PLEASE STAND BY. >> MAYOR: ALL RIGHT, GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY. PLEASE BEGIN TO MOVE TO YOUR SEATS. IT'S NOW 6:02. I'LL GIVE IT A MOMENT. IF WE COULD ALL PLEASE TAKE OUR SEATS. THIS MEETING IS CALLED TO ORDER. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE, AND WELCOME TO THE CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH CITY COMMISSION MEETING. TODAY IS TUESDAY FEBRUARY 20th, 2024 AND THE TIME IS NOW 6:02 P.M. BEFORE I PROCEED ANY FURTHER, AS I SAY IN ALL OF MY MEETINGS, LET ME JUST REITERATE SOME OF THE KEY POINTS OF OUR RULES OF CIVILITY AND DECORUM. PUBLIC SPEAKERS -- EXCUSE ME, SPEAKERS ON THE DAIS MUST BE ADDRESSED BY THE CHAIR AND NOT BRUNT ANY OTHER SPEAKERS. PUBLIC COMMENT SPEAKERS MUST ADDRESS THE COMMISSION AS A WHOLE, AS A BODY AND NOT TO THE AUDIENCE OR ANY PARTICULAR MEMBER. THERE IS NO INSULTS. WE DON'T DO ATTACKS HERE. NONE OF THAT IS ACCEPTABLE. YOU CAN HAVE A DISAGREEMENT WITH NOT ALSO ATTACKING INDIVIDUALS. ALL OF THAT IS PROHIBITED. DEMONSTRATIONS, YELLING, SCREAMING, STAMPING OF FEET, YOU KNOW THE DRILL. WITH THAT, OUR INVOCATION FOR THIS EVENING WILL BE LED -- I'M GOING TO TURN FIRST TO OUR CITY CLERK FOR THE ROLL CALL. AND THE INVOCATION WILL BE LED BY AMALIE ASH AND FOLLOWED BY PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. [ROLL CALL] >> MAYOR, YOU HAVE A QUORUM. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU SO MUCH. IF WE COULD ALL STAND FOR THE INVOCATION FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. THANK YOU, REVEREND. >> THANK YOU. LORD, WE GATHERED HERE AS A PEOPLE OF BOYNTON BEACH SEEKING YOUR WISDOM FOR OUR COMMUNITY LEADERS, ACTIVISTS AND CITIZENS. GUIDE US TO WISELY SEE YOUR LOVE AND GOOD FOR ALL YOUR PEOPLE. WE SEEK, WE KNOCK, WE ASK THAT YOUR SPIRIT COVERS US WITH SAFETY. GIVE US COURAGE TO SPEAK IN LOVE AND PATIENCE AND TO KNOW YOUR WILL FOR US ALL. THIS PRAYER IS LIFTED UP IN YOUR SON'S NAME AND ALL WHO COULD SAY AMEN. >> AMEN. >> Group: I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU, EVERYONE. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER CRUZ, FOR LEADING US IN THE PLEDGE. WE WILL MOVE TO AGENDA APPROVAL, DELETIONS, ADDITIONS, CORRECTIONS. AS FOR MICE, I HAD A REQUEST FROM STAFF TO MOVE UP ITEM I BELIEVE IT IS 9A. THIS IS THE FINANCE PRESENCE. IS THAT CORRECT, CITY MANAGER? 9A. I'D LIKE TO RECOMMEND THAT WE MOVE IT UP TO RIGHT AFTER PUBLIC AUDIENCE IF THERE'S NO OBJECTIONS FROM MY COLLEAGUES. ALL RIGHT. THIS IS 9A AFTER PUBLIC AUDIENCE. I'D REQUEST THAT 12A REPEALING ORDINANCE 37-47 AND 136 BE MOVED UP ALSO RIGHT BEFORE PUBLIC AUDIENCE. ANY OBJECTIONS TO THAT? >> SO 3D FOR 9A AND 3E FOR 12A? IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? >> I'M SORRY. IF WE CAN MAKE ITEM 12A GO INTO SECTION 2, IT WILL BE 2B. >> SO 12A TO 2B. AND THEN 9A TO 3D? >> MAYOR: ONE SECOND. I'M HEARING DIFFERENT NUMBERS. DO WE HAVE DIFFERENT VERSIONS? >> I'M SORRY. 3B, THE PROCLAMATIONS REGARDING ROBERT E. WELLS DESEGREGATION CHANGES, IT SHOULD BE RIGHT AFTER THAT. SO IT SHOULD BE 3C AND THEN 3C SHOULD BECOME 3E. OR WE CAN MOVE -- >> MAYOR: I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT WE COMPLETE ALL OF THE ANNOUNCEMENTS AND THEN WE'LL JUST ADD THAT RIGHT AFTER ALL THE PREVIOUS ANNOUNCEMENTS. >> OKAY. >> MAYOR: IT'S A VERY SHORT GAP IN BETWEEN. I THINK IT WILL BE OKAY. I WANT TO REITERATE AND MAKE SURE WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE. WE'RE GOING TO COMPLETE ALL THE ANNOUNCEMENTS UNDER SECTION 3. WE'LL HAVE -- IF THAT'S OKAY WITH THE REST OF YOU, WE WILL DO IT AND TACK IT ON AS 3 -- WHAT LETTER WOULD THAT BE? >> 3D. >> MAYOR: I'M OKAY WITH THAT. 12A -- >> WILL BE 3D. >> HOW LONG IS THE PRESENTATION FOR 3C? BECAUSE I'D RATHER HEAR B AND THEN GO RIGHT INTO 12A AS OPPOSED TO THEN HAVING A UTILITY PRESENTATION IN BETWEEN THE TWO. >> MAYOR: I ACTUALLY DON'T KNOW THE LENGTH OF THAT. >> LET ME MAKE A SUGGESTION. WHY DON'T WE SWITCH B AND D AND THAT WILL MAKE -- B AND C, AND THAT WILL MAKE B AND -- THAT WILL MAKE -- >> MAYOR: YEAH, IT WILL MAKE IT SMOOTHER AND TRANSITION FROM ONE ITEM TO ANOTHER BETTER. I LIKE THAT. SO WE WILL DO THE 211 PROCLAMATION FOLLOWED BY THE UTILITIES PRESENTATION, ALL RIGHT. AND THEN FOLLOWED BY THE PROCLAMATION FOR ROBERT E. WELLS DAY. AND THEN ROBERT AFTER THAT, WE CAN SEGUE INTO 12A. I THINK THAT WORKS OUT. ALL RIGHT. SO LET ME DO THAT HERE. 12A GOES HERE. AND THEN WHAT ABOUT THE FINANCE PRESENTATION? DO WE HAVE CONSENSUS FOR RIGHT AFTER PUBLIC AUDIENCE? >> YEAH. >> MAYOR: OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO FOR ME, THAT'S IT. I THINK THAT'S A SMOOTHER FLOW OF EVENTS. COMMISSIONER KELLEY, ANYTHING FROM YOU? >> NO, THANK YOU, MAYOR. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER. COMMISSIONER HAY. >> I'M GOOD. >> MAYOR: VICE MAYOR. AND COMMISSIONER CRUZ. >> I'M OKAY. >> MAYOR: WITH THAT, MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA AS AMENDED? >> SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >> MAYOR: MOTION BY COMMISSIONER CRUZ, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER KELLEY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF AMENDING THE AGENDA, SAY AYE. [AYES] ALL THOSE OPPOSED. THE AYES HAVE IT. MOTION PASSES. THE AGENDA IS NOW AMENDED. LET'S BEGIN NOW WITH SECTION 2, THIS IS INFORMATIONAL ITEMS FROM MEMBERS OF THE CITY COMMISSION. BEGINNING ON MY RIGHT, COMMISSIONER CRUZ. >> I DO NOT HAVE ANY INFORMATIONAL ITEMS. >> ALL RIGHT, VICE MAYOR. >> I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING FURTHER. >> MAYOR: COMMISSIONER HAY, INFORMATIONAL ITEMS. >> I'D LIKE TO SAVE MY COMMENTS FOR 12A. >> MAYOR: AND COMMISSIONER KELLEY. >> NO, MAYOR, I DON'T HAVE ANY DISCLOSURES. >> MAYOR: ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. WE'RE MOVING ON TO SECTION 3. ANNOUNCEMENTS, COMMUNITY AND SPECIAL EVENTS AND PRESENTATION. THE VERY FIRST ONE IS A PROCLAMATION FOR 211 AWARENESS MONTH. I HAVE BEEN INFORMED THAT SHARON LARUE PRESIDENT AND CEO OF 211 IS PRESENT. GOOD EVENING. LET'S OPEN UP THE PRESENTATION. I WILL READ IT FOR THE RECORD. ALL RIGHT. THE PROCLAMATION READ AS FOLLOWS. WHEREAS 211 HELPLINE AND CRISIS LINE CONTINUES TO BE THAT BEACON OF HOPE PROVIDING LIFE-SAVING CRISIS SUPPORT AND GUIDANCE WHEN PEOPLE ARE OVERWHELMED AND DON'T KNOW WHERE TO TURN, AND WHEREAS PEOPLE OF ALL AGES AND WALKS OF LIFE ARE REACHING OUT FOR THEIR GROWING STRUGGLES WITH MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH, ADDICTION, HOUSING, HEALTH AND OTHER CONCERNS, 211 STAFF LISTEN TO EACH AND EVERY PERSON TO PROVIDE AVAILABLE RESOURCE OPTIONS AND TO HELP THEM STRATEGIZE AND PROBLEM SOLVE. AND WHEREAS 211 ALSO HAS SPECIALIZED ADVOCACY AND SUPPORT PROGRAMS FOR THE COMMUNITY THAT INCLUDE CAREGIVER SUPPORT, HELP ME GROW AND 211'S LIFE-SAVING SUNSHINE DAILY PHONE CALLS, WHICH CONTINUE TO BRIGHTEN THE LIVES OF ISOLATED SENIORS AND CAREGIVERS, AND WHEREAS 211 ALSO RESPONDS TO THE 988 LIFELINE NUMBER AND SUPPORT LINES THAT INCLUDE FIRST RESPONDERS AND MYFL VET FOR VETERANS WITH PEER-TO-PEER SUPPORT PROVIDING ASSISTANCE TO THESE SPECIALIZED GROUPS AND THEIR FAMILIES, THEREFORE, I TY PENSERGA MAYOR OF THE CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH HEREBY PROCLAIM FEBRUARY 2024, 211 AWARENESS MONTH. IN THE CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH, AND URGE ALL CITIZENS TO BE AWARE THAT IF THEY ARE OVERWHELMED AND IN CRISIS OR JUST NEED TO TALK, 211 IS AVAILABLE ANY TIME OF DAY OR NIGHT. 211 STAFF CAN ALSO PROVIDE REFERRALS FOR MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING, SUBSTANCE ABUSE, HEALTHCARE, EMPLOYMENT, FOOD ASSISTANCE, DAY CARE, SMALL GROUPS, VOLUNTEERING, VITA, FREE INCOME TAX TAX PREPARATION AND SO MUCH MORE. I'M GOING TO ASK SHARON LARUE IF YOU COULD COME AND JOIN ME AS I PRESENT THE PROCLAMATION. LET'S GIVE US A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. [APPLAUSE] >> GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS AND CITY STAFF FOR THIS IMPORTANT RECOGNITION. AS YOU NOTED, 211 IS A 24/7 24/7 HELPLINE AND HOTLINE FOR THIS AREA. IT IS IMPORTANT FOR THE CITIZENS OF BOYNTON BEACH TO KNOW THIS FREE AND CONFIDENTIAL SERVICE IS HERE. IN ADDITION TO CALLING WITH HELP ISSUES, WE GET CALLS EVERY SINGLE DAY FROM PEOPLE WORRIED ABOUT NOT BEING ABLE TO PAY THEIR LIGHT BILL, INCREASES IN THEIR RENT COSTS, WORRIED ABOUT CHILDREN'S BEHAVIOR OR DEVELOPMENTAL MILESTONES ALL THE WAY UP TO AND INCLUDING PEOPLE WHO ARE THINKING ABOUT TAKING THEIR OWN LIVES. LAST YEAR OUR TEAM RESPONDED TO OVER 120,000 REQUESTS FOR HELP. OF THOSE, MORE THAN 4,000 IDENTIFIED THEMSELVES AS RESIDENTS OF BOYNTON BEACH. SO THE CARE AND THE SUPPORT THAT OUR TEAM IS PROVIDING IS INTENSE, RIGHT. AND AS MENTIONED, WE ALSO ANSWER THE NATIONAL SUICIDE LIFELINE WHICH IN 2022 CHANGED ITS NUMBER TO 988. AGAIN, WE WANT EVERYBODY TO KNOW IF YOU ARE STRUGGLING AND YOU ARE LOOKING FOR HELP, YOU'RE NOT SURE WHERE TO GO, CALL THE CARING TEAM AT 211 AND WE ARE HERE FOR YOU ALL HOURS OF THE DAY AND NIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] OUR NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA -- AND AGAIN WE AMENDED THE AGENDA TO MOVE THIS ITEM UP. IT IS THE PRESENTATION OF POTENTIAL METHODOLOGY FOR UTILITY INFRASTRUCTURE ASSESSMENT REVIEW RISK MATRIX DEVELOPMENT AND PRIORITIZATION FOR REPAIRS AND REPLACEMENT PROJECTS. DR. KALKAT, THAT WAS A VERY LONG TIME. >> SORRY ABOUT THAT. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS. THANK YOU FOR HAVING US ON THE PODIUM TO TAKE ABOUT UNDERGROUND INFRASTRUCTURE. I'M REALLY THANKFUL FOR HAVING AN ELECTED BODY THAT IS VERY INTERESTED IN WHAT WE ARE DOING WITH INFRASTRUCTURE AND ASKING US RELEVANT QUESTIONS. THANK YOU AGAIN. THE FIRST FEW SLIDES ARE JUST RECAPPING SOME OF THE INFORMATION THAT YOU HAVE ALREADY SEEN AT OTHER TIMES IT IS ORANGE LINE IS SHOWING THE UTILITY SERVICE AREA AND THE GREEN LINE, DOUBLE LINES ARE THE CITY AREAS. WE OBVIOUSLY COVER MORE THAN THE UTILITY SERVICE AREAS, COVERING MORE CUSTOMERS THAN JUST THE CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH. WE HAVE AROUND 120 CUSTOMERS THAT WE SERVE AND OVER 37,000 ACCOUNTS IN THE CITY IN UNINCORPORATED PALM BEACH COUNTY, OCEAN RIDGE AND TOWN OF HYPOLUXO. I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT FOUR SYSTEMS REALLY, THE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM WHERE THE WATER IS TAKEN FROM THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT TO PEOPLE'S HOMES, COLLECTION SYSTEMS THAT COMPRISES OF OUR FORCE MAINS AND GRAVITY MAIN MAS WELL AS LIFT STATIONS AND STORMWATER. THIS IS SHOWING THAT WE HAVE OVER 400 MILES OF DISTRIBUTION PIPE WHERE WE ARE SHOWING JUST 10-INCH AND ABOVE, LARGER DIAMETER PIPE. AND WE HAVE ACTIVE CONSTRUCTION PROGRAMS GOING ALL THE TIME FOR LINING AND REPLACEMENT. WE HAVE AROUND OVER 4,000 HYDRANTS AND WE HAVE TO DO MAINTENANCE ON THEM AND CHECK THEM PRETTY FREQUENTLY. AND THEN WE HAVE A VALVE EXERCISING PROGRAM FOR ALL IN THE SYSTEM. WE HAVE RECLAIMED WATER WITH 17 MILES OF PIPE AND THERE ARE AIR RELIEVE VALVES IN THAT, TOO. THESE ARE PICTURES SHOWING THE UNDERGROUND INFRASTRUCTURE AND WHAT OUR STAFF DOES CHECKING ON THESE AND MAINTAINING. THE SEWER COLLECTION SYSTEM AND THE GIS MAP IS SHOWING AGAIN 10-INCH OR LARGER DIAMETER PIPES BECAUSE WE ARE TRYING TO FOCUS ON WHAT SHOULD BE OUR FIRST ASSESSMENT AND HOW WE CAN GO A LITTLE MORE LOGICALLY. WE HAVE OVER 370 MILES OF PIPE. 80% OF THE PRESSURIZED MAINS AND 10% OF KNOWN MAINS ARE IN GOOD CONDITION. OBVIOUSLY WE NEED TO FOCUS ON SOME OF THE GRAVITY MAINS, ALTHOUGH THEY MAY NOT BE IN GOOD CONDITION, USUALLY THEY ARE NOT AS DETRIMENTAL BECAUSE YOU ARE ABLE TO CONTAIN THAT WHATEVER IF THERE IS A BREAK. SO THAT'S WHY IT MAY HAVE BEEN IN THE PAST AND MAY HAVE BEEN A LITTLE BIT MORE FOCUSED ON THE FORCE MAINS. BUT WE ARE CHANGING ALL OF THAT METHODOLOGY. AND AGAIN, THE ACTIVE CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM ALL THE TIME, ONGOING PROGRAMS FOR LINING AND REPLACEMENT FOR THESE. PUMPING STATIONS, WE HAVE AROUND 191 LIFT STATIONS. THERE ARE ACTUALLY SEVEN MASTER STATIONS. I HAVE A TYPO THERE. AND WE MARK THEM ALL. I'M NOT GOING TO POINT THEM OUT BUT AS THESE LIFT STATIONS NEED IMPROVEMENTS, MOST OF THE LIFT STATIONS HAVE A 30-YEAR REPLACEMENT CYCLE. SO IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT WITH 191 LIFT STATIONS, YOU ARE ALL THE TIME DOING SOME LIFT STATION OR ANOTHER PROJECT ON LIFT STATIONS. AND 20% REPAIR AND WE HAVE PROJECTS IN THE LAST TWO YEARS THAT HAVE BEEN DONE ON SOME OF THESE. WE HAVE GOTTEN THE MAJORITY OF THE WORK DONE WITHIN THE FIVE TO 10 YEARS AND WE HAVE ACTUALLY ONE MAJOR LIFT STATION THAT IS UNDER DESIGN RIGHT NOW. BUT WE ARE ALWAYS LOOKING INTO WHAT ELSE WE NEED TO DO. AND WE ARE GOING TO BE DOING SOME CONDITION ASSESSMENT ON THOSE, TOO, AND LOOK AT THE RISK PROFILE OF THESE LIFT STATIONS, ALSO. THAT'S THE COLLECTION SYSTEM. THAT'S THE MIDDLE PICTURE JUST SHOWING YOU THAT SOMETIMES HOW THE PIPE CAN LOOK. AND ONCE IT'S CLEANED OUT, WE DO CONDITION ASSESSMENT. WE DO CCTV CHECKS ON THOSE. AND THEN YOU CAN SEE HOW IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE IF YOU DO A GOOD MAINTENANCE PROGRAM. PUMPING STATIONS, AGAIN JUST SHOWING YOU SYSTEMS AND THE PUMPS, JUST WHAT KIND OF MONITORING IS DONE ON PRETTY MUCH 24/7 ON THESE LIFT STATIONS. STORMWATER, WE'VE GOT DRAINAGE PIPES OVER 86 MILES. AND THERE ARE 13 MAJOR OUTFALLS THAT ARE GREATER THAN 36 INCHES. THEY MAY BE IN CANALS. THEY MAY BE IN OTHER PLACES, LIKE INTRACOASTAL. THERE ARE 13 PONDS, POLLUTION CONTROL BOXES WHICH ARE BASICALLY THERE'S A CENTER PICTURE SHOWS YOU THAT. IT TAKES THE DEBRIS SO YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND COLLECT THAT SO IT DOESN'T GO INTO THE INTRACOASTAL OR ANY OTHER WATER BODY. AND THERE ARE WET AND DRY RETENTION AREAS, TOO. WHAT ARE THE CHALLENGES WITH THIS KIND OF INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE HAVE? IT'S AGING INFRASTRUCTURE, AS WE ALL ARE AWARE. SOME OF THESE UNDERGROUND PIPES ARE 50-PLUS YEARS OLD. IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THEY ARE IN A BAD STATE OR ANYTHING. IT MEANS THAT WE NEED TO BE LOOKING AT THEM AND HAVE A REPLACEMENT STRATEGY AND SEE WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE. THE COASTAL ENVIRONMENT AND THE SOIL CONDITIONS DOESN'T HELP. SOMETIMES IF YOU HAVE SHALLOW PIPES AND THERE IS WATER, AS SALTWATER TIDE GOING IN AND OUT, THAT CAN COMPOSE SOME OF THOSE PIPES MORE THAN OTHER PIPES. THERE'S A GROWING POPULATION AND THAT INCREASES DEMANDS ON THE SYSTEM, SO WE HAVE TO BE WATCHING THAT SYSTEM, LOOKING AT HOW BIG THE PIPES NEED TO BE, WHAT LIFT STATIONS NEED TO BE PLACED. WE LOOK AT HYDRAULIC MODELING OF ALL OF THOSE THINGS. HISTORICALLY THESE MAY NOT HAVE BEEN FUNDED AND MAINTAINED ADEQUATELY. INITIALLY WHEN YOU START OUT WITH THE SYSTEM, EVERYTHING IS GREAT. AS YOU GO THROUGH THE YEARS, SLOWLY THINGS START DETERIORATING AND THEN THEY GET TO A POINT IF YOU DON'T DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT THAT THEY START FAILING. SO YOU WANT TO CATCH EVERYTHING BEFORE THEY FAIL. HISTORICALLY, THERE'S ALSO BEEN PROBABLY A LACK OF COMPREHENSIVE CONDITION ASSESSMENT AND PLANNING FOR REPAIR, REHAB AND REPLACEMENT. SO WE ARE CHANGING ALL OF THAT AS TO HOW WE GO ABOUT IT. SO I WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE METHODOLOGY OF WHAT WE ARE GOING TO BE DOING. SO THE DATA REVIEW AND ANALYSIS IS GOING TO BE A BIG PART OF THIS FIRST INITIAL RISK ASSESSMENT. I WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT. THIS IS NOT AN END ALL. WE ARE GOING TO START HERE. WE ARE GOING TO LOOK AT MOST OF THE DATA THAT IS IN THE SYSTEM. WE ARE GOING TO DO SOME DESKTOP ANALYSIS, COME UP WITH SOME CRITERIA OF HOW TO SCORE PIPES. AND THEN FROM THERE ON, GO TO INCREASE OKAY THESE ARE THE AREAS THAT WE NEED TO GO IN AND CHECK THE CONDITION ASSESSMENT AND DO BETTER. AND THEN THAT WILL GIVE US BETTER IDEA ABOUT WHAT TO DO NEXT AND NEXT AND SO ON AND SO FORTH. SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE USING OUR GIS SYSTEM FOR IS LOOKING AT PIPE SIZES, LOOKING AT AGE OF THE PIPE, MATERIAL OF THE PIPE. IS THERE ANY PREVIOUS HISTORY OF BREAKS AND REPAIRS? AND ANY INSPECTION AND CONDITION ASSESSMENT THAT MAY HAVE BEEN DONE THERE? AND THERE WILL BE STAFF INTERVIEWS AND WORKSHOPS BECAUSE A LOT OF THIS INFORMATION MAY BE IN PEOPLE'S HEADS THAT MAY NOT HAVE BEEN CAPTURED. SO WE ARE GOING TO CAPTURE THAT. WE ARE GOING TO LOOK AT SOME OF THE GEOGRAPHICAL FACTORS. ANY TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS IMPACTING CRITICAL FACILITIES. IS THERE A HOSPITAL? IS THERE A SCHOOL? IS THERE A NURSING HOME FACILITY OR ANY OF THOSE KIND OF THINGS THAT CAN BE CRITICAL IF YOU LOSE ANY TRANSMISSION TO THOSE FACILITIES? THEN LOOKING AT HYDRAULIC MODEL AND OTHER ANALYSIS. SO WHAT WE ARE GOING TO REALLY DO IS WE'RE GOING TO DEVELOP WHAT'S CALLED A RISK MATRIX. SO SOMETHING YOU MAY HAVE HEARD IN THE RISK ANALYSIS, IF YOU HAVE DONE ANY RISK ANALYSIS AT ANY TIME, THERE IS WHAT'S CALLED A PROBABILITY OR LIKELIHOOD OF FAILURE. THAT IS LOOKING AT WHAT IS THE CONDITION OF YOUR INFRASTRUCTURE. WHAT IS THE CAN BE OF THAT ASSET? AND THERE'S A SCORE DEPENDING ON WHATEVER TERMINOLOGY YOU USE. JUST AS AN EXAMPLE, OLDER PIPES MAY HAVE A HIGHER SCORE IN THERE. YOU MAY LOOK AT THAT THIS IS THE PROBABILITY SCORE OF MOST LIKELY SOMETHING IS GOING TO FAIL -- YOU MIGHT GIVE IT A SCORE OF 5. LEAST LIKELY TO FAIL YOU'D GIVE IT A SCORE OF 1. SO THEY COULD BE SCORING LIKE THAT. AND THEN YOU ALSO HAVE WHAT'S CALLED CONSEQUENCE OF FAILURE WHICH IS THE CRITICALITY FACTOR. THAT SCORE IS CALLED COF SCORE. LARGER DIAMETER PIPES MAY HAVE A HIGHER SCORE AS GREATER CONSEQUENCE OF FAILURE. OR DEPENDING ON WHERE THAT PIPE IS, IT MAY BE IMPACTING A WATER BODY AND THEN MAY HAVE AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT. SO THAT MAY HAVE A HIGHER SCORE. AGAIN, WE WOULD LOOK AT THAT. IS THE CONSEQUENCE OF FAILURE MINIMAL? OR IS THE CONSEQUENCE OF FAILURE A LOT? AND ACCORDINGLY SCORES WILL BE GIVEN. IN ALL THIS, WE ALSO LOOK AT REDUNDANCY. IS THERE SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN BYPASS THAT PIPE? SO IF SOMETHING FAILS, YOU WILL STILL BE OKAY. YOU HAVE A REDUNDANT PIPE OR LOOPED SYSTEM OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. THAT WILL BE SOMETHING WE WILL BE LOOKING AT, TOO. WE WILL BE DEVELOPING A PRIORITIZATION METHODOLOGY BY COMBINING THESE STORES BEFORE THE REPAIR, REHAB OR REPLACEMENT. SO OUR NEXT STEPS ARE GOING TO BE REAR WORKING ON GETTING A CONSULTANT ON-BOARD AND ISSUING AND RFQ IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS, NEGOTIATE A CONTRACT AND GET THE PRICING FOR THE RISK ANALYSIS. THE FINAL RISK ANALYSIS REPORT WITH THE PRIORITIZATION MATRIX AND RECOMMENDATIONS WILL BE PROVIDED TO US AS A DELIVERABLE. AND WE WILL BRING THOSE FINDINGS TO THE COMMISSION TO SHARE WITH YOU. AND THEN IMPLEMENT THE RECOMMENDATIONS TO HELP US PLAN FOR FUTURE CIP PROJECTS. THE WAY I SEE IT, WE DO THIS FIRST STEP AND THEN AFTER THAT WE WILL FIND THAT THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS THAT WE DIDN'T REALIZE SHOULD HAVE BEEN CRITICAL OR NOT CRITICAL. WE GO BACK AND CHECK AND WE KEEP REFINING THIS. AND WE ALSO ARE WORKING ON A COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS THAT WILL TIE INTO THIS. WE ARE WORKING WITH THE GIS CONSULTANT TO ACTUALLY UPDATE ALL OF OUR DATA. THERE IS SOME DATA THAT'S NOT COMPLETE. DATA SETS ARE NOT COMPLETE. SO WE ARE GOING IN AND CHECKING AND FIXING THOSE BECAUSE THE BETTER DATA WE HAVE, THE BETTER PREDICTIONS WE CAN MAKE. AND WE ARE ALSO WORKING ON AN ASSET MANAGEMENT SYSTEM THAT WE ARE BRINGING IN THAT WILL ALSO HELP US WITH INFRASTRUCTURE AND LOOKING AT ASSETS AND COMING UP WITH WHAT KIND OF RETIREMENT LIFE WE NEED TO BE PREDICTING. HOW SHOULD WE GO ABOUT IT? HOW LONG SOME OF THE MAINTENANCE ACTIVITIES AND OTHER THINGS HAVE TO BE DONE. SO WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING ON THAT. AND WE ARE AT A POINT WHERE A CONSULTANT IS GIVING US A ROADMAP FOR THE ASSET MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND ALREADY WORKING WITH THE GIS TEAM. THAT'S ALL I HAD. I AM HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS I CAN. AND BRING ANY OTHER INFORMATION YOU NEED IN THE NEAR FUTURE. >> MAYOR: DR. KALKAT, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR THAT PRESENTATION AND TO YOU AND TO YOUR TEAM WHO MADE THIS POSSIBLE. LET ME SAY IT MAY BE THE SCIENCE NERD IN ME. BUT A LOT OF THAT WAS MUSIC TO MY EARS. EVEN THOUGH THIS IS STEP ONE, IT BROUGHT A GREAT DEAL OF CONFIDENCE TO KNOW THAT YOU HAVE A SPECIFIC PLAN, AND THAT WE WON'T JUST BE FIGHTING FIRES AS THEY COME, BUT WE HAVE A SYSTEM TO ANTICIPATE WHERE WE NEED TO PRIORITIZE OUR RESOURCES. WHICH AREAS WE NEED TO INVEST IN FIRST, NOT BASED ON ANYTHING ELSE, BUT ACTUAL METRICS OF THE DATA. SO, YOU KNOW, THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT. MY ONLY QUESTION NOW IS, I KNOW YOU HAVE STEPS TO GO THROUGH GETTING A CONSULTANT AND ALL OF THAT, WHAT IS THE TIMELINE THAT YOU EXPECT? >> I WOULD SAY WE WANT TO TRY AND FINISH THIS EXERCISE WITHIN SIX MONTHS, BUT THAT MAY BE PUSHING IT A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE WE STILL HAVE TO PUT AN RFQ OUT. IT TAKES -- IT NEEDS TO BE AT LEAST OUT FOR 30 DAYS. SOMETIMES THERE ARE QUESTIONS ON THAT. YOU GET BACK AND YOU NEGOTIATE A CONTRACT. SOMETIMES THAT ITSELF WILL TAKE TWO MONTHS. SO I WOULD SAY ONCE WE HAVE A CONTRACT IN PLACE, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO DO THIS WITHIN SIX MONTHS. BUT I WILL BRING THAT INFORMATION AND FROM CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE AND LET YOU KNOW. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU. I'LL TURN TO MY COLLEAGUES IF THEY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR YOU. COMMISSIONER KELLEY. >> THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. YOU KNOW, THIS IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT I THINK IS VERY NEEDED AND SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT FOR UPWARD OF THE LAST YEAR. SO THANK YOU FOR GETTING THIS BALL ROLLING. YOU KNOW, I HAVE BEEN TALKING EVEN LAST MEETING ABOUT UPDATING OUR CIP AND PRIORITIZING WHAT'S GOING ON. AND THIS IS EXACTLY THOSE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO KNOW ABOUT IN ORDER TO PRIORITIZE, YOU KNOW, OUR PROJECTS, WHETHER THAT BE UTILITY INFRASTRUCTURE OR ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE OR PARKS OR WHATEVER. BUT WE NEED, YOU KNOW, THIS EXACT INFORMATION TO KNOW AND TO PLAN. YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO BE MORE PROACTIVE INSTEAD OF REACTIVE. SO I THINK THIS IS A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, SO THANK YOU. I DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. YOU ASKED MINE, MAYOR, ON THE TIMELINE. SO THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER. COMMISSIONER HAY. >> YEAH, I TOO AM VERY PLEASED TO HEAR THAT WE DO HAVE A PLAN BECAUSE, AS YOU KNOW, THE CITY OF RIVIERA BEACH IS HAVING SOME WATER CHALLENGES. AND I WOULD LIKE TO FEEL THAT WHAT WE ARE DOING WE WON'T END UP WITH THOSE TYPES OF CHALLENGES ONCE WE GO WITH THIS PLAN. CAN YOU COMMENT ON THAT SITUATION VERSUS US WHERE WE ARE NOW? OR WILL BE? >> SO WHAT RIVIERA BEACH IS GOING THROUGH -- AND I DON'T KNOW ALL THE INS AND OUTS OF THAT SITUATION. BUT THEY HAD SOME REPORTING ISSUES WITH SOME OF THEIR WELLS THAT THEY DID NOT REPORT IN TIME. THAT'S A REQUIREMENT. SO IF THAT'S THE CASE, THEN THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH WILL REQUIRE THEM TO PUBLISH -- ANY TIME YOU HAVE ANY KIND OF BACTERIOLOGICAL HIT IN YOUR SYSTEM, THERE ARE RULES THAT NEED TO BE FOLLOWED. SO IT SEEMS LIKE MAYBE ONE OF THE RAW WATER WELLS THAT MIGHT HAVE SEEN A HIT WASN'T TAKEN OUT OF SERVICE AND WASN'T REPORTED OUT AS NEEDED. SO I KNOW IT'S OPEN INVESTIGATION. THEY ARE CHECKING. I DON'T KNOW TOO MANY DETAILS. THE QUESTION TO WHAT ARE WE DOING AND HOW DO WE MANAGE OUR SYSTEM, ANY TIME THERE IS ANY HIT ON OUR WELLS, WE TAKE IT OUT OF SERVICE RIGHT AWAY. AND WE START MAKING SURE, GOING BACK AND CHECKING WHY THAT HIT WAS. SOMETIMES IT IS BECAUSE OF -- MAYBE IT WAS A REALLY RAINY DAY AND THE SAMPLES -- JUST YOU'RE NOT ABLE TO KEEP EVERYTHING. EVEN WITH BIG UMBRELLAS AND STUFF YOU CAN'T. THAT'S WHY WE WANT TO GO BACK AND CHECK AND MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT RELEASING ANYTHING TO USE THAT WATER IF IT HAD ANY KIND OF CONTAMINATION. AND I'M GOING TO BRING THIS HOPEFULLY IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS. WE HAVE BEEN DOING A VERY COMPREHENSIVE MAINTENANCE PROGRAM FOR OUR RAW WATER WELLS. AND OUR DIVISION DIRECTOR BRIAN HELLER HAS BEEN WORKING REALLY CLOSELY WITH HIS TEAM. I'M VERY PROUD TO SAY THEY HAVE REALLY TURNED THINGS AROUND ALMOST 180 DEGREES IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS TO GET WHAT WE NEED TO DO. SO WE ARE GETTING THERE WITH MAKING SURE THAT ALL THE WELLS ARE MAINTAINED PROPERLY, THEY ARE CHECKED OUT. AND ANY REGULATIONS AS FAR AS ANYTHING THAT IF YOU'RE NOT MEETING ANY STANDARDS AND WE HAVE TO REPORT OUT, WE REPORT OUT EVERYTHING. WE DO NOT NOT REPORT OUT. WE ACTUALLY CREATED A POSITION FOR ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE OPERATIONS MANAGER SO THAT PERSON LOOKS AT ALL -- THEY AUDIT ALMOST ALL OUR DEPARTMENTS AND DIVISIONS TO LOOK AT WHETHER THERE'S ANY COMPLIANCE ISSUES THAT WE NEED TO BE MORE CAREFUL ABOUT OR CHECK OR LOOK AT. SO ANYTHING THAT WE SUBMIT TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, OUR LAB STAFF IS VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE, VERY EXPERIENCED. SO ANY TIME THEY SEE SOMETHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY, THEY WILL CALL RIGHT AWAY. AND I MAKE IT A POINT TO MAKE SURE THAT I LET THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE KNOW RIGHT AWAY IF WE HAVE TO. AND IF YOU RECALL, THERE MAY HAVE BEEN SOME TIMES -- THEY MAY HAVE CALLED AND TOLD YOU THERE IS SOMETHING WE NEED TO CHECK. AND WE MAY HAVE TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT AND A BOIL WATER NOTICE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. IF EVERYTHING CHECKS OUT, WE DON'T NEED TO. WE WILL KEEP YOU INFORMED AS NEEDED. AND ALSO ALL OUR CUSTOMERS INFORMED AS NEEDED. >> THANK YOU. AND KEEP MOVING AHEAD. >> THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: I JUST WANT TO QUICKLY PIGGYBACK ON WHAT HE SAID RELATED TO THAT WOULD BE THE WATER QUALITY REPORT. I'M NOT SURE IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S STILL BEING MAILED OUT TO THE RESIDENTS. BUT WHENEVER THAT IS READY, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE IT AND LET'S GET IT OUT TO THE PUBLIC. >> YEAH, IT'S POSTED ON OUR WEBSITE. >> MAYOR: OKAY. >> WE WILL DEFINITELY -- WHAT WE WILL DO IS SEND YOU THE COPIES FROM LAST YEAR. IT USUALLY COMES OUT IN JUNE. IT'S FOR THE WHOLE YEAR FROM DECEMBER TO THE NEXT JANUARY TO NEXT DECEMBER. SO 2024 WILL BE JANUARY 2024 TO DECEMBER 2024. SO THE REPORT WE HAVE WILL HAVE THE -- WE WILL BE PUTTING IN THE 2023 REPORT NOW SO YOU'LL HAVE THE 2022 REPORT. BUT ANY DATA THAT YOU WANT TO LOOK AT AT ANY TIME, PLEASE LET ME KNOW AND WE CAN EXPLAIN IT. WE CAN SIT DOWN. WE CAN SHOW YOU WHAT WE DO. ANYTHING THAT WOULD GIVE YOU CONFIDENCE IN OUR TEAM AND THE EFFORTS WE MAKE EVERY DAY, NO PROBLEMS SHARING THAT. >> MAYOR: WELL, I THANK YOU FOR THAT, PUENA. VICE MAYOR. >> I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK PUNHAM. YOUR ATTENTION TO DETAIL IS AMAZING. THANK YOU TO YOU AND YOUR TEAM. >> THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: COMMISSIONER CRUZ. >> THANK YOU. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I REQUESTED BACK IN NOVEMBER. AND I WANT TO THANK YOU AND YOUR TEAM AND THE CITY MANAGER AS WELL FOR BEING ON TOP OF IT AND MAKING SURE THAT THESE REQUESTS COME BACK TO THE COMMISSION TO BE DISCUSSED. VERY HAPPEN TO SEE THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT FUTURE CIP PROJECTS AND BEING PROACTIVE IN THE CITY AND LOOKING, AS YOU MENTIONED, AT CONSEQUENCE AND FAILURE, POTENTIAL RISK MANAGEMENT FOR ANYTHING THAT'S LARGER THAT COULD POTENTIALLY AFFECT A LARGE NUMBER OF RESIDENTS. SO THANK YOU AGAIN TO YOU AND YOUR TEAM. VERY GRATEFUL FOR THIS INFORMATION. AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING MORE. >> MAYOR: ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. WITH THAT, THAT CONCLUDES THAT ITEM. WE'RE GOING TO PROCEED TO THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA WHICH IS A PROCLAMATION FOR ROBERT E. WELLS DAY. IS MS. WRIGHT IN THE AUDIENCE THIS EVENING? ALL RIGHT. LET ME READ THE PROCLAMATION INTO THE RECORD AND AFTERWARDS I'D LOVE FOR YOU TO SAY A FEW WORDS ABOUT THE HISTORY. THE PROCLAMATION READS AS FOLLOWS. WHEREAS, MR. ROBERT E. WELLS A MERCHANT SAILOR FROM CAT ISLAND IN THE BAHAMAS SETTLED IN BOYNTON BEACH IN 1890 WHERE HE AND HIS WIFE ELIZABETH RAISED ONE SON HARRY. WHEREAS IN 1892 ROBERT AND ELIZABETH WELLS HELPED FOUND STT EPISCOPAL CHURCH. ST. PAUL'S A.M.E. IS THE OLDEST CHURCH IN THE CITY. WHEREAS IN 1896 MR. WELLS AND OTHER MEMBERS OF ST. PAUL'S A.M.E. PETITIONED TO PROVIDE A SCHOOL FOR BOYNTON'S BLACK/AFRICAN-AMERICAN CHILDREN ORIGINALLY CALLED BOYNTON CLORD SCHOOL AND LATER BECAME KNOWN AS POINCIANA. MR. WELLS WAS A SIGNATORY OF THE DOCUMENT INCORPORATING BOYNTON AS A TOWN, HOWEVER, THE LAND OWNED BY HIM AND THE REST OF THE HISTORIC HEART OF BOYNTON WAS NOT RECOGNIZED IN THE INCORPORATION AND WAS CALLED BOYNTON COLORED TOWN. WHEREAS IN 1925, MR. WELLS PLATTED THE ROBERT WELLS SUBDIVISION. HE BUILT THE MAIN THOROUGHFARE IN THE HISTORIC HEART OF BOYNTON CALLED WELLS AVENUE NOW KNOWN AS MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. BOULEVARD. AND BUILT A HOME AT NUMBER 416. IN ADDITION TO SELLING LAND AND BUILDING HOUSES, MR. WELLS DONATED LOTS TO THOSE IN NEED, INCLUDING ST. PAUL'S A.M.E. FOR THE BUILDING OF A CHURCH. IN TIME WELLS AVENUE BECAME A THRIVING DOWNTOWN AREA FOR THE BLACK AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY. NOW, THEREFORE, I, TY PENSERGA MAYOR OF THE CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH, FLORIDA DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE 21st OF FEBRUARY, 2024 AS ROBERT E. WELLS DAY. MS. WRIGHT. >> THANK YOU, MAYOR. I JUST WANT THE COMMISSION TO KNOW THAT MY HUSBAND BERNARD WRIGHT, BISHOP WRIGHT FOUGHT HARD THAT THIS PIECE OF HISTORY WAS NOT FORGOTTEN. AND I THANK YOU FOR ACKNOWLEDGING THIS EVERY YEAR, VERY IMPORTANT FOR THE CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH TO KNOW ITS HISTORY. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> MAYOR: THANK YOU, MS. WRIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO TURN NOW TO THE NEXT ITEM. REMEMBER, WE AMENDED THE AGENDA SO WE MOVED UP ITEM 12A. 12A IS PROPOSED ORDINANCE NUMBER 23-006. IT IS FIRST READING. I'M GOING TO TURN TO OUR CITY CLERK TO READ THE TITLE INTO THE RECORD. >> AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH, FLORIDA REPEALING ORDINANCES 037, 047 AND 0136 AND ANY AMENDMENTS THEREAFTER WHICH ESTABLISH AND REVISE SEGREGATION IN THE CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH, PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS, SEVERABILITY AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU, CITY CLERK. I'M GOING TO TURN NOW TO OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER KATHRYN MATOS. IS KATHRYN HERE? KATHRYN, WOULD YOU LIKE TO INTRODUCE THE ITEM? >> GOOD EVENING. TONIGHT IS A REALLY SIGNIFICANT OCCASION IN OUR CITY. WE ARE REPEALING THREE OBSOLETE ORDINANCES RELATED TO SEGREGATION, THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964 ALREADY MADE THESE ORDINANCES OBSOLETE, BUT THIS IS THE FORMALITY OF THE CITY REMOVING THIS LANGUAGE FROM OUR CODE. SO I WANT TO THANK THE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY WHO BROUGHT THIS UP LAST YEAR. WE DECIDED TO PUSH THE TIMING OF THIS -- TODAY IS ACTUALLY THE 100-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE ENACTMENT OF THE FIRST ORDINANCE SO THAT IS PRETTY SIGNIFICANT IT IS 100 YEARS LATER. AND WE RECEIVED SOME GRANT FUNDS FROM THE MELLON FOUNDATION FROM SOUTH ARTS AND FROM THE STATE TO HOST A SERIES OF EVENTS THAT YOU SEE -- EVERYBODY SHOULD HAVE CARDS OUTLINING THE EVENTS. IT'S UP ON THE SCREEN. BUT BASICALLY, WE ARE FUNDING A SERIES OF EVENTS AND SOME ART PIECES. WE ARE GOING TO BE PUTTING IN TWO MURALS. WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH P.A.L. AND THE BOYNTON BULLDOGS. WE HAD A MEETING TODAY WITH THE ARTISTS THAT WERE SELECTED FOR THE MURALS. THAT WILL BE GOING TO THE ART BOARD FOR APPROVAL AND THEN TO THE CITY COMMISSION BEFORE THEY ARE PUT UP. SO THERE'S A LOT OF REALLY EXCITING STUFF HAPPENING. I WANT TO INVITE OUR EVENTS DIRECTOR GABBY TO GIVE A VERY BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE SERIES OF EVENTS. TWO OF THEM HAVE ALREADY TAKEN PLACE. AND THEY WERE REALLY AMAZING COLLABORATIONS WITH THE HEART OF BOYNTON AND SOME OF THE LOCAL CHURCHES. AND I WANTED TO GIVE HER A CHANCE TO SHARE WHAT ELSE WE HAVE GOING ON BEFORE I READ THE ORDINANCE. >> GOOD AFTERNOON. GABRIELLE FAVITTA, EVENTS DIRECTOR. THE CITY IS EXCITED TO WORK WITH THE BOYNTON BEACH COMMUNITY TO HOST A SERIES OF EVENTS HIGHLIGHTING THE UNITY PROJECT, TWO OF THEM HAVE ALREADY TAKEN PLACE IN COORDINATION WITH THE HEART OF BOYNTON ASSOCIATION. ONE OF THEM BEING NIGHT OF JOY WHICH TOOK PLACE ON THE 27th OF JANUARY AS WELL AS TASTE OF SOUL WHICH JUST TOOK PLACE THIS LAST SUNDAY. BUT WE'RE JUST GETTING STARTED. WE HAVE A WHOLE LIST OF EVENTS THAT ARE TAKING PLACE TO COMMEMORATE THE PROJECT THAT IS GOING ON WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY. WE INVITE EVERYONE TO JOIN US FOR THE UNITY MARCH WHICH WILL TAKE PLACE THIS SATURDAY FEBRUARY 24th. IT'S GOING TO BE A MARCH, ORDINANCE BURNING AND COMMUNITY MEAL. WE WILL BEGIN THE MARCH AT 10:00 A.M. OUTSIDE ON OCEAN AVENUE OUT FRONT BY THE FLAGPOLES. IT WILL LEAD US DOWN SEACREST BOULEVARD TO SARA SIMS PARK. ONCE WE GET TO SARA SIMS, WE WILL TAKE PART IN A COMMUNITY LUNCH CATERED BY BIG T'S BARBECUE. THERE WILL BE WORKSHOPS OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS TO BRING IN THE UNITY PROJECT. AND THAT'S ALL OUTLINED IN THE FLYER THAT'S ON EVERYONE'S SEAT. THEN WE WILL FINALIZE THE PROJECT WITH THE UNITY FESTIVAL WHICH WILL TAKE PLACE RIGHT HERE AT CENTENNIAL PARK AND AMPHITHEATER ON APRIL 27th FROM 1:00 P.M. TO 5:00 P.M. WE HOPE TO SEE EVERYONE THERE. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] I WANT TO THANK ALL OF THE STAFF MEMBERS, ALL OF THE COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, THE COALITION OF CLERG ISSUES ALL OF OUR LOCAL CHURCHES, EVERYONE WHO TOOK PART IN MAKING THIS POSSIBLE, THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT. YOU ARE MAKING PART OF OUR HISTORY HERE IN BOYNTON BEACH. AND THIS IS THE ENDING OF AN UNFORTUNATE PART OF OUR HISTORY. IT MAY HAVE BEEN PART OF OUR PAST, BUT IT WILL NOT BE PART OF US MOVING FORWARD. NOW, WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO, BECAUSE THIS IS SUCH A MOMENTOUS OCCASION, I'D LIKE TO READ THE LANGUAGE OF THE ORDINANCE TO REPEAL THOSE PREVIOUS ORDINANCES. AND SO I DO ASK FOR YOU TO BEAR WITH ME BECAUSE IT'S SO IMPORTANT THAT WE GET THESE EXACT WORDS INTO THE RECORD. WHEREAS, ON FEBRUARY 20th, 1924, COMMISSIONERS FOR THE TOWN OF BOYNTON BEACH KNOWN THEN AS THE -- NOW KNOWN AS THE CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH, APPROVED ORDINANCE NUMBER 37, ESTABLISHING AND SETTING APART IN SAID TOWN SEPARATE RESIDENTIAL LIMITS OR DISTRICTS FOR WHITE AND AFRICAN-AMERICAN RESIDENTS. AND WHEREAS, ON NOVEMBER 18th, 1924, COMMISSIONERS FOR THE TOWN OF BOYNTON BEACH, NOW KNOWN AS THE CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH APPROVE ORDINANCE NUMBER 47 EXTENDING AND DEFINING THE BOUNDARIES OF THE SEPARATE RESIDENTIAL LIMITS OR DISTRICTS. AND WHEREAS, ON NOVEMBER 21st, 1933, COMMISSIONERS FOR THE TOWN OF BOYNTON NOW KNOWN AS CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH APPROVE ORDINANCE NUMBER 136 REGULATING THE USE OF THE PUBLIC STREETS, PARKS, GENERAL PUBLIC AND OTHER PLACES IN THE TOWN OF BOYNTON BEACH BY PERSONS OVER THE AGE OF 18 YEARS. AND WHEREAS ALL HUMAN BEINGS ARE BORN FREE AND EQUAL IN DIGNITY AND RIGHTS AND ALL CITIZENS AND RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH SHOULD BE ENTITLED TO ALL THE RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS OF THESE UNITED STATES WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF ANY KIND, IN PARTICULAR AS TO RACE, COLOR OR NATIONAL ORIGIN. WHEREAS ALL HUMAN BEINGS ARE EQUAL BEFORE THE LAW AND ARE ENTITLED TO EQUAL PROTECTION OF THE LAW AGAINST ANY DISCRIMINATION AND AGAIN ANY INCITEMENT OF DISCRIMINATION. WHEREAS THE CITY COMMISSION CONDEMNS ALL PRACTICES OF SEGREGATION AND DISCRIMINATION IN WHATEVER FORM AND WHEREVER THEY MAY EXIST. AND WHEREAS THE CITY COMMISSION FINDS THAT DISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF RACE, COLOR OR ETHNIC ORIGIN IS AN OBSTACLE TO A FRIENDLY AND PEACEFUL RELATIONS AND DISTURBS PEACE AND SECURITY AMONGST PEOPLE AND THE HARMONY OF PERSONS LIVING SIDE BY SIDE IN THE COMMUNITY. AND WHEREAS THE CITY COMMISSION IS RESOLVED TO ADOPT ALL NECESSARY MEASURES FOR SPEEDILY ELIMINATING RACIAL DISCRIMINATION IN ALL OF ITS FORMS AND MANIFESTATIONS AND TO PREVENT AND COMBAT RACIST DOCTRINES AND PRACTICES TO PROVIDE UNDERSTANDING AND FREE FROM ALL FORM OF RACISM AND RACIAL DISCRIMINATION. DUE TO THE IMPROPER NATURE OF SAID ORDINANCES WHICH PURPORTS TO PROVIDE PEOPLE TO LIVE IN A CERTAIN PART OF THE CITY, THE CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH DEEMS IT TO MAKE IT ABUNDANTLY CLEAR THAT SAID ORDINANCES ARE NOT THE POLICY OF THE CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH. THE CITY COMMISSION FINDS THE REPEAL OF ORDINANCES 37, 47, AND 136 AND ANY AMENDMENTS THEREAFTER ARE IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CITIZENS AND RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH, FLORIDA THAT SECTION 1, THE FOREGOING WHEREAS CLAUSES ARE HEREBY RATIFIED AND CONFIRMED AS BEING TRUE AND CORRECT AND ARE HEREBY INCORPORATED HEREIN AND MADE A PART HEREOF. SECTION 2, THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH HEREBY REPEALS ORDINANCES NUMBER 37, 47 AND 136 AND ANY AMENDMENTS THEREAFTER. SECTION 3, THE PROXIMATE MEMBERS OF THE CITY STAFF -- THE APPROPRIATE MEMBERS OF THE CITY STAFF ARE HEREBY AUTHORIZED TO TAKE ANY AND ALL STEPS NECESSARY TO EFFECTUATE THE INTENT OF THIS ORDINANCE. SECTION 4, ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES, RESOLUTIONS OR PARTS OF RESOLUTIONS IN CONFLICT HEREWITH BE AND THE SAME AS HEREBY REPEALED TO THE EXTENT OF SUCH CONFLICT. SECTION 5, IF ANY CLAUSE, SECTION OR OTHER PART OR APPLICATION OF THESE ORDINANCES SHALL BE HELD BY ANY COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION TO BE UNCUNCONSTITUTIONAL OR INVALID, SUCH UNCONSTITUTIONAL OR INVALID PART OR APPLICATION SHALL BE CONSIDERED AS ELIMINATED AND SO NOT AFFECT THE VALIDITY OF REMAINING PORTIONS AND APPLICATIONS IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT. SECTION 6, THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY UPON PASSAGE. THAT IS THE ORDINANCE. [APPLAUSE] THIS HAS BEEN A LONG TIME COMING. >> YES. >> MAYOR: LET ME TURN NOW TO OUR FRIEND COMMISSIONER HAY. YOU'D LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS, COMMISSIONER. >> YES, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY JUST A FEW WORDS. AND IT'S WAY OVERDUE. LET ME TELL YOU, THIS IS -- YOU ARE WITNESSING HISTORY RIGHT NOW BEING MADE. THE CITY OF BOYNTON CAN BE A MODEL, IS A MODEL TO OTHER CITIES THAT HAVE SIMILAR ORDINANCES ON THEIR BOOKS. I KNOW THEY HAVE BECAUSE WE HAVE LOOKED IT UP. BUT I'M SO PROUD OF THE CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH, THIS COMMISSION, OUR MAYOR TY PENSERGA, OUR STAFF, AND EVERYONE THAT TOOK PART IN DIGGING THROUGH THE HISTORY BOOKS AND FINDING OUT THIS INFORMATION BECAUSE IT'S LONG OVERDUE. WHY IT TOOK 100 YEARS, I DON'T KNOW. SOME PEOPLE SAY IT TAKES A LONG TIME TO GET THINGS THROUGH CITY HALL. BUT LET ME JUST SAY TO YOU THAT -- [LAUGHTER] OF THESE THREE ORDINANCES, 37, 47 AND 136, JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE MORE BACKGROUND, THOSE 37 AND 47, THEY SEPARATED THE CITY. WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS THEY CREATED WHAT THEY CALL THE NEGRO DISTRICT WITHIN THE CITY OF BOYNTON AND THE WHITE DISTRICT WITHIN THE CITY OF BOYNTON. AND WE NEED TO TEACH AND EDUCATE OUR CHILDREN, OURSELVES, SO THAT WE DON'T REPEAT THESE THINGS. WE KNOW THAT EVEN IN 136, ORDINANCE NUMBER 136 IN 1933, IT MADE IT ILLEGAL FOR ANYONE OVER 18 TO LOITER, TO WANDER, TO STROLL THROUGH OR BE ABOUT OR IN THE PUBLIC STREETS OR PARKS OR OTHER PLACES ON FOOT, RIDING IN A VEHICLE, WHATEVER -- IF YOU WERE OUT OF YOUR DISTRICT AND YOU WERE CAUGHT THERE AFTER 9:00, OKAY, YOU WERE SUBJECT TO PUNISHMENT NOT EXCEEDING BEATING AND HUNG FROM A TREE. SO THESE THINGS ARE VERY IMPORTANT. GABBY AND THE MAYOR HAS STATED. I'M JUST EXCITED ABOUT WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN THIS SATURDAY AT THE PARADE ON THE 24th. WE WANT EVERYONE WHO CAN AND WILL COME AND JOIN US AS WE SYMBOLIZE THE ELIMINATION OF SUCH ORDINANCES AS THIS AT SIMS PARK. WE'RE GOING TO BURN THEM. WE ARE GOING TO SET THEM AFIRE BECAUSE THEY HAVE NO PLACE IN OUR CITY. AND THE BLACK COMMUNITY, I WANT YOU TO JOIN AND SPREAD THE WORD SO THAT WE WILL FILL SARA SIMS PARK. AND FOLLOWING THE BURNING, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A BLOCK PARTY WHERE LUNCH IS GOING TO BE PROVIDED FREE OF CHARGE. OKAY. SO WE ARE JUST GOING TO CELEBRATE THIS AUSPICIOUS OCCASION. I'M GLAD THAT WE ARE REPEALING THESE ORDINANCES THAT SHOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN IN EFFECT IN THE FIRST PLACE. THE EVENT, AS PART OF THE UNITY PROJECT, WHICH IS FUNDED IN PART BY THE GRANT FROM THE MELLON FOUNDATION, SOUTH ARTS AND THE FLORIDA DIVISION OF ARTS AND CULTURE. NOW, THROUGHOUT THE UNITY PROJECT, MANY OF OUR MEMBERS HAVE COME FORWARD WITH THEIR OWN STORIES. FOR EXAMPLE, FOLLOWING THE PASSING OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 37, GREATER ST. PAUL A.M.E. CHURCH AS YOU KNOW IT WAS FORCED TO RELOCATE BECAUSE OF THE NEW ZONING RESTRICTION. THEY WERE LOCATED IN A FORBIDDEN AREA CALLED THE WHITE DISTRICT. AND IF THE TRUTH BE TOLD, THOSE OF US WHO ARE OF MY PERSUASION AND HUE, WE ARE OUT OF DISTRICT RIGHT NOW. AND SO WE ARE JUST HAPPY TO HAVE THIS REMOVED. I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE WOULD DARE TO TRY TO ENFORCE SUCH A RIDICULOUS LAW. BUT WHEN YOU KNOW BETTER, YOU DO BETTER. AND WE KNOW BETTER NOW. AND THIS WOULD NEVER REPEAT ITSELF AGAIN. AND WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO SEARCH THE ARCHIVES AND SEE IF THERE'S ANY MORE OF THESE RIDICULOUS ORDINANCES THAT'S ON THE BOOKS. WHETHER IT'S PERTAINING TO RACIAL RELATIONSHIPS OR ANYTHING ELSE, WE ARE GOING TO DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE IN THE CITY OF BOYNTON TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE THE CITY THAT THE ALMIGHTY WOULD HAVE US TO BE. SO LET'S COME OUT AND CELEBRATE THIS HISTORICAL MOMENT IN TIME AND LET'S HAVE A GOOD TIME. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> MAYOR: THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER. IF THERE'S ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM MY COLLEAGUES. YOU KNOW, THIS IS FIRST READING. AND WE DON'T NORMALLY ALLOW PUBLIC COMMENT AT THIS TIME. SO WE HAVE TWO OPTIONS HERE. WE COULD ALLOW PUBLIC COMMENT RIGHT HERE RIGHT NOW, OR BECAUSE PUBLIC AUDIENCE IS LITERALLY THE ITEM AFTER THIS, IT WORKS EITHER WAY. >> I WOULD PREFER THAT WE DO IT NOW. >> MAYOR: RIGHT NOW, OKAY. ANY OBJECTIONS FROM MY COLLEAGUES? >> NO, I AGREE. >> I AGREE. >> MAYOR: LET'S DO THAT. WE'RE GOING TO TURN NOW TO PUBLIC COMMENT. AFTER WE HAVE HEARD FROM THOSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THIS ITEM, WE WILL BEGIN WITH THOSE IN PERSON AND THEN BEGIN WITH THOSE ONLINE. >> I'M SORRY. COULD YOU HAVE A MOTION TO ALLOW PUBLIC COMMENT ON FIRST READING? >> MAYOR: MICROPHONE. >> MOTION TO ALLOW PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM. >> SECOND. >> MAYOR: WE HAVE A MOTION AND WE HAVE A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION TO ALLOW FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM SAY AYE. [AYES] ALL THOSE OPPOSED. THE AYES HAVE IT. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. AS I WAS SAYING, WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN WITH THOSE IN-PERSON AND THEN GO TO THOSE ONLINE THEREAFTER. AFTER THAT, I WILL TAKE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE. AND THEN WE WILL BEGIN THE VOTING. ALL RIGHT. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK SPECIFICALLY ON THIS ITEM, NOW IS THE TIME TO APPROACH THE PODIUM. AND AS ALWAYS, STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES PER PERSON. AND IT HAS TO BE SPECIFICALLY ON THIS ITEM. THERE ARE TWO PODIUMS SO WE'LL GO BACK AND FORTH. BEGIN WHEN YOU'RE READY. >> DR. VI VICTOR NORFUS, BOYNTON BEACH, FLORIDA. THE UNITY PROJECT BEGAN ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO. THE UNITY PROJECT FOR THE COMMUNITY BEGAN WITH THREE MEN. REVEREND WRIGHT, REVEREND TORI AND MYSELF. AND IT BEGAN IN FRONT OF A STOREFRONT JUNETEENTH. AT THAT TIME, MINISTER WRIGHT WAS THE ONE THAT WALKED UP TO THE MAYOR AND SAID WE NEED TO CELEBRATE THIS FOR THE WHOLE CITY. AND TORREY WAS THE ONE WHO HELPED ORGANIZE IT, SO HE DID. AND WE HAD AN EVENT OVER HERE IN THE PARK. AND I WAS OUT THERE WITH THE INDIVIDUALS TELLING ABOUT WE NEED UNITY. LOOK AROUND HERE AND YOU SEE A WHOLE BUNCH OF WHITE PEOPLE. KEEP LOOKING AROUND AND YOU SEE A FEW BLACK PEOPLE. NOW, IF WE GO OVER HERE TO SARA SIMS, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A WHOLE LOT OF BLACK PEOPLE AND YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A FEW WHITE PEOPLE. WHAT I SAID TO HIM WAS WE NEED TO BRING OUR CITY TOGETHER. AND THE FIRST THING HE SAID WAS THERE IS THIS GRANT, THE MELLON GRANT. IT HAS THE SAME NAME -- UNITY. IT'S CALLED UNITY PROJECT. HE GOT THAT FOR THE CITY. YOU GUYS ARE UTILIZING THAT TO MAKE CHANGES AND IMPROVEMENTS AND TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW THAT WHAT WE ONCE WERE, WE NO LONGER ARE. BUT AS WE STAND BEFORE THE CITY, IT IS THE SAME PEOPLE THAT TOOK AWAY OUR LAND, THAT TOOK AWAY LIVELIHOOD, THAT DESTROYED A LOT OF THE ABILITIES OF THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY TO ACHIEVE. NOT NECESSARILY YOU. YOU'RE JUST REPRESENTING THOSE. AND YOU ARE ALSO REPRESENTING A CHANGE. BUT MANY PEOPLE FORGET ABOUT THE MEEKS FAMILY, THE WELLS FAMILY, THE ANDREWS FAMILY AND MANY OTHER BAHAMIAN FAMILIES THAT LIVED IN THAT AREA. AND WHEN EVERYBODY WAS FORCED TO MOVE TO THAT AREA, WE OPENED OUR HEARTS. WE ACCEPTED THEM ALL IN. IT'S KIND OF HARD FOR YOU TO LOOK AT YOUR CHURCH AND YOUR SCHOOL MEMBERS AND SAY YOU CAN'T LIVE HERE. AND ALSO, NO ONE PAID THEM. YOU TOOK THE LAND. THEY CAME TO OUR PROPERTY, HELP. WE OPENED OUR HEARTS. WE ARE THE HEART OF BOYNTON. THE TERMINOLOGY IS BEAUTIFUL. BUT IF IT AIN'T IN YOUR HEART, IT'S JUST A NAME. SO I WANT EVERYBODY TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE HEART OF BOYNTON HAS GROWN. WE WERE RESTRICTED TO A CERTAIN AREA, BUT NOW WE HAVE GROWN. ONE THING ABOUT THE HEART, THERE'S NEVER NOT ENOUGH ROOM FOR LOVE. SO LET US ALL GET MORE LOVE AND REMEMBER THE HEART OF BOYNTON STARTS IN YOUR HEART. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] [TONE] >> MAYOR: THANK YOU. THAT WAS BEAUTIFULLY SAID. NEXT SPEAKER. >> CINDY FALCO DiCORRADO, HOW THAT EVER WAS PASSED IN CONGRESS IS BEYOND MY COMPREHENSION BECAUSE EVERY GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL TAKES AN OATH OF OFFICE TO UPHOLD AND PROTECT THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. AND IN ORDER TO DO THAT, YOU HAVE TO RECOGNIZE THAT GOD GAVE US OUR UNALIENABLE RIGHTS AND GOD CREATED US ALL EQUAL. SO WHOEVER THOSE COMMISSIONERS WERE, THEY NEED TO PAY A PRICE FOR PUTTING THOSE WORDS DOWN ON A PIECE OF PAPER BECAUSE THEY WERE IN VIOLATION OF THEIR OATHS OF OFFICE. IF WE ARE GOING TO KEEP SAYING BLACK AND WHITE, WE ARE CREATING SEGREGATION. LET'S STOP DOING THAT. LET'S REALIZE THAT WE ARE ALL CREATED IN THE IMAGE OF GOD AND WE ARE ALL EQUAL. AND THAT WE ARE ALL EQUAL. IF WE ARE GOING TO KEEP GOING ON OUR SHADES OF OUR COLOR TONES OF OUR SKIN, IT'S ALWAYS GOING TO CCREATE DIVISION. HERE'S WHAT'S UNITY. WE ARE ALL CREATED IN THE IMAGE OF GOD. AND WHEN I LOOK AT EACH FACE, I SHOULD SEE THE IMAGE OF GOD. NOT THE SHADE OF BEIGE THAT WE ALL ARE OR BROWN. IT'S GOT TO STOP AND IT STOPS HERE. AND I HEAR YOU GUYS DO IT ALL THE TIME. AND IT'S GOT TO STOP. IT JUST REALLY DOES. LIKE WHEN YOU SAY THERE'S ALL WHITE PEOPLE HERE AND ONLY A FEW BLACK PEOPLE, IT JUST IRKS ME BECAUSE IF WE'RE REALLY GOING TO WORK ON UNITY, LET'S GET PAST THE SHADE OF OUR BEIGE AND LET'S LOOK AT EACH OTHER AS -- ONE THING HE SAID WAS CORRECT, AS THE LOVE OF GOD BECAUSE GOD IS LOVE. AND I REALLY AM VERY DISAPPOINTED THIS WAS EVEN ON THE BOOKS FOR SIGH YEARS. WHO EVEN PUT SUCH A DOCUMENT ON PAPER, ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY TOOK AN OATH TO UPHOLD AND TO PROTECT THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES FOR AMERICA AND THAT WE ALL ARE CREATED EQUAL BECAUSE GOD SAID SO. NO, I LIVE IN THE HEART OF BOYNTON BEACH BECAUSE I'M ONE BLOCK SOUTH OF -- AND IT'S STILL CONSIDERED THE HEART OF BOYNTON BEACH. I DON'T KNOW WHEN THERE'S FUNCTIONS HAPPENING IN THE HEART OF BOYNTON BEACH. I'M NOT MAILED OUT ANY FLYERS. SOMETIMES I DON'T KNOW WHEN THERE'S A SITUATION. I USED TO BE WITH THE HEART OF BOYNTON BEACH WITH WILLIE AND WE WOULD GO WALK THE STREETS AND WE WOULD GO DOOR TO DOOR. AND WE WERE HELPING THE PEOPLE. AND WE WOULD MEET AND WE WOULD HAVE BIBLE STUDY AND WE WOULD DO THINGS TO REALLY MAKE A DIFFERENCE. IT'S NOT HAPPENING MUCH ANY MORE. WE'VE GONE UNTO ALL THESE THINGS. REVEREND WRIGHT, MY GOD, HE WAS MURDERED FOR CRYING OUT LOUD, RUN OVER BY A CAR STANDING THERE BY S.J. WOW, I THINK OUR GOVERNMENT HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH THAT. THAT'S ALL I'M GOING TO SAY. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> MAYOR: ALL RIGHT. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM. SAY YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD AND BEGIN WHEN YOU ARE READY. >> HEY, HOW Y'ALL DOING? MY NAME IS TORREY. I'M HERE TODAY. I WAS TOLD TO COME OUT HERE AND I DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT IT. DIDN'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT IT, BUT I DID A LITTLE RESEARCH ON IT. AND I WAS LIKE, DANG, MAN, TALKING ABOUT THESE ORDINANCES HERE 100 YEARS. GOLLY, HOW MANY BLACK MAYORS WE HAVE? HOW DID THIS COME UP? YOU MAY HAVE BEEN THE VICE MAYOR, VICE COMMISSIONER, WOODROW HAY, WE DIDN'T HAVE BLACK PEOPLE. WHY SOMEBODY ELSE DIDN'T TELL ME ABOUT THIS, YOU KNOW? BUT I GUESS 100 YEARS IS TIME TO BRING IT UP NOW. BUT I'M HERE. I WAS HERE TODAY AND SEEN MS. WRIGHT TO GET THE AWARD FOR MR. BERNARD, YOU KNOW. I WAS HERE TO SEE THAT. I REALLY DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT THIS ORDINANCE. BUT FOR 100 YEARS, THOUGH, THAT'S LIKE WE DONE HAD LIKE FIVE BLACK MAYORS SINCE THEN, 100 YEARS. AIN'T NOBODY EVER BROUGHT IT TO THE TABLE? IT WAS NEVER BROUGHT UP NOWHERE? FIRST TIME EVER HEARING THIS, SEVEN YEARS I'VE BEEN COMING DOWN HERE. AN ORDINANCE THAT'S BEEN ON THE BOOKS 100 YEARS AND BLACK POLICE CHIEFS, BLACK COMMISSIONERS, BLACK THIS, BLACK THAT. BUT Y'ALL STILL UP HERE SAYING YOU'VE GOT TO TAKE SOMETHING OFF THE BOOKS YOU REPRESENT. YOU WANT ME TO -- YOU WANT ME TO STILL SAY -- I'M SUPPOSED TO SAY THIS, YOU KNOW. AND I'M RUNNING FOR MAYOR. I'M TRYING. I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M GOING TO DO, BUT I'M GOING TO DO IT. I'VE GOT THE SPIRIT OF BERNARD WRIGHT IN ME, SO HEY IT'S ALL GOOD. [APPLAUSE] >> MAYOR: THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. IF YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK, JUST FORM A LINE. AGAIN WE DO HAVE TWO PODIUMS. >> BRYCE GRAHAM, THE SECOND VICE PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL ACTION NETWORK UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF THE REVEREND AL SHARPTON. WOW, 100 YEARS AND HOW FAR THIS CITY HAS COME TO THIS JUNCTION. THE GREAT DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING ONCE SAID OUT OF THE MOUNTAIN OF DESPAIR COMES A STONE OF HOPE. AND SO THIS GIVES THIS COMMUNITY HOPE IN THE SENSE OF THAT WE ARE STILL FACING CHALLENGES IN THIS STATE AND NOT ONLY IN THIS STATE, THIS CITY, NOT ONLY IN THIS CITY, BUT ACROSS THIS COUNTRY. THAT OUR PEOPLE ARE STILL BEING MARGINALIZED, THEY ARE STILL BEING UNJUSTICELY TREATED. BUT THIS GIVES A SENSE OF HOPE. BUT WE STILL HAVE YET A WAYS TO GO. WHEN OUR BOOKS ARE BEING TAKEN OUT OF SCHOOLS AND OUR CHILDREN ARE NOT BEING TAUGHT ABOUT BLACK HISTORY, WHEN WE HAVE BLACK PEOPLE WHO CANNOT AFFORD HOMES IN OUR CITIES, WE STILL HAVE A WAYS TO GO. AND SO THIS ORDINANCE BEING TAKEN OFF IS A SYMBOL THAT CHANGE IS ON THE WAY. AND THAT DREAM THAT DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING ONCE HAD, THAT HIS FOUR LITTLE CHILDREN WILL NOT BE JUDGED BY THE COLOR OF THEIR SKIN BUT BY THE CONTENT OF THEIR CHARACTER WILL COME INTO FRUITION. THAT DREAM AND THAT HOPE THAT HE HAD THAT WE WOULD HOLD HANDS TOGETHER AND BAND TOGETHER AS ONE, AS A COMMUNITY, AS PEOPLE, AS A HUMAN RACE WILL BE DELIVERED. IT MAY NOT LOOK LIKE IT RIGHT NOW. IT MAY NOT SEEM LIKE IT RIGHT NOW WITH ALL OF THE BIGOTRY AND HATRED GOING ON AND SPEWING OUT ACROSS THIS WORLD AND AROUND THIS NATION. BUT HERE IN BOYNTON BEACH, I AM EXCITED TO KNOW THAT THIS CITY IS PROGRESSING, IS MOVING FORWARD WITH CHANGE FOR THE BETTER FOR THE PEOPLE OF THIS COMMUNITY AND THE WORLD. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> MAYOR: THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. LAST CALL FOR IN-PERSON PUBLIC COMMENT SPEAKERS, SPECIFICALLY ON THIS ITEM. AFTERWARDS, WE WILL GO TO THOSE ONLINE. >> HI, ERNEST MIGNOLI, BOYNTON BEACH. SO, YOU KNOW, I LISTEN TO A LOT OF COMMENTS ABOUT HOW THE CITY IS SO ENGAGED IN TRYING TO HAVE EQUALITY AND EQUAL HOUSING AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY FOR JOBS AND ETC., ETC. BUT WHEN YOU WALK OUT THE DOOR AND YOU LIVE HERE, I DON'T SEE IT ANYWHERE. ALL I SEE IS COMMENTS HERE OF HOW IT'S EQUAL AND THIS IS FAIR AND THAT'S FAIR. FIRST OF ALL, FIRST OF ALL, WHAT'S DRIVING THIS CITY IS ENRICHED DEVELOPMENT FOR MILLIONAIRES. THAT'S WHAT'S DECIDING WHO LIVES WHERE, NOT THIS LAW THAT YOU ARE PUTTING OUT THERE. THIS WAS AN ABOMINATION, THIS LAW. AND IT'S A GOOD THING THAT YOU GOT RID OF IT. BUT THAT'S BESIDE THE POINT. IF YOU GO OUTSIDE IN BOYNTON BEACH NOW, IT'S AS IF YOU DIDN'T ERASE THAT BECAUSE IT EXISTS RIGHT NOW. AND THE MORE, THE MORE THIS KEEPS HAPPENING, AND THE MORE WE COME TO MEETINGS -- AND WE ARE ALWAYS TOLD, OH, NEXT WEEK YOU CAN PUBLIC PARTICIPATE. OH, NEXT WEEK, YEAH. NEXT WEEK ON THAT DEVELOPMENT. OH, ON THE SEWER MAIN BREAK, NEXT WEEK YOU CAN PARTICIPATE. OH, ON THIS CRIME AND THAT, OH, NEXT WEEK YOU CAN. IT'S ALWAYS NEXT WEEK. AND THEN IT'S THE WEEK AFTER. AND THEN IT'S THE WEEK AFTER. AND THEN YOU KNOW WHAT. WE NEVER GET TO PARTICIPATE. WE NEVER GET TO ASK QUESTIONS. WE NEVER GET ANSWERS. WE NEVER GET ANYTHING. AND ANYONE WHO KNOWS 211 AND THE STATISTICS THAT THEY HAVE ON WHAT'S GOING ON IN THIS CITY, WHEN YOU LISTEN TO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS, OH, WHAT A GREAT CITY AND THE SCHOOLS ARE SAFE AND THEY ARE HYPERPERFORMING AND THAT STUFF, 211 -- THE RECORDS FOR THIS CITY ARE AN ABOMINATION. I MEAN IT'S SO BAD AND SO DANGEROUS THAT I DEFY ANYONE TO COME UP AND SAY THE RECORDS THAT 211 HAS ARE ALL FALSE. BECAUSE YOU SAY, OH, OH, THE SCHOOLS ARE SO SAFE, THE KIDS CAN WALK TO SCHOOL. ARE YOU KIDDING ME? THIS IS LIKE HUMAN TRAFFICKING CENTRAL, ALL KINDS OF PROBLEMS HERE. FENTANYL, DRUGS. >> MAYOR: SIR, I HAVE TERMINATED YOUR TIME. YOU HAVE VIOLATED OUR RULES OF WHICH YOU ARE CLEARLY WELL AWARE OF. YOU ARE NOT EVEN ON TOPIC. ALL RIGHT. LAST CALL, IN-PERSON PUBLIC SPEAKERS BUT STILL ON THIS TOPIC. WE DO HAVE A SEPARATE PUBLIC AUDIENCE SECTION. STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD AND BEGIN WHEN YOU ARE READY. >> YES. YOUR MAYOR, MY NAME IS GENE FERGUSON. IT KIND OF IS ON TOPIC. I CAME HERE FOR BASEBALL. BUT THE MR. WELLS THING REALLY HITS ME IN MY HEART. THIS EAST BOYNTON THING THAT YOU ARE DOING, THIS IS DIRECTLY CONNECTED WITH BASEBALL. THERE'S A FIELD HERE AT BASEBALL WHERE A LOT OF THE MINORITIES CAN'T AFFORD ICE HOCKEY OR CHEER FOR $1,000 A MONTH. AND YOU GUYS ARE TAKING THAT AWAY FROM THEM BY SELLING THE PROPERTIES TO BUSINESSES. AND YES, THIS IS GREAT THAT YOU GUYS ACKNOWLEDGE IT. BUT YOU ACKNOWLEDGE IT ON ONE SIDE AND THEN ON THE OTHER SIDE YOU'RE SELLING IT AWAY. SO WHEN THIS HAPPENS, MR. MAYOR, PLEASE ASK THOSE QUESTIONS. WHY IS THIS GOOD FOR THE MAJORITY OF THE COMMUNITY? I LOVE THIS. I CAME IN HERE AND THIS WAS ON MY SEAT. I LOVED IT, RIGHT. BUT THEN THIS IS ON ONE SIDE WHILE ON THE OTHER SIDE YOU GUYS ARE SELLING AWAY STUFF FOR OUR KIDS. 1,000 KIDS A YEAR. THESE KIDS CAN'T AFFORD $1,000 -- THEIR PARENTS CAN'T AFFORD $1,000 A MONTH. BUT THEN YOU GUYS GIVE AWAY OUR FIELDS. SO I JUST WANT YOU TO ASK THE QUESTIONS AND DO YOUR DUE DILIGENCE ON WHEN THINGS HAPPEN WITH THE CITY, THAT DIRECTLY AFFECT THE KIDS MOST IMPORTANT AND THE OLDER GENERATION. THE ONES THAT DON'T HAVE THE VOICE OUT HERE, THOSE -- YOU HAVE TO ASK THE RIGHT QUESTIONS. THAT'S ALL I HAVE, SIR. THANK YOU, SIR. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU. [TONE] [APPLAUSE] SO I SEE ONE MORE PERSON IN THE ROOM FOR THIS ITEM. BEGIN WHEN YOU ARE READY, SIR. >> GOOD EVENING, JOHN DAIMS, POST OFFICE BOX 713, BOYNTON BEACH, FLORIDA. FIRST OF ALL, I DO WANT TO -- I KNOW A LOT OF TIMES THIS COMMISSION GETS SLAMMED FOR SOME OF THE DECISIONS THEY MAY, BUT I DO WANT TO GIVE THEM CREDIT FOR ADDRESSING THESE ORDINANCES THAT'S BEEN ON THE BOOKS FOR 100 YEARS. IN 1924, THAT WAS WHEN MY DAD WAS BORN -- 1924. SO I DO -- ONCE AGAIN, I KNOW YOU ALL GET BEAT UP AGAIN. BUT THE BIBLE DECLARES GIVING HONOR WHERE HONOR IS DUE. I GIVE YOU HONOR FOR EVEN ADDRESSING IT. JUST LIKE TORREY SAID, THERE WAS A LOT OF MAYORS, A LOT OF CITY COMMISSIONS OF THIS COLOR NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT ADDRESSING IT. SO ONCE AGAIN, I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU CREDIT FOR ADDRESSING IT. THE SECOND THING I WANT TO ADDRESS IS, RIGHT, THE CURSE AND THE DEMONIC HANDS THAT WRITTEN THOSE ORDINANCES, RIGHT, THEIR SPIRIT IS STILL CIRCULATING IN THIS CITY. SO I WANT TO CHALLENGE MY BROTHER WHO IS THE PRESIDENT OF THE CLERGY COALITION, RIGHT, TO COME TOGETHER IN THIS CITY AND TO FORM SOME KIND OF CIRCLE SO THAT WE CAN TOUCH AND AGREE, RIGHT, AND REBUKE THE SPIRIT. BECAUSE IT IS STILL HOVERING OVER THE CITY. YOU MIGHT BURN SOME PAPERWORK, RIGHT. BUT THOSE DEMONIC SPIRITS STILL CIRCULATE OVER THIS CITY. AND UNTIL IT GETS REBUKED BACK TO THE PITS OF HELL, IT'S GOING TO BE HERE. I WANT TO CHALLENGE ANYBODY THAT'S CONNECTED TO JESUS TO COME IN THIS CITY AND CONNECT AND TOUCH AND AGREE SO WE CAN PRAY THAT SPIRIT -- THOSE SPIRITS THAT WAS WRITTEN ON THOSE ORDINANCES BACK TO THE PITS OF HELL WHERE IT BELONGS. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> MAYOR: THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. I SEE NO ONE ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE. I'M GOING TO CHECK THOSE ONLINE, IF WE HAVE ANY ONLINE SPEAKERS. AND I SEE NO ONE ONLINE. WITH THAT, PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM IS NOW CLOSED. NOW THAT WE HAVE REVIEWED THE ORDINANCE, WE HAVE HEARD PUBLIC COMMENT. I WOULD LIKE NOW TO ASK FOR A MOTION. WHAT? [INAUDIBLE] >> IT'S FIRST READING. >> MAYOR: YEAH, WE NEED A MOTION. >> OKAY, MOTION. >> MAYOR: YES, I'D LIKE TO ASK FOR A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM 12A. >> SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >> MAYOR: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER HAY AND THIS MOTION IS TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE NUMBER 24-006 AND I HEARD A SECOND FROM VICE MAYOR TURKIN. I'M GOING TO TURN NOW TO CITY CLERK TO BEGIN THE ROLL CALL. >> COMMISSIONER KELLEY. >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER HAY. >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER CRUZ. >> YES. >> VICE MAYOR TURKIN. >> YES. >> MAYOR PENSERGA. >> MAYOR: YES. >> IN A ROLL CALL VOTE THE MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. >> MAYOR: ALL RIGHT. CONGRATULATIONS, EVERYONE. [APPLAUSE] THAT CONCLUDES THAT SECTION OF THE AGENDA. WE ARE MOVING ON TO PUBLIC AUDIENCE. THIS IS THE PUBLIC AUDIENCE PERIOD FOR ANY NON-AGENDAED ITEMS. IF YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK ON IT OR EVEN ON CONSENT, NOW IS THE TIME TO APPROACH. ANY GENERAL COMMENTS MUST BE WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF THE CITY, OBVIOUSLY SAME RULES APPLY. THREE MINUTES PER PERSON. PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM AND STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD AND BEGIN WHEN YOU ARE READY. >> GOOD EVENING, HARRY WOODWORTH, CITIZEN OF BOYNTON. GOOD MEETING. TWO THINGS. THE MARCH 5th AGENDA THAT'S ON THE BOTTOM OF THIS, YOU GUYS HAVE PUT ON THERE THE COMPLETION OF THE STRATEGIC GOALS FOR THE CITY. I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW LONG I HAVE WAITED TO SEE THAT. YOU ALL GAVE YOUR INPUT TO LYLE AT THE LAST WORKSHOP. HE WENT OFF AND NOTHING HAS HAPPENED SINCE. WE HAVE A NICE MISSION STATEMENT ON HERE. IT WOULD BE REALLY, REALLY HELPFUL -- AND A LOT OF THE STUFF JUST TALKED FITS RIGHT IN WITH THAT -- IF THE PEOPLE THAT ALL OF THIS STUFF AFFECTED HAD A VOICE IN DETERMINING AND INTO MAKING SOME OF THE DECISIONS THAT ARE GOING TO AFFECT US FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS OR THE NEXT 30 YEARS OR THE NEXT 100 YEARS. SO HOPEFULLY BETWEEN NOW AND MARCH 5th, THERE'S ACTUALLY A WORKSHOP AGAIN WHERE CITIZENS CAN ACTUALLY HAVE A VOICE IN THE PROCESS OF DETERMINING THE STRATEGIES THAT WE HAVEN'T SEEN IN TWO YEARS, THE MISSION OR THL IT. WHAT'S THE VISION FOR BOYNTON? WHAT'S THE PURPOSE OF THE CITY? I DON'T CARE WHAT YOU CALL IT, BUT SOMETHING THAT SHOWS US WHAT IN THE WORLD ARE WE DOING HERE. ARE WE BUILDING A CATHEDRAL? ARE REHAULING BRICKS? WHO IS STANDING ON THE MOUNTAIN SAYING COME ON, GANG, LET'S GO? DO YOU HEAR ANY OF THAT ANYWHERE? WE HEAR US APOLOGIZING OVER AND OVER AGAIN FOR THINGS THAT HAD HAPPENED. WE WISH WE HADN'T DONE THE LITTLE LEAGUE THING. WE WISH THE LAWN THING HAD BEEN -- LET'S STOP ALL OF THAT AND START HAVING A PLAN. LET'S FIGURE OUT WHERE WE ARE ALL GOING. LET'S ALL GET EXCITED ABOUT IT AND GO THERE. WE ARE DONE HAULING BRICKS. LET'S BUILD A CATHEDRAL AND GET THIS THING GOING. AND YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO IT WITH SOME OF THIS STUFF WHERE YOU FIGURE OUT WHAT THE STRATEGIES ARE, WHERE WE ARE GOING. WHAT ARE THE GOALS? HOW ARE YOU GOING TO MEASURE THEM? SO WE CAN SEE WHAT THE HECK IS GOING ON AN ACTUALLY HAVE A VOICE IN WHAT AFFECTS US AND DETERMINES OUR FUTURE. A LOT OF US WANT TO PARTICIPATE. OKAY. I MEAN I FEEL AN OBLIGATION TO VOTE. I FEEL AN OBLIGATION TO COME UP HERE AND BE PART OF THE CIVIC PROCESS. I THINK A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE WOULD APPRECIATE IF PARTICIPATING GOT THEM LISTENED TO OCCASIONALLY AND EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE, MAYBE SOMEONE WOULD THINK WE HAD A GOOD IDEA. MY GOD, WOULDN'T THAT BE WONDERFUL? MY LAST 45 SECONDS, I WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE THE BEGEESUS OUT OF WHO CAME UP WITH THE MAINTENANCE OF SEWER LINES AND WATER LINES. WE'VE BEEN ASKING FOR THAT FOR 20 YEARS. THERE'S NEVER MONEY FOR PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE AND THAT'S RIDICULOUS. IT'S FAR CHEAPER TO KEEP IT THAN TO FIX IT AFTER IT BREAKS. THAT IS THE BEST THING I HAVE SEEN AT A COMMISSION MEETING IN A LONG, LONG, LONG TIME. I HOPE WE DO MORE THAN THAT. THE RISK MATRIX IS GREAT. YOU CAN DO A RISK MATRIX FOR EVERY SINGLE PROJECT YOU EVER DO. RIGHT AFTER THE SCOPE OF WORK, THERE OUGHT TO BE A RISK MATRIX. I'VE NEVER SEEN ONE BUT IT COULD HAPPEN. MAYBE A LOT OF US WOULD PARTICIPATE A LOT MORE AND BE PART OF TEAM BOYNTON. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> HI, MY NAME IS INDIA CISCO. I MOVED HERE FROM NEW JERSEY. AND I REALLY LIKE BOYNTON. I LIKE THE WEATHER. I LIKE THE MELTING POT. I LIKE EVERYTHING OTHER THAN THE CRIME. I THOUGHT IT WAS SAFE. I USED TO WALK IN WHAT THEY CONSIDERED A GATED COMMUNITY IN 55 AND OVER. AND IT'S NOT SAFE AT ALL. I CALL THE POLICE. THE POLICE COME. NOTHING HAPPENS. AND IT'S NOT TO BASH THE POLICE BECAUSE I WAS LAW ENFORCEMENT. I RETIRED 25 YEARS FROM IT. I'M A HUGE SUPPORTER AND BACKING POLICE OFFICERS, ESPECIALLY WHEN PEOPLE AREN'T DOING RIGHT. YOU DON'T DO RIGHT, THINGS HAPPEN. SO I WAS WONDERING -- BECAUSE THIS IS DIFFERENT FROM NEW JERSEY. I'M LEAVING THE NEW JERSEY MINDSET IN NEW JERSEY AND TRYING TO ADAPT HERE. WHEN I HEAR GUNSHOTS AND I DON'T HEAR POLICE CARS, THAT'S A PROBLEM. IT'S A REAL PROBLEM. MY BUILDING, I THINK I HAVE IT RIGHT -- 4th AVENUE AND IS A COMMUNITY OVER, RIGHT OVER MY BUILDING. AND EVERY NIGHT BETWEEN 9:00 AND 11:00 THERE IS GUNSHOTS ALL THE TIME. THE OTHER NIGHT IT MADE THE NEWS. AND I SAW IT. I HAD A POLICE OFFICER, WONDERFUL POLICE OFFICER, HE CAME IN. HE DROVE AROUND MY COMMUNITY FOR ALMOST AN HOUR AND A HALF JUST RIDING AROUND BECAUSE WE HAVE KIDS BREAKING IN OUR CARS, KIDS TRYING TO STEAL THE OLD PEOPLE'S SCOOTERS. THESE -- WHAT DO YOU CALL THOSE THINGS WITH THE BIG WHEELS AND THEY RIDE DOWN THE STREET? VROOM. THEY DO WHEELIES ON THEM. THE POLICE OFFICER, I SAID WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO? HE SAID I CAN'T DO ANYTHING. I'M LIKE YOU CAN'T DO ANYTHING? UH-HUH. WHY? OUR HANDS ARE TIED. I GUESS SOMETHING BAD HAPPENED IN THE COMMUNITY. THAT'S ANOTHER STORY. BUT WE HAVE TO -- IN ORDER -- AND IT'S BEAUTIFUL WITH THIS WHOLE THING WITH THE COMMUNITY TO COME TOGETHER. BUT PEOPLE DON'T COME OUT THEIR HOUSES IF THERE IS CRIME. YOU KNOW, THE CRIME HAS TO BE TAKEN -- AND DON'T MAKE THE COPS SCARED TO DO THEIR JOBS. AND THAT'S THE AURA THAT HAS HAPPENED IN AMERICA -- IS THAT THEY ARE AFRAID TO DO THEIR JOBS. IF THEY ARE AFRAID TO DO THEIR JOBS, ALL OF THIS IS IN VAIN BECAUSE NO ONE IS GOING TO COME OUT. [TONE] THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. THANK YOU. HAVE A GOOD MEETING. >> THANK YOU, MA'AM. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE -- APPLAUSE WE'VE GOING TO HAVE CHIEF ZELLER GET WITH YOU. OUR DEPUTY POLICE CHIEF IS GOING TO TALK TO YOU AND GET THE EXACT LOCATION OVER THERE. THANKS. >> SUSAN OYER, BOYNTON BEACH. SORRY ABOUT MY VOICE. I'VE BEEN COUGHING FOR THREE WEEKS NOW. FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO SAY I'M VERY HAPPY THAT THE DESTRUCTION OF THE MANGROVES THAT WERE SET TO GO FORWARD AT THE NORTH END HAS BEEN STOPPED. ANDREW, THANK YOU. NUMBER TWO, I THINK YOU HAVE CREATED AN ADVISORY BOARD DISASTER. IT'S IMPENDING. YOU ARE GETTING RID OF ALL THE PEOPLE WITH YOUR INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE. I MEAN I'M HEARING BETTY ROWE IS UPSET BECAUSE SHE'S GOING TO BE BOOTED OFF RECS AND PARK AFTER 18 YEARS. YOU CAN NO REPLACE THAT INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE. YOU CANNOT REPLACE A BARBER READY WHO HAS BEEN ON HISTORIC PRESERVATION 10 YEARS IF NOT LONGER. YOU CANNOT REPLACE DR. BEN LOWE ON HISTORIC PRESERVATION. YOU CANNOT REPLACE A CLOVIS MOODY WHO HAS BEEN ON ARTS BOARD FOR -- I DON'T KNOW, FIVE, SIX YEARS. SHE WAS ON THERE BEFORE I LEFT AND I WAS ON THERE FOR LIKE THREE, FOUR YEARS. YOU HAVE AN IMPENDING DISASTER COMING. YOU ARE LOSING THE INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE OF THIS CITY BY GETTING RID OF YOUR BOARD MEMBERS AND PUTTING TERM LIMITS ON THOSE. THIS IS ON TOP OF THE LOSS OF INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE AS THIS CITY IS BLEEDING OUT EMPLOYEES. NOT THE NEW EMPLOYEES, BUT THE LONG-TERM EMPLOYEES THAT HAVE BEEN HERE FOR DECADES ARE BLEEDING OUT. THIS CITY COULD NOT CONTINUE TO LOSE THAT KIND OF INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE. NUMBER THREE, PLEASE STOP SCREWING AROUND WITH THE LITTLE LEAGUE FIELDS. OUR EAST BOYNTON BEACH LITTLE LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP FIELDS. I WONDER WHAT HGTV AND ALL THOSE BUSINESSES AND ALL THOSE PEOPLE WHO CAME OUT AND VOLUNTEERED THEIR TIME AND GAVE OF THEIR MONEY THINK THAT YOU ALL -- NOW THAT YOU ARE ALLOWING THESE FIELDS TO BE RIPPED UP AND SOLD OFF TO THE LOWEST BIDDER. WHAT IS IT? $1 A DAY OR SOMETHING. THANK YOU. $1 A YEAR FOR 50 YEARS TO DESTROY OUR LITTLE LEAGUE FIELDS THAT HAVE BEEN HERE FOR -- WHAT? 60, 70 YEARS. I WAS OUT THERE ALL THE TIME AS A KID BECAUSE MY BROTHER PLAYED OUT THERE. MY WHOLE FAMILY WAS OUT THERE. I'M NOT THE BIGGEST BASEBALL FAN BUT I DEFINITELY SEE THERE IS A NEED FOR THIS. AND I HAVE CERTAINLY SPENT MY TIME OUT THERE, TOO. NUMBER FOUR, WHEN WILL YOU ALL FINALLY ADDRESS THE BEAUTIFICATION ISSUE? I KNOW THE CITY MANAGER HAS SAID THEY HAVE STARTED TRYING TO DO SOMETHING. BUT IT'S NOT WHAT WE TRULY NEED. GOING AROUND WITH CODE ENFORCEMENT AND BEHIND CODE ENFORCEMENT IS NOT WHAT WE NEED. IT'S THE NUMBER ONE REQUEST OF YOUR BUSINESSES. IT'S IN THE TOP FIVE OF YOUR RESIDENTS. WE NEED TO BEAUTIFY OUR CITY. THAT MEANS BEAUTIFUL TREES AND BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS UP AND DOWN ALL OF OUR MAJOR STREETS. BEAUTIFUL LIGHTS, BEAUTIFUL HANGING BANNERS, UP AND DOWN ALL OF OUR MAJOR STREETS. WE NEED TO BEAUTIFY OUR CITY. PICKING UP TRASH IS GREAT. I'M ALL FOR IT. I LIKE PICKING UP TRASH, TOO. I'VE DONE PLENTY ON OCEAN AVENUE. BUT WE NEED TO GO BEYOND THAT. WHERE IS THE BEAUTIFICATION? WHERE IS THE FLOWERS? WHERE ARE THE BEAUTIFUL TREES? WHERE IS MAKING OUR CITY TRULY BEAUTIFUL? WE ARE ONE OF THE OLD ORIGINAL CITIES. [TONE] WE SHOULD BE MAKING OURSELVES LOOK AS GOOD AS WE REALLY ARE. >> THANK YOU, MS. OYER. OKAY, NEXT. [APPLAUSE] >> CINDY FALCO DiCORRADO. I WANTED TO PIGGYBACK A LITTLE BIT ON WHAT SUSAN SAID. YOU KNOW, I HAVE LIVED HERE A LONG TIME NOW AND I WALK UP AND DOWN THESE STREETS. IT IS NOT THE BOYNTON BEACH THAT I CAME TO. WE LOOK LIKE A SLUM. WE REALLY DO. IT IS SCARY TO SEE, FIRST OF ALL -- AGAIN I MENTIONED IT TWO WEEKS AGO THAT THERE ARE EIGHT STREET LIGHTS AS SOON AS YOU COME OFF OF I-95 ON TO BOYNTON BEACH BOULEVARD HEADING EAST THAT DO NOT WORK. IT'S VERY DARK. IT'S NOT INVITING. I HAVE FRIENDS THAT TELL ME THEY DON'T EVER LET THEIR FRIENDS COME DOWN BOYNTON BEACH BOULEVARD. THEY BRING THEM DOWN A DIFFERENT WAY BECAUSE THEY ARE PETRIFIED. WE LOOK LIKE WE HAVE BEEN LEFT TO DIE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON. WE HAVE THIS FIELD OVER HERE, THE BLUE TARP IS NOT AROUND IT ANY MORE SO WE SEE THIS EMPTY FIELD. WE HAVE GARBAGES OUT IN FRONT OF PEOPLE'S HOUSES. AS SUSAN SHARED, THERE'S NOTHING PRETTY AND BEAUTIFUL. SEVERAL YEARS BACK BEFORE THE COVID, WE USED TO GET TOGETHER AND WE ALL MET TOGETHER AND WE ALL WORKED ON A PLAN THAT WAS BEAUTIFUL FOR BOYNTON BEACH. OKAY. THAT WAS BEFORE THIS BUILDING WAS BUILT. AND WE ALL CAME TOGETHER AND EVERYBODY AGREED UPON IT. AS YOU CAN SEE, NOTHING HAPPENED. WE SPENT HOURS AND DAYS AND MONTHS, EVERYBODY COMING TO THE MEETING. EVERYBODY PARTICIPATING. IT WAS WONDERFUL TO SEE AND ENVISION WHAT OUR BEAUTIFUL DOWNTOWN BOYNTON BEACH WOULD LOOK LIKE. TODAY I'M GRIEVED AND I WALK DOWN THIS EAST BOULEVARD A LOT TO GO DOWN TO THE BEACH. IT'S DEPRESSING. IT JUST GRIEVES MY SPIRIT. AND AS THE OTHER BROTHER WAS SAYING ABOUT PRAYER IN THIS COMMUNITY, YOU'VE GOT TO GET RID OF THE 666 BENCHES WHICH INVOKE DEMONIC SPIRITS. YOU HAVE TO GET RID OF THE BIG FIST AND ALL OF THESE THINGS THAT ATTRACT THOSE KINDS OF SPIRITS, THAT BRING THE DIVISION IN OUR COMMUNITY. IT'S GOT TO STOP. AND WE HAVE ASKED FOR A PARK FOR THE ELDERLY AND FOR HERE IN FOREST PARK. THERE'S NOT A PARK. THERE'S THIS LITTLE PARK FOR THE CHILDREN BUT NOTHING THAT THE ELDERLY CAN COME OUT AND CAMARADERIE, FEEL SAFE AND SIT AND WALK AND JUST MEET PEOPLE. THERE'S NOTHING HERE. I KNOW THE CHURCH WAS GOING TO DO SOMETHING AND THAT FELL APART. AND THEN I HAVE HEARD NOTHING ELSE SINCE. [INAUDIBLE] IS IT BEING ESTABLISHED? I'D LIKE TO KNOW IF IT'S BEING ESTABLISHED BECAUSE WE REALLY DO NEED A PARK THAT PEOPLE CAN CAMARADERIE. I LOVE THAT IN DISTRICT 2 THEY HAVE THREE PARKS. BUT WE DON'T HAVE ONE. AND NOW I'M HEARING ABOUT THE FOOTBALL -- PARDON ME THE BASEBALL FIELD AND THEY DON'T HAVE A PARK. WE ARE BEING SQUEEZED OUT IN DISTRICT 3 SOMEHOW OR ANOTHER. WE ARE NOT GETTING WHAT OUR TAX DOLLARS HAVE WENT UP TRIPLE IN AMENITIES. EVEN THOUGH I DON'T TRADE MY RIGHTS FOR PRIVILEGES, BUT THESE ARE THINGS THAT OURS DOLLARS ARE SUPPOSEDLY GOING TO. I'D LIKE TO SEE IT BEAUTIFIED. ON THE 211 THING, I AM A MINISTER AND I DO A LOT OF STREET MINISTRY. I HAVE HAD TO CALL 211 FOR DIFFERENT PEOPLE. UNFORTUNATELY -- SHE DID A GREAT PRESENTATION BUT THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS WHEN YOU CALL, YOU HAVE TO WAIT AND MAKE SURE YOU PICK UP THE PHONE FOR THEM TO CALL YOU BACK. IF YOU MISS THAT PHONE CALL, YOU DON'T GET TAKEN CARE OF. [TONE] >> THANK YOU, THANK YOU. >> PLEASE EVERYBODY CALL 211 AND SEE HOW FAR YOU GET. GOD BLESS YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> GOOD DAY TO EVERYBODY. MY NAME IS JAMES LEE BELL, I LIVE AT 130 NORTHEAST 17th AVENUE. AND I'M A CONCERNED RESIDENT. WE COME UP WITH ALL THESE IDEAS, WHAT WE'RE DOING THIS AND THAT. EVER SINCE FDR, WE WENT DOWN HI. HE WAS THINKING ABOUT THE CHILDREN. WE WANT TO START A SUMMIT FOR THEM WITH YOUR INDIVIDUALS AND LET THEM GET IN THE PARK OUT THERE AND COME BACK TO YOU GUYS. IF YOU GIVE THEM A PLACE, THEY WILL CHANGE. I WALKED THESE STREETS ALL MY LIFE SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE. I CAME HERE IN '83 WHEN THEY FIRST HAD THE PROJECT. ALWAYS MINDING MY BUSINESS. BUT I TELL THEM THEY CAN DO BETTER THAN ME. MY SHAME AND MY PAIN, YOU DON'T HAVE TO ACKNOWLEDGE NONE OF THAT. JUST BE A BUTTERFLY AND FLY. I HAVE EXAMPLES. I HAVE PEOPLE I RAISED IN MY LIFE AND HELPED THEM. IF THEY DON'T DO BETTER THAN ME, IT'S GOING TO BE SOME BERNIE MACK GOING ON HERE. I WALK AROUND HERE. ONE LITTLE GIRL SAW ME WALKING ON CHERRY HILL, SHE SAID WHO THE MAN WITH THE FUNNY LEG? SHE SAID JUST WATCH HIM. THEY WANT A CHANCE TO BE IN CHARGE. THIS IS THE MILLENNIAL. IN THE BIBLE SHE SPOKE, IT IS THEIR TURN. REMEMBER WHEN YOU WERE YOUNG? THE WISDOM YOU GOT? DON'T GIVE THEM THE PAIN. LET THEM BE WHO THEY ARE AND THEY WILL BRING THE JOY BACK. >> THANK YOU, SIR. [APPLAUSE] BROTHER NORFUS. >> BROTHER VICTOR NORFUS, 225 NORTHWEST 6th. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THESE GENTLEMEN SPOKE TO ALREADY WAS ABOUT THE BASEBALL. IT APPEARS THAT YOU ARE TRYING TO OR THERE MAY BE AN IDEA THAT YOU ARE SELLING IT TO A BUSINESS OR ENTITY THAT IS NOT THE CITY. AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE NEED IS MORE CEMETERY SPACE. WE ALSO NEED A BASEBALL PARK. THE REFERENCE THAT IF SOMEONE BUYS THAT, THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO INVEST IN OUR COMMUNITY AND SET UP A BASEBALL PARK TO ACCOMMODATE THE INDIVIDUALS THAT THEY ARE TAKING THE PROPERTY FROM. NOW, IF YOU ARE JUST GOING TO GIVE IT TO THEM FOR $1, THEY AIN'T GOT TO DO NOTHING FOR NOBODY. THEY DO WHATEVER THEY WANT. AND IT SOUNDS LIKE SOME TYPE OF HABITAT FOR HUMANITY STUFF WHERE YOU GIVE AWAY LAND AND THEN THEY KEEP IT FOREVER UNTIL THEY GET TIRED OF IT. THE OTHER ISSUE WAS THE ACTUAL CEMETERY. THERE IS STILL VERY LITTLE CARE DONE TO OUR CEMETERIES IN DISTRICT 2. I HAVE DONE A LOT OF PULLING OF WEEDS OUT THERE. THEY NEED TO DO MUCH BETTER AND YOU DON'T HAVE A BOARD. YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT TERM LIMITS FOR OTHER BOARDS. I WAS ON THE COMMUNITY RELATIONS BOARD. IT WAS REMOVED. THAT WAS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO GO OUT IN THE COMMUNITY, FIND OUT ISSUES THAT WERE AVAILABLE AND THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED LIKE THE SHOOTING, LIKE THE LIGHTING AND EAR ISSUES. BUT THAT BOARD WAS REMOVED. YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT PUTTING TERM LIMITS ON A BOARD OF MEMBERS WHO MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE SOMEONE TO REPLACE THEM. SO IF YOU REPLACE -- YOU SAY, WELL, YOU'VE GOT TWO TERMS AND DON'T NOBODY VOLUNTEER, WHAT'S HE GOING TO DO? HE HAS TO LEAVE? THIS IS NOT LIKE YOUR POSITIONS. NOW, IT WOULD BE GOOD IF YOU HAVE A TERM LIMIT. BUT IF NO ONE HAS APPLIED AND THAT INDIVIDUAL STILL WISHES TO SERVE, YOU CAN'T CALL IT A TERM LIMIT BECAUSE NOW YOU DON'T HAVE ANYBODY TO REPLACE THE GENTLEMAN OR LADY WHO HAS THE KNOWLEDGE TO GET THE JOB DONE AND WANTS TO DO IT. SO YOU NEED TO CONSIDER THIS THING ABOUT TERM LIMITS OF BOARDS BECAUSE WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IS YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE BOARDS. THERE ARE CERTAIN PEOPLE LIKE MYSELF WHO VOLUNTEER FOR JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING, OKAY. AND MOST PEOPLE VOLUNTEER FOR NOTHING. AND MOST PEOPLE -- YOU ALL HAVE THAT RIGHT. BUT SO DOES AN INDIVIDUAL WHO WANTS TO WORK AND CONTINUE TO WORK FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE CITY WHETHER IT'S TWO YEARS, WHETHER IT'S FOUR YEARS OR WHETHER IT'S EIGHT YEARS. THERE IS NO PAY. HOW MANY OF Y'ALL GOING TO WORK FOR THE CITY FOR EIGHT YEARS WITH NO PAY? YOU CAN RAISE YOUR HAND, BUT I KNOW YOU AIN'T. OKAY. BECAUSE I WOULDN'T EITHER. BUT I WILL VOLUNTEER FOR BOARDS THAT I AM INTERESTED IN. HISTORICAL PRESERVATION, PARKS AND RECREATION, THE COMMUNITY RELATIONS BOARD, OH, YEAH, I DID RUN FOR YOUR SEAT BUT YOU BEAT ME AGAIN AND AGAIN. I CAN'T WAIT UNTIL YOUR TERM LIMITS, SIR. [LAUGHTER] [TONE] >> MAYOR: THANK YOU. NEXT PERSON. >> GOOD EVENING. >> MAYOR: GOOD EVENING. >> MARK CAREY GEORGE, BOYNTON BEACH. WE HAVE HEARD A LOT OF NEGATIVITY. BUT THERE'S ALSO A LOT OF POSITIVE GOING ON AS WELL. AND ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT'S BEEN OCCURRING THIS MONTH HAS BEEN EDUCATING ON BLACK HISTORY MONTH. WE HAVE HAD THE PLEASURE OF THE PAST TWO WEDNESDAYS HAVING BILL NIX, THE FORMER VICE PRESIDENT OF THE PALM BEACH COUNTY CULTURAL COUNCIL EXPRESSING BLACK HISTORY FROM ITS INCEPTION. AND THIS WEDNESDAY, TOMORROW NIGHT, HE'S GOING TO BE CONCLUDING HIS THREE-PART SERIES TAKING IT FROM THE CIVIL RIGHTS ERA OF WHICH HE WAS VERY MUCH A PART OF IT AS HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE HONOR GUARD AT DR. KING'S FUNERAL. BILL IS A RESOURCE BEYOND COMPREHENSION. HIS KNOWLEDGE OF CULTURE AND HISTORY IS EXCEPTIONAL. FOR MANY YEARS, HE HAD A SHOW ON TV 20 THAT THE CULTURAL COUNCIL HAD HIM DO AND IT WAS VERY EDUCATIONAL. I WOULD ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO COME TOMORROW NIGHT TO ST. JOHN'S TO HEAR THIS THIRD PART OF HIS PRESENTATION. YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE WHITE, BLACK, YELLOW, BROWN, PURPLE TO KNOW THAT DISCRIMINATION IS WRONG. IT IS DESPICABLE. I THINK BACK TO WHEN DR. KING REACHED OUT TO OTHER CLERGY ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO MARCH ACROSS THE BRIDGE IN SELMA. ONE OF THOSE HE REACHED OUT TO ARCHBISHOP OF THE GREEK ORTHODOX MINISTRY. AND HE WAS THE ARCHBISHOP FOR NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA FOR THE GREEK ORTHODOX FAITH. I ASKED HE SAID DISCRIMINATION OF ANY  KIND IS WRONG AND AS THE CHILD  IN GREECE WHEN TURKS INVADED, IT WAS WRONG. AND WHAT HAPPENED TO DR. KING  WAS ASKING THEM TO MARCH HE WAS  VERY PROUD TO MARCH WITH HIM. I WOULD WANT PEOPLE TO BE MORE  EDUCATED. BECAUSE WHEN YOU KNOW BETTER,  YOU DO BETTER. WE HAVE A LOT OF THINGS THAT  NEED TO BE FIXED. I'M GLAD THIS ORDINANCE GOT  REPEALED. WE HAVE TO START LOOKING  FORWARD, NOT BACKWARDS. THE STRATEGIC PLAN NEEDS TO BE  WORKED ON. THE CRA MASTER PLAN NEEDS TO BE  WORKED ON AND UPDATED. THOSE THINGS NEED TO HAVE PUBLIC INPUT. WHEN WE WORKED ON THOSE THINGS  IN THE PAST WE HAD THE PUBLIC AT THEM. >>MAYOR:  THANK YOU SO MUCH. NEXT SPEAKER, WE WILL GO BACK  AND FORTH. STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD  AND BEGIN WHEN YOU ARE READY.   >> I'M JOHN REEDY LIFETIME  RESIDENT OF THE CITY OF BOYNTON  BEACH. I'M HERE AS THE FATHER AND COACH AND BOARD MEMBER. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR  RECONSIDERATION OF LITTLE LEAGUE PARK. ASSUMING THE DEMOLITION OF 2, 3  AND 4 ARE NOT HAPPENING. WHAT'S NEXT. THERE'S PLENTY OF MAINTENANCE  AND THINGS THAT NEED TO BE DONE  TO KEEP THE FIELDS IN PLAYABLE  SHAPE. I DEFINITELY THINK THAT RIGHT  NOW THAT THE CURRENT MAINTENANCE CREW OR WHOEVER WE CONTRACTED  THAT OUT IS NOT FULLFILLING THE  NEED. THE CITY AND THE LITTLE LEAGUE  AND THE ORGANIZATION INVOLVED  WITH THE RENOVATION OF FIELD ONE PRIOR WITH MEETING ARCHITECT  WITH NEW PARK LAY OUT. I ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO YOUR DUE  DILIGENCE ON HOW THE PARK IS  USED BY THE PEOPLE WHO USE IT. THIS HAS BEEN AN UGLY SITUATION  FOR ALL INVOLVED. WE WOULD LIKE A COMPROMISE WHERE NO ONE LEASES. THE LEAGUE APPRECIATES THE CITY  TO FIND ALTERNATE FIELDS DURING  THE RENOVATION AND LOOKS FORWARD TOGETHER WITH THE CITY TO  CONTINUE PROVIDING THE COMMUNITY WITH OUR GREAT YOUTH SPORTS  PROGRAM. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >>MAYOR:  THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >>MAYOR:  NEXT SPEAKER. I'M TONY SENCAR. I'M A COACH, VOLUNTEER TEACHER. I THINK THAT TOUCHED OUR HEARTS. THANK YOU. IT MADE ME THINK THAT DIVIDED A  CITY. THE CITY LEADERS DIVIDED OUR  CITY. WHAT BRINGS A CITY TOGETHER. LITTLE LEAGUE IS ONE OF THOSE  THINGS THAT BRINGS US TOGETHER. I MET WITH 80-YEAR-OLD CLIENT  YESTERDAY I COACHED HIS  GRANDSON. HE COACHED HIS SON. YOU GO SPEAK IT'S IMPORTANT. BRINGS OUR CITY TOGETHER  SOMETHING LIKE OUR LITTLE  LEAGUE. AFTER LAST COMMISSION I REVIEWED THE CONTRACT THAT YOU APPROVED  AND SIGNED. AND YOU ARE GIVING AWAY OUR  FIELD FOR A DOLLAR A YEAR WITH  TWO TEN YEAR OPTIONS FOR THE  DEVELOPER TAKING OVER OUR  FIELDS. WE HEARD A LOT OF TALK. AND YOU CAN SAY IT'S TOO LATE  NOW. WE GAVE OUR INPUT EVERY STEP OF  THE WAY. I SENT AN E-MAIL AFTER OUR LAST  MEETING ADDRESSING THE CONCERN. I'M HERE TONIGHT SPEAKING WHERE  I HAVE TO BE HEARD. WE HAVE HAD TRAVEL BASEBALL AND  LITTLE LEAGUE COORDINATE  TOGETHER. WE KEPT OUR COSTS DOWN. LITTLE LEAGUE ARE DYING ACROSS  THE COUNTRY. WE'RE ONE OF THE FEW LITTLE  LEAGUES THAT OUR NUMBERS ARE  GROWING EVERY YEAR. IT'S BECAUSE OUR GOOD PLAYER  PLAYED REGULAR BASEBALL. OUR COST FOR THE SEASON, WERE A  LOT OF TIMES LESS THAN WHAT  OTHER TEAMS ARE PAYING FOR A  MONTH. NOW WE'VE GIVEN THE FIELD AWAY. SAW THE LOGOS, NOT ONE MENTION  OF EAST BOYNTON LITTLE LEAGUE. ALL OF THE PERMITS. THE ONLY TIME ALLOWED TO APPLY  FOR PERMITS ON FIELD ONE ARE  SENIOR TEAMS. NO TRAVEL TEAMS, NO OTHER TEAMS. JUST PAY TEAMS WITH THE LOGOS ON THEM. WE'VE GIVEN SCHOLARSHIP AT EAST  BOYNTON. NUMEROUS SCHOLARSHIPS SO THEY  CAN PLAY BASEBALL. MAYBE THAT WILL HAPPEN WITH  TRAVEL AND MAYBE IT WON'T. BUT A LOT OF THOSE KIDS MAY WIND UP LEAVED A NOT PLAYING SPORTS  AT ALL. CHOOSE THE CURRENT BOARD THEIR  HEART IS IN THE RIGHT PLACE. MIKE BAROS SAID THEY WOULD GIVE  SCHOLARSHIP. A 50-YEAR CONTRACT IS LONG TIME. WHAT WILL HAPPEN IN FIVE, TEN OR 20 YEARS WHEN HE'S NO LONGER ON  THE BOARD. OUR LANGUAGE DOESN'T DELINEATE  ANY OF THAT. WE HAVE TO APPLY FOR PERMITS. THEY HAVE HAVE THE RIGHT TO GIVE THE PERMIT TO SENIOR TEAM. WHAT IF THEY SAY NO IN TEN  YEARS. THE CONTRACT DOESN'T ADDRESS ANY OF THAT. WHAT CAN WE DO?   WE CAN HAVE ALL PERMITS GO  THROUGH THE CITY INSTEAD OF  ATHLETIC ANGELS. THEY SAID THE FIELD SAT EMPTY  DURING THE DAY AND THEY WANT USE OUT THERE. WHY NOT ALLOW THEM THE USE OF  FIELDS AT NIGHT AND GIVE EAST  BOYNTON BEACH THE RIGHT TO FIELD IN THE EVENING WHILE THEY ARE  THERE DURING THE DAY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >>MAYOR:  THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] NEXT SPEAKER STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD AND BEGIN WHEN YOU  ARE READY.   >> I'M MELANIE HAINY. I LIVED IN DELRAY AREA MY WHOLE  LIFE.   >> MY SON LEARNED THE GAME OF  BASEBALL ON THE EAST BOYNTON  FIELD. WHEN COVID HIT AND THE WORLD  SHUT DOWN BASEBALL ALLOWED HIM  TO GET OUTSIDE AND KEEP  PRACTICING THE GAME THAT HE  LOVED TO PLAY. TWO YEARS AGO, HE START WATCHING THE HIGH SCHOOLERS PRACTICING ON THE BELOVED FIELD NUMBER ONE. THEY INVITED HIM TO PRACTICE  WITH THEM. AND MENTORED HIM. HE THRIVED WITH THE HELP OF THE  OLDER KIDS. IN TURNS HE START HELPING THOR  KIDS STARTING VOLUNTEERING AND  COACHING. HE COULDN'T WAIT TO PLAY HIGH  SCHOOL BALL ON THAT FIELD. NOW HIS HIGH SCHOOL HAS NO HOME  FIELD. ALL GAMES WILL BE PLAYED ON THE  OPPOSING TEAM'S FIELDS. THEY WILL ALWAYS BE THE VISITORS AND THEY HAVE NO HOME FIELD  FANS. WHO DOES NOT KNOW WHEN BASEBALL  SEASON ENDS?   I REALIZE WE LIVE IN FLORIDA AND THEY CAN PLAY ALL YEAR LONG. SPRING IS THE SEASON FOR  BASEBALL. IT'S THE SEASON ALL PLAYERS LOOK FORWARD TO. AND THAT HAS BEEN DESTROYED BY  THE GREED OF BAROS. WHY NOW IS SO URGENT THAT THIS  PROJECT BE DONE?   PERMITS COULD HAVE WAITED UNTIL  THE SUMMER AND HAD YOUR EXPLAIN  TO THE KID FOR A DOLLAR, IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN THEM PLAYING ON  THAT FIELD?   THEY DON'T HAVE THEIR OWN  BASEBALL FIELD. THEY HAVE BEEN ALLOWED TO USE  THE EAST BOYNTON FIELDS FOR THE  LAST SEVERAL YEARS. IT'S BEEN THEIR HOME AWAY FROM  THEIR SCHOOL. THAT'S WHERE THEY DO THEIR  SENIOR NIGHTS. THAT'S WHERE THEY HAVE THEIR  HIGH SCHOOL NAMES. THEY NO LONGER HAVE A FIELD. THEY NO LONGER WILL EVER BE THE  HOME TEAM. THEY WILL ALWAYS BE THE VISITOR  NO MATTER WHERE THEY GO. THEY MIGHT GET TO BAT LAST. THEY MIGHT GET TO LOOK LIKE THE  HOME TEAM BUT THEY WON'T HAVE  THE HOME TEAM AND THEIR FIELD  WITH THEIR FANS. WE'LL ALWAYS BE THE VISITORS. IT'S HEARTBREAKING FOR A KID FOR LOVED BASEBALL AND NOW AS HIS  FIRST YEAR AS JV TEAM IS GOING  OUT AS BEING A VISITOR  EVERYWHERE HE GOES. I HOPE THAT IN FUTURE YOU WILL  ALLOW MORE PEOPLE TO USE THAT  FIELD THAN JUST BARWAS. THANK YOU. >>MAYOR:  WE ARE GOING BACK AND  FORTH BETWEEN THE TWO. WE'LL GO ON THIS SIDE.   >> GARRETT MACKEY. THIS IS MY SON THEO. WE WERE BROUGHT TO EAST BOYNTON  BEACH LITTLE LEAGUE. THEO WAS PLAYING IN I-9 WHICH IS VERY BASIC JUST TEACH THE KIDS  IS FUNDAMENTAL OF BASEBALL. THE DIRECTOR APPROACHED IT AND  SAID THEO WAS GETTING ADVANCED  AND NEEDS TO FIND A LEAGUE TO  SUIT HIM BETTER. AFTER DISCUSSING SOME OF THE  LEAGUES AROUND PALM BEACH  COUNTY, HE NAMED SEVERAL LEAGUES BUT EAST BOYNTON BEACH LITTLE  LEAGUE STOOD OUT AS THE BEST. HE EXPLAINED NOTHING ABOUT THE  CONDITION OF FIELD. IT WASN'T ABOUT WHAT THE GRASS  WAS MADE OF OR IF WE HAD TURF AT THE FIELDS. HE EXPLAINED THIS THE BEST  LEAGUE FOR YOUR CHILD BECAUSE OF THE COMMUNITY THAT'S THERE. HE EXPLAINED THE COACHING HOW  ADVANCED THE KIDS BECOME ONCE  THEY GO TO EAST BOYNTON BEACH  LITTLE LEAGUE. HE EXPLAINED HOW CLOSE THE  COMMUNITY IS. THAT'S WHAT DROVE US TO COME  HERE. I CAME TO EAST BOYNTON BEACH  LITTLE LEAGUE VOLUNTEERED AS  COACH AND QUICKLY ACCEPTED BY  THE COMMUNITY. I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT  IT'S NOT -- IT'S NOT WHAT THE  FIELD IS OR YOU KNOW WHAT THE  FIELD MADE OF. WHAT GOALS OR PLANS ARE. IT'S THE COMMUNITY THAT'S THERE. IT WASN'T THIS TRAVEL TEAM. HE DIDN'T TELLINGS YOU SHOULD  COME TO THIS BECAUSE THERE'S  1,000 A MONTH TRAVEL TEAM THAT  HOST THESE FIELDS. IT WAS BECAUSE EAST BOYNTON  BEACH LITTLE LEAGUE AFFORDABLE  AND THE BEST OPTION FOR THEO AT  THE TIME. THEY HAD THE OPTION OF TRAVEL  LEAGUE ALREADY. IT'S ALREADY THERE. BUT TO SELL IT OUT TO SOMEBODY  FOR A DOLLAR A YEAR, THAT  DOESN'T NEED TO BE THERE. THEY ARE NOT THE ONES THAT BUILT THE FIELDS. I'M TELLING YOU IN PALM BEACH  COUNTY EAST BOYNTON BEACH IS  KNOWN AS THE FIELDS TO BE AT  ALREADY. I DON'T THINK WE HAVE TO GIVE  THEM UP TO TRAVEL TEAM THAT  DOESN'T BELONG THERE. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> GENE FERGUSON.   I WANT ADDRESS, I DON'T KNOW IF  THIS IS ALLOWED. MISS SHANNA LIAM HAD SOLD -- YOU CAN STOP PLAYING CANDY CRUSH,  MAYBE PAY ATTENTION FOR A  SECOND. HAD SOLD WARWITZ. THEY ARE A GREAT ORGANIZATION. THEY ARE NONPROFIT. EXCELLENT COACHES. THEY GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY. 20 YEARS EXPERIENCE. GUESS WHAT, EAST BOYNTON, 70  YEARS EXPERIENCE. COACHES TOOK THEM TO LITTLE  LEAGUE WORLD SERIES, TO STATE,  DISTRICTS, WE WIN ALL THE TIME. NONPROFIT, ALSO. GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY. DO THE RESEARCH. WE GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY. HOW DOES THAT ORGANIZATION GET  THE FIELDS FOR A DOLLAR WHEN  WE'RE DOING THREE TO FOUR TIMES  AS MUCH?   NONE OF THE PEOPLE THAT COME UP  HERE. THEY DON'T GET PAIRED A DIME. DOES BARWITZ GET PAID FOR THAT. DOES HIS FAMILY GET PAID?   I'M SURE HE DOES.   >> I WILL GO TO JUPITER IN,  COLORADO WHERE THEY GO SKIING. IN HILLSBOROUGH. THEY HAVE A GREAT ORGANIZATION. BUT THIS IS NOT TRAVEL BALL. THIS IS NOT THE HIGHER LEVEL. THIS IS FOR THE AVERAGE KID THAT THEIR PARENTS WORK 40 TO 60  HOURS A WEEK AND PAY $200 AND  THEIR KID PLAYS FOR SIX MONTHS. YOU KNOW, BARWITZ. THIS IS $100 A DAY. THESE PEOPLE CAN'T AFFORD THIS. RIGHT. AND YOU GUYS JUST GAVE THAT UP. HOW DO YOU DO THIS?   CAN YOU GET IT BACK?   PLEASE ASK THOSE QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT. IT'S NOT RIGHT.   >> HELLO, GOOD MORNING,  EVERYONE. THIS IS PROBABLY.   >> STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE  RECORD.   >> PHIL TERANO. 4789 LAKEWORTH. TWO YEARS AGO I SET UP IN FRONT  OF YOU GUYS AND I TOLD YOU THAT  I SPENT MY ENTIRE LIFE AT THIS  PARK. I COACHED. I PLAYED. I SERVED ON THE BOARD. I DID EVERYTHING THAT THE PEOPLE HERE ARE SAYING THAT THEY DO  CURRENTLY. OR HAVE BEEN DOING. AND I COMMEND THEM FOR WHAT THEY HAVE DONE. IT'S NOT AN EASY WORK. IT'S NOT EASY TO RAKE FIELDS AND TO LINE FIELDS. IT'S NOT EASY TO PUT UP WIND  SCREENS AND DO EVERYTHING THAT A VOLUNTEER PERSON DOES AND NEVER  GET PAID. BUT PEOPLE DO THAT BECAUSE THEY  HAVE A HEART AND A PASSION FOR  GAME AND CHILDREN. WHEN I SAT UP IN FRONT OF YOU  GUYS, I TOLD YOU I WAS TRYING TO DO SOMETHING TO KEEP LITTLE  LEAGUE HERE. NOT TO BRING TRAVEL BASEBALL, TO KEEP LITTLE LEAGUE HERE. BECAUSE IN 2005, WE FOUGHT TO  KEEP THE FIELDS FROM THE  CEMETERY. JACK MCVAY, MYSELF AND A BUNCH  OF OTHER PEOPLE THAT WERE  ONBOARD AT THE TIME. WHEN WE DID THAT, WE HAD NOTHING BUT ASPIRATIONS TO HELP CHILDREN AND CONTINUE TO KEEP HELPING  CHILDREN THROUGH THE GAME OF  BASEBALL. NOW LOTS OF THINGS HAVE BEEN  SAID ABOUT ME. I'M NOT MIKE BARWITZ. I'M PHIL TERANO. I NEVER ASKED FOR FIELD ONE. I NEVER HAD INTENTIONS TO TAKE  ANYTHING AWAY FROM ANY CHILD,  ANY COMMUNITY OR FROM ANY  BASEBALL TEAM. MY KIDS PLAY THE GAME OF  BASEBALL. THEY PLAY LITTLE LEAGUE. MY SON WAS TOLD TWO WEEKS AGO  THAT HE COULDN'T PLAY IN A  TOURNAMENT BECAUSE OF WHAT HIS  FATHER IS DOING IN THE  COMMUNITY. THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT LOVE  KIDS. SO WHEN YOU ARE THERE FOR KIDS,  YOU ARE THERE FOR ALL KIDS NO  MATTER WHETHER YOU LIKE THEIR  FATHER OR NOT. YOU ARE THERE FOR KIDS. I JUST HAD A TOURNAMENT THIS  WEEKEND, 96 TEAMS. AND THE PEOPLE THAT TOLD MY SON  THAT HE COULDN'T PLAY BASEBALL I STILL ALLOWED WHY?   BECAUSE THOSE PEOPLE ARE ADULTS. THEY ARE NOT CHILDREN. THEY ARE ADULTS THAT ARE TRYING  TO KEEP A KID FROM PLAYING  BASEBALL BECAUSE HIS FATHER  DECIDED TO FINALLY DO SOMETHING  FOR THE FIELDS THAT HE GREW UP  ON AND DO SOMETHING POSITIVE IN  THE COMMUNITY. I'VE GIVEN AWAY SCHOLARSHIPS. I'VE DONE EVERYTHING THAT I SAID I WOULD DO. AND I NEVER PUT A SHOVEL IN THE  GROUND. MAY HAVE A FEW MORE -- >> IT'S ONLY THREE MINUTES PER  PERSON.   >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.   >> THANK YOU. >>MAYOR:  NEXT PERSON.   >> GOOD MORNING. I'M A CURRENT SENIOR PLAYER. I'M RECENT RECIPIENT OF THE EAST BOYNTON BEACH HALL OF FAMER  AWARE. THIS AWAR GIVEN PLAYER WHO  PLAYED AT EAST BOYNTON FROM  T-BALL THROUGH SENIOR. I'M UNABLE TO PLAY ON MY HOME  FIELD. THE FIELD WHERE I FELL IN LOVE  WITH BASEBALL. I AM HERE TONIGHT TO ASK TO YOU  ALL TO RECONSIDER YOUR CONTRACT  WITH BARWITZ AND THE ATHLETICS  ANGEL AND THE FUTURE OF THE  FIELD. THE ONE AT EAST BOYNTON. I ASK YOU TO LET US BACK TO 2  TABLE WITH FOLLOWING CHANGE. ALLOW LITTLE LEAGUING A SESSION  FROM 3:30 TO 9:00 AND ON  SATURDAY FROM 8:00 TO 6:00 P.M. LET THE LEAGUE BE ALLOWED TO  HOLD OUR SPECIAL EVENTS ON FIELD ONE SUCH AS OPENING CEREMONIES,  PICTURE DAY, ET CETERA. I ALSO ASK THAT THE LEAGUE WOULD NEED TO COME TO YOU, THE CITY  FOR FIELD REQUEST AND APPROVAL  AND NOT HAVE TO BE AT THE MERCY  OF A THIRD PARTY FOR FIELD USE. I ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT  THE BLUE AND GOLD IN EAST  BOYNTON LOGO IS INCLUDED IN THE  RENOVATION OF THE FIELD AND NOT  THE COLORS OF A BARWITZ TRAVEL  TEAM. MY FEAR WITH THE CURRENT  CONTRACT MY BROTHERS AND FUTURE  PLAYER OF EAST BOYNTON BEACH  LITTLE LEAGUE WILL NEVER BE  ALLOWED TO PLAY ON FIELD ONE OR  NOT WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECEIVE THE HALL OF FAMER AWARD. I ASK YOU TO RECONSIDER THE  CONTRACT AND THINK ABOUT THE  SEVEN YEARS OF BASEBALL THAT IS  WOVEN INTO OUR CITY'S HISTORY. I HOPE THAT FUTURE GENERATIONS  ARE GIVEN THE SAME OPPORTUNITY  THAT I WAS TO FALL IN LOVE WITH  BASEBALL AT EAST BOYNTON. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >>MAYOR:  THANK YOU.   >> NEXT PERSON. GOOD EVENING. JESSICA FERGUSON. MOM OF FIVE BOYS THREE OF WHICH  PLAY AT BOYNTON BEACH LITTLE  LEAGUE. THAT WAS MY SON GEO WHO IS ALSO  A SENIOR WHO A LITTLE BIT HIGHER THAN LANDON. THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING HIM. I WANT TO FIRST START BY SAYING  THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU GUY. YOU RECENTLY PAST SOMETHING THAT MEANT A LOT TO US AND THE  GENTLEMAN HERE BEFORE US.   KEEPING HIM AWAY FROM OUR  FIELDS. AND KEEPING OUR CHILDREN OUR  COACHES, BOARD MEMBERS, SAFE. THANK YOU FOR THAT. WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS BECAUSE  WE SHOWED UP HERE EARLIER OR YOU KNOW HOW EXACTLY THAT CAME ABOUT IT. WE APPRECIATE YOU ON THAT  ASPECT. IN REGARD TO FIELD ONE I THINK  YOU HEARD OVER AND OVER HOW WE  WANT TO GO BACK TO TABLE. WE WANT TO SEE THERE WITH MIKE  OR WHOEVER WE CAN, AND TRY TO  AMEND THAT CONTRACT. SOME OF THOSE THINGS THAT  INSERTED IN THAT AGREEMENT WERE  DONE SO WITHOUT COMMUNICATING  WITH US. WITHOUT ASKING WHAT ACTUALLY IS  THE BEST THING FOR OUR LEAGUE,  FOR OUR PLAYERS, FOR LANDIN, FOR GEO. NO ONE ASKED US. I THINK THAT WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN THOSE CONVERSATIONS. I THINK AT LEAST KNOWING WHAT  OUR SCHEDULE WAS WOULD HAVE  AVOIDED A WHOLE BUNCH OF WHAT  ACTUALLY HAPPENING NOW IF YOU  GUYS WOULD HAVE AT LEAST  COMMUNICATED WITH US THE PROPER  WAY. I KNOW IT WAS SAID AT THE LAST  MEETING, I HAD A MEETING WITH  MISS LAMB. THAT WAS PERTAINING TO MR. PHIL  TERANO AND THE TRESPASSING ORDER AGAINST HIM. IT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH FIELD  ONE. I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WAS  ON THE RECORD. IT SADDENS ME A LITTLE BIT  SEEING LANDON AND GEO AND THE  T-BALLERS BEFORE US FEELING  DISPLACED BECAUSE OUR EAST  BOYNTON LITTLE LEAGUE HAS BEEN  ABOUT FAMILY. ABOUT BEING THERE FOR EACH  OTHER, ABOUT HELPING EACH OTHER  IN TIMES OF NEEDS ABOUT  SUPPORTING EACH OTHER WHEN THEY  DO SOMETHING WELL. FREDDIE HERE WITH HIS MOM, 100%  GIVES BACK. MY LITTLE GUY WHO IS NINE LOOKS  UP TO HIM AND WANTS TO BE  FREDDIE BECAUSE HE PLAYED ON THE SENIOR LEAGUES AND NOW HE  DOESN'T HAVE FREDDIE TO LOOK UP  TO BECAUSE FREDDIE DOESN'T HAVE  A FIELD TO PRACTICE ON. THE LITTLE THING THAT WE ARE  TAKING AWAY FROM THE CHILDREN IS DEVASTATING. WE'RE NOT GIVING THEM A HOME. I SAY EAST BOYNTON IS MY SECOND  HOME. MAYBE MY FIRST BECAUSE I SPEND  MORE TIME THERE THAN MY ACTUAL  HOME. I LOVE IT. I LOVE EVERYTHING I DO FOR THEM. BECAUSE THEY ARE RIGHT THERE  DOING IT RIGHT BACK TO ME. WE ARE THE HEART OF BOYNTON  BEACH. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >>MAYOR:  THANK YOU. NEXT PERSON. THIS SIDE.   >> HI, MY NAME IS TARA ROGERS. I HAVE TWO BOYS AND THIS ONE  THAT PLAYS T BALL WHEN SHE WANTS TO. I WANT TO PIGGYBACK ON JESSICA. THANK YOU. I DO THINK WE WERE HEARD. I WAS EMOTIONAL. I DON'T THINK I DID A GREAT JOB  OF EXPRESSING HOW FEARFUL  BECAUSE OF THE MAN THAT JUST  LEFT THE ROOM. THE FACT THAT YOU ALL HEARD US,  WHETHER IT BE FOR BEHAVIOR OF  OTHER REASONS. I DO APPRECIATE THAT. I ALSO JUST WANTED TO KIND OF,  YOU KNOW, I SAID THIS LAST TIME. ANOTHER PERSPECTIVE. I TOLD YOU ALL WE'RE FROM  KENTUCKY. WE JUST MOVED HERE THREE YEARS  AGO. ONE THING I WANT TO SHARE WITH  YOU ALL IS THE LITTLE LEAGUE  THAT WE CAME FROM IN KENTUCKY  AND LOUISVILLE, THEY ACTUALLY  WON THE WORLD SERIES ONE YEAR  BEFORE EAST BOYNTON WON THE USA  PORTION OF THE WORLD SERIES. JUST SEEING LIKE HOW IN  LOUISVILLE THAT LEAGUE IS  RESPECTED. IT'S NOT IN A VERY AFFLUENT  NEIGHBORHOOD. I WOULD SAY IT'S LOWER MIDDLE  CLASS FAMILIES THAT LIVE IN THE  AREA. THAT LEAGUE IS SACRED GROUND. ALSO OWNED BY THE CITY OF  LOUISVILLE. I LOOKED THAT UP AS WELL THIS  WEEK. IT'S DISHEARTENING TO SEE HOW  MUCH A BIG CITY THE 24th LARGEST CITY IN THIS COUNTRY PUTS SO  MUCH RESPECT ON A LEAGUE THAT  DID SOMETHING, YES, IT WAS 20  YEARS AGO. IT MEANS SOMETHING TO THEM. THERE'S TROPHIES IN THE KENTUCKY DERBY MUSEUM. EVERY KENTUCKY DERBY YOU WALK BY AND SEE THE LITTLE LEAGUERS. HERE WE'RE JUST BEGGING YOU ALL  TO JUST LET US KEEP THE LAND. YOU ARE GOING TO SELL IT TO  SOMEBODY FOR $1, I HAVE TWO  BOYS. THEY ALREADY GO TO FACILITY. WE'RE AT THE FACILITY. PROBABLY THE MOST REASONABLE  FACILITY IN THE AREA. WE DON'T NEED IT. I DON'T FEEL LIKE ANY OF THESE  OTHER KIDS. I SEE THE KIDS AT THE FACILITY  TOO. IT'S REASONABLE. OWNED BY GOOD PEOPLE. WE JUST WANT LITTLE LEAGUE. WE WANT THE COMMUNITY ASPECT OF  WHAT WE'RE GETTING NOW. WE WANT TO MAINTAIN THE FAMILY. I WANT MY KIDS TO SIT UNDER THE  PAVILION AND DO THEIR HOMEWORK  WITH KIDS IN THEIR CLASS. THAT'S WHAT WE TRY TO MAINTAIN. WE DON'T NEED THE BIG SHINY  BEAUTIFUL STUFF. IT FEELS LIKE YOU ARE SELLING  OUR FAMILY. HOW MUCH ARE YOU GOING TO GIVE A FAMILY MEMBER AWAY FOR?   WHAT COST WOULD YOU PUT ON YOUR  FAVORITE FAMILY MEMBER?   I JUST WANT YOU TO THINK ABOUT  THAT. BUT I DO APPRECIATE BEING HEARD. JUST I HOPE THE CONVERSATIONS  CONTINUE TO BE HAD AND THE KIDS  ARE CONSIDERED. THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU. >>MAYOR:  THANK YOU.   >> I SEE ONE MORE PERSON ON MY  RIGHT. PLEASE BEGIN WHEN YOU ARE READY. >> I'M BARBARA REEDY. I JUST WANTED TO ECHO WHAT HARRY AND SUSAN AND MARK AND EVEN  CINDY SAID TONIGHT ABOUT  COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION. I COULD NOT BEGIN TO TELL YOU  HOW MANY WORKSHOPS, PUBLIC  PARTICIPATION OPPORTUNITIES I'VE TAKEN PART IN. AND RECENTLY, THE PUBLIC  PARTICIPATION IS -- I PRETEND TO PARTICIPATE. DUE DILIGENCE IS NOT BEING DONE. I'M CERTAIN THAT THE STAFF,  PERHAPS THINKS OF PUBLIC  PARTICIPATION AS A PAIN IN THE  NECK BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO LISTEN TO WHAT THE PEOPLE SAY BEFORE  YOU GO TO THE ARCHITECT AND  BRING THE NICE BEAUTIFUL SHINY  DRAWING OF WHAT A DEVELOPMENT  WILL LOOK LIKE BEFORE THE PUBLIC SAYS, HEY, WAIT A MINUTE. HOW ABOUT DOING THIS INSTEAD?   IT'S TOO LATE. BECAUSE THE ARCHITECT HAS  ALREADY BEEN PAID. THE DRAWING IS ALREADY MADE. AS FAR AS THE LITTLE LEAGUE  FIELD IT'S DUE DILIGENCE AGAIN. YOU CAN'T COME AND SAY OKAY WE  THINK ABOUT DOING IMPROVEMENT. WHAT WOULD THAT IMPACT BE ON  YOUR PROGRAM?   HOW DO YOU USE THESE FIELDS?   OKAY. AS FAR AS YOUR ADVISORY BOARDS  GO, OKAY. THOSE OF US WHO HAVE BEEN  PARTICIPATING FOR HOW MANY  YEARS, I CAN'T EVEN TELL YOU HOW MANY YEARS. AND HOW MANY THINGS WE'VE  ACCOMPLISHED OR TRIED TO  ACCOMPLISH, PROBABLY IS THE  BETTER WORD. BECAUSE I'M NOT SURE YOU EVEN  LISTENED TO YOUR ADVISORY  BOARDS. IT'S TRULY, IF YOU COULD PLEASE  JUST BEGIN TO ASK FIRST, BEFORE  YOU MAKE THESE DECISIONS. HARRY IS RIGHT. YOU'RE PLANNING -- SKA YOUR  MASTER PLAN, PLANNING IS COMING  UP. PERFECT OPPORTUNITY PEOPLE ARE  GOING TO SHOW UP. LIKE ME AND HARRY AND SUSAN AND  PROBABLY MARK. WE'RE ALL GOING TO SHOW UP AND  WE'RE GOING TO GIVE OUR INPUT. MY ADVICE WOULD BE, PLEASE PAY  ATTENTION TO THAT INPUT BEFORE  YOU GO TO THE ARCHITECT AND THE  PRINTER AND THAT'S ALL WE'RE  ASKING. DUE DILIGENCE, PLEASE. >>MAYOR:  THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >>MAYOR:  NEXT PERSON.   >> GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY. ADAM LYMPH, I'M A COACH,  VOLUNTEER, DAD WITH EAST BOYNTON LITTLE LEAGUE. LAST TIME I WAS HERE I ASKED FOR SHOW OF HANDS FOR WHO WOULD TAKE ACTION TO MAKE THINGS RIGHT FOR  LITTLE LEAGUE FIELD. I WANT TO THANK THOSE THAT  RAISED THEIR HAND AND SHOWED  THEIR SUPPORT AT THAT TIME. I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE ENTIRE  COMMISSION THE MAYOR, AND  EVERYBODY FOR TAKING A HUGE STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION FOR WHAT  YOU GUYS DID LAST WEEK. [APPLAUSE] IN CANCELLING THE CONTRACT FOR  FIELDS TWO, THREE AND FOUR. HUGE STEP IN THE RIGHT  DIRECTION. WE FEEL THE SUPPORT THERE. I THINK ANOTHER THING I SPOKE  ABOUT WAS ANYTIME YOU'RE  MANAGING SOMETHING LIKE THIS IS  WHAT EVERYONE IS GETTING KEY  STAKE HOLD OWE MANAGEMENT. IT'S SO IMPORTANT AT THE  BEGINNING OF A PROJECT LIKE  THIS. WE BRING IN THIRD PARTY THAT  EFFECTS THE KEY STAKEHOLDER  THAT'S BEEN AT THE SITE. WE'RE STARTING TO UNWIND THAT  HARD-LEARNED LESSON NOW. THERE ARE STILL MANY  OPPORTUNITIES TO HAVE KEY  STAKEHOLDER INPUT FOR WHAT'S  GOING ON WITH FIELD ONE. I VOLUNTEERED WITH THE BOARD. I CHECK IN EVERY NOW AND THEN  AND SEE WHAT HAS COMMUNICATION  BEEN LIKE WITH THE CITY FROM  EVERYTHING I UNDERSTAND, WE  DON'T GET COMMUNICATION. IT WOULD BE VERY FRUITFUL IF WE  COULD BE IN A ROOM WITH STAFF OR SOME OF THE DECISION MAKERS WHEN OR BEFORE THE DECISIONS ARE MADE FOR FIELD ONE OR ANYTHING TO DO  WITH OUR PARK. I WOULD ASK PLEASE GET US  INVOLVED. EITHER YOU KNOW VICE PRESIDENT  JESS SHE'S HERE TONIGHT. THE PRESIDENT, AJ, YOU CAN  CONTACT MYSELF. WE'RE ALL WILLING TO COME TALK;  RIGHT?   LET'S TALK. YOU EXTENDED THE OLIVE BRANCH  LAST WEEK WITH THE CANCELLATION  OF THAT CONTRACT. THANK YOU. WE'RE READY TO MOVE FORWARD. PART TWO OF THIS IS, I THINK  THIS HAS BEEN AN EYE OPENING  EVENT FOR EVERYONE INVOLVED WITH THE LEAGUE. AND WE WOULD LIKE TO IN THE  FUTURE PHASE OF THIS HAVE A LOT  MORE CONTROL AND INPUT IN OUR  FIELDS TO THE EXTENT OF WE BEGAN PLANNING FOR WHAT WE NEED TO DO  TO MAINTAIN CONTROL, BEAUTIFY  OUR FIELDS. MAKE OUR PARK BETTER. WE DO HAVE GROWING NUMBERS. IF THAT'S THE OPTION WE NEED TO  TAKE AND WE SEE THAT THE CITY  HAS A LOT TO DEAL WITH. YOU'RE BUDGET IS CONSTRAINED. YOU HAVE A LOT OF OTHER ISSUES  TO DEAL WITH. IF THE LITTLE LEAGUE PARK IS  SOMETHING THAT WAS SO DEBT   DESPERATE THAT YOU NEEDED THIRD  PARTY INVESTMENT AND WE GO BACK  THROUGH THIS HOW DO WE SOLVE THE PROBLEM AGAIN NOW THAT WE ARE  BASELINING EVERYTHING. COME BACK TO THE LEAGUE. WE HAVE PLANS. WE JUST LIKE TO TALK. AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING  YOU DID. AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION WITH YOU  GUYS ON THIS. THANK YOU. >>MAYOR:  THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] GOOD DAY. PAUL BURGEON. COACH AND PARENT. 100 YEARS AGO LAWS WERE PUT ON  THE BOOK BY INDIVIDUALS DOING  WHAT THEY BELIEVED WAS IN THE  COMMUNITY'S BEST INTEREST. TODAY THOSE DISGUSTING LAWS WERE REMOVED. THE CURRENT CONTRACT REGARDING  FIELD ONE HAS NO HARD GUARANTEES TO EAST BOYNTON LITTLE LEAGUE. OH YOU CAN HAVE THE FIELDS. 2:00 IN THE AFTERNOON ON  WEDNESDAY WHEN THOSE KIDS ARE IN SCHOOL. THAT'S HOW LOOSE THE CONTRACT  IS. MY QUESTION FOR THIS COUNCIL IS  IN 2 OR 100 YEAR WILL HISTORY  HAVE THE SAME JUDGMENT FOR YOU  REGARDING THOSE DISCUSSING  CHOICES. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >>MAYOR:  THANK YOU. LAST CALL FOR IN-PERSON PUBLIC  COMMENT SPEAKER. NOW IS TOO TIME TO APPROACH. I SEE ONE MORE PERSON AFTER  WHICH WE WILL GO ON-LINE. HI, ERNEST MIGNOLI. I DIDN'T THINK THAT THESE  MEETING EVERYBODY IS OKAY WITH  TEXTING. BUT I GUESS TEXTING IS OKAY. AND IT JUST SEEMS LIKE I EXPECT  THE CITY OFFICIALS TO KIND OF BE FOCUSED ON US AND ALL OF THAT  STUFF. IT JUST SEEMS LIKE THERE'S A LOT OF TEXTING GOING ON EVERYWHERE. AND A LOT OF GETTING UP AND  GOING IN THE BACK ROOM AND GOING OUT IN THE HALL AND HAVING  MEETING. SHOULDN'T IT ALL BE HERE. LIKE WITH EVERYBODY LISTENING?   SHOULDN'T IT ALL BE?   I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SAY, THAT I DON'T THINK THERE'S BEEN A TIME  IN RECENT HISTORY WHERE AS MANY  CITY OFFICIALS ARE QUITTING,  BEING FIRED. BEING CHARGED CRIMINALLY,  LAWSUITS. I MEAN EVERY WEEK IT'S THREE OR  FOUR MORE. PUBLIC WORKS GONE. PARKS AND REC GONE. ART DIRECTOR GONE. HUMAN RESOURCE, GONE, GONE,  GONE, GONE, GONE. EVERYTHING IS GONE. THE PROBLEM IS WHENEVER SOMEONE  COMES HERE, AND MAKES AN  ALLEGATION OR COMPLAINT AGAINST  ANYONE IN THE GOVERNMENT ALL OF  A SUDDEN WE'RE TOLD THERE'S A  BIG INVESTIGATION. THE PUBLIC WILL BE PART OF IT. AND WE NEVER HEAR OF IT. AND THEN ALL OF THE PEOPLE WHO  MADE THE COMPLAINTS GET FIRED. AND THEN IT JUST KEEPS GOING ON  AND EVERYBODY KEEPS TEXTING. SECRETLY. LIKE WE DON'T KNOW. >>MAYOR:  YOUR TIME IS UP. THANK YOU. LET ME CHECK FOR THOSE ONLINE. LET'S SEE. I SEE NO ONE ONLINE. WITH THAT PUBLIC AUDIENCE IS NOW CLOSED. THANK YOU, EVERYONE WHO SPOKE. WE ARE NOW MOVING TO NEXT  PORTION OF THE ALLEGED; WHICH IS ADMINISTRATIVE. THIS IS SECTION AA-5. RATIFY SELECTION OF CHAIR. [INAUDIBLE] LET'S DO THE FINANCE REPORT. I KNOW WE DON'T WANT TO KEEP  STAFF LONGER THAN NECESSARY. THANKS SO MUCH, MARA. I WAS THINKING OF THE UTILITIES  REPORT. BUT THAT'S NOT RIGHT.   >> WE JUST WANTED TO REARRANGE  THE SCHEDULE ON YOU. JUST BEGIN WHEN YOU'RE READY.   >> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR,  VICE-MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS,  DIRECTOR OF FINANCIAL SERVICES. THIS IS OUR ORGANIZATIONAL CHART AS YOU CAN SEE WE HAVE SEVERAL  DIFFERENT DIVISIONS MADE UP OF  OUR BUDGET DIVISION, OUR  PURCHASING DIVISION, PAYROLL,  MATERIALS AND DISTRIBUTION, OUR  COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT DIVISION,  GRANTS DIVISION AND ACCOUNTING  DIVISION. UNDER THE ACCOUNTING DIVISION  FINANCIAL SERVICES OUR MISSION  IS TO SAFEGUARD THE ASSETS OF  THE CITY AND MAXIMIZE ALLOCATION OF SAID ASSETS TO MAINTAIN A  STRONG FINANCIAL CONDITION TO  ENSURE FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE TO  PROVIDE THE LEVEL OF SERVICES  THAT FULLFILL RESIDENTS  EXPECTATIONS. COMMUNICATE EFFECTIVELY WITH  STAFF, MANAGEMENT AND THE  COMMISSION, WORK IN A SUPPORTIVE RESPECTFUL AND COOPERATIVE  MANNER TO ENSURE WE PROVIDE THE  HIGHEST QUALITY FINANCIAL  SERVICE TO ALL CUSTOMERS. AND OUR CORE SERVICES ARE  ACCOUNTING. PURCHASING AND PROCUREMENT. PAYROLL, ACCOUNTS PAYABLE. REVENUE MANAGEMENT, THE ANNUAL  FINANCIAL AUDIT. AN BUDGET DEVELOPMENT, POLICIES  AND PROCEDURES AND GRANTS. IN THE ACCOUNTING DIVISION WE  HAVE 32 YEARS OF COMBINED YEARS  OF SERVICE AND THIS IS WITH THE  CITY. THE TEAM MEMBERS AND THE  ACCOUNTING DIVISION ARE MYSELF. DEPUTY DIRECTOR, JESSICA. BE HAVE HIGH SCHOOL INTERN. ACCOUNTING CLERK AND  ALICIA DEJESUS. THIS IS YEARS OF SERVICE WITH  THE CITY. HIGHLIGHTS OF THE ACCOUNTING  DIVISION. WE RECEIVED G THE FAO FOR  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS THIS PAST  YEAR. WE HAVE IMPLEMENTED INVESTMENT  POLICY AND DIVERSIFIED OUR  PORTFOLIO. WE RECEIVED THE GFAO AWARD FOR  BUDGET. WE BROUGHT IN DAVENPORT FOR  REVIEW AND IMPLEMENTATION OF OUR FUND BALANCE AND STABILIZATION  POLICY. SOME OF OUR RESPONSIBILITIES  INCLUDE MAKING AND RECONCILING  ALL ACCOUNTING INDUSTRIES FOR  ALL FUNDS. CAPITAL ASSETS, DEVELOPING AND  MONITORING INTERNAL FINANCIAL  CONTROLS, AND PREPARING MONTHLY  AND ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORTS OF  THE CITY. THE CITY FINANCES ARE MADE UP ON A FUND STRUCTURE BASIS. BASED ON CITY OPERATIONS,  EXTERNAL RESTRICTION SUCH AS  STATE STATUTES OR FEDERAL  REGULATION AND GOVERNMENTAL  ACCOUNTING REQUIREMENT. WE HAVE 24 BUDGETED FUND GROUPED INTO TWO ACTIVITIES. THOSE ARE GOVERNMENTAL WHICH IS  INCLUDING THE GENERAL FUND AND  BUSINESS WHICH INCLUDES THE  UTILITY FUND. THE CITY FINANCES FOR  GOVERNMENTAL ARE GENERAL FUND,  CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUND, THE  FLEET MAINTENANCE FUND. PUBLIC SERVICE TAX FUND. DEBT SERVICE FUND AND SPECIAL  REVENUE FUNDS. THEY ARE FUNDED THROUGH TAXES,  STATE AND OTHER SHARED REVENUES, FEES AND TRANSFERS IN ON THE  BUSINESS TYPE, WE HAVE FEES TO  EXTERNAL PARTIES; AND THOSE ARE  FUNDED THE BUSINESS TYPE FUNDS  ARE YOUR WATER AND SEWER FUND. YOUR SOLID WASTE FUND AND GOLF  COURSE FUND. SO SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES WITHIN THE ACCOUNTING DIVISION ARE  COLLECTING REVENUES. I'VE KIND OF COVERED WHAT THAT  LOOKS LIKE BUT RECEIVING AND  SAFEGUARDING THE RECEIPT  DEPOSITING ALL MONIES. PROPER ACCOUNTING OF THE REVENUE AND MONITORING THE ESTIMATED  BUDGETED REVENUES. WE ALSO DO INVESTING FOR OUR  CASH. MONITORING THE CASH FLOW  REQUIREMENTS, INVESTING  ACCORDING TO THE ESTABLISHED  POLICY, PARTICIPATIONING IN THE  ISSUANCE OF DEBT WITH ASSISTANCE OF BOND COUNCIL AND AND  MONITORING DEBT REQUIREMENT. ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE WE  RECEIVE ALL INVOICES FOR  PAYMENT. WE DISBURSE FUNDS TO ALL  VENDORS. DISBURSE PAYROLL TO EMPLOYEES  AND OTHER AND PROVIDE ACCOUNTING FOR ALL OF THE EXPENDITURES. OUR CASH AND INVESTMENT BALANCE  WAS ABOUT $168 MILLION. THE AVERAGE MONTH END YIELD  4.75% AND THIS IS REGULATED  THROUGH CITY POLICY AND  STATUTORY POLICIES. IN OUR BUDGET DIVISION, WE HAVE  MR. ANTHONY DAVIDSON OUR  DIVISION DIRECTOR HE'S BEEN WITH THE CITY FOR 16 YEARS AND  FABIO BAKA ALSO HAS BEEN WITH  THE CITY FOR 16 YEARS. WHY BUDGET?   IT'S AN ANNUAL PROCESS THAT  REQUIRES HIGH INNER DEPARTMENT  AND MANAGEMENT INVOLVEMENT. GOVERNMENT REQUIRED TO MANAGE  RESOURCES AND SPENDING FOR  PARKS, INFRASTRUCTURE, WATER AND SEWER, POLICE, FIRE, ET CETERA. THE BUDGET PROCESS CONSIST OF  ACTIVITY THAT ENCOMPASS THE  DEVELOPMENT IMPLEMENTATION,  MEASUREMENT AND MONITORING OF  THE CITY'S APPROVED FINANCIAL  PLAN FOR SERVICES OPERATIONAL  NEEDS, HUMAN RESOURCES AND  CAPITAL PROJECTS ON ASSET  MANAGEMENT. SOME BUDGET FACTS AND  ACCOMPLISHMENT FOR THIS YEAR. THE ANNUAL DETERMINE NAIRGS OF  THE IMPACT OF THE MILLAGE RATE  CURRENTLY AT 7.85MILLS. 78.1 FOR AD VALOREM REVENUE. THEY MONITOR THE APPROPRIATIONS  IN THE AMOUNT OF 285 MILLION. GENERAL FUND MAKING UP 118  MILLION. THEY PROCESS MULTIPLE BUDGET  AMENDMENTS WITH RESOLUTIONS  ESTIMATED QUARTERLY ABOUT 4 PER  YEAR. THEY PROCESS DEPARTMENT BUDGET  TRANSFERS INTERNALLY. THIS PAST YEAR 450 BUDGET  TRANSFERS.   >>THE PREVIOUS YEAR 320 BUDGET  TRANSFERS. THEY ALSO RECONCILE FULL AND  PART-TIME POSITIONS  COLLABORATIVELY. APPROVED HEAD COACH FOR 918  EMPLOYEES. IN ADDITION, THEY PROVIDE  QUARTERLY REPORTING TO THE  FLORIDA DIVISION OF EMERGENCY  MANAGEMENT. WE CURRENTLY HAVE FOUR OPEN  FEMA, HURRICANE GRANTS AND  COVID-19. IRMA, DORIAN AND COVID 19. THEY ALSO MONITOR FUND BALANCE  OF OPERATIONAL ENTERPRISE AND  XAVL ACCOUNTS AND AVAILABLE  RESERVES ON A QUARTERLY BASIS. THEY MONITOR MONTHLY DEPARTMENT  BUDGETS AND ANALYSIS OF CAPITAL  IMPROVEMENT THAT CREATE  QUARTERLY FINANCIAL REPORTS FOR  THE GENERAL AND UTILITY FUND AND THEY ALSO ADOPT ANNUAL  PUBLICATION OF THE BUDGET. WE IMPLEMENTED GRAVITY WHICH IS  THE NEW SOFTWARE THAT WE'RE  USING AND THE TRANSPARENCY PAGE  WHICH IS ON THE CITY WEB SITE. AND THEY RECEIVED THE GOVERNMENT FINANCE OFFICER'S ASSOCIATED  DISTINGUISHED BUDGET AWARD SINCE 2014. SO THIS IS JUST AN IMAGE OF OUR  TRANSPARENCY PAGE. AND PICTURE OF THE BUDGET AWARD  THAT'S RECEIVED. IN OUR PROCUREMENT DIVISION, WE  HAVE 27 CONFINED YEAR OF  EXPERIENCE. OUR DIVISION DIRECTOR CRISTINA  PINTO HAS BEEN WITH THE CITY FOR THREE YEARS. THE TARA LYNNE PRATT HAS BEEN  WITH THE CITY 18 YEARS. THERESA GONZALEZ IS OUR SENIOR  BUYER FOR USTILL YILS HAS BEEN  HERE FIVE MONTHS. AND ROBERTA HAS BEEN WITH THE  CITY NOR FIVE YEARS. IN THE PURCHASING DIVISION, THEY SERVE TO SUPPORT WHILE FOLLOWING STATE LOCAL AND FEDERAL  PROCUREMENT LAWS. THEY ISSUE PURCHASE ORDERS,  FORMALLY SOLICIT FOR GOODS  SERVICES AND CONSTRUCTION  PROJECTS ASSIST DEPARTMENT WITH  PIGGYBACK AGREEMENTS, MONITOR  RENEWAL OPTION ON CURRENT CITY  AGREEMENTS, COORDINATION  SELECTION OF VENDOR AND  RECOMMEND POLICY AND PROCEDURE. 2023 JUST SOME HIGHLIGHTS OF  THEIR SOLICITATIONS. THE GIS SERVICES THE FIREWORKS  DISPLAY. COMMUNITY READING SYSTEM, THE  TOWN SEPTIC TO SEWER PROGRESSIVE DESIGN BUILD. THE SILVERWOOD AREA WASTEWATER  INSTALLATION, THE EXISTING  36-INCH WATER TRANSMISSION  MAINLY PAIR. THE WEST ELECTRICAL UPGRADE. BENEFITS SELECTING SERVICES. PARK IMPROVEMENTS AND THE BEACH  EQUIPMENT RENTAL CONCESSION. FOR 2023, THEY ISSUED 1222  PURCHASE ORDER AND 471 BLANKET  PURCHASE ORDER. PREVIOUS 1185 AND ABOUT 462  BLANKET ORDER. THE PURCHASE ORDER AMOUNTS FOR  2023 WAS ABOUT 53.6 MILLION. OUR TEAM MEMBERS FOR OUR PAYROLL DIVISION IT'S A RELATIVELY NEW  DEPARTMENT. NEW STAFF IN THAT DEPARTMENT. EACH OF THEM HAD BEEN WITH US  FOR A YEAR. THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ISSUING THE QUARTERLY 941 TO IRS. W-2 REPORTS AND PROCESSING  BI-WEEKLY PAYROLL. IN OUR GRANTS DIVISION, WE HAVE  MIRNA COMPTON WITH THE CITY FOR  FOUR MONTHS. AND XHEL SAVE ISLAND WITH THE  CITY FOR FIVE MONTHS. WE HAVE A VACANT GRANTS  COORDINATOR POSITION. OUR GRANTS MISSION IS CENTRALIZE GRANT CITYWIDE AND ORDER TO  MAINTAIN A SYSTEM FOR GRANT  OVERSIGHT AND COORDINATION AND  TO LIMIT CITY EXPOSURE TO  LIABILITIES AND LOSS OF FUNDING  THROUGH THE ESTABLISHED OF  INTERNAL CONTROLS AND  GUIDELINES. THE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE GENERAL  MANAGEMENT OVERSIGHT COMPLIANCE  ADMINISTRATION OF THE CITY'S  GRANT ACTIVITIES.   THE IDENTIFICATION OF GRANT  OPPORTUNITIES AND TO SPEARHEAD  THE PREPARATION OF GRANT  APPLICATION. THEY PROVIDE FREE AND POST WAR  TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO THE  DEPARTMENT FROM PARENTS IN THE  ANNUAL CITY WIDE SUMMARIES. AND ENSURE ACCURATE AND TIMELY  REPORTING AND INVESTIGATE AND  ADDRESS ISSUE THAT MAY ARISE  WITHIN THE MANAGEMENT OF THE  GRANTS. SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF FISCAL YEAR '24. THEY IMPLEMENTED STREAMLINED THE PROCESS REGARDING PREAWARD AND  POST AWARD GRANTS PROCESS. THEY CREATED A MATRIX OF FUNDING OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL DEPARTMENT  PROJECT FUNDING. THEY CREATED A CITYWIDE MASTER  LIST AND CREATED CITYWIDE  APPLICATION LIST OF ALL CITIES  SUBMITTED GRANTS. SOME OF THE UPCOMING  APPLICATION. ASSISTANCE FOR FIREFIGHTER,  GRANT THE FLORIDA BOATING  IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM GRANT. WATERWAYS ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AND THE ENERGY EFFICIENT COMMUNITY  WALK GRANT. THIS IS JUST A PICTURE OF ONE OF THE GRANT FUNDED ACTIVITIES. IN OUR COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT  DIVISION WE HAVE RJ RAMIREZ OUR  COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM  MANAGER. HE'S BEEN WITH THE CITY FOR  THREE YEARS. AND CHRISTOPHER MITCHELL OUR  CONSTRUCTION COORDINATOR. HE'S BEEN WITH THE CITY FOR 28  YEARS. AND 11 MONTHS AND CURRENTLY IN  THE DROP. WE WILL MISS HIM. OUR COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT  DIVISION MIRGS STATEMENT TO  IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN  THE CITY OF BOYNTON BY  STRENGTHENING THE NEIGHBORHOODS  THROUGH SUCCESSFUL HOUSING WE'LL OBLIGATION HOME OWNERSHIP AND  COMMUNITY FOCUS AND SERVICES. SOME SERVICES PROVIDED TO THE  COMMUNITY HOUSING PROGRAMS,  PURCHASE ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS,  HOUSING REHABILITATION,  EMERGENCY REHABILITATION FOR THE ELDERLY AND DISABLED; DISASTER  ASSISTANCE IN EVENT THE OF  DECLARED DISASTER, RAPID  REHOUSING FOR HOMELESS  INDIVIDUALS. THEY PROVIDE SOCIAL SERVICES  THROUGH NONPROFIT AGENCIES. ELDER CARE PROGRAM INCLUDING  FOOD AND NUTRITIONAL INFORMATION AND SOCIAL ACTIVITIES. SELF-SUFFICIENT AND FINANCIAL  LITERACY EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS. IN THE PUBLIC FACILITIES  IMPROVEMENT WE ARE CURRENTLY  WORKING ON THE HESTER CENTER AND THERE'S ALSO SOME ACQUISITION OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING AS WELL FOR  RENTAL UNITS. OUR TEAM MEMBERS FOR OUR  MATERIAL AND DISTRIBUTION  CENTER. WE HAVE 67 COMBINED YEARS OF  CITY SERVICE HERE. OUR DIVISION DIRECTOR  MR. MICHAEL DOTTA HAS BEEN HERE  25 YEARS. HE SAID HE COMES TO COMMISSION  EVERY 25 YEARS. THIS IS HIS FIRST TIME HERE. JEN PACHILLO HAS BEEN HERE FOR  17 YEAR. MICHAEL JOHNSON INVENTORY  CONTROL HAS BEEN HERE 17 YEARS. ROB JOHNSON OUR SERVICE WRITER  BEEN WITH THE CITY FOR THREE  YEARS. MICHAEL BURSOSKI. BEEN HERE ONE YEAR AND TEN  MONTHS. THIS IS ROB JOHNSON IN THE  WAREHOUSE AND JUST A PICTURE OF  THE WAREHOUSE. SOME OF THE SERVICES THAT  MATERIAL AND DISTRIBUTION  PROVIDES TO THE CITY  DEPARTMENTS. SURPLUS, RECORDS STORAGE,  UNIFORMS FOR POLICE FIRE AND  GENERAL EMPLOYEES. FLEET TIRES, AMAZON MANAGEMENT,  OFFICE DEPOT AND STAPLES, THE  CREDIT CARD PROGRAM, ENTRY OF  ALL FIXED ASSETS. AFTER HOURS EMERGENCY RESPONSE,  SPECIAL ORDERS OF NONSTOCKED  PHILS, DAILY DELIVERED TO ALL  CITY DEPARTMENT. POST OFFICE MAIL RUN AND  WAREHOUSE INVENTORY. SOME OF THE COMMODITIES THAT  THEY KEEP IN INVENTORY FOR  HURRICANE AND PANDEMIC, SAFETY  SUPPLIES. HARDWARE, IRRIGATION, UTILITY  BRASS, UTILITY PIPE. ELECTRICAL AND STREET SIGNS. SOME OF THE CONTRACTS MANAGED BY THE MATERIALS AND DISTRIBUTION  DEPARTMENT. UTILITY BRASS AND ACCESSORIES. UTILITY UNDER GROUND PIPE AND  ACCESSORIES. AMAZON, SOME OF THE MEDICAL  CONTRACTS, STAPLE AND OFFICE  SUPPLIES. SHIPPING. FLEET LARGE TRUCK SERVICES. SO INVENTORY AND SPECIAL ORDER  FIGURES FOR MATERIALS AND  DISTRIBUTION. THEY HAD ZERO DISCREPANCY SINCE  2012. TOTAL INVENTORY WAS 40,230 .   >> 2 MILLION FOR THE YEAR WHICH  IS ABOUT 51.40 PER ORDER. THEY PROCESS $11,561  -- 11,561  INVOICES. THIS IS PICTURE AT HOLIDAY  PARTY. I WANT TO SAY HOW GRATEFUL TO  HAVE THIS TEAM TO WORK WITH  EVERY DAY. I COULDN'T DO MY JOB WITHOUT  THEM. THEY MAKE IT EASY. THEY TRULY ARE WORK FAMILY THAT  I ENJOY WORKING WITH. [APPLAUSE] >>MAYOR:  THANK YOU MARA. THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY IN THE  DEPARTMENT. LET ME TURN TO MY COLLEAGUES NOW IF THEY HAVE ANY  COMMENTS.   >> CITY MANAGER, DID YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING?   >> I WANT TO SAY, I KNOW, ME,  MARA AND TONY WE BUMPED HEADINGS QUITE A FEW TIME WHEN WE CAME  IN. WE DEVELOPED SUCH A GREAT  WORKING RELATIONSHIP NOW THAT  THEY KNOW I'M A FRIENDLY FINANCE NERD. I WILL SAY I APPRECIATE ALL THE  HARD WORK YOU DO. I KNOW THE LEVEL OF IN DEPTH  GRANULAR DETAILS THAT GO INTO  ALL SIDES OF IT. I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. WITH THAT BEING SAID. CAN WE GET A PICTURE WITH THE  FINANCE AND THE COMMISSION, IF  YOU DON'T MIND. >>MAYOR:  SURE, LET'S DO IT. LET'S STEP DOWN AND DO A GROUP  PHOTO. >>MAYOR:  LET'S CONTINUE WITH  THE MEETING. I WOULD LIKE TO GET OUT OF HERE  AT THE REASONABLE TIME IF  POSSIBLE. WE ARE NOW ACTUALLY MOVING ON TO THE NEXT PORTION THE  ADMINISTRATIVE SECTION. 5-A. RATIFY SELECTION OF CHAIR AND  VICE CHAIR OF THE SENIOR  ADVISORY BOARD. THE SELECTION HAS BEEN MADE FOR  SANDRA WATSON AS SENIOR ADVISORY BOARD CHAIR AND JAMES CZIZIK AS  VICE CHAIR. THIS WAS VOTED BY THE SENIOR  ADVISORY BOARD THEMSELVES DURING THE JANUARY 8th, 20224 BOARD  MEETING TO APPOINT THESE  POSITIONS. MAY HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE.   >> MOTION TO APPROVE.   >> SECOND. >>MAYOR:  I THINK VICE-MAYOR WAS SECOND. SECOND WAS COMMISSIONER HAY. ALL IN FAVOR SAY "AYE."   >> AYE. ALL OPPOSED. THE AYES HAVE IT THE MOTION  PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. CONGRATULATIONS YOU TWO. 5-B RATIFY SELECTION OF CHAIR  AND VICE CHAIR FOR THE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENTED A VIOLATESRY  WORD. SELECTION OF NAOMI COBB AND  COURTLANDT McQUIRE. TO APPOINT THESE POSITIONS. MAY HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE?   >> SO MOVED.   >> MOTION FROM KELLEY. SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER HAY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY "AYE."   >> AYE.   >> ALL OPPOSED?   THE AYES HAVE IT. THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. LET'S MOVE ON NOW TO ADVISORY  BOARD APPOINTMENTS. LET'S PULL UP THE LIST AND SEE  WHAT IS OPEN AND WHAT IS NOT. ALL RIGHT SO WE HAVE MANY  OPENINGS IN THE BUILDING BOARD  OF ADJUSTMENTS AND APPEALS. BUT WE HAVE NO APPLICANTS. EMPLOYEES PENSION PLAN BOARD OF  TRUSTEES, HAS TWO OPENINGS, WITH NO APPLICANTS. EDUCATION YOUTH ADVISORY BOARD. WE HAVE APPLICANTS FOR THIS. COMMISSIONER HAY, YOU ARE THE  FIRST NOMINATION IT'S FOR THE  REGULAR POSITION THE TWO  APPLICANT RICARDO CAMACHO. WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE A  NOMINATION.   >> RICARDO CAMAMACO.   >>  >> SECOND.   >> ALL IN FAVOR SAY "AYE." THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. CON CONGRATULATIONS. COMMISSIONER KELLEY YOU ARE  NEXT.   >> I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE  JULIE CARTER FOR THAT REGULAR  MEMBER POSITION. >>MAYOR:  IS THERE A SECOND?   >> YES. >>MAYOR:  MOTION MADE BY  COMMISSIONER KELLEY. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CRUZ. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPOINTING JULIE CARTER TO REGULAR BOARD  POSITION SAY "AYE."   >> AYE.   >> ALL OPPOSED. THE AYES HAVE IT. THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. MOVING ON TO HISTORIC RESOURCES  PRESERVATION BOARD. IT'S A QUASI-JUDICIAL BOARD. WITH HAVE AN OPENING FOR THE  ALTERNATE. LIBRARY HAS TWO ALTERNATE  POSITION. ONE REGULAR. NO APPLICANT. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED PLEASE  CONSIDER. RECREATION. THREE OPENINGS, NO APPLICANT. SENIOR ADVISORY HAS MULTIPLE  OPENING WITH NO APPLICANT. WE WILL MOVE ON TO CONSENT  AGENDA. ANY ITEMS THAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO PULL UNDER CONSENT  >> YES.   >> I WOULD LIKE TO PULL ITEM  6-A. >>MAYOR:  ANY OTHER REQUEST FROM MY COLLEAGUES?   LET'S HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE  REMAINDER OF CONSENT AGENDA.   >> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A  SECOND. ALL OPPOSED. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. LET'S ADDRESS 6-A. PROPOSED RESOLUTION NUMBER  R-24-032 APPROVE THE CITY LOCAL  HOUSING ASSISTANCE PLANT FOR  FISCAL YEAR 2024-2025.   >> THANK YOU. ARCHIE RAMIREZ COMMUNITY  IMPROVEMENT MANAGER. MAYOR, VICE-MAYOR AND  COMMISSIONER. THIS IS THE LOCAL ASSISTANT  HOUSING PLAN. REQUIRED TO SUBMIT EVERY YEAR A  NEW WE. THIS WILL COVER, 2024-2015,  2025-2016 AND 2026 #-2027. I HAVE A PRESENTATION HERE. THE LOCAL HOUSING IS COMPOSTED  WHAT THAT DAY HOUSING  STRATEGIES. WE HAVE THE PURCHASE ASSISTANCE  PROGRAM THAT ASSIST INDIVIDUAL  WITH DOWN PAYMENTS. IT DEPENDS ON THE INCOME LEVELS, HOW THE ASSISTANCE IS GIVEN TO  THESE INDIVIDUALS. ALSO HAS TO DO WITH WHETHER THE  PURCHASE IS GIVEN. THESHIP PROGRAM HAS SOME SET  ASIDE RESTRICTIONS IN WHICH WE  CAN UTILIZE SOME OF THOSE FUNDS  IN DIFFERENT CATEGORIES. WHICH LIMIT US WHERE AND HOW WE  CAN ACTUALLY PROVIDE THE  ASSISTANCE TO THE APPLICANT AND  THE COMMUNITY. FOR INSTANCE ONE OF THE MAIN OF  THIS GRANT, 75% OF ANY GIVEN  ALLOCATION THAT WE GET, HAS TO  GO THROUGH THE CONSTRUCTION. MEANING THAT IT CAN GO TO EITHER REHABILITATION, AND WITH THAT  REHABILITATION, THERE'S  DIFFERENT CATEGORIES, 60% OF  THAT HAS TO GO TO VERY LOW AND  THE LOW-INCOME INDIVIDUALS. AND THEN A LITTLE BIT HAS TO GO  TO THE MODERATE INCOME  INDIVIDUALS. AND THEN AFTER THE 75% -- 20%  HAS TO GO TO SPECIAL NEED WITHIN THAT SAME CATEGORY. WHATEVER IS LEFT OVER IS 10% OF  IT. AND THEN 50% OF THAT WHICH IS  LEFT IT GOES TO -- WHAT IS  CALLED PURCHASE ASSISTANCE. OR YOU CAN GO TO ASSIST RAPID  REHOUSING HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS. BUT WE HAVE -- WE MUST SET ASIDE 75%. WE DON'T NEED TO MAKE IT  COMPLICATED. SOME OF THE QUESTIONS WILL HAVE  FOR CLARIFICATION AFTER I  EXPLAIN THIS DIFFERENCE AND WHY  WHEN IT'S ALLOCATED CERTAIN WAYS IS BECAUSE IT HAS TO MEET THE  REQUIREMENTS. I WILL GET TO THE LAST SLIDE. I CAN EXPLAIN MORE ABOUT THAT. THE NEXT SLIDE IS MENTION THE  HOUSING REHABILITATION, WHICH IS WHERE WE ASSIST THE INDIVIDUALS  IN THE COMMUNITY WHERE HOUSES  THAT IN NEED OF SOME DESPERATE  ASSISTANCE. WE CAN ASSIST BETTER LOW-INCOME  INDIVIDUAL WITH 95,000. IT'S AN INTEREST LOAN. ZERO PAYMENT. ONE EACH YEAR UNTIL IT GOES AWAY AT THE END OF THE 15 YEAR. WITH THE PURCHASE ASSISTANCE WE  HAVE THE TWO DIFFERENT  CATEGORIES THERE WITH THE  DIFFERENT INCOME LEVELS. WE CAN GET, YOU KNOW, 95, 75,  65, 25. WE HAVE TO SET ASIDE WITH  PURCHASE ASSISTANCE. THEN I CAN GO AHEAD AND ASSIST  MORE BECAUSE THAT ACTUALLY KIND  OF MEET REQUIREMENT OF THE 75%  CONSTRUCTION SET ASIDE. THE EMERGENCY REPAIR ONE IS VERY POPULAR ONE. THAT ONE IS TO ASSIST ELDERLY  INDIVIDUALS OR DISABLED  HOMEOWNERS WITH THE REPAIRS IN  THEIR HOME. THIS ONE, AGAIN, I TRIED TO  APPROVE UP TO $20,000 GRANT TO  GO TO THE ELDERLY OR DISABLED  HOMEOWNERS TO BE ABLE TO HELP  THEM WITH HOME REPAIRS. $20,000 NOW WHEN IT COMES TO  REHABILITATION IS REALLY  NOTHING. IT'S REALLY NOTHING. YOU CAN'T CHANGE ROOF OR WINDOWS OR ANYTHING FOR $20,000. I MATCH THE EMERGENCY REPAIR  FROM THE SHIP PROGRAM AND WITH  THE CDBG FUND WHERE WE CAN  COMBINE I CAN PUT $30,000 FROM  THE DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT AND  ADD TO $20,000 THERE AND NOW AN  DIS DISABLED HOMEOWNER CAN GET UP TO $50,000. THAT CAN COVER ROOF OR SINGLE  FAMILY UNIT COST ABOUT $30 TO  $32,000. WE IS CAN HAVE SOME WINDOWS AND  SOME ACCESSIBILITY TO THE  BATHROOMS. BUILD RAMPS OR WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE. THIS ONE IS A GRANT WHICH MEANS  THERE'S REALLY NO STRINGS  ATTACHED. WE DO THE REPAIRS. IF THE REPAIRS IS DONE. ONE IS DONE. THAT'S THE END OF IT. ONE OF THE REASONS THIS IS SO  POPULAR IS BECAUSE IT'S ABOUT  25% THE STATISTIC IS FOR THE  HOUSING BOYNTON BEACH ABOUT 45%  ARE OVER THE AGE OF 62. IN ONE OF THE STRUGGLES WE HAVE  IN THE PAST WAS THIS INDIVIDUAL  THEIR HOUSE HAS BEEN PAID OFF. SOME OF THEM. THEY DON'T WANT TO GET A LOAN ON THEIR HOUSE. THEY WOULD RATHER HAVE THEIR  HOME YOU KNOW TO GET TO THE  POINT OF BEING CONDEMNED,  PERHAPS. AND THEY DON'T WANT TO SIGN A  LEASE WITH THE CITY. WITH THIS STRATEGY, WE CAN FIX  THAT. WE TRY TO BE PROACTIVE AND HELP  THEM OUT. NOW THEY HAVE GRANT OF $50,000  WE CAN PREVENT THAT FROM  HAPPENING. THE OTHER ONE DISASTER  ASSISTANCE. THAT'S IN CASE OF NATURAL  DISASTER. WHAT WE CAN ASSIST WITH $20,000  TO THE INCOME LEVELS AS THE  GRANT THAT CAN GO TOWARD  INSURANCE DEDUCTIBLE OR ANY  REPAIRS THAT MIGHT BE DONE, THE  COST OF A NATURAL DISASTER. THE LAST ONE THERE THAT'S THE  MOST RECENT ONE. THE RAPID REHOUSING. THIS ONE GOES TO HOMES TO ASSIST HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS WITH THE  CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH WITH A  GRANT THAT UP TO $10,000. WE PARTNERED WITH ONE OF  THE -- THIS CURRENT YEAR AS A  MATTER OF FACT -- WE PARTNERED  WITH HOMELESS YOUTH. 18-25. THE WRAP AROUND SERVICES. THAT'S IMPORTANT WORK TO KEEP IN MIND. BECAUSE I DOESN'T MATTER IF WE  CAN ASSIST HOMELESS INDIVIDUAL  WITH $10,000 TO HELP WITH THE  FIRST AND LAST MONTHS DEPOSIT. TRY TO STRETCH IT OUT AS MUCH AS WE CAN. EACH INDIVIDUAL CASE OF  HOMELESS, HOMELESS IN THE  COMMUNITY IS VERY SPECIFIC CASE. IT NEEDS MORE THAN JUST THE  FUNDS TO BE ABLE TO GET THEM OFF THE STREET. SOMETIMES YOU NEED WRAP AROUND  SERVICES. BECAUSE EQUAL HOUSING MENTAL  HEALTH ISSUE OR OTHER ISSUES  WITHOUT THE PROPER CARE THIS  INDIVIDUAL ARE NOT ASSISTED  PROPERLY. THAT'S WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO  PARTNER WITH NONPROFIT  ORGANIZATION THAT HAVE THE WRAP  AROUND SERVICES IN ORDER FOR US  TO BE ABLE TO ASSIST  APPROPRIATELY. WE WILL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT  MORE ABOUT THIS SPECIFIC  SUBJECT. THIS IS KIND OF A NUTSHELL OF  WHAT'S GOING ON. THIS ONE IS A LITTLE BIT ABOUT  THE BUDGET. THIS ONE IS JUST GUESSTIMATE OF  WHAT WE CAN -- WHAT WE COULD GET FROM THE STATE. WE DON'T KNOW UNTIL REALLY YOU  KNOW MAYBE LATE MAY. OR WHAT THEY WILL DECIDE THEY  WILL PUT INTO THIS PROGRAM AND  WHAT WE WILL GET FROM THAT. NONETHELESS, IF YOU LOOK AT THE  BOTTOM OF THAT SLIDE THERE, IT'S WHAT THE STATE REFLECTED. THAT'S 75% OF ANY GIVEN  ALLOCATION DURING THE YEAR HAS  TO GO TOWARD THAT CONSTRUCTION  OR REHABILITATION. THEN THEY LEAVE US 15% OF THAT. THAT CAN GO TOWARD THE PURCHASE  ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. I CAN GO ASSISTANCE HOMELESS  INDIVIDUALS IN THE COMMUNITY. ANY QUESTIONS?   >> HOW MANY DO WE HAVE IN THE  RAPID REHOUSING PROGRAM?   CURRENTLY?   >> OKAY. RIGHT NOW WE ALLOCATED ABOUT  $300,000 FOR THIS YEAR. ONCE AGAIN $200,000 WE GAVE  NONPROFIT. WE GAVE 90,000. SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 300,000. AND THEN I GOT A LOT PHONE  CALLS. MAYBE 105 PHONE CALLS FROM THE  CITY. AND ALSO FROM EITHER FT. PIERCE  AND WEST PALM. WE TRY TO PRIORITIZE WHAT WE  HAVE HERE IN BOYNTON BEACH. 65 WERE GIVEN OUT. SO FAR WHAT WE GOT WAS YOU KNOW  WE GOT ABOUT MAYBE NINE  APPLICATIONS WE'RE INCUMBERED TO HELP THIS INDIVIDUAL THAT CAME  BACK IN. BECAUSE OF THE FUNDS THAT WE  GOT. AND THE ONLY REASON WE GOT THE  FUNDS, WAS BECAUSE THERE WAS  SOMETHING THAT IS CALLED THE  PROGRAM INCOME. WHEN AN INDIVIDUAL EITHER  SOMEONE THAT WE ASSISTED. PURCHASE ASSISTANCE. SELL THEIR HOME BEFORE THE  15-YEAR TERM. THEN THAT -- THOSE FUNDS COME  BACK TO THE SHIP PROGRAM. THOSE FUNDS DON'T HAVE TO LEAVE  75% SET ASIDE WHERE I CAN JUST  PUT IT ALL TOWARD THE RAPID  REHOUSING BECAUSE IT WON'T  EFFECT MY SET ASIDE. WE GOT ABOUT I THINK 192,000. THEY CAME BACK TO THE PROGRAM. I PUT SOME OTHER FUND I HAVE  AVAILABLE TO COME UP WITH  300,000 THAT I CAN PUT FORWARD  FOR THAT RAPID REHOUSING. ANYTIME THAT I GET ANY PROGRAM  INCOME, I TRIED TO PUSH IT  THATWARD THE RAPID REHOUSING  PROGRAM. NOW WHEN I GET AN AMOUNT OF  FUNDS WHERE THIS ACTUAL  SUBSTANTIAL. BECAUSE WHEN I PARTNERED WITH AN ORGANIZATION. THEY HAVE TO GET THEIR CUT,  OBVIOUSLY. TO GET THE CASE MANAGEMENT IN  PLACE. TO BE ABLE TO ASSIST THIS  HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS. AND ONCE AGAIN BECAUSE OF THE  WRAP AROUND SERVICE IT'S VITALLY IMPORTANT TO HAVE AN  ORGANIZATION THAT WE PROVIDE THE WRAP AROUND SERVICE TO THE  HOMELESS INDIVIDUAL FOR THEM TO  BE ASSIST PROPERLY. I TRY TO PASS TO ORGANIZATION SO THEY CAN BE ABLE TO ASSIST THIS  HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS PROPERLY.   >> WHEN IT COMES TO HOMELESS. HOW DO WE GET OUR CLIENTS?   DO THEY COME TO US OR DO WE SEEK THEM OUT?   HOW DOES THAT WORK?   >> WHAT WE DO IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE. WE REFER THEM TO FOR INSTANCE  VILLA NOVA. THEY GO TO THE PROCESS IN VILLA  NOVA. THE ONE THAT I HAVE -- THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY LEFT ON  IT. THOSE CAME DIRECTLY TO US AND I  ASSISTED THEM PERSONALLY IN THE  HIGH PRIORITY TO BE ABLE TO GET  INTO PLACE. SOME ARE PLACED IN APARTMENTS,  AND THEY GOT ASSISTANCE TO BE  ABLE TO GET AN APARTMENT AND  UTILITY ASSISTANCE AND STUFF. THEY ALREADY GOT HOUSING SO TO  SPEAK. MOVING FORWARD, WHAT WE INTEND  TO DO IS ONCE AGAIN BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER FUNDS THAT  COME DIRECT TO THE CITY TO  ASSIST HOMELESS INDIVIDUAL. EVERYTHING GOES TO THE COUNTY. WE WILL HAVE DR. GREEN, JAMES  GREEN THE DIRECTOR. HE WILL GIVE A PRESENTATION OF  THE RESOURCES THAT THE COUNTY  HAS FOR THE HOMELESS INDIVIDUAL  IN THE COUNTY. INCLUDING CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH. THE COUNTY HAS ABOUT 8.1 MILLION DOLLARS IN ASSISTANCE THIS YEAR  NOT JUST FROM THE FEDERAL  GOVERNMENT, THE EMERGENCY  SOLUTIONS GRANT. ESG GRANT IS WHAT THEY CALL IT. IT'S A FORMULA GRANT THAT ONLY  THE COUNTY GETS. THEY HAVE FUNDING LIKE THE AD  VALOREM AND STUFF LIKE THAT TO  BE ABLE TO COME UP WITH A SYSTEM THAT THEY ARE PROVIDED TO THE  HOMELESS COMMUNITY THROUGH  DIFFERENT PROGRAMS IN THE COUNTY INCLUDING CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH. DR. GREEN WILL EXPLAIN IN MORE  DETAIL. HE'S THE ONE THAT KEEPS THE DATA AND EVERYTHING ELSE. AND I WILL GO INTO MORE INTO  WHAT WE HAVE IN THE CITY OF  BOYTON BEACH. HOW MANY WORK IN THE LAST POINT  IN TIME AND STUFF LIKE THAT. SO WE WILL KIND OF GO INTO THAT  AND THEN ONCE AGAIN I WILL GO  INTO GETTING INTO WHAT KIND OF  FUNDS DO WE REALLY HAVE. WHAT IS THAT WE CAN DO TO BE  ABLE TO ASSIST THE HOMELESS  INDIVIDUAL AND JOIN THE COUNTY  AND THE AIR FORCE TO BE ABLE TO  ASSESS THEM PROPERLY. AT THIS POINT WHAT WE HAVE FOR  THIS HOMELESS INDIVIDUAL A S■HI. WHAT WE CAN USE. WHICH IS THE 50% THEY CAN GO  HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS OR YOU CAN  GO FOR ASSISTANCE TO PURCHASE A  HOME. THAT'S OUR TWO CHOICES THERE. WHATEVERKY GET FROM THE  COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM. THESE TWO GRANTS ONCE AGAIN  COMES RESTRICTIONS. THERE'S SOME FUNDS THAT CAN USE  AT ONE ACTIVITY OR ANOTHER. I HAVE TO DO THE BEST I CAN DO  TO ASSESS THEM AND BE ABLE TO  GET EVERYONE THE ASSISTANCE THEY NEED.   >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.   >> YOU'RE WELCOME.   >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?   >> MOTION TO APPROVE IF THERE'S  NO OTHER QUESTIONS.   >> SECOND.   >> I WANTED TO LET HIM FINISH. >>MAYOR:  WAS THERE ANYTHING  ELSE YOU WANTED TO WRAP UP WITH? >> THAT'S IT. IT'S A PLAN WE HAVE SUBMITTED. IT WILL BE HERE UNTIL THE END OF FISCAL YEAR 26 AND 27.   >> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A  SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR TO APPROVE ITEM 6-5 SAY "AYE."   >> AYE.   >> A MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. RJ.   >> THANK YOU. THAT CONCLUDES ALL OF CONSENT  AGENDA. WE MOVE ON TO CONSENT BIDS AND  PURCHASES OVER $100,000. NO REQUEST TO PULL.   >> MOTION TO APPROVE?   >> SECOND.   >> I HEARD A FIRST AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR TO APPROVE SAY  "AYE." MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THIS BRINGS US NOW TO THE PUBLIC HEARING PORTION. WE HAVE A SERIES OF ORDINANCEs  ALL  >> I AM GOING TO SWEAR IN ANYONE THAT IS HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEMS  8-A TO 8-D.   >> PROPOSED ORDINANCE 24-002,  SECOND READING ORDINANCE OF THE  CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH, FLORIDA  REPEALING SECTION 2-5, 6 AND 7  OF THE CITY CODENANCES.   >> THANK YOU. I WILL TURN TO CITY ATTORNEY. MISS LAMB, WHERE THERE ANY  CHANGES FROM THE PREVIOUS ONE?   >> THERE'S NO CHANGES.   >> ANY QUESTIONS FROM MY  COLLEAGUES?   >> NO, MAYOR.   >> LET'S HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT ON  THIS ITEM. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK  SPECIFICALLY ON THIS ITEM NOW IS THE TIME TO APPROACH THE PODIUM. SEEING NO ONE, IS THERE ANYBODY  ONLINE?   I SEE NOBODY ONLINE WITH THAT  PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM. MOTION TO APPROVE KWMD  >> MOTION.   >> SECOND.   >> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A  SECOND. LET ME TURN NOW TO THE CITY  CLERK AGAIN. COMMISSIONER KELLEY?   >> YES.   >> COMMISSIONER CRUZ?   >> YES.   >> VICE-MAYOR TURKIN?   >> YES.   >> THE MOTION PASSES  UNANIMOUSLY. >>MAYOR:  THAT'S 8-A. 8-B. PROPOSED ORDINANCE 24-003. PROPOSEDNANCE 24-003 SECOND  READING AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF.TON BEACH, FLORIDA AMENDING  CHAPTER 2 ADMINISTRATION ARTICLE 4 ENTITLED PURCHASING AND  CONSULTANT SECTION 2 #-56C IS  HEREBY AMENDED TO AMEND THE  PROCESS TO DISPOSE OF CITY-OWNED REAL PROPERTY; PROVIDING FOR AN  CONFLICTS SEVERABILITY AND  CODIFICATION AND AN EFFECTIVE  DATE.   >> ANY QUESTIONS. HEARING NONE. THAT'S PROCEED TO PUBLIC  COMMENT. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON  THIS ITEM NOW -- THERE'S NO ONE  IN THE AUDIENCE. I HAD TO GO THROUGH THE MOTION,  FOLKS. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK  PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM NOW. SEEING NO ONE APPROACHING THE  PODIUM, IS THERE ANYBODY ONLINE. THE ANSWER IS NO. WITH THAT PUBLIC COMMENTS IS NOW CLOSED. MAY HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE  8-B.   >> SO MOVED.   >> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A  SECOND.   >> COMMISSIONER KELLEY?   >> YES.   >> COMMISSIONER HAY?   >> YES.   >> COMMISSIONER CRUZ?   >> YES.   >> VICE-MAYOR TURKIN?   >> YES.   >> IN A ROLL CALL THE MOTION  PASSES UNANIMOUSLY  >> THERE'S ONE RESIDENT IN THE  AUDIENCE. THANK YOU FOR ALWAYS BEING HERE. ITEM 8-C PROPOSED ORDINANCE  24-004.   >> PROPOSED ORDINANCE  24-004-SECOND READING AN  ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH, FLORIDA AMENDING CHAPTER  2.5 ALARM SYSTEMS TO CLARIFY  FIRE DEPARTMENT FEES FOR  RESPONDING TO EXCESSIVE FALSE  ALARMS PROVIDING FOR REPEAL OF  LAWS IN CONFLICT SEVERABILITY  CODIFICATION AND EFFECTIVE DATE. >> ANYTHING FROM MY COLLEAGUES?  >> I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE ONE  COMMENT ON THIS ITEM.   >> SURE.   >> THERE WAS AN ARTICLE POSTED  THAT WE WERE RAISING FIRE  DEPARTMENT FEES. I WANT TO CLARIFY THIS DOESN'T  DO THAT. IN FACT, THE LAST RESOLUTION  THAT ADOPTED FIRE ALARM FEES WAS IN 2022. AND WE ARE NOT MAKING ANY  CHANGES TO THAT. >>MAYOR:  THANK YOU FOR THAT  CLARIFICATION. AND THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME. I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THE ARTICLE  EITHER.   >> I NEVER WRITE ANYTHING BAD  ABOUT THE CITY.   >> MOTION TO APPROVE.   >> SECOND.   >> I HAVE FORMALLY ASK FOR  PUBLIC COMMENTS. IF THERE'S ANY LEGAL CHALLENGE  WE DID ALL THE STEP. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK, NOW  IS THE TIME TO APPROACH THE  PODIUM. SEEING NO ONE APPROACHING THE  PODIUM. I WILL LOOK ONLINE. THERE'S NO ONE ONLINE. WITH THAT PUBLIC COMMENT IS  CLOSED. COMMISSIONER KELLEY WOULD YOUK  LIKE TO MAKE THE MOTION AGAIN  >> MOTION TO APPROVE.   >> THERE'S A MOTION AND SECOND.  >> COMMISSIONER KELLEY?   >> YES.   >> COMMISSIONER HAY?   >> YES.   >> COMMISSIONER CRUZ?   >> YES.   >> VICE-MAYOR TURKIN?   >> YES.   >> THE MOTION PASSES  UNANIMOUSLY. LAST ITEM IN THIS SECTION. 24-005.   >> PROPOSED 24-005 SECOND  READING AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH, FLORIDA  AMENDING CHAPTER 9 FIRE  PROTECTION AND PREVENTION  SECTION 9-1 BOYNTON BEACH FIRE  CODE FIRE CODE ADOPTED TO UPDATE THE CITY CODE AS REQUIRED BY THE FLORIDA STATUTE WHEN THE NEW  EDITION OF THE FLORIDA FIRE  PREVENTION CODE HAS BEEN ADOPTED PROVIDING THE REPEAL OF LAWS IN  CONFLICT SEVERABILITY  CODIFICATION AND AN EFFECTIVE  DATE.   >> LET'S TURN TO PUBLIC IF YOU  WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK, NOW IS THE  TIME TO APPROACH THE PODIUM. SEEING NO ONE APPROACHING THE  PODIUM AND NO ONE ONLINE, PUBLIC COMMENT ITEM.   >> MOTION TO APPROVE.   >> SECOND.   >> WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND.  >> THE MOTION PASSES  UNANIMOUSLY.   >> BEFORE I ASK FOR MOTION TO  ADJOURN. STAFF IS REQUESTING A GROUP  PHOTO. DON'T LEAVE JUST THAT. WE WILL STEP DOWN. IF THERE'S CLOSING COMMENTS. ANY CLOSING COMMENTS?   MAY HAVE A MOTION TO AED VR  ADJOURNED. ALL IN FAVOR OF ADJOURNING SAY  "AYE."   >> THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR STAFF AND EVERYONE WHO STAYED LATE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE AND  PARTICIPATION.