Agenda 04-08-25The City of
Boynton Beach
City Commission Agenda
Tuesday, April 8, 2025, 6:00 PM
City Hall Commission Chambers
100 E. Ocean Avenue
Boynton Beach City Commission
Rebecca Shelton, Mayor (At Large)
Woodrow L Hay, Vice Mayor (District II)
Angela Cruz, Commissioner (District I)
Thomas Turkin, Commissioner (District III)
Aimee Kelley, Commissioner (District IV)
Daniel Dugger, City Manager
Shawna Lamb, City Attorney
Maylee De Jesus, City Clerk
Joint City Commission and CRA Board Meeting. The CRA Board Meeting will commence once
the special meeting has finished.
*Mission*
To create a sustainable community by providing exceptional
municipal services, in a financially responsible manner.
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1.Openings
A.Call to Order - Mayor Rebecca Shelton
2.Regular Business
A.Discussion on House Bill 991 and Senate Bill 1242.
3.Adjournment
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Agenda Approval:
1. Adoption
Requested by unanimous consensus of the City Commission.
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City of Boynton Beach
Agenda Item Request Form
2.A
Regular Business
04/ 8/2025
Meeting Date: 04/ 8/2025
Discussion on House Bill 991 and Senate Bill 1242.
Requested Action: Requested by unanimous consensus of the City Commission.
Attachments:
HB 991.pdf
SB 1242.pdf
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CS/HB 991 2025
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hb991-01-c1
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F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S
A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to community redevelopment agencies; 2
amending s. 163.3755,F.S.; providing for the 3
termination of community redevelopment agencies on a 4
specified date; removing an exception; prohibiting 5
community redevelopment agencies from performing 6
certain actions on or after a specified date; defining 7
the term "new project"; revising provisions relating 8
to any outstanding bonds of a community redevelopment 9
agency; prohibiting the creation of community 10
redevelopment agencies on or after a specified date; 11
authorizing existing agencies to continue to operate; 12
providing an effective date. 13
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 15
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Section 1. Section 163.3755, Florida Statutes, is amended 17
to read: 18
163.3755 Termination of community redevelopment agencies; 19
prohibition on future creation.— 20
(1) A community redevelopment agency in existence on July 21
1, 2025 October 1, 2019, shall terminate on the expiration date 22
provided in the agency's charter on July 1, 2025 October 1, 23
2019, or on September 30, 2045 September 30, 2039, whichever is 24
earlier, unless the governing body of the county or municipality 25
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CS/HB 991 2025
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hb991-01-c1
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F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S
that created the community redevelopment agency approves its 26
continued existence by a majority vote of the members of the 27
governing body. 28
(2) A community redevelopment agency may not initiate any 29
new projects or issue any new debt on or after October 1, 2025. 30
For purposes of this subsection, the term "new project" means 31
any project for which there is no appropriation in the community 32
redevelopment agency's budget for the fiscal year ending on 33
September 30, 2025, or for which the community redevelopment 34
agency has not retained appropriated funds pursuant to s. 35
163.387(7)(d) for the fiscal year ending on September 30, 2025. 36
(3)(2)(a) Notwithstanding subsection (1) If the governing 37
body of the county or municipality that created the community 38
redevelopment agency does not approve its continued existence by 39
a majority vote of the governing body members, a community 40
redevelopment agency with outstanding bonds as of July 1, 2025 41
October 1, 2019, that do not mature until after the termination 42
date of the agency or September 30, 2045 September 30, 2039, 43
whichever is earlier, remains in existence until the date the 44
bonds mature. 45
(b) A community redevelopment agency operating under this 46
subsection on or after September 30, 2045 September 30, 2039, 47
may not extend the maturity date of any outstanding bonds. 48
(c) The county or municipality that created the community 49
redevelopment agency must issue an amended community 50
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CS/HB 991 2025
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hb991-01-c1
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F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S
redevelopment plan a new finding of necessity limited to timely 51
meeting the remaining bond obligations of the community 52
redevelopment agency. 53
(4) A community redevelopment agency may not be created on 54
or after July 1, 2025. A community redevelopment agency in 55
existence before July 1, 2025, may continue to operate as 56
provided in this part. 57
Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2025. 58
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Florida Senate - 2025 SB 1242
By Senator McClain
9-01050-25 20251242__
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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to community redevelopment agencies; 2
amending s. 163.3755, F.S.; providing for the 3
termination of community redevelopment agencies on a 4
specified date; removing an exception; prohibiting 5
community redevelopment agencies from performing 6
certain actions on or after a specified date; revising 7
provisions relating to any outstanding bonds of a 8
community redevelopment agency; prohibiting the 9
creation of community redevelopment agencies on or 10
after a specified date; authorizing existing agencies 11
to continue to operate; providing an effective date. 12
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 14
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Section 1. Section 163.3755, Florida Statutes, is amended 16
to read: 17
163.3755 Termination of community redevelopment agencies; 18
prohibition on future creation.— 19
(1) A community redevelopment agency in existence on July 20
1, 2025 October 1, 2019, shall terminate on the expiration date 21
provided in the agency’s charter on July 1, 2025 October 1, 22
2019, or on September 30, 2045 September 30, 2039, whichever is 23
earlier, unless the governing body of the county or municipality 24
that created the community redevelopment agency approves its 25
continued existence by a majority vote of the members of the 26
governing body. 27
(2) A community redevelopment agency may not initiate any 28
new projects or issue any new debt on or after October 1, 2025. 29
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Florida Senate - 2025 SB 1242
9-01050-25 20251242__
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(3)(2)(a) Notwithstanding subsection (1) If the governing 30
body of the county or municipality that created the community 31
redevelopment agency does not approve its continued existence by 32
a majority vote of the governing body members, a community 33
redevelopment agency with outstanding bonds as of July 1, 2025 34
October 1, 2019, that do not mature until after the termination 35
date of the agency or September 30, 2045 September 30, 2039, 36
whichever is earlier, remains in existence until the date the 37
bonds mature. 38
(b) A community redevelopment agency operating under this 39
subsection on or after September 30, 2045 September 30, 2039, 40
may not extend the maturity date of any outstanding bonds. 41
(c) The county or municipality that created the community 42
redevelopment agency must issue a new finding of necessity 43
limited to timely meeting the remaining bond obligations of the 44
community redevelopment agency. 45
(4) A community redevelopment agency may not be created on 46
or after July 1, 2025. A community redevelopment agency in 47
existence before July 1, 2025, may continue to operate as 48
provided in this part. 49
Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2025. 50
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