>> PLEASE STAND BY. >> MAYOR: ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY. AND WELCOME TO THE CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH CITY COMMISSION MEETING. TODAY IS TUESDAY MARCH 5th, 2024. AND THE TIME IS NOW 6:00 P.M. LET'S TURN TO OUR CITY CLERK FOR OUR ROLL CALL VOTE, WHO IS CURRENTLY STEPPED OUT. >> SHE JUST HAD TO PRINT SOMETHING. I CAN DO THE ROLL. >> MAYOR: NO WORRIES. WHAT I CAN DO IN THE MEANTIME IS REMIND EVERYBODY OF OUR RULES OF CIVILITY AND DECORUM. AND THEN IF SHE'S STILL NOT BACK, WE'LL TURN TO YOU. SPEAKERS MUST FIRST BE ADDRESSED BY THE CHAIR, WHICH IS ME AND NOT INTERRUPT ANY SPEAKER. PUBLIC COMMENTS MUST BE ADDRESSED TO THE BODY HERE AS A WHOLE AND NOT TO ANY PARTICULAR INDIVIDUAL ON THE DAIS OR IN THE AUDIENCE. PERSONAL INSULTS, ATTACKS ARE STRICTLY PROHIBITED. DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIORS, STAMPING OF FEET, YELLING, WHISTLING, LIKEWISE ARE STRICTLY PROHIBITED. SHOULD YOU VIOLATE THESE RULES, YOU KNOW, WE WILL GIVE YOU A WARNING. BUT SHOULD YOU CONTINUE TO VIOLATE THEM, YOU MAY BE ASKED TO LEAVE THESE CHAMBERS AND YOU WILL NOT BE READMITTED TO OUR MEETING. PLEASE GOVERN YOURSELVES ACCORDINGLY. CITY ATTORNEY, IF YOU COULD BEGIN THE ROLL CALL. >> YES. COMMISSIONER CRUZ. >> PRESENT. >> COMMISSIONER KELLEY. >> HERE. >> COMMISSIONER HAY. >> HERE. >> VICE MAYOR TURKIN. >> PRESENT. >> MAYOR PENSERGA. >> MAYOR: HERE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. WE HAVE A QUORUM. AND WE ARE GOING TO TURN NOW TO OUR INVOCATION FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. OUR INVOCATION THIS EVENING WILL BE LED BY COMMISSIONER WOODROW HAY FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ALSO LED BY COMMISSIONER WOODROW HAY. LET'S ALL STAND FOR THE INVOCATION AND MESSAGE OF THE PF ALLEGIANCE. >> LET US PRAY. ALMIGHTY AND EVERLASTING FATHER, WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THIS DAY TO SERVE. THANK YOU FOR OUR HEALTH AND OUR STRENGTH. BLESS EACH MEMBER OF THIS COMMISSION AND THEIR FAMILIES IN A SPECIAL WAY. AS WE GATHER HERE IN THE MONTH OF MARCH, WE ARE MINDFUL OF THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS MOMENT IN WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH. WE COME BEFORE YOU SEEKING WISDOM, GUIDANCE, INSPIRATION AS WE ENGAGE IN IMPORTANT WORK OF SERVING THE CITIZENS OF THIS GREAT CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH. WE RECOGNIZE THE CONTRIBUTIONS AND SACRIFICES OF OUR WOMEN THROUGHOUT HISTORY. WHOSE RESILIENCY AND DETERMINATION HAVE PAVED THE WAY FOR PROGRESS AND EQUALITY. MAY WE HONOR THEIR LEGACY BY FOSTERING AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE ALL INDIVIDUALS, REGARDLESS OF GENDER, ARE TREATED WITH DIGNITY, RESPECT AND FAIRNESS. GRANT THIS COMMISSION THE STRENGTH AND THE COURAGE TO UPHOLD THE PRINCIPLES OF EQUAL LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL CITIZENS OF BOYNTON BEACH. MAY OUR DECISIONS AND ACTIONS REFLECT A COMMITMENT TO ALL-INCLUSIVENESS, DIVERSITY, AND UNITY WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY. BLESS THIS GATHERING THIS AFTERNOON WITH CLARITY OF THOUGHT, COMPASSION, GOOD WILL TOWARD ONE ANOTHER. GUIDE US AS WE STRIVE TO MAKE DECISIONS THAT POSITIVELY IMPACT THE LIVES OF THOSE WE SERVE. WE ASK IT ALL IN THE NAME OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS, THE CHRIST. WE PRAY AND ALL GOD'S PEOPLE SAY AMEN. [RESPONSE] >> 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: ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, EVERYBODY, AND THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER HAY FOR THAT. WE ARE GOING TO TURN NOW TO AGENDA APPROVAL, ADDITIONS, DELETIONS AND CORRECTIONS. NOW, I WAS INFORMED BY OUR CITY STAFF, THERE ARE TWO ITEMS TO BE ADDED. THANK YOU SO MUCH. TO BE ADDED UNDER CONSENT. I'M GOING TO TURN TO ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER KATHRYN MATOS. COULD YOU TELL US ABOUT THOSE TWO ITEMS? >> YES. GOOD EVENING. WE HAVE TWO AGREEMENTS WITH MURAL ARTISTS THAT WERE SELECTED. THE COMMUNITY SHORT LISTED FROM A LIST OF ARTISTS THAT WE PUT OUT, A CALL TO ARTISTS IN NOVEMBER. WE HAVE BEEN MEETING WITH THE COMMUNITY ON AN ALMOST WEEKLY BASIS. AND THEY SHORT-LISTED THE ARTISTS THAT SUBMITTED. AND THEN WE BROUGHT IT TO THE ART BOARD IN FEBRUARY. AND THE ART BOARD SELECTED TWO OF THE ARTISTS. THE PURPOSE OF ENTERING INTO THE AGREEMENTS IS TO BE ABLE TO INSTALL TWO MURALS AS PART OF THE UNITY PROJECT. I CAN GIVE MORE DETAIL ON IT DURING THE ITEM, BUT I'D LIKE TO REQUEST TO ADD THESE TWO ON THE AGENDA UNDER CONSENT. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU, KATHRYN. I HAVE NO OBJECTIONS TO THAT. LET ME TURN TO MY COLLEAGUES. DO YOU HAVE ANY OBJECTIONS OR QUESTIONS TO KATHRYN FOR ADDING IT UNDER CONSENT? NO OBJECTION. THANK YOU. CITY MANAGER, I UNDERSTAND YOU WANT TO MOVE UP ONE OF THE PRESENTATIONS, IS THAT CORRECT? >> YES, MAYOR. I'D LIKE TO MOVE UP THE CIP PRESENTATION WHICH IS 9B BEFORE PUBLIC COMMENT IF THAT'S POSSIBLE. >> MAYOR: I HAVE NO OBJECTIONS TO MOVING UP ITEM 9B. THIS IS THE CIP PRESENTATION RIGHT BEFORE PUBLIC AUDIENCE. COLLEAGUES? YES? OKAY. LET'S GO AROUND THE DAIS AND BEGIN WITH COMMISSIONER KELLEY. ANY ADDITIONS, DELETIONS OR CORRECTIONS FROM YOU? >> THANK YOU, MAYOR. I HAVE ONE THING I WOULD LIKE TO ADD TO FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. IN JUST SPEAKING WITH ADAM WE HAVE A COUPLE OF LIVE LOCAL PROJECTS COMING UP. AND WE TALKED ABOUT POSSIBLY THE DEPARTMENT DOING A QUARTERLY SUMMARY TO THE COMMISSION ON THE PROJECTS THAT ADMINISTRATIVELY GO THROUGH THEM AS OPPOSED TO COMING TO US SO THE PUBLIC CAN HEAR WHAT'S GOING ON AND WE CAN HEAR WHAT'S GOING ON AS WELL. I WOULD LIKE TO ADD THAT TO FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS AS SOMETHING TO -- OR, YOU KNOW, WE GET A QUARTERLY UPDATE WHEN THERE'S A NEW PROJECT THAT'S COME UP. >> MAYOR: RIGHT. THAT'S AN EXCELLENT IDEA, COMMISSIONER KELLEY. I DON'T KNOW IF WE NEED TO HAVE A DISCUSSION PER SE. CAN WE JUST HAVE A CONSENSUS HERE? THAT'S SOMETHING WE WANT TO SEE ON THE AGENDA. YOU ARE CORRECT, BECAUSE THESE PROJECTS ARE APPROVED ADMINISTRATIVELY PER THE NEW STATE LAW SO WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING. SO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP. WAS THERE ANYTHING ELSE? >> NO, THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: OKAY. COMMISSIONER HAY. >> YES, MAYOR. DO YOU WANT THE PULLED ITEMS IN 6 AND 7 NOW OR WAIT UNTIL WE GET THERE? >> MAYOR: I THINK IT'S BEST WE PULL THEM ONCE WE GET TO THE CONSENT CATEGORY, YEAH. ANYTHING ELSE OUTSIDE OF THAT? >> THAT'S IT. >> MAYOR: VICE MAYOR. >> I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING, MAYOR. >> MAYOR: ALL RIGHT. COMMISSIONER CRUZ. >> NOTHING FOR ME. >> MAYOR: ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT, SO WE HAVE THE TWO ADDED AGENDA ITEMS. WE ARE MOVING UP 9B TO RIGHT BEFORE PUBLIC AUDIENCE. AND WE HAVE A CONSENSUS HERE FOR A PRESENTATION, A QUARTERLY UPDATE FOR LIVE LOCAL PROJECTS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA AS APPROVED? >> SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >> MAYOR: THE MOTION CAME FROM COMMISSIONER CRUZ. SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER HAY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION TO AMEND THE AGENDA, SAY AYE. [AYES] ALL THOSE OPPOSED? THE AYES HAVE IT. THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. WE ARE GOING TO MOVE TO SECTION 2, INFORM INFORMATIONAL ITEMS OF MEMBERS OF THE CITY COMMISSION. COMMISSIONER CRUZ. >> NO INFORMATIONAL ITEMS. SORRY, MY VOICE IS STILL -- >> MAYOR: COMMISSIONER HAY, MAY UPDATES? >> YES, I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THE SUCCESSFUL BURNING OF THE ORDINANCES. THAT WAS A MOMENTOUS OCCASION. THERE WAS A GOOD TURNOUT. AND I WANT TO -- HAT'S OFF TO OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT, POLICE AND EVERYONE WHO PARTICIPATED IN ANY WAY. I SAY TO ALL OF US, WE STILL MAY WANT TO GO BACK FOR A SECOND PASS TO TAKE A LOOK. WE MAY HAVE MISSED ONE OR TWO. BUT TO THOSE OF YOU WHO WERE HERE AND PARTICIPATED IN THAT ACTIVITY AT SARA SIMS PARK, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. RIGHT HERE IN LITTLE OLD BOYNTON, WE MADE THE NATIONAL NEWS GOING THROUGH OUR BOOKS AND FINDING THOSE ORDINANCES THAT SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN THERE IN THE FIRST PLACE. SO AGAIN, HAT'S OFF TO ALL OF US HERE IN BOYNTON BEACH. WE ARE THE MODEL FOR OTHER CITIES TO FOLLOW. THANK YOU, MAYOR. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER HAY. COMMISSIONER KELLEY. >> THANK YOU, MAYOR. I DON'T HAVE ANY INFORMATIONAL ITEMS, BUT I DID WANT TO JUST RECOGNIZE THE EVENTS TEAM FOR KIND OF -- I WANT TO SAY LAST MINUTE. WE HAD OUR FIRST FRIDAY CONSENT DUE TO THE CRA NO LONGER BEING ABLE TO HOST BLARNEY BASH. THE CITY EVENTS TEAM REALLY PULLED TOGETHER KIND OF ON SHORT NOTICE TO MAKE IT KIND OF A COMBO FIRST FRIDAY ST. PATRICK'S DAY EVENT. I JUST WANT TO THANK THE EVENTS TEAM FOR PUSHING THAT OUT AND DOING A GREAT JOB. DITTO, COMMISSIONER HAY, ON THE ORDINANCE PUNG EVENT AND THE MARCH TO SARA SIMS. IT WAS A GREAT EXPERIENCE AND A LOT OF RESIDENTS TURNED OUT WHICH WAS AWESOME. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU. LET'S TURN TO VICE MAYOR. YOU SAID THERE WAS SOMETHING ELSE? >> YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO THANK CITY STAFF FOR ALL THE ROAD SHOWS WE HAVE BEEN DOING, THE COMMUNITY FORUMS HAVE BEEN GREAT. I THINK WE HAD A RECORD TURNOUT OVER AT STERLING. AND I KNOW THE COMMUNITY APPRECIATES THE HARD WORK AND ALL THE TIME YOU GUYS ARE SPENDING AFTER HOURS WITHOUT YOUR FAMILY. SO THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: I WANT TO ECHO THE SENTIMENTS MADE ALREADY. IT WAS A GREAT EVENT REGARDING THE ORDINANCE BURNING. ON TOP OF EVERYTHING YOU SAID, COMMISSIONERS, GREAT FOOD, GREAT MUSIC. I COULDN'T BE HAPPIER. IT WAS A GOOD DAY. ALL RIGHT. SO THAT CONCLUDES ALL INFORMATIONAL ITEMS. THE FIRST ITEM UNDER ANNOUNCEMENTS, COMMUNITY AND SPECIAL EVENT AND PRESENTATIONS IS A RECOGNITION OF SPONSORS AND PARTNERS FOR MAGIC WHEELS AND SPECIAL DEALS AND BARRIER FREE 5K. THE CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH RECREATION AND PARKS DEPARTMENT HOSTED THE ANNUAL JOE DiMAGGIO CHILDREN'S HEALTH SPECIALTY CENTER MAGIC WHEELS AND SPECIAL DEALS EVENT. AT THIS TIME THE CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH WOULD LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE JOE DiMAGGIO'S HEALTH DONATION AT THE EVENT'S TITLE SPONSOR CHARIOTS ON ICE AND LITTLE CONSTRUCTION FOR THE GREATER BOYNTON BEACH FOUNDATION AND THE BROWARD PALM BEACHES AND ST. LUCIE'S REALTORS GROUP FOR THE BARRIER 5K THAT SUPPORTS THE BARRIER PARK. I KNOW TWO COMMISSIONERS, POSSIBLY MORE WERE AT THE 5K. YOU ARE BRAVER THAN I AM. IF STAFF COULD QUICKLY SHOW EVERYONE THE MAGIC WHEEL PROJECT THAT THEY UNVEILED. ALL RIGHT. >> GOOD EVENING, COMMISSIONERS. I'M STEPHANIE, COORDINATOR. I'D LIKE TO ON BEHALF OF THE PARTNERS. IT IS A TEAM EFFORT. IT MIGHT NOT SEEM LIKE A LARGE-SCALE EVENT BUT IT DOES A LARGE-SCALE EVENT TO THE DISABILITY COMMUNITY. SO WE'RE GRATEFUL TO HAVE OUR SPONSOR OVER AND OVER FOR MANY YEARS JOE DiMAGGIO CHILDREN'S HEALTH SPECIALTY CENTER AND ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS THAT HELPED BUILD THE EVENT. I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF PLAQUES HERE. I DON'T KNOW IF THE MAYOR COULD COME DOWN AND I COULD TAKE A PICTURE OF YOU WITH OUR AMAZING BUILDERS, THE TEAM FROM CHARIOTS OF LOVE AND LITTLE WOLF CARPENTRY. YOU CAN SEE THE PICTURE. SPACESHIP DESIGNED THIS YEAR BY THESE TWO AMAZING BUILDERS AND A COUPLE OF OTHER VOLUNTEERS. LEANN WAS ONE OF OUR RECIPIENTS. AND ONE OF HIS LIKES WAS A SPACESHIP SO HE GOT TO HAVE HIS VERY OWN SPACESHIP THIS YEAR. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU SO MUCH. [APPLAUSE] >> AND THEN I'LL ALLOW VALERIE TO SAY A FEW WORDS AS WELL. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, STEPHANIE. THIS WAS OUR FIFTH YEAR BUILDING THE MAGIC WHEELS. AND I WANT TO THANK JEFF COHEN OF LITTLE WOLF CARPENTRY, HE TOOK THE LEAD POSITION ON THE BUILD TEAM. IT WAS MYSELF, LITTLE WOLF, NATHAN WELLMAN AND ROSALIE COHEN WHO DID THE BUILD. THIS SPACE SHUTTLE IS BUILT OVER A MOBILITY DEVICE. THIS 8-YEAR-OLD BOY HAS CEREBRAL PALSY. IT WILL GIVE HIM SOME GOOD HEALTH AND SOMETHING HE CAN STRUCTURALLY USE TO HELP HIS BODY AS HE GROWS OLDER. WE APPRECIATE BEING PART OF MAGIC WHEELS AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO CREATING A FANTASY CREATION FOR NEXT YEAR. >> THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> MAYOR: ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. WE'RE MOVING ON TO THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA WHICH IS A PROCLAMATION FOR LET'S MOVE PALM BEACH COUNTY MONTH. LED ME READ IT FOR THE RECORD. I SEE IT'S ALREADY POSTED ON THE SCREEN. WHEREAS THE CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH TAKES SPECIAL NOTICE AND ACKNOWLEDGES EXCEPTIONAL ORGANIZATIONS THAT HELPS RESIDENTS WHO LIVE, WORK AND PLAY WITHIN THE JURISDICTION AND WHEREAS IN 2010 DIGITAL VIBEZ WAS FOUNDED TO REACH OUT TO EMPOWER YOUTH. AND WHEREAS DIGITAL VIBEZ AND PALM BEACH PRESENT THE ANNUAL CHALLENGE AND ENCOURAGES INDIVIDUALS WITHIN AND BEYOND PALM BEACH COUNTY TO TAKE CHARGE OF THEIR HEALTH BY PARTICIPATING IN FUN FITNESS EXERCISES. AND WHEREAS THE LET'S MOVE INITIATIVE WAS ORIGINALLY INTRODUCED ON A NATIONAL LEVEL BY FIRST LADY MICHELLE OBAMA IN 2010 WITH THE GOAL OF DECREASES CHILDHOOD OBESITY THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES DUE TO THE FACT THAT NEARLY ONE IN THREE CHILDREN ARE OVERWEIGHT OR OBESE AND 1/3 OF ALL CHILDREN BORN IN 2000 OR LATER WILL SUFFER WITH DIABETES OR FACE OTHER OBESITY HEALTH PROBLEMS SUCH AS HEART OF BOYNTON, HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE, AND CANCER. DIGITAL VIBEZ AND THE PALM HEALTH FOUNDATION INVITE ALL RESIDENTS TO TAKE THE CHALLENGE TO MOVE BY FORMING TEAMS, REGISTERING ONLINE AND COMMITTING TO EXERCISING FOR AT LEAST 30 MINUTES A DAY THROUGHOUT THE MONTH OF MARCH AND LOGGING THEIR MINUTES ON THE LET'S MOVE WEBSITE WWW.LETSMOVEPBC.ORG. IN 2012, THE PALM BEACH COUNTY LOGGED 100,000 MINUTES IN THE FIRST YEAR OF THE CHALLENGE AND WE HAVE MET THE CHALLENGE EACH YEAR SINCE RISING IN 2023 TO OVER 100 MILLION MINUTES LOGGED. NOW, THEREFORE, I TY PENSERGA, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH, FLORIDA DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF MARCH 2024 AS LET'S MOVE PALM BEACH COUNTY. AND IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, WE HAVE CASSY ROMELUS, DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS OF DIGITAL VIBEZ, INC. PRESENT. COME ON DOWN. [APPLAUSE] LET ME PRESENT THIS PROCLAMATION TO YOU. IF YOU'D LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS ABOUT WHAT YOU DO AND HOW YOU IMPACT THE COMMUNITY. >> GOOD EVENING. I'M CASSY ROMELUS. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU ALL FOR THIS PROCLAMATION, MAKING THE MONTH OF MARCH THE LET'S MOVE COMMIT TO CHANGE CHALLENGE FOR PALM BEACH COUNTY AND THE CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH. WE WORK REALLY HARD IN THE COMMUNITY TO EMPOWER YOUTH AND FAMILIES TO NOT ONLY BE ACTIVE, BUT TO ALSO EXPRESS THEMSELVES IN A POSITIVE WAY, WHETHER THAT'S THROUGH DANCE, FITNESS, TECHNOLOGY OR THE ARTS. AND SO THIS PARTNERSHIP WITH PALM HEALTH FOUNDATION HAS REALLY HELPED US TO GET THAT FITNESS PROPORTION OUT THERE. SO I REALLY WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU FOR MAKING MARCH THE PROCLAMATION FOR US. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> MAYOR: THANK YOU, EVERYBODY. WE'RE MOVING ON. AGAIN, WE AMENDED THE AGENDA TO MOVE UP ITEM 9B TO RIGHT BEFORE PUBLIC AUDIENCE. 9B IS THE FISCAL YEAR '23-24 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN UPDATE. I'M SORRY, GO AHEAD. >> NO, SORRY. >> MAYOR: GO AHEAD, YEAH. >> I HAVE BEEN THINKING FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS TO BRING UP A PROCLAMATION FOR WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH. I KNOW WE HAVE DONE IT IN THE PREVIOUS YEARS. AND BECAUSE I WAS SICK, I JUST -- MY MIND JUST WASN'T THERE. SO MAYBE IF WE END UP CANCELING THE MARCH 19th MEETING AND WE DON'T HAVE IT, THEN MAYBE FOR THE FOLLOWING MEETING IN APRIL, MAYBE WE COULD, YOU KNOW, DO THE WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH PROCLAMATION A LITTLE BIT LATE. IF THAT'S POSSIBLE. >> MAYOR: I HAVE NO OBJECTIONS TO IT. I WOULD JUST RECOMMEND REACH OUT TO THE CITY CLERK. THEY DO THE PROCESSING OF PROCLAMATIONS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THE PRESENTATION FOR THE CIP, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, IS THAT YOU, MR. GUZMAN? YES. >> COME ON UP. INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND YOU MAY BEGIN. >> GOOD MORNING, MAYOR -- GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS. MY NAME IS MARIO GUZMAN, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS. I'M GOING TO BE GIVING YOU -- I'M GOING TO TRY TO CRAM A CIP UPDATE WHICH IS A TOTAL OF 96 PROJECTS -- I'LL HIGHLIGHT THE KEY ONES. ALSO GOING TO TALK ABOUT OUR ROAD PAVING INITIATIVE WE HAVE THROUGH THE CITY. AND WE WILL BE GIVING THESE CIP QUARTERLY UPDATES, QUARTERLY. SO ANY SUGGESTIONS OR RECOMMENDATIONS YOU HAVE FOR THE PRESENTATION, AS I MOVE FORWARD FOR THE CIP PORTION, LET ME KNOW AND WE'LL MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT. I'D BE REMISS. I ALWAYS SAY I GET WAY TOO MUCH CREDIT. THE PUBLIC WORKS ENGINEERING TEAM AND PROJECT MANAGERS ARE THE BACKBONE OF THE CIP. WHENEVER THERE'S A CONTRACTOR DOING WORK FOR THE CITY, THERE'S A PROJECT MANAGER THERE. WE HAD SOME CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS GOING ON THAT WERE 2:00 IN THE MORNING, 3:00 IN THE MORNING AND OUR PROJECT MANAGERS WERE THERE. SO THEY DON'T LIKE WHEN I BOAST ABOUT THEM, BUT I'M GOING TO HAVE THEM STAND UP AND EMBARRASS THEM. THAT'S WHAT LOVING PARENTS DO. SO ROD WELL IS ONE OF OUR ENGINEERS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE, APPRECIATE WHAT YOU DO. [APPLAUSE] WE HAVE MISS SHILOH WHICH I THREATEN ON WRITING HER UP BECAUSE SHE HAS TO LEAVE. I'M LIKE YOU'VE GOT TO GO. YOU'VE GOT TO GO HOME. YOU CAN'T STAY. JUST A HARD WORKER, BOYNTON RESIDENT. APPRECIATE WHAT YOU DO. [APPLAUSE] DR. KATCUT IS THE NEW HIRE. [APPLAUSE] BEN DEXTER, STAND UP. STOP HIDING BACK THERE. WE HAVE JOSE MURRAY RECENTLY PROMOTED. AND, OF COURSE, MY RIGHT HAND GUY, MR. KEVIN RAMSEY. [APPLAUSE] I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THIS TEAM. THEY DO A PHENOMENAL JOB. THEY ARE THERE EVERY DAY WORKING BEHIND THE SCENES. THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS THEY FIND WRONG, THAT LIKE THE UNTRAINED EYE WOULD NOT FIND. THANK YOU, GUYS, APPRECIATE WHAT YOU DO. AND ALSO BIG SHOUT-OUT TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. THANK YOU, CHIEF GRUDER. I FORGOT MY INHALER SO THEY PATCHED ME UP. I'M READY TO GO. WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, LET'S JUMP INTO THE PRESENTATION. OKAY. AGENDA, I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT SURTAX FUNDING, THE DYNAMICS. A LITTLE OF THE HISTORY OF THE 302 AND THE 303. I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE 303 PROJECTS AND DETAILS. I DID LEAVE A COPY FOR EVERYONE ON TOP OF YOUR DESK, TOP OF YOUR RESPECTIVE WORKSTATION. IT HAS ALL THE PROJECTS. FULL SEE SOMETHING THAT SAYS NOT STARTED, THAT'S MORE FROM A CONSTRUCTION ASPECT. PLEASE BEAR IN MIND, THERE'S ALWAYS SOME KIND OF ENGINEERING OR GRANT APPLICATION PROCESS OR SOMETHING THAT WE ARE DOING BEHIND THE SCENES. NO PROJECT IS TRULY JUST ON THE SHELF. I'LL TALK ABOUT THE 303 PROJECTS. I'LL TALK ABOUT THE 302 PROJECTS. THE FUTURE OF THE SURTAX. THEN I'M GOING TO SNEAK IN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ROAD IMPROVEMENTS AND JUST THE ENHANCEMENTS AND THE UPDATES. I KNOW WE HAVE A PLETHORA OF PROJECTS GOING ON THROUGHOUT THE CITY. EVERYONE IS EXCITED. I WANT TO JUST TALK ABOUT THOSE. 303 SURTAX, THAT HAS BEEN OVER THE PAST 10 YEARS, THE MAJOR SOURCE OF FUNDING FOR ALL CITY PROJECTS. A LITTLE HISTORY ON THAT. THE 1 CENT SALES TAX TOOK EFFECT JANUARY 1st, 2017 AND WILL SUNSET DECEMBER 31st. IT CAPS AND THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT WE GET IS $43 MILLION. TO BE EXACTLY, $43.8 MILLION. TO DATE, WE HAVE RECEIVED $43.4 MILLION. SO ESSENTIALLY MEANS THAT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025 WE ARE ANTICIPATED TO RECEIVE $364,000 OF NEW MONEYS FOR PROJECTS. YOU WILL SEE THROUGHOUT THE BUDGET PROCESS THAT THE CIP MIGHT REFLECT ANYWHERE FROM $3.2 MILLION TO $3.8 MILLION. BUT KEEP IN MIND, WHATEVER PROJECT WE DON'T FINISH THIS YEAR GETS CARRIED FORWARD. A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF THAT WILL BE THE HESTER CENTER. THAT PROJECT WAS ACTUALLY INITIATED I WANT TO SAY TWO TO THREE YEARS AGO. WHEN IT FIRST STARTED WE ENCUMBERED $3 MILLION AND THAT MONEY KEPT ROLLING FORWARD. YOU SAY, MARIO, YOU SAID 365, WHY IS IT 4 MILLION NOW? THOSE MONEYS ARE ROLLED FORWARD. WE ARE ANTICIPATING $364,000 OF ADDITIONAL MONEYS FOR NEXT YEAR'S CIP. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FROM A BUDGETARY PERSPECTIVE? ESSENTIALLY, OUR OPERATING BUDGETS WILL SHOW AN INCREASE FOR THE BUDGET OR THE CITY WILL HAVE TO FIND A WAY TO FUND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS. AND I'LL ELABORATE MORE ON THAT. REGARDING CIP, SPEAKING WITH MY COLLEAGUES IN THE COUNTY AND THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY, THERE'S SPECULATION OF IT BEING A MOBILITY OR MORE TRANSPORTATION FOCUSED, MORE MOBILITY FOCUSED. NEVERTHELESS, FIRST IT HAS TO GET APPROVED. ONCE THEY DECIDE, IT HAS TO GO ON THE BALLOT. IF IT GETS APPROVED, MAYBE 2027 UNTIL WE START GETTING FUNDING INTO THE CITY. SO ALL SPECULATION AT THIS POINT. WHAT'S NOT SPECTATORY IS WE ARE GOING TOGETHER AN ADDITIONAL $364,000 FOR NEXT YEAR. I THOUGHT WE WOULD PROBABLY STRETCH IT OUT ONE MORE YEAR. THAT WAS NOT THE CASE. BUT WE ARE HERE. A LITTLE BIT OF THE BREAKDOWN, I TOOK A SNAPSHOT OF THE 303 SURTAX LINE ACCOUNT SINCE 2017. FROM WHEN IT WAS IMPLEMENTED, WE GOT SOME FUNDS IN 2017, $175,000. AND THAT WAS PUT TOWARDS TRANSPORTATION AND ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS. OUR 303 SURTAX FUND WAS COMPOSED OF TOTAL GENERAL GOVERNMENT, HVAC, PARKS AND RECREATION, PUBLIC SAFETY, TECHNOLOGY AND TRANSPORTATION. AND WE HAVE A TRANSFER THROUGH 302. WE DO THAT WHENEVER THERE'S A PROJECT THAT MIGHT START OFF AS AN INITIAL 303 PROJECT, IF THAT PROBLEM HAS ANY KIND OF REVENUE ASPECT TO IT -- AND THIS IS MORE OF THE ACCOUNTING. MARA CAN ELABORATE ON THAT IF NEEDED. BUT IF IT BECOMES AN ACCOUNT TO WHERE THERE'S A REVENUE STREAM TIED TO IT FROM A FINANCIAL PERSPECTIVE, WE HAVE TO ADD THAT INTO A 302 ACCOUNT. THAT'S WHY YOU MIGHT SEE THAT NUMBER THERE ON 2020. SO TOTAL GENERAL GOVERNMENT, AS WE HAVE NEW PROJECTS THAT COME UP, ONE I CAN THINK OF THAT WAS NOT ON OUR RADAR WAS PIONEER PARK CANAL. THAT'S A PROJECT THAT -- NOT AN EMERGENCY BUT WE HAD TO SHUT IT DOWN. WE USED CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUNDING TO GET THE DESIGN. ONCE WE HAD THE DESIGN, THAT ALLOWS US TO TRY TO SEEK FUNDING FOR GRANTS. SO ALSO IN GOVERNMENT, SPECIFICALLY FOR PUBLIC WORKS, WE ARE IN THE BUSINESS OF FIXING THINGS. SO WE HAVE TO HAVE THAT CONTINGENCY FUND WHEN THINGS BREAK DOWN. INSTEAD OF COMING TO COMMISSION IN THE EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY, DEPENDING ON WHAT IT IS, WE HAVE TO HAVE THAT FLEXIBILITY TO BE ABLE TO REPAIR PROJECTS. SO ANYWAY, THAT'S IN THE TOTAL GENERAL GOVERNMENT. HVACs AND AIR CONDITIONING THROUGHOUT THE CITY, DEEMING ON THE SYSTEM -- WELL, ALL SYSTEMS HAVE A FINITE LIFE CYCLE, DEPENDING WHAT KIND OF SYSTEM IT IS. IT CAN GO ANYWHERE FROM FIVE YEARS TO 12 YEARS. SO YOU WANT TO HAVE FUNDING FOR THAT. RECREATION AND PARKS, WE SPENT A LOT OF THAT ON PLAYGROUNDS. WE HAVE ANNUAL PLAYGROUND INSPECTIONS. IF THEY FAIL, WE USE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUNDING TO REPAIR THOSE. WE RECENTLY RENOVATED TENNIS COURTS, PICKLEBALL COURTS, HESTER CENTER. THAT IS OUT OF THAT RECREATION LINE ITEM. AND AGAIN, THINGS THAT PEOPLE DON'T SEE BEHIND THE SCENES, WE HAD AN IRRIGATION FAILURE THAT WAS A COSTLY PROJECT KIND OF BEHIND THE SCENES. THAT'S PAID FOR THROUGH CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS. PUBLIC SAFETY, A LOT OF THE COMPUTER SYSTEMS, DATA TRIMS, THAT'S ALONG THE LINE WITH I.T. AND THEN THE BIGGEST ONE WHICH, YOU KNOW, KUDOS TO YOU GUYS FOR SUPPORTING INFRASTRUCTURE, THIS IS THE MOST I HAVE SEEN IN THE CITY, THE MOST I HAVE EVER DONE FOR INFRASTRUCTURE AND ROAD PROJECTS, SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. YOU CAN SEE THE MAJORITY OF THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT HAS BEEN, YOU KNOW -- YOU HAVE A GOOD AMOUNT EVERY SINGLE YEAR FOR ROADS. THAT IS A BREAKDOWN OF HOW THE MONEY WAS SPENT, THE CATEGORIES AND OVER THE 10 YEARS SINCE THE CIP WAS INSTITUTED. YOU SEE IT SAYS 40 MILLION TO DATE. THAT IS EXPENSED. WE HAVE THE OTHER FUNDS EITHER EARMARKED OR ENCUMBERED. WE DID AN AVERAGE. I'LL SPEAK ABOUT THAT LATER IN THE PRESENTATION. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE ASK IS FOR CIP NEXT YEAR. WE KNOW WHAT IT IS BUT WE WILL GO THROUGH THE SELECTION METHODOLOGY WHICH I WILL ELABORATE. THAT'S 303. ANY QUESTIONS, JUST JUMP IN. WE'LL GET GOING. SO 303 IS FUNDED BY SURTAX. 302 IS OUR TRUE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUND THAT'S FUNDED BY THE CITY. AND THAT'S BASICALLY THROUGH GENERAL FUND CONTRIBUTIONS, 303 TRANSFERS, CRA REIMBURSEMENTS, GRANTS, GAS TAX, DEBTS. WE HAVE SOME OF OUR DEBT THAT WE CAN BALANCE THROUGH THERE, SOME OF THE TRAFFIC SAFETY AND RECREATIONAL TRANSFERS GO THROUGH THERE AS WELL. AS I -- WHEN I PRESENT, I'LL SHOW YOU GUYS THE 302 FUNDING SOURCE. WE ALSO MIMIC THAT OF THE 303. YOU'LL SEE SOME MISCELLANEOUS AND INTEREST, THAT WAS JUST A LINE ITEM FOR DEBT THAT WAS COVERED IN PAST PRACTICES. YOU CAN SEE 2018 AND THEN ASIDE FROM THAT CRA REIMBURSEMENTS, THAT'S ACTUALLY MONEY THAT WE FRONTED FROM OUR FUND BALANCE. AND THE CRA REPAID US FOR THAT. BUT WHAT I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT SPECIFICALLY IS THAT SINCE 2017 UNTIL '22, THE CITY HAS NOT CONTRIBUTED TOWARDS ANY CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS TRUTHFULLY. NOR DID THEY NEED TO BECAUSE THEY HAD THE SURTAX WHICH IS THE SURTAX, THE 303 THAT I SPOKE ABOUT EARLIER. HOWEVER, IN 2023, THEY APPROPRIATED $750,000. IN 2024, THEY APPROPRIATED $250,000. SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A TOTAL OF $1 MILLION TOWARDS CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS. NOT SURE WE'LL HAVE SOME MORE CONVERSATIONS WITH STAFF AND I'LL GET DIRECTION FROM ADMINISTRATION AND MARA. SO '25, YOU MAY SEE ANYWHERE OF A REQUEST FROM 3.2 TO 5.1 DEPENDING ON THE PROJECTS THAT COME IN. I'LL TALK ABOUT THE SELECTION PROCESS AS WELL. BUT JUST USING AVERAGE, IF YOU LOOK AT HISTORIC DATA, I WILL SAY WE NEED ABOUT $5 MILLION. AND THAT DATA IS A LITTLE BIT SKEWED BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT DOING THE HESTER PROJECT EVERY FIVE YEARS. THAT WAS COSTLY. SAME THING WITH THE DOCKS, THE OYER BOAT DOCKS. THAT MONEY WENT TO THAT. ONCE YOU GET THE PROJECTS, YOU WILL SEE THE REQUEST. IF YOU SEE IT JUMP UP FOR THE BUDGETARY PROCESS, YOU'LL KNOW WHY. ALSO, THAT'S THE FUNDING SOURCE. AND THEN THESE ARE THE PROJECTS, HOW THEY ARE BROKEN DOWN OVER THE PAST 10 YEARS FOR 302 PROJECTS. AGAIN, TOTAL GENERAL GOVERNMENT, PARKS AND RECREATION, PUBLIC SAFETY, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, TRANSPORTATION, AND THAT'S REGARDING THOSE FUNDS. WE HAVE A TOTAL OF 25 PROJECTS WITH 302 ACCOUNTS. OKAY. SELECTION CRITERIA. CONTRARY TO POPULAR BELIEF, WE DON'T HAVE A DART BOARD AND JUST PICK PROJECTS. THERE'S A SYSTEM. IT'S NOT DONE BY ONE PERSON. IT'S DONE BY A GOVERNANCE BOARD. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WAS IMPLEMENTED TWO YEARS AGO WITH THE SUPPORT OF DAN AND ANDREW. AND ESSENTIALLY WE TOOK ALL OF THE KEY STAKEHOLDERS WITHIN THE CITY THAT THESE PROJECTS AFFECT. I'M GOING TO ASK A RHETORICAL QUESTION. WHAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IN THE CITY? IT'S NOT ONE THING. IT'S A COMBINATION. SO WE RATED ALL OF THESE ITEMS, IS THERE AN EMERGENCY, COMPLIANCE ISSUE. WE TAKE EVERY PROJECT AND RATE THEM. AND BASED ON THE RATING IS HOW WE HAVE OUR RECOMMENDATION FOR SELECTION. THE RATING METHODOLOGY THAT WE USE IS JUST A COMPONENT OF OUR OVERALL SELECTION PROCESS. I WILL GIVE YOU A CASE IN POINT OF A PROJECT. I LOVE MY BROTHER CHIEF BRUDER. HE RECOMMENDED A PROJECT FOR A LIGHTNING AWARENESS SYSTEM. SOME CITIES HAVE WHERE THERE'S LIGHTNING, YOU HEAR AN ALARM GOING ON. I MEAN WHO WOULDN'T WANT THAT? I THINK THAT PROJECT WAS ABOUT $6 MILLION TO GET THAT IMPLEMENTED. AS MUCH AS WE LOVED THAT PROJECT, WE COULD NOT FUND IT. HOWEVER, I'M NOT GOING TO STEAL THE MARINERS' THUNDER. I CANNOT TELL YOU HOW MANY TIMES IT DOESN'T GET APPROVED, THEY ARE LOOKING BEHIND THE SCENES HOW THEY GET GET FUNDING. ONCE THE FUN PART OF THE CIP IS THE REVIEW OF FUNDING VERSUS THE PROJECTS REQUESTED. THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE TO SIT DOWN AND REALLY WITH A FINE-TOOTH COMB REALLY, WHAT CAN WE DO, WHAT'S MORE IMPORTANT, SOME LOW-HANGING FRUIT. AND THAT'S A NEEDLE THAT'S CONSTANTLY MOVING THAT WE TRY TO ADJUST. OF COURSE, WE GET ADMINISTRATION REVIEW. WE DEPEND ON OUR ELECTED BODY TO GIVE US INPUT FROM THE OUTSIDE. SOMETIMES WE HAVE AN IDEA AND WE THINK THIS IS THE BEST THING. LO AND BEHOLD, OUR COMMISSIONERS LET YOU KNOW NO, IT IS NOT THAT. WE GO IN ANOTHER DIRECTION AND THAT'S A WIN ACROSS THE BOARD. THAT'S A COLLABORATE TEAM EFFORT ON THAT. LIKE I SAID EARLIER, I'M NOT GOING TO STEAL HER THUNDER, BUT WHEN IT COMES TO GRANTS, WE HAVE A PRETTY GOOD SYSTEM IN PLACE WHERE WE ARE ASKING FOR MONEY FOR A PROJECT AND IF WE DON'T, THERE'S ONE IN PARTICULAR THAT WE EITHER ASK FOR GRANTS, WE EITHER ASK FOR STATE APPROPRIATIONS. AND IF WE DON'T GET IT, THE TIMING ALLOWS US TO ASK HER FOR CIP. SO IT'S BEEN WORKING PHENOMENAL ON THAT. BUT SHE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT. SO SCORING SCALE. HOW WE BREAK DOWN OUR PROJECTS, PUBLIC SAFETY, AS YOU CAN SEE, WEIGHS THE MOST. WE LOOK AT RESOURCE DEMAND, TIME AND DIRECTION. THAT'S THE FANCY WAY OF SAYING LOW-HANGING FRUIT. IS THERE A PRETTY FAST PROJECT WE CAN CYCLE IN AND OUT? WE LOOK AT INFRASTRUCTURE, END OF LIFE CYCLE. WE LOOK AT QUALITY OF LIFE. AND THAT'S WHERE A LOT OF OUR PARKS AND RECREATION PROJECTS COME INTO PLAY. ASIDE FROM THAT, WE HAVE ADMINISTRATIVE REQUESTS AND ANY COMMUNITY REQUESTS OR ANY REQUESTS FROM THE ELECTED BODY THAT LET US KNOW. BEAUTIFICATION IS -- I THINK THAT'S THE BUZZWORD OF THE YEAR. AND WE'RE ALL FOR IT. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE, FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD, LEVEL UP OUR CITY. WE ARE COMMITTED TO THAT AND ADDED TO THE CIP. REGULATORY, SOMETIMES IT IS NOT A COMMUNITY REQUEST, NOT QUALITY OF LIFE, NOT INFRASTRUCTURE BUT IT'S A COMPLIANCE ISSUE AND WE HAVE TO ADDRESS IT. AND TRUTHFULLY, SOMETIMES THOSE JUST SUPERCEDE A LOT OF THE OTHER ONES. THEN WE HAVE EMERGENCIES THAT COME. SO THAT'S OUR RATING SCALE. MANNY, CAN YOU PULL UP ONE OF THE PROJECT SHEETS? I WILL PULL UP ONE OF THE PROJECT SHEETS THAT YOU HAVE. I WON'T GO THROUGH EVERY SINGLE PROJECT UNLESS YOU WANT ME TO, BUT I CAN HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE ONES. FOR EXAMPLE, RIGHT NOW WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT IS THE 302 PROJECT. SO, AS I SAID EARLIER, THE 302 PROJECT OR PROJECTS THAT EITHER WERE FUNDED THROUGH THE CITY WHERE WE ACTUALLY APPROPRIATED SOURCES FOR THAT, THEY WERE REIMBURSED BY THE CRA. WE GOT SOME GRANTS. OR THEY MIGHT HAVE BEEN A PROJECT THAT INITIATED IN THE 302 AND SINCE THERE WERE MULTIPLE FUNDING SOURCES, WE TRANSFERRED IT OVER TO THE 302 FOR ACCOUNTING PURPOSES. BOYNTON BEACH VISITORS CENTER IS ONE IN PROGRESS AND YOU SEE THE APPROPRIATION. WE HAVE THE CULTURAL CENTER, THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM TO DO SOME UPGRADES. INTRACOASTAL ARTIFICIAL REEF IS ON OUR LIST. WE HAVE A CROSSWALK DESIGN. THAT IS A CRA PROJECT BUT WE HAVE TO FUND IT INITIALLY SO YOU'LL SEE IT THERE. BOYNTON BEACH EXTENSION IS FINALIZED BUT STILL ON OUR BOOKS. WE DON'T CLOSE A PROJECT UNTIL WE ARE COMPLETED WITH THE PUNCHOUT LIST. I CAN PROVIDE YOU SOME ENGINEERING SHEETS. IF YOU GUYS HAVE TROUBLE SLEEPING, TO READ THROUGH THEM. AND YOU CAN SEE HOW WE GO IN DETAIL ON EVERY SINGLE ITEM FROM DRAINAGE TO CURB TO SPEED HUMP HEIGHT TO THINGS ON THE MEDIAN. I WILL UNLEASH MOSTI ON YOU. HE WILL TALK ABOUT PUNCHOUT ITEMS AND KEVIN. LITTLE LEAGUE SITE IMPROVEMENTS, WE HAVE MONEY ALLOCATED. SAND CASTLE IS A PROJECT WE GOT OVER $15 MILLION FOR THAT PROJECT. SO THAT INCLUDES A LOT OF THE SURVEYING BEHIND THE SCENES WORK THAT GETS DONE THAT WE HAVE TO -- A LOT OF THOSE ARE REGULATORY COMPLIANCE THAT WE HAD TO HAVE THAT. BECAUSE IT'S GRANT FUNDED, CASE IN POINT, IT'S IN THE 302. MISCELLANEOUS SMALL PROJECTS, SOMETIMES WE HAVE FUNDING FOR SMALL PROJECTS AND SOMETIMES WE HAVE MONEY APPROPRIATED KNOWING THAT THINGS BREAK THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND WE HAVE TO HAVE THAT CONTINGENCY. HESTER CENTER, AIRNASIUM. THE ECOCENTER CAME IN OVER BID. THAT'S A GRANT-RELATED PROJECT AND GOES IN THE 302. FIRE STATION IN 2, WE GOT A HARDING GRANT. IF ANYONE HAS QUESTIONS ON THE PARTICULAR PROJECT, I HAVE THE SQUAD OVER HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PROJECTS. THEN WE HAVE SOME OF THE ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS, SOUTHEAST 1st STREET, PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, WE HAVE THE SOUTHEAST 6th STREET AVENUE PEDESTRIAN CROSSING. AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE THE SAND CASTLE COORDINATING. THAT ONE IN PARTICULAR I KNOW WE HAVE SOMETIMES THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT REQUIRES US TO HAVE CERTAIN CRITERIA. NORTH FLORIDA PLANTING, SOUTHEAST 6th STREET, IT'S A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN OURSELVES AND THE CITY OF DELRAY BEACH WHERE WE ARE GOING TO PAVE THAT AND GO HALF IN HALF. THAT PROJECT, POONAM CAN SPEAK TO THAT. I KNOW WE ARE GOING TO BE SUPPLYING WATER TO GULF. IT ALLOWS US THE OPPORTUNITY TO TAP INTO OUR WATER. THEY CAN TAP IN AND GOT DELAYED FOR THAT. NOT REALLY A DELAY, IT HELPS US AND IS MORE EFFICIENT SO WE HAVE TO GO BACK AND OPEN IT UP AGAIN. CRA IMPROVEMENTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY, THAT ALL GOES TO 302. SO YEAH, THAT IS A NUTSHELL IN THE 302 PROJECTS. ANY QUESTIONS ON THE 302 PROJECTS? >> YES, I DO. IF YOU WOULD HIGHLIGHT FOR ME AGAIN THE NORTHWEST SECTION FROM MLK NORTH TO THE CANAL. >> YEAH. >> AND THEN ALSO COMMENT ON MLK SOUTH IN THE NORTHWEST AREA. >> CAN I COVER THAT THE LATTER PART OF MY PRESENTATION AS ROAD PAVING? >> ABSOLUTELY, ABSOLUTELY. >> THAT'S DEFINITELY ON THE ITEMS TO TALK ABOUT. >> DON'T FORGET IT. >> PERFECT. ANYONE ELSE QUESTIONS ON 302? MANNY, CAN YOU PULL UP 303? HERE'S OUR LIST OF 303 PROJECTS. LIKE I SAID, THIS IS THE SURTAX. WE ARE GOING TO GO OVER THESE PROJECTS AND I WILL HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE KEY ONES. BUT I JUST WANT TO HAVE THE BACK DROP TO UNDERSTAND WE NO LONGER HAVE THIS FUNDING. WE HAVE TO FIND A WAY TO START FUNDING THESE PROJECTS. I'M GOING TO GIVE A CASE IN POINT ABOUT ROAD PAVING. THIS YEAR FOR ROAD PAVING I DON'T HAVE A ROAD PAVING BUDGET IN MY STREET ACCOUNT. I MANAGE STREET MAINTENANCE. HOWEVER, THIS YEAR, I KNOW DAN TOLD ME TO STAY WITHIN 3%. BUT ENGLISH IS MY SECOND LANGUAGE SO I DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT THAT GOOD. I'M GOING TO ASK FOR AN ADDITIONAL $3 MILLION JUST FOR ROAD PAVING AS IT IS, JUST BECAUSE THERE'S NO SURTAX, I'M GOING TO NEED IT IN OPERATIONS. SO WHEN YOU SEE THESE JUMPS IN THE BUDGET, KNOW WHY. PREFACE, I'M GOING TO REPLAY THIS PRESENTATION AT THE BUDGET TIME. ANYWAY, 303 PROJECTS. WE HAVE GENERAL GOVERNMENT CARPET REPLACEMENT, THAT'S WEAR AND TEAR THROUGHOUT THE CITY. WE HAVE ADDITIONAL HVAC REPAIRS. I BELIEVE WE WERE ABLE TO UTILIZE SOME OF THESE FOR SOME OF OUR FIRE STATIONS AS THEY WENT BAD. WE DID SOME -- THE CITY HALL HAS SHRUNK SO WE HAD TO GET SOME MORE OFFICE SPACES. YOU CAN SEE HOW WE RENOVATED SOME OFFICES WITHIN THE CIP. THAT'S A CASE IN POINT, AN EXAMPLE WE HAD TO PIVOT AND MAKE SOME CHANGES AND ADHERE TO SOME CHANGES IN DEMAND. BOYNTON BEACH EXTENSION, WE HAVE SOME THINGS GOING ON THERE. LIBRARY SIGN, CULTURAL CENTER BUILD-OUTS, CRAIG AND HIS TEAM WERE EXPANDING OVER THERE. WANT TO SUPPORT YOU GUYS AND BUILD OFFICES THERE. SO THAT'S GENERAL PROJECTS. TOTAL HVAC PROJECTS, THE CHERRY HILL, I BELIEVE WE SPOKE ABOUT THAT SOMETIME AGO. THAT PROJECT IS UNDER WAY. WE ALSO HAVE HVAC REPLACEMENTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. PUBLIC WORKS HAS SOME A.C. CONCERNS, WORKING WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ON LOGISTICS BUILDING, WE TRY TO DO THINGS IN-HOUSE. COME TO FIND OUT THEIR GARAGE DOORS WERE MESSED UP. THAT'S WHY YOU NEED THAT EMERGENCY CONTINGENCY FUNDING. AS IT RELATES TO PARKS, BETTY THOMAS NEIGHBORHOOD, WE HAD TO REPLACE THE BREAKER OVER THERE. DENSON POOL, WE ARE GOING A COVER. AS HESTER PARK -- >> MAYOR: I.T., IF YOU COULD SCROLL DOWN A LITTLE BIT. THANK YOU. >> YEAH, SORRY ABOUT THAT. APOLOGIES. SWING SET REPLACEMENT, SO YOU GET THE GIST OF IT. ANYWHERE FROM 20,000 TO $3 MILLION AND ANYTHING IN BETWEEN IS THE KIND OF PROJECTS FUNDED BY THE CIP THAT WE NO LONGER WILL BE SEEING. BARRIER FREE PARK, WE ARE DOING SITE REPLACEMENTS, BUILDING THE RECEPTACLES AND SEATS AND BENCHES AND EVERYTHING THAT ACCOMMODATES THE PUBLIC. PIONEER BOAT RAMP, THAT IS FOR THE DESIGN. NOT TO STEAL TOO MUCH OF THE THUNDER, I KNOW WE ARE APPLYING FOR GRANTS FOR THOSE. SOME OF OUR METHODOLOGY WHEN IT COMES TO PROJECTS, EVEN THOUGH WE KNOW WE CAN'T FUND IT, WE KNOW WE DON'T HAVE THE CAPITAL, IT'S HARD TO ASK FOR STATE APPROPRIATIONS. THEY WANT TO SEE YOU HAVE SKIN IN THE GAME. A LOT OF TIMES WE'LL CREATE THE LINE ITEMS TO SHOW THERE IS A PROJECT ON FILE AND PUT MONEY TOWARDS THE DESIGN. AND IF WE START GETTING SOME KIND OF BACK AND FORTH WITH THE GRANT COMPANY, THEN WE'LL START FUNDING SOME OF THE PROJECTS AND SAY, HEY, LISTEN, WE DON'T NEED 100% FUNDING BUT GIVE US 70%. THAT'S SOME OF THE TACTICS IN COLLABORATION WITH OUR FINANCE TEAM AND GRANTS TEAM. PIONEER PARK BOAT RAMP, ANNUAL PLAYGROUND REPAIRS, HESTER CENTER, OYER PARK, THAT'S A COUNTY PROJECT. WE HAD TO PUT SOME MONEY TOWARDS THAT. FISH AND DECK REPLACEMENT, WE HAVE SOME REPLACEMENTS THERE. WILSON PARK IS ONE THAT WAS FINALIZED RECENTLY. LITTLE LEAGUE PRIVACY WALL, AGAIN A PROJECT THAT JUST KIND OF -- AS THINGS DEVELOPED, WE HAD TO ADD THAT TO THE MIX. AND THEN MORE INTERNALLY ON THE CITY END, WE HAD SECURITY CAMERAS, DIGITAL SIGN, FIRE STATION 3 WE HAVE MONEY APPROPRIATED TO THAT. IT'S NOT ENOUGH BUT WE WANT TO SHOW WE HAVE THE PROJECT ON THE BOOKS. GENERATOR FUEL TANK REPLACEMENT, THAT PROJECT, WE ARE HOLDING OFF ON THAT PROJECT BECAUSE IT COULD BE A POTENTIAL GRANT OPPORTUNITY. SO IT WASN'T THAT WE WEREN'T HUNGRY FOR GRANTS BEFORE, BUT NOW WE ARE STARVING FOR GRANTS BECAUSE THE MORE GRANTS WE CAN GET THIS YEAR -- [COUGHING] EXCUSE ME. IT FREES UP MONEY FOR CIP NEXT YEAR. SO IF WE CAN GET THAT GENERATOR TAX REPLACEMENT AND GENERATOR, THAT'S HALF A MILLION DOLLARS RIGHT THERE WE CAN PUT BACK ON THE BOOKS. [COUGHING] SERVER ROOM FOR THE POLICE STATION, REALTIME CRIME CENTER, GOING TO I.T. PROJECTS IF YOU WANT TO SCROLL DOWN. THIS IS HOW WE FUND OUR P.C. AND LAPTOP REPLACEMENTS. AGAIN, IF YOU SEE A JUMP ON I.T.'S BUDGET, THAT IS WHY. DATARIUM SERVER WAS SUPPOSED TO GET DONE LAST YEAR AND WE MOVED IT TO THIS YEAR. I BELIEVE CHARLES IS MAKING SOMO THAT PROJECT. AND THEN THE BOTTOM SECTION, WE HAVE ONE LINE ITEM FOR ROAD IMPROVEMENTS. AND THEN UNDER THAT, WE HAVE TO BREAK IT DOWN FROM AN ACCOUNTING PERSPECTIVE TO THE DIFFERENT PROJECTS. YOU CAN SEE THE SIDEWALKS GOING ON RIGHT NOW ON OCEAN. THAT'S CIP. WE HAD TO PIVOT. I'M NOT GOING TO GO INTO THE DETAILS. SCROLLING DOWN ON ALL THE SERVICING PROJECTS, BECAUSE THAT IS PART OF MY PRESENTATION. ANY QUESTIONS ON 302? >> MAYOR: I'M NOT SEEING ANY QUESTIONS FROM MY COLLEAGUES. JUST PLEASE PROCEED IN THE MEANTIME. >> AWESOME. YOU CAN CLOSE IT OUT. I'M DONE ON THAT SIDE. YOU WANT TO PULL UP THE PRESENTATION AGAIN, MANNY? OKAY. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, WHEN YOU SEE THE EMAIL TO US AND THE TEAM, WE'LL GET YOU GUYS AN ANSWER. SOME HIGHLIGHTS. I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW EXCITED THE TEAM IS FOR THIS HESTER CENTER PROJECT. THIS IS WHAT YOU CALL A LEGACY PROJECT. REALLY GOING TO DEFINE OUR CITY AND WHAT WE BRING TO OUR COMMUNITY. AND AGAIN, I'D BE REMISS IF I DON'T TALK ABOUT EVERYONE INVOLVED IN THIS PROJECT, FROM PROCUREMENT TO FINANCE, ADMINISTRATION, FEEDBACK FROM THE PUBLIC, ELECTED BODY. PROJECT MANAGERS, ENGINEERS, THIS IS ALL HANDS ON DECK. AND WHENEVER WE GET FRUSTRATED WITH CONTRACTORS AND SOME DELAYS, WE JUST GO OUT THERE AND SEE WHAT THIS IS GOING TO BE. AND IT GETS US ALL EXCITED. ESTIMATED COMPLETION, WE HAVE SOME DELAYS. SO NOW WE'RE THINKING JUNE 2024. AND WE PADDED THAT. MIGHT BE DONE A LITTLE BIT EARLIER. BUT WE SAID JUNE 2024. WE HAD SOME -- WE ARE STILL DEALING WITH SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES AND WE HAVE SOME ELECTRICAL ISSUES MOVING SOME ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS BECAUSE WE ARE GETTING A NEW BATHROOM AND CONCESSION STAND FOR THIS PROJECT. AND THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE PHASE 2. OF THE PROJECT. BUT THAT FIELD LOOKS TOO GOOD TO HAVE AN OLD CONCESSION BUILDING. THAT WAS AN EXECUTIVE DECISION AND WE ARE GETTING A NEW BUILDING. IT IS PREMIER FOR THE CITY. ADDITIONAL PARKING AND NEW CONCESSION STAND WITH BATHROOMS. ALL RIGHT. SO THAT'S THE CIP PORTION OF THE PRESENTATION. I WILL BE UPDATING EVERYONE QUARTERLY AS IT RELATES TO THE PROJECTS. IF YOU WANT TO SEE THINGS IN A DIFFERENT FORMAT, LET ME KNOW. THAT WAS THE OVERALL GIST WITH EXCEL SHEET THAT WE PUT INTO THE PDF TO GO OVER EACH PROJECT. WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT ROAD ENHANCEMENTS AND SOME OF THE COMPLETED PROJECTS, SOME OF THE CURRENT PROJECTS AND JUST A RECAP OF WHERE WE ARE AT ALTOGETHER. AND THIS IS A COMBINATION OF BOTH CIP AND ARPA. SOME MEETINGS AGO, YOU KNOW, OUR COMMISSION ELECTED TO USE OUR FUNDS FOR ROAD PAVING AND I WANT TO GIVE A QUICK UPDATE ON WHERE WE ARE AT WITH ROAD PAVING. OKAY. SELECTION DYNAMICS. ROAD RATING A THROUGH F. KEEP IN MIND -- I SHOULD HAVE PUT A+ TO F. THAT'S THE SCALE OF WHEN WE START PAVING STREETS. IDEALLY WE WANT TO GET TO A POINT WHERE WE ARE PAVING C-MINUSES. YOU'RE NOT GOING TO PAVE AN A OR B OR C-PLUS. WE START PAVING C--MINUSES. I CAN TELL YOU RIGHT NOW IN THE CITY, THERE ARE NO F ROADS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN ACCOUNTED FOR, THAT ARE NOT SOMEWHERE IN THE MIX. CASE IN POINT, SAND CASTLE. A LOT OF THAT COMMUNITY HAS F ROADS. BUT WE'RE NOT GOING TO PAVE THERE IF WE HAVE A BIG MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR PROJECT. IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO SPEND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS PAVING READS AND THEN TWO YEARS LATER TO GO IN AND DIG THEM UP AGAIN TO TAKE CARE OF THE UTILITY. BUT THERE ARE NO F ROADS THAT WE HAVE NOT TAKEN CARE OF. THAT'S THANK YOU TO THE TEAM FOR MAKING IT HAPPEN. THANK YOU GUYS FOR THE SUPPORT. WE ARE WORKING ON THE D'S AND HOPEFULLY BRING OUR GPA UP A LITTLE BIT. A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR ROADS -- AND FORGIVE ME. I SAID ROAD PAVING. IT'S ROAD ENHANCEMENTS, YOU KNOW. IT IS CONNECTIVITY. IT IS IMPLEMENTING MOBILITY. WE HAVE A MOBILITY PLAN, ADDING BIKE LANES, SIDEWALKS, TRAFFIC CALMING MEASURES. I WILL SAY I HAVE A PRESENTATION IN A COUPLE OF -- PROBABLY THE NEXT TWO MONTHS OF SOME SOFTWARE THAT WE GOT. AND IT'S BASICALLY YOU CAN TRACK TRAFFIC COUNTS AND SPEED FROM SATELLITE DATA. SO WE CAN GO IN AND LOOK AT NEIGHBORHOODS. ONE OF THE ONES WE DID WAS ACTUALLY FOREST PARK. WHAT WAS THE AVERAGE SPEED LIMIT PRIOR TO SPEED HUMPS AND AFTER SPEED HUMPS? WE HAVE WORKED WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO LET THEM KNOW WE CAN ACTUALLY SEE WHAT ARE THE HOT SPOTS IN THE CITY. AND JUST USING DATA TO MAKE OUR DECISIONS. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE RUN INTO -- AND THIS HAPPENS A LOT. PEOPLE ARE LIKE, HEY, THIS PERSON IS SPEEDING. UNLESS YOU HAVE THE LASER GUN LOOKING AT IT, THAT'S HOW YOU CAN SEE A CAR SPEEDING. STANDING BY YOURSELF, YOU SEE A CAR GOING 20 MILES AN HOUR, IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOING 50. WE DO TRAFFIC CALMING, SIDEWALKS, A.D.A. COMPLIANCE, BIKE LANES, CONNECTIVITY. ONE OF THE NEGATIVE THINGS OF THE ROAD PAVING PROGRAM THAT WE ARE DOING, IF THE ROAD IS NICE AND THERE'S NO SPEED HUMPS AND IT'S WELL LIT AND WELL MARKED, YOU GET ADDITIONAL SPEEDING. THAT'S AN EXTERNALITY OF ROAD PAVING. YOU SEE THAT NEGATIVE EFFECT WHERE MORE PEOPLE USE THE ROADS AND MORE PEOPLE ARE DRIVING FASTER. WE ARE DEFINITELY LOOKING AT MORE TRAFFIC CALMING INITIATIVES I.E. ROUNDABOUTS, SPEED HUMPS ARE A POPULAR ONE. AND THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT SLOW PEOPLE DOWN. SOME OF THE SELECTION DYNAMICS, THIS IS EVERY DISTRICT, DISTRICT 1, 2, 3, 4. AND THE TOTAL LANE LINEAR FEET IN EACH RESPECTIVE DISTRICT, THESE ARE CITY ROADS IN EACH RESPECTIVE DISTRICT. SO DISTRICT 1 HAS 15% OF CITY ROADS. THE MAJORITY OF THE ROADS ARE EITHER PRIVATE ROADS IN GATED COMMUNITIES OR COUNTY ROADS. DISTRICT 2 -- AND WHAT WE STARTED SEEING IS EAST OF 95 IS WHERE YOU HAVE A LOT OF CITY-OWNED ROADS. WEST OF 95 IS THE COUNTY AND -- THEY ARE COUNTY AND PRIVATE ROADS. SO THAT PLAYS A PART. IT'S A COMPONENT OF OUR OVERALL SELECTION CRITERIA. BUT 15.5% FOR DISTRICT 1, 37.69% FOR DISTRICT 2, 34.65% FOR DISTRICT 3, AND 12.16. FOR DISTRICT 4. AND THAT TOTALS UP NEAR 100% OF CITY-OWNED ROADS. OKAY? ALL RIGHT. HERE'S A FUN ONE. AND APOLOGIES, I'M KIND OF A DATA GEEK SO I LIKE PULLING THAT STUFF UP. SO 2019, YOU CAN SEE THE SAME NUMBER FROM BEFORE. 1.2 LANE LINEAR FEET IN EVERY SINGLE DISTRICT. SO LOOK AT THE "A" ROADS. IF YOU LOOK AT THE SECOND COLUMN, IT SAYS "A" ROADS IN 2019. THOSE ARE THE "A" ROADS IN EVERY RESPECTIVE DISTRICT. I'M NOT GOING TO GO OVER THE LINEAR FEET. I'M GOING TO GO OVER THE PERCENTAGE. 13% DISTRICT 1. 6% DISTRICT 2. 19% DISTRICT 3. AND 14% DISTRICT 4. NOW, KEEP IN MIND, YOU HAVE TO TAKE THIS PERCENTAGE AND JUX POSSESS THAT TO MY FIRST SLIDE WHICH SHOWS THE CITY-OWNED STREETS. LOOK WHERE WE'RE AT NOW. AS OF RIGHT NOW -- WE WERE AT 13% IN DISTRICT 1, NOW WE'RE AT 20%. DISTRICT 2 WAS AT 6% "A" ROADS, NOW IT'S AT 22. DISTRICT 3 WAS AT 19%. IT WENT UP 1%, IT'S AT 20% NOW. DISTRICT 4, 14% AND IT'S NOW AT 21%. SO THAT IS THE AMOUNT OF ROADS THAT ARE NOW "A" ROADS IN THE CITY. I WANT TO BOAST ON THAT. THANK YOU, GUYS, FOR YOUR SERVICE AND PROMOTING THAT. THE LAST SLIDE, WE'RE NOT DONE WITH ALL OF OUR ROAD PAVING PROJECTS. THERE'S A PLETHORA OF PROJECTS THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE CITY. ONCE WE ARE DONE WITH EVERYTHINS GOLFVIEW HARBOUR, CHAPEL HILL, CHERRY HILL, MEADOWS. WE HAVE WHAT I SPOKE ABOUT EARLIER, THE SOUTHEAST 36th STREET, THE GOLF COMPLETE STREETS, SAND CASTLE -- WHEN WE'RE DONE, I WANT TO GO OVER THE PERSONS AGAIN. WE'RE LOOKING AT DISTRICT 1. YOU WERE AT 13% IN 2019. WHEN WE'RE DONE WITH OUR PROJECTS, YOU'RE GOING TO BE AT 32%. DISTRICT 2 WAS AT 6% "A" ROADS AND IT'S GOING TO BE AT 47% "A" ROADS. DISTRICT 3, 19% "A" ROADS AND NOW YOU'RE GOING TO BE AT 32% WHEN WE'RE DONE WITH THESE PROJECTS. AND THEN FINALLY, DISTRICT 4, 14% AND 31% WHEN THE PROJECTS ARE FINISHED. SO I DON'T KNOW. THAT'S A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. THANK YOU, GUYS, ENGINEERS, FOR MAKING IT HAPPEN. [APPLAUSE] YOU WANT TO SEE SOME DATA METRICS AS RELATES TO "A" ROADS IN THE CITY, THERE IT IS. WE'RE NOT STOPPING THERE. THAT'S FOR 2024. WE STILL HAVE NOT PUT IN FOR OUR 2025 PROJECTS. SO WE ANTICIPATE OVER 50% OF THE ROADS IN THE CITY WILL BE A-RATED ROADS. SOME OF THE COMPLETED PROJECTS, BOYNTON LAKES BOULEVARD, SOUTHWEST 8th STREET, BOYNTON BEACH EXTENSION, MEADOWS ROAD, MEADOWS WAY ROAD. AND APOLOGIES FOR THE -- I MEAN I HAVE THE COLORS THERE. YOU CAN SEE WHAT WE DID IS JUST TIE THE FUNDING SOURCE TO EACH RESPECTIVE PROJECT. AT THE END OF THE DAY, THAT'S MORE FOR US BEHIND THE SCENES FROM A FINANCIAL COMPONENT. ULTIMATELY, WE WANT THE ROADS GETTING PAVED. AND THAT'S EVERYTHING ON THE BOOKS THIS YEAR FOR ROADS. SUCCESS STORY FOR SOME OF OUR TEAM MEMBERS. AND THIS WAS AGAIN COLLABORATION FROM OUR PROJECT MANAGERS AND FROM OUR ENGINEERS. WE WENT OUT TO BID FOR THE BOYNTON BEACH EXTENSION. THERE WAS SOME DELAYS. BID CAME BACK AT $1.7 MILLION AND THAT WAS WITHOUT THE FORCE MAIN. WE FIGURED WE'D GO BACK OUT AGAIN WITH THE FORCE MAIN A TRY TO GET THINGS COMBINED TO BE MORE EFFICIENT. THAT BID CAME BACK AT $5.1 MILLION. $3.7 MILLION WITHOUT THE FORCE MAIN. WE JUST DIDN'T HAVE THAT FUNDING UNLESS WE CANCEL OTHER PROJECTS WITHIN THE CIP. SO MY TEAM TOOK IT IN-HOUSE. THEY WERE ESSENTIALLY THE GENERAL CONTRACTORS FOR THE CITY. THEY DID A LOT OF COORDINATING. AND THE PROJECT ENDED UP COSTING US $818,000 BY DOING IT IN-HOUSE. SO KUDOS TO THE TEAM FOR SAVING MONEY AND TAKING ON THIS INITIATIVE. THAT'S JUST SOME OF THE PROJECTS. OH, AND WE ALSO BUILT A DOG PARK IN THERE AS WELL. THANK YOU, GUYS, APPRECIATE IT. [APPLAUSE] SORRY IF I'M GOING -- ANY QUESTIONS THUS FAR? WE'RE GOOD? ALL RIGHT. SO WE ARE ON COMPLETED PROJECTS. MEADOWS BOULEVARD PHASE 1. MEADOWS WAY PHASE 1. SOUTHWEST 8th STREET I BELIEVE IS IN PUNCHOUT. AND WE ALSO TOOK CARE OF NORTHEAST 11th, 12th, 13th AND RAILROAD AVENUES. ALL RIGHT. CURRENT PROJECTS. CHAPEL HILL ROAD WE ESTIMATE COMPLETION MARCH 2024. CHERRY HILL NEIGHBORHOOD. AND THAT'S COMMISSIONER HAY, THE HIGHLIGHTED AREA. ONE THING I FORGOT TO MENTION AS WE DO OUR PROJECTS, WE HAVE BEEG RELATION BETWEEN US AND THE UTILITIES. PRIOR TO US TOUCHING ANYTHING, WE HAVE TO GET UTILITIES' BLESSING. WE WILL NOT TOUCH A STREET OR PROJECT IF THERE IS ANY UNDERGROUND UTILITY WORK BEING DONE IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. YOU CAN SEE WHAT THESE PROJECTS ARE COMING IN AT. WE DON'T WANT TO SPEND, YOU KNOW, $2 MILLION, $3 MILLION ON A PROJECT AND CAUSE THAT DISRUPTION. AND FOR THE MOST PART, WE HAVE GOT NOTHING BUT GREAT REVIEWS. EVERYONE IS HAPPY. THERE'S CONES AND BARRIERS AND DETOURS. BUT PEOPLE ARE HAPPY BECAUSE THEY KNOW THEIR STREETS ARE GETTING PAVED. WE DON'T WANT TO DO THAT AND THEN HAVE TO DO IT AGAIN FIVE YEARS LATER. THAT'S NOT A GOOD SPEND OF MONEY. SO AS WE SELECT THESE PROJECTS, IT'S A LOT WITH DR. KALKAT'S BLESSING THAT THEY DON'T HAVE ANY UTILITY WORK. OR WE WORK -- WE ARE REACTIVE TO HER PROJECTS. WHEN THEY HAVE ANY KIND OF UTILITY WORK, THEN WE WILL COME IN AND DO THE PAVING. WE FIGURE IF WE'RE GOING TO DISRUPT, LET'S GO BIG DISRUPTING. BUT WE GET IT DONE AND DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT IT THE NEXT 10 YEARS. CHERRY HILLS, THE NORTHERN SECTION, NO UTILITY WORK GOING ON THERE SO WE ARE CLEAR TO PAVE. THEY HAVE A FORCE MAIN ON 3rd, I BELIEVE BUT THEY CAN WORK AROUND FROM OUR PAVING. THE SOUTHERN PART -- SOUTHWESTERN PART BY THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, MANY OF THESE COMMUNITIES WERE BUILT 50 YEARS AGO TO THE STANDARDS OF 50 YEARS AGO. THAT IS NOT ONLY A PAVING PROJECT, THAT IS AN UNDERGROUND UTILITY PROJECT. AND THAT IS JUST BRINGING IT UP TO TODAY'S STANDARDS. BIKE LANES, SIDEWALKS. THERE MAY BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ACCESS EVEN MORE RIGHT-OF-WAY TO DO MORE TRAFFIC CALMING MEASURES THROUGHOUT THAT COMMUNITY. THE QUICK WAY TO DO IT IS JUST LET THEM DO THEIR UNDERGROUND ENGINEERING AND WE'LL DO A QUICK PAVE AND KEEP EVERYTHING STATUS QUO. BUT WE DON'T WANT TO DO THAT. WE WANT TO BRING THAT COMMUNITY UP TO STANDARDS. THIS IS THE DYNAMIC GOING ON THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. YOU HAVE MANY OF THESE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WERE BUILT EARLY '50s, '40s, YOU KNOW, '60s. AND NOW WE'RE TRYING TO BRING THEM TO TODAY'S STANDARDS WITH MANY OF THE TRAFFIC CONTROLS WE HAVE NOW. SO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, COMMISSIONER HAY, CHERRY HILL SHOULD BE -- THAT NORTHERN SECTION SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY APRIL 2024. WE ARE WORKING ON THAT AS WE SPEAK. I'M SORRY, MY APOLOGIES. STARTING BY APRIL 2024. ANTICIPATE THREE TO FOUR MONTHS AS IT GETS DONE. I ALWAYS LIKE PUTTING AN ASTERISK BECAUSE WE MAKE THE BEST GUESSTIMATE AND ESTIMATION BASED OFF THE GEOTECHNICAL AND SURVEY THAT WE HAVE AT THE TIME. THAT'S ALL ESTIMATES IN FORECASTING. ONCE YOU START OPENING UP THE ROADS, YOU MIGHT HAVE BASE FAILURES THAT NEED ADDITIONAL REPAIRS. WE ANTICIPATE ANYWHERE FROM THREE TO FOUR MONTHS. CHERRY HILL NEIGHBORHOOD PHASE 1. PHASE 2, WE'RE ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO BECAUSE IT'S JUST EXTENSIVE AND I DON'T WANT TO TAKE POONAM'S THUNDER BUT EXTENSIVE UTILITY WORK TO BE DONE IN THE COMMUNITY. ALL RIGHT. GOLFVIEW HAR BOWR, I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT ONE. WE HAVE PHASE 2 OF MEADOWS NEIGHBORHOODS AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE -- THAT SHOULD BE DONE BY JULY-AUGUST. WE HAVE LAKE BOYNTON ESTATES WHICH EVEN THOUGH THAT PROJECT IS GOING TO BE STARTING JULY OR AUGUST, THE TEAM HAS BEEN WORKING ON IT I THINK SINCE LAST YEAR, GOING OUT THERE, JUST ENGINEERING, DOING THEIR CALCULATIONS WITH THE DRAINAGE. IF YOU WANT MOS VMEI TO GIVE HIS ESTIMATION ON DRAINAGE, HE CAN DO THAT. WE HAVE THE DESIGN OF THE BRIDGE. AND THAT'S THE SURVEY I WAS TELLING YOU ABOUT, COMMISSIONER HAY, FOR THE CHERRY HILL NEIGHBORHOOD. THAT'S JUST INITIATING THE PROCESS TO KIND OF SEE THE CONDITION OF THE ROADS AND WHERE WE HAVE THE RIGHT-OF-WAY AND WHAT WE CAN AND CANNOT DO, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE'RE LOOKING AT THE BIG PICTURE, SIDEWALKS, ROUNDABOUTS, TRAFFIC CALMING. SAND CASTLE NEIGHBORHOOD, THAT'S THE GRANT WE GOT. DOING A LOT OF ENGINEERING AND A LOT OF OUR COMPLIANCE WITH THE GRANTOR. WE ANTICIPATE CONSTRUCTION IN 2026. SOUTHEAST 1st STREET CONSTRUCTION 2024. MY APOLOGIES. THAT WAS LEFT OFF OVER THERE. THEN WE ARE WORKING WITH THE CITY OF DELRAY BEACH AND HOPEFULLY CONSTRUCTION 2025 AND THAT'S A JOINT TO PAVE. EAST OCEAN AVE, 6th STREET, PEDESTRIAN CROSSWALK, WE'RE DOING DESIGNS FOR THAT ONE. I BELIEVE WE HAVE 3rd STREET IN THE MIX. GULF STREAM BOULEVARD SHOULD BE BY FEBRUARY 2025. AND THEN WE HAVE OUR BOYNTON BEACH COMPLETE STREETS 2027. THESE ARE CITY-OWNED PROJECTS. D.O.T. IS DOING PROJECTS AS WELL WITHIN THE CITY. THE COUNTRY HAS SOME PROJECTS GOING ON. SO THIS IS JUST -- I TRY TO CRAM IT ALL IN ONE SESSION BUT I CAN TALK ABOUT ROAD PAVING FOR A GOOD AMOUNT OF TIME. ANY QUESTIONS ON ROAD PAVING ON OUR UPCOMING PROJECTS? YES. >> MAYOR: COMMISSIONER CRUZ. >> THANK YOU. CAN WE GO SPECIFICALLY ON WHERE WE ARE AT? SO FOR CHAPEL HILL, IT SAYS IT'S GOING TO BE COMPLETED IN MARCH OF '24. >> UH-HUH. >> SO THIS MONTH? >> UH-HUH. >> AND THEN FOR CHERYL, IT'S GOING TO BE COMPLETED APRIL. >> START APRIL. YEAH, IT'S GOING TO START IN APRIL. >> ONE MEANS START AND THE OTHER ONE MEANS END. >> I SHOULD HAVE CLARIFIED THAT. MY APOLOGIES. YEAH, CHAPEL HILL IS JUST ABOUT DONE. IT WAS PAVED -- >> PHASE 1. >> WHICH ONE? MY BAD. PAVING FOR CHERRY HILL STARTS MONDAY. SHOULD BE DONE BY APRIL. I'M SORRY. GREAT QUESTION. >> SO THESE ARE COMPLETION DATES. >> SORRY. >> THANK YOU. >> YEAH. >> THAT'S WHY I'VE GOT THE TEAM HERE. >> THE REASON WHY I'M ASKING THAT QUESTION IS BECAUSE WE HAVE HAD CONVERSATIONS OR I HAVE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH STAFF WHERE I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT MY DISTRICT IS GETTING PAVED, YOU KNOW, BETWEEN MARCH AND JUNE. AND NOW WE ARE SAYING JULY AND AUGUST. SO EVERY TIME I HAVE A CONVERSATION, IT APPEARS THAT WE ARE LIKE MOVING -- I'M ADVOCATING FOR MY DISTRICT. I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT -- IT'S GREAT THAT WE DO IT IN ALL DISTRICTS AS WELL. WHY IS IT THE WEST SIDE OF THE CITY APPEARS TO BE GETTING DONE IN JULY/AUGUST WHEN I WAS TOLD IT WAS GOING TO GET DONE IN JUNE? AND THESE OTHER PROJECTS ARE GETTING COMPLETED. WHERE ARE WE AT SPECIFICALLY WITH THE GOLF GOLFVIEW HARBOUR. CAN YOU WALK ME THROUGH? >> VALID QUESTION. TOTALLY UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM. THAT PROJECT IN PARTICULAR, "A," HAS MORE ENGINEERING WORK BEHIND THE SCENES FOR DRAINAGE. AND THEN IN WORKING WITH -- WORKING WITH UTILITIES, THEY HAVE OTHER UTILITY PROJECTS GOING ON IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. WE ARE GOING TO DO THE STREETS WE MENTIONED. WE WERE GOING TO TRY TO GET ADDITIONAL ROADS BUT WE CAN'T DO THOSE BECAUSE OF THE ENGINEERING. THAT PROJECT WE ARE WORKING WITH FINANCE. IT IS LITERALLY I THINK SET TO GO OUT TO BID IN THE NEXT I WANT TO SAY TWO WEEKS IT GOES OUT TO BID. THAT'S USING AARP FUNDS. WE HAVE TO GO OUT TO BID FOR THOSE FUNDS. THOSE GO OUT TO BID THREE, FOUR WEEKS. >> DID WE USE ARPA FUNDING FOR THE CHAPEL HILL AND CHERRY HILL? >> SOME OF THOSE WE USED CIP FUNDING. SOME WE USED CIP FUNDING. SOME WE USED ARPA FUNDING. DEPENDING ON THE COPY OF THE PROJECT, IF WE CAN KNOCK IT OUT PRETTY FAST AND THERE'S NOT TOO MUCH ENGINEERING, WE CAN GO IN AND USE CIP FUNDING. AND THEN FOR THE ARPA FUNDING FOR GOLFVIEW IN PARTICULAR, WE JUST HAVE TO GO OUT TO BID AND THOSE ARE THE DYNAMICS OF THE ARPA BID. THE AARP GRANT. SO WE ARE ANTICIPATING THREE TO FOUR WEEKS GOING OUT TO BID, BRING IT BACK HERE. GET YOU GUYS' APPROVAL, JUST OUR FORMAL PROCESS. AND THEN ONCE WE GIVE THE P.O. TO THE VENDOR, I ALWAYS ADD A LITTLE MORE DATE BECAUSE THINGS GO WRONG. I ALWAYS OVERPROMISE. BUT IT'S JUST ON OUR BOOKS. JUST BECAUSE IT HASN'T STARTED CONSTRUCTION WISE DOESN'T MEAN WE HAVEN'T WORKED ON IT. WE ARE DOING THE ENGINEERING. ONE OF THE THINGS -- I THINK WE HAVE THREE PROJECT MANAGERS. SO WHENEVER THEY ARE PAVING, I HAVE TO HAVE A PROJECT MANAGER THERE. SO I CAN'T -- IT'S DIFFICULT TO HAVE TWO PROJECTS, THREE PROJECTS AT THE SAME TIME AND HAVE A PERSON THERE. SO IT WAS JUST -- IT WAS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING AGAINST THE WEST SIDE OF YOUR DISTRICT. I WAS THERE AT THE GOLF VIEW HARBOUR, THAT TOWN HALL SO I'M EXCITED TO BRING THAT COLLECTIVELY TO THE RESIDENTS THERE. THAT'S WHAT THEY VOICED. REST ASSURED. WE ARE NOT DOING JUST WHAT WE SAID, WE ARE ADDING MORE. WE HAD TO SCALE BACK AND PHASE IT BECAUSE THERE'S MORE UTILITY WORK IN THERE. THAT IS AT FINANCE, GOING OUT TO BID. >> SO IT'S GOING OUT TO BID IN THREE WEEKS. THEN IT WILL COME BACK TO COMMISSION. AND THEN WHEN DO WE EXPECT THE PROJECT TO START? BECAUSE THE OTHER TWO PROJECTS ARE BASICALLY BEING COMPLETED, WHICH IS GREAT. BUT, YOU KNOW, WHEN CAN WE ACTUALLY START THE PROJECT? >> LET ME PICK ON KEVIN. KEVIN, ARE YOU HERE? LET ME GET MY PRO UP HERE. >> HERE IS THE RHYME AND REASON FOR THE ROAD WORK THIS YEAR. HERE'S HOW IT WENT DOWN. WE HAD CHAPEL HILL, CHERRY HILL, MEADOWS BOULEVARD, MEADOWS WAY. IT ALL CAME OUT OF CIP BECAUSE THAT WAS ABSOLUTE QUICK AND WE COULD DO THAT QUICKLY AND GET STARTED. MY WHOLE PROCESS OF BUILDING ROADS IS I WANT TO BUILD THEM BEFORE CHRISTMAS. I REALLY DO. EVERY ONE OF THEM BECAUSE IT'S OFF-SEASON. I GET HOTTER ASPHALT, IT'S A BETTER ROAD LIKE MEADOWS WAY. AND THE PUBLIC SIDE, THAT'S THE LAST QUARTER SO THEY ARE HUNGRY TO MAKE THOSE BIG PROFITS AT THE END OF THE YEAR WHICH IS OUR BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, RIGHT. SO WE STARTED PLANNING THESE PROJECTS IN JUNE/JULY. WE BID IN AUGUST. WE SECURED THE P.O.'S EARLY WITHIN THE FIRST TWO WEEKS OF OCTOBER AND THOSE JOBS TOOK OFF. GOLFVIEW HARBOR, LAKE BOYNTON ESTATES, THOSE ARE MORE INTENSE PROJECTS SO WE STARTED DESIGNING THOSE ONCE THOSE JOBS WERE STARTING TO TAKE OFF. SO OUR INTENT AND OUR PURPOSE, WE WERE TOLD IN A MEETING A FEW WEEKS BACK THAT WE COULD NEVER DO $6 MILLION WORTH OF R ROAD WORK. BY SUMMER WE HAD 7 MILLION. >> WHAT ABOUT GOLFVIEW? >> IT WILL BE A PROCESS. PROBABLY START IN JUNE. IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE 30 DAYS, 45 DAYS MAX. SO YOU'LL BE DONE BEFORE SCHOOL STARTS BACK, ROUGHLY. OKAY. AND THEN PHASE 2 OF THAT WILL GO ON NEXT YEAR AND ALL THAT. SAME WITH LAKE BOYNTON ESTATES. THAT'S GOING TO RUN THROUGH INTO CHRISTMASTIME BECAUSE IT'S THIS MASSIVE NEIGHBORHOOD. >> I ALWAYS SAY IF WE RUN INTO SOMETHING, LIKE I SAID, THEY START TEARING UP THAT ROAD IT'S GOING TO BE PAVING AND THEN YOU HAVE BASE STRUCTURES, WE WANT TO REPAIR IT RIGHT. REST ASSURED, IT'S ON OUR PRIORITY TO GET IT ALL DONE. >> I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE TAKING CARE OF ALL SIDES OF THE CITY AND WE ARE PRIORITIZING ALL SIDES OF THE CITY EQUALLY BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE SHOULD. SO THAT WAS REALLY MY QUESTION. AND I WOULD LIKE TO GET MONTHLY UPDATES ON WHERE WE ARE AT WITH THIS GOLFVIEW HARBOR PAVING AND ANYTHING IN MY DISTRICT BECAUSE SOMETIMES LIKE I'LL HEAR THINGS AND THEN I WON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON. THEN I'LL HEAR STUFF AGAIN AND THE DATE CHANGES. >> YEAH. >> SO THAT'S KIND OF MY CONCERN, THE DATE OF COMPLETION. >> YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER. >> COMMISSIONER CRUZ, I DEFINITELY AGREE WITH YOU. AND I THINK ONE THING -- AND I CAN DEFINITELY SEE YOUR CONCERN. BUT ONE THING THAT IS VERY MISLEADING ABOUT THIS MAP AND YOUR COMMENTS ABOUT THE CHAPEL HILL PROJECT, ONLY ONE OF THESE ROADS WERE PAVED IN CHAPEL HILL. SO THE WHOLE PROJECT ISN'T DONE. THIS IS A MULTI-PHASED PROJECT. AND SO FROM WHAT I BELIEVE, THIS IS ALL GOING TO GO OUT FIRST. AND THEN PROJECT IS GOING TO TAKE QUITE SOMETIME BECAUSE OF THE SCOPE OF WORK. AND I HAD SIMILAR CONCERNS WITH STAFF, YOU KNOW, WHY ARE WE WAITING SO LONG. I GET IT, WE ARE LIMITED ON RESOURCES. WE LIMITED ON PROJECT MANAGERS. I DON'T WANT YOU TO BE MISLED BY THIS MAP BECAUSE CHAPEL HILL NEIGHBORHOOD HAS ONLY HAD ONE ROAD PAVED SO FAR. ITE GET WITH STAFF FOR THE UPDATE. THEY LOVE IT. THEY ARE VERY EXCITED. YOU GUYS ARE QUICK. I KNOW IT'S NOT DONE YET, BUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD LOVES IT. AND SO KUDOS TO YOU. BUT DON'T BE MISLED BY THE MAP. ONLY ONE ROAD HAS BEEN COMPLETED THIS MONTH. THANKS. >> MAYOR: ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. DO MY COLLEAGUES -- ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MARIO? MARIO, IF YOU COULD JUST WRAP IT UP. >> ALL RIGHT. SO RECAP, PHASE 1, WE HAVE SOUTHWEST 8th STREET PUNCHOUT, CHAPEL HILL, CHERRY HILL, MEADOWS, BOYNTON LAKES, TOTAL PROJECTS 2.9. THEN WE HAVE PHASE 2, GOLFVIEW, MEADOWS AND PHASE ONE OF GOLFVIEW HARBOR BECAUSE WE WANT TO ADD FINGER STREETS WHILE WE ARE THERE. LAKE BOYNTON ESTATES, SO WE ARE ACTUALLY GIVING MORE THAN WE HAD ANTICIPATED. NOT FOR EVERY SINGLE PROJECT. LAKE BOYNTON ESTATES IS VERY INTENSIVE, THE DRAINING ISSUES. WATER IS THE NUMBER ONE KILLER OF ROADS. WHEN YOU HAVE WATER LAYING ON THE STREET IT DIMINISHES THE LIFE OF THE ROAD. WE WANT TO GET THE WATER OFF THE READ TO A SWALE OR PERVIOUS AREA WHERE THE WATER CAN PERCOLATE AND WORK ITS WAY DOWN. LAKE BOYNTON ESTATES, WE HAVE THE LOOP THERE WHICH IS ON SOUT. WE ARE ADDING THAT LOOP STREET THAT WAS AN ADDITIONAL PROJECT THAT WE ADDED AFTER THE FACT. WE HAVE OCEAN BOULEVARD AS WELL. THINGS THAT WE'RE JUST ADDING AFTER THE FACT. SO ANYWAY, OVERALL, $7.1 MILLION IN ROAD ENHANCEMENTS. ESTIMATED SAVINGS, WE ANTICIPATE TO HAVE ABOUT A $600,000 SAVINGS FOR ROADS. I PUT DOUBLE ASTERISKS SON THAT ONE SIMPLY BECAUSE AS THINGS COME UP. GOLFVIEW IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF, YOU KNOW, WE IDENTIFIED TWO MAIN STREETS AND SOME SIDE STREETS, BUT THERE ARE SO MANY FINGER FINGERLINGS IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, WE ARE ALREADY THERE. IF POONAM IS OKAY AND THERE'S NO UTILITY WORK, WE'LL DO A COUPLE MORE WHILE WE ARE THERE AND DIMINISH THE PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE FOR PHASE 2. SO REST ASSURED, IT'S ON OUR LIST. I WILL EMAIL YOU AND TEXT YOU MONTHLY, WEEKLY IF NEEDED. I'M ALSO EXCITED TO GET THAT PROJECT DONE. JUST TO RECAP -- >> MAYOR: MARIO, TWO MORE MINUTES. >> SORRY ABOUT THAT. YEAH, TRY TO CRAM IT ALL IN TO ONE. THAT'S THE RECAP FOR CIP. WE NEED ABOUT $4 MILLION TO $5 MILLION OF CIP AND THAT'S THE BREAKDOWN FOR CIP PROJECTS. >> MAYOR: OKAY, PERFECT. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS FOR MARIO WHILE HE'S STILL UP HERE? ANYTHING ELSE? >> THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATE, MARIO. >> YOU'RE WELCOME. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU. DID YOU A GREAT JOB. >> THANKS, EVERYONE. HAVE A GREAT NIGHT. >> MAYOR: WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT PORTION OF THE AGENDA WHICH IS PUBLIC AUDIENCE. INDIVIDUAL SPEAKERS ARE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER PERSON -- >> MAYOR, MAYOR. >> MAYOR: SURE. >> WE HAD TWO ADDITIONAL PRESENTATIONS. MYRNA HAS AN UPDATE ON THE GRANTS AS WELL AS CIP ON THE UTILITIES. IF WE ARE RUNNING LONG, WE CAN DELAY THE UTILITY PORTION IF YOU'D LIKE. IF WE CAN AT LEAST DO MYRNA'S UPDATE FOR THE GRANTS, I'D LIKE TO GET THAT ONE. >> MAYOR: LET ME ASK. CAN YOU DO THAT IN 15 MINUTES OR LESS? >> I THINK SO. HER PRESENTATION IS MUCH SHORTER. >> MAYOR: LET'S DO THAT. YOU SAID THERE'S ANOTHER ONE ON TOP OF THAT. >> UTILITIES IS DOING THEIR CIP AS WELL. >> MAYOR: OKAY. >> THAT ONE WILL BE A LITTLE BIT LENGTHIER. POONAM, H HOW LONG DO YOU THINK? >> MAYOR: WHAT'S YOUR ANTICIPATION, DR. KALKAT? [INAUDIBLE] LET ME ASK MY COLLEAGUES. ARE YOU BOTH -- ARE YOU ALL COMFORTABLE? >> I'M OKAY. I'M OKAY WITH HEARING THE PRESENTATIONS. >> MAYOR: SO TWO 15 MINUTES MAX, 30 MINUTES MAX FOR BOTH OF THEM. >> I AM UNCOMFORTABLE WITH THIS. UNLESS I CAN BE ASSURED THAT IT'S GOING TO BE 10 MINUTES OR LESS, OKAY. >> NEGOTIATING TIME. >> WE JUST SEEM TO BE PUSHING PUBLIC AUDIENCE AND THE REST OF THIS AGENDA FURTHER AND FURTHER BACK WITH ADDITIONS, OKAY. SO I WANT TO MOVE ON WITH THE AGENDA. AND SO WE JUST SPENT ALMOST AN HOUR, OKAY, ON THIS ITEM. AND I DON'T WANT TO GO THROUGH THAT AGAIN. I REALLY DON'T. SO GET UP HERE, SAY WHAT YOU'VE GOT TO SAY. AND THANK YOU. OKAY. CAN WE DO THAT? >> MAYOR: ALL RIGHT. COMMISSIONER KELLEY, YOUR THOUGHTS? ARE YOU COMFORTABLE WITH 10 MINUTES EACH? [INAUDIBLE] ALL RIGHT. SO, COMMISSIONER HAY, DID I UNDERSTAND YOU CORRECTLY? 10 MINUTES EACH? >> YEAH, 10 MINUTES. >> MAYOR: LISTEN, IF WE NEED TO COME BACK, WE CAN COME BACK AT A FUTURE MEETING. ALL RIGHT. >> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS. I'M MYRNA, THE NEW GRANTS MANAGER. I'M HAPPY TO BE HERE TONIGHT. I WOULD LIKE TO START THE PRESENTATION. THERE YOU GO. I WOULD LIKE TO START THE PRESENTATION AND GIVE YOU A QUICK SNAPSHOT OF THE IMPORTANCE OF GRANT FUNDING AND THE POSITIVE EFFECT ON OUR CIP. OF THE APPROXIMATELY 127 MILLION, 28 MILLION COMES FROM GRANT FUNDING. THAT IS A 22% OF THE CIP TOTAL. NOW, LET'S TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT THE DETAILS OF OUR CIP GRANTS. THE GRANTS TOTAL FUNDING IS APPROXIMATELY 28 MILLION. WE HAVE 13 GRANTS, NINE FEDERAL, 12 STATE AND TWO FROM OTHER TYPE OF FUNDING SUCH AS LOCAL AND FOUNDATION. THESE GRANTS INCLUDE OUR TWO LARGEST GRANTS. WE HAVE THE SAND CASTLE NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENTS FROM THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT GRANT MITIGATION PROGRAM, A FEDERAL THAT GAVE US 16.5 GRANT FUNDING. AND THE EAST WATER TREATMENT GENERATOR FROM THE COMMUNITY GRANT MEDIATION PROGRAM, ANOTHER FEDERAL PASS-THROUGH WITH $2.1 MILLION IN FUNDING. THIS SLIDE IS OF OUR RECENT GRANT OF THE HESTER CENTER. THE GRANT FUNDING AND THE RENOVATION OF THE FILTER OF THE HESTER CENTER, WE HAVE SOME PICTURES REGARDING THE FINAL PROJECT. GRANTS IN PROCESS, WE GOT AWARDED THE EMERGING CONTAMINANTS DRINKING WATER FUND LOAN WITH A FUNDING REQUEST OF 5.167 MILLION. IT IS AWARDED, W BUT ■IT IS IN E PROCESS BECAUSE WE ARE WAITING FOR AN AGREEMENT TO BE SIGNED. OKAY. SUBMIT APPLICATION FOR CIP PROJECTS, WE SUBMITTED A STATE APPROPRIATIONS ON NOVEMBER 23. WE SUBMITTED SIX PROJECTS. 911 COMMUNICATIONS CENTER GENERATION REPLACEMENT WITH A FUNDING REQUEST OF 600,000. THE BOYNTON BEACH FIRE-RESCUE EOC WITH A FUNDING REQUEST OF 400,000. THE HARVEY OYER FISHING PIER WITH THE FUNDING REQUEST OF 800,000. NEIGHBORHOOD CONNECTIVITY PROJECT, THE SKY LAKE WITH A FUNDING REQUEST OF 1 MILLION APPROXIMATELY. THE PIONEER CANAL BOAT RAMP IMPROVEMENTS WITH A FUNDING REQUEST OF 564,000 APPROXIMATELY. AND LAKESHORE BRIDGE CANAL PROJECT WITH A FUNDING REQUEST OF $1,182,132. THAT WAS AROUND THE TOTAL FUNDING REQUEST OF $4.6 MILLION BACK IN NOVEMBER. AND LAST, THE LAST SLIDE IS OUR UPCOMING CIP PROJECT APPLICATIONS. SO WE APPROXIMATELY THE NEXT FEW MONTHS ARE GOING TO APPLY FOR AROUND $2 MILLION. WE ARE APPLYING FOR THE FLORIDA BOATING IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM GRANT FOR THE PIONEER CANAL BOAT RAMP WITH A FUNDING REQUEST OF $816,000. THE WATER WASTE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR THE POLICE AND FIRE LIFT WITH THE FUNDING REQUEST OF 525,000, THAT WILL BE SUBMITTED ON APRIL 1st. THEN THERE IS ENERGY EFFICIENT COMMUNITY BLOCK GRANT WITH A FUNDING REQUEST OF 134,000. AND THAT'S GOING TO BE SUBMITTED IN APRIL 30th. AND SAFER STREETS FOR ALL GRANTS AS AN ACTION PLAN WITH A FUNDING REQUEST UP TO 1 MILLION. THAT WILL BE SUBMITTED IN MAY 16 OF '24. THANK YOU SO MUCH. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I THINK I DID IT IN 10 MINUTES. >> MAYOR: I THINK YOU DID IT IN LESS THAT FIVE. >> YOU DID AND YOU HAVE TIME TO SPARE. I DID HAVE ONE QUICKY HERE. >> OF COURSE. >> YOU MENTIONED SOMETHING ABOUT EMERGING CONTAMINANTS IN THE DRINKING WATER. >> YES. >> WOULD YOU KIND OF ELABORATE A LITTLE BIT MORE ON THAT? >> YES. I KNOW UTILITIES IS GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE PROJECT PER SE BUT WE GOT A FUNDING REQUEST OF 5 MILLION FOR DESIGN AND PLANNING FOR THE EAST WATER TREATMENT PLANT. >> SHOULD I BE CONCERNED HERE? >> SHE HAVE THE DETAILS. PROJECT. >> GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS.  POONAM KALKAT, UTILITIES DIRECTOR. THAT IS FOR PLANNING AND DESIGN FOR EMERGING CONTAMINANTS LIKE PFOS AND PFAS THAT ARE GOING TO BE DRINKING WATER REQUIREMENTS FROM EPA. THEY ARE SETTING A STANDARD. AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE DESIGNED THE PLAN TO MEET THOSE REQUIREMENTS. SO WE ARE GOING TO BE DOING SOME EVALUATIONS AND OPTIONS FOR TREATMENT AS TO WHAT'S NEEDED AND WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO MEET THOSE REQUIREMENTS. >> SO WE ARE BEING PROACTIVE HERE THEN. >> CORRECT. >> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. DR. KALKAT, JUST FOCUS ON THE MAIN IDEAS AND THIS BOARD CAN ALWAYS ASK QUESTIONS THEREAFTER. >> ABSOLUTELY. THIS IS JUST SHOWING YOU A TOTAL CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM WITH AROUND $121 MILLION. AND THERE ARE SOME BROAD CATEGORIES OF PROJECTS THERE. WE WILL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THESE PROJECTS AS I GO ALONG. SO WATER SUPPLY AND TREATMENT PROJECTS, THESE ARE -- SOME OF THESE PROJECTS -- I'M JUST LISTING THESE PROJECTS. I CAN GO THROUGH ANY OF THESE PROJECTS AND TALK ABOUT THESE MORE IN DETAIL. BUT THERE ARE SOME PROJECTS THAT ARE LOOKING AT REPAIRS. OTHER PROJECTS THAT ARE PUTTING IN IMPROVEMENTS. WE ARE REMODELING A WATER QUALITY FACILITY. THERE IS A GENERATOR REPLACEMENT PROJECT AT THE EAST PLANT. AND AT THE WEST PLANT WE ARE LOOKING AT IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS TO REPLACE THE MEMBRANES WHICH IS THE TREATMENT FACILITY THERE ON THE WEST SIDE. AND SOME OF THE CURRENT PHASES AND PROJECT COMPLETION DATES ON THERE, SO IF IT SAYS 2024, IT'S THIS YEAR OBVIOUSLY. 2025, WE ARE DOING DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION. BUT WE MIGHT BE BIDDING AND PROCUREMENT NOW AND FINISHING IT IN 2025. HERE ARE SOME EXAMPLES OF SOME OF THESE PROJECTS. AND AGAIN, LIKE MARIO SAID, I DON'T DO THIS ALONE. OBVIOUSLY, WE HAVE A BIG TEAM. WE HAVE PROJECT MANAGERS AND PROJECT ENGINEERS. AND KEITH WEBER IS HERE. HE'S OUR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR ENGINEERING. WE ALSO HAVE MILO AMELL HERE. HE'S OUR ENGINEER 4. AND SO HE AND HIS TEAM -- YOU'LL SEE THE NAMES OF THE PROJECT MANAGERS HERE BECAUSE I DO WANT TO RECOGNIZE HOW MUCH EFFORT THEY PUT IN. SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU ALL KNOW THEM BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES UTILITY PROJECTS ARE REALLY OUT OF SIGHT. SO PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE WHAT'S HAPPENING. THEY ARE NOT AS OBVIOUS. SOMETIMES IT'S WITHIN THE FACILITIES SO ON AND SO FORTH. THIS IS ONE PROJECT THAT JOEL IS PROJECT MANAGER FOR AND WE ARE REPLACING SOME VF Ds WHICH ARE THE VARIABLE FREQUENCY DRIVES. THEY HELP MAKE PUMPS WORK MORE EFFICIENTLY AND YOU SAVE ENERGY. THERE'S A COUPLE OF OTHER ELEMENTS IN THERE IN THIS PROJECT. SO THAT ALLOWED REDUNDANCY AND EFFICIENCIES. SOME OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD PROJECTS -- AND YOU MIGHT HAVE SEEN SOME OF THESE PROJECTS IN PREVIOUS UPDATES BECAUSE WE ARE DOING QUARTERLY UPDATES. AND THESE PROJECTS TAKE -- THEY ARE MULTI-YEAR PROJECTS SO YOU SEE THEM COME UP AGAIN AND AGAIN UNTIL WE F FINISH THEM. LAKESIDE GARDENS IS ONGOING RIGHT NOW AND WE PLAN ON FINISHING RIGHT NOW. CENTRAL SEACREST UTILITY IMPROVEMENTS, DESIGN IS COMPLETE BUT WE ARE WORKING ON GETTING STARTED. COQUINA COVE IS A GRANT PROJECT WHERE WE ARE ASKING FOR A LITTLE BIT MORE MONEY BECAUSE THE BIDS CAME UP HIGHER AND WE THINK WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO PROCURE MORE MONEY FOR THAT. HEART OF BOYNTON NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENTS, THAT'S IN PLANNING STAGES. AND WE ARE AGAIN LOOKING FOR MONEY FOR THIS SO WE HAVE APPLIED FOR GRANTS AND HOPING THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO GET GRANTS FOR THIS. SAND CASTLE, YOU HEARD MARIO TALK ABOUT THAT ONE ALREADY. HERE ARE SOME OF THE EXAMPLES OF SOME OF THOSE PROJECTS. THIS IS LAKESIDE GARDENS IMPROVEMENT AND THE PROJECT MANAGER IS JOSE JERTOS. IT IS A NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENT AND YOU WILL HAVE WATER AND WASTEWATER AS WELL AS DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS IN THERE. SO THIS PROJECT WAS MAINLY A DRAINAGE PROJECT AND THEN WE ADDED SOME SEWER COMPONENTS TO THIS. COQUINA COVE DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENT, THE PROJECT MANAGER IS EDUARDO GARCIA. AS I SAID, WE HAVE EXPANDED THIS PROJECT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE DOING EVERYTHING FOR WATER AS WELL AS WASTEWATER. AND THOUGH IT'S MORE OF A DRAINAGE PROJECT AND WE ARE COORDINATING WITH FPL AND FPU. AND THE ONLY COORDINATION WE DO IS TRY TO TIME IT TOGETHER WITH THEM AND WORK WITH THEM. THIS IS ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE PROJECTS WE ARE ABLE TO DO MORE OF A SYNERGISTIC VIEW. COLLECTION SYSTEM IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, THEY ARE LISTED HERE. THERE ARE SOME FORCE MAIN PROJECTS, THE ONE THAT WE COMPLETED ALREADY THAT WAS THE BOYNTON BEACH EXTENSION. THE FORCE MAIN IS A PROJECT JUST GETTING COMPLETED. WE ARE JUST DOING TIE-INS. WE HAVE A SEPTIC-TO-SEWER FOR HYPOLUXO. THE TOWN HAD A GRANT AND WE ARE HELPING THEM COMPLETE THAT PROJECT BECAUSE THAT IS OUR SEWER COLLECTION SYSTEM AREA. WE ALSO HAVE LIFT STATIONS 410 AND 414 CONNECTIONS. THERE IS AN OCEAN FRONT BEACH PARK AND THERE'S A MASTER LIFT STATION 317 THAT'S A MAJOR UPGRADE THAT WE ARE DOING AND WORKING ON. THE LIFT STATION 410, 414 FORCE MAIN EXTENSION PROJECT, THE PROJECT MANAGER IS MILO AMELL AND HE'S HERE TODAY, TOO, SO JUST GIVE SUPPORT AND JUST SHOWCASE WHAT ALL THEY ARE DOING. SO THIS PROJECT IS FOR FORCE MAIN EXTENSION BECAUSE WE ARE SEEING SOME SURCHARGES IN THOSE MANHOLES. SO WE KNOW THAT WE NEED TO IMPROVE THE COLLECTION SYSTEMS IN THIS AREA. SO THAT'S A PROJECT THAT WE ARE WORKING ON. SO THE STORMWATER AND DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, WE ARE JUST FINISHING UP THE WATERSHED MASTER PLAN. AND THERE'S LAKESHORE HAVEN CANAL BRIDGE THAT MARIO TALKED ABOUT JUST A FEW MINUTES AGO. WE ALSO HAVE CHAPEL HILL STORMWATER IMPROVEMENT PROJECT AND QUANTUM LAKES, WE HAVE AN ONGOING PROJECT FOR JUST LOOKING AT CONDITION ASETTLEMENT AND FIXING PIPES AND WATER WELLS AS NEEDED IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. SOME OF THE STUDIES AND MASTER PLANNING EFFORTS, THIS IS THE EAST WATER TREATMENT PLANT, EMERGING CONTAMINANT STUDY WE ARE DOING IN DESIGNING, WHAT OPTIONS WE SHOULD BE WORKING THROUGH AND THEN GO THROUGH CONSTRUCTION. WE ALSO ARE COMPLETING GRANT STRATEGY AND DEVELOPMENT EVEN THOUGH IT'S ONGOING. WE ACTUALLY FINISHED A PROJECT TO AT LEAST GET A STRATEGY FOR HOW SHOULD WE GO ABOUT THESE GRANTS. CYBERSECURITY, THEY ARE DOING THE RISK SIGNALS, I TALKED ABOUT THAT A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO. THEN WE HAVE ASSET MANAGEMENT ROADMAP GOING ON TOO. THAT'S ABOUT IT. I TRIED TO KEEP IT UNDER 10. BUT IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS, I CAN BRING IT BACK OR I CAN TALK ONE-ON-ONE LATER. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE DO HAVE SOME TIME. ANY QUESTIONS FROM MY COLLEAGUES. >> JUST ONE. >> MAYOR: GO AHEAD, COMMISSIONER. >> POONAM, IS JOEL AND JOSE AND EDUARDO -- IS THIS SOMETHING THAT THEY ARE IN CONJUNCTION WITH DOUG LAVINE FROM WASTEWATER MANAGEMENT? >> NO. USUALLY THOSE PROJECTS -- DOUG'S PROJECTS ARE MOSTLY WITHIN THE FENCE LINE AND OUR PROJECTS ARE OUTSIDE. WE ALWAYS WORK WITH HIM SO HE KNOWS WHAT WE ARE DOING. >> OKAY. >> IF THERE ARE GOING TO BE ANY IMPACTS. WE SIT DOWN AND TALK THROUGH ANY LIFT STATION PROJECTS THAT MAY IMPACT HIM. WE TALK TO HIM. BUT THESE PROJECTS USUALLY DON'T IMPACT HIM EXCEPT FOR IF WE ARE GOING TO BE BYPASSING OR THERE'S SOMETHING CONSTRUCTION WISE GOING ON SO HE'S AWARE OF IT. >> GOTCHA. THANK YOU. THAT'S IT. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU. SEEING NOTHING ELSE FROM MY COLLEAGUES, THANK YOU SO MUCH, DR. KALKAT, FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. WE APPRECIATE IT. AND THAT CONCLUDES THE THREE PRESENTATIONS THAT WE MOVED UP. WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO PUBLIC AUDIENCE. I WANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY THREE MINUTES PER PERSON. AFTER WE HAVE CONCLUDED THOSE IN THE CHAMBERS, WE'RE GOING TO GO TO THOSE ONLINE. THIS IS NOT A Q&A, BUT OUR STAFF AND THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION ARE TAKING NOTES. ONE SECOND FOR THE TIMER. STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD AND BEGIN WHEN YOU ARE READY. GO AHEAD. >> SUSAN OYER, BOYNTON BEACH. FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU, MARIO, FOR NOTICING THAT BEAUTIFICATION MATTERS BECAUSE I'VE BEEN SCREAMING ABOUT THAT FOR YEARS NOW. YOU'RE NOT THE FIRST COMMISSION NOR AM I GUESSING WILL YOU BE THE LAST. I THINK I HAVE BEEN DEFICIENT IN MY OBSERVATIONS. I WAS AT SIMS CENTER FOR A COMMUNITY MEETING LAST WEEK. AND I NOTICED ON NORTHWEST 11th AVENUE THAT THE LIGHTS -- THE STREET LIGHTS ARE LIKE A FUNKY SHADE OF BLUE. AND MAYBE IT'S MY CONTACTS. MAYBE I WAS TIRED. I DON'T KNOW. THEY LOOKED BLUE AND PURPLISH. AND WHEN I LOOKED AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THEY DIDN'T LOOK LIKE ALL THE REST OF THE LIGHTS. THE REST OF THE LIGHTS ARE THE NORMAL STREET LIGHTS SORT OF WARM WHITE COLOR. SO I'M WONDERING WHY THAT BLOCK AREA NEAR SIMS IS A DIFFERENT COLOR LIGHTING. AND I BRING THIS UP BECAUSE WHEN I SAT ON P&D A FEW YEARS I GOT THE CODES CHANGED AND IT CAME UP UNDER THE LAST COMMISSION AND THEY CHANGED IT -- I THINK IT WAS BEFORE YOU, MAYOR. BUT THERE'S PROOF THAT THE BLUE WHITE LIGHTS CAUSE CANCER. THERE'S A CORRELATION. AND IT WAS ALL OVER CNN AT THE TIME AND I BROUGHT IT FORWARD AND GOT THE CODES CHANGED HERE IN THE CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH. SO MAYBE YOU GUYS HAVE CHANGED THE CODES BACK OR I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON. BUT I'M WONDERING WHY THIS ONE SPECIFIC BLOCK ON NORTHWEST 11th OVER BY SIMS HAS THESE LIGHTS THAT MAYBE I'M SEEING THEM IT INCORRECTLY. I HAVE REACHED OUT TO THREE PEOPLE TODAY TO SEE IF THEY HAVE  NOTICED IT, I DON'T KNOW. BUT I THINK IT'S SOMETHING WORTH LOOKING AT WHY THIS COMMUNITY IS BEING TARGETED WITH, YOU KNOW, LIGHTS THAT ARE POTENTIALLY CAUSING CANCER. WARM WHITE IS THE WAY TO GO. THAT'S WHY I GOT THE CODES CHANGED, SO I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE YOU DID CHANGE THEM BACK, I DON'T KNOW. I WANT TO ALSO ASK WHAT'S GOING ON ON WOOL BRIGHT. I NOTICE THAT THEY'RE DOING THE PIPE PROJECT OUT TO THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT. MY CHARITY ST. GEORGES SOCIETY OF PALM BEACH ME PERSONALLY DONATED, AND THEY ARE $227,$227 PER TREE. WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH THE TREES THAT ARE BEING PICKED UP, MOVED WHAT'S IS GOING TO HAPPEN WITH THEM. SO I WANT SOMEBODY TO KNOW THAT I'M PAYING ATTENTION TO THOSE TREES BECAUSE THEY COST ME $227 APIECE. BECAUSE YOU GUYS DON'T USE INDIAN TRAILS WHICH IS LIKE $10 A PIECE FOR A TREE. YOU USE COMMUNITY GREENING AT $227. SO I THINK MAYBE  WE SHOULD BE STAYING ON TOP OF THOSE TREES. MY GROUP DONATED 37 FLOWERING TREES MAYBE YOU WANT TO ALLOCATE THEM TO FURTHER ALONG THE CANAL OR CLOSER TO THE CANAL BUT I CERTAINLY HOPE NOTHING'S GOING TO HAPPEN TO THEM OR YOU KNOW YOU ARE REPLACING ALL OF THOSE TREES THAT MY GROUP AND I HAVE PAID FOR. AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, NEXT PERSON, STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD, BEGIN WHEN YOU'RE READY. >> GARY WOODWORTH, BOYNTON BEACH, FLORIDA. I JUST WANTED TO COMMENT ON LAST NIGHT'S MEETING AT STERLING VILLAGE WHICH I GOT INVITED TO. THAT WAS AWESOME. I DON'T KNOW WHO SET THAT UP OR WHICH DID OR WHETHER YOU GUYS DID BUT IT WAS REALLY REFRESHING TO SEE 200-PLUS PEOPLE SITTING THERE HAD TO GET OUT EXTRA CHAIRS TO PARTICIPATE IN PREDECISION MAKING PROCESS OF THINGS THAT WOULD AFFECT MOST OF THOSE PEOPLE FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES. HAVEN'T SEEN A LOT OF THAT IN BOYNTON LATELY AND THAT WAS REFRESHING AND I JUST WANT TO COMPLIMENT THE PEOPLE THAT PUT THAT TOGETHER AND I THINK YOU'RE THINKING OF THAT AND MAYBE THERE IS MORE OF THAT I HOPE. MAYBE TIE THAT TO THE STRATEGIC PLANNING THAT HAS BEEN MOVED TO TO BE DETERMINED. IT WOULD BE NICE IF THE PEOPLE AFFECTED BY ALL OF THE THINGS IN THE STRATEGIC PLAN AND WHATEVER WE'RE BUILDING HERE WITH ALL THE MATERIALS WE'VE ASSEMBLED AND RESOURCES THE CITY HAS, PEOPLE WILL EMBRACE WHAT THEY UNDERSTAND AND KNOW ABOUT. I THINK AS YOU FOUND OUT NOT SO MUCH THE THINGS THEY DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT JUST DROP OUT OF THE SKY ON THEM AND THEN YOU GET A BIRCH OF KIDS IN LITTLE LEAGUE UNIFORMS STANDING AROUND FOR MONTHS SO MAYBE WE COULD BRING MORE OF THAT TO THE PARTY. THAT IS REALLY, REALLY REFRESHING STUFF AND I THINK PEOPLE WANT TO PARTICIPATE AS YOU SAW LAST NIGHT AS THEY GOT OUT DISPI 50 EXTRA CHAIRS. ANOTHER THING I LEARNED LAST NIGHT SUSAN MENTIONED IT, DAN HAD MENTIONED HE WAS LOOKING FOR SOME MONEY FOR SOME BEAUTIFICATION. LONG OVERDUE. I THINK THERE ARE 30 YEARS OF INCA NOTES THAT SAY, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, CLEAN IT UP, CLEAN IT UP, CLEAN IT UP. LOOKS MATTER. AESTHETICS ARE PROBABLY ONE OF THE TOP, ONE OR TWO THINGS THAT SUCCESSFUL CITIES HAVE GOING FOR THEM. LOOKS DO MATTER. WE HAVE BEEN A LONG WAYS DOWN THAT FOR SO LONG. PLEASE GIVE THEM THE MAN THE MONEY AND LET'S START CLEANING SOME OF THIS STUFF UP. IT'S LOW-HANGING FRUIT. CITIZENS WOULD COME OUT BY THE HUNDREDS WITH BAGS TO HELP YOU. PLEASE FUND THAT. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. NEXT SPEAKER, WE DO HAVE TWO PODIUMS. >> HELLO, MY NAME IS DONALD HOKIERA. I LIVE IN GOLF VIEW HARBOR I CAN'T WAIT TILL THE STREETS GET DONE. I READ THIS 31-PAGE REPORT ON THE FIRING OF OUR FORMER HR DIRECTOR AND I NOTICE THAT THERE IS A FEW MEMBERS OF THE DIOCESE THAT ARE STILL ENDORSING THIS PERSON FOR THEIR RUN IN CITY, FOR THE CITY OF D DELRAY BEACH. I WOULD LIKE YOU GUYS TO WITHDRAW YOUR RECOMMENDATION. ONE PERSON ALREADY HAS. I THINK IF SOMEBODY THAT WAS, WAS INAPPROPRIATE CITY USES TIME OR EQUIPMENT, OUTSIDE EMPLOYMENT WHICH INTERFERES WITH HER PERFORMANCES, UNAUTHORIZED PERSONNEL USE OF CITY EQUIPMENT OR FUNDS, CONDUCTING PERSONAL BUSINESS ON CITY TIME, AND FALSIFYING DOCUMENTATIONS. I THINK A PERSON THAT WAS FOUND WHO IS IN THIS REPORT, AND I'M SURE YOU ALL READ IT, I THINK YOU SHOULD WITHDRAW YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS FOR HER FOR, FOR HER WHAT SHE'S RUNNING FOR IN DELRAY BEACH. I DON'T KNOW WHEN IS IT APPROPRIATE TIME WOULD BE DURING THIS MEETING BUT I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR YOUR PUBLICLY SAY THAT YOU ARE WITHDRAWING YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU. OUR NEXT PERSON ON MY LEFT, YOUR RIGHT,. >> HELLO, MY NAME IS -- [INAUDIBLE] TODAY I WOULD LIKE TO BRING UP THE MATTER OF THE STREET SITUATION ON SOUTH SERBO DRIVE. THERE IS 19 HOUSES ON SOUTH -- DRIVE I'M NOT SURE IF YOU'RE AWARE, AND ALMOST ALL IF NOT ALL OF THE RESIDENT OWNERS OF THE HOMES ON THAT STREET HAVE BEEN MAKING REPLACEMENTS FOR THEIR PAVERS BECAUSE OF SEVERAL ACCIDENTS THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE ON THE STREET THAT HAVE UNFORTUNATELY COST SOME OF THE RESIDENTS THERE, MY FAMILY INCLUDED, THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN DAMAGE BECAUSE OF DRUNK DRIVERS NOT BEING ABLE TO SAFELY TRAVEL IN THE STREET. AND THE STREET IS A NARROW STREET, SO IN ORDER TO TAKE A PRECAUTION AGAINST THIS HAPPENING EVER AGAIN WE'VE B BEEN WIDENING OUR DRIVEWAYS IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO PARK OUR CARS IN A SAFER MANNER. UNFORTUNATELY, IT SEEMS LIKE WE'VE HIT A ROAD BUMP WITH THE CITY COMMISSION BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN, MOST OF THE RESIDENTS OF THE SOUTH CIRCLE DRIVE HAVE BEEN RECEIVING PAPERS ABOUT THE PAVERS BEING AGAINST BUILDING CODES. AND IT APPEARS THAT WE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO APPARENTLY PUT PAVERS ON OUR OWN PROPERTY THAT WE HAVE PAID FOR AND COMMISSION CONTRACTORS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE DOING THINGS WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS AND CITY, THE CITY'S CRUN STRAINTS. SO I JUST WANT TO -- I WANTED TO BRING UP THIS ISSUE SO THAT WE COULD GET THIS ADDRESSED AND HOPEFULLY FIND A COMPROMISE FOR THE RESIDENTS AND CITY COMMISSION TO HOPEFULLY BE ABLE TO EXTEND OUR DRIVEWAYS SO THAT OUR VEHICLES ARE SAFER ON THE STREET BECAUSE THE SOUTH CIRCLE DRIVE STREET IS SO NARROW THAT IT IS A ONE-CAR WAY. IF ONE CARS IS COMING DOWN THE STREET ANOTHER CAR CAN'T GO DOWN THE WAY. THEY HAVE TO REVERSE DOWN THE ENTIRE BLOCK SO THAT'S JUST TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION THE TYPE OF SITUATION WE'RE DEALING WITH ON THE STREET. AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> MAYOR: THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, NEXT PERSON. >> HIGHIGH NAME'S JACKIE MAUND AND I WANTED TO REMIND YOU THAT AS OF JANUARY 1st, ALL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE TO FILL OUT A FINANCIAL FORM CALLED FORM 6, WHICH REQUIRES THE PERSONAL FINANCE DISCLOSURE TO THE DOLLAR ALL COMMISSIONERS, MAYORS, AND EVERYBODY ARE SUPPOSED TO FILL THAT OUT AND IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE PUBLIC NOTICED AND WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE ABLE TO SEE THAT. ALSO, I'D LIKE TO TELL YOU THAT WE DO NOT WANT A MAYORSHIP. WE WANT A COMMISSION. THE COMMISSIONERS TO BE AS OUR PEOPLE'S VOICE. SO WE DO NOT WANT THEM TO BE PUT OUT THAT THEY CANNOT VOTE FOR WE THE PEOPLE. AND THE 5G TOWERS NEED TO BE REMOVED IN OUR CITY. THEY ARE VERY HARMFUL. THEY CAUSE CANCER. THE RAINBOW FLAG NEEDS TO BE REMOVED IMMEDIATELY. IT'S ILLEGAL. IT'S ILLEGAL ACROSS FLORIDA, AND THERE ARE RULES THAT WE HAVE TO FOLLOW AND THAT IS ONE THAT WE THE PEOPLE WANT REMOVED. WE WANT THE 666 BENCHES REMOVED AND THE BLACK LIVES MATTER FIST THAT'S DOWN THE STREET RIGHT HERE, AND THE TWO FACES OF EVIL REMOVED. WHEN WE BRING OUR CHILDREN, WE, AND OUR GRANDCHILDREN TO THE BOYNTON BEACH TO THE FESIVETS T -- FESTIVITIES THAT YOU DO HERE, THEY ARE PRIVY TO DEMONIC THINGS BECAUSE OF THAT. AND IT NEEDS TO BE REMOVED. WE ALSO WANT THE PUBLIC'S WORK DIRECTOR TO DO A FINANCIAL THAT, WITH ALL THE INFORMATION HE JUST SHOWED US FOR A VERY LONG TIME IT WAS VERY OBNOXIOUS TO SIT THERE AND LISTEN TO ALL THAT, BUT WHAT HEA DIDN'T SHOW US IS WHERE ALL THE MONEY IS GOING. HE SAID THIS IS THE MONEY IN HERE BUT WE DON'T SEE IT, LIKE IN THE PEOPLE'S POCKETS WHERE IT'S GOING OR THE BUSINESSES, AND WE SHOULD BE PRIVY TO THAT BECAUSE IT IS OUR MONEY. AND YOU KNOW, WHAT SHE WAS SAYING ABOUT THE BLUE LIGHTS, THAT'S TRUE. THE PURPLE LIGHTS. THEY DO CAUSE CANCER AND THEY NEED TO BE REMOVED AS WELL. AND WE NEED TO, YOU KNOW, WORK ON THAT. AND I'M STILL AGAINST THE BIG STATUE GOING ON CONGRESS AND WE THE PEOPLE DO NOT WANT THAT. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] ALL RIGHT, NEXT, NEXT SPEAKER. >> CINDY -- BOYNTON BEACH. I HEARD SOME DISTURBING NEWS AND IT REALLY WAS PERPLEXING TO ME. I HEARD THAT ONCE A MONTH ON A THURSDAY AT THE COLONY IN THE WEST PALM BEACH AREA, MANY OF OUR GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS MEET AT THE COLONY HOTEL AND THAT THERE HAS BEEN SOME SEXUAL ACTIVITY GOING ON WITH THE I IHIGHER UPS SUCH A DAVE ARONBERG AND MANY OTHER DIGNITARIES OR OFFICIALS, JOE COSTELLO, JUSTIN KATZ. I DON'T KNOW, IF YOU'RE DRINKING AND HAVING SEXUAL ACTIVITIES WOULDN'T YOU BE VIOLATING THE SUNSHINE LAW BECAUSE YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT THINGS THAT SHOULD NOT BE SPOKEN ABOUT WITHOUT BEING IN THE PUBLIC AND THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR A WHILE AND THEY MEET ONCE A MONTH ON A THURSDAY. IT REALLY IS DISHEARTENING. IT'S SICKENING. IT'S AN ABOMINATION. IT'S A SPIT IN OUR FACES. AND IT'S GOT TO CEASE AND DESIST, AND IT'S WRONG ON EVERY LEVEL AND YOU KNOW IT. AND I'M NOT POINTING OUT ANYBODY. IN REGARDS ALSO TO HAVING A PERSON ON THE DAIS THAT'S SUPPORTING SOMEBODY WHO WAS FIRED FOR CRIMES AND THERE'S A PICTURE OF THAT PERSON WITH THE BOYNTON BEACH LOGO, SO IT GIVES A MESSAGE THAT S THE CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH IS STANDING BEHIND A CANDIDATE WHO WAS FOUND CRIMINALLY DOING CRIMES AGAINST WE THE PEOPLE BY VIOLATIONS OF USING MACHINES, COMPUTERS, AND RUNNING FOR A CANDIDACY IN DEL RAY. THERE'S ALSO ANOTHER PICTURE OF SOMEONE ON THE DAIS THAT IS WITH A GROUP OF PEOPLE AND IT'S WITH THE VICTORY FUNDING, AND THAT PERSON HAD STATED WHEN THEY ARE RUNNING FOR A CERTAIN POSITION, AND I'M TRYING NOT TO POINT ANYBODY OUT, BUT YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE, THAT YOU SAID THAT YOU WANTED TO SUPPORT THAT AND YOU WANTED TO SEE MORE LGBTQ, LMNOPQ PEOPLE IN OFFICE AND AS I WAS READING YOUR, LOOKING BACK ON THEIR WEB SITE, THEY BASICALLY STATED THAT THEY WANT ALL LGBTT OR THEY'RE GOING TO PROMOTE MORE LGBTQ WHATEVER THE ACRONYMS ARE TO RUN FOR OFFICE AND TO BE SITTING UNSEATS AND THEY SAID AND THEY'RE GOING TO WIN. SO NOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE PEOPLE IN POSITIONS ON THEIR SEXUAL PREFERENCE AS OPPOSED TO WHETHER OR NOT THEY ARE SKILLED, QUALIFIED, FOR THE POSITION. AND THIS IS DISHEARTENING TO ME. AND THIS WAS WRITTEN UP AND I SAW IT, AND I HAVE THE ARTICLE HERE AND I ALSO HAVE PICTURES OF THOSE WHO ARE WITH CANDIDATES SUPPORTING THEM AND WE HAVE SOMEONE ON THE DAIS SUPPORTING A GENTLEMAN THAT'S RUNNING FOR A SEAT IN DELRAY AND HE IS WITH THE LGBTQ ALLEGEDLY THE VICTORY PEOPLE AND THIS IS WHAT'S GOING ON, AND THE AMERICAN PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW THAT YOU DON'T NEED ANYMORE SKILLS ANYMORE. IT'S JUST ABOUT YOUR SEXUAL PREFERENCE AND ONLY A CERTAIN SEXUAL PREFERENCE. NOW, THEY TALK ABOUT THAT BEING DIVERSITY BUT WHAT THAT REALLY IS IS DIVIDE AND IT'S CREATING HATE AND IT'S CREATING A DIVISION. IT'S EVIL, IT'S UGLY. AND IT'S AN ABOMINATION, AND IT NEEDS TO STOP. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> ERIC HARDY OF DELRAY. I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE STILL TALKING ABOUT THAT STATUE THAT YOU WANT TO PUT UP THERE, BUT I NOTICE THERE IS A RAINBOW FLAG PAINTED RIGHT ON YOUR STREET RIGHT AT THE CORNER THERE, I CAN THROW A ROCK TO IT. NOW, THIS TRANS NONSENSE HAS BEEN CONFUSING OUR CHILDREN AND OUR SOCIETY TO THE POINT YOU KNOW THAT WE HAVE THE DEI WHO ARE HIRING TEA TEACHERS SEXUALLY CONFUSED TEACHERS TO SEXUALLY CONFUSE OUR CHILDREN. NOW, WE'VE ALREADY SEEN OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS REPORTS OF SCHOOL SHOOTINGS THAT WERE DONE BY TRANS PEOPLE. SEXUALLY CONFUSED PEOPLE. THE SEXUAL CONFUSION IS LEADING TO MENTAL ILLNESS. AND YOU KNOW, THERE'S TWO GENDERS. TWO GENDERS, AND IF YOU, IF YOU THINK IT'S MORE THAN TWO GENDERS, YOU ARE NOT ONLY GOING AGAINST SCIENCE, YOU'RE GOING AGAINST GOD. THERE ARE TWO GENDERS AT BIRTH. REACH BETWEEN YOUR LEGS AND FIND THEM. THEY'RE THERE AT BIRTH. UNLESS YOU CHANGE THEM. BUT THIS IS REALLY DIS-- IT'S DISTURBING OUR CHILDREN'S MINDS. IT'S DISTURBING OUR SOCIETY. IT'S DISTURBING OUR CULTURE. AND IT'S JUST, IT'S DESTROYING EVERYTHING IN CREATION. THERE'S TWO GENDERS. NOW, WE'VE ALREADY SEEN ALL THIS CONSEQUENCES DUE TO SEXUAL CONFUSION. IT'S NOT ILLEGAL TO BE L OR G OR B OR T, OR Q, BUT I THINK IT SHOULD BE ILLEGAL TO FORCE IT DOWN OUR CHILDREN'S THROATS AND FORCE IT ON OUR SOCIETY. LOOK AT THE DAMAGE IT'S DONE. YOU KNOW? I MEAN, I CAN GET ARRESTED IF I CALL SOMEBODY THE WRONG PRONOUN. I MEAN, THIS IS, IT'S DOING NOTHING BUT CAUSING -- IT'S CAUSING MORE SEXUAL CONFUSION -- I'M SEXUALLY CONFUSED. I CAN'T EVEN, I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHO I'M LOOKING AT ANYMORE. YOU KNOW, THERE'S TWO GENDERS AND YOU'RE JUST, YOU'RE JUST CONFUSING OUR CHILDREN, CAUSING THEM TO BE MENTALLY ILL. JUST BECAUSE YOU HAVE TEACHERS WHO CAN'T FIGURE OUT WHAT THEY ARE. THEY'RE SEXUALLY CONFUSED SO THEY'RE SEXUALLY CONFUSING OUR CHILDREN. AND I THINK IT'S WRONG. AND IT'S CAUSING DIVISION, AND YOU'RE LITTLE BLACK LIVES MATTER FIST OUT THERE, YOU KNOW, ALL LIVES MATTER. ALL LIVES MATTER AND ALL -- CAUSE DIVISION SO THIS DEI IS STARTING TO STAND FOR DIVISION, EXCLUSION, AND IGNORANCE. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> MAYOR: ALL RIGHT. LAST CALL FOR IN-PERSON PUBLIC COMMENT SPEAKERS THEN WE HAVE TO GO TO THOSE ONLINE. ALL RIGHT, STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD AND BEGIN WHEN YOU'RE READY. >> TENILLE DECOSTAE. IGNORANCE AT BEST SO I'M NOT CRIMINALLY CHARGED WITH ANYTHING. AN INVESTIGATION WAS COMPLETED BY A BIAS PERSON WHO HAPPENED TO BE A FRIEND OF A FRIEND OF OUR CITY, OF THE CITY ATTORNEY OF THE BOYNTON BEACH. LET'S BE REAL WHEN YOU LOOK, AND I SENT EACH OF YOU AN E-MAIL ADVISING THE LOOPHOLES OF THE INVESTIGATION. FIRST, CITY MANAGER ADVISED OIG THAT HE DIDN'T GIVE ME PERMISSION TO ATTEND AN EVENT. I SHOW THE TEXT MESSAGE TO THE INVESTIGATOR WHEN SHE ASKED ME ABOUT IT. NOW ALL THE SUDDEN HE GAVE ME PERMISSION. BUT YOU TELL OIG OR SHOW OIG SOMETHING ELSE. ANOTHER LOOPHOLE, I WENT TO AN LGBTQ+ EVENT AND I DIDN'T SO-CALL RECEIVE PERMISSION, BUT WE FORGET OUR CONVERSATIONS. TEXT MESSAGES DON'T LIE. ONE THING ABOUT ME, I HAVE TWO DECADES OF BEING AN HR DIRECTOR WITH NO ISSUES. I DIDN'T WAKE UP ONE MORNING BE LIKE OH LET ME JUST VIOLATE ALL THE POLICIES. IF YOU RECALL, CITY MANAGER, WHEN YOU AND I MET, WHEN I WAS ON ADMIN LEAVE YOU CLEARLY SAID OUT YOUR MOUTH THE CITY ATTORNEY WILL NOT STOP UNTIL YOU'RE GONE. AND YOU SAID IT IN FRONT OF SOMEBODY SO YOU CAN'T DENY IT. NOT ONLY THAT, YOU GAVE ME PERMISSION TO ATTEND NUMEROUS FUNCTIONS AND THEN LIE ON AN INVESTIGATION AND SAY THAT DID NOT HAPPEN. WE HAD A PHONE CALL THE OTHER DAY, AND YOU BLAMED THE CITY ATTORNEY FOR EVERYTHING. AS A CITY MANAGER, COMMISSION, YOU NEED TO WORRY ABOUT YOUR RESIDENTS WHO YOU SERVE. THE TAXES THAT THEY PAY, THE LIABILITIES THAT'S COMING TO THIS CITY FOR A BIAS INVESTIGATION. YOU HAVE TO BE FAIR. AND TO BE HONEST, TO GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE, WITH THE INVESTIGATOR WHEN WE SAT DOWN WITH MY CITY, WHAT MY ATTORNEY, YOU KNOW WHAT SHE SAID? DO YOU EXPECT ME TO BELIEVE A WHITE MALE THAT'S MARRIED TO A BLACK WOMAN WITH FOUR BIRACIAL CHILDREN SAID THAT YOU'RE HIRING TOO MANY BLACK WOMEN? MY ATTORNEY LOOKED AT ME, HE SAID YOU'RE READY TO WALK OUT BECAUSE WE KNOW WHERE THIS IS GOING. THAT'S JUST ONE EXAMPLE. I SHOWED THE INVESTIGATOR NUMEROUS TEXT MESSAGES AND PROOF THAT I DID NOT DO THIS WHAT THEY'RE SAYING, GES WHAT? SHE DIDN'T PUT IT IN THE INVESTIGATION. BUT WE FORGET TO TELL THAT STORY. AND WHAT'S REALLY BAD, THIS IS PERSONAL. THEY'RE MAKING DECISIONS OFF EMOTMOTIONS AND NOT WHAT'S BEST FOR THE RESIDENTS THAT THEY SERVE. WHEN YOU'RE LEAKING STUFF MY INVESTIGATION TO A NEWSPAPER OR SENDING IT TO OTHER CITY MANAGERS, OR SENDING IT TO THE TAX COLLECTOR, EXCUSE ME, TAX COLLECTOR, WHY ARE THEY RECEIVING A COPY OF MY INVESTIGATION FROM THIS CITY AND IT'S NOT A PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST? BECAUSE FOR SOME REASON, THEY'RE REALLY TRYING TO HURT ME. THIS IS A PERSONAL THING, AND BECAUSE I STAND ON MY ETHICS AND MY TWO DECADES, TWO DECADES OF PERFECT BEING HR DIRECTOR CONSEQUENCES AND LIES, WHEN YOU LIE, THERE IS LEGAL CONSEQUENCES AND YOU NEED TO TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION. YOU HAVE THE WRONG PERSON SITTING UP THERE, AND THE WRONG CITY ATTORNEY. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU. THANK YOU, YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] NEXT SPEAKER. >> MY NAME IS CLARENCE SHAHID FREEMAN. I'M AN EDUCATION AND CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST. YOU KNOW, WHEN I LISTEN TO PEOPLE TALK, I'M 73 YEARS OLD. AND I HAVE LIVED THIS DISEASE CALLED RACISM. YOU KNOW, IN 1970, BILLY GRAHAM GAVE A SPEECH, MR. MAYOR, ABOUT RACISM. HE SAID IT WAS ONE OF THE WORST DISEASES THAT HAS ENGULFED THIS NATION CALLED THE UNITED STATES. WHEN WE SAY WE'RE ONE NATION UNDER GOD AND ALL THAT KIND OF MONKEY BUSINESS, BUT WHAT BILLY GRAHAM SAID STUCK WITH ME BECAUSE IT WAS LIKE DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING WAS SAYING IT OR NELSON MANDELA. AS LONG AS YOU ALLOW THE DISEASE TO FESTER, AND YOU STAY SILENT, IT'S GOING TO ALWAYS DO ITS WORSE DAMAGES. BUT I'LL TELL YOU SOMETHING WHEN THINGS COME ABOUT IN THE CHANGE IT HAPPENED IN THE MYSTERIOUS WAY. SOME OF Y'ALL GO TO CHURCH AND TALK ABOUT GOD AND JESUS AND ALL THAT MONKEY BUSINESS. BUT WHEN IT COMES TO LIVING YOUR LIFE, YOU ALLOW RACISM TO STAND, AND PEOPLE TO SAY THINGS AND DO THINGS TO PEOPLE OF COLOR THAT WE'RE NOT JUST GOING TO BE SITTING IN THE BUSHES ANYMORE AND ALLOWING IT TO HAPPEN. NOW, I'VE BEEN BEFORE THIS COMMISSION T TWO TIMES, AND BOTH TIMES I CAME THERE WAS SOME SERIOUS PROBLEMS HERE IN BOYNTON BEACH. THE LAST TIME I WAS HERE, MR. MAYOR, YOUR TEAM DID A GREAT JOB RESOLVING THE CEO PROBLEM WITH THE WOMAN TRYING TO COLLECT HER MONEY. YOU MADE SURE THAT HAPPENED. THE TIME BEFORE THAT, I WAS HERE, MR. HEY, YOU REMEMBER WHEN WE HAD TO CLE CLEAN OUT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WHEN THEY WERE DOING ALL KIND OF EEF EVIL AND RACIST THINGS IN OUR COMMUNITY. WELL I'M HERE TO SET TO LET YOU KNOW WE STOP FIGHTING WHERE THE PEOPLE IN -- WITH PEOPLE IN LOCAL AND GOD HAS -- US TO HAVE SOMEONE THAT CAN DEAL WITH PEOPLE THAT THINK THEY'RE UNTOUCHABLE, DEAL WITH PEOPLE THAT THINK THEY CAN DO ANYTHING TO PEOPLE OF COLOR AND GET AWAY WITH IT; NOT ON MY WATCH. I'LL DIE AND GO TO HELL BEFORE I ALLOW WHAT I HEARD HAPPEN IN THIS CITY HAPPEN TO FIVE, SIX EMPLOYEES, JUST BECAUSE PECKERWOOD WANT TO KEEP JIM CROW ALIVE, WELL I'M GOING TO TELL YOU SOMETHING. JIM CROW MAY BE ALIVE, BUT THE PEOPLE OF COLOR ARE ALIVE TOO. IN GOD IS LOOKING AT ALL OF US. I TELL YOU ALL SOMETHING, IT COMES A TIME THAT YOU OUGHT TO LOOK IN THE MIRROR AND SAY WE HAVE TO STOP THIS NONSENSE, AND YOU ALL THAT BELIEVE IN JUSTICE, FREEDOM, AND EQUALITY, YOU OUGHT TO STAND UP AND SHOW GOD THAT YOU BELIEVE IT. WE ELECT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE, HEY, HEY, SEE THE IGNORANCE? >> MAYOR: SIR, PLEASE CONTINUE. >> AS SOON AS A PERSON ISCUSED OF SOMETHING WITHOUT ANY -- IS ACCUSED OF SOMETHING WITHOUT ANY TYPE OF EVIDENCE. >> MAYOR: ALL RIGHT, SIR, YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED. >> I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW I'M HEADED TO WASHINGTON AND COMING BACK. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU. NEXT PUBLIC COMMENT SPEAKER, GIVE ME ONE SECOND TO RESET THE TIME. ALL RIGHT, ONE SECOND, MR. DAMES. ALL RIGHT. I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON OVER THERE, BUT I'M GOING TO ASK YOU GUYS TO PLEASE DISCUSS THAT OUTSIDE SO WE CAN CONDUCT OUR BUSINESS, JUST DISCUSS THAT OUTSIDE. OFFICERS? PLEASE REMOVE THIS INDIVIDUAL. TELL HIM TOO STOP! HE'S PULLING MY ARM. LET GO OF ME! LET GO OF ME! LET GO OF ME! >> STAY OUT OF IT. >> STOP IT, LET GO OF ME! >> YOU SAID NOTHING? >> JUST GOING TO GET ANOTHER -- >> QUIET IN YOUR HIGH SEATS SAYING NOTHING. >> MAYOR: ALL RIGHT. MR. JAMES, YOU MAY BEGIN. >> JOHN DAMES, POST OFFICE BOX 713, BOYNTON BEACH, FLORIDA, 33425. THERE ARE SEVERAL ISSUES THAT I WANT TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION CONCERNING MR. KOSKI, AND I DON'T KNOW BY JUST LOOKING AT ALL THESE ALLEGATIONS AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT -- I'M PRETTY SURE AT SOME POINT YOU'LL GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROVE HER INNOCENCE. BUT JUST LOOKING AT ALL THE ALLEGATIONS, WHAT STANDS OUT TO ME, INAPPROPRIATE USE OF CITY RESOURCES AND UNAUTHORIZED USE OF CITY FUNDS. I'VE BEEN IN GOVERNMENT FOR 35 YEARS, OKAY? AND YOU MEAN TO TELL ME IF SHE'S, IF YOU HAVE THIS MUCH ON HER, UNAUTHORIZED USE OF CITY FUNDS, WHICH I'M PRETTY SURE AT SOME POINT SHE WAS ISSUED A CITY CREDIT CARD, SO IF SHE WAS ISSUED A CITY CREDIT CARD. AND SHE USED THAT CREDIT CARD, WITHOUT ANY AUTHORIZATION, THEN WHY WAS SHE NOT ARRESTED? OKAY? SHE COULD'VE BEEN -- I DON'T CARE IF SHE SPENT UNDER $500, SHE SHOULD'VE BEEN ARRESTED FOR PETTY THEFT. OKAY? IF YOU HAD THIS MUCH ON HER, ANYTHING THAT SHE USED WAS UNAUTHORIZED, YOU MEAN TO TELL ME, RIGHT, YOU HAD THIS MUCH ON HER AND SHE WAS NOT ARRESTED? SEE BECAUSE IN THIS COUNTRY WE GET ARRESTED FOR JAYWALKING. FOR JAYWALKING. SO YOU MEAN TO TELL ME AFTER SHE BECOME THE WHISTLEBLOWER, AND THEN, RIGHT, YOU WANT TO OFFER HER $100,000 TO BE QUIET? I'VE BEEN AROUND THE GANG 35 YEARS. THIS AIN'T NOTHING NEW TO ME. THIS IS NOTHING NEW TO ME. YOU OFFER HER $100,000, BUT YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY -- IF SHE USED THAT CREDIT CARD, RIGHT, SHE COULD'VE BEEN CHARGED WITH FRAUDULENT USE OF CREDIT CARD. YOUR CITY ATTORNEY, SAID SHE RECOMMENDED THAT SHE RESIGN, WHY DID SHE RECOMMEND -- DIDN'T SHE RECOMMEND SHE GET ARRESTED. THIS IS, THIS IS UNBELIEVABLE FOR THE STUFF THAT GOES ON IN THIS CITY. YOU JUST HAD A PARADE, AND THEN 48 HOURS YOU COME BACK AND YOU TERMINATE EVERYBODY THAT MISS -- THEY HIRE, FOR WHAT? YOU, THIS, YOU TERMINATED -- YOU MEAN TO TELL ME -- WHAT ABOUT THE, WHAT ABOUT THE, THE, THE ACTING PERSON THAT WAS BEFORE HER? WHY DIDN'T YOU TERMINATE THE PEOPLE THAT SHE HIRED? THIS IS JUST SHOWS THE -- AND AS I SAID BEFORE, RIGHT, THIS CITY HAS A STIGMA THAT SHE CAN'T SEE UNLESS YOU'RE IN THE SPHERE BECAUSE IN THE CARNAL EYE YOU CAN'T SEE IT. YOU GOT TO HAVE THE SPIRIT OF GOD TO BE ABLE TO SEE THE STIGMA THAT SITS OVER THIS CITY. NOW, YOU CAN THROW ALL THE PAPERS AND BURN THEM ALL YOU WANT. BUT UNTIL YOU REBUKE THE DEMONIC SPIRITS THAT'S BEEN IN THIS CITY BEFORE I WAS BORN, 60 YEARS, IT'S GOING TO STILL BE THE SAME. >> MAYOR: ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. NEXT PERSON, STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD, BEGIN WHEN YOU'RE READY. >> WESLEY SCHULER. MY CONCERN IS THAT MAYOR, YOU NEED TO DO YOUR OWN INVESTIGATION BECAUSE THE CITY MANAGER, BOTH OF THE CITY MANAGERS AND THE LAWYER IS DOING STUFF THAT'S UNCALLED FOR AND IS HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT, FOR ONE. FOR TWO, IT'S DIVIDING THE CITY, AND FOR THREE, YOU NOT GETTING THE ANSWERS THAT YOU NEED. YOU NEED TO DO YOUR OWN INVESTIGATION BECAUSE SOME OF THE STUFF THAT'S COMING OUT, IT COULD'VE BEEN AVOIDED BECAUSE THEY END UP FIRING PEOPLE THAT WAS UNCALLED FOR. WHY WOULD YOU WANT TO HIRE SOMEBODY TO DO THE JOB AND THEN TURN AROUND AND FIRE THE PEOPLE JUST BECAUSE OF ONE BAD APPLE, THAT MAKE IT BAD FOR EVERYBODY ELSE? THAT'S UNCALLED FOR. AND THEN THE LAWYER, SHE TURN AROUND AND HIRE SOMEBODY ELSE TO DO AN INVESTIGATION, AND THEY'RE IN CAHOOTS WITH EACH OTHER. THAT IS UNCALLED FOR. IF YOU WANT THIS CITY TO GROW, YOU HAVE TO SET THE STANDARD FOR YOU AND THE BOARD TO LET THEM KNOW, LISTEN, WE NOT GOING TO TAKE NO MORE MESS FROM THIS. BOSS WHEN THEY HAD THE SJ SITUATION, WE WAS DOWN HERE. NOW WE DOWN HERE WITH THIS SITUATION. WHEN WOULD IT STOP? BECAUSE IT'S NOT GOING TO GO NOWHERE. WE NOT GOING NOWHERE. SO THEY CAN GET THAT OFF THEY MIND. AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, WHY WOULD, I HATE TO SAY IT BUT I'M GOING TO HAVE TO GO THERE NOW, THE CITY MANAGER TURN AROUND AND PUT PAPERWORK OUT THAT IS UNCALLED FOR, UN-- FALSE STATEMENTS AND STUFF LIKE THAT. SO MAYOR, WE ASKING YOU TO TAKE THE LEAD AND PUT THEM ON SUSPENSION WITHOUT PAY. [APPLAUSE] >> MAYOR: ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER. >> GOOD NIGHT, I'M PASTOR RAY WHITELY 335 NORTHWEST 7th AVENUE IN BOYNTON BEACH. THE PRESUMPTION OF INNOCENCE IS A CORNERSTONE OF AMERICAN LEGAL SYSTEM, AND REFLECTS THE BELIEF THAT EVERY INDIVIDUAL DESERVES A CHANCE TO PROVE THEIR INNOCENCE BEFORE BEING PUNISHED. WHAT -- WHAT I SAW I THINK IT WAS ABOUT A MONTH AGO WHEN WE WERE IN A COMMISSION MEETING, AND COMMISSIONER HEY VOICED SOME CONCERNS ABOUT AN INVESTIGATION FROM A LEGAL TEAM OR SOMETHING HIRED BY THE ATTORNEY. IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN THAT IS WHAT HAPPENED. AND WHAT HAPPENED WAS, AN INVESTIGATION HAPPENED, AND I'M NOT SURE IF THE, IF THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE RECOMMENDED DO AN INVESTIGATION, IS STILL DOING THAT INVESTIGATION. BUT THIS ONE COMES OUT, AND IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT SOMEBODY SAID. WHEN I READ IT, I SAW HE SAY, SHE SAY A WHOLE BUNCH OF STUFF, WHICH ISN'T REALLY FAIR. AND I WOULD ADVOCATE FOR AN UNBIASED INVESTIGATION FOR ANYBODY. IT D DOESN'T MATTER. MY FAITH DEMANDS THAT I DO THAT. HAVING AN INVESTIGATION THAT'S NOT BIASED, AND IT'S JUST FAIR FOR ANYBODY, INCLUDING MR. COSTAE. AND I DON'T THINK THAT SHE'S BEEN GIVEN A FAIR CHANCE TO NOT ONLY SPEAK TO THE THINGS THAT ARE THERE, WITHOUT BEING RIDICULED AND WITHOUT BEING JUST PUT OUT TO DRY NOT ONLY IN BOYNTON BUT IN DELRAY. WHAT I SEE IS A DELIBERATE ATTEMPT TO REALLY ASSASSINATE THIS PERSON'S CHARACTER WITHOUT HER BEING GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO DEFEND HERSELF IN THE SAME WAY THAT THE STUFF IS BEING PUT OUT. IT'S NOT RIGHT. I GOT UP OUT OF BED, I'M NOT FEELING WELL, BUT I CAME BECAUSE NOT ONLY DID I WANT THIS, THIS BODY TO SEE THAT I'M HERE LISTENING, AND WATCHING, I WANTED HER TO KNOW THAT I STAND IN SUPPORT OF HER. THIS IS A LONELY PLACE TO BE. AND IF Y'ALL AIN'T BEEN HERE, EVENTUALLY IF YOU KEEP DOING THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING, AND CHALLENGING SYSTEMS AND ESTABLISHMENTS, THEY'RE GOING TO COME FOR YOU THE SAME WAY. SO I PRAY THAT GOD GIVES YOU ALL COURAGE, DISCERNMENT, AND PEACE WHEN YOU SLEEP AT NIGHT DOING WHAT ALL YOU DO. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU. LAST PERSON FOR IN-PERSON PUBLIC COMMENT SPEAKERS. PLEASE MAKE IT KNOWN IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK. SO FROM WHAT I CAN SEE THERE ARE ONLY TWO MORE PEOPLE AND THEN WE WILL MAUVE TO THOSE ONLINE. GO AHEAD, STATE YOUR FLAME FOR THE RECORD. >> I'M -- NAME FOR THE RECORD. >> I'M DOC ROBIN ISSON. I JUST CAME TO OBSERVE AND LISTEN. AND I WANT TO SHARE TWO THINGS. AND THE FIRST THING IS FOR THE AUDIENCE. YOU HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL OF PEOPLE WHO FEET CONTRADICT WHAT THEY MOUTHS SAY. AND TO THE PEOPLE ON THE PANEL, THE MAYOR AND EVERYBODY, NOTHING PERSONAL, I'M NEUTRAL, BE CAREFUL OF THE PEOPLE FEET THAT YOU STEP ON TODAY BECAUSE IT MAY BE CONNECTED TO THE BUTT THAT YOU MAY HAVE TO KISS. THAT'S ALL. >> MAYOR: OKAY, THANK YOU. >> BRYCE GRAHAM, SECOND VICE PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL ACTION NETWORK. CENTRAL FLORIDA CHAPTER. SEEMS AS IF I HAVE TO KEEP COMING BACK TO BOYNTON BEACH. AND I'M REMINDED OF WHAT MY MENTOR DICK GREGORY ONCE SAID. HE SAID VOWS ARE MADE, PROMISES ARE MADE, ALMOST LIKE MARRIAGE VOWS IN THE VOTING COMMUNITY. AMONGST CANDIDATES AND AMONGST VOTERS. BUT IT SEEMS AS IF IN BOYNTON BEACH VOWS HAVE BEEN MADE TO CERTAIN PEOPLE AND CANDIDATES. AND SOMEHOW THE PROMISES AND THE VOWS ARE BEING BROKEN. IT IS OUTRAGEOUS WHEN YOU COME TO A CITY SUCH AS THIS WHERE THERE IS TURMOIL GOING ON ATTACKING A BLACK WOMAN BASED OFF OF, BASED OFF OF, HMM. POLITICAL PLOYS. THE WORD THAT I WANT TO USE. IS UNACCEPTABLE. TO FIRE FOUR OTHER EMPLOYEES THAT WERE ALSO BLACK WOMEN, IS OUTRAGEOUS. THERE'S A SAYING THAT THERE IS SOMETHING NOT JUST WRONG IN DENMARK BUT THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG IN FACT IN BOYNTON BEACH. WHEN YOU HAVE BIAS INVESTIGATIONS GOING ON, AND PEOPLE WHO ARE A PART OF THAT INVESTIGATION STILL KEEP THEIR JOBS. YOU MUST UNDERSTAND THAT WE THE PEOPLE HAVE A VOICE, AND WE HAVE POWER. AND SO I AM ASKING THE CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH TO RIGHT THEIR WRONGS. UNLESS WE WILL HAVE A TRUE MOVEMENT COME HERE TO BOYNTON BEACH. I WILL LET IT BE KNOWN THAT I HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH DOJ AND SOME OF MY FRIENDS UP THERE TO ISSUE AN INVESTIGATION IN BOYNTON BEACH BECAUSE WHERE THERE IS ONE SET OF CORRUPTION, THERE IS AN UNDERLAY OF CORRUPTION. AND SO IF WE'RE GOING TO PULL THE CAT ALL THE WAY OUT OF THE BAG, WE MIGHT AS WELL GO TO THE TOP AND LET THE CAT COME ALL THE WAY OUT OF THE BAG. AS TO THE NONSENSE AND TO THE CORRUPTION AND TO THE PLOYS THAT HAVE BEEN GOING ON IN BOYNTON BEACH FOR QUITE SOMETIME. SO DON'T GET COMFORTABLE WHERE YOU ARE. DON'T GET COMFORTABLE WITH WHAT YOU'RE DOING. >> MAYOR: ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, SIR, YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] ALL RIGHT. YOU ARE THE LAST PERSON IN THE ROOM, MR. Mc-- SO PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM AND BEGIN WHEN YOU'RE READY. >> YOU KNOW MY NAME. >> GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. OH, GOOD. GOOD EVENING. CAN YOU TURN THE VOLUME UP ON THIS? GOOD EVENING. HI. ERNEST MIG NOTEY I LIVE AT 710 NORTHWEST 7th STREET HARBOR INLET. VERY CRIMINAL PLACE I LIVE IN, DANGEROUS, FIRE HAZARDS, I'VE ACTUALLY HAD THE POLICE COME THERE AND FALSELY ARREST ME ACCORDING TO A SUPERIOR COURT JUDGE AND THE PROSECUTOR JAIL ME WRONGFULLY, PUT MY MUG SHOT ALL OVER THE WORLD, AND THEN THEY'VE DONE IT TO OTHER PEOPLE AND THEN THEY CONTINUE TO COME IN THESE MEETINGS OR WHEREVER I GO AND HARASS ME. IF I'M RECORDING OR DOING A PRESS COVERAGE OF CITY CORRUPTION, THE POLICE COME UP TO ME. THEY SURROUND ME. THEY BANG ON MY WINDOWS. THEY THREATEN ME. THEY TELL ME I CAN'T BE OUT. THEY'RE GOING TO ARREST ME AGAIN. OVER AND OVER AGAIN. AND LOOK AT THE LAUREN SCRAMKO CASE, LOOK AT WHAT THIS POLICE FORCE DID WITH THE SWAT TEAM AT THIS HOUSE AND LOOK AT WHAT THE JUDGE RULED IN HIS CASES AND MY CASE. BOTH FULLY DISMISSED. AND THESE POLICE CITY EMPLOYEES ARE GOING AROUND TELLING PEOPLE OH, WE NEVER CEPT YOU A LETTER THAT YOU CAN'T CALL THE NON-EMERGENCY POLICE LINE. OH, WE NEVER DID THAT. I DON'T KNOW -- REALLY? BUT I HAVE THE LETTER AND IT'S ALWAYS COMES AS A THREAT. YOU REPORT CRIME IN BOYNTON BEACH, WE'RE GOING TO CHARGE YOU CRIMINALLY. WE'RE GOING OO ARREST YOU AGAIN. AND WE'RE GOING TO SUE YOU CIVILLY. WE'RE GOING TO BANKRUPT YOU AND THEN THEY SEND THE POLICE TO MY HOUSE. OVER AND OVER, 6, 8, 10 OF THEM BANGING ON MY DOOR, COME OUT, COME OUT, YOU TERRORIST. ARE YOU KIDDING ME AND YOU ARE KIDDING ME, RIGHT? ARE YOU KIDDING ME? AND ARE YOU GOING TO GO AGAINST WHAT THE PROSECUTOR AND THE JUDGE RULED IN THE TWO CASES? ARE YOU GOING TO SAY OH, OH, POLICE, FALSE ARREST, FALL IMPRISONMENT. LIFE ENDANGERMENT. LOOK, YOU KNOW, I LOVE HOW THIS DAIS THEY LAUGH. THEY THINK EVERYTHING'S FUNNY. YOU THINK EVERYTHING'S FUNNY. INVOLVED IN CRIMINAL ACTIVITY IN THIS CITY, AND WHEN I HEAR PEOPLE COME UP HERE AND SAY THAT EVERYBODY ON THIS DAIS SHOULD RESIGN, THAT'S NO JOKE, YOU KNOW. THAT'S NO JOKE. WHAT YOU'RE DOING TO FAIR, GOOD PEOPLE IN THIS CITY IS FRIGHTENING, AND BEYOND BELIEF. AND YOU CAN'T STOP WITH THE VIOLENCE, AND YOU'RE USING THIS POLICE FORCE TO INFLICT FEAR AND VIOLENCE ON PEOPLE. CAN I GET AN EXTRA 10 MINUTES? HOW ABOUT -- >> MAYOR: ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO M MOVE ON NOW TO THOSE ONLINE PUBLIC COMMENT SPEAKERS. LET ME DOUBLE CHECK MY SCREEN. SEEING NO ONE ONLINE, PUBLIC COMMENT IS NOW CLOSED. WE'RE GOING TO PROCEED TO THE REST OF THE AGENDA. THERE IS NOTHING UNDER ADMINISTRATIVE, SO WE'RE GOING TO GO TO CONSENT AGENDA. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT CONSENT. WOULD MY COLLEAGUES LIKE TO PULL ANYTHING UNDER CONSENT AGENDA? I DON'T -- I THINK YOU MAY HAVE MENTIONED SOMETHING, COMMISSIONER HAY. I WASN'T SURE IF THIS CONSENT OF THE NEXT ONE. WE'LL WAIT A MOMENT IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO. >> OKAY. I WOULD LIKE TO PULL WHAT IS IT, 6B. >> MAYOR: 6B IS YOUR REQUEST. >> YES. >> MAYOR: OKAY. ANY OTHER REQUESTED ITEMS TO BE PULLED FOR MY COLLEAGUES, VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONER CRUZ? ALL RIGHT. SO WE'LL ADDRESS THAT IN A MOMENT. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE REMAINDER OF CONSENT AGENDA? >> MOTION TO APPROVE. . >> MAYOR: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER KELLEY S THERE A SECOND? FROM COMMISSIONER CRUZ. IT WAS 6B. ALL RIGHT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE REMAINDER OF CONSENT AGENDA, SAY AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? THE AYES HAVE IT, MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. SO NOW WE'RE GOING TO ADDRESS ITEM 6B, WHICH IS PROPOSED RESOLUTION R24-041. IT SAYS APPROVE AND AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR TO SIGN THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CRA AND THE CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH REGARDING CIRCUIT TRANSIT INC. FOR THE BBCRA PILOT RIDE SHARE PROGRAM. COMMISSIONER HAY, WHAT WAS YOUR QUESTION ABOUT THIS ITEM. >> JUST WANTED TO -- >> MAYOR: ONE SECOND. COULD WE CLOSE THE DOOR, PLEASE? THANK YOU SO MUCH. GO AHEAD, COMMISSIONER. >> I JUST WANTED THOSE, THIS PROGRAM IS COMING UP VERY SOON, AND I WANTED TO, WANTED THEM TO, I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THIS TO TALK ABOUT THE NUMBER OF VEHICLES BECAUSE I'M GETTING QUESTIONED ABOUT IT, AND MENTION THE KIND OF VEHICLES AND THE OF THE LIMITATIONS TO IT. TO THE PUBLIC ABOUT THIS, THE, THE CIRCUIT TRANSIT PILOT RIDE PROGRAM. THEY ARE JUST FOR THE RECORD, TELLING, WHEN IT'S GOING TO GET STARTED, THE NUMBER OF VEHICLES, AND HOW IT WILL WORK, AND 25 WORDS, THE READER' DIGEST VERSION. >> MAYOR: WHO DO WE HAVE FROM STAFF WHO CAN DISCUSS THIS ITEM? >> MR. TEMBLE. COME ON DOWN. >> MAYOR: SO IF I UNDERSTOOD YOU, CORRECTLY, COMMISSIONER, YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A BRIEF OVERVIEW. >> YES, YES. >> MAYOR: OKAY. >> GOOD EVENING, ADAM TEMBLE, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGE MANAGER. CAUGHT ME OFF GUARD. SORRY ABOUT THAT. LET ME GRAB THE ITEM. >> SO THIS IS A, THIS IS A CRA ITEM. I KNOW THAT MOST OF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH IT. AS IT'S COME BEFORE THE CRA BOARD. IT'S AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN US AND THE CRA FOR MICROMOBILITY CIRCULATOR IN THE CRA DISTRICT. ON THE 18th, COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO, THE CRA BOARD APPROVED THE CONTRACT WITH CIRCUIT, WHICH IS A PILOT RIDE SHARING PROGRAM THAT WILL PROVIDE ALL ELECTRIC ON DEMAND TRANSPORTATION SERVICES WITHIN THE CRA BOUNDARY. AS YOU CAN SEE UP ON YOUR SCREEN. IT DOES INCLUDE TWO ROUTES. ONE OF THEM IN THE LIGHT BLUE, AND THE OTHER ONE THAT GOES TO IN THE SHADED GREEN THAT GOES TO THE BEACH. THE CITY'S, THE CITY'S BUDGETED $60,000 -- APPROXIMATELY $60,000 TO COVER OUR PORTION OF THE ROUTE, WHICH GOES TO THE OCEAN OUTSIDE THE CRA BOUNDARY. DO YOU HAVE ANY PARTICULAR QUESTIONS ON THE AGREEMENT THAT YOU WOULD LIKE ME TO GO OVER? >> THAT PORTION THAT'S OUTSIDE THE CRA DISTRICT, DO YOU HAVE A FEEL FOR HOW MUCH THAT'S GOING TO COST US? WHERE YOU MAY OR MAY NOT BUT IT WILL COST US EXTRA. >> WELL, WE BUDGED. >> THAT GREEN AREA. >> WE BUDGETED 60,000 FOR THIS. >> FOR THE WHOLE THING? >> YES AND OUR PORTION IS THE SECTION, THE ROUTE THAT GOES OUTSIDE THE CRA BOUNDARY. >> WILL THERE BE TIPS COLLECTED BY THE TRANSIT, I MEAN, THE CIRCUIT COMPANY? YOU KNOW LIKE IF YOU WANT TO GIVE AN EXTRA, SOMEBODY MAY WANT TO GIVE $5 TO THE DRIVER OR SOMETHING. IS THAT GOING TO BE ANY FROWN ITING ON THAT? -- FROWNING ON THAT. >> I APOLOGIZE BUT I COULDN'T GIVE YOU THE SPECIFICS SINCE I DIDN'T NEGOTIATE THE CONTRACT. >> OKAY AND WE'RE STARTING WITH TWO SMALL AND TWO LARGE, CORRECT? >> YES. >> AND WHEN IS THIS GOING TO START? THE PROGRAMMING. >> GREAT QUESTION. >> ANDREW, DO YOU REMEMBER? >> YEAH, I BELIEVE THAT IN YOU KNOW THIS IS A CRA PILOT PROJECT BEING DONE BY THE CRA AND OUR PARTICIPATION IS REALLY FINANCIAL AT THIS POINT. BUT WHAT I RECALL IS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO STALL THE CHARGING STATIONS ON THE NORTH LOT I THINK IN MARCH-APRIL AND SHOULD BE STARTING SOMETIME AROUND THE END OF MAY, APRIL-MAY. >> SO WE ADIN THREE NEW CHARGE STATIONS ON SEACREST -- >> I BELIEVE FOUR TOTAL. YEAH, THOSE ARE SPECIFICALLY GOING TO BE USED FOR THE CIRCUIT VEHICLES TO CHARGE. >> OKAY. AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT IF THERE'S A GROUP, THE ONE PERSON PAYS $2, AND THE REST OF THE PARTY PAYS $1. >> THAT IS CORRECT. >> THOSE FUNDINGS WILL BE COLLECTED BY -- >> THOSE WILL BE DONE THROUGH THE APP THROUGH THE RIDE SHARE APP THROUGH CIRCUIT. AND THEY'LL COLLECT THOSE FUNDS, THEY'LL GETO THE COMPANY OFFSET THE COST OF THE VEHICLES AND THE COST OF THE CRA. >> SO THEY WOULD COLLECT THOSE FUNDS AND LET US KNOW HOW MUCH WAS COLLECTED? >> YES, SIR. >> THEN WE BACK FILL THE DIFFERENCE OR SOMETHING? >> CORRECT, YES, AND ADDITIONALLY THE ADVERTISING, THEY DO ADVERTISE ON THE VEHICLES AS WELL, AND SOME OF THAT WILL OFFSET THE COST TO THE RESIDENTS AS WELL. >> OKAY. WILL, OKAY, JUST IN THE CRA DISTRICT. ARE THERE ANY PLANS, AND HOW IN THE FUTURE, THAT WE MAY GO OUTSIDE THE CRA DISTRICT, IS THAT, IN THE MAKING, AND THE THOUGHT PATTERN. >> YES, SIR. SO WE HAVE LOOKED AT IT, HENCE ONE OF THE REASON WHY WE'RE SUPPORTING THIS PILOT PROJECT WITH THE CRA. THIS IS A NEW VENDOR WE'VE NEVER DONE BUSINESS WITH THIS VENDOR AND I KNOW THAT THEY ARE REPUTABLE AND HAVE DONE BUSINESS IN ALL OF SOUTH FLORIDA. ONCE WE GET THE PROGRAM STARTED AND WE SEE THE BENEFITS AND ACTUAL FRUIT OF THE LABORS, THEN WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT POSSIBLY MOVING THAT OUT WEST, POSSIBLY TO THE TRI-RAIL STATION OR EVEN OUT TO THE CONGRESS CORRIDOR TO GIVE PEOPLE A ROUTE OUT WEST AS WELL. >> THAT'S THE REASON FOR MY ASKING, I'VE BEEN ASKED WILL IT GO TO THE MALL FOR EXAMPLE. AND. >> AT THIS TIME IT WON'T BUT I THINK. >> AT THIS TIME IT WON'T BUT MAYBE IN THE FUTURE? WE SEE SUCCESS IN THE PROGRAM AND THE MONEY COMES IN AS THEY PROPOSED, I DO BELIEVE THAT THAT'S SOMETHING WE WILL LOOK AT IN FUTURE UPCOMING BUDGETS, POTENTIALLY NEXT FISCAL YEAR, HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE ENOUGH DATA THAT WE CAN INCLUDE MONEY TO EXPAND THE ROUTE OUT WEST TO CONGRESS. >> SO WHAT I HEAR AS WE COLLECT MORE DATA WE'RE GOING TO FINE TUNE IT TO MAKE THOSE TYPES OF ADJUSTMENTS. >> YES BUT WE DO ANTICIPATE BRINGING BACK SOMETHING TO THE COMMISSION WITH THE BUDGET AS A PART OF THE BUDGET TO POTENTIALLY EXPAND THIS OUTWEST TO CONGRESS AND TRI-RAIL. >> OKAY. WILL THERE BE ADA TYPE ASSISTANCE? >> YEAH, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THEY'LL HAVE FOUR VEHICLES, I BELIEVE TWO OF THEM ARE GEM CARS AND THEN TWO OF THEM ARE ADA ACCESSIBLE VEHICLES. >> OKAY. I'M GOOD. >> MAYOR: ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER HAY. IF THERE IS NOTHING ELSE FROM MY COLLEAGUES MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 6B. WIEBE A MOTION -- WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER KELLEY AND I HEARD A SECOND FROM -- ALL RIGHT, I GUESS YOU BOTH MADE THE MOTION AT THE SAME TIME. LET THE RECORD REFLECT THE MOTION WAS MADE BY COMMISSIONER HEY, THE SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER KELLEY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 6B, SAY AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NO. THE AYES HAVE IT, MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE'RE MOVING ONTO CONSENT BIDS AND PURCHASES OVER $100,000. ARE THERE ANY ITEMS THAT MY COLLEAGUES WOULD LIKE TO PULL UNDER THIS CATEGORY? ALL RIGHT. NO REQUEST. MOTION TO APPROVAL. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE. CONSENT BIDS AND PURCHASES OVER 100K. IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT MOTION? >> SECOND. >> MAYOR: OKAY. WE HAVE A SECOND IN COMMISSIONER HEY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION TO APPROVE CONSENT BIDS AND PURCHASES, SAY AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NO. THE AYES HAVE IT, MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. >> GIVING YOU A CHANCE TO THINK. YOU LOOKED LIKE YOU WERE THINKING ABOUT IT. >> MAYOR: YOU CAN ALWAYS SECOND FOR DISCUSSION, GUYS. WE'RE MOVING ONTO THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE. DID I SKIP ANYTHING, IS THAT RIGHT? THAT'S CORRECT. SECTION 8A A PROPOSED ORDINANCE. >>   REPEALING ORDINANCE NUMBER 37, NUMBER 47, AND NUMBER 136 AND ANY AMENDMENTS THEREAFTER WHICH ESTABLISH AND REVISE SEGREGATION IN THE CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH, PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS, SEVERABILITY, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE. >> MAYOR: ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE'VE ALREADY DISCUSSED THIS. AND IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE, ANY CHANGES? >> THERE HAS BEEN NO CHANGES. >> MAYOR: NO CHANGES. >> WE SHOULD ALLOW PUBLIC HEARING THOUGH. >> MAYOR: YES, WE WILL DO THAT. ANY QUESTIONS FROM MY COLLEAGUES? HEARING NONE S THERE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM. PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM. THIS IS ITEM A8. OKAY. SEEING NO ONE APPROACHING THE PODIUM S THERE ANYBODY ONLINE? I DON'T SEE ANYBODY ONLINE WITH THAT PUBLIC COMMENTS IS NOW CLOSED. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 8A? >> SO MOVED. >> MAYOR: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER KELLEY AND A SECOND FROM VICE MAYOR TURKIN. I THINK THAT MAY HAVE BEEN YOU FIRST. ALL RIGHT. LET'S DO THE ROLL CALL VOTE. >>> COMMISSIONER KELLEY. >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER HAY. >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER CRUZ. >> YES. >> VICE MAYOR TURKIN. >> YES. >> MAYOR PENSERGA. >> MAYOR: YES. >> THE VOTE IS 5-0. >> MAYOR: ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THAT CONCLUDES THAT ITEM. WE'RE MOVING ONTO ITEM 9A, IT SAYS DISCUSS RESCHEDULING OR CANCELING THE MARCH 19th, 2024, COMMISSION MEETING DUE TO THE MARCH 19th PRIMARY ELECTION STAFF WOULD LIKE FOR THE COMMISSION TO CONSIDER RESCHEDULING OR CANCELING THE MARCH 19th COMMISSION MEETING. LET'S TURN NOW TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. LET'S BEGIN WITH COMMISSIONER CRUZ. >> GO AHEAD. >> WE'LL GO AROUND THE DAIS. >> SO THEN THAT MEANS OUR NEXT MEETING WOULD BE IN APRIL. >> MAYOR: CAN SOMEBODY DOUBLE CHECK THAT? YES, BUT WHAT DAY IN APRIL? >> APRIL 2nd I BELIEVE. >> MAYOR: APRIL 2nd. >> 2nd. >> I'M OKAY WITH THAT. >> MAYOR: WHAT'S YOUR THOUGHTS, VICE MAYOR? >> YEAH, I'M OKAY. SO I GUESS WE WOULD CONSOLIDATE MARCH 19th TO APRIL 2nd? >> YEAH, I'M OKAY WITH THAT. BEFORE I FORGET, MAYOR YOU HAD BROUGHT SOMETHING UP LIKE I DON'T KNOW LAST SUMMER ABOUT HAVING A LEGISLATIVE BREAK DURING THE SUMMER. I'M GOING TO ASK CHAT WE BRING THAT BACK -- ASK THAT WE BRING THAT BACK UP AND IF WE CAN GET CONSENSUS TO HAVE CITY STAFF WORK ON THAT. I HAD YOU KNOW A DIFFERENCE IN OPINION LAST TIME BUT I THINK IT IS A GOOD IDEA TO -- >> MAYOR: HOW ABOUT WE PUT THAT FOR FUTURE DISCUSSION FOR OUR NEXT MEETING. >> PERFECT, YEP. >> MAYOR: SO THIS WAY WE WILL COME BACK HAVING REVIEWED SCHEDULES AND PLANS AND FIND SOMETHING GOOD FOR ALL OF US. >> DO WE HAVE CONSENSUS ON THAT, MAYOR? >> MAYOR: YES, D WE DO FOR HAVING A DISCUSSION NEXT MEETING. WE WILL HASH OUT THE DETAILS OF WHEN'S GOOD FOR EVERYBODY. YOU HAVE NO OBJECTIONS TO MOVING FORWARD WITH APRIL? OKAY. COMMISSIONER HAY AND COMMISSIONER KELLEY, YOUR THOUGHTS. >> THAT BEING SPRING BREAK AND EVERYTHING, I SAY CANCEL THAT APRIL 2nd IS FINE WITH ME. >> MAYOR: OKAY. ALL RIGHT. >> THAT'S FINE. I HAVE NO, I WAS FINE EITHER WAY, SO THAT'S FINE. >> YEAH. MY PREFERENCE WOULD'VE BEEN TO JUST RESCHEDULE BUT NOT THE END OF THE WORLD. >> 19th CANCELED. >> MAYOR: 19th IS CANCELED. OKAY. AND WE WILL JUST PROCEED WITH THE NEXT AVAILABLE COMMISSION MEETING, OR NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING WHICH WOULD BE APRIL 2nd. ALL RIGHT. LET ME WRITE THAT DOWN. >> MAYOR, LET'S HAVE A MOTION, YES, PLEASE. >> MOTION TO APPROVE. >> SECOND. >>> CAN WE CLARIFY THE MOTION, THE MOTION IS TO CANCEL -- >> MOTION TO CANCEL THE MARCH 19th, 2024, MEETING AND TO COMBINE THOSE ITEMS INTO THE APRIL 2nd, 2024, MEETING,. >> SO MOVED. >> OKAY. IS THERE A SECOND? IS THERE A SECOND? DOES THIS REQUIRE PUBLIC COMMENT? OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, SAY AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NO. THE AYES HAVE IT. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THAT CONCLUDES 9A. 9B. >> WE ALREADY DID THAT. >> MAYOR: WE'VE ALREADY DONE THAT SO WE HAVE CUPCLUDED EVERYTHING. WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE CLOSING COMMENTS. IF NOT I WOULD LIKE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION TO ADJOURN, AYE. HAVE A GOOD NIGHT EVERYONE.