[0:00] the roll call.

[0:01] >> board member cruz.

[0:02] >> present.

[0:03] >> board member Mccray.

[0:05] >> present.

[0:05] >> kelley.

[0:05] >> here.

[0:08] >> vice chair turkin?

[0:09] >> present.

[0:12] >> mayor shelton.

[0:12] >> present.

[0:13] >> Mayor: our invocation

[0:15] tonight will be by board member

[0:16] Mccray followed by the pledge

[0:17] of allegiance led by vice mayor

[0:18] turkin.

[0:23] If we could kindly stand.

[0:23] >> let us bow.

[0:25] Father, here we are once more

[0:27] again standing in your presence

[0:28] asking for your guidance but

[0:29] most of all asking that you

[0:32] continue to protect the city of

[0:33] boynton beach, continue to

[0:35] protect the leadership, staff,

[0:35] employees.

[0:37] But most of all continue to

[0:40] protect the citizens that we are

[0:45] responsible for and let us still

[0:47] walk out of here with love for

[0:48] our brothers and sisters.

[0:51] In your name we pray, amen.

[0:52] >> I pledge allegiance to the

[0:53] flag of the united states of

[0:53] america and to the republic for

[0:54] which it stands, one nation

[0:54] under GOD, indivisible, with

[1:06] liberty and justice for all.

[1:08] >> moving on to additions,

[1:09] deletions, corrections to the

[1:09] agenda.

[1:10] Let's begin on my left with

[1:14] board member Mckay.

[1:16] >> cra is first.

[1:19] I have none, thank you.

[1:22] >> Mayor: board member kelley.

[1:22] >> no.

[1:23] >> Mayor: board member turin?

[1:25] If nothing else, do we have a

[1:27] motion to approve the agenda?

[1:28] we have a motion to approve and

[1:29] we have a second.

[1:33] All those in favor?

[1:33] Opposed?

[1:34] Motion passes.

[1:36] We'll now move on to

[1:37] informational items by the

[1:38] members of the board.

[1:40] Any legal updates before we move

[1:40] on?

[1:44] >> there are none.

[1:44] >> Mayor: informational items

[1:46] by members of the board.

[1:48] Board member cruz.

[1:49] >> nothing for me.

[1:51] >> Mayor: board member turkin.

[1:52] >> nothing, chair.

[1:52] >> Mayor: kelley.

[1:54] >> no, chair, thank you.

[1:56] >> Mayor: board member

[1:57] Mccray?

[1:57] >> none.

[1:58] >> Mayor: we are now moving on

[1:59] to public I don't understand.

[2:01] It's three minutes per person,

[2:03] non-transferable and it's not a

[2:04] q&a.

[2:05] Same rules apply as always,

[2:06] speaker must address the board

[2:08] as a whole and not individual on

[2:11] the dais or in the audience.

[2:13] Insults, personal attacks, and

[2:14] disruptions will not be

[2:15] permitted and this is just for

[2:18] the cra meeting, not the city

[2:18] meeting.

[2:20] If anyone would like to come

[2:21] down and speak, feel free to

[2:23] come on down now.

[2:28] And we will check online.

[2:30] >> chair, there is no one

[2:31] online.

[2:33] >> Mayor: public comment is now

[2:33] closed.

[2:35] We'll be moving on to consent

[2:36] agenda.

[2:39] If my colleagues would begin to

[2:44] pull any item from consent.

[2:46] >> motion to approve.

[2:47] >> Mayor: and board member

[2:48] cruz?

[2:48] >> second.

[2:49] >> Mayor: we have a motion and

[2:50] a second to approve the consent

[2:51] agenda.

[2:54] All those in favor say aye.

[2:54] Opposed?

[2:56] Motion passes.

[2:58] Moving on to new business.

[3:01] At the SEPTEMBER 8, 2026

[3:04] meeting, 15a, b, c, and d were

[3:04] tabled.

[3:06] >> so moved.

[3:06] >> second.

[3:07] >> Mayor: we have a motion to

[3:08] remove and we have a second.

[3:10] All those in favor -- do I have

[3:12] to do each one?

[3:12] Okay.

[3:16] We have a motion and we have a

[3:16] second.

[3:17] [Chorus of ayes]

[3:18] >> Mayor: motion passes.

[3:21] Moving on to item 15a is the

[3:22] consideration of the purchase

[3:26] and sale agreement of 415

[3:27] northwest 1 avenue.

[3:30] >> good evening, board, the

[3:31] development services director.

[3:34] This item before you is -- oh,

[3:36] there's the map, good -- a

[3:38] property that we are looking to

[3:42] purchase within the block of 480

[3:43] west boynton beach boulevard.

[3:45] This particular property is on

[3:46] northwest 1st, outlined in blue

[3:49] on the map shown.

[3:52] We've got -- we did our due

[3:53] diligence, an appraisal.

[3:55] We got an agreement with the

[3:58] seller, which is signed in part

[3:59] of the backup.

[4:01] The purchase price for the

[4:03] property is 749.

[4:07] And it'll be delivered to us

[4:10] unoccupied.

[4:15] Any questions?

[4:16] >> all my questions were

[4:16] answered during my agenda

[4:17] review.

[4:18] >> mine as well.

[4:19] >> and I also have the

[4:20] spreadsheet in the back that

[4:22] gives you all the data on the

[4:23] appraisal and the percentage and

[4:27] all of that.

[4:29] So it's up to you.

[4:32] >> Mayor: thank you, theresa.

[4:34] I know you've worked hard since

[4:35] we closed on the other parcels

[4:41] and this is a key parcel for

[4:42] what the future holds for

[4:44] boynton beach boulevard, so

[4:45] thank you for all of your hard

[4:46] work.

[4:48] I know that that is the key to

[4:50] why we're in this position

[4:50] today.

[4:52] So thank you for that.

[4:54] I don't have any other comments.

[4:56] >> chair, I have a question.

[4:59] How many parcels are we still

[5:00] holding out?

[5:02] >> holding out?

[5:03] >> yes.

[5:04] >> one.

[5:06] >> the subway one.

[5:07] >> the subway building?

[5:07] >> yes.

[5:09] >> thank you.

[5:10] >> and this was the one that had

[5:12] all of the cars and stuff in the

[5:13] back and everything that the

[5:15] neighbors were frustrated with?

[5:16] >> yes, ma'am.

[5:17] I will be doing a phase one on

[5:19] it just to make sure because of

[5:19] that.

[5:20] >> because of the environmental

[5:21] stuff, yeah, that's what I

[5:22] thought.

[5:24] >> but just remember, that's

[5:26] what we clean up too, so it's a

[5:27] win for us.

[5:28] >> okay.

[5:29] If there's nothing else, do we

[5:31] have a motion to approve 15 (A).

[5:33] >> so moved.

[5:33] >> second.

[5:34] >> Mayor: motion and a second,

[5:36] all those in favor?

[5:37] [Chorus of ayes]

[5:38] >> Mayor: opposed?

[5:39] Motion passes.

[5:43] Moving on to item 15 (B) Is the

[5:46] consideration and purchase and

[5:47] sale 101 north avenue.

[5:48] >> get, this

[5:52] excuse me, chair said 4th

[5:57] avenue, it's 4th street?

[5:58] >> Chair: northwest 4th avenue.

[6:00] >> I have 4th street.

[6:01] >> it is street.

[6:02] >> Chair: it was re-typed

[6:03] avenue on mine.

[6:05] >> no worries.

[6:07] And boynton is backwards, so it

[6:08] gets confusing.

[6:11] This is just south of 480.

[6:14] It's a half an acre.

[6:19] And it really cleans up that

[6:21] corner making it a bigger lot

[6:24] for us to do some site work on

[6:26] so that we can see what's going

[6:26] to fit there.

[6:29] It was a bonus when we were

[6:30] doing this.

[6:31] It doesn't impede the property

[6:32] that we have already.

[6:34] It doesn't cut it in half like

[6:35] the other property does, but it

[6:38] does add to the size of the

[6:40] whole entire block.

[6:41] >> Chair: okay.

[6:42] Any comments or questions from

[6:44] the board starting with you,

[6:47] board member Mccray?

[6:47] >> thank you.

[6:50] Did we do an appraisal on this?

[6:51] >> we sure did.

[6:55] It appraised 702.

[7:03] The asking price on it is 835.

[7:05] And on this particular piece

[7:10] just so that you know, it turns

[7:13] out that the price per square

[7:17] foot is $36.17, so it really

[7:18] made a sensible buy, because

[7:20] it's a half an acre.

[7:22] And it's much lower than all the

[7:25] other square footage on that

[7:26] block.

[7:27] >> I'd just like for the people

[7:29] in the audience to understand

[7:32] why we're doing this, we're

[7:33] purchasing land so we can do

[7:34] consolidation.

[7:35] We're not just spending money

[7:36] just to be spending money.

[7:39] I wanted to make sure you all

[7:43] understand that.

[7:45] >> you guys have done a very

[7:47] good job of making sure our

[7:48] purchases have been on the

[7:51] larger parcels below appraised

[7:52] values.

[7:56] So kudos to you guys on that

[7:56] one.

[7:57] >> Chair: any other comments

[7:59] from the board?

[8:02] >> no, it's contiguous and the

[8:03] more land we control, you know,

[8:08] the less chances for live local.

[8:08] >> Chair: right.

[8:12] Can I have a motion to approve.

[8:13] >> moved.

[8:14] >> second.

[8:14] >> Chair: we have a motion and

[8:15] a second.

[8:16] All those in favor?

[8:17] Opposed?

[8:18] Motion passes.

[8:20] Moving on to item 15 (C) Is the

[8:22] consideration purchase and sale

[8:25] agreement of 204 northwest 1st

[8:25] street.

[8:26] Theresa?

[8:27] >> yes, so we're moving on as

[8:29] you can see, this is the other

[8:30] block that we've been

[8:32] concentrating on with the usps

[8:36] office is on the corner of

[8:37] seacrest and boynton beach

[8:37] boulevard.

[8:38] We have purchased over the last

[8:40] couple of years the adjacent

[8:42] properties to usps and now we've

[8:43] moved to the other corner,

[8:46] because it came up for sale.

[8:47] We all looked at it, thought it

[8:49] was a good block.

[8:50] there's been talk about

[8:53] different projects to go on that

[8:53] block.

[8:55] So I think land baking at this

[8:57] time is pretty key.

[8:58] The south side -- I know you

[9:00] guys know this, but on the south

[9:02] side of boynton beach boulevard,

[9:04] we have the advantage of a block

[9:07] depth whereas on the north side,

[9:08] it's kind of shallow, because it

[9:11] gets deeper into the residential

[9:11] areas.

[9:14] So everything on the south side

[9:17] is really kind of key

[9:18] redevelopment for your boynton

[9:21] beach boulevard corridor.

[9:21] >> Chair: any comments or

[9:24] questions from the board?

[9:25] >> my questions were answered

[9:36] during the agenda review.

[9:37] >> before we make the motion for

[9:38] the audience, I'm just saying

[9:40] they don't know the price that

[9:44] they're asking, I'm just saying

[9:44] --

[9:48] >> the appraised value was

[9:48] $850,000.

[9:50] The asking price was 995.

[9:52] We're at $76 a square foot.

[9:54] As you can see, the difference

[9:55] compared to the half acre that

[9:58] we just looked at, that's about

[10:02] the going price on boynton beach

[10:03] boulevard right now.

[10:05] >> I'd be open to negotiating it

[10:08] and see if they would be open to

[10:08] that.

[10:10] We don't have -- I understand

[10:13] the reasoning of why we want

[10:15] catty corner, but we still have

[10:16] those other holdouts, so I think

[10:18] there's an opportunity to get a

[10:18] better price.

[10:20] >> I can go back, absolutely.

[10:24] >> if that's the will of this

[10:24] board.

[10:26] >> Chair: was this listed for

[10:26] sale?

[10:27] Is that what encouraged us to go

[10:28] after it.

[10:31] >> yes, it was listed for sale.

[10:33] The listing price was -- it was

[10:34] higher than this.

[10:35] It was a little bit higher than

[10:37] this but not by much.

[10:41] And after doing the appraisal

[10:43] and kind of negotiating with the

[10:46] seller, that was their deadline.

[10:50] But I can go back.

[10:51] Absolutely.

[10:54] That's my job.

[10:56] >> I think she has consensus to

[10:59] continue negotiating.

[11:02] Do we need a motion?

[11:04] >> if you could direct her to

[11:06] continue to negotiate and table

[11:08] this item pending further

[11:11] negotiations.

[11:12] >> motion to table pending

[11:15] further negotiations.

[11:15] >> second.

[11:16] >> Chair: we have a second.

[11:18] All those in favor say aye.

[11:19] [Chorus of ayes]

[11:19] Opposed?

[11:24] Motion passes.

[11:25] >> okay, thank you.

[11:26] >> Chair: item 15 (D) Is the

[11:28] consideration and purchase and

[11:33] sale agreement for 318336 and

[11:36] 404 east martin luther king

[11:36] boulevard.

[11:38] >> so this one is near and dear

[11:38] to my heart.

[11:41] We've been working on mlk for as

[11:43] long as I've been here.

[11:51] These three properties give us

[11:55] an almost contiguous property

[11:56] line along mlk.

[11:57] They're key properties.

[11:59] I have one left that I have

[12:03] started speaking to the owner,

[12:06] but these are all rental

[12:08] properties.

[12:10] They will be delivered to us

[12:11] vacant.

[12:13] We've worked with -- we have

[12:14] purchased from this seller

[12:14] before.

[12:16] he has other rental properties,

[12:19] so he is more than happy to move

[12:20] everybody over to his other

[12:22] rental properties, because he

[12:23] already knows these tenants and

[12:24] they're already vetted, so they

[12:26] just -- he just moves them to

[12:31] his other properties.

[12:31] So this was -- this is one of

[12:34] the higher prices.

[12:36] We had it appraised.

[12:40] The appraised value

[12:41] was $3.1 million.

[12:44] The original asking price was

[12:44] $4 million.

[12:49] We negotiated down in between at

[12:49] 3.59 million.

[12:51] It's going to be a total of -- I

[12:54] wanted to give you the square

[12:55] feet.

[12:56] 31,000 square feet, so just

[12:59] under about 10,000 under an

[13:01] acre.

[13:04] And it's really -- it's key

[13:08] property on this corridor.

[13:09] If you see, it's the red.

[13:18] Or the yellow.

[13:20] >> Chair: did you say monopoly?

[13:23] Hotels and houses?

[13:27] >> but with the lineup, we've

[13:30] just got a really great start to

[13:36] redevelopment on that corridor.

[13:37] >> it seems like a lot of money

[13:40] to be spending at this time, but

[13:45] that was the reason it was

[13:47] instituted to get rid of slum

[13:48] and blight.

[13:50] We're doing land consolidation

[13:52] because mlk boulevard has been

[13:53] promised that they were going to

[13:54] get upgrades and we're working

[13:56] on that now, so it seems like a

[13:57] lot of money, but we're moving

[13:58] money in the right direction to

[14:07] do what we're supposed to do.

[14:08] >> you're absolutely right.

[14:09] >> Chair: any other questions

[14:11] from the board, any other

[14:11] comments?

[14:13] Would anyone like to make a

[14:14] motion?

[14:16] >> motion to approve.

[14:16] >> second.

[14:17] >> Chair: we have a motion to

[14:19] approve and we have a second for

[14:20] item 15 (D).

[14:24] All those in favor?

[14:24] Opposed?

[14:25] Motion passes.

[14:28] >> thank you, board.

[14:30] >> Chair: moving on to item 15e

[14:31] is the consideration of the

[14:36] third amendment in restated

[14:37] master administrative services

[14:40] interlocal agreement.

[14:44] Can you open the item?

[14:46] >> yes, this is the amended and

[14:47] restated --

[14:48] >> are you on?

[14:50] >> the mic is not on.

[14:51] >> can you hear me?

[14:54] This is the amended and restated

[14:55] agreement for interlocal

[14:57] agreement for services.

[14:59] As you're all aware, the city

[15:02] has been taking over -- city

[15:03] staff has been doing some of the

[15:05] cra work and this adds risk

[15:07] management and then also

[15:08] provides that the city attorney

[15:10] will oversee the city employees

[15:13] who are doing the work on behalf

[15:14] of the cra.

[15:15] And all of the amendments are

[15:23] now included in this agreement.

[15:25] >> I understand why we're doing

[15:27] this and I'm just saying since

[15:28] we did the consolidation of the

[15:30] cra and bringing them on board

[15:31] with city, this interlocal

[15:33] agreement is long overdue, and

[15:35] I'm just saying it's like we're

[15:36] house-cleaning now.

[15:38] That's what I see it as.

[15:39] Motion to approve.

[15:40] >> second.

[15:41] >> Chair: we have a motion to

[15:42] prove and a second.

[15:45] All those in favor?

[15:45] Opposed?

[15:47] motion passes.

[15:50] Moving on to item 15 (F).

[15:52] It's the consideration and the

[15:53] revised cra human resources

[15:56] handbook.

[15:58] >> good evening, board, danielle

[15:59] whitefield, director of human

[16:01] resources and compliance.

[16:03] So our department, actually we

[16:04] worked with staff to do a

[16:06] comprehensive review of our

[16:07] current handbook with the cra

[16:09] which was actually created in

[16:09] 2021.

[16:11] Since then, you'll notice I do

[16:12] have a PowerPoint, if you

[16:14] want to review that as well with

[16:15] some key changes.

[16:16] There were a lot of compliance

[16:18] issues that have happened since

[16:20] then and a lot of new state and

[16:20] federal guidelines.

[16:21] We also have streamlined a lot

[16:23] of the items.

[16:26] We had a lot of the items that

[16:27] were paper driven.

[16:29] We moved to an electronic

[16:32] database for a lot of those

[16:32] things.

[16:36] So we had a kind of a task force

[16:38] amanda and adam and some key

[16:40] staff and we went through and we

[16:43] looked at changes to get us

[16:44] aligned with city staff and

[16:45] their handbook as well, so there

[16:47] are some added benefits for the

[16:47] cra staff.

[16:49] So it's up to you if you want me

[16:51] to go through that

[16:53] PowerPoint or...?

[16:56] I can just kind of go through --

[16:57] >> I don't have any questions.

[16:59] >> I'm not -- I wasn't at the

[17:00] agenda review, but if you can

[17:01] get that PowerPoint and get

[17:04] it to angel to get it in my

[17:05] office, I'd like to see it.

[17:07] >> I'll make sure I have it

[17:08] sent.

[17:10] >> motion to approve.

[17:10] >> second.

[17:11] >> Chair: we have a motion to

[17:12] approve and a second.

[17:14] All those in favor say aye.

[17:17] Opposed say nay.

[17:19] Okay, does anybody have any

[17:22] final comments for tonight?

[17:24] >> just if the cra can

[17:26] coordinate with the city with

[17:28] respect to talking to the local

[17:31] businesses downtown off ocean in

[17:33] regards to the upcoming holiday

[17:33] parade.

[17:36] I know I get feedback annually

[17:37] that it impacts their

[17:37] businesses.

[17:38] I know there's a change in that

[17:40] model for this year, so I just

[17:41] want to make sure as we're

[17:43] starting those conversations and

[17:43] preparing that we're

[17:44] communicating with those

[17:46] business owners.

[17:47] >> yeah, absolutely, board

[17:47] member turkin.

[17:50] I know we consolidated the

[17:52] holiday parade into the

[17:53] christmas tree lighting.

[17:56] That will alleviate us going

[17:58] through fdot to shut the federal

[17:59] highway down and we'll have a

[18:00] bigger celebration of the

[18:01] christmas tree lighting

[18:02] celebration.

[18:04] We'll make sure we definitely

[18:06] disseminate that information to

[18:09] those businesses.

[18:10] >> Chair: do we have a motion

[18:11] to adjourn?

[18:12] >> second, for discussion really

[18:13] quick.

[18:16] Do we have a joint meeting

[18:16] scheduled?

[18:20] Or do we need to be scheduling

[18:23] one especially with some of the

[18:25] key -- I know we've tried to

[18:26] talk about having ethical on

[18:29] them on a

[18:29] regular basis and I don't

[18:30] remember --

[18:32] >> we got consent from the

[18:34] board, and we will be moving to

[18:37] consolidate post-OCTOBER 1st

[18:38] when the new fiscal year starts.

[18:41] They will be consolidated into a

[18:41] cra board.

[18:43] In the event that we need to

[18:45] table items, we can just

[18:48] front-load that up to the next

[18:49] meeting in the same fashion we

[18:51] did here.

[18:52] >> but I think the ask isn't

[18:53] necessarily that.

[18:55] I think the ask is we agreed I

[18:59] think back in spring for the

[19:01] joint meetings with the city and

[19:03] the cra so we could have that

[19:05] cross dialogue wearing both hats

[19:06] with a lot of these development

[19:08] projects that are moving

[19:08] forward.

[19:09] And then making sure that

[19:11] there's synergy between our

[19:14] strategic plan and our cra plan.

[19:15] >> correct.

[19:16] >> I understand.

[19:18] >> are there specific items we'd

[19:19] like to have in a joint meeting?

[19:19] We can absolutely.

[19:21] >> I think there's follow-up

[19:24] from our last one that we need

[19:24] to revisit.

[19:26] Concerning the cra plan, I think

[19:30] revisiting the boynton beach

[19:32] boulevard and 95, that was

[19:33] discussed.

[19:35] And then also I think the

[19:39] federal highway corridor and the

[19:39] waterfront.

[19:41] >> we can schedule it now if

[19:42] you'd like.

[19:44] I was under the impression that

[19:45] after we talked about the

[19:46] necessity of findings that we'd

[19:48] be waiting until after NOVEMBER,

[19:51] but we don't have to.

[19:54] >> I think that was as it

[19:56] pertained to the steering plan,

[19:58] to either expanding or shrinking

[20:01] the cra and not necessarily

[20:03] joint projects like vice chair

[20:04] brought up.

[20:08] Boynton beach boulevard, we now

[20:10] just -- we are going to acquire

[20:11] another piece.

[20:12] The negotiations with subway,

[20:14] are they dead, are they not,

[20:15] where are we moving with that.

[20:18] What is the plan.

[20:20] Fdot is working on the road,

[20:21] obviously once that construction

[20:23] is done, what's our plan with

[20:25] temporary beautification while

[20:25] we're trying to figure out the

[20:26] next steps of that.

[20:28] But I just don't want to just

[20:30] keep sitting on this land like

[20:32] we've done with the post office

[20:35] and we've sat on stuff waiting

[20:37] for something to happen and

[20:40] there's a lot of stuff we can be

[20:41] doing with those parcels in the

[20:42] meantime.

[20:43] So I just want to make sure

[20:45] we're staying on task and that

[20:47] was one of the things to keep

[20:48] those joint meetings on a

[20:49] regular basis, whether it's

[20:51] quarterly or --

[20:51] >> one idea would be we

[20:53] currently, so starting

[20:55] OCTOBER 1, the steering meetings

[20:57] will be ahead of the second

[20:58] meeting in the month for the

[20:59] city commission.

[21:01] We can tentatively schedule

[21:02] joint meetings on the first

[21:03] meeting of the month ahead of

[21:04] the city commission and schedule

[21:06] them as needed on the first

[21:07] meeting.

[21:08] >> okay.

[21:09] >> would we like to schedule the

[21:11] first one for OCTOBER, the first

[21:12] meeting in OCTOBER?

[21:15] >> no, let's see how having them

[21:17] on the same night, how that

[21:18] works.

[21:20] It might be something where we

[21:22] can kind of tack it on, although

[21:24] we like that clear cut of the

[21:24] meetings.

[21:26] But maybe that's something that

[21:27] will be a little bit more

[21:27] workable.

[21:29] I just tonight want it

[21:32] don't want it to drop off

[21:33] and then what are we doing with

[21:34] the post office again?

[21:36] Have we talked about boynton

[21:36] beach boulevard.

[21:39] And the city has got great stuff

[21:41] going on and the cra has great

[21:42] ideas and we need to have that

[21:44] joint meeting so that we can

[21:46] talk about it all in one place.

[21:47] >> absolutely.

[21:49] Okay, thank you.

[21:51] >> my concern is I missed your

[21:53] first joint meeting probably

[21:54] because I wasn't sitting here.

[21:59] If I could get those minutes,

[21:59] thank you.

[22:01] >> do we have a motion?

[22:06] >> we did, and a second.

[22:08] >> Chair: all those in favor?

[22:09] Opposed?

[22:10] With no further business, the

[22:13] meeting is adjourned at

[22:13] 6:22 P.M. And we will be

[22:15] moving on to the city meeting.

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