ORDER. THERE WE GO NOW IT'S WORKING.
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WILL YOU ALL PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE?[Items I & II]
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH WE STAND IS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL MAYOR LITT HERE, VICE MAYOR REED YEAH, COUNCIL MEMBER WOODS, COUNCIL MEMBER MARCIANO, YOU'RE COUNCIL MEMBER TINSLEY HERE.
ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONS, DELETIONS OR MODIFICATIONS THIS EVENING? NO, MA'AM. OK, NEXT.
[IV. ANNOUNCEMENTS / PRESENTATIONS:]
WE HAVE ANNOUNCEMENTS IN PRESENTATIONS.FIRST, I WILL LET EVERYONE KNOW THAT DISTRICT ONE COUNTY COMMISSIONER MARIA MARINO IS IN THE HOUSE TONIGHT.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO CALL NICK, YOU'RE AN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE PALM BEACH TRANSPORTATION PLANNING AGENCY TO THE PODIUM, PLEASE.
GOOD EVENING, MADAME MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, MY NAME IS NICK URINE AND I'M THE DIRECTOR FOR THE PALM BEACH TRANSPORTATION PLANNING AGENCY, AND I'M GOING TO TURN DO MY BEST TO SEE IF I CAN MANAGE THE IT CHALLENGES HERE.
HOW ABOUT NOW? ALL RIGHT, I'LL I'LL LEAN INTO IT.
I WAS INVITED TO COME HERE BY YOUR MANAGER AND EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'VE BEEN HAVING AT THE PALM BEACH.
TPA SPECIFICALLY ABOUT A FUNDING APPROACH FOR A COUNTYWIDE MOBILITY VISION.
AND SO WHAT I WANT TO DO IS WALK THROUGH A HANDFUL OF SLIDES, TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING AND WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH, WHAT WE THINK THE ADDITIONAL FUNDING RESOURCES WILL ALLOW US TO DO AS A COUNTY AND HOW THAT WILL BENEFIT OUR INDIVIDUAL MUNICIPALITIES AND BUILD A COHESIVE PICTURE OF OUR FUTURE FOR TRANSPORTATION HERE IN PALM BEACH COUNTY.
IT'S NOT VERY LONG A PRESENTATION, BUT I DO HOPE THAT YOU'LL ENGAGE WITH IT MENTALLY AND THEN GIVE ME ANY FEEDBACK, QUESTIONS, THOUGHTS THAT YOU HAVE FOR ME AS WE GO THROUGH THIS. FIRST, BRIEFLY FOR THE AUDIENCE MEMBERS WHO ARE UNFAMILIAR, AND I ACTUALLY HAD ONE OF OUR WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE FOR ME.
WE HAVE A CITIZEN'S ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND ONE OF THE MEMBERS SERVING ON OUR CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON SAID I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN GOVERNMENT FOR 20 YEARS AND I HAVE NEVER HEARD OF YOU AND I THOUGHT, OH, WE'VE GOT TO DO A BETTER JOB THAN THAT.
SO WHO IS THE TPA? WE ARE THE PALM BEACH TRANSPORTATION PLANNING AGENCY.
WE ARE A FEDERALLY MANDATED AGENCY THAT IS ESTABLISHED TO MAKE TRANSPORTATION POLICY ON LOCAL TRANSPORTATION RELATED ISSUES.
AND THEN MOST IMPORTANTLY, WE ARE THE AGENCY ENTRUSTED WITH THE STEWARDSHIP AND RESPONSIBILITY OF ALLOCATING THE FEDERAL AND STATE TRANSPORTATION DOLLARS TO PROJECTS AND SERVICES WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY.
WE ARE A GOVERNING BOARD OF 21 LOCALLY ELECTED OFFICIALS.
WE HAVE FIVE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
WE HAVE 15 MUNICIPAL ELECTED OFFICIALS, INCLUDING YOUR OWN VICE MAYOR, WHO SITS AS A REPRESENTATIVE ON THE TPA GOVERNING BOARD.
AND THEN ONE PORT COMMISSIONER.
AND TOGETHER, THAT BODY IS ENTRUSTED WITH THE DECISION MAKING RESPONSIBILITIES FOR THE FEDERAL AND STATE TRANSPORTATION DOLLARS FOR OUR PORTION OF THE REGION.
MISSION OF THE TPA IS TO COLLABORATE OR TO COLLABORATIVELY PLAN, PRIORITIZE AND FUND TRANSPORTATION. AND I WANT TO MENTION THE PREDECESSOR TO DISTRICT ONE, COMMISSIONER MARINO. HOW BULLISH WAS OUR VICE CHAIR WHEN WE ESTABLISHED THIS AS OUR VISION, AS OUR MISSION STATEMENT GAVE ME ALL SORTS OF HEARTACHE ABOUT THE SPLIT INFINITIVE IN THE WAY THAT WE'VE WRITTEN THIS TO PUT THE ADVERB IN BETWEEN THE TWO AND THE VERB.
THE POINT IS, YOU LEAD WITH WHAT YOU WANT TO EMPHASIZE, AND THE ROLE OF THE TPA ISN'T JUST PLANNING, PRIORITIZING AND FUNDING, IT'S DOING IT AS A AS A TEAM.
WE'RE COLLABORATIVELY DECIDING WHAT TO DO WITH THE DOLLARS AND HOW TO SPEND THEM TO THE MAXIMUM EFFICIENCY FOR OUR COMMUNITIES.
AND OUR VISION IS A SAFE, EFFICIENT AND CONNECTED MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM.
THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO ACHIEVE.
THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO SEE HAPPEN THROUGHOUT PALM BEACH COUNTY.
SO WHAT DO WE DO? HOW DO WE DO THAT? WELL, FIRST WE ADOPT A LONG RANGE TRANSPORTATION PLAN THAT ESTABLISHES THE VISION FOR ALL OF PALM BEACH COUNTY WHEN IT COMES TO TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY.
BUT THEN AGAIN, MORE IMPORTANTLY, WE FUND THAT VISION THROUGH ADOPTION ANNUALLY OF A FIVE YEAR TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM THAT ALLOCATES AROUND ROUGHLY $600 MILLION PER YEAR FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL DOLLARS COMBINED TOWARD TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS AND
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SERVICES. AND THEN ON AN ANNUAL EVERY TWO YEAR BASIS.RATHER, WE REFINE OUR VISION BY UPDATING THE AGENCY'S BUDGET AND DIRECTION THE STAFF, THE DIRECTION TO ME AND MY STAFF AS TO WHAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE ACCOMPLISHING AND HOW DO WE IMPLEMENT THIS OVERALL PICTURE.
AND SO THAT'S CALLED OUR UNIFIED PLANNING WORK PROGRAM, AND WE WORK ON THAT EVERY COUPLE OF YEARS, REFINING AGAIN THE ACTIVITIES OF OUR STAFF.
WHY DO WE WANT A COUNTYWIDE MOBILITY VISION? WELL, FIRST, IT'S BECAUSE TRAFFIC CONGESTION IS BACK.
IF YOU ENJOYED THE RESPITE THAT THE PANDEMIC GAVE YOU LAST YEAR, IT'S OVER THE THERE ARE SIX LOCATIONS THAT WE MONITOR CONTINUOUSLY AND CAPTURE TRAFFIC COUNTS ON A MINUTE BY MINUTE, DAY BY DAY, HOUR BY HOUR BASIS.
AND THERE ARE SIX LOCATIONS ARE ALL SHOWING AN INCREASE OVER PRE-PANDEMIC LEVELS.
SO NOT ONLY HAVE WE SEEN A RETURN TO PRE-PANDEMIC LEVELS, BUT WE ARE ABOVE THEM AT THIS POINT IN TIME, ROUGHLY FIVE PERCENT ABOVE PRE-PANDEMIC LEVELS ON I-95 IN NORTHERN PALM BEACH COUNTY, ANOTHER THREE PERCENT ON NINETY FIVE IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PALM BEACH COUNTY STATE ROAD 80 WITH ALL THE DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY THAT'S OCCURRING IN THE CENTRAL PART OF PALM BEACH COUNTY HAS SEEN A 13 18 PERCENT INCREASE.
AND THEN I WANT TO MENTION TO BEELINE HIGHWAY WAS THE ONE ROAD IN PALM BEACH COUNTY THAT DID NOT SEE A DECREASE IN TRAFFIC BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC.
BEELINE HIGHWAY IN THE NORTHWESTERN PART OF PALM BEACH COUNTY IS PRIMARILY A FREIGHT CORRIDOR. AND WHILE PEOPLE WERE NOT TRAVELING TO AND FROM THEIR PLACES OF EMPLOYMENT AND SERVICES, THEY WERE STILL ASKING FOR GOODS AND SERVICES TO BE DELIVERED TO THEM.
AND BEELINE HIGHWAY NEVER SAW A DROP THROUGHOUT THE PANDEMIC, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY UP TO MUCH HIGHER LEVELS THAN PRE-PANDEMIC.
AND EVEN SOME OF OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY ROADS LIKE US ONE IN BOCA RATON ARE ALSO UP OVER PRE-PANDEMIC LEVELS.
THE OTHER REASON THAT WE NEED TO PLAN AND CREATE AND THEN IMPLEMENT OF.
ALREADY, VISION IS THAT JOBS ARE EXPLODING NOT JUST IN PALM BEACH GARDENS, BUT HERE AND THROUGHOUT PALM BEACH COUNTY, AND WE HAVE GOT TO MAKE INVESTMENTS NOW IN THE URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDED TO BRING PEOPLE TO THESE PLACES OF EMPLOYMENT AND BRING THEM BACK HOME TO BRING THEM TO THE SERVICES AND THE EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES THAT WILL EQUIP THEM TO TO FILL THE JOBS THAT WE'RE NOW SEEING COMING OUT OF THE NORTHEAST AND THE MIGRATION OF EMPLOYMENT CENTERS OUT OF THE NORTHEAST PART OF OUR COUNTRY AND INTO INTO FLORIDA AND SPECIFICALLY HERE IN THE PALM BEACH COUNTY.
SO WE HAVE TO POSITION OURSELVES TO ACCOMMODATE THE GROWTH BECAUSE IT'S HERE.
THE THIRD REASON THAT WE'VE GOT TO DEVELOP A MOBILITY VISION AND WORK COLLABORATIVELY TO IMPLEMENT IT IS THAT THE GAME IS CHANGING HERE IN SOUTH FLORIDA.
TWENTY YEARS AGO, ALMOST AT THIS POINT IN TIME, TWO THOUSAND THREE MIAMI-DADE PASSED A TRANSPORTATION SURTAX, A ONE HALF CENT TRANSPORTATION SURTAX.
THEY ARE USING THE REVENUE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT TRANSPORTATION SURTAX TO ATTRACT DISCRETIONARY, FEDERAL AND STATE GRANT DOLLARS, NOT SMALL GRANTS, BUT HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS FROM FEDERAL AND STATE DISCRETIONARY SOURCES TO BUILD MAJOR TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS IN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY.
SIMM ONE OF THOSE EXAMPLES IS THE SOUTH DADE TRANSIT WAY.
THE MIAMI-DADE COUNTY WAS ABLE TO PLEDGE 100 MILLION OF THEIR OWN DOLLARS LOCAL TRANSPORTATION, THEIR TAX DOLLARS TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF A TRANSIT WAY THAT WOULD SERVE FROM THE DOWNTOWN TO SOUTHWESTERN MIAMI-DADE, AND BECAUSE THEY WERE ABLE TO DO THAT WITH 100 MILLION OF THEIR OWN DOLLARS.
THEY WERE ABLE TO ATTRACT 200 MILLION IN FEDERAL AND STATE GRANTS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THAT PROJECT. THE SURTAX MONEY, THOUGH, AND THIS IS KEY.
NOT ONLY DOES IT ALLOW YOU TO ATTRACT THOSE GRANT DOLLARS, BUT IT ALSO CAN BE USED.
TRANSPORTATION SURTAX DOLLARS PER FLORIDA STATUTE CAN BE USED TO OPERATE THE SERVICES THAT YOU CONSTRUCT WITH THE MONEY, SO THEY ARE USING THE REVENUE TO BOTH BUDGET AS MATCHING FUNDS FOR THESE GRANTS TO BUILD PROJECTS AND THEN TO OPERATE THE TRANSIT SERVICES ONCE THEY HAVE CONSTRUCTED THOSE PROJECTS.
THE BROWARD COUNTY IN 2018 PASSED A TRANSPORTATION SURTAX, A ONE CENT TRANSPORTATION SURTAX THAT WILL BE IN PLACE FOR 30 YEARS.
THAT IS ALLOWING THEM TO BEGIN AN AGGRESSIVE SCHEDULE TO IMPLEMENT COMMUTER RAIL ON THE FEC RAIL CORRIDOR THROUGH THEIR MAJOR POPULATION CENTERS.
A DESIRED OUTCOME THAT THIS COMMUNITY IS VERY FAMILIAR WITH AND WE WOULD LOVE TO SEE HAPPEN HERE IN PALM BEACH GARDENS AND IN OTHER LOCATIONS ALONG THE FEC AND PALM BEACH COUNTY. BECAUSE BROWARD COUNTY HAS A SURTAX, THEY ARE ABLE TO TELL DOT.
WE WANT YOU TO DO THE PASSENGER RAIL STUDY NECESSARY TO IDENTIFY THE STATION LOCATIONS, THE NUMBER OF TRAIN SETS WE WOULD NEED TO BUY.
AND THEN BROWARD COUNTY HAS ALSO COMMITTED TO NEGOTIATE THE ACCESS FROM THE FEC TO RUN PUBLICLY OPERATED TRAINS ON THAT PRIVATELY OWNED RAIL CORRIDOR.
VERY IMPORTANT TO REMIND EVERYONE THE FEC IS NOT A PUBLIC ASSET.
IT'S A PRIVATE PROPERTY THAT IN ORDER TO RUN PUBLIC TRANSIT SERVICE UPON IT, WE WOULD NEED TO NEGOTIATE AN ACCESS FEE AND AN AGREEMENT WITH THE FEC TO RUN THAT SERVICE.
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AND MIAMI-DADE, IT'S NOT ON THE SLIDE, BUT ANOTHER POINT I WANT TO MENTION.MIAMI-DADE HAS ALSO DIRECTED THEIR STAFF TO NEGOTIATE WITH THE FEC FOR A PASSENGER RAIL EASEMENT IN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY THAT WOULD ALLOW THEM TO OPERATE PASSENGER RAIL ON THAT FEC CORRIDOR. AND THEN JUST FOR THE MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE WHO MAY NOT BE FAMILIAR WITH THIS, THE FEC IS THE EASTERNMOST RAIL CORRIDOR THAT RUNS THROUGHOUT SOUTHEAST FLORIDA.
THE CSX TRAIN LINE, OR THE SOUTH FLORIDA RAIL CORRIDOR, IS ACTUALLY A PUBLICLY OWNED RAILWAY FROM I-95 IN MANGUDYA PARK RIVIERA BEACH AREA ALL THE WAY SOUTH INTO MIAMI.
THAT CORRIDOR IS USED FOR TRI RAIL.
UNFORTUNATELY, THAT CORRIDOR RUNS ALONG I-95, WHERE MOST OF OUR TOWN CENTERS ARE NOT, AND THE FEC RAILWAY RUNS ALONG U.S.
ONE AND ALTERNATE A1A, WHERE MOST OF OUR POPULATION CENTERS AND EMPLOYMENT CENTERS ARE LOCATED. SO IT'S MUCH MORE DESIRABLE TO IMPLEMENT PASSENGER RAIL SERVICE ON THE FEC RAILWAY BECAUSE IT'S MUCH MORE CONVENIENT AND ACCESSIBLE TO THOSE MAJOR POPULATION AND EMPLOYMENT DESTINATIONS.
ANOTHER REASON WE'VE GOT TO DEVELOP A MOBILITY VISION AND THEN WORK COLLABORATIVELY TO IMPLEMENT IT IS THAT INFRASTRUCTURE IS DESTINY.
SIMPLE PHRASE, BUT VERY IMPORTANT INFRASTRUCTURE IS DESTINY.
AND WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS IF YOU BUILD TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES LIKE THIS, THE MESSAGE YOU ARE SENDING TO PEOPLE IS, I EXPECT YOU TO DRIVE.
I EXPECT THAT BEHAVIOR FROM YOU AND I HAVE PROVIDED A FACILITY THAT ALLOWS FOR THAT BEHAVIOR TO OCCUR.
THIS IS THE INTERSECTION OF OKEECHOBEE BOULEVARD AND PALM BEACH LAKES BOULEVARD IN WEST PALM BEACH. AND WHAT YOU SEE IS NOT ONLY DO THE BEHAVIORS REINFORCE, DOES THE FACILITY REINFORCE THE EXPECTED BEHAVIORS, BUT EVEN THE PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS REINFORCE AND CIRCULATE THAT CONTINUOUS MESSAGE THAT WE EXPECT YOU TO DRIVE.
SO YOU HAVE PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT THAT SAYS WE'RE GOING TO PROVIDE PLACES FOR YOU TO BUY A CAR, PLACES FOR YOU TO FUEL A CAR, PLACES FOR YOU TO MAINTAIN YOUR CAR AND REPLACE ITS OIL, AND PLACES FOR EVEN WHERE YOU CAN RENT YOUR CAR WINDOWS SO THAT YOU CAN PROTECT AGAINST THE HEAT AND THE SUN AND THE RADIATION WHEN YOU'RE DRIVING YOUR CAR.
IF AS AN ALTERNATIVE FUTURE, WE SAY WE WANT TO PLAN FOR PEOPLE.
THEN YOU START TO THINK ABOUT WHERE HAVE I COME? WHERE HAVE I CREATED A SPACE, A SAFE, COMFORTABLE SPACE FOR SOMEONE TO WALK ALONG A CORRIDOR LIKE THIS? IF THEY ONLY WANTED TO TRAVEL FROM ONE FROM ONE BLOCK TO THE OTHER IN ORDER TO GO FOR LUNCH OR TO GO AND PURCHASE AN ITEM ON THEIR LUNCH HOUR, OR TO EVEN GET GROCERIES ON THEIR WAY HOME.
HAVE I PROVIDED A SAFE ENVIRONMENT FOR THEM TO PERFORM THAT WITHOUT HAVING TO GET INTO A CAR? HAVE I PROVIDED A SAFE ENOUGH SPACE FOR THEM TO GO THE TWO TO THREE MILES THAT THEY MIGHT BE WILLING TO TRAVEL IN A BICYCLE IF THE ENVIRONMENT PROMOTED THAT BEHAVIOR AND ACCOMMODATED IT? HAVE I PROVIDED A TRANSIT SERVICE THAT WOULD OCCUR FREQUENTLY ENOUGH THAT PEOPLE WOULD CHOOSE TO USE IT TO RELY UPON IT AND NOT HAVE TO OWN A CAR? AND THIS WOULD REALLY ALLOW YOU TO CREATE THIS CAR.
OPTIONAL FUTURE DOESN'T MEAN YOU CAN'T OWN A CAR.
IT DOESN'T MEAN WE HAVEN'T PROVIDED SPACE AND ACCOMMODATION FOR PEOPLE WHO DO DRIVE ALONG THE CORRIDOR, BUT IT MEANS THAT WE'VE CREATED A CAR OPTIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE.
AND WHAT HAPPENS THEN IS WHEN YOU SEND THE MESSAGE THAT WE'RE PLANNING FOR PEOPLE, NOT JUST FOR THE CARS THAT THEY DRIVE IN.
YOU SEE, THE DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS START TO MODIFY AND EVOLVE TO REFLECT THE INFRASTRUCTURE DECISIONS THAT YOU'VE MADE AND THE EXPECTATION THAT PEOPLE SHOULD BE ABLE TO WALK OR BIKE OR RIDE TRANSIT TO THEIR DESTINATION INSTEAD OF JUST GETTING INTO THEIR CAR AND GOING FROM POINT A TO POINT B.
AND SO NOW YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL HOUSING STOCK THAT IS DECOUPLED FROM THE RESPONSIBILITY OF CREATING PARKING SPACES AT TRADITIONAL CAR CENTRIC RATIOS.
SO NOW YOU DON'T HAVE TO PUT TWO TWO PARKING SPACES FOR EVERY UNIT INTO THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN THAT LOWERS THE COST OF CONSTRUCTION FOR THE HOUSING, AND YOU HAVE THE POLITICAL COVERAGE NEEDED WITH A MOBILITY VISION AND THE FUNDING TO IMPLEMENT IT.
YOU HAVE THE POLITICAL COVERAGE NEEDED TO SAY WE WILL PROVIDE FOR THE TRAVEL DEMANDS OF THIS MODERATELY DENSE DEVELOPMENT PATTERN.
WITHOUT CAUSING CARMAGEDDON, WITHOUT CAUSING THIS OVERWHELMING ONSLAUGHT OF TRAFFIC CONGESTION THAT IS NORMALLY THE FRUSTRATION THAT YOU WILL HEAR AS ELECTED OFFICIALS WHEN DEVELOPMENTS OF THIS NATURE ARE PROPOSED FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
SO IF WE HAVE A VISION THAT SAYS THE TRANSPORTATION PATTERNS AND INFRASTRUCTURE AND SERVICES ACCOMMODATE THIS MODERATELY DENSE OR CONTEXT APPROPRIATE DENSITY, WE CAN INCREASE THE HOUSING STOCK.
WE CAN DECREASE THE COST OF CONSTRUCTING THAT HOUSING AND OVERALL HAVE A NET EFFECT OF PROVIDING MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR THE PEOPLE WHO WANT TO LIVE IN THE PARADISE THAT WE CALL PALM BEACH COUNTY.
SO THE QUESTION IS, DOES THIS REALLY WORK, DOES INFRASTRUCTURE REALLY DRIVE DEVELOPMENT? I TOOK THE FIRST PICTURE IN THE UPPER LEFT CORNER IN TWENTY SIXTEEN.
THIS IS FROM THE A PARKING GARAGE LOOKING WEST AT THE BRIGHT LINE TRANSIT HUB IN DOWNTOWN
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WEST PALM BEACH. AND THEN I TOOK THAT SAME PHOTOGRAPH IN TWENTY TWENTY ONE JUST FIVE YEARS LATER, AND YOU CAN NO LONGER SEE THE STATION BECAUSE OF ALL THE DEVELOPMENT THAT HAS OCCURRED IN THE FOREGROUND AND IN THE BACKGROUND.YOU HAVE NEW OFFICE CONSTRUCTION, YOU HAVE NEW RESIDENTIAL TOWERS IN THE BACK, YOU HAVE NEW RESIDENTIAL TOWERS IN THE FOREGROUND, YOU HAVE NEW SENIOR RESIDENTIAL HOUSING THAT IT PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY TO AGE IN PLACE SO YOU CAN.
YOU CAN OCCUPY UNITS LIKE THESE IN AN URBAN ENVIRONMENT, AND I HAD A FASCINATING CONVERSATION WITH A COUPLE.
WHEN I WAS WALKING IN DENVER, WE WENT OUT THERE WITH THE ECONOMIC COUNCIL.
GOSH, IT'S BEEN FIVE YEARS AGO NOW TO LOOK AT THE INVESTMENTS THAT THEY'VE MADE IN TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE CITY OF DENVER.
AND I WAS TALKING TO THIS COUPLE AND I SAID, WHY DID YOU CHOOSE TO LIVE DOWNTOWN? WHAT DO YOU LIKE ABOUT BEING IN THE URBAN CORE OF DENVER? AND THEY SAID, WE JUST GOT TIRED OF WASTING SO MUCH OF OUR LIVES AND CONGESTION AS WE DROVE AROUND THE OUTER BELT AND WE AND WE SAT ON THE INTERSTATE AND WE SAT ON THE INTERSTATE AND WE SAID, WE DON'T WANT TO OWN A CAR, WE DON'T WANT TO.
WE DON'T WANT TO OWN TWO CARS.
SO THEY MOVE DOWNTOWN ALONG THE LIGHT RAIL CORRIDOR, WHERE THEY CAN NOW GET TO THE AMPHITHEATER TO GO SEE A CONCERT AT RED ROCK CANYON, WHICH WAS FANTASTIC.
AND THEY CAN GET TO THE THE SPORTS ARENA AND THEY CAN GET TO THE GROCERY STORE, AND THEY DON'T HAVE TO GET INTO A CAR TO DO THOSE THINGS BECAUSE THEY'VE MOVED INTO AN ENVIRONMENT THAT ALLOWS THEM TO AGE IN PLACE AND AND FULFILL THOSE ROUTINE SERVICES AND THOSE THOSE NORMAL NEEDS THAT HUMANS EXPERIENCE WITHOUT HAVING TO GET INTO A CAR AND DRIVE.
WHAT IS THE VISION THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AND HOW DO WE PULL THIS TOGETHER FIRST? IT'S CONNECTED AND MULTIMODAL.
WHAT THAT MEANS IS THE TPA GOVERNING BOARD TOGETHER HAS SAID WE HAVE GOT TO GROW THE PERCENTAGE OF PEOPLE WHO WALK, BIKE AND RIDE TRANSIT IN ORDER TO ACCOMMODATE THE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT THAT WE KNOW IS COMING INTO ENHANCE OUR ECONOMIC PROSPERITY.
THIS SYSTEM HAS GOT TO BE EFFICIENT, MEANING INSTEAD OF WIDENING ROADWAYS AND ASSUMING THAT THE PATTERNS WILL ALWAYS BE WHAT THEY ARE TODAY, THAT WE WILL HAVE INEFFICIENT TRAFFIC SIGNALS AND WE JUST NEED BIGGER ROADS TO MOVE MORE CARS.
WE'VE GOT TO INVEST IN SMARTER ROADWAYS THAT ARE OUTFITTED WITH APPROPRIATE SENSORS SO THAT WE'RE PREPARED FOR THE VEHICLE TO VEHICLE AND VEHICLE TO INFRASTRUCTURE, FUTURE TECHNOLOGIES THAT ARE COMING, THAT ARE BEING DEPLOYED NOW IN SMALL PERCENTAGES, BUT THAT WILL GROW RAPIDLY IN MARKET SHARE IN RELATIVELY SHORT AMOUNTS OF TIME.
SO WE'VE GOT TO INVEST IN SMART ROADWAYS AND TRAFFIC SIGNALS TO MAXIMIZE THE EFFICIENT USE OF THE SERVICES AND THE FACILITIES THAT WE HAVE INSTEAD OF JUST BUILDING THEM BIGGER.
AND THEN WE'VE GOT TO BUILD SAFE STREETS, COMPLETE STREETS THAT ACCOMMODATE TRANSPORTATION USERS OF ALL AGES AND ABILITIES.
AND THE OTHER TERM, I HAVE IT ON THE SLIDE, BUT I WANT TO INTRODUCE YOU TO IS VISION ZERO. THE TPA HAS ESTABLISHED A COMMITMENT TO WHAT WE CALL VISION ZERO, WHICH IS A GOAL TO ELIMINATE ALL TRAFFIC RELATED FATALITIES AND SERIOUS INJURIES.
ONE OF THE KEY WAYS THAT YOU CAN DO THAT IS BY PROVIDING CLEARLY DESIGNATED SPACES FOR ALL USERS THAT ARE LEGALLY PERMITTED TO BE ON THE ROADWAY.
PEDESTRIANS, BICYCLISTS, TRANSIT RIDERS AND CARS SO THAT THEY CAN NEGOTIATE THE CONFLICTS THAT WE KNOW ARE GOING TO OCCUR SAFELY AND WITHOUT FATAL AND SERIOUS INJURY CRASHES.
WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE ON A COUNTY WIDE SCALE? FIRST, YOU'VE GOT THIS CONNECTED NETWORK OF TRANSIT CORRIDORS.
WE CALL IT THE FIVE SIX ONE PLAN, BECAUSE NOT ONLY IS THAT OUR AREA OR COUNTIES AREA CODE FOR TELEPHONE SERVICE, BUT IT'S ALSO A NETWORK OF FIVE NORTH-SOUTH TRANSIT CORRIDORS AND SIX EAST WEST TRANSIT CORRIDORS THAT TOGETHER FORM ONE CONNECTED NETWORK.
SO THOSE 11 CORRIDORS ARE THE BACKBONE OF THIS PLAN OF REGIONAL MOBILITY THAT SAYS WE CAN PROVIDE A MULTIMODAL FUTURE THAT IS CAR OPTIONAL, BUT WE'VE GOT TO DO IT BY PROVIDING A CONNECTED NETWORK OF ENHANCED TRANSIT SERVICES.
AND THEN WE ALSO NEED TO RECONSTRUCT THE ROADWAYS THAT LEAD TO THESE BACKBONE CORRIDORS IN ORDER TO ACCOMMODATE THE SAFE FACILITIES FOR THE PEDESTRIANS, THE BICYCLISTS AND THE THE TRANSIT RIDERS. AND SO THE GREEN LINES ARE THE CONNECTING STATE ROADS THAT WOULD FEED THIS THE THE BLUE NETWORK HERE.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, YOU HAVE THE COUNTY FACILITIES, ADDITIONAL GREEN LINES THAT ARE CONNECTING ANOTHER ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY MILES OF ROADWAYS THAT ARE CONNECTING TO THAT BLUE NETWORK OF CORE ENHANCED TRANSIT SERVICES.
YOU ALSO HAVE IN SOME PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY WHERE THERE ARE CAR CENTRIC LAND DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS. YOU HAVE SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING THAT WOULD COME FROM A TRANSPORTATION SURTAX REVENUE STREAM LIKE THIS THAT WOULD ALLOW WHERE ROAD IMPACT FEES ARE INSUFFICIENT TO COVER THE COST OF WIDENING THE ROADS IN PLACES LIKE THE ACREAGE OR IN THE AG RESERVE IN SOUTHWESTERN PALM BEACH COUNTY.
IT WOULD PROVIDE SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING TO THE COUNTY TO TO COVER THE COSTS OF THOSE ROAD CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS.
AND THEN YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE TRAFFIC SIGNAL INVESTMENTS THAT WOULD MAXIMIZE EFFICIENCY AND TECHNOLOGY.
AND THEN THE LAST COMPONENT OF THIS IS THE MUNICIPAL FACILITIES AND SERVICES.
THAT'S THE THIRD LEG OF THE STOOL WHERE YOU HAVE CONNECTING MUNICIPAL ROADWAYS, CORRESPONDING TRAFFIC SIGNAL INVESTMENTS FOR CITIES THAT DO OPERATE THEIR TRAFFIC SIGNALS
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LIKE BOCA RATON AND THEN MUNICIPAL MOBILITY SERVICES.AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS FOR THE PEOPLE WHO DON'T LIVE ALONG ONE OF THESE BLUE LINES, BUT WHO YOU WANT TO BRING TO THOSE CORRIDORS SO THEY CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE INVESTMENTS IN REGIONAL MOBILITY.
YOU WILL HAVE REVENUE AVAILABLE SO THAT YOU CAN PROVIDE MOBILITY ON DEMAND SERVICES, SOME SORT OF AN AUTONOMOUS SHUTTLE.
IT CAN BE EITHER AN APP DRIVEN OR A FIXED ROUTE SERVICE, BUT IT WOULD PROVIDE YOU WITH REVENUE. CONTINUOUS REVENUE NOT ONE TIME DEVELOPER PAID FEES, BUT CONTINUOUS REVENUE THAT CAN SUPPORT THE ANNUAL COST OF OPERATING AND PROVIDING A SERVICE LIKE THAT WITHIN YOUR COMMUNITIES. AND SO THAT'S AN ADDITIONAL COMPONENT OF HOW WE WOULD ALLOW FOR PEOPLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF AN INVESTMENT IN A COUNTYWIDE MOBILITY PLAN LIKE THIS.
WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE IN PRACTICE? WELL, FORTUNATELY, THE EXAMPLE I HAVE IS THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, AND SO WE CAN LOOK IN PARTICULAR AT HOW THIS WOULD HELP THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS AS AN EXAMPLE.
SO WHAT YOU'VE GOT HERE IS PGA BOULEVARD RUNNING RIGHT THROUGH IN AN EAST WEST ALTERNATE A1A HERE AND I-95 HERE.
IF THIS PROJECT, IF THIS CONCEPT WERE ESTABLISHED, THE FIRST THING IT WOULD ALLOW YOU TO DO ON A REGIONAL SCALE IS ADD THE PASSENGER RAIL SERVICE, THE COMMUTER RAIL SERVICE THAT YOU KNOW IS SO VALUABLE TO YOUR MUNICIPALITY.
IT WOULD ALLOW YOU TO INTRODUCE THAT PASSENGER RAIL SERVICE TO THE FEC RAIL LINE ALONG WITH THE STATION. AND DON'T FUSS WITH ME ABOUT THE LOCATION OF THE STATION.
I KNOW IT'S STILL IN PLAY, BUT IT WOULD ALLOW YOU TO IMPLEMENT THE VISION WHEN IT'S NAILED DOWN. IT WOULD ALSO ALLOW YOU TO TO ADD THE ENHANCED BUS SERVICE ON THE CONNECTING ROADWAYS, IN THIS CASE, IT'S PGA BOULEVARD AND ITS MILITARY TRAIL ARE PART OF THAT FIVE SIX ONE CORRIDOR NETWORK OF ENHANCED TRANSIT SERVICE CORRIDORS.
AND IT WOULD ALLOW YOU TO REBUILD THE CONNECTING STATE ROAD.
IN THIS CASE, IT'S ALTERNATE A1A TO IMPROVE THE THE PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE FACILITIES AND PROVIDE A SAFE WAY FOR PEOPLE TO TRAVEL ALONG THAT STATE FACILITY IN ORDER TO GET TO THE ENHANCED TRANSIT SERVICES THAT YOU'VE NOW COMMITTED TO PROVIDING IN YOUR COMMUNITY ON A COUNTY SCALE. FIRST THING IT DOES, THE FUNDING PROVIDED FROM THE SURTAX TO PALM BEACH COUNTY WOULD ALLOW THEM TO UPGRADE THE TECHNOLOGY ASSOCIATED WITH ALL THE TRAFFIC SIGNALS THAT I'VE HIGHLIGHTED ON THE MAP.
SECOND THING IS THAT IT WOULD ALLOW ALLOW THE COUNTY TO RECONSTRUCT A COUNTY MAINTAINED ROADWAY LIKE RCA BOULEVARD AGAIN TO ENHANCE THE PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE FACILITIES AND MAKE IT EASIER TO WALK FROM THE GARDENS MEDICAL CENTER TO THIS ENHANCED TRANSIT SERVICE.
AND THEN THE THIRD THING ON THE CITY SIDE IS IT WOULD ALLOW YOU TO REBUILD THE CONNECTING CITY STREETS AGAIN, ENHANCING THE ENVIRONMENT SO THAT YOU CAN PROMOTE AND MAKE IT FEEL COMFORTABLE, REASONABLE AND APPROPRIATE FOR SOMEONE WHO CHOOSES TO WALK OR BIKE TO THE TO THEIR DESTINATION OR TO THE TRANSIT SERVICE.
AND THEN IT WOULD ALLOW YOU TO OPERATE THOSE UP CITYWIDE MOBILITY SERVICES, EITHER ON A FIXED ROUTE BASIS OR ON AN ON DEMAND BASIS.
AND SO I'VE ADDED THAT IN AS A YELLOW HIGHLIGHTED AREA TO DEMONSTRATE THAT YOU WOULD HAVE RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO YOU AS A MUNICIPALITY TO PROVIDE THAT KIND OF SERVICE TO YOUR TO YOUR RESIDENTS AND YOUR EMPLOYEES AND VISITORS.
HOW DO WE ACHIEVE THIS? FIRST? IT HAS TO HAPPEN COLLABORATIVELY IF WE'RE NOT PULLING IN THE SAME DIRECTION, THEN WE'RE NOT GOING TO ACHIEVE IT AT ALL.
SO WE'VE GOT TO REFINE THE MOBILITY VISION ELEMENTS RIGHT NOW.
WE'VE GOT TO WORK TOGETHER TO FIGURE OUT.
DID I SHOW YOU THE RIGHT CONTENT? IF THERE ARE THINGS THAT YOU THINK ARE MISSING THAT NEED TO BE THERE, THEN YOU SHOULD TELL ME THAT IF YOU THINK THERE ARE THINGS THAT ARE INCLUDED THERE THAT DON'T BELONG IN A MOBILITY VISION, WE NEED TO HEAR THAT AS WELL BECAUSE ULTIMATELY WE'VE GOT TO PULL IN THE SAME DIRECTION. WE NEED STAKEHOLDERS, WE NEED OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS, WE ABSOLUTELY NEED OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO SEE THIS AND TO PURSUE IT TOGETHER WITH US.
THIS IS NOT A GOVERNMENT INITIATIVE THAT PRIVATE SECTOR JUST SITS BACK AND WATCHES.
THIS HAS GOT TO BE A PARTNERSHIP.
SECOND IS WE'VE GOT TO MAXIMIZE THE EXISTING FEDERAL AND STATE FUNDS AVAILABLE TO US AS A COMMUNITY RIGHT NOW.
AND THE TPA IS WORKING COLLABORATIVELY WITH WITH OUR PARTNERS TO THE SOUTH OF BROWARD AND MIAMI-DADE TO MAXIMIZE THE FLEXIBILITY TO BASICALLY CHANGE THE RULES ON HOW WE USE THE EXISTING DOLLARS SO THAT IF WE WANT TO BUILD SOME OF THESE PROJECTS NOW, WE DON'T HAVE TO WAIT FOR NEW MONEY.
WE CAN DO IT WITH THE DOLLARS THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY RECEIVING, THE DOLLARS WE'RE RECEIVING RIGHT NOW, FEDERAL GAS TAXES, STATE GAS TAXES, STATE DOCK STAMPS, COUNTY ROAD FEES.
THEY'RE NOT ADEQUATE TO IMPLEMENT THE ENTIRE MOBILITY VISION, BUT WE NEED MORE FLEXIBILITY BECAUSE SOME OF THOSE DOLLARS ARE SILOED TO ONLY BE ABLE TO ONLY BE USEFUL FOR ROAD WIDENING.
AND WE'VE GOT TO PURSUE SOME CHANGES ON A FEDERAL, ON A STATE AND ON A LOCAL LEVEL TO ALLOW MORE FLEXIBILITY SO THAT WHEN YOU, AS ELECTED OFFICIALS WANT TO RESPOND TO THE COMMUNITY DEMANDS FOR BETTER TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY, YOU'RE NOT HAMSTRUNG.
YOU'RE NOT RESTRICTED FROM USING THOSE RESOURCES TO TO RESPOND TO THE NEEDS OF YOUR CONSTITUENTS. AND THEN ULTIMATELY, THE REASON I'M HERE IS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A TRANSPORTATION SURTAX WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SHOULD PALM BEACH COUNTY AT THE SUNSET OF THE EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE SURTAX, WHICH FACED BACKWARDS AND RESOLVED THE DEFERRED MAINTENANCE OF OUR FACILITIES AND INFRASTRUCTURE.
SHOULD WE ASK OUR VOTERS, ARE YOU WILLING TO PIVOT? WE'RE NOT SAYING, LET'S JUST CONTINUE THE INFRASTRUCTURE SURTAX.
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WE'RE SAYING THAT LOOK BACKWARDS AND WE DEALT WITH THE PROBLEMS OF THE PAST.NOW WE WANT TO KNOW, ARE YOU READY TO PIVOT AND IMPLEMENT A TRANSPORTATION SURTAX THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO CONSTRUCT AND OPERATE THE MOBILITY VISION OF THE 21ST CENTURY THAT WILL CREATE CONTINUED AND ENHANCED PROSPERITY FOR ALL OF PALM BEACH COUNTY? THESE NEW FUNDS AGAIN WOULD ALLOW US TO ACCESS THE FEDERAL AND STATE DISCRETIONARY GRANT DOLLARS. I'M GOING TO MENTION VERY QUICKLY THE BIDEN INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN IS PENDING ONE.
ONE OF THE REALITIES THAT WE'RE GOING TO SEE AS PALM BEACH COUNTY IS THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE SOME OF THE ADDITIONAL FUNDING THAT WILL PASS EVENTUALLY AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL IS GOING TO REQUIRE A LOCAL MATCH.
AND WE'RE GOING TO BE A FEW YEARS BEHIND THIS FIRST WAVE OF ADDITIONAL FEDERAL FUNDING BECAUSE WE WON'T HAVE THE TRANSPORTATION OF THEIR TAX DOLLARS TO DRAW SOME OF THOSE, SOME OF THOSE DOLLARS FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DOWN HERE.
WE WILL SEE THEM COME TO THE REGION.
I THINK WE'LL SEE BROWARD POSITIONED WELL FOR THAT.
I THINK WE'LL SEE MIAMI POSITIONED WELL FOR THAT.
TAMPA IS RUNNING TO CATCH UP AFTER THEIR SURTAX WAS DECLARED UNCONSTITUTIONAL EARLIER THIS YEAR, BUT THEY'RE WORKING ON PUTTING IT BACK IN PLACE IN 22.
AND I THINK ORLANDO IS GOING TO BE IN THE CONVERSATION ABOUT A TRANSPORTATION SURTAX, PROBABLY IN TWENTY TWO AS WELL.
IF WE DON'T HAVE THESE RESOURCES, WE'RE ALWAYS GOING TO BE ON THE SIDELINE WATCHING THOSE OTHER MAJOR COUNTIES AND THOSE OTHER URBANIZED AREAS, SOME OF WHOM ARE SMALLER THAN US AND LESS DENSE THAN US.
GET MORE OF THESE DISCRETIONARY DOLLARS THAN WE DO BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T TAKEN OUR DESTINY AND TAKEN CONTROL OF OUR DESTINY AND PUT OUR FUTURE IN OUR OWN HANDS WITH THIS KIND OF A LOCAL FUNDING DECISION.
WE STILL NEED TO WORK OUT FUNDING ALLOCATIONS, AND THE PERCENTAGES ARE ALWAYS GOING TO MATTER, AND I KNOW THAT.
BUT WE'RE GOING TO WORK OUT FUNDING ALLOCATIONS TO IMPLEMENTING AGENCIES, INCLUDING THE PERCENTAGES THAT GO TO EACH OF THE CITIES.
AND THEN ULTIMATELY, WE HAVE TO CONFIRM THE TIMELINE.
THE JUST AS A REMINDER TO THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION OR THE COUNCIL.
RATHER, THE INFRASTRUCTURE SURTAX EXPIRES AT THE END OF TWENTY TWENTY SIX OR UPON COLLECTION OF THE PREDICTED 10 YEAR TOTAL.
AND RIGHT NOW, COLLECTIONS HAVE EXCEEDED PREDICTED AMOUNTS, SO IT SEEMS TO BE.
THE TREND SEEMS TO BE THAT IT WILL EXPIRE SOMETIME IN TWENTY LATE, TWENTY FIVE OR EARLY TWENTY SIX, WHICH IS WHY WE THINK THAT A VOTER QUESTION ON THE NOVEMBER TWENTY FOUR BALLOT TO IMPLEMENT A TRANSPORTATION SURTAX UPON SUNSET OF THE EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE SURTAX SEEMS LIKE THE RIGHT TIME FRAME TO FOCUS ATTENTION ON.
LAST THING I'M GOING TO MENTION TRANSPORTATION SURTAXES BY STATE LAW CAN ONLY BE ON GENERAL ELECTIONS, SO IT WOULD HAVE TO BE IN NOVEMBER OF TWENTY FOUR OR NOVEMBER OF TWENTY SIX IF IT WERE TO OCCUR AT ALL.
NOVEMBER OF TWENTY TWO, WITH AN OVERLAP WITH THE EXISTING SURTAX I DON'T THINK IS REALLY ON THE TABLE. ANYONE'S TALKING ABOUT THAT.
SO I'VE GIVEN YOU A WHIRLWIND OF CONTENT TO SORT OF THINK ABOUT.
AGAIN, I THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE THIS EVENING, I REALLY, REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO THE PARTNERSHIP THAT WE'VE ALREADY ENJOYED AND ENHANCING IT AS WE GO FORWARD INTO THIS MOBILITY VISION PROCESS.
AND I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE FOR ME.
THANKS, NICK. IT WAS TWICE AS NICE HEARING AT THE SECOND TIME.
WE GOT SOME OF US GOT TO HEAR IT AT THE LEAGUE OF CITIES MEETING A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO.
SO ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR NICK MARCIE? YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR HIM.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BRINGING THIS TO TO US, AND IT IS A LOT OF INFORMATION TO DIGEST AND I APPRECIATE EVERY BIT OF IT.
SO YOU HAD MENTIONED A SURTAX THAT IT CAN BE USED ON INFRASTRUCTURE AND OPERATION.
DOES THAT INCLUDE MAINTENANCE AS WELL? IT DOES. OK.
BECAUSE THAT'S A BIG, A BIG THING.
BUT AGAIN, IT'S A TRANSPORTATION SURTAX, SO IT'S LIMITED TO THE MAINTENANCE OF TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES.
BUT YES, OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE OF THOSE FACILITIES AND SERVICES ARE ELIGIBLE.
RIGHT. AND THEN THE CONCEPT WOULD BE OR THE THOUGHT ABOUT CONCEPT WOULD BE THE DOLLARS.
I KNOW THE PERCENTAGES ARE STILL IN THE WORKS, BUT THE DOLLARS COLLECTED IN MUNICIPALITIES STAY IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF DOLLARS COLLECTED IN THE COUNTY, STAY IN THE COUNTY FOR THE ROADWAY THAT YOU JUST ELOQUENTLY PUT IN THE COLORED MAP, CORRECT? WELL, THE IDEA IS THAT YOU WOULD HAVE A PORTION OF THE REVENUE DEVOTED TO IMPLEMENTING THIS CONNECTED NETWORK OF TRANSIT SERVICES, A PORTION GIVEN TO THE COUNTY FOR THE WIDENING OF ROADS IN THE CAR CENTRIC UNINCORPORATED AREAS OF THE COUNTY AND FOR THE ENHANCEMENT OF THE SIGNAL SYSTEM COUNTYWIDE.
SO THAT WOULD HAVE A PORTION OF THAT WOULD BENEFIT MUNICIPALITIES.
A PORTION OF IT WOULD BE UNINCORPORATED, BUT THAT WOULD BE A COUNTY IS THE OPERATOR OF THE SIGNAL SYSTEM WOULD RECEIVE MONEY FOR THAT.
AND THEN THE MUNICIPAL SERVICES, THE MUNICIPAL FUNDING WOULD REALLY BE ALLOCATED TO THE CITIES TO TO CONSTRUCT OR RECONSTRUCT YOUR MUNICIPAL ROADWAYS AND THEN TO PROVIDE THOSE MUNICIPAL MOBILITY SERVICES.
THAT'S GREAT. AND THEN I KNOW THAT YOU'VE DONE THIS PRESENTATION OR SOMETHING SIMILAR IN
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OTHER AREAS. HAS IT BEEN WELL RECEIVED TO YOUR IN YOUR OPINION? I THINK IT HAS BEEN.I THINK IT HAS BEEN. I THINK THERE ARE CERTAINLY WE'VE GOT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE RECOGNIZE THERE ARE PEOPLE. THE MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE IN PALM BEACH COUNTY RIGHT NOW ARE DRIVERS.
WHEN THEY TRAVEL TO THEIR DESTINATIONS, THEY TRAVEL BY CAR.
AND SO ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I'VE GOTTEN IS IF I'M NOT IN A CORRIDOR, IF I'M NOT IN A LOCATION THAT'S NEAR ONE OF THESE ENHANCED TRANSIT CORRIDORS, WHAT'S IN IT FOR ME? AND THAT'S WHERE I THINK THE TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENTS THAT WE MAKE SO THAT THE AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES ARE ABLE TO INTERACT WITH THE.
SMART AND ENHANCED SIGNAL SYSTEMS. THAT'S WHERE THE TECHNOLOGY REALLY SAYS NOT ONLY WILL THIS BE A MORE MULTIMODAL CAR OPTIONAL FUTURE, BUT IF YOU CHOOSE TO DRIVE, YOUR EXPERIENCE SHOULD ACTUALLY BE BETTER AS WELL. ABSOLUTELY.
AND CHELSEA AND I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF GOING TO THE LEAGUE OF CITIES ANNUAL CONFERENCE THIS YEAR, AND I KNOW I HAD A SIDEBAR CONVERSATION WITH YOU, BUT WE A LOT OF IT WAS THE AUTONOMOUS, YOU KNOW, TROLLEYS AND VEHICLES AND EVEN ELECTRIC PILOTED AIRPLANES THAT WE TALK ABOUT. BUT IT WAS SUPER EXCITING BECAUSE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT FOR DECADES.
AND I KNOW WHEN I SAID, TROLLEY, I'M GOING TO SAY 10 YEARS AGO, EVERYONE LOOKED AT ME LIKE I HAD SIX HEADS, BUT NOW WE COULD SAY IT AND I DON'T GET THE SAME LOOKS.
SO A COUPLE OF OTHER QUESTIONS.
I DON'T WANT TO TAKE UP ALL OF THE TIME, BUT ONE THING THAT IS NOT KIND OF A LITTLE BIT RELATED, BUT IT'S NOT QUITE RELATED.
AND THAT IS CONGRESS AVENUE NORTH LAKE BOULEVARD.
THESE ARE THE AREAS AND WE HAVE AN ITEM ON OUR AGENDA COMING UP.
AND WHEN I WENT TO VISIT THAT SITE, IT'S AMAZING TO SEE HOW MANY PEDESTRIANS WE HAVE ON, YOU KNOW, NORTH LAKE BOULEVARD, AND THAT'S A JURISDICTIONAL ROADWAY NETWORK AND OR THOROUGHFARE. BUT CONGRESS AVENUE EXTENSION WOULD BE A HUGE RELIEVER FOR NORTH LAKE BOULEVARD. AND IS THAT SOMETHING THAT THIS COULD POTENTIALLY HELP WITH? BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE, YOU KNOW, THAT IS A ONE ROADWAY THAT I WOULD LOVE TO SEE GET EXTENDED? I HEAR YOU.
AND YOU KNOW, THE REALITY IS THAT SO SO I'M TRYING TO BE CAREFUL NOT TO STEP IN A HOLE.
THE REALITY IS THAT CONGRESS AVENUE EXTENSION WAS A FUNDED PROJECT.
AND THEN WE JUST GOT A LETTER THIS PAST WEEK FROM THE COUNTY ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT SAYING THEY ARE THEY ARE WITHDRAWING THEIR REQUEST FOR THE MATCHING FUNDS TO CONSTRUCT THAT EXTENSION BECAUSE THEY WERE UNABLE TO ACQUIRE THE RIGHT OF WAY NEEDED TO CONSTRUCT THAT PROJECT. SO WHEN WE WHEN WE ADDRESS AND RESOLVE THE RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION ISSUES, I THINK THERE IS DEFINITELY A WILLINGNESS AND A COMMITMENT FROM THE ELECTED OFFICIALS TO PROVIDE THE FUNDING RESOURCES NEEDED.
AND WE ACTUALLY, IN THAT CASE, WE HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY TO CONSTRUCT TO PROVIDE THE FUNDING NEEDED TO CONSTRUCT THAT PROJECT.
TODAY, WE DON'T NEED A SURTAX TO DO THAT.
WE NEED TO RESOLVE THE RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION BECAUSE THAT'S ONE THING I CAN SEE THE PEDESTRIAN ALL THIS WHOLE CONNECTED.
THIS IS A PERFECT OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE TO DO IT RIGHT.
AND THEN ONE OTHER THING AND I JUST GOT A CALL YESTERDAY BECAUSE I LIVE ALONG THE FEC RAILROAD FROM MY NEIGHBORS AND THEY SEE ALL THE, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S GOING ON.
CAN YOU GIVE A LITTLE QUICK UPDATE ABOUT QUIET ZONES BECAUSE EVERYONE KEEPS ASKING ME? SURE, ALMOST DAILY.
SO PHASE TWO SERVICE FOR BRIGHT LINE AS FAR AS I UNDERSTAND, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AN UPDATE FROM THEM COMING TO THE TPA GOVERNING BOARD IN OCTOBER.
WE'RE IN OCTOBER. IN TWO WEEKS, TWO WEEKS FROM TODAY, THEY'LL BE AT OUR GOVERNING BOARD.
THEY INTEND TO COMMENCE SERVICE FROM PALM BEACH, FROM CENTRAL PALM BEACH UP TO ORLANDO IN 2022. IN ORDER TO HAVE THE QUIET ZONES IN ORDER TO MAKE OUR CITIES ELIGIBLE TO DESIGNATE THEIR SHARE OF THE CORRIDOR AS A QUIET ZONE, TWO THINGS HAD TO HAPPEN.
ONE, THE TPA PROVIDED SUPPLEMENTAL ADDITIONAL FUNDING SO THAT THE RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION AT EACH ONE OF THE CROSSINGS WOULD INCLUDE WHAT WE CALL SUPPLEMENTAL SAFETY MEASURES, WHICH HAVE BEEN BUILT BUT ARE NOT YET FULLY OPERATIONAL.
SO THAT FIRST THING IS IS DONE.
THE ADDITIONAL SAFETY MEASURES THAT SAY WE'VE PROVIDED, WE'VE MADE IT SO HARD FOR A CAR TO PUT ITSELF IN FRONT OF A TRAIN THAT THE TRAIN DOESN'T HAVE TO BLOW ITS HORN ON A ROUTINE BASIS ANY LONGER.
THAT PIECE OF THE PUZZLE HAS BEEN DONE.
ADDITIONALLY, THOUGH, IN ORDER TO ESTABLISH A QUIET ZONE, YOU HAVE TO HAVE SOME SOME COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS DEPLOYED ON THE RAILWAY SO THAT THE TRAIN CAN TALK TO THE CROSSINGS AND THE CROSSINGS TALK TO THE TRAIN.
THE POSITIVE TRAIN CONTROL SERVICE THAT THAT INTERACTION IS THE UMBRELLA TERM FOR THAT THAT HAS NOT YET BEEN IMPLEMENTED.
AND THEN WHAT'S ALSO A COMPONENT OF THE SYSTEM THAT'S CALLED A CONSTANT WARNING TIME SO THAT WHEN YOU HAVE FREIGHT TRAINS THAT RUN AT SLOWER SPEEDS AND PASSENGER TRAINS THAT WILL BE RUNNING AT HIGHER SPEEDS, THEY GIVE THE SAME AMOUNT OF WARNING TIME.
SO THE GATES GO DOWN AND YOU WAIT FOR A SPECIFIC AMOUNT OF TIME BEFORE THE TRAIN CROSSES.
AGAIN, THAT REQUIRES INTERACTION BETWEEN THE TRAIN AND THEN THE TECHNOLOGY AT THE
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CROSSINGS, AND THAT HAS NOT BEEN DEPLOYED YET.BOTH OF THOSE TWO THINGS THE POSITIVE TRAIN CONTROL AND THE CONSTANT WARNING TIME SYSTEM WILL BE DEPLOYED PRIOR TO IMPLEMENTING THE PHASE TWO SERVICE FOR BRIGHT LINE.
SO BEFORE YOU HAVE MORE TRAINS, YOU'LL HAVE ALL OF THE PIECES NEEDED TO ESTABLISH THAT QUIET ZONE. THAT BEING SAID, YOU'RE GOING TO NEED TO WAIT UNTIL PHASE TWO IS READY TO GO BEFORE ALL THOSE PIECES ARE COMPLETED, SO UNFORTUNATELY, MY MESSAGE TO YOUR RESIDENTS IS WE HAVE FUNDED ALL THE OUTCOMES NEEDED, BUT IT WON'T BE UNTIL TWENTY TWENTY TWO WHEN PHASE TWO IS IMPLEMENTED THAT YOU WILL BE ABLE TO DESIGNATE.
AND WE'VE ALSO WE'VE WE FUNDED A CONTRACT WITH THE TREASURE COAST TO ASSIST ALL OF OUR CITIES AND ALL THE PAPERWORK NECESSARY SO THAT YOUR MUNICIPAL STAFF MEMBERS WHO ARE RELATIVELY UNFAMILIAR WITH THIS ONE TIME PROCESS THAT YOU MAY GO THROUGH FOR A QUIET ZONE. WE'LL HAVE THE TECHNICAL EXPERTIZE OF THE TREASURE COAST FOLKS PAID FOR BY THE TPA TO TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO THOSE STEPS PROPERLY.
SO THE QUIET ZONE BECOMES EFFECTIVE WHEN YOU'RE READY TO DO IT.
WELL, IT'S RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER, SO THAT'S GOOD NEWS.
CARL YOU HAVE ANY COMMENT? NO, I DON'T HAVE ANY. I MEAN, EVERYBODY IN THE COUNTY KNOWS PALM BEACH GARDENS IS CHARGING FORWARD WITH MOBILITY.
SO AND WE'RE CONSTANTLY TALKING TO THE COMMUNITY TO LET THEM KNOW BECAUSE TRAFFIC'S A BIG CONCERN ALL THE TIME NORTH, LAKES AND NIGHTMARE.
AND YOU KNOW, WE HAVE AT LEAST I KNOW I DO MULTIPLE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE COMMUNITY AND PUBLIX OR WHEREVER. WHAT ARE YOU DOING ABOUT TRAFFIC? AND, YOU KNOW, WE INSTILL THIS VISION OF MOBILITY.
SO I, YOU KNOW, I'M PRETTY SURE THE COMMUNITY IS ON BOARD.
SO IT'S GOING TO BE EXCITING TO SEE THE CHANGES AND HOW IT IMPROVES EVERYTHING BECAUSE WE'RE GROWING. SO I DON'T WANT TO TAKE UP ANY MORE TIME, BUT GREAT PRESENTATION.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IT'S BEEN OVERDUE FOR YOU TO COME UP HERE AND AND TALK TO US ABOUT THAT. AND I'M EXCITED ABOUT IT.
TRAFFIC IS ALWAYS THE NUMBER ONE QUESTION THAT PEOPLE HAVE.
I GUESS THE ONE QUESTION I WOULD HAVE IS HOW MUCH ROLE DOES THE MUNICIPALITIES HAVE, BOTH IN THE PLANNING AND IN THE FUNDING OF THE STRUCTURE WITHIN THE MUNICIPALITY ITSELF COMPARED TO HOW MUCH IS GOING TO BE LIKE, THIS IS WHAT WE WANT YOU TO DO OR IS IT GOING TO BE? THIS IS WHAT WE WANT TO DO.
AND YOU SAY, WELL, THIS IS KIND OF OUR PLAN THAT'S THIS IS HOW IT CAN WORK.
SO I THINK YOU'RE I OFTEN USE THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS AS AN EXAMPLE FOR WHAT? HOW DO WE COMPLEMENT ONE ANOTHER? THE TPPA IS RESPONSIBLE FOR PLANNING ON A COUNTY WIDE SCALE.
WE'VE GOT TO BRING THE COHESIVE DEVELOPMENT AND AND TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM PLAN TOGETHER, BUT BECAUSE WE'RE ON A COUNTYWIDE SCALE, WE FOCUS ON THE LARGER FACILITIES AND WE FOCUS WE DON'T GET DOWN TO THE GRANULAR LEVEL OF DETAIL THAT YOU DO AS A CITY.
YOUR CITYWIDE MOBILITY PLAN IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF WHAT YOU CAN DO TO TAKE OWNERSHIP FOR THE SMALLER FACILITIES THAT RUN THROUGH YOUR CITY AND TO TO REFINE THE VISION FOR THE BIGGER ROADS THAT ARE ALSO PART OF THE TRANSPORTATION NETWORK WITHIN YOUR CITY.
WE YOU WERE ABLE TO DO THAT, PLAN YOURSELF.
YOU WERE ABLE TO CREATE IT AND THEN ESTABLISH A FUNDING STRATEGY TO IMPLEMENT IT.
WHAT WE'VE OFFERED TO OTHER MUNICIPALITIES IN PALM BEACH COUNTY IS THAT WE WILL PARTNER WITH THEM TO CREATE A SIMILAR MUNICIPAL LEVEL MOBILITY PLAN THAT FILLS IN THE DETAILS AND REFINES THE VISION FOR THE FOR THE BIGGER ROADWAYS WITHIN THEIR COMMUNITIES SO THAT WE CAN WITH THE COUNTYWIDE RESOURCES GIVEN TO US.
PUT TOGETHER THE BIG PICTURE AND THEN ON A CITY BY CITY BASIS, FILL IN THE PIECES TO HELP YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT WOULD THE RESOURCES FROM A SURTAX LIKE THIS? IF AVAILABLE TO YOU AS A CITY, WHAT WOULD THEY ALLOW YOU TO DO? SO I DON'T KNOW IF I HELP. NO, YOU ABSOLUTELY DID, AND WE HANDLE THE BIG STUFF, SURE.
AND I'M NOT GOING TO ASK YOU TO ANSWER THIS QUESTION, BUT WHY ISN'T IT OBVIOUS THAT THIS IS OUR MOBILITY PLAN ISN'T THE RIGHT, THE RIGHT WAY TO GO? AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT.
BUT IT SEEMS LIKE, IN OUR OPINION, EVERY MUNICIPALITY SHOULD TAKE OWNERSHIP ON THEIR OWN LITTLE CORNER OF WHAT HAPPENS, AND THEN THERE SHOULD BE AN OVERSIGHT GOING CONNECTING ALL OF THEM. SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL CONTINUE TO SEE THAT IN OUR TOWN AND EVERYONE ELSE IN THE COUNTY. THANK YOU, RON.
IN NIC'S PRESENTATION, HE MENTIONED THE FACT THAT THE TRANSPORTATION TAX COULD BE USED FOR. AND EVERYONE'S TALKING ABOUT ROADS AND CAPACITIES.
BUT HE ALSO MENTIONED, I THINK IT'S AN EXCELLENT POINT TO KEEP IN MIND THAT IT ALSO PAY PAYS FOR RAIL CAPITAL, AS YOU POINTED OUT, AS WELL AS THE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE WHICH THE COUNTY HAS COMPLAINED IS A CONSTANT DRAIN ON THEIR GENERAL FUND.
IT WOULD PROVIDE THEM MORE TAX DOLLARS TO DO MORE THINGS WITH ONCE THEY COULD DO THAT.
IT'S ALSO COVERS PALM TREND, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, AS WELL.
SO ANOTHER DRAIN ON THE COUNTY TAX DOLLARS THAT COULD GO AWAY WITH THIS TYPE OF FUNDING.
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AND I WANT TO ALSO POINT OUT TO, UNLESS I'M MISTAKEN, THE TRAIN WHISTLE THAT ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS HAVE A PROBLEM WITH NEAR THE RAILROAD, THOSE THAT LIVE NEAR THE RAILROAD TRACKS, IT'S STILL EVEN WITH QUIET ZONE.IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THE OPERATOR OR THE ENGINEER STILL HAS THE OPTION IF HE OR SHE CHOOSES TO ACTIVATE THAT, THAT DEVICE, UNLESS THAT'S CORRECT.
SO I DON'T WANT TO PUT UP ANY FALSE HOPES.
I KNOW THAT WE HAVE THAT CURVE IN THE TRACK AND THEY ACTIVATE TRAIN WAS BECAUSE THEY CAN'T SEE AROUND THE CURVE.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S GOING TO ALLEVIATE THAT OR NOT, BUT I JUST DON'T WANT TO LEAVE ANY FALSE IMPRESSIONS HERE.
THAT WASN'T YOU. THAT WAS OVER HERE.
THAT WAS A VERY GOOD. BUT I'VE SEEN THIS PRESENTATION.
I'VE BEEN AN ADVOCATE FOR THIS APPROACH THAT NICK HAS BROUGHT TO YOU HERE TONIGHT.
OUR OUR OUR MOBILITY PLAN IS, AS NIC HAS POINTED OUT, IT'S FUNDED.
WE HAVE SOME IMPROVEMENTS TO MAKE ON IT, FOR SURE.
BUT IF WE'RE THE FIRST CITY TO COME UP WITH A MOBILITY PLAN THAT MEAN WE GET AN EXTRA SHARE OF THE PERCENTAGE OF THE FUNDING, NO ANSWER IS NECESSARY.
THANK YOU, NICK. IT WAS A GREAT PRESENTATION.
GOOD INFORMATION. APPRECIATE IT.
THANKS AGAIN FOR HAVING ME TONIGHT.
THANK YOU. I JUST I'LL JUST I DON'T EVEN NEED QUESTIONS.
DO YOU HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO? WE'LL DO IT ON THE BOARD.
THANK YOU. I'M REALLY PROUD TO HAVE YOU PRESENT HERE TONIGHT.
SURE. YOU TALKED ABOUT COLLABORATION AND WORKING WITH THE MUNICIPALITIES AND OF COURSE, THE COUNTY AND THE COUNTY IS THE BIGGEST ENTITY IN THIS.
AND MARCIE HAD ASKED HOW DISCUSSIONS HAD GONE WITH THE VARIOUS PRESENTATIONS YOU MADE.
I'D ASK HOW IT WENT WITH THE COUNTY AND HAVE THE DISCUSSIONS PROGRESS SO FAR TO THE POINT OF WHAT TYPE OF COMMITTEES OR OR PEOPLE THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HIRE TO MAKE THIS WORK. THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL TRAFFIC LIGHTS.
YOU HIGHLIGHTED THEM ALL IN RED RESPONSE FOR OUR TRAFFIC LIGHTS WHEN IT COMES TO HAVING THE COUNTY COME IN AND FIX THEM HASN'T BEEN TOO QUICK.
ARE THEY GEARING UP? HAVE THOSE DISCUSSIONS BEEN HAD YET ABOUT HOW THEY ARE GOING TO INCREASE TO BE ABLE TO HANDLE THIS? YEAH, GREAT QUESTION.
WE I HAVE PERSONALLY BEEN MEETING WITH VIRGINIA, WITH OTHER MEMBERS OF HER ADMINISTRATION, AS WELL AS WITH THE COUNTY ENGINEER AND THE POEM CHANNEL DIRECTOR.
SO DAVID RICKS, CLINTON FORBES TALKING ABOUT WHAT ARE THE NEEDS AND WHAT WOULD THESE RESOURCES ALLOW US TO DO? WHAT WOULD THEY ALLOW YOU TO DO AS THE COUNTY? WHAT WOULD THEY ALLOW THE TPA TO DO IMPLEMENTING THIS ENHANCED TRANSIT SERVICE? AND I THINK I WAS AS PLEASED AS ANYONE WHEN I PRESENTED TO THE COUNTY AND CITY MANAGERS ASSOCIATION IN VIRGINIA STOOD UP AND SAID, I'M 100 PERCENT BEHIND THIS INITIATIVE.
AND SO I THINK THERE'S A SYNERGY THAT THAT I, I DARESAY WAS NOT PRESENT EVEN JUST A FEW YEARS AGO THAT I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
IT SEEMS LIKE WE ARE MOVING IN A COLLABORATIVE DIRECTION AND WE'RE TRYING TO PURSUE A MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL OUTCOME THAT BETTERS ALL OF THE PEOPLE OF PALM BEACH COUNTY.
THANK YOU. YEAH, THANKS AGAIN.
OK, SO NEXT WOULD BE COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC, AND I DO NOT HAVE ANY COMMENT CARDS ON THE AGENDA THAT FOR ITEMS THAT ARE NOT ON THE AGENDA.
SO RON CITY MANAGERS REPORTS THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
[VI. CITY MANAGER REPORT:]
I'M HAVING TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES HERE, SO I WOULD LIKE TO BRING TO EVERYONE'S ATTENTION A COUPLE OF UPCOMING COMMUNITY EVENTS OUR FALL FESTIVAL THAT WE'RE COMING BACK WITH AFTER COVID FOR FESTIVAL SATURDAY, OCTOBER 23, AND INFORMATION WILL BE SENT OUT AND WE WILL BE PUBLICIZING THIS EVENT GREATLY.IT'LL BE SATURDAY, OCTOBER THE 23RD FOUR FROM SIX TO EIGHT P.M.
IT'LL BE A SPOOKTACULAR NIGHT.
NO KIDDING. WITH ALL KINDS OF FOOD, MUSIC, ACTIVITIES, RIDES AND THINGS LIKE THAT, YOU'VE ATTENDED THOSE BEFORE.
THEY'RE PRETTY, PRETTY GREAT EVENT.
AND IT'S A REAL COMMUNITY WIDE EVENT WHICH INCLUDES EVERYONE NOT ONLY FROM THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, BUT ALL THE CITIES AND UNINCORPORATED AREAS AROUND THE THE THE CITY.
IT WILL BE AT THE GARDENS NORTH COUNTY DISTRICT PARK.
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ALSO, WE HAVE A VETERAN SALUTE CELEBRATION FEATURING THE 13TH ARMY BAND, WHICH WILL BE THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 11 AT 11.DON'T FORGET THAT IT'LL BE A SALUTE TO OUR VETERANS AND THEY, THE 13TH ARMY BAND WILL BE PERFORMING PRIOR AND POST THE CEREMONY.
IT'S ALWAYS A GOOD EVENT AND WE'RE VERY PROUD TO BE ABLE TO PRESENT THAT.
AND AM I GOING TO STEAL ANYONE'S THUNDER IF I GO TO THE GREEN MARKET? YOU ALL WERE THERE, BUT THE GREEN MARKET OPENED THIS PAST SUNDAY AND WILL BE OPEN FOR A LOT OF SUNDAYS FROM HERE ON OCTOBER 10 17 TWENTY FOUR POINT THIRTY ONE FROM EIGHT TO ONE.
AND WE HAVE LIVE MUSIC, A LOT OF VENDORS, A LOT OF PRODUCE, FOWL, FLOWERS, HOMEMADE ITEMS, CRAFTS, SO EVERYONE'S INVITED OUT.
IT'S A GREAT EVENT, AND IT'S ANOTHER GREAT COMMUNITY EVENT WHERE NOT ONLY THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE FROM ALL THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES COME TO.
SO WITH THAT, I HAVE TWO PRESENTATIONS TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION THAT ARE ON YOUR CONSENT AGENDA TONIGHT.
[VII. CONSENT AGENDA:]
IF YOU PERMIT ME, I WILL DO THAT NOW.RESOLUTION 64 NATALIE CROWLEY CROWLEY.
I ALWAYS SAY THAT DIRECTOR OF PLANNING AND ZONING IS GOING TO EXPLAIN TO YOU WHAT THIS RESOLUTION IS ALL ABOUT.
OK. GOOD EVENING, MADAME MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.
NATALIE CROWLEY, DIRECTOR OF PLANNING AND ZONING PLEASED TO BE HERE TO PRESENT AN OVERVIEW OF RESOLUTION SIXTY FOUR, WHICH IS FOR COUNCIL ACTION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA THIS EVENING. SO SPEAKING OF INFRASTRUCTURE IS DESTINY.
THIS PRESENTATION IS QUITE APPROPRIATE.
IF IT'S NOT IF IT'S NOT WORKING, I CAN JUST I CAN ARROW DOWN AND YOU CAN SEE WHAT'S BEFORE, HE IS NOT GOING TO GO IN FULL PRESENTATION MODE, BUT YOU GET THE INFORMATION THAT'S ON THE SCREEN. OK, SO WITH OK.
IT'S SO IT'S STILL NOT WORKING.
OK. ALL RIGHT, THE RESOLUTION BEFORE YOU IS TO OPPOSE THE PALM BEACH COUNTY INITIATED COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT, WE CALL IT THE TIM MAP.
IT STANDS FOR THOROUGHFARE THOROUGHFARE, RIGHT OF WAY ID MAP FOR NORTH LAKE BOULEVARD, EAST AND WEST.
IT'S TWO SEPARATE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENTS.
THESE ARE THE TWO MAPS THAT ARE AFFILIATED WITH THE PROPOSED WIDENING THAT PALM BEACH COUNTY IS INITIATING.
THE FIRST SEGMENT ON THE EAST IS PROPOSING TO WIDEN NORTH LAKE BOULEVARD FROM THE BEELINE HIGHWAY ALL THE WAY TO MILITARY TRAIL FROM ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY FEET TO ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY TWO FEET ON THE WEST.
THE PROPOSED WIDENING IS IDENTICAL FROM ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY FEET, TWO HUNDRED TO ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY TWO FEET FROM THE CITY'S WESTERN EDGE OF THE GOLF COURSE, ALL THE WAY TO STATE ROAD SEVEN.
THIS IS A TYPICAL EIGHT LANE SECTION.
THE COUNTY BY NO MEANS HAS DONE ANY FINAL CONSTRUCTION DESIGN.
THEY ARE SIMPLY UPDATING THEIR FUTURE MAP TO SHOW WHAT THEIR WISH LIST IS.
THEY HAVE NOT ACQUIRED THE RIGHT OF WAY.
THEY THEY HAVE NOT COMPLETED THE DESIGN, BUT BY POLICY, THEY ARE TELLING ITS CONSTITUENTS THAT THEY WISH TO DO THIS IN THE FUTURE.
A TYPICAL EIGHT LANE SECTION IS BEFORE YOU HERE WITH ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY TWO FEET AND YOU CAN SEE IT CONTAINS THE FOUR THRU LANES.
THIS TYPICAL SECTION DOES NOT CONTAIN TURN LANES, AND WE ALL KNOWN THAT NORTH LAKE BOULEVARD, PARTICULARLY IN THE WESTERN SECTIONS, BECAUSE OF THE SPEED.
THE VAST MAJORITY OF COMMUNITIES HAVE TURN LANES, SO YOU CAN IMAGINE THE INTERSECTION NOT ONLY HAVING EIGHT LANES, BUT MULTIPLE TURN LANES IN MANY OF THE MAJOR INTERSECTIONS.
THE COUNTY'S ESTIMATED COST OF EXPANSION IS FIFTY POINT NINE.
WE THINK THAT'S VASTLY UNDERESTIMATED GIVEN THE RIGHT OF WAY THAT WOULD BE NEEDED, BUT
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THAT'S NEVERTHELESS A FIGURE THAT THAT WAS PROVIDED BY THEM.AND THIS GRAPHIC, I THINK, JUST SAYS IT ALL.
THIS IS OKEECHOBEE AND MILITARY SHOWING FOR A FOUR LANE SECTION EAST WEST ON OKEECHOBEE MEETING MILITARY TRAIL WITH MULTIPLE TURN LANES.
THIS IS JUST TAKING A CLOSER LOOK AT MANY OF THE COMMUNITIES THAT WOULD BE IMPACTED FROM THIS WIDENING. IT INCLUDES SEVERAL COMMUNITIES IN PGA NATIONAL.
WE HAVE CYPRESS HOLLOW PROPERTIES SUCH AS CHRIST FELLOWSHIP AND OTHER RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES LIKE HIDDEN HOLLOW.
THIS IS JUST A VERY GENERIC POTENTIAL OR A VERY GENERIC GRAPHIC THAT CITY STAFF DID TO SHOW POTENTIAL IMPACTS, IT'S REALLY JUST SPLITTING THAT TWENTY TWO RIGHT OF WAY, RIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE. NOW COULD DESIGN SHIFT A LITTLE BIT FURTHER NORTH OR SOUTH SOUTH? ABSOLUTELY. BUT THIS JUST GOES TO SHOW YOU IF YOU WERE TO TAKE TWENTY TWO FEET AND YOU WERE TO SPLIT IT RIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE AND YOU WERE TO TAKE THAT.
HOW WOULD IT IMPACT FIRE STATION NUMBER THREE? YOU CAN SEE HOW CLOSE THE RIGHT OF WAY WOULD BE GETTING TO THE 911 MEMORIAL.
AND IN THIS PARTICULAR GRAPHIC, THE POTENTIAL IMPACT IS SHOWING IMPACTS TO HIDDEN HOLLOW CREATING NONCONFORMITY IN THOSE RESIDENTIAL SCREEN ENCLOSURES THAT YOU SEE.
AND THESE ARE THE COMMUNITIES THAT WOULD BE IMPACTED OUT WEST FROM THE CITY'S WESTERN EDGE OF THE GOLF COURSE.
OUR OWN PROPERTY, OF COURSE, ON THE GOLF COURSE, OSPREY OUR OSPREY ISLES AND CARLTON OAKS. AND THIS IS A TYPICAL AGAIN, A POTENTIAL, A POTENTIAL IMPACT OF WHAT COULD HAPPEN, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU ADD THE TURN LANES OF WHAT COULD HAPPEN ENTERING INTO CARLTON OAKS.
YOU CAN SEE HOW CLOSE THAT RIGHT OF WAY IS GETTING TO THE REAR OF THOSE PROPERTIES ON THE CUL DE SAC. ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE BELIEVE THAT OPPOSITION IS NECESSARY IS WE BELIEVE THAT THE CONNECTION IS PREMATURE AND ONE OF THE MAJOR MAJOR ELEMENTS TO CONSIDER ON WHY IT'S PREMATURE IS THAT THERE'S A PLANNED CONNECTION FROM NORTH LAKE BOULEVARD ALL THE WAY TO THE BEELINE HIGHWAY THROUGH AVANIR.
THIS CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THAT AS A MAJOR MITIGATION MEASURE FOR NORTH LAKE BOULEVARD WHEN IT APPROVED AVENUE.
AND NOT ONLY DID IT DO THAT, IT PROVIDED A TIMING MECHANISM SO THAT AVANIR COULD NOT MOVE PAST ITS FIRST PHASE UNTIL THIS CONNECTION WAS COMPLETE.
AND I AM VERY PLEASED TO TELL YOU THAT AVANIR HAS BEEN ACTIVELY ACTIVELY PURSUING THE NECESSARY ENTITLEMENTS WITH THE CSX AND DOT AND THE COUNTY IN ORDER TO GAIN THE CROSSING IN ORDER TO MAKE THIS CONNECTION SO THEY ARE MOVING.
AND THIS CONNECTION WILL BE A MAJOR RELIEVER TO NORTH LAKE WHEN IT IS COMPLETED AND IT WILL HALT AVENIR CONSTRUCTION CONSTRUCTION FROM GOING INTO THAT SECOND PHASE UNTIL THAT'S MADE. AND THAT'LL PROVIDE ANOTHER OPTION FOR EASTBOUND TRAFFIC TO UTILIZE PGA VERSUS NORTH LAKE BOULEVARD. SO THE PALM BEACH COUNTY SCHEDULE RIGHT NOW, THE ONLY ACTION THAT HAS OCCURRED ON THE EASTERN PORTION IS THAT THERE'S BEEN INITIATION, THERE HAS BEEN NOTHING OFFICIALLY SCHEDULED FOR TRANSMITTAL.
KEEP IN MIND, THIS IS A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT, SO IT HAS TO GO UP TO D.O., SO IT HAS TO BE APPROVED BY THE BOC FOR TRANSMITTAL.
SO THAT HAS NOT HAPPENED YET ON THE EAST.
THERE HAS NOT EVEN BEEN A TRANSMITTAL HEARING SCHEDULED.
WE DID RECEIVE NOTICE THROUGH ITS INITIATION PROCESS ON THE EAST AND WE DID SEND LETTERS THAT YOU SEE BEFORE. YOU MAY NOT BE ABLE TO WRITE IT, BUT THEY ARE LETTERS FROM CITY STAFF OBJECTING, VOICING CONCERN OVER THAT.
NOW THE WEST IS THE WEST IS IN THE TRANSMITTAL STAGE.
IT HAS BEEN SCHEDULED FOR A TRANSMITTAL HEARING BY THE BOC ON NOVEMBER 3RD AND THAT IS WHAT IS PRECIPITATING ACTION BEFORE THAT BOC MEETING SO THAT THIS RESOLUTION, IF THE COUNCIL APPROVES IT, CAN BE SENT TO THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRIOR TO THAT TRANSMITTAL HEARING.
WE HAVE RECEIVED COMMENTS FROM THE NORTH COUNTY NEIGHBORHOOD COALITION, WHICH IS A COALITION OF VERY VARIOUS HOMEOWNER HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATIONS AND POSE IN THE WHOLE ENTIRE NORTH COUNTY AREA THAT HAS EXPRESSED OPPOSITION TO THE WIDENING OF EIGHT LANES.
AND WE ALSO HAVE RECEIVED SPECIFIC CONCERN RECEIVED FROM CARLETON OAKS.
IT IS THE CITY, IF THE COUNCIL DOES APPROVE THE RESOLUTION THIS EVENING, IT IS OUR INTENTION TO OBJECT THROUGH THE IPAQ PROCESS, WHICH IS THE INTER LOCAL AGREEMENT WE HAVE ENTERED INTO FOR COORDINATED PLANNING.
IT'S A MECHANISM TO EXPRESS CONCERN AND AND IT IS REQUIRED AS PART OF ANY OBJECTIONS THAT WE ISSUE ON COMPREHENSIVE PLANS.
AND IF THE BOC DOES ADOPT, IT IS THE CITY'S INTENTION TO CHALLENGE THE PETITION THROUGH
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AND THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS.SO WE WOULD WE WOULD TAKE SUCH ACTION IF THE COUNCIL APPROVES THE RESOLUTION.
AND AS MENTIONED, THIS IS ON YOUR COUNCIL AGENDA FOR CONSENT, AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
THAT IS IT STAFFER CLINTON'S APPROVAL.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR NATALIE ON THIS? I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, BUT I DO WANT TO COMMENT THAT YOU PUT THE PHOTO OF OKEECHOBEE AND MILITARY, AND I USE OKEECHOBEE ALL THE TIME BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE I WORK.
AND I BELIEVE, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, THAT'S ONE OF THE MOST DANGEROUS INTERSECTIONS IN OUR COUNTY. I READ THAT TOO.
AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, IN MY OPINION, YOU'RE RIGHT ON TARGET WITH SAYING IT'S PREMATURE.
SO I APPLAUD YOU FOR BRINGING THIS TO OUR ATTENTION.
I'D LIKE TO ACTUALLY PULL THIS FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA SO WE CAN HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF CONVERSATION AFTERWARD.
OK, SO WE'LL WAIT UNTIL THAT TIME UNTIL WE HAVE TO CALL FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA.
WE'RE STILL IN CITY MANAGER'S REPORT, SO.
YOU'RE CERTAINLY WELCOME TO CONTINUE TO DO IT NOW, IF YOU'D LIKE TO HAVE TO HAVE THE DISCUSSION NOW. IF YOU'D LIKE.
THERE ARE A NUMBER OF COMMUNITIES THAT ARE GOING TO BE IMPACTED BY THIS AND ACTUALLY SEEING WHAT THE LINES ARE.
YOU KNOW, GIVING THAT EVEN IF IT SHIFTS ONE WAY OR THE OTHER, THIS IS GOING TO WREAK HAVOC ON THE MAJORITY OF OUR COMMUNITIES IN OUR CITY.
AND AS NICK SAID, INFRASTRUCTURE IS DESTINY AND WHY WHEN THE CITY AND THE COUNTY ARE TALKING ABOUT OTHER OPTIONS FOR MOBILITY, WOULD WE WANT TO GO AHEAD AND PUT ON THE BOOKS? AN EIGHT LANE HIGHWAY IS BEYOND ME.
IT MAKES NO SENSE TO ME WHATSOEVER.
MARC, NO, THAT'S EXACTLY THE WHOLE POINT.
BUT I DIDN'T WANT TO PULL IT OFF OFF THE CONSENT AGENDA BECAUSE I THINK THIS REQUIRES A SEPARATE VOTE THAT IS IN THE RECORD AS ITS OWN STANDALONE RESOLUTION, AS OPPOSED TO JUST BEING PART OF THE CONSENT AGENDA.
THAT'S WHY I THOUGHT I WOULD PULL IT AND WE COULD VOTE ON IT SEPARATELY TO MAKE AS MUCH OF A STATEMENT AS WE CAN ABOUT OUR INTENTIONS TO, YOU KNOW, WAIT FOR IT TO WAIT FOR THE THE FUTURE OF TRANSPORTATION THAT NICK JUST PRESENTED TO US AND HOW THAT'S GOING TO WORK OUT BEFORE WE REALLY EVEN CONSIDER AN IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE TO TO DO ONE WITHOUT THE OTHER. SO THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO PULL IT.
STILL, I STILL WILL, BUT I HAVE NO COMMENTS.
THANK YOU FOR BRINGING IT UP, THOUGH.
CARL ANYTHING I KNOW I CAN MAKE A COMMENT NOW OR WAIT.
NO, I MEAN, THIS PRESENTATION IS A DIRECT CONTRADICTION TO EVERYTHING, NICK SAID.
AND IN HIS PRESENTATION, IT SHOWED THE CONNECTIVITY OF NORTH LAKE BOULEVARD THAT VIRGINIA BAKER COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR IS ONE HUNDRED PERCENT ON BOARD.
SO BY WIDENING NORTH LAKE BOULEVARD, WE'RE KIND OF GOING BACKWARDS IN TIME TO, YOU KNOW, LIKE AN ANTIQUATED WAY OF MOVING TRAFFIC IS JUST MAKE THINGS BIGGER.
WHEN HIS PRESENTATION SPECIFICALLY SHOWED COUNTY WIDE TO INCLUDE NORTH LAKE BOULEVARD, THE CONNECT ABILITY OF OF OF MOVING PEOPLE A DIFFERENT WAY OTHER THAN JUST MAKING THINGS BIGGER. AND YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MAKES OUR CITY SO GREAT IS THE SETBACKS.
AND I GET NORTH LAKE BOULEVARDS THE COUNTY ROAD, BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH THEY'RE GOING TO SPEND IN COURT FOR EMINENT DOMAIN OR IF THAT'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE A LARGE ISSUE.
BUT WE DON'T WANT BUILDINGS, SIDEWALKS, STREET, WE JUST DON'T.
AND YOU KNOW, YOU TRAVEL UP AND DOWN CENTRAL BOULEVARD AND IT'S A PRETTY BUSY STREET AND IT'S SO BEAUTIFUL BECAUSE EVERYTHING IS SO SET BACK AND I'M GOING TO SUPPORT THE RESOLUTION 100 PERCENT AND THE AND THE CITIZENS THAT LIVE ALONG.
MORE IMPORTANTLY, THE CITIZENS THAT LIVE ALONG NORTH LAKE BOULEVARD, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S IT GOING TO DO TO THEIR PROPERTY VALUE? YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST AN ANTIQUATED WAY OF THINKING.
AND YOU KNOW, IT CONTRADICTS EVERYTHING NICK JUST SHOWED US.
NICK ALSO MENTIONED THAT PART OF THE NEED FOR THIS FOR THE THE THE SURTAX CONTINUATION IS BECAUSE THE IMPACT FEES MOVING FORWARD WHEN MOBILITY PLANS DO IT, THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO DO AREN'T ENOUGH.
AND THE COUNTY ALREADY DOESN'T HAVE ENOUGH IN THE WAY OF IMPACT FEES TO DO THIS.
AND THEY'RE GOING TO PUT A ROAD ON THAT.
CHELSEA, SO I JUST I JUST LIKE TO MAKE IT REALLY CLEAR, SO ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS UNDERSTAND BECAUSE WE ALL SPEND A LOT OF TIME IN THIS.
SO JUST TO CLARIFY A FEW THINGS, NO ONE.
I DO RECEIVE A LOT OF EMAILS ABOUT THIS FROM OUR RESIDENTS.
I KNOW OUR COUNCIL DOES AS WELL BECAUSE WE'VE ALL BEEN INCLUDED ON SOME EMAILS.
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EVEN TODAY, I WAS AT DEVON AND THEY WERE ASKING ABOUT THAT.AND THEY'RE NOT EVEN ON NORTH LAKE, NECESSARILY.
BUT THE PGA EXIT IS AND THEY WERE AGAINST IT BEFORE THEY EVEN KNEW ANY OF THIS IS GOING ON. THE NATALIE MENTIONED THE NC NC AND JUST TO CLARIFY FOR ANYONE WHO DOESN'T KNOW WHAT THE NORTH COUNTY REGIONAL COALITION IS, THEY DO REPRESENT OVER 20 GATED COMMUNITIES AND OTHER COMMUNITIES, INCLUDING AVENIR, MIRABELLA, MIRASOL, THE OAKS, OSPREY ISLES, ALL PGA NATIONAL STEEPLECHASE AND ON AND ON AND ON.
SO WE'RE NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT A GROUP OF A COUPLE OF HOMEOWNERS.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF RESIDENTS WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE NC, NC AND THEN ALSO WHEN SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAPPENS, WHAT RESIDENTS WANT TO KNOW IS WHAT THEY CAN DO. SO YOU'RE SAYING THAT ON NOVEMBER 3RD, THE TIM FOR THE WESTERN DEVELOPMENT FOR THE WESTERN EXTENSION WILL BE ON THE AGENDA.
CAN YOU TELL RESIDENTS WHAT THEY COULD DO ABOUT THAT IF THEY FELT STRONGLY? YES, MA'AM. THE THE ACTION THAT IS SCHEDULED BEFORE THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS IS FOR NOVEMBER 3RD.
AND SO IF THERE ARE ANY RESIDENTS WHO HAVE CONCERN WHO WISH TO BE INVOLVED, THEY CAN CONTACT THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AHEAD OF TIME.
DISTRICT COMMISSIONERS RIGHT HERE AND HER AMAZING STAFF AND THEY ARE AND THEY CAN BE CONTACTED AHEAD OF THE MEETING AND AND OR THE AND.
OR THEY COULD SHOW UP TO THE MEETING AND THEY CAN EXPRESS THEIR CONCERNS AS PART OF PUBLIC COMMENT. AND SO PUBLIC COMMENT IS WHERE THE PEOPLE COME IN AND TALK FOR THREE MINUTES ABOUT WHAT THEY CARE ABOUT.
SO IF RESIDENTS DO WANT TO SAY SOMETHING, THIS WOULD BE THE TIME FOR THEM TO DO SO.
I'D JUST LIKE TO MAKE THAT SUPER CLEAR, PEOPLE WONDER.
THANKS, CHELSEA FOR THAT CLARIFICATION.
OK, SO AT THIS TIME, THANK YOU, NATALIE.
I THINK RON HAS ANOTHER PRESIDENT REPRESENTATION THE PURCHASE AWARD FOR DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE AQUATIC CENTER BUILDING.
ITEM F ON YOUR CONSENT KUMARA PURCHASING A PURCHASING A CONTRACT DIRECTOR ALONG WITH CHARLOTTE AND DAVID REYES.
I HAVE A PRESENTATION ON THE AQUATICS CENTER BUILDING.
GOOD EVENING, CITY COUNCIL FOR THE RECORD CAMERA PURCHASING AND CONTRACTS DIRECTOR AND WITH ME ARE CHARLIE PRESENT'S KAY LEISURE SERVICES ADMINISTRATOR AND DAVID ROGERS, OUR COMMUNITY SERVICE ADMINISTRATOR AND DIRECTOR OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
THE PROJECT THAT I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT IS THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE AQUATIC CENTER BUILDING AT BURNSVILLE COMMUNITY CENTER.
THIS IS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR APPROVAL TONIGHT.
AS YOU PROBABLY KNOW, THE BURNS WOULD COME INTO CENTER IS ONE OF THE OLDEST RECREATIONAL FACILITIES THE CITY OWNS.
AND SO THE CITY HAS ALLOCATED FUNDING FROM THE ONE CENT SALES TAX FUND TO UPGRADE, EXPAND AND MODERNIZE THE FACILITY.
THIS HAS BEEN DONE IN DIFFERENT STAGES.
AS YOU ALREADY KNOW, WE STARTED ON THE MAIN POOL ALREADY THAT IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION RIGHT NOW, AND THE NEXT PHASE WILL BE THE DESTRUCTION, THE DEMOLITION AND DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE AQUATIC CENTER BUILDING.
AFTER THAT, WE THEN MOVE TO THE MAIN FACILITY ITSELF.
THIS IS WHAT THE MAIN POOL WILL LOOK LIKE.
WHAT IS THE EXISTING PROJECT SITE AND THE DESIGN ELEMENTS THAT WERE THAT ARE BEING CONSIDERED AND INCLUDED IN THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS INCLUDED MAKING ALLOWANCES FOR WORKSTATIONS FOR THE OFFICES FIRST AND FIRST AID ROOM, LOCKER REST ROOM STORAGE AND CONSTRUCTING THE BUILDING TO GREEN BUILDING STANDARDS, WHICH IS LEED CERTIFICATION.
BUT WE'RE NOT APPLYING FOR THAT CERTIFICATION BECAUSE IT'S VERY EXPENSIVE.
SO IN MAY, WE ADVERTISE AN RFP REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS IN JUNE, WE HAD A PRIVATE CONFERENCE ON SITE VISITS FROM SEVERAL PROPOSALS WHO WERE INTERESTED IN THE PROJECT.
AND THEN WE GOT FIVE PROPOSALS ON JUNE 25TH IN JULY AND IN AUGUST, THE SELECTION COMMITTEE MET TWICE.
AND THEN IN AUGUST AND AUGUST 9TH, WE POSTED AN OLD RECOMMENDATION.
THESE ARE THE LIST OF PROPOSALS, SOME OF THEM ARE PROBABLY FAMILIAR TO YOU OF THE WORK FOR THE CITY BEFORE WE GOT PROPOSALS FROM ERIC, AARONS ENTERPRISES, CISCO CONSTRUCTION, OUR BURNS AND ALSO ALL SOME OF LAVOY CORPORATIONS WHO SUBMITTED AS ONE ENTITY, WEST
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CONSTRUCTION AND RECREATIONAL DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION INC, WHO ARE DOING THE MAIN POOL.THE SCORING THE SELECTION COMMITTEE SCORED THE PROPOSAL FROM R.
BURNS OLSON OF OUR COOPERATION WITH THE HIGH AS THE HIGHEST NUMBER ONE.
AND WE ENTERED INTO NEGOTIATIONS WITH THEM.
THESE ARE THE PRELIMINARY RENDERINGS FROM R.L.
BURNS OILS OLIVE OIL CORPORATION OF WHAT THE FACILITY SHOULD LOOK LIKE WHEN IT'S COMPLETED. TINSLEY AQUATIC CENTER BUILDING.
THIS IS A FLOOR PLAN OF THE INTERIOR.
AS I SAID BEFORE, WE HAVE EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE WITH ALL OF OUR COOPERATION.
THEY DESIGNED THE TENNIS CENTER AND THEY WERE ALSO THE ARCHITECTS FOR THE PAST WEEK GOLF CLUBHOUSE. THEY HAVE PARTNERED WITH EARL BURNS, WHO IS BASED IN ORLANDO, THE SAME LOCATION WHERE ALL ODYSSEUS AND THEY'VE WORKED ON SEVERAL PROJECTS, SUCH AS THE ORLANDO POLICE DEPARTMENT HEADQUARTERS, AND THEY COME VERY HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.
WE'RE RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THE AWARD, THE GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE IS TWO POINT THREE MILLION DOLLARS WITH A CONTINGENCY OF TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS BECAUSE, AS YOU KNOW, THE WHEN IT COMES TO CONSTRUCTION, NOT ONLY THEY'RE GOING TO BE CHANGES AND CHANGE ORDERS, BUT THE CURRENT ECONOMIC SITUATION MEANS THAT CONSTRUCTION PRICES ARE FLUCTUATION VERY RAPIDLY.
THIS PROJECT HAS A COMPLETION ESTIMATED COMPLETION TIME OF OCTOBER TWENTY TWENTY TWO, WHICH WILL BE JUST AFTER THE MAIN POOL IS COMPLETED.
IF YOU HAVE AGAIN, THIS IS FUNDED FROM THE ONE CENT SALES TAX FUND.
AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING TO THE RELATED TO THE PURCHASING PROCESS, I'LL ANSWER THOSE. AND ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT OF THE PROJECT.
DAVID WILL ADDRESS THOSE AND CHARLOTTE WILL ADDRESS ANY KIND OF PROGRAMING QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU. I'LL START WITH YOU GUYS THIS TIME.
MARS. NOW, IT'S AWESOME, I CAN'T WAIT TO GO DOWN THAT SLIDE.
WELL, IT'S GOING TO BECOME COME THE STATEMENT OF THE YEAR.
BUT IF INFRASTRUCTURE IS DESTINY, WE ARE DESTINED TO HAVE AN AMAZING, AMAZING FACILITY FOR THE RESIDENTS IN THIS CITY WHEN THE REC COMPLEX IS FINISHED AND BECAUSE OF THE FORWARD THINKING OF THE $30 MILLION BOND THAT WE TOOK AT THE TIME.
OTHERWISE, EVEN THE INCREASES WOULD HAVE BEEN WORSE IF WE HAD TO WAIT FOR THAT MONEY TO COME ALONG. HAVING IT THERE DEFINITELY HELPS.
THANK YOU. REMEMBER, THIS ISN'T JUST IT'S NOT JUST OUR RESIDENTS.
EVERY TIME WHEN MY KIDS WERE LITTLE AND WE'D GO THERE, IT WAS PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE PLACE, ALL THE ALL THE NEIGHBORING TOWNS, THEY WOULD COME TO THAT POOL.
SO IT WASN'T JUST GARDENS RESIDENTS THERE, IT'S EVERYBODY, WHICH IS A NICE FOCAL POINT.
THE FACILITY SERVES ABOUT TWENTY NINE THOUSAND PEOPLE A YEAR, SO WITH THE EXPANSION, IT'S ACTUALLY REALLY NECESSARY.
DID YOU JUST SAY TWENTY NINE THOUSAND PEOPLE THAT VISIT OF THE YEAR? THAT'S AWESOME. YEAH.
THAT'S GREAT, I'D LOVE TO SEE CHELSEA JUST TO REVIEW THE FUNDING, BECAUSE THAT'S SOMETHING I'M VERY WE JUST LIKE TO TALK ABOUT IT, SO WE ARE ABLE TO DO A 30 MILLION DOLLAR, I'M SORRY, MILLION DOLLAR BOND PREVIOUSLY, WHICH IS ALLOWING US TO BUILD IT AS IF WE CAN KIND OF GO BACK IN TIME A LITTLE BIT, WHICH I COMMEND YOU FOR, AND THAT THE MONEY DID COME FROM THE PENNY SALES TAX.
SO I JUST LIKE TO ALWAYS MAKE THAT VERY CLEAR AND REITERATE IT.
THE ONLY QUESTION I HAVE IS DURING THE CONSTRUCTION.
I TALKED ABOUT THIS IN MY AGENDA REVIEW DURING CONSTRUCTION, THE UTILITIES AND EVERYTHING WATER, SEWER, ELECTRICITY, NOTHING'S GOING TO BE INTERRUPTED AND IT'S GOING TO BE SAFE, SECURED, FENCED OFF SO THAT PEOPLE SHOULDN'T WORRY ABOUT STILL COMING TO VISIT WHILE WE GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
AND THEN THANK YOU FOR BUILDING A GREEN BUILDING.
IT MAKES SENSE TO NOT APPLY FOR THE LEAD CERTIFICATION, BUT I DO LOVE THE FACT THAT WE'RE HOLDING THAT STANDARD UP.
AND DAVID, THAT INCLUDES MY REPORT, THANK YOU.
AND I'M GOING TO USE SOME DISCRETION AT THIS TIME TO ALLOW OUR COUNTY COMMISSIONER HAD A FEW REMARKS TO MAKE.
GOOD EVENING, ALL COUNTY COMMISSIONER MARIA MARINO THREE, CARL ERIC ROAD, PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA, THREE THREE FOUR ONE EIGHT.
I ACTUALLY DID PUT A CARD IN TO COMMENT ON THE TIM, BUT I'M HAPPY TO COMMENT RIGHT NOW AND JUST KNOW THAT YOUR WORDS DO NOT DO NOT FALL ON DEAF EARS.
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I'VE BEEN FIGHTING THIS BATTLE.AS A MATTER OF FACT, I WAS AT ROAD CONSTRUCTION THIS WEEK AND HAD A MEETING WITH DAVID RICKS, AND THIS IS A CONTINUED DISCUSSION.
I'VE ASKED THEM FOR THEIR PLANS FOR A TIMELINE, FOR A COST ESTIMATE, AND AS I WAS KIND OF MOTIONING TO O'BRIEN SEYMOUR, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE COUNTY HAS PUT ON THERE, TIM.
IT'S PROBABLY NOT EVEN SOMETHING THAT WILL BE DISCUSSED IN OUR LIFETIMES, BUT IT'S ALSO A LOT OF WASTE OF TIME BECAUSE WE ALL KNOW THAT NORTH NORTH LAKE BOULEVARD CAN'T BE WIDENED FROM FROM BLIND TO MILITARY TRAIL.
THERE'S JUST TOO MUCH, TOO MANY EXPENSES, TOO MUCH OF A BURDEN.
YOU'RE MOVING EVERYTHING AND YOU'RE ENCROACHING ON PEOPLE'S PROPERTY.
SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT IT HASN'T FALLEN ON DEAF EARS.
AND IF THERE ARE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WANT TO COMMENT, YOU CAN DO THAT IN SEVERAL WAYS. ONE IS YOU CAN COME IN PERSON AND TAKE YOUR THREE MINUTES TO COMMENT.
THE OTHER IS YOU CAN WRITE A YOU CAN FILL OUT A COMMENT CARD OR SEND AN EMAIL TO ME AT MORINO AT PBS.ORG.
I'M SORRY. OH MY GOSH, I'M SO USED TO THIS ONE.
I APOLOGIZE. AND MARINO AT P B, C GOV.
AND IF YOU REQUEST, I WILL HAVE IT READ INTO THE RECORD.
SO IF YOU CAN'T COME IN PERSON, PLEASE DROP AN EMAIL TO ME SAYING THAT YOU'D LIKE IT.
READ INTO THE RECORD AND I WILL HAVE IT READ INTO THE RECORD.
AND TRUST ME WHEN I SAY THIS, THIS IS A TOPIC OF DISCUSSION.
EVERY TIME I MEET WITH OUR ENGINEERS, THIS IS A TOPIC OF DISCUSSION, SO IT'S NOT FALLING ON DEAF EARS. I'M DOING THE BEST I CAN.
ALL RIGHT, SO WE ARE AT THE CONSENT AGENDA.
WILL THE CLERK READ THE TITLE? THERE IS NO TITLE. WE DON'T HAVE A TITLE, IT SAYS.
IT SAYS HERE THE CLERK MUST READ THE TITLE.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA, PULLING ITEMS F AND I.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE A SECOND TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA, PULLING ITEMS AND I.
NOW WE NEED A MOTION IN A SECOND TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.
MINUS, I KNOW WE DID WHAT WE DID THAT.
THE MOTION WAS TO PASS THE CONSENT AGENDA MINUS F AND I.
NOW YOU HAD NEED TO HAVE THE CLERK READ THE TITLE OF ITEM F RESOLUTION.
SIXTY FOUR 2021 A RESOLUTION IN THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS,
[VII.f. RESOLUTION 64, 2021 – OPPOSING THE WIDENING OF THE RIGHT-OF-WAY ON NORTHLAKE BOULEVARD. A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA, OPPOSING THE PALM BEACH COUNTY-INITIATED COMPREHENSIVE PLAN MAP AMENDMENTS FOR THE THOROUGHFARE RIGHT-OF-WAY IDENTIFICATION MAP (TIM), TE 14.1, FOR THE NORTHLAKE BOULEVARD EAST TIM AND THE NORTHLAKE BOULEVARD WEST TIM; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.]
FLORIDA, OPPOSING THE PALM BEACH COUNTY INITIATED COMPREHENSIVE PLAN MAP AMENDMENTS FOR THE THOROUGHFARE RIGHT OF WAY.ID MAP TIM T FOURTEEN POINT ONE FOR THE NORTH LAKE BOULEVARD, EAST TIM AND THE NORTH LAKE BOULEVARD WEST TIM, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
OK. CAN I GET A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE? I'LL MAKE A MOTION. ALL IN FAVOR.
HEY, ITEM, I'M GOING TO DO ITEM THREE, SO I JUST WANTED TO PULL THIS BECAUSE MY KIDS BOTH WENT TO CARL NEWMAN HIGH SCHOOL CATHOLIC EDUCATION HERE IN THE COUNTY.
[VII.i. PROCLAMATION – CARDINAL NEWMAN HIGH SCHOOL DAY]
IT'S A WONDERFUL SCHOOL, 60TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE SCHOOL.I'M NOT GOING TO READ IT, BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE A NOTE OF IT.
AND THE FUNNY THING IS, WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT WEARING PINK TODAY, I DON'T OWN ANYTHING PINK. BUT THE CLASS OF 22, WHICH IS MY SON'S CLASS, IS A PINK SHIRT.
SO I'M WEARING MY SON'S CARDINAL NEWMAN CLASS OF TWENTY TWO SHIRT TONIGHT TO RECOGNIZE BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH AND ALSO TO RECOGNIZE THE SCHOOL.
SO THANK YOU FOR SHOWING ME THAT.
OK, SO TONIGHT WE ARE HOLDT NEED A MOTION IN THE VOTE TO APPROVE THE PROCLAMATION.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE PROCLAMATION ITEM I ON THE CONSENT SECOND.
ALL IN FAVOR. ALL RIGHT. I I, I THOUGHT THAT'S WHAT WE JUST DID.
BUT. TONIGHT, WE ARE HOLDING QUASI JUDICIAL HEARINGS ON THE FOLLOWING CASE ORDINANCE 12 TWENTY TWENTY ONE REQUEST TO REZONE A THREE POINT EIGHTY NINE ACRE PARCEL OF LAND.
[VIII.a. *ORDINANCE 12, 2021 – (1ST READING) REQUEST TO REZONE A 3.89-ACRE PARCEL OF LAND. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA, REZONING CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, SUCH PROPERTY BEING COMPRISED OF 3.89± ACRES IN SIZE, MORE OR LESS, AND LOCATED ON THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE INTERSECTION OF NORTHLAKE BOULEVARD AND CONGRESS AVENUE, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE NORTHLAKE SQUARE PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT (PUD); PROVIDING THAT THIS PARCEL OF REAL PROPERTY, WHICH IS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED HEREIN, SHALL HAVE A CITY ZONING DESIGNATION OF PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT (PUD) OVERLAY WITH AN UNDERLYING ZONING DESIGNATION OF GENERAL COMMERCIAL (CG-1); 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.]
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 WITNESS WHO TESTIFIED TONIGHT.
CROSS-EXAMINATION MAY OCCUR AFTER THE STAFF, THE APPLICANT AND OTHER PARTICIPANTS HAVE MADE THEIR PRESENTATIONS AND WILL BE PERMITTED IN THE ORDER OF THE WITNESSES APPEARANCE.
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IT IS NECESSARY THAT ANYONE WHO TESTIFIES THAT THE HEARING REMAIN UNTIL THE CONCLUSION OF THE HEARING IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO RESPOND TO ANY QUESTIONS.IF YOU PLAN TO TESTIFY THIS EVENING OR WISH TO OFFER WRITTEN COMMENTS, PLEASE FILL OUT A CARD AND GIVE IT TO THE CITY CLERK.
THE CITY CLERK WILL NOW SWEAR IN ALL PERSONS WHO INTEND TO OFFER TESTIMONY THIS EVENING ON ANY OF THESE CASES.
DO YOU SOLEMNLY SWEAR TO TELL THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH, SO HELP YOU, GOD? WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ THE TITLE OF ORDINANCE 12, ORDINANCE 12, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY ONE, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA, REZONING CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS.
SUCH PROPERTY BEING COMPRISED OF THREE POINT EIGHTY NINE ACRES IN SIZE, MORE OR LESS AND LOCATED ON THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE INTERSECTION OF NORTH LAKE BOULEVARD AND CONGRESS AVENUE, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE NORTH LAKE SQUARE PLAN UNIT DEVELOPMENT PUDDY PROVIDING THAT THIS PARCEL OF REAL PROPERTY, WHICH IS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED HEREIN, SHALL HAVE A CITY ZONING DESIGNATION, A PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT PUDI OVERLAY WITH AN UNDERLYING ZONING DESIGNATION OF GENERAL COMMERCIAL SG1, PROVIDING THAT THE ZONING MAP OF THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS BE AMENDED ACCORDINGLY, PROVIDING A COMPLEX CLAUSE OF SEVERABILITY CLAUSE AND AUTHORITY TO CODIFY PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. I'M GOING TO OPEN THE HEARING.
ARE THERE ANY EX PARTIES? MARK YES, I SPOKE WITH BRIAN SEYMOUR ON MONDAY NIGHT.
I BELIEVE CARL AND THE EXPERT.
HEY, YEAH, I HAD A VERY BRIEF CONVERSATION WITH BRIAN SEYMOUR MARCIE.
YES, I TOO HAD A CONVERSATION WITH MR. SEYMOUR ON THE 5TH.
I SPOKE WITH MR. SEYMOUR YESTERDAY ON THIS.
SO WHY? BUT WE JUST SAID THAT I DIDN'T HAVE TIME.
THE PETITIONER CAN PRESENT THIS.
I'M GOING TO SIT DOWN FAST NOW.
FOR THE RECORD, BRIAN SEYMOUR GUSTER ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT, I JUST WANT TO INTRODUCE THIS BRIEFLY.
JOSH LONG IS GOING TO DO THE PRESENTATION.
THERE'S A FEW THINGS THAT WE'VE ADDED INTO THE PRESENTATION BASED ON SOME COMMENTS AND FROM SOME OF YOU THAT WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THROUGH THIS.
BUT THIS IS IN TOTAL THE OPPORTUNITY FOR REDEVELOPMENT OF A LONG VACANT SITE AT THE CORNER OF CONGRESS AND NORTH LAKE.
A WORD I'VE HEARD ALTOGETHER TOO MANY TIMES TONIGHT, BUT IT REALLY IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO REDEVELOP AND CREATE SOMETHING HERE THAT CAN BE VIABLE, VIBRANT AND ADD TO THE CITY AND JOSHUA. WALK THROUGH ALL OF THAT AND WE'RE HERE FOR QUESTIONS AS WELL.
WE HAVE OUR TEAM HERE WITH US, INCLUDING BRANDON WOLFE FROM SEVEN 11, IF THERE ARE ANY 7-ELEVEN SPECIFIC QUESTIONS.
WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO JOSH.
THANK YOU, BRIAN. FOR THE RECORD, JOSH LAWSON CERTIFIED LAND USE PLANNING WITH THE GUNSTON LAW FIRM, 777 SOUTH FLAGLER DRIVE, WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA.
FIRST, I WANT TO THANK STAFF FOR WORKING WITH US.
IT WAS A LONG ROAD, BUT I THINK WHEN YOU SEE THIS PRESENTATION, YOU'RE GOING TO BE VERY PLEASED. WE'RE VERY PLEASED.
THE CLIENTS ARE VERY PLEASED WITH THE END PRODUCT.
I MEAN, A GREAT ASSET FOR THIS CITY.
SO JUST REAL QUICK TO ORIENT EVERYBODY.
AS BRIAN SAID, THIS IS AN INTERSECTION THAT'S BEEN TALKED ABOUT QUITE A LOT.
NORTHWEST CORNER AND NORTH LAKE BOULEVARD AND CONGRESS AVENUE.
IT'S KNOWN AS THE NORTH LAKE SQUARE, AS APPROVED IN NINETEEN NINETY FIVE, THE DEVELOPER OF THIS PROPERTY.
MCFARLANE ASSOCIATES DEVELOPS PEP BOYS.
SO WHEN THEY CAME IN NINETEEN NINETY FIVE, THEIR INTENT, THEIR INTENTION WAS TO DEVELOP A PEP BOYS, BUT THEY DIDN'T NEED THE ENTIRE SITE.
I'M SORRY THEY GOT APPROVED A MASTER SITE PLAN, BUT THERE WERE TWO DIFFERENT COMPONENTS OF THAT SITE PLAN. THE AREA IN YELLOW WAS ORIGINALLY APPROVED FOR A SMALL BANK AND A FAST FOOD RESTAURANT THAT WAS CHANGED A COUPLE OF YEARS LATER TO APPLEBEE'S.
APPLEBEE'S OPERATED THERE FOR, I THINK ABOUT TWO DECADES AND IT'S BEEN CLOSED NOW FOR FIVE OR SIX YEARS.
AND SO WE'RE COMING IN TO REVITALIZE THIS VERY IMPORTANT INTERSECTION.
I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THE COMMERCIAL NATURE OF THIS INTERSECTION, THIS TRULY IS A COMMERCIAL NODE WITHIN THE CITY OF VERY IMPORTANT COMMERCIAL NODE.
WE ARE SURROUNDED BY COMMERCIAL ON ALL FOUR SIDES OF US.
YOU HAVE THE BANYAN TREE PEGGED TO THE WEST NORTH LAKE SQUARE, PD TO THE SOUTH NORTH LAKE CONGRESS CENTER TO THE EAST, AND THEN THE FORMER TRAILER PARK, WHICH IS, AS YOU PROBABLY
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ARE ALL AWARE, GOT AN ACTIVE APPLICATION IN RIGHT NOW.AND THEN, MOST IMPORTANTLY, CONGRESS AVENUE EXTENSION.
AND SO THIS INTERSECTION WILL BECOME EVEN MORE PREVALENT WHEN THE CONGRESS AVENUE EXTENSION OCCURS.
AND THAT'S WHY THIS USE IS IS VERY IMPORTANT AND APPROPRIATE FOR THIS INTERSECTION.
SO I DO WANT TO GO INTO SOME DETAIL OF SOME OF THE IMPROVEMENTS WE'VE MADE TO THIS SITE, PARTICULARLY TO THE PEDESTRIAN EXPERIENCE, THE PEDESTRIAN SAFETY AND ALSO FOR FOR MOTORISTS AND MOTORISTS SAFETY.
THE THE AREA HIGHLIGHTED THERE IN PINK IS AN AREA THAT I WANT TO FOCUS ON REAL QUICKLY.
SO THIS IS THAT SAME AREA, BUT NOW WE'RE LOOKING WEST ON NORTH LAKE JUST TO ORIENT YOURSELF. SO THE AREA THAT YOU SEE IN GREEN IS OUR ACTUAL APPROVED LANDSCAPE BUFFER THAT WAS APPROVED IN NINETEEN NINETY FIVE.
AND THERE'S THE UNDERGROUND SEACOAST UTILITIES, SO WE'VE GOT A DOUBLE WHAMMY OF WHAT NOT TO DO WITH PLANNING RIGHT THERE.
SO RIGHT OFF THE BAT, WHEN WE CAME IN, STAFF RECOGNIZED THIS.
AND SO WE MADE SOME MODIFICATIONS TO ELIMINATE THESE CONFLICTS AND CREATE A BETTER SITE.
SO FIRST THING WE DID WAS WE KEPT THE SEACOAST UTILITY IN PLACE, ISLAND LINES IN PLACE.
THAT LAND IS THERE IS STILL THERE.
WE ARE ACTUALLY JUST GOING TO CREATE A NEW LANDSCAPE BUFFER.
SO ESSENTIALLY DOUBLING THE AMOUNT OF OPEN SPACE IN FRONT OF THE PROJECT AND GOING GET INTO THE ACTUAL LANDSCAPE PLAN IN A COUPLE OF SLIDES.
THE OTHER THING THAT WE DID WAS WE ADDED A DECELERATION LANE BECAUSE CURRENTLY, IF YOU'RE GOING TO THE PEP BOYS SITE, YOU ACTUALLY HAVE TO STOP ON NORTH LAKE OR START TO DECELERATE ON NORTH LAKE.
THIS ALLOWS MOTORISTS THAT ARE GOING WESTBOUND TO ACTUALLY PULL OFF A NORTH LAKE AND START THEIR DECELERATION A MUCH SAFER PEDESTRIAN AND MOTORIST ENVIRONMENT.
SO AS YOU CAN SEE, PEOPLE CAN NOW DECELERATE AS THEY TURN INTO THE SITE.
ANOTHER IMPORTANT IMPROVEMENT WE'VE MADE IS ONCE YOU GOT INTO THE SITE, THE ACTUAL ENTRANCE INTO APPLEBY'S WAS ABOUT THIRTY FOUR FEET FROM NORTH LAKE.
SO IF THERE WAS SOMEBODY AT THAT INTERSECTION AND OR SOMEBODY COMING IN OR SOMEBODY CROSSING THAT, ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE ENOUGH ROOM FOR CARS TO STACK AND THEN THEY AUTOMATICALLY GO OUT INTO NORTH LAKE.
SO WITH THE DECELERATION LANE, WE ALSO DECIDED WITH THE HELP OF STAFF TO MOVE THAT ENTRANCE FURTHER NORTH.
THIS ALLOWS MORE STACKING, SO WE'RE GREATLY IMPROVING THE TRAFFIC STACKING AND CIRCULATION FOR THIS SITE.
THESE ARE DRAMATIC IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE PEDESTRIAN ELEMENT AND ALSO FOR MOTORISTS IN THE AREA. SO HERE'S OUR PROPOSED SITE PLAN.
I DON'T EXPECT YOU TO READ THIS RIGHT NOW, BUT WHAT I REALLY WANTED TO POINT OUT, SOMETHING VERY UNIQUE WITH THIS SITE IS THAT WE HAVE LOCATED THE CONVENIENCE STORE IN THE CENTER OF THE SITE.
IF YOU THINK OF CONVENIENCE STORES THAT YOU VISIT, THEY'RE ALMOST ALWAYS EXCLUSIVELY AT THE BACK OF THE PROPERTY OR ON THE SIDE OF THE PROPERTY.
THEY ALWAYS HAVE WHAT WE CALL A BACK OF HOUSE.
AND THAT'S BECAUSE CONVENIENCE STORES JUST BY THEIR NATURE, HAVE A LOT OF EQUIPMENT.
THEY HAVE A LOT OF STORAGE, A LOT OF FREEZERS, THE AREAS TO, YOU KNOW, TO KEEP THEIR EQUIPMENT AND OTHER THINGS.
SO YOU TYPICALLY HAVE A CONVENIENCE STORE THAT ONLY HAS TWO OR THREE REALLY GOOD SIDES, BUT TO HELP WITH THE CIRCULATION OF THIS PARTICULAR SITE AND TO MAKE THIS A VERY PROMINENT A FLAGSHIP STORE FOR 7-ELEVEN, WE DECIDED TO CENTER IT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PROPERTY. SO YOU'LL SEE LATER WHAT YOU HAVE IS A CONVENIENCE STORE THAT ACTUALLY HAS FOUR SIDED ARCHITECTURE. THERE IS NO BACK OF HOUSE FOR THIS CONVENIENCE STORE.
ALL THE ARCHITECTURE IS SYMMETRICAL.
IT GOES AROUND AND COMPLEMENTS THE PEDESTRIAN AS THEY WALK AROUND THE ENTIRE BUILDING.
AND THERE'S NO BACK OF HOUSE TO THIS TO GIVE YOU SOME OF THE OTHER ELEMENTS ON THE SITE PLAN. OUR FUEL CANOPY IS LOCATED THERE IN FRONT OF THE STORE.
WE HAVE SIX PUMPS, 12 FUELING POSITIONS, WHICH IS A VERY STANDARD NUMBER FOR A CONVENIENCE STORE GAS STATION.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE A SELF-SERVICE CAR WASH.
NINE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY SQUARE FEET AND THIS IS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE PROPERTY.
AND THEN WE'VE LOCATED OUR DUMPSTERS INTERNAL TO THE SITE, AWAY FROM THE RIGHT OF WAYS.
SO THE ENTRANCE ON NORTH LAKE IS A RIGHT IN, RIGHT OUT, AND THEN THE ENTRANCE ON CONGRESS IS GOING TO BE A RIGHT IN, RIGHT OUT AND THIS IS ONCE THE CONGRESS AVENUE EXTENSION HAPPENS, THERE WILL BE A MEDIAN IN THE MIDDLE OF CONGRESS AVENUE.
AND SO THIS MOVEMENT, ONCE THAT HAPPENS, WILL BE A WRITE IN WRITE OUT AT CONGRESS THERE.
ALSO, ANOTHER THING I WANT TO POINT OUT IS, IF YOU MAY RECALL FROM LOOKING AT THE ARROW BEFORE THE THE CROSS CONNECTION BETWEEN APPLEBEE'S AND PEP BOYS DID NOT LINE UP.
IT JOGGED NOW WITH THE RELOCATION OF THE THE ENTRANCE POINTS.
NOW ARE OUR CONNECTION WITH PEP BOYS ACTUALLY IS MORE OF A FOUR CORNERED INTERSECTION,
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ANOTHER SAFETY IMPROVEMENT FOR SITE CIRCULATION.SO THE CAR WASH ALSO AND THIS CAME THROUGH, YOU KNOW, WORKING WITH STAFF, STAFF DID NOT WANT THE CAR WASH TO COME OUT AND THEN HAVE AN IMMEDIATE TURN ONTO CONGRESS BECAUSE IT COULD CAUSE CONFLICTS THAT CLOSE TO THE EXIT POINT.
SO THE CIRCULATION FOR THE CAR WASHES IT, IT COMES IN AND IT LOOPS BACK OUT THE SAME ROAD SO THAT THAT ALLEVIATES POTENTIAL CONFLICTS AT THE ACTUAL CONGRESS AVENUE.
SO WE WE SPEND A LOT OF TIME WITH STAFF TO COME UP WITH THE BEST CIRCULATION PLANS.
AND WE THINK WE'VE COME UP WITH SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO DRAMATICALLY IMPROVE THE CIRCULATION FOR THIS SITE.
AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, IN THE SLIDE I SHOWED YOU BEFORE THE LANDSCAPING ON NORTH LAKE WAS DIRECTLY UNDER THE FPR LINES.
I'M IN OVER UTILITY SO SO THAT LANDSCAPING HAS GOT TO COME OUT.
AND IN WORKING WITH THE CITY'S FOUR STORES, DETERMINED THAT THE TREES AROUND THE AREA JUST WEREN'T PROPERLY MAINTAINED.
A LOT OF THEM WERE WRECKED BECAUSE OF THE UTILITIES THEY WEREN'T PROPERLY CARED FOR.
SO IT'S A REALLY MAKE THIS AN IMPORTANT CORNER.
WHAT WE AGREED TO WITH THE HELP OF THE CITY IS THAT WE'RE GOING TO JUST CREATE A BRAND NEW BUFFER ON NORTH LAKE AND CONGRESS, ONE HUNDRED PERCENT MATCHING USING SPECIES THAT THE CITY ACTUALLY PROPOSED TO US CITY SPECIES THAT HAD BEEN TRIED AND TESTED IN COMMERCIAL ELEMENTS. SO WE'RE USING TREES THAT ARE DUE WELL FOR A COMMERCIAL CORNER.
SO THIS ENTIRE AREA WILL ALL BE BRAND NEW.
I'LL HAVE BRAND NEW TREES MATCHING UNDERSTORY MEDIUM SHRUBS.
EVERYTHING WILL BE NEW ON THE SITE.
A TOTAL REFRESH OF THIS CORNER, AND WE'RE EVEN EXTENDING OUR PLANTING OUTSIDE OF OUR PROPERTY LINE. SO WE'RE GOING OUT INTO THE MEANDERING SIDEWALK ALONG NORTH LAKE TO ACTUALLY DO GROUND COVER.
SO IT DOESN'T JUST STOP AT OUR PROPERTY LINE THAT IT GOES OUT, AND WE'VE AGREED WITH THE CONDITIONAL APPROVAL THAT WILL HELP MAINTAIN THAT AREA OUTSIDE OF OUR PROPERTY LINE.
THIS WAY, THE LANDSCAPING AND THE BEAUTIFICATION AND THE PLANTS ACTUALLY GO OUTSIDE OF OUR PROPERTY TO CREATE A BETTER PEDESTRIAN WALKING ENVIRONMENT.
SO THE THE NORTH PART OF THE SITE HAD SOME LARGE, MATURE OAKS.
THEY WERE NEVER TOUCHED. THEY WERE NEXT TO A CANAL.
THEY'RE BEAUTIFUL SPECIMENS, SO WE ARE JUST KEEPING THEM.
IT'S A GOOD EXISTING BUFFER AND WE'LL KEEP THOSE FOR WHATEVER HAPPENS TO NORTH.
WE'VE GOT A GOOD SOLID BUFFER THERE.
THERE'S A WALL, SIX FOOT FOUR WALL AS WELL.
SO SO WE DEFINITELY HAVE A GREAT BUFFER THAT WE'RE GOING TO REMAIN IN THAT PARTICULAR AREA. SO ONE OF THE WAIVERS THAT WE ARE REQUESTING, WHAT THEIR APPLICATION IS THAT IN THE CODE, IF YOU HAVE A BAY DOOR THAT OPENS TO A RIGHT AWAY, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A WALL BLOCKING THE BAY DOOR AND THE EXIT FOR OUR CAR WASH IS CONSIDERED A BAY DOOR.
BUT WE'RE WORKING WITH THE CITY'S POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THIS PARTICULAR SECTION OF THE PROPERTY BEING IN ITS LOCATION THAT FAR FROM THE CORNER.
IT WASN'T. WE WEREN'T FOLLOWING THE BEST ACCEPTED STANDARDS CRIME PREVENTION THROUGH ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN.
AND SO WHAT WE CAME UP WITH WITH SADIE'S HELP IS AN ALTERNATIVE METHOD OF SCREENING.
WE'RE STILL SCREENING, BUT WE'RE DOING IT ALL WITH LANDSCAPING.
SO WE. SO YOU HAVE YOUR LANDSCAPE BUFFER IN THE GREEN THERE.
THEN WE HAVE ANOTHER ADDITIONAL LAYER OF LANDSCAPING, WHICH HAS MULTIPLE LAYERS IN THE CITY SUGGESTED THE SPECIES TO HAVE.
YOU WON'T SEE THE CARS COMING OUT, BUT WE'RE JUST NOT DOING A WALL.
THIS IS AN ALTERNATIVE METHOD FOR THE WALL.
SO HERE'S THE ARCHITECTURE, SO I HAVE TO SAY, WE WENT THROUGH THREE COMPLETE REDESIGNS, THREE COMPLETELY SEPARATE BUILDINGS, AND THE END PRODUCT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE ALL VERY HAPPY WITH. IT'S A VERY SLEEK, MODERN LOOK.
IT MATCHES THE SAME KIND OF ARCHITECTURE FOR OTHER NEW COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENTS THAT YOU'VE APPROVED IN THE CITY.
THEY MATCH THE THE FRONT FACADE, THE BACK FACADE.
AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, WE HAVE THE FOUR SIDED ARCHITECTURE.
THERE'S NO BACK OF HOUSE WITH THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT.
SO RIGHT HERE ON THE FRONT ELEVATION THAT YOU SEE ON TOP ON TOP OF YOUR SCREEN, THIS IS THE ELEVATION THAT WOULD FACE NORTH LAKE.
I DO HAVE TO POINT OUT THE LITTLE LAREDO TACO SIGN.
SO AS I MENTIONED, THIS INTENDS TO BE ONE OF 7-ELEVEN'S FLAGSHIP STORES.
SO 7-ELEVEN OVER THE LAST DECADE HAS COMPLETELY CHANGED THEIR BUSINESS MODEL.
THE ENTIRE INDUSTRY HAS CHANGED, AS YOU KNOW, OTHER CONVENIENCE STORES THAT I WON'T MENTION THEIR NAMES, BUT THE ENTIRE MODEL HAS CHANGED.
SO THE NEW 7-ELEVEN NOW NOW DOESN'T JUST SELL CHIPS AND SODAS.
THEY HAVE GOURMET, FRESH TO GROWING COFFEES.
THEY HAVE SALADS, THEY HAVE FRUITS, THEY HAVE HEALTHY OPTIONS.
THEY HAVE A LOT MORE EXTRA AMENITIES FOR FOUR PEOPLE.
IT'S REALLY TURNED INTO A NEIGHBORHOOD MARKET, AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT YOU'RE GETTING WITH. THIS IS A NEIGHBORHOOD MARKET, BUT THEY ALSO HAVE WHAT WITH THIS PARTICULAR MODEL, THE LAREDO TACO CONCEPT, WHICH IS KIND OF LIKE A CHIPOTLE.
IT'S A FRESH MADE TO ORDER MEXICAN FOOD, AND THEY HAVE THEIR OWN SALSA BAR.
SO WE DO HAVE SOME INDOOR SEATING AS WELL.
SO IT'S NOT JUST A CONVENIENCE STORE, IT'S ALSO A RESTAURANT.
SO YOU COULD ACTUALLY COME HERE TO GET SOME FOOD.
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THERE'S SOME PLACES TO SIT.WE HAVE A COUPLE OF OUTDOOR SEATING AREAS AS WELL, SO IT'S MUCH MORE THAN A CONVENIENCE STORE. AND SO WITH THAT, WE DO HAVE ONE SMALL SIGN ON THE FRONT OF OUR FACADE.
BY CODE, WE'RE ONLY ALLOWED ONE SIGN FOR THE ENTIRE BUILDING.
BUT BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A SEPARATE USE, WE'VE ASKED FOR A WAIVER FOR ONE SIGN ON THE FRONT FACADE. IT'S SUBORDINATE TO THE 7-ELEVEN SIGN.
IT'S SMALLER, IT'S OFF TO, IT'S OFF TO THE SIDE.
BUT YET IF WE HAVE SOMEBODY THAT IS PULLING UP TO THE GAS PUMPS AND IS SITTING THERE FROM THE VEHICLE, WE DO WANT THEM TO KNOW THAT THERE'S A LAREDO TACO INSIDE THE STORE.
SO WE THOUGHT THIS IS AS MINIMAL AS WE NEEDED AND STILL ADVERTISE THAT KNOW THIS IS A NEW KIND OF 7-ELEVEN WITH LAREDO TACO.
SO ON THE BOTTOM, THAT IS THE WEST FACADE.
THAT'S THE FACADE THAT FACES INTERNAL TO OUR SITE THAT'LL FACE PEP BOYS.
AND IF I HAD TO SAY THERE'S A BACK OF HOUSE, THAT WOULD BE OUR BACK OF HOUSE.
BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, WE STILL HAVE THE TOWER ELEMENTS, THE ARCHITECTURE, ALL THE EXTRA AMENITIES AND THE METALWORK.
IT'S ALL THERE AND WHAT WE DECIDED TO DO BECAUSE WE HAVE A LITTLE SEATING AREA.
THERE IS WE HAVE WHAT'S CALLED A A RAINFOREST WALL.
WHAT IT IS. OUR PLANTS THAT STICK OUT KIND OF SIMILAR IN FRONT OF YOU, IN RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU RIGHT NOW, THOSE KIND OF PLANTS.
THEY STICK OUT. SO IT'S KIND OF THREE DIMENSIONAL.
AND IT ACTUALLY IT LOOKS LIKE A RAINFOREST WALL.
SO IT'S A REALLY COOL PRODUCT AND IT'LL CREATE A DIFFERENT ATMOSPHERE FOR THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SITTING THERE.
YOU'VE GOT THE LANDSCAPING THAT GOES ALL THE WAY AROUND THE BUILDING, SO YOU HAVE REAL LANDSCAPING AND THEN YOU HAVE THIS THIS RAINFOREST WALL, THERE A REALLY COOL ELEMENT.
BE A DEFINITE AMENITY FOR THE PEDESTRIANS.
ALL RIGHT. SO THIS IS THE OTHER TWO SIDES OF THE BUILDING.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE TOP ELEVATION, THIS IS OUR NORTH SIDE.
THIS IS THE FACADE THAT'S GOING TO BE FACING THE ONE.
CONGRESS AVENUE GETS EXTENDED AND THAT TRAFFIC IS GOING SOUTHBOUND ON CONGRESS AVENUE.
THOSE PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING ON, THEY WILL SEE THIS FACADE.
AND AS I MENTIONED, CONOIL ALLOWS US ONE SIGN.
SO WE HAD TO ASK FOR A WAIVER FOR THAT ONE SEVEN 11 SIGN CENTERED ON TOP OF OUR NORTH FACADE. AND WE'RE DOING THAT SIMPLY SO THOSE PEOPLE THAT ARE TRAVERSING SOUTH.
WHEN THEY SEE THIS BUILDING, THEY KNOW IT'S A 7-ELEVEN.
AND YOU'LL ALSO NOTICE THAT THIS NEW 7-ELEVEN LOGO IS BEING PROPOSED.
IF YOU REMEMBER TRADITIONAL 7-ELEVEN THAT YOU'VE SEEN, HAVE THAT TRI BAND, THE THREE COLORS, THE BANDS THAT GO AROUND.
SO I'M WORKING WITH THE CITY AND THIS THIS NEW ARCHITECTURE, THEY WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING WAS MODERN.
SO THIS IS ONE OF THE NEW MODERN 7-ELEVEN SIGNED.
IT'S SIMPLE. IT'S SMALL, THERE'S ONE OF THEM.
IT'S CENTERED. IT ACTUALLY KIND OF BRINGS THE BUILDING TOGETHER WITH ALL THE DIFFERENT ELEMENTS. SO THAT'S ANOTHER ONE OF OUR WAIVER REQUESTS, SIMPLY BECAUSE IT WOULD BE BETTER THAN HAVING A BLANK WALL, NOBODY KNOWING WHAT THAT THE STRUCTURE IS IF YOU'RE GOING SOUTH ON CONGRESS. SO THIS SLIDE IS TO SHOW YOU THAT OUR ARCHITECTURAL STYLE CARRIES FORWARD TO ALL THE OTHER BUILDINGS THAT ARE ON THIS PROPERTY.
THE CAR WASH BUILDING, AS I MENTIONED, IS ON THE NORTH PART OF THE SITE.
ACCESSORY BUILDINGS ARE NOT ALLOWED SIGNAGE, EITHER.
BUT WE DID WANT FOR PEOPLE TO KNOW IF THEY COME THERE THAT THAT BUILDING THAT'S OFF TO THE NORTH, WHAT IT WAS.
AND SO WE HAVE ONE SIMPLE 18 INCH LETTER, 18 INCH HIGH LETTER THAT SAYS CAR WASH.
THAT'S ANOTHER ONE OF OUR WAIVERS.
IT'S VERY SIMPLE, BUT YET IT STATES WHAT THAT BUILDING IS ON THE NORTH PART OF OUR SITE.
AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE BOTTOM, WE HAVE THE FUEL CANOPY, WHICH IS THE VERY CLEAN WHITE FACADE WITH THE METAL ROOF.
AND WE HAVE ONE 7-ELEVEN SIGN ON THE SOUTH FACADE.
THERE ARE NO SIGNS ALLOWED ON ACCESSORY STRUCTURES.
THAT'S THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE.
SO WE'VE ASKED FOR JUST ONE SIGN.
LETTERS ARE SMALL. ONCE AGAIN, I THINK THOSE ARE ONLY TWENTY FOUR INCHES TALL, AND THAT'S SIMPLY TO LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT THAT FUEL CANOPY IS 711.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE'VE ASKED FOR THE SMALLEST WAIVER POSSIBLE SO PEOPLE CAN UNDERSTAND THAT THAT 7-ELEVEN IS A FUEL, THAT FUEL CAN BE A 7-ELEVENS.
YOU CAN ALSO SEE THE DUMPSTER DETAIL, DUMPSTER DETAIL MATCHES.
THIS COULD BE PROBABLY THE MAYBE THE BEST LOOKING DUMPSTER IN THE CITY WHEN IT'S DONE, BECAUSE WE'VE GOT THAT THAT WOOD PATTERN ALONG THE TOP, IT'S CAN IT MATCH AND COMPLEMENT THE OTHER BUILDINGS ON THE SITE? SO THIS IS OUR 3-D IMAGE, AND I THINK THIS THIS REALLY PULLS IT ALL TOGETHER.
I THINK YOU SEE THE FOUNDATION PLANTINGS NOW WHICH GO AROUND ALL FOUR SIDES OF THE BUILDING, YOU SEE THE ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENTS AND HOW THEY VARY IN HOW THEY CREATE VISUAL STIMULUS AND DIFFERENT ARCHITECTURAL FEATURES.
AND YOU SEE THE SYMMETRY AND THE SYMMETRY CARRIES ALL THE WAY AROUND THE BUILDING.
IT SHOWS THE CLEANNESS AND THE WHITE, YOU KNOW, VISUAL ASPECT THAT THE ACTUAL ARCHITECTURE PROVIDES, ESPECIALLY IN NIGHTTIME WITH THE SPECIAL LIGHTING PROPOSED.
SO WE THINK THE PRODUCT IS, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT TRULY IS GOING TO BE A FLAGSHIP FOR SEVEN 11. AND IF THE CITY IS GOING TO BE PROUD OF.
SO REAL QUICK, I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF SUMMARIZE THE WAIVERS THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR, THE
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FIRST WAIVER IS THE THE CODE ONLY ALLOWS FOR CONVENIENCE STORES TO BE 3000 SQUARE FEET BECAUSE SEVEN 11'S NEW MODEL, THE NEIGHBORHOOD MARKET MODEL AND THE FACT THAT WE HAVE A LAREDO TACO INSIDE, WE'RE ASKING FOR A WAIVER BECAUSE THIS TRULY IS MORE THAN A CONVENIENCE STORE AND IT'S GOT MULTIPLE USES INSIDE OF IT.SO THAT'S ONE OF THE WAIVERS WE'VE ASKED FOR.
THE SECOND WAS THE SCREEN WALL OUTSIDE OF THE CAR WASH, WHICH WE'RE PROVIDING FOR WITH LANDSCAPING. THE THIRD WAS THE SMALL CAR WASH SIGN ON THE CAR WASH BUILDING.
THE FOURTH WAS THE NORTH FACADE.
7-ELEVEN SIGNS CENTERED ON THE BUILDING, AND THE FIFTH WAS THE ONE SIGN ON THE FUEL CANOPY. SO THOSE ARE OUR FIVE WAIVERS THAT WE'VE ASKED FOR.
SORRY. SIX. AND THE LAREDO TACO SIGN THAT IS ON THE FRONT FACADE FOR THE LAREDO TACO INSIDE THE BUILDING. SO ROA-ROGUE JUST WANT TO SUMMARIZE THAT, YOU KNOW, OUR PROJECT DOES MEET THE CITY'S MOBILITY PLAN, QUALITY OF SERVICE AND LEVEL SERVICE STANDARDS.
THE PROJECT IMPROVES VEHICULAR AND PEDESTRIAN ACCESS AND CIRCULATION.
THE PROJECT MEETS THE CITY'S STORMWATER AND DRAINAGE STANDARDS.
IT MEETS THE CITY'S ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW STANDARDS.
IT MEETS THE POLICE DEPARTMENT SEPTET STANDARDS.
THE PROJECT EXCEEDS THE CITY OPEN SPACE STANDARDS BY 15 PERCENT AND EXCEEDS THE CITY'S LANDSCAPE POINTS BY ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTEEN POINTS, AND THE PROJECT ENHANCES NORTH LAKE LANDSCAPING BEYOND ITS PROPERTY LINE.
WE ALSO MEET THE CITY'S LIGHTING STANDARDS.
THIS PROJECT WILL COMPLY WITH THE CITY'S ART IN PUBLIC PLACES PROGRAM.
WE'LL QUALIFY AND WE'LL HAVE TO GO THROUGH THAT PROGRAM IN.
THE PROJECT DOES ADDRESS SUSTAINABILITY BY PROVIDING LED LIGHTING.
ALTERNATIVE MODES OF TRANSPORTATION ALSO COVERED BICYCLE PARKING.
WE ARE PROVIDING TO ELECTRONIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATIONS.
WE DO HAVE IRRIGATION RAIN SENSORS, OUR FUEL TANK MONITORING AND PROTECTION SYSTEM, WHICH IS REGULATED BY THE DEP AND OUR STORMWATER TREATMENT IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE'RE PROVIDING TO THE SITE AND ALSO OUR CAR WASH WATER FILTRATION RECYCLING SYSTEM.
MAKE SURE WE RECYCLE OUR CAR WASH WATER AND JUST WELL QUICKLY.
WE DO COMPLY WITH ALL THE APPLICABLE STANDARDS YOUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN STANDARDS, YOUR WAIVER, ADDITIONAL STANDARDS, YOUR NORTH LAKE BOULEVARD OVERLAY, ZONING STANDARDS, YOUR MAJOR CONDITIONALLY STANDARDS, YOUR PD OVERLAY DISTRICT STANDARDS, YOUR GENERAL COMMERCIAL DISTRICT STANDARDS AND YOUR DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE STANDARDS.
SO REAL QUICKLY, DO YOU WANT TO TALK ON SECURITY? SO 7-ELEVEN TAKE SECURITY VERY SERIOUSLY.
THEY ARE IN NATIONWIDE LEADER WHEN IT COMES TO SECURITY, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU HAVE A NEW PROJECT COMING IN BEING BUILT FROM SCRATCH THERE, RATHER THAN RETROFITTING AN OLDER BUILDING TO COMPLY WITH SECURITY.
THEY BUILD IN THE SECURITY INTO THE BUILDING FROM THE BEGINNING.
SO YOU'RE GOING TO GET ALL THE HIGH TECH SECURITY CCTV LED, YOU KNOW, HIGH, HIGH DEFINITION CAMERAS.
WE WORK WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ON THE CAMERA SYSTEMS AND PROVIDING THEM WITH ANYTHING THAT THEY NEED. WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT VERY CLOSELY FROM DAY ONE ON THIS PROJECT.
BUT, YOU KNOW, SECURITY IS A VERY IMPORTANT COMPONENT FOR 7-ELEVEN AND THEN SOMETHING THAT WAS WORKED IN AND ALL THE EMPLOYEES FROM THE BEGINNING AND ALL OF THE THE OWNERS WORK ON FROM THE BEGINNING.
SO WITH THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT DOES CONCLUDE MY PRESENTATION.
BRIAN IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS THAT I MAY HAVE MISSED.
THANK YOU, JOSE, I'LL START WITH YOU THIS TIME.
WHY NOT? ALL RIGHT, WE'VE HEARD ENOUGH ABOUT CONGRESS FOR TONIGHT, SO I THINK I'LL I'LL SKIP TALKING. CAN YOU TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE AREA AROUND THAT, BEHIND IT, ACROSS THE STREET? A LITTLE BIT SO THERE.
BECAUSE I HAPPEN TO BE WORKING ON IT NORTH OF THE SITE, AS YOU KNOW, WITHOUT REFERENCING A PARTICULAR ROAD IN ANY WAY, SHAPE OR FORM BY NAME.
THERE IS A PENDING APPLICATION FOR DISTRIBUTION FACILITY FOR THAT SITE.
I GOT AN EMAIL THAT APPARENTLY WE'RE GOING TO BE MEETING WITH COMMISSIONER MARINO NEXT WEEK ABOUT SOME PORTIONS OF THAT THAT MAY RELATE TO THE COUNTY.
STILL, A LOT OF WORK TO BE DONE HAD I THINK NATALIE AND I TALKED LAST WEEK ABOUT THAT.
PARTICULAR MR. HERRING IS IN FRANCE.
WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO RUN THROUGH AND GET THINGS DONE.
AND THAT'S THE MAIN I MEAN, THAT'S THE MAIN THING THAT'S GOING ON.
OBVIOUSLY, WHAT YOU HAVE AROUND IT IS LARGELY ALREADY DEVELOPED AND IT IS DONE.
BEAUTIFUL. THANK YOU. SO THAT'S THAT'S THE ONLY QUESTION I HAVE FOR NOW.
BUT IF I COULD HAVE A COMMENT LATER ON, THAT'D BE GREAT.
THE APPLICANT ACTUALLY AND ALSO STAFF FOR FIXING THE LANDSCAPE BUFFER BECAUSE THAT'S ONE OF MY PET PEEVES OF EVERYTHING DOUBLE DIPPING UTILITIES LANDSCAPE AND THEN IT BECOMES A MAINTENANCE NIGHTMARE AND THEN ALL THE TREES ARE HACKED OR PRETTY MUCH GONE BECAUSE OF
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IT. SO I APPRECIATE BOTH OF YOU GUYS WORKING TOGETHER TO TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S NOT THE CASE IN THIS REDEVELOPMENT.AND THEN ALSO FOR VOLUNTEERING THE ELECTRIC CHARGING STATIONS BECAUSE THAT'S THE WAVE OF THE FUTURE. IT'S ALSO OBVIOUSLY A REVENUE GENERATOR FOR THE CONVENIENCE STORE WHILE PEOPLE ARE CHARGING THEIR THEIR, UH, YEAH, THEIR CARS.
BUT I DO APPRECIATE YOU GUYS ADDING THAT IN THE MIX AS WELL.
SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT AND THERE IS A LOT OF PEDESTRIANS WHEN I WENT TO VISIT THE SITE THIS PAST WEEKEND TO CHECK IT OUT.
AND YOU KNOW, I WAS A LITTLE BIT SURPRISED AT HOW MANY PEDESTRIANS THERE WERE OUT THERE ON A SATURDAY.
SO MODIFYING AND MAKING SURE THAT THERE IS CONNECTIVITY AND SAFETY FEATURES OUT THERE IS REALLY, OF COURSE, OUR.
AND I KNOW I CAN SPEAK FOR THE COUNCIL, BUT SAFETY IS OUR NUMBER ONE CONCERN.
SO I ALSO APPRECIATE YOU REALLY TAKING A HARD LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, THE SEPTET STANDARDS BECAUSE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WHEN I SAW TWENTY FOUR SEVEN THAT RAISED A BIG ALARM.
AND SO THE FACT THAT YOU ALL WORK TOGETHER COLLABORATIVELY TO ADDRESS THOSE CONCERNS AND THE CONCERNS OF OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO US AND I APPRECIATE YOU DOING THAT. SO AND THEN TAKING THE TIME TO BRING IT UP AGAIN TONIGHT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR PROVIDING US THAT COMMENT SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTOOD WHAT WE WERE DOING AND HOW IT IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT, AS I'VE SAID TO SOME FOLKS OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS.
IT ISN'T THE 7-ELEVEN I GREW UP WITH, AND SO BEING ABLE TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT IS VERY HELPFUL.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YEAH, NO, I APPRECIATE THAT.
AND THEN THE LAST THING, OF COURSE, AND I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT CONGRESS, BUT ANYTHING THAT YOU CAN DO TO HELP GET THAT MAKE THAT HAPPEN, IT WILL HELP EVERYBODY.
SO I APPRECIATE THAT I KNOW IT'S OUT OF YOUR HANDS, BUT YOU KNOW.
COLLABORATIVELY, IF WE CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN, I THINK IT'S A GREAT RELIEVER FOR THE WHOLE NORTH END. I THINK I CAN SPEAK FOR SEVEN 11 THAT THEY WOULD LOVE FOR THAT TO HAPPEN.
BUT AS YOU SAID, THERE'S VERY LITTLE WE CAN DO.
BUT WE'LL, YOU KNOW, WE'LL BE A PART OF ANY SOLUTION THAT CAN BE DONE.
AND OBVIOUSLY, I'M PERSONALLY GOING TO BE ENGAGED JUST BECAUSE I'M WORKING ON THE PEACE NORTH. SO THANK YOU.
OBVIOUSLY, THE CITY ALWAYS DOES A GREAT JOB WORKING WITH APPLICANTS TO MAKE SURE THE PROPERTIES LOOK AS GOOD AS THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO.
MY FIRST THOUGHT WAS ANOTHER GAS STATION, BUT THIS IS THE IDEAL CORNER FOR A GAS STATION, YOU KNOW, AND HOPEFULLY ONE DAY WHEN THAT ROAD GOES THROUGH, THAT'LL BE A NICE, EASY ENTRANCE INTO THE PROPERTY AND OUT OF THE PROPERTY AS PEOPLE ARE HEADING WESTBOUND ON NORTH LAKE BOULEVARD. SO IN THAT SENSE, I THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD, A GOOD USE FOR THAT, THAT PARTICULAR SPOT.
WHY ONLY TWO EV STATIONS? BECAUSE I WILL TELL YOU, I MEAN, A LOT OF US HAVE EV CARS, AND WHEN I GO, THERE'S VERY FEW PLACES, EXCEPT THAT OTHER CONVENIENCE STORE THAT I WON'T MENTION BY NAME.
THAT'S NOT TOO FAR AWAY, BUT I DO OFTEN GO THERE AND I DON'T GO BECAUSE IT'S NOT CONVENIENT FOR ME. BUT WHEN I'M OUT OF TOWN AND I'VE GOT MY CAR AND I WANT TO CHARGE, I GO INSIDE. I SPEND TIME BECAUSE I WANT LITT MY CAR CHARGE.
I MEAN, YOU CAN DO WHAT YOU WANT.
WE CAN'T TELL YOU TO DO WHAT TO DO, BUT FROM A BUSINESS PERSPECTIVE, I THINK YOU MIGHT BE MAYBE NOT UTILIZING THAT AS MUCH AS MAYBE YOU COULD.
THE RADIO TALK TACO MAY ACTUALLY BE HAPPY IF THE TACOS ARE AS GOOD AS PEOPLE SAY THEY ARE, BUT WE'LL INVITE YOU TO THE GRAND OPENING AND YOU CAN BUY YOURSELF A TACO BECAUSE WE'RE NOT GOING TO BUY A TACO. SORRY.
THE ANSWER, IN SHORT, IS THERE'S INFRASTRUCTURE THAT CAN BE THERE IF IT IS NECESSARY OVER THE COURSE OF TIME. THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF STUDY DONE AND TRY TO FIGURE OUT THE RIGHT BALANCE WITH WHAT IT IS.
YOU KNOW, CONVENIENCE STORES TEND TO NOT BE AS LENGTHY VISITS AS LIKE IF YOU WERE ON A PUBLIC SEASON, RIGHT? SO IT TENDS TO BE A LITTLE SHORTER.
AND OBVIOUSLY, IF THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY IN THE FUTURE THAT MAKES GOOD BUSINESS SENSE, WE'LL COME BACK AND TALK TO YOUR STAFF ABOUT POTENTIALLY PUTTING ANY OTHERS IN.
AND WHERE ARE THEY ON THE SITE? AND I CAN'T TELL WHERE.
CAN YOU SEE MY CURSOR RIGHT HERE? YEAH. OK. THESE TWO RIGHT HERE, THAT'S WHERE THEY ARE.
YOU KNOW, WHAT'S NICE ABOUT, I MEAN, WE TALK ABOUT THE DESIGN AND EVERYTHING, BUT THE SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY AND WHAT'S BEEN IMPORTANT TO WITH TRAFFIC COMES THE PRICE OF FUEL. AND THIS ISN'T ABOUT COMPETITION WITH AS FAR AS WE'RE CONCERNED, WE NEED TO HAVE SOME SORT OF.
I DON'T WANT TO USE THE WORD CONTROL, BUT IT'S NICE TO INSERT LOWER COST OF FUEL BECAUSE
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THERE'S BEEN HIGHER.AND WHEN I SAY THEY COMPLAIN ABOUT TRAFFIC, THEY COMPLAIN ABOUT THE COST OF FUEL TOO.
AND THIS COUNCIL HAS SUPPORTED BRINGING IN SOME OTHER, LIKE COSTCO AND NOW 7-ELEVEN, THAT HELPED REGULATE SOME OF OUR FUEL COST.
I ACTUALLY IF I'M ON NORTH LAKE BOULEVARD, I PROBABLY WILL GO GO HERE.
BUT YOU KNOW, I USUALLY GO TO KEVIN DALTON'S A COUPLE OF PLACES THERE CLOSE TO MY HOUSE AND WE SUPPORT KEVIN WITH, YOU KNOW, WITH HIS CAR WASHES AND HIS PLACE ACROSS FROM GORDON AND PARTNERS WHERE HE WANTED TO REVITALIZE THAT.
AND SO THIS ISN'T ABOUT SUPPORTING A 7-ELEVEN BECAUSE IT BRINGS DOWN.
WELL, IT DOES BRING DOWN SOME FUEL, BUT ANYWAY, IT'S NOT ABOUT KEVIN ANYWAY.
SO IN THIS AREA, I'M ASSUMING IT'S GOING TO BE TWENTY FOUR HOURS A DAY.
YES, SIR. SO IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE THE ONLY THING THAT'S LIT UP AT NIGHT IN THAT CORNER, EXCEPT FOR I BELIEVE IT'S A MOBILE ACROSS THE STREET AND DOWN A BLOCK SITTING ON DIXIE THAT OTHER GAS STATION.
AH, IS THAT A A SUNOCO OR SOMETHING? WHATEVER IT IS, IT'S A SPEEDWAY.
SO SPEEDWAY. OK, RIGHT? YEAH. SO ALTHOUGH I KNOW THE CHIEF, THE CHIEF OF POLICE IS HERE, THERE'S GOING TO BE MULTIPLE CAMERAS TO CAPTURE BECAUSE THAT IS A DARK CORNER.
IT WON'T BE NOW. WELL, IT CERTAINLY WOULD BE MORE LITT NOW.
YEAH. AND THERE CERTAINLY ARE CAMERAS AND EVERYWHERE SEVEN GOES, THEY WORK WITH POLICE DEPARTMENTS TO PROVIDE THAT.
SO WE, YOU KNOW, AS WE'VE DONE THROUGH THIS PROCESS, WORKING WITH THE CHIEFS, YOU KNOW, OFFICERS WHO DEAL WITH THE SEPTET ISSUES AS WE MOVE FORWARD WOULD BE HAPPY TO ENGAGE WITH THEM ON THAT AS WELL. IT WAS NICE THAT HE BROUGHT UP SECURITY BECAUSE USUALLY THAT'S NEVER A CONVERSATION IN A NEW BUILDING.
SO AND I LIKE THE PROJECT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, ONCE YOU GET IT THROUGH STAFF.
YOU KNOW, THAT'S GOING TO BE THE ONLY PALM BEACH GARDENS LIKE BUILDING ON NORTH LAKE BOULEVARD IN THAT AREA, SO IT'S REALLY GOING TO BE IT'S ALMOST LIKE A REVITALIZATION OF THAT, NOT ONLY JUST THAT LOT, BUT THAT CORNER.
YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE COMING INTO THE GARDENS NOW, YOU HAVE A GARDENS LIKE BUILDING, RIGHT? SO I LIKE IT A LOT.
AND IF YOU VISUALIZE NORTH LAKE BOULEVARD WESTBOUND, THERE'S NO GAS STATION AROUND THERE AND YOU'RE CERTAINLY NOT GOING TO MAKE A U-TURN TO GO TO THE SPEEDWAY.
SO AS YOU'RE GOING WEST, IT'S CONVENIENT FOR THE COMMUNITY TO GET IN THERE.
SO I DON'T REALLY CONSIDER IT A TRAFFIC ATTRACTOR BECAUSE I'M NEGATIVE ABOUT PUTTING MORE TRAFFIC ON NORTH LAKE BECAUSE THERE'S ALREADY 60 70000 CARS A DAY.
AND UNTIL YOU GET UP TO ROANE, WHERE THE OTHER MOBILE IS, I BELIEVE THERE IS NO GAS STATION GOING THAT DIRECTION.
SO I LIKE THE LOCATION AND I THINK IT REALLY FITS BEAUTIFUL AND YOU GUYS DID A GREAT JOB.
SO I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SEE IT OPEN.
AND AS LONG AS IT SECURES OUR COMMUNITY AT NIGHTTIME, YOU KNOW WHERE IF SOMETHING HAPPENS. YOU KNOW, WE'LL BE ABLE TO CAPTURE THAT AND, YOU KNOW, MAKE AN ARREST OR, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY PREVENT A CRIME OR, YOU KNOW, SO GREAT JOB, I LIKE IT A LOT.
THANK YOU. SO THANK YOU, BRIAN.
THANK YOU. SO AS DISCUSSED WITH WITH CONGRESS AND THE POTENTIAL DISTRIBUTION PROJECT, I UNDERSTAND WHY THIS IS AN ATTRACTIVE CORNER FOR THIS TYPE OF PROJECT. IT IS THE LARGEST AND MOST BEAUTIFULLY DESIGNED 7-ELEVEN THAT I HAVE SEEN TO DATE. IT IS DEFINITELY NOT OUR PARENT, 7-ELEVEN, AND IT'S DEFINITELY AN IMPROVEMENT OVER THE EMPTY PARCEL THAT SITS THERE RIGHT NOW.
I CAN'T HELP BEING DISMAYED, THOUGH, AT BOTH THE NEED FOR MORE FUEL INFRASTRUCTURE GIVEN OUR WORSENING CARBON AND CLIMATE SITUATION.
AND AS WAS PUT SO ELOQUENTLY BEFORE, INFRASTRUCTURE BEING DESTINY.
ALSO, OUR STATE LEGISLATURES DECISION TO PREEMPT THE MUNICIPALITIES ONCE AGAIN TO FURTHER RESTRICT HOME RULE WITH HOUSE BILL EIGHT THIRTY NINE.
THAT ESSENTIALLY REMOVED OUR ABILITY TO DECIDE ABOUT FUEL INFRASTRUCTURE IN OUR CITIES.
BUT AT THIS TIME, I FIND THAT I I WILL HAVE TO SUPPORT THE PROJECT AS IT'S BEFORE US BOTH THIS MONTH AND NEXT.
BUT OPTIMISTICALLY, I AM HOPING THAT AS OUR AUTOMAKERS INCREASE THEIR PRODUCTION OF ELECTRIC CARS, SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE EXPEDITED WITH THE INFRASTRUCTURE BILL BEFORE CONGRESS, NOW THAT YOU WILL BE BACK BEFORE PLANNING AND ZONING.
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AS MARK HAS JUST ASKED IN THE NOT TOO DISTANT FUTURE TO REQUEST THAT SOME OF THOSE FUEL PUMPS WILL BE CONVERTED TO CHARGING STATIONS.AND I WILL TELL YOU, MY HUSBAND DOES FREQUENT THE OTHER CONVENIENCE STORE WITH HIS TESLA, AND I SEE THE RECEIPTS ON MY BANK STATEMENT FOR HOW MUCH MONEY HE SPENDS WHILE HE IS THERE. SO WHEN TESLA NEEDS A SPECIAL SUPERCHARGING TO MAKE IT GO FAST BECAUSE THEY SHUT DOWN THEIR FACILITY WHERE ALL THEIR CHARGING STATIONS WERE? SO MOST OF THE PEOPLE I KNOW WITH TESLAS DO GO OVER THERE TO CHARGE AND EAT AND SPEND MONEY. WE WILL BE HAPPY FOR JEFF TO COME AND GET A TACO CHARGERS CAR AND SEE IT ON YOUR CREDIT CARD BILL. THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS, MADAM MAYOR, THINGS ARE GOING TO CHANGE.
NONE OF US KNOW EXACTLY HOW WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHEN, BUT SEVEN 11 IS ALWAYS LOOKING AT WHAT'S HAPPENING, WHERE IT'S HAPPENING, WHAT'S GOING, TIMEFRAMES AND WHEN THE NEEDS COME.
THE CHANGES WILL COME WITH IT.
AS EVERY BUSINESS THAT WANTS TO BE VIABLE, NO ONE WANTS TO BE BLOCKBUSTER.
EVERYBODY WANTS TO BE NETFLIX.
THESE ARE LEVEL TWO CHARGING STATIONS, THOUGH, CORRECT? YES. NO, JEFF.
THEY THEY DON'T GIVE ENOUGH OF A CHARGE FOR SOMEONE WITH A CAR LIKE THAT TO TO CHARGE IT QUICKLY. SO WE DID IN THE CONDITION ON IT, WE DID.
WE DO HAVE A LEVEL TWO OR THREE, SO WE COULD DO LEVEL THREE.
THEY'RE NOT REQUIRED THAT THAT WOULD BE APPRECIATED.
THAT WOULD THAT COULD MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
IT'S ONLY GOING TO SPEND 20 OR 30 MINUTES, I MEAN, TO PLUG IN ON A LEVEL TWO AND GET 20 MILES AS IT'S KIND OF POINTLESS.
IT'S REALLY GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN GET, YOU KNOW, 70, 80, 100 CHANGE MILES IN HOUR TO GET AWAY.
YEAH, YOU KNOW, BUT THAT'S I UNDERSTAND.
ALL RIGHT. SO WELL, THAT WOULD BE APPRECIATED.
SO THANK YOU. JUST I'LL JUST SUMMARIZE FROM BEFORE I JUST WANTED TO THANK THE APPLICANT FOR WORKING WITH OUR STAFF, AND I WANT TO THANK OUR STAFF FOR PUSHING OUR VISION.
IT'S NOT GOING TO BE PART OF OUR TOD.
SO I THINK WE HAVE TO KEEP THAT IN MIND WHERE WE'RE PUTTING THINGS.
THIS IS THE COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR OF OUR CITY.
IT'S THE TODD IS BUILT AND WILL BE HOPEFULLY POPULATED WITH WHAT WE'RE ALL WISHING FOR.
MY FIRST REACTION TO A 7-ELEVEN WAS I DIDN'T LIKE IT.
I DIDN'T REALLY, REALLY THRILLED.
I ALSO DIDN'T LIKE ANOTHER GAS STATION IN ANOTHER CAR WASH ON NORTH LAKE, ESPECIALLY AFTER NICK DID A PRESENTATION SHOWING OUR THAT'S KIND OF A BUMMER BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, SHOW OUR SHOW, THE SHOW, HOW NOT TO DO IT, AND HERE WE ARE DOING SOME OF THAT.
AND THEN AND THEN ALSO AS A MUNICIPALITY HAVING HOUSE BILL 8:39, WHICH IS PREEMPTING FUEL RETAILERS AND TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE FROM BEING SUBJECT TO PROHIBITION.
WE CAN'T, WE CAN'T, AS A MUNICIPALITY, EVEN ASK NECESSARILY FOR CHARGERS BECAUSE OF THAT BILL. SO THANK YOU FOR PUTTING IT IN VOLUNTARILY AND FOR VOLUNTARILY CONSIDERING MAKING THEM TO DRIVE AN ELECTRIC CAR AND GO OTHER PLACES TO GET CHARGED.
SO TO BE ABLE TO GET A TACO AND CHARGE IN MY HOMETOWN WOULD BE QUITE LOVELY.
SO THANK YOU. YOU'RE TAKING A VACANT SITE ON NORTH LAKE, WHICH HAS HAD A LOT OF PASS OVER A HIGH TURNOVER, A RESTAURANT, AND BY PUTTING IN THE BEAUTIFICATION THAT THE CITY'S WORKING WITH YOU TO DO, WE'RE SETTING A STANDARD FOR THAT CORRIDOR.
SINCE WE HAVE SO MANY DIFFERENT MUNICIPALITIES THAT ARE ON NORTH LAKE BOULEVARD.
SHOWING HOW BEAUTIFULLY IT CAN BE DONE IS GREAT.
BUT WHAT I DO, LIKE WHAT YOU'VE DONE IS THE CHARGING STATIONS VOLUNTARILY, THE LANDSCAPING, THE STORMWATER TREATMENT BEING SEPARATE.
IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. NOT ONLY IS THERE A BIKE RACK, BUT IT'S COVERED.
I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS ON ZONING AND WE WERE PUTTING THE COSTCO IN AND I REMEMBER THE EYE ROLLS. THANK YOU ABOUT THE BIKE RACKS.
SO ACTUALLY EVEN A COVERED BIKE RACK WHERE WE'RE GETTING IT WAS A LOT.
WE'RE GETTING BETTER. WE'RE GETTING BETTER AND BETTER THAN WHERE WE DO THIS PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENT, SHADE TREES, GROUND COVER AND THE WAIVERS.
THE ONE THING I WANT TO SAY ABOUT THE WAIVERS IS ALL THE WAIVERS ARE ABOUT MAKING IT BETTER. THEY'RE NOT ABOUT MANIPULATING ANY KIND OF A SYSTEM, THEY'RE ABOUT PUTTING IN BEAUTIFUL SIGNAGE AND MAKING IT A REALLY LOVELY BUILDING.
SO YOU'RE TAKING OUR VISION AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WHEN WE DO GET LESS APPLICATIONS FOR FUELING AS WE MOVE INTO OUR TODD.
BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND THANK YOU TO OUR STAFF.
DO NOT HAVE ANY COMMENT CARDS ON THIS, SO I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE HEARING AND ASK FOR EMOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION. OK? ANY MORE DISCUSSION? NO GREAT HEARING, NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, ALL IN FAVOR.
I AND HE OPPOSED MOTION PASSES.
FIVE ZERO. CONGRATULATIONS, GUYS.
GREAT SPOT. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ THE TITLE FOR
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RESOLUTION FORTY FIVE RESOLUTION FORTY FIVE, TWENTY TWENTY ONE RESOLUTION? THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA, APPROVING THE APPOINTMENT OF[IX.a. RESOLUTION 45, 2021 – APPOINTMENTS AND RE-APPOINTMENTS TO THE ART IN PUBLIC PLACES ADVISORY BOARD. A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA, APPROVING THE APPOINTMENT OF REGULAR MEMBERS TO THE ART IN PUBLIC PLACES ADVISORY BOARD; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.]
REGULAR MEMBERS TO THE ART AND PUBLIC PLACES ADVISORY BOARD, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE FOR THE PURPOSES. AND I'LL CALL DON SANBORN TO THE PODIUM, PLEASE, FOR STAFF PRESENTATION. NO, NO, PRESIDENT.ALL RIGHT. IT SAYS ON MY PART.
ALL RIGHT, IN THAT CASE, I DO NOT HAVE ANY COMMENT CARDS ON THIS.
NOW IT'S ASKING FOR A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE.
BUT WE HAVE TO HAVE DISCUSSION FIRST, WE HAVE TO APPOINT THEM FIRST.
RIGHT. SO ALL RIGHT, SO LET'S HAVE DISCUSSION ON ART IN PUBLIC PLACES ADVISORY BOARD.
WHO WANTS TO GO? I'LL GO FIRST.
I'D REALLY LIKE TO SEE JENNIFER O'BRIEN MOVE FROM FIRST ALTERNATE ONTO THE BOARD.
SHE IS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF RESOURCE DEPOT, WHICH I'M PROUD TO BE ON THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR. I'VE SPENT A YEAR AND A HALF WORKING WITH HER AND SEEING HER IN ACTION.
IN THE GARDEN. SHE UNDERSTANDS THE GARDEN.
AND SHE'S A HUGE ADVOCATE FOR IT IN THE IN THE WHOLE COUNTY AND ALSO SEE EDWARD PENZA MOVE UP AS WELL.
AND THEN MARY O'BRIEN TO BE ADDED IN.
I'LL SUPPORT THAT. DO WE NEED TO ALSO REAPPOINT THE STANDING MEMBERS OR NOW DO WE HAVE REGULAR MEMBERS ELIGIBLE FOR TWO TERM, TWO YEAR TERM REAPPOINTMENT? SO WE HAVE TO. I THINK AS PART OF THE SAME, WE HAVE MOTION WE'RE GOING TO REAPPOINT GAIL CARPET'S TAYLOR OR JAMES GARVIN AND ERIC JAVELIN, WHO ARE THE REGULAR MEMBERS ELIGIBLE.
AND THEN CHELSEA SUGGESTION WAS THE FIRST ALTERNATE MOVE INTO THE POSITION BEING VACATED BY SOMEONE WHO IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR REAPPOINTMENT.
THE SECOND ALTERNATE MOVING TO FIRST AND THEN ADDING HONEY MARY O'BRIEN IN AS THE NEW SECOND ALTERNATE.
ANY OTHER? CAN I MAKE MOTION THEN, IF THAT'S OK WITH THE COUNCIL, OK, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO REAPPOINT GAIL KAPAG TAYLOR, YOU WERE JAMES GARVIN ERIC JAVELIN A POINT JENNIFER O'BRIEN TO THE REGULAR MEMBER APPOINT EDWARD PENZA, MERYL HONEY O'BRIEN AS AN ALTERNATE MEMBER FOR THE ART IN PUBLIC PLACES.
OK, SO EDWARD REED MOVE UP TO FIRST ALTERNATE TO MAKE IT CLEAR OR SECOND, BRYANT WOULD MOVE IN THIS SECOND.
YES, MA'AM. IS THERE A SECOND FOR THAT MOTION? OK. ALL IN FAVOR I MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ THE TITLE FOR RESOLUTION FORTY SIX RESOLUTION FORTY SIX 2021 A RESOLUTION IN THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA, APPROVING THE APPOINTMENT OF REGULAR AND ALTERNATE MEMBERS TO THE PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD,
[IX.b. RESOLUTION 46, 2021 – APPOINTMENTS AND RE-APPOINTMENTS TO THE PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD. A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA, APPROVING THE APPOINTMENT OF REGULAR AND ALTERNATE MEMBERS TO THE PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.]
PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE FOR THE PURPOSES.OK. AGAIN, I HAVE NO COMMENT CARDS ON THIS.
THE REGULAR MEMBERS THAT ARE ELIGIBLE FOR A TWO YEAR REAPPOINTMENT THAT WOULD BE PART OF THIS WOULD BE KENDRA HAYWOOD, KELLY ROGERS, NICHOLAS RUSSO AND MATTHEW SUDANS.
AND WE, MRS. PARKS AND REC, RIGHT, GOT PARKS AND REC JUST MAKING SURE, AND WE HAVE THREE POSITIONS THAT WILL BE OPEN.
ANDREW HEIM IS NO LONGER ON THE BOARD DUE TO RESIGNATION, AND GREG RACHELLE IS NO LONGER ON THE BOARD, SO THAT CREATED TWO SPOTS.
AND WE HAVE THREE SPOTS ON THAT.
AVAILABLE SO DISCUSSION, I'M GOOD WITH EXACTLY WHAT YOU SAID.
WELL, YOU NEED TO ADD THREE PEOPLE.
YOU'RE GOING TO MOVE. I MEAN, YOU'RE TWO ALTERNATES WILL PROBABLY JUMP ON TO THE MAIN BOARD AND YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO APPOINT ANOTHER PERSON ON THE MAIN BOARD AND THEN TO ALTERNATES. ARE YOU MAKING A SUGGESTION FOR SOMEONE, THE THIRD PERSON, IF WE MOVE THE
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FIRST AND SECOND UP AND MOVE UP THE FIRST AND SECOND SO WE CAN MOVE UP FROM THE ALTERNATES JASON MRAZ, KEITH AHRONHEIM AND BOBBY WUNDERLICH? I HOPE I'M NOT KILLING THESE NAMES.AND THEN ADD TO THE ALTERNATES MATTHEW KAMUELA AND RON MCELHONE.
GOOD. IS EVERYBODY OK WITH THAT AND YOU HAVE ANY? WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO MAKE A MOTION THEN? YES, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION.
FORTY SIX TWENTY TWENTY ONE TO REAPPOINT KENDRA, HAYWOOD, KEN.
KELLY ROGERS, NICHOLAS RUSSO, MATTHEW ZEDAN MOVE UP FROM THE ALTERNATE ALTERNATES TO THE REGULAR MEMBERS AS JASON MORRIS, KEITH AHRONHEIM AND ADD BOBBY WUNDERLICH TO THAT AND THEN AS AN ALTERNATE ONE, MATTHEW KAMUELA AND ALTERNATE TO RON MCELHONE.
THAT WAS A MOTION THAT WAS THE A SECOND.
GO AHEAD. I THINK IT WAS CARL.
IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT IF THERE IS A FIRST AND SECOND ALTERNATE THAT ARE PARTICIPATING THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND DO WANT TO MOVE UP, IT'S MAKES THE MOST SENSE, I THINK, TO TO STICK WITH WITH THAT.
IN MANY CASES THEY ARE FILLING IN DURING THE YEAR.
SO AND THERE WERE QUITE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO CLICK PARKS AND REC BOARD, SO IT WAS A TOUGH, TOUGH GO THROUGH ON THAT ONE.
THE NEXT ONE WOULD BE THE NEXT ONE.
PATTY, WOULD YOU PLEASE? RESOLUTION REED RESOLUTION FORTY SEVEN RESOLUTION FORTY SEVEN TWO THOUSAND TWENTY ONE A RESOLUTION IN THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA, APPROVING THE APPOINTMENT OF REGULAR AND ALTERNATE MEMBERS TO THE PLANNING, ZONING AND APPEALS BOARD,
[IX.c. RESOLUTION 47, 2021 – APPOINTMENTS AND RE-APPOINTMENTS TO THE PLANNING, ZONING AND APPEALS BOARD. A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA, APPROVING THE APPOINTMENT OF REGULAR AND ALTERNATE MEMBERS TO THE PLANNING, ZONING, AND APPEALS BOARD; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.]
PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE FOR THE PURPOSES OF PLANNING AND ZONING FOR EVERYBODY IS A SPECIAL CASE IN THAT THE COMPOSITION OF THE BOARD BY THE CHARTER HAS TO BE IN A CERTAIN WAY. WE NEED TO HAVE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY, BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO BALANCE THAT OUT WITH PEOPLE WHO CAN REALLY UNDERSTAND THE BUSINESS OF PLANNING AND ZONING.SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WHEN WE DO THIS, WE MAKE SURE THAT NOT ONLY ARE WE KEEPING THE INTEGRITY OF THE BOARD WITH THE NEW MEMBERS, BUT THAT THE ALTERNATE THE FIRST AND SECOND ALTERNATE ALSO FOR THE NEXT GO ROUND SHOULD THEY HAVE TO FILL IN, WILL ALSO KEEP THE INTEGRITY OF THE BOARD.
SO I WILL ENTERTAIN SUGGESTIONS FOR PLANNING AND ZONING.
WE HAVE ONE VACANCY ON THE BOARD AND THEN THERE WILL NEED TO BE AN ALTERNATE POSITION.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE MAINTAIN THE STRUCTURE.
WE REAPPOINT EREZ SELLA AND ROMA JOSEPH TO THE REGULAR BOARD.
WE ELEVATE ROBERT SAVAL TO THE REGULAR BOARD.
HE WAS ACTUALLY ON THAT BOARD IN THE PAST.
WE MOVE SETH MANSFIELD TO FIRST ALTERNATE, AND I'D SUGGEST WE ADD CHARLES MILLER TO THE SECOND ALTERNATE ON THE ON THE BOARD.
SECOND WAS THAT EMOTION THAT WAS EMOTION.
OK, THEN I IN MY MARCIE SECOND IN THE MOTION AND LIKE I SAY, THOSE ARE GREAT CHOICES AND THE ALTERNATES WERE ON THE DAIS QUITE A LOT AND SHOWED UP ALL THE TIME.
AND I APPRECIATE THAT THAT THEY DID THAT RIGHT.
AND MR. MILLER HAS QUITE A BIT OF EXPERIENCE WITH THE COUNTY ON BOTH THEIR LDR BOARD AND THEIR IMPACT FEE APPEALS BOARD, WHICH SHOULD COME IN HANDY ON THIS AS WELL.
SO ALL IN FAVOR I MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO.
AND BY THE WAY, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A COMMENT THAT THANK CARL $7 FOR HIS MANY YEARS WITH THE CITY AS THE COUNCIL PERSON AND ON THAT BOARD.
HE WAS ALWAYS KIND OF A VOICE FOR I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'D CALL HIS VOICE, BUT HE WAS ALWAYS WILLING TO.
HE KNEW THE ISSUES VERY WELL AND WAS ALWAYS WILLING TO PROVIDE HIS OPINION AND IN A CONSTRUCTIVE WAY.
SO I JUST WANT TO THANK CARL FOR ALL OF HIS TIME ON THAT BOARD.
IT'S HE'S DONE A WONDERFUL JOB SERVING OUR COMMUNITY AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.
AND THOUGH I DO AND I KNOW ALL YOU GUYS DO AS WELL AND I DO, IF YOU DON'T MIND, I WANT TO SAY ONE MORE THING. AND THAT IS I WAS SO PLEASANTLY SURPRISED TO SEE SO MANY PEOPLE APPLYING THIS TIME.
AND I KNOW I WANT TO GIVE KUDOS TO STAFF FOR REALLY PUSHING IT, PUSHING THE WORD OUT TO EVERYONE VIA SOCIAL MEDIA AND WHATEVER OTHER METHODS THEY USE, BECAUSE SOMETIMES WE GET
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HARDLY ANYBODY THAT ARE APPLYING FOR THESE POSITIONS.AND THIS TIME THERE WAS A PLETHORA OF PEOPLE AND IT WAS REALLY NICE TO SEE.
SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT AND WE WE HAD HARD CHOICES TO MAKE AND AND THAT WAS A GOOD THING. IT WASN'T JUST NUMBERS, IT WAS VERY QUALIFIED PEOPLE TO QUALIFY PEOPLE.
AND ONE THING I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A SUGGESTION FOR ANYONE THAT WANTS TO APPLY TO ANY OF THESE BOARDS. MAKE SURE YOUR APPLICATION IS RECENT BECAUSE SOME OF THEM WERE LIKE THREE YEARS OLD AND YOU DON'T REALLY KNOW IF THEY'RE STILL INTERESTED AND ALSO PICKED THE ONE THAT YOU REALLY WANT AND AND SPECIFY.
I WANT THIS PARTICULAR BOARD BECAUSE I CAN.
I JUST WANT TO GIVE BACK TO MY COMMUNITY BECAUSE I LOVE LIVING HERE.
I MEAN, THAT'S NICE, AND I THINK WE ALL KIND OF FEEL THAT WAY.
BUT WHAT IS IT ABOUT THAT PARTICULAR BOARD THAT YOU WANT AND WHAT YOU CAN GIVE TO IT? I THINK THAT THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT I WAS ALWAYS LOOKING AT.
AND I THINK WHEN YOU WHEN YOU GO ON ONE OF THESE BOARDS, YOU NEED TO COME IN WITH KNOWLEDGE. IT'S NOT THE PLACE TO LEARN HOW TO DO IT.
IT'S THE PLACE TO USE YOUR EXPERTIZE TO HELP GUIDE COUNSEL.
AND SO THAT'S THAT'S SOMETHING I DEFINITELY WANT TO ENCOURAGE AS WELL.
IF YOU'RE APPLYING FOR A POSITION IN ART IN PUBLIC PLACES, PLEASE HAVE A BACKGROUND IN ART OR HAVE DONE SOMETHING WITHIN THE CITY REGARDING ART, YOU KNOW, AND FOLLOW THAT PASSION THROUGH. I ALSO FOUND IN TALKING WITH SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT THERE WERE THINGS THAT WERE NOT ON THE APPLICATION THAT WOULD HAVE HELPED WITH THE DECISION.
TWO, SO, OK, SO RESOLUTION 50, ONE PENNY RESOLUTION 51, 20, 21 A RESOLUTION, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA, APPROVING THE APPOINTMENT OF REGULAR MEMBERS TO THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS FIREFIGHTERS PENSION FUND BOARD OF
[IX.d. RESOLUTION 51, 2021 – APPOINTMENT TO THE FIRE PENSION BOARD. A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA APPROVING THE APPOINTMENT OF REGULAR MEMBERS TO THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS FIRE FIGHTERS’ PENSION FUND BOARD OF TRUSTEES; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.]
TRUSTEES, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.OK, SO SUGGESTIONS FOR THE FIRE FIGHTERS PENSION BOARD.
GO AHEAD. I WOULD SUGGEST APPOINTING THOMAS TO TUPAC.
I'M SO BAD WITH NAMES, I APOLOGIZE.
SO I'D LIKE TO MAKE IF THAT'S OK WITH THE COUNCIL.
HE HAS 10 YEARS EXPERIENCE ON A SIMILAR BOARD IN FORT LAUDERDALE AND IS NOW ON THE BOARD AT BAY HILL.
YEP. THE GOOD CHOICE, I'LL SECOND, I'LL MAKE A MOTION THEN AND ALSO I CAN ALL IN FAVOR BY MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO.
AND. MOVING ON, WE'VE GOT RESOLUTION 53, WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ THE TITLE RESOLUTION FIFTY THREE TO TWENTY TWENTY ONE, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA, APPROVING AND RATIFYING A
[IX.e. RESOLUTION 53, 2021 – APPROVING AND RATIFYING A COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT. A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA, APPROVING AND RATIFYING A COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT WITH THE PROFESSIONAL FIREFIGHTERS AND PARAMEDICS OF PALM BEACH COUNTY, LOCAL 2928, IAFF, INC., EMPLOYED BY THE CITY’S FIRE RESCUE DEPARTMENT, FOR FISCAL YEARS 2021-2022, 2022 2023, AND 2023-2024; AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE SAID AGREEMENT; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.]
COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT WITH THE PROFESSIONAL FIREFIGHTERS AND PARAMEDICS OF PALM BEACH COUNTY LOCAL 29 28.IAF INC., EMPLOYED BY THE CITY'S FIRE RESCUE DEPARTMENT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2021 TO 2022, 2022 TO 2023 AND TWENTY TWENTY THREE TO 2020 FOR AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE SAID AGREEMENT, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
WE WILL HAVE A STAFF PRESENTATION BY CHERYL STEWART AND THEN I HAVE ONE CARD FROM JEFF GREENE. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNCIL.
I AM PLEASED TO BE BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING TO PRESENT TO YOU A CONTRACT FOR RATIFICATION FOR WITH THE IMF FOR THE UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR.
TWENTY TWO WELL, CURRENTLY TWENTY TWO THROUGH TWENTY TWENTY FOUR.
THE. THE CITY AND THE UNION BARGAINING TEAMS BEGAN NEGOTIATIONS IN MAY OF THIS YEAR AND SUCCESSFULLY REACHED A TENTATIVE AGREEMENT FOR A NEW THREE YEAR AGREEMENT AS OF AUGUST 16TH, SUCCESSFULLY RESOLVING ALL THE ISSUES THAT WERE BEFORE US.
AND WE ARE EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO SAY THAT WITHIN SIX BARGAINING SESSIONS WELL BEFORE THE END OF THE LAST FISCAL YEAR, WE WERE ABLE TO MAKE THIS PROCESS HAPPEN AND REALLY WORK DILIGENTLY TOGETHER TO MAKE THIS CONTRACT HAPPEN.
THE UNION REPRESENTS ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTEEN EMPLOYEES OF THE CITY'S FIRE RESCUE DEPARTMENT AND EVERYTHING FROM FIRE MEDIC UP THROUGH BATTALION CHIEF, INCLUDING LIFE SAFETY PERSONNEL.
AND THE MEMBERS VOTED VERY STRONGLY IN FAVOR OF RATIFICATION OF THIS AGREEMENT ON THE DATES OF SEPTEMBER 7TH AND 8TH.
TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE ARTICLES OF WHICH WE OPENED ABOUT HALF THE AGREEMENT, ONE OF THE KEY ARTICLES WAS STAFFING AND WE ADDRESSED OUR TEMPORARY ASSIGNMENT PROCESS, WHERE EMPLOYEES COULD BE TEMPORARILY ASSIGNED TO A LOWER, LOWER CLASSIFICATION AND MODIFIED SIMM LANGUAGE IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO SAY THAT SOMEONE COULD BE STEPPED DOWN TO ANY
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POSITION OR RANK THAT THEY PREVIOUSLY HELD, EXCEPT FOR THE DRIVER ENGINEER, BECAUSE THAT POSITION REQUIRES PRACTICAL SKILLS.AND WE REMOVED THE PART ABOUT BEING ABLE TO JUST BE ON THE PROMOTIONS, THE POSITIONS PROMOTIONAL LIST.
SOME OF THIS IS CONNECTED TO THE NEXT ARTICLE, QUI ARTICLE THAT WE TALKED ABOUT, WHICH WAS IN THE PROMOTIONS ARTICLE AND WE UPDATED THE PROCESS THAT WON ONE OF THE THINGS WE UPDATED WAS EXPANDING THE POOL THE WAY THAT SOMEONE COULD BE SELECTED TO FILL A POSITION.
WE EXPANDED THAT FROM FOUR DRIVER ENGINEER RATHER THAN BEING BEING IN SEQUENTIAL ORDER FROM TOP TO BOTTOM, FROM THE RULE OF ONE TO THREE FOUR FOR THAT POSITION AND FROM THREE TO FIVE FOR ALL OF THE REST OF THE POSITIONS.
AND WE STRONGLY BELIEVE THAT THAT GIVES EVERYONE AN OPPORTUNITY AND MANAGEMENT FOR ADVANCEMENT AND STAFF DEVELOPMENT.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE ADDED A NEW SECTION IN ORDER TO ADDRESS TO SAY THAT IF YOU ARE GOING TO SEEK A PROMOTION AND GET A POSITION THAT YOU'RE PROMOTED TO, WE ARE NOW JOINTLY AGREED THAT YOU WOULD NEED TO STAY IN THAT POSITION FOR AT LEAST THREE YEARS.
AND WE STRONGLY BELIEVE THAT THAT PROVIDES FOR GREATER CONTINUITY AND RETENTION AND ALSO INCENTIVIZE THE COMMITMENT FOR MORE GETTING MORE ON THE JOB EXPERIENCE, WHICH HELPS EVERYONE ALL AROUND.
AND IT ALSO RESOLVED SOME OPERATIONAL THINGS THAT WE ISSUES THAT WE HAD WITH CERTAIN POSITIONS THAT ARE VERY DEMANDING.
SO. THAT WAS AN IMPORTANT IMPROVEMENT.
THE NEXT AREA OF ADDRESSING WAS CONCERNING EMPLOYEE SAFETY, HEALTH, WELLNESS AND WHAT WE CALL IN THE HR WORLD AS WORK LIFE BALANCE.
ONE OF THE THINGS IN ORDER THAT THE EMPLOYEES GREATLY WANTED WAS CONCERNING TRAINING AND HOLIDAYS. AND SO LANGUAGE WAS CHANGED TO ALLOW EMPLOYEES TO USE, LEAVE OR RANGE SHIFT EXCHANGES ON AN HOUR FOR HOUR RATHER THAN A WHOLE SHIFT BASIS IN ORDER TO PROVIDE THEM WITH A LITTLE BIT MORE FLEXIBILITY.
WHETHER IT'S SPENDING A LITTLE BIT OF TIME WITH THEIR FAMILY ON A HOLIDAY OR GETTING SOME MORE TRAINING WITHOUT TAKING A WHOLE SHIFT IN ORDER TO DO THAT.
AND A KEY AREA WHICH ADDRESSES NOT ONLY EMPLOYEE HEALTH AND SAFETY, BUT FROM A LIABILITY STANDPOINT, WAS WE EXPANDED THE PHYSICAL ASSESSMENT PROCESS IN THE EXISTING CONTRACT.
WE HAD ESTABLISHED AN ANNUAL MEDICAL EXAM AND FITNESS PHYSICAL FITNESS BY BRINGING IN OF A EXPERT OUTSIDE TO CREATE IT TO CREATE A VALIDATED PHYSICAL ASSESSMENT FOR WORK, WHICH WE HAVE FOR EMPLOYMENT FOR NEW HIRES, BUT DIDN'T HAVE THAT FOR EXISTING EMPLOYEES.
THE DEPARTMENT SPENDS AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF TIME AND RESOURCES WITH ALL KINDS OF TRAINING, INCLUDING PHYSICAL FITNESS WITH ON-THE-JOB WORKOUTS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
SO THIS TAKES IT TO THE NEXT LEVEL BY ACTUALLY ESTABLISHING A CONSISTENT, FAIR AND EQUITABLE AND DEFENDABLE MINIMUM SCORE THAT EVERYONE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE, WHICH IS SIX MINUTES AND THIRTY SIX SECONDS IN ORDER TO PASS AND CONSIDER PASSING ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.
AND IF NOT, WE ALSO HAVE THE ABILITY TO EXTEND 90 UP TO 90 DAYS TO TAKE THE TEST TWO MORE TIMES IN ORDER TO PASS THE TEST.
AND IF THAT CAN'T HAPPEN, THEN IF CIRCUMSTANCES ARE WARRANTED WITH THE CHIEF'S APPROVAL, WE COULD EXTEND THAT ADDITIONAL 30 DAYS AT A TIME.
AND IF AT THE END OF THAT THINGS AREN'T WORKING OUT, THEN THERE'S ACCOUNTABILITY THAT SAYS THAT WE ARE GOING TO NEED TO SEPARATE EMPLOYMENT AND MOVE ON FROM THERE.
TURNING NOW TO A VERY CENTRAL PART OF ANY COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT IS SALARIES, AND IN THIS CONTRACT, THE NEW CONTRACT, MUCH LIKE WE APPROACH ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEE GROUPS THROUGHOUT THE CITY UNION AND NONUNION.
WE TOOK A LOOK AT THE LOCAL LABOR MARKET, COMPARED OURSELVES TO THE MOST COMPARABLE FIRE DEPARTMENTS IN PALM BEACH COUNTY BASED ON THE DATA THAT WE HAD AS OF AUGUST TWENTY ONE AND ADJUSTS THE SALARIES AND PAY RANGE MINIMUMS OF MAXIMUMS TO MEET THE MARKET AND TO CONTROL DIFFERENT ISSUES THAT WE HAVE IN OUR PAY STRUCTURE.
AND AS A RESULT OF THAT, THE FIRST YEAR OF THE CONTRACT ON THE FIRST FULL PAY PERIOD WOULD BE COMING UP HERE TOWARDS THE END OF THE MONTH.
EMPLOYEES WOULD WILL RECEIVE AN AVERAGE OF SEVEN AND A HALF PERCENT TO BASE SALARY AS A RESULT OF BEING SLOTTED INTO THEIR CURRENT PAY RANGES.
AND THEN IN YEARS, TWO AND THREE EMPLOYEES WOULD RECEIVE A TWO PERCENT MARKET ADJUSTMENT, PLUS AN ADDITIONAL THREE PERCENT TO BASE SALARY UP TO THE MAX MAX FOR THEIR POSITION.
AND AGAIN, ADJUSTING THE PAY RANGES TO KEEP PACE WITH THE MARKET AT TWO PERCENT EACH
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YEAR. THIS CHART SHOWS A SNAPSHOT OF WHERE ALL OF THE PAY RANGE, MEN'S AND MAXES WOULD BE FOR ALL THE POSITIONS IN THE BARGAINING UNIT BY THE THIRD YEAR OF THE CONTRACT. AND AGAIN, KEEPING PACE WITH OUR LOCAL LABOR MARKET.ANOTHER IMPORTANT COMPONENT TO THE SALARIES PLAN INCLUDED.
AND TO KEEP US COMPETITIVE WITH THE MARKET WAS TO UPDATE OUR PARAMEDIC CERTIFICATION PAY AND IN PARTICULAR WITH RESPECT TO DRIVERS, CAPTAINS AND BATTALION CHIEFS.
THAT WOULD BE INCREASED FROM SEVEN THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED TO TEN THOUSAND ANNUALLY TO ALIGN WITH OUR FIRE MEDICS.
THIS IS PAID ON A BIWEEKLY BASIS.
IT IS NOT ADDED TO BASE SALARY, BUT IT IS CONSIDERED PART OF TOTAL COMPENSATION AND RESCUE LIEUTENANTS AND DISTRICT CAPTAINS RECOGNIZING THE EXTRAORDINARY AMOUNT OF.
PARAMEDICAL EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES THAT THEY PROVIDE, AND CONSIDERING THE FACT THAT 80 PERCENT OF OUR CALLS FOR SERVICE ARE EMERGENCY MEDICAL RELATED, THEY HAVE THE MOST DEMANDING RIGOROUS WORK AND IN ORDER TO INCENTIVIZE THAT AND RECOGNIZE THAT WHICH THE REST OF THE MARKET DOES.
THOSE COSTS THAT PAY WOULD BE INCREASED FROM 5000 BY 5000 TO 10 FROM 10 TO FIFTEEN THOUSAND ANNUALLY, AND THE TOTAL COST FOR THAT WOULD BE TWO HUNDRED AND SEVENTY THOUSAND.
AS A RESULT, THE TOTAL COST OF THE SALARIES AND PAY ADJUSTMENTS FOR THE OVER THE COURSE OF THE THREE YEARS WOULD BE TWO POINT EIGHTY SEVEN MILLION DOLLARS AND FUNDS ARE INCLUDED AND AVAILABLE IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET.
AND I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
MARK, YOU WANT TO START ON THIS ONE, YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. I MEAN, ACTUALLY, I'M JUST IMPRESSED THAT YOU GUYS GOT IT DONE SO QUICKLY.
THANK YOU. TO THE THE THE UNION, TO THE STAFF, TO THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT FOR EVERYBODY THAT RECOGNIZED THE NEED TO KIND OF MAKE THIS CLEAN AND SEAMLESS.
AND THE LAST TIME THERE WAS A LOT OF QUESTION ABOUT WHETHER THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS ON THE ON THE CONTRACT THAT WAS BEING PROPOSED THAT WAS QUESTIONED THAT SOME PEOPLE WEREN'T SURE IF IT BELONG IN THE CONTRACT, BUT I THINK IT WAS GREAT.
I THINK YOUR COMMUNITY REALLY LOOKS AT AT YOU ALL, AS YOU KNOW, REALLY PROFESSIONAL, DO A GREAT JOB. I MEAN, ALL THE EMAILS THAT WE GET REGARDING OUR FIRE MEDICS, INCLUDING OUR POLICE STAFF AS WELL, JUST SHOWS THE LEVEL OF OF OF CONFIDENCE THAT OUR RESIDENTS HAVE.
IT IS A PHYSICAL, DEMANDING JOB AND MAKING SURE THAT ALL OF YOU ARE, YOU KNOW, AS FIT AS YOU CAN BE. I THINK I SHOULD PROBABLY JOIN YOU GUYS SOMETIMES AND TRY TO GET FIT MYSELF.
IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE KNOW THAT IN OUR RESIDENTS KNOW THAT YOU GUYS ARE READY TO HANDLE ANY SITUATION AT ANY GIVEN TIME ON A MOMENT'S NOTICE.
AND THAT'S VERY, VERY IMPORTANT.
MAKING SURE THAT YOU GUYS ARE MAINTAINING OUR CITY SHOULD BE SUPPLYING SALARIES AND BENEFITS TO MATCH THE TOP THREE IN THE COUNTY.
THERE'S NO REASON WHY WE SHOULDN'T.
SO I THINK THOSE ARE JUST THE THINGS THAT I LOOKED AT AND WAS VERY, VERY HAPPY TO SEE THAT YOU GUYS CAME TO AN AGREEMENT VERY QUICKLY.
SO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR HARD WORK.
I DON'T HAVE MUCH TO SAY OTHER THAN YOU ALL KNOW WHERE I COME FROM, SO I I SUPPORT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND YOU PROBABLY DON'T KNOW THIS, BUT THE REASON WHY I'M A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER IS BECAUSE I WENT TO A FIREFIGHTER'S BIRTHDAY PARTY ABOUT SIX YEARS AGO AND I GOT SURROUNDED BY A BUNCH OF BY A BUNCH OF FIREFIGHTERS LIKE LIKE IN A TEEPEE AND THEY ALL YOU NEED TO RUN FOR CITY COUNCIL.
YOU NEED A FRIEND CITY COUNCIL.
THEY KNEW THERE WAS GOING TO BE THIS CHANGEOVER.
AND THEY, YOU KNOW, THEY KNEW ME FOR YEARS FROM BEING IN THAT BUILDING OVER THERE.
AND IT WAS JUST LIKE WHAT CHELSEA SAID, YOU KNOW, ON THE KEEPING OUR OUR MILLAGE RATE THE SAME AND. WE HAVE QUALITY PEOPLE.
WE PROBABLY HAVE THE BEST POLICE AND FIRE.
HANDS DOWN IN THE COUNTY AND WE REALLY CARE FOR YOU GUYS AND IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THAT WE RECIPROCATE THAT SO YOU CAN TAKE CARE OF YOUR FAMILIES.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE LOVE YOU GUYS AND YOU GUYS BASICALLY TAKE CARE OF OUR COMMUNITY, SO WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE TAKE CARE OF YOU.
SO AS LONG AS I'M HERE, I WILL ALWAYS SUPPORT OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT BECAUSE THEY'RE ALL REALLY STAND UP MEN AND WOMEN.
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I'M IMPRESSED WHEN I'M AROUND YOU GUYS.SO THANK YOU FOR DOING WHAT YOU GUYS DO.
YES, I THINK I THINK WE'RE ALL GOING TO SOUND PRETTY SIMILAR.
I'M SO PROUD TO SUPPORT OUR FIRE RESCUE.
NO MATTER WHAT WE TALK ABOUT UP HERE, WE COULD TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, GREEN WALLS AND CHARGING STATIONS. BUT IT DOESN'T MATTER UNLESS WE'RE SAFE AND YOU GUYS ARE THE ONES THAT REALLY, REALLY KEEP US SAFE.
SO SAFETY WILL ALWAYS BE NUMBER ONE.
AND ALL OF OUR THOUGHTS AND I HAVE TO SAY THE ADDITION OF THE PHYSICAL ASSESSMENT PROGRAM, I WAS ABLE TO WORK WITH CHIEF PRIOR YEARS AGO WITH ONE OF OUR REHAB FACILITIES THAT MY HUSBAND AND I OWNED, AND HE WAS TALKING ABOUT WISHING FOR IT BACK THEN, AND THAT WAS PROBABLY MAYBE EIGHT YEARS AGO.
SO IT'S WONDERFUL TO SEE THAT BECAUSE OUR RESIDENTS SHOULD KNOW THAT IF THEY'RE ON THE THIRD FLOOR, OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT'S GOING TO BE ABLE TO MANAGE GETTING UP THERE, GETTING THEM BACK DOWN AGAIN BECAUSE WE'RE HOLDING THEM TO THAT HEALTHY STANDARD.
AND IT'S I HOPE THAT OUR RESIDENTS REALIZE HOW LUCKY THEY ARE TO HAVE HAVE THE CARE THAT WE HAVE. BUT ACTUALLY, I WAS AT DEVIN EARLIER TODAY AND THEY WERE COMPLIMENTING YOU GUYS A LOT AND MISSING YOU BECAUSE THEY SAID THEY USED TO HAVE A LUNCHEON WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THEY WOULD LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING YOU BACK AGAIN BECAUSE THEY GET TO SEE YOU DURING EMERGENCIES.
BUT THEY PREFERRED TO SEE YOU WHEN THEY GET.
GET TO KNOW EVERYBODY. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR YOUR TIME IN OUR COMMUNITY AS WELL.
IT'S OK, I LIKE GOING LASK, SO I CAN JUST SAY I AGREE WITH MY COLLEAGUES HERE ON THE COUNCIL AND THANK YOU BOTH FOR WORKING TOGETHER IN THE SPIRIT OF COMPROMISE AND REALLY DOING IT SO EFFICIENTLY.
I THINK THIS IS A RECORD A RECORD YEAR FOR THIS, AND I APPRECIATE THAT VERY MUCH.
AND ALSO THANK YOU FOR PROVIDING OUR RESIDENTS, OUR GUESTS, OUR SCHOOLS, EVERYBODY HERE THAT VISITS US AND LIVES HERE.
SUCH A QUALITY STELLAR LEVEL OF SERVICE AND WE APPRECIATE VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU. NOW YOU GET TO TALK, GEOFF.
SORRY, ALL NIGHT. YOU MAY KNOW.
MY NAME IS GEOFFREY GREEN. I'M ALSO A RESIDENT AT SIX HUNDRED RIVERSIDE DRIVE PALM BEACH GARDENS TWO THREE FOUR ONE ZERO.
I HAVE THE PLEASURE OF BEING A CAPTAIN WITH PALM BEACH GARDENS FIRE DEPARTMENT, AND I'M ALSO THE DISTRICT VICE PRESIDENT FOR LOCAL TWENTY NINE TWENTY EIGHT, WHO REPRESENTS OUR PALM BEACH GARDENS FIREFIGHTERS.
I'M HERE TONIGHT TO THANK OUR CITY ADMINISTRATION, OUR FIRE ADMINISTRATION, FOR WHAT SOME OF YOU HAVE ALREADY SAID IS IS A A RECORD SETTING NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN OUR FIREFIGHTERS AND OUR CITY FOR THE FIRST TIME IN OUR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING HISTORY.
THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, FIREFIGHTERS, OUR FIRE ADMINISTRATION AND OUR CITY ADMINISTRATION WERE ABLE TO COME TO AN AGREEMENT PRIOR TO THE END OF OUR CONTRACT, WHICH EXPIRED ON OCTOBER 1ST.
IN FACT, WE WERE ABLE TO COME TO AN AGREEMENT ON AUGUST 16, TWENTY TWENTY ONE, ROUGHLY ONE AND A HALF MONTHS PRIOR TO OUR CONTRACT EXPIRING.
I TRULY BELIEVE IT'S CARL COLLABORATION LIKE THIS THAT COMES FROM GREAT LEADERSHIP AND THE RESULTS OF A TEAMWORK, ULTIMATELY BENEFITING OUR RESIDENTS AND THE BUSINESSES THAT WE SERVE. SO ON BEHALF OF PALM BEACH GARDENS FIREFIGHTERS, I'D LIKE TO THANK OUR NEGOTIATIONS TEAM, OUR CITY COUNCIL, MR., FERRIS, MR. AND OUR FIRE ADMINISTRATION FOR YOUR FAIRNESS, YOUR OPEN MINDEDNESS, YOUR CREATIVITY IN A SUCCESSFUL CONTRACT NEGOTIATION, AND WE TRULY APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT.
THANK YOU. AND I'D LIKE TO ADD MY THANKS AS WELL.
WHAT WE HEAR FROM THE RESIDENTS AS NUMBER ONE CONCERN EVERY TIME THEY'RE ASKED IS SAFETY AND THE NUMBER OF LETTERS THAT WE GET TELLING US HOW HOW GREAT YOU GUYS ARE AND WHAT A WONDERFUL JOB AND WHAT GREAT REPRESENTATIVES OF THE CITY, BOTH OUR POLICE AND FIREFIGHTERS ARE.
WE GET MORE OF THAT THAN ANYTHING ELSE.
AND SO THANK YOU AND THANKS TO CHERYL FOR COMING TOGETHER AND DOING WHAT SO FEW PEOPLE CAN DO THESE DAYS.
AND THAT'S COLLABORATE AND COMPROMISE AND COME UP WITH A PLAN THAT WORKS AND HONORS THE SERVICE THAT THAT YOU GIVE US ALL THE TIME.
SO. HE'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT.
FIFTY THREE, TWENTY TWENTY ONE IN THIS GROUP AND YOU CAN SECOND ME OFF LIKE THAT.
YOU CAN SECOND IT, THEN YOU KNOW, WE'LL ALL MOTION AND SECOND TOGETHER.
I'LL PROBABLY MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION.
FIFTY THREE, TWENTY TWENTY ONE AND I'LL SECOND IT.
THANK YOU, SIR. YOU'RE WELCOME.
ALL IN FAVOR. HEY, GUY, SIMM PASSES FIVE ZERO.
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YOU. THANKS, GUYS.SO WHERE ARE WE? WE ARE DOZENS OF CITY ATTORNEY'S REPORTS REPORT NO COUNCIL ITEMS OF INTEREST FIRST.
DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY BOARD REPORTS OR ANYTHING OF INTEREST? I HAVE NOTHING TONIGHT.
THAT'S IN ADDITION TO ALL THIS IMPORTANT STUFF WE DEALT WITH.
OK, THEN WE WILL PASS IT ON TO MAX.
OH, WHAT WHAT? ALL RIGHT. IN THAT CASE, I WILL ADJOURN THIS MEETING.
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