Commission - Regular Meeting

Thank you so much. So tonight we we'll be covering a few key topics such as facility improvements, participation in USC and usage, tournaments and events, systems and operations and community programming. What am I doing wrong? Over the first six months, FM Tennis has invested over $50,000 in capital improvements for the Boyan Beach Tennis and Pickle Ball Center. These improvements have enhanced both the player experience and the long-term quality of the facility. Recent upgrades include installation of new windcreens. We've installed 9 foot windscreens with tennis center logos. This has created a refreshed look and an improved player experience. We developed a new and improved pro shop. Our pro shop renovation included new a new electronic stringing machine, new flooring and fresh paint, a new lounge and TV area, a check-in kiosk for players as they enter, and merchandise walls for tennis and pickle ball retail products. We've resurfaced select uh tennis courts, and we've also improved the irrigation system, including new above ground sprinkler heads for more consistent court maintenance. These investments reflect an ongoing commitment to maintaining a first class recreational asset for the community. In regard to the facility, following a recent weather event, certain sections of the facility were impacted. And I just wanted to take a moment to recognize and thank city staff for their immediate response in addressing these issues and helping stabilize the affected areas quickly and safely. Community engagement at the facility continues to grow at a strong pace. Since transitioning to the court reserve platform in October, the center has surpassed 1750 unique account holders,

representing more than 1750 individual players actively utilizing the facility for tennis and pickle ball. This level of participation highlights the facility's increasing relevance as a premier destination for recreation, wellness, and social activity within Boone Beach. Looking ahead to the fall season, league programming has also expanded significantly. Our adult league program will feature 22 total teams, including several that have transitioned from neighboring facilities. This growth demonstrates rising demand, strong player satisfaction, and the facility's growing competitiveness within the regional market. In addition, we're also excited to announce the launch of an 8week tennis camp for juniors this summer. All that being said, through our first six months, we sit at a 47% utilization rate. So, we still believe we have some work to do in terms of increasing our goal and reaching our goals and increasing facility utilization. The facility has continued to elevate its tournament presence, now regularly hosting both US adult and junior tournaments. These tournaments have been highly successful, generating strong participation while attracting players, families, and spectators from outside the immediate area. This increased traffic not only supports the facility, but also brings added exposure and economic activity to the city of Boone Beach. This past week, we hosted the high school districts and on the first Saturday in May, we'll be hosting a member appreciation roundroin and pro exhibition, which will be free of charge for all tennis and pickleball members. We currently have eight additional tournaments scheduled to the end of the summer, continuing to build on this momentum. One of those tournaments is the USA Summer Smash, where we're hosting the top 18 and under boys and girls from around the state. This event is the highest level of USA sanctioned tournament that we have from a sectional a sectional standpoint in Florida. Looking ahead, we are proud to

share that the facility is scheduled to host an ITF junior event in late 2026. This is a major milestone as ITF tournaments are internationally recognized events that attract elite junior players from around the world. Hosting an event of this caliber places Boon Beach on the global tennis map, enhances the city's reputation, and creates meaningful economic and community impact. Operational modernization has also been a major success story. Since imple implementing court reserve, nearly 90% of all bookings are now completed through the Playboy buon beach mobile app, creating a seamless reservation experience for residents and visitors alike. This transition has delivered several important benefits. Improved customer convenience, better visibility into court usage and demand, more efficient scheduling processes, increased court court utilization through reduced downtime, enhanced ability to manage programming growth. These operational improvements position the facility for scalable datadriven growth moving forward. Beyond courts and competition, the facility continues to serve as an important community hub where residents of all ages can gather, stay active, and connect through leagues, tournaments, instructional programming, and daily recreational play. The center provides inclusive opportunities for youth, adults, seniors, beginners, and competitive players alike. We're proud to have hosted renowned coach and educator Steve Smith for a free parent child workshop in January. In addition, every week we host classes for underprivileged children through the Youth Tennis Foundation and classes for children on the spectrum through Love Serving Autism. We're excited to continue to expand our programming that supports health, recreation, and community engagement for Boyon Beach residents. In closing, we'd like to thank the mayor, commissioners, city managers, and city staff for their continued support of the Boy Beach Tennis and Pickle Ball

Center. Your partnership and commitment have helped transform this facility into a growing source of recreation, community pride, and regional visibility for the city of Boon Beach. We're proud of the progress made thus far, excited about the momentum ahead, and committed to continuing to deliver a firstass experience for residents and visitors alike. Thank you for your time, your leadership, and your continued investment. Thank you, Mayor. Mayor Thank you, sir. Hello. Not so fast. Not so fast.

Thank you. First of all, I want to say thank you for your presentation and I want to say to staff, thank you for what you have done to the tennis center because years ago it was just neglected. And my whole take is that I always tell individuals here in the city, what we have, we need to take care of it. Thank you for taking care of our tennis center out there and our pro shop. I want to know about what is the price for a membership for the year. How the membership runs, what is that price? That's uh just around $370 $380 for the year for a resident and uh $470 for a non-resident.

Okay. And that 8we tennis thing that you're having, will y'all be presenting scholarships for underprivileged kids? We we will be working with the youth foundation to uh accommodate children who can't afford the camp and we'll be sponsoring them for the camp. Yes, sir. Thank you. And I want to say thank you for putting pointing back on the map. Thank you. Thank you. Mayor. Yes.

Thank you, Brandon, um for the presentation. I just I had a couple of questions. Um, I just want to commend you for doing a great job because I know we were fielding um, emails after emails and phone calls about the issues and the and the problems and the nonavailability and the, you know, at the tennis center. And so, um, those have stopped. Um, you know, I I think we know that there's it's a work in progress. We know that the, you know, the courts need a lot of work. We know that that's in your plan. as my two questions were um the one on your membership increases are you seeing that more is there is it pretty even as far as resident versus non-resident are you seeing more residents more non-residents do you have and you may not have it right now and if you don't you can you know send me an email with that information but I'd be curious to see are we seeing an an an uptick in you know where that aligns with residents versus non-residents

I don't have an exact figure for you right now, but I'd be happy to definitely send you that via email. Um, just off the top of my head, I would say it's maybe 5050 or it's pretty split down the middle. Um, but I can definitely get that to you. Okay, perfect. Yeah, I would like to see how that plays out. And then um the you mentioned the 47% increase of um court utilization. Is that on track with what you anticipated given uh you know kind of your plans of updates and and upgrades? I know you had said you wanted it to be higher. Um but is it is this sort of on track with where you expected we would be at this point?

So just to clarify 47% of the facilities being utilized right now. So it's not an increase but it's just the current utilization. So, you know, we have a target obviously below 50% the facility is still at this point is still underutilized, but with our plans for the fall and with the summer camp that increases the overall utilization of the facility, um we'd like to obviously increase that to between 65 and 75%. Okay. And so then my part two of that is, you know, I guess what are you what are some of the things that you're doing to try and get that court utilization up? Um, is there anything that the city can do to kind of assist get getting that uh utilization up? It sounds like you have so many things coming up. I feel like you'll, you know, that will increase, but I'm just kind of curious what your plan is to to to try and increase that.

Yeah, we're we're confident that we'll get there. Um, you know, one thing in terms of the pickle ball courts not being lighted, we're working on converting uh as part of our proposal was converting court 19, tennis court 9 19 into four pickle ball courts. We feel like six pickle ball courts at the facility is a little bit too too few for the amount of play they get. So those those six are being used on a consistent basis. Um, obviously having them available at night for people who cannot play during the day because they work would be a huge bonus. Um, and we're committed to making that happen and looking into that over the summer. Um, we also have noticed that um, in building a junior program after school, it just takes a little bit more time to get kids maybe away from, you know, other activities and other programs they they've been participating in. Um, also too, we feel like over time that'll increase. So that'll kind of balance out the utilization over the course of of the day and over over the course of the weeks. Um, obviously uh with 22 adult teams uh slated for the fall, we feel like that's going to increase the utilization and we should be in good shape.

Good. Yeah. I think I feel like it also has kind of been slow moving just because I don't want to say Boon has a bad rep, but the tennis courts were struggling for so long that I think people found other places to go and are now finally starting to come back and realize that we're we are investing in our tennis court um by bringing you in and and having you um uh manage this. So hopefully that will we'll see that on year two on the year two report where we are. So thank you so much Brandon and and great job. I look forward to to hearing uh more about this. Thank you. Thanks. Oh, go ahead.

Um very happy to see this progress. Thank you. And um the innovation that you guys have really brought this tennis center um into the 21st century. Um I wanted to say do we have um a senior discount for specifically for Boon Beach residents? There is currently not one in place for membership. Um ultimately we've decided to or was agreed upon that the city commission would set the rates for membership. So if the city you know were to decide that then we would be welcome to that option.

Thank you. I I would definitely like to advocate for that um given that a lot of our seniors um are living on fixed incomes. And then one other thing that I wanted to to say is you know I'm really excited to see the programs that you have going on with with the schools and the students. Have we thought about maybe working together with the principles of the schools inside the city limits of Boon Beach to actually advertise and get that out there so that they know that this is available?

We have we have reached out as part of our efforts especially working with the youth tennis foundation. Um and those children from Boon Beach schools are starting to use the facility more and more. So pretty happy about that so far. But obviously we just have to keep keep at it, keep promoting the programs and keep trying to turn kids on to tennis and and pickle ball too. Well, and we have um sorry to interrupt. I'm sorry, Vice Mayor, you haven't spoken yet, but on that to that point, too. Um you know, the I think of the YMCA out um it's not technically in the city. Um but they don't have tennis facilities and so that might be a good avenue to to reach out to them um because they do have a strong youth sports program. It might be a way that we can kind of capture some of those um students that are that are looking to play tennis or pickle ball. know that they have adult pickle ball at like 9:30 in the morning on a weekday that most people who would like to try pickle ball can't do. Um but you know um they you know so to since we're trying to capture that youth a little bit more that might be an avenue too is to reach out to them and see if if they would advertise our uh tennis center because they don't have those facilities available to their students. So just throwing it out there.

Yeah, great idea. Great work. Thank you. This is another successful public private partnership, you know. Um, so I think we should all be proud of that and I would support the sentiment about having staff come back with some discount rates for seniors. I think that's a great idea. Mayor, before we move on, sorry, this is for staff. They said some courts are not lighted. I know we don't have a CIP budget, but can you all give us a price to see how much it will cost to get lights out there? I'm just saying we might be missing some revenue that we can tap into. Yeah, absolutely, sir. Thank you. Thank you very much, sir. Thank you.

Thank you, Brandon. We are now moving on to public audience. As always, it is three minutes per person. It's non-transferable and this is not a Q&A. Same rules as always apply. The speaker must address the commission as a whole and and not to any individual in the DAS or in the audience. Insults, personal attacks, and disruptions will not be tolerated, and you'll be asked to leave should you violate these rules. After we have concluded those in person, we will go to those online. Anyone who would like to speak, please already come up to the podium so we can keep it moving. Welcome.

Thank you. Good evening, uh, Madame Mayor and commission members. My name is Jennifer Markwart and on behalf of the Boon Beach Chamber of Commerce, which is locally led but regionally connected, it is an honor and privilege to stand before you today to recognize a group of individuals who represent the very best of this community. This Friday, April 24th, the chamber will proudly host our annual first responders lunchon, an event that has become a cornerstone of our organization and a meaningful tradition for more than two decades. uh for over uh we we've gathered for over 20 years to recognize and celebrate the extraordinary men and women of the Buon Beach Police and Fire departments. This is not simply an event on our calendar. It is a reflection of our values. Each and every day, these professionals answer the call, often without hesitation and always with a deep sense of duty. Uh they are they're they are there in moments of crisis in times of uncertainty and in situations where most would step back. They step forward. They do not do this for recognition. They do it because they are committed to service, to safety, and to the community they have sworn to protect. But moments like this, this lunchon gives us the opportunity to pause and to recognize and to say thank you in a meaningful and visible way. Because behind every call responded to, every life saved, and every situation brought under control are individuals who have chosen a path of service that requires courage, resilience, and sacrifice. Um, as a business community, we understand something very clearly. Public safety and economic vitality go hand in hand. A strong, safe city is the foundation upon which businesses grow, families thrive, and communities

prosper. So, as we gather this Friday to recognize firefighter um paramedic Connor Reichenban Reichenbach, sorry, I don't have my glasses on. So, uh firefighter Damen Faric and officer uh Sunil Sunny Sergully. We do so with gratitude and with deep respect for the roles these individuals play in the fabric of this community. Thank you. Thank you. Next, please.

Susan Oyer Boon Beach. So, I think I'm here for the right time now for the right thing. So, I want to um talk about consent agenda items 6D um resolution 26-063. Where are these 23 hotspots going? Um the the plans that they're talking about. But I'd love to see some transparency on that. 7D, which is R26-067, it's $395,000. Page seven, please note that they have differentiated between trees and palms because palms are not trees. And I'm saying this for the 1 billionth time. Let's stop putting palms in our city. Let's do the right thing and get rid of them. Sell what we have to other cities, other developers, whatever, but get them the heck out. Um, it also mentions lighting style, but yet there's no pictures. So, I I'm looking forward to seeing what kind of lighting they plan on putting there on US1. I hope they go back to the thought that maybe every neighborhood or every major street should have its own unique design style so that you know you've gone to that next street when you see a different style change. Um, also I hope they're exploring the um possible grants including the Wildflower Foundation of Florida which gives out grants. 9A the beautifification report. Um, please let's stop using speed bumps. We need to be switching to chicanees, which would include trees or flowering bushes, and that would double check off things off your list of things to do. And I want to finish by saying um I I didn't have enough time on my last thing, so I'll just add this on. I am not against veterans in any way, as I'm sure you guys are very aware. My family's fought in almost every war in American history for over 250 years. Sorry, not over but 250 years. Um, I do think that Pearl the Pearl Harbor event and 911 could be rolled into another larger city event with maybe specific holidays, you know, like a spec specific five-year or the the zero years, the decade years being a

more large event type thing, but maybe roll them into some other event with the city so that they're still acknowledged. the same with MLK and whatever else we feel the need to celebrate, but make them more cost effective and and pick out the big years to make them their own special thing. Um, there just was not enough time obviously to address this last time. Thank you. Thank you. Next, please.

Good evening, madame mayor and commissioners. My name is Steve Homer and my wife and Rose and I have lived in downtown Boon Beach for 27 years now. I'm concerned with consent consent agenda item 7D to pay a design consultant $400,000 to design improvements for federal highway. While I support improving this corridor, I'm concerned about spending such a significant amount of money when our city has a history of problems with implementation. As a member of Inca, I have encouraged the city to make improvements to this north federal highway for many years. I believe we should prioritize lowhanging fruit that the city staff could manage before hiring an outside consultant. Uh, and specifically, I suggest the following. Coordinate with Palm Trent to install proper covered bus stops. Pressure FPL and cable companies to remove remaining wooden poles and fix dangling overhead lines. Replace damaged sidewalks south of the C16 canal. This includes removing the pavers and the mulch that always floats away in favor of a lowmaintenance 8- foot wide concrete path similar to the one that's north of the canal which is much more walkable. rebuild the landscape buffer between federal highway and the railroad tracks and and ensure the maintenance crews do not overp prune it like they did in the past. That basically destroyed it because we had the same thing that hypoxuxo has has but we lost by overp pruning. And uh lastly um have city crew walk to pick up litter on federal highway at least once every two weeks. It piles up pretty quick as a person that's picked it up. It's a lot of trash piling up. I recommend that we invest in these type of improvements and only hire a consultant to plan something

if once we finish these things and it might look will look a lot better if we just do that. Um, one other thing with that uh trash pickup in May, I suggest we have the whole month of May for hurricane uh preparation, not just a few days because I I missed it last year. was out of town or was rainy or something, but there's no reason not to make the whole month. If you remember the last hurricane, the amount of debris that was left over, it sat there for weeks. It's a lot better to get ahead of it. So, that's all. Thanks for your consideration. Thank you, sir. Next, please.

David Katz, uh, you all gave all the kudos about the taste of Boon. I'm here to do the same. um Amanda Craig Fabian and their staff thought outside the box much better than the last couple of years. But there's also not just them. There's the what I would call the Indians, those who work with with them. Uh there's a fellow named Glenn who worked his butt off during the during the evening. Uh there's Britney, another staff member. There's Jay who works inside the city hall. There are the police who make sure everybody's safe. So, I mean, they just did a tremendous, tremendous job. And I would suggest to Mr. Homework that maybe he uh contact the Bokeh Chamber. Maybe they want to adopt Federal Highway for a cleanup. Thank you.

Next, please.

Good evening, Harry Woodworth, Boon Beach. Uh, I wanted to thank the public safety director, but he bugged out. Anyhow, tell you guys, John took us on a tour of the Flock Center, as it's named. Uh, fascinating place. Uh if you haven't been there, you should be. Uh amazing. Left there with a a real good feeling about the technology in that room. Uh I'm still kind of puzzled by how we're affording $7.7 million in a 10-year contract when we're laying off people to balance or prevent a hole in the budget of $5 million. So, I'm left wondering that a little bit. the uh uncertainty of the revenue as was discussed at a previous commission meeting, the camera revenue, um the uncertainty of what Tallahassee is going to do with the uh property taxes, uh if they do anything. The other thing that we didn't discuss was that last year Tallahassee did put a bunch of controls on cameras on on drones as a result of public outcry. You need a warrant. You need permission, consent, and there are exceptions for emergencies. That make some sense. This is becoming, this camera surveillance is becoming a very hot issue. I got a call from Tallahassee today, a call from Orlando yesterday. The state is waking up to this stuff. It would not surprise me at all if Tallahassee decides to go finish what they started on FS934.5 and extends those same things to this camera system. That's a concern. And we should probably be thinking about it because the pressure is building. The lawsuits are building. The the lock cancellations nationwide are going up. Another half dozen last week. Um the problem I'm having with all this is I'm a techie and I like this stuff. It does some things that need doing. Okay. So I did some research on it because my experience and what I've talked to people about has been based on my personal experience with it for 30

years. It does some things. So, I to did some research, did a bunch of digging on what's out there, peer-reviewed research. I did not go to the American Civil Liberties Union. I did not go to the Institute of Justice, and I sure as hell didn't go to the flock site for my information. I went to peer-reviewed admin studies. Let me just refresh. I can't let me read this because I can't remember all this stuff. National Academy of Science, October 25th, the impact of public security, cameras on cities. You know where that study was based on China. Half the cameras in the world are implemented in China. So Comrade is safe and there's nice safe living over there. The other one was a Cambridge University in 2019. Camera surveillance of crime 40ear systemic review of camera use in England. England has been using cameras since 1960. There are more cameras per thousand people in London than there are in Beijing. And that's a fact. You can look it up. You don't like uni UK and China? United States Department of Justice Urban Institute 2011 evaluating use of public surveillance cameras for crime control and present prevention.

10 seconds. I'm sorry. You got 10 more seconds. We're giving you 10 extra seconds. I just want the punch line in all of this is that the general conclusion to all of these studies and there are dozens of them is that this stuff works for crime after the fact getting evidence of chasing people down. It works for property crime. You put it here in a parking lot. It does not work for violent crime. Thank you. You can look it up next, please.

Hello, Steven Grant, Boon Beach, Florida. Uh I'm here in favor of uh resolution 6E piggybacking with uh the city of Barto for the red light cameras. Um I have a different experience here as the mayor of Boon Beach or former mayor of Boon Beach. Uh when the cameras went dark uh crime did spike. Uh there were five people that were shot um 200 feet from where I was living at that time. And the cameras are still providing safety for the city. Uh earlier this year, I was struck by a pickup truck while walking my dogs on Boon Beach Boulevard in Serest. Um I'm very fortunate that the man stopped and hit the brakes, but unfortunately it wasn't in time. Um but he did have the ability to hire a lawyer try to get out of the ticket um that you know failing to yield and because I was able to get access to the camera um because our officer pulled it to show yes absolutely he hit you while you were walking with the green walking man and I was able to look at that video so that I could identify him because that's the first thing that they ask you when someone hits you is that are you able to identify them because in our current legal legal system beyond a reasonable doubt. If you're not the one that saw them hit you, they don't get to they don't have to pay for the ticket. And so that is where I'm here in favor of it. Um, you know, if I didn't do what I did, my dog would definitely gone rode over. And so that's why I'm here because it saves lives. I've seen it um, you know, provides safety for our citizens here. And so I'm just hopefully that you all agree that extending the red light cameras is the right thing to do for Bdon Beach. Thank you.

Thank you. Anyone else before we look online? No one. There is no one online. Mayor, public comment is now closed. We're moving on to the advisory board and appointments. We have one application for the art advisory board. The nomination goes to Commissioner Cruz. Would you like to make a motion? Uh, yes. So I'll go ahead and make a motion to nominate Jennifer Spatola. Second. We have a motion and we have a second. All those in favor say I. I. I. All those opposed say nay. Motion passes unanimously. The next nomination is for me to appoint a regular member of the recreation and parks advisory board. I'd like to make a motion to appoint Tiffany North. Second.

We have a motion and we have a second. All those in favor say I.

I. All those opposed say nay. Motion passes unanimously. There are no applicants for the following boards, but we encourage residents to apply if they're interested. Building board of adjustment and appeals, but there are three regular members and one alternate member position available for anyone who qualifies and would like to apply. The Education and Youth Board has alternate, one has one alternate and two student member positions. The Historic Resources Preservation Board has three regular, one alternate. The library advisory board has two regular, one alternate. And the senior advisory board has three and two alternate. We are now moving on to the consent agenda. If my colleagues want to pull any items from consent, let's begin on my left with Commissioner McCrae. Thank you. I'd like to pull item 6A.

Okay. Any other ones? That's it for me on that one. Commissioner Kelly? No. Mayor, Vice Mayor? No. And Commissioner Cruz? No. For me, thank you. Okay. Motion to approve the remainder of consent agenda. Second. We have a motion and we have a second. All those in favor say I. I all those oppos say nay. Nay.

Motion passes 4 to one and um Mr. McCrae since you pulled the item. Thank you for being so formal. Commissioner McCrae, go ahead. Right. The reason I really pulled this was I'm the newbie up here and I want to uh hear from staff.

Thank you again. Is this on? There it is. Good evening again, uh, Madame Mayor and Commissioner. Um, I'm going to walk through the quarterly, uh, financial report. Uh, simple deck. Um, right now what we have is general fund revenues. Uh, we hit 100% of budget and expenditures came in roughly around 90% of that amount, yielding roughly a 1.9 1.8 surplus. Um, from a utility standpoint, um, there is going to be one correction on there. It says 14.9. Um, we are in a blackout period right now with uh with the audit going on. So, I'm not able to make an adjusting entry, but we have a $7 million debt service payment that's not in here. So, that will go down to around just under 8 million. So, that'll be adjusted once the auditors give us the green light. Um, and then year-over-year, our general funds revenue actually grew almost about 6%. However, our expenditure growth uh grew at about 15.5, which is really around wages and uh the public uh public safety costs. Our general fund revenues uh really kind of focus on three major areas, right? Our property taxes are roughly 43% of what we receive in for the general fund. And then on top of that, the other revenues that we have is the other 43% and then we get transfers from other funds. From an expenditure standpoint, um, all really kind of came in on budget, um, obviously the biggest growth year-over-year was our public safety costs shown there on the bar graph on the left. And then from a utility standpoint, if there are any specific questions, again, on there is the surplus, which is 14.9. that will be coming down $7 million as we uh begin to make the adjusting entry

once the audit is done. But we can see our mix of sales. 50% of our sales uh for utilities is water. Uh 36% is sewer, storm water is 10% and there are other miscellaneous around four and 5%. And then our year-over-year comparison. Um, as you can see, um, we grew a little bit, uh, year-over-year due some of the rate increases that we had to pay for the the RNR going forward. Um, but we're getting good, um, we're getting good, um, movement on that. And then the key takeaways is that again, we are at a balanced budget. We continue to to be strong with that. Um we do have our poverty growth. We did drop it down from 7.85 down to 7.8, but we still grew at 6%. And then our utility uh our utility funds um again it grew uh roughly 7% to 67.4 million. And then um one of our focuses that we have obviously our largest spending category again is public safety at 89.6. Any questions?

Yes. a general fund surplus. I noticed that did not grow. I'm just saying, you know, but you did say that we have a balanced budget. Yes, sir. That's for the city and also for utilities. Both balance. Yes, sir. That's what I need to hear. Motion to approve. Second. We have a motion to approve and we have a second. All those in favor say I. I. All those opposed say nay. Motion passes unanimously. We are now moving on to consent bids and purchases over 100,000. If my colleagues would like to pull any items, let's begin on my right with Commissioner Cruz.

Uh yes, just wanted to pull 7D for a quick um discussion. I did meet with staff about this and vice mayor. Commissioner, no mayor. Thank you. McCotion to approve consent bids and purchases. Second. We have a motion and we have a second. All those in favor say I. I. I. All those opposed say nay. Motion passes unanimously. And since um we did pull Commissioner Cruz pulled D, please.

Um just wanted I don't we don't unless the board wants the whole presentation, just wanted to make a few comments. Um thank you for taking the time to meet with me about this. And also, um I briefly mentioned this at a previous meeting. I know Commissioner uh Kelly is the board member for the used to be called TPA, now it's called the MO. Um just wanted to see if we were able to have any conversations with um Valerie and her team with regard to our plans on federal highway and how we could collaborate. Um, I do understand that they already have made plans or, you know, they've made preliminary plans for the entirety of federal highway and if it's something that we could potentially collaborate with and obviously add what we wanted, we could potentially pay 50 thou $50,000 or or a really small number instead of spending about $400,000. So, I just wanted to see if we could connect with the um MO to really see where they are with that. Um and then adding whatever it is that we want to add to the work order so that we can save a lot of money.

Sure. Um my name is Jay, street division director. Yes. So definitely I can contact your mic. Can you turn your mic on? Sorry about that. Again, Jay Kim, street division director. Definitely I can contact the NO to see where there are and then what is their um conceptual plan or there is any other um grant money available for this project. I again I don't want to like overstep or anything but I just wanted to to say that and I don't know if you wanted to get involved with that. Uh, Commissioner Kelly,

I have um been involved in that and Jun and I had spoken about it too. Um, with the MO, a lot of theirs has to do with the transportation and not necessarily the beautifification and streetscape end of it. So, I think there there may be some collaboration that we can do. that has to do with the pedestrian safety, the bike safety and and those sort of aspects, but when it comes to the wider sidewalks and the trees and the street lighting and stuff, we're kind of that's kind of has to be our wheelhouse. So, I think there is a there is a mechanism to partner with them on some of the things. And I know I've been in conversations with um Amanda and Will uh to really get on a schedule um working with the MO on the grant programs and making sure that whatever um projects we have coming down the pike um that we're evaluating them and looking at the feasibility on um you know on partnering with the TBA or applying for those various grants. So, is something that's on um on my radar, something I've um spoken to staff about, too. So,

thank you. Yeah, I I do know one of their grants definitely focuses on on street scapes and, you know, wider sidewalks and things of that nature as well. So, you know, it doesn't hurt to try to not only get grant money, but also if they already done the research, if we could just maybe add that to ourformational bucket and then kind of grow from there. Yes, Commissioner McCrae. Thank you, Mayor. I'm I'm glad this was brought up and I'm glad you all pulled this here because we had a a gentleman from Inca tonight that address these same issues. So, I'm just saying when you all start doing what you said that you're going to do, bear in mind what they said that they would like because we have always had problems with federal highway as long as I can remember. Thank you.

Yeah. Um I agree with you, Commissioner McCrae. And that's something like even Monday night we have an Inca meeting that's going to be the topic of discussion is the sidewalks and the cutting of the you know I mean I garden but not like this but apparently we are not pruning things right to create the blockage on the tracks is what we got the other day. Um so I think there's more that we can discuss on this issue to make sure that we're doing it right after all these residents have been waiting for two decades to get some of this stuff done. Well, and and I think um it's important because I know it was also brought up um during public comment about the trees. We are also bound by what FDOT will allow. Um, and so I have run into this on Lawrence Road and as much as I understand the desire to not have a bunch of palm trees because quantum quantum legs has palm trees that are 50 plus feet tall now and provide no shade and provide no um but we are governed when it comes to uh state roads um by what they want and I know um I've spoken to June about this especially on Lawrence Road because of the size of the medians we can't have regular trees and they have to be certain trees. So, I am happy to continue having that discussion and maybe we can loop in um F dot on their tree list. Um but I just wanted to answer that um for clarification of the public that we are when it comes to these state roads and even the county road, we are we're bound by what they'll allow. And so, unfortunately, when it comes to trees, we're stuck by their list. So, and I I've I've spoken lots of trees. So, thank you.

Any further discussion on this? Motion to approve. Second. Have a motion to approve and we have a second. All those in favor say I. I. I. All those opposed say nay. Thank you. Motion passes unanimously. We have two public hearing items this evening and a public comment will be permitted on these items. I'll turn to the clerk to read item 8A into the record. Please.

Proposed ordinance number 26012. Second reading, an ordinance of the city of Boon Beach, Florida, creating article 15, abandonment of nuisance of chapter 15 of the city code, establishing a public nuisance abatement process, providing for definitions, procedures, hearings before a special magistrate emergency abatement, enforcement, penalties, and means providing for authority consistent with chapter 166 and section 893.138 Florida statutes providing for cotification, conflict, severability, and an effective date. This is the second reading for this item. Have there been any changes? No. Okay. Are there any comments from the commission before we open up to public comment?

Uh yeah, this is for the chronic nuisance. Um did we get clarification on uh adding that in there with like um discharge of a firearm? Good evening everyone. because I got I got a communication and it was like we'll work on that but that should be worked on before the second reading. Um go ahead. That cannot be added. No. So the the ordinance is this one. So the ordinance that we're talking about does not include that. We are reviewing the chronic nuisance ordinance that's already in effect to amend that to include um reckless display of a weapon and uh discharging a firearm.

Yeah, the reckless discharge of firearm. That's the one. Okay, perfect. Thank you. Public comment. Anybody else before we open up to public comment? Okay, public comment will be permitted for three minutes per speaker at this time. If you'd like to speak, now's the time to come down. Okay, thank you. If there's nothing else, may we have a motion to approve proposed ordinance number 26-012? So move. Second. We have a motion. We have a second. Let's turn to the clerk for the roll call. Commissioner Cruz, yes. Commissioner McCra, yes. Commissioner Kelly, yes. Vice Mayor Turkin, yes. Mayor Shelton, yes. In a roll call vote, the motion passes unanimously.

Thank you very much. I will turn to the clerk to read in item 8B. Ordinance number 26-013, second reading, an ordinance of the city commission of the city of Boon Beach, Florida, codifying resolution R15136, which created a community redevelopment agency advisory board establishing composition, qualifications, appointment procedures and duties, providing for codification, providing for variability, providing for conflicts, and providing for an effective date. This is the second reading for this item. Have there been any changes? There have been no changes. Thank you. Any comments from the commission before we go to public comment? Anyone that would like to speak on public comment? Now is your time.

If there's nothing else, may we have a motion to approve proposed or proposed ordinance number 26-013. So move. Second. We have a motion. We have a second. Let's turn to the clerk for the roll call. Commissioner Cruz. Yes. Commissioner McCrae. I. Commissioner Kelly? Yes. Vice Mayor Turkin? Yes. Mayor Shelton? Yes. In a roll call vote, the motion passes unanimously. Thank you. Moving on to the city manager report, a presentation from Kevin Ramsey on beautifification and streets division responsibilities and achievements. Good evening, mayor. Good evening, mayor, vice mayor, commission. I'm here to give a brief presentation on beautifification streets, where we are, and our achievements.

I think we presentation. Oh, sorry. That's the wrong station. No, no, not that. There it is. There it is. There it is. Yeah, we have red lights. Nothing about red lights. All right. So, I'll start again. Uh, this is a quick uh presentation on responsibilities and achievements so far with bation streets. Hi, gone. Yes, it is. I'm just going to take it up. I need to cut my legs off a little bit. Get down here. Um, all right. So, let's get to this.

I squat. Okay. Yeah. Try that. Okay. Tammy, it's the left one. Every Thank you. Okay. All right. Goals and purpose. Um, our daily goal is to enhance the city's appearance and create safer streets. We work to provide clean travel lanes, safe sidewalks, flourish medians, and maintain city facilities and city- owned properties by involving residents, city officials, and organizations to build a rapport and address concerns. We have a few examples from uh so far. Uh this is an organization. Uh Jay Young Kim is the division uh director of this department. Um we have a really great team we put together and yes, the CRA does pay for two of these employees. Um Charles Mosy and Thoroughly Johnson are the supervisors of this position of this uh division. Um they're doing an excellent job. Next page task and responsibilities and we're find ourselves always these are always expanding you know um address task requests via rock solid program. Restore and enhance landscaping within street medians and street trees along with sidewalks. fabricate, produce, and install various street signs and signage for city events. Regularly inspect and uh report issues related to city-owned and FPL owned street lights, which is a big undertaking, but they're doing they're managing it well. Uh repair and improve sidewalks on all city maintained streets. Uh collaborate um with Palm Beach County and FDOT to repair and improve roadways and sidewalks under their jurisdictions, including I95 overpasses. Um, install, remove, and relocate temporary speed humps. That's part of our traffic calming. Sometimes you need those out there just for a quick calming. Um, we work with engineering to do that. Uh, install and maintain pavement markings, perform

asphalt patching, and repair potholes. That's citywide, and sometimes I don't think there's someone on that dice call me about a pothole where a quick fix we had to go out and do. Uh, pressure clean sidewalks, public spaces, and mun facilities, and remove graffiti. conduct daily inspections and remove litter to prevent roadway hazards. We're we're averaging eight cubic yards a day, which is like four pickup trucks every we do the same routine every day. I did hear uh Mr. Homer about federal highway walk federal highway walk. So I'll get with Jay and we'll address federal highway a little bit deeper. Okay. Um assist with drive safe program including traffic and speed counts. Um that's again we work with engineering for that as well. uh maintain overgrown vegetation that affects street sign visibility, uh support city events as needed, manage weekly and monthly street sweeping services. Um we have a budget of $160,000 a year, and we uh every week we sweep streets sweep the city as well as 10 additional miles in different neighborhoods. We try to do district one, two, three, and four. 10 miles in each one. So once a month, one of your areas is getting another sweep in the neighborhoods. Okay, that's been established. Um, this here. All right. Incept achievements. September 25 to March 26, staff addressed, 198 task request. Uh, street maintenance reports 150 150 outlet of service lights. FPL. Street and traffic signs are equipped and refurbished throughout the city. That's a constant. Southeast street enhanced landscaping. This group took on itself. We know there's a lot of development coming onto Southeast 4th and uh they went and took care of the median knowing that down the road those developments will go and maintain that median and readress it uh because it was a bit shabby. Boy Beach Boulevard landscape enhancements for medians has begun. Um federal highway landscape

improvements are in progress and we just had that little thing with Jay up here. Street and sidewalk audit. Okay, that's one of our biggest achievements. I'm so proud of that one. I can tell you. Um, this commission wanted us to pressure wash with city of local city vendors. We did that. Uh, we had no help from Palm Beach County. We asked them if we needed a permit or help. They said no. Um, so we did took it on ourselves. We did an audit of our own of all their stuff. We made a nice pamphlet book up, sent it to Tallahassy, and it fit to Palm Beach County and they have been addressing their sidewalk repairs um 380 spots actually. So, it's going to cost them some money, but they're doing it. they'll help us next time. All right. So, these are some of just some pictures that what this group has done. Um, we know that there is more things that we can do expanding wise um marking and signs from the street signs that we do. Um, from Little League Park, which is a park, I'm sorry. Um, just some minor everyday things. There's some of our trash that we do every day. It's amazing how much stress we get just by running the streets, you know. And then we have the weekend calls. There's a mattress in Federal High in Hypoxa Road or

or Pelican or Pelican. Pelican. We're getting them. Uh between my sanitation and BK streets, I think they're coming to be. They're they're falling in line. They were, but the last week it's been rough. Just a phone call. Just a phone call. We'll take care of it. Okay. Um we paint hydrants as well. So, uh, this is just a little minor things we do. And I just want to put a few things on there for that. And so, we continue to collaborate with county and state, establish beautifification standards for streets, and enhance and maintain city streets. And, uh, we do appreciate your phone calls and your input and request. Um, and that's it. And questions. Any questions?

I I don't have a question, but I do have a comment. And I want to say to you all, thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. I've noticed a great improvement in District 2 and all over our entire city. When I see the guys working, I blow at them and I give them thumbs up. I'm just saying because it's a shame that they have to go around and pick up what we throw away. Mhm. Not the right way. Yes, sir. That's true. But since we got them pointed looking much cleaner and take care of federal highway for Inca, please. Thank you. Yes. Yes. And yes,

well I real quick and I just Kevin, thank you so much to you and the team um to Jayun. I mean this um you know when we set down this path of doing this um we knew it was going to be impactful, but it really truly has been impactful um citywide. I see it. Um, and when there is an issue or something comes up, it is addressed immediately. Um, no matter where it is in the city and the staff is always happy to help and always happy to jump in and, um, so just, you know, thank you for that. Um, I will text you about some sprinklers I saw this morning.

We will

some lights. Um but yeah, no, just um you know, thank you for for all this hard work and I look forward to continuing uh you know, this because I think it it really does make a big difference um citywide um to have this uh this team. Um but it also you know and what I was going to say is that to the public um you know we really depend on the we can only be so many places and really at the end of the day we need the public to make these recommend make the complaints and report something. Um I I do it I try and do it as as soon as I see something. I tell my residents text me, email me, call me if you see something because there's only so we can only see so many things. Um, and so it's a quick um, little report and it and it gets handled. And so if you see something, even if you think somebody will see this, just it doesn't hurt to take a quick minute to, you know, notify staff of a a street light or garbage or whatever because it may have just gotten picked up two days before that and it and it needs to be picked up again. So I you know to the public just you know we can't be everywhere and we really do um you know hope that that you uh report these things to us so that you can be our eyes too. So thank you. Thank you Kevin.

Yeah I just want to say thank you Kevin and Jay and the whole beautifification team for everything you guys do there. Thank you. If there are no final comments for tonight. Do we have a motion to second? We have a motion to adjurnn. We have a second. All those in favor say I. I. I. Those oppos say nay. Motion passes unanimously. We have no further business discussed. The meeting is adjourned at 9:00 p.m. Good night.