Good morning and welcome to the National Resources Conservation Advisory Board meeting on the Oops, that's the wrong script. That's a paper. I'm sorry. Um, or is this just a typo?
It's just a typo. I'm sorry. Okay. So, I thought I was reading from the wrong script. Um, meeting of May 7, 2025 at 11:00. Kindly silence your phones, please, which I'm doing as we speak. Number two, roll call. Mrs.
Dehart, please call the role. Member Viegas, here. Present. Present. Member Shriber, present. Member Jones here. Member Newman here. Chairperson Nestle here.
Thank you. Pledge of Allegiance. All please rise for the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation
under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Thank you. Number four, approval of the agenda. Is there a motion to approve the agenda as presented? So moved.
Yep. Motion passes. All in favor say yes. Yes. Any opposed say no. Good. That passes. Public comments. Public comments are now open. Each speaker, there are none, will be allowed to speak for three minutes. Are there
any members of the public that wishes to speak? There's nobody here. That makes this uh a quick um meeting. Excellent. Then we come to number six, presentations. We we're um getting to town planner Allen update. I refer this
item to Mrs. Allen. Good morning. All right. I have several updates um which are based on your last meeting on February 5th. So, let me go through those. Um uh if you all recall, the town manager, Marshall
Labidi, um indicated to the board that he will provide a letter to FD uh regarding the beach rakers. Um wanting to ensure that they are in compliance with their FD permit for beach raking. Um, this includes that, you know,
they're not allowed to bury or store debris, collected seawward of the any frontal dune, the vegetation line, and that the beach raers don't create any ruts. So, that letter was uh provided by the town manager. It's a signed letter on April 14th. I'll go ahead and route
it. It's right here. So, you can all take a look at that. That was sent to uh the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, the Southeast District Director, which is Miss Senna Davila. So, I'll pass that. Take a look. Did
that go to the C recorders? It went out. Yes. There you go. Um, also, uh, the board had requested at the last meeting that you wanted three flyers that are currently on your web page. The wanted, uh, Skavola flyer, the
guidelines for beach and doom management, and the penthouse PowerPoint. you wanted those printed out and to pre be to be provided at the building department reception area. So, I've gone ahead and put 10 of each of those flyers um in these clear display
racks. Um they've been out there for two months. Um I counted there's still the 10 of each. So hopefully we'll have some people that'll pick them up in the near future. Um regarding the library event, now that's going to be an item on your agenda. So, I'll be happy to chime in
when you all discuss it, but again, I just wanted to give you all an update on that. Um, I had already mentioned to the board at your February meeting that the com uh town manager did agree to have a library event there with ABTUM. So, we
would have uh Mr. uh um Doug Man, he was a gentleman that presented at the November event, come back. Um and then you all were talking a little bit more about this event at your February 5th meeting. So, you had asked whether the event could take place after 1:00 p.m.
because the library closes at 1:00 p.m. on Saturdays. I discussed it with the town manager. He said that was fine. I also talked with uh the director of the library. She said that would be fine. She'd have to have a staff person there uh to set up the PowerPoint um uh for
the um consultant. Um, and the other question was about, and I'm sure you all will be discussing this, about this wine test, the wine tasting event that's going to be there. There was a question whether uh you're going to have a bartender or whether
it's going to be selfs serve. Uh, that may indicate whether there's some sort of a license that may be necessary, may or may not be necessary. But again, when you talk about it on the agenda, you know, we could um you you guys can inform me of the research that you were going to do on that. Um I was advised by
the town manager's office that we can't have an officer at the event. Um and that's pretty much all I have on that. And then just regarding the Delray Sands event, again, that's another item you all be discussing. Um there was a
request uh for the town to pay for the Ubers for the people who will attend this event. Uh that which will be a date to be determined. Uh the town manager indicated that the town will not pay for the Ubers. Uh but the town will
contribute to the breakfast. Um again what was submitted uh by Miss by the chair um Miss Nestle was a 20 uh $1,200 uh breakfast event. again at Delray Sands, the town manager was fine with
that. Um, and again, you all will be discussing that a little bit more in detail. Uh, that's pretty much it for my update. Um, again, I'll chime in later as you discuss each of the events. Thank you so much, Tampa and Alan. So, my understanding is correct that the wine
tasting event, the way we discussed this is approved from a idea perspective and also the 1,200 Delrays um budget is approved. Mhm. Yeah. Well, it's Yeah. Agreed. Town manager agreed. Yes. And what is the wine tasting budget? Well,
um you all were supposed to, you know, reach out to the wine. So, I don't know if people are going to uh you know, give the wine. I I'm I I'm waiting to hear from you all. You have to let me know what money you think you need and then I take it to the town manager. Um, as with
the event at Delway Sands, like the chair provided um an invoice that kind of itemized the costs. Uh, so it really depends on what your research comes to and then I could always reach back out to the town manager if there's a certain
budget. But thank you so much. So we're going to be discussing those items obviously in the next uh um item. Perfect. So then we can move to item number seven, approval of minutes of January 29 meeting which was a special meeting and the regular meeting on
February 5, 2025. Are there any corrections to the minutes of January 29 or February05, 2025? Hearing none, is there a motion to approve the minutes as presented? It's a motion. Is there a second? Second. Great. All in favor say
yes. Yes. All oppose say no. Okay. Motion carries. Excellent. We have some work on the public. Um yes. So we have we're going to quickly jump back to the public comments which we usually do at the beginning of the meeting. We have a
visitor here, a very interesting visitor because I think if I'm not mistaken you have applied for the position for the nature um preservation advisory board. So, do you like to very briefly I mean Jesse if you like to introduce yourself?
I actually have to resubmit my application because I guess it didn't go through online last week. But good morning. Um my name is Kiki Baxter. I've lived in Highland Beach for several years now with my grandmother um just up the road. I've been um an outdoor
educator with Putney Student Travel and National Geographic in Smithsonian for several years, taking students on field expeditions abroad, getting them excited about being outside and traveling. Um and there's a lot of overlap with outdoor ed and conservation work. So,
what else? Uh I'm a volunteer with Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission and I'm actually going out in the field with them again on Friday for camera uh trap monitoring program in the Everglades. And what else? I think that's really it. Um, I'm excited to be a part hopefully
of this uh board. I'm very passionate about keeping Florida wild and um clean and getting especially young people excited about being outside and all there is to offer here. So, well, thank you so much for the quick introduction. Thanks everybody. Glad to
hear Thank you so much. Yeah. And we definitely get the youngs um to the nature because we're organizing a lot of beach cleanup events or like in private areas. The process is is she once the application goes through and there may
be one sitting out there you can get then it it has to Jackie does it go to the commission then how does Yeah. So there's one interview and with one of us and then it goes to the commission table. Great. So yep.
Excellent. Thank you so much. Good. So then we come to unfinished business. The future dune restoration and managed dune management related events. So let's start with discussion of Delray uh sans which is the name of the hotel
June event. So we basically have spoken to Tom Ramusen. He's the kind of the marketing manager and we have um booked a date of November 12th. So you can put this all in your calendar. November 12th
is confirmed. We were thinking of a breakfast event. Um I'm just suggesting 9:00 a.m. or whatever whatever is a good time where people still are in breakfast mood. They would come, they would serve a continental type of breakfast with
bagels and coffee. I believe the cost is about, was it 30 or $40? I can't remember the details, but it's roughly around that. So, basically, the overall budget would be,200 I think it was 30 people at $40
and that includes water, coffee, and they give us the room for free. So we have the large room where we had the the board um lunchon with the town that room we would we would get for free because obviously this is a charitable or a town
event not by a company which is very generous of them we would start um and also um Dan Balante he is one of the dune experts that's serving Highland Beach he has actually been restoring our dune and also if I'm not mistaken he has
restored your dunes I know That's how I found him. Exactly. And he keeps it up. Yeah. And he keeps it up and he's doing a phenomenal job. I cannot even applaud him enough because he's literally in the dunes every day um watering because we
haven't had any rain. He's very committed. He's very knowledgeable and he's willing to speak at the event and then we would go to the dune itself and analyze the dune. There are some invasives in the dunes I've seen. So then we'll be able to talk about the invasives there and what they could do
to improve the dunes. So they're actually going to get a free advice and um yeah and we can reach out and we're expecting about 30 people. Parking is not an issue because they have valet parking and November 12, 9:00 or 10 whatever time we agree here is not a
very busy time. So that's that's kind of the summary. I have a question about that. Um, how are we how are we I thought it was on. How are we um sending invites out and to whom because it's a limited amount of people um obviously to
go to attend up to the board. I would suggest that it always do it so that we draft the invite. We send it to um town plunderer Allen and then the town will send it out. So, the town will send and it's going to be a very short invite
just dune restoration event courtesy of uh DUN's uh Del Rance Resort the dates the time and limited so people can register and we copied that at 30. I think we should
be a little more explicit as far as what the breakfast is going to include and because for $30 I think they should serve more than a bagel and coffee. the $30 is covered and by by time. I know, but I'm just saying that and I don't
know exactly what they're going to serve when we when it's announced. Does it say breakfast or does it say coffee? And no, it will it will. That's a good point. I think we should say breakfast and we should itemize it. So people say at
limited admission, please contact us first come or so people so we don't get 40 or 50 people in. They have a reservation when they email it. Yeah, they have to make a reservation. And we can use the same wording that we've been using for the other dune restoration
events that the town has been sending out. Those dune restoration events. Um, are you talking about like the penthouse tower? That was created by uh the penthouse towers. Okay. That's what I'm saying. All the dune restoration events. Well, we only had it
at Penthouse Towers. um the uh the condo manager, she's the one that prepared the invite. Okay. So, if you want to uh ask for a volunteer, one of the board members to come up with a a draft invite
um and prepare it, then I could provide it to the town manager and have him sign off on it. Okay. But yeah, I highly recommend you put that it's limited to uh 30 people. I have the invoice that you sent me. uh chair Nestle and it says
right 30 people at $40 and the it says continental breakfast. It says fresh brewed coffee since you brought up Mr. Newman what's going to be included. It's herbal tea, chilled orange juice, seasonal fruit display, assorted bagels with cream cheese preserves, butter, assorted pastries, fresh baked muffins,
mini fruit turnovers. That's all nice. That's little bacon would be nice. That's what they have on here for that $40. The the breakfast one that went out. We could use that as a basis, right?
The one that for the the uh hours Sands Dune event. I mean uh not dely the um oh gosh the one that the one that was at the delery stands for all the me volunteers the you're talking
about the board meeting I'm the one that organized that that was done through um a PDF submit which you guys wouldn't be able to do uh because you don't have the program. I'm not sure how Penthouse Towers did it but that's the way that the town did it. It was a different way.
But since we're this is going to go out through the town, but we altered the one that was used through the program and then tracking everything. Well, I wouldn't necessarily use that one. I would use probably the one Penthouse Towers used. Yeah, that's the
easiest because that has the language that you're looking to talk about, you know, doing restoration. Um, she I'm going to pull it. I'm going to see if I I have it here in my uh laptop if you bear with me. I just trying not to reinvent the wheel.
So, yeah, you could share it with us and then we we will be sending you a draft. Yeah. Well, I would recommend you choose one volunteer to make a draft and then you could send it to me and then I could send it to everyone out to all the board members if you want to make comments on it. Chris will do it. And if I get any
comments, uh, I'll revise it and then give it to the town manager and see what his thoughts are. And in terms of organizations, so the draft invite we discussed, the food is obviously there, the the resort is there. We don't have to do anything. We will bring our usual materials and I think we we know what
we're bringing and I think Tampa and Allan, will you be at the event? Will you attend or somebody from the town? I don't know if I'll be able to attend that event on the 12th. Um, so maybe could we say if you cannot attend that I could be picking up or or some of one of
us could be picking up all the materials like the Yeah, that's that we can we could organize that the week before. I'll keep the box at the building department's front counter so it could be left there and and whoever from the board would like to pick it up can pick
it up. So we can do that by email the week before. So we only need the materials. Dan Belante I will organize I will confirm that with him. Um he has his own probably slides that he will we will organize that with the hotel. The hotel has last time it didn't work but
this time hopefully it does work. They have a big screen and they they can um put the slides on the screen and they can talk a little bit through that. So I think from I don't think we need organization wise to discuss anything else. I think because we we won't have another meet. We will have another
meeting in between. Yes. So, we can still discuss it then. But I think big picture this is what we're going to do. And is it the 12th? Did we pick? Yes. November 12th. Yeah. The only question is what time do we want to confirm 9:00 a.m. or 9:30? I don't know what you 9:30
is usually easier for people on the beach, but yeah, I would say 9:30. Okay, that's good. So, let's do it at 9:30. So then we will perfect. So then I think that event is is discussed. Perfect.
Then I would uh go to the next agenda item. That's Can I uh ask a question? So you say you want this sent out. We need details as to how you would like this to be uh the information given to the residents. The town could do an email
blast. It could be put in the manager's minute. How what other ways do you want this to be broadcast to the public? I would do it with an email blast like last time and in the town manager in the email and then the town manager's
minute. Yeah. Okay. That's the leaf the leaflet that you sent out. Right. Yeah. Right. And we can also maybe uh put a a little you know the town has a calendar and put that on there as well. Yes. That would be great on the town website because that's probably going to be our
biggest event that we promote the most for the fall season. I think that's going to be a big one. I had a comment about that. You know, a lot of times people don't look at the um at the at the mailings and whatnot and the
emails, but sometimes they look at the bulletin boards. And I think some of the condos have have a bulletin board where they could post this thing and then people look at the bulletin board and maybe two people had looked at it and they said, "Hey, you know, you hear
about that meeting or that breakfast. It might be nice to do." Yeah. Well, once the invitation or the flyer is put out, again, we can have a volunteer from the board or volunteers from the board to go to the different um condos and, you
know, provide to the condo managers a hard copy that they can place in their bulletin boards or actually, you know, you can email them as well, but or maybe just say, could you post this on the bulletin board? Have the managers added to the
list that of of the email blast. Uh, please post this on your bulletin board. If you have a good idea for us, try to get 30 people there. Yeah. Well, I don't know if every condo manager is on the
email blast list. I hope they are, but in case they're not, um, I I have uh we can give a collection that maybe nine to you or to somebody. I've given nine manager emails. Um, okay. If you can
email me that, then I could forward it to the staff that's responsible for email blast. Um, we have dedicated staff that do that. So, if you email it to me, then I could forward it to them and they could send it when once the uh flyer is available.
Great. So, I think we're done with this event. So, we can move to the next one. Um, the discussion of the library wine taste event, which I'm going to pass the word to. Yeah. The thing with that is um about the licensing and having alcohol
on they all ask that question on the property. So if it's a limited amount of people, we can do it, but if it's over a certain amount. So everything was left kind of up in the air. I'm talking with two companies. So pretty much um one is the one that um my nephew uses for Lux
and Chhateria Romano and you know and the other company is a local company um that she could do it but um I just need to know I needed the date is not written in stone correct no we we have we don't have a date we
don't have a date so date has an event too has an event so right so we needed to I needed to know a date to see if they were able to do it and I need to know um how many people we're going to have. It's counts on what do they need
to have, you know, they could do this. If it's a smaller group, they don't need to have a liquor license or whatever, you know, to do the event. So, I I needed all the concrete work. I have to go back to them and give them all the particulars. Time of year is very important to them when when it's going
to be. Yeah. Because they're really busy. And where were we going to do? Library. Library. So what's the threshold in terms of people? Did they say up to 20 they can do? They said 25. So that's up to 25 threshold right now. So that's the easiest. Yes. So why don't
we copy the 20 23 or whatever. Yeah. I mean if we can do if I can get all those thresholds I can go back to them today and get you know all the particulars. So capita 25. Well capita 25. I mean they
may be able to work with that. We don't even get them. Yes, exactly. Okay. So, can I just raise a question on the timing? The mingle jingle is when? That's December 7th. I'm not sure. Oh. Is anybody sure of that date yet? I
don't know if there's a date set yet for that. But it's in December, right? Normally, it's usually in December. the first week in December usually, but so we don't have a date for that yet because I think we honestly I I mean if we're doing this breakfast on the in
November 11th is it 12th 12th I wrote it down. I just think we need to get the information from the town when they are doing their thing and then we have to figure it out. That was the main thing they need to have some some kind of a
ballpark date. Okay. So, let's assume Mingle Jingle is in the first week in December and we have a November event. October is probably a little bit too early. So, this this brings us into the new year, right? Yeah. I mean, we
may in January later. So, Mingle Jingle's always in December. So, you don't want to have two events in December. Yeah. So, it's either October or January, February. Okay. So, I'm gonna get back to them
about October if you want to do October or you think that's too soon or I think January at least January is will be here. That's true too. And I also would have once you pick a date um have to reach out to the
consultant to be sure that they can attend on that date. Yeah. Uh yeah. So if you want the snowboards that speaks for January, even though it's dry January, you're making a wine taste. You want to ask them and then Yeah, I'm
going to ask them. I'm going to ask them January or October. Um October or January? I'm backwards. And then um I'm going to He said 25, but I'm going to ask him the definite cap. And
They also asked is this a charity event? Did they um you know how much are they expecting to get paid or are we doing it totally? Are they donating this? So I didn't have the answer for that
question, you know. So are we doing it like give them have a nominal fee? Yeah. Uh to cover because they have to come. Yeah. And then um that would be part of the budget I would think for this event.
Yeah. And then Yeah. So we would the town would what I don't know how they've done mingle jingle and stuff like that if there's a vendor coming with wine. Yeah. I'm not sure. I was in charge of the coordinating the mingle jingle. But
I think you need to ask those questions and how much. But I would also suggest if you're going to go with January, let's say, I would recommend that you they give you two dates in January because in case one doesn't work, maybe there's a an event at the library because now we're talking, you know,
quite a few months out. So I would recommend that you ask for for two dates and they could do it in January just in case one doesn't work or two dates in October if you want to possibly choose October. Okay. But yeah, that's the thing is we need from the board, you know, how much money that this way I can
present an itemized list to the town manager. The board wants to do this, this is going to be the nominal fee, you know, everything outlined. So then he could look at it comprehensively comprehensively and say, "Yep, this sounds good." Or let's tweak this. So So do we want charge for the event? That's
what I That's for the board to dis Oh, okay. That's why I'm asking. Okay. So we can't charge like a $10 fee or anything for the event. Okay. That's what educational thing is an educational. So in that sense it is a a charitable but I I would think we would want to cover their cost so we'll never get them to do
it again. Right. That's and I think we can probably cover like you did last time like those platters that you have. Yeah, we've had food in the past. Um I'm sure that won't be a problem. Um as I said, we've had those. So just those what say one or two of these platters? Yeah, we had like a fruit
platter and then like a Mediterranean platter with olives and hummus and things like that. I'll be sure to run it by the town manager, but in the past there hasn't been an issue with that. And then I think we can basically just you can ask them at cost obviously not at what the wine would sell for whatever
they need to cover their cost so they're not at loss and and basically you know if the wine is good I'll order some so then they can get new clients. So for them it's a marketing event. It's a marketing event. They're not if they market they're not losing anything. They
may be able to get like Postal Star to come to it and that way they're promoting this company. Yeah. Okay. There's some advertising value to them there instead of the cost if that's possible because the city can't
advertise for companies. So yeah, doesn't doesn't work. What? Good idea, but doesn't work for you. No, no, no. I But the coastal store could come in and cover the event that it's an educational thing.
Yeah. Okay. Yeah. Okay. Again, put that in your itemized list. Say you want to reach out to the coastal. Think about how you want to market it, the costs. Um, all that should be detailed. And as I said, we could I could take it to the town manager. So, as an action item, I
think Karen, will you draft an email, an invitation that the town will the same way um do the blast email and also put it in the manager's minutes? Yes. Once I get all the information. Exactly. So, that's your action item to draft the the
email to Yeah. to the town to to um council and Allen. And the the process will be the same thing. The the blast and the Yeah. After we get all the Exactly. Okay. I can also email the board just to refresh your memories of
the invite that you all created for the November uh event that we had with APTUM. Um because it's going to be the same consultant. So you can work off that if you want to tweak it and make it look different. Um, so I'll send you uh the PowerPoint, I should say, the the
evite from um P uh Penthouse Towers for their dune restoration event and I'll send the letter so-called in parenthesis invite for the optimum event that we had in November. So you could work off that. Thank you. Yeah. And the consultant dog
is he confirmed? Why don't uh I mean generally uh for the library event? Well, I I don't know a date yet, so I don't know. That's why I said to you that's why I suggested if you're going to go for January when
you reach out to the wine tasting consultant or whatever uh company that you get at least two dates in January that they could do it because we want to have at least the back. We don't want to keep going back and forth. Yeah. Always get like two dates, two options. Yeah.
And then you can coordinate with Mr. M. I will reach out to the consultant. Yeah. Perfect. Great. So I think we have a plan with action items for the library wine tasting event and we can discuss this at our the next time at our I think
you need to have all the answers by the I think August or September when we meet the next time. Yes. Yep. But but we could have Ingred or Jackie send a like if we have an
understanding of this uh that could be put in an email that could be sent out to the board could it not an understanding I'm sorry I don't of the details what information's coming back these are the two dates and and uh this would be the invitation so we can get
some stuff done before September is there a way if you forward me a list of what you're proposing. Um, I would again send it to the town manager, have him sign off on it before, well, actually what you what I could do is if
you email me what your proposed idea is or the cost, the dates, I can send it to the board, ask for any comments by a certain date. If I get no comments back, then I could then go to the town manager and say this is what they're proposing. That would be good because I think
delaying obviously people plan things, library plans things that would be especially in the season. So Okay. Yeah. Okay. I'm on that. As soon as I get information, I will get it to you. Okay.
Perfect. So I think then we can move to the next one which is the discussion of the beachfront condo associations. Um so last time we gave each member a task to contact um organizations or
associations, condo associations. Um I'm going to start with mine Delray Sands Resort we've already discussed. So that's an event in November. Then Parker Highlands. Um Parker Highlands is in is currently um in concrete restoration but
um the board is considering this event. So that's fine. Parking uh is a problem, a huge problem. Um so parking would probably be the main issue that they couldn't have more than 10 people attending. However, if the Milani park gets built, we would just put it into
2027 and in 2027 we have the Milani parking literally opposite Parker Highland and then we are unlimited with uh with parking. Um obviously Milani Park is closed at night but so the event will be
during the day and then we have the parking issue solved and um we definitely have a lot of time. I would just put this on the back burner. Concrete restoration is ongoing till at least the late fall. So 2025 is out and
2026 is a possibility but I think we have other events planned. So, I would put this at the end of 2026. Um, from a scheduling perspective for early 2027, Parker Highland is restoring their
dunes with Dan Delante, the same um consultant that will come to the Delray Sense event. It's going well. It's a lot of work. Um, and Dan is doing a phenomenal job. Um it was a lot of watering in particular because of the
weather we had. But I would say that's really good news. Um 45 Ocean they were tricky but finally I reached out to John Kotugo as the president and he's all in. 45 Ocean were the the two pink
orange ugly buildings at the very end the very south of uh of Highland Beach. They're now painted white and they're redoing their pool. They've been literally under restoration for about 2 and a half years. They're finally getting a new pool. It the building looks amazing. And I said to John
Kotuga, you have this ugly seaw wall. And the way I sold it to them, and he was all in, is if you plant sea oats and native plants, the sand will collect. It will cover your seaw wall. It will still be there. And speak to your engineers so
that the seaw wall is obviously watertight. Mhm. And then things can accumulate and grow and make your building absolutely stunning and beautiful cuz right now the beach is so ugly because they have this white seaw wall and he was all for it. He's the president. Obviously there's a board.
This is a board decision. Um it doesn't cost that much. I went through the costs with him over the phone. So I think they're going to be an amazing uh potential in terms of dunes restoration that they're going to do it. But also they are willing to um offer uh an event
and he said up to 60 people they can host. That's awesome. That's awesome. That's wonderful. And he said that they're in concrete restoration. So also this one has to be for this year on hold um because obviously he said that we should meet in September October when
everything should be mostly done and make a plan then. And that's what I've agreed with him that I'm going to meet with him in in September or October and then make plans then and then I will report in the next meeting. So for this one it's also on the back burner. This
is my mother twice. So I hope everything's okay. So that's um so that's basically 45 ocean. And then I have the last good news is from Boka Highland Beach Club. This was also one of my one of my clubs.
So I went through Eve Rosen my contact and then in the end I ended up with Kand Lewandowski. She's the the general manager of the entire club. And the good news is they are um they're already um they're working on it. So the
restoration is ongoing and they have their own contractor and they're doing their own thing. So there is no interest in any help regarding an event. she was lukewarm. So, I think we have plenty
in the in the pipeline, but we could definitely reach out to them after the restoration. Um, they have a big um they have a big building on the ocean, but no parking. So, parking there would be on
the other side within the condo. And it's not easy because obviously these parking spaces are all being used. So parking would be an issue. However, Milani Park again will save this event as well with parking.
So that's kind of my my pipeline. So those are the really I would say the long-term um events that we can do um in a year from now or later. Delroy Sans wouldn't have a a room for that. They
have like the how how many people showed up at the last event? Which one for? Are you talking about the ones we did at Penthouse Towers? Yes. About 30 to 40. Yeah. So maybe it needs something larger. So
yeah, the problem is if you have 30 if you only have uh if you only have 10 people, then it's should be fine. But if it's more, it's a parking is a problem. But but again, um they charge for parking and people don't
like paying. No, it's $4. I think they can afford that. It's like10 or $15. No, Milani Park is Milani Park. Yeah. Okay. It's $4. Yeah. So, yeah. So, that's kind of that's my my pipeline. So, the Delray Sands is
really the imminent one, and the other ones are on my long-term list, longer, but we have them nailed 2026. Yeah. Yeah. Or 2027 or so. Okay, great. So I would say Chris, can I pass the word to you for
your on condos? Yeah. Yeah. I um I contacted or I spoke with a number of managers and it's really the managers that will drive the activity on the beachfront. Um there is a manager's
association and uh our Clarendon manager did pass this information on at one of the meetings and he said um he was his idea was maybe we can can have us go to one of their meetings and
talk about it. But at any rate, um I went to uh Bamar and spoke with with uh their manager, Ocean Pines. I went to Ocean Dunes. I have all these emails and the
manager's names. uh Ocean Dunes um has does have some uh of the seaggrass the uh panic grass there and they they seem very interested. Um uh what was the other Highlands
Place? I spoke with her. She was interested. I I talked with our commissioner David Stern. He lives there. So he he's gotten her interested in what we're doing. um the Clarendon where I am town houses
uh was very interested to get more information which I I again I sent them out the penthouse towers event and I have an email which I think is in the um book in front of you what I sent out um and
uh town houses they all understand that there are some things they need to do they're all doing everybody's doing concrete restoration it just seems to be the thing this year and I realize why but um given the certification requirements
um Bill Magna was very interested in it and I sent some more information. I'm going to follow up with all of these. I've sent them all one set of emails. I'll do it again. Carlton House was very interested um in doing this but they can't do it
until January. So uh same thing with Jamaica Manor which is a very small place up there uh and Highland Place was interested. So I I I not a one knew about this project
just so you know these are the managers of the buildings have no idea this project's ongoing. You said town houses you town houses of Highland Beach. Uh yeah, because I spoke with her and uh Daniela. Yeah. And she said it sounded
okay, but then I said, "How about we'd like to plant some some sea oats along the front?" And she said, "Oh, no. We don't have room. We don't need There's not enough room." Yeah. Now I can go back and talk to her again about it. When did you speak with her? Because I ended up double doing double duty
because I didn't Yes. about maybe two or three weeks ago. Okay. All right, I'll follow I'll follow up with her, too. Or you can um because she I think it they were interested in the fact that all the condos were going to try to have this
buffer. And so when I spoke to her and talked to her about the oats, she seemed very receptive to it. Um and I had worked with her mother. She used to be our manager and she's Is that right? Yeah. and she's a a very good manager
and um is is now actually working with a company that we have at the Clarendon. So, she seemed receptive to look at it and get more information of what they could do. Well, in that context, I was, you know, we we discussed this at the
event where we had the booth about protecting the protecting the beachfront. I I was I don't know if this is the right time to talk about it. Well, I'm done with my my list, so Okay, go ahead. Um, and I I I just have a
short list, but the it seemed like our booth was a flop. I mean, we had a few people showed up, but I mean, there was a lot of people there. I don't know if it was our location or the I just don't think it was, you know, maybe we had a couple
guys go dancers or something, you know, do something to attract people. I didn't think it was a flaw. We gave out brochures. I mean, we gave out in terms of in terms of the impact. I mean, I I don't want to be
a negative, but my impression is that more people were going to look at the turtle presentation and people came in and they glanced and they looked and then they left. So, we probably had a half a dozen. I mean, it didn't really seem like we for the amount of effort we made, we got a whole lot back. And I
think that whether to have some kind of a a contest or something and a questionnaire, you know, like true or false and and you submit this and then you get $1,000 gift certificate or something to wherever.
I think what you're saying, I don't mean to interrupt, is the turtle people sell merchandise, so they got a lot of attention over there. People are buying hats and t-shirts and things like that. I don't think they're actually learning anything about what the turtle um association does and the girls do. I
think that's what brings them over there. I think when people came to us, they are getting more knowledge than anything if they want it. If they want it. Yeah. So, I mean, yeah, if you want some kind of a draw to our booth, I I it can't be $1,000, but I mean, you know, I
I don't know what the draw is going to be, but I think my impression is that it was a flop. I mean, in terms of the impact, the amount of effort. I mean, we were there for a long time and and everybody was very charming and nice and it wasn't like that we didn't make the
effort, but I don't see that it really had much of an impact on the there. Well, let's hear from other I I think compared to the other ones that we did, the the location was not as ideal uh for impact.
We were on an outside outside corner. Um which there really wasn't a walking path directly to get into the main area. So, we were outside that. I I think that you know the previous location that we had was near a wine station. Yeah, that
helped. had a lot of people stop and while they were waiting for wine, they were stopping and yeah, asking questions and we were giving information. So, I I think that helped. But I agree also that um having some kind of a draw. I mean,
even a spin wheel, they see something like that, they're like, "Oh, yeah. There's a prize." We have a true a true and false test and they pass the test, right? What is the purpose of the of the uh of the sand dunes? I mean something because I think a lot of people don't
really understand what the sand dunes is all about. I bet you'd be surprised how simplistic it is, right? But I think a lot of people say, "I don't know why we can't walk in the sand dunes." The city of Delray Beach picks up the garbage. They're driving their their their
tractor over the sea grape over the sea oats and they're very close to the sea oats to pick up trash, you know, because we have the garbage cans. So, I'm if it's okay with the board, I'd like to contact the city of Delray Beach and say you cannot drive your your little truck
over the over the vegetation and over the sand. Okay. But that was Yes, that was two days ago in Highland Beach. In Highland Beach. Yes. I just interrupt for one moment because we just need clarity as to where you are on the agenda. You were on item A 8A3. That was
a discussion on the beachfront condo association. Yeah, we are we have to stick to the agenda that so are you now on the discussion of of on other future events or No, he was just talking about other things of of trucks by and I've
seen I've noticed the same thing but it wasn't beach it was actually our own trash collector from here. I've noticed the same thing but this is not on the agenda. We have to be sure we we follow the agenda. Okay. And um you know, but we can talk about this at the end as new
agenda items as new business. But do you have um in conscious of time because I have a hard stop at 12:15 because I have a doctor's appointment in Miami that I couldn't shift. Um so um we can continue the meeting, but I will have to leave then. Conscious of time, do you have to
anything to report regarding the condos? Well, I went to a wheelch I call contacted the manager of the wheelchair house. Yeah. And he didn't respond. So, I was pointing and then they're kind of okay. And I need to I need to follow up
with that. What was that? Which association? The church house. So, couple down from the from the hotel. And then I spoke with Daniela several times. And in fact, I bought I bought crate seeds. I mean, not separate. Uh, sea oat
seeds. They're very inexpensive. And I was going to I was going to just ask her if I could in just do my own planting or get a couple people with me and plant seeds in the front and we would take care of the watering. But, um, I I have
to admit that I was kind of remiss with the others. That's fine. Okay. Yep. Okay. So, um, I went and spoke to Amy Thomas at Trfalga because that was my building. Um, uh, she was very
receptive. Um, Chris was kind enough to share her email. So, I shared that email with Amy and she was going to present it to the board. Um, I haven't heard back from her as of yet, but I will follow up with her.
Um, very nice, very receptive of it. you know, they they just have to present it to their board. Um the other thing was um I my dune is looking fabulous. I'm willing to do something there, but I
just don't know where to park because I also talked to Ocean Place Estates. Their dunes are in disarray. Um, but for them to come and see my Dune, Dan said he would come out and be there when um, if we did an event there, it's just the
parking situation that we'd have to get under control. It could be like 2026 or when Milani's done. But Milan is too far. Milani is too far for me. I am like Falco is on the other end. The green Milani is too
far for me. Um, so you know, and it was always great having the place across the street because when they weren't, no one was living there before they tore it down, we could use their parking, but right now the whole thing is torn down. So, um, I don't know where we'd park or if
we could use a trolley. I don't know if it's that's possible to bring people in because my building is willing to have people there. I spoke to everyone, but it's a matter of getting the people
there. Yeah. So, the usual parking top. Yeah. So, I think we put it on the back burner cuz when we don't have parking, the town clearly said, I mean, the can't finance Ubers, people would
have to come by an Uber, which they probably don't because it's so close. It just doesn't make sense. They would have you can make it a walking or a bike riding event very sometimes very far because miles three miles to walk three miles of paradise to walk for certain
people. So I think we would put it on the back burner. Okay. I would say because the parking issue is not resolved. Okay. Um any other condos to report? And do you have any condos to report?
They have not really done any substantial renovation restoration. Uh and it appears that some of the vegetation has been damaged and it actually now gives us a
little bit more possibly um to possibly do the the seats and um I'm going to I'm going to try to get them to entertain that. What is the name of the association? Regency Highland. Oh, Regency Highland.
Yeah. And I'm in I'm in regular um communication with the with the management. So, uh, I think I can get something going over there. Yeah, that'd be great. As far as as far as um having,
uh, an event or anything over there right now, I don't think it's in a condition that would be a value, but in the future, certainly something that we could entertain. We do have good parking and and we also have a nice
um patio area, a shaded patio area up on the beach side on the A1A side. Oh yeah. So that might be a good another one for 2026. Yeah. Yeah. 2026. Great. So once the restoration is finished, that sounds
amazing. So Regency Highland is probably before all the others that I mentioned. That's great. That's very good. Thank you. That's that's awesome news. It's great they were receptive. Yes. Excellent. Yeah. Coronado. I did chat with a gentleman in charge of Coronado
uh who they have finished their seaw wall and they're now going to focus on the beach and so that's just a resident. So, um I'm going to chat with him again. And I sent him information. He's he's a
guy who was involved with his association on in Long Island. So he was he's actually a a possible feeder for us here. Yeah, that's that's a great building. That's a great place. So they are going to do something. They lost a lot of sea grapes
with that same storm everybody else got hit with. Great. So I think we're done with the condos. We have a lot of condos on the at back burner. I think we're going to have two events a year at least plus the Mingle Chingle events. I think too many
is also too much. We don't want to sometimes less is more. Yeah. So I think I think we have a great plan um laid out. Um so that would bring us to agenda item four, discussion of any future
events. I think we have covered pretty much all the events that we can do. I think the only thing is obviously mingle mingle jingle when we have the date we're going to be discussing this at the next meeting but that would be the usual preparation that we we know by
by heart right now we ask everybody to um and I know we'll have to hit Karen uh send to Ingred is is that fair all the manager names and emails that we talked with and what building they're in so
that when we're or or when would you like that. I guess if we're putting together information to go out in an email class for the fall, right, you can email that to me now and then once you all come up with
a a draft invite, um, as I said, I'll take it to the town manager. If he asks staff to tweak it, we'll tweak it. Once it's ready to go out, then I will forward that list uh that you send me to the staff that's responsible for the
email blast. So, I'll just hold on to it and keep it. So, you could send it to me now. You could send it to me after you all receive the draft invite. Whoever is going to uh prepare the draft invite, it's fine. Uh either Yeah, I think I think I would um encourage people to
send the information now so that at least we have an overview um of what's in the pipeline that we have an overview what's happening and then obviously we can do the deep dive when we get closer. So any emails that we have, send them to Ingrid. And then I wouldn't send the
emails. I think with just information like very short so that you can kind of almost create like a spreadsheet. I have my spreadsheet. Oh, wait. I'm sorry. I I must have then misunderstood. I I thought you were asking me that that you wanted to send me those emails of those
town managers. Is that correct? You got about nine, right? I have nine. I think uh Ken has one. The email addresses, email addresses, names. what building they're in. So that for the email blast, right? Okay,
that that's what I understood. But now chair, I think you mentioned something else. No, but I think that's fine. I think that's all you need for now. They have the other information. Yeah. No, that's good. Otherwise, it's too much work for you to kind of compile everything into a master spreadsheet. Again, I would have to get direction
from the town manager to do that to any, you know, any type of workload. I'd have to get direction from him. So, great. So then we come to the next item beach cleanup. Um there I can briefly report that the St. Andrews school um high school and middle school and high school
in Bocaraton is very interested in doing this. We could do it in the Bocaraton public beach area or I have permission from a lot of the places near Parker Highland. Um we could also do it there. Um and then we have the rock the Yamato
rock area which is public anyway. So basically in in the area where I live, we're covered and I could do two events, one in Bocaraton, which has nothing to do with Highland Beach and one a Highland Beach event in the areas where I have permission to do that. So that's
St. Andrew School and that will be in the next school year um sometimes in the fall and I will report um once we have a date. But is this I have a comment? Yeah. On the beach cleanup. Uh I've been
doing a lot of personally cleaning up the beach and we had some friends from out of town and they they got into it big time. In fact, they were washing the plastic off from the ocean to get the sand back into the water. Um, but one
idea I s would suggest because I know people would say to me because thank you very much and I'm going to thinking that I'm going to do that if we could get some plastic bags. We get some plastic bags and just have them printed city of Highland Beach cleanup or whatever you
want to call it. And then when we're when we're out on the beach and someone says thank you, you can hand them a bag and say be great if you could chip in and get people because what happens is once you start doing it, it becomes kind of addictive as you know. And we get
several people on the beach and get we could clean up the beach ourselves. I mean it's it's just it washes in, you know, pick it up, put in the garbage. Um, but it's I think that's I think the beach is looking pretty good at least in
our at least in my part of town. Of course, of course, I'm picking up most of the stuff and my daughter and her staying close by and her friends are helping also. But I think that I think this is something we can promote and the beach can be we get a
number of people doing it. People thank me and they say, you know, forgot to bring a bag or whatever. So I'd like to comment from the board whether they think it's a my quick takeaway is that when I have backs with the wind I find it very difficult to
collect. So I'm using this the the buckets provided by the town and I find it amazing because I walk from one to the next and I can actually dump it there. I don't I don't have to rock back. So I think the the the bucket system works really well. The only problem is it's just the weather and the
wind and people take it that the buckets sometimes are not there. Yeah. Um plastic. We can do both. I mean I would be worried because I would just see the plastics all over the place flying around like dogs. Like dog. Well, you need you need a place for them. You have
to tell them where they can drop it off. You know, most people have a place, but I find the I find the bucket much harder to use than the bag because I'm I'm picking it up and this thing's like I start off it's very light. It's very the plastic bag from Publix wherever is very
small and then I I think you know most communities use the buckets because it it makes sense and it's easy to use I think and that's why people But then you have to take the bucket back to where you came from. Nope. That's that's why we have all these stations and and the public sometimes I use public's box. I
do that too. I just take it with me. Yeah. If I could just add a comment about the bucket trees. The intent of the bucket tree was, you know, to have the tree on a private condo. Uh and the intent was that you take the bucket from that tree, you return it back to that
tree. It's not really meant to, you know, be used interchangeably between all the buckets. Then you have a bunch of buckets on one. then you have people missing. So that's the intent. Uh just something for you all to be mindful of. Again, it's for that particular property
supposed to walk the beach, return it. That's why there's, you know, they're at properties where there's trash cans. So that I mean, there's intent there. Like we have the trash can, you know, to return it and throw it in the trash there. Again, I I get what you're saying things happen, but that that's the
intent. But why is whose intent is that? Is that the city's intent? I mean, who came up with that intent? Well, the the town commission approved uh the town to build the bucket trees and then to have the actual buckets, you know, with the
town logo, right? Um, and you know, that's pretty much as far as it went. I I Is this is this something you is this your intent or this is the this was brought up by the natural resource board, a previous board member, one of these bucketies. Keep in mind they're a
bucket tree on private property. So it's those the bucket tree was created. It's installed by a public public works department and they put I believe it's four buckets for that particular tree. It's not really meant to be interchangeable with other bucket trees. It's for that particular property.
Everyone gets the four bucket trees when they're when the trees initially installed. But I guess are we going to come after somebody that walks and puts one on another one? No. But the intent is to have a bucketry for a particular condo with four buckets to return it
back to that particular bucketry so everyone maintains the exact amount of buckets. Yeah. It's not like set in stone, but the better. It's not set in stone. Maybe it's not the best way to do it because if it's people take it and drop it, you know, these are the
locations and then people could pick it up and take it point someone. Mr. Newman, they are on private property. You really shouldn't be going on private property to, you know, that's the point. That's why we have multiple bucket trees on private property. You're not supposed to go on private property
to grab a tree. We had the the condos that agreed and signed an authorization form to have a bucket tree installed. So the, you know, the idea was that you hang the buckets on that particular tree and return them according. That's the intent. Understand? So we're not supposed to, we're not supposed to do
it. No. And I learned that. So that that was a new learning for me which is embarrassing enough that I'm chairing this board and I didn't know that and one of the plastic bag because I don't think Publix has a rule about where to where to drop off the plastic bags or any other plastic bag. And so my
suggestion is the city if we can get the city to approve this and have it stamped on the bag because you you know I'm not for more plastic bags. In fact, I'm not for plastic bottles at the meetings. I think that we should bring our own bottles to the meetings and the amount
of proliferation of these plastic bottles is very offensive to me and the the board and the this committee we stop using these plastic bottles that would be that much less plastic and more natural preservation. So I think what
the people to close the beach cleanup topic I think the the residents are not aware of the rule even though it's legally technically clear that it's because it's on private property. We have a lot of trespassers who use our bin and we're very grateful because they're doing the cleanup including
dogs. So, we're very grateful. But yeah, I think it's not something we can promote. Um, but I think maybe in a manager's minutes you have a little remark re the town just like remember that these private properties try to bring the do your best to bring the
bucket back to where you bought it. Sometimes in front of my place we have no buckets. Yes. So that's what's happening. Yeah. Yeah. It could be on the bucket. Please return the bucket to the to the original location. So maybe that's something for the manager's minutes to be discussed by Can I bring
up the topic? If you all would like to even draft an article for the manager's minute on on that you can do something like that. Um could draft a little something about the bucket trees. Maybe elaborate a
little bit more. Um are you volunteering? Yeah. That's I can do that for the management just to remind them I if is willing to come I think we ought to you know use them pick a day to have
a cleanup day in Highland Beach and use the kids. I understand the town. It's not their property, but we can each association we can let associations know that there's going to that's going to happen and people can can meet. I'm sure
if you let each association know, they're going to approve it. They want their beach clean and cleaned up. I know I would. I know I can get the ocean place estates to say yes. It's a matter of like you were saying before um insurance responsibility if anybody gets
liability. Yeah, it's the liability. Sorry. Yeah, no worries. Yeah. No. So, we're only going to the approved places. Okay. So, I'm going to bring something up since you brought up plastic bags. Okay. Um I just a suggestion since we're
a dog friendly beach. Um, I would love to have those little stations like they have in other towns for doggy pickup because I find that I'm picking up other doggies poop other than, excuse me, for
lack of a better phrase, um, instead of my own. I would think it would be just a good idea to suggest that to the town as we suggested the buckets which I thought was a great idea. But these little cleanup stations would be fabulous because I've seen them all over in
different beaches on the street. Idea, but legally speaking, I think we discussed this in the last meeting, each condo is private property. We have one of those stations. So we have it on the other side in our dog park. So we have one. So each condo has the right to put the station there, but it's not
something the town can do. Well, what about the steps from Bel where the garbage pale is and the buckets are? I'm just a suggestion. I I just I think where it's very busy, I think it's a good idea. You can reach out to them and and ask them just that they put the
stations don't cost much money. Connect it to the bucket to the bucket free station. It could just be something to add on. Just a little Well, we'd have it doesn't have to be a separate just a topic to bring up. I want to bring it back and discuss it. That's my only It was just a suggestion. But I think it's
it's a good idea in busy areas where there's lots of traffic, but it's the condo has to do it, you know. Yeah. But, um, Belo Steps, we have the bucketry, we have the garbage pail. I live next door. I'm a private residence. And there's another private residence to the south
of there, but Belo stairs are public and there's so many people in and out of there. Um, I just, you know, just putting it out there. I mean, do you have a contact for the Pito? Yes, I do. It's Ron Brown. Yes. Do we want to
do Do we do we want to do an an action item that you have that discussion and report to the next? I'd be happy to. That'd be good. the dog poop pocket. Excellent. Great. So I think um then we come to the last item um conscious of time board member
updates. I I personally have mentioned everything I want to say. So any other member has any other updates before we come to new business to report? I don't think so. No. Great. So then we
come to new business um which is the nomination of the chairperson and the vice chairperson. So my term as a chairperson has come to an end end of April I think. Um so um the
question now is who would be interested in being a chair? I think legally I could be a chair for another year and if there's if there's nobody wanting to do the job, I'm happy to. I have some health constraints that I don't don't
know yet what's going to happen. But um other than that, I would be happy to, but I I'm also equally or even more happy if somebody else is keen to take over. So um I I throw it into the room rather than making a nomination. I think I think our chairman has done a terrific
job. If there is if there is um anybody who is keen to become a chairperson here, I think uh I'd like to continue to see you as chair. I second that. I nominate you as
chair and I I second third it. You do a great job. Yeah. Okay. Thank you. If we can have you for another year, I'm more than happy. Yes. Okay. So, um I would uh I I I feel honored, but I really wanted to give everybody a chance because I don't have to do it. I I I like doing
it, but I don't have to. I also think we're a team. We're a great team. Everybody's very talented. So, um last chance to nominate anybody else. I I appreciate I was also thinking you would be great. It'd be hard to fill your
shoes right now, but I'm learning a lot from you. So, thank you. So, you're you're not accepting kind of. And Chris, uh, I I'd like to nominate you for chair and you for vice chair. And would that be okay? Could we both accept the
nominations? Okay. Okay. So, nominations are now open for chairperson. Are there any nominations? So, we obviously discussed it. Barbara Nestle for chairperson.
I nominate you. Um so um you have to ask me whether I want to accept. Would you like to accept Barbara? Um yes. Okay. Are are there any nominations for the
chairperson? You nominated. Oh for vice chair. For vice chairperson. Sorry. So you've accepted the nominations. Somebody's going to make a motion. Oh, I make a motion for Barb Nestle to
be named the chair for this upcoming year. A second. I post say nine. Okay, good. So then that's done. Nominations are now open for the vice chairperson. Are there any nominations? I nominate 10 and
uh Mr. So Ken, do you accept the nomination as vice chairperson? I accept. Thank you. Okay. So Ken has been nominated as vice chairperson. A vote. Is there a motion to nominate
Ken as vice chairperson to serve one-year term? I say I. You'll make a I'll make a motion. I'll make you have to say I make a motion. Is there a second? Second. We have to be proper. All in favor say I. I. I. All oppose say no.
Renee. Great. So I think we're through. Um so then the announcement is there's a planning board meeting at 9:30 on May 8 and there is on May 13 a special magistrate hearing at 1:00
p.m. Our meetings are not yet announced, right? But you're going to um announce them. And um the meeting is adjourned at 12:30. We did have a We do have a September date though. I thought the date yet. Okay.
It's it's going to be right after Labor Day is when is there a way to discuss