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Minutes 06-09-26MINUTES OF THE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY BOARD MEETING HELD ON TUESDAY, JUNE 9, 2026, AT 6 P.M., IN BOYNTON BEACH CITY HALL COMMISSION CHAMBERS 100 E. OCEAN AVENUE, BOYNTON BEACH, FLORIDA PRESENT: Rebecca Shelton, Chair Thomas Turkin, Vice Chair Mack McCray, Board Member Aimee Kelley, Board Member ABSENT: Angela Cruz, Board Member 1. Call to Order Dan Dugger, CRA Executive Director Adam Temple, Assistant City Manager Janice Rustin, CRA Legal Counsel Chair Shelton called the meeting to order at 6 pm. 2. Invocation Board Member McCray gave the Invocation. 3. Pledge of Allegiance Board Member Kelley led the members in the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag. 4. Roll Call quorum present Roll call was taken. A quorum was present. 5. Agenda Approval A. Additions, Deletions, Corrections to the Agenda Vice Chair Turkin wanted to see if he could get consensus to allow staff to look at possible adjustments to the lease agreements with recreational boats at the Marina regarding fish cleaning. He noted some agencies address this and some tenants were getting kicked out. Consensus was reached. B. Adoption of Agenda Meeting Minutes Community Redevelopment Agency Board Boynton Beach, Florida June 9, 2026 Motion Board Member McCray moved to approve the agenda. Board Member Kelley seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. 6. Legal Attorney Janice Rustin gave an update about legislation regarding the property tax exemptions. She noted the following: • If approved by the voters in November, the property tax exemption will increase to $150K in January 2027 and to $250K in January 2028. The amount will be adjusted annually for inflation. • The second amendment is how ad valorum taxes can be used and it identified six core areas, including a catch all, which can include adding any other service as a core service, if approved by the Board. • The initiative does not apply to CRAs or special districts, but it will impact the CRA budget. 7. Informational Items and Disclosures by Board Members and CRA Staff: A. Disclosure of Conflicts, Contacts, and Relationships for Items Presented to the CRA Board on Agenda Board Member McCray disclosed he spoke with Jeff Burns casually about an item that has been on the agenda for six years. Board Member Kelley thanked Mercedes Coppin, Business Development Manager, Gabby Ferriera, Business Development Coordinator, and the CRA staff for the Rock the Marina Event. She said the Marina got a lot of good business and the event was well attended. She also spoke with Jeff Burns about Item 15A. Vice Chair Turkin concurred with the prior comment about the Rock the Marina event and thanked staff. He disclosed he also spoke to Mr. Burns about Item.15A. Chair Shelton disclosed she also spoke with Jeff Burns. Dan Dugger, CRA Executive Director, stated he was unable to attend the Marina event, but commended staff on a marvelous job. He praised Adam Temple and Amanda Radigan for their work on the budget, noting they were able to save an additional $1.3M. 8. Information Only 2 Meeting Minutes Community Redevelopment Agency Board Boynton Beach, Florida June 9, 2026 a. Project Update on the Residential Improvement Grant Program Rules & Regulations Bonnie Nicklien, CRA Economic Development Director, wanted to update the Board on the program which is evolving. She said if the Board moves forward with the ILA today, staff can begin work with City Procurement on an RFQ for the Contractor so they can launch the RFQ and send to their contractor list as a package. She announced they hoped to do this in August. 9. Announcements and Awards A. Announcement for Rock the Plaza at One Boynton on June 25, 2026, from 5 pm to 9 pm. Ms. Coppin announced the 2nd Rock the Plaza event as noted above, featuring music by Spread the Dub. She said staff looks forward to promoting local businesses and they will showcase their "Sample Station" which will provide samples from all the local businesses. 10. Public Comments Chair Shelton announced the procedures for Public Comment and opened Public Comment. No one coming forward, Chair Shelton closed Public Comment. 11. Consent Agenda A. CRA Financial Report Period Ending May 31, 2026 B. Approval of the CRA Board Meeting Minutes for Maya 12, 2026 C. Approval of Commercial Economic Development Grant Program Applications D. Approval of 90 -Day Extension to the Commercial Business Marketing Grant Program for Trilogy MMA Fitness 12. Pulled Consent Agenda Items Motion Board Member McCray moved to approve. Board Member Kelley seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. 41 Meeting Minutes Community Redevelopment Agency Board Boynton Beach, Florida June 9, 2026 13. CRA Advisory Board A. Consideration of New Assignments for the CRA Advisory Board. Vice Chair Turkin thought a good exercise discussed at the last meeting was for the Advisory Board to focus on the CRA Plan. Board Member Kelley also suggested they review the budget for property acquisition. Board Member McCray suggested if the Advisory Board thinks of something they feel is beneficial, they should bring it to the Board for consideration. 14. Old Business A. Consideration of the Purchase and Development Agreement with Lennar Homes, LLC for Construction of Workforce Housing. Mr. Dugger pointed out there are three amendments that need to be added to the ILA as follows: • Add Amanda Radigan as the Deputy Executive Director and she will sit on the dais. • Add a Records Keeper. He said this is someone to fill public records requests, and they want to move that responsibility to the City Clerk's Office. He noted that Records Management has evolved and having the Executive Director fill the requests is not logical. • Procurement for the CRA is handled by Lewis Longman and Walker, P.A. He explained the amendment would move this to the City side and going forward, would be handled by Andrew Rozwadowski, Procurement Division Director. He stated this would result in a savings to the CRA. Board Member McCray inquired if an individual would be hired as a Records Keeper. Mr. Dugger responded, it would not, rather it would be absorbed by City staff. Motion Vice Chair Turkin moved to approve. Board Member McCray seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. B. Consideration of the First Amendment to the Interlocal Agreement Between the City of Boynton Beach and the Boynton Beach Community Redevelopment Agency for Master Administrative Services. n Meeting Minutes Community Redevelopment Agency Board Boynton Beach, Florida June 9, 2026 Theresa Utterback, Development Services Director, explained this item is a revision to Exhibit A of the Master ILA moving money within it. She noted there was an adjustment to Item 7, the Centennial Park item that came in much lower due to the astroturf so they will take funds from there and the Historic Womans Club as the cost of the electrical work was lower. She said they would add $500K for demolition for 14 parcels on Boynton Beach Boulevard, she would apply for an SWA Grant, and the amendment would fund neighborhood signage for Inca. Board Member McCray requested a record of the events that took place at the Woman's Club. Ms. Utterback responded she would provide the information. Motion Vice Chair Turkin moved to approve. Board Member McCray seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. 15. New Business A. Consideration of Funding Request for Boynton Beach QOZ, LLC for the 115 N. Federal Highway Mixed Use Project, (The Pierce) Mr. Temple noted this project has been on the books for almost seven years and on the table for the same period. He explained the sequence of events as contained in the meeting materials and stated this request is to convert the existing TIRFA Agreement into a form of grant incentive and change it to a condensed payment schedule from a 15 year term to a three-year term. A term sheet was provided. Mr. Temple said this is a three- year payment plan to incentivise the developer to build the project as fast as possible. He elaborated the year one payment would be $2M within 40 days of receipt from the Notice of Developer's Completion of Construction by evidence of a Temporary Certificate of Occupancy or with a Certificate of Occupancy issued for the residential portion of the project. Year two is a $3M payment due one year after the year one payment is made, but not before the CO is issued, conditioned on Boynton Beach QOZ LLC receiving its temporary CO, and the year -three payment is a $2M payment due one year after the year two payment is made. He said this came before the City for a Master Site Plan application and additional development applications, including an abandonment. There was an adjacent property owner who appealed the City Commission's approval of the plans to the Circuit Court, which delayed the project by about a year to 18 months. He said currently, there is a vested site plan and the Land Development and building permits are both in approved status. The project would commence very soon. He said if the Board approves this, staff recommends allocating the funds sooner rather than later due to the pending homestead tax implications. 5 Meeting Minutes Community Redevelopment Agency Board Boynton Beach, Florida June 9, 2026 Board Member McCray commented that the developer did not walk away from the project for seven years and they set a precedent. He said they were honest and wanted to give Boynton a project they can be proud of. Vice Chair Turkin supported the request and said the litigation delayed the return on investment they would receive and they held up businesses such as Hurricane Alley. He said alot of people are being affected. He commented that frontloading the grant incentive and the faster they fulfill their obligation, the faster they can add the tax role into the CRA budget. He suggested adding language if feasible to say, "or sooner." If they can expedite the project, it helps loosen other TIF obligations. He said they should market the project to city employees, residents, or returning college students. Board Member Kelley asked how the agreement would void or cancel out the TIRFA. She wanted to ensure the TIRFA terms were voided, but not the conditions the TIRFA was set up under. Attorney Rustin explained this was a restatement, so it completely replaces the TIRFA, and is not an amendment to the TIRFA, but it does not change the terms and conditions of the PDA. She said any promises or obligations in that agreement are not affected and there are certain obligations that the developer has in the TIRFA that will remain. The payment schedule changed. Board Member Kelley wanted to ensure if the commercial aspects were pushed out, if the second grant payment would be tied to the shell buildout for the commercial space. She wanted to ensure there is something they can agree to on the second aspect to know it is moving in the right direction Jeff Burns, CEO, Affiliated Development, said they have a permitted set of plans they are building to, which includes the commercial space to close out the permit. They have 17k square feet of commercial space and if they don't fill it, they are in trouble. He said they received a lot of interest on the commercial, but they want to know the exact time they can move in, and then they can give a date and then adequately market it. He said with the structure in place and because they have a huge financial commitment and incentive, they will get someone in the space. Mr. Burns said he will agree to have continual updates when complete and regular updates on the status of the commercial space. Attorney Rustin requested clarification of some of the additional language, "or sooner payments if financially feasible." She asked if the Board wanted Affiliated to make a request to the Board and have the Board approve it, or if there is another mechanism to release the payment. Vice Chair Turkin said he was okay to do it with a request and pending City Commission approval. Mr. Burns said they finalized an amendment with staff and legal counsel, and they were fine with the language or sooner as financially feasible, as long as they have the authority 0 Meeting Minutes Community Redevelopment Agency Board Boynton Beach, Florida June 9, 2026 to grant the CRA Director and Legal the authority to approve it so they do not have to come back to the Board. Attorney Rustin suggested including "or as soon as financially feasible subject to approval from this Board." Attorney Rustin spoke about the Board's request to market the project to City employees and residents, specific to Boynton as a preference. Mr. Burns said they have a First Look program to pre -market this to city workers and essential workers, veterans, that are part of the community, and they have language which is good with Fair Housing. He said they are agreeable to including this in the agreement. Attorney Rustin spoke about the reports on the commercial units. She said the grant payments will end in three years or sooner and they have up to 10 years to complete construction. Board Member Kelley said the developer will be providing annual reports. She asked if the timing could be around the grant payment requests. Mr. Burns said they will include a full leasing report as part of their Annual Report, and it says in Section 5.1, they will provide full leasing and construction status update for the commercial space. Motion Vice Chair Turkin moved to approve subject to the CRA Attorney's most recent language as amended. Board Member Kelley seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. B Consideration of the CRA Revised Financial Policies and Procedures Alan Lawson, Chief Financial Officer, said he was present to talk about the above, which is a subset of the Financial Policy and Procedures Manual, which was last written in 2018. He said there are three minor missing policies from 2018: Records Retention; Ethics and Conflicts; and Crime Prevention. He said there are statutes or updates within investments, the Whistle Blower Act and records retention. He said there has been no investment activity over the last two years, and there were errors and inconsistence on the reporting side of the document throughout the policy saying they report on a quarterly basis to the Board. He reviewed the slide presentation. He said under Florida Statute 218.415, The Prudent Person Rule will give the Finance Director the authority to use the $40M in unused funds and go to authorized institutions, which are qualified public depositories, which insure the 7 Meeting Minutes Community Redevelopment Agency Board Boynton Beach, Florida June 9, 2026 balances and protects the principal through the state and federal government, and invest the funds without each transaction having to be approved by the Board. He reviewed rules of Mandatory Deployments as contained in the meeting materials and quarterly board reporting. Mr. Lawson presented seven qualified public depositories and said he already reached out to some of them and received a rate of 3.75%, which on $40M, yields $1.6M, or $800K in the first six months. He said that The Financial Policies & Procedures Manual had some changes around internal controls, ensures they solidify the quarterly reporting, adds three new policy sections regarding Records Retention, Ethics and Conflicts Fraud Prevention, and Whistle Blowing protections. They also have an audit follow up, so if there is an audit finding, there are 90 days to take corrective action, and ensure they have the budget controls in place and if there are any 10% or $10K variances, that they understand the variance thresholds, and then make sure they have the proper forms for ethics certifications, wire transfer authorizations, closing checklists, asset disposal, and budget amendments. He further reviewed there were not many changes in the policies. He said all the daily functions have not really changed, but there were minor changes that were happening before. Financially, Mr. Lawson stated he expected an investment income of $1.2M to $1.5M interest improvement, and higher with a cash inflow in October /November. Mr. Lawson said the Board should adopt the Cash Investment Policy, approve the Authorized Institution List, and adopt the Financial Policies Manual to take effect immediately. He said this would only authorize him to speak with the banks Chair Shelton noted Fifth Third Bank closed 81 branches. Board Member McCray wanted to ensure they make the most of their monies and asked if all the funds would be in one bank. Mr. Lawson responded it would not and right now it is in two. Motion Vice Chair Turkin moved to approve Item 15B. Board Member Kelley seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. C. Consideration of the CRA Revised Cash/Investment Policy and the BBCRA Authorized Institution List Vice Chair Turkin moved to approve Item 15C. Board Member McCray seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. Meeting Minutes Community Redevelopment Agency Board Boynton Beach, Florida June 9, 2026 D. Consideration of CRA Board Travel to the 2026 Florida Redevelopment Association's Annual Conference October 20-23, 2026, in Charlotte Harbor, Florida Chair Shelton presented the item. Mr. Temple noted CRA staff has historically attended Items D and E, which he reviewed together. He inquired which Board Members would go to which conference. He commented that last July they had a meeting about the Travel Policy, which was terminated by the Board in favor of an updated policy more like the City utilizes. He said they will bring back the updated Travel Policy, and Legal advised the Board could move forward with attending. Board Member Kelley said she would attend the International Economic Development Conference, (IEDC). Ms. Nicklien explained that they changed the membership format for IEDC and membership is no longer associated with an agency, as it changed to individual memberships only. She said she would have to check on how registration was made last year. She said for those that attended last year, it may be still be active, but if they did not attend last year, they would attend as a non-member this year or bundle it. She said she would return to the Board with the pricing. She said that the FRA membership is agency based. Board Member Kelley offered her FRA spot to a CRA Advisory Board member to attend in her stead. Vice Chair Turkin recommended Angela Troyanowski go in his place and said he wanted to attend the IEDC. Board Member McCray commented he wants to attend the FRA Conference. Chair Shelton advised she has to look at her work schedule. Board Member McCray mentioned that when spending City funds, members should share what they learned at the conferences with other Board Members. E. Consideration of CRA Board Travel to the 2026, International Economic Development Council's Annual Conference October 25-28, 2026, in New Orleans, Louisianna 16. Future Agenda Items Mr. Dugger said he would like to look at consolidating the CRA Board meetings. He thought they could craft a light City Commission agenda the first meeting of the month, 9 Meeting Minutes Community Redevelopment Agency Board Boynton Beach, Florida June 9, 2026 and then front load the agenda with CRA Agenda items. He said the second City Commission meeting would be a heavy City Commission meeting. In this way, they would only have two meetings a month. The members were amenable to the suggestion and brief discussion followed how to notice the meetings. Attorney Rustin stated it can be done and she will bring the information back to the Board. Further discussion followed about IT downtime and limiting the time spent on agenda items. Former Board Member Woodrow Hay cautioned limiting the time on certain items and noted that the Board can override time limits, but he agreed as a general rule, they can consider limiting time on spent on an item. Mr. Temple announced Board Member Cruz was unable to attend as she is attending a work conference. 17. Adjournment Motion There being no further business to discuss, Vice Chair Turkin moved to approve. Board Member McCray seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. The meeting was adjourned at 6:55 p.m. Catherine Cherry Minutes Specialist iite7