The Delray Beach City Commission cancelled its vote to revoke Subculture Coffee’s in-lieu parking agreement ahead of this week’s city commission meeting.
Cancellation of the parking agreement was considered over in-lieu parking fees owed by Subculture to the City. Per Subculture’s in-lieu parking agreement, it would pay the City so that it could operate with eight onsite parking spaces instead of the mandated 13. The fees were paid ahead of Tuesday’s City Commission meeting.
With the fees paid, there’s no legal vector for the City to take corrective action against Subculture, whose business neighbors have complained of having their parking spaces taken by customers of the coffee shop.
“It’s a big nightmare daily for me and my staff,” said Albert Richwagen, owner of the nearby Richwagen’s Bike & Sport, during Tuesday’s meeting. “When their parking area does not work, their clients now back into my parking spaces … I thought we lived in a city that follows their own rules and regulations, I guess those rules don’t apply to everyone.”
Rodney Mayo, owner of Subculture Coffee, took to social media to celebrate the cancellation of the vote.
“I truly hope this marks the end of what has been an exhausting and unnecessary attack on a small local business—a business that causes no nuisance whatsoever and simply provides a safe, welcoming space for artists, students, workers, neighbors, musicians, poets, chess players, and, of course, coffee lovers,” Mayo wrote on Facebook.
Boca Raton chooses consultant for downtown campus redesign
Boca Raton has chosen an outside consultant who will be tasked with the creation of a new master plan for the 17 acres of City-owned land within its downtown campus that includes Memorial Park and City Hall.
The Fort Lauderdale-based Chen Moore and Associates (CMA) was unanimously approved as the consultant that will develop a new plan for the downtown campus area after voters rejected the proposed redevelopment on the March 2026 ballot.
CMA’s expertise includes providing “site planning and landscape architecture services” for the City of Doral’s Doral Glades Park, landscape architecture for West Palm Beach’s Currie Park, consulting for Lake Worth Beach’s downtown redevelopment, and more, per the company’s website.
The City will now enter negotiations with CMA. If a contract is approved by a council majority, CMA will spend the following six months gathering community feedback that it will use to formulate its master plan.
We’ll have more as the process continues.
Delray City Manager Terrence Moore gets evaluation, raise
Delray Beach city commissioners approved a 3.3 percent raise for City Manager Terrence Moore this week, commensurate with a 3.3 out of 5 rating for his annual evaluation—the same as last year’s score.
Commissioner Juli Casale once again gave Moore the lowest score, 2.68, which is still higher than the 2 she gave him last year. In her evaluation she praised his accessibility while criticizing “how he allocates his time,” saying “I would like him to focus more on longterm planning and priorities.”
Carney gave him the next lowest score, 2.8. Like Casale, Carney praised his accessibility, but gave scores of 2 (improvement needed) in the categories of leadership and budgeting. Commissioner Judy Mollica gave Moore the highest overall score out of the commission, a 4 out of 5. She also gave him seven “Outstandings,” the most of any commissioner, in the categories of budgeting, responsiveness, financial reporting, leadership, relationship with commission, access, and job knowledge.
Ahead of the evaluation, Moore touted his accomplishments in the past year in his weekly city commission information letter. These include progress on major projects like the Pompey Park and Delray Beach Municipal Golf Course renovations, breaking ground on the city’s new water treatment plant facility, improvements to lighting at the Delray Beach Tennis Center, and more.
Nick Coppola to run again for Delray Beach City Commission
Nick Coppola, who ran unsuccessfully against Commissioner Casale in 2024, will make another run for Casale’s Seat 3 in the March 2027 election.
Coppola ran a close campaign against Casale in 2024, taking 37 percent of the vote to Casale’s 42 percent. As of writing, Casale has not filed to run for re-election.
A Delray resident for more than 10 years, Coppola spent more than 35 years in electrical construction. His background informs his focus on major infrastructure and construction projects in the city, singling out the police headquarters, Pompey Park, and the water plant, in a press statement.
“Delray Beach has major decisions in front of us, but residents are tired of dysfunction and promises without results,” said Coppola in a statement. “We need to streamline permitting, manage development and traffic responsibly, protect the character of our neighborhoods, and move long-delayed projects forward. And when the city signs a contract, someone needs to check the work and make sure we got what we paid for. That was my job for thirty-five years.”
Coppola’s background also includes serving on the Delray Beach Site Plan Review and Appearance Board, the Palm Beach County Human Rights Council Board, and the Voters Alliance. He has previously held leadership roles with the Delray Beach Code Enforcement Board, Compass Community Center, Pines of Delray, and Impact 100 of Palm Beach County.
Drucker’s PBC Clerk of Court and Comptroller campaign
Boca Raton City Councilmember Yvette Drucker is one of two candidates running for Palm Beach County Clerk of Court and Comptroller, though for all intents and purposes, she’s running unopposed.
That’s because current Palm Beach County Clerk of Court and Comptroller Michael Caruso, who is running for re-election against Drucker, was arrested this week on child sexual abuse charges—allegations which he has denied. Caruso was immediately suspended by Gov. Ron DeSantis.
Until Caruso is convicted, however, he is legally eligible to run for office. The Republican party will likely demand he drop out of the race, at which point the party will have until Aug. 27 to select his replacement.
Singer wins primary
Former Boca Raton Mayor Scott Singer has won the Republican primary election for the newly redrawn 25th District.
Singer has been positioning himself of an ally of both U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and President Donald Trump in recent campaign ads. Trump did not make an endorsement for that race.
Singer will now face off against U.S. Rep. Jared Moskowitz in November. Moskowitz won his primary against Democratic Socialists of America-endorsed candidate Oliver Larkin. Singer has raised more than $2.2 million during his campaign compared to Moskowitz’s nearly $3 million.
