mike simon - News - The Coastal Star2024-03-29T05:41:16Zhttps://thecoastalstar.com/profiles/blogs/feed/tag/mike+simonBoynton Beach: Simon gets more time to show his worth to CRAhttps://thecoastalstar.com/profiles/blogs/boynton-beach-simon-gets-more-time-to-show-his-worth-to-cra2017-01-04T17:08:29.000Z2017-01-04T17:08:29.000ZThe Coastal Starhttps://thecoastalstar.com/members/TheCoastalStar<div><p><strong>By Jane Smith</strong><br /> <br /> After listening for nearly an hour to pitches by three executive search firms, Boynton Beach’s Community Redevelopment Agency board members decided to give their interim director six more months to prove he can do the executive director’s job.<br /> “Mike Simon has been running the show for two months and shown he can handle it,” said City Commissioner/CRA board member Justin Katz. “It’s only fair we give him a shot at it.”<br /> In that time, the CRA has hosted signature events the Pirate Fest and Holiday Parade and teamed with the city of Delray Beach to host the Holiday Boat Parade. <br /> In six months, the CRA will evaluate Simon’s work, board members agreed at their December meeting. If not, they will select a search firm to find an executive director. <br /> Simon took over Oct. 1 for Vivian Brooks, whose contract was not renewed by the board. Her salary was $130,961, plus a $3,000 car allowance. Simon’s salary is $125,000, plus a $250 monthly car allowance.<br /> Simon started with the agency in 2007 as development manager and was promoted in 2014 to assistant director. He has 20 years of private, municipal and CRA redevelopment experience. <br /> His background includes positions as the program specialist/administrator and community development division coordinator for Delray Beach and development manager at the Delray Beach CRA.</p></div>Boynton Beach: Marina project set for last phase, CRA toldhttps://thecoastalstar.com/profiles/blogs/boynton-beach-marina-project-set-for-last-phase-cra-told2016-05-04T16:00:00.000Z2016-05-04T16:00:00.000ZThe Coastal Starhttps://thecoastalstar.com/members/TheCoastalStar<div><p style="text-align:center;"><strong><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}7960655882,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img width="750" class="align-center" src="{{#staticFileLink}}7960655882,original{{/staticFileLink}}" alt="7960655882?profile=original" /></a></strong><em>A walking path, seat wall and landscaping will be installed where the old dive shop building was razed in the Boynton Harbor Marina. <strong>Rendering courtesy of Boynton Beach CRA.</strong></em></p>
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<p><strong>By Jane Smith</strong><br /> <br /> The last phase of the Boynton Harbor Marina will start in July.<br /> Mike Simon, assistant director of the city’s Community Redevelopment Agency, gave that update in April to his new board. Three were just elected as commissioners who also sit as CRA board members. <br /> Simon provided a visual tour of the marina’s progress to date. The slip reconstruction project, tower entry feature and the harbor master building were completed.<br /> He called the final part the Waterfront Open Phase. The old dive shop building was demolished last year and will be replaced with a shaded park for the public with a walking path and seating, roadway realignment, extra parking spaces and other features.<br /> The roadway maintenance will be part of this phase, estimated to cost at least $1.4 million. <br /> “No breach was found in the sea wall. That’s good news,” Simon told the board. “Not having to redesign and rebuild the exfiltration trench (storm water drainage system) is even better news. The project is essentially a maintenance issue, not a complete rebuild of the road.”<br /> Shenandoah Construction vacuumed the trench to remove soils and water, and then did a video scan of the pipes, Simon wrote in the backup provided to the CRA board. No breaks or cracks in drainage pipes were found. Shenandoah will be paid $5,000 for that December work.<br /> Rosso Site Development Inc. did the exploratory roadway trenching in January to provide data on the existing conditions behind the seawall and the subsurface areas around the storm water inlets and the marina boardwalk. Rosso will be paid $4,950 for this work.<br /> The CRA’s engineering consultant used that research data to enhance the design of the vertical support systems of the new boardwalk and seat wall, as well as the roadway project. Revised construction plans were submitted in early April. <br /> Simon hopes to put a bid on the street soon so that the board can select a contractor in June or July. <br /> Construction will take 180 days to complete.</p></div>