City of Riviera Beach Traffic Calming

The Merchant Strategy (TMS) was happy to work with our friends at Chen Moore and Associates (CMA) to provide public involvement for a traffic calming meeting on West 13th Street, in the Federal Gardens neighborhood in Riviera Beach. Residents have long raised concerns about truck traffic in the neighborhood. We worked with the team, including Commissioner Lanier’s office to help coordinate a meeting in the project area – on the street in question. Residents attended to listen to a presentation by Suzanne Dombrowski, PE., to ask questions and to provide feedback on 3 possible traffic calming alternatives. Guests voted on their 1st and 2nd choices. Our team built a stakeholder database, created and mailed post cards to notify residents and other stakeholders, developed and placed signage, created collateral materials, staffed the sign in tables and helped guide participants to the seating area.

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Sally Says

by Sally Merchant
Chief of Security

Humans are so weird! Our office windows are shiny and people walking by look at themselves. They adjust their pants, scratch, smile and pick at their teeth. This makes me want to eat them. I lunge at the window, bark my loudest barks and scare the crud out of them. Mostly I do this to entertain my work humans. Ok, mostly I do this to entertain myself. Anyway, none of them will ever even think about breaking to our office. I have learned all about how offices work. I know that when the computer makes noises, all my humans go to the conference room and talk to a screen. Sometimes this is a begging opportunity for me. I know when it's lunch time because Aunt Val comes downstairs. If I follow her to the kitchen, she will slip me at least a taste. She knows how hard I work to keep this place safe. I used to guard the front door more aggressively, but at lunch time, intruders drop off food, so I allow them to come in – just long enough to drop off lunch. Some visitors want to pet me. Usually, I scare them off. Mom’s friend Miss Liz sat on the floor and she is small. I like small ladies best, so I let her pet me. She likes dogs and she gave me some of her bagel, so I was nice. Mom got me a new pad for my office. It’s ok, but it took me a long time to make the old one smell so good. Now she says I’m having another dog spa day, as if this is happy news. They make me smell like a candle. I will shake water everywhere and drool and drag the girls around like last time. Hopefully, I can find something interesting to roll in in my backyard. Our golf course is being fixed up and there are lots of men to bark at. They know not to even think about coming into our yard! They water the grass with pond water. It smells wonderful, so I will hang out by the fence. That way, I can scare the men off and help myself to some good smelling sprinkler water. I actually miss my canine neighbor Max. He is a big Shepard. He is fun to bark at and he gives me the look. I go to town barking at him. His people are back visiting for a while. Maybe Mom will let me pee on their mailbox. He thinks I don’t see him peeing on ours. Max will go crazy when he comes home! Thanks all for now!

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