[00:00:01] I'D LIKE TO CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER, WELL, EVERYONE, PLEASE RISE AND JOIN IN THE PLEDGE [Items I & II] OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. WELL, THE CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. MAYOR LITT, YOU'RE VICE MAYOR REED. YEAH, COUNCIL MEMBER WOODS COUNCIL MEMBER MARCIANO. YOU'RE COUNCIL MEMBER TINSLEY PRESENT. ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONS, DELETIONS OR MODIFICATIONS THIS EVENING? NO, MA'AM. THEN WE WILL MOVE ON TO PRESENTATIONS. [IV. ANNOUNCEMENTS / PRESENTATIONS] WILL CASEY MITCHELL, DIRECTOR OF GOLF, PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM? GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL FOR THE RECORD, CASEY MITCHELL, DIRECTOR OF GOLF AT SANDHILL CRANE GOLF CLUB. I COME BEFORE YOU TONIGHT TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THE 2021 MAYOR'S VETERANS GOLF CLASSIC. I HAVE MANY PEOPLE TO ACKNOWLEDGE TONIGHT, SO PLEASE BEAR WITH ME. BUT FIRST, ALTHOUGH YOU MAY BE FAMILIAR WITH A TOURNAMENT FOR THOSE IN THE AUDIENCE AND AT HOME WHO ARE NOT AS FAMILIAR. TWENTY TWENTY ONE MARK THE 15TH YEAR OF THE MAYOR'S VETERANS GOLF CLASSIC. THIS TOURNAMENT IS HELD AT SANDHILL CRANE GOLF CLUB AND IT'S THE LARGEST EVENT THAT WE RUN EVERY YEAR. PLANNING AND DONATION REQUESTS START IN MARCH, WITH THE TOURNAMENT HELD IN EARLY NOVEMBER COINCIDING WITH VETERANS DAY. ALL OF THE FUNDS RAISED BENEFIT OUR LOCAL VETERANS THROUGH THE VA RESOURCE CENTER, AND JOINING US TONIGHT IS DR. RONALD RONALD WILLIAMS JR. TO. HE'S THE CHIEF OF STAFF AT THE VA, AND HE WILL GIVE US A FEW WORDS ON EXPLAIN HOW THE FUNDS ARE USED. DR WILLIAMS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCIL, APPRECIATE YOUR HAVING US OVER HERE TO SPEAK TO YOU TODAY. I'M HONORED TO JOIN YOU IN RECOGNITION OF SOMETHING THAT'S MUCH BIGGER AND IMPACTFUL FOR OUR VETERANS. HOMELESS AND VETERANS ARE TWO WORDS THAT SHOULD NEVER BE PUT ALONGSIDE EACH OTHER. TOGETHER WITH YOUR SUPPORT AND THE VA MISSION, WE CAN CHANGE THIS WITH ACTION REFLECTING ON THIS PAST YEAR. YOUR DONATIONS HAVE CHANGED THE LIVES AND PROVIDED ROOFS OVER OUR VETERANS HEADS, TRANS, TRANSPORTING OUR VETERANS AND MEALS AND MORE AND MUCH OF ALL THESE REMINDERS AND HOPE OF OUR VETERANS AND BRINGING THEM OUT OF THEIR DARKEST TIMES. WITH THIS CONTRIBUTION, WE WILL BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO OPEN MANY DOORS FOR OUR VETERANS, INCLUDING DOORS THAT LEAD THEM TO THE PLACE THAT THEY CAN CALL HOME. I THOUGHT THAT SOME MAY HAVE LOST HOPE IN FINDING TO EACH HERE OF YOU TODAY. YOU ARE THE REASON WHY OUR VETERANS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO LIFT THEMSELVES OFF THE GROUND AND REDISCOVER A SECOND CHOICE. AND CHATS. I HOPE THAT AS ONLY AS A VA LEADER AND A VETERAN THAT I CAN THANK YOU, CAN'T THANK YOU AND MUCH ENOUGH IN ORDER TO SUPPORT THE FAITH IN HELPING OUR TO REMOVE OUR VETERANS HEROES FROM THE STREETS AND INTO THE LIFE OF ABUNDANT OPPORTUNITIES. THANK YOU. WE CAN ONLY OFFER AND PROVIDE A BRIGHTER FUTURE FOR OUR VETERANS AND PROVE AN UNTHINKABLE THAT THAT IT'S NOT JUST OUT OF THEIR REACH, BUT ALSO WE CAN BEAT A PATH FOR THEM TO BE SAFE AND AND BE ABLE TO ENJOY THEIR LIVES AGAIN. THANK YOU FOR PLAYING SUCH A VITAL ROLE TO CHANGE OUR FUTURE AND I REALLY THANK YOU AND IT WAS A WONDERFUL TIME TO BE THERE WITH SOME OF YOU. AND I APPRECIATE THAT AND THANK YOU FOR THIS GREAT DONATION. AS A VETERAN AND ALSO BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE FOR THEM FOR THEIR CARE. THANK YOU, GUYS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MA'AM. I'D LIKE TO FIRST ACKNOWLEDGE ALL OF OUR GOLF AND CITY STAFF AND ALL THE VOLUNTEERS WHO REALLY, TRULY MADE THIS EVENT POSSIBLE. BARB CHABRIS, TODD ENGEL, ANGELA AND GRACIE BETH, DOUG LITT AND LUIS RIVERA, ESTHER STEPP, DR. WEXLER, LORI LYNN POLLARD, CHIEF IPPOLITO AND CHIEF BESSETTE, TERESA BLANKENSHIP, DR. ALBA HEATHER IN THE VA VOLUNTEERS, THE GOLF MANAGEMENT TEAM AND GOLF STAFF. MAYOR LITT COUNCILWOMAN, REED COUNTY COMMISSIONER MARIA MARINO, OUR FIRE RESCUE DEPARTMENT. AND SO MANY MORE. COLLECTIVELY, WE HAD MORE THAN 60 STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS COME TOGETHER TO MAKE THIS EVENT POSSIBLE. TONIGHT, I'D ALSO LIKE TO RECOGNIZE OUR SPONSORS, WHO ARE THE FOUNDATION ON WHICH THE DONATION WAS MADE AND WITH WHOM OUT. [00:05:01] WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO MAKE THIS DONATION. WE'VE ASKED OUR PRESENTING AN ALBATROSS SPONSORS TO BE HERE TONIGHT FOR SPECIAL RECOGNITION FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS OF FIVE THOUSAND AND THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS, RESPECTIVELY, TO THIS CAUSE. SO I'D LIKE TO ASK COUNCIL TO JOIN ME AT THIS TIME TO RECOGNIZE OUR SPONSORS AND DO THE CHECK PRESENTATION TO THE VA. IF YOU COULD PLEASE JOIN ME SPONSORS AS THEY CALL YOUR NAME. IF YOU COULD, PLEASE STAY UP AFTER WE GIVE YOU THE YOUR RECOGNITION TO TAKE A PHOTO WITH COUNCIL, WE WOULD APPRECIATE IT. REPRESENTING OUR PRESENTING SPONSOR FROM THE PALM BEACH GARDENS POLICE AND FIRE RESCUE FOUNDATION, MR. IRWIN EDINSON. OUR ALBATROSS SPONSORS JOINING US TONIGHT, REPRESENTING THE LOMAN LAW GROUP, A VETERAN AND OUR CITY ATTORNEY, MR. MAX LEMMON. I WAS GOING TO DO ALL. REPRESENTING FLORIDA POWER AND LIGHT, MR. DONALD KOZLOWSKI. AND REPRESENTING TBK CORPORATION MRS KATIE JIONNI. THOSE WHO CANNOT BE WITH US TONIGHT, ALAN NORTON AND BLUE WISH AND JACKSON, J.W. CHEATHAM AND BOYCE FARINA, I'M TOO SICK. YOU GUYS COULD STAY UP FOR JUST ONE MORE MINUTE. I'D LIKE TO GIVE SPECIAL RECOGNITION TO JEN, NELLIE AND MARCY SINGLE, WHO ARE A TREMENDOUS HELP WITH CONTACTING LOCAL BUSINESSES. AND FINALLY, TO OUR ADMINISTRATOR, DAVID REYEZ, MR., FERRIS AND MR. STEP INTO ALL OF YOU IN COUNCIL. THIS YEAR WE HAD ALL FIVE OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT TO VOLUNTEER AND OR PLAY IN THE EVENT, AS WELL AS OUR CITY MANAGER, DEPUTY CITY MANAGER, CITY ATTORNEY AND MANY OTHER CITY STAFF. THE SUPPORT BEHIND THIS TOURNAMENT WAS ABSOLUTELY TREMENDOUS, AND I CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH FOR HELPING US RAISE SEVENTY TWO THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED AND NINETY ONE DOLLARS AND ELEVEN CENTS THIS YEAR. WE HAVE DR. WILLIAMS AND THE VA STAFF, IF YOU GUYS COULD JOIN US FOR THE CHECK PRESENTATION OVER THE LAST YEAR, YEAH. WOW. YES, YES. NOW THAT. THE REGULATORY. YES, PLEASE. AND WE'LL HAVE TO DO. AND IF WE COULD DO IT THIS WAY, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. LOST. AN EASY MARK, IN FACT. YEAH. ONE FIVE, OH. IS THAT? NEXT YEAR BY 300 CROWLEY. [00:10:06] SO MY NEXT PRESENTATION HAS THE SAME CHARITABLE THEME. I'M HERE TO GIVE AN ANNUAL UPDATE ON OUR ON AN INITIATIVE THAT WE STARTED IN FEBRUARY OF 2019 ARE CLOSEST TO THE PIN CHARITY SHOOTOUT. WE ASK PATRONS IF THEY WOULD DONATE FIVE DOLLARS AT CHECK IN AND AT THE END OF THE MONTH. FIFTY DOLLARS GIFT CARDS ARE AWARDED TO PARTICIPANTS IN A SKILLS COMPETITION ON OUR PAR THREE FOURTH HOLE OCTOBER THROUGH APRIL. WE ALSO OFFER A SUMMER MEMBERSHIP TO ONE WINNER, SO WE ISSUE SIX OF THEM A YEAR EACH MONTH. THE FUNDS RAISED ARE DISTRIBUTED TO OUR LOCAL CHARITIES AND NONPROFITS IN FIVE HUNDRED AMOUNTS TO ASSIST WITH THEIR PHILANTHROPIC WORK. CHARITIES INCLUDE SUSAN G. KOMEN HOSPICE OF PALM BEACH COUNTY PLACE OF HOPE CHRIST FELLOWSHIP DID A BAHAMAS DORIAN RELIEF FUND, ALS FOR AUTISM, PEGGY ADAMS ANIMAL RESCUE AND NICHOLAS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL, JUST TO NAME A FEW. AT ITS INCEPTION FEBRUARY THROUGH SEPTEMBER OF 2019, WE RAISED NEARLY NINE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED. IN FISCAL YEAR 2020, WE RAISED OVER JUST JUST OVER TWELVE THOUSAND. LAST FISCAL YEAR. WE WILL WE WERE ABLE TO RAISE AND DONATE MORE THAN THIRTY FIVE THOUSAND. YEAR TO DATE SINCE OCTOBER, SINCE THE BEGINNING OF OUR FISCAL YEAR, WE'VE RAISED AN ADDITIONAL ELEVEN THOUSAND DOLLARS, BRINGING OUR GRAND TOTAL TO SIXTY ONE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED AND FIFTY ONE DOLLARS AND THIRTY SEVEN CENTS IN THE LAST THREE YEARS. THIS IS AN INITIATIVE THAT WE'RE VERY PROUD OF AND THANK THE COMMUNITY FOR THEIR TREMENDOUS SUPPORT FOR OUR LOCAL NONPROFITS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, CASEY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. ONE. NEXT IS COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC FOR ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA, AND I DO NOT HAVE ANY. SO WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE CITY MANAGER'S REPORT, RON. YOU KNOW, REPORT FROM RON THIS EVENING. SO WE WILL MOVE TO THE CONSENT AGENDA. [VII. CONSENT AGENDA] I AM GOING TO PULL WHICH ONE? UM, CONSENT AGENDA. I WILL PULL E! BLACK HISTORY MONTH. I'D LIKE TO PULL D, BUT I DO NOT NEED IT. REED. TO TWO ON ONE AWARENESS WEEK. OK, SO I AM ASKING FOR A MOTION TO PASS THE CONSENT AGENDA MINUS E AND D. I'LL MAKE A MOTION AND CONSENT AGENDA MINUS E AND D ALL SECOND. OK, SO I WANTED TO READ A PROCLAMATION AND THEN I CAN ALL IN FAVOR OF PASSING THE CONSENT AGENDA MINUS D AND E I. AND HE NAYS. NO MOTION PASSES. FIVE ZERO. ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON TO PROCLAMATION E! [VII.e. PROCLAMATION – BLACK HISTORY MONTH] FOR BLACK HISTORY MONTH. WHEREAS DURING BLACK HISTORY MONTH, WE CELEBRATE THE MANY ACHIEVEMENTS AND CONTRIBUTIONS MADE BY AFRICAN-AMERICANS TO OUR ECONOMIC, CULTURAL, SPIRITUAL AND POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT. AND WHEREAS BLACK HISTORY MONTH GREW OUT OF THE ESTABLISHMENT IN NINETEEN TWENTY SIX OF NEGRO HISTORY WEEK BY CARTER G. WOODSON AND THE ASSOCIATION FOR THE STUDY OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN LIFE IN HISTORY AND WHEREAS THE TWENTY TWENTY TWO NATIONAL THEME FOR THE OBSERVANCE IS BLACK HEALTH AND WELLNESS, AND ACKNOWLEDGES THE LEGACY OF NOT ONLY BLACK SCHOLARS AND MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS IN WESTERN MEDICINE, BUT ALSO OTHER WAYS IN WHICH THE BLACK COMMUNITY HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO HEALTH CARE THROUGHOUT THE AFRICAN DIASPORA. AND WHEREAS THE 2022 THEME CONSIDERS ACTIVITIES, RITUALS AND INITIATIVES THAT BLACK COMMUNITIES HAVE PRACTICED IN AN EFFORT TO MAINTAIN HEALTH AND WELL-BEING AND THE OBSERVATIONAL OBSERVANCE OF BLACK HISTORY MONTH CALLS OUR ATTENTION TO THE CONTINUED NEED TO BATTLE RACISM AND BUILD A SOCIETY THAT LIVES UP TO ITS DEMOCRATIC IDEALS. AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS CONTINUES TO WORK TOWARD BECOMING AN INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY IN WHICH ALL CITIZENS PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE ARE RESPECTED AND RECOGNIZED FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS AND POTENTIAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR COMMUNITY, THE STATE, THE COUNTRY AND THE WORLD. AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS IS PROUD TO HONOR THE HISTORY AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF AFRICAN-AMERICANS IN OUR COMMUNITY THROUGHOUT OUR STATE AND NATION, AND NOW FOR NOW, THEREFORE, IN RECOGNITION OF AFRICAN-AMERICANS PAST AND PRESENT IN OUR COMMUNITY, I RACHELLE LITT, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA, TO HEREBY [00:15:03] PROCLAIM FEBRUARY TWENTY TWENTY TWO AS BLACK HISTORY MONTH. I ENCOURAGE ALL CITIZENS TO CELEBRATE OUR DIVERSE HERITAGE AND CULTURE AND CONTINUE OUR EFFORTS TO CREATE A WORLD THAT IS MORE JUST PEACEFUL AND PROSPEROUS FOR ALL. DO WE HAVE TO PASS THEM INDIVIDUALLY, MAX OR TOGETHER? YES, MA'AM, INDIVIDUALLY, I NEED A MOTION. WELL, CHELSEA, WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION ON IT AND GO AHEAD? SURE. WE HAVE TO. WE HAVE TO MAKE A MOTION ON E! WELL, SHE HASN'T. I JUST HAVE TO DO IT INDIVIDUALLY, THOUGH. ALL RIGHT. WELL, WE DO. YOU SHOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION ITEM E AND THEN HAVE THE VOTE, AND THEN YOU CAN DISCUSS ITEM DVD. THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT. SO I NEED A MOTION TO PASS. ITEM E! I'LL MAKE THE MOTION TO ACCEPT MISSION E BLACK HISTORY MONTH. I'LL SECOND. ALL, I'M ALL IN FAVOR, I NEED POST MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO. ALSO FOR ITEM D FOR TWO ON ONE AWARENESS WEEK, I DON'T WANT TO TAKE THE TIME TO READ IT, [VII.d. PROCLAMATION – 211 AWARENESS WEEK] BUT I DO WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT AND SPEAK ONTO ONE ONE AND THANK THEM FOR THEIR GREAT WORK WITH THEIR HELP LINE. FOR ANYONE DEALING WITH ANY ISSUE, ESPECIALLY SUICIDE PREVENTION, AND THERE'S ALSO A SPECIAL AREA FOR VETERANS AS WELL. THE COMMUNITY HELPLINE IS FOR CRISIS INTERVENTION OF ALL KINDS AND THE NUMBER IS EASY TO REMEMBER, SO IT'S TWO ON ONE. PLEASE DO USE IT, SHARE IT. AND I'M SO PROUD THAT WE HAVE THIS ON OUR AGENDA TODAY. THANK YOU. CAN I GET A MOTION TO PASS ITEM D ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO PASS ITEM D ON OUR CONSENT AGENDA, PLEASE. CARL SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR BY ANY OPPOSED MOTION PASSES, FIVE ZERO, GOT A BLANK THERE? OK, SO OK, SO THAT'S THE CONSENT AGENDA. MOVING ON, WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ ORDINANCE ONE, ORDINANCE ONE 2020 TO AN ORDINANCE [VIII.a. ORDINANCE 1, 2022 – (1ST READING) BUDGET AMENDMENT. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS’ BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING OCTOBER 1, 2021, AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2022, INCLUSIVE; PROVIDING A CONFLICTS CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, AND AUTHORITY TO CODIFY; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.] OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING OCTOBER ONE, 2021 AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2020 TO INCLUSIVE, PROVIDING A COMPLEX CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE AND AUTHORITY TO CODIFY PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE FOR THE PURPOSES. GOOD EVENING, MADAME MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, ALAN OWENS, FINANCE ADMINISTRATOR FOR THE RECORD ORDINANCE ONE IS THE TYPICAL AMENDMENT THAT WE DO EVERY YEAR WHERE WE CARRY FORWARD OUR BALANCES ON OPEN PURCHASE ORDERS AND UNCOMPLETED SIP PROJECTS FROM THE LAST YEAR INTO THE NEXT YEAR. WE ALSO ADJUST OUR BEGINNING BUDGETED FUND BALANCES IN LINE WITH WITH OUR ENDING ADJUSTED BALANCES WERE AT THE END OF LAST YEAR. WE ALSO HAVE A COUPLE OF OTHER REQUESTED ADJUSTMENTS WHICH WE'LL GET INTO AND JUST A COUPLE OF MINUTES HERE. AS FAR AS THE CARRY FORWARD OF PROJECTS AND PURCHASE ORDERS FROM LAST YEAR, PURCHASE ORDERS OR ENCUMBRANCES TOTALED ABOUT THIRTEEN POINT SEVEN. EIGHT MILLION BALANCES THAT WERE UNSPENT OR UNENCUMBERED ON CP PROJECTS TOTALED ABOUT NINETEEN POINT THREE EIGHT MILLION, AND THAT'S BEING ROLLED FORWARD FROM LAST YEAR INTO THE CURRENT YEAR. THIS SLIDE JUST GIVES YOU A BREAKDOWN OF SOME OF THE MORE SIGNIFICANT PROJECTS THAT ARE BEING CARRIED FORWARD FROM LAST YEAR AND TO THE CURRENT YEAR. NO BIG SURPRISES HERE. THE LARGEST ITEM IS THE TOP THE GOLF COURSE EXPANSION AT THIRTEEN POINT EIGHT MILLION DOLLARS. GETTING INTO THE SOME OF THE REQUESTED ADJUSTMENTS FOR NEXT YEAR, THE FIRST ONE DEALS WITH FIRE STATION SIX FIRE STATION SIX, WHICH WILL SERVE THE WESTERN COMMUNITIES, WAS ENTERTAINED TO BE FINANCED VIA TO ACTUALLY BE CONSTRUCTED VIA FINANCING. IN OUR 10 YEAR FORECAST, WE HAD PROJECTED TO BORROW AROUND $6 MILLION IN FISCAL YEAR TWENTY SIX AND THE DEBT SERVICE ON THAT BORROWING WAS PROJECTED TO BE ABOUT THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR A 20 YEAR TERM. SO BY BEING ABLE TO FINANCE IT ON A PAYGO BASIS AS OPPOSED TO BORROWING THE MONEY IT ACTUALLY BEEN, IT'S VERY BENEFICIAL TO OUR TEN YEAR PROJECTION. ALSO BY PUTTING MONEY TOGETHER. NOW, IF WE CAN DO THIS, IT WILL HELP PROTECT AGAINST FURTHER INFLATION AS THREE OR FOUR YEARS DOWN THE ROAD. SO THE PROPOSED FUNDING WOULD COME A LITTLE OVER $1 MILLION FROM THE BUDGET STABILIZATION RESERVE, THREE POINT SEVEN MILLION FROM THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT AND ONE POINT TWO MILLION FROM FIRE IMPACT FEE RESERVES. WITH REGARDS TO THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT, WE WOULD BE USING THE SAME PROVISION AS LAST [00:20:02] YEAR UNDER THE REVENUE LOSS PROVISION. UNDER SECTION SIX O THREE C ONE C OF THE ACT SPECIFICALLY ALLOWS INFRASTRUCTURE AND ALSO POLICE, FIRE AND PUBLIC SAFETY EXPENDITURES TO THE EXTENT OF YOUR REVENUE LOSS. IF THIS IS APPROVED, THE TIMELINE, WE WOULD BE MOVING FORWARD WITH THE DESIGN CRITERIA, DEVELOPMENT AND MOVING INTO THE RFP PROCESS, LOOKING TO HOPEFULLY BEGIN CONSTRUCTION TOWARDS THE END OF THIS YEAR, IT'D BE ABOUT 12 TO 18 MONTH CONSTRUCTION BEGINNING OR ACTUALLY TO BEGIN AROUND AGAIN DEC. 22, AROUND MAY OF JUNE. A 24 IS WHEN THE ANTICIPATED COMPLETION OF THE BUILDING WOULD BE AS FAR AS THE LOCATION. I'LL CUT NEXT COUPLE OF SLIDES, THE FIRST ONE JUST GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF FOCUSING IN ON THE AVANIR SITE WHERE THAT PROPOSED LOCATION WOULD BE ON THE CITY OWNED PARCEL, THAT'S 15 ACRES. BUT ALSO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO STEP BACK FROM A 20000 FOOT VIEW AND TAKE A LOOK AT THE WHOLE AREA OUT WEST. THIS WOULD BE VERY CRITICAL STATION, NOT JUST FOR AVANIR, BUT YOU CAN SEE ALL THE OTHER AREAS THAT ARE ALREADY WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS THE BAY HILL, RUSTIC LAKES, ANCIENT TREE, OSPREY ISLES AND CARLTON. SO THIS WOULD BE THE SOONER WE CAN GET THIS, THE BETTER WE CAN IMPROVE UPON THE SERVICE LEVELS FOR THE EXISTING RESIDENTS OUT THERE AS WELL. SOME OF THE OTHER REQUESTED ADJUSTMENTS FOR IN THIS BUDGET AMENDMENT, THE TENNIS CENTER PARKING LOT EXPANSION OR $400000 CITY HALL FURNITURE FOR TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND GENERATOR FOR THE NEW CLUBHOUSE OF 190000 CITY FACILITIES, DRAINAGE OF ABOUT 180000 AND A SCREEN ENCLOSURE FOR THE DANCING CRANE RESTAURANT. AGAIN, SINCE WE HAVE THE MONEY AVAILABLE AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE RESERVES AND A LITTLE BIT HERE. AGAIN, IF THESE ARE THINGS THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN IN NEXT YEAR FY 23 BUDGET, SO IF WE CAN ACCELERATE THESE AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF CURRENT PRICES AGAIN, IT'S ADVANTAGEOUS BECAUSE OF THE CURRENT INFLATIONARY TRENDS TO DO THAT NOW. WE DO HAVE ONE REQUEST AS FAR AS FROM AN OPERATIONAL STANDPOINT, THE RECREATION DEPARTMENT IS CURRENTLY EXPERIENCING DIFFICULTIES IN THE HIRING AND RETAINING OF PART TIME EMPLOYEES. SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE WOULD LIKE TO DO IS TO TAKE SOME OF THAT THE POOL OF MONEY THAT'S ALLOCATED FOR PART TIME SALARIES AND CREATE A TOTAL OF EIGHT NEW FULL TIME POSITIONS THAT WOULD BREAK OUT. AS AS FAR AS THIS, TEACHING ASSISTANCE WOULD BE FIVE TOTAL CUSTOMER SERVICE SPECIALISTS. THERE WOULD BE THREE, THERE WOULD BE ONE IN TENNIS AND TWO IN THE BURNS ROAD CENTER RECREATION CENTER, SO THAT IF APPROVED, THAT WOULD RAISE OUR TOTAL FULL TIME BUDGETED ALLOTMENT OF FULL TIME POSITIONS FROM FIVE HUNDRED AND FIFTY TO FIVE HUNDRED AND FIFTY EIGHT. AS I MENTIONED, THESE POSITIONS WOULD BE FUNDED PRIMARILY WITH PART TIME FUNDS THAT ALREADY EXIST. THERE WOULD BE AN ESTIMATED ADDITIONAL COST OF ABOUT THREE HUNDRED AND TWENTY NINE THOUSAND THAT WOULD BE FUNDED NEXT THE REMAINDER OF THIS YEAR OUT OF RESERVES AND THE RECREATION FUND, WHICH AT THE CLOSE OF LAST YEAR TOTALED ABOUT $1.1 MILLION. I MENTIONED THE RESERVES, IF THESE AMENDMENTS ARE APPROVED, THE BUDGET STABILIZATION RESERVE WOULD TOTAL ABOUT SIX POINT FIVE MILLION DOLLARS. THAT'S ABOUT FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND LESS THAN IS IN IN THE ADDITIONAL ORIGINAL ADOPTED BUDGET IN THE CURRENT YEAR. AS I MENTIONED, THOUGH, THAT WOULD BE MORE THAN OFFSET BY THE SAVINGS BY ELIMINATING HAVING THE NEED TO BORROW FOR THE FIRE STATION AND SIX. SO WE'RE STILL, AS FAR AS OUR 10 YEAR PROJECTION ON TRACK, ACTUALLY IMPROVES THE SITUATION A LITTLE BIT BETTER. AS FAR AS UNASSIGNED RESERVES, THEY REMAIN AT TWENTY SIX MILLION, WHICH IS TWENTY FOUR PERCENT OF OUR CURRENT YEAR BUDGETED EXPENDITURES. AND OF COURSE, THAT EXCEEDS OUR POLICY LIMIT OR THRESHOLD OF 17 PERCENT OF EXPENDITURES. AND STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF ORDINANCE ONE ON FIRST READING IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. COULD CHIEF BREYER ADDRESSED THE FIRE STATION AND WHAT THE SITUATION CURRENTLY IS OUT THERE RIGHT NOW WITH THE STATIONS THAT EXIST IN THE COUNTY? YEAH, SO CURRENTLY WE ARE SERVING THE RESIDENTS OUT THERE WITH AUTOMATIC AID WITH PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE 17 IN WEST PALM BEACH FIRE RESCUE EIGHT CURRENTLY. PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE 17 HAS JUST ONE ENGINE. THERE ARE RESCUE TRUCK WENT AWAY ABOUT FIVE SIX MONTHS AGO. WEST PALM EIGHT IS AN EITHER OR STATION WHO, YOU KNOW, GETS CALLED IN QUITE FREQUENTLY TO [00:25:02] WEST PALM TO THE CITY. SO BEING OUT THERE AS SOON AS WE CAN GET OUT THERE WILL DEFINITELY INCREASE THE LEVEL OF SERVICE THOSE RESIDENTS. THANK YOU. I DO NOT HAVE ANY COMMENT CARDS ON THIS, SO I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE HEARING. CAN I GET A A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE? I'LL MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE ORDINANCE 120 21 ON FIRST READING SECOND. I'M GOING TO BRING IT BACK FOR DISCUSSION. ANYONE HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY OR QUESTIONS, MARCIA, YOU WANT TO GO? SURE. JUST A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. TYPICALLY, WHAT DO WE USE OUR FIRE IMPACT FEE DOLLARS FOR? AND I FEEL LIKE THE ARBONNE DOLLARS THIS IS THE FIRE STATION IS A PERFECT THING TO USE FOR, YOU KNOW, USE THE ARPA DOLLARS FOR. BUT I'M JUST CURIOUS AS FAR AS WHAT DO WE TYPICALLY USE OUR IMPACT, BUT IT'S REQUIRED BY LAW THAT BY LAW THEY HAVE TO BE USED FOR FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE NECESSITATED BY THE INCREASE IN DEVELOPMENT. SO IT'S A PERFECT USE. YEAH. SO I GUESS FOR THE WHEN WE. GET OUR, YOU KNOW, OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS, OUR FIRE IMPACT FEE DOLLARS WITH THE GROWTH IN THE WESTERN AREAS AND OTHER AREAS. ARE WE ABLE TO USE THOSE DOLLARS FOR LIKE SUPPLYING THE ENGINES AND WHATNOT FOR THIS FIRE STATION? WHEN YOU SAY SUPPLYING THE ENGINE PURCHASING, YOU HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL HOW IT CAN'T BE USED FOR OPERATING EXPENSES. NOTHING FOR OPERATING, JUST FOR INFRASTRUCTURE, JUST FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT. OK. AND SO YOU CANNOT USE YOU CAN'T SUPPLEMENT THE THE BUDGET STABILIZATION FUND WITH THE FIRE. IF WE ADVANCE THE DOLLARS FROM THAT, YOU CAN'T DO THAT, RIGHT? NO, THAT WOULD BE NICE. BUT WE CAN'T THAT WOULD NOT BE APPROPRIATE TO THAT. AND JUST ASKING, YEAH, OK. AND THEN I GUESS SINCE YOU SAID THAT, YOU KNOW, DUE TO INFLATION, NOW IS THE CORRECT TIME TO DO THAT, TO DO IT NOW, WHICH MAKES SENSE. AND WE'RE ADVANCING THE DOLLARS WITH THIS HELP. THEN WITH I KNOW IN OUR SIP PLAN, WE HAVE LIKE OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS OR SO, WE HAVE LIKE 17 MILLION APPROPRIATED FOR OTHER THINGS LIKE THE BURNS ROAD REC, ET CETERA, AND OTHER CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS WITH THIS HELP. BY DOING THIS NOW WITH THIS HELP THOSE PROJECTS IN THE FUTURE. NOT THE VACATION TO THOSE PROJECTS BY DOING THIS NOW, BECAUSE THEY COULD THEN OCCUR SOONER. WELL, I MEAN, THE ONLY CORRELATION I CAN SEE IS THAT WE'RE SAVING, WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE BORROWING MONEY. SO IF YOU HAD TO BORROW MONEY ON SOME OTHER PROJECT, I MEAN, IT DOES GIVE YOU THAT ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITY TO, IF I MAY ADD, WE'LL BE PUTTING TOGETHER THE BUDGET AND THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS WILL BE PART OF THAT BUDGET. AND WHATEVER IMPACT THAT HAS, WE'LL BE ABLE TO SHOW IN THE PRESENTATION OF NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET. OK. OK, THANK YOU. OK. CHELSEA. SO WE TALKED ABOUT THIS A LITTLE BIT IN MY AGENDA REVIEW, BUT I ALWAYS LIKE TO REPEAT THINGS TO KEEP IT CLEAR FOR ANYONE WHO MIGHT BE CURIOUS, ARE LISTENING. SO CAN YOU TALK TO ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE HOURLY RATE THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY PAYING PART TIMERS, WHAT WE'RE THINKING OF DOING AND HOW THIS WILL BECOME A BETTER INCENTIVE FOR FOLKS TO COME AND WORK WITH US IN RECREATION? IF I MAY ADDRESS THAT, THAT'S NOT PART OF THIS BUDGET AMENDMENT AT ALL. BUT WHAT WE HAVE DONE IS ADDRESS THE PART TIME HOURLY RATE THAT WE WERE CHARGING. WE'VE DONE A SURVEY ACROSS THE BOARD TO SEE WHAT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE IN INTERNAL. WE HAVE EXAMINED EACH PART TIME POSITION AND WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO BUMP THOSE SALARIES ON AN HOURLY RATE TO BE A LOT MORE COMPETITIVE THAN WE WERE. WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT OTHER BENEFITS THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO OFFER AS A RESULT OF THE STAFFING SHORTAGES THAT WE'RE EXPERIENCING. OUR OPERATION BURNES ROAD COMMUNITY CENTER RECREATION CENTER, AS WELL AS THE TENNIS FACILITIES. WE'VE HAD TO ALTER OUR HOURS OF OPERATION BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH STAFF TO KEEP THEM OPEN WITH THE INTERNAL CHANGES ON THE PART TIME SALARIES THAT WE'RE DOING. WE'RE ALREADY GETTING HIRES. SO IT'S VERY POSITIVE. THE HOURLY RATE INCREASE IS ATTRACTING MORE APPLICANTS NOW AND WITH SOME ADDITIONAL BENEFITS THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO PROVIDE. WE'RE HOPING THAT THAT WILL HELP US RETAIN THEM AS WELL. BUT THAT'S ALL INTERNAL. IT'S REALLY NOT PART OF THE BUDGET AMENDMENT, BUT THE FULL PART TIME TO FULL TIME IS IN THE SITUATION. WITH THAT, AS WE WERE LOSING SOME PART TIME INSTRUCTORS THAT WERE GIVEN US [00:30:04] ASSISTANCE IN OUR RIVERSIDE PROGRAM AND AT THE DESK AT BOTH BURNS ROAD AND THE TENNIS. SO WE WERE USING FULL TIME STAFF TO COVER THOSE OPERATIONS IN BOTH TENNIS AND BURNS ROAD. AND WE NEED THE FLEXIBILITY FULL TIME STAFF. THERE'S THERE'S A LOT MORE FLEXIBILITY IF YOU HAVE A LOT OF PART TIMERS DOING THAT. SO WE'RE FILLING THAT GAP AS FAR AS THE TEACHERS AT OUR RIVERSIDE FACILITY AND THE PROGRAMS THERE. WE WERE LOSING PART TIME TEACHERS TO OTHER OTHER PRIVATE ORGANIZATIONS DOING THE SAME TYPE SERVICE THAT WE'RE PAYING MORE MONEY AND MAKING PART TIME. SO IT'S WE'VE ALREADY EXAMINED WHERE WE'RE AT. AS SOON AS THIS IS APPROVED ON SECOND READING, WE'RE ABLE TO MOVE SOME PART TIMERS INTO FULL TIME POSITIONS THAT WE WANT AND BE ABLE TO ATTRACT OTHER APPLICANTS, QUALIFIED APPLICANTS BECAUSE OF THE FULL TIME POSITION AND THE BENEFITS THAT CARRIES WITH IT. SO WE'RE ADDRESSING A LOT OF ISSUES REGARDING SHORTAGES IN THOSE PART TIME AREAS. WE'RE NOT REALLY EXPERIENCING ANY DIFFICULTY AT THIS TIME. KNOCK ON WOOD WITH OTHER RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION. WE'RE ABOUT NORMAL WITH THAT, SO WE DON'T HAVE ANY PROBLEMS WITH APPLICANTS FROM THE OTHER AREA. IT'S JUST MAINLY THAT PART TIME THAT'S THAT'S KEEPING US FROM KEEPING OUR FACILITIES OPEN. THAT WAS A WONDERFUL EXPLANATION. THANK YOU. THAT WILL PROBABLY END MY QUESTIONS. I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SETTING US UP SO WE DON'T HAVE FUTURE DEBT SERVICE FOR LOOKING AHEAD AND PLANNING AHEAD FOR INFLATION AS WELL. AND THE FACT THAT WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, A SELF-FUNDING RECREATION DEPARTMENT AND SO MUCH MORE IS SOMETHING TO BE PROUD OF IN OUR BUDGET AGAIN. SO THANK YOU. CARL. WELL, YOU KNOW, WHEN THAT BUDGET WORD COMES OUT, ALL OF OUR EARS POP UP FOR A WHILE AND WE ALWAYS HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS. TO ME, THIS IS JUST ANOTHER STEP IN STABILIZING THE CITY. YOU KNOW, WITH OUR EXTRA PART TIME, WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO WITH THE FIRE STATION, THERE'S REALLY NOT A LOT TO SAY ABOUT IT. I'M GOING TO SUPPORT IT BECAUSE OF THE CITY STAFF. YOU GUYS DO SUCH. EVERYBODY IS SO INGRAINED. IT JUST SHOWS THE COMMUNITY HOW STABLE THIS PALM BEACH GARDENS REALLY IS, YOU KNOW, AND WE'RE INGRAINED IN THESE NUMBERS ALL YEAR ROUND. SO THERE'S NOTHING SURPRISING HERE. WE KNEW THE GOLF COURSE WAS GOING TO COST AS MUCH AS IT DOES. THAT'LL BE A GREAT ASSET TO THIS TO THE CITY. AND AS USUAL, YOU DO A GREAT PRESENTATION ON IT SIMPLIFIES IT FOR US PEOPLE THAT DON'T GET INTO THE NUMBERS LIKE YOU DO. SO I THINK IT'S AWESOME AND I'M GOING TO SUPPORT IT. THANKS. MARK, YEAH. SO I THINK I REMEMBER GOING TO STAFFING FOR A MOMENT. YOU KNOW, LIKE EVERYBODY IS HAVING ISSUES WITH STAFF AND AS AS AM I PERSONALLY WITH OUR OFFICE AND COMPETITION IS PRETTY STRONG FOR FOUR QUALITY EMPLOYEES AND WE'VE ALWAYS PRIDED OURSELVES IN HAVING QUALITY EMPLOYEES IN THE CITY. GOING BACK, I THINK BEFORE THE 2008 BUBBLE, I THINK IF WE HAD LIKE 575 EMPLOYEES IS THAT THAT NUMBER SEEMS TO STICK. YEAH. AND THEN COMING OUT OF THERE, WE WENT DOWN, WE WENT DOWN SIGNIFICANTLY. SO. AND HERE WE ARE. WHAT? TWENTY TWENTY TWO? SO 14 YEARS LATER, AND WE'RE STILL NOT AT THE STAFFING LEVELS THAT WE WERE AT BACK IN 08 WITH A SMALLER POPULATION. SO I DON'T THINK ADDING A FULL TIME STAFF MEMBERS AT A COMPETITIVE RATE IS REALLY ANYTHING THAT ANYBODY SHOULD BE CONCERNED ABOUT. AND IF ANYTHING, THE STAFFING OUR FACILITIES TO THE MAXIMUM TO MAKE SURE WE GENERATE THE PROPER REVENUES, PROVIDING THE SERVICES TO THE RESIDENTS SO THEY CAN PLAY TENNIS ON A SUNDAY AFTERNOON OR GO TO BURNS ROAD REC CENTER LATER IN THE AFTERNOON IS A GOOD THING. SO I UNDERSTAND THAT THE CHALLENGES OF OF FINDING QUALITY PEOPLE. SO I THINK THIS IS A GOOD MOVE TO MAKE SURE OUR CITY IS STAFFED PROPERLY AND IT'S NOT OVERSTAFFED BASED ON HISTORY AND JUST A QUICK COMMENT IN REGARDING THE BUDGET STABILIZATION FUND. WE'RE BASICALLY TAKING TWO POINT ONE TO $5 MILLION FROM THE BUDGET STABILIZATION FUND TO FUND THESE PROJECTS TO ACCELERATE THEM. AND YOU SAID IT'S ABOUT A HALF A MILLION DOLLARS THAT'LL PUT US BUT A HALF A MILLION DOLLARS LESS THAN WHAT WAS INITIALLY PROJECTED AND WHAT WAS IN THE BUDGET THAT WAS ADOPTED. THAT'S CORRECT. BUT EVEN THOUGH EVEN THOUGH WE'RE TAKING OUT TWO POINT ONE, SO WE'RE WE'RE SAVING ALMOST TWO MILLION IN THE 10 YEAR FORECAST BY BY NOT BORROWING RIGHT NOW. SO IT'S A SMART MOVE. I DON'T KNOW THE TOTAL, BUT THE ADDITIONAL PROJECTS, THE 400000 FOR THE TENNIS PARKING AS OTHERS, ABOUT A MILLION. SO THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN IN THE 23 BUDGET THAT WILL. SO WE'RE TAKING THEM OUT OF A FUTURE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT NOW INSTEAD OF PAYING IT LATER AT A HIGHER RATE. RIGHT. SO WE CAN TAKE THEM OUT OF THAT LIST OF CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS AND MOVE SOME UP [00:35:05] NEXT YEAR. AND YET WE STILL HAVE SIX POINT FIVE MILLION IN OUR BUDGET. YEAH. AND ACTUALLY, YEAH, WE'RE AT 6.5. AND AGAIN, BECAUSE NO DEBT SERVICE, WE'RE BETTER OFF AND RIGHT. NO, I AGREE. I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY. SO THANK YOU. SMART BUDGETING AGAIN. PERFECT. MARK BROUGHT UP AN INTERESTING POINT ABOUT THE STAFFING LEVELS 14 YEARS AGO AND WHERE WE ARE TODAY SINCE THE LAST CENSUS IN THE LAST 10 YEARS, THE CITY HAS GROWN 22 PERCENT. AND WE'RE THE SECOND FASTEST GROWING CITY IN THE COUNTY. SO ADDING THE STAFF WILL SET US IN GOOD STEAD GOING FORWARD FOR THAT AS WELL. REMEMBER, THE FUNCTIONS ARE BEING PERFORMED OR THEY SHOULD BE IF WE HAD THE PART TIME POSITION, BUT JUST TO BE ABLE TO ATTRACT AND RETAIN POSITIONS. THIS IS A NECESSARY MOVE. WE THINK THE THE FUNDING FOR THOSE POSITIONS IS COMING OUT OF THE RECREATION FUND RESERVES TOO. SO THAT'S CORRECT. THE ENTIRE FUNDING IS COMING OUT OF RECREATION, THE PART TIME SALARIES THAT ARE AVAILABLE AND THE ADDITIONAL THREE HUNDRED AND TWENTY NINE THOUSAND OUT OF THE RECREATION FUND RESERVES. AND REAL QUICK, WE'RE ANTICIPATING THAT FUNDING THESE POSITIONS GOING FORWARD WILL COME FROM ADDED USAGE OF FACILITIES THAT THAT IS THE HOPE AS WE CAN BUY GREAT TOWARDS THE PRE-PANDEMIC, YOU KNOW, LEVELS OF SERVICE. YES. OK. ANYBODY ELSE? OK. ALL RIGHT, THEN HEARING THAT I WILL CALL THE QUESTION ALL IN FAVOR, HI. AND HE OPPOSED MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ THE TITLE FOR ORDINANCE TO TWENTY TWENTY TWO ORDINANCE TO 2020 [VIII.b. ORDINANCE 2, 2022 – (1ST READING) A CITY-INITIATED COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TEXT AMENDMENT PURSUANT TO HOUSE BILL 59-GROWTH MANAGEMENT. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA, APPROVING A TEXT AMENDMENT TO THE CITY’S COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN TO ADD A NEW PROPERTY RIGHTS ELEMENT AND TEXT AMENDMENTS TO THE FUTURE LAND USE ELEMENT, TRANSPORTATION ELEMENT, INFRASTRUCTURE ELEMENT, CONSERVATION ELEMENT, AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS ELEMENT TO REMOVE THE URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY, INCLUDING AN AMENDMENT TO THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP TO REMOVE THE URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY; PROVIDING FOR TRANSMITTAL TO THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY (DEO) AND OTHER REVIEWING AGENCIES; PROVIDING A CONFLICTS CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, AND AUTHORITY TO CODIFY; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND OTHER PURPOSES.] TO AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA, APPROVING A TEXT AMENDMENT TO THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN TO ADD A NEW PROPERTY RIGHTS ELEMENT AND TEXT AMENDMENTS TO THE FUTURE LAND USE ELEMENT, TRANSPORTATION ELEMENT, INFRASTRUCTURE ELEMENT, CONSERVATION ELEMENT AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT ELEMENT TO REMOVE THE URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY, INCLUDING AN AMENDMENT TO THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP TO REMOVE THE URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY, PROVIDING FOR TRANSMITTAL TO THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY, DEO AND OTHER REVIEWING AGENCIES PROVIDING A COMPLEX CLAUSE OF SEVERABILITY CLAUSE AND AUTHORITY TO CODIFY PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE FOR OTHER PURPOSES. NOTE TO THE PUBLIC THERE IS A SIGN IN SHEET AT THE FRONT TABLE FOR ANYONE WANTING ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY. THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO OPEN THE HEARING. WELL, DON SEAN AND BOARD, PLEASE. OH, IT'S GOING TO BE MARTIN FETS, NOT SEAN. OK, MR. FITZ, I'VE CHANGED JUST A LITTLE BIT HERE. GOOD EVENING, MADAME MAYOR. MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS BARTON FITZ, NOT DONALD SANBORN. I DO HAVE A BRIEF PRESENTATION FOR YOU. AND PLEASE EXCUSE ME, THE THE WEATHER THIS WEEKEND DID A NUMBER ON MY VOICE, SO I DO APOLOGIZE IN ADVANCE. EVERYBODY. YES, BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING IS A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, TEXT AMENDMENT TO IT IS AN AMENDMENT IN TWO PARTS. THE FIRST IS TO ADD A PROPERTY RIGHTS ELEMENT IN RESPONSE TO RECENT LEGISLATION. AND THE OTHER IS TO MAKE SOME TEXT AMENDMENTS AND A MAP AMENDMENT IN ORDER TO REMOVE THE URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY FROM THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. FIRST, WE TO DEAL WITH THE PROPERTY RIGHTS ELEMENT THIS PAST SUMMER. THE LEGISLATION LEGISLATURE ADOPTED HOUSE BILL FIFTY NINE, WHICH REQUIRES LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO ADD A PROPERTY RIGHTS ELEMENT INTO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. WHICH BASICALLY ENSHRINES THE CERTAIN PROPERTY RIGHTS, PROPERTY RIGHTS WITHIN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO RECOGNIZE A PROPERTY OWNERS RIGHTS TO POSSESS AND CONTROL THEIR PROPERTY, TO DISPOSE OF THEIR PROPERTY, TO MAINTAIN IT, TO EXCLUDE OTHERS. ALL THE SORTS OF THINGS THAT ARE ALREADY CONTAINED WITHIN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE THE DIFFERENT STATUTES WITHIN. IN THE DIFFERENT STATE STATUTES AND ALSO OUR CODE, AND ALSO TO ALLOW FOR DIFFERENT PROPERTY OWNERS OR FOR PROPERTY OWNERS TO HAVE A SAY IN WHAT HAPPENS ON THEIR PROPERTY, IN PUBLIC HEARINGS AND WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THEIR PROPERTY. THESE THINGS ARE ALREADY INCLUDED WITHIN OUR CODE AS WELL. I WANT TO MAKE A NOTE THAT THAT THIS IS BEING INCLUDED WITHIN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, [00:40:05] ONLY TO BE CONSISTENT WITH WITH THE LEGISLATION. ALL OF THIS DOES NOT ADD ANYTHING NEW TO EITHER OUR CODE OR TO THE STATE STATUTES. NEXT IS THE URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY, THE URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY IS INTENDED TO DIRECT GROWTH WITHIN THE CITY TO AREAS WHERE URBAN SERVICES CAN BE EFFICIENTLY AND EFFECTIVELY PROVIDED SO THAT THE THAT EXCUSE ME. SO THAT WE CAN. SO THE CITY DOESN'T PROMOTE URBAN SPRAWL. THE URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY HAS BEEN A PART OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR FOR MANY YEARS. HOWEVER, DUE TO RECENT ANNEXATIONS THAT HAVE OCCURRED IN THE WESTERN PART OF THE CITY, DIFFERENT DEVELOPMENT THAT HAS BEEN APPROVED IN THE COUNTY. THE THE DEVELOPMENT THAT HAS OCCURRED IN THE AREA IS NO LONGER CONSISTENT WITH THE EXISTING URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY. RECENT AND ARGUE OVER THESE WITHIN THE THE NEXT COUPLE OF SLIDES, I WILL NOTE THAT THE REMOVAL OF THE URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY WILL GRANT NO ADDITIONAL BENEFITS TO ANY OF THE PROPERTIES WITHIN THE CITY WITHIN THE CITY'S BOUNDARIES. THIS IS THE CURRENT FUTURE LAND USE MAP. YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THE URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY IS THE THE HEAVY, DARK, LONG, DARK DASH LINE. IT'S IN TWO PARTS. THE EASTERNMOST IS AT THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE WAXAHATCHEE SLEW, ALSO ON THE THE WESTERN EDGE OF PGA NATIONAL AND MIRASOL. AND WE ALSO HAVE A PORTION THAT'S AROUND THE AVANIR AND ANCIENT TREE ON THE WEST. WE'RE PROPOSING TO SIMPLY REMOVE THAT. AS I MENTIONED, THE ANNEXATION OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS, WE'VE ANNEXED IN TWENTY SIXTEEN, WE ANNEXED THE PORTION OR THE PARCEL OF LAND THAT IS NOW ANCIENT TREE IN TWENTY SIXTEEN. AT THAT TIME, WE AMENDED THE URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY TO INCLUDE THIS AREA, AND AS PART OF THAT DEVELOPMENT ORDER, WE REQUIRED THE PROVISION OF CENTRAL WATER AND SEWER. IN TWENTY SEVENTEEN, WE ANNEXED CARLTON OAKS AND OSPREY ISLES THIS THESE TWO COMMUNITIES WERE ALREADY COMPLETELY DEVELOPED AND AND AS PART OF THOSE DEVELOPMENTS, THEY ALREADY HAD WATER AND SEWER PROVIDED FROM WEST PALM BEACH. IN TWENTY EIGHTEEN, WE ANNEXED BAY HILL ESTATES. THIS COMMUNITY ALREADY HAD WATER PROVIDED FROM. THE PALM BEACH COUNTY UTILITY SERVICES. NOW, I MENTIONED THAT NONE OF THE NO PARCELS WITHIN THE CITY WILL GAIN ANY BENEFITS BY REMOVING THE URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY. THERE ARE THREE PARCELS OR GROUPS OF PARCELS THAT ARE WITHIN THE CITY THAT ARE WITHIN THAT ARE CURRENTLY OUTSIDE OF THE URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY THAT CAN BE DEVELOPED. THESE PARCELS ARE SHOWN HERE. ALL THREE OF THESE CURRENTLY HAVE. HAVE. DEVELOPMENTS THAT HER WERE A. I'M SORRY. THEY ARE PLANS THAT WERE APPROVED THROUGH THE COUNTY THAT THEY CAN BUILD TODAY WITHOUT ANYTHING FROM THE CITY IF THEY WANTED TO WEATHER THE URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY WAS REMOVED OR NOT. SO THEY THEY WOULD NOT RECEIVE ANY ADDITIONAL BENEFIT FROM REMOVING THE URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY. ON THE NORTH SIDE, WE HAVE THE THE NORTH LAKE CLEFT THAT HAS APPROVAL FOR MEDICAL OR DENTAL, AND THEY REQUIRED THE THE CENTRAL WATER AND SEWER. ON THE SOUTH SIDE, WE HAD THE APPROVED IN TWO THOUSAND EIGHT DIRECTLY SOUTH OF THAT, THE WWE NINE PROPERTY. HAS ALMOST EIGHTY FIVE THOUSAND SQUARE FEET OF OFFICE SPECIFICALLY REQUIRING CENTRAL SEWER DIRECTLY TO THE WEST OF THAT, WE HAVE THE NORTH LAKE, 20, APPROVED IN 2010. THIRTY SEVEN THOUSAND SQUARE FEET. THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY HAD NUMEROUS TRAFFIC CONDITIONS THAT WERE REQUIRED FOR THAT ONE, INCLUDING CONDITIONS THAT WERE INCLUDED AS PART OF THE STATE ROAD SEVEN PROJECT. IN ADDITION TO THESE PROJECTS WITHIN THE CITY, THE COUNTY HAS ALSO APPROVED PROJECTS IN THE AREA THAT REQUIRED ADDITIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE THAT ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE URBAN CHARACTER. THAT IS INCONSISTENT WITH URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY DIRECTLY SOUTH OF AVANIR, WE HAVE THE COCONUT PALM PLAZA ON THE EAST SIDE OF COCONUT BOULEVARD, WHICH WAS JUST RECENTLY APPROVED IN THE COUNTY ABOUT TWO MONTHS AGO, WHICH APPROVED FORTY NINE THOUSAND [00:45:05] SQUARE FEET AND A 16 PUMP FUEL CENTERED FUEL STATION. AND IMMEDIATELY TO THE WEST IS THE SHOPS AT INDIAN TRAIL, WHICH APPROVED ONE HUNDRED AND SIX THOUSAND SQUARE FEET AND ANOTHER 16 PUMP FUEL STATION ALL THE WAY TO THE FAR WEST. WE HAVE PIERCED HAMMOCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND THEN TO THE EAST OF THAT IS CURRENTLY A CHARTER SCHOOL, WHICH IS UNDER REVIEW FOR UP TO FIFTEEN HUNDRED MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. ALL OF THESE WILL REQUIRE CENTRAL WATER AND SEWER. I WILL NOTE WE'LL NOTE THAT THERE IS A CENTRAL SEWER LINE AROUND THE SHOPS AT THE END OF THE TRAIL CURRENTLY IN PLACE. THIS PETITION HAS BEEN NOTICED IN THE AD AND AN IPAQ NOTICE HAS BEEN SENT OUT. CURRENTLY, WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY COMMENTS TO DATE. THIS DID GO TO THE PLANNING, ZONING AND APPEALS BOARD, WHERE IT WAS RECOMMENDED APPROVAL UNANIMOUSLY IN JANUARY. STAFF DOES RECOMMEND APPROVAL AS PRESENTED ON FIRST READING AND STAFF IS AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. I DO NOT HAVE ANY COMMENT CARDS ON THIS, SO I WILL CLOSE THE HEARING, I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE. REED, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ORDINANCE TWO, 20, 22. FIRST READING. WELL, SECOND, MARCIE SECONDS. OK, NOW I'M GOING TO BRING IT BACK FOR DISCUSSION. CARL DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS ONE? I THINK I'M GOING TO LISTEN A LITTLE BIT MORE AS WE GO FORWARD. I MEAN, IT LOOKS LIKE IT JUST GROWTH AND WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO, YOU KNOW, MOVING FORWARD, BUT I DON'T HAVE REALLY ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS AT ALL. SO I'M JUST GOING TO LISTEN A LITTLE BIT AND MAYBE CHIME BACK IN. BUT RIGHT NOW, I'M GOOD TO GO WITH IT. SO THANKS, MARTIN. YEAH, I DON'T QUITE UNDERSTAND ALL THIS. I TRUST THE STAFF ON ALL OF IT. I JUST WANTED TO HEAR IF ANYONE HAD ANY OTHER COMMENTS. OK, SO THIS IS JUST BECAUSE OF HOUSE BILL, 59, REGARDING GROWTH MANAGEMENT FROM THE STATE, WE HAVE TO DO THIS OR IT'S PART OF WHAT WE'RE DOING. SO IT'S CONSIDERED HOUSEKEEPING AND ANYTHING EXTRA WAS A WONDERFUL EXPLANATION AND IT GOT ME SOME DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT'S GOING ON OUT WEST. SO I APPRECIATE THAT. BUT THERE ARE NO NEW RIGHTS THAT ARE NEW, NO CHANGES AND WE ARE MANDATED TO DO THIS. SO ASIDE FROM THANKING YOU FOR THE VERY GOOD PRESENTATION, I HAVE NO QUESTIONS. SO I AGREE WITH YOU 100 PERCENT, THE URBAN SERVICE BOUNDARY OR THE URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY IN THIS CASE, YOU WERE SET FORTH FOR SEVERAL REASONS AND ONE WAS TO DISCOURAGE URBAN SPRAWL AND ALSO TO PRESERVE OR TO TO REDUCE THE PUBLIC COSTS OF PROVIDING UTILITIES SUCH AS WATER AND SEWER, WHICH IN THESE AREAS, THEY ALREADY ARE THERE. AND SO, IN MY OPINION, MUNICIPALITIES ARE THE URBAN CORE OF THE COUNTIES IN WHICH THEY SIT. SO I FEEL THAT AN URBAN SERVICE BOUNDARY IN OUR CASE IS REALLY A MOOT POINT BECAUSE I FEEL THAT THIS IS ABSOLUTELY WHAT WE SHOULD BE DOING. IT'S MADE FOR COUNTIES, NOT MUNICIPALITIES, IN MY OPINION. SO I AGREE 100 PERCENT AND DEFINITELY SUPPORT IT. THE ONLY OTHER THING IN URBAN SERVICE BOUNDARIES FOR IS IS TO PRESERVE GREEN SPACE IN OUR CODE ALLOWS FOR THAT NOW. SO WE'RE VERY CLEAR ABOUT THAT AS FAR AS SAVING OUR PRESERVATION CONSERVATION AND IN FACT, IN THE WESTERN COMMUNITIES, WE SAVED 50 PLUS PERCENT FOR AVANIR WHEN THAT WAS GOING FORWARD, AND I KNOW OUR STAFF AND OUR COUNCIL IS 100 PERCENT SUPPORTIVE OF THAT GOING FORWARD ALSO. SO I'M DEFINITELY IN SUPPORT OF IT, AND I THINK IT WAS A SMART MOVE. THANK YOU. DOES THIS SET US UP FOR FUTURE ANNEXATION? DOES THAT COME INTO THIS AT ALL? REALLY, NO, NO. THIS ACTION HAS NO CONSIDERATION RELATED TO FUTURE ANNEXATIONS. THIS IS REALLY JUST HOUSEKEEPING IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT THE CHARACTER OF THE EXISTING DEVELOPMENT IS CONSISTENT WITH OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. OKAY, THANK YOU. MARCIE MENTIONED ABOUT THE THE GREEN SPACE OUT THERE ALSO AS PART OF THIS. IT DOESN'T TOUCH ANY OF THE OVERLAYS. SO ALL OF THE OVERLAYS THAT WE HAVE THAT THAT ARE OCCURRING IN THIS GROWTH BOUNDARY THAT WE'RE GETTING RID OF WILL STAY AS IS PGA BOULEVARD AND WHEREVER ELSE, RIGHT? YES. NO, MA'AM. THERE'S NO OVERLAYS THAT ARE IMPACTED BY THIS CHANGE IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. OK. THEY'RE ALL MAINTAINED. ALL RIGHT. SO WITH THAT ALL IN FAVOR, I HI. AND HE OPPOSED THE MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO. THANK YOU, MARTIN. MANUKA HONEY IS WHAT YOU NEED. [00:50:01] MANUKA HONEY IS THE BEST FOR THAT. OKAY, SO WHERE AM I? SAID WE ARE AT ORDINANCE NUMBER THREE, TWENTY TWENTY TWO. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ THE TITLE? [VIII.c. ORDINANCE 3, 2022 – (1ST READING) AUTHORIZATION TO GRANT ECONOMIC PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTIONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATE CONSTITUTION. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA, ADOPTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 196.1995, FLORIDA STATUTES, CALLING FOR A REFERENDUM TO BE HELD ON AUGUST 23, 2022, PROPOSING TO THE ELECTORATE OF THE CITY THAT THE CITY COUNCIL BE AUTHORIZED TO GRANT PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION TO CERTAIN QUALIFIED BUSINESSES PURSUANT TO SECTION 3, ARTICLE VII OF THE STATE CONSTITUTION; PROVIDING FOR SUBMISSION OF THE PROPOSED BALLOT QUESTION TO THE ELECTORS OF THE CITY; SETTING FORTH THE FORM OF THE QUESTION TO BE VOTED UPON AT SUCH ELECTION; PROVIDING A CONFLICTS CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, AND AUTHORITY TO CODIFY; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.] AUDIENCE THREE, 20, 20 TO AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA, ADOPTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION ONE NINETY SIX POINT ONE NINE NINE FIVE FLORIDA STATUTES CALLING FOR A REFERENDUM TO BE HELD ON AUGUST TWENTY THIRD. TWENTY TWENTY TWO. PROPOSING TO THE ELECTORATE OF THE CITY THAT THE CITY COUNCIL BE AUTHORIZED TO GRANT PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION TO CERTAIN QUALIFIED BUSINESSES PURSUANT TO SECTION THREE, ARTICLE SEVEN OF THE STATE CONSTITUTION PROVIDING FOR SUBMISSION OF THE PROPOSED BALLOT QUESTION TO THE ELECTORS OF THE CITY. SETTING FORTH THE FORM OF THE QUESTION TO BE VOTED UPON AT SUCH ELECTION. PROVIDING A CONFLICTS CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE AND AUTHORITY TO CODIFY PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE FOR THE PURPOSES. HOW GOING TO OPEN THE HEARING AND FIRST HALF PRESENTATION, I'LL CALL ON CITY ATTORNEY MAX LOHMAN. I WENT OVER THIS WITH ALL OF YOU DURING YOUR AGENDA REVIEWS. BUT FOR THE PUBLIC, BASICALLY WHAT THIS IS IS PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 169 OF THE FLORIDA STATUTES. IT ALLOWS THE CITY COUNCIL IF AUTHORIZED BY THE ELECTORATE THROUGH A REFERENDUM TO ABATE PROPERTY TAXES UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES FOR NEW CAPITAL INVESTMENT OF A CORPORATION. SATISFYING CERTAIN QUALIFICATIONS IN CERTAIN INDUSTRIES MOVES TO THE CITY OR IF ONE THAT IS EXISTING IN THE CITY WERE TO EXPAND, THEN IT AFFORDS THE COUNCIL THE OPPORTUNITY TO ABATE THE TAXES TO ENCOURAGE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS HAS ALWAYS BEEN ON THE FOREFRONT OF TRYING TO ENCOURAGE ECONOMIC RESPONSIBLE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GROWTH AND ATTRACT GOOD BUSINESSES TO THE CITY. THOSE THAT NOT ONLY PROVIDE A GOOD TAX BASE THROUGH THEIR THROUGH THEIR PROPERTY TAXES, BUT ALSO THROUGH LONG TERM DEVELOPMENT AND INVESTMENT IN THE CITY. CARRIER CORPORATION IS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF THAT. THEY MADE A MULTI MULTIMILLION DOLLAR INVESTMENT IN THE CITY OUT THERE. DONALD ROSS WROTE IN 1995. IN THE LAST 10 YEARS WE'VE HAD, WE'VE HAD THAT. WE HAVE HAD THIS PROGRAM. THEY ARE THE ONLY ENTITY THAT THE STAFF HAS BROUGHT FORWARD AND RECOMMENDED TO THE CITY TO DO TAX ABATEMENT. AND ALL THIS DOES IS DIRECT THE STAFF TO PUT THIS ON THE TO CONTRACT WITH THE SUPERVISOR OF ELECTIONS AND PUT THIS ON THE REFERENDUM FOR THE AUGUST ELECTION SO THAT THE ELECTORATE HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE AGAIN AND AGAIN. THIS IS ALL OF OUR VOTERS. WE HAVE TO AND WE NEED A MAJORITY OF OUR VOTERS IN THE CITY TO VOTE FOR THIS SO THAT IT WOULD PUT THIS TOOL WILL KEEP THIS TOOL IN YOUR TOOLBOX. WE HAVE MANY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TOOLS THAT YOU, AS A COUNCIL HAVE BEEN PRIVY TO OVER YOUR TENURE ON THE COUNCIL, AND THIS IS JUST ONE OF THE MANY TOOLS THAT WE HAVE. AND SO WE ENCOURAGE YOUR SUPPORT AND APPROVAL OF THIS ORDINANCE SO WE CAN PUT IT BEFORE THE ELECTION TO THE PUBLIC FOR A VOTE. ALL RIGHT. DURING MY AGENDA REVIEW, I ASKED WHAT WOULD A QUALIFYING BUSINESS BE AND OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT POLICIES AND THE STATE CONSTITUTION ENUMERATE WHAT THEY WHAT THEY ARE, SO. WELL, THAT'S CORRECT. THERE ARE SEVEN DIFFERENT INDUSTRIES. THERE'S BIOTECH INDUSTRIES WE HAVEN'T DEFINED IN OUR CODE CERTAIN INDUSTRIES THAT THEY'RE TARGETED, INDUSTRIES THAT ARE TARGETED BY THE STATE. AND THEN WE HAVE SOME THAT WE'VE ADDED TO THAT TARGET IN THE IN OUR CODE. AND AGAIN, THEY REALLY SURROUND BIOSCIENCE TECHNOLOGY, THINGS LIKE THAT. LIKE I SAID, CARRIER CORPORATION WAS A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF THAT BECAUSE OF THEIR THERE. YEAH, THE ERIC ENGINEERING PROGRAMS, AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING, AND THEY WERE THE ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE AIR CONDITIONING AND ALL OF THE STUFF THAT CARRIER DOES WITH THEIR WITH THEIR INTERIOR ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT. THEY FELL RIGHT IN LINE WITH THAT. AND THAT'S, YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ATTRACT WITH IT. SO WE ARE VOTING TO PUT THIS ON THE BALLOT AND THERE WILL BE AN EDUCATION PROGRAM FOR THE ELECTORATE BEFORE THEY HAVE TO VOTE. THE CITY WILL UNDERTAKE AN EDUCATION AND INFORMATION PROGRAM, JUST LIKE WE DID WITH WITH THE CHARTER AND SOME OTHER THINGS TO INFORM THE VOTERS OF WHAT THEY WOULD BE CONSIDERING. OK. ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AND IT'LL BE ON THE AUGUST BALLOT, ON THE AUGUST BALLOT? THE. AND THAT WILL BE THE ONLY QUESTION ON THE BALLOT TO THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY SPECIFIC FOR THE CITY. CORRECT. OK. IN THAT CASE, I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE HEARING, CAN I GET A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE? I'LL MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE ORDINANCE THREE TWENTY TWO ON FIRST READING SECOND. ANY MORE DISCUSSION? HEARING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, ALL IN FAVOR, I OPPOSED THE MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO. [00:55:03] WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ THE TITLE FOR ORDINANCE FOR TWENTY TWENTY TWO, ORDINANCE FOR [VIII.d. ORDINANCE 4, 2022 – (1ST READING) A CITY-INITIATED REQUEST TO AMEND THE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS TO ADD EMERGENCY MEDICAL TESTING SITE AS A SPECIAL EVENT USE. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA AMENDING CHAPTER 78. LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS. AT SECTION 78-187. SPECIAL EVENTS TO ADD EMERGENCY MEDICAL TESTING AND/OR VACCINATION SITE, DRIVE-THROUGH OR WALK-UP, AS AN APPROVED SPECIAL EVENT TYPE AND TO INCREASE THE LENGTH OF TIME PERMITTED FOR THE SALE OF PUMPKINS AND CHRISTMAS TREES; PROVIDING THAT EACH AND EVERY OTHER SECTION AND SUBSECTION OF CHAPTER 78. LAND DEVELOPMENT. SHALL REMAIN IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT AS PREVIOUSLY ADOPTED; PROVIDING A CONFLICTS CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, AND AUTHORITY TO CODIFY; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.] TWENTY TO AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 78 LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS AT SECTION SEVENTY EIGHT POINT EIGHTY SEVEN. SPECIAL EVENTS TO ADD EMERGENCY MEDICAL TESTING AND OR VACCINATION SITE DRIVE THRU OR WALK UP AS AN APPROVED SPECIAL EVENT TYPE AND TO INCREASE THE LENGTH OF TIME PERMITTED FOR THE SALE OF PUMPKINS AND CHRISTMAS TREES, PROVIDING THAT EACH AND EVERY OTHER SECTION IN SUBSECTION OF CHAPTER 78 LAND DEVELOPMENT SHALL REMAIN IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT AS PREVIOUSLY ADOPTED, PROVIDING A COMPLEX CAUSE, SEVERABILITY CLAUSE AND AUTHORITY TO CODIFY, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. MAYOR I HAVE MAX SLOMAN ON YOUR REFERENCE SHEET. IT'S ACTUALLY PLANNING AND ZONING. OK, AND THAT CASE WILL MR. FITZ. PLEASE PURCHASE PODIUM AGAIN. HELLO, MR. MAYOR. MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL ONCE AGAIN, FOR THE RECORD, MARTIN FITS THIS VERY QUICKLY. THIS IS JUST A A VERY QUICK AMENDMENT TO THE ELDERS TO ADD AN EMERGENCY MEDICAL TESTING AND OR VACCINATION SITE, DRIVE THRU OR WALK UP AS A A TYPE OF SPECIAL EVENT TO OUR CODE AS TO THE SPECIAL EVENT SECTION OF THE CODE IN ORDER BASICALLY TO ALLOW FOR CURRENTLY FOR THE COVID TESTING SITES. WE'VE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN COMING FORWARD WANTING TO DO COVID TESTING, AND OUR CODE DOESN'T REALLY ALLOW FOR US TO BE ABLE TO DO THEM FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME RIGHT NOW. ALL WE CAN DO IS DO THEM FOR SEVEN DAYS AND BECAUSE OF THE UNIQUE NATURE OF THE COVID TESTING SITES, IT REALLY SEVEN DAYS DOESN'T GIVE THEM GIVE US ENOUGH TIME TO REALLY SET UP AND REALLY GO THROUGH AND DO THE. THE IN-DEPTH ANALYSIS TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S BEING DONE EFFICIENTLY, EFFECTIVELY, SAFELY AND SET UP AND TAKE DOWN AND SEVEN DAYS ISN'T LONG ENOUGH, SO WE WANTED TO BE ABLE TO DO IT FOR 30 DAYS INITIALLY AND THEN ALSO ALLOW FOR A ONE TIME EXTENSION OF FORTY FIVE DAYS SO THAT WE CAN HAVE AN EFFECTIVE PERIOD OF DOING THAT. SO WE'RE REQUESTING TO PUT IT INTO THE CODE FOUR FOR A SPECIAL EVENT OF 30 DAYS. JUST AND WE SAID IT AS AN EMERGENCY MEDICAL EVENT BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT IS GOING TO BE HAPPENING IN THE FUTURE. AND WITH THE AND WHILE WE'RE OPENING IT UP, WE BECAUSE OF OUR RECENT EXPERIENCE, WE WITH THE PUMPKIN AND CHRISTMAS TREE SALES, WE ALSO KNOW THAT WE NEED A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME WITH THOSE AS WELL. SO WE EXPANDED THOSE. WE WANT TO EXPAND THOSE TO FORTY FIVE DAYS JUST TO GIVE MORE TIME FOR THE LOGISTICS OF SETTING THOSE UP AND TAKING THOSE DOWN AS WELL. SO. WE ARE BRINGING THIS TO FIRST READING TONIGHT. IT WILL GO TO THE PLANNING, ZONING AND APPEALS BOARD NEXT WEEK, AND THEN WE WILL BRING THEIR RECOMMENDATION TO COUNCIL NEXT MONTH FOR SECOND READING. AND I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO, IF I COULD, TO RECOGNIZE BARBARA BAHAA OF WOLVES. SORRY. AND RIVA PIERCE. THEY HANDLE ALL OF OUR ALL OF THE SPECIAL EVENTS. THEY DO AN EXCELLENT JOB AND WE HAVE QUITE WE HAVE SO MANY OF THEM. IT'S JUST AND THEY DO AN EXCELLENT JOB RUNNING THROUGH ALL OF THOSE. SO AND THEY HAVE BEEN DOING ALL OF THESE AS WELL. SO I JUST WANTED TO RECOGNIZE THOSE. UH. STAFF IS AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT FOR THE SPECIAL EVENTS. ANYBODY HAVE A QUESTION FOR MARTIN? CHARLES, YOU GOT ONE. JUST THANK YOU. LET'S GET THINGS A LITTLE MORE SAFE FOR THINGS LIKE THIS AS WELL FOR OUR RESIDENTS. THANKS. AND THE ONLY QUESTION I HAD AT A GENDER REVIEW WAS THIS GOES FOR COUNTY PROPERTY WITHIN THE CITY AS WELL. THEY STILL NEED THE PERMIT. YES. AND A QUESTION. THAT'S CORRECT. WE HAVE POLICE POWERS OVER ALL THE PROPERTIES LOCATED IN OUR CITY, AND THAT'S ACTUALLY, AS YOU MAY RECALL, ONE OF THE IMPETUS FOR DOING THIS IS BECAUSE WE HAD SUCH A SNAFU OUT THERE AT THE AT THE LIBRARY WHEN THEY JUST WILLY NILLY SET UP THAT COVID TESTING SITE AND THERE WAS NO MAINTENANCE TRAFFIC. IT CAUSED A LOT OF PROBLEMS FOR OUR POLICE AND FIRE. AND SO THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WE WANT TO DO THIS SO WE CAN HAVE CONTROL OVER IT. MAX, WE HAD EVENTUALLY GOT AS MUCH CONTROL OVER IT AS WE POSSIBLY COULD. THIS WILL GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET AND COORDINATE WITH WHICHEVER COUNTY OR PRIVATE AGENCY THAT WISHES TO DO IT ON WHATEVER PROPERTY THERE. [01:00:04] SOME ARE PRIVATE PROPERTY. SIMM MAY BE PUBLIC PROPERTY, BUT IT GIVES US A CHANCE TO GET IT RIGHT BEFORE WE START INSTEAD OF HAVING TO GO BACK AND TRY TO CORRECT EVERYTHING. MAX, TELL US HOW YOU REALLY FEEL. I THINK I'M JUST COMING TO PALM BEACH COUNTY DOES, BECAUSE I'M JUST KIDDING. BUT I DO WANT TO THANK TAKE THE TIME TO THINK STAFF AND OUR CITY MANAGER BECAUSE I KNOW I HAD SEVERAL CALLS THE MINUTE THAT THAT LINE STARTED. AND I THINK OVER THE WEEKEND I SENT YOU A TEXT MESSAGE AND I TELL YOU WHAT, IN TWENTY FOUR HOURS THERE WAS A NICE CHANGE AND I HAD SO MANY PEOPLE THANKING US BECAUSE THEY KNEW THAT WE WERE ABLE TO MAKE WHAT WAS A HORRIBLE TRAFFIC SITUATION THAT MUCH BETTER, ESPECIALLY FOR THE RESIDENTS THAT COULDN'T GET INTO THEIR OWN COMMUNITIES. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I'LL GIVE CREDIT WHERE CREDIT WAS DUE. THAT WAS FOR THIS MAN RIGHT HERE AND HIS TRAFFIC UNIT, WHICH IS JUST TOTALLY AMAZING ASSISTANT CHIEF. GOOD JOB. APPRECIATE THAT VERY MUCH. AND THE TRAFFIC UNIT TOOK THIS THING ON LIKE LIKE IT WAS, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING. THEY WERE JUST AMAZING. AND THE COORDINATION WITH THE COUNTY. WE MADE IT WORK. THANK YOU. MARCIE, YOU HAD A QUESTION, WELL, I DID, AND I BROUGHT IT UP IN A GENDER REVIEW. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A 30 DAY APPROVAL WITH A ONE TIME, 45 DAY EXTENSION, BUT YOU KNOW, WE SAW AND WE'RE STILL SEEING HOPEFULLY WON'T SEE MUCH LONGER THE LENGTH OF THIS CURRENT PANDEMIC AND HOW MANY TIMES THIS MAY HAVE HAD TO EXTEND. SO MY QUESTION TO STAFF YESTERDAY WAS, YOU KNOW, IF WE NEED MORE THAN 75 DAYS, IF THERE'S AN ONGOING PANDEMIC ISSUE GOING ON, THE PROCESS TO RE-UP FOR ANOTHER 30 DAYS WOULD NOT REQUIRE A COMPLETE BREAKDOWN OF THE FACILITIES AND THEN A REED APPLICATION AND THEN A REED START UP, I SUPPOSE, OF OPERATIONS BECAUSE WE WOULDN'T WANT TO HAVE TO HAVE DONE THAT, YOU KNOW, IN MID TO MID-NOVEMBER, WHEN YOU THINK OR IN DECEMBER, EVERYTHING IS CLEARING UP, LET'S TAKE IT ALL DOWN AND THEN A WEEK LATER GO, OH CRAP, WE GOT TO PUT IT ALL BACK UP AGAIN. SO THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED. THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED IN NEW YORK. THAT IS WHAT HAPPENED. RIGHT. SO, SO SO THERE IS A PROCESS TO ALLOW THE FACILITIES TO REMAIN WITHIN AFTER 75 DAYS WITH JUST A SIMPLE REAPPLICATION, CORRECT? I'D LIKE TO ADDRESS. YES, THERE IS IN THE WAY THAT WE COOPERATE WITH WITH THESE OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AND PRIVATE. IF WE HAVE A SPECIAL EVENTS PERMIT THAT'S WORKING AND GOES PAST BEYOND THE EXTENSION, ALL THEY HAVE TO DO IS CALL UP AND SAY, CAN WE CONTINUE USE THIS APPLICATION WE HAVE FOR ANOTHER APPLICATION AND IT'S DONE. SO WE GET IT. WE UNDERSTAND WE'RE NOT MUCH OF A BUREAUCRATIC WELL LIKE OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCIES MAY BE, BUT I KNOW AND B IT WILL BE AUTOMATIC UNLESS THERE'S AN ADJUSTMENT THAT WE SAID, WELL, YEAH, BUT YOU NEED TO DO THIS TOGETHER TO GET TO JUST TO MAKE THINGS BETTER. WE WOULD CERTAINLY DO THAT, BUT WE WOULD CONTINUE IT. A NEW SPECIAL EVENTS BASED UPON THE OLD APPLICATION. GOOD. AND THEN OF COURSE, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS ALLOWS THE CITY TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE FLEXIBLE BECAUSE I COULD SAY SOMETHING REALLY. WATCH MY LANGUAGE HERE BECAUSE THIS WAS A REAL CLUSTER IN TERMS OF HOW LONG WE'VE HAD A PANDEMIC AND HOW LIMITED RESOURCES WE'VE HAD IN SETTING UP MORE THAN JUST LIMITED SPACE FOR TESTING AND TREATMENT OPTIONS. YOU WOULD THINK AFTER TWO YEARS, THERE WOULD BE MORE PLANNING AVAILABLE AND MORE SPACES AVAILABLE. SO IN HAVING THIS ORDINANCE IN PLACE, WOULD IT ALLOW MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PRIVATE ENTITIES OR PUBLIC ENTITIES TO OPEN UP IN VARIOUS PLACES IN THE CITY TO PROVIDE BETTER SERVICES TO OUR RESIDENTS? THE ANSWER IS YES. THANK YOU. CARL, I JUST WANT TO SAY A COUPLE OF THINGS. WE SPOKE A LOT ON THIS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW WHY THIS LITTLE THING IS IMPORTANT, BECAUSE IT'S COMMON SENSE. SO, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T WANT OUR CITIZENS TO BE COLLATERAL DAMAGE FROM WHAT SOMEBODY ELSE TRIES TO DO. FOR EXAMPLE, THE COUNTY SETTING UP THAT TESTING WEBSITE. SO I MEAN, IT'S KIND OF A NO BRAINER. SO THANKS FOR DOING IT. BUT MY MY ONE QUESTION IS, DOES IT BECOME AN EFFECT IMMEDIATELY AFTER SECOND READING, SECOND READING AND APPROVAL NEXT DAY? OK, THANK YOU. OK, SO THEN I WILL CLOSE THE HEARING. CAN I GET A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE? YOU MEAN WHEN YOU DO THAT? DO WE MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE? I WILL SECOND BRING IT BACK FOR DISCUSSION ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION. THAT WAS QUESTIONS ACTUALLY MYSELF ALL IN FAVOR AND OPPOSED MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO. [01:05:05] OKAY, SO WHERE ARE WE ON THE AGENDA? WE HAVE NO RESOLUTIONS, ITEMS FOR COUNCIL ACTION, DISCUSSION AND ITEMS OF INTEREST. CHELSEA JUST WANT TO SHARE A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING AT THE TPA. [X. ITEMS FOR COUNCIL ACTION/DISCUSSION AND ITEMS OF INTEREST] THE SAFE STREET SUMMIT IS HAPPENING FEBRUARY 17TH AND 18TH. 17TH IS PRE-CONFERENCE MOBILE WORKSHOP. UNFORTUNATELY, I CANNOT ATTEND BECAUSE WE HAVE OUR TPA BOARD MEETING AT THE SAME TIME. SO THE TPA HAS OFFERED THAT IF ANY COUNCIL MEMBERS WOULD LIKE TO GO, IT WOULD BE COVERED. IT'S PRETTY COOL. YOU GET TO GO AROUND MIAMI AND SEE WHAT THEIR TRANSIT LOOKS LIKE. SO IF YOU GUYS HAVE A FEW HOURS, YOU COULD TAKE TO DO THAT. THE 18TH IS THE CONFERENCE. I ENCOURAGE YOU TO COME AND TAKE THE BRIGHT LINE WITH ME TO GO DOWN TO THE CONFERENCE. IT'S GOING TO BE EXCELLENT. BEEN A FEW TIMES AND GOTTEN TO WATCH OUR CITY WHEN SOME AWARDS THERE AS WELL. SO IT'S A REALLY WONDERFUL CONFERENCE AND VERY IMPACTFUL. ALSO, THERE'S AN INFRASTRUCTURE LAW OVERVIEW REGARDING THE BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE LAW AND ITS IMPACT ON OUR LOCAL TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS. IT'S GOING TO BE PRESENTED BY HOLLAND AND KNIGHT ON MARCH 1ST FROM TWO TO THREE. IT IS VIRTUAL AND YOU CAN ALSO FIND THAT ON THE TPA WEBSITE. AND THEN LASTLY, I WAS INVITED TO A CALL FROM ONE OF OUR RESIDENTS WHO WAS KIND ENOUGH TO INFORM ME ABOUT A PRESENTATION BY DOT ABOUT THE STATE ROAD SEVEN BILLION HIGHWAY UPDATE, RIGHT? JUST SO EVERYONE KNOWS RIGHT NOW THE PROJECT IS ABOUT 90 PERCENT COMPLETE. IT WILL BE FINISHING FINAL DESIGN SPRING OF TWENTY TWENTY TWO. LETTING, WHICH IS RECEIVING BIDS FOR CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS, WILL BE HAPPENING AFTER THAT, AND THEN THEY'RE EXPECTING CONSTRUCTION TO BE COMPLETE THE SUMMER OF TWENTY TWENTY FIVE. A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS PROJECT, SO I'M HOPEFUL THAT EFFORT WILL REACH OUT AND PROVIDE FURTHER UNDERSTANDING BECAUSE IT'S BEEN ABOUT ALMOST 10 YEARS SINCE IT GOT STARTED, SO PEOPLE WHO DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT IT BEFORE ARE NOW CURIOUS. SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET SOME COMMUNICATION. BUT ANYONE WHO IS CURIOUS, I RECOMMEND THEY GO ON TO THE WEBSITE OR JUST GOOGLE STATE ROAD SEVEN V LINE, AND ALL OF THE INFORMATION IS THERE FOR THEM TO LEARN ABOUT IT. THANK YOU, CHELSEA. SO I JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF QUICK THINGS. DON'T FORGET MONDAY, FEBRUARY 14TH IS VALENTINE'S DAY. MAKE A RESERVATION AT ONE OF OUR PHENOMENAL PALM BEACH GARDENS RESTAURANTS AND SIT OUTSIDE IN OUR EXPANDED OUTSIDE DINING AREAS AND ENJOY DINNER ON THE 19TH AND 20TH. WE HAVE MARDI GRAS IN DISTRICT PARK, SO WE'RE ALL EXCITED ABOUT THAT. AND ON THE 24TH, THE HONDA STARTS, SO WE WILL BE MOVING INTO HONDA WEEKEND AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING EVERYBODY OUT THERE. SO WITH THAT, ANYBODY ELSE CAN BE A BUSY MONTH, BUSY MONTH. DO YOU HAVE ONE MARS COMMON? I KNOW THAT IN DECEMBER I BROUGHT UP REDISTRICTING AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS HAVE HAD ANY THOUGHTS ABOUT IT. I MEAN, I JUST WANTED TO BRING IT UP AGAIN BECAUSE I KNOW THAT WE'VE BEEN VERY BUSY AND THERE'S OTHER BILLS THAT ARE VERY IMPORTANT. BUT IT LOOKED LIKE WE HAVE SEVERAL NEIGHBORHOODS, OUR NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAVE SENATOR POWELL AND SENATOR HARRELL AS A REPRESENTATIVE. AND I DON'T I JUST WANTED TO BRING IT UP IN CASE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S IMPORTANT TO YOU GUYS AND WE SHOULD MAKE NOTE OF OR LET OUR NEIGHBORHOODS KNOW OR ANY OF THAT. I KNOW IT'S NOT APPROVED YET, BUT AT THIS POINT NOTHING'S FINAL AND THEY KEEP TELLING US THAT ANYTHING COULD CHANGE AT ANY TIME. SO IT'S MOST LIKELY THAT WE'RE GOING TO END UP WITH TWO REPRESENTATIVES AND TWO SENATORS IN THE CITY. BUT WE'RE EXACTLY WHERE AND WHAT THEY'RE NOT SURE YET. SO I DON'T THINK THERE'S MUCH THAT THAT WE CAN DO AT THIS POINT. I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'LL LISTEN TO IT FOR US, IF THEY SAY IF WE SAY ANYTHING OR NOT, BUT JUST WANT TO MAKE IT VERY CLEAR, VERY AWARE. YEAH. SO IT'S DISTRESSING. YES, OK. I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S GOOD OR BAD THAT WE HAVE MORE THAN ONE. I DON'T KNOW, EITHER. I JUST I GUESS IT MAKES SURE THAT EVERYONE KNOWS IT COULD BE GOOD FOR THE THE CITY TO HAVE MORE PEOPLE ADVOCATING ON OUR BEHALF IF WE NEED APPROPRIATIONS OR HELP FROM A CITY PERSPECTIVE. YEAH. IF WHAT IF YOU CAN GET THEM TO ADVOCATE, WELL, SIMM SENATOR. YEAH. SO BUT AS FAR AS CONFUSION ON WHEN YOU GO TO THE POLLS AND WHERE YOU GO AND WHO YOU'RE GOING TO VOTE FOR, THE CITY IS GOING TO HAVE FOUR DIFFERENT PEOPLE NOW INSTEAD OF JUST TWO. SO CONFUSING. ALL RIGHT. THANKS, MARCY. WITH THAT, I WILL ADJOURN. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.