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2012.10.30_TC_Minutes_WorkshopTOWN OF HIGHLAND BEACH MINUTES OF TOWN COMMISSION MEETING WORKSHOP MEETING Tuesday, October 30, 2012 1.30 PM Mayor Bernard Featherman called the Workshop Meeting to order in Commission Chambers at 1:30 PM. CALL TO ORDER: Roll Call: Members present: Mayor Bernard Featherman; Vice Mayor Ron Brown; Commissioner Doris M. Trinley; Commissioner Dennis J. Sheridan; and Commissioner Louis P. Stern. Also present: Town Attorney Glen Torcivia (arrived at 1:45 PM); Town Manager Kathleen Dailey Weiser; Town Clerk Beverly Brown; Finance Director Cale Curtis; Public Works Director Jack Lee; Chief of Police Craig Hartmann; Assistant to the Manager Zoie Burgess; and members of the public. Pledge of Allegiance: The Pledge of Allegiance was given, followed by a minute of silence. Civility Pledge: The Civility Pledge was recited by the Town Clerk. 1. ADDITIONS, DELETIONS OR ACCEPTANCE OF AGENDA Mayor Featherman asked for any additions or deletions. Receiving none, the agenda was accepted as presented. 2. PUBLIC COMMENTS AND REQUESTS Carol Stern — 1115 Russell Drive — I would like to thank the Commission for granting me the authorization and the opportunity to create the first annual Highland Beach Calendar. As you can see there is one at your seat and they are compliments of Commissioner Stern. It was a challenge and a lot of fun. The Town people responded by submitting photographs and artwork to help create the calendar. A special thank you goes to Ruth Samuels whose energy, time and encouragement helped me make this project a lot easier and a big thank you to Stu Samuels for his graphic computer ability for which we would not be able to do this. The Town Staff has made working on the calendar a real joy and I thank them again. With a little luck we will sell a thousand calendars. The calendars go on sale today for $10.00 and are available for sale at the Town Hall, the Library and they will be on sale at the Craft Fair on November 30`h. The proceeds for this calendar go for beach cleaning and other Town projects and I thank you again and this is what the calendar looks like (holding up calendar). Town Commission Workshop Minutes October 30, 2012 Page 2 of 12 Mayor Featherman — Thank you very much for this hard work you put in. I really believe that we owe you gratitude and thanks for putting such a fine calendar out and I ask that our members here and in the community look into buying those because it is a very beautiful town calendar. Carl Feldman - 3210 S. Ocean Blvd. — I am a little disappointed because the Town of Highland Beach is losing a tradition that was started by Mayor Hagelmann. It was a lot of fun. It was called "Light Up the Holidays". We don't seem to have it anymore. The surrounding towns all have it and I don't know why we can't have it. Emily Firtell that ran the first one has even volunteered. We even had the Seagate Choral Society sing there. Father Grace was great. We had a local rabbi in for the Chanukah. It was a lot of fun. If we can't have it this year, can we somehow get it going for next year either through the Library or through a group of citizens that would like to volunteer to do this? It would take some funding by the town, but it certainly brought everybody together. It was a lot of fun, and it brought the community together this time of the year with the rushing around, trying to do everything and I would like to know if we can do it again? Dianne Hallberg - 4307 S. Ocean Blvd. — As you all know, we have experienced some devastating weather in the last five to six days. Many of us on the beach have lost our dunes completely; there is nothing left. I have tried to find out every way possible to see if the town is coming to the aid, offering advice, counseling, showing us any direction which we can possibly go to start correcting this situation. Whether we will be receiving aid from the city, the state, the federal, we don't know. I don't know if anyone on the town commission has actually witnessed this and taken the buggy up and down the three miles of Highland Beach coastline. Come to the aid of not only the residents and peril on the dune, but all the residents who have easement to access the dune. If there is some way we can be counseled, maybe there is a committee that can be set up. There are many, many residents — hundreds of us who need some help right now. Al Giachetti - 1118 Bel Air Drive — I also own property at 4215 S. Ocean Blvd. There are a couple of other residents in that same complex that I built and I was in front of most of you Commissioners so you know me. I don't know if anyone has walked the beach recently but if you are on this side, which I have lived on both sides of A I A in Highland Beach for many years, you cannot imagine that it looks like a nuclear war zone on my side. We lost the whole dunes and have to restart with $200,000 worth of stuff. The tide keeps coming up. Can we just have the town come behind us and tell the state to give us a permit and let us repair and protect our properties. You have no idea what it is going to look like in another week with this tide. Pools are going to start falling in. Decks are going to start falling in. People are going to start getting hurt. Why can't the town lean on the state and get us a blanket permit to protect our property? We pay a lot in property taxes, and everybody else in Highland Beach has the advantage of us always trying to protect the dunes for them also. The town has to get behind us because we cannot get anywhere as individuals. Dennis DiFlorio - 4215 S. Ocean Blvd. — I want to echo the comments of the speaker before me. I do appreciate your comment that there will be a conversation afterwards. I think the situation is so serious that it is going to require more than conversation. It will require an immediate call to action. I think not only for the folks that have beach front property, but this is a potentially significant economic event for Highland Beach. There is a lot of risk here. If we have major catastrophic damage resulting from our inability to move and repair this, this will have a lasting impact on property values and how we are viewed. Town Commission Workshop Minutes October 30, 2012 Paize 3 of 12 Mayor Featherman — In light of what you have said and what the other people have said, I intended to make a report later in this presentation today in the workshop. I visited a number of condominiums. I was out there the day after all it happened on Sunday. We have discussed it in the office. There were meetings in the office here as well. These are private beaches. The Town cannot fund restoration of a private beach, however, we could possibly work with the county or the state on a long term basis. I can tell you now that even contacting people like that, your first bet is to go to your insurance carry and speak to him on any structural damages that took place. The government contracts for beach re -nourishment projects takes anywhere up to four years to complete. It is a very slow process. We cannot make any promises on this. Yesterday I was looking at the beaches when the twenty foot waves came up at night and it is very disconcerting to see that happen to our community. We should discuss this further. I am going to have "Coffee with the Mayor" on November 5t'. You are all invited here to visit with us and talk about it. It starts at 9:45 a.m. and will be held at the Highland Beach Library Community Room. Town Manager Weiser — The Mayor is correct. When there are private beaches the government is not going to step in and be sending funding to re -nourish those beaches. I was up and down the beaches yesterday on the buggy and there is a lot of damage, especially towards the south end. DEP is working their way down right now. As of yesterday they were still up near Jupiter and there is so much more damage up there that it is taking them time to get down here. What they can do is let us know if they will let us issue what is called an emergency order which would allow us to issue temporary permits for fixing things which I think the gentleman was talking about. Hopefully they will get down here. They were supposed to be here yesterday and that is how much damage they have towards that end of the county. As soon as they get down here and assess our damage we will know if we can go ahead and issue that emergency order we will be able to give temporary permits for fixing things. That is the update I have at this point. Mayor Featherman — I also know that two of our Councilmen have been apprised of it; Commissioner Stern and Vice Mayor Brown. After I made the inspections I got in touch with them because it was the closest facilities that were to where they were and they got out and also saw what happened. Maybe Commissioner Sheridan has seen things up north but we are all concerned. We have to look very closely into this and it is time consuming. We do want you to know that whatever is done will take time and that is not helping anybody but we are looking into it and we are very concerned about it as well. Town Manager Weiser — Let me add one other thing, too. A representative from the DEP, as he has gone down the coast, issued temporary permits on his own being if something is bad enough. So, when he gets here and we are able to show him specific properties, they may be able to issue a temporary permit from the State, on the spot, so we will know as soon as they get down here. Hopefully, again it will be by tomorrow but I can't promise since they were supposed to be here yesterday. They are working their way down. Mayor Featherman — Commissioner Stern and I have exchanged a -mails on this and we have been in touch with people from the National Weather Bureau, too. So we are giving this attention. We are trying to do action. We had a meeting today with the Police Captain, Town Manager Weiser and our maintenance people to discuss this situation. We are opening up all aspects of this investigation and we will come back to you again. Dennis DiFlorio - 4215 S. Ocean Blvd. — My comments are not geared towards any funding, my comments were geared more along the lines of we need an immediate call to action. We need the Town Commission Workshop Minutes October 30, 2012 Page 4 of 12 Town behind us so we can, in fact, get these permits in a heartbeat so that we can at least prevent some of the damages that are occurring. November 5`h is a couple of days away and I think time is of the essence here as the tides have not receded. The ocean is still pretty ugly out there. Town Manager Weiser — If you have any structural damage be sure to call the Building Dept. so our Building Official can get out there. Ira Oaklander — 1000 Russell Dr. — Would there be any objection from the Building Dept. if we just repair or replace what was already approved in the past? Town Manager Weiser — You have to go through permitting but if we get permission from the State to issue temporary permits we can go ahead and do that. Al Giachetti — Can we waive the permit fees and get immediate permits if we get relief from the State? Let the town be on our side on a local level and not go through all the paper chase so we can make the repairs necessary as quickly as possible. Beverly Knight — My husband and I built homes here in Highland Beach. I spoke with Mark Taynton yesterday from the DEP. Manalapan got hit worse than Highland Beach and they had to submit a state of emergency which gave them open permit to make repairs immediately. I think you will have to make this a state of emergency and Mark will back you up. It gives you carte blanche to make immediate repairs. Commissioner Stern — There is no question that Manalapan had bigger damage and did make the news. Our damage did not make the news but that does not mean that we are not going to be behind you and the Town. Some of the things that were said here today about permits and fees make a lot of sense to me. Commissioner Sheridan — I agree with Commissioner Stern that the Council should be 100 percent behind these people who need drastic relief and I am a firm believer in waiving all town fees at this time so they can get back on their feet. Beverly Knight — Mark will work with Highland Beach and he knows most of us here. The dunes will not come back by themselves. Commissioner Triple v — I agree with what Commissioners Stern and Sheridan have said; particularly that all permit fees be waived in these cases. Vice Mayor Brown — It is really devastating and I agree with everybody that we need to do something and I think we need to do it legally and run it through our Town Attorney before we make any snap decisions. Town Attorney Torcivia — What I am hearing is the consensus the Commission wants to waive the fees and I will work with the Town Manager and bring back either an ordinance or a resolution for the next meeting and retroactive if it needs to be to the date of the storm. Al Giachetti — We are lucky this storm happened late in the season and if we don't get it repaired we can get another northeasterner. A man on our beach walk was hurt by a wave that came from the ocean through the access between The Ambassador and Ocean Place Estates. Commissioner Stern — That particular wave that you are referring to not only went past Ambassador's South, it crossed AIA and hit the wall on the opposite side. I have seen the damage and we are behind you. Jack Lee, Public Works Director — I have been in contact with Mark Taynton since yesterday morning. He was supposed to be here but was unable to make it because he is swamped. There are three inspectors working the whole east coast from here to Jacksonville. I have pictures that were taken by Town Commission Workshop Minutes October 30, 2012 Page 5 of 12 the Town Staff and there is severe beach erosion and a lot of structural damage. From what I have seen, most of the damage is from Toscana south. My understanding is that we could possibly declare a state of emergency and that would waive the permitting process and Mark is coming here to make that evaluation. Town Attorney Torcivia — Depending on what Mark says if we actually meet the criteria, but if you want to go ahead and make the declaration of an emergency and if he verifies it, your declaration is passed. I can draft it up. Beverly and I traded drafts of Manalapan yesterday so we are familiar with it and we can change it quickly and you can adopt that. Jack, do you think that makes sense? Director Lee — I tend to agree with that because Manalapan has already declared a state of emergency and Mark hasn't even gotten out of Palm Beach County yet. I don't know if Manalapan did it on their own. My understanding from Mark is that he wanted to investigate it and look at it. Town Attorney Torcivia — Can you give a consensus to direct us to prepare a declaration of a state of emergency for the next meeting? Vice Mayor Brown — Can you bring us all the ramifications of doing that? What a state of emergency does; all the legalities of it. Town Attorney Torcivia — Generally what it does for DEP purposes, it allows you to expedite permitting, cut through the red tape. There is a slim chance there might be some grant money associated with that. Jack Lee, Public Works Director — If we declare a state of emergency, it gives the Building Dept. the right to issue permits so these folks can start restoring their ocean side property. Commissioner Trinley — Jack, did you say this gentleman wants to survey the damage before a declaration of emergency. Director Lee — Yes. Commissioner Trinley — How do we handle that? Director Lee — We will take him to some of the condos that have access to the beach or ride him on the beach on the beach buggy. They will have to come in on the north end because there is no beach access from the south end due to the big boulders that are there that were never visible before. Commissioner Trinley — If he comes here and surveys the damage and calls a state of emergency, how do we do that since we will not need it until next Tuesday? Town Manager Weiser — Per our Code of Ordinances, in an emergency the Mayor can declare it. Mike Ferrara — A declaration of emergency has to be made. Forget the requirements. The worse that could happen is that somebody would say it was an improper thing to declare a state of emergency. An emergency is something you cannot anticipate. You don't have time for legalities; you just have to do it. 3. PRESENTATIONS: 40TH Anniversary of the Highland Beach Police Department — November 1, 2012 Police Chief Craig Hartmann Mayor Featherman - I want to congratulate the Chief and the Highland Beach Police Department along with the Boca Raton and Delray Police Departments on the excellent job they did regarding the robbery that took place the other day and the arrest of the two armed robbers found in the Bel Lido section of our town. Town Commission Workshop Minutes October 30, 2012 Page 6 of 12 Chief Craig Hartmann — We have had several issues to deal with over the last few days with Hurricane Sandy regarding injuries to some of our residents as well as our Police Officer Alvarez. I want to thank you for the time you are giving us regarding our 40th anniversary. Bill Cecere, our first Police Officer and our second Police Chief who retired in 1995 is here with us today. It is our 40th anniversary this year and there is a lot going on in the Police Department. You will see our new vehicles with a new look and some new colors. We will begin our accreditation process to get us state certified, do a lot of training policy and different things that need to occur internally as a Police Department. We will also report on the Police Foundation that will be up and running this year and we have gotten a lot of support from the community and the Board of Directors that were established. I want to thank you and the community for your great support. 4. BOARDS AND COMMITTEES A) Board Correspondence: • None B) Board Action Report: • None C) Board Vacancies: Board of Adjustment & Appeals — Two Appointments Beaches & Shores Advisory Board — Two Re -Appointments Interviews: Linda Albertson — 3224 S. Ocean Blvd. Unit #515 Due to family emergency, could not attend this meeting. Will reschedule for November. Elyse Riesa — 1133 Boca Cove Lane Stated she has been a member of this Board for the past eight months, and is very interested in serving a full term. With the recent storm damage, the Board will need to take an active role in beach re -nourishment. Consensus was to include re -appointment on the November 6, 2012 Consent Agenda. D) Monthly Board Meetings • Financial Advisory Board — November I St — 9:30 AM • Beaches & Shores Advisory — November 13th — 9:30 AM • Planning Board — November 14th — Cancelled • Bd. of Adjustment — November 20th - Cancelled • Code Enforcement — November 21 st — Cancelled • Thanksgiving Day Holiday Town Offices Closed — November 22nd and 23rd Town Commission Workshop Minutes October 30, 2012 Page 7 of 12 5. PROPOSED ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS A) RESOLUTION NO. 12 — 006 R A RESOLUTION OF THE TOWN COMMISSION OF THE TOWN OF HIGHLAND BEACH, FLORIDA, CONCERNING AMENDMENT 4 TO THE FLORIDA CONSTITUTION WHICH, IF ADOPTED, WOULD CREATE ADDITIONAL INEQUITIES IN FLORIDA'S TAX SYSTEM BY GRANTING CERTAIN TAX BREAKS TO SOME TAXPAYERS AT THE EXPENSE OF OTHER TAXPAYERS. Town Clerk Brown read Resolution No. 12-006 R, title only, into the record. Mayor Featherman stated the Town was asked to adopt this Resolution by the Florida League of Cities and the Florida League of Mayors. Town Manager Weiser - What Amendment 4 does: 1) Reduces the current assessment limitation on commercial property, vacant property and second homes; 2) Gives first-time home buyers an additional homestead exemption; 3) Allows the Legislature to prohibit increases in the assessed value of homestead property if the just value of the property deceases; and 4) Applies the assessment cap only to city and county taxes, not to school taxes. In other words, we would have to increase our taxes to overcome all the exemptions. Consensus was to include Resolution No. 12-006 R on the November 12, 2012 Consent Agenda. 6. NEW BUSINESS A) Discussion Regarding Purchase of a Replacement Drinking Fountain in front of Town Hall. Town Manager Weiser — We have provided you with a memo with four quotes for the replacement cost of the fountain out front which would include a pet drinking fountain, the lowest being the Most Dependable Fountain, Inc. at a cost of $2,890.00 plus shipping. They also indicated that if we wanted to wait a year we could take home the model that they bring to the Florida League of Cities Convention next year and they would sell it to us at a cost of $2,500.00. Commissioner Sheridan — We saw this at the Florida League of Cities Convention and feel it is a good idea since our present water fountain is old and has been leaking so it must be replaced and thought it would be a good idea to have a little dog fountain at the same time. I am in favor of ordering a new one and having it shipped directly to us for installation. Commissioner Stern — I concur. The cost is a few hundred dollars difference. I think it is a good idea to have a new fountain delivered with a warranty. Commissioner Trinley — I vote new not used. Vice Mayor Brown — Will they install it? Town Manaizer Weiser — We will have to install it. The existing fountain is usable. This is a newer model and has the pet drinking fountain. There are different colors available. Vice Mayor Brown — I agree. Town Commission Workshop Minutes October 30, 2012 Page 8 of 12 Consensus was to include purchase of a replacement drinking fountain on the November 6, 2012 Consent Agenda. B) Cancellation of the December 25, 2012 Commission Workshop Meeting. Town Manager Weiser - The regularly scheduled Workshop meeting of the Town Commission for the month of December falls on Christmas Day, December 25 h. This is a legal holiday, and Town Hall offices are closed. In past years, the Town Commission has seen fit to cancel this meeting, which general falls between Christmas and New Year's, because Commission members, staff, and the general public are celebrating the holidays with family and friends. If the Commission is in agreement, it can be placed on the Consent Agenda for the November 6, 2012, Regular Meeting. Consensus was to cancel December Workshop and place item on the November 6, 2012 Consent Agenda. 7. MISCELLANEOUS — ITEMS LEFT OVER A) Discussion of Town Slogan Town Manager Weiser — We gave you a list of the slogans at the last workshop and asked you to come back with your favorite and we are open to your suggestions. There is no rush since it is at least a year off. Mayor Featherman — If that is the case I think we should hold off until next year because right now our beaches have to be corrected. Commissioner Trinley — I have no opinion. Vice Mayor Brown — I would like to see it incorporated when we do our "streetscape" and looking forward to talking about that for next year. Commissioner Sheridan — If the majority of the Commission would like to put this off until next year, I agree. Commissioner Stern — I concur. Until we are ready to do the entranceway and/or the "streetscape", I think we should hold off. I think we should revisit it in January of 2013. Mayor Featherman — I will agree with the Commissioners and hold off until early next year. B) Minutes September 7, 2012 - September 20, 2012 September 25, 2012 October 2, 2012 - Budget Public Hearing Budget Public Hearing Workshop Meeting Regular Meeting No corrections received from Commission. Consensus was to include minutes on the November 6, 2012 Consent Agenda. Town Commission Workshop Minutes October 30, 2012 Page 9 of 12 S. REPORTS — TOWN COMMISSION A) Commissioner Sheridan — I wish to concur with Carl Feldman with regard to "Light Up the Holidays". I am in favor of going ahead with it this year, not waiting to next year. I am sure the minimal cost for the benefit that is derived for the people of the town would be well worth the expenditure. I would be happy to work with the committee. The second thing is that I was told that Carol Stern was the head of the committee to develop this lovely calendar and there will be a booth at the Craft Fair in the Library and there will be a charge of $150.00 Carol Stern — It was said there was no upfront charge. A booth is $150.00. We will be given a card table and the maximum we would be paying is $75.00 and that would depend on what we sell the calendars for. Commissioner Sheridan — I don't see any reason why there should be any charge. These funds will be going back to the town. I oppose the charge. B) Commissioner Trinley — No report. C) Vice Mayor Brown — I want to thank Carol Stern for all the work she did with this calendar and hope you meet your goal in selling 1,000. I would also like to thank the Police Chief for notifying everybody and letting us know what was going on during the police chase the other day and doing such a great job. D) Mayor Featherman — I would also like to thank the Police Department for a job well done and Carol Stern for her hard work on the Town calendar. This past week, I attended the Advanced Institute for Elected Officials. The talks were about Land Use and Zoning, Financing our Municipal Government, Building Team Action and it brought out today the very thing we have to do on this terrible calamity that happened to most of the municipalities and Municipal taxation. E) Commissioner Stern — I would like to send my prayers to the four people who were injured in this particular tide of water that came in and injured them. Let's all pull together and help to make sure this town comes back quickly. 9. REPORTS — TOWN ATTORNEY GLEN TORCIVIA: If the town wants to adopt a campaign free zone on the Town Hall complex or wherever they would like to extend it, people could not wear tee shirts or buttons and couldn't campaign. Vice Mayor Ron Brown — What about the League of Women Voters who hold a political discussion in our Library? Town Attorney Torcivia — I will look into that. If the league is not campaigning and simply providing information, that would be okay. Vice Mayor Brown — They have all the candidates that are running for local elections. There was a consensus to move forward on the campaign free zone and create the correct exemption for the League of Women Voters. Town Commission Workshop Minutes October 30, 2012 Page 10 of 12 10. REPORTS — TOWN MANAGER KATHLEEN DAILEY WEISER: The items that I have are items that did not get put in the budget but we talked about doing them and I want to be sure you are approving those expenditures. • Hosting of Palm Beach County League of Cities General Membership Meeting on March 27, 2013 and the cost of that last year was under $4,500. Mayor Featherman — Would it be too soon to have this in one year? I would like to see us know how many other towns are in it because spending that money right now ($4,500) I think it is too soon to have it. Commissioner Stern — A number of towns do combine to do it. I don't know if a year is too soon but ours was considered one of the most successful luncheons they had this current year. It cost other towns more because they are paying for the site as well. The Church donates the site. Commissioner Sheridan — I believe that this was the first time that Highland Beach has extended it to other towns in the League of Cities. Town Manager Weiser — We could approach the other small communities along the Coast to see if they would be interested in co - hosting with us. They need to plan their agenda for next year. They are doing it now so they need us to approve a date if we are going to go ahead and host it. Commissioner Stern — I don't think it is too soon and we can host it again. Commissioner Trinley — I like the Town Managers idea of checking in with the other communities to see if they want to participate. Vice Mayor Brown — Once we commit, we have to do it. I think somebody would step up and help us out. Commissioner Sheridan — Could it not be contingent on these others before we make our final plans? Town Manager Weiser — It could be. They are already setting up their calendar for next year and they are looking for people to host it and it may take some time. I have already approached the Mayor of Ocean Ridge and we can approach Gulf Stream but we need to give the League an answer. Commissioner Stern — Contingency would be great if we could buy ourselves another month. Mayor Featherman — I will agree with the Commissioners that you should look into getting someone else to join us. • Discussion Regarding Rejoining the Boca Raton and Delray Beach Chambers of Commerce. Town Manager Weiser — Boca Raton Chamber membership is $370.00 annually and Delray Beach Chamber membership is $300.00 annually. Mayor Featherman — I believe it does bring goodwill to our neighbors and would like to see our Commissioners partake in this. Commissioner Stern — I concur that we should belong to both Chambers. Commissioner Sheridan — I had a question whether we need to belong to both because I am sure that the needs of each community are equal, especially the two larger communities, but if it is beneficial to the Town and goodwill then I will agree. Vice Mayor Brown — What are we getting out of the Chamber of Commerce for Highland Beach? Mayor Featherman — You do interface and network with people in the Chamber for various reasons. Town Manager Weiser — Generally when governments join a Chamber of Commerce we don't do business. It is a goodwill measure. It is not a big amount of money; it's not a huge benefit but it is a benefit in that we do Town Commission Workshop Minutes October 30, 2012 Page 11 of 12 business with these people. There is a tie there and we know the different businesses that surround our community. The consensus to include this item on the November 12, 2012 Consent Agenda. • Town Hall Annual Food Drive to benefit Boca Helping Hands. The food drive will begin November 1st and will go through November 16th. We are collecting non-perishable items. Any questions you can contact the Clerk's Office. • Bike ride going through the town November 4th. It is the 2012 Dolphin's Cycling Challenge and raising money for the cancer research at the University Of Miami Sylvester Cancer Center. • New truck purchased for the Water Plant Operator is out front. • The calendars are available at the Town Hall and the Library. It is a consensus that you do not want them charged for the booth. • "Light Up The Holidays" It is not a budgeted item. The cost last time the Town spent around $4500. Town Clerk Brown — We paid professional actors and actresses to come in to sing and dress in costume. We can go down about $3,000 on that expense. The expense for the Trolley is still about $1,000. We have to rent chairs and lighting. Commissioner Stern — I would like to see it happen this year. Commissioner Sheridan — So would I. Vice Mayor Brown — So would I. I think we can get some local talent. Commissioner Trinley — Yes, this year. Town Manager Weiser — We have a consensus. We will put it on the agenda for approval. 11. CONSENT AGENDA None. 12. PUBLIC COMMENTS AND REQUESTS RELATED TO ITEMS DISCUSSED AT MEETING _Mike Ferrara of Boca Highlands — I just want to say that this is a tremendous calendar and I want to thank Carol Stern and the committee for their efforts. Arlin Voress — Looking at the pictures that Jack Lee presented relative to the damage along the beach and you look at what Palm Beach County has for beach re -nourishment, they are miles apart. If you Town Commission Workshop Minutes October 30, 2012 Page 12 of 12 are planning on getting Highland Beach involved, you need to take advantage of having somebody from the Commission fully assigned to that area and working with the Town and the County on that. I think the Florida League of Cities is a great organization and a great idea to sponsor a lunch because it is a great help for towns like us. I believe there should be no restrictions on sponsoring this luncheon. Ron Clark — 4750 S. Ocean Blvd. — I want to thank the Commission for putting together a new fountain. I would also like to commend the Police Department. As a Manager for a Condominium Association it is nice knowing that our Police Department reaches out to the associations, making personal phone calls to us just to make sure we do not need help from an emergency situation in any situation especially with regard to what was going on during the storm and the issue we had with the robbers. Carl Feldman — 3210 S. Ocean Blvd. — It is very important that we all get out to vote on this election day. Some people in this town cannot get transportation to the polls. I have volunteered myself to pick up people at the condos or in their private homes and take them to the polls and bring them home. We are not affiliated with any republican or democratic candidate. 13. ADJOURNMENT There being no further business to come before the Commission, Mayor Featherman adjourned the Workshop Meeting at 3:10 PM upon a MOTION by Commissioner Sheridan and seconded by Commissioner Stern. APPROVED: la Bernard Featherman, Mayor Ron wn, Vice Mayor A )'i. - . "L. �f7 17 J. SheridarN Commissioner NLOs P. Stern, Commissioner ATTEST: Beverl own, MMC �z . Date