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Government

Update from Boca Raton Mayor

Scott Singer: Storm Warning!

Scott Singer and his wife are County has limited shelters for people with special needs hotline where we answer questions throughout a storm.
members of Broken Sound Club. and pets, and they require you to register ahead of time, so We at the City work hard to reach you on many different
In this month’s Message from the consider doing so now. We don’t want anyone to worry about platforms so you can make informed decisions to better protect
Mayor, we highlight some efforts where to go as a storm heads this way. your home, your business, and your family. Please prepare now
you should take now to prepare Please bear in mind that not everyone has to evacuate. If and stay connected.
for Hurricane Season. Yes, we’re you’re not in an evacuation zone and your home has shutters Summer in the City Update: Downtown Boca’s series
probably all a little fatigued thinking or impact glass, a generator, and supplies, you’re in good of free concerts and events has started off strong and is in
about storms, but planning now could shape and you might be able to host friends and family. Two full swing. On Friday and Sunday evenings through August,
save you much anguish and worry years ago, we saw millions of people trying to flee across the Mizner Park Amphitheater will host concerts, movies, and
later on. June also saw the start of free series of Summer in state. That’s not necessary, as the primary point is to avoid other free events. Our popular series of tribute band concerts
the City events, detailed below. low-lying and coastal areas. has returned with the music of Jimmy Buffett, Chicago, and
Hurricane Season: June marks the official start of In June, the City also repeated its successful Clean & Cut 50th anniversary tribute to the legendary Woodstock festival.
Hurricane Season, and now is the best time possible to make program, where our sanitation trucks had extra pickups of We’ve added concert band performances from the Symphonia
sure you are prepared and have a plan in place. It’s easy to think bulk and vegetative materials. A few years ago, a lot of people and FAU Concert band, an airing of the hit film Bohemian
there’s time to prepare later, but waiting to get prepared and buy decided to clean out their garages and trim trees with a storm Rhapsody with audience sing-along, a boardwalk-themed game
supplies until a storm is upon us is likely only to cause more less than a day away. Again, this year, many residents took night, and yoga under the stars. All of the details are available
stress and wasted time from long lines waiting for emptying advantage of the bulk pickups to trim their trees and get rid at MiznerAmp.com. While downtown, please make sure to
shelves at Publix. For now, here are some helpful tips. of extra bulk items early. It’s not too late to do so now. But check out the Boca Museum of Art and enjoy the summer
First, the city’s website, MyBoca.us, and many other sites when a storm warning has been issued, please don’t start restaurant specials at Mizner!
have lists of supplies to prepare. That canned food you bought adding to the debris that could fly around in heavy winds Staying Connected: The summer doesn’t slow down in
10 years ago isn’t going to cut it, and do you really want to be and cause great harm. the City of Boca Raton. As I write this, I’m preparing for my
scrounging for bottled water the day before the storm? Please The City of Boca Raton has many ways to stay connected latest town hall meeting, which will be after this issue of Boca
stock up now. Canned goods, medications, and bottled water before, during, and after a storm. You can find them all Club News goes to print. Future town halls will be forthcoming.
are always free from sales tax. now on the city’s website, MyBoca.us. We provide updates In the meantime, you can stay in touch with me on Facebook,
Now is a great time to test your generators and shutters to on Facebook, Twitter and Nextdoor. You can receive Instagram, and Twitter at @ScottSingerUSA for more details
make sure they’re working and you have all the parts. Please emergency alerts, phone calls, and texts from two systems: on future town halls and my regular Minute with the Mayor
plan to have what you’ll need if power is out for a week or Nixle and Code Red. To do so, you have to sign up or we updates on city news, events, and policy discussions. Of
longer. Also, make sure to organize your important papers, can’t reach you, so please do so today at MyBoca.us. We course, I’d love to hear from you anytime, so please feel free
including your insurance policies. As we learned two years also have an AM radio station, 1650 AM, so you’ll want to email me at ssinger@myboca.us. Your opinions matter to
ago, please make an evacuation plan now, especially if you to keep a battery-powered radio handy in case a hurricane me. Thanks, and enjoy a safe and fun summer!
live on the barrier island or low-lying areas. Palm Beach knocks out all other channels. The City also operates a
From the Desk of Palm Beach County

Commissioner Robert S. Weinroth: Palm Beach

International Airport--Update from Behind the Scenes

Robert Weinroth, a former member PBIA has nonstop service to 30 markets, and at peak installed, and Concourse C will be undergoing the same
of the Boca Raton City Council, was season operates over 100 daily nonstop departures. It’s no improvements this summer.
elected as a Palm Beach County surprise that the New York metropolitan area offers the Over the years, the airport has purchased surrounding
Commissioner to replace Steven greatest number of flights to and from PBIA, with 42 flights properties, providing opportunities for increased revenue
Abrams, who retired due to term limits daily during the winter and 25 flights daily in the summer. from leases with new businesses such as the travel plaza/cell
requirements. The airport has earned many awards over the past 30 years, phone waiting lot which includes a convenience store, gas
My staff and I recently visited with including being named among the top ten Best Domestic station and car wash, Drive Shack (due to open late 2019), a
the executive team at Palm Beach Airports in 2017 by Travel + Leisure Magazine! The 2017 Toyota dealership, and Home2 Suites by Hilton. Revenues
County International Airport (PBIA) awards included ranking fifth Best Medium Airport in from non-airline development help to ensure low airline
that includes Homeland Security and Palm Beach County the 2017 J.D. Power North American Airport Satisfaction costs and contribute to the on-going revenue stream for the
Sheriff’s Office (PBSO) deputies. It was an educational Study and best U.S. airport for overall wait times at TSA operation and maintenance of the County’s airports, including
behind-the-scenes tour of our award-winning airport. checkpoints. Lantana, North County and Glades.
PBIA operates as an enterprise fund (no taxpayer dollars) If you have traveled through PBIA lately, you probably One of the highlights of our tour included a demonstration
and has a $7 billion impact on our local economy. Operations have noticed the terminals are in the process of being with PBSO K-9 Baro, who is trained to detect drugs and
are funded by user fees generated by the airlines, businesses modernized to make them more user friendly and convenient. explosives in luggage, cargo and mail travelling through the
and passengers. Major improvement and construction The majority of the public restrooms were recently renovated. airport.
projects are funded by a combination of grants, passenger The baggage claim level has new flooring, lighting and PBIA Cell Phone Waiting Lot. Just a reminder that we
facility charges, revenue bonds and airport revenue. In 2018, ceilings. The ticketing level is currently under construction have a cell phone waiting lot in the plaza at the corner of
over six million passengers travelled through the airport, a and is being updated. Additionally, new seating with Florida Mango and Belvedere Road. The plaza features 85
four percent increase from the previous year. integrated charging stations on Concourse B were recently parking spaces, free wireless internet service, free electric
charge stations, and a flight information display screen inside
Sunrise Transportation & Home Services Mobil gas station.
the 7-Eleven. There is also a Dunkin Donuts, car wash and a

Combating Criminal Robo and Spoof Calls. In response
to the growing number of complaints from residents, I
Need To Go recently initiated a resolution which was unanimously passed
Somewhere But Servicing by the Board of County Commissioners urging the United
States Congress to enact the Telephone Robocall Abuse
No Way to Get South Criminal Enforcement and Deterrence Act (TRACED). Our
There… Don’t Florida residents are being inundated by these illegal calls, which
are not only a nuisance but are often dangerous scams by
Since 1977
Worry, We’ll Take telemarketers using tactics designed to defraud and deceive.
The TRACED Act will enable the telecom industry,
Care Of That! federal regulators and the Attorney General’s office to abate
illegal and unwanted robocalls. The legislation will reduce the
▪ Airport ▪ Sea Port number of illegal robocalls and fight spoofing (the practice
▪ Hospitals ▪ Doctors Appointment Available for Fort of using technology to disguise the caller’s phone number).
▪ Salon ▪ Grocery Store Lauderdale, Miami, In 2017, consumers reported losses in excess of $240
and Palm Beach million as a result of frauds perpetuated by telemarketers.
Bruce Lipkint Air & Sea Ports In 2018, the estimated number of illegal robocalls increased
by 40 percent and reached over 48 billion people.
Please Call Or Email For Rates & Appointments Hospitals Such As The bill passed in the Senate in May and will go to the
954-798-2033 OR 954-741-3616 Cleveland Clinic House of Representatives for consideration. Please feel free
Jetsmen01@aol.com
Commissioner Robert S. Weinroth on page 8