[Items I & II ] [00:00:06] ALL RIGHT. I THINK. ONE NATION, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? MAYOR, LET YOUR VICE MAYOR READ YOUR COUNCIL MEMBER, WOULD YOUR MAN, COUNCIL MEMBER MARZIANO, YOUR COUNCIL MEMBER, TANSLEY PRESENT, ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONS, DELETIONS OR MODIFICATIONS? NO, MA'AM. [IV. ANNOUNCEMENTS / PRESENTATIONS: ] NEXT, WE HAVE ANNOUNCEMENTS AND PRESENTATION, ARE THERE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS OR PRESENTATIONS THIS EVENING? WELL, YES, MADAM, WHERE THERE IS IF YOU WOULD INDULGE ME FOR A MOMENT, I KNOW WE HAVE A LONG, LONG AGENDA TODAY, BUT I WANTED TO TAKE A COUPLE OF MINUTES, IF I COULD, TO CELEBRATE AND ACKNOWLEDGE THE YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN THAT ARE STANDING OUTSIDE FOR THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN THEIR NATIONAL INVOLVEMENT IN THE SOCCER PROGRAM HERE FOR THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS AND HOW WELL THEY DID. AND IT'S ALSO GOING TO BE A LITTLE CELEBRATION ABOUT THE SUCCESSES OF OUR SOCCER PROGRAM AS PART OF THE YOUTH ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION. THE THE BOYS AND GIRLS THAT ARE OUT THERE ALL PARTICIPATED IN NATIONAL TOURNAMENTS, WHICH IS PROBABLY THE FIRST TIME, I THINK, THAT THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS HAD SOCCER TEAMS REPRESENTED NATIONALLY, WHICH IS A FANTASTIC FEAT. I WISH THEY COULD ALL BE INSIDE, BUT BECAUSE OF COVID, WE ARE GOING TO DO THIS OUTSIDE. SO, MADAM MAYOR. YEAH. SO HOW WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS IS WE'RE GOING TO CALL A SHORT RECESS OF THE MEETING. WE'LL GO OUT AND CONGRATULATE THE TEAMS, MEET WITH THEM, TAKE SOME PICTURES AND THEN COME BACK IN AND RESTART THE MEETING. SO THE MEETING IS NOW IN RECESS. I'D LIKE TO RECONVENE TONIGHT'S MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL. [V. COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC: ] NEXT IS COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC AND I HAVE THREE COMMENT CARDS FOR ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA. WILL YOU PLEASE APPROACH THE MICROPHONE AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD? ERNEST DAMIÁN. FORTY THREE OR SIX, CRISTEL STREET. NO RIMANTADINE. HI THERE, GOOD EVENING, RAMONA, BEING 54, 39, SKATE AWAY. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND EVERYONE IN HER JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING. I JUST CAME BACK RECENTLY FROM A SUMMER JOB WITH THE CHILDREN, AND I JUST WANTED TO GO ON PUBLIC RECORD TO SAY THAT I AM GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY THAT I WAS JUST RECENTLY GIVEN BY PALM BEACH COUNTY COMMISSIONER MARIA MORENO TO REPRESENT DISTRICT ONE RIGHT NOW IN OUR CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON THE PALM BEACH TPA, WHAT'S OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE TRANSPORTATION PLANNING AGENCY FOR OUR COUNTY. THIS DOES INCLUDE PALM BEACH GARDENS, AS WELL AS OTHER MUNICIPALITIES, OF COURSE, AND THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, DENOMINATE AS WELL. JAMES GARVIN, WHO I'VE ABLE TO TOUCH BASE WITH AND I'M VERY GRATEFUL. I HAVE A COLLEAGUE THAT'S A FELLOW RESIDENT SO THAT WE CAN BE ON THE SAME PAGE AND CONNECT WHEN WE HAVE TO DISCUSS ANY ISSUES THAT WOULD AFFECT OUR CITY HERE. I'D ALSO LIKE TO STATE MY APPRECIATION FOR OUR PUBLIC GARDEN CITY COUNCIL CITY MANAGER, AS WELL AS OUR CITY ATTORNEY AND EVERYBODY ON THE STAFF HERE THAT'S DOING DUE DILIGENCE TO HELP DISTRIBUTE INFORMATION ON THINGS THAT LIKE ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT, PERHAPS, AND IN RECENT MEETINGS AND IN THE FUTURE WHEN IT COMES TO THE PALM BEACH, TBAS PLANS AND VISIONS PRESENTLY AS WE CONTINUE TO GROW IN POPULATION HERE IN OUR CITY AND BEYOND THIS COUNTY, I'M GOING TO WORK HARD AND LEARN QUICKLY AS I ENGAGE WITH PALM BEACH AND WELCOME ANY COMMENTS, OF COURSE, OR QUESTIONS FROM ANY OF MY FELLOW RESIDENTS HERE IN THE PALM BEACH GARDENS COMMUNITY. LASTLY, I'M A LITTLE OFF TOPIC, BUT GIVEN THAT WE'RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER, THIS ESPECIALLY THIS PAST WEEK, AS OF PALM BEACH GARDENS RESIDENT, I HAVE GOTTEN A LOT OF MESSAGES ON THE PHONE, AS WELL AS TEXT MESSAGES FROM FELLOW RESIDENTS THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, I GUESS UPSET, MAYBE A LITTLE CONFUSED WITH OUR RECENT DECISION TO MANDATE MASKS. AGAIN, IN THE CITY, GOVERNMENT RECREATION BUILDINGS HAVE BEEN MITIGATING SORT OF THAT AS A CITIZEN HERE. BUT I WANT YOU TO NOT TO WORRY. I'M NOT HERE TO TELL YOU MY PERSONAL OPINIONS ON IT. I'M STILL SIFTING THROUGH ALL THE INFORMATION, PROCESSING IT. BUT I WILL SHARE WITH EVERYONE HERE IN THIS ROOM AND ANYONE LISTENING THAT THIS IS A [00:05:05] DIFFICULT TIME FOR EVERYONE, ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT ARE INVOLVED IN THE LOCAL GOVERNING BODIES, TO GO THROUGH WITH ALL THE GUIDANCE, WHETHER OR NOT WE'RE TO FOLLOW SPECIFICALLY WHAT OUR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS LETTING US KNOW ABOUT, THAT'S A VERY DIFFICULT AND A CHALLENGE I DON'T ENVY AT ALL. BUT I DO HOPE THAT THE STRESS OF MAKING THOSE DECISIONS FOR ANYBODY IN THIS ROOM OR ANYWHERE ELSE IN OUR COUNTY WILL BE SOON, HOPEFULLY, AND THAT THESE DEBATES GOING TO BECOME UNNECESSARY AS WE CAN FIND OUR POPULATION MAYBE, YOU KNOW, FINDING AN ACCEPTABLE HERD IMMUNITY FOR THE MEDICAL SCIENTIFIC GOVERNMENT ENTITIES AS WELL AS OUR CITIZENS CAN ALL AGREE ON. TOGETHER, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. OH, OH, OH, THE FIRST PERSON. OK, SO EARNEST, DAMIEN. HELLO. THANKS FOR COMING. THANKS FOR GIVING ME TIME TO SPEAK. SORRY IF I'M A LITTLE NERVOUS. STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS, PLEASE, FOR THE RECORD. SURE. ERNEST DAMIANI, 43 06. CRISTEL ST. PAUL. MITCH GHADAMES. I CAME HERE TODAY BECAUSE. I GOT A CITATION THE OTHER DAY ABOUT HAVING MY BOAT OUT FRONT AND. I'VE HAD A BOAT THERE FOR MANY YEARS NOW, AND I KEEP MY HOUSE UP REALLY NICE, I KEEP THE BOAT NICE. A LOT OF THE HOMES IN THE AREA, NOT SO NICE, LIKE MY NEIGHBOR'S HOUSE ROOF IS FALLING IN AND WHATNOT, AND I GET A CITATION FOR THIS AND IT'S A LITTLE UPSETTING. BUT I UNDERSTAND, I KNOW. I SEE WHAT THE RULES ARE, WHAT I'M TOLD IT HAS TO BE BEHIND THE HOUSE OR WHATNOT, BUT MY HOUSE, I HAVE A HIP ROOF, SO I CAN'T BACK IT BEHIND THE HOUSE. I LOWERED MY TOP. I BROUGHT IT DOWN AS FAR AS I CAN ON THE TRAILER BACK THEN, AS FAR AS I CAN. I WAS GOING TO ATTEMPT TO MAKE SOME KIND OF BARRIER AROUND IT, TO BLOCK IT, THEN I WAS TOLD THAT'S NOT AN OPTION. AND I DON'T KNOW, I PUT ON I CAN'T BE THE ONLY ONE WHO FEELS THIS WAY BECAUSE I PUT A I PUT A POST UP ON THAT NEIGHBORHOOD AFTER THE NEIGHBOR UP, WHATEVER IT IS HERE. BUT I GOT A TON OF RESPONSES, PEOPLE HAVING SIMILAR ISSUES OVER THE YEARS AT A REALLY UPSET TO, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE THEIR THEY WORK HARD. YOU KNOW, THEY WANT TO ENJOY LIFE, ESPECIALLY BEING HERE NEXT TO THE OCEAN, YOU KNOW, PRIME FISHING OR WHATNOT, AND, YOU KNOW, BE ABLE TO KEEP THEIR BOAT AT THEIR HOUSE. THE STORAGE FEES ARE REALLY EXPENSIVE. AND, YOU KNOW, LIKE MYSELF AND MY WIFE, WE BOTH ARE IN HEALTH CARE. SHE'S NEW YORK NURSE, SOME IN MARTEK. AND IT'S VERY STRESSFUL AT WORK, ESPECIALLY WITH THE WHOLE COVID DEAL GOING ON WORK NIGHTS, HOLIDAYS, WEEKENDS. AND WE HAVE A LITTLE TIME OFF. WE JUST WANT TO MAKE MEMORIES WITH THE FAMILY AND THE KIDS. YOU KNOW, WE'D LIKE TO STILL BE ABLE TO KEEP THE BOAT THERE. SO I JUST WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF THERE'S A WAY WE COULD AMEND THIS. I HEARD PEOPLE HAVE TRIED TO APPLY FOR A VARIANCE OR PETITION A WAIVER AND HAVE GOTTEN SHOT DOWN PRETTY MUCH EVERY TIME. SO I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A WAY WE CAN SOMEHOW MODIFY THIS, BECAUSE I THINK THAT WOULD HELP A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THIS TOWN. I THINK YOU'RE BOTH IT'S REALLY NOT THAT BIG. IT'S TWENTY FOUR FEET, BUT IT'S A DEEP YOU KNOW, THESE OCEANS, YOU REALLY NEED A TV TO HAVE A NICE SAFE CRAFT. AND THAT KIND OF LIMITS ME, ESPECIALLY WITH THE HIP. AND I'VE DONE WHAT I COULD TO TRY AND GET IT AS FAR BACK AS I COULD AND NOT BE IN ALL THE WAY OUT IN THE DRIVEWAY. SO. OK, THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND THANK YOU FOR LISTENING. JUST A COUPLE OF THOUGHTS OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD. WHEN I FIRST GOT HERE BACK IN 2000, THIS WAS AN ISSUE IN REVERSE. REVERSE COUNCIL HAD JUST PASSED AN ORDINANCE THAT REQUIRED VOTES TO THAT WERE PEOPLE WERE COMPLAINING THAT THE VOTES WERE IN THE DRIVEWAYS AND ON THE FRONT YARD. SO COUNCIL PASSED AN ORDINANCE, PUT THE BOATS BEHIND, YOU KNOW, NEXT TO THE HOUSE AND SCREEN THEM. BUT THEY DID GRANDFATHER IN A BUNCH OF BOATS AND PUT SOME KIND OF RED TAG ON THOSE THAT WERE GRANDFATHERED FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT WERE HERE DURING THOSE DAYS. SO, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A COUNCIL DECISION. IT'S A POLICY DECISION WHETHER OR NOT YOU LIKE THE IDEA OF HAVING BOATS OUT ON THE DRIVEWAY AND VISIBLE FROM THE STREET OR SHIELDED SCREEN BACK BEHIND THE HOUSE. SO IT'S SOMETHING YOU COULD DISCUSS IN THE FUTURE, IF YOU WOULD LIKE, AS TO WHAT YOUR PREFERENCE WOULD BE. [00:10:01] IT'S SOMETHING FOR THE FUTURE. WE COULD TALK ABOUT, OK, SO WE WILL WE'LL DISCUSS. GET THIS ON A FUTURE AGENDA AFTER WE CAN DO SOME RESEARCH, LOOK AT WHAT THE CODES ARE AND HOW THEY WERE ESTABLISHED AND WHAT THE OPTIONS MIGHT BE. SO WE'LL WE WILL TAKE THIS UP. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING. THANK YOU. REALLY ON THE RADAR FOR A LONG TIME. SO THANKS FOR BRINGING IT UP. NEXT UP WOULD BE JOSHUA HAWTHORNE. STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE. MY NAME IS JOSHUA HAWTHORNE. I JUST MOVED TO THIS APARTMENT, SO BEAR WITH ME, UH, NINETY ONE OR TWO AWAY APARTMENT THREE OR TWO PRIMARY SCHOOL IN FLORIDA BACK IN NOVEMBER OF TWENTY 20, NOVEMBER SEVEN. TO BE SPECIFIC, PALM BEACH GARDENS POLICE DEPARTMENT GOT A CALL STATING THAT I THREATENED SOMEONE WITH MY FIREARM, MY NINE MILLIMETER GLOCK 17. THE POLICE ALSO SHOWED UP. THE GUY FAILED TO ARTICULATE. WHAT I DID WAS THAT THREATENED HIM. THE POLICE OFFICER ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THEY HAD NO REASON TO BELIEVE THAT I THREATENED ANYONE. THE POLICE OFFICER READ ME MY MIRANDA RIGHTS EVEN THOUGH HE HAD NO INVESTIGATION. HE SAID HE WAS GOING TO TALK TO A POLICE OFFICER WHO HAD WHO WAS BEHIND ME AND I TURNED TO GET OUT OF HIS WAY. THE POLICE OFFICER STANDING BEHIND ME DID NOT LIKE THAT. I TURNED TOWARD HIM IN MY VERSION OF GETTING OUT OF ONE OF THE POLICE OFFICERS WAY. HE STARTED YELLING AT ME, TELLING ME THAT I DON'T HAVE TO LOOK AT HIM. AND HE STARTED HE GRABBED ME, PUT MY HANDS BEHIND MY BACK. THE FIRST RESPONDING POLICE OFFICER WHO HAD JUST RECENTLY STATED THAT HE HAD NO REASON TO BELIEVE THAT THREATENING ANYONE WITH MY GUN PROCEEDED TO GRAB MY GUN AND NOT TO TAKE IT. AND I TOLD HIM I WAS AROUND IN THE CHAMBER. HE POINTED THE GUN AT ME WHILE TAKING IT FROM ME. ONE OF THE POLICE OFFICERS CAUGHT WITHOUT A MASK WHILE HOLDING HOLDING ON TO ME. AS FOR MEDICAL ASSISTANCE, I WAS DENIED THAT THE POLICE OFFICER SAID THAT THEY WERE GOING TO ARREST ME FOR ASSAULTING SOME PEOPLE WITH MY GUN. THE SAME POLICE OFFICER WHO SAY HE HAD NO REASON TO BELIEVE THAT I DID. I WAS DENTAL THERE, I HAD TO GIVE THEM MY CONCEALED WEAPONS PERMIT, I DID NOT TO DO THAT. I WILL NOT TO THE POLICE OFFICER WHO IS GOING TO GO IN MY POCKET AND TAKE MY CONCEALED WEAPONS PERMIT OR MY I.D. I DON'T REMEMBER WHICH EVER ONE IT WAS, BUT THEY SAID THEY WERE GOING TO ARREST ME. I WAS UNDER ARREST FOR NOT GIVING THEM. I CAN STILL IDENTIFY MYSELF. I GET TO THE POLICE STATION AND RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME AND THE POLICE ARE RIGHT HERE AT THE POLICE STATION AND A POLICE CAR. THE POLICE OFFICER I'M A LEGEND IS HE FORGOT HIS BODY CAMERA WAS ON, BUT HE WAS I BELIEVE HE WAS TOLD WHAT TO ARREST ME FOR, WHICH WAS OBSTRUCTING JUSTICE BY THIS GUY'S PERSON. I CAME HERE YESTERDAY TO SPEAK WITH THE POLICE OFFICERS AND ANYBODY HERE WHO I COULD SPEAK WITH. AND I BELIEVE THAT I WAS RETALIATED AGAINST BECAUSE THE POLICE OFFICER STARTED SPEEDING THROUGH TRAFFIC ON I-95 AND HE GAVE ME A TICKET. THEY SHOULD NOT THIS SHOULD NOT HAPPEN TO ANYONE. BY THE WAY. I WANTED TO HAVE THE CHARGES GOT DROPPED. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. AND THIS IS NOT REALLY AN ACTION FOR COUNCIL. I BELIEVE IT'S FOR THE CITY MANAGER AND THE POLICE CHIEF. THAT'S RIGHT. I'VE BEEN MADE AWARE THAT MR. HAWTHORNE HAS ASKED FOR SOME PUBLIC RECORDS WHICH HE WILL RECEIVE, WHICH HE'S ENTITLED TO, AND HAS ASKED FOR A COMPLAINT FORM FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, WHICH HE HAS RECEIVED. SO HE'S IN THE PROCESS TO MAKE HIS COMPLAINT THROUGH THE PROPER CHANNELS. AT THIS TIME, THEY CAN PLAY BALL THROWN AT ME. I WANT TO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. OK, MOVING ON, WE NOW HAVE THE CITY MANAGER'S REPORT, RHONDA, YOUR REPORT THIS [VI. CITY MANAGER REPORT: ] EVENING. YES, WE WERE GOING TO BRING ME THE STATE CHAMPION EXPLORER TEAM HERE TO RECOGNIZE THEM FOR THEIR ACHIEVEMENTS OF WINNING THE STATE COMPETITION. BUT WE HAVE A LITTLE COVID ISSUE, SO WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO BRING THEM BACK IN SEPTEMBER WHEN EVERYONE AS WELL. THE OTHER THING I'D LIKE TO TELL YOU ABOUT IS THAT THE PALM BEACH GARDENS YOUTH ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION WILL BE HOSTING THE CAL RIPKEN BASEBALL UNDERSTANDS AND UNDER 12 WORLD WORLD [00:15:07] SERIES HERE IN PALM BEACH GARDENS STARTING AUGUST 6TH THROUGH 14 AT OUR BASEBALL COMPLEX RIGHT OUT HERE, THE PJI ESTIMATES A TWELVE HUNDRED PEOPLE OR MORE WILL BE TRAVELING TO THE GARDENS, RESULTING IN OVER 550 ROOMS IN OUR LOCAL HOTELS. THERE'S A LARGE, LARGE NATIONAL DRAW ON THIS EVENT. AND I WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL OF OUR CITY DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE INVOLVED IN THIS. AS YOU KNOW, WE GET A LOT OF ACCOLADES ON THE CONDITION OF OUR FIELDS, THE WAY THINGS ARE LAID OUT, AND IN PARTICULAR THE WAY THEY'RE CARED FOR DURING THE TOURNAMENT. AND THAT'S A WORK OF LOVE OF THOSE TEAMS THAT WORK ON THOSE FIELDS OUT THERE. AND JUST AS A SIDE NOTE, IT CAME A PARENT CAME TO OUR KNOWLEDGE OF OUR RECREATION STAFF THAT THIS PARTICULAR TEAM FROM HAWAII OF 10 YEAR OLDS WHO ALL THEY WANTED TO DO WHEN THEY GOT HERE WAS TO SEE ALLIGATORS. SO OUR TYT, OUR STAFF AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT ARRANGED TO PUT THEM IN AND TRANSPORT THEM OUT TO OUR GOLF COURSE WHEN THEY SAW A TOTAL OF FIVE ALLIGATORS AND THEY WERE THRILLED TO SEE THAT. SO IT'S NOT JUST BASEBALL THAT'S THE BENEFIT OF THIS KIND OF A TRIP, BUT IT'S PERHAPS MEMORIES THAT WILL LAST FOR A LIFETIME. AND KUDOS TO THE RECREATION STAFF FOR BEING, YOU KNOW, WHO THEY ARE AND DOING WHAT THEY DO TO MAKE THIS A VERY SPECIAL TRIP FOR THE HAWAIIAN TEAM. THAT'S MY REPORT, GARY. ALL RIGHT, SO WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO CONSENT AGENDA, BUT I JUST WANTED TO MAKE ONE COMMENT. OF COURSE, WE'RE ALL BACK WITH OUR MASKS ON AGAIN. AND THANK YOU, MR. DAMIÁN, FOR FOR THE WORK THAT YOU AND YOUR WIFE ARE DOING RIGHT NOW. IT'S NOT EASY FOR ANY OF THE HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS. I DID GET AN UPDATED REPORT, A STAFF REPORT FROM DR. RASTOGI, THE CEO AT JUPITER. SO JUST QUICKLY, I WANT TO GIVE YOU WHAT THE LOCAL INFORMATION IS THAT THEY'VE GOT. FORTY SIX PATIENTS CURRENTLY HOSPITALIZED WITH COVID TENURE IN THE ICU, WITH TWO REQUIRING VENTILATORS AND FIVE ON BIPAP OXYGEN. THEY'VE TESTED FOUR HUNDRED AND FORTY NINE PATIENTS IN THEIR URGENT CARE CENTER LAST WEEK. AND THE POSITIVITY RATE UP HERE IS THIRTY ONE PERCENT. SO MOST OF THE PATIENTS THAT THEY'RE SEEING IN THE HOSPITAL ARE UNVACCINATED, BUT THEY ARE SEEING SOME BREAKTHROUGH. THEY ALSO WANTED EVERYONE TO KNOW THAT RIGHT NOW THEY'RE OK WITH STAFF, WITH PPE, AND THEY'RE CONTINUING TO PROVIDE CARE TO AN INCREASING NUMBER OF COVID PATIENTS SEEING AN UPTAKE IN CRITICALLY ILL PATIENTS, EVEN IN YOUNGER AGE GROUPS. AND THEY CONTINUE TO RECOMMEND VACCINATION FOR ALL INDIVIDUALS WHO QUALIFY FOR THE VACCINES AS IT'S THE SINGLE BEST WAY TO PREVENT SEVERE COVID. AND WITH THE BREAKTHROUGH RATES THAT EVERYONE'S SEEING NOW, MASKS FOR VACCINATED AND UNVACCINATED AS REQUESTED BY THE CDC IS OUR BEST HOPE, TOO. SO I ASKED FOR A REPORT FROM PALM BEACH GARDENS, BUT I DIDN'T GET A COPY OF THEIR NUMBERS. SO THIS IS TRUE FOR. ALL RIGHT. FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA. [VII. CONSENT AGENDA: ] EVERYBODY COULD MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENSUS AGENDA AND MAKE ME I'LL BE YOU, OK, I'LL MAKE A SECOND AND I'LL BE PULLING I OK, SO PULLING I'M GOING TO PULL MY SO THEN I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE CONSENSUS AND A MINUS ITEM I SECOND MARCEAU'S SORRY. I'LL SECOND THAT. THANK YOU. OK, CONSENT AGENDA IS APPROVED MINUS I GOT ALL THE PAPER ALL IN FAVOR. I, I, I THEN OPPOSE CONSENT AGENDA'S APPROVED MINUS I. DOES HE NEED TO READ THE NEED TO READ I OR NO, CHELSEA, WHAT? [i. PROCLAMATION – WOMEN’S EQUALITY DAY. ] GO AHEAD. I'LL BE HAPPY TO THINK YOU WANT TO STEP ON PATTY'S TOES. SO? SO THE PROCLAMATION IS FOR WOMEN'S EQUALITY DAY. AND IN OUR AUDIENCE TODAY, WE HAVE SOME FOLKS WE HAVE ASHLEY KAZUTO, KEVIN BAKER AND GELONESI BROWN. I WANTED TO THANK THEM FOR COMING IN. THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS IS REALLY HONORED TO RECOGNIZE THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS IN PALM BEACH COUNTY AS WE CELEBRATE 101 YEARS OF THE 19TH AMENDMENT TO THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION GRANTING WOMEN THE RIGHT TO VOTE. WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR CONTINUED ADVOCACY FOR GENDER EQUALITY AND FOR THE RIGHT FOR ALL AMERICAN CITIZENS TO VOTE. SO THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. IF YOU IF YOU WANT A PHOTO, WE CAN DO IT SIX FEET APART OR HOWEVER YOU GUYS WANT TO MANAGE IT. IT'S UP TO YOU. [00:20:03] YOU WANT TO VOTE ON IT FIRST? OK, LET'S VOTE ON IT, THEN LET'S VOTE ON, OK? CAN I GET A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM? I, I'LL MAKE A MOTION. I'LL SECOND ITEM I IS APPROVED ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. OK. ALL IN FAVOR. I OPPOSE ITEM I APPROVED ON THE CONSENT OF TWO. GREAT. COME ON. WE'RE. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, SO TONIGHT WE ARE HOLDING QUASI JUDICIAL HEARINGS ON THE FOLLOWING CASES, [VIII.a. ORDINANCE 6, 2021 – (2ND READING & ADOPTION) DOWNTOWN PALM BEACH GARDENS REQUESTING A LARGE SCALE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN MAP AMENDMENT. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA, ADOPTING A LARGE-SCALE AMENDMENT TO ITS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FUTURE LAND USE MAP IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE MANDATES SET FORTH IN CHAPTER 163, FLORIDA STATUTES, SPECIFICALLY SECTION 163.3184, ET SEQ., FLORIDA STATUTES, PURSUANT TO APPLICATION NO. CPMA-20-04-000030 IN ORDER TO CHANGE THE LAND USE DESIGNATION ON 49.04 ACRES FROM PALM BEACH GARDENS PROFESSIONAL OFFICE (PO) TO PALM BEACH GARDENS MIXED USE (MXD); PROVIDING A NOTATION ON THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP PERTAINING TO THE PERMITTED LAND USE DENSITY AND INTENSITY RELATED TO THE SUBJECT PROPERTY; THE SUBJECT PROPERTY BEING LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF ALTERNATE A1A BETWEEN KYOTO GARDENS DRIVE AND GARDENS PARKWAY; PROVIDING FOR COMPLIANCE WITH ALL REQUIREMENTS OF CHAPTER 163, FLORIDA STATUTES; PROVIDING FOR TRANSMITTAL TO THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY (DEO) AND OTHER REVIEWING AGENCIES; PROVIDING THAT THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP OF THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS BE AMENDED ACCORDINGLY; PROVIDING A CONFLICTS CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, AND AUTHORITY TO CODIFY; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. ] ORDINANCE SEVEN TWENTY TWENTY ONE DOWNTOWN PALM BEACH GARDENS REQUESTING TO REZONE APPROXIMATELY FORTY NINE POINT FOUR ACRES RESOLUTION FORTY ONE TWENTY TWENTY ONE DOWNTOWN PALM BEACH GARDENS PCD MASTER PLAN RESOLUTION FORTY TO TWENTY TWENTY ONE. DOWNTOWN PALM BEACH GARDENS AMENDMENT TO THE EXISTING SITE PLAN RESOLUTION FORTY THREE TWENTY TWENTY ONE. AVANIR PANTHER NATIONAL MASTER SITE PLAN RESOLUTION FORTY FOUR TWENTY TWENTY ONE. AVENIR PANTHER NATIONAL GOLF COURSE SITE PLAN AND MAJOR CONDITIONAL USE. PRIVATE GOLF COURSE. 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. NIGHT 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 SOLEMNLY SWEAR TO TELL THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH, SO HELP YOU GOD. ORDINANCE SIX, TWENTY TWENTY ONE, WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ THE TITLE ORDINANCE SIX, 2021, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL, THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA, APPROVING A LARGE SCALE AMENDMENT TO ITS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FUTA LAND USE MAP IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE MANDATES SET FORTH IN CHAPTER 163 FLORIDA STATUTES, SPECIFICALLY SECTION ONE SIXTY THREE POINT THREE ONE EIGHT FOUR AT CEQUENT FLORIDA STATUTES PURSUANT TO APPLICATION NO CPM DASH TO ZERO DASH ZERO FOUR ZERO ZERO ZERO ZERO THREE ZERO IN ORDER TO CHANGE THE LAND USE DESIGNATION ON FORTY NINE POINT ZERO FOUR ACRES FROM PALM BEACH GARDENS PROFESSIONAL OFFICE P0 TO PALM BEACH GARDENS MIXED USE AMEX PROVIDING A NOTATION ON THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP PERTAINING TO THE PERMITTED LAND USE DENSITY AND INTENSITY RELATED TO THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. THE SUBJECT PROPERTY BEING LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF ALTERNATE ASWANI BETWEEN KYOTO GARDENS, DRIVE AND GARDENS PARKWAY, PROVIDING FOR COMPLIANCE WITH ALL REQUIREMENTS OF CHAPTER 163 FLORIDA STATUTES PROVIDING FOR TRANSMITTAL TO THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY DSTO AND OTHER REVIEWING AGENCIES PROVIDING THAT THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP OF THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS BE AMENDED ACCORDINGLY, PROVIDING A CONFLICTS CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE AND AUTHORITY TO CODIFY PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE FOR THE [00:25:04] PURPOSES NO TO THE PUBLIC. THERE IS A SIGN IN SHEET AT THE FRONT TABLE FOR ANYONE WANTING ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY DŌ. GOING TO OPEN THE HEARING, HAS ANYTHING CHANGED SINCE THE FIRST READING ON ORDINATE SIX, NO CHANGES. DOES ANYONE NEED A PRESENTATION ON ORDINANDS? SIX SECOND. ANYONE WISHING TO NOBODY'S WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS, I SAY THIS ONE, WE DO HAVE SOMEONE WHO PUT IN A CARD FOR ORDINANCE SIX, RICHARD SLIPHER. YES. STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS, PLEASE. GOOD EVENING, I'M RICHARD SLIPHER. I LIVE AT 30 610 GARDENS PARKWAY, APARTMENT THREE OR ONE A AND I'M A RESIDENT OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA. AND I HAVE BEEN ENGAGED IN TRACKING THIS PROJECT FOR ABOUT FOUR YEARS NOW, FIRST AS A LANDMARK BOARD MEMBER, THEN AS THE PRESIDENT OF THE ASSOCIATION AT THE LANDMARK. AND I'M STILL IN THE COMMITTEE APPOINTED BY THE BOARD TO MEET REGULARLY WITH SHAKOOR AND THEIR PARTNERS. AND DISCUSS THE DESIGN AS IT PROGRESSED. LET ME SAY, FIRST OF ALL, THAT SHOP COURT HAS BEEN AN EXCELLENT COMMUNICATOR WITH THE ASSOCIATION PROVIDING A GREAT DEAL OF DETAIL SO THAT WE HAVE TO ALLAY THE FEARS OF OUR OWNERS RIGHT ACROSS THE LAKE HERE. AND OUR TWO GENERAL MANAGERS HAVE DAY TO DAY CONVERSATIONS ON THE OPERATION OF OUR BUILDING AND THE OPERATION OF THEIR BUILDINGS IN ORDER TO PROVIDE A GOOD COMMUNITY SPIRIT AMONG BOTH OWNERSHIP'S. THEY'RE A GOOD NEIGHBOR. SO WHEN I SPEAK TONIGHT, IT'S ONLY BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF LEGAL KNOWLEDGE ON THE PART OF OUR CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION ABOUT THE ORDINANCES THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE TODAY AND THE ZONING CHANGES. OUR CONCERN IS NOT SO MUCH THAT THEY WANT TO BUILD A HOTEL AND BUILD A RESIDENT. WE'VE TALKED AND TALKED AND TALKED ABOUT THAT. AND YOU ALL HAVE PUSHED BACK ON CERTAIN THINGS FOR CERTAIN REASONS, ALL OF WHICH WE AGREED WITH. HOWEVER, IT ADDS A LOT OF HEIGHT AND VOLUME TO THE PROPERTY OVER HERE, THE EIGHT STORY APARTMENT BUILDING AND THE HOTEL SITTING ON TOP OF WHAT WILL BE THE NEW STRUCTURE. AND PHASE TWO, WE ARE CONCERNED. AND THE QUESTION WE WOULD HAVE FOR PEOPLE TO ADDRESS IN THE COURSE OF THIS MEETING OR IN FUTURE MEETINGS IS DOES THAT PERMIT THE OWNER OF THE BUILDING TO INCREASE THE HEIGHT OF THE BUILDINGS THAT WERE IN PHASE ONE? IN OTHER WORDS, CREATING A BARRIER BETWEEN OUR PROPERTY AND THE WESTERN LOOK THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW? WE KEPT OUR LAKEVIEW, WHICH WE'RE VERY HAPPY ABOUT, BUT THERE'S STILL A CONCERN ABOUT THE VOLUME OF SOMETHING THAT THAT'S THAT CLOSE TO US. THE SECOND CONCERN WE HAVE, AND THIS IS AN ONGOING CONCERN IN THE AREA BECAUSE GARDENS PARKWAY WAS NOT DESIGNED FOR THE PURPOSE THAT IT'S BEING USED, IT'S A RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC SHORTCUT NOW. AND WE HAVE PROVIDED INFORMATION AND COMMENT AND CONCERN TO SHOP FOR ABOUT THE INTERSECTION OF THE EXIT AND EGRESS OR EXCUSE ME, ENTRANCE AND EGRESS TO THE NORTHERN SIDE OF THE PROPERTY AT GARDENS PARKWAY. AND WE WE WOULD VERY STRONGLY WISH THAT THAT WOULD BE A PROCESS ESCALATED TO STUDY THAT, TO HAVE SOMETHING IN PLACE WHEN THOSE BUILDINGS OPEN BECAUSE THE TRAFFIC IS GOING TO BE A BIG INCREASE. AND AT RUSH HOUR IN THE MORNING, IN THE EVENING, PEOPLE SPEED ON THAT STREET. YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE AN UNCONTROLLED INTERSECTION AND YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF PROBLEMS, I THINK, WITH TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS AND AND CLOSE CALLS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THE PROXIMITY OF A BUILDING LIKE OURS WITH ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY SIX OWNERS, EACH WITH A COUPLE OF CARS AND VISORS AND TRUCKS AND ALL THOSE OTHER THINGS. RAISE OUR CONCERNS ABOUT THAT, AND WE HOPE THAT THE COUNCIL ADDRESSES THAT IN THE FINAL STAGES OF PLANNING FOR THIS NEW EDITION. WE'VE BEEN TOLD THAT THERE'S A TRAFFIC STUDY THAT'S BEEN PROMISED A COUPLE OF YEARS FROM NOW. WE DON'T THINK THAT'S ADEQUATE. WE THINK THE PROBLEMS EXIST TODAY AND THEY'RE ONLY GOING TO GET WORSE. THANK YOU. I WANT TO THANK THE COUNCIL FOR LISTENING AND I'LL STICK AROUND. AND IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS THAT I CAN CONVEY BACK TO OUR ASSOCIATION, I WILL. BUT IN THE MEANTIME, WE WILL STAY ENGAGED. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE HEARING, CAN I GET A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT TWENTY SIX 2021 ON SECOND READING SECOND GIRL SECOND. ALL RIGHT. I'M GOING TO BRING IT BACK FOR DISCUSSION. CAN STAFF ADDRESS THE CONCERNS THAT MR SLIPPER HAD ABOUT THE TRAFFIC? AND I BELIEVE THERE IS A PROPOSED SIGNAL AT SOME POINT FOR THAT INTERSECTION. AND THE OTHER ISSUE ABOUT THE HEIGHTENED PHASE ONE. SURE. SO FIRST, NATALIE CROWLEY, DIRECTOR OF PLANNING AND ZONING. I'D BE HAPPY TO ADDRESS BOTH OF THOSE COMMENTS. AND IT IS A LITTLE CONFUSING BECAUSE THERE'S A NUMBER OF AGENDA ITEMS REGARDING DOWNTOWN [00:30:05] OF THE GARDENS. SO I DO WANT TO SUBMIT TO MR. CYPER AND THE COUNCIL THAT THIS IS A SECOND READING OF THE LAND USE AMENDMENT. PUBLIC CHARACTER CYPHERS QUESTIONS ARE QUASI JUDICIAL IN NATURE REGARDING TRAFFIC MITIGATION AND HEIGHT AND DENSITY INTENSITY, AND THEY WOULD BE BETTER INCORPORATED IN THE PUBLIC HEARINGS FOR 41 AND 42, SPECIFICALLY THE SITE PLAN, WHICH IS 42. BUT I'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO JUST GENERALLY ADDRESS THE THE ANSWER REGARDING GARDENS PARKWAY ON THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL SPECIFICALLY AS AS THAT WAS AS THAT WAS BROUGHT UP. THERE IS A TRAFFIC SIGNAL THAT IS ALREADY ON THE BOOKS THAT WAS APPROVED WITH THE LIFETIME FITNESS PROJECT. SO THIS IS AT THE INTERSECTION OF THE NORTHERNMOST DRIVEWAY AND GARDENS PARKWAY. AND THE SURETE HAS BEEN POSTED AND IT IS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE THE SIGNAL IS TRIGGERED. THE SIGNAL CANNOT BE TRIGGERED UNTIL IT IS WARRANTED. I ANTICIPATE THAT THIS SIGNAL WILL BE TRIGGERED VERY SHORTLY. IF IT'S NOT WITH A LIFETIME, IT WILL BE WITH THE DOWNTOWN PROJECT. THE DOWNTOWN PROJECT COMING BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING HAS AN IDENTICAL CONDITION WHERE UPON WARRANTED, UPON WHEN WARRANTED, THE SIGNAL WILL BE CONSTRUCTED. ONCE IT'S CONSTRUCTED, IT WILL PROVIDE A VERY SOLID MITIGATION MEASURE TOWARDS SPEEDING. IT'LL PROVIDE A STOP CONDITION FOR CARS AND IT'LL ALLOW TRAFFIC TO COME IN AND OUT OF THE SITE SAFELY. SO, YOU KNOW, WITH ALL THAT BEING SAID, I'M HAPPY TO GO IN MORE ON THE HEIGHT AND THE DENSITY QUESTIONS. I'M SURE THE APPLICANT WILL COVER IT. WE'RE HAPPY TO COVER IT, TOO. BUT FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS PUBLIC HEARING, ORDINANCE SIX AND ORDINANCE SEVEN WERE SECOND READING. THOSE QUESTIONS ARE MORE RELEVANT FOR 40 TO THANK YOU. OK, WELL, WE'LL HOLD OFF AND GET TO THOSE WHEN WE DO THE PRESENTATION ON THE PROJECT AT THIS POINT. ALL IN FAVOR, I AND THE OPPOSING MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO. ORDINANCE SEVEN, HOW DO YOU WOULD YOU PLEASE READ THE TITLE, ORDINANCE SEVEN, 2021, AN [VIII.b. *ORDINANCE 7, 2021 – (2ND READING & ADOPTION) DOWNTOWN PALM BEACH GARDENS REQUESTING TO REZONE APPROXIMATELY 49.04 ACRES. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA, REZONING CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY, SUCH PROPERTY BEING COMPRISED OF 49.04 ACRES IN SIZE, MORE OR LESS, AND LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF ALTERNATE A1A BETWEEN KYOTO GARDENS DRIVE AND GARDENS PARKWAY; PROVIDING THAT THIS PARCEL OF REAL PROPERTY, WHICH IS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED HEREIN, SHALL BE REZONED FROM PLANNED COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT (PCD) OVERLAY WITH UNDERLYING ZONING DESIGNATIONS OF GENERAL COMMERCIAL (CG-1) AND PROFESSIONAL OFFICE (PO) TO PLANNED COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT (PCD) OVERLAY WITH AN UNDERLYING ZONING DESIGNATION OF MIXED USE (MXD); PROVIDING THAT THE ZONING MAP OF THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS BE AMENDED ACCORDINGLY; PROVIDING A CONFLICTS CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, AND AUTHORITY TO CODIFY; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. ] ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL, THE CITY, PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA, REZONING CERTAIN REAL PROPERTIES, SUCH PROPERTY BEING COMPRISED OF FORTY NINE POINT ZERO FOUR ACRES IN SIZE, MORE OR LESS, AND LOCATED ON THESE SORT OF ALTERNATE AWANA BETWEEN BETWEEN CHIODO GARDENS, DRIVE DRIVE-IN GARDENS PARKWAY, PROVIDING THE DISPERSAL OF REAL PROPERTY, WHICH IS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED HERE IN SHELBY REZONE FROM PLANNED COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PCD, OVERLAID WITH AN UNDERLYING ZONING DESIGNATION OF GENERAL COMMERCIAL KJU ONE IN PROFESSIONAL OFFICE P0 TO PLANNED COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PCD OVERLAY WITH AN UNDERLYING ZONING DESIGNATION IN MIXED USE AND MIXED PROVIDING THAT THE ZONING MAP OF THE CITY PALM BEACH GARDENS BE AMENDED ACCORDINGLY, PROVIDING A CONFLICT BECAUSE A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE AND AUTHORITY TO CODIFY PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE FOR THE PURPOSES AND TO OPEN THE HEARING, I'LL DECLARE MY EXPERTIZE THEY PERTAIN TO ALL OF THE DOWNTOWN AT THE GARDENS PROJECTS THAT ARE COMING BEFORE US. THE MOST RECENT AND MOST IMPORTANT WAS ON FIVE 10. I DID DO A TOUR OF THE SITE, A WALKING TOUR OF THE SITE WITH KEVIN MY SLOVIC TO SEE IT. PRIOR TO THAT, EVERYTHING WAS VIRTUAL. THERE WAS ONE IN DECEMBER AND ONE IN JANUARY AND HAD SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT THE SITE WITH STEVE MATHESON IN APRIL AND WITH THE PGA CARD ASSOCIATION. JOHN HERRING AND STEVE WERE PRESENT AT THAT MEETING IN JULY. ANYONE ELSE? YES, MY EX IS SIMILAR. ON JANUARY 13TH, I'VE TOURED PHASE ONE WITH KEVIN AND THEN ON JULY TWENTY FIRST I MET WITH KEVIN AND ADAM IN PERSON AND IT WAS A SLIDE SHOW. IT WAS ON. I WALK AROUND. I DO HAVE AN X PARTY, SAME AS THE X PARTY LAST MONTH. BUT I DID ALSO HAVE SEVERAL CONVERSATIONS WITH THE APPLICANT, THE ATTORNEY, AND ALSO HAD A TOUR WITH MR. MILOŠEVIĆ ON SITE AND ALSO VERBAL CONVERSATIONS AS WELL. OH, I'M SORRY. AND ALSO I RECEIVED SEVERAL EMAILS FROM LISA BIER'S, THE PRESIDENT OF THE LANDMARK. SOMETHING I FORGOT TO ASK. ONLY NEW EXPERTIZE I JUST WALKED THE PROPERTY JUST TO KIND OF REENGAGE AND MAKE SURE I KNEW WHAT WAS COMING AND WHERE THAT WAS ON THE 20TH OF JULY. CARL MINESHAFTS. DIFFERENT THAN YOURS ALL, I ACTUALLY WALKED THE ENTIRE PROPERTY SUNDAY BY MYSELF, AND THEN I HAD A LONG PHONE CONVERSATION WITH KEVIN YESTERDAY ABOUT EVERYTHING THAT I WAS ABLE TO TAKE NOTES OF QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMUNITY THAT THAT I'VE BEEN WORKING ON WITHIN [00:35:03] MY OWN CONSTITUENTS. AND THAT'S WHAT WE DID YESTERDAY. SO THANKS. OK. HAS ANYTHING CHANGED SINCE THE FIRST READING? NO MATTER. NO CHANGES. DOES ANYONE NEED ANOTHER PRESENTATION? NO ONE IS SCHEDULED TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM. MR SLIPHER HAD SIX AND SEVEN WRITTEN ON HIS CARD, BUT I THINK WE'LL ADDRESS THE OTHER ISSUES LATER. SO CAN I GET A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO PASS ORDINANCE SEVEN TWENTY TWENTY. I'D LIKE TO SECOND THAT MOTION WON'T BRING IT BACK FOR DISCUSSION. ANY DISCUSSION. NO HEARING, NO FURTHER DISCUSSION. ALL IN FAVOR. I, I AND HE OPPOSED THE MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO. RESOLUTION FORTY ONE AND FORTY TWO WILL BE A COMBINED PRESENTATION, BUT THEY'RE GOING TO [Items VIII.c. & VIII.d. ] BE VOTED ON SEPARATELY AND THAT'S WHERE WE'LL GET TO SOME OF THAT INFORMATION THAT WAS DISCUSSED. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ THE TITLE RESOLUTION 41 2021 RESOLUTION. THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE REGIONAL CENTER PLANNED COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PCD, LOCATED NORTH OF PGA BOULEVARD BETWEEN ALTERNATIVE 1A AND PROSPERITY FORMS ROAD IS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED HEREIN TO ADD ONE HUNDRED EIGHT THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND NINETY ONE SQUARE FEET OF MIXED USE, A ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY FOUR KEY HOTEL TOWER AND 280 MULTIFAMILY DWELLING UNITS PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE FOR THE PURPOSES. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR. LET ME READ STEPPED AWAY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS. TONIGHT, WE PRESENT SHOP COURSE PLAYING THE PINNACLE, OF COURSE, PLAN FOR THE TRANSFORMATION OF DOWNTOWN. I NEED YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE ROCK STAR THIS MORNING. KEVIN MY TO 33 SOUTH WACKER DRIVE, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. BEEN SWORN IN, CORRECT? YES, I HAVE. THANK YOU. WELCOME BACK. TONIGHT, AGAIN, WE PRESENT THE PINNACLE OF SHOPPERS PLAN FOR THE TRANSFORMATION OF DOWNTOWN. THIS JOURNEY BEGAN JUST OVER SIX YEARS AGO FOR SHOP CORE, AS IT WAS ONE OF SEVERAL PROPERTIES ASSEMBLED INTO A LARGER NATIONAL PORTFOLIO RETAIL INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO. IMMEDIATELY, THE SHAKOOR CORE LEADERSHIP RECOGNIZED THE POTENTIAL FOR THE CENTER, BUT SPECIFICALLY THAT POTENTIAL REQUIRED TRANSFORMATION. THEY BEGAN RATHER EARLY. UNFORTUNATELY, THERE WERE SOME ROUGH SPOTS IN THAT THAT INITIAL PART. WE'VE ACTUALLY, I THINK, AS EVIDENCED BY THE TESTIMONY OF MR. SLIPHER, HAVE COME A LONG WAY AND REALLY HAVE UNDERSTOOD AND BECOME SYNERGISTIC WITH OUR NEIGHBORS. ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO, SHOP CORE DECIDED TO REALLY FOCUS AND INTERNALIZE THAT DEVELOPMENT EFFORT. AND AS YOU'VE COME TO KNOW ME AND LIKEWISE, THINGS REALLY STARTED TO ALIGN IN THAT TRANSFORMATION. SEVERAL THINGS, AS WE'RE AWARE, WHEN WHEN DOWNTOWN WAS CONCEIVED, IT WAS A HEAVILY RETAIL MERCHANDISE FOCUSED CENTER AS THINGS WOULD HAVE IT. NOTHING IS STATIC IN OUR OUR LIVES AND MARKETS. AND SO TO TO MAINTAIN A SUCCESSFUL AND THRIVING CENTER, THERE NEEDED TO BE SOME TRANSFORMATION. WE BEGAN AND THROUGH OUR WORK TOGETHER, BOTH STAFF SHOP CORE AND THE COMMUNITY. WE BEGAN THAT TRANSFORMATION WITH A SHIFT TO EXPERIENTIAL LIVING AND LIFESTYLE ELEMENTS. WE UNDERWAY WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE LIFETIME CLUB BUILDING AND ADDITIONAL PARKING GARAGE, A ZONING APPROVAL THAT OCCURRED JUST OVER TWO YEARS AGO IN JUNE OF 2019. WE FOLLOWED LAST YEAR TO ADD MORE OF THE EXPERIENTIAL ELEMENTS TO THE CENTER AND HAVE BEEN UNDERWAY WITH THAT WORK AS OF THE APPROVAL FOR THE WHAT WE CALL THE IN PLACE THE CORRIDORS, PEDESTRIAN AREAS IN WHEN WE WERE IN FRONT OF THE COUNCIL IN JUNE OF 2020. AND TONIGHT WE BRING FORWARD THE BALANCE OF THOSE LIFESTYLE ELEMENTS AND THEN AS WELL WITH THAT TRANSFORMATION AND AS I SAID, THE PINNACLE, WE ARE ADDING ELEMENTS TO DIVERSIFY THE CENTER THAT WILL PROVIDE ACTIVITY BEYOND JUST THE THE DAY TO DAY RETAIL. THOSE ELEMENTS, I THINK YOU HEARD VERY QUICKLY, WOULD BE THE ADDITION OF A 174 KEY HOTEL [00:40:02] AND A 280 UNIT RESIDENTIAL BUILDING. AND THEN LASTLY, INCORPORATING IN THAT THE CONTEMPORARY IT WOULDN'T BE COMPLETE WITHOUT INCORPORATING THE CONTEMPORARY URBAN PLANNING THEMES. AND SO OUR DESIGN REFLECTS THE CITY'S ADOPTION OF THE TOD AND THE MOBILITY PLAN. AND YOU'LL HEAR SOME OF THE ELEMENTS THAT WE'VE INCORPORATED THROUGH THAT. AND THEN LASTLY, AS BIG A TEAM AS WE HAVE AND NICOLE PLUNKETT WILL SHORTLY INTRODUCE SOME OF THE MEMBERS, WE'VE NOT BEEN ALONE ON THIS JOURNEY. STAFF HAS BEEN A HUGE PARTNER WITH US, AND WE REALLY HAVE A DEEP REGRET OF DEEP DEBT, OF GRATITUDE FOR THEIR PATIENCE AND EFFORTS FOR US TO EARN THEIR RECOMMENDATION FOR APPROVAL. SO THANK YOU, SAMANTHA MARTIN. I DON'T SEE PETER HERE TONIGHT, BUT PETER AND NATALIE AND ALL THOSE BEHIND THE SCENES WHO'VE CONTRIBUTED THEIR THOUGHTS AND THEIR IDEAS. AND YOU'LL HEAR AND SEE SOME OF THOSE IN THE PRESENTATION TONIGHT. WITH THAT, I WILL LET NICOLE GO INTO THE ELEMENTS THAT I TALKED ABOUT IN GREATER DETAIL AND APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR SUPPORT. GOOD EVENING. FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS NICOLE PLUNKETT WITH COTTLER AND HEARING I HAVE BEEN SWORN IN, MY ADDRESS IS NINETEEN THIRTY FOUR. COMMERCE LANE, SUITE ONE, JUPITER, FLORIDA, THREE, THREE, FOUR, FIVE, EIGHT. IT IS MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE OUR PROJECT TEAM FOR TONIGHT, MANY WHO HAVE MADE THE JOURNEY IN THE TRACK TO BE PRESENT WITH YOU TONIGHT. OF COURSE, OUR APPLICANT. THANK YOU SO MUCH TO KEVIN, MY SOULIK REPRESENTING SHOP CORE PROPERTIES AND EXCEL GARDENS LLC, OUR PLANNERS, COTLAR AND HEARING. WE HAVE MYSELF AND DONALDSON HEARING WITH COTTLER AND HEARING LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS CAN AGREE WITH EDESSA OF OUR ARCHITECTS COMPRISED OF CREATE RATIO AND MSA. AND TONIGHT WE HAVE OUR LEAD ARCHITECT, FRANK CAMPIONE, WHO'S JOINED US FROM NEW YORK CITY WITH GREAT ARCHITECTS. ENGINEER SIMMONS IN WHITE TRAFFIC ENGINEER KIMBERLY HORN, WHO WE HAVE TONIGHT, CHRIS HAGAN IS HERE. OUR SIGNAGE DESIGN WAS CREATED BY FIVE OR FIVE DESIGN AND OUR ATTORNEYS, BRIAN SEEMORE, CAITLIN GARRAN WITH GUNSTER, WHO ARE HERE WITH US TONIGHT, AS WELL AS STEVE MATHISEN WITH MATHISEN WADDLE'S, WHO IS ALSO HERE. TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION IS A COMBINED PRESENTATION FOR BOTH OF THE RESOLUTIONS, THE FIRST RESOLUTION THAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU TONIGHT AS RESOLUTION FORTY ONE, TWENTY TWENTY ONE. THIS IS REQUESTING A PCD AMENDMENT APPROVAL TO ADD HOTEL AND MULTIFAMILY USES TO THE DOWNTOWN PARCEL WITHIN THE REGIONAL CENTER. THE SECOND ITEM IS RESOLUTION FORTY TO TWENTY TWENTY ONE. WE ARE REQUESTING STAPLETON AMENDMENT APPROVAL TO MODIFY THE SITE PLAN ELEVATION'S LANDSCAPE HARDSCAPE IN THE OVERALL MASTER SIGNAGE PLAN EVERYONE IS VERY FAMILIAR WITH. DOWNTOWN PALM BEACH GARDENS IS LOCATED. IT IS IN THE HEART OF THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, JUST ADJACENT TO PJ BOULEVARD AND ALTERNATE AHWAHNEE. THE PARCEL ITSELF IS JUST OVER FORTY NINE ACRES. NOW, THE AMENDMENT THAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU TONIGHT, THE CD COMPRISES OF NOT ONLY DID DOWNTOWN PALM BEACH GARDENS PASSELL, BUT THE PARCEL'S LANE, INCLUDING THE GARDEN SMALL, THE ADJACENT RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES REACHING ALL THE WAY ACROSS THE MAP TO THE PROSPERITY FARMS ROAD. NOW, THE PURPOSE OF THIS AMENDMENT WAS SIMPLY TO UPDATE THE PARCEL USES STRICTLY JUST FOR THE DOWNTOWN PALM BEACH GARDENS PARCEL, WHICH IS LOCATED WITHIN PARCEL MN ON THIS MAP. AND REALLY ALL WE WERE DOING WAS A CLEANUP ITEM TO PROVIDE CONSISTENCY WITH THE COMPATABLE LAND USE AND REZONING, WHICH YOU HAD JUST VOTED ON, AND ALSO TO PROVIDE CONSISTENCY WITH OUR PROPOSED SITE PLAN AMENDMENTS, ADDING THE HOTEL USE AND ALSO ADDING THE MULTIFAMILY USES. I DO WANT TO NOTE THAT THE MACARTHUR BOARD WAS GIVEN A PRESENTATION BY KEVIN MAZELIKE AND ON HEARING ON JULY 21ST, TWENTY TWENTY ONE, AND THAT BOARD VOTED IN FAVOR TO SUPPORT THE PROJECT. THEY'RE VERY EXCITED WITH THE CAPITAL INVESTMENT BEING MADE IN DOWNTOWN AND WE ARE THRILLED TO HAVE THEIR SUPPORT. MOVING ON TO THE SITE PLAN AMENDMENT, THE FULL VISION SCOPE, WE'RE FINALLY HERE, AND IT IS SO EXCITING TO BE IN FRONT OF YOU TONIGHT, AS KEVIN HINTED AT SOME OF THE THE PAST [00:45:06] HISTORY OR HISTORY OF THIS PROJECT WITH THE LIFETIME FACILITY UNDER CONSTRUCTION, THE IN PLACE THAT CAME AHEAD OF YOU THIS TIME LAST SUMMER. AND NOW WE ARE AT OUR PHASE THREE, THE FINAL FULL VISION, THE FULL VISION, WHICH WILL COME TO A CLOSE FOR THIS REVITALIZATION AND REDEVELOPMENT OF THIS VISION THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT FOR SO MANY YEARS. AND SO WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO KICK OFF OUR SECOND AMENDMENT PRESENTATION, STARTING OFF WITH THE SITE PLAN ITSELF TO GIVE YOUR BEARINGS OF WHERE A COUPLE OF THESE BIG PICTURE ITEMS ARE. TONIGHT'S PROPOSAL INCLUDES A RESIDENTIAL TOWER, WHICH WILL INCLUDE TWO HUNDRED AND EIGHTY UNITS. IT IS EIGHT STORIES IN THOSE UNITS ARE ARE A RENTAL MULTIFAMILY COMMUNITY. THEY WILL INCLUDE A MIXTURE OF STUDIO, ONE BEDROOM, TWO BEDROOM AND THREE BEDROOM UNITS. AND IT BEAUTIFULLY OVERLOOKS THE LAKE THAT'S AT DOWNTOWN PALM BEACH GARDENS. IT SITS DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO THE EXISTING PARKING GARAGE, WHICH WE CALL THE EAST GARAGE, HIGHLIGHTED IN PURPLE ON THE SCREEN. THAT GARAGE EXISTS TODAY AND WE ARE MAKING SOME SLIGHT MODIFICATIONS TO IT TO ACCOMMODATE THE MULTIFAMILY ADJACENT TO IT, WHICH WILL HAVE ITS OWN GARAGE AS WELL, SELF PARKED AND ALSO INCLUDE A RIGHT TURN LANE IN FROM THE GARDENS PARKWAY. THE FULL VISION MAKES USE TOWER, THE MIXED USE TOWER IS NINE STORIES, IT IS TRULY A MIXED USE TOWER BECAUSE THE FIRST FLOOR IS RETAIL RESTAURANT, THE SECOND FLOOR CLASS, A OFFICE SPACE AND FLOORS THREE THROUGH NINE. OUR HOTEL USE. THE EAST TO WEST DRIVE ISLE OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT UNCORKING THE CENTER, TEARING DOWN THOSE TOWERS WHICH WERE CLOSING IN THE CENTER, AND LAST SUMMER WITH THE INKLESS, IT WAS APPROVED. YOU APPROVED THE REMOVAL OF TWO OF THE MAJOR TOWERS, ONE ON THE SOUTHERN EAST CORNER WHERE THE CAROUSEL WAS AND IS RELOCATED TO, AND THE SECOND ONE ON THE WEST SIDE, NEAR THE NEAR THE WHOLE FOODS AND NEAR THE MOVIE THEATER. AND IF YOU'VE BEEN ABLE TO GO OUT TO THE SITE AND SEEN THOSE, WHICH WE KNOW THAT MANY OF YOU HAVE BEEN OUT THERE TO SEE THE TRANSFORMATION WITH THOSE TOWERS BEING TAKEN DOWN, HOW MUCH IT OPENS UP THE SPACE AND TRULY INVITES PEDESTRIANS TO COME INTO THE SPACE. IT IS JUST A TRANSFORMATION. I GREW UP HERE AND I USED TO COME TO DOWNTOWN PALM BEACH GARDENS WHEN I WAS YOUNGER BACK IN THE EARLY 2000S. I NEVER STEPPED FOOT INSIDE THE STRAND OF DOWNTOWN PALM BEACH GARDENS BECAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW THAT THERE WERE STORES IN THERE. AND SO I REALLY HOPE THAT PULLING THIS OPEN WILL REALLY BE AN INVITING THING FOR GUESTS, ESPECIALLY THE ONES THAT ARE VISITING FROM OUT OF TOWN. LOOKING AT ADDING THESE ADDITIONS, WE ALSO WANTED TO LOOK AT THE VERTICAL EGRESS, HOW DO WE MOVE PATRONS UP AND DOWN FROM THE CENTER? AND SO WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE'VE INCORPORATED A NEW ELEVATOR DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO THE MOVIE THEATER AND THE MIXED USE TOWER. AND WE'VE ALSO INCLUDED A NEW ELEVATOR AND EGRESS STAIRS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE BUILDING. ANCILLARY INCOME UNITS, WE ARE PROVIDING TWO OF THESE. ONE OF THEM IS GOING TO BE LOCATED, AGAIN, DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO THE MOVIE THEATER AND THE MIXED-USE TOWER. ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY SQUARE FEET. THE SECOND ONE IS GOING TO BE AGAINST THE LAKE TO REALLY BRING TO LIFE THAT LAKEFRONT AREA. THE PURPOSE OF THESE ANCILLARY UNITS IS TO PROVIDE AN ADDITIONAL RETAILER OPPORTUNITY THAT'S UNLIKE ANY OF THE ONES THAT ARE IN THE CENTER. AND I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU MORE DETAILS OF WHAT THOSE LOOK LIKE FURTHER IN THE PRESENTATION. AND, OF COURSE, THE LAKEFRONT BRINGING TO LIFE THE LAKEFRONT WHEN WE RELOCATED THE CAROUSEL LAST SUMMER OVER TO THE LAKEFRONT. WE REALLY WANTED TO ACTIVATE THAT LAKE FRONT. AND WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THIS PROPOSAL IS CONTINUING THAT MOMENTUM. WE HAVE THE MOMENTUM OF THE CAROUSEL. SO WE'RE CONTINUING THE MOMENTUM OF THAT LAKEFRONT ACTIVATION BY PROPOSING TO DOG PARKS THAT ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. THERE'S ONE IN THE SOUTH AND ONE ON THE NORTH ADJACENT TO THE MULTIFAMILY TOWER. AND AGAIN, THEY'RE BOTH OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AND OF COURSE, MAKING SOME UPGRADES TO THE EVENT LINE THAT'S CURRENTLY THERE AND CURRENTLY BEING USED AND MAKING A COUPLE OF UPGRADES TO THAT AREA. AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, MAKING A COUPLE OF UPGRADES TO THE SOUTH IN THE NORTH COUNTRY TO TRULY PROVIDE A FOCAL ENTRY AND ARRIVAL, A SENSE OF ARRIVAL TO DOWNTOWN PALM BEACH GARDENS. SO WITH THESE MIXTURES OF USES, I WANTED TO GIVE YOU A BIG PICTURE, LOOK AT HOW WE ARE MAKING SOME MODIFICATIONS TO THESE PARTICULAR USES WITH THE ADDITION OF OUR PROPOSED HOTEL. ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY FOUR ROOMS ARE BEING ADDED. THE MULTIFAMILY TWO HUNDRED AND EIGHTY DWELLING UNITS, THE HEALTH CLUB, WHICH IS THE [00:50:04] LIFETIME FACILITY, REMAINS AS APPROVED. THERE ARE NO CHANGES TO THAT. WE ARE ADDING SOME ADDITIONAL MEDICAL OFFICE AND GENERAL OFFICE. HOWEVER, I WANT TO NOTE THAT THE CINEMA SEATS ARE BEING REDUCED BY SEVEN HUNDRED AND SEVENTY FOUR SEATS AND ALSO THE RETAIL WITHIN THE SHOPPING CENTER IS BEING REDUCED BY OVER TWENTY FOUR THOUSAND SQUARE FEET. SO WHAT THIS WHAT THIS CHART SHOWS YOU, BIG PICTURE IS THAT OUR USES ARE A MUCH BETTER DIVERSITY, A MIXTURE OF USES FOR THIS PARTICULAR PARCEL. THIS AMENDMENT DEMONSTRATES WHY STAFF HAS BEEN ADVOCATING FOR PROPER DIVERSITY OF USES WITHIN THIS CENTRAL DOWNTOWN PALM BEACH GARDENS AREA. AND ULTIMATELY, THESE TYPES OF USES PROVIDE FOR A BETTER, MORE WALKABLE ENVIRONMENT. AND WITH THE ADDITION OF THE HOTEL, USE THOSE TYPES OF USERS COMING INTO THE HOTEL RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF DOWNTOWN PALM BEACH GARDENS. THOSE TYPES OF USERS TEND TO RELY ON OTHER MODES OF TRANSPORTATION, PERHAPS RIDE SHARE OPTIONS RATHER THAN DRIVING AN OLD VEHICLE. WE'RE TRULY WE'RE TRULY REBALANCING THE USES, WHICH ACCOUNTS FOR SLIGHTLY LESS TRAFFIC TRIPS THAN THE ORIGINAL MENAND APPROVAL IN TWO THOUSAND AND THREE. WE HAVE ARRIVED AT DOWNTOWN PALM BEACH GARDENS WHEN USERS ARRIVE TO THE NORTH SIDE OF THE SITE. THEY ARE WELCOMED. THEY HAVE A SENSE OF ARRIVAL POINTS. WE HAVE ADDED SIGNAGE. WE HAVE ADDED FURNITURE, AMENITIES, HARDSCAPE LANDSCAPE AND ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENTS. THIS PARTICULAR ENTRY IS THE WELCOME POINT OF THE NORTH SIDE OF DOWNTOWN PALM BEACH GARDENS, WITH THE ADDITION OF THE NEW WATER WALL, THE DOWNTOWN SIGNAGE, WHICH CAN BE PLAYED UPON IN ALSO PROVIDING A PROJECT ID FOR THE CENTER BEYOND THE WATERFALL. ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, THE BUILDING IS THE THEATER BUILDING AND ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE YOU HAVE THE MIXED-USE TOWER IN BETWEEN IT. RIGHT BEYOND THE WATER WALL IS THAT ELEVATOR THAT WILL GET YOU UP TO THE THEATER AREA OR DOWN TO THE GROUND FLOOR. BEYOND THAT ELEVATOR IS THOSE EXISTING ESCALATORS WHICH ARE TO REMAIN WITHIN THE PLAN AND EVEN BEYOND THAT, WHICH YOU CAN'T SEE IN THIS GRAPHIC. WE DO HAVE AN ADDITIONAL SET OF STAIRS WHICH ARE CURRENTLY BEING BUILT AND HAVE ALREADY BEEN APPROVED. THERE'S ANOTHER SET OF STAIRS ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE OF THIS GRAPHIC ALONG WITH THE SKYBRIDGE, WHICH CONNECTS TO THE EXISTING GARAGE. AND SO AS THESE LAYERS START BEING ADDED INTO THE PLAN, YOU START REALIZING THAT THERE ARE MANY DIFFERENT OPTIONS TO MOVE FOLKS UP AND DOWN AND AROUND THE CENTER, WHICH WAS REALLY A GOAL WITH PROVIDING THIS PROPOSAL WITH YOU TONIGHT. ANOTHER ITEM THAT I WANT TO POINT OUT IS THE INTRICATELY CUT METAL DESIGN ON THE BACK OF THIS MIXED USE TOWER. IT'S BEEN A FUN JOURNEY, WORKING WITH THE ARCHITECTS AND THE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS ON OUR TEAM BECAUSE THEY PROVIDE THESE FUN LITTLE ITEMS AND MATERIALS THAT CONSTANTLY POP UP THROUGHOUT DOWNTOWN PALM BEACH GARDENS. SO THIS LEAF PATTERN THAT YOU SEE HERE, YOU WILL SEE POP UP IN OTHER PARTS OF DOWNTOWN. AND THAT JUST REALLY PROVIDES, AGAIN, A SENSE OF PLACE IN A BRANDING FOR DOWNTOWN PALM BEACH GARDENS. THE RESIDENTIAL MIXED USE BUILDING, TWO HUNDRED AND EIGHTY UNITS, EIGHT STORIES. LOCATED JUST ALONG THE LAKEFRONT. STARTING OFF WITH THE FIRST FLOOR OF THE RESIDENTIAL BUILDING, THE RESIDENTIAL BUILDING HAS A NUMBER OF INDOOR AMENITIES AND OUTDOOR AMENITIES. NOW, THIS RESIDENTIAL BUILDING IS A RENTAL COMMUNITY. SO THEY HAVE A LEASING OFFICE, THEY HAVE A PARKING AREA, AND THEY HAVE A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT AMENITIES FOR THEIR RESIDENTS. SO ALONG WITH THE TYPICAL INDOOR AMENITIES THAT YOU WOULD FIND WITHIN A RESIDENTIAL BUILDING, WE HAVE PROVIDED FOR A HANDFUL OF VERY SPECIAL OUTDOOR PRIVATE AMENITIES FOR THOSE RESIDENTS AS WELL. ONE OF THEM I WANT TO POINT OUT IS THE OUTDOOR POOL. THE POOL THAT'S HIGHLIGHTED ON THE SCREEN WAS STRATEGICALLY DESIGNED TO BE LOCATED BETWEEN THOSE LARGE WINGS OF THE BUILDING TO PROVIDE A BIT OF PRIVACY AND TO HIDE IT FROM THE ADJACENT RESIDENTIAL VIEWS. THE GARDEN IS MORE OF A MEDITATION GARDEN, A PASSIVE GARDEN TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR THOSE RESIDENTS AND OF COURSE, THE DOG PARK, WHICH IS AVAILABLE TO THE RESIDENTS, BUT IT'S PUBLIC. SO IT'S ACTUALLY OPEN TO ANYONE AT DOWNTOWN PALM BEACH GARDENS OR ANY OF THE ADJACENT RESIDENCES AND RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES. THE PARKING GARAGE. WE HAVE A PARKING STRUCTURE SPECIFICALLY FOR THE RESIDENTIAL BUILDING. IT IS EIGHT STORIES TALL AND IT HAS BEEN DESIGNED TO BE TUCKED IN IN BETWEEN THE EXISTING [00:55:07] PARKING GARAGE ON THE NORTH AND COMPLETELY LINED WITH AMENITIES AND UNITS FROM THE RESIDENTIAL BUILDING. AND SO IT HAS BEEN DESIGNED SO THAT IT IS TUCKED AWAY. IT HAS ITS OWN ENTRANCE OFF OF LAKE VICTORIA GARDENS AVENUE WITH INGRESS AND EGRESS, SPECIFICALLY JUST FOR THAT RESIDENTIAL GARAGE. AND EVEN THOUGH YOU CAN SEE IN THIS GRAPHIC, IT SITS DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO THE EXISTING FOUR STOREY GARAGE, WHICH HAS A SEPARATE ENTRANCE. YOU CANNOT DRIVE BETWEEN THE TWO AND YOU CANNOT ACCESS BETWEEN THE TWO. SO IT IS TRULY SEPARATE. RESIDENTS WHO DRIVE INTO THIS GARAGE WILL BE MET WITH A GATE AND THEY CAN USE THEIR KEY FOB TO GET THROUGH THE GATE AND THEY HAVE A SECURED SAFE AREA TO PARK THEIR VEHICLE AT THEIR FLOOR AND ACCESS THEIR BUILDING. THERE ARE ALSO A HANDFUL OF GUEST SPOTS THAT ARE NOT BEHIND THE GATE AND THOSE ARE FOR FUTURE RESIDENTS WHICH CAN PARK THEIR VEHICLES. THEY'RE GOING TO THE LEASING OFFICE AND LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS TYPE OF BUILDING AND POSSIBLY BE A FUTURE RESIDENT OF THIS BUILDING. THERE ARE ALSO ADDITIONALLY ON THIS FIRST FLOOR, MOTORCYCLE AND BICYCLE PARKING ON THE FIRST FLOOR. I ALSO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT WE HAVE TO LEVEL TWO CHARGERS ON THE FIRST FLOOR, WHICH WILL ACCESS FOUR VEHICLES. AND WE'VE ALSO DESIGNED THIS PARKING GARAGE TO WIRE FOR FUTURE EV STATIONS ON THE SECOND THROUGH SEVENTH FLOORS. SO THERE WILL BE 12 TOTAL EV RIDE EV READY STATIONS TO PROVIDE CHARGING FOR UP TO TWENTY FOUR VEHICLES ADDITIONALLY ON THOSE FLOORS. NOW, THE DESIGN OF THE BUILDING, I WANTED TO TAKE YOU KIND OF LOOKING AROUND THE EXTERIOR OF THE BUILDING AND TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE MATERIALS AND HOW IT WAS DESIGNED. AND MSA ARCHITECTS DID A SPECTACULAR JOB PUTTING TOGETHER THIS TYPE OF BUILDING WITH THIS MANY UNITS IN THE BUILDING AND PROVIDING SUCH A BEAUTIFUL ARTICULATION OF DIFFERENT MATERIALS, COLORS AND JUSTIFICATION OF DARKNESS AND LIGHTNESS. AND SO THIS VIEW IS THE RESIDENTIAL BUILDING WE ARE FACING EAST. SO THESE VEHICLES THAT YOU SEE IN FRONT OF US ARE ALONG THAT MAIN LOOP ROAD. IT'S ALMOST LIKE WE'RE STANDING ADJACENT TO THE MIXED-USE TOWER FACING THIS BUILDING. YOU CAN SEE THE LEASING OFFICE THAT IS RIGHT AROUND THAT LOOP ROAD IN THE CENTER OF THE GRAPHIC. AND YOU CAN ALSO SEE THE ENTRANCE OF THE VEHICLE AREA SPECIFICALLY FOR THE RESIDENTIAL GARAGE. THE LEASING AREA IS LINED WITH VERTICAL ELEMENTS, DIFFERENT TYPES OF COMPOSITE WOOD AND GLASS, ALONG WITH GREENWALL LANDSCAPE. AND IT IS TRULY A BEAUTIFUL ENTRANCE. WE ALSO HAVE A NUMBER OF ON STREET PARKING AREAS ALONG NOT ONLY THE LOOP ROAD, BUT ALONG THE INTERNAL STREETS AS WELL. AND WE'VE INCORPORATED SPECIFICALLY AT THIS ENTRANCE OF THE RESIDENTIAL BUILDING. WE DO HAVE ONE RIDE SHARE SPOTS WHERE THE BLUE CAR IS PARKED IN THIS GRAPHIC AND THE REMAINING SPOTS ARE OPEN FOR VEHICLES AS WELL. THERE ARE MANY VERTICAL ELEMENTS, VERY UNDULATING FEATURES, BECAUSE WHEN YOU PROVIDE THAT INSULATION, THE WAY THAT THE ARCHITECTS HAVE DESIGNED THE BUILDING IS YOU'RE GOING TO GET A LOT OF PLAY WITH LIGHT AND SHADOW AND MOVEMENT WHEN THE CLOUDS ARE COMING ACROSS THE SKY. AND SO IT BECOMES A VERY, VERY MOVABLE BUILDING AND PROVIDES FOR A LOT OF VISUAL INTEREST, COMPOSITE WOOD GLASS IN MANY DIFFERENT VIEWS. THIS BUILDING TRULY HAS BEEN DESIGNED FROM EVERY ELEVATION INSIDE. THERE IS NO BACK OF HOUSE. IT HAS BEEN DESIGNED FOR ALL AREAS. THESE GRAPHICS ALSO SHOW YOU THAT THE POOL AREA, IT'S HIDDEN, IT'S TUCKED AWAY BETWEEN THESE WINGS, JUST AS WE SPOKE ABOUT WITH THE SITE PLAN, THE CENTRAL GARDEN AREA, AGAIN, VERY PRIVATE AS WELL. AND THEN THE DOG PARK TO THE NORTH. YOU CAN SEE AT THE TOP OF THAT GRAPHIC AND JUST A COUPLE MORE 3-D GRAPHICS. YOU KNOW, WE LOOKED AT DOING THESE 3D GRAPHICS TO UNDERSTAND HOW THIS WOULD LOOK FROM A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT ELEVATIONS AND VIEWS. AND WE REALLY TOOK INTO ACCOUNT EVEN THE MIXED-USE TOWER AND THE LIFETIME BUILDING. SO BUILDING THESE 3D MODEL, SPENDING THE TIME TO DO THIS, TO TRULY EVALUATE ALL THE DIFFERENT ANGLES, BECAUSE AS A DESIGNER, IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO NOT ONLY LOOK AT IT FROM THE TOP, BUT TO LOOK AT IT AND HOW IT'S GOING TO BE DESIGNED AND 3D WITH SCALE, COLOR AND SIZE. THE MIXED USE TOWER THAT MAKES THIS TOWER IS MORE CENTRAL TO DOWNTOWN PALM BEACH GARDENS, AND ONE OF THE REASONS IS BECAUSE OF THE DIFFERENT USES OF THE BUILDING, WE [01:00:01] WANTED TO PROVIDE MANY DIFFERENT WAYS TO GET INTO THE BUILDING BECAUSE THE HOTEL USERS AREN'T GOING TO BE ACCESSING THE SAME PARTS OF THE BUILDING AS, SAY. THE EMPLOYEES WHO WORK IN THE CLASS OFFICE AND SO ON THE WEST SIDE, THEY HAVE ELEVATOR ACCESS ON THE EXTERNAL, INCLUDING THOSE ESCALATORS THAT I SHOWED YOU, WHICH ARE EXISTING TODAY AND WILL REMAIN ALSO INTERIOR TO THE MIXED USE TOWER IN THE SAME AREA. THERE'S A LOBBY WITH AN ELEVATOR AS WELL. AND SO THERE'S EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL EGRESS WITHIN THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE MIXED-USE TOWER THAT MAKES THE TOWER ALSO SITS ALONG THIS EAST-WEST DRIVE AISLE, WHICH PROVIDES MANY DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR THOSE RESTAURANTS AND RETAILERS TO REALLY GET SOME DIFFERENT TYPES OF ACTIVITY BROUGHT TO THE BUILDING AS WELL. AND THEN ON THE EAST SIDE IS THE DEDICATED HOTEL VALET DROP-OFF AREA. THIS VALET DROP-OFF AREA WILL WHISKING PATRONS WHO ARE COMING INTO THE HOTEL. THEY'LL COME UP STRAIGHT TO THE THIRD FLOOR, WHICH IS WHERE THE MAIN LOBBY IS, AND THEN THEY WILL BE ABLE TO ACCESS THE REST OF THE HOTEL. AND THE WAY THAT THE THE RESIDENTIAL EXCUSE ME, THE WAY THAT THE MIX'S TOWER HAS BEEN BROKEN UP. AND IT'S REALLY EASY TO SEE IN THIS GRAPHIC BY THE FLOORS. AGAIN, THE FIRST FLOOR IS THE RETAIL RESTAURANT. AND YOU CAN EASILY SEE THAT DELINEATION HERE, THE SECOND FLOOR OF THE CLERK'S OFFICE SPACES AND THE THIRD FLOOR AND BEYOND ARE THE HOTEL NOW THE THIRD FLOOR WITH THE HOTEL LOBBY AND AMENITIES. THEY ALSO HAVE ABOUT A TWO THOUSAND SQUARE FOOT OUTDOOR PATIO THAT YOU CAN SEE THAT OVERLOOKS THE EAST-WEST DRIVE AISLE. THAT OUTDOOR PATIO IS ACCESSIBLE BY THE HOTEL GUESTS AND PERHAPS CAN PROVIDE SOME OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE HOTEL TO HAVE AN OUTDOOR SPACE, EITHER PUT SOME CHAIRS, JUST A COUPLE DIFFERENT AREAS THAT WE WANTED TO PROVIDE SPACE FOR. I ALSO WANT TO POINT OUT IN THIS GRAPHIC THAT THE REMAINDER OF THIS THIRD FLOOR, OUTSIDE OF THAT TWO THOUSAND SQUARE FOOT, THE REMAINDER OF THAT IS A GREEN ROOF. ADDITIONALLY, ON THE SECOND FLOOR, BEYOND THAT IS ALSO A GREEN ROOF. AND WHEN I MEAN A GREEN ROOF, I MEAN THAT IT'S VERY LOW GROWING GREEN VEGETATION. AND THE PURPOSE OF THAT IS THAT WHEN YOU LOOK DOWN, IF YOU'RE IN A HOTEL ROOM IN THE FOURTH, FIFTH, SIXTH, SEVENTH FLOOR AND YOU'RE LOOKING DOWN, YOU'RE NOT LOOKING DOWN ON A CONCRETE ROOFTOP. YOU'RE LOOKING DOWN ON A BEAUTIFUL, LOW GROWING GREEN ROOF. SO WE WANTED TO PROVIDE THAT VISUAL INTEREST. THE EXTERIOR IS IMPORTANT, BUT THE INTERIOR, THE CIRCULATION OF THOSE USERS IS VERY IMPORTANT AS WELL. AND SO I JUST WANTED TO PROVIDE A QUICK GRAPHIC TO SHOW YOU THAT WE DID STUDY THE INTERIOR OF HOW THE MOVEMENTS WOULD BE WITH THE HOTEL GUESTS, WHICH ARE MOVEMENTS ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE AND ALSO THE OFFICE RETAIL USERS AS WELL. AND SO WE WORKED WITH THE PALM BEACH GARDENS POLICE DEPARTMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF THE CIRCULATION'S MADE SENSE. AND WE PUT A LOT OF TIME AND ENERGY INTO THESE STUDIES. AND SO I JUST WANTED TO TO SHOW THAT WE WERE REALLY THINKING ABOUT THE USERS OF THIS FACILITY. YOU'VE HEARD IT THREE TIMES ALREADY, BUT ALSO JUST BREAKING BREAKING DOWN THE THE HOTEL MIXED USE SPACES. AND IT REALLY JUST COMES TO LIFE, BRINGING THAT ELEVATION TO LIFE, LOOKING LOOKING AT IT FROM THE SOUTH SIDE, SPECIFICALLY THIS GRAPHIC. THIS IS THE IF YOU'RE STANDING ON THE LAKEFRONT LOOKING A LITTLE BIT NORTHWEST, YOU'RE SEEING THE MOVIE THEATER BEYOND. YOU'RE SEEING THE EAST WEST DRIVE AISLE AND YOU'RE SEEING THE SOME OF THE EXISTING CENTER. AND REALLY ONE OF THE CHALLENGES DESIGNING THIS PROJECT WITH OUR PROJECT TEAM IS. IMPLEMENTING THE EXISTING WITH THE NEW AND SO I THINK THAT WE'VE REALLY COME UP WITH A STRATEGIC WAY TO BALANCE THOSE ITEMS ON THIS PARTICULAR PARCEL, THE HOTEL DOES RECEIVE ITS OWN DESIGNATED DROP OFF FACILITY. AND YOU CAN SEE WITHIN THIS GRAPHIC HERE THAT NOT ONLY DO THEY HAVE THEIR THEIR DESIGNATED DROP OFF FACILITY, BUT THEY ALSO HAVE VALET SERVICE. AND THE VALET HAS I BELIEVE IT'S TWENTY ONE SPACES IN THAT E GARAGE, WHICH ARE DESIGNATED SPECIFICALLY FOR THE HOTEL USER, AND THAT'S BEEN INCLUDED IN OUR PETITION PACKAGES. AND ON THE THIRD FLOOR, YOU CAN SEE THAT CONTINUATION OF THAT GREEN ROOF THAT JUST WRAPS AROUND THE ENTIRE BUILDING FROM THE WEST SIDE TO THE EAST SIDE AND IS REALLY OVERLOOKED BY SOME OF THE INTERNAL CONFERENCE SPACES AND GATHERING SPACES. AND WE WANT USERS TO COME DURING THE DAY, BUT WE SURE WANT USERS TO COME AT NIGHT AND PROVIDING LIGHTS FOR MOVEMENT SAFETY AND MAKING IT AS INVITING IN THE EVENING AS IT IS DURING THE DAY. WE WORKED WITH MULTIPLE, MULTIPLE LIGHTING ENGINEERS WHO ARE EXPERTS AT COMING UP WITH ARCHITECTURAL LIGHTING, LANDSCAPE LIGHTING. THERE'S LIGHTING IN THESE BOLLARDS. EVERY OTHER BOLLARD IS LIT ALONG THE EAST TO WEST DRIVE IRL AND IN PARTICULAR AREAS. [01:05:05] THERE ARE CERTAIN SEATING AREAS WHICH ARE LIT UP. THERE ARE ACTUALLY PAVERS THAT ARE LIT UP. SO THERE ARE A LOT OF EXCITING ELEMENTS THAT WHEN PATRONS COME IN, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO EXPECT AND IT'S GOING TO BE FUN AND EXCITING. AND YOU CAN'T SEE ON THIS GRAPHIC. BUT ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, JUST BEYOND THE STRAND AREA, THAT'S WHERE THE NEW BLOOMS THAT WERE APPROVED A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO WILL BE INSTALLED. SO THOSE BLOOMS WITH THE LEDS, LIGHTING AND CHANGING COLORS ARE JUST REALLY GOING TO DRAW THOSE PATRONS INTO THE SITE TO PULL THEM INTO THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE SITE AND TO CLOSE OUT THIS PART OF THE DISCUSSION, JUST LOOKING AT THE MIXED USE TOWER AND THE MULTIFAMILY TOGETHER WITH THE EXISTING EAST GARAGE AND THE BACKGROUND. ALL RIGHT, SO THE EAST-WEST DRIVE, I'LL I WANT TO GO THROUGH A COUPLE OF THE DESIGN SPECIFIC REASONINGS FOR HOW WE ENDED UP WITH THE DESIGN THAT WE ENDED UP WITH TODAY AND TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE THE SAFETY ITEMS AND DESIGN ITEMS THAT WERE VERY INTENTIONAL WITH THE DESIGN, THE EAST-WEST DRIVE. WHILE A COUPLE OF THE ITEMS THAT WE LOOKED AT, THE VERY FIRST ITEM THAT A DRIVER IS GOING TO EXPERIENCE WHEN THEY DRIVE INTO THIS EAST-WEST DRIVE, WHILE THEY CAN ACCESS IT FROM THE WEST SIDE OR THE EAST SIDE, TWO WAY VEHICLE MOVEMENT, THE VERY FIRST THING THEY'RE GOING TO EXPERIENCE IS THEIR VEHICLE IS GOING TO HIT A RAMP THAT'S GOING TO BRING THE VEHICLE UP SIX INCHES. TYPICALLY, WHEN YOU'RE DRIVING AROUND DOWNTOWN PALM BEACH GARDENS, YOU HAVE A SIX INCH DEEP CURB OR CURB ALONG THE SIDES OF THE ROAD. AND WHAT THIS THIS CHANGE OF ELEVATION DOES, AND YOU CAN SEE IT HIGHLIGHTED IN PINK ALL THE WAY TO THE EAST SIDE, ALL THE WAY ON THE WEST SIDE IS BRINGING THE VEHICLE UP. AND SO YOUR DRIVER FEELS THAT MOVEMENT BRINGING YOU UP INTO THE SPACE, ALERTING THE DRIVER. THEY'RE ENTERING A NEW SPACE, THEY'RE ENTERING A NEW AREA, AND THEY NEED TO PAY ATTENTION. ADDITIONALLY, THE MATERIALS OF THIS EAST-WEST DRIVE, WHILE IS DIFFERENT THAN ANY OF THE OTHER MATERIALS IN THE VEHICULAR AREAS OF THE REST OF DOWNTOWN PALM BEACH GARDENS. AND SO WE'VE PROVIDED PAVERS IN KEY AREAS LIKE CROSSWALKS AND INTERSECTIONS. BUT THIS ENTIRE EAST TO WEST DRIVE AISLE IS ALL PAVERS AND THE DESIGN OF IT IS WAVY. AND WHEN YOU'RE DRIVING, YOUR EYE IS BROUGHT DOWN TO THE PAVERS, THE THREE DIFFERENT PAVERS, THE IVORY, THE TAN AND THE SILVER. AND THIS WAVY PATTERN HAS BEEN VERY INTENTIONALLY DESIGNED TO DRAW YOUR EYE DOWN TO IT. AGAIN, THE DRIVER, SLOW IT DOWN, FEEL THE PAVERS UNDER YOUR CAR AND TO BE ALERT OF THE PEDESTRIANS IN THAT AREA. BRINGING YOU DOWN INTO A CAR AS IF YOU WERE DRIVING STARTING OFF INTO THE WEST SIDE AND DRIVING THIS GRAPHIC VERY SPECIFICALLY SHOWS MANY OF THE ITEMS THAT YOU JUST TALKED ABOUT. SO THIS IS WHERE YOU'VE ALREADY COME UP INTO THE SPACE WHERE YOU'RE YOU'RE COMPLETELY FLUSH WITH THIS SPACE. THE DRIVE LANE HAS BEEN SEPARATED BY A 24 INCH FLESCHE CONCRETE CURB SEPARATES THE DRIVE LANE FROM THE PEDESTRIAN AREAS. THERE ARE BOLLARDS, EVERY OTHER BOLLARD IS LIT, AND THESE ARE VEHICLE CRASH BOLLARDS ALONG THE THE EAST TO WEST DRIVE. I'LL ADDITIONALLY, WE HAVE A HANDFUL OF PARKING SPACES WHICH ARE DESIGNATED AS DROP OFF AND PICKUP. AND SO BRINGING IN VEHICLES AS YOU'RE DRIVING RIGHT NEXT TO THEM PROVIDES A NARROWER AREA FOR VEHICLES TO GET THROUGH, HENCE FORCING THEM TO SLOW DOWN. ANOTHER DESIGN TECHNIQUE THAT WE IMPLEMENTED WITHIN THIS EAST-WEST DRIVE AISLE IS THE LANDSCAPE. WE HAVE LANDSCAPE THAT IS DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO PORTIONS OF THE EAST TO WEST DRIVE WHILE INCLUDING LOW GROUND COVER AND ALSO THE LARGE PALM TREES WHICH ANCHOR DOWN IN OUR INNER RHYTHM AS YOU DRIVE PAST THEM. SO AS YOU DRIVE PAST THESE PALM TREES, YOUR PERIPHERAL VISION IS SEEN THEM GOING PAST YOU AND YOU'RE AUTOMATICALLY HAVING TO REALIZE THESE ITEMS. AND AGAIN, IT'S JUST ANOTHER MESSAGE AND DESIGN THAT IS USED TO HELP SLOW DOWN VEHICLES. AND THE LAST ITEM THAT I WANT TO POINT OUT IN THIS GRAPHIC AND THIS GRAPHIC JUST REPRESENTS REPRESENTS THAT SO WELL, WE DID NOT DESIGN THIS DRIVE IRL SO THAT YOU COULD LOOK ALL THE WAY TO THE END. YOU CAN'T SEE THE END WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS, AND THAT WAS SO, SO INTENTIONAL. IT IS CURVED. IT'S CURVED BECAUSE IF YOU COULD SEE TO THE END, YOU COULD RACE TO THE END. BUT IT'S CURVED SO THAT YOU'RE DRIVING AROUND AND YOU'RE TRYING TO SEE WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO THE OTHER SIDE. YOU CAN'T QUITE SEE EVERYTHING. AND AGAIN, IT'S JUST ANOTHER DESIGN TECHNIQUE THAT WE USE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE AND LAND PLANNING TO HELP SLOW DOWN VEHICLES. [01:10:01] AND SO WE HAVE COMPLETELY VETTED THIS WITH THE PALM BEACH GARDENS POLICE DEPARTMENT. OF COURSE, WE HAVE JUST VETTED IT WITH THE CITY STAFF AND I THANK THEM FOR PUTTING US INTO THIS DESIGN PROCESS AND TRULY CHALLENGING US. THEY REALLY CHALLENGED US OVER THE PAST YEAR. AND I BELIEVE THAT WE CAME UP WITH AN EXCELLENT SOLUTION FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY. IT'S SUCH A UNIQUE PROPERTY IN THE CITY THAT THIS NEW IMPLEMENTATION IS REALLY GOING TO BE A GREAT ADDITION TO THE PROPERTY. THE PROPOSAL TONIGHT IS ALSO CONSISTENT WITH YOUR PALM BEACH GARDENS MOBILITY PLAN, AND I WANTED TO POINT OUT A COUPLE OF THE ITEMS THAT WE HAD PULLED OUT THAT WERE CONSISTENT. THE MOBILITY, THE CONNECTIVITY, THE VISIBILITY. IT OPENS UP THE SITE LEVEL OF ALERTNESS FOR PEDESTRIANS, SAFETY. YOU'VE GOT YOUR BALANCE, ALL THOSE SAFETY ELEMENTS I JUST TALKED ABOUT, AND REALLY THE SOCIAL VALUE, THE ENGAGING EXPERIENCE IN THE ACTIVATION OF THE SITE. SO IT TRULY PRIORITIZES THE PEDESTRIAN WHILE STILL ALLOWING TENANTS IN THE OWNER TO HAVE A REALLY GREAT PLACE AT DOWNTOWN PALM BEACH GARDENS. NOW, THE LAKEFRONT ACTIVATION AREAS. I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THE LAKEFRONT IS THERE TODAY. THE GREEN SPACE IS THERE TODAY. IT'S USED FOR EVENTS TODAY AND IT HAS BEEN USED FOR FOR MANY, MANY YEARS. AS YOU CAN RECALL, THE THE STAGE THAT GETS SET UP THERE, SOMETIMES THEY HAVE THEIR SUMMER CONCERT SERIES. THEY BRING FOLKS OUT. IT'S JUST A REALLY GREAT TIME FOR FAMILIES AND FOR PATRONS TO COME AND ENJOY THEMSELVES DURING THE GREAT WEATHER. AND SO WE DIDN'T WANT TO CHANGE THAT AND DIDN'T WANT TO CHANGE THAT, BUT RATHER ENHANCE WHAT'S ALREADY THERE. AND SO MAINTAINING THAT IDEA OF USING THIS EVENT, ONE TO REALLY ENHANCE IT WITH NEW PAVERS, THE LANDSCAPE, SOME NEW PEDESTRIAN AMENITY SPACES, AND REALLY JUST ENHANCING WHAT THEY'VE ALREADY BEEN DOING. ALSO IN TWENTY SEVENTEEN AND IN TWENTY TWENTY, WE WERE APPROVED MISCELLANEOUS PETITIONS TO ALLOW ADDITIONAL SPECIAL EVENTS PER YEAR PER CALENDAR YEAR AND THOSE SPECIAL EVENTS, WHILE SHOP COURT PROPERTIES IN DOWNTOWN CAN APPLY FOR A CERTAIN NUMBER, THEY HAVE TO STILL SUBMIT THE PERMITS. IT STILL GOES UNDER REVIEW FOR THE CITY. SO I DID WANT TO PUT THAT ON RECORD THAT WE DID RECEIVE APPROVAL FOR THOSE PARTICULAR RESOLUTIONS. AND THERE'S REALLY NO CHANGE TO IT. REALLY, THE ENHANCEMENTS TO THE LAWN AREA AND THE THE GREAT SPACES ALONG THE LAKEFRONT ARE JUST REALLY TO SUPPORT A LOT OF THE ACTIVITIES AND FUN FAMILY EVENTS THAT SHOP COURSE PROVIDING FOR THE RESIDENTS OF PALM BEACH GARDENS. THE ANCILLARY INCOME SPACES I KNOW I SPOKE ABOUT THAT BRIEFLY AT THE BEGINNING, THERE'S ONE CLOSER TO THE MOVIE THEATER AREA AND THEN THE LARGER ONE, WHICH IS A FUTURE LOCATION FOR IT, IS LOCATED DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO THE LAKEFRONT. AND REALLY, THIS ANCILLARY INCOME SPACE WILL BE LOCATED ALONG THE LAKEFRONT AREA AND IT'LL JUST PROVIDE SOME ADDITIONAL SOME ADDITIONAL AREAS FOR TENANTS, JUST DIFFERENT TYPES OF SPACES. SO INSTEAD OF PEDESTRIANS COMING INTO THE CENTER, YOU'RE REALLY BRINGING THE RETAILER OUT TO YOU. AND SO JUST PROVIDING ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES, ACTIVATING THE SPACE, WE KEEP TALKING ABOUT THE ACTIVATION OF THE SPACE, BUT THAT'S TRULY WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THIS FRONT. AND WE'VE PROVIDED SOME ARCHITECTURE WHICH REALLY RELATE TO THE TENANT BRANDING AT DOWNTOWN PALM BEACH GARDENS. AND I REALLY LOVE THIS GRAPHIC OF THE LAKE FRONT BECAUSE THIS LAKEFRONT GRAPHIC SHOWS THE RELOCATED CAROUSEL, WHICH IS VERY, VERY CLOSE TO BEING COMPLETED. THE THE THE LAKEFRONT AREA IS ALSO THE EVENT LINE. AND A LOT OF THE ITEMS THAT I'VE SPOKEN ABOUT TONIGHT. SO TRULY, THIS GRAPHIC SHOWS THE PAST, THE PRESENT AND THE FUTURE. IT REALLY TIES EVERYTHING TOGETHER. AND I KNOW THAT I'M GOING OUT OF ORDER HERE, BUT I HAVE BEEN REQUESTED TO SHOW A PICTURE OF THE CURRENT CAROUSEL. AND SO THAT PICTURE WAS TAKEN TODAY. AND WE ARE VERY, VERY EXCITED TO HAVE THAT AREA OPEN AND READY TO GO. AND THEN THESE PICTURES WERE TAKEN JUST LAST NIGHT OR TWO NIGHTS AGO, AND THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THE REALLY EXCITING LIGHTING THESE ARE IN THE IN PLACE WHICH ARE CURRENTLY BEING CONSTRUCTED. SO IT'S JUST A REALLY GREAT EXAMPLE OF SOME OF THE EXCITING LIGHTING THAT ARE IN THE PAPER AREAS AND THE LANDSCAPE AREAS. AND THEN THIS PICTURE ON THE LEFT IS THE WHOLE FOODS CORRIDOR, AND IT JUST HAS THIS BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL GREEN WALL WHICH WILL BE IMPLEMENTED WITH ART PIECES IN THE CENTER. SO JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU A SNEAK PEEK OF WHAT WE HAVE GOING ON THERE. [01:15:08] DESIGN GUIDELINES, WE PROVIDED A DESIGN GUIDELINES FOR THE CENTER, WHICH WOULD ALLOW DOWNTOWN PALM BEACH GARDENS TO USE THIS AS A REGULATING DOCUMENT FOR THEIR TENANTS, BUT ALSO FOR THE CITY TO USE IT AS A REGULATING DOCUMENT AS WELL. AND THE MASTER SIGNAGE PLAN. OVER THE YEARS, THERE HAVE BEEN MANY DIFFERENT PIECES OF RESOLUTIONS AND WAIVERS, AND THERE WAS JUST A LOT OF PAPERWORK. AND SO WHAT WE DID, SAMANTHA AND I DID A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO IS WE PULLED EVERYTHING OUT AND WE CONSOLIDATED. AND OUR TEAM WORKED ON A MASTER SIGNAGE PLAN, WHICH REALLY INCORPORATES EVERYTHING, EVERY REFERENCE TO EVERY RESOLUTION THAT'S EVER BEEN APPROVED. SO HOPEFULLY IT WILL HELP ORGANIZE THINGS FOR THE FUTURE WITH THAT. AND I WANTED TO GIVE YOU A SNEAK PEEK OF SOME OF THE SIGNAGE. WE'RE UPGRADING THE MONUMENT SIGNAGE. WE ARE PROVIDING SOME PARKING, DIRECTIONAL AND RIDESHARES SIGNAGE AND ALSO PARKING GARAGE SIGNAGE. AND ALL OF THIS IS IN THE NEW DOWNTOWN BRANDING COLORS AGAIN. HERE'S ANOTHER SNEAK PEEK OF THAT PERFORATED DECORATIVE METAL ALONG THE BOTTOM OF THAT MONUMENT SIGN. AND LAST YEAR, WHEN WE CAME IN FOR THE IN-PLACE APPROVAL, WE ASKED FOR WAIVERS FOR THESE TWO PARTICULAR TIGHT SIGNS, THE PROJECT DIRECTORY AND THE PEDESTRIAN DIRECTIONAL. AND THOSE WAIVERS WERE TRULY JUST TO ALLOW ADDITIONAL HEIGHT TO THEM AND ALSO LOCATIONS. SO I JUST WANTED TO SHOW THAT WE'RE PROPOSING THE EXACT SAME SIGNS SO THAT WE CAN PROVIDE THEM THROUGH THE REST OF THE CENTER. AND THAT'S INCLUDED IN OUR WAIVER REQUESTS ALONG WITH THE REMAINING WAIVERS. AND JUST TO SUMMARIZE THE WAIVERS, WE ARE ASKING FOR 10 WAIVERS. HOWEVER, SINCE THIS IS SUCH A UNIQUE CENTER WITH THE ADDITION OF THE RESIDENTIAL AREA, THE EXISTING OF THE MIXED USE TOWER AND ALL OF THE SIGNAGE NEEDED TO COMPETENTLY ALLOW FOR THESE TENANTS TO HAVE SIGNAGE AND SPACES, WE WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH CITY STAFF TO COME UP WITH THESE WAIVERS AND STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF ALL OF THEM. AND THEY HAVE ON MY TEAM, I THANK YOU SO MUCH, AND IT HAS TRULY BEEN A WILD RIDE OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS ON THIS, AND I AM JUST VERY THANKFUL TO BE UP HERE REPRESENTING A TEAM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, NICOLE. BIG PRESENTATION, BIG PROJECT STAFF PRESENTATION. MARTIN, DO YOU HAVE A PRESENTATION FOR BREVITY? STUFF IS JUST GOING TO DO A LESS THAN ONE MINUTE PRESENTATION BECAUSE THE APPLICANT WAS SO THOROUGH. BUT WE WILL HIGHLIGHT JUST A COUPLE SLIDES THAT HAVE NOT BEEN COVERED YET. THANK YOU. OK. FOR THE RECORD, FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS MARTIN FITZ AND PLANNING AND ZONING AND I HAVE BEEN SWORN IN JUST BRIEFLY. NICOLE DID A VERY, VERY THOROUGH PRESENTATION. BUT I DID WANT TO POINT OUT A FEW THINGS JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THEM TO POINT OUT THE THINGS THAT THEY ARE DOING TO TO ADDRESS A LOT OF THE CONCERNS THAT WE HAD AND CONCERNS OF SOME OF THE NEIGHBORS HAVE HAD. NICOLE MENTIONED THE NEW ENTRANTS INTO THE EAST PARKING GARAGE. I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT A LITTLE BIT. RIGHT NOW ON THE EXISTING EAST PARKING GARAGE, THERE IS AN EXIT ONLY ON THE SECOND FLOOR DIRECTLY ON THE GARDEN PARKWAY. BUT THIS PROPOSAL, THEY ARE ADDING A AN ENTRANCE ON THE GARDENS PARKWAY WITH A DEDICATED RIGHT TURN LANE INTO THAT. AND THIS IS IMPORTANT. WE FELT THAT IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE THIS WILL ALLOW ATTENDEES OR GUESTS OF THE CENTER TO ACCESS THE GARAGE FROM THE OUTSIDE INSTEAD OF HAVING TO BRING ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC INTO ONTO LAKE VICTORIA GARDENS AVENUE. ADDITIONALLY, WITH THE LIGHT THAT WILL BE AT THE THAT WILL EVENTUALLY BE LOCATED AT THE GARDENS PARKWAY AND LAKE VICTORIA GARDENS AVENUE INTERSECTION, THAT WILL THAT WITH THIS THIS NEW ENTRANCE WILL HELP MITIGATE A LOT OF THE TRAFFIC ISSUES THAT ARE ON GARDENS PARKWAY. ADDITIONALLY, WITH THE WITH THE RESIDENTIAL BUILDING EXCUSE ME, THE LAKEFRONT DRIVE LAKEFRONT YLE IS BEING STABILIZED OR THE WALKING PATH ALONG THE LAKEFRONT WILL BE STABILIZED SO THAT EMERGENCY VEHICLES WILL BE ABLE TO ACCESS BOTH ALL SIDES OF THE OF THE RESIDENTIAL BUILDING TO PROVIDE FIRE AND RESCUE SERVICES TO THE BUILDING. AND THEY WILL BE ABLE TO DRIVE ALL THE WAY AROUND AND EXIT AT LAKE AT THE LANDMARK INSTEAD OF HAVING TO TURN AROUND AND BACK UP SO THAT WE JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE POINTED OUT SOME OF THESE ADDITIONAL ITEMS TO SHOW THE LEVEL OF DETAIL THAT WE WERE ABLE TO WORK [01:20:04] WITH THE APPLICANT TO GET. AND STAFF IS AVAILABLE. IF YOU STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF OF BOTH OF THESE RESOLUTIONS AND ALL 10 WAIVERS. AND IF YOU STUFF IS AVAILABLE, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. OK. I DO NOT HAVE ANY COMMENT CARDS ON THIS, SO FOR NOW I WILL ASK FOR A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE. AND THEN BRING IT BACK AND THEN BRING IT BACK FOR DISCUSSION. MAY I MAKE A SUGGESTION TO THE COUNCIL AFTER WE AFTER WE VOTE ON THIS JUST FOR THE SAKE OF TIME? WOULD IT BE SMARTER TO SAVE OUR QUESTIONS AFTER WE VOTE ON RESOLUTION 41, 20, 21? SO WE'RE NOT REPEATING OURSELVES TWICE, ASK QUESTIONS ONCE SINCE WE STILL HAVE TO GO OVER 41, 42. I'M SORRY. THAT MAKES SENSE. ASK QUESTIONS AFTER WE HEAR THE PRESENTATION ON 42, IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ONE, INSTEAD OF ASK QUESTIONS TWICE AND TAKE UP MORE TIME. IT'S A COMBINED IT WAS THAT WAS COMBINED. THAT WAS ALL OF A SUDDEN I FEEL SO MUCH BETTER. YEAH, THE SECOND ONE'S A VOTE, SO LET'S GET THE QUESTIONS AND THE QUESTIONS ARE GOOD. I WAS SO DRAWN INTO THE PRESENTATION, I FORGOT WE HAD 42 GOOD. SO I WON'T MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. CAN I GET A SECOND. I'D LIKE TO SECOND. PLEASE LET ME I'M GOING TO BRING IT BACK FOR DISCUSSION. AND YOU CAN'T GO. I CAN'T MAKE THE MOTION AND I'LL MAKE THE MOTION. MARK MOTION MARCI'S. YOU LEARN IT UP HERE GUYS. MARTY, DID YOU SAY YOU KNOW YOU'RE DOING GREAT. I'LL SECOND IT. THANK YOU. OK, I'M GOING TO BRING IT BACK FOR DISCUSSION. AND FIRST, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK KEVIN IN THE SHOP CORE TEAM FOR THE WAY YOU'VE WORKED WITH THE CITY AND THE RESIDENTS OF LANDMARK ON THIS. FROM THE VERY BEGINNING, YOU WERE ALWAYS OPEN, WENT UP TO APARTMENTS. YOU TALKED TO THEM SO MANY TIMES AND REALLY LISTEN TO THEM. AND I WANT TO THANK RICHARD AND LISA BEHAR'S, THE LEADERSHIP AT LANDMARK, FOR KEEPING THAT DIALOG OPEN WITH YOU AND FOR BEING WILLING TO WORK WITH YOU IN THE CITY, TOO, AND KEEPING THEIR RESIDENTS INFORMED AND MAKING SURE THAT THEIR RESIDENTS HAD THE CORRECT INFORMATION AND ON WHAT WAS GOING ON. SO IT WAS REALLY A GREAT PROCESS TO WATCH AS FAR AS THAT GOES. SO I'LL SEE MY OTHER COMMENTS FOR LATER. WHO ELSE SAYS I WILL START DOWN THAT WAY? DO YOU WANT TO. I HAVE A COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS, SO. FIRST OFF, WE HAVE BEEN DISCUSSING THE LAKEFRONT, BUT WE HAVEN'T BEEN DISCUSSING ANY APPROVAL ON THE LAKE FRONT, BUT I THOUGHT IN THE PAST WE HAD SEEN SOME SOME PRESENTATIONS ON LIGHTING AND CLEANING IT UP. AND ARE WE GOING TO ENHANCE THAT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT FLOWS OVER TO THE TO THE VIBE OF THE ENTIRE PROJECT? YES, THE SHORT ANSWER IS YES, ABSOLUTELY. IT WASN'T IN THIS PRESENTATION, WHICH I THOUGHT WAS A GLOBAL PRESENTATION, SO I DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU HAD A SCREEN ON IT TO. SO I'M KIND OF DOUBLE CHECKING. I KNEW WE HAD TALKED ABOUT IT, BUT THIS WAS KIND OF LIKE THE FINAL PRESENTATION ON IT. YES. THIS IS THE AREA THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT, ANY AREA OF THE LAKE ANYWHERE? YEAH, SO WE DO HAVE THE THE BOLLARDS ACROSS THE FRONT OF THE LAKE FRONT AREA. BUT THESE DETAILS THAT ARE INCLUDED. WELL, I GAVE THE OVERVIEW OF THE PLAN VIEW. THEY DO HAVE FURNITURE, PAVERS, LANDSCAPE. BUT WAS I UNDER THE ASSUMPTION THAT THERE WAS GOING TO BE SOME SORT OF NOT LIGHT FEATURE IN THE WATER, BUT SOME SORT OF LIGHTING ALONG THE WATERFRONT AS IT BENDS AROUND THE COMMUNITY? WE DO HAVE AN ADJACENT TO THE WATER, NOT ON TOP, ADJACENT TO THE RESIDENTIAL ALONG THAT THAT LAKE PAPPANO BASICALLY RIGHT THERE BY THE MERRY-GO-ROUND IN THAT AREA THAT WINDS ALONG THE WATER OTHER THAN JUST THE LIGHT FEATURES. THERE'S NO LIGHTING IN THE WORLD. SO CAN YOU PLEASE COME TO A MICROPHONE? THERE ARE THERE IS NO THERE ARE NO NEW THERE'S NO RIBBON LIGHTING OR SUCH PERSAY ON THE LAKEFRONT PATH ITSELF. HOWEVER, AT THE CAROUSEL AREA THERE, WE WERE JUST ACTUALLY IN THE INSPECTION. TODAY, THERE ARE FOUR NEW LIGHT STANDS IN THAT AREA AND THERE IS A KNEE WALL AT THE [01:25:06] CAROUSEL DUE TO I'M GOING TO JUST RUN THE CURSOR RIGHT HERE. THERE'S A KNEE WALL HERE THAT ALSO FEATURES AN EMBEDDED LIGHT IN THERE AS WELL. SO THERE'S SOME WE'RE WE'RE VERY WE'VE BEEN VERY THOUGHTFUL ABOUT THE ILLUMINATION ALONG THE LAKEFRONT. AGAIN, OUT OF RESPECT FOR THE NEIGHBORS AROUND THE CENTER. SO WE JUST WE WE'VE DONE IT IN A VERY IN A VERY PRECISE FASHION. SO THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME SORT OF RESTORATION OF THE LAKE FRONT WALL LIKE PAINTING OR ENHANCING OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. THERE'LL BE SOME PAINTING FRONT WALL. AND AT THE CAROUSEL, WE ARE ADDING AS APPROVED LAST SUMMER, WE WERE ADDING THE GLASS PANELS FOR THE SAFETY FEATURE AND ON THE SIGNING FOR THE NORTH DOWNTOWN ARE THOSE OR BE IT SOUTH? THAT'S A TOUGH QUESTION, BUT ARE THOSE GOING TO BE LIT DURING THE NIGHT? SO BECAUSE I KNOW WE HAVE SOME FEATURES AROUND THE CITY THAT WE VOTED ON TO HAVE LIT ALL NIGHT LONG. SO ARE THOSE GOING TO BE LIT AFTER DARK? BECAUSE I THINK THAT WOULD BE YES. NATALIE. YEAH. THE DOWNTOWN. NO, I'M IN ON THE NORTH ENTRANCE OR. THIS ONE, YES, BY THE WATER FEATURE, SO THAT IS GOING TO BE LIT, THIS IS THIS IS NOT THIS SITS ON THE INSIDE OF THE CENTER, BUT ALL OF THE MONUMENT SIGNAGE AT THE EXTERIOR OF THE CENTER WILL BE ILLUMINATED. ALL THE MONUMENT SIGNAGE GETS IS COMPLETE RESTORATION OR RENOVATION REPLACEMENT, AND THAT WILL BE ELIMINATED. OK, AND THE SIMPLE QUESTION I HAVE IS, IS THE HOTEL GOING TO HAVE A POOL? IT IS NOT NOT GOING TO HAVE A POOL. OK, SO WE'VE BEEN REALLY INTIMATE WITH THIS DOWNTOWN AT THE GARDENS, I MEAN, WE'VE HAD LOTS OF MEETINGS, CALLS NONSTOP TO GET THIS RIGHT AND IN JUST THE WAY THE FUTURE IS GOING. AND WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO END UP ADJUSTING TO WHAT THE MALL'S NEEDS WILL BE, WILL BE MIXED USE. SO THE SUSTAINABILITY OF THIS PROJECT BY BRINGING IN THIS HOTEL IS NOT ONLY, YOU KNOW, I THOUGHT IT YOU WOULD YOU USED TO BE JUST LIKE A DESTINATION BECAUSE PEOPLE WILL COME UP FROM BOCA DEL REY, JUPITER, AND THEY'LL USE THIS. BUT THIS IS REALLY GOING TO BECOME A NATIONAL DESTINATION FOR THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT COME HERE AND PLAY GOLF AND DO BUSINESS AND SO ON. BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IF YOU GO TO CHICAGO OR ATLANTA, USUALLY HAVE A FAVORITE PLACE YOU LIKE TO GO. SO WITH THE SHOPS AND THE MIXED USE AND THE PEOPLE COMING IN HERE AND THE PEOPLE LIVING HERE IS REALLY GOING TO MAKE THIS EVEN BIGGER AND BETTER THAN WHAT I THOUGHT. AND WE STILL GOT A FEW MORE YEARS TO GO. SO THIS THIS A LITTLE BIT OF WOW FACTOR WITH ALL THE PRESENTATIONS THAT I'VE HAD OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS BEING HERE. THIS SOMETIMES I DO THIS A LITTLE BIT, BUT THOSE ARE JUST BUILDING HOMES. BUT THIS ONE IS PROBABLY THE BEST PRESENTATION I'VE SEEN IN THE FEW YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN HERE. SO I CONTINUE TO BE EXCITED AND I KNOW THE MOVIE THEATER IS GOING TO BE BREAKING GROUND SOON HERE. SO I GOT NEWS ON THAT ON SUNDAY AS WELL. SO I HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT VOTE FOR ME THAT ARE ON TOP OF ME ABOUT THIS PROJECT. SO THAT'S WHY I TAKE IT PERSONALLY AND I RAISE MY KID THERE. SO IT'S GOOD. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. MARK. I KIND OF AGREE WITH CARL WHAT HE WAS SAYING THERE, BUT, YOU KNOW, FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO JUST THANK YOU FOR FOLLOWING THROUGH. YOU KNOW, I THINK WHEN WE FIRST STARTED ABOUT DOWNTOWN DISCUSSIONS OF LONG AGO, THE CONCERN WAS THAT SOMEONE WAS GOING TO COME IN AND BLOW THROUGH A COUPLE OF QUICK LITTLE ADJUSTMENTS AND LEAVE THE CONCERN ABOUT THE ADDITION OF LIFETIME IN THE PARKING GARAGE AND CLEANING UP THE STRAND SEEMED NICE, BUT WHERE WAS THE FINAL PROJECT COMING IN? AND COULD YOU GUYS AND TO THE CITY STAFF FOR FOR PUSHING TO MAKING SURE THAT THE VISION OF DOWNTOWN IS WHAT IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE, WHAT WE ALL WANTED IT TO BE. SO I'M ACTUALLY VERY EXCITED ABOUT IT. THE HOTEL, THE RESIDENTIAL, ARE GOING TO BRING BODIES TO THE CENTER, WHICH IS DESPERATELY NEEDED TO TO FILL THE RESTAURANTS, TO KEEP PEOPLE MOVING THROUGH THE RETAIL, I THINK IS GOING TO BE PRETTY EXCITING. AND TO KARL'S POINT, I THINK IT'LL BE SOMETHING THAT CAN BE UNIQUE TO PALM BEACH GARDENS. A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS. AND I KNOW YOU'VE COME IN AND WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE COMPLEXITY OF DEALING WITH HOTELS ALOFT. NOT MY FAVORITE HOTEL. I WOULD LIKE TO SING SOMETHING THAT HAD MORE MEETING SPACE. BUT I KNOW THAT THERE'S OTHER OPPORTUNITIES IN THE CITY AND THE CORE OF THE CITY THAT WILL ADDRESS THAT ISSUE. AND I KNOW YOU'VE DONE YOUR MARKET RESEARCH TO TO ENSURE THAT THE 280 RENTAL UNITS WILL WILL FIT. THE LANDSCAPE IS GREAT. THE THE ARCHITECTURE IS REALLY UNIQUE AND EXCEPTIONAL. A COUPLE OF SIMPLE CONCERNS. FIRST OF ALL, IN REGARDS TO THE LAKE, THE MAINTENANCE OF THE LAKE STUFF KIND OF CONFIRMED [01:30:01] WITH ME YESTERDAY. BUT JUST TO CONFIRM THAT YOU GUYS WILL BE MAINTAINING THE LAKE ON YOUR SIDE OF OF THE LAKE HAS THEIR PORTION AND THEN THE HILTON HAS THERE. IS THAT RIGHT? GOOD EVENING. FOR THE RECORD, BRYAN SEYMOUR GUNSTER, ON BEHALF OF THE PEOPLE, THERE IS A LAKE MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT THAT'S CURRENTLY IN PLACE THAT DEFINES EVERYBODY. WHAT THEY HAVE TO DO. THERE'S WORK TOGETHER. SO, YEAH, THAT REMAINS. THAT STAYS. SO THE LAKE MAINTENANCE WILL CONTINUE. OK, ART AND PUBLIC PLACES WILL COME FORWARD AT SOME POINT. AND I KNOW SOME OF THE FEATURES IN THE STRAND KIND OF ARE YOU ARE GOING TO BE APPLIED TO THAT APP. BUT I'M CURIOUS TO SEE WHERE THAT WILL GO. I MEAN, WITH ALL THE BEAUTY THAT THAT'S IN THAT CENTER, I THINK THAT ADDITIONAL APP REALLY INTERESTING, THE COMMON PAST GREENSPACE. TO CARL'S POINT, PEOPLE DO WALK THAT CIRCLE. IT'S PRETTY HARD TO DO IT THIS TIME OF YEAR. BUT IN THE WINTERTIME, IT'S GOING TO BE VERY POPULAR AND IT DOES GET DARKER EARLIER. SO JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PATHWAY ALL THE WAY AROUND THE LAKE IS WELL LIT, EASILY NAVIGABLE, KIDS AREN'T GOING TO RUN AWAY AND JUMP IN THE LAKE. I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY, THESE ARE THINGS THAT OUR CITY STAFF AND POLICE AND FIRE AND ALL OF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE HAPPEN, BUT JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S PROPER LIGHTING AROUND THE ENTIRE PATHWAY SO EVERYBODY CAN ENJOY THE SPACE PROPERLY. PARKING 21 SPACES FOR THE HOTEL, 21 VALET SPOTS FOR THE HOTEL, I WOULD GUESS THAT MOST OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING TO THE HOTEL ARE GOING TO BE COMING FROM OUT OF TOWN. SO HOPEFULLY WE WON'T BE SEEING AS MANY CARS EXCEPT MAYBE DROP OFF AS I WOULD ASSUME AS THAT KIND OF THE THOUGHT FOR THE HOTEL AND THE PATRONS THAT ARE GOING TO BE STAYING THERE. RIGHT. SO WE DON'T ANTICIPATE THAT THE USERS OF THE HOTEL USE WILL BE COMING WITH THEIR VEHICLES. WITH THAT SAID, WE HAVE WORKED WITH CITY STAFF TO MAKE SURE THAT WE STILL MEET ALL THE CURRENT REQUIREMENTS TO BE ABLE TO PARK THE HOTEL AS NEEDED, PARK ALL THE OTHER USES IN THAT BUILDING AS NEEDED. SO WE ARE PARKING IT, BUT WE DON'T ANTICIPATE THAT THOSE PARTICULAR USERS WILL BE USING VEHICLES AS OFTEN AS USING OTHER TYPES OF MODES OF TRANSPORTATION. OK, AND BECAUSE THIS FITS INTO OUR MOBILITY PLAN, I KNOW THAT YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN VERY ENGAGED WITH THE CITY AND THE OVERALL MOBILITY AND THERE IS A PROPOSED TROLLEY STOP OR I DON'T KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE ANY OFFICIAL PLANS YET, BUT IT'S ON THE NORTH SIDE, THE SOUTH SIDE IN FRONT OF THE HOTEL. DO WE HAVE ANY IDEA WHERE THAT MAY GO? THAT'S ALL TBD. I MEAN, THERE'S SO MANY DIFFERENT OPTIONS. WE DON'T EVEN KNOW YET IF IT'S GOING TO BE A TROLLEY. YOU KNOW, IT COULD BE A CIRCULATOR. IT COULD BE BOTH. BUT WHAT THIS PLAN DOES IS IT PROVIDES THE FRAMEWORK AND IT REQUIRES THE APPLICANT TO COMMIT TO PROVIDING THEIR FAIR SHARE FOR WHEN A SYSTEM LIKE THAT DOES COME UP. SO STAFF WILL WORK WITH THE APPLICANT WHEN THAT TIME IS READY TO DESIGNATE AREAS. AND THERE'S SOME AREAS THAT ARE QUITE OBVIOUS IN MIND. BUT WHEN THAT TIME COMES, WE'LL WORK WITH THE APPLICANT TO DESIGNATE THE SPOT AND ENSURE THAT THEIR SHADE AND SHELTER, DEPENDING ON WHAT THE SYSTEM AND DEPENDING ON WHAT THE MODE OF TRANSPORTATION IS. RIGHT. SO IT'S FLEXIBLE TO TO ACCOMMODATE THE FUTURE. THAT'S IMPORTANT, OBVIOUSLY, AND ALSO JUST VALET PARKING WITHIN THE PLAZA ITSELF IF THEY'RE NOT GOING TO THE HOTEL, BUT IF THEY'RE GOING TO A RESTAURANT OR GOING TO I KNOW THAT THERE'S VALET AVAILABLE NOW. RIGHT. AND VALET WAS A TOPIC THAT WE WORKED WE WORKED THROUGH A LOT WITH THIS PARTICULAR PETITION. AND WHERE WE'VE ENDED UP WITH THE PETITION AS OF TONIGHT IS THE VALET FOR THE HOTEL AND THE VALET ON THE VERY SOUTH END OF THE CENTER BY YOU YARD HOUSE AREA. THAT VALET IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO BE MAINTAINED AND CONTINUE TO BE USED. THOSE VEHICLES ARE PARKED JUST DIRECTLY WEST, THEIR DESIGNATED SPACES AND THAT WESTERN PARKING AREA, WHICH IS CURRENTLY USED TODAY. AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE USING IT AS WELL. WITH THAT SAID, WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE WORKING WITH STAFF, MOVING FORWARD TO TALK ABOUT POTENTIAL VALLEY AREAS IN THE FUTURE. BUT THERE ARE NONE IN THIS CURRENT POSITION TONIGHT ABOVE AND BEYOND THE HOTEL IN THE SOUTH VALLEY. I MEAN, THE HUSTLE AND BUSTLE OF DOWNTOWN DOWNTOWNS, GENERALLY SPEAKING, IS ALWAYS THE FUN PART ABOUT BEING DOWNTOWN. BUT I THINK WE TRY TO WANT TO MINIMIZE CAR TRAFFIC AS MUCH AS WE CAN AND ENCOURAGE ALTERNATIVE MODES OF TRANSPORTATION. I'M SORRY, I'M TAKING UP A LOT OF TIME. MY LAST QUESTION, AND IT'S NOT REALLY A QUESTION, BUT IT'S A IT'S A COMMENT ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THE NEEDS FOR WORKFORCE HOUSING. I KNOW THAT THIS PROJECT DOES NOT HAVE ANY WORKFORCE HOUSING. I KNOW THAT THE CITY HAS IN ITS FUTURE PLANS WITH SOME OF THE OTHER APPLICANTS IN OTHER AREAS TO ADDRESS THE WORKFORCE HOUSING. BUT OBVIOUSLY, THIS AREA IS GOING TO NEED WORKERS AND THE RENTAL UNITS THERE REALLY ARE NOT ACCESSIBLE TO THE TYPICAL WAGE WORKER. SO MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE ACCESS AND I KNOW THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS HAS STAFF TO [01:35:05] TO MAKE SURE THAT THE WORKFORCE HOUSING ELEMENT AND THE ABILITY TO GET THERE FOR THE WORKFORCE STAFF IS GOING TO BE ADDRESSED. BUT THAT'S ALL I GOT. AND THANK YOU FOR THE NICE PRESENTATION, NICOLE. DONALD JR.. IT'S MORE ATTRACTIVE THAN SORRY, SAY IT AGAIN, DONALD JUNIOR. BUT MUCH MORE ATTRACTIVE NOW. OH, MY GOODNESS. ALL RIGHT. SO A COUPLE OF QUICK QUESTIONS. THE ANCILLARY RETAIL, IS THAT MORE OF A POP UP OR IS THAT GOING TO BE A CONTINUAL? YES, THE THE ANCILLARY RETAIL IS INTENDED FOR SHORT TERM POP UP. ABSOLUTELY. KEY SUPER. AND THEN SO FOR THE RESIDENTIAL BUILDING, WE HAVE FOUR HUNDRED AND THIRTY TWO SPACES IN OUR AGENDA SAID THAT FIVE PERCENT OR FOUR GUESTS. SO BUT THEN WHEN YOU DO THE PRESENTATION, YOU SAID THAT THE GUESTS THAT WOULD BE COMING TO THAT WOULD BE POSSIBLE FUTURE RESIDENTS. SO IF I'M A GUEST VISITING OR STAYING OVERNIGHT IN THE RESIDENTIAL BUILDING, HOW MUCH PARKING WOULD BE AVAILABLE FOR ME? SO WE MEET THE FIVE PERCENT FOR THE ENTIRE PARKING GARAGE. WE DESIGNATED A PORTION OF THE FIRST FLOOR THAT'S NOT BEHIND GATES THAT YOU CAN PARK IN AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC LOOKING TO MEET WITH POTENTIAL RESIDENTS. IF YOU'RE A GUEST OF A RESIDENCE, YOU WILL BE ABLE TO HAVE ACCESS INTO THE GATED PORTION OF THE GARAGE. AND SINCE WE MEET THE FIVE PERCENT GUESTS, WE HAVE ENOUGH PARKING TO ACCOMMODATE FOR ALL OF THE RESIDENTS, PLUS THE FIVE PERCENT GUESTS. GREAT ANSWER. OK, THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND THEN WE'LL GET BACK TO MR. SLIPHER. MAKE SURE YOU I KNOW THE MAYOR WILL MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF YOUR QUESTIONS ARE BEING ANSWERED AS WELL. SO I WANTED TO ESPECIALLY THANK NICOLE FOR YOUR EXPLANATION OF DRIVING THROUGH THE AREA IN THE MIDDLE OF DOWNTOWN PALM BEACH GARDENS. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO TALK ABOUT, WHAT WE'RE DOING TO KEEP OUR VEHICLES FLOW THERE. AND YOU DID A REALLY GREAT JOB OF THAT. AND ALSO, I MEAN, I WAS A CANDIDATE WHEN I WAS RUNNING FOR OFFICE. I MET WITH THE LANDMARK, INCLUDING MR. SLIPHER AND LISA BEERS. AND THIS IS WHILE I WAS JUST ON ZONING BACK THEN. WE WERE STILL TALKING ABOUT SIGNAGE. SO THIS HADN'T COME TO FRUITION AT ALL. AND WHAT THE LANDMARK RESIDENTS WANTED, I'M SEEING IT HAPPEN. AND SO I WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH FOR TO HEAR THAT YOU WERE A GOOD NEIGHBOR FROM THE LANDMARK AFTER ALL THIS PROCESS, THESE YEARS LATER. IT WAS REALLY IMPRESSIVE. I LOVE THE FACT THAT WE HAVE A DECREASE DECREASED TRIPS FROM THE ORIGINAL ASSESSMENT, WHICH WAS FROM 2003, TO HAVE LESS CARS COMING IN AND OUT. NOW, EIGHT YEARS LATER FROM AN ASSESSMENT THAT'S REALLY IMPRESSIVE AND ESPECIALLY THANK YOU FOR WORKING WITH OUR FIRE AND POLICE TO KEEP OUR HIGH LEVEL OF SERVICE. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S ACTUALLY THE MOST IMPORTANT THING OF ALL THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT TONIGHT. AND ALSO GOT TO SAY THE USE OF THE MULTIMODAL, TRANSPORTATION, MOBILITY, TECHNOLOGY AND MOBILITY SAFETY. I'M CRAZY ABOUT IT. I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THE BOLLARDS ARE GOING TO BE LIT. SO THAT WAS A CHERRY ON TOP. AND I DO. I'M GLAD THE LAKE MAINTENANCE. I WAS GOING TO ASK ABOUT THAT. THANK YOU, MARK, FOR BRINGING THAT UP. AND ALSO, MARK, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING UP THE FACT THAT THIS IS YOU KNOW, THIS DEVELOPER IS NOT USING THE HOUSING BONUS FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING. I KNOW IT'S NOT APPROPRIATE IN THE SITE, BUT I DO URGE FUTURE DEVELOPERS, ESPECIALLY ANY OF THOSE CLOSE TO OUR TRAIN STATION, TO CONSIDER THAT ESPECIALLY WITHIN OUR TODD AND THE MARKET DEMAND FOR WHAT WE HAVE HERE IN OUR BEAUTIFUL CITY. AND LASTLY, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THE SUSTAINABILITY EFFORTS. IT'S NICE TO ONCE AGAIN BE A LEADER TO SEE THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS TAKE SUSTAINABILITY SERIOUSLY, EVERYTHING FROM THE EV CHARGERS TO THE GREEN ROOFS, KEEPING IT CLOSE TO THE TRAIN STATION. AND I DO LOOK FORWARD TO LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE CONNECTIVITY WITH OUR GARDEN, SMALL AS THAT CHANGES AS WELL. SO GREAT PRODUCT ALL AROUND. THANK YOU, KEVIN. I'M EXTRA IMPRESSED. YOU CAME FROM CHICAGO AND YOU FIT RIGHT INTO OUR PALM BEACH GARDENS CULTURE AND THAT'S NOT EASY TO DO. SO I APPRECIATE IT AND REALLY PROUD OF THE CAROUSEL ESPECIALLY. THANK YOU, GUYS. OK, SO THANK YOU, GUYS, THANK YOU, ALL OF YOU, FOR ANSWERING OR ASKING, AND THEN YOU GUYS WERE ANSWERING A LOT OF THE QUESTIONS THAT I HAD ON MY LIST BECAUSE I CHECKED A BUNCH OFF. BUT I'M GOING TO CONTINUE BECAUSE I HAVE SLOPPY HANDWRITING HERE. SO I'M GOING TO JUST IN CASE I MISSED A FEW THAT I DIDN'T SEE IN THE CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL, LIKE HOURS OF OPERATION, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE LOADING. I SAW THAT. AND I KNOW THAT THE LAKE AND ACTIVITIES AROUND THE LAKE COULD POTENTIALLY BE A CONCERN FOR THE LANDMARK RESIDENTS. AND OBVIOUSLY US COUNCIL AND I KNOW YOU AS STAFF DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO DEAL WITH ISSUES THAT HARBORSIDE HAD. SO HOW ARE WE ADDRESSING THAT AS FAR AS IF THERE'S CONCERNS? AND I KNOW WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SPECIAL EXCEPTION, THE PERMIT FOR THE ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES, BUT. I'D LIKE TO YEAH, YEAH, THE NICHOLS' SOMEONE MENTIONED IN THE PRESENTATION THAT THERE WAS AN APPROVAL LAST YEAR OR FOR THE MISCELLANEOUS PETITION WHICH INCREASED THE NUMBER OF [01:40:05] APPLICATIONS, BUT THAT DOES NOT BYPASS THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE APPLICATION FOR THE APPLICANT TO GO THROUGH AN INDIVIDUAL SPECIAL EVENT PERMIT REVIEW UNDER THAT SPECIAL EVENT PERMIT REVIEW. THAT IS WHERE THE HOURS OF OPERATION ARE REQUIRED TO BE DESIGNATED, THAT THAT IS WHERE OUR REVIEW COMES IN AND THAT IS WHERE WE CAN CONTROL THE HOURS IF THERE'S ANY ISSUES. THE APPLICANT IS ALSO REQUIRED TO HAVE A LIVE ENTERTAINMENT PERMIT ACTIVE TO ENSURE THAT SOUND MANAGEMENT IS CONTROLLED AS WELL AS THE PERFORMANCE STANDARDS. SO EACH INDIVIDUAL EVENT HAS TO APPLY FOR A PERMIT. AND THROUGH THAT, WE ARE CONFIDENT THAT WE CAN CONTROL AND ADDRESS THE ISSUES THAT YOU MENTIONED. OK, AWESOME. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MOBILITY AND PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIVITY. I KNOW WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT THAT AND I KNOW ALSO THAT OUR STAFF REPORT MENTIONED THE INCLUSION OF A LIMITED ILLUMINATED CROSSWALKS, PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIVITY. YOU WENT OVER A LOT IN THERE AND YOU'VE DONE A GREAT JOB IN REGARDS TO THAT. I ALSO CONCUR WITH GARDENS PARKWAY. I DRIVE THAT A LOT AND I SEE A LOT OF PEDESTRIANS CROSSING FROM THE APARTMENTS TO DOWNTOWN, WHICH IS A GOOD THING BECAUSE THAT'S ADDITIONAL PEOPLE PATRONIZING THE FACILITY. BUT OBVIOUSLY SAFETY IS NUMBER ONE. AND I LOVE WHEN YOU GET TO THAT POINT, I'D LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO HAVE ILLUMINATED, YOU KNOW, PEDESTRIAN PATHWAYS FOR CROSSWALKS LIKE WE'VE DONE AROUND THE SCHOOLS, AROUND THE GARDENS PARK. YOU KNOW SOMETHING OBVIOUSLY MAKING SURE THAT SAFETY IS ADDRESSED IN REGARDS TO THAT. AND I KNOW THAT WE TALKED ABOUT THE FACT THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT THIS IN ADDITION. BUT MASTER PLANNING AND SITE PLANNING OBVIOUSLY DOING IT IN A WHOLESOME WAY. I DO ALSO HAVE THE SAME QUESTIONS IN REGARDS TO THE TROLLEY STATIONS, BECAUSE WHEN I HEARD TROLLEY STATION, I GOT ALL EXCITED BECAUSE LIKE 10 YEARS AGO, I BROUGHT UP TROLLEY AND EVERYBODY LOOKED AT ME LIKE I HAD 10 HEADS IN OUR CITY. SO I'D LIKE TO YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY I'M VERY CURIOUS ABOUT THAT BECAUSE THAT OBVIOUSLY WILL HELP WITH OUR TRAFFIC CONCERNS OF ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS IN THE FUTURE AND TAKING OBVIOUSLY CARS OFF THE ROAD. SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO ME. AND I'D LIKE TO MAKE SURE WE ADDRESS IT THOUGHTFULLY. AND I KNOW OUR STAFF IS VERY MUCH ON IT AND YOU GUYS WILL PARTICIPATE IN THAT AS WELL. AND WE TALKED ABOUT THAT. HOLD ON. SO WE TALKED ALSO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT VALET PARKING. IS THERE GOING TO BE A VALET PARKING OPPORTUNITY FOR THE OFFICE BUILDING? BECAUSE I KNOW AS A PROPERTY MANAGER, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S IMPORTANT TO PATRONS OF OFFICE AS WELL. I AT THE MOMENT, WE DON'T HAVE A DEFINED TENANT FOR THE OFFICE SPACE AND WHETHER THAT WILL BE A FULL FLOOR TENANT OR A SUBDOMAINS TENANT SPACE. I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT BASED ON THAT, WHERE THAT GOES WITH THE TENANT, WE MAY BE BACK AND WORK WITH STAFF ON TO WORK THAT OUT. THERE CERTAINLY IS. THE EXISTING GARAGE STILL HAS OVER 800 SPACES IN IT THROUGH THESE MODIFICATIONS. SO I THINK THERE'S THE ABILITY TO DO THAT ALONG WITH THE INTEGRATED WITH THE SKYBRIDGE. I THINK WE COULD WORK SOMETHING OUT. AND IS THERE SINCE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT VALLET, COULD YOU TELL ME, LIKE, THE NUMBER OF STACKING IN THE IN THE PROPOSED VALLEY THAT YOU HAVE FOR THE HOTEL, WHAT'S THE APPROXIMATE STACKING OPPORTUNITIES FOR CARS? OBVIOUSLY, JUST MAKING SURE THAT IT DOESN'T OBVIOUSLY OVERFLOW INTO THE MAIN INGRESS EGRESS. FOR THE RECORD, DONALDSON HERE I HAVE BEEN SWORN TO CALL AS THE IMAGE UP ON THE SCREEN RIGHT NOW, AND YOU CAN SEE WE HAVE WE'VE ACTUALLY HAD DOUBLE LANE AND THIS ACTUALLY EVEN WIDE ENOUGH EVEN TO BYPASS. AND SO THERE'S THAT THE THE THE POINT OF ENTRY UNDER THE COVERED AREAS AT THE BASICALLY AT THE EAST END. SO IT APPEARS JUST LOOKING AT IT GRAPHICALLY, THAT EASILY, YOU KNOW, EIGHT TO 10, MAYBE EVEN MORE CARS COULD STACK IN THERE. SO PLENTY OF STACKING. OK, I KNOW THE BACKUP MATERIAL THAT WE READ. IS IT SAID ENCOURAGING MOBILITY BY OTHER MICRO MOBILITY OPTIONS? I'M JUST BECAUSE I LIKE THAT WORD, WHAT EXACTLY IS THAT? I'M HAPPY TO ADDRESS THAT JUST BECAUSE WE'RE VERY FORWARD THINKING WITH MOBILITY. AND THE APPLICANT IS PARTNERING WITH US, OF COURSE, AND THIS PROJECT IS IN THE TOP. [01:45:03] SO AS POTENTIALLY THE THE TRAIN STATION THAT WE ALL HOPE TO SEE ONE DAY MOVES AHEAD. AND MICRO MOBILITY IDEAS OR MODES OF TRANSPORTATION INCLUDE BIKE SHARE, POTENTIALLY SCOOTER, POTENTIALLY A CIRCUIT, A CIRCUIT CIRCULATOR AND POTENTIALLY A TROLLEY. THOSE ARE JUST SOME EXAMPLES OF MICRO MOBILITY. OKAY, SO LONG WITH BICYCLES. I CAN'T FORGET THE TRADITIONAL BICYCLE, RIGHT? YES, THAT'S JUPITER FARMS. SO SO IN THE TEMPLATE, YOU HAVE ROOM FOR THAT FUTURE AND FOR PARKING FOR THAT AND FOR, YOU KNOW, STORAGE OF THE BICYCLES AND ALL THAT SCOOTERS AND WHATNOT. OK, SO NOW WE'RE GETTING INTO THE TRAFFIC A LITTLE BIT ON THE WHEEL. THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL AT AHWAHNEE AND GARDEN PARKWAY BE TIMED WORK WITH. NOW, I KNOW WE'VE HAD A PROBLEM WITH THIS IN THE PAST. SO IT OBVIOUSLY THE TRAFFIC REPORT SAID WE HAVE LIKE 480 FEET OF STACKING BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO BE EXPANDING THE TURN LANES. SO WILL THE SIGNAL BE TIMED TO WHERE IT ALLOWS FOR 480 FEET OF CARS TO GO THROUGH? BECAUSE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I KNOW IN THE PAST. I KNOW WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF CONTROL OVER THAT, BUT IS THAT. POSSIBLE, THAT'S FINE. GOOD EVENING, MY NAME FOR THE RECORD, IS CHRIS HAGAN WITH KIMBERLY HORN ASSOCIATES, 1920 WOOD CABLEWAY IN WEST PALM BEACH. AND I WAS SWORN IN AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING TO ADDRESS THAT. SO WE HAVE TO COORDINATE WITH PALM BEACH COUNTY BECAUSE THEY'RE THE ENTITY THAT MAINTAINS THE TRAFFIC SIGNALS COUNTYWIDE. AND SO TYPICALLY, WHEN WE GO THROUGH A PROCESS LIKE THIS WHERE THERE'S A A CHANGE IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERNS OR SOME ADDITIONS OF TRAFFIC, WE CAN PUT IN A REQUEST THAT THEY REVIEW THE TIMING. THEY'RE THE ONES, THOUGH, WHO DO WHO THEN GO OUT AND DO THE STUDY. THEY'LL MEASURE THE TRAFFIC VOLUMES. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THEY HAVE TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT IS THE FACT THAT IT'S NOT JUST THIS PARTICULAR INTERSECTION, BUT THEY LIKE TO MAINTAIN COORDINATION WITH SIGNALS UP AND DOWN THE CORRIDOR. SO THEY WOULD ALSO HAVE TO LOOK AT THE ADJACENT SIGNALS ON ALTERNATE LNA TO MAKE SURE THAT IF THEY MAKE A CHANGE AT THIS SIGNAL, THAT IT DOESN'T THROW OFF THE ABILITY FOR TRAFFIC TO CONTINUE TO FLOW AS SEAMLESSLY AS POSSIBLE, POSSIBLE ALTERNATE AWIN ITSELF. SO ULTIMATELY, IT'S UP TO THE COUNTY, BUT WE CAN COORDINATE WITH THEM AND TYPICALLY DO WHEN THERE'S A CHANGE IN TRAFFIC PATTERNS OR INCREASE IN TRAFFIC VOLUMES ON THE SIDE STREET SO THAT THEY CAN GO IN AND DO THE STUDY AND MAKE THE ADJUSTMENTS NEEDED. THANK YOU. AND I GUESS IN THE TRAFFIC, OBVIOUSLY, THERE'S GOING TO BE MULTIPLE TRAFFIC REPORTS AND THEN THERE'S GOING TO BE BENCHMARKS IN WHICH THEY HAVE TO LOOK AT THE TRAFFIC. AGAIN, I READ ALL OF THAT. WE WERE TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THE IMPROVEMENTS, INCLUDING THE LIGHT, WHICH WAS A QUESTION THAT WAS ASKED. SO I KNOW YOU SAID MOST LIKELY AND IT'S GOING TO BE SOON. CAN YOU GIVE ME, LIKE, A NOT A DEFINITE. I KNOW, BUT LIKE YOU'RE SUGGESTING OR IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU'RE SUGGESTING THAT AS SOON AS WE GET TO THE NEXT PHASE OF DEVELOPMENT AFTER THE WHAT'S CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION, YOUR. IS IT YOUR THOUGHTS THAT THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL WILL BE WARRANTED AT THAT TIME BASED ON THE TRAPS? I CAN'T I CAN ADDRESS THAT. SO AS PART OF THE LIFETIME APPROVAL, THERE WAS A CONDITION PLACED THAT REQUIRED THE STUDY TO BE DONE ONCE THE LIFETIME FITNESS OPENED. AND SO JUST TO GET IN, I KNOW THIS THIS HELPS TO ADDRESS THE CONCERN THAT WAS BROUGHT UP BY LANDMARK, WHICH IS THAT IN ORDER FOR A TRAFFIC SIGNAL TO BE INSTALLED, IT HAS TO MEET A DEFINED VOLUME OF TRAFFIC, NOT JUST AND ON BOTH THE MAIN STREET, WHICH IN THIS CASE IS GARDENS PARKWAY, BUT ALSO THE INTERSECTING SIDE STREET, WHICH IS LAKE VICTORIA GARDENS DRIVE OR THE DRIVEWAY COMING OUT OF THE SITE. AND SO AS AS MUCH AS WE WOULD WANT A SIGNAL THERE, THERE HAS TO BE A VOLUME OF TRAFFIC IN PLACE ON BOTH BOTH IN THE STREET AND SIDE STREET THAT HAS TO EXCEED A THRESHOLD THAT'S DEFINED BY A NATIONAL STANDARD, THAT'S DEFINED IN THE MANUAL ON UNIFORM TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES AND THAT'S USED NATIONWIDE. SO WILL THAT STUDY WILL FIRST BE DONE ONCE THE LIFETIME FITNESS IS OPEN AND THE TRAFFIC VOLUMES ARE THERE? AGAIN, THIS THIS IS AN APPROVAL THAT HAS TO GO TO PALM BEACH COUNTY BECAUSE THEY MAINTAIN THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL SYSTEMS AND THEY'RE FAIRLY RIGID IN FOLLOWING THE CRITERIA AND GUIDELINES. SO IT DOES HAVE TO MEET THAT. WE DO EXPECT WITH LIFETIME, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE IT'S LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE SITE, THAT THERE WILL BE, YOU KNOW, A NOTICEABLE CHANGE IN THE TRAFFIC VOLUMES THERE. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT IT MAY BE WARRANTED AFTER THAT. [01:50:01] BUT IF NOT, WE WOULD EXPECT THAT THAT CONCURRENT WITH THE HOTEL OR MULTIFAMILY OR BOTH, THAT IT WOULD BE SO DEFINITELY NOT 100 PERCENT AFTER A LIFETIME IS OPEN. BUT I THINK THERE'S, YOU KNOW, SOME PERCENTAGE CHANCE THAT IT WOULD BE WOULD BE WARRANTED AT THAT TIME. OK, AND ELECTRICAL CAR CHARGING STATIONS, I KNOW THAT YOU TALKED ABOUT THEM AND THEN THAT THERE WILL BE ROOM FOR THEM TO BE WIRED IN THE FUTURE. IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU PARTICIPATE, YOU ARE PLANNING ON DOING OR IS THAT SOMETHING THAT'S PHASE BASED ON THE NUMBER OF UNITS? OR HOW ARE YOU PHASING THE ELECTRICAL POWERED PARKING STATIONS GOING FORWARD AFTER THE ORIGINAL THE ORIGINAL SET IS CONSTRUCTED. SO SO AS IT STANDS NOW, WE HAVE THROUGH OUR SERIES OF APPROVAL, INCLUDING THE ONE TONIGHT, WE HAVE UP TO 16 CHARGING PARKING CHARGE ENABLED PARKING SPACES. THERE'LL BE EIGHT THAT ARE GOING TO COME ONLINE WITH THE WITH THE OPENING OF THE GARAGE FOR LIFETIME. AND THEN PER THE CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL, WE'RE ADDING ANOTHER EIGHT SPACES TO BETWEEN DISTRIBUTED BETWEEN THE SURFACE LOT AND THE EXISTING GARAGE. WHAT NICOLE BROUGHT UP WAS SPECIFIC TO THE MULTIFAMILY AS WELL. SO THERE'S SOME ADDITIONAL SPACES IN THERE. AND FOR THE MULTIFAMILY, THE SAME THING OR THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE DOING THAT. THEY WOULD BE THEY WOULD BE DOING IT AT THE TIME WITH THE WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE GARAGE. OK. OK, AND. WE TALKED ABOUT THAT, THE RESIDENTIAL PARKING. OK, SO THE RESIDENTIAL GUEST PARKING, YOU TALKED ABOUT THE YOU TALKED ABOUT THAT BEING IN THE GARAGE AND WHEN I WAS LOOKING AT THE GRAPHIC, WHEN YOU WERE GOING THROUGH THE PRESENTATION, THE QUESTION CAME UP, IF SOMEONE WERE TO BE GOING TOWARDS THE EXIT, THE LOCKED PORTION OF THE PARKING LOT OF THE RESIDENTIAL PART PARKING, THAT'S SECURE. IS THERE AN AREA IN CASE THAT THEIR CAR DOESN'T WORK, THEY HAVE TO BACK UP? HOW DO THEY MANEUVER THROUGH THAT AREA? I'LL GO AHEAD AND PULL UP THE THEY ACCIDENTALLY GO THERE AND THEY DON'T HAVE ACCESS, SO THE LOCATION OF HARELI PULLED US UP. THE LOCATION OF THE GATE YOU CAN SEE WITHIN THE GRAPHIC IS STRAIGHT BEYOND. IT'S RIGHT HERE WHERE MY CURSOR IS. AND SO WHEN VEHICLES ARE DRIVING IN, THEY HAVE A STRAIGHT SHOT. SO IT'S NOT LIKE THEY'RE HAVING TO DRIVE AROUND A CORNER AND GET THROUGH THE GATE. AND THEN IF THERE'S THEY CAN'T ACCESS THE GATE, THEN THEY HAVE TO TURN AROUND AND COME BACK OUT. THEY HAVE THIS THIS MANEUVERABILITY WITH THE VISIBILITY OF THAT GATE. SO IF THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO COME IN, THEY CAN EASILY PULL INTO THIS AREA, PARK THEIR CAR, TURN AROUND. SO WE DO HAVE THAT MANEUVERABILITY DESIGNED INTO THIS FIRST FLOOR. AND THEY THEY DON'T HAVE TO BACK UP, THEY CAN JUST DO A FULL CIRCLE ON THAT FIRST FLOOR. MM HMM. IN THE EXIT, YES, TO DO ANOTHER. OK, VERY GOOD. AND THEN I ALSO JUST WANT TO EMULATE THE COMMENTS THAT WERE MADE IN REGARDS TO WORKFORCE HOUSING AND GREAT JOB ON THE DESIGN, THE ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENTS. IT IS BEAUTIFUL. IT'S UNIQUE. SO I APPRECIATE YOU PUTTING SUCH A THOUGHT INTO THOSE ELEMENTS AND PUTTING THEM IN HERE. THANK YOU. SO AS I SAID BEFORE, THIS IS A BIG PROPERTY, SO THERE ARE DEFINITELY MORE COUNCIL QUESTIONS AND IT TAKES A LITTLE BIT LONGER TONIGHT TO GET THROUGH IT. I'LL TRY NOT TO BE TOO LONG. I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS I WANT TO ASK. FIRST, SOMEONE AS NATALIE TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE OF DOES APPROVING THE EIGHT, NINE STOREY BUILDINGS HERE, WILL THAT ALLOW FOR ANY INCREASE IN HEIGHT IN PHASES ONE AND TWO SINCE THAT WAS THE QUESTION, MR SLIPPER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THAT OPPORTUNITY TO RESPOND FOR THAT. THE AS YOU RECALL, WHEN THE COUNCIL APPROVED THE TODD ORDINANCE THAT AFFORDED ALL OF THE PROPERTIES WITHIN THE ENTIRE TODD AREA TO GO UP TO NINE STORIES ARE 135 FEET. SO THIS APPLICATION IS NOT REQUESTING ANY WAIVERS. IT IS SIMPLY UTILIZING THE DENSITY IN THE HEIGHT THAT WAS AFFORDED UNDER THE TODD AND THAT BENEFITS ALL OF THOSE PROPERTIES WITHIN THE TODD. SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, THE ANSWER THE SIMPLE ANSWER IS NO. THE APPLICANT COULD NOT JUST COME IN AND INCREASE THE HEIGHT. THEY WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH A PROCESS THAT WOULD HAVE TO SHOW THE SITE PLAN ELEMENTS, AND IT WOULD BE A QUASI JUDICIAL PROCESS WHICH WOULD REQUIRE PUBLIC HEARINGS. SO COULD THEY SOMEDAY IN THE FUTURE MODIFY, I GUESS, THE EXISTING BUILDING TO GO AND INCREASE? THE ANSWER IS YES, BUT THAT IT IS NOT AN AUTOMATIC. THE ANSWER IS THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH AN ENTIRE STAFF REVIEW AND PUBLIC HEARING APPROVAL PROCESS, WHICH REQUIRES THEM TO TO MEET ALL OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE [01:55:02] CODE. AND THAT HEIGHT IN THAT FIELD IS NOT AN AUTOMATIC. IT HAS TO GO THROUGH A FULL BLOWN SITE PLAN REVIEW PROCESS, AND THEN THAT APPLIES TO ALL PROPERTIES IN THE TODY. AND THEY WOULD BE NOTIFIED AT THAT TIME. THERE'S PUBLIC NOTICE THAT'S AFFORDED IN IN THE QUASI JUDICIAL PROCESS. YES. THANK YOU ON THAT. SO I HAD A QUESTION THAT I FORGOT TO ASK AT THE AGENDA REVIEW. HOW MUCH SURFACE PARKING IS LEFT IN THE PROJECT? WITH THE CHANGES THAT ARE MADE, I GUESS THERE'S AREA AROUND THE MOVIE THEATER AND WHOLE FOODS THAT ARE STILL THERE AND THEN THE SMALLER A LOT BY THE ART HOUSE. IS THAT IT? THAT THAT IS THE SURFACE PARKING. BUT IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT I COULD POINT OUT, THE SURFACE PARKING THAT WAS DISPLACED BY THE LIFETIME CLUB AND THE NEW PARKING GARAGE, THAT WAS APPROXIMATELY 226 PARKING SPACES, THE NEW FIVE, FOUR OR FIVE STOREY PARKING GARAGE THAT'S GOING ON SITE THERE IS 425 PARKING SPACES IN SOME TOTAL. THERE'S JUST OVER 4400 PARKING SPACES FOR THE COMMERCIAL RETAIL COMPONENT OF THE CENTER THAT THAT IS NOT COUNTING THE SPACES FOR THE RESIDENTIAL GARAGE. HOW MUCH HOW MUCH FOR THE CALL CENTER? WHERE DID YOU SAY, WHERE'S MY TRAFFIC ENGINEER? CHRIS, WE'LL GIVE YOU A NUMBER AND BLOODY. GOOD EVENING AGAIN FOR THE RECORD, CHRIS HAGAN WITH KEN LAY AND ASSOCIATES, THE FINAL SUPPLY WAS TWO THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED AND THIRTY NINE SPACES THAT ARE CONTAINED BOTH IN THE TWO GARAGES AND ON THE SURFACE, NOT COUNTING THE LIFETIME GARAGE. THAT INCLUDES INCLUDES A LIVE COVERAGE, BUT NOT THE RESIDENTIAL GARAGE. SO HERE, HERE'S WHERE I'M GOING WITH THIS KIND OF PICKS UP ON WHAT CHELSEA AND MARCY TOUCHED ON BEFORE THE LIFETIME GARAGE. YOU SAID HAS EIGHT CHARGING STATIONS, WHICH WILL DO 16 CARS AND IT HAS FOUR FOUR FOUR EIGHT EIGHT CARS. OK, HOW MUCH ARE IN WHAT'S IN THESE GARAGE IN TERMS OF ELECTRIC CHARGING STATIONS AT THE MOMENT ARE NONE. BUT IN THE CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL, WE ARE WE ARE ALLOWED TO DISTRIBUTE THE THE PLAN FOR ADDITIONAL CHARGING STATIONS BETWEEN THAT AND THE SURFACE PARKING LOT. SO YOU CAN TAKE THE ONES YOU WERE GOING TO PUT AT THE SERVICE PARKING LOT, SURFACE PARKING LOT AND PUT THEM IN THE GARAGE INSTEAD, WE HAVE HAVE WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PLACE EIGHT ADDITIONAL EEVEE PARKING SPACES SOMEWHERE, BOTH THE SURFACE AND THE EXISTING GROUND. THAT'S WHAT I'M GETTING TO. SO EIGHT MORE CHARGING STATIONS IS GOING TO BE 16 MORE CARS FOR ALL OF THE REST OF THE PARKING. WHEN EVERYONE I KNOW RIGHT NOW IS LOOKING AT BUYING ELECTRIC CARS AND WITH A PROJECT THAT LOOKS LIKE THIS, I WAS SURPRISED BY THE SMALL NUMBER OF ELECTRIC CHARGING STATIONS FOR THE REMAINING PARKING. I THINK THE ONES THAT ARE GOING INTO THE APARTMENT BUILDING, I GET THAT LIFETIME SEEMS REASONABLE, BUT NOBODY'S GOING TO PARK IN LIFETIME TO CHARGE THEIR CAR IF THEY'RE GOING INTO THE REST OF THE CENTER BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT GOING TO KNOW ABOUT IT UNLESS THEY REMEMBER. SO I KNOW STAFF HAD BROUGHT IT UP IN THE PAST. I THINK IT'S AN IMPORTANT THING TO CONSIDER. AND SINCE MARCY PUT HER NECK OUT WITH THE TROLLEY 10 YEARS AGO AND GOT HER HEAD OFF, I WAS RECENTLY UP IN, LIKE NUNA, AN APARTMENT BUILDING IN A BRAND NEW AREA LIKE THIS. TESLA HAS A RIDE SHARE PROGRAM WHERE THEY PUT THE RIGHT CHAIR IN THE PARKING GARAGE AND PEOPLE DON'T NEED TO OWN A CAR WHEN THEY LIVE IN AN APARTMENT IN A WALKABLE, COMMUTABLE AREA. SO THAT'S SOMETHING FOR YOU TO CONSIDER FOR THE FUTURE AND FOR STAFF WITHIN THE TODY. THERE WERE 10 TESLAS TO DO IT ON AN APP. PEOPLE DON'T NEED A CAR. SO IF IF I MAY, WELL, WE CAN CERTAINLY WORK WITH STAFF ON THAT IN FUTURE. I'M NATALIE WOOD. WOULD THEY HAVE TO COME BACK THROUGH AN ENTIRE APPROVAL PROCESS IF THEY WANTED TO ADD ELECTRIC CHARGING PARKING SPACES AND OR IF THEY WANTED TO DO A PROGRAM LIKE THAT? NO, IT'S MINOR. THAT WOULD BE MINOR. AND I WOULDN'T THAT WOULD FALL UNDER STOCK LEVEL REVIEW. OK, THAT'S JUST SOMETHING FOR THE FUTURE TO GO WITH THE TODY, BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S WHERE WE'RE HEADED. AND I KNOW WE ALWAYS HAVE TROUBLE FINDING A SPOT TO PARK THE CAR WHEN WE GO. IT'S JUST SO OTHERWISE THIS IS A KEY PIECE OF PROPERTY. THIS IS A KEY PROJECT. YOU ARE SETTING THE BAR VERY HIGH FOR THE REST OF THE REDEVELOPMENT AND DEVELOPMENT [02:00:04] WITHIN THE TODAY. AND I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE GREAT WHEN WHEN WE GO SO. MR. YOU GOT EVERYTHING YOU NEEDED, YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED. OK, GREAT. ALL RIGHT. IN THAT CASE, HEARING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION. ALL IN FAVOR. ALL RIGHT, I ANYBOTS. MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO. THANK YOU. NOW WE HAVE TO MOVE ON. I NEED THE CLERK TO READ THE TITLE AGAIN. YEAH, WE HAVE TO. FORTY TWO. YEAH. THE CLERK THAT WAS COMING TO ASK PATTY TO READ THE TITLE FOR RESOLUTION 42, RESOLUTION 42, 2021, A RESOLUTION, THE CITY COUNCIL, THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE SITE PLAN FOR DOWNTOWN PALM BEACH GARDENS, LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF ALTERNATE AWANA BETWEEN KYOTO GARDENS DRIVE-IN GARDENS PARKWAY TO REMOVE BUILDING B, SLASH C AND REPLACE WITH A ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHT THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED NINETY ONE SQUARE FOOT MIXED-USE ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY FOUR KEY HOTEL TOWER. REMOVE M AND REPLACE WITH A 280 UNIT MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL TOWER WITH A 432 SPACED PARKING GARAGE. CREATE AN EAST WEST DRIVE. I'LL ESTABLISH DESIGN GUIDELINES AND UPDATE THE MASTER SIGNAGE PLAN PROVIDING WAIVERS, PROVIDED CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. MADAM MAYOR, SINCE YOU'VE HAD A COMBINED A COMBINED PROPOSAL AND YOU WOULD SUBSUME ALL THE COMMENTS FROM RESOLUTION 41 IN THE RESOLUTION 42, UNLESS YOU HAVE A SEPARATE CARD ON THIS ITEM, WOULD BE APPROPRIATE TO HAVE A MOTION AND A VOTE. NO, THAT'S EXACTLY WHERE I WAS GOING. SO CAN I GET A MOTION A SECOND TO APPROVE? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 242, 2021. I'LL SECOND THAT. NO DISCUSSION BECAUSE WE'VE ALREADY HAD IT ALL IN FAVOR BY ANY OPPOSED MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO. GREAT JOB, GUYS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. OK, MOVING ON TO ORDINANCE NINE, TWENTY TWENTY ONE, FIRST READING, WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ THE TITLE ORDINANCE NINE, 2021 AND ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA. [VIII.e. ORDINANCE 9, 2021 – (1ST READING) AMENDING CHAPTER 66. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 66. TAXATION. AT SECTION 66-59. EXEMPTION ALLOWED CERTAIN DISABLED PERSONS, THE AGED, AND WIDOWS WITH MINOR DEPENDENTS. BY RENAMING SAID SECTION AND BY ADOPTING NEW SUBSECTIONS (b) THROUGH (e) AND REDESIGNATING SUBSECTION (b) AS SUBSECTION (f); FURTHER AMENDING CHAPTER 66. BY REPEALING SECTION 66-60. EXEMPTIONS FOR DISABLED VETERANS. IN ITS ENTIRETY AND ADOPTING NEW SECTION 66-60. WITH A NEW TITLE; PROVIDING THAT EACH AND EVERY OTHER SECTION AND SUBSECTION OF CHAPTER 66. TAXATION. SHALL REMAIN IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT AS PREVIOUSLY ADOPTED; PROVIDING A CONFLICTS CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, AND AUTHORITY TO CODIFY; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. ] AMENDING CHAPTER 66 TAXATION AT SECTION 66, DASH 59 EXEMPTION ALLOWED CERTAIN DISABLED PERSONS THE AGED AND THE WIDOWED AND MINOR DEPENDENTS BY RENAMING SAID SECTION AND BY ADOPTING NEW SUBSECTIONS B THROUGH E AND RE DESIGNATING SUBSECTION B AS SUBSECTION F, FURTHER AMENDING CHAPTER 66 BY REPEALING SECTION 66 60 EXEMPTIONS FOR DISABLED VETERANS IN ITS ENTIRETY AND ADOPTING NEW SECTION 66 TO 60 WITH A NEW TITLE PROVIDING THAT EACH AND EVERY OF THE SECTION IN SUBSECTION OF CHAPTER 66 TAXATION SHALL REMAIN IN FULL FORCE, IN EFFECT, AS PREVIOUSLY ADOPTED, PROVIDING A CONFLICT CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE AND AUTHORITY TO CODIFY PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE FOR THE PURPOSES. HEY, I'M GOING TO OPEN A HEARING STAFF PRESENTATION. GINNI THOMAS. GOOD EVENING, GINNI THOMAS, OPERATIONS MANAGER OVER THE BUILDING DIVISION, SO TONIGHT WE HAVE THE FIRST READING, AMENDING CHAPTER 66 TAXATION, WHICH IS OUR BUSINESS TAX AT CHAPTER 66 59, RENAMING AND ADOPTING NEW SUBSECTIONS TO REFLECT EXEMPTIONS IN THE FLORIDA STATE STATUTE EXEMPTING PERSONS RECEIVING PUBLIC ASSISTANCE. AND THEN IN CHAPTER 66, SECTION 60, REPEALING AND READAPTING THE SECTION EXEMPTIONS FOR DISABLED VETERANS AND A SIMPLER FORM. ANY QUESTIONS? THERE'S NO CARDS ON THIS. I'M GOING TO CLOSE. AND I DID A MOTION MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. TACON. BRING IT BACK FOR DISCUSSION, ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR DNA EVIDENCE? THIS IS BASICALLY GOING TO BRING US IN LINE WITH WHAT THE STATE HAS HAS DONE WITH THESE QUESTIONS. SO. PAPERWORK, CAN YOU PUT YOUR MICROPHONE ON, PLEASE? THANK YOU. WHAT I SAID WAS THIS IS BASICALLY BRINGING US IN LINE WITH THE NEW STATE REGULATIONS SO THAT OUR PAPERWORK IS IN ORDER. SO ALL IN FAVOR, I AND A POST MOTION PASSES, FIVE ZERO ORDINANCE PASSES, ORDINANCE PASSES. IT SAYS MOTION ON MY SHEET. THE MOTION I MADE A MOTION AND IT PASSED. [02:05:03] A 32 RESOLUTION 32. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ THE TITLE RESOLUTION 32, 2021, A RESOLUTION, THE CITY COUNCIL, THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA, APPROVING THE ADOPTION OF THE CITY'S PROGRAM [VIII.f. RESOLUTION 32, 2021 – ADOPTION OF THE CITY’S PROGRAM YEAR 2021/2022 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN APPLICATION. A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA, APPROVING THE ADOPTION OF THE CITY’S PROGRAM YEAR 2021-2022 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN APPLICATION FOR THE UNITED STATES HOUSING AND DEVELOPMENT’S COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT (CDBG) FUNDING; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. ] YEAR 2021 TO 2022. ANNUAL ACTION PLAN APPLICATION FOR THE UNITED STATES HOUSING AND DEVELOPMENT'S COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANTS CHEBEAGUE PROVIDE FUNDING, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR LETTE, VICE MAYOR REED, COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME'S OLIVIA. I'M A PLANNER WITH THE PLANNING AND ZONING DEPARTMENT AND I WILL BE PRESENTING THE CITY B.G. 2021 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN. THE BIG PROGRAM WAS ESTABLISHED BY CONGRESS IN 1974, 1974 AND PROVIDES THAT WRITES FEDERAL AID TO PRIMARILY BENEFIT LOW TO MODERATE INCOME HOUSEHOLDS AND NEIGHBORHOODS. AS YOU ARE AWARE, THE CITY BECAME AN ENTITLEMENT GRAMSCI IN 2013, WHICH MEANS THEY'RE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE CHEBEAGUE FUNDING DIRECTLY FROM U.S. HUD. PER HUDD REQUIREMENTS, WE ARE TO SUBMIT A CONSOLIDATED PLAN EVERY FIVE YEARS IN AN ANNUAL ACTION PLAN EVERY YEAR. THE CURRENT FIVE YEAR CONSOLIDATED PLAN WAS ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL ON NOVEMBER 5TH, 2020, WITH RESOLUTION 63, 2020. THE PRIORITY GOALS OF THIS PLAN ARE THE MERRY CIRCLE AND DAY DRIVE, WATERLINE PROJECT AND PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION. THE ITEM FOR YOU IS THE 20 21 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN, WHICH IS THE SECOND ACTION PLAN OF THE 2020 CONSOLIDATED PLAN. AND WITH THIS PLAN, STAFF IS PROPOSING TO CONTINUE TO IMPLEMENT THE MERRY CIRCLE AND DAY DRIVE WATER LINE PROJECT. MARY'S CIRCLE AND DANA DRIVE WERE ANNEXED IN 1999 AND 2002 AND CURRENTLY USE WELL WATER THESE NEIGHBORHOODS TO EXCUSE ME, THESE NEIGHBORHOODS DO NOT MEET FLORIDA AND HEALTH. FLORIDA HEALTH DEPARTMENT STANDARDS OF 75 FEET OF SEPARATION FROM SEPTIC SEWER SYSTEMS. MARY'S CIRCLE HAS 46 SINGLE FAMILY HOMES AND DANYA DRIVE HAS 32 UPLINKED DUPLEX UNITS ON 16 PARCELS. SINCE THE ADOPTION OF THE 20 20 CONSOLIDATED PLAN STAFF HAS STARTED THE RIGHT AWAY ACQUISITION OF MARY CIRCLE AND YOU DRIVE, THE ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW IS UNDERWAY. THE PRE AWARD COST APPROVAL IS IN PROCESS AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH HAS BEGUN WITH YEAR NUMBER TWO OF THE 2020 CONSOLIDATED PLAN. WE ARE LOOKING TO WRAP UP THESE ITEMS AND START THE NEXT PHASE, WHICH INCLUDES SURVEYING AND PROJECT DESIGN. I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO BRIEF YOU ON THE 2015 CONSOLIDATED PLAN, WHICH INCLUDED THE SINGLE FAMILY HOME REHAB PROGRAM. WE HAVE AN OVERALL GOAL OF 35 HOMES TO COMPLETE. AS OF TODAY, WE HAVE COMPLETED 19 HOMES WHICH ARE SHOWN WITH THE GREEN STARS, WE HAVE FOUR UNDER-CONSTRUCTION WHICH ARE THE YELLOW STARS AND WE HAVE SIX AND REVIEW, WHICH ARE THE RED STARS. AND WE CURRENTLY HAVE SIX APPLICATIONS, ENOUGH FUNDING FOR SIX APPLICATIONS. HERE ARE PHOTOS BEFORE AND AFTER PHOTOS OF A HOME THAT WE RECENTLY COMPLETED IN PLAT THREE, AND THIS HOME RECEIVES A NEW ROOF. THE TWENTY TWENTY ONE ANNUAL ACTION PLAN WAS ADVERTISED FOR THE 30 DAY PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IN THE PALM BEACH POST ON JULY SIX, 2021, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CITY'S ADOPTED CITIZEN PARTICIPATION PLAN. THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING, THIS CITY COUNCIL MEETING FULFILLS ONE OF THE TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS REQUIRED ANNUALLY. STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION 30 TO 20 21, THE ANNUAL ACTION PLAN FOR THE MARRIAGE CIRCLE, AND A DRIVE WATER LINE PROJECT AS PRESENTED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THERE ARE NO CARDS ON THIS, I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE HEARING, I GET A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE. WE'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE, I'LL SEND IT ON AND BRING IT BACK FOR DISCUSSION. ANYBODY HAVE ANY DISCUSSION, ANYTHING THEY WANT TO ASK ALL OF YOU? NOT REALLY. I DON'T HAVE A DISCUSSION. YEAH, IT'S A GREAT PROJECT. BUT I DO WANT TO THANK OLIVIA AND JOANNE FOR CONSISTENTLY BEING AVAILABLE TO OUR RESIDENTS. I GET EMAILS THAT I SEND DIRECTLY TO YOU GUYS AND I GET AN EMAIL BACK WITHIN ABOUT A DAY OR LESS THAT YOU'VE ALREADY CALLED THEM OR BEEN TO THEIR HOME OR DONE AN ASSESSMENT. AND I CANNOT BELIEVE THE RESPONSE THAT WE GIVE TO OUR RESIDENTS, ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY'RE COMING TO US ASKING TO MAKE THEIR HOUSES MORE BEAUTIFUL OR FUNCTIONAL OR SAFE. SO I WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS AND REALLY GIVE YOU PROPS FOR TAKING CARE OF OUR RESIDENTS SO BEAUTIFULLY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND BEING THAT THE SEPTIC FUNDING HAS NOT YET COME THROUGH FROM THE STATE, BEING ABLE TO SEPARATE AT LEAST THE WATER AND GET THEM ON SAFE WATER IS A REALLY IMPORTANT PROJECT FOR THAT AREA. SO THANK YOU FOR WORKING ON THAT AND FOR DOING THE PAPERWORK AND GETTING IT THROUGH. [02:10:07] ALL RIGHT, ALL IN FAVOR. ALL RIGHT, I AND I HOST MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO. RESOLUTION FORTY THREE, TWENTY TWENTY ONE ON THE CLERK, PLEASE READ THE TITLE RESOLUTION 43, 2021, A RESOLUTION, THE CITY COUNCIL, THE CITY, PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA, [Items VIII.g. & VIII.h. ] APPROVING A MASTER SITE PLAN FOR THE 391 ACRE PANTHER NATIONAL MASTER PLAN, COMPRISING OF 218 SINGLE FAMILY UNITS IN THREE RESIDENTIAL PODS, A PRIVATE GOLF COURSE WITH THE CLUBHOUSE AND PARCELS FOR A LIFESTYLE CENTER, MAINTENANCE FACILITY AND SALES CENTER WITHIN THE RESIDENTIAL PARCEL PARCEL OF THE AVANIR PLANNED COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PCD THAT IS GENERALLY LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF NORTH LAKE BOULEVARD, EAST OF GREAT VIEW BOULEVARD, WEST OF BAY HILL DRIVE AND SOUTH OF BEELINED HIGHWAY IS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED HERE IN PROVIDING CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE FOR THE PURPOSES. OK, I'M GOING TO OPEN THE HEARING, ARE THERE ANY EXPERTIZE ON THIS PROJECT? NO. I HAVE A NEXT PARTY, I DID HAVE A TOUR WITH ROSA SCHECTER WITH THE LADIES GROUP, AND ALTHOUGH IT WASN'T SPECIFICALLY FOR THIS TOPIC, IT WAS ON AT THE AVENIR PROPERTY. OK. SO, ALL RIGHT, SO THAT WAS YOUR PART TIME RESOLUTION? FORTY THREE. YOU GOT IT. OK, CHELSEA, DO YOU HAVE ANY EXPERTIZE ON RESOLUTION FORTY THREE, NOT SPECIFIC TO FORTY THREE, BUT ANY ANY EXPERTIZE THAT I'VE HAD FOR PREVIOUS AVENIR PROPERTIES, BUT NOT SPECIFIC TO THIS, TO, TO THIS RESOLUTION. SO I'M NOT SURE IF I HAVE TO REPORT THAT I HAVE NO EXPERTIZE FOR RESOLUTION. FORTY THREE GIRL. HERE COMES MARC, SO WE WILL ASK HIM, DO YOU HAVE ANY EXPERTIZE PERTAINING TO RESOLUTION FORTY THREE, I APOLOGIZE, NOT SINCE THE LAST TIME WE HAD DISCUSSED THIS PROJECT, BUT OBVIOUSLY DROVE THE PROPERTY WITH DANNY AND ROSA BACK IN APRIL 22ND OF 2021. NO CONVERSATION SINCE, OK? MR. HARRY WELL, GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, FOR THE RECORD, DONALDSON HEARING HERE TONIGHT ON BEHALF OF AVENIR HOLDINGS LLC. AND WE HAVE BOTH ROSA SHECTER AND MANNY MATEO HERE WITH US THIS EVENING. WE ALSO HAVE, AS A MEMBER OF OUR TEAM, AS MR. ED WEINBERG, WHO IS OUR ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTANT AND WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE TO YOU TO TO MY LEFT MR. SCOTT HEDGE, WHO IS AN ARCHITECT, AND HE IS THE CEO OF PANTHERA NATIONAL, REPRESENTING THE THE DEVELOPER. AND SO I HAVE THE PLEASURE AND HONOR TO WORK WITH SCOTT FOR I THINK CLOSE TO 30 YEARS AGO, SCOTT WAS ONE OF THE ORIGINAL MASTER PLANNERS OF ABAKUA BACK IN THE EARLY DAYS. SO I CAN REMEMBER THOSE VERY FIRST DAYS WHEN WE STARTED, WE STARTED THAT PROJECT. SCOTT'S GOING TO GO AHEAD AND GIVE YOU AN INTRODUCTION AND TALK TO YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE THE INSPIRATION BEHIND PANTHER NATIONAL, WHAT IT'S INTENDED TO BE, AND TALK TO YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ITS UNIQUE ARCHITECTURE. AND THEN I WILL COME BACK AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE TWO PETITIONS THAT ARE IN FRONT OF YOU, WHICH INCLUDE THE THE MASTER PLAN AND THEN THE MAJOR CONDITIONAL USE AND SITE PLAN FOR THE GOLF COURSE. SO, SCOTT, JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, AFTER YOU'VE BEEN SWORN IN, CORRECT, MR. HEARING? I HAVE BEEN SWORN. THANK YOU. AND YOU AS WELL, SIR. THANK YOU, DON. GOOD EVENING, MADAME MAYOR AND COUNCIL. MY NAME IS SCOTT HEJ AND I HAVE BEEN SWORN IN EARLIER THIS EVENING. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO TO ADDRESS THE CITY. AS DONNA HAD MENTIONED, I'VE BEEN I'VE BEEN IN NORTH COUNTY FOR QUITE SOME TIME, JUST ACROSS THE STREET IN JUPITER, HAD BEEN WORKING IN THE IN THE JUPITER AREA FOR SOME 25, 30 YEARS, BUT ARE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME TO THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS AND THE GOLF MECCA OF THE WORLD AND THE ABILITY FOR US TO BRING WHAT WE THINK IS A VERY EXCITING PROJECT, NOT ONLY TO THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, BUT TO TO THE COUNTY. AND I'M HERE REPRESENTING PANTHERA NATIONAL, BROUGHT ALONG WITH ME AS DOMINIC SEN, WHO IS OUR PRESIDENT. HE'S FLOWN IN FROM SWITZERLAND JUST LAST WEEKEND TO BE HERE AND TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR HIM, FOR US AND PRETTY MUCH OUR VISIONARY IN TERMS OF HOW AND WHY WE STARTED PANTHERA NATIONAL AND THINKING LANDSTAR IN ROSA AND DANNY AMANEY FOR GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO BRING OUR VISION FOR A VERY HIGH AND GOLF COMMUNITY TO NOT [02:15:03] ONLY AVENIR, BUT TO PALM BEACH GARDENS. THE THE APPLICATION THAT YOU SEE TONIGHT IS IS IS PRETTY MUCH THE SKELETON, IF YOU WILL, FOR WHAT PANTHERA NATIONAL WILL WILL BE AND WHAT WE'LL BE PRESENTING TO YOU IN FUTURE APPLICATIONS. THIS ALLOWS US TO TO GAIN THE ENTITLEMENTS AND THE PERMISSION FOR THE TWO HUNDRED AND EIGHTEEN UNITS THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR ON ROUGHLY 400 ACRES. IT INCLUDES THE LET ME SEE IF I CAN SCROLL THROUGH HERE. APOLOGIZE. PANTHER NATIONAL REALLY IS IS A IS A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT WAY OF LOOKING AT GOLF COURSE COMMUNITIES AND THE ENVISION THAT THE VISION THAT WE HAVE FOR BRINGING A VERY HIGH END LUXURY GOLF COMMUNITY TO AVENIR. IT'S REFERRED TO AS EFFORTLESS AND REFINED LIFESTYLE, AND IT WILL PROVIDE A DIFFERENTIATION IN THE MARKETPLACE THAT WE FEEL IS NOT BEING MET AND IS NOT THERE TODAY. PALM BEACH GARDENS IS BLESSED WITH MANY VERY HIGH END AND VERY WELL-KNOWN GOLF COMMUNITIES, AND WE THINK THAT WE ARE A COMPLEMENT TO THAT AND WE'LL HAVE A VERY NICE NICHE IN THE MARKETPLACE. PANTHERA NATIONALS IS A CONTEMPORARY LIFESTYLE COMMUNITY, CONTEMPORARY IN EVERY SENSE OF THE WORD, FROM ARCHITECTURE, FROM DESIGN, FROM THE FROM THE AMENITIES AND THE SERVICES THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE PROVIDING. WE BRING THAT THROUGH OUR GUIDANCE FROM MR. SIN AND A VERY EUROPEAN FLAVOR, IF YOU WILL, IN TERMS OF HOW NOT ONLY GUESTS ARE TREATED, BUT WHAT YOUR EXPECTATIONS ARE. AND THAT LEVEL OF SERVICE, IT'S RELAXED, IT'S REFINED, BUT IT'S RELAXED. IT'S NOT A TIE AND SUIT DINING ROOM. IT'S MORE OF A CASUAL ATMOSPHERE. THE FORMALITIES OF THOSE TYPES OF CLUBS ARE BEING REPLACED WITH SOMETHING THAT IS MORE FAMILY FRIENDLY AND SOME PLACE THAT YOU CAN GO THERE AND BE VERY RELAXED IN TERMS OF THE ENVIRONMENT THAT WE WILL CREATE NOT ONLY IN OUR CLUB, BUT IN THE LIFESTYLE CENTERS, THE STREETS, THE PATHWAYS, THE ENVIRONMENT, THE GOLF COURSE, ET CETERA. AS I SAID, WE BRING A LOT OF THE INFLUENCE FROM EUROPE IN TERMS OF WHAT WE WILL BRING TO PANTHER NATIONAL AND OUR HOMES OF TWO HUNDRED EIGHTEEN SITES WILL SURROUND A CORE, VERY IMPORTANT ELEMENT OF THAT CORE 18 HOLE CHAMPIONSHIP GOLF COURSE, THE GOLF COURSE UNINTERRUPTED BY RESIDENTIAL THAT YOU WOULD TYPICALLY FIND IN A IN A RESIDENTIAL GOLF COURSE COMMUNITY HIT IN TODAY'S DEVELOPMENT WORLD. SO WE'VE GONE TO GREAT LENGTHS TO CREATE A GOLF COURSE FOR THE PURE GOLFER, AS WELL AS TO A MENOTTI'S THAT WITH OUR HOMES THAT ARE ON THE PERIMETER AND ALSO ENHANCED BY THE ADJACENCY TO THE CONSERVATION AREA, WE'RE LUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE, I THINK, THE BEST PIECE OF LAND IN AVENIR IN THE NORTHWEST CORNER. IT ABUTS THE CONSERVATION AREA IN WHICH WE CAN HAVE LONG VIEWS TO THE NORTH AND HOMES THAT ARE ON SITES ON THE GOLF COURSE THAT HAVE LONG VIEWS TO THE SOUTH. SO OUR SITE IS REALLY UNIQUE AND THE ABILITY FOR US TO CREATE THIS CORPS JACK NICKLAUS DESIGNED GOLF COURSE IS VERY SPECIAL. THE ADDITION TO THE WHOLE GOLF COURSE IS WE PART OF OUR TRAINING FACILITIES AND PART OF THE GOLF EXPERIENCE WILL BE A PAR THREE NINE HOLE PAR THREE GOLF COURSE THAT WILL ALSO BE AVAILABLE FOR. MEMBERSHIPS EVEN FOR PEOPLE WHO NOT GOLF MEMBERS, BUT SOCIAL MEMBERS TO THE OVERALL CLUB, IT IS A GATED PRIVATE GOLF CLUB COMMUNITY. SO WE'LL HAVE DIFFERENT AVAILABILITY IN TERMS OF PLAYING THE WHOLE COURSE AND OR OUR PAR THREE COURSE. THE 218 HOMES THAT WE'RE PROPOSING WILL BE ON A THIRD ACRE LOTS, HALF ACRE LOTS AND ONE ACRE LOTS. SO THE THE HOME SITES ARE FAIRLY LARGE, ARE OUR HOUSES WILL RANGE PROBABLY IN 4000 SQUARE FEET OF AREA TO 7000 SQUARE FEET. WE ARE SELF PERFORMING AND WE'LL BE BUILDING ALL OF THE HOMES. SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT AS WELL. IN TERMS OF SOME OF YOUR OTHER GOLF COMMUNITIES WHERE THEY WERE SELLING TO HOMEBUILDERS OR CUSTOM BUILDERS, WE WILL BE SELL, PERFORM. WE WILL BE BUILDING ALL OF THE HOMES IN PANTHERA NATIONAL. THE ARCHITECTURE IS DESIGNED AS A SARASOTA SCHOOL OF MODERN ARCHITECTURE, IF YOU WILL, MAX STRANG IS OUR LEAD DESIGNER. HE'S FROM MIAMI AND ALSO HAS OFFICES IN THE WEST COAST. HE'S KNOWN FOR HIS ARCHITECTURE AS ENVIRONMENTAL MODERNISM, IF YOU WILL. [02:20:06] THAT'S BECAUSE MOST OF HIS HOMES HAVE A GREAT DEAL OF LIGHT. THEY THEY EMBRACE THE EXTERIOR AS WELL AS THE INTERIOR SPACES. SO YOU THE WAY THAT YOU LIVE IN THAT YOU FEEL INSIDE THE HOMES AS WELL AS OUR CLUB AMENITIES WILL BE COMPLETELY DIFFERENT THAN WHAT YOU'VE SEEN, IF YOU WILL, IN SOME OF THE OLDER, MORE MEDITERRANEAN STYLE HOMES OR STYLES THAT YOU SEE IN PALM BEACH GARDENS. SO, AGAIN, WE THINK IT'S A COMPLEMENT TO A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT YOU GUYS HAVE IN THE CITY THAT WILL ALLOW US TO THRIVE AND BE VERY SUCCESSFUL. THIS IS A PHOTOGRAPH OF MAX, WHO'S OUR LEAD DESIGNER. AND TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF THE TYPE OF ARCHITECTURE THAT WE ARE ENVISIONING TO EMBRACE AT INTERNATIONAL, A LOT OF THE THE THE ARCHITECTURE TAKES ITS CUES FROM NATURAL MATERIALS. YOU'LL SEE A LOT OF KEYSTONE, A LOT OF WOOD. THERE'S A LOT OF GLASS THAT LEADS YOUR HOMES TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE IN TERMS OF FLORIDA STYLE LIVING IN THE ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH YOU CAN OPEN THINGS UP AND HAVE INDOORS, OUTDOORS AND VERY, VERY ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY AND SUSTAINABLE. SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY TO BRING THIS TYPE OF ARCHITECTURE TO PANTHER NATIONAL AND TO AVENIR, AS WELL AS THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS. AND THIS MOTIF OR THIS STYLE OF ARCHITECTURE WILL BE UTILIZED THROUGHOUT FROM THE MAIN GATE. AS YOU COME INTO PANTHER NATIONAL, YOU IMMEDIATELY BE GREETED BY A ENTRY SIGN. THAT IS NOT WHAT WOULD BE TYPICAL, IF YOU WILL, IN THE ENTRY WAY. WE'RE DESIGNING WITH TOM LUISITO, WHO IS LOCAL LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT, AS WELL AS WITH DON'S OFFICE, TO CREATE A SEAMLESS TRANSITION, IF YOU WILL, FROM THE CONSERVATION AREA INTO THE GATES AND BRING IN A LOT OF LANDSCAPING AND AND NATURAL MATERIALS AND ELEMENTS FROM THE THE TYPE OF DRIVEWAY USING MORE KOOKINESS, STONE DRIVE VERSUS ASPHALT PAVERS OR ASPHALT OR PAVERS, IF YOU WILL, AND REALLY DIFFERENTIATING OUR STYLE THROUGHOUT THE PROJECT. HERE IS IMAGE OF THE GUARDHOUSE AS YOU WOULD ENTER INTO PANTHER NATIONAL. AND AGAIN, A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT YOU'LL SEE THERE, WE DON'T USE A LOT OF COLORS THAT ARE JUST FOR VARIATION. YOU GET A LOT OF THE COLOR AND A LOT OF THE SCHEME FROM THE NATURAL MATERIAL. AND YOU'LL SEE THAT THROUGHOUT THE PROJECT WE'RE DEVELOPING OUR PATTERN BOOK. WE'RE DEVELOPING THE ARCHITECTURE THAT WE'LL BE BRINGING BACK TO HERE SOON, HOPEFULLY. AND YOU'LL BE ABLE TO GET A BETTER FEEL FOR HOW PANTHER NATIONAL WILL THEN INVITE YOU IN AND BECOME PART OF THIS ENVIRONMENT. AND THE GOLF COURSE AND THE AND THE HOMES WILL BE SEAMLESS FROM WITHIN THE GATES OUT INTO THE CONSERVATION AREA. SO I KNOW OUR APPLICATION DOESN'T GIVE YOU A LOT OF THAT FLAVOR. SO I JUST WANTED TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT FOR PANTHER NATIONAL. AND THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH THE CITY AND STAFF FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS TO GET THIS TO THIS POINT. AND WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO BE HERE. THANK YOU, SCOTT. REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. SO TONIGHT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE TWO PETITIONS, RESOLUTION FORTY THREE TO TWENTY TWENTY ONE, WHICH IS THE MASTER PLAN, APPROVAL FOR THIS PARTICULAR QUADRANT OF AVENIR. THREE HUNDRED AND NINETY ONE PLUS ACRES, AND THEN RESOLUTION 44, WHICH IS FOR THE GOLF COURSE SITE PLAN AND THEN THE MAJOR CONDITIONAL USE. SO A GOLF COURSE IS CONSIDERED ALLOWABLE UNDER THE APPROVED AVENIR DESIGN GUIDELINES, SUBJECT TO YOUR APPROVAL OF A MAJOR CONDITIONAL USE. SO THAT'S WHAT WE ARE ASKING FOR THIS EVENING, AS SCOTT POINTED OUT. AND ON THIS SIDE, THERE'S A PICTURE OF REALLY THE MAJORITY OF THE CITY IN THE MAJOR COMMUNITIES THAT WE HAVE. BUT THE PANTHER NATIONAL REALLY IS LOCATED IN A VERY UNIQUE SETTING, LOCATED IMMEDIATELY WEST OF COCONUT AT THE EXTREME NORTH AND ADJACENT TO THE AVENIR CONSERVATION AREA AND THEN ZOOMING IN ON IT. THIS IS AN ILLUSTRATIVE MASTER PLAN OF AVENIR. THIS DEPICTS MANY OF THE COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE BEEN COMPLETED, THOSE EAST OF COCONUT AND THOSE THAT ARE ALSO IN THE PROCESS THROUGH THE ZONING PROCESS. TODAY, WE'LL BE FOCUSING ON THE THREE HUNDRED NINETY ONE ACRES, AS I MENTIONED, IMMEDIATELY WEST OF OF COCONUT AND ABUTTING THE AVENIR CONSERVATION AREA. SO AS SCOTT HAD POINTED OUT, THIS WILL PROBABLY BE PROBABLY THE LOWEST DENSITY COMMUNITY THAT YOU'LL HAVE WITHIN AVENIR. THERE'S ONLY TWO HUNDRED AND EIGHTEEN HOMES. [02:25:02] THE GOLF COURSE ITSELF IS TWO HUNDRED PLUS ACRES. SO IT'S A VERY LOW DENSITY. WE'LL END UP HAVING THREE DIFFERENT LOT SIZES, A THIRD ACRE LOT, WHICH IS STILL A VERY GOOD SIZE LOT, HALF ACRE LOTS AND ONE ACRE LOT. SO A NICE MIXTURE OF LOTS SIZES. THE COMMUNITY WILL HAVE TO ACCESS POINTS. THE FIRST ACCESS POINT WILL BE OFF OF COCONUT DRIVE, WHICH IS CURRENTLY BEING EXTENDED ALL THE WAY TO THE SITE WHERE THE STAR IS ON THE SCREEN AND THE SECOND SIGHT OR ACCESS POINT WOULD BE OFF OF SPAIN ROAD SIX AT THE VERY NORTH END OF WHAT WE REFER TO AS SPAIN ROAD SIX. I DON'T KNOW IF IT HAS A MORE ELOQUENT NAME YET, BUT WE REFER TO THAT IS AS SPINED ROAD SIX AVENIR DRIVE, WHICH WE REFER TO IS SPINED ROAD FIVE AND FIVE WILL EXTEND WEST OF COCONUT AND CONNECT TO SPAIN. ROAD SIX IS TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF THE OVERALL CIRCULATION POINTS OR TWO PRIMARY POINTS OF INGRESS AND EGRESS OUT OF THE SITE. EVENTUALLY, OF COURSE, COCONUT WILL EXTEND NORTH TO NORTH LAKE BOULEVARD. BOTH OF THOSE ACCESS POINTS WILL BE GATED, AS WE'LL SHOW YOU AGAIN. JUST AGAIN, IN TERMS OF THE DATE OF THE SITE, THE GOLF COURSE ITSELF, AGAIN, THIS WILL BE A CORE CHAMPIONSHIP. EIGHTEEN HOLE COURSE, JACK NICKLAUS SIGNATURE COURSE. TWO HUNDRED ACRES. AND THEN WE HAVE A PAR THREE TRAINING COURSE EXECUTIVE COURSE, AS WELL AS OTHER FACILITIES LOCATED ON A 16 ACRE PARCEL. AND THEN THE RESIDENTIAL PARCELS, WHICH I'LL GO INTO IN A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL AS WE GET INTO THE SITE TOGETHER WITH SUPPORT AND CLUBHOUSE FACILITIES. THIS IS THE MASTER PLAN. SO THE INTENT OF THIS DOCUMENT IS BASICALLY TO TAKE THE EXISTING LARGE BUBBLE ON THE OVERALL AVANIR PCD MASTER PLAN AND JUST REALLY BREAK IT DOWN INTO THE VARIETY AND THE DIFFERENCE OF USES THAT WE HAVE ON THE SITE. IT WILL INCLUDE WHAT WE REFER TO RIGHT NOW IS STREET ONE AND TWO. SO THIS IS THE MAIN CORE STREET WHICH WILL EXTEND FROM COCONUT ALL THE WAY TO TO THE WEST AND CONNECT TO SPAIN ROAD SIX. SO THAT'S INCLUDED AS A PART OF THIS PLAN. THIS EVENING, WE ARE IMPLEMENTING THE REQUIRED FIREBREAK, WHICH IS A REQUIREMENT OF THE MASTER PLAN. WE ALSO HAVE A 40 FOOT LANDSCAPED BUFFER THAT WILL GO ALONG OUR NORTHERN BOUNDARY AND WE WILL ACTUALLY INCLUDE A WALL ALONG THAT BOUNDARY AS WELL. SO WE HAVE A LOT OF PROTECTION THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE SITE, ALONG THE ROADWAY, IN ADDITION TO THE EXISTING BUFFERS THAT ARE WITHIN THE COCONUT BOULEVARD MASTER PLAN. AND I HAVE A CROSS CROSS SECTION OF THAT THAT I CAN SHOW YOU LATER. THERE'S AN ADDITIONAL 15 FEET TO EVERYTHING THAT'S ALREADY INCLUDED WITHIN THE COCONUT BOULEVARD MASTER PLAN AND ITS 40 FOOT PARKWAY BUFFER. AND THEN THERE'S ANOTHER 15 FOOT BUFFER ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE 40 FOOT BUFFER. SO THERE'S A LOT OF LANDSCAPING AND A LOT OF BUFFERING ADJACENT TO THE SITE ALONG OUR PERIMETERS. WE WILL HAVE A TWENTY FIVE FOOT. LANDSCAPE OFFER FOR THE MOST OF THAT, WE WILL HAVE AN EIGHT FOOT HIGH WALL, WHICH WILL BE ON BASICALLY ON THE PROPERTY LINE AT THE TOP OF A BERM, AND IT IS ANTICIPATED THAT THE PROPERTY'S ADJACENT TO THE SOUTH AND TO THE WEST WILL ALSO HAVE THEIR OWN TWENTY FIVE FOOT BUFFER. AND I'VE GOT A SIMPLE CROSS SECTION THAT I WILL SHOW YOU AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT POD. NUMBER 12 IS OUR ONE THIRD LOT PLAN. SO PAD NUMBER 12, WILL IS ABOUT 70 ACRES IN SIZE ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY NINE ONE THIRD ACRE LOTS. WE HAVE POD 13. IT'S ABOUT TWENTY SEVEN ACRES IN SIZE. JUST HAS A FEW LOTS ACTUALLY. IT HAS A SERIES OF OF THE HALF ACRE LOTS AND ONE ACRE LOTS AND POD 14 IS THE SAME, ABOUT FORTY ONE AND A HALF ACRES WITH A FORTY THREE 1/2 ACRE LOTS AND NINE LARGE ONE ACRE LOTS. AND WE HOPE TO HAVE THIS BEFORE YOU SOMETIME IN OCTOBER AND YOU'LL BE VERY EXCITED TO SEE THAT. AND THAT WILL COME ALONG WITH OUR ARCHITECTURAL PATTERN BOOK BEING DEVELOPED. WE WILL HAVE A MAINTENANCE FACILITY. WE'VE ACTUALLY TWO MAINTENANCE FACILITIES. THE ONE ON THE ON THE WEST SIDE OF SPINE ROAD SIX WILL BE A NURSERY FACILITY FOR GROWING TURF, TREES AND OTHER THINGS TO SUPPORT THE GOLF COURSE. WE'LL HAVE A LIFESTYLE CENTER THAT WILL COME BACK, THAT WILL COME BACK WITH A SERIES OF RECREATIONAL AMENITIES WHICH WILL COME BACK TO YOU UNDER A SEPARATE PETITION AS A AS A MAJOR SITE PLAN. [02:30:04] WE WILL HAVE A SALES CENTER, THE SALES CENTER WILL PROVIDE FOR REAL ESTATE SALES BY PANTHERA NATIONAL. IT WILL BE OWNED BY PANTHERA NATIONAL THROUGHOUT THE THE COURSE OF THE SALE OF THE COMMUNITY. AND THEN IT WILL BE CONVERTED TO THE CLUBHOUSE FOR THE PAR THREE AND GOLF TRAINING FACILITY. SO THAT'S ALL BEEN CONTEMPLATED AS A PART OF THE PLAN. AND THEN THE CLUBHOUSE ITSELF, 10 ACRE PARCEL, AND THAT WILL COME BACK BEFORE YOU WITH A FULL SIZE PLAN, REVIEW AND APPROVAL SOMETIME IN THE FUTURE. SO THIS IS THE THE MASTER PLAN SHOWS YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL. OF COURSE, THE PODS ARE COMING BACK BEFORE YOU POD 12 IN THE IN THE IN THE IN THE PEACH, THE POD 13 WITH THE BLUE AND THE PURPLE LOCATED ADJACENT TO POD 12 AND THEN ON THE EAST SIDE POD 14, WHICH ARE THE LARGE LOTS, THE HALF ACRE AND ONE ACRE LOT. SO SCOTT HAD POINTED OUT YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THEY CALL THIS A CORE CHAMPIONSHIP COURSE, AND THAT'S BECAUSE IT DOESN'T HAVE IT'S A CONSOLIDATED COURSE. SO WHEN YOU'RE OUT THERE AND PLAY IT AS A MUCH MORE EXCITING FEEL, IT'S NOT YOU'RE NOT RUNNING THROUGH CORRIDORS OF HOUSING. AND IT DOES HAVE SPECIFICALLY BY DESIGN AND ENGAGEMENT TO THE CONSERVATION AREA TO BRING THE CONSERVATION AREA INTO INTO THE SITE. TWO POINTS OF INGRESS AND EGRESS, AS POINTED OUT, ONE FROM COCONUT, ONE FROM SPAIN, ROAD SIX. BOTH OF THOSE WILL BE GATED ENTRANCEWAYS. WE ALSO HAVE ACCESS AND COORDINATED WITH PUBLIC SAFETY AND YOUR FIRE DEPARTMENT TO ENSURE ADDITIONAL ACCESS POINTS TO THE CONSERVATION AREA, TO THE FIREBREAK. WE'VE DESIGNED THE FIREBREAK AREA TO PROVIDE FOR THE ABILITY TO HAVE FIRE ACCESS OR A FIRE TRUCK AND CAN RUN IN THOSE AREAS IN THE EVENT THAT THERE IS A NEED. AND THEN ON THE EXTREME WEST END, THE LITTLE ARROW OVER HERE, WE ANTICIPATE A AN EMERGENCY ACCESS OUT OF THAT POD, WHICH WILL TIE INTO THE ADJACENT RESIDENTIAL PARCEL WHEN IT MOVES FORWARD. AND WE'LL BE SHOWING YOU WHAT IS PROPOSED FOR OUR CORE ROAD THAT COMES THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT, WHICH IS WHAT I'LL BE SHOWING YOU RIGHT NOW. SO THIS IS WHAT WE CALL OUR CORE ROAD THAT COMES THROUGH THE SITE. IT WILL BE PROVIDING ACCESS TO EACH OF THE DEVELOPMENT PODS TO THE GOLF COURSE, TO THE CLUBHOUSE, AS WELL AS TO THE LIFESTYLE CENTER WILL HAVE A NICE ENTRY SIGN. SCOTT SHOWED THAT TO YOU. I'LL SHOW THAT TO YOU AGAIN TO GUARD HOUSES, A NICE ENTRY FEATURE IN THE ENTRANCE WAY. WE HAVE A 12 FOOT MULTIMODAL PATH WHICH WILL BE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE ROAD, AND THERE'LL ALSO BE A PORTION OF 12 FOOT PATH ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE ROAD. AND THEN THE PATHWAY THAT'S LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE WILL BE A EIGHT FOOT PATHWAY, WHICH IS STILL A VERY LARGE AND GENEROUS PEDESTRIAN PATHWAY. IN ADDITION TO THE THE RIGHT OF WAY THAT'S ASSOCIATED WITH THE ROAD, WE ARE PROPOSING A 40 FOOT PARKWAY BUFFER FOR OUR CORE ROAD, WHICH IS INTERNAL TO OUR OUR SITE. AND THESE ARE THE VARIOUS ACCESS POINTS THAT ARE SHOWN. THERE WILL BE ALSO MAINTENANCE ACCESS TO THE GOLF AND TO THE MAINTENANCE FACILITIES THAT ARE THAT IS CONTEMPLATED. LET ME SHOW YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT STREET WAY STREET NUMBER ONE. WE'LL HAVE A PARKWAY ASSOCIATED WITH IT. STREET NUMBER ONE WILL ALSO HAVE A BUFFER. SO THERE'S A THERE IS A BUFFER ON THE SOUTH SIDE. TWENTY FIVE FOOT BUFFER UP TO THE SOUTHERN BOUNDARY. AND SO THIS IS A CROSS SECTION OF THAT. I WON'T BELABOR IT, BUT TO SAY THAT WE HAVE, IN ADDITION TO THE ROADWAY AND ALL THE BEAUTIFUL LANDSCAPING THAT'S IN THE ROADWAY, IN THE NATURAL SETTING, WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR MULTIMODAL PATH, WHICH IS ILLUMINATED WITH LIGHTS, AS WELL AS A MEANDERING PATHWAY ON ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE ROADWAY, EIGHT FEET WIDE, STILL VERY AMPLE FOR BICYCLES AND PEDESTRIANS WITH OUR BUFFER ALONG THE SOUTH SIDE. AS SCOTT HAD POINTED OUT, THIS IS A VERY HIGH END, EXCLUSIVE COMMUNITY. PRIVACY IS CRITICAL. SO VERY MUCH SO. LIKE THE BEARS CLUB. VERY MUCH SO. LIKE THE THE COMMUNITY YOU HAVE RIGHT HERE ON PGA BOULEVARD. THAT'S XSCAPE. OH, VERY MUCH SO. LIKE LIKE THAT. SO SECURITY IS IS KEY. AND SO THAT'S WHY WE HAVE WALLS. WE WANT PEOPLE TO BE FEEL THAT THIS IS AN EXTREMELY, VERY LAID BACK BUT EXTREMELY EXCLUSIVE ENVIRONMENT. THIS IS A VIEW OF THE CORPS ROAD. AND SO YOU'RE LOOKING ACROSS AT THE 40 FOOT PARKWAY BUFFER WITH THE GOLF COURSE BACK IN [02:35:01] THE BACKGROUND. LANDSCAPING IS VERY, VERY NATURAL, AND SO WE TALK ABOUT SUSTAINABILITY. WE'RE LOOKING AT A VERY NATURAL PALETTE. THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW, JUST FILLED WITH EXPENSIVE SIGNATURE PALMS, BUT REALLY A VERY SUSTAINABLE KIND OF A DIFFERENT LESS IS MORE BUT QUALITY APPROACH. TOM LOZITO, WHO IS THE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT WORKING ON THESE ELEMENTS, VERY WELL KNOWN FOR THE WORK THAT HE DID ON METALIST, ALSO THE BEARS CLUB. AND SO IT'S THAT LEVEL OF QUALITY THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT BRINGING TO THE SITE. SO IT'S A VERY, VERY NICE, NICE PALETTE IN A LUXURY AND IN THE INTEREST OF TIME, I WON'T RUN THROUGH THE ENTIRE PALETTE, BUT IT'S IT'S NATIVE. WE ARE PUTTING IN A FEW ACRES, BANGLADESH VERSUS A BANYAN TREE, THE SIGNATURE TREE OF THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS. SO WE HAD SEVERAL OF THOSE PROPOSED, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF STOPPERS, A LOT OF OAK TREES, A LOT OF FLOWERING TREES, A LOT OF SUSTAINABLE VEGETATION. THAT ALSO CREATES TEXTURE IN TERMS OF THE GRASSES AS WELL AS THE COLOR TEXTURE WITH THINGS LIKE PANAMA ROSE AND THE NATIVE FIRE BUSH WHILE COFFEE A LOT OF THE GRASSES TO CREATE THAT FEEL THAT SCOTT WAS TRYING TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT IN THE IN THE GOLF COURSE. AND OF COURSE, OF COURSE, LATERAL PLANTINGS ARE A COMPONENT OF WHAT WE'RE DOING. SO A LOT OF NATIVE SUSTAINABLE PLANTINGS WHICH ALSO SUPPORT AND REDUCE OUR WATER DEMAND FOR THE OVERALL GOLF COURSE AS WELL. NOW, THIS IS THE ENTRANCE WAY. AND SO ILLUSTRATIVE GRAPHIC HERE DOES REPRESENT THE LANDSCAPING THAT IS PROPOSED, THE GARDEN GATE THAT SCOTT HAD POINTED OUT, THE MONUMENT SIGN, WHICH IS REALLY VERY, VERY INTERESTING IN TERMS OF AN ENTRY APPROACH, VERY DIFFERENT FROM WHAT WE TYPICALLY ARE SEEING. IT DOES INCORPORATE THE ULLYOT, WHICH IS A REQUIREMENT OF THE DESIGN GUIDELINES, BUT IT ALSO INCLUDES SOME SOME FORMED CONCRETE KIND OF USING NATURAL SURFACES, USING THE WOOD REAL WOOD FORMS TO CREATE A NATURAL LOOK, A NICE LITTLE ENTRY FEATURE. THIS IS JUST AN INTERESTING FEATURE WHERE RESIDENTS WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO, AS THEY CROSS THROUGH THE 12 FOOT MULTIMODAL PATH ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE ROAD, THEY'LL PASS THROUGH A LITTLE WATER FEATURE. IT'S ALIGNED LAKE SYSTEM, WHICH WOULD JUST BE JUST KIND OF A FUN FEATURE THAT'S THERE TO BOARDWALK. THEY'LL BE ABLE TO WALK ACROSS IT OR TAKE THEIR BIKE ACROSS THAT. WE DO HAVE SPECIALTY LIGHTING THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY. SO THROUGHOUT A NUMBER OF THE AREAS IN AVENIR, WHAT TYPICALLY THE COMMUNITIES HAVE BEEN USING IS THE THE MORE DECORATIVE F.P. AND LIGHT. THESE ARE ALL MUCH MORE CUSTOM HIGH END LIGHTS THAT ARE USED THROUGHOUT DIFFERENT SIZES, DEPENDING ON WHERE WE'RE USING THEM IN TERMS OF WHETHER IT'S A PEDESTRIAN ORIENTATION OR IF IT'S ASSOCIATED WITH THE STREET. AND SO THESE ARE ALL LEDS. SO THOSE THESE TWO ARE VERY, VERY SUSTAINABLE, ALL DOWN LIGHT. SO THERE'S NO NO NO GLARE CREATED BY THEM. AND THEN IN THE PODS, WE EVEN HAVE A FAMILY OF BOLLARDS THAT TIES INTO TO THESE. SO THIS SAME LIGHT IS NOT ONLY BEING USED ON THE ROAD, BUT WILL ALSO BE BROUGHT IN TO EACH OF THE RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES. NOW, I'M JUST SHOWING THIS IS A MORE OF A CONSTRUCTION DRAWING OF THE ENTRANCE. AND I'LL GO TO THE GRAPHIC AND TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF THE THE LEVEL OF INTEREST AND HOW MAX AND HIS TEAM, YOU KNOW, TRY TO TAKE MATERIALS. THIS IS FORMED OUT OF CONCRETE WITH A LIGHT ACCENT, PIECES, BUT UTILIZING NATURAL WOOD TO CREATE THAT THAT FORM. SO IT WILL AGE EFFORTLESSLY AND WE'LL CERTAINLY STAND THE TEST OF TIME. THESE ARE SOME OF THOSE MATERIALS. SO YOU CAN SEE THE THE NATURAL WOOD IN THE FORMWORK. AND THAT'S INTENTION TO CREATE THAT KIND OF VARIETY, THAT SHADE AND THAT SHADOW. AND SO WE'RE USING THOSE TWO ELEMENTS WITH THE NATURAL LANDSCAPE. SO THIS IS A PERSPECTIVE VIEW SIMILAR TO WHAT SCOTT HAD SHOWED YOU EARLIER AGAIN AND IN THE HARDSCAPE GOING TO MORE OF THE TABBY'S AS OPPOSED TO WHAT WE SEE SO COMMONLY. IS A PAVER REALLY A MUCH MORE HIGHER AND TYPE OF A FINISH? THIS IS THE GUARDHOUSE. BUT JUST TO SHOW YOU THE DIFFERENT FINISHES. SO THE SAME MATERIALS, THE GLASS, YOU KNOW, ALUMINUM, SIMULATED SIDING, AS WELL AS THE CONCRETE FORM BOARD WITH THE RAW FINISH REALLY CREATES A GREAT LOOK. SO THIS IS THE GUARDHOUSE. THIS IS HAS A FULL 14 FOOT CLEAR HEIGHT. AGAIN, THE FIRE SAFETY REQUIREMENTS AND DOT REQUIREMENTS THROUGHOUT THE STATE IS 13 FEET SIX. SO EVEN THE BRIDGES ON ON ON THE. [02:40:02] TURNPIKE IN 95 ARE 13 FEET, SIX WERE ACTUALLY HIGHER THAN THAT, BUT IN ADDITION, YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO GO AROUND AS WELL. SO IT'S A NICE AND NICE SCALE. BUT AGAIN, TRYING TO SET THAT STAGE OF HOW WE TAKE THESE FORMS BUT INTEGRATE THEM INTO A VERY, VERY NATIVE LANDSCAPE. IT'S PART OF THAT ENVIRONMENTAL, CONTEMPORARY ARCHITECTURAL FEEL. THIS IS A VIEW REALLY AT AT THE FIRST INTERSECTION WHEN YOU COME TO POD 14 TO THE RIGHT, AS YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE MULTIMODAL PATHWAY, THE 12 FEET ON THE RIGHT SIDE, LOOKING OFF INTO THE GOLF COURSE AND JUST POINTING OUT A BEAUTIFUL BANYAN TREE SIGNATURE BANYAN TREE HERE ON THE ON THE RIGHT AT THE ENTRANCE WAY. SO WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO INTRODUCE MAKE IT BE PALM BEACH GARDENS CENTRIC AND YET BE VERY UNIQUE IN ITS OWN SETTING. HERE'S ANOTHER VIEW. AND JUST TO KIND OF GIVE YOU THE FLAVOR, YOU'RE NOT SEEING A WHOLE BUNCH OF BISMARCK PALMS. AND SILVESTER SAYS THEY'RE NICE, THEY HAVE THEIR PLACE. BUT THIS IS REALLY A MUCH MORE KIND OF AN UNDERSTATED, CASUAL ELEGANCE THAT'S BEEN BROUGHT TO THE SITE RELATIVE TO THE THE GOLF COURSE. WE ARE ASKING FOR SITE PLAN APPROVAL AND MAJOR CONDITIONAL USE SINCE THE COUPLE. JUST SIMPLE THINGS I WANT TO POINT OUT TO YOU, THIS IS THE LOCATION ON THE AVANIR PCD MASTER PLAN. SO THIS IS JUST BEING REFLECTED ON THE PCD MASTER PLAN. AND THE GUIDELINES REQUIRE THAT THE GOLF COURSE BE LOCATED TO THE WEST OF COCONUT AND NORTH OF SPAIN, ROAD FIVE AND FIVE B AND THIS MEETS THAT CRITERIA. THAT'S REALLY WHAT THE INTENT OF THAT THAT SLIDE IS. AGAIN, THIS IS THE GOLF COURSE AND THE GOLF COURSE TYPE SITE PLAN BEING DONE BY THE NICKLAUS GROUP. AND AGAIN, THIS IS ONE OF THE VERY FEW JACK NICKLAUS SIGNATURE COURSES THAT JACK IS WORKING ON THIS COURSE. AND THERE'S A LIMITED NUMBER OF THOSE AROUND THE WORLD. AND SO I KNOW I'M VERY EXCITED TO SEE ANOTHER JACK NICKLAUS SIGNATURE COURSE HERE IN THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS WHERE WHERE IT BELONGS. AND SO THIS WILL BE THE CLUBHOUSE. AND THE ACCESS TO THE CLUBHOUSE MAINTENANCE AREA IS DEFINITELY GREAT BUFFERS ALONG THE ROAD. AND JUST LET ME JUST HIGHLIGHT THAT JUST QUICKLY. I KNOW THAT THIS IS A BLACK AND WHITE CROSS SECTION, BUT THE 80 FOOT RIGHT OF WAY IS PART OF COCONUT BOULEVARD. AND THEN IN ADDITION TO THE 80 FEET THAT SINK WAS INCLUDED IN WHAT YOU'VE ALREADY APPROVED IN COCONUT, THERE IS A 40 FOOT BUFFER TRACT AND THEN THERE IS AN ADDITIONAL 15 FOOT BUFFER TRACT ADJACENT TO THE RESIDENTIAL. AND THEN WE HAVE ADJACENT TO THE GOLF COURSE AREA, ANOTHER 27 FEET OF LANDSCAPING, WHICH INCLUDES AN EIGHT FOOT WALL. SO REALLY A STRONG BUFFER. WE HAVE VERY LIMITED FRONTAGE ALONG THAT ALONG COCONUT. BUT IN THAT FRONTAGE THAT WE HAVE, IT WILL BE VERY, VERY DENSE AND VERY, VERY NICE CONSERVATION AREA. JUST IF YOU HAD ANY QUESTIONS THERE, WE WE HAVE WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH YOUR ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT AND YOUR FIRE DEPARTMENT. SO WE SET UP A VERY, VERY GOOD PLAN. WE HAVE WITHIN THE FIREBREAK AREA. WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO HAVE A FLAT AREA HERE THAT WORKS VERY, VERY, VERY, VERY WELL TO PROVIDE FIRE ACCESS. AND THEN THIS IS THE CONSERVATION AREA OUT TO THE OUT TO THE OUTER SIDE. AND THEY ALSO HAVE A FLAT AREA WHERE THEY HAVE ACCESS. WE ALSO HAVE A BERM THERE. SO ALL OF THE WATER THAT OCCURS INSIDE THIS SITE, ANY OF THE DRAINAGE, ANY OF THE DRAINAGE FROM THE GOLF COURSE, EVERYTHING FLOWS INTO THE SITE, INTO THE INTERIOR LAKES WHERE IT'S REQUIRED TO MEET WATER QUALITY STANDARDS. AND THEN IT ULTIMATELY WILL FIND ITS WAY TO THE PUMP STATION, WHICH IS, I THINK, CLOSE TO BEING UNDER CONSTRUCTION, LOCATED AT THE REALLY THE EASTERN CORNER OF THE EXTREME NORTHEASTERN CORNER OF THIS OF THIS SITE. SO A LOT OF ATTENTION PAID TO THE DRAINAGE AND HOW THAT WORKS AND ENSURE THAT ALL THE DRAINAGE IS INWARD WITH ABSOLUTELY NO WATER INTERACTION WITH THE CONSERVATION AREA TO THE NORTH. SO THIS IS THE GOLF COURSE, WHICH WE'RE ASKING FOR THE MAJOR CONDITIONAL USE, AS WELL AS APPROVAL OF THE SITE PLAN. THAT'S BEFORE YOU THE CLUBHOUSE, THE LIFESTYLE CENTER, ALL OF THOSE THINGS. OF COURSE, THE PODS, 13, 12, 13 AND 14 WILL COME BACK TO YOU IN THE IN THE FUTURE, JUST IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN THE IN THE BUFFER ALONG ALONG. [02:45:01] THIS STREET JUST KIND OF GIVES YOU THE IDEA THIS IS THE SPINE ROAD, WE'RE JUST KIND OF TRYING TO SHOW YOU SOME OF THE INTERFACES BETWEEN THE PARKWAY AND THE GOLF COURSE AND THE AND THE SPINE ROAD. SO A LOT OF A LOT OF NICE LANDSCAPING, BUT VERY, VERY OPEN, VERY, VERY CONNECTED. IT'S NOT EXTREMELY SEPARATED ALONG THE LAKE. WE HAVE A NICE LAKE BOUNDARY THAT'S ALONG THE ALONG THE THE SITE. SO WE HAVE THE GOLF COURSE AND THE HOMES HAVE A NICE INTERFACE TO THAT, TO THE LAKE. AND SO WE JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU COULD SEE THAT. AND THEN ON OUR RESIDENTIAL BOUNDARIES, WE'RE EVEN LOOKING AT IT THERE. AGAIN, PRIVACY IS REALLY IMPORTANT. SO WHILE WELL YES, THERE WILL BE VIEWS FROM THE HOMES TO THE GOLF COURSE, THERE WILL BE A LOT OF A LOT OF PRIVACY. THIS ISN'T WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP 100 PERCENT OF THE VIEW. THERE'LL BE KEY VIEWS FROM THE HOMES INTO THE GOLF COURSE. IT'S REALLY INTENDED TO CREATE THAT EXCLUSIVITY VERY MUCH LIKE WHAT YOU WOULD SEE IN THE BEARS CLUB IF YOU'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THAT COURSE. THE LAKES ARE ALL INTERCONNECTED. THEN THEY ULTIMATELY TIE TO THE PUMP STATION WHERE WE AFTER WE ACHIEVE OUR WATER QUALITY STANDARDS, EVERYTHING DRAINS INWARD. THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NO DRAINAGE THAT DRAINS OUT NEAR OR EVER INTERFACES AND CONNECTS TO THE CONSERVATION AREA. AND THERE'S THE PUMP STATION OFF TO THE RIGHT. AND WITH THAT, I'LL CONCLUDE MY PRESENTATION. IF YOU HAVE ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS, WE'RE MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM. OF COURSE, WE HAVE OUR ENTIRE TEAM HERE AND THEY BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM AS WELL. THANK YOU, DON. IS THERE STAFF PRESENTATION AT. NO, MADAM MAYOR, NO ADDITIONAL PRESENTATION FROM STAFF STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION 43 AND RESOLUTION 44. WE'RE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, OK? WE HAVE NO CARDS ON THIS. SO I AM GOING TO ASK FOR A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE A RESOLUTION. LET ME GET REAL CAUGHT UP. RESOLUTION 43, 2021. SORRY, SECOND. OK, THEN I'M GOING TO BRING IT BACK FOR DISCUSSION. MARCEE YOU HAVE ANY. I'VE GOT LOTS OF QUESTIONS. THREE YEARS AGO, WERE WE TALKING ABOUT BOTH OF THEM TOGETHER? DID YOU DO A PRESENTATION ABOUT THEM? OK, SO MY QUESTIONS WILL BE OBVIOUSLY FOR BOTH OF THEM TOGETHER. BUT I ALSO. I KNOW THAT THE SITE PLAN IS COMING AT A LATER DATE, SO I MIGHT MAKE A FEW COMMENTS THAT ARE IN REGARDS TO THAT, BUT HONESTLY, I KNOW THAT THAT IS FOR CONSIDERATION IN THE FUTURE. SO IN NO SPECIFIC ORDER, DO YOU WANT TO START BY SAYING, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE ARCHITECTURE. WHEN I WAS REVIEWING THE STAFF REPORT, IT KIND OF REMINDED ME OF FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT WHEN I WAS KIND OF LOOKING AT IT FROM THE NATURAL STANDPOINT. I ALSO APPRECIATE THE NATIVE PALETTE. I LIVE IN A COMMUNITY THAT IS ACTUALLY LIVE ON A CONSERVATION AREA AND UPLINE CONSERVATION AREA. AND I DO APPRECIATE HAVING RAISED MY THREE CHILDREN ON THAT CONSERVATION AREA. IT'S A WONDERFUL THING. SO I DO APPRECIATE YOU, INCLUDING THE NATURE IN WITH THE ARCHITECTURE, AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT IS VERY SPECIAL. SO THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT. AND AGAIN, IN NO SPECIFIC ORDER, I DID. I PAY ATTENTION TO DETAIL IN SOME CASES, AND I KNOW DON KNOWS ME VERY WELL. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT KIND OF A PET PEEVE IS, AND THAT'S IN WHEN I ENTER A COMMUNITY THAT HAS A GUARDHOUSE AND OF COURSE, THEY ALL HAVE AN OVERHANG BECAUSE OF THE WEATHER PROTECTION. AND IN THIS CASE, A BEAUTIFUL WHAT LOOKS LIKE A CONCRETE OVERHANG. BUT WHATEVER THE MATERIAL IS, I JUST WANT TO COMMENT AND IT'S TOTALLY UP TO YOU. BUT SEMI TRUCKS ARE 13 AND A HALF FEET TALL AND MOVING TRUCKS ARE SEMI TRUCKS. AND IF YOU HAVE ENGINEERING DONE SIX INCHES IS A POSSIBLE POSSIBILITY WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT DRAINAGE ON EITHER SIDE. SO A BRIDGE AND F.D.A. STANDARDS IS 16 FEET IN HEIGHT. SO I JUST WANT TO POINT THAT OUT SO THAT YOU GUYS IN THE FUTURE DON'T HAVE TO FIX A LOT OF OVERHANGS. BECAUSE WHEN I ENTER COMMUNITIES, THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS I NOTICE IS ALL THE DINGS AND DINGS ON THE OVERHANG. SO THAT'S SOMETHING FOR YOU GUYS TO TO CONSIDER AS YOU MOVE INTO THE PERMITTING STANDPOINT. I SAW IN THE STAFF REPORT, AND I KNOW THAT I HAD TALKED TO STAFF ABOUT THIS, [02:50:03] IT'S KIND OF ANOTHER PET PEEVE, LIVING IN A COMMUNITY THAT HAS A LOT OF NATIVE VEGETATION. I KNOW THAT YOU HAD SUGGESTED WARD FIRST IN YOUR PLANT PALETTE. I'M ASKING THAT YOU SUBSTITUTE THAT FOR A DIFFERENT NATIVE SPECIES BECAUSE I'VE SEEN FERN, ALTHOUGH WATFORD DOESN'T DO IT, I'VE SEEN IT TAKE OVER NATIVE OTHER NATIVE VEGETATION JUST BECAUSE OF THE GROWTH PATTERN. AND A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE IT AND THEY WILL SUBSTITUTED FOR LIKE MOCHO FOR AND FOR EXAMPLE, WHICH IS VERY SIMILAR IN SIZE AND CHARACTER. AND IT JUST TAKES OVER AND BECOMES A MAINTENANCE NIGHTMARE. AND IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT I THINK YOU OR YOUR FUTURE RESIDENTS WILL WANT TO DEAL WITH, BECAUSE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT OUR COMMUNITY HAS DEALT WITH A LOT. YOU CAN'T GET RID OF IT. ALTHOUGH LEATHER FRIEND, PERFECT, IT'S HUGE AND IT'S A GREAT SPECIES, SO THANK YOU FOR USING IT. THE 40 FOOT BUFFER TRACK, I'M JUST GOING TO NOTICE I'M JUST GOING TO MAKE A COMMENT ABOUT THAT WHEN I LOOKED AT IT. AND AGAIN, I KNOW THAT THE YOU HAD ADDITIONAL LANDSCAPE IN SOME CASES, AND THIS IS FOR THE COCONUT ROE BUFFER, BUT IT INCLUDED 20 FEET OF UTILITIES WITHIN THE 40 FOOT, OR AT LEAST IT LOOKED LIKE IN THE SECTION IT WAS A 40 FOOT BUFFER TRACK THAT HAD 20 FEET OF UTILITY EASEMENTS IN IT. 12 FEET OF THE 40 FOOT BUFFER TRACK HAS A PEDESTRIAN PATHWAY, WHICH IF YOU DO THE MATH, I GUESS IT'S EIGHT FEET LEFT FOR PLANTING. ALTHOUGH THE PICTURE DIDN'T LOOK LIKE THAT. IT LOOKED LIKE IT WAS MUCH WIDER. BUT I GUESS IF YOU OVERLAPPED IT A BIT, YOU WOULD END UP WITH 14 FEET OF PLANTING IN THAT 40 FOOT BUFFER. YEAH, THE SECTION IS IS IS ON THE SCREEN. AND THEN THIS IS WAS WAS APPROVED AS A PART OF THE COCONUT BOULEVARD ROAD. SO YOU HAVE A 40 FOOT BUFFER TRACT. THERE IS AN EASEMENT RIGHT ALONG THE EDGE OF THE ROAD, WHICH IS REALLY WHERE YOU'D HAVE YOUR CLEAR ZONE AND THEN THE SIDEWALK MEANDERS. SO THIS MEANDERS IN AND THERE'S A THERE'S A UTILITY EASEMENT ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE SIDEWALK. SO SO YOU HAVE A PLANTING AREA ON, YOU KNOW, KIND OF IN THIS CASE WOULD BE THE EAST SIDE OF THE SIDEWALK. AND THEN THERE'S ALSO AN ADDITIONAL PLANTING AREA THAT'S OUTSIDE OF THAT. AND THEN IF THAT WEREN'T ENOUGH, WE'RE ACTUALLY PUTTING IN ANOTHER TWENTY SEVEN FEET TO OUR GOLF COURSE. AND SO THERE'LL BE THERE'LL BE A LOT WE INTENTIONALLY WANTED ADDITIONAL LANDSCAPING, BUT ABOVE AND BEYOND, ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT IS BEING DONE BY THE BY THE MASTER DEVELOPER ON THE STREET. SO THIS IS A PRETTY COMPARABLE SECTION, I THINK, OF WHAT'S BEEN DONE UP AND DOWN COCONUT TO DATE. AND THEN IN THIS CASE, THERE'S THE ADDITIONAL 15 FEET AND THEN OUR SELF-IMPOSED TWENTY SEVEN FEET. SO ARE YOU ALLOWED TO PLANT WITHIN THE SEACOAST EASEMENT AND OR USING SPECIFIC VEGETATION? YEAH, I HAVE NOT STUDIED THE COCONUT PLANS IN DETAIL, BUT THEY DO ALLOW THE THE MULI GRASS AND THE FAKAHATCHEE GRASS AND THE GAMBA GRASS. SO WE ARE THAT THAT DOES OCCUR WITHIN THOSE BUFFERS AND I'M PRETTY CERTAIN THAT IT IS BECAUSE YOU JUST CAN'T PUT YOUR CANOPY, YOU CAN'T PUT SHRUBS WHERE CANOPY TREES IN THE USE OF IT. BUT THE GRASSES STAFF HAS BEEN WORKED, HAS WORKED THAT OUT WITH ZIKOS. BUT JUST JUST TO BE CLEAR, THE COCONUT CROSS-SECTION HAS ALREADY BEEN APPROVED WITH ICDS. SO THAT'S IT ORIGINALLY WITH THAT ADDITIONAL 15 FEET. AND SO THIS ENTIRE CROSS-SECTION IS ACTUALLY NOT PART OF THE SUBJECT APPLICATION THIS EVENING. I KNOW, BUT YOU CAN NEVER HAVE ENOUGH LANDSCAPING GARDENS. IT'S NOT A MATTER THAT YOU'RE VOTING ON THIS EVENING. IS THE CLUBHOUSE GOING TO BE OWNED AND OPERATED BY THE RESIDENTS OR BY THE GOLF COURSE ITSELF NOW AND THEN ALSO IN THE FUTURE? THE IT'LL BE IT'LL BE RUN BY THE OWNERSHIP OF THE OF THE GOLF COMMUNITY, OF THE GOLF COURSE, THE GOLF COURSE, GOLF COURSE NOT THE RESIDENT GOT IT. AND NOT IN THE FUTURE EITHER. RIGHT. OK. WHEN WILL THE SPINE ROAD BE GETTING SOME NAMES? WHEN WE SUBMIT AN APPLICATION TO GET STREET NAMES, SO THERE'S A PROCESS FOR IT, WE'D LIKE TO HAVE SOMETHING WITH PANTHER IN IT. OBVIOUSLY, YOU DRIVE SOMETHING LIKE THAT. THERE'S A PROCESS FOR THAT. THERE'S SOME DISCUSSIONS GOING ON RIGHT NOW ABOUT THAT WITH THE ADDRESSING COMMITTEE. I'M CURIOUS TO SEE WHAT THEY'LL BE. CAN YOU WALK ME A LITTLE BIT THROUGH THE FIRE, THE FIRE CORRIDOR, THE BREAK, AND THEN ALSO THE IS THERE A MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR FIRE? I KNOW THAT THERE WAS A FIRE OUT WEST NOT THAT LONG AGO IN COMMUNITIES. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IS YOU KNOW, WE HAD ONE IN AT FPL CAMPUS. [02:55:03] AND I KNOW PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT THAT. HIGHWAYS ARE TALKING ABOUT IT NOW BECAUSE OF THE FIRES THAT HAVE HAPPENED IN THE WEST COAST. YOU GO AHEAD, IF DON COULD PULL UP THE FIREBREAK, BUT I WOULD SAY THAT THE OVERALL PRESERVE AREA MANAGEMENT PLAN, THE APPROVED CAMP THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY STAFF, WOULD IN COORDINATION WITH THE PERMITS THAT HAVE BEEN ISSUED BY THE CORPS IN SOUTH FLORIDA, ADDRESS THAT. YOU KNOW, TO THE BEST OF THE ABILITIES, WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE'VE BUILT IN ADDITIONAL SAFETY MEASURES TO PROVIDE FOR THESE FIREBREAKS AND TO PROVIDE FOR ACCESS. THE PRESERVE AREA MANAGEMENT PLAN SPECIFICALLY PROVIDES FOR THE REMOVAL OF VEGETATION AND CONTROL BURNS TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE MINIMIZING FIRE RISK AND HOUSE ENFORCE THE PRIMARY MANAGEMENT THAT FOR THE FIRST FIVE YEARS FOR THE ENTIRE LIFE OF THE COMMUNITY. I MEAN, IT'S FOR THE LIFE. THERE'S MONITORING PERIODS FROM THE SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT PERMIT, BUT THE POINT WITH THE CITY IS ONGOING. OK. AND THEN THE FIRE BREAK, IS THERE A DIFFERENTIATION? SO IN THE FUTURE, YOU KNOW, IT WON'T HAVE ANY OBSTRUCTIONS, FENCES OR PLANTINGS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. IT'S REQUIRED IT'S REQUIRED TO BE SIGNED. SO IT'S IT'S REAL CLEAR. AND IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, THE FIRE THE PORTION OF THE FIRE BREAK IS REALLY OUTSIDE OF THE WALL. SO HERE'S THE WALL. AND THEN WE COME DOWN TO NATURAL GRADE. THERE'S A 20 FOOT FLAT AREA FOR FOUR VEHICLES. AND SO THAT'S THE 20 FOOT FIREBREAK THAT EXISTS. AND THEN THERE'S A BUFFER THAT EXISTS ON THE BACK SIDE OF IT. SO IT'S CLEARLY DEFINED AND CAN BE CAN BE MAINTAINED. AND WE'RE CREATING STABILIZED ACCESS POINTS TO GET TO IT WITH CONTROL GATES, WITH CLICK TO ENTER FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. SO, YOU KNOW, I WOULD IMAGINE IT WILL BE REGULARLY, REGULARLY EVALUATED BY YOUR STAFF AND THAT IS GOING TO BE MAINTAINED EVEN THROUGH THE RESIDENTIAL COMPONENT, BECAUSE I SAW THE LOTS WERE ADJACENT TO THAT SAME CONSERVATION AREA. THE EXACT SAME CROSS-SECTION EXISTS THROUGHOUT. SO THEN THE RESIDENTS, THE HOMEOWNERS WILL NOT BE ABLE TO PLANT IN THAT OR THEY WON'T THINK IT'S THEIR BACKYARD SO THAT THEY CAN ADD ADDITIONAL CANOPY TREES, ET CETERA. NO, IT'S A SEPARATE TRACK THAT'S OUTSIDE OF THEIR PROPERTY LOT. OK, SO THEN THE MASTERS ASSOCIATION OR THE HIGHWAY OR WHATEVER WON'T WILL BE IN CONTROL OF IT. I GUESS THAT THAT THERE'S THE MASTER ASSOCIATION WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE 40 FOOT LANDSCAPED TRACT. AND SO AND THEN THE PLAN, A LOT START IS STARTS OUTSIDE OF THAT. OK. I THINK THAT A THANK YOU. JOSE. OK, WELL, I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT WHAT INTERNATIONAL MEANS FOR AVENIR, IT'S ALREADY FULL OF PREMIER BUILDERS AND ARCHITECTS AND THIS JUST KEEPS GETTING BETTER. IT'S VERY, VERY GOOD. BEAR WITH ME BECAUSE I MAY HAVE MISSED THIS. SO LOOKING AT THE MULTIMODAL PATH THAT YOU SHOWED US THROUGHOUT, THROUGHOUT AVENIR, THERE ARE BIKE LANES AND MULTI-MODAL PATHS. BUT WHAT I SAW WAS WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, IT LOOKED LIKE THERE WERE NO BIKE LANES. THERE WAS JUST A MULTIUSE PARK. COULD I BE I COULD BE WRONG. THAT IS CORRECT. SO WE HAVE WE HAVE A EIGHT FOOT, WHICH I WOULD STILL WOULD CALL A MULTIMODAL PATH, AN EIGHT FOOT SIDEWALK ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE ROAD. AND THEN WE HAVE A 12 FOOT SIDEWALK ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE ROAD. SO, YOU KNOW, IF I WAS A, YOU KNOW, A SPEED BIKER, MAYBE I WOULD BE ON THE ON THE ROADWAY. BUT WE WOULD ANTICIPATE MOST RESIDENTS AND CHILDREN WOULD BE ON THOSE VERY, VERY LARGE, WIDE, BEAUTIFUL, MEANDERING SIDEWALKS. IS THAT CONSISTENT WITH ALL THE OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS IN AVANIR? YES. RESIDENTIAL STREETS? YES. RESIDENTIAL STREETS ARE THINK WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOODS OR WITHIN THE PODS WILL HAVE SIDEWALKS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE STREETS AND ALL OF THE HOMES WILL BE EQUIPPED OR COME WITH A GOLF CART. AND WITH THE LOWER DENSITY, WE FEEL THAT THE GOLF CARTS IN THE RESIDENTIAL PODS BEFORE THEY GET TO THE MAIN AREA WILL COME DOWN THE ROADWAY AND THEN THEY'LL JUMP ONTO THE 12 FOOT MULTIMODAL, WHICH WILL GET YOU TO THE GOLF CLUBHOUSE AND GET YOU ALL THE WAY TO THE WEST TO COCONUT EXCUSE ME, TO THE EAST TO COCONUT WHERE THEN YOU CAN ALSO THEN GET ON TO THE CART, PASS ALL THE WAY DOWN TO. THANK YOU FOR EXPLAINING THAT. I APPRECIATE IT. OK, GREAT. AND ARE WE GOING TO BE SEEING THE OUTSIDE AND WE'RE GOING TO BE SEEING THE WHOLE REPROACHFULLY GOLF COURSE COMING BACK TO US AGAIN? OR IS THIS OUR TIME TO TALK ABOUT IT? THIS IS YOUR TIME TO TALK ABOUT. OK, ALL RIGHT. SO FOR THE GOLF COURSE, OK, THE RESIDENTIAL PODS, HOWEVER, THAT'S COMING UP. ALL RIGHT. SO THE SITE PLANS ARE NOT YET, BUT THIS IS RIGHT FOR THE GOLF COURSE. SO THE SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENTAL PRACTICES LOOK VERY GOOD. IS THERE ANYTHING MORE YOU CAN TELL ME ABOUT IT? BECAUSE IT WASN'T LIKE IF I LOOK AT MIRASOL, THEY HAVE A VERY IN-DEPTH DESCRIPTION OF [03:00:05] THEIR ENVIRONMENTAL AND SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES ON THEIR GOLF COURSE. IS THERE ANYTHING MORE I KNOW THAT YOU'D LIKE TO SHARE? WELL, WE ARE WORKING WITH THE STUDIO AS WELL AS WITH STAFF IN TERMS OF COMING BACK WITH ALL OF THE SUSTAINABLE INITIATIVES THAT WE CAN UTILIZE, NOT ONLY FROM A FROM XERISCAPING AND A LOT OF THE LANDSCAPE MATERIAL, BUT ALSO WATER CONSERVATION ELEMENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT FOR THE GOLF COURSE. WE'RE STILL WORKING THROUGH WITH THE NICKLESS GROUP IN TERMS OF IMPLEMENTING A LOT OF THE THE BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES, BECAUSE THAT'S A KIND OF A STATE REGULATORY PROCESS. AND AS WE'VE GONE THROUGH THE DESIGN ELEMENT OF IT, WE'RE STILL NOW WORKING INTO THE MECHANICS OF ALL OF THE NOT ONLY THE LATERAL PLANTING AND THE AND THE REAL FINITE DESIGN OF THE GOLF COURSE, THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO INCORPORATE THE BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL AFFORDED TO US. THAT WOULD BE GREAT. SO I'LL BE WATCHING THAT. I WOULD LOVE TO BE KEPT ABREAST OF WHAT YOU'RE DOING. I DO LOVE THE USE OF THE NATURAL PLANTS, THE DENSITY, THE DECREASED WATER, DECREASED FERTILIZER, DECREASE MOWING, EVERYTHING ABOUT IT. AND A LOT OF THE DIFFERENCE, I THINK IN OUR COURSE THAT YOU'LL SEE AT THE END OF THE DAY IS THAT THE BUNKERING AND THE AND THE VIEW OF THE GOLF COURSE IS VERY NATURAL. IT'S NOT HARD EDGE BUNKERS. IT'S A REALLY BROKEN DOWN AND VEGETATION WITHIN. SO THE TYPE OF GOLF COURSE THAT WE'RE TRYING TO CREATE IS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT THAN WHAT YOU WOULD SEE AT AN OLD PALMER OR BEARS CLUB. WELL, I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE MORE ABOUT IT. AND THEN LASTLY, I ASKED ABOUT THIS IN MY AGENDA REVIEW ABOUT THE BIRD AND WILDLIFE ENHANCEMENT BECAUSE OF THE PROXIMITY TO TO THE CONSERVATION AREA. AND I KNOW ED WEINBERG'S OUT THERE DOING A GREAT JOB BRINGING IT BACK TO ITS NATURAL STATE. SO I WANTED TO COMMEND YOU ON KEEPING THAT IN MIND AND ALL THE HARD WORK WE'RE DOING TO KEEP THE GARDENS AND THE GARDENS. SO THANK YOU. I THINK THEY GOT ALL THE QUESTIONS, SO I DON'T THINK I HAVE A WHOLE LOT TO SAY, SO THANK YOU. IT'S KIND OF FUN HAVING A BLANK PALETTE AND BEING ABLE TO CREATE SOMETHING SPECIAL THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE AVENIR PROJECT. SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S GREAT. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I GET TO PLAY THE COURSE ONCE BEFORE BEFORE I'M KICKED OUT AS LOWLY. YOU KNOW, NOBODY THINKS KARL. I WAS GOING TO MAKE A JOKE THAT I HAD 27 QUESTIONS, OFFICER FLIPPING PAGES, BUT I'M NOT GOING TO DO THAT. SO THERE'S THERE IS A BENEFIT TO GOING LAST BECAUSE EVERYTHING'S BEEN. TRANSPARENT AND VETTED, SO YOU KNOW WHAT, I THOUGHT THE DOWNTOWN GARDENS PRESENTATION WAS GOOD AND I THOUGHT IT COULDN'T BE TOPPED, BUT YOU STILL DIDN'T TOP IT DOWN. BUT THIS ONE'S A GOOD ONE, SO I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE VISION STARTS, WHETHER IT'S WITH MANNY OR ROSE OR OR OR HOW YOU GET HERE. BUT WHEN SCOTT WAS MAKING THE PRESENTATION OF THE OF THE FRONT AND THE GUARDHOUSE AND THE HOUSES OF THE PRESENTATION OF THE HOUSES, THAT IT FELT KIND OF LIKE A LITTLE HAWAIIAN TO ME, YOU KNOW. SO IT'S NICE TO SEE SOMETHING THAT'S NOT SO FLORIDA. I KNOW WE'VE HAD CASUAL CONVERSATIONS OVER THE YEARS ABOUT THIS GOLF COURSE COMING IN, AND IT FELT A LITTLE JURASSIC PARK, WHICH WAS FILMED IN HAWAII. SO IT'S REALLY NICE TO SEE SOMETHING REALLY DIFFERENT BECAUSE WE'RE ALWAYS SO BRICK PAVER. AND, YOU KNOW, WHEN THESE HOUSES APPEAR TO HAVE LIKE A LIKE GLASS FRONTAGE SO THEY CAN SEE THE LANDSCAPING, THEY'RE NOT TOO HIGH, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, WHICH IS GOOD TO BE NOT SO INVASIVE WITH THE HEIGHT FOR A CHANGE. SO I LOVE IT. IT LOOKS GREAT. AGAIN, IT'S YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF IT STARTS WITH ROSE OR MANNY, BUT IT'S NICE TO SEE SOMETHING DIFFERENT. SO, YOU KNOW, I'M GOING TO SUPPORT IT FOR SURE. THANK YOU. I THINK MARCEY HAD ANOTHER QUESTION. I JUST HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION. IS THERE A NATURAL GAS PIPELINE THAT THAT YOU GUYS CAN CONNECT TO? YES, I BELIEVE THERE'S A NATURAL GAS IN THE COMMUNITY, NOT THE KEYSTONE PIPELINE, BUT NATURAL GAS JUST GOT IT, KEYSTONE. OK, THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION AND FOR ANSWERING THE QUESTIONS, I THINK MOST OF THE QUESTIONS THAT I HAD WERE ANSWERED AS WELL AND WE ARE MOVING ON IN TIME. I THINK THIS IS A PHENOMENAL PROJECT. IT'S BEAUTIFUL. IT IS VERY DIFFERENT WHEN YOU PULL UP TO THE GATE. YOU DEFINITELY LOOK LIKE YOU'RE GOING IN FOR AN EXPERIENCE, NOT JUST GOING HOME. SO I THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO DETAIL AND FOR BRINGING SOMETHING NEW AND AND BEAUTIFUL TO THE GARDENS. SO WITH THAT HEARING, NO FURTHER DISCUSSION. [03:05:02] ALL IN FAVOR. ALL RIGHT, I OPPOSED THE MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO, RESOLUTION 43. NOW GO RESOLUTION 44. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ THE TITLE? RESOLUTION 44, 2021, THE RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL, THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA, APPROVING A SITE PLAN AND MAJOR CONDITIONAL USE FOR A PLUS OR MINUS 217 ACRE PRIVATE GOLF COURSE AND GOLF COURSE TRACKS ONE INTO WITHIN THE PANTHER NATIONAL MASTER PLAN, LOCATED IN THE RESIDENTIAL PARCEL PARCEL OF THE AVENIR PLANNED COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PCD THAT IS GENERALLY LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF NORTH LAKE BOULEVARD, EAST OF GREAT VIEW BOULEVARD, WEST OF BAY HILL DRIVE AND TO LANE HIGHWAY IS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED HERE IN PROVIDING CONGESTIONS OF APPROVAL, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE FOR THE PURPOSES. OK, I'M GOING TO OPEN THE HEARING. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL EXPERTIZE ON RESOLUTION 40 FOR NO HEARING? NONE. WE'VE ALREADY HAD THE PRESENTATION. WE HAVE NO PUBLIC COMMENTS, CARDS ON THIS. SO I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE HEARING. CAN I GET A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE? I'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO PASS RESOLUTION 44 FOUR. TWENTY TWENTY ONE SECOND. OK, IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR BY ANY POST. MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO THREE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. HI. MOVING ON TO ITEMS FOR COUNCIL ACTION, DISCUSSION AND ITEMS OF INTEREST. [X. ITEMS FOR COUNCIL ACTION/DISCUSSION AND ITEMS OF INTEREST: ] COUNCIL DISCUSSIONS ON POSSIBLE POLICY ON A WAR, I'M GUESSING THIS CAME UP BECAUSE OF MY SORRY I HAD MY MIKE OFF. GO AHEAD. SO THIS WAS PROBABLY JUST BECAUSE I WANTED TO RECOGNIZE THOSE THREE SOCCER TEAMS BACK. EXCUSE ME. EXCUSE ME. WE STILL HAVE A THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY. COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON POSSIBLE POLICY, ON AWARDS AND RECOGNITION. MARK, YOU WANT TO START? YEAH, I GUESS THIS CAME UP BECAUSE WHEN I APPROACHED THE CITY MANAGER ABOUT RECOGNIZING THE SOCCER TEAMS AND DOING A PRESENTATION ABOUT THE GROWTH OF THE SOCCER PROGRAM. AND I GOT A LITTLE BIT MORE INVOLVED MAYBE THAN THAN IT WAS INITIALLY MEANT TO BE. I DON'T KNOW IF WE NEED A POLICY. I THINK IT'S GREAT THAT STAFF THE CITY RECOGNIZES DIFFERENT GROUPS FOR ALL THEY DO IN THE CITY, WHETHER IT'S, YOU KNOW, THE EXPLORER'S PROGRAM, THE YOU KNOW, THE THE WAY OR THE WHATEVER GOES ON. I MEAN, WE AS COUNCIL ARE APPROACHED BY PEOPLE AND WE SEE THINGS IN THE COMMUNITY JUST LIKE ANYONE ELSE DOES. AND SOMETIMES IT'S NICE TO BE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE. I WOULD JUST PROBABLY SUGGEST THAT WE BRING IT UP AT THE END OF A COUNCIL MEETING LIKE THIS AND JUST SAY, HEY, BY THE WAY, I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO SO-AND-SO ON SUCH AND SUCH ABOUT SOMETHING. WOULD IT BE OK IF WE BRING IT UP TO THE CITY STAFF AND ARRANGE IT THAT WAY? I DON'T KNOW IF WE WANT A POLICY PER SAY, BUT THAT WAS THAT ESSENTIALLY IS WHAT THIS POLICY SAYS. TO BRING IT UP TO YES, I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU WANT TO HAVE A REQUIRED POLICY OR JUST BUT I WAS PART OF THE REASON FOR THIS, TOO, BECAUSE WHEN I WAS FIRST ELECTED, I WAS ASKED TO WRITE A LETTER OF RECOMMENDATION AND I DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO DO IT. SO LUCKILY, I CALLED THE CITY MANAGER AND FOUND OUT I CAN'T WRITE A LETTER OF RECOMMENDATION ON CITY LETTERHEAD UNLESS ALL OF US SIGN IT AND I BRING IT TO COUNCIL AND SUCH LIKE THAT. SO THERE ARE THERE ARE SOME NUANCES THAT AS A NEWER I MEAN, I'M NOT THAT NEW ANYMORE, BUT WHEN I WAS NEWER AS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I FOLLOWED THE RULES. SO SOMETIMES THE STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE ON THAT SORT OF STUFF IS HELPFUL. BUT WE ALSO HAVE A VERY ACCESSIBLE CITY MANAGER, AND PATTY DOES A GREAT JOB LETTING US KNOW WHAT'S APPROPRIATE AS WELL. SO. SO, MARK, DON'T TAKE ALL THE RESPONSIBILITY. SOME OF IT WAS ME TO AGREE WITH WITH CHELSEA THAT SOMETIMES IT'S NICE TO HAVE IT. I KNOW I'VE STRUGGLED WITH OK, WHAT CAN I SIGN MY TITLE AS MAYOR? SO I SIGNED EVERYTHING AS MAYOR. BUT WHAT COMES FROM ME AND WHAT COMES FROM US AS A COUNCIL IS VERY DIFFERENT. AND FINDING OUT I CAN DO IT ON CITY LETTERHEAD AND SIGN IT AS MAYOR, AS LONG AS IT'S COMING FROM ME PERSONALLY AND IT'S NOT REPRESENTING THE CITY OR THE COUNCIL AS A WHOLE UNLESS THAT'S BROUGHT BEFORE YOU. [03:10:01] AND THIS KIND OF SPELLS THAT OUT, WHICH FOR ANY NEW PERSON, YOU KNOW. IS IS THIS HELPFUL, MARCY, YOU HAVE SURE WAY IN, I GUESS I THOUGHT ABOUT THIS A LOT. AND, YOU KNOW, AT FIRST I, I WANT TO SAY I KNOW THAT THE COUNCIL AND STAFF ALL ARE VERY, VERY PROUD OF OUR CITY. EVERYONE WORKS REALLY HARD AND STRIVES TO MAKE OUR CITY WHAT IT IS. AND IT DOES NOT GO UNNOTICED. IT'S NATURAL, I THINK, FOR EVERY HUMAN, ESPECIALLY THOSE IN THIS CITY, TO BOAST ABOUT ALL THE POSITIVE THINGS THAT HAPPEN IN OUR CITY. WE HAVE SO MANY WONDERFUL RECREATION IS A PRIME EXAMPLE OF, I GUESS, WHAT BROUGHT THIS ON. BUT THERE'S SO MANY OTHER THINGS THAT DESERVE RECOGNITION. BUT AGAIN, YOU KNOW, IT IS NATURAL TO WANT TO DO WHAT WHAT YOU KNOW, WHAT WE ASK FROM TIME TO TIME TO DO. BUT I DON'T PERSONALLY THINK, YOU KNOW, AFTER CONTEMPLATING IT, THAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE TO HAVE A WRITTEN POLICY, ALTHOUGH A VERBAL DISCUSSION, A VERBAL POLICY, A VERBAL, YOU KNOW, IDEA CONVERSATION IS DEFINITELY DOABLE. WE'RE ALL PROFESSIONALS. WE'RE ALL WE'RE WE ALL HAVE. AGAIN, TO YOUR POINT, THE STAFF, PATTI, RON, MAX AND EVERYONE ELSE THAT CAN GIVE US IDEAS AS TO HOW TO APPROACH SOMETHING OR HAVE A CONVERSATION AT A COUNCIL MEETING. IF WE WANT TO RECOGNIZE SOMEONE AS A WHOLE, AS OUR BODY, OBVIOUSLY WE'RE ONE PERSON WE HAVE TO ACT EITHER INDIVIDUALLY OR AS ONE, WHICH WOULD MEAN ALL OF US HAVE TO AGREE ON SOMETHING. SO EITHER WE TALK ABOUT IT AND THEN RECOGNIZE THAT THAT INDIVIDUAL OR TEAM. BUT I DON'T NECESSARILY THINK THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE A WRITTEN POLICY. NOW, IF THERE'S A TIMING ISSUE, I THINK IT'S DEFINITELY NECESSARY TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH THE CITY MANAGER. AND IF HE FEELS HE NEEDS DIRECTION, HE WILL DEFINITELY HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, CALL US AND AND TALK TO US IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT HE NEEDS DIRECTION. AND WE THEN IF IT'S IF WE DON'T HAVE ALL, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE SUPPORT, THEN IT WILL HAVE TO GO ON A COUNCIL AGENDA TO DISCUSS. BUT I JUST DON'T THINK THAT WE NEED A WRITTEN POLICY. I THINK WE'VE DONE SO WELL IN THE PAST, NOT ALWAYS GOING TO BE. THAT'S US GOING TO SAY WE'RE NOT GOING. OH, IT'S NOT ALWAYS GOING TO BE US. I PARTICULARLY DIDN'T FIND IT THREATENING AT ALL. I DIDN'T FIND IT, YOU KNOW, A PROBLEM TO HAVE IT. IT KIND OF SETS THE BAR A LITTLE BIT HIGHER FOR WHO WOULD BE AVAILABLE TO. BUT IF WE WANTED TO MAKE AN EXCEPTION FOR THAT, WE COULD ALWAYS VOTE DIFFERENTLY ON THAT, TOO, BECAUSE IT'S A POLICY. IT'S NOT RIGHT. SO IF WE WANTED IF THERE WAS SOMETHING THAT WE FELT WAS EXTRAORDINARY, THAT DIDN'T FALL UNDER HERE, WE COULD ALWAYS BRING THAT UP. I MEAN, BASICALLY, I MEAN, UNLESS I'M READING IT WRONG, IT'S SAYING THAT WE SHOULD ALWAYS TALK ABOUT IT, BRING IT TO STAFF AND THEN DISCUSS IT. BUT, WELL, ONE THING THAT WE DON'T DO THAT OFTEN IS ACTUALLY HAVE CONVERSATIONS LIKE THIS. AT THE END OF THE MEETINGS, WE TEND TO FINISH AND LEAVE AND MAYBE MAYBE WE SHOULD HAVE MAYBE EVERYBODY SHOULD BRING SOMETHING EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE THAT YOU MAY WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT. PAST COUNCILS USED TO TALK A LOT AT THE END OF THE MEETINGS ABOUT STUFF. MAYBE IT WOULDN'T BE A BAD IDEA IF WE JUST THAT SEEMS IT WAS THE LAST YEAR OR SO. AND I DON'T KNOW WHEN IT CHANGED OR WHY IT DIDN'T CHANGE. IT JUST NOBODY SEEMED TO FEEL THE NEED TO SAY ANYTHING. AND I THINK THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN JUST TALKING ABOUT STUFF AND TALKING ABOUT GIVING STAFF DIRECTION. IF WE ALL FEEL THAT WE WANT TO DO SOMETHING THEY NEED, THEY CAN'T BE GOING EVERY WHICH WAY TO THIS IS THE TIME TO PLEASE ONE OR PLEASE ANOTHER. IF WE IF WE ALL AGREE THAT WE NEED TO RECOGNIZE SOMEBODY OR RECOGNIZE A TEAM OR IF THEY WANT TO TO RECOGNIZE SOMEBODY, THAT IT'S ALWAYS ON THE AGENDA. SO IF WE WANT TO PUT SOMETHING ON THE AGENDA THAT WE FEEL VERY STRONGLY ABOUT, WE CAN HAVE A CONVERSATION AT A COUNCIL MEETING IN THE PUBLIC IN A TRANSPARENT WAY AND GIVE STAFF DIRECTION TO TO DO THAT. I DON'T KNOW IF A POLICY WILL MUDDY THE WATERS OR NOT, BUT I JUST I JUST WORRY ABOUT THE FUTURE. AND IT COULD BE ABOUT A PROCLAMATION THAT DOESN'T MEET THE AFOREMENTIONED CONDITIONS SHOULD BE SENT TO ADMINISTRATION FOR DISTRIBUTION TO THE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS AND BROUGHT UP FOR DISCUSSION BY THE REQUESTING COUNCIL MEMBER TO CITY COUNCIL MEETING. SO THIS IS A SKELETON FRAMEWORK AND ANYTHING OUTSIDE OF THIS WE CAN STILL DISCUSS. BUT IT DOES GIVE US I MEAN, IT GIVES US SOME COVER. [03:15:03] IS IT DOES IT PROTECT OUR STAFF? DOES IT HURT US IF SOMEBODY COMES TO US AND. ON SOMETHING THAT WE DON'T REALLY THINK SHOULD BE ON THERE EITHER, WRONG, YOU KNOW IT. YOU KNOW, IF I MAY, THE THE ISSUE WASN'T JUST WHAT HAPPENED HERE TONIGHT. THERE ARE OTHER QUESTIONS THAT HAVE COME UP FROM OTHER INDIVIDUALS ABOUT THE RECOGNITION OF OTHER PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY AND ABOUT WHO CAN WRITE LETTERS AND WHO CAN'T. I THINK WHAT YOU HAVE THERE IN FRONT OF YOU IS IS AN IDEA IF YOU IF YOU CHOOSE TO FORMALIZE IT. BUT WE PROBABLY WOULD RUN INTO THE SAME ISSUE, WHETHER IT'S FORMAL OR INFORMAL. SO AS A SUGGESTION, FOR NOW, IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT'S OUT OF HAND. DON'T GET ME WRONG, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE IS ON THE SAME PAGE. SO AS A SUGGESTION FROM THE WRITTEN FORM, WHICH I ALWAYS LIKE CALLS FOR, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT I DO. BUT IF WE HAVE EVERYONE'S COMMITMENT HERE BY CONSENSUS THAT WE WILL FOLLOW THESE GUIDELINES AND BRING THINGS TO THE COUNCIL, THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, THIS IS FOR THE COUNCIL. IF WE HAVE AN EXPLORER TEAM OR SOMETHING THAT WAS FROM THE CITY, THAT'S A DIFFERENT STORY. BUT BRINGING IN AN OUTSIDE PERSON, OUTSIDE GROUP TO BE RECOGNIZED IS ONE THING. WHO CAN SIGN A LETTER AND UNDER WHAT CONDITIONS IS ANOTHER THING I THINK YOU'RE ALL AWARE OF, OF WHAT THE EXPECTATIONS ARE AT THIS POINT. SO RATHER THAN CREATE MORE CONFLICT ABOUT WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT, WE CAN LEAVE IT AS IT IS. IF YOU ALL ARE COMFORTABLE WITH WHAT'S IN FRONT OF YOU AS OPPOSED TO A WRITTEN DIRECTIVE, WE WILL OPERATE UNDER THOSE TERMS OR CONDITIONS AS A COUNCIL. IF YOU'RE COMFORTABLE WITH. I'M COMFORTABLE WITH THAT. I'LL GET MY DIRECTION THAT WAY. AND WE DON'T HAVE TO TAKE ANY FORMAL STEPS. BUT WE WE HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT STEPS TO TAKE, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS ACCEPTABLE, WHICH IS FINE WITH ME. THAT'S THE KIND OF DIRECTION I WOULD NEED. THANK YOU FOR THE CLARITY. I THINK THAT'S THAT SOUNDS FINE TO ME AS AN OPTION. I MEAN, I AGREE. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. WE SHOULD. AND IT'S GOOD TO HAVE A GOOD OPEN DIALOG ABOUT THIS BECAUSE YOU NEED TO KNOW HOW WE FEEL AND WE NEED TO KNOW HOW YOU GUYS FEEL. WELL, IT'S PERFECT. IT IS A COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE AND THIS IS YOUR ONLY OPPORTUNITY TO COMMUNICATE. RIGHT. SO UNDER UNDER THIS SECTION, I AM SURE COUNCIL DISCUSSION IS WHERE YOU ALL NEED TO COMMUNICATE WITH EACH OTHER. SO I THINK THAT'S THE KEY RIGHT THERE. ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. SO WE'RE ALL AGREED. WE WILL LEAVE IT AS I BRING IT UP, LEAVE IT AS IT IS AND BRING THINGS UP AND DISCUSS WITH THE CITY MANAGER. WE HAVE THIS MAN AND I HAVE SOMETHING ITEM FOR CALCINATION FOR ARE THERE ANY BOARD OR COMMITTEE REPORTS UNDER COUNCIL DISCUSSION AT THIS POINT? I'M JUST THAT TREASURE COAST REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL WAS PRETTY INTERESTING LAST TIME, SO BUT I REALIZE NOW I DIDN'T SEND THEY DID A REALLY INTERESTING REPORT ABOUT WHERE PEOPLE GO DURING HURRICANES. SO I'LL SEND THAT TO EVERYBODY JUST SO THE RESIDENTS OF PALM BEACH COUNTY, WHERE THEY DRIVE TO AND HOW LONG IT TAKES THEM AND THINGS LIKE THAT FOR EVACUATION ROUTES. NO, IT'S JUST A POINT OF INTEREST. I'LL BE HAPPY TO SHARE THAT WITH OUR CITY MANAGER AND THE CITY COUNCIL AS WELL. AND THEN I JUST HAVE A SMALL THING AFTER THAT. OK, GO AHEAD. I GUESS YOU'RE WRONG. I'M OK. I WROTE DOWN SOME OF THE MOST PRECIOUS POWER WE HAVE AS A CITY CITIES, OUR HOME RULE POWER AND OUR ABILITY TO ENFORCE OUR POLICY HERE AT HOME WITHOUT STATE APPROVAL. AND AFTER THIS LAST SESSION, THAT POWER CONTINUES TO DWINDLE. SO BECAUSE OF THIS AND AFTER SPEAKING WITH OUR RESIDENTS, INCLUDING MARISOL'S ENVIRONMENTAL COMMITTEE, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK OUR LAWYER, MAX, TO LOOK INTO ADDING THE ITEMS OF BALLOONS AND CONFETTI TO OUR STYRENE ORDINANCE. AS YOU KNOW, THESE ITEMS POSE A DANGER, A NUISANCE TO ENVIRONMENT AND WILDLIFE. THERE ARE ABOUT 30 MUNICIPALITIES ALREADY IN FLORIDA WHO HAVE DONE THIS ALREADY. WE KNOW THAT IT'S HARMFUL TO OUR ENVIRONMENT IS THE CITY. WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A STATEMENT THAT WE'RE MINDFUL OF THIS AND WANT TO REDUCE HARMFUL POLLUTANTS. CONFETTI IS USUALLY SMALL, MADE OF NON BIODEGRADABLE MATERIAL LIKE METAL OR PLASTIC BALLOONS. EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE NO OPEN WATER LIKE AN OCEAN, THEY STILL CAN ESCAPE AND COLLECT TO BECOME LITTER IN THE OCEAN OR ANOTHER BOTTLE OF WATER THAT FLOAT AS THEY GO. SO BECAUSE OF THIS REASON, BALLOONS ARE COMMON IN AREAS THAT ARE OF AN ISSUE. SO THIS IS REALLY ALL WE HAVE LEFT IS WE CAN'T DO MUCH, WE CAN DO CONFETTI, WE CAN DO BALLOONS AND WE CAN DO STYRENE. AND SO IT'S KIND OF THE FROSTING ON THE CAKE WE ALREADY BAKED. SO IF IT'S OK WITH YOU GUYS, I WOULD LIKE MAX TO LOOK INTO IT. [03:20:02] SO BOUKA AND TEQUESTA HAVE ALREADY THEY DID ORDINANCES. OURS IS ONLY A RESOLUTION. SO IT'S EDUCATION SUGGESTIONS ONLY ON CITY PROPERTY. IT WOULDN'T BE. AND THEN ALSO, MAX, WHEN YOU LOOK INTO IT, COULD YOU PLEASE LOOK INTO STILL ALLOWING IT INSIDE? SO WE HAVE A LOT OF FACILITIES THAT ARE INDOOR. SO MOSTLY JUST FOR OUTDOORS, I WOULD ASSUME. BUT I WOULD LOVE YOU TO DO THAT RESEARCH BECAUSE I DON'T I DON'T. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE IT'S APPROPRIATE FOR OUR CITY. WERE YOU ABLE TO HEAR EVERYTHING BECAUSE OF THE MASKS? EXAMPLED. ALL RIGHT, THANKS, BECAUSE I MISSED SOME OF. IS THERE SUCH A THING AS BIODEGRADES OR GRADABLE OR IS CONFETTI? THERE IS, BUT YES, THAT'S MAX CAN DO THAT. LOOK INTO IT FOR US. I DON'T KNOW IF THE BALLOONS AND THEY'RE NOT BIODEGRADABLE GLITTER, I GUESS, AND CONFETTI IT WOULD BE. BUT MOST PEOPLE DON'T BUY THAT. I GET THAT STUFF THROWN AT ME ALL THE TIME AND NOT ALL THE TIME. ANYWAY, I KNOW I RUN INTO IT FREQUENTLY AND I GET IT GETS AROUND AND IT DOESN'T GO AWAY. SO IT'S JUST LIKE I SAID, IT'S A STATEMENT WE CAN MAKE. AND I WOULD IF YOU GUYS WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT OR SUPPORT IT OR NOT, I UNDERSTAND THE BALLOONS. ARE YOU JUST TALKING THE HELIUM TYPE THAT GO UP IN THE AIR. CORRECT. AND STAY ON THE GROUND AND BE PICKED UP? I'M GOING TO HAVE MAX LOOK INTO THAT. SO THAT'S WHAT I'M YOU KNOW, WE'LL HAVE HIM LOOK INTO IT. WE'LL SEE UP IN THE AIR. BUT, YEAH, ON THE GROUND, THE PART OF THE LIVING. YEAH. WE'LL LEAVE IT TO MAX. I MEAN, THAT'S JUST DON'T EAT IT. THE ANIMALS WILL STILL EAT IT. SO I THINK IT'S A MAX. THAT'S THE NEXT QUESTION FOR CLARITY. IF YOU GUYS ARE OK WITH THEM LOOKING INTO THAT. THANKS, GUYS. ALLIGATORS. OK, SO WE NOW AT OUR WE ARE NOW AT THE CITY ATTORNEY REPORT. MAX, DO YOU HAVE A REPORT? NO, MA'AM. OK, SO WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO ADJOURN. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.