WEBVTT Kind: captions Language: en 00:00:11.450 --> 00:00:13.379 >>> WE CAN GET STARTED. 00:00:30.306 --> 00:00:34.239 ALL RIGHT. 00:00:34.239 --> 00:00:43.280 SO WELCOME TO THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, COUNTY COMMISSION MEETING REGULAR COUNTY COMMISSION 00:00:43.280 --> 00:00:48.840 MEETING ON JUNE 13, 2023 AND SO WE WILL CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER. 00:00:48.840 --> 00:00:51.780 WE HAVE A ROLL CALL, PLEASE SPLIT COMMISSIONER BARNETT. 00:00:51.780 --> 00:00:52.780 >> YES. 00:00:52.780 --> 00:00:53.780 >> COMMISSIONER BAXTER. 00:00:53.780 --> 00:00:54.780 >> HERE. 00:00:54.780 --> 00:00:55.780 >> COMMISSIONER BERNARD. 00:00:55.780 --> 00:00:56.780 >> HERE. 00:00:56.780 --> 00:00:57.780 >> COMMISSIONER MARINO. 00:00:57.780 --> 00:00:58.780 >> HERE. 00:00:58.780 --> 00:00:59.780 >> VICE MAYOR SACHS. 00:00:59.780 --> 00:01:00.780 >> HERE. 00:01:00.780 --> 00:01:01.780 >> MAYOR WEISS. 00:01:01.780 --> 00:01:02.780 >> HERE. 00:01:02.780 --> 00:01:03.780 >> MAYOR COMMISSIONER WOODWARD. 00:01:03.780 --> 00:01:04.780 >> HERE. 00:01:04.780 --> 00:01:05.780 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 00:01:05.780 --> 00:01:09.390 THIS MORNING WE ARE GOING TO OUR INVOCATION AND PLEDGE BY COMMISSIONER MARINO. 00:01:09.390 --> 00:01:11.410 ALL WHO ARE ABLE TO, PLEASE RISE. 00:01:11.410 --> 00:01:15.900 >> Maria Marino: THANK YOU AND GOOD MORNING. 00:01:15.900 --> 00:01:20.470 IT WENT AWAY. 00:01:20.470 --> 00:01:26.080 PLEASE BOW YOUR HEADS WITH ME. 00:01:26.080 --> 00:01:31.820 LET US PRAY SILENTLY TOGETHER EACH OF US ACCORDING TO OUR OWN BELIEFS. 00:01:31.820 --> 00:01:37.170 LET US OFFER THANKS FOR THE BLESSINGS OF FELLOWSHIP AROUND US, LET US BE A SOURCE OF HOPE FOR 00:01:37.170 --> 00:01:43.579 THOSE IN NEED, LET THE FEELINGS OF LOVE, KINDNESS AND A WELL DIRECTED YET GENTLE SPIRIT ALWAYS 00:01:43.579 --> 00:01:45.930 BE REFLECTED IN OUR ACTIONS. 00:01:45.930 --> 00:01:49.479 AS MY MOM ALWAYS SAYS, LET US LEAVE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE THAN WE FOUND IT. 00:01:49.479 --> 00:01:50.479 AMEN. 00:01:50.479 --> 00:01:55.744 >>> I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC 00:01:55.744 --> 00:02:01.074 FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR 00:02:01.074 --> 00:02:02.094 ALL. 00:02:06.380 --> 00:02:10.470 >> Gregg Weiss: ALL RIGHT. 00:02:10.470 --> 00:02:13.250 THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COMMISSIONER MARINO. 00:02:13.250 --> 00:02:19.530 DO WE HAVE ANY ADDITIONS, DELETIONS OR SUBSTITUTIONS TO THE AGENDA? 00:02:19.530 --> 00:02:23.560 >> GOOD MORNING MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, YES. 00:02:23.560 --> 00:02:30.190 ON PAGE 9 ITEM 3B2 WE HAVE A REVISED MOTION AND TITLE FROM THE CLERK. 00:02:30.190 --> 00:02:34.940 ON PAGE 18, 3H TO A REVISED SUMMARY. 00:02:34.940 --> 00:02:40.260 PAGE 43 THREE -- ONE IS A REVISED SUMMARY. 00:02:40.260 --> 00:02:45.830 ON PAGE 49 5C1 HAS BEEN DELETED FOR FURTHER STAFF REVIEW. 00:02:45.830 --> 00:02:48.670 WE WILL BRING THEM BACK AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. 00:02:48.670 --> 00:02:54.310 ON PAGE 49 IS 5C2, WHICH IS A REVISED SUMMARY. 00:02:54.310 --> 00:03:02.030 ON PAGE 54 WE HAVE AN ADD ON ITEM, WHICH WAS AN EMERGENCY AND WE ARE TRYING TO MOVE THIS 00:03:02.030 --> 00:03:03.480 FORWARD. 00:03:03.480 --> 00:03:07.349 THAT IS ITEM 5 E4. 00:03:07.349 --> 00:03:09.880 THAT CONCLUDES ADDITIONS, DELETIONS AND SUBSTITUTIONS. 00:03:09.880 --> 00:03:12.440 >> Gregg Weiss: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 00:03:12.440 --> 00:03:14.410 ALL RIGHT. 00:03:14.410 --> 00:03:20.590 WITH THAT, WOULD SOMEBODY LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO A JOB ADOPT THE AGENDA AS AMENDED? 00:03:20.590 --> 00:03:24.470 MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SACHS, SECOND BY THE VICE MAYOR. 00:03:24.470 --> 00:03:26.020 ANY DISCUSSION? 00:03:26.020 --> 00:03:27.190 ALL IN FAVOR? 00:03:27.190 --> 00:03:28.190 ALL OPPOSED? 00:03:28.190 --> 00:03:30.280 THAT MOTION CARRIES 7/0. 00:03:30.280 --> 00:03:33.150 ALL RIGHT. 00:03:33.150 --> 00:03:37.319 MOVING ON, ITEM NUMBER THREE OUR CONSENT AGENDA. 00:03:37.319 --> 00:03:43.810 WOULD ANY COMMISSIONER LIKE TO PULL ANY ITEM FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA? 00:03:43.810 --> 00:03:46.360 COMMISSIONER BERNARD, YOU ARE RECOGNIZE BEATEN THANK YOU MR. 00:03:46.360 --> 00:03:47.360 MAYOR. 00:03:47.360 --> 00:03:52.500 I DON'T WANT TO PULL AN ITEM BUT I WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT, I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE 00:03:52.500 --> 00:03:55.700 THE CONSENT AGENDA AND THEN I WILL MAKE A COMMENT. 00:03:55.700 --> 00:03:56.709 >> Gregg Weiss: VERY GOOD. 00:03:56.709 --> 00:04:01.890 WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER BERNARD ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. 00:04:01.890 --> 00:04:04.129 WE HAVE A SECOND BY THE VICE MAYOR. 00:04:04.129 --> 00:04:06.879 ANY DISCUSSION? 00:04:06.879 --> 00:04:08.650 YOU CAN MAKE YOUR, NOW. 00:04:08.650 --> 00:04:10.860 >> Mack Benard: THANK YOU MR. 00:04:10.860 --> 00:04:11.860 MAYOR. 00:04:11.860 --> 00:04:17.769 ON PAGE 29 ITEMS 3I5, I WANT TO THANK STAFF. 00:04:17.769 --> 00:04:23.200 JOHNSON BROWN'S DEPARTMENT, HOUSING AND ECONOMIC SUSTAINABILITY DEPARTMENT FOR WORKING WITH 00:04:23.200 --> 00:04:26.810 THE CITY OF RIVIERA BEACH ON THE BURKE CENTER. 00:04:26.810 --> 00:04:35.870 AND ALSO WITH THE CITY OF RIVIERA BEACH CREATING THE BURKE CENTER PLAYGROUND, WHICH WOULD INCORPORATE 00:04:35.870 --> 00:04:39.100 STEM THEME SUCH AS AEROSPACE ENERGY AND ROBOTICS. 00:04:39.100 --> 00:04:45.259 I JUST REALLY WANT TO THANK STAFF ARE WORKING ON THAT AND ALSO WORKING WITH THE CITY TO 00:04:45.259 --> 00:04:46.970 WORK ON THE URBAN FARM. 00:04:46.970 --> 00:04:49.330 SO THANK YOU MR. 00:04:49.330 --> 00:04:50.330 MAYOR. 00:04:50.330 --> 00:04:51.330 >> Gregg Weiss: THANK YOU. 00:04:51.330 --> 00:04:52.330 ALL RIGHT. 00:04:52.330 --> 00:04:53.330 THANK YOU FOR THOSE COMMENTS. 00:04:53.330 --> 00:04:56.120 ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON CONSENT AGENDA? 00:04:56.120 --> 00:04:58.039 SEEING NONE, ALL IN FAVOR? 00:04:58.039 --> 00:04:59.130 ALL OPPOSED? 00:04:59.130 --> 00:05:02.280 MOTION CARRIES 7/0. 00:05:02.280 --> 00:05:10.250 MOVING ONTO OUR REGULAR AGENDA BEGINS ON PAGE 47. 00:05:10.250 --> 00:05:15.040 45? 00:05:15.040 --> 00:05:17.960 PUBLIC HEARING, SORRY ABOUT THAT. 00:05:17.960 --> 00:05:18.960 ALL RIGHT. 00:05:18.960 --> 00:05:23.800 FIRST WE NEED A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE PROOF OF PUBLICATION. 00:05:23.800 --> 00:05:27.009 WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER MARINO, SECOND BY THE VICE MAYOR. 00:05:27.009 --> 00:05:28.410 ALL IN FAVOR? 00:05:28.410 --> 00:05:29.500 ALL OPPOSED? 00:05:29.500 --> 00:05:31.300 THAT MOTION CARRIES 7/0. 00:05:31.300 --> 00:05:41.060 NOW MOVING ONTO ITEM 4A1 HOUSING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. 00:05:41.060 --> 00:05:46.669 WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER MARINO, WE HAVE A SECOND BY THE VICE MAYOR. 00:05:46.669 --> 00:05:47.919 IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? 00:05:47.919 --> 00:05:49.970 DOES ANYONE REQUIRE A PRESENTATION? 00:05:49.970 --> 00:05:52.970 NOT SEEING ANYBODY SO WITH THAT ALL IN FAVOR? 00:05:52.970 --> 00:05:53.990 ALL OPPOSED? 00:05:53.990 --> 00:05:56.500 THAT MOTION CARRIES 7/0. 00:05:56.500 --> 00:05:58.919 THANK YOU. 00:05:58.919 --> 00:06:03.610 MOVING ON NOW TO ITEM 4B1 PALM TRAN. 00:06:03.610 --> 00:06:10.610 >> IF NO ONE HAS A COMMENT I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 4B1 A, BNC. 00:06:10.610 --> 00:06:18.320 >> Gregg Weiss: WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER BERNARD TO APPROVE ITEM 4B1 A, B AND C. WE 00:06:18.320 --> 00:06:22.330 HAVE A SECOND FROM THE VICE MAYOR. 00:06:22.330 --> 00:06:25.520 ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? 00:06:25.520 --> 00:06:28.349 COMMISSIONER MARINO, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. 00:06:28.349 --> 00:06:30.759 >> Maria Marino: THANK YOU MAYOR. 00:06:30.759 --> 00:06:35.110 SO RIGHT NOW ALL WE ARE DOING IS SUBMITTING AN APPLICATION SAYING WE ARE GOING TO USE 00:06:35.110 --> 00:06:36.340 THESE $56 MILLION IN FUNDS. 00:06:36.340 --> 00:06:41.650 WE ARE NOT GIVING THEM A PROGRAM HOW WE ARE EXPENDING IT, CORRECT? 00:06:41.650 --> 00:06:42.650 >> CORRECT. 00:06:42.650 --> 00:06:48.220 WE ARE RATIFYING THE SUBMISSION OF THAT AGREEMENT THAT WE ASKED THE MAYOR TO THE PREVIOUSLY 00:06:48.220 --> 00:06:51.639 AS THEY WERE HAVING CONVERSATIONS ABOUT DEBT CEILING IN WASHINGTON. 00:06:51.639 --> 00:06:56.880 THERE WAS CONCERN THESE PARTICULAR FUNDS MAY BE SWEPT. 00:06:56.880 --> 00:06:58.740 THESE FUNDS ARE PROTECTED. 00:06:58.740 --> 00:07:00.389 ULTIMATELY UNDER THAT AGREEMENT. 00:07:00.389 --> 00:07:05.520 AND SO WHAT WE SUBMITTED TO THEM WAS MERELY FOR REVENUE REPLACEMENT AND WE WILL COME BACK 00:07:05.520 --> 00:07:08.830 TO THE BOARD TO HAVE FURTHER CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE USE OF THESE PARTICULAR FUNDS. 00:07:08.830 --> 00:07:13.150 >> Maria Marino: AM HAPPY WITH IT BEING REPLACEMENT, I'M NOT SO SURE ABOUT THE OTHER OPTIONS PUT 00:07:13.150 --> 00:07:16.470 ON THE TABLE SO I JUST WANT TO PUT THAT OUT THERE. 00:07:16.470 --> 00:07:17.570 THAT'S ALL MY COMMENTS. 00:07:17.570 --> 00:07:19.380 >> Gregg Weiss: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 00:07:19.380 --> 00:07:21.629 ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? 00:07:21.629 --> 00:07:22.870 SEEING NONE, ALL IN FAVOR? 00:07:22.870 --> 00:07:24.270 ALL OPPOSED? 00:07:24.270 --> 00:07:27.990 THAT MOTION CARRIES 7/0. 00:07:27.990 --> 00:07:30.910 NOW MOVING ONTO OUR REGULAR AGENDA. 00:07:30.910 --> 00:07:33.389 ON PAGE 47. 00:07:33.389 --> 00:07:44.009 AND THAT IS ITEM 5A1. 00:07:44.009 --> 00:07:48.849 AND WE ARE RECOGNIZING, THIS IS RECEIVE AND FILE A PRESENTATION ON PROPERTY VALUES ON 00:07:48.849 --> 00:07:55.580 THE PROPERTY APPRAISER OUR ILLUSTRIOUS AND FAVORITE PROPERTY APPRAISER DOROTHY JACK'S 00:07:55.580 --> 00:07:57.930 IS WITH US THIS MORNING. 00:07:57.930 --> 00:08:02.050 THANK YOU MISS JACK'S FOR JOINING US. 00:08:02.050 --> 00:08:03.050 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. 00:08:03.050 --> 00:08:06.830 SO NICE TO SEE YOU CHAIR, VICE CHAIR AND THE COMMISSIONERS. 00:08:06.830 --> 00:08:08.740 I FEEL LIKE I WAS JUST HERE. 00:08:08.740 --> 00:08:10.310 >> Gregg Weiss: DÉJÀ VIEW. 00:08:10.310 --> 00:08:15.090 >> YOU ARE SEEING WAY TOO MUCH OF ME. 00:08:15.090 --> 00:08:16.979 ANYWAY, THANK YOU. 00:08:16.979 --> 00:08:23.250 IT IS MY PLEASURE AS ALWAYS THIS TIME A YEAR TO GIVE YOU A VERY SHORT PRESENTATION ABOUT 00:08:23.250 --> 00:08:29.860 VALUES AND WHAT WE ARE SEEING HAPPENING IN THE REAL PROPERTY AND TANGIBLE PERSONAL PROPERTY 00:08:29.860 --> 00:08:32.310 MARKETS IN PALM BEACH COUNTY. 00:08:32.310 --> 00:08:37.640 JUST FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO THIS IS YOUR FIRST TIME HEARING THIS, I LIKE TO JUST GIVE YOU 00:08:37.640 --> 00:08:41.050 AN UPDATE OF WHERE WE ARE WITH THE TAX ROLE. 00:08:41.050 --> 00:08:46.240 AS YOU KNOW, YOU ARE ABOUT TO ENTER YOUR BUDGETING PROCESS AND I THINK YOU HAVE YOUR FIRST MEETING 00:08:46.240 --> 00:08:49.170 THIS AFTERNOON, IF I'M CORRECT. 00:08:49.170 --> 00:08:53.620 AND I KNOW YOU WILL BE MOVING FORWARD TO SETTING YOUR MILLAGE AND SO FORTH. 00:08:53.620 --> 00:08:59.340 WE WERE VERY MUCH IN TANDEM WITH THE COUNTY AND ALL THE OTHER TAXING AUTHORITIES TO GATHER 00:08:59.340 --> 00:09:05.780 THAT DATA TOGETHER TOWARD THE END OF PRODUCING A PROPOSED TAX NOTICE IN LATE AUGUST, WHICH 00:09:05.780 --> 00:09:11.550 MY OFFICE MAILED OUT TO ALL 650,000 PROPERTY OWNERS IN PALM BEACH COUNTY. 00:09:11.550 --> 00:09:17.029 AND OF COURSE AFTER THAT THERE'S A SERIES OF FURTHER BUDGET DISCUSSIONS AND THEN EVENTUALLY 00:09:17.029 --> 00:09:20.100 ENDING UP WITH THE BILL BEING MAILED IN NOVEMBER. 00:09:20.100 --> 00:09:25.310 ALL OF THIS IS DRIVEN BY A STATE PROCESS THAT HAPPENS IN EVERY COUNTY KNOWN AS THE HUNDRED 00:09:25.310 --> 00:09:26.709 DAY CYCLE. 00:09:26.709 --> 00:09:33.350 AND IT IS JUST OF THIS BACK-AND-FORTH WE HAVE BETWEEN OUR OFFICE AND YOU AND ALL THE OTHER 00:09:33.350 --> 00:09:35.209 TAXING AUTHORITIES OF COURSE AS WELL. 00:09:35.209 --> 00:09:41.100 ANYWAY, TODAY I WOULD LIKE TO BEGIN BY GOING OVER HIGH-LEVEL NUMBERS AND THEN WE WILL WORK 00:09:41.100 --> 00:09:45.130 THROUGH SOME OTHERS AND THEN I WOULD BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS AT THE 00:09:45.130 --> 00:09:46.200 END. 00:09:46.200 --> 00:09:51.730 PALM BEACH COUNTY WERE 2023 HAS COME IN AT $481 BILLION. 00:09:51.730 --> 00:09:59.980 TO GIVE YOU SOME CONTEXT, WE WERE AT $387 BILLION ON THAT LINE JUST A YEAR AGO. 00:09:59.980 --> 00:10:05.080 ALMOST 100 BILLION ADDED OVER THE LAST YEAR. 00:10:05.080 --> 00:10:10.380 I SUSPECT NEXT YEAR I WILL BE BACK HERE TALKING TO YOU ABOUT HALF A TRILLION, WHICH IS PRETTY 00:10:10.380 --> 00:10:14.160 AMAZING WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT HERE WE ARE LITTLE OLD PALM BEACH COUNTY. 00:10:14.160 --> 00:10:16.230 WE ARE JUST MOVING ALONG. 00:10:16.230 --> 00:10:22.010 TAXABLE VALLEY, I WILL GO OVER THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO NUMBERS BUT 288 LAST YEARS 00:10:22.010 --> 00:10:26.480 TAXABLE VALLEY WAS 251 BILLION. 00:10:26.480 --> 00:10:32.390 THE NEW CONSTRUCTION FIGURE OUT 4.3 BILLION IS ACTUALLY VERY CLOSE TO THE 2022 NUMBER. 00:10:32.390 --> 00:10:37.630 I'M GOING TO TALK MORE ABOUT NEW CONSTRUCTION IN A MINUTE. 00:10:37.630 --> 00:10:42.420 IN WE CAME IN FOR THE ESTIMATES AT XIII.36 PERCENT. 00:10:42.420 --> 00:10:47.520 I SUSPECT BY JULY FIRST WHEN WE PROVIDE YOU WITH THE PULMONARY NUMBER THAT WILL BE THE 00:10:47.520 --> 00:10:50.540 NUMBER YOU USE FOR SETTING YOUR MILLAGE. 00:10:50.540 --> 00:10:56.050 WILL ACTUALLY BE HIGHER THAN THAT PROBABLY, NEAR 13.5. 00:10:56.050 --> 00:11:02.320 THE PARCEL COUNT HAS GONE UP 2500 MORE THAN 2022. 00:11:02.320 --> 00:11:05.760 THAT NUMBER, IT SEEMS LIKE WHY DOESN'T IT GO UP MORE? 00:11:05.760 --> 00:11:10.220 IT'S REALLY BECAUSE THAT IS RELIGIOUS GROWTH FROM PLATTING PROPERTY. 00:11:10.220 --> 00:11:16.770 AND NATOMAS SUBDIVISION GOES FROM BEING ONE BIG PARCEL TO 200 SMALL PARCELS, THAT IS WHAT 00:11:16.770 --> 00:11:20.790 MAKES UP THE CHANGE IN THE NUMBER AND ALSO CONDOMINIUM. 00:11:20.790 --> 00:11:25.700 ANYTIME A NEW BUILDING IS BUILT, LET'S SAY THAT IS 200 UNITS, THAT GETS ADDED TO THE 00:11:25.700 --> 00:11:26.700 NUMBER. 00:11:26.700 --> 00:11:28.550 THE PARCEL IS ANYTHING THAT CAN BE TAXED INDIVIDUALLY. 00:11:28.550 --> 00:11:32.620 IT CAN BE ANYTHING FROM A MALL TO A CONDO. 00:11:32.620 --> 00:11:35.820 IT IS JUST A UNIT THAT CAN BE TAXED. 00:11:35.820 --> 00:11:41.660 AND THE TANGIBLE PERSONAL PROPERTY COUNT WENT DOWN IN CALGARY THAT IS BUSINESSES AND OF 00:11:41.660 --> 00:11:46.950 COURSE THERE WAS A LOT OF CHANGE IN COVID WITH BUSINESSES OPENING AND CLOSING AND SO 00:11:46.950 --> 00:11:48.130 FORTH AND SO ON. 00:11:48.130 --> 00:11:51.860 THAT NUMBER HASN'T SUBSTANTIALLY CHANGED IN A NUMBER OF YEARS. 00:11:51.860 --> 00:11:57.580 THE VALLEY OF THAT HAS AND I AM GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT IN JUST A MOMENT. 00:11:57.580 --> 00:12:03.160 SO THE MARKET AND TAXABLE VALLEY GRAPH, I LIKE TO SHOW THIS TO SHOW HOW THIS LAST COUPLE 00:12:03.160 --> 00:12:08.070 OF YEARS HAS REALLY IMPACTED THIS CHART. 00:12:08.070 --> 00:12:13.079 WE WERE SLOW AND STEADY BUT I WOULD IT'S A SLOW BURIEN WE WERE STEADY FOR A NUMBER OF 00:12:13.079 --> 00:12:21.230 YEARS BACK TO 2015 AND THEN OF COURSE WE STARTED TO TAKE OFF AND 2022 AND 23. 00:12:21.230 --> 00:12:26.769 THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO LINES, THE BLUE LINE THE MARKET VALUE IN THE YELLOW LINE 00:12:26.769 --> 00:12:31.350 BEING TAXABLE OUR EXEMPTIONS AND CAPS. 00:12:31.350 --> 00:12:36.750 THE TWO OF THOSE ADDED TOGETHER CREATE THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN WHAT IS MARKET, WHAT WE 00:12:36.750 --> 00:12:41.620 SET VALUE AT AND WHAT IS IN THE END TAXED. 00:12:41.620 --> 00:12:47.040 THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE FILING FOR HOMESTEAD IS NOT INCREASING IN ANY SIGNIFICANT WAY. 00:12:47.040 --> 00:12:52.470 IT HAS BEEN STEADY FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS, HOWEVER, PEOPLE WHO HAVE HOMESTEAD OR REAPING 00:12:52.470 --> 00:12:59.930 MORE BENEFITED THE THREE PERCENT CAP AS VALLEYS INCREASE, HENCE THE NUMBER GOING UP. 00:12:59.930 --> 00:13:01.850 SO NEW CONSTRUCTION. 00:13:01.850 --> 00:13:06.550 THIS IS JUST FIVE YEARS WORTH OF NEW CONSTRUCTION FIGURES. 00:13:06.550 --> 00:13:14.269 I THINK WE SOMETIMES THINK ABOUT NEW CONSTRUCTION IN THE CONTEXT OF BIG-TICKET PROJECTS. 00:13:14.269 --> 00:13:20.930 FOR INSTANCE, THIS YEAR WE ADDED THE NEW CAMPUS ON PGA BOULEVARD, $100 MILLION STRUCTURE THAT 00:13:20.930 --> 00:13:22.720 WENT ONLINE THIS YEAR. 00:13:22.720 --> 00:13:30.459 BUT REALLY, THESE NUMBERS ARE SHOWING US THE VALUE INCREASES NEW CONSTRUCTION HAPPENING 00:13:30.459 --> 00:13:34.120 IN RESIDENTIAL CONDO, MULTIFAMILY AND TOWNHOUSE. 00:13:34.120 --> 00:13:39.850 OVER 80 PERCENT OF THIS VALLEY COMES JUST FROM THE RESIDENTIAL CATEGORIES. 00:13:39.850 --> 00:13:44.220 I THINK THAT REFLECTS A LOT ABOUT WHO WAS PAYING THE TAXES. 00:13:44.220 --> 00:13:48.970 WE THINK AGAIN ABOUT THE BIG TICKET TAXPAYERS AND YES, THERE ARE BIG ONES IN PALM BEACH 00:13:48.970 --> 00:13:50.139 COUNTY. 00:13:50.139 --> 00:13:54.029 IT REALLY IS MOM-AND-POP PAYING NEW TAXES. 00:13:54.029 --> 00:13:59.579 REMEMBERING ALL THE VALLEY WAS BEING TAXED FOR THE FIRST TIME IN ANY GIVEN YEAR SO THAT 00:13:59.579 --> 00:14:05.620 4.3 BILLION DOLLARS IN NEW VALUE IS JUST THAT. 00:14:05.620 --> 00:14:06.650 NEW VALVE YOU. 00:14:06.650 --> 00:14:13.139 IT IS NOT THE LAND, IT IS NOT EXISTING STRUCTURE, IS NEW VALLEY THAT HAS NEVER BEEN TAXED BEFORE 00:14:13.139 --> 00:14:21.620 BURIEN ALSO REMEMBER THAT FOR ALL THE FOLKS WHO ARE PAYING TAX ON NEW VALLEY FOR THE FIRST 00:14:21.620 --> 00:14:25.820 TIME, 70 PERCENT OF THE COUNTY IS WITHIN A CITY BOUNDARY. 00:14:25.820 --> 00:14:31.089 IN ADDITION TO PAYING YOUR MILLAGE RATE THEY ARE PAYING CITY MILLAGE RATES IF THEY ARE 00:14:31.089 --> 00:14:33.279 IN THAT 70 PERCENT. 00:14:33.279 --> 00:14:39.551 OF COURSE SCHOOLS AND SO FORTH, SOLID WASTE, WATER MANAGEMENT, EVERY OTHER TAXING AUTHORITY 00:14:39.551 --> 00:14:43.620 WE HAVE AGAIN FOR THE FIRST TIME ON THAT NEW VALVE YOU. 00:14:43.620 --> 00:14:47.949 75 PERCENT OF OUR MARKET VALUE, OUR BIG NUMBER IS RESIDENTIAL. 00:14:47.949 --> 00:14:53.050 IT IS ALSO INTERESTING THAT IS WHERE ALL IF THAT IS COMING FROM. 00:14:53.050 --> 00:14:58.620 WE ARE A VERY RESIDENTIAL COUNTY AND THAT IS WHERE OUR TRUE GROWTH IS TRULY COMING FROM, 00:14:58.620 --> 00:15:02.660 ALBEIT WE SEE THOSE OTHER BIG PROJECTS. 00:15:02.660 --> 00:15:09.720 I HAVE A FEW NOTES ABOUT THE 2023 TAX RULE JUST OF INTEREST. 00:15:09.720 --> 00:15:18.779 FIRST OF ALL, THE CAPS, 94 PERCENT OF HOMESTEADED PROPERTIES NOW HAVE A THREE PERCENT CAP YOU. 00:15:18.779 --> 00:15:24.209 WHAT THAT MEANS IS ONLY SIX PERCENT ARE PAYING AT MARKET VALUE. 00:15:24.209 --> 00:15:29.140 THEIR MARKET IS NOT RISEN ABOVE THEIR VALVE YOU YET USUALLY BECAUSE THEY ARE BRAND-NEW 00:15:29.140 --> 00:15:33.959 BURIEN NEXT YEAR THEY WILL PROBABLY HAVE SOME SAVINGS. 00:15:33.959 --> 00:15:37.850 ANYBODY WHO IS HOMESTEADED AS THE ABILITY TO HAVE THE THREE PERCENT CAP. 00:15:37.850 --> 00:15:39.660 IT DOESN'T MEAN EVERYBODY WILL. 00:15:39.660 --> 00:15:46.050 BUT NOW BECAUSE THE MARKETS ARE SO STRONG, MOST PEOPLE HAVE A THREE PERCENT CAP. 00:15:46.050 --> 00:15:49.620 THE CONCERN THERE IS WHAT HAPPENS IN A DOWNTURN. 00:15:49.620 --> 00:15:56.949 THE LAW TALKS ABOUT, SAYS IN A DOWNTURN WHILE THE MARKET VALUE MAY START TO SLIDE BACK DOWNWARD, 00:15:56.949 --> 00:16:02.780 THEY VALLEY, THE ONE THAT HAS BEEN KEPT ARTIFICIALLY LOW, MUST CONTINUE TO CLIMB UNTIL THE TWO 00:16:02.780 --> 00:16:04.490 NUMBERS MEET. 00:16:04.490 --> 00:16:12.779 EVEN DURING THE GREAT RECESSION, IS ALL THAT ABSOLUTELY HAPPENED WERE EVEN THOUGH THE MARKET 00:16:12.779 --> 00:16:19.470 WAS DECLINING, TAXES WERE CONTINUING TO INCREASE BECAUSE UNTIL THE TWO NUMBERS MEET WE ARE 00:16:19.470 --> 00:16:22.480 REQUIRED TO CONTINUE TO RAISE THE THREE PERCENT. 00:16:22.480 --> 00:16:25.920 KEEP CLIMBING UNTIL THE OF THE TWO NUMBERS MEET. 00:16:25.920 --> 00:16:32.449 I POINT THAT OUT BECAUSE THAT'S THE DAY I COME TO YOU AND I WILL BE SMILING. 00:16:32.449 --> 00:16:36.930 IT WILL BE DIFFICULT TIMES, BUT HOPEFULLY WE WON'T BE THERE ANYTIME TOO SOON. 00:16:36.930 --> 00:16:43.010 AND THEY GIVE A MORE INTERESTING, 70 PERCENT AND ON HOMESTEADED PROPERTIES. 00:16:43.010 --> 00:16:45.660 NON-HOMESTEADED PROPERTIES HAVE A 10 PERCENT CAP. 00:16:45.660 --> 00:16:54.100 IT IS A MUCH HIGHER AMOUNT. 70 PERCENT OF THEM NOW HAVE SOME FORM OF A 00:16:54.100 --> 00:16:58.730 SAVINGS GOING ON BECAUSE THE 10 CAP OF KICKED IN ALMOST PROPERTIES. 00:16:58.730 --> 00:17:06.209 THAT IS ALSO SIGNIFICANT AND UNUSUAL, CERTAINLY UNUSUAL PRIOR TO TWO YEARS AGO. 00:17:06.209 --> 00:17:10.380 TANGIBLE PERSONAL PROPERTY, WE DON'T TALK ABOUT TANGIBLE A WHOLE LOT. 00:17:10.380 --> 00:17:12.470 IT IS BUSINESS EQUIPMENT. 00:17:12.470 --> 00:17:17.890 ANY COMPANY THAT HAS LAND AND BUILDING IS ALSO PAYING TAX ON THEIR FURNITURE, FIXTURES 00:17:17.890 --> 00:17:18.890 AND EQUIPMENT. 00:17:18.890 --> 00:17:21.459 I WOULD LIKE TO USE THE ANALOGY OF PUBLIX. 00:17:21.459 --> 00:17:26.260 PUBLIX HAS LAND AND BUILDING WHICH THEY ARE PAYING TAX ON AND THEY ALSO PAY TAX ON THEIR 00:17:26.260 --> 00:17:29.990 CASH REGISTERS, THEIR SHELVING, THE REFRIGERATION EQUIPMENT. 00:17:29.990 --> 00:17:33.390 THIS COVERS ALL BUILDINGS IN PALM BEACH COUNTY. 00:17:33.390 --> 00:17:39.250 SMALL BUSINESSES ARE EXEMPT BECAUSE THERE IS A $25,000 EXEMPTION, KINDA LIKE A HOMESTEAD 00:17:39.250 --> 00:17:41.510 BUT FOR BUSINESS PROPERTY. 00:17:41.510 --> 00:17:45.169 IF YOU ARE A HAIRDRESSER YOU ARE PROBABLY NOT PAYING THIS TAX. 00:17:45.169 --> 00:17:52.299 BUT CERTAINLY ANYBODY BIGGER THAN OWNING $25,000 WORTH OF EQUIPMENT IS PAYING TAX. 00:17:52.299 --> 00:17:59.010 TANGIBLE VALUE HAS A NET 12.4 PERCENT INCREASE OVER THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT NEW PROJECTS INCLUDING 00:17:59.010 --> 00:18:06.470 THE NEW PLANT OUT IN BELLE GLADE WHICH CAME ONLINE THIS YEAR, WHICH INCLUDED QUITE A BIT 00:18:06.470 --> 00:18:07.660 A TANGIBLE VALUE. 00:18:07.660 --> 00:18:12.020 AGAIN, THANK EQUIPMENT, THINK BIG MACHINERY THAT SORTED SAYING. 00:18:12.020 --> 00:18:17.650 ALSO, THE OTHER PART WAS MORE OF A POST COVID BACK TO NORMAL. 00:18:17.650 --> 00:18:20.909 THE ABILITY FOR COMPANIES TO GET INVENTORY IN. 00:18:20.909 --> 00:18:28.450 THE SUPPLY CHAIN DISRUPTION OCCURRED WITH EVERYBODY, MOTHER WAS ME BUYING A SOFA OR 00:18:28.450 --> 00:18:31.500 A COMPANY TRYING TO BITE HUGE PIECE OF EQUIPMENT. 00:18:31.500 --> 00:18:43.220 LATA STARTED TO CLEAN ITSELF UP IN COMPANIES ARE NOW WITH COVID AT THE END ARE GETTING 00:18:43.220 --> 00:18:48.030 BACK TO BUSINESS AND BUYING MORE REPLACEMENT EQUIPMENT THEY MIGHT HAVE NEEDED AND SO THAT 00:18:48.030 --> 00:18:54.140 IS PROBABLY ALSO DRIVING TANGIBLE VALUE AND INFLATION. 00:18:54.140 --> 00:18:57.080 THAT IS JUST ANOTHER THING DRIVING THE TANGIBLE VALLEY. 00:18:57.080 --> 00:19:05.020 THEY ARE PAYING MORE FOR THAT EQUIPMENT NOW THAN THEY MIGHT HAVE A 3 TO 5 YEARS AGO BURIEN 00:19:05.020 --> 00:19:09.060 ANOTHER INTERESTING THING I THOUGHT I WOULD MENTION IS THE CRANES. 00:19:09.060 --> 00:19:14.660 THE CRANES BUILDING THESE MASSIVE BUILDINGS ALL AROUND US, ALL OF THEM EASILY WORTH OVER 00:19:14.660 --> 00:19:21.830 $1 MILLION EACH ARE ALSO TANGIBLE PROPERTY, ALSO TAXED TO THE OWNERS OF THOSE CRANES. 00:19:21.830 --> 00:19:28.610 WHEN YOU SEE THOSE CRANES, JUST REMEMBER AS DIFFICULT AS THEY ARE THEY ARE PAYING A TAX. 00:19:28.610 --> 00:19:34.250 I THOUGHT I WOULD ALSO MENTION JUST ABOUT THE NUMBER OF DEEDS, TRANSACTIONS HE WOULD 00:19:34.250 --> 00:19:35.620 WE WATCH THIS NUMBER CLOSELY. 00:19:35.620 --> 00:19:41.230 OF COURSE WE WATCH THE MARKET CLOSELY BUT FOR US IT IS ALSO ABOUT NOT JUST HOW MUCH 00:19:41.230 --> 00:19:46.429 VALLEY WAS INCREASING, BUT HOW MANY TRANSACTIONS ARE HAPPENING. 00:19:46.429 --> 00:19:51.790 IT HELPS US IN A NUMBER WAYS IF THERE IS A GOOD HEALTHY NUMBER BECAUSE IT ALLOWS US FOR 00:19:51.790 --> 00:19:54.340 A BIGGER POOL OF MARKET DATA. 00:19:54.340 --> 00:19:59.760 WE ARE LOOKING AT A LOT OF DATA AND WE ARE NECESSARILY THROWING OUT THE HIGHEST TO THE 00:19:59.760 --> 00:20:06.159 LOWEST AND TRYING TO GET A GOOD AVERAGE IN THE MIDDLE SO IT HELPS US WHEN WE HAVE A GOOD 00:20:06.159 --> 00:20:07.669 ACCOUNT OF TRANSACTIONS. 00:20:07.669 --> 00:20:14.740 WE HAD A VERY SHARP DROP IN NOT DURING THE SUMMER OF 2022. 00:20:14.740 --> 00:20:15.820 IT WORRIED US SOMEWHAT. 00:20:15.820 --> 00:20:24.600 WE HOPED IT WOULD STOP THE DECLINE IN IT DID, ALTHOUGH THE NUMBER OF DEEDS THAT ARE TURNING 00:20:24.600 --> 00:20:26.230 OVER DIDN'T GO WAY BACK UP. 00:20:26.230 --> 00:20:28.710 IT CERTAINLY HAS LEVELED OFF. 00:20:28.710 --> 00:20:35.480 PRICES PLUS THE NUMBER OF TRANSACTIONS HAS LEVELED OFF AND THAT IS A GOOD THING FOR MY 00:20:35.480 --> 00:20:41.440 WORK AND WHAT WE ARE DOING IN MY OFFICE AND I THINK ALSO FOR OUR MARKET AS CALM THE MARKET 00:20:41.440 --> 00:20:43.010 DOWN SOMEWHAT. 00:20:43.010 --> 00:20:48.510 JUST IN CLOSING, LIKE I MENTIONED, I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS BUT JUST 00:20:48.510 --> 00:20:50.130 SOME FINAL THOUGHTS. 00:20:50.130 --> 00:20:54.510 WE HAVE SUBMITTED OUR BUDGET TO YOU WITH A SMALL INCREASE THIS YEAR. 00:20:54.510 --> 00:20:58.770 WE ARE CONTINUING TO INVEST OUR RESOURCES AND TECHNOLOGY. 00:20:58.770 --> 00:21:05.799 THIS YEAR WE BEGAN A PROJECT TO MOVE OUR CONDOMINIUM TOWERS INTO THE 3D WORLD PARIS AND WE ARE 00:21:05.799 --> 00:21:13.360 GOING TO BUILD THE CONDOMINIUMS IN OUR GIS SYSTEM SO YOU WILL BE ABLE TO RENDER THEM 00:21:13.360 --> 00:21:15.180 IN A 3D FORMAT. 00:21:15.180 --> 00:21:19.220 I HOPE I WILL BE ABLE TO COME SHOW THIS TO YOU NEXT YEAR. 00:21:19.220 --> 00:21:24.179 THERE ARE OVER A THOUSAND CONDO BUILDINGS OVER FOUR STORIES IN PALM BEACH COUNTY THERE 00:21:24.179 --> 00:21:27.700 ARE LITERALLY FIVE OR 6000 THAT ARE LESS. 00:21:27.700 --> 00:21:30.770 WE ARE GOING TO START WITH THE BUILDINGS OVER FOUR STORIES. 00:21:30.770 --> 00:21:36.960 WE WILL BE ABLE TO USE THAT DATA FOR ASSESSMENT PURPOSES GIVING US A REALLY GOOD VISUAL RENDERING 00:21:36.960 --> 00:21:44.990 OF THINGS LIKE VIEW SHEDS AND SHADOWS AND WHETHER IN APARTMENT IS MORE DESIRABLE BECAUSE 00:21:44.990 --> 00:21:47.669 OF WHAT IT CAN SEE. 00:21:47.669 --> 00:21:53.220 AND IT WILL SHOW US THE VALUES AND COLOR JUST THE WAY YOU WOULD ON A FLAT 2D PIECE OF LAND 00:21:53.220 --> 00:21:54.610 IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. 00:21:54.610 --> 00:22:00.650 WE ALSO PLAN AS WE HAVE DONE TO SHARE THAT WITH COUNTY GIS WHO WILL BE ABLE TO PUT IT 00:22:00.650 --> 00:22:05.770 TO OTHER GOOD USES I'M SURE BURIEN THIS IS A NEW PROJECT AND AN EXCITING TIME THAT WE 00:22:05.770 --> 00:22:08.840 ARE ABLE TO DO THIS WORK HERE IN OUR OFFICE. 00:22:08.840 --> 00:22:15.640 WE WILL BUILD IT OURSELVES WITH SOME ASSISTANCE FOR SOME OUTSIDE CONSULTANTS TO HELP US. 00:22:15.640 --> 00:22:21.120 BUT I HAVE SUCH A GREAT YOUNG STAFF NOW WHO ARE EXCITED ABOUT DOING THIS SORT OF THING. 00:22:21.120 --> 00:22:24.460 IT IS A GOOD TIME TO GET GOING ON IT. 00:22:24.460 --> 00:22:27.820 WE REDUCED OUR STAFF AGAIN BY TO THIS YEAR. 00:22:27.820 --> 00:22:32.669 I THINK I AM NOW AT A REDUCTION OF 30 DURING MY TERM IN OFFICE. 00:22:32.669 --> 00:22:38.220 WE HAVE DONE ALL THAT THROUGH TECHNOLOGY, JUST REALLY IMPROVING THE WAY WE DO PROCESSES 00:22:38.220 --> 00:22:40.970 AND BEING ABLE TO DO IT WITH FEWER PEOPLE. 00:22:40.970 --> 00:22:49.110 IT IS EXCITING BECAUSE THE FOLKS WE ARE HIRING NOW HAVE A SIMPLE EXPECTATION OF THAT TECHNOLOGY 00:22:49.110 --> 00:22:53.630 AND WE ARE ABLE TO GIVE IT THROUGH OUR RESOURCES. 00:22:53.630 --> 00:22:58.490 ONE FINAL THOUGHT AND I WILL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS. 00:22:58.490 --> 00:23:03.620 I WANTED TO SAY TO YOU AS THE WERE ALL GATHER YEAR AND I AM HERE IN FRONT OF YOU THAT IF 00:23:03.620 --> 00:23:08.370 YOU MIGHT CHOOSE AT SOME POINT TO MOVE OUR OPERATION HERE IN THE GOVERNMENT CENTER FURTHER 00:23:08.370 --> 00:23:13.010 WEST, I WOULD BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO GO ALONG WITH YOU. 00:23:13.010 --> 00:23:18.130 WE ARE CERTAINLY, AND I'VE SPOKEN TO THE ADMINISTRATOR A NUMBER OF TIMES ABOUT THE STRUGGLES OUR 00:23:18.130 --> 00:23:24.260 STAFF HAVE JUST GETTING HERE IN THE MORNING WITH THE TRAINS AND THE TRAFFIC IN THE CONSTRUCTION 00:23:24.260 --> 00:23:28.380 AND CERTAINLY OUR TAX PAYER IS USED FOR GOING WITH THAT AS WELL. 00:23:28.380 --> 00:23:34.549 WE GET FEWER AND FEWER PEOPLE WHO COME HERE TO THIS MAIN OFFICE BECAUSE PARKING IS A TASK 00:23:34.549 --> 00:23:35.820 NOW. 00:23:35.820 --> 00:23:39.789 I JUST SHOWED THROW THAT OUT THERE THAT IF YOU DECIDED TO MOVE FURTHER WEST WE WOULD 00:23:39.789 --> 00:23:41.460 BE HAPPY TO COME ALONG. 00:23:41.460 --> 00:23:45.550 THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND I AM HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS. 00:23:45.550 --> 00:23:52.310 >> Gregg Weiss: THANK YOU VERY MUCH I DON'T WANT TO CALL YOU DOROTHY. 00:23:52.310 --> 00:23:57.190 PROPERTY APPRAISER JACK EXPERIENCE LET'S SEE. 00:23:57.190 --> 00:23:59.529 COMMISSIONER MARINO AND THEN COMMISSIONER BAXTER. 00:23:59.529 --> 00:24:07.029 >> Maria Marino: I HAVE KNOWN HER SO LONG I'M CALLING HER DOROTHY. 00:24:07.029 --> 00:24:13.330 ON THE CONDO SALES, THAT IS FABULOUS AND IT WILL BE LAYERING SO YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE THE 00:24:13.330 --> 00:24:14.620 SALES THAT HAVE OCCURRED. 00:24:14.620 --> 00:24:19.429 THAT IS WONDERFUL BECAUSE WHEN WE ARE SEARCHING AND IT IS A CONDO SALE YOU DON'T SEE THAT 00:24:19.429 --> 00:24:24.920 LAYERING AND YOU CAN'T PICK OUT WAS IT SOLD IN SIX MONTHS, A YEAR, TWO YEARS. 00:24:24.920 --> 00:24:29.870 THAT IS WONDERFUL, I APPRECIATE THAT. 00:24:29.870 --> 00:24:36.039 I DO HAVE TO SAY YOUR OFFICE AND GARDENS IS RUN VERY WELL AND VERY EFFICIENT AND RIGHT 00:24:36.039 --> 00:24:37.520 NEXT TO MY OFFICE. 00:24:37.520 --> 00:24:39.360 THANK YOU FOR BEING THERE. 00:24:39.360 --> 00:24:40.360 THANKS FOR BEING HERE TODAY. 00:24:40.360 --> 00:24:41.390 >> Gregg Weiss: THANK YOU COMMISSIONER. 00:24:41.390 --> 00:24:45.280 COMMISSIONER BAXTER, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED AND THEN COMMISSIONER WOODWARD. 00:24:45.280 --> 00:24:49.710 >> Sara Baxter: JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. 00:24:49.710 --> 00:24:55.650 IT IS AMAZING AND LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING AND USING THE TECHNOLOGY THAT YOU ARE GOING 00:24:55.650 --> 00:24:56.650 TO NOW INSTITUTE. 00:24:56.650 --> 00:24:58.750 >> Gregg Weiss: THANK YOU COMMISSIONER BAXTER. 00:24:58.750 --> 00:25:01.330 COMMISSIONER WOODWARD, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. 00:25:01.330 --> 00:25:02.840 >> Marci Woodward: THANK YOU. 00:25:02.840 --> 00:25:04.250 THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. 00:25:04.250 --> 00:25:06.280 I HAD A COUPLE QUESTIONS. 00:25:06.280 --> 00:25:14.080 ONE WE ARE AT 94 PERCENT HOMESTEAD PROPERTIES THAT ARE THE BACK IN 79 PERCENT HOMESTEAD. 00:25:14.080 --> 00:25:18.659 HOW MUCH OF AN INCREASE IS THAT FROM PREVIOUS MORE RECENT YEARS. 00:25:18.659 --> 00:25:20.779 >> I CAN GET THAT NUMBER FOR YOU. 00:25:20.779 --> 00:25:22.460 I SHOULD KNOW IT. 00:25:22.460 --> 00:25:24.750 THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. 00:25:24.750 --> 00:25:27.250 IT IS DEFINITELY AN INCREASE. 00:25:27.250 --> 00:25:34.799 EACH YEAR OF COURSE AS VALUES INCREASE, THE GROW AND GROW AND GROW. 00:25:34.799 --> 00:25:37.550 BUT I CAN GET YOU THE NUMBER FOR LAST YEAR AND THE YEAR BEFORE TOO. 00:25:37.550 --> 00:25:38.770 >> Marci Woodward: THANK YOU. 00:25:38.770 --> 00:25:44.780 AND MY SECOND QUESTION IF I MAY, YOU HAVE A LINK ON YOUR WEBSITE YOU TOLD ME ABOUT THE 00:25:44.780 --> 00:25:51.919 PEOPLE CAN PUT THEIR ADDRESS IN OR IF THEY ARE LOOKING TO BUY A PROPERTY TO GIVE THEM 00:25:51.919 --> 00:25:53.159 ALL OF THE BREAKDOWNS. 00:25:53.159 --> 00:25:55.429 A COUPLE QUESTIONS ON THAT. 00:25:55.429 --> 00:26:00.310 WHEN SOMEONE USES IT FOR IF THEY ARE LOOKING TO BUY A NEW PROPERTY, DOES IT ALLOW THEM 00:26:00.310 --> 00:26:03.580 TO PUT IN THE SALE PRICE THEY ARE PROBABLY GOING TO BE PAYING? 00:26:03.580 --> 00:26:06.660 FOR ALL THE MILLAGE? 00:26:06.660 --> 00:26:12.409 WICKED LEAVES THE SPACE FOR THE PRICE BLANK SO THAT YOU CAN PUT IN WHAT YOU ARE GOING 00:26:12.409 --> 00:26:16.679 TO PAY, WHAT YOU THINK IT MIGHT VALUE AT. 00:26:16.679 --> 00:26:19.340 SAY 15 PERCENT LOWER THAN THAT. 00:26:19.340 --> 00:26:26.940 OUR MARKET VALUES ARE BEHIND THE CLOCK MEANING JANUARY 1 AND SO BY NOVEMBER IT IS PROBABLY 00:26:26.940 --> 00:26:29.620 GOING TO BE HIGHER THAN THAT NUMBER. 00:26:29.620 --> 00:26:35.230 AND ALLOWS FLEXIBILITY ON THE TAX CALCULATOR FOR PUTTING THAT NUMBER IN. 00:26:35.230 --> 00:26:39.440 >> Marci Woodward: THE REASON THIS IS IMPORTANT, WE HAD DISCUSSIONS AND YOU GET A LOT OF PHONE 00:26:39.440 --> 00:26:45.190 CALLS FROM PEOPLE WHO AFTER THEIR FIRST FULL YEAR OF PURCHASE GET SHOCKED BY THE TAX BILL 00:26:45.190 --> 00:26:49.910 BECAUSE THE PREVIOUS OWNER BOUGHT YEARS BEFORE AND WE ARE PAYING MUCH LOWER. 00:26:49.910 --> 00:26:53.200 THEY GET A BIG SURPRISE. 00:26:53.200 --> 00:26:58.360 ONE OTHER QUESTION ABOUT THAT, DOES IT ALSO BREAK DOWN ALL THE DIFFERENT MILLAGE RATES 00:26:58.360 --> 00:27:04.169 SO PEOPLE CAN SEE WHAT IS CITY, COUNTY, SCHOOL BOARD, ALL THE TAXING DISTRICTS? 00:27:04.169 --> 00:27:08.890 >> IT GIVES YOU A TOTAL NUMBER BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT MOST PEOPLE WANT, BUT RIGHT NEXT TO 00:27:08.890 --> 00:27:14.240 IT YOU CAN GET A TAX DETAIL THAT BREAKS DOWN EVERY TAXING AUTHORITY, INCLUDING THE NON-AD 00:27:14.240 --> 00:27:20.299 VALOREM ASSESSMENTS THAT MAY EXIST ON THAT PROPERTY BURIEN SO THE DATA IS IN THE NEXT 00:27:20.299 --> 00:27:23.750 BOX OVER TO THE TAX ESTIMATOR BOX. 00:27:23.750 --> 00:27:27.029 >> Marci Woodward: AM ASKING ALL THESE QUESTIONS. 00:27:27.029 --> 00:27:33.310 AND PUTTING IT IN MY NEWSLETTER WITH THE LINK SO PEOPLE CAN GO AND LOOK AT THAT. 00:27:33.310 --> 00:27:38.110 I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH AUTHORITY WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS, BUT I THINK THAT WE 00:27:38.110 --> 00:27:43.110 SHOULD ENCOURAGE ALL REALTORS OR ANYONE SELLING PROPERTY, ESPECIALLY PEOPLE COMING OUT OF 00:27:43.110 --> 00:27:46.120 STATE WHO DOESN'T UNDERSTAND HOW PROPERTY TAXES WORK HERE. 00:27:46.120 --> 00:27:47.860 AND WITH MYSELF I AM GETTING PHONE CALLS. 00:27:47.860 --> 00:27:56.150 IT IS A DISCLOSER THAT SHOULD BE MADE SO THEY SEE THE PREVIOUS YEARS TAX BILL THAT IS NOT 00:27:56.150 --> 00:27:58.659 AT ALL BUT THEY ARE GOING TO BE PAYING IN TODAY'S DOLLARS. 00:27:58.659 --> 00:28:01.049 SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT VIVIAN. 00:28:01.049 --> 00:28:02.049 >> THANK YOU. 00:28:02.049 --> 00:28:09.450 I WILL ALSO ADD THAT ANY KIND OF PUBLICITY OF THE TAX CALCULATOR WE MORE THAN APPRECIATE. 00:28:09.450 --> 00:28:12.960 WE DO CONSTANTLY TALK ABOUT IT. 00:28:12.960 --> 00:28:15.850 OFTEN IT IS AFTER THE FACT WHEN PEOPLE HAVE THE SHOCK. 00:28:15.850 --> 00:28:20.519 NOT WHEN THEY ARE IN THE PROCESS OF PURCHASING THE REGION ONE GOOD THING THAT IS HAPPENING 00:28:20.519 --> 00:28:27.860 IS ONE OF MY PEERS IN THE PINELLAS PROPERTY APPRAISER AND I WE ARE WORKING WITHIN MY ASSOCIATION 00:28:27.860 --> 00:28:38.360 ON SEEING IF WE CAN HAVE ONLINE REALTY SITES SUCH AS THE LOW OR REALTOR.com HAVE A LINK 00:28:38.360 --> 00:28:44.860 WITHIN THE LISTINGS TO THE LOCAL PROPERTY APPRAISERS TAX ESTIMATOR IN FLORIDA. 00:28:44.860 --> 00:28:47.510 WE INTRODUCED THIS THIS YEAR THE LEGISLATURE. 00:28:47.510 --> 00:28:52.520 IT DIDN'T GET A LOT OF TRACTION PROBABLY BECAUSE IT NEEDS MORE WORK WITH THE REALTORS WHO ARE 00:28:52.520 --> 00:28:58.620 NOT OPPOSED TO THE CONCEPT BUT HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT HOW IT WILL WORK SO IT DOESN'T BECOME 00:28:58.620 --> 00:28:59.920 DIFFICULT FOR THEM. 00:28:59.920 --> 00:29:05.170 BUT WE WOULD LIKE IT WERE EVEN IN THE ELECTRONIC LISTINGS THEY WOULD HAVE A LINK. 00:29:05.170 --> 00:29:10.929 EACH PROPERTY APPRAISER HAS THE SAME FUNCTION, IT'S NOT ALWAYS IN THE SAME PLACE BUT A TAX 00:29:10.929 --> 00:29:12.120 ESTIMATOR. 00:29:12.120 --> 00:29:18.330 IT'S A REALLY GOOD PROCESS AND IF WE CAN GET IT IN A MORE GLOBAL WAY OUT THERE TO EVERYBODY 00:29:18.330 --> 00:29:20.260 WHO USES AN ONLINE SITE. 00:29:20.260 --> 00:29:25.390 A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT IS WHERE THEY GO WHEN THEY START SHOPPING THEN IT WILL BE A BIG 00:29:25.390 --> 00:29:26.390 PLUS. 00:29:26.390 --> 00:29:29.789 I WILL BE BRINGING IT BACK TO THE DELEGATION THIS YEAR. 00:29:29.789 --> 00:29:32.210 HOPEFULLY WE CAN MOVE IT THIS YEAR. 00:29:32.210 --> 00:29:34.100 >> Gregg Weiss: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 00:29:34.100 --> 00:29:39.039 AND WE HAVE COMMISSIONER MARINO WHO USED TO BE A REALTOR. 00:29:39.039 --> 00:29:40.139 MAYBE YOU CAN ADDRESS THIS. 00:29:40.139 --> 00:29:46.620 >> Maria Marino: 30 YEAR BROKER BURIEN THERE ACTUALLY IS A DISCLOSURE THAT IS DURING THE 00:29:46.620 --> 00:29:50.890 PROCESS WHEN YOU ARE FILLING OUT ALL YOUR PAPERWORK, THERE IS A DISCLOSURE THAT WILL 00:29:50.890 --> 00:29:58.370 SAY UPON PURCHASE YOUR HOUSE MAY BE REAPPRAISED AND YOU MAY BE SUBJECT TO HIGHER TAXES. 00:29:58.370 --> 00:30:04.049 PEOPLE ARE GIVEN A NOTICE THAT ONCE THEIR HOUSE REASSESSES THEY ARE GOING TO BE TAXED 00:30:04.049 --> 00:30:09.769 HIGHER FOR THE FORMULA AND WHAT THAT AMOUNT MIGHT BE, THAT IS A DIFFERENT STORY. 00:30:09.769 --> 00:30:14.010 IT'S KIND OF LIKE WHEN YOU READ YOUR HOA DOCUMENT SOMETIMES YOU DON'T READ THEM BUT IT IS THERE 00:30:14.010 --> 00:30:19.200 BURIEN I DO WANT TO SAY THERE'S A DISCLOSURE THAT INFORMS PEOPLE THERE TAXES WILL BE INCREASED 00:30:19.200 --> 00:30:21.769 UPON THE REEVALUATION OF THEIR HOMES. 00:30:21.769 --> 00:30:23.419 THANK YOU. 00:30:23.419 --> 00:30:25.240 >> Gregg Weiss: THANK YOU. 00:30:25.240 --> 00:30:27.450 COMMISSIONER BARNETT AND THEN COMMISSIONER BERNARD. 00:30:27.450 --> 00:30:29.420 >> Michael Barnett: THANK YOU, MAYOR. 00:30:29.420 --> 00:30:32.039 AND THANK YOU DOROTHY, MS. 00:30:32.039 --> 00:30:34.260 APPRAISER JACKS. 00:30:34.260 --> 00:30:40.169 YOU MENTIONED EARLIER ABOUT YOUR STAFF HOW YOUR OFFICE HAS REDUCED ITS STAFF BY TO THIS 00:30:40.169 --> 00:30:44.160 YEAR AND 30 OVERALL SINCE HE TOOK OVER AS PROPERTY APPRAISER. 00:30:44.160 --> 00:30:49.360 I WAS WONDERING IF YOU COULD ELABORATE A LITTLE BIT ASKED TO THE REASONS FOR THAT? 00:30:49.360 --> 00:30:54.730 I THINK YOU MENTIONED TECHNOLOGY HAS MADE THINGS A LITTLE BIT MORE STREAMLINED. 00:30:54.730 --> 00:30:58.529 I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR HOW GOVERNMENT OPERATES MORE EFFECTIVELY AND STREAMLINED. 00:30:58.529 --> 00:31:03.590 CAN YOU TALK ABOUT HOW IT HAS MADE THE PROPERTY APPRAISERS OFFICE MORE EFFECTIVE IN THE WORK 00:31:03.590 --> 00:31:06.169 IT DOES FOR PEOPLE. 00:31:06.169 --> 00:31:08.380 >> ABSOLUTELY. 00:31:08.380 --> 00:31:10.390 I WILL GIVE YOU A COUPLE EXAMPLES. 00:31:10.390 --> 00:31:14.340 IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WE DID THIS THROUGH ATTRITION. 00:31:14.340 --> 00:31:19.710 WE HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE RETIRING, I'M SURE YOU DO AS WELL. 00:31:19.710 --> 00:31:25.880 AS THEY RETIRED WE REALLY QUESTION DO WE HAVE THE RIGHT NUMBER OF PEOPLE DOING WHATEVER 00:31:25.880 --> 00:31:28.510 THAT FUNCTION IS AND COULD WE DO IT WITH CLASS? 00:31:28.510 --> 00:31:33.019 A LOT OF IT IS A CULTURAL THING. 00:31:33.019 --> 00:31:35.639 BUT FOR INSTANCE, FIELD EVALUATION. 00:31:35.639 --> 00:31:40.660 WE ARE REQUIRED BY LAW TO VISIT EVERY PROPERTY AT LEAST ONCE EVERY FIVE YEARS. 00:31:40.660 --> 00:31:46.630 BUT EIGHT OR NINE YEARS AGO THE LEGISLATURE APPROVED A PROCESS WHERE WE COULD USE AERIAL 00:31:46.630 --> 00:31:53.809 IMAGERY INSTEAD AND USE A PROCESS CALLED CHANGE DETECTION WHERE YOU WOULD PICK A PHOTO OF 00:31:53.809 --> 00:32:02.240 A BUILDING ONE YEAR OVER THE PRIOR YEAR AND THEN FIND THE ERRORS IN THE TWO OUTLINES. 00:32:02.240 --> 00:32:07.659 A COMPUTER IS BASICALLY DOING WORK A HUMAN MIGHT HAVE HAD TO DO IN THE PAST. 00:32:07.659 --> 00:32:15.019 IT HAS REDUCED THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN THE FIELD TO JUST THE FOLKS WHO HAVE TO GO LOOK 00:32:15.019 --> 00:32:16.510 AT NEW BUILDS. 00:32:16.510 --> 00:32:22.340 IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WHEN A PERMIT IS FILED WE GO AND INSPECT THE PROPERTY FOR THE PERMIT 00:32:22.340 --> 00:32:24.480 WE STILL DO THAT IN PERSON. 00:32:24.480 --> 00:32:27.100 MEASURE IT AND A NEW STRUCTURE AS WELL. 00:32:27.100 --> 00:32:29.200 THAT WAS ONE BIG THING. 00:32:29.200 --> 00:32:36.110 ANOTHER IS MOVING AS MUCH AS WE CAN WITH ONLINE FILING THAT HOMESTEAD EXEMPTIONS USED TO BE 00:32:36.110 --> 00:32:38.300 A VERY IN PERSON PROCESS. 00:32:38.300 --> 00:32:44.380 NOW WE WOULD TAKE APPROXIMATELY 55 TO 60 PERCENT OF OUR ANNUAL APPLICATIONS ONLINE. 00:32:44.380 --> 00:32:48.540 WHAT THAT ALLOWS US TO DO IS INSTEAD HAVING A LINE OUT THE DOOR IN DELRAY BEACH WHERE 00:32:48.540 --> 00:32:55.179 MOST PEOPLE COME IN, MANY PEOPLE FILE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT AND THEN THE NEXT DAY 00:32:55.179 --> 00:33:00.919 WE CAN MOVE THE WORK AROUND OUR OFFICE TO THE LOCATIONS WHERE THE STAFF ARE NECESSARILY 00:33:00.919 --> 00:33:01.919 AS BUILT BUSY. 00:33:01.919 --> 00:33:05.710 THE NORTH AND USED TO BE THAT OFFICE, NOT ANYMORE. 00:33:05.710 --> 00:33:10.029 CERTAINLY ARE BELLE GLADE AND MIDWEST OFFICE WE CAN MOVE THE WORK AROUND WHERE THE STAFF 00:33:10.029 --> 00:33:11.429 ARE. 00:33:11.429 --> 00:33:18.280 WHILE WE LOVE SEEING PEOPLE, IT TAKES A LOT OF TIME TO WORK WITH A HUMAN EVERY DAY AS 00:33:18.280 --> 00:33:23.159 OPPOSED TO BEING ABLE TO ELECTRONICALLY REVIEW THEIR RECORDS AND QUICKLY PROCESS A HOMESTEAD 00:33:23.159 --> 00:33:26.809 APPLICATION BURIEN SO IT SPED UP THE PROCESS AS WELL, WHICH IS NICE. 00:33:26.809 --> 00:33:29.740 WE WERE TARDY WITH OUR DEEDS PROCESSING GROUP. 00:33:29.740 --> 00:33:37.240 THOSE OF THE LADIES WHO AS THE DEEDS COME OVER THEY CAN QUICKLY WORK WITH TWO SCREENS. 00:33:37.240 --> 00:33:39.020 THERE'S NO PAPER. 00:33:39.020 --> 00:33:43.970 QUICKLY WORK WITH TWO SCREENS AND TRANSFER DATA BY ALLOWING US TO MOVE DATA QUICKLY. 00:33:43.970 --> 00:33:52.269 SO MUCH OF THE SAVINGS HAVE COME THROUGH LOOKING AT TECHNOLOGY AND HOW CAN IT MAKE LITERALLY 00:33:52.269 --> 00:33:57.929 BOOTS ON THE GROUND WORK GET DONE FASTER AND MAY BE MORE EFFICIENTLY. 00:33:57.929 --> 00:34:02.500 AND QUITE HONESTLY, WITHIN THE PEOPLE WE ARE HIRING, THEY DON'T EVEN THINK TWICE ABOUT 00:34:02.500 --> 00:34:05.210 WORKING ON THIS OR THE SYSTEM. 00:34:05.210 --> 00:34:09.779 IS HOW THEY LEARNED IN SCHOOL AND KNOW HOW THEY WOULD LIKE TO WORK IN OUR OFFICE. 00:34:09.779 --> 00:34:13.629 >> Michael Barnett: I REALLY APPRECIATE HEARING THAT AND THANKS FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. 00:34:13.629 --> 00:34:15.260 >> Gregg Weiss: THANK YOU COMMISSIONER. 00:34:15.260 --> 00:34:17.330 COMMISSIONER BERNARD, YOUR RECOGNIZED. 00:34:17.330 --> 00:34:18.710 >> Mack Benard: THANK YOU MR. 00:34:18.710 --> 00:34:19.710 MAYOR. 00:34:19.710 --> 00:34:20.710 MS. 00:34:20.710 --> 00:34:30.349 JACK'S, YOU OPENED THE DOOR REGARDING IF THERE IS A CONVERSATION REGARDING POTENTIALLY MOVING 00:34:30.349 --> 00:34:36.990 FROM THIS AREA TO SOMEWHERE ELSE THAT YOU WOULD BE INTERESTED IN HAVING THAT CONVERSATION. 00:34:36.990 --> 00:34:47.500 I KNOW WE HAVE A BUDGET FOR 70 SOMETHING MILLION DOLLARS TO RENOVATE THIS BUILDING. 00:34:47.500 --> 00:34:56.539 HOW WOULD JUST FEEL ABOUT POTENTIALLY IF WE WERE GOING TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION. 00:34:56.539 --> 00:35:04.460 >> I SUSPECT MY STAFF, MUCH LIKE YOURS, LIVE MOSTLY WEST OF 95. 00:35:04.460 --> 00:35:08.430 EVEN IF WE JUST TALK ABOUT I-95. 00:35:08.430 --> 00:35:14.040 SO THE AND AND OUT EVERY DAY IS A DIFFICULT PART OF THE COMMUTE. 00:35:14.040 --> 00:35:17.859 ALSO, THAT IS WHERE OUR COUNTY IS GROWING. 00:35:17.859 --> 00:35:20.860 IT IS GROWING TO THE WEST. 00:35:20.860 --> 00:35:28.800 AND MY STAFF, I FIND THEM VERY STRESSED BECAUSE IN THE MORNING THEY ARE IN SUCH A RUSH TO 00:35:28.800 --> 00:35:35.980 GET HERE ON TIME AND THAT TRAFFIC OR THE TRAINS, THE TWO TRAINS SLOWED THEM DOWN. 00:35:35.980 --> 00:35:43.180 SO THEY WOULD BE VERY COMFORTABLE WITH SOMEONE THAT MIGHT BE WEST OF 95 NEAR AN ARTERY ROAD 00:35:43.180 --> 00:35:47.970 BURIEN THIS IS COMPLETELY IN YOUR HANDS. 00:35:47.970 --> 00:35:53.680 I WANTED TO MENTION IT SINCE WE WERE ALL HERE. 00:35:53.680 --> 00:35:59.470 I THINK THERE IS A BENEFIT TO THE STAFF BUT THERE IS ALSO BENEFITED THE TAXPAYERS SIMPLY 00:35:59.470 --> 00:36:02.930 THAT THEY ARE ABLE TO GET TO OUR BUILDING. 00:36:02.930 --> 00:36:04.499 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 00:36:04.499 --> 00:36:08.600 >> Gregg Weiss: VICE MAYOR, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. 00:36:08.600 --> 00:36:11.340 >> Maria Sachs: ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO HAVE YOU HERE. 00:36:11.340 --> 00:36:13.320 GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN. 00:36:13.320 --> 00:36:20.060 THE DISCUSSION HAS BEEN REALLY FRUITFUL TODAY BECAUSE WE HAVE ALWAYS ALSO LOOKED AT WAYS 00:36:20.060 --> 00:36:21.400 WE CAN CUT STAFF. 00:36:21.400 --> 00:36:27.590 NOT CUT STAFF, BUT LET'S SAY MAKE THE WORK MORE EFFICIENT WITH THE USE OF TECHNOLOGY. 00:36:27.590 --> 00:36:35.810 IT WOULD ALSO MEAN YOU COULD PROBABLY USE, SHALL WE SAY A SMALLER OFFICE IN TERMS OF 00:36:35.810 --> 00:36:40.930 JUST ITS SIZE FOR THE USE OF WHAT YOU DO. 00:36:40.930 --> 00:36:46.509 IT COULD ALSO MEAN, HOW MANY OFFICES DOES YOUR OFFICE HAVE WITHIN THE LARGE COUNTY? 00:36:46.509 --> 00:36:52.770 >> WE HAVE FIVE OFFICES ALL SUPPORTED BY YOU. 00:36:52.770 --> 00:36:56.700 OUR WHOLE BUILDING, IF YOU WILL, IS UNDER THE COUNTY FACILITIES. 00:36:56.700 --> 00:37:00.800 >> Maria Sachs: DOES THE STATE GET ANY OF THAT? 00:37:00.800 --> 00:37:03.050 >> NO. 00:37:03.050 --> 00:37:08.859 WE DON'T COLLECT ANY FEES FOR ANYTHING, UNLIKE THE COLLECTOR. 00:37:08.859 --> 00:37:11.089 WE DON'T CREATE FEES. 00:37:11.089 --> 00:37:15.630 WE SELL A SMALL AMOUNT OF MAPPING DATA. 00:37:15.630 --> 00:37:19.380 BUT OTHERWISE VERY LITTLE. 00:37:19.380 --> 00:37:25.030 WE ARE UNDER YOU AND WE ARE IN YOUR NORTH COUNTY COMPLEX OBVIOUSLY BURIEN WE ARE IN 00:37:25.030 --> 00:37:33.720 DELRAY NEXT TO THE SUBSTATION WAS DELRAY WITH PLANS TO MOVE TO THE NEW BUILDING THAT IS 00:37:33.720 --> 00:37:39.140 BEING WORKED ON IN EAST DELRAY NEAR THE OLD BUILDING AS IT WERE. 00:37:39.140 --> 00:37:40.720 CONGRESS AND ATLANTIC. 00:37:40.720 --> 00:37:45.710 IN OF COURSE BELLE GLADE, WHICH IS ALSO A SMALL OPERATION FOR US. 00:37:45.710 --> 00:37:51.710 WE ARE IN THE GOVERNMENT BUILDING MAYOR BURIEN AND THEN IN MIDWESTERN OFFICE, WHICH IS IN 00:37:51.710 --> 00:37:56.890 THE BUILDING WE USED TO SHARE WITH THE TAX COLLECTOR BUT THE CLERK IS THERE AS WELL AND 00:37:56.890 --> 00:37:58.380 THE SHERIFF SUBSTATION IS THERE. 00:37:58.380 --> 00:38:04.690 WE WERE NEXT TO THE LIBRARY IN PALM BEACH AND OKEECHOBEE IN RURAL PALM BEACH BOULEVARD 00:38:04.690 --> 00:38:06.950 BURIEN AND OF COURSE HERE BURIEN. 00:38:06.950 --> 00:38:10.670 >> Maria Sachs: THIS IS THE LARGEST I WOULD IMAGINE? 00:38:10.670 --> 00:38:18.599 >> ABSOLUTELY BURIEN OUR COMMERCIAL DEPARTMENT, THE ENTIRE TANGIBLE DEPARTMENT ARE MAPPING 00:38:18.599 --> 00:38:24.349 SECTION, OUR IT SECTION AND A BIG CHUNK OF A RESIDENTIAL SECTION ARE ALL DOWN HERE. 00:38:24.349 --> 00:38:32.140 OUR BRANCHES ARE PUBLIC FACING EXEMPTIONS SERVICE AREA AND OUR APPRAISERS WHO WORK IN 00:38:32.140 --> 00:38:33.260 THE AREAS. 00:38:33.260 --> 00:38:39.270 IF YOU GO INTO THE NORTH COUNTY BUILDING YOU CAN ACTUALLY TALK TO THE APPRAISER WHO WORKS 00:38:39.270 --> 00:38:40.339 ON YOUR PROPERTY. 00:38:40.339 --> 00:38:46.210 WE WANTED IT TO BE THAT WAY SO IS MORE HELPFUL WHEN YOU CAME IN THAT SOMEBODY WAS THERE. 00:38:46.210 --> 00:38:51.670 >> Mack Benard: WHERE WOULD YOU THINK OF ME MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO ANSWER THIS RIGHT NOW. 00:38:51.670 --> 00:38:57.770 WHICH OFFICES DO YOU HAVE SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY AND I SEE THAT THEY ARE PRETTY 00:38:57.770 --> 00:39:05.849 MUCH GEOGRAPHICALLY LOCATED, WOULD BE THE BUSIEST IN TERMS OF FORWARD FACING THE PUBLIC. 00:39:05.849 --> 00:39:09.520 >> THE BUSIEST OFFICE NO QUESTION BY FAR IS OUR ATLANTIC OFFICE. 00:39:09.520 --> 00:39:12.050 >> Maria Sachs: EAST DEL WAY. 00:39:12.050 --> 00:39:13.050 >> WEST DELRAY. 00:39:13.050 --> 00:39:18.950 IT IS ATLANTIC, IT IS JOG AND ATLANTIC AT THE MOMENT. 00:39:18.950 --> 00:39:24.140 WE ARE JUST WEST A JOG BETWEEN JOG AND THE TURNPIKE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF ATLANTIC. 00:39:24.140 --> 00:39:28.549 BY FAR TWICE THE FOOT TRAFFIC OF ANY OTHER OFFER US. 00:39:28.549 --> 00:39:30.780 >> Maria Sachs: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 00:39:30.780 --> 00:39:35.200 >> Gregg Weiss: THANK YOU VICE MAYOR. 00:39:35.200 --> 00:39:36.200 TOLERATE. 00:39:36.200 --> 00:39:41.260 THIS IS JUST CURIOSITY ON MY PART BUT SINCE I HAVE YOU HERE I WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOU. 00:39:41.260 --> 00:39:48.530 WHEN YOU TALKED ABOUT THE CRANES, ARE THEY TAX BASED ON WHERE THEY ARE OR WHERE THEY 00:39:48.530 --> 00:39:49.530 ARE OWNED? 00:39:49.530 --> 00:39:50.530 >> WHERE THEY ARE OWNED. 00:39:50.530 --> 00:39:55.079 >> Gregg Weiss: IT IS LIKELY MANY OF THE CRANES HERE MIGHT NOT COME FROM THIS AREA, THEY MAY 00:39:55.079 --> 00:39:56.819 COME IN FROM SOMEWHERE ELSE? 00:39:56.819 --> 00:40:00.150 >> I THINK A LOT OF THEM WERE PROBABLY FROM THE COUNTY. 00:40:00.150 --> 00:40:06.890 >> Gregg Weiss: BUT THEY COULD BE FROM SOMEWHERE ELSE SO THEY WOULDN'T BE IN YOUR TAX RULES, 00:40:06.890 --> 00:40:13.270 THEY WOULD BE IN THE COUNTY WHERE THE BUSINESS IS LOCATED THAT OWNS THEM? 00:40:13.270 --> 00:40:14.520 OKAY. 00:40:14.520 --> 00:40:17.630 THE OTHER ONE WAS ON BOAT DOCKS. 00:40:17.630 --> 00:40:24.650 I SAW, WE HAD A CASE LAST WEEK AND I WAS LOOKING AT THE PROPERTY. 00:40:24.650 --> 00:40:29.160 ONE OF THE PROPERTIES THAT THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY OWNER OWNED AND IT WAS A BOAT DOCK 00:40:29.160 --> 00:40:32.380 AND AT A TAXABLE VALUE TO IT. 00:40:32.380 --> 00:40:37.630 IF THEY ARE INDIVIDUAL BOAT DOCKS ATTACHED THE CONDOMINIUMS AND OTHER BUILDINGS, THEY 00:40:37.630 --> 00:40:40.050 WOULD ALSO BE TAXABLE? 00:40:40.050 --> 00:40:44.569 >> ABSOLUTELY AND IT WILL ALL DEPEND ON HOW IT IS OWNED. 00:40:44.569 --> 00:40:52.420 IF YOU HAVE A CONDOMINIUM DEEDED WITH A BOAT DOCK, THAT BOAT DOCK WOULD BE PART OF THAT 00:40:52.420 --> 00:40:54.420 CONDOMINIUM. 00:40:54.420 --> 00:41:04.760 IF IT IS A CONDOMINIUM WHERE THEY HAVE A SHARED DOCK, IT WOULD BE SHARED IN THE CONDOMINIUM. 00:41:04.760 --> 00:41:05.980 IT JUST DEPENDS. 00:41:05.980 --> 00:41:11.480 BOAT DOCKS ARE TRICKY AND THERE'S A LOT ABOUT TO BE HAVE UPLAND, DO WE HAVE HERE IS, THEN 00:41:11.480 --> 00:41:15.210 YOU GET INTO TANGIBLE BECAUSE IF THEY CAN BE REMOVED. 00:41:15.210 --> 00:41:24.900 IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW IN A MARINA SITUATION, FLORIDA PROVIDES FOR A CLASSIFIED VALUE CALLED 00:41:24.900 --> 00:41:26.869 THE WORKING WATERFRONT VALUE. 00:41:26.869 --> 00:41:34.340 IF YOUR MARINA HAS ANY PUBLIC ELEMENT, IT ISN'T JUST COME MEANS I COULD PULL MY BOAT 00:41:34.340 --> 00:41:36.819 UP TO THE MARINA. 00:41:36.819 --> 00:41:43.400 THEY ARE COMPLETELY PRIVATE AND THEY ARE VALUED IN USE, WHICH MEANS THEY ARE VALUED AS A MARINA, 00:41:43.400 --> 00:41:48.420 NOT AS ANY POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT ABILITY THAT THERE MIGHT EXIST ON THE PROPERTY AS THERE 00:41:48.420 --> 00:41:53.710 IS ANY OTHER PROPERTY WHICH IS VALUED AS HIGH USE. 00:41:53.710 --> 00:41:55.180 SO IT IS INTERESTING WITH MARINAS. 00:41:55.180 --> 00:41:57.750 >> Gregg Weiss: ALL RIGHT. 00:41:57.750 --> 00:41:59.690 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 00:41:59.690 --> 00:42:00.859 WONDERFUL TO HEAR FROM YOU. 00:42:00.859 --> 00:42:05.829 YOUR PRESENTATIONS ARE ALWAYS WELL DONE AND SO THANK YOU AND I GUESS WE WILL BE HEARING 00:42:05.829 --> 00:42:07.930 FROM YOU IN A FEW MORE MONTHS. 00:42:07.930 --> 00:42:08.930 >> YES. 00:42:08.930 --> 00:42:10.520 THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME TODAY. 00:42:10.520 --> 00:42:11.520 APPRECIATE IT. 00:42:11.520 --> 00:42:13.680 >> Gregg Weiss: THANKS FOR BEING HERE. 00:42:13.680 --> 00:42:16.630 WE NEED A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE. 00:42:16.630 --> 00:42:22.420 MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER BARNETT, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WOODWARD BURIEN ANY DISCUSSION? 00:42:22.420 --> 00:42:23.840 SEEING NONE, ALL IN FAVOR? 00:42:23.840 --> 00:42:24.840 ALL OPPOSED? 00:42:24.840 --> 00:42:28.040 THAT MOTION CARRIES 7/0. 00:42:28.040 --> 00:42:38.219 MOVING ON WE ARE NOW ON ITEM 5B1 AND THIS IS HOUSING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. 00:42:38.219 --> 00:42:39.340 >> MR. 00:42:39.340 --> 00:42:48.519 MAYOR, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 5B1 A THROUGH F. 00:42:48.519 --> 00:42:56.360 >> Gregg Weiss: MOTION BY COMMISSIONER BERNARD TO APPROVE ITEM 5B1 A, B, C, D AND F. WE HAVE 00:42:56.360 --> 00:42:58.960 A SECOND BY THE VICE MAYOR. 00:42:58.960 --> 00:43:03.950 ARE THERE CARDS ON THIS ITEM? 00:43:03.950 --> 00:43:04.950 OKAY. 00:43:04.950 --> 00:43:05.950 ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? 00:43:05.950 --> 00:43:06.970 ALL IN FAVOR? 00:43:06.970 --> 00:43:09.020 ALL THE POST? 00:43:09.020 --> 00:43:12.770 MOTION CARRIES 7/0. 00:43:12.770 --> 00:43:18.869 ALL RIGHT. 00:43:18.869 --> 00:43:28.050 WE ARE NOW ONTO ITEM – NO, THAT'S. 00:43:28.050 --> 00:43:33.240 WE SHOULD BE ON 5B2. 00:43:33.240 --> 00:43:45.210 5C1 AND THEN 5C2 WOULD BE THE NEXT ITEM BECAUSE WE DELETED 5C1. 00:43:45.210 --> 00:43:58.010 THIS IS A COMMUNITY SERVICES ITEM FOR AN INCREASE FOR SOME HUNGER EXPANSION RELIEF. 00:43:58.010 --> 00:44:03.700 DOES ANYONE NEED A PRESENTATION ON THIS? 00:44:03.700 --> 00:44:08.290 I DON'T SEE ANYONE NEED A PRESENTATION. 00:44:08.290 --> 00:44:14.390 WITH SOMEBODY LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION? 00:44:14.390 --> 00:44:19.000 WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER MARINO TO APPROVE ITEM 5C2. 00:44:19.000 --> 00:44:23.050 DO WE HAVE A SECOND? 00:44:23.050 --> 00:44:25.720 WE HAVE A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER BARNETT. 00:44:25.720 --> 00:44:26.720 THANK YOU. 00:44:26.720 --> 00:44:27.720 ALL RIGHT. 00:44:27.720 --> 00:44:28.720 ON DISCUSSION. 00:44:28.720 --> 00:44:34.839 WE HAVE COMMISSIONER SACHS AND THEN WE WILL GO TO COMMISSIONER MARINO AND THE COMMISSIONER 00:44:34.839 --> 00:44:35.839 BERNARD. 00:44:35.839 --> 00:44:42.470 >> Maria Sachs: THANK YOU MAYOR BURIEN FIRST I WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU ON THE STAFF OF 00:44:42.470 --> 00:44:44.220 THE GREAT WORK THAT YOU DO. 00:44:44.220 --> 00:44:51.460 I CAN'T EVEN BEGIN TO DESCRIBE HOW MANY PHONE CALLS WE GET EVERY DAY WITH PEOPLE NEEDING 00:44:51.460 --> 00:44:53.770 HELP. 00:44:53.770 --> 00:44:57.230 I HAVE ONE FULL-TIME STAFF ARE TAKING CARE OF THAT. 00:44:57.230 --> 00:45:04.380 AND YOU KNOW WHAT, WE ALWAYS GET VERY, VERY GOOD BACKGROUND CONSIDERATION FROM YOUR OFFICE. 00:45:04.380 --> 00:45:06.510 THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO. 00:45:06.510 --> 00:45:11.770 I WOULD LIKE TO SHINE A LITTLE LIGHT ON THE NEEDS OF VETERANS WITH THE VETERANS ADVISORY 00:45:11.770 --> 00:45:12.770 BOARD. 00:45:12.770 --> 00:45:21.240 I THINK IT IS A NEED THAT REALLY CRIES OUT FOR HELP. 00:45:21.240 --> 00:45:24.540 I LOVE THE IDEAS OF VETERANS ADVISORY BOARD. 00:45:24.540 --> 00:45:30.210 MY RECOMMENDATION, IF I CAN AT THIS TIME, TO PUT ON THAT BOARD. 00:45:30.210 --> 00:45:31.800 MS. 00:45:31.800 --> 00:45:33.390 BAKER. 00:45:33.390 --> 00:45:34.390 >> THAT ONE WE DELETED. 00:45:34.390 --> 00:45:40.119 WE ARE GOING TO GATHER MORE DATA AND WE ARE GOING TO BRING THAT BACK TO THE BOARD. 00:45:40.119 --> 00:45:42.340 5C1 WAS DELETED. 00:45:42.340 --> 00:45:48.810 >> Maria Sachs: I WILL RECORD WHAT I JUST SAID AND I WILL SAY IT AGAIN. 00:45:48.810 --> 00:45:51.569 BUT FOR THIS THANK YOU, THANK YOU. 00:45:51.569 --> 00:45:52.599 THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO. 00:45:52.599 --> 00:45:54.660 >> Gregg Weiss: THANK YOU VICE MAYOR. 00:45:54.660 --> 00:45:57.190 COMMISSIONER MARINO, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED IN THE COMMISSIONER BERNARD. 00:45:57.190 --> 00:46:01.950 >> Maria Marino: WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS RECOGNIZE SOME FOLKS IN THE AUDIENCE HERE 00:46:01.950 --> 00:46:03.369 TO SUPPORT THIS. 00:46:03.369 --> 00:46:10.160 PARTY, LORI, SETH, GEORGE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE. 00:46:10.160 --> 00:46:12.089 JAMIE. 00:46:12.089 --> 00:46:13.930 THANK YOU JAMIE. 00:46:13.930 --> 00:46:18.050 IT'S A WONDERFUL PARTNERSHIP AND MANY OF US HAVE BEEN TO THE FACILITY AND THANK YOU FOR 00:46:18.050 --> 00:46:20.180 ALL YOU DO AND KEEP IT UP. 00:46:20.180 --> 00:46:21.710 >> Gregg Weiss: THANK YOU COMMISSIONER. 00:46:21.710 --> 00:46:23.620 COMMISSIONER BERNARD, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. 00:46:23.620 --> 00:46:25.260 >> Mack Benard: THANK YOU MR. 00:46:25.260 --> 00:46:26.260 MAYOR. 00:46:26.260 --> 00:46:41.150 JUST WANT TO ASK A QUESTION TO SET IF YOU DON'T MIND. 00:46:41.150 --> 00:46:51.100 I KNOW THAT I KNOW MYSELF AND STAFF HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THE COMMERCIAL KITCHEN WE HAVE 00:46:51.100 --> 00:46:57.660 DONE TOURS AROUND THE COUNTY TO SEE HOW WE CAN WORK WITH THE CREATIVE COMMERCIAL KITCHEN. 00:46:57.660 --> 00:47:04.359 CAN YOU ELABORATE ON THE LIND PVC AND WHAT YOU SEE IN THE FUTURE IN TERMS OF WORKING 00:47:04.359 --> 00:47:06.410 WITH LIND PVC AND THE COMMERCIAL KITCHEN! 00:47:06.410 --> 00:47:10.099 FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU MAYOR ADVICE MAYOR. 00:47:10.099 --> 00:47:17.380 COMMISSIONERS, STAFF, IS BAKER ON THIS PROJECT AND FOR WORKING WITH YOUR STAFF UP FRONT HERE. 00:47:17.380 --> 00:47:22.859 THIS WILL BE A GREAT BENEFIT TO PALM BEACH COUNTY FOR DECADES TO COME. 00:47:22.859 --> 00:47:30.619 ONE THING I WOULD SAY IS THIS PROJECT IS REALLY GOING TO FEED AND CREATE SOME JOBS AND ALSO 00:47:30.619 --> 00:47:36.770 HAVE AN ENTREPRENEURIAL CENTER FOR CULINARY FOLKS TO LEARN ABOUT BECOMING CHEFS IN CREATING 00:47:36.770 --> 00:47:38.410 THEIR OWN BUSINESSES. 00:47:38.410 --> 00:47:42.100 THIS IS SOMETHING WE SEE VERY FUTURE ORIENTED. 00:47:42.100 --> 00:47:46.660 IT WILL BE VERY HELPFUL FOR OUR RESIDENTS ACROSS OUR COUNTY. 00:47:46.660 --> 00:47:50.990 AND THE FOOD BANK IS EXTREMELY COMMITTED TO THIS PROJECT. 00:47:50.990 --> 00:47:57.800 HAVE A SUSTAINABILITY PLAN WITHIN A FEW YEARS THAT WOULD BE SELF-FUNDED AND BE ABLE TO PRODUCE 00:47:57.800 --> 00:48:03.000 MORE FOOD AND WORK WITH THE FARMERS IN THE GLADES AS WELL TO RECOUP MORE FOOD AND HAVE 00:48:03.000 --> 00:48:06.670 FOOD FROZEN AND BE AVAILABLE MUCH MORE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. 00:48:06.670 --> 00:48:13.099 THAT IS KIND OF WHAT WE ANTICIPATE THE NEXT COUPLE DECADES IS TO HAVE THIS GAME CHANGING 00:48:13.099 --> 00:48:14.520 ENTITY HERE IN PALM BEACH COUNTY. 00:48:14.520 --> 00:48:18.930 >> Mack Benard: THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND IS COMMISSIONER MARINO MENTIONED, SHE THANKED 00:48:18.930 --> 00:48:20.319 EVERYONE THAT IS BEING HERE. 00:48:20.319 --> 00:48:25.980 WE ARE GLAD THIS ITEM IS BROUGHT FORWARD AND LOOK FORWARD TO SUPPORTING IT, THANK YOU. 00:48:25.980 --> 00:48:26.980 OKAY. 00:48:26.980 --> 00:48:27.980 MS. 00:48:27.980 --> 00:48:31.150 BAKER, DID YOU HAVE A COMMENT? 00:48:31.150 --> 00:48:37.140 >> I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT ONE ELEMENT WE ARE PROUD OF AS FAR AS THE COMMERCIAL KITCHEN 00:48:37.140 --> 00:48:45.260 IS CONCERNED AND THAT IS OUR SMALL BUSINESSES RIGHT NOW THAT WERE CATERING OUT OF THEIR 00:48:45.260 --> 00:48:46.260 HOMES. 00:48:46.260 --> 00:48:52.540 WE WILL BE ABLE TO PARTNER WITH THE FOOD BANK FOR A NOMINAL FEE TO ACTUALLY GO IN AND USE 00:48:52.540 --> 00:48:55.510 THAT COMMERCIAL KITCHEN. 00:48:55.510 --> 00:49:07.490 WE HAD THE PLEASURE OF GOING DOWN SOUTH WITH MARTI ALONG WITH LORI ACTUALLY SEEING HOW 00:49:07.490 --> 00:49:10.130 THE ARK IN FORT LAUDERDALE WORKS. 00:49:10.130 --> 00:49:17.720 WE ARE GOING TO BE A LITTLE LARGER AND SO WE ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS BEING ABLE 00:49:17.720 --> 00:49:19.979 TO UTILIZE THE FACILITY AS WELL. 00:49:19.979 --> 00:49:22.350 >> Gregg Weiss: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 00:49:22.350 --> 00:49:24.670 COMMISSIONER BARNETT, YOUR RECOGNIZED. 00:49:24.670 --> 00:49:29.750 >> Michael Barnett: I WANTED TO CHIME IN AS WELL AND THANK YOU FOLKS FROM THE FOOD BANK, 00:49:29.750 --> 00:49:34.790 ESPECIALLY FOR THE SIZABLE FINANCIAL COMMITMENT THAT YOU ARE PUTTING UP YOURSELVES FOR THIS 00:49:34.790 --> 00:49:37.900 KITCHEN AND THE WORK THAT IS GOING TO BE DONE AT THE FACILITY. 00:49:37.900 --> 00:49:44.619 I KNOW THAT MOST OF THE COMMISSIONERS HAVE HAD A CHANCE TO TOUR YOUR FACILITY AND BEING 00:49:44.619 --> 00:49:49.329 IN DISTRICT 3, MY DISTRICT, I'M THANKFUL FOR YOU TO THE WORK YOU DO TO HELP SO MANY PEOPLE 00:49:49.329 --> 00:49:50.390 IN TERRIBLE NEED. 00:49:50.390 --> 00:49:56.680 I HAD A CHANCE TO WITNESS FOR MYSELF, THIS PAST WEEK WE WERE AT A COUPLE FOOD DRIVES 00:49:56.680 --> 00:50:04.250 THAT BENEFITED FROM THE RESOURCES THAT PROVIDE TO THEM AND I'M REALLY HAPPY, I THINK YOU 00:50:04.250 --> 00:50:11.300 MENTIONED TO ME ON MY TOUR DURING THE COMMISSIONER SPOTLIGHT RECORDED A FEW WEEKS AGO, THE KITCHEN 00:50:11.300 --> 00:50:18.140 WILL BE USED TO MAKE MEALS FOR FOLKS AT THE MID COUNTY SERVICES CENTER, THE SENIOR CENTER 00:50:18.140 --> 00:50:19.369 ON LAKE WORTH ROAD. 00:50:19.369 --> 00:50:21.320 WILL BE EXCITED TO HEAR ABOUT THAT. 00:50:21.320 --> 00:50:26.500 I WANT TO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR EVERYTHING YOU ARE DOING AND PROUD TO SUPPORT THIS PROJECT. 00:50:26.500 --> 00:50:29.280 >> Gregg Weiss: THANK YOU VERY MUCH COMMISSIONER. 00:50:29.280 --> 00:50:34.670 I THINK ALL THE GOOD WORDS HAVE BEEN SAID SO I WON'T REPEAT THEM, BUT THANK YOU ALL 00:50:34.670 --> 00:50:40.020 FOR BEING HERE AND ALL THE GREAT WORK THAT YOU DO FOR THE RESIDENTS OF PALM BEACH COUNTY. 00:50:40.020 --> 00:50:41.020 ALL RIGHT. 00:50:41.020 --> 00:50:42.130 ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? 00:50:42.130 --> 00:50:43.950 SEEING NONE ALL IN FAVOR? 00:50:43.950 --> 00:50:45.390 ALL OPPOSED? 00:50:45.390 --> 00:50:46.960 THAT MOTION CARRIES 7/0. 00:50:46.960 --> 00:50:48.329 THANK YOU. 00:50:48.329 --> 00:50:50.470 WE ARE MOVING ON. 00:50:50.470 --> 00:50:57.329 WE ARE NOW ONTO 5D1, COUNTY ATTORNEY. 00:50:57.329 --> 00:51:08.950 THIS IS AN EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT FOR OUR NEW AUDITOR. 00:51:08.950 --> 00:51:18.060 >> GOOD MORNING. 00:51:18.060 --> 00:51:19.260 THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. 00:51:19.260 --> 00:51:23.150 >> GOOD MORNING MAYOR WEISS, COMMISSIONERS. 00:51:23.150 --> 00:51:30.640 STAFF RECOMMENDED MOTION TO APPROVE THE EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT FOR THE INTERNAL AUDITOR, DAVID ZAMORA. 00:51:30.640 --> 00:51:36.250 FOR THE POSITION OF COUNTY INTERNAL AUDITOR FOR A TERM OF TWO YEARS EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 00:51:36.250 --> 00:51:37.250 2023. 00:51:37.250 --> 00:51:40.819 >> Gregg Weiss: COMMISSIONER BAXTER, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. 00:51:40.819 --> 00:51:43.040 >> Sara Baxter: THAT WAS FAST. 00:51:43.040 --> 00:51:44.220 THANK YOU, MAYOR. 00:51:44.220 --> 00:51:49.559 AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS PROCESS, AND THANK YOU FOR MEETING 00:51:49.559 --> 00:51:50.559 WITH ME YESTERDAY. 00:51:50.559 --> 00:51:57.240 I AM NOT A HUGE FAN THAT THIS DIDN'T GO WIDER BURIEN I WOULD'VE LIKED US TO BE ABLE TO HAVE 00:51:57.240 --> 00:52:02.330 HAD A FEW DIFFERENT PEOPLE, BUT I HAVE TO SAY AFTER SPEAKING WITH MR. 00:52:02.330 --> 00:52:04.710 ZAMORA, MY SAYING THAT CORRECTLY? 00:52:04.710 --> 00:52:11.640 IT WAS A PLEASURE GETTING TO KNOW HIM, GETTING TO MEET HIM IN UNDERSTANDING HOW HIS ENTIRE, 00:52:11.640 --> 00:52:16.260 THE PROCESS AND HOW HE PERCEIVES IT IN HIS VISION FOR THE FUTURE SO I WANT TO SAY THANK 00:52:16.260 --> 00:52:20.220 YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO MEET AND I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. 00:52:20.220 --> 00:52:21.220 SO THANK YOU. 00:52:21.220 --> 00:52:22.380 >> Gregg Weiss: ALL RIGHT. 00:52:22.380 --> 00:52:23.710 ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? 00:52:23.710 --> 00:52:25.559 WOULD SOMEBODY LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION? 00:52:25.559 --> 00:52:33.369 WE HAVE A MOTION BY THE VICE MAYOR TO APPROVE ITEM 5D1, WHICH IS THE CONTRACT FOR OUR INTERNAL 00:52:33.369 --> 00:52:34.400 AUDITOR. 00:52:34.400 --> 00:52:38.119 WE HAVE A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER BARNETT. 00:52:38.119 --> 00:52:40.070 ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? 00:52:40.070 --> 00:52:41.809 SEEING NONE, ALL IN FAVOR? 00:52:41.809 --> 00:52:42.809 ALL OPPOSED? 00:52:42.809 --> 00:52:45.420 THAT MOTION CARRIES 7/0. 00:52:45.420 --> 00:52:46.420 MR. 00:52:46.420 --> 00:52:48.570 ZAMORA, WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE ANY COMMENTS? 00:52:48.570 --> 00:52:56.670 >> GOOD MORNING MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS. 00:52:56.670 --> 00:53:00.890 I AM EXCITED TO BE THE NEW COUNTY INTERNAL AUDITOR. 00:53:00.890 --> 00:53:07.930 I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE WE HAVE A GREAT TEAM OF PROFESSIONAL 00:53:07.930 --> 00:53:09.579 AUDITORS IN THE OFFICE OF INTERNAL AUDIT. 00:53:09.579 --> 00:53:18.589 AND WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE QUALITY USEFUL, RELEVANT RECOMMENDATIONS FOR IMPROVEMENT 00:53:18.589 --> 00:53:19.589 FOR PALM BEACH COUNTY. 00:53:19.589 --> 00:53:26.530 IT REMAINS AN IMPORTANT PART OF HELPING THE COUNTY RUN AS EFFICIENTLY AND EFFECTIVELY 00:53:26.530 --> 00:53:28.020 AS WE CAN. 00:53:28.020 --> 00:53:29.650 SO I APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT. 00:53:29.650 --> 00:53:33.331 LOOKING FORWARD TO THE FUTURE, THANK YOU. 00:53:33.331 --> 00:53:34.400 >> Gregg Weiss: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 00:53:34.400 --> 00:53:35.400 THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. 00:53:35.400 --> 00:53:40.390 CONGRATULATIONS AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THE REPORTS COMING OUT OF OUR INTERNAL AUDIT 00:53:40.390 --> 00:53:41.390 DEPARTMENT. 00:53:41.390 --> 00:53:45.180 THEY ARE WONDERFUL TO READ. 00:53:45.180 --> 00:53:46.180 ALL RIGHT. 00:53:46.180 --> 00:53:49.840 MOVING ON WE ARE ITEM 5E1. 00:53:49.840 --> 00:53:58.520 THIS IS PURCHASING A PARCEL OF LAND. 00:53:58.520 --> 00:54:00.680 COMMISSIONER MARINO, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. 00:54:00.680 --> 00:54:01.790 >> Maria Marino: THANK YOU. 00:54:01.790 --> 00:54:11.859 TO OUR ATTORNEY, CAN WE DO 5E1, 2 AND 3 TOGETHER SINCE THESE ARE ALL PURCHASES OR DO WE HAVE 00:54:11.859 --> 00:54:13.410 TO DO THEM INDIVIDUALLY? 00:54:13.410 --> 00:54:14.630 DO THEM INDIVIDUALLY. 00:54:14.630 --> 00:54:17.489 >> I THINK YOU SHOULD DO THEM INDIVIDUALLY. 00:54:17.489 --> 00:54:30.260 >> Maria Marino: I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE 5E1 A AND B FOR THE PURCHASE OF 7.9 ACRES 00:54:30.260 --> 00:54:34.150 OF VACANT LAND TO OUR WILLING SELLERS PROGRAM AND PALOMAR. 00:54:34.150 --> 00:54:35.330 >> Gregg Weiss: THANK YOU. 00:54:35.330 --> 00:54:40.240 WE HAVE A MOTION BY THE VICE MAYOR, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER BERNARD. 00:54:40.240 --> 00:54:42.530 ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? 00:54:42.530 --> 00:54:45.790 SEEING NONE, ALL IN FAVOR? 00:54:45.790 --> 00:54:46.790 ALL OPPOSED? 00:54:46.790 --> 00:54:48.280 THAT MOTION CARRIES 6/0. 00:54:48.280 --> 00:54:52.760 WE WILL NOTE THAT COMMISSIONER BARNETT HAS STEPPED OFF THE DAIS. 00:54:52.760 --> 00:54:59.069 >> Maria Marino: I WILL CONTINUE MAKING MOTIONS BUT I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE 00:54:59.069 --> 00:55:07.000 THE PURCHASE OF A SALE AGREEMENT AND THE AMENDMENT – MEMORANDUM AGREEMENT 5E2 A AND B. 00:55:07.000 --> 00:55:14.809 >> Gregg Weiss: MOTION BY THE VICE MAYOR ON 5E2 A AND B. WE HAVE A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER 00:55:14.809 --> 00:55:16.880 BAXTER. 00:55:16.880 --> 00:55:18.340 ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? 00:55:18.340 --> 00:55:21.000 SEEING NONE, ALL IN FAVOR? 00:55:21.000 --> 00:55:22.220 ALL OPPOSED? 00:55:22.220 --> 00:55:24.660 THAT MOTION CARRIES 7/0. 00:55:24.660 --> 00:55:35.380 >> Maria Marino: AND I ALSO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE 5E3 A AND B. 00:55:35.380 --> 00:55:44.299 >> Gregg Weiss: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER MARINO TO APPROVE ITEM 5E3 A AND B. WE HAVE 00:55:44.299 --> 00:55:47.020 A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER BAXTER. 00:55:47.020 --> 00:55:50.619 ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? 00:55:50.619 --> 00:55:52.359 WE HAVE A DISCUSSION ITEM. 00:55:52.359 --> 00:55:54.130 >> Maria Marino: NOT A DISCUSSION. 00:55:54.130 --> 00:56:00.910 I JUST WANTED TO SAY 5E1, WHICH IS A LARGER PARCEL OF ALL THIS, THE ALMOST 8 ACRE PARCEL 00:56:00.910 --> 00:56:06.539 ALONG LONGVIEW AND HIGHWAY IS A GREAT BUY FOR THE COUNTY BECAUSE IT REALLY DOES HELP 00:56:06.539 --> 00:56:10.720 WITH WATER STORAGE, WATER FLOW CONNECTION AND PRESERVATION. 00:56:10.720 --> 00:56:17.180 SO THANK YOU FOR KEEPING OUR LETTERS OUT THERE, LETTING PEOPLE KNOW WE ARE AVAILABLE. 00:56:17.180 --> 00:56:21.140 IT IS ALL ABOUT WILLING SELLERS WE ARE HAPPY TO PURCHASE FROM THEM SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR 00:56:21.140 --> 00:56:22.140 EFFORTS. 00:56:22.140 --> 00:56:30.520 >> Gregg Weiss: WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND ON ITEM 5E3 A AND B. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? 00:56:30.520 --> 00:56:32.020 NOT SEEING ANY. 00:56:32.020 --> 00:56:33.020 ALL IN FAVOR? 00:56:33.020 --> 00:56:34.020 ALL OPPOSED? 00:56:34.020 --> 00:56:36.809 THAT MOTION CARRIES 7/0. 00:56:36.809 --> 00:56:39.000 OKAY. 00:56:39.000 --> 00:56:42.670 AND I BELIEVE THAT IS – WE HAVE ONE OTHER ITEM NOW. 00:56:42.670 --> 00:56:46.150 WE HAVE AN ADD ON ITEM. 00:56:46.150 --> 00:56:54.520 AND THAT IS GOING TO BE ITEM 5E4. 00:56:54.520 --> 00:57:02.349 WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER BERNARD, SECOND BY THE VICE MAYOR. 00:57:02.349 --> 00:57:05.050 ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? 00:57:05.050 --> 00:57:07.010 WE HAVE TWO CARDS? 00:57:07.010 --> 00:57:08.580 NOPE, THEY DON'T WANT TO SPEAK. 00:57:08.580 --> 00:57:14.220 THEY DECIDED THEY ARE GOOD. 00:57:14.220 --> 00:57:19.920 >> Maria Marino: TWO NONSPEAKING IN SUPPORT AND ANDREW? 00:57:19.920 --> 00:57:22.460 YOU DON'T HAVE TO IF YOU DON'T WANT TO. 00:57:22.460 --> 00:57:25.259 >> I APPRECIATE STAFF SUPPLENESS, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 00:57:25.259 --> 00:57:28.309 >> Maria Marino: THANK YOU. 00:57:28.309 --> 00:57:29.309 AND THAT WILL BE ALL. 00:57:29.309 --> 00:57:31.869 >> Gregg Weiss: GO AHEAD COMMISSIONER BERNARD. 00:57:31.869 --> 00:57:39.109 >> Mack Benard: JUST TO REITERATE, JUST WANT TO THANK STAFF, THE WHOLE DEPARTMENT FOR WORKING 00:57:39.109 --> 00:57:40.170 ON THIS. 00:57:40.170 --> 00:57:44.140 I KNOW THAT THIS IS NOT AN EASY LIFT BUT THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK. 00:57:44.140 --> 00:57:48.320 >> Gregg Weiss: COMMISSIONER BAXTER, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. 00:57:48.320 --> 00:57:49.920 >> Sara Baxter: THANK YOU MAYOR. 00:57:49.920 --> 00:57:54.250 I KNOW THAT WE HAD VOTED A WHILE AGO TO LET COMMISSIONER BARNETT TAKE THE LEAD ON THIS 00:57:54.250 --> 00:57:59.890 AND JUST ASK IF THERE ARE ANY UPDATES? 00:57:59.890 --> 00:58:02.279 >> IF YOU COULD WEIGH IN? 00:58:02.279 --> 00:58:06.180 >> MORE THAN HAPPY TO PUT GOOD MORNING MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS. 00:58:06.180 --> 00:58:11.940 WE CONTINUE TO WORK AND I BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE MADE PROGRESS WITHOUT A DOUBT BURIEN 00:58:11.940 --> 00:58:15.430 IT'S A COMPLEX ITEM AS WE HAVE SHARED BEFORE. 00:58:15.430 --> 00:58:21.549 WE WERE ABLE TO MEET WITH FTA, WHICH IS ONE OF OUR MORE CRITICAL ITEMS I WOULD ARGUE BURIEN 00:58:21.549 --> 00:58:25.380 FTA CONFIRMED UPDATED APPRAISALS ARE REQUIRED. 00:58:25.380 --> 00:58:27.200 THOSE HAVE BEEN ORDERED. 00:58:27.200 --> 00:58:31.150 WE ACTUALLY EXPECT TO HAVE THEM THIS WEEK. 00:58:31.150 --> 00:58:38.180 RECENTLY LAST WEEK WE REACHED AN AGREEMENT WITH THE PURCHASER ON THE TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION 00:58:38.180 --> 00:58:40.900 EASEMENT THAT HAS NOT BEEN BROUGHT TO THE BOARD YET. 00:58:40.900 --> 00:58:47.040 IT WILL BE IN THE FUTURE, BUT AT LEAST NOW WE HAVE AGREEMENT ON THE TERMS OF THE DOCUMENT 00:58:47.040 --> 00:58:49.599 SO IT IS READY EVENTUALLY FOR APPROVAL. 00:58:49.599 --> 00:58:57.200 WE RECEIVED A REQUEST FROM THE PURCHASER TO WAIVE UNTIL AFTER CLOSING THE OTHER TWO EASEMENTS 00:58:57.200 --> 00:59:00.640 THAT WERE PENDING SO WE HAVE THOSE IN THE BACK BURNER. 00:59:00.640 --> 00:59:06.010 WE HAVE AGREED THAT WE NEED TO COORDINATE A THREE PARTY MEETING WITH THE CITY AND THAT 00:59:06.010 --> 00:59:12.609 IS IN THE WORKS AND IT IS YET TO BE DETERMINED SO WE COULD TALK ABOUT WHAT WE CALL THE EXHIBIT 00:59:12.609 --> 00:59:15.549 D IMPROVEMENTS, MEANING THE OFF-SITE IMPROVEMENTS. 00:59:15.549 --> 00:59:19.580 WE BRING THE SPORT ABOUT BACK IN MARCH. 00:59:19.580 --> 00:59:25.760 WE HAVE REACHED AS WELL AN AGREEMENT ON A SOLUTION AND THAT TOPIC IS BASICALLY CLOSED. 00:59:25.760 --> 00:59:30.809 ON THE MATTER OF MONITORING FOR ENVIRONMENT OF CONDITIONS WHILE THE WORK IS TAKING PLACE 00:59:30.809 --> 00:59:34.720 AND WE REMAIN AT THE CURRENT ITC LOCATION. 00:59:34.720 --> 00:59:40.860 TO THAT ONE HAS REACHED SUCCESSFUL AGREEMENT. 00:59:40.860 --> 00:59:48.339 WE ALSO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE TEMPORARY PARKING LOT THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED BY THE PURCHASER 00:59:48.339 --> 00:59:51.180 IN ORDER TO MOVE OUR OPERATIONS. 00:59:51.180 --> 00:59:58.369 YESTERDAY THEY SUBMITTED THE PERMIT APPLICATIONS THEY NEEDED TO SIGN AS THE OWNER AND REPROCESSED 00:59:58.369 --> 01:00:05.700 ON THE SAME DAY SO HOPEFULLY MOVING FORWARD WITH THEM TO SUBMIT THE SAME TO CITY. 01:00:05.700 --> 01:00:09.319 I BELIEVE TODAY BEFORE NOON IS WHAT WE HAD SHARED WITH US. 01:00:09.319 --> 01:00:14.619 WE HAVE A FEW OPEN TASKS, BUT WE CONTINUE TO WORK ON THEM. 01:00:14.619 --> 01:00:21.039 CLOSING HAS YET TO BE DETERMINED BECAUSE BEFORE WE ARE ABLE TO SET A DATE ON CLOSING THE CONDITIONS 01:00:21.039 --> 01:00:25.619 MUST BE COMPLETED, BUT WE ARE IN MY OPINION MAKING PROGRESS. 01:00:25.619 --> 01:00:26.849 >> Sara Baxter: THANK YOU. 01:00:26.849 --> 01:00:30.230 >> Mack Benard: IF I COULD JUST ADD. 01:00:30.230 --> 01:00:34.690 I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT FTA STANDS FOR, AND JUST KIDDING. 01:00:34.690 --> 01:00:41.559 JUST LET US KNOW SO THAT WAY THE COMMISSION WOULD NO, PLEASE SPOKE FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION. 01:00:41.559 --> 01:00:42.570 MY APOLOGIES FOR THAT. 01:00:42.570 --> 01:00:45.910 WE GET SO USED TO USING ACRONYMS. 01:00:45.910 --> 01:00:51.510 THE PROPERTY THAT IS GOING TO BE DISPOSED BY THE COUNTY HAS SOME FEDERAL INTEREST IN 01:00:51.510 --> 01:00:52.510 IT. 01:00:52.510 --> 01:00:57.450 AND IF YOU REMEMBER BACK IN MARCH, WE SHARED ONE OF OUR CONCERNS WAS THE APPRAISALS WERE 01:00:57.450 --> 01:01:03.580 REALLY OLD PARIS AND THERE IS ANOTHER FROM THE FTA CONCURRENCE FROM THE FDA FOR THE COUNTY 01:01:03.580 --> 01:01:08.170 TO SELL THE PROPERTY BUT THOSE APPRAISALS WERE EIGHT AND NINE YEARS OLD VERY AND WE 01:01:08.170 --> 01:01:10.820 FELL UPDATED APPRAISALS WERE NEEDED. 01:01:10.820 --> 01:01:15.900 WE HAD A MEETING WITH THE AGENCY, THE AGENCY CONFIRMED THAT WE MOVED FORWARD AND ORDERED 01:01:15.900 --> 01:01:17.180 THE SAME. 01:01:17.180 --> 01:01:22.010 AT THIS POINT WE ARE WAITING FOR THE DOCUMENTS TO COME IN AT ONCE THEY ARE RECEIVED WE MOVED 01:01:22.010 --> 01:01:27.190 TO REVIEW AND HOPEFULLY THAT WILL POSITION US CLOSER TO CLOSING. 01:01:27.190 --> 01:01:29.860 >> Gregg Weiss: THANK YOU. 01:01:29.860 --> 01:01:31.429 ALL THE RIGHT. 01:01:31.429 --> 01:01:32.429 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 01:01:32.429 --> 01:01:35.910 I WANT TO THANK YOU AND YOUR STAFF. 01:01:35.910 --> 01:01:40.800 I WANT TO THANK COMMISSIONER BERNARD FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP IN BEING OUR VOICE AND HELPING 01:01:40.800 --> 01:01:42.540 SHEPHERD THIS PROJECT. 01:01:42.540 --> 01:01:47.809 I THINK WE ALL BELIEVE IT WILL BE BENEFICIAL TO THIS AREA. 01:01:47.809 --> 01:01:48.809 ALL RIGHT. 01:01:48.809 --> 01:01:55.859 SEEING NO OTHER LIGHTS LIT, WE ARE ON ITEM – LET ME GET BACK. 01:01:55.859 --> 01:01:59.970 FIVE – OR IS IT. 01:01:59.970 --> 01:02:02.089 THIS IS 5E4. 01:02:02.089 --> 01:02:04.359 WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. 01:02:04.359 --> 01:02:06.740 ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THAT? 01:02:06.740 --> 01:02:08.240 SEEING NONE, ALL IN FAVOR? 01:02:08.240 --> 01:02:09.240 ALL OPPOSED? 01:02:09.240 --> 01:02:11.980 THAT MOTION CARRIES 7/0. 01:02:11.980 --> 01:02:13.770 OKAY. 01:02:13.770 --> 01:02:16.829 WE ARE NOW ONTO ITEMS SIX. 01:02:16.829 --> 01:02:20.390 THAT IS COMMISSION DISTRICT APPOINTMENTS. 01:02:20.390 --> 01:02:24.470 AND WE WILL START WITH COMMISSIONER BARNETT AND WORK OUR WAY ACROSS THE DEUS. 01:02:24.470 --> 01:02:25.599 >> Michael Barnett: THANK YOU. 01:02:25.599 --> 01:02:27.460 I HAVE NO APPOINTMENTS TODAY. 01:02:27.460 --> 01:02:28.780 >> Gregg Weiss: COMMISSIONER WOODWARD. 01:02:28.780 --> 01:02:30.189 >> Marci Woodward: NONE AT THIS TIME. 01:02:30.189 --> 01:02:31.270 >> Gregg Weiss: COMMISSIONER MARINO. 01:02:31.270 --> 01:02:32.779 >> Maria Marino: NONE AT THIS TIME. 01:02:32.779 --> 01:02:34.719 >> Gregg Weiss: COMMISSIONER BERNARD. 01:02:34.719 --> 01:02:35.939 >> Mack Benard: NONE. 01:02:35.939 --> 01:02:37.650 >> Gregg Weiss: COMMISSIONER BAXTER. 01:02:37.650 --> 01:02:38.650 >> NONE. 01:02:38.650 --> 01:02:39.660 >> Gregg Weiss: VICE MAYOR. 01:02:39.660 --> 01:02:41.049 >> Maria Sachs: NONE AT THIS TIME. 01:02:41.049 --> 01:02:43.630 >> Gregg Weiss: AND I DON'T HAVE ANY EITHER. 01:02:43.630 --> 01:02:46.590 MOVING ON TO ITEM 7, STAFF COMMENTS. 01:02:46.590 --> 01:02:48.440 NOT AN ADMINISTRATOR? 01:02:48.440 --> 01:02:49.440 >> NO COMMENT. 01:02:49.440 --> 01:02:50.490 >> Gregg Weiss: THANK YOU. 01:02:50.490 --> 01:02:53.560 COUNTY ATTORNEY? 01:02:53.560 --> 01:02:56.119 OKAY. 01:02:56.119 --> 01:03:01.619 MOVING ONTO ITEM NUMBER EIGHT AND THAT IS COMMISSION COMMENTS. 01:03:01.619 --> 01:03:06.089 AND WE WILL START ON MY RIGHT WITH COMMISSIONER BAXTER TODAY. 01:03:06.089 --> 01:03:07.690 COMMISSIONER BAXTER, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. 01:03:07.690 --> 01:03:08.950 >> Sara Baxter: THANK YOU MAYOR. 01:03:08.950 --> 01:03:14.890 WE HAVE BEEN RECEIVING AN ABUNDANCE OF EMAILS OUT IN THE SUMMER CHASE COMMUNITY OF LAKE 01:03:14.890 --> 01:03:17.529 WORTH ROAD. 01:03:17.529 --> 01:03:21.881 WHAT THEY HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR I DON'T THINK THEY CAN NECESSARILY OBTAIN BUT I WOULD LIKE 01:03:21.881 --> 01:03:24.950 TO SEE WHAT PROCESSES MIGHT EXIST. 01:03:24.950 --> 01:03:26.170 FOR ONE THEY WOULD LIKE A LIGHT. 01:03:26.170 --> 01:03:32.131 THERE IS LITERALLY A TRAFFIC LIGHT RIGHT NEXT TO THE ENTRANCE TO THEIR COMMUNITY, BUT WHEN 01:03:32.131 --> 01:03:37.760 YOU DO NOTICE WHEN YOU LOOK AT AN AERIAL VIEW IS THERE ARE THREE DEAD ENDS OR MORE THAT 01:03:37.760 --> 01:03:42.460 LEAD TO A ROAD CALLED BLANCHETTE. 01:03:42.460 --> 01:03:48.200 WITH A WILLING SELLER AT EITHER ONE OF THOSE WE COULD GET ENOUGH OF THE RIGHT OF WAY TO 01:03:48.200 --> 01:03:54.400 PUT THAT CONNECTION TO BLANCHET TO GIVE THEM AN ACCESS IN A 55+ COMMUNITY TO A ROAD WITH 01:03:54.400 --> 01:03:55.680 A LIGHT. 01:03:55.680 --> 01:03:58.029 WE KNOW HOW DIFFICULT IT IS TO GET TRAFFIC LIGHTS. 01:03:58.029 --> 01:04:05.809 SO I WOULD LIKE TO, UNLESS ANYONE WOULD OBJECT, I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE STAFF DIRECTION TO TAKE 01:04:05.809 --> 01:04:10.630 A LOOK AT THAT PROCESS AND BRING US BACK SOME INFORMATION AND SEE IF IT IS POSSIBLE TO HELP 01:04:10.630 --> 01:04:12.500 THEM. 01:04:12.500 --> 01:04:16.619 WHETHER IT IS A TRAFFIC STUDY, WHICH I DOUBT WOULD SHOW WE NEED A TRAFFIC LIGHT THERE. 01:04:16.619 --> 01:04:21.289 WERE SOME SORT ACCESS TO BLANCHET SO THEY COULD EASILY ACCESS TO THAT ROAD WHERE THERE 01:04:21.289 --> 01:04:22.289 IS A TRAFFIC LIGHT. 01:04:22.289 --> 01:04:24.500 >> Gregg Weiss: ANYBODY HAVE ANY OBJECTION? 01:04:24.500 --> 01:04:25.589 DON'T SEE ANY. 01:04:25.589 --> 01:04:29.640 LET'S GO AHEAD AND GIVE STAFF DIRECTION. 01:04:29.640 --> 01:04:30.839 THANK YOU. 01:04:30.839 --> 01:04:31.900 ANYTHING ELSE? 01:04:31.900 --> 01:04:34.930 OKAY, THANK YOU COMMISSIONER BAXTER. 01:04:34.930 --> 01:04:36.010 COMMISSIONER BERNARD, YOU RECOGNIZE. 01:04:36.010 --> 01:04:37.250 >> Mack Benard: THANK YOU MR. 01:04:37.250 --> 01:04:38.250 MAYOR. 01:04:38.250 --> 01:04:45.289 AND HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE I AM GETTING OLDER. 01:04:45.289 --> 01:04:51.790 AND SINCE I AM GETTING OLDER, I HAVE BROUGHT IN MY NINTH IN TURN SINCE I HAVE BEEN A COUNTY 01:04:51.790 --> 01:04:58.260 COMMISSIONER SO I WANT TO RECOGNIZED [NAME] HE WAS HERE IN AUDIENCE IF HE COULD STAND 01:04:58.260 --> 01:04:59.260 UP. 01:04:59.260 --> 01:05:04.480 SHE IS A STUDENT ATTENDING THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO. 01:05:04.480 --> 01:05:08.210 SHE IS FROM PALM BEACH COUNTY SO WE ARE HAPPY TO HAVE HER THIS SUMMER. 01:05:08.210 --> 01:05:09.210 THANK YOU. 01:05:09.210 --> 01:05:14.680 [ CLAPPING ] >> Gregg Weiss: ALL RIGHT. 01:05:14.680 --> 01:05:15.680 MOVING ON. 01:05:15.680 --> 01:05:17.249 COMMISSIONER MARINO, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. 01:05:17.249 --> 01:05:20.510 >> Maria Marino: TOMORROW IS FLAG DAY, HAPPY FLAG DAY. 01:05:20.510 --> 01:05:21.940 OTHER THAN THAT I HAVE NOTHING. 01:05:21.940 --> 01:05:22.940 THANK YOU. 01:05:22.940 --> 01:05:24.690 >> Gregg Weiss: THANK YOU FOR COMMISSIONER WOODWARD. 01:05:24.690 --> 01:05:27.069 >> Marci Woodward: THANK YOU MAYOR. 01:05:27.069 --> 01:05:34.070 I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY YOU HAVE STAFF TRAINING A FEW WEEKS BACK OR MAYBE LAST MONTH. 01:05:34.070 --> 01:05:36.770 MY STAFF HAS BENEFITED TREMENDOUSLY FROM IT. 01:05:36.770 --> 01:05:41.359 BEEN TOLD THEY ARE USING SOME OF THE NEW SKILLS ALMOST DAILY. 01:05:41.359 --> 01:05:47.020 I WOULD JUST MAYBE ASK IF WE COULD CONTINUE DOWN THAT ROAD WITH SOME, ANOTHER PERMITTING, 01:05:47.020 --> 01:05:55.069 ZONING AND EVEN LOOKING AT ADDRESSES, ALL OF THAT HAS BEEN HELPFUL TO NOT HAVE TO CONTACT 01:05:55.069 --> 01:06:00.010 STAFF WHO IS ALREADY DOING OTHER STUFF AND THEY CAN LOOK THIS UP ON THEIR OWN. 01:06:00.010 --> 01:06:04.390 IN THE OTHER ITEMS LIKE THAT IN THE FUTURE WITH TECHNOLOGY WOULD BE BENEFICIAL WE WOULD 01:06:04.390 --> 01:06:05.869 APPRECIATE IT. 01:06:05.869 --> 01:06:09.310 >> Gregg Weiss: THANK YOU. 01:06:09.310 --> 01:06:12.420 COMMISSIONER BARNETT, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. 01:06:12.420 --> 01:06:13.970 ALL RIGHT. 01:06:13.970 --> 01:06:15.340 VICE MAYOR? 01:06:15.340 --> 01:06:19.460 >> Maria Sachs: THANK YOU SO MUCH MAYOR. 01:06:19.460 --> 01:06:24.550 I WOULD LIKE TO ASK FOR VERBAL APPROVAL ON BEHALF OF OUR MAYOR FOR TWO OFF-SITE PROCLAMATIONS 01:06:24.550 --> 01:06:26.320 ON JUNE 13. 01:06:26.320 --> 01:06:32.320 THE FIRST IS PROCLAIMING JUNE 15 AS DUMP THE PUMP DAY. 01:06:32.320 --> 01:06:35.900 I WOULD BE CAREFUL SAYING THAT. 01:06:35.900 --> 01:06:38.359 MAKE SURE YOU PRONOUNCE THOSE WORDS CORRECTLY. 01:06:38.359 --> 01:06:44.589 DUMP THE PUMP DAY AND IF THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS I'M SURE THIS WOULD PASS WITH VERBAL APPROVAL. 01:06:44.589 --> 01:06:47.989 >> Gregg Weiss: YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD AND DO THEM BOTH? 01:06:47.989 --> 01:06:49.250 >> Maria Sachs: YES. 01:06:49.250 --> 01:06:57.500 ON BEHALF OF THE GOOD MAN SITTING TO MY LEFT, THAT MAYOR, I WOULD LIKE TO DECLARE JUNE 2023 01:06:57.500 --> 01:07:00.070 AS PALM BEACH COUNTY PRIDE MONTH. 01:07:00.070 --> 01:07:01.070 ALL RIGHT. 01:07:01.070 --> 01:07:02.070 THAT'S GOOD. 01:07:02.070 --> 01:07:03.070 >> Gregg Weiss: THANK YOU. 01:07:03.070 --> 01:07:07.980 WE HAVE A MOTION BY DEVICE MAYOR, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER BERNARD. 01:07:07.980 --> 01:07:08.980 ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? 01:07:08.980 --> 01:07:10.470 ALL IN FAVOR? 01:07:10.470 --> 01:07:11.520 ALL OPPOSED? 01:07:11.520 --> 01:07:12.890 THAT MOTION CARRIES 7/0. 01:07:12.890 --> 01:07:16.500 >> Maria Sachs: I HAVE ONE OTHER. 01:07:16.500 --> 01:07:19.980 THE TRAFFIC IS A BIG ISSUE. 01:07:19.980 --> 01:07:23.010 AND EVERYBODY WANTS AN INTERSECTION LIGHT, EVERYBODY. 01:07:23.010 --> 01:07:25.230 AT LEAST IN MY DISTRICT. 01:07:25.230 --> 01:07:30.440 I HAVE A DISTRICT THAT IS GROWING EXPONENTIALLY RESIDENTIAL. 01:07:30.440 --> 01:07:37.329 AND FOLKS ARE UPSET ABOUT TRAFFIC WE HEARD TODAY FROM OUR PROPERTY APPRAISER ABOUT ISSUES. 01:07:37.329 --> 01:07:43.700 FOR THIS REASON I AM PUTTING TOGETHER OUR GOOD ENGINEERS FROM THE COUNTY. 01:07:43.700 --> 01:07:50.230 I WANT TO THANK OUR CHIEF ENGINEER DAVID RICKS AND ALL THE STAFF. 01:07:50.230 --> 01:07:53.529 AS WELL AS ENGINEERS FROM FDOT. 01:07:53.529 --> 01:07:57.650 AND SOME EXPERTS WE ARE GETTING FROM FAU. 01:07:57.650 --> 01:08:02.380 WE ARE PUTTING TOGETHER A WORKSHOP ON TRAFFIC. 01:08:02.380 --> 01:08:05.630 ON 21 JUNE AT THE SOUTH COUNTY CIVIC CENTER. 01:08:05.630 --> 01:08:08.910 YOU ARE ALL WELCOME TO COME. 01:08:08.910 --> 01:08:11.840 EVERYONE IS WELCOME TO SPEAK. 01:08:11.840 --> 01:08:14.299 WE WILL HAVE, IT IS A ROUNDTABLE. 01:08:14.299 --> 01:08:21.159 IT'S A DISCUSSION, IT IS A WORKSHOP ON HOW WE CAN WORK WITH THE AREAS THAT WE HAVE FOR 01:08:21.159 --> 01:08:22.210 TRAFFIC SAFETY. 01:08:22.210 --> 01:08:24.010 MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE. 01:08:24.010 --> 01:08:29.159 AND OF COURSE THE FUTURE OF TRANSPORTATION WHICH WILL BE VERY INTERESTING. 01:08:29.159 --> 01:08:30.489 SO THANK YOU. 01:08:30.489 --> 01:08:33.259 THE 21ST FROM 1:00 TO 3:00. 01:08:33.259 --> 01:08:37.969 AND I WILL MAKE SURE EVERYONE GETS THAT IN THEIR OFFICES AND THEIR STAFF WILL KNOW AS 01:08:37.969 --> 01:08:38.969 WELL. 01:08:38.969 --> 01:08:45.609 SO THANK YOU FOR OUR COUNTY ENGINEERS DAVID RICKS AND EVERYBODY ELSE WHO HAS PARTICIPATED. 01:08:45.609 --> 01:08:50.549 KELLY SMALLRIDGE AND VALERIE NIELSEN FROM TVA, EVERYBODY. 01:08:50.549 --> 01:08:51.549 THANK YOU SO MUCH MAYOR. 01:08:51.549 --> 01:08:54.150 >> Gregg Weiss: THANK YOU VICE MAYOR. 01:08:54.150 --> 01:08:55.150 A COUPLE OF THINGS. 01:08:55.150 --> 01:09:01.279 THERE WERE A COUPLE REQUESTS. 01:09:01.279 --> 01:09:07.920 WE WILL BE PRESENTING THE DUMP THE PUMP PROCLAMATION OUTSIDE THE CHAMBERS IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING 01:09:07.920 --> 01:09:09.580 THIS MEETING. 01:09:09.580 --> 01:09:12.469 THEN WE ALSO WILL BE GOING DOWNSTAIRS. 01:09:12.469 --> 01:09:19.900 THERE IS A BUS, HAITIAN-AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH BUS THAT HAS BEEN WRAPPED. 01:09:19.900 --> 01:09:24.150 PALM TRAN IS ASKED WE COME DOWN AND JOIN THEM FOR A PHOTO OPPORTUNITY. 01:09:24.150 --> 01:09:28.920 IF I CAN ASK MY COLLEAGUES TO JOIN US DOWN THERE. 01:09:28.920 --> 01:09:34.120 I THINK THERE WAS A THEME IN TODAY'S DISCUSSION. 01:09:34.120 --> 01:09:38.390 LOTS OF PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT TECHNOLOGY, WHICH IS MUSIC TO MY EARS AND I AM SURE TO MANY 01:09:38.390 --> 01:09:39.490 PEOPLE. 01:09:39.490 --> 01:09:46.040 BUT REALLY NOT ONLY FROM AN EFFICIENCY PERSPECTIVE AND BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE BETTER SERVICE TO 01:09:46.040 --> 01:09:53.370 OUR FOLKS, BUT ALSO AS A RECRUITING TOOL THAT YOUNG PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED IN USING TECHNOLOGY. 01:09:53.370 --> 01:09:55.320 THAT IS WHAT THEY ARE LEARNING FROM. 01:09:55.320 --> 01:10:00.660 AND IT HELPS IN RECRUITING AND RETAINING OUR STAFF AND IT IS EXCITING. 01:10:00.660 --> 01:10:04.780 AND ALL THESE NEGATIVE ELEMENTS ARE REALLY EXCITING. 01:10:04.780 --> 01:10:13.090 I AM JUST ENCOURAGING OUR STAFF TO BE AS THOUGHTFUL AND OPEN-MINDED AT LOOKING AT TECHNOLOGY AND 01:10:13.090 --> 01:10:15.480 EXPLORING THE OPPORTUNITIES. 01:10:15.480 --> 01:10:20.970 BECAUSE I BELIEVE IT WILL MAKE FOR BETTER LOCAL GOVERNMENT. 01:10:20.970 --> 01:10:24.360 WITH THAT, IS THERE ANYTHING FOR THE GOOD OF THE ORDER? 01:10:24.360 --> 01:10:27.370 I AM NOT SEEING ANYTHING. 01:10:27.370 --> 01:10:28.910 WE WILL BE BACK. 01:10:28.910 --> 01:10:33.290 WE WILL ADJOURN BUT WE WILL BE BACK AT 4:00 P.M. 01:10:33.290 --> 01:10:34.910 FOR OUR BUDGET MEETING. 01:10:34.910 --> 01:10:36.960 WITH THAT, THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED. 01:10:36.960 --> 01:10:37.690 THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.