A nonprofit is left wondering why their lease agreement has been stopped with the city of Delay Beach.
BEEN STOPPED WITH THE CITY OFDELAY BEACH.
CITY LEADSERVOTED TO END THE LEASE WITHTHE ORGANIZATION THAT HELPSRUN OLD SCHOOL SQUARE INDOWNTOWN DELRAY.
BUT THEFOUNDER OF THE HISTORIC SITETELLS SOUTH COUNTY REPORTERMIRANDA CHRISTIAN THEY HADO NIDEA THIS WAS COMING.<< 44.00 IF WE HAD A CENTRALPARK IN DELRAY BEACH IT WOULDBE THE CTRENAL PARK FRANCESBOURQUE HELPED CREE ATOLDSCHOOL SQUARE AFTER THE CITYTOOK OVER THE HISTORIC SCHOOLBUILDINGS IN THE 80PAVIION LLHAS BEEN HOME TOPAVIECENTLYAS BEEN HOME TOEVENTS AND CONCERTSTHE SELL-OUT SWS FHOOR JIMMYBUFFET.
TUESDAY NIGHT THE CITYCOMMISSION VOTED 3-2 TO ENDTHE LEASE AGREEMENT WITH THENON-PROFIT THAT RUNS OLDSCHOOL SQUARE AFTER AN AUDITFOUND THEM TO BE NOTCOMPLIANT.
51.45 FRANK WELYWERE BLINDSIDED BOURQUE SAYSTHEY WERE AWARE THEY NEEDED TOSUBMIT DOCUMENTS TTHEOCITY&AND HAVE BEEN WKIORNGWITH CITY STAFF FOR THE STLAMONTH TO DO THAT.
49.53 WEIMMEDIATELY TRIED TO BECOMECOMPLIANT SHE SAYS SHE HAS NOIDEA THE COMMISSION WAS TO THEPOINT WHERE THEY WOULDND ETHEIR DECADES-LONG PARTNERSHIP54.21 I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOWWE GOT FROM A TO Z WITH NENOOF THE LETTERS IN BETWEEN 1.07LATELY IT APARS PETHEREQUIREMENTS ON THEIR PARTWERE NOT BEINGET MCOMMISSIONER SHIRLY JOHNSONWAS THE ONE TO MAKE THE MOONTITO TERNAMITE THE LEASE.
SHESAYS AFTER LEARNING ABOUT OLDSCHOOL SQUARE NOT TURNING INRECENT AUDIT REPORTS ANDRENOVATIONS THAT HAVE STARDTEON SECTIONS OF THE PROPERTYWITHT OUCITY APPROVAL&SHE LTFEIT WAS TIME TO MOVE ON.
2.11IT DIDNT JUST STT ARYESTERY,DAIT HAS BEEN A PATTERN FOR AFEW YEARS NOW BOURQUE SAYSTHEY HAVE COMPLIED WITH THEIRLEASE&AND EVEN SPOKE WITH THECITY ATTORNEY CHANGES COULD BEMADE.
BUT THE CITY COMMISSIONSVOTE WILL GIVE WRITTEN NOTICETO THE NON-PROFIT THEIR LEEASWILL BE OVER IN AT LEAST 180DAYS.
49.24 I HOPE I WAKE UPTOMORR AOWND THIS WILL BAEBAD DREAM IN DELRAY BEACHMIRANDA CHRISTIAN TVWPNEWSCHANNEL 5.
Dozens of people showed up to a city commission in Delray Beach on Tuesday to protest a decision made by city leaders last week.