and then I'll make him share it with us. Did you Oh, history of cool. Thank you. I'll get this back to you. He's the admin on a Facebook page, too. So, if there's anything cool, we'll have him
posted. Anyway, three minutes late. Yeah, I know. here by my uh I had to sit here for five minutes in case you do go. You had to. Yeah,
you said your arm. Couldn't have played something that Bob could play with you. All righty. Now she's got this chair and show again to it. I didn't change that one. I changed that
one. That that one goes like this. I feel like a little kid. Where's the camera? Oh, yay. That's better. Thank you very much.
I just want to be able to see over. I can't see past my wonder. I don't know. I hope so. you know. Yeah. Yeah. Well, no. I wanted to talk to him
about the garbage. Hey, Catherine, are you good to go? I'm good to go. You're good to go. All right. Yes, indeed. How about you guys? You good to go? You're ready. Okay. We're really perfect tonight. We're loaded for bear. Um,
all right. I see that we have a quorum established because all four of us are here and I would like to call the meeting to order please. All right. Are there any additions corrections to the agenda?
Nope. There being none, is there a motion regarding the agenda? Motion to approve the agenda. Agenda. Thank you. Is there a second? Second. There's a second. Uh any oppos? All in favor? I motion carries.
Um I can't tell now. It is. Got it. Okay. Didn't know that. Okay. Going on to the minutes. Everyone have an opportunity to read the minutes? Any additions, deletions, corrections to
the minutes? No. I had two tiny ones. Catherine, on page four, paragraph one, I believe it should not be west, it should be east. And on the last paragraph on that page,
also page four. Um, we're at what did I write? I don't I'm sure I Anyways, page five, paragraph two. Um,
each it you had you list the signs when we talked about redoing the QR code signs. They're not 5,000 each. I think they meant that it was 5,000 for all of them. Okay, very good. Is there a motion regarding the amended minutes?
Motion to amend the minutes from the previous agenda. Thank you. Is there a second? Second it. Thank you very much. All in favor? Any opposed? Motion carries. Okay. On to item four, communications
and announcements. Straight up is the Dewey Park sign. Boys, you're up. Good afternoon. Um, we'd like to take one quick moment to introduce a new planner. um principal planner that was
hired. Um hello Gabini. I'm the new principal planner come from Colorado Springs, Colorado. Um some of my experience um I did was participant for the printer very historic home um that was there that
they are looking to revitalize the area be able to do. I was also part of old car city and old north end which are the historic portions of Colorado City of Colorado Springs. So just bring you know with the team we hope to be able to bring some stuff forward over the next
few months but tonight we're just going to give a brief update on some of the directions that have been discussed. So excellent. Did did you say your name is Gabe? Yes. Gabe.
And you're from Colorado Springs. Excellent. Very good. Welcome. Welcome. Okay. All right. So, you want to tell us about doing parking? Okay. Yes, that's me as I'm again. Um, so for doing park sign, we got in touch
with public works and they said they're working on it. Uh, we haven't heard back from them uh for any further updates, but they're aware and they're working on Okay. Well, at least that little bit is progress. Yes. Yeah. Okay. Anybody have any questions
about the dual park side? No. Okay. Um, also did you when you speak to them next, would you remind them that we'd want to put it along Ocean Avenue, not in the middle of the park where it's more vulnerable? Yes. If we put it on right on Ocean Avenue,
the people going to Hurricane Alley can stop and pay attention and maybe nobody will hit it with a baseball bat. That's not Okay. Thank you. All right. How about item 4B which is the Magnus and the Andrews
for we for both of them we talked to uh is your speaker on yes it is okay for this it's not for me for both of them actually we talked to
CRA for with Tim Timothy Tac he's the inter director at CR And uh for Magnus House, he stated that um they suspended entertaining any letters of of interest
for for Magnus House until they determine what happens with Andrew's house. Um but he and he also mentioned that they are he's relaying that information to anybody who's asking questions for regarding Magnus house.
And then as far as Andrew's house goes, we we also again we talked to and attack and he stated that since it's a privately owned property, they they cannot really require the owner to do anything. But you mentioned that the
owner can do adaptive reuse um on the site and they are going through um a process of revising their conceptual site plan and figuring figuring out the cost that it will or how much it would
cost them. And so Mr. I said whenever he gets that information obviously he'll get uh a better or a better view of what will happen with the house with the owner or how the owner wishes to proceed. Okay.
I for for you information the move the historic Andrews house committee is meeting with Tim back regularly. Yeah. So he is keeping that committee um included in the information that he he
you know obtains. Um he's apparently been the only one that's been able to speak with the developer that owns that house. Um unless you guys have had success speaking with him. No. Okay. Well, thank you very much for for
checking with the CRA director for us. Okay. I appreciate you um giving them a call like that. Yes. Okay. Anything else? Anybody have any more questions? Any questions? No. Okay. How about item 4C which is the
children's schoolhouse museum black and the bell. So for the black and the bell we contacted executive director Miss Nano. She's the director at the museum and we
also contacted the director of recreational and cultural services Mr. the great clock, but we have not received any information um from them, but we were able to confirm that the FL So, we haven't received any information from them, but we were able to confirm
that the FL was located in in the at the museum, but we couldn't confirm the belt was there. We tried to go back in time in pictures, but we couldn't confirm uh the bill was there. So, um I guess that's a a question for me today. If I
wanted to confirm with you if the bell is that you're interested in. Was it in the tower of the museum or where which which exactly was or where exactly was it? Originally it was in the bell tower but
for many years um it was located on a right in front of the building. Mhm. It it was located in the tower 100 years ago when it you know it was functioning as a school but when they converted it
and rehabbed it they put it on a pedestal but then construction came and it disappeared. I suspect that it's in public works someplace. And the plaque that I'm talking about is not a plaque.
It's a a plaque. Yes. The big one that we get, you know, when it's on the National Register. It's that plaque. You can't miss if they're tripping over over at public works. They know exactly where it
is. That is you're talking about a It's on a pole. Okay. It's about big. Yeah. Big, not little. Yes. The last place I'm sorry. Yes.
The last place you saw the devil was at public works. Yeah. I tripped over it sitting outside of one of the garages out there. Public works. You know who might know where it is? Is Andrew me. Check with Andrew because I kind of I kind of like, you
know, Andrew, you need to keep track of where this bell is, please. You might know where it is. Hopefully, it's in a safe place. It's not being down for its brass. Okay. Got questions? Anybody else?
No, you got it. All right. Item 4 D is the cultural center monument sign. Again, we contacted Mr. Great Clark, but this time we did receive that uh some information. We heard that from him.
said they are awaiting a PO number. Um so they're working on creating a purchasing order number for the for the base of the sign. Um once that is completed, they will go ahead and contact the vendor and get the headboard
of the sign completed. Okay. Are you So you're in contact with Craig Clark? Yes. Okay. Um, we would like to be able to give input on the wording for that sign, please, so
that we are accurate with the wording on that sign. Okay. Okay. That would be important. Got it. Okay. So, um, is he saying that he found funding to buy
such a sign? I mean, We're not talking. We're talking big science. Big science. Okay. He found the funding for it. I'm not sure the funding is on the in terms of of the science itself. So the the base they're working on, but the science set is
the next step. Okay. Well, he's he's finding funding for the poll apparently, right? The pole that it's going to sit on. Yeah. that is being created right now. The purchasing order for that is being
created. So they're working on creating the home that it's going to sit on and then the next step once that is completed is to go after a vendor or funding or the next step would be to the sign the board.
So so you need purchase order to start that process for funding. As far as we know, they got the PO number for the for the post. I'm not sure the the process would be for the next step. That should just be an inter
departmentally because the B uh public works can do the Yes. So that's an inter departmental thing. Um I guess it's time for me to call Craig Clark. Find out what the scope is.
John says yes, you call him. If I may, um, not reference to the monument sign, but Craig did come up with that signage for the side of the cultural center, the identification.
Yeah. What's the status of that? I mean, did you not see it? No, I have not. It is. Yeah. Okay. It's there. You miss it. I came in this way. All right. Thank you. Yeah. When you leave, go out that way.
It's It's not what I would have chosen. No, it's on the ground, which is what we asked him to do. That was That was what we asked him to do. So, he did he did that much. It's not on the building, which was Yeah.
Okie dokie. Any questions about the uh sign for the old school? I don't have a question about that, but I just just want to go back to the schoolhouse children's museum. So, um, just since they weren't here, I know
you're you're new to the city, but if you go back to Google Street View in 2018, you can see the bell tower and so that will give you a little 2016. That's I think that's the pedestal that
was in front of the building. Yeah. Yeah, they had years originally was in the actual bell tower of the school, right? Yeah. But I think if you wanted to see what it looked like
wasn't very important. It's not legally. It's pretty big. Okay. Okay. Moving on. Old business. Anybody have old business? No. Okay.
Well, I actually have a new business. Um, we were contacted by a researcher from Janice Jus research. They are doing a study on I95. the
section of I95 in Palm Beach County and um landed upon the Barton Cemetery which is on our local register and in 2011 um we did we didn't do it but we had uh
students from FAU come up with a ground penetrating rad and they went over the Barton cemetery to see if there were any unmarked graves and what we discovered was uh they were
the families that had buried loved ones in that censor had been burying them on top of each other. So there weren't any unmarked graves that we could find. It just, you know, they put them on top of
each other. But the bad thing is that the wall, the I95 wall, um kind of divided the cemetery. So part of the cemetery is on the I95 side of
um you know where the cemetery is. So 95 was they were FDOT was supposed to have moved those graves up to the Sims cemetery but we're not certain that ever took
place. So the Genus research people are coming. I'm not sure sure when. Um I've invited them to to attend Reverend Dames's um community meeting which he holds on
the fourth Mondays of the month at the Carolyn Sims Center so that they can come and and speak with possible family members that have loved ones buried there at the cemetery. So, I just wanted to share that with
everybody that um that's kind of interesting that they're doing a study on the Palm Beach County section of I95. I wonder what else they're looking at. What is the major intent of that? Are they working for utilities or
I don't know yet. I don't know. Yeah. And until we find out um from them what what the thrust of their focus is, I'm not sure what they're studying. I think because the Barton is on our local
register of historic places that it caught their attention and so they read the um the report that Warren had written about the Barton. So that's interesting. I'll keep all of you informed when I find out what the
date is and anybody is welcome to attend the community meeting that Reverend James holds at the Carolyn Sim Center. I think this month it's the 28th. Is that the last Monday? What time is it usually? Um
Susan, is it 6 o'clock or 6:30? Six. Everyone's welcome to attend. everyone, not just the people in that community. Uh, any questions about the researchers
coming? It's kind of been, you know, be interesting to compare the the two GPR reports, you know, with the ground penetrating radar since 2011. I'm sure they've made improvements, you know, so it's a quite a few years. So, I think it it'll be interesting
to to see what the results are. when we were looking at the um the cemetery for the uh the new artistic arch that they were putting in um I had taken um multiple
surveys um some 95 done prior to prior to 95 construction um mapping out the different um burial areas really that would that would be probably information they'd be Very interesting.
It's very interesting. Thanks for Would you share that with me and with us? Yeah. Okay. Yeah, I'd appreciate it. Because I'm sure they'd like to see it, too. They might like to speak to you, too. You know,
I just overlaid the map, so I didn't really get into past that, but it was an effort to bring the artist. How's that coming by the way? Um, from what I understand,
we can give you an update. However, I don't know exactly where they're at right now. I'm not sure if it's been actually installed. I know that artist um was working on. Would would you bring us back on the update, please?
Okay. Okay. Appreciate that. Thank you. All right. So that's all I have for new business. Anybody else? We have other and then we have comments by board members. Anybody want to talk?
No. Okay. And we finally reached public comments. Anybody in the public would like to speak? Silly question. She's dressed for snow tonight. Stole a tablecloth. It's freezing in
here. Susan Oyer, Boon Beach. There we go. Susan Oer, Boon Beach. Sorry, I'm officially very cold, so I stole the tablecloth for a few minutes. Um, I just wanted to say thank you to the CRA board. Um, they've been funding they're
going to fund a historic planner. Thank you to the CRA board for um, putting 1.2 1.3 million in the budget for historic preservation. It's nice to see the CRA cares. and um of course the initial
300,000 they put in to put towards Magnus house. So I think it's worth um sharing publicly that you know CRA is stepping up and and that's what we need and thank you to the city commission as a CRA board for doing this. I hope this
will um continue a positive path forward so that the residents are getting what they want in the city and what they deserve and what our city deserves as one of the old original cities in Palm Beach County since we are over 120 years old. I will also throw out there that I
talked to commissioner in the past. Um we were founded in 1895. So this is our 130th year and we should be doing a founders day event and I had suggested doing it in the late fall when it actually cools off. Plus we have our
snowbirds here who I think would appreciate a founders day. Um, I had gotten the idea for years ago. I had friends with the old secretary and want us to around the United States to val events with the cities and the historical societies and all the
historical groups. And um, I really think that's something we should be doing at least every five years. And you know, this is not the incorporation anniversary. The incorporation is a couple years ago during co this is an actual foundation and the city had a
massive massive celebration for the 100th of 1995. And this be something that this group plus the historic plus um the historical society plus you know everyone else should jump on board. Let's do something positive. of us have
something positive coming out for our city and this is a great way to recognize the fact we actually have a commission and a CR board that gives me about history in our city right now and obviously with what's going on with the Andrew's house and the Magnus house the
residents are riled up so let's take advantage of it and let's embrace our city's wonderful illustrious way cool heritage because so few cities are this old and we're one of the few and I also think that Maybe we should be looking at
working with the other 100 plus year old cities like Hyplexo West younger than us and and and start you know seeing what we could do as a a group and I brought this up years ago to
commissions that got nowhere but um if we were to start branding a tourist type thing as a reason to visit the old original cities and the old original places. Maybe this is something we can put together with the other cities that
are over 100 or in our case 130 plus and maybe start branding it out as well as offering some kind of tourist option and making maybe making like um historic tours of Palm Beach County and and find
at least one or two things in every city and that's something you can get together with the tourist board. It seems like Kelly Smallidge might be on top of this too. That be another feature that you know they could show all these hedge fund billionaires as they are
getting ready to move their companies down here. But let's show them. Everyone thinks Florida, honest to God, I work with history teachers that used to say Florida has no history. I'm like Florida's older than any other state in our country. You know, there were people
here long before anywhere else. We were renovating our state when, you know, when the pilgrims showed up. So why aren't we, you know, embracing our heritage as as a state and really going forward? We're 500 plus years old as a
state. We saw almost no celebrations about that down here. So maybe we should be looking at doing something like this. So I'm just going to throw that out and say thank you for your time. I'm going back to the higaloo. Susan, you brought somebody and sent me a 250 thing. Oh,
yes I did. Thank you. I forgot about that. Oh, I'm glad you very good memory. So yes, I'm in Daughters of the American Revolution and of course America turns 250 next year and they are doing I know
we're 249 and we um they are doing events all over the United States and they are encouraging America 250 Florida to start hosting our events that we're going to do in the different cities,
historical societies, different groups in the state of Florida and assume on the D site and the official site for the 250th anniversary and they're breaking it down by state. So if you know of any upcoming celebrations the city is doing
or any groups that you are aware of that are doing celebrations. Um Barb has the thing I can give it to anyone who needs it. Um, but let's start tacking on city of Bokeh's already started announcing this, you know, hey, we're BOC. We're
100 this year and guess what else we're doing? And, you know, we're older than you, Bokeh. So, you know, let's go ahead and start showing them up and and so maybe that's something this group could do as well as the historical society and anyone else. I would think the women's club would be on top of this, too. And
why don't we start getting multiple groups rotary lines all lined up and start coming up with something I mean the world's obviously a political us that doesn't mean we all can't be safe like civilized before our cities and and you know do something apolitical but yet
represent representing our state and our city. So do you notice we have we have a new person? Yes I am. Meet Gabe. Hey Gabe. I'm Susan. Dave is from Colorado Springs and guess who he is? The CI historic planner. You're
officially the historic planner or are you just kind of tagging along? I will clarify I'm not the historic planner. That's just part of my background and that's why I'm here tonight to just to clarify. We're taking it. Trust me, I sat on this
board for years. That's why I'm up here talking. So, um yeah, I hope some of these ideas are can be fruitful. fruitful and multiply in people's heads and let's start thinking how we can make our city look amazing. I'm tired of seeing bad stuff in the news all the
time when we do so many positive things here. Okay. Thank you. Thank you, Susan. All right. Public comments. And what's the date of the next meeting? Do you guys have a date picked out?
I have. Sorry. Um I we have a an item to share or news to share with the work too. Okay. Um, go for it. So, for the painting for the uh history of Bo Beach painting by Bernardo,
we went to the church and we met with Pastor Bennett. We actually took a look at the the painting and we talked to him. My our understanding is that the church does not mind relocating the painting. He also gave us
the phone number of the painter's daughter. Uh we gave her a call. We talked to her and she also is in support of moving the painting to the women's club. Yes. And the women of the women's club are so excited. Yes.
They want they want it back so badly. All we need is the keys. If you guys can get me the kings, I'll put it there. Okay, it's it's only 14 feet long.
But I know people with the truck. And I also know an expert, an art expert that knows how to attach it to the wall properly because I don't think it was ever attached to the wall properly. And the artist's daughter is a dear
friend. So, You're not telling me anything I don't know. Yes. Remember that. Thank you for your That's good. Yeah. Thanks. Thanks. You're welcome. Yes. It's still leaning up against the dining room table there, I guess.
Yeah. The room. Well, it's I think it's the library. Oh, okay. Well, that's They're keeping it safe. They called it. They're keeping it safe. Yeah. And we're grateful to them for keeping it safe for us because that is part and parcel of
that building. You know, that's why I fought so hard to get it back in there. Thank you for checking on that though. Yeah, you're welcome. Thank you. Okay. Um, anybody else have anything else? Uh, how are the brochures coming out? We
talked about you. For the brochures, we are aware that we need to uh uh that this test is still pending. We have not explored all options. The uh we still need to figure out how to consolidate all the brochures
and how to go about this. We also need need to look into budgeting for the brochures. Um we truthfully we don't need to consolidate the brochures. Yeah. I mean that the information that's
on the brochures can be included on the website. Correct. That's another item for the QR codes to link to the website that's also on the on the list. Yeah, the brochures mostly just need to be updated and
remove the name of the the historic preservation planner that we have and his phone number and everything and replace it with who you know I assume it's Amanda Wes to be called or contacted if people because it's nice having those colorful
brochures in the kiosks because people will pick them up and that's what we want them to do. We want them to be you know read So we can update it with the contact information. That was the major malfunction is that the contact
information is updated. Yeah. Okay. So that shouldn't be too hard. Just to confirm. So we not want to consolidate the brochures. We want just update them. Right. There you go. I like the individual brochures because
each brochure was pertain to something else. The other thing that uh Valentina had suggested was the one brochure that has um pictures of houses that were examples of styles of architecture that if we
could identify those the addresses or what those Yes. because they're just kind of random pictures without an identification beneath them of where they're located in case anybody wanted to go drive by and take a look at them.
So, those two things, new contact information and identifying the uh the houses. Thank you for bringing that up. Anybody have anything else? And then I did have one more followup about the um
city website with it to get the historic portion to not have the modern right we lost our IT I guess so they got a new IT right we're working with the department
who is available but u Yeah, we're still that we still have that on the list, too. Okay. It'd be nice if is there a map on the website of the what things are on the local register that is easily
identifiable with addresses and and everything, locations and stuff? Yes. Okay, good. Don't lose that one. Okay. All right. Anything else? Anybody? Gabe, is there anything else you'd like
to tell us? I think I'm good. You're good. Okay. We look forward to learning more about you and you and you. All right. If there are no objections, we'll stand to journ.
You want to talk about something? The next meeting. The next meeting. Yeah. Do you have a date for us? August something. I think August 12th. August 11. 11. 11. the first second Monday. Second Monday, August 11th
if that works for you guys. Well, right now it's super. Okay. Anybody have anything else? No. Okay. So, there are no objections. We stand. Don't list his thing.
Okay.