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[0:00] Motion, commission, second, motion, pool, phone, favorable, post, carries, five, zero, approval of minutes,
[0:10] several motion, motion, pool, second, which rituals, hold, favorable, post, carries, five, zero, presentations and announcements.
[0:24] Okay.
[0:31] They consent agenda.
[0:34] Does anybody have any concerns?
[0:36] Yes.
[0:36] Two items?
[0:37] For discussion.
[0:39] So I'm looking at this piggyback item G5.
[0:44] It looks like we're picking back.
[0:47] This data Florida piggyback on a Minnesota contract that we're picking back enough of a Florida contract.
[0:55] Is that right?
[0:55] That's correct.
[0:56] So, this is for the software and computer equipment.
[1:01] We actually had to move forward with it fast because the prices on these things were jumping
[1:05] at a such a dramatic amount.
[1:08] We not done it at the time period.
[1:10] We did it.
[1:11] It would have raised 70% by this timeframe.
[1:14] Yeah.
[1:14] It was a huge jump.
[1:15] So, we moved fast in order to make sure we didn't get hit with that cost.
[1:19] I just found a funny, I was reading through it and I was like, oh, Minnesota proved it.
[1:22] minute to Florida, piggybacked the Minnesota. Now we're piggybacking on top of Florida, which is already on Minnesota. Hopefully it makes sense.
[1:30] Yes, it does. From a procurement staff. Yeah, wow.
[1:33] We had a comments by the public for G4 and G5, Eric, young.
[1:39] So if he has a question.
[1:54] Did you just want to say a little bit of last time?
[2:05] Chair, commissioners, Director Mickens, staff. My name is Eric, you know,
[2:10] And thanks for the opportunity to make a comment this evening.
[2:14] For losing your agenda for the nice meeting,
[2:16] I noticed that on two occasions,
[2:18] Adams G4 and G5, he've chosen to utilize
[2:20] the piggybacking method of acquisition.
[2:23] It's a great idea with immediate advantages
[2:26] like cost and time savings.
[2:28] I bring this to your attention because we, PSA management,
[2:31] a six year turner of the port,
[2:33] compete to provide our services to ports, airports,
[2:37] and various municipalities throughout the state and the nation.
[2:39] Recently, we have competed for and have been selected as the owner's authorized representative, program managers, grant managers, and inspectors of choice.
[2:49] All were the results of RFPs that were issued and our responses were chosen by staff about the number one ranking.
[2:56] And the commissioners, council persons, and airport board members, approve the award of PSA based on the experience and expertise that we bring to the table.
[3:05] As a matter of fact, PSA has been working at this board for more than 15 years, including
[3:11] slip-3, birth-17 with AECOM, an intermodal cargo transport transfer passed into service
[3:18] facility study, of which we were the prime contractor with AECOM and Walker Parking as ourselves.
[3:24] And most recently, we've completed projects with HDR and Muffin and Nickel.
[3:28] PSA was tasked among other scopes of a pair, and submitted month-to-room birthsmency reports
[3:33] request for the PADD project on behalf of the port.
[3:37] That being said, we would appreciate if you would consider engaging PSA management for
[3:43] the services of OER on his authorized rep or an extension of the staff to work with your staff
[3:48] for various services like project definition, scoping, procurement, estimates, or scheduling,
[3:54] etc.
[3:55] Many of you have seen the two new fire stations in Riviera Beach, fast stations 88 and 87.
[4:01] PSA was the owner authorized representative on both of those projects, we're currently providing
[4:06] similar services for the Islander International Airport, Port Everglades, and private
[4:11] condominiums in the Fort Lauderdale area, just to name a few, and we were recently selected
[4:16] by the City of St. Kyle to be that owner's authorized representative as well. In conclusion,
[4:22] the staff members that you know, friends, Muhammad, Chris, Fager and myself, I hear the
[4:28] to support your staff in any part of your California foreground.
[4:32] Ultimately, this will provide many benefits to the port,
[4:35] not just savings, but safety, change order of orders,
[4:39] cost controls, and commissioning and close-out services.
[4:42] The people that you see here from PSA are supported by architects,
[4:47] engineers, designers, inspectors, estimators, and
[4:49] schedulers not located in the local area,
[4:52] but the expertise is at your command.
[4:54] Please consider PSA if you're going to do any additional
[4:58] you back in. And if you haven't.
[5:00] Councillor, please consider it now. Thank you for your time. Thank you very much. Anybody else have anything?
[5:06] I'll miss there. Go ahead.
[5:07] Two items. So G6 is a piggyback as well to buy big ass fans. This is the name of the fan.
[5:14] But how is by board a federal state entity?
[5:20] I know it's not that I'd call you in advance, but I just saw 10 minutes for I walked in there.
[5:25] I'll have to pull that information for you. I don't have it. I mean, I'm going to support it.
[5:28] Yeah, I went through that and see where it was a federal or state agency so we were we were trying to buy the fans
[5:34] They make a huge difference in a warehouse
[5:36] I'm a big fan of the big ass fans
[5:39] But yeah, so we were trying to find an actual governmental contract where we could purchase them because they are expensive as well
[5:46] Yeah, yeah, they're great
[5:48] They are trying to fear at how it's it?
[5:50] Absolutely, I'll tell you that information
[5:51] I think
[5:52] Move approval. They can say I get
[5:54] I'm not done yet
[5:56] On G8, I had talked to Jackie about taking some of my money that I've got left.
[6:05] I think some of us have a few dollars left, and I was going to donate it to the Humane Society and Triser Coast.
[6:14] I don't know if anyone saw the story about the border collies that were rescued.
[6:19] There were 35 of them that were just horrible.
[6:24] they were living in filth and they finally after years of neglect.
[6:30] So they sent one form in, but they didn't send the other.
[6:33] So I would like to get approval if it's okay if we get the proper forms in that I could spend
[6:40] $1,000 to go to that.
[6:43] No one has an objection.
[6:46] Okay.
[6:47] So that's good.
[6:49] Okay.
[6:49] I have an objection.
[6:50] You wanted to take a thousand dollars of work.
[6:52] You have your own funds, your own portion, commission funds, why don't you donate from that?
[6:58] I've come to one.
[6:59] Okay.
[7:01] No, it's my money.
[7:01] Okay, yeah, yeah.
[7:03] No, that's good.
[7:04] Never mind, I'll take the risk as money.
[7:07] No, that's good.
[7:07] No, no, I wasn't sure if it was fine.
[7:09] Oh, no.
[7:09] I was just making sure it was from your fund.
[7:11] No, no, no.
[7:11] It's this money.
[7:13] No, that wouldn't be something I would do.
[7:16] No, this is for my, what I've got left.
[7:18] And also,
[7:22] before the year ends, make sure that you spend the money, meals on wheels, we do that every year.
[7:28] And that's the pies, remember, that we get for all staff.
[7:32] So that's coming up too.
[7:35] Okay.
[7:39] All right. So then we have a motion to accept the consent agenda.
[7:45] We should register.
[7:46] Yes.
[7:47] Okay.
[7:47] Thank you.
[7:48] Thank you.
[7:50] on favor all poses carries five zero. Okay. District reports. Commissioners, once again,
[7:59] just giving you a quick update and we're shorting between meetings so we don't have any
[8:03] odd newer old items but as a quick update, engineering highlights a catholic protection project is
[8:10] completed. So we won't hear that one for a while now. I will tell you that over at the birth
[8:17] right out of the up birth right here where they were installed. I think you can see that they're
[8:22] actively working at the last dive. They were down to what's down to 30 percent. That's over
[8:29] the time since that seawalls been installed. So that's a good thing for us and at some point we'll
[8:34] talk about doing more in the future and help protect our seawalls. Port-related news and events
[8:41] July 27th, we donated schools and supplies, the Dr. Mary McClump, Brithoon and
[8:48] We want to thank Ozinga and South Florida materials for supporting our cause.
[8:53] There were very gracious, very nice.
[8:55] It was a hot day, I'll tell you in a long way from the parking lot.
[8:59] Thanks to the team here we made it happen.
[9:02] To life 29th we hosted a second annual intern showcase in sponsorship appreciation luncheon.
[9:07] The event gave the interns an opportunity to highlight their projects.
[9:10] They worked on during their time year.
[9:12] We also presented our sponsors with recognition awards, it was a nice event.
[9:18] Employee announcements, we have a new hire, Ken Roy Part, joined the port on August 10th
[9:23] as a facilities worker, Ken Roy comes from us with extensive carpentry experience and
[9:29] previously worked for CMAX.
[9:33] This item will be coming to you next month, but as a bullet, the VIP part a lot is operational
[9:39] and performing and functioning well. People like the idea of being able to stay as close to the
[9:43] terminal as possible. Grouch our transportation billing will come to you as an agenda item
[9:48] next month. And again, we expect all combined will raise just over $200,000 for the port.
[9:56] I'm sure you've been provided a list of upcoming events, don't eat.
[10:00] Questions and ads? You have funded through the Commissioner's Community Grants. Please let our district clerk know if you would like to purchase or donate to any of the organizations.
[10:10] And our events. We have a PAF stand annual meeting, August 25th through 28th. Emily, you'll be going in my place. I will be available for that.
[10:20] AP and oil convention in September in New Orleans, and I have Gary going as well as Emily to that.
[10:28] I won't be able to attend that one either.
[10:31] And then the last one is APA Latin America Congress December 1 through 4th in Guatemala, Central
[10:38] America.
[10:40] And I will say that that area of the country is heating up for us, which is a good thing.
[10:49] And that's my report.
[10:50] Any questions?
[10:54] Okay, Mr. Pinsky.
[11:02] Okay, commissioners, Mr. Chairman Vice Chair, Richard Pinsky.
[11:08] Yenemi, are you going to drive this PowerPoint?
[11:11] Is it uploaded? No? Yes?
[11:14] We didn't get an PowerPoint.
[11:14] You just had the paper.
[11:16] Oh, they have a paper version. Oh.
[11:17] Yeah. Well, sorry.
[11:22] So I was going to go over this last month and we had a full agenda,
[11:26] So we'd delighted to this month and just as a refresher, of course, for congratulations to the new commissioner Brian Lamb, and this may be a good information for you to have.
[11:39] So just in context in your packet, you see where we are right now, of course next week's primary election.
[11:45] But then the general election on November 3rd kicks everything off as far as the legislature goes.
[11:50] November 17th, whoever was elected in November 3rd general election, they come up, everybody
[11:56] is sworn in, the speaker is seated, the Senate President is seated, and things begin to kick
[12:03] off and they call that the organizational session. Soon thereafter, they start naming who
[12:09] the committees are committee chairs, and they start the traditional six weeks of interim committee
[12:14] meetings. This is the year that session starts in March, which always follows an election
[12:18] near next year, of course, we go back and start in January.
[12:22] So the six weeks of committee meetings, of course, I'll be up there.
[12:26] Probably we'll see a portraiture.
[12:29] Means up there at some point, and then, of course, hopefully, session will end
[12:35] on time, begins March 2nd, 60 day calendar session.
[12:38] Hopefully, we'll end on April 30th.
[12:43] So when we think about what the port, not the port, would have any requests.
[12:48] I think Mike, Dr. Meekins, understands what other ports do.
[12:56] And the process, I don't know what's going to happen now that the ports council has
[13:01] a different profile.
[13:02] We don't know what individual ports are going to be doing, but for our port, should you have
[13:07] a funding request that typically is introduced by a House member and a Senate member?
[13:13] They call those member projects.
[13:15] We have plenty of time to think about that in the past.
[13:18] For example, most recently we had a request for land,
[13:22] extra money to use, to purchase land.
[13:25] We got that.
[13:26] We had a match.
[13:28] That would be a typical request
[13:29] to be something unique to the Porter Palm Beach
[13:32] that maybe wouldn't fall in an F-Stead category.
[13:36] But it's a member project, for instance,
[13:37] like land purchase, or any sort of a study or anything.
[13:41] Those kind of things would be a member project.
[13:44] In January, that's usually when those things are submitted
[13:46] So you've got time.
[13:48] The next would be there may be a policy request
[13:52] that the port may have.
[13:53] This changes, this would be general law that would affect
[13:57] all the state, all the ports.
[13:59] Last year, as you remember, an example, we had a policy bill
[14:03] that was going to protect turning basins
[14:07] in channels of all the 14-D port reports.
[14:10] That's an example of a policy bill that was introduced.
[14:15] Again, we have time on that.
[14:18] Certainly by December, that is when things have to be sort of in-build drafting and ready to go to be submitted.
[14:24] So you've got some time to think about that.
[14:27] However, charter revisions are on a different timetable.
[14:31] And of course, as you know, we are one of three special districts out of the 14 D.P. reports.
[14:36] Our port is not operated by a city or county, we're a special district,
[14:41] and we operate by a charter.
[14:44] In the past, we've done charter revisions last year.
[14:48] The Commission had me look at possibly creating language
[14:52] for single member districts.
[14:55] So each commissioner would instead of all running at large,
[14:58] would run an individual districts.
[15:00] That, of course, the commission said, no, we don't want to do that. Other charter revisions, right now, somehow, and I'm not going to remember, I should know, but I don't remember, maybe a player or a commissioner, a cyclone commissioner, Richard knows, but somehow we got off of the 1, 3, 5, 2, 4 election. And so this year, 4 and 5, we're being elected two years now, 1, 2, 3 get, which is okay, but somehow we got off of those are the kind of things that could be possible charter
[15:29] revisions. That's on a different time table. So your next page, that local bill initiative
[15:36] is what they call a local bill. Of course, you have to secure a house sponsor. These
[15:40] are all the things that get to enter it. You have to prepare a letter of intent, which
[15:43] is your purpose of what you're doing. The bill, of course, gets presented to the Palm Beach
[15:47] County Legislative delegation. The fact sheet, the economic impact, has to be in house
[15:52] bill draft and 15 copies done. This all has to be submitted to Palm Beach County
[15:57] delegation.
[15:58] I went.
[16:00] Pardon?
[16:00] I went.
[16:01] The next page.
[16:02] Commissioner Richards, you have helped me greatly.
[16:05] Thank you for that question.
[16:09] So,
[16:11] by next month, and this is, if this report today is really just informational,
[16:17] but it would be helpful if the port commission did have some idea, or Commissioner
[16:21] I had some idea. You would be telling me today, John Firmaro and Director Meekins, we're thinking
[16:29] about this. Can you bring us something back in September that would address fill in the blank?
[16:35] So at that September meeting, we would be showing you whatever that draft revision you may have
[16:40] in mind. That really needs to be approved, no later than the October port commission meeting. Why?
[16:48] because sometime in early November, the Palm Beach County delegation has a deadline,
[16:54] that sheet of all those seven items that have to be submitted,
[16:57] that has to be handed to the Palm Beach County delegation in November.
[17:01] Why? Because they're going to have a local bill hearing.
[17:04] Could be early as December. I'm guessing January, but they haven't set that date yet.
[17:09] So that has to be approved. And the reason for that is no less than 30 days before the
[17:16] The start of session, that bill has successfully completed its advertising in a local newspaper.
[17:25] So you have that February deadline to the public notice, so backing that up, we're right
[17:33] up against the deadline as far as should there be any charter revisions.
[17:39] And really, that is it for my report.
[17:42] I'm happy to answer any questions or respond to any other items you have.
[17:48] Any questions?
[17:49] Negative.
[17:50] Thank you.
[17:51] Yes, sir.
[17:52] Well, we had an interesting past few months, and we might want to use this opportunity to
[17:57] learn from it, right?
[18:00] And possibly have a revision that discusses how we handle vacancies.
[18:04] Yes,
[18:08] I think it will, who was to have something that lays out a process so we don't reinvent the wheel and, you know, and take up on this every time.
[18:21] I would suggest that maybe the chairman himself and staff of the chairman appoint a commissioner to work with Pint Mr. Pinsky.
[18:30] And Derek the Meekens to bring us back some wording by next month.
[18:34] And let's look at it. If we like it, if we like it, if we don't, we don't. But we should, we should get a good shot.
[18:39] So that we have a process in place.
[18:41] Go forward.
[18:42] We could do that.
[18:44] That you might want to point somebody on the board.
[18:47] I don't know.
[18:49] I'll work up with it. I'm Richard and then I'm going to break it to the board.
[18:53] And we'll see what we come up with.
[18:55] I don't like that process.
[18:57] I've won just one commissioner. You know how to release these for the commission.
[19:01] Well, may I administer me? Go ahead.
[19:02] Well, it has to come back to us so we vote on it, and if it's more than one commissioner, then you have to have a couple of meetings, and they have to advertise, so by having one commissioner work with staff and outside staff, and I think it's one of the commission when I be able to go back to you during the interim, but they can work something out and bring it to us for discussion, and if we don't fight too much in the next meeting, we'll modify it and we can approve it.
[19:31] Maybe at the next meeting, we could openly discuss it, and we still need each commissioner
[19:37] to bring their ideas.
[19:39] And that's why we're not delegating one commissioner to already get the ball rolling with ideas.
[19:44] They have that other commissioners might not agree with.
[19:48] Each commissioner can call Mr. Pinsky during the next month.
[19:53] And if you have an idea, you're going to do the same thing I'm going to do.
[19:57] just talk to me so...
[20:01] I think it's good, that's good idea. We all give right input to Mr. Pinskin. Not to, not to, not to follow commissioner, obviously. Give the Mr. Pinskin Mr. Minkins, they'll compile them, see what makes sense, and then we get to discuss it. We may approve it. We may not approve. But time is a little short. And it'd be nice if we could fix this going forward.
[20:23] Mr. Chairman, I like Commissioner and all of the else's idea, I mean, if the idea of a coordinator
[20:30] on the commission is not really that needed and I'll do a respects, but if the commission
[20:35] is going to give me feedback, I'm just trying to keep to the time table, so if you've got
[20:39] three or four different ideas at the next meeting or five ideas at the next meeting, that
[20:44] would give staff time to go and bring it back to you for a final revision at the October
[20:49] meeting.
[20:50] That's really our deadline so if I can we can have a discuss at the next meeting some ideas that gives us time to finalize it by October, right?
[20:59] We don't have the whole month to talk to you about it, so I think everybody or any other idea
[21:05] Mr. Chairman, so Mr. Prince, I think you have a lead to make this happen in a timely fashion.
[21:11] Okay, yes.
[21:15] Thank you. Thank you.
[21:19] Commissioner reports.
[21:32] Now the next meeting is going to be September 24th, correct?
[21:37] Yeah, it looks like everybody was agreeable to the 24th, was a good date for everybody?
[21:41] So that's what the chair will move to, that's what we'll all set up.
[21:45] Okay. All right, you're okay, I'll save anything. Okay, the giant.
[21:54] Yes, yes, we've moved right along.