>> MAYOR: ALL RIGHT. LET'S TAKE OUR SEATS. THIS MEETING IS CALLED TO ORDER. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE, AND WELCOME TO THE CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH CITY COMMISSION MEETING. TODAY IS TUESDAY FEBRUARY 6th, 2024. AND THE TIME IS NOW 6:00 P.M. BEFORE WE PROCEED, I'D LIKE TO REMIND ALL THOSE IN ATTENDANCE IN PERSON AND ONLINE THAT THE RULES OF CIVILITY AND DECORUM WILL BE ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH OUR CITY'S DECORUM ORDINANCE. THAT MEANS THAT OFFICIALS MUST FIRST BE ADDRESSED BY ME, THE CHAIR OF THIS MEETING, AND NOT INTERRUPT ANY OTHER SPEAKER. PUBLIC COMMENTS MUST BE ADDRESSED TO THE WHOLE COMMISSION AS A BODY AND NOT TO ANY PARTICULAR INDIVIDUAL ON THE DAIS OR IN THE AUDIENCE. INSULTS, PERSONAL ATTACKS AND SIMILAR ACTS ARE STRICTLY PROHIBITED. PHYSICAL DEMONSTRATIONS LIKE STAMPING OF FEET OR YELLING ARE STRICTLY PROHIBITED. WE DON'T DO YELLING. DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIORS WILL RECEIVE A WARNING AND SHOULD DISRUPTIONS PERSIST, YOU MAY BE ASKED TO LEAVE THIS MEETING. AND IF YOU ARE ASKED TO LEAVE, YOU WILL NOT BE READMITTED. ALL RIGHT. I'M GOING TO TURN NOW TO OUR MADAM CLERK. IF YOU COULD PLEASE BEGIN THE ROLL CALL. >> MAYOR PENSERGA. >> MAYOR: HERE. >> VICE MAYOR TURKIN. >> PRESENT. >> COMMISSIONER CRUZ. >> HERE. >> COMMISSIONER HAY. >> HERE. >> COMMISSIONER KELLEY. >> HERE. >> MAYOR, YOU HAVE A QUORUM. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU, MAYLEE. YOUR INVOCATION WILL BE LED BY BOB BENDER OF CHRIST FELLOWSHIP CHURCH IN BOYNTON BEACH. IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE LED BY ME. LET'S ALL STAND FOR THE INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. >> HEAVENLY FATHER, THANK YOU FOR LIFE. I THANK YOU FOR THE GIFT THAT WE HAVE OF BEING HERE TODAY, OF BEING BLESSED IN THE WAY THAT YOU ARE MOVING IN EACH OF OUR LIVES. BUT WE PRAY, LORD, THAT YOU WOULD GIVE WISDOM AND DISCERNMENT TO THIS MEETING AND THE GOVERNANCE OF THIS MUNICIPALITY. WE THANK YOU, GOD, FOR THE PEOPLE THAT YOU HAVE POSITIONED AND ASK THAT YOU WOULD CONTINUE TO BE ABLE TO STRENGTHEN THEM, ENCOURAGE THEM AND FILL THEM WITH YOUR GUIDANCE. AND, LORD, AS ALL THE DISH COMPLEXITIES OF CARING FOR A MUNICIPALITY LIKE THIS COME TOGETHER, MAY THEY HAVE A UNIQUE INSIGHT AND A UNITY OF VISION AND AS A CITY, MAY BOYNTON BEACH BE KNOWN FOR ITS LOVE AND ITS KINDNESS AND STRENGTH FOR ONE ANOTHER. MAY YOU CONTINUE TO TEACH US HOW TO LOVE LIKE YOU DO WITH AN OPEN HEART AND OPEN HANDS TO US. WE LOVE YOU AND WE PRAISE YOU. WE PRAY THIS IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN. >> All: I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU, EVERYONE. WE ARE GOING TO TURN TO CORRECTIONS AND DELETIONS AND ADDITIONS TO THE AGENDA. I WILL TURN TO MS. LAMB. YOU NOTED THERE MAY BE A SCRIVENER'S ERROR IN ONE OF THE ITEMS. >> THANK YOU, MAYOR. THERE WAS A SCRIVENER'S ERROR ON 7D IN THE RESOLUTION, SO WE ARE STRIKING WITH A FROM THE RESOLUTION AND THAT HAS BEEN CORRECTED AND PLACED ON THE RESOLUTION IN PLACE OF THE ERRONEOUS RESOLUTION. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU. DID MY COLLEAGUES HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT ITEM? I SEE NO OBJECTIONS TO THAT UPDATE. WE'RE GOING TO TURN NOW TO COMMISSIONER KELLEY, IF YOU HAVE YOU IN ADDITIONS, DELETIONS OR CORRECTIONS. >> NO, MAYOR, THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: COMMISSIONER HAY. >> NONE FOR ME. >> MAYOR: VICE MAYOR. >> I HAD A COUPLE. I WANTED TO MOVE UP 9A UNTIL AFTER 3D. WE DO HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE HERE, SO I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL REGARDING COMMUNITY STANDARDS TO SEE THAT UPDATE SINCE WE TYPICALLY DON'T HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE. I THINK IT WILL BE HELPFUL FOR THE COMMUNITY. I'D ALSO LIKE TO ADD ON FUTURE AGENDA ITEM DISCUSSION ON INFRASTRUCTURE. AND SPECIFICALLY IN THE ROAD PAVING, I KNOW WE HAVE HAD A LOT OF ROAD PAVING PROJECTS DONE, YOU KNOW, IN THE WEST SIDE. WE'RE GETTING STARTED IN THE EAST SIDE. AND IT'S BEEN A BIG HIT AND I KNOW A LOT OF ROADS HAVE BEEN NEGLECTED FOR YEARS AND YEARS. SO I WANT TO LOOK AT WHAT WE CAN DO AS FAR AS THE BUDGET AMENDMENT GOES TO FIND THE FUNDS TO LOOK AT OUR INFRASTRUCTURE BECAUSE THESE ROADS ARE LONG OVERDUE, SPECIFICALLY SEACREST ESTATES, SOUTHWEST 8th. I KNOW THAT THERE'S A PROJECT THERE. AND THEN OBVIOUSLY THE CHAPEL HILL NEIGHBORHOOD, THERE'S A PHASED PROJECT. SO I WANT TO GET THAT ON THE AGENDA BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO, YOU KNOW, DO SOMETHING ABOUT THESE NEGLECTED ROADS. THANKS. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR. >> I HAVE ONE MORE THING, TOO. >> MAYOR: GO AHEAD. >> ALSO, I BROUGHT UP AT THE MEETING QUITE SOMETIME AGO IN REFERENCE TO THE PLANNED HOTEL SITE WE HAVE HERE ON OCEAN AVENUE. I KNOW THERE WAS A STUDY DONE TO ADD THAT AS A DISCUSSION ON WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO THERE. I KNOW IT'S PLANNED FOR A HOTEL. I HAVE MADE MY POSITION CLEAR ON THAT, SO I WANT TO ADD THAT AS AN AGENDA ITEM. AND THEN I ALSO WANT TO ADD, YOU KNOW -- I JUST WANT TO THANK ALL THE PARENTS FOR COMING OUT TONIGHT AND GIVE MY SINCERE APOLOGIES FOR THE SITUATION AT HAND HERE. AND JUST LET YOU GUYS KNOW, MY HEART GOES OUT FOR YOU. AND, YOU KNOW, THANK YOU FOR SHOWING UP. >> MAYOR: ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR. CITY MANAGER, BEFORE YOU CHIME IN -- I SEE YOU WANT TO CHIME IN. I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE GOT EVERY BIT OF YOUR REQUEST. THE FIRST THING I HEARD WAS MOVING UP ITEM 9A. THIS IS THE COMMUNITY STANDARDS DEPARTMENT PRESENTATION TO AFTER ALL OF THE ANNOUNCEMENTS, MAKING IT 3E. RIGHT? >> YES, THAT'S CORRECT. >> MAYOR: DID I HAVE ANY CONSENSUS ON THAT? DOES ANYBODY OBJECT TO THAT CHANGE? I SEE NO OBJECTION, SO WE'LL MOVE THAT. ROAD PAVING DISCUSSION, HOTEL SITE DISCUSSION, I HAVE NO PERSONAL OBJECTIONS TO THAT. DO I HAVE ANYTHING FROM MY COLLEAGUES? LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE CONSENSUS TO HAVE ALL THOSE ITEMS ADDED. NOW, CITY MANAGER, WHEN HE BROUGHT UP THE ROAD PAVING ITEM, IT LOOKED LIKE YOU WANTED TO SAY SOMETHING. DO YOU WANT TO CHIME IN? >> YES, MAYOR. THIS IS AN ADDITIONAL FUNDS INTO WHAT WE HAD ALREADY BUDGETED BECAUSE I KNOW THE VICE MAYOR SAID A BUDGET AMENDMENT. WE WANT TO ALLOCATE IT. IS THERE A SPECIFIC MONETARY AMOUNT WE NEED TO LOOK FOR? IS THAT WHAT WE CAN KIND OF PRESENT? >> I THINK WE NEED A SCOPE OF WORK SPECIFICALLY FOR SEACREST ESTATES AND OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS IN THE CITY, YOU KNOW. I MEAN I DROVE BY SEACREST ESTATES THIS LAST WEEKEND AS A FOLLOW-UP FROM A FOREST PARK MEETING. AND THOSE ROADS ARE DILAPIDATED, YOU KNOW. WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE MOVING INTO THE CITY, A LOT OF YOUNG FAMILIES THAT ARE INVESTING IN OUR CITY. THEY ARE PURCHASING A HOUSE AT A HIGHER PROPERTY VALUE, WHICH MAKES THEIR TAX VALUE HIGHER. AND IT'S OUR JOB TO MAKE SURE THESE ROADS ARE PAVED AND SAFE. >> OKAY. WELL, WE CAN ADD IT FOR A DISCUSSION BECAUSE I'M SURE THERE'S OTHER ROADS IN OTHER DISTRICTS THAT PROBABLY WANT TO BE ADDRESSED. SO I UNDERSTAND. AND I'M GOING TO ECHO WHAT YOU SAID, ALL POSITIVE FEEDBACK BUT A LOT OF THE PAVING PROJECTS THAT THE CITY HAS DONE SPECIFICALLY FROM DISTRICT 4, A LOT OF GREAT FEEDBACK. BUT AS FAR AS THE HOTEL SITE, I JUST WANT -- ADAM, DO YOU WANT TO KIND OF CHIME IN HERE? DIDN'T WE SEND OUT FOR AN RFP FOR THAT SITE? >> GOOD EVENING, ADAM TEMPLE, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER. SO OUR STAFF DID SOLICIT SOME FEEDBACK AND INPUT FROM A COMMERCIAL BROKERAGE FOR THE TOWN SQUARE CITY PARCEL. OUR STAFF IS WORKING ON A PRESENTATION. WE'LL BE READY FOR THE TOWN SQUARE PROJECT WHICH WILL BE THE SECOND MEETING IN MARCH. WE WOULD BE AVAILABLE TO PRESENT IT AT THAT TIME, OUR FINDINGS, IF THAT WORKS. >> MAYOR: SECOND MEETING IN MARCH. >> SECOND MEETING IN MARCH. >> GOOD WITH EVERYONE ELSE, IT'S GOOD WITH ME. >> MAYOR: ALL RIGHT. I SAW YOUR HAND UP, COMMISSIONER KELLEY. DID YOU HAVE A COMMENT REGARDING THE REQUEST? >> VICE MAYOR TURKIN'S ITEMS REMINDED ME THAT I WAS LOOKING FOR A DISCUSSION AT A LATER DATE REGARDING OUR CIP PROJECTS AND KNOWING WHAT IS ON THERE, WHAT SHOULD BE ON THERE. AND THIS IS KIND OF A PERFECT SEGUE HAVING TO DO WITH WHAT ROADS ARE ON OUR CIP PLAN, WHERE ARE WE ON THAT CIP PLAN. SO MAYBE AS PART OF THAT, BRING THAT DISCUSSION BACK FORWARD TO TALK ABOUT PRIORITIZING OUR CIP, ADDING THOSE THINGS ON THERE THAT WERE DISCUSSED DURING SOME OF THE BOND CONVERSATIONS THAT WE HAD AND MAKING SURE THAT EVERYTHING -- ALL OF THE PROJECTS, ROAD, INFRASTRUCTURE, BUILDING IS ON OUR PLAN SO THAT WE KNOW HOW WE CAN PLAN AND BUDGET GOING FORWARD. >> MAYOR: ALL RIGHT. TO BE CLEAR, COMMISSIONER, YOU'RE ASKING FOR AN ITEM TO BE ADDED -- THE CIP DISCUSSION? >> YES, I HAD PREVIOUSLY TALKED ABOUT IT DURING THE BOND DISCUSSIONS, THAT I WANTED THAT TO BE A FUTURE AGENDA ITEM. >> MAYOR: IT'S NOT LISTED HERE? >> IT WAS NOT LISTED HERE, OKAY. >> IT MIGHT BE SOMETHING WE DO AS PART OF THE BUDGET PROCESS, BUT I WANTED TO HAVE STAFF -- REMIND STAFF THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT I WANTED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH -- IS MAKING SURE WHATEVER PROJECTS WE HAD ON OUR WISH LIST OR THAT WAS ON STAFF'S WISH LIST WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE BOND, THAT THEY MADE IT TO OUR CIP. AND THEN US, AS A COMMISSION, COULD THEN PRIORITIZE THAT CIP. SO IF THAT'S A DISCUSSION THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN, I FEEL LIKE BEFORE BUDGET, BUT AROUND THAT TIME AS WE MOVE FORWARD, THAT'S WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE HAPPEN. >> MAYOR: SOUNDS GOOD. IT IS A MUCH-NEEDED CONVERSATION. AND I SEE NO OBJECTIONS TO IT. I'LL LEAVE YOU AND THE CITY MANAGER TO FIGURE OUT THE EXACT DATE OF WHEN THAT CAN BE HAD. >> THANK YOU, MAYOR. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER HAY, I ALSO SAW YOUR HAND UP. >> YEAH, I AGREE WITH WHAT COMMISSIONER KELLEY IS BRINGING UP. I JUST WANTED US TO TAKE A LOOK AT THOSE CIP PROJECTS BEFORE WE LOCK IN ON ANY AMOUNT FOR ANYTHING ELSE, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KNOW WHERE WE ARE GOING AND WHAT'S AVAILABLE AND WHAT'S NOT AVAILABLE. SO THAT'S ALL I WANTED TO SAY -- JUST MOVE FORWARD WITH CAUTION. >> MAYOR: SOUNDS GOOD, THANK YOU SO MUCH, COMMISSIONER. I'M GOING TO TURN NOW TO COMMISSIONER CRUZ FOR ANY AGENDA AMENDMENTS OR REQUESTS. >> NO, I JUST WANTED TO ECHO THE SENTIMENTS REGARDING INFRASTRUCTURE. I KNOW THAT'S SOMETHING THE BOARD HAS TALKED ABOUT SEVERAL TIMES, INCLUDING DURING THE BOND DISCUSSIONS. AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I HAVE REQUESTED TO HAVE AT FUTURE MEETINGS AS WELL. IT APPEARS AS UTILITY INFRASTRUCTURE BUT I WAS REFERRING TO BOTH PAVING AND YOUTH. I DEFINITELY SUPPORT THAT. AND I DO NOT HAVE ANY MORE CHANGES OR ADDITIONS TO THE AGENDA TODAY. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER CRUZ. AS FOR ME, I RECEIVED A REQUEST FROM COU COUNSEL REGARDING ADDIA LEGAL UPDATE BEFORE PUBLIC AUDIENCE IF THERE'S NO OBJECTIONS TO THAT. IS THAT CORRECT, COUNSEL? >> THAT IS CORRECT. >> MAYOR: THIS WOULD BE RIGHT BEFORE PUBLIC AUDIENCE MAKING I. >> IS THIS SOMETHING THAT REQUIRES VOTING ON TONIGHT? >> MAYOR: MY UNDERSTANDING IS NO. SHE JUST WANTS TO MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT. >> IT'S JUST A LEGAL UPDATE. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: SO THAT IS ONE OF THE REQUESTS. THE OTHER REQUESTS I RECEIVED IS THE IDEA OF CREATING A SECOND PUBLIC COMMENT. AND THE IDEA WOULD BE TO HAVE THE FIRST PUBLIC COMMENT ALREADY ON THE AGENDA LIMITED TO 30 MINUTES. AND IF WE NEED MORE, THEN WE HAVE A SECOND PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD TOWARDS -- AFTER LEGAL. SO THAT IS A PROPOSAL THAT'S BEEN PUT FORWARD BY COUNSEL. IT IS AN OPTION. WE CAN LOOK INTO IT. WE DON'T HAVE TO. AND THERE MIGHT BE SOME OTHER OPTIONS, TOO, AS WELL, COUNSEL. ALL RIGHT. IS THERE CONSENSUS ON THAT? THANK YOU, EVERYBODY? >> CONSENSUS ON WHAT, LIMITING PUBLIC COMMENT TO 30 MINUTES? >> THE PEOPLE ARE HERE. LET THEM SPEAK. WE'RE NOT GOING TO LIMIT PUBLIC COMMENT. WE'RE GOING TO GIVE THEM THEIR FULL-TIME. WE HAVE PARENTS WHO HAVE SHOWN UP TAKING TIME OUT OF THEIR DAY TO SPEAK. >> I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND IT WAS GOING TO BE FOR TONIGHT. >> MAYOR: MY UNDERSTANDING, THIS IS THE PROPOSAL THAT'S BEEN PRESENTED. >> FOR TONIGHT? >> MAYOR: FOR TONIGHT. SO IT'S ONLY A PROPOSAL. AND EVERYONE WOULD STILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK, WE'RE JUST DIVIDING INTO TWO PORTIONS. COUNSEL, DID YOU WANT TO CHIME IN? VICE MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, ONE SECOND. >> MAYOR: WE STILL HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT WHERE IT IS ON THE AGENDA. LET'S TURN TO COUNSEL. THIS IS A SUGGESTION MADE BY THE OFFICE. >> WITH THE CITY BUSINESS THAT WE HAVE ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT, WE JUST DON'T WANT TO RUN THE RISK THAT WE DON'T HAVE TIME TO GET THE CITY BUSINESS DONE. WE'RE NOT TRYING TO TAKE AWAY FROM THE PUBLIC COMMENT. THERE ARE SEVERAL OPTIONS THERE. IF THERE IS ONE REPRESENTATIVE FROM EACH GROUP WHO IS WILLING TO SPEAK OR A FEW REPRESENTATIVES FROM EACH GROUP, THAT WAY PUBLIC COMMENT DOESN'T LAST TWO TO THREE HOURS. THE OTHER OPTION IS TO LIMIT THE AMOUNT OF TIME EACH SPEAKER HAS TO A MINUTE, MINUTE AND A HALF. THAT WAY WE COULD FIT MORE SPEAKERS IN FOR THE APPROPRIATE AMOUNT OF TIME. AND THEN THE OTHER OPTION IS TO DO 30 MINUTES OF PUBLIC COMMENT AND THEN IF THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO STILL WISH TO SPEAK AT THE END OF THE EVENING WE WOULD CERTAINLY GIVE EVERYONE THE OPPORTUNITY, THE FULL THREE MINUTES AT THAT TIME. >> MAYOR: ALL RIGHT. >> NEVER DONE THIS BEFORE. WHY ARE WE DOING THIS NOW? >> IT'S ACTUALLY PART OF OUR NEW PROCEDURES THAT WE ARE STARTING. IT HAS NOT BEEN PASSED. >> I HAVEN'T SEEN ANY PROCEDURES. >> BUT IT'S NOT INAPPROPRIATE. WE'RE STILL GIVING THE PUBLIC THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HEARD, BUT WE DO HAVE TO CONSIDER WHAT IS APPROPRIATE CITY BUSINESS AS WELL. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU, EVERYBODY. LISTEN, THAT WAS JUST A SUGGESTION. WE JUST NEED A YES OR A NO OR LET'S JUST GO AROUND THE DAIS. COMMISSIONER KELLEY, YOUR THOUGHTS SO WE CAN MOVE ON. >> I AM GOING TO PASS ON THIS FOR NOW BECAUSE THIS ISN'T A DISCUSSION THAT I WANT TO HAVE. >> MAYOR: OKAY. >> I'LL DEFER. >> MAYOR: ALL RIGHT. COMMISSIONER HAY. >> HERE'S WHERE I AM ON THIS. I FEEL THAT THE PARENTS HAVE COME OUT TO SPEAK AND THEY SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO SPEAK. I DO FEEL THAT -- [APPLAUSE] I DON'T NEED AN APPLAUD. I DO FEEL THAT THIS BOARD HAS THE OPTION -- IF WE FEEL IT HAS BEEN SUBSTANTIALLY LONG, THAT WE CAN VOTE WHETHER OR NOT TO MOVE IT TO THE END. BUT I DON'T THINK WE JUST OUGHT TO MAKE A BLANKET STATEMENT AT THIS 11th HOUR SINCE WE HAVE HAD ORDINANCES LIKE THIS BEFORE. BUT WE HAVE THE OPTION TO VOTE TO MOVE IT TO LATER ON IF WE FEEL THAT IT HAS GONE UNREASONABLY LONG. GIVE THEM THE THREE MINUTES. WHATEVER THEY WANT TO SAY, LET THEM SAY IT. AFTER WHATEVER THAT IS, WE FEEL THAT WE NEED TO MOVE THIS SO WE CAN MOVE THE AGENDA FOR THE CITY, THEN WE HAVE THE OPTION TO VOTE IT AT THE END AND PUT IT TO THE END. >> MAYOR: ALL RIGHT. >> THAT'S MY POSITION. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER. CLEARLY, THERE'S NO CONSENSUS SO WE'RE GOING TO REMAIN ON. WE ARE GOING TO REMAIN AS-IS. IF THERE'S NO OTHER AMENDMENT REQUEST ON THE AGENDA, MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA AS AMENDED? >> SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >> MAYOR: WE HAVE A MOTION COMMISSIONER KELLEY, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HAY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE AMENDED AGENDA SAY AYE. [AYES] ALL THOSE OPPOSED, SAY NO. THE AYES HAVE IT. LET'S MOVE TO INFORMATIONAL ITEMS BY MEMBERS OF THE CITY COMMISSION, BEGINNING ON MY RIGHT WITH COMMISSIONER CRUZ. INFORMATIONAL ITEMS. >> YES, MAYOR. I SPOKE WITH REPRESENTATIVES FROM BOTH PULTE AND GWI REGARDING ITEMS 8B, C. B AND C. >> SORRY, WE'RE GOING TO WAIT AND DO THE DISCLOSURES AT THE TIME OF PUBLIC HEARING, YES. >> MAYOR: WERE THERE ANY OTHER GENERAL INFORMATIONAL ITEMS YOU WANTED TO SHARE? >> NOTHING ELSE, THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER. VICE MAYOR, INFORMATIONAL ITEMS? >> NO. I ATTENDED THE FIRST FRIDAY THAT WAS A BIG HIT, COUPLE OF RIBBON CUTTINGS AT SUSHI-SUSHI BANG-BANG JUST WEST OF 95 THERE. THEY EXPANDED. I THINK THEY HAVE DOUBLE THE AMOUNT OF TABLES NOW. LOCAL BUSINESS, BEEN HERE FOR ABOUT 10 YEARS SO I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO GO SUPPORT. BUT OUTSIDE OF THAT, NOT UNTIL WE HAVE PUBLIC HEARING. THANKS. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR. COMMISSIONER HAY. >> YES. OVER THESE PAST THREE WEEKS, I HAVE BEEN VERY ACTIVE, SO BEAR WITH ME. ON JANUARY 22nd, WHICH WAS MONDAY, WE HAD THE SOUTH CENTRAL REGIONAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT AND DISPOSAL BOARD MEETING. ON JANUARY THE 22nd, I ATTENDED THE COMMUNITY MEETING IN DISTRICT 2 WITH THE COALITION OF CLERGY AND OTHER COMMUNITY MEMBERS. ON JANUARY 23rd, TUESDAY WE HAD A SPECIAL CEMETERY MEETING WITH THE CITY AND THE FUNERAL DIRECTORS IN THE LOCAL AREA. JANUARY 25th WAS THE MARKETING STRATEGY MEETING WITH THE CITY HERE TO PLAN OUT SOME STRATEGY FOR FUTURE. JANUARY 27th WAS THE SCHOOLHOUSE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM FAMILY FUN DAY WHICH WAS HELD IN CENTENNIAL PARK IN THE AMPHITHEATER. JANUARY 27th, WHICH IS SATURDAY NIGHT, WE HAVE WHAT WE CALL A NIGHT OF JOY WITH THE PARTICIPANTS FROM THE CITY AND THE UNITY COMMUNITY PROJECT, A LOT OF GOSPEL SINGING FROM 3:00 IN THE AFTERNOON UNTIL 8:00. KIND OF LONG. FEBRUARY THE 2nd, THE BOYNTON BEACH FIRE-RESCUE AWARDS CEREMONY WAS HELD AT CHRIST FELLOWSHIP CHURCH. I ATTENDED THAT. FEBRUARY THE 2nd, WHICH WAS A FRIDAY, WE HAD THE SUSHI BANG-BANG GRAND OPENING RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY. THAT WAS INTERESTING. YOU LEARN TO EAT DIFFERENT TYPES OF FOOD. FEBRUARY THE 2nd, WHICH WAS FRIDAY, WE HAD THE FIRST FRIDAY CELEBRATION HERE AT OUR AMPHITHEATER. AND ON FEBRUARY THE 3rd, SATURDAY I ATTENDED THE IMMORTAL CHAPLAINS SERVICE IN VETERANS MEMORIAL PARK WHICH WAS VERY WELL DONE. BY THE WAY, THEY MADE QUILTS FOR ALL THE PARTICIPANTS IN THAT PARTICULAR TIME FRAME. JANUARY THE 20th, I WAS HAPPY TO ATTEND THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY FIFTH BOYNTON BEACH, FLORIDA HIGHWAYMAN ART SHOW AND SALE. IT FEATURED SOME OF THE ORIGINAL ARTISTS AND THE SECOND GENERATION OF HIGHWAYMEN. NOW, JUST A FEW COUPLE MORE MINUTES. THIS MONTH THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY IS CONSIDERED BLACK HISTORY MONTH. I WANT TO SHARE SOME INFORMATION ABOUT THE FLORIDA HIGHWAYMEN THAT WAS JUST DONE BY OUR HISTORICAL SOCIETY COMMITTEE. THE HIGHWAYMEN ALSO REFERRED TO AS THE FLORIDA HIGHWAYMEN, ARE A GROUP OF 26 AFRICAN-AMERICANS WHICH DRAW LANDSCAPE ARTISTS IN FLORIDA. TWO OF THE ORIGINAL ARTISTS ARE HARRY NEWTON AND ALFRED HARE RECEIVED TRAINING FROM ALFRED BENNING BANKERS. IT IS BELIEVED THAT THESE PAINTERS HAVE A WORK OF OVER 200,000 PAINTINGS. THEY CHALLENGE MANY RACIAL AND CULTURAL BARRIERS. MOSTLY FROM THE FORT PIERCE AREA, THEY PAINTED LANDSCAPES AND MADE A LIVING SELLING THOSE PAINTINGS DOOR-TO-DOOR TO BUSINESSES AND INDIVIDUALS THROUGHOUT FLORIDA FROM THE MID 1950s THROUGH THE 1980s. THEY ALSO SOLD THOSE WORKS FROM THE TRUNKS OF THEIR CARS ALONG THE EASTERN COASTAL ROADS A1A AND U.S. 1. THE HIGHWAYMEN CREATED RELATIVELY INEXPENSIVE LANDSCAPE PAINTINGS USING CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL RATHER THAN TRADITIONAL ART SUPPLIES. AS NO GALLERIES WOULD ACCEPT THEIR WORK, THEY SOLD THEIR PAINTINGS IN TOWNS AND CITIES AND ALONG THE ROADSIDES THROUGHOUT FLORIDA. OFTEN THE PAINTINGS WERE STILL WET. THEY SOLD THEM OUT OF THEIR TRUNKS AND THEIR CARS. THEIR SUCCESS AND LONGEVITY IS REMARKABLE CONSIDERING THEY BEGAN THEIR CAREER IN THE RACIALLY UNSETTLED AND VIOLENT TIMES OF THE 1950s IN FLORIDA AND AMID THE CONDITION OF THE JIM CROW SOUTH WHERE THE STIRRING OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT WERE ONLY JUST BEGINNING. THEY HAVE BEEN CALLED THE LAST GREAT AMERICAN ARTIST MOVEMENT OF THE 20th CENTURY. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THIS IS A BRIEF SUMMARY ABOUT THE FLORIDA HIGHWAYMEN. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER. COMMISSIONER KELLEY. >> NO, MAYOR. MOST OF MY DISCLOSURES HAVE TO DO WITH PUBLIC -- WITH PUBLIC HEARING. I JUST DID WANT TO JUST ACKNOWLEDGE THE SCHOOLHOUSE MUSEUM HAD A VERY SUCCESSFUL FAMILY FUN DAY HERE. AND, YOU KNOW, THANK YOU TO THE SCHOOLHOUSE MUSEUM AND THE CITY STAFF FOR ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, DOING A GREAT JOB WITH PLANNING EVENTS FOR OUR CITY AND OUR RESIDENTS. SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU, EVERYBODY. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON NOW TO THE NEXT PORTION OF THE AGENDA WHICH IS ANNOUNCEMENTS, COMMUNITY AND SPECIAL EVENTS AND PRESENTATIONS. THE FIRST ITEM IS THE STATE OF EDUCATION REPORT BY DISTRICT 7 SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER EDWIN FERGUSON WHO IS HERE THIS EVENING. WE WANT TO WELCOME YOU AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. >> GOOD MORNING, MR. MAYOR. ^#. >> MAYOR: IS THE MIC ON? >> EVERYONE IN THEIR RESPECTIVE PLACES -- >> MAYOR: SERVICE MIC ON? >> IT IS. TESTING ONE, TWO, THREE. GOT ME NOW? SO AGAIN, I'M EDWIN FERGUSON, YOUR SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER FOR DISTRICT 7. IT RUNS FROM RIVIERA BEACH DOWN INTO DELRAY. IN DELRAY WE COVER THE AREAS BETWEEN 95 AND U.S. 1. SO AS I DID LAST YEAR, I'M HERE TO GIVE YOU ALL A REPORT ON THE PROGRESS OF THE SCHOOLS. THINGS THAT HOPEFULLY YOU, AS A COMMISSION, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY AS THE CITIZENRY CAN DO TO HELP MAKE SURE OUR STUDENTS' PERFORMANCE RATES IMPROVE. AND ALSO OFFER SOME TOOLS THAT THE STUDENTS, FAMILIES, CONCERNED CITIZENS CAN USE TO HELP ENSURE THE STUDENTS' PERFORMANCES IMPROVE HERE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THIS YEAR AND ALSO IN FUTURE YEARS TO COME. SO I'LL JUST ASK YOU TO -- OKAY. >> I SEE YOU'VE GOT THE RIGHT TEAM. >> THE MAIN THING I WANT TO FOCUS ON -- I WANT TO EXPEDITE THIS AND SPEAK ABOUT THE MUNICIPAL SCHOOLS' ACADEMIC RESULTS THE LAST FEW YEARS, ALSO THE INSTALLATION OF METAL DETECTORS AND ALSO THE PAPER ONLINE TUTORING BECAUSE I REALLY THINK THAT CAN BE A GAME CHANGER IN TERMS OF HELPING STUDENTS BRIDGE THE SHORTFALLS THEY MAY HAVE. FOR THOSE HOMES WHERE WE DON'T HAVE PARENTS WHO NATURALLY HAVE THE TIME TO HELP THE STUDENTS WITH HOMEWORK AT HOME, PAPER REALLY HELPS KIND OF -- I THINK IT IS A GAME CHANGER. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE MORE PARENTS AND MORE PEOPLE IN THE CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH ARE MADE AWARE. ANYBODY WANTS TO CRY FOR ME BEING A DOLPHINS FAN RIGHT NOW, I'LL TAKE YOUR SYMPATHY. >> YES, RIGHT ON. [LAUGHTER] >> HEY, COME ON. ALL RIGHT. SO LET'S START WITH KINDERGARTEN READINESS. AS MANY OF YOU KNOW -- AND ALSO -- I'M SORRY. ANYONE WHO WANTS A COPY OF MY SLIDE PACKAGE, YOU CAN JUST SCAN THAT QR CODE. I KNOW IT WILL BE AVAILABLE I'M SURE ON THE CITY WEBSITE OR I'M SURE THIS IS BEING RECORDED SO YOU ALL CAN LOOK AT IT AT A LATER TIME. I REALLY THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS EXACTLY WHAT INFORMATION I'M RELYING ON. SO I GUESS I'LL LOOK AT THIS ONE. YOU ALL ARE HYPERTECHY. THAT'S PRETTY COOL. SO LET'S GET TO THE KINDERGARTEN READINESS. SO I THINK THAT'S WHERE THE RUBBER MEETS THE ROAD. I'M OF THE BELIEF THAT CHILDREN WHO START BEHIND TEND TO STAY BEHIND AND THOSE WHO START AHEAD TEND TO STAY AHEAD. SO WHAT'S INTERESTING ABOUT BOYNTON BEACH, AT LEAST IN RELATION TO DISTRICT 7 SCHOOLS -- IS IT THE CORRECT ONE NOW? THE TOP? CAN I JUST THROW IT TO YOU? [LAUGHTER] >> JUST SAY NEXT SLIDE. LET HER DO IT. >> I'M GOING TO GET OUT OF YOUR HAIR. SO AS TO KINDERGARTEN READINESS, LIKE I SAID, THOSE WHO START AHEAD TEND TO STAY AHEAD. WHEN WE LOOK AT THE KINDERGARTEN READINESS SCORES HERE IN BOYNTON BEACH, A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT STICK OUT IS, ONE, YOU HAVE A NUMBER OF SCHOOLS THAT TEND TO MEANDER AT OR ABOVE THE DISTRICT AVERAGE, WHICH IS ONLY 46%. SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS ROUGHLY 54% OF OUR STUDENTS ARE NOT STARTING SCHOOL KINDERGARTEN READY. SOME OF THE THINGS WE LOOK TO CONSIDER KINDERGARTEN READINESS IS THE ACT TO RECOGNIZE THEIR NAME IN WRITING. WOODROW HAY, TY PENSERGA, FOR EXAMPLE, WHETHER YOU HOLD A PENCIL WITH THE ALLIGATOR HANDS VERSUS THE BASEBALL GRIP. NOT NECESSARILY COUNTING TO 100 BUT MAYBE 1 TO 50. DON'T QUOTE ME BUT THESE ARE THE BASIC METRICS, SOME OF THE BASIC METRICS TO DETERMINE IF A CHILD IS KINDERGARTEN READY. IT TROUBLES ME THAT SUCH A LARGE PERCENTAGE OF OUR CHILDREN ARE NOT KINDERGARTEN READY BECAUSE THESE THINGS ARE THINGS THAT I KNOW FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCE CAN BE MASTERED AT A VERY EARLY AGE. I'M THINKING OF AGE 2, NO LATER THAN 3 FOR SURE. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SO WHEN YOU ALL DOWNLOAD THIS SLIDE DECK, THESE BLUE HYPERLINKS, THEY GIVE YOU ACCESS TO A LOT OF DIFFERENT PROGRAMS THAT KINDERGARTENERS AND ACTUALLY FRANKLY 2 AND 3-YEAR-OLDS SHOULD BE USING IN PREPARATION FOR KINDERGARTEN. AND THEY ARE VERY EASY FOR THE PARENTS TO KIND OF MASTER AND USE WITH THEIR CHILDREN. SO I STRONGLY ENCOURAGE ANYONE WHO HAS A YOUNG CHILD AGES REALLY 2 THROUGH 4 TO MAKE USE OF THESE HYPERLINKS. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. AS FAR AS ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS, SO REALLY WE STARTED TESTING FOR ELA IN 3rd GRADE AND MOVE FORWARD THROUGH 5th GRADE. WHAT YOU SEE THERE IS WE HAVE ALL THE SCHOOLS IN BOYNTON. IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE JUST DISTRICT 7. SO I KIND OF BLEW THROUGH THIS. I APOLOGIZE. THE DISTRICT 7 SCHOOLS ARE POINCIANA, GALAXY ELEMENTARY, FOREST PARK ELEMENTARY, ROLLING GREEN ELEMENTARY. THE OTHER SCHOOLS ARE IN BOARD MEMBER ERICA WHITFIELD'S DISTRICT. BUT WHAT I'M HAPPY TO SAY THAT I HAVE NOTICED IN MY YEAR-PLUS NOW ON THE BUS, THAT POINCIANA CONTINUES TO BE WELL ABOVE THE DISTRICT AVERAGE. I ACTUALLY THINK THAT POINCIANA KIND OF HAS DISTINGUISHED ITSELF AMONG DISTRICT 7 SCHOOLS BECAUSE FROM RIVIERA BEACH TO DELRAY, I CANNOT THINK OF ONE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THAT CONTINUALLY PERFORMS ABOVE THE DISTRICT AVERAGE IN ELA. SO I THINK THAT POINCIANA SHOULD GET A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. AND I DO ALSO KNOW THAT YOUR CONTINUED FINANCIAL SUPPORT IS A LARGE REASON WHY, IN MY MIND, SO MANY OF THE -- OR A GREATER NUMBER OF THE SCHOOLS IN BOYNTON BEACH PERFORM AT OR ABOVE THE DISTRICT AVERAGE. NOT TO SAY THAT I'M SATISFIED WITH THE DISTRICT AVERAGE, BUT AGAIN YOU ALL COLLABORATIVELY WITH THE SCHOOLS ARE DOING A REALLY GOOD JOB. AND I WANT TO APPLAUD YOU FOR THAT AS FAR AS THAT GOES. AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAVE SOME SCHOOLS THAT ARE ALSO WELL BELOW THE AVERAGE. BOYNTON HIGH SCHOOL, CONGRESS MIDDLE, ROLLING GREEN. ROLLING GREEN IS A DISTRICT 7 SCHOOL. I KNOW THAT AREA VERY WELL. YOU HAVE A LITTLE MORE TRANSIENT IN THAT REGARD, KIND OF PEOPLE MOVING IN AND OUT. BUT I JUST THINK WE HAVE TO TRY TO DO A BETTER JOB OF JUST MAKING SURE THEY HAVE THE RESOURCES AND KNOW WHAT THE EXPECTATION IS FOR THEIR CHILDREN AS THEY GO INTO OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND BEYOND. BUT AGAIN, I REALLY DO THINK THAT YOU ALL ARE DOING A GOOD JOB AS A PARTNER WITH THE SCHOOLS. SO I JUST WANT TO APPLAUD YOU AS I SEE IT. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SO AGAIN, THIS IS ANOTHER BEVY OF HYPERLINKS THAT PERSONS CAN UTILIZE. SO SOME PEOPLE DON'T BELIEVE IN SITE WORDS BUT WE HAVE IN THE DISTRICT DO BELIEVE IN SIGHT WORDS. THERE ARE CERTAIN WORDS THAT YOU EXPECT A CHILD WHO IS 4 YEARS OLD TO BE ABLE TO MASTER AND RECITE ON SIGHT ALL THE WAY THROUGH 5th GRADE. IT'S ABOUT 100 WORDS IN EACH OF THOSE LINGS. IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND, PARENTS, MAYBE TRYING TO PRACTICE WITH YOUR CHILDREN, MAYBE 10, NO MORE THAN 15. THEIR ATTENTION SPAN IS SOMEWHAT LIMITED, PARTICULARLY STARTING AT 4 YEARS OLD. I THINK THAT WILL SHOW MORE GAINS MOVING FORWARD INCREASING THEIR APTITUDE TO READ. THAT DOES SEEM TO BE THE BIGGEST REASON FOR A LOT OF OUR DEFICITS IN TESTING. MAYOR PENSERGA CAN SPEAK TO THAT AS A TEACHER. THE CHILDREN'S ABILITY TO COMPREHEND WHAT'S BEING PRESENTED TO THEM. A MATH PROBLEM IS READING, ENGLISH IS READING, SCIENCE IS READING. YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE ABILITY TO READ QUICKLY AND UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU ARE READING. GETTING KIDS TO MASTER THESE DOLCH WORDS GIVE THEM A HEAD START TO MASTERING THESE TESTS THAT SEEM TO BE HEAVILY WEIGHTED IN TERMS OF GRADUATION AND WHAT HAVE YOU. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. AGAIN, THIS IS ADDITIONAL HYPERLINKS TO DIFFERENT PLATFORMS. YOU ALL CAN READ IT. I DON'T WANT TO WASTE YOUR TIME. I KNOW WE HAVE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO WANT TO SPEAK SO I'M TRYING TO BE REVIVAL  -- RESPECTFUL OF YOUR TIME. TAKE A LOOK AT THOSE DIFFERENT WEBSITES AND YOU'LL FIND A BEVY OF INFORMATION YOU'LL FIND USEFUL FOR YOU AND YOUR CHILDREN. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. MATHEMATICS, AGAIN THE DISTRICT AVERAGE IS ABOUT 55. AND AGAIN I'M MOVING SO FAST, I NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB OF EXPLAINING IT TO YOU. WHEN YOU SEE DISTRICT AVERAGE FFOR ELA, MATH, SCIENCE, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS AT LEVEL 3 OR BETTER. THINK OF A 3 OR BETTER AS A C OR BETTER. A 3 WOULD BE A C, A 4 WOULD BE A B, A 5 WOULD BE AN A. HERE IN PALM BEACH COUNTY, ROUGHLY 45% OF OUR CHILDREN PERFORM AT C OR BETTER. THAT'S NOT THE WORST. WE SAW KINDERGARTEN READINESS AT 46. WE'RE IN AN INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENT. WE SHOULD HAVE BETTER FOR OUR CHILDREN PERFORMING C OR BETTER. IN MY MIND, WE SHOULD GET THIS UP TO 75% HERE IN SHORT FASHION, PARTICULARLY IF WE HAVE A GREATER COMMITMENT FROM THE COMMUNITY TO USE SOME OF THE RESOURCES THAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE HERE SHORTLY. BUT BEFORE I GO, AGAIN I WANT TO APPLAUD POINCIANA, A DISTRICT 7 SCHOOL. SO I'M BIASED IN THAT REGARD. BUT THEY REALLY ARE DOING A GOOD JOB. LIKE I SAID, THEY TEND TO BE AT OR ABOVE THE DISTRICT AVERAGE. SO PERHAPS WE SHOULD SPEAK TO THEM TO FIND OUT, HEY, WHAT'S THE SECRET TO YOUR SAUCE. BECAUSE THOSE CHILDREN FROM A DEMOGRAPHIC STANDPOINT ARE VERY SIMILAR TO THE CHILDREN AT ROLLING GREEN, CONGRESS MIDDLE, GALAXY ELEMENTARY, FOREST PARK AS WELL. THOSE ARE THE DISTRICT 7 SCHOOLS. I CAN'T SPEAK TO THE DEMOGRAPHICS TO THOSE IN BOARD MEMBER WHITFIELD'S DISTRICT. BUT I WANT TO TAKE TIME TO APPLAUD THEM FOR WHAT THEY ARE DOING. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SO GEOMETRY, THAT IS LIMITED TO HIGH SCHOOL AND MIDDLE SCHOOL. CONGRESS IS DOING A GOOD JOB IN TERMS OF STAYING AHEAD OF THE DISTRICT AVERAGE. I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY STUDENTS ARE TAKING GEOMETRY THERE BUT I SEE LAST SCHOOL YEAR THEY HAD 100%. CAN'T DO MUCH BETTER THAN THAT. I DEFINITELY WANT TO APPLAUD CONGRESS FOR THEIR STUDENTS' PERFORMANCES ON GEOMETRY. I HOPE THIS IS ANOTHER YEAR OF 100% THERE. YOU SEE BOYNTON HIGH IS A LITTLE BELOW THAT NUMBER. I THINK UTILIZATION OF PAPER -- I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO GET TO THAT SHORTLY. THAT CAN REALLY HELP THEM IN TERMS OF PROFICIENCY IN GEOMETRY WHICH WILL RESULT IN THEM PERFORMING AT A BETTER RATE AT THE YEAR-END EXAMINATION. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. ALGEBRA, THAT'S, OF COURSE, PRETTY MUCH TAKING 7th, 8th AND FOR SOME STUDENTS 9th THROUGH 12th GRADE. WE SEE CONGRESS MIDDLE SCHOOL IN REGARD TO ALGEBRA, THEY ARE WELL AHEAD OF THE DISTRICT AVERAGE SO I WANT TO SALUTE CONGRESS IN THAT REGARD. WE SEE BOYNTON AT A MUCH LOWER RATE. I THINK THE REASON FOR THAT IS STUDENTS IN MIDDLE SCHOOL WHO ARE TAKING ALGEBRA ARE ADVANCED STUDENTS. THAT'S NOT REALLY A CLASS YOU WOULD EXPECT A 6th OR 7th GRADER TO TAKE. MANY STUDENTS TAKE IT IN HIGH SCHOOL. THESE ARE YOUR HIGHER PERFORMING STUDENTS HONESTLY THAT ARE TAKE TAKING IT, SO IT SHOULDN'T BE A SURPRISE THAT A LARGER NUMBER ARE MEETING THAT 3 OR BETTER AVERAGE. THE STUDENTS AT BOYNTON ARE NOT NECESSARILY, FROM WHAT I KNOW, ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE STUDENTS IN ADVANCED COURSES AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY AN EXCUSE. WE STILL SHOULD RAISE THE LEVEL OF EXPECTATION AND DO WHAT WE CAN DO TO SUPPORT THEM AND GET MORE OF THEM PAST THE 3 OR BETTER AVERAGE. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. AGAIN, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF HYPERLINKS EMBEDDED INTO THE SLIDE, PARENTS AND CITIZENS. PLEASE TAKE THE TIME TO LOOK AT IT AT YOUR LEISURE. YOU'LL FIND A LOT OF HELPFUL INFORMATION FOR YOU AND YOUR CHILDREN THERE. NEXT SLIDE IS FOR SCIENCE. AGAIN WE SEE OUR DISTRICT AVERAGE IS AT 51%. AND ONCE AGAIN, WE SEE POINCIANA GENERALLY HOVERING ABOVE THE LINE. LAST YEAR THEY WERE JUST BELOW IT. AS WERE MANY OF THE SCHOOLS. BUT I WILL SAY I HAVE NOTICED SCIENCE SCORES TEND TO TAPER OFF IN COMPARISON TO MATH, EVEN COMPARISON TO ENGLISH. I HAVE NOT HAD A CHANCE TO REALLY ASK OUR CHIEF OF ACADEMICS WHY OR SPEAK TO OTHER TEACHERS THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT. AS FAR AS THE NUMBERS GO, WE DO SEE THAT SCIENCE TENDS TO BE A MORE CHALLENGING COURSE FOR OUR STUDENTS TO SHOW MASTERY OF. IF WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PERHAPS WE -- I WAS TWO SLIDES FORWARD. SO WITH BIOLOGY, WE ONLY HAVE ONE SCHOOL WHERE STUDENTS ARE TESTED FOR BIOLOGY AND THAT'S TO BE EXPECTED. THAT'S A HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL COURSE. WE SEE THE DISTRICT AVERAGE IS AT 63% WHICH IS NOT BAD. IT CAN ALWAYS BE BETTER. AND WE SEE BOYNTON AS GENERALLY BELOW THAT NUMBER. I KNOW YOU HAVE A NEW PRINCIPAL AT BOYNTON. I HAVE A LOT OF HOPES FOR HIM, VERY ORGANIZED, PERSON THAT'S A GREAT LEADER. I EXPECT A LOT OF GAINS IN THE BOYNTON IN THE NEXT YEAR OR TWO. I'M ANXIOUS TO SEE HOW THEIR END-OF-YEAR SCORES COMPARE TO THE PRIOR YEARS. DR. MOODY IS HIS NAME. HE'S BY ALL ACCOUNTS DOING A REALLY GOOD JOB AT BOYNTON. IN REGARD TO SCIENCE, THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD WHICH IS THE NEXT SLIDE, WHENEVER IT POPS UP, AGAIN IF YOU CLICK THOSE LINKS, YOU'LL SEE DIFFERENT WAYS THAT YOU CAN KIND OF MAKE SCIENCE FUN FOR YOUR STUDENTS AT HOME. A LOT OF TIMES, AT LEAST GOING BACK HOWEVER MANY YEARS AGO WHEN I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL, THAT WAS NOT NECESSARILY MY MOST EXCITING COURSE, CHEMISTRY, BIOLOGY AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF EXAMPLE EXPERIMENTS THAT YOU CAN USE TO TRY TO MAKE IT MORE EXCITING, PARTICULARLY FOR YOUR ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL AGED CHILDREN. SO AGAIN, FAMILY AND EVERYONE WHO IS WATCHING THIS, TAKE A LOOK AT THAT HYPERLINK AND YOU'LL BE SURPRISED. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SO U.S. HISTORY IS ALSO A COURSE THAT ACROSS THE DISTRICT MOST STUDENTS PERFORM WELL IN. YOU CAN SEE THE DISTRICT AVERAGE IS AT 62%. AND WE SEE THAT BOYNTON, THE SCORES ARE AT LEAST IN PRIOR YEARS HAVE BEEN WELL BELOW THAT. BUT AGAIN, WITH DR. MOODY THERE AT BOYNTON, I WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED IF WE SEE A FAIRLY SUBSTANTIAL UPTICK IN THE NEXT YEAR OR TWO IN TERMS OF THE U.S. HISTORY SCORES AT BOYNTON HIGH SCHOOL. I'LL SAY GO, TIGERS, TOO. THEY ARE PURPLE AND GOLD. THAT'S ONE OF MY FAVORITE COMBINATIONS. KEEP IT UP, TIGERS. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. CIVICS, AGAIN A CLASS THAT WE SEE A LOT OF STUDENTS SHOW MASTERY OF. 65% IS THE COUNTY WIDE AVERAGE. SO AT CONGRESS MIDDLE, WE HAVE AN AVERAGE OF AROUND 53% LAST YEAR AND THE PRIOR YEAR BEFORE IS 49%. ALL THINGS CONSIDERED, I LOOK AT THIS AS A POSITIVE DIRECTION FOR CONGRESS BECAUSE YOU CAN SEE THREE YEARS AGO, THE 2021 SCHOOL YEAR, CONGRESS WAS AT ROUGHLY 36% AND IT'S UP TO 49% AND THEN 53%. SO WE SEE THE POSITIVE GROWTH. I'M HOPING THEY CAN KIND OF CARRY THAT FORWARD IN THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR -- INTO THIS SCHOOL YEAR, I'M SORRY. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. WE'LL KIND OF PUSH THROUGH THIS AGAIN, MORE OF THE SAME PATTERN. I'LL SHOW YOU THE DATA AND THEN SHOW YOU THE HYPERLINKS FOR THE COURSES AND CLASSES THAT YOU CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF TO HELP BENEFIT YOUR STUDENTS IN THEIR TIMES AT HOME OR OVER THE WEEKEND. WE CAN SKIP THE NEXT SLIDE, TOO. IT'S MORE OF THE SAME IN THAT REGARD. HOW YOU CAN HELP. SO, PARENTS, I'M REALLY BIG ON BEING COLLABORATIVE. SO SCHOOL IS NOT CHILD CARE, IT IS NOT DAY CARE. IT REALLY -- I'M GOING TO STEP ON THE SOAP BOX. IT REALLY SHOULD ENHANCE THINGS THAT ARE ALREADY HAPPENING AT HOME. SO IN MY EXPERIENCE AS AN ATTORNEY, PARTICULARLY CRIMINAL DEFENSE ATTORNEY, I THINK IT REALLY DOES START AT THE EDUCATIONAL LEVEL. SO IF WE WANT TO SEE LOWER UNEMPLOYMENT, LESS CRIME, MORE PRODUCTIVE CITIZENS, WE'VE GOT TO DO WHAT WE HAVE TO DO AS PARENTS. I'M A PARENT AS WELL WITH TWO YOUNG CHILDREN. WE NEED TO DO WHAT WE CAN DO AT HOME WHEN WE CAN. THESE ARE SOME POINTS THAT THE DISTRICT BELIEVES WILL BE VERY HELPFUL IN TERMS OF ENSURING YOUR CHILD READS AND HAS A STANDARD PLACE TO DO HOMEWORK EVERY NIGHT. WHETHER IT'S THE KITCHEN TABLE, WHETHER IT'S A ROOM IN THEIR ROOM, WHEREVER, JUST A STANDARD PLACE WHERE THEY KNOW THEY CAN MAKE USE OF IT FOR A HALF-HOUR OR AN HOUR, HOWEVER LONG THEY NEED TO DO THEIR WORK. PARENTS BEING INVOLVED IN SCHOOL, I KNOW WE HEAR A LOT ABOUT PARENTS BILL OF RIGHTS. NEWS FLASH, WE HAVE ALWAYS HAD THE RIGHT TO COME INTO THE SCHOOLS. I DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THE TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS HEAR FROM US AS THE PARENTS BECAUSE THESE ARE OUR KIDS. THEY ARE NOT THEIR KIDS AS FAR AS THAT GOES. SO KNOWING KIND OF WHAT OUR STRUGGLES MAY BE AT HOME, LEARNING MORE ABOUT WHAT'S BEING TAUGHT AT SCHOOL, I THINK THAT'S VERY HELPFUL AND IT WILL HELP ENSURE THAT YOUR CHILD AND OUR CHILDREN ARE PERFORMING AT THEIR OPTIMUM LEVEL. SO BEING MORE INVOLVED IN THE SAC MEETINGS AND PTA MEETINGS AND GOING TO EVENTS AT SCHOOL -- I KNOW SOME OF THE KIDS ARE NOT PITCH PERFECT, BUT BEING IN THE AUDIENCE WHEN THEY HAVE FALL FESTIVAL WILL GO A LONG WAY TO MAKE SURE THOSE KIDS ARE INTERESTED IN GOING TO SCHOOL BECAUSE MOM AND DAD LIKE IT, MOM AND DAD SUPPORT ME THERE. HEY, LET ME DO MORE. IT'S MORE OF A POSITIVE REINFORCEMENT THING. COMMUNITY MEMBERS, SAME FOR YOU. EVEN IF YOU DON'T HAVE A CHILD CURRENTLY IN SCHOOL OR HAVE A CHILD WHO IS GOING TO BE IN SCHOOL LATER, IT'S STILL IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO BE THERE AS A STAKEHOLDER BECAUSE THESE STILL ARE YOUR CHILDREN BY ASSOCIATION. THEY ARE RESIDENTS OF YOUR CITY. SO THEY ARE EITHER GOING TO BE YOUR MAYORS, YOUR CHIEF OF POLICE, YOUR JANITORIAL TEAM, YOUR PARKS AND REC OR WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE. SO YOU SHOWING SUPPORT TO THEM NOW IS GOING TO PAY BENEFITS TO US IN THE FUTURE BECAUSE THIS IS REALLY A TOP-NOTCH CITY. SO EVERY STUDENT, EVERY CHILD HAS A LOT OF INHERENT WORTH. AND I THINK IT IS OUR JOB, WHETHER WE ARE THEIR PARENTS OR WHETHER WE ARE THEIR NEIGHBORS TO MAKE SURE WE INDUCE ALL OF THAT OUT OF THEM AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. NEXT SLIDE, METAL DETECTORS. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IF I HAD TO PAT MYSELF ON THE BACK FOR, SOME OF THE THINGS -- I HAVE BEEN FORTUNATE TO DO IN MY OPINION A LOT OF BIG THINGS IN THIS FIRST YEAR AND SOME CHANGE. THIS IS ONE OF THEM. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I STRONGLY ENCOURAGED THE SUPERINTENDENT TO LOOK INTO SHORTLY AFTER GETTING ON THE BOARD. AND TO SUPERINTENDENT BURKE'S CREDIT, HE AND CHIEF MOONEY, OUR CHIEF OF POLICE DID A REALLY GOOD JOB OF FORMULATING THE STRATEGY FOR METAL DETECTOR DEVICES. WE STARTED AT FOUR HIGH SCHOOLS. YOU CAN SEE THE SCHOOLS. GOOD NEWS IS WE HAVE ALL THE METAL DETECTORS HERE IN-HOUSE NOW SO WE WILL HAVE THEM AT ALL HIGH SCHOOLS BY THE END OF THIS SCHOOL YEAR. THEY WILL BE AT ALL MIDDLE SCHOOLS BY THE END OF NEXT YEEMPLET AND THEN AT ALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS BY THE FOLLOWING YEAR. AGAIN, JUST BASED ON MY PRACTICE AS AN ATTORNEY, I KNOW THAT THESE HAVE TRADITIONALLY BEEN SOFT TARGETS. AND I WOULD THAT NO CHILD EVER BE INJURED BY GUN VIOLENCE OR A KNIFE BEING BROUGHT ON CAMPUS. THIS IS A STRONG DETERRENT. IN THESE FOUR SCHOOLS, THERE HAVE BEEN NO GUNS FOUND ON PERSONS ON THOSE CAMPUSES AND I KNOW THAT HAS TO BE IN PART DUE TO THE DETERRENT EFFECT OF KNOWING THERE ARE METAL DETECTION DEVICES HERE. I DO NOT RECALL THERE EVEN BEING ANY KNIVES TAKEN FROM STUDENTS OR PERSONS COMING ON CAMPUS. SO IT IS HAVING ITS INTENDED EFFECT. I'M HAPPY TO SAY IN SHORT FASHION, ALL 188 SCHOOLS WILL HAVE THIS ADDITIONAL SAFETY MEASURE THERE AS WELL. NOW, I WANT TO ALSO BRIEFLY TALK ABOUT PAPER. I MENTIONED THAT EARLIER. IT'S A 24/7 TUTORING SOFTWARE. NEXT SLIDE. JUST BY SHOW OF HANDS, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL, HAVE ANY OF YOU HEARD OF PAPER? OKAY. OF COURSE, YOU DID, SHOW OFF. BUT MOST PEOPLE DON'T. AND IT'S A SHAME BECAUSE IT'S SOMETHING THAT IS PAID FOR BY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR SEVERAL YEARS NOW. BUT SO FEW PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT IT. FAMILY, PARENTS, I KNOW MANY OF YOU WORK ONE AND TWO JOBS, MAYBE EVEN MORE THAN THAT. AND YOU REALLY JUST DON'T HAVE THE TIME TO KIND OF SIT DOWN WITH JOHNNY OR JANE TO REVIEW MATH OR SCIENCE OR ENGLISH OR WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE. PAPER HELPS KIND OF BRIDGE THAT GAP, IF YOU WILL. SO EVEN IF YOU ARE NOT THERE, IF YOUR CHILD KNOWS TO GO TO THIS WEBSITE, THEY CAN HAVE A TUTOR ACTUALLY HELP THEM WITH THESE RESPECTIVE COURSES. ON TOP OF THAT, THERE'S EVEN -- NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. IF YOU HAVE A CHILD WHO IS FLUENT IN CREOLE -- AND I KNOW WE HAVE A LARGE HAITIAN POPULATION IN BOYNTON OR FLUENT IN SPANISH -- WE HAVE A LARGE HISPANIC POPULATION HERE IN BOYNTON AS WELL. THEY CAN USE THE PAPER VOICE NOTES FUNCTION TO GET TUTORING IN MATH, ENGLISH, SCIENCE, WHAT HAVE YOU IN THEIR NATIVE LANGUAGE. AGAIN PAPER GIVES YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET AHEAD OF THE GAME, CATCH UP AND ACTUALLY GET AHEAD OF THE GAME. WE REALLY NEED TO MAKE GREATER USE OF IT. WHEREVER I GO, EVERY SINGLE CITY COUNCIL MEETING I HAVE BEEN TO THUS FAR, I KEEP SPEAKING ABOUT PAPER. I REALLY WANT YOU ALL TO KIND OF DIVE HEAD FIRST INTO IT. I REALLY THINK IT COULD BE A GAME CHANGER. I THINK YOU COULD HELP BRIDGE THAT GAP. I KNOW THERE ARE MANY PARENTS THAT WANT TO BE THERE TO HELP THEIR CHILDREN AT HOME. BUT BECAUSE OF THE STATE OF AFFAIRS, THEY HAVE TO GO TO JOB NUMBER TWO OR WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE. THIS IS THE DISTRICT ATTEMPT TO BE SYMPATHETIC,  EMPATHETIC TO E THEIR BEST SELVES. CAN WE JUST SKIP TO THE NEW WORLDS READING INITIATIVE SLIDE, PLEASE? I DON'T WANT TO BELABOR THESE POINTS. THIS IS A NEW PROGRAM THAT WAS PASSED BY THE STATE. SO AGAIN IT'S MEANT TO HELP CHILDREN NOT READING AT GRADE LEVEL. BASICALLY, WHAT I WOULD DO -- IF YOU KNOW YOUR CHILD IS -- LET'S SAY YOU HAVE A 3rd GRADER READING ON A 1st GRADE LEVEL OR 5th GRADER READING ON THE 2nd GRADE LEVEL. THE SCHOOL SHOULD HAVE ALREADY IDENTIFIED THEM BEING AS A DEFICIT. AND WHAT SHOULD BE HAPPENING IS YOU SHOULD BE SET UP TO BE RECEIVING EXTRA READING MATERIALS AT HOME. BUT IF YOU FEEL THAT YOUR CHILD IS AT A DEFICIT OR HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT WHETHER YOUR CHILD IS READING AT A DEFICIT, YOU CAN GO TO YOUR SCHOOL AND ASK THEM TO ASSESS JOHNNY OR JANE TO FIND OUT WHERE THEY ARE READING AT. ARE THEY READING AT GRADE LEVEL? ARE THEY READING BELOW GRADE LEVEL? IF THEY ARE READING BELOW, THE STATE HAS SET UP A PROGRAM WHERE BOOKS ARE SENT INTERMITTENT, NO LESS THAN MONTHLY TO YOUR HOME SO YOUR CHILD CAN PRACTICE READING TO GET THEM UP TO AND HOPEFULLY ABOVE STANDARD GRADE LEVEL. I SALUTE THE STATE FOR DOING THIS. IT IS BIPARTISAN, IT IS SMART. EDUCATION SHOULD NOT BE R OR D BUT I DO SALUTE TALLAHASSEE FOR IMPLEMENTING THIS ACROSS THE AISLES. AND I'M GOING TO SKIP THE GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS. IT'S PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD. AND LI, LIKE I SAID, I CAN SEE THERE ARE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE. WITH THE REMAINDER OF MY TIME, IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE MAYOR OR THE COMMISSION, I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM IF I CAN. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU, SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER. WE APPRECIATE YOUR PRESENTATION AND YOUR TIME. JUST A SPECIAL THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING POINCIANA. THEY OFTEN GET OVERLOOKED, BUT CLEARLY THEY ARE MAKING SOME SERIOUS GAINS, RIGHT. AND WE CLEARLY HAVE A LOT MORE WORK TO DO, BUT WE NEED TO CELEBRATE WHEREVER WE HAVE SOME SUCCESSES. >> ABSOLUTELY. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU FOR THAT. LET'S GO AROUND THE DAIS. COMMISSIONER CRUZ, DID YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? >> NO, JUST THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION TODAY. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU. VICE MAYOR. >> THANKS. GOOD SEEING YOU. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE PRESENTATION. VERY THOROUGH. >> MAYOR: COMMISSIONER HAY. >> YEAH. JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU, BOARD MEMBER FERGUSON. BUT THE POINCIANA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL -- >> YES. >> HAS A PLANETARIUM. >> YES. >> AND IS THE ONLY ONE THAT I KNOW OF EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI. ARE WE DOING ANYTHING TO ASSIST, ENHANCE, INVEST -- MAYBE THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY THE KIDS ARE DOING SO GREAT. >> COULD BE. >> WHAT'S THE PLAN FOR THAT? BECAUSE THAT'S VERY UNIQUE. >> IT IS. I HAD A CHANCE TO VISIT THE SCHOOL EARLY LAST YEAR AND I WAS BLOWN AWAY BY IT. I THOUGHT I WAS IN THE SCIENCE MUSEUM UP IN WEST PALM BEACH. IT IS VERY IMPRESSIVE. AS FAR AS MARKETING, I'M NOT SURE, COMMISSIONER. I GUESS JUST FROM A PRACTICAL STANDPOINT -- WOULD YOU WANT IT TO BE MADE AVAILABLE TO OTHER CITIZENS OF BOYNTON BEACH TO VISIT FROM TIME TO TIME? IS THAT W WHAT YOUR ASK IS? >> I WOULD LIKE TO TALK TO THE PRINCIPAL ABOUT THAT, YES. >> I DON'T KNOW IF THEIR ANY PROHIBITIONS AGAINST THAT SO I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK TO THAT POINT. BUT I THINK IF IT'S POSSIBLE, IF IT DOESN'T, YOU KNOW, VIOLATE ANY STANDARD PROTOCOLS OR PROCEDURES, I'D LOVE FOR MORE CITIZENS OF BOYNTON TO PARTAKE OF IT. IT REALLY IS A GREAT EXHIBIT FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM. I AGREE WITH YOU. >> DO YOU HAVE TO KNOW THE LETTER GRADE FOR BOYNTON BEACH COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL? >> I DON'T, I DON'T. THANK YOU FOR SAYING THAT, COMMISSIONER. MOVING FORWARD, I LIKE THESE PRESENTATIONS THAT I DO TO BE MORE SPECIFIC TO EACH CITY. LIKE I LIKE NUMBERS, BUT I UNDERSTAND IF YOU ALL DON'T, IT MIGHT NOT BE THE BEES AND KNEES FOR YOU. IF YOU SAY NEXT YEAR, BOARD MEMBER FERGUSON, I'D LIKE YOU TO GIVE A PRESENTATION ON ISSUE X OR ISSUE Y, I'M OPEN TO DO THAT. MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, JUST LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU'D LIKE TO HEAR FROM ME NEXT TIME. BECAUSE I WAS JUST THINKING ABOUT THAT WHEN I WAS IN DELRAY A FEW WEEKS AGO. I'M LIKE, OKAY, THE NUMBERS ARE PRETTY MUCH ALWAYS GOING TO KIND OF BE THE SAME. MAYBE THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE. LIKE I SAID, I'M BEING ON BEING COLLABORATIVE. I'M NOT PREACHING DOWN TO YOU OBVIOUSLY. THAT'S NOT WHAT THIS IS. SO I'M HERE TO SERVE. YOU ALL LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU REALLY WANT TO KNOW ABOUT AND IT'S MY JOB TO GET THAT TO YOU. IF YOU ARE OKAY WITH THAT AS FAR AS THINKING ABOUT WHAT ISSUES YOU WANT ME TO RESEARCH AND DELVE INTO NEXT YEAR WHEN I COME, I WOULD LIKE THE PRESENTATION TO BE MORE TAILORED TO WHAT THUS SAY THE CITY COUNCIL OF BOYNTON BEACH. >> JUST ONE LAST QUESTION, JUST CURIOSITY. I KNOW IT'S NEW, THE METAL DETECTORS IN THE HIGH SCHOOLS AND EVERYTHING. HAVE YOU NOTICED OR HEARD ANY INCREASE IN THE TIME THAT IT TAKES OPPORTUNITIES TO GET IN THE SCHOOLS? >> YES. SO A BUNCH OF NAYSAYERS, THEY WERE JUST BEING NAYSAYERS. [LAUGHTER] SO WHAT HAPPENED -- LET'S TAKE PALM BEACH LAKES, FOR EXAMPLE. YEAH, THAT FIRST WEEK OR MAYBE TWO AT MOST,S CHILDREN HAD TO KIND OF GET USED TO THE FACT NOW YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH THIS METAL DETECTION ADVICE. IT'S LIKE GOING TO THE AIRPORT. ONCE YOU KNOW WHAT YOU CAN AND CAN'T BRING TO THE AIRPORT, YOU DON'T BRING THOSE THINGS. THERE HASN'T BEEN ANY APPRECIABLE DELAY IN TERMS OF GETTING STUDENTS INTO THE SCHOOLS. AGAIN, WHEN YOU CONSIDER THE ADDITIONAL SAFETY THIS IS NOW AFFORDING US, IT'S A WIN-WIN ACROSS THE BOARD. >> VERY GOOD. >> THANK YOU, YES, SIR. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER. COMMISSIONER KELLEY. >> THANK YOU, BOARD MEMBER. I THINK THAT JUST YOU WERE KIND OF TOUCHING ON SOME THINGS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO HEAR ABOUT. WE ARE USED TO HEARING THE NUMBERS AND THE STATISTICS AND WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS. AND WE DON'T USUALLY GET TO SEE WHAT YOU PRESENTED TONIGHT. SO THANK YOU FOR PRESENTING THAT. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR OUR CITY MEMBERS TO SEE WHAT THE DISTRICT AND WHAT OUR STUDENTS ARE UP AGAINST. AND THEN WHAT THE DISTRICT IS DOING TO KIND OF BRIDGE THAT GAP. SO I THINK THAT'S -- MAYBE MY ASK WOULD BE WHAT ARE WE DOING, WHAT'S THE DISTRICT DOING TO BRIDGE THAT GAP WHEN WE SEE A SIGNIFICANT TESTING DROP OR A SCHOOL THAT HAS ISSUES. YOU KNOW, BOYNTON BEACH NOW, I THINK OFFICIALLY AS OF THIS YEAR, ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS ARE TITLE I SCHOOLS. >> YES. >> AND SO I KNOW WITH THAT COMES ADDITIONAL SUPPORT AND ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE. BUT, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE TO TALK ABOUT IT TONIGHT. BUT AT SOME POINT, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S THE SCHOOL DISTRICT DOING FOR THE SCHOOLS THAT ARE SEEING STRUGGLES. I KNOW FOR A LONG TIME, SCIENCE WAS KIND OF ON THE BACK BURNER. I THINK IT'S COMING BACK TO THE FOREFRONT NOW. AND SO WE'RE SEEING IMPROVEMENT IN THE SCIENCE SCORES. BUT I KNOW THAT'S A DEFICIT EVEN, YOU KNOW, AT OTHER SCHOOLS AS WELL. SO THAT WOULD BE KIND OF MY ASK -- IS WHAT THE DISTRICT IS DOING, WHAT ARE SOME OF THE KEY THINGS. THAT'S SOMETHING YOU AND I CAN HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT. >> I HAVE AN ANSWER FOR THAT NOW ACTUALLY. YEAH, YEAH. >> AND SO THAT WAS REALLY MY ONLY ASK. NO, I REALLY LIKED THIS PRESENTATION. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT AND USEFUL TO OUR RESIDENTS AND OUR PARENTS TO GIVE THEM THIS INFORMATION. EVEN IF THE SCHOOL IS SENDING IT HOME, I HAVE TWO KIDS. A LOT OF TIMES THE PAPERS GET STUCK IN BACKPACKS AND I DON'T SEE THEM. AND SO I LIKE HAVING, YOU KNOW, THIS QUICK AND EASY AT EVERYONE'S HANDS. SO THANK YOU. IF YOU COULD JUST ANSWER THAT ONE QUESTION. >> YES. >> THAT WOULD BE GREAT. >> SO WE HAVE A NEW TEST THAT IS BEING ADMINISTERED. SO LAST YEAR, SOME OF THE SCORES WERE FRANKLY NOT SO GREAT. WE'RE NOT SURE WHETHER IT'S THE STUDENTS JUST DIDN'T TAKE IT SERIOUSLY, TAKE IT SERIOUS ENOUGH OR WHETHER THEY WEREN'T PREPARED WELL ENOUGH. SO I DO KNOW IN SPEAKING WITH SUPERINTENDENT BURKE AND CHIEF OF SCHOOLS ED TIERNEY AND DR. GLENDA SHEFFIELD, WE ARE MAKING A CONCERTED EFFORT TO SENDING THE STAFF DOWN AT THE MAIN BUILDING FOREST HILL TO SPECIFIC SCHOOLS WHERE THERE SEEMS TO BE A DROP-OFF, WHETHER CONSISTENT OR JUST FROM LAST YEAR TO EDUCATE AND TEACH THE TEACHERS HOW BEST TO TEACH OUR STUDENTS. SO WE ARE FAIRLY CONFIDENT THIS YEAR'S END OF YEAR SCORES WILL BE BETTER THAN LAST YEAR BECAUSE I'M SURE, AS YOU KNOW, WE ARE CURRENTLY NOT "A" RATED. YOU REMEMBER MOST OF OUR HEADERS SAY "A" RATED SCHOOL DISTRICT, TECHNICALLY WE'RE A "B." WE BARELY MISSED THE CUTOFF BUT WE MISSED IT NONETHELESS. SUPERINTENDENT BURKE HAS FORMULATED WITH THE AREA DIVISION HEADS, WHATEVER THE TERMINOLOGY THEY USE THERE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A BETTER GAME PLAN TO ENSURE THAT WE GET BACK TO BEING AN "A" RATED SCHOOL AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. TO AGAIN, I'VE BEEN SALUTING A LOT OF PEOPLE. SUPERINTENDENT BURKE HAS BEEN DOING A REALLY GOOD JOB. HE'S DOING AN EXCEPTIONAL JOB I WOULD SAY. THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> MAYOR: ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU. HAVE A GOOD NIGHT. >> GO, CHARGERS. [LAUGHTER] [APPLAUSE] >> MAYOR: I HAVE A SERIES OF ANNOUNCEMENTS TO MAKE, ITEMS THAT I READ. I'M GOING TO TRY TO POWER THROUGH THEM. THE FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT IS REGARDING THE JOE DiMAGGIO CHILDREN'S HEALTH SPECIALTY CENTER, MAGIC WHEELS & SPECIAL DEALS EVENT. THIS EVENT IS BEING HELD ON FRIDAY FEBRUARY 9TH FROM 5:00 P.M. TO 8:00 P.M. AT THE BOYNTON BEACH ARTS AND CULTURAL CENTER LOCATED RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET 125 EAST OCEAN AVENUE. THIS IS A FREE EVENT FOR THE ENTIRE FAMILY THAT INCLUDES A DISABILITY SERVICES RESOURCE FAIR, MUSIC, LIVE PERFORMANCES AND THE MAGIC WHEELS UNVEILING. IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN TO IT, I HIGHLY RECOMMEND. THIS YEAR'S MAGIC WHEELS RECIPIENT IS LEANDRO WHO IS 8 YEARS OLD AND LIVES IN WEST PALM BEACH WITH HIS PARENTS ANTHONY AND LAURA. THE NEXT ANNOUNCEMENT IS REGARDING THE 12th ANNUAL BARRIER FREE 5K. IT IS BEING HOSTED BY THE GREATER BOYNTON BEACH FOUNDATION ALONG WITH THE RECREATION AND PARKS DEPARTMENT ON SATURDAY FEBRUARY 10th STARTING AT 7:30 A.M. BARRIER FREE PARK AT 3111 SOUTH CONGRESS AVENUE. FOR MORE INFORMATION REGARDING THE ANNUAL BARRIER FREE 5K AND 5K REGISTRATION, VISIT BARRIERFREE5K.PBRACE.COM. THE NEXT ANNOUNCEMENT IS REGARDING THE OCEAN FRONT BARK EVENT. THIS IS OUR DOG EVENT AT THE BEACH. OCEAN FRONT DOG PAW-TY AT THE BEACH, WILL BE HOSTED BY THE RECREATION AND PARKS DEPARTMENT ON SATURDAY FEBRUARY 17th, 2024 FROM 9:00 A.M. TO 12:00 P.M. AT OC OCEANFRONT PAR. THIS MONTH'S THEME IS PUPPY LOVE IN HONOR OF VALENTINE'S DAY. THIS IS THE FINAL OCEAN FRONT BARK EVENT OF THE SEASON DUE TO THE START OF TURTLE NESTING SEASON. THIS IS FREE FOR ALL WELL-BEHAVED DOGS AND THEIR OWNERS AND. DOGS WILL BE ALLOWED OFF-LEASH IN A DESIGNATED FENCED AREA. PARKING AT OCEANFRONT PARK IS FREE FOR THE DURATION OF THE EVENT FOR ALL BEACH PATRONS. FOR MORE INFORMATION, VISIT THE CITY'S WEBSITE BOYNTON-BEACH.ORG. THAT CONCLUDES THOSE ANNOUNCEMENTS. THE NEXT ITEM THAT WE MOVED UP RAS THE COMMUNITY STANDARDS PRESENTATION. I SEE THE DIRECTOR IS HERE. >> WERE YOU GOING TO DO THE LEGAL ANNOUNCEMENT AS PART OF THE ANNOUNCEMENTS? >> MAYOR: IT WOULD BE AFTER THIS. >> I APOLOGIZE. >> MAYOR: NO WORRIES. THAT WOULD BE RIGHT BEFORE PUBLIC AUDIENCE. MS. STONE, FEEL FREE TO BEGIN WHENEVER YOU ARE READY. >> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, I AM CANDACE STONE, THE COMMUNITY STANDARDS DIRECTOR. AND I WILL BE PRESENTING THE COMMUNITY STANDARDS MANAGER UPDATE FOR THE SAKE OF TIME, I'M KIND OF GOING TO GO THROUGH IT A LITTLE QUICKLY. I HAVE QUITE A BIT OF SLIDES. FIRST SLIDE WE HAVE IS THE DEPARTMENT MISSION STATEMENT WHICH COMMUNITY STANDARDS IS COMMITTED TO GOOD NEIGHBOR PRACTICES THROUGH EXAMPLES OF EXCELLENT COMMUNITY STEWARDSHIP TO ACHIEVE SUSTAINABLE COMPLIANCE THROUGH COOPERATION, SUPPORT, INSPIRING LONG-TERM RESULTS AND PROVIDING EXCELLENT CUSTOMER SERVICE AND A FEW OF THE DEPARTMENT CORE SERVICES. TO EDUCATE RESIDENTS AND BUSINESS OWNERS ABOUT THE CITY ORDINANCES WHILE SEEKING VOLUNTARY COMPLIANCE, RESPONDING TO CITIZENS' REQUESTS FOR SERVICE FOR ENFORCEMENT OF CITY REGULATIONS, IDENTIFYING, ABATING PUBLIC NUISANCES AND PROVIDING EXCELLENT CUSTOMER SERVICE THROUGH OUR OUTREACH COORDINATOR. NEXT SLIDE IS THE PERFORMANCE MATRIX WHICH AT THE END OF THE LAST FISCAL YEAR WE ENDED THE YEAR WITH AN 82% COMPLIANCE RATE WHICH IS REALLY GOOD COMPARED TO THE AVERAGE OF 75%. OUT OF THE 3,842 NEW CODE CASES, THERE WAS ONLY 651 WERE COMPLAINT DRIVEN. THE NEXT PART IS CURRENT INITIATIVES WE ARE WORKING ON. THE CHRONIC NUISANCE PROGRAM WHICH WE HAVE HAD 15 PROPERTIES CITED FOR THE CHRONIC NUISANCE ACTIVITY. AND ONLY TWO REMAIN IN VIOLATION. THIS IS A PROGRAM WHERE THE POLICE IDENTIFY PROPERTIES THAT PRODUCE EXCESSIVE SERVICE CALLS, THAT ALSO BRING PROPERTIES TO COMPLIANCE THROUGH THE CHRONIC NUISANCE COMMITTEE. THE CHRONIC NUISANCE COLLABORATES ON A CORRECTION PLAN THAT WILL HELP TO REDUCE AND HOPEFULLY ELIMINATE SERVICE CALLS BEING PRODUCED AND BRING UP THE OVERALL STANDARDS OF THE PROPERTY. WE DO PLAN TO UPDATE THE ORDINANCE TO GET QUICKER RESULTS AND COMPLIANCE. WE HAVE A FEDERAL HIGHWAY BEAUTIFICATION INITIATIVE THAT WE ARE DOING WHERE PRIOR TO MY EMPLOYMENT, THE CITY STARTED WITH THE NORTH SIDE OF FEDERAL BOYNTON BEACH WHERE WE ENGAGED WITH THE PROPERTY OWNERS TO ENHANCE THE OVERALL APPEARANCE THROUGH EDUCATION AND VOLUNTARY COMPLIANCE. WE RECENTLY STARTED TO FOCUS ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF BOYNTON AND FEDERAL. AND 25 NEW CASES HAVE BEEN OPENED DURING THAT INSPECTION. WE HAVE THE SEACREST BOULEVARD BEAUTIFICATION WHERE WE ARE ENGAGING WITH THE PROPERTY OWNERS TO ENHANCE THE OVERALL APPEARANCE THROUGH EDUCATION AND VOLUNTARY COMPLIANCE. THIS INITIATIVE STARTED SEPTEMBER OF LAST YEAR. BY THE END OF THE SWEEP ACROSS ALL OF SEACREST, WE HAD 160 CASES THAT WERE OPENED AND WORKING TOWARDS COMPLIANCE. EVERY MONTH COMMUNITY STANDARDS COORDINATES STREET CLEANUPS WHERE WE CLEAN UP AND REMOVE TRASH FROM PUBLIC PROPERTY. WITH THE HELP OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WITH THE MOST RECENT STREET CLEANUP, WE REMOVED OVER 200 POUNDS OF TRASH AND LITTER. LAST YEAR WE CREATED A NEW POSITION FOR SOLID WASTE. IT'S A SOLID WASTE SPECIALIST. AND FROM THE INCEPTION OF THIS POSITION IN FEBRUARY '23 THROUGH DECEMBER, THEY CITED 47 LEGAL ROLL-OFFS WHICH MEANS A LOSS OF THE CITY FOR $47,000 APPROXIMATELY DUE TO RESIDENTS NOT USING, PROPERTY OWNERS NOT USING CITY-ISSUED ROLL-OFFS. AND BY CREATING THIS POSITION AND PROACTIVELY GOING OUT AND EDUCATING THE PUBLIC, WE WERE ABLE TO RETRIEVE $25,448 FROM THOSE ILLEGAL ROLL-OFFS. WE ALSO RECEIVED FROM MANDATORY SERVICE CHARGES AROUND $22,000 FROM PROPERTIES THAT WERE CITED FOR OVERSIZED AND EARLY SETOUT OF BULK TRASH. ANOTHER INITIATIVE IS INCREASING PROPERTY MAINTENANCE STANDARDS. AND SOME OF THE EXAMPLES WILL BE LANDSCAPING MAINTENANCE, DRIVEWAY MAINTENANCE, EXTERIOR MAINTENANCE, FENCE MAINTENANCE, AND REMOVING AND FOCUS ON GRAFFITI. THE NEXT INITIATIVE IS COMMUNITY OUTREACH WHERE WE COORDINATE WITH COMMUNITIES SO WE CAN MEET WITH THE RESIDENTS AND GO OVER ORDINANCES AND EDUCATE, TAKE SUGGESTIONS. ASIDE FROM EDUCATING OUR RESIDENTS AND BUSINESS OWNERS, WE ALSO HOPE TO BUILD A MEANINGFUL RELATIONSHIP DURING THESE MEETINGS, WHICH THUS FAR HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL. WE ADOPTED, IDENTIFY AND REGULATING SHORT-TERM RENTAL PROPERTIES. WE ADOPTED A NEW ORDINANCE LAST YEAR AND THEN WE ALSO IMPLEMENTED NEW SOFTWARE THAT IDENTIFIES AND REPORTS SHORT-TERM RENTALS TO THE CITY. SOME FUTURE INITIATIVES THAT WE ARE HOPING TO IMPLEMENT IS HOME OF THE MONTH WHICH AT THE END OF THIS WE WILL GO OVER SOME MORE DETAILS FOR HOME OF THE MONTH BECAUSE WE ARE READY TO IMPLEMENT THAT. PATRICK HART WAS GOING TO PRESENT, BUT HE CAME UNDER THE WEATHER. UPDATING PROPERTY MAINTENANCE ORDINANCES, DEVELOPING A LIEN AMNESTY PROGRAM, BIANNUAL COU RENTAL EXPECTATIONS AND IMPLEMENTING COMMUNITY STANDARD WORKSHOPS FOR RESIDENTS AND BUSINESS OWNERS TO HELP, AGAIN, EDUCATE. AND THUN WE HAVE SOME NEW SOFTWARE IMPLEMENTATIONS. WE ARE IN THE PROCESS RIGHT NOW OF PUTTING TOGETHER AND IMPLEMENTING THE STAGES CODE GOV WHICH IS GOING TO BE A SOFTWARE PROGRAM WE USE OUT IN THE FIELD WHICH WILL ALLOW CUSTOMERS TO REPORT CONCERNS DIRECTLY TO THEIR ASSIGNED SPECIALIST WHO WILL HAVE AUTOMATIC EMAILS THAT WILL BE SENT OUT IN REALTIME WITH CASE STATUS UPDATES WHICH WILL BE REALLY HELPFUL TO THE RESIDENTS SO THAT WAY THEY CAN ANSWER MUCH QUICKER THAN CALLING AND WAITING FOR US TO RESPOND. THIS WILL INTEGRATE WITH BUILDING AND ZONING PERMITS. AND WILL SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE THE PAPER USAGE THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY DOING. AND ALL CASE INFORMATION WILL BE IN ONE ACCESSIBLE LOCATION, ACCESSIBLE TO PRETTY MUCH EVERYBODY. COMPLIANCE IS THE SOFTWARE PROGRAM THAT WE PURCHASED TO MONITOR VACATION RENTALS AND HELPS CAPTURE UNREGISTERED SHORT-TERM RENTAL PROPERTIES THAT ARE NOT AWARE OF RECENT CITY REGULATIONS AND GIVES THEM A CHANCE TO COMPLY. AS OF TODAY, THERE ARE OVER 300 PROPERTIES LISTED. AND AS OF TODAY, SINCE WE HAVE ONLY SHORTLY ENTERED -- SHORTLY STARTED THIS PROGRAM, IMPLEMENTED IT, WE HAVE 24 REGISTERED AND ISSUED SHORT-TERM RENTAL LICENSES. AND THEN WE IMPLEMENTED HERA PROPERTY REGISTRATION WHICH IS ANOTHER COMPANY, SOFTWARE PROGRAM THAT IDENTIFIES THE VACANT AND ABANDONED PROPERTIES. AND THEY PROACTIVELY CONTRACT THOSE WITH OBLIGATION TO REGISTER. THEY COLLECT THE NECESSARY REGISTRATION INFORMATION. APOLOGIZE. PROCESS THE PAYMENTS SO IT'S BASICALLY A ONE-STOP SHOP WHO HELPS MONITOR THE ABANDONED PROPERTIES. I JUST REALIZED IT DID NOT CLICK ON THAT. SORRY. TRYING TO GET THROUGH THIS QUICKLY. SO THIS IS THE HOME OF THE MONTH. THIS IS WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO IMPLEMENT STARTING MARCH. AND BASICALLY WHAT WE NOTICED IN THE RECENT YEARS, WE OBSERVED NUMEROUS RESIDENTS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS UNDERGOING REMARKABLE TRANSFORMATIONS INVOLVING FROM UNATTRACTIVE EYE SORES INTO STUNNING PROPERTIES. THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROGRAM WAS TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR RESIDENTS' PROPERTIES THAT EITHER MATCH OR EXCEED THE CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH REQUIREMENTS FOR PROPERTY MAINTENANCE AND HOPEFULLY ENCOURAGE HEALTHY COMPETITION AMONGST HOMEOWNERS. AND THE WINNER OF THE HOMEOWNER WILL RECEIVE AN EXCLUSIVE SIGN FOR THEIR FRONT YARD FOR THE HOME OF THE MONTH, $25 GIFT CARD TO BOYNTON DINER. THAT'S THE CURRENT SPONSOR WE HAVE. BUT WE PLAN TO HAVE A SPONSOR AND ASK FOR SPONSORS IN DIFFERENT DISTRICTS, NOT JUST ONE. AND THEN A PHOTO OPPORTUNITY WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER STANDING IN FRONT OF THEIR HOME RECOGNIZING THEM AND POSTING IT ON SOCIAL MEDIA. AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. SORRY I WENT THROUGH THAT SUPER FAST. BUT IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, LET ME KNOW. >> MAYOR: ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MS. STONE, FOR YOUR PRESENTATION AND YOUR HARD WORK AND TO YOUR ENTIRE TEAM. LET ME BEGIN NOW WITH COMMISSIONER KELLEY FOR QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS. >> NO, JUST THANK YOU FOR THIS PRESENTATION. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE HEAR FROM -- THANK YOU, CITY MANAGER, FOR DOING THIS. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO FEATURE DEPARTMENTS IN THE CITY TO SEE WHAT'S UP AND COMING. AND SO THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: COMMISSIONER HAY. >> I TOO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION AND THE RESPONSE FROM COMMUNITY STANDARDS. WHENEVER I PUT IN A REQUEST, SOMETHING IN THE COMMUNITY, YOU GUYS ARE RIGHT ON IT. AND I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW PUBLICLY THAT I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORKS. >> THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: AND CANDACE, I FORGOT TO MENTION, THANK YOU FOR THE COMMUNITY CLEANUPS. I KNOW THAT'S A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT FROM MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS. IT'S SOMETHING THAT I APPRECIATE. I'M SURE WE ALL APPRECIATE. SO KEEP UP THE HARD WORK. >> THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: VICE MAYOR. >> CANDACE, THANKS FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP. AND THANKS TO COMMUNITY STANDARDS DIVISION AS A WHOLE. THERE'S BEEN A HUGE PROGRESS, ESPECIALLY IN THE EAST SIDE OF THE CITY. AND SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT. I LOVE THE INITIATIVES. I THINK HOME OF THE MONTH IS A GREAT INCENTIVE. YOU TYPICALLY SEE THAT A LOT IN HOA NEIGHBORHOODS. WE DO HAVE A LOT OF NON-HOA NEIGHBORHOODS HERE IN THE EAST SIDE. SO I LOVE SEEING THAT. I LOVE THE CLEANUPS. I LOVE THE SPONSORSHIP, TOO, WITH BOYNTON DINER. I THOUGHT THAT WAS PRETTY CLEVER. AND, YOU KNOW, THE AMOUNT OF GARBAGE THAT HAS BEEN COLLECTED AND TAKEN CARE OF OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS IS ASTRONOMICAL. AND I KNOW, YOU KNOW, ME BEING IN A NON-HOA NEIGHBORHOOD, I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. YOU GUYS WORK EXTREMELY HARD. AND SO THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING Y'ALL DO. >> THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER CRUZ. >> EVERYTHING HAS PRETTY MUCH BEEN SAID, BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH TO THE COMMUNITY STANDARDS DEPARTMENT AND FOR HELPING MAKING OUR CITY MORE BEAUTIFUL. >> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. HAVE A GOOD EVENING. >> MAYOR: ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. WE'RE GOING TO TURN NOW TO OUR COUNCIL FOR THE -- COUNSEL FOR THE LEGAL UPDATE. MS. LAMB. >> JUST WANTED TO -- THERE'S BEEN SOME QUESTIONS REGARDING THE EAST BOYNTON BEACH LITTLE LEAGUE LITIGATION THAT IS INVOLVED WITH THE CITY. AND BECAUSE OF THAT, I'M GOING TO GIVE AN UPDATE TO THE EXTENT I CAN BECAUSE IT DOES INVOLVE LITIGATION. SO I NEED TO TREAD VERY CAREFULLY. BUT JUST TO GIVE A LITTLE CONTEXT, THE CONTRACT WAS SIGNED WITH ATHLETIC ANGELS ON APRIL 11th OF 2023. THERE WAS AN AMENDMENT ON OCTOBER 3rd OF 2023. AND A MAJOR SITE PLAN APPROVAL ON NOVEMBER 7th, 2023. AND THE ORDER WENT OUT APPROVING THE SITE PLAN FOR FIELD ONE ON NOVEMBER 9th, 2023. JUST A LITTLE BACKGROUND ON ATHLETIC ANGELS, IT'S A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION WITH A HISTORY SPANNING OVER TWO DECADES DEVOTED TO ENHANCING THE LIVES OF LOCAL YOUTH. THROUGH THE PROVISION OF ESSENTIAL RESOURCES, VALUABLE OPPORTUNITIES, MEMORABLE EXPERIENCES AND MENTORING, ATHLETIC ANGELS STRIVES TO MAKE A POSITIVE IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITY. MIKE BARWIS SERVES AS A BOARD MEMBER OF ATHLETIC ANGELS. CURRENTLY ATHLETIC ANGELS IS UNDERTAKING A PROJECT TO RENOVATE, REPAIR AND MANAGE FIELD ONE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SPORTS FACILITY USE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND ATHLETIC ANGELS. THE AGREEMENT WAS AMENDED ON OCTOBER 3rd. THE PROJECT INVOLVES THE INSTALLATION OF SYNTHETIC TURF ON ALL PLAYING SURFACES AS WELL AS THE ADDITION OF NEW DUGOUTS, NETTING AND FENCING. ATHLETIC ANGELS HAS DEDICATED OVER $2 MILLION TO ENSURE THE SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF THIS INITIATIVE, COLLABORATING CLOSELY WITH THE CITY, ATHLETIC ANGELS HAS ENSURED THAT ALL IMPROVEMENTS ALIGN WITH THE OVERALL PARK PLAN, INCLUDING FUTURE RENOVATIONS. THE ONGOING CONSTRUCTION WORK ADHERES TO LOCAL AND STATE REGULATIONS AND IS UNDER VIGILANT SUPERVISION OF BOTH THE CITY AND ATHLETIC ANGELS. UPON COMPLETION, ATHLETIC ANGELS WILL TAKE ON THE RESPONSIBILITY OF MAINTAINING, REPAIRING AND OPERATING THE FIELD AT ITS SOLE COST AND EXPENSE. TEAMS FROM THE SENIOR LEAGUE DIVISION OF EAST BOYNTON BEACH LITTLE LEAGUE WILL HAVE ACCESS TO FIELD ONE AS OUTLINED IN THE AGREEMENT. FURTHERMORE, ATHLETIC ANGELS HAS COMMITTED TO INSTALLING SYNTHETIC TURF AT FIELD FIVE IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE CITY'S FUTURE PARK RENOVATION PLANS. THIS MOVE IS EXPECTED TO PROVIDE SIGNIFICANT BENEFITS TO THE CITY AND EAST BOYNTON BEACH LITTLE LEAGUE. PROGRAMMING, INCLUDING LOWER MAINTENANCE COSTS AND THE ABILITY TO RESUME PLAY SOONER AFTER ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS. ATHLETIC ANGELS WILL NOT HAVE EXCLUSIVE USAGE RIGHTS FOR FIELD FIVE. SEPARATELY, PRIMETIME SPORTS GROUP MANAGED BY PHILORONO HAS A DISTINCT AND UNRELATED AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY TO DEVELOP A TRAINING FACILITY AT THE PARK. PRIMETIME AND ATHLETIC ANGELS ARE NOT AFFILIATES, PARTNERS OR ASSOCIATED IN ANY WAY. MOVING ON. ATHLETIC ANGELS ENSURES HIGH QUALITY COMPETITIVE PROGRAMMING FOR TEAMS. THEY WILL ALSO HELP ALLEVIATE FINANCIAL BARRIERS ASSOCIATED WITH PLAYING COMPETITIVE BASEBALL FOR THOSE IN NEED. IN ORDER TO CONTRIBUTE TO OTHER BASEBALL PROGRAMS AND INITIATIVES WITHIN THE CITY, ATHLETIC ANGELS ORGANIZED COACHING CLINICS FOR PARENT VOLUNTEERS ENHANCING THEIR BASEBALL COMPETENCY. THEY WILL ALSO HOST AN ANNUAL FREE TRAINING DAY FOR BOYNTON BEACH RESIDENT YOUTH BASEBALL PLAYERS, EXTENDING AN OPEN INVITATION TO LITTLE LEAGUE PARTICIPANTS AND ANYONE INTERESTED IN BASEBALL. AS PART OF ITS COMMITMENT TO INCLUSIVITY, ATHLETIC ANGELS WILL ORGANIZE FREE BASEBALL EVENTS FOR HANDICAPPED CHILDREN, SENIOR LEAGUE DIVISIONS WITH EAST BOYNTON BEACH LITTLE LEAGUE WILL HAVE ACCESS TO FIELD ONE. DURING THE FALL AND SPRING SEASONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SPORTS FACILITY USE AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY. IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT THE CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH CAN FULFILL THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO DESIRE TO PARTAKE IN T-BALL RELATED ACTIVITIES, ATHLETIC ANGELS WILL DEVELOP AND OPERATE A FREE T-BALL PROGRAM FOR RESIDENTS IN COORDINATION WITH THE CITY. THIS PROGRAM WILL BEGIN UPON COMPLETION OF THE WORK ON FIELD ONE. THIS INITIATIVE WILL ELIMINATE FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS FOR ANY PARTICIPATING FAMILIES IN THE CITY. ALL VOLUNTEER COACHES WILL BE TRAINED AND SUPPORTED BY ATHLETIC ANGELS BASEBALL STAFF. ADDITIONALLY, TRAVEL AND ACADEMY LEVEL PLAYERS CAN CONTRIBUTE TO THIS FREE T-BALL PROGRAM FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE HOURS. SOME OF THE UPCOMING EVENTS THAT ATHLETIC ANGELS PARTICIPATED IN OR WILL BE PARTICIPATING IN, THEY ASSISTED WITH THE BOYNTON BEACH P.A.L. FREE FOOTBALL CLINIC BY PROVIDING PERFORMANCE COACHES. THEY SPONSORED THE BILL TOME FOUNDATION GOLF EVENT TO FOSTER COMMUNITY INTEGRATION AND SUPPORT. AND IN APRIL OF 2024, THEY WILL BE COHOSTING A PICKLEBALL TOURNAMENT FUND-RAISER WITH THE FIRST UP FOUNDATION AT THE HESTER COMMUNITY CENTER AIMED AT AIDING LOCAL ATHLETES AND INDIVIDUALS WITH NEUROLOGICAL CONDITIONS. I HAD A MEETING WITH EAST BOYNTON BEACH LITTLE LEAGUE ON NOVEMBER 17th OF 2023. AT THAT TIME, WE DISCUSSED THE CLOSING OF FIELD ONE. I THEN HAD A MEETING AGAIN WITH THE ATTORNEY FOR EAST BOYNTON BEACH LITTLE LEAGUE ON DECEMBER 7th OF 2023, ONCE AGAIN, DISCUSSING THE RENOVATIONS TO FIELD ONE. I WAS SENT AN EMAIL THAT WAS SENT BY A BOARD MEMBER OF THE EAST BOYNTON BEACH LITTLE LEAGUE THAT READS -- WE ARE ASKING FOR YOUR VOTE WHETHER OR NOT TO OBTAIN A LAWYER TO FILE THE INJUNCTION AGAINST THE CITY. AS A BOARD MEMBER, PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS IS CONFIDENTIAL AND NOT BE SHARED WITH ANYONE INCLUDING THE CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH OFFICIALS. THE ATHLETIC ANGELS FOUNDATION IS PLANNING ON CLOSING FIELD ONE FROM DECEMBER THROUGH POSSIBLY JUNE. WE ARE LOOKING TO STOP THE PROJECT ALTOGETHER AND HAVE IT PUT BACK UP FOR BIDDING. THE CITY GAVE FULL CONTROL OF FIELD ONE TO ATHLETIC ANGELS WHERE THEY WILL BE ISSUING PERMITS AND COULD POTENTIALLY TELL US WE CAN'T USE FIELD ONE ON ANY GIVEN NIGHT. AS YOU KNOW, FIELD ONE IS WHERE THE SENIORS -- I'M SORRY. I'M READING. SENIORS FIELD IS WHERE WE HAVE ALL OUR T-BALL GAMES AND PRACTICES, SENIOR GAMES AND THE LITTLE LEAGUE EVENTS. THAT IS NOT CORRECT BASED UPON THE READING OF THE AGREEMENT. AND WHAT WE HAVE PUT IN PLACE TO MAKE SURE EAST BOYNTON BEACH LITTLE LEAGUE CAN CONTINUE TO OPERATE. THE GOAL HERE IS TO UPGRADE THE FIELD SO THAT IT IS A BEAUTIFUL FIELD FOR EVERYONE. FINALLY, THE BUILDING PERMITS WERE ISSUED ON DECEMBER 18th, 2023. WE RECEIVED THE PERFORMANCE AND PAYMENT BOND AND THEREAFTER ISSUED THE NOTICE OF COMMENCEMENT. AND THEN EAST BOYNTON BEACH LITTLE LEAGUE FILED THE COMPLAINT ON JANUARY 18th OF 2024. SO THAT IS WHERE WE ARE AT WITH THE TIME FRAME AND HOW ALL OF THIS EVOLVED. AND I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE COMMISSION AS WELL AS THE PUBLIC IS AWARE OF WHAT TRANSPIRED AND HOW WE ARRIVED AT THIS POINT. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU, COUNSEL. >> I'M SORRY. ONE OTHER THING. WE DID MAKE ARRANGEMENTS. WE OFFERED ADDITIONAL FIELDS IN ADVANCE FOR THEM TO PLAY. AND THOSE -- [CROWD NOISE] >> MAYOR: LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, ONE SECOND, PLEASE. WE DO NOT INTERRUPT EACH OTHER. WILL YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. WE WILL TAKE TURNS. PLEASE CONTINUE AND FINISH. >> THANK YOU. SO THIS WAS OFFERED. BUT THE WAY THE USE PERMIT OF EAST BOYNTON BEACH LITTLE LEAGUE WORKS IS THEY HAVE TO HAVE A PERMIT TO USE THE FIELD. AND NO PERMITS HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR FIELD ONE BECAUSE OF THE CONSTRUCTION. AND THAT HAS BEEN -- NO PERMITS WERE REQUESTED AND NO PERMITS WERE ISSUED FOR FIELD ONE. THAT IS WHERE WE ARE AT. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU FOR THAT LENGTHY UPDATE. BEFORE WE BEGIN PUBLIC AUDIENCE, I JUST WANT TO REMIND THE AUDIENCE A COUPLE OF THINGS. AND WE DO HAVE PEOPLE ONLINE AS WELL. EACH PERSON, AS USUAL, WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES. WE DO HAVE TWO PODIUMS. SO WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN THE TWO PODIUMS. IF YOU ARE HERE REPRESENTING A GROUP OR A TEAM, I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT REPRESENTATIVES COME UP FIRST SINCE YOU ARE SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF YOUR ORGANIZATION OR YOUR TEAM. THIS IS NOT A Q&A, BUT WE ARE LISTENING. STAFF IS LISTENING. WE ARE TAKING DOWN NOTES. AND WE WILL REACH OUT TO YOU AFTER THIS MEETING HAS CONCLUDED. FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE LISTENING AND WISH TO SPEAK ONLINE, PLEASE KEEP YOUR HANDS RAISED THROUGHOUT THE DURATION OF THE IN-PERSON PUBLIC COMMENTS. WE WILL ACCEPT PUBLIC COMMENTS UP UNTIL THE VERY LAST PERSON IN THE ROOM HAS SPOKEN. AFTER THAT, WE WILL GO BACK AND FORTH AGAIN IN THE AUDIENCE BETWEEN THE TWO PODIUMS. ALL RIGHT. IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN HERE BEFORE, REMEMBER TO STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD. AND BEGIN. ALL RIGHT. PLEASE FORM A LINE BETWEEN THE TWO PODIUMS. AGAIN, WE'LL GO BACK AND FORTH. >> I WOULD LIKE TO QUICKLY SHAR- >> MAYOR: I'M SORRY, I'M SORRY. [INAUDIBLE] THANK YOU, BUT PLEASE, NO YELLING FROM THE CROWD. [INAUDIBLE] ALL RIGHT, OKAY. LIKE I SAID, IF YOU ARE HERE, IF YOU ARE A REPRESENTATIVE, COME UP FIRST. IF YOU HAVE TIME CONSTRAINTS, COME UP FIRST. I'M SURE YOU GUYS CAN WORK THAT OUT. ALL RIGHT. WE DO HAVE TWO PODIUMS. WE'LL GO BACK AND FORTH. MS. OYER, I BELIEVE YOU ARE THE FIRST ONE. WE'LL BEGIN WITH YOU. GIVE ME ONE SECOND TO SWITCH THE TIMER. ALL RIGHT. YOU MAY BEGIN. >> THANK YOU. SO I WANTED TO BE FIRST JUST TO TALK OFF-TOPIC AND LET THEM HAVE THEIR SAY LATER ON. SO I WANTED TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT BLOOMIN' IN BOYNTON 2 IS THIS WEEKEND. IT IS THE EVENT THAT I SPONSOR AND ORGANIZE AND GIVE TO THE RESIDENTS AND THE BUSINESSES OF THIS CITY. THIS IS MY GIFT TO EVERYONE. THIS IS ALSO MY ADVERTISING BUDGET FOR MY REAL ESTATE BUSINESS. SO YES, IT'S A BUSINESS EXPENSE. IF YOU WANT TO COME, IT'S A FREE FAMILY EVENT. THE CARDS ARE IN THE BACK. THERE'S INFORMATION ALL OVER THE CITY WEBSITE AS WELL AS SOCIAL MEDIA. SECOND OF ALL, I WANT TO SAY I UNDERSTAND WE HAVE AN ISSUE COMING FORWARD ABOUT DESTROYING THE MANGROVES AT THE NORTH END OF TOWN. PLEASE KNOW THAT I KNOW ABOUT IT AND I AM FINDING OUT MORE. AND I AM STILL WAITING FOR THE CLERK'S INFORMATION THAT I PUT IN A REQUEST FOR DAYS AGO. SO I CERTAINLY HOPE I'LL BE GETTING INFORMATION SHORTLY FROM THE CLERK ON THAT. SO YOU KNOW, I AM GOING TO MOVE HEAVEN AND EARTH TO MAKE SURE OUR MANGROVES DO NOT GET DESTROYED, ESPECIALLY AFTER WHAT HAPPENED AT THE SOUTH END. I WOULD LIKE TO SAY I HAVE HAD SOME DEALINGS WITH A COUPLE OF CITY EMPLOYEES THE LAST FEW WEEKS -- THE LAST WEEK AND I WANT TO PRAISE AND COMMEND ALYSSA, VANESSA AND ELISE TODAY OVER IN PLANNING. THEY HAVE BEEN EXEMPLARY. AND, OF COURSE, YOU CAN NEVER SAY ENOUGH GOOD THINGS ABOUT JAY. AND THEN I WILL FINISH UP WITH THE TOPIC OF THE NIGHT, WHICH IS THIS WHOLE LITTLE LEAGUE THING IS EMBARRASSING TO OUR CITY. THESE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN HERE FOR DECADES, WE HAVE WON A WORLD SERIES LITTLE LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP. [APPLAUSE] AND TO GIVE AWAY OUR FIELDS FOR A PITTANCE OVER A PIPE DREAM OF MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL STARS THAT, YOU KNOW -- I'M SORRY. I READ THE NEWS, TOO, AND SEE THE STATS THAT EVERY STAT SHOWS THAT BASEBALL THAT COMES IN DOESN'T -- YOU KNOW, THE MAJOR LEAGUES DON'T BRING MONEY. THE CITIES ACTUALLY LOSE MONEY. SO I'M WONDERING WHY WE ARE GIVING AWAY OUR CHILDREN'S FUTURE AND THEIR PLAYGROUND FOR A PITTANCE AMOUNT OF MONEY FOR 50 YEARS. AND THESE LITTLE LEAGUE, OUR WORLD SERIES KIDS WERE AN INSPIRATION. WE HAD A TV SHOW OUT HERE FILMING THE RESTORATION OF THIS PARK. AND NOW, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE RIPPING IT ALL UP FOR A PITTANCE AMOUNT OF MONEY. AND I SAW WHAT HAPPENED SUNDAY BECAUSE I DROVE BY AND SAW HOW THE WHOLE FIELDS GOT TRASHED UP AND DESTROYED. THAT'S EMBARRASSING FOR OUR CITY. IT'S EMBARRASSING THAT YOU HAVE CHILDREN OUT HERE TELLING YOU WHAT YOU ARE DOING IS WRONG. SO PLEASE DO THE RIGHT THING AND GET RID OF THESE CONTRACTS AND SUPPORT THE LITTLE LEAGUE AND THE PARENTS AND THE KIDS. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> MAYOR: NEXT PERSON, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD. >> MY NAME IS DOROTHY HIGHLAND. AND, MR. MAYOR, MR. COMMISSIONER, I RESIDE AT VILLAGE ROYALE ON THE GREEN, NORTHEAST 1st COURT BOYNTON BEACH. YOU HAVE BOTH BEEN TO OUR PLACE. WE ARE HAVING A PROBLEM WITH -- WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT GO TO OUR POOL. THEY DO -- THE KIDS WALK THROUGH OUR -- THEY COME FROM GATEWAY AND THEY WALK THROUGH NORTHEAST 1st COURT TO GET TO SCHOOL. CARS ARE SPEEDING BY. WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT WALK IN THE MORNING, ELDERLY PEOPLE. AND I'M JUST AFRAID MYSELF. I ALMOST GOT HIT BY A CAR ONE DAY. THE STREET, IT'S JUST TERRIBLE THE CARS SPEEDING BY. SO WHAT I'M REQUESTING IS IF WE COULD GET SOME STOP SIGNS, STOP FOR PEDESTRIAN AND SOME WALKWAYS PUT IN BEFORE THERE IS A FATALITY. THE KIDS, I SEE THEM. THEY JUST RUN DOWN THE STREET AND IT'S REALLY FRIGHTENING. SO I HAVE A PETITION HERE THAT WE ALL SIGNED FROM VILLAGE ROYALE ON THE GREEN, IF I COULD GIVE IT TO YOU. >> MAYOR: MR. TEMPLE, WOULD YOU MIND TAKING IT FROM HER? ALL RIGHT. YOU DO HAVE A FEW MORE SECONDS IF YOU WANT TO CONTINUE. >> YES. NO, THAT'S IT. WE ARE JUST HOPING THAT YOU TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION IT'S REALLY -- IT'S FOR THE CHILDREN REALLY THAT ARE GOING TO THEIR SCHOOL. AND FOR THE PEOPLE THAT WALK IN THE MORNING, WE HAVE A LOT OF ELDERLY PEOPLE AND I DON'T WANT TO SEE ANYONE GET HURT. AND THESE CHILDREN ARE SO WELL-BEHAVED. I'M SO IMPRESSED WITH THESE MOMS AND THESE DADS. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU. NEXT PODIUM ON MY LEFT, YOUR RIGHT. IS ANYBODY COMING UP ON THIS PODIUM? WE ARE GOING BACK AND FORTH. SOMEBODY COME UP. SOMEBODY JUST GO. SOMEBODY JUST GO. >> HI, GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS MICHELLE CAMPSON, I AM A PARENT AT EAST BOYNTON BEACH LITTLE LEAGUE. MY CHILDREN HAVE BEEN PLAYING AT THESE FIELDS FOR THE LAST 16 YEARS. AS A PREVIOUS BOARD MEMBER EARLY ON WHEN MY OLDER SON WAS THERE, WE WERE THERE ON MONDAY AND WHEN THE FENCE WAS GOING UP. AND CONTRARY TO WHAT WAS STATED, IT DID COME AS A SURPRISE THAT SPECIFIC DAY WE HAD NO NOTICE THAT FIELD WAS GOING UP. AS WELL AS WE DID NOT HAVE OPTIONS ON WHERE OUR SENIORS AND T-BALLERS WERE. I WAS SITTING NEXT TO THE BOARD MEMBERS THAT WERE THERE THAT DAY MAKING PHONE CALLS, FRANTICALLY CANCELING PRACTICES TO IDENTIFY WHERE WE WERE GOING TO BE ABLE TO PLAY. THE OPTIONS THAT WERE PROVIDED TO US WAS LET'S GO OVER TO THIS EMPTY FIELD. AND THAT'S WHERE THEY CAN PLAY. MY CHILD YESTERDAY, ALONG WITH HIS TEAM, WENT OVER TO CALOOSA PARK WHICH IS COMPLETELY AN UNACCEPTABLE PLACE THERE. IT'S A SOFTBALL FIELD. IT WAS DANGEROUS. THERE WERE SENIORS PLAYING ON SHORT FIELDS. KIDS WERE THROWING BECAUSE. KIDS POTENTIALLY WERE GETTING HURT. ONE KID WAS HIT BY A BALL BECAUSE IT'S TOO SHORT OF AN AREA. ANOTHER OPTION WAS BOYNTON HIGH. AND UNFORTUNATELY, BOYNTON HIGH HAS NO LIGHTS WHICH MEANS WE CANNOT PLAY AT NIGHT AFTER SCHOOL HOURS. SO THE OPTIONS THAT WERE GIVEN TO US AS OF LAST MONDAY, AFTER THE FIELDS WENT UP -- WE WENT THERE FOR PRACTICE. THE OUTFIELD WAS COMPLETELY TORE UP WHICH MEANS THERE IS NO OPTION FOR US AND HALF OF OUR SENIOR PLAYERS THAT WILL BE ABLE TO GO BACK AND HAVE A SENIOR SEASON AT THEIR FIELD AND POTENTIALLY IT'S THEIR LAST SEASON BEING ABLE TO PLAY. NOW WE CANNOT PLAY AT HOME. WE INS THAT THE CONSTRUCTION HAPPENS. WE WANT THE IMPROVEMENTS AND WANT OUR FIELDS TO BE BEAUTIFIED BUT THERE IS PLENTY OF TIME IN OFFSEASONS THAT COULD BE ACCOMPLISHED AND TIME WE DON'T HAVE TO INTERRUPT OUR KIDS' SEASONS IN ORDER TO ACCOMPLISH THE GOALS OF BEAUTIFYING OUR PARK. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> MAYOR: THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, BEGIN WHEN YOU'RE READY. >> FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T SPEND -- >> MAYOR: STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD FIRST. >> JOHN READY. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T SPEND MUCH TIME AT THE BASEBALL FIELD, MY NAME IS JOHN REEDY. AND I AND MANY OTHER VOLUNTEERS ARE THERE FIVE, SOMETIMES SIX OR SEVEN DAYS A WEEK. WE VOLUNTEER TO GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY AND ASK FOR NOTHING IN RETURN. WE ARE HELPING TEACH THE NEXT GENERATION SPORTSMANSHIP, HUMILITY, FRIENDSHIP AND A SENSE OF COMMUNITY. SO MUCH MORE THAN JUST BASEBALL. THE EXPERIENCES OUR LITTLE LEAGUE PROVIDES FOR THIS COMMUNITY ARE PRICELESS. BUT IF YOU HAD TO PUT A PRICE ON IT, YOU COULD BECAUSE THE CITY DID WHEN THE PARK WAS MAINTAINED BY THE LITTLE LEAGUE VOLUNTEERS FROM 2008 TO 2021, WHERE THE CITY PAID 20,000 PER YEAR FROM 2008 TO 2018. THEN IT WAS INCREASED TO 40,000 PER YEAR, FROM 2018 TO 2021. DO YOU HAPPEN TO KNOW HOW MUCH THE MAINTENANCE COSTS THE CITY IN 2023? I HEARD IT WAS SOMEWHERE AROUND OVER $800,000. SEEMS LIKE THIS LITTLE LEAGUE WAS ABLE TO MANAGE THE PARK FOR A HUGE SAVINGS TO THE CITY. THEN COVID HAPPENED AND RUINED YOUTH SPORTS AND VOLUNTEERS WERE AT AN ALL-TIME LOW. THE CITY OFFERED TO TAKE BACK MAINTAINING THE PARK WITH PROMISES THEY WOULD MAKE SURE THE FIELDS WERE IN GOOD SHAPE. THE COMPANY AWARDED THE COMPANY DID A VERY POOR JOB AND OUR COMPLAINTS TO THE CITY FELL ON DEAF EARS ONCE AGAIN. MUCH LIKE THE LITTLE LEAGUE BOARD'S REQUEST TO MEET WITH THE MAYOR AND CITY MANAGER TO DISCUSS THE PLANNED PARK RENOVATIONS. I ASK YOU, WHY WOULD YOU NOT WANT TO INCLUDE THE OPINIONS OF THE VOLUNTEERS WHO USE THE PARK MOST? WE THINK AFTER 70 YEARS OF BEING A NON-PROFIT HERE IN YOUR CITY WE WOULD HAVE A SEAT AT THE TABLE WHEN IT CAME TO THE RENOVATIONS FOR THE FIELDS THAT WE USE MORE THAN ANYONE ELSE. [APPLAUSE] DO ANY OF YOU KNOW WHAT THE LITTLE LEAGUE FENCE SIZE IS FOR A BASEBALL FIELD? ANYBODY? IT'S 50, 70 AND BELOW WHICH ALL THE WAY DOWN TO T-BALL IS 200 FEED, THE LITTLE LEAGUE RECOMMENDED FIELD SIZE. THE FIELDS YOU ARE BUILDING 115 FEED ARE ONLY USEABLE FOR T-BALL. WE HAVE A LOT MORE DIVISIONS THAN JUST T-BALL. WE APPRECIATE YOUR IDEAS FOR RENOVATING THE FIELD. HOWEVER, I THINK WE COO DO THEM A LITTLE MORE WELL IF YOU INCLUDED THE THOUGHTS AND THE OPINIONS OF THE PEOPLE THAT KNOW BASEBALL AND THAT REPRESENT BASEBALL HERE IN EAST BOYNTON. I WAS IN THE BOARD MEETINGS WITH THESE CITY REPRESENTATIVES WHEN  WE ASKED OVER AND OVER AGAIN  WHEN WILL THE RENOVATIONS START? WHAT WILL BE THE ALTERNATE  PLANS. WHAT ELSE CAN WE DO?   I CAN TELL YOU POINT BLANK WE'LL TELL YOU WHEN IT COMES. WE WITH HAVE WEEKS AND NOTICE  AND MONTHS. WE WERE TOLD ALL THE THINGS  WOULD HAPPEN. COME LAST MONDAY THERE WAS NO  NOTICE. BE JUST SHOWED UP TO THE FIELD  AND FOUND OUT THE FIELDS WERE  FENCED OFF. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >>MAYOR:  THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >>MAYOR:  NEXT PERSON COME ON  UP, PLEASE. STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD  AND BEGIN WHEN YOU ARE READY. CINDY DELALORDI. >>MAYOR:  I'M SURE THERE'S MORE  PEOPLE  >> I VOTED AGAINST THAT  GENTLEMEN. I KNEW HE WOULD CREATE PROBLEMS  FOR THE BASEBALL FIELD AND THE  YOUNG CHILDREN AND THE WHOLE  AREA IS NOT RIGHT FOR THE WHAT  THE CITY WANTS TO DO. ALSO IF YOU PLAY ON ARTIFICIAL  TURF IT GET REALLY, REALLY HOT  IN THE SUMMER. I CAN BURN YOUR FEET. I HAVE SOME. I CAN ATTEST TO THAT. WE HAVE LOTS OF PEOPLE I'VE  NOTICED COMING IN FROM OTHER  COUNTRIES I'VE NOTICED 500  STRONG MEN WALKING BEHIND PENS  PARK. IT'S DISTURBING TO ME THEY ARE  INFILTRATING MY CITY AND NO ONE  IS DOING ANYTHING ABOUT IT. THEY ARE NOT OUR AMERICAN  HERITAGE BLACK PEOPLE. THEY COME FROM ANOTHER COUNTRY. THEY ARE WALKING IN FOURS. AND THEY ARE WALKING AROUND. THERE'S SOMEONE BRINGING THE  PEOPLE IN WHICH WILL HARM ALL OF US. I'M VERY UPSET BECAUSE I SAW  TODAY ANOTHER GENTLEMAN PULLING  OUT A KNIFE. AN ICE PICK AND A HAMMER BY THE  DUNKIN' DONUTS. NOT DUNKIN' DONUTS McDONALDS. THERE'S DANGER IN OUR STREETS. I'M DISAPPOINTED ABOUT THIS  SITUATION. I AS A OWNER OF THIS HOME AM  GETTING QUITE AM PREHENCESIVE  ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN OUR  COMMUNITY. JUST THE OTHER DAY THERE WAS A  BIG BUST UP THERE ON U.S.  1 -- BOYNTON BEACH BOULEVARD. I ALSO WANT TO COME OFF I-95  THERE'S 8 LIGHTS THAT ARE NOT  ON. IT'S VERY DARK. IT'S VERY DANGEROUS. I AS A SINGLE -- I'M NOT A  SINGLE WOMAN BUT I'M MARRIED BUT I GO OUT BY MIRE SELF. IT'S DISHEARTENING TO THINK MY  OWN COMMUNITY, THEY ARE NOT  TAKING CARE OF WHAT'S GOING ON  WITHIN OUR CITY. I WANT TO ADDRESS THIS 666 SIGN  OUT HERE THAT NO ONE HAS  ADDRESSED. I WOULD LIKE TO BRING THE LGBTQ  SIGN ON THE FLAG ON THE STREET. HOW LONG WILL THAT BE THERE. THE FIST DOWN THERE FOR BLACK  LIVES MATTER. WE LOVE ALL PEOPLE. THIS IS NOT DIVERSITY. THIS IS ONLY FOR A CERTAIN GROUP OF PEOPLE. IT'S NOT FOR ALL OF US AS  AMERICANS, AS ALSO THE JEWISH  BELIEF SYSTEM. IT'S NOT. WHEN I HEARD THE GENTLEMAN  TALKING ABOUT THE SCHOOLS THEY  ARE TEACHING THE CHILDREN IN  THEIR NATIVE LANGUAGE FROM THE  COUNTRY THEY COME. YOU HAVE TO SPEAK CONVERSATIONAL ENGLISH. WHY ARE WE DOING THAT. YOU CAN'T GO TO ISRAEL AND THEY  TEACH YOUR LANGUAGE. WHY ARE WE CATERING TO PEOPLE TO COME HERE THAT WE BECOME THE  FOREIGNERS. I'M BORN AND RAISED IN FLORIDA. I FEEL LIKE I'M BEING  OVERRIDDEN. ANYWAY, THANK YOU. >>MAYOR:  THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >>MAYOR:  NEXT PERSON. NEXT PODIUM.   >> GOOD EVENING. BOTH OF MY SON AND DAUGHTERS  HAVE PLAYED AT EAST BOYNTON  LITTLE LEAGUE. I WAS A LEAGUE BOARD MEMBER FOR  SEVERAL YEARS AND COACHED FOR  APPROXIMATELY THE LAST EIGHT  YEARS. I'M CURRENTLY A VOLUNTEER COACH  IN THE SENIOR'S DIVISION. I HAVE SPENT COUNTLESS HOURS ON  SATURDAY MORNING BEFORE THE SUN  CAME UP PUSHING WATER OFF THE  FIELDS TRYING TO GET THEM READY  FOR THE DAY'S GAMES WITH THE  DOUBT IT COULD BE THE DAY PLAYER HITS A HOME RUN OR CREATES SOME  OTHER FORM OF LIFELONG MEMORY. WHAT IS CITY IS DOING NOT JUST  TAKING AWAY ONE DAYS WORTH OF  GAME BUT A WHOLE SEASON'S WORTH. I AM SPEAKING TONIGHT ON BEHALF  OF THE ALL-STARS THAT THE CITY  RECOGNIZED TWO YEARS AGO FOR  FINISHING THIRD IN THE STATE AND NOW THEY DON'T HAVE A FIELD TO  PLAY ON. I AM SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE  CAD WHO TOLD ME A FEW MONTHS AGO HOW EXCITED HE WAS THAT HIS  16-YEAR-OLD SON TOLD HIM HE  WANTED TO COME BACK FOR FINAL  SEASON AT EAST BOYNTON PLAY WITH HIS FRIENDS AND EXPERIENCE THE  FEELING OF JOY OF PLAYING ON THE FIELDS THAT HE GREW UP ON. THE FIELD RENOVATION WOULD  HAPPEN IN THE SUMMER OF 2023. THEN WHEN THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN. THEY SAID THEY WOULD BEGIN IN  NOVEMBER OF LAST YEAR. I SPOKE WITH HIM AGAIN IN  MID-JANUARY. NOTHING HAPPENED. SURELY THE CITY WOULDN'T ALLOW  THE RENOVATION AT THAT POINT. THE RENOVATIONS WOULD NOT CAUSE  US TO MISS A SEASON. HIS SON SIGNED UP. AND THEN CANCELLED REGISTRATION  ONCE THE FENCE WENT UP AND THE  FIELDS WERE TORN UP KNOWING HE  WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO PLAY HIS  FINAL SEASON. I AM SPEAKING TO NIGHT ON BEHALF OF A 16-YEAR-OLD PLAYER JACOB  LIKE A SON TO ME THAT I'VE COACH D SINCE HE WAS 9 YEARS OLD. AMAZING PLAYER. HOME SCHOOLED AND ONLY PLAYED AT EAST BOYNTON LITTLE LEAGUE. THEY DON'T HAVE THE TIME TO  BRING HIM ALL OVER FOR TRAVEL  BASEBALL. MY SON HUNTER AND JACOB HAVE  TALKED FOR MONTHS ABOUT PLAYING  TOGETHER FOR THE FINAL SEASON  AND NOW THAT'S TAKEN AWAY. THE CITY HAS BROKEN THEIR  PROMISE. THE CITY HAS PRESENTED TIME  FRAME. THE CITY STATED A SOFTBALL FIELD WITH NO PITCHING MOUND OR THE  CAPABILITY TO PUT 90-FOOT BASES  IS VIABLE ALTERNATIVE TO OUR  FIELD ONE. TO PLAY IN BLAME THE LITTLE  LEAGUE BOARD OF VOLUNTEERS. THE BASEBALL FIELD ARE A PLACE  WHERE NO ONE CARES ABOUT THE  COLOR OF YOUR SKIN OR IF YOU  COME FROM RICH FAMILY OR A POOR  FAMILY. IT'S JUST A GROUP OF PLAYERS AND FRIEND WHO OFF DON'T REALIZE  THEY ARE LEARNING MUCH ABOUT  LIFE AS BASEBALL. THEY ARE LEARNING HOW TO BE  GRACIOUS IN VICTORY AND DEFEAT. HOW TO COMPETE WHEN THE ODDS ARE STACKED AGAINST THEM IN FIND OUT WHAT THEY ARE MADE OF OR WHEN  THE BALL COMES THEIR WAY AT THE  END OF THE GAME. WE DON'T VIEW THE KIDS AS A  POTENTIAL PAYING CUSTOMER. THAT MANY OF THEM CAN'T AFFORD  ANYWAY. WE DON'T VIEW THE FIELD AS THE  REVENUE STREAM TO PUT MONEY INTO PRIVATE INDIVIDUALS OR THE  CITY'S POCKETS. WE VIEW THE FIELD AS THE GIFT  FROM PREVIOUS GENERATIONS AND  ONE WE HAD HOPED TO HAND DOWN. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >>MAYOR:  THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >>MAYOR:  NEXT SPEAKER STATE  YOUR NAME.   >> RYAN MASUTO. THANKS FOR HAVING US TONIGHT. I APPRECIATE THE COMMISSIONERS  UP THERE WHO ALLOW US TO SPEAK  FOR THE FULL THREE MINUTES. THAT'S MUCH APPRECIATED. IT'S WILD. I SEE A LOT OF KIDS THAT I'VE  COACHED HERE. I NEVER EXPECTED TO SEE US ALL  TOGETHER HERE AT CITY HALL. OBVIOUSLY, I THINK WE ALL SHARE  A COMMON GOAL, WHICH IS WE WANT  TO SEE BETTER FIELDS OUT THERE. WE WANT TO SEE IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE MADE. BUT I THINK AT LEAST FOR -- I  WILL ONLY SPEAK FOR MYSELF. I HAVE SOME BIG CONCERNS ABOUT  HOW THIS IS COMING ABOUT. WHEN THIS WAS INITIALLY  ANNOUNCED I WAS EXCITED. OKAY, COOL, THERE'S DEFINITELY  SOME STUFF WE COULD SEE IMPROVE  D OUT THERE. AS I READ MORE DEFINITELY SOME  RED FLAGS. THE BIGGEST THING FOR ME IS THIS 30-YEAR LEASE THAT WE'RE GIVING  TO THIS FOR-PROFIT ENTITY. AND WITH 10-YEAR INTERVAL  RENEWALS. I'M 37. THESE PEOPLE CAN CONTROL THE  FIELDS UNTIL I'M 87 YEARS OLD. THESE KIDS HERE -- THAT'S A  TERRIBLE DEAL FOR THE CITY. LET ALONE THE FACT THAT WE'RE  TAKING AWAY FACILITIES DURING AN ACTUAL SEASON FOR T-BALL BUT  ALSO A LOT OF THE KIDS LAST  SEASON WHO ARE PLAYING SENIOR  BALL. ONE OF THE PREVIOUS SPEAKERS  KIND OF MENTIONED HOW WE WON A  U.S. CHAMPIONSHIP. AND I DON'T KNOW IF WE FULLY  APPRECIATE THAT IN THIS CITY. YOU KNOW, THE LITTLE LEAGUE  WORLD SERIES HAVE BEEN PLAYED  FOR GOSH I BELIEVE 76 YEARS. AND I THINK ONLY 7 TEAMS FROM  FLORIDA HAVE MADE IT THAT FAR. AND ONLY ONE FROM THIS AREA. ONE DELRAY, ONE IN BOCA, ONE IN  WEST BOYNTON. ONE IN WEST PALM. IT WAS US. THAT'S REALLY SPECIAL. WHAT TAKES PLACE ON THOSE FIELDS IS EXTREMELY SPECIAL. AND YOU KNOW, A LOT OF COACHES  HERE GIVE THEIR TIME, A LOT OF  PARENTS GIVE THEIR TIME. I MEAN, I'M THE COACH THIS IS  GOING TO BE MY THIRD SEASON. SO MANY OF THE PARENTS STEP UP  TOO. IT'S NOT JUST US COACHES. LIKE THE PARENTS ARE OUT THERE. THEY ARE HELPING US RUN DRILLS. HELPING US TEACH THE KIDS NOT  JUST BASEBALL BUT LIKE HOW TO BE BETTER MEN. HOW TO BE BETTER WOMEN. HOW TO BE BETTER LEADERS. TO INTERRUPT THAT AND HAVE THIS  MASSIVE DISRUPTION IS SO  INCREDIBLY SHORTSIDED. THINKING BACK TO 50 YEARS. IT'S A REALLY LONG TIME. I'VE HEARD SOME REALLY GREAT  IDEAS FROM THE CITY. NOT YOU ALL IN PARTICULAR, BUT  LIKE HEY WE WILL BECOME THIS  BREWERY HUB. THAT DIDN'T WORK OUT. WE WILL REVITALIZE DOWNTOWN. WHO KNOWS HOW LONG WE WILL WAY  ON THIS. NOW WE HAVE IDEA OF SPORTS  COMPLEX. I JUST DON'T WANT THIS TO BE  ANOTHER THING THAT STARTS WITH  GRAND PLAN AND FIZZLES HORRIBLY. THE ONLY ONE THAT SUFFER ARE THE KIDS AND FUTURE GENERATIONS. THANK YOU.   [CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] >> I'M A ANDREA SORTA. I HAVE THREE CHILDREN CURRENTLY  WHO PLAY BASEBALL AT EAST  BOYNTON. BASEBALL HAS BEEN A HUGE PART OF MY LIFE PERSONALLY. SOMETHING THAT I HEARD TODAY  WHEN THE REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE  SCHOOL DISTRICT WAS SPEAKING,  WAS A LOT ABOUT THE ACTUAL  CLASSES, THE COURSES EDUCATION  BUT THEY REALLY DIDN'T TALK  ABOUT ANYTHING WITH PHYSICAL  EDUCATION. AND I FEEL LIKE EAST BOYNTON IS  SUCH A VITAL PLACE AND EXTENDED  PART OF A LOT OF OUR HOMES FOR  THESE KIDS. MISS LAMB, BASEBALL IS NOT BLACK AND WHITE. AND EVERYTHING THAT YOU READ TO  US TODAY I FEEL WAS COMPLETELY  DETACHED FROM WHAT IT IS TO  ACTUALLY. >>MAYOR:  COULD YOU ADDRESS THE  WHOLE BODY PLEASE?   >> NO PROBLEM. >>MAYOR:  THANK YOU.   >> CAN I HAVE MY TEAM BACK. >>MAYOR:  JUST CONTINUE.   >> WHEN IT COMES TO OUR  COMMUNITY IT IS BASEBALL IS NOT  BLACK AND WHITE. WE ARE A PLACE THAT'S FULL OF  COLOR. BLUE AND GOLD IT'S IN OUR  HEARTS. WE ARE HERE. WE WANT TO PLAY. YOU TORE UP A FIELD FOR SMALL  CHILDREN WHO -- I HAVE A  T-BALLER. HE LOOKS FORWARD TO PLAYING  BASEBALL. HE WANTS TO BE OUT THERE TO PLAY BASEBALL. HE HAS ACTUALLY MISSED THAT  OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE YOU GUYS  JUST CAME AND TORE UP THE FIELDS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SEASON. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT YOU NEED  TO CONSIDER WHEN IT COMES TO  SIGNING THE CONTRACTS WITH  INDIVIDUALS AND SAYING THERE'S  GOING TO BE FREE T-BALL AND  THIS. YOU DON'T KNOW THAT. YOU CAN SPEAK TO IT ALL YOU  WANT. EAST BOYNTON HAS BEEN THERE. THEY'VE BEEN PROVIDING THE  SERVICE. AND WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO BE  THERE. NO ONE HAS STEPPED ASIDE AND  SAID WE NEED YOU GUYS TO COME IN AND DO THIS SERVICE FOR US. THE CITY HAS THAT. ALLOW US THE OPPORTUNITY TO  CONTINUE TO THRIVE AND TO GROW  AND TO BE WHAT IT IS THAT WE  HAVE PROVEN TO BE. I THINK. I HAVE A WHOLE MINUTE LEFT. WHEN IT COMES TO MY REACH OUT TO YOU PERSONALLY, I KNOW THAT I  HAVE TRIED TO REACH OUT TO YOU  ON THIS FOR QUITE SOME TIME. TRYING TO GET CLARITY ON WHAT'S  HAPPENING. BECAUSE IT'S REALLY  UNBELIEVABLE. I COULDN'T GET AHOLD OF YOU TO  FIND A TIME TO EVEN SPEAK TO  YOU. AND I FEEL LIKE THAT'S A  DISSERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY. YOU'RE TELLING US THAT WE KNEW. WE KNEW. WE DIDN'T KNOW. LIKE NOBODY KNEW. EXACTLY WHEN THIS WOULD BE  HAPPENING. EYE -- I'VE HEARD ABOUT THIS  REPRESENTATIVE AT ATHLETICS  ANGELS WHO SAID WE WILL NOT  DISRUPT YOUR SEASON HERE WE ARE  WITH A TORN UP FIELD IN THE  MIDDLE OF OUR SEASON. I SEE OTHER MESSAGES FROM THE  OTHER INDIVIDUAL THAT THE CITY  WANTS TO GO AHEAD AND MAKE SIGNS CONTRACTS WITH WHO IS LITERALLY  USING PROFANITY IN EVERY PUBLIC  SPACE THAT HE ENTERS. IT'S MAKING PEOPLE FEEL  UNCOMFORTABLE IN A SPORT -- IT'S AMERICA'S SPORTS. IT'S BASEBALL. SO I MEAN, WAKE UP. DO SOMETHING. [APPLAUSE] >> GOOD EVENING. CAN YOU HEAR ME. GOOD EVENING MY NAME THE  BETH SANZONE. I'M ACTUALLY HERE TO TALK ABOUT  TWO PROPOSED INDUSTRIAL  WAREHOUSES THAT ARE GOING IN, IN BACK OF MY HOUSE. I'M REALLY CONCERNED FOR A LOT  OF REASONS. ONE IS WE REALLY DON'T HAVE THE  INFRASTRUCTURE TO SUPPORT THAT. CONCERNED ABOUT TAXES, CONCERNED ABOUT PROPERTY VALUE GOING DOWN. CONCERNED ABOUT THE NOISE, AND I HAVE NOT HEARD ANYTHING OTHER  THAN IT'S COMING. I WOULD LIKE FOR SOMEBODY TO AT  LEAST ADDRESS THIS. AND GIVE THE RESIDENTS A LITTLE  BIT MORE INFORMATION AROUND WHAT WE CAN EXPECT AND WHAT YOU GUYS  ARE GOING TO DO TO HELP OUT WITH ALL OF THESE OTHER ISSUES THAT  COME WITH PUTTING IN TWO  INDUSTRIAL-SIZED WAREHOUSES. >>MAYOR:  THANK YOU.   >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR  TIME. [APPLAUSE] >>MAYOR:  LET'S GO TO THE NEXT  PODIUM. STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD. BEGIN WHEN YOU ARE READY.   >> MY NAME THE GENE FERGUSON. I LIVED IN BOYNTON BEACH SINCE  THE EARLY 80s. FIRST I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU  GUYS FOR YOUR TIME AND FOR YOUR  WORK FOR THE CITY. I COME TONIGHT WITH A HEAVY  HEART. ALONG WITH MY HEART THERE'S  HUNDREDS IF NOT THOUSANDS OVER  KIDS A YEAR THAT THIS WILL  IMPACT. I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE YOU SOME  INFORMATION AND HOPEFULLY GET  SOME ANSWERS IN RETURN IN THE  NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. THESE FIELDS AREN'T JUST FOR  SPORTS. THESE FIELDS ARE KIDS LEARN  SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SKILLS,  MAKING LIFE-LONG FRIENDS,  GETTING ACTIVE AND CONSTRUCTIVE. THERE'S FAMILIES BONDING WITH  OTHER FAMILIES, YOUNG PARENTS  MEETING OLDER ONES AND SHARING  ADVICE. AND SO MUCH MORE. WHEN THIS WHOLE THING STARTED, I DON'T THINK THERE WERE MANY  PEOPLED A EAST BOYNTON THAT  REALLY CARED FOR IT. BUT THE CITY PUSHED IT HARD AND  WE WENT ALONG WITH IT. UNTIL A FEW PEOPLE STARTED  ASKING, HOW EXACTLY IS THIS  GOING TO BE GOOD FOR THE KIDS AT BOYNTON BEACH?   THE OTHER NIGHT ON THE NEWS,  THEY SAID THE CITY HAD BEEN  COMMUNICATING WITH THE BOARD  THROUGHOUT THIS ISSUE. I THINK EVERYBODY HERE KNOWS  THAT, THAT IS NOT TRUE. BOARD MEMBERS HAVE BEEN CALLING, E-MAILING THE CITY OFFICIALS  WITH NO ANSWER WHY THIS IS  HAPPENING. THE KIDS HAVE ALREADY STARTED  THEIR SEASON. INFORMATION THAT SHOULD HAVE  BEEN PUBLIC HAS BEEN HIDDEN. SOME OF IT IS EVEN UNATTAINABLE. WHY IS THIS?   I REALIZE YOU CAN'T FIGHT CITY  HALL. AND I'M NOT HERE TO FIGHT. I'M HERE TO ASK FOR ANSWERS. ANSWERS LIKE, WHERE THERE LAWS  BEING BROKEN?   IS THERE SOMETHING CORRUPT GOING ON THAT WE'RE NOT UNDERSTANDING? AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, IS THIS  REALLY BEST FOR THE CITY'S KIDS? SO I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE YOU  GUYS, AGAIN, TO COME TO OUR  OPENING DAY SO YOU CAN SEE THE  HUNDREDS OF KIDS FACES THAT THIS WILL IMPACT AND THEIR FAMILIES. IT'S GOING TO BE ON THE 9th. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK A FEW CITY OFFICIALS AND A VERY FEW  EMPLOYEES THAT HAVE BEEN  TRANSPARENT AND HELPED US  THROUGH THIS JOURNEY. YOUR SACRIFICE FOR THE KIDS WILL NOT GO UNNOTICED. WITH THAT BEING SAID, I WOULD  LIKE YOU GUYS TO LOOK, THAT  THESE PEOPLE ARE NOT TRASH. OKAY THESE PEOPLE ARE WORKING  50, 60-HOUR WORK WEEKS COMING TO THE FIELDS, AND THEN PUTTING 20  TO 30 HOURS IN TO HELP THE KIDS. AND YOU GUYS ARE JUST DUMPING ON THEM. IT'S REALLY SAD. THANK YOU GUYS. [APPLAUSE] >> GOOD EVENING. MY NAME THE JARED RYAN. 7-YEAR RESIDENT OF BOYNTON  BEACH. THIS IS MY FIFTH YEAR NOW OF  VOLUNTEERING IN THE LEAGUE. I HAVE A T-BALLER WHO IS  ENJOYING HIS FIRST SEASON. I HAVE A NINE-YEAR-OLD WHO ALSO  PLAYS IN KID PITCH PART OF THE  EAST BOYNTON SYSTEM SINCE HE WAS A 4-YEAR-OLD. WHAT'S GOING ON HERE IS NOT  RIGHT. IT'S KIND OF DESPICABLE. IT JUST STINKS. WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THIS THIRD PARTY THAT'S GOING TO BE  INVOLVED ON TAKING AWAY THE  FIELDS FROM THE KID AND THE  PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN HERE FOR  YEARS, I'M ONLY BEEN A RESIDENT  FOR 7 YEARS. KY SEE THE TYPE OF COMMUNITY  THAT EAST BOYNTON INVOLVED. THESE PEOPLE YOU KNOW, ENJOY  THIS FIELD. WE NEED THIS FIELD. AND HOW IT ALL WENT DOWN WHEN I  HEARD SOMEONE SAY THE PERMITS  WERE JUST GIVEN IN DECEMBER OF  '23. THAT'S HALFWAY THROUGH OUR  REGISTRATION. WE HAD OVER 100 KIDS SIGNED UP  FOR BASEBALL AT THAT POINT WHEN  PERMITS WERE GIVEN. NOW YOU'RE TELLING US THAT WE  CANNOT PLAY BASEBALL AFTER WE  HAD ALREADY PROMOTED OUR SEASON  FOR THE SPRING, COLLECTED MONEY  FROM RESIDENTS AND NOW PERMITS  WERE GIVEN IN DECEMBER FOR THIS  PROJECT AND WE WEREN'T NOTIFIED. BECAUSE IF WE WERE NOTIFIED,  I'VE BEEN A BOARD MEMBER FOR TWO YEARS. WE WOULD HAVE TOLD OUR PARENTS  AND OUR COMMUNITY, HEY, THIS IS  WHAT IS GOING. WE DIDN'T KNOW. THEN WE SHOW UP ON MONDAY AND  ALL OF A SUDDEN THERE'S A FENCE  AROUND THE FIELD. WHERE MY KID HAS TO GO TO COLUSI AND AND MY 9-YEAR-OLD ON THE  FIELD AT THE SAME TIME. HOW DO I GET MY KID TO COLUSI. THERE'S NO PITCHING MOUNDS. THERE'S NO PROPER BASES. IT'S A NIGHTMARE. THIS WHOLE THING JUST STINKS. I DON'T KNOW WHERE IT STARTED  FROM BUT IT AIN'T FOR PEOPLE  HERE AND IT'S NOT US AS PEOPLE  WHO ARE TRYING TO ENJOY SOME  BASEBALL. YOU GUYS SHOULD HONESTLY THE  HISTORY THAT THIS LEAGUE HAS AND WHAT HAPPENED IN 2003, IS  UNBELIEVABLE. AND THE FACT THAT THE CITY  DOESN'T EVEN ACKNOWLEDGE THAT  HAS LET FIELDS GET TO WHERE THEY ARE AT AFTER WHAT HAPPENED IN  2003. THAT'S ON YOU GUYS. THAT'S A DISGRACE. HONESTLY. THAT'S A DISGRACE. WE ARE LITTLE LEAGUE CHAMPIONS. DO YOU KNOW HOW HARD IT WAS FOR  THOSE KIDS TO GET WHERE THEY GOT TO?   AND THEY ARE GOING TO TEAR DOWN  THE ONE THING THEY HAVE THE  LITTLE PLAQUE ON THE FIELD. THEY WERE U.S. CHAMPIONS FROM  EAST BOYNTON BEACH. 20 YEARS AGO. COME ON. IT'S NOT OKAY. STEP IT UP AND DO THE RIGHT  THING. AND THE OTHER THING IN THE  MIDDLE OF THE FIELD THEY RIPPED  IT UP YESTERDAY. SO THE TIMING OF THAT, YOU ARE  TELLING ME THEY RIPPED UP THE  DAY BEFORE ALL THE PEOPLE COME  TO THE MEETING AND PROTEST. I WONDER WHY THEY TORE UP THE  FIELD YESTERDAY?   THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >>MAYOR:  NEXT PERSON STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD. BEGIN WHEN YOU ARE READY.   >> I'M TIERRA ROGERS. I'M A PARENT OF TWO KIDS WHO  PLAY AT EAST BOYNTON LITTLE  LEAGUE. I WANT TO LIKE JUST GIVE YOU A  DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE. I'M NOT GOING TO READ FROM  ANYTHING. I'M INCREDIBLY NERVOUS. ALSO VERY UPSET. I'M FROM KENTUCKY AND WE MOVED  HERE THREE YEARS AGO. WE GOT OFF OF A PLANE ON APRIL  2ND, MY KIDS WERE PLAYING AT  EAST BOYNTON ON APRIL THE 3rd. THESE PEOPLE WORKED WITH ME WHEN WE WERE IN KENTUCKY IN A VERY  BAD SITUATION. THEY WORKED WITH ME. THEY MADE SURE THEY WERE  REGISTERED. THEY MADE SURE THEY WERE GOOD  UNIFORMS. THEY SENT MY KIDS MESSAGES,  VIDEOS EVERYTHING, TO MAKE SURE  WHEN WE GOT HERE THEY WERE  COMFORTABLE. THEY WERE GOOD TO GO. THE FIRST DAY AT THE FIELD, WE  WERE GREETED BY PARENTS. WHAT CAN WE DO TO HELP YOU GET  SETTLED?   HOW CAN WE HELP YOU?   THAT'S WHAT THIS IS. EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE PEOPLE HERE, THEY ARE FAMILY. THEY ARE MY FAMILY. I DON'T HAVE A LOT OF FAMILY. THESE PEOPLE ARE IT FOR ME. [APPLAUSE] OKAY. I WAS IN A WRECK TWO WEEKS AGO. JANUARY 16th, THE FIRST PEOPLE I TEXT WITH MY KIDS IN THE CAR AND MY TODDLER, MY T-BALLERS WHERE  THESE PEOPLE. WE'RE IN A WRECK. I NEED HELP. CAN SOMEONE GRAB MY OTHER CHILD  FROM SCHOOL. THEY WERE THERE. THE FERGUSONS SHOWED UP. THEY WERE THERE. THEY STAYED WITH MY HUSBAND. GENE FOLLOWED ME TO THE HOSPITAL WITH MY SON. THIS IS FAMILY. AND WHAT YOU ARE ALL DOING IS  GROSS. ADDITIONALLY, THE PERSON THAT  YOU ARE ALL WORKING WITH I'M NOT GOING TO NAME HIM. BUT I DO WANT TO READ THIS TO  YOU. I EXPRESSED ON SOCIAL MEDIA I  THINK HE'S A DESPICABLE HUMAN  BEING. I THINK HE'S HATEFUL. I THINK HE'S PRIDEFUL. HE DOES NOTHING FOR THE  BETTERMENT OF ANYONE ELSE BUT  HIMSELF. I TOLD HIM THIS. I'M NOT HAPPY ABOUT WHAT HE'S  DOING. I THINK IT'S ALL FOR PROFIT. AND I DO AGREE THAT I THINK  SOMEONE IS BENEFITTING FROM IT. BECAUSE YOU ALL DON'T SEEM TO BE GETTING IT. BUT THIS IS WHAT HE HAD TO SAY  ABOUT THE FIELD. SHOW SOME BALLS. I HEARD ABOUT YOU AND THE  TRAINS. SPEAKING ME OF MARRIED WOMEN. A TRAIN. IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS. LOOK IT UP. IT'S GROSS. GOOD-BYE SEE YOU AT GROUND  BREAKING. MMFAO. I WIN, YOU LOSE. I GOT THE LEASE AND THE TRASH  WILL BE GONE SOON. YOU ARE A PART OF THE TRASH. THAT'S ONE OF THE PEOPLE YOU  HAVE THE CONTRACT WITH. [CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] >> IS IT ABOUT THIS FIELD THAT'S SO IMPORTANT TO YOU BECAUSE TO  ME YOU ARE PUTTING THE SAFETY OF THESE KIDS, LIKE YOU ARE PUTTING A DOLLAR AMOUNT ON THEIR SAFETY. THAT'S NOT COOL. IT'S GROSS. YOU ALL SHOULD BE BETTER THAN  THIS. WE'RE TELLING YOU AND YOU ARE  NOT LISTENING. AND GOING TO TAKE SOMETHING BAD  HAPPENING BEFORE YOU GET IT. WE'RE TRYING TO TELL YOU. [APPLAUSE] >>> MA'AM, CAN YOU MEET ME IN  THE BACK. I WANT TO KNOW WHO SAID THAT. [CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] >>MAYOR:  NEXT PERSON.   >> GOOD EVENING MY NAME THE  JESSICA FERGUSON I'M SURE YOU  GUYS ARE FAMILIAR WITH ME. I JUST THINK EYE SPOKEN WITH  EVERY ONE OF YOUR AT LEAST A  COUPLE OF TIME. WE'VE SAT IN MEETINGS. I WANT TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE  THINGS THAT WERE SHARED IN  REGARD TO COMMUNICATION. COMMUNE KAIRGS WAS ONE OF THE  THINGS THAT I STRESSED FROM  BEGINNING WHEN I STARTED GETTING INVOLVE AT EAST BOYNTON LITTLE  LEAGUE IN REGARD TO THE CITY AND THE PLANS THAT WERE HAPPENING. THERE WAS NONE. UNTIL THIS DAY I HAVEN'T  RECEIVED THE EXACT PLAN OF THE  PROJECT PLAN OF WHEN EXACTLY YOU GUYS WILL START CONSTRUCTION. I SAT IN FRONT WITH GALE. I SAT WITH CASEY IN THE BACK. I SAT WITH FRANKIE. AND THEY KEPT SAYING, JUST DO  BUSINESS AS USUAL. WE WILL LET YOU KNOW. OKAY. WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPENEN  WHEN  YOU DECIDE TO BREAK GROUND. I NEED TO HAVE A BACK UP PLAN. IF SOMETHING DOES HAPPEN WHERE  AM WE GOING TO HAVE ALL THESE  PEOPLE HERE GO AND ATTEND THEIR  PRACTICES?   DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT. IT'S NOT GOING TO GET THERE. WE WILL NOT INTERRUPT YOUR  SEASON. HERE WE ARE. SEASON INTERRUPTED. HERE WE ARE. YES, YOU GAVE US A FIELD. YOU KNOW WHEN WE GOT THE FIELD. ON JANUARY 29th. JANUARY 29th, MIKE AND I  FRANTICALLY LOOKING GOT THE  PERMIT APPROVED WITH THE PALM  BEACH COUNTY PARKS & RECREATION  TO GET USE OF THE FIELD. IT WASN'T BEFORE. I PLAN. EAST BOYNTON KNOWS I'M A  PLANNER. I LIKE TO KNOW THE WHEN, THE WHY AND THE HOW. BECAUSE I DON'T LIKE TO BE LEFT  DISPLACED. I DON'T LIKE TO LEAVE MY  FAMILIES DISPLACED. THAT'S WHAT THEY ARE. THEY ARE MY FAMILY. THEY TRULY BELIEVE THAT I LIVE  IN THAT CONCESSION STAND. THEY REALLY DO. AND THAT'S BECAUSE THAT'S HOW  MUCH TIME AND EFFORT AND LOVE I  SHARE FOR EAST BOYNTON. I TRULY DO BLEED BLUE AND GOLD  THROUGH AND THROUGH. I'M HERE TO STAND FOR THEM. IT'S JUST A LITTLE BIT  SICKENING. A LITTLE BIT SICKENING THAT  YOU'RE THROWING IT BACK ON US  THAT IT'S OUR FAULT THAT WE'RE  HERE TODAY. WE DIDN'T SIGN THAT CONTRACT. WE DIDN'T AGREE TO THAT  CONTRACT. WE WEREN'T EVEN TOLD ABOUT THE  CONTRACT UNTIL AFTER IT WAS  SIGNED. AND THAT IS A TRUE FACT. AND I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO SHARE THAT IN WRITING. YOU VISITED AT EAST BOYNTON  LITTLE LEAGUE SHOWED US THE  PLANS. THE PLANS WERE ALREADY OUT. AGAIN, CASEY CAN ATTEND TO THAT. HE WAS THERE. HE CAME AND SHOWED THE PLANS. YOU GUYS ASKED FOR OUR FEEDBACK. WE SHARED NUMEROUS FEEDBACK AND  COMMUNICATION SAYING THIS IS NOT RIGHT. WE NEED HAVE. WE NEED THAT. WHY ARE WE LOSING DUGOUTS -- WHY ARE WE LOSING BATTING CAGES. WHY ARE THE BATTING CAGES  SMALLER. YOU KEEP TELLING US WE WILL YOU  KNOW FIX THE PLANS. UPDATE THE PLANS AND THEN WE'LL  SHOW YOU. WE STILL HAVE NOT SEEN THOSE  UPDATED PLANS. >>MAYOR:  THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] CAN I CONTINUE. >>MAYOR:  THREE MINUTES PER  PERSON. I WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. THREE MINUTES PER PERSON. BEGIN WHEN YOU'RE READY.   >> GOOD EVENING. MY NAME JACQUELINE. I'M A NATIVE.   >> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, CAN YOU PLEASE GIVE HER THE SAME  RESPECT.   >> I'M JACQUELINE SLYER. NATIVE BOYNTON BEACH RESIDENT. AS I ATTEMPT TO TALK TO YOU  TONIGHT. I HAVE MY SENIOR 13-YEAR-OLD WHO CAN'T PLAY ON HIS FIELD. A FIELD I PLAYED ON. HE CAN'T FINISH OUT HIS SEASON. BECAUSE YOU GUYS ARE IN BUSINESS WITH SOMEBODY -- THE LAST TIME I SPOKE AT THIS MEETING. I RECEIVED THREATENING THREATS  FROM. I HAVE TWO OTHER BOYS THAT  PLAYED AT EAST BOYNTON AND STILL CURRENTLY PLAY AT EAST BOYNTON. I GREW UP TOLD THE CITY DOESN'T  CARE ABILITY EAST BOYNTON. THEY WANT IT FOR THE CEMETERY. THAT'S HOWIST RAISED IN THE  CITY. BECAUSE THE CITY BACK THEN  DIDN'T CARE. AND I WOULD TELL MY CHILDREN,  THEY ALWAYS WANTED TO TAKE THE  FIELDS FOR THE CEMETERY. BUT NO THAT'S NOT HAPPENING  RIGHT NOW. DON'T WORRY. YOU WILL ALWAYS HAVE YOUR  FIELDS. I WAS THERE FOR THE MAKEOVER. I WAS PAINTING, BUILDING. BUT THAT WAS THE COMMUNITY THAT  WE ARE. WE ALL CAME OUT FOR THOSE KIDS. I WAS AT PETE ROSE WATCHING  THOSE GAMES. WE ALL SUPPORTED OURSELVES. I'M SURE HALF OF YOU WHERE THERE TOO. I SEE HIM SHAKING HIS HEAD. WE WERE IN SUPPORT. THIS IS OUR FAMILY. IT HAS BEEN FOR THE LAST EIGHT  YEARS. IF YOU CALL ME I'M USUALLY AT  EAST BASEBALL FEED. EAST BOYNTON IS WHERE HE FELL IN LOVE WITH BASEBALL AND HAD  OPPORTUNITY TO PLAY TRAVEL,  MIDDLE SCHOOL, HE HAS AN  OPPORTUNITY TO PLAY IN HIGH  SCHOOL. WHAT YOU ARE DOING BY TAKING  AWAY THIS FIELD AND BLAMING OUR  VOLUNTEER BOARD MEMBERS, JESSICA LIVES AT THE FIELD BY THE WAY. THEY WOULD HAVE TOLD US. THEY WOULD HAVE SAID IT. I ASKED QUESTIONS AT THE INITIAL MEETING YOU HAD. NOT ONE OF YOUR COULD ANSWER ME. NOT ONE COULD ANSWER WHERE THE  FUNDING WAS COMING FROM. NOT ONE COULD ANSWER HOW THIS  WOULD EFFECT OUR KIDS. YOU DIDN'T CARE. YOU STILL ARE NOT CARING RIGHT  NOW. THAT'S THE REASON WE ARE HERE. YOU KNOW, I WASN'T SURE IF I  WOULD COME TONIGHT. HE WANTED TO COME. AND THESE ARE HIS SENIOR T TEAMMATES UP HERE ASKING YOU WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS TO THEM?   THEY WANT TO KNOW WHY?   WHY IS IT SO IMPORTANT FOR THIS  TURF FIELD TO BE BUILT RIGHT  NOW. WHY CAN'T IT BE BUILT IN THE  SUMMER?   WHY RIGHT NOW?   THESE BOYS HAVE BEEN PLAYING  TOGETHER FOR YEARS. THEY SEE EACH OTHER. EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM. EVERYONE KNOWS EACH OTHER. WE ARE FAMILY. WE ARE EAST BOYNTON. AND AS EVERYONE ALWAYS SAYS EAST THE BEAST. BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE ARE. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >>MAYOR:  NEXT PERSON. WE HAVE TWO PODIUMS IF YOU WANT  TO FORM A LINE FOR BOTH OF THEM. >> I WOULD LIKE TO CONCEDE.   >> I'M ERIC FRAGO. I WOULD LIKE TO CONCEDE MY  MINUTES TO JESSICA FERGUSONS. SHE HAS A LOT OF VALID POINTS.   >> THOSE ARE NOT WITHIN OUR  RULES. IF YOU WANT TO PIGGYBACK, FEEL  FREE.   >> ALL I HAVE TO SAY IS THE  COMMUNITY HERE IS FANTASTIC. I'VE BEEN -- MY SON HAS BEEN IN  THE LEAGUE SINCE T-BALL. I'VE BEEN VOLUNTEERING AS THE  COACH. OR ASSISTANT COACH AND STUFF IN  THE LEAGUE. IF YOU LOOK AT THE STATS, MOST  LITTLE LEAGUES ACROSS THE  COUNTRY IN MANY CITIES AND TOWNS ARE GOING UNDER. THERE'S A LOT OF EMPTY FIELDS IN THIS COUNTRY. OVERGROWN GRASS. NOT MAINTAINED. THE LEAGUES ARE GONE. THEY ARE EVAPORATING. THIS LEAGUE IS THRIVING AND  GROWING EVERY YEAR. WE'RE GETTING LARGER EVERY YEAR. AS FAR AS WHAT YOU GUYS ARE  DOING IS -- IT'S HURTFUL. IT'S VERY HURTFUL. I MEAN, YOU BASICALLY ARE UP  HERE -- YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO BE  HERE TO SERVE US. TO SERVE THE PEOPLE. TO HELP THE PEOPLE. INSTEAD YOU ARE CREATING A WALL. YOU ARE NOT LETTING THE KIDS  ENJOY GROWING UP, TURNING INTO  MEN AND YOUNG WOMEN. ALL RIGHT. IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT THE  BASEBALL. IT'S THE CAMARADERIE. IT'S A CLOSE KNIT GROUP. WE HAVE NO FISHING SIGNS. NO TRESPASSING. NO SKATING. YOU CAN'T DO ANYTHING. NOW YOU WILL PUT UP A SIGN  SAYING NO FRICKEN' BASEBALL. YOU WANT THEM LOCK IN THE ROOM  TO PLAY VIDEOS. IS THAT THE FUTURE YOU WANT. IT'S CRAP. I HOPE YOU CONSIDER EVERYTHING  YOU'VE HEARD. IT'S NOT RIGHT. [APPLAUSE] >>MAYOR:  NEXT SPEAKER.   >> GOOD EVENING. MY NAME THE BARBARA REEDY. I THINK YOU GUYS KNOW WHO I AM. HOW MANY TIMES HAVE I SPOKEN ON  THIS TOPIC. AND HERE WE ARE. NO MATTER HOW MANY TIMES THE  CITY STAFF CAN TRY TO TELL YOU  THAT THEY ALLOWED EAST BOYNTON  LITTLE LEAGUE TO PARTICIPATE IN  THIS PLANNING OF THIS, I DON'T  BELIEVE THAT'S TRUE. I THINK YOU WOULD BE HARD  PRESSED TO SHOW US WHERE ON THE  PLAN THINGS WERE CHANGED OR  FIXED OR TWEAKED THAT WAS  SOMETHING THAT HAD BEEN EFFECTED BY THE LITTLE LEAGUE BOARD. IF DUE DILIGENCE HAD BEEN DONE,  AND QUESTIONED HAD BEEN ASKED  BEFORE THIS COMMISSION WAS  PRESSURED INTO AGREEING TO THE  TWO PROJECTS. I THINK WE WOULD NOT BE HERE  TONIGHT. I THINK THAT IT WOULD BE A  DIFFERENT OUTCOME. BECAUSE YOU WOULD HAVE REALIZED  THAT YOU WERE BEING PRESSURED. AND IT WAS UNNECESSARY PRESSURE. BECAUSE THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT  THESE TWO PRIVATE PEOPLE ARE  OFFERING, THAT ARE TAGGED AS  IMPROVEMENTS, WERE THEY  IMPROVEMENTS THAT LITTLE LEAGUE  ASKED FOR. NO. ARE THEY IMPROVEMENTS THAT  LITTLE LEAGUE NEEDS, NO. WE NEED THE CRAB GRASS FIXED. WE NEAT THE CLAY AIRIATED. WE NEED A T-BALL FEEL. THAT'S A LITTLE DINKY T-BALL  FIELD. THAT'S WHAT WE NEED. IF SOMEONE HAD ASKED BEFORE YOU  SIGNED THE CONTRACTS, WE WOULD  NOT BE HERE TONIGHT. DOING THIS. OKAY. THOSE LITTLE LEAGUE FIELDS THE  WHOLE LITTLE LEAGUE PROGRAM HAS  BEEN TAKEN FOR GRANTED FOR MANY, MANY YEARS. I DID MY TEN YEARS AT THE FIELD. 25 YEARS AGO. AND THEY SPEAK ABOUT FAMILY,  NOTHING COULD BE MORE TRUE. WHY AM I HERE 25 YEARS AFTER I  DID MY TEN YEARS?   OKAY. AND I'M STILL HERE AT ADVOCATING FOR THOSE FIELDS. THAT'S HOW PRECIOUS THEY ARE. IT'S NOT TOO LATE TO CHANGE SOME OF THIS. IT'S NOT TOO LATE. THERE ARE CLAUSES. I READ THE CONTRACTS. I READ THE LAWSUITS. I KNOW WHERE YOU CAN -- THERE  ARE THINGS, THERE ARE AVENUES. THERE ARE AVENUES. THESE PEOPLE JUST GOT THEIR  FIRST LESSON FOR FREE FROM  MICHAEL BARWITZ. UNFORTUNATELY IT WAS A LESSON IN HEARTLESSNESS. AND I'M NOT TOO SURE MANY OF  THEM WILL BE BACK TO SEE MICHAEL BARWITZ LESSONS. [APPLAUSE] >>MAYOR:  NEXT PERSON.   >> HELLO. MY NAME THE CHRISTA SILVERMAN. I AM A MOTHER OF TWO. AND ALSO A BOARD MEMBER. WE'VE BEEN AT THE FIELD FOR FOUR YEARS NOW. AND MY YOUNGEST IS NOW IN  T-BALL. EVERYONE HAS BROUGHT UP REALLY  GREAT POINTS. BUT ALSO SOMETHING THAT HASN'T  BEEN BROUGHT UP IS THE RISK THAT IT POSES OF MY CHILD BEING NOT  WITH ME IF I HAVE TO BE IN TWO  PLACES AT ONCE. I'M A SINGLE MOM. I DON'T REALLY HAVE A LOT OF  SUPPORT. LUCKILY I HAVE MY MOM SOMETIMES  TO HELP ME. BUT I'M THE WON WHO TAKES MY  KID. I'M THE ONE AT THE FIELD. I'M ALSO YOU KNOW CONCESSIONS  MANAGER, SO I HAVE TO BE IN  THREE PLACES AT ONCE WITH MY  T-BALLER, WITH MY COACH PITCH,  AND IN CONCESSIONS. THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE. YOU KNOW, AND I ACTUALLY HAVE BE ON THE FIELD WITH MY T-BALLER. BECAUSE HE'S SPECIAL NEEDS. I HAVE TO BE WITH HIM AS HE'S  PRACTICING. AS HE'S ON THE FIELD. AND I CAN'T DO THAT IF -- HE'S  SUPPOSED TO BE PRACTICING IN  COLUSIA OR SOME OTHER INADEQUATE FIELD. IT'S WRONG. IT'S ALSO YOU KNOW FOR -- I HAVE TO PICK AND CHOOSE WHICH ONE I  WANT TO DO OR WHICH ONE IS GOING TO PRACTICE OR PLAY AT THAT  TIME. IT'S NOT FAIR BECAUSE MY OLDEST  HE'S BEEN DOING THIS FOR FOUR  YEARS. MY YOUNGEST TRYING TO GET HIM  STARTED INTO IT. HE WAS SCEPTIC AT FIRST. HE LOVES BEING ON THE FIELD NOW. HE'S JUST NOW WANTING TO PLAY  WITH OTHER KIDS, AND BEING  RECEPTIVE TO HIS COACH. THAT'S BEING TAKEN AWAY. I CAN ONLY BE IN ONE PLACE IN  WHICH WE ALSO PAID OUR  REGISTRATION FOR FOR THAT FIELD. YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE -- ARE WE  GOING TO BE REFUNDED BY THE  CITY?   BECAUSE THIS ISN'T AN EAST  BOYNTON LITTLE LEAGUE ISSUE. THIS WAS A CITY ISSUE. IT'S NOT RIGHT. BUT THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >>MAYOR:  THANK YOU.   >> GOOD EVENING MY NAME HARRY  WOOD WORTH. 40-YEAR-OLD BOYNTON BEACH  RESIDENT DIRECTOR. LIKE EVERYONE HERE AND ALL OF  YOU, ALL I WANT TO DO IS BE  REALLY PROUD TO SAY I LIVE IN  BOYNTON BEACH WHEN I TALK TO MY  FRIENDS. I'VE LIVED HERE 40 YEARS. I HAVE NEVER IN MY LIFE BEEN  MORE EMBARRASSED FOR THE CITY  THAN STANDING RIGHT HERE AND  RIGHT NOW. I AM NOT GOING TO BLAME ANYBODY. I DON'T THINK THERE'S MALICE. THERE'S NO CONSPIRACY. THERE'S A LOT SIMPLER  EXPLANATIONS. THIS IS RIDICULOUS. WHY AM I HERE. I DON'T WANT TO POINT FINGERS OR BLAME ANYBODY. IT'S A NEW YEAR. HAVEN'T WE HAD ENOUGH OF THIS  LAWSUITS, INTERNAL CONFLICT, YOU GUYS TOOK A COURSE LAST YEAR  FROM A GUY NAME LOAS ON  GOVERNANCE AND LEADERSHIP AND  THINGS LIKE THAT. TEN OR 12 SESSIONS THEY WERE  AWESOME. ONE OF THE THINGS HE COVERED WAS THE PURPOSE OF THE CITY. THE FIRST SLIDE UP WAS BOYNTON  BEACH AS THE TEAM. ANYBODY FIELD LIKE A TEAM  TONIGHT?   THE SECOND SLIDE UP WAS ABOUT  THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN POLITICS  AND GOVERNANCE. POLITICS WAS GETTING RE-ELECTED. GOVERNANCE WAS TAKEN CARE OF THE NEEDS OF THE PEOPLE AND THE  CITIZENS AND THE RESIDENTS. HOW IS THAT GOING FOR US. I GUESS WHAT I ASK IN HERE MAYBE WE COULD MAKE A DIFFERENCE. MAYBE WE COULD RESET THIS THING. YOU KNOW IF THE DOORS FALL OFF  YOU PARK THE AIRPLANE AND YOU  FIGURE IT OUT. YOU HAD THE TRAINING. THAT GUY IS STILL AVAILABLE. YOU GOT ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE  TRAINING. TO PART WHERE THERE WAS A  MISSION STATION. STRATEGIES AND GOALS. THINGS THAT MOTIVATE PEOPLE THAT PULL US TOGETHER. THAT'S WHERE IT STOPPED. THERE WAS NO FOLLOW UP. DID WE GET THE MISSION  STATEMENT?   I CAN'T FIND IT?   DID WE GET A STRATEGY?   DO WE HAVE STRATEGY?   I DON'T SEE IT. DO WE HAVE PLANS TO IMPLEMENT  THE STRATEGIES?   HAVEN'T SEEN THOSE EITHER. WE PULLED A BUDGET TOGETHER.?   AND THE WAY WE'RE GOING WE WILL  DO IT THAT WAY AGAIN. THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF THE  EXERCISE IS TO REPRESENT THE  CITIZENS. THAT'S THE ONLY REASON YOU ARE  UP THERE TO SERVE THE CITIZENS. THAT'S NOT WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE TONIGHT. LET'S RESET THIS THING. LET'S STOP ALL OF THIS CRAP. LET'S REFOCUS. YOU KNOW HOW TO DO IT. THE INFORMATION READILY  AVAILABLE. PEOPLE ARE RUNNING COMPANY FOR  1,000 YEARS SUCCESSFULLY. WE'RE NOT ON THE RIGHT TRACK  WITH THE CITY NOW. THIS NEEDS CHANGE. I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT POLITICS. I'M TALKING ABOUT GOVERNANCE. THANK YOU. [CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] >> GOOD EVENING. ADAM LAMB. LOCAL RESIDENT. I HAVE TWO KIDS IN THE LEAGUE. I DO A LOT OF COACHING. FOOTBALL, BASEBALL, SOCCER. YOU NAME IT. AND I'VE BEEN AROUND THE LOT OF  LEAGUES INCLUDING ONES IN BOCA,  ONES IN WELLINGTON, ONES IN WEST BOYNTON. AND WE'VE BEEN AT EAST BOY TORN  THE LONGEST ALONG MY FAMILY. BECAUSE IT'S A WELL-RUNNING  WILL. YOU HAVE A LITTLE TREASURE HERE  IN WHAT YOU HAVE IN THE CITY  HERE. PEOPLE COME FROM -- IF THEY CAN  MEET ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENT,  THEY  THEY COME HERE TO PLAY. I WAS A U.S. ARMY VETERAN,  ENGINEER. COMBAT ENGINEER, PLATOON LEADER  IN AFGHANISTAN. AND THE MOST FUN I HAD THE BEST  ENGINEERING JOB I EVER HAD WAS  THE LAST YEARS IN THE ARMY WHEN  I HAD A CONSTRUCTION BUDGET. I HAD 350 MILLION CONSTRUCTION  BUDGET. I KNOW HOW PUBLIC/PRIVATE  RELATIONSHIPS CAN WORK IN THE  GOVERNMENT SECTOR. I KNOW HOW TO RUN A PROJECT. I KNOW ONE OF THE KEY THINGS  WHEN YOU RUN A PROJECT IS TO  HAVE KEY STAKEHOLDER INPUT. RIGHT?   I'M NOT GOING TO SIT UP HERE AND SAY ALL THE THINGS THAT HAVE  BEEN SAID ABOUT THE ATROCITIES  WE FEEL ARE DONE TO THE LEAGUE. THAT'S BEEN COVERED. I THINK IT'S SAFE TO ADMIT WE  LOST SOME KEY STAKEHOLDER BUY-IN FROM YOUR KEY TENANT AT THE  FIELD. WOULD WE AGREE?   I SEE THE MAYOR SHAKING HIS  HEAD. THANK YOU, SIR. I AM A RESULTS TYPE GUY. I WILL NOT TELL YOU HOW I FEEL  AND ALL THAT. I WOULD LIKE ACTION STARTING TO  NIGHT. DO ME A FAVOR. IF YOU ARE UP HERE AND YOU ARE  WILLING TO FIX THE PROBLEM,  RAISE YOUR HAND. [APPLAUSE] >>MAYOR:  LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,  ONE SECOND. I HAVE PAUSED HIS TIME. I WANT YOU TO HAVE YOUR TIME,  SIR. BUT ON THE ADVICE OF COUNSEL WE  ARE ASKED NOT TO COMMENT EVEN BY HAND.   >> YES, SIR MR. SPEAKER  PENSERGA, I UNDERSTAND THAT. >>MAYOR:  LET THE GENTLEMAN  FINISH. VICE-MAYOR. PLEASE CONTINUE.   >> I LIVED IN A WORLD WHERE I  HAD TO MAKE QUICK DECISIONS  UNDER LEGAL ACTION AS WELL. SOMETIMES YOU RAISE YOUR HAND. SOMETIMES YOU JUST DO IT. BECAUSE YOU GOT TO BE A LEADER. I WILL ASK ONE MORE TIME. ONE MORE TIME FOR YOU. TO RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU'RE  READY TO RESOLVE THIS STARTING  TONIGHT. IF YOU ARE OF THAT MIND. IF YOU ARE NOT MY NEXT THING IS, I HATE POLITICS. I HATE IT. BUT WATCH WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU  DON'T RAISE YOUR HAND. NOW RAISE YOUR HAND. [APPLAUSE] WE HAD TWO HANDS. MY RECORD SHOWS TWO HANDS. MR. MAYOR, DO YOU WANT TO  RECONSIDER RAISING YOUR HAND?   BE A LEADER. BE A LEADER, MAN. >>MAYOR:  I'M WILLING TO SPEAK  OFF-LINE. IT'S NOT ABOUT PERFORMING OR  ACTING FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT EYE SPOKEN. YOU KNOW WHERE I'M COMING FROM. BECAUSE OF ADVICE OF COUNSEL,  IT'S THE PROPER APPROPRIATE  THING TO DO. PLEASE CONTINUE. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I'M GOING  TO LET THE GENTLEMAN FINISH.   >> I GOT WHAT I NEEDED. THANK YOU BOTH. [APPLAUSE] >>MAYOR:  NEXT PERSON. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE  RECORD AND BEGIN.   >> COACH ED NOVAC. BEEN AT EAST BOYNTON PROBABLY  FIVE YEARS NOW. IT'S MY HOME. I STARTED OFF MY SON HE WAS IN  T-BALL. AND I WAS NEVER MORE MAD FOR MY  WIFE FOR SIGNING ME UP FOR  SOMETHING THAT I DIDN'T WANT TO  DO. UNTIL I MET THESE PEOPLE AT EAST BOYNTON WHO OPENED MY EYES TO  THE POSSIBILITY OF A PERSON. I CAME FROM -- I'M NOT A  FLORIDIAN. I'M AN OUT OF TOWNER FROM  PENNSYLVANIA. I CAME HERE TO CHANGE MY LIFE. I LIKE TO THINK I DID SO. I MET ALL THESE PEOPLE PEOPLE  HERE THAT BECOME MY FAMILY AND  STAND BEHIND ME NO MATTER WHAT. MY BEST FRIEND I HAVE TODAY IS  MY ASSISTANT COACH. BECAUSE I MET HIM AT THIS  LEAGUE. HIS KIDS SLEEP AT MY HOUSE. MY KIDS SLEEP AT THEIR HOUSE. THIS MEANS SO MUCH TO ME. I COACH COACH PIT. I'M A HEAD COACH FOR COACH  PITCH. I'M A COACH FOR THE "T"-BALLERS  THAT YOU TOOK THE FIELD AWAY  FROM. IT BREAKS MY HEART THAT I CAN'T  GIVE MY DAUGHTER THE SAME STUFF  I GAVE MY SON IN THIS LEAGUE. NOW I HAVE TO TRY TO FIND A  FIELD AT COLUSAI PARK. WITH MY OTHER ASSISTANT COACHES  OVER HERE TO TRY TO MAKE STUFF  WORK. AND I CAN'T. OUR FIELDS WERE RIGHT NEXT TO  EACH OTHER. I WOULD LITERALLY COACH TWO  TEAMS AT THE SAME TIME BELIEVE  IT OR NOT PEOPLE. I CAN'T DO IT NOW. BECAUSE I HAVE TO GO TO A  DIFFERENT FIELD. I'M NOT SAYING MUCH. ALL I'M SAYING DO THE RIGHT  THING. GIVE US OUR FIELDS BACK. LET US JUST CONTINUE TO BUILD A  COMMUNITY, A LEGACY. YEAH. FOR OUR FAMILIES. THANK YOU GUYS. [APPLAUSE] >>MAYOR:  THANK YOU. BRING THE MIC CLOSER TO YOUR.   >> PLEASE LET US PLAY.   >> BOYNTON, PLEASE DO BETTER. WE WANT TO PLAY BASEBALL.   >> WE ARE 223 PLAYERS AND SEE  ALL PLAY BASEBALL AND ALL-STAR  TEAMS AND WOULD LIKE TO KEEP ON  PLAYING AND REPRESENTING EAST  BOYNTON.   >> WE HAVE PLAYED HERE EVER  SINCE WE WERE T-BALLERS AND ALL  LOVE BASEBALL. ALL OF US HAVE GROWN UP AND  PLAYED AND NOW WE'RE PLAYING  TRAVEL BASEBALL THANKS TO EAST  BOYNTON.   >> AND MET ALL OF THEM FROM  BASEBALL.   >> PLEASE DO BETTER EAST  BOYNTON. [CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] >>MAYOR:  NEXT PERSON.   >> GOOD EVENING. MY NAME THE MARIA LUCRE. I STAND BEFORE YOU AS TEAM MOM  AND BOARD MEMBER ACCORDING TO  YOUR RULES WE AREN'T ALLOWED TO  EXPRESS OUR ISSUE WITH THE  PROJECTS. I WILL DO MY BEST TO EXSPRES WHY WE DON'T WANT THE PROJECTS TO  HAPPEN. I'VE BEEN COMING HERE SINCE I  WAS SIX. I SPENT YEARS WATCHING MY  FRIENDS PLAY. NOW HE COACHES ON THOSE SAME  FIELDS HE PLAYED ON AS A KID. MY UNCLE PLAYED PROFESSIONALLY  FOR 13 YEARS. MY LIFE RESOLVED AROUND  BASEBALL. LITTLE LEAGUE IS MORE THAN  BASEBALL. HISTORIC FIELDS THAT HAVE HOUSED LITTLE LEAGUE WORLD SERIES  CHAMPIONS AND PROFESSIONAL  BASEBALL PLAYERS DESERVE BETTER. WE ARE WORTH SO MUCH MORE THAN  THAT. MY SON PLAYING BASEBALL SINCE  FOUR YEARS OLD. HE'S 8 AND OUR LIFE CONTINUES TO RESOLVE AROUND BASEBALL. HE PLAYS 7 DAYS A WEEK. WE EAT, LIVE AND BREATHE  BASEBALL. HE MAINTAINS GOOD GRADES AND  SCHOOL AND ENJOYS READING,  WRITING AND KEEPING HIS ROOM  CLEAN. I CREDIT THAT ALL TO BASEBALL. BASEBALL PROVIDES MORE THAN JUST A FUN GAME WITH FRIENDS. PROVIDES STRUCTURE THAT MOST  KIDS LET'S BE HONEST IN THIS  SOCIETY LACK. IT TEACHES PATIENCE, COOPERATION AND TRUST. FOR SOME KIDS THIS IS THERE  LITERAL SAFE SPACE AWAY FROM  BULLYING THEY THAT GET IN  SCHOOL. THEY ALSO LEARN HOW TO LOSE AND  ALONG THE WAY THEY WIN IN SO  MANY WAYS. THIS IS OUR KID'S SAFE SPACE TO  MAKE FRIENDS AND LEARN SOME OF  MY MOST IMPORTANT LESSONS.   FAMILY COMES FIRST. EAST BOYNTON FAMILY IS STRONG. AND WE'RE SO HAPPY TO CALL IT  HOME. PLEASE GIVE US OUR FIELDS BACK. SO WE CAN MAINTAIN AND NURTURE  IT IS WAY IT DESERVES. WE HAVE MUCH YOUNGER GENERATION  OF PARENTS VOLUNTEERING. WE LOVE WHAT WE DO. WE WOULDN'T BE HERE IF WE  DIDN'T. WHEN THE CITY VISITED OUR FIELDS AND ASKED FOR FEEDBACK I ASKED,  WHAT ARE WE DOING ABOUT THIS  THIRD PARTY PERSON THREATENING  MOTHER AND CHILDREN?   WHEN NO ONE IS LOOKING. I WAS TOLD WE'RE NOT HERE TO  TALK ABOUT INSERT PERSONS NAME. UNFORTUNATELY SINCE THIS  DEPARTMENT ISN'T HOLDING TRUE TO THEIR MISSION OR UPHOLDING YOUR  CORE SERVICE WE ASK THAT WE GET  OUR FIELDS BACK. DON'T PUSH THE PROJECTS THROUGH  AND YOU MAKE THE STOP. THE KIDS JUST WANT TO PLAY. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >>MAYOR:  IS THERE ANYONE ELSE  WHO COULD LIKE TO SPEAK THAT IS  IN THE CHAMBERS?   PLEASE FORM A LINE. LET'S BEGIN WITH YOU. PLEASE MAKE IT KNOWN THAT YOU  WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK BY FORMING A LINE.   >> HELLO. HOW ARE YOU DOING, COMMISSIONER. THANK YOU MR. MAYOR, AND  COMMISSIONERS. THIS IS MY SON BRODY. I PLAYED FOR EAST BOYNTON FROM  COACH PITCH TO SENIORS.   >> KEVIN COX.  DURING THAT TIME I COACHED AND  VOLUNTEERED AND PUSHED MASSIVE  AMOUNTS OF WATER OFF THE FIELD  FOR THE KIDS IN PREPARATION TO  PLAY. THE PAYMENT I ASKED FOR JUST TO  GET TO WATCH MY SON PLAY  BASEBALL WITH HIS FRIENDS AND  PLAY A GAME. I HAVE LIVED HERE IN BOYNTON FOR 22 YEARS. GO TO CHURCH IN BOYNTON. AND I WORK IN BOYNTON. I'M HERE TONIGHT TO ECHO THE  CONCERNS OF THE PEOPLE IN THE  ROOM TONIGHT. I ASK THE COMMISSION TO REASSESS THE CURRENT SITUATION. AND REEVALUATE. PLEASE DON'T TURN EAST BOYNTON  BEACH LITTLE LEAGUE INTO MONEY  BALL. KEEP IT A BLUE AND GOLD  COMMUNITY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. [CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] >>MAYOR:  THANK YOU. I SEE NO ONE ELSE APPROACHING  THE PODIUM. WE STILL HAVE PEOPLE ONLINE. I WANT TO MAKE LAST CALL FOR  IN-PERSON PUBLIC COMMENTS. GOING ONCE. GOING TWICE. ALL RIGHT IN-PERSON PUBLIC  COMMENTS IS NOW CLOSED. THANK YOU, EVERYONE. WE DO HAVE TWO INDIVIDUALS  ONLINE. THE FIRST PERSON IS MARK GIONNI. MARK?   CAN YOU HEAR ME?   MARK, YOU THERE?   WE ARE TESTING A NEW IT SYSTEM. PLEASE BEAR WITH US. GOING ONCE, GOING TWICE. WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT  PERSON. I WILL CHECK BACK ON MARK IN A  FEW MINUTES. WE HAVE ANOTHER MARK. MARK MIER FROM BOYNTON BEACH. MARK, PLEASE BEGIN BY STATING  YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD. I WILL LET YOU KNOW WHEN YOU  HAVE 30 SECONDS REMAINING ON THE CLOCK. MARK?   ALL RIGHT. IT, DO WE HAVE EITHER MARK?   THAT WAS A NO. WITH THAT, PUBLIC COMMENT ONLINE IS NOW CLOSED. I WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU FOR  TAKING THE TIME TO VOICE YOUR  CONCERNS. WE HEARD YOU LOUD AND CLEAR. WE HAVE TAKEN NOTE. AND WE WILL PROCEED THERE AFTER. THANK YOU SO MUCH, EVERYONE.   >> WE ARE GOING TO PROCEED WITH  THE NEXT PORTION OF THE AGENDA.  >> I WANT TO ADDRESS SOME  THINGS. >>MAYOR:  SURE.   >> THERE'S TWO THINGS I WANT TO  ADDRESS. FIRST THERE'S BEEN PROPOSALS IN  PREVIOUS COMMISSION MEETING BY  CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS IN THIS ROOM TO EXPAND THE CEMETERY TO  DISSOLVE THE LITTLE LEAGUE  FIELDS. THAT INDIVIDUAL SPOKE EARLIER. AS LONG AS I'M HERE AND I  IMAGINE MY COLLEAGUES SUPPORT  ME, THAT WILL NEVER BE ALLOWED. WE WILL NEVER EXPAND THE  CEMETERY TO DISSOLVE THE LITTLE  LEAGUE FIELDS. I WANT TO NIG THAT RUMOR IN THE  BUTT NOW. THAT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. THE SECOND THING IS I WANT TO  HEAR ABOUT WHERE WE ARE WITH  PRIME TIME SPORTS. AND WHAT ACTION HAS THE CITY  TAKEN RECENTLY. >>MAYOR:  THIS IS TECHNICALLY  NOT ON THE AGENDA. I'M HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN IT. IS THERE A MOTION TO AMEND THE  AGENDA?   FOR DISCUSSION?   >> MOTION.   >> IS THERE A SECOND TO ADD FOR  DISCUSSION?   >> GOING ONCE. GOING TWICE.   >> I'M LOOKING FOR A SECOND TO  ADD FOR DISCUSSION SO WE CAN  HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS.  >> I THINK THAT WE SHOULD HAVE  SOME CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR CITY MANAGER AND OUR CITY ATTORNEY  AFTER TONIGHT'S MEETING. AND ADDRESS THE EARNS CAN  BROUGHT UP TODAY AND FIND  SOLUTIONS FOR THOSE CONCERNS. I DON'T KNOW IF RIGHT NOW WOULD  BE THE IDEAL WAY TO DO IT. IT'S OBVIOUSLY IMPORTANT WE  THANK EVERYONE FOR SHOWING UP. WE UNDERSTAND IT'S A VERY  SENSITIVE TIME. AND IT'S BEEN VERY TOUGH ON THE  FAMILIES. AND I WHOLEHEARTEDLY UNDERSTAND  AND I EMPATHIZE WITH YOUR  SITUATION. AT THE SAME TIME I WANT TO GIVE  A CHANCE TO OUR CITY MANAGER AND OUR CITY ATTORNEY TO HAVE THOSE  DISCUSSIONS INTERNALLY AND THEN  WE CAN GET BACK TO ALL OF YOU. AND WE WILL. >>MAYOR:  EXCUSE ME. THANK YOU, EVERYONE. WITH THAT IF THERE'S NO SECOND  WE'RE GOING TO PROCEED WITH THE  ALLEGED. I DO WANT TO ECHO THE COMMENTS  THAT HAVE BEEN MADE. I DO LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING THAT CONVERSATION WITH THE CITY  MANAGER AND THE CITY ATTORNEY. I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU MAY NEED  TIME TO PREPARE SOME THINGS. I WILL CIRCLE BACK WITH BOTH OF  YOU AND WE'LL HAVE THAT  DISCUSSION SOON. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER HAY, WERE YOU ABOUT TO CHIME IN?   >> I JUST CONCUR WITH YOU. MY HEART REALLY GOES OUT TO THE  PARENTS. I'VE BEEN HERE BEFORE. I ALSO COACHED MYSELF LITTLE  LEAGUE FOOTBALL AND WE'VE HAD  SITUATIONS LIKE THIS. I DO WANT TO MOVE FORWARD  CORRECTLY AND MAKE SURE THAT  THERE'S NOTHING GOING TO BITE US IN THE REAR. I LOOK FORWARD TO THAT  CONVERSATION WITH LEGAL AND THE  CITY MANAGER. SO THAT I CAN MAKE THE RIGHT  DECISION BASED ON THE  INFORMATION THAT I HAVE. >>MAYOR:  THANK YOU, EVERYONE. WE WILL CONTINUE. OKAY. THE NEXT PORTION OF THE AGENDA  IS ADMINISTRATIVE. THIS PORTION OF THE AGENDA IS  CALLED ADVISORY BOARD  APPOINTMENTS. I'M GOING TO PULL UP THE LIST SO WE CAN GO OVER THE LIST.   >> MAYOR?   DO WE WANT TO TAKE A FIVE-MINUTE RECESS TO LET THEM EXIT. >>MAYOR:  I WOULD AGREE. LET'S TAKE A FIVE-MINUTE RECESS. >>MAYOR:  THIS MEETING HAS  RECONVENIENCED. WE JUST RETURNED FROM RECESSION. THE NEXT PORTION OF THE AGENDA  IS ADMINISTRATIVE. THESE ARE APPOINTMENTS TO OUR  ADVISORY BOARDS. IF YOU PULLED UP THE LIST. WE HAVE NO APPLICANTS. WE HAVE OPENINGS IN THE BUILDING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS AND  APPEALS. OPENING IN EMPLOYEES PENSION  PLAN BOARD OF TRUSTEES,  EDUCATION YOUTH ADVISORY WORD. LIBRARY BOARD AND THE SENIOR  ADVISORY BOARD. FOR THIS EVENING WE HAVE TWO ON  APPLY KANTS FOR REC AND PARK  BOARD. THE FIRST NOMINATION FROM  COMMISSIONER HAY. THIS IS FOR THE REGULAR SEAT. THERE'S TWO AMPLY  APPLICANTS. I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE  MATTHEW.   >> WE HAVE A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION  APPOINT MATTHEW McCOLLUM TO THE  REGULAR POSITION ON THE RECK  CREATION AND PASHLGS BOARD SAY  "AYE."   >> AYE. ALL OPPOSED SAY NO. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. COMMISSIONER KELLEY YOU HAVE  NOMINATION FOR THE ALTERNATE. WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE A  NOMINATION?   >> I WILL NOMINATE THOMAS DEVLIN TO THE ALTERNATE POSITION.   >> SECOND. >>MAYOR:  I THINK COMMISSIONER  HAY WHO SAID IT FIRST. ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS OR  COMMENTS?   WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY "AYE." CONGRATULATIONS TO BOTH OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS. MOVING ON TO NEXT PORTION. COMMUNITY SUPPORT FUNDS. WE HAVE A COMMUNITY SUPPORT FUND REQUEST FROM VICE-MAYOR TURKIN. DID YOU WANT TO SAY A FEW WORDS  ABOUT WHAT IT IS FOR?   >> TRAVEL LEAGUE. PROBABLY WOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER  TO BRING IT UP BEFORE PUBLIC  COMMENT.   >> THANK YOU, VICE-MAYOR.   >> IS THERE A SECOND?   >> SECOND.   >> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE  REQUEST SAY "AYE." ALL OPPOSED SAY, MOTIONS PASSES  CONGRATULATIONS TO THAT TRAVEL  LEAGUE GROUP.   >> ANY ITEMS YOU WOULD LIKE TO  PULL FROM CONSENT AGENDA. WE HAVE SEVERAL PICK ITEMS. I KNOW YOU HAD A CHANCE. ANY REQUEST TO PULL. HEARING NONE. MAY HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA?   >> SECOND.   >> I HEARD A MOTION FROM CRUZ. AND A SECOND FROM KELLEY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY "AYE."   >> AYE.   >> ALL OPPOSED?   THE AYES HAVE IT MOTIONS PASSES  UNANIMOUSLY. WE'RE MOVING ON TO CONSENT BIDS  AND PURCHASES OVER $100,000. ARE THERE ANY ITEMS HERE THAT  YOU WOULD LIKE TO PULL?   WE DID MENTION EARLIER THAT ITEM 7-D WAS THE ITEM WITH THE ERROR  WHICH OUR COUNSEL HAS ALREADY  STATED AND CORRECTED. ARE THERE ANY ITEMS YOU WOULD  LIKE TO PULL HERE?   >> MAY HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? >> MOTION.   >> SECOND.   >> I HEARD A MOTION AND A  SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY "AYE."   >> AYE.   >> ALL OPPOSED. THE AYES HAVE IT THE MOTION  PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. WE ARE NOW MOVING TO PUBLIC  HEARING. THIS IS PERTAINING COTTAGE  DISTRICT PROJECT SNVM . WE HAVE THE VARIANCE, THE MASTER PLAN AND SITE PLAN AND THE MAJOR SITE PLAN. THE NEW MAJOR SITE PLAN. LET'S TURN NOW TO THE CLERK. COUNSEL, DID YOU WANT TO MAKE  ANY OPENING COMMENTS?   DISCLOSURES COMPONENT?   LET'S -- I DON'T CARE WHERE WE  BEGIN.   >> WE HAVE NOW HAVE A LAMINATED  SHEET IN FRONT OF YOU WITH THE  DISCLOSURES IN FRONT OF YOU. KEEP IT AT YOUR AREA FOR NEXT  MEETING. THANK YOU. >>MAYOR:  THIS IS HELPFUL. LET'S BEGIN WITH COMMISSIONER  KELLEY. DO YOU HAVE ANIDY CLOSURES TO  MAKE PERTAINING TO THE COTTAGE  DISTRICT PROJECTS?   >> AS THIS MATTER, I HAVE HAD  EX-PARTY COMMUNICATION.   >> WHICH MATTER WHETHER IT'S A,  B, C OR D?   >> THE MAYOR SAID COTTAGE  DISTRICT.   >> I APOLOGIZE. I'M SORRY. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE  CLEAR. >>MAYOR:  THIS IS FOR A, B AND C ALL RELATED ITEMS. COMMISSIONER, GO AHEAD.   >> DO YOU WANT ME TO START OVER. >>MAYOR:  YES.   >> AS THIS MATTER I HAVE HAD  EX-PARTE WITH MATTHEW BARNS WCI  AND ED CARLSON WITH PULTE. I HAVE RECEIVED E-MAILS AS WELL  FROM THE SAME INDIVIDUALS WHO  WERE REPRESENTATIVES. I HAVEN'T CONDUCTED AN  INVESTIGATION. I HAVE NOT MADE A SITE VISIT. I HAVE NOT RECEIVED EXPERT  OPINIONS. I REQUEST THE DISCLOSURES BE  MADE PART OF THE RECORD.   >> AS PERTAIN TO THESE THREE  ITEMS. I HAVE HAD EX-PARTE  COMMUNICATION. I HAVE RECEIVED E-MAIL FROM THE  PULTE GROUP. I HAVE NOT CONDUCTED AN  INVESTIGATION. I HAVE NOT MADE A SITE VISIT. AND I HAVE NOT RECEIVED EXPERT  OPINION. AT THE REQUEST OF THOSE  DISCLOSURES AND ALL WRITTEN  COMMUNICATION BE MADE PART OF  THE RECORD>>MAYOR:  THANK. AS FOR ME AS FOR THIS MATTER  ITEM 8, A, B AND C. I HAVE HAD EX-PARTE  COMMUNICATIONS WITH ANDREW MAXI, MAY CARLSON, I MISSED -- WHAT  WAS THE NAME OF THE THIRD  PERSON.   >> COULD YOU STATE YOUR NAME.   >> MATTHEW BARNES.   >> THANK YOU MATTHEW.   >> I RECEIVED WRITTEN  COMMUNICATION. I HAVEN'T CONDUCTED AN  INVESTIGATION. I HAVE NOT MATE A SLIDE VISIT  AND I HAVE NOT RECEIVED EXPERT  OPINIONS OUTSIDE OF THOSE THREE  INDIVIDUALS. I REQUEST THE DISCLOSE  DISCLOSURES BE MADE PART OF THE  RECORD.   >> I HAVE RECEIVED EX-PARTE  COMMUNICATION VIA E-MAIL FROM  ANDREW. ANDREW, SORRY I DIDN'T GET BACK  TO YOU. WE WERE PRETTY BUSY. I HAVE HAD RECEIVED WRITTEN  COMMUNICATION. I HAVE NOT CONDUCTED AN  INVESTIGATION. I HAVE NOT MADE A SITE VISIT. I HAVE NOT RECEIVED EXPERT  OPINION OUTSIDE OF CITY STAFF. BASED ON SOME E-MAILS THAT CAME  THROUGH TODAY. I REQUEST THAT THESE DISCLOSURES AND ALL WRITTEN COMMUNICATION BE MADE PART OF THE RECORD. >>MAYOR:  THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER CRUZ?   >> AS TO THIS MATTER, I HAVE HAD EX-PARTE COMMUNICATIONS WITH  REPRESENTATIVES FROM PULTE AND  GWI. I HAVEN'T RECEIVE -- I HAVE  RECEIVED WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS. I HAVE NOT CONDUCTED AN  INVESTIGATION. I HAVE NOT MADE A SITE VISIT. AND, YES, I HAVE RECEIVED EXPERT OPINIONS FROM CITY STAFF AND  INDIVIDUALS FROM FP&L WHO SPOKE  TO CITY STAFF AFTER OUR  CONVERSATIONS. I REQUEST THE DISCLOSURES AND  ALL WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS BE  MADE PART OF THE RECORD. >>MAYOR:  THANK YOU. WE ARE GOING TO HEAR THE  PRESENTATION AGAIN IN BULK. BECAUSE THEY ARE ALL RELATED  ITEMS. WE WILL VOTE ON EACH ITEM  SEPARATELY. THE FIRST ONE IS THE PROPOSED  ORDINANCE AT SECOND READING. WE WILL HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT. I WILL TURN NOW TO THE CITY  CLERK FOR READING OF THE TITLE.  >> IF YOU COULD SWEAR IN THE  WITNESSES THEN READ THE TITLE.   >> ANYONE THAT THE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEMS A THROUGH C, PLEASE  STAND UP -- A THROUGH E ALL THE  SAME TIME?   >> A THROUGH E. PLEASE STAND UP AND RAISE YOUR  RIGHT HAND. DO YOU SWEAR OR AFFIRM THE  EVIDENCE YOU ARE ABOUT TO GIVE  WILL BE THE TRUTH, WHOLE TRUTH  AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH.   >>>>MAYOR:  THANK YOU, CITY  CLERK. IF YOU COULD BEGIN WITH THE  READING.   >> PROPOSED ORDINANCE 24-001  ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF BOYNTON ORDINANCE 20-013 TO REZONE A PAR SCHELL OF LAND DESCRIBED HERE IN COMMONLY REFERRED AS THE PULTE  COTTAGE DISTRICT FROM THE SINGLE AND TWO-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL R-2  TO INFILL PLANNED UNIT  DEVELOPMENT, PROVIDING FOR  CONFLICTS, SEVERABILITY AND AN  EFFECTIVE DATE. B, IS APPROVE THE REQUEST FOR  VARIANCE FROM PART 3 CHAPTER 4,  ARTICLE 13, SECTION 2, REQUIRED  SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT  STANDARDS, TABLE 2-1, ELECTRIC  CHARGING STATIONS REQUIREMENT  FOR THE PULTE COTTAGE DISTRICT. GENERALLY LOCATED BETWEEN  NORTHEAST FIFTH AVENUE AND  NORTHEAST FOURTH AVENUE AND  BETWEEN SEACREST BOULEVARD AND  NORTHEAST FIRST STREET. A APPLICANT AIMEE CARLSON FROM  THE PULTE GROUP. AND THEN C, APPROVE THE REQUEST  FOR THE NEW MASTER PLAN AND NEW  SITE PLAN FOR THE PULTE COTTAGE  DISTRICT FOR 19 SINGLE-FAMILY  UNIT AND 22 TOWN HOME UNIT  PROPERTY GENERALLY LOCATED  BETWEEN NORTHEAST FIFTH AVENUE  AND NORTHEAST FOURTH AVENUE AND  BETWEEN SEACREST BOULEVARD AND  NORTHEAST FIRST STREET APPLICANT IS AIMEE CARLSON FROM PULTE  GROUP. >>MAYOR:  THANK YOU. THAT'S BEGIN WITH THE PROPOSED  ORDINANCE SECOND READING. WE WILL PUBLIC COMMENT. ANYONE FROM THE BOARD THAT WOULD LIKE TO HEAR THE ITEM AGAIN FROM STAFF?   ANY REQUEST?   OKAY. MAKES THINGS GO A LITTLE BIT  FASTER. IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE FROM  COUNSEL THAT CHANGED?   SAME THING?   >> WHERE THERE CHANGES?   >> YES. >>MAYOR:  THAT'S HAVE STAFF  UPDATE THE BOARD THEN.   >> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR,  VICE-MAYOR AND COMMISSIONER. I'M ANDREW MEYERS SENIOR  PLANNER. I WILL BE GOING OVER THE PULTE  COTTAGE DISTRICT REQUEST. JUST A COUPLE OF UPDATES. REAL BRIEF. I WILL GRAB THE REMOTE REAL  QUICK. THE REQUEST INCLUDE REZONING  FROM R-2 TO IPUD. NEW MASTER AND SITE PLAN FOR 19  SINGLE FAMILY UNIT AND 22 TOWN  HOME UNITS AND VARIANCE FROM THE REQUIREMENT FOR ELECTRIC  CHARGING STATIONS. THE APPLICANT REQUESTED THE  MODIFICATION OF TWO ENGINEERING  AND PUBLIC WORKS CONDITIONS OF  APPROVALS SPECIFICALLY  CONDITIONINGS NUMBER 3 AND  NUMBER 5. CONDITION NUMBER 3 IS SUGGESTED  TO READ AS FOLLOWS. UTILITIES INCLUDING BUT NOT  LIMITED TO POWER AND LIGHT,  TELECOMMUNICATION, WATER, SEWER, WIRING TO STREET LIGHTS AND GAS  LOCATED WITHIN THE PROPERTY AND  ALONG THE PERIMETER OF THE  PROPERTY SHALL BE INSTALLED  UNDER GROUND AND IN ACCORDANCE  WITH THE ENGINEERING DESIGN  HANDBOOK AND CONSTRUCTION  STANDARDS. THE DEVELOPER SHALL MAKE  NECESSARY COST AND OTHER  ARRANGEMENTS FOR SUCH  UNDERGROUNDING INSTALLATION WITH EACH OF 2  THE CORPORATIONS  INVOLVED. SHOULD THE UNDER GROUNDING BE  DEEMED UNFEASIBLE THE DEVELOPER  SHALL PROVIDE COST ESTIMATE FROM PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER FOR THE  REQUIRED UNDERGROUNDING AND  SUBMIT A PAYMENT IN LIEU OF  UNDERGROUNDING TOTALLING THE  FULL EXPENSE REQUIRED TO  COMPLETE THE PROJECT AT TIME OF  PERMITTING. CONDITION NUMBER FIVE IS  SUGGESTED TO READ AS FOLLOWS. THE OWNER/DEVELOPER SHALL  COORDINATE THE TO MILL AND  OVERLAY THE WIDTH OF THE  ROADWAYS. NORTHEAST FIRST FROM FOURTH  AVENUE TO NORTHEAST FIFTH  AVENUE. INCLUDING THE FULL INTERSECTIONS THEREOF. AND NORTHEAST FOUREST AVENUE  FROM SEACREST BOULEVARD TO  NORTHEAST FIRST AND NORTHEAST  FIFTH AVENUE FROM SEACREST  BOULEVARD TO NORTHEAST FIRST  STREET. THE CITY MAY CONTRIBUTE TO THE  COST OF THE MILL AND OVERLAY  PROJECT FOR THE PORTIONS NOT  STRICTLY REQUIRED BY THE LAND  DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS. WITH THE PROPOSED MODIFICATIONS  TO THE AFOREMENTIONED CONDITIONS STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE REQUEST. STAFF AND THE APPLICANT IS  AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY  QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.   >> THANK YOU. >>MAYOR:  ANY QUESTIONS OR  COMMENTS. LET'S BEGIN WITH COMMISSIONER  CRUZ. ANYTHING FOR STAR?   >> I HAVE HAD PLENTY OF  DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THE FP&L  SITUATION WITH SEVERAL STAFF  MEMBERS. I DON'T HAVE NORTH QUESTIONS. >>MAYOR:  THANK YOU. FURTHER QUESTIONS?   >> I  >> I'M GOOD TO GO. >>MAYOR:  COMMISSIONER HAY?   >> NO QUESTIONS. I GOT THE ANSWERS AT THE FIRST  READING. >>MAYOR:  COMMISSIONER KELLEY?   >> I DON'T HAVE QUESTIONS FOR  STAFF. I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM THE  APPLICANT AS FAR AS THEIR  AGREEMENT WITH WHAT STAFF IS  RECOMMENDING. >>MAYOR:  SOUNDS GOOD. WITH THAT I GUESS WE'RE  FINISHED. WE MAY HAVE SOME FOLLOW UP  QUESTIONS. WE HAVE A REQUEST TO HEAR FROM  THE APPLICANT IF ONE OF THE  REPRESENTATIVES COULD COME UP.   >> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR,  VICE-MAYOR, MATTHEW BARNS. WE'RE IN AGREEMENT WITH THE  CHANGED CONDITIONS. >>MAYOR:  COMMISSIONER ANYTHING  ELSE?   >> I WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE'RE  ON THE SAME PAGE. THANK YOU. >>MAYOR:  GREAT. THANK YOU. WITH THAT IF THERE'S NOTHING  ELSE FROM THE BOARD AND WE HEARD FROM BOTH PARTIES LET'S GO TO  PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM. PUBLIC COMMENT IS NOW  SPECIFICALLY ON THE ORDINANCE  HERE. ONE SECOND. LET ME SWITCH THE TIMER. STATE YOUR NAME AND BEGIN WHEN  YOU ARE READY. SUSAN OYER, AS THE ONE LAND  OWNER AS TO WHO THIS PROJECT  WILL BE ABUTTING, OUR PROPERTY,  THERE, NO ONE HAS REACHED OUT TO ME. AND I WILL SAY THAT. AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S  PROBABLY COMMUNICATION AMONGST  OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS BUT NO ONE  HAS REACHED OUT TO ME. YET I'M THE ONE THAT COMES TO  THE MEETING AND YOU HAVE TO  LISTEN TO. MAYBE AT SOME POINT SOMEONE  SHOULD HAVE TALKED TO WE ME. I AM CONCERNED. I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THE  ELECTRIC CAR CHARGERS. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER KELLEY  FOR EXPLAINING THAT. I'VE BEEN OUT OF THE COUNTRY FOR A FEW WEEKS AND BEEN HORRIBLY  SICK AFTERWARDS. I MISSED A LOT OF THIS. I'M SORRY. MY BIG ISSUES ARE THE LIGHT YOU  ARE PUTTING UP. I HOPE THEY ARE WARM WHITE  LIGHTS. I HAD THIS DISCUSSION YEARS AGO  WHEN WE GOT THE RULES CHANGE  THAT ALL LIGHT SHOULD BE WARM  WHITE LIGHTS. I HOPE THAT WILL HAPPEN FOR THIS NEIGHBORHOOD. THERE'S MEDICAL REASONS WHY YOU  NEED WARM WHITE LIGHTS AND I'LL  BE HAPPY TO DISCUSS AT ANY TIME  WITH ANYONE. I HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK  AT THE PLANS VERY WELL. JUST THE INPUT I'VE SEEN AND  GOTTEN IS THAT THIS IS A COTTAGE DISTRICT. AND YOU'RE PUTTING IN HOUSES  THAT DON'T HAVE A COTTAGE  ARCHITECTURAL STYLE. YOU HAVE COTTAGE HOUSES ACROSS  THE STREET. YOU ARE ABUTTING AND SURROUNDING MY PROPERTIES WHICH ARE WITHOUT  A DOUBT COTTAGE STYLE. BECAUSE THEY ARE 98-YEAR-OLD  HISTORIC BUILDINGS THAT ARE  PROBABLY WHAT THE SECOND AND  THIRD OLDEST HOUSES IN THE CITY. ARE THESE COMPLIMENTARY WITH OUR BUILDING. ARE THEY COMPLIMENTARY TO THE  HOUSES ACROSS THE STREET  SURROUNDING THEM?   AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS NO. FROM WHAT I'VE SEEN, THE ANSWER  IS NO. I THINK MAYBE WE SHOULD BE  LOOKING AT THE ARCHITECTURAL  STYLE. IS THIS TRULY COTTAGE AND WILL  IT LOOK LIKE A COTTAGE DISTRICT  WHICH IS WHAT THIS IS SUPPOSED  TO BE. WHICH IS HOW IT STARTED OUT  YEARS AGO ON A PRIOR COMMISSION  AND IT GOING THROUGH THIS  COMMISSION AND MAINTAINING THE  INTEGRITY. AND I WOULD HAVE TO SAY NO. I CERTAINLY HOPE THAT THEY ARE  PUTTING IN ADEQUATE BUFFERS AND  WALLS AROUND MY FAMILY'S  PROPERTY SO NO WATER COMES ON  OUR PROPERTY. AND WE DON'T HAVE THE PROBLEMS  WITH RANDOM ASSORTED PEOPLE  WONDERING FROM THEIR PROPERTIES  ON TO OURS. THEN YOU WELL KNOW YOU WILL HAVE TO LISTEN TO ME ON A REGULAR  BASIS AND THAT'S A FATE WORSE  THAN DEATH. YOU DO NOT WANT TO BE HEARING  FROM ME ON THIS. I HOPE THAT'S ALL GOING TO BE  RESOLVED. AND I CERTAINLY HOPE WE HAVE  LOTS AND LOTS AND LOTS OF TREES. AND CANOPY TREES NO PALMS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR  INPUT. I WOULD LOVE TO SEE SOME MORE  COTTAGEY STYLE LITTLE DETAILS  SHOWING UP ON THESE HOUSES. THANK YOU.   >> GOOD EVENING, BARBARA REEDY. I DID ATTEND THE PULTE COMMUNITY INPUT. BASICALLY MOST OF THE THINGS  THAT SUSAN HAS ALREADY SAID TO  YOU ABOUT THE FEEL OF THIS  PROJECT, HOW IT FEELS, I DON'T  HAVE A PROBLEM -- THESE ARE NICE SIZED HOMES. THEY WILL BE NICELY PRICED. THAT'S NOT MY -- MY INPUT IS CAN WE MAKE THEM LOOK A LITTLE BIT  NICE ON THE FACE OF IT ON THE  FACADE. CAN WE HAVE A FRONT OR BACK  PORCH OR SOMETHING THAT GIVES A  NOD TO THE HISTORIC NATURE THAT  IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE INTENDED  FOR OVER THERE. CHANGING THE FACADE IS MINIMAL. IT'S NOT CHANGING THE BLUEPRINT  OF THE FLOOR -- THE ENTIRE  UNITS. IT'S JUST NOT NECESSARY TO  CHANGE THE INSIDE. BUT JUST LITTLE SOMETHING NICE. MAKE IT SOMETHING SPECIAL  ATTRACTIVE THAT YOU KNOW, WOULD  MAKE PEOPLE FEEL LIKE THEY WERE  LIVING SOME PLACE SPECIAL. FRONT PORCHES YOU'VE GOT THIS  BEAUTIFUL SIDEWALK ALL THE WAY  AROUND THE WHOLE CONTRAPTION. PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE OUT THERE WALKING THEIR DOGS, AND YOU  KNOW, HEY, HOWDY NEIGHBOR. HOW DO YOU GET A NEIGHBORHOOD  FEEL WHEN THE FRONT OF THE  BUILDING IS A FORTRESS?   YOU'VE GOT YOUR DOOR. AND YOU'RE GARAGE DOOR AND YOUR  FRONT DOOR. YOU KNOW, I SUGGESTED THAT THEY  PUT AN AWNING OF SOME SORT OVER  THE DOOR SO YOU DON'T GET WET  WHEN YOU UNLOCK YOUR FRONT DOOR  TO GET INTO YOUR FORTRESS. LET'S MAKE IT NICE. YOU KNOW, THAT'S A MINIMAL  TWEAK. REALLY. AND AS FAR AS FORCING EVERYONE  TO NOT BE ABLE TO STORE THINGS  IN THEIR OWN GARAGE, YOU MIGHT  CHECK WITH WHAT THE LEGISLATURE  JUST PASSED THAT I JUST READ  TODAY. THERE'S SOME KIND OF HOA LAW  THAT'S JUST BEEN PASSED THAT  HOA'S CANNOT REGULATE WHAT  PEOPLE STORE AS LONG AS IT'S OUT OF SITE OF THE STREET. AND THE NEXT-DOOR NEIGHBOR. WE MIGHT LOOK AT THAT A LITTLE  BIT. THANKS. >>MAYOR:  THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT WOULD  LIKE TO SPEAK SPECIFICALLY ON  THIS ORDINANCE?   NOW WOULD BE THE TIME TO DO SO. GIVE ME ONE MOMENT. MY COMPUTER JUST SHUT OFF. LET ME MAKE SURE THERE'S NOBODY  ONLINE. ONE SECOND. AND I DO NOT SEE ANYONE ONLINE. WITH THAT, PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THIS ORDINANCE IS NOW CLOSED. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 8A? >> SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >> MAYOR: I HEARD A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER CRUZ, A SECOND FROM VICE MAYOR TURKIN. LET'S TURN NOW TO THE CITY CLERK FOR THE ROLL CALL. >> COMMISSIONER KELLEY. >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER HAY. >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER CRUZ. >> YES. >> VICE MAYOR TURKIN. >> YES. >> MAYOR PENSERGA. >> MAYOR: YES. >> IN A ROLL CALL VOTE THE MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. >> MAYOR: ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. THAT CONCLUDES THAT ITEM. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO THE VOTING FOR ITEM 8B. THIS IS THE VARIANCE REQUEST. LET'S TURN NOW FOR PUBLIC COMMENT SPECIFICALLY ON THIS ITEM. COUNSEL, CAN WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE VARIANCE AND THE MASTER PLAN SIMULTANEOUSLY? >> YES. >> MAYOR: OKAY. ALL RIGHT. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON EITHER OF THOSE TWO ITEMS, 8B OR C, NOW IS THE TIME TO APPROACH THE PODIUM. AGAIN, WE HAVE ONE PERSON. THIS IS FOR THE VARIANCE AND THE NEW MASTER PLAN AND NEW SITE PLAN. >> SO I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THE VARIANCE. SORRY, SUS SUSAN OYER, BOYNTON BEACH. I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THE VARIANCE AS COMMISSIONER KELLEY EXPLAINED TO ME. AS LONG AS THESE PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO PULL CHARGERS IN THEIR HOMES AND GARAGE, YAY, GO FOR IT. WE ALL WATCH THE SAME NEWS. WE KNOW IN THE NEXT YEAR WE'RE GOING TO HAVE 25% OF ALL CARS GOING ELECTRIC. V.W. HAS STOPPED MAKING GAS CARS. IT'S HERE, IT'S COMING. IT'S TIME TO PREPARE SO I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THAT. AND AGAIN, I GO BACK TO THE ARCHITECTURAL STYLE AND THE WARM WHITE LIGHTS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND HAVING PROPER BARRIERS AND TREES, NOT PALM TREES AND PROPER, YOU KNOW, SHRUBS AROUND. AND I WOULD HOPE MAYBE THEY WOULD BE RECOGNIZING THAT THERE WILL PROBABLY BE CHILDREN LIVING THERE. AND MAYBE THEY WANT TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, A BUTTERFLY GARDEN. I UNDERSTAND THERE'S A SWALE GRASS AREA WITH NOTHING OVERLY EXCITING PLANNED. MAYBE WE SHOULD MAKE THAT A BUTTERFLY GARDEN, ESPECIALLY SINCE THE BLACK ATOLLA BUTTERFLY WITH THE RED DOT THAT'S SO RARE ACTUALLY LIVES IN THE DOWNTOWN AND IS HERE AROUND OUR BUILDINGS RIGHT HERE RIGHT NOW. AND, YOU KNOW, THIS IS ONLY TWO BLOCKS AWAY, THREE BLOCKS AWAY. SO MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING WE WANT TO LOOK AT. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. SEEING NO ONE ELSE IN THE CHAMBERS, IN-PERSON PUBLIC COMMENT IS NOW CLOSED. I ALSO DON'T SEE ANYBODY ONLINE. WITH THAT, PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THESE TWO ITEMS ARE NOW CLOSED. LET'S GO BACK TO ITEM 8B. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE 8B? >> SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >> MAYOR: MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER KELLEY. I HEARD A SECOND FIRST FROM COMMISSIONER HAY. THIS IS NOT AN ORDINANCE, SO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY AYE. [AYES] ALL THOSE OPPOSED, SAY NO. THE AYES HAVE IT. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THAT WAS ITEM 8B FOR THE VARIANCE REQUEST. NOW, FOR ITEM 8C, THIS IS FOR THE NEW MASTER PLAN AND NEW SITE PLAN REQUEST. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 8C? >> SO MOVED. >>> WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER HAY. IS THERE A SECOND TO THIS ITEM? >> SECOND WITH DISCUSSION. >> MAYOR: YES, GO AHEAD. >> MAYOR, TYPICALLY WE WE HAVE A RESPONSE BACK FROM -- AFTER PUBLIC COMMENT FROM THE APPLICANT OR STAFF TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. I DIDN'T KNOW IF WE WANTED TO ALLOW THE APPLICANT TO MAYBE ADDRESS SOME CONCERNS THAT WERE BROUGHT UP WITH REGARD TO SOME QUESTIONS, JUST SO THAT THERE'S CLARIFICATION TO THE PUBLIC. >> MAYOR: I HAVE NO OBJECTION TO THAT. I THOUGHT IT WAS ALREADY ADDRESSED. >> OKAY. >> MAYOR: BUT LET'S DO THAT. ALL RIGHT. MR. BARNES, WOULD YOU MIND ADDRESSING SOME OF THE COMMENTS? AND, AMANDA, I'M SORRY, WERE YOU ALSO ABOUT TO ADD SOMETHING TO THE CONVERSATION? OKAY, THAT'S ALL RIGHT. MR. BARNES. >> SURE. BASICALLY EVERYTHING HAS BEEN ADDRESSED. THE BUTTERFLY ATTRACTING SPECIES, WE HAVE THE DRY RETENTION AREA REQUIRED BY YOUR CODE. THERE IS A LANDSCAPE BUFFER ON THE WEST SIDE OF OUR PROPERTY THAT ABUTS MS. OYER'S PROPERTY WITH TREES EVERY 30 FEET ON CENTER, NOT PALM TREES. THERE IS A 6-FOOT WALL IN THAT BUFFER ON THE WEST SIDE. IT'S NOT A GATED COMMUNITY, SO THERE'S NO PERIMETER GATE AROUND THE ENTIRE PROPERTY. IT SITS A CITY BLOCK SO IT IS GOING TO BE INTEGRATED AS A NORMAL CITY BLOCK WOULD. THERE'S A WALL IN THE BUFFER. THE ARCHITECTURE IS WHAT WAS APPROVED BY THE CRA PREVIOUSLY. IT'S BEEN BAKED IN ALREADY. THIS IS AN ATTRACTIVE PRODUCT, A PRODUCT THAT PULTE HAS BUILT ALL OVER SOUTH FLORIDA. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER KELLEY, WAS THAT IT? DID YOU HAVE ANY FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS? >> YES. AND I THINK -- MATTHEW, I THINK I KNOW THERE WAS A MENTION OF WARM LIGHTS. AND I KNOW IT'S IN THE PLANS THAT YOU ARE USING WARM L.E.D. LIGHTS IN THE -- >> YEAH, I DON'T -- WE WENT THROUGH IT WITH THE CRA WITH THE LIGHT TYPE WOULD BE AND IT MEETS THE CRA STANDARD. >> PERFECT, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR. >> MAYOR: GO AHEAD, MR. TEMPLE. >> STAFF WOULD ASK WHOEVER MAKES THE MOTION IF WE COULD INCLUDE THE MODIFICATION OF THE CONDITIONS 3 AND 5 AS WERE PROPOSED. >> MAYOR: WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION? >> YEAH, I'LL MAKE A MOTION WITH THE MODIFICATIONS 3 AND 5 AS PROPOSED. >> SECOND. >> MAYOR: ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT, WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING ITEM 8C, SAY AYE. [AYES] ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NO. THE AYES HAVE IT. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. CONGRATULATIONS. IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, THAT MAY HAVE BEEN THE LAST HURDLE BUT I DON'T WANT TO JINX IT. I'VE GOT A THUMBS UP. [INAUDIBLE] OKAY. [LAUGHTER] AFFORDABLE HOMES COMING TO BOYNTON BEACH IS A VERY GOOD THING. >> VERY GOOD. >> MAYOR: WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO ITEM 8D. THIS ONE IS FOR THE NEW MAJOR SITE PLAN FOR THE WAREHOUSE BUILDINGS. ALL RIGHT. I SEE MS. MISKEL IS APPROACHING THE PODIUM. >> APPROVE THE REQUEST FOR NEW SITE PLAN FOR 3800 SOUTH CONGRESS AVENUE TO CONSTRUCT TWO INDUSTRIAL WAREHOUSE BUILDINGS TOTALING APPROXIMATELY 457,026 SQUARE FEET AND ASSOCIATED SITE IMPROVEMENTS ON 30.72-ACRE SITE LOCATED AT 3800 SOUTH CONGRESS AVENUE IN THE M-1 LIGHT INDUSTRIAL ZONING DISTRICT. >> MAYOR: ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. BEFORE YOU BEGIN, MS. MISKEL, YOU WANT TO REMIND MY COLLEAGUE, COUNSEL, FOR THE DISCLOSURES. LET'S BEGIN ON MY RIGHT THIS TIME. >> AS PERTAINING TO THIS MATTER, I HAVE HAD EX PARTE COMMUNICATION WITH MS. MISKEL AND THE REPRESENTATIVE. I APOLOGIZE, I FORGOT THEIR NAME. I HAVE NOT RECEIVED WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS. I HAVE NOT CONDUCTED AN INVESTIGATION. I HAVE NOT MADE A SITE VISIT. AND I HAVE NOT RECEIVED -- WELL, BESIDES FOR CITY STAFF, I HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY OTHER EXPERT OPINIONS. I REQUEST THAT THESE DISCLOSURES AND ALL WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS BE MADE PART OF THE RECORD. >> MAYOR: ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. VICE MAYOR. >> I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT THIS. OKAY. I HAVE HAD COMMUNICATION WITH MS. MISKEL PERTAINING TO THIS MATTER. I HAVE RECEIVED A WRITTEN COMMUNICATION IN THE FORM OF A MEETING REQUEST TO THIS MATTER. I HAVE NOT CONDUCTED AN INVESTIGATION. I HAVE NOT MADE A SITE VISIT. I HAVE NOT RECEIVED EXPERT OPINIONS. I REQUEST THESE DISCLOSURES AND ALL WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS BE MADE PART OF THE RECORD. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR. AS TO THIS MATTER, WHICH IS ITEM 8D, I HAVE HAD CONVERSATIONS, EX PARTE COMMUNICATIONS WITH MS. BONNIE MISKEL, I HAVE NOT RECEIVED WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS. I HAVE NOT CONDUCTED AN INVESTIGATION. I HAVE NOT MADE A SITE VISIT. I HAVE NOT RECEIVED EXPERT OPINIONS. I REQUEST THAT THESE DISCLOSURES AND ALL WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS BE MADE PART OF THE RECORD. COMMISSIONER HAY. >> AS TO THIS MATTER, I HAVE NOT HAD EX PARTE COMMUNICATION. I HAVE NOT RECEIVED WRITTEN COMMUNICATION. I HAVE NOT CONDUCTED AN INVESTIGATION, NOR HAVE I MADE A SITE VISIT. I HAVE NOT RECEIVED EXPERT OPINION. I REQUEST THAT THESE DISCLOSURES AND ALL WRITTEN COMMUNICATION BE MADE PART OF THE RECORD. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER KELLEY. >> THANK YOU. I HAD TO GO WAY BACK IN MY CALENDAR TO FIND WHERE I DID. AS TO THIS MATTER, I HAVE HAD EX PARTE COMMUNICATIONS WITH BONNIE MISKEL AS WELL AS REPRESENTATIVES FROM FOUNDRY COMMERCIAL. I HAVE NOT RECEIVED WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS. I HAVE NOT CONDUCTED AN INVESTIGATION. I HAVE NOT MADE A SITE VISIT. I HAVE NOT RECEIVED EXPERT OPINIONS. I REQUEST THAT THESE DISCLOSURES AND ALL WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS BE MADE PART OF THE RECORD. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU SO MUCH. COUNSEL, DID WE COVER ALL THE BASES? OKAY. MS. MISKEL, PLEASE BEGIN. >> GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION, MY NAME IS BONNIE MISKEL. I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT. I HAVE BEEN SWORN. WE HAVE A VERY BRIEF PRESENTATION TO DISCUSS REDEVELOPMENT OF 3800 SOUTH CONGRESS AVENUE SO WE'LL GET RIGHT TO IT. THIS IS A MAP OF THE SITE. IT IS APPROXIMATELY 30.72 ACRES. IT IS SHOWN IN RED ON THE SCREEN. IT'S SOUTH OF GOLF ROAD, SOUTHWEST 23rd AVENUE. IT'S ON THE EAST SIDE OF CONGRESS BETWEEN 95 AND CONGRESS. THIS IS A BLOW-UP OF THE SITE. IT PREVIOUSLY ORIGINALLY HAD BEEN DEVELOPED WITH A WAREHOUSE. AND THAT BUILDING WILL BE DEMOLISHED FOR THE NEW DEVELOPMENT. THE LAND USE ON THIS IS INDUSTRIAL. THE ZONING IS M-1 LIGHT INDUSTRIAL. THE PRIOR USE WAS THE BETHESDA COLLEGE OF HEALTH SERVICES AND THIS REQUEST IS CONSISTENT WITH THE LAND USE AND THE ZONING. THIS SITE PLAN APPROVAL IS FOR 457,026 SQUARE FOOT INDUSTRIAL WAREHOUSE FACILITY INCLUSIVE OF TWO BUILDINGS WITH A CENTRAL LOADING COURT. WE ARE ALSO REQUESTING SPECIAL REDUCTION FOR PARKING FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TO ALLOW 462 PARKING SPACES IN LIEU OF THE 915 -- ACTUALLY IT'S 914 POINT SOMETHING PARKING SPACES TYPICALLY REQUIRED WITH A PARKING CONTINGENCY PLAN. AND WE WILL GO INTO THE SITE PLAN A LITTLE BIT HERE QUICKLY. AGAIN, THE TOTAL SQUARE FOOTAGE IS 457,026 SQUARE FEET. THE PARKING IS SURFACE PARKING. IT'S 462 PARKING SPACES. THERE ARE TWO BUILDINGS WITH AN INTERIOR LOADING COURT IN THE MIDDLE, SUCH THAT THE LOADING AND OFF-LOADING HAS BEEN INTERNALIZED HIDING THAT PART OF THE USE FROM THE EXTERIOR PROPERTY LINES AND THE STREET FRONTAGE. BUILDING ONE IS 223,000 SQUARE . AND BUILDING TWO IS 233,777 SQUARE FEET. BOTH OF THESE BUILDINGS ARE ONE-STORY BUILDINGS. QUICKLY GOING OVER THE SITE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS, WE EXCEED THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS, MINIMUM LOT AREA, 10,000 SQUARE FEET REQUIRED. THIS IS 30.72 ACRES. MINIMUM FRONTAGE, YOU CAN HAVE ZERO. WE ARE AT 178 FEET 8 INCHES FROM THE STREET. MINIMUM SETBACKS, THE FRONT IS 15. THE BUILDINGS ARE SET BACK TO 309 FEET. REAR, WHICH IS THE EAST, 10 FEET REQUIRED, 56.8 PROVIDED. SIDE NORTH IS 15 FEET REQUIRED AND 61.3 IS PROVIDED. THE SIDE WHICH IS ADJACENT TO THE RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY TO THE SOUTH, 30 FEET IS REQUIRED. WE ARE OVER THREE TIMES THAT AT 94.4. THE BUILDINGS ARE SET BACK. MAXIMUM LOT COVERAGE WOULD ALLOW 60% OF THE SITE. WE ARE ONLY AT 34 SO WE ARE FAR FROM MAXING OUT THIS SITE. MAXIMUM F.A.R. COULD GO TO .5, WE ARE AT .33 SO WE ARE UNDER THE F.A.R. MAXIMUM. AND THEN MAXIMUM HEIGHT WOULD B. IT WOULD BE 45 FEET. WE ARE JUST UNDER THAT AT 44, 1. GOING THROUGH SOME OF THE ELEVATIONS, AGAIN WE HAVE TWO BUILDINGS. THE GRAPHICS THAT ARE ON THE SCREEN ARE FOR BUILDING ONE. THE WEST SIDE FACES THE STREET FRONTAGE CONGRESS. AND WE HAVE REALLY THREE MEANS OF INGRESS AND EGRESS THERE WITH A CENTER ENTRY AND THEN ON THE NORTH AND SOUTH ENDS OF THE SITE. AND THEN THE LINE THREE BUILDING ELEVATION IS THE NORTH ELEVATION. THAT IS THE BUILDING ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE SITE THAT IS FACING THE PROPERTY LINE. AGAIN, WE HAVE -- THE DESIGNER HAS DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB OF INTERNALIZING THE LOADING AREAS, THE LESS ATTRACTIVE PART OF THE BUILDING. SO THAT'S WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING AT HERE. IT'S THE -- THIS IS THE EAST BUILDING ELEVATION FOR BUILDING ONE. AND THEN ON THE SOUTH SIDE, THIS ELEVATION, WHICH IS ON LINE THREE, IS THE PART OF THE BUILDING THAT FACES THE SOUTHERN PROPERTY LINE OR THE RESIDENTIAL. AGAIN, ATTRACTIVE BUILDING, ATTRACTIVE FACADE, NOT WHAT YOU ARE SEEING IN THE INTERIOR PART OF THE SITE WHERE THE LOADING DOCKS ARE. THE NEXT SCREEN IS THE BUILDING ELEVATIONS FOR BUILDING 2. SAME ARCHITECTURE, THE BUILDINGS ARE VERY SIMILAR. THIS ELEVATION IS ACTUALLY FACING EAST WHICH IS TOWARDS 95 AND THE RAILROAD TRACKS. AND LINE THREE IS ALSO THE SOUTHERN ELEVATION WHICH FACES THE SOUTHERN PROPERTY LINE. AND AGAIN, SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU JUST SAW, THE INTERIOR ELEVATIONS FACING THE INTERIOR COURT. AND ON THE LOWER LINE, THIS IS REALLY THE OUTER ELEVATION ON THE NORTH SIDE FACING THE NORTH PROPERTY LINE. AND THESE ARE JUST SOME RENDERINGS THAT WE PROVIDED FOR YOU SO YOU CAN GET A SENSE OF WHAT THE EXTERIOR OF THE BUILDING DOES LOOK LIKE. THIS IS AT THE CENTRAL ENTRY POINT. AND THIS IS THE EAST FACADE, SOMEWHAT SIMILAR, ALMOST MIRRORING THE OTHER BUILDING. AND THEN THE NEXT ONE, THIS IS THE SOUTHEAST CORNER, WHICH IS ON THE SOUTHERN SIDE. AND YOU'LL NOTICE THAT WE HAVE A TYPE 2 BUFFER HERE BECAUSE WE ARE ADJACENT TO RESIDENTIAL. IT IS A MORE MEANINGFUL BUFFER AND IT DOES REQUIRE A WALL. AND THAT'S WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING AT ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE PAGE. RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL WITH CONDITIONS. WE HAVE NO OBJECTIONS TO ANY OF THE CONDITIONS. THEY ARE ALL ACCEPTABLE TO MY CLIENT. AND WE ARE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE. MOST OF THIS SIDE OF THE ROOM ARE OUR TEAM, SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS I THINK WE CAN COVER THEM. AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PATIENCE. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU SO MUCH, MS. MISKEL. LET ME TURN NOW TO STAFF IF THEY HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD. >> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS. MY NAME IS CRAIG PENDER, SENIOR PLANNER WITH THE CITY. STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THE APPLICATION. OUR PRESENTATION IS VERY DUPLICATIVE OF THE APPLICANT'S PRESENTATION. ONCE THE APPLICANT SATISFIES ALL CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL, WE ARE SUPPORTIVE OF APPROVING. >> MAYOR: THERE ARE NO AMENDMENTS TO CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL? >> NO AMENDMENTS TONIGHT, THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ANY PARTY NOW? COMMISSIONER CRUZ, I SAW YOUR HAND UP. >> YES, MAYOR. I DO HAVE A QUESTION. HAVE WE HAD MEETINGS WITH THE NEARBY OR ADJACENT NEIGHBORHOODS? I KNOW WE HAVE LIKE THE MONTERED MONTEREY NEIGHBORHOOD SLIGHTLY SOUTH. I WOULD LIKE TO, IF POSSIBLE, I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST -- AND I WOULD BE HAPPY TO BE PRESENT AT THAT MEETING. BUT I DID HEAR SOMEBODY MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT EARLIER REGARDING THIS. I AM IN SUPPORT OF THE PROJECT, BUT I DO WANT TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE THE NEIGHBORS IN BOTH SIDES OF THE PROJECT AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THEIR CONCERNS. AND THEN MY SECOND QUESTION -- CAN WE AGREE ON THAT? >> I'M NOT CLEAR ON THE QUESTION. BUT WE'RE HAPPY TO APPROACH THEM IF WE CAN WHILE WE'RE IN THE PERMITTING PHASE OF IT. THIS IS FULLY COMPLIANT AND WE WILL BE HAPPY TO DO THAT AND COORDINATE THROUGH YOUR OFFICE. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND THEN MY SECOND QUESTION WOULD BE WHAT WOULD THE HOURS OF OPERATION BE FOR THIS FACILITY? >> DEPENDS ON THE TENANT. >> DAVID BLOUNT WITH FOUNDRY COMMERCIAL. SO THE HOURS OF OPERATIONS WOULD BE DEPENDING ON THE TENANTS WITHIN THE FACILITY. TYPICAL OPERATIONS ARE NORMAL BUSINESS HOURS, BUT UNTIL WE HAVE TENANTS IN THE BUILDING, WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY. >> THE REASON I'M ASKING IS BECAUSE WE DO HAVE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE PROPERTY. AND BECAUSE I DO REPRESENT THEM, THAT IS MY DISTRICT, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WHATEVER HOURS WE HAD WERE REASONABLE WITH, YOU KNOW, ANY NEARBY RESIDENTS. >> THEY WOULD BE REASONABLE AND WOULD HAVE TO COMPLY WITH ANY CITY REGULATIONS AND CODE. >> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER CRUZ. VICE MAYOR, DID YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR EITHER PARTY? >> NO, I DON'T. I THINK COMMISSIONER CRUZ BROUGHT UP THE PUBLIC INPUT. I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT SO I WANT TO SUPPORT THAT SOONER THAN LATER. BUT I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. THANKS. >> MAYOR: ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER HAY. >> I'M GOOD. >> MAYOR: ALL RIGHT. COMMISSIONER KELLEY. >> NO, I DON'T -- WELL, I SAY I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. AND I DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. BUT I AGREE WITH COMMISSIONER CRUZ. MY ONLY QUESTION, I GUESS, WOULD BE FROM WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE AND MY RECOLLECTION OF THE SITE, THEY ARE WAY CLOSER TO THAT NEIGHBORHOOD THAN WHAT YOU ARE PROPOSING IN YOUR NEW PLAN. SO I JUST -- I KNOW THAT THERE WAS SOME QUESTION FROM A RESIDENT. AND I'M ASSUMING THAT'S JUST QUESTIONS BECAUSE THEY DON'T REALLY HAVE THE INFORMATION. AND I WISH SHE WOULD HAVE STAYED TO BE ABLE TO SEE IT. BUT MY UNDERSTANDING LOOKING AT THE SITE IS THAT IT'S ACTUALLY QUITE CLOSER TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAN WHAT YOU ARE PROPOSING. >> ACTUALLY, THE DIMENSIONS WE GAVE YOU ARE ACCURATE. SO OUR BUILDING IS SET BACK MORE THAN THREE TIMES THE REQUIREMENT. AND WE DO HAVE A TYPE 2 BUFFER. WE ALSO HAVE LOOKED AT AND BEEN OUT TO THE SITE -- THEY HAVE HEAVY VEGETATION ON THEIR SIDE OF THE LINE. WE TOO ARE INTENDING TO HEAVY LANDSCAPING ON OUR SIDE SO THAT THEY WILL HAVE A SOLID SCREEN. AND THERE IS A SOLID SCREEN THERE TODAY WITHOUT OUR LANDSCAPING BECAUSE THIS WAS DEVELOPED MANY, MANY YEARS AGO. BUT WE WILL MEET WITH THEM BEFORE WE GET INTO PERMITTING SO THERE WILL BE NO SURPRISES. AND I DO BELIEVE THEY WERE NOTICED. THAT'S CORRECT. BECAUSE I THINK IT'S WITHIN 400 FEET. SO EVERYONE FROM THAT COMMUNITY THAT IS WITHIN THAT, WHICH I WOULD SUSPECT WOULD BE MOST OF THE COMMUNITY, DID RECEIVE DIRECT NOTICE. >> AND THEN ALONG THE NORTH END, THAT'S ALL INDUSTRIAL ALREADY, CORRECT? THERE'S NO RESIDENTIAL? >> YEAH, THERE'S NO RESIDENTIAL THERE. NO. >> SO IT'S LAKE MONTEREY OR MONTEREY THAT IS OUR CONCERN. >> THAT'S CORRECT. I THINK THAT'S WHERE THAT LADY WAS FROM. >> IF I MAY, DURING THE SITE PLAN REVIEW PROCESS, WE DID ASK THE APPLICANT TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL TREES. AND THEY ARE SPACING THEM CLOSER. THEY ARE TYPICALLY SPACED 20 TO 30 FEET. THEY ARE GOING WITH THE 20 FEET AND THEY ARE PROVIDING UNDERSTORY TREES AS WELL. SO THAT BUFFER WILL BE REALLY GOOD FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD. >> OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU. I SEE THERE'S A FOLLOW-UP QUESTION, VICE MAYOR. >> YEAH. HOW MANY -- WHAT'S THE AMOUNT OF SPACES FOR THE TENANTS IN THIS PROJECT? >> SO WE HAVE 462 SPACES TOTAL. >> OKAY. >> AND WE PROVIDED A PARKING PLAN. WE ARE APPLYING THE SUSTAINABLE PARKING PROVISIONS IN THE CODE, SO WE DO MEET THOSE REQUIREMENTS. BUT WE WILL HAVE A PLAN AS WELL SHOULD WE -- AND POTENTIALLY LIMITATIONS ON LEASES IF WE EVER DID HAVE A PARKING ISSUE. >> OKAY. AND I DON'T SEE IT IN FRONT OF ME ON THE SITE MAP HERE. BUT I WOULD ASSUME THAT IF THERE IS A NEED FOR SEMI TRUCKS TO GET IN THERE, THE ABILITY -- >> WE MEET ALL THE MINIMUM RADIUS REQUIREMENTS, YES. >> ALL RIGHT. JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT. THANK YOU, MA'AM. >>> THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE FROM -- COMMISSIONER? >> YES, SORRY. >> MAYOR: IT'S OKAY. >> JUST WANTED TO ADD AGAIN I AM IN SUPPORT OF THIS PROJECT. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING IT UP. I'M GLAD TO SEE THIS HAPPENING IN MY DISTRICT. AND POTENTIALLY BRINGING MORE BUSINESSES TO THE CITY. AT THE SAME TIME, I DO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ABLE TO MEET WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND TO PLEASE INVITE ME PERSONALLY. I WOULD LIKE TO BE THERE. AND I WILL -- IF I CAN MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. >> MAYOR: LET'S DO PUBLIC COMMENT. AND I'D BE HAPPY TO HEAR YOUR MOTION. ALL RIGHT. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK SPECIFICALLY ON ITEM 8D, NOW WOULD BE THE TIME TO APPROACH THE PODIUM. I'M ALSO MONITORING THOSE ONLINE. I DON'T SEE ANYONE ONLINE. OKAY. I SEE NO ONE APPROACHING THE PODIUM. WITH THAT, PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEM 8D IS NOW CLOSED. DOES ANYBODY -- JUST FOR FORMALITY STAFF, I'LL ASK THE STAFF AND APPLICANT, ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD OR FOLLOW UP? WITH THAT, LET'S GO TO THE MOTION, COMMISSIONER CRUZ. >> MOVE TO APPROVE. >> MAYOR: WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND. WAS THAT COMMISSIONER KELLEY? ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 8D, SAY AYE. [AYES] ALL THOSE WHO OPPOSE SAY NO. THE AYES HAVE IT. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. SO THAT CONCLUDES ALL OF THE PUBLIC HEARING. SO NOW WE ARE MOVING ON TO THE NEXT PORTION OF THE AGENDA WHICH IS LEGAL. THIS IS PROPOSED ORDINANCE 24-002, IT'S FIRST READING. IN FACT, ALL THE ITEMS IN THIS CATEGORY IS FIRST READING, WHICH MEANS THERE WILL BE NO PUBLIC COMMENT. WE WILL HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT ON SECOND READING. LET ME TURN TO COUNSEL AND CITY CLERK. EITHER ONE. >> PROPOSED ORDINANCE NUMBER 24-002, FIRST READING, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH, FLORIDA REPEALING SECTIONS 2-5, 2-6 AND 2-7 OF THE CITY CODE OF ORDINANCES CREATING A NEW ARTICLE IN CHAPTER 2, ADMINISTRATION, ARTICLE 6 ENTITLED CITY ATTORNEY, PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION, SEVERABILITY, CONFLICTS AND PROVIDING FOR EFFECTIVE DATE. >> MAYOR: AND I SEE HERE THAT IT WAS TABLED SO WE SHOULD HAVE A MOTION TO UNTABLE THE ITEM FIRST. >> SO MOVED. >> MOTION TO UNTABLE. >> MAYOR: WE HAVE A MOTION TO REMOVE FROM THE TABLE I SHOULD SAY. COMMISSIONER KELLEY AND SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER CRUZ. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF REMOVING THE ITEM FROM THE TABLE, SAY AYE. [AYES] ALL THOSE OPPOSED? THE AYES HAVE IT. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THE ITEM IS REMOVED FROM THE TABLE. ALL RIGHT. SO WE HAVE READ THE ITEM INTO THE RECORD. IS THERE ANYTHING FROM STAFF? WOULD THEY LIKE TO PRESENT ON THIS ITEM? >> I BELIEVE I HAVE GONE OVER IT WITH EVERYONE. I DON'T KNOW IF WE NEED A FORMAL PRESENTATION. BUT ESSENTIALLY -- >> MAYOR: I THOUGHT I'D GIVE YOU THE OPPORTUNITY. >> WHAT THIS DOES IS CODIFIES THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE A LITTLE BIT IN MORE DETAIL THAN WHAT IS PROVIDED IN THE CHARTER. AND IT ALSO ALLOWS SETTLEMENTS UP TO $50,000 UPON THE APPROVAL OF THE CITY ATTORNEY AND THE CITY MANAGER. WE BOTH HAVE TO AGREE. AND THEN LIKEWISE, IT DOES PROVIDE FOR THE COMMISSION'S ABILITY TO APPOINT SPECIAL COUNSEL. >> MAYOR: ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT THIS ITEM TO OUR LEGAL COUNSEL HERE? NOTHING FROM MY LEFT. ANYTHING FROM MY RIGHT? VICE MAYOR. >> FOR THE SETTLEMENT, SO UP TO 50,000 -- >> DOLLARS. >> RIGHT, RIGHT. BUT BOTH THE CITY MANAGER AND THE CITY ATTORNEY WOULD NEED TO AGREE. >> CORRECT. WE HAVE TO CONCUR. >> OKAY. AND WITHOUT THAT, THERE WOULD BE NO SETTLEMENT. >> WELL, IT WOULD HAVE TO GO BEFORE THE CITY COMMISSION IF WE DON'T AGREE FOR YOUR APPROVAL. >> OKAY. THAT ANSWERED MY NEXT QUESTION. THANK YOU, MA'AM. >> MAYOR: ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ANYTHING ELSE? WITH THAT, THIS IS ONLY FIRST READING. I JUST WANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY OF THAT. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? >> SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >> MAYOR: WE HAVE A MOTION AND WE HAVE A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER HAY. CITY CLERK. >> COMMISSIONER KELLEY. >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER HAY. >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER CRUZ. >> YES. >> VICE MAYOR TURKIN. >> YES. >> MAYOR PENSERGA. >> MAYOR: YES. >> IN A ROLL CALL VOTE THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU. MOVING TO ITEM 12B, CITY CLERK. >> PROPOSED ORDINANCE 24-003, FIRST READING, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH, FLORIDA AMENDING CHAPTER 2 ADMINISTRATION, ARTICLE I4 ENTITLED PURCHASING & CONSULTANTS, SECTION 2-56(C) IS HEREBY AMENDED TO AMEND THE PROCESS TO DISPOSE OF CITY-OWNED REAL PROPERTY PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS, SEVERABILITY, CODIFICATION AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS FROM MY COLLEAGUES HERE ON THIS ITEM? QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? SEEING NONE, MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 12B? >> SO MOVED. >> MAYOR: I HEARD A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER HAY. IS THERE A SECOND? >> SECOND. >> MAYOR: SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER CRUZ. CITY CLERK, PLEASE BEGIN THE ROLL CALL. >> COMMISSIONER KELLEY. >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER HAY. >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER CRUZ. VICE MAYOR TURKIN. MAYOR PENSERGA. >> MAYOR: YES. >> IN A ROLL CALL VOTE THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. >> MAYOR: ITEM 12C ALSO FIRST READING. >> PROPOSED ORDINANCE 24-004, FIRST READING, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH, FLORIDA AMENDING CHAPTER 2.5 ALARM SYSTEMS TO CLARIFY FIRE DEPARTMENT FEES FOR RESPONDING TO EXCESSIVE FIRE ALARMS, PROVIDING FOR REPEAL OF LAWS IN CONFLICT, SEVERABILITY, CODIFICATION AN AN EFFECTIVE DATE. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU. ANYTHING FROM MY COLLEAGUES? ANY REMAINING QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? YES, COMMISSIONER. >> JUST FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE PUBLIC, CAN YOU JUST EXPLAIN WHAT THE CHANGE OF THIS ORDINANCE IS FOR, PLEASE? >> ESSENTIALLY, THERE'S NO CHANGE. BUT THERE WAS A LITTLE MISCOMMUNICATION -- NOT A MISCOMMUNICATION, BUT IT WASN'T CLEAR, IN MY OPINION, IN CONSULTING WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT RELATING TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT'S ABILITY TO IMPOSE FINES FOR EXCESSIVE FIRE ALARM FEES. THE COMMISSION DID PREVIOUSLY APPROVE THOSE FIRE ALARM FINES AND THAT RESOLUTION WAS DONE IN 2022. AND THAT'S ON FILE WITH THE CLERK. SO THIS MERELY JUST CODIFIES THAT CLEARLY IN THE LAW UNDER THE POLICE DEPARTMENT FEES. >> THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: ALL RIGHT. ANYTHING ELSE? WITH THAT, MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 12C? >> SO MOVED. >> MAYOR: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER CRUZ. >> SECOND. >> MAYOR: SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER HAY. CITY CLERK, PLEASE BEGIN. >> COMMISSIONER KELLEY. >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER HAY. >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER CRUZ. >> YES. >> VICE MAYOR TURKIN. MAYOR PENSERGA. >> MAYOR: YES. >> IN A ROLL CALL VOTE THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU. MOVING TO 12D. >> PROPOSED ORDINANCE NUMBER 24-005, AMENDING CHAPTER 9, FIRE PROTECTION AND PREVENTION, SECTION 9-1, BOYNTON BEACH FIRE CODE, FIRE CODES ADOPTED, TO UPDATE THE CITY CODE AS REQUIRED BY FLORIDA STATUTE WHEN A NEW EDITION OF THE FLORIDA FIRE PREVENTION CODE HAS BEEN ADOPTED, PROVIDING FOR REPEAL OF LAWS IN CONFLICT, SEVERABILITY, CODIFICATION AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE. >> MAYOR: ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ANYONE FROM THE DAIS, QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? >> JUST A BRIEF SUMMARY. >> IF YOU COULD JUST EXPLAIN WHAT WE ARE -- FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE. >> SURE. FLORIDA STATUTES, EVERY YEAR THE STATE LEGISLATURE -- NOT EVERY YEAR. EVERY FEW YEARS THE STATE LEGISLATURE COMES OUT WITH A NEW FLORIDA FIRE PREVENTION CODE. AND BY STATUTE OR BY ORDINANCE, WE HAVE TO ADOPT THAT. WE HAVE ADOPTED THAT. THIS CHANGES THE LANGUAGE OF THE ORDINANCE SO THAT NOT ONLY ARE WE ADOPTING 2023, BUT WE WILL NOT HAVE TO COME BACK. IT APPLIES TO ALL FUTURE AMENDMENTS AND UPDATES BY THE LEGISLATURE. THEY WILL AUTOMATICALLY BE ADOPTED BY OUR CODE UNDER THAT STATUTE. >> MAYOR: ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. >> SO IT WILL JUST BE APPLICABLE TO WHATEVER YEAR. >> CORRECT. ALL AMENDMENTS. AND OCCASIONALLY THEY PUT OUT ADDITIONAL UPDATES AND THIS WILL APPLY TO ALL OF THOSE. >> OKAY. >> SO WE WON'T HAVE TO KEEP COMING BACK EVERY TIME THERE'S A CHANGE. >> OKAY. >> MAYOR: I CAN SEE THE THOUGHT AT THE EDGE. >> I MEAN I UNDERSTAND THE REASON BEHIND MAKING THINGS SMOOTHER. BUT I GUESS THEN HOW WOULD WE KNOW IF THERE WAS A CHANGE. >> OH, I'M SORRY. >> THAT WE WOULD NEED TO KNOW ON A REGULAR BASIS. >> THE ORDINANCE DOES REQUIRE THAT WE KEEP A COPY OF IT WITH THE CLERK, A COPY OF IT WITH THE CLERK. SO WHENEVER THERE IS AN UPDATE, THE FIRE MARSHAL WILL BRING THE CLERK A NEW COPY. AND THAT WILL HAPPEN. THAT'S REQUIRED AS PART OF THE CODE. >> ALL RIGHT. OKAY. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE ON THIS ITEM? WITH THAT, MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? >> MOVE TO APPROVE. >> MAYOR: THIS IS 12D. MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER CRUZ, SECOND FROM VICE MAYOR. GO AHEAD, MAYLEE. >> COMMISSIONER KELLEY. >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER HAY. >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER CRUZ. >> YES. >> VICE MAYOR TURKIN. >> YES. >> MAYOR PENSERGA. >> MAYOR: YES. >> IN A ROLL CALL VOTE THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU. AGAIN, ALL OF THESE ITEMS WERE FIRST READING. ON SECOND READING, WE WILL HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT AND THAT WILL FINALIZE THE VOTING. OKAY. SO THIS CONCLUDES ALL THE ITEMS CURRENTLY ON THE AGENDA. BUT AS ALWAYS, I WANT TO PROVIDE EVERYBODY AN OPPORTUNITY FOR CLOSING COMMENTS. ALL RIGHT. THAT WILL CONCLUDE THE EVENING. GO AHEAD, COMMISSIONER KELLEY. >> MY ONLY COMMENT IS JUST I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT -- I KNOW AT THE VERY BEGINNING OF THE MEETING WE TALKED ABOUT ADDING SOME STUFF ON FUTURE AGENDA WITH REGARD TO CIP AND EVERYTHING. I WANT TO -- >> MAYOR: ONE SECOND, COMMISSIONER. I WANT TO REITERATE, JUST MAKE SURE WE HAVE IT CORRECTLY. I HEARD CIP DISCUSSION, ROAD PAVING DISCUSSION. I THINK THAT WAS YOU, VICE MAYOR. THE HOTEL SITE DISCUSSION. I HEARD THAT WILL BE COMING UP IN THE SECOND MEETING IN MARCH. AND DID I MISS ANYTHING ELSE? >> NO, I THINK THAT'S IT. >> MAYOR: THAT WAS IT? >> YEAH. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY END UP ON THE FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS, PLEASE. >> MAYOR: OKAY. THAT'S FOR THEM TO MAKE SURE. >> I'M SORRY. WE WILL ADD THE REQUEST BY COMMISSIONER KELLEY TO 13C WHICH WAS REQUESTED BY COMMISSIONER CRUZ. WE WILL ADD THAT IN ADDITION TO, BECAUSE THAT'S PRETTY MUCH SET TO GO. AND IT'S NOT GOING TO BE A BIG DEAL JUST TO ADD THE REQUESTED INFORMATION. >> MAYOR: AND, COMMISSIONER KELLEY, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURH OF YOU COMMUNICATE SO THAT THE EXPECTATION IS CLEAR FOR WHAT IT IS THAT YOU ARE GOING TO BE ADDING. >> YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. >> YES, THANK YOU. >> I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT. >> AND WE WILL ADD A DISCUSSION ITEM IN REFERENCE TO FUNDING FOR ADDITIONAL PAVING. >> MAYOR: SOUNDS GOOD. COMMISSIONER, WAS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT CLOSING COMMENTS? >> NO THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: COMMISSIONER HAY. >> NO. THE ONLY COMMENT I HAVE IS THAT QUESTION FOR STAFF. WHEN DO YOU FEEL YOU'LL BE READY TO GIVE US ANOTHER UPDATE ON ANNEXATION? >> I WOULD TO CONFER. I KNOW ADAM IS ABOUT TO SAY THE SAME THING. I WOULD HAVE TO CONFER WITH AMANDA. I KNOW THOSE FEASIBILITY STUDIES ARE ANOTHER FEW MONTHS AWAY. INITIALLY SHE SAID IT WOULD PROBABLY BE BETWEEN THREE TO SIX MONTHS. I KNOW THE FIVE LARGEST DEPARTMENTS WHICH IS PUBLIC SAFETY, PUBLIC WORKS, UTILITIES AND ALSO -- WELL, UTILITIES PROBABLY IS ALREADY SERVICING THOSE RESIDENTS, SO THAT SHOULDN'T BE TOO MUCH. BUT I WILL SAY PARKS AND REC ALSO. THOSE WILL BE THE LARGEST DEPARTMENTS THAT WE'LL HAVE TO WAIT ON. SO I'M ASSUMING BETWEEN THREE TO SIX MONTHS. >> OKAY. >> WE ARE LOOKING AT SUMMERTIME. >> RIGHT. THANK YOU. THAT'S IT. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU. I HAVE SEVERAL THINGS TO DISCUSS. BUT LIKE I MENTIONED EARLIER, I'LL SIT DOWN WITH BOTH OF YOU FIRST BEFORE I BRING IT UP. AND SOME EXCITING THINGS THAT WE SHOULD BE ADDING TO THE AGENDA FOR A FUTURE MEETING. WE WILL CIRCLE BACK TO THAT. GO AHEAD, VICE MAYOR. CLOSING COMMENTS. >> WELL, COMMISSIONER KELLEY STOLE MY THUNDER. I WANTED TO MAKE SURE ALL THOSE ITEMS GOT ADDED AND THEY WEREN'T MISSED. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: ABSOLUTELY. AND, COMMISSIONER CRUZ. >> HAVE A GOOD NIGHT. >> MAYOR: MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN. >> SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >> MAYOR: ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION TO ADJOURN, SAY AYE. [AYES] HAVE A GOOD NIGHT, EVERYONE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE AND FOR STAYING THIS LATE.