Workshop Regular Meeting

AGENDA

BOCA RATON CITY COUNCIL

WORKSHOP

NOVEMBER 9, 2026

1:45 PM.

1.

BOARD INTERVIEWS:

2.

PROCLAMATIONS/PRESENTATIONS:

3.

PUBLIC REQUESTS:

(If you are planning to speak during public requests, please state your name and address for the record and limit your remarks to three (3) minutes.)

4.

FUTURE AGENDA MATTERS:

A.

Discussion - City Council Seat C Vacancy

5.

CITY MANAGER REPORTS:

6.

CITY ATTORNEY REPORTS:

7.

MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBER REQUESTS AND REPORTS:

8.

ADJOURNMENT:

NOTICES

Pursuant to F.S. 286.0105, if any decision of City Council affects you, and you decide to appeal any decision made at this meeting with respect to any matter considered, you will need a record of the proceedings and, for such purposes, you may need to ensure that a verbatim record of the proceedings is made, which record includes the testimony and evidence upon which the appeal is to be based. This NOTICE is required by State Law. If you desire a verbatim transcript, you shall have the responsibility, at your own cost, to arrange for the transcript.

Pursuant to Chapter 2 (Administration), Article VIII (Lobbyist Registration), Sections 2-351 through 2-357, Palm Beach County, Florida, Code of Ordinances, any person who acts as a lobbyist must register at Palm Beach County's Lobbyist Registration site, https://discover.pbc.gov/legislativeaffairs/pages/lobbying_regulations.aspx , prior to engaging in lobbying activities before City of Boca Raton staff, boards, committees and/or the City Council, or any member thereof.

Quasi-Judicial Public Hearing Procedures

1. Any hearing listed on the agenda as a quasi-judicial public hearing will be conducted pursuant to these rules. This means that the City Council is required by law to base its decision on the evidence contained in the record of this proceeding, which consists of the testimony at the hearing, and on the materials, which are in the official City file on this application at the end of the hearing.

2. At the beginning of the hearing, the members of the City Council will announce for the record any ex parte contacts not previously disclosed in writing and included in the official City file. The name of the person with whom the contact occurred and the subject matter of the discussion will be disclosed.

3. The City Attorney will announce that each applicant/petitioner requesting approval, relief or other action from the City Council, planning and zoning board, community appearance board, or the zoning board of adjustment shall disclose, at the commencement (or continuance) of the public hearing(s), any consideration provided or committed directly, or on its behalf, for an agreement to support, or withhold objection to, the requested relief or action.

4. The City Clerk will administer an oath to all persons who intend to testify at this hearing. Any person who intends to testify at this hearing is asked to fill out a card, which can be found in the rear of the Council Chamber. The purpose of this card is to provide an accurate record of an appearance at this hearing. Please hand the card to one of the clerks in the front of the chamber.

5. The City staff will make an initial presentation. The applicant/petitioner will then make a presentation. During the staff and applicant/petitioner's presentation, only the members of the City Council are permitted to ask questions.

6. After the applicant/petitioner's presentation, all other parties who are present to testify and/or provide written or other evidence for inclusion in the record will be permitted to do so. No person may give/yield time to any other person. During this time, only the members of the City Council are permitted to ask questions.

7. After the staff, the applicant/petitioner and other interested parties have made their presentations, persons will be permitted to cross-examine participants in the hearing, including the staff and the petitioner, in order of their appearance at the hearing. Anyone who testifies at the hearing should remain until the conclusion of the hearing in order to be able to respond to any questions.

8. After the questions have been asked and answered, the applicant/petitioner shall be provided with an opportunity for a brief rebuttal and summary.

9. The Mayor will then declare the public hearing closed, and a motion will be made regarding the matter. The Council will then proceed to discuss the matter and vote on the matter.

10. For purposes of an appeal to the City Council filed by a third party (a party other than the initial applicant), the following clarification is provided: both the appellants (the party who filed the appeal) and the appellee (the party whose interest has been challenged by the appeal) shall be afforded the same rights to an initial presentation, cross-examination and rebuttal as provided to the applicant/petitioner described above. The time allotted to the appellee shall be equal to the total time allotted to the appellants.

THANK YOU EVERYBODY. >> WHY DON'T WE GET STARTED WITH OUR WORKSHOP MEETING OF THE BOCA RATON CITY COUNCIL? AND AT THIS TIME I WILL CALL TO ORDER OUR WORKSHOP MEETING THE DATES TILL NOVEMBER 9TH, 2026. THE TIME 242 AND THE PM FIRST ITEM OF BUSINESS IS BOARD INTERVIEWS. WE HAVE NONE. SECOND ITEM IS PROCLAMATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS LIKEWISE NONE SO WE CAN MOVE ON TO PUBLIC REQUESTS. ANYBODY WISHING TO BE HEARD BY YOUR BOCA RATON CITY COUNCIL PLEASE STEP FORWARD TO STATE YOUR NAME ADDRESS AND YOU WILL HAVE UP TO THREE MINUTES. MAYOR I HAVE ONE CARD FOR MR. RICHARD WARNER. MR. WARNER, TAKE IT AWAY. RICHARD 121322 SOUTH WEST AND I'M SO I'D LIKE TO START BY SAYING UH SOME STUFF WAS SAID EARLIER ABOUT WHETHER MIKE LEE WILSON WAS PRESENT AT THE BEGINNING OF SAY BOCA. UH, I DON'T THINK THAT'S DEFINITELY UH, GERMANE TO ANYTHING. HE WAS HERE AT SOME POINT. YEAH. >> THE THING THAT I WANT TO QUESTION IMMEDIATELY AND I HADN'T INTENDED TO ADDRESS THIS WAS. STACY'S MANDATE IS CORRECT, NOT THE ONE THAT SHE WAS DISCUSSING . IT WAS NOT ONLY. ABOUT MEMORIAL PARK. IT WAS ABOUT PUBLIC LAND, PUBLIC ROAD AND IT INTENDED TO COVER THE LAND AND MEISNER. AND ANY OTHER CITY OR C.R.A. LAND. IT WAS QUID PRO QUO SO TO SPEAK. PUBLIC LAND, PUBLIC VOTE. . WHAT I WANTED TO BRING UP IS UH. A PROPOSAL UH, I STAND OUTSIDE OF THE STRUCTURE HERE BUT I THINK SOMEWHAT UH, SOMETHING ABOUT CITY GOVERNMENT IS DYSFUNCTIONAL THESE DAYS VERY DYSFUNCTIONAL. AND PART OF IT I THINK IS BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE DISTRICTS ANYMORE AND I THINK WE SHOULD REVERT TO HAVING DISTRICT AND CITY COUNCIL ELECTIONS SO THAT EVERY PART OF THE CITY IS REPRESENTED AND I DON'T THINK THERE IS. UH. >> A CLOSE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE COLONNADES AND BOCA SQUARE AND I DON'T THINK UH IT SHOULD BE ONE SIZE FITS ALL. FOR WHAT THAT'S. WORTH, I THINK THE COUNCIL MIGHT BE EXPANDED TO SEVEN PEOPLE TO AVOID ONE UNEXPLAINED ABSENCE THROWING IT INTO SOMEWHAT. >> OF A. CHAOTIC SITUATION. UH. >> I I'M JUST FRUSTRATED BY A LOT OF STUFF AND, UH. I DON'T AGREE WITH MR. DRUCKER ABOUT. UH. >> THE DOWNTOWN YOU KNOW, I THINK THE DOWNTOWN I DON'T AGREE WITH WHAT'S BEEN SAID EARLIER EITHER THE DOWNTOWN'S BEEN WRECKED. >> AS FAR. AS I'M CONCERNED. MYERS. >> PARK WAS BASED UPON A FRAUDULENT STATEMENT. IT IS THERE AND IT'S OKAY, BUT . UH. >> SOMETHING SHOULD CHANGE. UH, THERE SEEMS TO BE A BAD CULTURE AT HAND HERE I'M RUNNING OVER. SO THANK YOU FOR THE EXTRA TIME. ENJOY YOUR TRIP. THANK YOU, MR. WARNER. ANYONE ELSE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? MRS.. DID YOU HAVE ANY OTHER CARDS? NO SIR I DID NOT BUT WE HAVE SOMEONE COMING TO THE PODIUM NOW. VERY GOOD. >> GOOD. >> UH. >> IT'S LIKE ONE. MR. ENGINE. >> I COULD HAVE GUESSED. JONATHAN ON G AND 6501 CONGRESS AVENUE. UH, SO I JUST WANTED TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY, UH, AND SAY ABOUT COUNCIL COUNCIL MEMBER DRUCKER UM, WE MAY NOT HAVE ALWAYS SEEN EYE TO EYE. UM, BUT I KNOW YOU ALWAYS DID WHAT YOU THOUGHT WAS BEST FOR THE CITY. UM, I GOTTA THANK YOU FOR MAKING MANY, MANY MEANINGFUL CHANGES THAT I CAME UP TO THIS PODIUM TO ADVOCATE FOR OVER, UH, YOUR AND OUR TIME. UM, AND, UH, I WISH YOU BEST OF LUCK IN YOUR NEXT ENDEAVOR, SO THANK YOU. YOU YOU. THANK YOU, MR. ARGENT. ANYONE ELSE FOR PUBLIC REQUESTS? THIS IS FOR GENERAL PUBLIC REQUEST ON THE WORKSHOP. UH, MIKE LEE WILSON, 398 NORTHEAST THIRD COURT. I JUST WANT TO BRING, UH, THE COUNCIL'S UH, ATTENTION BACK TO THIS THREE STORY HOUSE ISSUE, UH, WHICH WE HEARD ABOUT OVER SEVERAL COUNCIL HEARINGS. SO AS I UNDERSTAND IT, GEORGE MAYO WHO IS THE AUTHOR OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE AND REGULATIONS SAYS YOU CAN'T BUILD A THREE STORY HOUSE IN THESE R-1 ZONES. UM, I BELIEVE THAT MR. KAYLOR SAID HIS SIMPLE READING OF THE UM, ZONING ORDINANCE. IS THAT CORRECT? IT'S JUST FOR THESE ARCHITECTURAL. >> IMPROVEMENTS. ALSO I IT'S APPEARED THAT THE COUNCIL AND THE CITY MANAGER UM, MARK SAYING AT THE TIME WAS UNAWARE THAT THESE APPROVALS WERE HAPPENING. RIGHT. THERE'S BEEN WHATEVER TEN HOUSES AND SO FORTH THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED TO DO THREE STORIES WHICH HAVE GIVEN DEVELOPERS. 1 MILLION. >> OR. $2 MILLION IN ADDITIONAL PROFIT. SO THE QUESTION IS. WHO WAS. MAKING THE. >> DECISION TO. INTERPRET THE ORDINANCE TO ALLOW THESE THREE STORY HOMES TO BE BUILT AND HANDING OUT 1 MILLION TO $2 MILLION WORTH OF ADDITIONAL PROFIT TO THESE DEVELOPERS THEN WE ALSO HAD FIVE DEVELOPERS WITH PERMITS IN THE PROCESS WE HAD TO SAY YES, YOU CAN BUILD YOUR THREE STORY HOMES BECAUSE THEY THREATENED TO SUE THE COUNCIL AND LET ME JUST DO AN ASIDE. I'M KIND OF GETTING TIRED WITH DEVELOPERS COMING HERE AND SAYING THEY'RE GOING TO SUE THE COUNCIL. I MEAN ENOUGH OF THIS. YOU KNOW. >> WE SHOULD NOT BE REACTING TO IT. LET. >> THEM. SUE AND THEN YOU REACT IF THEY HAVE A CASE YOU FIGURE OUT HOW TO SETTLE OR IF THEY DON'T HAVE A CASE YOU FIGHT IT BUT YOU DON'T REACT TO THESE THREATS. IN MY BUSINESS CAREER YOU DON'T REACT TO THREATS, YOU REACT TO ACTIONS. BUT BACK TO THIS THREE STORY HOUSES A BOO IN THE CITY STAFF . WAS INTERPRETING. THE ORDINANCE TO ALLOW THESE THREE STORY HOUSES TO OCCUR. I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE UNDERSTAND HOW IT IF IT WAS A SINGLE INDIVIDUAL. WE WE PUT. >> THE RESPONSIBILITY OF A SINGLE UH. OF MILLION TO $2. >> MILLION PROFIT PER HOUSE SO PROBABLY $20 MILLION OF ADDITIONAL PROFIT IN THE HANDS OF A SINGLE INDIVIDUAL AND CITY STAFF. I MEAN THAT'S NOT WHAT YOU DO. I MEAN IF YOU'RE IF YOU'RE IF YOU'RE WRITING CHECKS FOR THE CITY YOU HAVE TWO PEOPLE TO IT. SO I THINK IT. WOULD BE. >> GOOD FOR. THE COUNCIL TO ASK AND ALSO THE PUBLIC TO UNDERSTAND WHO'S MAKING THOSE DECISIONS TO INTERPRET THESE ORDINANCES IN A WAY THAT'S. PROVIDING THESE EXCESS DEVELOPER PROFITS. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE FOR PUBLIC REQUESTS ? LAST CALL FOR PUBLIC REQUESTS. ALL RIGHT THANK YOU. WE WILL CLOSE THE TIME FOR PUBLIC REQUESTS. NEXT UP ON OUR AGENDA IS FUTURE AGENDA MATTERS AND WE HAVE A DISCUSSION REGARDING THE CITY COUNCIL SEAT VACANCY. MISTER JERVIS WHO WILL BE MAKING THE PRESENTATION OR INTRODUCING THIS MATTER? YES. >> HONORABLE MAYOR I WILL BE AND SO UM I WILL I WILL DO THAT UM THE THIS THIS MATTER FIRST CAME BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL ON OCTOBER 13TH. UH, AT THAT COUNCIL MEETING THE COUNCIL GAVE DIRECTION TO STAFF UH, THAT AN APPOINTMENT WAS NOT GOING TO BE MADE AT THAT TIME BUT THAT IT COULD BE REVISITED AT A FUTURE DATE. AND THEY LEFT THAT DOOR OPEN UM ,ON OCTOBER 27TH AT THAT COUNCIL MEETING, DEPUTY MAYOR GROH RAISED THIS ISSUE AND REQUESTED THAT THIS MATTER BE BROUGHT BACK BEFORE THE COUNCIL FOR DISCUSSION IN THAT MATTER BEING A POTENTIAL APPOINTMENT, UH, TO THE VACATED SEAT THAT MR. TUCKER WILL LEAVE UH, AT THE END OF TODAY'S MEETING. UM, SO STAFF HAS PUT TOGETHER A TIMELINE THAT WHICH WHICH WOULD ACCOMMODATE UM SUCH AN APPOINTMENT THAT TIMELINE POTENTIALLY UH, STAFF WOULD RECOMMEND THAT THAT WOULD OPEN TOMORROW THAT IS NOVEMBER 10TH AND RUN THROUGH NOVEMBER 17TH. THAT WOULD BE A ONE WEEK APPLICATION PERIOD. WE WOULD THEN COMPILE AND PROVIDE UM APPLICANT APPLICATIONS COMPLETED APPLICATIONS TO THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS INDIVIDUALLY ON NOVEMBER 19TH FOR REVIEW AND THAT WOULD THE COUNCIL WOULD CONVENE UM UH THE NOVEMBER 23RD WORKSHOP. >> TO. REVIEW AND DISCUSS THOSE APPLICATIONS PUBLICLY UH WITH A POTENTIAL APPOINTMENT ON NOVEMBER 24TH AT THAT CITY COUNCIL MEETING. SO THAT WOULD BE THE RECOMMENDED TIMELINE IF THE COUNCIL CHOOSES TO MOVE FORWARD, UH, WITH AN APPOINTMENT PROCESS. UM THANK YOU, MR. SERVICE, AND I'M GLAD WE HAVE THE CHANCE TO HAVE THIS DISCUSSION TODAY BECAUSE I HAD MADE MY VIEW ON THIS MATTER. UH, I I'LL REPEAT WHAT MY VIEW WAS AND THAT IS THAT I DO THINK AN APPOINTMENT IS APPROPRIATE. I DON'T THINK IT'S MOST APPROPRIATE TO APPOINT SOMEBODY WHO IS RUNNING OR HAS FILES OR RUN FOR THE CITY COUNCIL, BUT I'M GLAD THAT WE CAN UH, POTENTIALLY HAVE UH, ONE OF THESE SEATS, MR. DRUCKER SEAT FILLED OUT ON A TEMPORARY BASIS. BUT I DID WANT TO ASK MY COLLEAGUES. UM, IS THIS SOMETHING THAT EVERYONE WANTS TO PARTICIPATE IN? BECAUSE JUST GIVEN THE THE NUMBERS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, I THINK WE HAVE TO HAVE EVERYBODY ON THE SAME PAGE THAT OPENING UP AN APPLICATION PROCESS IS THE RIGHT CALL AND UH AND THEIR VIEWS ON THAT. SO I WAS JUST UM SIMPLY ASKING WANTED TO KNOW WHAT HAS CHANGED. I BELIEVE IT'S IN THE BEST INTEREST OF OUR CITY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH APPOINTING SOMEONE TO FILL THIS VACANCY. I AGREE UM, I GUESS WE NEED TO ADDRESS THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM IF COUNCIL MEMBER PEARLMAN IS NOT GOING TO BE SHOWING UP FOR MEETINGS THREE PEOPLE ARE NOT FAIR TO THE PEOPLE OF BOCA RATON SO WE DEFINITELY NEED TO APPOINT SOMEONE. OKAY. >> IS EVERYBODY OKAY WITH THE PROPOSED SCHEDULE THAT MR. JERVIS ALLEN? I GUESS MAYOR THOMPSON THE. ONLY CLARIFICATION THAT YOU DID NOT. >> RECEIVE FROM. THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WAS YOUR SUGGESTION ABOUT APPOINTING SOMEONE THAT'S NOT. >> FILED. FOR OFFICE. OR SEEKING TO FILE FOR OFFICE OF THE AS I SAID, I CAN'T REMEMBER. SO YOU WANTED TO PROBABLY HAVE A DISCUSSION AROUND THAT? I'M NOT GOING TO OPINE EITHER WAY UNLESS YOU WANT ME TO, BUT THAT WAY I KNOW THAT SOME OF THE MEMBERS IN THE AUDIENCE SHOULD BE LEFT TO THE PEOPLE, RIGHT? SO IT'S NOT GOING TO BE LEFT TO THE PEOPLE BECAUSE I AGREE WITH THE SIMPLE YOU KNOW, THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM IS THAT. >> MR.. PEARLMAN. >> HAS DECIDED THAT HE'S OUT OF TIME IN THESE MEETINGS, UH, WHICH IS A REAL SHAME AND REALLY DISAPPOINTING TO THE RESIDENTS OF THIS COMMUNITY. SO YOU PROBABLY WANT TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT THE. PARAMETERS OF THAT APPLICATION BEFORE YOU MOVE FORWARD. YEAH THAT'S FAIR. I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO KNOW MY COLLEAGUE'S VIEW ON WHETHER THEY WILL BE CONSIDERING APPOINTING SOMEBODY WHO IS FILED TO RUN FOR ONE OF THE SEATS THAT'S ON THE BALLOT IN MARCH. I. >> AGREE. WITH YOU. MAYOR THOMPSON, THAT IT SHOULD BE SOMEBODY THAT IS NOT RUNNING FOR OFFICE. I DO BELIEVE IN LETTING THE DEMOCRACY PROCESS HAPPEN IN MARCH. VERY GOOD. >> THANK YOU. I'M A CIVIL. I AGREE AS WELL. I DON'T KNOW IF THE CHARTER WILL ALLOW. >> YOU TO. >> DO THAT. MR. KELLER. UH, WELL, LET ME PAUSE THERE TO SAY NOBODY'S SAYING THAT THEY'RE BY DEFINITION DISQUALIFYING, BUT WE COULD CHOOSE TO APPOINT WHOEVER WE'D LIKE TO APPOINT. CORRECT. I BELIEVE THAT TO BE A RELEVANT CONSIDERATION FOR US WHEN WE'RE REVIEWING POTENTIAL APPOINTEES . ABSOLUTELY. >> IT JUST DEPENDS ON WHAT THE APPLICANT POOL IS. YES. >> UH, MR. PAUL, MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR BEING. >> A. CANDIDATE IN MARCH FOR EITHER SEATS OR SEAT. UH, THE OTHER SEAT DOESN'T MAKE SOMEONE LEGALLY INELIGIBLE FOR THE TEMPORARY EMPLOYMENT, RIGHT? COUNCIL WOULD BE CONSIDERING THAT CANDIDACY WHEN DECIDING WHOM IT WANTS TO APPOINT. UM SO. RIGHT. THAT'S UH, CANDIDATES FOR YOUR OWN COUNCILS FREE TO CHOOSE UH, WHATEVER QUALIFIED APPLICANT FOR THE TEMPORARY SEAT THAT THE COUNCIL DESIRES. OKAY. >> AND IT WOULD BE A SUPERMAJORITY VOTE. CORRECT. SO ALL THREE OF US WOULD HAVE TO AGREE. UH. >> THE, UH I WOULDN'T CALL IT A SUPERMAJORITY. UH, MICHELE. JUST SUPER ENJOYED GENERALLY I THINK OF AS FOUR AND FIVE VOTES BUT IT WOULD BE A MAJORITY VOTE . UH, THE REMAINING MEMBERS IS THE LANGUAGE OF THE CHARTER. UM, YOU CURRENTLY HAVE UH, FOUR REMAINING MEMBERS AFTER THE VACANCY OF MR. TUCKER AS OF 11:59 P.M. TONIGHT OR MIDNIGHT. UH, YOU LOOK AT IT. UM, AND THAT WOULD REQUIRE THREE AFFIRMATIVE VOTES. YES, MA'AM. THAT'S. >> AND IF ONE MEMBER IS NOT HERE SO WE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE THREE OF US TO AGREE. CORRECT. >> OKAY. >> WELL, IN THAT CASE I THINK I'M SATISFIED WITH THE SCHEDULE AND THE, UH, INTERVIEW PROCESS TAKING PLACE ON THE 23RD WITH AN APPOINTMENT VOTE TO TAKE PLACE ON THE 24TH. DOES ANYBODY FEEL DIFFERENTLY? HEARING NONE I THINK WE HAVE CONSENSUS THAT WE CAN MOVE FORWARD. I THINK THAT CONCLUDES OUR DISCUSSION ON THE CITY COUNCIL CITY VACANCY. WE CAN MOVE ON NOW TO CITY MANAGER REPORT. MR. JERVIS. I JUST ONE ITEM TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION THAT THE ORIGINAL SCHEDULE FOR CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS UM IN 2027 INCLUDES UH MARCH 22ND MEETING SO THAT THAT WEEK THAT WEEK IS SPRING BREAK UM AND IT'S BEEN BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION THAT THERE MAY BE SOME CONFLICTS SO I DON'T NEED DIRECTION TODAY FROM THE COUNCIL BUT I WOULD ASK THAT YOU LOOK AT YOUR AT YOUR PERSONAL CALENDARS TO SEE IF THAT WEEK OF MARCH 22ND, 2027 IS GOING TO BE UM, A CONFLICT FOR YOU. IF SO, WE COULD MOVE IT BACK ONE WEEK TO MARCH 29TH AND 30TH WOULD BE BE THE DIRECTION TO GO. WE CAN'T MOVE IT UP BECAUSE OF THE THE ELECTION UH THE MUNICIPAL ELECTION THAT'S GOING ON UM EARLIER THAT MONTH BUT WE CAN MOVE IT BACK. SO I WOULD RECOMMEND IF THERE IS A CONFLICT MOVE THIS BACK TO MARCH 29TH AND 30TH I WILL BRING THIS MATTER UP AGAIN BEFORE COUNCIL. I WOULD JUST ASK THAT YOU UH, TAKE A LOOK AND SEE IF THAT'S A BETTER ALTERNATIVE. UH, THAT'S THE END OF MY REPORT. VERY GOOD. >> THANK YOU, MR. ZEUS. MR. TAYLOR ATTORNEY REPORT. NO REPORT. THANK YOU MAYOR. VERY GOOD. I'M GOING TO START ON MY RIGHT AND, UH, I KNOW IT'S NO COINCIDENCE AS TO WHY EVERYONE KNOWS AND WAS MADE REFERENCE TO JUST A MOMENT AGO THAT THIS IS COUNCIL MEMBER DRUCKER'S LAST MEETING AND IT IS MY HOPE AND I BELIEVE EVERYBODY'S HOPE THAT SHE MIGHT SHARE A FEW WORDS WITH US ABOUT HER EXPERIENCE SERVING ON THE COUNCIL AND UH, WE AND WE WILL DO THE SAME IN RETURN. SO MR. DRUCKER, TAKE IT AWAY. THANK YOU, MAYOR THOMPSON. WELL, FRIENDS, COLLEAGUES AND NEIGHBORS, AS THE SAYING GOES, ALL GOOD THINGS MUST COME TO AN END. AND TODAY WAS THE END OF MY. ERA AND TIME AT THE BOCA RATON CITY COUNCIL. I AM WITH HAPPINESS FOR THE MANY ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND HOPE FOR AN EVEN BRIGHTER FUTURE FOR OUR SMALL CITY WITH BIG DREAMS . THESE SIX YEARS HAVE GONE BY IN A FLASH TO THINK I WAS THE FIRST HISPANIC MINORITY ELECTED. WELL WE'RE STILL REELING FROM COVID. IT'S SURREAL. TRULY SURREAL THAT I WAS ELECTED DURING COVID. IF YOU ALL. RECALL WHEN COUNCILMEMBER ROGERS WAS DEPLOYED I WAS HONORED TO BE APPOINTED UNANIMOUSLY BY THE COUNCIL TO BRING THE BODY BACK TO THE FULL STRENGTH OF FIVE IN HIS ABSENCE AND AS HE WAS TERM LIMITED, I STOOD FOR REELECTION FOR AN ELECTION AND I WAS REELECTED WITH 77% SUPPORT AND I WAS HUMBLED THEN AND STILL THANKFUL TO THIS DAY SERVING AS YOUR DEPUTY MAYOR, YOUR CRA VICE CHAIR AND CHAIR OF THE PALM BEACH METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE MPO AND YOUR ADVOCATE ON FOUR LEGAL CITIES AND LEAGUE CITIES. I HAVE TAKEN THE VOICES OF BOCA RATON RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES TO REGIONAL AND NATIONAL LEADERSHIP POSITIONS IN MOBILITY, PLANNING, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, HOMELESS ADVOCACY, FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY AND GOVERNANCE AND WHEN I EARNED. FOUR. >> HOME RULE. HERO AWARDS. >> AND. MORE RECENTLY THE GOLD CERTIFICATE OF EXCELLENCE FROM THE FLORIDA LEAGUE OF CITIES, IT RECOGNIZED THE POWER OF THE PEOPLE OF BOCA RATON AND OF YOUR IDEAS, YOUR EXPECTATIONS OF THIS OFFICE AND YOUR RELENTLESS, RELENTLESS DESIRE TO IMPROVE OUR CITY, STATE AND UNION. AND I WOULD LIKE TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES ON THIS COUNCIL AND THIS COUNCIL FOR THE COLLABORATIVE APPROACH WE HAVE TAKEN ON BOCA RATON VISION ZERO INITIATIVE, THIS TRAFFIC SAFETY OVERHAUL ALIGNING THE CITY'S MUNICIPAL POLICIES AND REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION FRAMEWORKS. HAS. >> RESULTED IN OVER. $10 MILLION IN FEDERAL GRANTS. WE ADDED ANOTHER $2 MILLION JUST LAST WEEK. IT WAS AN AWARDED. WE ARE FAST TRACKING THESE CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS AND INNOVATIVE, INNOVATIVE STREET SAFETY DESIGNS THAT WILL MAKE OUR STREETS MORE EFFICIENT AND SAVE LIVES COMPLEMENTING VISION ZERO . TOGETHER WE ADOPTED OUR COMPREHENSIVE NATIONALLY AWARDED COMPLETE STREETS POLICY TO DESIGN ROADWAYS SAFE THAT ARE SAFE. FOR ALL, SAFELY ACCOMMODATE ALL USERS FROM PEDESTRIANS, CYCLISTS TO DRIVERS. THANK YOU ALL FOR THE. HARD WORK I WON'T BE UP HERE FOR TO SEE THE COMPLETION OF THIS EFFORT BUT I WILL BE CHEERING. >> YOU ON. IT IS MY TRUE HOPE THAT THE NEXT OCCUPANT OF THE SEAT CONTINUES. WITH TRUE SENSE. >> OF STEWARDSHIP THAT HAS GUIDED MY TIME HERE. OUR FOCUS. OF THOUGHTFUL AND RESPONSIBLE PLANNING FOR TACKLING THE CHARACTER OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND MAKING. SURE OUR. ECONOMY IS A DA IS JOB ONE SO WE CAN MAINTAIN THE PUBLIC SAFETY BOCA RATON EXPECTS AND THAT WE CONTINUE TO BE ABLE TO INVEST IN THE INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS OF A MODERN EVOLVING CITY . AND TO MY COLLEAGUES I LEAVE WITH THE REMINDER THAT THE WORK OF THE CITY COUNCIL IS AT ITS CORE COLLABORATIVE. BY WORKING. TOGETHER. >> ASKING THE RIGHT QUESTIONS AND STAYING GROUNDED IN THE NEEDS, VALUES AND LEGACY OF THE COMMUNITY, WE CAN SUCCESSFULLY ADDRESS ANY CHALLENGE BOCA RATON DNA. HAS STAYING INNOVATIVE AND BOLD. AND REMEMBER THE RIGHT THING TO DO IS NOT ALWAYS A POPULAR THING TO DO. LASTLY, TO ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE SUPPORTED ENCOURAGED ME LISTEN TO ME VOTED FOR ME ALL MY FELLOW ELECTED LEADERS, COMMUNITY AND BUSINESS LEADERS ,FIRST RESPONDERS, CITY STAFF, OUR ENTIRE CITY STAFF LEADERSHIP, CITY MANAGER, CITY ATTORNEY, MY FRIENDS, POLITICAL ADVISORS AND MY FAMILY. THANK YOU. SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO MY CHILDREN. WHO ARE THE TRUE INSPIRATION. EVERYTHING I. DO EVERY. DAY IS A. >> PUBLIC SERVANT. PLEASE NEED ALWAYS LEAD. REMEMBER PEOPLE OVER POLITICS, PEOPLE OVER PARTY AND PEOPLE OVER POWER. THE POWER BELONGS TO THE PEOPLE I REMEMBER FOR ALL OF YOU, FOR BOCA RATON. >> AND FOR ALL. >> OF US THAT THE BEST IS YET TO COME. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. I DO BELIEVE THAT OUR VICE MAYOR DEPUTY DEPUTY MAYOR GROH HAS A PLAQUE FOR YOU. I ALSO NOW ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF BOCA RATON, IT IS MY HONOR AND PRIVILEGE. TO PRESENT YOU WITH. THIS PLAQUE. IN RECOGNITION OF YOUR SIX YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE AND LEADERSHIP AND COMMITMENT TO OUR COMMUNITY. THANK. >> YOU FOR. ALL SERVICE. >> EVERY DAY. >> THANK YOU, MR. APARICIO. VERY WELL. SO THAT CONCLUDES YOUR REPORT. YES. >> OKAY. DEBBIE MAGRO. NOTHING TO REPORT. >> MR. LITTLE. . >> NOTHING TO REPORT. WELL, I'LL CONCLUDE BY ECHOING MANY OF THE SENTIMENTS THAT MR. TUCKER MADE. IT HAS BEEN AN IMMENSE JOY TO BE ABLE TO SERVE WITH YOU WITH THAT AND WE WILL MISS YOU DEEPLY. WE SERVE THE OTHER SIX WELL, NOT QUITE SIX YEARS. UH, YOUR SERVICE WAS SIX YEARS AND YOU SERVE THE CITY WELL AND I ENJOYED THE TIME WE GET TO SPEND WE HAD TO SPEND TOGETHER. BUT I KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO DO A WONDERFUL JOB AS A NUCLEAR COURT. AND WE'RE SO THANKFUL THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE REPRESENTING US IN THAT CAPACITY. SO CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN ON THAT AND THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR YEARS GOING BACK EVEN BEFORE YOUR. >> TIME. ON THE CITY COUNCIL. BACK TO OUR TIME IF YOU RECALL ON THE EDUCATION TASK FORCE I KNEW CITY SERVED THE CITY WELL FOR MANY MANY YEARS ENERGY CONTINUE TO DO THAT. SO WE THANK YOU VERY MUCH ON BEHALF OF THE CITY. THANK YOU. AND I BELIEVE THAT'S ALL THE BUSINESS WE HAVE BEFORE US TODAY. SO IF NOBODY HAS ANYTHING ELSE WE WILL ADJOURN THE MEETING OF OUR BOCA RATON CITY COUNCIL WORKSHOP MEETING AT 3:07 P.M. TAKE CARE EVERYBODY.