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>> GOOD EVENING A AND WELCOME TO THE CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH CITY COMMISSION MEETING. IT'S TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2nd, 2025, AND WE WILL NOW CALL THE ROLL. >> MAYOR SHELTON. >> PRESENT. >> COMMISSIONER HAY. >> PRESENT. >> COMMISSIONER CRUZ. >> PRESENT. >> COMMISSIONER KELLEY.
>> MAYOR YOU HAVE A QUORUM. >> THANK YOU, TAMMY. VICE MAYOR HAY WILL LEAD OUR INVOCATION AND COMMISSIONER KELLEY WILL DO OUR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TONIGHT. LET'S ALL STAND FOR THE INVOCATION AND THE PLEDGE, PLEASE. >> HEAVENLY FATHER, AS WE GATHER
IN THIS HOLIDAY AND CHRISTMAS SEASON, WE THANK YOU FOR THE PRIVILEGE OF SERVING THIS GREAT CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH. GUIDE OUR THOUGHTS, OUR DECISION THIS AFTERNOON WITH WISDOM, UNITY, AND COMPASSION.
BLESS ALL OF OUR COUNCILMEMBERS, AND THEIR FAMILIES. BLESS OUR STAFF, AND ALL OF THEIR FAMILIES. BLESS EVERY FAMILY IN OUR COMMUNITY. THOSE CELEBRATING AND THOSE THAT
ARE STRUGGLING, AND THOSE WHO ARE IN NEED OF YOUR COMFORT AND PEACE. MAY THIS SYSTEM REMIND US OF HOPE, KINDNESS, AND THE RESPONSIBILITY WE SHARE TO
UPLIFT ONE ANOTHER. BE WITH THIS NOW IN THIS MEETING AND THROUGHOUT THE DAYS AHEAD. TO EVERYONE, MERRY CHRISTMAS,
HAPPY NEW YEAR, HAPPY HANUKKAH, LET EVERY HEART SAY AMEN.
[PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE] >> THANK YOU, EVERYONE. WE'RE NOW MOVING ONTO THE AGENDA APPROVAL ADDITIONS DELETIONS AND CORRECTIONS. LET'S BEGIN WITH ON MY RIGHT
WITH COMMISSIONER CRUZ, DO YOU HAVE ANY? >> NOTHING FOR ME, MAYOR. >> THANK YOU. >> AND VICE MAYOR HAY. >> NOTHING FOR ME. >> AND COMMISSIONER KELLEY. >> NO, THANK YOU, MAYOR. >> AND COMMISSIONER TURKIN. >> JUST WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT AND CONGRATULATE COMMISSIONER KELLEY ON HER UNCONTESTED RE-ELECTION.
AS WELL AS COMMISSIONER ELECT MACK McCRAY ON HIS UNCONTESTED ELECT I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR THEIR HARD WORK THIS YEAR AND HOPE EVERYONE HAS A MERRY CHRISTMAS, HAPPY HOLIDAYS, ESPECIALLY OUR FIRST RESPONDERS AND ALL THOSE WHO ARE GOINGB TOO
WORKING OVER THE HOLIDAYS. WE'RE GOING TO GO TO AGENDA AMENDMENTS. OKAY. SO I'LL SAVE MY COMMENTS FOR THAT. >> OKAY. >> THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: IF THERE IS NOTHING ELSE, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA? >> SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >> MAYOR: WE HAVE A MOTION, WE HAVE A SECOND. >> I'M SORRY. I GOT MIXED UP.
I THOUGHT WE WERE TALKING INFORMATIONAL ITEMS. NOT THE AMENDMENTS TO THE AGENDA. I DO WANT TO ADD FOR A FUTURE ITEM TO LOOK AT THE ORDINANCE FOR RESIDENCY REQUIREMENTS IN THE CITY TO ENSURE THAT WE DO NOT INCLUDE A P.O. BOX IN THERE.
THAT IS NOT A VALID FORM OF RESIDENCY. THAT ISN'T CLARIFIED IN THE ORDINANCE THAT WE HAD CONSTRUCTED EARLIER THIS YEAR. I KNOW THERE HAS BEEN, YOU KNOW, ISSUES WITH THAT IN THE PAST, BUT MY OPINION, AND I THINK THE COMMUNITY WOULD SUPPORT THIS, IS
THAT SOMEONE'S GOT TO SHOW WHERE THEY LIVE UNLESS THEY'RE ELIGIBLE FOR THAT REDACTION THROUGH FLORIDA STATE STATUTE. BUT A P.O. BOX IN MY OPINION DOESN'T SUFFICE AS RESIDENCY, ESPECIALLY IF WE'RE MAKING IT STRICTER AND MORE STRINGENT TO RUN FOR OFFICE HERE IN THE
CITY. SO I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SEE IF WE COULD AT THAT AS A FUTURE -- ADD THAT AS A FUTURE DISCUSSION ITEM. I'VE SPOKEN TO THE CITY ATTORNEY ABOUT WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR, SO HOPEFULLY THAT CAN COME BACK AMONGST ALL OF US IF THERE IS CONSENSUS TO ADD THAT. >> MAYOR: OKAY.
ALL RIGHT. AGAIN, WE HAVE A MOTION, WE HAVE A SECOND. SO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE APPROVING THE AGENDA AS IS, SAY AYEERMENT. AYE 72R. >> DO WE NEED THE MOTION AS AMENDED. >> I'M SORRY, CAN I ASK FOR CLARIFICATION? I HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT YOU WANT JUST TO CLARIFY WHAT COUNTS AS
PROOF OF RESIDENCY. AND SO AS A FUTURE AGENDA ITEM, DO YOU WANT ME JUST TO BRING FORWARD THE ORDINANCE PROPOSED ORDINANCE, OR DO YOU WANT A DISCUSSION ITEM ON IT? >> THAT'S -- >> THAT'S UP TO YOU GUYS. >> YEAH, I WOULD SAY THAT'S UP TO MY COLLEAGUES. I'M OKAY WITH HAVING THAT ORDINANCE IN FRONT OF US IF IT'S
IS EA EASY AS AMENDMENT TO THE ORDINANCE. AS OPPOSED TO CONSTRUCT ONE. LESS TIME ON STAFF, LESS TIME UP HERE SO IF YOU GUYS ARE OKAY WITH MAYBE HAVE THE ORDINANCE COME BEFORE US AND THEN I'LL PROPOSE AN AMENDMENT AND THEN WE'LL OPEN IT UP FOR DIALOGUE. >> TS ALL RR NOT -- LET'S NOT
ADD IT AS A FUTURE AGENDA IM IT. I THINK I HAVE RECEIVED DIRECTION FROM THE BOARD TO BRING FORWARD AN ORDINANCE PROBABLY ON THE 20th. >> PERFECT, THANK YOU. >> SO IT WON'T BE AS AMENDED. IT'LL BE -- >> OKAY. >> IT'LL BE -- AS STATED. >> WE DO HAVE A MOTION. WE HAVE A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. WE WILL NOW MOVE ONTO INFORMATIONAL ITEMS BY THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COMMISSION. LET'S BEGIN ON MY LEFT BY COMMISSIONER TURKIN. >> I JUMPED THE GUN. I SAID EVERYTHING I NEEDED TO SAY. >> COMMISSIONER KELLEY. >> NO, I'M GOOD, THANK YOU, MAYOR. THTHANK YOU, COMMISSIONER
TURKIN FOR YOUR KIND WORDS. >> CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN TO BOTH OF YOU. VICE MAYOR HAY. >> AGAIN I WOULD LIKE TO OFFER MY CONGRATULATIONS TO BOTH OF YOU. LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO MENTION ABOUT TRIP TO SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, FOR THE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF
CITIES. WAS VERY PRODUCTIVE, AND I HAVE SOMETHING I DO WANT TO ADD TO THE AGENDA FOR LATER DISCUSSION. ONE OF THE BIG THINGS THAT CAME OUT OF THAT TO ME WAS THIS WHAT
OTHER CITIES HAVE DONE WITH DRONES TO HELP THEIR CITY. I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST A FASCINATING AND VERY IMPRESSIVE ON WHAT OTHER CITIES HAVE DONE WITH THE UTILIZATION OF ZONES AND THEIR PD DEPARTMENT.
SO I WOULD LIKE FOR THE CITY OF BOYNTON TO REALLY LOOK INTO THAT AND I CAN GIVE YOU SOME NAMES OF CITIES THAT GET -- GAVE PRESENTATIONS. I THINK IT WOULD BE A, AN ASSET, A BENEFIT TO THE CITY OF POINTEN.
OKAY? ALSO I ATTENDED THE CAREGIVERS LUNCHEON FOR THOSE WHO CAREGIVERS IN OUR CITY THAT WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL. , AND OF COURSE THE LEAGUE OF CITIES HAD THEIR LUNCHEON, THEIR
MEETING HERE IN CITY OF BOYNTON AT B BIEN VEENUTO'S VERY WELL ATTENDED AND VERY WELL DONE. I WANTED TO MENTION THOSE ITEMS. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU,
COMMISSIONER CRUZ. >> I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD OTHER THAN CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR ELECTION, UNOPPOSED AND COMMISSIONER McCRAY COMING BACK TO THE BOARD. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: EXCELLENT. OKAY. MOVING ON, THE FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT WILL BE A PROCLAMATION NAMING DECEMBER 2025 AS IMPAIRED DRIVING AWARENESS MONTH.
SERGEANT MONROE WILL ACCEPT THE PROCLAMATION. WHO HAS THE PROCLAMATION?
DO YOU HAVE IT?
>> WHEREAS THE CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH PROCLAMATION, WHEREAS THE CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH RECOGNIZES THE IMPORTANCE OF HONORING THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN KILLED OR INJURED IN DRUNK AND DRUGGED DRIVING CRASHES AS A RESULT OF ANY ALCOHOL OR SUBSTANCE IMPAIRED DRIVING CONSEQUENCES AS WELL AS ANYONE WHO HAS BEEN EMOTIONALLY
DEVASTATED BY THESE VIOLENT CRIMES. AND WHEREAS, IN 2024, PALM BEACH COUNTY HAD 2,116 DRIVERS ARRESTED FOR DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL OR NARCOTICS. THERE WERE 1,031 TOTAL CRASHES
WITH 65 SERIOUS INJURIES AND 52 FATALITIES ALL CAUSED BY IMPAIRED DRIVERS. AND WHEREAS, DECEMBER IS NATIONAL IMPAIRED DRIVING AWARENESS MONTH AND NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER ARE THE DEADLIEST MONTHS OF THE YEAR FOR DRUNK DRIVING CRASHES AND WHEREAS MOTHERS AGAINST DRUNK DRIVING, PALM BEACH COUNTY'S PUBLIC
SAFETY DEPARTMENT VICTIMS SERVICES DIVISION ARE WORKING TO CREATE A FUTURE OF NO MORE VICTIM AND SUPPORT VICTIMS AND SURVIVORS AT NO CHARGE, AND WHEREAS, MOTHERS AGAINST DRUNK DRIVING PALM BEACH COUNTY PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENT VICTIMS SERVICES DIVISION AND THE BOYNTON BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT
WILL HOST A CANDLELIGHT VIGIL IN THE CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH ON DECEMBER 3rd TO HONOR VICTIMS AND SURVIVORS. AND WHEREAS, ALL CITIZENS ARE URGED TO JOIN THE LOCAL EFFORTS TO RAISE AWARENESS AND TO HONOR THE LIVES OF THOSE KILLED OR INJURED AS A RESULT OF DRUNK DRIVING. DRUNK DRIVING OR UNDERAGE DRINKING CONSEQUENCES.
AND NOW THEREFORE, I REBECCA SHELTON MAYOR OF CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH, FLORIDA, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF DECEMBER, 2025, AS IMPAIRED DRIVING AWARENESS MONTH IN WITNESS WHEREOF I HAVE HERE UNTO SET MY HAND AND CAUSED THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH, FLORIDA,
TO BE AFFIXED AT BOYNTON BEACH FLORIDA ON THE SECOND DAY OF DECEMBER, 2025. DO WE HAVE THE PROCLAMATION TO PRESENT? OKAY. WELL, PLEASE. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR NOW, SIR, AND THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.
I JUST WANT TO TAKE A MINUTE TO RECOGNIZE OFFICER ALEXIS IS OUR D.U.I. OFFICER, AND AS WELL AS SUSAN CARLENEY WITH PALM BEACH COUNTY VICTIM SERVICES AS WELL AS CHIEF DEGUILIO. THIS IS OUR FIFTH YEAR HOLDING THIS EVENT. IT STARTED AS A PARTNERSHIP WITH PALM BEACH COUNTY VICTIMS
SERVICES AS A D.U.I. REMEMBRANCE TO REMEMBER THOSE WHO WERE VICTIMS OF D.U.I. CRASHES INCLUDING THE LOVED ONES OF THOSE WHO PASSED AWAY UNFORTUNATELY. WE HAVE SINCE ACTUALLY GROWN IT TO INCLUDE THE VICTIMS OF OTHER CRIMINAL TRAFFIC CRASHES TO INCLUDE HIT AND RUNS AND YOU
KNOW VEHICULAR HOMICIDE CASES. SO WE HAVE EXPANDED IT TO INCLUDE MORE VICTIMS AS WELL. AND I JUST WANT TO TAKE A MINUTE AND THANK THE ENTIRE COMMISSION AS WELL AS THE CITY STAFF AND CHIEF DEGUILIO FOR BEING A BIG SUPPORTER TO HELP US PUT THIS EVENT ON EVERY YEAR.
THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: CHIEF, YOU DON'T WANT TO SAY ANYTHING? >> OF COURSE. [LAUGHTER] SINCE YOU ASKED. >> MAYOR: NOT GETTING AWAY THAT EASY, SIR. >> I FEEL LIKE I'M COMPELLED TO SAY SOMETHING. >> MAYOR: YES, PLEASE. >> I JUST WANT TO TAKE THIS
MOMENT TO EXTEND MY GRATITUDE TOWARDS THE TRAFFIC UNIT, OFFICER ALEXIS AND ALL OUR TRAFFIC OFFICERS. THEY ARE OUT THERE DAY IN AND DAY OUT. IT'S A TOUGH JOB. LOT OF INHERENT DANGERS ON DOING TRAFFIC STOPS, AND D.U.I. INVESTIGATIONS, AND VERY PROUD
THAT BOYNTON IS THE HOME FOR THE D.U.I. VIGIL EVERY YEAR, AND THE VENUE OUTSIDE IS JUST FANTASTIC FOR IT AND IT'S A GREAT SHOWING THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY WHERE OTHER AGENCIES ARE COMING AND BEING PART OF IT AS WELL, SO I WANTED TO ALSO THANK YOUR SUPPORT OF EVERY YEAR OF DOING THE PROCLAMATION SO THANK YOU.
>> MAYOR: THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: OKAY, NEXT WE WILL HAVE CITY EVENT ANNOUNCEMENTS WITH THE CITY STAFF PLEASE COME UP TO THE PODIUM TO ANNOUNCE EVENTS?
WELCOME. >> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR. WE HAVE MANY EVENTS GOING ON THIS WEEK. TOMORROW, WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 3rd, WE DO HAVE THE D.U.I. VIGIL, THE BOYNTON BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT WILL BE HOSTING THE VICTIM REMEMBRANCE MEMORIAL AND CANDLE ALIT VIGIL. THE EVENT IS 5:30:00 P.M. TO
7:00 P.M. AT CENTENNIAL PARK. IT WILL FEATURE SOME KEYNOTE SPEAKERS AND BOYNTON BEACH HIGH SCHOOL CHOIR. >> EXCUSE ME, IS YOUR MICROPHONE ON? IMP >> MAYOR: YOUR MIC I DON'T THINK IS ON? >> IS YOUR MIC ON? >> MAYOR: JUST PUSH -- >> JUST PUSH? DO I NEED TO REPEAT OR IS THAT OKAY? >> NO, NO, NO, WE'RE GOOD. WE'RE GOOD. >> OALL RIGHT.
NEXT UP WE HAVE OUR HOLIDAY TREE LIGHTING, SO WE'RE ASKING IF EVERYBODY WILL GRAB YOUR GOLDEN TICKET AND JOIN US FOR OUR 54th ANNUAL HOLIDAY TREE LIGHTING. IT HAS A SPECIAL POLAR EXPRESS THEME. IT'LL BE FROM 5:00 TO 9:00 P.M. ON FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5th, AT CENTENNIAL PARK AND
AMPHITHEATER. THE EVENING WILL FEATURE PERFORMANCES FROM OUR LOCAL SCHOOLS, FOOD VENDORS, A HOLIDAY MARKET, LOCAL NONPROFITS, AND THEN WE WILL HAVE PICTURES WITH SANTA A TRACKLESS TRAIN MEET AND GREET WITH THE CHARACTERS OF FROZEN, VICE MAYOR HAY WE WILL HAVE A DRONE SHOW,.
>> YES. >> AND THIS YEAR A GIANT FERRIS WHEEL. [LAUGHTER] >> AND THEN THE VERY NEXT DAY, WE THEN HAVE OUR HOLIDAY PARADE. SO AGAIN, 54th ANNUAL HOLIDAY PARADE WILL TAKE PLACE ON SATURDAY, DECEMBER 6th, FROM 4:00 TO 6:00 P.M. IN THE
DOWNTOWN OF BOYNTON BEACH ON FEDERAL HIGHWAY BETWEEN WOOLBRIGHT ROAD AND BOYNTON BEACH BOULEVARD. IT'S FREE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AND FOR ALL AGES. WE'LL FITCHER HOLIDAY MUSIC, LOCAL PERFORMANCE, MARCHING BANDS, DANCE THEATERS, CHEERLEADERS, LOCAL BUSINESSES,
CAR DISPLAYS AND FESTIVE FLOATS. AND THEN I KNOW WE'LL SEE OUR WHOLE COMMISSION THERE. AND THEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST, WE HAVE OUR PEARL HARBOR REMEMBRANCE CEREMONY. SO WE WILL HONOR THE LIVES LOST AT VETERANS MEMORIAL PARK ON SUNDAY, DECEMBER 7th, AND THAT
IS FROM 11:00 A.M. TO 12:00 P.M. AND I JUST WANTED TO PERSONALLY THANK JIM FOR ASSISTING WITH ALL OUR VETERANS EVENTS. HE HAS REALLY DONE A GREAT JOB OF PULTING IT ALL TOGETHER. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.
NEXT WE WILL HAVE THE YEAR END RED LIGHT CAMERA PRESENTATION PRESENTED BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT -- >> NO WE HAVE ANOTHER ANNOUNCEMENT. >> OH, WE HAVE ONE MORE ANNOUNCEMENT. >> YEAH. >> VEGETATION. >> SORRY. >> JOE MATTHEWS, THE DIVISION DIRECTOR IN SOLID WASTE.
THE SOLID WASTE DIVISION WILL BE HOSTING THE VEGETATION AMNESTY WEEK, IT BEGINS DECEMBER 8th THROUGH DECEMBER 12th FLORIDA RESIDENTS. DURING THIS WEEK RESIDENTS MAY PLACE MORE THAN THREE CUBIC YARDS OF VEGETATION TO BE SET
OUT AT CURB OF THE DAY OF THEIR SCHEDULED PICK-UP. VEGETATION NEEDS TO BE CUT FOUR FEET LENGTH AND FOUR FEET IN DIAMETER. THE VEGETATION MUST BE PLACED AT THE ROADSIDE LEAVING THREE FEET
AROUND OBSTRUCTIONS SUCH AS MAILBOXES, CARS, RECYCLABLE BINS. TRASH AND VEGETATION MUST BE SEPARATED FOR PICK-UP. ANY TRASH OR DEBRIS MIXED IN THE VEGETATION WILL HAVE TO BE REMOVED BY THE RESIDENTS TO BE
PICKED UP. LARGE TREE STUMPS AND TRUNKS, LARGER THAN FOUR FEET IN DIAMETER REQUIRES A SPECIAL PICK-UP. FEES WILL BE WAIVED DURING THIS AMNESTY WEEK ONLY. ALL GUIDELINES MUST BE FOLLOWED
FOR PICK-UP. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS YOU CAN CALL AT 561-742-60000 OPTION 2 FROM MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY 7:30 TO 4:30. THANK YOU.
>> MAYOR: THANK YOU. >> OKAY. THEN WE DO HAVE A SYSTEMWIDE FREE CHLORINE FLUSH ROUTINE MAINTENANCE OF THE WATER DISTRIBUTION CENTER THAT WILL BE COMING UP ON JANUARY 8th, 2026, TO JANUARY 29th, 2026.
AND WE'LL HAVE THAT ON THE MAR KEYS TO REMIND -- MARQUEES TO REMIND PEOPLE I ASSUME. OKAY. THANK YOU. O CAY, NEXT WE WILL HAVE THE YEAR END RED LIGHT CAMERA PRESENTATION PRESENTED BANK OF AMERICA IT POLICE DEPARTMENT'S TRAFFIC UNIT. PRESENTED BY THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT'S TRAFFIC UNIT. COME ON DOWN, SIR.
>> I GUESS HE LEFT BEFORE HIS PRESENTATION. [LAUGHTER] >> SO IT'S ON YOU. [LAUGHTER] >> SO A FEW YEARS AGO, A YEAR AND A HALF AGO, THERE WAS REQUIREMENTS WITH IT COMES TO THE RED LIGHT CAMERA PROGRAM
THAT WE NEED TO DO A PUBLIC PRESENTATION OF THE YEAR END RESULTS. AND JUST MIND YOU, THE RESULTS ARE BASED ON THE STATE'S YEAR, WHICH IS JULY 1st THROUGH
JUNE 30th. I'M NOT SEEING MY PRESENTATION. >> I.T., THERE SHOULD BE A PRESENTATION.
>> WE CAN SEE IT THERE.
>> IT'S ATTACHED TO THE AGENDA
ITEM. >> DOIDO YOU ALL NEED IT -- >> I'M OKAY TO DO A GRAND OVERVIEW IF MY COLLEAGUES ARE -- >> JUST KEEP IT MOVING. >> AS YOU KNOW WE WENT FROM 15 CAMERAS TO 18 CAMERAS, WHICH
WERE PART OF A DEAL THAT WAS DONE IN I BELIEVE JUNE -- FEBRUARY OF 2022. AND SOME OF OUR CALENDARS WENT LIVE. ONE AS NORTHWEST 8th AND BOYNTON BEACH BOULEVARD WHILE THERE ARE THREE CAMERAS STILL
PENDING AT SEACREST AND WOOLBRIGHT BUT THOSE ARE BEING DELAYED BY A ROADWAY PROJECT. AS FAR AS OUR RED LIGHT CAMERA INTERSECTION CRASH DATA, HERE WE GO, NOT THAT I CAN READ THAT. [LAUGHTER] BUT JUST TO BE TRANSPARENT, I CAN'T READ THAT.
WE ARE MAINTAINING OUR NOTICE OF VIOLATIONS ARE ROUGHLY HAVE BEEN THE SAME. ONE THING THAT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE OUR TRAFFIC VOLUME HAS INCREASED BY 3 MILLION VEHICLES SO WITH THREE MILLION VEHICLES WE EXPECTED A CORRELATION OF
INCREASE IN TRAFFIC CRASHES, INCREASE IN TRAFFIC FATALITIES, UNFORTUNATELY, AS WELL AS INCREASE IN NOTICE OF VIOLATIONS. WELL OUR NOTICE OF VIOLATIONS WENT UP MARGINALLY BY 500 COMPARED TO 3 MILLION CARS. THE ONE POSITIVE ONE GREAT POSITIVE IS OUR CRASHES WENT
FROM 143 TO 117. IT'S PRETTY BIG REDUCTION IN CRASHES, AND WE'RE MAINTAINING ZERO FATALITIES AT ANY -- AT THESE INTERSECTIONS. SO THE OVERVIEW IS WHILE WE DO HAVE AN INCREASE IN TRAFFIC VOLUME, WE'RE HAVING DECREASES IN TRASHES.
DECREASES IN SERIOUS BODILY INJURY CRASHES AS WELL AS FATALITIES AND A NOTICE OF VIOLATIONS ARE ROUGHLY REMAINING THE SAME. AS FAR AS SOME OF THE CONCERNS LAST YEAR, IS WHAT PERCENTAGE OF NOTICE OF VIOLATIONS GO TO THE CITY RESIDENTS. IT'S THE SAME AS LAST YEAR.
IT'S 30% IF ANYBODY WITH A BOYNTON BEACH ZIP CODE SO THAT INCLUDES OUR UNINCORPORATED AREAS AS WELL AND BASED ON THAT POPULATION, WE EXTRAPOLATED THAT ROUGHLY 15% ARE CITY RESIDENTS. SO THE NUMBERS HAVE MAINTAINED THE SAME.
AND THAT'S THE CLIFF NOTE VERSION OF THE POWERPOINT. >> MAYOR: OKAY. THANK YOU. >> CHIEF, CAN I ASK YOU ONE QUICK QUESTION? >> SO I WILL NOT, NOT A QUESTION AS MUCH AS AN OBSERVATION. I KNOW LAST YEAR WE WERE LOOKING AT THE VOLUME NUMBERS, AND YOU
KNOW OBVIOUSLY LIKE WE EXPECTED WITH THE VOLUME OF PEOPLE WHO'VE MOVED TO SOUTH FLORIDA, WE SAW A HUGE INCREASE IN VOLUME. I NOTICED, I THOUGHT IT WAS INTERESTING TO, THAT THE, THE TRAFFIC GOING EAST AND WEST
INCREASED, BUT OUR NORTH TO SOUTHBOUND TRAFFIC REALLY EITHER STAY THE SAME OR DECREASED. SO I WAS -- I THOUGHT THAT WAS INTERESTING THAT YOU KNOW OUR -- AND IT JUST SHOWS THAT THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE THAT ARE USING OUR EAST-WEST ROADS ARE
GOING WEST AND THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GET, WE'RE CAPTURING. I THOUGHT THAT WAS INTERESTING WHEN I WAS LOOKING AT THESE NUMBERS. AND I ALSO -- ON MY MINOR ROAD OBVIOUSLY I KNOW YOU AND I HAVE SPOKEN ABOUT MINOR ROAD, AND THIS WAS NECESSARY. AND I GUESS MY ONE QUESTION TO
YOU IS, I MEAN, WE SEE THE TRAFFIC FATALITIES, WE KNOW THAT THEY ARE LINKED TO SPEED. WE KNOW THAT THE COUNTY AND ALSO AT THE STATE LEVEL IS REALLY FOCUSED, ESPECIALLY SINCE THERE'S BEEN SO MUCH GROWTH OUT WEST ON MOVING PEOPLE AS FAST AS
HUMANLY POSSIBLE EAST TO WEST. DO YOU AS THE CHIEF DO YOU HAVE CONVERSATIONS AND MEETINGS WITH COUNTY AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATION AND, YOU KNOW, PBSO, ON THE RESULTS THAT WE'RE HAVING IN THIS CITY OF FATALITIES AND
THOSE ISSUES? WHAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT CAN WE DO AND IF YOU'RE NOT, WHAT DO YOU SUGGEST WE DO TO, TO REALLY YOU KNOW, HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE COUNTY? I MEAN, WE JUST THIS LAST WEEK UNFORTUNATELY, YOU KNOW, AN
INNOCENT CHILD WAS KILLED, YOU KNOW, AND YOU KNOW I'M, SPEED'S NOT A FACTOR NECESSARILY, BUT ANYTHING WE KNOW THAT SPEED, YOU KNOW, DOES CAUSE YOU KNOW, THE MAJORITY OF FATALITIES OR WHEN
THEY'RE SPEED RELATED. CAN YOU TOUCH ON THAT JUST BRIEFLY? >> ABSOLUTELY. SO WE DO COLLABORATE WITH THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE. WE DO TAKE PART IN COUNTY-WIDE INITIATIVES WITH THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE AS WELL AS OTHER MUNICIPALITIES. THERE IS A LOT OF RESOURCES FROM
THE STATE AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THAT WE DO GET FOR SPEED AND AGGRESSIVE DRIVING AS WELL AS THE PEDESTRIAN GRANT THAT WE DO GET AS WELL, OCCUPANT SAFETY. SO WE'RE, WE DO HAVE A LOT OF COOPERATION FROM OUR PARTNERS, COUNTIES, STATEWIDE, TO HELP COMBAT A LOT OF THESE THINGS.
I THINK THE BIG THING COMES DOWN TO EDUCATION ABOUT RULES OF THE ROAD, REINFORCING THAT, AND I BELIEVE A LOT OF THESE GRANT INITIATIVES DO TAKE THAT INTO PART. IT'S NOT JUST WRITING CITATIONS. IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR EDUCATION, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE DID THE HANDS FREE DRIVING FOR
AWHILE. I DO FIND THAT CONTINUE THOSE EFFORTS. I MEAN WE DID, I COULD TELL YOU FROM LAST YEAR'S NUMBERS IS THAT OUR TRAFFIC CITATIONS, WHICH IS A FORM OF, YOU KNOW, KEEPING A ROADWAY SAFE AS WELL AS EDUCATION, HAS INCREASED BY
50%. SO THE EFFORTS ARE OUT THERE. YEAH, AND IT'S VERY UNFORTUNATE WHEN WE DO FATALITIES AND ONE IS ONE TOO MANY. BUT I THINK THAT WE ARE WORKING WITH OUR PARTNERS AND TRYING TO CREATE A SAFER, YOU KNOW, CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH AS WELL AS THE PALM BEACH COUNTY.
>> I MEAN, IF THERE IS ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO TO COLLABORATE AND TRY AND WORK WITH, I MEAN, I KNOW IT'S NEAR IMPOSSIBLE TO REALLY GET, YOU KNOW, TRAFFIC ENGINEERS TO THINK THAT SPEED IS, YOU KNOW, THAT THE FASTER IS NOT BETTER. BUT YOU KNOW WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THESE SMALL ROADS AND YOU
KNOW, I MEAN, IN DISTRICT 4, MOST OF OUR ROADS ARE, YOU KNOW, AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS IF THE SPEED LIMIT'S 45, THEN PEOPLE ARE GOING 55 OR 60 OR 80 LIKE I SEE AT 5 OCL 5 -- 5 AT 5:00 IN THE MORNING BECAUSE WE
HAD THE TRAFFIC TRAILER OUT AND EVERY MORNING I WOULD WALK OUT AND SEE THEM WITH THE RED AND BLUE LIGHTS FLASHING GOING 65, 70, DOWN HIGH BULUXO SO WE KNOW IT'S HAPPENING SO ANYTHING WE CAN DO AS A COMMISSION ALSO TO
YOU KNOW, HELP HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE COUNTY ARE SO IMPORTANT, YOU KNOW, LET US KNOW. >> INTERNALLY WE WERE ALSO LOOKING TO INCREASE OUR TRAFFIC UNIT AS WELL. AND WE ARE HAVING CONVERSATIONS INTERNALLY ABOUT A SPEED AND AGGRESSIVE DRIVING VEHICLE LIKE
WE HAD MAYBE 15 YEARS AGO. I DEFINITELY THINK THERE IS A NEED FOR IT. >>> THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: ANYONE ELSE? ANY COMMENTS? OKAY. MOVING ONTO THE PUBLIC AUDIENCE PORTION OF THE MEETING AS ALWAYS IT IS THREE MINUTES PER PERSON
AND NONTRANSFERABLE, THE SAME RULES ALWAYS APPLY. THE SPEAKER MUST ADDRESS THE COMMISSION AS A WHOLE NOT TO ANY INDIVIDUAL ON THE DAIS OR IN THE AUDIENCE. INSULTS, PERSONAL ATTACKS OR DISRUPTIONERIZE NOT PERMITTED. AND YOU MAY BE ASKED TO LEAVE THE MEETING SHOULD YOU VIOLATE THE RULES AFTER WE HAVE CONCLUDED IN-PERSON COMMENTS WE
WILL MOVE ONTO ONLINE COMMENTS SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK PLEASE COME DOWN AND LINE UP AT EACH PODIUM. >> GOOD AFTERNOON. MIKE McCRAY, I WANT TO SAY TO EACH OF YOU, THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONGRGRATULATORY REMARKS.
VERY WELL TAKEN. IF I STAND IN -- I WANT TO TALK ABOUT OUR BOYNTON BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT. I REMEMBER BOYNTON BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT WHEN WE WAS ON FEDERAL HIGHWAY, AND WE MOVED OVER TO NEXT TO CITY HALL, THEN
WE PURCHASED LAND TO DO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ALONG WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. I'M GLAD I WAS SITTING ON THE DAIS WITH SOME OTHER COMMISSIONERS FELT THAT IT WOULD'VE BEEN BEST TO SELL THE LAND WHETHER POLICE DEPARTMENT
IS AND PUT A HOTEL. I'M GLAD I WAS THERE TO REMIND THEM WHAT WE PROMISED THE CITIZENS OF BOYNTON. I GOT MY CHANCE THIS AFTERNOON TO SIT UP ON THE ROOF OF WHAT WE PROMISED THEM.
AND I LIKE TO SAY TO THE CHIEF AND TO ALL OUR BOYNTON BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT MEN AND WOMEN IT WAS NICE TO SEE YOU ALL IN A ONE ROOF WITH YOUR PROGRAM INSTEAD OF AT INTERCOASTAL PARK. THANK YOU AND TO THE CITIZENS OF
BOYNTON, WE SUCCEEDED IN PROMISING AND DOING WHAT WE TOLD OUR CITIZENS WHAT WE WOULD DO. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. NEXT, PLEASE. >> EVENING. >> EVERYBODY. >> IS YOUR MIC ON? >>> PRESS THE LITTLE BUTTON IN
THE CENTER. >> I MIGHT NOT BE -- >> YES I'M RESIDENT AT 249 NORTHWEST 28th AVENUE. >> WILLY ROBERTS, 249 NORTHWEST
28th AVENUE. BOYNTON BEACH, FLORIDA. OKAY. WE GOT A -- IN MY AREA, WE COMING OUT OF 28th THERE, IS A HAZARD. THE STOP SIGN IS UP -- IS LIKE
FIVE FEET OR 10 FEET FROM WHERE THE MARK IS IN THE ROAD. AND THEN YOU CAN'T HARDLY SEE WHEN YOU COMING OUT OF -- IT WAS AN ACCIDENT THE DAY AROUND SCHOOL TIME. THE OTHER DAY. AND ALSO IT'S A COUPLE OF ISSUES IN THAT AREA.
OUR AREA NEED MORE ATTENTION. OKAY? FROM WHAT I SEE. FOR, WE GOT THE SPEEDERS IN THERE, WE AIN'T GET NO SPEED BUMPS YET, AND WE GOT PARKING IN THE EASEMENT, SOME OF THE EASE -- SOME, I SEE WHERE SOME
PEOPLE'S GET FINED WHERE THEY DON'T HAVE NO GRASS IN THE EASEMENT. AT ONE TIME I HAD THAT PROBLEM, SOME LITTLE SPOTS IN THE YARD, AND I GOT AN EXTENSION UNTIL I GOT IT LESS THAN 90 DAYS, OKAY?
SO I'M KIND OF WONDERING WE NEED MORE ATTENTION IN THAT AREA. OKAY? AND I DON'T HAPPEN EXACTLY WHO TO HELP, WHO OR WHATEVER, BRING IT TO THEY ATTENTION, AND ALSO RIGHT THERE IN THE SCHOOL ZONE, IT'S THE FIRST TIME I EVER SEEN
IT, AND I, I WORK FOR THE CITY OF BOCA, I WORK FOR THE CITY OF BOYNTON, I BEEN -- I WORK FOR BOYNTON 10 YEARS. I BEEN HERE 40 SOMETHING YEARS. OKAY AND AND I WORK FOR BOTH FOR 28 YEARS -- BOCA FOR 28 YEARS AND I'M RETIRED.
I NEVER SEEN A CAMERA IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SIDEWALK. YOU KNOW? IF SOMETHING NEED TO BE CHANGED IT NEED TO BE CHANGED RIGHT THERE IN, IN THAT, THAT AREA NEEDS SOME ATTENTION.
I NEVER SEEN LIKE, LIKE THESE SCHOOL ZONE CAMERAS. I NEVER SEEN ONE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SIDEWALK. THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, SIR. NEXT, PLEASE.
>> SUNDAY FALCO DECORRADO. I'M HERE TONIGHT WITH ONE MESSAGE. BOYNTON BEACH CANNOT SILENCE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. AND REFUSING TO ALLOW AN INTERNAL AFFAIRS COMPLAINT IS A VIOLATION OF THE LAW. AFTER THE INCIDENT ON MARCH 5th WHERE THAT GENTLEMAN
RIGHT OVER THERE FALSELY ARRESTED ME, ATTACKED ME, AND HE'S STILL HERE WHICH REALLY MIND-BOGGLING, WITH THE LEGITIMATE INTERNAL AFFAIRS REPORT, I BROUGHT NEW EVIDENCE AND MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION AND PROOF OF THE DISCREPANCIES IN THE OFFICER'S SWORN STATEMENTS,
AND YET THE CHIEF OF POLICE AND THE DEPARTMENT REFUSE TO LET ME FILE OR UPDATE THE COMPLAINT. THIS IS NOT A POLICY ISSUE THAT IS UNLAWFUL. FLORIDA STATUTE 112.533 IS CRYSTAL CLEAR. EVERY LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
MUST HAVE A SYSTEM FOR THE RECEIPT AND INVESTIGATION OF THE COMPLAINTS FROM ANY PERSON, NO EXCEPTIONS, NO DISCRETION, NO WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT IT. WHEN A CITIZEN AND AMERICAN IS BLOCKED FROM FILING COMPLAINT, EVERY OFFICIAL AND PARTICIPANTS IN THAT OBSTRUCTION BECOMES PART
OF THE MISCONDUCT. THAT THEY ARE HIDING. THAT IS A CRIME. IT VIOLATES STATE LAW, DUE PROCESS, AND IT WILL BE ON YOUR HEADS AS WELL. SO I'M HERE IF YOU FAIL TO ACT YOU ARE NO LONGER JUST OBSERVERS.
YOU ARE PARTICIPANTS IN THE COVERUPS. I LOVE THIS CITY. BUT LOVE REQUIRES TRUTH, AND TONIGHT THE TRUTH IS SIMPLE. SUNSHINE IS THE LAW AND SUNSHINE IS COMING SOON. AS MAYBE ONE OF YOU COMMISSIONERS KNOW, WHEN YOU HAD SOMEBODY LIE ON AN INCIDENT
REPORT, IT MIGHT'VE COST THEM THEIR SPOUSE'S JOB. THESE ARE THE THINGS AND CRIMES THAT ARE HAPPENING ON A DAILY BASIS TO MANY OF THE AMERICAN CITIZENS, AND THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND IT MUST STOP. AND THERE HAS TO BE AN INTERNAL AFFAIRS INVESTIGATION THAT'S DONE CORRECTLY. I DON'T BELIEVE ANYONE OF YOU WERE ASKED ABOUT WHAT YOUR
THOUGHTS WERE OR GOTTEN A REPORT ON THAT TIME THAT THAT GENTLEMAN OVER THERE ATTACKED ME. BEAT ME UP, FALSELY ARRESTED ME, AND NOTHING IS BEING DONE ABOUT IT. AND THAT'S WHY I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY HE'S STILL HERE. I JUST DON'T GET IT. AND I DO WANT TO ALSO SAY THE PROMISES WERE MADE AND THEY WERE NOT KEPT.
I BELIEVE SOMEONE SITTING ON THE DAIS RAN THEIR WHOLE PROGRAM ON GETTING RID OF THOSE RED LIGHT CAMERAS. THEY'RE STILL HERE AND THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT MORE. SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE COME TO ME BECAUSE THEY FEEL LIKE THEY REALLY WERE DUPED. BECAUSE PROMISES WERE MADE AND THE PROMISES WERE NOT KEPT.
AND THEY'RE UPSET. AND I DON'T BLAME THEM BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T HAVE A TICKET ON THAT THEN YOU NEED TO BY GEORGE DO IT. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. NEXT, PLEASE. >> GOOD EVENING.
GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION. MY NAME IS JIM CIZEK, AND I WANT TO SPEAK VERY BRIEFLY HERE ON SOME OF THE INITIATIVES THAT ARE GOING ON RIGHT NOW WITH YOUR SENIOR ADVISORY BOARD. I'M VERY PROUD TO ANNOUNCE AND
PROVIDE TO YOU STRATEGIC PILLARS THAT NEWLY APPOINTED MEMBERS OF THE SENIOR ADVISORY BOARD ALONG WITH OUR LIAISON BRETT ROLL FROM THE RECREATION DEPARTMENT HAVE ADVANCED FOR THE CONSIDERATION
OF THE, OF THE BOARD TO BE ADVANCED TO THE COMMISSION FOR YOUR PERUSAL. THE, THE INITIATIVES THAT I SPEAK OF I TURNED OVER TO THE CITY CLERK AND YOU EACH SHOULD HAVE A COPY OF THOSE.
AND NO IMMEDIATE ACTION IS REQUIRED ON IT, OTHER THAN TO INFORM YOU OF IT AND TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE DIALOGUE THAT WE HAVE AND THE EXPECTATION THAT WE HAVE IS THAT THE MINUTES OF THE MEETING WILL IN FACT BE FORWARDED TO THE COMMISSION SO THAT YOU WOULD UNDERSTAND SOME
OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID, AND RECENTLY IT WAS DISTURBING TO FIND OUT THAT SOME OF THAT INFORMATION WASN'T NECESSARILY FUNNELING FORWARD. WE BELIEVE WE HAVE CLEARED THAT UP. ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT I HAD ADVOCATED FOR ON THE BOARD WAS THE FACT THAT FOR THE TIME
THAT I HAD BEEN ON THE BOARD, WE HAD ONLY STEPPED UP AND GOTTEN IN FRONT OF THE COMMISSION ONCE DO AN ANNUAL REVIEW OF THE THINGS THAT WE WERE WORKING ON, AND THAT WAS TWO YEARS AGO. THE CONSOLIDATED THOUGHT PROCESS
WAS THAT WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO VOICE SOME OF THE ADVANCES AND SOME OF THE INITIATIVES THAT WE'RE CONSIDERING TO YOU. SO BASED ON ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT HAD COME OUT FROM ONE OF OUR MEMBERS, I'M GOING TO TRY TO PUT TOGETHER A QUARTERLY REVIEW SO YOU'LL HAVE
FIRSTHAND UNDERSTANDING AND IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS, WE COULD ANSWER THOSE FOR YOU IF YOU HAD THAT. AND I WILL BRING MEMBERS OF THE BOARD WITH ME TO THAT END. THE ONE INITIATIVE THAT WE EVERYBODY UNILATERALLY SAID IS
THE BIGGEST THING IS A FOOD DRIVE. BIG PRESSING PROBLEM IN THE COMMUNITY. WE ARE RIGHT NOW MOVING FORWARD TO OUR JANUARY MEETING TO ADVANCE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS ON HOW WE CAN PROPOSE SOMETHING TO
THE CITY TO HAVE A NICE BIG FOOD DRIVE. THE ONLY THING I WOULD ASK IS THAT PLEASE IF YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW IT, IF YOU HAVE ANY POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE COMMENTS, TO ANY OF THE INITIATIVES, PLEASE RELAY THEM TO OUR LIAISON, IN THE REBELLING RATION DEPARTMENT, AND I --
RECREATION DEPARTMENT AND I THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT, PLEASE. >> YEAH, MY NAME'S BARRY. I'M A CITY RESIDENT HERE IN BOYNTON, AND I OWN A SMALL
BUSINESS HERE. SO I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT A HARVEY OYER, JR. PARK, AND BEFORE WE GET STARTED, AND THE CHARTER BOATS THERE, I STARTED MY BUSINESS THERE. RIGHT, I RAN A CHARTER BOAT OUT OF THERE FOR OVER TWO YEARS.
I'VE SINCE MOVED LOCATIONS, BUT YOU KNOW, WHAT'S HAPPENED OVER THERE IS WITH THE NO REGULATION, IS IT'S GOTTEN PRETTY WILD, RIGHT? WE HAVE 20 BOATS OVER THERE RIGHT NOW. YOU CAN LOOK EMUP YOURSELF ONE
OF THEM HAS BOYNTON BEACH BTR. AND YOU COULD, ZERO OF THOSE 20 HAVE COUNTY BTR, AND LESS THAN 50% OF THEM WERE ON SUN BIZ THAT HAVE A FLORIDA CORPORATION, RIGHT? AND WITH YOU KNOW, WITH THIS CHARTER BUSINESS, IT'S NOW STATE
LAW AND FEDERAL LAW THAT YOU HAVE A COMMERCIAL INSURANCE POLICY AND A STATE LAW THAT YOU BE COMMERCIALLY REGISTERED, RIGHT? SO IF YOU DON'T HAVE ALL THIS STUFF, YOU CAN'T HAVE THOSE OTHER TWO THINGS BECAUSE I GET COMMERCIAL INSURANCE EVERY YEAR, RIGHT? SO WHAT I'M HERE TO ASK ABOUT IS
LIKE CAN WE GET SOME REGULATION OVER THERE, YOU KNOW? IT'S PRETTY SIMPLE. LIKE, LET'S ISSUE SOME STICKERS, BRING THESE GUYS IN, CHECK ALL THIS STUFF, YOU KNOW, IT'S IT'S A HAZARD. IT'S A HAZARD TO THE PEOPLE USING IT, TO THE VOTING HERE, PAYING TAXES, AND THE PEOPLE
THAT COME DOWN HERE EVERY YEAR TO SPEND MONEY AND KEEP OUR COMMUNITY GOING IS AS A TOURIST, RIGHT? AND YOU KNOW I'M FRIENDS WITH MOAFS THESE GUYS OVER THERE. WE TALK ON A DAILY BASIS LIKE I WAS THERE BEFORE AND FOR THE PEOPLE THAT ARE DOING IT THE RIGHT WAY, THIS ISN'T A BAD
THING, YOU KNOW? LIKE LET'S GET IN THERE, LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OF THIS STUFF. YOU KNOW, AND I'M HERE, I'LL VOLUNTEER, I'LL HELP OUT, YOU KNOW? BUT IN THE GUY OVER THERE FROM THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT, THAT DOES THE INSPECTIONS TO BTRs HE'S DONE ME TWICE NOW, HE'S
AWESOME. HE KNOWS WHAT A CLASS 1 LIGHT JACKET IS, HE KNOWS WHAT YOU NEED, EVERY TIME HE COMES AND DOES IT, IT'S AWESOME. YOU KNOW? SO YOU KNOW I KNOW THERE'S SOME PEOPLE IN THE CITY THAT CAN HELP WITH IT THAT UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, BUT I THINK IT'S TIME. WE NEED TO GET IN THERE AND LOOK
AT WHAT'S GOING ON BECAUSE YOU KNOW, WE SAID LET'S USE THE PARK, AWESOME AND THEN NOTHING'S HAPPENED, REGULATE AFTER THE SIX MONTHS, AND IT'S BECOME PRETTY CRAZY. SO YOU KNOW, AS A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER HERE, I HOPE THE COMMISSION SUPPORTS ALL SMALL
BUSINESSES AND CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THESE MATTERS. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. NEXT, PLEASE? >> HOW ARE YOU DOING? MY NAME IS CHIP SHEEN. I'M GOING TO TOUCH ON WHAT BARRY TALKED ABOUT.
I LIVE IN BOYNTON. I BEEN A BUSINESS OWNER HERE FOR 16 YEARS AND I BROUGHT THIS AT TO THE ATTENTION AWHILE BACK A COUPLE YEARS AGO AND IT WAS GOING TO BE ADDRESSED AGAIN AND IT WAS NEVER ADDRESSED. AND PRETTY MUCH WHAT BARRY SAID. WE HAVE NINE, WE HAVE A MARINA OUR CITY MARINA AND I HAVE A SLIP THERE, B BARRY HAS A SLIP
THERE AND WE HAVE NINE LEGAL CHARTER BUSINESSES AND WE HAVE OVER 20 LEGAL CHARTER BUSINESSES OPERATING OUT OF OUR CITY BOAT RAMP. AND EVERYTHING'S, EVERYTHING IS, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN LOOK UP ANYBODY'S BTLs, COUNTY OR CITY AND VICE VERSA.
SO WHEN WE HAVE -- WHAT WE HAVE TO PROVIDE TO BECOME A LEGITIMATE BUSINESS IN OUR CITY IS WE HAVE TO PROVIDE TO THE CRA AND WHEN YOU GET A BTR WE HAVE TO HAVE A VALID CAPTAINS LICENSE WE HAVE TO HAVE A CITY BTR, A COUNTY BTR, OUR BOATS MUST BE
REGISTERED COMMERCIALLY, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO HAVE A MILLION DOLLAR POLICY TIED INTO THE CITY AND THE CRA. OUR BOAT HAS TO BE INSPECTED BY THE COAST GUARD FOR ALL OF OUR SAFETY EQUIPMENT. YOU KNOW AND BY THE FIRE MARSHAL OR THE CITY PERSON THAT HE WAS SAYING THAT KNOWS THE LIFE
JACKETS. WE HAVE TO PROVIDE A DOCUMENTATION OF OUR TITLE AND OUR REGISTRATION AND BLAH BLAH BLAH. BUT YOU KNOW WE'RE REGULATED AND IF SOMETHING GETS EXPIRED, THEN WE GET CHECKED, YOU KNOW, IF OUR CAPTAIN'S LICENSE ISN'T UP TO DATE, THEN SOMEBODY APPROACHES US. AND IF THAT BOAT RAMP THERE
IS -- NOBODY, NOBODY GETS APPROACHED, AND THESE, AND IF THAT BOAPT RAMP YOU HAVE THESE 20 -- BOAT RAMP YOU HAVE THESE 20 BUSINESSES THAT ARE ADVERTISING CITY PROPERTY AS THEIR PLACE OF BUSINESS. AND YOU KNOW AND IT'S KIND OF IN A WAY THE CITY WILLINGLY
SUBSIDIZING OUR COMP IT TITIAN IS THE WAY THAT I WOULD SAY THE BEST WAY TO SAY IT BECAUSE THEY'RE PROVIDED EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE PROVIDED OTHER THAN A PLACE TO KEEP THEIR BOAT OVERNIGHT. THEY'RE PROVIDED A PLACE TO DO BUSINESS, WHICH IS CITY PROPERTY -- THEY'RE PROVIDED PARKING, THEY'RE PROVIDED RESTROOMS, THEY'RE PROVIDED FISH
CLEANING TABLES, THEY'RE PROVIDED A DOCK, THEY'RE PROVIDED A HANGING BOARD TO HANG THEIR CATCH, YOU KNOW, AND THE CITY HAS, THE CITY THEMSELVES HAS TAGGED AND POSTS THESE ILLEGAL BUSINESSES, MAYBE THEY DIDN'T KNOW THAT THEY WERE ILLEGAL, BUT AND IT KIND OF HURTS US BECAUSE WE'RE YOU KNOW
WE'RE TRYING TO COMPETE WITH SOMEBODY THAT IS NOT EVEN REGULATED OR MONITORED. AND LIKE HE SAID, I THINK THERE'S MAYBE A WAY TO MAKE IT FAIR. I DON'T WANT TO SEE ANYBODY GET PUT OUT OF BUSINESS. BY ANY MEANS AND AGAIN A LOT OF THOSE PEOPLE ARE MY FRIENDS AS
WELL BUT I FEEL LIKE IF YOU'RE GOING TO, I'M ALMOST OUT OF TIME, IF YOU'RE GOING TO GIVE THEM STICKERS BUT IF THEY'RE GOING TO COME BY WATER THEY SHOULD PICK UP AT OUR CITY DOCK SO IT'S MONITORED. YOU CAN'T HAVE PEOPLE COMING BY
WATER AND BE MONITORED. I THINK THEY WOULD NEED TO PICK THEM UP AT OUR CITY DOCK AND IF YOU WANT TO GIVE THEM PERMITS TO OPERATE THEIR BUSINESS TNEEDS TO BE REGULATED. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU. >> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND
COMMISSION. HUGH BROOD YOUR FIRE CHIEF I THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO COME UP AND GIVE YOU ALL A LITTLE BIT OF AN UPDATE ON ONE OF OUR FIRE ASSESSMENT FEE PROJECTS WHICH HAS BEEN COMPLETED. AND WE'RE VERY EXCITED THE
PHOENIX PROGRAM HAS BEEN COMPLETED. IT'S UP AND RUNNING. WE ARE GOING TO BE KEEPING SOME CLOSE STATISTICS TO SEE IF WE CHEA ACTUALLY GET THE RESPONSE TIME IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE ADVERTISE BY THIS SYSTEM BUT RIGHT NOW JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA IF A DISPATCHER IS ON THE PHONE AND THEY'RE TALKING TO
SOMEONE WHO'S ON 9-1-1 AND THEY'RE TRYING TO DISPATCH OUT A CALL IT'S VERY SIMPLE THEY PUSH ONE BUTTON THE COMPUTER DISPATCHES THE CALL FOR THEM AS THEY'RE STILL ABLE TO STAY ON THE PHONE, YOU KNOW, WITH SOMEONE THAT, YOU KNOW S NEEDING SOME ADVICE OR NEEDING SOMETHING AS THE UNITS AND TRUCKS ARE IN ROUTE SO WE'RE ALREADY SEEING
SOME IMPROVEMENTS WITHIN THE DISPATCH CENTER ALSO OUT IN OPERATIONS AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. I WANTED TO JUST UPDATE YOU AND THANK YOU AGAIN, YOU KNOW, FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT OF PUBLIC SAFETY IN THE CITY. YOU KNOW AS WE ALL KNOW, IT HAS BEEN YOUR NUMBER ONE CONCERN THROUGH THE STRATEGIC PLANNING AND STRATEGIC INITIATIVES AND WE WORK VERY DIFFICULT AND VERY
HARD TO TRY TO GET ALL OF THESE THINGS ACCOMPLISHED SO THAT WE CAN SERVE OUR COMMUNITY EFFECTIVELY. AND RESPOND AND SAVE LIVES AND THIS IS A PROJECT THAT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO SAVE LINES. SO JUST WANT TO THANK YOU AGAIN AND ALSO COMMENT I THINK IT'S, IT'S EXCELLENT THAT YOU HAD THE OPPORTUNITY OF SEEING BOTH YOUR
POLICE CHIEF AND YOUR FIRE CHIEF AT THE DAIS THIS EVENING SO DO DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME. >> MAYOR: NO? ANYONE, THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU SO MUCH. ANYONE ONLINE? >> YES, MAYER, WE HAVE MIKE S CHRAM PCO ONLINE.
IF YOU COULD UNMUTE YOURSELF, STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD AND BEGIN WHEN YOU'RE READY. >> I'M MIKE SCHRAMCO I'M CALLING IN REGARDS TO THE TRAFFIC PROBLEM. I LIVE IN FOREST PARK WHICH IS BASICALLY LIKE A THIRD WORLD COUNTRY. THERE'S HOUSES WITH 15, 20 CARS,
AND WHEN WE WAKE UP IN THE MORNING TO THE GARBAGE MAN HONKING THE HORN TO TRY TO GET PEOPLE OUT OF THE STREET BECAUSE THEY CAN'T EVEN DRIVE DOWN THE STREET. LAST NIGHT I PUT UP SOME FLOOD LIGHTS BECAUSE THERE IS SO MUCH HUMAN TRAFFICKING GOING ON IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, AND THERE'S PEOPLE LITERALLY MEETING UNFRONT OF MY HOUSE, AND -- IN FRONT OF
MY HOU HOUSE, AND I WAS PUTTING FLOOD LIGHTS. THEY LITERALLY STOLE THE LIGHT OUT OF IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE. SO THIS FAKE STATISTIC THAT ALL THIS STUFF IS GLORIOUS AND PERFECT IS COMPLETE BULL BY THE CHIEF OF POLICE. AS YOU KNOW I'VE BEEN A COMPLETE
VICTIM OF THE FALSE ALLEGATIONSES THAT COME OUT OF THAT DEPARTMENT JUST LIKE PROBABLY EVERYONE ON THAT PODIUM AND I'M JUST TRYING TO GET HELP. I WOULD LIKE TO GET ME NEIGHBORHOOD CLEANED UP. THERE IS OBVIOUSLY HUMAN TRAFFICKING GOING ON. THERE ARE KIDS ALL HOURS OF THE NIGHT BEING HANDED OFF FROM CARS
AND NOTHING IS BEING DONE SO WE NEED A LITTLE, YOU KNOW, WE NEED SOME HELP OVER HERE. I THOUGHT THAT HAVING A COMMISSIONER AND A MAYOR LIVE IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD WOULD MAKE IT BETTER, NOTHING HAS CHANGED. AND I JUST WOULD LIKE TO MAKE IT KNOWN THAT THIS AREA IS DANGEROUS.
PEOPLE SHOULD NOT INVEST IN HERE, SHOULD NOT BUY IN HERE, LOCK YOUR DOORS, HIDE YOUR KIDS, AND WE NEED HELP. THAT'S ABOUT IT. HOPEFULLY SOMETHING CAN GET DONE. BUT I KNOW PISSING IN THE WIND FOR SEVERAL YEARS NOW. >> WATCH THE LANGUAGE. >> THANK YOU.
>> MAYOR: THANK YOU. OKAY. ON THAT NOTE, WE'LL BE MOVING ONTO THE ADVISORY BOARD AND APPOINTMENTS. AND WE HAVE ONE APPLICATION FOR THE EDUCATION AND YOUTH ADVISORY BOARD. THERE IS ONE ALTERNATE POSITION, AND THREE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT POSITIONS AVAILABLE.
IT WAS CLARIFIED THAT THIS IS A STUDENT OF BOYNTON BEACH HIGH SCHOOL AND DOES HAVE A PARENT THAT LIVES WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS SO THE WAIVER ISN'T REQUIRED. THIS WAS PREVIOUSLY TABLED. CAN WE PLEASE HAVE A MOTION TO REMOVE THIS FROM THE TABLE? >> SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >> MAYOR: COMMISSIONER KELLEY
MADE THE MOTION AND VICE MAYOR HAY MADE THE SECOND. OR WAS IT THE OTHER WAY AROUND? >> THAT'S OKAY. >> MAYOR: HAY MADE THE MOTION AND COMMISSIONER KELLEY MADE THE SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THIS NOMINATION GOES TO COMMISSIONER CRUZ, WOULD YOU
LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ARIELLA TENENBAUM AS A STUDENT MEMBER OF THE EDUCATION AND YOUTH BOARD? >> YES, I'LL GO AHEAD AND MAKE A MOTION. >> SECOND. >> -- TO APPOINT ARIELLA TENENBAUM. >> MAYOR: GREAT, WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER CRUZ AND A SECOND BY VICE MAYOR TO APPROVE ARIELLA TENENBAUM AS A
STUDENT MEMBER OF THE EDUCATION YOUTH ADVISORY BOARD. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. WE HAVE THREE APPLICANTS FOR THE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY BOARD. THIS NOMINATION GOES TO VICE MAYOR HAY. WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE A POTION TO APPROVE -- MOTION TO APPROVE ONE OF THE THREE APPLICANTS AS A
REGULAR MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY BOARD? 72 YES.
>> SO WE HAVE A MOTION FROM VICE MAYOR HAY FOR DEBRA TACKERRA. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? >> SECOND. >> GREAT. WE HAVE A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. >> AYE. >> ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY.
NAY, MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. OKAY. >> WE ARE MOVING ONTO THE CONSENT AGENDA. >> WE HAVE 5B. >> OH, 2026 DISCUSSION -- OH, 2026 CITY COMMISSION KALAN CALENDAR OF MEETINGS AND DISCUSSION ABOUT THE
JANUARY 6th COMMISSION MEETING, APPROVE THE CITY COMMISSION AND AGENDA REVIEW WORKSHOP MEETING DATES FOR 2026. STAFF WOULD LIKE TO RECOMMEND CANCELING THE JANUARY 6th. >> I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE CANCELING JANUARY 6th AND MOVING IT.
UNLESS THERE IS SOME URGENT ITEMS THAT STAFF CAN TELL US ABOUT? >> EVERYONE OKAY WITH THAT? >> EVERYBODY'S OKAY? >> WE DISCUSSED THIS AT THE LAST MEETING, BUT YOU AND COMMISSIONER CRUZ WERE GONE SO WE WANTED TO WAIT TILL Y'ALL
CAME BACK TO DECIDE. >> OKAY, SO DO WE HAVE A MOTION. >> SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >> SO WE HAVE A SECOND. VICE MAYOR MADE THE MOTION TO CANCEL THE JANUARY 6th MEETING. COMMISSIONER TURKIN MADE A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY.
MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. NOW WE'RE MOVING ONTO CONSENT AGENDA. MY COLLEAGUES WANT TO PULL ANY ITEMS FROM THE CONSENT LET'S GOOD GUN ON MY LEFT WITH COMMISSIONER -- BEGIN ON MY LEFT WITH COMMISSIONER TURKIN. >> NO. >> AND COMMISSIONER KELLEY. >> NO, MAYOR, THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: AND VICE MAYOR HAY. >> NO. >> MAYOR: COMMISSIONER CRUZ. >> NOPE. >> MAYOR: IF THERE ARE NO FURTHER CHANGES, MAY WE HAVE A
MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA? >> SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >> MAYOR: WE HAVE VICE MAYOR FOR MAKING THE FIRST MOTION, AND COMMISSIONER KELLEY MAKING THE SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. L OPPOSED SAY NAY? MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
WE WILL NOW MOVE ONTO CONSENT BIDS AND PURCHASES F. MY COLLEAGUES WOULD LIKE TO PULL ANYTHING. COMMISSIONER CRUZ. >> NONE FOR ME. >> MAYOR: VICE MAYOR HAY. >> NOTHING FOR ME. >> MAYOR: COMMISSIONER KELLEY. >> NOTHING FOR ME, THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: COMMISSIONER TURKIN. IF THERE ARE NO -- >> SECOND. >> MAYOR: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER TURKIN AND A SECOND
TO APPROVE THE CONSENT BIDS AND PURCHASES. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. WE HAVE ONE PUBLIC HEARING, ITEM -- PUBLIC COMMENT WILL BE PERMITTED ON BOTH ITEMS.
ITEM A. IS QUASI-JUDICIAL. WE'LL NOW TURN TO THE CLERK TO SWEAR IN ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS.
>> ANYONE WHO IS HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 8A, PLEASE STAND AND RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. [SWEARING IN]
PLEASE BE SEATED. >> DO YOU WANT TO READ IT INTO RECORD. >> UH-HUH. PROPOSED MAJOR SITE PLAN MODIFICATION FOR A NEW 32,000 SQUARE FOOT WAREHOUSE FACILITY FOR FEEDING SOUTH FLORIDA. APPROVE REQUEST FOR A MAJOR SITE PLAN MODIFICATION TO CONSTRUCT A NEW 32,000 SQUARE FOOT WAREHOUSE
FACILITY AND ASSOCIATED SITE IMPROVEMENTS ON THE SOUTHERN PARCEL OF THE FEEDING SOUTH FLORIDA CAMPUS WITHIN QUANTUM PARK. THE NEW BUILDING WILL FUNCTION AS AN OPTIONAL EXPANSION OF THE EXISTING 25,775 SQUARE FOOT WAREHOUSE ON THE NORTHERN
PARCEL, BOTH PARCELS ARE TO BE JOINED THROUGH A RECORDED UNITY OF TITLE. >> MAYOR: OKAY. AND NOW IS THERE ANYONE THAT WANTS TO SPEAK ON THIS ISSUE? COME ON DOWN.
KIDYOU S -- DID YOU SWEAR IN, TAMMY? OH. >> [SWEARING IN]
>> THANKS TO THE COMMISSION, AND STAFF, FOR ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK AND PUTTING THIS PROJECT TOGETHER. MY NAME IS STEVE KNIGHT WITH ALEXIS KNIGHT ARCHITECTS. I'M PART OF THE DESIGN TEAM. REPRESENTING FEEDING SOUTH FLORIDA. OUR TEAM CONSISTS OF ALEXIS
KNIGHT ARCHITECTS SERVING AS THE ARCHITECTURAL DESIGNERS. CIVIL DESIGN INC. HELPING US WITH THE CIVIL ENGINEERING. LANDSCAPE AND LAND PLANNING. DUAL IN DESIGN AND THEN TRAFFIC ENGINEERING SIMMONS AND WHITE.
AS YOU STATED, THIS IS A BRAND NEW BUILDING TO BE CONSTRUCTED ADJACENT TO AN EXISTING BUILDING FOR FEEDING SOUTH FLORIDA. IN AN EFFORT TO SUPPORT THE ONGOING SERVICES THEY PROVIDE TO THE COMMUNITY, THEY HAVE DECIDED THAT EXPANSION WOULD BE
BENEFICIAL TO BOTH THEIR, THEIR CAUSE AND THE IN SERVING THE COMMUNITY. THE SITE PLAN APPROVAL INCLUDES 32,000 SQUARE FEET OF NEW BUILDING. THE FOOTPRINT IS 25,000 SQUARE FEET.
THIS FACILITY WILL ACCOMMODATE THE, OKAY -- THIS FACILITATE
WILL ACCOMMODATE -- OKAY, HERE WE GO.
THIS FACILITATE WILL ACCOMMODATE BOTH DRY AND COLD AND FREEZER STORAGE FOR FOOD PRODUCTS TO BE DISTRIBUTED TO THE COMMUNITY. THIS PROJECT ALSO INCLUDES THE COMBINATION OR INCLUDING TWO
LOTS BEING SEPARATE -- OR I'M NOT SEPARATED BUT COMBINED INTO ONE. THIS HAS BEEN DONE THROUGH UNITY TITLE, AND THAT HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED. OF COURSE IT SUPPORTS THE REQUIRED PARKING, PARKING
LANDSCAPING, AND DRIVE ACCESS. THIS SLIDE INDICATES AND SHOWS THE EXISTING BUILDING WITH THE PROPOSED LOCATION OF THE NEW BUILDING ON THE SOUTH. LIKE I SAID THESE TWO LOTS WILL BE COMBINED AND THIS SOUTHERNMOST SITE FULLY
DEVELOPED TO HELP SUPPORT THE EXISTING FACILITY. THE NEXT SLIDE IS AN EXISTING BUILDING. IT'S PREDOMINANTLY LOCATED ON RIDGE ROAD OR BOULEVARD.
AS YOU CAN SEE, IN THIS CASE, THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE NEW BUILDING WILL MIMIC THIS SOMEWHAT, HOPEFULLY TO ENHANCE THE APPEARANCE AND CURB APPEAL OF THE NEW AND EXISTING BUILDING. MORE ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE
EXISTING FACILITY. AND SOME SHOTS OF THE PROPOSED SITE THAT WILL ACCOMMODATE THIS ADDITIONAL SQUARE FOOTAGE. AS I HAD MENTIONED, AND ALSO
THIS GIBS YOU A BETTER SHOT OF IT HERE TOO AS WELL, POSITIONING THE BUILDING IT SHOWS THECON SEALED PULLUPS FOR THE TRUCK AND
PARKING DOCK AREAS. AN ILLUSTRATION SHOWING THE SOME OF THE LANDSCAPING IN THE ORIENTATION OF THE BUILDING. AND RELATIONSHIP TO THESE EXISTING AND THE EXISTING DRIVEWAY. ELEVATIONS. AGAIN, SIMILAR TO THE EXISTING
BUILDING BUT WITH A ADDITIONAL ARCHITECTURAL FLAIR WITH VARIOUS AWNINGS, OFFSETS, AND VARIOUS COLORS. ADDITIONAL ELEVATIONS. THIS IS A TILT UP CONSTRUCTION AGAIN TO MIMIC THE EXISTING
FACILITY. THIS IS A FLOOR PLAN OF THE INTERIOR. WHICH INCLUDES PRIMARILY WAREHOUSE WITH A SMALL COMPONENT OF OFFICE. TO HELP SUPPORT THAT. AND IN CONCLUSION, AS I HAD
MENTIONED, FEEDING SOUTH FLORIDA HAS BEEN A PREDOMINANT ENTITY HERE IN BOYNTON BEACH, AND WE FEEL WITH THE ADDITION OF THIS 32,000 SQUARE FEET, IT WILL HELP THEM EVEN MORE SO PROVIDE EXTREMELY VALUABLE NEED AND
SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY. AND WITH THAT, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'D FEEL FREE TO ANSWER THOSE. >>> ONE THING WE DID MISS IS IF EACH COMMISSIONER CAN PLEASE MAKE ANY DISCLOSURES AT THIS TIME REGARDING 8A. SO IF WE CAN START OFF WITH YOU,
COMMISSIONER TURKIN. >> AS TO THIS MATTER I HAVE NOT HAD EX PARTE COMMUNICATIONS I HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS. I HAVE NOT CONDUCTED AN INVESTIGATION. I HAVE NOT MADE A SITE VISIT. I HAVE NOT RECEIVED EXPERT OPINIONS. I REQUEST THAT THESE DISCLOSURES AND ALL WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS BE MADE PART OF THE RECORD.
>> MAYOR: COMMISSIONERRER KELLEY. >> AS TO THIS MATTER I HAVE HAD EX PARTE COMMUNICATIONS WITH REPRESENTATIVE FROM FEEDING SOUTH FLORIDA. I HAVE NOT RECEIVED WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS. I HAVE NOT CONDUCTED AN INVESTIGATION. I HAVE NOT MADE A SITE VISIT. I HAVE NOT RECEIVED EXPERT OPINIONS.
I REQUEST THESE DISCLOSURES AND ALL WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS BE MADE PART OF THE RECORD. >> MAYOR: SLVICE MAYOR HAY. >> I HAVE NOT HAD ANY EXCOMMUNICATION. I HAVE NOT RECEIVED WRITTEN COMMUNICATION. I HAVE NOT CONDUCTED AN INVESTIGATION. I HAVE NOT MADE A SITE VISIT.
I HAVE NOT RECEIVED EXPERT OPINION. IIEST THAT THESE DISCLOSURES AND ALL WRITTEN COMMUNICATION BE MADE PART OF THE RECORD. >> MAYOR: AND COMMISSIONER CRUZ. >> AS TO THIS MATTER I HAVE NOT HAD EX PARTE COMMUNICATIONS,.
I HAVE NOT RECEIVED WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS. I HAVE NOT CONDUCTED AN INVESTIGATION. I HAVE NOT MADE A SITE VISIT. I HAVE NOT RECEIVED EXPERT OPINIONS OTHER THAN STAFF. I REQUEST THAT THESE DISCLOSURES AND ALL WRITTEN COMMUNICATION BE MADE PART OF THE RECORD.
>> I'M REGARDING ITEM 8A I HAVE NOT HAD ANYWAY EX PARTE COMMUNICATION, I HAVE NOT RECEIVED WRITTEN COMMUNICATION, I HAVE NOT CONDUCTED AN INVESTIGATION, I HAVE N NOT MADE A SITE VISIT AND NOT RECEIVED EXPERT OPINIONS. I REQUEST THESE DISCLOSURES AND ALL WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS BE MADE PART OF THE RECORD. AND STAFF, IS THERE ANY OTHER
PRESENTATION THAT YOU HAVE TO ADD? >> THANK YOU, COMMISSION. STAFF HAS NO ADDITIONAL COMMENTS. >> MICAH? >> MIC ON? >> YEAH, IT'S GREEN. SORRY. IT WAS JUST NOT SPEAK INTO IT CORRECTLY. STAFF HAS NO ADDITIONAL COMMENTS AND STAFF SUPPORTS APPROVAL OF THIS PROJECT. >> OKAY.
THANK YOU. SO PUBLIC COMMENT IS PERMITTED AT THIS TIME. EACH PERSON HAVING THREE MINUTES. IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO COME DOWN AND SPEAK ON THIS ISSUE, NOW IS YOUR TIME. IF THERE IS NOTHING ELSE, MAY WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE PROPOSED MAJOR SITE PLAN
MODIFICATION. >> SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >> WE HAVE A MOTION. WE HAVE A SECOND. LET'S TURN TO THE CLERK FOR A ROLL CALL VOTE. >> ALL RIGHT. >> [LAUGHTER] >> LOOK AT YOU. >> VERY GOOD. >> THAT'S AN INSIDE JOKE.
>> YEAH, INSIDE JOKE. >> INSIDE JOKE. >> COMMISSIONER KELLEY. >>> GOT IT. >>> COMMISSIONER KELLEY. >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER TURKIN. >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER CRUZ. >> YES. >> VICE MAYOR HAY. >> YES. >>> MAYOR SHELTON. >> YES. >>> IN ROLL CALL VOTE, THE VOTE
PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. >>> THANK YOU, COMMISSIONERS. >> THANK YOU. >> I'LL TURN TO THE CLERK TO READ 8B INTO THE RECORD. >> A PROPOSED ORDINANCE NUMBER 25-045 FIRST READING AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSION
OF THE CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 3 ARTICLE III SECTION 2-POINT GI PUD CHAPTER 3 ARTICLE IV SECTION 3 USE REGULATIONS, CHAPTER 4, ARTICLE 3, SECTION 8-POINT A 3.
B PLAZA REQUIREMENTS AND CHAPTER 4 ARTICLE IV SECTION 4-POINT C.1 SIGNS AMENDING INFILL PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT FOR A CLARIFICATIONS THAT ONLY RESIDENTIAL USES ARE PERMITTED PROVIDING FOR A CODIFICATION, CONFLICTS, VARIABILITY, AND EFFECTIVE DATE.
>> THIS IS THE FIRST READING, STAFF DO YOU HAVE A PRESENTATION? >> YES, I HAVE A VERY BRIEF PRESENT OPTION. FOR YOU TONIGHT. SO GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS. KEVIN FISHER, PLANNING AND ZONING, DIVISION DIRECTOR. SO THIS IS A FAIRLY STRAIGHTFORWARD AMENDMENT TO THE ZONING CODE WITH RESPECT TO THE
CITY'S INFILL PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT OR IPUD ZONING DISTRICT. IT IS GENERALLY A RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT. HOWEVER, THERE IS ONE NONRESIDENTIAL USE THAT'S ALLOWED AS A PRINCIPAL USE WITHIN THE ZONING DISTRICT CURRENTLY, AND THAT'S A MARINA
COULD BE A PRIVATE YACHT CLUB, AND THE REASON THAT WE'RE PROPOSING TO ELIMINATE THAT USE IS BECAUSE THE LAST LEGISLATIVE SESSION, THERE WERE SOME AMENDMENTS TO FLORIDA STATUTE WITH RESPECT TO WHAT'S UKSTLY
KNOWN AS THE LIVE LOCAL ACT WHICH WAS APPROVED IN 2023 WHICH UNDER CERTAIN PARAMETERS ABOUT 40% OF THE UNITS PROPOSED IN A MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT MEET STATE STATUTE DEFINITION AS AN AFFORDABLE UNIT, THEN A CITY OR COUNTY MUST
APPROVE THAT OUTSIDE OF PUBLIC HEARING PROCESS. ADMINISTRATIVE APPROVAL ON ANY LAND ZONED FOR COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL, OR MIXED USE. THE CHANGE THAT THEY MADE IN THIS PREVIOUS SESSION AND IS NOW IN STATUTE WAS TO ALSO ADD AND
IN PORTIONS OF ANY FLEXIBLY ZONED AREAS SUCH AS A PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT THAT ALLOWS FOR ANY TYPE OF COMMERCIAL USE. SO THEREFORE, BECAUSE OF THAT ALLOWANCE OF PRIVATE YACHT OR A MARINA WHICH WOULD BE CONSIDERED A COMMERCIAL USE THAT COULD OPEN UP THIS DISTRICT FOR SOMEONE TO
PROPOSE A LIVE LOCAL PROJECT. SO AGAIN, THE INTENT OF THIS DISTRICT WAS ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, IT'S A RESIDENTIAL BASED DISTRICT, SO STAFF WAS PROPOSING THAT CHANGE SO THAT WOULD CURTAIL ANY FUTURE POTENTIAL FOR A LIVE LOCAL PROJECT. AND I'LL NOTE THAT THIS ZONING
DISTRICT HAS A MAXIMUM DENSITY AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE SCREEN OF 20 UNITS PER ACRE AND UNDER LIVE LOCAL COULD GO SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER. SO WITH THAT HAPPY IT ANSWER ANY
QUESTIONS. >> MAYOR: ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? >> NO PUBLIC COMMENT, FIRST READING. >> MAYOR: OH, IT'S FIRST READING. OKAY. LET'S TURN TO THE CLERK FOR A ROLL CALL.
>> MAYOR: DO WE HAVE A MOTION? >> MOTION TO APPROVE. >> SECOND. >> MAYOR: MOTION TO PROVE ORDINANCE 25-045 AND WE HAVE A SECOND. AND LET'S TURN TO THE CLERK FOR A ROLL CALL. >> COMMISSIONER KELLEY. >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER TURKIN. COMMISSIONER CRUZ? VICE MAYOR HAY.
>> YES. >> MAYOR SHELTON. >> YES. >> IN A ROLL CALL VOTE THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. >> OKAY. >> MAYOR: WE DO NOT HAVE ANYTHING ON THE CITY MANAGER'S REPORT. TAKE IT, DAN. OKAY. AND WE'RE MOVING ONTO THE REGULAR AGENDA.
I WILL TURN TO THE CLERK TO READ 10A INTO THE RECORD. >> PROPOSED ORDINANCE NUMBER 0 -- 25046 FIST READING ORDINANCE BOYNTON BEACH FLORIDA ADOPTING THE CITY'S FIVE YEAR
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM FOR FISCAL YEARS 2026 THROUGH 2030, PROVIDING FOR FINDINGS, VARIABILITY, CONFLICTS, PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. >> THIS THE FIRST READING? STAFF DO YOU HAVE A
PRESENTATION. NO? YES? GOING ONCE, GOING TWICE FOR A STAFF PRESENTATION? >> SO THIS -- THIS, I'M SORRY.
>> JUMP IN, ANDREW. JUMP IN ANY TIME. >> THIS IS SIMPLY A FORMALITY THAT WE ARE ADOPTING THE FIVE-YEAR PLAN THAT YOU HAVE ALREADY ADOPTED WITH THE BUDGET. SO THERE IS NO PRESENTATION. WE HAVE AT THIS TIME. >> MOTION TO APPROVE.
>> SECOND. >> MAYOR: OKAY, SO WE HAVE NO COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS. WE HAVE A MOTION, AND WE HAVE A SECOND TO APPROVE ORDINANCE 25-046046 FOR A FIRST READING. >> COMMISSIONER KELLEY. >> COMMISSIONER TURKIN. >> COMMISSIONER CRUZ. >> YES. >> VICE MAYOR HAY.
>> YES. >> MAYOR SHELTON. >> YES. >> IN A ROLL CALL VOTE, THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. >> EXCELLENT. WE ARE MOVING ONTO ITEM 10B. COMMISSIONER TURKIN, WOULD YOU
LIKE TO BEGIN THIS DISCUSSION? >> YEAH, JUST WANT TO LIGHT IT UP. [LAUGHTER] I SPOKE BRIEFLY WITH AMY KEMP FROM FPL. SHE IS MORE THAN HAPPY TO ASSIST. I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE FROM STAFF HAS REACHED OUT EVER SINCE
THE AGENDA REVIEW. >> SHE IS OUT OF TOWN. >> OKAY, YEAH. >> SHE'LL BE BACK -- >> I DID SEE THAT. SO MAYBE WHEN SHE'S BACK IN TOWN, I THINK IT SOUNDS LIKE THE FIRST STEP IS A STUDY THAT NEEDS -- THAT NEEDS TO BE CONDUCTED. SO I GUESS WE NEED TO IDENTIFY WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, WHAT THE COSTS LOOK LIKE FOR THE THAT,
ET CETERA, ET CETERA. BUT I DO THINK THERE IS A HUGE NEED FOR IT. YOU KNOW ESPECIALLY AS WE GROW, YOU KNOW, OUR DOWNTOWN AND YOU KNOW, WE LOOK AT THE NEIGHBORING ADJACENT STREETS AND PROPERTIES, YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE GOING TO REFLECT YOU KNOW, WHAT WE THINK ABOUT OUR CITY HOW WE CARE ABOUT
OUR CITY, AND HOW WE BUDGET FOR OUR CITY. AND SO I THINK IF WE REALLY WANT TO CREATE AN ANCHOR, YOU KNOW, HERE, IN OUR DOWNTOWN, WE NEED TO, WE NEED TO NOT JUST FOCUS ON YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY THE SERVICES
AND FIREFIGHTERS, OFFICERS, BUT WE NEED TO FOCUS ON THOSE STRUCTURAL THINGS THAT CAN HELP DETER CRIME AS WELL AND SO WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR IS SUPPORT TO ENGAGE IN THIS AND HOPEFULLY YOU KNOW COME UP WITH SOMETHING CREATIVE. I THINK THERE ARE DIFFERENT AVENUES WITH DIFFERENT GRANTS. YOU KNOW, MAYBE THERE IS AN
AVENUE WITH MOBILITY FEE. YOU KNOW, WHATEVER WE CAN DO TO HELP MITIGATE THE FUNDING FOR THIS IS IS KIND OF WHERE MY PERCEPTION IS WITH GETTING THIS DONE. IF IT IS GOING TO BE A LARGER OVERHAUL MAYBE WE BUDGET FOR
THIS OVER TIME AS FAR AS WHAT THAT STUDY TELLS US. I DO THINK THAT THIS IS SOMETHING IMPORTANT AND AS WE HAVE THESE PROJECTS COME OUT OF THE GROUND, WHICH IS IT'S GOING TO BE VERY BUSY HERE IN THE NEXT YEAR OR SO. AND SO I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, AS THEE PROJECTS ARE COMPLETED, AND PEOPLE START MOVING IN, THAT
WE DO WHAT WE CAN TO IMPROVE AND ENHANCE THE INFRASTRUCTURE SURROUNDING, YOU KNOW, THESE PROJECTS BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY TAKING CARE OF OUR RESIDENTS THAT ALREADY LIVE IN THESE AREAS. >> I AGREE. I THINK THAT THIS IS A VERY
IMPORTANT INITIATIVE, AND IT SHOULD BE A CITYWIDE INITIATIVE TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL DISTRICTS ARE COVERED EQUALLY OR FAIRLY. BUT I DO SUPPORT IT. I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA. AND WHEN WE COME BACK FROM THAT I THINK WE SHOULD PROBABLY PRIORITIZE AREAS THAT ARE HIGH
VOLUME LIKE PARKS AND OBVIOUSLY START WITH THAT AND THEN YOU KNOW EVERYTHING ELSE. SO WE'LL GET TO THAT, BUT YEAH, I SUPPORT IT. THANK YOU. >> YOU HAVE A PRESENTATION? >> YES, MAYOR, I DO. MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, GOOD EVENING. WILLIAM, DIVISION DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING. COMMISSION TURKIN, WE HAVE
UNDERTAKEN SOME OF THOSE EFFORTS ALREADY. I'M GOING TO SHARE WITH YOU WHAT STAFF HAS DONE AND IT'S FUTURE STEPS WE CAN LOOK INTO. WE'RE GOING TO GO OVER THE CURRENT LIGHTING ASSESSMENT, TALK ABOUT REPORTING LIGHTING ISSUES AND NEAR TERM UPGRADES AND FUTURE UPGRADES AS WELL AS
TECHNOLOGY ITEMS WE COULD CONSIDER. SO JUST TO MAKE EVERYBODY AWARE WE HAVE DONE A CURRENT STREET LIGHTING ASSESSMENT OR BEGUN THAT UNDERTAKING. SO EVERYONE'S AWARE THERE ARE 5,746 LIGHTS IN THE CITY. THE CITY PAYS FOR.
THOSE ARE ZOOMED IN VERY FAR. YOU CAN SEE THERE'S A LOT OF COVERAGE BUT ONE THING WE HAVE DISCOVERED IS PUBLIC WORKS DID A SPOT CHECK ON NOVEMBER 19th AND 20th AND THEY CONTINUE -- THEY'RE CONTINUING THAT TODAY AND TOMORROW.
THE INITIAL LOOK I DON'T HAVE THE NUMBERS FROM YESTERDAY AND TODAY BUT FROM TWO WEEKS AGO THEY LOOKED AT NINE DIFFERENT ROADWAYS THAT WERE AT LEAST 97 LIGHTS MALFUNCTIONING. ONLY TWO OF THE LIGHTS HAD NO
LIGHTS FUNCTIONING. ALL THE REST HAD SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 1 AND 15 LIGHTS MALFUNCTIONING. THEY LOOKED AT A FEDERAL SEACREST, OLD BOYNTON, GATEWAY,
WE HAVE SOME MORE INFORMATION HOPEFULLY BY THE END OF THE WEEK. ONE THING I DID WANT TO POINT OUT, YOU CAN GO TO FPL'S WEB SITE. YOU CAN DO THIS ON YOUR PHONE. YOU CAN REPORT LIGHTS THAT ARE OUT IF YOU ALLOW FPL TO LOCATE YOU. IT BRINGS UP A GRID IN YOUR AREA
OF LIGHTS SO YOU CAN CLICK ON THAT LIGHT T. TOOK ME ABOUT THREE MINUTES IF YOU HAVE A TEENAGE DAUGHTER LIKE MINE YOU CAN PROBABLY DO IT IF A MINUTE AND A HALF. YOU KNOW, SO IT'S VERY QUICK. THEY GIVE YOU OPTIONS OF IS THE LIGHT OFF AT NIGHT, IS IT ON DURING THE DAY, DOES IT FLASH, THINGS LIKE THAT.
THE ONLY THING IT PUTS YOUR FIRST NAME AND A CONTACT PHONE NUMBER. SO THAT'S AVAILABLE TO EVERYONE. >> THAT'S VERY EXCITING BECAUSE IN THE MORNINGS I WILL BE REPORT -- I WILL HAVE MY APP OUT TOMORROW MORNING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, LAWRENCE ROAD,
HYPOLUXO, F CONGRESS, MINOR, BECAUSE THEY'RE ALL GOING TO BE REPORTED TOMORROW MORNING. THAT'S EXCITING. >> MAYOR: YEP. >> SO HERE COMMISSIONER TURKIN I THINK A FEW OF THE THINGS THAT YOU BROUGHT UP ALREADY, ONE THING THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT IN NEAR TERM UPGRADES WE DO HAVE A LOT OF DEVELOPER PROJECTS YOU'RE ALL AWARE OF IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA.
ALL OF THOSE ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE SOME SORT OF LIGHTING ENHANCEMENTS. IF THEY'RE IN THE CRA DECORATIVE LIGHTING OUR STAFF IS REVIEWING THAT TO MAKE SURE THEY MEET THOSE EXPECTATIONS THAT THE CITY HAS SO ALL OF THOSE AS THEY START TO COME ONLINE WILL INCLUDE LIGHTING IMPROVEMENTS.
THERE ARE ALSO A COUPLE OF FDOT PROJECTS WE'RE COORDINATING WITH THEM ON BOYNTON BEACH BOULEVARD BETWEEN 95 AND SEACREST WHERE THEY PREVIOUSLY LEFT OUT THE LIGHTING. THEY ARE GOING TO INSTALL THAT LIGHTING AT SOME POINT IN THE NEAR FUTURE. WE ALSO HAVE A CITY PROJECT ON WEST OCEAN FROM 3rd TO SEACREST.
IT'S 50 NEW LIGHTS. FPL WAS SCHEDULED TO BEGIN THAT ACTUALLY THIS MONTH. THEY HAVE DELAYED THAT PROJECT A COUPLE OF MONTHS, BUT WE'RE CONTINUING TO COORDINATE WITH THEM ON GETTING THAT PROJECT OFF THE GROUND. LIKE I SAID, 50 NEW LIGHTS TO REPLACE FIVE, SO THAT'LL BE A
PRETTY SIGNIFICANT THERE CROSE IN COVERAGE IN THAT GER. SOME FUTURE UPGRADES TO COVER LIKE COMMISSIONER CRUZ YOU MENTIONED PARKS. ONE THING STAFF HAS DISCUSSED IS TO UPGRADE AND PROVIDE ADDITIONAL LIGHTING WHERE NEEDED IN HIGH PRIORITY AREAS.
THAT'S THE IMPORTANT AREA. THE MAJOR CORRIDORS AND PARKS SMS WE THEN CONSIDERED A PHASE 2 WHERE WE MOVED INTO THE NEIGHBORHOODS. I WILL SAY THAT WOULD TAKE YOU KNOW SOME ADDITIONAL STUDY PROBABLY BEYOND THE CAPABILITIES OF STAFF.
IT WOULD PROBABLY ALSO REQUIRE PUBLIC OUTREACH SO WE CAN COORDINATE WITH THE CITIZENS IN THOSE COMMUNITIES TO SEE WHAT THEY WANT. KIND OF PHASE 3, TO INSTALL ACCENT AND SMART LIGHTING IN PUBLIC SPACES AND GATEWAYS.
WE ALSO ARE DOING SOME TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION OPPORTUNITIES WHERE POSSIBLE AND YOU'LL SEE THIS IN A COUPLE OF THE DEVELOPER PROJECTS. WE ARE UNDERGROUNDING FP&L LIGHTS FOR THAT HARDENING OR FPL LIGHTS FOR THAT HARDENING. MOST OF THEM ARE GETTING UNDERGROUNDED. THERE ARE A FEW AREAS THAT AREN'T. THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF LED
CONVERSION BUT WE STILL IN THE CITY HAVE A FEW DOZEN HIGH PRESSURE SODIUM LIGHTS WHICH ARE VERY OLD. I TOLD AMANDA THIS MORNING I DIDN'T LEARN HOW TO DO HIGH PRESSURE SODIUM STUDIES BECAUSE THEY WERE DOING LED WHEN I WAS COLLEGE, AND THAT WAS AWHILE AGO. THERE ARE ALSO THINGS WITH SMART
LOIGING SYSTEM -- LIGHTING SYSTEMS, SOLAR INTEGRATION. WITH SOLENER TEGRATION ONE THING WE'RE GOING DO IS WE'RE LOOKING TO APPROVE THE USE OF TEMERARY SOLAR LIGHTS -- TEMPORARY SOLAR LIGHTS ON A FEW OF THESE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS. FOR A COUPLE REASONS THEY'RE EASIER FOR THE DEVELOPER TO INSTALL BUT TO SEE HOW THEY WORK.
TO SEE IF THAT IS SOMETHING THEY CAN IMPLEMENT IN CERTAIN LOCATIONS ON A PERMANENT MEASURE AND THEN DARK SKY COMPLIANCE. TO MAKE SURE WE REDUCE GLARE AND
SKY GLOW WHERE POSSIBLE. ONE THING I DID WANT TO BRING UP, I MENTIONED THE OVER 5,700 LIGHTS. LAST YEAR WE PAID OVER $934,000 IN ELECTRIC FOR THAT LIGHTING. THAT'S ACCORDING TO PUBLIC WORKS AND MYSELF. 44 CENTS CENTS PER DAY PER POLE.
SO THAT'S ANOTHER REASON WHY WE WANT TO MAKE SURE OUR PEALS ARE FUNCTIONING AND OUR LIGHTS ARE -- POLES ARE FUNCTIONING AND OUR LIGHTS ARE FUNCTIONING ACCURATELY. WE'RE PAYING A LOT OF MONEY FOR THAT. MOST OF THAT IS FOR FULL MAINTENANCE ABUT THERE ARE A COUPLE HUNDRED POLES THE CITY MAINTAINS. THE MOST OBVIOUS IS EXAMPLE THAT IS ON EAST OCEAN, THE BLUE
LIGHTS YOU KNOW IF YOU DON'T HAVE SOMETHING STRAIGHTUTE OF THE PPL CATALOG YOU DO HAVE TO TAKE OVER THE MAINTENANCE OF THAT. IF WE DO WANT NEW POLES IN CERTAIN LOCATIONS, THERE IS A BIG RANGE, USUALLY IN THE
THOUSANDS, 2,000 PER POLE COULD BE AS HIGH AS 4,000 WE HAVE SEEN IN THE CITY. FPL HAS POLES UP TO THEN THOUSAND PER POLE SO THERE IS A BIG VARIATION THERE BUT IF YOU WANT TO ADD ADDITIONAL POLES, YOU KNOW, FIGURING THAT 2,000
PER POLE RANGE ON THE BEST OCEAN PROJECT THEY ARE A LITTLE BIT OVER 1,000 PER POLE. AS FAR AS FUNDING, THERE IS CURRENTLY NO DIDICATED FUNDING SOURCE THAT'S TRUE IN THE CITY IN THE COUNTY THAT'S TRUE IN THE STATE. WE ARE NOT THE ONLY ONES WHO HAVE THIS PROBLEM.
THE ONE THING YOU HAVE IS IF YOU DO HAVE A ROADWAY PROJECT, FHWA OR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WIPAY FOR LIGHTING ENHANCEMENTS, BUT THERE IS NO DEDICATED FUNDING SOURCE FOR JUST LIGHTING PROJECTS. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL COMMISSIONER TURKIN YOU MENTIONED GRANTS SAFE STREETS
FOR ALL, WHICH WE GOT OUR GRANT SIGNED SIX WEEKS AGO. AS WE DO THE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN THERE ARE GRANT FUNDING AVAILABLE ONCE WE ACTUALLY IMPLEMENT THE PLAN TO POTENTIALLY PUT IN LIGHTING. THAT'S SOMETHING THEY WILL PAY FOR. THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT DOES HAVE SOME PROVISIONS
TO PAY FOR LIGHTING. SOY THERE ARE SOME GRANT SOURCES. THE STATE OCCASIONALLY HAS SOME. BUT LIKE I SAID THERE IS NO DEDICATED FUNDING SOURCES. WITH THAT, YOU KNOW WE WOULD PUT ON THE AGENDA TO ASK FOR SOME
COMMISSION DIRECTION HERE ON WHAT THE NEXT STEPS WOULD BE. WE'RE CONTINUING SOME OF THAT PUBLIC WORKS ANALYSIS BUT AS FAR AS PUTTING TOGETHER A MASTER PLAN THAT WOULD REQUIRE US TO WORK WITH OUR TEAM OF CONSULTANTS WE HAVE AND SEE WHAT THE COST OF THAT WOULD BE. YOU KNOW, WE'D HAVE TO DEFINE A
SCOPE OF THAT, OBVIOUSLY COMMISSIONER CRUZ YOU MENTIONED THE WHOLE CITY. WE WOULD WANT TO LOOK AT THAT. YOU KNOW BUT I WOULD HAVE TO GO TO OUR CONSULTANTS AND GET SOME QUOTES AND SEE HOW MUCH THAT WOULD COST MOVING FORWARD AND
WITH THAT I'LL OPEN IT UP TO ANY QUESTIONS. >> LET ME QLA CLARIFY THAT. I BROUGHT THIS UP BECAUSE OF THE NEED IN THE DOWNTOWN BUT I DO AGREE THIS IS A CITYWIDE ISSUE SO AS WE MOVE FORWARD I WANT TO LOOK AT THIS CITYWIDE. >> AGREE. >> JUST AS A CLARIFICATION.
I DON'T THINK I CLARIFIED THAT EARLIER. BUT YEAH I THINK WE HAVE A WAY FORWARD. I THINK YOU KNOW, DO WE DO A LIKE A REAL STUDY FEASIBILITY STUDY AND KIND OF GO FROM THERE. SEE WHAT WE IDENTIFY AND THEN WE CAN, WE CAN TALK DOLLARS.
>> I DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO MAKE IT CITYWIDE BECAUSE I THINK AS MUCH AS WE NEED IT IN THE DOWNTOWN AND IN THE COMMON AREAS, PEOPLE TRAVELING IT'S GOING TO START HELPING WITH SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE GET PUBLIC COMMENT ON ABOUT CRIME OR THINGS JUST THE LIGHTING ALONE I THINK WOULD BE A DEFOREST PARK BECAUSE
I WALK IN THE MORNING TOO AND SEACREST IS OBVIOUSLY VERY DARK BUT EVEN TO WALK EAST, EVEN TO WALK WEST OF SEACREST TO 95, SO MANY LIGHTS ARE OUT. >> MAYOR THIS, I DO FEEL THAT
THIS IS A LONG OVERDUE, AND WE HAD IT IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION BECAUSE I TALKED ABOUT THIS MANY TIMES AS I LEAVE ONE CITY COMING INTO BOYNTON BUT I LIKE TO KNOW WHO DETERMINES THE LUMENS OF A
PARTICULAR LIGHT BECAUSE SOME AREA THEY HAVE LIGHTS BUT THEY ARE DIM AND OTHER HAVE LIGHTS AND IS TH THEY ARE BRIGHT SO IS THERE A CITYWIDE STANDARD THAT WE USE FOR THE NUMBER OF LUMENS FOR A PER LIGHT? >> THERE IS NOT A CITYWIDE STANDARD. TYPICALLY IT'S DONE THROUGH THE
DESIGN PROCESS. I WILL TELL YOU I THINK AND WE'RE GUILTY OF THIS TOO, WHEN WE REPORT A PROBLEM WITH LIGHTS, ONE OF THOSE OPTIONS IS THAT THE LIGHT IS DIM. AND I DON'T THINK WE DO A GOOD ENOUGH JOB OF REPORTING THAT. IF YOU'RE ON A STRETCH OF ROADWAY AND YOU LOOK UP AND YOU
SEE 10 OR 15 LIGHTS, THEY ALL IN THEORY SHOULD HAVE THE SAME OR SIMILAR LUMENS SO MY OPINION WOULD BE IF YOU SEE A COUPLE DIM LIGHTS THOSE ARE MALFUNCTION. FP&L NEEDS TO BE CONTACTED AND THEY NEED TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT POLE. YOU KNOW, THE LUMEN DESIGNATION
BY THE DESIGNER AND I'M NOT A LIGHTING DESIGNER BUT A LOT OF IT HAS TO DO WITH YOU KNOW THE WIDTH OF THE ROAD, THE SPACING THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE FOR THE POLES, INLOCATION, WHETHER IT'S -- DIFFERENT LUMEN REQUIREMENT THAN A RESIDENTIAL STREET BUT IF THERE IS A STRETCH
OF LIGHTS AND YOU NOTICE ONE OF THEM IS DIMMER THAN THE OTHERS, THAT'S MOST LIKELY A MALFUNCTIONING LIGHT. THEY DID NOT CHOOSE TO PUT A LOWER LUMEN LEVEL ON A SINGLE LIGHT IN A STRETCH OF TEN. >> OKAY. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR
DIRECTION? >> JUST VERY BRIEFLY, I OBVIOUSLY SUPPORT THIS. WE ADDED LIGHTS IN DISTRICT 4 BEFORE I WAS ON THIS COMMISSION, AND MY MY ONLY I GUESS TO
INFORMATION TO NOTE IS THAT IN SITTING ON THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL BOARD IT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MUNICIPALITIES HAVE BEEN KIND OF FIGHTING THE COUNTY ON IS THAT THE COUNTY HAS BASICALLY SAID IF A MUNICIPALITY DEEMS A
ROAD THAT THEY WANT TO PUT LIGHTS ON IT, THEN THEY CAN PAY FOR IT. AND THE POSITION OF THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL BOARD IS THAT REPRESENTS ALL THE MUNICIPALITIES, IS THAT CITY RESIDENTS SHOULDN'T BE FOSHESZED TO COVER THE COSTS -- FORCED TO
COVER THE COSTS THAT COUNTY RESIDENTS WOULD HAVE WITHOUT ANY ISSUE. SO IN MOVING FORWARD, I THINK PART OF THAT STUDY OTHER PART OF THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS TOO WOULD BE IF IT IS A COUNTY ROAD OR A
STATE ROAD, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT THE STATES IS OR WHAT THE CONVERSATION HAS BEEN BECAUSE WE DID PAY FOR ALL OF THE LIGHTING ON MINOR ROAD BECAUSE THE COUNTY SAID, WELL, WE DON'T REALLY SEE THAT MINOR ROAD NEEDS LIGHTING. WELL, MINOR ROAD DESPERATELY NEEDED LIGHTING.
WE HAD, Y WON'T EVEN GO INTO DETAIL ON WHAT WE HAD HAPPEN ON MINOR ROAD SO I WANT MAKE SURE THAT AS WE WE ARE MOVING FORWARD AND LIKE I SAID I TOTALLY SUPPORT THIS. WE NEED TO SEE CITYWIDE STUDY OF
PRIORITIZING WHAT'S IMPORTANT, WITH IT'S IMPORTANT. YOU KNOW, REMEMBERING WE'RE PUTTING THESE IN, YOU KNOW, SHINING THESE IN PEOPLE'S YARDS AND LIVING ROOMS TOO TO BE MINDFUL OF WHAT WE'RE, WHAT WE ARE INSTALLING TOO. WE WANT IT TO BE PUBLICLY SAFE
AND MANAGES SURE WE'RE NOT BEING EVERYONE BE FRUSTRATED WITH LIGHTING UP ALL OF THE ROADS INTO THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS. SO THAT WOULD BE MY CONCERN AND RECOMMENDATION IS MAKING SURE IF IT'S A COUNTY ROAD OR STATE ROAD THAT WE'RE MAYBE I DON'T WANT TO SAY DEPRIORITIZING THEM BUT
MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE NOT JUST SELECTING THOSE TO ADD LIGHTS WHEN THERE SHOULD BE A MECHANISM AND IF THAT MEANS WE HAVE TO DO AN ADDITIONAL FEASIBILITY STUDY ON THOSE ROADS TO SHOW THE COUNTY, THAT THESE RESIDENTS WHO LIVE ALONG THIS YOU KNOW ROADWAY
NEED LIGHTING I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING THAT TOO SO THAT WE'RE NOT JUST CONSTANTLY BEING THE ONES TO FOOT THE BILL ON THESE ROADS WHEN THE COUNTY CAN EASILY SAY OH, IT JUST DOESN'T MEET OUR CRITERIA. WELL OUR CITY RESIDENTS DESERVE TO HAVE THE SAME COUNTY LIGHTING
THAT THE COUNTY RESIDENTS HAVE ON OUR COUNTY ROSE SO THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS AS FAR AS LIGHTING GOES. I'M JUST BECAUSE I KNOW WE HAVE FOOTED THAT BILL NOT TOO LONG AGO ON MINOR ROAD SO I WANT TO 1345EUBG SURE WE'RE PAYING FOR -- MAKE SURE WE'RE PAYING FOR WHAT WE SHOULD BE PAYING FOR.
THANK YOU. >>> JUST CURIOUS, REAL QUKLY. WHAT CRITERIA DO YOU USE TO DETERMINE IF LIGHTING IS NEEDED IN A PARTICULAR AREA? IS IT HIGH RISK CRIME OR IS IT
SOME YOU KNOW JUST POORLY LIT? WHAT CRITERIA DO YOU USE TO DETERMINE IF LIGHTING IS NEEDED IN THAT AREA? FOR A ROADWAY SEGMENT IT WOULD BE BASED MAINLY ON SAFETY AND VISIBILITY.
IF YOU'RE GETTING -- AND IN A NEIGHBORHOOD IT'S A DIFFERENT, I THINK, DISCUSSION. SO ON A MAJOR ROADWAY, YOU KNOW, AN ARTERIAL ROADWAY IT'S, IT'S PURELY BASED ON SIGHTING VISIBILITY REQUIREMENTS. ONCE YOU GET INTO A NEIGHBORHOOD I THINK, I SHOULDN'T SAY I THINK. THERE IS MUCH MORE OF A
DISCUSSION ON WHAT THE RESIDENTS WANT. I MEAN, I WILL SPEAK PERSONALLY I WANT MY NAWRKD TO BE LIGHTED. I DON'T WANT THE LIGHT RIGHT OWED SF -- OUTSIDE MY BEDROOM WINDOW. THERE IS A COORDINATION TO TRY
TO BALANCE THAT. I'M SURE THERE ARE OTHERS. I DO NOT KNOW WHAT THOSE ARE, VICE MAYOR HAY, BUT SAFETY AND VISIBILITY ARE THE TWO MAIN CONCERNS WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT ROADWAY LIGHTING. >> APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU.
>> OKAY, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS BEFORE WE'RE MOVING ON? >> NO, I JUST WANT TO PIGGYBACK ON WHAT COMMISSIONER KELLEY WAS SAYING. I THINK WE MAYBE DISCUSS THIS WITH THE COUNTY. THERE'S OUGHT ALL OF OCONVERSATIONS ONGOING WITH THE COUNTY, SO WHILE WE'RE HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS, LET'S MAYBE
BRING THIS UP, SEE IF WE CAN BE COLLABORATIVE, OR IF THEY'RE OPEN TO US SPEARHEADING THIS AND COMING BACK TO THEM. YOU KNOW, I THINK COMMUNICATION IS KEY. >> OKAY. >> ONE CLARIFICATION I WOULD LIKE. TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT FEASIBILITY STUDY, YOU WOULD LIKE US TO LOOK CITYWIDE AT NOT
JUST THE WHAT WE IDENTIFY AS PHASE 1 WHICH WAS THE MAJOR CORRIDORS AND THE DOWNTOWN BUT ALSO THE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS? >> CORRECT. >> OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. >> OKAY WE ARE WE ARE MOVING ONTO ITEM 10C. CAN WE WE HAVE AN UPDATE ON
STAFF ON WHETHER WE ARE HAVING AN ELECTION IN MARCH AND THE COST OF MAIL-IN BALLOTS. ANYONE ELSE? I'LL TAKE THIS ONE OVER IF I HAVE TO. >> DANIEL DUGGER, ARE YOU
TALKING ON THIS ONE? >> SHAWN, ARE YOU GOING TO TAKE THIS ITEM? >> YEAH, I GUESS. IN DISCUSSION WITH MAY LEE AND I GUESS SHE IS OUT TODAY, THERE WAS SOME DIRECTION WE NEEDED ON WHETHER WE WERE GOING TO DO THE
REFERENDUM ITEMS THIS YEAR, AND A LOT OF THAT WAS DEP DEPENDENT ON WHETHER WE WERE HAVING AN ELECTION. ADDITIONALLY WE DETERMINED THAT THE COST OF THE IF WI WE WERE TO DO MAIL-IN BALLOTS IS ACTUALLY SIGNIFICANTLY MORE EXPENSIVE.
IT'S ABOUT $540,000. SO BASED UPON THAT, WE NEED DIRECTION THEN FROM THE COMMISSION ON WHEN TO PUT THOSE REFERENDUM ITEMS ON THE BALLOT.
>> QUICK QUESTION. MAYBE THIS IS FOR THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE. DO WE -- DO WE HAVE THE BUDGETED LINE ITEMS FOR THE ACTUAL ELECTION ANTICIPATING THAT THERE WAS GOING TO BE THAT? >> YEAH, CURRENTLY WE DO. >> AND WHAT WAS THAT COST? >> I WANT TO SAY IT WAS RIGHT
AROUND 80 TO $100,000. SOMEWHERE IN THAT BALLPARK. >> DO WE KNOW FOR SURE BECAUSE WE HAD 200 LAST TIME. >> NO, NO, WE FOR SURE HAVE IT. WE BUDGETED FOR THAT ELECTION. >> I'M SAYING THE AMOUNT. DO WE KNOW THE AMOUNT THAT WAS BUDGETED FOR THAT BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE I'VE HEARD $200,000, YOU'RE TELLING ME 80,000.
>> IT'S RIGHT AROUND 80 TO 1 HON THO -- 100,000. IT'S NOT 200,000. >> A POINT OF CLARIFICATION, I BELIEVE, DON'T QUOTE ME, I BELIEVE MAY LEE MAY HAVE BUDGETED BASED UPON HAVING ONLY TWO DISTRICTS RUNNING.
AND I THINK WHERE THE 200 COMING IS MAYBE I COULD BE WRONG, BUT TO ADD ALL FIVE. THAT'S WHERE THERE MIGHT BE A DISCONNECT. SO THE DISCONNECT WOULD BE ABOUT $100,000, CORRECT.
BUT I'M SPECULATING BASED ON CONVERSATIONS I'VE HAD, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY MAY LEE IS NOT HERE. >> WE TALKED ABOUT IT DURING AGENDA REVIEW AND MY POSITION IS
WE MOVE FORWARD WITH IT BECAUSE, FOR MULTIPLE REASONS. I THINK IT'S KIND OF A, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A, WE HAD THIS CHARTER REVIEW COMMITTEE. THEY DID THE WORK. WE DID THE WORK. WE CAME UP WITH THESE ORDINANCES. I KNOW, YOU KNOW, WE WERE BUDGETED TO HAVE AN ELECTION, AND WE WERE GOING TO HAVE AN
ELECTION, AND I THINK THAT WE NEED TO, WE'VE DONE THE WORK AND WE SHOULD MOVE FORWARD WITH HAVING THIS ELECTION AND WE DISCUSSED DURING THE AGENDA REVIEW, AND I ACTUALLY ALREADY
GOT IN THE MAIL THIS WEEK, MY REMINDER IF YOU VOTE BY MAIL TO ORDER IT THAT THERE ARE ELECTIONS COMING UP BECAUSE THERE IS A SPECIAL ELECTION IN DECEMBER. THERE IS SOME OTHER STUFF COMING UP, SO I GOT THAT IN THE MAIL ACTUALLY RIGHT AFTER WE HAD THAT DISCUSSION DURING OUR AGENDA
REVIEW, AND SO I THINK THAT YOU KNOW THE CITY CAN RE MIND THE RESIDENTS THAT WE'RE STILL MOVING FORWARD FOR THIS REASON. OBVIOUSLY IT HAS TO BE VANILLA AND NEUTRAL BUT I THINK WE CAN PUSH IT OUT AND REALLY GET AN
IDEA OF WHAT KIND OF TURN OUT WE GET FOR THIS AND DO THIS BECAUSE I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT WE MAKE THESE CHANGES AND WE PUSH THIS FORWARD. >> I AGREE. I CAN WE SHOULD DEFINITELY MOVE FORWARD. WE DID ALL THIS WORK ON THE CHARTER REVIEW, AND IT WOULD BE WASTED AND YEARS WOULD GO. >> IT WOULD BE YEARS.
>> I DO WANT TO MAKE A POINT. I HAVE SOME SERIOUS CONCERNS ON THE AMOUNT. I THINK SPENDING HALF A MILLION DOLLARS ON AN ELECTION THAT WOULD COST THE CITY $100,000 IS A WASTEFUL SPENDING OF $100,000. I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD HAVE
THIS AT THIS TIME. I DO BELIEVE WE SHOULD HAVE IT ON THE BALLOT AT SOME POINT TO KIND OF MOVE FORWARD THE WORK OF THE CHARTER COMMITTEE. HOWEVER I THINK WE SHOULD DO IT AT A TIME WHEN WE HAVE CITYWIDE ELECTIONS. I DEFINITELY HAVE CONCERNS WITH
THE AMOUNT. I UNDERSTAND. >> JUST A POINT OF CLARIFICATION. YEAH. THE $541,000 IS IF WE ONLY DID MAIL-IN BALLOTS. WHAT THE $200,000 AMOUNT WOULD BE OPENING UP EACH POLLING
LOCATION TO DO THAT, SO -- >> I HAD ASKED FOR THAT ESTIMATE BECAUSE THERE ARE CITIES THAT DO STRICTLY MAIL INS WHEN THEY DO THAT. AND SO BUT THEN MAYLEE HAD EXPLAINED DURING AGENDA REVIEWS THAT THAT IS SIGNIFICANTLY MORE BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO MAIL A
BALLOT TO EVERY SINGLE VOTER REGARDLESS OF IF THEY REQUEST THEM OR NOT BECAUSE IT'S A STRICT MAIL-IN, AND THEN THEY DON'T RETURN THEM AT ALL. SO WE DID THIS ESTIMATE TO MAKE SURE WE WERE DOING THE RIGHT
DECISION BY JUST HAVING A STANDARD ELECTION THAT WE NORMALLY WOULD HAVE. WHICH IS WELL, THERE HAS BEEN, I WOULD LIKE TO GET THAT NUMBER, YOU KNOW, JUST SO WE HAVE IT MAYBE AN EMAIL CAN GO OUT TOMORROW TO JUST CLARIFY WHAT THE ACTUAL COST. >> 80,000.
>> OKAY. >> 80,000. >> FOR THE ENTIRE CITY NOT JUST TWO DISTRICTS. >> CORRECT, 80,000. >> THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE TOO TO RUN. >> INCLUDING THE VOTE BY MAIL FOLKS THAT ARE ENROLLED IN VOTE BY MAIL. >> MM-HMM BECAUSE THEY JUST REQUEST IT IF THEY REQUEST IT. >> OKAY. >> THEY'RE NOT AUTOMATICALLY GETTING IT WHICH I DON'T THINK THEY SHOULD BECAUSE YOU'RE RIGHT
IT'S THROWING MONEY AWAY THAT'S NEVER GOING TO BE RETURNED. >> OKAY. >> RIGHT. >> SO IT'S NOT HALF A MILLION DOLLARS. IT'S RA $80,000. I WAS CONCERNED WITH THE AMOUNT BECAUSE THIS WAS JUST OUTRAGEOUS. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.
IF IT'S ONLY $80,000 AND WE'RE BUDGETING FOR THAT, I WOULD BE OKAY WITH IT UNDER THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES. >> I THINK WE MOVE FORWARD.
FORTUNATELY, WE DON'T HAVE THAT. BUT I THINK IN THE LONG RUN, -- YOU KNOW, MY HESITATION WAS THE COST. IT SEEMS THAT HAS BEEN
ADDRESSED. THE ROI, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THAT ROI LATER DOWN THE ROAD. AND I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT. BECAUSE FROM EXPERIENCE, I TALKED TO A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE LIKE, WHAT HAVE YOU GOT TO DO TO QUALIFY FOR THIS? KNOCK ON THE DOORS. IT WAS JUST A DRIVER'S LICENSE
AND, YOU KNOW, FLY-BY-NIGHT RESIDENCY VERIFICATION, RIGHT? NOW WE'RE STRENGTHENING THAT. I THINK THE TWO-YEAR RESOLUTION, ULTIMATELY THE VOTERS WILL DECIDE THAT. I THINK THAT WILL PASS OVERWHELMINGLY.
DEMOCRACY IS ALLOWING THE VOTERS TO DECIDE HOW WE'RE GOING TO CHANGE OUR CITY, HOW WE CHANGE THE RULES, HOW WE'RE GOING TO GOVERN. I DEFINITELY BELIEVE THAT THE ROI IS THERE. JUST ALONE, WE SAW THAT WE
STRENGTHENED THE ELECTION PROCESS A LITTLE BIT AND HAVE TWO UNCONTESTED COMMISSIONERS NOW. BECAUSE WE PUT A LITTLE BIT OF GUARDRAILS TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE WERE SERIOUS. THOSE WHO WERE, YOU KNOW, ARE MOVING FORWARD. AND SO I THINK THIS JUST ADDS ANOTHER LAYER TO GET SERIOUS
PEOPLE TO BE SERIOUS ABOUT OUR RESIDENTS. AND SO I DEFINITELY WANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS. AND, FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, THERE WILL BE CITY-WIDE. IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE CITY IN AN UNBIASED FASHION TO EDUCATE
AND MARKET THAT THIS IS HAPPENING. NOT TO LEAN ONE WAY OR THE OTHER. BUT PURELY INFORMATIONAL THAT WE'RE HAVING THIS. A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW. PEOPLE HAVE POLITICAL FATIGUE, I THINK, OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS.
AND SO IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO ENSURE PROPER TURNOUT AND MAKING AN IMPACT BY DOING THAT THROUGH MARKETING AND USING ALL AVENUES OF COMMUNICATION THAT WE HAVE, THAT THE CITY CAN OFFER.
>> MY ONLY CONCERN IS TURNOUT. THAT'S IT. >> OKAY. SO WE WOULD NEED A MOTION. >> SINCE WE ARE GOING FORWARD WITH AS THEY ARE ORIGINALLY, WE DON'T NEED A MOTION.
>> Mayor: OKAY. WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO ITEM 10D, DISCUSSION ON AMENDING THE GENERAL EMPLOYEES' PENSION. WOULD THE CITY MANAGER LIKE TO BEGIN THIS DISCUSSION? >> YES. THANKS, MAYOR. THIS ITEM IS ESSENTIALLY US MIRRORING THE STATE STATUTE AND
WHAT OPTIONS THEY GIVE. THIS IS ALLOWING CHIEF OF POLICE AND ALSO THE FIRE CHIEF -- CHIEF HUBERT RETIRED FROM MIAMI-DADE. HE CAME UP HERE AND IS THE FIRE CHIEF.
THIS IS ESSENTIALLY GIVING THEM THE OPTION OF WHAT PENSION THEY WOULD WANT TO BE IN. IT WOULD ALSO ALLOW THEM THE OPTION, WHETHER OR NOT THEY WOULD WANT TO OPT OUT ALL TOGETHER. THESE ARE THE ONLY TWO POSITIONS THAT THE CITY RECOGNIZES TO
ALLOW THAT TO HAPPEN. THERE WOULD BE NO OTHER INDIVIDUALS WITHIN THOSE RESPECTIVE DEPARTMENTS THAT WOULD BE ALLOWED TO OPT OUT OF THE ONLY CAVEAT WOULD BE TO ALSO HAVE THE PENSION BOARD, SINCE
THEY'RE EXPERT MATTER EXPERTS, ALSO PARTICIPATE IN A VOTE AND PASS THIS AS WELL. SO ... AND, AGAIN, THIS WILL MIRROR STATE STATUTE 485.
>> Mayor: MY RECOMMENDATION ONLY WOULD BE THAT THE PENSION BOARD WOULD HEAR THIS BEFORE WE WOULD AND GIVE THEIR -- I WOULD WANT TO KNOW WHAT THE PENSION BOARD'S OPINION IS ON THIS MOVING FORWARD.
AND HOW IT EFFECTS THE -- >> SO THEY WANTED TO MAKE SURE THE COMMISSION HAD A CONSENSUS TO LOOK INTO IT BEFORE SHE PRESENTED IT TO HER BOARD.
AND THEN IF THEY HAVE THAT, SHE WOULD PROPOSE WHEN IT COMES TO PENSION, SHE WRITES OUR ORDINANCES. IT'S NOT SOMETHING I DO. SHE WOULD WRITE THE ORDINANCE. THEN IT WOULD COME BACK TO YOU
FOR REVIEW AND APPROVAL. >> DO YOU WANT TO REACH OUT TO BOIN TOMORROW? >> Mayor: SHE'S GOING TO WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU. ANY FINAL COMMENTS FOR TONIGHT? >> GO AHEAD. >> NO, NO, GO AHEAD.
>> Mayor: COME ON. >> I WAS GOING TO MOVE. I DON'T HAVE A FINAL COMMENT. YOU DO? >> I'LL MAKE THIS VERY QUICK. I PROMISE. IN THE PAST, I BROUGHT UP INTERDEPARTMENT COLLABORATION WITH BEAUTIFICATION, PUBLIC SAFETY.
ALL OF THAT. I'VE GOTTEN HEAD NODS. YES, WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS. X, Y AND Z. WE'RE AT A POINT WHERE I WANT TO SEE SOME FORM OF DOCUMENTATION OR REPORT, WHETHER THAT'S QUARTERLY, BIANNUALLY, WHATEVER THAT LOOKS LIKE, ON HOW THE
DEPARTMENT'S -- CITY MANAGER, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN TRACK IT -- OF HOW THE DEPARTMENTS ARE WORKING TOGETHER FOR THIS. RIGHT? CODE ENFORCEMENT, FIRE DEPARTMENT, POLICE DEPARTMENT. I UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF GOING TO A LOT OF EVENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
BUT I THINK WHEN WE LOOK AT THE USE OF OVERTIME AND WE LOOK AT HOW IT'S BEING ALLOCATED, I DON'T THINK IT'S BEING ALLOCATED IN THE RIGHT WAY FOR OUR RESIDENTS. ESPECIALLY WHEN WE'RE GETTING COMPLAINTS OVER AND OVER AGAIN IN THE SAME AREAS YEAR, AFTER YEAR, AFTER YEAR. AND I'VE BEEN UP HERE, SAYING
THE SAME THING YEAR, AFTER YEAR, AFTER YEAR. AND, YOU KNOW, I'M GOING TO PUT THIS NICELY. I DON'T WANT ANY MORE HEAD NODS. I DON'T WANT ANY, YEAH, WE'LL TAKE CARE OF IT FOR A WEEK OR TWO, MONTH OR TWO, AND THEN THE SAME THING HAPPENS AGAIN BECAUSE I'M NOT ASKING ABOUT IT.
WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IS A FORMAL EXECUTION OF INTERDEPARTMENT WORK AND COLLABORATION WITH REPORTING. WITH A CHAIN OF COMMAND, DIRECTOR, WHATEVER THAT LOOKS LIKE. SO THAT WE CAN FORMULATE SOMETHING. THEY DO THIS IN OTHER MUNICIPALITIES, YOU KNOW.
AND THE CULTURE OF THAT'S NOT MY JOB, NOT MY PROBLEM IS NOT ACCEPTABLE TO ME. IT'S NOT ACCEPTABLE WHEN OUR BUDGET INCREASES YEAR, OVER YEAR, OVER YEAR, WITH AD VALOREM. WHEN WE LOOK AT TALLAHASSEE AND
THE CHANGES WE MAY SEE, I DON'T THINK TALLAHASSEE IS GOING TO TOUCH THAT. WHEN WE TIE THESE DEPARTMENTS ALL UNDER THE SAME UMBRELLA OF BEAUTIFICATION AND PUBLIC SAFETY, I THINK WE GO UNDER A LITTLE BIT OF A SHIELD THERE. WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT'S REAL.
WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE'RE SEEING RESULTS FROM. TO BE FRANK WITH YOU, I'M SUCK OF THE HEAD NODS. I'M SURE THERE IS SOME INITIATIVE. IT NEEDS TO BE TANGIBLE. ONE THING THAT HAS BEEN DONE GREAT IS THE CRIME STATS UPDATE. I GET THAT EVERY MONTH. RECORDER FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THAT'S GREAT. I'M LOOKING FOR MORE COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE DEPARTMENTS. IF THERE'S A LOT OF TIME TO GO TO SOME OF THESE EVENTS WITH OVERTIME, I DON'T WANT OUR OVERTIME TO BE USED AS A PIGGYBANK FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, FIRE DEPARTMENT AND OTHER DEPARTMENTS. IT SEEMS LIKE THAT'S WHAT IT'S
BEING USED FOR. IT'S TIME TO SEE THE ROI FOR THAT OVERTIME. OTHERWISE, WE NEED TO TAKE A HUGE DEEP -- HUGE LOOK AT OUR DEPARTMENT'S BUDGET FOR PUBLIC SAFETY FOR BOTH FIRE AND POLICE. IF WE HAVE TIME FOR OVER -- WE HAVE THE FUNDS FOR OVERTIME TO
GO TO FIRST FRIDAYS, WITHIN REASON, WE HAVE TIME TO REALLY WORK THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND PARTNER WITH OUR OTHER DEPARTMENTS, TO MAKE SURE WE REALLY EMBODY CLEAN AND SAFE. I'M GOING TO CHALLENGE THE CITY
MANAGER TO WORK WITH THE POLICE CHIEF, FIRE CHIEF, COLLABORATE AND DEVELOP SOME FORM OF AN ACTION ITEM THAT HAS A REPORT, THAT HAS FOLLOW-UP AND HAS TANGIBLE RESULTS. BECAUSE THAT WILL MAKE IT EASIER FOR ME TO THEN, COME NEXT YEAR,
LOOK AT THE BUDGET. AND SAY, NO, WE NEED TO DO THIS. RIGHT? IT MAKES IT EASIER FOR ME TO JUSTIFY AND LOOK AT OUR OVERTIME BUDGET AND SAY, NO, THIS IS GOING TO GOOD USE. THERE'S A BUNCH OF PEOPLE SITTING AROUND WITH THEIR HANDS IN THEIR POCKETS WHEN,
OBVIOUSLY, WE NEED SAFETY. BUT ARE WE REALLY UTILIZING THOSE OVER TIME HOURS TO ITS FULL POTENTIAL? I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S TRUE OR NOT. AND SO I NEED TO SEE SOME TANGIBLE RESULTS IN AN ACTION PLAN, YOU KNOW. I'M JUST SICK OF, LIKE, COMING
UP HERE AND DOING IT. I'M NOT TRYING TO BERATE ANYONE. THIS STAFF HAS DONE SO WELL. THAT IS THE DOUBLE-EDGED SWORD OF BEING A HIGH-PERFORMING TEAM. YOU GUYS DO SO WELL. BUT THEN WE WANT MORE OUT OF YOU. SO, I JUST ASK YOU GUYS TO GIVE
ME A LITTLE MORE, FORMALIZE. LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU NEED FROM ME AS COMMISSIONER TO GIVE YOU THOSE TOOLS, SO WE CAN MAKE THIS BECOME A REALITY. >> I DO AGREE WITH YOU ON THAT. I WOULD LIKE -- IF I RECALL CORRECTLY, SINCE BEING ELECTED,
I THINK I DID RECEIVE AT ONE TIME, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW, AGAIN, WHERE OUR CODE VIOLATIONS ARE COMING OUT, BROKE UP BY DISTRICT. AND HOW THEY ARE RESOLVED. I THINK THAT NEEDS TO BE CHANGED. I GET A LOT OF COMPLAINTS FROM THAT. I KNOW CODE HAS GOTTEN MUCH
BETTER. SINCE WE ARE SEVEN DAYS A WEEK IN THE EAST, ARE WE STILL DEALING WITH THE SAME OFFENDERS ALL THE TIME? IS IT GETTING BETTER? IT'S HARD FOR ME -- I DO SEE THEM OUT ON THE WEEKEND. AND I'M GRATEFUL. WE DO HAVE THE REPEAT OFFENDERS.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME DATA SUPPORTING THAT, TOO. TO SEE HOW IT IS BROKEN UP BY DISTRICT. >> I HEAR WHAT YOU GUYS ARE SAYING, BOTH COMMISSIONER TURKIN AND MAYOR. PROBABLY TWO WEEKS AGO, WE EXPLORED LOOKING AT THE POSITION OF A DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC SAFETY. SO WE CAN ACTUALLY PUT A NAME TO
THE RESPONSIBILITIES THAT YOU'RE REQUESTING. AND I KNOW ANDREW HAS A PLETHORA OF PORTFOLIO DEPARTMENTS. WE HAVE 16 DEPARTMENTS IN THE CITY. IT'S ONE OF THE FULL-SERVICE CITY -- ONE OF THE ONLY
FULL-SERVICE CITIES LEFT BESIDES BROWARD. WELLINGTON AND WESTIN HAVE FOUR OR FIVE DEPARTMENTS IN THE CITY. EVERYTHING ELSE IS OUTSOURCED FOR THE MOST PART. WE EXPLORED THAT. WE'RE LOOKING. WE CREATED A JOB DESCRIPTION. I HAVE A FEW CANDIDATES IN MIND I'M GOING TO LOOK TO, MOST
LIKELY, TO APPOINT THAT PERSON. I NEED TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE GOING TO BE A HIGH PERFORMER AS WELL. THAT'S GOING TO BE ONE OF THEIR PRIMARY FUNCTIONS, TO BE TASKED TO MAKE SURE THOSE DEPARTMENTS ARE WORKING TOGETHER SO YOU HAVE TANGIBLE ANALYTICS THAT YOU'RE REQUESTING. WHEN I CAME ON, THINGS WERE
BEING TRACKED THROUGH EXCEL. NOW THEY'RE BEING TRACKED THROUGH SAGES WITH ADAM. WHAT, TWO, THREE MONTHS AGO NOW, WE ACTUALLY HAD THAT FULL CONVERSION OF CODE? SO NOW YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET YOUR ANALYTICS FOR YOUR RESPECTIVE DISTRICTS. MAYOR, YOU'LL GET THEM ALL AS
WELL. THAT'S SOMETHING WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON. AS FAR AS THE OVERTIME, ARE YOU REQUESTING AN AUDIT OF THE OVERTIME AND HOW THOSE EXPENDITURES ARE DONE AS FAR AS, LUKE, BOTH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT? I JUST WANT TO GET A LITTLE BIT MORE GRANULAR KNOWLEDGE AS FAR AS WHAT EXACTLY YOU'RE
REQUESTING WHEN IT COMES TO OVERTIME. >> THE SENTIMENT FOR THE OVERTIME IS MORE OF, LIKE, A DAY-TO-DAY PERCEPTION. WHAT I'M OBSERVING, YOU KNOW. AND I GO AND OBSERVE OTHER THINGS. AND, LIKE, WE'RE SPENDING ALL THIS MONEY FOR EVERYONE HERE. WHY CAN WE NOT HAVE PEOPLE OVER
HERE? DO YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? EVEN IF IT'S PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE. PARKS AND REC. A LOT OF THESE THINGS. POLICE, FIRE, CODE, PARKS AND REC. THESE ARE DIRECT-FACING CONSTITUENT THINGS THAT PEOPLE FEEL AND SEE EVERY SINGLE DAY. RIGHT?
THE MAJORITY OF RESIDENTS, THEY DON'T -- THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON. THEY CARE ABOUT THE WATER TURNING ON. THEY CARE ABOUT 911 ANSWERING WHEN THEY CALL. THEY CARE ABOUT THEIR TRASH GETTING PICKED UP. THEY CARE ABOUT THEIR PARKS LOOKING GOOD. THEY CARE ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HAVING A CLEAN AND SAFE
NEIGHBORHOOD, WHERE THEY CAN WALK AT NIGHT, YOU KNOW. THEY CARE ABOUT NOT HAVING CONTROVERSY AT A PARK, RIGHT? SO, YOU KNOW, I JUST THINK THAT -- AND I'VE LOOKED AT THE OVERTIME. I'VE HAD THIS CONVERSATION
BEFORE. IT DOES SEEM THAT THIS OVERTIME BUDGET SOMETIMES GETS USED AS A PIGGY BANK, I FEEL LIKE. AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT IT'S FOR CERTAIN FOR EVERY SINGLE BODY. BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE LOOK AT HOW ARE WE SPENDING THIS
OVERTIME? WHETHER IT'S AUDITED, I THINK THAT'S UP TO YOU, CITY MANAGER. THAT IS YOUR -- THAT'S YOUR WHEELHOUSE. BEING THE EXECUTIVE OF THE CITY. AND I JUST THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT IF WE HAVE BEEN ASKING, YOU
KNOW, FOR X, Y AND Z FOR THIS LONG, RIGHT? AND IF THE ISSUE IS RESOURCES, MAYBE THOSE RESOURCES ARE THERE. THEY JUST NEED TO BE REALLOCATED A LITTLE BIT BETTER. RIGHT? IT'S NO DIFFERENT THAN, LIKE, OUR STRATEGIC PLAN THAT WE TALK ABOUT. RIGHT? SO MAYBE DEVELOPING THIS NEW
ROLE, THIS NEW TISSUE ACTIVE CAN THEN PROVIDE THOSE TANGIBLE ANALYTICS. I THINK THE FIRST STEP FOR WHOEVER IS IN THAT ROLE OR WHATEVER THAT LOOKS LIKE TO GET THIS DONE IS AN AUDIT. IT IS TO UNDERSTAND, HOW MUCH ARE WE SPENDING ON PERSONNEL, ON EQUIPMENT?
WE'VE BEEN UP HERE TIME, AND TIME AGAIN WHERE WE'VE BEEN ASKED TO SPEND MONEY ON DRONES. WE'VE BEEN ASKED TO SPEND MONEY ON A GIANT DRONE THAT WAS $1 MILLION, X, Y AND Z. MORE PERSONNEL, MORE PERSONNEL. WE HAVE SEEN RESULTS, RIGHT? I DON'T KNOW IF THOSE RESULTS MATCH THE INVESTMENT WE'VE PUT
IN. THAT'S WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR. I'M LOOKING FOR A BIGGER ROI FOR OUR CONSTITUENCY. >> I CAN TELL YOU THAT THE LARGE MAMGHT OF THE OVERTIME WILL BE RELATED TO CITY EVENTS OR STAFF
SHORTAGES, WHEN OFFICERS OR FIREMEN TAKE VACATION OR CALL OUT SICK. A LOT OF TIMES, THAT'S WHAT'S GOING TO GENERATE THOSE OVERTIME EXPENDITURES. I CAN TELL YOU IN THE PAST WHEN SPECIAL NEEDS -- AND THIS HAPPENS QUITE A BIT THROUGHOUT
MY TENURE IN THE CITY. I'VE SEEN WHEN THERE ARE SPECIFIC CRIMES IN AREAS THAT YOU CAN -- THE CITY, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WILL GENERATE AN OVERTIME DETAIL FOREVER, HOWEVER LONG IT NEEDS TO BE. YOU CAN SPOT CONCENTRATE ON
THOSE AREAS IN THE CITY. IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE COMMISSION WANTS TO LOOK AT, WE CAN TOO DEFINITELY LOOK AT DOING SOMETHING LIKE THAT. >> MAKE NO MISTAKE. OUR PUBLIC SAFETY HAS IMPROVED DRASTICALLY, SINCE WE ALL TOOK THIS BODY YEARS AGO. THE PROOF IS IN THE PUDDING.
I THINK THERE'S CERTAIN THINGS THAT -- I COULD BE WRONG. I'M GIVING YOU KNEW OPINION. THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS I'VE BROUGHT UP AND DISCUSSED YEAR OVER YEAR THAT GET ADDRESSED FOR A LITTLE BIT, MAYBE A SHORT-TERM SOLUTION. THEN I STOP COMPLAINING ABOUT IT.
AND IT'S LIKE HE'S NOT MENTIONING IT, SO LET'S NOT DO ANYTHING. I DON'T WANT THAT TO BE THE INHERENT CULTURE. AND SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS. BUT, AGAIN, IT'S NOT BECAUSE ANYONE IS DOING ANYTHING WRONG.
I JUST THINK WE HAVE ONE OF THE MOST HIGHEST-PERFORMING TEAMS -- I THINK THE HIGHEST-PERFORMING TEAM IN PALM BEACH COUNTY, RIGHT? AND I THUMPING WE HAVE AN THINK WE HAVE THE ABILITYTO MAKL CHANGE.
I'M SPEAKING SPECIFICALLY FOR THE EAST SIDE AND MY NEIGHBORHOOD, OBVIOUSLY. THOSE ISSUES DO RUN CITY-WIDE. AND THE OVERTIME BUDGET DOES EFFECT EVERYONE CITY-WIDE. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE GETTING OUR ROIs, SIMPLE AND
PLAIN. I DON'T WANT TO KEEP US TOO MUCH LONGER. BUT I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE, WE ARE COMING UP, YOU KNOW, THREE MONTHS INTO THE NEW BUDGET YEAR. ALMOST A YEAR FROM HAVING THE MAYOR ELECTED. WE'LL HAVE A NEW COMMISSIONER JOIN US AS WELL.
I JUST WANT TO KEEP BEATING THE DRUM OF CLEAN AND SAFE, CLEAN AND SAFE, CLEAN AND SAFE. >> MAYOR: COMMISSIONER, TO PIGGYBACK ON THE CONVERSATION YOU ORIGINALLY STARTED -- I'M HAPPY TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS ON OVERTIME. I THINK THERE'S ALWAYS A WAY YOU CAN LOOK AT THAT. I THINK WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT
THAT A LITTLE BIT CLOSER SOMETIMES. FOR INSTANCE, I HAVE A PRIME EXAMPLE IN DISTRICT 4. THIS KIND OF GOES WITH COLLABORATING WITH YOUR CONVERSATION ABOUT COLLABORATION BETWEEN DEPARTMENTS.
THERE'S A SEMI TRUCK I'VE NOT MENTIONED THAT'S SITTING ON MINOR ROAD. IT'S BEEN THERE 24 HOURS. I GUARANTEE YOU THAT A POLICE OFFICER HAS HOPEFULLY DRIVEN DOWN MINOR ROAD.
A PARK RANGER, A CITY EMPLOYEE HAS DRIVEN DOWN MINOR ROAD. OUR CODE, OUR BEAUTIFICATION TEAM. AND I LOOK AT THAT SEMI EVERY TIME I DRIVE BY IT. I'VE DRIVEN ON MINOR ROAD FOUR TIMES TODAY. THERE'S NOT A STUCKER.
SO, PRIME EXAMPLE OF IF IT'S NOT YOUR JOB OR IF YOU DON'T APPRECIATE IT AND YOU DON'T OWN IT, IT'S VERY EASY TO LOOK OUT YOUR WINDOW AND SAY, OH, I WONDER HOW LONG THAT SEMI HAS BEEN HERE.
THERE'S NO ORANGE STICKER ON IT. LET ME CHECK WITH SOMEBODY. LET ME SEE WHAT'S GOING ON. THE POLICE DEPARTMENT COVERS CODE WHEN CODE'S NOT WORKING. SO, THERE HAS TO BE SOME JOINT EFFORT WITH OUR DEPARTMENTS.
BECAUSE AS MUCH AS -- I WOULD HAVE CALLED IT IN TODAY. I WAS KIND OF WAITING TO SEE WHEN IT WOULD HAPPEN. NOT TO TEST ANYONE. NOT TO HOLD ANY -- BUT REALLY TO SEE. IS OUR BEAUTIFICATION TEAM
HITTING MINOR ROAD, DISTRICT IV, OR IS CODE OUT THERE HITTING AND NOTICING AND SEEING? SO I WOULD NOT EVER -- I WOULDN'T HAVE EVEN BROUGHT IT UP EXCEPT WE STARTED HAVING THIS CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS. BUT IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS
WHERE YOU CAN'T TELL ME THAT MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS HAVE NOT DRIVEN DOWN MINOR ROAD. AND DID ANYONE ACKNOWLEDGE THERE'S A SEMI ILLEGALLY PARKED? WE PUT THESE SIGNS UP -- I DON'T KNOW WHO PUT THEM UP. I THINK WE DID. YOU CAN'T READ THEM. THERE ARE SO MANY WORDS ON THESE SIGNS.
IT DOESN'T JUST SAY NO PARKING. IT SAYS IN ACCORDANCE WITH SOME ORDINANCE, BLAH, BLAH. IT IS 10 LINES ON THIS METAL BOARD THAT I CAN'T READ FROM ACROSS THE STREET. I KNOW THAT THEY'RE NOT REALLY READING IT AND PAYING ATTENTION. BECAUSE THEY'RE PARKING THERE
ANYWAY. TO REALLY PIGGYBACK ON -- WE ARE DOING SO MUCH WITH HAVING OUR BEAUTIFICATION TEAM. AND THEY ARE ON IT. THEY'RE ON IT. IF I NOTICE SOMETHING, IF I GET WITH ADAM OR ANDREW, IT IS DONE. IT IS HANDLED.
I'VE SEEN IT CHANGE CITY-WIDE. OUR OVERPASSES. JUST THE LOOK OF THE CITY. BUT I FEEL LIKE IF THERE WAS MORE COLLABORATION BETWEEN OUR DEPARTMENTS THAT WE WOULD FIND THINGS WERE A LITTLE BIT SMOOTHER. AND THEY WEREN'T JUST DEPENDING
ON A RESIDENT GOING TO CODE AND REPORT IT. THEY'RE DEPENDING ON US TO REPORT IT AND GET IT DONE. I'M WITH YOU. I'VE HAD THIS CONVERSATION BEFORE ABOUT REALLY HAVING OUR EMPLOYEES OWN SOME PART IN MAKING OUR CITY BEAUTIFUL, AS WE TALKED ABOUT BEAUTIFICATION.
SO I'M ALL FOR THAT. AND, YOU KNOW, I OBVIOUSLY SUPPORT YOU ON THAT INITIATIVE. AND WE CAN HAVE DISCUSSIONS ON, YOU KNOW, THE OTHER ISSUES. BUT, YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE PAYING FOR OVERTIME.
AND YOUR POINT TO THE OVERTIME, WE'RE PAYING FOR OVERTIME FOR EVENTS AND THINGS. THEY'RE NEEDED AND NECESSARY. BUT IF WE'RE PAYING FOR THAT, SHOULD WE STILL HAVE ISSUES? SHOULD WE STILL BE SEEING THE CONSTANT THING WE'RE SEEING WITH ISSUES WITH CODE AND THINGS LIKE THAT? I THINK THAT WAS MORE THE POINT.
NOT THAT WE DIDN'T WANT TO SEE OVERTIME. WE UNDERSTAND THAT THAT'S IMPORTANT TO HELP EVERYBODY FLOW. WE WANT OUR POLICE OFFICERS TO HAVE VAWKS. I HOPE THEY'RE USING ALL THE DAYS THEY'RE ALLOTTED EVERY YEAR IN VACATION. BECAUSE WE ALL NEED IT. I THINK THAT'S SUPER IMPORTANT THAT WE ALL GET A BREAK FROM OUR
STRESSFUL JOBS, ESPECIALLY IN OUR PUBLIC SAFETY. BUT, YEAH, I SUPPORT THAT MOVING FORWARD. >> MAYOR: I THINK IT'S GOING TO BECOME MORE IMPORTANT THAT WE DO THIS WHEN WE START WORKING ON THE PARKING CAR ORDINANCES.
THAT CAN BE MULTIFACETED. PEOPLE CAN BE DOING EXTRA WORK OR NOT ENOUGH WORK AND NOT COMMUNICATING. THAT'S GOING TO BE THE TESTING SYSTEM OF HOW THIS IS REALLY GOING TO WORK OUT. ANYTHING ELSE? OR ARE WE A WRAP FOR TONIGHT? >> I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU GUYS KNOW, I'M BRINGING THIS UP
BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT NOT TO UNDERMINE ALL THE HARD WORK THAT HAS BEEN PUT IN ALREADY. I HIGHLIGHT THAT. I ACKNOWLEDGE THAT. THAT PEOPLE SEE THAT. IT SHOWS IN THE DAY-TO-DAY. WE SEE THOSE RESULTS. AND I'M JUST PROPOSING THIS AS A
CHALLENGE, YOU KNOW, TO JUST CONTINUE. MOTION TO ADJOURN. >> MAYOR: WE HAVE A MOTION. WE HAVE A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. [ CHORUS OF AYES ] >> MAYOR: WITH NO FURTHER BUSINESS TO DISCUSS, THIS
MEETING IS ADJOURNED AT 7:57. >> 52. >> MAYOR: 7:52 P.M.