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I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER WHERE YOU ALL PLEASE RISE AND JOIN IN THE
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PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
WELL, THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL MAYOR LITT HERE, VICE MAYOR REED ERIC, COUNCIL MEMBER, WOULD YOUR MAN, COUNCIL MEMBER, MARCIANO YOUR COUNCIL MEMBER TINSLEY HERE.
ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONS, DELETIONS OR MODIFICATIONS THIS EVENING? NO, MA'AM. I WOULD LIKE TO CALL ALAN OWEN'S FINANCE ADMINISTRATOR TO THE PODIUM FOR A
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PRESENTATION, PLEASE.MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, AGAIN, ALAN EVANS, FINANCE ADMINISTRATOR, AND WE'RE PLEASED TO BE ABLE TO PRESENT THE FISCAL YEAR 2020 COMPREHENSIVE ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT TO THE COUNCIL. A COPY OF THAT REPORT WAS MAILED DIRECTLY BY OUR AUDITORS, MARCUM LLP, TO THE COUNCIL A WEEK AGO PER THEIR REQUIRED STANDARDS FOR COMMUNICATION, FOR COMMUNICATION, COMMUNICATING WITH COUNCIL.
AND THEY WILL BE UP IN A SECOND TO MAKE THEIR PRESENTATION.
BUT I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY A COUPLE OF THINGS.
THIS REPORT HAS BECOME INCREASINGLY COMPLEX OVER THE YEARS, AS EVIDENCED BY THIS YEAR'S REPORT, WHICH IS OVER 200 PAGES, I BELIEVE, WHICH IS QUITE A BIT MORE THAN WHEN I STARTED DOING AUDITS FOR MUNICIPALITIES.
THE TYPICAL REPORT MIGHT HAVE BEEN 30 OR 35 PAGES FOR THE AUDIT REPORT.
AND AGAIN, DUE TO NEW STANDARDS EVERY YEAR, IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S BECOME MORE AND MORE COMPLEX AND AND VOLUMINOUS.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A SECOND JUST TO THANK OUR DEPUTY FINANCE ADMINISTRATOR, SEAN O'BRIEN, FOR HIS WORK AND ACTUALLY PUTTING THE SCHEDULES AND NOTES EVERYTHING TOGETHER THAT GOES INTO THIS 200 PAGE DOCUMENT AND CORNTHWAITE COORDINATING ALL THE WORK WITH OUR AUDITORS, MARCUM LLP.
SO AGAIN, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO RECOGNIZE SEAN AND AND THANK HIM FOR EVERYTHING THAT HE DOES. AND I THINK HE'S OUT HERE SOMEWHERE.
SO THANK YOU, SEAN. WITH THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE TAMI GOLD STRICH.
SHE'S A DIRECTOR WITH MARCIE LLP AND SHE'LL BE HERE IN A SECOND AND GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF THE RESULTS OF THE AUDIT REPORT.
HELLO. HELLO, MY NAME IS TAMMY GOLDSTRIKE, I'M WITH MARCOM, I'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS AUDIT FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS.
I THINK IT IS I'M HERE JUST TO PRESENT THE SOME HIGHLIGHTS OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND TO GO OVER A FEW OF THE COMPONENTS OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS TODAY.
IF WE TURN TO THAT, THE REPORT STARTS OUT ON THE LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL ROMAN NUMERAL ONE.
THIS IS FROM THE CITY MANAGER AND THE FINANCE ADMINISTRATOR.
PUT THAT TOGETHER ON PAGE NINE.
THIS IS A REPORT FROM THE CERTIFICATE OF ACHIEVEMENT THAT GIOVANNA.
WE STARTED THIS PROGRAM A FEW YEARS AGO TO ENCOURAGE TRANSPARENCY AND FULL DISCLOSURE IN THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
AND IN TWENTY NINETEEN, THE CITY WAS RECOGNIZED WITH THIS AWARD BECAUSE IT ACHIEVED THAT GOAL AND PROVIDED USERS WITH APPROPRIATE FINANCIAL INFORMATION.
AND SO WE HOPE THAT 2020 WOULD BE THE SAME.
AND I WOULD BELIEVE THAT WE WOULD GET ANOTHER CERTIFICATE FOR TWENTY TWENTY.
ON PAGE ONE STARTS THE INDEPENDENT AUDITORS REPORT FROM MARCOM JUST TO HIGHLIGHT A FEW OF THE TERMINOLOGY.
WE AUDITED THE GOVERNMENTAL ACTIVITIES, EACH MAJOR FUND AND THE AGGREGATE REMAINING FUND INFORMATION OF THE CITY AS OF AND FOR THE FISCAL YEAR, SEPTEMBER 30TH.
TWENTY TWENTY MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PREPARATION AND FAIR PRESENTATION OF THESE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES.
OUR RESPONSIBILITIES AUDITORS IS TO EXPRESS OPINION ON THE FINANCIAL STATE BASED ON OUR AUDIT. WE DID NOT AUDIT THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF THE POLICE OR THE FIRE PENSION AND THOSE WERE AUDITED BY OTHER AUDITORS AND THEY PROVIDED THEIR REPORTS TO US.
WE CONDUCTED OUR AUDIT IN ACCORDANCE WITH GENERALLY ACCEPTED AUDITING STANDARDS AND STANDARDS OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS CONTAINED WITH GOVERNMENT AUDITING STANDARDS.
THOSE STANDARDS REQUIRE THAT WE PLAN AND OBTAIN REASONABLE ASSURANCE ABOUT WHETHER THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE FREE FROM MATERIAL MISSTATEMENT.
AND IN OUR OPINION, ON PAGE TWO, THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS PRESENT FAIRLY IN ALL MATERIAL RESPECTS THE FINANCIAL POSITION OF THE GOVERNMENTAL ACTIVITIES.
EACH MAJOR FUND AND THE AGGREGATE MEAN REMAINING FUND INFORMATION INCLUDED IN THIS DOCUMENT, AS WELL AS THE REQUIRED SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION, WHICH IS THE MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS, BUDGETARY COMPARISON, OPAP AND PENSION INFORMATION.
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AND THAT INFORMATION, ALTHOUGH NOT PART OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, IT'S STILL CONSIDERED ESSENTIAL AND REQUIRED.SO WE APPLIED CERTAIN LIMITED PROCEDURES TO THAT SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
SO THERE'S OTHER SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION WHICH INCLUDES THE COMBINING AN INDIVIDUAL FUND INFORMATION WHICH IS PRESENTED JUST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
AND THAT WAS NOT SUBJECT TO OUR ORDER PROCEDURES.
BUT IN OUR OPINION, WE BELIEVE THAT THE COMBINED AND INDIVIDUAL FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE FAIRLY PRESENTED IN ALL MATERIAL RESPECTS IN RELATION TO THE BASIC FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AS A WHOLE. MOVING ON TO MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS, IT'S PRESENTED ON PAGES FOUR THROUGH 17.
IT'S A GOOD SUMMARY OF THE CURRENT YEAR HIGHLIGHTS, AS WELL AS A COMPARISON TO THE PRIOR YEAR BALANCES AND ACTIVITIES.
STARTING ON PAGE EIGHTEEN ARE THE ACTUAL NUMBERS OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
THE STATEMENT OF NET POSITION CAN BE FOUND, WHICH IS USING FULL ACCRUAL AND IT BRINGS ALL THE ASSETS AND LIABILITIES OF THE CITY ON THE BOOKS AS OF YEAR END.
AND YOU CAN SEE THE TOTAL ASSETS IS ABOUT TWO HUNDRED AND THIRTY FOUR MILLION, WHILE THE TOTAL LIABILITIES IS ABOUT ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY TWO MILLION.
THE STATEMENT OF ACTIVITIES IS ON PAGE NINETEEN, WHICH RECOGNIZES REVENUE WHEN EARNED AND EXPENSES WHEN INCURRED.
REGARDLESS OF THE TIMING OF THE CASH FLOWS.
ON PAGE TWENTY IS THE BALANCE SHEET OF THE GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS.
USING THE MODIFIED ACCRUAL BASIS, THE CITY HAS TWO MAJOR FUNDS THE GENERAL FUND, WHICH IS ALWAYS A MAJOR FUND, AND THE ONE CENT SALES TAX CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUND.
AND THEN THERE'S A COLUMN THAT'S ALL OTHER GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS, WHICH INCLUDES EVERY ALL THE OTHER FUNDS AND THE DETAIL YOU CAN SEE STARTING ON PAGE ONE TEN, WHICH IS IN THE SUPPLEMENTARY COMBINING STATEMENTS ON PAGE TWENTY TWO, YOU CAN SEE THE REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES AND CHANGES IN FUND BALANCE.
THE NET CHANGE IN THE CURRENT YEAR WAS A DECREASE OF ABOUT THREE POINT FOUR MILLION, WHICH WAS PRIMARILY DUE TO THE LARGE AMOUNT OF CAPITAL OUTLAY SPENT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND IMPROVEMENTS DONE BY THE CITY IN THE CURRENT YEAR.
PAGE TWENTY FOUR IS THE STATEMENT OF NET POSITION OF THE PREPARATORY FUNDS, WHICH ARE THE INTERNAL SERVICE FUNDS THE CITY HAS, THE FLEET MAINTENANCE AND THE SELF-INSURANCE, WHICH YOU CAN SEE THE BREAKDOWN STARTING ON PAGE ONE.
TWENTY SEVEN OF THIS REPORT AND ONE OF THE LAST REPORTS IS THE STATEMENT OF FIDUCIARY POSITION ON PAGE 27, WHICH INCLUDES ALL THREE OF THE PENSIONS COMBINED, THE GENERAL EMPLOYEES, THE POLICE AND FIRE PENSIONS.
AND THE BREAKDOWN OF THOSE CAN BE FOUND ON PAGE 130, ON PAGE 28.
YOU CAN SEE THAT THE CHANGE OF THE FIDUCIARY FUNDS, ALL THE PENSION FUNDS IN 2020 WAS AN INCREASE OF ABOUT 10 MILLION DOLLARS.
AND THAT'S DUE TO FAVORABLE RETURNS ON INVESTMENTS REALIZED IN THE CURRENT YEAR PAGES, 29 THROUGH 93. WHAT ALLEN WAS REFERRING TO, THE VOLUMINOUS NOTES NOW THAT GO INTO DETAIL OF ALL THE ACCOUNT BALANCES AND ACCOUNTING POLICIES ADOPTED BY THE CITY.
AND THAT'S FOLLOWED BY THE REQUIRED SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION, THE SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION, BUDGETARY COMPARISON SCHEDULES, AND ALSO THE STATISTICAL INFORMATION IS INCLUDED IN THE REPORT AS WELL.
MOVING ON TO THE BACKS SCHEDULES ON PAGE 158 STARTS ARE ADDITIONAL REPORTS ON THAT WERE PART OF OUR AUDIT. THE FIRST ONES, THE REPORT ON INTERNAL CONTROL OVER FINANCIAL REPORTING AND COMPLIANCE WITH OTHER MATTERS.
WE CONSIDERED THE CITY'S INTERNAL CONTROL OVER FINANCIAL REPORTING AS A BASIS FOR DESIGNING THE AUDIT AND FOR EXPRESSING AN OPINION, BUT NOT FOR THE PURPOSE OF EXPRESSING AN OPINION ON THE EFFECTIVENESS OF INTERNAL CONTROLS.
SO WE DON'T EXPRESS AN OPINION ON THE EFFECTIVENESS, BUT WE IN OUR PROCESS, WE DIDN'T IDENTIFY ANY DEFICIENCIES IN INTERNAL CONTROL OR MATERIAL WEAKNESSES.
WE ALSO PERFORM TESTS OF COMPLIANCE WITH CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF LAWS AND REGULATIONS, AND THE RESULTS OF OUR TESTS DISCLOSED NO INSTANCES OF NONCOMPLIANCE OR OTHER MATTERS TO BE REPORTED ON PAGE ONE 60 IS THE REPORT ON COMPLIANCE WITH FEDERAL PROGRAMS AND INTERNAL CONTROL. THIS IS THE SINGLE AUDIT THE CITY HASN'T HAD ONE OR HASN'T BEEN REQUIRED TO COMPLY WITH A SINGLE AUDIT FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS.
IT'S ONLY IF OVER A SEVEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS WOULD HAVE BEEN EXPENDED IN
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ONE YEAR. SO THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR IN A WHILE AND IT'S PRIMARILY DUE TO THE APPROVAL OF SOME FEMA FUNDING, REALLY HURRICANE IRMA.AND SO AS PART OF OUR PROCESS, WE HAD AN OPINION ON THE COMPLIANCE OF THE FEDERAL PROGRAMS AND IN OUR OPINION, THE COMPLIANCE REQUIREMENTS THAT HAVE A DIRECT MATERIAL EFFECT THAT THE CITY COMPLIED WITH ALL COMPLIANCE REQUIREMENTS.
THERE WAS NO FINDINGS IN THE FINANCIAL STATEMENT AUDIT, NOR ON THE SINGLE AUDIT.
AND THAT IS IT WITH THE REPORT, IN ADDITION TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS WE ALSO WERE PROVIDED, PROVIDED YOU ARE IN OUR COMMUNICATIONS WITH THOSE CHARGED WITH GOVERNANCE, A SEPARATE LETTER JUST TO GO OVER A FEW OF THE HIGHLIGHTS, WE DID NOT ENCOUNTER ANY DIFFICULTIES WITH MANAGEMENT AND PERFORMING OUR AUDIT.
WE HAD NO CORRECTED OR UNCORRECTED FINDINGS AS A RESULT OF OUR AUDIT PROCEDURES.
THERE WAS NO DISAGREEMENTS WITH MANAGEMENT.
I DO THINK ALAN AND SEAN AND THEIR TEAM, THEY DO A GREAT JOB IN PUTTING THIS DOCUMENT TOGETHER AND HELPING US WITH A SMOOTH AUDIT PROCESS THIS YEAR.
AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO CALL NATALIE CROWLEY AND TODD ENGEL FOR A PRESENTATION, PLEASE, MADAM MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, IF I MAY JUST WANT A PRELUDE TO THE PRESENTATION.
ON THIS PAST MONDAY AT THREE, WE HAD A COMMUNITY MEETING WITH OUR NEIGHBORS AT OSPREY ISLES, KHATUN OAKS, BAY HILL, ANCIENT TREE AND IBIS, EVEN TO DISCUSS THE PROGRESS THAT THE CITY HAS MADE OR THE ATTEMPTS TO MAKE PROGRESS.
AND IN TRYING TO WARRANT A TRAFFIC SIGNAL AT NORTHLAKE BAY HILL DRIVE, SANDHILL CRANE BOULEVARD. YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN ATTEMPTING TO DO THIS FOR ABOUT THREE YEARS NOW, IF NOT LONGER. AND OUR INTENT WAS TO INFORM THE RESIDENTS IN THAT AREA OF OUR EFFORTS AND WHERE WE WERE AT TODAY, STAFF, AS CERTAINLY AS WELL AS THIS COUNCIL WHO'S DIRECTING US TO ATTEMPT TO GET THIS TRAFFIC SIGNALS MORE.
YOU KNOW, OUR PRIMARY MOTIVE IS THE SAFETY NOT ONLY OF OUR RESIDENTS, BUT ALL WHO TRAVEL ON NORTHLAKE, WHICH IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN ON NORTHLAKE, YOU KNOW HOW DANGEROUS IT IS.
SO WE CONTINUE OUR EFFORTS TO TRY TO OBTAIN PERMISSION TO PUT THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL IN.
AND TODAY TONIGHT, WE'D LIKE TO SHARE THAT PRESENTATION THAT WE MADE.
WE HAVE INFORMATION FOR YOU AT YOUR DEICE THAT WE HANDED OUT.
AND AFTER THIS, THAT UNDER CITY MANAGER REPORT, IF YOU'LL GIVE ME A FEW MOMENTS, WE'LL DISCUSS IT EVEN FURTHER.
BUT AS FAR AS A PRESENTATION, I'D LIKE TO TO DO THAT NOW.
THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, MADAME MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.
I'M THE DIRECTOR OF PLANNING AND ZONING AND AND I'M VERY PLEASED TO BE HERE THIS EVENING WITH TODD ÀNGEL, OUR CITY ENGINEER IN THE AUDIENCE AS WELL.
WE HAVE ANDREA TRAUTMANN FROM PINDA TRAUTMANN CONSULTING, WHO'S BEEN DILIGENTLY WORKING ON OBTAINING THE PROPOSED PERMITS NECESSARY FOR THE SIGNAL.
SO AS MR. FERRIS MENTIONED, WE DID HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY EARLIER THIS WEEK ON MONDAY TO MAKE THIS PRESENTATION.
SO WE'RE GOING TO BE PRESENTING THE SAME INFORMATION FOR YOUR BENEFIT THIS EVENING, AS WELL AS OTHERS IN THE AUDIENCE.
TODD IS GOING TO BE DOING THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE PRESENTATION.
BUT AND SO I WILL BRIEFLY LEAD OFF THE SUBJECT INTERSECTION, WHICH THE PROPOSED SIGNAL IS, IS THE ANCIENT TREE INTERSECTION OF NORTH LAKE BOULEVARD AND SOUTH BAY HILL DRIVE.
I THINK MANY OF YOU ARE FAMILIAR.
THIS IS A SLIGHTLY OUTDATED AERIAL.
WE ALSO SEE OSPREY ISLES IN THE AERIAL, AS WELL AS KARLTON OAKS AND BAY HILL TO THE SOUTH. SO REALLY, JUST WHAT WE'RE HERE TODAY TO TALK ABOUT THE SIGNAL.
BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE, AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT EVER SINCE THE CITY STARTED EXPANDING OUT WEST, THE CITY HAS BEEN EXTREMELY COMMITTED TO
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LOOKING AT NORTH LAKE BOULEVARD OVERALL AND AND AND MORE SPECIFICALLY, THE SAFETY CONDITIONS ALONG NORTH LAKE BOULEVARD.AND THIS TIES INTO SO MANY DIFFERENT ELEMENTS, INCLUDING SPEED.
AND OUR POLICE OFFICERS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SUCCESSFULLY REDUCE THE SPEEDING ISSUES.
AND IT WASN'T EASY TO GET TO THIS POINT.
WE'VE HAD TO GO THROUGH SEVERAL ACTIONS THAT ARE NECESSARY TO OBTAIN A UNITED JURISDICTION ALONG NORTH LAKE BOULEVARD.
SO I WAS GOING TO SHOW A COUPLE OF SLIDES OR TODD IS GOING TO SHOW A COUPLE OF SLIDES TO SHOW THAT AND SPECIFICALLY TO DEMONSTRATE THAT WE DO HAVE JURISDICTION TO PROVIDE A SIGNAL FOR THIS INTERSECTION.
THE CITY COUNCIL HAS LONG FUNDED THIS TRAFFIC SIGNAL.
IT HAS BEEN IN THE APPROVED BUDGET FOR SEVERAL YEARS NOW.
SO THE CITY COUNCIL HAS REMAINED COMMITTED TO FULLY FUNDING THIS TRAFFIC SIGNAL.
WE HAVE RECEIVED FULL WRITTEN CONFIRMATION FROM PALM BEACH COUNTY THAT THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS GARDENS HAS THE AUTHORITY TO WALK THIS SIGNAL.
THIS WAS ISSUED IN TWENTY SIXTEEN.
HOW IT WILL SHOW MORE DETAILS ON THAT.
AS I MENTIONED, WE NOT ONLY HAVE THE JURISDICTION FOR THE SIGNALS, BUT WE'RE ALSO GOING TO SHOW YOU REALLY WHY THE STATE STATUTES GIVE US THAT JURISDICTION BASED ON THE FACT THAT IT'S A ORIGINAL JURISDICTION, BASED ON THAT SPECIFIC STATE STATUTE THAT YOU SEE BEFORE YOU. AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO WALK YOU THROUGH THE STATUS OF THE PERMITS, BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST ONE PERMIT, IT'S SEVERAL PERMITS.
YOU HAVE THE UNDERGROUND PERMIT, THEN YOU HAVE THE ABOVE GROUND AND THEN YOU HAVE THE SIGNAL SEAN. SO IS GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE STATUS OF EACH OF THOSE PERMITS. SO WITH THAT, I AM GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO TODD.
GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL TODD CITY ENGINEER, I'M GOING TO TOUCH ON A FEW KEY TERMS, ONE OF THOSE IS GOING TO BE TRAFFIC VOLUMES.
OBVIOUSLY, THAT'S THE MAIN VOLUME OF TRAFFIC ON THE STREET OR MAJOR TRAFFIC VOLUME IS HEADING EAST IN THE MORNING.
ON NORTH LAKE BOULEVARD AND AGAIN WEST IN THE AFTERNOON PEAK HOURS, ALSO GOING TO TALK ABOUT EXCESSIVE DELAYS, MEANING THE DELAY SOMEONE IF THEY WANT TO MAKE A TURN, MOVING AT THIS INTERSECTION, HOW LONG DO THEY HAVE TO WAIT? THAT'S AN EXCESSIVE DELAY.
ALSO WANT TO TALK ABOUT CONFLICTS.
CONFLICTS IS HOW MANY MOVEMENTS.
IF SOMEONE'S COMING OUT OF ANCIENT TREE AND THEY WANT TO GO EASTBOUND, HOW MANY CONFLICTS DO THEY GO ACROSS TO TRY TO MAKE THAT PARTICULAR MOVEMENT? AND WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITY, WHICH IS THE ABILITY TO WRITE TRAFFIC TICKETS FOR PEOPLE OVER THERE.
WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT TRAFFIC CONTROL JURISDICTION, WHICH IS THE ABILITY TO SET SPEED LIMITS, PUT IN STOP SIGNS ALL THE WAY UP TO LAURENTINE AND PUT IT IN A TRAFFIC SIGNAL.
SO HERE'S THE SUBJECT INTERSECTION, THE MAIN CONCERNS OF THE INTERSECTION IS OBVIOUSLY SPEEDING IN PARTICULAR AND PEAK IN THE PEAKS FOR THIS, THE TYPICAL 55 MILE PER HOUR POSTED SPEED LIMIT, TYPICAL SPEEDS OR ANYWHERE BETWEEN 56 AND 60 DURING THAT TIME FRAME.
WE'RE ALSO GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE ADDITIONAL OF THE MOVEMENTS THAT WE'VE ADDED.
SO ANCIENT TREE CAME ONLINE THAT ADDED THE ADDITIONAL MOVEMENTS TO THE NORTH BOUND AREA.
THEN IN THE CITY WANTS TO ELIMINATE THEIR ENTRANCE TO THE GOLF COURSE BECAUSE WE HAD A SEPARATE ENTRANCE AND A SEPARATE OPENING, WE WANTED TO MAKE THAT SAFE.
SO WE ACTUALLY MOVED OUR ENTRANCE TO THIS INTERSECTION HERE.
SO NOW WE'VE ELIMINATED ONE INTERSECTION AND PUT EVERYTHING HERE.
AND THEN WE FUNDED THE SIGNAL IN ATTEMPT TO GET THAT SIGNAL PUT IN PLACE.
THEN WE LOOK AT NORTH LIKE BOULEVARD AS A WHOLE.
WHAT ARE THE ISSUES WITH NORTH LIKE BOULEVARD? WELL. WE HAVE SPEEDING, WE'RE GOING TO GO RIGHT BACK TO SPEEDING AGAIN AND THEN GAP CREATION, THERE'S A FREE RIDE THAT COMES OFF A COCONUT.
TRAFFIC SPLATOON ALL THE WAY OUT THERE BECAUSE THERE'S NO BRAKES AND TRAFFIC.
SO THAT DOESN'T GIVE ANY GAPS FOR THIS INTERSECTION, NOR DOES IT GIVE ANY OUTPUT GAPS OR ASPREY AISLES OR CARL TO KNOW THE RUSTIC LAKES.
AND SO IF THE SIGNAL GOT INSTALLED HERE, TEMPORARILY STOPPING TRAFFIC, IT WOULD CREATE THOSE GAPS FOR THE TRAFFIC TO MOVE.
CARLTON OAKS, RUSTIC LAKES AND OSPREY ISLES.
IN MULTIPLE DRIVEWAY ENTRANCES AND SAFE TURN LANES AS THE OTHER THINGS WE LOOK AT AS A WHOLE IN THE CORRIDOR, AND AGAIN, WE ELIMINATED OUR DRIVEWAY AND PUT IT HERE, AND THEN WHAT'S GOING TO COME BEFORE YOU NEXT MONTH? THE COUNCIL, IT WILL BE A TURN LANE PROPOSING TO TURN LANE TO GET INTO OSPREY.
RIGHT NOW, THEY DO NOT HAVE A TURN LANE.
SO THEY HAVE 60 MILE PER HOUR TRAFFIC.
THEY'VE GOT TO TRY TO SLOW DOWN AND PULL INTO OSPREY ISLAND.
SO WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF STARTING TO GO THROUGH TO GET THEM ETERNALLY INTO OUR SPROUSE.
I WANT TO SHOW YOU A VIDEO FROM MAY OF 2000 19, AND IT SORT OF SUMS UP THE FRUSTRATION OF THE RESIDENTS IN THE AREA.
OR ASK ANYONE WHO DRIVES ON NORTH LAKE BOULEVARD DURING RUSH HOUR AND THEY'LL TELL YOU THE SAME THING. IT IS A NIGHTMARE THAT'S ESPECIALLY IN AND OUT OF THE ACREAGE LOXAHATCHEE
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AREA ONLY THIS MORNING, TRAFFIC.JAMESON IS TALKING TO THOSE FRUSTRATED NEIGHBORS.
JUST CURIOUS IF SOMEBODY ELSE HAS TO, YOU KNOW, PERISH BEFORE THEY GET IT IN THEIR HEADS THAT IT HAS TO GET DONE.
WEEKS AGO, BAY HILL RESIDENT RICK HOFFMAN WAS INVOLVED IN A CRASH RIGHT IN FRONT OF HIS NEIGHBORHOOD ON NORTH LAKE BOULEVARD EARLIER THAT DAY.
A DEADLY CRASH SHUT DOWN THE SAME ROAD FOR HOURS.
YOU'RE BASICALLY PULLING OUT FROM A NEIGHBORHOOD ONTO A FREEWAY NO 55 MILE ACROSS WHEN THOSE PEOPLE DO THAT. KURT MCCULLOUGH HAS LIVED IN BAY HILL ESTATES FOR TWO YEARS.
HE SAYS HIS DAUGHTER JUST GOT HER LICENSE.
AND THERE ARE CERTAIN TIMES OF THE DAY HE WON'T LET HER LEAVE THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
I WON'T LET HER DRIVE IN THE MORNINGS, EARLY OR LATE THE AFTERNOON.
SO FED UP RESIDENTS TOOK IT UPON THEMSELVES TO PUT UP A SIGN TELLING DRIVERS NOT TO MAKE A LEFT TURN DURING RUSH HOUR.
WE WATCHED AS THIS WOMAN IN THE WHITE MINIVAN SAT IN THE LEFT TURN LANE FOR SEVERAL MINUTES BEFORE GIVING UP AND DECIDING TO TURN RIGHT.
ONE THING RESIDENTS SAY HAS HELPED A TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT OPERATION.
PALM BEACH GARDENS POLICE GOT JURISDICTION ON NORTHLAKE BOULEVARD IN JANUARY.
SINCE THEN, THEY'VE INCREASED THE NUMBER OF UNITS PATROLLING THE AREA DURING RUSH HOUR AND POLICE TO SPEED TRAILERS IN THE ROAD UNTIL GARDENS MOST RECENTLY STARTED REALLY PATROLLING IT MORE FREQUENTLY.
IT WAS PRETTY MUCH OUT OF CONTROL.
WELL, THE MAYOR OF PALM BEACH GARDENS SAYS THE CITY HAS THE MONEY TO FUND THE LIGHT IN FRONT OF BAY HILL, BUT THE COUNTY CONDUCTED A TRAFFIC SURVEY JUST LAST WEEK AND SAYS THE TRAFFIC DOES NOT WARRANT A SIGNAL.
SO THE MONEY'S THERE. THERE'S STILL PUSH BACK TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN.
SO WHAT'S NEXT? WELL, WE ACTUALLY JUST FOUND OUT THERE IS GOING TO BE A MEETING ON MONDAY AT SIX O'CLOCK IN THE EVENING TO ADDRESS THE TRAFFIC CONCERNS IN THE AREA.
IT WILL BE AT SEMINOLE RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM AND THE PUBLIC IS INVITED, ASHLEIGH.
SO THIS IS REALLY AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE FRUSTRATED RESIDENTS TO VOICE HAVE THEIR VOICES HEARD. AND WE KNOW YOU'LL BE ON TOP OF THAT.
WE'LL KNOW WHAT COMES OUT OF MONDAY'S MEETING.
WE ALSO LOOKED UP THE NUMBER OF TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS IN THIS AREA.
WE'VE HAD A TOTAL OF FORTY FOUR CRASHES ALONG THE FOUR MILE STRETCH OF NORTH LAKE BOULEVARD BETWEEN BEELINE HIGHWAY AND BAY HILL ESTATES.
THE CITY OF DELRAY BEACH IS IN HOT WATER.
THAT'S NOT THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS.
ALL RIGHT, SO THAT'S JUST A DEMONSTRATION OF THE FRUSTRATION THAT WAS IN MAY OF TWENTY NINETEEN WHEN THAT REPORT WAS I DIDN'T GO TO THE MEETING THAT THEY HAD, BUT I CAN ASSURE YOU, NOTHING HAS HAPPENED FROM MAY TO TODAY ABOUT THE TRAFFIC.
THIS PARTICULAR VIDEO WE WANT TO SHOW YOU, WHEN WE DID THE WARRANT, WE DID SOME VIDEO, WENT OUT THERE TO LOOK AT THE ACTUAL SITUATION OUT HERE, THIS ONE.
AND WE WANT TO POINT TO THE CONFLICTS THAT ARE IN THE INTERSECTION.
SO WE HAVE OPPOSING TRAFFIC MOVEMENTS COMING FROM THE NORTH SOUTH TRYING TO GET ON A VERY BUSY HIGHWAY.
SO THAT WAS YOU COULD SEE THE POINTS OF CONFLICT THERE, SO AGAIN, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT EXCESSIVE DELAY, MEANING THAT THE CAR IS GOING TO SIT THERE FOR OVER A MINUTE TRYING TO MAKE THAT TURN. THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY THE CASE HERE.
HOWEVER, THERE'S SPECIFIC CONFLICTS IN THIS INTERSECTION THAT THAT CONFLICT ONE ANOTHER.
SO TRAFFIC IS HAVING A VERY HARD TIME MAKING THESE MANEUVERS AND THEY'RE CONFLICTING WITH ONE ANOTHER. THIS PARTICULAR ONE IS AN ACCIDENT AND IT'S DUE TO THE CONFLICTS WITHIN THIS INTERSECTION. YOU KNOW, KEEP YOUR EYE ON THE WHITE TRUCK.
SO YOU CAN SEE THE THE ACTUAL WHITE TRUCK WAS TRYING TO CROSS THREE LANES OF TRAFFIC, THAT MOVING VERY FAST.
SOME ARE STOPPED, SOME ARE NOT STOPPED, WHICH THOSE CONFLICTS EXIST AT THIS INTERSECTION.
SO THIS THIS REPRESENTS THE WAY NORTH LIKE BOULEVARD USED TO BE WHEN WE FIRST ANNEXED OUT THERE, THE CITY CONTROLLED VERY SMALL PORTION OF THAT AREA.
SO WE HAD TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT OF A SMALL PORTION, PARTICULARLY THAT WAS IN FRONT OF
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CARLTON IN OSPREY ISLES, BECAUSE THAT'S THE FIRST AREA WE ANNEXED THAT WE AND BAY HILL ESTATES. SO WE'VE GOT TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT IN FRONT OF THERE, BUT WE ALSO GOT TRAFFIC, JURISDICTIONAL CONTROL BECAUSE WE ANNEXED TO THE OTHER SIDE OF NORTH LAKE BOULEVARD.AND THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT. THEN AS WE WENT IN FRONT OF AVENIR AND SOME OTHER AREAS, WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY JURISDICTIONAL CONTROL WHATSOEVER, SO WE DID A SERIES OF ANNEXATIONS IN AGREEMENTS WITH THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE THAT GAVE US FULL TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT IN THIS AREA.
SO BEFORE, WHEN WE HAD A HODGEPODGE OF ENFORCEMENT, THE CITY NOW CONTROLS THREE MILE STRETCH OF NORTH LAKE BOULEVARD.
SO WE FROM CARLTON OAKS ALL THE WAY TO GREAT VIEW.
WE HAVE TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT OUT THERE.
SO NOW WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO WRITE TICKETS.
AND OBVIOUSLY WE'VE BEEN DOING THAT FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.
WHAT WE STILL HAVE THROUGH THE ANNEXATION OF BAY HILL ESTATES IS TRAFFIC JURISDICTIONAL CONTROL, AGAIN, THAT'S THE ABILITY TO WARRANT AND PUT UP A TRAFFIC SIGNAL.
PALM BEACH COUNTY OWNS THE ROAD, BUT WE HAVE THE ACTUAL TRAFFIC, JURISDICTIONAL CONTROL OF THIS PARTICULAR ROAD, INCLUDING THIS INTERSECTION.
WHEN ANCIENT TREE WAS APPROVED, THE COUNTY REQUIRED THAT A TRAFFIC SIGNAL BE PUT IN AT THIS INTERSECTION. IT WAS A REQUIREMENT OF PALM BEACH COUNTY THROUGH THE TRAFFIC PERFORMANCE STANDARDS, WHICH IS AN APPROVAL LETTER.
ANY PROJECT THAT WE APPROVED, THE COUNTY HAS TO APPROVE IT.
THIS LETTER GOES INTO OUR APPROVAL AND THOSE REQUIREMENTS REMAIN SO.
NOT ONLY DID THEY REQUIRE THAT, I SAID IT HAS TO GO IN ONCE WARRANTED AND THEY GAVE THE AUTHORITY TO BE WARRANTED BY IT, THE COUNTY ENGINEER OR THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS WITH THE KEY WORD OR.
SO WE HAVE TRAFFIC, JURISDICTIONAL CONTROL, AND THE COUNTY GAVE US THE AUTHORITY THROUGH THE TPS TO WARRANT A SIGNAL AS WELL.
OUR ATTORNEY, MAX LOHMAN, REVIEWED TRAFFIC JURISDICTIONAL CONTROL AND ISSUED A DETERMINATION IN FEBRUARY OF 2019.
INDEED, THE CITY DID HAVE TRAFFIC JURISDICTIONAL CONTROL OF THIS AREA, INCLUDING THIS INTERSECTION THAT WAS RECOGNIZED IN AN EMAIL FROM BARDINI BAKER TO MR. MACKINLEY. AND WHEN SHE ACTUALLY STATED THAT THE CITY HAD GAIN CONTROL.
AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL AUTHORITY THROUGH THE ANNEXATION OF BAY HILL ESTATES, AND THAT AUTHORITY HAS NEVER BEEN GIVEN BACK TO THE COUNTY, NORMALLY WHAT WE DO IS AN ANALYTICAL AGREEMENT WHERE THEY ACTUALLY GIVE THAT AUTHORITY BACK TO THE COUNTY.
THAT WAS NEVER DONE IN THIS CASE.
IN AN EMAIL BACK TO VIRGINIA FROM MELISSA.
SHE WAS VERY UPSET AND ASKED BECAUSE THE COUNTY SCREWED UP IF SHE CAN DO TWO THINGS.
ONE WAS TO SPEED UP THE CONSTRUCTION AND THE IMPROVEMENTS ALONG NORTH LAKE BOULEVARD, WHICH WE WOULD WELCOME.
WE'VE BEEN WANTING THOSE IMPROVEMENTS.
AVENIR HAS CERTAIN CONDITIONS THAT THEY CAN'T BUILD ANYMORE.
UNTIL THOSE IMPROVEMENTS ARE DONE, THE MONEY'S IN PLACE.
WE WOULD LOVE THOSE IMPROVEMENTS TO GO FORWARD.
BUT THEN SHE ALSO ASKED TO DELAY OUR SIGNAL AT BAY HILL ESTATES.
SHE DID NOT WANT THAT IN UNTIL THE NORTH LIKE IMPROVEMENTS ARE DONE.
WHICH DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE BECAUSE WE KNOW WHAT THE ROADWAY IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE, WE'VE DESIGNED IT FOR THE ULTIMATE SECTION, SO IT'S NOT GOING TO INTERFERE WHATSOEVER WITH THE CONSTRUCTION, YOU KNOW, AND THAT IT WOULD BE SAFE.
NOW, IT WOULD BE SAFE DURING CONSTRUCTION.
IT WOULD BE SAFER AFTER CONSTRUCTION.
SO THOSE TWO THINGS AND THEY THEY'VE HELD UP THE CONSTRUCTION OF NORTHLAKE, DEFINITELY HELD THE CONSTRUCTION OF OUR SECOND.
THIS JUST A STATE LAW WHEN WOMEN, ESPECIALLY IN AN AREA THEY GAIN TRAFFIC CONTROL JURISDICTION UNLESS IT'S A STATE ROAD NORTH LAKE BOULEVARD IS NOT A STATE ROAD.
WE CONDUCTED A TRAFFIC SIGNAL ONCE WE GOT FUNDED FOR THE PROJECT IN MAY OF 2017 THAT DID NOT MEET A TRAFFIC WARDEN.
SO WE CONTINUED OUR EFFORTS LOOKING AT THE AREA THAT WE CONDUCTED A SECOND ANALYSIS IN SEPTEMBER OF TWENTY TWENTY THAT DID ME A WARRANT AND THAT WAS BASED ON THE MANUAL OF TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES.
AND THAT IS A STANDARD WHERE THERE'S EIGHT WARRANTS THAT THEY HAVE AND YOU TRY TO ACHIEVE AT LEAST ONE OF THOSE WARRANTS.
IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, WE HAVE TO WATCH THOSE WARRANTS WERE BASED ON TRAFFIC VOLUMES.
IT'S VERY CLEAR THAT THEY WERE BASED ON TRAFFIC VOLUMES WHEN YOU HAVE TRAFFIC VOLUMES IN THAT EXCESS. IT DOES IMPLY EXCESSIVE DELAY OR EXCESSIVE CONFLICT.
AND AGAIN, THAT WAS OR WE CLEARLY SHOW THAT THERE'S CONFLICT AT THE INTERSECTION.
BUT THAT DOESN'T EVEN MATTER BECAUSE WE MET THE TRAFFIC WARRANTS IN THE 8:00 HOUR, WHICH IS A WARRANT ONE IN THE FOUR HOURS, WHICH IS MORE TO.
OUR CODE REQUIRES US, THE CITY ENGINEER AND THE CITY MANAGER, TO REVIEW A TRAFFIC STUDY, WHICH WE DID CONDUCTED BY PENDED TRAUTMANN AND AGAIN USES THE MANUAL TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES, WHICH IS THE STANDARD.
SO WE ACCEPTED THAT AND WE ISSUED A DETERMINATION THAT THE WARRANT IS MET AND WE SHOULD PUT THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL IN THAT INTERSECTION.
THAT WAS SUBMITTED TO THE COUNTY IN NOVEMBER 2000, 20 JANUARY OF THIS YEAR, THE COUNTY
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SENT BACK A LETTER THAT THE WARRANT WAS NOT MET BECAUSE EXCESSIVE DELAYS WAS NOT MET.IN FEBRUARY, WE WROTE BACK ANOTHER LETTER TO THE COUNTY STATING THAT OUR WARRANT WAS NOT BASED ON EXCESSIVE DELAYS.
IT WAS BASED ON TRAFFIC VOLUMES AND TRAFFIC VOLUMES ALONE.
AND THAT THE WARRANT WE GOT A LETTER FROM THE COUNTY ENGINEER IN APRIL OF THIS YEAR WHERE HE AGAIN STATED THE WARRANT IS NOT MET BECAUSE IT WAS NOT EXCESSIVE.
DELAYS IN OUR CITY ATTORNEY WROTE A LETTER IN APRIL OF THIS YEAR CLEARLY STATING THAT OUR WARRANT WAS NOT BASED ON EXCESSIVE DELAYS.
IT WAS BASED ON VOLUMES OF TRAFFIC WHICH MET THOSE TWO WARRANTS.
SO WHERE WE ARE IN THE PROCESS RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE STARTED ISSUING AN UNDERGROUND PERMIT, THE COUNTY AGREED, GRACIOUSLY AGREED TO GIVE US TWO PERMITS.
ONE IS THE UNDERGROUND, WHICH IS A STRUCTURAL ALL THE ELECTRICAL THAT NEEDS TO GO IN.
AND THEN WE WOULD RECEIVE AN ABOVE GROUND WHERE YOU JUST SET THE MASTER ARMS, YOU SET THE SIGNALS AND YOU PUT THOSE INTO USE.
SO IN JANUARY OF 2019, AFTER THEY SAID THEY CAN ISSUE WITH A PERMIT IN FIVE DAYS, WE FINALLY RECEIVED A PERMIT IN AUGUST 14TH OF TWENTY TWENTY FOR THE UNDERGROUND.
ONCE WE RECEIVE THAT PERMIT RIGHT AWAY, WE SUBMITTED THE ABOVE GROUND PERMIT.
AND JANUARY 27TH, WE RECEIVED ALL SATISFACTION AND ANY TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS FROM IT, THERE'S NO MORE COMMENTS ON THAT PERMIT, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ONE THAT THREE UNDER THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS THAT THE DIRECTOR OF TRAFFIC DID NOT APPROVE, THE CITY SUPPLIED WARREN. WHICH THROUGH THE ANCIENT TREE PROCESS, WE HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO WARN, TO SIGNAL TO US HAVING TRAFFIC CONTROL JURISDICTION, WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO WARRANT THE SIGNAL.
AND THE COUNTY CONTINUES TO BLOCK OUR EFFORTS TO CONSTRUCT A.
ANY QUESTIONS? IN THE INTEREST OF TIME, IF I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE YOU HAD THE PRESENTATION AND I'LL BRING IT BACK UP UNDER CITY MANAGER'S REPORT FOR SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION SO THAT YOU CAN HAVE YOUR DISCUSSION, THEN, IF THAT'S OK WITH YOU.
ARE WE DOING THE CITY MANAGER REPORT FIRST AFTER THIS, OR ARE WE DOING IT AT THE VERY END? YES, NO PUBLIC COMMENT FIRST.
OK, SO WE SHOULD ASK OUR QUESTIONS THEN AT THAT TIME, PROBABLY SO WE CAN ALL BE.
ALL RIGHT, PERFECT. THANK YOU.
WE'LL BE CALLING YOU BACK IF WE HAVE QUESTIONS LATER.
NEXT IS COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC.
[V. COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC]
I HAVE EIGHT COMMENT CARDS FOR ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA.WHEN YOUR NAME IS CALLED, PLEASE COME UP TO THE PODIUM AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE. ANDRE STORIES.
EVENING. MY NAME IS ANDRE TURIN'S, TORRENCE ONE TWENTY TWO, KATZIR GRANDCOURT PALM BEACH GARDENS AND I HAVE A LOT OF IMPORTANT MATTERS.
THIS MAY NOT BE SO IMPORTANT, BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO US.
IN DECEMBER OF 2006, MY MOTHER IN LAW PASSED AWAY FROM COMPLICATIONS OF CANCER AND TO MEMORIALIZE HER HONOR, WE HAD A TREE PLANTED IN HER NAME AT MIRASOL PARK PLANT THE TREE PROGRAM. IN OCTOBER OF 2000.
OUR NEPHEW PASSED AWAY UNEXPECTEDLY AND ONCE AGAIN, WE WANTED TO HONOR HIS LIFE WITH A LIVE TREE. WE WERE HOPING TO HAVE A BEAUTIFUL AND THRIVING TREE LIKE THE ONE WE PLANTED IN 2006.
WE IMMEDIATELY CONTACTED THE DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND REQUESTED THAT A TREE BE PLANTED AND IT WAS PLANTED IN DECEMBER.
FROM THE TIME THE TREE WAS PLANTED, IT LOOKED A LITTLE DRY, BUT WE WERE REASSURED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF PARKS THAT IT WOULD IT WOULD ADJUST AND CONTINUE TO THRIVE.
TWENTY ONE, I SENT JOHN CURBS AN EMAIL WITH PICTURES WHEN WE NOTICED THAT THE TREE WAS LOOKING EVEN MORE DRY AND BRITTLE.
AND WE WERE TOLD THAT, QUOTE, THE TREE IS MOST LIKELY IN SHOCK SINCE IT HAD BEEN PLANTED DURING A COLD SNAP.
THEY WILL BE MONITORING IT AND MAKING SURE THAT IT GETS PROPER WATER.
IN MARCH OF 2021, WHEN IT WAS CLEAR TO US THAT THE TREE WAS NOT DOING WELL, I ONCE AGAIN REACHED OUT TO THE DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECEIVED A MESSAGE FROM CORI WILDER, WHO INFORMED ME THAT, QUOTE, THE TREE WAS EITHER DORMANT OR STILL ADJUSTING TO THE NEW ENVIRONMENT DUE TO THE LACK OF RAIN THIS TIME OF YEAR.
ALTHOUGH OUR STAFF HAS BEEN WATERING THIS TREE ADEQUATELY, IT IS POSSIBLE THAT IT IS STILL ADJUSTING TO ITS NEW ENVIRONMENT.
WE WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE TREE UNTIL JUNE 1ST TO GIVE IT A CHANCE TO FULLY ADAPT. SHOULD THE TREE EITHER NOT RESPOND AT THAT POINT OR YOU ARE STILL DISSATISFIED WITH THIS APPROACH. WE WILL HAPPILY PROVIDE YOU WITH A FULL REFUND OF THE TREE.
I MUST SAY THAT I FOUND THIS RESPONSE A LITTLE INSENSITIVE IN THAT WE WERE NOT LOOKING FOR A REFUND FOR THE TREE, BUT SIMPLY A LIVE TREE LIKE THE ONE WE PLANTED IN 2006,
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ALTHOUGH WE ASKED WE WERE ASKED TO WAIT TILL JUNE 1ST.CLEARLY, FROM THE PICTURES YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU, THIS TREE IS NOT COMING BACK.
PLEASE ASSIST US IN GETTING A NEW TREE TAN TO HONOR MY NEPHEW.
THANK YOU. MILITARY, THANK YOU.
I'LL CERTAINLY LOOK INTO THE MATTER AND WE'LL GET WE'LL TAKE CARE OF IT.
WE'LL GET BACK TO YOU. THANK YOU.
I JUST RAISED. PRINCIPAL COREY BROOKS FROM DWYER HIGH SCHOOL.
GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. I'M NOT COREY BROOKS.
MR. BROOKS COULDN'T MAKE IT TONIGHT.
I'M ACTUALLY HEAD FOOTBALL COACH MACKINLEY ROLE REPRESENTING WILLIAMSI TO OUR HIGH SCHOOL. I'M HERE TODAY BECAUSE WE WERE EXTREMELY, REALLY NEED A FIELD.
OUR FIELD IS IN TERRIBLE SHAPE AND IT AFFECTS MANY STUDENT ATHLETES MYSELF AS AN EDUCATOR, STUDENT ATHLETES, STUDENTS, THEY ALWAYS COME FIRST.
WE'VE HAD A NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT HAVE GOTTEN INJURED, UNFORTUNATELY, BECAUSE OF THE CONDITION OF THE FIELD.
AND MANY STUDENT ATHLETES TOUCH THAT FIELD.
SOCCER, LACROSSE, TRACK, FOOTBALL, I MEAN, YOU NAME IT, EVERYONE PRETTY MUCH USES THE FIELD. WE ACTUALLY FEATURED IN A NATIONAL UNARMORED COMMERCIAL.
AND UNFORTUNATELY, THEY DIDN'T SHOW THE FIELD TOO MUCH.
BUT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, DWYER HIGH SCHOOL AND WE'RE KNOWN FOR BEING A GREAT SCHOOL, AS WELL AS BEING AN ATHLETIC POWERHOUSE.
WE REALLY WE SIT IN PALM BEACH GARDENS, EVEN THOUGH WE'RE A COMMUNITY SCHOOL.
WE WOULD LOVE SUPPORT FROM THE CITY.
AND, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT SURE WHY WE'VE NEVER HAD A REPRESENTATIVE IN FRONT OF YOU, YOU KNOW, ON BEHALF OF THE SCHOOL.
BUT I'M HERE TONIGHT MAKING THAT REQUEST BECAUSE IT WILL AFFECT SO MANY STUDENT ATHLETES AND STUDENTS IN GENERAL, PLUS MANY INDIVIDUALS IN PALM BEACH COUNTY USE THE FACILITY AS WELL. SO, YOU KNOW, THAT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, REALLY BENEFICIAL FOR OUR PROGRAM, FOR ALL PROGRAMS, FOR EVERY STUDENT AND ATHLETE AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.
AND I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME TONIGHT.
LISA. HI, HOW ARE YOU? MY NAME IS LISA WITH ELEVEN TWENTY SEVEN VITNER BOULEVARD PALM BEACH GARDENS I AM A BEEN HERE MY WHOLE LIFE AND PALM BEACH GARDENS MY SON IS A STUDENT AT DWYER HIGH SCHOOL AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE TODAY, BECAUSE THE FIELD NEEDS TO BE REPLACED.
HE'S A JUNIOR THIS YEAR AND WHEN HE ATTENDED THE FRESHMAN YEAR, I NOTICED THAT THE FIELD WAS A LITTLE SHAKY, BUT WE DIDN'T REALLY SAY ANYTHING.
I THOUGHT IT WAS THE SCHOOL BOARD, BUT WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD HAS TOLD US IS THAT THEY DON'T HAVE THE MONEY AND IT FALLS BACK TO FUNDING AND FUNDRAISING, WHICH WE'VE ATTEMPTED.
BUT AS YOU KNOW, BEING A PUBLIC SCHOOL, IT'S KIND OF HARD TO GET PEOPLE TO DONATE TO YOU.
AND ESPECIALLY DURING COVID, IT'S KIND OF HARD TO GET ANYBODY TO DONATE ANYTHING TO YOU.
SO THIS YEAR WE HAD OUR GAMES AT JUPITER HIGH SCHOOL AND I NOTICED THAT THEIR FIELD WAS OUTSTANDING. AND I STARTED ASKING AROUND AND THEY LET US KNOW THAT THE CITY HAD PAID FOR THEIR FIELD. AND THEN THAT'S WHY IT LOOKS SO GREAT.
AND THEY WERE SO THANKFUL. AND I WAS LIKE THE CITY.
SO THEN WHEN WE WENT TO WELLINGTON, I NOTICED THAT THEIR FIELD WAS AMAZING AS WELL.
AND I STARTED ASKING THE PARENTS AROUND, HOW DO YOU GET PAID FOR THEIR FIELD AS WELL? SO I KNOW HAVING GROWN UP IN PALM BEACH GARDENS, HAVING PLAYED PALM BEACH GARDENS SPORTS PBG, Y.A.
PALM BEACH GARDENS HIGH SCHOOL, BEEN HERE MY WHOLE LIFE, MY DAD ON MAX DOWN THE STREET FOR 20 YEARS. SO I'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR A LONG TIME.
I KNOW THAT YOU GUYS WANT TO TAKE CARE OF YOUR SCHOOLS.
I KNOW THAT YOU GUYS WANT TO TAKE CARE OF YOUR KIDS, YOUR RESIDENCE.
SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE TODAY, TO ASK YOU TO COME LOOK AT OUR FACILITY, COME SEE WHAT WE HAVE, AND UNDERSTAND THAT THIS THIS IS A REPRESENTATION.
THIS IS WHY PEOPLE MOVE TO PALM BEACH GARDENS.
THEY MOVE HERE BECAUSE OF YOUR SCHOOLS, BECAUSE OF THE RATINGS.
I MEAN, JACOBY BRISSET IS A MIAMI DOLPHIN.
I MEAN, WE BRING A LOT TO THE TABLE FOR PALM BEACH GARDENS.
SO WE'RE JUST ASKING YOU TO COME LOOK AT OUR FACILITIES AND HELP US.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
THANK YOU. JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, AFTER SPEAKING WITH THE CITY MANAGER LATER AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON, I'VE BEEN TOLD THAT DEPUTY CITY MANAGER STEVEN STEP WILL BE CONTACTING YOU AND WORKING WITH YOU TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO.
ALL RIGHT. WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
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GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR, MAY IT PLEASE THE COUNCIL.MY NAME IS MATTHEW KAMELA AND MY ADDRESS IS NINE SIX SEVEN EIGHT OSPREY ISLES BOULEVARD.
I AM ALSO THE OSPREY ISLES HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT AND HAVE BEEN FOR SEVERAL YEARS. AS A RESULT, I HAVE PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE OF THE MATTERS TO BE DISCUSSED THIS EVENING. I HAVE IN ATTENDANCE WITH ME SEVERAL HOMEOWNERS FROM THE OSPREY ISLES COMMUNITY WHO ARE GOING TO LEND THEIR SUPPORT TO THE CITY'S INSTALLATION OF THE TRAFFIC LIGHT AT THE INTERSECTION OF BAY HILL AND ANCIENT TREE.
IT IS OUR UNDERSTANDING THAT ALL OF THE TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS ARE LEGAL.
REQUIREMENTS FOR THE INSTALLATION OF THIS TRACK TRAFFIC SIGNAL HAVE BEEN MET BY THE CITY.
AND THE PHYSICAL DYNAMICS OF THE INTERSECTION ITSELF, I AM NOT HERE TO COMMENT ON THOSE TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS, AS I AM NOT A TRAFFIC CONTROL ENGINEER BY TRADE, NOR DO I PLAY ONE ON TV. I AM HERE TO PROVIDE A FIRSTHAND ACCOUNT OF REALITY ALONG NORTH LAKE BOULEVARD AND THE ENSUING TRAFFIC CONDITIONS ABOUT WHICH I CAN SPEAK NOT ONLY INTIMATELY BUT PASSIONATELY. I CAN ALSO TELL YOU ABOUT THE NUMBER OF CRASHES I HAVE SEEN ALONG NORTH LAKE BOULEVARD, WESTBOUND AND EASTBOUND, THAT PRIMARILY ARISE DUE TO THE EXCESSIVE SPEED DRIVERS. I CAN TELL YOU THAT 90 MILES AN HOUR IS NOT FIFTY FIVE MILES AN HOUR.
I CAN TELL YOU ABOUT THE TIME IT TAKES FOR OUR RESIDENTS TO MAKE THAT LEFT HAND TURN OUT OF OUR COMMUNITY. BECAUSE I HAVE WAITED AND WAITED AND WAITED AND WAITED TO MAKE THAT LEFT HAND TURN DUE TO THE CONTINUOUS TRAFFIC FLOW FROM THE WESTERN COMMUNITIES. I CAN TELL YOU HAVE MY SUV, A FOUR THOUSAND POUND VEHICLE ROCKS BACK AND FORTH AS IT IS BUFFETED BY THE CARS, SPEEDING BY.
BUT BE THAT AS IT MAY, WE HAVE HEARD IT SAID THAT THE TRAFFIC SIGNALS SHOULD NOT BE INSTALLED AT THIS LOCATION BECAUSE IT WOULD MEAN THAT THE EASTERN MUNICIPALITIES WOULD LITERALLY HOLD THE WESTERN COMMUNITIES HOSTAGE IN THEIR ABILITY TO TRAVEL EAST BY BY ITS INSTALLATION. MY COMMENT IS THAT SITUATION CAN BE SEEN AS THE DRIVERS COMING OUT OF COMMUNITIES EAST OF THIS INTERSECTION ARE CURRENTLY BEING HELD HOSTAGE FOR MAKING SIMPLE LEFT HAND TURNS ONTO NORTH LAKE BOULEVARD DUE TO THE INFREQUENT BREAKS IN TRAFFIC.
WE HAVE ALSO HEARD IT SAID THAT THE INSTALLATION OF A TRAFFIC SIGNAL AT THIS LOCATION WOULD CAUSE THE WESTERN RESIDENCE TO BE LATE FOR WORK AND COULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR LOSING THEIR JOBS. MY COMMENT HERE IS SOMETHING I WAS TAUGHT BY MY PARENTS AND A JUDGE EARLY IN MY CAREER. IF YOU NEED TO BE SOMEWHERE ON A TIMELY BASIS, LEAVE 10 OR 15 MINUTES EARLY.
THAT USUALLY SOLVES THE PROBLEM.
AS A RESULT, I AM HERE TO GO AHEAD AND TELL YOU THAT TRAFFIC LIGHTS, IF IT'S GOING TO HELP WITH THE RESIDENTS MAKING LEFT HAND TURNS, THAT'S A POSITIVE.
THAT'S GOOD. IF THE TRAFFIC LIGHT SLOWS THE SPEED DOWN TO PERHAPS REDUCE THE NUMBER OF SPEED RELATED ACCIDENT, THAT'S A POSITIVE AND IT WILL ACCOMPLISH GOOD.
SO BASED ON THE FOREGOING ON BEHALF OF MY FELLOW RESIDENTS OF OSPREY ISLES, WE ARE IN FAVOR OF THE TRAFFIC LIGHT INSTALLATION AT THE INTERSECTION OF BAY HILL AND ANCIENT TREE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, MATTHEW.
VICTOR MARTIN. EXCUSE ME FOR THE INTERRUPTION.
WE'RE HAVING A BIT OF A TECHNICAL DIFFICULTY, WE, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE RECESS THE MEETING FOR FIVE MINUTES SO WE CAN REBOOT, PLEASE, MADAM MAYOR, MEETING AS RECESS.
WE GET THE RAIN. I WILL CALL RECALL VICTOR MARTIN TO THE PODIUM, PLEASE.
I LIVE AT 88 SIX HOLDT AMWAY, CARLTON OAKS.
I'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD SINCE 2014.
I'VE BEEN INVOLVED WITH THE INSURGENCY SINCE TWENTY SEVENTEEN.
SO THEREFORE I'VE BEEN IN SEVERAL MEETINGS REGARDING THIS TRAFFIC LIGHT AND THE WHOLE SITUATION REVOLVING AROUND IT.
I'M HERE TONIGHT TO OFFER THAT YOU'VE GOT THE SUPPORT OF 142 HOMEOWNERS TO MOVE FORWARD
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AND USE EVERY AVENUE YOU HAVE POSSIBLE TO ESTABLISH THAT LIGHT.OBVIOUSLY LIVING THERE AND MOVING BOTH EAST AND WEST AS WE GO DOWN TO ROYAL PALM COSTCO, DOWN THAT WAY, WE SEE THE SPEED, WE SEE THE NEED FOR THE GAP.
AND THE VOLUME IS QUITE, QUITE A VOLUME THERE.
I DO ALSO WANT TO EXTEND MY THANKS TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR COMING OUT AND DOING THAT THROUGH THEIR EFFORTS. IT HAS SLOWED DOWN.
I MEAN, I'VE BEEN OUT THERE 175 MILES AN HOUR.
YOU'RE GOING BACKWARDS. AND I'M NOT BEING FUNNY.
I'VE SEEN IT OUT THERE LIKE THAT.
AND STILL, AT TIMES OR DURING DAY, YOU'VE GOT RACETRACK'S.
SO I JUST AGAIN, OFFER THE SUPPORT OF THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY TO YOU TO TAKE ANY LEGAL PHYSICAL MOVES, WHATEVER YOU CAN DO TO MOVE THIS, TO GO AHEAD AND DO IT.
AND I THINK IT'S JUST THAT SIMPLE NOW WITH THIS PART, WITH THE COUNTY, BECAUSE WE KNOW WHAT'S BEEN GOING BACK AND FORTH, I'M SURE YOU'RE AWARE OF OF THE GOING BACK OF WHAT THEY'RE SAYING AND COUNTERING US AND WHILE THEY'RE TRYING TO STOP THIS LIKE.
SO I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR SUPPORT TO PUT THAT LINE.
I KNOW I BUTCHERED THAT, I'M SORRY.
IT'S OK. YOU DID PRETTY WELL, DO YOU? MURAKI I LIVE IN A ZERO FIVE SIX WOODMERE DRIVE.
AND I'M SORRY. CAN YOU PLEASE BE CLOSER TO THE MICROPHONE? THANK YOU. I LIVE IN A ZERO FIVE SIX WOODMERE DRIVE, WHICH IS IN BAZILLE, AND THEY HAVE THE SAME CONCERN THAT MANY THAT CAME BEFORE ME.
THE LIGHT SAYS IT'S RIGHT NOW IS AN URGENT NECESSITY.
AND THEY HOPE THEY YOU LOOK AT THIS AS A PRIORITY BECAUSE HOW MANY ACCIDENTS DO WE NEED TO HAVE BEFORE YOU GET THE LIGHT? SO THAT'S ALL I WANT TO SAY.
HELLO, MY NAME IS JUDY ERENS, I AM ALSO A RESIDENT OF BAY HILL ESTATES AND ONE ONE SIX SIX NINE BLACKWOOD'S LANE AND I MYSELF HAVE WITNESSED AN ACCIDENT OUT AT BAY HILL COMING OUT OF OUR COMMUNITY AT EIGHT THIRTY IN THE MORNING.
AND THIS WAS A FOUR CAR CRASH DUE TO THE CONFLICT SITUATION THAT ARE THE CITY ENGINEER TAUGHT ANGLE WAS SPEAKING ABOUT.
THERE WAS A NONRESIDENT COMING LEFT INTO THE COMMUNITY TO PLAY GOLF AT THE GOLF COURSE, DID NOT SEE A VAN COMING IN.
THAT VAN ENDED UP THE THE CORVETTE SPUN AROUND, HIT ANOTHER VAN IN THE INTERSECTION.
THEN THE VAN THAT HIT HIM HIT AN SUV SITTING IN THE LEFT LANE, TURNING LEFT.
IF THAT VAN WAS GOING ANY FASTER, HE WOULD HAVE RICOCHETED OFF THE SUV AND PROBABLY HIT ME. NOW, BY THE GRACE OF GOD, THIS WOMAN DID NOT HAVE A CHILD IN THE BACK SEAT OF HER CAR AND SHE WAS SITTING STILL.
SO THERE ARE DEFINITELY, YOU KNOW, SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES AND TO THE COMPLAINT, YOU KNOW, BY MAYBE PEOPLE FROM THE WESTERN COMMUNITY SAYING THAT IT'S GOING TO SLOW THEM DOWN IN THE MORNING, LET ME TELL YOU, WHEN THERE'S AN ACCIDENT ON NORTHLAKE BOULEVARD, IT IS GRIDLOCK. SO THAT SLOWS THEM DOWN AND THAT WILL CAUSE THEM TO BE LATE WAY LATE IN THE MORNING. I MEAN, THERE ARE TIMES WHEN, YOU KNOW, I WILL CALL MY HUSBAND.
AND IF I GENERALLY LEAVE A LITTLE BIT BEFORE HE DOES AND I'LL SAY WAIT ABOUT 30, 40 MINUTES BECAUSE THERE IS AN ACCIDENT ON NORTHLAKE BOULEVARD OR THERE'S AN ACCIDENT RIGHT OUTSIDE OF OUR COMMUNITY.
SO DON'T EVEN BOTHER LEAVING THE HOUSE YET.
SO, AGAIN, I KNOW THERE'S DEFINITELY A NEED.
YOU KNOW, I KNOW YOU GUYS UNDERSTAND THAT YOU WILL DO THE BEST THAT YOU CAN TO HELP THE COMMUNITIES OUT WEST.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL.
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I'M GENERALLY HAPPY WITH THE WAY THE CITY.CAN YOU SPEAK INTO THE MICROPHONE, PLEASE, AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS? YES, YES. MY NAME IS DOUGLAS GRANT.
I LIVE AT THREE ZERO ONE BALSOM STREET PALM BEACH GARDENS.
I'M SORRY, SIR. YOU'LL HAVE TO GET CLOSER TO THE MICROPHONE.
THANK YOU. MY NAME IS DOUGLAS GRANT.
I LIVE AT THREE ZERO ONE BALSOM STREET.
AND THE PROBLEM I'M HAVING IS THAT I HAVE A DAYCARE CENTER ACROSS THE STREET FROM ME.
I HAVE A DAYCARE CENTER, ONE HOUSE OVER FROM ME AND I HAVE OFF THE BOOKS DAYCARE CENTER NEXT TO ME. AND WHAT I'M SAYING IS YOU NEED TO SHUT THESE BUSINESSES DOWN.
I'M AN ELECTRICIAN. I KNOW CODES.
AND I'M BAFFLED THAT YOU WOULD LET SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAPPEN.
THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU SHOEHORN A HIGH IMPACT, HIGH VOLUME BUSINESS IN A NEIGHBORHOOD, IT'S EVERYTHING GOING WRONG.
FIRST, THERE'S A LOT OF TRAFFIC.
THE TRAFFIC COMES DOWN FAST DOWN THE STREET.
I IN THE CAR AND THE KIDS ARE PLAYING AND SCREAMING ALL DAY IN THE AFTERNOON, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK. THE THREE OR FOUR BUSINESS, THEY HAVE LOUD PARTIES AND SCREAMING KIDS.
ON SATURDAY NIGHT, THERE IS NO LET UP.
AND SO WHAT I'M SAYING TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR, THESE BUSINESSES NEED TO BE SHUT DOWN. THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU PUT THESE BUSINESSES IN AND THEY JUST TAKE OFF THEIR THEIR ENTITIES UNTO THEMSELVES.
THEY'RE NOT LOOKING OUT FOR THE REST OF THE NEIGHBORS.
AND IF YOU GO TO ASK THEM SOMETHING, THEY'RE HIDING BEHIND, HEY, WE'RE TAKING CARE OF KIDS. THIS IS A DAYCARE CENTER.
SO IT'S LIKE A BUNCH OF HOUSES LIVING AROUND A PLAYGROUND.
THESE KIDS SHIFTING FROM HOUSE TO HOUSE, YARD, YARD, AND IT IS BEDLAM.
SO I'D LIKE TO GET THIS RECORDING TO SOMEBODY WHO'S IN CHARGE AND TAKES CARE OF THOSE KIND OF THINGS. KEN, I'M ASKING YOU RESPECTFULLY, THESE BUSINESSES NEED TO BE SHUT DOWN, IF YOU WOULD, MADAM MAYOR.
MR. GRANT. YES, I'LL GET OUR DEPUTY CITY MANAGER, STEVE STEP TO MEET WITH YOU RIGHT NOW IF YOU CAN GIVE US THE ADDRESSES.
YES. THEN WE WILL LOOK INTO THE MATTER AND FIND OUT WHAT'S RELICENSE, WHAT ISN'T, AND WE'LL TAKE WHATEVER APPROPRIATE ACTION THAT WE NEED TO DO.
I APPRECIATE IT. I'M GETTING NO PEACE OVER THERE.
OK, SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GET WITH YOU NOW AND GET THE ADDRESSES.
AND THEN OUR DEPUTY CITY MANAGER, STEVE STEPP, WILL WORK WITH YOU ON THAT.
THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL THE CARDS WE HAVE FOR TONIGHT.
SO NEXT IS THE CITY MANAGER'S REPORT.
AND I KNOW, RON, YOU DO HAVE A REPORT.
[VI. CITY MANAGER REPORT]
JUST VERY BRIEFLY, TO DO AN INTRODUCTION THAT AGAIN, THAT WE HAD OUR MEETING LAST MONDAY WITH THE RESIDENTS OUT IN THE WESTERN SECTION OF OUR COMMUNITY WHO WERE IN MUCH NEED OF SOME SAFETY OUT THERE AT THAT INTERSECTION.AND IT WAS A PLEASURE TO HAVE OUR MAYOR CONDUCT THAT MEETING FOR US OUT THERE.
AND I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE SOME COMMENTS YOURSELF YOU'D LIKE TO MAKE.
SO IF WE WOULD INDULGE THE COUNCIL, I WOULD LIKE AT THIS TIME TO ALLOW OUR MAYOR TO MAKE A FEW COMMENTS ABOUT THE MEETING, IF THAT'S OK WITH YOU.
THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, SO TO BACKTRACK A LITTLE BIT, THE CITY'S BEEN WORKING TO HAVE A TRAFFIC SIGNAL CONSTRUCTED ON NORTHLAKE BOULEVARD WHERE IT INTERSECTS WITH BAY HILL DRIVE AND SANDHILL CRANE DRIVE.
THE PROJECT HAS BEEN FULLY BUDGETED BY THE CITY FOR FIVE YEARS NOW SINCE 2016.
OUR RESIDENTS WANT THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL AS A SAFETY MEASURE TO ASSIST THEM WITH NAVIGATING WHAT WE ALL ACKNOWLEDGE IS A DANGEROUS INTERSECTION.
TO DATE, THE CITY HAS SECURED A PERMIT FOR THE INSTALLATION OF THE UNDERGROUND UTILITIES TO SUPPORT THE SIGNAL.
HOWEVER, WE CONTINUE TO STRUGGLE WITH THE COUNTY TO SECURE A PERMIT FOR THE INSTALLATION OF THE SIGNAL. SO ON MONDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 3RD, MYSELF, ALONG WITH CITY STAFF AND REPRESENTATIVES OF THE WESTERN COMMUNITIES OF THE INSURGENCY, INCLUDING ANCIENT TREE BAY HILL, THEY HELPED PRESERVE CARLTON OAKS, IBIS, AVENIR AND OSPREY ISLES, ALONG WITH DISTRICT ONE. COUNTY COMMISSIONER MARIA MORENO CAME TOGETHER AT SANDHILL CRANE GOLF CLUB TO DISCUSS THE PROGRESS OF THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL AT SANTO KREIN, ANCIENT TREE DRIVE AND BAY HILL DRIVE. IN NORTHLAKE, THERE WERE ABOUT 50 PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE.
NATALIE CROWLEY, DIRECTOR OF PLANNING AND ZONING, AND TODD ANGOFF, CITY ENGINEER, MADE THE SAME PRESENTATION THAT WE SAW EARLIER TONIGHT.
THE RESIDENTS OF THE WESTERN COMMUNITIES WERE EXTREMELY FRUSTRATED OVER THE REFUSAL OF THE COUNTY TO ISSUE THE PERMIT FOR THE INSTALLATION AND ARE VERY CONCERNED, AS YOU HEARD
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FROM SOME OF THEM TONIGHT, ABOUT THE POTENTIAL FOR A TERRIBLE TRAFFIC INCIDENT AT THE INTERSECTION BEFORE A LIGHT IS INSTALLED.A WEEK AGO FRIDAY, I HAD OCCASION TO BE AT SANDHILL CRANES AT TWO O'CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON AND I TOOK A PICTURE WHILE I WAS COMING OUT.
THERE WERE SIX CARS IN FRONT OF ME, COMPLETELY STOPPED WAITING TO MAKE THAT LEFT HAND TURN. AFTER ABOUT FIVE MINUTES, I DECIDED TO MAKE THE RIGHT TURN AND THEN MAKE A U-TURN.
WHILE I WAS MAKING MY U-TURN, A CONSTRUCTION TRUCK WAS COMING OUT OF AVENIR.
AND IT ALSO PUTS MORE TRAFFIC IN FRONT OF BAY HILL.
SO IT'S DANGEROUS FOR EVERYBODY.
SO AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THE CITY ATTORNEY REPORT UP IF EVERYONE'S OK WITH THAT, SO THAT MAX CAN PROVIDE SOME INSIGHT INTO WHAT THE CITY'S NEXT STEPS COULD BE, SO THAT WE CAN DO OUR JOBS AND PROVIDE THE SAFETY AND PROVIDE FOR THE SAFETY AND WELL-BEING OF OUR RESIDENTS. SO I'M OK WITH THAT.
THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. AND THANK YOU EVERYBODY FOR THEIR INPUT IN THEIR AND THEIR PRESENTATIONS AND CERTAINLY THE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS VERY IMPORTANT ISSUE THIS EVENING.
YES, SADLY, I DO HAVE AN ATTORNEY REPORT FOR YOU.
BUT TONIGHT, IT'S KIND OF UNFORTUNATE THAT THAT I DO.
AND BEFORE YOU TONIGHT IS A RESOLUTION RESOLUTION THIRTY ONE DASH 2021 THAT WE'RE ASKING TO BE ADDED TO THE RESOLUTION AND I'M ASKING FOR ACTION ON TONIGHT.
AND THIS RESOLUTION WILL DO A FEW THINGS FOR US.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IT WILL DO IS, WELL, LET ME JUST START OVER.
BACK IN APRIL AND APRIL 14TH, AFTER WE GOT IN RECEIPT TO THE OF THE APRIL 7TH LETTER FROM COUNTY ENGINEER DAVID RIK'S, DENYING OUR PERMIT RIGHT AWAY PERMIT YET AGAIN, EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO WARRANT THE LIGHT BOTH UNDER STATE LAW CHAPTER THREE SIXTEEN AS WELL AS THROUGH THE TPS LETTER, WHICH IS JUST SUPERFLUOUS.
IT'S UNNECESSARY. WE DON'T NEED IT.
WE HAVE A WE HAVE ORIGINAL TRAFFIC JURISDICTION ALREADY AS A MATTER OF LAW.
I PROUD TODAY. I RESPONDED TO THAT LETTER ON APRIL 14TH AND I PROPOUNDED A PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST TO REQUESTS FOR PUBLIC RECORDS CONTEMPORANEOUSLY.
WITH THAT, I COPIED MR. RICKS AS WELL AS VIRGINIA BAKER AND THE COUNTY ATTORNEY, DENISE NEIMAN, ON THAT ON THAT REQUEST FOR PUBLIC RECORDS.
AND IN THAT REQUEST, I REQUESTED A FAIR AMOUNT OF INFORMATION.
IT WASN'T PARTICULARLY VOLUMINOUS, IN MY OPINION, BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING THAT I REQUESTED WERE THE TRAFFIC WARRANT ANALYSIS FOR FOUR NINE LIGHTS THAT WE SUSPECT WERE INSTALLED WITHOUT TRAFFIC WARRANTS.
TWO DAYS LATER, I WOULD SUBMIT TO YOU QUESTIONABLY IN VIOLATION OF CHAPTER 119.
THEY RESPONDED TO ME IN THE AFTERNOON LETTING ME KNOW THAT, YES, THEY HAD RECEIVED MY PUBLIC RECORD REQUEST ON BEHALF OF THE CITY AND THAT IT WOULD TAKE 20 BUSINESS DAYS TO RESPOND TO THE REQUEST TO WHICH I RESPONDED AGAIN, COPYING THE SAME INDIVIDUALS, INCLUDING MISS NEIMAN, LETTING THEM KNOW THAT THAT'S AN ARBITRARY AND CAPRICIOUS RESPONSE, THAT THEY DIDN'T PROVIDE ANY BASIS FOR SUCH A FOR SUCH A BROAD TIME ESTIMATION.
I KNOW IT CERTAINLY WOULDN'T TAKE.
US THAT LONG TO PRODUCE THAT INFORMATION, AND THEN I SENT THEM A SUBSEQUENT EMAIL DETAILING A FEW SALIENT POINTS, IS SALIENT POINTS FROM A FEW CASES THAT ARE ON POINT AS RELATES TO PUBLIC RECORDS, TO POINT OUT TO THEM THAT THEY'RE ARBITRARY 20 DAYS TO RESPOND TO THE PUBLIC RECORD REQUESTS DIDN'T COMPORT WITH THE LAW.
UNDER THE LAW, THEY REQUIRED TO RESPOND IN A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME BASED UPON THE RECORDS REQUESTED.
AND IN THAT SECOND RESPONSE, I SAID IN OH, BY THE WAY, TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR YOU, YOU CAN GIVE ME ITEM NUMBER FIVE FIRST, WHICH WAS THE NINE TRAFFIC WARRANTS, NINE WARRANT ANALYSIS FOR THOSE NINE TRAFFIC SIGNALS, WHICH WE WOULD LITERALLY BE ABLE TO GO HERE FOR ANY TRAFFIC SIGNAL THAT WE'VE WARRANTED OR THAT'S BEEN PUT UP IN OUR CITY AND GO IF WE HAVE A TRAFFIC STUDY FOR IT, WE'D BE ABLE TO GO PUT OUR HANDS ON IT IN A MATTER OF MINUTES. WE JUST GO TO THE FILE AND GET IT.
I GOT NO RESPONSE FROM THAT WHATSOEVER.
SO LAST THURSDAY, IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER 119, SECTION POINT ONE TWO, I SENT THEM A YET ANOTHER NOTICE, LETTING THEM KNOW THAT IF THEY DIDN'T RESPOND TO OUR PUBLIC RECORDS AND OUR REQUEST IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW AND COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF CHAPTER 119, THAT THE CITY WOULD AVAIL ITSELF OF ALL REMEDIES AVAILABLE TO IT.
AND I DID THAT BECAUSE UNDER ONE NINETEEN POINT ONE TO YOU HAVE TO YOU HAVE TO PROVIDE THAT FIVE DAYS NOTICE UNDER THE LAW TO PRESERVE YOUR RIGHT TO PURSUE ATTORNEY'S FEES IF YOU HAVE TO LITIGATE OVER REQUIRING SOMEBODY TO COMPEL WITH THE PUBLIC RECORDS LAW.
WE'VE GOTTEN NOTHING BUT CRICKETS, NO SOUND FROM THEM, NO RESPONSE, NO E-MAIL, NO.
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NOTHING. SO WHAT I'M ASKING FOR YOU TONIGHT IS AUTHORIZATION TO FILE THE NECESSARY LAWSUITS TO COMPEL THE COUNTY TO COMPLY WITH THE PUBLIC RECORDS LAW.IT'S PARTICULARLY ABHORRENT WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
IT'S IT'S UNBELIEVABLE TO ME THAT ANOTHER GOVERNMENT WOULD SLOW ROLL A RESPONSE TO A PUBLIC RECORD REQUEST.
THAT'S PART OF MY JOB HERE IS TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T DO IT AND OUR STAFF ISN'T INCLINED TO DO IT. BUT I WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH OUR CLERK AND ALL OF OUR STAFF AND OUR CITY MANAGER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE RESPONDING TO REQUESTS FOR PUBLIC RECORD IN A PROPER, PROMPT FASHION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW, EVEN WHEN THE RECORDS SOME VERY RARELY, BUT OCCASIONALLY THEY'RE NOT PARTICULARLY FLATTERING.
AND WE STILL MAKE SURE THAT WE DO IT BECAUSE THE FLORIDA LEGISLATURE HAS ESTABLISHED AN ABSOLUTE RIGHT TO THOSE PUBLIC RECORDS, SAVE ONLY A FEW CONFIDENTIAL RECORDS AND CERTAIN EXEMPTIONS. WE HAVE ONE OF THE MOST LIBERAL PUBLIC RECORDS LAW IN THE COUNTRY.
SO THE REASON I PUT IT IN THE FORM OF A RESOLUTION IS WHILE I BELIEVE THAT UNDER THE LAW WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH A CHAPTER 164 ALTERNATIVE INTERGOVERNMENTAL ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION PROCESS, I WANTED TO PUT IT IN THE RESOLUTION AND HAVE THE DECLARATION MADE BY THE COUNCIL THAT THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT GOVERNMENT INTERESTS IN STAKE AND EVEN THE PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE ISSUES AT STAKE SO THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO AVOID GOING THROUGH THE CHAPTER 164 PROCEEDING.
IT'S REALLY A PROPHYLACTIC MEASURE, IF YOU WILL, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY DON'T TRY TO RAISE THAT AND RESIST GIVING US THE RECORDS, BECAUSE I SUSPECT THEY DON'T HAVE THEM AND THEY DON'T WANT TO TELL ME THEY DON'T HAVE THEM.
AND I'M GOING TO NEED A JUDGE TO TELL THEM THAT THEY HAVE TO GIVE ME AN ANSWER ONE WAY OR THE OTHER ON BEHALF OF THE CITY.
THE OTHER PORTION OF IT, WHICH IS ABSOLUTELY GOING TO BE REQUIRED, IS THE DETERMINATION THAT THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT GOVERNMENT INTERESTS IN PUBLIC HEALTH, HEALTH, SAFETY, WELFARE ISSUES AT STAKE SO WE CAN AVOID, AGAIN, GOING THROUGH THE LENGTHY NINE MONTH ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION PROCESS THAT MOST OF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH.
WE WENT THROUGH AND MOBILITY, SADLY TO NO AVAIL AGAIN, SO WE CAN AVOID THAT PROCESS AND IMMEDIATELY FILE A LAWSUIT TO COMPEL THEM TO ISSUE OUR PERMIT.
THE PERMIT THIS RIGHT AWAY PERMIT, ONCE WE SATISFIED THE WARRANT, THE ISSUANCE OF THAT RIGHT AWAY PERMIT IS MINISTERIAL THE CITY.
NO, THERE'S NO LONGER WE NOT RECEIVED ANY MORE TECHNICAL COMMENTS FROM THE COUNTY, THE CITY, OUR STAFF, OUR CITY ENGINEER AND OUR CONTRACTORS, THEY HAVE SO THEY HAVE SUPPLIED THEM WITH ALL THE PROPER INFORMATION.
THERE'S NO LONGER ANY TECHNICAL COMPLIANCE ISSUES.
THEY DON'T HAVE THE DISCRETION TO REFUSE TO ISSUE THE PERMIT AT THAT POINT.
AND THERE THEY ARE INAPPROPRIATELY AND IN MY OPINION, ILLEGALLY EXERCISING BUREAUCRATIC MUSCLES TO OUR DETRIMENT, THEIR MOTIVATIONS.
I'LL LEAVE THAT FOR THE REST OF YOU TO DO.
BUT WHAT THEY'RE DOING, IN MY OPINION, IS A BLATANT VIOLATION OF THE LAW AND AN ABUSE OF THEIR POWER. AND I NEED THE RESULT.
I WOULD NEED AT LEAST A SUPERMAJORITY VOTE.
I'M HOPING FOR A UNANIMOUS VOTE ON PASSING THE RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE ME TO FILE THE NECESSARY LEGAL ACTIONS TO COMPEL THEM TO COMPLY WITH THE LAW.
YOU'VE HEARD PEOPLE THAT ARE WAY MORE INFORMED THAN I AM AS IT RELATES TO THE TECHNICAL ISSUES ABOUT THE PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE FACING OUR RESIDENTS, AS WELL AS THE COUNTY RESIDENTS OUT THERE DUE TO THE ABSENCE OF THIS SIGNAL.
AND IT'S A LONG TIME, IN MY OPINION, THAT THE COUNTY QUIT ABUSING ITS AUTHORITY AND START WORKING WITH THE GOVERNMENTS THAT ARE IN THE COUNTY RATHER THAN TRYING TO ABUSE US.
THE OTHER PORTION OF IT IS TO DIRECT THE CITY MANAGER TO TAKE THE STEPS NECESSARY TO EXPEDITE THE INSTALLATION.
SO THAT WE CAN MOVE FORWARD AS BEST WE CAN THAT WAY, WHEN WE PREVAIL, WE GET OUR PERMIT.
WE DON'T HAVE ANY ROADBLOCKS AT ALL.
BUT THAT'S THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR IN THE RESOLUTION.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM.
WHAT OUR OWN TRAFFIC OFFICER LIKE TO START? NO, BUT.
I WAS KIND OF HOPING WE WERE GOING TO ROLL THIS INTO MORE OF A CONVERSATION BECAUSE.
WE NEED TODD BACK UP ANYWAY, WHERE TO GO AND MAX WILL BE RIGHT, I'LL START.
I'LL GO FOR IT. SO FIRST OFF, I WANT TO TALK TO OUR RESIDENCES THAT ARE HERE.
THANK YOU FOR COMING AND THANK YOU FOR VOICING YOUR OPINION ON WHAT'S GOING ON IN NORTHLAKE. JUST LIKE THE MAYOR SAID, I WAS A TRAFFIC COP HERE FOR MOST OF MY ADULT LIFE.
I KNOW ALL ABOUT NORTHLAKE MARCIE, ALTHOUGH NEW ON THE COUNCIL TO NEW TO THIS COUNCIL IS NOT NEW TO BEING A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER.
SHE'S FAMILIAR WITH THE TRAFFIC ON NORTHLAKE.
WE'VE BEEN INGRAINED INTO THIS SITUATION WITH TRAFFIC ON NORTHLAKE FOR A LONG TIME.
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SO WE KNOW EVERYTHING THAT YOU GUYS ARE HEARING NOW.SO WE WOULD LIKE YOU TO GO BACK TO YOUR COMMUNITY AND TELL EVERYBODY ON THE PLANET THAT YOUR CITY COUNCIL, WHO WE JUST GET VOTED IN BY YOU, SUPPORTS GETTING IN.
YOU'LL SEE, I'M NOT SPEAKING FOR MY OTHER FOUR, BUT SUPPORTS TRAFFIC CONTROL, SAVING LIVES, CUTTING DOWN ON INJURIES AND MAKING OUR COMMUNITY AS BEST AS POSSIBLE.
AND THE REASON WHY I SAY THAT, ONE OF THE REASONS WHY ALL OF YOU INDIVIDUALLY VOTED TO BE ANNEXED BY THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS IS BECAUSE YOU WANT TO BE IN A BETTER PLACE.
PALM BEACH GARDENS DOES BETTER WITH OUR RESIDENCES THAN THE COUNTY DOES BETTER WITH THE ENTIRE COUNTY. NOW, THIS IS A POLITICAL ISSUE.
WE BATTLE WITH THEM ON MOBILITY ISSUES, WHICH IS OTHER TRAFFIC STUFF THAT WE'RE GOING TO END UP IN COURT OVER THAT, TOO.
SO WHAT THEY DON'T WANT TO DO IS PLAY NICE AND.
THE SAFETY OF THE PEOPLE THAT DRIVE ON NORTHLAKE BOULEVARD, AND THEY'RE GOING TO LOSE BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO BRING IN A COURT SO TIGHT, I HAVE A QUESTION.
YOU BROUGHT UP TRAFFIC CONTROL JURISDICTION.
I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS A LEGAL QUESTION OR SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN DEFINE.
SO IF TRAFFIC CONTROL, THEIR JURISDICTION IS ACTUALLY A COMES UNDER THE STATE STATUTE AND IF WE HAVE TRAFFIC CONTROL, JURISDICTION ON THE ROADWAY IS NOT A TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICE, SUCH AS A SIGNAL PART OF TRAFFIC CONTROL JURISDICTION.
AND OK, SO, I MEAN, YES, THE ISSUE IS IT GOES ON COUNTY PROPERTY.
WE'RE PUTTING THE SIGNAL ITSELF ON COUNTY PROPERTY.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO OBTAIN A RIGHT AWAY PERMIT.
BUT THE ONLY THING ABOUT THAT, THEY WON'T ISSUE IT BECAUSE THEY DON'T AGREE WITH THE SIGNAL OR THE WARRANT.
YEAH, THAT'S CORRECT. WE DON'T NEED THEIR AUTHORITY TO WARRANT THE LIKE, WE HAVE ORIGINAL TRAFFIC JURISDICTION UNDER CHAPTER THREE, IT'S THREE SIXTEEN POINT ZERO ZERO SIX THREE POINT ZERO ZERO EIGHT OF THE FLORIDA STATUTES.
WE NEVER RELINQUISHED TRAFFIC CONTROL JURISDICTION THROUGH AN ENTIRE LOCAL AGREEMENT AFTER THE ANNEXATION OF BAY HILL.
AND SO WE HAVE THAT PORTION OF NORTHLAKE.
AND WHAT TODD IS SAYING IS ABSOLUTELY CORRECT.
THEY ARE MERELY THE REVIEWING AGENCY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE MEETING THE TECHNICAL BASICALLY BUILDING CODE REQUIREMENTS, IF YOU WILL, FOR THE INSTALLATION OF THAT SIGNAL, BECAUSE THEY OWN THE RIGHT OF WAY, BUT THEY DO NOT HAVE A RIGHT TO DENY THAT PERMIT AND AN ARBITRARY AND CAPRICIOUS FASHION AS THEY'RE DOING SO.
THE ONLY THING WE CAN REALLY DO IS PLAY THIS OUT AS IT GOES.
THE COUNCIL IS GOING TO SUPPORT IT.
WE HAVEN'T VOTED ON IT YET, BUT THE COUNCIL IS GOING TO SUPPORT ITS OBVIOUS AND.
THAT'S WHY THEY CAN'T TRAFFIC CONTROL, BECAUSE WE NEED TO CONTROL THE TRAFFIC IN ORDER TO. HELP TRAFFIC SLOW DOWN SO PEOPLE DON'T GET INJURED AND MOTOR COPS CAN'T DO IT JUST BY ISSUING TICKETS. I WAS A MOTOR COP HERE FOR 10 YEARS OR BETWEEN WHATEVER JUPITER AND HERE FOR 10 YEARS. BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S CRAZY WHAT YOU GOT TO GO THROUGH.
YOU GOT SOMEONE 45, 50 MILES AN HOUR AND YOU GOT SOMEONE ON 70, 75, AND YOU GOT A MOTOR COP ZOOMING THROUGH TRAFFIC AT 80, 85.
THE TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICE, WHICH THERE WILL BE MANY UP AND DOWN NORDLEY BOULEVARD WHEN AVENIR GETS GOING, WILL HELP SLOW THE TRAFFIC.
AND, YOU KNOW, SO I REALLY ONLY DIDN'T HAVE MUCH OF ANY QUESTIONS OTHER THAN THE TRAFFIC CONTROL JURISDICTION. IT'S JUST A STATEMENT THAT YOU GUYS GOT ARE MY SUPPORT AND WE'LL GET IT DONE BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO DO.
WELL, SITTING ON THIS COUNCIL FOR FOUR YEARS, YOU KIND OF GET A FEEL FOR WHAT EVERYBODY WANTS AND NEEDS, AND WE REMIND OURSELVES EVERY DAY THAT WE'RE RESIDENTS JUST LIKE THE REST OF YOU. THIS IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT DRIVES PEOPLE NUTS ABOUT GOVERNMENT, MYSELF INCLUDED. I MEAN, YOU HAVE A SITUATION HERE WHERE THE STUDIES WILL SHOW AND HAVE SHOWN THE NEED. BUT NOT ONLY THAT, IF YOU JUST LOOK AROUND AND YOU SEE THE FUTURE, YOU HAVE TO PUT A LITTLE BIT OF COMMON SENSE BEHIND WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND WHY.
AND I THINK THIS IS WHY PEOPLE LOOK AT GOVERNMENTS AND.
WELL, WHY WHAT WHAT SEEMS TO BE THE PROBLEM? IT'S COMMON SENSE THAT WE NEED A LIGHT.
NOW, YOU'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT PUTTING SOMETHING ON, YOU KNOW, AN INTERSECTION IN THE MIDDLE OF TOWN WHERE THERE'S NO NEW CONSTRUCTION, THERE'S NO NEW DEVELOPMENTS COMING ALONG. NOW WE'RE IN THE FUTURE.
SO IF A TRAFFIC STUDY DOESN'T SUPPORT A LIGHT DOWN THE STREET ON A MILITARY TRAIL, THAT MIGHT MAKE SENSE BECAUSE THERE'S NO NEW CONSTRUCTION AROUND HERE.
BUT YOU'RE LOOKING AT AN AREA THAT EVEN THOUGH THE TRAFFIC STUDY DOES WARRANT IT, EVEN IF
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YOU'RE QUESTIONING IT A LITTLE BIT, JUST JUST USE A LITTLE BIT OF COMMON SENSE AND SAY, YES, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN.SO WHY DO WE HAVE TO SIT AND PLAY THESE GAMES? YOU KNOW, WE HAVE ALLOWED THE CITY MANAGER AND ATTORNEY AND STAFF TO TO WORK WITH THE COUNTY STAFF.
I DON'T ALWAYS AGREE WITH WITH EVERYTHING THAT WE DO.
AND WE HAVE A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS AND THE BACK.
BUT I 1000 PERCENT AGREE WITH OUR CITY ATTORNEY AND MANAGER THAT WE CAN'T SIT BACK AND WAIT ANY LONGER.
THE COUNCIL THAT WE'VE WE'VE WE KNOW THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AND THEY'RE ALL FRIENDS OF MINE. AND AND I RESPECT ALL OF THEM.
AND I KNOW THEY'RE TRYING TO DO THE RIGHT THING.
AND THIS ISN'T A KNOCK ON THEM.
THIS IS REALLY JUST TO SAY, OK, WE'VE TRIED TO DO IT THE RIGHT WAY.
WE'VE LISTENED TO THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY, THE RESIDENTS, TO SAY JUST SIT DOWN AND WORK IT OUT. AND AFTER A WHILE, WHEN YOU SIT DOWN AND WORK IT OUT, THERE IS NO WORKING OUT.
THEN YOU HAVE TO STEP BACK AND SAY, WHAT ARE WE WASTING OUR TIME FOR? AND HERE WE ARE.
AND I THINK IT'S TIME TO GO TO THE NEXT STEP, LISTEN TO OUR RESIDENTS, LISTEN TO NOT ONLY OUR RESIDENTS, BUT LISTEN TO THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE BEYOND IT.
LISTEN TO THE RESIDENTS, THE GUESTS, THE VISITORS, THE PEOPLE THAT COME AND VISIT, THOSE OF YOU THAT LIVE IN THESE COMMUNITIES AND THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE FURTHER WEST AND THE ACREAGE AND BEYOND AND LISTEN AND JUST WATCH.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO WAIT FOR PEOPLE TO DIE JUST BECAUSE A TRAFFIC STUDY DOESN'T WARRANT IT. AND I DON'T THINK ANYBODY HERE IS GOING TO WANT TO.
I DON'T PARTICULARLY LIKE THE WAY THIS PROCESS IS GOING.
BUT, YOU KNOW, THERE COMES A POINT WHEN YOU HAVE TO SAY ENOUGH'S ENOUGH.
AND I WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR FOR DOING IT AND PUSHING IT.
YOU CAN'T ALWAYS GET WHAT YOU WANT.
YOU CAN'T ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, HAVE PEOPLE SIT DOWN AND AGREE WITH YOU.
AND IT'S TIME TO TAKE THE NEXT STEP TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR RESIDENTS ARE PROTECTED.
SO I'M GOING TO SUPPORT THIS A THOUSAND PERCENT.
CHELSEA, A THOUSAND PERCENT AND A HALF, WITHOUT A DOUBT, BEFORE I WAS EVEN ELECTED, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WAS BROUGHT TO ME AS JUST A CANDIDATE.
THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON WAY TOO LONG.
AND SAFETY SUPPOSED TO BE THE PRIORITY FOR US AND FOR OUR CITY STAFF AND FOR NOT ABLE TO GO FORWARD WITH THE COUNTY ALLOWING US TO DO SO.
I'M JUST THE MORE AND MORE I'VE HEARD ABOUT THIS TONIGHT, THE MORE UPSET I'VE GOTTEN.
AND I THOUGHT I KNEW A GOOD AMOUNT ABOUT THIS.
AND I HAVE WITH ME SEVERAL EMAILS FROM RESIDENTS WHO'VE BEEN REACHING OUT TO ME FOR ALMOST TWO YEARS ABOUT THIS.
AND I'M NOT GOING TO READ THEM ALL BECAUSE THEY WERE ALL ECHOED TONIGHT BY THE RESIDENTS WHO CAME. THANK YOU. AND WHAT WE NEED TO PROTECT OUR PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY AND OUR RESIDENTS NO MATTER WHAT.
I'VE LIVED HERE MY WHOLE LIFE AND PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, MAKE FUN OF FLORIDA SOMETIMES.
LET'S NOT HAVE THAT HAPPEN THIS TIME.
LET'S TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO NOT MAKE THE MISTAKE THAT'S RIGHT THERE WAITING EVERY MORNING AND EVERY EVENING.
AND IT'S LETHAL AND IT NEEDS TO BE FIXED.
AND SO I'M VERY, VERY PROUD OF OUR CITY, OUR CITY MANAGER AND OUR CITY ATTORNEY FROM FOR STICKING UP FOR OUR RESIDENTS.
AND I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR HARD WORK AND EFFORTS.
THANK YOU AND YOU'RE ALL CORRECT, THIS IS NOT A NEW ISSUE.
WHEN I WAS ON THE COUNCIL BACK FIVE YEARS AGO AND WE WERE ANNEXING OSPREY ISLAND AND WE HAD A MEETING IN OUR EOC, MATTHEW WAS THERE AND A LOT OF OTHER RESIDENTS WERE THERE AND THEY WERE WHOLEHEARTEDLY IN SUPPORT OF THE ANNEXATION, ASKING A LOT OF QUESTIONS.
BUT THEIR CONCERNS WERE THIS EXACT ISSUE IS THE TRAFFIC ON NORTH LEG, THE TURN LANES AND THE CAN WE GET TRAFFIC TO SLOW DOWN? CAN WE PUT UP A SIGNAL? WHAT CAN WE DO? AND I CANNOT BELIEVE THAT WE'RE SITTING HERE ALMOST FIVE YEARS.
MAYBE IT'S MORE THAN FIVE YEARS LATER STILL TALKING ABOUT THE SAME ISSUES.
SO TO CARL AND MARK'S POINT, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES GOVERNMENT CAN'T GET, YOU KNOW, GETS IN THEIR OWN WAY. AND IN THIS CASE, WE'RE TRYING TO WORK TOGETHER TO SOLVE AN ISSUE.
YOU KNOW, OUR JOB IS TO REPRESENT OUR RESIDENTS.
AND OBVIOUSLY THE HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE OF OUR RESIDENTS IS MY NUMBER ONE CONCERN.
AND I KNOW ALL OF YOUR NUMBER ONE CONCERN.
WE HAVE A LICENSED PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER THAT WROTE A REPORT THAT SAYS THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL IS WARRANTED. WE HAVE OUR OWN PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER THAT HAS REVIEWED IT AND CORROBORATES AND IS URGING US TO TO DO THIS AND AGREES WITH THE TRAFFIC ENGINEER.
WE HAVE OUR POLICE THAT HAVE BEEN OUT THERE FOR YEARS AND THEY'RE SAYING THAT, NORTHLAKE, THE PEOPLE DRIVING ON NORTHLAKE AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED ABOVE AND BEYOND THE SPEED LIMIT, AND IT'S NOT YOU KNOW, IT'S GETTING A LITTLE BETTER, BUT IT'S NOT GETTING VERY, VERY MUCH BETTER. ANCIENT TREE STILL HAS ANOTHER THIRD OF THE DEVELOPMENT TO BE BUILT.
SO THAT'S GOING TO ADD EVEN MORE PEOPLE TURNING LEFT ON THAT CRAZY INTERSECTION THAT I
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WAS A NERVOUS WRECK WATCHING.I CAN'T BELIEVE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE ACTUALLY IN THERE TRYING TO TURN LEFT OR EVEN RIGHT AT THIS POINT WITH ALL THE LANES GOING, WHATEVER, 60 TO 90 MILES PER HOUR FROM WHAT WE HEARD, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT TO OUR DETRIMENT.
AS MAX SAID, IT'S TO THE DETRIMENT OF THE RESIDENTS.
ACTUALLY, I DON'T MEAN TO TO TO SAY SOMETHING DIFFERENT FROM WHAT YOU SAID, BUT IN MY OPINION, IT'S THE DETRIMENT OF THE RESIDENTS.
AND, YOU KNOW, I HOPE IT DOESN'T COME TO A LAWSUIT.
I REALLY DON'T I REALLY HOPE THAT THE COUNTY WILL COME AND SAY SOMETHING.
I READ THE REPORTS AND I'VE READ TRAFFIC REPORTS FOR YEARS, MORE YEARS.
AND I WANT TO SAY BUT I'M NOT WILLING TO WAIT, YOU KNOW, UNTIL A FATALITY OCCURS AT ALL.
I'D LIKE TO DO IT RIGHT NOW BECAUSE WHO IN THEIR RIGHT MIND WOULD WANT TO WAIT FOR SOMEBODY TO GET HURT, LET ALONE DIE? THAT'S NOT THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE HERE TO DO.
WE'RE HERE TO HELP PEOPLE, NOT TO, YOU KNOW, TO WAIT.
LET'S JUST WAIT. THAT'S JUST I CAN'T EVEN BELIEVE THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY SAID.
SO WITH ALL THAT, I REALLY FEEL IT IS WARRANTED.
I I APPRECIATE ALL OF THE EFFORT THAT EVERYONE PUT FORTH TO BRING THIS TO OUR ATTENTION.
AND I THANK THE RESIDENTS FOR BEING SO PATIENT.
I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT YOU'VE BEEN THIS PATIENT.
SO WITH THAT SAID, I, I APPROVE IT AS WELL.
THANK YOU. SEE, LEGAL ACTION IS NEVER TO BE TAKEN LIGHTLY, PARTICULARLY BY A MUNICIPALITY. BUT WE ARE IN AN EXTREMELY UNSAFE POSITION AT THE INTERSECTION OF BAY HELPED DRIVE ANCIENT TREE AND NORTHLAKE WITHOUT THAT TRAFFIC SIGNAL AND GROWTH OUT THERE IS JUST STARTING THE RESOLUTION LISTS ON FOUR PAGES.
THE NUMBERS OF OF RESIDENCES AND DEVELOPMENTS AND BUSINESSES THAT ARE SCHEDULED ARE ON THE BOOKS TO BE MOVING OUT THAT WAY.
NOT ALL IN PALM BEACH GARDENS, BUT THEY WILL ALL MAKE THEIR MARK ON NORTHLAKE.
THE CITY HAS APPLIED FOR ALL REQUIRED PERMITS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE APPLICABLE RULES, REGULATIONS AND PROCEDURES OF THE COUNTY.
WE HAVE DOCUMENTATION FROM THE COUNTY, THE SIGNAL WARREN HAS MET FOR COMPLIANCE WITH THE COMMUNITY SAID BASED ON A WARRANT STUDY, AS MARCIE SAID, BY A LICENSED PROFESSIONAL TRAFFIC ENGINEER, ALL WE NEED FOR THE COUNTY TO DO IS THEIR JOB AND PERMIT THE SIGNAL.
THAT'S ALL THEY'RE REQUIRED TO DO.
WE'RE TRYING TO DO OUR JOB AND PROTECT OUR RESIDENTS, SO I'M IN FULL SUPPORT OF THE RESOLUTION AND TAKING THE NEXT STEPS NECESSARY FOR THE SAFETY OF OUR RESIDENTS AS WELL.
AN AMERICAN. ONE LAST COMMENT I AND IT'S VERY EASY FOR US TO SIT UP HERE IN FRONT OF A VERY FRIENDLY CROWD.
BUT I CAN TELL YOU, EVERY ONE OF US WOULD BE HAPPY TO GO TO ANY COMMUNITY, ANY COUNTY COMMISSION MEETING AND STATE THE SAME THING TO PEOPLE THAT MAY NOT FULLY UNDERSTAND.
AND SO WE'RE ALL GOING TO BE SUPPORTING THIS AT ANY VENUE THAT WE NEED TO DO MORE RACHELLE IS GOING TO DO. WELL, RACHELLE ALL RIGHT.
I WAS GOING TO SPIN OFF FOR YOU, SO I DON'T KNOW WHO WENT TO THE COUNTY COMMISSION MEETINGS. I HEARD SOME PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY WENT TO THE COUNTY COMMISSION MEETING AND UNDER ITEMS FOR PUBLIC DISCUSSION WHERE YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO ENGAGE CONVERSATION WITH THE COMMISSIONER OR US, WHICH IS HOW IT'S DONE.
SO WHEN YOU GO NEXT TIME AND IF A WHOLE BUNCH OF YOU WANT TO GO, THEY GOT TO HEAR EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU AND YOU ASK THEM TO THEIR FACE.
WHY ARE YOU GIVING PALM BEACH GARDENS A SIMPLE PERMIT PERMIT TO HELP CUT DOWN IN THE TRAFFIC CRASHES AND THE INJURIES THAT ARE GOING TO OCCUR IN OUR ON NORTHLAKE BOULEVARD NORDLUND BOULEVARDS, PROBABLY JUST AS BUSY OR SOMEWHAT BUSIER THAN MILITARY TRAIL RIGHT HERE IN FRONT OF CITY HALL FROM PGA TO NORTHLAKE BOULEVARD.
THERE'S PROBABLY FOUR SIGNALS BECAUSE IT CONTROLS THE TRAFFIC.
SO IF YOU NEXT TIME YOU GUYS GO STAND AT THAT PODIUM AND GO, I WANT TO LOOK AT EVERY ONE OF THEM GO, I WANT TO KNOW WHY YOU ARE NOT SUPPORTING, BECAUSE THEY DO HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO TELL VIRGINIA BAKER TO ISSUE THE PERMIT ISSUED A PERMIT.
SO IT'S POLITICS BETWEEN GARDENS AND THE COUNTY BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT GOING ON THAT INTERMINGLES BEYOND THIS TOPIC.
SO THEY WANT TO PLAY POLITICS WITH IT.
SO DON'T LET THEM. I KNOW WE KNOW WE HAVE MARÍAS SUPPORT AND WE CAN ALL SPEAK FOR MARIA.
SO IF YOU GUYS CARE TO GET AN ARMY TOGETHER, GO DO IT.
WE DON'T HAVE TO SPEAK FOR MARIA.
SHE GAVE HER SUPPORT PUBLICLY AT THE MEETING ON MONDAY NIGHT.
SHE IS THE LONE WOLF RIGHT NOW.
AND THIS SO WELL, I GUESS I NEED A ACTUALLY, BUT IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE THIS TIME TO
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HAVE THE CLERK READ THE RESOLUTION BY TITLE.PATTY, WOULD YOU READ THE TITLE, PLEASE? RESOLUTION 31, 2021, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA, ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION ONE SIXTY FOUR POINT ONE TWO FOUR ONE TWO FLORIDA STATUTES FINDING THAT THE ABSENCE OF A TRAFFIC SIGNAL AT THE INTERSECTION OF NORTH LAKE BOULEVARD AND STONEWALL DRIVE, BAY HILL DRIVE SANDHILL CRANE DRIVE CONSTITUTES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO THE HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE OF THE PUBLIC, WHICH REQUIRES IMMEDIATE ACTION AND FURTHER FINDING THAT SIGNIFICANT LEGAL RIGHTS WILL BE COMPROMISED IF A COURT PROCEEDING DOES NOT TAKE PLACE BEFORE THE PROVISIONS OF THE FLORIDA GOVERNMENTAL CONFLICT RESOLUTION ACT SECTIONS ONE POINT SIX FOUR ONE SIXTY FOUR POINT ONE AND ONE THROUGH ONE SIXTY FOUR POINT ONE TWO SIX ONE FLORIDA STATUTES ARE COMPLIED WITH FURTHER FINDING THE PALM BEACH COUNTIES REFUSAL TO TIMELY COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF CHAPTER ONE NINETEEN FLORIDA STATUTES.
THE PUBLIC RECORDS LAW WILL COMPROMISE SIGNIFICANT LEGAL RIGHTS IF A COURT PROCEEDING DOES NOT TAKE PLACE BEFORE THE PROVISIONS OF THE FLORIDA GOVERNMENTAL CONFLICT RESOLUTION ACT SECTIONS ONE SIXTY FOUR POINT ONE TWO ONE TWO ONE SIXTY FOUR POINT ONE HUNDRED SIX ONE FLORIDA STATUTES ARE COMPLIED WITH TO THE CITY'S REQUEST FOR PUBLIC RECORDS RELATED TO CERTAIN TRAFFIC SIGNAL INSTALLATIONS, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
SO AT THIS TIME, I WILL NEED A FIRST AND A SECOND TO APPROVE RESOLUTION.
THIRTY ONE. TWENTY TWENTY ONE.
MAYOR, I'LL MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 31, 2021, PLEASE.
OUR SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, EYE MOTION IS APPROVED FIVE ZERO.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, THE THE THE COMPLAINT FOR THE PUBLIC RECORDS IS DRAFTED AND WILL BE FILED AND SERVED TOMORROW.
I EXPECT TO HAVE THE SECOND COMPLAINT DRAFTED AND FILED BEFORE THE END OF THE WEEK NEXT WEEK. NOW THEY HAVE 20 AFTER THEIR SERVE.
OR IS IT DIFFERENT BECAUSE IT'S A GOVERNMENT SUMMONS? WELL, THEY WOULD NORMALLY GET 20 DAYS BECAUSE I'M NOT SUING THEM FOR DAMAGES.
BUT THE PUBLIC RECORDS IS AN EMERGENCY FILING.
SO I'LL BE FILING THAT AND THEN WE SHOULD GET AN EXPEDITED HEARING THAT THEY MAY OR MAY NOT SHORTEN THEIR TIME TO TO REPLY.
IT JUST DEPENDS ON WHAT THE JUDGE DOES WHEN IT GETS ASSIGNED.
SO POSSIBLY BY THE NEXT MEETING WE MIGHT HAVE SOME ANSWERS.
I'M HOPEFUL. OK, WELL, I'M INTO THAT.
GOOD LUCK, GUYS. HOPEFULLY IT'S NOT RAINING.
NEXT IS THE CONSENT AGENDA, AND I AM GOING TO PULL D AND W, I'D LIKE TO POPPY AND
[VII. CONSENT AGENDA]
CHELSEA WANTS TO POPPY, SO I WILL NEED ANYONE ELSE WANT TO KNOW, BUT I'LL BE HAPPY TO MAKE THE MOTION TO ACCEPT THE CONSENT AND GENDER MINUS D, P AND W.ALL RIGHT, SO WITH RESPECT TO CALL THE QUESTION, MADAM CHAIR, I NEED TO CALL THE QUESTION JUST ON CONSENT AGENDA WITH MINUS THOSE THREE ITEMS. OH, OK. UH.
I NEED A FAVOR. OH, ALL IN FAVOR.
SO, ALL RIGHT, SO AS FAR AS DAGOS ARE WE WE'RE NOT UP ON OUR SCREEN, RIGHT?
[VII.d. PURCHASE AWARD – FURNISH AND INSTALL PLAYGROUND AT MIRACLE LEAGUE FIELD.]
WE DON'T HAVE. WE'RE RESTARTING AGAIN RIGHT NOW.OK, SO I'LL START AND HOPEFULLY WILL COME UP IN A MINUTE.
BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS IT STOPPED RAINING IN OUR CHAMBERS AND YES, IT DID STOP RAINING IN THE CHAMBERS. SO THAT'S A GOOD SIGN.
SO ONE OF THE MANY DEPARTMENTS THAT MAKE PALM BEACH GARDENS THE SIGNATURE CITY THAT IT IS AND THE BEST PLACE IN THE STATE TO RAISE A FAMILY IS OUR PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT.
IT'S NOT JUST THE DIVERSITY OF WHAT WE OFFER IN PROGRAMING AND OUR TOP NOTCH FACILITIES, BUT THE INCLUSION OF ALL FAMILIES AND CHILDREN.
IN FEBRUARY, THE CITY COUNCIL AND STAFF ATTENDED THE OPENING DAY CEREMONIES OF OUR NEW MIRACLE LEAGUE FIELD, AND WE UNVEILED A BEAUTIFUL STATUTE THAT PAYS TRIBUTE TO THE SPECIAL KIDS, FAMILIES AND BUDDIES THAT WILL BE ABLE TO PLAY THERE.
ON TONIGHT'S GETSET AGENDA IS THE FUNDING FOR A NEW SPECIAL NEEDS PLAYGROUND ON THE ADJACENT EMPTY LOT WEST OF THE MIRACLE, THE PLAYING FIELD.
AND I WANT TO THANK OUR PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT, THE CITY MANAGER AND OUR STAFF FOR THEIR FORWARD, INCLUSIVE THINKING AND THEIR BIG HEARTS.
AND I THOUGHT IT APPROPRIATE THAT WE ACTUALLY SEE WHAT THIS IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE AND
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EVERYONE CAN KNOW WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO OUT THERE.GOOD EVENING, CITY COUNCIL, FOR THE RECORD, COMMERCIAL PURCHASING AND CONTRACTS DIRECTOR, AND THIS PROJECT IS TO FURNISH AND INSTALL A PLAYGROUND AT THE MIRACLE LEAGUE PLAYING FIELD, AT LEAST ON THE EMPTY LOT TO THE WEST.
THIS IS THE INTELLECTUAL WEIGHT THAT WAS YEARS AGO WAS LIKE A BRUNTSFIELD, AND IT'S CURRENTLY USED AS A TEMPORARY STORAGE AREA AND A TEMPORARY STAGING AREA FOR WORK DONE A GARDEN SPARK. THE VENDOR HAS DONE PREVIOUS WORK FOR THE CITY AND WE HAD NO ISSUE WITH THAT VENDOR. THE WORK SHOULD TAKE ABOUT 90 DAYS AFTER WE ISSUED THE PURCHASE ORDER AS A NOTICE TO PROCEED, AND THE PROGRAM WOULD BE ACCESSIBLE TO SPECIAL NEEDS CHILDREN.
SO BY THE MIRACLE, EPLING, THE MIRACLE LEAGUE OF PALM BEACH COUNTY AND I MEAN OTHER PEOPLE WHO MAY NOT BE SPECIAL NEEDS CHILDREN.
AND WE ARE PIGGYBACKING A CONTRACT FROM CLAY COUNTY AND THIS SAVES US ADMINISTRATION TIME. IT SAVES US ALSO BECAUSE WE GET VOLUME DISCOUNTS BY PIGGYBACKING A LARGER ENTITIES CONTRACT. THE CITY GETS ALSO A MANUFACTURERS DISCOUNT SPECIFIED AS CONTRACT.
AND THE FUNDING FOR THIS PURCHASE IS ALREADY APPROVED IN THE COUNTY SERVICES DEPARTMENT'S BUDGET. AND I HAVE SOME PRETTY PICTURES TO SHOW YOU SO YOU CAN LOOK AT.
THIS IS THE SITE PLAN THAT SHOWS THE ORIENTATION OF THE PLAYGROUND.
OF COURSE, THE SERVICE WILL BE SYNTHETIC SO THAT IF CHILDREN FALL, THEY WON'T ISSUE THEMSELVES. AND THAT'S WHAT'S YOU LOOK LIKE, YOU'RE HAVING QUESTIONS.
IF I MAY, CHARLOTTE, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD FOR.
CHARLOTTE BREZINSKI, LEISURE SERVICES ADMINISTRATOR, ONE THING I WOULD LIKE TO ADD, ONE NAME WAS NOT MENTIONED.
TODD ENGEL HAS REALLY WORKED VERY HARD ON THIS AND HAS BROUGHT A LOT OF THIS LIFE, ALONG WITH DAVID REYES.
HE'S NOT HERE. SO JUST TO MENTION THAT.
BUT THE MIRACLE LEAGUE, I CAN'T TELL YOU, WERE ALL THERE.
THEY ARE SO GRATEFUL AT HOW THIS CITY HAS STEPPED UP TO SERVE THEIR PROGRAM.
THEY WERE LOOKING FOR NORTH COUNTY LOCATION, MET WITH DANIEL PRADO AND LINDSAY MARSH, WORKED IT ALL OUT. AND THROUGH THOSE GENTLEMEN AND THEIR WORK, IT'S JUST COME TO BE AN AMAZING THING.
AND OUR MAYOR HIT IT RIGHT ON THE NOSE.
WE SERVE ALL PEOPLE WERE SUCH AN AMAZING COMMUNITY IN THIS PROJECT.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, TOM DAVID, ONE OTHER PROJECT NOTE TO ADD.
I SPOKE TO A CROWLEY, OUR DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC SERVICES TODAY, AND HE SAID THAT FUNDING WILL BE IN THE BUDGET NEXT YEAR TO ADD SHOWTUNES, TO ADD SOME SHELTERS FOR THE KIDS SO THEY CAN SIT UNDER THE COVERS FOR.
THANK YOU. SO TWO QUESTIONS ON THAT.
ONE, IS IT GOING TO LEAK? AND AND SECOND QUESTION TIME.
DID YOU PERSONALLY TRY OUT ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT THINGS ON THE PLAYGROUND AS AN.
MM. SO HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO GET THAT INSTALLED YET WHEN THEY TURN 90 DAYS FROM TOMORROW, THE PURCHASE ORDER, WHICH WE'LL PROBABLY DO NEXT WEEK? AWESOME. IT.
THANK YOU. WHY DO WE APPROVE EACH ONE SEPARATELY OR SO, THEN I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE NO.
I. MOTION CARRIES FIVE ZERO FEET, CHELSEA AS I'M PULLING PEE, WHICH IS THE PROCLAMATION FOR MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS AND TRAUMA INFORMED CARE MONTH, MOST LIKELY MORE THAN EVER
[VII.p. PROCLAMATION – MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS AND TRAUMA INFORMED CARE MONTH. ]
BECAUSE OF COVID. BUT I'M PROUD THAT THE CITY HAS DECIDED TO RECOGNIZE MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS AND TRAUMA INFORMED CARE MONTH FOR ME AND TO SUPPORT BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CARE ALL YEAR LONG, NOT JUST FOR THE MONTH OF MAY.ONE IN FIVE ADULTS EXPERIENCE A MENTAL CONDITION EACH YEAR.
SUICIDE IS THE SECOND LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH AMONG PEOPLE AGED 10 TO 34.
AND NOW WITH THE COVID PANDEMIC, THERE'S BEEN A PROFOUND IMPACT ON MENTAL HEALTH FOR PEOPLE OF ALL AGES.
SO NOW, MORE THAN EVER, IT'S CRITICAL TO REDUCE THE STIGMA AROUND MENTAL HEALTH, MENTAL HEALTH STRUGGLES. AND BECAUSE THAT STIGMA IS MORE PREVALENT THAN EVER BEFORE AND WE DON'T WANT TO KEEP ANYONE FROM SEEKING HELP.
I DO HAVE ONE SPECIAL REQUEST.
THE GENTLEMAN WHO SPOKE EARLIER, HIS NAME IS ANDRES TORRES.
HE'S A CLINICAL DEVELOPMENT EXCUSE ME, CLINICAL DIRECTOR FOR FAMILIES FIRST PALM BEACH
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COUNTY. HE'S VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS AS WELL AS THE TREE.WE APPRECIATE BOTH. AND HE'S ASKED IF COUNSEL WOULD BE SO KIND AS TO TAKE A PHOTOGRAPH WITH HIM FOR MENTAL HEALTH MONTH.
IS THAT OK WITH ME TO TAKE A PHOTOGRAPH? YEAH. DO YOU MIND? NO, AND WE WILL CHARGE.
WE DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM HERE, BUT.
YOU ALL ARE VERY, VERY HIGH NOW, AS YOU SAW ON.
I'M NOT SURE I HAVE I GOT FIVE SHOT, TOO.
YEAH, WE'LL GO FROM THE PARK TO THE INTERSECTION.
OK, I NEED A FIRST AND SECOND TO PASS RESOLUTION DOCUMENT CHELSEA.
I CAN MAKE A MOTION WITHOUT YOU PAST PROCLAMATION FOR MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS AND TRAUMA INFORMED CARE, BUT PLEASE GO ON FOREVER.
RIGHT? OK, NOW FOR W SO THIS IS THE 50 SECOND ANNUAL PROFESSIONAL MUNICIPAL CLERKS WEEK.
[VII.w. PROCLAMATION – PROFESSIONAL MUNICIPAL CLERKS WEEK. ]
AND WE WOULD LIKE TO HONOR OUR VERY SPECIAL CLERK, PATTY SNYDER, FOR ALWAYS BEING THERE FOR ALL OF US, NO MATTER WHAT THE ASCAN IS OR WHEN WITH A SMILE OR HOW MANY ELECTIONS, HOW MANY ELECTIONS WE HAVE.WE HAVE TO DEFINITELY I HEAR FROM PEOPLE FROM OTHER CITIES AND THEY'RE LIKE, I MISS THIS AND I MISS THAT. I'M LIKE, OH, I DIDN'T MISS IT.
I KNOW I WAS GOING TO TREAT YOU GUYS, BUT SHE'S ALL OVER ME ALL THE TIME.
I MEAN, SHE KIND OF ME THAT'S ANNOYING ME.
HEY. HEY. SO, YEAH, I WILL WAIT TILL YOU READ THE PROCLAMATION FROM MUNICIPAL CLERKS WEEK, WHEREAS THE OFFICE OF THE PROFESSIONAL MUNICIPAL CLERK, A TIME HONORED AND VITAL PART OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT, EXISTS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.
AND WHEREAS THE OFFICE OF THE PROFESSIONAL MUNICIPAL CLERK IS THE OLDEST AMONG PUBLIC SERVANTS, THAT DOESN'T MEAN YOU'RE THE OLDEST PATTY.
AND WHEREAS THE OFFICE OF THE PROFESSIONAL MUNICIPAL CLERK PROVIDES THE PROFESSIONAL LINK BETWEEN THE CITIZENS, THE LOCAL GOVERNING BODIES AND AGENCIES OF GOVERNMENT AT OTHER LEVELS, AND WHEREAS PROFESSIONAL MUNICIPAL CLERKS HAVE PLEDGED TO BE EVER MINDFUL OF THEIR NEUTRALITY AND IMPARTIALITY, RENDERING EQUAL SERVICE TO ALL.
AND WHEREAS THE PROFESSIONAL MUNICIPAL CLERK SERVES AS THE INFORMATION CENTER ON FUNCTIONS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND COMMUNITY, AND WHEREAS PROFESSIONAL MUNICIPAL CLERKS CONTINUALLY STRIVE TO IMPROVE THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE AFFAIRS OF THE OFFICE OF THE PROFESSIONAL MUNICIPAL CLERK THROUGH PARTICIPATION IN EDUCATION PROGRAMS, SEMINARS, WORKSHOPS AND THE ANNUAL MEETINGS OF THEIR STATE, PROVINCIAL COUNTY AND INTERNATIONAL PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS.
AND WHEREAS IT IS MOST APPROPRIATE THAT WE RECOGNIZE THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE OFFICE OF THE PROFESSIONAL MUNICIPAL CLERK, I RACHELLE LITT, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE WEEK OF MAY 2ND, 2021 THROUGH MAY 8TH, 2021 AS PROFESSIONAL MUNICIPAL CLERKS WEEK IN THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS AND FURTHER EXTEND APPRECIATION TO OUR PROFESSIONAL CERTIFIED MUNICIPAL CLERK, PATRICIA SNYDER, AND TO ALL PROFESSIONAL MUNICIPAL CLERKS FOR THE VITAL SERVICES THEY PERFORM AND THEIR EXEMPLARY DEDICATION TO THE COMMUNITIES THEY REPRESENT.
AND WE HAVE A LITTLE SOMETHING.
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IT WAS ALMOST AS LONG AS MAYOR JAVELINS TALKED THAT ONE TIME ABOUT ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT HE THOUGHT YOU WERE SO SPECIAL ABOUT.MARK, THANK YOU ALL VERY, VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU. SO I WILL NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE W I WOULD LOVE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
I'M GOING TO SUCK IT IN BECAUSE I'M HER FAVORITE ONE.
IT'S SET IN THAT THING SHE SAID I'M PROBABLY HER FAVORITE ONE TO PICK ON.
THIS NEXT. TONIGHT, WE ARE TONIGHT, WE ARE HOLDING QUASI JUDICIAL HEARINGS ON THE FOLLOWING CASE, RESOLUTION 26, 20, 21 PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT PUDI. THIS MEANS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL IS REQUIRED BY LAW TO BASE ITS DECISION ON THE EVIDENCE CONTAINED IN THE RECORD OF THIS PROCEEDING, WHICH CONSISTS OF THE TESTIMONY AT THE HEARING, THE MATERIALS WHICH ARE IN THE OFFICIAL CITY FILE ON THIS APPLICATION AND ANY DOCUMENTS PRESENTED DURING THIS HEARING.
THE COUNCIL IS ALSO REQUIRED BY LAW TO ALLOW CROSS-EXAMINATION OF ANY WITNESSES WHO TESTIFIED TONIGHT.
CROSS-EXAMINATION MAY OCCUR AFTER THE STAFF, THE APPLICANT AND OTHER PARTICIPANTS HAVE MADE THEIR PRESENTATIONS AND WILL BE PERMITTED IN THE ORDER OF THE WITNESSES APPEARANCE.
IT IS NECESSARY THAT ANYONE WHO TESTIFIES AT THE HEARING REMAIN UNTIL THE CONCLUSION OF THE HEARING IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO RESPOND TO ANY QUESTIONS.
IF YOU PLAN TO TESTIFY THIS EVENING OR WISH TO OFFER WRITTEN COMMENTS, PLEASE FILL OUT A CARD AND GIVE IT TO THE CITY CLERK.
THE CITY CLERK WILL NOW SWEAR IN ALL PERSONS WHO INTEND TO OFFER TESTIMONY THIS EVENING ON ANY OF THESE CASES.
DO YOU SOLEMNLY SWEAR TO TELL THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH, AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH, SO HELP YOU GOD? NEXT, WE HAVE PUBLIC HEARINGS, CLARKE, COULD YOU PLEASE READ THE TITLE OF ORDINANCE FOR ORDINANCE FOR 2021, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE CITY OF PALM
[VIII.a. ORDINANCE 4, 2021 – (2ND READING AND ADOPTION) BUDGET AMENDMENT. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS’ BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING OCTOBER 1, 2020, AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2021, INCLUSIVE; PROVIDING A CONFLICTS CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, AND AUTHORITY TO CODIFY; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.]
BEACH GARDENS BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING OCTOBER ONE, 2020, AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2021, INCLUSIVE, PROVIDING A COMPLEX CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE AND AUTHORITY TO CODIFY PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE FOR THE PURPOSES.AND OPEN THE HEARING, HAS ANYTHING CHANGED SINCE THE FIRST READING? NO, MADAM MAYOR, THERE HAVE BEEN NO CHANGES SINCE FIRST READING.
DOES ANYONE NEED ANOTHER PRESENTATION? NOW. OK, TO CLOSE THE HEARING.
CAN I GET A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO PASS ORDINANCE FOR 21 ON SECOND, READING A SECOND, BRINGING IT BACK FOR DISCUSSION AND THE DISCUSSION.
NO HEARING, NO FURTHER DISCUSSION.
I OPPOSED THE MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO.
I'M LOOKING FOR THE NEXT PAGE.
PATTY, WOULD YOU READ THE TYPE OF ORDINANCE FIVE POLICE ORDINANCE FIVE, 2021 AND ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA, ANNEXING PURSUANT TO A PETITION FOR VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION, A PARCEL OF REAL PROPERTY COMPRISING A
[VIII.b. ORDINANCE 5, 2021 – (1ST READING) VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION REQUEST. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA, ANNEXING, PURSUANT TO A PETITION FOR VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION, A PARCEL OF REAL PROPERTY COMPRISING A TOTAL OF 0.13 ACRES, MORE OR LESS, LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF BOMAR DRIVE APPROXIMATELY 400 FEET WEST OF THE INTERSECTION OF U.S. 1 AND BOMAR DRIVE, IN PALM BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA, THAT IS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED HEREIN; DECLARING THAT THE VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION PETITION BEARS THE SIGNATURE OF THE OWNER OF THE REAL PROPERTY ANNEXED HEREBY; AMENDING ARTICLE II OF THE CITY CHARTER BY REDEFINING THE CORPORATE LIMITS; PROVIDING FOR TRANSMITTAL TO THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF STATE, THE PALM BEACH COUNTY CLERK OF COURT, AND PALM BEACH COUNTY; PROVIDING A CONFLICTS CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, AND AUTHORITY TO CODIFY; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.]
TOTAL OF ZERO POINT ONE THREE ACRES, MORE OR LESS, LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF BOWMORE DRIVE, APPROXIMATELY 400 FEET WEST OF THE INTERSECTION OF U.S.ONE IN BOWMORE DRIVE IN PALM BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA.
THAT IS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED HERE IN DECLARING THAT THE VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION PETITION BEARS A SIGNATURE OF THE OWNER OF THE REAL PROPERTY ANNEXED HEREBY AMENDING ARTICLE TWO OF THE CITY CHARTER BY REDEFINING THE CORPORATE LIMITS, PROVIDING FOR TRANSMITTAL TO THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF STATE, THE PALM BEACH COUNTY COURT OF CLERKS AND PALM BEACH COUNTY, PROVIDING A COMPLEX CAUSE, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE AND AUTHORITY TO CODIFY PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE FOR THE PURPOSES.
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AND OPEN THE HEARING STAFF PRESENTATION.WELCOME, MARTIN. GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBERS, FOR THE RECORD.
MY NAME IS MARTIN IS WITH THE PLANNING AND ZONING DEPARTMENT.
AND TONIGHT I'M PRESENTING A VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION REQUEST FOR ONE PARCEL TOTALING APPROXIMATELY POINT ONE THREE ACRES.
IT'S LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF BOMAR DRIVE, APPROXIMATELY 400 FEET WEST OF U.S.
ONE. FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT AREN'T FAMILIAR, THE IS AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S ON THE NORTH SIDE, A BOMBER DRIVE, WHICH IS JUST IMMEDIATELY PAST WHAT WE REFER TO AS THE BOMBER AND OUR BOMBER EDITION OF PGA BOULEVARD.
THIS IS DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM CITY CENTER.
NOW, THIS SITE IS OWNED BY SHEILA SHAW, M.D.
PELOSI, WHICH IS THE SHEILA AND RACHELLE, AND IT'S CURRENTLY USED AS A SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING UNIT. NO CHANGES TO THE USE ARE BEING PROPOSED WITH THIS ANNEXATION.
WE WHEN A PARCEL COMES INTO THE CITY FOR ANNEXATION, THE CITY REVIEWS THE ANNEXATION REQUEST TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S CONSISTENT WITH FLORIDA STATUTES, SPECIFICALLY CHAPTER 171. THIS PARCEL IS WITHIN THE ANNEXATION AREA OF INTEREST 21 THAT WAS CONTAINED WITHIN THE CITY'S 2006 STUDY.
AND THE ANNEXATION DOES MEET THE CITY'S LEVEL OF SERVICE STANDARDS FOR ANNEXATION.
THE SITE HAS BEEN DULY NOTICED, BOTH WITH POSTINGS AND MAILERS AND NEWSPAPER ADVERTISING.
A NOTICE HAS BEEN SENT TO THE COUNTY PLANNING DIRECTOR AND THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR.
AT THIS TIME, WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY COMMENTS FROM THE COUNTY.
THE PROPERTY IS NOT WITHIN THE UNINCORPORATED PROTECTION AREA, SO NO FURTHER ACTION IS REQUIRED BY THE COUNTY. THIS WAS HEARD BY THE PLANNING AND ZONING AND APPEALS BOARD AT THEIR LAST MEETING, AND IT WAS RECOMMENDED APPROVAL BY A UNANIMOUS VOTE OF SEVEN TO ZERO.
STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF ORDINANCE FIVE TWENTY TWENTY ONE, FIRST READING AS PRESENTED AND STAFF AND THE PROPERTY OWNERS ARE AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
I DO NOT HAVE ANY COMMENT CARDS ON THIS, SO.
I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE HEARING, CAN I GET A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE? I WOULD LOVE TO MAKE A MOTION BECAUSE I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT ANNEXATION IN OUR CITY AND I'D LOVE TO SQUARE OFF THE BOUNDARY.
I'LL SECOND THAT. OK, ANY DISCUSSION, I KNOW MR. CHAVEZ EARLIER, BUT, YEAH, I WANT TO KNOW, IS HE STILL SITTING BEHIND? YES. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE TONIGHT.
CAN YOU BRING UP THE PICTURE AGAIN, PLEASE? SO I WANT TO KNOW WHY, WHY, WHY THE SIZE OF THIS ROOM, WHY IT WAS.
WHY DOES HE WANT TO BE ANNEXED INTO THE CITY? AND I'M ALL FOR IT ANYWAY.
BUT I JUST REALLY WANT TO KNOW WE PROBABLY WOULD LIKE TO TAKE OVER ALL THAT AREA.
BUT WHAT'S THE REASON SINCE IT'S NOT BEING GIVEN TO US? I'M GOING TO ASK FOR. READY? YEAH, WELL, BECAUSE OUR POLICE AND OUR FIRE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO RESPOND TO THIS AREA NOW, WHICH.
PROBABLY, YEAH, MAYBE, BUT I JUST WANT TO ASK YOU WHY, BECAUSE I'M CURIOUS, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, MAYBE YOU'LL BE THE START OF THE DOMINO EFFECT AND I'LL TAKE OVER ALL THAT AREA.
SURE. YOU CAN TAKE YOUR MASK OFF.
YEAH. HI. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.
GOOD EVENING, MAN. VICE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBER.
THE REASON WHY I'M DOING IT, BECAUSE WE OWN THAT PROPERTY FOR THE LAST THREE OR FOUR YEARS. AND I LIVE IN PALM BEACH GARDENS.
I LIVE IN STEEPLECHASE COMMUNITY HERE AND I DO EVERYTHING IN PALM BEACH GARDENS.
I'VE GOT SOME BUSINESSES IN PALM BEACH GARDENS.
I LIVE IN PALM BEACH GARDENS AND IT IS MUCH EASIER TO DEAL FOR ANY NEW THING, ANY PERMIT, ANYTHING THAT IS THERE IN GARDENS THAN ANY OTHER PART OF THE PALM BEACH COUNTY, BECAUSE I OWN APPROXIMATELY 60 PROPERTIES IN THIS COUNTY.
AND YOU'RE GOING TO PUT ALL THOSE IN PALM BEACH GARDENS TINSLEY ARE YOUR OTHER 59 PROPERTIES. YOU'RE GOING TO THERE THEY ARE IN LAKE WORTH.
YOU WANT THEM AND YOU WANT THEM IN PALM BEACH GARDENS I LIVE IN.
ESPECIALLY LAKE WORTH. IT DEFINITELY WOULD.
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AND YOU GUYS DO AN EXCELLENT JOB.I MUST SAY THAT WE HAVE BEEN SUPER HAPPY HERE.
WE HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM THE USED TO LIVE IN IBIS AND THEN WE MOVED TO STEEPLECHASE COMMUNITY. WE ARE VERY HAPPY AND I WOULD WANT TO DO ANY BUSINESS OR ANYTHING WITH GARDENS THAN ANYWHERE ELSE.
SO WHEN I LOOK AT THIS. AH YES.
I MEAN, THAT AREA IS SURROUNDED BY A COUNTY POCKET, U.S.
ONE, THEY PUT THE APARTMENTS UP THERE.
MY FIRST THOUGHT WAS, IS YOU JUST WANT TO BE IN PALM BEACH GARDENS.
EVEN BEFORE I WAS, I DECIDED TO SPEAK ON THE MATTER OF, LIKE, THIS GUY JUST WANTS TO BE IN THE GARDENS. SO I APPRECIATE YOUR HONESTY.
I'M GOING TO OBVIOUSLY SUPPORT IT.
SO THANK YOU. WELCOME TO PALM BEACH GARDENS AGAIN.
AND YOU SHOULD TELL THE REST OF YOUR PROPERTIES AND JUST BUY MORE IN PALM BEACH GARDENS.
WHY YOU HAVE STUFF IN LAKE WORTH WHEN YOU CAN BUY STUFF UP HERE.
DO WE NEED A NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD ON THIS ONE? OH YES. HE'S THE HE'S THE APPLICANT.
DO YOU HAVE ANY PLANS FOR THAT PROPERTY OR IS THIS A RENTAL HOME RIGHT NOW, THE SURROUNDING PARTY'S COMMERCIAL.
SO A COUPLE OF OUR FRIENDS THAT WERE THERAPIST THIS WELL, I WANT A SMALL OFFICE FOR MYSELF, BUT RIGHT NOW I'M JUST GOING TO CONVERT IT TO PALM BEACH GARDENS AND KEEP IT.
RIGHT NOW. THERE IS NO SHORT TERM PLAN YET.
OK, NOW YOU HAVE A MOTION IN THE BOAT.
I HAVE A MOTION, YOU VERY MUCH ALL IN FAVOR.
OK, WELL, THE CLERK REED RESOLUTION 26, THIS IS A QUASI JUDICIAL HEARING, RESOLUTION 26, 2021 RESOLUTION, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA, APPROVING A
[VIII.c. *RESOLUTION 26, 2021 – PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT (PUD). A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA, APPROVING A PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT (PUD) PLAN AMENDMENT AND MAJOR CONDITIONAL USE TO ALLOW AN AUTOMATED EXPRESS CAR-WASH FACILITY ON 1.54 ACRES LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF NORTHLAKE BOULEVARD, APPROXIMATELY 200 FEET WEST OF SUNRISE DRIVE, AS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED HEREIN; PROVIDING WAIVERS; PROVIDING CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.]
PLAN, UNIT DEVELOPMENT, PUDI PLAN AMENDMENT AND MAJOR CONDITIONAL USE TO ALLOW AN AUTOMATED EXPRESS CARWASH FACILITY ON ONE POINT FIVE FOUR ACRES LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF NORTH LAKE BOULEVARD, APPROXIMATELY 200 FEET WEST OF SUNRISE.DRIVE IS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED HERE IN PROVIDING WAIVERS, PROVIDING CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE FOR THE PURPOSES.
ARE THERE ANY EXPERTIZE ON THIS? ANY EXPERTIZE? NO EXPERTIZE.
MR. HEARING, GOOD EVENING, MADAME MAYOR.
FOR THE RECORD, DONALDSON HEARING HERE TONIGHT ON BEHALF OF NATIONAL EXPRESS CARWASH, IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE TONIGHT.
FUN NIGHT TO BE HERE WITH ME TONIGHT IS DAVE MILLEDGE WITH OUR OFFICE, AS WELL AS MY PARTNER IN CRIME, MR. BRIAN SEEMORE, WITH THE LAW FIRM OF GUNSTER.
NO CRIME. NO CRIME WAS, OF COURSE, JUST A FUN.
WE'RE HERE TONIGHT REQUESTING A PETTY AMENDMENT AND A CONDITIONAL USE OF APPROVAL FOR AN EXPRESS CAR WASH LOCATED ON AN ACRE AND A HALF SITE LOCATED HERE IN THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS HAVE LOTS OF GREEN SPACE AND OPEN SPACE TO SHOW YOU THE HEIGHT.
THE SITE HISTORICALLY WAS WAS APPROVED BY A FORMER REGION'S BANK WITH FIVE.
DRIVETHROUGH IS BACK IN AROUND 2010, AND WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH OUR REQUEST TODAY.
BUT I DO POINT OUT IT WAS THIRTY YEARS AGO THAT YOU ALL WERE HAD THE FORESIGHT TO UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF MOBILITY IN THIS CITY TO OBTAIN AN EASEMENT TO CONNECT ROAN LANE AND SUNRISE.
AND YOU CONTINUE TO DO THOSE SAME THINGS TO TODAY.
SO THE SITE IS LOCATED JUST EAST OF OF INTERSTATE I-95 ON THE NORTH SIDE OF NORTH LAKE BOULEVARD. IT'S WEST OF SUNRISE AND EAST OF RHONE LANE.
IT ABUTS AN UNIMPORTANT UNINCORPORATED AREA OF PALM BEACH COUNTY TO THE NORTH.
THIS IS A DUPLEX COMMUNITY CONSISTING OF RENTERS AND HOMEOWNERS.
WE DID HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONDUCT A ZOO MEETING WITH WITH THE RESIDENTS TO THE NORTH. WE DID HAVE TWO PEOPLE ATTEND, ALTHOUGH WE NOTIFIED EVERYBODY IN THE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, HAD A WONDERFUL DISCUSSION AND THERE WERE EXCITED ABOUT THE PROJECT.
AND THEY HAD A FEW CONCERNS THAT THEY DID BRING UP ABOUT THE KIND OF SOME NOISE WITH PEOPLE SPEEDING ON THAT STREET AND ALSO WITH THE CAR DEALERSHIPS UNLOADING THEIR SIXTEEN WHEELERS OF NEW CARS RIGHT THERE ON THAT ON THAT WAY.
AND THEY WERE PLEASED TO SEE WITH THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WOULD BE MADE BY WAY OF THIS PROJECT, THEY'D HAVE ADDITIONAL PROTECTION FROM THE NOISE AND THE ROADWAY WOULD BE WOULD BE IMPROVED. AND THEY'D BETTER BE MORE OF AN OPPORTUNITY FOR IT TO BE PATROLLED BY THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, JUST THE SURROUNDING AREA.
MCDONALD'S IS TO THE EAST, THE EDWYN, WHAT'S GOLF STORE TO THE WEST.
WE UNDERSTAND THAT'S ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL IN THEIR IN THEIR CHAIN.
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THEY'RE HERE IN THE CITY OF GOLF, THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS.THE ZONING OF THE SITE IS CGY ONE TO THE NORTH IN THE IN THE YELLOW THERE IS THE UNINCORPORATED AREA OF PALM BEACH COUNTY, WHICH IS A MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL AREA.
THIS IS OUR PROPOSED SITE PLAN.
NOW, HOPEFULLY THE ONE THING THAT STANDS OUT TO YOU IS THE AMOUNT OF GREEN THAT WE HAVE ON THIS PLAN, CLOSE TO 30 PERCENT GREEN SPACE, SUBSTANTIALLY MORE THAN WHAT'S REQUIRED BY CODE. AND ALSO WILL EMPHASIZE, AS WE TALK ABOUT THE PRESENTATION, THE EFFORTS THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING, WORKED ON WITH STAFF FOR MOBILITY, CREATING A MUCH BETTER EXPERIENCE ON NORTH LAKE BOULEVARD FOR PEDESTRIANS ALONG NORTH LAKE BOULEVARD, AS WELL AS NICE WIDE PEDESTRIAN SIDEWALKS ENTERING ENTERING THE SITE.
JUST KIND OF ZOOMING IN A LITTLE BIT.
THE PROPOSED CAR WASH IS RELATIVELY SMALL IN SIZE.
IT'S ABOUT A THREE THOUSAND SQUARE FOOT BUILDING.
THE OFFICE COMPONENT IS RELATIVELY SMALL.
SO THE LARGER COMPONENT OF THAT IS WHAT WE REFER TO IS THE TUNNEL AND IT'S ORIENTED IN AN EAST TO WEST ORIENTATION CONSISTENT WITH THE CITY CODES, AS WELL AS THE PROVISIONS OF THE NORTH LAKE BOULEVARD OVERLAY ZONE.
SO WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME AND WORKING WITH STAFF ON THE DESIGN OR ARCHITECT MR. MR. ESPINA AND WILLIAM CALDWELL WITH GLIDDEN.
O'ROURKE REALLY PROVIDED JUST A NICE ENHANCEMENT TO THE OVERALL ARCHITECTURE AS WE AS WE WORK WITH STAFF. THE CIRCULATION THAT WE'VE PROPOSED IS A ONE WAY CIRCULATION SYSTEM.
AS YOU ENTER, YOU WOULD GO ALL THE WAY TO THE BACK OF THE SITE, PLENTY OF STACKING, AND THEN YOU WOULD ENTER THE AREA WHERE YOU COULD GO THROUGH AND HAVE YOUR CAR WASHED.
WE HAVE A MEMBERS ONLY LANE TO THE NORTH AND THEN IF YOU ARE LOOKING TO DO A CAR WASH, YOU GO TO A KIOSK, SIMPLY SWIPE YOUR CARD AND GO RIGHT THROUGH.
IF YOU'RE A MEMBER, YOU'LL HAVE A KEY FOB AND YOU CAN JUST GO RIGHT THROUGH THE SITE.
ONCE YOU ENTER THE SITE, YOU GO THROUGH THE TUNNEL.
IT'S FAIRLY, FAIRLY QUICK, A LITTLE BETTER, A LITTLE LESS THAN A MINUTE OF TIME TO GO THROUGH THE TUNNEL AGAIN. TOTAL ONE WAY CIRCULATION.
AND THEN IF YOU HAVE THE DESIRE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF SOME OF THE AMENITIES YOU CAN PARK, YOU CAN EITHER VACUUM YOUR CAR OR USE SOME OF THE AMENITIES TO CLEAN YOUR CAR, THROW OUT ANY OF THE TRASH THAT YOU HAVE.
JUSTIN LANDEL, WHO IS WATCHING BY MEDIA TONIGHT, IS UNABLE TO BE HERE.
BUT IF HE WERE HERE, HE WOULD BE EMPHASIZING A NUMBER OF THINGS IS ONE IS SUSTAINABILITY.
CARWASHES BASICALLY REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF WATER THAT ARE REQUIRED TO BE USED.
I THINK THAT THE THE NUMBERS WERE ABOUT TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY GALLONS FOR A RESIDENTIAL WASH AT HOME IN YOUR DRIVEWAY.
MY DAUGHTER'S LILLY THE HOSE RUNNING, SO IT PROBABLY WAS MORE THAN THAT.
BUT WHEN YOU GO THROUGH THE CAR WASH, IT'S 100 PERCENT OF IT IS RECYCLED, REED, UTILIZED, CLEANED. AND I THINK THAT THE AVERAGE NUMBER IS LESS THAN 50 GALLONS A WASH.
SO IT'S VERY, VERY ENVIRONMENTALLY STABLE.
ALL THE PRODUCTS ARE IN ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTS, NO HARSH CHEMICALS.
AND THEY HAVE AN ATTENDANT ON SITE OR MULTIPLE ATTENDANTS ON SITE, ACTUALLY THREE ONE TO HELP YOU THROUGH THE KIOSK, ONE TO HELP YOU INTO THE TUNNEL, AND THEN ONE OUT IN THE IN THE FRONT AREA WHERE THEY BASICALLY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR AIDING TENANTS OR CLIENTS, AS WELL AS MAKING SURE THAT THE SITE IS PRISTINE, CLEAN.
THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE SELLING IS IS CLEAN.
WHEN SOMEONE IS GOING TO LEAVE, THEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY EITHER TO GO OUT TO NORTHLAKE BOULEVARD AGAIN ONE WAY OR BE A RIGHT TURN WESTBOUND.
ONLY IF SOMEBODY IS INTERESTED TO GO IN THE EASTBOUND OR INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THEY WOULD GO TO THE ACCESS WAY THAT'S TO THE NORTH, AND THEY WOULD THEN BE ABLE TO GET TO THE SIGNALIZED INTERSECTION AT SUNRISE.
AS MANY OF YOU MAY BE AWARE, THE EXISTING CHANNELIZED ENTRANCE THAT'S AT ROANNE LANE IS ANTICIPATED TO BE MODIFIED AS A PART OF THE NORTHLAKE BOULEVARD ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM THAT'S STILL SEVERAL YEARS AWAY.
BUT THIS PROJECT BEGINS TO SET THE STAGE FOR THAT.
AND AS WE WERE WORKING WITH STAFF THAT WE WERE REQUESTED TO SEE WHAT WE COULD DO TO ENHANCE THAT ROADWAY, OR I CALL IT A MORE OF AN ALLEYWAY, BUT IT'S A ROADWAY TO THE NORTH, THE CONNECTOR, A LINKAGE ROAD CONNECTING ROAD LANE AND SUNRISE DRIVE.
YOUR STAFF AND THE CITY IS, AS WE'VE EVEN WITNESSED TONIGHT, YOU ALL ARE AS MUCH
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CONCERNED ABOUT THE NEIGHBORS IN THE UNINCORPORATED AREA OF PALM BEACH COUNTY AS YOU ARE AS YOUR OWN NEIGHBORS.AND SO WE'VE WORKED WITH STAFF.
WE'RE ACTUALLY INSTALLING AN EIGHT FOOT HIGH CONCRETE PANEL WALL ALONG THE NORTHERN BOUNDARY OF OUR SITE.
WE'RE ACTUALLY PROVIDING ROOM FOR LANDSCAPING.
WE'RE PROVIDING CURB AND GUTTER.
WE'RE REPAVING THE ROADWAY AND PROVIDING SUBSTANTIAL LANDSCAPING RIGHT NOW IN THAT CONDITION TODAY, VIRTUALLY THAT ENTIRE ALLEYWAY, THE LITTLE FLAG, WHICH IS ABOUT 40 FEET, THAT VIRTUALLY THAT ENTIRE AREA IS PAVED TODAY.
SO WE'LL BE TAKING UP THAT PAVEMENT, IMPROVING IT, MAKING SURE THAT THE ROADWAY IS SAFE, CLEARLY DEFINED FOR VEHICLES TO TRAVEL ON, AND THEN MAKING IT BEAUTIFUL, OF COURSE, WITH LANDSCAPING, WHICH YOU WOULD EXPECT US TO DO.
SO HERE IS THE THAT ALLEYWAY TO THE NORTH, EIGHT FOOT HIGH POST AND PANEL WALL.
IT'S A CONCRETE WALL RIGHT NOW.
AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT FROM TIME TO TIME THAT FENCE GETS KNOCKED DOWN.
AND WE UNDERSTAND THE CITY ACTUALLY IS THE ONE THAT GOES AND PUTS IT BACK UP, EVEN THOUGH IT'S FOR THE RESIDENTS, THE WALL WOULD MAKE THAT PERMANENT CURB WILL PROTECT IT.
ALSO WITH LANDSCAPING, WE WILL BE DEDICATING A 30 FOOT RIGHT OF WAY TO THE CITY.
SO RIGHT NOW, THE CITY HOLDS AN EASEMENT INTEREST IN THAT PROPERTY.
WE WILL ACTUALLY BE GIVING THE CITY OWNERSHIP INTEREST IN THAT PROPERTY.
AND SO THAT'S AGAIN, A BENEFIT.
AGAIN, THE CITY FORCE, FORESIGHT, LOOKING TO THE FUTURE, LOOKING AT MAKING SURE THE MOBILITY IS PROVIDED FOR NOT ONLY TODAY, BUT FIFTY YEARS FROM NOW.
WE'RE ALSO DEDICATING AS A PART OF THIS, AN ADDITIONAL EASEMENT TO SEACOAST UTILITY AUTHORITY. CYCOS WILL, AS A PART OF THE I-95 IMPROVEMENT PLAN, WILL NEED TO UPGRADE THEIR LITT STATION, WHICH BASICALLY SITS AT THE AT THE TERMINUS OF OF WHERE THE CONNECTOR ROAD CONNECTS WITH ROEN. AND AS AS A PART OF THAT, THEY'LL BE EXTENDING ADDITIONAL FORCE MEANS DOWN HERE UNDER THE ROAD.
AND SO WE'RE PROVIDING THE EASEMENTS TO SEACOAST.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU'LL NOTICE YOU'RE LOOKING AT THIS ENLARGE LARGE PLAN IS THAT THERE IS A LOT OF LANDSCAPING.
SO WE'RE WE'RE ABLE TO PUT AN EIGHT FOOT.
WALL AGAINST THE AGAINST THE BOUNDARY TO THE NORTH WITH LANDSCAPING ON THE ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE WALL, BUT THEN WE ALSO HAVE OUR REQUIRED LANDSCAPE OFFER FOR THE FOR THE PROJECT ITSELF. THAT'S IN ADDITION TO THAT, THAT THE 15 FOOT LANDSCAPE OFFER.
AND WE'RE PLEASED TO TELL YOU THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY PROVIDING A BUFFER TO MCDONALD'S BUFFER. SO THE RESIDENTS DID SAY THAT THEY CAN HEAR THE MCDONALD'S CALL BOXES AND SO BETWEEN THE WALL AND WITH THIS LANDSCAPING WILL BE BENEFITING THAT SITUATION.
AND I'VE GOT SOME BEFORE AND AFTER PICTURES AND I'LL SHOW YOU SHORTLY.
AND WE'RE DOING AN EIGHT FOOT SIDEWALK.
WE'RE REMOVING THE EXISTING SIDEWALK THAT'S ALONG NORTH LAKE BOULEVARD.
WE ARE SHOWING THE ULTIMATE CONFIGURATION AND WHAT YOU SEE HERE TODAY.
AND WE'LL BE DOING A CURVILINEAR SIDEWALK WITH LANDSCAPING ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ROAD.
AS YOU ARE PROBABLY WELL AWARE AS WE WORK WITH YOUR STAFF ON THESE MANY PROJECTS THAT WE DO, THERE'S A BIG FOCUS NOW ON THE QUALITY OF THE LEVEL OF SERVICE OF OF EVEN WALKING ON A SIDEWALK. SO IF IT'S NICE AND IT'S LUSH AND YOU'RE SEPARATED FROM THE CURB, IT'S MORE COMFORTABLE. IT'S A BETTER LEVEL OF SERVICE.
SO WITH EVERY PROJECT THAT WE LOOK AT, THE QUALITY OF THE MOBILITY, WHETHER IT'S A CAR OR A BICYCLE, YOU KNOW, ANY MODE OF TRANSPORTATION IS LOOKED AT VERY CAREFULLY BY YOUR BY YOUR STAFF. SO AND EVEN EVEN THE EXPERIENCE OF THE DRIVER, WE WORK WITH YOUR STAFF AND DON SONNEBORN, THE PLANNER OF ON THE LANDSCAPING OF JUST HOW THE VISUAL EXPERIENCE WOULD BE AS SOMEBODY WOULD EVEN WOULD BE COMING OUT OF THE TUNNEL.
SO WE REALLY PAID A LOT OF ATTENTION TO TO DETAILS SIMM LANDSCAPE OFFERING SUBSTANTIAL LANDSCAPING EVERYWHERE, AS WE'VE MENTIONED, ALSO ON ESTHETICS.
THIS IS AND I'LL GO THROUGH THE ARCHITECTURE IN A MOMENT.
WE HAVE TWO SIGNS ON THE BUILDING, VERY CAREFULLY PLACED ON THE ON THE EASTERN TOWER.
ONE OF THOSE SIGNS, THE SIGN THAT FACES TO THE EAST IS A WAIVER THAT'S SUPPORTED BY BY YOUR STAFF. WE ALSO WORK WITH YOUR STAFF TO MAKE SURE THAT THE THAT THE VEHICULAR CIRCULATION IS AS INTUITIVE IT IS HEADS UP AS POSSIBLE.
SO IT'S AS WELL THE ONE WAY CIRCULATION ACHIEVES A LOT OF THAT OF THE SAFEST LEAST AMOUNT OF VEHICULAR CONFLICTS.
YOU'RE NOT CROSSING TRAFFIC LANE.
HOW HOW WHEN YOU HAVE THOSE CONFLICTS, IT CAN IT CAN NOT NECESSARILY PROMOTE AS MUCH
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PEDESTRIAN SAFETY. SO WE HAVE A NUMBER OF SIGNS THAT BASICALLY WILL DIRECT PEOPLE THROUGH THE SITE, THROUGH ALL THE WAY TO GET TO ROANE LANE OR TO GET TO SUNRISE DRIVE AND TO NAVIGATE THE FACILITY.AS I MENTIONED, GLIDDEN, WORK, WORK, WORK CLOSELY WITH US ON THE ARCHITECTURE.
WE WANTED TO COME UP WITH SOMETHING THAT WAS A FORWARD LEANING AND THAT WAS NOT NECESSARILY JUST THE SAME ARCHITECTURE THAT WE TYPICALLY SEE SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE OF THE OF THE FUTURE.
THE BUILDING HAS TWO TOWERS, EASTERN TOWER, WHICH IS WHICH IS MORE SUBSTANTIAL THAN THE TOWER THAT'S ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE SITE.
THERE'S A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT MATERIALS THAT ARE UTILIZED IN THE ARCHITECTURE.
THERE'S GLASS THAT'S USED TO ACCENTUATE THE VERTICAL ELEMENT AND THE VERTICAL PORTIONS OF THE TOWER. WE HAVE A MATERIAL WHICH IS SIMULATED.
IT'S WHAT WE CALL A LONGBOARD SITING IN A SOFT GRAY.
IT PROVIDES A TEXTURE, IT'S HORIZONTAL IN NATURE, BUT THEN USED IN A VERTICAL PROPORTION REALLY JUST ADDS TO THE BUILDING WE HAVE.
WE HAVE AWNINGS THAT ARE USED, ARCHITECTURAL AWNINGS ON THE BUILDING, AS WELL AS RECESSES THAT ARE USED WITH FLAT ROOFS.
AND THEN THE MATERIAL THAT'S USED ON THE EVE.
UNDERNEATH HERE IS A SEMANTICIST MATERIAL THAT'S A LONG LIVED, IT'S POLISHED.
SO IT'S NOT A METAL MATERIAL, BUT IT'S IT'S AN ARCHITECTURAL MATERIAL THAT'S PROVEN TO STAND THE TEST OF TIME IN THE FRONT HERE.
WE ALSO HAVE PROVIDED SOME ARCHITECTURAL AWNINGS, WHICH ARE A METAL TRELLIS ELEMENT IN A SOFT ARCH DESIGNED TO PROVIDE A SHADE AND SHADOW PATTERN ON THE GROUND, AS WELL AS TO PROVIDE SOME LEVEL OF OF SHADE PROTECTION OR DIMINISHED, DIMINISHED SUN FROM THOSE THAT MIGHT STOP AND WANT TO UTILIZE THE AMENITIES OF THE OF THE SITE.
THE LANDSCAPING, IF YOU'VE NOTICED AND PAID ANY ATTENTION, IS SUBSTANTIAL.
THERE IS A LOT OF LANDSCAPING THAT'S USED EVERYWHERE, BUT IT'S ALSO BEEN PLACED SO THAT IT'S VERY SPECIFIC AND INTENTIONAL TO THE ARCHITECTURE WHERE WE'VE USED MASS TREES TO ACCENTUATE THE VERTICAL ELEMENTS.
JAPANESE BLUEBERRIES, ALSO A KARPAS COLUMNS TO REALLY EMPHASIZE THE ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN, A LOT OF NATIVE GROUND COVERS UTILIZE PALM TREES TO ACCENTUATE THE VERTICAL NATURE OF THE TOWER. AGAIN, YOU COULD SEE THE JAPANESE BLUEBERRIES, WONDERFUL GROUND COVERS AND THEN EVEN SOME FLOWERING TREES.
THESE ARE THESE ARE HIBISCUS STANDARDS, WHITE WING HIBISCUS, ONE OF MY FAVORITE THAT ARE THERE. JUST SO AS DRIVERS ARE GOING THROUGH THE KIOSKS, THERE'S SOME NICE ESTHETIC BEAUTY FOR THEM AS WELL.
HERE'S ANOTHER VIEW WE WE HAVE BEEN ASKED TO TO LOOK AT.
WE HAD BEEN PROPOSING GUMBLE LIMBO TREES AND WE'VE BEEN ASKED TO CONSIDER AN ALTERNATIVE SPECIES. SO WE'RE GOING TO MAKE THOSE THE NATIVE CLUMSIER ROSEA, WHICH IS THE NOT THE SMALL LEAF CLUES HERE, BUT THE LARGE ONE, VERY CLEAN, DOESN'T DROP VERY MANY LEAVES, WILL PROVIDE A NICE CANOPY AND SOME SHADE.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING FOR FOR THOSE AREAS IN LIEU OF THE GUMBLE AMBO'S THAT ARE SHOWN ON THE PLAN.
HERE'S A VIEW AT THE AT THE KIOSK.
AS YOU READ IN THE STAFF REPORT, THERE'S NO NOISE, NO SPEAKERS.
WE HAVE AN ATTENDANT THAT WILL BE HERE GUIDING AND AIDING FOLKS, BUT BASICALLY THEY SWIPE THEIR CARD AND MOVE THROUGH OR THEY USE A KEY FOB IN THE MEMBERS ONLY.
SO THIS IS THAT BEAUTIFUL VIEW.
I'M GOING TO GO BACK AGAIN SO YOU CAN SEE IT, THAT BEAUTIFUL VIEW THAT CURRENTLY EXISTS.
THIS IS SUNRISE LOOKING TO THE WEST THAT THAT FLAG PORTION OF THE LOT LOT OF PAVEMENT THAT'S THERE. YOU CAN SEE MCDONALD'S BUFFER'S NOT VERY SUBSTANTIAL.
SO WE'RE PROVIDING A LOT OF ORGANIZATION TO THAT, THE FENCE ADJACENT TO THE RESIDENTIAL AREA. AND SO YOU CAN SEE THE LEVEL OF IMPROVEMENT THAT WILL BE.
SO THIS ROADWAY WILL HAVE CURBS ON ON BOTH SIDE OF IT, A SUBSTANTIAL LANDSCAPING.
WE'RE ACTUALLY PUTTING A KLOSER HEDGE ALL THE WAY ALONG IN FRONT OF MCDONALD'S MEANDERING GRASSES, TAB, ABUJA'S SHADY LADY, BLACK OLIVES.
WE'RE PUTTING LANDSCAPING ON THE WALL.
AND THEN WE'VE ALSO HAD BEEN ASKED TO CONSIDER PUTTING A CURB ALONG THAT SIDE OF THE WALL. AND SO WE JUST WANT TO PUT ON THE RECORD THAT WE'RE GOING TO PUT IN AFTER.
ACTUALLY, I LIKE IT BETTER BECAUSE IT NARROWS THE ROAD, RIGHT? IT REDUCES THE VISUAL WIDTH OF THE ROAD IN ADDITION TO PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR
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DRAINAGE. BUT IT'S I DO LIKE THAT.SO WHEN STAFF SUGGESTED I GOT A CALL FROM YOUR CITY ENGINEER, I SAID, OF COURSE, WE DO THAT A LOT TO TRY TO NARROW REDUCE THAT, MAKE IT MORE TRAFFIC CARL.
AND SO THIS IS THE VIEW LOOKING FOR MEDWIN.
WHAT'S TO THE TO THE TO THE EAST AGAIN, SUBSTANTIAL LANDSCAPING.
CHATWAL CAN GROW UP, YOU KNOW, SIX, SEVEN FEET IF WE WANT.
AND SO THIS WILL ACTUALLY BECOME A VERY NICE JOB.
SO WE ALSO THIS ROAD WILL ALSO BE ILLUMINATED.
SO AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO, YOU KNOW, TO BE PATROLLED WITH WITH SPEED LIMIT SIGNS AND THE THINGS THAT JUST AREN'T THERE TODAY AND THE WIDTH OF PAVEMENT THERE.
IN FACT, THE DAY THAT I WAS OUT THERE, THERE WAS ACTUALLY ONE OF THOSE VANS, ONE OF THOSE TWELVE, YOU KNOW, 16 CAR VANS UNLOADING CARS.
AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S IT'S ANNOYING TO THE RESIDENTS AND IT DOES MAKE SOME NOISE.
AND SO WE APPRECIATE, EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE IN PALM BEACH COUNTY, YOUR ATTENTION TO PROTECT EVERYBODY. SO HERE'S ANOTHER VIEW OF THAT.
AGAIN, THERE'S MY CAREER BY NOW.
WE HAVE A LIMITED NUMBER OF WAIVERS.
OUR PROPERTY LINE IS JUST UNDER FIVE HUNDRED FEET.
SO WE'RE NOT ENTITLED TO A MONUMENT SIGN.
MONUMENT SIGN WE THINK IS GOOD FOR WAYFINDING.
THIS YOUR CODE IS GENERALLY DEALING WITH MENU BOARDS, IS DEALING WITH GENERALLY FAST FOOD RESTAURANTS. THIS IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT.
SO WE DO HAVE TO ASK FOR A WAIVER.
I MENTIONED THE ONE WALL SIGN YOUR CODE DEALING WITH PARKING, NOT REALLY DEALING WITH THESE TYPES OF FACILITIES.
SO WE HAD TO BE CREATIVE WITH YOUR STAFF ON ON THAT.
AND WE CAME UP WITH A GOOD SOLUTION.
AND THEN, OF COURSE, THE DIRECTIONAL SIGNS WE'VE DISCUSSED.
AND WITH THAT, MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
IT'S SUCH A PLEASURE TO BE HERE IN THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS.
THERE'S NO BETTER PLACE TO DO BUSINESS.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HAVING US.
BUT WE GOT MARCIE BACK ON THE COUNCIL SAID THERE'S A LOT MORE TREES, THERE'S A LOT MORE TREES, JUST GOOD RIGHT UP TO THE LAST COMMENT.
AND IT WENT DOWNHILL FOR YOU BECAUSE THE STAFF HAVE PRESENTATION, BUT I DON'T THINK SO.
I THINK THE APPLICANT'S PRESENTATION WAS QUITE THOROUGH.
YOU KNOW, I DID WANT TO MAKE ONE POINT TO EMPHASIZE, WHICH I BELIEVE MR. HARING DID COVER. BUT IN ADDITION TO THE PROPOSED REPLACEMENT OF THE EXISTING FENCE WITH A EIGHT FOOT CONCRETE WALL AND LANDSCAPING AND NEW ASPHALT, THE APPLICANT HAS BEEN COORDINATING THIS PROJECT WITH THE ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNER AND WAS ABLE TO ACHIEVE AN AGREEMENT WHICH TREATS THE EXISTING FENDS OFF SITE SIMILAR TO THE PROPOSED FENCE.
SO WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN AS A RESULT OF THIS PROJECT IS THAT THE APPLICANT IS GOING TO CONSTRUCT A BRAND NEW EIGHT FOOT CONCRETE WALL ALONG THE ENTIRE STRETCH OF NORTH OR EXCUSE ME, OF OUR OWN LANE.
SO IT WILL BE SEAMLESS AND THE ASPHALT WILL BE COMPLETELY REPAVED AS WELL.
SO IT WILL LOOK VERY UNIFIED AND UPGRADED OVERALL.
SO WE APPRECIATE THE APPLICANT WORKING WITH US AND WE DO SUPPORT THIS PETITION.
WE SUPPORT THIS RESOLUTION AND THE WAIVERS AND WE'RE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
YES. JUST ON THAT POINT, BRIAN SEYMOUR, FOR THE RECORD, ATTORNEY FOR THE APPLICANT, I WANT TO THANK BOTH YOUR CITY ATTORNEY AND PLANNING DIRECTOR FOR THE WORK WITH AN OFFSITE NEIGHBOR IS NOT ALWAYS EASY.
AND THERE WERE A LOT OF PHONE CALLS, EMAILS, DISCUSSIONS.
HOW DO WE DO THIS TO MAKE THIS WORK? AND YESTERDAY, I THINK IT WAS MAX AND I, ALONG WITH THE NEIGHBOR, AND WE'RE ABLE TO GET AN AGREEMENT IN PLACE FOR YOU ALL THAT ALLOWS US TO DO THIS.
SO I APPRECIATE THE STAFF WORKING WITH US ON THAT SO THAT WE CAN PROVIDE THAT BEAUTIFICATION AS A RESULT.
ALSO, THERE WERE SOME CHANGES TO THE CONDITIONS.
AND SO I WOULD JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE RECORD IS CLEAR ON ANY APPROVAL OF THE RESOLUTION, THAT THEY'RE CONDITIONS THAT I THINK IT WAS THIS MORNING, MAX.
YES, IT WAS, YEAH. THAT WE WORKED THROUGH THIS MORNING.
OK. SO I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE HEARING, CAN I GET A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
HEY, BRING IT BACK FOR DISCUSSION.
I ONLY HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS, COMMENTS AND YES, I NO IDEA WHAT STARTED THIS.
I MEAN, I'M NOT SURE HOW MANY EMPLOYEES WILL THERE BE ON THIS OR AT THIS SITE IN TOTAL AT ONE TIME? THE MAXIMUM AT ONE TIME.
THE NORMAL NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES WILL BE THREE RIGHT AT TIMES WITH SUPERVISION, ADDITIONAL SUPERVISION, WITH JUSTIN AND HIS TEAM AND THE OTHER SUPERVISORS THAT MANAGE MULTIPLE
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FACILITIES ARE THERE.YOU KNOW, I WOULD THINK YOU COULD HAVE FOUR, MAYBE FIVE, BUT GENERALLY THREE WILL BE THERE. ONE ONE AT ONE OF THE AT THE KIOSK, ONE AT THE TUNNEL AND ONE IN THE FRONT PARKING AREA. AND THAT'S 99 PERCENT OF THE TIME.
AND ALL OF THE SERVICES PROVIDED ARE THERE.
WELL, I SHOULDN'T BE SAYING IT THAT WAY.
THE DETAILING, THE CAR WASH SERVICES.
SO IT'S ALL THE PATRONS ARE DOING IT, DOING THE THOSE THINGS THEMSELVES.
THAT IS CORRECT. THAT IS CORRECT. SO THERE AREN'T ANY EMPLOYEES DOING ADDITIONAL THAT IS FOR WASHING TYPE.
JUST ASSISTING, PROVIDING RAGS, YOU KNOW, SPRAY CLEANERS, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
OK, AND I DO WANT TO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR CHANGING THE TERMS. I FEEL IT IS A BETTER PLAN THAT WAY.
AND I THANK YOU AND ALSO FOR CHANGING THE GUMBO LIMBERS BECAUSE THEY'RE MESSY.
THE CAR WASH DIDN'T MAKE ANY SENSE TO ME.
THANK YOU, JESSICA, THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO THE RESIDENTS.
THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO TRY TO MEET WITH THEM AND SIMM WITH THEM AND GET CREATIVE WITH THAT. THANK YOU FOR FIXING SUNRISE.
THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THE SUSTAINABILITY WHICH KNEW I WAS GOING TO ASK YOU ALL ABOUT THAT.
ARE THERE GOING TO BE RECYCLING BINS? BECAUSE I KNOW PEOPLE WILL ALSO BE CLEANING OUT THEIR CARS AND THEY WON'T JUST BE TRASH.
I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT.
BUT MR. SEYMOUR MIGHT GET A TEXTURE.
AND I PRESUME THAT THERE WOULD BE RECYCLING SO THAT PEOPLE COULD RECYCLE.
THAT WOULD BE LOVELY. OK, GREAT.
BUT NOW LOOKS GOOD. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I'LL LET YOU KNOW. OK, GREAT. AND THE GREEN SPACE, MAINTAINING OUR GREEN SPACES ARE IMPORTANT. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT AS WELL.
WHAT ARE THE HOURS OF OPERATION.
HOURS OF OPERATION OF, IF I RECALL, OR AT 3:00 P.M.
MONDAY THROUGH SUNDAY, MONDAY THROUGH SUNDAY, 365 DAYS A YEAR, 365 DAYS A YEAR? YES OR NO MUSIC? NO MUSIC. IN FACT, IN FACT, WE ARE ACTUALLY THE A PROHIBITION AGAINST MUSIC.
WE'RE EVEN POSTING SIGNS SO THAT WHEN SOMEBODY'S IN THEIR CAR DOING SOMETHING, THAT THEY CANNOT PLAY MUSIC VERY LOUD.
CARL, I WAS JUST GOING WITH THE OBVIOUS THAT IT'S NOT A TRAFFIC ATTRACTA, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T NEED ANYTHING ELSE LIKE ON NORTHLAKE.
SO IF IT CUTS DOWN ON TRAFFIC, IT LOOKS BEAUTIFUL.
MY VERY GREEN COUNCIL WILL ASK ALL THOSE QUESTIONS.
SO, YOU KNOW, AS LONG AS IT CUTS DOWN ON TRAFFIC ON NORTHLAKE AND IT LOOKS LIKE A GREAT SPOT FOR THAT. SO WE'RE GREEN AND WE'RE RECYCLABLE.
EVERYBODY, WE'RE GOING TO GET A TRASH CAN OUT THERE.
TOMORROW, WE'RE GOING TO GET RECYCLING.
I GOT A YES TO THE QUESTION OF RECYCLING AND WE'RE CUTTING DOWN ON RECYCLING.
WE'LL TAKE CARL. I KNOW THAT'S IMPORTANT.
WHICH CUTS DOWN ON THE OMISSIONS ON ARKLEY BOULEVARD AS WELL.
SUPERIMPORTANT FOR MY GREEN FRIENDS.
GO, GO, GO GREEN, LET GO ELECTRIC AND CARL AND WENT TO THE SITE AND THAT ALLEYWAY OR NOW ROADWAY THAT IS HAS A LOT OF TRAFFIC ON IT.
I WAS ON A SATURDAY OF LAST WEEK AND I JUST CAN'T BELIEVE HOW MUCH TRAFFIC IS ON THAT.
AND THERE BESIDES THE WHITE STRIPED MARKING, THERE'S NOTHING.
SO THIS IS GOING TO BE A HUGE IMPROVEMENT TO THAT AREA.
I MEAN, IT'S A GOOD SPOT. YEAH.
QUESTION DONE ON IN THE MATERIALS.
IT TALKED ABOUT WORKING WITH THAT DOT AND THAT INTERCHANGE AND WHAT YOU'RE DOING AS FAR AS HOW THAT'S GOING TO AFFECT ONE OR THE OTHER.
CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE? YEAH, I CAN. AND WE HAVE HAD SEVERAL CALLS AND ZOOME CALLS WITH FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, WHO IS IN CHARGE OF THE I-95 PROJECT.
IN FACT, WE'VE PROVIDED THEM WITH ALL OF OUR DESIGN FILES AND WHAT WHAT WE'RE DOING, OUR PROPOSED PROJECT FITS WITHOUT ANY CHANGES TO THE I-95 PROJECT AS IT'S AS IT'S PROPOSED.
AND GOING FORWARD, I THINK MY UNDERSTANDING IS, IS THAT TWENTY, TWENTY FOUR PROJECT, IF I IF I RECALL CORRECTLY, AND EVERYTHING'S IN PLACE TO DO THAT.
OBVIOUSLY THE EASEMENT THAT WE GIVE TO SEACOAST ALSO HELPS THAT.
BUT WE'RE GIVING YOU THE RIGHT AWAY AND THEY COULD HAVE GOTTEN IT FROM YOU AFTER AFTER THAT. WHAT I UNDERSTAND IS THAT THE EXISTING CHANNELIZED, SIGNALIZED AND CHANNELIZE, IT'S A EASTBOUND LEFT TURN TO GO NORTH ON ROAD LANE THAT ENDS UP GETTING CUT OFF AS A PART OF THE NORTH LAKE BOULEVARD PROJECT.
THERE'S REALLY NOT ANY OTHER SIGNIFICANT CHANGES WITH THE WITH THE RAMPING, BUT THAT GETS CUT OFF. AND SO THIS ROAD WILL BECOME EVEN MORE IMPORTANT IN THE FUTURE.
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NOT ONLY SHOULD IT SHOULD IT LOOK GOOD BECAUSE IT'S THE ENTRANCE TO PEOPLE'S HOMES, THERE'S THE ENTRANCE TO THERE'S A CHURCH BACK THERE AND SOME OTHER USES.SO PEOPLE WILL COME DOWN SUNDAY, SUNRISE, SUNSET, SUNRISE, SUNRISE, SUNRISE, AND MAKE THE LEFT ONTO THAT ACCESS ROAD TO CUT DOWN TO ROAD BECAUSE THEY WON'T BE ABLE TO MAKE THAT LEFT TURN ANYMORE.
I DO HAVE A POINT TO MAKE BECAUSE I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS WEEK'S TPA TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND WAS REVIEWING THOROUGHLY THE PROPOSED DRAFT TYPE PROGRAM, WHICH IS THE COMPREHENSIVE WIDE COUNTY ROAD TYPE PROGRAM.
AND IT WAS BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION THAT IT APPEARS THAT THIS PROJECT FOR DOTTI MAY BE PUSHED OUT TO TWENTY TWENTY SIX.
SO THAT'S THE LATEST FROM DOT.
I ASKED FOR MORE INFORMATION BECAUSE IT IS THE DRAFT IT, BUT THAT'S EVERYBODY'S INFORMATION. TWENTY, TWENTY SIX.
BUT YES, MR. HERRING IS CORRECT.
YOU KNOW, IT'S A CAPACITY ISSUE AND BEING ABLE TO ADDRESS ADDITIONAL CAPACITY TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT STORAGE.
Q FOR ALL OF THOSE STACKED ON NORTH LAKE BOULEVARD, YOU WANT TO GO SOUTH WHO ARE CURRENTLY GOING ON IS THE WESTBOUND SOUTH MOVEMENT IN ORDER TO PROVIDE FOR THAT ADDITIONAL STACKING? THE CLOSURE OF THAT MEDIAN WAS PROPOSED AND THAT'S WHAT'S PRECIPITATING THAT WHOLE CLOSURE OF ROLLING.
BUT IT DOES APPEAR THAT THAT PROJECT IS BEING PUSHED OUT A LITTLE BIT BASED ON OUR LATEST FROM LITT LATEST INFORMATION.
SO HEARING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, ALL IN FAVOR, I.
OK, SO WHERE ARE WE NOW? I ROA-ROGUE.
SO WE ARE AT ITEMS FOR COUNCIL ACTION, DISCUSSION, ITEMS OF INTEREST AND COMMITTEE REPORTS. REMEMBER, WE'RE NOT GOING THROUGH A WHOLE LIST OF EVERYTHING AND ANYTHING, BUT
[X. ITEMS FOR COUNCIL ACTION/DISCUSSION AND ITEMS OF INTEREST]
WE DO WANT TO HEAR ABOUT WHAT WAS IMPORTANT.YOU HAVE. YEAH, ACTUALLY, WE DO HAVE SOMETHING IMPORTANT TO TALK ABOUT.
VERY BRIEFLY. VERY, VERY, VERY ACTUALLY, IT'S GOOD NEWS, I THINK WE HAD A CALL TODAY, ZOOME CALL WITH CONGRESSMAN NARCED ABOUT OUR PALM BEACH GARDENS POST OFFICE.
SO YOU GUYS ALL KNOW THAT THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON SINCE 2003 THROUGH VARIOUS CONGRESSMEN IN OUR DISTRICT. WE HAD THE CONVERSATION THROUGH OUR RESIDENTS A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.
THEN WE HAD OUR LETTER TO THE CONGRESSMAN A COUPLE.
BUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO THEN WE HAD OUR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BREAKFAST ABOUT A MONTH AGO WHERE WE WERE I WAS ABLE TO ASK THE CONGRESSMAN IN FRONT OF THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY ABOUT WHAT TO DO ABOUT THIS. AND HE SAID, LET'S GO CUT THE GRASS.
AND WE THOUGHT, WELL, THAT'S A NICE OFFER, BUT NOT REALLY A SUSTAINABLE OFFER.
SO KUDOS TO THE CONGRESSMAN AND TO HIS STAFF FOR ORGANIZING WITH THE YOU CALL IT WHAT YOU WANT, BUT LOCAL GOVERNMENT IS NICE SOMETIMES AND LITTLE THINGS GET DONE THAT ACTUALLY MAKES A POSITIVE DIFFERENCE IN THE RESIDENTS LIVES.
AND I WAS ACTUALLY KIND OF GRATEFUL TO SEE THAT THEY ACTUALLY HAVE A PLAN OF WHETHER OR NOT THAT MAINTAINS BEYOND TODAY, I DON'T KNOW.
BUT IF YOU DRIVE BY AND I DROVE BY ON THE WAY HERE TODAY AFTER OUR MEETING AND AGAIN TONIGHT, THEY ACTUALLY DID PUT THE MULCH, THEY CUT THE GRASS.
THE THE THE FACADE OF THE BUILDING IS NO LONGER ABOUT WEEDS GROWING UP.
THE FENCES AROUND THE PROPERTY LOOK A LITTLE CLEANER.
THEY ACTUALLY HAVE A PLAN TO PRESSURE CLEAN THE PROPERTY ON MAY 16TH, THE BUILDING GO THROUGH SOME MORE MAINTENANCE ON THE SPRINKLER SYSTEMS AND TO MAINTAIN THE PROPERTY BETTER, THEY HAVE A NEW CONTRACTOR THAT IS APPROVED BY THE UNION.
OUR CITY MANAGER OFFERED ANY HELP THAT THEY MAY NEED, BUT THEY BASICALLY SAID, NOPE, NOPE, WE GOT IT. SO I'M ACTUALLY A LITTLE BIT PROUD OF US AS A CITY THAT WE WERE ABLE TO GET THEM TO COME AND USE IT, COME AND USE OUR POST OFFICE AS AN EXAMPLE OF HOW THEY MAY BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN OUR POST OFFICE GOING FORWARD.
AND THE CONGRESSMAN AND HIS STAFF SAID, WELL, NOW WE'VE GOT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE REST OF THE POST OFFICES IN OUR DISTRICT CAN GET MAINTAINED AS WELL.
SO, YOU KNOW, I DON'T NOT THAT I DON'T CARE ABOUT THE POST OFFICES AROUND THE AREA.
I CERTAINLY DO. BUT I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT THANKS TO THE CITY MANAGER AND STAFF FOR WRITING LETTERS AND FOR ALL OF YOU AND OUR RESIDENTS WHO KEEP SENDING EMAILS AND AND CALLING US TO PUT SOME PRESSURE, MAYBE SOMETHING WILL GET DONE.
DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD TO THAT? HMM. THANK YOU FOR ASKING.
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THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE LEAD ON THIS AND PUTTING HIM ON THE SPOT IN AN ELECTION YEAR ON THIS. SO WHATEVER WORKS.GOING FORWARD, WHO WAS? ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY COMMENT? I COMMENTED ON THIS OR ANOTHER OTHER COMMITTEE REPORTS OR GOD, I JUST WANTED TO SAY BEFORE EVERYONE LEFT, I WANTED TO SAY HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY TO ALL THE MOTHERS OUT THERE.
I KNOW WE SOME OF THEM HAVE ALREADY LEFT, BUT IT'S JUST A SPECIAL COMING UP.
ARE WE SUPPOSED TO WISH ALL THE MOTHER, THE GUYS, ARE WE SUPPOSED TO TO MOTHERS AND MOTHERS? THEY DON'T. AND I KNOW WE HAD PROCLAMATIONS THAT WE PASSED, BUT I DIDN'T WANT I'D BE REMISS TO NOT APPRECIATE OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER BECAUSE OFFICERS BECAUSE WE HAVE A WONDERFUL CODE ENFORCEMENT DIVISION OF OUR CITY AND THEY REALLY, REALLY WORK HARD.
SO I WANTED TO JUST KIND OF SAY THAT.
AND THEN ALSO SAME THING WITH TRAUMA AWARENESS, ESPECIALLY AFTER THIS PAST YEAR.
YOU KNOW, THAT THAT'S A SPECIAL PROCLAMATION AS WELL WITH EVERYONE.
AND THAT KIND OF IS A BLANKET FOR SO MANY PEOPLE THAT ARE INVOLVED IN TRAUMA.
AND OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR SURE, HAS DEALT WITH A LOT, ESPECIALLY OVER THE LAST YEAR, THROUGHOUT THIS PANDEMIC.
AND I JUST WANTED TO POINT THEM OUT AS WELL.
I KNOW WE PASSED THE PROCLAMATION, BUT I JUST WANTED TO SPECIFICALLY CALL THOSE OUT AS WELL. AND ALSO TO THE MOMS, THAT WAS IT.
IF WE HADN'T LOST POWER AND HAD TO TAKE A BREAK, I WAS GOING TO ASK SOMEBODY TO READ THE LIST OF THE PROCLAMATION'S, BECAUSE I DO THINK THAT IT'S YOU KNOW, WE'RE HAVING THEM IN THERE. WE SHOULD AT LEAST READ THE TITLES.
BUT WE KIND OF LOST SOME TIME THERE.
DO YOU HAVE ANY. NO, I DON'T WANT TO GO THROUGH A BIG LIST, JUST SOME GOOD THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING. THERE WAS ONE THING I DID GET TO ATTEND, WHICH WAS THE LET'S MOVE PALM BEACH COUNTY AWARDS, WHERE THEY HAD A COMPETITION TO SEE HOW MANY PEOPLE COULD MOVE THE MOST. AND THEY GOT OVER 60 MILLION MINUTES AND WELLINGTON ONE, THEY ACTUALLY HAD A TEAM.
SO MAYBE NEXT YEAR WE COULD COMPETE AGAINST THEM A LITTLE BIT.
WE WERE IN CHARGE OF PUTTING THE TEAM TOGETHER.
THAT'S A DEAL. OK, MR. CARL. NO, BUT I WILL TELL YOU WHAT I LEARNED, YOU GUYS KNOW I GOT SICK FOR ABOUT TWO OR THREE WEEKS, HACKEN AND ALL THAT STUFF, AND THEN MY PUPPY BROKE HER ARM IN THREE PLACES.
CHELSEA, CHELSEA BROUGHT ME BEER, BREAD AND AND MARCIE BROUGHT ME CHICKEN NOODLE SOUP, AND ARLENE BROUGHT ME THE SPANISH VERSION OF CHICKEN NOODLE SOUP.
AND I HAD NO IDEA THAT BEER, BREAD AND CHICKEN NOODLE SOUP CAN MAKE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE. I MEAN, THAT BEER BREAD'S RIDICULOUS.
AND SO I TEXTED HER AND I OFFERED HER 10000 DOLLARS IF SHE WOULD BRING OVER SOME MORE BEER, BREAD. I GOT NOTHING.
AND AND I GOT UP AND I GOT A PLAN.
I EXPECTED MORE OUT OF MARK, BUT THAT'S PAR FOR THE GRANIA.
SO THANK YOU GUYS FOR THINKING OF ME.
YOU'RE FEELING BETTER, SO I APPRECIATE IT.
YOU KNOW, I'M NOT HAPPY IN THAT CASE.
THANK YOU.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.