TO: Mayor and Commissioners
FROM: Commissioner Ryan Boylston
DATE: June 7, 2022
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RESOLUTION NO. 78-22: A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA, ESTABLISHING THE DELRAY BEACH LGBTQIA+ PRIDE INTERSECTION AS A PERMANENT MEMORIAL; DEDICATING THE DELRAY BEACH LGBTQIA+ PRIDE INTERSECTION TO ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE CITY COMMISSION TO PROVIDE EQUAL RIGHTS, BENEFITS, AND PROTECTIONS TO THE CITY’S LGBTQIA+ RESIDENTS; RECOUNTING AND HONORING THE PUBLIC SERVICE OF NICHOLAS COPPOLA; AUTHORIZING THE PLACEMENT OF A PLAQUE AT THE SITE OF THE DELRAY BEACH LGBTQIA+ PRIDE INTERSECTION MEMORIAL; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
SPONSOR: COMMISSIONER RYAN BOYLSTON
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Recommended Action:
Recommendation
Motion to consider and approve Resolution 78-22.
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Background:
This agenda item relates to establishing the City’s Pride Intersection as a permanent memorial. If approved, this resolution would establish the intersection as a permanent memorial thereby giving it a protected status under Florida Law. Florida Statute 806.135 provides that any person who willfully or maliciously destroys a memorial commits a felony of the second degree.