WEBVTT Kind: captions Language: en-US 00:00:34.421 --> 00:00:36.430 >> Gregg Weiss: ALRIGHTY. 00:00:36.430 --> 00:00:38.360 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 00:00:38.360 --> 00:00:45.149 LET'S CALL TO ORDER THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS BOARD MEETING IN PALM BEACH COUNTY FOR AUGUST 00:00:45.149 --> 00:00:46.700 22, 2023. 00:00:46.700 --> 00:00:50.200 MADAME CLERK, CAN WE HAVE A ROLL CALL, PLEASE. 00:00:50.200 --> 00:00:51.879 >> COMMISSIONER BARNETT. >> HERE. 00:00:51.879 --> 00:00:53.422 >> COMMISSIONER BAXTER. >> HERE. 00:00:53.422 --> 00:00:54.965 >> COMMISSIONER BERNARD. >> HERE. 00:00:54.965 --> 00:00:56.576 >> COMMISSIONER MARINO. >> HERE. 00:00:56.576 --> 00:00:57.576 >> VICE MAYOR SACHS. 00:00:57.576 --> 00:00:58.576 >> HERE. 00:00:58.576 --> 00:00:59.576 >> MAYOR WEISS. 00:00:59.576 --> 00:01:00.576 >> HERE. 00:01:00.576 --> 00:01:01.576 >> COMMISSIONER WOODWARD. 00:01:01.576 --> 00:01:02.576 >> HERE. 00:01:02.576 --> 00:01:03.576 >> Gregg Weiss: ALL RIGHT. 00:01:03.576 --> 00:01:05.589 WE HAVE EVERYBODY HERE THIS MORNING. 00:01:05.589 --> 00:01:09.100 COMMISSIONER WOODWARD, WOULD YOU LEAD US IN OUR INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TOO? 00:01:09.100 --> 00:01:10.734 IF YOU ARE ABLE TO, PLEASE RISE. 00:01:19.000 --> 00:01:21.979 >>> PLEASE GUIDE US IN THE DUTIES WE ARE ABOUT TO PERFORM. 00:01:21.979 --> 00:01:26.650 GIVE US WISDOM TO MAKE THE BEST DECISIONS FOR ALL OUR CITIZENS AND HELP US REMEMBER 00:01:26.650 --> 00:01:32.408 NO PROBLEM IS TOO SMALL TO ESCAPE CONCERN OR TOO GREAT SERVICES SOLUTION. 00:01:33.291 --> 00:01:34.291 AMEN. 00:01:36.717 --> 00:01:44.034 >>> I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC 00:01:44.034 --> 00:01:49.509 FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. 00:01:59.203 --> 00:02:00.860 >> Gregg Weiss: ALRIGHTY. 00:02:01.743 --> 00:02:09.073 ADMINISTRATOR, DO YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONS, DELETIONS OR SUBSTITUTIONS? 00:02:14.847 --> 00:02:16.629 >> I CAN PULL IT OUT. 00:02:16.629 --> 00:02:22.120 GOOD MORNING MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. 00:02:22.120 --> 00:02:24.480 WE HAVE A FEW ADDITIONS AND DELETIONS. 00:02:24.480 --> 00:02:31.380 ON PAGE 55 3H14 IS BEING DELETED FOR FURTHER STAFF REVIEW. 00:02:31.380 --> 00:02:40.720 WE HAVE A REVISION TO OUR SUMMARY ON PAGE 109 6D1 AND THEN ON PAGE 11. 00:02:40.720 --> 00:02:50.414 I'M SORRY, ON PAGE 111, ITEM 6E1 IS BEING DELETED AS WELL. 00:02:52.520 --> 00:03:00.650 I DO HAVE A FEW MORE UNFORTUNATELY. 00:03:00.650 --> 00:03:07.099 I'M SORRY. 111 6E1 IS A REVISED MOTION AND TITLE AS WELL 00:03:07.099 --> 00:03:08.730 AS SUMMARY. 00:03:08.730 --> 00:03:17.620 ON PAGE 113 OF OUR HARD COPY, ITEM 6F1 THERE IS A REVISED SUMMARY. 00:03:17.620 --> 00:03:21.450 AND ONLINE THAT IS PAGE 114. 00:03:21.450 --> 00:03:32.840 ON PAGE 125 WE ARE DELETING 6H9 AN ONLINE THAT IS PAGE 126 THE PAGINATION ARE OFF AND 00:03:32.840 --> 00:03:40.930 THEN ON PAGE 126 OF OUR HARD COPY, 6H 10 IS BEING DELETED FOR FURTHER STAFF REVIEW AND 00:03:40.930 --> 00:03:43.459 ONLINE THAT IS PAGE 127. 00:03:43.459 --> 00:03:46.489 THAT COMPLETES MY ADDITIONS, DELETIONS AND SUBSTITUTIONS. 00:03:46.489 --> 00:03:47.689 >> Gregg Weiss: OKAY. 00:03:47.689 --> 00:03:54.999 JUST TO CLARIFY, 14 IS BEING DELETED FOR FURTHER REVIEW? 00:03:54.999 --> 00:03:55.999 >> THAT IS CORRECT. 00:03:55.999 --> 00:04:01.420 >> Gregg Weiss: ITEM 6 D1 IS REVISED SUMMARY. 00:04:01.420 --> 00:04:04.080 ITEM 6 E1 IS REVISED SUMMARY. 00:04:04.080 --> 00:04:07.959 >> MOTION, TITLE AND SUMMARY. 00:04:07.959 --> 00:04:14.990 >> Gregg Weiss: ON SIX F1 IT IS A REVISED SUMMARY? 00:04:14.990 --> 00:04:15.990 >> CORRECT. 00:04:15.990 --> 00:04:25.389 >> Gregg Weiss: IN ITEM 6H9 IS DELETED FOR FURTHER REVIEW AND ITEM 6H 10 IS DELETED FOR 00:04:25.389 --> 00:04:26.730 FURTHER STAFF REVIEW. 00:04:26.730 --> 00:04:28.890 >> SORRY FOR THE CONFUSION. 00:04:28.890 --> 00:04:31.590 >> Gregg Weiss: NOT AT ALL. 00:04:31.590 --> 00:04:33.410 I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY. 00:04:33.410 --> 00:04:34.410 ALL RIGHT. 00:04:34.410 --> 00:04:41.656 WITH THAT WOULD SOMEBODY LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE AMENDED AGENDA? 00:04:44.169 --> 00:04:46.850 WE HAVE A MOTION BY VICE MAYOR SACHS. 00:04:46.850 --> 00:04:48.860 SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MARINO. 00:04:48.860 --> 00:04:50.600 ALL IN FAVOR? 00:04:50.600 --> 00:04:51.600 ALL OPPOSED? 00:04:51.600 --> 00:04:55.570 THE MOTION CARRIES 7/0. 00:04:55.570 --> 00:05:00.970 MOVING ONTO THE CONSENT AGENDA BEFORE WE GET STARTED. 00:05:00.970 --> 00:05:05.071 WHEN ANY COMMISSIONER LIKE TO REMOVE ANY ITEMS FROM CONSENT? 00:05:08.603 --> 00:05:10.558 I HAVE TO REMOVE AN ITEM. 00:05:11.169 --> 00:05:19.090 NOT SEEING ANYONE ELSE, I NEED TO REMOVE ITEM 3EE6. 00:05:19.090 --> 00:05:22.230 IT BEGINS ON PAGE 98. 00:05:25.287 --> 00:05:32.569 THERE IS AN ITEM ON THEIR I NEED TO RECUSE MYSELF FROM FOR MY WIFE SERVES ON THE BOARD 00:05:32.569 --> 00:05:38.979 OF SPEAK UP FOR KIDS AND I HAVE BEEN ADVISED BY THE COUNTY ATTORNEY I SHOULD RECUSE MYSELF 00:05:38.979 --> 00:05:41.160 FROM VOTING ON THAT. 00:05:41.160 --> 00:05:44.449 ANYONE ELSE? 00:05:44.449 --> 00:05:50.069 WE HAVE A CARD SO GO AHEAD AND HANDLE THAT FIRST. 00:05:50.069 --> 00:05:53.056 >> WE HAVE ONE CARD, ELIZABETH? 00:05:56.113 --> 00:05:58.910 >> GOOD MORNING COMMISSIONERS, STAFF. 00:05:58.910 --> 00:06:01.509 I WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU. 00:06:01.509 --> 00:06:07.220 BARKY ANIMAL RESCUE IS HAVING THEIR AGREEMENT RENEWED WITH THE COUNTY TO TAKE CARE OF THE 00:06:07.220 --> 00:06:08.569 TNDR FOR THE CATS. 00:06:08.569 --> 00:06:15.919 AND NOW IN ADDITION WE ARE ABLE TO HELP RESCUES PULLING ANIMALS THAT ANIMAL CONTROL CANNOT 00:06:15.919 --> 00:06:20.199 GET THE SPAY AND NEUTER DONE BECAUSE OF THE SHORT VET STAFF. 00:06:20.199 --> 00:06:25.950 THIS HELPS THE RESCUES TO PULL MORE ANIMALS AND SAVE MORE LIVES. 00:06:25.950 --> 00:06:32.340 SOME YOU MAY KNOW THIS, BUT IN 2014 BARKY PINES ANIMAL RESCUE AND SANCTUARY WAS FOUNDED 00:06:32.340 --> 00:06:38.670 FOR THE EXACT AND FAITHFUL MISSION TO SERVE PALM BEACH COUNTY ANIMAL CONTROL AND THE PETS 00:06:38.670 --> 00:06:41.070 OF PALM BEACH COUNTY. 00:06:41.070 --> 00:06:47.250 I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO THANK YOU ALL HELPING US BE A STRONGER VOICE AND BE ABLE TO DO MORE 00:06:47.250 --> 00:06:57.030 IN THIS GREAT TIME AND NEED WHERE WE ARE SEEING THIS TSUNAMI OF PET SURRENDERS AND ABANDONMENT. 00:06:57.030 --> 00:07:02.800 THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR HARD WORK, THANK YOU TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY STAFF, THE ATTORNEYS, 00:07:02.800 --> 00:07:09.080 ALL THE STAFF AND COUNSEL FOR MAKING THIS HAPPEN IN AN EFFORT TO DO MORE IN THE COUNTY 00:07:09.080 --> 00:07:11.360 SO THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH AND HAVE A BLESSED DAY. 00:07:11.360 --> 00:07:12.800 >> Gregg Weiss: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 00:07:12.800 --> 00:07:13.800 OKAY. 00:07:13.800 --> 00:07:21.866 SO WE HAVE A MOTION FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA LESS ITEM 3EE6. 00:07:28.183 --> 00:07:30.062 COMMISSIONER BAXTER, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. 00:07:31.692 --> 00:07:35.949 >> Sara Baxter: I WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR TAKING IN THOSE ANIMALS. 00:07:35.949 --> 00:07:40.796 IT IS A MUCH NEEDED SERVICE TO FREE UP SPACE IN OUR ANIMAL CARE AND CONTROL SO THANK YOU. 00:07:42.019 --> 00:07:44.789 >> Gregg Weiss: THANK YOU. 00:07:44.789 --> 00:07:46.279 ADMINISTRATOR BAKER? 00:07:46.279 --> 00:07:47.730 >> YES. 00:07:47.730 --> 00:07:59.610 JUST FOR FULL DISCLOSURE, REALLY IN AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION, ON PAGE 29 3E2 RYAN WHITE ITEM 00:07:59.610 --> 00:08:07.110 WITH FOUND CARE BEING ONE OF THE SUB RECIPIENTS, MY DAUGHTER JASMINE IS APPROXIMATELY 100 DAYS 00:08:07.110 --> 00:08:09.110 EMPLOYMENT WITH FOUND CARE. 00:08:09.110 --> 00:08:17.099 I SIMPLY WANT TO DISCLOSE THAT BECAUSE SHE HAD NO ACTION IN THE CONTRACT AND IT IS A 00:08:17.099 --> 00:08:22.290 VERY OLD CONTRACT PARTNERSHIP WE HAVE HAD SINCE 2004. 00:08:22.290 --> 00:08:28.970 I DID SPEAK WITH THE COUNTY ATTORNEYS OFFICE AND THEY OPINED THAT I DID NOT HAVE TO DISCLOSE, 00:08:28.970 --> 00:08:31.500 BUT IN AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION I WANTED TO DISCLOSE. 00:08:31.500 --> 00:08:32.979 >> Gregg Weiss: THANK YOU. 00:08:32.979 --> 00:08:35.450 COMMISSIONER BARNETT, YOU RECOGNIZE. 00:08:35.450 --> 00:08:39.250 >> Michael Barnett: I WANTED TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AND A BRIEF 00:08:39.250 --> 00:08:43.430 COMMENT WITH REGARDS TO ITEM 3 Q1. 00:08:43.430 --> 00:08:50.760 AGAIN, I WANTED TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AND ALSO THANK STAFF, ESPECIALLY 00:08:50.760 --> 00:08:54.510 TOM, REGINA AND THE FOLKS AT THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMISSION. 00:08:54.510 --> 00:09:01.200 WE ARE GOING TO BE VOTING TO ADD AN ECONOMIC COUNCIL NOMINATED THE CJC CRIMINAL JUSTICE 00:09:01.200 --> 00:09:07.200 COMMISSION, MARIA ANTONIA THE PRESIDENT OF THE HISPANIC CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. 00:09:07.200 --> 00:09:10.360 THIS IS SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN IN THE WORKS FOR LONG TIME AND A LOT OF PEOPLE WENT THROUGH 00:09:10.360 --> 00:09:14.700 A LOT OF HARD WORK TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN AND I WANTED TO EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE AND THANKS 00:09:14.700 --> 00:09:19.230 FOR MAKING SURE HISPANICS HAVE A VOICE ON THIS VERY IMPORTANT COMMISSION. 00:09:19.230 --> 00:09:23.930 THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO TODD, REGINA, THE ECONOMIC COUNCIL, MS. 00:09:23.930 --> 00:09:24.930 BAKER. 00:09:24.930 --> 00:09:27.589 >> Gregg Weiss: THANK YOU COMMISSIONER. 00:09:27.589 --> 00:09:32.459 WE HAVE A MOTION AND WE HAVE A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER MARINO. 00:09:32.459 --> 00:09:34.029 ALL IN FAVOR? 00:09:34.029 --> 00:09:35.200 ALL OPPOSED? 00:09:35.200 --> 00:09:37.230 THAT MOTION CARRIES 7/0. 00:09:37.230 --> 00:09:40.380 VICE MAYOR, YOU WANT TO HANDLE THIS ITEM SINCE I CAN'T. 00:09:40.380 --> 00:09:47.136 IT'S GOING TO BE JUST 3EE6 WHEN IT IS CALLED OUT. 00:09:52.706 --> 00:09:58.611 >> THE MAYOR IS GOING TO STEP OUT WHILE WE GO INTO 3EE6 FOUND ON PAGE 98. 00:09:58.611 --> 00:10:11.600 >> AND MAKE A MOTION WE APPROVE THERE IS NO COMMENT CARDS. 00:10:11.600 --> 00:10:14.700 >> Maria Sachs: THERE IS A MOTION. 00:10:14.700 --> 00:10:16.230 GO RIGHT AHEAD COMMISSIONER MARINO. 00:10:16.230 --> 00:10:17.769 DO YOU HAVE A MOTION. 00:10:17.769 --> 00:10:23.020 >> Maria Marino: I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE BUDGET TRANSFER. 00:10:23.020 --> 00:10:24.580 >> Maria Sachs: VERY GOOD. 00:10:24.580 --> 00:10:25.580 SECOND? 00:10:25.580 --> 00:10:29.399 WE HAVE A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER AND IS EVERYONE FOR IT? 00:10:29.399 --> 00:10:31.520 IS THERE ANYBODY OPPOSED? 00:10:31.520 --> 00:10:36.420 SEE THAT IT PASSES 6/0 WITH ONE WHO HAS STEPPED OUT. 00:10:36.420 --> 00:10:37.420 RECUSED HIMSELF. 00:10:37.420 --> 00:10:38.420 THANK YOU, MAYOR. 00:10:38.420 --> 00:10:40.519 >> Gregg Weiss: THANK YOU VERY MUCH VICE MAYOR. 00:10:40.519 --> 00:10:42.440 >> Maria Sachs: YOU ARE WELCOME. 00:10:42.440 --> 00:10:47.320 >> Gregg Weiss: I WILL BE FILING THE FORM 8B AS REQUIRED UNDER FLORIDA STATUTE. 00:10:47.320 --> 00:10:50.410 ALL THE RIGHT. 00:10:50.410 --> 00:10:51.670 MOVING ON. 00:10:51.670 --> 00:10:55.483 WE ARE NOW TO SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS 00:10:56.298 --> 00:11:00.843 AND WE ARE STARTING WITH DISTRICT 1. 00:11:16.466 --> 00:11:24.410 >> Maria Marino: THIS IS THE FUN PART OF THE DAY. IS THIS MICROPHONE ON? 00:11:24.410 --> 00:11:30.510 WE ARE DOING THE PROCLAMATION DECLARING AUGUST 2023 IS FLORIDA WATER PROFESSIONAL MONTH. 00:11:30.510 --> 00:11:33.630 WE HAVE SEVERAL STAFF MEMBERS WOULD LIKE TO BRING UP. 00:11:33.630 --> 00:11:37.653 JONATHAN TORRES, HOLLY AND TODD. 00:11:41.525 --> 00:11:47.822 [ CLAPPING ] 00:11:50.607 --> 00:11:57.190 WE ARE DECLARING AUGUST 2023 IS FLORIDA WATER PROFESSIONALS MONTH WHERE IS THE WATER POLLUTION CONTROL 00:11:57.190 --> 00:12:01.868 OPERATORS ASSOCIATION, HOW OFTEN DO YOU HAVE TO SAY THAT? 00:12:03.200 --> 00:12:08.510 ORGANIZED IN 1940 IS A NONPROFIT TRADE ORGANIZATION THAT PROMOTES THE STABILITY OF FLORIDA WATER 00:12:08.510 --> 00:12:12.670 UTILITY INDUSTRY THROUGH WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT TO PROTECT THE HEALTH OF FLORIDA CITIZENS 00:12:12.670 --> 00:12:15.540 AND TO PRESERVE THE STATE WATER RESOURCES. 00:12:15.540 --> 00:12:21.380 WHO IS ORGANIZATION OFFERS WATER AND WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT OPERATOR AND DISTRIBUTION 00:12:21.380 --> 00:12:28.790 OPERATING TRAINING COURSES REQUIRED FOR LICENSES, A VOLUNTARY CERTIFICATION PROGRAMS AND CONTINUED 00:12:28.790 --> 00:12:34.220 EDUCATION PROGRAMS FOR OPERATOR LICENSE RENEWAL AND WHERE AS IN RECOGNIZING THE IMPORTANCE 00:12:34.220 --> 00:12:38.410 OF THE FLORIDA STATUTES AND ADMINISTRATIVE CODE THAT REGULATE THE WATER INDUSTRY, THE 00:12:38.410 --> 00:12:43.329 ORGANIZATION ACTS AS A LIAISON BETWEEN THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND 00:12:43.329 --> 00:12:45.970 INDUSTRY PERSONNEL. 00:12:45.970 --> 00:12:50.830 WHEREAS OF FLORIDA WATER POLLUTION CONTROL OPERATORS ASSOCIATION RECOGNIZES ALL THOSE 00:12:50.830 --> 00:12:57.170 WHO PLAYED A SIGNIFICANT PART IN MAINTAINING WATER DRINKING, DRINKING WATER, WASTEWATER 00:12:57.170 --> 00:13:02.329 AND STORM WATER SYSTEMS IN FLORIDA BY CELEBRATING FLORIDA WATER PROFESSIONALS MONTH THAT APPLAUDS 00:13:02.329 --> 00:13:08.380 HER CONSTANT EFFORTS TO PROTECT THE HEALTH ENVIRONMENT WHEREAS THEY ARE EMERGENCY RESPONSE 00:13:08.380 --> 00:13:14.600 DURING STORMS AND OTHER CATASTROPHIC EVENTS WORKING TO ENSURE SAFE DISPOSAL WASTEWATER 00:13:14.600 --> 00:13:15.950 FOR OUR COMMUNITY. 00:13:15.950 --> 00:13:20.980 NEVER BE PRECLUDED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ASSEMBLED IN REGULAR SESSION 00:13:20.980 --> 00:13:27.040 THIS 22ND DAY OF AUGUST 2023 THAT AUGUST 2023 IN PALM BEACH COUNTY SURVIVOR CLAIM FLORIDA 00:13:27.040 --> 00:13:29.530 WATER PROFESSIONALS MONTH. 00:13:29.530 --> 00:13:33.530 I WATER DEPARTMENT IS FABULOUS AND I KNOW YOU BEEN AT THE HOME FOR A LITTLE BIT. 00:13:33.530 --> 00:13:37.789 PLEASE, I AM SURE YOU HAVE A COUPLE OF WORDS? 00:13:42.340 --> 00:13:46.010 >> EVERYONE, THANK YOU. 00:13:46.010 --> 00:13:47.825 THAT'S ALL I CAN SAY. 00:13:47.825 --> 00:13:49.754 [ CLAPPING ] 00:13:52.675 --> 00:13:54.535 >> THANK YOU TO THE COMMISSION, THANK YOU. 00:13:58.611 --> 00:14:00.776 >> Maria Marino: WE ALL HAVE A FABULOUS WATER DEPARTMENT. 00:14:00.776 --> 00:14:02.837 YOU ALL KNOW THAT, RIGHT? 00:14:02.837 --> 00:14:06.465 [ CLAPPING ] 00:14:10.812 --> 00:14:24.970 >> Marci Woodard: WHILE THEY TAKE PICTURES I WOULD LIKE TO CALL UP BILL, CHRISTINE, KIMBERLY, EDWARD, [NAME], AND CRAIG. 00:14:24.970 --> 00:14:26.089 IF YOU COULD COME UP. 00:14:26.700 --> 00:14:29.401 SORRY IF I MESSED ANYONE'S NAME UP. 00:14:30.000 --> 00:14:32.324 FROM NCCI. 00:14:42.785 --> 00:14:50.000 I AM VERY HAPPY TO PRESENT A CERTIFICATE OF CONGRATULATIONS TO THE NATIONAL COUNCIL ON 00:14:50.000 --> 00:14:56.009 COMPENSATION INSURANCE, WHICH IS NCCI LOCATED IN BOCA RATON AT THE PLEASURE OF DOING A TOUR 00:14:56.009 --> 00:15:00.200 EARLIER THIS YEAR AND FOUND OUT YOU WERE CELEBRATING YOUR 100 ANNIVERSARY. 00:15:00.200 --> 00:15:01.837 VERY HAPPY TO BE DOING THIS. 00:15:02.380 --> 00:15:10.690 FOUNDED IN 1923 THE NATIONAL COUNCIL ON COMPENSATION INSURANCE, ALSO KNOWN AS NCCI, NOT FOR PROFIT 00:15:10.690 --> 00:15:15.920 HEADQUARTERS THE BOCA RATON COMPLETE EMPLOYEES WITH ANNA PROFESSIONALS AND ESTABLISHED ITSELF 00:15:15.920 --> 00:15:21.730 AS A LEADER AND TRUSTED SOURCE IN THE WORKER'S COMPENSATION INDUSTRY BY PROVIDING IN-DEPTH 00:15:21.730 --> 00:15:24.930 ANALYSIS AND COMPREHENSIVE DATA. 00:15:24.930 --> 00:15:31.389 NCCI PROVIDES A DIVERSE AND INCLUSIVE WORKPLACE, CELEBRATING DIFFERENCES IN ADVANCING EDUCATION 00:15:31.389 --> 00:15:34.540 EQUITY FOR THE UNDERSERVED ACROSS THE COMMUNITY. 00:15:34.540 --> 00:15:40.339 ITS MEMBERS ARE ACTIVE COMMUNITY LEADERS AND VOLUNTEERS PROVIDING MORE THAN 1800 HOURS 00:15:40.339 --> 00:15:46.100 OF COMMUNITY SERVICE ANNUALLY THROUGH ITS NCCI CARES PROGRAM AND EARNING A SPOT AS A 00:15:46.100 --> 00:15:49.317 TOP 10 UNITED WAY CAMPAIGN IN PALM BEACH COUNTY. 00:15:50.404 --> 00:15:55.759 ADDITIONALLY NCCI IS A CATALYST FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH AND PROSPERITY BY PROVIDING EMPLOYMENT 00:15:55.759 --> 00:16:00.819 OPPORTUNITIES AND STRONG BUSINESS PARTNERSHIPS IN PALM BEACH COUNTY AND THE STATE OF FLORIDA. 00:16:00.819 --> 00:16:06.670 AGAIN, WE EXTEND OUR CONGRATULATIONS ON 100 ANNIVERSARY THAT WE PRESENTED IN PERSON AT 00:16:06.670 --> 00:16:12.269 YOUR CELEBRATION ON AUGUST 30TH OF THIS YEAR. 00:16:12.269 --> 00:16:17.690 [ CLAPPING ] >> THANK YOU COMMISSIONER WOODWARD, MAYOR 00:16:17.690 --> 00:16:22.130 WEISS AND THE ENTIRE PALM BEACH BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. 00:16:22.130 --> 00:16:28.880 ON BEHALF OF MY COLLEAGUES AT NCCI, WE ARE HONORED TO RECEIVE THE CERTIFICATE COMMEMORATING 00:16:28.880 --> 00:16:30.959 OUR 100TH ANNIVERSARY. 00:16:30.959 --> 00:16:35.509 FOR 100 YEARS NCCI HAS SERVED THE WORKER COMPENSATION SYSTEM. 00:16:35.509 --> 00:16:41.279 IT IS A CRITICAL SAFETY NET THAT PROVIDES AND HELPS MILLIONS OF INJURED WORKERS GET 00:16:41.279 --> 00:16:42.910 BACK TO WORK. 00:16:42.910 --> 00:16:48.260 PROVIDES LOST TIME WAGES AND COMPLETE MEDICAL COSTS DUE TO A WORK INJURY. 00:16:48.260 --> 00:16:53.860 WE HAVE A UNDER DEDICATED, PASSIONATE EMPLOYEES WHO ARE COMMITTED TO SERVING THIS NOBLE MISSION 00:16:53.860 --> 00:16:55.100 EVERY DAY. 00:16:55.100 --> 00:16:57.410 I AM VERY PROUD TO WORK WITH THEM. 00:16:57.410 --> 00:17:03.790 WE DO BUSINESS IN 36 STATES, BUT PALM BEACH COUNTY IN FLORIDA IS WHERE OUR HEART AND HOMELESS. 00:17:03.790 --> 00:17:06.819 NEAR ALSO A STRONG COMMUNITY PARTNER. 00:17:06.819 --> 00:17:10.540 WITH A CULTURE FOCUSED ON GIVING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY. 00:17:10.540 --> 00:17:15.970 WE SERVE ON BOARDS, WE RAISE FUNDS AND WE PROVIDE COMMUNITY SERVICE HOURS TO ORGANIZATIONS 00:17:15.970 --> 00:17:16.970 AND NEEDS. 00:17:16.970 --> 00:17:20.610 IT IS THIS TYPE OF PASSION THAT SETS US APART. 00:17:20.610 --> 00:17:25.780 AND I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T MENTION OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH LOCAL LEADERS AND BUSINESSES 00:17:25.780 --> 00:17:27.910 ACROSS PALM BEACH COUNTY. 00:17:27.910 --> 00:17:31.260 PALM BEACH COUNTY IS A WONDERFUL PLACE FOR US TO CALL HOME. 00:17:31.260 --> 00:17:32.995 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 00:17:32.995 --> 00:17:36.138 [ CLAPPING ] 00:17:41.776 --> 00:17:43.201 >> ONE SECOND. 00:17:43.201 --> 00:17:46.470 >> Gregg Weiss: COMMISSIONER BERNARD IS RECOGNIZED. 00:17:46.470 --> 00:17:55.260 >> Mack Benard: JUST WANT TO CONGRATULATE NCCI FOR RECEIVING THE CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION. 00:17:55.260 --> 00:17:58.220 GREAT TO SEE MICHELLE HERE AND THE ENTIRE TEAM. 00:17:58.220 --> 00:18:04.150 MY SISTERS WORKED FOR NCCI FOR OVER 25 YEARS AS AN ACTUARY. 00:18:04.150 --> 00:18:09.049 AND SO GREAT TO SEE THEM HERE. 00:18:13.396 --> 00:18:17.299 >> Maria Marino: NOW WE ARE GOING TO DO A PROCLAMATION FOR LIHEAP AWARENESS. 00:18:17.299 --> 00:18:22.951 MAY I HAVE [LISTING NAMES] 00:18:47.039 --> 00:18:54.130 >> GOOD MORNING AGAIN. WE ARE GOING TO BE DECLARING AUGUST 2023 IS PALM BEACH COUNTY LIHEAP AWARENESS MONTH. 00:18:54.130 --> 00:19:00.130 AS A COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM ADMINISTERS THE LOW INCOME 00:19:00.130 --> 00:19:05.970 HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM KNOWN AS LIHEAP DESIGNED TO PROVIDE ELIGIBLE PALM BEACH COUNTY 00:19:05.970 --> 00:19:11.630 RESIDENTS FINANCIAL RELIEF FROM HIGH HOME ENERGY COSTS TO MAINTAIN UTILITY SERVICES, 00:19:11.630 --> 00:19:17.559 AND WHERE AS LIHEAP HELPS REDUCE THE ENERGY BURDEN FOR 5.9 MILLION HOUSEHOLDS ASSISTING 00:19:17.559 --> 00:19:23.000 15 MILLION AMERICANS NATIONAL INCLUDING VULNERABLE INDIVIDUALS WERE AS LIHEAP HELPS REDUCE THE 00:19:23.000 --> 00:19:30.289 ENERGY BURDEN FOR APPROXIMATELY 9250 HOUSEHOLDS LOCALLY ASSISTING 21,290 PALM BEACH COUNTY 00:19:30.289 --> 00:19:35.400 RESIDENTS AND WHEREAS 60 PERCENT OF LIHEAP RECIPIENTS HOUSEHOLDS IN PALM BEACH COUNTY 00:19:35.400 --> 00:19:41.340 OF INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE EITHER ELDERLY, AT LEAST 60 YEARS OLD, THAT MEANS AN ELDERLY, 00:19:41.340 --> 00:19:46.100 DISABLED OR UNDER 60 YEARS OLD OR WHEREAS IN PALM BEACH COUNTY 85 PERCENT OF LIHEAP 00:19:46.100 --> 00:19:51.230 RECIPIENTS INCOME IS BELOW THE FEDERAL POVERTY THRESHOLD OR WHEREAS IN PALM BEACH COUNTY 00:19:51.230 --> 00:19:57.159 WANTED FIVE LIHEAP WORKING RECIPIENT HOUSEHOLDS SPEND ALMOST 1/3 OF THEIR INCOME AND ENERGY 00:19:57.159 --> 00:19:58.159 BILLS. 00:19:58.159 --> 00:20:01.669 THEREFORE BE PROCLAIMED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS IN PALM BEACH COUNTY FLORIDA 00:20:01.669 --> 00:20:07.309 ASSEMBLED IN REGULAR SESSION THE SECOND DAY OF AUGUST 2023 THAT AUGUST 23 IN PALM BEACH 00:20:07.309 --> 00:20:12.380 COUNTY IS HEREBY PROCLAIMED PALM BEACH COUNTY LIHEAP AWARENESS MONTH. 00:20:12.380 --> 00:20:14.700 THANK YOU. 00:20:14.700 --> 00:20:21.840 [ CLAPPING ] >> THANK YOU COMMISSIONER MARINO, MAYOR FOR 00:20:21.840 --> 00:20:23.490 SUPPORTING OUR LIHEAP PROGRAM. 00:20:23.490 --> 00:20:30.830 THE PROGRAM SERVES AS A POWERFUL REMINDER NO ONE SHOULD HAVE TO CHOOSE BETWEEN KEEPING 00:20:30.830 --> 00:20:33.950 THE LIGHTS ON IN MEETING THEIR BASIC NEEDS. 00:20:33.950 --> 00:20:40.360 IS A TESTAMENT TO THE COMPASSION AND THE SUPPORT THAT EXISTS WHEN IT IS WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY. 00:20:40.360 --> 00:20:50.260 ELECTRICITY IS NOT JUST A LUXURY BUT NECESSITY AND ENSURES NO ONE IS LEFT BEHIND PROVIDING 00:20:50.260 --> 00:20:56.840 CRITICAL ASSISTANCE THAT IT ENSURES A COOL AND SAFE ENVIRONMENT FOR THOSE WHO NEED IT 00:20:56.840 --> 00:20:57.840 THE MOST. 00:20:57.840 --> 00:21:04.980 THE IMPACT GOES WELL BEYOND THE FINANCIAL IMPACT, IT RESTORES THE DIGNITY, THE STABILITY 00:21:04.980 --> 00:21:10.360 AND PIECE OF MIND OF INDIVIDUALS STRUGGLING WITH THEIR ELECTRIC BILLS AND REMINDING THEM 00:21:10.360 --> 00:21:13.030 THAT THEY ARE NOT ALONE IN THEIR JOURNEY. 00:21:13.030 --> 00:21:18.060 I WANT TO THANK ALL THE COMMISSIONERS FOR THEIR CONTINUED SUPPORT THIS PROGRAM. 00:21:18.060 --> 00:21:24.730 I WANT TO THANK AND RECOGNIZE OUR STAFF WHO CONTINUES TO INTERFACE WITH ALL OUR RESIDENTS 00:21:24.730 --> 00:21:29.669 AND HEAR THEIR BURDENS AND DO THEIR BEST TO TRY TO LIFT THE BURDEN TO PROVIDE MUCH NEEDED 00:21:29.669 --> 00:21:35.410 ASSISTANCE AND THANK EVERYONE WHO CONTRIBUTES TO THE SUCCESS OF THE PROGRAM. 00:21:35.410 --> 00:21:42.820 ONE LAST THING I WANT TO MENTION IS IF YOU ARE WATCHING THIS AND YOU ARE IN NEED OF ELECTRIC 00:21:42.820 --> 00:21:55.309 ASSISTANCE YOU CAN VISIT WWW.UTILITYASSISTANCEPBC.org OR YOU CAN CALL 833 CST RAIL AND YOU CAN GET 00:21:55.309 --> 00:22:00.620 HELP WITH THEIR ELECTRIC BILL IF YOU ARE ELIGIBLE AND ALSO IF YOU ARE LOOKING TO REPLACE YOUR 00:22:00.620 --> 00:22:02.300 AC. 00:22:02.300 --> 00:22:09.660 UTILIZE THESE FUNDS TO REPLACE ACS AND WE REPLACE ALMOST CLOSE TO 300 AND PALM BEACH 00:22:09.660 --> 00:22:13.120 COUNTY THUS FAR SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 00:22:13.120 --> 00:22:17.935 [ CLAPPING ] 00:22:17.935 --> 00:22:26.730 >> Maria Sachs: TODAY WE ARE GOING TO ANNOUNCE THAT TODAY IS SOPHIA WISDOM DAY IN PALM BEACH COUNTY. 00:22:27.341 --> 00:22:32.102 I'M SO PROUD AT THIS POINT TO GIVE THIS PROCLAMATION BECAUSE 00:22:32.102 --> 00:22:35.797 I HAVE KNOWN THIS YOUNG LADY FOR OVER 25 YEARS. 00:22:36.408 --> 00:22:40.970 MY MOM AND I WOULD STOP BY AND HELP OUT AND PRAY TOGETHER. 00:22:40.970 --> 00:22:42.750 TOGETHER WITH MS. 00:22:42.750 --> 00:22:55.630 SOPHIA AND HER FAMILY WE ARE BLESSED TO HAVE THOMAS WHO IS THE SPIRITUAL COUNSELOR, ALL 00:22:55.630 --> 00:22:59.840 OUR SPIRITUAL COUNSELORS AND ALSO LET ME SAY FOR ME AND MY FAMILY AS WELL. 00:22:59.840 --> 00:23:03.090 AND SO IF I COULD HAVE YOU COME FORWARD. 00:23:03.090 --> 00:23:11.299 OF COURSE SOPHIA WISDOM, THOMAS, YVONNE DAVIDSON, SOPHIA'S MOM. 00:23:11.299 --> 00:23:20.520 REXFORD ALLEN, OFFICER WILLIAM DAINES, [NAME] SOPHIA'S SON AND SOPHIA'S DAUGHTERS DANIEL 00:23:20.520 --> 00:23:23.488 BETHEL AND KAYLA WILBUR. 00:23:39.179 --> 00:23:40.860 MAKE YOUR WAY RIGHT UP OVER HERE. 00:23:40.860 --> 00:23:48.929 I'M GOING TO START TO LET YOU KNOW WHAT SOPHIA WISDOM IS DONE WITH HER BLESSINGS FROM GOD 00:23:48.929 --> 00:23:52.390 TO HELP ALL OF US HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY. 00:23:52.390 --> 00:23:55.340 EVERYBODY IS BORN WITH A MISSION IN LIFE, 00:23:56.631 --> 00:24:07.320 BUT IT HAS BEEN THIS YOUNG LADY, SOPHIA WISDOM, WHO HAS ACTED ON IT FOR THE BENEFIT OF ESPECIALLY YOUNG WOMEN, UNWED MOMS TO GIVE THEM A SAFE 00:24:07.320 --> 00:24:14.529 PLACE TO GO AND THEN TO CARRY THEM THROUGH TO GET EMPLOYMENT, TO GET COUNSELING ON TO 00:24:14.529 --> 00:24:19.807 KNOW, LET THEM KNOW THAT THEY ARE NOT ALONE IN THIS JOURNEY OF LIFE. 00:24:21.165 --> 00:24:25.014 SOPHIA HAS DEDICATED HER LIFE TO THIS MISSION. 00:24:26.169 --> 00:24:36.700 AND SHE TOOK OF APRIL 2009 SHE STARTED THE HOUSE OF WISDOM RESTART CENTER, A NONPROFIT 00:24:36.700 --> 00:24:43.320 ORGANIZATION IN PALM BEACH COUNTY DEDICATED TO IMPROVING THE LIVES OF YOUNG SINGLE MOMS 00:24:43.320 --> 00:24:44.483 AND THEIR CHILDREN. 00:24:45.570 --> 00:24:53.039 THIS WHOLE IDEA WAS TO GIVE THESE YOUNG LADIES A PLACE TO START, A PLACE TO RESTART A HOME 00:24:53.039 --> 00:24:54.890 AWAY FROM HOME. 00:24:54.890 --> 00:25:01.087 IT RECOGNIZES THE CHALLENGES FACED BY SINGLE WOMAN IN THEIR QUEST TO START A FAMILY ON 00:25:01.087 --> 00:25:02.597 THEIR OWN. 00:25:03.140 --> 00:25:09.353 VISIONARY LEADERSHIP, HER SELFLESS SERVICE AND HER SPIRIT 00:25:10.372 --> 00:25:17.168 HAVE POSITIVELY IMPACTED THE LIVES OF MANY YOUNG INDIVIDUALS AND THEIR FAMILIES. 00:25:17.168 --> 00:25:24.110 NOT ONLY DID SHE HELP THE YOUNG WOMEN, SHE GAVE AN AMAZING START TO THE CHILDREN OF THESE 00:25:24.110 --> 00:25:29.270 YOUNG WOMEN SO THEY WOULD ALWAYS HAVE A PLACE TO BE IN A PLACE TO KNOW THAT THEY HAVE A 00:25:29.270 --> 00:25:33.599 HOME AND BEHIND ALL OF THIS IS HER TREMENDOUS 00:25:35.161 --> 00:25:41.070 BELIEF THAT GOD WATCHES OVER HER FAMILIES, HER FAMILY. 00:25:41.070 --> 00:25:43.610 WHICH HAS REALLY GOTTEN BIG SINCE I HAVE SEEN YOU. 00:25:43.610 --> 00:25:55.299 IN HIS BEEN SENIOR THOMAS WHO WAS WITH HER AS GOD WAS THROUGHOUT THE BEAUTIFUL JOURNEY 00:25:55.299 --> 00:25:56.590 AS YOU HAVE HAD. 00:25:56.590 --> 00:26:07.539 SO TODAY IN PALM BEACH COUNTY WE ARE PROCLAIMING THIS DATE APRIL 22 2023 AS SOPHIA WISDOM DAY. 00:26:07.539 --> 00:26:08.539 CONGRATULATIONS. 00:26:08.539 --> 00:26:12.201 [ CLAPPING ] 00:26:13.220 --> 00:26:16.581 SHE WOULD LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS. 00:26:20.249 --> 00:26:22.360 >> GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. 00:26:22.360 --> 00:26:25.200 I AM A LITTLE NERVOUS. 00:26:25.200 --> 00:26:30.600 FIRST AND FOREMOST I WANT TO THANK GOD FOR ALLOWING ME TO SEE ANOTHER DAY AND HAVING 00:26:30.600 --> 00:26:33.590 YOU ALL TO CELEBRATE SUCH A SPECIAL MOMENT. 00:26:33.590 --> 00:26:38.820 HE IS BROUGHT ME THROUGH SO MANY ILLNESSES THAT I AM PROUD TO BE A WALKING TESTIMONY. 00:26:38.820 --> 00:26:44.730 THROUGHOUT MY JOURNEY I FIT AMAZING INDIVIDUALS IN THE FIRST PERSON I WANT TO THANK HIS VICE 00:26:44.730 --> 00:26:47.320 MAYOR SACHS FOR THIS PROCLAMATION. 00:26:47.320 --> 00:26:52.780 SHE IS ONE OF THE MOST SWEET, CARING, VIBRANT AND HONEST WOMEN I KNOW THAT SHE IS DEPENDABLE 00:26:52.780 --> 00:26:54.570 AND SHE ALWAYS GETS THE JOB DONE. 00:26:54.570 --> 00:26:57.053 I'M NOT JUST SAYING THAT, SHE DOES. 00:26:58.140 --> 00:26:59.344 FATHER TOM, 00:27:01.134 --> 00:27:07.110 I WANT TO THANK YOU SO MUCH FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART FOR ALL THE PRAYERS YOU'VE DONE FOR ME. 00:27:07.110 --> 00:27:12.480 THANK YOU FOR THE SUPPORT YOU GAVE TO THE HOUSE OF WISDOM, WE TRULY APPRECIATE IT. 00:27:12.480 --> 00:27:19.659 MY THREE AMAZING CHILDREN, IT WAS BECAUSE OF ALL THE HARD WORK AND SUCCESS I WAS CHOSEN 00:27:19.659 --> 00:27:21.590 TO START THE HOUSE OF WISDOM. 00:27:21.590 --> 00:27:28.140 ALSO WISDOM STARTED AFTER AN ANGEL VISITED ME AND STATED MY PURPOSE HERE WAS TO TEACH 00:27:28.140 --> 00:27:32.080 YOUNG HOMELESS SINGLE MOMS HOW TO BECOME SUCCESSFUL. 00:27:32.080 --> 00:27:33.360 I SAID SUCCESSFUL? 00:27:33.360 --> 00:27:39.710 I'M NOT SUCCESSFUL, I'M NOT RICH AND THE ANGEL RESPONDED AND SAID SUCCESS IS NOT THE AMOUNT 00:27:39.710 --> 00:27:43.090 OF MONEY YOU HAVE, IT IS WHAT YOU'VE ACCOMPLISHED. 00:27:43.090 --> 00:27:48.580 YOU HAVE A YOUNG MAN AT THE COLLEGE WAS THAT DEGREE SO CONGRATULATIONS. 00:27:48.580 --> 00:27:54.270 TO MY TWO OTHER DAUGHTERS WERE DOING EXCELLENT IN SCHOOL AND THEY BOTH HAVE GRADUATED AND 00:27:54.270 --> 00:27:55.510 GOT DEGREES. 00:27:55.510 --> 00:28:01.130 SO I STARTED ON MY ASSIGNMENT FOR THE MISSION OF THE HOUSE OF WISDOM WAS TO IMPROVE, LIKE 00:28:01.130 --> 00:28:07.480 VICE MAYOR SAYS, THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR YOUNG SINGLE MOTHERS AND BECAUSE UNLESS YOU LOOK 00:28:07.480 --> 00:28:13.940 AROUND AND KNOW THERE IS A LOT OF SINGLE MOMS OUT THERE STRUGGLING, THEY DON'T KNOW WHERE 00:28:13.940 --> 00:28:15.559 TO TURN OR WHAT TO DO. 00:28:15.559 --> 00:28:24.910 IN THESE DAYS EVERYBODY, THE RATE OF SUICIDE AND ALL THAT TRIES TO HELP THAT. 00:28:24.910 --> 00:28:29.789 SO THE WISDOM IS TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR YOUNG SINGLE MOTHERS AND THEIR CHILDREN 00:28:29.789 --> 00:28:36.799 BY PROVIDING A SAFE AND STABLE LIVING ENVIRONMENT, EFFECTIVE PARENTING SKILLS AND TEACHING SKILLS 00:28:36.799 --> 00:28:39.720 TO ECONOMIC SELF SUFFICIENT. 00:28:39.720 --> 00:28:44.650 I WANT TO THANK EACH AND EVERYONE OF YOU AGAIN FOR TAKING THE TIME OUT TO CELEBRATE WITH 00:28:44.650 --> 00:28:45.870 ME, TO MY BROTHER. 00:28:45.870 --> 00:28:46.970 LOVE YOU. 00:28:46.970 --> 00:28:50.149 YOU HELPED ME THROUGH A LOT. 00:28:50.149 --> 00:28:51.730 THANKS FOR COMING. 00:28:51.730 --> 00:28:56.800 AGAIN, THANK YOU ALL FOR TAKING THE TIME OUT TO CELEBRATE WITH ME. 00:28:56.800 --> 00:29:02.510 GOD BLESS YOU ALL. 00:29:02.510 --> 00:29:11.370 [ CLAPPING ] >> WE KNOW HIM AFFECTIONATELY AS FATHER TOM. 00:29:11.370 --> 00:29:19.320 JUST CAME BACK FROM A MISSION IN GUATEMALA. 00:29:19.320 --> 00:29:24.539 >> VICE MAYOR AND COMMISSIONER, MAYOR WEISS, COMMISSIONERS, TAKE YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS 00:29:24.539 --> 00:29:30.090 OPPORTUNITY WITH YOU BECAUSE I PERSONALLY RECEIVED PROCLAMATION TWO YEARS AGO IN A DOG 00:29:30.090 --> 00:29:33.680 A CHANCE TO THANK YOU FOR THAT OCCASION. 00:29:33.680 --> 00:29:38.250 BUT TO HONOR SOPHIA WISDOM IN A SPECIAL WAY TODAY. 00:29:38.250 --> 00:29:40.710 SHE IS GODS BLESSING AMONG US. 00:29:40.710 --> 00:29:46.519 WHAT SHE DOES FOR US, WHAT SHE DOES FOR GODS PEOPLE IS SO VERY IMPORTANT AND THEY SHOULD 00:29:46.519 --> 00:29:54.080 CONTINUE TO HAVE GODS BLESSING UPON HER WORK AND HEALTH AND MAY GODS BLESSING TO HONOR 00:29:54.080 --> 00:29:56.919 HER ONCE HONORED ME. 00:29:56.919 --> 00:29:57.901 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 00:30:14.067 --> 00:30:16.310 >> GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. 00:30:16.310 --> 00:30:27.330 I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE MISS VIRGINIA BAKER, TANYA DAVIS JOHNSON, FRANK HAYDEN, IRA, BRUCE 00:30:27.330 --> 00:30:35.019 LEWIS, CLINTON FORBES, JENNIFER DOLLAR, SHERRY HOWARD, SANDRA AND ANTONIO SMITH 00:30:35.019 --> 00:30:37.039 TO JOIN ME. 00:30:37.039 --> 00:30:40.679 AS WE PRESENT THIS PROCLAMATION ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS DECLARING 00:30:40.679 --> 00:31:01.980 SEPTEMBER 22 2023 AS PALM BEACH PARTNERS BUSINESS MATCHMAKER AND EXPO DAY. 00:31:01.980 --> 00:31:09.669 BUSINESS MATCHMAKER DAY WOULD BE ACKNOWLEDGED AND CELEBRATED OCTOBER 22, 2023 AND THE PALM 00:31:09.669 --> 00:31:15.760 BEACH PARTNERS BUSINESS MATCHMAKER CONFERENCE AND EXPO AT THE PALM BEACH COUNTY COMMISSION 00:31:15.760 --> 00:31:17.400 CENTER. 00:31:17.400 --> 00:31:22.860 IS A COALITION OF CITY, COUNTY, STATE AND NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS TO PROMOTE ECONOMIC 00:31:22.860 --> 00:31:28.480 DEVELOPMENT OF SMALL BUSINESSES TO BID AND CONTRACT OPPORTUNITIES IN PALM BEACH COUNTY. 00:31:28.480 --> 00:31:35.549 WHEREAS THE PALM BEACH PARTNERS INCLUDES LEADING PUBLIC AND NONPROFIT AGENCIES WERE THE BOARD 00:31:35.549 --> 00:31:41.700 OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS INCLUDING THE DEPARTMENT OF AIRPORTS OF HOUSING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 00:31:41.700 --> 00:31:48.320 YOU'RE IN THE OFFICE A EQUAL BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY IN PALM TRAN IN WEST PALM BEACH. 00:31:48.320 --> 00:31:53.130 SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT, SCHOOL DISTRICT OF PALM BEACH COUNTY, CENTER FOR 00:31:53.130 --> 00:31:58.080 TECHNOLOGY ENTERPRISE AND DEVELOPMENT AND SOLID WASTE AUTHORITY OF PALM BEACH COUNTY. 00:31:58.080 --> 00:32:06.570 WHERE A SMALL MINORITY WOMEN-OWNED AND DISADVANTAGED ENTERPRISES REPRESENT A WIDE VARIETY OF DISCIPLINES 00:32:06.570 --> 00:32:11.240 AND EACH IS GRANTED AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH DECISION-MAKERS AND TO NETWORK WITH 00:32:11.240 --> 00:32:16.450 OTHER BUSINESSES IN ATTENDANCE AND EXPO. 00:32:16.450 --> 00:32:22.720 THE PALM BEACH COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS IS PLEASED TO CELEBRATE THIS DISTINCT BUSINESS 00:32:22.720 --> 00:32:28.860 EMPOWERMENT FORM FOR SMALL MINORITY WOMEN-OWNED AND DISADVANTAGED ENTERPRISES. 00:32:28.860 --> 00:32:32.510 NOW THEREFORE BE PROCLAIMED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF PALM BEACH COUNTY 00:32:32.510 --> 00:32:39.240 FLORIDA ASSEMBLED IN REGULAR SESSION THIS 22ND DAY OF AUGUST 2023 THAT SEPTEMBER 22, 00:32:39.240 --> 00:32:45.580 2023 IN PALM BEACH COUNTY IS HEREBY PROCLAIMED PALM BEACH PARTNERS BUSINESS MATCHMAKER CONFERENCE 00:32:45.580 --> 00:32:49.989 AND EXPO DAY. [APPLAUSE] 00:32:52.570 --> 00:32:57.519 >> GOOD MORNING MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD BURYING GIVE FOR SPONSORING THIS 00:32:57.519 --> 00:32:58.519 PROCLAMATION. 00:32:58.519 --> 00:33:05.600 JOINING ME THIS MORNING IS MY COCHAIR FROM PALM TRAN AND BEHIND ME OF THE MEMBERS OF 00:33:05.600 --> 00:33:11.299 OUR PARTNERS REPRESENTED TODAY WE HAVE JONATHAN BROWN AND SHERRY HOWARD FROM THE HOUSING AND 00:33:11.299 --> 00:33:17.590 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, PALM BEACH COUNTY WAS ONE OF THE FOUNDING MEMBERS OF PALM BEACH 00:33:17.590 --> 00:33:23.590 PARTNERS AND BEFORE I GO FURTHER INTRODUCING THE REST, I WANTED TO GIVE A SPECIAL THANKS 00:33:23.590 --> 00:33:27.050 TO READ 17 YEARS AGO VIRGINIA BAKER, DOCTOR. 00:33:27.050 --> 00:33:34.620 [NAME] OF THE SCHOOL BOARD AND THE LATE HAZEL LK OXENDINE LAID THE FRAMEWORK FOR THE CONFERENCE 00:33:34.620 --> 00:33:42.940 AND HERE WE ARE 17 YEARS LATER HAVING SHOWN OUR SMALL BUSINESSES HOW TO CONDUCT BUSINESS 00:33:42.940 --> 00:33:49.130 WITH LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND NONPROFIT AGENCIES AND HOW TO CONTRACT WITH THEM. 00:33:49.130 --> 00:33:55.149 WE ARE SUPER EXCITED FOR ALL MISS BAKER POURED INTO THE PALM BEACH PARTNERS MASS MATCHMAKER 00:33:55.149 --> 00:34:04.970 EXPO AND CONFERENCE AND MILLER HAS BEEN A TRUE SUPPORTIVE US MAKING SURE THEY CONTINUE ON. 00:34:04.970 --> 00:34:12.310 SHE WORKS ACROSS THE BOARD WITH HOUSING IN OUR OFFICE AND SEVERAL OTHER DEPARTMENTS. 00:34:12.310 --> 00:34:17.669 WE ARE COMMITTED TO MAKING SURE SMALL BUSINESSES IN PALM BEACH COUNTY CONTRACTS WITH LOCAL 00:34:17.669 --> 00:34:20.720 GOVERNMENT AND WITH THE AGENCIES. 00:34:20.720 --> 00:34:22.244 JENNIFER IS HERE. 00:34:24.350 --> 00:34:26.940 JENNIFER? 00:34:26.940 --> 00:34:30.129 WITH THE CITY OF WEST PALM BEACH. 00:34:30.129 --> 00:34:35.570 CHESTER COPE WITH THE CENTER FOR TECHNOLOGY ENTERPRISE AND DEVELOPMENT, ALSO KNOWN AS 00:34:35.570 --> 00:34:37.149 THE TED CENTER. 00:34:37.149 --> 00:34:38.149 WE HAVE MR. 00:34:38.149 --> 00:34:44.690 CLINTON FORBES, JONATHAN CHERIAN DID I MISS ANYBODY? 00:34:44.690 --> 00:34:51.560 BRUCE LEWIS HAS BEEN OUR EVENT PRODUCER AND FUNDRAISER FOR 12 OF THE 17 YEARS AND HE IS 00:34:51.560 --> 00:34:55.480 HELPED US FIND THE FUNDS IN ORDER TO SUPPORT THIS INITIATIVE. 00:34:55.480 --> 00:34:56.860 THANK YOU SO MUCH. 00:34:56.860 --> 00:35:03.170 YOU ARE ALL CORDIALLY INVITED TO JOIN US SEPTEMBER 22 AT THE PALM BEACH COUNTY CONVENTION CENTER. 00:35:03.170 --> 00:35:07.329 YOU WILL RECEIVE YOUR PERSONAL INVITATION AND YOU WOULD LIKE TO JOIN US FOR THE DAY 00:35:07.329 --> 00:35:12.079 OR IF YOUR SCHEDULE WILL PERMIT WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO JOIN US FOR OUR KEYNOTE LUNCHEON. 00:35:12.079 --> 00:35:16.560 THANK YOU ALL FOR SUPPORTIVE LOCAL SMALL BUSINESSES HERE IN PALM BEACH COUNTY. 00:35:16.560 --> 00:35:19.230 THANK YOU. 00:35:19.230 --> 00:35:26.660 >> I ALSO WANTED TO INVITE LAURA BB FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF AIRPORTS. 00:35:26.660 --> 00:35:28.080 PLEASE COME ON UP. 00:35:28.080 --> 00:35:31.274 YOUR NAME WASN'T ON THE LIST BUT IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN. 00:35:36.029 --> 00:35:41.849 >> THANK YOU MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, I AM ELATED TO BE PART OF THE 00:35:41.849 --> 00:35:46.210 PALM BEACH PARTNERS MATCHMAKER CONFERENCE AND EXPO THIS YEAR. 00:35:46.210 --> 00:35:50.960 THIS HAS BEEN ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF MY PROFESSIONAL CAREER GOVERNMENT AND I WAS ECSTATIC 00:35:50.960 --> 00:35:56.690 TO CONTINUE THE LEGACY OF STRENGTHENING THE PARTNER RELATIONSHIPS IN PALM BEACH COUNTY. 00:35:56.690 --> 00:35:58.900 SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. 00:36:08.070 --> 00:36:14.750 >> BEFORE I PROCEED WITH THIS NEXT PROCLAMATION, I WOULD LIKE A LITTLE SECRET TO COME OUT. 00:36:14.750 --> 00:36:16.959 TODAY IS FATHER TOM'S BIRTHDAY. 00:36:17.774 --> 00:36:22.400 FATHER TOM, ENJOY THE ENTIRE DAY. 00:36:22.400 --> 00:36:24.150 YOU ARE STARTING IT OUT WELL. 00:36:24.150 --> 00:36:29.210 HAPPY BIRTHDAY FATHER TOM. 00:36:29.210 --> 00:36:33.294 I WOULD LIKE TO NOW HAVE DOCTOR ACKERMAN UP. 00:36:35.400 --> 00:36:47.611 DOCTOR ACKERMAN, TODAY WE CELEBRATE SHARE AND YOU HAD SO MUCH PURPOSE IN HER LIFE AND 00:36:47.611 --> 00:36:52.958 MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE KNOW WHAT WE CAN DO TO HELP FIND A CURE FOR PARKINSON'S. 00:36:54.792 --> 00:37:01.960 TOGETHER FOR SHARON WAS CREATED IN 2020 BY DOCTOR GEORGE ACKERMAN AND FAMILY IN LOVING 00:37:01.960 --> 00:37:10.109 MEMORY OF SHARON ACKERMAN, ENCOURAGES INDIVIDUAL WHO VALIANTLY BATTLE PARKINSON'S THE DISEASE 00:37:10.109 --> 00:37:16.960 FOR 15 YEARS WITH THE PURPOSE OF PRESERVING HER MEMORY, INCREASING AWARENESS OF PARKINSON'S 00:37:16.960 --> 00:37:20.952 DISEASE AND PUSHING AND HOPEING FOR A CURE. 00:37:22.310 --> 00:37:30.810 THE FAMILY USING THEIR PERSONAL FUNDS DESIGNED A WRISTBAND, WHICH I HAVE ON NOW, TO RAISE 00:37:30.810 --> 00:37:37.490 PARKINSON AWARENESS BEARING THE INSCRIPTIONS IN MEMORY OF SHARON ACKERMAN PARIS PARKINSON 00:37:37.490 --> 00:37:41.189 DISEASE AWARENESS AND TOGETHER FOR SHARON. 00:37:42.140 --> 00:37:48.770 AND WHEREAS THE FAMILY'S SELFLESS ACT INCLUDES DESERVING WRISTBANDS FREE OF CHARGE TO INDIVIDUALS 00:37:48.770 --> 00:37:56.380 IN THE PARKINSON'S COMMUNITY AS WELL AS THOSE WHO DESIRE TO CONTRIBUTE DIRECTLY TO THE AMERICAN 00:37:56.380 --> 00:38:02.025 PARKINSON'S DISEASE ASSOCIATION WITH A MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION IN MEMORY. 00:38:03.180 --> 00:38:08.201 WHEREAS A FAMILY EXPRESSES PROFOUND GRATITUDE IN INDIVIDUALS WEARING A WRISTBAND, SHARE 00:38:08.201 --> 00:38:14.210 THEIR PICTURES ON SOCIAL MEDIA FOR NOT ONLY PRESERVING SHARON'S MEMORY BUT ALSO GARNERING 00:38:14.210 --> 00:38:21.450 SUPPORT FROM THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WHO GENEROUSLY CONTRIBUTE TO PARKINSON'S DISEASE TREATMENT 00:38:21.450 --> 00:38:29.440 AND RESEARCH IN FINDING A CURE BURYING DOCTOR, YOU ARE THE SON OF SHARON? 00:38:29.440 --> 00:38:30.440 WONDERFUL. 00:38:30.440 --> 00:38:37.079 WHEREAS, THROUGHOUT THIS MONTH WE COMMEND THE EFFORTS OF THE ACKERMAN FAMILY FOR THEIR 00:38:37.079 --> 00:38:44.190 COMMITMENT TO INCREASING AWARENESS OF PARKINSON'S DISEASE AT A SUPPORT RESEARCH FOR A CURE. 00:38:44.190 --> 00:38:50.609 THE DEDICATION REPRESENTS A COMPASSIONATE SELFLESS JESTER THAT FOSTERS HOPE IN THE FACE 00:38:50.609 --> 00:38:52.069 OF ADVERSITY. 00:38:52.069 --> 00:38:56.670 THEREFORE BE A PROCLAIMED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS IN PALM BEACH COUNTY 00:38:56.670 --> 00:39:08.140 FLORIDA ASSEMBLED IN REGULAR SESSION THIS 22ND DAY OF AUGUST, 2023, THAT AUGUST 2023. 00:39:08.140 --> 00:39:11.750 CONGRATULATIONS, SIR. 00:39:16.980 --> 00:39:21.349 >> THANK YOU TO THE BOARD AND STAFF FOR YOUR TIME TODAY FOR RECOGNIZING PARKINSON'S DISEASE 00:39:21.349 --> 00:39:24.530 AWARENESS FOR A MEMORY OF MY MOTHER SHARON. 00:39:24.530 --> 00:39:30.420 MY MOTHER PASSED AWAY ON 1/1 2020 AFTER A LONG BATTLE WITH PARKINSON'S DISEASE. 00:39:30.420 --> 00:39:35.030 SINCE THEN I HAVE BECOME AN ADVOCATE SPEAKING INDIVIDUALS AROUND THE ENTIRE WORLD. 00:39:35.030 --> 00:39:41.080 THIS DISEASE AFFECTS PEOPLE SEVERELY IN PALM BEACH COUNTY AS WELL AND WE NEED MORE SUPPORT, 00:39:41.080 --> 00:39:43.760 CARE AND FUNDING TO ASSIST EACH AND EVERYONE. 00:39:43.760 --> 00:39:46.290 MY FAMILY STARTED THE WEBSITE TOGETHER FOR SHARON.COM. 00:39:46.290 --> 00:39:48.829 I LEFT A BAND FOR EACH OF YOU. 00:39:48.829 --> 00:39:54.750 I PASS THESE OUT FOR FREE AS WELL AS VOLUNTARY AT THE PARKINSON'S FOUNDATION AND THE AMERICAN 00:39:54.750 --> 00:39:58.579 PARKINSON'S DISEASE ASSOCIATION WALK THROUGH THE COUNTY. 00:39:58.579 --> 00:40:04.810 OUR FAMILY ALSO DONATED OVER $15,000 IN JUST THREE YEARS TO FOUNDATIONS THAT SUPPORT AWARENESS 00:40:04.810 --> 00:40:06.420 AND HOPE FOR A CURE. 00:40:06.420 --> 00:40:10.840 THE DISEASE NOT ONLY AFFECTS THE INDIVIDUAL BUT ALSO THE FAMILIES AS CAREGIVERS. 00:40:10.840 --> 00:40:16.510 CURRENTLY THE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION ALLOWED ME TO SPEAK TO OUR LOCAL HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 00:40:16.510 --> 00:40:22.720 TO REPRESENT ONE OF THE FIRST FEDERAL BILLS TO THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS NATIONAL PLANT 00:40:22.720 --> 00:40:25.140 TO END PARKINSON'S ACT. 00:40:25.140 --> 00:40:28.670 THIS WILL SUPPORT, FUND AND IN THIS DISEASE HOPEFULLY VERY SOON. 00:40:28.670 --> 00:40:33.500 IT IS IT EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO INDIVIDUALS WITH PARKINSON'S AND THE CAREGIVERS WHO ALSO 00:40:33.500 --> 00:40:34.520 ASSIST THEM. 00:40:34.520 --> 00:40:40.550 I CANNOT THANK YOU ALL ENOUGH, BUT I CAN PROMISE THAT I WILL NEVER STOP FIGHTING FOR PARKINSON'S 00:40:40.550 --> 00:40:42.970 AWARENESS IN MEMORY OF MY MOTHER. 00:40:42.970 --> 00:40:44.450 UNTIL WE FIND A CURE FOR OTHERS. 00:40:44.450 --> 00:40:48.970 I NEVER WANT ANYONE TO HAVE TO GO THROUGH WHAT MY MOTHER AND MY FAMILY HAS AND THANK 00:40:48.970 --> 00:40:49.970 YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME. 00:40:49.970 --> 00:41:11.520 IT MEANS THE WORLD TO ME. 00:41:11.520 --> 00:41:31.829 THANK YOU. 00:41:31.829 --> 00:42:06.319 [ CLAPPING ] >> Gregg Weiss: LOTS OF VERY INSPIRING AND 00:42:06.319 --> 00:42:13.450 GOOD THINGS HAPPENING IN PALM BEACH COUNTY TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND CELEBRATE. 00:42:13.450 --> 00:42:17.600 WONDERFUL PART OF WHAT WE GET TO DO. 00:42:17.600 --> 00:42:25.579 AS WE ARE MOVING INTO OUR PUBLIC HEARINGS, JUST TO HELP EVERYBODY SET THE STAGE. 00:42:25.579 --> 00:42:31.680 ONE OF OUR COLLEAGUES AND ASKED IF POSSIBLE WE BREAK AT 11:30 TODAY FOR LUNCH SO I WOULD 00:42:31.680 --> 00:42:35.359 TRY TO ACCOMMODATE THAT AS WE CAN. 00:42:35.359 --> 00:42:39.050 I NEED TO RECOGNIZE COMMISSIONER MARINO. 00:42:39.050 --> 00:42:45.210 >> Maria Marino: WE ARE ALL A LITTLE OUT OF PRACTICE, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE AN ITEM 00:42:45.210 --> 00:42:52.110 UP ON THE REGULAR AGENDA TO FOLLOW THE PUBLIC HEARING AND THAT WOULD BE ITEM 6J1 HUNDRED 00:42:52.110 --> 00:42:53.110 AIRPORTS. 00:42:53.110 --> 00:42:57.410 YOU ARE USUALLY THE REGULAR ITEM, I DON'T KNOW WHY YOU ARE LAST. 00:42:57.410 --> 00:43:03.680 I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THIS UP TO THE FIRST ITEM ON THE REGULAR AGENDA SO YOU CAN GO BACK 00:43:03.680 --> 00:43:07.520 TO BUSINESS RUNNING A GREAT AIRPORT FIT IN THE NATION. 00:43:07.520 --> 00:43:12.520 THAT BE OKAY WITH THE REST OF THE BOARD? 00:43:12.520 --> 00:43:20.270 >> SECOND BY THE VICE MAYOR TO REORDER THE AGENDA TO MOVE ITEM 6J1 UP TO THE FIRST ITEM 00:43:20.270 --> 00:43:24.340 ON OUR REGULAR AGENDA. 00:43:24.340 --> 00:43:26.730 ALL IN FAVOR? 00:43:26.730 --> 00:43:27.730 ALL THE POST? 00:43:27.730 --> 00:43:34.060 MOTION CARRIES 7/0. 00:43:34.060 --> 00:43:36.060 MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE AND PROOF OF PUBLICATION? 00:43:36.060 --> 00:43:41.950 MOTION BY COMMISSIONER MARINO, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER BAXTER. 00:43:41.950 --> 00:43:42.950 ALL IN FAVOR? 00:43:42.950 --> 00:43:43.950 ALL OPPOSED? 00:43:43.950 --> 00:43:46.160 THE MOTION CARRIES 7/0. 00:43:46.160 --> 00:43:52.600 MOVING ON TO OUR FIRST PUBLIC HEARING ITEM IN THIS IS ITEM 5 A1 ENGINEERING A PUBLIC 00:43:52.600 --> 00:43:53.600 WORKS. 00:43:53.600 --> 00:43:55.610 >> Maria Marino: MAY I? 00:43:55.610 --> 00:44:01.319 I DON'T THINK WE NEED A PRESENTATION SINCE WE HAD ONE SO I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO ADOPT 00:44:01.319 --> 00:44:05.592 THE ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 23 ARTICLE 1. 00:44:21.419 --> 00:44:30.089 >> Gregg Weiss: WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER MARINO TO APPROVE ITEM FIVE A1 IN A SECOND 00:44:30.089 --> 00:44:32.410 BY COMMISSIONER WOODWARD. 00:44:32.410 --> 00:44:36.220 ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION. 00:44:36.220 --> 00:44:40.226 THAT MOTION CARRIES 7/0. 00:44:41.720 --> 00:44:46.200 MOVING ON, IDENTIFY THE ONE IS A COUNTY ATTORNEY ITEM. 00:44:46.200 --> 00:44:52.930 THIS IS A TERMINATION OF A PREVIOUSLY ORDINANCE AT THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS APPROVED 00:44:52.930 --> 00:44:58.691 REGARDING A RENTAL TENDENCIES AND HAS BEEN PREEMPTED BY THE STATE OF FLORIDA. 00:45:01.068 --> 00:45:10.290 >> Maria Sachs: I MOVE AT THIS TIME WE PASSED 5B1. 00:45:10.290 --> 00:45:14.850 >> Gregg Weiss: THIS IS PRELIMINARY READING INFORMATION ADVERTISED. 00:45:14.850 --> 00:45:21.310 WE HAVE A MOTION BY THE VICE MAYOR ON ITEM 5 B1. 00:45:21.310 --> 00:45:23.150 SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WOODWARD. 00:45:23.150 --> 00:45:24.150 ALL IN FAVOR? 00:45:24.150 --> 00:45:25.150 ALL OPPOSED? 00:45:25.150 --> 00:45:27.140 THAT MOTION HERE IS 7/0. 00:45:29.178 --> 00:45:31.334 COMMISSIONER MARINO, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. 00:45:32.827 --> 00:45:38.760 >> Maria Marino: I JUST ENCOURAGE ALL OUR LANDLORDS TO GIVE AS MUCH NOTICE AS POSSIBLE 00:45:38.760 --> 00:45:46.599 IF YOU ARE PLANNING ON RAISING SOMEONE'S RENT OR TERMINATING THEIR LEASE. 00:45:46.599 --> 00:45:52.589 EVERYONE IS IN A QUANDARY RIGHT NOW ABOUT HOUSING SO I WOULD LIKE ALL OF US TO DO OUR 00:45:52.589 --> 00:45:56.572 BEST TO SHARE INFORMATION AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE. 00:45:56.572 --> 00:45:57.572 THANK YOU. 00:45:58.368 --> 00:46:01.950 >> Gregg Weiss: MOVING TO ITEM 5C1. 00:46:01.950 --> 00:46:09.470 THIS IS A PALM TRAN ITEM AND THESE ARE SOME GRANT APPLICATION IN THE BUDGET TRANSFER. 00:46:11.508 --> 00:46:15.067 ANYBODY NEED A PRESENTATION? 00:46:15.067 --> 00:46:18.600 >> Maria Sachs: AT THIS TIME AFTER REVIEWING IT I DON'T THINK WE NEED A PRESENTATION IF 00:46:18.600 --> 00:46:20.640 THAT IS OKAY WITH EVERYBODY. 00:46:20.640 --> 00:46:25.759 AND I MOVE WE APPROVE. 00:46:25.759 --> 00:46:35.700 >> Gregg Weiss: VICE MAYOR HAS MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE A, B, C, D AND F. AND WE HAVE A 00:46:35.700 --> 00:46:37.070 SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MARINO. 00:46:37.070 --> 00:46:38.680 ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? 00:46:38.680 --> 00:46:40.290 ALL IN FAVOR? 00:46:40.290 --> 00:46:41.290 ALL OPPOSED? 00:46:41.290 --> 00:46:43.619 THAT MOTION CARRIES 7/0. 00:46:43.619 --> 00:46:49.640 MOVING ONTO A REGULAR AGENDA. 00:46:49.640 --> 00:46:53.210 WE WILL TAKE UP ITEM 6J1 FIRST. 00:46:55.301 --> 00:46:57.730 DO WE NEED A PRESENTATION ON THIS? 00:46:57.730 --> 00:46:59.990 >> Maria Marino: CAN WE HAVE A SMALL ONE? 00:46:59.990 --> 00:47:03.260 ANYONE THAT ENCOURAGES GOLF IN OUR COMMUNITY I AM REALLY HAPPY. 00:47:03.260 --> 00:47:04.630 >> Gregg Weiss: I KNEW THAT. 00:47:04.630 --> 00:47:06.740 >> WE HAVE PICTURES! 00:47:10.748 --> 00:47:18.374 >> Gregg Weiss: WE WILL HAVE A BRIEF PRESENTATION ABOUT GOLF AT THE AIRPORT. 00:47:31.212 --> 00:47:36.150 >> THANK YOU FOR REORDERING. 00:47:36.150 --> 00:47:40.280 TODAY THE DEPARTMENT AIRPORTS IS REQUESTING APPROVAL OF A DEVELOPMENT SITE LEASE AGREEMENT 00:47:40.280 --> 00:47:45.230 WITH WEST PALM BEACH LLC FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF PROPERTY ON THE PALM BEACH INTERNATIONAL 00:47:45.230 --> 00:47:50.970 AIRPORT AND DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY DESIGN CERTAIN DOCUMENTS REQUIRED FOR FINANCING APPLICATIONS 00:47:50.970 --> 00:47:55.780 FOR DEVELOPMENT APPROVALS AND THE SIGNATURE OF THE PROPERTY OWNER IS REQUIRED TO THE LEASE 00:47:55.780 --> 00:47:59.290 TO BE FINAL LEGAL DESCRIPTION BASED ON THE SITE PLAN. 00:47:59.290 --> 00:48:06.210 THE SITE 3.3 ACRES, THE USE OF THE PROPOSED USE IS AN INDOOR OUTDOOR GOLF RELATED ENTERTAINMENT 00:48:06.210 --> 00:48:08.020 AND DINING FACILITY. 00:48:08.020 --> 00:48:11.850 THE TERM OF THE LEASE IS 30 YEARS FROM THE DATA IN OFFICIAL OCCUPANCY, THE MINIMUM CAPITAL 00:48:11.850 --> 00:48:21.280 INVESTMENT IS $8 MILLION, THE INITIAL IS A GREATER OF $448,158 OR FOUR PERCENT OF ANNUAL 00:48:21.280 --> 00:48:24.109 GROSS REVENUES UP TO $10 MILLION. 00:48:24.109 --> 00:48:30.400 PLUS, TWO PERCENT OF ANNUAL GROSS REVENUES IN EXCESS OF $10 MILLION FOR THE IMPROVEMENTS 00:48:30.400 --> 00:48:38.040 WILL BE TO 18 MINI GOLF COURSES, A PLAYGROUND AREA, TO LEVEL DINING AND ENTERTAINMENT VENUE, 00:48:38.040 --> 00:48:41.319 CONSTRUCTION MUST BE COMPLETED WITHIN 60 MONTHS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE ALTHOUGH IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING 00:48:41.319 --> 00:48:44.480 THEY INTEND ON CONSTRUCTING MUCH QUICKER THAN THAT. 00:48:44.480 --> 00:48:50.349 THE PROPOSED THREE PERCENT PARTICIPATION, THE GOAL WAS TO.17 PERCENT. 00:48:50.349 --> 00:48:55.680 THEY VOLUNTARILY PROPOSED ADDITIONAL SMALL BUSINESS PARTICIPATION EVEN THOUGH THE COORDINATES 00:48:55.680 --> 00:48:57.940 DOES NOT APPLY TO THIS PARTICULAR SOLICITATION. 00:48:57.940 --> 00:49:03.670 THEY GIVE IT TO THAT FIVE PERCENT AS PARTICIPATION ON THE INSTRUCTION OF THE IMPROVEMENTS AND 00:49:03.670 --> 00:49:09.360 THE VENUE ANTICIPATED TO CREATE 100 FULL-TIME JOBS AND 16 PART-TIME JOBS. 00:49:12.960 --> 00:49:17.700 SO THE SITE IS LOCATED BETWEEN THE DRIVE SHACK AND HOTEL LOCATED ON THE PALM BEACH INTERNATIONAL 00:49:17.700 --> 00:49:21.069 AIRPORT ACROSS FROM THE CLOSET. 00:49:21.868 --> 00:49:23.951 AND JUST SOME PICTURES OF THE SITE. 00:49:26.667 --> 00:49:28.810 AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. 00:49:28.810 --> 00:49:31.599 >> Gregg Weiss: I DON'T SEE ANY QUESTIONS. 00:49:31.599 --> 00:49:32.599 COMMISSIONER MARINO. 00:49:32.599 --> 00:49:34.630 >> Maria Marino: I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. 00:49:34.630 --> 00:49:42.790 I KNOW THERE WAS SOME INTEREST IN THIS PROPERTY AND GOLF IS REALLY GROWING IN OUR COMMUNITY. 00:49:42.790 --> 00:49:48.300 OBVIOUSLY EVERYONE KNOWS WE ARE THE GOLF CAPITAL OF THE WORLD BUT WE ARE ALSO BRINGING IT TO 00:49:48.300 --> 00:49:52.230 A POINT WHERE EVERYONE CAN PLAY, NOT JUST YOU. 00:49:52.230 --> 00:49:59.619 ARE COUNTY DOES OWN FIVE GOLF COURSES OPEN TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC, BUT THIS IS GREAT AND 00:49:59.619 --> 00:50:01.449 I THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO DO THIS. 00:50:02.400 --> 00:50:04.987 >> I THINK WE HAVE A COUPLE OF CARDS. 00:50:11.712 --> 00:50:15.820 IT LOOKS LIKE THERE IS FINALLY A PLACE I CAN PLAY GOLF AT. 00:50:15.820 --> 00:50:24.329 . BUT THAT WE WILL TAKE A MOTION. 00:50:24.329 --> 00:50:29.349 MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 6J1. 00:50:30.843 --> 00:50:37.070 A AND B. AND WE GET A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER BAXTER. 00:50:37.070 --> 00:50:39.400 ALL IN FAVOR, ALL OPPOSED. 00:50:39.400 --> 00:50:43.845 THAT MOTION CARRIES 6/0 WITH THE VICE MAYOR OFF THE DAIS. 00:50:47.920 --> 00:50:56.180 WE MAKE THAT SEVEN AND NOTE THAT VICE MAYOR HAS RETURNED TO THE DAIS. MOVING 00:50:56.180 --> 00:51:08.710 ON WE ARE NOW AND NOW THE REGULAR AGENDA AND THIS IS ITEM 6 A1 THIS IS AN ENGINEERING PUBLIC 00:51:08.710 --> 00:51:10.130 WORKS. 00:51:10.130 --> 00:51:13.059 I WOULD ACTUALLY LIKE A BRIEF PRESENTATION ON THIS. 00:51:15.572 --> 00:51:21.380 I KNOW A LOT OF THE PUBLIC HAS BEEN CURIOUS AS TO WHAT IS GOING ON OR WHAT HASN'T BEEN 00:51:21.380 --> 00:51:23.078 GOING ON IN SOME OF THESE PROJECTS. 00:51:32.520 --> 00:51:36.650 DISTRICT 2 AND THREE AND THERE MIGHT BE ONE IN DISTRICT 5 AS WELL. 00:51:36.650 --> 00:51:39.670 THAT IS US TOO. 00:51:43.542 --> 00:51:46.380 >> MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS 00:51:46.380 --> 00:51:51.020 AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR BAKER, THE ITEM BEFORE YOU ON THE AGENDA. 00:51:51.020 --> 00:51:52.387 THAT 00:51:54.357 --> 00:52:02.319 IS NOT SOMETHING ELSE TALK ABOUT THE ITEM. IS RELATED TO MUNICIPAL CONTRACTORS. 00:52:02.319 --> 00:52:08.570 THEY HAVE PROBLEMS IN THEIR SUBCONTRACTORS AND SO WE REACHED AN AGREEMENT WHERE THEY 00:52:08.570 --> 00:52:14.069 WILL ACTUALLY PAY THE SUBCONTRACTORS DIRECTLY BECAUSE SUBCONTRACTORS, ESPECIALLY THE SINGLE 00:52:14.069 --> 00:52:16.800 CONTRACTORS, WALKED OFF THE JOB OF THE COUPLE PROJECTS. 00:52:16.800 --> 00:52:20.800 THESE PROJECTS ARE ON STANDSTILL. 00:52:20.800 --> 00:52:26.130 BOARD APPROVES THIS IT WILL ALLOW THE PAYMENTS TO GO AND THEY WILL PAY THE SUBCONTRACTS DIRECTLY 00:52:26.130 --> 00:52:29.079 AND WE CAN GET THE PROJECT BACK ON TRACK. 00:52:29.079 --> 00:52:33.349 THIS IS REALLY CRITICAL THAT IS WHAT WE HAVE BONDS HE REALLY PROTECTS US IN OUR CONTRACT 00:52:33.349 --> 00:52:35.190 IN CASE SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAPPENS. 00:52:35.190 --> 00:52:39.960 >> Gregg Weiss: TO CLARIFY, MUNICIPAL CONTRACTORS IS NOT A MUNICIPAL. 00:52:39.960 --> 00:52:42.130 >> THAT IS THE NAME OF THE CONTRACTOR. 00:52:42.130 --> 00:52:48.049 >> Gregg Weiss: THAT IS THE NAME OF THE COMPANY WHO WON THESE BIDS THAT DID NOT PAY THEIR 00:52:48.049 --> 00:52:55.130 SUBCONTRACTORS WHO WALKED OFF THE JOB AND LEFT THESE JOBS PARTLY COMPLETED AT A STAND 00:52:55.130 --> 00:52:57.140 STILL FOR MONTHS. 00:52:57.140 --> 00:53:00.440 AND MAYBE EVEN SOME A YEAR? 00:53:00.440 --> 00:53:02.569 >> ALBERT HERE IS MY COORDINATOR. 00:53:02.569 --> 00:53:06.230 HE CAN TALK ABOUT THE PROJECTS. 00:53:09.898 --> 00:53:11.615 >> GOOD MORNING. 00:53:11.615 --> 00:53:20.280 SEVERAL PROJECTS, MOST OF WHICH HAVE BEEN SITTING FOR A WHILE. 00:53:20.280 --> 00:53:26.200 THE PAYMENTS THAT WE SEND, THEY DON'T DISTRIBUTE PROPERLY TO THE SUBCONTRACTORS. 00:53:26.200 --> 00:53:29.200 THE WHOLE PAYMENT. 00:53:29.200 --> 00:53:35.180 THERE ARE A NUMBER PROJECTS WE HOLD THE PAYMENT ON BECAUSE WE HAVE NO GUARANTEE THAT THE MONEY 00:53:35.180 --> 00:53:40.670 IS GOING TO GET TO THE PROPER INDIVIDUALS PERFORMING WORK. 00:53:40.670 --> 00:53:46.660 WE CONTACTED THE SURETY TO COME OUT AND ASSESS THE SITUATION. 00:53:46.660 --> 00:53:50.520 THEY COME UP WITH A SOLUTION. 00:53:50.520 --> 00:53:54.559 WE THINK IT IS FAIR. 00:53:54.559 --> 00:53:59.460 ONCE THE PAYMENT STARTS ROLLING INTO THE SUBCONTRACTORS WE REACHED OUT TO THE SUBCONTRACTORS. 00:53:59.460 --> 00:54:01.440 THEY ARE COMMITTED. 00:54:01.440 --> 00:54:07.690 THEY PURCHASED PARKS AND INDIVIDUAL SPECIALIZED PIECES FOR SIGNALIZED INTERSECTIONS. 00:54:07.690 --> 00:54:10.500 THEY HAVE THE STUFF. 00:54:10.500 --> 00:54:13.717 ONCE THEY RECEIVED PAYMENT THEY CAN GET BACK OUT THERE AND START WORKING AGAIN. 00:54:17.657 --> 00:54:21.504 >> Maria Sachs: I WOULD LIKE TO COMMEND OUR ENGINEERING STAFF GETTING TO KNOW YOU ALL 00:54:21.504 --> 00:54:26.829 BY FIRST NAMES APPEARING IN YOU COME OUT WITH ME TWO DIFFERENT HOA IN COUNTRY CLUBS AND 00:54:26.829 --> 00:54:32.890 EXPLAIN TO THE FOLKS WHY WHY ARE ROADS ARE NOT DONE. 00:54:32.890 --> 00:54:38.750 IN THE REGION AS A LITTLE SUGGESTION. 00:54:38.750 --> 00:54:47.950 IF WE CAN WORK ON THE ISSUE WITH THE COUNTY ATTORNEY HOW TO MAKE SURE THE SUBCONTRACTORS 00:54:47.950 --> 00:54:50.119 DO THEIR JOB PROPERLY. 00:54:50.119 --> 00:54:52.799 IT STOPS RIGHT HERE. 00:54:52.799 --> 00:55:02.560 IT MAY BE WE COULD RECOMMEND OR MAKE MANDATORY POSTING OF A BOND, BLACKLIST. 00:55:02.560 --> 00:55:04.940 AND I MEAN IT. 00:55:04.940 --> 00:55:12.480 WERE THE ONES RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SAFETY OF OUR ROADS AND THESE CONTRACTORS ARE NOT MOVING 00:55:12.480 --> 00:55:17.720 FORWARD IN A PROFESSIONAL WAY. 00:55:17.720 --> 00:55:25.210 LET'S FIND WAYS WE CAN MAKE THESE CONTRACTORS LIVE UP TO THE CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS. 00:55:25.210 --> 00:55:30.600 IF SOMEBODY DOESN'T WANT TO DO BUSINESS WITH US IN A PROFESSIONAL WAY WE DON'T NEED TO 00:55:30.600 --> 00:55:32.970 DO BUSINESS WITH THEM. 00:55:32.970 --> 00:55:41.590 THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO AND LET'S LET THIS BE A LESSON TO US. 00:55:41.590 --> 00:55:43.480 WITH THE GENERAL CONTRACTORS. 00:55:43.480 --> 00:55:50.700 AND I'M TIRED OF HEARING THAT ON OTHER MATERIALS, TIRED THEY DON'T OF THE LABOR. 00:55:50.700 --> 00:55:53.859 WE DON'T NEED TO HIRE THEM, PERIOD. 00:55:53.859 --> 00:55:54.859 THANK YOU AGAIN. 00:55:54.859 --> 00:55:56.200 WE HAVE GREAT LEADERSHIP WITH MR. 00:55:56.200 --> 00:55:57.200 RICKS. 00:55:57.200 --> 00:56:03.690 ALL OF YOU, AND LOVE WHEN YOU CANNOT TO THE HOA AND THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DID. 00:56:03.690 --> 00:56:14.220 >> Gregg Weiss: THE THREE INTERSECTION INVOLVED, GAIT WE WILL ABIDE MILITARY TRAY AND HYPOLUXO 00:56:14.220 --> 00:56:19.720 ROAD AND THESE PROJECTS HAVE BEEN SITTING. 00:56:19.720 --> 00:56:25.349 THIS IS GOING TO GET THEM MOVING AGAIN, WHICH IS A VERY GOOD THING TO BEGIN ALL RIGHT. 00:56:25.349 --> 00:56:33.849 WITH THAT WE HAVE A MOTION FROM THE VICE MAYOR AND A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER BARNETT. 00:56:35.411 --> 00:56:41.312 WE WILL TAKE IT FROM COMMISSIONER BARNETT AS THIS IMPACTS HIS DISTRICT AS WELL. 00:56:41.312 --> 00:56:41.940 ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? 00:56:41.940 --> 00:56:42.940 SEEING NONE ALL IN FAVOR? 00:56:42.940 --> 00:56:43.940 ALL OPPOSED? 00:56:43.940 --> 00:56:47.309 THAT MOTION CARRIES 7/0. 00:56:47.309 --> 00:56:49.780 MOVING ON. 00:56:49.780 --> 00:56:50.780 COMMISSIONER BERNARD. 00:56:50.780 --> 00:56:51.780 >> Mack Benard: THANK YOU MR. 00:56:51.780 --> 00:56:52.780 MAYOR. 00:56:52.780 --> 00:56:59.589 I WANT TO TAKE A POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE TO RECOGNIZE COMMISSIONER TOM IN THE AUDIENCE. 00:56:59.589 --> 00:57:06.589 HE IS A CITY COMMISSIONER IN THE CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH AND HE REPRESENTS SOME OF THE CITIES 00:57:06.589 --> 00:57:10.160 I REPRESENT AND COMMISSIONER WOODWARD. 00:57:10.160 --> 00:57:11.160 THANK YOU. 00:57:11.160 --> 00:57:18.180 >> Gregg Weiss: MOVING ON WE ARE ON ITEM 6B1, THIS IS THE LIBRARY IN THEIR STRATEGIC PLAN. 00:57:24.769 --> 00:57:27.760 >> GOOD MORNING MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS. 00:57:27.760 --> 00:57:37.760 BEFORE YOU IS AN UPDATE OF THE COUNTY LIBRARY FY 24 TO FY 20 A STRATEGIC PLAN AND THE EFFORT 00:57:37.760 --> 00:57:38.760 24 ACTION PLAN. 00:57:38.760 --> 00:57:44.700 FIRST OFF, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO EVERYONE ON THE BOARD FOR SPENDING TIME WITH OUR LIBRARY 00:57:44.700 --> 00:57:49.730 TEAM TO DISCUSS SOME OF THE LIBRARY ISSUES AND SOME OTHER THINGS IMPORTANT TO YOU AND 00:57:49.730 --> 00:57:51.570 YOUR LIBRARIES AND DISTRICT. 00:57:51.570 --> 00:57:53.460 WE APPRECIATE EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOUR SUPPORT. 00:57:53.460 --> 00:57:54.460 WE WANT TO THANK MS. 00:57:54.460 --> 00:58:02.319 BAKER FOR HER LEADERSHIP IN A LOT OF THE INSIGHTS SHE WAS ABLE TO IN PART UPON THIS UPDATED 00:58:02.319 --> 00:58:05.810 STRATEGIC PLAN AND HER FINGERPRINTS ARE ON THIS AS WELL. 00:58:05.810 --> 00:58:07.490 VERY IMPACTFUL AND VERY IMPORTANT. 00:58:07.490 --> 00:58:14.560 TODAY WITH US APPEARED DOUG CRANE IS OUR DIRECTOR OF OUR PALM BEACH COUNTY LIBRARY SYSTEM. 00:58:14.560 --> 00:58:22.099 [NAME], OUR DEPUTY DIRECTOR AND ONE OF THE STRATEGIC ARCHITECTS OF THIS UPDATED PLAN 00:58:22.099 --> 00:58:24.930 AND SHANNON FOX FROM THE COUNTY ATTORNEYS OFFICE. 00:58:24.930 --> 00:58:29.989 WE HAVE A BRIEF PRESENTATION WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU AND WITH THAT, DOUG? 00:58:29.989 --> 00:58:33.950 >> GOOD MORNING MAYOR, VICE MAYOR SACHS IN COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. 00:58:33.950 --> 00:58:41.809 WE ARE HERE TO SHOW THE LIBRARY FY 24 TO 20 A STRATEGIC PLAN AN ACTION PLAN FOR FY 24 00:58:41.809 --> 00:58:46.480 THAT SUPPORT THE LIBRARY MISSION TO CONNECT COMMUNITIES, INSPIRE THOUGHT AND ENRICH LIVES 00:58:46.480 --> 00:58:53.150 HERE IN TO PROVIDE GUIDANCE FOR THE DELIVERY OF SERVICES OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. 00:58:53.150 --> 00:58:58.109 IT OUTLINES A VISION OF OUTSTANDING LIBRARY SERVICE FOR RESIDENTS OF THE LIBRARY DISTRICT 00:58:58.109 --> 00:59:03.690 AND ADDRESSES COMMUNITY NEEDS AND EMERGING TRENDS TO MAXIMIZE THE LIBRARIES IMPACT THROUGHOUT 00:59:03.690 --> 00:59:05.049 PALM BEACH COUNTY. 00:59:05.049 --> 00:59:10.799 IS SERVES AS A GUIDE FOR THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT AND IS A CORNERSTONE THAT WELL INFORMED AND 00:59:10.799 --> 00:59:11.829 EDUCATED COMMUNITY. 00:59:11.829 --> 00:59:16.910 LIBRARY SERVICE HAS, LIBRARY STAFF UPDATED THE STRATEGIC PLAN TO REFLECT RECENT CHANGES 00:59:16.910 --> 00:59:22.010 IN OUR COMMUNITY, INCLUDING THOSE BROUGHT ABOUT BY THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC WHICH IS THANKFULLY 00:59:22.010 --> 00:59:23.010 RECEDED. 00:59:23.010 --> 00:59:28.210 THE PUBLIC DEMAND FOR ELECTRONIC RESOURCES AND ACCESS TO EVOLVING TECHNOLOGY AND POPULATION 00:59:28.210 --> 00:59:29.210 GROWTH. 00:59:29.210 --> 00:59:33.660 OUR COMMUNITIES ARE BECOMING MORE COMPLEX AND DIVERSE WHILE CONTINUING TO MEET THE NEEDS 00:59:33.660 --> 00:59:39.010 OF THOSE WHO SEEK TRADITIONAL LIBRARY SERVICES AND TRADITIONAL FORMATS HEAR THE LIBRARY RECOGNIZES 00:59:39.010 --> 00:59:44.900 THE DEMAND FROM LIBRARY MEMBERS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO BRIDGE THE NEEDS THAT THEY NEED 00:59:44.900 --> 00:59:47.190 TO DO THEIR LIVES IS REALLY IMPORTANT. 00:59:47.190 --> 00:59:52.890 ACCOMMODATION THE MATERIAL FORMATS AND SERVICES OFFERED WILL BE DETERMINED BY COMMUNITY NEEDS, 00:59:52.890 --> 00:59:56.730 RETURN ON INVESTMENT AND AVAILABILITY OF FUNDING. 00:59:58.200 --> 00:59:59.200 >> GOOD MORNING. 00:59:59.200 --> 01:00:03.799 AS A VITAL PART OF THE STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS, LIBRARY STAFF SOUGHT THE INPUT OF 01:00:03.799 --> 01:00:05.400 THE COMMUNITY. 01:00:05.400 --> 01:00:11.650 COMMUNITY FORMS ARE HELD AT LIBRARY LOCATIONS ACROSS THE COUNTY BOTH IN PERSON AND VIRTUALLY. 01:00:11.650 --> 01:00:16.580 RESIDENTS GIVE THEIR FEEDBACK CONCERNING THE COMMUNITIES NEEDS AND THE WAYS LIBRARIES CAN 01:00:16.580 --> 01:00:18.413 HELP MEET THOSE NEEDS. 01:00:19.092 --> 01:00:24.410 ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK WAS OBTAINED THROUGH STAFF FORMS, IN-HOUSE SURVEY, SURVEY FOR NONUSERS 01:00:24.410 --> 01:00:27.250 AND SUGGESTIONS FROM CHILDREN AND TEENS. 01:00:27.250 --> 01:00:31.890 THE INFORMATION GAINED SERVES AS A BASIS FOR THIS PLAN. 01:00:31.890 --> 01:00:36.829 THIS PLAN WAS DEVELOPED BY LIBRARY STAFF OF INPUT FROM THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, 01:00:36.829 --> 01:00:41.520 LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD, FRIENDS OF THE PALM BEACH COUNTY LIBRARY AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATION 01:00:41.520 --> 01:00:44.093 AND PARTNERING ORGANIZATIONS. 01:00:45.859 --> 01:00:50.830 THE LIBRARY STRATEGIC PLAN CONNECTS COMMUNITIES BY ENGAGING OUR COMMUNITIES AND PARTNERS BY 01:00:50.830 --> 01:00:56.950 PROMOTING AND ENHANCING THE ROLE OF THE LIBRARY OFFERING SERVICES BEYOND THE LIBRARY WALLS. 01:00:56.950 --> 01:01:03.180 THIS INCLUDES FORMING NEW COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS TO PROMOTE USE OF THE LIBRARY AND ITS RESOURCES, 01:01:03.180 --> 01:01:08.250 PROVIDING A VARIETY VOLUNTEERS OPPORTUNITIES FOR ADULTS AND TEENS IN PROMOTING THE USAGE 01:01:08.250 --> 01:01:13.078 OF LIBRARY RESOURCES AND SERVICES THROUGH COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND ACTIVITIES. 01:01:14.980 --> 01:01:20.260 THE LIBRARY INSPIRES THOUGHT BY PROVIDING FREE ACCESS TO RESOURCES AND SERVICES THAT 01:01:20.260 --> 01:01:26.200 REFLECT AND ENGAGE PALM BEACH COUNTY DIVERSE COMMUNITIES AND PEOPLE AND BY OFFERING A DIVERSE 01:01:26.200 --> 01:01:32.207 RANGE OF ACTIVITIES DESIGNED TO ENRICH, STIMULATE AND ENGAGE MEMBERS FROM EARLY LITERACY THROUGH 01:01:32.207 --> 01:01:33.376 ADULTHOOD. 01:01:34.870 --> 01:01:40.109 WE WILL ENRICH THE LIVES BY PROVIDING A WELCOMING ENVIRONMENT BOTH PHYSICALLY AND VIRTUALLY 01:01:40.109 --> 01:01:45.710 TO SPARK CREATIVITY, STIMULATE THOUGHTFUL CONVERSATION AND ENCOURAGE COLLABORATION AND 01:01:45.710 --> 01:01:50.930 BY SERVING AS A BRIDGE FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO ACCESS SOCIAL SERVICES TO BE IN SOME WAYS 01:01:50.930 --> 01:01:57.140 WE WILL ACCOMPLISH THIS EVALUATING PHYSICAL SPACES TO IDENTIFY AND IMPLEMENT NEEDED CHANGES 01:01:57.140 --> 01:02:03.197 TO ENSURE OUR SPACES ARE INVITING, COMFORTABLE, CLEAN AND SAFE AND MEET THE NEEDS OF A GROWING 01:02:03.197 --> 01:02:04.626 COMMUNITY. 01:02:05.780 --> 01:02:10.380 BY EMPOWERING ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS TO ADVANCE TOWARD GOALS BY FACILITATING LEARNING 01:02:10.380 --> 01:02:15.014 OPPORTUNITIES AND REDUCING FOOD INSECURITY BY PROVIDING SUMMER LUNCHES AND SNACKS THE 01:02:15.014 --> 01:02:16.624 CHILDREN . 01:02:18.050 --> 01:02:24.660 >> AS WE DEVELOP OUR STRATEGIC PLAN WE LOOKED AT THE COUNTIES STRATEGIC PRIORITIES FOR THE 01:02:24.660 --> 01:02:30.170 LIBRARY SYSTEM UNLIKE SOME DEPARTMENTS WHICH ARE PRETTY FIRMLY WITHIN ONE OF THE SIX PRIORITIES, 01:02:30.170 --> 01:02:34.780 LIBRARY SYSTEM SUPPORTS ALL SIX PRIORITIES AND I'M GOING TO BE PROVIDING A FEW EXAMPLES 01:02:34.780 --> 01:02:35.980 OF EACH. 01:02:35.980 --> 01:02:40.630 UNDER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ACCORDING TO RECENT STUDY, PRELIMINARY DATA SHOWS FOR EVERY DOLLAR 01:02:40.630 --> 01:02:47.470 SPENT ON THE LIBRARY SYSTEM 3.5 TO DULLES VALLEY WAS GENERATED IN THE COMMUNITY. 01:02:47.470 --> 01:02:52.260 UNDER HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS, LIBRARIES OR REFUGE FOR RESIDENTS OF ALL WALKS OF LIFE 01:02:52.260 --> 01:02:57.319 AS WE PROVIDE A COMFORTABLE, SAFE ENVIRONMENT CONDUCIVE TO LEARNING FOR THOSE SEEKING RESPITE 01:02:57.319 --> 01:03:02.279 FROM THE ELEMENTS, PARTNERSHIPS WITH COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT, PALM BEACH SCHOOL DISTRICT 01:03:02.279 --> 01:03:04.440 IN PALM BEACH COUNTY FOOD BANK. 01:03:04.440 --> 01:03:09.349 WE ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE DIRECT SOCIAL SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS. 01:03:09.349 --> 01:03:15.650 UNDER ENVIRONMENT PRODUCTION LABOR IS EXEMPT WHEN USING THE MODEL OF REDUCE, REUSE, RECYCLE 01:03:15.650 --> 01:03:20.859 BY SERVING AS A HUB FOR THE COMMUNITY TO SHARE RESOURCES SUCH AS BOOKS, DVDS, AUDIOBOOKS, 01:03:20.859 --> 01:03:27.190 CDS AND ELECTRONIC MATERIAL AND THEREFORE ABLE TO REDUCE PHYSICAL MATERIALS PURCHASED. 01:03:27.190 --> 01:03:31.789 AND INFRASTRUCTURE THE LIBRARY CONTRIBUTES TO WHAT THE PHYSICAL AND DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE 01:03:31.789 --> 01:03:38.140 OF THE COUNTY AS WE HAVE 17 PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE LOCATIONS PLUS A SUPPORT FACILITY CALLED THE 01:03:38.140 --> 01:03:43.799 NX WE ARE IMPLEMENTING A ROBUST WEB MANAGEMENT SYSTEM LAUNCHING VERY SOON AND WILL PROVIDE 01:03:43.799 --> 01:03:48.930 FREE WI-FI IN PUBLIC COMPUTER WORKSTATIONS AND A MOBILE HOTSPOT LENDING PROGRAM TO THE 01:03:48.930 --> 01:03:54.220 PUBLIC THAT ADDITIONALLY OUR CANYON BRANCHES UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND WE WILL BE PLANNING 01:03:54.220 --> 01:03:57.470 TO OPEN NEXT SPRING. 01:03:57.470 --> 01:04:02.160 PUBLIC SAFETY, THE LIBRARY STAFF PARTICIPATE IN THE PALM BEACH COUNTY REENTRY TASK FORCE 01:04:02.160 --> 01:04:07.770 BY COLLABORATING WITH STAKEHOLDERS DEDICATED TO PROVIDING A PATHWAY TO SUCCESS FOR INDIVIDUALS 01:04:07.770 --> 01:04:11.940 RETURNING FROM INCARCERATION INTO THE COMMUNITIES. 01:04:11.940 --> 01:04:18.500 ALL LIBRARY STAFF PARTICIPATE IN PUBLIC SAFETY WHEN WE HAVE ACTIVATION. 01:04:18.500 --> 01:04:22.640 SUBSTANCE USE AND BEHAVIORAL DISORDERS, WE PROVIDE WELLNESS RESOURCES AND HOST EVENTS 01:04:22.640 --> 01:04:27.890 SPECIFIC TO SUBSTANCE USE AND BEHAVIORAL DISORDERS INCLUDING SELF-HELP AND WELLNESS RELATED MATERIALS 01:04:27.890 --> 01:04:32.390 DURING THE PALM BEACH COUNTY LIBRARY SYSTEM HAS A VISION TO OPEN MINDS TO THE WORLD OF 01:04:32.390 --> 01:04:34.400 UNLIMITED POSSIBILITIES. 01:04:34.400 --> 01:04:37.970 WE ARE COMMITTED TO ACHIEVING OUR MISSION OF CONNECTING COMMUNITIES AND SPURRING THOUGHT 01:04:37.970 --> 01:04:44.250 AND ENRICHING LIVES THE IMPLEMENTATION OF OUR UPDATED STRATEGIC AN ACTION PLAN. 01:04:44.250 --> 01:04:47.930 THIS CONCLUDES THE PRESENTATION AND WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU 01:04:47.930 --> 01:04:50.580 MAY HAVE. 01:04:50.580 --> 01:04:53.619 >> Gregg Weiss: ANY QUESTIONS? 01:04:53.619 --> 01:04:54.619 I'M NOT SEEING ANY. 01:04:54.619 --> 01:04:57.430 THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION. 01:04:57.430 --> 01:05:01.334 WITH THAT, LOOKING FOR A MOTION ON ITEM 6B1. 01:05:04.323 --> 01:05:07.900 MOTION BY COMMISSIONER WOODWARD, SECOND BY THE VICE MAYOR. 01:05:07.900 --> 01:05:09.279 ALL IN FAVOR? 01:05:09.279 --> 01:05:10.839 ALL OPPOSED? 01:05:10.839 --> 01:05:12.739 THAT MOTION IS APPROVED. 01:05:12.739 --> 01:05:15.190 >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT. 01:05:15.190 --> 01:05:16.165 >> Gregg Weiss: THANK YOU. 01:05:16.165 --> 01:05:17.512 APPRECIATE IT. 01:05:19.210 --> 01:05:21.440 MOVING ON. 01:05:21.440 --> 01:05:25.619 WE ARE NOW TO ITEM 6C1. 01:05:27.159 --> 01:05:28.842 DO WE NEED A PRESENTATION? 01:05:29.725 --> 01:05:32.170 DOES ANYBODY NEED A PRESENTATION? 01:05:33.461 --> 01:05:36.640 YOU ARE RECUSING? 01:05:36.640 --> 01:05:38.130 OKAY. 01:05:38.130 --> 01:05:43.420 VICE MAYOR IS GOING TO BE RECUSING HERSELF FROM PERSONAL CONFLICT. 01:05:43.420 --> 01:05:48.289 WE ARE NOT GOING TO HAVE A PRESENTATION. 01:05:48.289 --> 01:05:53.750 DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK OR JUST LET US MOVE? 01:05:53.750 --> 01:05:55.609 JUST A MOTION? 01:05:55.609 --> 01:05:56.609 WE WILL TAKE A MOTION. 01:05:56.609 --> 01:05:59.210 MOTION FOR COMMISSIONER BARNETT, SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER BERNARD. 01:05:59.210 --> 01:06:00.500 ALL IN FAVOR? 01:06:00.500 --> 01:06:01.500 ALL OPPOSED? 01:06:01.500 --> 01:06:06.789 THAT MOTION CARRIES 6/0. 01:06:06.789 --> 01:06:10.460 THAT MOTION MOVES FORWARD 6/0 WITH VICE MAYOR. 01:06:10.460 --> 01:06:13.369 SHE DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO GET OUT OF HERE BUT SHE RECUSED HERSELF. 01:06:13.369 --> 01:06:22.430 >> Maria Sachs: I DID FILE MY AFFIDAVIT WITH THE CLERK OF THE COUNTY COMMISSION. 01:06:22.430 --> 01:06:26.740 >> Gregg Weiss: THANK YOU VICE MAYOR. 01:06:26.740 --> 01:06:31.400 MOVING ON TO ITEM 6D1, IT HAS A REVISED SUMMARY. 01:06:31.400 --> 01:06:33.829 DOES ANYONE NEED A PRESENTATION ON THIS ITEM? 01:06:33.829 --> 01:06:36.369 I'M NOT SEEING ANYBODY. 01:06:36.369 --> 01:06:38.269 >> I WILL MAKE A MOTION. 01:06:38.269 --> 01:06:40.140 >> Gregg Weiss: COMMISSIONER MARINO. 01:06:40.140 --> 01:06:49.819 >> Maria Marino: I MAKE A MOTION THAT 6D1, EIGHT, B AND C APPROVE THE PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM 01:06:49.819 --> 01:06:53.239 DIRECT STAFF TO NEGOTIATE AND AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR. 01:06:53.239 --> 01:07:00.510 >> Gregg Weiss: WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER MARINO, WE HAVE A SECOND BY VICE MAYOR SACHS. 01:07:00.510 --> 01:07:03.400 SEEING NO OTHER DISCUSSION, ALL IN FAVOR? 01:07:03.400 --> 01:07:04.400 ALL OPPOSED? 01:07:04.400 --> 01:07:07.670 THAT MOTION PASSES 7/0. 01:07:07.670 --> 01:07:09.370 THANK YOU. 01:07:09.370 --> 01:07:14.347 MOVING ON WE ARE NOW INTO ITEM 6D2. 01:07:16.589 --> 01:07:24.390 THIS IS A WAIVER OF STATUTORY REQUIREMENT BY MAJORITY VOTE THAT THE TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS 01:07:24.390 --> 01:07:30.289 BE HELD OCTOBER 17, 2023 AND NOVEMBER 21, 2023 AFTER 5:00 P.M. 01:07:30.289 --> 01:07:38.220 AND BE THE ADVERTISING OF PUBLIC HEARINGS ON TUESDAY, OCTOBER 17 AT 2023 AT 9:30 A.M. 01:07:38.220 --> 01:07:42.420 AND NOVEMBER 21 AT 2023 AT 9:30 A.M. 01:07:42.420 --> 01:07:46.670 DOES ANYBODY NEED A PRESENTATION ON THIS? 01:07:46.670 --> 01:07:49.369 WOULD SOMEBODY LIKE TO MAKE THAT MOTION? 01:07:49.369 --> 01:07:57.720 WE HAVE A MOTION BY VICE MAYOR AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER BAXTER TO APPROVE ITEMS D2 01:07:57.720 --> 01:08:01.859 AND B. ALL IN FAVOR, ALL OPPOSED THAT MOTION CARRIES 01:08:01.859 --> 01:08:07.720 7/0 AND THAT IS A MINIMUM OF FIVE VOTES. 01:08:07.720 --> 01:08:09.000 OKAY. 01:08:09.000 --> 01:08:11.559 ALL RIGHT. 01:08:11.559 --> 01:08:15.411 ITEM 6 E1 ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT. 01:08:18.060 --> 01:08:24.670 ANYONE NEED A PRESENTATION ON THIS ITEM? 01:08:24.670 --> 01:08:25.670 THIS WAS REVISED. 01:08:25.670 --> 01:08:30.560 >> Maria Sachs: I MAKE A MOTION WE PROVE ITEM 61, A AND B. 01:08:30.560 --> 01:08:37.850 >> Gregg Weiss: MOTION BY COMMISSIONER MARINO TO APPROVE ITEM 6E1 ANB. 01:08:37.850 --> 01:08:39.850 SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WOODWARD. 01:08:39.850 --> 01:08:41.310 ALL IN FAVOR, ALL OPPOSED? 01:08:41.310 --> 01:08:44.489 THE MOTION CARRIES 7/0. 01:08:45.712 --> 01:08:51.636 MOVING ON THIS IS NOW ITEM 6F1 FOR THE OFFICE OF RESILIENCE. 01:08:56.254 --> 01:08:59.216 THIS HAS A REVISED SUMMARY ON IT. 01:09:01.390 --> 01:09:03.509 ANYONE NEED A PRESENTATION? 01:09:03.509 --> 01:09:05.119 OKAY. 01:09:10.689 --> 01:09:21.270 >> Maria Sachs: I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THE MOTION FOR 6F1 A, B, C AND D THAT WE APPROVE THIS 01:09:21.270 --> 01:09:30.179 PROJECT RESOLUTION AND E. >> Gregg Weiss: IT IS ON THE NEXT PAGE. 01:09:30.179 --> 01:09:38.160 MOTION BY THE VICE MAYOR TO APPROVE ITEM 6F1 A, B, C, D AND E. ANY DISCUSSION? 01:09:38.160 --> 01:09:39.990 WE HAVE A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER BAXTER. 01:09:39.990 --> 01:09:42.589 ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? 01:09:42.589 --> 01:09:44.200 SEEING NONE, ALL IN FAVOR? 01:09:44.200 --> 01:09:45.200 ALL OPPOSED? 01:09:45.200 --> 01:09:48.890 THAT MOTION CARRIES 7/0. 01:09:48.890 --> 01:09:51.040 MOVING ON TO COMMUNITY SERVICES. 01:09:51.040 --> 01:09:59.300 THIS IS ITEM 6G1 AND THIS IS THE CREATION OF A VETERAN SERVICES ADVISORY BOARD. 01:10:00.319 --> 01:10:02.481 COMMISSIONER WOODWARD, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. 01:10:03.160 --> 01:10:09.991 >> Marci Woodard: I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO ADOPT THIS RESOLUTION TO GRADE THE VETERAN 01:10:09.991 --> 01:10:11.550 SERVICES ADVISORY BOARD. 01:10:12.501 --> 01:10:16.050 >> Gregg Weiss: THANK YOU COMMISSIONER. 01:10:16.050 --> 01:10:17.220 HAS MADE A MOTION TO ADOPT. 01:10:17.220 --> 01:10:20.670 >> Marci Woodard: I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT. 01:10:20.670 --> 01:10:22.640 >> Gregg Weiss: OKAY. 01:10:22.640 --> 01:10:26.670 6G1 ERRATA WANT TO THANK OUR COMMISSIONERS ARE BRINGING THIS FORWARD. 01:10:26.670 --> 01:10:32.810 THIS IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF OUR COMMUNITY TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE A SEAT. 01:10:32.810 --> 01:10:37.409 I ALSO HAD A VETERANS PROGRAM FOR MANY YEARS THAT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE FOLKS 01:10:37.409 --> 01:10:41.929 BRINGING OUR COMMUNITY IN HEARING WHAT IS ON THEIR MINDS OF THANKS TO EVERYBODY WHO 01:10:41.929 --> 01:10:44.370 MADE THIS HAPPEN. 01:10:44.370 --> 01:10:46.620 VICE MAYOR, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. 01:10:46.620 --> 01:10:49.360 >> Maria Sachs: I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT. 01:10:49.360 --> 01:10:55.250 I CAN DO IT AT THIS TIME WERE WE COULD HAVE A SECOND. 01:10:55.250 --> 01:10:58.120 I JUST SECOND IT. 01:10:58.120 --> 01:11:00.370 ABSOLUTELY. 01:11:00.370 --> 01:11:02.770 IF I MAY MAKE A COMMENT. 01:11:02.770 --> 01:11:11.580 I LIKE TO THANK OUR CHIEF PUSHING US IN PROMOTING THIS AND TALKING TO ALL OF US ABOUT THIS. 01:11:11.580 --> 01:11:18.290 VETERANS ISSUES HAVE ALWAYS BEEN MY PARTICULAR WARM ISSUE AND IN HONOR OF MY DAD. 01:11:18.290 --> 01:11:23.950 HE ALWAYS SAID NEVER LEAVE A MAN BEHIND WE ARE NOT GOING TO END THE STATE. 01:11:23.950 --> 01:11:28.929 WE HAVE MORE VETERANS IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA THAN ANY OTHER STATE IN THE COUNTRY. 01:11:28.929 --> 01:11:31.719 ANY OTHER STATE WE TAKE CARE OF OUR VETERANS. 01:11:31.719 --> 01:11:39.620 THE IDEA OF THIS ADVISORY BOARD IS EXCELLENT AND THANK YOU ALSO TO ADMINISTRATOR BAKER 01:11:39.620 --> 01:11:43.179 FOR PROMOTING THIS AND THE OTHER COUNTY COMMISSIONERS FOR THINKING OF THIS IDEA. 01:11:43.179 --> 01:11:53.429 I THINK IT IS EXCELLENT AND WHATEVER WE CAN DO TO EMPOWER THIS ADVISORY BOARD TO BRING 01:11:53.429 --> 01:11:57.630 THE FUNDS NECESSARY TO TAKE PROPER CARE OF OUR VETERANS. 01:11:57.630 --> 01:12:05.670 IT IS A WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL SITUATION FOR NOT JUST THE STATE OF FLORIDA BUT ESPECIALLY 01:12:05.670 --> 01:12:08.170 OUR PALM BEACH COUNTY. 01:12:08.170 --> 01:12:13.070 THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU ON THIS AND THANK YOU MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS FOR BRINGING THIS 01:12:13.070 --> 01:12:14.070 IDEA. 01:12:14.070 --> 01:12:17.059 >> Gregg Weiss: COMMISSIONER WOODWARD, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. 01:12:17.059 --> 01:12:20.679 >> Marci Woodard: I WOULD LIKE TO START BY THANKING STAFF ARE WORKING WITH US ON THIS 01:12:20.679 --> 01:12:27.620 PAPER THIS WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION BY TWO GENTLEMEN WHO ARE HERE TODAY ABOUT THE 01:12:27.620 --> 01:12:30.070 VETERAN SERVICES ADVISORY BOARD. 01:12:30.070 --> 01:12:34.389 I WAS COMING A COUPLE MONTHS AGO AND THEN THERE WERE QUESTIONS AND YOU WORKED REALLY 01:12:34.389 --> 01:12:40.620 HARD TO GET THIS BROUGHT TO US NOW WITH THE PLANS WE CAN HOPEFULLY HAVE BOARD APPOINTEES 01:12:40.620 --> 01:12:45.010 IN TIME FOR VETERAN'S DAY THIS YEAR AND SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. 01:12:45.010 --> 01:12:51.659 A LOT OF WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT WAS FINDING WAYS TO ALERT US TO GAPS WHERE SERVICES MIGHT 01:12:51.659 --> 01:12:58.949 NOT BE IN CERTAIN PARTS OF THE COUNTY WE WILL UTILIZING NONPROFITS HELP US IDENTIFY THAT. 01:12:58.949 --> 01:12:59.949 THANK YOU SO MUCH. 01:12:59.949 --> 01:13:04.500 I KNOW I PUSH BACK A COUPLE TIMES BUT THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DID. 01:13:04.500 --> 01:13:06.170 I THINK THAT WE DO HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT. 01:13:06.170 --> 01:13:10.840 >> Gregg Weiss: WE WILL HAVE A BOOK, AND THEN WE WILL TAKE ABOUT. 01:13:10.840 --> 01:13:14.067 >> Maria Marino: WE HAVE TWO CARDS. 01:13:15.900 --> 01:13:21.570 THOMAS AND DAVID. 01:13:22.793 --> 01:13:24.611 PLEASE TAKE EITHER MICROPHONE. 01:13:31.675 --> 01:13:34.000 >> GOOD MORNING. 01:13:34.000 --> 01:13:36.520 MY NAME IS DAVID, I AM THE CEO. 01:13:36.520 --> 01:13:42.850 I AM ONE OF THE GENTLEMEN WHO SPOKE TO COMMISSIONER WOODWARD ABOUT ESTABLISHING THE VETERANS ADVISORY 01:13:42.850 --> 01:13:43.850 COUNCIL. 01:13:43.850 --> 01:13:46.310 RESERVE A LOT. 01:13:46.310 --> 01:13:52.770 IT'S NESTLED IN THE HEART OF BOCA RATON AND THE REASON WHY WE CHOSE PALM BEACH COUNTY 01:13:52.770 --> 01:14:01.440 TO SERVE VETERANS IS BECAUSE WE BELIEVE PALM BEACH COUNTY IS THE BEST COUNTY TO LIVE. 01:14:01.440 --> 01:14:09.580 ARE FOUNDER, HE IS LIVED HERE FOR MANY YEARS AND HE IS SLOWLY SEEING THE SOCIAL ISOLATION 01:14:09.580 --> 01:14:13.120 AND ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION MANY VETERANS ARE FEELING. 01:14:13.120 --> 01:14:19.020 HE IS LOST QUITE A FEW IN HIS LIFE A LIVING HERE AFTER HIS TIME IN SERVICE IN THE ARMY. 01:14:19.020 --> 01:14:25.020 I MYSELF HAVE LOST A FELLOW BROTHER IN ARMS, WE JUST LOST ANOTHER ONE IN WE ARE TIRED OF 01:14:25.020 --> 01:14:27.290 LOSING MORE MORE VETERANS EACH AND EVERY DAY. 01:14:27.290 --> 01:14:33.970 ARE NOT SURE IF THIS COMMISSION IS WITH THE SUICIDE RATE IS BUT THERE WAS A STUDY DONE 01:14:33.970 --> 01:14:38.370 BY THE DOD AND DUKE UNIVERSITY THAT IT IS 44 A DAY. 01:14:38.370 --> 01:14:44.850 IS 44 A DAY AMONG BROTHERS AND SISTERS THAT TAKE THEIR OWN LIVES EACH AND EVERY DAY. 01:14:44.850 --> 01:14:50.810 THAT IS BASICALLY ONE PART MINUTE - ONE PER HOUR, SORRY. 01:14:50.810 --> 01:14:59.409 WE ARE GOING TO BE ONE OF THE TOP LEADERS IN SUICIDE PREVENTION CARE AND WE HAVE ALREADY 01:14:59.409 --> 01:15:06.160 GOTTEN NOT THANKS TO THE AMERICAN LEGION AND LEADERSHIP FROM VICE MAYOR SACHS COMMISSIONER 01:15:06.160 --> 01:15:08.000 WOODWARD. 01:15:08.000 --> 01:15:14.540 I HOPE YOU VOTE YES AND I HOPE THE ADVISORY COUNCIL UNDER YOUR LEADERSHIP WOULD DEVELOP 01:15:14.540 --> 01:15:17.870 MORE RESOURCES FOR OUR FELLOW VETERANS. 01:15:17.870 --> 01:15:19.810 THANK YOU. 01:15:22.527 --> 01:15:26.403 >> IS THERE A TIME LIMIT? 01:15:29.460 --> 01:15:33.160 MY NAME IS THOMAS, BOYNTON BEACH, CURRENT SERVICE MEMBER. 01:15:33.160 --> 01:15:40.080 I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD AND I HOPE THIS WILL GET YOU TO ENTER SUPPORT 01:15:40.080 --> 01:15:50.230 DURING THE GENTLEMEN PRIOR TO ME SPOKE ABOUT THE STATISTICS ONE THING I WANT TO ADD US 01:15:50.230 --> 01:15:52.680 WITH IN WORLD WAR II. 01:15:52.680 --> 01:15:58.679 WHAT WE DON'T THINK ABOUT IS A LOT OF THE GENERATION WHO TRANSFERRED FROM ACTIVE DUTY 01:15:58.679 --> 01:16:03.580 TO THE RESERVE COMPONENT AND FEEL LOST AND HAVE A SENSE OF PURPOSE WHILE THEY ARE ACTIVE 01:16:03.580 --> 01:16:11.180 DUTY BUT TEND TO LOSE THAT WHEN THEY TRANSFER THE CIVILIAN WORLD AND THEIR PROGRAMS THAT 01:16:11.180 --> 01:16:15.810 HELP PREVENT PREPARATION AND NOT EVERYTHING WORKS ALL THE TIME. 01:16:15.810 --> 01:16:18.719 WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR CONSIDERING THIS. 01:16:18.719 --> 01:16:20.400 I HOPE IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. 01:16:20.400 --> 01:16:24.020 WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR WHAT YOU DO. 01:16:24.020 --> 01:16:32.790 THIS IS A THANKLESS JOB AND IT IS QUITE DIFFICULT. 01:16:32.790 --> 01:16:39.710 I THINK THIS WILL PUT A FEATHER IN EACH YEAR AND DO SOMETHING NEVER DONE BEFORE. 01:16:39.710 --> 01:16:44.960 I WOULD BET YOU SEE OTHER COUNTIES FOLLOWING IN YOUR FOOTSTEPS. 01:16:44.960 --> 01:16:53.640 THIS IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS TO DISCUSS AND UNITE WITH FOR A BETTER THE COMMUNITY. 01:16:53.640 --> 01:16:56.770 WE UTILIZE FUNDING TO HELP IN SOME OF THESE NONPROFITS. 01:16:56.770 --> 01:17:00.870 THERE'S NOT A CENTRAL LOCATION WERE ALL THESE ARE GATHERED IN THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE ESTABLISHING 01:17:00.870 --> 01:17:02.690 TODAY. 01:17:02.690 --> 01:17:11.139 I WANT TO COMMEND YOU ALL, COUNTY ATTORNEY FOR WHAT YOU GUYS DO FOR PUBLIC SERVICE AND 01:17:11.139 --> 01:17:13.829 HOPEFULLY SERVING THOSE WHO HAVE SERVED YOU. 01:17:13.829 --> 01:17:17.769 >> Gregg Weiss: COMMISSIONER BAXTER, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. 01:17:17.769 --> 01:17:23.489 >> Sara Baxter: WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE FIRST OF ALL AND THANK YOU FOR CONTINUING 01:17:23.489 --> 01:17:28.540 TO SERVE OUR CITY IN BOYNTON BEACH AS ONE OF THEIR COMMISSIONERS AND THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING 01:17:28.540 --> 01:17:32.729 YOU DO FOR THAT COMMUNITY, FOR US AND YOUR SUPPORT. 01:17:32.729 --> 01:17:37.980 >> Gregg Weiss: ALL RIGHT. 01:17:37.980 --> 01:17:45.967 ALL IN FAVOR, THAT MOTION CARRIES 7/0. 01:17:50.790 --> 01:17:58.699 MOVING ON WE ARE AT ITEM 6H1 A NBP RELEASE AGREEMENT FOR SOME FARMING. 01:17:58.699 --> 01:18:01.214 ANYBODY NEED A PRESENTATION. 01:18:03.320 --> 01:18:05.330 COMMISSIONER BERNARD? 01:18:05.330 --> 01:18:10.380 >> MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 6 H1 A AND B. >> Gregg Weiss: MOTION BY COMMISSIONER BERNARD 01:18:10.380 --> 01:18:17.910 TO MOVE ITEM 6 H1 A AND B. WE HAVE A SECOND FROM VICE MAYOR SACHS. 01:18:17.910 --> 01:18:18.910 ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? 01:18:18.910 --> 01:18:20.280 SEEING NONE, ALL IN FAVOR? 01:18:20.280 --> 01:18:21.280 ALL OPPOSED? 01:18:21.280 --> 01:18:22.639 THAT MOTION CARRIES 7/0. 01:18:22.639 --> 01:18:28.410 GIVE A SIMILAR ITEM SPEAK TO I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 6H2 A AND B. 01:18:30.584 --> 01:18:34.120 >> Gregg Weiss: IT HAS A BUZZER NOW. 01:18:34.120 --> 01:18:35.760 ALL RIGHT. 01:18:35.760 --> 01:18:39.020 WE ARE MAKING PROGRESS. 01:18:39.020 --> 01:18:45.420 WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER BERNARD TO APPROVE ITEM SIX H2 A AND B AND A SECOND BY 01:18:45.420 --> 01:18:46.500 THE VICE MAYOR. 01:18:46.500 --> 01:18:48.350 ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? 01:18:48.350 --> 01:18:49.760 SEEING NONE, ALL IN FAVOR? 01:18:49.760 --> 01:18:50.760 ALL OPPOSED? 01:18:50.760 --> 01:18:52.570 THAT MOTION CARRIES 7/0. 01:18:52.570 --> 01:18:56.949 AND LET'S SEE. 01:18:56.949 --> 01:19:05.860 WE ARE NOW ONTO ITEM 6H3. 01:19:05.860 --> 01:19:11.970 THIS IS IN THE PURCHASE OF SOME PROPERTY ADJACENT TO ANIMAL CARE AND CONTROL. 01:19:11.970 --> 01:19:14.610 WE HAD A PRESENTATION A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO. 01:19:14.610 --> 01:19:17.429 DOES ANYBODY NEED A PRESENTATION? 01:19:17.429 --> 01:19:18.810 OKAY. 01:19:18.810 --> 01:19:21.250 WE HAVE A COUPLE CARDS SO LET'S CALL OF OUR SPEAKERS. 01:19:21.250 --> 01:19:22.719 >> Maria Marino: THANK YOU. 01:19:22.719 --> 01:19:27.710 MAY I HAVE KAREN AND TK KIRKLEY? 01:19:27.710 --> 01:19:30.950 KAREN, I WOULD PRONOUNCE YOUR LAST NAME BUT I CAN'T READ IT. 01:19:30.950 --> 01:19:33.370 >> SORRY, IT IS LAMBERT. 01:19:33.370 --> 01:19:36.250 SORRY, MY HANDWRITING. 01:19:36.250 --> 01:19:40.500 DO YOU WANT ME TO START? 01:19:40.500 --> 01:19:43.679 THIS IS MY VERY FIRST TIME HERE SPEAKING. 01:19:43.679 --> 01:19:50.179 BY THE WAY, I AM A NEW CITIZEN PARIS AND I EDUCATED MYSELF ON EVERYTHING. 01:19:50.179 --> 01:19:51.179 AND Q, COMMISSIONERS. 01:19:51.179 --> 01:19:54.800 IT IS A VERY HARD JOB. 01:19:54.800 --> 01:19:55.969 GOOD MORNING. 01:19:55.969 --> 01:19:57.000 MY NAME IS KAREN. 01:19:57.000 --> 01:20:02.250 I AM A MOM OF FOUR HUMANS AND DOG CHILDREN. 01:20:02.250 --> 01:20:08.560 I AM ALSO A TEACHER AND I AM A VOLUNTEER, WHICH BRINGS ME TO MY POINT. 01:20:08.560 --> 01:20:14.720 I AM A PROUD VOLUNTEER AND PALM BEACH ANIMAL CARE AND CONTROL. 01:20:14.720 --> 01:20:18.000 THE SHELTER, IT'S OUR PUBLIC SHELTER WHICH IS AN OPEN OMISSION SHELTER. 01:20:18.000 --> 01:20:21.430 AM SURE YOU WILL KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS. 01:20:21.430 --> 01:20:28.199 THE SHELTER RIGHT NOW IS IN A TERRIBLE SITUATION. 01:20:28.199 --> 01:20:31.000 I NEED TO READ THIS NOW. 01:20:31.000 --> 01:20:33.090 I AM A LITTLE NERVOUS ACTUALLY. 01:20:33.090 --> 01:20:35.979 BECAUSE IT IS SO IMPORTANT TO ME. 01:20:38.560 --> 01:20:43.500 I AM HERE TO ASK THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS TO APPROVE THE PURCHASE OF THE LAND ADJACENT 01:20:43.500 --> 01:20:50.670 TO OUR COUNTY SHELTER BECAUSE WE REALLY NEED MORE LAND AND WE NEED MORE ROOM FOR THE DOGS. 01:20:50.670 --> 01:20:57.060 WE HAVE THREE CANDLES AND IT BRINGS ME TO MY NEXT POINT. 01:20:57.060 --> 01:21:03.900 IT IS ALMOST LIKE AN UNBEARABLE SITUATION FOR THE DOGS AND HUMANS WORKING IN THE KENNELS. 01:21:03.900 --> 01:21:09.130 THEIR JOBS ARE HARD ENOUGH AS IT IS BUT THERE IS NO EASY. 01:21:09.130 --> 01:21:18.690 I'M SURE YOU GUYS IMAGINE HOW HOT IT IS THERE IN THE SUMMER. 01:21:18.690 --> 01:21:25.110 THE KENNEL TAKES DRENCHED IN SWEAT ALL THE TIME AND THE POOR DOGS, IT IS AN OPEN OMISSION 01:21:25.110 --> 01:21:29.900 SHELTER AND WE HAVE TO EUTHANIZE DOGS SOMETIMES. 01:21:29.900 --> 01:21:34.080 I AM NOT ASKING FOR SPOTLIGHT CONDITIONS. 01:21:34.080 --> 01:21:35.080 JUST BASIC NEEDS. 01:21:35.080 --> 01:21:42.050 UNTIL HOPEFULLY, I AM BAKING THE LAND WILL BE PURCHASED SO WE CAN EXPAND. 01:21:42.050 --> 01:21:51.780 UNTIL THEN I AM ASKING FOR AC IN THE KENNELS FOR DOGS FOR ONE LAST THING, THE SHELTER HAS 01:21:51.780 --> 01:21:58.770 A LITTLE BIT OF A BAD, STIGMA I GUESS ATTACHED TO IT. 01:21:58.770 --> 01:22:00.790 EVERYBODY THINKS YOU PIT BULLS. 01:22:00.790 --> 01:22:05.180 HE OF ALL KINDS THE DOGS AND THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH PIT BULLS. 01:22:05.180 --> 01:22:09.040 I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE CAN DO. 01:22:09.040 --> 01:22:11.370 MAYBE WE CAN COME TOGETHER AND BRAINSTORM. 01:22:11.370 --> 01:22:19.220 WE OWE IT TO THE DOGS TO GET THEM OUT OF THE SHELTER, OUT OF JAIL. 01:22:19.220 --> 01:22:25.290 AND WE GET MORE PEOPLE TO THE SHELTER TO LOOK AT THE DOGS AND HELP US. 01:22:25.290 --> 01:22:28.770 THANK YOU. 01:22:28.770 --> 01:22:33.660 >> I AM HERE TODAY FOR THE SAME REASON TO ASK OF THE BOARD TO APPROVE THE PURCHASE OF 01:22:33.660 --> 01:22:41.890 THE LAND ADJACENT TO THE SHELTER AS WELL AS ASK WE PRIORITIZE THE RENOVATIONS WE KNOW 01:22:41.890 --> 01:22:45.280 ARE CURRENTLY SCHEDULED FOR 2025. 01:22:45.280 --> 01:22:51.290 MY NAME IS TK KIRKLEY, I'M A RESIDENT OF DELRAY BEACH AND DISTRICT 4. 01:22:51.290 --> 01:22:55.719 I WANTED TO START BY THANKING ALL YOU TO OUR SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY. 01:22:55.719 --> 01:23:01.370 IT TAKES A LOT OF COURAGE TO CAMPAIGN FOR THE POSITION, ONE IN WHICH YOU GO OUT EACH 01:23:01.370 --> 01:23:08.570 DAY TO TRY TO MAKE IT A BETTER PLACE TO LIVE SO I APPLAUD YOU AND ON BEHALF OF MY NEIGHBORS 01:23:08.570 --> 01:23:11.890 AND MYSELF, THANK YOU ALL. 01:23:11.890 --> 01:23:16.290 AS I STATED, HERE FOR ALL THE THINGS I SHARED EARLIER. 01:23:16.290 --> 01:23:20.909 MORE SO ON BEHALF OF THE DOGS THAT CURRENTLY LIVE IN OUR COUNTY SHELTER. 01:23:20.909 --> 01:23:27.820 I KNOW YOU ARE ALL AWARE THEY ARE OVERCROWDED AND UNDERSTAFFED, TO ME MAKING IT ONE OF THE 01:23:27.820 --> 01:23:31.910 LARGEST IF NOT THE LARGEST CRISIS IN THE COUNTY. 01:23:31.910 --> 01:23:38.830 THE BUILDINGS IN WHICH THE DOGS ARE HOUSED, AS CARRIE MENTIONED, ARE NOT AIR-CONDITIONED. 01:23:38.830 --> 01:23:43.790 THIS IS SOUTH FLORIDA, IT IS NOT MAINE OR MASSACHUSETTS. 01:23:43.790 --> 01:23:50.450 THE LIGHTING IS POOR, IT'S DIFFICULT FOR THOSE WHO COME TO THE SHELTER TO EVEN SEE OUR DARK 01:23:50.450 --> 01:23:51.739 DOGS. 01:23:51.739 --> 01:24:00.179 AND BECAUSE IT IS OVERCROWDED AND UNDERSTAFFED, AT TIMES IT SMELLS LIKE IT. 01:24:00.179 --> 01:24:07.659 AS AN ADOPTION COUNSELOR THERE I SEE POTENTIAL ADOPTERS WALKING THE WALK BACK OUT. 01:24:07.659 --> 01:24:13.340 NOT ONLY BECAUSE OF THE HEAT INSIDE AND SMELL BUT BECAUSE THE LIVING CONDITIONS IN WHICH 01:24:13.340 --> 01:24:15.570 THE ANIMALS LIVE IS VERY SAD. 01:24:15.570 --> 01:24:20.350 MANY OF THEM, MANY OF THEM WALK RIGHT BACK OUT. 01:24:20.350 --> 01:24:26.560 THE CURRENT CONDITIONS AREN'T TWO MAIN AND THEY CAN'T WAIT UNTIL 2025 TO HAVE BETTER 01:24:26.560 --> 01:24:28.560 LIVING CONDITIONS. 01:24:28.560 --> 01:24:33.460 OVER HALF ARE DOGS DON'T HAVE A BED. 01:24:33.460 --> 01:24:36.350 THEY LIE IN A HARD FLOOR. 01:24:36.350 --> 01:24:38.500 SOMETIMES WITH A TOWEL. 01:24:38.500 --> 01:24:43.280 SOME OF THOSE DOGS ARE OLD AND ABANDONED. 01:24:43.280 --> 01:24:45.120 THEY DESERVE BETTER. 01:24:45.120 --> 01:24:47.770 NOT ONE OF THE DOGS ASKED TO LIVE THERE. 01:24:47.770 --> 01:24:53.420 SO MANY PEOPLE SURPRISE, THEY ARE GOOD DOGS. 01:24:53.420 --> 01:24:59.610 THEY BEEN ABANDONED BY A PERSON ARE BROUGHT IN BECAUSE OF THE ACTIONS OF A PERSON. 01:24:59.610 --> 01:25:05.000 THAT'S TRULY WHY WE ARE HERE TODAY TO ASK FOR YOUR HELP BECAUSE WE ARE CONSTITUENTS 01:25:05.000 --> 01:25:10.360 OF VOLUNTEERS AND WE DON'T HAVE OR KNOW WHAT TO DO IN ORDER TO HELP. 01:25:10.360 --> 01:25:15.969 WE THANK YOU ALL FOR LISTENING TO US AND GIVING IT CONSIDERATION AND ASKING FOR YOUR HELP 01:25:15.969 --> 01:25:19.139 PRIOR TO THE RENOVATIONS IN 2025. 01:25:19.139 --> 01:25:20.139 THANK YOU. 01:25:20.139 --> 01:25:23.680 >> Gregg Weiss: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 01:25:23.680 --> 01:25:26.910 ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? 01:25:26.910 --> 01:25:30.300 VICE MAYOR, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. 01:25:30.300 --> 01:25:35.190 >> Maria Sachs: I WANT TO THANK YOU LADIES FOR COMING FORWARD BUT ESPECIALLY THANK YOU 01:25:35.190 --> 01:25:37.929 FOR BEING THERE AT THE SHELTER. 01:25:37.929 --> 01:25:41.900 I WILL FIGURE THIS THING OUT ONE DAY. 01:25:41.900 --> 01:25:44.690 NEW SYSTEM. 01:25:44.690 --> 01:25:51.360 ANYWAYS, I VISITED THE SHELTER AND I'M LOOKING FOR SOLUTIONS. 01:25:51.360 --> 01:25:59.510 WHO I BROUGHT WITH ME WAS A VETERAN WHO TRAINS DOGS AS SERVICE ANIMALS FOR VETERANS. 01:25:59.510 --> 01:26:04.469 THIS TIES IN WITH THE OTHER PRESENTATION WE HAD. 01:26:04.469 --> 01:26:11.850 I WANT YOU TO KNOW AND I WANT EVERYONE TO KNOW THAT JANET STEELE IS THERE AND WHAT WE 01:26:11.850 --> 01:26:18.929 HAD DONE IN OUR COUNTY ATTORNEYS HELPED US TO PUT TOGETHER A CONTRACT SO THAT IF A VETERANS 01:26:18.929 --> 01:26:26.250 ORGANIZATION WANTS TO COME AND TAKE, TRAINED ONE HOUR ANIMALS AND MANY TIMES OUR ANIMALS 01:26:26.250 --> 01:26:32.270 WERE THE BEST ARE THE ONES WHO ARE LEAST LIKELY TO BE ADOPTED AND WE KNOW THAT THOSE ARE THE 01:26:32.270 --> 01:26:34.210 SQUARE HEADED DOGS. 01:26:34.210 --> 01:26:38.450 AND THEY FIT BEAUTIFULLY FOR SERVICE ANIMALS FOR VETERANS. 01:26:38.450 --> 01:26:48.650 WE HAVE A NUMBER THAT GO TO OUR ANIMAL CARE AND CONTROL, TRAIN THE DOGS THERE AND THEN 01:26:48.650 --> 01:26:56.260 REMOVE THE DOGS AND TAKE THEM TO A VETERANS HOME WHERE THEY ARE LOVED AND SAVES VETERANS 01:26:56.260 --> 01:26:57.260 LIFE. 01:26:57.260 --> 01:27:03.060 WE ARE MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION BUT ALSO, AND I KNOW MANY OF US DO THE SAME. 01:27:03.060 --> 01:27:05.400 PUT OUT NEWS LETTERS. 01:27:05.400 --> 01:27:10.870 I ALWAYS FEATURE AN ANIMAL FROM THE ANIMAL CARE AND CONTROL AND I ENCOURAGE MY COLLEAGUES 01:27:10.870 --> 01:27:12.130 TO DO THE SAME. 01:27:12.130 --> 01:27:14.650 BOOK ON MY WEBSITE. 01:27:14.650 --> 01:27:20.350 SOMETIMES I PICK OUT THE CUTEST, SOMETIMES A PICK OUT THE OLDEST, SOMETIMES A PICK OUT 01:27:20.350 --> 01:27:22.850 THE YOUNGEST BUT I GET TO PICK THEM OUT. 01:27:22.850 --> 01:27:27.700 WE'VE HAD GREAT SUCCESS IN PEOPLE FOSTER AN ANIMAL. 01:27:27.700 --> 01:27:35.540 WHEN I GIVE SPEECHES AT AREAS THAT ALWAYS TALK TO THEM ABOUT FOSTERING A PET. 01:27:35.540 --> 01:27:38.199 TOGETHER WE CAN MAKE THIS A LAW BETTER. 01:27:38.199 --> 01:27:40.670 I HAVE TO SAY I CHECKED. 01:27:40.670 --> 01:27:47.449 I DIDN'T SEE ANY DOGS WITHOUT A BLANKET, BUT IF ANYONE WANTS TO BRING BLANKETS I WILL DELIVER 01:27:47.449 --> 01:27:49.280 THEM MYSELF. 01:27:49.280 --> 01:27:56.440 THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO AND I WANT TO COMMEND JANET FOR THE WORK SHE DOES THERE AND I ENCOURAGE 01:27:56.440 --> 01:28:03.929 EVERYONE LISTENING TO THIS AS WELL AS MY COLLEAGUES TO FOSTER AN ANIMAL BECAUSE THERE IS NOTHING 01:28:03.929 --> 01:28:06.860 BETTER IN A HOME. 01:28:06.860 --> 01:28:13.580 OF COURSE WE LOVE OUR HUSBANDS, BUT THERE IS NOTHING LIKE A DOG READING YOU AS YOU COME 01:28:13.580 --> 01:28:19.380 HOME AFTER A HARD DAY AT THE COUNTY COMMISSION IN LOVING YOU NO MATTER WHAT YOU DID OR DIDN'T 01:28:19.380 --> 01:28:20.380 DO. 01:28:20.380 --> 01:28:23.599 IT'S A WONDERFUL THING AND AT THIS TIME I WOULD MOVE. 01:28:23.599 --> 01:28:28.770 >> I WANTED TO THANK YOU AGAIN AND I WANTED TO SAY. 01:28:28.770 --> 01:28:36.210 >> Maria Sachs: IF I MAY, COULD I MOVE WE ADOPT THIS AND MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS EXPANSION? 01:28:36.210 --> 01:28:45.119 >> Gregg Weiss: WE HAVE A MOTION BY THE VICE MAYOR TO APPROVE ITEM 6H3A, B, C AND D AND 01:28:45.119 --> 01:28:49.540 BEFORE WE HAVE A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER WOODWARD. 01:28:49.540 --> 01:28:51.590 WANT TO SAY THANK YOU BOTH FOR COMING OUT TODAY. 01:28:51.590 --> 01:28:59.640 WE APPRECIATE HEARING FROM THE PUBLIC, BUT ALSO FOR THE VOLUNTEERS HELPING SERVE AT OUR 01:28:59.640 --> 01:29:02.210 ANIMAL SHELTER. 01:29:02.210 --> 01:29:11.270 ONE POINT I WANT TO MAKE ON THIS SITUATION IS AS RESPONSIBLE PET OWNERS, IT IS IMPORTANT 01:29:11.270 --> 01:29:14.969 TO SPAY AND NEUTER ANIMALS. 01:29:14.969 --> 01:29:25.860 PART OF THE ISSUE WE HAVE, PART OF IT IS OVERPOPULATION BECAUSE ANIMALS HAVING BABIES AND PEOPLE NOT 01:29:25.860 --> 01:29:27.429 AVAILABLE TO ADOPT THEM. 01:29:27.429 --> 01:29:32.580 IS RESPONSIBLE PET OWNERS AND I KNOW OUR COMMUNITY IS VERY GOOD ON THAT. 01:29:32.580 --> 01:29:35.420 BUT REMIND PEOPLE SPAY AND NEUTER. 01:29:35.420 --> 01:29:36.880 IN CAN'T DO IT EARLY ENOUGH. 01:29:36.880 --> 01:29:43.450 WE DON'T NEED ANY MORE PUPPIES OR KITTENS BORN IN THIS COUNTY, THERE PLENTY TO BE ADOPTED. 01:29:43.450 --> 01:29:45.239 WITH THAT I WILL CALL THE QUESTION. 01:29:45.239 --> 01:29:46.239 ALL IN FAVOR? 01:29:46.239 --> 01:29:47.280 ALL OPPOSED? 01:29:47.280 --> 01:29:50.070 7/0 WHICH IS ACCOMPLISHED. 01:29:50.070 --> 01:29:54.719 MAKE YOU VERY MUCH AND LOOK FORWARD TO MOVING FORWARD ON THOSE RENOVATIONS. 01:29:54.719 --> 01:29:57.270 ALL RIGHT. 01:29:57.270 --> 01:30:02.770 THIS IS ITEM 6H4 A AND B, A LEASE AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF WEST PALM BEACH. 01:30:02.770 --> 01:30:06.520 ANYONE NEED A PRESENTATION? 01:30:06.520 --> 01:30:07.520 COMMISSIONER BERNARD? 01:30:07.520 --> 01:30:10.180 >> Mack Benard: MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 6H4 A AND B. 01:30:10.180 --> 01:30:15.850 >> Gregg Weiss: MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER BERNARD TO MOVE ITEM 6H4 ANB. 01:30:15.850 --> 01:30:18.100 WE HAVE A SECOND FROM THE VICE MAYOR. 01:30:18.100 --> 01:30:19.280 ALL IN FAVOR? 01:30:19.280 --> 01:30:20.280 ALL OPPOSED? 01:30:20.280 --> 01:30:21.429 THAT MOTION CARRIES 7/0. 01:30:21.429 --> 01:30:23.130 ALL RIGHT. 01:30:23.130 --> 01:30:26.850 ITEM 6H5 HAS BEEN PULLED. 01:30:26.850 --> 01:30:29.632 ITEM 6H6. 01:30:37.104 --> 01:30:40.621 OKAY. SORRY, THANK YOU . 01:30:40.621 --> 01:30:51.780 MY BAD WE ARE ON TO 6H5, MOVING OVER PROPERTY OVER THE WEST LAKE WORTH CRA COUNTY 01:30:51.780 --> 01:30:53.106 OWNED PROPERTY. 01:30:54.600 --> 01:31:00.540 WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER BARNETT, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER BAXTER. 01:31:00.540 --> 01:31:01.770 ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? 01:31:01.770 --> 01:31:02.770 ALL IN FAVOR? 01:31:02.770 --> 01:31:03.770 ALL OPPOSED? 01:31:03.770 --> 01:31:07.679 THAT MOTION CARRIES 7/0. 01:31:07.679 --> 01:31:08.787 MOVING ON TO 01:31:10.087 --> 01:31:12.506 6H6. 01:31:13.932 --> 01:31:24.169 THIS IS FOR THE SUPERVISOR OF ELECTIONS NEW FACILITY BUDGET TRANSFER. ANYBODY NEED A PRESENTATION ON THAT? 01:31:24.848 --> 01:31:33.860 >> I MAKE A MOTION WE APPROVE ITEM 6H6 ANB TRANSFER OF 1.5. 01:31:33.860 --> 01:31:40.330 >> Gregg Weiss: MOTION FOR ITEM 6H6 ANB. 01:31:40.330 --> 01:31:41.733 WE HAVE A SECOND FROM 01:31:43.406 --> 01:31:50.020 COMMISSIONER BAXTER. THAT MOTION CARRIES 7/0. 01:31:50.903 --> 01:31:52.893 MOVING ON. 01:31:52.893 --> 01:31:55.214 6H7. 01:31:58.406 --> 01:32:01.419 DO YOU NEED A PRESENTATION ON THIS? 01:32:01.419 --> 01:32:05.040 >> Maria Marino: YOU KNOW WHAT, YES. 01:32:05.040 --> 01:32:07.880 THIS IS SOMETHING WE HAVEN'T SEEN BEFORE SO IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND. 01:32:07.880 --> 01:32:11.390 >> Gregg Weiss: CAN WE GET A BRIEF PRESENTATION ON THIS ITEM? 01:32:15.330 --> 01:32:18.989 >> GOOD MORNING COMMISSIONERS. 01:32:18.989 --> 01:32:23.870 OUR DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR. 01:32:23.870 --> 01:32:30.139 TODAY WE ARE SEEKING, ASKING THE BOARD TO DENY THE DECLARATION OF PROTECTIVE COVENANTS 01:32:30.139 --> 01:32:36.850 RESERVATION CERTITUDES AND EASEMENTS AFFECTING THE COUNTY OWNED PROPERTY AND 13 515 COLUSA 01:32:36.850 --> 01:32:43.260 BOULEVARD IN UNINCORPORATED PALM BEACH GARDENS FOR THE PROPERTY ON THE VACANT PROPERTY IN 01:32:43.260 --> 01:32:48.580 UNINCORPORATED PALM BEACH GARDENS PART OF THE COLUSA COMMUNITY SINCE 1983 WHEN THE ASSETS 01:32:48.580 --> 01:32:52.940 OF SEVERAL FIRE CONTROL DISTRICTS WERE TRANSFERRED TO THE COUNTY. 01:32:52.940 --> 01:32:58.219 THE COMMUNITY IS GOVERNED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION. 01:32:58.219 --> 01:33:04.429 THE ASSOCIATION IS IN THE PROCESS OF REVIEWING HIS DECLARATION OF PROTECTIVE COVENANTS SO 01:33:04.429 --> 01:33:07.730 THE SAME MAY BE AMENDED TO BRING THEM UP TO MODERN STANDARDS. 01:33:07.730 --> 01:33:13.469 PRIOR TO SET DOCUMENTS THE ASSOCIATION MUST UNDERGO A PROCESS CALLED COVENANT REVITALIZATION 01:33:13.469 --> 01:33:18.530 TO ENSURE THE EXISTING GOVERNING DOCUMENTS WILL BE VALID AND BINDING FOR THE NEXT 30 01:33:18.530 --> 01:33:19.530 YEARS. 01:33:19.530 --> 01:33:25.199 AS PART OF THE REVITALIZATION PROCESS, EACH PROPERTY OWNER MAY CAST ITS VOTE TO DISAPPROVE 01:33:25.199 --> 01:33:27.460 THE REVIVAL OF THE GOVERNING DOCUMENTS. 01:33:27.460 --> 01:33:33.230 TYPICALLY THE COUNTY TRUST OBTAIN RELEASES FOR PROPERTY OR HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATIONS WHEN 01:33:33.230 --> 01:33:38.080 POSSIBLE IN SITUATIONS WHERE COUNTY OWNED PROPERTY MAY BE SUBJECTED ASSOCIATION GOVERNING 01:33:38.080 --> 01:33:39.370 DOCUMENTS. 01:33:39.370 --> 01:33:44.170 IN THIS INSTANCE THE SUBJECT ON PROPERTY WAS SUBJECT TO THE GOVERNING DOCUMENTS WHEN THE 01:33:44.170 --> 01:33:47.990 PROPERTY WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE COUNTY IN 1983. 01:33:47.990 --> 01:33:52.710 STAFF RECOMMENDS DISAPPROVAL OF THE REVIVAL OF THE GOVERNING DOCUMENTS AND WE INTEND TO 01:33:52.710 --> 01:33:55.710 REACH OUT TO THE ASSOCIATION TO OBTAIN A RELEASE. 01:33:55.710 --> 01:33:58.900 >> Maria Marino: MAY I? 01:33:58.900 --> 01:34:04.199 COLUSA IS A MANDATORY HOA OR VOLUNTARY? 01:34:04.199 --> 01:34:06.080 >> AT THIS TIME I DON'T KNOW THAT. 01:34:06.080 --> 01:34:11.350 WE REACHED OUT TO THE ASSOCIATION TO SEE IF WE CAN OBTAIN THE RELEASE. 01:34:11.350 --> 01:34:16.310 COMMITTEE MEMBER I SPOKE TO SAID HE WOULD REACH OUT TO THEIR ATTORNEY TO SEE WHAT CAN 01:34:16.310 --> 01:34:17.310 BE DONE REAGAN. 01:34:17.310 --> 01:34:21.219 >> Maria Marino: THIS BASICALLY IS WE DON'T WANT TO BE PART OF THEIR HOA? 01:34:21.219 --> 01:34:25.560 I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE DENY APPROVAL. 01:34:25.560 --> 01:34:34.980 >> Gregg Weiss: IT WILL TAKE STAFF RECOMMENDATION TO DENY APPROVAL. 01:34:34.980 --> 01:34:39.449 WE ARE VOTING TO APPROVE TO DENY APPROVAL. 01:34:39.449 --> 01:34:41.300 OKAY. 01:34:41.300 --> 01:34:47.320 OBVIOUSLY WRITTEN BY AN ATTORNEY. 01:34:47.320 --> 01:34:51.680 WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER MARINO, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER BAXTER. 01:34:51.680 --> 01:34:52.869 ALL IN FAVOR? 01:34:52.869 --> 01:34:54.889 ALL OPPOSED? 01:34:54.889 --> 01:34:56.600 TO DENY THE APPROVAL. 01:34:56.600 --> 01:34:59.830 I WILL SAY THAT A FEW MORE TIMES TODAY. 01:34:59.830 --> 01:35:01.949 ALL IN FAVOR? 01:35:01.949 --> 01:35:02.949 ALL OPPOSED? 01:35:02.949 --> 01:35:04.100 THAT MOTION CARRIES 7/0. 01:35:04.100 --> 01:35:08.450 THANK YOU. 01:35:08.450 --> 01:35:12.080 WE ARE NOW ONTO ITEM 6H8. 01:35:12.827 --> 01:35:17.143 THESE ARE THE 01:35:19.724 --> 01:35:33.100 TRANSFER OF FUNDS HAVING TO DO WITH PBSO UNITS IN SUBSTATION AND SO FORTH. ANYONE NEED A PRESENTATION ON THIS ITEM? 01:35:33.100 --> 01:35:46.070 THIS WOULD BE ON ITEM 6H8 A, B, C, D, E, F, G. MOTION BY COMMISSIONER MARINO, SECOND BY 01:35:46.070 --> 01:35:47.630 COMMISSIONER BAXTER. 01:35:49.735 --> 01:35:53.115 ALL IN FAVOR? ALL OPPOSED? 01:35:55.221 --> 01:35:57.000 THAT MOTION CARRIES 7/0. 01:35:57.000 --> 01:35:59.280 MOVING ON. 01:35:59.280 --> 01:36:08.747 ITEMS 6H9 HAS BEEN PULLED SO WE WILL SKIP THAT. 01:36:11.668 --> 01:36:18.219 6H10 IS ALSO PULLED. 01:36:18.219 --> 01:36:22.257 SO WE ARE NOW ON TO ITEMS 6I1. 01:36:25.110 --> 01:36:27.541 THIS IS ON WESTGATE. 01:36:27.541 --> 01:36:31.668 I THINK THEY WANT TO DO A BRIEF PRESENTATION FOR US. 01:36:45.815 --> 01:36:49.320 >> GOOD MORNING MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS AND MS. 01:36:49.320 --> 01:36:51.489 BAKER. 01:36:51.489 --> 01:36:54.900 AT THE TABLE WE HAVE LSA AND MICHELLE. 01:36:54.900 --> 01:37:03.770 ELLIS IS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF WESTGATE CRA AND HE HAS BEEN WORKING AT THE CRA FOR 01:37:03.770 --> 01:37:06.369 ALMOST 20 YEARS. 01:37:06.369 --> 01:37:11.119 I WOULD DESCRIBE THEM AS QUIET BUT EFFECTIVE. 01:37:11.119 --> 01:37:18.369 WE HAVE RICHARD WHO IS THE DESIGNATED ATTORNEY FOR THE WESTGATE CRA AND WE OF DENISE WHO 01:37:18.369 --> 01:37:20.290 ALSO WORKS AT THE CRA. 01:37:20.290 --> 01:37:28.560 WE ARE PLEASED TO PRESENT TO YOU THIS MOURNING THE PROPOSED BUDGET FOR 2024 AS WELL AS GIVE 01:37:28.560 --> 01:37:35.350 YOU AN UPDATE ON THE FANTASTIC THINGS HAPPENING AT THE WESTGATE CRA. 01:37:35.350 --> 01:37:37.870 AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE HAVE DO COMMISSIONERS HERE. 01:37:37.870 --> 01:37:43.520 WHAT I WOULD DO IS KICK IT OFF WITH A BRIEF DESCRIPTION. 01:37:43.520 --> 01:37:48.369 THIS IS THE ONLY CRA IN UNINCORPORATED PALM BEACH COUNTY. 01:37:48.369 --> 01:37:58.890 IT WAS CREATED IN 1989 AS A SPECIAL DISTRICT UNDER THE FLORIDA STATUTES THAT GOVERNS CRA. 01:37:58.890 --> 01:38:05.889 ITS MAIN PURPOSE IS TO ADDRESS SANITARY SEWER, STREETLIGHTS, ECONOMIC AND HOUSING DEVELOPMENT 01:38:05.889 --> 01:38:10.980 NEEDS OF THE AREA AS OUTLINED IN THE CRA PLAN. 01:38:10.980 --> 01:38:18.239 IT IS FUNDED BY AD VALOREM TAX INCREMENT FINANCING FROM THE GENERAL FUND AS WELL AS FIRE RESCUE 01:38:18.239 --> 01:38:22.440 MUNICIPAL SERVICE. 01:38:22.440 --> 01:38:27.960 BOARD MEMBERS APPOINTED BY THE BCC FOR FOUR YEARS AND YOU'VE SEEN THAT COME TO YOU FROM 01:38:27.960 --> 01:38:35.849 TIME TO TIME AND ALSO EACH YEAR YOU MUST APPOINT THE CHAIR AS WELL AS THE VICE CHAIR AND THAT 01:38:35.849 --> 01:38:39.300 WAS ON THE AGENDA EARLIER THIS MORNING. 01:38:39.300 --> 01:38:47.360 WE ARE IN COMPLIANCE HEAR THE BCC MUST APPROVE THE ANNUAL BUDGET APPROVED THE DISPOSITION 01:38:47.360 --> 01:38:51.860 OF OWNED PROPERTIES IN THE ISSUANCE OF REVENUE BONDS. 01:38:51.860 --> 01:38:58.349 I NEED TO THANK THE BOARD BOARD EARLIER THIS YEAR YOU APPROVED $12 MILLION OF REVENUE BONDS 01:38:58.349 --> 01:39:04.159 TO ENSURE THAT WE COMPLETE OF A STRUCTURE WORK IN BELVIDERE. 01:39:04.159 --> 01:39:09.349 THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND WE WILL GIVE YOU AN UPDATE REGARDING THOSE PROJECTS. 01:39:09.349 --> 01:39:19.750 AND SO THE DISTRICT TO IN DISTRICT 7 PASSES 300 ACRES OR TWO SQUARE MILES. 01:39:19.750 --> 01:39:26.909 WITH THIS MAP SHOWS IS A GEOGRAPHIC AREA. 01:39:26.909 --> 01:39:36.330 IT IS BORDERED BY OKEECHOBEE BOULEVARD TO THE NORTH, BELVIDERE ROAD TO THE SOUTH. 01:39:36.330 --> 01:39:42.000 WEST IS MILITARY TRAIL AND TO THE EAST IS FLORIDA MANGO ROAD. 01:39:42.000 --> 01:39:47.889 I'M GOING TO HANDED OVER AND I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR SUPPORT. 01:39:47.889 --> 01:39:48.889 AND MS. 01:39:48.889 --> 01:39:54.449 BAKER, WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK GOING ON IN THE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COUNTY. 01:39:54.449 --> 01:40:01.739 OUR ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT AND HIS TEAM ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR GETTING THE WORK DONE IN THE 01:40:01.739 --> 01:40:03.820 CRA DISTRICT. 01:40:03.820 --> 01:40:10.699 PLANNING AND ZONING PLAYS AN INTEGRAL ROLE IN SO IT IS COLLABORATION A REALLY GOOD WORK 01:40:10.699 --> 01:40:11.770 GOING ON. 01:40:11.770 --> 01:40:18.020 WITHOUT FURTHER ADO. 01:40:20.126 --> 01:40:28.196 >> GOOD MORNING MAYOR, VICE MAYOR THE COMMISSIONERS. 01:40:28.196 --> 01:40:32.969 ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD I WOULD LIKE TO, THE BCC, MR. 01:40:32.969 --> 01:40:34.580 BAKER AND MS. 01:40:34.580 --> 01:40:36.290 MILLER FOR THE SUPPORT. 01:40:36.290 --> 01:40:43.220 ESPECIALLY FOR GOOD WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH OTHER COUNTY DEPARTMENTS. 01:40:43.220 --> 01:40:47.960 WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK SOME COUNTY DEPARTMENTS ALSO. 01:40:47.960 --> 01:40:54.830 PLANNING, ZONING AND BUILDING AT THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT. 01:40:54.830 --> 01:41:00.130 TO HELP US WITH ALL THE INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS. 01:41:00.130 --> 01:41:12.830 LEGAL, WATER UTILITY DEPARTMENT FOR WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH US TO REVITALIZE. 01:41:12.830 --> 01:41:20.290 THE MOST SIMPLE OUTLINE IN THE BUDGET IS THE TAX INCREMENT FINANCING. 01:41:20.290 --> 01:41:30.580 THIS YEAR WE ARE SCHEDULED TO RECEIVE ALMOST $4 MILLION IN GENERAL FUNDS TO HELP US DO 01:41:30.580 --> 01:41:32.810 THE PROJECT IN THE WESTGATE AREA. 01:41:32.810 --> 01:41:38.429 NEAR HIS BOOK HOW WE PLAN TO USE THE FUNDS. 01:41:38.429 --> 01:41:51.980 OPERATION $650,000 EXPENDITURES ON THE 600,000 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT, 830,000 AND TO SERVE 01:41:51.980 --> 01:42:03.390 THE DEBT YOU HELP US TAKE ON IN THIS YEAR WE HAVE THE SET-ASIDE OF 900,000 AND OTHER 01:42:03.390 --> 01:42:06.820 PROGRAMS FOR 3 MILLION. 01:42:06.820 --> 01:42:11.650 WE ALSO WORKED WITH THE TRANSPORTATION AGENCY. 01:42:11.650 --> 01:42:15.750 WE HAVE THREE PROJECTS WE PLAN TO ACCOMPLISH THIS YEAR. 01:42:15.750 --> 01:42:23.820 WESTGATE AVENUE, BREVARD IS ANOTHER ONE AND IT IS ALSO ONE ANOTHER ONE. 01:42:23.820 --> 01:42:32.029 IT IS BEING DESIGNED THE PROJECTS READY TO START IN THE FALL. 01:42:33.184 --> 01:42:35.610 HERE IS SOME DETAIL. 01:42:35.610 --> 01:42:48.150 WE TOOK IT ON FOR $11 MILLION YOU APPROVED FOR US IN THE 2023 FISCAL YEAR. 01:42:48.150 --> 01:42:53.159 IT IS AT FOUR PERCENT IN A DEBT SERVICE OF 900,000. 01:42:53.159 --> 01:42:59.520 WE DID MAKE OUR FIRST PAYMENT THIS YEAR SO WE ARE ON TOP OF IT. 01:42:59.520 --> 01:43:07.349 THE DEBT FUND IS BEING USED FOR IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, MAINLY FOR THE TRANSPORTATION GRANT 01:43:07.349 --> 01:43:15.652 SO WE EXPECT REINVESTMENT AT THE END OF THIS PROJECT FOR ABOUT $5 MILLION. 01:43:17.350 --> 01:43:23.250 YOUR PROJECTS WE PLAN TO FUND WITH THE BUDGET. 01:43:23.250 --> 01:43:31.520 PROJECTS FACILITY MAINTENANCE, SITE DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE. 01:43:31.520 --> 01:43:38.929 WE HAVE PROPERTY ACQUISITIONS, NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS, COMMUNITY GARDEN, PLANS AND DESIGNS 01:43:38.929 --> 01:43:44.210 IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS. 01:43:44.210 --> 01:43:49.600 THIS YEAR WE COMPLETED THIS PROJECT IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. 01:43:49.600 --> 01:44:00.120 IT COSTS 3.7 MILLION WE WORK WITH THE WATER UTILITY DEPARTMENT TO INSTALL NEW ONES IN 01:44:00.120 --> 01:44:07.790 THAT AREA AND ALSO A NEW DRAINAGE SYSTEM IN THE AREA. 01:44:07.790 --> 01:44:14.700 THE WATER UTILITIES PAID FOR THE DRAINAGE SYSTEM. 01:44:14.700 --> 01:44:21.449 IT IS A COMMUNITY OF 300 SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES. 01:44:21.449 --> 01:44:24.580 IT HAS BEEN NEGLECTED FOR A WHILE. 01:44:24.580 --> 01:44:30.420 WE WERE HAPPY TO DO A PROJECT THERE. 01:44:30.420 --> 01:44:38.310 STILL WE WORKED WITH THE TPU TO ADD STREETLIGHTS AND SIDEWALKS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY SO 01:44:38.310 --> 01:44:46.659 ALTOGETHER WE SPENT MORE THAN $8 MILLION IN THE LAST TWO YEARS TO DO THE PROJECTS COMMITTED 01:44:46.659 --> 01:44:51.900 INSTALL SIDEWALKS, STREETLIGHTS, DRAINAGE. 01:44:51.900 --> 01:45:05.340 THE PROJECT WAS PARTIALLY FUNDED AND WE EXPECT TO ISSUE REINVESTMENT PRETTY SOON. 01:45:05.340 --> 01:45:12.208 THIS PROJECT IS COMPLETED, EVERYTHING IS CLOSED, WE ARE WAITING FOR REIMBURSEMENT 01:45:13.634 --> 01:45:21.599 THE CORRIDOR IS THE PROJECT THAT WE PLAN TO START THIS YEAR. 01:45:21.599 --> 01:45:23.770 IT COSTS A LOT OF MONEY. 01:45:23.770 --> 01:45:30.500 LAST YEAR WHEN WE TOOK OUT THE LOAN WE THOUGHT IT WOULD COST 7 MILLION THIS YEAR AND WE RECEIVED 01:45:30.500 --> 01:45:42.520 THE BIDS THE TOTAL COST IS 10.2 MILLION DOLLARS. 01:45:42.520 --> 01:45:49.199 THE PROJECTS WE ARE DOING AND SO WE EXPECT TO RECEIVE REINVESTMENT FOR THE PROJECT. 01:45:49.199 --> 01:46:00.969 WE ARE GOING TO ADD SIDEWALKS, BIKE LANES AND STREETLIGHTS AND LANDSCAPING TO ENHANCE 01:46:00.969 --> 01:46:03.260 THE COURT ORDER. 01:46:03.260 --> 01:46:07.679 THIS HAS BEEN PROPOSED FOR SIMONEAU BOULEVARD. 01:46:07.679 --> 01:46:12.940 THAT IS ALSO GOING TO START THIS FALL. 01:46:12.940 --> 01:46:19.679 YOU JUST APPROVED THIS MORNING ON THE CONSENT TO GET THE PROJECT STARTED. 01:46:19.679 --> 01:46:22.239 THEY ALREADY SELECTED A CONTRACTOR. 01:46:22.239 --> 01:46:26.860 YOU WILL PROBABLY SEE IT AT YOU NEXT MEETING. 01:46:26.860 --> 01:46:34.460 THIS IS ALSO DOT PARTNERSHIP WE HOPE TO RECEIVE $1 MILLION IN REINVESTMENT FUNDS. 01:46:34.460 --> 01:46:40.420 WE ARE VERY INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY. 01:46:40.420 --> 01:46:47.830 WE USE THE OPPORTUNITIES WHEN WE DO EVENTS TO DISSEMINATE INFORMATION WITH THE RESIDENTS. 01:46:47.830 --> 01:46:53.280 WE DO A LOT OF ACTIVITIES IN THE RESPITE AREA. 01:46:53.280 --> 01:47:01.970 WE HAVE USED OUR FUNDS ALSO TO CREATE MORE SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES. 01:47:01.970 --> 01:47:08.989 THIS IS A SITE DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANT GRANT WHERE WE ARE GOING TO ASK DEVELOPERS BUILD 01:47:08.989 --> 01:47:12.320 NINE COTTAGE HOMES IN THE AREA. 01:47:12.320 --> 01:47:18.310 OTHER PROJECTS GOING UP, THIS IS A PRIVATE DEVELOPER DOING THIS, THE CRA DOESN'T AND 01:47:18.310 --> 01:47:19.330 FUNDING IN IT. 01:47:19.330 --> 01:47:26.730 THEY WERE ONLY PROVIDED BONUS DENSITY UNITS FOR THEM TO INCREASE THEIR DENSITY. 01:47:26.730 --> 01:47:36.070 IT IS GOING TO HAVE 198 UNITS. 15 OF THEM ARE GOING TO BE TOWNHOMES AND 55 01:47:36.070 --> 01:47:42.460 OF THE UNITS ARE GOING TO BE SET ASIDE FOR WORKFORCE HOUSING. 01:47:42.460 --> 01:47:45.360 THIS PROJECT IS ONLY COMPLETED. 01:47:45.360 --> 01:47:49.990 IT SHOULD OPEN THE DOOR PRETTY SOON. 01:47:49.990 --> 01:47:54.060 ANOTHER SHOT OF THE PROJECTS LOCATED. 01:47:54.060 --> 01:48:03.420 IT IS ALREADY PAINTED SO WE ARE JUST WAITING FOR THEM TO OPEN UP. 01:48:03.420 --> 01:48:15.510 WE ARE WAITING FOR A DEVELOPER TO DO AND THIS IS GOING TO BE 106 UNITS FOR AFFORDABLE THAT 01:48:15.510 --> 01:48:22.869 IS BEING FUNDED AND ALSO LOW INCOME TAX CREDITS IT IS GOING TO BE NEXT DOOR. 01:48:22.869 --> 01:48:31.849 WE HAVE A MARKET RATE PROJECT IN A LOW INCOME HOUSING PROJECT ON THE STREET. 01:48:31.849 --> 01:48:40.060 YOU TRYING TO BALANCE AND PROVIDE THE CHOICE HOUSING FOR EVERYONE. 01:48:40.060 --> 01:48:42.920 WE ARE WORKING WITH WESTGATE TERRACE WESTGATE AVENUE. 01:48:42.920 --> 01:48:55.480 THE 46 UNITS ON THE LAND ASSEMBLED THAT ARE PROVIDING 10 WORKFORCE HOUSING UNITS IN THIS 01:48:55.480 --> 01:48:59.290 PROJECT AND THE BOTTOM ONE IS OUR VILLAGE. 01:48:59.290 --> 01:49:05.020 AND EIGHT WORKFORCE HOUSING UNITS. 01:49:05.020 --> 01:49:18.630 THEY ARE NOW IN ZONING FOR, YOU HAVE RECEIVED AN INVITATION FOR THE GROUNDBREAKING FOR THE 01:49:18.630 --> 01:49:24.570 AUTUMN RIDGE IS GOING TO HAPPEN SEPTEMBER 7. 01:49:24.570 --> 01:49:34.060 WE HOPE YOU CAN COME OUT TO SEE WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE CRA. 01:49:34.060 --> 01:49:41.010 THIS IS A LUXURY CAR CONDOMINIUM ON CONGRESS AVENUE. 01:49:41.010 --> 01:49:42.550 IT IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION. 01:49:42.550 --> 01:49:46.620 THEY PLAN TO TALK AT THE END OF NEXT YEAR. 01:49:46.620 --> 01:49:53.840 IF YOU DON'T HAVE SPACE AT YOUR HOUSE YOU CAN BRING IT TO THE CRA AND BY ONE OF THE 01:49:53.840 --> 01:49:55.989 CONDOMINIUMS. 01:49:55.989 --> 01:50:07.920 IT IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND WE CAN HEAR ALL THE NOISE EVERY DAY. 01:50:07.920 --> 01:50:15.810 ANOTHER PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT, THIS IS THE SUB STORAGE BUT IT IS FOR INEXPENSIVE 01:50:15.810 --> 01:50:20.540 ARTWORK. 01:50:20.540 --> 01:50:29.750 YOU CAN RENT SOME SPACE IN A STORAGE FACILITY TO STORE YOUR EXPENSIVE ARTWORK. 01:50:29.750 --> 01:50:39.199 IT IS 70 PERCENT COMPLETE AND YOU CAN SEE IT BY DRIVING A WESTGATE AVENUE. 01:50:39.199 --> 01:50:48.159 WITH THAT, THE MAYOR, THE VICE MAYOR AND ALL OUR COMMISSIONERS, WANT TO THANK MS. 01:50:48.159 --> 01:50:53.610 MILLER FOR HIS INVESTMENT IN THIS PROJECT AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING ANOTHER GOOD 01:50:53.610 --> 01:50:57.039 YEAR IN 24 AND WORKING WITH YOU AND THE STAFF. 01:50:57.039 --> 01:51:00.370 >> Gregg Weiss: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 01:51:00.370 --> 01:51:02.900 COMMISSIONER BERNARD, YOU ARE RECOGNIZE. 01:51:02.900 --> 01:51:05.840 >> Mack Benard: THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. 01:51:05.840 --> 01:51:11.010 I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 6I1. 01:51:11.010 --> 01:51:17.260 >> Gregg Weiss: MOTION BY COMMISSIONER BERNARD TO APPROVE ITEM 6I1, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER 01:51:17.260 --> 01:51:18.260 MARINO. 01:51:18.260 --> 01:51:21.070 >> Mack Benard: I DO HAVE A COMMENT. 01:51:21.070 --> 01:51:31.119 YOU MENTIONED STREET LIGHTING IN ONE OF THE SLIDES HERE YET I THINK IT WAS SLIDE 10. 01:51:31.119 --> 01:51:34.440 I HAVE HAD A CONVERSATION WITH MR. 01:51:34.440 --> 01:51:38.200 RALPH LEWIS REGARDING THE STREETLIGHTS. 01:51:38.200 --> 01:51:44.050 WHERE ARE WE AT IN TERMS OF APPROVING THE STREET SKATES, STREET LIGHTING? 01:51:44.050 --> 01:51:49.280 I KNOW IN THE PAST, TODD, WE HAVE SPOKEN ABOUT SEEKING FUNDS FROM TALLAHASSEE. 01:51:49.280 --> 01:51:53.670 CAN YOU GIVE ME AN UPDATE ON WHERE WE ARE AT. 01:51:53.670 --> 01:52:04.150 >> THOSE TWO AVENUES WE ARE WORKING TO INSTALL LIGHTS WESTGATE AND SOUTH WESTGATE AREA. 01:52:04.150 --> 01:52:07.210 THEY SUBMITTED AN APPLICATION TO THE COUNTY. 01:52:07.210 --> 01:52:14.139 THEY ARE WORKING WITH LAND DEVELOPMENT TO SPEED UP THAT APPLICATION. 01:52:14.139 --> 01:52:17.020 I WAS TOLD THAT TWO MONTHS AGO. 01:52:17.020 --> 01:52:20.239 THEY HAD COMMENTS AND THEY SENT IT BACK TO FPL. 01:52:20.239 --> 01:52:28.430 THEY ARE FINISHING UP PLANS AND WE WILL SUBMIT THAT TO LAND DEVELOPMENT. 01:52:28.430 --> 01:52:35.810 ONCE THAT IS DONE THEY WILL INSTALL NEW LIGHTS IN SOUTH WESTGATE AREA. 01:52:35.810 --> 01:52:44.270 IF THAT IS NOT ENOUGH THEY MAY TAKE ON TO APPLY FOR MORE FUNDING TO DO PEDESTRIAN LIGHTING 01:52:44.270 --> 01:52:46.599 UNDER THE FPL LIGHTS. 01:52:46.599 --> 01:52:48.220 THE FPL LIGHTS ARE IN MOTION. 01:52:48.220 --> 01:52:56.160 WE ARE WAITING FOR FPL TO RESPOND TO COUNTY COMMENTS WE SUBMIT THAT THE LAND DEVELOPMENT. 01:52:56.160 --> 01:53:03.910 ONCE THAT IS APPROVED AND THEY ARE GOING TO GET OUT THERE FOR THE WESTGATE AREA. 01:53:03.910 --> 01:53:10.010 >> Mack Benard: DO YOU THINK WE SHOULD APPLY FOR SOME TYPE OF FUNDING IN TALLAHASSEE NOW 01:53:10.010 --> 01:53:11.060 JUST IN CASE? 01:53:11.060 --> 01:53:13.310 SPEAK WE CAN SUBMIT AN APPLICATION. 01:53:13.310 --> 01:53:19.130 I'M PRETTY SURE THERE WILL BE ENOUGH LIGHTS, BUT UNTIL THEY ARE INSTALLED I DON'T KNOW 01:53:19.130 --> 01:53:21.119 IF WE ARE GOING TO NEED MORE. 01:53:21.119 --> 01:53:25.719 BUT IT WOULD NOT HURT TO SUBMIT AN APPLICATION NOW. 01:53:25.719 --> 01:53:27.860 WE CAN DEFINITELY USE THAT TO DO IMPROVEMENT. 01:53:27.860 --> 01:53:31.713 >> Mack Benard: WE HAVE CASEY AND TODD HERE SO THIS IS PERFECT. 01:53:35.390 --> 01:53:37.582 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 01:53:40.707 --> 01:53:42.477 AND ED. 01:53:45.000 --> 01:53:48.850 >> Gregg Weiss: WE HAVE A MOTION IN A SECOND. 01:53:48.850 --> 01:53:49.929 ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? 01:53:53.597 --> 01:53:59.100 THAT MOTION CARRIES 7/0. 01:53:59.100 --> 01:54:07.220 THIS BRINGS US TO ITEM 7A COMMISSION DISTRICT APPOINTMENTS AND WE WILL START WITH COMMISSIONER 01:54:07.220 --> 01:54:08.220 BARNETT. 01:54:08.220 --> 01:54:15.659 >> Michael Barnett: I HAVE TWO I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST THE APPOINTMENT OF MANUEL MAYO 01:54:15.659 --> 01:54:21.409 TO THE FIRE RESCUE BOARD AND GLENN JORDAN TO THE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES ADVISORY 01:54:21.409 --> 01:54:22.429 COUNCIL. 01:54:22.429 --> 01:54:26.480 >> Gregg Weiss: ALL RIGHT. 01:54:26.480 --> 01:54:27.480 THANK YOU VERY COMMISSIONER WOODWARD? 01:54:27.480 --> 01:54:31.650 >> Marci Woodard: I WOULD LIKE TO REAPPOINT LANCE TO THE FIRE RESCUE ADVISORY BOARD. 01:54:31.650 --> 01:54:33.949 >> Gregg Weiss: COMMISSIONER MARINO. 01:54:33.949 --> 01:54:36.290 >> Maria Marino: I WOULD LIKE TO APPOINT MR. 01:54:36.290 --> 01:54:40.329 GEORGE TO THE FIRE ADVISORY BOARD AND REAPPOINT MS. 01:54:40.329 --> 01:54:48.080 ABBY BAKER TO THE LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD AND I WOULD LIKE TO THANK ROGER FOR HIS SERVICE 01:54:48.080 --> 01:54:50.510 ON THE TBC. 01:54:50.510 --> 01:54:55.790 ROGER GOT AN OFFER HE COULDN'T REFUSE AND HE LEFT THE COUNTY SO I AM LOOKING FOR HIS 01:54:55.790 --> 01:54:57.410 REPLACEMENT AT THIS TIME. 01:54:57.410 --> 01:54:59.909 >> Gregg Weiss: COMMISSIONER BERNARD. 01:54:59.909 --> 01:55:01.470 >> Mack Benard: NONE MR. 01:55:01.470 --> 01:55:02.470 MAYOR. 01:55:02.470 --> 01:55:03.470 >> Gregg Weiss: COMMISSIONER BAXTER? 01:55:03.470 --> 01:55:08.880 >> Sara Baxter: I WOULD LIKE TO APPOINT ROBERT BEING TO THE EMS ADVISORY COUNCIL. 01:55:08.880 --> 01:55:12.060 >> Gregg Weiss: THANK YOU. 01:55:12.060 --> 01:55:13.090 VICE MAYOR SACHS. 01:55:13.090 --> 01:55:15.679 >> Maria Sachs: THANK YOU, MAYOR. 01:55:15.679 --> 01:55:19.929 I WOULD LIKE TO APPOINT SPENCER TO THE PERSONNEL APPEALS BOARD. 01:55:19.929 --> 01:55:23.050 SPENCER, WOULD YOU JUST WAVE YOUR HAND OVER THERE? 01:55:23.050 --> 01:55:25.079 THIS IS A REMARKABLE YOUNG MAN. 01:55:25.079 --> 01:55:30.139 I DIDN'T KNOW HIM UNTIL I MADE THEM COME AND TALK TO ME. 01:55:30.139 --> 01:55:36.680 IS BACKGROUND ITS UNITED STATES CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION AND LABOR EMPLOYEE RELATIONS 01:55:36.680 --> 01:55:42.870 SPECIALIST AS WELL AS THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, EMPLOYEE BENEFIT ADMINISTRATION. 01:55:42.870 --> 01:55:47.369 HE IS AN EMPLOYEE BENEFITS INVESTIGATOR. 01:55:47.369 --> 01:55:49.940 ARE YOU HERE WITH YOUR MOM? 01:55:49.940 --> 01:55:52.989 WAVE, MOM. 01:55:52.989 --> 01:55:56.989 IS WONDERFUL FAMILY. 01:55:56.989 --> 01:56:02.060 I AM VERY IMPRESSED WITH WHAT HE IS GOING TO DO TO HELP THE COUNTY OUT WITH PERSONNEL 01:56:02.060 --> 01:56:03.349 APPEALS BOARD. 01:56:03.349 --> 01:56:07.889 THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND THINKING MY COLLEAGUES FOR ALLOWING ME TO DO THIS. 01:56:07.889 --> 01:56:13.070 >> Gregg Weiss: AND THANK YOU UNDER BCC APPOINTMENTS. 01:56:13.070 --> 01:56:17.570 THIS IS OUR BOARD AND COMMISSION ASSIGNMENTS. 01:56:17.570 --> 01:56:26.670 THIS IS A RECEIVE AND FILE TO THE CLERK AND THERE HAVE BEEN NO CHANGES. 01:56:26.670 --> 01:56:29.929 WE NEED TO TECHNICALLY DO THIS. 01:56:30.812 --> 01:56:32.882 COMMISSIONER BERNARD. 01:56:32.882 --> 01:56:37.560 >> Mack Benard: MY CHIEF OF STAFF REMINDED ME I DO HAVE AN APPOINTMENT. 01:56:37.560 --> 01:56:42.679 I WOULD LIKE TO APPOINT DALE TO THE LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD. 01:56:44.034 --> 01:56:47.250 >> Gregg Weiss: THAT STAFF IS IMPORTANT. 01:56:47.250 --> 01:56:48.250 OKAY. 01:56:48.250 --> 01:56:49.489 VERY GOOD. 01:56:49.489 --> 01:56:52.720 MOVING ONTO ADMINISTRATION COMMENTS. 01:56:55.301 --> 01:56:59.040 >> WE ARE UPDATING OUR DIRECTIVE. 01:56:59.040 --> 01:57:05.980 FOR THE MOST PART MOST OF THE NEW ONES WE ADDED RECENTLY HAVE ALREADY BEEN ACCOMPLISHED. 01:57:05.980 --> 01:57:12.140 WE ALREADY SCHEDULED THE WORKSHOPS FOR THE AIRPORT THAT YOU REQUESTED. 01:57:12.140 --> 01:57:19.770 WE ALSO SCHEDULED A WORKSHOP FOR THE AG TOURISM AND WE WILL BE BRINGING THAT IN SEPTEMBER. 01:57:19.770 --> 01:57:26.260 THE AIRPORT WILL BE IN AUGUST AND WE HAVE A NUMBER SCHEDULED INCLUDING PALM TRAN. 01:57:26.260 --> 01:57:34.329 WE WILL BE PROVIDING THAT AND YOU WILL GET A MORE, WHAT I WANTED TO POINT OUT ALSO, COMMISSIONER 01:57:34.329 --> 01:57:39.650 BAXTER WANTED US TO ASSESS THE POSSIBILITY AND 20 MILE BEND. 01:57:39.650 --> 01:57:50.210 WE HAVE AN RF OUT NOW AND THAT RF SHOULD CLOSE ON 9/8/23 UNTIL THEN WE WILL BE GETTING BACK 01:57:50.210 --> 01:57:55.599 TO THE BOARD ON THAT PARTICULAR ISSUE. 01:57:55.599 --> 01:58:02.071 AND WE ARE WORKING ON THE REST OF THEM AND CLOSING THEM OUT SO THAT CONCLUDES A QUICK 01:58:02.071 --> 01:58:04.179 UPDATE ON THE DIRECTIVE. 01:58:04.179 --> 01:58:06.489 >> Gregg Weiss: COUNTY ATTORNEY? 01:58:06.489 --> 01:58:08.110 >> I'M SORRY! 01:58:08.110 --> 01:58:11.650 I HAVE TWO THINGS I NEED. 01:58:11.650 --> 01:58:16.400 WE CURRENTLY HAVE TWO INTERIM DIRECTORS IN THE MEDICAL EXAMINER'S OFFICE AS WELL AS THE 01:58:16.400 --> 01:58:18.829 PLANNING, BUILDING AND ZONING DEPARTMENT. 01:58:18.829 --> 01:58:22.460 THEY BOTH DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB FOR US. 01:58:22.460 --> 01:58:27.719 THERE IN SOME ROCKY TIMES BUT THEY PULLED US THROUGH. 01:58:27.719 --> 01:58:37.360 I WOULD LIKE THE BOARD TO RATIFY MY APPOINTMENT AS OUR NEW MEDICAL EXAMINER. 01:58:37.360 --> 01:58:44.960 SHE HAS BEEN AN ASSOCIATE MEDICAL EXAMINER FOR MORE THAN TWO YEARS AND HAS BEEN THE INTERIM 01:58:44.960 --> 01:58:46.639 SINCE FEBRUARY. 01:58:46.639 --> 01:58:54.929 SHE ATTENDED, ACTUALLY SENT YOU AN EMAIL WITH THE RESUMES ATTACH. 01:58:54.929 --> 01:58:58.060 SHE HAS DONE AN OUTSTANDING JOB WITH US. 01:58:58.060 --> 01:59:00.310 IN ADDITION, MS. 01:59:00.310 --> 01:59:03.030 WHITNEY CAROL IS ALSO HERE. 01:59:03.030 --> 01:59:09.070 I AM ASKING YOU TO RATIFY HER AS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR PLANNING, ZONING AND BUILDING. 01:59:09.070 --> 01:59:16.010 SHE SERVED AS INTERIM FOR THE LAST FOUR MONTHS AND PRIOR TO BEING IN A ROOM SHE SERVED AS 01:59:16.010 --> 01:59:17.280 THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR. 01:59:17.280 --> 01:59:25.020 THERE WAS A NATIONAL SEARCH DONE AND SHE WAS A PERSON SELECTED TO THAT NATIONAL SEARCH. 01:59:25.020 --> 01:59:33.230 SHE IS AN ATTORNEY AND CERTIFIED PLANNER SO SHE CHECKS ALL THE BULLET POINT SO I WOULD 01:59:33.230 --> 01:59:35.979 LIKE TO ASK FOR YOUR RATIFICATION ON BOTH OF THOSE. 01:59:35.979 --> 01:59:42.679 >> Gregg Weiss: SO WE CAN TAKE A MOTION TO RATIFY? 01:59:42.679 --> 01:59:47.710 WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER BARNETT, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WOODWARD TO RATIFY. 01:59:47.710 --> 01:59:49.469 NEED DISCUSSION? 01:59:49.469 --> 01:59:50.780 SEEING NONE, ALL IN FAVOR? 01:59:50.780 --> 01:59:51.850 ALL OPPOSED? 01:59:51.850 --> 01:59:54.590 7/0 RATIFICATION IS APPROVED. 01:59:54.590 --> 01:59:56.180 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 01:59:56.180 --> 01:59:59.169 >> Gregg Weiss: THANKS TO OUR GREAT STAFF. 01:59:59.169 --> 02:00:04.270 [ CLAPPING ] >> Gregg Weiss: ALL RIGHT. 02:00:04.270 --> 02:00:10.380 I THINK WE ARE NOW TO. 02:00:10.380 --> 02:00:14.449 >> CAN I BE RECOGNIZED? 02:00:14.449 --> 02:00:17.869 CAN WE HAVE A VOTE FOR RECEIVE AND FILE FOR EIGHT A1. 02:00:17.869 --> 02:00:26.580 >> Gregg Weiss: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER MARINO, SECOND BY THE VICE MAYOR. 02:00:26.580 --> 02:00:27.810 ALL IN FAVOR, ALL OPPOSED? 02:00:27.810 --> 02:00:31.040 THE MOTION 7/0. 02:00:31.040 --> 02:00:34.630 I AM HEARING THE VOICE COMING FROM UP ABOVE. 02:00:34.630 --> 02:00:36.929 >> THAT'S GOOD. 02:00:36.929 --> 02:00:39.039 >> IT IS A GOOD THING. 02:00:39.039 --> 02:00:49.440 >> Gregg Weiss: WE ARE NOW TO COMMISSIONER COMMENTS AND SO WE WILL START AT THE OTHER 02:00:49.440 --> 02:00:51.550 FAR END OF THE DAIS. 02:00:51.550 --> 02:00:52.550 COMMISSIONER BAXTER? 02:00:52.550 --> 02:01:03.650 >> Sara Baxter: I HAVE THREE OFF-SITE - SITE AND REQUESTING. 02:01:03.650 --> 02:01:09.210 ONE OF THEM IS FOR THE OVERDOSE AWARENESS DAY, AUGUST 31ST. 02:01:09.210 --> 02:01:13.560 THE SECOND ONE FOR THE CARIBBEAN AMERICANS FOR COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT IN FLORIDA. 02:01:13.560 --> 02:01:16.820 THE SECOND ONE AND THE THIRD ONE IS FOR WELLINGTON. 02:01:16.820 --> 02:01:20.550 I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A DAY FOR THE MAYOR. 02:01:20.550 --> 02:01:23.060 >> Gregg Weiss: VERY GOOD. 02:01:23.060 --> 02:01:24.060 THANK YOU. 02:01:24.060 --> 02:01:28.790 TO BE VOTE ON THAT? 02:01:28.790 --> 02:01:35.610 WE HAVE A MOTION BY THE VICE MAYOR, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER BERNARD. 02:01:35.610 --> 02:01:37.469 THE MOTION CARRIES 7/0. 02:01:37.469 --> 02:01:40.199 I'M CONFUSING IT WITH BOARD APPOINTMENTS. 02:01:41.218 --> 02:01:45.969 MY BAD. 02:01:45.969 --> 02:01:52.020 >> WANTED TO RECOGNIZE MATT, LISA THE REAR THEY WERE OUR INTERNS OVER THE SUMMER AND 02:01:52.020 --> 02:01:53.190 THEY DID AN AMAZING JOB. 02:01:53.190 --> 02:01:57.719 THEY STARTED NEW JOBS WHICH IS WHY THEY CAN'T BE HERE WITH US TODAY BUT I WANTED TO SAY 02:01:57.719 --> 02:01:59.650 THANK YOU TO THEM. 02:01:59.650 --> 02:02:02.170 >> Gregg Weiss: COMMISSIONER BERNARD? 02:02:02.170 --> 02:02:11.920 >> Mack Benard: I HAVE A QUESTION TO TODD IN REGARDS TO A SPECIAL PAY PLAN. 02:02:11.920 --> 02:02:13.698 DO WE HAVE AN UPDATE ON THAT? 02:02:18.317 --> 02:02:22.100 >> YES, WE DO. 02:02:22.100 --> 02:02:29.430 THERE WASN'T RFP THAT WENT OUT FOR THE SELECTION COMMITTEE CONVENED ON THAT. 02:02:29.430 --> 02:02:36.341 THAT COMMITTEE CAME UP WITH THE RECOMMENDATION AND HR STAFF IS WORKING THROUGH THE COMPONENTS. 02:02:36.341 --> 02:02:39.870 THEY WILL BE COMING TO THE BCC, 02:02:43.810 --> 02:02:49.584 OCTOBER WAS THE DATE WHEN IT WAS GOING TO BE COMING BACK AND PURCHASING WILL BE HANDLING 02:02:49.584 --> 02:02:57.250 THE AND THERE WILL BE A FOLLOW-UP IN TERMS OF THE PARAMETERS THAT WE DISCUSSED TO GET ADDITIONAL DIRECTION ON THAT. 02:02:57.250 --> 02:02:59.370 THAT IS COMING FORWARD SOON. 02:02:59.370 --> 02:03:03.000 >> Mack Benard: THANK YOU FOR THAT. 02:03:03.000 --> 02:03:09.770 I WOULD LIKE TO WISH MY CONSTITUENT A HAPPY BIRTHDAY. 02:03:09.770 --> 02:03:11.308 82ND BIRTHDAY. 02:03:13.210 --> 02:03:14.730 THAT IS PRETTY COOL. 02:03:14.730 --> 02:03:19.952 MALACHI IS OFFICIALLY 82 AND IS CAUSED ME TROUBLE EVER SINCE I HAVE KNOWN HIM. 02:03:21.650 --> 02:03:28.770 AND FINALLY, MIGHT INTERN IS LEAVING. 02:03:28.770 --> 02:03:29.810 SHE IS HERE. 02:03:29.810 --> 02:03:31.987 CAN YOU PLEASE STAND UP AND WAVE? 02:03:37.829 --> 02:03:44.250 SHE HAS BEEN AN AMAZING INTERN DURING THIS WHOLE SUMMER WITH US AND WE WISH HER A SUCCESSFUL 02:03:44.250 --> 02:03:48.790 SOPHOMORE YEAR AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO. 02:03:48.790 --> 02:03:49.820 PLEASE DON'T GET COLD. 02:03:49.820 --> 02:03:50.949 THAT IS IT. 02:03:52.036 --> 02:03:56.060 >> Gregg Weiss: THANK YOU. 02:03:56.060 --> 02:03:57.060 COMMISSIONER MARINO? 02:03:57.060 --> 02:03:59.120 >> Maria Marino: THANK YOU. 02:03:59.120 --> 02:04:06.966 I THINK YOU ALL RECEIVED A LETTER FROM ME SUPPORT OF MY CANDIDACY FOR F.A.C. 02:04:06.966 --> 02:04:09.524 VICE PRESIDENT. 02:04:15.229 --> 02:04:22.440 I WOULD LIKE UNANIMOUS APPROVAL AND SUPPORT FROM THE BOARD IN ORDER TO PUT MY TOE IN THE 02:04:22.440 --> 02:04:23.440 WATER FOR THIS. 02:04:23.440 --> 02:04:25.389 >> Mack Benard: SECOND. 02:04:25.389 --> 02:04:32.050 >> Gregg Weiss: MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER BERNARD, SECOND FROM THE VICE MAYOR. 02:04:32.050 --> 02:04:39.489 I WANT TO PUT SOME THINGS INTO THE RECORD. 02:04:39.489 --> 02:04:44.199 COMMISSIONER MARINO HAS PROVEN ITSELF TO BE AN OUTSTANDING DEDICATED SERVICE. 02:04:44.199 --> 02:04:50.050 OR ACTIVE INVOLVEMENT IN MULTIJURISDICTIONAL COMMITTEES INCLUDING HER ROLE AS PFISTER THE 02:04:50.050 --> 02:04:54.440 TRANSPORTATION PLANNING AGENCY, THE ORIGINAL PLANNING COUNCIL AND SOUTH FLORIDA REGIONAL 02:04:54.440 --> 02:05:00.690 JET TRANSIT AUTHORITY AND REPRESENTING US ON THE 16TH COUNTY COALITION HIGHLIGHT HER 02:05:00.690 --> 02:05:04.760 ABILITY TO WORK REGIONALLY AND ON COMMENTS AND SOLUTION. 02:05:04.760 --> 02:05:12.050 COMMISSIONER MARINO NOTABLE QUALITY BESIDES GOLF, AS WE ALL KNOW, BUT FOR STRONG BUSINESS 02:05:12.050 --> 02:05:16.909 BACKGROUND AS A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER I BELIEVE GIVES HER THE TOOLS TO UNDERSTAND THE BALANCE 02:05:16.909 --> 02:05:21.469 BETWEEN SUPPORTING SMALL BUSINESSES, FOSTERING ECONOMIC GROWTH THROUGH SENSIBLE GOVERNMENT 02:05:21.469 --> 02:05:23.770 REGULATION. 02:05:23.770 --> 02:05:29.210 COMMISSIONER MARINO DISTRICTS SHOWCASES EXAMPLES OF DIVERSE NEEDS. 02:05:29.210 --> 02:05:34.220 SHE UNDERSTANDS WHAT IS IMPORTANT TO THIS CONSTITUENCY AND HOW TO BALANCE THOSE NEEDS 02:05:34.220 --> 02:05:37.110 SO I AM PROUD TO SUPPORT YOU. 02:05:37.110 --> 02:05:39.419 AND SO WITH THAT, GO AHEAD. 02:05:42.330 --> 02:05:51.389 >> GOOD I INCLUDE THOSE COMMENTS IN UNANIMOUS SUPPORT FOR F.A.C.? 02:05:51.389 --> 02:05:53.040 WHILE SAID. 02:05:53.040 --> 02:05:54.219 THANK YOU. 02:05:54.219 --> 02:05:58.270 >> Gregg Weiss: ANY FURTHER COMMENTS? 02:05:58.270 --> 02:06:01.460 LET MOTION CARRIES 7/0. 02:06:01.460 --> 02:06:04.219 >> I MUCH APPRECIATE IT. 02:06:04.219 --> 02:06:06.829 WOULD LIKE TO WISH DAD A HAPPY BIRTHDAY. 02:06:06.829 --> 02:06:17.040 HE WILL BE 91 ON FRIDAY AND STILL THE READS THE PAPER VERSION OF THE PALM BEACH POST. 02:06:17.040 --> 02:06:25.520 WALKS IN SHOPS AND DRIVES AND HIS NAME IS GABRIEL MARINO. 02:06:25.520 --> 02:06:27.724 I WISH HIM MANY MORE BIRTHDAYS TO COME. 02:06:30.849 --> 02:06:32.579 THANK YOU AND I AM DONE. 02:06:32.579 --> 02:06:34.539 >> Gregg Weiss: COMMISSIONER WOODWARD? 02:06:34.539 --> 02:06:42.230 >> Marci Woodard: I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST APPROVAL FOR AN OFF-SITE PROCLAMATION CERTIFICATE 02:06:42.230 --> 02:06:47.199 FOR NATIONAL COUNCIL ON COMPENSATION INSURANCE FOR THE 100 ANNIVERSARY. 02:06:47.199 --> 02:06:53.080 >> Gregg Weiss: MOTION BY COMMISSIONER WOODWARD, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MARINO. 02:06:53.080 --> 02:06:55.920 THAT MOTION CARRIES 7/0. 02:06:55.920 --> 02:07:02.460 >> I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SAY HAPPY YOU ARE BACK IF ANY OF YOU TRAVELED I HAD A VERY WILD 02:07:02.460 --> 02:07:07.280 TIME IN TRAVELING WHICH MAKES ME HAPPY TO BE BACK IN PALM BEACH COUNTY SO GLAD TO BE 02:07:07.280 --> 02:07:10.219 HERE. 02:07:10.219 --> 02:07:12.119 >> Gregg Weiss: COMMISSIONER BARNETT? 02:07:12.119 --> 02:07:17.680 >> Mack Benard: I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST APPROVAL FOR AN OFF-SITE PROCLAMATION DECLARING THE 02:07:17.680 --> 02:07:21.659 SECOND WEEK OF JANUARY 2024 IS SUPERCAR WEEK. 02:07:21.659 --> 02:07:28.140 >> Gregg Weiss: MOTION BY COMMISSIONER BARNETT, SECOND BY THE VICE MAYOR. 02:07:28.140 --> 02:07:29.910 THAT MOTION CARRIES 7/0. 02:07:29.910 --> 02:07:35.430 >> Michael Barnett: I WANTED TO REITERATE MY GRATITUDE TO MEMBERS OF THE COUNTY COMMISSION 02:07:35.430 --> 02:07:42.949 FOR APPROVING MARIA AS A NEWS MEMBER THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMISSION AND ALSO TO THANK TODD 02:07:42.949 --> 02:07:49.020 WILL LEARN, DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR AS WELL AS COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR BAKER FROM EXECUTIVE 02:07:49.020 --> 02:07:54.599 DIRECTOR VIRGINIA ARE WORKING WITH THE ECONOMIC COUNCIL TO MAKE THIS APPOINTMENT HAPPEN. 02:07:54.599 --> 02:08:01.369 THERE IS WORK UNDERWAY TO EXPAND MEMBERSHIP OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMISSION TO INCLUDE 02:08:01.369 --> 02:08:08.340 A FEW NEW MEMBERS DID INCREASE DIVERSITY AND PROPER REPRESENTATION ON THIS COMMISSION, 02:08:08.340 --> 02:08:13.610 WHICH IS LONG OVERDUE AND A LOT HARD WORK HAS GONE INTO MAKING THIS HAPPEN OVER THE 02:08:13.610 --> 02:08:18.409 LAST SEVERAL MONTHS AND I AM VERY GRATEFUL FOR THAT AND ALSO GRATEFUL TO THE BOARD FOR 02:08:18.409 --> 02:08:25.090 RATIFYING EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR WHITNEY CAROL TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD AS WELL AS 02:08:25.090 --> 02:08:33.590 THE NEW, NO LONGER INTERN BUT FULL MEDICAL EXAMINER DOCTOR CATHERINE MILLER AND DICEY 02:08:33.590 --> 02:08:38.489 FORENSIC INVESTIGATOR SUPERVISOR IS HERE AS WELL. 02:08:38.489 --> 02:08:42.139 NICE TO SEE YOU BOTH. 02:08:42.139 --> 02:08:45.250 THANK YOU. 02:08:45.250 --> 02:08:47.130 FOR MAKING THIS HAPPEN. 02:08:47.130 --> 02:08:53.810 I GOT TO KNOW DOCTOR MILLER AND RALPH OVER THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS. 02:08:53.810 --> 02:08:56.280 I AM IN MY POSITION. 02:08:56.280 --> 02:09:01.659 WAS APPOINTED TO THE GOVERNOR TO SERVE ON THE STATEWIDE FLORIDA MEDICAL EXAMINER'S COMMISSION 02:09:01.659 --> 02:09:07.750 AND SO I GOT TO KNOW THEM IN THAT CAPACITY OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS AND I KNOW THEM TO 02:09:07.750 --> 02:09:13.500 BE REAL PROFESSIONALS AND WE ARE IN GOOD HANDS LIKE SO MANY OTHER DEPARTMENTS IN THE MEDICAL 02:09:13.500 --> 02:09:18.449 EXAMINER'S OFFICE THROUGH TO PROFESSIONALS. 02:09:18.449 --> 02:09:22.780 WE DON'T LIKE TO THINK ABOUT THE MEDICAL EXAMINER'S OFFICE BUT IT IS IMPORTANT THEY PROVIDE. 02:09:22.780 --> 02:09:25.809 I AM GRATEFUL TO THE NEW LEADERS. 02:09:25.809 --> 02:09:30.810 THANK YOU SO MUCH AND IT IS NICE TO BE BACK AFTER TRAVELING. 02:09:30.810 --> 02:09:34.380 GOTTEN HOME SICK IN PALM BEACH COUNTY IS THE BEST PLACE TO LIVE. 02:09:34.380 --> 02:09:35.840 GLAD TO BE BACK HOME. 02:09:35.840 --> 02:09:38.801 >> Gregg Weiss: VICE MAYOR? 02:09:39.289 --> 02:09:47.010 >> Maria Sachs: I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST AN OFF-SITE APPROVAL FOR DECLARING SEPTEMBER 02:09:47.010 --> 02:09:51.420 2023 AS 211 SUICIDE AWARENESS AND PREVENTION MONTH. 02:09:51.420 --> 02:09:56.500 >> Gregg Weiss: MOTION BY VICE MAYOR, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER BERNARD. 02:09:56.500 --> 02:09:59.220 LET MOTION CARRIES 7/0. 02:09:59.220 --> 02:10:05.550 MY COMMENT IS I NEVER LEFT BECAUSE I KNOW THIS IS THE BEST PLACE TO BE DURING VACATION. 02:10:05.550 --> 02:10:10.679 WHILE THEY ARE GONE THE ROADS ARE CLEAR BUT I CAN SCOOT RIGHT IN. 02:10:10.679 --> 02:10:11.969 IT IS A BIG SECRET. 02:10:11.969 --> 02:10:16.159 IT IS THE BEST PLACE TO BE. 02:10:16.159 --> 02:10:24.219 I WOULD LIKE TO SAY TO THE EFFORTS WE WERE ABLE TO SECURE ONE MILLET OTHER GRANT TO ASSIST 02:10:24.219 --> 02:10:32.360 OUR SENIORS MAKING SURE THEY HAVE GOOD BALANCE BECAUSE THIS IS ONE AREA IN THE STATE WHERE 02:10:32.360 --> 02:10:43.110 THERE ARE THE MOST FALLS WHICH LEAD TO ILLNESSES AND INJURIES AND SO ON MEETING THIS AFTERNOON 02:10:43.110 --> 02:10:52.610 WITH THE HEALTHCARE DISTRICT TO WORK ON HOW TO DISTRIBUTE AND HOW TO WORK WITH OUR SENIORS 02:10:52.610 --> 02:10:59.760 IN STOPPING THE HIGH INCIDENCE OF FALLS THAT OCCUR WITH OUR SENIORS IN PALM BEACH COUNTY. 02:10:59.760 --> 02:11:01.909 AND FOR THAT, THANK YOU. 02:11:01.909 --> 02:11:09.989 >> Gregg Weiss: I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE THREE WONDERFUL INTERNS THIS SUMMER 02:11:09.989 --> 02:11:16.520 IN ITALIA, KEITH AND CHRISTINE. 02:11:16.520 --> 02:11:20.210 REMARKABLE YOUNG WOMEN. 02:11:20.210 --> 02:11:26.809 TO KNOW THAT WE HAVE SUCH FINE FOLKS, YOUNG PEOPLE COMING OUT IN PALM BEACH COUNTY, IT'S 02:11:26.809 --> 02:11:28.780 A LOT TO BE PROUD AND. 02:11:28.780 --> 02:11:34.989 IT WAS A PLEASURE TO HAVE THEM AND I LEARNED A LOT FROM THEM AND I HOPE THEY LEARNED A 02:11:34.989 --> 02:11:37.520 LOT FROM US. 02:11:37.520 --> 02:11:41.739 THIS PAST FRIDAY I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT SAGO PALMS. 02:11:41.739 --> 02:11:47.330 IF YOU DON'T KNOW, THAT'S A REENTRY FACILITY COMING IN PALM BEACH COUNTY FROM THE DEPARTMENT 02:11:47.330 --> 02:11:48.330 OF CORRECTIONS. 02:11:48.330 --> 02:11:52.550 I WANT TO THANK THE STATE OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS FOR THE CONTINUED SUPPORT OF 02:11:52.550 --> 02:11:55.510 PROGRAMS. 02:11:55.510 --> 02:12:05.000 THESE PROGRAMS WORK TO HELP MEN DEVELOP SKILLS, JOB SKILLS AND MAKE CONNECTIONS PRIOR TO BEING 02:12:05.000 --> 02:12:11.230 RELEASED FROM STATE PRISON COMING INTO PALM BEACH COUNTY, CONNECTING THEM WITH OUR REENTRY 02:12:11.230 --> 02:12:16.940 PROGRAM AND THE FOLKS THERE. 02:12:16.940 --> 02:12:24.720 TO ME IT IS A MOVING THING TO BE ABLE TO VISIT AND TALK TO THE FOLKS THAT HAVE BEEN INCARCERATED 02:12:24.720 --> 02:12:30.250 TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THEIR CHALLENGES AND NEEDS ARE AND HOW WE AS A COUNTY CAN HELP WELCOME 02:12:30.250 --> 02:12:36.449 THEM BACK AND GET THEM ON THE RIGHT TRACK. 02:12:36.449 --> 02:12:42.950 THE TRACK THAT THEY WANT TO BE ON MAKING SURE WE HAVE THE RESOURCES IN PLACE. 02:12:42.950 --> 02:12:44.599 THAT WAS GREAT. 02:12:44.599 --> 02:12:54.040 SINCE OUR LAST MEETING, I'M NOT SURE IF I UPDATED, BUT IT THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE AND 02:12:54.040 --> 02:13:03.300 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES I WAS APPOINTED AS THE CHAIR THAT TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE. 02:13:03.300 --> 02:13:10.880 OF IT STANDING COMMITTEE AND THAT THE WORK I'M DOING WITH ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. 02:13:10.880 --> 02:13:22.179 OF THE FLORIDA ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES WAS APPOINTED AS A CHAIR 02:13:22.179 --> 02:13:24.369 GOOD THINGS GOING ON. 02:13:24.369 --> 02:13:29.480 MY INTENT IS TO BRING BACK WHAT WE LEARNED, SOME OF THE BEST PRACTICES FROM AROUND THE 02:13:29.480 --> 02:13:35.110 COUNTRY FROM PALM BEACH COUNTY BUT SHARE OUR BEST PRACTICES WITH OTHER FOLKS AROUND THE 02:13:35.110 --> 02:13:40.130 COUNTRY TO BEGIN WE ARE STRUGGLING WITH A LOT OF THE SAME NEEDS. 02:13:40.130 --> 02:13:43.550 REALLY PLEASED TO REPRESENT OUR COUNTY IN SUCH A WAY. 02:13:43.550 --> 02:13:47.310 WITH THAT, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE FOR THE GOOD OF THE ORDER? 02:13:47.310 --> 02:13:50.610 IF NOT, THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.