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Minutes 06-17-26Minutes of the Community Redevelopment Agency Advisory Board Meeting Held on June 17, 2026, at 6:00 P.M. In City Hall Commission Chambers, 100 E. Ocean Avenue Boynton Beach, Florida PRESENT: Angela Troyanowski, Chair Thomas Isabella, Vice Chair Deborah Tarca Kim Kelly George Feldman Alexandria Lopresto 1. Call to Order Amanda Radigan, CRA Deputy Director Theresa Utterback, Development Services Manager Chair Troyanowski called the meeting to order at 6:02 PM. 2. Pledge of Allegiance The members recited the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag. 3. Roll Call Roll call was taken. A quorum was present. 4. Agenda Approval A. Additions, Deletions, Corrections to the Agenda B. Adoption of Agenda Motion Ms. Lopresto moved to approve the agenda. Mr. Feldman seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. Amanda Radigan stated she had received a list of questions from Mr. Feldman and the Board can discuss it. There was agreement to add it to New Business. Motion Vice Chair Isabella moved to add the items to New Business for discussion. Ms. Lopresto seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. 1 Meeting Minutes CRA Advisory Board Boynton Beach, Florida June 17, 2026 Motion Ms. Lopresto moved to approve the agenda as amended. Mr. Feldman seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. 5. Public Comment - None 6. Consent - None 7. Old Business - None 8. New Business Mr. Feldman noted all the transitions taking place and asked who is in charge of the CRA. He said he had a list of questions. Amanda Radigan, City Development Director, responded that Dan Duggar is the CRA Executive Director, and she also serves as the CRA Deputy Director. She announced questions or concerns go directly to her. She provided her email address and briefly introduced herself, stating she has been with the City for 12 years and she handles several departments, which she named. She further advised there are organizational changes that took place and are still occurring. She noted CRA staff has two vacancies they are currently interviewing for, which were a Development Service Specialist to report to Theresa Utterback, Development Services Director, and a CRA Administrative Coordinator. She noted that Bonnie Nicklien was promoted to CRA Economic Development Director. She hoped these positions would all be addressed by next week. She explained that there are lots of changes due to tax changes, and staff is analyzing how this impacts the CRA. She mentioned there is discussion of amending the CRA boundaries, and a study is currently taking place. She noted they are also reviewing the Finding of Necessity and the analysis will be discussed in a workshop in September. She stated the Board will be notified of the date. Ms. Utterback provided her background and stated has been with CRA for 18 years. Ms. Radigan commented, in reference to ongoing activities, they can add a section on the agenda for CRA updates. Chair Troyanowski commented that they are the voice of the residents. Mr. Feldman stated that he will email the rest of his questions to Ms. Radigan. A. Placemaking Initiatives Assignment Mr. Radigan said at the last CRA Board meeting there was an item for the Advisory Board to address, and these two items are what the Board recommended they study. 2 Meeting Minutes CRA Advisory Board Boynton Beach, Florida June 17, 2026 Vice Chair Isabella said Vice Chair Turkin referred to a 2016 CRA Plan at the last meeting and inquired if it was separate from what Mr. Brown, the former CRA Executive Director, was working on. He also asked what Vice Chair Turking anticipated the Board would do. Ms. Radigan confirmed it was separate and understood the Board already reviewed the CRA Plan. She said they will work on the revisions to the Plan after August. In response to Vice Chair Isabella's question, Chair Troyanowski said some districts may be redrawn and the advisory board can get ahead of this. She thought the Plan reads like a construction document, and their review had much more vision. If they look at the areas and come up with what they have as a vision, they can add it. She said placemaking should be an essential part of the Plan. Ms. Lopresto pointed out the current assignment is worded differently but it's the same assignment and she said the Advisory Board spent almost three years looking at the 2016 Plan. They included installations for splash pads, Heisman Trophy Winners, Wayfinding, street names, and others, and they talked about working with other boards for art installations. She said development had slowed over the last three years, but now development is starting to occur on the Pierce, Trader Joe's, and other areas. She said she thought it was the same assignment and if they are redoing the Plan in September, it is kind of busy work, because it all is going to be changed. Vice Chair Isabella asked if the Plan recommendations can be reviewed. M. Radigan said if the Board has recommendations, the Board Members should let her know, and they can take it back to the Board to review. Chair Troyanowski thought they could narrow down placemaking and rework the old plan. Ms. Lopresto said the presentation was made by Courtlandt McQuire and it had a lot of good ideas. She emphasized the PowerPoint was 25 minutes long, and they looked at every district in depth. She said she has not seen anything implemented since then. Ms. Radigan suggested they put this on next agenda under Old Business and staff will send an email to the Board with the recommendations and the link to the video of Mr. McQuire making his presentation. She stated after, they can discuss if there is any additional work to do. She said once they update the Plan, the Board will look at it again and if there are items they can build on, it will be a shorter assignment. Chair Troyanowski said it is worth bringing up, because the more attention they can get for the items they want to see, the more helpful it would be. Mr. Feldman inquired if marketing was being done and asked what they could do to help. 3 Meeting Minutes CRA Advisory Board Boynton Beach, Florida June 17, 2026 Vice Chair Isabella agreed they should not reinvent the wheel, and the changes over the last two months were good. He thought they should capitalize on it and he wanted to review the plan. He said he thought they were on the right path and said Vice Chair Turkin also wanted the Board to review the budget. Ms. Radigan said the draft budget is not complete and advised the CRA Board will hear the first draft at their next meeting. She said she did not think it was feasible, timewise, for the Advisory Board to review the budget. Chair Troyanowski said they reviewed the budget last August at their meeting and that it was mailed to the members as soon as it was ready. She said they can prioritize items. Mr. Feldman commented that marketing was very helpful. Vice Chair Isabella agreed the City has an amazing marketing team. He commented that marketing is not what this Board should be doing, although the Board can piggyback off of it. Ms. Radigan also advised that the City has a team to handle in-house marketing and the CRA has marketing specific to the CRA. She said economic development in the City and CRA both have a marketing component, but they target the business community. She said general marketing is more social and lifestyle focused. She pointed out the Marketing Department has a Strategic Marketing Plan under development and the City Economic Development Strategic Plan has a marketing component Ms. Lopresto briefly reviewed the 2025 presentation, which will be emailed to the members. Ms. Radigan commented this is still a live document and placemaking is a micro conversation. She thought they could identify two areas that should be a priority for placemaking and come up with more detailed recommendations. Chair Troyanowski suggested the members brainstorm and see what other cities are doing. Ms. Radigan suggested the Board make sure they recommend types and not be too specific what the art looks like. She said they should be interested in scale, material, architectural components, style, and types. She noted the Art Board is working on the Public Art Master Plan and has specific areas to address. Discussion followed about development. She noted the CRA purchased 14 parcels on Boynton Beach Boulevard By 1-95 and staff is being inundated with interest, but they are prioritizing finishing the block as there are holdouts. She stated after all the property is assembled, they can accept unsolicited proposals or go out to bid. Staff will write the scope of work and conduct a survey to receive public input. n Meeting Minutes CRA Advisory Board Boynton Beach, Florida June 17, 2026 Chair Troyanowski said the members can think about it and review their suggestions next month. Ms. Radigan said they can provide a map of property owned by the CRA and there is always a public comment component She emphasized anything the Board comes up with will be considered. Ms. Tarca asked if the CRA is reaching out to markets throughout the country and if development would incorporate beautification. Ms. Radigan said they work with the Palm Beach Tourism Bureau and Discover the Palm Beaches and they write targeted uses to bring specific businesses to the City. It is part of Economic Development. Chair Troyanowski summarized that members will read the plan, and she requested staff send the members the Beautification Plan to read, think of things that are temporary and permanent for placemaking. She suggested researching other cities and sharing it at the next meeting where they prioritize ideas and narrow them down. Ms. Radigan suggested looking at the Development Portfolio as it is mapped out. There are several guides and also noted the City website needs to be updated to be more user friendly. B. Advisory Board Future Assignments Ms. Radigan said this is a brainstorming session on items the Board thinks need to be studied. She said that a lot of the past focus has developed housing and now there is a shift to focus on commercial attractions, open space and marina districts. She thought. it would be'good to hear more about economic development and commercial components and placemaking and how to attract business. Ms. Kelly said the owner of the Pierce had talked about their grant. She noted WPTV aired an interview with her that was misconstrued and did not capture what she was trying to say. She said they were saying that businesses and employees should not be put out due to redevelopment, but what was not told in the feature was that it was caused by transitioning. She said if a building is knocked down, the transition must be swift and interim parking is needed. She said it's the number one thing to be addressed before it happens. She thought the City Hall parking lot could be used with the Circuit to provide parking/valet type service for businesses impacted by redevelopment. She said her situation had been addressed, but other businesses such as 500 Ocean were having difficulties. Ms. Radigan noted that there is a temporary parking plan and explained that what is being discussed is construction phasing because parking at the end of the project will be fine. She said they would add an agenda item to review the Advisory Board's recommendation, 5 Meeting Minutes CRA Advisory Board Boynton Beach, Florida June 17, 2026 and the CRA Board can either approve it or not address, but she noted temporary parking may be outside the scope of the Board. Ms. Radigan said the Town Square has 400 plus parking spaces, with much of it dedicated for public use. There may be interim solutions they can discuss. Chair Troyanowski reviewed the agenda items and stated the members can brainstorm about future programming initiatives, redevelopment projects, economic development strategies and other opportunities Mr. Feldman suggested the members could elaborate on them at the next meeting. Ms. Kelly said as long as CRA events don't hinder the closing of the streets to allow patrons access to their stores, the events were fine. Ms. Radigan explained CRA events were being phased out. Discussion followed the Residential Improvement Grant program is moving forward, and small grants for businesses was moving forward. Ms. Utterback said the Board could look at the programs already in established and make adjustments. Ms. Radigan advised that the Board recently approved a Business Relocation Grant and the members can think of how to attract certain businesses. She explained the first thing a company looks for when contemplating moving to a new location is parking, and each company has their own parking standards and formulas. Ms. Kelly said she would study treescapes, Ms. Radigan stated visual blight could be signage and underground power is always wanted. Chair Troyanowski will research the above. Mr. Feldman said he would study connecting Congress Avenue into the CRA. Ms. Radigan pointed out some of those areas are not in the CRA area. She suggested he review the Mobility Plan which contains a connectivity plan with different modes of mobility. Ms. Lopresto stated she would look into lighting. Vice Chair Isabella commented would look at visual blight and incorporate businesses and new developments, how it would affect the neighborhood. He noted properties were condemned near Pence Park, and the neighborhood needed to be stabilized. Meeting Minutes CRA Advisory Board Boynton Beach, Florida June 17, 2026 Ms. Radigan commented that CRAs' can help subsidize parks and the CRA was contributing $5M to develop Pence Park. She said the Board could review other parks and potential enhancements and stated she will add Exhibit A, which are CRA funded projects and input would be helpful and she agreed to forward a list of parks within the CRA boundaries. Mr. Feldman asked if the City or CRA has a Visitor Center. Ms. Radigan thought there was one in the City Hall said they had talked about making the Magnuson House a Visitor Center. He asked if a developer could provide free space for a Center. Ms. Radigan said they can negotiate that and they have a NOP office in the Heart of Boynton shops. She mentioned they could do the same thing for a Visitor Center. Chair Troyanowsk said they will come up with an idea for a project they want to work on, as a Board, put a summary together to present to the Board and the CRA Board can say which projects to work on. Ms. Radigan suggested they develop a title, scope of work, and a deliverable. Ms. Kelly said she will focus on the enhancement of the downtown and get into temporary parking. 9. Future Agenda Items 10. Adjournment Motion There being no further business to discuss, Vice Chair Isabella moved to adjourn. Ms. Tarca seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. The meeting was adjourned at 7:35 p.m. 'J-Q'LQ ( I Catherine Cherry Minutes Specialist 7