>> MAYOR SHELTON. >> MAYOR: PRESENT. >> VICE MAYOR HAY. >> HERE. >> COMMISSIONER CRUZ. >> HERE. >> COMMISSIONER TURKIN. >> PRESENT. >> COMMISSIONER KELLEY IS ABSENT. MAYOR, YOU HAVE A QUORUM. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU, MAYLEE.
PASTOR ESPINOLLA. LET'S PLEASE STAND FOR THE INVOCATION AND PLEDGE, PLEASE. >> THANK YOU, MAYOR. LET US PRAY. HEAVENLY FATHER, LORD, WE COME
BEFORE YOU TODAY AND WE GIVE YOU THANKS FOR THIS WONDERFUL DAY THAT YOU HAVE CREATED. AND AS WE ENGAGE IN IMPORTANT DISCUSSION ON THE THINGS THAT IMPACT THE WONDERFUL CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH, LORD, I LIFT UP THE MAYOR, EVERY CITY OFFICIAL.
LORD, EVERYONE THAT IS WITHIN THE SOUND OF MY VOICE AND EVERY AGENDA ITEM THAT WE HAVE, LORD, THAT YOU WOULD GIVE US WISDOM, LORD. THAT CAN ONLY COME FROM YOU. THAT WE WOULD BE GOOD STEWARDS OF THE THINGS THAT YOU GIVE US. SO EVERY CONVERSATION THAT WE HAVE MAY BE FULL OF THE LOVE
THAT CAN COME FROM YOU. WE ALSO ASK THAT YOU HELP US STEWARD EVERY AGENDA ITEM IN SUCH A WAY THAT WE WOULD HONOR YOU WITH OUR WAYS. WE ASK THAT YOUR WILL BE DONE, LORD. WE LIFT THIS TIME UP TO YOU AND LOOK FORWARD TO WHAT YOU ARE
GOING TO DID. IT'S IN YOUR NAME THAT WE PRAY. >> Group: AMEN. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND
JUSTICE FOR ALL. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU, EVERYONE. WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO THE AGENDA APPROVAL, ADDITIONS, DELETIONS AND CORRECTIONS. LET'S BEGIN ON MY LEFT WITH COMMISSIONER TURKIN. DO YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONS,
DELETIONS, OR CORRECTIONS TO THE AGENDA? >> YES, MAYOR. I'D LIKE TO ADD AN ITEM AFTER 3B. 3C TO HAVE A QUICK DISCUSSION REGARDING THE BOYNTON FOREST AND THE NICHOLS PROPERTY. >> MAYOR: I SECOND THAT.
>> I'M GOOD. >> MAYOR: SO WE ARE GOOD TO AMEND THAT. OKAY. COMMISSIONER CRUZ. >> THE ONLY THING I WANT TO ADD IS -- AND I DO AGREE WITH COMMISSIONER TURKIN. I DO IN ADDITION WANT TO ADD COMMUNITY SUPPORT FUNDS WHICH I HAVE THE EXHIBIT HERE. THAT'S IT.
>> I'D LIKE TO ADD A DISCUSSION, MAYOR -- BECAUSE WE HAVE A MEETING SCHEDULED FOR TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 16th TO PASS OUR BUDGET, BUT THAT'S GOING TO BE IN DIRECT CONFLICT WITH THE COUNTY'S MEETING. SO WE NEED TO MOVE IT TO THE 17th. IT'S ALSO POSSIBLE THAT WE MAY NOT HAVE A QUORUM DEPENDING ON HOW MANY OF YOU GUYS SIGN UP TO
GO TO THE IEDC CONFERENCE IN DETROIT. SO WE NEED TO GET AN IDEA OF WHO'S GOING TO THAT CONFERENCE, WHETHER WE'LL HAVE A QUORUM AND WHETHER OR NOT THE 17th, WHICH IS A WEDNESDAY, IS GOING TO WORK BECAUSE WE MAY HAVE TO SCHEDULE IT THAT THURSDAY OR FRIDAY WHEN YOU GUYS GET BACK. AND THAT CONFERENCE IS SCHEDULED
FROM SEPTEMBER 14th THROUGH THE 17th. SO I'D LIKE TO ADD THAT ITEM FOR DISCUSSION AMONGST YOU GUYS. >> ANY WAY WE COULD DO THAT FOR THE NEXT MEETING AND MAYBE GIVE US SOME OPTIONS?
ISN'T IT SEPTEMBER? >> YES, IF WE CAN DO IT SOONER, THAT WOULD HELP. >> I ONLY IMAGINE IT TAKING A FEW MOMENTS. I'M OKAY WITH ADDING THAT TODAY, MAYBE AFTER 10B.
UNDER REGULAR AGENDA. >> MAYOR: OKAY. SO YOU WANT TO MAKE IT 10C? TO DISCUSS IT THERE? >> FINE BY ME. >> MAYOR: YEAH. YOU SAID UNDER REGULAR AGENDA.
HOLD ON. NO, IT WOULD BE FURTHER THAN THAT. >> WE'RE ADDING AN ITEM 10C, RIGHT? >> MAYOR: 10C TO DISCUSS THE SEPTEMBER CONFERENCE. OKAY. IF THERE IS NOTHING ELSE, MAY WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA AS AMENDED.
>> SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >> MAYOR: WITH COMMISSIONER CRUZ MADE THE MOTION AND COMMISSIONER TURKIN GAVE THE SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE AGENDA AS AMENDED SAY AYE. [AYES] ALL THOSE OPPOSED, SAY NAY. THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. WE WILL MOVE ON TO INFORMATIONAL
ITEMS FOR THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COMMISSION. LET'S BEGIN WITH MY LEFT, COMMISSIONER TURKIN. >> JUST HAVE RECEIVED DOZENS AND DOZENS OF EMAILS REGARDING THE NICHOLS PROPERTY. A GREAT CONVERSATION WITH
JESSICA NAMATH AS WELL. >> MAYOR: I TOO HAVE RECEIVED MANY EMAILS AND PHONE CALLS AND NUMEROUS DISCUSSIONS WITH RESIDENTS ON THAT SAME ISSUE. GO AHEAD, VICE MAYOR HAY.
>> I TOO HAVE RECEIVED NUMEROUS EMAILS AND CONVERSATION. YOU CAN SEE BY THE PEOPLE THAT ARE PRESENT HERE TONIGHT. BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT WE DID DO A MENTAL HEALTH DEDICATION OF A BENCH AT SARA SIMS PARK WHICH WAS PHENOMENAL.
DIDN'T HAVE A LARGE CROWD, BUT WE WERE THERE. ALSO I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO THE BOYNTON BEACH HEART OF BOYNTON
BUILDING THAT WAS THAT WAS JUST COMPLETED WITH 99.8% COMPLETED. THAT'S GOING TO BE A GOOD CROWD OF SOME OF OUR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. >> MAYOR: COMMISSIONER CRUZ. >> SAME FOR ME.
I RECEIVED HUNDREDS OF EMAILS WITH REGARDS TO THE NICHOLS PROPERTY AS WELL. AND I HAVE DONE SOME RESEARCH WITH OUR LEGAL TEAM TO FIND OUT MORE INFORMATION ABOUT IT. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: GREAT. WE'LL MOVE ON TO ANNOUNCEMENTS. THE FIRST ONE IS IN REGARDS TO THE SYSTEM WIDE FREE CHLORINE FLUSH. IF STAFF WILL COME UP AND DO THE
ANNOUNCEMENT, PLEASE. >> GENE, MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS. JOSH McDERMOTT, DEPUTY
DIRECTOR FOR UTILITIES. SO THIS IS AN ANNOUNCEMENT OF A SYSTEM WIDE FREE CHLORINE FLUSH OF THE WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM. EXCUSE ME. TO ENSURE THE POTABLE WATER DELIVERY TO CUSTOMERS REMAINS OF THE HIGHEST QUALITY, THE CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH UTILITIES
DEPARTMENT WILL BE PERFORMING A SYSTEM WIDE FREE CHLORINATION FLUSH FOR ROUTINE MAINTENANCE OF THE WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM FROM JULY 3rd TO JULY 24th, 2025. AND IF YOU HAVE ANY MORE -- IF
THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, YOU CAN CONTACT OUR WATER QUALITY DIVISION AT 561-742-6964. >> JOSH, DOES THAT INCLUDE TESTING AT DENSON POOL?
THOSE WATERS THERE. >> COULD YOU REPEAT THE QUESTION, PLEASE? >> THE TESTING THAT YOU ARE GOING TO BE DOING, DOES IT INCLUDE THE JOHN DENSON PARK, THE POOL THAT THE KIDS ARE SWIMMING IN. >> NO, THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE SWIMMING POOL.
>> WHAT ABOUT THE WATER THAT THEY DRINK THERE? >> YES. >> OKAY. >> YES, THIS IS FOR THE WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, YES. >> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: GREAT. THE NEXT ANNOUNCEMENT WILL BE ABOUT THE PALMETTO GREENS PARK. CAN WE PLEASE HAVE MARVELOUS
WASHINGTON COME UP FOR THIS ANNOUNCEMENT PLEASE. >> HI, COMMISSIONERS. MY NAME IS MARVELOUS WASHINGTON. I AM THE DIRECTOR OF RECREATION AND PARKS DIVISION. THE CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH RECREATION PARKS DEPARTMENT WILL BE HOLDING TWO UPCOMING COMMUNITY MEETINGS TO DISCUSS
THE REDESIGN OF PALMETTO GREENS PARK. THESE MEETINGS WILL OFFER AN IMPORTANT OPPORTUNITY FOR MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY SURROUNDING THE PARK TO SHARE THEIR IDEAS CONCERNS, SUGGESTIONS AND ABOUT ITS FUTURE. THE MEETINGS WILL BE HELD AT 6:00 P.M. ON THURSDAY JUNE 5th
AND THURSDAY JUNE 12th AT THE CAROLYN SIMS CENTER, 225 NORTHWEST 12th AVENUE. LIGHT REFRESHMENTS WILL BE SERVED. I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU GUYS THERE. RESIDENTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO ATTEND. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU. NOW WE'RE MOVING ON TO 3C, WHICH
WOULD BE THE FOREST PARCEL. >> PERFECT, THANK YOU, MAYOR. GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY. THANK YOU, GUYS, SO MUCH FOR COMING OUT. THANK YOU GUYS FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM. I WANT TO START OFF BY THANKING STAFF FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU GUYS DO. AND, YOU KNOW, I KNOW WE'RE HERE
TO DISCUSS THE BOYNTON FOREST, THE NICHOLS PROPERTY. AND I UNDERSTAND STAFF'S APPROACH ON, YOU KNOW, LOOKING TO DO WHAT'S BEST FOR OUR BUDGET, RIGHT. AND I WANT TO SAY FOR MYSELF AND HOLD MYSELF ACCOUNTABLE THAT I DID NOT VERIFY THE IMPORTANCE
AND THE IMPACT OF THIS PROPERTY AND WHAT IT MEANS TO OUR GREEN SPACE, WHAT IT MEANS TO THE ENVIRONMENT AND ENDANGERED SPECIES. IN AN IDEAL WORLD, I'D LOVE TO SAY WE NEVER GET THINGS WRONG OR ACT TOO HASTILY. BUT THAT'S NOT THE REALITY.
MISTAKES HAPPEN AND WE MUST LEARN FROM THEM. TO THAT END, I'D LIKE TO THANK ALL THE RESIDENTS FOR YOUR EMAILS, YOUR CONCERN IN ILLUMINATING THIS ISSUE AND HOW IMPORTANT THIS PROPERTY IS. AS WE KNOW, OVER-DEVELOPMENT IS A HUGE ISSUE IN FLORIDA.
I WANT TO EXPRESS MY DEEP GRATITUDE TO JESSICA NAMATH FOR WORKING WITH US AND COLLABORATING WITH US AND UTILIZING THE TERM OF CARE-FRONTATION INSTEAD OF CONFRONTATION AND WORKING AS A
COMMUNITY TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE. YOUR WILLINGNESS TO EDUCATE, COMMUNICATE AND PARTNER WITH US HAS BEEN INVALUABLE. AND I'M DEEPLY GRATEFUL FOR YOUR EFFORTS ALONG WITH THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY WHICH BRINGS ME TO MY NEXT TOPIC. YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY, THERE'S A LOT OF -- I'VE SEEN A LOT OF
PICTURES, A LOT OF VIDEOS OF POTENTIAL ENDANGERED SPECIES, YOU KNOW, HERE, LET ALONE THE LACK OF GREEN SPACE. SO I THINK WHAT WOULD BE FAIR AND WHAT WOULD BE ADEQUATE NOT JUST TO THE ENVIRONMENT BUT TO OUR COMMUNITY AND THIS PARCEL IS TO HAVE THE CITY DO A THOROUGH
THIRD-PARTY ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STUDY TO IDENTIFY AND GET A FACT-BASED ANALYSIS ON WHAT IS AT THIS PROPERTY VERSUS THE CITY GIVING AN OPINION, RESIDENTS GIVING AN OPINION, HAVING A THIRD-PARTY AND AN EXPERT
IDENTIFY WHAT'S THERE. I'D BET THAT WE'LL SEE, YOU KNOW, MULTIPLE ENDANGERED SPECIES THERE AND RECOMMENDATION TO POTENTIALLY PRESERVE THIS SITE FOR THE FUTURE. YOU KNOW, THIS ISN'T ABOUT JUST --
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] THIS ISN'T ABOUT KICKING THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD BECAUSE THIS CAN HAS BEEN KICKED DOWN THE ROAD BEFORE. AND AGAIN, I'LL HOLD MYSELF ACCOUNTABLE. I DID NOT KNOW THE INTRICATE
DETAILS OF THIS LAST SITUATION AS IT WENT ON DURING COVID. YOU KNOW, I OWN THAT. AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE ALL MAKE MISTAKES. YOU KNOW, WE ALL, YOU KNOW, DON'T BAT A THOUSAND. BUT I THINK IF WE GET UP, YOU KNOW, IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW MANY TIMES WE FALL.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, ONCE WE IDENTIFY WHAT THAT ANALYSIS LOOKS LIKE, IF I GET CONSENSUS FROM MY COLLEAGUES, I THINK WE LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, PRESERVING THIS SO WE'RE NOT IN THE SITUATION IN ANOTHER FIVE YEARS.
[APPLAUSE] I DON'T KNOW LEGALLY WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE BECAUSE I KNOW WE ENTERED POTENTIAL NEGOTIATIONS. SO I'D LIKE TO KNOW HOW CAN WE LEGALLY MOVE FORWARD TO MAKE
SURE THAT WE ARE IDENTIFYING AND DOING OUR DUE DILIGENCE FIRST. AND AGAIN, YOU KNOW, I'VE SEEN A LOT OF STUFF ON SOCIAL MEDIA. AND I DON'T WANT OUR STAFF OR OUR COMMISSIONERS TO TAKE THE BRUNT OF THIS. IF YOU ARE UPSET, BE UPSET WITH ME BECAUSE I'LL ONLY SPEAK FOR MYSELF. I DIDN'T ASK THE RIGHT QUESTIONS. IT'S OUR STAFF'S JOB TO DO THEIR
BEST JOB, TO BE FINANCIALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR OUR BUDGET AND LESSEN THE BURDEN ON OUR TAXPAYERS, RIGHT. THIS ISN'T ABOUT PEOPLE WHO HATE THE ENVIRONMENT OR PEOPLE WHO HATE ANIMALS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. THIS IS ABOUT STAFF DOING THEIR JOB. AND ULTIMATELY THIS BODY, THIS COMMISSION MAKING THE RIGHT DECISION.
AND WE STILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT. SO I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANY APPETITE FROM MY COLLEAGUES TO WHAT I HAVE MENTIONED. BUT THAT IS MY PROPOSAL. LEGAL, IF THERE'S SPECIFIC LANGUAGE YOU NEED FOR THIS TO BE
ADEQUATE, PLEASE ADVISE. >> SO I BELIEVE THE PROPER MOTION WOULD BE A MOTION TO CEASE NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE DEVELOPER OF THE FOREST PARCEL, NICHOLS PARCEL I BELIEVE IT'S CALLED AND INSTRUCT STAFF TO
CONDUCT AN INDEPENDENT ENVIRONMENTAL STUDY. >> I WANT TO ADD ONE MORE THING. >> MAYOR: PLEASE GO AHEAD, COMMISSIONER TURKIN. I MEAN, COMMISSIONER CRUZS. >> TECHNICALLY, IS THERE A SECOND OF THE MOTION? >> WELL, I HAVEN'T MADE THE MOTION YET. >> MAYOR: HE HASN'T MADE THE MOTION YET. >> SECOND FOR DISCUSSION. >> DO YOU GUYS WANT TO DISCUSS
FIRST OR ME MAKE THE MOTION? >> I'LL MAKE THE MOTION TO HALT NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE CURRENT APPLICANT OF THE LOI WHILE STAF- [APPLAUSE]
WHILE STAFF CONDUCTS A THIRD-PARTY ENVIRONMENTAL INDEPENDENT IMPACT STUDY -- INDEPENDENT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STUDY. >> I'LL GO AHEAD AND SECOND THAT FOR DISCUSSION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER TURKIN, FOR BRINGING THAT UP. I THINK IT'S A LEGITIMATE CONCERN.
I HAVE GOTTEN ALSO HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF EMAILS FROM MULTIPLE RESIDENTS. SO I ALSO WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR BEING HERE, FOR TAKING THE TIME. I KNOW IT'S NOT ALWAYS TO SHOW UP AND WAIT AND SIT AT A MEETING FOR A LONG TIME. YOU ALL ARE BUSY AND HAVE BUSY LIVES. THANK YOU FOR CARING ABOUT YOUR COMMUNITY AND THANK YOU FOR
BEING HERE. IN ADDITION TO YOUR MOTION, I SUPPORT YOUR MOTION BUT I DID ALSO WANT TO ADD RESEARCH AND COMPLIANCE WITH FLORIDA STATUTES 379.411 WHICH IS THE LAW AGAINST
INTENTIONAL KILLING OR WOUNDING OF ANY SPECIES DESIGNATED AS ENDANGERED, THREATENED OR SPECIAL CONCERN. I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S VERY MUCH RELEVANT TO OUR DISCUSSION TODAY. AND ONE OF THE PURPOSES AND MAIN POINTS OF WHY PEOPLE ARE HERE TODAY IS REALLY TO PROTECT, YOU
KNOW, THE ENDANGERED SPECIES. SO IF WE CAN ADD THAT TO OUR MOTION, I WOULD DEFINITELY SUPPORT IT. >> WITH THAT -- WOULD THAT BE INCLUDED IN AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STUDY? >> I'LL SECOND THAT. >> OKAY. >> SO THAT WOULD BE INCLUDED IS WHAT I'M HEARING.
>> SO THERE'S -- JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, YES, THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STUDY DOES INCLUDE COMPLIANCE WITH THAT. THAT'S WHY YOU DO IT -- TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE NOT VIOLATING THAT STATUTE. SO I DON'T KNOW THAT WE NEED THAT SPECIFIC LANGUAGE IN THE MOTION, BUT IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO AMEND THE MOTION TO INCLUDE
THAT, WE CAN CERTAINLY DO THAT. >> IF YOU WANT TO AMEND IT, YOU'VE GOT TO SAY IT. >> MAYOR: YEAH. >> SURE. >> I'LL GO AHEAD AND AMEND YOUR MOTION TO ADD ADDITIONAL RESEARCH WITH REGARD TO FLORIDA STATUTES 379.411 TO PROTECT
ENDANGERED SPECIES AND TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE COMPLYING WITH ANYTHING THAT COMES BACK. >> SECOND. >> SECOND. >> MAYOR: SECOND, YES. >> IF YOU COULD RESTATE IT OR JUST SAY WHO MADE THE AMENDED MOTION. >> MAYOR: COMMISSIONER TURKIN MADE THE INITIAL MOTION. COMMISSIONER CRUZ MADE THE
AMENDED MOTION. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? >> DISCUSSION. >> I ALREADY SECONDED IT. [LAUGHTER] >> MAYOR: GO AHEAD, VICE MAYOR. >> I JUST WANT TO SAY THE IMPORTANCE OF GREEN SPACE, THE IMPORTANCE IN OUR CITY IS
IMPORTANT TO US. AND I CAN SEE BY TONIGHT'S PRESENCE, IT'S IMPORTANT TO YOU, TOO. AND WE REPRESENT YOU, OKAY. AND THIS IS SOMETHING AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED IS A NO-BRAINER AT THIS STAGE.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] I DO SUPPORT THE MOTION. >> MAYOR: SO MY THOUGHTS ON THIS WHEN IT COMES TO DISCUSSION ARE WE'RE SITTING UP HERE AND WE ARE ALL MUCH IN AGREEMENT OF THINGS. HOW MUCH IS THIS ENVIRONMENTAL STUDY GOING TO COST US FOR ALL TO STILL BE STAYING IN THE SAME
SITUATION THAT WE KNOW WE'D LIKE TO PRESERVE THIS LAND? AND WE KNOW THERE'S GOING TO BE SOMETHING TO COME BACK ON THE ISSUE. LIKE YOU SAID, LET'S NOT KICK IT DOWN THE CAN. IS IT SOMETHING THAT CAN BE ADDRESSED AND GET THIS OFF OUR PLATE? OR DO WE WANT TO GO THROUGH AND SPEND THE MONEY FOR AN
ENVIRONMENTAL STUDY? >> I'M OKAY TO LOOKING AT DEEDING THIS LAND. BUT I KNOW WE'D HAVE TO WORK WITH THE COUNTY AS FAR AS THE ZONING GOES. I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF PROPOSITIONS AND ASKS TO WORK WITH THE COUNTY, SEE IF THE COUNTY CAN REZONE THIS.
YOU KNOW, I KNOW THERE'S A COUPLE OF NONPROFITS WE COULD WORK WITH TO CONVERTING THIS TO A SANCTUARY. SO I'M OKAY TO FOREGO AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STUDY. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> MAYOR: I AM, TOO. >> I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE
THAT WE DO THINGS THE RIGHT WAY. AGAIN, AT THIS POINT IN TIME, THERE IS ONGOING DISCUSSIONS. SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT PUTTING THE CITY IN LIABILITY. >> MAYOR: RIGHT. >> FOR A LAWSUIT. AND, YOU KNOW, IF AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STUDY ALLOWS, YOU KNOW, PROTECTION TO
IDENTIFY -- YOU KNOW, ENSURES DUE DILIGENCE WHICH HAPPENS IN ANY REAL ESTATE TRANSACTION, WHETHER IT'S LAND, CONDO, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER. YOU HAVE THAT DUE DILIGENCE PERIOD. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CITY IS COVERED, THE TAXPAYER IS COVERED. SO, YOU KNOW, FOR ME, IF LEGAL CAN GIVE ME THAT CLARIFICATION
AND THAT CONFIDENCE THAT WE DON'T EVEN NEED TO DO THIS, AND WE CAN GO AHEAD AND DEED THIS LAND OR PARTNER WITH A NONPROFIT TO PRESERVE IT IN PERPETUITY SO THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN AGAIN, I'M OKAY TO DO THAT. >> I WOULD PREFER THAT WE WAIT
UNTIL WE GET THE RESULTS BACK BEFORE WE MAKE ANY KIND OF DECISION, WHICH WE PROBABLY END UP DOING THE SAME THING THAT YOU ARE SAYING. BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE A BIT PREMATURE AT THIS POINT UNTIL WE GET THE RESULTS BACK. THE WAY I FEEL THAT THIS COMMISSION IS HEADED NOW IS IN
THE RIGHT DIRECTION. BUT I THINK WE WANT TO DO THINGS DECENTLY AND IN ORDER AND WAIT UNTIL WE GET THE RESULTS AND THEN COME BACK AND HAVE THAT DISCUSSION. >> MAYOR: JUST FOR HISTORY -- BECAUSE I'VE ONLY BEEN UP HERE 60 DAYS. WHEN THIS WAS DONE IN 2020, WAS THERE AN ENVIRONMENTAL STUDY
DONE IN 2020? [INDISTINCT CONVERSATION] WE'RE GOING TO KEEP THAT. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE PUBLIC COMMENTS, SO PLEASE -- I'M ASKING CITY STAFF THAT. JUST ONE MOMENT. SO THERE WASN'T ONE DONE IN 2020.
OKAY. >> YEAH. I'M OKAY EITHER WAY. I THINK WE'RE GOING TO GET TO THE SAME DESTINATION. I THINK DOING THAT STUDY DOES GIVE US A LITTLE BIT OF BITE IN THE FUTURE FOR PROTECTION. BUT AGAIN, I'LL GO WITH THE MAJORITY.
>> I SUPPORT DOING RESEARCH. I THINK ANY TIME THAT -- YOU KNOW, I THINK HEARING OUR CONVERSATIONS, I THINK WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE WITH REGARD TO HAVING THE INTENTIONS OF PROTECTING THIS LAND AND PROTECTING THE PROTECTED SPECIES. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE OUR RESEARCH
AND DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE AND TO MAKE SURE THAT WE, YOU KNOW, HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION THAT WE NEED TO MAKE AN EDUCATED DECISION. SO I WOULD DEFINITELY SUPPORT, WHETHER IT'S AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STUDY ITSELF OR WHETHER IT'S STAFF DOING RESEARCH WITH OUR HISTORICAL DATA FROM WHAT HAPPENED FIVE YEARS AGO.
AND, YOU KNOW, FINDING ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WITH OUR LEGAL TEAM, AS LONG AS WE GET SOME SORT OF LEGITIMATE AND ADEQUATE INFORMATION, I WOULD BE IN FAVOR OF LOOKING INTO THIS IN THE NEAR FUTURE. >> PERFECT. THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING OUT.
THANK YOU FOR SENDING YOUR EMAILS. >> MAYOR: YEAH, LET'S VOTE ON IT. >> REPEAT THE MOTION? >> THERE IS ONE ON THE TABLE. >> YEAH. >> IT'S AMENDED. I DON'T HAVE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM. >> FOR CLARIFICATION -- >> JUST TO CLARIFY, ARE WE DOING THE STUDY? >> MAYOR: WE'RE DOING THE STUDY.
>> THERE'S A MOTION ON THE FLOOR. >> MAYOR: TO CONDUCT AN INDEPENDENT ENVIRONMENTAL STUDY WHICH INCLUDES THE RESEARCH AND COMPLIANCE OF FLORIDA STATUTE I THINK IT WAS 379.411 TO PROTECT ENDANGERED SPECIES. >> NAILED IT. >> MAYOR: PLEASE DON'T MAKE ME
SAY THAT AGAIN. >> 37379.411. >> MAYOR: I MISSED THE POINT. >> WE HAVE A MOTION. >> WE HAVE A SECOND. >> MAYOR: ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. [AYES] MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] SO WE ARE GOING TO BE MOVING ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT. MOVING ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT. AS ALWAYS, DO YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES PER PERSON AND IT'S NON-TRANSFERABLE. THE SAME RULES APPLY.
THE SPEAKER MUST ADDRESS THE COMMISSION AS A WHOLE. YOU MAY BE ASKED TO LEAVE THE MEETING IF YOU VIOLATE THESE RULES. I'M ASKING EVERYONE WHO IS GOING TO SPEAK TO ALREADY GET IN LINE. IF YOU ARE STANDING AND NOT SPEAKING, IF YOU COULD JUST GRAB A SEAT FOR A MOMENT. BUT EVERYONE WHO PLANS TO SPEAK, PLEASE LINE UP AGAINST THE WALL
RIGHT NOW AND UP AGAINST A PODIUM SO WE KIND OF SEE HOW MANY PEOPLE WE HAVE FOR WHAT ISSUES.
>> AND THERE ARE TWO PODIUMS. >> MAYOR: THE OTHER THING WE'RE GOING TO ASK, IF YOU ARE SPEAKING ON THE SAME ISSUE, TRY NOT TO BE REPETITIVE BECAUSE WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO POSSIBLY CUT THE TIME ON THIS A LITTLE
BIT OR JUDGE IT AS WE GO THROUGH THIS. OR IF YOU HAVE ONE MAJOR SPOKESPERSON FOR SOME OF YOUR ISSUES AND THEY CAN HIGHLIGHT ALL THAT, MAYBE THAT'S THE PERSON THAT SPEAKS BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A VERY LONG AGENDA TONIGHT TO GO THROUGH. SO WE'RE TRYING TO BE EFFICIENT ON TIME.
LET'S GET STARTED. SO ARTIE, STEP UP TO THE PODIUM IF YOU CAN. WE'LL TAKE THIS LOVELY LADY ON THE RIGHT. IF YOU CAN STATE YOUR FULL NAME. >> RENEE MEISNER LA SITRA.
YOU WERE PROBABLY REFERRING TO MY EMAILS. >> MAYOR: IS YOUR MIC ON? >> HELLO. >> DO YOU SEE A GREEN LIGHT? >> YES. >> SPEAK INTO THE MIC. >> I KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE A LOT GOING ON WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE. AS A RESIDENT, WE ARE ALL NEIGHBORS AND FRIENDS TO ONE ANOTHER. WE REALLY DO NOT WANT TO SEE THE
FOREST GO AWAY. IT'S SOMETHING THAT A LOT OF US -- THE REASON WHY WE PURCHASED OUR HOMES IS BECAUSE OF THAT FOREST. IT HAS D ENDANGERED SPECIES. I HAVE GOTTEN THE PLEASURE TO DO
THAT FOR THE PAST SIX YEARS. WE THOUGHT IT WAS A PROTECTED PIECE OF LAND. WE JUST ASK THAT YOU PLEASE CONSIDER ANYTHING TO PROTECT IT AND KEEP IT WHERE IT IS. AS A RESIDENT, I DON'T WANT TO SEE IT GO AWAY AND I'M PRETTY SURE EVERY SINGLE PERSON IN THIS
ROOM AGREES WITH ME, THAT IT'S PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PIECES OF LAND WE STILL HAVE LEFT. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, BOARD.
I'M COMING UP HERE -- >> MAYOR: PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, SIR. >> MARK STEVENSON, 4392 KING THEODORE DRIVE RIGHT HERE IN LOVELY BOYNTON BEACH. MY WIFE AND I ARE NAVY RETIRED. WE PLANTED OUR FLAG HERE IN BOYNTON BEACH ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO.
WE PUT OURSELVES ON GATEWAY BOULEVARD, WHICH IS ALSO KNOWN AS THE GATEWAY 500. I'M HERE TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE COUNCIL. WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO GET SOME ACTION TO TRY TO SLOW THINGS DOWN IN THERE.
TO DATE, WE HAVE HAD 21MVAs AND ONE FATALITY. AND THE FATALITY WAS FROM OUR UNFORTUNATELY SEA MEADOW, THE 55 AND OLDER DEVELOPMENT. I HAVE BEEN UP HERE A FEW TIMES TRYING TO GET SOMETHING DONE.
I WENT TO THIS COUNCIL AND THIS COUNCIL ACTUALLY ACTED. THIS COUNCIL PUT OUR LIGHTS BACK ON. THIS COUNCIL PAID ATTENTION TO THE NEEDS THAT WE HAD. AND I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR THAT. WE ARE JUST A COMMUNITY OF A
BUNCH OF OLD PEOPLE. IT'S HARD FOR US TO GET ACROSS THE STREET. ALL RIGHT. THERE'S STILL A FEW THINGS WE NEED TO GET DONE. WE'D LIKE TO GET OUR WALKING LIGHT EXTENDED, OUR TRAFFIC LIGHT TURNED ON AND MAYBE SLOW THINGS DOWN A LITTLE BIT AND HAVE THE POLICE COME AND TRY TO STOP SOME OF THE SPEEDING THAT GOES THROUGH THERE.
WE HAVE TAKEN INCOMING ON THIS ROAD. TO DATE WE HAVE HAD TWO CARS TRY TO PUNCH THROUGH OUR -- WHAT? OUR FENCE. YEAH, OUR FENCE. I WAS VERY IMPRESSED TO SEE THAT
THIS -- THESE PEOPLE UP HERE CAME AND LOOKED AT US. WE SIT ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF BOYNTON BEACH. THERE'S NOTHING THERE. NOBODY GETS ANYTHING FROM US. WE'RE JUST OLD PEOPLE. BUT YOU GUYS TOOK THE TIME AND TOOK THE TIME AND CAME OUT THERE. YOU PAID ATTENTION TO US. OKAY. YOU MADE US FEEL LIKE BOYNTON BEACH.
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT. THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT FOR TONIGHT. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU SO MUCH. [APPLAUSE] NEXT PLEASE. >> HELLO, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS. MY NAME IS JESSICA NAMATH.
I'M AN ALMOST 40-YEAR RESIDENT OF PALM BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA AND HAVE A GROUP OF ABOUT 50,000 STATE PARK LOVERS AND PUBLIC LAND LOVERS AND WILD FLORIDA LOVERS WHO MAKE ME AWARE OF ISSUES ACROSS OUR STATE EVERY
DAY. AND WE HAVE HAD A LOT OF SUCCESS WITH OUR LEGISLATORS IN PASSING THE STATE PARK PROTECTION ACT RECENTLY. AND THAT IS TO THE CREDIT OF FLORIDIANS FOR BEING SO VOCAL ABOUT OUR PUBLIC LANDS, OUR GREEN SPACE, OUR, YOU KNOW --
THE RESOURCES, THE NATURAL RESOURCES THAT WE'RE ALL HERE FOR AND LOVE. AND IN MY EXPERIENCE, IT'S BEEN A LOT MORE DIFFICULT TO WORK WITH LOCAL AND COUNTY LEADERS. THE LEGISLATORS I THINK SEEM TO HAVE GOTTEN THE MESSAGE, AT LEAST FOR THIS SIX MONTHS RIGHT NOW. BUT I JUST WANT TO REALLY SAY
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR WILLINGNESS TO LISTEN AND RECOGNIZE THAT A DECISION WAS MADE THAT WAS THE WRONG ONE AND TO OWN UP TO THAT AND TO TRY TO MOVE FORWARD AND MAKE THE RIGHT DECISION. I THINK AT THE END OF THE DAY, THAT'S ALL WE ASK OF OUR ELECTED
OFFICIALS. SO AGAIN, I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE YOU ALL LISTENING TO THE PEOPLE AND STANDING BY THEM AND NOT, YOU KNOW, CATERING TO A DEVELOPER OR PRESSURE FROM SOME OTHER, YOU KNOW, COUNTY OR ENTITY.
AND REALLY LISTENING BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT I THINK FLORIDIANS ARE SCREAMING TO BE HEARD. AND I KNOW THAT WE ARE ALL GRATEFUL THAT YOU GUYS ARE MOVING FORWARD AND MAKING THE RIGHT DECISION TO PROTECT THIS. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU. NEXT PLEASE. [APPLAUSE] >> GOOD EVENING.
MY NAME IS TOM WARNKE. I HAVE BEEN SPEAKING THE LAST SIX MONTHS ABOUT THE ANDREWS HOUSE. AND TONIGHT IT'S MOSTLY ABOUT THE NICHOLS FOREST. AS YOU KNOW, AS CRA BOARD MEMBERS, THE ANDREWS HOUSE IS KIND OF WAITING TO SEE WHAT THE DEVELOPER WANTS TO DO, HAVING
DECIDED, HEY, THIS MIGHT BE A VALUABLE ASSET. AS SOON AS HE FINISHES HIS SAMPLE, THEN WE'LL BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD AND HOPEFULLY MOVE IT ON TO LAND ON OCEAN BY THE MAGNUSON HOUSE. I'M NOT SURE IF YOU HAD A CHANCE TO SEE MY POWERPOINT SLIDE SHOW THAT I SENT YOU. IT WAS SHORT NOTICE.
BUT SO WAS, YOU KNOW, THE STORY ABOUT THE NICHOLS FOREST. BUT IF YOU SAW THAT SLIDE SHOW, YOU CAN SEE THE OLD, OLD PHOTOS BACK IN 1958, I REMEMBER DRIVING THERE ON MY BICYCLE AND GOING OUT INTO NICHOLS FOREST.
AND THAT WAS 1958. I WAS 10 YEARS OLD. THIS IS WHY WE HAVE SECOND READINGS. YOU REQUIRE SECOND READINGS. AND THIS IS WHY YOU DO IT -- BECAUSE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OFTEN COMES UP. AND THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED IN THIS
INSTANCE. AND I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A FEEL-GOOD RESULT FOR EVERYBODY. IF YOU HAVE NEVER HEARD OF GEORGE GANN, HE REPLIED AFTER I SENT THAT SLIDE SHOW TO YOU. GEORGE GANN IS THE DIRECTOR OF THE INSTITUTE FOR REGIONAL CONSERVATION.
THEY ARE HEADQUARTERED IN DELRAY. HE'S KNOWN ALL OVER THE COUNTRY FOR HIS WORK ON HABITAT RESTORATION AND BIODIVERSITY. MOSTLY ALONG THE COASTLINE BUT HE KNOWS THE FOREST LIKE THE PINE ROCKLANDS DOWN IN DADE AND BROWARD COUNTY. HE'S AN EXPERT. HE WROTE A PARAGRAPH TODAY.
WE FORWARDED IT TO YOU, BUT I'M GOING TO READ IT HERE. THE INSTITUTE FOR REGIONAL CONSERVATION WITH GLOBAL EXPERTISE OPERATING THROUGHOUT SOUTH FLORIDA IS OPPOSED TO THE SALE AND DESTRUCTION OF THE NICHOLS FOREST. OUR RESEARCH OVER 30 YEARS HAS CLEARLY DEMONSTRATED THE
CRITICAL VALUE OF REMNANT NATIVE ECOSYSTEMS IN URBAN SOUTH FLORIDA FOR NATIVE PLANTS. HE GOES ON TO MAKE HIS POINT MUCH, MUCH BETTER. BUT I IMPLORE YOU TO READ WHAT HE SAYS. WE NEED TO NOT JUST SAVE IT, BUT
INVEST A TOKEN AMOUNT TO MAKE SURE WE'VE GOT SKIN IN THE GAME. YOU MENTIONED THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STUDY. YOU CAN DO THAT. IT WILL SHOW GOPHER TORTOISES. THEY ARE ENDANGERED. THE DEVELOPER WILL THEN SAY, OKAY, WE'LL MOVE THEM.
MOST OF THEM WILL DIE. ONCE THEY MOVE THEM, THEY CAN CLEAR-CUT THE FOREST. THAT'S NOT WHAT THESE PEOPLE ARE HERE FOR. WE'VE GOT TO SAVE THE TORTOISES, BUT WE NEED TO SAVE THE GREEN SPACE TOO. SO THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU. NEXT PLEASE.
[APPLAUSE] >> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, CITY MANAGER. MY NAME IS LAURA CONWAY, I'M THE DIRECDIRECTOR OF LUTHERAN HEAD T HERE IN PALM BEACH COUNTY. I WANT TO BEGIN BY SINCERELY
THANKING YOU FOR THE PARTNERSHIP AND SUPPORT FROM THE CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH HAS EXTENDED TO US FOR OVER A DECADE, INCLUDING THE RECENT EFFORTS TO SUPPORT US IN IDENTIFYING ANOTHER FACILITY WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS. FOR MORE THAN 11 YEARS, THE LSF BOYNTON BEACH HEAD START CENTER
HAS BEEN A TRUSTED AND ESSENTIAL PART OF THIS COMMUNITY, SERVING OVER 1,415 CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES WITH HIGH QUALITY EARLY EDUCATION, HEALTHCARE AND COMPREHENSIVE FAMILY SUPPORT SERVICES. OUR PRESENCE HERE HAS BEEN FAR MORE THAN JUST A PROGRAM. WE HAVE BEEN AN ANCHOR FOR
WORKING HEAD START FAMILIES, A TRUSTED PARTNER TO LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS AND A LAUNCHING PAD FOR CHILDREN'S LIFE LONG SUCCESS. IN RETURN FOR OUR PARTNERSHIP, OUR ORGANIZATION HAS MADE A SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT IN BOYNTON BEACH COMMUNITY. SINCE 2016, WE HAVE INVESTED
MORE THAN $12.8 MILLION INTO THIS PROGRAM. THE INVESTMENT INCLUDES NEARLY 980,000 IN DIRECT FACILITY REPAIRS AND INFRASTRUCTURE UPGRADES AND OVER 345,000 IN MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONAL SUPPORT CONTRACTS.
THESE FIGURES REFLECT OUR DEEP-ROOTED COMMITMENT TO THIS LOCATION AND A SHARED VISION FOR A STRONGER MORE SUPPORTIVE COMMUNITY. TODAY I RESPECTFULLY AND WHOLEHEARTEDLY REQUEST YOUR CONSIDERATION IN GRANTING US A LEASE EXTENSION THROUGH
JANUARY 2027. THIS EXTENSION WILL ALLOW US TO RESPONSIBLY COMPLETE OUR TRANSITION THAT MAY REQUIRE FEDERAL APPLICATION WHICH WAS NOT APPROVED UNDER DR. SERRANO AND IDENTIFY A LONG-TERM SUSTAINABLE SOLUTION WITHOUT DISRUPTING SERVICES TO FAMILIES
AND CHILDREN THAT WE SERVE. THIS REQUEST IS NOT MADE ONLY ON BEHALF OF THE FAMILIES AND CHILDREN ENROLLED, BUT ALSO FOR THE CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH ITSELF. IF THE LEASE IS NOT EXTENDED, THE CITY WILL LOSE VITAL EARLY EDUCATION PROGRAM.
CHILDREN WILL BE DISPLACED. YOUR FAMILIES WILL LOSE ACCESS TO THE ONLY FULL-DAY COMPREHENSIVE PRESCHOOL PROGRAM MANY OF THEM RELY ON. DID YOU KNOW THAT MANY OF THE CHILDREN RECEIVE THREE MEALS A DAY THROUGH OUR PROGRAM? AND THAT OUR SERVICES MAKE IT POSSIBLE FOR PARENTS TO WORK,
ATTEND SCHOOL AND PURSUE STABILITY FOR THEIR FAMILIES. THE CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH WILL LOSE A LONGSTANDING EDUCATIONAL RESOURCE THAT BE DEEPLY WOVEN INTO THE FABRIC OF YOUR COMMUNITY. I WANT TO BE CLEAR. WE ARE PREPARED TO HONOR OUR
CONTRACT AGREEMENT AND RESPECT THE CITY'S DECISION. I CANNOT WALK AWAY WITHOUT ASKING ONE LAST TIME WITH HUMILITY AND HOPE FOR YOUR RECONSIDERATION. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU. NEXT PLEASE.
[APPLAUSE] >> GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS LAURA MILLIGAN, I LIVE IN BOYNTON BEACH. I'VE BEEN A PALM BEACH COUNTY RESIDENT SINCE 1989. I HAVE COPIES FOR THE COMMISSIONERS OF A RESOLUTION BETWEEN PALM BEACH COUNTY AND THE CITY. AND I ALSO HAVE COPIES OF AN APPLICATION FOR FLORIDA FOREVER
IN ORDER TO MAKE THE NICHOLS FOREST PERMANENT PRESERVE. [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU. PALM BEACH COUNTY DEDICATED THE USE OF THE FOREST ALONG NICHOLS BOULEVARD FOR PUBLIC PURPOSES WHEN THE PROPERTY WAS CONVEYED TO THE CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH IN
1961. HOUSING IS NOT CONSIDERED FOR PUBLIC PURPOSES. THERE ARE VERY FEW PROTECTED WILDLIFE AREAS LEFT. MANY PROTECTED ANIMALS HAVE BEEN SEEN IN THE FOREST AS WE HAVE MENTIONED SCRUB-JAYS, BURROWING OWLS, BALD EAGLES, BLACK INDIGO
AND FOXES. THEY HAD PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED ABOUT THE GOPHER TORTOISES. THERE ARE A LOT OF GOPHER TORTOISES, INCLUDING BABIES. THAT SHOWS THEY ARE THRIVING AND REPRODUCING. AND STUDIES HAVE PROVEN THAT TREES ARE CRUCIAL IN KEEPING CITIES COOL.
WHICH IN TURN HELPS COOL THE ENTIRE PLANET. SCIENCE HAS PROVEN THIS, INCLUDING THE EFFECTS OF CENTRAL PARK HELPING TO KEEP NEW YORK CITY COOLER. FIGHTING CLIMATE CHANGE IS A RACE AGAINST TIME. THE SEA LEVELS ARE RISING DUE TO
GLOBAL WARMING. THE HEIGHT OF NEW SEAWALLS IN BOYNTON BEACH NEED TO BE HIGHER THAN THEY WERE 50 YEARS AGO. THE FOREST ALSO HELPS TO REPLENISH THE WATER IN OUR AQUIFERS. THE CITY HAS BEEN FORCING COMMUNITIES TO USE RECLAIMED WATER FOR IRRIGATION RATHER THAN
USING THEIR WELLS BECAUSE THE WATER IN OUR AQUIFER IS DIMINISHING. I'M NOT HERE TODAY FOR ONLY OUR BENEFIT, BUT FOR THE BENEFIT OF BOYNTON BEACH AND FUTURE GENERATIONS TO ENJOY WHAT LITTLE WILDLIFE WE HAVE LEFT AND TO PROTECT OUR PLANET.
THIS IS NOT AN ISSUE ABOUT NOT IN MY BACKYARD. IT'S A CITY ISSUE, STATE AND GLOBAL ISSUE. WE HAD 1,777 CONCERNED PEOPLE
THROUGH CHANGE.ORG STATING WE HEREBY PETITION THE CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH TO SAVE THE LAST PRISTINE FOREST IN BOYNTON BEACH AND TO MAKE IT A NATURE PRESERVE. HAVE YOU BEEN TO THE FOREST? HAVE YOU BEEN THERE? LUCKILY, I WAS ABLE TO BRING COUNTY COMMISSIONER GREG WISE THERE.
AND SO HE COULD ALSO SEE. I WELCOME ANYONE ELSE WHO WANTS A PRIVATE TOUR. WE WILL BE HAPPY TO TAKE YOU. SO I HAVE PROVIDED AN APPLICATION FROM FLORIDA FOREVER FOR THE CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH TO CONSIDER THIS ROUTE OR ANOTHER WAY TO PROTECT THE FOREST FOREVER. THANK YOU.
[APPLAUSE] >> MAYOR: GO AHEAD. >> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS. MARK CA KAREGEORGE.
I WANT TO THANK VICE MAYOR HAY AND COMMISSIONER CRUZ FOR THEIR PRESENCE. IT'S SOMETHING THAT THE PEOPLE HONORING THAT DAY CAN'T GET UP AND SAY THANK YOU. BUT THEIR SACRIFICE IS WHY WE HAVE FREEDOM. AND IN A WORLD THAT AT TIMES
SEEMS REAL CRAZY WITH PEOPLE BEING PUT ON FIRE, I MEAN IT'S JUST CRAZY ANY MORE. TO TAKE THE TIME TO HONOR OR
FALLEN SOLDIERS DIDN'T TAKE A LOT OF EFFORT BUT I WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU BECAUSE MANY FAMILIES HAVE RELATIVES THAT HAVE SERVED AND THEIR SERVICE IS SOMETHING WE SHOULD ALL RESPECT. I JUST WISH EVERYBODY ELSE WAS THERE.
THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: GO AHEAD. >> MICHAEL SORSINNA, BOYNTON BEACH, FLORIDA. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME OUT HERE AND SPEAK ON THIS IMPORTANT ISSUE, THE NICHOLS BOULEVARD FOREST. IT'S PRETTY INCREDIBLE THAT I
HAVE A BUDDY THAT WASN'T ALLOWED IN. WE PACKED THIS PLACE FULL. WE ARE AT CAPACITY. WE WERE ABLE TO MOBILIZE IN LESS THAN A WEEK A TON OF PEOPLE TO COME OUT, AND NOT ONLY PERFORM A CLEANUP OF THE PROPERTY AND PICK UP LITTER BUT ALSO COME OUT HERE AND SHOW SUPPORT THAT, YOU KNOW, THE LAST TIME WE WEREN'T HEARD
LOUD ENOUGH AND, YOU KNOW, WE ARE HOPING THAT WE CAN PUT A FINAL RESOLUTION TO THIS. I DID EMAIL ALL OF YOU. I GOT A RESPONSE FROM MOST OF
YOU. MOST OF THEM WERE PERSONAL. I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. I LOOK FORWARD TO MAKING THIS A PRESERVE IN PERPETUITY. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE WORKED REALLY
HARD AT TRYING TO CONVINCE PEOPLE WHAT'S ON THIS PROPERTY. YOU CAN DRIVE DOWN THE BOULEVARD AND SEE GOPHER TORTOISES. IT'S NOT HARD. I LIVE ON A PROPERTY THAT DIRECTLY ABUTS THIS LAND SINCE
THE DAY I MOVED IN, I SAW MY FIRST GOPHER TORTOISE BURROW. I HAVE SEEN NO LESS THAN FOUR OR FIVE ON THE PROPERTY. I'M HOPEFUL THAT WE'RE NOT THAT THE FOREST IS KNOCKED DOWN AND
TOWNHOUSES PER THE LETTER OF INTENT. THIS IS A GREEN SPACE THAT DIVIDES TWO COMMUNITIES, TWO NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAVE EXISTED. MY HOUSE WAS BUILT IN THE '80s. NICHOLS WAS LONG BEFORE THAT. THERE'S NOT ONLY THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT, THE
ENVIRONMENTAL TORTOISES BUT I HAVE SENT PICTURES TO YOU OF RED TAIL HAWKS. I BELIEVE FLORIDA RED FOXES AMONGST OTHER WILDLIFE. SO THE PURPOSE THIS LAND SERVES IS FAR GREATER THAN SIMPLY THE ENVIRONMENT. HOWEVER, I'M NOT MINIMIZING THAT.
I'M JUST TRYING TO EXPAND ON WHY IT'S IMPORTANT TO US, RIGHT. IT DOES SERVE AS A PUFFER FOR THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND A BEAUTIFUL SPACE TO LOOK OUT YOUR PATIO AND BE ABLE TO SEE. IT SERVES AS A BEAUTIFUL SPACE FOR PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO VENTURE INTO IF THEY SO WISH. I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
AND I GUESS, YOU KNOW, PROBABLY COULD HAVE SAVED A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY BY JUST SIMPLY COMINGS ON OUT AND SEEING SOME OF THE TORTOISES. BUT I RESPECT THE DUE DILIGENCE. SO THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> MAYOR: THANK YOU.
GO AHEAD. >> HI. GOOD AFTERNOON, CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH COMMISSIONERS, MAYOR AND VICE MAYOR AND FELLOW COMMISSIONER MEMBERS. MY NAME IS ASHLEY SAN TORO AND I'VE A LIFE-LONG RESIDENT OF SOUTH FLORIDA AND FREQUENT VISITOR TO BOYNTON BEACH. I'M THE FOUNDER OF HERBOTOLOGY
CLUB AT FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY. I WANTED TO FOCUS A LITTLE MORE ON THE ECOLOGY OF THE GOPHER TORTOISES THEMSELVES. IN A STUDY CONDUCTED IN 1989 BY THE FRAME NETWORK -- THAT IS THE FIRE RESOURCE AND MANAGEMENT NETWORK. THEY CONCLUDED THAT WITHIN THE FIRST 30 DAYS OF TRANSLOCATION
OF GOPHER TORTOISES, THERE WAS A 70% MORTALITY RATE. AND EVEN HIGHER FOR JUVENILES. RESEARCH GRADE OBSERVATIONS OF JUVENILE GOPHER TORTOISES HAVE BEEN LOCATED ON THE NICHOLS PROPERTY. IF THEY WERE TO BE MOVED IN FAVOR OF MOVING FORWARD WITH THE
DEVELOPMENT, THEY WOULD MOST LIKELY FACE VERY HIGH MORTALITY RATES WHEREVER THEY ARE MOVED TO. THE MOST LIKELY CANDIDATE FOR RELOCATION WOULD HAVE BEEN THE NOKOOS PROPERTY IN PANAMA CITY
BEACH FLORIDA. IN THE LAST 20 YEARS, 503 OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS HAVE DIED ACROSS ALL PHASES OF THEIR LIVES. FURTHERMORE THIS REPRESENTS THE FACT THAT DESPITE BEING ABLE TO RELOCATE THEM AS CONSIDERED THE MORE ECOFRIENDLY OPTION, IT IS NOT IN THE BEST INTEREST OF
THESE GOPHER TORTOISES THEMSELVES AS THEY ARE HIGHLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE STRESS OF BEING MOVED. GOPGOPHER TORTOISES ARE CONSIDED ECOSYSTEM ARCHITECTS. THIS MEANS BECAUSE OF THEIR BEHAVIORS THEY ARE ABLE TO INFLUENCE HOW THE ENVIRONMENT AROUND THEM OPERATES. THEY PROVIDE SHELTER FOR OVER
360 DIFFERENT SPECIES OF FLORIDA ORGANISMS, MANY OF THESE ARE FOUND NOWHERE ELSE ON EARTH. AS MANY SPECIES INCLUDING THE BURROWING OWLS ARE CONSIDERED SUB SPECIES ONLY FOUND IN THE FLORIDA PENINSULA. IN TERMS OF A PHASE 1 ENVIRONMENTAL SURVEY, MANY ESTIMATES ACROSS THE STATE WOULD
PLACE A 15-ACRE PARCEL SIMILAR TO THE NICHOLS PARK BETWEEN $3,900 AND $6,500 AT MOST. I DO BELIEVE THAT THIS ENDEAVOR, ESPECIALLY TO THE CITIZENS OF BOYNTON BEACH IS WELL WITHIN THE BUDGET AND SHOULD BE HIGHLY CONSIDERED. RETURNING BACK TO THE PARCEL
THEMSELVES, I HAVE BEEN THERE AND I HAVE WITNESSED THESE GOPHER TORTOISES MYSELF ACROSS ALL PHASES OF THEIR LIFE CYCLE. I HAVE SEEN HATCHLINGS TO OLD ELDERLY TORTOISES WHO HAVE LIVED FOR ALMOST FIVE TO SIX DECADES IN THEIR LIFETIME. AS THE CREATOR OF THE GOPHER
TORTOISE OBSERVATION PROGRAM AT FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY, I HIGHLY IMPLORE THE MEMBERS OF THIS CAUCUS TO NOT MOVE FORWARD WITH THE SALE OF THIS LAND AND MOVE IT FORWARD AS A PUBLIC USE ZONE FOR THE FUTURE SO THAT THE RESIDENTS OF BOYNTON BEACH HAVE THIS GREEN SPACE GOING FORWARD FOREVER.
AND I YIELD MY TIME. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> MAYOR: THANK YOU. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> MY NAME IS MIKE -- >> MAYOR: IF WE COULD HOLD APPLAUSE. WE'RE GOING IT TRY TO KEEP PUBLIC COMMENT MOVING SO WE CAN
GET ON TO THE CITY BUSINESS. IF YOU ARE HERE FOR ONE SPECIFIC ISSUE AND IT'S THE SAME TOPIC, IF YOU WANT TO APPOINT A PERSON, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. OR WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO POSSIBLY CONDENSE PUBLIC COMMENT AND PUT IT ON AT THE END. SO I'M TRYING TO MAKE SURE WE KEEP EVERYTHING MOVING AS QUICK AS WE CAN FOR EVERYONE TO HAVE THEIR TIME.
>> I'M SURE THAT I'M NOT GOING TO GET ANY APPLAUSE. I'M GOING TO VOICE MY OPINION ANYWAY. MIKE CORCORAN. I LIVE ON THE CIRCLE WHICH BACKS UP TO THE WOODS. I'VE BEEN I BEEN THERE SINCE 19. I HAVE SEEN THE DEVELOPMENT IN THE AREA.
WHEN I MOVED OUT, THERE WERE COUS AT MILITARY TRAIL AND CONGRESS AVENUE. THIS IS THE ONLY GREEN SPACE THAT'S LEFT. I HATE TO SEE THIS BE DESTROYED, JUST TO PUT UP HOUSES AND CONCRETE AND STUFF LIKE THAT. I WANT TO SEE THE ANIMALS PRESERVED AND KEPT.
I HAVE ONE OF THE OLDEST GOPHER TORTOISES COMING TO MY YARD AND DO HIS BUSINESS ON MY GRASS. [LAUGHTER] NO APPLAUSE, PLEASE. AND SO HE'S PROBABLY ABOUT THIS BIG. AND IT'S A PLEASURE TO SEE THEM
WHEN THEY COME OUT EVERY OTHER DAY. I HOPE THAT YOU FIND -- I THINK, MAYOR, YOU HAD SAID WHY WOULD WE DO AN ENVIRONMENTAL STUDY BECAUSE THERE'S GOING TO BE A COST FOR THAT. AND I UNDERSTAND THAT. SO WHAT IF YOU WERE TO SAY, WELL, IF IT'S GOING TO COST 5,000, 10,000, $20,000, WHY
WASTE THAT MONEY WHEN YOU SEE ALL OF THESE PEOPLE, ALL OF THIS STUFF THAT YOU SEE THAT WE'RE ALL TALKING ABOUT -- WHY WASTE THAT? AND JUST GO TO THE PROPER CHANNELS, GO TO THE WEST PALM BEACH AND MAKE IT A PRESERVE SO THAT ALL PEOPLE CAN ENJOY IT
FOREVER AND NOT HAVE THIS HAPPEN EVERY FIVE YEARS AGAIN. I IMPLORE YOU TO CONSIDER THAT IN DOING WHAT YOU ARE DOING. IT'S GREAT YOU CAME UP WITH THIS IDEA. AND I JUST THINK THAT YOUR IDEA OF WHY WE SPEND THE MONEY FOR AN ENVIRONMENTAL STUDY WHEN YOU SEE
WHAT IT'S GOING TO BRING ON. AND IT'S NOT GOING -- WE'RE NOT GOING TO LET IT GO. WE'RE GOING TO KEEP ON PUSHING UNTIL IT DOES HAPPEN. SO PLEASE CONSIDER THAT IN YOUR FINAL ASSESSMENT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU. NEXT PLEASE. [APPLAUSE] >> HI, SUSAN OYER, BOYNTON
BEACH. SO I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. I WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE COMMISSION FOR DOING THE RIGHT THING. I GUESS YOU GUYS HAVE HEARD THE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE I HAVE SENT YOUR DIRECTION AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE COUNTY COMMISSIONER GREG WEISS
WHO HAS LISTENED TO MYSELF AND MIKE AND LAURA. MIKE Z AND LAURA, THEY ARE MY TWO PARTNERS IN CRIME ON ALL OF THIS. WE'RE THE ONES WHO -- YOU KNOW, WHEN I SAW THIS TUESDAY NIGHT AT THAT LAST COMMISSION MEETING AND HAD A MELTDOWN IN HERE AND YOU GUYS HAD TO TAKE THE BRUNT OF ME BEING SERIOUSLY MAD -- BECAUSE
THIS IS THE SECOND TIME IN FIVE YEARS I HAVE HAD TO DEAL WITH THIS. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO LAURA AND MIKE Z AND MIKE C, OF COURSE, WHO JUMPED UP AND IMMEDIATELY WORKED WITH ME. WE HAVE MADE A GREAT TEAM IN MAKING THIS HAPPEN. WE HAVE ALL HAD OUR DIFFERENT AREAS OF SPECIALTY. WE HAVE ALL HAD OUR AREAS WHERE
WE HAVE EXCELLED. BUT I CAN HONESTLY SAY THAT GREG WEISS, OUR COUNTY COMMISSIONER FOR THIS AREA, FOR THAT AREA OF THE FOREST WOULD NOT HAVE GONE TO THE POINT HE HAD GONE TO IF LAURA AND MIKE HADN'T DONE EXTENSIVE RESEARCH. SO THANK YOU TO THE TWO OF THEM
FOR HELPING ME AND FOR MIKE C FOR ALSO GOING OUT AND GETTING HIS NEIGHBORHOOD RILED UP. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL THOSE WHO HELPED WHEN I RAISED THE ALARM TWO TUESDAYS AGO WHEN I WAS HERE AND THE COMMISSION IMMEDIATELY STARTED POSTING STUFF ON FACEBOOK AND ASKING FOR HELP. THANK YOU TO THE THOUSANDS OF
PEOPLE IN THIS CITY AND THE COUNTY AND THE STATE AND ELSEWHERE WHO CAME OUT AND STOOD UP AND GOT INVOLVED AND DIDN'T SIT BACK AND GO LET SOMEONE ELSE DEAL WITH THIS. SO THANK YOU. THIS IS THE THIRD BIG ENVIRONMENTAL WIN IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA IN THE LAST COUPLE OF
WEEKS. OBVIOUSLY, JONATHAN DICKINSON AND THE STATE PARK ISSUE IS FIRST. THE GUARA CONSERVATION AREA IN NORTH CENTRAL FLORIDA, SOMEWHERE UP NORTH OF HERE, WAS SECOND OR THIRD. NEXT WAS THE BLACK BEAR CALL THAT'S COMING UP. THERE'S OBVIOUSLY MORE
ENVIRONMENTAL THINGS COMING UP. I THINK IT'S OBVIOUS THE RESIDENTS ARE NOT ONLY OUR CITY BUT OUR STATE ARE TIRED OF THE OVERDEVELOPMENT. AND WE WANT TO KEEP OUR STATE BEAUTIFUL. SO I'M GOING TO SAY AGAIN THANK YOU, THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO STOOD UP AND DID THE RIGHT THING. THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO HAS
RESPONDED. THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO HAS PARTICIPATED. THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO CAME OUT AND CLEANED. WE WERE OUT THERE CLEANING FOR HOURS. THANK YOU TO BRIAN BREEZE FROM STATE REP CASTELLO'S OFFICE WHO CAME OUT FIRST THING IN THE MORNING BEFORE 8:00 AND HELPED ME. AND WE WERE GOING THROUGH AND
CLEANING OUT TONS OF TRASH. MIKE Z COLLECTED ALMOST TWO FULL TONS WORTH OF TRASH BECAUSE IT HAD BEEN SO MANY YEARS SINCE WE LAST WENT OUT THERE. PLEASE COME OUT AND TAKE A LOOK. I'M HAPPY TO TAKE YOU THROUGH THE FOREST. LAURA IS A GREAT TOUR GUIDE. SHE AND COMMISSIONER WEISS AND I WENT OUT.
MIKE CAN SHOW YOU THE TORTOISE LIVING IN HIS BACKYARD. I THINK HIS NAME IS HANK THE TANK. [LAUGHTER] SO I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO EVERYONE FOR DOING THE RIGHT THING. THANK YOU TO THE CITY EMPLOYEES WHO ARE TRULY JUST DOING THEIR JOB. WE'RE NOT MAD AT YOU. [TONE] >> MAYOR: THANK YOU, SUSAN.
NEXT PLEASE. [APPLAUSE] >> HI, MY NAME IS DAVE PATTERSON. I'M THE PRESIDENT OF THE LOS MANGOS PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION. AND LATELY, ALSO FEELING LIKE AN ENDANGERED SPECIES.
ON BEHALF OF THE 188 HOMEOWNERS IN LOS MANGOS, WE ASKED TO VOTE NO ON ALL DESTRUCTIVE DEVELOPMENT. I AM HEARTENED TO SEE WHAT HAPPENED TONIGHT WITH SAVE THE FOREST. THIS IS GREAT. WE'RE ALSO -- WE'RE TRYING TO
SAVE LOS MANGOS. AT ALL OF OUR APPEARANCES HERE, WE HAVE RAISED THE NEED FOR A GOOD NEIGHBOR POLICY. ONE THAT INCLUDES A RELATIONSHIP WITH THE CITY AND SEPARATELY A RELATIONSHIP WITH THE LIVE LOCAL DEVELOPERS, IN OUR CASE
AFFILIATED DEVELOPMENT. WE ASKED THE CITY GOVERNMENT, OUR CITY GOVERNMENT TO GET INVOLVED. THE LAST TIME WE WERE BEFORE THE COMMISSION, ONE OF THE CITY ATTORNEYS SAID, QUOTE, THE PREEMPTION ASPECTS OF THE LEGISLATION CAN BE FRUSTRATING
FOR RESIDENTS AND LOCAL OFFICIALS WHO DEEPLY VALUE THEIR COMMUNITY INPUT IN SHAPING THE NEIGHBORHOOD'S FUTURE. IF OUR LOCAL OFFICIALS SO DEEPLY VALUE THE COMMUNITY, WHAT ARE YOU ALL DOING TO FIGHT THIS LEGISLATION?
REPRESENTATIVE CASTELLO SPOKE IN THIS CHAMBER TWO WEEKS AGO AND SAID CLEARLY THAT THIS LEGISLATION IS NOT GOOD. IT NEEDS TO CHANGE. HE ADVISED YOU THAT THE NEWLY IMPROVED SENATE BILL 1730 INCLUDES LANGUAGE THAT ERODES
THE AUTHORITY OF THE MUNICIPALITIES. AND EVEN FURTHER, PUTS IT SQUARELY INTO THE HANDS OF DEVELOPERS. YOU KNOW THAT REPRESENTATIVE REE CASTELLO VOTED AGAINST ALL OF THIS IN THE HOUSE. HE IS FIRMLY AGAINST THE LIVE LOCAL LEGISLATION AS IT NOW READS.
BRIAN FROM HIS STAFF CAME TO THE APRIL 15th MEETING TO PUBLICLY SAY THAT. DID YOU KNOW THAT SENATOR BERMAN FAILED TO SHARE WITH YOU THAT SHE VOTED IN FAVOR OF IT? HAVE YOU HAD ANY CONVERSATIONS WITH HER ABOUT LIVE LOCAL? HAVE YOU LOBBIED HER ON THIS?
WE HAVE ISSUED AN INVITATION TO SENATOR BERMAN TO COME AND SEE THE SITE, TO SEE THE IMPACT OF HER LEGISLATIVE CHOICES FIRSTHAND. WE CAN'T IMAGINE THAT ANY OF HER CONSTITUENTS EXCEPT MAYBE DEVELOPERS ARE FOR THIS. HOW MANY OF THEM LIVE IN BOYNTON
BEACH? SHE REPRESENTS ALL OF US. NOT JUST THE DEVELOPERS. THE CITY HAS LOBBYISTS. YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO LOBBY TALLAHASSEE FOR LIVE LOCAL CHANGES TO PROTECT OUR CITY.
THIS LEGISLATION HAS CREATED AND WILL CONTINUE TO CREATE ENORMOUS IRREVERSIBLE LONG-TERM CONSEQUENCE. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU, NEXT PLEASE. >> GOOD EVENING, MY NAME IS SHERYL CAMPO BASSO AND I LIVE AT
LOS MANGOS. AFFILIATED, THE DEVELOPER STATED IN AN EMAIL TO US THAT THEY WANT TO BE GOOD NEIGHBORS. BUT REGRETTABLY IT'S NOT GOING SO WELL. WHAT IS A GOOD NEIGHBOR? RESPECT FOR OTHERS AND THEIR PROPERTY, WILLINGNESS TO HELP, OPEN COMMUNICATIONS.
A GOOD NEIGHBOR CONTRIBUTES TO POSITIVE AND HARMONIOUS NEIGHBORHOOD. HERE ARE SOME RECENT PROBLEMS WE HAVE HAD THAT ARE NOT IN KEEPING WITH BEING A GOOD NEIGHBOR. THE ATRIUM DEMOLITION. WE DISCOVERED THE REQUIRED PEST REVIEW WAS DONE EIGHT MONTHS BEFORE THE DEMOLITION.
RATS AND CRITTERS ARE CONSTANTLY ON THE MOVE. IN EIGHT MONTHS, THERE'S A HIGH PERCENTAGE THAT THINGS THAT HAVE CHANGED AROUND THE BUILDING. WE CALLED IT OUT TO THE DEVELOPER. AND THEY AGREED TO HAVE ANOTHER INSPECTION DONE BUT THEY NEVER PROVIDED THE PROMISED REPORT.
SO WE'RE NOT EVEN SURE THAT THEY DID IT. WE INFORMED THE DEVELOPER ABOUT THE HUGE AMOUNT OF I GO WANNAS LIVING ON THEIR PROPERTY. WE HAVE MULTIPLE PICTURES OF NESTS WITH 30 TO 40 EGGS IN EACH. WE TOLD THEM THAT SINCE THE ACTIVITY STARTED TO OCCUR ON THEIR PROPERTY, WE ARE
EXPERIENCING THE GREAT IGUANA INVASION. THEY FAILED TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. AND WE DO NOT HAVE A PROBLEM BEFORE THIS. WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY IGUANA ISSUES. THERE WAS STRONG EAST WINDS WHILE THEY WERE WORKING AND WE HAD TO CALL THE CITY THE VERY FIRST DAY OF THE DEMOLITION BECAUSE THEY WERE NOT USING
WATER ON THE PILES. SINCE THEN, IT'S BEEN VERY SPOTTY. AFTER TWO WEEKS, WE FOUND THAT THEY BROKE ONE OF OUR IRRIGATION PIPES WHILE PUTTING IN THE FENCING. THE CONTRACTOR KNEW IT AND DIDN'T NOTIFY US. WE HAD TO FIND IT OUT OURSELVES. THE CERTIFICATE OF INSURANCE,
ACTING ON THE DIRECTION OF OUR RIDGE INSURANCE AGENT, WE ASKED THE DEVELOPER TO ADD US AS AN ADDITIONAL INSURED ON THE DEMOLITION CERTIFICATE OF INSURANCE. THE DEVELOPER REPLIED THAT THIS WAS A VERY UNUSUAL REQUEST. OUR AGENT SAID THAT THIS IS
COMMON PRACTICE. THE DEVELOPER REPLIED THAT, QUOTE, AS A COURTESY, THEY WOULD ASK TO HAVE US ADDED. WE SENT SEVERAL FOLLOW-UP EMAILS. THEY NEVER RESPONDED. NOW WE WILL BE COMING UP ON THE CONSTRUCTION, THE RISKY PIECE.
SINCE THIS BUILDING IS SO TIGHT, SO CLOSE, WE NEED TO BE ADDED TO THE CONSTRUCTION CERTIFICATE OF INSURANCE FOR BOTH BUILDS. ONLY ONCE IN AN EMAIL HAS AFFILIATED OFFERED TO BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR. BUT ONE EMAIL DOESN'T MAKE IT SO.
IT'S NOTHING BUT PUSHBACKS, DEMANDS AND BEING GHOSTED. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING. [TONE] >> MAYOR: THANK YOU. NEXT PLEASE. >> GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS LIZ WHITE. I LIVE IN THE CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH. I AM SPEAKING ON SOME OF THE
WAYS THE ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION BY AFFILIATED HAS AND WILL IMPACT LOS MANGOS. WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR MONITORING THE DEMOLITION AND THE CONSTRUCTION AT THE SITE? DOES THE CITY HAVE ANY RESPONSIBILITY HERE? WE'RE HAVING ISSUES WITH THE DEMOLITION, WHICH IS SUPPOSEDLY
THE EASY PART OF ALL THIS. AND THE BIG WORK HASN'T EVEN STARTED YET. THE DEVELOPER TOLD US, QUOTE, REST ASSURED THAT THE CONDITION OF ALL ADJACENT LOS MANGOS PROPERTY WAS VERY WELL DOCUMENTED AHEAD OF CONSTRUCTION, END QUOTE.
DO THEY THINK THE VIDEO OR PICTURES OF SOME TREES AND THE OUTSIDE OF SOME HOUSES ALONG THE PROPERTY LINE IS ENOUGH? YOU HEARD ABOUT MONTEREY BAY WITH CRACKED CEILINGS AND FOUNDATIONS. HOW DO THEY THINK THEY HAVE DOCUMENTED THAT? IF IT WAS SO WELL DOCUMENTED,
DID THEY COME INTO OUR PRIVATE COMMUNITY PROPERTY TRESPASSING WITHOUT PERMISSION? AND HOW CAN IT BE THAT WELL DOCUMENTED IF THEY HAVE ALREADY BROKEN AN IRRIGATION LINE ON OUR PROPERTY LINE? HOW MUCH RESEARCH OF OUR COMMUNITY DID THEY REALLY DO TO PREVENT PROBLEMS? THEY NEVER CAME AND TALKED TO
US. NEVER ASKED TO COME IN AND REVIEW WHAT WE HAVE, LIKE IRRIGATION, WELLS, ETC. IN OUR FIRST MEETING, THEY DIDN'T EVEN REALIZE THAT WE BACKED UP TO THE RAILROAD TRACKS. HERE'S HOW LOS MANGOS HAS BEEN
AFFECTED IN THE PAST FEW WEEKS FROM THE DEMOLITION. WE ARE NOW OVERRUN WITH IGUANAS WHICH CARRY SALMONELLA. WE HAVE A BROKEN IRRIGATION PIPE WHICH THEY KNEW ABOUT, BUT NEVER CONTACTED US. THERE WAS HEAVY EQUIPMENT DRIVEN THROUGH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. OUR ROADS ARE NOT RATED FOR THAT
TYPE OF VEHICLE OR EQUIPMENT. WE HAVE HAD A FEW DUST STORMS AS THE WATERING OF THE PROPERTY WAS INCONSISTENT AND THE WINDS HAVE BEEN PREVAILING OUT OF THE EAST. AT TIMES, THEY WERE USING THE SMALL GARDEN HOSE TO TRY TO CONTROL THE DUST.
AS WE LOOKED DOWN THE ROAD TO FUTURE CONSTRUCTION, HERE'S A LIST OF JUST SOME OF THE SERIOUS IMPACTS THAT LOS MANGOS HOMEOWNERS WILL HAVE TO ENDEAR E AS THE APARTMENTS AND TOWNHOUSES ARE BUILT. FAILURE OF OUR DRILLED WELLS, CONTAMINATION OF OUR DRILLED
WELLS, BROKEN CLAY SEWER PIPES, FLOODING DUE TO THE SLOPE OF THE PROPERTY BEING CHANGED. MORE VEHICLES AND HEAVY EQUIPMENT DRIVING THROUGH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. UNREALISTIC CONSTRUCTION TIMELINE AND VERY INCONSISTENT DEVELOPER OVERSIGHT. THANK YOU.
>> MAYOR: THANK YOU. NEXT PLEASE. GO AHEAD AND STEP UP TO THE PODIUM IF YOU WANT TO STEP UP, SIR, SO YOU'RE READY WHEN SHE'S DONE, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. >> HI, MY NAME IS JEN BERRY AND I PROUDLY LIVE IN LOS MANGOS. I'LL BE FOCUSING ON VIOLATING THE SPIRIT OF THE LIVE LOCAL
ACT. AS RECENTLY AS APRIL 3rd, JEFF BURNS, AFFILIATED DEVELOPMENT COFOUNDER AND CEO WAS QUOTED IN A "SUN-SENTINEL" INTERVIEW STATING IT'S VERY, VERY DIFFICULT TO BUILD 40% OF YOUR PROJECT DEDICATED TO WORKFORCE HOUSING AND DO A HIGH-RISE. THE ECONOMICS JUST DON'T MAKE
SENSE. EVEN WITH THE TAX INCENTIVES. HOWEVER, AT A VERY CORDIAL FIRST MEETING THE CITY SHARED THE DUNE APARTMENTS WOULD BE 60% LIVE LOCAL FAR EXCEEDING THE MANDATORY 40%. THIS BEGS THE QUESTION, WHY
WOULD AFFILIATED PROCEED IF THEY CAN'T MAKE MONEY? LET'S EXAMINE THIS. IF THE TOTAL NUMBER OF APARTMENTS IS 298, 183 ARE ONE BURDEN OF PROOF, 115 ARE TWO BEDROOM. SOME WITH OCEAN VIEWS. WHAT'S DRIVING THIS SEEMINGLY GENEROUS 61%? UNLESS THIS IS A MATHEMATICAL
CONSEQUENCE, THE 183 UNITS REPRESENT 61% OF THE BUILD. THAT MEANS THE ENTIRE INVENTORY OF TWO BEDROOMS WOULD BE AVAILABLE TO RENT AT MARKET RATE UNTIL LIVE LOCAL SUNSETS IN 30 YEARS. SO IS THIS REALLY WHAT'S BEHIND THE 61%? WILL THIS BE THE INCOME GAP THAT WILL ALLOW AFFILIATED TO PROCEED
WITH WHAT THEY CLAIM IS AN UNPROFITABLE BUILD? IN ADDITION THIS TYPE OF SCHEME WILL EXCLUDE FAMILIES AND THE MISSING MIDDLE. REPRESENTATIVE CASTELLO RECENTLY TOLD THIS CHAMBER THAT THE LIVE LOCAL ACT IS NOT GOOD. DESIGNATING ALL ONE BEDROOMS INTO THIS WAY VIOLATES THE
SPIRIT OF LIVE LOCAL. DEVELOPERS ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF LOOP HOLINESS SUCH AS THIS AND THEY MUST BE CLOSED IMMEDIATELY. CLEARLY THIS RAISES MANY QUESTIONS. HAS THE CITY BEEN DUPED OR SIMPLY TURNING A BLIND EYE? PLEASE LET US KNOW. IS THERE ANOTHER EXPLANATION?
OR ARE OUR CALCULATIONS INCORRECT? PERHAPS THIS IS THE MOMENT YOU, OUR CITY OFFICIALS, FINALLY TAKE A STAND. >> MY NAME IS MICHAEL SALVATORE. I WAS HERE A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO WITH MY WIFE. WE HAVE A BABY GIRL NOW.
SHE'S HAPPY AND HEALTHY. SO THERE'S A PRETTY COMMON THEME WITH ALL THE PEOPLE TALKING TONIGHT AND IT'S DEVELOPERS ENCROACHING ON OUR COMMUNITY AND QUITE CARELESSLY AT THAT. CLEARLY THAT'S HAPPENING IN LOS MANGOS. THANKFULLY, YOU TODAY PUT AT LEAST A PAUSE ON IT HAPPENING AT
THE NICHOLS PROJECT. BUT I HAVE SPECIFIC CONCERNS TONIGHT ABOUT INFRASTRUCTURE. SO WE HAVE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ALREADY ABOUT OUR IRRIGATION WELLS. WE HAVE FOUR DRILLED WELLS FOR IRRIGATION OF OUR 30 ACRES OF LAND. THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING FOR DECADES. WE HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THREE OF
THEM OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS. ONE HAD TO BE RELOCATED. ONE WAS REDRILLED AT ALMOST DOUBLE THE DEPTH OR MORE THAN DOUBLE THE DEPTH I SHOULD SAY. BUT THE THING IS CHANGES TO THE NEIGHBORING PROPERTY CAN IMPACT OUR DRILLED WELLS IF OUR NEIGHBOR, AFFILIATED -- AND THEY
DON'T HAVE THE BEST TRACK RECORD SO FAR -- IS GOING TO SIGNIFICANTLY CHANGE THEIR PROPERTY'S SURFACE. THAT CAN AFFECT THE LOCAL WATER TABLE. THAT CAN REDUCE THE WATER THAT'S AVAILABLE TO A WELL IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND, OF COURSE, THAT CASCADES OUT TO OTHER COMMUNITIES. AND THAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW
ON THE VERY MANY SITE. WE ALSO HAVE AN ISSUE WITH CLAY PIPES. WE HAVE AGED CLAY SEWER PIPE MAIN MAINS ALONG THE PROPERTY LE WITH AFFILIATED. YOU HAVE ALREADY HEARD ABOUT ONE THAT BROKE AND THEY DIDN'T EVEN BOTHER TO TELL US ABOUT IT. OUR TEAM HERE THAT'S ON TOP OF THIS ISSUE MET WITH THE BOYNTON
UTILITIES TEAM AND THEY INFORMED US THE PIPES WERE AT LEAST 50 YEARS OLD. THEY STRONGLY RECOMMENDED THESE OLD CLAY PIPES BE SCOPED BEFORE AND AFTER CONSTRUCTION. AND THAT WAS A WISE IDEA. I THINK IT'S VERY LOGICAL TO DO IT. AND WE RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR THIS TO BE DONE AS ONCE. THERE WAS A CONCRETE WALL
DEMOLISHED WITHIN A FEW FEET OF THE PIPES WHICH YOU HEARD ABOUT. THIS WAS BACK ON MAY 22nd. AND THERE WILL BE A NEW WALL ADDED IN THAT'S GOING TO BE MUCH BIGGER AND THAT WILL PROBABLY HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE PIPED INFRASTRUCTURE AS WELL. YEAH.
CLEARLY, WHAT THE BOYNTON UTILITIES DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDED NEEDS TO BE DONE FOR OUR PROPERTY AND IN GENERAL. IT WOULD BE PRUDENT TO KNOW THE CONDITION OF THE PIPES TO GET A BASELINE BEFORE THE REAL CONSTRUCTION BEGINS LATER THIS SUMMER. WE'D LIKE FOR YOU TO ADVISE US TO APPROVE AND TAKE ACTION ON THIS URGENT REQUEST AND WITH THE
REST OF MY TIME, THAT INVITATION TO COME AND VISIT LOS MANGOS AND THE SITE OF THE DUNE BUILD STILL STANDS. FUNNY THING ABOUT LOS MANGOS, IT ALSO HAS A LOT OF WILDLIFE AND DIFFERENT VARIETIES OF TREES. IT USED TO BE A MANGO ORCHARD
MANY, MANY YEARS AGO WHICH YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE KNOWN. IT FEELS TO ME LIKE A PRETTY KEY ENVIRONMENTAL AREA IN BOYNTON BEACH THAT IS UNDER INDIRECT THREAT FROM THIS DEVELOPMENT. SO CONTACT ME, CONTACT DAVE. PLEASE COME OUT AND JUST WALK AROUND. IT'S A BEAUTIFUL NAKED.
NEIGHBORHOOD.IT WILL BE A LOT LL WHEN THIS IS BUILT. >> GOOD EVENING, MY NAME IS MERVIN JOHNSTON. I LIVE AT LOS MANGOS AND I WANT TO ADDRESS ANOTHER IMPACT TO LOS MANGOS. UNDERSTAND WE'RE A PRIVATE COMMUNITY WITH PRIVATE ROADS. WHEN ABOUT 850 RENTERS MOVE IN
AND THE EGRESS AND INGRESS OF A 401-CAR GARAGE ARE A FEW FEET FROM OUR MAIN ENTRANCE AND PROPERTY LINE, YOU CAN WELL IMAGINE THAT WE'RE GOING TO FACE MASSIVE DELAYS TRYING TO GET IN AND OUT OF OUR DEVELOPMENT. IMAGINE A CAR TURNS WEST OFF OF FEDERAL HIGHWAY, TRIES TO PARALLEL PARK IN ONE OF THE FIVE
SPOTS ALONG SOUTHEAST 28th CIRCLE, HOW ARE THEY GOING TO TURN TO GET OUT? THEY WILL HAVE TO DO A THREE-POINT TURN IN THE MIDDLE OF A BUSY ROAD. THEY ARE NOT GOING TO DO THAT. THEY ARE GOING TO DRIVE THROUGH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THEY WILL DO ON OUR PRIVATE ROADS. NOW ADD EIGHT PARKING SPOTS ON
27th TERRACE, TWO INGRESS AND EGRESS FOR THE TOWNHOUSES, RAISED CROSSWALK, SPEED BUMP, FIRE LANE, A CAR TURNS WEST ON 27th. THEY HAVE TO DO A U-TURN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD TO GET TO THE EAST-FACING PARKING SPACES. THEY ARE NOT GOING TO DO THAT EITHER.
THEY ARE GOING TO DRIVE THROUGH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. DID ANYONE CONSIDER THIS? THE ANSWER IS YES. CITY ENGINEERING DID ALMOST TWO YEARS AGO BUT PLANNING SHUT IT DOWN AS A PERCEIVED PROBLEM. IN THE CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL FOR THIS PROJECT IN SEPTEMBER 2023, CITY ENGINEERING
WROTE, QUOTE, HOW WILL ON-STREET PARKING CIRCULATION DISCOURAGE U-TURNS AND/OR ENTERING THE PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT WEST OF THIS PROJECT? AND THEY STATED PLEASE CONSIDER SECONDARY ACCESS DRIVE ALONG THE WEST SIDE OF THE DUNES. RESPONSE FROM THE CITY WAS, QUOTE, THE CITY PLANNING AND
ZONING STAFF WILL NOT ALLOW A ROADWAY THROUGH THE WEST END OF THE PROJECT SITE. PER CITY PLANNING STAFF MEETING THAT OCCURRED TUESDAY JANUARY THE 16th, AMANDA RADIGAN WITH THE CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH STATED A ROADWAY THROUGH THE SITE TO DISCOURAGE RETURNS FOR A TOTAL
OF SHE PERCEIVED FIVE STREET CARS WAS NOT A REALISTIC SOLUTION FOR THIS PERCEIVED CIRCULATION ISSUE. FIRST, AMANDA IS INCORRECT. THE NUMBER OF PARKING SPOTS NOT FIVE, BUT AT LEAST 13 ON 27th AND 28th. DOES ANYONE REALIZE THAT 27th AND 28th ARE ONLY 270 FEET
LONG AND THE LANES ARE ONLY 11 FEET WIDE? IT'S NOT A PERCEIVED PROBLEM. THIS IS A REAL AND A LARGE PROBLEM. HOW IS THIS GOING TO WORK? HOW WILL THE CITY PREVENT VEHICLES FROM TRESPASSING IN OUR COMMUNITY? IT'S A DISASTER IN THE MAKING. AND IT'S JUST THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG. AND SO MANY THINGS HAVE BEEN
MISSED ABOUT THIS PROJECT THAT IT SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN RUSHED THROUGH AND NOT A LOT OF THOUGHT HAS BEEN PUT INTO IT. I REALLY THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU, NEXT PLEASE. >> MY NAME IS FRANCES SANDERS AND I LIVE IN LOS MANGOS BOYNTON BEACH. THERE ARE ALTERNATIVES TO THIS
MADNESS AND WE RESPECTFULLY OFFER THE SUGGESTIONS. FIRST OUR SUGGESTION IS LEAVE THE NORTH PARCEL OF DUNE 2 AS LIVE LOCAL TOWNHOUSES AS PLANNED. THEY FIT HARMONIOUSLY WITH THE ZONING AND CHARACTER OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS. THEN WE SUGGEST FOLLOWING
ALTERNATIVES FOR THE SOUTH PARCEL. ONE, IT COULD BECOME ULTRA HIGH-END TOWNHOUSE RENTALS WITH A HEIGHT THAT IS HARMONIOUS WITH THE EXISTING R-3, C-3 ZONING AND THEREBY NOT EXCEED 45 FEET.
THIS WOULD BE A BEAUTIFUL FIT WITH THE NEIGHBORHOODS FROM SOUTH OF WOOLBRIGHT TO THE DELRAY LINE. WE CALL THIS S.O.W.B. DISTRICT WHICH STANDS FOR SOUTH OF WOOLBRIGHT OR SOWB. TWO, AFFILIATED DONATES THE LAND
TO THE CITY, IDEALLY IN PERPETUITY FOR A PARK TO COMPLEMENT JAYCEE PARK AND ITS FULL ARRAY OF AMENITIES LOCATED DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET. THIS WOULD EASE CONGESTION IN THIS VERY POPULAR PARK. THE CITY COULD CREATE TAX AND
FINANCIAL INCENTIVES TO ACKNOWLEDGE AFFILIATED'S INCREDIBLE ACT OF CIVIC GENEROSITY. THREE, HERE'S A HYBRID SOLUTION. PART OF THE PARCEL IS DONATED TO THE CITY AND THE OTHER PART COULD BECOME A SMALL ARCHITECTURALLY CHARMING RETAIL SPACE.
FOOT TRAFFIC COULD COME FROM BOTH PARKS, THE NOVA END RESORT AS WELL AS THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES. IT COULD CONTAIN A COFFEE SHOP, ICE CREAM SHOP AND A SUNDRIES STORE. THE NEAREST WE HAVE IS ONE MILE UP THE ROAD. IT WOULD BE A BIG IMPROVEMENT
OVER THE POULTRY 2500 SQUARE FEET OF RETAIL AFFILIATED HAS IN THEIR BUILD PLAN. THIS WOULD REALLY SERVE EVERYBODY IN OUR PART OF TOWN. FOUR, ROTATE THE PROPOSED APARTMENT BUILDING AND PUT THE 401 CAR PARKING GARAGE INGRESS
AND EGRESS ON SOUTHEAST 27th TERRACE INSTEAD OF 30 FEET FROM OUR MAIN ENTRANCE ON SOUTHEAST 28th CIRCLE. THTHINK ABOUT IT. REIMAGINE WHAT THIS SITE COULD BE. THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS CAN'T, ONLY WON'T.
THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU. NEXT PLEASE. >> HI, MY NAME IS RACHEL SIERRA, I LIVE IN THE LOS MANGOS COMMUNITY. I HAVE A QUICK RECAP ON THE REQUEST THAT WE'RE MAKING TO THE CITY REGARDING OUR SIGN AND MEDIAN. WE ARE NOTIFYING THE CITY AGAIN.
WE ARE REAFFIRMING AND REASSERTING THAT THE LOS MANGOS COMMUNITY HAS NOT ENTERED INTO ANY KIND OF AGREEMENT WITH AFFILIATED DEVELOPMENT REGARDING OUR MEDIAN OR SIGN PLACEMENT. WE HAVE INFORMED THE DEVELOPER THAT THESE ISSUES REQUIRE DIALOGUE, BUT THEY HAVE BEEN SILENT.
WE REQUEST THAT THE CLAY PIPES BE SCOPED. WHOSE RESPONSIBILITY IS THIS? WHO WILL TAKE THE LEAD? PLEASE ADVISE US. WE REQUEST THAT THE CITY EXPLAIN TO US THE FOLLOWING AND MAYBE WE COULD HAVE AN IN-PERSON MEETING. WHO IS THE WATCH DOG IN THE CITY TO ENSURE THE DEVELOPER IS DOING
WHAT THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO WHEN THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO DO IT? ENSURING THE SAFETY OF EVERYONE. WHO DO WE CONTACT WHEN THINGS ARE NOT RIGHT? LIKE THE LACK OF CONSISTENT DUST MITIGATION OR CUTTING OUR IRRIGATION PIPE DURING DEMOLITION. WHY DID THE CITY APPROVE THE DENSITY BONUS AND LOW SETBACKS
WHEN NOT MANDATED BY LIVE LOCAL? THESE NEED TO BE ADJUSTED TO FOLLOW CODE. PLEASE EXPLAIN TO US HOW PARKING SPOTS IN SOUTHEAST 27th TERRACE AND SOUTHEAST 28th CIRCLE WILL WORK. WE REQUEST THE CITY WORK WITH FEMA TO DETERMINE IF THE DUNE
PROPERTY FLOOD ZONE DESIGNATION OF BEING HALF IN AND HALF OUT NEEDS TO CHANGE WITH ALL THE REGRADING THAT'S BEING DONE. WE REQUEST THE CITY GET OUT AND MAKE SOME NOISE ABOUT THE PROBLEMS WITH LIVE LOCAL. WE REQUEST YET AGAIN THAT WE WORK TOGETHER TO CREATE A
CITYWIDE GOOD NEIGHBOR POLICY FOR ALL CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS. WE WANT THIS BUILD LOWERED AND WE AGAIN THANK MR. ADAM TEMPLE FOR BEING SO CONSISTENTLY RESPONSIVE. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU. NEXT PLEASE. >> MY NAME IS KIM ROGER. I'M THE CHAIRPERSON FOR THE SAVE
LOS MANGOS COMMITTEE. PLEASE, YOU DON'T NEED TO TELL US AGAIN WHAT YOU CAN'T DO AND HOW YOUR HANDS ARE TIED. THERE ARE THINGS THAT YOU COULD HAVE DONE AND STILL CAN DO. YOU GAVE AFFILIATED EXCEPTIONS THAT THEY ARE NOT ENTITLED TO EVEN UNDER THE LIVE LOCAL ACT. THIS BILL DOES NOT SATISFY
CERTAIN CONDITIONS THAT WOULD AFFORD THEM THE EXCEPTIONS. ONE, YOU DID NOT HAVE TO GIVE UP A DENSITY BONUS. THEY ARE NOT ENTITLED TO THIS. THE RECOMMENDED M-UC ZONE HAS A MAX OF 80 DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE. THERE IS AN EXCEPTION IN THE
CODE TO GO AS HIGH AS 100 WHEN THE BUILD IS DOWNTOWN TRANSIT ORIENTED DISTRICT. WE'RE NOT IN THAT DISTRICT. THAT'S DEFINED AS WITHIN A HALF-MILE RADIUS OF OCEAN AVENUE AND THE RAILROAD INTERSECTION. THIS IS IN THE ZONING CODE. SO WOULDN'T THIS BONUS REQUIRE A VARIANCE?
THE LIVE LOCAL ACT STATES IF A PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT SATISFIES THE CONDITIONS, THE BONUS MUST BE APPROVED. A PROJECT MUST SATISFY THE ESTABLISHED CRITERIA FOR THAT SPECIFIC BO BONUS AS DEFINED BY LOCAL GOVERNMENT. THIS BUILD DOES NOT SATISFY THAT
BONUS CONDITION. UNLIKE DENSITY, HEIGHT AND USE, SETBACKS ARE NOT EXEMPT IN LIVE LOCAL. THE MU-C SETBACK IN THE CODE SAYS 25 FEET PLUS ONE ADDITIONAL FOOT FOR EACH FOOT HEIGHT OVER 35 FEET. THAT WOULD BE 71-FOOT SETBACK
VERSUS THE 20 TO 30 WE'RE GETTING. SETBACKS ARE FOR MAINTAINING LIGHT, AIR AND PRIVACY. TALLER BUILDINGS CAST SHADOWS, IMPEDE AIR FLOW TO NEIGHBORING PROPERTIES AND GREATLY REDUCE PRIVACY. THE SETBACK HELPS MITIGATE THESE IMPACTS. WE ARE AFFORDED THE RIGHT TO
ENJOY OUR PROPERTY AT THE STATE AND FEDERAL CONSTITUTIONAL LEVELS. SO ASIDE FROM READING THE LIVE LOCAL ACT TO US, THE CITY HAS BEEN SILENT AT LEAST FROM OUR VANTAGE POINT. WE HAVE GONE TO THE STATE AND WE'RE GOING TO THE STATE. ARE YOU? IF YOU ARE NOT, DOES THAT MEAN
YOU'RE OKAY WITH THIS LAW? OKAY WITH WHAT IT'S DOING TO US AND OUR CITY'S FUTURE? WHY AREN'T YOU FIGHTING IT? THE STATE IS QUICKLY TAKING AWAY ALL OF YOUR POWER TO DESIGN THIS CITY AND HANDING IT TO THE DEVELOPERS. SO WHAT'S REALLY GOING ON BEHIND THE SCENES THAT YOU ARE WILLING
TO ABDICATE YOUR CONTROL TO THE DEVELOPERS? AT THE RISK OF OVERSTATING THE OBVIOUS, WE SHOULD BE WORKING TOGETHER. WE HAVE BEEN READY TO WORK TOGETHER SINCE THE BEGINNING. AS LOS MANGOS GOES, SO GOES BOYNTON BEACH. AND I WANT TO SAY AGAIN, THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS CAN'T.
ONLY WON'T. AND JUST QUICKLY, WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK SUSAN OYER FOR HER SUPPORT OF THE FOREST AND ALONG WITH LOS MANGOS, THE SUPPORT OF US THERE, TOO. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU. NEXT PLEASE.
>> MY NAME IS CHARLES WIENER. AND I'M LUEGD TO TALK ABOUT A DIFFERENT AGENDA ITEM? >> MAYOR: YES, YOU ARE. >> 8C REGARDING THE VARIANCE FOR MARINERS WAY TO EXTEND THEIR DOCKS FROM APPROXIMATELY 24 FEET
TO THE CANAL TO 32 FEET INTO THE CANAL. NOW I'M IN THE COMMUNITY, BOYNTON MARINER VILLAGE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT CANAL. WE HAD AN ATTORNEY WHO WAS SUPPOSED TO APPEAR BY ZOOM TONIGHT. I GUESS HE HAD A PROBLEM TECHNICALLY.
I DON'T KNOW WHICH SIDE IT'S ON. GUY SHEER, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO READ HIS LETTER BECAUSE HE DOES A MUCH BETTER JOB ARTICULATING THE ISSUES THAT OUR COMMUNITY HAS WITH THIS. AND HE ALSO INCLUDES A LIST OF ACTIONABLE ITEMS THAT MARINERS
WAY CAN TAKE TO RESOLVE THEIR ISSUES. I CAN TELL YOU NOT TO REHASH EVERY ITEM IN THIS, THAT THEIR REQUEST FOR THE VARIANCE IS A ONE-SIZE-FITS-ALL. THEY ARE REQUESTING A VARIANCE FOR THEIR ENTIRE COMMUNITY WHERE EACH OF THEIR DOCKS ARE INDIVIDUAL AND MAY HAVE
INDIVIDUAL ISSUES. WITHOUT PROVIDING SURVEYS OR SUBSTANTIATING ANY OF THE FACTS BEHIND WHERE THEY ARE CLAIMING THEY NEED TO BRING THESE DOCKS OUT. THERE WAS SUCH A SHORT TIME PERIOD, OUR COMMUNITY, THE COMMISSION, OUR LAWYER HASN'T
HAD THE ABILITY TO REVIEW ANY OF THE ACTUAL FACTS THAT ARE THE BASIS FOR WHY THEY NEED THIS. THROUGHOUT THEIR ENTIRE COMMUNITY. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN SEE THIS, BUT THIS IS IN HIS LETTER. IT'S A PHOTO OF OUR CANAL WHICH IS A VERY NARROW CANAL.
I CAN TELL YOU THAT THIS CANAL IS USED 24 HOURS A DAY. WE ARE NEAR THE BOYNTON BEACH INLET. THIS IS FISHERMEN IN THESE COMMUNITIES. THEY ARE GOING IN AND OUT AT NIGHT. THEY ARE GOING IN AND OUT DURING THE DAY. AND IT IS TWO-WAY TRAFFIC. AND THEY NEED TO BE ABLE TO TURN
THEIR BOATS AROUND WHEN THEY ARE IN HERE AND DOCK IN ALL MATTER OF WIND AND WEATHER. AND WHEN YOU GO TO THE EXTREME WEST END OF THE CANAL, THERE'S LITERALLY NO ROOM TO TURN AROUND. SO WHATEVER THE COMMISSION DOES ON THIS, I HOPE THAT THEY DO NOT
VOTE TONIGHT TO ALLOW THIS VARIANCE WITHOUT REVIEWING GUY SHEER'S LETTER AND PERHAPS GETTING MORE INFORMATION FROM THE OTHER COMMUNITY AS TO WHY THEY NEED THIS. AND WHY THEY NEED THIS FOR EACH PARTICULAR DOCK THAT THEY MAY BE
LOOKING TO MAKE A CHANGE TO. THAT'S IT FOR ME. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU. NEXT PLEASE. [APPLAUSE] >> HELLO. MY NAME IS BEN ALLAY AND I HAVE LIVED IN LOS MANGOS FOR 25 YEARS. ON BEHALF OF 188 HOMEOWNERS IN LOS MANGOS, WE ASK YOU TO VOTE
NO TO ALL DESTRUCTIVE DEVELOPMENT. SAVE LOS MANGOS. SAVE THE FOREST. AND FOR HEAVEN'S SAKES, SAVE OUR CITY. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU. NEXT PLEASE. [APPLAUSE] >> HELLO. MY NAME IS MIKE REECE. 25-YEAR RESIDENT OF BOYNTON
BEACH. I WAS A FORMER HOA PRESIDENT FROM MARINER VILLAGE. CHARLIE, I'M FOLLOWING ONTO HIS THING WITH THE MANATEE EXTENSION. THE SAFETY CONCERNS ARE ONE OF THE THINGS I WANTED TO BRING UP THAT HE KIND OF TOUCHED ON, SO I'LL JUST MOVE KIND OF PAST
THAT. BUT INGRESS/EGRESS OF THESE BOATS IS OF UTMOST IMPORTANCE TO US BEING ABLE TO TURN THE BOATS AND IT'S TIGHT AS IT IS. AND I FEEL THAT SAFETY IS A VERY BIG THING THAT WE SHOULD BE CONSIDERING. >> I'M SORRY.
I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT YOU. BUT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THAT ITEM AND I DO PREFER IF THEY ARE GOING TO BE OFFERING TESTIMONY THAT IT BE UNDER OATH. >> MAYOR: OKAY. >> YOU ARE CERTAINLY WELCOME TO MAKE YOUR COMMENT NOW. HOWEVER, IT WON'T BE CONSIDERED
BECAUSE YOU AREN'T UNDER OATH TO BE MAKING THOSE COMMENTS. SO IF YOU WANT TO MAKE A STATEMENT UNDER OATH FOR YOUR TESTIMONY TO BE CONSIDERED, THEN THE APPROPRIATE TIME TO DO IT IS AT 8C. BUT THAT IS CERTAINLY YOUR CHOICE. >> OKAY. SO I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF POINTS
I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF HIGHLIGHT. >> I'M JUST LETTING YOU KNOW THAT IT'S A QUASI-JUDICIAL. SO ANYONE WHO'S GOING TO TESTIFY TECHNICALLY NEEDS TO BE UNDER OATH AND YOURS IS TURNING MORE INTO TESTIMONY AS OPPOSED TO OPINION. >> OKAY.
>> BUT THAT IS YOUR CHOICE. >> OKAY. I'LL JUST HIT THE TOP LEVEL STUFF AND THEN MAYBE THAT'LL BE JUST FOOD FOR THOUGHT TO MOVE FORWARD. WE DID NOT GET A CHANCE IN THE TWO-WEEK NOTICE THAT WE HAD TO PERFORM A PROPER MARINE
ENGINEERING STUDY. AND WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE TIME TO DO THAT. WE ALSO DID NOT GET AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STUDY. AND AS PAST HOA PRESIDENT, I DID A DREDGING PROJECT WHERE WE HAD TO DO A BIG ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
STUDY TO LOOK FOR GRASS, CERTAIN FISH THAT WERE IN THE WATER, THAT TYPE OF THING BEFORE WE COULD ACTUALLY DREDGE OUT THE AREA. THE OTHER THING THAT I JUST KIND OF WANTED TO TOPICALLY GO OVER, NOT LIKE REALLY TESTIFY ABOUT,
IS THE BLANKET VARIANCE FOR ABOUT 35 UNITS ON ONE SIDE OF THE CANAL SEEMS TO NOT REALLY GO INTO THE SPIRIT OF WHAT A VARIANCE AND WHAT I WOULD CONSIDER A VARIANCE IS. WHICH IS A SINGLE PROBLEM THAT YOU ARE TRYING TO OVERCOME AND
ACCOMMODATE. IF WE JUST APPROVE THE WHOLE THING FOR THE WHOLE COMMUNITY, THEN IT'S PIECEMEAL. ANY ONE DOCK OVER THERE CAN GO AHEAD AND PUSH THEMSELVES OUT ANOTHER 10 FEET WHICH WOULD BE A BIG IMPACT TO OUR COMMUNITY.
IF DEPTH IS THE CONCERN, THEN DREDGING WOULD BE THE SOLUTION. AND THAT'S PART OF THE LETTER THAT GUY SHEER ACTUALLY -- I'M SORRY, PUT INTO THE RECORD THAT HE SENT TO YOU GUYS THAT YOU CAN
REVIEW. YEAH. THAT'S IT. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU GUYS KNEW THAT GUY SHEER, OUR LAWYER, HAD GIVEN YOU PLENTY OF INFORMATION TO CONSIDER. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU. NEXT PLEASE. >> CINDY FALCO DiCORRADO TALKING ON A TOTALLY DIFFERENT SUBJECT.
I WANTED TO BRING UP ABOUT THE UNLAWFUL SMART METERS, THE DEPLOYMENT OF APPROXIMATELY 23,000 OF NOT SO SMART, SMART WATER METERS. DID YOU KNOW THEY ARE GOING TO BE IN THE RIGHTS-OF-WAY OF THE RESIDENTIALS? AND IT'S IN THE AREAS THAT WILL
LOWER OUR VALUE OF PROPERTY. IT'S REALLY DISHEARTENING THAT WE HAVE TO STAY UP ON SO MANY THINGS BECAUSE WE'RE BEING BARRAGED LEFT AND RIGHT WITH SO MANY SITUATIONS. AND IT'S LIKE CONTINUALLY PUTTING OUT FIRES. BUT I DID WANT TO MAKE THE PUBLIC AWARE OF THIS. THERE ARE GOING TO BE
DISTRIBUTING APPROXIMATELY 23,000 SMART WATER METERS ON YOUR PROPERTY. AND I DID WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT TTHEY WERE REGISTERED, SERVICE PROVIDED CHECKED OUT WITH SERVICE PROVIDERS AS REQUIRED UNDER THE CITY ORDINANCE OF PART 2, CODE OF ORDINANCE CHAPTER
25.1 AND THAT THE COMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES IN THE PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAYS, THE MICRO WIRELESS FACILITY. AND IS THERE ANY OPT-OUT PROGRAM? I KNOW THAT PEOPLE ARE REALLY AFFECTED BY THE MICROWAVE THINGS THAT GO OUT. AND IT REALLY CAUSES -- I HAVE
FRIENDS THAT LITERALLY CAN'T GO OUT OF THEIR HOUSE. AND THESE THINGS ARE A HEALTH HAZARD. I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE THE SMART ELECTRIC METERS. BUT NOW THEY WANT TO PUT IN SMART ELECTRIC WATER METERS. AND THIS IS TOO MUCH. THERE'S NOT BEEN ENOUGH STUDY TO SEE HOW MUCH HARM IT'S GOING TO DO TO OUR HUMAN BODIES.
NOW THAT WE'RE BOXING EVERYTHING IN WITH CEMENT AND BUILDING CITIES AND ALL THESE KINDS OF THINGS, I DO WANT TO MAKE A STATEMENT. ARE WE WANT TO GO LOOK LIKE NEW YORK OR MIAMI? WHEN I MOVED HERE, IT WAS A QUAINT CHARMING LITTLE TOWN. IT LOOKS LIKE THE VISION FOR BOYNTON BEACH HAS CHANGED. I ALSO WANTED TO BRING UP ABOUT
THE ASSAULT ON ME BY OFFICER SERGEANT WHITEY. I WANT TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO BE DONE TO SIGNED UP PENALTY OF PERJURY A FALSE INCIDENT REPORT. THESE ARE CRIMES BEING DONE BY THOSE WEARING COSTUMES -- I'M
SORRY, UNIFORMS BEING POLICE OFFICERS AND POLICY MAKERS. THEY ARE HARMING WE THE PEOPLE AND NOT DOING THEIR JOB. THEY SHOULD BE HELD TO THE SAME ACCOUNTABILITY TO ANYBODY WHO GOES OUTSIDE THE LAW AND VIOLATES THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. THIS HAS GOT TO BE DEALT WITH. IT IS NOT FORGOTTEN. IT IS COMING BACK UP AGAIN.
I KNOW YOU WERE NOT HERE AT THAT TIME, MAYOR, BUT THE REST OF THE COMMISSIONERS WERE. AND THEY WILL BE BEING INQUIRED OF. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU. NEXT PLEASE. >> HELLO, KAREN RINEHART. I HAVE LIVED HERE ABOUT 25 YEARS.
I'M ALSO ABOUT THE WATER METERS. THERE IS ALSO SOMETHING THAT I BROUGHT UP THE LAST COMMISSIONE, BUT THE LAST GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT WERE HERE ABOUT THESE POLES THAT HAVE BEEN PUT IN FOREST PARK NEIGHBORHOOD AND ALL THE
WAY UP TO HYPOLUXO. WE HAVE NEVER GOTTEN ANY EXPLANATION WHAT THEY ARE, WHAT THEY ARE FOR. YOU GUYS HAVE GOTTEN PERMITS FOR THEM BUT NEVER DONE ANY SAFETY TESTS ON THEM AND THEY ARE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. THEY ARE RIGHT IN THE RIGHT-OF-WAY.
I THINK THAT AS RESIDENTS, WE SHOULD KNOW WHAT THESE ARE AND WHAT THEY ARE DOING. AND, YOU KNOW, WE WEREN'T EVEN ASKED ABOUT IT. ALSO, WE HAVE HEARD THAT IT'S
ANOTHER, YOU KNOW, INTERNET THING THAT CAN GO TO OUR BODY OR WHATEVER. FOR THE SAFETY OF US, YOU KNOW, I'M ASKING SOMETHING TO BE DONE ABOUT IT. AT LEAST INFORM US. WE WEREN'T INFORMED.
AND NOW OUR PROPERTY VALUES HAVE GONE DOWN BECAUSE OF THESE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. SO I'M JUST ASKING THAT SOMEBODY DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. AND, YOU KNOW, LET US KNOW WHAT
THEY ARE AND WHAT THEY ARE FOR. ALSO, I JUST HAVE TO SAY SOMETHING BECAUSE A COUPLE OF MEETINGS BACK, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND HOW GREAT IT IS IN BOYNTON. BUT WHAT I'D LIKE TO KNOW IS --
I'VE BEEN HERE 25 YEARS. AND, YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS MADE THE OTHER PART OF, YOU KNOW, BOYNTON, THE OTHER SIDE OF BOYNTON -- YOU DEVELOPED BEAUTIFUL. BUT I WENT DOWN TO GO TO THE CHURCH TO SEE THE NEW PEOPLE
COMING IN. AND MY WINDOW IS DOWN AND I'M ASKED IF I WANT DRUGS. NOW, THAT'S GONE ON FOR 25 YEARS. LIKE THERE'S GOT TO BE SOMETHING THE POLICE CAN DO. YOU KNOW, I AM GRATEFUL THEY DID GET A HOME IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD
AFTER 25 YEARS THAT I HAVE CALLED ABOUT AND CALLED ABOUT. THEY DID FINALLY DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. YOU KNOW, IT JUST SEEMS LIKE THEY SLACK A LOT. AND THEN THEY WANT TO GO AFTER OTHER THINGS THAT HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH CRIME.
AND IT'S JUST -- I DON'T KNOW. I THINK MORE NEEDS TO BE DONE IN THIS TOWN. FOREST PARK SOMETIMES LOOKS JUST LIKE CRAP. AND WE'RE COMING UP ON HURRICANE SEASON. AND PEOPLE NEED TO BE AWARE THAT
YOU DO NOT PUT YOUR STUFF OUT WHEN A HURRICANE IS COMING. WE GO THROUGH THIS EVERY YEAR. [TONE] AND WE'RE TIRED OF IT. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU. SO THERE ARE OTHERS. IS THERE ANYONE ONLINE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT?
OH, COME ON UP. >> KAREN [INAUDIBLE] AND I LIVE IN BOYNTON MARINER VILLAGE. I AM HERE REGARDING THE MANATEE VARIANCE. I THINK THERE MAY BE SOME CONFUSION. >> EXCUSE ME, MA'AM. I SEE SOME PEOPLE STANDING HERE. IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE COME TO THE
PODIUM. BECAUSE IF YOU ARE NOT STANDING UP AND YOU DON'T WANT TO SPEAK, THEN WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD AFTER THIS PUBLIC COMMENT. >> MAYOR: YES, CORRECT. GO AHEAD, SORRY. START OVER. >> THERE MAY BE SOME CONFUSION. THERE'S A LOT OF MEMBERS HERE TONIGHT FROM BOYNTON MARINER.
WE SAW THE POSTING OF THE VARIANCE. WE IMMEDIATELY REACHED OUT TO GUY SHEER WHO IS COUNSEL FOR THE ASSOCIATION. THESE TWO COMMUNITIES, MANATEE ON BOYNTON MARINER HAVE LIVED SIDE BY SIDE FOR SOMETHING LIKE 40 YEARS. IT IS A VERY NARROW WATERWAY.
I DON'T BELIEVE -- I THINK IT'S DPEP CONTROLS THE CANALS AND NOT THE ARMY CORPS. WHEN WE WERE LOOKING PERSONALLY, AS AN OWNER, TO EXPAND INTO THE WATERWAY, DPEP MADE IT VERY, VERY KNOWN TO US THAT YOU HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL BECAUSE IT'S
A NARROW WATERWAY WITH NAVIGATION PROBLEMS. AND THEY WOULD HAVE TO LOOK AT AN AERIAL AND IT'S UNDER GREAT CONSIDERATION. TO COME HOME AND TO FIND A NOTICE THAT OUR NEIGHBORING COMMUNITY WHO HAS LIVED SIDE BY SIDE FOR 40 YEARS HAS DECIDED TO
BETTER THEIR REAR YARDS AND DOCKS AT THE -- TO OUR DETRIMENT SEEMS VERY, VERY SELFISH AND VERY UPSETTING. AND I THINK THAT IT WOULD CREATE NAVIGATIONAL PROBLEMS. WHEN YOU'RE COMING DOWN THAT
CANAL, IT IS VERY NARROW. AND YOU HAVE TO NAVIGATE AND YOU KNOW HOW -- YOU CAN LOOK AT YOUR AERIALS AND SEE HOW NARROW IT IS. AND NOW, ALL OF A SUDDEN, YOU GET A LITTLE BIT OF A WIND AND NOW YOU'RE TRYING -- AND THEY ARE TRYING TO COME OUT 10 FEET. THERE ISN'T 10 FEET TO COME OUT.
I CAN TELL YOU WE HAVE A VERY NARROW BOAT AND YOU CANNOT COME OUT 10 MORE FEET ON THE OTHER SIDE. SO IT WOULD CREATE NOT ONLY NAVIGATION PROBLEMS, THERE WOULD BE DANGER AND IT WOULDN'T BE ACCEPT FOR OUR BOATERS. SO I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW THAT
WOULD BE CONSIDERED. OUR ATTORNEY WAS QUITE UPSET. HE WAS TRYING TO BE ON THE CALL TONIGHT. MAYBE IT WAS TECHNICAL ISSUES. BUT I ASK THAT NO DECISIONS BE MADE TONIGHT TO ALLOW OUR ATTORNEY TO SPEAK WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY AND WORK OUT THESE THINGS.
HE HAS VERY SPECIFIC ARGUMENTS FOR NOT ALLOWING THIS. AND THEY ALL REST ON SAFETY. AND ALSO, BY DOING THAT, YOU WOULD LOWER AND NEGATIVELY AFFECT THE VALUES OF OUR HOMES. AND WE HAVE 65 HOMES IN THE COMMUNITY. IF YOU LOWER THE VALUE OF 35 OF
THEM ON ONE SIDE, YOU ALSO IMPACT THE OTHER SIDE. SO I ASK THAT NO DECISIONS BE MADE TONIGHT WHILE COUNSEL FOR BOTH THE CITY AND THE ASSOCIATION HAVE TIME TO SPEAK. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU. NEXT PLEASE.
COME ON. >> HOW YOU DOING? MY NAME IS BRETT SERUBBI, I'VE BEEN A MEMBER -- I HAVE LIVED IN MARINERS VILLAGE.
I HAVE A 27 CONCH, I'M NOT HERE TO COMPLAIN ABOUT SAFETY OR WHETHER IT'S THE SAME THING TO DO OR NOT. I HAVE A 27-FOOT BOAT WHICH IS WHY I BOUGHT THE PROPERTY I HAVE LIVED IN 10 YEARS. I CAN BARELY TURN AROUND IN THE CAM AS IT IS. WHEN I COME DOWN THIS CANAL, I HAVE TO SPIN MY BOAT, DOCK IT AT
MY DOCK. I'M ALREADY WITHIN A COUPLE OF FEET ON BOTH SIDES. I'M ABLE TO JUST FIT IT. IT IS ALREADY A PRETTY SKETCHY SITUATION BUT EVERYONE DOES WHAT THEY HAVE TO DO. I LIVE ON THE WATER. ACTIVE FISHERMAN, BOATER, LOVE LIVING THERE, BEING PART OF THE
BOATING COMMUNITY IN BOYNTON. ALL I'M GOING TO SAY IS IF YOU DO THAT, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE SELLING. THE WHOLE COMMUNITY IS GOING TO BE UP IN ARMS. IT'S GOING TO BE A NIGHTMARE BECAUSE I'M GOING TO HAVE TO SELL MY BOAT WHICH IS GOING TO MAKE ME HAVE TO SELL MY PROPERTY. I DON'T THINK WE'RE IN A FAIR SITUATION TO ALLOW THIS OTHER
COMMUNITY TO PUT 10 FEET. WE'RE ALL GOING TO HAVE TO EITHER NOT HAVE BOATS OR SELL BOATS OR MAYBE HAVE LITTLE FLAT BOATS WHICH THEN TAKES THE WHOLE FISHING OUT OF BOYNTON. SO I'M HERE TO JUST SAY THAT I DON'T THINK WE'RE BEING PUT IN A FAIR SITUATION. AS A HOMEOWNER, AS A MEMBER OF THE BOYNTON COMMUNITY, IT'S NOT
A GOOD PLACE TO BE IN AND WANTED TO COME AND SHOW MY SUPPORT OF NOT IN SUPPORT OF THIS SITUATION. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] IOKAY, IS THERE ANY --
>> [OFF MIC] >> MAYOR: I NEED YOU TO SPEAK INTO THE MIC AND PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. GO AHEAD AND START THE CLOCK. >> HI, MY NAME'S KIMBERLY CHASE AND I'M HERE FOR A LITTLE TRUTH AND A LITTLE DIGNITY AND HELP FROM THE CITY. I'VE BEEN TOLERATING FOR THREE YEARS, FIRST LET ME TELL YOU WHO
I AM. I AM AN AQUATIC AND FITNESS PROFESSIONAL. I TEACH ONLINE. I'VE TAUGHT SINCE THE MID-2010s,. I REALLY LOVE MY WORK. I TEACH OLDER PEOPLE, I TEACH
KIDS CAMPS, I TEACH AGILITY, HANDLERS THAT HANDLE THEIR DOGS ALL OVER THE WORLD. I HAVE COMPETED ON THE AGILITY WORLD TEAM. I HAVE A PROPERTY NEAR GULF STREAM ROAD, AND I'VE LIVED THERE 20 YEARS. I LIVED IN NEAR DOWNTOWN DEL RAY FOR 15 YEARS. THERE HAS BEEN A MAJOR PROBLEM WITH SHORT-TERM RENTALS IN OUR
AREA, SPECIFICALLY SINCE 2002. IN SEPTEMBER OF LAST YEAR, SPECIFICALLY SEPTEMBER 10th, I CAME HERE AND SPOKE WITH THE COMMISSION AND SPOKE WITH TOM TURKIN ABOUT WHAT WAS GOING ON IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH I'VE PUT IN A DIAGRAM AND I THINK IT'SSARY IMPORTANT THAT YOU ALL SEE -- IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT YOU ALL SEE THIS DIAGRAM.
I'M NOT VERY SURE HOW TO PUT IT UP HERE SO YOU CAN SEE IT, BUT I'M GOING TO TRY. SO HERE YOU SEE 34th AVENUE WHICH APPARENTLY HAS SO MUCH TRAFFIC NOW THAT WE HAD 3 SPEED BUMPS PUT IN, AM I CLOSE ENOUGH TO THE MIC HERE? OKAY. SO HERE I AM, 3612, BUILT IN
POOL, BUILT IN POOL. BUILT IN POOL. BUILT IN POOL, BUILT IN POOL. 2018, ADDED A POOL. 2023, ADDED A POOL. THIS SAMPLE -- AS WE ALL KNOW,
SO 3616 IS OVER HERE THIS IS A 3625 I BELIEVE, TWO OVER OCCUPANCY FOR SHORT-TERM RENTALS SINCE 2022. IN DECEMBER OF 2024, THE HOUSE SOLD. HERE 3616, WHO IS OWNED BY BRITNEY RINGERSON, CARLEY HURSER
AND OPERATED BY RACHEL BASS, APPARENTLY OWNED BY BOYNTON BEACH EAST LLC, WHICH WAS UNLICENSED WITH BOYNTON IN 2023 AND 2024, AND ALSO TRIED TO GET A HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION ON THE PROPERTY IN 2025. BUT IT'S A LITTLE CONFUSING
BECAUSE I RECEIVED A THREAT LETTER NEVER TO TALK TO THE PEOPLE AT 3616, AND THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY HAS THREATENED ME. YOU'RE GOING TO -- BY THE TIME I'M DONE WITH THIS, YOU'LL KNOW
WHAT HEART PAPITATIONS, V VOMITING, IRRITABILITY, TRAUMA MEAN, AND WHAT CPPSD. >> YOU'RE ALSO GOING TO KNOW DOXING. >> UNFORCHT IN THELY YOU HAVE 20 SECONDS, TRESPASSING, FALSE REPORTS TO ANIMAL CARE AND CONTROL. I GOT A CALL TODAY FROM ANIMAL
CARE AND CONTROL IN BOYNTON HOW MANY DOGS I OWN. THERE ARE THREE DOGS HERE, TWO DOGS HERE, THREE DOG HERES, ONE DOG HERE, AND YES, I HAVE DOGS, ONE DOG HERE. HOW IS THAT YOUR CITY'S BUSINESS? YOUR CITY'S JOB IS TO FIX THIS PROBLEM, PLEASE.
IT'S BAD. AND I'D APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: IS THERE ANYONE ONLINE? >> ANYONE ONLINE? THERE IS.
>> I THOUGHT I SAW YOUR NAME, SO YEAH. >> THAT'S OKAY, THANK YOU. WE'RE GOOD. OKAY. SO WREA GOING TO CLOSE -- WE'RE GOING TO CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ONTO THE ADMINISTRATIVE PORTION OF THE
AGENDA, AND WE DO HAVE A BOARD APPLICATION, BUT THIS NOMINATION DOES GO TO COMMISSIONER KELLY, SO WE'RE GOING TO POSTPONE THAT UNTIL SHE RETURNS. THERE ARE NO APPLICANTS FOR THE FOLLOWING BOARDS BUT DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY? >> I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO I GUESS
TABLE THAT APPOINTMENT FOR COMMISSIONER KELLEY. >> OKAY, SO COMMISSIONER TURKIN MADE THE MOTION, AND VICE MAYOR HAY SECONDED THE MOTION TO TABLE THIS, SO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THERE ARE NO APPLICANTS FOR THE
FOLLOWING BOARDS, BUT THERE IS A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE ROOM TONIGHT, SO WE ENCOURAGE RESIDENTS TO APPLY IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN THE ART ADVISORY BOARD, EDUCATION, AND YOUTH ADVISORY BOARD, HISTORIC RESOURCES PRESERVATION BOARD, LIBRARY BOARD, RECREATION AND PARKS BOARD, AND THE SENIOR
ADVISORY BOARD. MOVING ONTO THE -- >> I'M SORRY, THERE ARE PEOPLE ONLINE? DO WE HAVE THAT SET UP? >> I GOT NOTHING ON HERE.
>> GUY SHEER, THAT'S THE ATTORNEY THAT WAS MENTIONED EARLIER. >> OKAY, I GOT IT. AND THEN CAMERON, AND SHE WAS ON BEFORE. I DID SEE A MAHARAJ. >> [OFF MIC] >> HE WOULD BE FOR THE ISSUE.
>> WE DO HAVE ONE -- >> SO CAMERON MAHARAJ? >> YES, YES. >> OKAY SO CAN WE GET H HIM ON THE SCREEN AND OPEN THAT BACK UP FOR JUST ONLINE PARTICIPANTS. >> I'M OKAY WITH THAT. >> MAYBE WE WANT TO GIVE IT A
SECOND AND LET EVERYONE -- >> THAT'S ALL RIGHT, LET'S JUSTIGET HIM -- JUST GET HIM ON AND WE CAN'T SEE WHEN THEY'RE ON. WE GOOD? >>> IS HE THERE? >> I CAN'T -- >> HELLO?
>> HIA, CAMERON S THAT YOU? >> YES, IT IS. >> OKAY, GO AHEAD, YOUR THREE MINUTES IS STARTING NOW. >> I'M SHOPPING FOR MY GRANDMA, MY MOM'S BIRTHDAY, I'M SORRY TO COMING LIKE THIS. >> HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MOM. >> BUT MY THREE MINUTES, CAMERON MAHARAJ FROM DISTRICT 2. I HAVE, I WANT TO CHAMPION WHAT
THEY WERE SAYING, WE SHOULD RENEW THE CONTRACT FOR THE CENTER. I LEARNED A LOT FROM THERE. I LEARN HOWD TO PLAY VIOLIN. THAT WAS A FOUNDATIONAL THING FOR ME GROWING SUP THE CENTER. THERE WAS A LOT OF GREAT OPPORTUNITIES, FOOD SCARETY IS A REAL THING, AND IF WE DENY THE
CHILDREN FOOD BY NOT ALLOWING THEM TO GET THE BUDGET BACK TO BE ABLE TO DO WHAT THEY DO AND OPEN THEIR FACILITIES, I THINK THAT WOULD BE A HUGE ISSUE. NOW WHILE WE'RE AT DISTRICT 2, LET'S TALK ABOUT THE INFRASTRUCTURE, GOING INTO THE
CENTER. . O AS STATED BY THE DIRECTOR KEN RAMSEY THIS ROLLING GREEN NEIGHBORHOOD HAS SOME OF THE WORST INFRASTRUCTURE THAT ISN'T CURRENTLY BEING WORKED ON BY FAR IN BOYNTON BEACH, AND WE HAVE NO ACTION PLAN TO MAKE SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAPPEN, SO I'M NOT
SURE IF WE NEED TO PROVIDE MORE FUNDING FOR THEIR DEPARTMENT IN ORDER SO WE CAN CREATE A SAFE ENVIRONMENT FOR THE KIDS THAT GET OFF ON THE BUS STOP RIGHT NEXT TO THE CENTER THAT HAVE TO WALK INTO ROLLING GREEN TO GO HOME AND THERE'S NO ACTION PLAN TO FIX SOMETHING LIKE THAT. SO IT'S PEOPLE LIKE ME THAT'S,
I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT FOR THE LAST 24 HOURS, WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR AMBASSADORS, OUR DISTRICT 2 REPRESENTATION, WHAT ARE YOU DOING FOR US? IF WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUOUSLY SUFFER, THERE'S MULTIPLE ACCIDENTS DOWN THAT ROAD. I CAN CREDIT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR UPPING THEIR
SURVEILLANCE, THEY'VE EVEN PUT A FLOCK CAMERA, BUT STILL IT ISN'T GOOD ENOUGH IF THE KIDS ARE STILL UNSAFE CROSSING THAT ROAD. I KNOW CITY, THAT'S NOT CITY READ BUT THE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR ROLLING GREEN, THE ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE, THERE IS A HUGE ISSUE THAT NO ONE'S FIXING,
THERE'S NO ACTION PLAN, SO I'M CALLING UPON YOU GUYS TO MAKE SOMETHING HAPPEN FOR US. OUR NEIGHBORHOOD DESERVES IT. WE ARE ALL PAYING TAXES. WE HAVE MULTIPLE SMASHED MAILBOXES THROUGH THE ENTIRETY OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD WITHOUT THINGS BEING CHANGED.
SO I'M CALLING UPON THIS DAIS TO MAKE A CHANGE WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE, AND STOP BEING COMPLACENT. IF A KID DIES, I'VE BEEN ASKING PEOPLE THE LAST 18 YEARS I LOCK -- LOST MY LEG ON SEACREST SO IF KIDS DIE BECAUSE OF THIS, WE KNOW WHOSE FAULTS THIS IS.
YOU GUYS AREN'T SUPPORTING KEVIN RAMSEY AND WHAT HE IS DOING FOR THE COMMUNITY IN BUILDING BACK THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT NEED IT THE MOST, SO WHAT'S, WHAT'S THE END OF IT? YOU KNOW? I SAID IT ONCE BEFORE, NOTHING'S GOING TO HAPPEN UNTIL THERE IS BLOOD ON THE HANDS. YOU GUYS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
MAKE SOMETHING CHANGE. IF YOU DON'T DO IT, WE KNOW WHERE TO VOTE. THANK YOU. I YIELD THE REST OF MY TIME. >> THANK YOU. OKAY. NOW WE CAN BECAUSE GUY AND CRAIG ARE BOTH HERE FOR 8C. >> SO WE CAN MOVE FORWARD.
>> WE CAN MOVE FORWARD, WE CAN CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT. >> REAL QUICK, MAYOR, IF I MAY, JUST WANT TO ADDRESS SOMETHING WITH PUBLIC COMMENT THAT I WANTED TO ADDRESS IN THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING. I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT. GOING INTO BUDGET WE HAVE A LEGISLATE -- LEGISLATIVE BREAK
SO WE REALLY NEED TO LOOK AT A CLEAN AND SAFE INITIATIVE FOR THE EAST SIDE OF BOYNTON BEACH. THE GARBAGE EVERYWHERE THAT'S GETTING MISSED, YOU KNOW, THE ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY, YOU KNOW, THE LACK OF, YOU KNOW, FOLLOW-UP I BELIEVE, YOU KNOW, WITH CERTAIN
DEPARTMENTS. YOU KNOW, AND I DON'T THINK IT'S LACK OF MOTIVATION OR LACK OF TRYING. I THINK IT'S LACK OF RESOURCES. AND SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS BODY DOES WHAT IT CAN AND WORKS WITH STAFF TO PROPOSE, YOU KNOW, A DIRECT MECHANISM TO
REALLY LOOK AT THESE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT DON'T HAVE HOAs, WHERE THE CITY IS A ACCOUNTABLE TO HOLD US ACCOUNTABLE, RIGHT? ACCOUNTABILITY STARTS WITH US FIRST, THEN OUR NEIGHBORS, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, ANOTHER BODY, AND SO YOU KNOW, COMING INTO THIS BUDGET, I, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S A
REORGANIZATION WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, WORKING HAND IN HAND WITH CODE ENFORCEMENT, WORKING WITH THE BEAUTIFICATION TEAM, AND REALLY JUST MAKING, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY I'M TALKING MORE SO ON FOREST PARK BUT THE EAST SIDE OF 95 AS A WHOLE BECAUSE THAT IS AROUND OUR DOWNTOWN
CORRIDOR, AND IF PEOPLE ARE GOING TO INVEST AND BUY IN THE CITY I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT IT'S CLEAN, IT'S SAFE, IT'S ABUNDANCE WITH ILLUMINATION AND LIGHT, AND IT'S APPEALING, RIGHT? AND IF RESOURCES ARE THE ISSUE, THEN IT'S, IT'S UP TO US TO MAKE
THAT HAPPEN. SO IF IT'S AN INCREASE IN CODE OFFICERS, IF IT'S A RECYCLE OF WHERE THEIR ZONES ARE AND WHAT AREA THEY'RE COVER, IF IT'S A REORGANIZATION, CITY MANAGER WHICH IN MY OPINION, CITY
MANAGER, THAT MAY BE IT, MAYBE HAVING THESE PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENTS WORK SPECIFICALLY TOGETHER, YOU KNOW, IN UNISON, YOU KNOW, TO ADDRESS A LOT OF THESIS ISSUES. -- THESE ISSUES AND SO I JUST WANT US TO THINK ABOUT THAT MOVING INTO THIS BUDGET CYCLE, AND YOU KNOW, HAVING THAT
POTENTIAL REORGANIZATION AND LEADERSHIP TO FOCUS ON CLEAN, SAFE, AND YOU KNOW, FOLLOW UP I QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES. THANK YOU. >> I DO AGREE WITH THAT. I LIVE IN FOREST PARK AND I FEEL THE FRUSTRATION EVERY DAY AND I THINK IT'S ALSO COMES DOWN TO ASSESSING THE EFFICIENCY OF THE
PROCESS OF HOW THINGS ARE REPORTED AND IS THERE PATROL OR IS THAT JUST LEFT UP TO CITIZENS AND I DON'T THINK IT SHOULD BE LEFT UP TO CITIZENS. I THINK THERE SHOULD BE DAILY PATROL IN THE MORE PROBLEM AREAS. I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT FOR NOW. OKAY, SO LET'S MOVE ONTO THE COMMUNITY SUPPORT FUNDS WE HAVE IN ADDITION FROM COMMISSIONER
CRUZ FOR 500 TO RESTORATION BRIDGE. MAY WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS REQUEST? >> MOTION TO APPROVE. >> SECOND. >> OKAY. COMMISSIONER TURKIN MADE THE MOTION, VICE MAYOR HAY MADE THE SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
MOVING ONTO THE CONSENT AGENDA. IF MY COLLEAGUES WANT TO PULL ANY ITEMS FROM CONSENT, LET'S BEGIN WITH COMMISSIONER TURKIN TO MY LEFT. >>> JUST 6C. >> OKAY. >> VICE MAYOR HAY? >> I'M GOOD. >> I'LL GO AHEAD AND PULL 6H,
BUT MAKE IT A VERY QUICK ITEM. >> OKAY.
>> CAN WE APPROVE THE REST OF THE CONSENT AGENDA WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THAT? >> VICE MAYOR MADE THE MOTION TO APPROVE, COMMISSIONER TURKIN MADE THE SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, AYE. AGENDA IS APPROVED. C. >> IF WE CAN GET STAFF'S
OVERVIEW ON THAT. >> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.
MY NAME IS TED. I SERVE AS THE COMPLIANCE MANAGER FOR THE PARKING SERVICES DIVISION, SO IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY, TH TO THANK YOU HERE TO PRESENT TO YOU THE OVERVIEW OF THE UPDATED PARKING SERVICES SCHEDULE FEES.
ALL RIGHT. SO THIS DECK WILL OUTLINE THE RATIONALE AND THE ANTICIPATED OUTCOME AND PROJECTED FINANCIAL IMPACTS OF THE PROPOSED PARKING RATE ADJUSTMENTS. SO MY GOAL TONIGHT IS TO REALLY ADDRESS THE CITATION INCREASE PROPOSAL, THE PARKING RATE
INCREASES, AND THE NEW PROCESSING FEE FOR OUR SERVICES. THROUGH HERE, I ALSO LIKE TO SAY THAT THESE DECISIONS ARE NEVER
SUGGESTED OR PROPOSED LIGHTLY SO I'M HERE TO PROVIDE THE REASSURANCE ABOUT BOTH THE RATIONALE AND THE INTENDED OUTCOME OF THESE CHANGES AND WITH LITTLE TO KNOW IMPACT TO -- TO NO IMPACT TO OUR RESIDENTS.
SO FIRST I WILL BRING UP THE PROPOSED CITATION FEE. CURRENTLY THE FEE SET UP AT $25. SO THE PROPOSED FEE COSTS IT WILL BE $40, AND HERE IS THE REASON WHY. SO IF WE TAKE HARVEY OYER FOR
EXAMPLE, THE DAILY MAX RATE, THE DAILY MAXIMUM IS $35.35. OUR CURRENT CITATION IS $25. SO IT'S EASIER FOR A, YOU KNOW, PERSON TO VISIT THAT PARK AND TAKE ON THE CITATION FEE AND
STAY FOR THE WHOLE ENTIRE DAY BECAUSE THAT THEY WON'T BE PAYING THE DAILY MAX SO THIS IS WHY WE JUST MAKE IT MORE MARKET -- MAKE IT, MAKE IT MARKETABLE FOR, FOR US TO JUST
BE ABLE TO CAPTURE THAT DAILY RATE AT $40 AND FOR THEM TO BE COMPLIANT ESPECIALLY.
EXPLAIN IT HERE. WE SEE THAT IT ENCOURAGES LONGER VISIT AND STAY AT THE PARK. THE DETER VIOLATORS FROM NOT PAYING THE DAILY MAX, AND OF COURSE IT REDUCES ANY CITATION
DISPUTE THAT WE MAY HAVE. HERE I WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THE HISTORICAL PARKING RATES WHERE FROM THE INCEPTION OF THE PROGRAM, WE STARTED AT $1.50 IN JANUARY OF 2021. IT'S ONLY INCREASED ONE TIME,
AND WHICH WAS, WHICH HAPPENED IN OCTOBER OF 2023. SO IT WENT FROM $1.50 TO $2.50 AND AT THIS POINT THIS IS WHERE WE'RE ASKING AND PROPOSING FOR IT TO GO TO $3.50 BECAUSE
THIS IS A NECESSARY STEP TOWARDS ALIGNING WITH OUR RATES WITH THE CURRENT OPERATION COST. AND OF COURSE THESE PROPOSED CHANGES REFLECT THOUGHTFUL DATA ANALYSIS, PROVEN ENFORCEMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY FENDING FOR PARK
SAFETY AND IMPROVED AMENITIES. SO I AM VERY CONFIDENT THAT THESE, THESE STRATEGIES ARE BOTH FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY AND PUBLIC SERVICE EXCELLENCE.
AND WHY THE CHANGE? OUR RATE IS AT $2.50. IT'S SOME OF THE MOST AFFORDABLE RATE IN PALM BEACH COUNTY, BROWARD, AND MIAMI-DADE. A LOT OF PEOPLE LIKE TO VISIT
OUR BEACH BECAUSE AGAIN WE'RE LEAST EXPENSIVE, AND AT THIS POINT TIME WE'RE HOPING TO GET A HIGHER TURNAROUND RATE FOR IN ORDER FOR RESIDENTS TO BE ABLE
TO VISIT THE PARK MORE OFTEN, SO A LOT OF THIS REALLY TARGET THE VIOLATORS THAT EITHER WOULD COME TO THE BEACH AND NOT PAY OR WOULD COME AND JUST, YOU KNOW, NOT ADMIT TO OUR -- OR FOLLOW OUR RULES AT THE BEACH.
SO WE'RE LOOKING TO TRANSITION TO A TWO-HOUR MINIMUM WHERE A TWO HOURS AND NINE MINUTES IS THE AVERAGE STATE OF OUR VISITORS CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW. SO AND WE WOULD LIKE TO ADD AN HOUR IN INCREMENTS SO AND BRING
IT UP TO THREE HOURS, $3.50. HERE I PUT THIS SLIDE TOGETHER FOR THE DAILY RATE OF OTHER COMPARABLES COMMUNITIES. IN PALM BEACH COUNTY AS YOU SEE, WE'RE ALL AMONGST THE LOWEST IN
THE COUNTY AND TO ALIGN WITH THE OBSERVED AND USERS PATTERN WE'RE HOPING TO INCREASE OUR OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY IN THIS MODEL IT REALLY BETTER REFLECTS THE DEMAND THAT WE'RE SEEING
WITH THE USAGE TRENDS. I'M A U.S. ARMY VETERAN, AND THIS, WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO OFFER THIS TO MILITARY VETERANS AND FAMILIES, AND THE, AND THE
CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH. AND WITH THAT, I'M SORRY. SO AS WE'LL SEE, THIS WILL BE BENEFICIAL TO THE COMMUNITY, TO THE VETERANS, TO MAKE SURE THAT
THEY FEEL VALUED AND WITHIN OUR CITY, AND TO PARTICIPATE WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY. SO THIS HERE WILL GO A LONG WAY FOR THEM.
AS THE RESIDENTS GO, $50 FOR SENIORS IS HOW WE'RE CURRENTLY SETTING UP RIGHT NOW WITH $65 FOR RESIDENTS. SO AT $50, IF, IT WOULD BENEFIT EVERY, EVERY RESIDENT WHO'S
INTERESTED IN GETTING AN ANNUAL PASS TO GET THE PASS BECAUSE AT ANY MOMENT, ANY DAY, ANY TIME, YOU CAN VISIT THE BEACH. IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A PASS, BY THE TIME YOU VISIT THE BEACH, IF THE 7th TIME, YOU WOULD'VE
PAID FOR AN ANNUAL PASS. SO OUR GOAL IS TO REALLY PROMOTE AND ADVERTISE THE ANNUAL PASS FOR RESIDENTS IN ORDER -- AND SENIOR RESIDENTS FOR THEM, MILITARY VETERANS AS WELL, TO
GET THEM TO GET THIS PASS BECAUSE ALL OF THE BENEFITS IS RIGHT THERE AND IT'S AT A LOWER COST FOR THEM THAN ANYBODY ELSE. RIGHT HERE WE WOULD LIKE TO
INTRODUCE A $10 PROCESSING FEE, SO WITH THIS, GRAPH WHAT I'M SHOWING IS BETWEEN OCTOBER 1st, 2023, AND MAY 31st, 2024, AND ALSO OVER
THERE OCTOBER 1st, 2024, AND MAY 31st, 2025, WE HAVE WAIVED 205 CITATIONS, RIGHT? THAT WAS LAST YEAR. AND THIS YEAR IT HAS DOUBLED. WE HAVE WAY MORE THAN 400 CITATIONS. SO WITH THAT, AND IT'S FOR ANY REASON.
IT CAN BE SOMEONE ENTERING A ZERO INSTEAD OF AN O, OR WITH THEIR LICENSE PLATE. IT COULD BE MANY OTHER REASONS AS WELL. SO THIS FIGURE RIGHT HERE I'M TAPPING IT, BOOM, RIGHT AT THE TOP, THAT'S AN UNTAPPED OPPORTUNITY OF $12,000 WHERE
WE'RE LOOKING TO CAPITALIZE ON THAT MONEY THAT WE'RE, THAT'S JUST, THAT'S OUT THERE. BASICALLY EVERY CITATION THAT WE WAIVE, WE HAVE TO PAY $3 TO THE VENDOR TO WAIVE THE CITATION. SO AT THIS POINT RIGHT HERE WE'RE JUST JUST TRYING TO FIGURE
OUT WAYS TO MAKE SURE THIS MONEY WE'RE SPENDING WE'RE ABLE TO RECOUP SOME OF T. IN CONCLUSION,
SO IN CONCLUSION I REALLY WANT TO SAY THAT THIS APPROACH ISN'T JUST ABOUT INCREASING REVENUES. IT'S ABOUT SMARTER MANAGEMENT BY ALIGNING OUR PARKING FEES, WITH REAL BEHAVIOR WE'RE ABLE TO CREATE A SYSTEM THAT WORKS BETTER FOR OUR RESIDENTS, FOR
OUR VISITORS, AND FOR OUR CITY OPERATION. SO THE ADDITIONAL REVENUES THAT WOULD BE GENERATING WOULD ENABLE US TO HAVE REINVESTMENT INTO OUR PARKS, SAFETY, PERSONNEL, ACCESSIBILITY, TO ENSURE THAT WE CONTINUING TO DELIVER HIGH
QUALITY PUBLIC SERVICE WITH FAIRNESS AND WITH FINANCIAL OVERSIGHT. SO BEFORE I END I'D LIKE TO REALLY TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THANK MY STAFF AND PARKING SERVICES AND MY COLLEAGUE AND RECREATION AND CULTURAL SERVICES MY LEADERSHIP TEAM, AS WELL AS
MY COLLEAGUES IN FINANCE AND PROCUREMENT THAT HELPED ME PUTTING THIS TOGETHER AND TAKING A LOOK AT WAYS THAT WE CAN IMPROVE PARKING IN THE CITY AND TAKE IT TO THE NEXT, TO THE NEXT STEP. WITH THAT I YIELD MY TIME AND I'D LIKE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS
THAT YOU MAY HAVE. >> THE ONLY QUESTION I HAVE, AND I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT YOU'RE GIVING A DISCOUNT TO THE VETERANS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE LEAST WE CAN DO BUT WHAT KIND OF PERCENT ARE WE
TALKING IN DISCOUNT? >> IT WOULD BE $50 A YEAR. >> VERSUS $65? >> YEAH, VERSUS, VERSUS THE 65 FOR RESIDENT AND ALSO $200 FOR NONRESIDENTS. >> OKAY. OKAY.
>> IS THIS FOR THE -- I'M JUST A LITTLE CONFUSED BECAUSE I HEAR BEACH, I HEAR HARVEY OYER, THIS IS FOR THE BEACH PASS, THE MILITARY AND SENIOR DISCOUNT. >> IF YOU -- YES, FOR IT'S THE BEACH, FOR THE ANNUAL PASS.
>> FOR THE BEACH. >> SO $50 FOR MILITARY VETERAN AND I GUESS YOU GUYS VERIFY. >> SCOIFN FOR RESIDENTS, RIGHT -- $65 FOR RESIDENTS AND RIGHT THEN IF YOU DON'T GET A PASS RIGHT NOW WE'RE CHARGING 2 BYTE $50 AN HOUR AND YOU WANT TO INCREASE THAT TO $3.50 IS WHAT
STAFF'S PROPOSAL IS? SO THAT $2.50 TO $3.50 IS THAT ALSO AT THE BOAT RAMP? >> THAT WOULD BE AT ALL PARKING, CORRECT? >> YES, FOR BOTH HARVEYOYER AND FOR OCEANFRONT. >> YEAH, SO IF -- I'M NOT IN FAVOR OF DOING THAT UNLESS WE
LOWER THE ANNUAL PASS FOR HARVEY OYER BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT THIS TO BE A MONEY GRAB, RIGHT? I KNOW WE HAVE TO BE COMPETITIVE, YOU KNOW, I DID SEE ONE SLIDE OF INFORMATION THAT SHOWED COMPARABLES WITH THE OTHER MUNICIPALITIES AS FAR AS THE HOURLY RATES.
I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT PASSES. I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT MILITARY OR SENIOR DISCOUNTS WITH THE OTHER MUNICIPALITIES SO I WOULD WANT TO SEE SOME MORE INFORMATION ON THAT FIRST, BUT FOR ME TO INCREASE AGAIN, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE LOT OF PEOPLE TELL ME WHY AM I HAVING TO PAY FOR PARKING WHEN I PAY PROPERTY TAXES FOR, TO PARK AT A PARK,
RIGHT? THAT'S A HARD QUESTION TO ANSWER. YOU KNOW, THAT'S A VALID POINT. AND SO YOU KNOW, THE CITATION, I CAN DEFINITELY, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE SHOULD MAYBE EVEN GO HIGHER ON THE CITATION. I THINK WE DEFINITELY MOVE FORWARD WITH THE CITATION
BECAUSE IF SOMEONE CAN PARK ALL DAY AND IT'S LOWER THAN THE ACTUAL AMOUNT, THAT'S THE GREAT DISCOVERY, SO I'M GLAD THAT'S IDENTIFIED. BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME FORM OF PROPOSAL TO LOWER THAT ANNUAL PASS, YOU KNOW, FOR THE PEOPLE THERE IF WE'RE GOING TO
BE CHARGING, YOU KNOW, MORE ELSEWHERE. >> IF I MAY, THAT'S CURRENTLY SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS STUDY ONTO FIGURE OUT HOW MUCH IT IS CURRENTLY IT'S AT $200 AND WE'LL BE DOING THAT STUDY, AND I CAN COME BACK FOR YOU TO PRESENT TO YOU THE
FINDINGS ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF LOWERING IT TO $100, I THINK I HAD MENTIONED LAST TIME. >> YEP, PERFECT. >> SO ONE QUESTION AND ONE COMMENT. MY ONE QUESTION WOULD BE DO WE HAVE A SPECIFIC NUMBER OF
DESIGNATED PARKING SPACES FOR THE ANNUAL PASSES BECAUSE IF WE'RE GOING TO MAKE IT, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY IT'S GREAT THAT IT'S AFFORDABLE AT $50 FOR SENIORS AND MILITARY VETERANS, HOW MANY OF THOSE ARE AVAILABLE TO GIVE OUT BECAUSE WE HAVE
ABOUT 80,000 RESIDENTS AND OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE A LOT OF SENIORS, SO HOW MANY DO WE HAVE -- HOW MANY DO WE GIVE OUT PER YEAR? >> SO HOW MANY PASSES DO WE GIVE OUT? SO FOR THE ANNUAL PERMITS
CURRENTLY ARE AT 1667. THAT'S WHAT IT WAS LAST FISCAL YEAR. THAT PERMITS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO SELL. SO I THINK AT THE BEACH 267 SPOTS, THAT'S GOING TO BE A LOT -- I MEAN, WE CAN FIGURE OUT WHAT THE PERCENTAGE COULD BE IF
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, THIS BODY WOULD LIKE TO SEE. I KNOW THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DEFINITELY DO A QUICK STUDY ON, AND DO THE RESEARCH ABOUT, SO WITH THAT, IS IF LET'S JUST
SAY THAT'S 25 SPOTS, THAT ARE THERE FOR THAT, THAT ARE DESIGNATED FOR RESIDENTS, THEN THAT'S WHAT THEY WOULD ONLY BE ABLE TO PARK, AND YOU KNOW WE HAVE LIKE YOU SAID 80,000 RESIDENTS, SO YOU KNOW, WE'LL -- WE'D GET INTO LIKE SOME ISSUES THERE.
SO YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST CONSTRAINED SPOTS. THIS IS WHY WE'RE, WE WOULD LIKE TO INCREASE THIS RATE TO, TO GET THE OVER TIME, THE TURNAROUND OF THE PARKING SPACES MORE FREQUENT. AND THAT WOULD ALLOW FOR
RESIDENTS TO BE ABLE TO ENJOY THE BEACH AND GO THERE. >> THANK YOU. AND THEN I DO HAVE A COMMENT WITH REGARD TO THE TWO-HOUR MINIMUM FOR PARKING. I AM AGAINST IT. I THINK THAT WE SHOULD HAVE THE FREEDOM TO PARK AS SHORT AS LONG AS WE WANT TO. I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO OVERLY
REGULATE THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT YOU GO TO THE BEACH. I CAN TELL YOU MY FAMILY AND I HAVE GONE TO THE BEACH FOR ONE HOUR DURING SUNSET MANY TIMES, AND HAVE I KNOW A LOT OF MY CONSTITUENTS ALSO HAVE COME FOR SHORTER TIMES SO I DON'T SEE A NECESSITY OF OVERLY REGULATING A
MINIMUM OF TWO HOURS. I WOULD SUPPORT MAYBE A MINIMUM OF ONE HOUR IF ANYTHING. BUT JUST LIKE LETTING PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, IF YOU JUST WANT TO GO FOR AN HOUR, I DON'T THINK THAT WE SHOULD PRECLUDE PEOPLE FROM DOING THAT. AND THEN WITH REGARD TO THE INCREASE, YOU KNOW, I DO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS REASONS
FOR THE INCREASE. GENERALLY SPEAKING, A LOT OF MOY CONSTITUENTS ARE SENIOR CITIZENS, SO I WOULD USUALLY NOT BE IN FAVOR OF HAVING TOO MANY INCREASES WITH FEES OR PARKING OR THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
THANK YOU. >> I WOULD SUPPORT MAYBE A MINIMUM ONE HOUR. I'M OKAY WITH THE INCREASES. IF I DO SEE THAT COME BACK IN
REGARDS TO THE ANNUAL PASS FOR HARVEY OYER, RIGHT, YOU KNOW WE HAVE TO GIVE IF WE'RE GOING TO GET. WE HAVE TO BE FAIR SO I'M OKAY MOVING FORWARDS IF WE CAN CHANGE -- I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN CHANGE LANGUAGE OR STAFF WANTS TO COME BACK WITH SOME OF THESE
COMMENTS WITH A COUPLE OF OPTIONS. >> THAT'S UP TO THE COMMISSION IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO APPROVE IT AS IS. WE CAN MAKE THOSE AMENDMENTS AS A PART OF THE MOTION TO CHANGE THE HOUR FROM TWO HOURS TO ONE AND THEN IF YOU WANTED TO LOWER THE ANNUAL BOAT RESIDENT PASS WE COULD DO THAT ON AN AMENDMENT TONIGHT IF YOU FELT LIKE YOU HAD
A NUMBER THAT IT WOULD O BE AT. >> WITH REGARD TO THE BOAT PASS ARE YOU REFERRING TO ALSO LIKE CITY RESIDENTS OR JUST EVERYONE IN GENERAL? BECAUSE I KNOW -- >> CITY RESIDENTS. >> NOT. >> THERE ARE LOT OF PEOPLE FROM -- >> I GOT TO CLARIFY THAT BECAUSE WE GOT GRANT MONEY FOR THE BOAT RAMPS THERE, WE HAVE TO CHARGE
THE SAME PRICE TO ANY RESIDENT IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA. SO IT'S A RESIDENT FOR A FLORIDA PASS, IN NONRESIDENTS I THINK IS 3.70 OR 375. >> NONFLORIDA RESIDENTS. >> CORRECT. >> WHAT IS IT FOR FLORIDA. >> 200. >> 200? YEAH, AND I THINK THAT INCREASE WAS DONE OVER COVID.
I'DI'D LIKE TO SEE THAT TO $100 AND GET BACK TO PRE-COVID. THAT HURT A LOT OF COMMERCIAL FISHERMEN WHEN THEY CLOSED -- NO ONE HERE ON THIS DAIS, RIGHT, BUT THEY HURT A LOT OF PEOPLE'S BUSINESSES AND TOOK LOT OF FOOD OFF PEOPLE'S TABLES BECAUSE THEY CLOSED THAT BOAT RAMP, AND THEN WHEN THEY OPENED IT BACK UP THEY
INCREASED IT TO $200 SO I WOULD DEFINITELY LIKE TO SEE THAT BACK TO $100. >> DO WE TABLE THIS AND LOOK INTO IT LATER SO WE CAN DISCUSS? BECAUSE I HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A CONCERN WITH CUTTING THE PRICE
IN HALF BECAUSE WHAT THAT'S GOING TO DO TO OUR CONSTITUENTS AS A WHOLE, WE'RE LOWERING THE PRICE TO PEOPLE WITHIN THE STATE OF FLORIDA NOT REALLY, AND I KNOW YOU'RE COMING FROM A GREAT PLACE, LIKE YOU WANT TO HELP, AND I APPLAUD YOU FOR THAT.
BUT I'M ALSO THINKING LIKE WE'RE GETTING INTO PLACE WHERE WE'RE, I WOULD SUGGEST THAT WE LOOK INTO REALLY SUPPORTING OUR LOCAL TAXPAYERS AND OUR RESIDENTS AND OUR SENIORS WHICH I THINK WE'RE, WE'RE DOING, BUT CUTTING THE HARVEY OYER IN HALF, WHICH I'M
NOT AGAINST IT, BUT I'M JUST, I'M CONCERNED THAT IF PEOPLE ARE ALREADY PAYING THAT PRICE NOW AND THEY'RE ABLE TO PAY IT, IF WE CUT THAT IN HALF IT'S GOING TO CREATE A DISPARATE IMPACT TO THE OTHER PEOPLE IN ORDER TO STILL PAY THE COST OF THINGS BECAUSE WE STILL HAVE TO PAY FOR A LOT OF THE OTHER T THINGS,
SO MAYBE WE COULD TABLE THAT AND LOOK INIT. >> MAYOR, IF I MAY? DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE NEXT CLOSEST BOAT RAMP IS TO HARVEYOYER? NO? >> IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S REALLY FAR. >> -- ASKING QUESTIONS. >> I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T FISH, I DON'T KNOW.
>> IT'S LANTANA BOAT RAMP SO I DYOU KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT UTILIZE THAT ANNUAL PASS ARE BOYNTON BUSINESS OWNERS, ARE BOYNTON RESIDENTS AND AGAIN IT USED TO BE $100. YOU KNOW? AND THAT WAS INCREASED DURING COVID, A LOT OF THINGS HAPPENED DURING COVID AND SO YOU KNOW, I
WOULD, I WOULD TAKE THE TIME AND I'D GO, I'D GO TALK TO THOSE PEOPLE BECAUSE YOU'LL GET A DIFFERENT STORY. AND YEAH I DEFINITELY AGREE YOU'RE DEFINITELY GOING TO HAVE PEOPLE FROM OUTSIDE THAT UTILIZE THAT BOAT RAMP BECAUSE IT'S THE CLOSEST TO THE INLET. THAT'S THE BENEFIT.
IT'S CLOSEST TO THE INLET YOU GET TO THE DEEP BODY OF WATER QUICK AND YOU'RE ABLE TO YOU KNOW RECREATIONAL FISH, COMMERCIAL FIX, GO TO THE MARKET, YOU KNOW, YOU SAVE TIME, TIME IS MONEY. AND SO YOU KNOW, I THINK IF WE'RE INCREASING ELSEWHERE, IT'S FAIR TO DECREASE, YOU KNOW, ELSEWHERE AND IF, YOU KNOW,
THERE IS, THERE IS LANTANA, THERE IS DEL RAY, THERE IS BOCA, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT GOING TO BE BOMBARDED. THERE ARE A GOOD AMOUNT OF BOAT RAMPS, YOU KNOW, IN THIS SOUTH COUNTY AREA. SO I'M GOING TO STAY FIRM ON YOU KNOW, REDUCING IT.
>> DO WE TABLE IT AND LOOK INTO IT LATER AND SEE IF THAT'S FEASIBLE? OR WHAT DO WE DO? >> SOMEONE MAKE A MOTION. >> IS THERE A MOTION TO TABLE THE ITEM? >> BASED ON WHERE WE ARE, AND THE DISCUSSION WE'RE HAVING, I MAKE A MOTION TO TABLE IT. >> SECOND.
>> OKAY. >> OKAY, VICE MAYOR HAY MADE THE MOTION TO TABLE IT. TURKIN MADE -- COMMISSIONER TURKIN MADE THE SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. SO NO WE'RE MOVING ONTO H.
DO WE HAVE CITY STAFF FOR THIS ONE? COME ON DOWN. I ALWAYS FEEL LIKE BOB BARKER WHEN I SAY THAT. >> MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, AND COMMISSIONERS, R.J. RAMIREZ THE COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT MANAGER THIS ITEM IS JUST TO GET AN
EXTENSION ON A CONTRACT THAT WE ENTERED WITH HABITAT FOR HUMANITY TO REHAB A PROPERTY BELONGING TO A VERY LOW DISABLED VETERAN, SO HABITAT FOR HUMANITY IS ASKING FOR A TWO ADDITIONAL MONTH TO COMPLETE THIS PROJECT.
THE CONTRACT IS DUE JUNE 30th BUT BECAUSE OUR COMMISSION'S GOING TO BE ON RECESS, I BROUGHT THIS ITEM BEFORE YOU TODAY SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTION ABOUT THIS ITEM. >> THANK YOU. >> NO, I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU, RJ FOR EVERYTHING YOU ARE
DOING. I KNOW YOU HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH HABITAT AND I KNOW YOU'RE WORKING D DILIGENTLY TO MOVE THIS PROJECT FORWARD. THIS IS FOR A DISABLED VETERAN WHO IS URNT CANNILY HOMELESS IN OUR CITY AND -- CURRENTLY HOMELESS IN OUR CITY AND NEEDS TO GET BACK IN OUR HOME.
I WANT TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. >> SECOND. >> COMMISSIONER CRUZ MADE THE FIRST MOTION, VICE MAYOR HAY MADE THE SECOND MOTION, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY.
MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. I'M AN AYE. OKAY. THOSE ARE DONE WITH THOSE. WE'RE MOVING ONTO CONSENT BIDS AND PURCHASES OVER 100,000. IF MY COLLEAGUES WOULD LIKE TO PULL ANY ITEMS, LET'S BEGIN WITH
COMMISSIONER CRUZ TO MY RIGHT. >> ONLY ONE ITEM, 7C AND JUST MAKING IT VERY BRIEF. >> OKAY. IT. >> TWO TO FIVE MINUTES. >> VICE MAYOR HAY. >> NO. >> COMMISSIONER TURKIN. >> IF I CAN JUST GET SOME INFORMATION ON THE CHAPEL HILL
ITEM, I CAN PUSH THAT OUT, SO WE CAN SAVE SOME TIME. >> OKAY. GREAT. IF THERE ARE NO FURTHER CHANGES, DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE -- >> SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >> YOU GUYS ARE LIKE AUCTION EARS AT NIGHT AROUND THIS TIME. COMMISSIONER TURKIN MADE THE MOTION, COMMISSIONER CRUZ MADE THE SECOND.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY? MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. AND THEN WE ARE PULLING C. >> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS. RICK HOFFER, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS.
THIS ITEM IS PART OF A $19 MILLION SAND CASTLE PROJECT OF NOTE IS $16.5 MILLION OF THE $19 MILLION IS GRANT FUNDED, WHICH IS A GOOD THING. PROJECT INCLUDES DESIGN AND
CONSTRUCTION OF ROADWAY, WATER DISTRIBUTION, WASTEWATER COLLECTION, AND DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS. KEITH HERE IS TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE ACTUAL IMPROVEMENTS. >> THANK YOU. >> YEAH, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND
VICE MAYOR, AND COMMISSIONERS. AS PART OF THIS PROJECT, THERE'S ABOUT $16.5 MILLION IN CONSTRUCTION. THE MAIN, YOU KNOW, PART OF THIS PROJECT AND THE GRANT IS FOR STORMWATER IMPROVEMENTS AND ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS. OUT OF THAT $16.5 MILLION RIGHT NOW, WE'RE PROJECTING ABOUT
$6 MILLION OF THAT TO BE FOR SEWER AND WATER IMPROVEMENTS. WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THOSE IMPROVEMENTS ARE AT THIS TIME BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE'RE GOING OUT FOR THE DESIGN AND TO EVALUATE THE SANDCASTLE AREA AND TO FIGURE OUT EXACTLY WHICH ROADS WILL BE IMPROVED, WHICH PARTS OF THE UTILITIES WILL BE
IMPROVED. BUT RIGHT NOW WE'RE AT THE VALUATION PHASE OF THAT THE PROJECT, BUT ABOUT $6 MILLION OF THAT IS FOR WATER AND WASTEWATER IMPROVEMENTS. >> THANK YOU. ACTUALLY SINCE WE DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION TODAY, CAN WE, THE WHOLE COMMISSION, GET THAT
INFORMATION IN THE FUTURE BECAUSE I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO FOCUS ON DRAINAGE AND YOU KNOW, INFRASTRUCTURE AS A WHOLE BUT ALSO SEWAGE, RIGHT? IT'S SUCH AN IMPORTANT THING AND IT'S SUCH AN OUTDATED SYSTEMS IN THE CITY SPECIFICALLY IN THOSE
NEIGHBORHOODS SO IF WE CAN GET INFORMATION ONCE YOU GUYS WORK TOGETHER WITH YOU KNOW THE CONTRACTOR, SO JUST LET THE COMMISSION KNOW WHAT SPECIFIC SEWAGE IMPROVEMENTS WE'RE GOING TO BE MAKING I WOULD DEFINITELY APPRECIATE THAT. >> YEAH WE COULD DEFINITELY DO THAT. IT'LL PROBABLY BE A YEAR AWAY. >> OKAY. >> BUT WE'RE GIVING AN UPDATE ON
THAT AT LEAST. UTILITIES IS GOING THERE NEXT YEAR TO DO SOME LINING IN THE SANDCASTLE AREA. WE HAVE A MILLION DOLLARS CURRENTLY THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR IN OUR BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR, TO START LINING THE SEWER MAINS, BUT OUR OPERATIONS TEAM IS WORKING DILIGENTLY TO CAMERA THOSE SEWER MAINS AND SEE WHAT
CONDITION THEY'RE IN SO WE CAN DETERMINE WHICH AREAS THAT WE NEED TO GO TO IN THE SANDCASTLE AREA. >> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR UPDATE. >> THANK YOU. >> MOTION TO APPROVE. >> SECOND. >> MAYOR: COMMISSIONER CRUZ MADE A MOTION TO APPROVE R25-144, VICE MAYOR HAY MADE THE SECOND.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. >> MAYOR, I THINK IT WAS 149, SORRY TO -- >> WAS IT? OH. R25-149. AND WE HAVE A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY WRIRR.
AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THAT'S WHAT I GET FOR GETTING MY NEW BIFOCALS, GETTING ADJUSTED TO THEM. WE HAVE THREE PUBLIC HEARINGS ITEMS. PUBLIC COMMENT WILL BE PERMITTED ON ITEMS 8A, B, AND C. I'LL TURN TO THE CITY CLERK TO READ 8A INTO THE RECORD,
PLEASE. >> PROPOSED ORDINANCE 25-009, SECOND READING AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING PART 3 LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS CHAPTER 2 LAND DEVELOPMENT PROCESS, ARTICLE VI, IMPACT AND SELECTED FEES, SECTION 7, PALM BEACH COUNTY FEES, REMOVING PALM BEACH COUNTY
PARK IMPACT FEES FROM LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS, PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION, PROVIDING FOR A SEVERABILITY, PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS, AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. >> CAN WE PLEASE HAVE STAFF BEGIN THE PRESENTATION?
>> GOOD EVE, CITY COMMISSION, PRINCIPAL PLANNER THIS IS A SECOND READING AND THERE WERE NO CHANGES FROM THE FIRST READING.
>> PUBLIC COMMENT IS PERMITTED AS WELL. >> SO I BELIEVE WE HAD A PRESENTATION WITH REGARD TO THIS ITEM AT THE LAST MEETING, SO MIGHT NOT NEED IT AGAIN. >> ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSION? COMMENTS? IF THERE IS NOTHING ELSE WE HAVE
A MOTION TO APPROVE -- >> MOTION TO APPROVE. >> SECOND. >> VICE MAYOR HAY MADE THE MOTION TO PROPOSED ORDINANCE 25-009. COMMISSIONER CRUZ MADE THE SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. ROLL CALL.
YEP. WE'RE GETTING THERE. IT'S THE QUASI-JUDICIAL STUFF, YEAH. >> COMMISSIONER TURKIN IS ABSENT FROM THE DAIS. COMMISSIONER CRUZ? >> YES. >> VICE MAYOR HAY. >> YES. >> MAYOR SHELTON. >> YES. >> AND ROLL CALL VOTE THE MOTION PASSED 3-0.
>> MAYOR: OKAY. ITEMS A, B, AND C ARE ALSO QUASI-JUDICIAL, AND I'LL TURN TO THE CLERK TO SWEAR IN ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON THOSE ITEMS. >> BEFORE WE SWEAR IN, WE NEED TO DISCUSS TAKING TESTIMONY ONLINE FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT
PRESENT AND THE ABILITY FOR US TO SWEAR THEM IN. >> JUST GOING TO ASK THAT BECAUSE I SEE WE HAVE GUY AND CRAIG. >> SO I BELIEVE THAT THEY WOULD NEED TO BE SWORN IN INDIVIDUALLY BEFORE THEY OFFER ANY TESTIMONY OR PUBLIC COMMENT.
>> BUT IF WE COULD SWEAR IN EVERYONE ELSE AT THIS TIME. >> OKAY. ANYONE WHO IS HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEMS 8B AND C, PLEASE STAND UP AND RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.
[SWEARING IN] THANK YOU, YOU MAY HAVE A SEAT. >> IF EACH COMMISSIONER CAN PLEASE MAKE ANY DISCLOSURES AT THIS TIME REGARDING ITEMS 8B FIRST AND THEN 8C. COMMISSIONER CRUZ, WE CAN START WITH YOU.
>> AS TO THIS MATTER, I HAVE -- >> IF YOU COULD JUST DO THEM SEPARATELY, WE'LL DO 8A FIRST OR 8B FIRST, AND THEN WE CAN WAIT AND 8C RIGHT BEFORE 8C OR WE CAN DO THEM TOGETHER. >> WE CAN DO THEM TOGETHER. >> OKAY. >> BUT SEPARATELY. [LAUGHTER]
WITH REGARD TO 8B, DISCLOSURES, AND THEN WITH REGARD TO 8C, DISCLOSURES. >> OKAY. >> WITH REGARD TO 8B, DISCLOSURES, AS TO THIS MATTER, I HAVE NOT HAD EX PARTE COMMUNICATIONS. I HAVE NOT -- I MIGHT HAVE RECEIVED WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS I HAVE NOT CONDUCTED AN
INVESTIGATION, I HAVE NOT MADE A SITE VISIT, AND I HAVE NOT RECEIVED EXPERT OPINIONS OTHER THAN STAFF. I REQUEST THAT THESE DISCLOSURES AND ALL WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS BE MADE PART OF THE RECORD WITH REGARD A 8C, 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, AND I HAVE NOT RECEIVED EXPERT OPINIONS OTHER THAN OUR STAFF MEMBERS. I QS THESE DISCLOSURES AND ALL WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS BE MADE
PART OF THE RECORD. >> VICE MAYOR HAY. >>> WITH THE REFERENCE TO 8B, I HAVE NOT HAD EX PARTE COMMUNICATION.
I HAVE NOT HAD A RECEIVED ANY WRITTEN COMMUNICATION, I HAVE NOT CONDUCTED AN INVESTIGATION, I HAVE NOT MADE A SITE VISIT, I HAVE NOT RECEIVED EXPERT OPINION EXCEPT FROM STAFF, AND I REQUEST THAT THESE DISCLOSURES AND ALL
WRITTEN COMMUNICATION BE PART OF THE RECORD. AS FOR 8C, I HAVE NOT HAD EX PARTE COMMUNICATIONS. 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 EXCEPT FROM STAFF. I REQUEST THAT THESE DISCLOSURES AND WRITTEN COMMUNICATION BE PART OF THE RECORD. >> COMMISSIONER TURKIN. >> THANK YOU, MAYOR. IN REGARDS TO 8B, I HAVE NOT HAD EX PARTE COMMUNICATIONS, I HAVE
HAD EMAIL COMMUNICATIONS. I HAVE NOT CONDUCTED AN INVESTIGATION. I HAVE NOT CONDUCTED -- I HAVE NOT MADE A SITE VISIT. I HAVE NOT RECEIVED EXPERT OPINIONS. IN REGARDS TO 8C. I HAVE HAD COMMUNICATIONS WITH BRETT.
I HAVE HAD NOT RECEIVED WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS. I HAVE CONDUCTED AN INVESTIGATION. I'M SORRY, I HAVE NOT CONDUCTED AN INVESTIGATION. I HAVE BEEN THERE BEFORE SO I HAVE MADE A SITE VISIT. AND I HAVE NOT RECEIVED EXPERT OPINIONS. III REQUEST THAT THESE DISCLOSURES AND ALL WRITTEN
COMMUNICATIONS BE MADE A PART OF THE RECORD. >> MAYOR: REGARDING ITEMS 8B I HAVE NOT HAD ANY WRITTEN COMMUNICATION, I HAVE NOT HAD EXPART AI COMMUNICATION, I HAVE NOT MADE ANY SITE VISIT AND HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY EXPERT OPINIONS REGARDING ITEMS 8C I HAVE NOT
HAD ANY EX PARTE COMMUNICATION, I HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY WRITTEN COMMUNICATION, I HAVE NOT CONDUCTED AN INVESTIGATION, I HAVE NOT MADE A VISIT TO THE SITE AND I HAVE NOT RECEIVED EXPERT OPINIONS. I REQUEST THAT THESE DISCLOSURES AND ALL WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS BE MADE PART OF THE RECORD.
MOVING ONTO -- I DID B. I DID THEM BOTH. >> YOU DID FOR BOTH? >> MAYOR: YEAH, I DID B AND C. I JUST DID IT SO FAST LIKE LIGHTNING. [LAUGHTER] >> SORRY. >> OKAY. MOVING ONTO THE FIRST QUESTION -- QUASI-JUDICIAL ITEM,
I HAVE A CLERK READ THE TITLE INTO THE RECORD. >>> APPROVE REQUEST FOR CONDITIONAL USE AND MAJOR SITE PLAN MODIFICATION FOR GRACEPOINT SEVEN SEV SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH TO ALLOW FOR MODIFICATIONS TO THE EXISTING
FOOTPRINT WITH AN ADDITION TO ACCOMMODATE A NEW ADA BATHROOMS AND ASSOCIATED SITE MODIFICATIONS INCLUDING RAMPS. THE SUBJECT SITE IS 2.3 ACRES LOCATE AT 138 SOUTHEAST 27th AVENUE. >> CAN WE PLEASE HAVE STAFF
BEGIN THE PRESENTATION? >> GOOD EVENING, MY NAME IS JOHN STOUT. I HAVE BEEN SWORN IN. I AM A PLANNER HERE. THIS IS AN EXISTING CHURCH IN
OUR COMMUNITY. THIS IS FOR A MAJOR SITE PLAN MODIFICATION AND CONDITIONAL USE APPROVAL. FOR A CHURCH. THE PROJECT SITE IS LOCATED JUST EAST OF THE POINTEN HEALTH
CENTER. -- BOYNTON HEALTH CENTER AS WELL AS JUST EAST OF SEACREST. THE PROPOSAL, THE BACKGROUND FOR THIS PROJECT IS THIS IS AN EXISTING CHURCH THAT RECEIVED A CONDITION OF APPROVAL OR SORRY,
A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY BACK IN 1992. WHAT THE CHURCH WOULD LIKE TO DO IS UPDATE THEIR EXISTING SITE AND EXISTING SANCTUARY FOR ADA COMPLIANCE. AT THIS TIME, THE CHURCH IS ALL
CHURCHES IN A RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICT ARE CONSIDERED A CONDITIONAL -- A MUST GO THROUGH A CONDITIONAL USE APPROVAL. WITH THIS CHURCH, HOWEVER, THEY HAVE NOT DONE THAT YET, AND WHAT THIS PROCESS IS IS TO BRING THEM INTO COMPLIANCE SO THEY CAN THEN
BRING THEIR BUILDING INTO ADA COMPLIANCE AS WELL. I KIND OF WENT FAST IN THE INTEREST OF TIME TONIGHT. THIS IS THE FLOOR PLAN. YOU CAN SEE IT'S OFF TO THE WEST
SIDE OF THE SANCTUARY WHERE THEY'RE ADDING SOME -- ADA RAMPS OUTSIDE ON EITHER SIDE -- NORTH AND SOUTH AS WELL AS A ENTRANCE VESTIBULE INTO THE SANCTUARY AND THE ADA BATHROOMS ARE A LITTLE
BIT FURTHER NORTH. AND THE ADDITION IS IT IS VERY CONDUCIVE TO THE EXISTING A ARCHITECTURE AND FITS IN REALLY NICELY IN BETWEEN TWO EXISTING
BUILDINGS. AND UNDER WHERE AN EXISTING OVERHANG ALREADY EXISTS. SO THE FOOTPRINT OF THE CHURCH IS NOT GOING TO BE CHANGING MORE THAN 700 SQUARE FEET. STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF
THIS CONDITIONAL USE, AND MAJOR SITE PLAN MODIFICATION. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: GREAT. THANK YOU. ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSION? >> MOTION TO APPROVE. >> MAYOR: PUBLIC COMMENT IS PERMITTED AT THIS TIME. DO WE HAVE ANYONE ON PUBLIC
COMMENT? OKAY. IF THERE IS NOTHING ELSE, MAY WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MAJOR SITE MODIFICATION AND CONDITIONAL USE APPROVAL FOR GRACEPOINT SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST -- >> SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >> MAYOR: COMMISSIONER TURKIN MADE THE MOTION, VICE MAYOR HAY 2nd. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE --
NO, DO WE DO ROLL CALL ON THIS ONE? ROLL CALL, PLEASE. >>> COMMISSIONER TURKIN. >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER CRUZ. >> YES. >> VICE MAYOR HAY. >> YES. >> MAYOR SHELTON. >> YES. >> AND ROLL CALL VOTE, THE MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.
>> NICE, OKAY. I'LL HAVE THE CLERK READ A TITLE INTO THE RECORD. >> APPROVAL OF VARIANCE REQUEST FROM PART 3 CHAPTER 3 ARTICLE V SECTION 3. O SUPPLEMENTAL
REGULATIONS TO GRANT AN INCREASE OF MORE THAN ONE QUARTER THE WIDTH OF THE WATERWAY UP TO 32 FEET INTO THE WATERWAY FOR A DOCK WHERE NO MORE THAN A QUARTER OF THE WIDTH IS PERMITTED. >> MAYOR: PLEASE HAVE STAFF
BEGIN THE PRESENTATION. >> PRINCIPAL PLANNER, WE WOULD REQUEST THAT THE APPLICANT PRESENT FIRST SINCE THE PROOF IS
ON THE APPLICANT TO PRESENT. >> MAYOR: OKAY. >> GOOD EVENING. DAVID MILLAGE, FROM THE FIRM MISKEL BACKMAN FOR THE RECORD ON
BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT. ON THE SCREEN SHOWS THE, THE CONTEXTUAL LOCATION OF THE PROPERTY. IT'S NORTH OF MARTIN LUTHER KING BOULEVARD. IT'S NEAR THE INLET ON THE EAST SIDE OF FEDERAL HIGHWAY ALONG
THE INTERCOASTAL WATERWAY. THIS IS A ZOOMED IN PERSPECTIVE OF THE PROPERTY. THIS IS A, A 32 TOWNHOME STYLE UNIT DEVELOPMENT. IT'S APPROXIMATELY FIVE ACRES.
IT HAS R3 MULTIFAMILY ZONING. IT'S WITHIN THE MCL LAND USE. SO WE'RE REQUESTING A VARIANCE FROM THE LIMITATIONS SET FORTH IN YOUR ARTICLE FINE SECTION 3.
O. NOW I DO WANT TO MENTION A COUPLE ITEMS, ONE IS THAT WE ORIGINALLY PROPOSED THIS VARIANCE AFTER DISCUSSIONS WITH STAFF TO HELP WITH
ENFORCEABILITY ABOUT THE VARIANCE BUT I DO WANT TO STATE FOR THE RECORD THAT I IN-- INTENT OF THE HOA WHO IS THE APPLICANT, IS THAT THEY ARE JUST SEEKING A VARIANCE BASED OFF OF THE EXISTING LOCATIONS OF THE DOCKS OR WHATEVER IS PERMISSIBLE BY CODE. SO WE'RE NOT LOOKING TO EXTEND
THE DOCKS ANY FURTHER THAN THEY ARE ALLOWED BY CODE OR WHAT'S EXISTING. I DID DRAFT A PROPOSED CONDITION OF APPROVAL WHICH WOULD HELP STAFF AND THE CITY TO ENFORCE THIS. AND I WILL READ THAT AT THE END
OF MY PRESENTATION. SO THIS PROJECT DATES BACK TO THE 1980s. THERE IS AN APPROVED MASTER DOCK PLAN WHICH SHOWS DOCKS AT THAT TIME. THESE DOCKS ARE VESTED AND ARE LEGALLY NONCONFORMING.
SO AGAIN WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR ANY NEW ENTITLEMENTS BESIDES THE VARIANCE. THIS IS JUST AN AERIAL FROM I BELIEVE 1995. THE DOCKS ARE BEING CONSTRUCTED, THEY ARE BEING USED SO THERE IS
A LOT OF HISTORY RELATING TO THESE DOCKS. WE HAD A PLAN PREPARED BY OUR SURVEYOR, WHICH PROPOSES THIS NEW LINES AND ALSO IDENTIFIES THE LOCATION OF THE EXISTING DOCKS, AND THIS IS JUST A, A ZOOMED IN PERSPECTIVE OF ONE OF
THE AREAS ALONG THIS CANAL WAY. AND IT SHOWS THIS 32 FEET THAT ORIGINALLY WE WERE PROPOSING THIS WAS THE MAXIMUM LENGTH AT THAT POINT. BUT ALL OF THE DOCKS ARE SHOWN. THEIR DOMLIMITS ARE ALSO
PROVIDED -- DOCK LIMITS ARE ALSO PROVIDED ON THIS PLAN. SO WHY DO WE NEED THIS REQUEST? WELL, THROUGH THE HISTORY OF THE CITY'S LDRs, THE CODE HAS CHANGED AND NOW THESE DOCKS ARE LEGALLY NONCONFORMING. THE NEXT COUPLE SLIDES I'M GOING TO BE SHOWING YOU IS THAT THIS
IS A VERY UNIQUE AND SPECIAL PROPERTY UNLIKE A LOT OF NOW DEVELOPMENTS NOWADAYS, THE DEVELOPER WOULD GO IN AND PUT IN A SEA WALL, AND THAT SEA WALL WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, PARALLEL TO THE CANAL BUT HERE THERE IS A
NATURAL SHORELINE, AND THERE IS ALSO THE PRESENCE OF MANGROVES, SO THAT, AND I CAN'T SPEAK FOR THE ORIGINAL DEVELOPER IN THE 1980s, BUT THERAPY LIKELY TRYING TO -- THEY WERE LIKELY TRYING TO PRESERVE THIS SHORELINE AND THESE MANGROVES SO
THAT'S WHY THESE DOCKS WERE CONSTRUCTED, THE WAY THEY WERE TO GO AROUND THIS VEGETATION. AND ALSO TO EXTEND OUT FURTHER FROM THIS NATURAL SHORELINE BECAUSE OF DEPTH OF WATER. AND THIS IS DOWN THE LENGTH OF
THE CANAL. AS IT RELATES TO DEPTH OF WATER, NAY WENT OUT THERE, THEY DID DEPTH SOUNDINGS, THE, NUMBERS THAT ARE SHOWN ON THE SCREEN ARE WHAT THE MEDIAN HEIGHT OF THE WATER WOULD BE, AND THEN AT LOW TIDE, YOU WOULD DEDUCT ANOTHER
TWO FEET SO THERE ARE AREAS THAT GET VERY CLOSE TO GROUNDING A VESSEL, BUT GENERALLY, THERE IS SAY TWO OR THREE FEET AT LOW TIDE. SO AGAIN, IF THE DOCKS WERE CLOSER INLAND, THERE WOULD BE AN
ISSUE THERE, ESPECIALLY SINCE THERE IS A NATURAL SHORELINE WITH THESE PROPERTIES. THE NEXT COUPLE OF SLIDES, I PREPARED OBVIOUSLY THEY'RE NOT TECHNICAL, BUT IT JUST AGAIN SHOW -- THIS SHOWS YOU THE WIDTH
OF THE EXISTING CANAL WITH AS PROPOSED AND AS EXISTING TODAY, THIS ONE DOCK CAN GO SIDE BY SIDE. I WOULD APPRECIATE SOME DECORUM. >> IF WE CAN KEEP ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS JUST TO A QUIET AT THE
MOMENT AND LET HIM HAVE THE FLOOR. SO AGAIN THIS IS WHAT IS EXISTING AND AGAIN THE PROPOSAL IS TO KEEP WHAT IS EXISTING WHICH AGAIN IS VESTED AND LEGALLY NONCONFORMING. AS IT RELATES TO TURNAROUND, NOT
SCIENTIFIC, BUT THE MINIMUM WIDTH REQUIRED FOR A BOAT TO TURN AROUND IS ITS LENGTH UNLIKE A CAR WHICH HAS DIFFERENT TURNING MANEUVERS REQUIRES DIFFERENT TYPE OF AUTO TURN ANALYSIS. SO THIS IS THE CRITERIA AS SET
FORTH IN THE, IN THE CITY'S CODE. WE MEET ALL CRITERIA AS FURTHER SUPPORTED BY THE STAFF'S ANALYSIS, AND FOR MY LAST MENTION, I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS READ OUT A CONDITION OF
APPROVAL, WHICH WOULD OR SHOULD ALLEVIATE THE NEIGHBOR'S CONCERNS. THE CONDITION OF APPROVAL WOULD STATE PROVIDE AN EXHIBIT WHICH DEPICTS INDIVIDUAL DOCK LIMITS TO BE UP TO ONE QUARTER THE WIDTH OF THE WATERWAY OR WHAT IS CURRENTLY EXISTING AS SHOWN ON
THE PLANS PREPARED BY A PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN SURVEYING DATED MAY 6th, 2025. SO I HAVE DISCUSSED THIS CONDITION OF APPROVAL WITH STAFF. THEY WILL COME UP AND PROVIDE THEIR OWN OPINION. BUT WITH THE VARIANCE, IT
ESTABLISHED THEIR ABILITY TO REPAIR AND REPLACE THE EXISTING DOCKS, SO THESE DOCKS, SOME OF THEM ARE DECADES OLD. THEY ARE IN NEED OF REPAIR, SO THERE IS A LIFE SAFETY ISSUE FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO COME IN AND SEEK A PERMIT AND THIS ALL
ORIGINATED FROM ONE OF THE OWNERS COMING IN TO GET A PERMIT TO REPLACE THEIR DOCK, NOT TO EXTEND IT, BUT JUST TO REPLACE IT BECAUSE SOME OF THE PILINGS ARE DEGRADING. THEY NEED NEW DECKING. BUT UNFE -- UNFORTUNATELY, ZONING FLAGGED AN ISSUE RELATING
TO THE CURRENT L, DR. Rs. THIS IS JUST ESTABLISHING WHAT'S THERE TODAY, AND THAT IS THE REQUEST, AND I WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT THE BOARD OR THE COMMISSION MIGHT HAVE. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS? FROM THE COMMISSION?
>> FOR THE GRAPH THAT YOU HAD WITH THE BOAT TURNING AROUND, WHAT SIZE BOAT IS THAT? >> I COULDN'T EVEN TELL YOU. >> SO IS IT REALISTIC GRAPH? I JUST WANT TO THROW THAT OUT THERE. BECAUSE THAT -- THAT'S A VERY SUBJECTIVE THING.
I UNDERSTAND, AND I APPRECIATE THE, I APPRECIATE THE CONDITION OF APPROVAL THAT YOU'RE PRESENTING BEFORE US, BUT YOU KNOW I JUST, THAT IS A -- TO ME THAT IS MISLEADING. I KNOW THIS CANAL. AND YOU KNOW, FOR A 16-FOOT, 17,
18-FOOT BOAT MAYBE BUT WHEN YOU GET IN MID-20s, THAT'S NOT REALISTIC. THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. THE REST OF MY QUESTIONS WILL PROBABLY BE FOR STAFF. WITH REGARDS TO THE WATER RIGHTS, FOR THE NEIGHBORS, BECAUSE I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF
THEY WANTED TO DO THE SAME THING, AND THEY COULD IN THEORY EXPAND THEIR DOCK SPACE, THEN NO ONE'S GETTING IN OR OUT. AND SO YOU KNOW, I JUST, THAT'S A QUESTION I HAVE FOR STAFF BUT I DO APPRECIATE YOU PROPOSING
SOMETHING THAT WFL HELP YOU KNOW YOU KNOW MITIGATE THE CONCERNS OF THE RESIDENTS. I DO APPRECIATE SO THANK YOU FOR COMING PREPARED WITH THAT. >> YI APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENT AND JUST TO CLARIFY, THE INTENT AND REQUEST IS NOT TO EXPAND ANY DOCKS, IT'S JUST TO ESTABLISH
WHAT IS EXISTING TODAY. BUT IF THERE IS ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSION, I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER. >> DO YOU WANT STAFF TO COME UP? >> YEP.
>> I THINK STAFF HAS A -- >> YEP. >> PRINCIPAL PLANNER, WE DO HAVE A PRESENTATION READY. >> SO IT IS 800 METERS AWAY VARIANCE AND WE WILL GO INTO LOCATION AGAIN AS THAT ONE WAS COVERED. THE OVERVIEW AGAIN IS THE
REQUEST FROM CODE SUPPLEMENTAL REGULATIONS TO ALLOW A DOCK TO EXCEED THE QUARTER WIDTH OF THE CANAL, WHERE THE WATERWAY IN THIS CASE MAXIMUM OF 32 FEET. SOME OF THE BACKGROUND ON THIS SLIDE AGAIN, AS WE PRESCRIBED YOU WILL SEE SOME DIFFERENCE IN THAT ACREAGE RIGHT THERE.
THIS IS 2.52 BECAUSE THE ACREAGE IN PARTICULAR FOR WHERE THE DOCKS ARE LOCATED IS WITHIN A TRACT SO SO THIS PRESENT IS BASED OFF OF THAT WHILE THE APPLICANT'S PRESENTATION IS BASED O OFF THE ENTIRETY OF THE DEVELOPMENT JUST IN CASES THERE WERE QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT. AGAIN MOST OF THE DECKS THAT
WERE FOUND THROUGH STAFF'S RESEARCH, AT LEAST LIT LEAL 95% OF THEM -- LITERALLY 95% OF THEM WERE FOUND TO BE ALREADY PERMITTED PREVIOUSLY BEFORE. DOESN'T MEAN THE OTHER ONES WEREN'T BUT THAT'S WHAT STAFF WERE ABLE TO FIND. THAT BEING SAID THE PORTION OF THE LEGAL NONCONFORMITY WAS BROUGHT UP IN THE STAFF REPORT THAT WAS PREPARED FOR COMMISSION
THAT IF A, ANY LEGAL NONCONFORMITY ARE SUBJECT TO REGULATIONS IF THEY ARE TO BE PULL FULLY REPAIRED OR REPLACED IN THAT CASE IF IT'S 50% OR MORE THEN THEY ARE REQUIRED TO COME INTO COMPLIANCE WITH CURRENT CODE. AND IF THERE IS AN EVALUATION HIGHER THAN 30% AS WELL, THERE
ARE CERTAIN CONDITIONS THAT ANY NEW DEVELOPMENT HAS TO COME INTO COMPLIANCE. THEREFORE, ANY SEVERAL DOCKS THAT DO EXCEED THAT CURRENT QUARTER OF THE WIDTH WOULD NOT BE FIT TO BE ABLE TO COME THAT WAY. THEY WOULD HAVE TO EITHER APPLY FOR THE VARIANCE OR MEET CODE.
THROUGHOUT THE STAFF REPORT AND THE PRODUCT STATEMENT THAT WAS SENT OVER BY THE APPLICANT YOU CAN TELL THAT SOME OF THE JUSTIFICATION WAS THE NATURAL SHORELINES THE MANGROVES, THE DEPTHS OF THE WATER THAT WOULD NEGATE THAT PROCESS TO BE ABLE TO COME CLOSER TO THE SHORELINE.
THEREFORE, THAT'S WHY STAFF DOES SUPPORT THE APPLICATION. YOU'LL SEE ON THE SCREEN BEFORE YOU I KNOW IT'S A LITTLE BIT SMALL BUT THERE IS A GREEN LINE. A BLUE LINE AND THEN THERE ARE RED MEASUREMENTS. THE RED MEASUREMENTS ARE THE ESTIMATED WIDTH OF THE CANAL. THE BLUE LINE IS THE ESTIMATED
LOCATION OF THE 32-FOOT MAXIMUM LENGTH WHILE THE GREEN LINE WOULD BE WHAT THE MAXIMUM FOR THE WHAT WOULD BE PERMITTED BY CODE. THIS IS FOR THE STAKEHOLDER PORTIONS OF IT SO THE APPLICATION IS REQUIRED TO BOTH POST A SIGN ON THE PROPERTY AND
POST OR SEND NOTIFICATIONS TO PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 7400 FEET OF THE APPLICATION UPON THE SIGNS POSTINGS WHEN STAFF DID RECEIVE SOME COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE HOA TO THE SOUTH AND TO MY REGRET I DID NOT REALIZE THEY WERE SEPARATE HOAs OR THERE
WOULD'VE BEEN LOT MORE FURTHER COMMUNICATION. HOWEVER, STAFF DOES APOLOGIZE FOR THAT BUT UPON HEARING THAT WE DID TRY TO WORK WITH THE HOA AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. WE DID RECEIVE A LETTER FROM THE ATTORNEY. I DID HEAR COMMUNICATION THAT WAS NOT BROUGHT UP BECAUSE IT'S
IN MY FIRST VARIANCE WITH THE CITY OF BUOYANTEN BUOYANTEN AND -- BOYNTON AND I AGAIN APOLOGIZE FOR THAT. WE DO SUPP SUPPORT THIS AS IT DOES MEET THE GENERAL CRITERIA FOR THE VARIANCE REQUEST. IF THE, CITY COMMISSION DOES
SUPPORT THE CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL, THAT THE APPLICANT DID SUPPORT THEN WE CAN WORK WITH THEM TO BE ABLE TO CREATE THAT DOCUMENT THAT ONLY THE DOCKS AS THEY CURRENTLY ARE ARE THE ONLY ONES THAT CAN COME IN MEETING THAT CURRENT CRITERIA OR IF THEY COULD MEET THE QUARTER WIDTH OF
THE CANAL OR AGAIN THE MAXIMUM WOULD STILL BE THE 32-FOOT FOR THAT ONE DOCK. I BELIEVE THAT'S QUESTIONS FOR STAFF. >> MAYOR: I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SIGH IT. I NEED A VISUAL, SO.
>> YEAH, MY POSITION IS I'D LIKE TO TABLE THIS ITEM. A LOT MORE QUESTIONS. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR HOLDING YOURSELF ACCOUNTABLE. YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO THAT. SO THANK YOU. YOU KNOW, THERE WAS CONFUSION ABOUT THE HOAs. I THINK MORE COMMUNICATION NEEDS TO HAPPEN, AND I HAVE A LOT MORE
QUESTIONS AND FOR SAKE OF TIME AND DUE DILIGENCE WHICH I'M NOT GOING TO MAKE THE SAME MISTAKE AGAIN, I AM GOING TO ASK THAT WE TABLE AND MAKE A MOTION TO TABLE THIS ITEM. >> YEP AND I'LL -- I AGREE, I'LL SECOND YOUR MOTION, AND I DO WANT TO SAY, YOU KNOW, I APPLAUD YOU FOR MAKING THAT SECOND
COMMENT YOU MADE ABOUT WHAT WOULD HAPPEN WITH THE ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNER IF THEY NEEDED TO OR IF THEY WANTED TO HAVE THE SAME ABILITY TO EXTEND. AS WELL. ARE WE ABLE TO DO THAT? AND IF THE ANSWER IS NO, THEN WE REALLY NEED TO THINK ABOUT THAT AND YOU KNOW BE FAIR WITH ALL
PROPERTY OWNERS. >> OKAY, SO WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER TURKIN AND A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER CRUZ TO TABLE THE VARIANCE REQUEST FOR -- >> FOR TABLING? >> PARDON ME. >> PUBLIC COMMENT. >> MY BAD. COME OBUP.
LINE UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. >> MY NAME IS MIKE DELGADO. I LIVE IN MANATEE CODE. FIRST AND FOREMOST, I DON'T THINK ANYBODY'S GOING TO EXTEND THEIR DOCK 32 FEET INTO THE CANAL.
MY PURPOSE OF THE VARIANCE IS TO REBUILD MY EXISTING DOCK THAT HAS DETERIORATED TO THE POINT OF BEING UNSAFE AND UNUSABLE: THE CURRENT STRUCTURE IS ABILITY TO COLLAPSE INTO THE -- IS ABOUT TO COLLAPSE INTO THE WATER AND POSE A HAZARD NOT ONLY TO OUR PROPERTY BUT TO THE AESTHETICS
AND THE OVERALL SAFETY OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE NEIGHBORS ACROSS THE CANAL ARE FACED DAILY WITH THE VIEWING OF THIS UNSIGHTLY ROTTING EYE SORE THAT NEGATIVELY IMPACTS THE ILAGE AND VALUE OF OF OUR COMMUNITY. BY REBUILDING THE DOCK, I AM
IMPROVING THE APPEARANCE AND THE SAFETY OF THE AREA, WHICH ULTIMATELY BENEFITS THE PROPERTY OWNERS AND PRESERVE THE ENHANCED THE PROPERTY VALUES. CONCERNS HAVE BEEN RAISED ABOUT LARGER BOATS IN THE CANAL AND NAVIGATION. LET US BE CLEAR. THE PROJECT DOES NOT ENCROACH
FURTHER INTO THE WATERWAY. IF A VESSEL CANNOT SAFELY RESPONSIBLY NAVIGATE THE CANAL WITH THE EXISTING DOCK CONFIGURATIONS THEN IT'S LIKELY THE VESSEL IS TOO LARGE OR THE OPERATOR MAY NEED TO RECONSIDER THEIR BOATING CAPABILITIES. THE EFFORT IS NOT ONLY ABOUT
PERSONAL PROPERTY RIGHTS. IT'S ABOUT MAINTAINING THE INTEGRITY AND APPEAL OF OUR SHARED COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE ON PUBLIC COMMENT? AND IF THERE IS ANYONE ELSE, PLEASE COME DOWN TO THE PODIUM
NOW. OKAY. >> WE'RE GOING TO START WITH IN PERSON AND THEN WE WILL GO ONLINE. SO IF -- >> I'M FOR -- >> YOU'RE THE AUDIENCE SO YOU WANT TO GIVE COMMENT ON THIS ITEM. >> I WAS GOING TO LET OUR ATTORNEY SPEAK FIRST IF THAT WAS -- ARE WE GOING TO BE ABLE TO HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT AFTER OUR ATTORNEY SPEAKS? >> TYPICALLY IF WE'RE TABLING AN
ITEM WE WOULDN'T ALLOW PUBLIC COMMENT WE WOULD ALLOW -- IT'S TABLED. NOEDECISION IS BEING MADE TODAY SO WE WOULD TYPICALLY ALLOW PUBLIC COMMENT WHEN THIS COMES BACK UP. >> SO -- >> CAN I JUST VOICE MY COMMENT? >> I THINK BECAUSE PEOPLE SHOWED UP WE SHOULD HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT. GO AHEAD AND GO. THEN YOU GO, THEN THE ATTORNEY
WILL GO BECAUSE MAYBE THE ATTORNEY WILL CHIME IN ON SOMETHING ONE OF YOU GUYS SAYS SO -- >> YOU KNOW WHAT THE PROPER FORMAT WAS SO YOU GO, THREE MINUTES. >> BARRY KATZ FROM MAY MAR INER VILLAGE. I WOULD LIKE TO STATE A LOT OF
THEIR DOCKS THAT ARE ALREADY OUT IN THE CANAL HAVE DAVITS. SO THAT NOT ONLY IS THE LENGTH OF THEIR CANAL NOW THEY HAVE A DAVIT OUTSIDE THEIR CANAL. OUR SIDE WE DON'T HAVE DAVITS. SO IF WE WERE TO END UP PUTTING IN DAVITS WHICH IS UP TO OUR PREROGATIVE ON OUR PROPERTY
LINE, THAT NOW CREATES A NAVIGATIONAL PROBLEM WITHIN THE CANAL. THIS IS COMMON IF YOU CAN'T TURN A BOAT AROUND CORRECTLY, I'VE BEEN BOATING SINCE THE AGE OF 13, I CAN TURN A BOAT AROUND. MY BOAT IS 34 FEET LONG. I NEED EVERY BIT OF SPACE IN
THAT CANAL TO NAVIGATE MY BOAT IN A CIRCLE. >> IT'S TOO BIG. >> WELL, THAT'S YOUR OPINION. YOU KNOW, I'M ALLOWED TO HAVE THAT SIZE BOAT. >> NO COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE. >> I'M ALLOWED TO HAVE THAT SIZE BOAT ON MY PROPERTY THAT IS DEEDED, MY DOCK IS DEEDED FOR A 34-FOOT DOCK. SO AGAIN, THAT IS A PROBLEM. SO I'M JUST, YOU DO NEED TO COME
OUT AND SEE THE SITE. IT'S NOT A CLEAN -- AGAIN THE OTHER ISSUE IS IF IT'S A ISSUE OF HOW DEEP THE CANAL IS, THERE'S A RESOLUTION TO THAT, AND THAT IS TO DREDGE THE CANAL. WHICH WE HAVE DONE OVER THE YEARS, BECAUSE AS TIME GOES, THE CANALS WILL FILL IN WITH
DEBRIS. AND JUST LIKE THEY JUST DID AT THE BOAT RAMP, YOU HAVE TO DREDGE THESE CANALS. SO IF YOU NEED MORE WATER, THAT'S ONE OF THE OPTIONS IS TO DREDGE THE CANAL. SO. >> THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: NEXT PLEASE. >> THEN YOU'LL BE NEXT.
>> MIKE REESE AGAIN, JUST REAL QUICKLY. I JUST DON'T KNOW UNDERSTAND WHY THE VARIANCE WOULD BE FOR THE ENTIRE SIDE THE NORTH SIDE OF THAT CANAL. IF WE'VE GOT ONE DOCK THAT'S IN QUESTION, 32 FEET, THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO I GUESS KIND OF BACK
INTO YOU KNOW PERMITTING AND REBUILDING, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALL FOR THAT. WE WANT THE DOCKS TO BE SAFE AND WELL CONSTRUCTED AND PUT TOGETHER PROPERLY, BUT THE WAY THAT I LOOK AT THAT VARIANCE, IT'S A, A BLANKET VARIANCE FOR THE WHOLE SIDE. SO THAT MEANS EVERYBODY GETS TO
KICK THEIR DOCKS OUT 10 FEET. AND THAT, THAT WOULD CAUSE PROBLEMS AND FOR SURE TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION I'M NOT GOING UNDER OATH, THAT WOULD NOT WORK IF WE PUT OUR DOCKS OUT 10 FEET AS WELL. YOU KNOW, THEN, THEN NOBODY'S
GETTING ANYWHERE. INSIDE OF THAT DOCK AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU. >> YOU GO. >> HI, KEVIN BEADY, I'M AT 752 MARINER'S WAY. I JUST PURCHASED THERE. I'M THE 32-FOOT DOCK EXTENSION THAT'S OUT THERE. I'VE BEEN LOOKING AT THIS COMMUNITY AND THE COMMUNITY
ACROSS THE WAY FOR SEVERAL YEARS. IT'S A DREAM FOR ME TO LIVE THERE. I'M REALLY EXCITED TO BE THERE. I LOVE OUR NEIGHBORS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE CANAL. WE DO A FISHING TOURNAMENT EVENT WITH THEM EVERY SINGLE YEAR WHERE WE COME TOGETHER, WE TALK ABOUT WHAT WE CAUGHT AND DIDN'T
CATCH LIKE LAST YEAR, WOO ECELEBRATE TOGETHER AT THE POOL, WE HAVE A GREAT TIME. THERE IS NO INTENT FOR US TO ENCROACH INTO THE WATERWAY ANYMORE THAN WE ALREADY HAVE. WE BOUGHT THIS PROPERTY BECAUSE OF THE MANGROVES AND BECAUSE OF THE DOCK AND BECAUSE OF THE NEIGHBORS AND WE WANT TO KEEP IT
THAT WAY. WE ARE NOT EXTENDING ANY FURTHER INTO THE CANAL. I APOLOGIZE IF IT APPEARS THAT THAT'S THE CASE, THAT'S NOT OUR INTENTION WHATSOEVER. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT INDIVIDUAL VARIANCES WERE FILED. WE WERE TOLD THAT WE NEEDED TO
FILE AS AN ENTITY ALTOGETHER, SO HERE WE ARE. ASKING FOR A VARIANCE AS A COMMUNITY AS DIRECTED, WE'RE PROTECTING OURSELVES AND OUR NEIGHBORS BY SAYING WE'RE NOT EXTENDING ANY FURTHER INTO THE CANAL, I HAVE A BOAT THAT'S NOT
AS BIG AS BARRY'S BUT I NEED ALL THE HOPE THAT I CAN GET TO TURN AROUND AND I DON'T WANT TO SEE ANYBODY ELSE BUILT INTO THE CANAL EITHER. SO I WOULD ASK YOU GIVE US THIS VARIANCE SO WE CAN FIX OUR DOCKS AS THEY ARE RIGHT NOW, NOT EXTEND ANY FURTHER INTO THE
CANAL, AND MOVE ON, AND ENJOY OUR TIME HERE. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU. NEXT, SIR, IF YOU COULD COME UP TO THE PODIUM. >> GOOD EVENING, I LIVE IN MANATEE COVE, WE'RE APPLYING FOR THE VARIANCE.
THE INITIAL INTENT WAS WE HAD A COUPLE OF RESIDENTS THAT WANTED TO REBUILD THEIR DOCK AND DO THE RIGHT THING AND PULL PERMITS. THIS IS THE REQUIREMENT FROM THE CITY. THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE. SPENDING THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS ON SURVEYS AND THEN THE CITY SAID THAT'S NOT A CORRECT SURVEY AND
THEN WE ARE SPENDING THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS ON ANOTHER SURVEY, NOW WE HAVE A LAND USE ATTORNEY, AND OUR INTENT, OUR RESIDENTS' INTENT IS TO ENJOY AND USE THEIR DOCK AS INTENDED. NOT TO EXTEND IT OUT 32 FEET INTO THE CANAL MAKING IT DIFFICULT FOR OUR NEIGHBORS ON
THE OTHER SIDE AND MARINER'S WAY OR MARINER'S VILLAGE, SO THAT IS, THAT WAS OUR ORIGINAL INTENT. IT WAS THE REQUIREMENT BY THE CITY. THIS IS WHY WE'RE ALL STANDING HERE TONIGHT. THE INTENT WAS NOT TO EXTEND OUR DOCKS ANOTHER STENFEET INTO T THE -- 10 FEET INTO THE CANAL.
THEY WANTED TO DO THE RIGHT THING. PULL A PERMIT. HIRE A CONTRACTOR BUT HERE WE ARE. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. NEXT PLEASE. >> AGAIN, BRETT SE SURUBY, MARINER'S VILLAGE WE HAVE FRIENDS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE CANAL.
I'M NOT HERE TO RUFFLE ANY FEATHERS. WE DO GET ALONG. IF YOU DO GIVE APPROVAL FOR 10 EXTRA FEET FOR DOCKS, PEOPLE ARE GOING TO DO IT. I KNOW IF I MOVED IF THIS NEIGHBORHOOD AND I BOUGHT A HOUSE AND I HAD TO ARE DO THE -- REDO THE DOCK AND YOU SAID YOU CAN ACTUALLY GO 10 FEET FURTHER
I'M GOING 10 FEET FEET FURTHER WITHOUT A DOUBT, THERE'S NO DOUBT IN MY MIND AND AS COMMUNITIES START TO HAVE TURNAROUND THERE NEW PEOPLE ARE COMING IN AND WILL TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE 10-FOOT DOCK. NOT SAYING ANYONE IS TRYING TO DO HARM HERE BUT IF YOU PUT IT INTO PLAY, THEN PEOPLE WILL USE
IT AND CREATE A NIGHTMARE. I'M GOING TO PUT IN TO MAKE A MOTION TO GIVE US 10 MORE FEET. IFIF YOU DO PUT IT IN PLAY THAT'S WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. I DON'T THINK THERE'S MALINTENT WITH WHAT'S GOING ON BECAUSE IT'S ONE PERSON THAT THEY WANT TO HAVE RIGHT NOW BUT IF WE DO
APPROVE THIS YEARS GO BY AND NOW OUR CANAL HAS STUTTERED DOCKS PUSHING OUT AND WE'RE NOW NAVIGATING THIS WEIRD CANAL THAT'S NO LONG ARGOOD HOUSE IN THE WATER. IT'S NOW A TOUGH SPOT TO LIVE. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU. >> IF YOU'VE ALREADY MADE A PUBLIC COMMENT -- YEAH, YOU
CAN'T SPEAK AGAIN. AND WERE YOU SWORN IN? YEAH. YOU NEED TO BE SWORN IN. MAYLEE? THANK YOU. >> [SWEARING IN]
72 YES, I DO. >> THANK YOU. >> AGAIN, I'M CHARLIE WIENER, I'M WITH BOYNTON BEACH MARINER VILLAGE ACROSS THE CANAL FROM THE COMMUNITY ASKING FOR THE VARIANCE. AND I GUESS I JUST WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT THAT IT DOES FEEL IN OUR COMMUNITY LIKE THERE WAS A
LACK OF COMMUNICATION AND AN ESCALATED TIMELINE ON FOR US DEALING WITH THIS. AND IF I HEARD CORRECT, I THINK SOME OF THAT WAS A MISTAKE ON THE PART OF THE CITY, AND I'M HEARING THAT THE CITY, THAT THE MARINER'S WAY HAD SUBMITTED
INDIVIDUAL VARIANCES AND THEN THE CITY SAID NO, YOU NEED TO SUBMIT AN ASSOCIATION VARIANCE, AND I'M JUST WONDERING IF SOME OAF THAT DECISION MAKING PROCESS AND HOW THE CITY DEALT WITH MARINER'S WAY WAS BECAUSE THEY DID NOT REALIZE THAT WE ARE TWO DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES.
SO I THINK THERE WERE A LOT OF THINGS THAT MAYBE DIDN'T WORK AS PERFECTLY AS THEY SHOULD HAVE GOING INTO THIS, AND I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE THAT WHOLE VARIANCE REWRITTEN AND READDRESSED GOING FORWARD.
IN A WAY THAT WON'T CAUSE SO MUCH ANGST ON BOTH SIDES IN BOTH COMMUNITIES. THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO SAY. >> THANK YOU. >> IF YOU'RE COMING UP TO MAKE A COMMENT AND YOU HAVEN'T BEEN SWORN IN, PLEASE BE SWORN IN.
>> I CAN DO IT AGAIN IF YOU WOULD LIKE. >> MAYLEE. >> [SWEARING IN] >> I DO. >> THANK YOU. >> MY NAME IS MARTIN. I LIVE IN MANATEE COVE. I'D LIKE TO AGREE WITH BRETT AND WITH MARY.
I THINK THAT THEY ARE UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IS TRYING TO DO WHAT THEY THINK THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO BUT WE'RE NOT. WE'RE NOT ASKING TO STICK OUT ANYMORE. THE ATTORNEY SHOWED THE BLUE LINE AND THE GREEN LINE. THAT'S JUST WHERE THE STUFF ALREADY IS. BUT THE PEOPLE IN MY
NEIGHBORHOOD ARE TRYING TO GET PERMITS TO FIX THEIR DOCK CORRECTLY. AND I'VE BEEN THERE FOR 15 YEARS, AND PERSONALLY I CAN TELL YOU THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE. SO IN ORDER TO DO THE RIGHT THING, WE HAVE TO GET THIS VARIANCE. AND THAT'S ALL WE'RE ASKING FOR. THEY DREW THE LINE ON THE MAP.
IF BRETT WANTED TO STICK HIS DOCK OUT, WE WOULD BE PISSED, YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND IT, I UNDERSTAND BARRY'S POINT. I UNDERSTAND SOME OF THE OTHER PEOPLE'S TOO. BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE DOING. ALL WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS GET RIGHT WITH THE CITY SO WE CAN FIX OUR DOCKS CORRECTLY TO THE LAW, TO THE CODE, BECAUSE IT'S
JUST THE WILD WEST OVER THERE. YOU'VE BEEN THERE. IT'S COOL PLACE BUT IT'S THE WILD WEST BECAUSE NOBODY CAN GET A PERMIT SO WHY BOTHER EVEN TRYING. AND THAT'S NOT THE CITY THAT I THINK ANYWAY OF US WANT TO LIVE IN. SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE ASKING FOR THE VARIANCE.
IT'S WHAT THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT WANTS US TO DO, SO WE'RE JUST TRYING TO COMPLY. ANYWAY THAT'S ALL I GOT. THANK YOU. >> OKAY. [APPLAUSE] >> HELLO, MY NAME IS --
>> YOU NEED TO BE SWORN IN. >>> [SWEARING IN] >> I DO. THANK YOU. >> MY NAME IS VERONICA DEL GUARDIO AND I AM THE REASON WE ARE HERE. OUR DOCK HAS BEEN FALLING APART. WE HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH THIS
FOR THREE YEARS OR MORE TRYING TO REBUILD OUR DOCK. WE CAME TO THE CITY AND ASKED FOR A PERMIT. WE DID THE APPLICATION. WE DID THE WHOLE NINE YARDS, AND THEN WE WERE DENIED. THE CITY REQUESTS US TO DO THE
VARIANCE, SO WE FOLLOW IN THE OF THE CITY AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE. THEY TOLD US WE DON'T KNOW HOW TO DO THE VARIANCE SO WE HAVE TO CALL AN ATTORNEY, AND WE HAVE TO COMPLY WITH WHAT THE CITY REQUESTS. WE WANT TO GO FURTHER, OKAY BUT THE CITY SAYS THAT THIS IS THE
PROCESS THAT WE NEED TO FOLLOW SO THIS IS WHAT WE ARE. WE DON'T LIKE I SAID -- WE STATE IF YOU THINK THAT WE'RE GOING TO GO 10 FEET IN THE WATER, IT'S GOING TO BE, IT'S NOT GOING TO BE BENEFICIAL TO US EITHER. WE WANT TO HAVE PROBLEMS, SO WE CAN COME IN AND OUT.
SO THERE IS NOT WHAT WE INEND IT TO DO SO WE JUST ASK FOR PERMISSION TO BUILD MY DOCK IS FALLING APART. IT'S LIKE I MEAN THE PILINGS ARE LIKE THIS LIKE A TIMING CLOCK I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU CALL IT. BUT IT IS LIKE THAT. AND REALLY WE NEED IT.
IT'S LIKE A WE PLEADING FOR THAT. WE JUST NEED TO DO REBUILD NO REBUILD IT, REPLACE OUR DOCK. THAT'S ALL WE ASKING FOR. AND IF IT'S ANY CLAUSE WE HAVE TO PUT, I DON'T KNOW, LIKE WE SAY WE FOLLOWING WHAT THE CITY
OR THE ZONE OR WHOEVER TOLD US TO APPLY, WE JUST FOLLOWING THEIR REQUESTS. THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. NOW LET'S MOVE ONONLINE WE HAVE GUY, WE HAVE THE ATTORNEY,. >> GOOD EVENING. >> I NEED HIM TO BE PRESENT ON
THE SCREEN SO I CAN PHYSICALLY SEE HIM BE SWORN IN. OTHERWISE WE CAN'T ALLOW ONLINE COMMENTS. OKAY. THERE YOU ARE. >> GOOD EVENING. >> [SWEARING IN] >> I DO.
>> THANK YOU. >> SO WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY. I REPRESENT THE ASSOCIATION ELOQUENTLY CALLED THE ONE ACROSS THE, ACROSS THE CANAL. I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU'RE TABLING IT. I THINK WHAT THE COMMISSION IS HEARING IS A LOT OF MISUNDERSTANDING ON BOTH ENDS OF IT. YOU'RE GOT A VARIANCE REQUEST
ACROSS THE BOARD FOR 32 LANES DOCK. YOU'VE GOT PEOPLE SAYING WE ONLY WANT ONE OF THOSE DOCKS WHICH IS AN EXISTING 32 TO BE DONE. WE NEED BETTER LANGUAGE IN THIS. I DID TALK TO GABE ABOUT THIS. I WAS TRYING TO SUGGEST LANGUAGE IN MY LETTER WHICH YOU ALL RECEIVED.
SO YOU KNOW, ALL OF THE DRAWINGS, ALL OF THE RENDITIONS IN THE LETTER ARE TAKEN FROM THE APPLICANT. NOT FROM ME. AND AS YOU CAN SEE, FROM THOSE RENDITIONS, FROM THOSE DRAWINGS AND THOSE OVERHEADS, IT IS NOT A
PARALLEL SET OF SEA WALLS OR EQUIDISTANT ALONG THE CANAL AND THAT'S PART OF THE PROBLEM AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT. AND THAT'S WHY A BLANKET VARIANCE ALLOWING THIS ACROSS THE BOARD WON'T WORK. AGAIN, I UNDERSTAND YOU'RE TABLING IT, WHAT I WANTED TO DO AND WHAT I SUGGESTED TO GABE IS THAT SIMILAR TO A STACKING ISSUE
A TURN ISSUE, THAT YOU NEED SOME TYPE OF STUDY TO SHOW WHAT THE IMPACT WOULD BE ON THE DIFFERENT AREAS THERE AND TO ENSURE THAT IT DOESN'TIRM P -- DOESN'T IMPACT THE TURN RADIUS OF ANYBODY'S VESSEL ON EITHER SIDE AND THAT YOU ACCOUNT FOR IT.
AND FINALLY WHAT I SUGGESTED IS THE FACT THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE A DREDGING PLAN IN PLACE. BECAUSE A LOT OF THIS HAS TO DO WITH THE DEPTH OF THE WATER, AND THE DESIRE OF THE APPLICANT TO HAVE THEIR DOCKS EXTEND FURTHER OUT SO THAT THEY ARE IN DEEPER WATER. WELL, AS I THINK IT WAS BARRY
WHO POINTED OUT SO ELOQUENTLY, AND I THANK YOU GUYS FOR MAKING EVERYBODY GO FIRST, THEY DID MY JOB MUCH BETTER THAN I CAN, IS THEY POINTED OUT THE FACT THAT OUR COMMUNITY DOES DREDGE, AND THAT NOT FREQUENT ENOUGH DO WE HAVE PARTICIPATION ON BOTH SIDES
WITH THE COST SHARING AND TO ALLOW DREDGING ON BOTH SIDES TO OCCUR. SO THERE IS A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT HAVE TO HAPPEN. I THINK THE, THE PLANNER ACKNOWLEDGED GRACEFULLY THAT MAYBE THERE WAS A LACK OF COMMUNICATIONS. WE WANT AN OPPORTUNITY.
WE MAY COMMISSION A STUDY, A MARINE STUDY TO BE ABLE TO COME IN THERE, TALK ABOUT THE DREDGING, TALK ABOUT THE TURN RADIUS, AND ABOUT LIMITATIONS THAT IS SPECIFICALLY SET FORTH TO ALL OF THE EXISTING DOCKS ON THE APPLICANT'S SIDE SO THAT THERE IS NOT A CONFUSION OF SOME
BLANKET ACROSS THE BOARD BECAUSE YOU HEAR EVERYBODY SAYING, WELL, OF COURSE WE DON'T WANT BLANKET ACROSS THE BOARD. BUT THE APPLICATION IS THE BLANKET ACROSS THE BOARD 32-FOOT. SO WITH ALL THAT, I DON'T WANT TO BELABOR IT. IT'S GETTING LATE. I'M SURE YOU ALL WANT TO GO HOME AS EVERYBODY ELSE THERE DOES AS
WELL, I JUST WANT TO ENSURE THAT WHILE WE HAVE TABLED IT AND I UNDERSTAND THAT IT HAS BEEN TABLED THAT THERE IS AN APPRECIATION OF WHAT'S LEFT TO REALLY DO HERE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE TO GO FORWARD ON THIS. SO IT'S A CLEAR ON BOTH SIDES AND IT BENEFITS BOTH SIDES AND THAT BOTH SIDES CAN PARTICIPATE
IN THE LONGEVITY OF USING THIS TO EVERYBODY'S SATISFACTION. THANK YOU. >> GO AHEAD. >> YES, SO WHAT I'M HEARING IS WE'RE JUST TRICING TO DO UT-- TRYING TO DO WHAT THE CITY TELLS
US TO DO AND WE WANT TO FIX OUR DOCKS WE WANT TO SPEND MONEY STAFF'S SAYING HERE'S WHAT YOU NEED TO DO. WE'RE THINKING IT'S ONE THING THEN WE'RE THINKING IT'S A BLANKET THEN WE DON'T KNOW THAT THESE ARE TWO DIFFERENT ASSOCIATIONS. WE ALL MAKE MISTAKES NO ONE'S PERFECT. RIGHT? SO I THINK WE NEED TO GO BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD ON THIS.
GET CREATIVE. TO WHERE BOTH HOAs CAN COME TO THE TABLE, RIGHT? BECAUSE IF YOU'RE NOT AT THE TABLE, WHAT DO YOU SAY? YOU'RE ON THE MENU. >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> SO I THANK EVERYONE FOR COMING OUT. YOU GUYS ARE JUST TRYING TO DO WHAT THE CITY'S TELLING YOU TO DO BASED ON CODE AND OUR
BUILDING DEPARTMENT, YOU KNOW STAFF IS TRYING TO DO THEIR BEST JOB, AND SO I THINK WE NEED TO, I'M GOING TO MAINTAIN MY POSITION ON TABLING THIS ITEM, AND GOING BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD I DO HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS FOR STAFF OFFLINE. AND I DO PROBABLY WANT TO TALK TO SOME OF THE NEIGHBORS AS WELL AND AGAIN MAKE ANOTHER SITE
VISIT. THANKS. >> IT'S A ROLL CALL. >> WE ALREADY ARE IT. YEAH WE ALREADY HAVE IT. WE HAVE THE SECOND. >> IT'S ALREADY BEEN MADE. THAT'S MY POINT. >> YEAH. >> OKAY. YOU HAVE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION? >> I'M AVAILABLE JUST TO ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS AND I COULD
CLARIFY SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN STATED IF THE COMMISSION WOULD LIKE ME TO. >> OKAY. NO, MY COMMENT IS AN FYI. OKAY?
WHEN YOU TABLE AN ITEM, OKAY, IT IS TABLED. NO FURTHER DISCUSSION. WE VOTED ON IT. WE AGREED THAT IT SHOULD BE TABLED. THERE'S NO MORE DISCUSSION. I UNDERSTAND WHAT WAS HAPPENING. THAT'S WHY I DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING
EARLIER BECAUSE IT WAS GREAT INFORMATION. AND WE NEEDED TO HEAR IT, BUT IF WE ARE ROBERT RULES OF ORDER IF WE'RE NOT, ONCE WE TABLE AN ITEM, IT IS TABLED UNLESS ONE OF US MAKE A MOTION TO TAKE IT OFF
THE TABLE. FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION. WHICH WE DID NOT DO. SO GOING BY WHATEVER RULES YOU WANT TO GO BY, THIS WHOLE DISCUSSION WAS FROM THAT SIDE OF THE FENCE ILLEGAL IF YOU WANT TO USE THAT TERM, BUT I UNDERSTAND
THE PURPOSE OF IT. THE PURPOSE OF WHAT WE'RE DOING. BUT WE JUST NEED GOING DOWN THE ROAD FROM THIS POINT ON, WE NEED TO GET SOME CLARITY ON THAT BECAUSE THIS WAS IMPROPER. THAT'S ALL I'M SAYING TO YOU. >> I UNDERSTAND, IT COMES OFF IMPROPER AND I GET IT.
I JUST THING THAT WE DID HAVE A FULL PACKED HOUSE OF PEOPLE AND THESE YOU KNOW SCHOOLS LETTING OUT AND PEOPLE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO COME TO ANOTHER MEETING AND YOU KNOW THE ONE THING THAT I THINK WE ALL NEED TO STEP UP A LITTLE BIT AS ELECTED OFFICIAL SAID IS TO BE AVAILABLE TO OUR CONSTITUENT BASE, SO I UNDERSTAND THAT MIGHT'VE STEPPED OUT OF THE BOUNDS OF
PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURE, BUT AT LEAST WE KNOW THAT WE DID HEAR BOTH SIDES OF THIS, SO I'M GRATEFUL FOR THAT. >> I WANT TO CONCUR, MAYOR. I THINK YOU DID THE RIGHT THING. >> LET'S MOVE ON. >> PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURE IS, IT'S GUIDELINES, IT'S NOT LAW. THERE IS NOTHING ILLEGAL ABOUT PAUSING AND LETTING RESIDENTS SPEAK WHO HAVE BEEN HERE FOR
THREE LO HOURS. >> MAYOR: BUT AM THE MEANTIME SINCE WE ALREADY HAVE A MOTION AND WE HAVE A SECOND. >> WE'VE ALREADY VOTED. WE VOTED ALREADY. >> MAYOR: WE DIDN'T VOTE THOUGH. WE JUST HAD THE MOTIONS BUT WE DIDN'T DO THE -- ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. YEP. >> [OFF MIKE]
>> MAYOR: YOU HAD THE SECOND. >> SECOND. >> MAYOR: ONE OF YOU SECONDED IT. SO COMMISSIONER TURKIN HAS MADE A MOTION TO TABLE. COMMISSIONER CRUZ MADE THE SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. MOST PASSIONS UNANIMOUSLY. -- MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THERE IS NO CITY MANAGER REPORT. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ONTO THE
REGULAR AGENDA ITEM SMTION T. THE FIRST ITEM FOR THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FISCAL YEAR 2025. CAN WE PLEASE HAVE STAFF BEGIN THEIR PRESENTATION?
WHERE IS STAFF? YEAH, AND FOR -- AND FOR THE NEXT PRESENTATION, STAFF ALREADY COME DOWN AND BE READY TO ROLL. >> ALL RIGHT, MAYOR VICE MAYOR AND COMMISSIONER, OUR GENERAL --
COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT MANAGER. I HAVE JUST A FEW SLIDES AND I'M GOING TO TRY TO BE PRETTY QUICK ON IT. SO THIS IS ABOUT THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT THE CITY GETS AND ALLOCATION FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT.
IF I CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. OKAY, AWESOME, THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, SO ALL RIGHT. GOTCHA. OKAY. THANK YOU. SO THIS YEAR HUD PUBLISHED THE ALLOCATION FOR THE CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH TO BE FINE 00,000
LET ME GET ME THING, $500,962. SO JUST FOR THE MAYOR'S EDICATION BECAUSE FIRST TIME DOING THIS, SO THESE LOCATION CAN BE SPLIT THREE WAYS. SO THE FIRST ONE WHICH IS THE MOSE POPULAR IS THE PUBLIC SERVICE PART OF IT.
WHICH IS 15% WHICH NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION USE THESE FUNDS TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE SOCIAL SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITY, IS ABOUT 77,000 THAT CAN BE ALLOCATED TOWARDS THESE 15%. SO 20% OF THAT GOES TOWARDS
PLANNING AND -- WHICH IS $103,000 JUST ROUNDING THINGS UP HERE, AND THE OTHER IS A 65% THAT CAN GO TO OTHER ACTIVITIES, WHICH CAN INCLUDE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, HOUSING AND REHABILITATION, PUBLIC FACILITY IMPROVEMENT, SO THAT'S THE OTHER PART OF IT.
SO THIS YEAR IF I'M TO GO AHEAD AND SWITCH THAT SLIDE HERE, THIS YEAR WE RECEIVE SEVERAL APPLICATION FROM NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION SO WE GET 9 APPLICATIONS FROM THE PUBLIC SERVICES NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, AND WE GOT ONE APPLICATION HERE FROM THE
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN THE CITY. SO THIS APPLICATIONS WERE GRADED BY OUR COMMITTEE, AND BASED ON THOSE GRADINGS, I HAVE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS AND ONCE AGAIN THIS IS JUST RECOMMENDATIONS OF HOW THE FUND CAN BE UTILIZED.
BUT IT'S UP TO CITY COMMISSION TO DECIDE THE WAY THIS FUNDING CAN GO TO, WHICHEVER ORGANIZATION THAT HAD APPLIED THAT ARE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE FUNDING THROUGH CDBG. SO THE FIRST ONE IS THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. THE BOYNTON BEACH POLICE
DEPARTMENT HAS, YOU KNOW, SHELTER PERSON AND VICTIM VIOLENT CRIME INITIATIVE, AND THESE ONES SERVICE HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS IN VICTIM OF A CRIME IN THE COMMUNITY TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THEM IMMEDIATE, I SAY IMMEDIATE HOUSING, SO ONE TO
FIVE NIGHTS STAY UNTIL PERMANENT HOUSING HAS BEEN PROVIDED TO THEM. EITHER THROUGH HOUSING PROVIDED TO THEM THROUGH RAPID REHOUSING OR OTHER COUNTY SERVICES. THE SECOND ONE IS -- THIS ONE
RECOMMENDING TO GIVE $35,000. THE REQUEST IS 70,000. BUT LAST YEAR WE GAVE THEM 35,000. THE PROGRAM IS MOVING AND VERY SUCCESSFUL AND IS ASSISTING INDIVIDUALS. SO THE SECOND ONE IS THE LEGAL AID SOCIETY. THE LEGAL AID SOCIETY ASSISTS TO
PROVIDE THE FAIR HOUSING ELEMENT WHICH IS A REQUIREMENT BY SEVERAL GRANTS THAT WE HAVE IN THE CITY. SO THEREFORE, THE LEGAL AID SOCIETY PROVIDE REPRESENTATION TO ELDERLY INDIVIDUALS AND PEOPLE DISCRIMINATED AGAINST, PROVIDING FAIR HOUSING WORKSHOPS HERE AT CITY HALL AND THE
COMMUNITY ROOM TO THE COMMUNITY TO BE ABLE TO EDUCATE ON THE RIGHTS. SO LEGAL AID SOCIETY IS ASKING FOR $10,000. WE ARE RECOMMENDING TO FULLY FUND THE LEGAL AID SOCIETY WITH $10,000. SO THE LAST ONE THAT ALSO BASED
ON THE SCORE WAS FEEDING SOUTH FLORIDA. FEEDING SOUTH FLORIDA HAS A PROGRAM, SENIOR MEALS PROGRAM. AND THEY ARE GOING TO PROVIDE WITH THE RECOMMENDATION THAT IS BEING GIVEN TO THEM, 18 SENIORS
PROVIDE 240 MEALS EACH FOR ONE YEAR. SO THIS ONE IS GOING TO BE PRETTY MUCH BRINGING THEM FOOD BECAUSE EACH MEAL IS GOING TO BE ABOUT $7.24. SO THAT'S THE OTHER RECOMMENDATION.
AND MOVING ON, THE NEXT ONE IS FOR THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT WANT TO PROVIDE MICROENTERPRISE. IT'S A GRANT PROGRAM GIVEN TO MICROENTERPRISES HERE IN BOYNTON BEACH, ESPECIALLY IN THE TARGET
AREAS, CDBG TARGET AREA. PROVIDING THEM A GRANT UP TO $20,000 TO BE ABLE TO CREATE JOBS IN SMALL BUSINESS. THE REQUIREMENTS ARE THEY HAVE TO BE ONE TO FIVE EMPLOYEES.
I'M SORRY, COMMISSIONER CRUZ, GO AHEAD. >> NO. JUST WHEN YOU'RE DONE. >> OKAY OKAY. SO THEY ARE GOING TO PROVIDE JOB TRAINING. AND ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THAT IS THAT THEY WOULD PROVIDE A FULL EMPLOYMENT TO THESE LOW-INCOME INDIVIDUALS.
SO THE NEXT ONE IS THE COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT. SO THIS ONE IS THE LIMITED REHABILITATION PROGRAM. THIS PROVIDES SERVICE TO ELDER AND/OR DISABLED HOMEOWNERS. SO WHAT WE DO IS WE GO AND
PROVIDE THIS REHABILITATION TO INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE ELDERLY LIKE I MENTIONED. AND WE DO COMBINE THIS ALLOCATION WITH THE CHIP PROGRAM. WE ADD ANOTHER $25,000 FROM THE
CHIP PROGRAM COMBINING TO $50,000 GRANT TO ELDERLY AND/OR DISABLED HOMEOWNERS WHERE WE CAN DO NEEDED REPAIRS. SO A LOT OF HOMEOWNERS THAT LIVE IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE CITY ARE BENEFITED FROM THIS PROGRAM. AND WE HAVE DONE AN IMPACT ON
THESE HOMEOWNERS THAT THEY CAN AFFORD TO PAY FOR THE ROOF, THEY CAN AFFORD TO PAY FOR IMPACT WINDOWS IN THEIR HOMES. SO IT HAS BEEN VERY POPULAR. SO WE ARE RECOMMENDING TO PUT INTO THIS PROGRAM 148,170.
AND THEN WE HAVE THE CONSTRUCTION COORDINATOR THAT COMES OUT OF THIS PART OF THE CDBG PROGRAM THAT COVER PARTIAL OF HIS SALARY WHICH IS ABOUT $90,000. THAT COME OUT OF THAT 65% PART OF THE GRANT ITSELF.
AND LASTLY, WE HAVE THE PLANNING ELEMENT UP TO 20% OF THE GRANT WHICH IS ABOUT $103,000. AND THAT IS TO PAY FOR THE PLANNING AND ADMINISTRATION OF THE GRANT ITSELF. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I WILL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN. >> MAYOR: GO AHEAD, COMMISSIONER CRUZ.
>> THANK YOU, MAYOR. QUICK, CAN YOU GO BACK? >> I'M SORRY. LET ME KNOW WHERE. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. FOR THE FIRST ONE, THE ONE THAT'S CALLED MICROENTERPRISE GRANT PROGRAM. >> YEAH. >> IS THERE ANY REQUIREMENT TO HAVE AN ACTUAL LOCATION? LIKE ONE THING THAT I HAVE --
ONE CONVERSATION THAT I HAVE HAD CONTINUOUS WITH MULTIPLE LOCAL BUSINESS OWNERS IS RENT. THEY ARE STRUGGLING TO MAKE ENDS MEET. YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY THEY HAVE LIMITED STAFF, DEFINITELY UNDER FIVE EMPLOYEES. BUT THEY ARE PAYING RENT AND THAT MAKES A DIFFERENCE FROM, YOU KNOW, HAVING A HOME-BASED
BUSINESS WHERE YOU MIGHT NOT BE PAYING RENT VERSUS YOU'RE BRICK AND MORTAR AND YOU'RE PAYING $8,000 A MONTH FOR RENT. AND YOU REALLY REALLY NEED THAT MONEY. THAT WAS KIND OF MY QUESTION. >> SO YEAH. ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THIS MICROENTERPRISE, NUMBER ONE, THAT THE BUSINESS THEMSELVES
HAVE TO BE LOCATED WITHIN THE CDBG TARGET AREA. SO THE REQUIREMENT OVER THE ELEMENT OF THIS IS THAT THESE BUSINESS THAT RECEIVE THIS GRANT SHOULD BE ABLE TO EMPLOY INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE LMI.
SO THE FUNDS ITSELF CAN BE UTILIZED TOWARD TRAINING, PROVIDING TOOLS FOR THE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE GOING TO BE EMPLOYED. LET'S SAY, FOR EXAMPLE, SOMEBODY HAS AN A.C. BUSINESS, AIR CONDITIONING BUSINESS. AND THEY REQUIRE THE TRAINING TO BE ABLE TO BECOME AN AIR TECH. SO THEN THIS GRANT CAN PROVIDE
THE INDIVIDUAL THE TRAINING. ALSO CAN PROVIDE THE TOOLS FOR THEM TO START WORKING AS AN INCENTIVE TO THE BUSINESS. THEN THE BUSINESS CAN GIVE $10,000 THAT CAN GO TOWARD THE SALARY, PARTIAL SALARY OR THE INDIVIDUAL THEY ARE EMPLOYING WITH THE CASH THAT THIS
INDIVIDUAL HAVE TO BE EMPLOYED PERMANENTLY FOR AT LEAST THREE TO FIVE YEARS. SO THAT'S ALL THE REQUIREMENT. AND YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT RENT. RENT COULD BE SOMETHING THAT COULD BE DONE, BUT IF YOU ARE THINKING ABOUT $8,000 OF RENT, THAT'S NOT GOING TO TALK YOU VERY FAR WITH THE AMOUNT OF
MONEY THAT'S GIVEN TO A BUSINESS EXTRBUSINESS. >> OKAY, THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? >> NO, THANK YOU, R.J. IT'S GOOD TO SEE A LOT OF THESE COME BACK. WE HAVE SEEN A LOT OF THESE WORK IN REALTIME. AND SO THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO. CANDACE, AS WELL.
I KNOW SHE'S IN THE AUDIENCE. THERE SHE IS. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE -- I KNOW ONE OF THE APPLICANTS WAS EYE CARE. >> YES. >> WITH SEA TURTLE ADVENTURES. THEY ARE ASKING FOR $25,000. SO I WOULD -- WHAT THEY DO IS THEY DO A LOT OF GREAT -- A LOT OF GREAT STUFF.
I WOULD LIKE THEM TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO A PRESENTATION OR, YOU KNOW, MAYBE REACH OUT TO MY COLLEAGUES TO LEARN A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THEM IN REFERENCE TO THE EYE CARE PROGRAM AND I BELIEVE IT IS $25,000. >> IT IS DEFINITELY.
AT THIS POINT, WE ARE LOOKING FROM THE CITY COMMISSION HERE TO GET SOME GUIDANCE OF HOW THE ALLOCATION WOULD LIKE TO BE. ONCE AGAIN, THE RECOMMENDATION THAT I DID WERE JUST RECOMMENDATION. IF CITY COMMISSION WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THE FUNDS AROUND AND CHOOSE ONE OF THE ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS
IN THAT LIST THERE, THAT IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT YOU WILL HAVE TO DECIDE. SO YOU WILL GIVE ME SOME GUIDANCE TODAY BECAUSE WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN NEXT ON THE STEP IN THE PROCESS IS I WILL PUBLISH THE DRAFT OF THE ACTION PLAN. AND ALSO WE WILL PUT AN AD IN THE NEWSPAPER AND CITY WEBSITE AND SAY THESE ORGANIZATIONS ARE
GOING TO GET THIS MUCH BASED ON CITY COMMISSION RECOMMENDATIONS. SO THAT'S THE NEXT STEP IN THE PROCESS. THEN AFTER THAT, ON AUGUST 5th, THIS PLAN IS GOING TO COME BACK TO YOU AFTER THE 30-DAY PUBLIC COMMENTS WHERE IT'S GOING TO BE FINALIZED.
HOWEVER, ONCE I PUBLISH THAT DRAFT, ALL THE ACTION PLAN, IT IS GOING TO LAY OUT WHERE THE MONEY IS GOING TO GO. >> YEAH. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SEA TURTLE ADVENTURES FOR THE EYE CARE PROGRAM ADDED TO THAT.
>> I DO REMEMBER RECEIVING AN EMAIL FROM THEM. DID THEY REQUEST 25,000 OR 5,000? >> I BELIEVE IT'S 25,000. >> 25,000, YEAH. >> 25,000. >> RIGHT HERE, I CAN -- IF YOU HAVE TIME AND YOU WANTED TO HEAR
T. I CAN READ THE LITTLE SYNAPSE THAT I HAVE HERE. SO THE EYE CARE PROGRAM USES TARGET ACTIVITY BASED LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES TO HELP YOUNG ADULTS WITH A.D.D. TO STAY ACTIVE, DEVELOP PHYSICAL AND
MENTAL STRAIN, MAKE HEALTHY LIFETIME CHOICES AND ADVOCACY. THE GOAL ARE ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH SEVERAL COMPONENTS. THE EYE CARE IS MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY 9:00 A.M. TO 2:00 P.M. UP TO 30 OF THOSE WITH A.D.D.
ATTEND EACH DAY TO PARTICIPATE IN A DIVERSE RANGE OF ACTIVITIES OUR BOYNTON BEACH HEADQUARTERS WITH BUSINESSES AROUND PALM BEACH COUNTY. IN 2024, THE DAY PROGRAM WAS EXPANDED FROM TWO TO THREE DAYS A WEEK TO MEET DEMANDS AND ALLOW
US TO INCLUDE MORE INDIVIDUALS FROM THE WAITING LIST. THE OTHER MAIN COMPONENT OF EYE CARE IS SOCIAL EVENTS. THE REQUESTED FUNDS IS TO PAY A SALARY FOR AN OUTREACH, ESPECIALLY FOR ONE YEAR. WE WILL SERVE TO INCREASE THE
PROGRAM PARTICIPATION SO THEY ARE ASKING FOR $25,000. AND THEY HAVE OTHER FUNDS FOR THIS PROJECT THAT ACCUMULATES TO $40,680. SO BY THE TOTAL PROJECT COST IS ABOUT AROUND 567,000 WITH $680.
SO THEY HAVE OTHER IN-KIND, OTHER RESOURCES THEY ARE BRINGING INTO THE TABLE. THEY ARE ASKING $25,000. >> AND WHAT CATEGORY ARE THEY? THEY ARE NOT PUBLIC SERVICES. >> THEY ARE PUBLIC SERVICE. THEY ARE IN THE 50% PUBLIC
SERVICE WHICH IS $77,000 THAT IS ALLOWED. SO IF YOU'LL GIVE THEM $25,000, THEN WE HAVE THE REMAINING OF THE FUNDS THAT CAN BE ALLOCATED FOR OTHER PROGRAMS. IF YOU WANT TO GO WITH THE RECOMMENDATION OF FUNDING THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, IT'S $35,000
THERE. SO THAT WILL ADD UP TO ABOUT $60,000, $10,000 THAT WE HAVE TO GIVE TO LEGAL AID SOCIETY BECAUSE AGAIN IT IS ABOUT $60 MILLION OF GRANT MONEY THAT REQUIRES THE FAIR HOUSING COMPONENT FOR THE CITY IN ORDER
FOR US TO BE IN COMPLIANCE. >> SO YOU'RE SAYING WE HAVE 70,000 FOR PUBLIC SERVICES. >> 77,000. >> 77,000. >> YES, MA'AM. >> OKAY. I REMEMBER IN PAST YEARS WE HAVE
GIVEN TO MULTIPLE ORGANIZATIONS, BUT ONE OF THEM HAS BEEN PATHWAY TO PROSPERITY. >> YES. >> WITH THE CIRCLES PROGRAM. I SEE THAT IN FISCAL YEAR '23 WE FUNDED THEM $35,000. AND FISCAL YEAR '22 WE FUNDED
THEM WITH $55,000. FISCAL YEAR '24 WE FUNDED THEM $35,000. SO I DO WANT TO ADD SOME FUNDING TO THEM AS WELL. I WOULD SUPPORT THE SEA TURTLES PROGRAM AS WELL. I THINK WE JUST HAVE TO FIGURE OUT THE DOLLAR AMOUNTS TO MAKE
SURE THAT WE CAN PROVIDE SOME FUNDING. >> YEAH, FOR SURE. ONCE AGAIN, WE HAD THE $10,000 THAT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE GIVE TO LEGAL AID SOCIETY BECAUSE ONCE AGAIN IT IS A REQUIREMENT FOR US TO HAVE THE FAIR HOUSING COMPONENT. WE DON'T HAVE FAIR HOUSING COORDINATOR STAFF IN THE CITY.
THEREFORE, THE CITY IS GETTING THAT DEAL OUT OF $10,000, GETTING THAT POSITION AND FULFILLING THE GRANTS THAT REQUIRE THAT COMPONENT IN THE CITY. SO THEREFORE, THAT WILL LEAVE US ABOUT $67,000. SO IF YOU WANT TO GIVE SOME MONEY TO EACH, YOU CAN
DISTRIBUTE IT WHICHEVER WAY YOU WANT TO. IF YOU WANT TO GIVE TO EYE CARE, BOYNTON BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT, HOWEVER YOU WANT TO DO IT. YOU HAVE $67,000 LEFT AFTER LEGAL AID SOCIETY. >> MAYOR: CAN WE GIVE ANY OF THE LEFTOVER -- CAN WE INCREASE THE FEEDING TO THE SENIOR MEAL TO
LEFTOVERS? OR IS THAT A MAX YOU HAVE THERE? >> NO, NO, NO. THE SENIOR PROGRAM, FEEDING SOUTH FLORIDA -- SO THEY WERE REQUESTING -- LET ME GO BACK HERE TO MY PAGE HERE, IF YOU DON'T MIND PLEASE.
FEEDING SOUTH FLORIDA WAS REQUESTING DOUBLE THAT AMOUNT, I BELIEVE. HERE. SO THEY WERE REQUESTING $75,000. >> MAYOR: OH, YOU'RE GIVING THEM 32, OKAY. >> I'M GIVING THEM 32. SO AGAIN IT'S UP TO YOU GUYS HOW YOU WANT TO DECIDE TO DO THAT.
>> MAYOR: OKAY. >> WELL, THAT'S A TOUGH DECISION. >> MAYOR: YEAH, WE HAVE SOME THINKING TO DO. >> YES, SIR. [SPEAKER OFF MIC] >> SO YEAH. THE FUNDS RIGHT NOW PATHWAYS TO
PROSPERITY OUT OF WHAT WE GAVE THEM, THEY SPENT $32,000. [SPEAKER OFF MIC] THE CURRENT YEAR. LAST YEAR 2024 IS CLOSED. THEY SPENT ALL THE FUNDS. THIS YEAR WE GAVE THEM $35,000. RIGHT NOW THEY SPENT AROUND $22,000 SO FAR.
[SPEAKER OFF MIC] SO THE FISCAL YEAR RUNS FROM OCTOBER 1st TO SEPTEMBER 30. SO THE YEAR THAT IS STARTED RIGHT NOW, 2025, THEY ALREADY SPENT $22,000 ON IT. >> ALSO WE HAVE LIKE MAYBE THREE MONTHS LEFT OR SO. >> THEY DEFINITELY WILL SPEND ALL THE FUNDS.
THEY ALWAYS DO. YEAH, THEY ALWAYS DO. EVERYBODY DOES ACTUALLY FOR THAT MATTER. >> OKAY. >> YEAH. >> SO WE UNDERSTAND THAT WE NEED TO GIVE AWAY $10,000 TO BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH LEGAL AID SOCIETY. SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW MUCH TO GIVE TO EACH. I WOULD SUPPORT YOUR REQUEST,
COMMISSIONER TURKIN, AS YOU MENTIONED THE SEA TURTLES NONPROFIT. I DID RECEIVE COMMUNICATION FROM THEM AS WELL TO PROVIDE SOME FUNDING TO THEM. I DO WANT TO CONTINUE TO GIVE TO PATHWAY TO PROSPERITY, A LOCAL BOYNTON ORGANIZATION. AND, YOU KNOW, I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE SOME MONEY TO THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT AS WELL FOR THE HOTEL TO PAY FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. SO I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE BOARD STANDS. >> WE'VE GOT TO TAKE AWAY. >> YEAH. >> WE NEED TO -- >> WE HAVE TO JUGGLE WITH THE
67,000 IN THE PUBLIC SERVICES. >> YES. >> WE CAN'T PULL FROM THE OTHER SERVICES. >> UNFORTUNATELY, IT IS THE FEDERAL REGULATION AND THEY ALLOW UP TO 50% OF THE ANNUAL ALLOCATION TO GO TOWARD PUBLIC SERVICES. >> MAYBE WE CAN TAKE THE CONSENSUS HERE AND AT THE NEXT MEETING HAVE A COUPLE OF OPTIONS
WITH WHAT -- IN THE JULY MEETING. >> SO THE NEXT TIME THIS SUBJECT COME BACK TO COMMISSION IS GOING TO BE ON AUGUST 5th. IT PRETTY MUCH IS JUST TO RATIFY AND ADOPT THE ACTION PLAN THAT GOES TO THE FEDS. >> CAN IT COME SOONER?
YOU GUYS HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO HAVE NOTICE. >> AGAIN, I'M ON A DEADLINE HERE. SO AFTER THIS MEETING, AFTER YOU GIVE ME WHAT YOU WANT TO DO WITH THE PUBLIC SERVICE, WHICH IS ALWAYS THE FUN PART -- SO I WILL PUT IT OUT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
30-DAY PUBLIC COMMENT. AND THAT PUBLIC COMMENT IS GOING TO START ON JUNE 22nd, I BELIEVE AND GOES TO JULY. SO 30 DAYS. BUT BEFORE THAT, I DO A PUBLIC NOTICE THAT I -- ON THE PUBLIC
NOTICE, I DETAIL AND SAY WHAT IS GOING TO GO TO WHICH ORGANIZATION. HOW MUCH TO WHICH ORGANIZATION. AND IT GOES ON THE WEBSITE AS WELL. SO ONCE WE PUT IT THERE, PEOPLE ARE COUNTING WITH THAT MONEY. IF I BRING IT BACK TO YOU AND YOU SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, I CHANGE MY MIND AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS, THAT'S SOMETHING
THAT -- I DON'T MEAN TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT HERE. WHAT WE CAN DO IF YOU LIKE, WE CAN MEET ONE-ON-ONE. I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN DO THAT EITHER. BECAUSE AGAIN I NEED SOME GUIDANCE FROM YOU. THAT'S THE REASON I BROUGHT IT HERE. >> SO WE HAVE TO HASH THIS OUT RIGHT NOW. ALL RIGHT. WE'VE GOT $67,000 TO PLAY WITH.
MAYOR W WANTS TO MAINTAIN FEEDIG SOUTH FLORIDA. COMMISSIONER CRUZ, YOU WANT TO BRING IN PATHWAYS TO PROSPERITY. I DON'T THINK YOU PROVIDED A NUMBER YET. AND I WOULD LIKE TO ASSIST SEA TURTLE VENTURES WITH THE EYE CARE PROGRAM.
WE ARE AT $67,000 NOW. WHAT DO YOU RECOMMEND FOR PATHWAYS FOR PROSPERITY? >> WHY DON'T WE TAKE THE LEFTOVER? LIKE OBVIOUSLY LEGAL AID NEEDS THE 10K. WHY DON'T WE SPLIT IT IN FOUR EQUAL PARTS? WITH THE PD, FEEDING SOUTH
FLORIDA, TURTLES AND PATHWAY TO PROSPERITY. TAKE THE 67,000 DIVIDED BY FOUR. IT'S A LITTLE OVER $16,000 EACH. >> I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA. DO YOU NEED A MOTION? OR JUST CONSENSUS? >> THIS IS A DISCUSSION ITEM. YOU CAN DO A MOTION FOR
DIRECTION TO STAFF. >> JUST TELL ME WHAT YOU WANT TO DO. >> MOTION FOR DIRECTION TO STAFF TO SPLIT THE PUBLIC SERVICE CDBG FUNDS FOUR WAYS BASED ON THE CONSENSUS AND DIRECTION FROM THE COMMISSION. >> SECOND. >> SO ONCE AGAIN, JUST TO MAKE SURE I'VE GOT THIS RIGHT.
SO WE'VE GOT PD, FEEDING SOUTH FLORIDA, EYE CARE AND PATHWAYS? AND PATH WAYS TO PROSPERITY. >> I'M GOING TO SPLIT THE 67,000 FOUR WAYS. >> FOUR EQUAL WAYS, YEAH. >> SOUNDS GOOD. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: WELL, WE HAVE TO VOTE ON IT. WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER TURKIN, A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER CRUZ.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. [AYES] MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. >> MAYLEE, 3-0. >> WE HAVE A NON-PUBLIC SERVICE, PART, RIGHT? WE HAVE ANOTHER PART OF IT. >> YES. SO THE OTHER PART THAT I TOUCHED ON -- >> THERE'S A PUBLIC SERVICE AND THEN THERE'S OTHER.
>> I'M OKAY WITH THE OTHER ACTIVITIES. I DON'T HAVE ANY ADDITIONS TO THAT ONE. >> THE OTHER ONES ONCE AGAIN WAS PROPOSED TO GIVE TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOR MICRO ENTERPRISES AND THE REMAINDER IS GOING TOWARD ASSISTING ELDERLY AND DISABLED INDIVIDUALS.
AND THEN $90,000 GOING TOWARDS THE COORDINATOR. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. >> MAYOR: NEXT ON THE LIST IS A PRESENTATION REGARDING THE CITY'S SIGNAGE INITIATIVE. CAN WE PLEASE HAVE STAFF BEGIN THE PRESENTATION? >> HI, GOOD EVENING.
I'M DANI MICHELLEA, PUBLIC AFFAIRS DIRECTOR. I'M EXCITED TO BE HERE AGAIN TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE CITY'S SIGNAGE PROGRAM. MAYOR SHELTON, THIS WILL BE YOUR FIRST TIME HEARING ABOUT THIS. TO GIVE YOU A BRIEF RECAP, THERE'S BEEN AGREEMENT FOR SOMETIME AMONG THE COMMISSION
AND CITY ADMINISTRATION THAT THE CITY WOULD BENEFIT FROM A WELL PLANNED COORDINATED NETWORK OF SIGNS. I GOT FEEDBACK IN NOVEMBER FROM THE COMMISSIONERS ABOUT WHAT THEY WERE LOOKING FOR, WHAT THEY'D LIKE TO SEE. SO I'M BACK WITH IMAGES OF POSSIBLE SIGNS.
ANY CITY HAS STRONG INCENTIVES TO ENSURE THAT ALL OF ITS SIGNS LOOK SIMILAR AND ALIGN WITH A CONSISTENT BRANDING STRATEGY. WELL-PLANNED SIGN ANNUAL CAN ENHANCE WAY FINDING AND COMMUNICATION, STRENGTHEN CIVIC IDENTITY AND PRIDE, SUPPORT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND
TOURISM, REDUCE VISUAL CLUTTER AND IMPROVE AESTHETICS AS WELL AS INCREASING EFFICIENCY AND MAINTENANCE. WE HAVE A LOT TO CONSIDER AS WE PLAN THIS NETWORK OF SIGNS. THE COST, LOCATION, NUMBER, APPEARANCE OF SIGNS AND CITY
BRANDING. TONIGHT WE'LL TALK ABOUT FIVE TYPES OF SIGNS. LARGE ENTRYWAY SIGNS THAT SAY WELCOME TO BOYNTON BEACH. SMALLER MEDIAN SIGNS THAT ALSO SAY WELCOME. WAY FINDER SIGNS, PARK SIGNS AND DIGITAL SIGNS.
AFTER GETTING GOOD FEEDBACK AT THE NOVEMBER MEETING ABOUT ONE PARTICULAR CITY SIGNAGE, I REACHED OUT TO THAT CITY'S VENDOR AND DESCRIBED WHAT WE WERE LOOKING FOR. SHARED OUR BRANDING GUIDELINES AND ASKED THEIR DESIGNERS TO CREATE SOME POSSIBILITIES FOR US. THE SIGNS WOULD ALIGN WITH THE
CITY'S BRANDING STRATEGY AND, THEREFORE, WOULD COORDINATE WITH EACH OTHER. WHEN SIGNAGE ACROSS THE CITY IS UNIFORM IN DESIGN, CONSISTENT FONTS, COLORS, SYMBOLS AND LAYOUT, IT BECOMES EASIER FOR RESIDENTS AND VISITORS TO NAVIGATE. PEOPLE INSTINCTIVELY RECOGNIZE OFFICIAL SIGNAGE, QUICKLY
UNDERSTAND ITS MEANING AND FEEL MORE CONFIDENT IN UNFAMILIAR AREAS. CONSISTENT SIGNAGE REINFORCES THE CITY'S IDENTITY AND VISUAL BRAND SO PEOPLE KNOW WHERE THEY ARE BEFORE EVEN READING THE WORDS ON A SIGN. A BRIEF NOTE ABOUT BRANDING.
IT IS THIS BIG NEBULOUS IDEA THAT'S TOUGH TO DEFINE. IT'S MORE THAN JUST A LOGO OR A SLOGAN. IT IS DETERMINING THE UNIQUENESS AND FEELING OF A CITY. IT TAKES INTO ACCOUNT THINGS LIKE CULTURE, VALUES, HISTORY AND PEOPLE. FOR OUR PURPOSES TONIGHT, WE CAN
FOCUS ON JUST ONE ASPECT OF BRANDING AND THAT'S VISUAL IDENTITY. THIS INCLUDES THE CITY SEAL, THE LOGO, THE COLOR SCHEME, TEXT AND DESIGN AESTHETICS THAT ARE COVERED IN OUR CITY'S BRANDING GUIDE. AS YOU SEE THE IMAGES OF SIGNS,
PLEASE KEEP IN MIND THESE IMAGES ARE SHOWING US POSSIBILITIES AND OPTIONS SO YOU'LL SEE SOME THAT ARE SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT FROM OTHERS. SO THIS WOULD BE ONE OF THE LARGE ENTRYWAY SIGNS. WE'D HAVE APPROXIMATELY FOUR PLACED AT MAJOR ENTRANCES INTO
THE CITY. THESE SIGNS WOULD EACH BE 8 AND A HALF FEET TALL, 15 FEET WIDE. THEY ARE MADE OF A CUSTOM ALUMINUM MESH BACKGROUND, ALUMINUM LETTERS AND SYMBOLS ON A CONCRETE PEDESTAL. YOU'LL SEE THE IMAGES AT THE TOP AND ABOVE BOYNTON BEACH THAT
REPRESENT THE WAVES OF THE ATLANTIC OCEAN OR MAYBE THE CURRENT OF THE GULF STREAM. >> MAYOR: CAN I ASK A QUESTION? >> OF COURSE. >> MAYOR: WAS IT DETERMINED BEFORE THAT WE ALWAYS HAVE THE FISH? I'M JUST CURIOUS. AS A RESIDENT, I'VE ALWAYS HATED
THE FISH. I'M GOING TO BE HONEST. I'LL SAY IT. I'M GOING TO SAY IT, YOU KNOW. IT'S OKAY, THOUGH. >> MAYOR, MAYOR! >> MAYOR: IT'S THE MAJORITY RULES HERE. I JUST HAD TO ASK. ARE WE MARRIED TO THAT FISH? >> EVERYBODY LOVES THE FISH! EVERYBODY LOVES THE FISH.
>> MAYOR: I'M COOL WITH YOU GUYS, OKAY. >> IT'S COMPLETELY UP TO YOU ALL. >> BEEN AROUND FOR A LONG TIME. >> MAYOR: EXACTLY. >> IT HAS. >> MAYOR: ARE WE REALLY A FISHING TOWN? I MEAN NOT REALLY. BUT WE CLAIM TO BE IN THE NEWS. BUT WHATEVER. TONIGHT'S NOT THE NIGHT FOR THAT.
[LAUGHTER] >> THE MANTRA -- >> GATEWAY TO THE GULF STREAM. >> POINT OF ORDER. >> THE MAP TRA OF THIS TOWN IS GATEWAY TO THE GULF STREAM. THE GULF STREEFL IS A BODY OF WATER UP THE EASTERN SEABOARD.
>> MAYOR: I KNOW WHAT THE GULF STREAM IS. >> THAT MAKES IT THE MOST PROLIFIC SAILFISHING PLACE IN THE WORLD. >> MAYOR: HOW ECONOMICALLY VIABLE? IT'S NOT KEEPING THE CITY ALIVE WITH THE SAILFISH. I MEAN LET'S MOVE ON.
I JUST WANTED TO ASK ARE WE MARRIED TO THE FISH BEFORE WE GO ANY FURTHER. >> I'M MARRIED TO THE FISH. >> MARRIED TO THE FISH. >> ALL RIGHT. THE LETTERS IN BOYNTON BEACH BLUE AND THE SAILFISH WOULD BE BACK LIT AND FRONT LIT SO THE
SIGN WOULD BE CLEARLY VISIBLE AT NIGHT. THIS ILLUSTRATION SHOWS THE SIGN MOCK-UP AT LITTLE LEAGUE FIELD EAST OF 95 AND WOOLBRIGHT. YOU MIGHT NOTICE THIS BACKGROUND WITH THE WAVES HAS BLUE IN IT INSTEAD OF SILVER ON SILVER.
I PREFER THIS BUT THOSE ARE THE TYPES OF THINGS THAT WE CAN CHANGE. APPROXIMATELY EIGHT DIGITAL SIGNS DISPERSED EVENLY WOULD ECHO THE WELCOME SIGNS WITH THE
CUSTOM ALUMINUM SURROUNDING UPGRADED DIGITAL SCREENS. AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE IMAGE ON THE LEFT, THE LETTERING AND SAILFISH WOULD ALSO BE BACK LIT. THAT IMAGE AT THE BOTTOM RIGHT IS JUST A SIDE VIEW SO YOU CAN SEE HOW THE LETTERS COME OFF THE
SIGN GIVING IT A 3-D LOOK. WE PROPOSE PLACING APPROXIMATELY 32 OF THESE SMALLER MEDIAN SIGNS THAT YOU SEE HERE DISPERSED EVENLY THROUGH THE CITY.
EACH IS SEVEN AND A HALF FEET TALL, THREE FEET WIDE AND 10 INCHES DEEP. THEY WILL BE NORTH, SOUTH, EAST, WEST ON MAJOR ROADS LEADING INTO AND OUT OF THE CITY. WAY FINDER SIGNS, THESE COULD BE USED NEAR CITY PROPERTY.
WE HAVE ONE SIMILAR TO THIS OUTSIDE OF CITY HALL. OUR OTHER POPULAR DESTINATIONS WITHIN THE CITY. AND WE PROPOSE APPROXIMATELY A DOZEN OF THOSE SIGNS. PARK SIGNS WOULD BE PLACED AT EACH OF THE CITY'S 33 PARKS. THE DESIGNER GAVE US TWO
OPTIONS. ONE THAT'S 5 FEET TALL ABOUT 3 FEET WIDE AND A FOOT DEEP AND ANOTHER SLIGHTLY LARGER AT 6 FEET BY 4 AND A HALF FEET BY 14 INCHES. THE BALLPARK BUDGET FOR THIS NUMBER OF SIGNS WOULD BE ABOUT
$1.5 MILLION. WHAT I WOULD BE HOPING FOR TONIGHT IS CONSENSUS APPROVAL TO ALLOW STAFF JUST TO MOVE ALONG WITH THE CONSTRUCTION PROCESS, GET STARTED EVALUATING LOCATIONS WITH THE IDEA THAT THE SIGN PROGRAM WOULD LIKELY BE IMPLEMENTED IN PHASES STARTING NEXT FISCAL YEAR.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR FEEDBACK. AND I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. >> MAYOR: I'LL LET YOU -- OKAY. YOU GO FIRST. GO AHEAD, VICE MAYOR, I'LL CHIME IN AFTER SINCE I'M THE NEW KID ON THE BLOCK. >> SETTLE DOWN. JUST GO BACK TO THE SIGNS.
HOW MANY SIGNS ARE WE TALKING? FOR $1.5 MILLION? >> YEAH, IT'S A LOT OF SIGNS. THERE'S 32 MEDIAN SIGNS, YOU KNOW, THE DIGITAL SIGNS ARE EXPENSIVE. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT EIGHT OF THOSE.
FOUR OF THE LARGE ENTRYWAY SIGNS. 33 PARK SIGNS. AND A DOZEN WAY FINDER SIGNS. >> MAYOR: THE 32 MEDIAN SIGNS AND THE CITY PARK SIGNS I THINK ARE HORRIBLE. I'M JUST GOING TO -- IT'S NO
OFFENSE TO YOU. >> NONE TAKEN. >> MAYOR: I THINK THEY ARE ATROCIOUS. >> I LIKE THE WELCOME SIGNS. >> I LIKE THE FISH. THE MEDIANS IS EXCESSIVE. IT THROWS IT OFF. >> MAYOR: I MEAN, YOU KNOW, I HATE THE FISH. BUT IF I HAVE TO LIVE WITH THE
FISH, IT'S GOING TO BE ON THE LARGE ENTRY AND THE POSSIBLE EIGHT DIGITAL SIGNS. BUT THE REST, I MEAN THE 12 SIGNS OF -- WHAT DO YOU CALL THE LAST ONES? >> WAY FINDER SIGNS. >> MAYOR: YEAH, THAT'S GOOD. BUT THE MIDDLE TWO, I'M LIKE,
HUH. JUST MY OPINION. >> AND IN FLORIDA, DOESN'T BLUE HAVE A TENDENCY TO FADE OR IS
THIS A SPECIAL TYPE OF MATERIAL? >> THAT'S WHAT THEY SAY. >> MAYOR: WHAT OTHER SUGGESTION? WOULD YOU SAY BLACK? BUT I THINK BLACK DOESN'T BRAND US ENOUGH. IF IT'S GOING TO BE LIKE A DURABLE COLOR, BUT WHITE OR BLACK I THINK IS THE SAME THING. >> I LIKE BLUE. BLUE IS MY FAVORITE COLOR, OKAY. BUT I'M JUST -- WHEN I LOOK AT
CARS THAT ARE BLUE, THEY JUST FADED RIGHT OUT, YOU KNOW. I DON'T WANT THAT TO HAPPEN TO $1.5 MILLION WORTH OF SIGNS. >> NO. THEY SAY THESE WILL BE BUILT IN SUCH A WAY THAT WOULD NOT HAPPEN. >> THAT WOULD NOT HAPPEN? >> FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.
>> I AGREE WITH THE MAYOR WITH REGARD TO THE SMALLER SIGNS. I DON'T LOVE THEM. I APPRECIATE THE EFFORT, PUTTING IT TOGETHER. ALSO, FOR THE DIGITAL SIGNS, DO WE FEEL LIKE IT'S A WASTEFUL
SPENDING OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS TO SPEND $50,000 TO $60,000 FOR THE DIGITAL SIGNS. DO WE REALLY NEED THEM TO BE THAT SPECIAL? >> FOR THE MARQUIS -- >> FOR THE DIGITAL. >> MAYOR: IF WE STARTED USING THEM TO THEIR FULL POTENTIAL, THEN MAYBE IN SOME LOCATIONS I
THINK IT'S WORTH IT. BUT I DON'T THINK PUTTING SOMETHING UP TWO DAYS BEFORE IT'S HAPPENING, I AGREE WITH YOU THERE. BUT MY QUESTION, TOO, IS DID THE COMPANY DESIGN THESE? THAT'S THEIR GRAPHIC DESIGN?
>> YES. >> MAYOR: NO OFFENSE TO THE COMPANY. BUT I COULD DESIGN THESE. I FEEL LIKE THERE'S NO REAL GRAPHIC DESIGN IN THEM. I DON'T FEEL LIKE IT'S CHANGING WHAT I'M ALREADY SEEING. I DON'T THINK IT'S POPPING FOR 1.5 MILLION. >> I AGREE WITH THE MAYOR.
>> I SEE THE NUMBER EIGHT DIGITAL SIGNS. I THOUGHT THE DIRECTION WAS FOUR DIGITAL SIGNS. DID WE CHANGE THAT TO EIGHT? >> HOW MANY DID WE HAVE NOW? >> I DON'T KNOW. >> MAYOR: WE FUNDED ONE ON WOOLBRIGHT AND ONE ON -- >> CAN I SAY ONE THING BEFORE WE CONTINUE, IF I MAY? SO ONE THING THAT WE HAVE
DISCUSSED -- AND AGAIN, PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION WE HAVE HAD THESE DISCUSSIONS. WE HAVE A NEW ADMINISTRATION NOW, GREAT. THE POINT IS WE WANTED A MASSIVE OR AT LEAST TWO MASSIVE REAL NICE HUGE SIGNS BY THE ENTRANCE
NEAR I-95 TO BOYNTON BEACH BOULEVARD. LIKE I'M THINKING IF WE CAN GO BACK INTO THE SLIDES, BACK TO -- FOR EXAMPLE, AGAIN EVERYBODY HAS A DIFFERENT OPINION AND DIFFERENT TASTE. BUT IF WE SEE, FOR EXAMPLE, THE ONES IN THE FIRST SLIDE, WHEN I
SAW ORLANDO, I WAS LIKE THAT'S REALLY COOL. I THINK THE VERY FIRST SLIDE. >> MAYOR: WHERE WE WERE GOING TO VEGAS. >> NICE. >> MAYOR: OH, YEAH. >> I LOVE THE FACT THAT -- LIKE THE ORLANDO ONE LOOKS REALLY NICE. I UNDERSTAND OUR CITY'S NAME IS
VERY LONG, CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH IS VERY LONG. BUT COULD WE DO SOMETHING COOL LIKE THAT, YOU KNOW? I LOVE THE FACT THAT WE HAVE -- LIKE MIAMI BEACH, LOOK AT
ELECTRIC CITY. WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO THAT. BUT INTERESTING STUFF, DIFFERENT STUFF. I FEEL LIKE I AGREE WITH THE MAYOR 100%. LIKE I DON'T THINK THAT IT'S LIKE THE MOST ARTISTICALLY
VIABLE OR, YOU KNOW -- LIKE IF WE'RE GOING TO SPEND $1 MILLION ON SIGNS, LET'S GET ONE BIG MARQUIS SIGN AT LEAST GETTING OFF 95 ON BOYNTON BEACH BOULEVARD IF YOU ALL AGREE. AND MAKE IT HUGE. LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, LIKE ORLANDO. LIKE THAT LOOKS REALLY COOL. THAT'S LIKE A -- NOT THAT IT HAS
TO BE THAT STYLE, BUT I'M SAYING SOMETHING BIGGER. LIKE SOMETHING HUGE. >> THAT'S A COUPLE OF MILLION DOLLARS RIGHT THERE. >> MAYOR: YEAH. I JUST THINK WHEN IT COMES TO THE DESIGN OF IT, THOUGH, THEY GAVE US ONE OPTION. >> YEAH, ONE OPTION. >> IT'S THE SAME COLORS. ONE MORE THING I BEG TO DIFFER. FOR EXAMPLE, LOOK AT KEY WEST. THEY HAVE THAT ONE SIGN.
THEY DON'T NEED TO GET 100,000 OF THEM, RIGHT, BUT THEY HAVE THAT ONE SIGN. THAT'S LIKE A POINT WHERE PEOPLE COME IN AND TAKES PICTURES. IT'S LIKE A DESTINATION. WHY DON'T WE HAVE AT LEAST ONE NICE ONE WHERE PEOPLE CAN COME AND, YOU KNOW, HAVE A
DESTINATION. LIKE A BIG, BIG ONE, YOU KNOW. >> WHAT I HEAR, TOO, IS 3-D VERSUS JUST FLAT, YOU KNOW. LIKE IF YOU LOOK AT ORLANDO, THAT'S 3-D. >> 3-D. >> 3-D.
YOU LOOK AT MIAMI BEACH, THAT'S 3-D. MAYBE HAVE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE TWO OR THREE LIKE THAT AND THEN LIKE ANGELA CRUZ WAS JUST SAYING,
HAVE SOMETHING ELSE. BUT HAVE THE 3-D ONES THAT STAND OUT LIKE ON FEDERAL OR THE ENDS OF EAST AND WEST BOYNTON. I COULD SEE THAT, YOU KNOW. BUT AROUND -- >> LOOK AT HOLLYWOOD.
LIKE IT'S JUST A SIMPLE WORD. I DON'T KNOW. >> YEAH, THAT'S ON A MOUNTAIN, TOO. [LAUGHTER] >> SURE, I GET IT. BUT I'M TALKING ORLANDO, HOLLYWOOD, LIKE IT'S HUGE, RIGHT. AND IT'S LIKE CAN WE GET ONE HUGE SIGN THAT IS LIKE THE ONE,
RIGHT. >> MAYOR: I GUESS THE QUESTION WOULD BE DOING IT ON BOYNTON AND 95 WHERE WOVE THAT NASTY HOTEL. THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING WE HAVE TO RIP IT UP AND PUT IT IN AGAIN IF THAT STARTS TO CHANGE THERE. WE MIGHT WANT TO THINK ABOUT OUR LOCATION. SO I'M GOING TO STEP OUT OF MY MAYOR HAT HERE AND SAY AS A
CITIZEN, I ALWAYS THOUGHT WE WERE AHEAD OF DOING THIS STUFF WHEN WE HAVE NEW DEVELOPMENT COMING DOWNTOWN AND WE'RE TRYING TO REBRAND THE CITY AND WE HAVE TO DO ANYTHING. SO WE CAN CREATE THIS RIGHT NOW AND IN A COUPLE OF YEARS, OUR WHOLE IMAGE IS GOING TO BE COMPLETELY DIFFERENT IN THIS CITY.
SO IT CONCERNS ME SPENDING -- I GET THAT WE NEED SOME SIGNS. BUT I JUST THINK THESE -- AGAIN, I COULD DO THOSE ON A REGULAR CHATGPT OR SOMETHING. I WISH THEY GAVE ME A LITTLE MORE PIZZAZ ON DESIGN.
>> I ALSO THINK, TOO, WE WIDEN THE SCOPE FOR THESE IMPACT FEES. LIKE BEAUTIFICATION BEING ONE OF THEM. AND I THINK SIGNAGE ALSO -- >> YOU MEAN THE ART FEE? >> ART FEE, YOU'RE RIGHT. SO LIKE MAYBE WE DON'T HAVE TO COME OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND, RIGHT. LIKE MAYBE WHAT THE MAYOR IS
SAYING IS THIS CITY IS GOING TO CHANGE. THERE IS A HANDFUL, MAYBE TWO HANDFULS OF PROJECTS ALREADY PERMITTING APPROVED THAT ARE GOING TO PAY INTO THIS, RIGHT, HOPEFULLY INSTEAD OF PROVIDING THEIR OWN. AND THEN I THINK THERE'S LEVERAGE THERE WHERE, YOU KNOW, YOU LOOK AT DIFFERENT SIGNS
DIFFERENT PLACES, YOU KNOW. MAYBE IT'S NOT A FISH ON 95 AND GATEWAY, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? BY THE MARINA I THINK IT'S COOL AND FITTING. >> MAYOR: OVER THERE, YES. >> OUR OUR CITY PLAN THERE'S A MEDICAL DISTRICT, MARINE DISTRICT, THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO I LIKE SOME OF THEM. THE MEDIAN ONES AGAIN. BUT I THINK MAYBE THIS CONVERSATION HAPPENS LATER DOWN THE ROAD. BUT THANK YOU, DANI, SO MUCH FOR ALL THE HARD WORK. >> YOU KNOW, IT REALLY LOOKS
GOOD, BUT MAYBE WE NEED SOME -- >> PIZZAZ. >> BOYNTON BEACH CITIZEN INPUT. >> SURVEY. >> SURVEY OF SOME KIND. >> MAYOR: IT WOULD BE BETTER IF WE HAD BETTER SUGGESTIONS TO OFFER THEM BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO GET 60 DIFFERENT SUGGESTIONS. BUT IF WE ADD FIVE -- >> IF WE CAN NARROW THAT DOWN,
THAT'S THE EASY TASK. >> MAYOR: PROVIDE MAYBE FIVE MORE. >> MAYBE WHEN WE GET TOGETHER SOON, MAYBE IF WE HAVE A WORKSHOP WE CAN TAG ON AN HOUR OR TWO AND DO A CHARRETTE STYLE THING SO WE CAN KIND OF GARNER SOME FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMISSION. >> I AGREE WITH COMMISSIONER TURKIN. WHEN YOU TALKED ABOUT IMPACT
FEES AND LIKE THE ART FEE, THIS IS ART. THIS IS ABSOLUTELY ART AND THIS WOULD BE THE ENTRYWAY TO OUR CITY. I WOULD DEFINITELY SUPPORT. >> THAT'S WHAT DELRAY DID ON THEIR ENTRYWAY. THEY HAD PUBLIC ART COMING IN. >> CAN WE LOOK AT DELRAY IN THE PICTURES HERE? ALSO IF WE GO BACK TO THE
OPTIONS FOR THE PARKS, CAN WE ALSO SEE IN THAT PRESENTATION WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE? BECAUSE I HAVEN'T BEEN TO THE PARK IN A WHILE AND I COMPLETELY FORGOT. LIKE I KNOW I HAVE BEEN TO -- FOR EXAMPLE, IN MY DISTRICT, I USED TO BE THERE ALL THE TIME. BUT I CAN'T RECALL AT THIS VERY
MOMENT WHAT THE SIGNS LOOK LIKE. AND THE REASON FOR THE QUESTION IS, DO WE NECESSARILY NEED TO BUY MORE LIKE NEWER SIGNS FOR ALL THE PARKS? OR IS IT -- OR CAN WE FOCUS OUR BIG TICKET ITEMS IN LIKE A HUGE MARQUIS SIGNS. >> YOU'RE GOING TO DEVELOP BOYNTON AND 95 WHERE THAT HOTEL
IS. WHY NOT MAKE IT PART OF THE CONTRACT WHEN THE DEVELOPER HAS TO PAY FOR THE SIGN? >> MAYOR: IT DOES GO BACK TO BRANDING. I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT COLLECTIVELY WE NEED TO EDUCATE OURSELVES AS COMMISSIONERS AND COME TO A DECISION ON THAT OF THE DIRECTION.
BECAUSE I AGREE, WE CAN BE THE -- THE MARINA CAN BE THE FISH BUT WE'RE NOT THAT SLEEPY FISH TOWN. SOMETIMES THAT'S THE IMAGE THAT WE ARE GETTING. YOUR GRAPHIC DESIGNER, WHOO, HIM, FOR GOING ONE COLOR. OKAY. CAN WE MOVE ON, ON THIS ONE?
HOW DO WE MOVE ON? >> FOR CONTEXT, MAYOR, THIS WAS THE FORMER MAYOR'S SPEARHEADED INITIATIVE. >> MAYOR: OH, OKAY. >> THIS IS A CARRY-ON FROM THIS. >> MAYOR: IT SEEMS VERY OLD SCHOOL, RIGHT. AND WE HAVE BEEN HAVING IT FOR A WHILE. >> YEAH, YEAH.
>> MAYOR: YOU'RE PROBABLY THE ONLY ONE THAT'S CAUGHT A SAILFISH UP HERE. >> I THINK WOODROW HAS CAUGHT A SAILFISH. >> MAYOR: THE SAILFISH ARE IN DIFFERENT LOCATIONS. >> I SUPPORT THE FISH BECAUSE, LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING, BOYNTON -- >> IT FITS LIKE MEMORIAL DAY AND
INDEPENDENCE DAY. WE COULD MAKE IT LIKE PATRIOTIC AND IF IT'S LIKE VALENTINE'S DAY, WE COULD MAKE IT PINK. LIKE ST. PATRICK'S DAY WE COULD MAKE IT GREEN BECAUSE IT'S VIDEO. >> MAYOR: ONE PERSON AT A TIME. LET'S REIN IT IN. AFTER THIS, WE'RE GOING ON.
>> I WAS GOING TO SAY I BELIEVE THE MAYOR DURING THAT TIME HAD THE CITY BRANDED AND WE HIRED A COMPANY TO GO OUT AND FIND WHAT IS THE UNIQUENESS OF BOYNTON BEACH. AND THEY CAME BACK WITH THE CITY OF ALL THE CITIES ON THE EAST
COAST, BEING THE CLOSEST TO THE GULFSTREAM FROM MAINE ALL THE WAY DOWN. IT CAME THE CLOSEST TO HERE. >> MAYOR: I UNDERSTAND THAT. >> THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS ABOUT THIS CITY THAT AREN'T GOING 0 CHANGE AND WE DON'T NEED TO LOSE THAT. WE NEED TO ENHANCE IT. MAYBE IF YOU WANT SOMETHING DIFFERENT, WE CAN CONSIDER THAT.
BUT THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS NOT GOING TO CHANGE. WE HAVE THE -- A LOT OF PEOPLE COMING DOWN HERE AND GO OUT ON TWO GEORGES BOAT TO GO FISHING, OKAY. BECAUSE OF THAT, THEY KNOW THAT THE GULFSTREAM COMES CLOSE TO BOYNTON. BUT ANYWAY, I JUST FEEL THAT
WE'RE ON THE RIGHT TRACK. WE JUST NEED TO KIND OF NARROW IT DOWN. I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE IMPACT FEES BECAUSE IT IS ART. I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH GETTING ADDITIONAL INPUT BECAUSE IT DOESN'T TAKE A LITTLE WHILE
JUST TO NARROW IT DOWN. JUST HAVE LIKE -- WE HAVE DONE ON MANY PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE HAD HERE IN BOYNTON. WE GET THE COMMUNITY INPUT AND WE JUST NARROW IT DOWN ALMOST RIGHT THEN. AND WE GO FROM THERE. SO I DON'T WANT TO -- SOME OF
THESE I LIKE AND SOME OF THEM I DON'T. >> MAYOR: I MEAN I'M NOT THROWING THE FISH OUT THE WINDOW. IT JUST LOOKS A LITTLE CHEAP SOMETIMES. IF IT WAS DONE BETTER -- >> IN LOCATIONS LIKE THE MARINA. >> MAYOR: I THINK WHEN I GAINED CAMPAIGNED MULTIPLE TIMES I SAID
WE LIVE IN TWO DIFFERENT AREAS. AND COMMISSIONER TURKIN AND KELLEY HAS ONE PLACE AND THEN WE'RE IN THE EAST AND IT'S DIFFERENT BRANDING, IT'S DIFFERENT PEOPLE. THEY DO DIFFERENT THINGS. SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK I NEED TO PAUSE ON THIS ONE. >> DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING IN MIND? >> MAYOR: NOT YET. [LAUGHTER] >> NOT YET.
>> I LIKE THE LO ORLANDO SIGN. >> WE'LL COME BACK. >> MAYOR: I'LL START LOOKING, TOO. I THINK WE ALL SHOULD BE OBSERVANT. >> CAN YOU FIND OUT HOW LARGE IN SIZE? >> MAYOR: THAT'S PRETTY BIG. >> AND IF IT'S IN EQUAL SIZE, CAN YOU TELL HOW BIG IT WOULD BE? >> MAYOR: WE NEED TO DISCUSS.
>> WE HAVE ONE MORE ITEM. >> MAYOR: LET'S DISCUSS THIS CONFERENCE AND WE CAN ADJOURN. >> AND THEN WE HAVE A BUDGET ADOPTION ON THAT. >> THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR. >> DID WE TOTALLY CONFUSE YOU? >> IS THERE ANY SPECIFIC DIRECTION TO STAFF ON THAT?
OTHER THAN TO COME BACK. >> I'M GOOD WITH THAT. I HAVE DIRECTION. I HAVE AN IDEA WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO. >> GOOD, GOOD. >> SO THE NEXT ONE IS -- >> NEXT ITEM. >> WE HAVE THE BUDGET MEETING THAT'S COMING UP FOR
SEPTEMBER 16th THAT THE COUNTY COMMISSION HAS THEIR BUDGET MEETING THE SAME DAY WHICH WE CANNOT DO. SO WE NEED TO PROPOSE A NEW DATE. THE 1s17th WOULD BE AVAILABLE BT YOU HAVE THE IDEC CONFERENCE. IF YOU GO, WE WON'T HAVE A
QUORUM. WE NEED TO KNOW IF WE HAVE A QUORUM ON THE 17th OR WHETHER WE'D HAVE TO SHIFT IT TO MAYBE THE 18th WHICH WOULD THEN GIVE US A QUORUM. >> MAYOR: WHAT IS IN DETROIT? >> ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE. >> WHICH I THINK WE HAVE SOME AWARDS WE HAVE SUBMITTED FOR.
>> SOMETIMES WE GET AWARDS WHEN WE GO THERE AND ARE RECOGNIZED. >> I'LL BE CELEBRATING SOMEBODY'S BIRTHDAY ON THE 16th. SO I'LL BE AVAILABLE ON THE 18th. >> MAYOR: YOUR BIRTHDAY? >> NO, NO. >> MORE IMPORTANT.
[LAUGHTER] >> SHE IS MORE IMPORTANT. >> AWW. >> I DIDN'T SAY YOUR AGE NOW. [LAUGHTER] >> MAYOR: SO WHO GOES TO THIS CONFERENCE? >> I HAVEN'T RECEIVED ANY SORT OF INTEREST IN ANY OF THE COMMISSION GOING TO THE IADC. >> BUT I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT IT UNTIL TODAY.
YEAH, I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT IT UNTIL TODAY. >> WHERE IS IT GOING TO BE HELD? >> IT'S IN DETROIT, MICHIGAN. >> IADC IS THE SAME ONE FROM DALLAS, SAME CONFERENCE, INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. >> I KNOW WHICH CONFERENCE IT IS. >> IT'S IN DETROIT IN SEPTEMBER. I PLAN ON GOING.
I TALKED TO ADAM ABOUT IT AND OUR COMMISSION AIDE ABOUT IT. TYPICALLY THE CRA, CRA ITEM, RIGHT. SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, I'LL BE THERE. I DON'T MIND DOING THE MEETING ON THE 18th. BUT I DO PLAN ON GOING. >> I THINK WE SCHEDULED THE MEETING ON THE 18th AND IT WILL ELIMINATE ANY CONFLICT EVEN
WITH THE CONFERENCE. >> YES, YES. >> MAYOR: LET'S JUST DO IT THURSDAY THE 18th. >> THE 18th. >> MAYOR: GOOD TO GO, OKAY. >> MOTION TO ADJOURN. >> CONSIDER IT DONE. >> MAYOR: OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN FROM COMMISSIONER TURKIN. >> SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >> MAYOR: SECOND FROM VICE MAYOR HAY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. [AYES] MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY WITH NO FURTHER BUSINESS TO DISCUSS
THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED AT 9:41 P.M. [POUNDING OF GAVEL]