>> MAYOR: GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE, WELCOME TO THE CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH CITY COMMISSION MEETING. WE WILL TURN TO THE CITY CLERK FOR ROLL CALL. >> MAYOR SHELTON? >> PRESENT. >> VICE MAYOR TURKIN? >> PRESENT.
>> COMMISSIONER CRUZ? COMMISSIONER McCREA? >> HERE. >> COMMISSIONER KELLEY? >> HERE. >> YOU HAVE A QUORUM. >> MAYOR: THE INVOCATION WILL BE
LED BY COMMISSIONER TURKIN AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE BY ME. >> WE COME BEFORE YOU WITH GRATITUDE TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY. GRANT US WISDOM IN OUR DECISIONS, INTEGRITY IN OUR ACTIONS. HELP US LEAD WITH HUMILITY,
LISTEN WITH RESPECT AND ALWAYS PUT THE NEEDS OF OUR RESIDENTS FIRST. GUIDE THIS BODY TO WORK TOGETHER IN GOOD FAITH, SETTING ASIDE DIFFERENCES FOR WHAT IS RIGHT AND JUST FOR THE CITY OF BOYNTON
BEACH. WATCH OVER OUR FIRST RESPONDERS AND SERVICE MEMBERS. WE ASK FOR YOUR CONTINUED BLESSINGS OF THIS CITY AND ITS PEOPLE. AMEN. >> I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE 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.
WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO THE AGENDA APROVAL, DELETIONS AND CORRECTIONS.
>> WOULD I LIKE TO PULL ITEM 7C. >> MAYOR: COMMISSIONER KELLEY? >> NO, MAYOR, THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: VICE MAYOR TURKIN? >> NO, MAYOR. >> MAYOR: COMMISSIONER CRUZ? >> NOTHING FOR ME. >> MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA? >> SECOND.
>> MAYOR: ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE? >> AYE. >> WE WILL MOVE ON TO ADDITIONAL ITEMS BY MEMBERS OF THE CITY COMMISSION, LET'S BEGIN ON MY RIGHT WITH COMMISSIONER CRUZ. >> NOTHING FOR ME. >> VICE MAYOR TURKEN? >> NOTHING RIGHT NOW.
>> COMMISSIONER KELLEY? >> MAYOR, I JUST WANTED TO -- I ATTENDED THE PARKS AND RECs EASTER EGG HUNT ON SATURDAY. IT WAS AT EZELL HESTER ON THE FOOTBALL FIELD, THERE WERE SO
MANY EGGS, I THINK THE OLDER GROUP, THERE WAS JUST TOO MANY, AND IT WAS A GREAT SUCCESS. I JUST WANT TO THANK PARKS AND REC AND ALL OF CITY STAFF THAT WAS OUT THERE, THEY ALL WORKED -- IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL DAY TO BE OUT THERE COLLECTING EASTER EGGS, AND JUST THANK YOU
TO STAFF FOR DOING A GREAT, PUTTING ON A GREAT EVENT, THANK YOU AS ALWAYS. >> THANK YOU, MAYOR. >> I MET WITH JONATHAN OF GLOBAL 1 INVESTMENT GROUP, IN REGARDS TO THE PROPERTY LOCATED ACROSS
FROM BOYNTON, THE BIBLE CHURCH OF GOD. >> IT WAS AN INFORMATIVE MEETING. [ NO AUDIO ] >> AT LEAST WE'RE DOING SOME THINGS HERE IN BOYNTON.
I MET WITH THREE REPRESENTATIVES -- >> IS YOUR MIC ON? >> MIC ON? >> IS THAT BETTER? >> THERE YOU GO. >> YOU WANT ME TO SING NOW? >> I MET WITH THREE REPRESENTATIVES FROM INKA IN
REGARDS TO THINGS THAT THEY WANTED TO SEE HAPPEN, IN THEIR COMMUNITY. THEY GAVE ME A LIST, AND I BROUGHT THE LIST BACK, I WAS ABLE TO GIVE IT TO OUR DEPUTY CITY MANAGER. I TOLD HIM, DO THE BEST YOU CAN, BUT WE'RE GOING TO GET THESE
THINGS DONE, I GAVE HIM MY WORD, THAT IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO. AT THE COMMUNITY MEETING, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANKS TO REVEREND WHITELEY, REVEREND DAMES, DAN GUG AR, THE POLICE CHIEF, AND REPRESENTATIVES FROM
THE MPO. THE MEETING WAS EXCELLENT, EVERYONE GAVE THEIR PARTICIPATION. ALSO, THERE WAS A COMMISSIONER, COUNTY COMMISSIONER, BOBBI POWELL WHO BROUGHT SOME INSIGHT
TO THINGS THAT WE WERE REQUESTING TO BE DONE. HE GAVE US AN OUTLINE. IT WAS A VERY INFORMATIVE MEETING, AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO OUR NEXT COMMUNITY MEETING, I'M INVITING EVERYONE ON THE LAST MONDAY OF I'VE MONTH, IF YOU'RE NOT BUSY, PLEASE COME OUT
AND PARTICIPATE, SO WE CAN FIND OUT WHAT YOU NEED AND WHAT WE CAN GET DONE. MAYOR, THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU. MOVING ON TO CITY ANNOUNCEPMENTS.
>> OKAY. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS AND CITY MANAGERS. MY NAME IS AMANDA, I'M DIRECTOR OF DIVISION OF EVENTS, I'M HERE TO WELCOME EVERYONE TO THE TASTE
OF BOYNTON, FOOD AND WINE FESTIVAL. IT'S FROM 5:00 P.M. TO 10:00 P.M. THE RESIDENTS WILL ENJOY AN EVENING OF CULINARY TASTINGS, DRINK AND ENTERTAINMENT, WHILE EXPLORING THE DIVERSE FOOD SCENE
OF BOYNTON BEACH. THIS YEAR, THE ENTIRE EVENT IS VIP, ALL GUESTS ARE TICKETED. THE EVENT IS A 21 AND OVER EVENT. WE'LL HAVE UNLIMITED TASTINGS FROM 24 LOCAL RESTAURANTS FROM 5
TO 8 P.M. A FULL SIP EXPERIENCE. A LIVE COOKING AND COCKTAIL DEMONSTRATION. A BARTENDERING SHOW, PROFESSIONAL ENTERTAINMENT FROM A BOYNTON RESIDENT. AN ARTISAN MARKET.
EVERYONE WHO ATTENDS IS RECEIVING A TOTE, A BRANDED TUMBLER AND A GLOW STICK. AT 8:00 P.M., WE HAVE A FOOD PARTY WITH FOOD TRUCKS AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC. AND AXE THROWING. A 10 PIECE BAND WITH FIRE
DANCERS TO END THE EVENING. IT'S A LOT MORE THAN A FOOD AND WINE FESTIVAL. OUR TICKETS ARE ON SALE NOW, IT HAS THE PARKING LOCATIONS AND THE SHUTTLES, AND PLEASE RESERVE YOUR SPOT NOW BEFORE WE SELL OUT. >> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> MAYOR: FOR THE FIRST PRESENTATION ON THE AGENDA WE WILL HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE LEGISLATIVE UPDATE.
>> GOOD EVENING, HI, EVERYONE, I'M SENATOR LORI BETWRI BERMAN, HERE WITH ROBERT LONG. I HAVE BEEN IN THE LEGISLATURE NOW FOR 8 YEARS IN THE HOUSE,
AND 8 YEARS IN THE SENATE, AND WE HAVE TERM LIMITS. THIS IS MY LAST YEAR, I WILL BE DONE IN NOVEMBER. THIS IS PROBABLY MY LAST LEGISLATIVE REPORT THAT I'LL BE GIVING TO YOU. AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE HAVE ONE JOB
TO DO IN TALLAHASSEE, AND THAT IS TO PASS A BALANCED BUDGET, UNFORTUNATELY, THE LEGISLATURE FAILED TO DO THAT JOB, WE RECESSED ON TIME AT THE END OF OUR NORMAL 60 DAY SESSION WITHOUT A BUDGET, SO WE WILL BE
GOING BACK TO DO A BUDGET. THERE WAS RUMOR WE WERE GOING TO GO BACK ON MONDAY, BUT IT DOESN'T LOOK THAT WAY AT THIS POINT. WE ARE GOING BACK MONDAY -- THE FOLLOWING MONDAY, MONDAY APRIL 20th TO DO A CONGRESSIONAL
REDIRECTING MAP THAT THE SPECIAL SESSION THAT THE GOVERNOR HAS CALLED FOR, SO POSSIBLY THEN. IT HAS TO BE DONE BY JULY 1st. WE HAD THE SAME SITUATION HAPPEN LAST YEAR. THE SAME PLAYERS ARE INVOLVED, THE SAME SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE,
AND THE SAME SENATE PRESIDENT WHO CAN'T SEEM TO FIGURE THIS OUT RIGHT NOW. WE HAVE A -- IN THE SENATE, WE PROPOSED $115 BILLION BUDGET, AND IN THE HOUSE, WHICH IS SLIGHTLY LESS THAN LAST YEAR, IN
THE HOUSE THEY HAVE PROPOSED A $113.6 BILLION BUDGET, SO WE ARE ONLY OFF BY 1.4 BILLION, WHICH IS LIST THAN 1% OF THE TOTAL BUDGET, I WOULD HOPE THAT WE COULD FIGURE OUT WHERE WE ARE AND MOVE FORWARD.
I AM HAPPY TO TELL YOU THERE ARE SOME PROJECTS FROM BOYNTON BEACH IN THE BUDGET RIGHT NOW, PARTICULARLY WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM IMPROVEMENT, AND A SEWER COLLECTION IMPROVEMENT FOR BENT
TREE AND LIVE TREE. WE HAVE $250,000 FOR THE WATER DISTRIBUTION, AND 500,000 FOR THE SEWER COLLECTION SYSTEM IMPROVEMENT. HOPEFULLY, WE ONLY ARE IN EACH ONE IN THE HOUSE, ONE IN THE SENATE, HOPEFULLY WE'LL MATCH UP
AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO BRING SOME MONEY BACK FOR BOYNTON BEACH. I WILL TELL YOU OUR LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION, IS ALWAYS A PRIORITY TO BRING BACK MONEY FOR OUR CITIES AND OUR COUNTY. SHOULD I -- YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD AND THEN WE'LL --
>> I LIKE TO TALK A LITTLE BIT TO YOU ABOUT PREEMPTION. SO IT -- PREEMPTION IS WHEN WE IN TALLAHASSEE MAKE THE DECISION THAT WE ARE GOING TO OVERRIDE YOUR AUTHORITY AND YOUR ABILITY FOR HOME RULE.
I AM VERY AGAINST, I BELIEVE THAT THE GOVERNMENT CLOSEST TO THE PEOPLE IS THE GOVERNMENT THAT UNDERSTANDS WHAT GOES ON IN THEIR CITY. WE HAVE OVER 400 CITIES IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA, THEY'RE ALL VERY DIFFERENT. WHEN YOU START DOING PREEMPTION,
IT BECOMES A PROBLEM. THIS SESSION OVER -- ROUGHLY 2,000 BILLS WERE FILED, AND ONLY 200 BILLS -- 240 OR SOMETHING MADE IT THROUGH THE FINISH LINE. I WILL TELL YOU, AN INORDINATE
NUMBER OF THOSE BILLS INCLUDED SOME KIND OF PREEMPTION, UNFORTUNATELY. I THINK THERE WERE SOMETHING LIKE TEN BILLS THAT HAVE VARIOUS PREEMPTIONS IN THEM. I WANT TO GIVE YOU A BRIEF EXPLANATION, AND THEN I'LL LET MY COLLEAGUE GO INTO DETAIL ON
SOME OF THE OTHER ONES. ONE OF THE BILLS SAYS THAT YOU CANNOT REGULATE GAS POWERED LEAF BLOWERS HERE IN YOUR CITY. ONE OF THE BILLS SAYS YOU CANNOT DO ANYTHING THAT WOULD BE
CONSIDERED ADOPTING OR IMPLEMENTING POLICIES TO ACHIEVE A NET ZERO GREENHOUSE GAS EMI EMISSIONS. THAT INCLUDES THINGS LIKE MAKING DECISIONS ON HAVING ELECTRIC BUSES. YOU CAN -- WE ASKED QUESTIONS
ABOUT THAT, YOU CAN DO IT, AS LONG AS YOU'RE NOT DOING IT FOR AN ENVIRONMENTAL REASON. YOU CAN DO IT, IF IT'S FINANCIALLY A BETTER POSITION FOR THE CITY'S. SO IT'S A LITTLE TROUBLING.
THE OTHER BILL WE SPENT AN INORDINATE AMOUNT OF TIME ON, AT LEAST IN THE SENATE, I BELIEVE, IN THE HOUSE TOO. WAS 1341, WHICH SAYS THAT CITIES AND COUNTIES CANNOT DO -- HAVE ANY DIVERSITY, EQUITY OR INCLUSION POLICIES, AND AS PART
OF THAT, YOU CAN'T SPEND MIEN IN ON ANY PROGRAMMING THAT WOULD QUALIFY FOR IT, THERE WERE A LOT OF QUESTIONS RAISED. FOR INSTANCE, CAN YOU DO BLACK HISTORY WEEK HERE IN THE CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH?
AND SO WHAT THEY DID IS, EVERY TIME THESE QUESTIONS WERE RAISED, THEY PUT ANOTHER EXEMPTION IN THE BILL, NOW THERE'S AN EXEMPTION FOR A FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED HOLIDAY, BUT IT'S VERY CONFUSING TO SAY, ARE YOU QUALIFIED, THE ACTIVITY
THAT YOU'RE PROPOSING DOESN'T FALL WITHIN ONE OF THE EXEMPTIONS, FOR INSTANCE, DELRAY HAS A VERY BIG ST. PATRICK'S DAY PARADE. IF THEY SPEND MONEY ON THAT IS THAT GOING TO BE TARGETING ONE PARTICULAR ETHNICITY, IT'S A
REALLY CONFUSING BILL, I FOUND IT VERY TROUBLING. AND THE PROBLEM WITH THE CONFUSING BILL, THAT HAS A CHILLING EFFECT THEN, BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE AFRAID TO DO ANYTHING. WE DON'T KNOW HOW IT'S GOING TO BE INTERPRETED, THAT'S A REALLY
TOUGH BILL. WE DID DO A UTILITY BILL, SO IF YOU HAVE -- IF YOU PROVIDE ANY WATER, SEWER, NATURAL GAS OR ELECTRIC SYSTEMS TO YOUR -- TO OUTSIDE THE CITY, YOU ARE NOW -- YOU HAVE TO HAVE WRITTEN AGREEMENTS, AND YOU CAN ONLY
HAVE A RATE DIFFERENTIAL OF UP TO 25%. YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO GO ABOVE THAT AMOUNT. THE OTHER BILL WE DID THAT WILL AFFECT EVERY SINGLE CITY, IT'S BEEN TALKED ABOUT FOR MANY YEARS, IT PROBABLY WAS TIME, BUT
IT WAS DIFFICULT, WE RAISED THE LIMITS OF SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY. RIGHT UNDER THE NEW PROPOSAL, WHICH I DON'T THINK IT'S BEEN SIGNED YET, BUT I THINK THE GOVERNOR PROBABLY WILL SIGN IT.
IT'S 350,000 PER PERSON, AND 500,000 PER INCIDENT, SO IF YOU ARE SUED AS A CITY, IN ALL LIKELIHOOD, THE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO PUT IN THOSE HIGHER LIMITS, YOU'RE PROBABLY -- A LOT OF CLAIMS WILL PROBABLY SETTLE FOR THOSE LIMITS, SO IT MIGHT COST
YOU EXTRA MONEY, AS WELL AS WHATEVER INSURANCE YOU HAVE ON THAT ISSUE. THE RATES HAD NOT BEEN RAISED IN A VERY, VERY LONG TIME. SO THIS WAS A COMPROMISE. I WILL TELL YOU, I WAS THE MINORITY LEADER THIS YEAR, AND I
MET WITH THE LEAGUE OF CITIES EVERY WEEK. THEY WORKED REALLY HARD TO MITIGATE A LOT OF THE ATTACKS ON CITIES, AND THEY TOOK BILLS THAT WERE VERY TROUBLING AND MADE THEM A LITTLE LESS TROUBLING. THAT WAS ONE OF THEM. I WILL LET MY COLLEAGUES SPEAK
TO YOU ABOUT SOME OF THE BUILDING PREEMPTIONS THAT WE DID. >> THANK YOU, SENATOR. GOOD EVENING MADAM MAYOR, AND THE CITY MANAGER, THE CITY ATTORNEY. THIS IS MY FIRST TIME ADDRESSING THIS COMMISSION IN THIS ROLE,
IT'S AN HONOR TO BE HERE, I'M EXCITED TO BE REPRESENTING BOYNTON BEACH GOING-FORWARD, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO A PRODUCTIVE RELATIONSHIP WITH ALL OF YOU. I HAVE TO SAY, WE JUST CAME FROM THE DELRAY CITY COMMISSION, MY OLD HOME, YOU GUYS BLOW IT OUT OF THE WATER HERE.
WHAT A BEAUTIFUL CITY HALL. THIS DAIS IS TAYLOR MADE FOR THE SENATOR. AND IT'S PRETTY SOLID. SO, THE SENATOR AND I HAVE THIS ROAD SHOW, WHERE WE'VE BEEN
DOING ALL THESE DIFFERENT UPDATES, THE SENATE HAS A COMPREHENSIVE JOB, I GET TO CHIME IN AT THE END, VERY THE EASY PART. I REFERENCED A BILL -- HOUSE BILL 803, WHICH MANDATES THAT
REVENUES, THAT YOU GET FROM THE PERMITTING PROCESS, CANNOT BE USED ON CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS. THAT IMPACTS THE CITY OF DELRAY'S ABILITY TO RENEW DESIGN SERVICES ANNEX, WHICH WAS VERY UNFORTUNATE FOR THEM. I THINK PROBABLY THE MOST
EGREGIOUS PREEMPTION WE SAW UP THERE, WAS THE THEME. WAS PROBABLY THE DEI ONE, WE DON'T FULLY KNOW THE IMPACTS OF THAT. THE CULTURAL EVENTS THAT I KNOW BOYNTON DOES AND MANY OTHER CITIES DO, COULD BE IMPACTED BY THAT, THE PENALTIES TO THE
ELECTED OFFICIALS ARE VERY SERIOUS, IF YOU MISSTEP ON THAT WE DON'T HAVE A CLEAR SCOPE OF WHAT THAT EVEN LOOKS LIKE RIGHT NOW. AND WE KNOW HOW MUCH THESE EVENTS DO DRIVE THE ECONOMY AND OUR CITIES, WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT IT. IT'S A BAD BILL.
MANY BAD BILLS WERE PASSED IN MY CHAMBER, THE HOUSE, THEY WERE BLOCKED BY THE SENATE, THANK GOD WE HAVE SENATOR BETTER MAN REALLY WORKING HARD ALONG WITH A LOT OF HER COLLEAGUES, TO TAKE THE TEETH OUT OF SOME OF THEM, AND MAKE THEM SLIGHTLY MORE PALLETABLE.
IT'S INTERESTING, I'M NEW UP THERE, SO I'M STILL TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE DYNAMICS UP THERE, AND SO MANY OF MY COLLEAGUES CAME FROM LOCAL GOVERNMENT, SO I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE MINDSET OF ALL THE PREEMPTIVE MEASURES BEING TAKEN UP THERE, AND I HOPE IT'S
A PHASE OR A TREND THAT DIES OUT. WE'RE SEEING A LOT OF THAT, AND IT'S SOMETHING I'LL CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE FOR HOME RULES, AS WELL AS THE SENATOR FOR MANY YEARS NOW, ONE POSITIVE NOTE I'LL LEAVE YOU WITH. I'M SURE MANY OF YOU KNOW, I WAS
ACTUALLY FINISHING THE LATE REPRESENTATIVE JOE CASELO'S FINAL YEAR, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN THE LAST YEAR OF HIS LAST TERM IN TALLAHASSEE. BEING A FORMER COMMISSIONER HERE, AND A FORMER FIREFIGHTER, WE WERE ABLE TO PASS THE JOE
CASELO ACT THIS YEAR, IT WAS PASSED UNANIMOUSLY THROUGH BOTH CHAMBERS, WAS A BILL I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF WORKING WITH JOE ON BOOK IN 2026. IT LIMITS THE PFAS, THE FOREVER CHEMICALS WE ALL HEARD ABOUT,
THEY CAN CONTAMINATE GROUNDWATER, ONCE THEY'RE IN YOUR SYSTEM, THEY'RE IMPOSSIBLE TO GET OUT OF YOUR SYSTEM. OUR FIREFIGHTERS HAVE BEEN USING AFFF FOAM FOR YEARS, AND IT'S LINKED TO THESE HEIGHTEN ED
CANCER RATES. WHAT THE BILL MANDATES, IS THAT THEY PHASE OUT THE CHEMICALS IN THE FOAM. I WAS ABLE TO HELP BRING THAT BILL BACK. AND IT GOT UNANIMOUS CO SPONSORSHIP.
EVERY MEMBER SIGNED ON AS A CO SPONSOR, AND WE NAMED IT AFTER JOE AND IT PASSED UNANIMOUSLY THROUGH THE SENATE AS WELL. THAT WAS SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR, IT'S NOW GOING TO BE LAW.
IT WAS A GREAT WAY TO PAY HOMAGE TO JOE'S LEGACY. AS THE SENATOR MENTIONED, WE GOT SOME MORE WORK TO DO TO WRAP UP THIS SESSION, I DON'T KNOW, WE'LL BE BACK HERE TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE AFTER THAT WRAPS UP.
WHO KNOWS WHEN, BUT HOPEFULLY EARLY SUMMER AT THE LATEST. >> THANK YOU, BOTH. >> WE'RE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. I WILL TELL YOU, THAT WE DO OCCASIONALLY DO SOME BILLS THAT ARE A LITTLE MORE FUN. I LIKE TO CONCLUDE WITH THOSE. WE TRIED FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN
A ROW, AND WERE UNSUCCESSFUL TO GET THE BIRD CHANGED TO THE FLAMINGO, UNFORTUNATELY, WE'RE STILL STUCK WITH THE MOCKINGBIRD, I THINK.
ON THAT HAPPIER NOTE, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? >> MAYOR: DOES ANYONE HAVE QUESTIONS? >> I HAVE ONE. WILL THE NUMBERS STAY THE SAME
OR WILL WE PICK UP A SEAT? >> WE DON'T KNOW. WE HAVEN'T SEEN ANY MAPS, WE HAVEN'T BEEN PRIVY TO ANY INFORMATION. WE WERE TOLD THE REDIRECTING IS BEING DONE BECAUSE THERE IS A SUPREME COURT OPINION OUT THERE
THAT SAYS THERE'S A SUPREME COURT OPINION COMING. THERE'S A CASE WHERE THEY'RE CHALLENGING THE ABILITY TO HAVE DISTRICTS THAT ARE DRAWN BASED ON MINORITY, MAJORITY DISTRICTS. THAT SUPREME COURT OPINION HAS NOT COME DOWN. SO IT'S GOING TO BE INTERESTING
IF WE DO PROCEED WITH THE SPECIAL SESSION WITHOUT A SUPREME COURT OPINION. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT BASIS THERE WOULD BE, WE DON'T HAVE A NEW CENSUS, NOTHING IS CHANGED IN THE FIVE YEARS SINCE THE LAST CENSUS WAS DONE. VERY DIFFICULT TO PREDICT WHAT KIND OF ACTIONS WILL HAPPEN IN
THE REGION. >> I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION, SINCE YOU WILL ALL BE GOING BACK, HAVE YOU SEEN A PRELIMINARY MAP? >> NO, WE HAVE NOT. AND WE'RE ACTUALLY NOT EVEN ALLOWED TO TALK ABOUT THIS, TECHNICALLY. NO, IT'S OKAY, BECAUSE WE DON'T
HAVE INFORMATION. >> WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO TALK ABOUT, WE KNOW AS MUCH AS YOU DO. >> I AM HAPPY, IF YOU WOULD LIKE US TO TALK ABOUT THE PROPERTY TAX ISSUE, THAT IS SOMETHING WE LEFT OUT, WE SHOULD PROBABLY GIVE YOU A LITTLE UPDATE ON
WHAT'S GOING ON ON THAT. THE HOUSE PASSED A BILL, I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT. THE SENATE DID NOT PASS ANY PROPERTY TAX BILL AT ALL. AND SO WE DON'T -- AND THE
GOVERNOR HAS SAID HE WANTS TO DO A PROPERTY TAX REFERENDUM, BUT HE HASN'T SAID WHAT HE WANTS IN IT. IN ORDER TO HAVE A CHANGE TO OUR PROPERTY TAXES, IT WILL HAVE TO BE A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT, AND EVERYONE WILL HAVE TO VOTE ON IT. IT WILL BE ON THE BALLOT IN NOVEMBER, I BELIEVE THERE WILL
BE SOMETHING ON THE BALLOT IN NOVEMBER. BUT I URGE EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM AND EVERYONE ON THE DAIS, TO REALLY STUDY WHATEVER PROPOSAL COMES FORTH. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE PROPOSAL IS GOING TO BE. WE'LL EXPLAIN THE HOUSE ONE IN A
LITTLE MORE DETAIL. THERE ARE RAMIFICATIONS. WHEN YOU START CHANGING PROPERTY TAXES, ESPECIALLY FOR CITIES AND COUNTIES, AND DOES THAT MEAN YOUR TRASH WON'T BE PICKED UP TOO OFTEN.
EVERYBODY LOVES THE IDEA OF HAVING A PROPERTY TAX BREAK, BUT WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN IF WE DO A PROPERTY TAX BREAK, HOW IT WILL AFFECT EVERYONE, BEFORE YOU MAKE THE DECISION ON HOW YOU'RE GOING
TO VOTE ON THAT ISSUE. THERE ARE SOME THINGS I'D LIKE TO SEE. I'D LIKE TO SEE US MAYBE RAISE THE EXEMPTION, AND ALSO LOOK AT THE ISSUE OF PORTABILITY, BECAUSE IT'S A REAL PROBLEM RIGHT NOW, WE GET ONLY A $500,000 EXEMPTION IN A COUNTY
LIKE PALM BEACH COUNTY, IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE, AND PEOPLE AREN'T ABLE TO SELL THEIR HOMES AND MOVE TO ANOTHER HOME, WHICH STOPS THE WHOLE PROCESS HERE IN PALM BEACH COUNTY. THERE ARE THINGS THAT COULD HAPPEN, BUT RIGHT NOW, I'LL LET YOU EXPLAIN WHAT THE HOUSE PUT
FORTH. >> BEFORE YOU GO, I'M SAYING, YOU MAY MENTION ABOUT PROPERTY TAXES. AND PEOPLE MAY WANT TO SAVE ON PROPERTY TAXES, THEY NEED TO BE MINDFUL, WHEN WE START CUTTING
PROPERTY TAXES, WE WILL HAVE TO TAX OTHER THINGS THIS IS THE WAY WE PAY FOR SERVICES FOR ALL THE CITIZENS HERE IN BOYNTON. >> ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU. >> AND I FEEL LIKE WE'RE PREACHING TO THE CHOIR WHEN WE TALK ABOUT BEING CONCERNED ABOUT A PROPERTY TAX CUT, YOU ALL KNOW
FULL WELL WHAT THOSE AD VALOREM REVENUES ARE USED TO FUND, THAT'S HOW YOU PAY FOR THE LEVEL OF SERVICE YOUR RESIDENTS HAVE COME TO EXPECT AND DESERVE HERE. THE HOUSE VERSION WAS A PRETTY WACKY BILL, HONESTLY.
IT BASICALLY PHASED OUT ALL PROPERTY TAXES. I THINK THAT ONE HAD CARVEOUTS FOR SCHOOL DISTRICT TAXES, MIGHT HAVE HAD SOME FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT, I'M NOT SURE IF IT DID, IT HAD NO IMPLEMENTATION LANGUAGE, WE HAD NO IDEA HOW WE
WOULD IMPLEMENT IT, AND EVERYONE WAS CONFUSED BY IT, WE NEVER GOT CLEARANCES FOR WHERE IT IS THE MONEY IS COMING FROM. NO ONE SEEMS TO HAVE AN ANSWER FOR IT, AND SO WHAT WE SAY IS, MANY OF US, IS THAT THIS ISN'T A
TAX CUT, IT'S A TAX SHIFT, THESE REVENUES HAVE TO COME FROM SOMEWHERE, NO ONE KNOWS WHERE. THE SENATE DID NOT TAKE UP THAT VERSION OF THE BILL. BUT AS THE SENATOR ALLUDED TO, SOMETHING WILL BE TAKEN UP. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT LOOKS
LIKE, BEST CASE SCENARIO IS THAT IT IS AN EXPANSION OF OUR EXISTING HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION AND WE'LL SEE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. IT'S SOMETHING WE'LL BE WORKING OUT OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS, AND HAVE AN UPDATE FOR YOU, WE WILL BE IN MANY WAYS, WORKING WITH YOU, RELYING ON YOU, TO HELP US
EDUCATE RESIDENTS. THE LAST THING I'LL LEAVE YOU WITH ON THAT FRONT. THEY DID SOME PRELIMINARY POLG ON THIS ISSUE, AND BASED ON THAT, SOME OF THE LANGUAGE OUT THERE NOW, THEY DON'T BELIEVE THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO REACH THE
60% THRESHOLD NEEDED TO PASS THIS ON A REFERENDUM. THIS IS NOT NECESSARILY A POPULAR ISSUE, I THINK FOLKS SEE THROUGH THE SORT OF VERY ATTRACTIVE CLAIM THEY COULD NOT HAVE PROPERTY TAXES, AND IMMEDIATELY ARE LIKE, WHERE'S
THE CATCH, WHEN DOES THAT OTHER SHOE DROP. HOPEFULLY THERE'S A VERSION THAT'S REASONABLE. IF NOT, THERE'S GOING TO BE AN EDUCATION CAMPAIGN FOR ALL OF OUR CONSTITUENTS. SO THEY'RE VOTING AGAINST THEIR OWN INTERESTS. THANK YOU.
>> MAYOR: THANK YOU. >> SENATOR BERMAN, I WAS LOOKING AT YOUR PAPERWORK, I WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND THANK YOU FOR THE BILLS YOU WORKED SO HARD ON, REGARDING DATING AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
WE'VE SEEN A HUGE UPTICK, ESPECIALLY SINCE COVID. ANY TIME WE CAN PASS GOOD BILLS THAT PROTECT THE VICTIMS IN OUR CITY AND OUR COUNTY, AND IN THE STATE, IS A WIN. SO THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK AND EFFORTS IN THAT.
I KNOW THAT IS A PASSION OF YOURS. THANK YOU. REPRESENTATIVE LONG, YOU MENTIONED, I JUST HAVE ONE QUICK QUESTION WITH REGARD TO THE FOAM
AND THE PFAS LEGISLATION. WHAT DOES THAT BILL ALLOW FOR AS FAR AS TIMING OF REMOVAL OF THOSE? AND ALSO, I MEAN, THAT'S GOING TO -- WILL COME AT A GREAT EXPENSE TO MUNICIPALITIES IN THE COUNTY.
DOES THE BILL ADDRESS EITHER OF THOSE AS IT PERTAINS TO THE TIMING OF CHANGING OVER THAT EQUIPMENT? AND ANY COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT? >> YEAH, I'D HAVE TO GIVE YOU THE EXACT TIME LINE, BUT IT'S A PRETTY LONG TIME LINE THAT IT
GIVES FOLKS TO PHASE IT OUT. IT'S ALREADY FEDERALLY BEING PHASED OUT. THIS ENSURES THAT IN THE MEANTIME -- THAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN ANYWAY, MORE OR LESS. THIS ENSURES WHILE IT'S BEING PHASED OUT FEDERALLY, THE FIREFIGHTERS AREN'T USING IT. IT ALSO OFFERS SOME ADDITIONAL
LANGUAGE ON HOW TO SAFELY DISPOSE OF IT, IT'S NOT BEING PUT IN OTHER AREAS AND RECONTAMINATING OTHER AREAS. >> RIGHT, I THINK WE'RE STAYING ON TOP OF THAT, ADAM, I BELIEVE WE'RE STAYING ON TOP OF CHANGING THAT EQUIPMENT OVER, BUT I'M
GLAD THAT THE STATE IS FOLLOWING THE FEDERAL GUIDELINES ON THAT, SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU BOTH FOR COMING TONIGHT. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> MAYOR: NO PROBLEM. FOR THE SECOND PRESENTATION, WE
WILL HAVE A PRESENTATION ON FRAUD IN THE COMMUNITY. I SEE -- OH, IS IT GOING TO BE YOU DOING IT, MR. CARUSO? >> YES, YES.
>> THANK YOU, MAYOR. VICE MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS. A GREAT JOB BY OUR STATE SENATOR AND STATE REPRESENTATIVES TONIGHT. THEY COVERED THE TURF, AND I'M JUST SO GLAD I'M NOT UP THERE IN TALLAHASSEE RIGHT NOW, WHEN YOUR ONLY JOB IS TO PASS THE BUDGET
AND THEY DON'T GET THAT DONE, AND THEY HAVE NO CLUE HOW IT'S GOING TO GET DONE, IT'S NOT NORMAL BUSINESS GOING ON UP THERE. AND REPRESENTATIVE LONG, HE JUST
GOT IN, AND SHOWS UP FOR THIS NIGHTMARE. SOME MAJOR CHALLENGES AWAIT US, I'M AFRAID. BUT RIGHT HERE WE ARE -- I THINK YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO HAVE WALTER BUIKUS, ONE OF MY CHIEFS AT THE CLERK'S OFFICE.
I GOT APPOINTED TO BE CLERK OF COURT BACK IN AUGUST OF 2025 BY THE GOVERNOR. AND VERY EXCITED WHEN I GOT APPOINTED, I HAD FIVE PRIORITIES THAT I WANTED TO FACE, THOSE WERE TO MODERNIZE THE VENDOR PAYMENT SYSTEM IN OUR COUNTY.
WE SPEND $10 BILLION A YEAR, AND IN THE COUNTY LEVEL, IT'S ALL APPROVED BY HAND. IT'S NOT DIGITIZED. WE'RE WORKING ON THAT. WE'RE ADVOCATING FOR A STATEWIDE UNIFIED SEARCHABLE DATABASE, SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO SEARCH IN 67
COUNTIES WHEN YOU COME TO FLORIDA AND YOU NEED TO LOOK SOMETHING OR SOMEBODY UP. THE CRIMINAL RECORD OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, RIGHT NOW, YOU HAVE TO GO TO ALL 67 COUNTIES TO FIND THAT, WE WANT ONE SEARCHABLE DATABASE. MAINTAINS CONSERVATIVE AND SOUND
INVESTMENT POLICIES. LAST YEAR, FORTUNATELY, WE WERE ABLE TO EARN $222 MILLION IN INTEREST FROM THAT -- FROM THOSE INVESTMENTS, WHICH WAS EXCITING. AND IF YOU THINK BACK TO 2022,
WE EARNED ABOUT $24 MILLION. WE WENT FROM $24 MILLION IN 2022, TO $220 MILLION LAST YEAR IN 2025. PROTECT CITIZENS OF OUR COUNTY AGAINST FRAUD, AGAINST
GUARDIANSHIP ABUSE. I'M SORRY, GUARDIANSHIP ABUSE. AND PROTECT CITIZENS FROM PROPERTY AND DEED FRAUDS AND OTHER SCAMS, TO QUOTE THE PALM BEACH POST, 'TIS THE SEASON FOR SCAMMING.
PEOPLE ARE GETTING FAKE PHONE CALLS, I'M SURE EVERYONE HAS GOTTEN TEXTS TODAY ASKING YOU FOR MONEY, SAYING YOU HAVEN'T PAID YOUR PARKING TICKET, YOUR SPEEDING TICKET, WHATEVER IT IS. IT'S COMING FROM -- THEY ACT LIKE IT'S COMING FROM THE CLERK'S OFFICE OR LAW
ENFORCEMENT, PBSO, OR THE DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAY AND MOTOR VEHICLES, AND THEY TRY TO SCARE YOU INTO COMPLYING AND TURNING OVER ALL YOUR MONEY TO THEM. IT'S SO BAD, LAST YEAR AH,
CORDING TO THE FTC, THERE WAS 12 $1/2 BILLION IN FRAUD THROUGH EXAMS. UNDERSTANDING THAT OVER 90% OF THESE ESCAMS ARE NOT REPORTED BECAUSE THEY WERE EMBARRASSED
THEY WERE TAKEN BY A SCAMMER. THEY ESTIMATE THE TOTAL COST TO BE 160 BILLION FROM AMERICANS LAST YEAR, FLORIDA RANKS NUMBER ONE IN THE COUNTRY FOR SCAMMING. ABOUT 1 OUT OF EVERY 1,000
RESIDENTS ARE SUBJECT TO SCAMS IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA. AND THEY'RE NO LONGER SCAMS ABOUT -- YOU HAVE AN INHERITANCE OF $10 MILLION FROM A UGANDAN PRINCE, AND IF YOU ONLY PAY THE SERVICE FEES ON THAT, WE'LL SEND
IT OVER TO YOU. OR THE $20,000 TO COVER THE TAXES. NOR IS IT, YOU OWE THE IRS 4500 $, AND AN AGENT WILL MEET YOU IN
THE HOME DEPOT PARKING LOT AND YOU CAN PAY FOR THIS WITH GIFT CARDS. THEY HAVE IT DOWN, THEY ARE SO GOOD, THERE'S ONE SCAM I'M GOING TO TELL YOU ABOUT, THEY CALLED ME, I'M THE CLERK OF COURT, AND I ACTUALLY -- IT SOUNDED SO
GOOD, I PICKED UP THE PHONE, MY WIFE'S PHONE AND I CALLED SHERIFF RIC BRADSHAW, AND I GO, RICK, THERE'S -- HE SAID, HANG UP, MIKE, IT'S A SCAM. I SAID, IT'S GOOD, HE SAID, I
KNOW. AND A LOT OF PEOPLE GET TAKEN FOR IT, THE SCAMS THAT ARE PROLIFERATING THROUGH OUR COUNTY RIGHT NOW, IS A TRAFFIC TICKET SCAM. THEY TEXT YOU OR CALL YOU UP, AND SAY, THIS IS THE CLERK'S OFFICE, AND YOU FAILED TO PAY
YOUR TICKET, IT'S DUE TOMORROW AT 5:00, THE SENSE OF URGENCURG IF YOU UNDERSTAND. AND IF YOU DON'T PAY IT, YOUR LICENSE IS GOING TO GET SUSPENDED, AND IF YOU GET PICKED UP, YOUR CAR WILL BE IMPOUNDED,
YOU WILL GO TO JAIL AND YOUR FINES WILL NUMBER. WE KNOW THAT'S JUST NOT TRUE, IT DOESN'T HAPPEN LIKE THAT, MY OFFICE WILL NEVER CALL YOU TO COLLECT MONEY ON A TRAFFIC TICKET OF ANY SORT.
WE JUST DON'T DO THAT. THEY TRANSFER YOU TO ANOTHER AGENT, THE CLERK, AND THEY SAY YOU CAN PAY BY CREDIT CARD, AND CHARGE YOU THE 4% FEE ON THE CREDIT CARD, THAT'S HOW GOOD THEY ARE. IT LEGITIMIZES IT.
UNDERSTAND, IF SOMEONE CALLS YOU UP AND EVENTUALLY GETS TO THE POINT WHERE THEY WANT MONEY, IT'S A SCAM. IT'S NOT MAYBE A SCAM, IT'S NOT POSSIBLY A SCAM, IT'S ALWAYS A SCAM. IN FACT, IF YOU BELIEVE THIS
MUCH OF WHAT THEY'RE SAYING IS TRUE, OKAY, BUT YOU HAVE ONE PEPPERCORN SEED OF DOUBT, MUSTARD SEED, THAT'S EVEN SMALLER. YOU HAVE EVEN A MUSTARD SEED OF DOUBT, UNDERSTAND, IT'S A SCAM.
IF I SAY, WHEN IN DOUBT, DON'T GIVE YOUR INFO OUT. THERE'S A JURY DUTY SCAM. THAT'S THE ONE I ALMOST GOT CAUGHT ON. IT WAS A PALM BEACH SHERIFF'S OFFICER, A REAL NAME OF A REAL OFFICER, YOU GOOGLE HIM, HE POPS
UP. PALM BEACH SHERIFF'S OFFICE, YOU FAILED TO SHOW UP FOR JURY DUTY. I'M THE FREAKIN' CLERK, OKAY? IF YOU FAILED TO SHOW UP FOR JURY DUTY AND THERE'S A WARRANT OUT FOR YOUR ARREST. YOU SAY, BUT I NEVER GOT THE
JURY SUMMONS, AND THEY GO, REGARDLESS OF THAT, SIR, IF WE DON'T GET THIS TAKEN CARE OF, YOU'RE GOING TO -- YOU'RE SUBJECT TO ARREST. WHAT DO I DO? THEY PASS YOU ON TO A LIEUTENANT IN THE PALM BEACH SHERIFF'S
OFFICE, WHO SAYS, HE CAN ARRANGE FOR PAYMENT. I CALLED RIC BRADSHAW, HE SAID THIS IF THERE'S A WARRANT OUT FOR YOUR ARREST, I WON'T CALL YOU TO GIVE YOU ADVANCED NOTICE, I'LL JUST SHOW UP AT YOUR HOUSE, I'LL KNOCK YOUR DOOR DOWN, FORCE
YOU TO THE GROUND, PUT YOUR HANDS BEHIND YOUR BACK, AND TAKE YOU TO PRISON. THAT'S HOW WE DEAL WITH PEOPLE WHO HAVE A WARRANT OUT FOR THEIR ARREST, NO COURTESY CALLS TO LET YOU KNOW WE'RE COMING. HERE'S THE BIG ONE, NOBODY WANTS
THE STUFF IN YOUR HOUSE ANY MORE, YOUR FURNITURE, YOUR TV, YOUR VCR. DOES ANYONE HAVE A VCR ANY MORE. THEY DON'T WANT THAT ANY MORE, THEY WANT YOUR HOUSE. THEY'RE COMING INTO THE CLERK'S
OFFICE, INTO THE COURTHOUSE, THEY'RE FILING A QUIT CLAIM DEED, THEY'RE FORGING YOUR NAME, AND A NOTARY'S NAME TO IT, AND
YOU TRANSFERRED YOUR HOME TO A BAD GUY FOR $10. YOU FIND OUT YOU'VE LOST YOUR HOME WHEN SOMEBODY KNOCKS ON YOUR DWOOR AND SAYS, WHO ARE YOU. AND YOU SAY, I'M THE HOMEOWNER, NO, WE JUST PURCHASED THIS PROPERTY THIS MORNING, WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? YOU NEED TO LEAVE.
YOU GO, OKAY, I'M GOING TO CALL THE POLICE. THEY GO, YEAH, CALL THE POLICE, I'M GOING TO CALL THEM MYSELF. GUESS WHO ENDS UP IN A HOTEL THAT NIGHT, YOU DO. BECAUSE ALL THE PAPERWORK SAYS THEY OWN THE HOME.
AND YOU'RE TRESPASSING. YOU GET A COUPLE HOURS, YOU'RE LUCKY TO GRAB YOUR PERSONAL STUFF AND LEAVE. AND HERE'S HOW BAD IT IS, YOU SAY, IT WILL NEVER HAPPEN TO ME. ONE OUT OF 1,000 PEOPLE IN
FLOORS GET SCAMMED, HERE'S HOW FAST IT'S ESCALATING, THIS PROPERTY DEED THEFT. ACCORDING TO ALEXIA COX, OUR STATE PROSECUTOR. TWO YEARS AGO, WE HAD FOUR CASES. A YEAR AGO WE HAD 32 CASES, LAST
YEAR WE HAD 184 CASES. THIS YEAR WE'RE OVER 500 CASES, IN 2027 I EXPECT 8,000 CASES. ONE OUT OF 80 PEOPLE, ONE OF US IN THIS ROOM WON'T BE LIVING IN BOYNTON BEACH IN 2027, BECAUSE
OUR HOME WILL HAVE BEEN STOLEN. THAT'S HOW BAD IT'S GOTTEN. WHAT'S THE ANSWER? THE ANSWER IS, I WENT UP TO TALLAHASSEE TO GET MORE TOOLS IN MY TOOLBOX TO STOP THIS AS CLERK.
A BILL WAS FILED, BUT IT NEVER MADE IT THROUGH ANYWHERE. AS SENATOR BERMAN SAID, 200 OUT OF 3,000 BILLS GOT PAST. OUR BILL FOR PROPERTY FRAUD DID NOT GET PASSED.
WHAT YOU CAN DO NOW IS SIGN UP FOR A PROPERTY FRAUD ALERT. GO TO PROPERTYFRAUD ALERT AT OUR COUNTY WEBSITE. YOU ATTACH YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS TO
YOUR PROPERTY. THE MOMENT ANYONE FILES SOMETHING AGAINST YOUR PROPERTY, A QUIT CLAIM DEED, A MECHANICS DEED, WE WILL EMAIL YOU, AND LET YOU KNOW THAT IT HAPPENED, THERE WILL BE A LINK ON IT TO CLICK ON IT, TO SEE WHAT IT IS.
IF IT'S YOUR PLUMBER WHO'S REDOING YOUR KITCHEN, HE FILED A MECHANICS LIEN, AT LEAST YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU MAKE YOUR FINAL PAYMENT TO HIM, HAVE HIM PROVIDE A SATISFACTION OF LIEN.
IF IT'S A QUIT CLAIM DEED TO SOME GUY IN VENEZUELA, YOU PROBABLY HAD YOUR PROPERTY STOLEN, YOU NEED TO CALL OUR OFFICE IMMEDIATELY, AND WE'LL HAVE YOU FILE A REPORT WITH THE SHERIFF, WE'LL HAVE YOU COME INTO THE COURTHOUSE, YOU'LL FILL
OUT AN APPLICATION FOR A QUIET TITLE. WE'LL HELP YOU FILL THAT OUT, BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO BE A WRECK, SOMEONE'S STEALING YOUR HOME, WE'LL HAVE A JUDGE WAITING, WE WILL IMMEDIATELY FILE IT, HOPEFULLY IT'S ALL HAPPENING IN THE SAME DAY.
AND THEN YOUR HOME'S PROTECTED, AND THEN THE JOB IS, TO GET THAT FRAUDULENT DEED TAKEN OFF YOUR TITLE. BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT ANY MONEY BEING BORROWED AGAINST YOUR HOME OR GETTING KICKED OUT OF THE HOME IF IT WAS SOLD.
THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE GOING ON. WE ARE SIGNING PEOPLE UP ON MYPALMBEACH.COM/PFA. I'M NOT GOING TO STOP UNTIL ALL 650,000 PROPERTIES ARE PROTECTED
BY OUR PROPERTY FRAUD ALERT, AND EVEN THEN I'M GOING TO MAKE SURE WE CONTINUE TO GO UP TO TALLAHASSEE THIS COMING FALL, AND MAKE SURE THAT LEGISLATION GETS PASSED TO KEEP IT FROM HAPPENING, AND IT'S HAPPENING EVERYWHERE. PALM BEACH COUNTY IS A
HIGHLIGHT. IF I CAN POINT OUT, IF YOU ARE OVER 65, YOU'VE PAID FOR YOUR HOME, MEANING YOU HAVE NO PROPERTY, AND THAT YOU -- YOUR MAILING ADDRESS FROM YOUR PROPERTY IS DIFFERENT FROM THE HOME ADDRESS, THE PROPERTY
ADDRESS ITSELF, YOU'RE A NUMBER ONE HIGH RISK TARGET. I'LL OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS IF YOU LIKE. I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY. YES, COMMISSIONER McCRAY. >> I HAVE TWO, HOW MANY OF THESE
ARE AI GENERATED, THE FRAUD ALERT? HOW MANY OF THOSE YOU'RE SPEAKING ABOUT, ARE AI GENERATED? >> WELL, WHAT THEY ARE -- THEY ARE USING AI TO FIND THESE PROPERTIES THAT ARE AT HIGH
RISK. AND I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY ARE COMING THROUGH THAT BUT I KNOW THEY ARE USING AI IN ORDER TO GENERATE PROPERTY TARGETS THAT DON'T HAVE A MORTGAGE ON THEM, THEY'RE OWNED BY SOMEONE OVER 65
YEARS OLD, AND THEY -- >> OKAY, I'M TALKING ABOUT THE ONES THAT SAY, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO APPEAR FOR JURY DUTY, YOU HAVE A -- YOU GOT A, YOU OWE SOMEBODY SOME MONEY AND STUFF. >> ALMOST ALL OF THEM.
>> YOU GAVE US THE ONE ABOUT PROTECTING OUR PROPERTY. CAN WE GET THAT SENT TO US, SO WE CAN REACH OUR CONSTITUENTS, A LOT OF PEOPLE DID NOT GET WHAT YOU SAID TO WRITE IT DOWN, I'M JUST SAYING. YOU TALK FAST LIKE I DO. >> WELL, I CAN SLOW IT DOWN IF
YOU WANT, BUT IF EVERYBODY HAS A CELL PHONE RIGHT NOW, THEY TAKE IT DOWN, I'LL GIVE YOU MY CELL PHONE, AND IT'S 561-702-9319. IF YOU TEXT ME, I WILL TEXT YOU
BACK THE WEBSITE OF WHERE YOU GO TO SIGN UP FOR PROPERTY FRAUD ALERT. 561-702-9319. MY PHONE JUST DIED ABOUT TWO MINUTES AGO. NO, IT IS HERE.
>> MAYOR: VICE MAYOR TURKIN, YOU HAVE A QUESTION? >> I'LL HAVE IT CHARGED IN A LITTLE BIT. >> NOT A QUESTION, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR COMING, APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK YOU'VE BEEN DOING, I'VE BEEN WATCHING YOU ONLINE WITH THE CLERK'S OFFICE. I CAN'T REMEMBER THE LAST TIME WE HAD THE CLERK COME AND SPEAK
BEFORE YOU. THAT MEANS A LOT. IN BOYNTON BEACH WE HAVE A LARGE VULNERABLE COMMUNITY, 55 PLUS RESIDENTS, AND THIS SEEMS TO BE THE LARGEST TARGET OF THAT, WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU'RE DOING FOR OUR RESIDENTS. >> THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR.
WHEN SOMEONE BREAKS INTO YOUR HOME AND STEALS YOUR JEWELRY OR YOUR TV OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THAT'S A BAD DAY, BAD WEEK, BAD MONTH. WHEN THEY STEAL YOUR HOME, THAT'S A BAD REST OF YOUR LIFE, AND I'M NOT GOING TO STOP UNTIL
WE STOP IT ALL. >> I WANT TO SAY THAT STAFF HAS CONFIRMED TO ME, THEY'RE GOING TO PUT SOMETHING OUT FOR BOYNTON RESIDENTS, SO WE HAVE THIS. >> I APPRECIATE THAT. I WILL -- >> WE DON'T WANT TO BURN UP YOUR PHONE.
>> WALTER BUIKUS IS OVER THERE, WAVE YOUR HAND. IF WE CAN MAKE SURE THEY GET THE FLYERS AND YOU CAN POST THE FLYERS THAT SHOW ONE OF THEM, SHOWS THE STEP BY STEP HOW TO SIGN UP, AND THE OTHER TALKS
ABOUT THE ISSUE. AND IF YOU CAN POST THAT, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. THAT'S MY MISSION. >> MAYOR: GREAT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> HAVE A GREAT EVENING. >> MAYOR: WE'RE GOING TO MOVING ON TO DO A PROCLAMATION FOR CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT
AWARENESS MONTH. REPRESENTATIVES FROM PATHWAY TO PROSPERITY AND BRIDGES IN BOYNTON BEACH WILL ACCEPT THE PROCLAMATION. I'M GOING TO READ IT AND THEN I'LL ASK YOU TO COME DOWN AND ACCEPT IT.
TOO MANY CHILDREN IN OUR COUNTY ARE IN DANGER OF ABUSE AND NEGLECT. TOXIC STRESS THAT STEMS FROM ABUSE, CAN CREATE RISK FACTORS FOR LEARNING, DEVELOPMENTAL DELAYS AND BEHAVIORAL PROBLEMS.
THUS HINDERING THEIR FUTURE 00 CHIEFMENTS, WHICH HAS HUGE COMPLICATIONS FOR OUR COMMUNITY. MORE THAN 70% OF CHILDREN WHO DIE FROM ABUSE ARE UNDER AGE 4, 30% OF ABUSED CHILDREN WILL
LATER ABUSE THEIR OWN CHILDREN. ONE THIRD TO TWO THIRDS OF CHILD MALTREATMENT CASES INVOLVE SUBSTANCE ABUSE TO SOME DEGREE. CHILDREN WHO EXPERIENCE CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT ARE FIVE TIMES MORE LIKELY TO BECOME INVOLVED IN CRIMINAL ACTIVITY.
THEY MET CRITERIA FOR ONE PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDER AND ARE 25% MORE LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE TEEN PREGNANCY. THEY PROVIDE SERVICE TO ENSURE CHILDREN GROW UP HEALTHY, SAFE AND STRONG. BABIES ARE BORN HEALTHY,
CHILDREN ARE SAFE FROM ABUSE AND NEGLECT, CHILDREN ARE READY FROM KINDE KINDERGARTEN, THEY HAVE ACCESS TO AFTER-SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY PROGRAMS. I PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF APRIL OF 2026 AS CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT AND AWARENESS MONTH.
I HAVE HEREUNTO SET MY HAND AND CAUSED THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH, FLORIDA, TO BE AFFIXED ON THE 7th DAY OF APRIL 2026.
IF YOU WOULD PLEASE COME DOWN. >> MY NAME IS GERARD McKINLEY --
I'M SORRY. >> WHY DON'T WE GET THE PICTURE, AND THEN I'LL PRESENT IT, AND
YOU CAN SPEAK.
>> OKAY, LET ME TRY THAT AGAIN. GOOD EVENING, MY NAME IS GERARD McKINLEY. WE OPERATE UNDER THE UMBRELLA OF PATHWAYS TO PROSPERITY.
CITY MANAGER, MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS. IT IS AN HONOR TO STAND BEFORE YOU TODAY ON BEHALF OF PATHWAYS TO PROSPERITY, TO ACCEPT THIS PROCLAMATION, REPRESENTING APRIL AS CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION.
I WANT TO EXPRESS OUR DEAREST GRATITUDE TO THE CITY FOR SHINING A LIGHT ON AN ISSUE THAT IS OFTEN HIDDEN, THAT IMPACTS THE HEALTH AND FUTURE OF OUR COMMUNITY. THIS PROCLAMATION IS MORE THAN WORDS, IT'S A COMMITMENT TO PROTECT OUR CHILDREN, TO SUPPORT
FAMILIES, AND TO BUILD A SAFER, STRONG IRBOYNTON BEACH. AT PATHWAYS TO PROSPERITY, WE BELIEVE THAT EVERY CHILD DESERVES TO GROW UP IN A SAFE, NURTURING ENVIRONMENT. FOR TOO MANY CHILDREN, THAT IS NOT THEIR REALITY, CHILD ABUSE
AND NEGLECT ARE NOT JUST INDIVIDUAL TRAGEDIES, THEY ARE COMMUNITY CHALLENGES THAT REQUIRE COLLECTIVE ACTION. AWARENESS IS THE FIRST STEP, BUT IT MUST LEAD TO ACTION. EACH OF US HAS A ROLE TO PLAY, WHETHER IT'S RECOGNIZING THE
SIGNS, SUPPORTING LOCAL FAMILIES, ADVOCATING FOR RESOURCES, OR SIMPLY BEING A CARRYING PRESENCE IN A CHILD'S LIFE. WHEN WE COME TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY, WE CREATE A NETWORK OF PROTECTION AND HOPE. THIS MONTH, WE ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO WEAR BLUE, TO SPEAK
UP, AND TO STAND UNITED IN SUPPORT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES. LET THIS PROCLAMATION SERVE AS A REMINDER THAT PREVENTION IS POSSIBLE, HELP IS AVAILABLE, AND TOGETHER WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE. ON BEHALF OF OUR CEO MISS
KIMBERLY BUSH, AND OUR ENTIRE PATHWAYS TO PROSPERITY, I ACCEPT THIS PROCLAMATION WITH GRATITUDE AND A RENEWED COMMITMENT TO CONTINUING THIS WORK. WE LOOK FORWARD TO STRENGTHENING OUR PARTNERSHIPS -- THANK YOU
AGAIN TO THE CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP, YOUR COMPASSION AND YOUR DEDICATION TO THE WELL BEING OF OUR YOUNGEST RESIDENTS. A SPECIAL THANK YOU GOES OUT TO MISS ANGEL BUCHANAN, WHO
TIRELESSLY ADVOCATES TO PATHWAYS FOR PROSPERITY. AND IS ALWAYS WILLING TO LEND A HELPING HAND. WE CONTINUE TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THIS COMMUNITY, ONE FAMILY AT A TIME. THANK YOU.
>> MAYOR: THANK YOU. [ APPLAUSE ] >> MAYOR: WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO PUBLIC AUDIENCE. AS ALWAYS, IT'S THREE MINUTES PER PERSON, NONTRANSFERABLE AND NOT A Q&A SESSION.
INSULTS, ATTACKS OR DISRUPTIONS WILL NOT BE TOLERATED. AFTER WE CONCLUDED THOSE IN PERSON, WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE ONLINE. IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK, I ASK THAT YOU ALREADY COME DOWN TO THE PODIUM AND START LINING UP AGAINST THE WALL, SO WE CAN ALTERNATE WHEN ONE PERSON IS
FINISHED. LET'S START WITH YOU. >> DAVID KATZ, BOYNTON BEACH, LINING UP AGAINST THE WALL DOESN'T SOUND TOO GOOD. >> MAYOR: IT JUST KEEPS IT MOVING. >> AT THE END OF MARCH, THE CITY ATTORNEY WAS KIND ENOUGH TO MEET WITH ME, WE DISCUSSED AN
ORDINANCE THAT HAD BEEN PASSED IN 2018. IT WAS AN ATTACHMENT TO THE ORDINANCE THAT COVERS THE CITY ADVISORY BOARDS, IT'S SECTION 215 ALL THE WAY FROM A TO H.
WE BOTH AGREED THAT THERE WAS -- MOST OF IT WAS COVERED BY THE COUNTY AND/OR THERE WAS A VIOLATION OF SEVERAL AMENDMENTS OF THE CONSTITUTION. SO I'M COMING UP HERE TO ASK THE CITY ATTORNEY TO MAYBE MEMO THE
COMMISSION AND EXPLAIN WHAT WE DISCUSSED, AND MAYBE WE CAN GET THAT PORTION TAKEN OFF THE BOOKS. I APPRECIATE IT, THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU, NEXT, PLEASE? >> GOOD EVENING, HARRY WOODWORTH, BOYNTON BEACH. I WANTED TO THANK YOU GUYS, LAST
COMMISSION MEETING, YOU PULLED SOMETHING OFF THE CONSENT AGENDA, THE 7.7 MILLION TEN-YEAR DEAL, YOU HAD A ROBUST DISCUSSION FOR -- PUBLIC DISCUSSION. I DON'T SEE IT ON THE FUTURE
BUSINESS THING ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA, I WONDER WHERE IT WENT. IS IT COMING UP AGAIN? WHEN? SO THERE'S SOME DATE CERTAIN, I SUSPECT THERE'S PUBLIC THAT WANTS TO KNOW ABOUT THAT, AND PROBABLY FIND MORE ABOUT IT. AND THERE'S MAYBE A -- CONFIRMED THERE'S NO FLOCK WORK ON GOING
UNTIL THAT'S APPROVED. IT WOULD BE GOOD TO KNOW. I'M NOT AGAINST THAT STUFF, I'M A TECHIE AT HEART. I DID A CENTER FOR THE HOENG CONGRESS POLICE IN 1990 THAT HAD ALL THIS STUFF IN, I'M NOT AGAINST THIS STUFF. THE PROBLEM I HAVE WITH THIS PARTICULAR THING, THERE'S NOT A
LOT OF CONTROLS THAT WERE BROUGHT FORTH, THE DISCUSSION BROUGHT UP A LOT OF ISSUES, THE TECHNOLOGY IS GREAT, IT'S NOT THE ISSUE, ALL I'M LOOKING FOR IS A LITTLE MORE ANALYSIS WHEN WE PURCHASE THINGS FOR 8 AND $10 MILLION, AND THEY'RE GOING TO LAST FOR DECADES AT A TIME, WE
LOOK AT SOME OF THE FACT BASED DATA, PEER REVIEWED STUDIES. WHAT'S NOT OUT THERE, IS BUYING $10 MILLION WORTH OF STUFF ON ANECDOTAL THINGS. YOU HAVE PEER REVIEWED REVIEWS, YOU LOOK AT WHAT THIS STUFF
DOES, WE HAD IT FOR YEARS, HAS IT CHANGED A CRIME, ARE WE SOLVING THINGS FASTER. I'M ALL FOR -- WHAT WE'RE BUYING HERE DOESN'T DO ANYTHING FOR US,
AND WHERE'S THE DATA THAT SHOWS THAT. PLEASE, NOT ANOTHER STORY, LET'S TALK ABOUT THE FACTS, WE'RE SPENDING REAL MONEY HERE. THINGS LIKE, OKAY, WHAT ARE THE CONTROLS ON THIS? WHO CAN USE IT, IS THERE A CREDITED LIST OF PEOPLE? YOU DISCUSSED SOME OF THIS STUFF
THE LAST TIME, I BUY SOMETHING ON AMAZON, THERE'S TWO PARTY AUTHENTICATION. IS THERE TWO PARTY AUTHENTICATION FOR LOGGING INTO THIS SYSTEM? HOW DO YOU KNOW THAT THE CONTROLS THAT ARE IN PLACE, THAT ARE TALKED ABOUT, WE DON'T SELL THE DATA.
WE DON'T SELL, WE SHARE IT, WITH ALMOST EVERYBODY. 75% OF THE FLOCK SYSTEMS IN THE COUNTRY ARE OPEN SOURCED SHARED NATURALLY. ARE WE GOING TO SAY WHO CAN ACCESS IT, WHO GETS THE DATA? AT THE END OF THE DAY, THAT'S ALL I'M LOOKING FOR, WHAT IS ALL
THIS STUFF, AND GUESS WHAT, FLOCK OFFERS PUBLIC FACING DASHBOARDS. FLOCK OFFERS NETWORK REVIEWS ON WHO'S ACCESSING IT, ALL THAT STUFF IS AVAILABLE, THESE GUYS HAVE BEEN HAMMERED FOR YEARS NOW, THE SENATE'S ON THEM, THERE'S ALL KINDS OF STUFF, THEY
OFFER THIS STUFF. ARE WE TALKING TO THEM ABOUT IT, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO GOING-FORWARD TO BRING THIS STUFF IN HERE, BESIDES BUYING STUFF ON SOME GREAT ANECDOTAL STORY. LET'S JUST DO IT RIGHT, THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU, NEXT,
PLEASE. >> SUSAN OYER, BOYNTON BEACH. SO I'M COMING TO SPEAK ON FOUR THINGS, FIRST OF ALL, PLEASE DO NOT BUILD UP THE PARK, IT VIOLATES THE DEED. THE FAMILY THAT DOE IT NATURED
IT AND HAS THE DERESTRICTION STILL LIVES IN WEST PALM. I WOULD HATE TO SEE US BUILD ON THIS, VIOLATE THE RESTRICTIONS, AND HAND IT OFF TO SOMEONE ELSE BECAUSE OF THE DEED RESTRICTIONS. AS THIS MOVES FORWARD, LET'S
STOP IT, LET'S GIVE THE PARK THEY WANT. I KNOW YOU WERE SENT AN AMAZING PROJECT IDEA, ALL OF WHICH FIT THE SCOPE AND THE DEED. PLEASE LOOK AT HOLLIS' PROSECRETARY. I CAN FORWARD IT TO YOU AS WELL.
I'M GOING TO REITERATE HARRY'S NO TO THE FLOCK SYSTEM, WHILE IT'S SITTING AT THE PORT DCA. THIS IS AN INCREDIBLY EXPENSIVE PROJECT. WE DON'T HAVE THAT KIND OF MONEY TO THROW AWAY, AND WHERE IS THE DATA GOING.
AS HARRY SAID, WHAT KIND OF PROOF DO WE HAVE THAT THIS WORKS AND DOES WHAT IT SAYS IT'S SUPPOSED TO DO. THE POLICE KNOW I'M ONE OF THEIR BIGGEST DEFENDERS, PLEASE COME SPEND MORE TIME IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT LET'S ACTUALLY BUY STUFF THAT WORKS AND DOES
WHAT IT'S SUPPOSED TO DO, AND NOT SHARING OUR PERSONAL DATA ACROSS, SO YOU END UP WITH MORE OF MICAH RUSSO'S -- MIKE MIKE CARUSO'S CALLS TO HIM SAYING, MY HOUSE WAS SOLD.
THEY'RE PAYING US LESS THAN DOLE RAY BEACH TO GET WATT IR. WE HAVE NO WATER. THERE'S NO WATER. AND ACTUALLY, I'M WRONG, BECAUSE SOMEONE IN THE CITY FOUND PROOF THAT THEY HAVE FOUND WATER, BUT IT'S 360 MILES BELOW US IN THE
CENTER OF THE EARTH, SO UNLESS WE HAVE INVENTED A DRILL THAT CAN TAKE US DOWN 360 MILES, IT'S APPARENTLY THREE OCEANS WORTH OF WATER, I KNOW, IT'S REALLY INTERESTING. YOU KNOW, I CAN'T SEE THAT WE NEED TO BE SELLING WATER THAT WE
ALREADY DON'T HAVE. YEAH, I'LL BE HAPPY TO FORWARD THE INFORMATION OUT THERE, ANYONE'S INDEPENDENTED. AND ALSO, WHY I'M BACK ONCE AGAIN, ASKING WHY THERE ARE TREES IN THE CEMETERY. THERE'S A TREE ACROSS IN WILLIE'S, IT'S PUTTING OUT
FRUIT, THE FRUIT IS THIS BIG ON IT ALREADY. THERE'S AT LEAST THREE TO FOUR PIECES OF FRUIT. I'M CONSTANTLY COMING AND SAYING, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE OUR CEMETERY FULL OF TREES, BUT EVERYONE NEEDS TO BE ABLE TO HAVE TREES IN THERE, NOT JUST THE ONE FAMILY THAT HAS THE 15
FOOT TREE WITH PIECES OF FRUIT THIS BIG ON IT. EITHER WE ALL GET TO PLANT TREES OR NO ONE GETS TO PLANT TREES. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: NEXT, PLEASE.
>> MY NAME IS CHARLES HUNT. A MILITARY RETIREE. AT 1330 NORTHWEST 1st COURT, ROLLING GREEN. DURING THE LAST FEW MEETINGS, I
PRESENTED CONSTITUTIONAL AND CIVIL RIGHTS WHICH COVERED ALL SENIOR CITIZENS, ALL HOMEOWNERS IN THE U.S.
WHICH STATES THERE ARE SET RULES FOR HOMEOWNERS, THEREFORE, CITIES AND STATES ARE NOT ALLOWED TO PENETRATE THOSE RULES.
THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED TO MAKE DIFFERENT RULES. HOWEVER, BOYNTON BEACH CITY MANAGER AND HIS CABINET HAVE
MADE THEY'RE OWN RULES. AND WE ARE BEING HURT BEHIND THESE RULES. ALL THE SENIOR CITIZENS AND
HOMEOWNERS IN BOYNTON. HOWEVER, BOYNTON BEACH CITY MANAGER SAID THAT THEY ARE GOING TO APPLY THESE RULES SIX MONTHS LATER. I UNDERSTAND.
I THINK JUST ME, THE CITY MANAGER IS TOO YOUNG TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THOSE SENIOR CITIZENS ARE GOING THROUGH ALREADY. AND STILL THEY'RE ADDING MORE FRESH OUR.
AND THEN HE'S GOING HOW YOUNG CABINET, WHO ALSO ARE MUTUAL TO HIS BELIEFS, WHEN WE, THE SENIOR
CITIZENS ARE BEING TERRORIZED, WE DON'T KNOW WHICH WAY TO GO NOW. I MYSELF UNDERSTAND THAT I CAN'T
BE THE PERSON WHO SIT AROUND AND MOPE AND CAUGHT ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON. I HAVE TO SPEAK UP. PLEASE, SOMEONE, WE CAN'T HIRE
THE CITY MANAGER, BUT WE CAN PUT OUR CITY COMMISSIONERS IN THE SEAT. I JUST PRAY THEY DO WHAT'S RIGHT. >> THANK YOU, SIR. NEXT, PLEASE? >> GOOD EVENING MEMBERS OF THE
PANEL, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR. MY NAME IS KWAME PETTIS. I'M A RETIRED UNITED STATES ARMY SERGEANT. I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF A
COLLEAGUE WHO DEDICATED 28 YEARS OF EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS. SERVING AS OPERATIONS AND DEVELOPING THE NEXT GENERATION OF PROFESSIONALS, IN A FIELD WHERE LIVES ARE ON THE LINE. OVER MY CAREER, I'VE SPENT DECADES EVALUATING PERFORMANCE,
DEVELOPING PEOPLE, AND MAKING DECISIONS THAT IMPACTED ORGANIZATIONS AT SCALE. AS A PROPONENT WITHIN THE TRANSPORTATION CORE, I WAS DIRECTLY INVOLVED WITH EVALUATING STRUCTURE, FORCED DESIGN, AND ORGANIZATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS, BUT DECISIONS TO
RETAIN OR ELIMINATE POSITIONS WERE BASED CLEARLY ON DEMONSTRATED VALUE, AND MISSION IMPACT. IN THOSE ROLLS, DECISIONS WEREN'T BASED ON EMOTIONS. THEY WERE BASED ON DEMONSTRATED VALUE, AND MEASURABLE IMPACT.
ONE PRINCIPLE THAT WAS INGRAINED IN US, WE DID NOT POINT SINGLE POINTS OF FAILURE. WHEN YOU REMOVE CAPABILITY WITHOUT A DELIBERATE TRANSITION, YOU DON'T JUST LOSE A PERSON, YOU INTRODUCE RISK. AND OVER TIME, THAT RISK WILL
REVEAL ITSELF. THAT PRINCIPLE MATTERS EVEN MORE IN EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION. THIS IS NOT A PLUG AND PLAY ENVIRONMENT. WHEN SOMEONE ANSWERS THAT CALL, THERE'S NO MARGIN FOR ERROR, PEOPLE DEPEND ON SOMEONE WHO ALREADY KNOWS THE JOB, WHO CAN
THINK CLEARLY AND ACT DECISIVELY UNDER PRESSURE. THAT LEVEL OF CAPABILITY IS BUILT OVERTIME AND IT MATTERS. AND IN HER ROLE AS DIRECTOR, HER IMPACT EXTENDED BEYOND DAILY OPERATIONS, SHE WAS DIRECTLY RESPONSIBLE FOR DEVELOPING AND
EVALUATING THE NEXT GENERATION OF COMMUNICATORS. HER LEADERSHIP ALSO SUPPORTED MAJOR PUBLIC SAFETY EFFORTS, TO INCLUDE EVENTS REPORTED BY POLICE, AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS, AS WELL AS CONTRIBUTING TO A NEW 911 CENTER.
WHEN WITH YOU REMOVE SOMEONE LIKE THAT, YOU'RE NOT AFFECTING THE PRESENT, BUT 9 FUTURE AND READINESS OF THE ORGANIZATION. WHEN I LOOK AT SOMEONE WITH 28 YEARS OF SERVICE, I DON'T SEE UNCERTAINTY, I SEE A PROVEN LEADER FORCED THROUGH YEARS OF EXPERIENCE.
28 YEARS OF SERVICE IS NOT AN ACCIDENT, IT'S CONSISTENCY, IT'S DISCIPLINE, IT'S COMMITMENT OVERTIME. THIS ISN'T JUST ABOUT ONE INDIVIDUAL, IT'S ABOUT WHAT WE CHOSE TO VALUE. THOSE STRUCTURAL OR ELIMINATING
DECISIONS DON'T JUST AFFECT TODAY, THEY SHAPE WHAT THE ORGANIZATION BECOMES TOMORROW. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, MAY GOD BLESS THIS COUNTRY AND BLESS OUR TROOPS. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR. NEXT, PLEASE.
>> CINDY FALCO DECORRADO, BOYNTON BEACH. I APPRECIATE WHAT MIKE SHARED, BUT IT'S SAD WE HAVE TO REPORT AND PUT OUR NAME DOWN SO SOMEONE CAN'T STEAL OUR PROPERTY, WHEN WHAT WE NEED IS A SYSTEM THAT
MAKES IT IMPOSSIBLE TO STEAL OUR PROPERTY. WHAT WE ARE SEEING IS NOT SIMPLE CODE ENFORCEMENT, IT'S GOVERNMENT OVERREACH INTO THE PRIVATE LIVES AND PRIVATE PROPERTY OF CITIZENS WHO ARE NOT LIVING IN AN HOA. A RESIDENT OF THIS CITY WHO
SIMPLY IS MOVING, SHE LOST HER MATE, SHE SOLD HER HOUSE, SHE PUT A POD IN HER PROPERTY, AND SHE HAS A TEMPORARY STORAGE PROD ON HER OWN PROPERTY, INSTEAD OF SUPPORT, SHE RECEIVED A
VIOLATION NOTICE, IT WAS SENT TO HER NEIGHBOR. BEYOND THAT WE NEED TO ASK A BIGGER QUESTION. WHEN DID THE GOVERNMENT GAIN THE AUTHORITY TO CONTROL LAWFUL TEMPORARY USE OF PRIVATE PROPERTY IN A WAY THAT INTERFERES WITH EVERY DAY LIFE.
PEOPLE ARE MOVING, CARRYING FOR FAMILY, AND HANDLING NORMAL LIFE SITUATIONS, INSTEAD OF BEING HELPED, THEY ARE BEING CITED. THIS IS NOT ABOUT SAFETY THIS IS NOT ABOUT HARM, THIS IS ABOUT CONTROL. THE CONSTITUTION PROTECTS PROPERTY RIGHTS, AND THE QUIET
ENJOYMENT OF ONE'S HOME, YET WE ARE SEEING ENFORCEMENT THAT FEELS EXCESSIVE AND DISCONNECTED FROM REAL COMMUNITY NEEDS. IF THERE IS NO NUISANCE, NO DANGER, NO HARM, THIS BECOMES AN UNREASONABLE INTRUSION, I AM ASKING THIS COMMISSION TO
RECONSIDER THESE POLICIES, ENSURE PROPER NOTICES, PROCEDURES, AND STOP PENALIZING RESIDENTS FOR NORMAL, TEMPORARY, HARMLESS USE OF THEIR OWN PROPERTY. BECAUSE THE CITY SHOULD SERVE IT'S PEOPLE, NOT BURDEN THEM. PRIVATE PROPERTY IS A
CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT, NOT SOMETHING TO BE CONTROLLED WITHOUT CAUSE. AND I THANK YOU FOR THAT, BUT I ALSO WANT TO MAKE ANOTHER MENTION TONIGHT. I WAS WALKING HERE FROM MY HOME TO COME TO THIS COMMISSIONER'S MEETING, AND I HAVE PICTURES OF IT. THREE OF THOSE HORSES ARE DOWN ON THE GROUND WITH POLES
STICKING OUT OF THEM. IF I DIDN'T WALK DURING THE LIGHT, I PROBABLY WOULD HAVE RUN INTO IT TONIGHT. THEY'RE BLOCKING THE WALKWAY, THEY'RE DANGER HOUSE, HAZARDOUS. WHO'S ENFORCING THAT. WHO'S NOT ON TOP OF WHAT THE CITY EMPLOYEES ARE DOING, THAT
ARE CAUSING A HAZARD, HARM AND COULD REALLY HURT SOMEONE. MY HUSBAND WAS HURT JUST RIDING A BIKE, HE DIDN'T KNOW HE WASN'T
SUPPOSED TO RIDE THERE. HE HAD A COLLAPSED LUNG. I SAW THREE, WHERE THEY KNOCKED OVER HORSES WITH THESE POLES STICKING OUT OF THEM, WITH TAPE AROUND THAT YOU COULDN'T WALK ON THE SIDEWALK. IF YOU WANT TO FINE ANYBODY, WHY
DOESN'T THE CITY FINE THEMSELVES AND DO THEIR DUE DILIGENCE. >> TORIOR, 106. I WAS OUT THIS EASTER WEEKEND IN THE PARK.
I WAS INFORMED THAT AN EMERGENCY SWITCH BOX IS NOT WORKING, AND HASN'T BEEN WORKING. I TAGGED THE CITY OF BOYNTON IN IT. AND I WANT TO KNOW -- I WAN THE TO KNOW WHY THE CAROL SIMS
CENTER COST $30 MILLION, I REMEMBER WHEN YOU ALL PAID FOR IT OR WHATEVER. IT'S NEVER OPENED ON SATURDAYS TO THE COMMUNITY. WHY IS THAT? AND AS WELL AS HANTHER. IT'S ONLY OPEN WHEN THEY'RE PLAYING FOOTBALL, NOT THE INSIDE
IS OPEN. WHY DON'T THE KIDS HAVE ANYTHING TO DO. WHY THEY IN THE STREET ALL DAY? THAT'S WHY, THE CENTERS NOT OPEN. THE CENTERS ARE THERE, ONE ON CHERRY HILL, AND ONE ON 17th. I COULD REACH THEM PRETTY GOOD, BUT THEY CLOSED ON SATURDAY.
AND SCHOOL, YOU KNOW, THEY SHOULD HAVE SOMETHING TO DO. IT HAS BEEN CLOSED, WE NEED TO GET SOME YOUNG FRESH FACES IN THESE CENTERS THAT HAVE THE DRIVE, THAT WANT TO BE A PART OF THESE KIDS LIFE. I'M NOT SEEING, IF THEY'RE NOT PLAYING FOOTBALL OR BASKETBALL.
THE RECREATION CENTERS AND ACTIVITY CENTERS ARE CLOSED. WHY IS THAT? I KNOW WE'RE NOT SHORT OF STAFF BECAUSE ANY TIME YOU GO TO BOYNTON BEACH.COM, YOU DON'T SEE THEM LOOKING FOR NO JIM OR RECREATION GUYS, YOU ONLY
LOOKING FOR SANITATION WORKERS. I'M GOING TO LEAVE THAT ON THE TABLE, YOU ALL HAVE A NICE NIGHT. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU, NEXT PLEASE. >> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, VICE
MAYOR, COMMISSION, 28 YEARS WHEN I HEAR THAT, MY NAME IS MONIQUE LOUIS, I AM THE DIVISION DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC SAFETY, COMMUNICATIONS FOR 911. I'M COMING UP HERE, BECAUSE THIS IS MY LAST TIME UNDER THE ORGANIZATION SPEAKING TO YOU
ALL. I'VE ALWAYS ASKED THE QUESTION, WHEN I GET READY TO RETIRE, WHO'S GOING TO DO MY FINAL TONE OUT, BECAUSE I'VE ALWAYS DONE EVERYBODY'S FINAL TONE OUT. THESE PAST TWO WEEKS, I'VE HAD A
CHANCE TO SIT AND THINK ABOUT AND PRAY ABOUT, AND JUST MEDITATE WHAT THIS CITY REALLY MEANS TO ME. I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN THIS SITPY. MENTORED BY CAROLYN SIMS, RAISED
BY THE COMMUNITY. THERE'S NOT ONE COMMUNITY EVENT THAT I WASN'T AT THAT I'VE SEEN ALL OF YOUR FACES AT. I'M ALWAYS GRINDING, ALWAYS AT THE COMMUNITY EVENTS. IT DOESN'T JUST STOP INSIDE THE 911 CENTER.
I THINK PEOPLE HAVE TOLD YOU BEFORE I HAVE MISSED SO MANY FAMILY GATHERINGS, BECAUSE I HAVE DEDICATED MYSELF TO THIS CITY, EVERY SINGLE DAY. NOT ONCE DID I DO 40 HOURS A
WEEK, IT'S ALWAYS BEEN 50 TO 80. SO WHEN YOU TELL ME THAT SOMEONE WHO'S BEEN HERE 28 YEARS, DEDICATED, COMMITTED TO ALL OF YOU, SITTING ON THIS PANEL, PLEASE TELL ME HOW IS IT
SOMEONE, A DIVISION DIRECTOR WITH NO PERFORMANCE ISSUES, HER POSITION GETS ELIMINATED. PLEASE TELL ME HOW IS IT THAT FOUR MONTHS PRIOR, THAT A PUBLIC
SAFETY DIRECTOR POSITION GETS INITIATED, AND THEN MY POSITION GETS ELIMINATED. HELP ME UNDERSTAND THAT, IF WE'RE IN A 4.9 BUDGET DEFICIT, WHY ARE WE CREATING POSITIONS?
NOVEMBER OF 2025, PUBLIC SAFETY DIRECTOR POSITION WAS DONE BY CITY MANAGER. AND THEN MINE GOT ELIMINATED. PLEASE HELP ME UNDERSTAND THAT. 28 YEARS, AND THE ONLY THING
I'VE BEEN TOLD IS, RESTRUCTURING OF THE DEPARTMENT IS WHY YOU WERE ELIMINATED. WHEN I CAN SEE ON MARCH 3rd, VICE MAYOR SAYS, POLICE DEPARTMENT IS TOP HEAVY, LET'S
GO BACK. ANYONE WHO IS SWORN, THAT'S HANDLING A CIVILIAN ROLE, LET'S GET THE BOOTS BACK ON THE GROUND SO WE CAN ALLEVIATE CRIME. HELP ME UNDERSTAND THAT.
>> MAYOR: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT PLEASE? >> HI. MY NAME IS KATHLEEN HAWKINS, I'M A RESIDENT BORN AND RAISED RIGHT HERE IN BOYNTON BEACH, FLORIDA. FIRST OF ALL, MONIQUE FOR YOUR
28 YEARS. [ APPLAUSE ] >> I HAVE SOMETHING THAT --
[ APPLAUSE ] >> I'M BACK AGAIN, I'VE BEEN UP HERE EVER SINCE THE OTHER MAYOR WAS HERE, TWICE. I LIVE ON -- OFF OF MINER ROAD
NEXT TO ROLLING GREEN. I'VE BEEN COMPLAINING ABOUT MY STREET HAVE NO LIGHTS. RECENTLY IN THE AREA THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF PROSTITUTING,
SELLING OF DRUGS, IN THAT AREA. THERE'S NO LIGHT. WE USED TO GO OUT AND WE WALK, I LIVE ON MINER ROAD AND 5th COURT. I'VE TALKED TO MR. ANDREW ABOUT IT, I'VE BEEN BOUNCED FROM THE
CITY OF BOYNTON TO THE CITY OF WEST PALM, WEST PALM, BOYNTON BEACH, BOYNTON BEACH SAYS IT'S WEST PALM. I CALLED FPL, THEY SAY IT BELONGS TO THE CITY.
I CALL THE CITY, THE CITY SAYS IT BELONGS TO WEST PALM. IN OTHER WORDS, I STILL DON'T HAVE A LIGHT, AND IT'S BEEN YEARS. I STILL DON'T HAVE ONE, SO I DON'T WALK IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD AT NIGHT, EVEN WHEN I COME, WHEN IT WAS DARK, WHEN I WOULD LEAVE A
CITY MEETING, IT'S PITCH. SO WHEN YOU COME IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, WHATEVER'S OUT IN IS OUT THERE. AND IT'S DARK. I COMPLAINED, THERE WAS NO LIGHTS, IN FRONT OF ROLLING GREEN, NOT ANY OF THAT. THEY PUT LIGHTS IN FRONT OF
ROLLING GREEN, ALL THE WAY DOWN. BECAUSE WE HAD NO LIGHTS, BUT AT THAT CORNER OF 5th COURT, WHERE THEY CHANGED THE POLE TO THAT. AND MY TELEPHONE NUMBER IS 561,
284, 2062. PLEASE GIVE ME A CALL IN CONCERN OF THIS LIGHT, AT LEAST BY 2026. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU MUCH NEXT, PLEASE. >> HI, GOOD EVENING AGAIN, THIS IS CAROL PORTER OF STONE HAVEN.
I WISH MR. CARUSO HUNG OUT A BIT LONGER. HE MENTIONED SOMETHING, I THINK HE MENTIONED GUARDIANSHIP, WHICH IS A HUGE CONCERN. EVERY OTHER DAY I GO ONLINE, GO TO THE INTERNET AND I SEE
SENIORS -- SENIORS ARE TROUBLED BY PEOPLE WHO ARE TRYING TO SCAM THEM, AND SOMETIMES THEY TRY TO PUT THEM INTO A GUARDIANSHIP. THERE'S A GENTLEMAN ON THE INTERNET, HIS NAME IS RICK BLACK, HIS FATHER-IN-LAW WAS PUT INTO ONE OF THESE, AND THE
FAMILY COULD NOT GET HIM BACK INTO THE FAMILY, SO THEY COULD LOOK AFTER HIM. THE OTHER CONCERN IS ABOUT THE PROPERTY TAXES, I AM REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE PROPERTY TAX ISSUE. I DON'T WANT THE PROPERTY TAXES TO GO AWAY, WE FUND OUR LAW
ENFORCEMENT AND FIRE RESCUE AND OTHER SERVICES WITH THOSE MONIES, SO HOPEFULLY THE LEGISLATOR CAN ADDRESS THIS ISSUE, AND NOT TAKE THE PROPERTY TAXES AWAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. HAVE A GOOD EVENING. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU, NEXT,
PLEASE? >> MY NAME IS RENEE RANDALL. EXCUSE ME, I'M A LITTLE UNDER THE WEATHER, I'M HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT MONIQUE AS WELL, SHE'S MY NIECE, I'M ONE OF THOSE AUNTIES
THAT GIVE GATHERINGS ALL THE TIME, BECAUSE I LOVE TO COOK. I'M ONE OF THOSE GATHERINGS, THAT SHE HAS MISSED MANY, MANY, MANY, MANY TIMES AND I WAS JUST
SITTING DOWN THINKING, THAT SHE HAS DEDICATED HER ENTIRE LIFE, HER YOUNG LIFE, HER ENTIRE YOUNG LIFE TO THE CITY OF BOYNTON. AND IF THERE'S SOMETHING -- IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE
DONE FOR ANYONE, SHE'S THE ONE. WE DON'T HAVE PICTURES WITH HER, AND HER SON, BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T MAKE THE GATHERINGS, BECAUSE WHEN YOU CALL HER, SAY ANTI-I'M AT WORK. AN TEE, I'M AT WORK, IF YOU ALL
CAN DO ANYTHING FOR ANYONE, PUT YOUR HEADS TOGETHER, PLEASE. >> PLEASE. >> AND ASSIST MONIQUE. SHE HAS DEDICATED HER YOUNG LIFE TO THIS CITY. >> PLEASE. >> I HAVE EVEN GIVEN MY LIFE TO THE CITY OF BOYNTON, I WORK WITH
CAROLYN SIMS, I WORK WITH TOMMY WILLIAMS, COLLIDE HARRIS, I COULD NAME ON AND ON AND ON. WE DEDICATE OURSELVES TO OUR JOBS. BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE WERE
TAUGHT TO DO, GROWING UP, WE HAD THOSE KIND OF PARENTS. YOU GIVE YOURSELF TO YOUR JOB, SO WHEN IT'S TIME FOR YOU TO RETIRE, THEN YOU'RE SET. NOT SOMEBODY ELIMINATING YOUR
AREA AND YOU'RE NOT EVEN PREPARED FOR IT, AT HER YOUNG AGE. SO ONCE AGAIN, I SAY, IF ANYONE DESERVING OF ANYTHING, IT'S MONIQUE LEWIS. THANK YOU. >> FOR SHORE. >> THANK YOU.
>> MAYOR: IF THERE'S NO ONE ELSE IN THE ROOM FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ONLINE. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE ONLINE? >> NO, THERE IS NOT. >> MAYOR: PUBLIC COMMENT IS OFFICIALLY CLOSED. >> THERE WAS A COMMENT ABOUT A MEMO, I WILL GLADLY DO THAT
MEMO, BUT I NEED DIRECTION FROM THE COMMISSION TO PREPARE THAT MEMO. >> MEMO WHAT? >> THERE WAS AN ORDINANCE THAT MR. KATZ -- >> I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE, THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: WE'RE MOVING ON TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE PORTION OF THE AGENDA.
THE FIRST ITEM IS APPOINTING A CITY REPRESENTATIVE AND ALTERNATE TO THE COALITION OF BOYNTON WEST RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION.
ARE THERE ANY VOLUNTEERS? >> IF COMMISSIONER HAY HAD, I
WILL TAKE IT. >> I DON'T MIND DOING IT. I'VE DONE IT BEFORE, I THINK THE FIRST YEAR I WAS ELECTED. SOY JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE HERE, IF YOU WANTED TO VOLUNTEER FOR THIS POSITION. THIS SPECIFIC ONE, ALL OF THEM, REALLY.
>> WHAT DO YOU WANT, COBRA? TELL ME WHICH ONES YOU WANT. >> I THINK -- >> KNOCK YOURSELF OUT. >> I CAN DO COBRA, IF YOU WANT TO BE THE ALTERNATE. >> OKAY.
>> MAYOR: THAT WOULD BE GOOD. >> MAYOR: DO WE HAVE A MOTION FOR VICE MAYOR TURKIN TO BE THE
REPRESENTATIVE AND THE ALTERNATE COMMISSIONER McCRAY. >> SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >> MAYOR: ALL IN FAVOR? >> AYE. >> MAYOR: IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THE NEXT ITEM IS PROPOSE ED
RESOLUTION FOR 26-049 APPOINT A CITY COMMISSIONER REPRESENTATIVE AND ALTERNATE TO THE PALM BEACH METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION. I WOULD LIKE TO STAY ON IT, IF
IT PLEASES THE BOARD. >> ARE YOU OKAY WITH ALTERNATE? >> YES. >> CAN I MAKE A COMMENT ABOUT THAT, BECAUSE I CAN'T TALK TO YOU GUYS ABOUT ANYTHING OTHER
THAN THE MEETING. THE LIGHTING ON FEDERAL HIGHWAY, THE TPA HAS DONE A STUDY OF THEIR OWN FOR THE ABILITY TO
SAVE COSTS. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE CORRECT WAY IS TO SHARE THAT MAYBE TO STAFF. >> I HAD A MEETING. I HAD A ZOOM MEETING WITH CITY STAFF, WITH REGARD TO THE FEDERAL HIGHWAY -- THE STREET SCAPE RECENTLY, AND THAT WAS ONE
OF THE THINGS I BROUGHT UP TO HER, TO MAKE SURE WE'RE LOOKING INTO OTHER GRANT OPPORTUNITIES, SO WE'RE NOT FOOTING THE BILL ON SOMETHING, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S AN FDOT ROAD. THERE'S GRANT FUNDS AND WORKING WITH THE FPL AND THE NPO.
THANK YOU FOR MENTIONING THAT, THAT IS SOMETHING I MENTIONED TO THEM WHEN I HAD THAT MEETING. >> PERFECT. I'LL SHARE THAT OVER TO ANDREW OR CITY MANAGER, AND HAVE THEM TAKE THE CALL. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> WE HAVE A MOTION AND WE HAVE A SECOND, TO APPOINT
COMMISSIONER KELLEY AS THE REPRESENTATIVE AND VICE MAYOR TURKIN AS THE ALTERNATE. >> AYE. >> MAYOR: MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THE THIRD ITEM IS APPOINT A CITY
COMMISSION REPRESENTATIVE AND ALTERNATE TO THE PALM BEACH COUNTY LEAGUE OF CITIES. >> I THINK AMY'S GOING TO BE AT THOSE MEETINGS, FOR HER TO BE DESIGNATED AS THE CITY COMMISSION REPRESENTATIVE.
>> THANK YOU. >> WE HAVE -- DO WE HAVE A MOTION? >> SO MOVED. >> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE COMMISSIONER KELLEY AS REPRESENTATIVE, AND COMMISSIONER McCREA AS THE ALT NAT. ALL IN FAVOR?
>> AYE. >> MAYOR: MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THE FOURTH ITEM IS APPOINTMENTMENT OF A CITY COMMISSION REPRESENTATIVE AND ALTERNATE FOR THE COUNTYWIDE INTERGOVERNMENTAL COORDINATION PROGRAM.
>> YOU WERE GOING TO. >> MAYOR: I WILL TAKE THIS, AND I DON'T KNOW WHO WANTS TO BE ALTERNATE. >> I MAKE A MOTION TO NOMINATE MAYOR AS THE PRIMARY MEMBER, AND
COMMISSIONER CRUZ AS THE ALTERNATE. >> SECOND. >> MAYOR: ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE? >> AYE. >> ALL OPPOSED SAY NAY. PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
LET ME MOVE ON TO THE ADVISORY BOARDS. THIS NOMINATION IS FOR ME TO APPOINT A REGULAR MEMBER TO THE ART ADVISORY BOARD, LET ME O GO IN HERE.
ANTHONY DENARDO IS THE ONLY ONE WE HAVE. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPOINT ANTHONY. >> SECOND. >> ALL IN FAVOR? >> AYE. >> MAYOR: PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
THE NEXT IS THE LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD. COMMISSIONER TURKIN, WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE A NOMINATION. >> I WILL NOMINATE. [ INAUDIBLE ] >> SECOND. >> MAYOR: WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO NOMINATE STEPHANIE
COLIANNI. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY, FOR THE LIBRARY BOARD. THE NOMINATION IS AGAIN FOR COMMISSIONER KELLEY TO APPOINT A REGULAR MEMBER TO THE LIBRARY
ADVISORY BOARD. >> I WOULD LIKE TO APPOINT LISA NICOLE MILLER TO THE REGULAR POSITION ON THE LIBRARY BOARD. >> MAYOR: DO WE HAVE A SECOND. >> SECOND. >> MAYOR: WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPOINT LISA NICOLE MILLER.
>> AYE. >> MAYOR: OPPOSED? MOTION APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY. NEXT WE HAVE THREE APPLICATIONS FOR PARKS AND ADVISORY BOARD. COMMISSIONER McCRAY'S TURN TO NOMINATE SOMEONE.
>> SURE, DR. PHYLLIS PICILLI. >> SECOND. >> MAYOR: ALL IN FAVOR? >> AYE. >> MAYOR: OPPOSES? MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THE NEXT NOMINATION IS FOR VICE MAYOR TURKIN TO APPOINT SOMEONE
TO TO THE RECREATION BOARD. >> I'LL NOMINATE JASPER PASTORIAS. >> SECOND. >> MAYOR: ALL IN FAVOR? >> AYE. >> MAYOR: MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THE NEXT NOMINATION IS FOR COMMISSIONER KELLEY TO APPOINT
AN ALTERNATE MEMBER TO THE PARKS AND ADVISORY BOARD. >> IT'S A REGULAR POSITION. OKAY. I WOULD NOMINATE ALISON PANDEV TO THE REGULAR MEMBER POSITION.
>> SECOND. >> MAYOR: WE HAVE A MOTION A MOTION FOR ALTERNATE. ALL IN FAVOR? >> AYE. >> MAYOR: OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THERE ARE NO APPLICANTS FOR THE FOLK BOARDS, WE ENCOURAGE
RESIDENTS TO APPLY WITH THE CLERK IF INTERESTED. THE EDUCATION AND YOUTH BOARD. THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION BOARD. >> MAYOR, EXCUSE ME. BEFORE WE MOVE ON, I WAS -- IT WAS BROUGHT UP THAT I DON'T
ATTEND YOUR PREAGENDA MEETINGS. I'M GOING TO TELL YOU WHY I DON'T. >> MAYOR: LET'S KEEP THIS MOVING, AND DISCUSS THAT AT THE END. WE WILL NOW BE MOVING ON TO THE CONSENT IF MY COLLEAGUES WILL PULL ANY ITEMS.
YOU WANTED TO PULL 7C, RIGHTS? >> MAYOR: WE WILL CONTINUE WITH CONSENT, DO ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES WANT TO PULL ANY ITEMS? >> NO. >> NO. >> NO. >> NO. >> MOTION TO APPROVE CONSENT AGENDA.
>> SECOND. >> MAYOR: WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE A CONSENT AGENDA, WE HAVE A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? >> AYE. >> MAYOR: OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
WE WILL BE MOVING ON TO CONSENT BIDS AND PURCHASES. YOU WANTED TO PULL 7C. >> YES. >> MAYOR: DO WE HAVE A MOTION FOR THE REMAINDER. >> SO MOVED.
>> SECOND. >> MAYOR: ALL IN FAVOR? >> AYE. >> MAYOR: WE CAN MOVE ON TO 7C. >> I NEED STAFF TO EXPLAIN IT NOT TO ME, REALLY, BUT EXPLAIN IT TO THE CITIZENS THAT ARE SITTING OUT HERE, BECAUSE SOME
CITIZENS HAVE APPROACHED ME, BECAUSE THEY HAVE CONCERNS WHEN THEY SAID THE CITY MANAGER, APPROVED 74,000 $210, AND IT KEPT GOING UP AND UP AND UP. I UNDERSTAND, BUT THEY HAVE QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS, WHEN THEY HAVE QUESTIONS AND
CONCERNS, AND THEY COME TO ME AND ASK THE QUESTIONS, I'M GOING TO GET ANSWERS, SO THEY COULD HEAR THEM. THAT'S WHY I PULLED IT IT. >> NO PROBLEM SO THE QUESTION IS WHY FROM 74 TO THE 413. THE ORIGINAL WAS KENO SMART
AUDIT BASICALLY FOR ONGOING COMPLIANCE, REALLY SECURITY. IT HELPS PROTECT AGAINST FRAUD AND MAKES SURE THE SYSTEM IS AUDIT READY FOR THE STATE, ET CETERA. NOW, THE OTHER PIECE OF IT, WHICH IS ACTUALLY THE MORE CRITICAL ONE, IS CALLED SMART TEST. NOW, WHAT SMART TEST DOES IS IT ESSENTIALLY SITS ON THE
SOFTWARE, AND MAKES SURE THAT THE UPDATES THAT HAPPEN DOESN'T CREATE ANY CRITICAL FAILURES. THE NUMBER ONE THING THAT IT REALLY PROTECTS IS ANY PAYROLL ERRORS. SO OVER THE LIFE OF THE CONTRACT
IT'S ROUGHLY S $6,063 A MONTH TO MAKE SURE PAYROLL COMES OUT ACCURATELY. WE HAVE SOME VERY COMPLICATED PAY AND PAYROLL THINGS HAPPENING WITH ALL OUR -- WITH UNIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, SO WITH THAT IT'S ONE OF THE THINGS WE OVERLOOKED WHEN WE FIRST DID THE
ORIGINAL -- WHEN WE DID THE ORIGINAL, WHICH SHOULD'VE BEEN ADDED SO THAT'S THE PIECE BEING ADDED GOING FORWARD OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS. THEN THERE IS $40,000 FOR CONTOUCHANCY, WHICH -- CONTINGENCY WHICH I DO NOT BELIEVE WE'RE GOING TO USE THAT MONEY. SO ALL IN ALL IT'S ROUGHLY, 373
PLUS THE 40, GETS YOU THE 413. >> ALL RIGHT, I APPRECIATE YOUR ANSWERS. I'M JUST, I'M IN FAVOR OF IT BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THE CITIZENS THAT ASK ME THE QUESTION, THAT THEY UNDERSTAND NOW. MOTION TO APPROVE. >> SECOND. >> MAYOR: WE HAVE A MOTION TO
APPROVE RESOLUTION R26-058 AND WE HAVE A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. MOTION PASSES 4- WE HAVE TWO PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS. PUBLIC COMMENT WILL BE PERMITTED ON EACH ITEM. I'M GOING TO TURN TO THE CLERK
TO READ IN ITEM 8A. >> PROPOSED ORDINANCE 26-0055, ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING 08-007 BY AMENDING POLICY 4.5.3 OF THE
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN CONSERVATION ELEMENT OF THE CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH, FLORIDA, TO IMPLEMENT PAYMENT IN LIEU OF OPTION OF CONSERVATION LANDS, PROVIDING A BUSINESS IMPACT STATEMENT PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, CONFLICTS, AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
>> THIS IS THE SECOND READING FOR THIS ITEM. STAFF, ARE THERE ANY UPDATES OR CHANGES SINCE THE FIRST READING? >> MAYOR, PRINCIPAL PLANNER. ONLY ONE UPDATE. IT REQUIRES STATE REVIEW WHICH HAS BEEN COMPLETED. THERE IS NO OBJECTION. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU.
ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSION BEFORE WE MOVE ONTO PUBLIC COMMENT? SECOND READING, SO.
>> SUSAN OYER, BOYNTON BEACH. AS ALWAYS AGAINST I'M AGAINST SOMETHING -- I'M AGAINST SOMETHING LIKE THIS. WE DON'T HAVE NEARLY ENOUGH CONSERVATION LAND. THE RAST THING WE NEED TO DO IS GIVE DEVELOPERS ANOTHER WAY TO TAKE OUR LAND IN ANY, WAY, SHAPE OR FORM. YOU CAN SEE -- I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH YOU GUYS ARE PAYING
ATTENTION, BUT THE RESIDENTS OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA HAVE BEEN STANDING UP AND FIGHTING FOR PRESERVATION AND TO MAINTAIN WHAT LITTLE LAND WE HAVE LEFT THROUGHOUT THE STATE. THEY ARE WINNING REPEATLY ACROSS THE STATE. THEY HAVE BECOME VERY VOCAL.
THERE ARE MASSIVE FACEBOOK GROUPS ABOUT STOPPING DEVELOPMENT WITH TENS OF THOUSANDS OF OF THE PEOPLE IN THEM. WE SHOULD NOT BE MAKING IT EASIER FOR DEVELOPERS TO GET OUT OF MAINTAINING GREENSPACE WHEN WE HAVE SO LITTLE. WE HAVE LESS THAN THE OTHER CITIES, SIGNIFICANTLY LESS GREENSPACE THAN THE REST OF THE
CITIES. SO YOU KNOW, THE FACT THAT YOU WANT SOMEBODY IN PLANNING TO BE ABLE TO SIGN OFF ON GIVING ANOTHER WAY TO TAKE AWAY OUR GREENSPACE, AND TO TAKE AWAY OUR CONSERVATION LANDZ AND TO -- LANDS AND TO GIVE DEVELOPERS ANOTHER CHANCE TO DO SOMETHING
THAT THE RESIDENTS WOULD BE UP IN ARMS OVER, PLEASE SAY NO TO THIS. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT? IF THERE IS NOTHING ELSE, MAY WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE PROPOSED ORDINANCE NUMBER 26-005 ON SECOND READING.
>> MAYOR, CAN I JUST, CAN I ASK STAFF TO JUST, FOR THE, YOU KNOW, I JUST, IF YOU DON'T MIND, JUST VERY BRIEFLY EXPLAINING WHAT EXACTLY THIS AMENDMENT DOES AND WHAT, HOW IT DOES AFFECT
OUR, AND WHY WE'RE MAKING THIS CHANGE JUST FOR THE, FOR THE PUBLIC WHO MAYBE WASN'T HERE THE FIRST TIME. THANK YOU. >> YES, COMMISSIONER KELLEY. AGAIN GABE, PRINCIPAL PLANNER. SO CURRENTLY IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AREAS THAT THERE IS A REQUIREMENT TO MAINTAIN A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF
THE, THAT WHAT IS ON THAT SITE. SO IF IT'S A 25%, THAT'S THE WAY THE COMP PLAN READS RIGHT NOW SO THERE IS NOT ANY OPTION TO BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD FOR THAT DEVELOPMENT. THIS ONLY ALLOWS FOR A PROCESS TO BE ABLE TO COME FORWARD FOR FEES IN LIEU OF. THERE WOULD STILL BE A FULLO UP
WITH THE LDRs THAT WOULD CHANGE THAT WOULD ACTUALLY SHOW THE PROCESS, WHAT THE FEES WOULD LOOK LIKE, IT DOES NOT CHANGE THE OVERALL CITY'S REQUIREMENT FOR THE MAINTAINING THE MINIMUM OF 75% OF ALL ENVIRONMENTALLY A, AREAS.
CURRENTLY WE'RE ABOUT 320 ACRES AND THEN SO THE MAINTAINING OF THAT WOULD STILL BE AROUND THE 285 IF MY MATH'S CORRECT IF I REMEMBER, BUT THAT'S THE MINIMUM THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO SAY REGARDLESS. SO ANY SITE WITHIN THE CITY IF THAT NUMBER EVER DROPPED BELOW THAT WE COULD NEVER DEVELOP ANY OF THOSE SITES SO IT WOULD NOT
CHANGE ANY OF THOSE. >> I WOULD JUST ALSO NOTE, AMANDA RADIGAN, DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, THAT THIS DOESN'T ACTUALLY CHANGE THE OVERALL ACREAGE THAT IS REQUIRED TO BE PRESERVED BECAUSE IT'S WORKING IN UNISON WITH OTHER POLICIES WITHIN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. THIS DOES ALLOW FOR A FUNDING SOURCE TO BE CREATED.
THIS IS JUST THE POLICY. IT'S NOT THE ACTUAL PROGRAM, SO THE FEES HAVE NOT BEEN SOLIDIFIED YET THAT WOULD HAVE TO COME FORWARD AS AN LDR AMENDMENT. BUT THIS DOES CREATE A FUNDING SOURCE FOR SUSTAINING AND MAINTAINING OTHER CONSERVATION AREAS THAT ARE REQUIRED TO BE MAINTAINED.
>> BUBBUT IT DOESN'T CHANGE THE OVERALL DEVELOPABLE CAP OR CONSERVATION CAP FOR THE CITY. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU. TAMMY? >> TURN TO YOU FOR ROLL CALL. >> MAYOR SHELTON. >> MAYOR: YES. >> VICE MAYOR TURKIN.
>> YES. >> COMMISSIONER CRUZ. >> NO. >> COMMISSIONER McCRAY. >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER KELLEY. >> YES. >> IN A ROLL CALL VOTE, THE VOTE PASSES 4-1. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU. I WILL NOW TURN TO THE CLERK TO READ IN ITEM 8B.
>> PROPOSED ORDINANCE 26-010 SECOND READING AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 1 ARTICLE 2 DEFINITIONS, CHAPTER 1 ARTICLE VII SECTION 2 DIRECTOR OF PLANNING AND ZONING CHAPTER 1 ARTICLE 9 SECTION 6 POSTING OF NOTICE, CHAPTER 2 ARTICLE I SECTION 2 TYPES OF LAND
DEVELOPMENT APPLICATIONS, CHAPTER 2, ARTICLE 1, SECTION 3 REVIEW PROCESS FOR APPLICATIONS REQUIRING PUBLIC HEARINGS GENERALLY. CHAPTER 2, ARTICLE II SECTION 2 STANDARD APPLICATIONS, CHAPTER 2, ARTICLE 2, SECTION 4 RELIEF APPLICATIONS, CHAPTER 2, ARTICLE
2, SECTION 7 OTHER APPLICATIONS, CHAPTER 2, ARTICLE 3, SECTION 4, RIGHT-OF-WAY PERMIT CHAPTER CHAPTER 3 ARTICLE I SECTION 2 SCOPE, CHAPTER 4 ARTICLE 4 SECTION 5 COMMUNITY DESIGN CHAPTER 4 ARTICLE V SECTION 2
STANDARDS AND CHAPTER 4 ARTICLE IV SECTION 4 STANDARDS OF THE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATION REMOVE OUTDATED ADVISORY BOARD REFERENCES, MODIFY OFF-STREET PARKING REFERENCES, UPDATE FEATHER BANNER, CONFLICTS,
VARIABILITY, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU. SINCE THIS IS THE SECOND READ, STAFF, ARE THERE ANY UPDATES OR CHANGES SINCE THE FIRST? >> MAYOR, GABE SUVIGNY. WHILE THAT'S A VERY LONG ONE, IT'S A CHANGE TO THREE GENERAL PROCESSES IN THE LDRs.
>> MAYOR: OKAY. ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSION? >> NO, MAYOR. >> MAYOR: IF THERE IS NOTHING ELSE, I WILL TURN -- PUBLIC COMMENT. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM?
HIGH. >> AND THERE IS NO ONE ONLINE, MAYOR. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU. LET'S TURN TO THE CLERK FOR THE ROLL CALL VOTE. >> VICE MAYOR TURKIN. >>> YES. >> COMMISSIONER CRUZ. >>> YES. >> COMMISSIONER McCRAY. >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER KELLEY. >> YES. >> MAYOR SHELTON. >> MAYOR: YES.
>> IN A ROLL CALL VOTE THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I WILL NOW TURN TO THE CITY MANAGER FOR HIS LEGISLATIVE UPDATE, PLEASE. >>> THANK YOU, MAYOR. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, I KNOW WE HEARD FROM SENATOR BERMAN EARLIER AND WE ALSO HEARD FROM
REPRESENTATIVE LONG. THEY PROVIDED BROAD GENERALITIES AS FAR AS LIKE THE AMOUNT OF VAST BILLS THAT WERE PASSED IN -- AND BEFORE I GO INTO THE ACTUAL DISCUSSION, I WANT EVERYONE TO UNDERSTAND THE GOVERNOR HAS NOT SIGNED OFF ON ANY OF THESE BILLS YET. SO THAT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND.
I LOOK FORWARD TO THE DAY WHEN THE STATE OF FLORIDA ACTUALLY IS GOING TO EMPOWER MUNICIPALITIES, AND I HAVE GOOD NEWS TO BRING YOU GUYS, BUT THIS YEAR ISN'T ONE OF THOSE. SO I'M GOING TO GO OVER WITH SOME OF THE DIFFERING ISSUES THAT WE HAVE TO PREPARE FOR SOME
OF YOU GUYS HAVE, SOME OF YOU HAVE HEARD ABOUT HOUSE BILL 1329, AND THIS IS ABOUT LOCAL GOVERNMENT FINANCES. AND ESSENTIALLY WHAT IT DOES IS IT PROVIDES MORE TRANSPARENCY IN GOVERNMENT, AND IT'S I WANT TO
SIGH A QUARTERLY POSTING OF DIFFERENT COMPENSATION PACKAGES THAT ARE PROVIDED TO MUNICIPALITIES AND AT THE COUNTY LEVEL AS WELL. THE ONE THING THAT'S GOING TO BE REQUIRED AT OUR ANNUAL BUDGETARY PROCESS DURING THE WORKSHOPS, WE HAVE TO DO A 10% BUDGET
REDUCTION EXERCISE, AND PUT THAT INTO PERSPECTIVE FOR EVERYONE, I WANT TO SAY OUR TOTAL BUDGET FOR THE ENTIRETY OF THE CITY IS RIGHT AROUND $340 MILLION SO A 10% REDUCTION OF THAT WOULD BE A TOTAL OF $34 MILLION. SO AND THAT'S GOING TO BE ACROSS ALL OF OUR ENTERPRISE FUNDS AND
IT'S ALSO GOING TO BE ACROSS OUR GENERAL FUND. OUR GENERAL FUND HOUSES BOTH POLICE, FIRE, PUBLIC WORKS, PARKS AND RECREATION, THE LIBRARY, AND THE ARTS AND CULTURAL CENTER, CODES ENFORCEMENT, I.T., INTERSERVICE DEPARTMENT. SO I CAN TELL YOU THAT WE'RE
LOOKING AT CLOSING IN AS FAR AS BOTH POLICE AND FIRE, THOSE ENTITIES ARE CLOSING IN AND PROBABLY AROUND $100 MILLION CUMULATIVELY. ON AN ANNUALIZED BASIS AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE GENERAL FUND IT'S $136 MILLION SO YOU DON'T HAVE A LOT OF MONEY TO
PLAY AROUND WITH AS FAR AS THE REST OF THE CITY. JUST POLICE AND FIRE ACCOUNT FOR RIGHT ABOUT $98 MILLION AND THE REST OF THE CITY IS ABOUT $38 MILLION. T THAW YOU KNOWED-FOOT LEST RF -- THAT YOU FUND ALL THE REST OF YOUR SERVICES FROM, NOT INCLUDING THE ENTERPRISE FUND. AND IF I CAN TELL YOU MOST
MUNICIPALITIES ARE FACING THE EXACT SAME THING. I DON'T WANT TO GO INTO TOO MUCH DETAIL WHY THAT IS. THIS AGAIN IS JUST A SPECIFICITY FOR THE BILLS AND THE LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS THAT THE STATE PASSED THAT ARE GOING TO AFFECT US THE MOST FROM A REVENUE STANDPOINT.
I KNOW BOTH OF THEM, THEY SPOKE ALSO ABOUT THE PROPERTY TAX BILL: I SPOKE WITH OUR LOBBYIST. I'VE SPOKEN WITH ALSO THE LEAGUE OF CITIES, EVERYONE'S LOOKING AT SESSION 2 RESUME AFTER APRIL 13th. THEY'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT
SOME SORT OF CARVEOUT FOR HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION, SUPEREXEMPTION, ANYTHING THAT THE STATE PASSES IS GOING TO IMPACT US FROM A REVENUE BASE. SO YOU'RE ALSO GOING TO LOOK AT LOSING SOME AD VALOREM REVENUES FROM THAT STANDPOINT.
OUR AD VALOREM REVENUES ARE RIGHT AROUND $80 MILLION TOTAL LAST YEAR, WE GAVE I WANT TO SAY $16.07 TO THE CRA WHICH REPRESENTS PROBABLY AROUND 21, TWENTY TWO% OF OUR BUDGET. AND SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DEFINITELY LOOK AT WHAT THE IMPACTS OF THOSE ARE GOING TO BE, WHATEVER COMES OUT OF THAT
PROPERTY TAX LEGISLATION. THE OTHER THING THAT I WANT TO HIT ON BEFORE I TURN IT OVER TO MY ESTEEMED COLLEAGUE, MR. ADAM TEMPLE FOR A BUILDING DEPARTMENT UPDATE. OR BUILDING FUND UPDATE IS IT FACT THAT -- THE FACT THAT THERE
IS A UTILITY BILL, AND THERE ARE TWO UTILITY BILLS. IT'S HOUSE BILL 1451 AND THERE'S ALSO SENATE BILL 1014. AND ESSENTIALLY WHAT THAT DOES IS WHENEVER WE GO AND WE PROVIDE WATER SERVICE AGREEMENTS, WATER SERVICE AGREEMENTS, CITIES
TYPICALLY USE AS A VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION TOOL, MEANING THAT IF YOU AGREE TO TAKE OUR PRODUCT, AND YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE THE CITY PROVIDE A SERVICE TO YOU, YOU AGREE THAT IN THE FUTURE IF THE CITY DECIDES TO ANNEX THAT
PARTICULAR PARCEL OR THAT PARTICULAR DEVELOPMENT, IT'S DONE SO THROUGH A POWER OF ATTORNEY PROCESS. OR WHATEVER THE LEGALITY OF THESE CONTRACTS ARE DONE BY. I CAN TELL YOU WE HAVE A VAST AMOUNT OF WATER SERVICE AGREEMENTS CURRENTLY. YOU'RE HEARD THAT ESPECIALLY IN
THE LAST YEAR OR SO WITH THE TALKS OF ANNEXATION. GOING FORWARD, THIS STOPS THAT. SO OUR CONTRACTS ARE STILL VALID, BUT IF THERE IS NEW DEVELOPMENT, AND IT'S IN UNINCORPORATED BOYNTON BEACH OR
SOMEWHERE WHERE WE HAVE THE CAPABILITY BASED ON OUR CAPACITY TO PROVIDE WATER SERVICES TO THAT DEVELOPMENT, WE ESSENTIALLY ARE GOING TO BE A COMMON PROVIDER, SO WE ARE GOING TO BE FORCED TO PROVIDE THAT ABSENT
ZERO ANNEXATION AGREEMENTS IN EFFECT. THE OTHER ASPECT OF THIS, THESE BILLS IS THE FACT THAT OUT OF JURISDICTION RESIDENTS, OUT OF CITY LIMITS RESIDENTS -- OUT OF CITY LIMIT RESIDENTS, RIGHT NOW WE DO A SURCHARGE OF 25%.
AND 25% HELPS KEEP OUR RESIDENTS RATES LOWER. SO OUR RESIDENTS WHO ARE PAYING CITY TAXES AND THEY RECEIVE ALL CITY SERVICES,. THEIR WATER RATES ARE KEPT LOWER BASED ON THAT SURCHARGE.
IT'S BECOMING DIFFICULT BECAUSE NOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GO AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HOLD WORKSHOPS IN THOSE OUT OF CITY LIMIT AREAS AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO JUSTIFY THE 25% SURCHARGE THAT WE ARE CHARGING THOSE RESIDENTS. AND IF YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE
ABLE TO IDENTIFY THAT SUR-- JUSTIFY THAT SURCHARGE, THEN YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO LOWER THOSE RATES AND INCREASE RATES ON YOUR CURRENT RESIDENTS. SO LIKE I SAID BEFORE, I WISH I HAD GREAT NEWS FROM THE STATE OF FLORIDA, BUT THERE ARE SOME CHALLENGES ESPECIALLY FROM A FINANCIAL STANDPOINT I CAN TELL YOU THAT MY ENTIRE STAFF WE'VE
BEEN WORKING DILIGENTLY I'VE HAD GREAT DISCUSSIONS WITH COMMISSIONER McCRAY, COMMISSIONER TURKIN, MOST OF YOU GUYS HAVE HEARD SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO PLAN AHEAD AND HAVE THE NECESSARY FORESIGHT TO ENSURE THAT YOU GUYS ARE REMAIN FIDU
FIDUCIARIES OF THE CITY AND THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE TO MOVE FORWARD PROVIDING THOSE SERVICES EVEN IN THE EVENT THAT WE DO HAVE THE LOOP -- IN THE EVENT THERE ARE SOME LOSS OF REVENUE ON A REVOLVING BASIS. SO AT THIS POINT IN TIME I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS, AND IF I CAN'T ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS, I
WILL TURN IT OVER TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, SHAWNA LAMB AND HOPEFULLY SHE CAN HELP ME OUT. SO. >> JUST ONE QUICK QUESTION. THANK YOU. >> IF THERE WAS A POCKET OF LAND THAT NEEDED TO BE ANNEXED, AND
IT WAS LIKE -- IF THERE WAS A POCKET OF LAND THAT NEEDED TO, THAT WE NEEDS TO PROVIDE WATER FOR, WOULDN'T THEN THE COUNTY TECHNICALLY PROVIDE THAT SERVICE INSTEAD OF US OR IF THE COUNTY
DOES HAVE A VERY VAST UTILITY. I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY EXACT UTILITIES THEY HAVE, BUT THERE ARE AREAS WHERE THEY DO PROVIDE SERVICES. BUT IN ORDER TO RE-CREATE WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE WITH OUR SUBTERRANEAN INFRASTRUCTURE AND OUR WATER DISTRIBUTION RIGHTS AND OUR SEWER COLLECTION
SERVICES, WE HAVE 2 1/2 PLANTS, HALF IN DEL RAY ON THE BORDER OF DEL RAY AND BOYNTON, ONE PLANT OUT WEST AND WE HAVE A PLANT OUT EAST. IT WOULD PROBABLY TAKE THEM ABOUT $5 BILLION TO RE-CREATE WHAT WE HAVE. SO WE HAVE IT THERE, AND IF WE HAVE THE CAP, CAPACITY, WE'RE
GOING TO BE FORCEDS TO PROVIDE WATER TO THOSE DEVELOPMENTS. >> REAL QUICK, SO TO PIGGYBACK ON THAT, WHAT THIS DOES IS IT GIVES DEVELOPERS ESSENTIALLY AN
OPTION TO PICK THE CHEAPER WATER UTILITY, TO PICK THE CHEAPER ROUTE, TO PICK WHAT'S GOING TO COST THEM THE LEAST TO PROVIDE WATER SERVICE TO THE DEVELOPMENT THAT THEY'RE BUILDING. SO IF IT'S CHEAPER FOR THEM TO TAP INTO BOYNTON BECAUSE THEY'RE BUILDING DOWN THE STREET FROM A
PIPE, AS OPPOSED TO RUNNING HUNDREDS OF YARDS OF PIPE TO ACCESS PALM BEACH COUNTY WATER, THEY'RE GOING TO CHOOSE THE PATH OF LEAST RESISTANCE AND WE DON'T HAVE A CHOICE, AND WE HAVE TO PROVIDE SERVICE TO THOSE RESIDENTS, AND WE CAN'T CHARGE,
WELL, CAN WE CHARGE THEM THE SUR-- WE CAN CHARGE -- IF WEEK JUSTIFY IT. >> YOU HAVE TO JUSTIFY IT. >> RIGHT, WELL RIGHT NOW WITH THE CONDITION AND THE AGE OF OUR PLANTS, WE CAN JUSTIFY THE 25% NOW BUT IN THE FUTURE. >> IF THOSE RESIDENTS DO NOT AGREE THEN THEY CAN COUNTERSUE
OR THEY CAN SUE US TO MAKE US PROVE THAT THAT SURCHARGE IS NECESSARY. SO IT'S, IT'S QUITE A BIT OF A CUMBERSOME PROCESS. I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. IT'S OBVIOUSLY IN ITS INFANCY STAGES. THE GOVERNOR HASN'T SIGNED OFF ON THIS. I'VE BEEN ON THE PHONE WITH BALLARD PARTNERS. I'VE TORMENTED MATT INTO THE
GROUND TRYING TO LET HIM KNOW THAT I DON'T THINK, JUST WHEN WE'RE SITTING HERE I RECEIVED AN EMAIL FROM 16 OTHER MUNICIPALITIES BECAUSE THEY'RE WORRIED ABOUT IT, AND THE ONE WHO SPURRED IT WAS THE NEW CITY MANAGER DARVIN WILLIAMS AT THE
CITY OF NORTH MIAMI BEACH. SO EVERY MUNICIPALITY WITH A UTILITY THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE REEVALUATE WHAT THEY'RE DOING WITH THEIR UTILITY. >> RIGHT. >> YES, SIR. >> THANK YOU. MINE IS REALLY NOT ABOUT THE WATER BUT I WANT TO SAY FIRST OF ALL THANK YOU FOR YOUR REPORT. SECOND OF ALL, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR SPEAKING ABOUT
ADVAD VALOREM TAXES. IN DISTRICT 2 WE HAVE A LARGE COMMUNITY OF RETIREES, I'M SAYING A LOT OF PEOPLE FEEL LIKE THEY'RE NOT REALLY CARRYING THEIR WEIGHT BUT I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT IT UP SO THAT BECAUSE SAY YOU KNOW HEY WE CAN DO ANYTHING, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST SAYING LIKE EVERYBODY PAY THEIR
FAIR SHARE. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: OKAY. WE DONE? >> YEAH, JUST REAL -- I THINK THE OTHER THING JUST TO PIGGYBACK IS WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS POTENTIAL BILL AND LIKE THE FORESIGHT THAT COMES AFTER IT IS
YOU REALLY HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THIS BECAUSE WE WILL THEN BE IN A POSITION WHERE WE COULD BE CHALLENGED EVERY YEAR FOR THESE ANNUAL RATES, THESE, THEY COULD MAYBE GET THEM, THESE RATES AT THE SAME AS BOYNTON RESIDENTS, BUT THEY WON'T BE ON THE HOOK FAAN FA-- FOR ANY TYPE OF
NECESSARY BOND TO IMPROVE OUR UTILITIES IF WE WERE TO GO DOWN THAT ROUTE, WHICH I THINK IS A COMPLETE SCAM RIPOFF THAT THIS IS, THIS IS EVEN LIKE A DISCUSSION THAT WE'RE HAVING, AND YOU KNOW WE NEED TO BE VERY AGGRESSIVE AND ADVANTAGEOUS ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE NOT
PUT IN THAT POSITION WHERE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE BEING TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF, AND YOU HAVE ORGANIZATIONS HIDING, NEIGHBORHOOD ORGANIZATIONS, WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE, HIDING BEHIND THE LEGISLATOR ON THIS, AND SO I THINK WE REALLY GOT TO THINK ABOUT THIS WHOLE THING AT
A VERY BIRD'S EYE LEVEL BECAUSE OTHERWISE WE'RE GOING TO BE PUT IN A SITUATION WHERE YOU KNOW, UNINCORPORATED PALM BEACH COUNTY IS OR BOYNTON BEACH LANTANA, WHEREVER, IS GOING TO BE GETTING THE SAME PRICE AT BOYNTON RESIDENTS BUT WHEN THE UPGRADE
HAPPENS AND MAYBE IT'S NOT THIS COMMISSION, YOU KNOW, MAYBE IT'S DOWN THE ROAD THAT THEY PROPOSE A BOND TO FIX UP OUTDATED UTILITIES. WHO'S G -- NOT GOING TO BE ON THE HOOK FOR IT. THOSE RESIDENTS LITIGATING THIS
AND A LOT OF NEIGHBORHOODS THEY HAVE SOME FIRE POWER. YOU KNOW THEY HAVE A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, DEEP POCKETS WITH THEIR, WITH THEIR RESERVES YOU KNOW FOR THEIR HOAs SO THEY HAVE THE RESOURCES TO LITIGATE. THEY HAVE THE RESOURCES YOU KNOW
TO BE ABLE TO CHALLENGE THIS AND SO I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WHEN WE MOVE FORWARD T IF THIS HAPPENS THAT THE WE THINK ABOUT THINGS DRASTICALLY FOR THE CITY TO PREVENT THAT SITUATION FROM HAPPENING BECAUSE IF I'M A RESIDENT WHO'S NOT CIVICALLY ENGAGED AND YOU KNOW MY FAMILY
OUTWEST IS PAYING THE SAME RATE AS I AM AND YET I'M ON THE HOOK FOR THIS $50 MILLION, $70 MILLION BOND IT'S RIDICULOUS. >> I CAN TELL YOU THE ANALOGY THAT I HEARD, AND I CAN'T REMEMBER -- IT'S THE EQUIVALENT OF YOUR NEIGHBOR COMING OVER TO BORROW YOUR CAR AND PUTTING GAS IN IT BUT THE INSTENT YOUR TIRES
BLOW OUT OR YOUR BATTERY GOES DEAD OR YOU NEED TO DO ANY SORT OF UPGRADES OH WELL AS SOON AS YOU'RE DONE WITH THAT LET ME KNOW SO I CAN USE YOUR CAR AGAIN. SO, I'M NOT GOING TO STEAL ADAM'S THUNDER I'LL TURN IT OVER
TO YOU TO GO OVER THE BUILDING FUND CHANGES. ALSO NO GOOD NEWS, SO. >> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, AND COMMISSIONERS. ADAM TEMPLE, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER. I'M GOING TO GO OVER A COUPLE ITEMS AS IT RELATES TO THE BUILDING PERMITTING AND DEVELOPMENT AS A WHOLE.
AND YEP, INCLUDING LIVE LOCAL, SO HOUSE BILL 803 RELATED TO BUILDING PERMITS AND INSPECTIONS. THERE'S A LOT IN THIS BILL THAT WOULD INTIMIDATE A LOT OF MUNICIPALITIES, BUT YOU KNOW THANKS TO THE HARD WORK AND FORWARD THINKING OF OUR STAFF
THAT WORKS IN THE FIRST FLOOR, WE'RE REALLY THE TIP OF THE SPEAR ON A LOT OF THESE SO THERE'S REALLY MINIMAL IF ANY IMPACT ON THESE BUT FOR AS AN EXAMPLE, REQUIRES FIVE-DAY RESPONSE TIMES FOR DOING SUFFICIENCY REVIEWS, FOR BUILDING PERMITS FOR
SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES, YOU KNOW, FOR WORK 15,000 OR BELOW. FOR US IT DOESN'T MATTER IF IT'S AN $80 MILLION PROJECT OR A $5,000 PROJECT. WE DO THOSE SUFFICIENCY REVIEWS TYPICALLY WITHIN MINUTES, NOT DAYS. IT ALSO IMPLEMENTS AND REQUIRES
SPECIFIC PERCENTAGES TO PROVIDE DISCOUNTS FOR HOMEOWNERS THAT ARE UTILIZING PRIVATE PROVIDERS, PRIVATE PROVIDERS ARE LICENSED PROFESSIONALS, SIMILAR TO OUR PLANS REVIEWERS AND INSPECTORS IN THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT, THEY POSSESS THE SAME LICENSES, THEY OFTEN, THEY CAN BE AVAILABLE A
LOT MORE FREQUENTLY, AND TO THE RESIDENTS TO GET THE JOBS DONE FASTER, THOSE PERCENTAGES THAT THEY, THAT THEY LEGISLATED WE ACTUALLY HAVE THE EXACT SAME PERCENTAGES ALREADY AVAILABLE FOR DISCOUNTS FOR RESIDENTS SO AGAIN NO IMPACT FOR US.
IT ALSO ALLOWS FOR EXEMPTIONS FOR HOMEOWNER FOR SINGLE-FAMILY HOME TO BE ABLE TO, THE REQUIREMENT TO OBTAIN A BUILDING PERMIT AS YOU ALL KNOW WE ALREADY HAVE AN EXEMPTION FOR A SPECIFIED DOLLAR AMOUNT. NAY DID EXCEED OUR EXEMPTION.
SO ANY WORK VALUED AT $7500 OR LESS FOR A SINGLE-FAMILY HOME THAT'S NOT IN THE SPECIAL FLOOD HAZARD AREA WOULD NOT BE REQUIRED TO GET A PERMIT AS LONG AS IT'S NOT, DOESN'T CONTAIN ELECTRICAL, PLUMBING, MECHANICAL AND CONSTRUCTION COMPONENTS. IT ALSO REQUIRES US TO DO
CONSTRUCTION PERMIT FEES AND WE ALSO HAVE TO DEVELOP A REGISTRATION ON OUR WEB SITE FOR PRIVATE PROVIDERS TO BE ABLE TO REGISTER THOSE PRIVATE PROVIDERS THAT DO WORK WITHIN THE CITY. WE HAVE TO MAINTAIN A REGISTRY FOR HOMEOWNERS TO BE ABLE TO CONTACT THEM SHOULD THEY LIKE TO USE THEM.
AND LASTLY, THE STATE IS GOING TO BE ADOPTING A STATEWIDE UNIFORM PERMIT APPLICATION THAT WILL BE APPLICABLE FOR EVERY MUNICIPALITY IN THE ENTIRE STATE OF FLORIDA. CURRENTLY WE HAVE A COUNTY-WIDE STANDARDIZED PERMIT APPLICATION.
THIS WILL EXPAND IT STATEWIDE. NEXT IS A HOUSE BILL 399 IT'S A LAND USE AND DEVELOPMENT REGULATION BILL. I'M ONLY GOING TO ADDRESS THE ITEMS THAT YOU KNOW REALLY APPLY TO US. IT BASICALLY PROHIBITS USING
COMMUNITY CHARACTER ALSO YOU KNOW SIMILAR COMPATIBILITY OR SIMILAR SUBJECTIVE CONCEPTS FOR THE BASIS OF DENIAL OF PROJECTS. IT ALSO REQUIRES US TO MAKE SOME MITIGATION AND SPECIFIC ITEMS
WITHIN OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS THAT ADDRESS THIS. AND THIS DOES IMPACT US ON OUR LAND DEVELOPMENT PERMIT FEES. NOW WE CAN NO LONGER CHARGE BASED ON PROJECT VALUATION FOR LAND DEVELOPMENT PERMITS.
THOSE ARE TYPICALLY BASED ON ENGINEERING COST ESTIMATES. SO THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE TO REFLECT OUR EXACT COST FOR THOSE FEES. HOUSE BILL 1389 IS LIVE LOCAL
4.0. IF YOU REMEMBER LIVE LOCAL WAS INITIALLY ADOPTED THREE OR FOUR YEARS AGO WHICH CREATED AN ADMINISTRATIVE AVENUE FOR DEVELOPERS TO COME IN IF THEY ARE BUILDING AN AFFORDABLE WORKFORCE HOUSING PROJECT AND A MUNICIPALITY, THEY CAN BYPASS
GOING BEFORE PUBLIC HEARINGS, REQUIRES AN, REQUIRES AN ADMINISTRATIVE APPROVAL, AND IT THEY GET THE HIGHEST DENSITY THE CITY CURRENTLY ALLOWS AND THEY GET THE HIGHEST HEIGHT WITHIN A ONE-MILE RADIUS. IT WAS A GLITCH BILL WAS DONE THE SECOND YEAR TO FIX A COUPLE
LITTLE THINGS AND REQUIRED CITIES TO REQUIRE PARKING REDUCTIONS ON AFFORDABLE PROJECTS. 3.0 LAST YEAR'S KIND OF EXPANDED IT A LITTLE BIT INTO RELIGIOUS PROPERTIES, HOUSES OF WORSHIP.
THIS YEAR THE 4.0 INCLUDED ANOTHER PREEMPTION THAT INCLUDES CITY OWNED PROPERTY, COUNTY OWNED PROPERTY, SCHOOL DISTRICT OWNED PROPERTY, AND RELIGIOUS PROPERTIES OVER THREE ACRES THAT HAVE BEEN ACTIVELY, HAVE A WORSHIP USE FOR 10 OR PLUS
YEARS. LOCAL GOVERNMENTS MAY NOT USE, AND THIS IMPACTS US AS WELL, LOCAL GOVERNMENTS MAY NOT USE DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENTS OR DESIGN STANDARDS INCLUDING SETBACKS AND STEP-BACKS.
WE CURRENTLY HAVE A STEP-BACK REQUIREMENT FOR LARGER BUILDINGS ONCE YOU GO UP 45 FEET, BUILDING GOES IN, AND THEN IT GOES BACK UP, WE CAN NO LONGER, WE CAN NO LONGER DO THAT. FOR LIVE LOCAL PROJECTS.
SO THAT IS, THAT IS LIVE LOCAL. WE HAVE ANOTHER HOUSE BILL 927 IS A LOCAL LAND PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT AND PERMITTING TIMELINES. THIS BILL REQUIRES LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO OFFER PREAPP CONSULTATION PROGRAMS SIMILAR TO
WHAT I MENTIONED IN OUR BUILDING DEPARTMENT THIS BILL ALTHOUGH IT DOES SOMEWHAT IMPACT US, WE ARE WAY AHEAD OF THE CURVE. WE ALREADY OPERATE UNDER A PRE-APPLICATION PROCESS. IT ALLOWS APPLICANTS TO USE QUALIFIED PRIVATE CONTRACTORS
FOR SOME APPLICATION REVIEWS. ESTABLISHES STRICT REVIEW TIMELINES, 45 TO 180 DAYS. THOSE ARE VERY, VERY GENEROUS. I CAN TELL YOU WE TYPICALLY DO THE LARGE DEVELOPMENT REVIEWS WITHIN YOU KNOW TWO OR THREE WEEKS ON THE PLANNING SIDE. CREATES AN AUTOMATIC APPROVAL IF
CERTAIN DEADLINES ARE MISSED. AND IT LIMITS INFORMATION REQUESTS AND IMPOSES FEE REFUNDS FOR DELAYS. IT EXPANDS ADMINISTRATIVE APPROVALS AND PREEMPTS CONFLICTING LOCAL PROCEDURES, AND THE, SO IN A NUT SHELL THIS BILL SHIFTS POWER TOWARDS
APPLICANTS. IT REDUCES OUR DISCRETION A LITTLE BIT, AND BUT IT DOES FORCE FASTER AND MORE PREDICTABLE PERMITTING FOR PROPERTY OWNERS. AND THAT IS ALL THE UPDATES I HAVE. YES, SIR.
>> QUICK QUESTION ON THE LIVE LOCAL. SO WITH, WITH IT BEING LIKE YOU KNOW, MUNICIPAL OWNED LAND OR LIKE SPECIAL TAXING DISTRICT, DOES, OBVIOUSLY IF, IS THAT LIKE IF THEY ASSIGN IT TO A
DEVELOPER, THEY ARE ENTITLED TO THAT, THAT ZONING THAT'S WITHIN A MILE? >> FOR THE CITY OWNED PROPERTY? >> YES. >> YES, SO FOR THE CITY OWNED PROPERTIES WE, THE CITY WOULD HAVE TO BE A CO-APPLICANT. >> RIGHT. >> AND ANY ONE OF THOSE PROJECTS. SO THEY COULDN'T -- SOMEBODY
COULDN'T JUST SUBMIT A SITE -- A DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION AND SAY I WANT TO DEVELOP AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT ON X CITY OWNED PROPERTY AND THEN WE HAVE TO TAKE IT. NO, WE WOULD HAVE TO BE A CO-APPLICANT. >> RIGHT OR THEY WOULD HAVE -- OR IT WOULD BE DEEDED OR AS TRANSFERRED -- OKAY, WHICH I DON'T IMAGINE ANY CITY DOING.
>> RIGHT, CORRECT. >> IT WOULDN'T BE POPULAR I DON'T THINK. OKAY AND THAT -- >> RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS WOULD BE THE ONE THAT WOULD GREATEST IMPACT US, SO CURRENTLY WHAT STAFF IS GOING TO BE DOING IS WHAT WE DID IN THE INITIAL LIVE LOCAL BILL, WE ARE GOING TO CREATE A MAP, WELL WE'RE GOING
TO ADD TO A OUR EXISTING MAP NOW RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS, HOUSES OF WORSHIP, THAT ARE THREE ACRES OR GREATER TO THAT THE MAP SO THAT WE KNOW, SO THAT WE HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING ON WHAT THE POTENTIAL IMPLICATIONS COULD LOOK LIKE. >> WHY THREE ACRES? IS. >> THAT'S THE NUMBER THAT THE STATE -- >> OKAY. OKAY. THAT'S, THAT'S THE STATE.
OKAY. >> YES, SIR. >> SO ANYTHING LESS THAN THAT,. >> NO, LIKE THE SMALL LITTLE HOUSES OF WORSHIP IN NEIGHBORHOOD, NO. IT WOULD BE THE LARGER PARCELS. >> HMM. >> AND WE HAVE A NUMBER OF THEM. >> DO WE NEED TO GET THESE CHURCHES TO SUBDIVIDE THOSE -- [LAUGHTER]
>> I'M GOING TO CLOSE WITH THIS UNLESS YOU GUYS HAVE ANYMORE QUESTIONS. IN THE FUTURE I WANT TO SAY THE LAST MEETING IN MAY I'M GOING TO BE BRINGING A VERY, VERY LARGE PRESENTATION. IT'S GOING TO START THE DISCUSSION OF SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO ACTUALLY START
LOOKING AT BECAUSE THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME TOUGH DECISIONS AHEAD AND IT'S ALL GOING TO BE FINANCE RELATED SO I WANT TO PREPARE YOU GUYS FULLY FOR IT. >> THANKS. >> I'M SORRY. I JUST WANTED TO EXPAND ON TWO THINGS. BUT LOOKED LIKE YOU HAD A QUESTION FIRST. >> GO AHEAD. >> I HAD A QUESTION REAL QUICK.
SORRY, SHAWNA. BEFORE I FORGET. SO ADAM, ON THE REGISTRY, WHEN WE HAVE, WHEN WE'RE FEATURING, WE'RE NOW BEING FORCED TO FEATURE BUSINESSES THAT JUST SAY THAT THEY DO BUSINESS IN THE
CITY BUT WE ARE NOT PROVIDING -- SO THE CONCERN I HAVE IS THAT NOW WE ARE PULTING -- WE'RE BEING FORCED TO PUT THEM ON THE A REGISTRY ON OUR WEB SITE SAYING HERE HERE IS LIST OF BUSINESSES IN BOYNTON BEACH DO BUSINESS WITH THEM, BUT THERE'S
NO VETTABILITY, THERE IS NO WAY FOR US TO -- YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT VETTING THEM. WE'RE NOT PROVIDING ANY INPUT TO THE RESIDENTS. WE'RE JUST SAYING, AND SO BUT IT ALMOST LOOKS LIKE WE'RE PROVIDING THEM LIKE THESE ARE THE BUSINESSES WE PREFER YOU TO
DO BUSINESS WITH. SO I'M CONCERNED WITH MAKING SURE THAT -- WHAT CAN WE DO, IS THERE SOME DISCLAIMER OR SOMETHING THAT WE CAN PUT ATTACHED TO THIS REGISTRY THAT KIND OF PROTECTS US. IT DOESN'T GIVE THIS IMPRESSION
THAT WE'RE, WE'VE VETTED THEM AND THESE ARE THE BUSINESSES. THIS IS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS NEW, YOU KNOW, WHAT WILL END UP BEING A FLORIDA STATUTE POSSIBLY, YOU KNOW, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS FLORIDA STATUTE WE'RE NOT, YOU KNOW, I GUESS I'M JUST, AND MAYBE IT'S
SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN ASK, IS THERE LANGUAGE THAT WE CAN PUT THAT KIND OF REMOVES US FROM YOU KNOW BEING -- GIVING THE PERCEPTION THAT WE'RE VETTING AND ENDORSING THE USE OF THESE
BUSINESSES? >> YES, WE'VE HAD SOME INTERNAL DISCUSSIONS AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT CAME UP. YES, IT WOULD, IF IT IS ON OUR WEB SITE IT WOULD APPEAR THAT THESE ENTITIES WERE ENDORSING, WE'RE ENDORSING THEM FOR LACK OF
A BETTER TERM. WHAT WE WOULD PROBABLY LOOK TO DO IN CONSULTATION WITH LEGAL IS ON THAT REGISTRYWHERE IT PROVIDES A LIST WE WOULD INCLUDE THE STATUTE AND LANGUAGE THAT IS REQUIRING US TO DO SO. AND TO THE EXTENT THAT WE CAN
PUT DISCLAIMERS ON THERE, WE WILL U.N. BUT SINCE IT'S VERY NEW FOR EVERYBODY YOU KNOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO WORK THROUGH IT AND WHATEVER WE CAN PUT ON THERE, YOU KNOW, TO HELP NOT GIVE THE APPEARANCE THAT WE'RE ENDORSING THESE FOLKS, WE WILL.
>> OKAY, GREAT, THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: SHAWNA? >> WITH THE DEI RESTRICTIONS, THAT EFFECTIVE DATE IS JULY 1 '27, SO IT BUYS US A LITTLE BIT OF TIME, BUT IT EXTENDS TO CONTRACTORS, GRANTEES, AND AFFILIATED PROGRAMS.
SO MAYBE THESE SMALL, YOU KNOW, BUSINESS LOANS FOR CERTAIN CLASSES OF PEOPLE WE MIGHT HAVE TO CHANGE THAT. BUT THE VIOLATIONS CAN RESULT IN REMOVAL FROM OFFICE, AND IT ALSO
EXPANDS FOR AUTHORIZE THE LEGAL CHALLENGES BY RESIDENTS. SO WE CAN BE SUED UNDER THIS STATUTE FOR THAT, BUT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF ALL OUR PROGRAMS, THE HR PRACTICES, OUR CONTRACTS, AND OUR GRANTS JUST
THAT, JUST SO YOU'RE AWARE, THAT CREATES SOME RISK. NOT ONLY TO YOU AS A BOARD BUT OBVIOUSLY TO THE CITY GETTING SUED. SO THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS, IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE DEEP THAN JUST NOT HOSTING A PARADE.
IT GOES FURTHER THAN THAT. NOW, THE ONE SHE MENTIONED WITH THE SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY CAPS GOING UP, WHAT SHE DIDN'T MENTION, WHICH SHE FAILED TO MENTION AND THIS STARTS 10/1/26,
IT'S $350,000 PER PERSON OR $500,000 PER INCIDENT. WHAT SHE DIDN'T MENTION IS THAT ON OCTOBER 1 OF 2031, IT GOES UP TO $600,000 PER PERSON, AND $1.2 MILLION PER INCIDENT. AND SO WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE
OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS IS AN INCREASE IN OUR PREMIUMS AND THOSE SORTS OF THINGS. THAT'S GOING TO BE YOU KNOW AS THE MONEY IS GOING AWAY, THOSE NUMBERS ARE GOING TO GET BIGGER, OUR SETTLEMENTS ARE GOING TO GET BIGGER, ALL OF THOSE THINGS SO I JUST WANTED YOU TO BE AWARE OF THAT.
>> HAVE WE FORECASTED FOR THOSE PREMIUMS? ARE WE FORECASTING FOR THIS? THAT MIGHT BE A GOOD IDEA. >> NO, WELL, WE, FORTUNATELY WE DID ALL OF OUR PREMIUMS AND WE WON'T RENEW AGAIN. I BELIEVE UNTIL OCTOBER OF THIS YEAR. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE
GOING TO HAVE TO DISCUSS, SO WE ARE SELF-INSURED UP TO THE FIRST $200,000 WHICH IS THE CURRENT CAP. WHETHER WE WANT TO SELF-INSURE UP TO THAT 500,000 DEPARTMENT OF OR WHATEVER WE'RE GOING TO DO. I'M SORRY ONE MORE THING I WANT TO ADD. ALSO THEY TOOK AWAY THE CLAIMS
BILL PROCESS, SO WE CAN VOLUNTARILY PAY ABOVE THE CAP. THEY TOOK ITUTE OF THE LEGISLATURE'S HANDS AND THEY MADE IT THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT'S DECISION IF THEY WANT TO PAY V -- VOLUNTARILY PAY
MORE. >> MAYOR: COUNCILMEMBER McCRAY? >> THANK YOU. I'M GLAD WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THOOMEETING IN MAY. IT WAS SIX YEARS AGO SINCE I SAT UP HERE. AND FROM THEN UNTIL NOW, WE HAD SLUSH FUNDS, WE HAD A CIP BUDGET, I'M BACK AND I'M SAYING BUT WHERE IS THE CIT BUDGET.
THEY SAID THERE IS NONE. IT'S ALMOST DIFFICULT NOW FOR THE CITIES TO DO BUSINESS WITHIN THEMSELVES. WE HAVE CITIZENS WHO PRETENDS AND COME BEFORE US TO SAY WE WANT MORE SERVICES. BUT WE WANT TO PAY LESS.
THINGS ARE EXPENSIVE NOW. THINGS ARE GOING UP. SO THAT'S GOING TO BE SOME BULLETS WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BITE. SOME GUNS WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO THROW AWAY, SOME FEELINGS WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO THROW AWAY BECAUSE I'M JUST SAYING EVERY PENNY NOW HAS TO BE ACCOUNTED FOR, EVERY PENNY IS A PENNY
NOW. WHAT WE USED TO COULD DO YOU KNOW JUST TO SATISFY COUPLE PEOPLE WE CAN'T DO IT ANYMORE. THAT'S NOT THE WAY GOVERNMENT WORKS. IT'S FOR EVERYBODY OR NOBODY. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU. OKAY, WELL, THAT WAS A GREAT --
>> I'M SORRY, THERE WAS ONE MORE -- I APOLOGIZE. THIS I FOUND INTERESTING. THERE WAS ONE MORE THING. IT DIDN'T PASS, BUT IT'S COMING BACK. THEY WANTED TO REMOVE THE LOCAL BUSINESS TAX REPEAL SO THAT LOCAL GOVERNMENTS COULD NOT
COLLECT BUSINESS TAXES. THAT DIDS NOT PASS BUT THEY'RE ANTICIPATING IT'LL BE BACK NEXT YEAR. >> MAYOR: OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WELL THAT WAS A BARREL OF GOOD NEWS. LET'S MOVE ONTO OUR REGULAR AGENDA. THE NEXT ITEM IS PROPOSED RESOLUTION NUMBER R26-059. IS THERE A STAFF PRESENTATION
FOR US? >> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS. CITY MANAGER. THIS ITEM IS ADDRESSING FLOOD REDUCTION IN HEART OF POINTEN
AND WE DO HAVE A PRESENTATION IF YOU WANT IT. >> DO YOU WANT ME TO GO AHEAD AND DO THE PRESENTATION? ALL RIGHT. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. I HAVE IT. SO THIS IS THE GENERAL PROJECT AREA. FOR WHERE THIS PROJECT IS. GOING TO BE IT'S A GRANT FUNDING
FOR HAZARD MITIGATION GRANTS, GRANT PROGRAM, FEMA GRANT, AND IT'S BASICALLY MAINLY FOR STORMWATER. SO IT'S FLOOD REDUCTION. BUT WE'VE ADDED SOME INFRASTRUCTURE CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE AREAS IN THERE FOR WATER AND SEWER.
SO THE GRANT ITSELF IS FOR $12 MILLION. AND $1.3 MILLION IS FOR WATER AND $1.2 MILLION ADDITIONALLY 1.3 AND 1.2 ARE ADDITIONALLY FOR WATER AND SEWER THAT WE ARE ADDING TO IT. WHAT WERE SOME OF THE COMMUNITY IMPACTS AND PROJECT DRIVERS?
IT'S ALMOST A 288-ACRE AREA. WITH OVER 2,000 RESIDENTS, 700 -- OVER 700 HOUSING UNITS AND OVER 170 BUSINESSES. THE DRIVERS ARE REALLY TO IMPROVE DRAINAGE AND REDUCE FLOODING. REPLACE SOME CRITICAL UTILITY
INFRASTRUCTURE FOR WATER AND SEWER AND IMPROVE ROADWAY CONDITIONS WHILE WE'RE DOING IT. AND THIS IS SORELY NEEDED AS I'LL SHOW YOU. SO WHAT IT'S GOING TO DO IS IT'S GOING TO, THE PROJECT'S GOING TO BUILD TO IMPROVE PUBLIC SAFETY AND ACCESS FOR EMERGENCY
VEHICLES AND PERSONNEL. PROTECT ASSETS AND STRENGTHEN, MAKE US MORE RESILIENT FOR FUTURE STORM EVENTS. AND AS YOU'VE SEEN LAST FEW YEARS WE'VE SEEN MORE AND MORE STORM EVENTS COMING DOWN REALLY HARDOON US, SO WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO BE PREPARED TO WORK ON
THOSE AND THEN LOWER THE LONG-TERM RECOVERY COST AFTER STORMS PASSED. HERE ARE SOME JUST A COUPLE OF PICTURES FROM HOW BAD THE STREET FLOODING IN THIS AREA HAPPENS WHEN WE HAVE BAD RAINFALL SOMETIMES SOME OF THIS WATER CAN STAY FOR COUPLE OF HOURS TO
COUPLE OF DAYS DEPENDING ON WHERE YOU ARE AND SO SOME OF THE PROJECT GUIDELINES ARE GOING TO BE TO REDUCE THIS FLOODING. MAY NOT COMPLETELY BE ABLE TO ELIMINATE IT, BUT WE WILL REDUCE IT. THE PROJECT COMPETENCE ARE
STORMWATER SYSTEM RETROFITS TO IMPROVE DRAINAGE, SO INSTALLATION OF EXFILTRATION TRENCHES, ENHANCED CONVEYANCE, ESPECIALLY ALONG NORTHWEST 3rd STREET AND THEN COORDINATED WATER AND SEWER UPGRADES. AS I ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THE
FUNDING SO THERE IS $14.3 MILLION TOTAL FOR THIS PROJECT WITH 1.375 WATER. THAT'S UTILITY CIP MONEY BEING USED FOR THAT. $1.2MILLION FOR SEWER SYSTEM UPGRADES, THAT'S ALSO UTILITY CIP AND THEN THE $12 MILLION FOR STORMWATER IMPROVEMENTS AS THE
HAZARD MITIGATION FDEM GRANT. AND WE ARE REQUESTING RIGHT NOW FOR THE PHASE 1 DESIGN WHICH IS KEATON AND ASSOCIATES. THEY ARE THE ENGINEERING CONSULTANT FIRM THAT ARE GOING TO BE DESIGNING AND DOING ENVIRONMENTAL STUDY STUDIES PERMITTING AND OTHER THINGS IN
THE PHASE 1. AND $1.236 MILLION IS GRANT FUNDS AND THE TOTAL FOR THAT KEATON ASSOCIATES FOR THIS PORTION IS OVER $2 MILLION. -- KEITH AND ASSOCIATES IS OVER $2 MILLION. SO THE REQUEST IS TODAY FOR APPROVING RESOLUTION R23-059
PHASE 1 DESIGN FOR KEITH A AND ASSOCIATES AND IT SUPPORTS PROGRESS TOWARDS PHASE 2 FUNDING, WHICH IS GOING TO BE FOR BIDDING AS WELL AS CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT AND THEN GOING BACK TO THE STATE FOR
PHASE 2 FUNDING AND GOING BACK TO THE STATE FOR CONSTRUCTION DOLLARS THAT WE NEED. AND THIS IS GOING TO BE REALLY HELP RISK REDUCTION FROM FLOODS. SO WHAT WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO DO WITH THIS PROJECT IS TO PROTECT HOMES AND AND BUSINESSES AND INFRASTRUCTURE, IMPROVE
EMERGENCY ACCESS, AND SAFETY, AND USING FEDERAL GRANT MONEY TO DO THIS, SO ANY QUESTIONS, I'M HERE. I THINK I HAVE KEITH & ASSOCIATES IS HERE TOO, SOMEBODY FROM THEM SO IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS THEY CAN ANSWER SOME -- >> MAYOR: THERE IS ONE CORRECTION ON THIS. IT SAID R23 BUT IT'S R26.
>> SORRY ABOUT THAT. >> MAYOR: NO WORRIES. >> OKAY. >> MAYOR: ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM ANY OF THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS? OF COURSE, SIR. >> THANK YOU. I REALLY WOULDN'T TO SAY TO YOU ALL THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE UPPER SHOT NOW BEFORE IT HAPPENS
BECAUSE YOU SAID THE HEART OF BOYNTON. I WENT TO WORK ONE DAY IN FORT LAUDERDALE, AND IT WASN'T RAINING. WHEN I CAME OUT, THE MAJORITY OF WHERE I WORK AT WAS UNDER WATER.
AND I WAS LIKE WOW, THEY KEPT COMPLAINING WE SHOULD'VE DONE SOMETHING ABOUT THIS, WE DON'T HAVE PROPER DRAINAGE, ET CETERA, BROWARD COUNTY WAS IN ONE HELL OF A PREDICAMENT THAT THEY EVER BEEN IN. EVEN THEIR CITY HALL FLOODED AND I WAS LIKE, WHAT THE HELL
HAPPENED. SO I'M JUST SAYING I'M GLAD WE ARE TAKING THIS STEP BEFORE WE NEED IT. I'M JUST SAYING THIS IS LONG OVERDUE. >> CHAIR: I AGREE. >> IN FAVOR. >> MAYOR: IF THERE IS NOTHING ELSE, DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE PROPOSED RESOLUTION NUMBER R26-059?
>> SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >> MAYOR: WE HAVE A MOTION, WE HAVE A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. MOTION PASSES. >> THANK YOU FOR BEING PROACTIVE. >> MAYOR: MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. >> THANK YOU. >>> THERE ARE ONLY FOUR. >> MAYOR: ONLY FOUR OF US.
>> MAYOR: THE NEXT ITEM IS PROPOSED RESOLUTION NUMBER R26-060. IS THERE A STAFF PRESENTATION? YOU'RE ON DECK AGAIN. >> YES, I'M HERE AND I HAVE OUR CONSULTANT FOR THIS PART OF THE PROJECT. SO THIS PROJECT IS REALLY CITY
RECEIVED FLORIDA DEP STATE REVOLVING FUND MONEY, $5.4 MILLION TO EVALUATE BOTH PLANS LOOK AT FOR MEETING PFASREGULATIONS, UPCOMING REGULATIONS THAT WAS WHAT THE MONEY WAS GIVEN FOR TO LOOK AT TREATMENT AND WE ARE UTILIZING
THE MONEY TO LOOK COMPREHENSIVELY AT BOTH PLANTS, AND SO WE DIVIDED THE PROJECT INTO A COUPLE OF PORTIONS. WE'LL TALK ABOUT WHAT THE RECAP OF WHAT WE HAVE DONE UP TO NOW. LET ME JUST GO TO THE NEXT
SLIDE. SO WE RECEIVED $5.4 MILLION. LAST YEAR IN JANUARY AND THE COMMISSION APPROVED THE FIRST TASK TO GO AHEAD, LOOK AT THE CONDITION ASSESSMENT OF THE PLANT, BOTH PLANTS COME UP WITH TREATMENT EVALUATIONS, AND CRITERIA FOR HOW YOU WOULD
DECIDE WHAT TREATMENT IS BEST FOR GOING FORWARD FOR FUTURE BECAUSE THINK ABOUT IT. BUILDING THESE PLANTS FOR THE NEXT 30 YEARS SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE LOOKING THROUGH ALL THE FUTURE REGULATIONS THAT ARE COMING AS BEST AS WE CAN PREDICT THEM. AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE BUILDING RESILIENT PLANTS
AND EFFICIENT PLANTS, SO THEY'LL GO AS AGENDA -- IT'S ALMOST A GENERATIONAL PROJECT IN MY MIND. AND THE FIRST TASK ORDER HAS BEEN COMPLETED, AND OUR CONLTANT FROM JACOBS ENGINEERING IS GOING
TO TALK ABOUT WHAT L WE'VE DONE UP TO NOW AND THEN GOING FORWARD WE ARE ASKING APPROVAL FOR TASK ORDER 2 WHICH IS NOT TO EXCEED FOR THE REMAINING PART OF THE GRANT MONEY THAT IT'S A REIMBURSABLE GRANT THE MONEY THAT WE CAN GET AND THEN THAT'S GOING TO GET US TO AN
INTERMEDIATE DESIGN FOR ONE OF THE PLANTS AND THEN FOLLOWING WE ARE GOING TO BE COMING BACK FOR MORE MONEY FOR DESIGNING THESE PLANTS AND THEN CONSTRUCTION OF THE PLANTS. SO JACOBS ENGINEERING HAS A CONTRACT FOR EVALUATING ALL OAF THIS, DESIGNING, TREATMENT OPTIONS, AND THEN CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT BIDDING, HELPING WITH
BIDS, AND THEN CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT IN THE FUTURE. THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE CONTRACTED FOR. I'M RIGHT HERE. >> YES. THANK YOU.
MADAM MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, AND THEN COMMISSIONS, THANK YOU. SO WE PERFORMED TO TASK ORDER ONE AS MS. PUNAMJUST MENTIONED. TASK ORDER ONE TREATMENT OPTIONS EVALUATION AND FACILITIES PLAN. WE STARTED WITH THE WORK
APPROXIMATELY A YEAR AGO, AND WE DID SOME EXTENSIVE WORK I WILL TALK ABOUT IN A MINUTE AND THEN WE WILL TALK ABOUT WHAT WORK IS OUTSTANDING. SO LET'S IN IT SO TASK ORDER 1, THE EFFORT COMPLETED AND THE
MAIN CONCLUSION, SO WE HAVE TWO WATER TREATMENT PLANTS THE EAST WATER TREATMENT PLANT AND THE WEST WATER TREATMENT PLANT. THEY HAVE COMPLIED RATED CAPACITY OF 34 MILLION GALLONS PER DAY CAPACITY. WHICH BASED ON THE PROJECTIONS FOR THE POPULATION AND THE DEMAND PROJECTIONS, IT'S
SUFFICIENT TO PROVIDE WATER TO THE CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH RESIDENTS AND UNTIL 2055. >> IS IT SUFFICIENT TO OUT OF CITY LIMIT RESIDENTS ALSO? >> YEAH OUTSIDE OF THE CITY LIMITS, YES, CORRECT, THANKS. SO THE REGIONAL WATER PROVIDER, YOU PROVIDE WATER TO THE CITY OF
BOYNTON BEACH RESIDENTS BUT ALSO TO THE TOWNS OF OCEAN RIDGE, GULF STREAM AND ALL UNINCORPORATED PALM BEACH COUNTY WHICH IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW. IT'S A CLASSIFIED AS A LARGE DRINKING WATER UTILITY BY THE
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY SO ANY UTILITY PROVIDING WATER TO OVER 100,000 RESIDENTS IS CONSIDERED THE LARGE UTILITY. SECOND POINT, ALTERNATIVE WATER SUPPLY SOURCE IS NEEDED TO BE DEVELOPED WITHIN THE NEXT FEW YEARS.
SO CURRENTLY YOU USE 1 SIXAL SOURCE WHICH IS THE AQUIFER 100 TO 100 FEET BELOW SURFACE, IT'S FRESHWATER, BUT THE ALLOCATION FROM THE DISTRICT BASICALLY RUNS OUT AND WHEN YOU DEMANDS KEEP
GETTING LARGER AT SOME POINT YOU NEED A SUPPLEMENTAL SOURCE. NOW, THE CITY HAS LOOKED QUITE EXTENSIVELY AT RECLAIMED WATER, WHICH PR PROVED TO NOT BE COST EFFICIENT SO THE NEXT ALTERNATIVE WATER SUPPLY SOURCE IS THE BRACKISH FLORIDAN AQUIFER
SOURCE WATER WHICH IS DEEPER BUT IT'S BRACCAGE. NUMBER 3, THE FACILITIES ASSESSMENT IDENTIFIED SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT NEEDS AT BOTH PLANTS. SO BASED ON THAT WE PRIORITIZED CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT NEEDS TO ADDRESS ASSET CONDITIONS, PROCESS AND HYDRAULIC LIMITATIONS.
FOUR, AND PUNAM JUST MENTIONED IT AS WELL AS EARLIER SPEAKERS. THE TREATMENT CHANGE ARE REQUIRED TO MEET THE NEW REGULATIONS. SO THE P FAS REGULATION GOT PUT 92 LAW A YEAR AGO AND EVERYBODY NEEDS TO STILL MEET BY APRIL 2029 THE REGULATIONS.
THE AQUIFER YOU'RE CURRENTLY USING CONTAINS PFAS SO WE NEED TO REMOVE IT BEFORE WE CAN GIVE IT TO THE CUSTOMERS AS OF APRIL 2029. AND THEN FIVE, AND THAT'S REALLY PART OF WHAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING IS WE TRIED WE HAVE BEEN IDENTIFYING WHEN IS THE BEST
SOLUTION FOR THE CITY GOING FORWARD. LETS THERE ARE FIRST TALK ABOUT THE AGING INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE NEED FOR INVESTMENT TO CONTINUE TO MEET CURRENT AND FUTURE REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS. SO YOUR EAST WATER TREATMENT PLANT ON WOOL BRIGHT ORIGINALLY
WAS BUILT IN THE 1960s SO 65-YEAR-OLD, AND WE IDENTIFIED A LITTLE BIT OVER $50 MILLION NEEDS JUST TO KEEP THAT PLANT OPERATIONAL AS IS. THE WESTWATER TREATMENT PLANT WHICH IS ALONG BOYNTON BEACH BOULEVARD FURTHER WEST IS A PLANT WHICH IS BUILT IN EARLY
90s, IT'S 35 YEARS OLD NOW, AND IT NEEDS ALSO ABOVE $50 MILLION INVESTMENT TO KEEP IT RUNNING. I SAY THAT WITH THE EMPHASIS TO KEEP IT RUNNING AS IT IS SO WITH THE SAME CAPACITY, SAME PROCESS, YOU KNOW, SO NO, AND NO CHANGE
IN SOURCE. USE THE SAME SUPERFICIAL AQUIFER SOURCE SO JUST STATUS QUO YOU NEED TO INVEST $111 MILLION TO KEEP GOING WHAT YOU HAVE. YOU CAN SEE SOME PICTURES WITH SOME OF THE EXCHES OF CONDITION OF THE PLANT. SOME OF YOUR COMMISSIONERS I
THINK HAVE VISITED THE SITE. SO I WOULD RECOMMEND YOU DO THAT. THEN WE WENT THROUGH A DETAILED TREATMENT EVALUATION. WE LOOKED AT ALL KIND OF TECHNICAL AND COST CRITERIA. >> EXCUSE ME, I GOT TO STOP YOU. YOU SAID WE HAVE TO INVEST $11 MILLION BUT IT'S $111 MILLION?
AM I CORRECT? >> FOR THE STATUS QUO. >> OKAY. >> FOR JUST HAVING WHAT YOU HAVE. I'LL COME BACK TO THAT IN A MINUTE. >> OKAY. >> WE LOOKED AT NINE ALTERNATIVES AND FOUR ALTERNATIVES AT THE EAST PLANT WE HAD SOME SUP ALTERNATIVES AS
WELL BUT WE LOOKED EXTENSIVELY AT ALL KIND OF DIFFERENT COMBINATIONS FOR THE CITY TO, TO BE ABLE TO MEET THE NEEDS FOR THE FUTURE. THE EPA, VIRTUAL PROTECTION AGENCY HAVE PUBLISHED GUIDELINES THERE WATER UTILITIES, HOW TO
REMOVE PFAS AND GENERALLY THERE ARE TWO WAYS TO DO IT. ONE IS THROUGH PHYSICAL SEPARATION, JUST TO REMOVE IT BY FILTRATION FOR INSTANCE AND ONE IS CHEMICAL ABSORPTION. ATTACH IT TO A SURFACE AND THEN REMOVE IT.
THEN WE ALSO LOOKED AT DIFFERENT ALLOCATIONS AS I MENTIONED, CURRENTLY AT THE SUPERFICIAL AQUIFER AND TO MEET THE FUTURE NEEDS YOU NEED TO TAP ALTERNATIVE WATER SUPPLY. WE LOOKED AT COMBINATION OF BOTH
OF THOSE FOR ALTERNATIVES AND THEN WE LOOKED AT BOTH TECHNICAL BENEFITS SCORE BUT WE LOOKED AT WHAT KIND OF CRITERIA AND HOW IT IS SCORE. WHAT IS THE BETTER ALTERNATIVE FOR THE CITY OVER THE LONG-TERM, WATER QUALITY, FUTURE PROOFING IMPACT TO NEIGHBORHOODS AND
STUFF LIKE THAT AND WE ALSO LOOKED AT COST. SO THE BENEFIT COST IS SORT OF A A RATIO BETWEEN THE BENEFIT AND THE LIFE CYCLE COST. THIS IS JUST AN EXAMPLE OF THE IN-DEPTH ANALYTICS WE WENT
THROUGH. SO THESE ARE JUST TECHNICAL CRITERIA. I DON'T WANT IT TO BELABOR THEM TOO MUCH BUT WE LOOKED AT PROCESS PERFORMANCE THAT'S KEY WE NEED TO REMOVE P FAS THAT'S KEY WE NEED TO REMOVE IT NEW.
THE EPA CAME OUT OF UP6. THERE'S MICROPLASTICS SO WE NEED TO KEEP THAT IN MIND AS WELL. AND THEN TECHNICAL CONSIDERATIONS LIKE INSTITUTIONAL CONTROLS, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CONTROL OUR OWN DESTINY THAT WE CAN -- WE
HAVE MULTIPLE -- AVAILABLE AND THEN SOCIAL CONSIDERATIONS AND SOME ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS. SO THAT'S ALL THE TECHNICAL EVALUATION THAT EACH AND EVERY CRITERIA ALTERNATIVE WAS EVALUATED BASED ON THE TECHNICAL CRITERIA. IN TERMS OF COSTS NOW, THIS IS
FOR THE NINE ALTERNATIVES WE LOOKED AT. THIS IS THE CAPITAL COST TO BUILD WATT WEA NEED TO DO. AND YOU CAN SEE THERE IS NOT MUCH DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THOSE ALTERNATIVES SO THOSE VERY COMPARABLE ALTERNATIVES IN TERMS OF CAPITAL COSTS YOU CAN SEE THE, THE BASE LINE OF
$111 MILLION WHICH YOU NEED REGARDLESS, SO THE ADDITIONAL IS TO MEET, TO TREAT ALTERNATIVE WATER SUPPLY WHICH IS BRACKISH AS I MENTIONED AND TO TREAT FOR PFAS. THE DIFFERENTIAL BETWEEN THE ALTERNATIVES IS MAINLY IN THE OPERATING C COST. SO YOU CAN SEE HERE THE
OPERATING COST OF THE ELECTRICIAN, CHEMICALS, CONSUMABLES, ALL THE CONSUMABLES AND STAFFING AND STAFFING LEVELS. SO YOU CAN SEE AND THESE ARE COSTS PER YEAR SO I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT ALTERNATIVE 9, $4 MILLION A YEAR ON THE
TREATING WATER. AND THEN YOU SEE ON THE OTHER SIDE, ALTERNATIVES 1 AND 2 HAVE MUCH HIGHER OPERATING COSTS. SO IN TERMS OF THAT, CAPITAL COSTS ARE VERY SIMILAR. OPERATING COSTS WERE SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENT. SO IF YOU THEN DID THAT IN WHOLE
LIFE COST CALCULATION, AND IN THIS CASE WE USED 30 YEARS, UTILITY PLANNING WHERE YOU BUILD CONCRETE AND YOU BUILD STRUCTURES, YOU BUILD NEMFOR 30 YEARS YOU HAVE DIFFICULT MUNICIPAL BONDS FOR 30 YEARS SO WE LIKE TO PLAN FOR A 30-YEAR PERIOD. SO YOU CAN SEE THE VARIATION
BETWEEN THE DIFFERENT ALTERNATIVES THERE. AND THEN AS I TALKED EARLIER IN THE BACKGROUND YOU HAVE THE SAME WHOLE LIFE COST. AND THESE ARE WHOLE LIFE COST OVER 30 YEARS, RIGHT? KEEP IN MIND A CAPITAL COST AND 30 YEARS OF OPERATING COSTS. AND ON THE BLUE YOU CAN SEE THE
BENEFITS SCORE OF THE BENEFIT COST SCORE SO THE, THE ALTERNATIVE FOR THE HIGHEST BENEFIT COST SCORE IS THE BEST VALUE ALTERNATIVE FOR THE CITY. WHICH IN THIS CASE WAS ALTERNATIVE 9.
>> SO WHAT DOES IT MEAN? SO THE TASK ORDER 2 IS FOCUSING ON THE WEST WATER TREATMENT PLANT AS IMINATIONED ALONG BOYNTON BEACH BOULEVARD. SO CURRENTLY IT IS 10MGD RATED PLANT. WE WANT TO MOVE MORE CAPACITY TO
THE WEST PLANT FROM THE EAST. THE REASON WE WANT TO DO IT BECAUSE THE EAST WELLFIELD IS IMPACTED BY SALTWATER INTRUSION. WE WANT TO MOVE THE WELLS FURTHER WEST SO WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE CAPACITY ON THE WEST SIDE SO WE NEED NEW PRODUCTION WELLS. WE NEED NEW WELL WATER
TRANSMISSION SYSTEM AND THEN EXPANDING THE TREATMENT TO BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN THE CURRENT TREATMENT BUT IMPROVE IT BASED ON WHAT THE LATEST ARE. CONSIDER DISPOSAL. SO WHEN YOU DO MEMBRANE TREATMENT, YOU SEPARATE THE
PERMIATE FROM THE -- YOU END UP WITH THE -- IN THE STREAM WHICH YOU NEED TO DISPOSE OF. SO CURRENTLY THE WAY YOU DO IT IN FLORIDA IS SEND IT UNDERGROUND TO 3,000 FEET DEEP AND THAT'S SORT OF ALLOWED BY THE UIC BY THE FDEP. SO FOR THE REST IT'S SOME GAMMA
CLAY AREAS, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, SYSTEM SITE WORK AND -- AND SO I HAD A LITTLE SO THIS IS JUST AN IDEA HOW IT COULD LOOK LIKE BUT SO WE'RE GOING TO BUILD OUT THAT PLANT MORE TO THE CAPACITY IT NEEDS. SO THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE AROUND
24MG CAPACITY PLANT. SO WE'RE GOING TO FOCUS ON THE WEST PLANT, AND WHATEVER TREATMENT WE'RE GOING TO DO, WE WANT MIKE SURE IT DOESN'T CORRODE THE PIPES IN THE SYSTEM
SO WE HAVE A CORROSION TREATMENT STUDY. WE'RE GOING TO DO PRELIMINARY DESIGN OF THE WELLS THAT TRANSMISSION MAINS AND THE PLANT IT DFL. WE'RE GOING TO HELP THE CITY WITH SOME PERMITTING AND THEN THERE IS A WHOLE ELEMENT OF HYDROGEOLOGY REALLY DEFINE THE BEST SPOTS FOR THE WELLS WITH THE BEST WATER QUALITY, THE
HIGHEST PRODUCTION, MAKE SURE THAT WE PLANNING THE DISPOSAL WELL APPROPRIATELY AT THE SITE, AND THEN WE ALSO NEED TO GO BACK TO THE DISTRICT TO SOLVE FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT -- SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGE MGHT DMENT DISTRICT
JURISDICTION OF THE WATER USE. SO BY 2029 THE CITY CURRENT -- EXPIRES AND WE NEED TO START PLANNING AND APPLY FOR THAT. SO THAT'S PREPARING THE CITY TO DO THAT. SO AS WAS MENTIONED, WE REQUEST TO MOVE FORWARD WITH TASK ORDER
2 AND I THINK SHE MEASURED ALREADY RIGHT SO WE NEED URGENCY ONE JUST TO WRAP UP IT THE CITY NEEDS ALTERNATIVE WATER SOURCE ALLOCATION BECAUSE THE CURRENT SUPERFICIAL AQUIFER IS NOT SUFFICIENT GOING FORWARD AND WE NEED TO STOP THIS TAP THE
FLORIDAN AQUIFER. 2, BOTH PLANS IS ESSENTIALLY UPGRADES AS -- BOTH PLANTS NEED ESSENTIAL UPGRADES. THE AGE AND THE ASSOCIATED CONDITION IS NOT GREAT. WE REALLY NEED TO START INVESTING IN IT JUST TO KEEP THEM GOING AND THREE AS I MENTIONED WE NEED TO GO TO AN ALTERNATIVE WATER SUPPLY SO WE
NEED TREATMENT FOR THAT AND THEN SECONDLY WE NEED TO START TREATING FOR P FAS BECAUSE THAT LEGISLATION IS EFFECTIVE AND WE'RE LOOKING AT APRIL 2029 CURRENTLY WHEN IT'S GOING TO BE EFFECTIVE. ONLY THING THAT FUTURE TASK
ORDERS, YOU KNOW THIS OBVIOUSLY MORE DOWN THE LINE IT'S, IT'S IF THE CITY A HUGE PROJECT. I HAVE TO BE HONEST BUT YEAH THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE STA STARING AT. ANY QUESTIONS? >> MAYOR: DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME? >> I HAVE QUITE A FEW.
>> MAYOR: OKAY. >> I REMEMBER WHEN WE DID THE EAST WATER TREATMENT PLANT, OKAY AND WE DID THE HOURGLASS BECAUSE I WENT IN THERE AND SAT IN IT AND WALKED THROUGH AND I GOT EXCITED AND ALL THAT OTHER STUFF, AND I KNOW ABOUT THE, THE
SALTWATER INTRUSION AND ALL THAT OTHER STUFF AND I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT WE'RE GOING OUT WEST NOW. I'M SAYING ALL THAT TO SAY THIS. BOYNTON HAS A PROBLEM FOR NOT TAKING CARE OF WHAT WE HAVE AND THAT'S ONE OF MY PROBLEMS EVEN FROM THE BUILDINGS TO THE WELLS
TO THE WATER TO THE PARKS AND EVERYTHING I'M JUST SAYING WE NEED TO INVEST IN ALL OF OUR, WHAT THE CITIZENS HAVE GIVEN US MONEY TO PURCHASE AND KEEP UP WITH THAT'S MY WHOLE TAKE, WHY THE BOTHERS ME SO. THIS IS LONG OVERDUE WHAT YOU
ALL DOING NOW WHEN I PASS BY THERE AND I BE LIKE SAYING OH THEY'RE SOMETHING ELSE NOW NOW I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING. I GOT TIRED OF LOOKING AT THOSE BIG BLACK PIPES, WHATEVER Y'ALL WAS DOING RUNNING THEM ACROSS AND I'M LIKE SAYING HERE WE GO AGAIN, HERE WE GO AGAIN. LONG OVERDUE.
I'M ALL IN FAVOR OF IT. >> THANK YOU. >> JUST FOR CLARIFICATION FOR THE PUBLIC AND THE RECORD, THIS IS GRANT FUNDING. >> JUST THE POTION THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW IS GRANT FUNDING. SO THE NEXT STEPS FOR US IS
REALLY TO GO OUT FOR BONDS, UTILITY BONDS, WHICH WILL BE FOR THE WHOLE $250 MILLION OR WHATEVER WE FINALLY DECIDE AND IT MIGHT HAVE TO BE IN PHASES SO WE MIGHT HAVE TO GO FOR TWO BONDS AND WE ARE WORKING WITH OUR BOND CONSULTANTS TO LOOK AT THAT.
WE CAN LOOK AT THERE ARE LOANS. THERE ARE NO GRANTS THAT ARE THIS HUGE SO YOU CAN LOOK AT SOME LOANS, BUT RIGHT NOW THE INTEREST RATES THE WAY THEY ARE, THE UTILITY BOND MARKET IS VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT EPA RIFFIA LOANS WILL BE.
SO IT MAY NOT BE WORTH GOING FOR, WE ARE GOING TO LOOK FOR THE BEST WAY TO GET THE BEST VALUE FOR EACH DOLLAR WE NEED. >> BUT FOR THIS ITEM SPECIFICALLY IT'S GRANT FUNDING. >> CORRECT WHAT YOU'RE APPROVING
RIGHT NOW IS GRANT FUNDING. IT'S REIMBURSABLE GRANT. SO KNOW THAT WE DO THE WORK AND APPLY FOR REIMBURSEMENTS. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
I LIKE YOU COMMISSIONER THIS, YOU KNOW, I'VE HEARD THIS STORIES, I HAVE BEEN TO BOTH OF THE PLANTS, I SEEN THE, YOU KNOW, THE WALLS DETERIORATING FROM THE CHEMICALS AND JUST HOW,
HOW HARD THE CHEMICALS ARE ON THE BUILDINGS. AND THE CITY HAS BEEN IN THE HABIT FOR MANY YEARS OF KICKING CANS DOWN THE ROAD, AND UTILITIES HAS BEEN ON THE LOSING END OF THAT CAN FOR A LONG
TIME. WE'VE SEEN IT TRYING TO RECOVER AT OUR WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT WITH YOU KNOW POOR FINANCIAL DECISIONS THAT YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, OUR RESIDENTS DEPEND ON OUR WATER TO BE THERE
AND TO BE CLEAN, AND OUR UTILITIES TO WORK AND SO IT IS, IT IS ALWAYS FRUSTRATING TO ME WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT HAVING TO MAKE DECISIONS LIKE THIS THAT OUR RESIDENTS HAVE TO CARRY
BECAUSE WE KICK THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD THEY ARE SO MUCH THAN THEY COULD'VE BEEN IF WE BIT THE BULLET YOU KNOW 20 YEARS AGO, 15 YEARS AGO AND REALLY INVESTED IN OUR INFRASTRUCTURE AND SO THIS IS, YOU KNOW, THIS IS ONE OF
THOSE THINGS WHERE IT'S A MUST. I MEAN, WE CAN'T NOT HANDLE OUR YOU KNOW OUR UTILITIES AND DO THESE UPGRADES AND SO YOU KNOW I JUST THANK YOU YOU KNOW FOR
ALWAYS BEING THERE TO EXPLAIN EVERYTHING AND THE PROCESS AND BUT YOU KNOW THE, THE EYE OPENER IS GOING OUT THERE AND SEEING JUST HOW OLD OUR EQUIPMENT IS AND HOW OUR STAFF IS ABLE TO
STILL PRODUCE AND WORK AND THEY PUT BAND AIDS ON EVERYTHING TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR RESIDENTS ARE NOT, YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T SEE AN ISSUE AND THEY DON'T EXPERIENCE A PROBLEM, AND YOU KNOW AS ONE OF THOSE RESIDENTS, I APPRECIATE THAT.
I APPRECIATE WHAT YOUR STAFF DOES, AND SO I JUST, I THANK YOU FOR THIS. IT'S A LONG TIME COMING. I THINK THAT YOU KNOW, AT THIS POINT IT IS WHAT IT IS, AND WE HAVE TO, WE HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, GRIN AND BEAR IT. BUT YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD THIS
CONVERSATION IN DIFFERENT PARTS TONIGHT HAVING TO DO WITH YOU KNOW WHEN IT COMES TO YOU KNOW OUR UTILITIES AND ANNEXATION AND WHO'S FOOTING THE BILL AND HERE'S JUST ANOTHER PRIME EXAMPLE OF WHERE OUR RESIDENTS ARE FOOTING THE BILL FOR
CUSTOMERS WHO DON'T LIVE IN THE CITY. AND THOSE CUSTOMERS WHO LIVE OUTSIDE THE CITY ARE FIGHTING AGAINST US EVERY DAY TO NOT PAY THEIR FAIR SHARE OF WHAT WE ARE PROVIDING TO THEM, AND SO IT IS YOU KNOW IT'S FRUSTRATING THAT WE AS THE, YOU KNOW CITY OF
BOYNTON BEACH AND THE RESIDENTS ARE FOOTING THIS BILL, BUT WE ARE REAPING THE BENEFIT OF CLEAN WATER TOO, SO I THANK YOU. I'M OFF MY SOAP BOX FOR TONIGHT BUT I DON'T TALK VERY OFTEN THIS MUCH, BUT WHEN IT'S IMPORTANT, I
DO, AND SO JUST THANK YOU FOR THIS AND ILIC FORWARD TO SEEING SOME UPGRADES AT OUR PLANTS. SO THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU. IF THERE IS NOTHING ELSE, MAY WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE PROPOSED RESOLUTION NUMBER R26-060? >> SO MOVED.
>> SECOND. >> MAYOR: WE HAVE A MOTION AND WE HAVE A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR AAPPROVING RESOLUTION R26-060, SAY AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING. >> I REALLY APPRECIATE
EVERYTHING. >> MAYOR: I'LL TURN TO THE CLERK TO READ ITEM 10C INTO THE RECORD, PLEASE. >> PRUORSED ORDINANCE 10CERSE CREATING ARTICLE 15, ABANDONMENT OF NUSESES OF CHAPTER 15 OF THE
CITY CODE ESTABLISHING A PUBLIC NUISANCE, ABATEMENT PROCESS PROVIDING FOR DEFINITIONS HEARINGS, EMERGENCY ABATEMENT ENFORCEMENT PENALTY AND LEANS, PROVIDING FOR CONSISTENT WITH CHAPTER 166 AND SECTION 893.138
FLORIDA STATUTES PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION, CONFLICTS, SEVERABILITY, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE. >> MAYOR: THIS IS THE FIRST READING FOR THIS ITEM. DUDS STAFF HAVE A PRESENTATION? >> YES, MA'AM, GOOD EVENING,
EVERYONE WE'RE GOING TO BE DISCUSSING ORDINANCE 26-012, WHICH IS A ABATEMENT OF NUISANCES. SECTION 893.138 OF THE FLORIDA STATE STATUTES AUTHORIZES ME MUNICIPALITIES TO ENACT PROCEDURES, ABATE PUBLIC NUISANCES OCCURRING AT PLACES OR
PREMISES, USED FOR CERTAIN CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING UNLAWFUL DRUG ACTIVITY, PROSTITUTION, CRIMINAL GANG ACTIVITY AND OTHER SPECIFIED OFFENSES. THIS ALSO APPLIES TO PROPERTY USED FOR REPEATED CRIMINAL ACTIVITY WHICH CONSTITUTE PUBLIC NUISANCES, THAT THREATEN THE HEALTH, SAFETY, AND WELFARE OF
THE COMMUNITY AND MAY ADVERSELY AFFECT SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS, PROPERTY VALUES, AND THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF CITY RESIDENTS. THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ROUTINELY RESPONDS TO LOCATIONS INVOLVING DRUG ACTIVITY, PROSTITUTION,
THEFT, AND OTHER OFFENSES. AND THIS PROVIDES A WAY TO ADDRESS THOSE PATTERNS RATHER THAN JUST INDIVIDUAL INCIDENTS. THIS ORDINANCE GIVES THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE CITY A STRUCTURED TOOL TO ADDRESS PROPERTIES THAT ARE REPEATEDLY ASSOCIATED WITH CRIMINAL ACTIVITY.
CURRENTLY LASTS AND ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS ARE HANDLED BY CASE-BY-CASE BASIS BUT SOME PROPERTIES CONTINUE TO GENERATE REPEATED CALLS FOR SERVICE. THIS IS NOT TRIGGERED BY ISOLATED COMPLAINTS BUT PATTERNS OF DOCUMENTED CRIMINAL ACTIVITY. THESE LOCATIONS IMPACT SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS,
REDUCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE, AND CONSUME A DISPROPORTIONATE AMOUNT OF POLICE RESOURCES. THIS ORDINANCE GIVES THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE CITY A STRUCTURED TOOL TO ADDRESS PROPERTIES THAT ARE REPEATEDLY ASSOCIATED WITH CRIMINAL ACTIVITY.
THIS PROCESS IS BASED ON -- THIS PROCESS IS BASED ON DOCUMENTED POLICE ACTIVITY NOT UNVERIFIED COMPLAINTS. CASES ARE INITIATED BASED ON ARRESTS, INVESTIGATIONS, AND LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS.
THE CITY ATTORNEY REVIEWS EACH CASE FOR SUBSTANTIAL AND COMPETENT EVIDENCE BEFORE PROCEEDING. PROPERTY OWNERS ARE GIVEN NOTICE, AND AN OPPORTUNITY TO CORRECT THE ISSUE BEFORE ANY
HEARING. THE PROCESS IS INITIATED BY A COMPLAINT BY THE LAW ENFORCEMENT OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND IT'S SUPPORTED BY DOCUMENTED LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITY INCLUDING ARRESTS AND INCIDENT REPORTS. THE CITY ATTORNEY OR DESIGNEE HOLDS THE SOLE DISCRETION ON
WHETHER TO PROCEED WITH THE ENACTION: NOTICE REQUIREMENTS INCLUDE THE CITY ATTORNEY REVIEWS FOR SUBSTANTIAL COMPETENT EVIDENCE, WRITTEN NOTICE IS PROVIDED TO THE OWNER, SUMMARIZING THE EVIDENCE, THE OWNER IS AFFORDED REASONABLE
OPPORTUNITY TO ABATE THE NUISANCE, HOW THE PROCESS WORKS OPERATIONALLY IS LAW ENFORCEMENT IDENTIFIES THE PROBLEM PROPERTY BASED ON DOCUMENTED POLICE ACTIVITY AND REPEATED INCIDENTS WITHIN A SIX-MONTH PERIOD.
THE CASE IS REVIEWED BY THE CITY ATTORNEY AND NOTICE IS MADE TO THE PROPERTY OWNER, THE PROPERTY IS MONITORED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR COMPLIANCE, THE CASE CAN BE BROUGHT BEFORE A SPECIAL MAGISTRATE IF NEEDED. CORRECTIVE ACTIONS ARE TAKEN IF
A NUISANCE IS FOUND. AN EXAMPLE OF A NUISANCE PROPERTY WOULD BE OVER A PERIOD OF MONTHS OFFICERS CONDUCT MULTIPLE UNDERCOVER PURCHASES OF ILLEGAL DRUGS AT A RESIDENT RESULTING IN A SEARCH WARRANT AND ARREST. WITHIN A SIX-MONTH PERIOD OF THE
INITIAL ARREST, ADDITIONAL INVESTIGATIONS SHOW CONTINUED DRUG ACTIVITY AT THE SAME LOCATION LEEDING TO A SECOND ARREST. -- LEADING TO A SECOND ARREST. BECAUSE THE PROPERTY HAS BEEN REPEATEDLY USED FOR UNLAWFUL DRUG ACTIVITY WITHIN A DEFINED PERIOD IT WOULD MEET THE CRITERIA FOR PUBLIC NUISANCE
UNDER ORDINANCE. THE PROPERTY OWNER WOULD BE NOTIFIED AND GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO ABATE THE ISSUE BEFORE ANY FURTHER ACTION IS TAKEN. THE PENALTIES AND RECOVERY.
SO IN ORDER AN ENFORCEMENT. IF A NUISANCE IS FOUND THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE DECLARES THE PROPERTY A NUISANCE AND CAN ORDER A CORRECTIVE ACTIONS. THEREAFTER THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE CAN RETAIN JURISDICTION OVER THE PROPERTY FRAYEAR -- FOR A YEAR TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE. ESCALATION. IIF THERE IS A CONTINUED
NONCOMPLIANCE FINES CAN BE IMPOSED, LEANS CAN BE PLACED ON THE PROPERTY. IN EMERGENCY SITUATION, IF A PROPERTY PRESENTS AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY, THE CITY CAN TAKE ACTION TO SECURE AND CLOSE THE PROPERTY FOLLOWED BY A HEARING. THE FOCUS ON COMPLIANCE, THE GOAL IS TO VOLUNTARY COMPLIANCE
AND MOST CASES ARE EXPECTED TO BE RESOLVED AFTER NOTICE. THE PROCESS IS INTENDED TO CORRECT BEHAVIOR AND IMPROVE CONDITIONS AFTER REPEATED DOCUMENTED CRIMINAL ACTIVITY, NOT TO PUNISH FOR A SINGLE INCIDENT. THE COMMUNITY IMPACT. THIS INVOLVES NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY AND LIVEABILITY, IT
REDUCES REPEAT CALLS FOR SERVICE, AND ALLOWS OFFICERS TO ALLOCATE RESOURCES MORE EFFECTIVELY. AND I'M AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS. >> MY QUESTION IS TO THE CITY ATTORNEY. I THOUGHT WE ALREADY THE THIS ON THESE BOOKS IN BOYNTON?
>> WHAT YOU HAD THERE WAS A CHRONIC NUISANCE AND THE WAY THAT WORKED IS YOU HAD TO HAVE MULTIPLE INCIDENTS WITHIN A 30-DAY PERIOD, AND THEN IT GAVE THE CITY TO HAVE THAT FIXED THAT TIME PERIOD OF ENFORCEMENT WAS 30 DAYS. SO WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IS MAYBE THEY DO IT ONE MONTH BUT THEY DON'T DO IT AGAIN FOR TWO MORE
MONTHS, THAT CAN'T BE DEEMED A CHRONIC NUISANCE. ADDITIONALLY THERE WAS REALLY NO WAY TO CREATE FINES WITH THE CHRONIC NUISANCE DID WAS IT ALLOWED THE CITY TO EXPEND FUNDS TO CORRECT THE PROPERTY. BUT THE CITY DOESN'T HAVE YOU KNOW A NEST EGG OF FUNDS TO DO
THIS SO WHAT THIS DOES IS IT PUTS THE ONUS MORE ON THE PROPERTY OWNER TO FIX IT AND IF 24 THEY DON'T DPIX -- FIX IT, THEN THERE'S FINES. SO IT'S A DIFFERENT MECHANISM. >> SO THE OTHER ONE IS GOING AWAY? >> IT'S NOT GOING -- MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE THAT
ULTIMATELY I DON'T THINK IT'S USED AND WE PROBABLY SHOULD TAKE IT OFF THE BOOKS. BUT RIGHT NOW 28 IT WILL REMAIN ON THE BOOKS. >> MAYOR: HAVE WE HAD THIS ORDER, IT WOULD'VE SOLVED THE PROBLEM WITH THE INN THOUGH. >> CORRECT. >> MAYOR: AND OTHER ISSUES THAT WE HAVE -- >> FOR EXAMPLE WITH THE HOTEL THAT YOU HAD WITH THE REPEATED
PROSTITUTION, WE COULD'VE, IF WE HAD HAD THIS IN PLACE WE COULD'VE DEEMED THAT A NUISANCE PROBLEM, AND WE COULD'VE REQUIRED THEM TO DO CERTAIN THINGS LIKE BACKGROUND CHECKS OF THEIR TENANTS OR NO ONE-HOUR RENTALS AND THOSE SORTS OF
THINGS. THIS IS A BETTER MECHANISM TO HANDLE THE -- >> SO STOP RIGHT THERE. SO WHY WOULD WE TRY TO HAVE TWO THINGS ON THE BOOK IS IN I'M JUST SAYING IF THE OTHER ONE WASN'T WORKING. >> IF YOU WANT ME DIRECTION TO REMOVE IT, I WILL DO THAT. BUT I CAN'T JUST REMOVE IT WITHOUT DIRECTION FROM THE COMMISSION. >> I'M SAYING --
>> I'LL SUPPORT THAT. I THINK IT MAKES SENSE IF WE HAVE CONTRADICTORY OR POTENTIALLY CONTRADICTORY THAT WE EITHER LOOK AT IT LIKE TOGETHER. >> YEAH WE COULD REMOVE THAT ONE AND THIS ONE IS TIGHTER. >> POINT OF ORDER, MAYOR. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING THAT'S NOT IN FRONT OF US RIGHT
NOW. LET'S GET BACK TO WHAT'S ON THE AGENDA ITEM. AND SO WHAT'S IN FRONT OF US IS THIS OVER HERE. I HAVE NO PROBLEM SUPPORTING SOMETHING LATER DOWN THE ROAD IF THERE'S CONSENSUS TO BRING THAT BACK. BUT RIGHT NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT
THE SIX-MONTH WINDOW. >> I BEG THE DIFFERENCE. IT'S NOT IN FRONT OF US NOW BECAUSE YOU WASN'T HERE WHEN IT WAS PUT IN FRONT OF THIS COMMISSION. I'M JUST SAYING THIS IS WHEN YOU HAVE OLD PEOPLE THAT'S BEEN ON THERE BEFORE, I'M JUST SAYING. >> THIS IS WHY WE HAVE TO CREATE NEW THINGS, BECAUSE A LOT OF THINGS HAVEN'T BEEN DONE.
>> WE NEED TO CLEAN THEM UP. >> MAYOR: WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO THIS. WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS ONE RIGHT NOW. WE WILL BRING IT BACK. IF WE REMOVE IT, THE OTHER ONE DIDN'T WORK AS LONG AS I'VE LIVED IN THIS CITY SO WE OBVIOUSLY NEED TO TIGHTEN UP. IT'S NOT SOMETHING WE NEED TO
TAKE TO CONGRESS TO GET DONE SO LET'S JUST MOVE ON. >> GREAT. >> MAYOR: ANY OTHER COMMENTS? >> I JUST THINK THAT THERE IS NO TOLERANCE FOR CHILD TRAFFICKING, DRUG DEALING, AND PROSTITUTION. >> MAYOR: AGREED. >> THAT'S IT. THAT'S WHAT THIS IS ABOUT. DOES THE CITY WANT TO TOLERATE THIS OR DO THEY NOT?
FOR ME I'M NOT TOLERATING IT AND I WILL DO ANYTHING I CAN TO SUPPORT WHATEVER ORDINANCE WE CAN DO TO PREVENT WHAT HAPPEN AT THE POINTEN INN WHEN A 15-YEAR-OLD GIRL WAS CHILD TRAFFICKED. THAT IS UNACCEPTABLE. >> MAYOR: RIGHT. MULTIPLE DRUG BUSTS AT PELICAN. >> PELICAN POINT.
>> HOMING INN, I MEAN, SO MANY PROBLEMS AND NOT JUST COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES. RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES ALSO. >> MAYOR: MM-HMM. >> THAT UNFORTUNATELY WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING BECAUSE OF WHAT THE SATE ATTORNEY HAD MENTIONED IS YOU KNOW, THERE'S AN ARREST, NAT ARREST NEEDS TO BE JUSTIFY -- IT NEEDS TO GO THROUGH LEGAL
PROCESS AND HOW LONG DOES THAT TAKE. USUALLY LONGER THAN 30 DAYS. AND SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT AGAIN THIS ISN'T A TARGETING METHOD, RIGHT, BUT IF THERE IS A PROPERTY WHETHER IT'S RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL, AND THERE'S CHILD TRAFFICKING, DRUG DEALING, PROSTITUTION GOING ON
THERE, ABSOLUTELY UNACCEPTABLE WE HAVE TO HAVE THE TEETH TO STOP THAT. >> MAYOR: AND THE ONE THING THAT WE KNOW IS THAT WHEN A PROPERTY GETS BUSTED, THEY LAY LOAD FOR A LITTLE BIT SO WE NEED THAT EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME. >> CAN WE -- >> YEAH, MY WHOLE TAKE IS, YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, MAYOR, YOU HAVE YOUR
OPINION, I HAVE MINE. BUT I'M SAYING RIGHT NOW WE HAVE ENOUGH ORDINANCE ON THE BOOKS I'M JUST SAYING WE COULD PUT INTO IT. I'M IN FAVOR OF PUTTING IT IN BUT LET'S PUT SOMETHING IN SO WE CAN COME BACK AND TAKE THE OTHER ONE OUT. THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING INSTEAD
OF BUILDING UP ORDINANCE AND ORDINANCE AND ORDINANCE. >> RIGHT, SO, SO CITY ATTORNEY, SO I GUESS WHAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT IS THE ORDINANCE THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE ON THE BOOK AND SEE IF IT'S COMBINED WITH OTHER THINGS AND OBVIOUSLY IF THERE IS LANGUAGE. >> THESE ARE TOTALLY DIFFERENT MECHANISMS, AND THE WAY THEY'RE
GOING RUN. ONE IS UNDER THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE PROCESS, THE CHRONIC NUISANCE WAS NOT, AND THE CHRONIC NUISANCE WAS FOR THE CITY TO PAY MONEY TO FIX A PROBLEM. WHAT THIS DOES IS IT PUTS THE ONUS ON THE HOMEOWNER TO PAY THE
MONEY. >> NO NOW I UNDERSTAND. YOU WENT FURTHER ON EXPLAINING IT. OKAY, I CAN GO ALONG WITH IT NOW. LET'S MOVE. >> TAMMY, WOULD YOU -- THERE IS NO PUBLIC COMMENT BECAUSE IT IS FIRST READING. IF THERE IS NOTHING ELSE, DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE PROPOSED ORDINANCE NUMBER 26-012? WE HAVE A MOTION, WE HAVE A SECOND.
LET'S TURN TO THE CLERK FOR A ROLL CALL, PLEASE. >> COMMISSIONER CRUZ. >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER McCRAY. >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER KELLEY. >> YES. >> VICE MAYOR TURKIN. >> YES. >> MAYOR SHELTON. >> YES. >> IN A ROLL CALL VOTE, THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU. I'LL TURN TO THE CLERK TO READ ITEM 10D INTO THE RECORD,
PLEASE. >> PROPOSED ORDINANCE NUMBER 26-013 FIRST READING AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF THE CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH, FLORIDA, CODIFYING RESOLUTION NUMBER R15-136 WHICH CREATED A COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY ADVISORY BOARD, ESTABLISHING COMPOSITION, QUALIFICATIONS,
APPOINTMENT PROCEDURES, AND DUTIES, PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS, AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. >> THIS IS THE FIRST READING FOR THIS ITEM. STAFF, WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO YOUR PRESENTATION? >> YEAH, NO POWERPOINT.
I'LL JUST SPEAK BRIEFLY. IAN, ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY. AS YOU ALL KNOW THE CITY ALREADY HAS A CRA ADVISORY BOARD. THAT BOARD WAS CREATED BY A RESOLUTION. WE ACTUALLY HAVE NO ORDINANCE IN PLACE FOR THAT BOARD. SO ALL I'VE DONE HERE IS JUST TAKEN THE LANGUAGE FROM THE RESOLUTION, PUT IT INTO THE FORM
OF APORDINANCE, THERE ARE NO CHANGES, THERE IS NO UPDATES. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER KELLEY. >> THIS IS STRICTLY JUST TO FOR IT TO COMPLY AND FLOW WITH HOW OUR OTHER BOARDS ARE WRITTEN, CORRECT? THIS IS JUST A -- >> EVERY OTHER ADVISORY BOARD HAS AN ORDINANCE SO IT'S JUST TO PUT EVERYTHING IN W ONE
PLACE. >> PERFECT, THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSION? THERE IS NO PUBLIC COMMENT AT THIS READING WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE PROPOSED ORDINANCE NUMBER 26-013. WE HAVE A SECOND. LET'S TURN TO THE CLERK FOR ROLL CALL. >>> COMMISSIONER CRUZ. >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER McCRAY. >> YES.
>> COMMISSIONER KELLEY. >> YES. >>> VICE MAYOR TURKIN. >> YES. >> MAYOR SHELTON. >> YES. >> IN A ROLL CALL VOTE, THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. >> THANK YOU, OKAY. >> BEFORE WE GO SKS I HAVE SOME COMMENTS THAT I NEED TO MAKE. I'M JUST SAYING BEFORE WE GO.
AND THIS IS THE TIME TO DO IT. >> MAYOR: YES. >> OKAY. WHEN EVERYBODY'S SITTING UP HERE WE'RE ADULTS. WE'RE GOING TO AGREE TO DISAGREE. BECAUSE WE'RE HUMAN. BUT I'M JUST SAYING I'M NOT KICKING ANYTHING DOWN THE ROAD AND I DON'T LIKE ANYBODY SAYING YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW IT'S NOT
CONGRESSIONAL THIS OR CONGRESSIONAL THAT. I'M JUST SAYING THERE'S A WAY TO TALK TO ANYBODY THAT'S ADULTS SITTING UP HERE AND I WANT TO SAY RIGHT NOW I WILL RESPECT THOSE THAT RESPECT ME. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: ONE MORE THING. I JUST THINK AT THE END OF THE
MEETINGS WE CAN SAY THESE THINGS OR I WOULD LIKE TO STICK TO THE AGENDAS AND THEN EITHER DO AN INFORMATIONAL OR AT THE END SO THAT WE JUST STAY ON AGENDA THROUGH THE WHOLE MEETING SO I WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE. >> THAT'S NO PROBLEM. >> MAYOR: SO DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY FINAL COMMENTS? MOTION TO ADJOURN, AND WE HAVE A
SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY WITH NO FURTHER BUSINESS TO DISCUSS, THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED AT I CAN'T SEE THE CLOCK. 8:47 P.M.
>> GOOD NIGHT, EVERY 1.