Clicker ready. I'm almost done. Everything's He's on standby for the Siri board meeting. >> Good evening everyone. Thank you so much for coming. Today is Thursday, January 8th, 2026. The time is 6:03 p.m. And
this joint meeting of the Boon Beach Community Redevelopment Agency board in the city of Boon Beach Commission is now called to order. The CRA January board meeting will start at the conclusion of this joint meeting. Let's proceed to the indication led by board member Turkin and followed by the pledge of allegiance
by Commissioner Cruz. Our board member Cruz, I should say. >> Let us pray. Heavenly Father, thank you for this new year. We ask that you bless everyone in this room, staff, and the residents of
Boon Beach as we endure this next year. Grant everyone hope, happiness, and health. And in Jesus name we pray. Amen. >> 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. >> Thank you everybody. Let's turn to our deputy city clerk Tammy Stanzion. If you could please do the roll call. >> Chair Shelton
>> present. Vice Chair Haye, >> board member Cruz, >> present. >> Board member Turkin, >> present. >> Board member Kelly >> here. >> Chair, you have a quorum. >> Thank you. We are now moving on to additions, deletions, corrections to the agenda. Let's begin to my right with board member Cruz. Are there any
additions, deletions, corrections? Board member Kelly. >> No. Thank you, Chair. >> And board member Turkin. >> May I have a motion to approve the agenda as presented? >> No moved. Board chair, I so apologize. Legal does have a request. Oh, okay. >> Um, so we would like to add a request to
consider a a meeting of the CRA shortly before the meeting of the city at the next meeting to handle a real estate matter. We anticipate the meeting would take no more than 10 minutes >> on the 20th. >> Yes. So, that's going to just if we could add that to your agenda for your consideration, we would appreciate it. >> Yes.
>> Motion to uh include that change to the agenda. Second. >> So, we have a motion and we have a second to approve the agenda as amended. All those in favor say I. >> I. All those opposed. Motion passes unanimously.
Okay. It's hard getting back in the swing of things after New Year's, isn't it? Christmas. >> Um, let's now begin withformational items and disclosures by board members and CRA staff. Let's begin to my left. Board member Turkin. >> None. Sure. >> Board member Kelly. No chair. Thank you. >> Board member Cruz.
>> None for me. >> And I have none. >> Let's move on to the next portion of the agenda, which is public comments. The public comment section of the meeting is for the public comment on all items. On the agenda are items that are not on the agenda. Each speaker will be given a total of three minutes to comment on all
items on the agenda. However, the board retains the right to increase or decrease the three-minute limit prior to the start of public comment. Each public speaker shall be given the same amount same number of minutes unless it becomes necessary to terminate a speaker's comments in order to maintain orderly conduct and properly decorum. Persons
making public comment may not assign or donate their public comment time to another individual to allow that other individual time to comment. However, any persons requiring assistance will be accommodated as required by the American with Disabilities Act. Prior to addressing the board, speakers present at the meeting will go to the podium to
make comments and speakers participating virtually will unmute their device at the time. Speakers may be asked to state their name and address for the record. Any person may provide written comments to the board prior to the meeting. So, if you have a public comment, now is the time to come down. Happy New Year. My name is Reverend
Cindy Falco Durado. I stand here tonight not for money, not for attention, but because we the people deserve integrity, transparency, accountability from our government. In recent months, I have personally witnessed conduct within the city that has been greatly concerned to
me. I will not name individuals tonight. I am speaking only about patterns, practices, and the culture that operates behind closed doors. I have experienced private conversations that should have been handled publicly and on the record being whispered in my ear instead. I have seen verbal offers made outside of
proper procedures, attempts to minimize or silence matters that should have been addressed with honesty, documentation, and transparency. My husband witnessed these interactions as well. I have also observed political relationships and endorsements that, while completely legal, raise legitimate
questions about how decisions are made, how cases are handled, and why certain citizens are treated the way they are. When citizens are mistreated, removed without cause, injured, silenced, or pressured outside of official channels, it erodess public trust. When leadership operates in whispers instead of
transparency, it undermines the very foundation of good governance. And I want this said clearly, respectfully, and on the public record. I refuse to be intimidated. I refuse to be silenced. I refuse to take hush money. And I refuse to ignore misconduct, no matter how
uncomfortable the truth may be. I am pursuing all appropriate legal remedies through the courts, including federal avenues. I will not discuss these cases here, but I want the commission and the public to know that I am standing for truth, for accountability, and for every resident who has ever been mistreated or
ignored. My hope tonight is simple. This is that city chooses to operate in the light that transparency replaces whispers, that honesty replaces avoidance, and that every official here remembers the solemn oath you took to serve. we the people,
not political alliances, not personal agendas, not backroom conversations. I pray that God grants each and every one of you the wisdom and the courage and the conviction to do what is right even when no one is watching. Thank you.
>> Thank you. Next, please. Good evening. Um, welcome back. Um, Susan Oyer, Boon Beach. I want to say thank you um board members commissioner Amy Kelly for coming and de judging my neighborhood's decorating contest. Um I
I really gave them a hard time about how poorly they did for Halloween and really challenged them and they went all big. Thank you to you and your daughter for coming out three nights in a row to go through all the houses and come up with a great set of winners and superlatives.
Thank you very much. Um, I'm not sure if you guys are aware. I've been hearing complaints. The 500 Ocean building where Guaco used to be, um, apparently there's no longer free parking for the public and there's supposed to be. That was one of the conditions of approval for that
project. They're now forcing people to download some app or something and register to park in a free parking place. Yes, I know. To the point that Guaco has now left because of it and I believe you've lost a butcher in the bar because of it. You are losing businesses
in the CRA because you are allowing that horrid building that has had problems from day one to continue on with their nonsense and now they're forcing people to register to park or they're handing them tickets and you are now losing patrons and you are losing businesses
that have been there for a few years now all because of this horrid awful building that can't get their crap together. Whether it's falling elevators, mold, people employees breaking into people's apartments, whatever. Please take a look at that. I'm also worried that the D3 parking
ordinance meeting um no one appears to want to show up and and I know um Doug who runs it was like we can't get anyone from the city to show up. What is that? D3 and D2 are your big districts that you supposedly are trying to clean up
with parking and yet you can't get city employees to show up to their own meetings. So, please get working on that. And um my let's see I think I have enough time to get both in. Um I would like to highly suggest that the old
house that's on Boon Beach Boulevard and Third um you guys might want to look at I know they don't seem to want to sell, but maybe it's because they're afraid that's beautiful building that's 95 years old this year is going to be knocked down and destroyed. Have you guys thought about taking that one and
moving that one over next to the Magneson? If the Andrews House thing is not going to work, my group is on board with going forward with getting that house moved and saved and protected. It is 95 years old this year. That might definitely be worth investigating. Um it
some company out of Lake Worth owns it because I went investigating it on Papa last night. So I would um ask that maybe you guys look forward to maybe doing something like that to save another piece of our city's history and moving it downtown. And whoever's laughing, hopefully they agree. And um yes,
there's movement forward on getting Bezens, France as our next sister city. I had meetings with them today and we will continue having meetings going forward, but there's movement on that. Thank you. >> Thank you. Is anyone else here for
public comment? Come on down, sir. >> Hi. Um, I'm not sure if this is the right time for me to speak. It's more of a personal uh thing. I uh been a homeowner in Boon Beach since two. My name is Dave
David Al. >> Thank you. >> Um, I've been a homeowner in Boon Beach since 2019. And I recently bought the house right on the corner behind here, 202 Southeast 1st Avenue. Um, I uh since
I moved in, I put on a new roof, new uh windows and doors, and did some landscaping and uh recently uh received a letter with several code violations in regards to the uh landscaping.
Um, I basically put in a and before I did it, I had, you know, looked at other established houses in the area and, you know, it wasn't anything major. It was a Kushia bed and some stone put in. Uh, basically when I moved into the house,
the front yard was almost half dirt, half grass, just really not very well maintained. I put a Kushia bed in the front and some stone to leave a little birth for traffic because it's a narrow street and trucks and landscapers come
down there. Um, I also put some stone up the side. Um, and you know, I can go through the complaints or whatever. Um, I'm I'm just hoping that um kind of tapped out for money right now. Um,
there'd be some kind of waiver or some sort of I don't know, at very least an extension because today is the day that everything's supposed to be done. Um, I I redid the irrigation to make everything, you know, look good. I've had compliments by neighbors and walkers
and city workers since I've moved in that the house is the best that it's looked that they can remember. Um, so I'm I'm I'm just pleading for myself that I don't have to put thousands of dollars to remove what I had had done.
Um, I'm not sure if this is the right venue, but a friend of mine told me it might be helpful to make a plea to all of you. Um, so I'm not sure if if this is the right way to go, but uh, just thought I'd
>> It is. Can when you are done, can you just wait so we can have somebody get your phone number? I know code probably has it, but we're going to have someone follow up with this >> tonight and early tomorrow morning so it doesn't continue on. >> Okay. >> Sir, the gentleman in the blue the blue shirt over there will >> Yeah. Can you get the phone number for
us? >> He He's in the far back corner. So >> yeah, if he'll give it to us after still wait. >> Um, no, you don't have to wait. If you just want to make sure you give your contact information so that we have it. >> All right. Appreciate it. Thank you.
Welcome to the neighborhood, Mr. O. >> Okay, so the online is still not working, right? For >> they're getting him logged in now. >> We are logged in. So >> So they are working on >> Oh, they're working on it. Okay, >> but there's nobody on. >> Okay, but there's no one anyways. Okay, moving on. Uh let's go to new business.
The first item is the presentation of affordable housing inventory. Um Mr. Tac or who wants to Bonnie, are you on this for this one? Okay, I see you're switching. Okay. >> Yes. Good evening, board. Um, will there be a presentation? Yep, he's getting it loaded for us now. Great. So, um, this
is a follow-up uh from the November 8th workshop um with the CRA and city commission. Uh, there was a request for a report on affordable housing inventory that we have. Um, this presentation is going to provide an overview of the past five years for current projects that are
under construction and pre-development and completed within the fast past 5 years. As an overview, we have 677 affordable units ranging from rental apartments to single family homes. And they range in affordability from 30% of
the county's AMI all the way up to 120% AMI. So the PowerPoint slides will just break it down real quickly. So first we'll look at some of the completed projects. We have Ocean Breeze East. Um that's Centennial Management Corporation 123 units. 10% are 30% AMI and 90% units
uh 60% AMI and they are all rental at 100 Northeast 7th Avenue. They're uh currently occupi fully occupied with a weight list. Heart of Boon they are completed 137 Northeast 10th Avenue. Rental 124 um 10% of the units to 30%
whereas 90% of the units are 70% AMI and again that's a Centennial project. We have model block that was a combination project between Habitat and the Boon Beach faith-based CDC. These are all four units, 16 single family homes. The
Habitat for Humanity homes were 60% AMI, whereas the CDC were on the moderate 2 scale of 100 to 120%. Currently under construction, we have the Cottage District, 41 single family homes, uh, sorry, 41 units, 19 single
family homes, ranging, um, between the 80 to 100% AMI. And the 22 town homes are on the lower, so they're 60 to 80%. They're all for sale products by PY Home. And the Dunes just broke ground as well. Um, South Federal Highway. Uh, they are
a combination of rental with apartments and town homes. uh 15 units of the units will be 100% to 100 20% and 119 I'm sorry I didn't differentiate that on the units but affiliated is also doing that project
and pre-development we have Serest Sound just north of the canal rental 89 this one's a live local um and to segue back to the dunes that was also live local um Serest Sound is a 89 units 100 to 120% AMI and they're serest apartments
property owner LLC. And lastly, we have the Pierce. Um, they will have 150 units of their 300 units affordability. And then we phase down every 15 years and end with 30 um end with uh 30 units in perpetuity. So, you
can see the affordability ranges as the years go by. And that's affiliated. And that was just a quick overview. And then I'm here for questions. Um, and we also have Amanda Amanda Ratigan with the city if you have any other questions. If any of my colleagues have any questions.
Okay, >> great. Thank you. >> Um, moving on. The next item is Pence Park. Mr. Tac, is that on you? Oh, okay. Good evening, board chair, CRA members,
city officials, staff, residents. Thank you for the opportunity to present an update on Pence Park um redevelopment project. This project focuses on expanding and modernizing the park to better serve the community. I'll briefly
walk you through scope and timeline today. Pence Park is a key neighborhood asset with CRA district within the CRA district. The proposed improvements modernize the park while expanding usable uh footprint. The the design
prioritizes flexibility, durability, and long-term benefit. Perfect. The park is located at 600 Southeast 4th Street in Boon Beach. The aerial here shows the existing park
boundaries and the surrounding contact. The site's location makes it highly visible, accessible, and well positioned for reinvestment. A major component of this project is the abandonment of the Southeast Third Street. We're also
utilizing approximately 25 ft of adjacent railroad rightway. These changes will allow the park to expand in a way that's not that was not previously possible. The added space improves layout efficiency, safety, and
overall usability. Any trees that uh can be relocated will be within uh feasible and appropriate. Fencing will be upgraded to current standards. These improvements prepare the site for long-term performance
and maintenance. Here's a high level of what's coming. The redesigned park supports a wide range of users. Major components include multi-purpose athletic fields that are designed for soccer, football, or any other athletic sports.
Bleachers to accommodate games, practices, and special events. Synthetic turf uh to improve durability, minimize downtime, reduce irrigation and maintenance needs. Pickle ball continues to grow rapidly.
Four dedicated courts will provide safe, clearly defined play areas. Their placement minimize conflicts with other parks and activities. Both athletic fields and the pickleball courts will be illuminated.
You can see around the walking paths that functions throughout day and night week. The playground which is under the red tarp uh will offer space for children and families to get together. These features of course ensure that the
park serves all age groups. There'll be new bathrooms, multi-purpose rooms. The new restrooms facilities improve comfort, accessibility. Multi-purpose rooms will support community programming, meetings, events.
These amenities significantly increase the park's functional cap capacity. The maintenance building will be on site. maintenance building will support efficient day-to-day operations. On-site storage improves response times and operational costs. This facility
protects the CRA's investment over the long period of time. Where are we today? Construction documents are at about 100%. The first design review uh was this week, Tuesday of this week
with all functional departments, fire, police, utilities, and so forth. Comments were minimal. Permitting is anticipated to be around, you know, somewhere in uh February. After permitting, we'll start preparing
for the bidding process, public bid. These milestones position the project well for implementation. In closing, this project transforms Pence Park into a modern, flexible community asset. It maximizes limited urban space while
supporting recreational events and neighborhood quality. We appreciate the CRA's support and partnership. I'm happy to answer any questions if I can. Thank you. >> Questions from my colleagues.
>> I have one quick question. I know um Commissioner board member Turkin, I know we had had discussions about um incorporating a splash pad. Do we know as part of that children's playground area? Is that are have we nixed that?
Are we trying to see if that's something that can be part of the children's playground? Are we >> not part of it? So we're So for the the regular playground under the red tarp, it's going to be just standard playground
equipment. Okay. Can I ask why that was not included when it's been communicated at both the CRA and city level and that not not just that but also at the advisory board meetings to have some designs and I think verbatim what was said is we'll
come back with some stuff and we'll show it to you which I understand if there's an issue as to why we can't do it. What I don't like is when we get to the final hour and we just we just see these finalized plans. We've dumped all this
money into it yet the commission had no opportunity to then address you know this. So I'm just confused. I know that there's been some time since our last meetings and so I just want to know the
reasoning of why there wasn't input allowed or is there you know is there an engineering reason as to why we can't do this that I'm unaware of you know because when I'll speak for myself when I'm advocating and speaking with my constituents I'm saying hey yes we're
you know we've discussed this we've allowed this in a dialogue and and I hand the ball to staff you uh most of the time the touchdown scored. I don't look back to see if it's not going to get scored. And so if we need to redraw the play, you know, I'd like to know if we need to do that. So I just don't know
where the disconnect was. And again, if there's if there's communication, then I can go and say, "Hey, um here here's the why. Why we're not doing this versus it being brought forward, then we're going into permitting in February, right? We have one commission meeting and then to
go back I know is going to cost money for redesign and then we're expending more resources. So I just want to know where that disconnect was or if there's an opportunity where we can incorporate that or if there's um
if there's a thought or um initiative to have that place elsewhere that would be good to know. just the communication aspect because if that's going to be somewhere else, good to know. No big deal. Let's move forward. I just I just
need to know these things, not at the last minute. >> Yes, sir. Um I think part of the problem in in this particular project was the plans were developed further along than at the time when that request came from um I think it was a meeting that was held in the community. Um so it hasn't
been reflected in the drawings. It it was something we considered. I can tell you that those type of place PLA uh splash pads are very maintenanceheavy. Um and then this type of park. So, we're looking to potentially centralize that into an aquatic center. That was one of the things that we were talking about.
We still have an opportunity to add it here. It would be a small revision to this that could be done during the permitting. So, we're still evaluating that, but we'd like to see that done at a more centralized location at an aquatic park instead of having splash pads throughout the city because they are very problematic. As you can tell,
the one at barrier free is down more than it is up. So, um that was one of the primary reasons why it wasn't done. I do apologize that wasn't communicated to dis before this presentation today. That is something we can still accomplish if that is the will of the board here or the commission.
>> Yeah, listen, I I'm I'm pretty reasonable when it when it comes to, you know, if something makes sense as to the why. And when we were discussing this, the number one issue I brought up was the maintenance and the recurring cost. What I don't like is that there was a decision made without input that this
has nothing to do with the uh splashpad or the pensark project. It has to do that with the fact that there was a final decision made without options being presented. It seems like um you know if there's a more logical reasoning
to put it elsewhere where it's more coste effective you know I'm I'm all ears. You know, I just I think we have the right to have those options presented before us before we open up this dialogue looking at plans, you
know, that later need, you know, will be executed. I >> I don't think it was so much that it was a um these aren't final final drawings. It still can be done. I think that was it wasn't so much that it was a timing thing that the drawings and renderings these renderings were probably completed
a while back, right? So, we haven't had an opportunity to update those drawings, but the consensus and we knew this was going to be a topic that came up tonight when you saw all these drawings. So, it was something that we probably should have got with you individually on to get some input on before the meeting. So, give you I do apologize for that, but we
will look at that again. But the consensus before the meeting when we all talked because I knew this was going to come up was the reason the rationale was that the maintenance of it and we're looking to centralize it at more of a park. So the Pence Park, not Pence Park, Densen Pool is one of the projects that
we're looking at that in the next upcoming within next five years, we're going to need a major renovation at that park and we are looking to do a more of an aquatic center at that park which we could include those kind of features for kids to play. It's kind of similar to what they've done at um John Prince Park. if you've seen what the countyy's
done at that park where they have a a wonderful facility there where the kids absolutely enjoy themselves. That was kind of the what we were thinking that that was the direction we were going to go. I do apologize that we didn't get at least some input from the DAS before this meeting, but we'll make sure that's rectified. Yeah, I think like you know
this was this has gone through so many levels of like feedback between constituency the crab board this body on both sides of the city and the CRA and you know we talk we talk about the debts and pool that's 5 years out which
probably won't get done for seven to 10 years >> correct >> you know so what that looks like to me is the same thing we've seen >> in the past is can kick down the road which I don't want to see happen I think there's an opportunity where like let's go back see what this looks like to
include both. >> Can you pull the site plan up? >> And if if if not then are we creating a realistic plan, >> you know, where we can establish something in a neighboring park. I know one one um
one proposed idea was right over here. You know, personally, I think that's a little bit too close to the road. Yeah. you know, but um I just, you know, what I'm asking for is just communication simple. You know, everyone's been off for a month, so to say we didn't have
time is an obsolete excuse, I think. And uh being the district commissioner and giving my word to someone and then seeing this, you know, it's not not not the best look. And um I just wish that I would be more involved in this process
before it became public. And you know, you know, maybe we do I sent an email um earlier this week about having a community meeting in lie of uh what was discussed earlier in public comment about Pence Spark or maybe was Serest,
one of the two projects that affected the district. So maybe this is a perfect opportunity for that so we can get some feedback for the residents apply both before we move forward and then make a decision, you know, um >> and and just not do it hastily because I
just >> we're scheduled I think Tom is scheduled and uh and Kevin are going to be at the 21st meeting to present these plans and do this presentation at Forest Park. So that I would love to see feedback and I'll let Carl speak too. I know that it's something they may have talked about
>> placing one here. Um there may be and you can speak Carl on this is whether there will have to be features removed in order to to um add a splash pad at this park if that was the will of the commission >> and the co and and also too what is the cost right I think it's easier to have
this conversation with your constituency with the residents when we highlight hey here's what we want to do you know if we did a splash pad here's how much it would cost here's what here's here's the pros and cons you know what I mean and then that way we kind of weigh out and incorporate Great. This is a big
project, right? And this is an awesome project and Andrew, I know you've been working on this for years. Thank you guys so much for all the work you've put into it. I just want to make sure we get this right and that we're we're honoring our word when we say, you know, hey, we have an opportunity to include, you
know, this concept into the district. And I want to make sure we do and take the steps needed to at least here and make an effort, you know, to at least execute that initiative. Um and again if we can't do it we can't do it that's
fine you know but we need to explain the why. >> Yeah absolutely I think on the 21st we can have that information available and have a very robust discussion at the forest park meeting. >> Yeah. Well, and Commissioner, I mean, I I agree and I
think that's, you know, it really just comes down to communication, but I mean, even if it's something as simple as a water feature, um, that is not necessarily a full-on splash pad with dumping buckets and and all that stuff that is so costly to maintain. And I
mean, we see it at Barrierfree, we know. But, you know, even a a a light up water feature like downtown West Palm did what, 25 years ago, just giving kids an opportunity to run through some water when it's 105 degrees outside is not
going to necessarily take up a lot of space. It's not something that's necessarily going to be in the playground area where we have to worry about wetness. But at the same time it gives you know that opportunity to to to have a water feature which is a you know part of our kind of you know
incorporating art and and a feature um but also you know also solid you know killing two birds with one stone. So that might be an opportunity where it's not going to require that much maintenance and it's not going to require that much space, but it's going
to provide an opportunity for what, you know, Commissioner Turkens residents, you know, have been, you know, wanting and look, I mean, we went we had this whole presentation done by the crab board on what the residents of, you know, the CRA district want to see. And
so it is, you know, I I'm not gonna, you know, you repeat everything that was said, but I think that, you know, there probably are some opportunities where we can do something maybe not on a grand scale, but that that meets the needs of the
residents, but but is not going to be, you know, we're not going to kill ourselves in maintenance either. So, um, so I would like to before it moves, you know, any further to really see what those options are and and how it would work and and what the cost would be to
make changes and and so that we can decide, you know, is it fiscally responsible for us to make these changes after we spent all this money making this plan before splash pads became a thing and before we started talking and going down that road. So, that's my >> Carl, you have Yeah, I just had one
other thing I'd like to add. Good evening, everybody. My name is Carl Fermenti. the director of construction services. So, one of the challenges we face with this site, as you can see, it's relatively small for the amount of activities and user groups that we have defined for this space. So, that was one of the, you know, decisions that we had
to make. We actually stripped some amenities out of this park through the original design process. We had some basketball courts and stuff in there. So, you know, what our thinking was there is when people go to parks, they don't want to be confined. They want to enjoy open spaces and all of that. And
you know with having a splash pad in such uh close proximity to some other features um you know it'll be a little bit challenging but we'll take a look at that and and give it considerations. The other things that we took into account when we made these types of decisions with the site was simply um you know the
additional parking that would be required because you're inviting a whole another user group to this park. And primarily most of the activities that we've seen at this park um in the past have been you know it's very heavy soccer so that takes up a majority of the footprint. And then obviously with
the downtown development and and multiuse development that's going on it will attract you know family types with young children. So that was the reason that we definitely needed a park feature. Now having a park feature with a water component adjacent in such close
proximity other things will be challenging but certainly something we consider. And to also echo some of the thoughts I mean we have some underutilized parks that already have a a very good amount of parking and may lend themselves better to this type of
activity and a more expansive type of aquatic center or park. And uh just to echo those locations, obviously we were talking about the densen pool which is the Carolyn Sim Center and then the other one would be Barrier Free Park. You know, there's still a lot of unused
space at those two parks and I think that we'll get a more diverse user group and be able to accommodate more of a uh a family type of group. Whereas in this downtown area, what we we think it we see right now is really that's more of younger families or families that are
just starting. So those children, they may not have children or they may just have, you know, very small children that aren't even old enough yet to maybe even use those type of features in that park. So those are just some of the considerations um you know that we were kind of went through through the design
process and and unfortunately I wasn't involved in the prior meeting so I wasn't aware of the request of the water feature but certainly that's something that we would consider before we you know make any kind of final decision on uh you know this park. It's very important. and it's in, you know, we have um you know, we're doing some road
work, re we're redoing that road there. So, whatever we do there, we want to make the right move and make it the right fit for that area. So, we certainly appreciate that feedback and we we'll make those considerations as we work through um the remaining process of this project. >> The other thing I think uh Commissioner Kelly made a great point is, you know,
when I when you think splash pad, I'm thinking something that you might have to have lifeguard there and all that. So that it may be more of a terminology problem than it was because I think something like you're talking about where the water shoots up out of the ground where the kids can run through is probably a much doable thing here versus
a splash pad. That's why I meant splash pad would be better appropriate for like a densen pool or aquatic center. So that that's kind of why that conversation went that way. So an alternate we can look at something that is different where it's a more of a water feature instead of a splash pad.
>> Thank you. Um I do want to make a few points and thank you for the presentation. Um few questions. I mean if we get into the frame of thought that we're going dense, we have multiple buildings that are being constructed at
the time. We have 500 ocean pretty much very nearby. Um we have a lot of density coming up in the future. And as we're thinking of parks and building something immediately, um, we should
also think about not just the parking per se, which is a valid point, but also the fact that there are going to be hundreds, if not thousands of new people coming into that um area where within a walking distance. Um, I have a question
with regard to the um the building. Can we can somebody talk about the rationale behind creating the multi-use room like and how what's the square footage on that
>> off the top? I do not know the exact square footage of the building, but the intended use for those would be for uh parks and Rex meetings, um any type of clubs that could be affiliated with the park, um perhaps even um utilizing it for parties for children and so forth.
So that's the intent of some of those and that's could possibly be a source of revenue as well for the city to use that space as a rental type space for birthday parties and and so forth. >> Vending machines >> any any way to know the size is it 1,000 square feet is >> somewhere around 1,500 square feet,000.
>> Okay, I'm not a planner or anything but you know I think we should keep parks parks. I think we're doing a lot of closed source space. We've got restrooms are reasonable storage. We have an office there. Um, this multi-purpose room could potent and
Commissioner Kelly talked about West Palm Beach and downtown West Palm, how they have not necessarily the splash pad, but they have the area where the kids can, you know, go in and have the water. I don't see why we couldn't get rid of the multi-purpose room and have
something within those thousand square feet that could potentially be more beneficial to the community. Um, the people have been asking for the splash pad and I support the district commissioner in in fighting for that. Um, people have been asking for this for
years and years and years and this is an opportunity. We're spending I think $4.4 million in this park. You know, why can't we put something water related for the kids there? Um, I don't see a necessity for a multi-purpose room in a
park necessarily. We have city hall not that far away and we have a lot of spaces in city hall. A lot of empty space on the first floor. Uh at least last time I checked. Um a lot a lot of empty space where we could potentially have meetings or you know where people with the clubs could meet up. I don't
know if that's the best place for it in a park. Um we're going to have so much limited space with parks going forward. There's not enough land to do it and a lot of construction coming up. So, I think we should prioritize um as much
open space as we could and I think we do have an opportunity to put something whether it's a splash pad or whether it's the concrete where the water comes out of the ground that we don't necessarily need a lifeguard for that. They don't have one in say West Palm Beach. Um but it's something that it
really becomes a community hub and really um brings the downtown together. And you know, I think that we could do something um you know, with that train of thought. Thank you. So, I'd like to propose if it's okay
with my colleagues, maybe come back with a couple of concepts and um maybe we'll do this meeting at Forest Park, get some uh get some feedback with those concepts, and then bring it back before us because the the talking point about
the multi-purpose room, I I could see both sides of it. I could see why you would want that. To me, I think it'll be great for a month or two and then you're going to have >> undesirable activity there. Yeah. who's going to manage it >> and then and then that's going to be maintenance, right? Who's going to maint
that that suffices, right? I would imagine that would suffice. That's split in the middle. You know, maybe it's less on maintenance. I mean, hell, I would jump in the coin pool, you know what I mean? When I was a kid, I didn't care. >> The fountain, right? like and uh you know that that was something I remember
as a kid. You know, I don't think it needs to be this grandiose water park, right? Um but I think having some form of water feature is important and I think it'd be a home run. And I think if we're worried about maintenance, then
regardless of the water feature, then we should look at this project in its entirety about the uh the multi-purpose room. Um I I I can understand the why. You know, it sounds good in theory. I just I just know like I perfect example today
went to Harvey Oer Park, new tackle shop. They're like, "Hey, can someone get the trash cans? It's been three days." You know what I mean? It's full. When I got when I got back, you know, um the the the one closer to the boat ramp, so it's like we're just adding more maintenance, more maintenance, more
maintenance. And so, you know, I don't I listen again, I'm not I'm not, you know, frustrated with the the water feature there, not there and different. I'm frustrated that it wasn't kind of brought in the proper process, I believe, or at least there was no
communication. If you know, if I got a phone call and someone said, "Hey, you know, here's the why, right?" I could understand that. Then maybe we can I could ask that we propose so on so forth. Um, so that's my proposition. I
don't know if you need a motion, city attorney, or if consensus suffices. Fine. >> I think we have enough direction. Do you think that you'll have enough time to have a couple options by the 21st, or is that something that you won't have available? >> Um, I I can give you an answer in the
morning. Let me just meet with some of my associates to see how quick we can get this online and back, you know, to give it a second look. Yeah, >> we may not have drawings, but you may be able to at least communicate where and what at the meeting. >> Absolutely. >> All right. So, and I do think that, you know, your idea of, you know, riffing
the building does free up money. It saves us money in the construction, too. >> Absolutely. >> And I noticed like there's no like outdoor seating like picnic tables and an area for that where when you if you're talking about bringing families into an area, >> if I'm going to when I had little kids, I went to a playground, I wanted a place
for them to sit and have a snack and drink. And so maybe if we scrubbed the building, put out an outdoor seating area and a water feature, it might >> Do we have There is an outdoor seating here, is there? >> There is some seating, but it's primarily adjacent to the field and it is covered.
>> Okay. >> Okay. >> La last thought. Sorry. Or you want to go? >> No, I was just going to say thank you guys for all your hard work on this. This has been a long time coming. This currently is not the most desirable place. It's uh not utilized to its best potential for sure. Um, unfortunately
there's been a lot of undesirable activity, you know, adjacent to the park. So, thank you guys for uh for for for all your hard work. >> And since we're on the subject of the park, um the the properties that are on the north side that have the sticker on
them that are wood frame and condemned, is there anything movement of those being torn down or would they still remain when we put this beautiful park in? Because I get calls all every weekend about loitering behind those two properties. a lot of bad activity going on and I keep seeing we're talking about
putting four million in, but are we getting rid of the garbage houses across the street? >> Those are in the process. Those are in the process. Yes. I uh I spoke with Adam. Um he's not here tonight, but we're very well aware and they're in a process. So, >> my last thought was just um
we don't have an abundance of land for parks. Let's try to keep parks parks as much as we can, you know, open space and and we have plenty of buildings. We have a hund00 million new city hall where we could have space for andor multi-purpose rooms on the first floor. There's just a
lot of opportunity. We have limited space for parks and it would be great to to really keep that in mind as we're building future parks. >> Great. Okay. So, we do have the we're good with the consensus. I move that and we can move on to the item you the item
you wanted to add 8 C >> which was adding an item to the next meeting. Thank you so much. Thank you, board chair. Um, in the CRA meeting, there will be a real estate item coming before you. We have received an executed
contract um for that property to the extent that the board at the CRA meeting votes to um approve that contract. It's not it's not in your agenda. It's not before you. You're not able to approve it tonight. However, to expedite proceedings if the board desired and
with the with the city's consent, um then you all could >> Yeah. Do you want me to continue or do you want to wait? >> The budget. >> Yeah, I'm doing the real estate before
the budget. >> Yeah, that was supposed to be D. My mistake. >> That's fine. Do you want me to continue or do you want me to wait? >> You want to switch it? I think it's both because we'd have to move the time of the city commission until after the CRA meeting, but we don't expect the CRA meeting would take
long if it's approved tonight. We would just convene for voting purposes. Okay. So, I'll suspend this discussion until you >> recue me. So, let's go to 8C who from the who wants to do this. >> The computers are down up here too. >> Yeah, we don't have anything on our
>> slideshow. And looks like um >> this Tim, >> come on up. >> Yeah, I don't have anything. I kind of like the side of the disas. This is nice. Um, we just brought this item back before you all to identify priority projects as well as start your
discussion in regards to preparing a budget for the next fiscal year and in combination with the city thought this would be a good time to do so. So, this is an open discussion for you all and however you want to proceed, it's up to you all. I mean what so what are we so this is in
anticipation of our upcoming budget cycle and what we have going coming coming in and going out priorities are >> correct. Yeah that is correct. If there's any um projects that you think that are going to be priority projects
for this nei next fiscal year, it would be the time to start that introduction or at least start talking about that or anything that you feel that we should be focusing our budget more on. Um particularly if you think um land acquisition if we if there's ways that
we can get a little bit more of an insight. But again, this is just preliminary discussion. I definitely think it's land acquisition. However, I'm still going to say I'm the new kid on the block because I haven't hit a year yet. But is this something that would be better suited in
a workshop to go in detail about it or I mean I know I'm I'm adamant about land acquisition obviously. Um I know we need to discuss the events the budget there and where we are with that but I'm deferring to my colleagues on anything else. Yeah, I mean I think our
priorities are I mean I I think our priorities are always property acquisition. I think um I mean I feel like I've talked at nauseium about federal highway um and acquiring uh whatever we can on federal highway to start making that making improvements
there too. I think um you know I think where our budget is now and our priorities are you know pretty I think they're pretty stable. Um, I mean it in looking at it, I don't think that there's anything that I would that me
personally accept to pri continue to prioritize acquisition and also to really start moving the properties that we have because as much as we have our annual turf that comes in, we also have
are sitting on properties that we can move that will improve and enhance our district and the city as a poll and we're just sitting on them. And I think that right now and and we're moving them. We're starting to move them. But I think that, you know,
looking at really looking closely at, you know, the post office and what we're, you know, and and part of that I know um we part of this discussion was also going to be like pushing through some of our priorities as far as um what the CRA plan is going to look like and
where our priorities are going to be with that. And I think that that I think having that discussion I think kind of kills two birds with one stone where our priorities as far as the CRA plan and rewriting the plan where our budget priorities are. But I mean I agree I think pro I think property acquisition
is always um a high priority because we can't we can't move we can't we can't get people to improve for us. We have to do the work. So um so that's kind of my thought. I think that where as far as
you know where our budget sits for this year, I think we've moved things around through the last year as far as what our priorities have been. And so I think we're on the right track to to keeping them going. I would like to see us um
consider um you know how I know we'll get a circuit update soon but to start having that discussion on on how that's working how we can improve that how we change that since we're here on in two different hats how the city can get
involved with with increasing that out to the trial I think those are some of the priorities I think coming up that you know if that means that we need to invest a little bit more on our end for the ride share program. I want to see where that is and how um how successful that is and what the city can do uh to
push that forward and if that means that we expand a little bit further west um to hit our art area because we do have our arts district and also the tri rail. Um so those are my thoughts on on the budget and moving forward.
>> Um I think I think we know where we're going. I think it's just a matter of how and I think that how is going to be discussed at our next uh meeting in regards to hopefully a bond, right? Um I think we've also discussed um you know
the marina overlay district, right? So I think putting in those tools and mechanisms that'll help shape the future and then actually making it come to fruition. And I think we've been very clear on our vision, you know, for the last year to us focusing more on commercial versus uh high density
residential and multif family. I think we've done a lot and you know, the county is doing a lot right. So I think it's Buon Beach's turn to decide what we want to see in our city and I think first and foremost that comes from property acquisition and having leverage
and um you know land power and I think that's what we're doing and you know I hope uh we have a productive conversation when it comes to this this bond because I think that's really going to be our opportunity to make transform transformational change you know spec
specifically to the the east side and uh that federal corridor because I think you know a lot of people are excited you know about what's coming downtown and um you know it just takes so long everything takes so long but I think when we have you know the the property
rights and you know we have more leverage you know we can kind of guide the private sector to where our residents and our vision sees fit. So that's that's all I got. Nice. >> Well, and focus on commercial as opposed to >> Commissioner Hay is now on the attendance.
>> Okay. >> Okay. >> Um are there any other discussion items before >> just to uh add to the circuit, we may also want to look at whether we're expanding or contracting outside this area boundary as well. So there may be
those discussions because certainly connecting to Palm Tran or something like that may make a lot of sense moving forward or maybe not. So those are also discussions that we could have as a part of that. >> Perfect. >> Okay. So we will further that discussion
at a later time and we will continue to now move on to 8D >> um simply because it would require attention of city council and the CRA to allow the CRA to hold a brief meeting um at the beginning of the next city
council meeting to finalize a contract if you all choose to take that route tonight because it would require an adjustment of the city council time um and would require you all as a CRA to to approve that. We wanted to put that on your on your radar. Um you all can vote at the meeting on the CRA at the next
meeting, but while we have you here as city council members, also I don't know if you're city attorney and I apologize because this just came up shortly before we came in here. Um uh if you'd like to make that allowance to push that that city council meeting back by 15 minutes or so. >> Yeah, I'm a motion
>> where consensus works. >> No, I think we can just add it to the agenda. >> Perfect. >> 15 minutes. Um anyway we could do it at 6 and just make it short. >> Yeah, we'll just start at 65 because I'm coming from West Palm. >> Yeah, we'll make it
>> six o'clock and >> Yeah. >> Okay. >> Okay. >> So, we don't need a vote on that. >> Nope. >> All right. We're done with that. >> Anything else before we wrap this meeting up? Do I have a motion to adjurnn?
>> Motion to adjurnn. So, a second. >> We have a motion. We have a second. All those in favor say I. >> I. All those opposed say nay. Motion passes. We would take a minute break while we set up for the CRA morning uh meeting. >> Minute. One minute break.
>> About a five minute break. >> Tammy, do you need more time? >> We'll be right back. >> Five minutes is fine.