >> PLEASE DON'T MAKE ME DO THAT  AGAIN. >> COMMISSIONER, COMMUNITY  IMPROVEMENT MANAGER RAMIREZ. THIS ITEM IS BUDGETED, TWO  GRANTS, DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT  AND SHIP GRANT. THESE ARE FORMULA GRANTS CITY  GETS EACH YEAR. THE ALLOCATION DEPENDS ON  DIFFERENT FACTORS. FORMULA THAT COMES FROM THE  STATE OF LEGISLATURE. SO JUST GOING TO TALK ABOUT  WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN -- WHAT'S HAPPENING THIS YEAR, 2024-'25. WHEN IT COMES TO 265,000, 361,  THAT IS JUST TO PAY THE STAFF. THAT IS PAID BY THESE TWO  GRANTS. THAT'S FOR MY POSITION AND ALSO  THE CONSTRUCTION COORDINATOR  THAT ASSISTS ME WITH THE  REHABILITATION PROJECTS. SO THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE  2023-2024 AND 2024-2025 ON CDBG  GRANTD LAST YEAR $322,000, THIS  YEAR, UNDERSTAND WITH CDBG  GRANT, CDBG GRANT RUNS IN AN  EIGHT-YEAR CYCLE MEANING WHEN WE GET A GRANT WE HAVE EIGHT YEARS  TO EXPAND IT. MEANING I CAN WORK WITH 2018  FUNDS STILL THAT WOULDN'T EXPIRE UNTIL NEXT YEAR. I'M RUNNING MULTIPLE YEARS ON  THESE TWO GRANTS ON THE SHIP  GRANTS LAST YEAR 913,982. THIS GRANT IS NOT GOING TO  EXPIRE UNTIL 2027. SO I'M WORKING JUST LAST JUNE,  FISCAL 2021 AND CLOSE IN 2024. 2024, 2025 THE SHIP GRANT WENT  DOWN TO $622,748. THIS ONE IS GOING TO START ON  2024 IS NOT GOING TO EXPIRE ON  2027. SO AT THIS POINT, I'M JUGGLING  MULTIPLE YEARS DOING THESE TWO  GRANTS AND EXPENDITURES  HAPPENING DURING THESE DIFFERENT YEARS. SO SOMETHING TO UNDERSTAND  THERE. SO THE SUCCESS OF THIS GRANT IS  WE CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THE  SERVICES TO LOW INCOME  COMMUNITY, HOUSING PROGRAMS IS  ONE OF THEM, SO PUBLIC SERVICES. SOME OF THE ONES WE PROVIDE  ELDERLY ASSISTANCE WE'RE FUNDED  RIGHT NOW AND ALSO PROVIDING  FAIR HOUSING, WHICH IS FOR THE  CITY BECAUSE WE HAVE $19.6  MILLION IN GRANT THAT REQUIRE  THE ELEMENT OF FAIR HOUSING,  FAIR HOUSING COORDINATOR, WE  PARTNER WITH A NONPROFIT  ORGANIZATION PROVIDE TO BE ABLE  TO COMPLY WITH THESE GRANTS. SOME OF THE PROVIDE FOR THIS IS  PURCHASE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM,  REHAB FOR ELDERLY AND DISABLED. THERE IS A GRANT THAT GOES TO  THE INDIVIDUALS HOME OWNERS THAT ARE 62 AND OLDER OR DISABLED AND ALSO REHABILITATION PROGRAM,  15-YEAR LOAN ALSO PROPERTY HOUSE AND PROGRAMS. TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA WHAT WE HAVE ALREADY IN PROGRESS,  $4,235,198.02 ARE FUNDS THAT  HAVE BEEN COMMITTED THAT HAS  GONE OUT TO THE LOW INCOME  COMMUNITY IN DIFFERENT PROJECTS  AND ACTIVITIES. SO FROM THE GRANT FUND, $1  MILLION. ONCE AGAIN THESE ARE MULTIPLE  YEARS RUNNING IN THESE  EXPENDITURES. OUT OF THAT, SPENT ABOUT  $982,584 IN REHABILITATION FOR  15-YEAR FORGIVABLE YEAR. PURCHASE ASSISTANCE. $200,000 IN RAPID REHOUSING. SO WITH THE CDBG, $2,681,9388. SOME OF THAT HAS GONE TO  REHABILITATION PROGRAM TO ASSIST THE HE WOULD EARLY AND DISABLED. 26 HAS BEEN FOR SENIOR, ELDERLY  OR DISABLED. THEN WE HAVE SOME FUNDS,  MENTIONED THESE PROGRAMS RUNNING SIMULTANEOUSLY, WE HAVE $1.3 --  $1,363,784.90 THAT WE HAVE UNTIL 2026 TO SPEND. NOW WE GO TO THE FISCAL YEAR  2024 THAT WILL EXPIRE IN 2027. $622,628 THAT WE GET ON THIS  YEAR EXPIRE IN 2027 FOR SHIP  GRANT. WITH CDBG GRANT, $565,144. THAT IS THE GRANT IS GOING TO GO FROM 2024 WE HAVE EIGHT YEARS TO SPENDS IT TO 2032. OUT OF THE CDBG GRANT WE HAD AND THEN WE HAVE THE PART OF IT WHICH IS UP TO 15% WITH THIS 84,771. AND THE OTHER ONE IS 65% THAT CAN GO TOWARDS OUR ACTIVITIES WHICH IS $367,943. OUT OF THAT PORTION COMES THE $90,000 THAT GOES TOWARDS THE CONSTRUCTION COORDINATOR, AND ONE THE REASONS WE CAN JUSTIFY THAT POSITION IS BECAUSE THE HOUSING ELEMENT HAS TO BE IN THE CDBG GRANT TO JUSTIFY THAT POSITION. THE ONLY CHALLENGES I HAVE RIGHT NOW IS THE PURCHASE ASSISTANT. EACH THOUGH THE MARKET IS COOLING DOWN A LITTLE BIT, THE PEOPLE THAT PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAM, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE SLG A HARD TIME COMPETING WITH CASH OFFERS OUT ON THE MARKET, ALSO THE PRICES OF HOUSES AND LOW INCOME INDIVIDUALS ARE HAVING A HARD STIEM TO MEET THE RATIOS TO BUY THE HOME. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE. >> QUESTIONS? >> GO AHEAD, I DON'T WANT TO GET YELLED AT, SO YOU GO FIRST. >> COMMISSIONER CRUZ? >> I DID HAVE ONE QUESTION, AND THEN ONE OTHER QUESTION I HAD WHEN WE STARTED THE BUDGET, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, I THINK THIS IS ONE OF THE DEPARTMENTS THAT WE ADDED LIKE A COORDINATOR POSITION, AND I REMEMBER TALKING TO YOU ABOUT IT DURING LAST YEAR'S BUDGET. I WANTED TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENED WITH THAT. DID WE EVER POST THAT? DID ANYBODY GET HIRED? >> I DON'T WANT TO STEAL CANDICE'S THUNDER ON THAT. >> CHIEF OF STAFF, CITY MANAGER. WE HAD INTERVIEWS LAST WEEK AND WE OFFERED SOMEONE A POSITION, BUT WE'RE HAVING TO GO BACK OUT BECAUSE THEY STAYED WHERE THEY WERE CURRENTLY EMPLOYED, BUT WE DO HAVE THAT BACK ON THE STREET. I THINK WE'RE GOING TO CHANGE IT TO AN ANALYST TYPE OF POSITION. IT WAS GOING TO BE A GRANTS COORDINATOR AND THAT WAS GOING TO SERVICE MUNI AND GRANTS, AS WELL AS R.J. AND COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT. WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK OUT AND MAKE IT AN ANALYST POSITION BECAUSE WE NEED A LITTLE BIT OF ACCOUNTING TO ASSIST. >> OKAY. >> SO THAT'S WHERE WE CURRENTLY ARE. >> AND WHAT'S THE AMOUNT BUDGETED FOR IT BECAUSE I DON'T SEE IT ON THIS? >> WE JUST INCREASED IT A LITTLE BIT, IN THE HIGH TO MID 50s AND WENT ALL THE WAY UP TO 77 IS WHAT WE HAD IT AT AS OF TODAY. WE'RE GOING TO WORK WITH OUR HR STAFF TO GET IT BACK OUT. IT'S GOING TO BE ON A FEW DIFFERENT LOCATIONS, OUR WEBSITE, AS WELL AS FGOA, AND A COUPLE OF OTHER PLACES, SO WE CAN GET THE BEST CANDIDATE TO HELP BOTH SECTIONS OUT. >> THAT'S REALLY WONDERFUL, THANK YOU. THAT WOULD BE UPDATED FOR THE PERS PERSONNEL. SO IT WILL BE HERE AND A NICE CUSHION, OKAY, SOUNDS GOOD TO ME. THANK YOU. >> YOU'RE WELCOME. >> COMMISSIONER TURKIN, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING? >> KEEP IT IN ORDER. GO AHEAD. ALL RIGHT, JUST THE SUPPORT FOR WHAT AMANDA HAD REQUESTED FOR THE BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT GRANTS. YOU KNOW, I KNOW WE WERE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT LATER, SO I JUST WANTED TO SHOW MY SUPPORT FOR THAT. I THINK IT'S A UNIQUE WAY TO UTILIZE THESE FUNDS AND SO SUCCESSFUL. THAT ECONOMIC GRANT IS SUPER SUCCESSFUL. HOW QUICK DOES IT RUN OUT, ADAM? [SPEAKER OFF MIC] >> YEAH, SO ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO HELP PROMOTE LOCAL BUSINESS, I THINK IT'S A WIN. >> CHAIR: COMMISSIONER HAY, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING? >> NO, I WAS JUST LOOKING AT THE CHALLENGES THAT HE STATED, TRYING TO THINK ABOUT HOW WE CAN BE OF ASSISTANCE THERE. I JUST THINK, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES WE CAN INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF THE DOWN PAYMENT OR CLOSING COSTS THAT'S AVAILABLE TO MAKE OFFERS MORE COMPETITIVE, MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT. WE CAN INTRODUCE ADDITIONAL LOCAL FUNDING AND PARTNER WITH NONPROFITS TO OFFER SUPPLEMENTALRY FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, THOSE KIND OF THINGS. WE NEED TO START THINKING OUT-OF-THE-BOX. THIS IS A CHALLENGE THAT WILL INCREASE RATHER THAN DECREASE. WE NEED TO, MAYBE NOT RIGHT NOW, BUT WE REALLY NEED TO START THINKING IN THOSE DIRECTIONS, OKAY. >> IF I MAY ANSWER THAT, COMMISSIONER HAY. SO WHEN WE DO A CLOSING, WE DEFINITELY PARTNER WITH OTHERS SUCH AS HABITAT FOR HUMANITY, SUCH AS HOUSES THEY DID IN THE CITY. A YEAR AGO, WE INCREASED THOSE AMOUNTS THAT GO TO DIFFERENT INCOME CATEGORIES, SO A LOW INCOME INDIVIDUAL CAN GET UP TO $95,000 IF IT'S A NEW UNIT OR ASSISTANCE TO BE ABLE TO OFFSET THE ARREAR THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO AFFORD THE HOUSE F IT'S AN EXISTING UNIT, A LOW INCOME INDIVIDUAL CAN GET 65,000, A VERY LOW INCOME CAN GET UP TO 75,000 IN ASSISTANCE. THOSE LIMITS WERE INCREASED WITH THAT IN MIND. THE ONLY THING THAT IS A CHALLENGE IS TO BE ABLE TO KEEP THEM OUT OF THERE, FOR THEM TO AFFORD A HOUSE, SO TO KEEP IT WHEN THE LOAN RUN BECAUSE WE WE TRY TO GET SOMEONE INTO THE HOUSE THAT WHAT THEY CALL IT, QUOTE UNQUOTE, FO AFFORDABLE HOUSING RIGHT NOW IS $528,000 F YOU THINK A HALF MILLION DOLLARS, A VERY LOW INCOME INDIVIDUAL CANNOT AFFORD SOMETHING LIKE THAT, EVEN IF YOU PUSH IN 75, $75,000 BECAUSE THAT IS NOTHING. JUST CLOSING COSTS IS OVER $25,000, SO IT IS A VERY, VERY, VERY CHALLENGE FOR THEM. THE LOWER INCOME INDIVIDUALS WHO CAN'T AFFORD HOUSES, HOWEVER, BECAUSE GRANT LIMITATIONS DOESN'T. [INDISCERNIBLE] THIS GRANT COMES WITH LIMITATION WITH SET ASIDE LIKE THIS DAIS SO MANY TIMES, AND THAT IS THE CHALLENGE. I HAVE TO ABIDE TO THOSE GUIDELINES FOR ME TO BE ABLE TO ASSIST THOSE INDIVIDUALS, SO WHEN I'M TRYING TO ASSIST SOMEONE THROUGH PERSONAL ASSISTANCE, FOR INSTANCE, WITH $622,000 WHERE $75,000 HAS TO GO TOWARDS CONSTRUCTION, MEANING WE HAVE LIMITATIONS, SO 50 PRRPT OF THAT AMOUNT, ABOUT $93,000 OF CAN IT GO TOWARDS PURCHASE ASSISTANCE. I CAN USE IT FOR ASSISTANCE OR USE FOR RAPID REHOUSING. LAST TIME YOU ASKED HOW MANY HAVE BEEN ASSISTED AND PLACED INTO HOMES, SO I DIDN'T GO THROUGH HOW MANY APPLICATIONS, BUT JUST TO GIVE YOU A RUNDOWN ON THINGS AND HOW MANY HOMELESSNESS INDIVIDUALS HAVE BEEN PLACED, I PROCESSED JUST IN THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF 155 APPLICATIONS, 96 PARTIAL ASSISTANCE, 36 HOUSING APPLICATIONS -- [INDISCERNIBLE] WHL SI SINGLE HANDED I PLACED 18 HOMELESSNESS INDIVIDUALS THAT WANTED TO BE HELPED INTO PERMANENT PLACE. >> VERY GOOD, VERY GOOD. >> AWESOME. >> THANK YOU, THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. YEAH, THAT DESERVES IT. [APPLAUSE] >> THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. GOOD JOB. >> RJ, I HAVE ONE QUICK QUESTION. ON THE CHALLENGE HAVING WITH THE PURCHASE ASSISTANCE, DO WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING WITH THE FUNDS THAT YOU'VE ALLOCATED FOR THOSE SO WE DON'T JEOPARDIZE LOSING THIS EM? >> NOT AT ALL. >> OKAY. >> THE WAY THIS PROGRAM WORK ASSIST THROUGH CDBG, THROUGH A SERIES OF AMENDMENTS I CAN REALLOCATE FUNDS. >> OKAY. >> SO IN ORDER FOR ME TO BE ABLE TO MEET THE TIMELINESS WITH THE  CDBG FUNDS. ONE AT -- WE ALLOW SOME FUNDS TO PURCHASE FOUR UNITS FOR ELDERLY TO BE ABLE TO RENT, WE WERE ONLY TO BUY TWO OF THEM THAT ARE ELDERLY CAN BUY IN HERE WITHIN THE NEXT TWO MONTHS BECAUSE THERE WAS A LIMITATION FROM HOA. SO NOW THOSE FUNDS THAT WERE LEFTOVER FROM THAT WILL BE ABLE TO BE REALLOCATED AND PUT INTO THE GALAXY PARK IMPROVEMENT. WHEN IT COMES TO THE SHIP PROGRAM, THOSE FUNDS I CAN MOVE THEM BACK AND FORWARD SO WHEN I PRESENT TO YOU A LHAC AND IT HAS THAT FIGURE OF HOW MANY INDIVIDUALS CAN HELP IN DIFFERENT CATEGORIES, THAT IS JUST A FIGURE OF SPEECH BECAUSE ALONG THE WAY, I CAN BE ABLE TO SWITCH THE PROGRAMS. FOR INSTANCE, WE GIVE A 1 HUND THUD DOLLARS TO ASSIST HOMELESSNESS INDIVIDUALS AND THIS HE WERE ONLY ABLE TO ASSIST FIVE INDIVIDUALS. THEY ALL WERE GIVEN ONLY TO ASSIST THESE FIVE DIDS CAN $30,000, SO BECAUSE OF WHAT I FOUND DISCREPANCIES ON THE FILE, THEY WAY THEY WERE KEEPING IT, I PULLED THEM ON THE BACK END AND I'M UTILIZING THOSE FUNDS TO BE ABLE TO ASSIST HOMELESSNESS INDIVIDUALS WITH THOSE FUNDS, SO WHEN THE PROGRAM INCOME COMES BACK TO ME, I'M ABLE TO SWITCH THEM AROUND TO SEE WHERE I CAN FIT THEM TO BE ABLE TO ASSIST THE COMMUNITY.T ALLOWS ME BECAUSE THAT DOESN'T HAVE TO MEET A 75% CONSTRUCTION SET ASIDE THAT I CAN PUT THAT TOWARD ASSISTANCE OR TO BE ABLE TO ASSIST HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS. >> I THINK THAT'S GREAT, R.J. I THINK IT'S GREAT YOU'RE STAYING ON TOP OF IT AND RECOGNIZING WHEN THEY'RE NOT HOLDING UP THEIR END OF THE BARGAIN SO WE CAN UTILIZE THOSE FUNDS. DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANYTHING? >> ONE QUICKIE. MENT HAVE YOU LOOKED AT DO WE HAVE FLEXIBLE LOAN REPAYMENT TO EASE THE BURDEN ON THE BUYER, GIVE THEM SOME KIND OF -- >> SO ONCE AGAIN, WHEN I WORK WITH REALTORS AND THE LOAN OFFICERS AND EVERYTHING ELSE, WE TRY TO FIND ANY ASSISTANCE THAT IS OUT THERE TO BE ABLE TO ASSIST INDIVIDUALS.  IF THERE'S A WAY THAT ANOTHER GRANT CAN BE ABLE TO ASSIST, LIKE BANK OF AMERICA OR CITI, THEY HAVE SOMETHING THAT CAN ASSIST WITH THE CLOSING COST THAT DOESN'T REQUIRE THEM TO HAVE A SECOND MORTGAGE. THIS ONE, THIS GRANT, THEY ARE BECAUSE THEY'RE MANY COMING FROM ALMOST THE SAME SOURCES, THEY'RE REQUIRED FOR THEM TO BE IN SECOND POSITION. THE CITY IS IN SECOND POSITION WHEN YOU ASSIST SOMEONE WITH $85,000 FOR INSTANCE, I'M JUST ABOUT TO CLOSE A HOUSE WITH HABITAT, 85,000 WILL BE GIVEN TO A SINGLE MOTHER TO BE ABLE TO BUY A HOUSE, SO WE ARE GOING TO PUT A MORTGAGE ON THEM FOR 15 YEARS ON A SECOND POSITION, SO WHEN ALL THE GRANTS THAT THEY ARE REQUIRED TO BE IN SECOND, WE HAVE TO BE SECOND FOR US TO BE ABLE TO ASSIST THEM, BUT WE DEFINITELY LOOK AT OTHER VENUES TO ASSIST THIS LOW INCOME INDIVIDUAL IN ORDER FOR THEM TO GET INTO A HOME. >> THANK YOU. >> RJ, I THINK THE COMMISSIONER WAS ALSO ALLUDING TO SECTION 108, LOAN GUARANTEE PROGRAM, WHETHER OR NOT WE UTILIZE THAT? >> WELL, THAT IS A LOAN THAT THE CITY WANTS TO GET INVOLVED IN THAT, THAT IS PROVIDED. THAT IS SOMETHING ELSE THAT IF, YOU KNOW, WE CAN LOOK INTO IT AND TO BE ABLE TO GET THOSE LOANS, BUT IT'S A LOAN THAT CAN'T BE UTILIZED FOR SECTION 8. I THINK WE CAN GET AROUND 2 AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS IN SECTION 108 IN THE CITY, BUT IT'S NOT A REQUIREMENT THAT NEEDS TO BE MADE IN ORDER FOR US TO GET THAT. >> Vice Mayor: THANK YOU. >> TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE ACTION PLAN IN WHAT COMMISSIONER TURKIN WAS TALKING ABOUT IN THE RECOMMENDATION THAT WAS PROVIDED IN THE APPLICATION, ALSO NEEDED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THAT WILL BE A DECISION THAT THE COMMISSION IS GOING TO DECIDE ON IT IDENTITY AUGUST 6TH SO AT THAT TIME, YOU CAN DISCUSS A RECOMMENDATION. AT THIS TIME, I SUBMITTED THE PLAN FOR ACTUAL PUBLIC VIEWING, THAT ITEM IS GOING TO BE PRESENTED TO YOU ON THE SIXTH AND YOU WILL DECIDE WHICH WAY TO GO TO BE ABLE TO MOVE WITH THOSE FUNDS. SO AGAIN; IT IS UP TO THE COMMISSION TO MAKE THE FINAL DECISION. THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO BE ABLE TO ASSIST THE ELDERLY OR DISABLED VEHICLES BECAUSE THERE'S A WAITING LIST IN ORDER TO FIX THEIR HOME. YOU WILL GET THIS ITEM BEFORE YOU ON AUGUST 6TH. >> Vice Mayor: THANK YOU, R.J. I THINK THAT IS -- IS THAT -- I THINK THAT'S GOOD. I THINK WE'VE -- I DON'T THINK ANYONE HAS ANY MORE QUESTIONS, SO THANK YOU, R.J. THANK YOU, CAN DIS. CANDACE. >> THANK YOU. >> Vice Mayor: I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY OTHER FUNDS THAT WE WANTED TO TALK ABOUT. >> I DON'T HAVE ANY. >> CHAIR: SO WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO PUBLIC AUDIENCE. YES, AS ALWAYS, IT'S THREE MINUTES PER PERSON. THIS IS  NOT A Q&A. THE SAME RULES APPLIES. THE SPEAKER MUST ADDRESS TO THE COMMISSION. INSULTS -- YOU WILL BE ASKED TO LEAVE SHALL YOU VIOLATE THE RULES. AFTER WEE CONCLUDED IN PERSON, WE'LL GO TO THOSE ONLINE. COMMISSIONER TURKIN, ARE YOU GOOD WITH THE CLOCK? ALL RIGHT, GO AHEAD. >> HERE IT IS. TWO THINGS. I HOPE LIGHTNING DOESN'T STRIKE ME WHEN I SAY THIS. I KNOW THE FIRE CHIEF'S PRESENTATION OF ASKING FOR A 25-DOLLAR INCREASE IN THE FIRE ASSESSMENT IS A GOOD IDEA, AND THE REASON WHY I'M SAYING THAT IS BECAUSE FIRE STATION THREE IS AN ABOMINATION. IT'S CRIMINAL TO HAVE THESE GUYS AND THOSE GALS IN THERE, AND IF THAT FIRE ASSESSMENT OR THAT PORTION OF THE FIRE ASSESSMENT WHERE YOU GO TO BUILDING THAT IN THE WAY THAT IT WOULD WORK OVER A 15-YEAR PERIOD IS A GOOD WAY TO GO BECAUSE BACK WHEN THIS COMMISSION WANTED TO DO A BOND ISSUE, AND BASICALLY, YOU GUYS MADE PERFECT THE ENEMY OF GOOD BY WANTING EVERYTHING WHEN SHOULD HAVE REALLY GONE FOR 35 OR $40 MILLION, SO I HOPE YOU DO THE INCREASE IN THE FIRE ASSESSMENT SO THAT INCREASE CAN BE TARGETED AND EARMARKED FOR DOING THE FIRE STATION REBUILD, WHICH SHOULD START LIKE YESTERDAY. THE OTHER THING IS IN KEVIN'S PRESENTATION ABOUT THE MEADOWS PARK, IN IT THE PAST, EVERY COMMISSIONER SINCE MARLENE ROSS GOING FORWARD, EXCEPT FOR THE CURRENT COMMISSIONER, AND SHE AND I HAVE RECENTLY COMMUNICATED ABOUT IT, THAT PARK IN THE MEADOWS, THERE WAS A PLAN PRESENTED FOR UNDER A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS, IT COULD HAVE BEEN TURNED INTO AN EXTREMELY PASSIVE PARK. NO RESTROOMS, NO PARKING, NO ANYTHING, AND BASED ON THE MONEY THAT WE HEARD OVER THERE, WE SHOULD GET THAT DONE RIGHT AWAY, AND I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. >> Vice Mayor: THANK YOU, MR. KATZ. MS. REED REIDY IS ON HER WAY UP. >> GOOD EVENING, MY NAME IS BARBARA R REIDY. I HAVE SOME COMMENTS ABOUT LUMPING. WE SEEMED TO HAVE LUMPED TOGETHER SEVERAL DEPARTMENTS. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S A COST SAVING MEASURE TO AVOID TO HIRE THE PROFESSIONALS THAT WE NEED TO LEAD THESE DEPARTMENTS OR WHAT IT IS, BUT ART IN PUBLIC PLACES AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION ARE BEING CAUSED QUALITY DECISIONS ARE FALLING THROUGH THE CRACKS. WE'VE GOT COMING UP IN FEBRUARY, AND WE WERE PARTNERED WITH THE WORLDWIDE KINETIC ORGANIZATION. WHO IS REACHING OUT TO THEM? HOW ARE THE PLANS COMING FOR THE KINETIC ART EXHIBIT? WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY, A PROFESSIONAL IN CHARGE. HISTORIC PRESERVATION, OUR PLANNER WAS ABLE TO OVERSEE OUR RENOVATIONS AT THE WOMEN'S CLUB. THE WINDOWS HAD TO BE PARTICULAR WINDOWS IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN OUR STATUS ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER. YOU CAN'T JUST SLAP WINDOWS FROM HOME DEPOT INTO A BUILDING LIKE THAT. AND THE OTHER NIGHT, KELLEY MENTIONED THAT THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE FRONT DOOR, WHICH RAISES A CONCERN FOR ME BECAUSE IF IT'S THE FRONT DOOR, DETAILS LIKE WHAT DOORS ARE CHOSEN TO REPLACE WHATEVER NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. THESE ARE DETAILS THAT ARE SUFFERING BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE DEPARTMENT HEADS FOR THESE, YOU KNOW, THESE PARTICULAR TWO DEPARTMENTS THAT I'M PASSIONATE ABOUT. THE OTHER NIGHT OR AT OUR LAST HISTORIC RESOURCES BOARD MEETING, WE MOVED TO ADD THINGS TO OUR LOCAL REGISTER AND IT'S FALLING THROUGH THE CRACKS, AMONG SEVERAL OTHER THINGS THAT ARE ON OUR TO-DO LIST. WARREN ADAMS, THE PREVIOUS PLANNER THAT WE LOST SEVEN YEARS AGO WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN ESTABLISHING OUR PROGRAM, AND HE IS A VERY GOOD PROFESSIONAL, BUT HE LIVES IN MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA. I'M NOT SO SURE WE CAN COUNT ON HIM TO TROT DOWN HERE TO BE A CONSULTANT WHEN WE NEED HIM. IN MY LAST COMMENT IS, I'M ALSO CONCERNED THAT THERE ARE UNFUNDED MANDATES COMING DOWN FROM TALLAHASSEE THAT Y'ALL NEED TO BE CONSIDERING BECAUSE THOSE UNFUNDED MANDATES COST MONEY, TOO, I'M POSITIVE OF IT. PLEASE GIVE US SOME PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, FOR THESE DEPARTMENTS, THEY'RE IMPORTANT. CULTURE IS IMPORTANT. THANKS. >> Vice Mayor: THANK YOU, MS. REIDY. IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK DURING PUBLIC COMMENT? NOW IS THE TIME. I DON'T SEE ANYONE COMING FORWARD. THERE'S NO ONE ONLINE, SO PUBLIC COMMENT IS NOW CLOSED. SO WE'RE MOVING NOW TO OTHER, TO THE PROPOSED RESOLUTION, TO 4A. >> PROPOSED RESOLUTION, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH BOULEVARD, ADOPTING A MILLAGE RATE FOR 2024-2015, STATED A ROLLED BACK RATE AND SETTING THE DATE, TIME, AND PLACE OF THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING, PROVIDED FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE, AS AMENDED BY THIS COMMISSION TO THE RATE OF 7.800. >> Vice Mayor: ARE WE -- IS THIS UP FOR DISCUSSION AT THIS POINT? >> YES. YOU CAN DISCUSS AND THEN TAKE A VOTE OR IF THERE'S NO DISCUSSION, THEN YOU CAN MOVE TO APPROVE IT AS AMENDED. >> Vice Mayor: OKAY. >> GO AHEAD, COMMISSIONER CRUZ. >> I SUPPORT. >> ALL RIGHT. >> Vice Mayor: COMMISSIONER HAY, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS ON THIS? >> WOMEN, I JUST WANT IT TO BE 7.8 AND I'M SATISFIED, OKAY. 7.8. >> Vice Mayor: COMMISSIONER TURKIN. >> YES, MA'AM, I'M GOOD TO GO, 7.8. >> Vice Mayor: CAN I HAVE A MOTION? >> MOTION TO APPROVE THE RATE OF 7.8. >> SECOND. >> MILLS. THE BIGGEST TAX CUT WE'VE HAD IN THIS PROBABLY OVER 20 YEARS IN THE CITY. >> Vice Mayor: ROLL CALL VOTE. [RVOTE. ROL [ROLL CALLED] >> MAYOR PENSERGA IS ABSENT. THE MOTION PASSES 4:0. >> Vice Mayor: THANK YOU. NOW TO 4B, CITY ATTORNEY, IF YOU COULD READ. >> RESOLUTION R24-149, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH, FLORIDA, RELATING TO FIRE RESCUE SERVICES, FACILITIES AND PROGRAMS IN THE CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH, FLORIDA, DESCRIBING THE METHOD OF FIRE RESCUE ASSESSED AGAINST PROPERTY IN THE CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH, DIRECTING THE PREPARATION OF AN ASSESSMENT ROLE, AND DIRECTING THE PROVISION OF NOTICE THEREOF, AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. >> Vice Mayor: THANK YOU, CITY ATTORNEY. COMMISSIONER TURKIN, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS ON THIS? >> NO, I WOULD JUST LOVE FOR HUGH TO COME UP HERE. HE'S IN THE BACK. I JUST WANT TO GET HIS COMMITMENT FOR EVERYTHING WE'VE DISCUSSED AND EVERYTHING HE PITCHED EARLIER THIS WEEK, THAT FOR MYSELF, YOU KNOW, I BELIEVE IN THE USE OF THIS AND YOU KNOW, WHEN WE DISCUSSED THE BOND, VICE-MAYOR KELLEY, YOU KNOW I WANTED TO SUPPORT FIRE STATION THREE. I THINK IT'S A NECESSITY AND I HAVE BEEN VERY ADAMANT AGAINST THIS, BUT I THINK FOR SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES COME SPECIAL MATTERS, SO YOU HAVE MY SUPPORT FOR THIS AND I'M JUST GOING TO SAY, NEXT YEAR WE'LL REVISIT. WE'LL LOOK AT THE PROGRESS THAT HAS BEEN DONE BECAUSE THIS IS TO OFFSET MARKET CONDITIONS, BUT FOR ME, THIS IS CONDITIONAL FOR FIRE STATION THREE AND THE OTHER PROJECTS THAT YOU HAD LAID OUT, YOU KNOW,. IN MY VISION, THIS IS THE USE FOR THAT, SO I WANT THAT TO BE DONE FIRST, THEN WE CAN LOWER IT HOPEFULLY, IF LATER DOWN THE ROAD, NEXT YEAR OR THE YEAR AFTER, OR WHOEVER THE COMMISSION IS CAN UNDERSTAND THIS WAS UTILIZED FOR CERTAIN PROJECTS AND THEN IT CAN BE LOWERED AND INCREASED, AND NOT BE USED TO JUST OFFSET FUNDING YEAR-OVER-YEAR-OVER YEAR. WITH THAT, YOU HAVE MY SUPPORT, CHIEF, AND IT'S GOOD FOR ME. >> Vice Mayor: THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER. CHIEF, THANK YOU FOR COMING UP. COMMISSIONER HAY, DO YOU MIND? DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD TO DISCUSS BEFORE I MOVE ON? >> NO, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD. I WANTED TO THANK YOU, COMMISSION, AND COMMISSION AS A WHOLE. I GIVE YOU MY PERSONAL GUARANTEE THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN WITH THESE PROJECTS TO DO THEM AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE, AS EFFICIENTLY AS POSSIBLE, AND AS COST-EFFECTIVE AS POSSIBLE, I'LL ASSURE YOU OF THAT, AND EVERY DOLLAR WILL BE LAID OUT AS DISCUSSED IN THE PRESENTATION, SO THANK YOU FOR THE SUPPORT. >> Vice Mayor: THANK YOU, CHIEF. COMMISSIONER HAY? >> JUST BE CLEAR, YOU'RE ASKING FOR 145, RIGHT? >> YES, SIR. >> I'M GOING TO SUPPORT THAT. >> OKAY. I'M READY TO MOVE -- WELL, I'LL WAIT. >> Vice Mayor: COMMISSIONER CRUZ? >> WHEN WE STARTED THESE CONVERSATIONS, I WAS ORIGINALLY HAVING LONG DISCUSSIONS WITH YOU ABOUT IT AND HAD MY RESERVATIONS FOR IT. HOWEVER, I THINK THAT THE BENEFIT OUTWEIGHS THE RISKS, AND I BELIEVE THAT THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY DESERVES A NEW FIRE STATION THREE. IT'S LONG OVERDUE. IT'S BEEN DECADES THAT WE NEED THIS. AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S GOING TO BE LESS THAN $2 A MONTH, RIGHT. IT'S NOT A HUGE INCREASE AT ALL, SO AGAIN, THE BENEFITS TO THE CITY OVER WEIGH ANY CONCERNS. . AS WE TALK ABOUT STRATEGIC PLANNING AS THIS ENTIRE COMMISSION, WE TALKED ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY BEING OUR NUMBER ONE PRIORITY, AND AS I TALK TO MY STW CONSTITUENTS AND HAVE DIFFERENT CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM, THEY CONTINUE TO REITERATE THAT PUBLIC SAFETY IS SOMETHING THAT THEY SUPPORT AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD INVEST SIN. IN. >> AND IF I JUST MAY ADD TO THAT. THE GIST THERE IS HONESTLY, TRANSPARENCY, AND FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY, THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT AS WE'VE DISCUSSED AND I THINK YOUR CONSTITUENTS SPOKE THROUGH TO YOU TO ME, THAT I THINK EVERYONE ON THIS DAIS AND EVERYONE THAT IS IN THIS CITY WANTS THAT TO OCCUR. I THINK ONCE THEY SEE THAT, TRUST IS BUILT AND I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT, SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT, COMMISSIONER. >> Vice Mayor: THANK YOU, CHIEF. I'LL KEEP -- I'LL KEEP MY COMMENTS BRIEF BECAUSE YOU AND EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM KNOWS MY FEELING ON THE FIRE ASSESSMENT. IT IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK THAT OVER THE LAST YEAR YOU HAVE HEARD OUR ISSUES AND OUR CONCERNS WITH IT, AND HAVE REALLY TURNED YOUR FOCUS OF THAT FIRE ASSESSMENT TO WHAT IT'S REALLY MEANT FOR, AND YOU KNOW, WE DON'T WANT OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT TO HAVE PRODUCTS AND MATERIALS AND TRUCKS AND STUFF THAT AREN'T WORKING, AND ARE OUTDATED. THERE IS A REASON WHY THOSE FUNDS ARE NECESSARY. YOU KNOW, IN MY OPINION, FIRE ASSESSMENT HASN'T CHANGED, BUT AS WE KNOW, FIRE STATION THREE IS VERY NEEDED FOR THE RESIDENTS AND FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR YOUR STAFF, AND FOR THE GUYS AND THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO WORK IN THAT STATION, AND SO -- BUT TO THAT POINT, YOU KNOW, AND I THINK NOW, COMMISSIONER TURKIN, YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT ACCOUNTABILITY. IT'S A YEARLY ACCOUNTABILITY BECAUSE WE'LL SEE NEXT YEAR, AND YOU'RE PROMISING ME THAT THE PLANS ARE IN -- THE PLANS HAVE BEEN DONE, THEY HAVE TO BE MODIFIED, BUT YOU'RE GOING TO HIT THE GROUND RUNNING, AND SO THAT IS YOUR, YOU KNOW, THAT'S KIND OF OUR GUARANTEE THAT IT'S MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. I DO WANT US THOUGH TO LOOK DURING THIS NEXT YEAR ON WAYS THAT WE COULD POTENTIALLY, WE TALKED ABOUT PERCENTAGE OF THE SQUARE FOOTAGE PERCENTAGE, JUST LIKE WE DO ON THE COMMERCIAL END. IF HOW THAT WOULD WORK IF POSSIBLE ON THE RESIDENTIAL END AND THAT'S TO SPREAD THE LOAD SO THAT RESIDENTS WHO LIVE IN SMALLER HOMES ARE PAYING THEIR EQUITABLE SHARE AS OPPOSED TO SOMEBODY WHO HAS, YOU KNOW, LARGER SQUARE FOOTAGE, AND TO JUST TO MAKE IT MORE EQUITABLE IF POSSIBLE BECAUSE THAT'S HOW WE DO ON THE COMMERCIAL END. I'LL BE TALKING TO YOU THROUGHOUT MORE THIS NEXT YEAR ABOUT THAT AND TO STAFF AS WELL, TO SEE IF THAT IS AN OPTION TO KIND OF ASSIST THE RESIDENTS WHO LIVE IN SMALLER HOMES. THAT'S GENERALLY THE ARGUMENT THAT WE GET OR THE COMPLAINT THAT WE GET, WHY AM I PAYING THE SAME AMOUNT AS SOMEBODY ELSE. LET'S LOOK AT SOME OPTIONS, BUT I DO SUPPORT THIS BECAUSE THERE IS THE COMMITMENT THAT THIS IS GOING TOWARDS FIRE STATION 3 SEASON OTH3 AND OTHER THINGS THAT ARE TRULY NEEDED AND IT'S NOT JUST FOR FLUFF. THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS ON THIS AND WITH THAT -- DO YOU HAVE ANOTHER COMMENT? >> I WAS READY TO MAKE A MOTION. >> I WANTED TO KIND OF TALK TO THE REST OF THE BOARD AND SEE HOW YOU ALL FEEL ON THIS, BUT I DO KNOW THAT YOU HAVE PROPOSED RATE OF $25. I WANTED TO SEE IF MAYBE WE COULD DECREASE THAT TO $20 SO THAT IT'S EVEN A LIGHTER NUMBER, AND I THINK THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I WOULD SUPPORT. I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT WOULD STILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT PUBLIC SAFETY IN THE WAY THAT YOU ARE REQUESTING, AND I SEE THE ATTORNEY NODDING. >> WHEN YOU'RE DONE, IF I COULD CHIME IN. >> GO AHEAD. I JUST WANTED TO DECREASE THE NUMBER FROM 25 TO 20. >> I JUST WANT TO MENTION TO THE COMMISSION THAT THIS IS NOT A FINAL RATE. THIS IS THE PROPOSED RATE THAT GOES OUT. IF YOU SET IT LOWER, IT CANNOT GO BACK UP HIGHER. IT CAN ALWAYS COME LOWER FOR THE FINAL, SO MY RECOMMENDATION IS, ALTHOUGH 20 MIGHT BE MORE PALATABLE AND YOU MIGHT GET THERE IN THE FUTURE, YOU MIGHT WANT TO START AT THE 145 TO GET THE WEIGH IN OF THE PUBLIC TO SEE HOW THEY'RE STOMACHING IT BECAUSE IF YOU START 20 LOWER AND THEY SAY EVEN LOWER, INSTEAD OF COMING TO 20, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO COME LOWER. >> ALSO APPLIES TO THE MIDDLE RATE ALSO. >> THAT IS CORRECT. >> WITH THAT BEING SAID AND IF THERE'S NO MORE, MY MOTION IS TO APPROVE THE 120 FIRE ASSESSMENT TO -- THE 10 GOING TO 145, OKAY. >> SECOND. >> SORRY, JUST TO CORRECT THE MOTION. THE MOTION IS TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION AS AMEN AMENDED TO 145? >> AS AMENDED TO 145, YES. >> CORRECT. >> SECOND BASED ON THE FEEDBACK WE HEARD FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY, BUT COMMISSIONER CRUZ, I THINK YOU BRING UP A GOOD POINT. TO BE SAFE, IF WE CAN ADJUST, WE CAN ADJUST. >> AND JUST A REMINDER, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO ASSESS AND EVALUATE EVERY YEAR, SO YOU KNOW, IF THEY FIND THAT CONSTRUCTION COSTS ARE LESS, IT CAN ADJUST IN A YEAR AND WE CAN DO THAT, TOO. IF THERE'S NO OTHER COMMENTS, MAYLEE, IF YOU COULD DO THE ROLL CALL, PLEASE. [ROLL CALLED] >> MAYOR PENSERGA IS ABSENT. IN ROLL CALL VOTE, PASSES 4:0. >> BEST SALESMAN IN THE WORLD. WE APPRECIATE YOU, CHIEF. YOU HAVE THE BEST FIRE DEPARTMENT IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA FOR SURE. >> CHIEF, CAN I CALL YOU FOR 30 SECONDS? LAST THING BEFORE YOU GO, WANTED TO REITERATE AND I KNOW WE DID THIS YESTERDAY, WE DISCUSSED THIS YESTERDAY WITH THE WATER METERS, BUT I WANTED TO REQUEST THAT WE CHECK, LOOK AT AND VERIFY, AND MAKE SURE WE REPLACE ALL OF THE FIRE HYDRANTS IN THE CITY. I KNOW SEVERAL OF THEM ALONG FEDERAL HIGHWAY AND OTHER AREAS OF THE CITY ARE NOT -- THERE MIGHT HAVE BEEN ACCIDENTS IN THE PAST AND THEY WERE POTENTIALLY NOT REPLACED, SO I JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT TO YOUR ATTENTION AND GET YOUR ACCOUNTABILITY THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET THOSE FIXED AND READY TO GO. >> YEAH, ABSOLUTELY, AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS WE -- WE TIP CLEAN AT THIS DEPARTMENT WE HAVEN'T MANAGED THE HYDRANTS OTHER THAN THE FACT THAT WHEN THEY GO OUT OF SERVICE IS THAT WE REPORT THEM OUT OF SERVICE, THEN THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS IN THE CITY MANAGES THAT, SO I'LL BE WORKING WITH STAFF TO ACTUALLY SUGGEST A WAY FOR US TO BRING THOSE IN OR WORK TOGETHER WITH THE OTHER DEPAR DEPARTMENTS TO MAKE SURE THAT DOES GET DONE, BUT YES, ABSOLUTELY. MAKING SURE WE HAVE THE RIGHT HYDRANTS, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE'VE MADE SOME CHANGES PRIOR TO MY ARRIVAL WHERE SOME OF THE HYDRANTS MIGHT NOT HAVE BEEN THAT I WOULD HAVE CHOOSE AS YOUR FIRE CHIEF, IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THEY'RE SUB-OPTICAL, BUT ANYTHING WE DO IN THE CITY WITH PUBLIC SAFETY OR SERVICES THAT YOU PROVIDE, YOU WANT TO PROVIDE THE TOP NOTCH SERVICES AT THE BEST PRICE. I ASSURE YOU THAT I'LL DIVE RIGHT INTO THAT WITH THE APPROPRIATE DEPARTMENTS AND WE'LL GET BACK TO YOU DIRECTLY ON THAT AND KEEP YOU UPDATED ON WHERE WE ARE. >> THANK YOU, CHIEF. >> THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> CHAIR: DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR ANYTHING BEFORE WE CLOSEOUT THE MEETING? >> I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY, ALL OF THE STAFF THAT PUT IN THE WORK TO PUT THIS THING TOGETHER. IT'S BEEN A LONG PROCESS. I KNOW THERE WAS CUTS AND A LOT GOES ON TO THIS, AND YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK YOU GUYS GET THE CREDIT THAT Y'ALL DESERVE ALL THE TIME, SO I JUST WANT TO LET Y'ALL KNOW FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART, I APPRECIATE EVERY SINGLE STAFF MEMBER, POLICE OFFICER, FIREFIGHTER, AND EVERYONE IN THE CITY WHO MAKES THIS HAPPEN, AND REALLY JUST MAKES THE CITY HAPPEN. YOU CAN SEE HOW LIGHTHEARTED THINGS ARE, HOW MUCH FUN WE HAVE UP HERE, AND I JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU GUYS A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. THANKS. [APPLAUSE] >> Vice Mayor: THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER TIR KIN. COMMISSIONER HAY, DID YOU HAVE ANY LAST COMMENTS? >> ENOUGH SAID. I CONCUR 110% WHICH WHAT HAS JUST BEEN STATED. I JUST SAY KEEP DOING THE GREAT WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING, AND WE'LL TIP TO STAY AFLOAT. THANK YOU. >> Vice Mayor: AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, JUST THANK THE PUBLIC THAT HAS COME OUT AND PARTICIPATED, WHETHER IT BE ONLINE OR IN PERSON. WE DO APPRECIATE THE PUBLIC INPUT AND YOU BEING HERE, SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU. THANK YOU EVERYONE AND WITH THAT, CAN WE HAVE A MOTION? >> MOTION TO ADJOURN. NOPE. >> ALSO, THANK YOU TO STAFF. KIND OF LIKE ECHOING WHAT WAS SAID BEFORE. I KNOW THAT STAFF, A LOT OF STAFF SPECIFICALLY, I KNOW TONY AND FABIO AND SOPHIA HAVE WORKED REALLY HARD ON THE FINANCE SIDE, AND THEN EVERY SINGLE PERSON IN EVERY DEPARTMENT COMING IN HERE TO PRESENT AND YOUR FINANCE STAFF AS WELL, THANK YOU. AS COMMISSIONER KELLEY STATED, THANK YOU TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC FOR SHOWING UP AND CARING ABOUT THE CITY. >> THAT'S ANOTHER POINT. WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE A LOT NEW TALENT THAT WE HAVE HERE IN THE CITY OF BOYNTON, AND THAT'S TRULY APPRECIATED. I'M SURE I CAN SPEAK FOR EVERYONE UP HERE ABOUT THAT. >> ABSOLUTELY. >> SO JUST KEEP DOING WHAT YOU'RE DOING. WE HAVE GREAT PEOPLE AND WE HAVE A GREAT STAFF HERE IN THE CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH. >> MOTION TO ADJOURN. >> SECOND. >> Vice Mayor: WE'RE ADJOURNED AT 8:36 P.M..