[00:00:01] HELLO. I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER. [Items I & II ] WILL YOU ALL PLEASE RISE AND JOIN IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE? UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE NEW REPUBLIC. AND ONE NATION UNDER GOD IS. WELL, THE CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. MAYOR REED HERE. VICE MAYOR LITT HERE. COUNCILMEMBER WOODS HERE, MA'AM. COUNCIL MEMBER MARCIANO HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER TINSLEY PRESENT. ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONS, DELETIONS OR MODIFICATIONS THIS EVENING? NO, MA'AM. THANK YOU. NEXT, WE HAVE ANNOUNCEMENTS AND PRESENTATIONS. [IV. ANNOUNCEMENTS / PRESENTATIONS] FIRST, WE HAVE PALM BEACH NORTH RESILIENCE ACTION PLAN. WE'LL NOEL MARTINEZ, PRESIDENT AND CEO OF THE PALM BEACH NORTH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. COULD YOU BE MAYOR FOR THE RECORD? MY NAME IS NOEL MARTINEZ. I AM PRESIDENT AND CEO OF THE PALM BEACH NORTH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. AND WITH ME TODAY, I HAVE MR. CHIP ARMSTRONG, LONGTIME CHAMBER MEMBER, FORMER BOARD MEMBER AND CHAIR OF OUR DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE. AND, OF COURSE, KATHLEEN JOY, WHO A LOT OF YOU KNOW, SHE'S OUR DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AT THE CHAMBER AND DOES A LOT OF AMAZING STUFF FOR US. SO FIRST, I WANT TO START OFF BY SAYING THANK YOU TO THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS. AND I AND I SAY THIS EVERY TIME I GET IN FRONT OF YOU IS SUCH AN AMAZING PARTNER TO THE CHAMBER. EVERYTHING, WHETHER IT'S HOSTING MARDI GRAS OR WORKING ON US WITH ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT INITIATIVES. WE ARE SO PROUD OF THIS MUNICIPALITY AND THE WORK AND HOW GREAT IT IS TO THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL OF YOUR SUPPORT. SO DISASTER RESILIENCY IS SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN ON THE CHAMBER'S RADAR FOR MANY, MANY YEARS, RIGHT? LET'S FACE IT, IT'S ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE WE HAVE A CAT FIVE STORM THAT'S GOING TO COME RIGHT DOWN PGA BOULEVARD. AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE READY AND WE ARE READY FOR IT AND WE'RE READY TO OPEN AS FAST AS POSSIBLE AFTER IT. IT'S SO IMPORTANT THAT WE COULD FILL OUR PRESCRIPTIONS AT THE PHARMACY, FILL OUR CARS WITH GAS AT GAS STATIONS, AND HAVE ACCESS TO FOOD AT THE GROCERY STORE. THE ACTIONS TO FOLLOW THIS DISASTER RESILIENCY PLAN THAT WE'RE GOING TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT IS GOING TO ENSURE THAT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD BUSINESSES HAVE GENERATORS AND OUR COMMUNITIES ARE EQUIPPED IN A TIME OF CRISIS SO THAT WE CAN RECOVER QUICKLY AND MINIMIZE RISK TO OUR RESIDENTS. AS YOU ALL KNOW, THROUGH THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS AND IN COLLABORATION WITH ALL TEN OF THE PALM BEACH NORTH MUNICIPALITIES, THE CHAMBER APPLIED FOR A GRANT THROUGH THE DOE TO PUT TEAGUE TO HIRE A COMPANY TO COME IN AND DEVELOP A DISASTER RESILIENCY PLAN, A REGIONAL DISASTER DISASTER RESILIENCY PLAN. AND THIS PLAN IS GOING TO HELP MITIGATE, PREPARE FOR, AND RESPOND TO EXTREME WEATHER, CLIMATE CHANGE, PUBLIC HEALTH AND TECHNOLOGY RELATED EMERGENCY EVENTS. THE PROJECT TEAM FROM CAMBRIDGE SOLUTIONS, WHO YOU'VE ALL WORKED WITH AS WELL, DEVELOPED THE RESILIENCY ACTION PLAN WITH INPUT FROM ALL TEN OF OUR MUNICIPALITIES, OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES, AND OUR REGIONAL PARTNERS WHO AND OTHER REGIONAL PARTNERS FROM INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE COMMUNITY. THEY WERE SOLICITED TO GATHER AVAILABLE INFORMATION ON THE REGION'S POTENTIAL VULNERABILITIES, REALLY IDENTIFY OUR RISKS AND CREATE A PLAN FOR BUILDING A MORE RESILIENT REGION. WITH OVERSIGHT FROM THE CHAMBER'S DISASTER RESILIENCY TASK FORCE, WHICH INCLUDED DEPUTY CITY MANAGER STEPHEN STEPP. AND OF COURSE, MR. DAVID REYES, YOUR DIRECTOR OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. THIS EFFORT IS THE FIRST STEP IN INITIATING BROADER ACTION AMONG THE PALM BEACH NORTH RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES TO IMPROVE REGIONAL RESILIENCE. WE WANT TO GIVE YOU A QUICK IDEA OF WHAT THIS WHOLE PROCESS LOOK LIKE AND IN DEVELOPING IT. AND I TOTALLY, COMPLETELY AM NOT MOVING THROUGH THE SLIDES HERE, AND I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT. IN DEVELOPING THIS ACTION PLAN, THE PROJECT TEAM IDENTIFIED POTENTIAL RISK AND VULNERABILITIES HERE IN THE PALM BEACH NORTH REGION. AND TO DO THIS, WE CONDUCTED A SERIES OF OUTREACH EFFORTS. WE SENT A SURVEY OUT TO ALL TEN OF OUR MUNICIPALITIES. WE SURVEYED ALL OF OUR MEMBERSHIP. AND, OF COURSE, WE INTERVIEWED MANY LEADERS, LIKE I MENTIONED EARLIER, FROM INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF OF OUR COUNTY. NOW, I'M GOING TO ASK KATHLEEN JOY TO GIVE TO GO OVER THE RESULTS FROM THE SURVEYS AND THE WORKSHOP THAT FOLLOWED. THANK YOU, NOEL, AND GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. SO HERE IN THE SLIDE, YOU CAN SEE THE TOP FIVE RISKS THAT ARE RANKED BY THE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND THOSE ARE FLOODING, HIGH WIND AND HEAVY RAINS ASSOCIATED WITH HURRICANES OR COASTAL STORM EVENTS. STORM SURGE, SEA LEVEL RISE AND THREATS TO CYBERSECURITY. AND THEN ON THIS SLIDE, YOU CAN SEE THE TOP FIVE RISKS RANKED BY OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES, AND THAT'S LOSS OF POWER, COMMUNICATIONS OR UTILITIES, EPIDEMICS, THREATS TO CYBERSECURITY, HUMAN CAUSED ACTS SUCH AS HAZARDOUS MATERIAL SPILLS OR ACTS OF TERRORISM AND FLOODING. [00:05:01] SO AFTER REVIEWING THE SURVEY FINDINGS, THE PROJECT TEAM CONDUCTED A PRELIMINARY RISK AND VULNERABILITY ANALYSIS TO ASSESS THE IMPACT OF FLOODING, STORM SURGE, SEA LEVEL RISE AND EXTREME HEAT WITHIN THE PALM BEACH NORTH REGION AND WITH THE DATA FROM BOTH THE OUTREACH AND ANALYSIS. THESE ARE THE TOP FOUR RISKS THAT WERE OF THE IMPORTANCE TO THIS PARTICULAR REGION. AND THOSE ARE EXTREME WEATHER, CLIMATE CHANGE, TECHNOLOGY AND PUBLIC HEALTH. SO WE COVER THESE FOUR RISKS DURING A STAKEHOLDER WORKSHOP THAT WAS HELD ON MARCH 31ST, 2022. AND THE GOAL OF THIS WORKSHOP WAS TO SET PRIORITIES AMONG POTENTIAL RISKS AND IMPACTS TO THE PALM BEACH NORTH REGION. IDENTIFY AND PRIORITIZE STRATEGIES TO ADDRESS THESE RISKS AND IDENTIFY ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES TO IMPLEMENT THESE STRATEGIES. AND WE HAVE 36 STAKEHOLDERS FROM BOTH THE PUBLIC AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATE IN THIS WORKSHOP WHERE THEY PROVIDED INPUT THROUGH FOUR BREAKOUT GROUPS THAT COVERED THE TOP FOUR RISK AREAS THAT I MENTIONED EARLIER. AND SO ALL OF THIS INFORMATION WAS USED TO DEVELOP THE ACTION PLAN THAT WE'RE HERE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT TODAY. AND THE ACTIONS LISTED ARE GOING TO HELP IMPROVE OUR RESILIENCE DURING THE FOUR PHASES OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. AND WE HAVE THIS GREAT PLAN. WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO WITH IT? RIGHT. AND SO I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO CHIP ARMSTRONG AND HE IS GOING TO TALK TO US ABOUT OUR NEXT STEPS. THANK YOU SO MUCH, KATHLEEN. AND THANK YOU, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, ESPECIALLY CITY MANAGER FERRIS, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR DEVELOPING THIS PLAN. HIGHLIGHTED MANY OF THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND BUSINESSES IN PALM BEACH NORTH TO WORK TOGETHER TO BUILD THE REGION'S RESILIENCE. WHILE THE ACTIONS, TIMEFRAMES AND ROLES ARE NOTED IN THE PLAN. AND YOU ALL SHOULD HAVE A DIGITAL COPY OF THAT. EXCUSE ME. AND BUSINESSES HAD REASON TO UNDERTAKE AND BEGIN MOVING THIS PLAN FORWARD. THESE INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING STEPS OUTLINED ON THIS SLIDE. THE ACTION PLAN IS ONLY AN INITIAL STEP TOWARD A BROADER, MORE COMPREHENSIVE PROCESS OF BUILDING RESILIENCE IN PALM BEACH NORTH REGION. UPDATING THE PLAN EVERY FIVE YEARS WILL PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY TO REFRESH AND EVALUATE NEW DATA, ASSESS THE RELEVANCY OF STRATEGIES BASED ON THE DATA, IDENTIFY NEW STRATEGIES WHERE NEEDED, EXCUSE ME, AND MEASURE PROGRESS TOWARDS BUILDING RESILIENCE IN THE REGION. I URGE YOU TO READ THE PLAN BECAUSE IT WILL BE ON THE FINAL EXAM IN TWO WEEKS. IT'S ON THE CHAMBER'S WEBSITE AND I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO THE WELL IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. SO, YEAH, JUST THANK YOU AGAIN. YOU KNOW, WE WOULD NOT WE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO THIS PLAN. AND IT'S A IT'S A VERY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE HAD A CHANCE TO REALLY LOOK AT IT. IT'S A LOT OF INFORMATION, BUT MY GOSH, THERE'S A LOT OF GREAT INFORMATION IN THERE. BUT WE COULD NOT HAVE DONE THIS WITHOUT YOUR SUPPORT. AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU ALWAYS BEING THERE FOR THE CHAMBER, AND WE CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH. AND WE'LL TAKE SOME QUESTIONS IF WE HAVE TIME IF TIME PERMITS. THANK YOU, NOEL AND CHIP AND KATHLEEN, IT'S SUCH A PLEASURE TO HAVE YOU HERE TONIGHT. WE APPRECIATE IT. AND AS YOU KNOW, THE CITY IS ALWAYS WILLING TO HELP THE CHAMBER. WE APPRECIATE THE COLLABORATION AND WE'RE REALLY IMPRESSED WITH THE REPORT. SO I WILL TURN IT TO MY COUNSEL. I'LL START OVER HERE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER TINSLEY. DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? NO, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND I LOOK FORWARD TO READING IT AND HAVING MY FINAL EXAM. BUT IS THIS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN ADD A LINK ON OUR WEBSITE TO SHARE WITH OUR COMMUNITIES? GOING FORWARD, IS THIS I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY WE NEED TO LOOK AT IT, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I'D LIKE TO CONSIDER AS WELL IF THE COUNCIL IS AN AGREEMENT. STAFF BUT THANK YOU. THIS IS WHAT MAKES OUR THE NORTH END SO SPECIAL BECAUSE WE ARE ALWAYS WILLING TO COLLABORATE AND DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS TO BENEFIT EVERYBODY. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, CARL, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD? YOU KNOW, I'LL JUST SAY SOMETHING REAL QUICK. WE'RE ALL FRIENDS AND MOST OF US IN THIS ROOM, SO. AND LIKE WHAT MARIA USED TO SAY WHEN SHE WAS HERE AND NOW WE HAVE HER ON THE COUNTY COMMISSION IS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALL FAMILY. SO ESPECIALLY WHEN THINGS LIKE HURRICANES HIT, WE NEED TO COME TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY. AND WE WORK WELL WITH YOU BECAUSE YOU GUYS ARE GREAT PEOPLE. SO IT MAKES IT EASY FOR US AND, YOU KNOW, AND OUR STAFF AND AND THE COMMUNITY GRAVITATES TOWARDS THE NORTH END CHAMBER BECAUSE IT'S PROBABLY ONE OF THE BEST CHAMBERS IN THE STATE AND BECAUSE OF YOU GUYS. SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE HERE AND YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALL IN IT TOGETHER NO MATTER WHAT TITLE WE ALL CARRY REALLY DOESN'T MATTER BECAUSE IT'S ALL ABOUT THE COMMUNITY. SO YOU GUYS ARE DOING A GREAT JOB AND YOU KNOW, YOU ALWAYS HAVE MY SUPPORT AND CHIP, YOU OWE ME LUNCH, SO I'M GOOD. THANKS, NOELLE. GREAT PRESENTATION. [00:10:02] MARK, I HAVE NO QUESTIONS, BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE EFFORTS. I KNOW THIS IS A LOT OF WORK, SO I KNOW THAT YOU DIDN'T WRITE THIS BY YOURSELF. SO THAT'S VERY WELL DONE FOR THE CHAMBER AND THANK YOU FOR THE EFFORT. I SMELLED IT. THANK YOU FOR ME TOO. I REMEMBER THE INITIAL MEETING, SO IT WAS QUITE A LONG TIME AGO WHEN WE HAD OUR FIRST MEETINGS DISCUSSING THE FEASIBILITY OF THIS AND TO SEE IT COME TOGETHER THE WAY THAT IT HAS. IT REALLY IS A LABOR OF LOVE FOR OUR COMMUNITY. AND THANKS FOR TAKING THE LEAD ON THIS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALL RIGHT. NEXT, WE HAVE OUR LEGISLATIVE UPDATE. WE'RE HONORED TO HAVE OUR SENATOR BOBBY POWELL, IF YOU COULD PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM. THANK YOU. SOMETHING DIFFERENT. GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL MAYOR AND ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME THIS OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT BEFORE YOU TODAY. AFTER A LONG, ALMOST NEVER ENDING SESSION, OF COURSE, WE HAD A LEGISLATIVE SESSION THAT ENDED UP GOING 63 DAYS AND THEN WE WENT INTO SPECIAL SESSION C AS WELL AS SPECIAL SESSION D THIS YEAR. IT'S RATHER IMPORTANT AND A LITTLE BIT AFTER THOSE SESSIONS, BUT IT'S IMPORTANT THAT I COME BEFORE YOU ALL TO GIVE YOU JUST A QUICK LEGISLATIVE UPDATE. OF COURSE, MY NAME IS BOBBY POWELL, JR. OF COURSE, I AM ALSO AN ACP CERTIFIED PLANNER. AND THE SENATOR FOR THE NORTHERN PARTS OF PALM BEACH COUNTY, WHICH ENCAPSULATES EVERYTHING FROM THE CITY OF WEST PALM BEACH OVER TO THE TOWN OF PALM BEACH, ROYAL PALM BEACH, AND GOES ALL THE WAY UP TO JUNO BEACH, TEQUESTA, THE MARTIN COUNTY LINE, ACTUALLY. YOU LOOK REAL QUICK. THIS IS JUST A RECAP OF WHAT THE DISTRICT INCLUDES, A NUMBER OF MUNICIPALITIES THERE, 39 MUNICIPALITIES IN PALM BEACH COUNTY. AND IF YOU LOOK AT THIS LIST, IT LOOKS LIKE I'VE GOTTEN THE LION'S SHARE OF THEM ALL. PALM BEACH GARDENS, OF COURSE, STICKS OUT. PALM BEACH GARDENS, AS YOU KNOW, IS THE LARGEST LAND AREA IN PALM BEACH COUNTY. AND LUCKILY FOR ME, THE LAST SIX YEARS, I'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE TO SERVE PALM BEACH GARDENS IN ITS ENTIRETY AS THE SENATOR HOLDING IT DOWN WITH MY COLLEAGUE, BIPARTISAN, RICK ROTH IS THE REPRESENTATIVE WHO I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH WHILE WE'VE DONE LEGISLATION IN TALLAHASSEE. NOW IN THE HOUSE, IN THE LEGISLATURE, THERE'S 120 REPRESENTATIVES. I SERVED THERE FOR FOUR YEARS. RIGHT NOW, THERE'S 42 DEMOCRATS, 77 REPUBLICANS, AND THERE'S A VACANT SEAT. WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF ELECTIONS, SO THAT WILL CHANGE IN THE UPCOMING NOVEMBER 8TH ELECTION, I BELIEVE. THE FLORIDA SENATE HAS 40 SENATORS. THERE ARE 16 DEMOCRATS, OF WHICH I AM ONE. SENATE DEMOCRATIC LEADER PRO TEM. WHICH MEANS IF ANYTHING HAPPENS TO THE CURRENT LEADER, I'LL BE THE LEADER. AND THEN THERE'S 24 REPUBLICANS SENATORS. WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO FILE UNLIMITED NUMBERS OF BILLS. UNFORTUNATELY, THE MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE ONLY CAN FILE SEVEN. SO I AM CAPPED BY THE NUMBER OF BILLS THAT I CAN GET A HOUSE MEMBER TO CARRY WITH ME. THIS YEAR, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE ON THE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE AND THE RULES COMMITTEES. THOSE TWO COMMITTEES ARE THE COMMITTEES WHERE YOU WILL SEE EVERY SINGLE BILL THAT WILL HIT THE FLOOR FOR THE MOST PART. THERE HAVE BEEN MAGICAL THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED IN THE LEGISLATURE IN WHICH BILLS ENDED UP ON THE FLOOR WITHOUT GOING THROUGH APPROPRIATIONS, THE RULES. BUT IN GENERAL, THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO GO THROUGH THERE. I ALSO HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE, COMMERCE AND TOURISM, HEALTH POLICY, AND THE JOINT COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC OVERSIGHT, IN WHICH I AM THE ALTERNATING CHAIR. OF COURSE, THIS WILL CHANGE AFTER THE UPCOMING ELECTION. LAST YEAR I INTRODUCED QUITE A FEW BILLS. SENATE BILL 226, WHICH PASSED, WAS CARE FOR RETIRED LAW ENFORCEMENT DOGS. THAT BILL IS A. KIND OF LIKE AN OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE NOT ONLY OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, BUT THE CANINES WHO SPECIALIZE IN SERVICE WITH THEM. THEY HAVE HEIGHTENED SENSES OF SECURITY. THEY DO A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT MACHINES CANNOT DO. AND ONCE THEY'VE RETIRED, THEY NEED ADDITIONAL CARE. AND WHAT WE'VE DONE IS PROVIDED A I BELIEVE IT'S A $300,000 A YEAR APPROPRIATION THAT WILL ALLOW FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS OR SOMEONE WHO SPECIALIZES IN TAKING CARE OF THOSE DOGS TO CONTINUE THEIR CARE AFTER THEY'VE COME OUT OF SERVICE. SENATE BILL FOUR 414 FAMILY CAREGIVER FOR CERTIFIED NURSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. ONE OF THE THINGS WE REALIZE IN THIS COMMUNITY AND THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF FLORIDA IS THAT ONCE A PERSON HAS. BEEN IN A SITUATION IN WHICH THEY NEED TO BE CARED FOR. USUALLY THE CARETAKER. SOMETIMES USUALLY ENDS UP. IN A WORSE SITUATION OR PASSING AWAY BEFORE THEY DO. BUT A LOT OF TIMES THOSE INDIVIDUALS BEAR THE BRUNT OF STRESS IN TERMS OF TRYING TO MAINTAIN A HOUSEHOLD, TRYING TO KEEP THINGS GOING. WHAT THIS BILL WOULD HAVE DONE. [00:15:01] IT MOVED THROUGH A COUPLE OF COMMITTEES, BUT IT DID NOT PASS. BUT THIS BILL WOULD HAVE ALLOWED FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS TO APPLY FOR ASSISTANCE, TO RECEIVE FUNDING, TO CARE FOR A PERSON WHO'S IN THE HOME. WHAT IT ALSO DOES IS IT ALLOWS FOR TWO YEARS AFTER THEY'VE CARED FOR THE PERSON WHO'S IN THE HOME TO BE ABLE TO APPLY TO BECOME A CERTIFIED NURSING ASSISTANT, WHICH ALLOWS FOR US TO ADD TO THE NUMBER OF CARETAKERS THAT WE HAVE, WHICH WE HAVE A SHORTAGE IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA ALSO PASSED SENATE BILL 1502 IN STATES AND TRUST, WHICH DEALT WITH CODIFYING SOME LANGUAGE RELATED TO THE SPOUSE OF A PERSON WHO HAS PASSED AWAY IN TERMS OF HOW THEY REMAIN ON A TRUST AND HOW THOSE TRUST FUNDS CAN BE DEALT WITH. MENTAL HEALTH FOR MINORS. REVISING PENALTIES FOR NONVIOLENT OFFENSES. DIRECT FILE OF AN INFORMATION ON A CHILD. SOMEONE BETWEEN 14 AND 17 YEARS OLD HAS BEEN ONE OF MY STICKING POINTS FOR THE LAST SIX YEARS IN THE SENATE, FOUR YEARS IN THE HOUSE, OVER THE TEN YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN A PART OF THE LEGISLATURE, WE'VE WORKED ON THAT AND WE'VE ALSO DEALT WITH DEPUTY I'M SORRY, DUTIES OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS. ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS THAT WE DO IN TALLAHASSEE, THE ONLY THING THAT WE HAVE TO DO EVERY YEAR WHEN WE GO TO TALLAHASSEE IS PASS A BALANCED BUDGET. WHICH REQUIRES US TO HAVE THE MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE PASS A BUDGET, AND THEN IT GOES TO THE GOVERNOR FOR SIGNING. AND AS YOU ALL KNOW, THE GOVERNOR HAS THE ABILITY TO DO A LINE BY LINE ITEM VETO THIS YEAR, WITH THE HELP OF MY COLLEAGUES HERE IN PALM BEACH COUNTY AND A NUMBER OF YOU ALL WHO HAVE SUPPORTED AND WENT UP TO TALLAHASSEE AND ADVOCATED AND FOUGHT AND CALLED THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE AND CALLED THE SENATE PRESIDENT AND THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE HIS OFFICE. WE WERE ABLE TO WORK TOGETHER TO BRING BACK 43 MILLION, $43.5 MILLION IN OUR BUDGET. THE GREAT MAJORITY OF THAT GOES TO PALM BEACH STATE COLLEGE. FOR THE $25 MILLION THAT WE RECEIVED IN THE BUDGET FOR THE DENTAL SCHOOL, THERE WAS $10 MILLION AS WELL FOR THE $10 MILLION FOR THE SCIENCE CENTER AND AQUARIUM. BUT WE ALSO RECEIVED MONEY FOR PALM BEACH GARDENS, WHERE WE HAD HALF A MILLION DOLLARS FOR THE PALM BEACH GARDENS STORMWATER SYSTEM AND IMPROVEMENT. SO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR HELP AND ALLOWING ME TO WORK ON THAT WITH YOUR LOBBYIST WHO IS NOT HERE TODAY. THAT WOULD BE MATT FORBES FROM BALLARD PARTNERS. WE HAVE A GREAT WORKING RELATIONSHIP. I DID ACTUALLY CALL MATT BEFORE I CAME HERE AND HE DIDN'T PICK UP THE PHONE. DON'T TELL HIM I TOLD YOU. BUT WE HAVE A GOOD HAVE A GOOD. HE'LL SEE THIS ON TV. WE HAVE A GOOD WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH MATT, HAS BEEN AWESOME TO WORK WITH AND I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING WORKING WITH HIM. SOME OF THE MAJOR SESSION ISSUES, THE BUDGET FOR THE FIRST TIME WE PASSED A $112 BILLION BUDGET. NOW THAT'S AN INCREASE OF OVER $30 BILLION SINCE THE TIME I ENTERED THE LEGISLATURE. I WAS LOOKING BACK A FEW YEARS AGO WHEN I STARTED 2012 AND THE BUDGET WAS SOMEWHERE AROUND $80 BILLION WE'VE GOTTEN THIS YEAR UP TO $112 BILLION. A LOT OF THAT MONEY WAS SUPPLEMENTED BY FEDERAL FUNDS. HOWEVER, THIS WAS THE LARGEST BUDGET IN THE HISTORY OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA. WE STILL HAD NOT ONLY THAT, WE HAD THE LARGEST BUDGET CUTS UNDER THE GOVERNOR IN THE HISTORY OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA. SOME OF THE IMPORTANT ISSUES THAT WE DEALT WITH, AS YOU ALL KNOW, ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ISSUES OR PREVALENT ISSUES IN THE NEWS RIGHT NOW HAS BEEN ROE VERSUS WADE. WELL, THIS YEAR, HOUSE BILL FIVE, SENATE BILL 146, WE DEALT WITH THE FETAL AND INFANT MORTALITY REDUCTION, WHICH MADE FLORIDA STATE THAT HAS A 15 WEEK ABORTION BAN. THERE'S BEEN SOME OUTCRY TODAY AS THE GOVERNOR REMOVED, I BELIEVE, ONE OF THE STATE'S ATTORNEYS FOR SAYING THAT HE WOULD NOT PROSECUTE SOMEONE FOR VIOLATING THE 15 WEEK ABORTION BAN THAT HAPPENED THIS YEAR IN TALLAHASSEE. THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT IN TERMS OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA ELECTION INTEGRITY, SENATE BILL 524 ELECTION ADMINISTRATION. THIS YEAR, LAST YEAR WE CREATED NEW RULES RELATED TO ELECTIONS, AND THIS YEAR WAS NO DIFFERENT BECAUSE I WAS OPPOSED TO SOME OF THESE CHANGES, BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE BEING DONE HAVE THE ABILITY TO RESTRICT VOTING. HOWEVER, WE DO KNOW AND UNDERSTAND THAT IF PEOPLE GET OUT, THERE'S NOTHING THAT CAN STOP THE VOICE OF PEOPLE FROM BEING HEARD. BUT THE ELECTION ADMINISTRATION LEGISLATION ALLOWS FOR A POLICE FORCE IN THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED TO LOOK AT ELECTIONS. WE ALSO DEALT WITH WITH REDISTRICTING THIS YEAR. THIS WAS ONE OF THE MOST CRUCIAL ISSUES THAT WE DEALT WITH. WE HAVE THE SENATE MAPS, OF WHICH I'LL TELL YOU, I'M STILL GOING TO BE YOUR SENATOR. HOWEVER, I WILL NOT COVER THE ENTIRE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS. NOW I HAVE TO SHARE THAT WITH MY COLLEAGUE TO THE NORTH. WHO WILL BE AND WHO IS CURRENTLY GAIL? HAROLD. BUT I'LL STILL START AT PGA BOULEVARD AND GO DOWN SOUTH, AND I STILL KEEP MY HIGH SCHOOL PALM BEACH GARDENS OF WHICH I GRADUATED BACK IN 1999. THAT WILL STILL BE IN MY DISTRICT, SO I STILL HAVE PARTS OF PALM BEACH GARDENS. SO WE WILL STILL WORK VERY HARD AND DILIGENTLY TO MAKE SURE THAT THE THINGS THAT PALM BEACH GARDENS WANTS. [00:20:02] PALM BEACH GARDENS GETS THE HOUSE MAPS IN THE SENATE MAPS. SO THE STATE LEGISLATIVE MAPS ARE WHAT WE CALL SENATE JOINT RESOLUTIONS OR JOINT RESOLUTIONS. JOINT RESOLUTIONS PASS THROUGH THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE, AND THEN THEY GO TO THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE TO BE REVIEWED. AND THEN THOSE MAPS ARE NOW THE OFFICIAL MAPS ONCE THE COURT SAID THEY ARE OKAY. THE CONGRESSIONAL MAPS ARE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. CONGRESSIONAL MAPS PASS AS A BILL BECAUSE THEY DON'T DEAL WITH THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE. THE CONGRESSIONAL MAPS, ANYTHING THAT PASSES THAT THEY BUILD, THE GOVERNOR HAS VETO POWER. SO WE PASSED THE MAP IN THE SENATE. THE HOUSE ALSO PASSED THE MAP. WE GOT TOGETHER AND WE PASSED AN OFFICIAL MAP. WE ENDED UP WITH THAT MAP. THE GOVERNOR DECIDED TO DRAW HIS OWN MAP, OF WHICH THE LEGISLATURE DECIDED WE WERE NOT GOING TO GO WITH THAT MAP, KICKED IT AWAY, PASSED THE MAP OF THE LEGISLATURE. WE WENT HOME. I WENT BACK TO WORK DOING MY DAY JOB, DEALING WITH MY WIFE AND MY CHILD. NO, THE GOVERNOR CALLED A SPECIAL SESSION IN WHICH HE HAD AN INDIVIDUAL FROM HIS OFFICE DRAW HIS MAP, HIS VERSION OF WHAT HE FELT SHOULD BE THE CONGRESSIONAL MAP. WE WENT BACK TO TALLAHASSEE AND THAT MAP PASSED ON A PARTY LINE VOTE. SO RECOGNIZE HOWEVER YOU FEEL ABOUT THE GOVERNOR OR THE LEGISLATURE JUST RECOGNIZED THAT THIS IS A SITUATION THAT WAS CREATED IN WHICH WE'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE BALANCE OF POWER. THERE'S THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH, THE JUDICIAL BRANCH, AND THEN THERE IS THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH. AT THIS POINT, WE DO KNOW THAT THE GOVERNOR APPOINTS JUDGES, AND WE'VE SEEN HOW THAT HAS WORKED OUT WITH THE NUMBER OF THE COURT CASES. THE GOVERNOR ALSO APPOINTS I'M SORRY, THE GOVERNOR ALSO HAS CONTROL OVER MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATURE NOW, BECAUSE THERE ARE MEMBERS WHO ARE AFRAID IF THEY DO WHAT THEY THINK IS RIGHT. AND THIS IS PERSONAL CONVERSATION BETWEEN ME AND SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES THAT THE GOVERNOR WILL ENDORSE AGAINST THEM AND THEY WILL LOSE THEIR RACE. AND THAT MEANS THE GOVERNOR, FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE HISTORY OF FLORIDA, OR AT LEAST WHILE I'VE BEEN BORN, IT'S JUST NOT THAT LONG. WE HAVE A GOVERNOR WHO HAS CONTROL OVER THE HOUSE I'M SORRY, THE EXECUTIVE, THE JUDICIAL AND THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCHES, WHICH COULD BE PROBLEMATIC. SO WE JUST HAVE TO PAY ATTENTION TO THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD. THAT WAS SPECIAL SESSION C IN WHICH THOSE MAPS WERE PASSED. I WENT BACK UP TO TALLAHASSEE ON APRIL 22ND, 2022. WE PASSED THOSE MAPS AS WELL AS THE LEGISLATION RELATED TO SPECIAL DISTRICTS WHICH TOOK DISNEY OUT OF REALLY CREEK AND WILL PUT THEM WHICH WILL ELIMINATE THAT SPECIAL TAXING DISTRICT. WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT IF YOU'D LIKE, BUT LET'S MOVE ON TO SOME OF THE OTHER MAJOR SESSION ISSUES. WE DEALT WITH 1557 THE PARENTAL RIGHTS AND EDUCATION, WHICH WAS APTLY CALLED THE DON'T SAY GAY BILL. WE ALSO DEALT WITH HB SEVEN THE INDIVIDUAL FREEDOMS OR WOKE ACT. WE DEALT WITH 1467. WHICH WERE THEY? EDUCATION BOOK BAN BILL. 758 CHARTER SCHOOL REVIEW COMMISSION BILL. HB SENATE BILL 514 THE SUBSTITUTION OF WORKFORCE EXPERIENCE FOR POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS. NOW, THAT WAS A BILL THAT I THOUGHT WAS A PRETTY GOOD BILL AS WE TALK ABOUT OUR ECONOMY. THIS ALLOWS FOR STUDENTS WHO ARE WORKING AS INTERNS TO STILL RECEIVE CREDIT IN ORDER TO RECEIVE I'M SORRY. IN ORDER TO GET THE. IN ORDER TO GET THE WHAT DO YOU CALL IT, WHEN WHEN OUR KIDS GRADUATE FROM HIGH SCHOOL. RIGHT. RIGHT. FUTURES. THAT'S RIGHT. THAT'S RIGHT. YOU KNOW, FOR AMAZON FOR BRIGHT FUTURES, AMAZON INTERN IN MY OFFICE. AND THEN THERE WAS FINANCIAL LITERACY INSTRUCTION IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS, WHICH WERE THE BILL THAT I THOUGHT WAS PRETTY GOOD. AND IT DEALT WITH A LOT OF WHAT WE COULD SAY IN TERMS OF SAVING OUR STUDENTS. WE PASSED THE BIGGEST TAX PACKAGE, TAX BREAK FOR THE STATE OF FLORIDA IN WHICH. HB 7071 CREATED ALL OF THESE BACK I'M SORRY, ALL OF THESE TAX HOLIDAYS. ONE OF THE TOP ONES IS THE BACK TO SCHOOL TAX HOLIDAY FROM JULY 25TH THROUGH AUGUST 7TH, WHICH IS GOING ON RIGHT NOW. SO IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO PICK UP YOUR CHILDREN'S OR YOUR CHILDREN OR YOUR FRIEND'S CHILDREN'S SCHOOL CLOTHES AND SUPPLIES, YOU CAN DO THAT NOW BECAUSE IT WILL BE TAX FREE. THAT'S A GOOD ONE FOR ME. ONE OF THE OTHER ONES THAT I'M OUT OF THAT STAGE, THANKFULLY LAST YEAR WOULD HAVE BEEN HELPFUL, BUT I'M OUT OF THAT STAGE. IS THE BABY AND TODDLER CLOSING CLOTHING TAX BREAK OR WE STILL PAY FOR CLOTHES? THAT IS FROM JULY 1ST, 2022 UNTIL JUNE 30TH, 2023. SO THAT'S AN EXTENDED PROGRAM THAT ALLOWS FOR YOU TO GET A TAX BREAK ON BABY DIAPERS AND BABY CLOTHING, CHILDREN'S BOOKS, HOLIDAYS FROM MAY 14TH THROUGH AUGUST 14TH. MY CHILD NEEDS A STORY EVERY NIGHT BEFORE SHE GOES TO BED. WILL NOT GO TO BED UNLESS SHE GETS A STORY. SO THAT'S A GOOD ONE FOR ME AND MY WIFE, WHITNEY, AND A NUMBER OF OTHERS THAT WE HAVE UP HERE, THE FREEDOM WEEK HOLIDAY FROM JULY 1ST THROUGH JULY 7TH, WHICH IS ALREADY OVER. [00:25:01] BUT JUST TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OF THESE THINGS THAT WE PASSED IN THE LARGEST TAX PACKAGE THAT WE'VE DONE THUS FAR IN THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS. I DIDN'T MENTION DIDN'T MENTION SORRY, WE HAVE HELD UP THERE. WE HAVE A REDUCTION OF THE TOTAL FUEL TAXES BY 25.3%. THAT WILL START IN OCTOBER FROM OCTOBER 1ST THROUGH THE 31ST. SO THAT WILL SAVE US SOME MONEY IN TERMS OF WHAT WE'RE DOING AT THE GAS PUMP BECAUSE IT HAS BECOME EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE TO DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE. SPECIAL SESSION. THAT WAS THE FLORIDA LEGISLATURE WE WRAPPED UP RECENTLY. THIS ONE WAS RELATED TO PROPERTY TAX INSURANCE. AND SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THIS BILL. WE HAVE CONDOMINIUM SAFETY. THIS REQUIRES VISUAL INSPECTIONS FOR CONDOMINIUM, CONDOMINIUM BUILDINGS. THREE STORIES ARE HIGHER THAT HAVE BEEN OCCUPIED FOR 30 YEARS. THIS DEALT DIRECTLY WITH THE SURFSIDE INCIDENT. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T HAVE SURFSIDE ANYWHERE ELSE HERE IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA, WE HAVE THE NEW REINSURANCE PROGRAM THAT AUTHORIZES $2 BILLION OF NEW REINSURANCE TO ASSIST POLICYHOLDERS. THIS IS FOR REINSURANCE COVERAGE THAT IS PROVIDED AT NO COST TO THE INSURERS. AND ALSO ROOFING CLAIMS INSURERS MAY NOT REFUSE TO WRITE OR RENEW POLICIES ON HOMES WITH RULES THAT ARE LESS THAN 15 YEARS OLD SOLELY BASED ON THE ROOF'S AGE. WE ALSO PASSED THAT LEGISLATION. THERE ARE SOME SOME HICCUPS IN THAT LEGISLATION BECAUSE ALTHOUGH WE PASSED IT AND THERE'S A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT ARE IN IT, IT DOES NOT INDICATE WHETHER THIS WILL LOWER YOUR PROPERTY INSURANCE OVER THE NEXT YEAR. SO THAT IS ONE OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WE HAD WITH SPECIAL SESSION. BUT THAT LEGISLATION DID MOVE FORWARD AND WE'RE HOPEFUL, CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC THAT IN THE FUTURE WE WON'T SEE 25 TO 35% INCREASES IN OUR PROPERTY INSURANCE, LIKE MANY OF US SAW THIS YEAR, BEING PRICED, OF COURSE, OUT OF PARADISE. THAT IS A SYNOPSIS OF WHAT WE DO. IF YOU LOOK ON THIS SLIDE HERE, THIS IS MY TEAM. BEFORE I INTRODUCE MY TEAM. I WILL TELL YOU THAT MY OFFICE IS LOCATED AT 2715 NORTH AUSTRALIAN AVENUE. I'M IN SUITE 105. THE PHONE NUMBER THERE IS 5616506880. I AM STATE SENATOR BOBBY POWELL, JR, CURRENTLY REPRESENTING SENATE DISTRICT 30 RUNNING FOR REELECTION FOR SENATE DISTRICT 24, WHICH COMES NOT ALL THE WAY TO THE MARTIN COUNTY LINE NOW, BUT JUST BELOW AT PGA BOULEVARD SOUTH. SO NO LONGER DO I HAVE THE PALM BEACH GARDENS SMALL, BUT I DO GET TO KEEP PALM BEACH GARDENS HIGH SCHOOL GO GATORS AND I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO SERVE YOU WITH MY COLLEAGUES IN THE LEGISLATURE OF WHICH I'M GETTING IN THOSE SENIOR YEARS. WHEN I STARTED, I WAS A YOUNG MAN, NOW I'M OLD SCHOOL, GOT GRAY HAIR. SO WE'RE READY TO ROCK AND ROLL. WE'LL CONTINUE SERVING AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL. MY STAFF INCLUDES DIANE ANDRE, ESQUIRE. SHE CAN BE REACHED AT ANDRE DIANE AT FL SENATE GOV. MICHELLE DEMARCO. SHE'S BASED IN TALLAHASSEE. SHE CAN BE REACHED AT DEMARCO. MICHELLE AT FL SENATE GOV. SHE DOES ALL OF OUR PRESS RELEASES AS WELL AS OUR MEDIA. AMY ANN HAMLET AT FL SENATE GOV. SHE IS OUR LEGISLATIVE INTERN THIS YEAR COMING TO US FROM FLORIDA, FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY AND OUR CHIEF OF STAFF ATTORNEY KIRSTY MILES IS HERE. SHE CAN BE REACHED AT MILE STOP KIRSTIE AT FL SENATE GOV. ONCE AGAIN, I ALSO REMIND YOU THAT A LIFE OF SERVICE IS INDEED IN LIFE THAT COUNTS. I AM STATE SENATOR BOBBY POWELL JR AND I'M PLEASED TO CONTINUE REPRESENTING YOU AND I WILL ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU, SENATOR. I DON'T SEE ANY GRAY HAIR, SO I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT PART. WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING AND I LOVE HAVING PALM BEACH GARDENS LISTED AT THE TOP OF THE APPROPRIATIONS YOU BROUGHT HOME. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR REPRESENTATION AND I WILL START ON THE OTHER END. DOES ANYONE ON THIS END HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? I ALSO HAVE A LITTLE QUESTION ON THE MAPPING, BOBBY, LIKE. IS REORGANIZING THE MAPS MORE OF A SPECIAL INTEREST OR WHAT'S THE WHAT'S THE PURPOSE BEHIND IT? AND WHY WOULD WE WANT TO? BECAUSE I'M SURE THEY DIDN'T CHOP UP WEST PALM BEACH. SO WHY ARE. BECAUSE YOU'VE REPRESENTED THE CITY VERY WELL AS LONG AS I'VE BEEN HERE, WHICH IS GOING ON SEVEN YEARS NOW, OR HOWEVER LONG YOU'VE BEEN IN OFFICE. BUT. BUT WHAT DO WE. WHAT DO WE BENEFIT BY YOU NOT REPRESENTING THE NORTHERN HALF OF PALM BEACH GARDENS? OR ARE WE LOSING TRACTION BECAUSE OF THAT? I'D BE HOPEFUL AND CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC. THERE'S THAT WORD AGAIN THAT BY ADDING ANOTHER SENATOR WHERE WE CUT UP THE DISTRICT, WE WILL GET BETTER REPRESENTATION BECAUSE NOW THERE'S TWO OF US TO FIGHT FOR THE APPROPRIATIONS FOR PALM BEACH GARDENS. YOU ALSO WILL NOW HAVE BIPARTISAN REPRESENTATION IN TERMS OF GALE HAROLD IS A REPUBLICAN AND I'M A DEMOCRAT. BUT IN THE SENATE, THAT HASN'T REALLY MATTERED BECAUSE I'VE BEEN ABLE TO. TRY TO SAY THIS POLITICALLY CORRECT. I'VE BEEN ABLE TO. PUSH THROUGH. RIGHT. PUSH THROUGH A LOT OF THE ISSUES IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING OUR FUNDING. AND I THINK THAT GAIL WILL BE HELPFUL. [00:30:02] AND IF SHE'S NOT, I'LL MAKE SURE I GET BEHIND HER TO PUSH HER TO MAKE SURE THAT SHE'S HELPFUL. WHEN IT COMES TO THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, WE GO THROUGH THE REDISTRICTING PROCESS EVERY TWO YEARS AFTER THE DECENNIAL CENSUS, AND THAT'S THE PROCESS IN WHICH THE LEGISLATIVE BODY COMES TOGETHER. AND WE DESIGN THE MAPS FOR THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE FOR THE AND WE LOOK AT THE POPULATION 21.5 MILLION PEOPLE IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA. YOU HAVE TO CHOP THAT UP INTO 40 SENATE DISTRICTS AS WELL AS CHOP IT UP IN TWO 120 HOUSE DISTRICTS. THEY TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE DISTRICTS GO ALONG BORDERS. DON'T THEY REALLY TRY TO RARELY CUT UP CITIES, BUT THEY THEY WANT TO GO AGAINST GO ALONG ROADS, MAIN ARTERIES. SO MY DISTRICT NOW COMES DOWN PORTIONS OF THE TURNPIKE AND THEN PORTIONS OF I-95 TO MAKE SURE THAT IT IS WHAT THEY WOULD CLASSIFY. THEY COMPACT DISTRICT, BUT THEY ALSO TRY NOT TO BREAK UP COMMUNITIES OF LIKE INTEREST. SOME OF THOSE COMMUNITIES LIKE THE HISPANIC COMMUNITY OR THE AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY OR CERTAIN COMMUNITIES THAT ARE HISTORICALLY BONDED. IT'S A LONG AND ARDUOUS PROCESS. THIS YEAR WAS A LOT DIFFERENT FROM THE TIME THAT I SAW IT HAPPEN IN 2012, WHEN I WAS A PART OF THE LEGISLATURE AS A LEGISLATIVE AIDE. BUT THE PROCESS THEN WAS A LOT MORE LEGISLATIVE. INTENSE MEANING THAT THE SENATORS AND REPRESENTATIVES HAVE HAD A LOT MORE TO DO WITH IT IN TERMS OF DRAWING MAPS AND FIGURING MAPS OUT, BECAUSE THAT WENT TO A LAWSUIT AND THE LEGISLATURE WAS SUED AND WE ENDED UP HAVING NEW SENATE MAPS IN 2015, WHICH I RAN FOR THE SENATE IN 2016. THEY DIDN'T WANT TO GET LEGISLATURES IN THE PROCESS BECAUSE SOMETIMES WHEN YOU PUT DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS AND PEOPLE WHO HAVE VARIOUS I'M SORRY, A VESTED INTEREST IN THAT PROCESS, THINGS CAN BE CONVOLUTED. SO THIS TIME IT'S NOT GOING TO THE COURTS. WHAT WE'LL GO TO THE COURTS IS THE GOVERNOR'S MAP, BUT IT WON'T GO UNTIL AFTER THE ELECTION ON AUGUST. I'M SORRY, IN NOVEMBER, BUT THE HOUSE AND SENATE MAPS THEY MADE SURE TO KEEP THE LEGISLATORS AT BAY. AND IF THERE WAS ANY CONVERSATIONS, HAD THOSE HAD TO BE RECORDED IN TERMS OF WRITING AND MAKING SURE THAT EVERYTHING WAS ON THE UP AND UP. SO WE DID NOT END UP IN A SITUATION WHERE THE LEGISLATURE WAS SUED AGAIN BECAUSE MEMBERS OF THIS BODY TRIED TO PROTECT THEIR OWN SEATS OR CREATE SEATS FOR THEIR FRIENDS. SO THAT'S PRETTY MUCH PART OF THE INTENT. ANOTHER PART OF IT IS THE PARTY THAT'S IN POWER ALWAYS ENDS UP REALLY HEAVY HANDEDLY DRAWING THE MAPS. AND ONE OF THE REASONS, TO BE FRANK WITH YOU, THAT THE MAP GOES A LITTLE BIT FURTHER SOUTH IS RIGHT NOW A LOT OF THE AREAS THAT I DO REPRESENT, MAYBE A LITTLE BIT MORE REPUBLICAN DOMINATED, WHICH DOES NOT CREATE A SAFE SEAT FOR THE REPUBLICAN TO THE NORTH. SO THERE COULD BE A POTENTIAL CHALLENGE THERE. AND THAT SEAT MAY SWING. BUT BY GRABBING SOME OF THE AREAS THAT ARE MORE REPUBLICAN BASED IN THE NORTHERN PARTS OF PALM BEACH COUNTY, IT CREATES A LITTLE BIT MORE SAFER SEAT FOR SOMEBODY WHO RUNS IN THAT SEAT IF THEY'RE OF THAT PARTICULAR PARTY. NOW, THAT'S NOT WHAT THE MAP IS SUPPOSED TO BE BASED ON. BUT IF YOU LOOK AT IT, THAT'S A LITTLE BIT OF IT. MY SEAT HAS BEEN DRAWN FURTHER SOUTH. I GO INTO LAKE WORTH AND A LITTLE BIT LANTANA RIGHT NOW. AND IF YOU LOOK AT IT IN TERMS OF DEMOGRAPHICS. IT DOES PICK UP A LITTLE BIT MORE MINORITIES IN THAT DISTRICT, BUT IT ALSO BECOMES A LITTLE BIT MORE DEMOCRATIC THAN THE SEAT IS RIGHT NOW. SO I DO HAVE, IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, A CHALLENGER FOR MY SEAT WHO IS REPUBLICAN. BUT THE LIKELIHOOD OF THAT PERSON BEING ABLE TO WIN, HE WOULD HAVE TO DRAW A LOT OF PEOPLE TO COME OUT. HE'D HAVE TO HAVE SOME ROCK STAR STATUS TO BE ABLE TO OVERCOME ME IN THAT DISTRICT. ALL RIGHT. WELL, THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND THEN HOPEFULLY THAT SENATOR WILL COME IN FRONT OF US SOON AND GIVE US HIS VISION, HIS DIRECTION, AND HOPEFULLY HE WILL WORK WELL WITH THE CITY BECAUSE IT'S UP TO US. SHE. SORRY. SORRY, HAROLD. IT'S A SHE. GAIL. OKAY. OKAY. OKAY. THAT'S ALL RIGHT. WE'LL MAKE HER. WE'LL MAKE HER. I WAS PAYING ATTENTION. I SAID, OKAY. ANYWAY, IT'S UP TO US TO VOICE THEIR OPINION. WHATEVER BENEFITS THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS IS, IS WHAT WE NEED TO SAY. SO HOPEFULLY SHE WILL BE IN FRONT OF US SOON SO WE CAN GET TO KNOW HER WELL. THANK YOU, BOBBIE. THANK YOU. AND REMEMBER, I'M A PRODUCT OF PALM BEACH GARDENS. YOU KNOW, I WENT TO PALM BEACH GARDENS HIGH SCHOOL WHERE I PLAYED FOOTBALL AND RAN TRACK ALL COUNTY, ALL CONFERENCE, ALL STATE. SO WHEN IT COMES TO PALM BEACH GARDENS, I CAN'T DO ANY OF THAT NOW. ALL RIGHT. I BREATHE HARD RUNNING TO THE PARKING LOT, BUT WHEN IT COMES TO PALM BEACH GARDENS, YOU HAVE AN AVID FIGHTER, REGARDLESS OF WHO'S HERE. AS LONG AS I'M HERE, WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE WE GET THE JOB DONE. THANK YOU. YOU KNOW, I COULD ASK YOU A THOUSAND QUESTIONS, BUT I'M GOING TO JUST KEEP IT REAL SIMPLE. $112 BILLION BUDGET. A LOT OF THAT MONEY CAME FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. 15 YEARS AGO, I REMEMBER WHEN IT CAPPED $70 BILLION IN 2008. THAT WAS A SHOCK TO EVERYBODY. WHERE THE HELL IS THE MONEY GOING FOR THE SADOWSKI FUND? [00:35:02] AND WHY CAN'T WE GET THE STATE TO HELP US WITH AFFORDABLE HOUSING? BECAUSE THAT IS SUCH A CRISIS EVERYWHERE IN THE STATE. AND YET EVERY YEAR YOU GUYS SEEM TO TAKE THE MONEY AND PUT IT SOMEWHERE ELSE. AND NOW WE'VE GOT RECORD AMOUNTS OF RESERVES IN THE STATE AND THERE'S NOT ENOUGH MONEY FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING. CAN YOU PLEASE GIVE A SHORT BECAUSE WE HAD A LONG AGENDA TONIGHT. I LOVE YOU. AND I COULD LISTEN TO YOU ALL DAY. BUT THIS IS A THIS IS A TOPIC THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO ALL OF US. AND OUR CHAMBER OF PEOPLE ARE HERE AS WELL. AND I KNOW THEY'D LOVE TO HEAR YOUR BRIEF TAKE. ABSOLUTELY. SO THE FUNDING FOR THE SADOWSKI FUND A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, WE MADE SURE THAT IT WILL LOOK LIKE WE FULLY FUND. SADOWSKI HOW DOES IT LOOK LIKE WE FULLY FUND SADOWSKI? 50% OF THE FUNDS THAT ARE SET ASIDE FOR SADOWSKI ARE NOW GUARANTEED TO GO TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING FUNDING. THE OTHER TWO QUARTERS, OR ONE FOURTH AND ONE FOURTH GO TO SUSTAINABILITY TYPE PROGRAMS. SO YOU WILL HEAR SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES SAY WE FULLY FUND. SADOWSKI RIGHT. BUT THAT'S NOT EXACTLY TRUE. SO NOW WE FULLY FUNDED AT 50% AND 50% OF THAT THIS YEAR ENDED UP BEING $368.2 MILLION. I WANT TO SAY 368 OR 386.2, A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN $350 MILLION FOR SADOWSKI, WHICH YOU WOULD THINK IS A LOT, BUT IT'S NOT CONSIDERING THE AMOUNT THAT IT COSTS FOR PEOPLE TO BE HOUSED HERE IN PALM BEACH COUNTY. NOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE SEEING HERE IN THE NORTHERN PARTS OF PALM BEACH COUNTY OR PALM BEACH, NORTH GO PALM BEACH NORTH, I AM PALM BEACH NORTH. RIGHT IS THAT PEOPLE ARE HAVING A LITTLE BIT MORE DIFFICULT TIME FINDING HOUSING. WE WANT TO BRING GREAT STUDENTS BACK HOME WHO GO AWAY TO COLLEGE, WHETHER THEY GO TO THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA, FLORIDA A&M UNIVERSITY, FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY. WE DO WANT TO BRING THOSE KIDS BACK HOME BECAUSE WE WANT TO KEEP OUR BEST AND OUR BRIGHTEST. HOWEVER, AT HOUSING PRICES, SOMEWHERE AROUND $3,000 A MONTH FOR A ONE BEDROOM APARTMENT. MOST KIDS I'D SAY MOST KIDS, MOST YOUNG ADULTS CANNOT AFFORD TO COME TO PALM BEACH COUNTY EVEN AT AN ENTRY LEVEL POSITION. SO WHAT HAS HAPPENED IS WE HAVE SAID THAT WE ARE FULLY FUNDING SADOWSKI. HOWEVER, WE'RE ONLY PARTIALLY FUNDING IT RIGHT NOW AND THE ONLY WAY WE CAN FIX THAT IS THE LEGISLATURE HAS TO GO IN AND CHANGE THE WAY THAT WE DID IT A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S NOTHING THAT STOPS US FROM FULLY FUNDING. SADOWSKI. NOW THAT'S NOT THE ONLY PROBLEM THAT WE HAVE WITH REGARD TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING. OF COURSE, A NUMBER OF SINGLE FAMILY HOMES NOW ARE BEING PURCHASED BY OUT-OF-STATE INVESTORS. WE'RE SEEING ALSO SOME OF THE HOMES HAVE BEEN INFILTRATED BY INDIVIDUALS WHO'VE GOTTEN ON BOARDS AND PURCHASED THE MAJORITY OF THE CONDOS IN ORDER TO PUSH PEOPLE OUT OF THEIR UNITS. WE AS A LEGISLATURE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT A WAY WITHOUT BEING HEAVY HANDED AND BEING BIG BROTHER IN EVERYONE'S BUSINESS, STILL MAINTAINING SOME TYPE OF FREE MARKET APPROACH, BUT ALLOWING FOR THE MARKET TO WORK SO THAT PEOPLE WHO HAVE GROWN UP HERE IN PALM BEACH COUNTY OR IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA ARE ABLE TO STAY HERE. WELL, I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO TALK TO THOSE GUYS OVER THERE, BECAUSE WE HAD A GREAT MEETING THE OTHER DAY. AND I THINK WE'VE GOT SOME OPTIONS AND I'M SURE YOU'VE HEARD THEM ALL, BUT THANK YOU FOR THE REPORT. YOU GIVE UP MY TIME. THANK YOU, ROCHELLE. JUST THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO FOR THE COMMUNITY. THE BIG ISSUES WERE ADDRESSED, THE MAPS AND SADOWSKI. OF COURSE, THE PAST 20 YEARS THE FUND HAS BEEN SWEPT COMPLETELY. SO NOW THAT WE'RE FUNDING IT, 50%. SO WE'VE GOT A LONG WAY TO CATCH UP. THANK YOU, MARCY. SENATOR, THANK YOU FOR COMING HERE AND GIVING US AN UPDATE. I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. AND THANK YOU, OF COURSE, FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF THE COUNTY AND OF COURSE, THE SUPPORT OF PALM BEACH GARDENS. AND MY KIDS WENT TO GARDENS HIGH. SO ABSOLUTELY APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU FOR DOING WHAT YOU'RE DOING WITH THE INSURANCE BECAUSE I WAS DROPPED TWICE THIS YEAR AND MY INSURANCE RATES WENT UP 2000. SO A LOT OF MONEY. I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. AND I THINK CARL BROUGHT THAT UP EARLIER THIS YEAR. SO I KNOW HE WAS AFFECTED AS WELL. I'M SURE EVERYBODY WAS. AND I DO WANT TO SAY, THOUGH, OVER THE NEXT SESSION, IF YOU COULD, BEING THE PLANNER EXTRAORDINAIRE THAT YOU ARE, KNOWN YOU FOR MANY YEARS AS A PLANNER, AS YOUR AS YOUR JOB AND PRIOR TO BEING OUR REPRESENTATIVE. I WOULD REALLY HIGHLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO SUPPORT MOBILITY SENATE BILL 1524 AND ENCOURAGE ALL OF YOUR FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT THE HOUSE BILL 1415. AND THANK YOU SO MUCH. YOU HAVE YOUR WORK CUT OUT FOR YOU, AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THAT YOU'RE DOING. THANK YOU VERY, VERY KINDLY. I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE YOU ALL. AND I'M SO GLAD THAT I GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE PALM BEACH GARDENS REMEMBER, WHEN IT COMES TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING, WE DO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO SOMETHING HERE IN PALM BEACH COUNTY. PRETTY SOON THERE WILL BE AN INITIATIVE ON OUR BALLOTS FOR $200 MILLION IN TERMS OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND PUSHING PEOPLE TO DO THAT. [00:40:04] SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO JUST LOOK AT THAT AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT. ALSO DO RECOGNIZE THAT, AS I INDICATED, I AM A PLANNER AND I DID NOT ALSO REALIZE THAT MY OFFICE, MY TEAM WOULD BE HERE AS WELL. SO IT'S GOOD TO SEE THE PEOPLE WHO I WORK WITH HERE. I'M NOT GOING TO. YOU KNOW, BUT IT'S GREAT TO BE HERE WITH THEM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WELCOME BACK TO GARDENS. WE ALWAYS LIKE IT WHEN YOU'RE HERE AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO COLLABORATING WITH YOU AND SENATOR GAIL HARRELL GOING FORWARD. AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. THANK YOU AND GOOD NIGHT TO YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT IS COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC. [V. COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC] AND I DO HAVE ONE COMMENT CARD THAT IS NOT ON THE AGENDA AND THAT COULD MR. MICHAEL WYNTER PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM? STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS, PLEASE. FOR THE RECORD, YOU'LL HAVE 3 MINUTES. THANK YOU, MICHAEL WINTER. 13965. WILLOW DRIVE, NORTH PALM BEACH, FLORIDA. 33408. GOOD EVENING TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND STAFF. I'M MICHAEL WINTER. I'M THE FOUNDER AND CHAIRMAN OF THE PALM BEACH NORTH ATHLETIC ATHLETIC FOUNDATION. SEATED HERE TONIGHT WITH ME IS TUCKER FREDRICKSON FROM 1000 NORTH, CHARLIE BURROUGHS FROM SEACOAST, AND STEVE TEACHOUT ALL THE WAY FROM ATLANTA. HE'S WITH CARRIER GLOBAL. HE FLEW IN TO SHOW SUPPORT FOR OUR FOUNDATION. AS YOU MAY OR MAY NOT BE AWARE, CARRIER HAS BECOME A KEY PARTNER OF OURS. FOR THOSE IN THE ROOM THAT AREN'T AWARE OF OUR FOUNDATION. WE ARE A 500 1C3 NONPROFIT COMPRISED OF PASSIONATE INDIVIDUALS, A VOLUNTEER BOARD OF DIRECTORS ADVISORY COUNCIL. AND NOW WE HAVE NUMEROUS AND A GROWING ROSTER OF BOTH CORPORATE AND INDIVIDUAL DONORS. WE ARE THE PRIVATE COMPONENT OF THE PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP. THAT IS THE PARTNERSHIP THAT'S BEEN FORGED TO DEVELOP AND CONSTRUCT A 200,000 SQUARE FOOT INDOOR FACILITY RIGHT IN THE GARDENS NORTH COUNTY DISTRICT PARK. WE ARE HERE TONIGHT BECAUSE WE'VE RECENTLY SUBMITTED AN UPDATE OF WHERE WE ARE AND OUR PROGRESS OF GETTING TO FRUITION AND GROUNDBREAKING. WE'RE EXCITED AND WHERE WE ARE. WE'VE WHILE IT'S BEEN QUITE A QUIET FUNDRAISING PROCESS, THAT'S NOT UNUSUAL FOR FOUNDATIONS LIKE OURS. BUT WE'VE BEEN QUIETLY, STRATEGICALLY AND DILIGENTLY CULTIVATING A FANTASTIC ROSTER OF DONORS. WE HOPE THAT EVERYONE CONSUMED AND READ THE UPDATE WE PROVIDED, I GUESS, A WEEK AGO, AND THANK YOU TO THE CITY STAFF FOR PROMPTLY SCHEDULING A MEETING AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO MEETING WITH YOU ON MONDAY. AND THAT IS ALL. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING. WE APPRECIATE IT. ALL RIGHT. NEXT, WE HAVE OUR CITY MANAGER REPORT. [VI. CITY MANAGER REPORT] RON, DO YOU HAVE A REPORT THIS EVENING? THANK YOU, MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBERS. I HAVE A COUPLE OF ITEMS TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION. THE FIRST ONE, IT GIVES ME GREAT PLEASURE TO SHARE WITH YOU. THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS PURCHASING DEPARTMENT IS A RECIPIENT OF THE 2022 ACHIEVEMENT OF EXCELLENCE IN PROCUREMENT AWARD. I'D ALSO LIKE TO NOTE THAT THIS IS THE NINTH YEAR IN A ROW THAT THAT DEPARTMENT HAS RECEIVED THIS AWARD. OUR PURCHASING DIRECTOR. COOMERA, OUR PURCHASING DIRECTOR, WORKS VERY HARD TO PROVIDE THE CITY WITH REQUIRED GOODS AND SERVICES THAT ARE MOST COST EFFECTIVE, AND HE ENSURES THAT WE GET THE BEST QUALITY PRODUCTS AT THE LOWEST PRICE. AND HE'S ONE HECK OF A NEGOTIATOR AND HE'S A GREAT TEAM MEMBER ON OUR MANAGEMENT TEAM AND SOMETIMES HE'S PRETTY FUNNY TOO. COOMERA PLEASE STAND UP AND BE RECOGNIZED. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW, THAT IS OUR ENTIRE DEPARTMENT IN THE PURCHASING DIVISION. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. SO IN ADDITION TO THAT, I'D LIKE TO CALL CANDACE TEMPLE. TEMPLE, OUR PUBLIC MEDIA RELATIONS DIRECTOR, TO THE PODIUM. SHE HAS SOME INFORMATION TO SHARE WITH YOU ON OUR EV PROGRAM AND OUR PROPOSED BUDGET, WHICH IS NOW OUT ON THE WEBSITE. SO, CANDACE, IF YOU WOULD, INTRODUCE YOUR GUESTS. DO. GOOD EVENING. CANDACE TEMPLE, PUBLIC MEDIA RELATIONS DIRECTOR. ONE OF OUR LONG TERM, LONG TIME OUTREACH GOALS HAS BEEN TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ON OUR ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATIONS THAT WE HAVE HERE IN THE CITY. AS YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN GRADUALLY ROLLING THIS PROGRAM OUT FOR QUITE SOME TIME. OUR PUBLIC SERVICES DEPARTMENT HAS DONE A GREAT JOB OF SCOUTING OUT THE BEST EQUIPMENT IT'S EASY TO USE. PURCHASING IS IN THE PROCESS OF ASSISTING THEM WITH EXPANDING THIS PROGRAM EVEN FURTHER. [00:45:04] BUT I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY THIS SUMMER TO TAKE ON AN INTERN. THIS IS RYAN. RYAN IS A UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI STUDENT. SHE'S A RESIDENT OF PALM BEACH COUNTY, AND SHE'S BEEN A LIFEGUARD AT OUR AQUATIC CENTER FOR SEVERAL YEARS, TO THE POINT THAT THIS SUMMER SHE ACTUALLY WAS TRAINING SHE WAS DOING TRAINING OF LIFEGUARDS. SO TALK ABOUT HOME GROWN. WELL, AS QUIET AS IT'S KEPT, THOUGH, RYAN HAS ANOTHER TALENT. HER DEGREE IS IN VIDEO PRODUCTION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI. AND BEFORE SHE GOES OFF TO HOLLYWOOD, WE HAVE TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF HER TALENT. AND I WANT TO SHOW YOU HER FINAL PROJECT, WHICH IS THIS VIDEO. THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS PRIDES ITSELF ON BEING AT THE FOREFRONT OF EMBRACING GREEN PRACTICES, SOMETHING WE CALL THE GREEN WAVE. ONE OF OUR LATEST ADVANCEMENTS HAS BEEN THE ADDITION OF NINE HYBRID CITY VEHICLES TO OUR FLEET AND THE INSTALLATION OF ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATIONS AT VARIOUS CITY PARKS AND FACILITIES. THESE STATIONS ARE AVAILABLE FOR USE BY THE PUBLIC AT NO COST. HOWEVER, CITY VEHICLES HAVE PRIORITY. CURRENTLY, THERE ARE FIVE AREAS WHERE THESE FREE CHARGING STATIONS ARE INSTALLED. CITY HALL GARDENS. PARK THE GARDENS. NORTH COUNTY DISTRICT PARK, THE TENNIS AND PICKLEBALL CENTER AND SANDHILL CRANE GOLF CLUB. BE SURE TO DOWNLOAD THE CHARGEPOINT APP AND CREATE AN ACCOUNT IN ORDER TO LOCATE AND USE EACH CHARGING STATION. ONCE YOU HAVE SIGNED INTO THE APP CIRCLES WILL APPEAR ON YOUR MAP WITH A NUMBER INDICATING HOW MANY CHARGING STATIONS ARE IN THAT AREA. THE COLOR AROUND THE CIRCLE INDICATES THE CURRENT STATUS OF THAT CHARGER. THE COLOR GREEN MEANS IT'S AVAILABLE. BLUE MEANS THAT IT'S IN USE, AND GRAY MEANS THE STATUS IS CURRENTLY NOT AVAILABLE. EACH STATION FEATURES A DUAL CHARGER, ALLOWING FOR TWO VEHICLES TO BE CHARGED AT ONE TIME PER STATION. THE PARKING SPOTS ASSOCIATED WITH EACH STATION ARE ALSO PAINTED GREEN AND HAVE THIS CHARGING SYMBOL AT THE CENTER. SO THEY ARE EASY TO SPOT AND YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHERE TO GO ONCE YOU ARRIVE. HOLD YOUR PHONE UP TO THE CENTER WITH THIS IMAGE AND CHARGEPOINT WILL AUTOMATICALLY OPEN. YOU MAY HAVE TO UNLOCK YOUR PHONE. FROM THERE YOU CAN START CHARGING AND TRACK THE PROGRESS THROUGH THE APP. THE APP WILL ALSO NOTIFY YOU ONCE YOUR VEHICLE STOPS OR SLOWS DOWN ITS POWER INTAKE. WE HOPE YOU'LL TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THESE FREE EV CHARGING STATIONS SOON. JOIN US AS WE RIDE THE GREEN WAVE. OH, YEAH. OKAY. THERE IT IS. SO I WANTED RYAN. LUCKILY, SHE WAS ABLE TO BE HERE TO BE RECOGNIZED FOR HER HARD WORK. SHE DID EVERYTHING FROM THE SCRIPT, WRITING, CASTING. UNFORTUNATELY, SHE WAS LIMITED IN CASTING OPTIONS. SHE EDITED SHE VIDEOGRAPHY AUDIO. WHAT ELSE? ANIMATION. THE OUR LOGO. AT THE END SHE ANIMATED THAT SHE IS VERY, VERY TALENTED AND THIS VIDEO LOOKS AS GOOD, IF NOT BETTER THAN ANYTHING. I WOULD HAVE PAID A PROFESSIONAL IN THE INDUSTRY TO DO SO. THANK YOU, RYAN. YEAH. OKAY. YES. THANK YOU. I DON'T REALLY HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO SAY, BUT I'M HOPING YOU GUYS ALL LIKED IT AND IT MADE SENSE. YES. OKAY, PERFECT. IT WAS PERFECT. IT'S GREAT. OKAY, I THINK. THE NEXT THE NEXT PROJECT, AS MR. FERRIS MENTIONED. JUST A QUICK UPDATE ON OUR PROPOSED BUDGET. NOW, USUALLY I'M NOT THE ONE THAT YOU HEAR GETTING UP HERE TALKING ABOUT THE BUDGET. I'M IN PUBLIC RELATIONS, AND THAT'S BECAUSE I DO NOT MATH. BUT LUCKILY, WE HAVE A GREAT FINANCE DEPARTMENT THAT HAS BEEN WORKING HARD FOR SEVERAL MONTHS TO ROLL OUT A NEW TOOL THAT IS NOW AVAILABLE TO OUR RESIDENTS. WE HAVE A NEW WAY OF LOOKING AT THE BUDGET, WE'RE SAYING, AND IT'S AVAILABLE NOW ONLINE. WE'VE JUST DEBUTED OUR PROPOSED BUDGET AND AS ALWAYS IS OUR GOAL TO KEEP AN INFORMED AND ENGAGED CONSTITUENCY. WE HOPE THEY WILL USE THIS TOOL AND FIND IT A BREATH OF FRESH AIR. WE ARE USING OPEN GOVT. IT IS A PLATFORM. IT'S A CLOUD BASED PLATFORM THAT ALLOWS THE RESIDENTS TO EXPLORE THE BUDGET. [00:50:06] IT'S INTERACTIVE, IT USES A VERY USER FRIENDLY GRAPHICAL INTERFACE. SO THE SPREADSHEET WE'RE SAYING GOODBYE TO THE EXCEL SPREADSHEET AND NOW THEY'RE GOING TO SEE THOSE CHARTS MORE INTERACTIVE AND THEY CAN REALLY DRILL DOWN. THEY'RE GOING TO GET THE SAME INFORMATION THAT THEY WOULD HAVE FROM OUR PREVIOUS FORMAT FOR THE BUDGET, BUT THIS IS DEFINITELY A LOT MORE PLEASURABLE TO NAVIGATE. WE THAT IS AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE AND WE'VE ROLLED IT OUT ON SOCIAL MEDIA AS WELL. AND AGAIN, WE HOPE THAT THE RESIDENTS WILL FIND IT EASY AND MAYBE WILL PIQUE THE CURIOSITY OF PEOPLE THAT NORMALLY WOULDN'T GET VERY INVOLVED IN OUR BUDGET PROCESS. SO KUDOS TO THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT FOR ROLLING THAT OUT. PRIOR TO THE PUBLIC VERSION OF THE PLATFORM, WE AS STAFF TRAINED ON AN INTERNAL VERSION. AND AGAIN, REMEMBER, I DON'T MATH, SO I WILL SAY IT JUST MADE MY PORTION OF THE BUDGET PROCESS SO MUCH EASIER THIS YEAR. IT REALLY IS VERY EASY TO TO LEARN. SO WE'RE GLAD TO BE TAKING THIS NEW MODERN STEP WITH THE WAY WE PRESENT THE BUDGET TO THE PUBLIC. THANK YOU. RIGHT? RIGHT. THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT. THANK YOU SO MUCH, RON AND KAMRAN, ON BEHALF OF ALL OF OUR COUNSEL, CONGRATULATIONS. IT'S JUST ONE MORE AFFIRMATION OF HOW APPRECIATIVE OF WE ARE FOR ALL THE HARD WORK YOU DO. AND I'VE NEVER HEARD MATH AS A VERB. I LOVE IT. THAT WAS GREAT. AND WE'RE EXCITED FOR THE BUDGET TO BE SO TRANSPARENT AND AVAILABLE TO ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS. SO THANK YOU. AND RYAN, I CAN'T BE MORE PROUD OF YOU. THAT WAS FABULOUS. THANK YOU. AND ESPECIALLY THE SUBJECT IS WONDERFUL. ALL RIGHT, OFF WE GO. SO NEXT WE HAVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. [VII. CONSENT AGENDA] IS ANYONE PULLING OFF OF THE AGENDA FOR CONSENT? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO IMPROVE. SECOND. ALL RIGHT. ALL IN FAVOR. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES. FIVE ZERO. THANK YOU SO MUCH. TONIGHT, WE ARE HOLDING QUASI JUDICIAL HEARINGS ON THE FOLLOWING CASES RESOLUTION 45, 2022 PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT AMENDMENT TO PGA NATIONAL COMMERCE PARK AND RESOLUTION 46 2022, WHICH IS AVENUE OF DEVELOPMENT LLC. SITE PLAN APPROVAL. THIS MEANS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL IS REQUIRED BY LAW TO BASE THIS DECISION ON THE EVIDENCE CONTAINED IN THE RECORD OF THIS PROCEEDING, WHICH CONSISTS OF THE TESTIMONY AT THE TIME OF THE HEARING. THE MATERIALS WHICH ARE IN THE OFFICIAL CITY FILE IN THIS APPLICATION AND ANY DOCUMENTS PRESENTED DURING THIS HEARING. THE COUNCIL IS ALSO REQUIRED BY LAW TO ALLOW CROSS-EXAMINATION OF ANY WITNESSES WHO TESTIFY TONIGHT. CROSS-EXAMINATION MAY OCCUR AFTER THE STAFF, THE APPLICANT AND OTHER PARTICIPANTS HAVE MADE THEIR PRESENTATIONS AND WILL BE PERMITTED IN THE ORDER OF THE WITNESSES APPEARANCE. IT IS NECESSARY THAT ANYONE WHO TESTIFIES AT THE HEARING REMAIN UNTIL THE CONCLUSION OF THE HEARING IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO RESPOND TO ANY QUESTIONS. IF YOU PLAN TO TESTIFY THIS EVENING OR WISH TO OFFER WRITTEN COMMENTS, PLEASE FILL OUT A CARD IF YOU HAVE NOT ALREADY DONE SO AND GIVE IT TO OUR CITY CLERK OVER HERE. THE CITY CLERK WILL NOW SWEAR IN ALL PERSONS WHO INTEND TO OFFER TESTIMONY THIS EVENING ON ANY OF THESE TWO CASES. PATTI, DO YOU SOLEMNLY SWEAR TO TELL THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH, AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH, SO HELP YOU GOD? THANK YOU. IT'S A CLERK. PLEASE READ THE TITLE. ORDINANCE EIGHT 2022 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 18 BUSINESSES AND ARTICLE ONE IN GENERAL BY ADOPTING [VIII.a. ORDINANCE 8, 2022 – (2ND READING & ADOPTION) MINIMUM NOTICE REQUIREMENT FOR RESIDENTIAL RENTAL INCREASES. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 18. BUSINESSES. AT ARTICLE I. IN GENERAL BY ADOPTING NEW SECTION 18-1. MINIMUM NOTICE FOR RESIDENTIAL RENTAL PAYMENT INCREASES. AND NEW SECTION 18-2. PENALTIES.; RESERVING SECTIONS 18-3. – 18-30. FOR FUTURE LEGISLATION; PROVIDING THAT EACH AND EVERY OTHER SECTION AND SUBSECTION OF CHAPTER 18. BUSINESSES. 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.] NEW SECTION 18 ONE MINIMUM NOTICE FOR RESIDENTIAL RENTAL PAYMENT INCREASES AND NEW SECTION 18 TWO PENALTIES RESERVING SECTIONS 18 THREE DEATH TO 18 TO 30 FOR FUTURE LEGISLATION, PROVIDING THAT EACH AND EVERY OTHER SECTION AND SUBSECTION OF CHAPTER 18 BUSINESSES SHALL REMAIN IN FULL FORCE IN EFFECT AS PREVIOUSLY ADOPTED, PROVIDING A COMPLEX CLAUSE OF SEVERABILITY CLAUSE AND AUTHORITY TO CLARIFY PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE FOR THE PURPOSES. THANK YOU SO MUCH. HAS ANYTHING CHANGED SINCE FIRST READING? AND DO WE NEED A PRESENTATION? MAX, I THINK WE'RE ALSO. EVERYONE FEEL GOOD ABOUT THIS. ANYONE WANT TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? I KNOW IT'S SECOND READING. ANY MORE COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? I'M JUST GRATEFUL FOR YOU GUYS TO BRING IT UP LAST WEEK. LAST MONTH. SO THANK YOU. AND I DID ACTUALLY RECEIVE A PHONE CALL FROM A RESIDENT THAT DID NOT GET [00:55:01] THE NOTICE AND WAS UPSET AND WANTED TO KNOW WHAT TO DO. AND I SAID, WELL, WE HAVE TO WAIT TILL AFTER THE MEETING TONIGHT TO SEE IF IT BECOMES OFFICIAL AND THEN CONTACT CODE ENFORCEMENT. ALL RIGHT. GREAT. THANK YOU. PASSING. I DIDN'T DO THAT. OKAY. JUST A QUESTION. IF THE COUNTY PASSES THERE, DO WE THEN OPT OUT OF IT? THEY PASS A NOTICE. THEY HAVEN'T EVEN GONE TO FIRST READING YET. I DON'T MEAN TO ANSWER. MAX, DO YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD WHENEVER THEY ADOPT THEIRS, IF THERE'S TO THE EXTENT THAT THERE'S A CONFLICT, THEN OURS WOULD SUPERSEDE. OKAY, GOOD. GOOD. THAT WAS IT. ALL RIGHT, BEAUTIFUL. SO I WILL CLOSE THE HEARING. CAN I GET A MOTION IN A SECOND TO APPROVE? MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. ORDINANCE EIGHT 2022. OH, SECOND. ALL RIGHT. IS MOVING. SECONDED THAT ORDINANCE EIGHT 2022 IS ON THE FLOOR. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? NO. ALL IN FAVOR. ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT. MOTION PASSES. FIVE ZERO. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. WE MOVE ON TO ORDINANCE NINE. [VIII.b. ORDINANCE 9, 2022 – (1ST READING) LANDSCAPE IRRIGATION CONSERVATION MEASURES. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA; AMENDING CHAPTER 74. UTILITIES. BY REPEALING ARTICLE IV. WATER SHORTAGE REGULATIONS. IN ITS ENTIRETY AND READOPTING ARTICLE IV., AS REVISED AND WITH A NEW “LANDSCAPE IRRIGATION CONSERVATION REGULATIONS”, TO PROVIDE FOR LOCAL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE MANDATORY YEAR-ROUND LANDSCAPE IRRIGATION CONSERVATION MEASURES RULES OF THE SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT (40E-24, F.A.C.); PROVIDING DEFINITIONS, LANDSCAPE IRRIGATION MEASURES, EXCEPTIONS TO THE LANDSCAPE IRRIGATION SCHEDULE, ESTABLISHING A REQUIREMENT TO UTILIZE RAIN SENSOR TECHNOLOGY, PROVIDING VARIANCE PROCEDURES FROM CERTAIN IRRIGATION LIMITATIONS, AND PROVIDING FOR ENFORCEMENT OF AND PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION OF IRRIGATION REGULATIONS; PROVIDING A CONFLICTS CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, AND AUTHORITY TO CODIFY; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.] IF THE CLERK WOULD KINDLY READ THE TITLE, PLEASE. ORDINANCE NINE 2022 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA AMENDING CHAPTER 74 UTILITIES BY REPEALING ARTICLE FOUR WATER SHORTAGE REGULATIONS IN ITS ENTIRETY AND RE ADOPTING ARTICLE FOUR AS REVISED AND WITH A NEW LANDSCAPE IRRIGATION CONSERVATION REGULATIONS TO PROVIDE FOR LOCAL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE MANDATORY YEAR ROUND LANDSCAPING IRRIGATION CONSERVATION MEASURES. RULES OF THE SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT 4824 FRC PROVIDING DEFINITIONS, LANDSCAPE IRRIGATION MEASURES, EXCEPTIONS TO THE LANDSCAPE IRRIGATION SCHEDULE, ESTABLISHING A REQUIREMENT TO UTILIZE RAIN SENSOR TECHNOLOGIES, PROVIDING VARIANCE PROCEDURES FROM CERTAIN IRRIGATION LIMITATIONS, AND PROVIDE FOR ENFORCEMENT OF AND PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION OF IRRIGATION REGULATIONS. PROVIDING A COMPLEX CLAUSE OF SEVERABILITY CLAUSE AND AUTHORITY TO CODIFY PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE FOR THE PURPOSES. THANK YOU SO MUCH, PATTY. ALL RIGHT. I'LL WE'LL OPEN THE HEARING. AND FOR OUR PRESENTATION, I COME BACK TO OUR ATTORNEY, MAX LOWMAN. AGAIN, PLEASE. THIS IS PRETTY MUCH HOUSEKEEPING IN NATURE. WHAT THIS IS, IS BACK IN 2010, THE STATE LEGISLATURE REQUIRED THE SOUTH WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICTS TO ADOPT A OR OR PROMULGATE, IF YOU WILL, A. A. BUT I GUESS A UNIFORM ORDINANCE IS WHAT IT WOULD WHAT YOU WOULD CALL IT FOR WATER RESTRICTIONS, BECAUSE THEY'RE MODEL ORDINANCE. AND IT TOOK THEM QUITE A WHILE TO DO THAT. AND THEY HAVE FINALLY THEY'VE ACCOMPLISHED IT A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO AND NOW THEY'VE BEEN PUSHING IT OUT TO THE CITIES AND ASKING THEM TO ADOPT IT. THE BIG CHANGE HERE IS THAT YOU PROBABLY RECALL BACK IN THE EARLY 2000S, WE HAD WATER RESTRICTIONS THAT WERE INTERMITTENTLY BEING PLACED UPON US BY THE SOUTH, BY THE VARIOUS WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICTS. AND WE BACK IN 2001, THE CITY ADOPTED A WATER RESTRICTION ORDINANCE THAT WAS IN LINE WITH THAT. AND THESE WERE THESE INTERMITTENT DECLARATIONS OF DROUGHT AND THAT WOULD IMPOSE VARIOUS WATER RESTRICTIONS, ODD NUMBERS. YOUR HOUSE WAS AN ODD NUMBER. YOU WATER IT ON X DAYS, AND IF IT WAS EVEN NUMBER, YOU WATERED ON THE OTHERS AND IT LIMITED THE TIMES AND THINGS. WELL, WHAT THEY BECAUSE OF THE WATER ISSUES IN FLORIDA, THEY HAVE SUBSEQUENTLY IMPLEMENTED A PERMANENT WATER RESTRICTION TO APPLY THESE RESTRICTIONS UNIFORMLY ACROSS OUR DISTRICT AND AND MAKE IT BASICALLY YEAR ROUND. AND SO THEY'VE ASKED THAT WE IMPLEMENT THIS ORDINANCE. SO WE TOOK THIS ORDINANCE AND AS YOU'LL SEE IN HERE, THERE'S THE STRIKE THROUGH AN UNDERLYING WE STRUCK OUR OLD ORDINANCE IN ITS ENTIRETY AND REPLACED IT WITH THIS ONE. IT IS VERY, VERY SIMILAR IN MANY, MANY WAYS. THE ONLY THING IT DOES IS INSTEAD OF MAKE THE WATER RESTRICTIONS DEPENDENT UPON A DECLARATION OF DROUGHT, IT MAKES THEM 365. THAT'S ESSENTIALLY WHAT IT DOES. IT DOES PROVIDE FOR A VARIANCE PROCEDURE WHICH OUR PREVIOUS ORDINANCE DIDN'T HAVE AS FAR AS IF SOMEONE NEEDED WANTED RELIEF FROM THESE RESTRICTIONS AND CAN DEMONSTRATE A HARDSHIP, THEN THEY WOULD HAVE TO APPLY THE CITY AND COME FORWARD AND WE COULD DO THAT. IT ALSO ADDS VARIOUS ADDITIONAL DEFINITIONS TO CLARIFY THINGS. BUT LIKE I SAID, OTHER THAN THAT IS LARGELY. IT'S OBVIOUSLY HOUSEKEEPING. IT'S PRETTY MUCH THE SAME THING THAT WE HAD, AGAIN, WITH JUST A FEW MINOR CHANGES. AND IT IS THE UNIFORM ORDINANCE AS PROMULGATED BY SOUTH FLORIDA. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? ALL RIGHT. AND I DON'T HAVE ANY COMMENT CARDS, SO I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE HEARING. CAN I GET A MOTION IN A SECOND TO APPROVE, PLEASE? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. ORDINANCE NINE 2022. THANK YOU. SECOND IS CARL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IT'S MOVED IN, SECONDED. THAT MOTION NUMBER NINE IS ON THE FLOOR AND OPEN FOR DISCUSSION. SO RACHELLE YOU MOVED. WHY DON'T YOU GO FIRST? LET ME. I'D LIKE TO RESERVE TO HEAR THE OTHER COMMENTS. ALL RIGHT, CARL. NO, NO, IT'S HOUSECLEANING, OKAY? NOT REALLY. I DON'T THINK IT NEEDS MUCH DISCUSSION MYSELF, BUT I'M GOOD WITH IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, CARL. MARK, I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. NO, THANK YOU, MARCY. I DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. [01:00:02] I JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS AND A QUESTION FOR THE COUNCIL. FIRST, I JUST WANT TO START BY SAYING I'M 100% IN FAVOR OF WATER CONSERVATION. I READ THROUGH ALL OF THIS, AND AS I WAS READING IT, I REALIZED THAT THERE ARE SEVERAL THINGS IN HERE THAT IS THAT MAKES IT VERY, VERY TOUGH FOR OUR LARGER COMMUNITIES TO ADHERE TO. I SPOKE WITH SEVERAL OF OUR COMMUNITIES. I SPOKE WITH A COUPLE LANDSCAPES, LARGER LANDSCAPE COMPANIES TO GET THEIR OPINIONS. BUT WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO, IF IT'S OKAY WITH YOU GUYS, IS I'D LIKE TO KEEP IT ALL AS IS, BUT WORK WITH MAX OVER FOR THE SECOND READING AND ADD TO ADDITIONS TO THIS. AND THAT WAS THAT IS TO SECTION 74, 75, ALLOWING ADDITIONAL AND ADDITIONAL 10 MINUTES FOR DEVELOPMENTS, 50 ACRES OR LARGER, AND ALSO AN EXEMPTION FOR PLANNED DEVELOPMENTS WITH A SMART MOISTURE SENSOR CONTROL SYSTEM THAT MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE STATE. IF MAX FEELS THAT, THAT'S POSSIBLE. AND THOSE ARE THE ONLY TWO CHANGES THAT I'D LIKE TO ADD TO THIS IF YOU GUYS ARE ALL IN AGREEMENT. AND IF MAX IS OKAY WITH IT AFTER WE HE HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO RESEARCH. I DID SPEAK WITH MAX AND I DID SPEAK WITH RON ABOUT THIS ALSO. ALL RIGHT, LET'S LET'S GO TO ROCHELLE. THANK YOU. YEAH. WELL, TO GIVE A LITTLE HISTORY ON THIS, TOO, AS VICE CHAIR OF THE COUNTY'S WATER TASK FORCE, SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT CAME TO US A LITTLE BIT OVER A YEAR AGO WITH THEIR INTENTION TO MAKE THESE CHANGES AND TO PUT FORTH A RESOLUTION AND TO ASK ALL THE CITIES TO GO ALONG WITH IT. WE WERE ASKED A COUPLE OF MONTHS LATER AT ANOTHER MEETING TO VOTE ON IT, AND IT WAS SUPPORTED IN ENTIRETY BY THE WATER TASK FORCE. AND OUR JOB AT THAT POINT WAS TO GO BACK AND WORK WITH THE CITIES. I HAD BEEN WORKING BEHIND THE SCENES WITH SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT, WITH RON, WITH MAX, AND WE FINALLY GOT LANGUAGE AND THE THE RESOLUTION FROM SOUTH FLORIDA MANAGEMENT WATER MANAGEMENT TO PUT BEFORE YOU ALL TONIGHT, THIS SAME ONE AS IT IS RIGHT HERE HAS BEEN PASSED BY EVERY MAJOR CITY IN THE COUNTY AND HAS BEEN PASSED BY THE COUNTY COMMISSION. ALL OF THE NORTH COUNTY CITIES HAVE PASSED IT AS IS. SO WE ARE TAKING THE WORDING THAT SOUTH FLORIDA MANAGEMENT WANTS IN THE ORDINANCE TO SATISFY THEIR NEEDS. AND THAT'S WHAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU. ROYAL PALM LAKE WORTH DRAINAGE DISTRICT. THE COUNTY. CITY OF BOYNTON. CITY OF WEST PALM. CITY OF BOCA. LANTANA. TEQUESTA. JUPITER INLET. COLONY. JUPITER. JUNO BEACH. AND VILLAGE OF NORTH PALM BEACH AND THE TOWN OF LAKE PARK HAVE ALREADY PASSED IT AS IS. I THINK WHEN YOU GO INTO IT, THERE IS A WAY TO GET THE VARIANCE THAT MARCI IS ASKING FOR. IT PUTS IT ON SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT INSTEAD OF ON US. THEY CAN APPLY TO SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT TO GET THAT VARIANCE FOR THE WATER SENSORS. SO FOR US TO HAVE TO DO THAT WITHIN THE CITY. IT'S GOING TO PUT A BURDEN ON THE CITY WHEN IT ALREADY EXISTS. AS FAR AS I CAN TELL IN HERE AND NONE OF THE OTHER AREAS BOCA WEST PALM THAT ALSO HAVE MAJOR COUNTRY CLUBS AND. LANDSCAPERS HAVE HAD ANY PROBLEM WITH IT AS IT IS. THANK YOU, RACHELLE. CARL, SOME OF THESE QUIETER TOPICS THAT WE THINK WE'RE GOING TO MOVE THROUGH QUICKLY, JUST BECAUSE THE SENSITIVITY OF WATER AND THINGS LIKE THAT, WE ALL HAVE A LITTLE BIT OR WE ALL USUALLY WILL DO A LITTLE BIT MORE DILIGENCE ON SOMETHING THAT WE MIGHT JUST GO EYE ON AND NEVER EVEN REALLY BRING IT UP FOR DISCUSSION. SO I ALSO DID A LOT OF DILIGENCE MYSELF ON THIS PARTICULAR TOPIC AND AND I'M HEARING WHERE ROCHELLE'S GOING AND I THINK MAX HAS BROUGHT THIS UP BEFORE, AND I KIND OF CAN PARALLEL WITHOUT REITERATING WHAT SHE SAID, SOME OF THE CONVERSATIONS THAT I'VE HAD WITH PEOPLE AROUND THE COMMUNITY IN THE COUNTY. SO I KNOW ROCHELLE DIDN'T SAY IT OUT LOUD, BUT I'M IN FAVOR OF LEAVING IT AS IT IS. SO THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE THAT'S GOING TO BE MY STANCE ON THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. SO RESPECTFULLY, I ALSO AGREE WITH WITH ROCHELLE AND CARL, AND I'M VERY CONTENT WITH IT AS IT IS. [01:05:03] THERE'S ALREADY A MECHANISM FOR VARIANCE WITHIN SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT. AND AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IT'S A BLANKET ORDINANCE AND I DON'T SEE ANY REASON TO TO TWEAK IT. SO WE WANT TO MAX, WHAT'S OUR NEXT STEP? BET ON IT. ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO. ALL RIGHT, SO WE'VE GOT A MOTION IN A SECOND. WE'VE HAD NO FURTHER DISCUSSION. ALL IN FAVOR. I AND HE OPPOSED. MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE MOVING INTO OUR PUBLIC HEARING FOR RESOLUTION 45. [VIII.c. *RESOLUTION 45, 2022 – PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT (PUD) AMENDMENT TO PGA NATIONAL COMMERCE PARK. A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA, APPROVING AN AMENDMENT TO THE PGA NATIONAL COMMERCE PARK PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT (PUD) TO ALLOW THE DEVELOPMENT OF A 36,360-SQUAREFOOT OFFICE BUILDING, A 50,022-SQUARE-FOOT WAREHOUSE/INDUSTRIAL BUILDING, AND SITE IMPROVEMENTS ON LOTS 5, 6, 7, AND 8, TOGETHER BEING THE SUBJECT SITE, AS WELL AS MODIFICATIONS TO THE PGA NATIONAL COMMERCE PARK DEVELOPMENT GUIDELINES; THE SUBJECT SITE IS APPROXIMATELY 20.05 ACRES AND IS LOCATED ON HIATT DRIVE AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF NORTHLAKE BOULEVARD AND THE FLORIDA’S TURNPIKE WITHIN THE PGA NATIONAL PLANNED COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT (PCD), AS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED HEREIN; PROVIDING WAIVERS; PROVIDING CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.] NOW, IF THE CLERK COULD PLEASE READ THE TITLE, RESOLUTION 45, 2022 RESOLUTION THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA, APPROVING AN AMENDMENT TO THE PGA NATIONAL COMMERCE PARK PLAN UNIT DEVELOPMENT PWD TO ALLOW THE DEVELOPMENT OF A 36,360 SQUARE FOOT OFFICE BUILDING. A 50,022 SQUARE FOOT WAREHOUSE, INDUSTRIAL BUILDING AND SITE IMPROVEMENTS ON LOTS FIVE, SIX, SEVEN AND EIGHT TOGETHER BEING THE SUBJECT SITE, AS WELL AS MODIFICATIONS TO THE PGA NATIONAL COMMERCE PARK DEVELOPMENT GUIDELINES. THE SUBJECT SITE IS APPROXIMATELY 20.05 ACRES AND IS LOCATED ON HYATT DRIVE AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF NORTH LAKE BOULEVARD AND THE FLORIDA'S TURNPIKE WITHIN THE PGA NATIONAL PLANNED COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PCD, AS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED HEREIN, PROVIDING WAIVERS, PROVIDING CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. THANK YOU SO MUCH, PATTI. YOU DO THAT SO WELL. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. I WILL BE OPENING THE HEARING. I'M GOING TO START BY ASKING IF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS NEED TO DECLARE EX PARTE ON RESOLUTION 45 2022. NEGATIVE, NEGATIVE, NONE. I JUST DROVE THROUGH THE PROPERTY THE OTHER DAY. ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IF YOU FILLED OUT A CARD, WE'LL BE GETTING TO YOU AFTER THE PRESENTATION, JUST SO YOU KNOW. AND IF WE COULD HAVE THE PRESENTATION, PLEASE. ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS ROB DENSMORE WITH URBAN DESIGN STUDIO. I AM ONE OF THE AFOREMENTIONED. I HAVE BEEN SWORN IN. THANK YOU. SORRY. 16 CLEMATIS STREET. WEST PALM BEACH. 33401. I WANTED THE AFOREMENTIONED COLLEAGUES OF SENATOR BOBBY POWELL JR AND HE WAS FAR MORE CHARISMATIC THIS EVENING THAN I HAVE SEEN HIM ON A DAILY BASIS. SO THAT WAS INTERESTING. I CAN'T WAIT TO DISCUSS THAT. I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT LRP PUBLICATIONS, LP PROPERTIES, LLC AND LP PROPERTIES LP PROPERTIES TWO LLC TO PRESENT A PWD AMENDMENT TO THE PGA NATIONAL COMMERCE PARK PD. PGA NATIONAL COMMERCE PARK PUTT IS A 33 ACRE EIGHT LOT PARCEL IN THE VERY SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE PGA NATIONAL, DIRECTLY WEST OF THE FLORIDA TURNPIKE, JUST NORTH OF NORTH LAKE BOULEVARD, WITH DIRECT ACCESS TO NORTH LAKE BOULEVARD FROM HIGH END DRIVE. SPECIFIC PRESS REQUESTS BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING IS FOR A 20.5 ACRE THREE LOT PARCEL OF THAT FOOD TO ALLOW FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF TWO ADDITIONAL BUILDINGS AND ASSOCIATED SITE MODIFICATIONS. INCLUDED WITH THIS APPROVAL OR REQUEST IS THE APPROVAL OF REVISIONS TO THE DESIGN GUIDELINES FOR THE COMMERCE PARK, AS WELL AS ONE WAIVER REQUEST TO ALLOW FOR EXISTING NONCONFORMITY ON THE SITE TO REMAIN. GO AND USE FOR THE SITE IS INDUSTRIAL WITH A BIOSCIENCE RESEARCH PROTECTION OVERLAY. THIS WILL REMAIN UNCHANGED. THE CURRENT ZONING ON THE SITE IS THE PCDI WITH AN MX ONE UNDERLINED MX ONE. AGAIN, THIS WILL ALSO REMAIN UNCHANGED. THE EXISTING CONDITIONS OF THE SITE INCLUDE FOR EXISTING BUILDINGS, PARKING SITE IMPROVEMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE BUILDINGS AND USES MATURE VEGETATION AND ALL OF THE SURROUNDING LANDSCAPE BUFFERS. AND THEN LOT SIX IS MOSTLY VACANT AS WELL AS THE NORTHERN PORTION OF LOT FIVE, WHICH IS SURFACE PARKING. THOSE TWO PORTIONS WILL BE THE PRIMARY FOCUS OF THE PROPOSED PLAN OF DEVELOPMENT. THE FOUR BUILDINGS THAT EXIST ON THE SITE TODAY INCLUDE A THREE STOREY OFFICE BUILDING AT THE SOUTH END OF LOT FOUR OR LOT FIVE, EXCUSE ME, WHICH IS THE HEADQUARTERS OF LRP. IT IS 61,200 SQUARE FEET. BUILDING FOR AN INDUSTRIAL BUILDING WITH ANCILLARY OFFICE 61,200 SQUARE FEET OF SINGLE STOREY BUILDING. AND JUST SOUTH OF THAT TWO ADDITIONAL OFFICE BUILDINGS, ALL THREE OF THESE BUILDINGS ARE ON LOTS SEVEN AND EIGHT. BUILDING FIVE IS A SINGLE STOREY OFFICE BUILDING OF ABOUT 26,000 SQUARE FEET. BUILDING SIX IS A TWO STOREY OFFICE BUILDING OF ABOUT 37,500 SQUARE FEET. THE SUBJECT SITE IS ACTUALLY CURRENTLY APPROVED AS TWO SEPARATE SITE PLANS. [01:10:02] THE REQUEST WITH THIS APPROVAL WOULD BE TO JOIN THOSE UNDER ONE SITE PLAN. AS PART OF THAT, THE APPLICANT WILL BE RECORDING A UNITY OF TITLE OVER THE PROPERTY TO JOIN THOSE UNDER A COMMON OWNERSHIP, AS WELL AS A UNITY OF CONTROL TO ALLOW FOR THE SHARED ACCESS TO AND MAINTENANCE OF THOSE SHARED ELEMENTS SUCH AS THE ACCESS POINTS, THE DRIVEWAYS, UTILITIES, THE DRAINAGE ELEMENTS, THAT SORT OF THING. LOT SEVEN AND EIGHT IS FULLY BUILT OUT AS IT IS CURRENTLY APPROVED FOR A TOTAL INTENSITY OF 124,824 SQUARE FEET. LOTS. FIVE AND SIX ARE CURRENTLY APPROVED FOR THREE BUILDINGS, ONLY ONE OF WHICH IS CURRENTLY CONSTRUCTED. THAT'S BUILDING ONE THAT I MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY. BUILDING TWO IS CURRENTLY APPROVED AS AN ADDITIONAL 62,000 WORTH OF OFFICE AND THE THREE STORY BUILDING KIND OF A SISTER BUILDING TO BUILDING ONE. BUILDING THREE IS ALSO APPROVED AS A SINGLE STOREY WAREHOUSE BUILDING OF AN ADDITIONAL 45,100 SQUARE FEET. THE TOTAL INTENSITY, AS IS CURRENTLY APPROVED FOR ALL THREE LOTS, IS 293,303 SQUARE FEET. THE PROPOSED PLAN OF DEVELOPMENT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE CURRENT APPROVED PLAN AND THAT IT DOES CALL FOR OR SHOW TWO ADDITIONAL BUILDINGS TO BE BUILT ON SITE, ONE IN OFFICE, ONE AN INDUSTRIAL WAREHOUSE BUILDING. HOWEVER, BUILDING TWO IS BEING REDUCED FROM THREE STORIES TO TWO STORIES FOR A TOTAL SQUARE FOOTAGE OF 36 360. BUILDING THREE WILL CONTINUE TO BE A SINGLE STOREY WAREHOUSE BUILDING OF 50,022 SQUARE FEET. THE TOTAL INTENSITY OF THIS PROPOSED PLAN OF DEVELOPMENT FOR THE OVERALL SITE IS 272000 TO 442 SQUARE FEET. THAT'S A NET REDUCTION IN TO THE CURRENT APPROVED PLAN OF 20 ALMOST 21,000 SQUARE FEET, WHICH WOULD RESULT IN A REDUCTION IN 169 DAILY TRIPS AS COMPARED TO THE CURRENT APPROVED PLAN. THE INTEGRATION OF THE TWO PROPERTIES UNDER ONE SITE PLAN REALLY ALLOWS US SOME FLEXIBILITY IN THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE SOME DESIGN CHANGES THAT ARE BENEFICIAL VISUALLY AND FUNCTIONALLY TO THE SITE AS A WHOLE. ONE OF THE BIG THINGS THAT'S THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING IS REMOVING THE REQUIREMENT FOR THAT TEN FOOT BUFFER BETWEEN THESE TWO PROPERTIES. WE'RE NOT COMPLETELY REMOVING ALL OF THAT LANDSCAPE MATERIAL. YOU CAN SEE IN THIS GRAPHIC THAT THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THAT BUFFER WILL REMAIN AS LANDSCAPE AREA. AND SOME OF THE MATURE VEGETATION THAT'S IN THAT AREA WILL ALSO REMAIN. WE'RE ALSO PROPOSING MULTIPLE POINTS OF VEHICULAR AND PEDESTRIAN CROSS ACCESS. AGAIN, THIS REALLY DOES IMPROVE THE CIRCULATION OF THE FUNCTIONALITY OF THE SITE AS A WHOLE. AS I MENTIONED, BUILDING TO THE PROPOSED OFFICE BUILDING IS BEING REDUCED IN HEIGHT AND WE ARE ALSO REORIENTING THAT TOWARDS THE WESTERN PROPERTY LINE OF LOTS FIVE AND SIX. AND THIS IS GOING TO ALLOW FOR CREATION OF MORE OF A CAMPUS LIKE FEEL BETWEEN OFFICE BUILDING FIVE AND TWO. I'LL TOUCH ON THIS IN A LATER SLIDE OF WHY WE'RE MAKING THAT DECISION AND SOME OF THE OTHER BENEFITS THAT ARE COMING ALONG WITH THAT. ANOTHER CHANGE THAT IS BEING MADE IS TO REORIENT THE LOADING BAY AND THE TRUCK PORT AREA ASSOCIATED WITH THAT WAREHOUSE BUILDING TO THE SOUTH SIDE OF THAT BUILDING. THAT REALLY OFFERS TWO FOLD WORTH OF BENEFITS. ONE, FROM A FUNCTIONAL STANDPOINT, IT ALIGNS IT AND ALLOWS IT TO FUNCTION BETTER WITH THE EXISTING TRUCK PORT OF BUILDING FOUR JUST TO THE WEST. SO THAT FUNCTIONALITY IS GOING TO BE MUCH MORE IMPROVED. THE SECOND BENEFIT IS TO THE IMPACT OF THE NEIGHBORS TO THE NORTH THAT'S CURRENTLY APPROVED. THAT WAREHOUSE BUILDING ALLOCATES ITS TRUCK PORT ITS LOADING BAYS ON THE NORTH SIDE. SO TO MINIMIZE THAT IMPACT, WE'VE REDESIGNED THAT TO BE ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THAT BUILDING, ALLOWING FOR MORE SEPARATION FROM THOSE USES. SOME OTHER IMPROVEMENTS ON THE SITE THAT ARE WORTH NOTING AT THIS TIME. DEVELOPMENT OF A COURTYARD SPACE BETWEEN THOSE OFFICE BUILDINGS, ALONG WITH A COVERED WALKWAY CONNECTING THE TWO BUILDINGS. WE WILL BE INSTALLING FOUR DUAL PLUG ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATIONS TO SERVICE FOUR PARKING SPACES ON THE NORTH SIDE OF BUILDING TWO. AS WELL AS PROVIDING FOR A SPACE FOR PUBLIC ART INSTALLATION TO BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CITY'S ART AND PUBLIC PLACES CODE. THIS PIECE WOULD BE LOCATED AT THE VERY SOUTHERN END OF THE COURTYARD SPACE AND THE NORTHERN TERMINUS OF ONE OF THE MAIN ENTRY DRIVES TO THE TO THE PROPERTY. SO REALLY CREATING A KIND OF AN IMPACT ENTRY FEATURE TO TO THE PROPERTY. THE LANDSCAPE BUFFERS AROUND THE PROPERTY. THERE'S A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF MATURE VEGETATION THAT EXISTS TODAY. NONE OF THAT MATURE VEGETATION WITHIN THE BUFFERS IS PROPOSED TO BE REMOVED. THAT WILL ALL STAY. WE ARE PROPOSING SOME ENHANCEMENTS TO THE NORTHERN BUFFER ALONG LOTS FIVE AND SIX, WHICH IS DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO OUR AFFECTED AREA OF THAT NEW BUILDING. WE'RE GOING TO BE SUPPLEMENTING THAT EXISTING MATERIAL WITH ADDITIONAL UNDERSTORY PLANTING IN THE FORM OF SHRUBS, MID-LEVEL PLANTS IN THE FORM OF AXON, SMALL CANOPY TREES, [01:15:04] AS WELL AS WHERE WE DO HAVE THAT MATURE CANOPY THAT EXISTS TODAY. THERE ARE SOME GAPS OR SPACES IN THOSE TREES AND WE'RE GOING TO BE FILLING THOSE IN WITH GROUPINGS OF SLASH PINES TO TAKE WHAT THE CURRENT CONDITION OF APPROVAL ON THE PROPERTY REQUIRES TO BE A 75% OPAQUE VEGETATIVE KIND OF BUFFER THERE. WE'RE GOING TO LEAN THAT MORE TOWARDS 100%. SO THAT'S ONE OF THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE CAME TO AGREEMENT WITH STAFF THROUGH OUR REVIEW PROCESS OF THE PLANTS. ONE ADDITIONAL ITEM TO NOTE ON THIS THAT'S KIND OF POPPED UP OVER THE LAST WEEK. THE APPLICANT HAS BEEN CONTACTED BY THE PROPERTY MANAGER FOR THE PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION. SHE HAS RECEIVED COMMUNICATION FROM SOME NEIGHBORS, RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORS TO THE NORTH THAT THEY HAD CONCERNS WITH THE EXISTING CONDITION OF THE NORTHERN BUFFER ASSOCIATED WITH LOTS SEVEN AND EIGHT. WE WERE UNAWARE OF THIS PRIOR TO THIS WEEK, BUT NOW THAT WE'VE BEEN INFORMED, THE APPLICANT HAS BEEN IN CONTACT WITH THE PROPERTY MANAGER AND HAS COMMUNICATED WITH ME THAT IT IS THEIR INTENT TO BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR AND THEY WILL WORK TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS THAT THE NEIGHBORS WISH TO SEE IN THAT AREA TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY'S HAPPY. I MEAN, THEY HAVE NO INTENT OF BEING ANYTHING BUT A GOOD NEIGHBOR. SO I JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT. WE MIGHT HEAR ABOUT THAT AFTER MY PRESENTATION. THE MAIN REASON ARE THE DRIVER BEHIND THIS CAMPUS LIKE FEEL THAT I'VE MENTIONED A COUPLE OF TIMES BEFORE IS EXCELS WHICH IS FORMALLY INTEGRITY IMPLANTS BECAME EXCEL AS. IN JULY OF 2021 AFTER THEY MERGED WITH FUSION ROBOTICS. THEY ARE A MEDICAL DEVICE IMPLANT RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT COMPANY THAT CURRENTLY LEASES THE MAJORITY OF BUILDING FIVE OFFICE SPACE NOW. THEY DO INTEND TO RELOCATE THEIR HEADQUARTERS TO PALM BEACH GARDENS AND IN PARTICULAR TO THE PGA COMMERCE PARK. THEIR ULTIMATE GOAL IS TO GROW FROM ABOUT 80 EMPLOYEES TO ABOUT UPWARDS OF 140. THEY PLAN TO LEASE OUT THE ENTIRETY OF BUILDING FIVE. AS I MENTIONED, THEY WILL LEASE OUT THE ENTIRE OFFICE SPACE OF BUILDING TWO AND LEASE THE MAJORITY OR A LARGE PORTION OF THE WAREHOUSE SPACE IN BUILDING THREE FOR THEIR PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION FACILITIES. SO THE JOBS THAT WILL BE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ARE ALL OF THE EXISTING EMPLOYEES, CORPORATE EXECUTIVES, ACCOUNTING STAFF, HUMAN RESOURCES PROFESSIONALS, MEDICAL DEVICE SALES PEOPLE, MANUFACTURING EMPLOYEES. SO THESE ARE THESE ARE GOOD JOBS. AND THIS IS KIND OF A BIG WIN AND OBVIOUSLY A BIG DRIVER OF WHY WE'RE MAKING THESE IMPROVEMENTS. AND WE'VE WORKED CLOSELY WITH THEM TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE MAKING IMPROVEMENTS THAT WILL SUIT THEIR NEEDS. THIS IS AN ARCHITECTURAL RENDERING OF THE PROPOSED OFFICE BUILDING, BUILDING TWO. THIS IS LOOKING FROM THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE BUILDING, LOOKING NORTHWEST. UM, KNOW, THE ARCHITECT DESIGNED THE BUILDINGS TO BE CONSISTENT AS MUCH AS HE COULD WITH THE EXISTING BUILDINGS ON SITE TODAY, WITH SAME MATERIALS, COLORS, THAT SORT OF THING, AND REALLY WORK TO BREAK UP THE BUILDING. MASSING WITH THE VARIATION IN COLORS, THE USE OF THE ALUMINUM AWNINGS, CANOPIES, CHANGES OF MATERIAL COLORS, THE RECESSES AND PROJECTIONS OF THE BUILDINGS, THE PARAPET SHIFTS REALLY DID A NICE JOB TO KIND OF CREATE SOME DYNAMICS IN THAT ARCHITECTURAL FEATURES. AND YOU CAN SEE THAT THESE ARE THE ELEVATIONS THAT THAT SAME BUILDING YOU CAN REALLY START TO SEE THE PARAPET RETURNS, THE DEFINITION OF COLORS, THE GLAZING, HOW IT CREATES CHARACTER IN THE BUILDING. THIS IS THE ARCHITECT'S RENDERING OF THE COURTYARD SPACE BETWEEN BUILDING FIVE AND BUILDING TWO. YOU CAN SEE IN THE BACKGROUND THE ALUMINUM COVERING THAT IS OVER THE WALKWAY CONNECTING THE TWO OFFICE BUILDINGS. SO THEY KIND OF ARE FUNCTIONING AS ONE. THE SPACE IN THE VERY FRONT, THE CONCRETE PAVED AREA, IS WHERE WE INTEND TO PLACE THE PUBLIC ART PIECE. IT HASN'T BEEN DESIGNED YET. HASN'T BEEN COMMISSIONED. SO IT'S NOT ON THESE RENDERINGS, BUT THAT IS WHERE IT'S INTENDED TO GO TO ACT AS AN ANCHOR FOR THIS PUBLIC SPACE. AND THEN THE SPACE ITSELF SEEMS VERY OPEN, AND THAT IS BY INTENTION, BY DESIGN. EXCEL, AS PART OF THEIR BUSINESS PRACTICE, LIKES TO HOST EVENTS AND GATHERINGS WITH DOCTORS, WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO USE THEIR DEVICES SO THEY CAN EXPLAIN HOW THEY FUNCTION. AND IT'S A VERY SOCIAL ASPECT OF WHAT THEY DO. THEY LIKE TO HAVE A SPACE THAT'S FLEXIBLE WHERE THEY CAN SET UP TENTS, THEY CAN SET UP TABLES AND HOLD THESE KIND OF EVENTS. OUTSIDE OF THAT, THEY ARE ALSO BIG ON OFFERING SOCIAL ACTIVITIES FOR THEIR EMPLOYEES. THEY DO A MONTHLY WHAT THEY CALL FRIDAY AT FOUR, SET UP TENTS AND TABLES AND PING PONG TABLES AND CORNHOLE TABLES. AND IT'S KIND OF A LITTLE GETAWAY FOR THE EMPLOYEES, IF YOU WILL. SO THEIR INTENT OF THIS SPACE IS FOR IT TO BE DAILY USABLE AND FLEXIBLE AT THE SAME TIME. THIS IS THE ARCHITECTURAL RENDERING FOR BUILDING THREE, WHICH IS THE WAREHOUSE BUILDING ON THE NORTH. AGAIN, LOOKING FROM THE NORTHEAST CORNER TOWARDS THE SOUTHWEST IS CONSISTENT WITH A LOT OF THE SAME ARCHITECTURAL FEATURES I MENTIONED ABOUT THE OFFICE BUILDING AND COLOR AND [01:20:07] MATERIALS. SIMILARLY WITH THE. AS I MENTIONED, THE VERY BEGINNING PART OF OUR REQUEST IS APPROVAL OF REVISIONS TO THE DESIGN GUIDELINES FOR THE PGA NATIONAL COMMERCE PARK. THEY WERE ADOPTED IN JANUARY 1987. THEY WERE REVISED ONE TIME IN OCTOBER OF 1987 AND HAVE NOT BEEN TOUCHED SINCE THEN. AND SO SOME OF THE REVISIONS THAT ARE BEING MADE ARE TO BRING SOME OF THE ELEMENTS MORE IN LINE WITH WHAT THE CITY CODE, CONSISTENCY WITH CITY CODE. AND AS FAR AS BUILDING HEIGHTS, LIGHT POLE, HEIGHT, THAT ONE IN PARTICULAR. WE'RE ALSO TRYING TO BRING THINGS CONSISTENT WITH WHAT'S ACTUALLY BUILT ON SITE, NOT JUST WHAT'S IN THE CITY CODE AND A FEW MINOR MODIFICATIONS TO THE SIGN ALLOWANCE. ALL OF THESE REVISIONS HAVE BEEN REVIEWED PREVIOUSLY AND APPROVED BY THE PGA NATIONAL PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW COMMITTEE AS WELL THE PGA NATIONAL COMMERCE PARK ASSOCIATION. SO EVERYBODY'S REVIEWED THEM AND APPROVED THEM UP TO THIS POINT. THE LAST ELEMENT OF OUR REQUEST IS THE ONE WAIVER THAT I MENTIONED AT THE BEGINNING, AND THIS IS TO ALLOW FOR AN EXISTING NON-CONFORMITY ON THE SITE TO REMAIN AS IS CITY CODE REQUIRES THAT YOU HAVE A LANDSCAPE ISLAND EVERY NIGHT IN PARKING SPACES AND THAT ISLAND BE AT LEAST FIVE FEET WIDE. WE HAVE EIGHT LOCATIONS ON SITE WHERE THERE ARE TEN PARKING SPACES IN A ROW BEFORE AN ISLAND IS PROVIDED. ALL THE ISLANDS ON SITE ARE AT MINIMUM OF FIVE FEET. MOST OF THEM ARE WIDER THAN THAT. ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS WE WANT TO KEEP THIS IN PLACE, THERE IS A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF MATURE VEGETATION ON THE SITE, AS I MENTIONED. ALL OF THESE ISLANDS HAVE LARGE OAK TREES IN THEM AND THE RISK OF TRANSPLANT OR DISRUPTION OF THOSE ROOT SYSTEMS TO REMEDY THIS IS A RISK THAT WE'D RATHER NOT TAKE. BUT SO IT'S JUST TO ALLOW THIS EXISTING CONDITION TO REMAIN AS. AS A SUMMARY OF THE REQUESTS, WE HAVE THE APPROVAL OF THE AMENDMENT TO ALLOW THE TWO NEW BUILDINGS AND THE SITE IMPROVEMENTS. THE REVISIONS TO THE DESIGN GUIDELINES AND THE ONE WAIVER TO ALLOW THAT EXISTING NON-CONFORMITY TO REMAIN. WE DO HAVE STAFF RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL FOR ALL OF THOSE REQUESTS AND THE APPLICANT HAS REVIEWED AND AGREES TO ALL THE CURRENT CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL AS WRITTEN. EXCELLENT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY. DO WE HAVE A STAFF PRESENTATION THIS EVENING? NO, MA'AM. THE APPLICANT WAS VERY THOROUGH. STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL, INCLUDING THE WAIVER, AND WE ARE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL. I DO WANT TO NOTE THAT IN YOUR PACKETS THERE WAS A LETTER FROM THE PGA NATIONAL COMMERCE PARK PO LETTER OF SUPPORT. THERE IS ALSO A LETTER OF SUPPORT FROM THE MASTER OF PGA NATIONAL AS WELL THAT HAS ISSUED SUPPORT IN ADDITION TO THE BTB SANCTIONED LETTER, WHICH IS INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKET. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, NATALIE. I APPRECIATE THAT. ALL RIGHT. I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF OF THREE COMMENT CARDS, SO I'M GOING TO CALL YOUR NAME. AND WHEN I DO, IF YOU COULD COME TO THE PODIUM AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. SO I'LL START WITH MICHELLE COMPOSTO AND I APOLOGIZE FOR ANYONE'S NAMES I GET WRONG TONIGHT. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. MY NAME IS MICHELLE. I'M SO SORRY. LEXINGTON LANE WEST. AND YOU'VE BEEN SWORN IN. I APOLOGIZE FOR INTERRUPTING. THANK YOU. I ONLY KNOW ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT BECAUSE I RECEIVED A CERTIFIED LETTER IN THE MAIL BECAUSE OF MY PROXIMITY TO THE DEVELOPMENT. I WAS REALLY UPSET BY IT. AND, YOU KNOW, I LIVED IN THIS CITY FOR OVER 40 YEARS, AND I PLANNED TO LIVE HERE FOR THE REST OF MY DAYS. AND IT'S REALLY STARTING TO GET OUT OF CONTROL. WHAT IS THE PLANNED REMEDY FOR TRAFFIC CONGESTION BETWEEN B-LINE AND MILITARY? IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE A SOUND DECISION TO APPROVE ANY FURTHER DEVELOPMENT UNTIL THE REMEDY IS IMPLEMENTED. THE CURRENT APPROVAL OF THIS PROJECT WAS OVER 35 YEARS AGO. THE AREA HAS CHANGED SIGNIFICANTLY IN THE CHANGES THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED BY THE CITY SINCE HAVE CREATED THIS TRAFFIC CONGESTION BETWEEN B-LINE AND MILITARY WITH NO KNOWN REMEDY. WHEN THIS DEVELOPMENT WAS APPROVED 35 PLUS YEARS AGO, THERE WERE COWS WHERE CHRIST FELLOWSHIP. NOW, SINCE NOTHING IN THIS AREA IS THE SAME. THE DEVELOPMENT AFFECTS EVERYONE IN PGA NATIONAL WHO USED THE NORTH LAKE ENTRANCE, NOT JUST LEXINGTON, GREEN AND CYPRESS. THIS AFFECTS EVERYONE, PERIOD, THAT USES NORTH LAKE BETWEEN BEELINE AND MILITARY, NOT JUST PGA NATIONAL RESIDENTS. I REQUEST YOU NOT APPROVE THIS DEVELOPMENT UNTIL ALL THE OWNERS OF PGA, NATIONAL AND THE SURROUNDING AREA ARE NOTIFIED IN WRITING AND CAN VOICE THEIR CONCERNS. [01:25:02] THE APPROVAL SHOULDN'T TAKE PLACE IN THE SUMMER. WHEN MANY RESIDENTS ARE OUT OF TOWN. IT SHOULD OCCUR DURING THE WINTER MONTHS WHEN EVERYONE IS IN RESIDENCE. NO FURTHER SHOULD DEVELOPMENT SHOULD BE APPROVED UNTIL THE TRAFFIC CONGESTION BETWEEN THE B LINE AND MILITARY IS REMEDIED. WHEN I JUST LISTENED TO THIS PRESENTATION AND HE TALKED ABOUT HOW THEY WANT TO ENTERTAIN THE TENANT, WANTS TO ENTERTAIN DOCTORS AND PEOPLE AND PARTIES, I MEAN, THAT'S EVEN MORE CONGESTION BESIDES THE ACTUAL EMPLOYEES THAT'LL BE THERE. I JUST I DON'T GET IT. I REALLY THAT'S I DON'T GET IT. I DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU'RE GOING WITH THIS AND WHY YOU CONTINUE THE APPROVAL WITHOUT THE KNOWN REMEDY. SO I ASK, SLOW YOUR ROLL. AND START CONSIDERING ABOUT THE REMEDY OF THE TRAFFIC CONGESTION. BEFORE YOU APPROVE, ONE MORE THING. IN THE AREA BETWEEN BEELINE AND MILITARY. I'M NORTHLAKE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. I'D LIKE TO CALL UP MNS. MINDY LOWE. PLEASE. IF YOU COULD COME UP AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS, PLEASE. TAKE YOUR TIME. OKAY. AND MS.. LOGUE, YOU HAVE BEEN SWORN IN. THANK YOU. AS YOU KNOW, MY NAME IS MINDY LOGUE. I LIVE AT TEN RD, LEXINGTON LANE EAST. MY UNIT IS DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM COMMERCE PARK. THE LANDSCAPE HAS NEVER BEEN ADEQUATE. I HAVE ALWAYS HAD THE UNPLEASANT VIEW ACROSS THE WATER. I'M NOT THRILLED ABOUT ADDITIONAL BUILDINGS GOING UP THERE. PROMISES OF ADEQUATE LANDSCAPE ARE NEVER KEPT. I AM ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT THE ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC ON NORTH LAKE AND THINK THAT THIS ISN'T A GOOD TIME FOR ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT TO TAKE PLACE. WE DON'T KNOW THE FULL IMPACT ON TRAFFIC CONGESTION ON NORTH LAKE UNTIL AVANIR AND OTHER DEVELOPMENTS WEST OF THE B-LINE ARE COMPLETED. I REQUEST THAT YOU DO NOT APPROVE ANY ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT UNTIL TRAFFIC CONGESTION IS REMEDIED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. I'D LIKE TO CALL MR. TONY. AND I WILL GET THIS WRONG, TONY. BUT, PIGEON, PLEASE. IF YOU COULD STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. AND YOU HAVE BEEN SWORN IN. THANK YOU. MY NAME IS TONY PIGEON. I LIVE AT 25 LEXINGTON LANE WEST APARTMENT H. AND I ALSO SECOND WHAT THE PREVIOUS TWO LADIES HAVE SAID ABOUT THE CONGESTION. WE ALL KNOW FLORIDA HAS A LOT OF TRAFFIC AS IT IS, AND IT'S GETTING WORSE EVERY SINGLE DAY. WE CANNOT HAVE MORE CARS WITHOUT A REMEDY FOR THE BEELINE HIGHWAY ISSUE. SO REALLY TAKE THIS SERIOUSLY, BECAUSE THAT'S A HUGE, HUGE COMPLEX WITH LOTS AND LOTS AND LOTS OF MORE CARS AND AN ALREADY CONGESTED AREA. AND IF WE DON'T HAVE SOMETHING TO DO ABOUT THAT, IT'S JUST GOING TO END UP BECOMING A BIG MESS. SO I HIGHLY, HIGHLY REQUEST YOU TO PLEASE NOT DO THIS UNTIL YOU REALLY HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO WITH ALL THOSE EXTRA CARS? BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST GOING TO BE THOSE CARS. PEOPLE ARE MOVING TO THIS STATE EVERY SINGLE DAY BY THE THOUSANDS, EVERY SINGLE YEAR. SO WE JUST HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THAT. AND PLEASE DO NOT MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS UNTIL YOU HAVE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. ALL RIGHT WITH THAT, I WILL ACTUALLY BE CLOSING THE HEARING. MAY I GET A SECOND EMOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE, PLEASE? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 45, 2020 TO SECOND. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. THAT RESOLUTION 45 IS ON THE FLOOR AND OPEN FOR DISCUSSION. MARK, SINCE YOU MOVED, WHY DON'T YOU GO AHEAD AND BEGIN SO WE CAN HAVE A DISCUSSION? I UNDERSTAND AND RESPECT THE COMMENTS OF THE NEIGHBORS. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE ALL THINK AND TALK ABOUT ON A REGULAR BASIS. THERE'S BEEN NUMEROUS CONVERSATIONS ABOUT EVERY PROJECT, ABOUT EVERY. THING THAT IS COMING TO OUR REGION BECAUSE IT IS A GROWING AREA. WE LIVE IN A VERY DESIRABLE PLACE AND THE SECRET IS DEFINITELY OUT THAT NORTHERN PALM BEACH COUNTY IS THE PLACE TO BE. I THINK COVID REALLY KIND OF SHOWED THAT. BUT WE HAVE TO KIND OF BALANCE THE NEEDS OF OUR CURRENT RESIDENTS. AND I DO LIVE IN NASHVILLE AND I DRIVE BY THAT INTERSECTION THREE DAYS A WEEK AS I HEAD SOUTH TO MY OFFICE ON OKEECHOBEE BOULEVARD. [01:30:02] I TAKE THE TURNPIKE THERE. SO I AM VERY FAMILIAR WITH THAT SPOT. BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO RECOGNIZE THE NEED AND THE VALUE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. THE NICE THING ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT IS IT IS PROFESSIONAL SPACE. THERE'S NO RESTAURANTS, THERE'S NO GARBAGE DUMPSTERS. THE APPLICANT MADE A MADE THE CONSCIENTIOUS MOVE OF MOVING THE LOADING DOCKS TO THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE BUILDING SO THAT THERE WON'T BE ANY NOISE OR DEBRIS THAT YOU'LL FIND FLOATING AROUND. WE'VE WATCHED THE APPLICANTS AND THEIR PLANNERS BRING PROJECTS TO THE CITY AND WHENEVER AND OUR STAFF ARE VERY, VERY GOOD AT MAKING SURE THAT THEY ARE HELD TO THE STANDARD THAT THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS HAS SET A LONG TIME AGO, MAKING SURE THAT THE NEIGHBORS, THE THE BUFFERING IS CORRECT AND PROPER, MAKING SURE THAT THE LANDSCAPING IS DONE TO A TO A TO A LEVEL THAT IS FAR BEYOND WHAT YOU'LL FIND IN MANY OTHER MUNICIPALITIES IN AND AROUND US. SO I'M GOING TO APPROVE THIS PROJECT BECAUSE I THINK IT'S THE BEST THING FOR THAT AREA. IT'S ALREADY BEEN APPROVED FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. WE PRIDE OURSELVES AS A CITY AND A REGION OF BRINGING THESE TYPES OF BUSINESSES AND THESE TYPES OF CORPORATE PARTNERS TO OUR AREA. AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE A GOOD PARTNER FOR US. THEY'RE ALREADY THERE. THEY'RE JUST EXPANDING THEIR FOOTPRINT. SO I APPRECIATE THE COMMENTS. I THANK THE APPLICANT FOR MAKING THE NECESSARY CHANGES TO THE AREA AND I'M GOING TO APPROVE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MARK. AND I'M GOING TO GO WITH THE PGA NATIONAL CONTINGENT FIRST. I'D LIKE TO ASK NATALIE AND KEN TO ADDRESS THE TRAFFIC, THE CONCURRENCY STUDIES THAT WERE DONE, WHAT THE PLANS ARE FOR NORTH LAKE, AND HOW THIS PROJECT ACTUALLY HAS A SMALLER FOOTPRINT THAN WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY APPROVED. YES, MA'AM. I WOULD BE HAPPY TO ADDRESS THAT. AND I'M GOING TO ASK MR. MARONEY TO PULL UP THE SLIDE THAT SHOWS THE TRIP. DO WE HAVE THAT? BECAUSE THAT MIGHT HELP SOME OF THE RESIDENTS BETTER UNDERSTAND, BECAUSE IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THIS IS AN EXISTING PROJECT WITH EXISTING BUILDINGS THAT ARE APPROVED ON IT, THAT WERE NEVER CONSTRUCTED, THAT THE APPLICANT HAS. THEY HAVE VESTED ENTITLEMENTS, THEY HAVE VESTED RIGHTS. AND WHAT THIS WHAT THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT HAS DONE IS THAT THEY HAVE TAKEN THAT VESTED SQUARE FOOTAGE AND THEY HAVE REDUCED IT. THERE IS. 293,000. JUST A LITTLE OVER 293,000 SQUARE FEET THAT IS APPROVED WITH THIS DEVELOPMENT THAT THEY COULD PULL TODAY. THEY COULD CONSTRUCT THAT SQUARE FOOTAGE TODAY. AND UNDER THAT DEVELOPMENT ORDER, THE LOADING DOCKS FACE NORTH AND THERE IS NO ADDITIONAL LANDSCAPING REQUIREMENTS THAT HAS BEEN PROVIDED WITH WITH THIS SITE PLAN. SO AS PART OF THIS PLAN, IT HAS BEEN VERY INTENTIONALLY DESIGNED TO BE MORE ACCOMMODATING TO THE RESIDENTS, TO THE IMMEDIATE NORTH, WHICH IS CYPRESS. BUT ALL OF THE CYPRESS POINT, BUT ALL OF THE RESIDENTS TO THE NORTH DO BENEFIT. THERE IS NO ILLUMINATION WITH THE SIGNAGE. THERE IS ADDITIONAL LANDSCAPING. THE LOADING DOCKS ARE TO THE SOUTH AND THE SQUARE FOOTAGE, NOTABLY AS IT AS IT ADDRESSES THE TRAFFIC QUESTIONS, IS LESS. SO THERE ARE THERE ARE LESS PROJECTED TRIPS. THERE IS A TOTAL SQUARE FOOTAGE REDUCTION OF OVER 20,000 SQUARE FEET. SO IN TERMS OF THE PROPOSED TRAFFIC, THE TRAFFIC STUDY DEMONSTRATES THAT THOSE NUMBERS ARE LESS THAN THE APPROVED VESTED IMPROVEMENTS. THANK YOU. WHAT WOULD BE THE MEANS TO MAKE SURE ALL OF THAT LANDSCAPING GOES IN AS PROMISED? I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT THAT UP, BECAUSE THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS I HAD ASKED AT MY AGENDA REVIEW WAS WHAT ABOUT FILLING IN ON LOT SEVEN AND EIGHT WHERE THE BUFFER IS A LITTLE THIN? HOW DO WE ENSURE THAT THAT GETS DONE? WELL, WHAT WE HAVE GOING ON RIGHT NOW IS WE HAVE TWO DIFFERENT DEVELOPMENT ORDERS. THERE IS A SEPARATE DEVELOPMENT ORDER FOR LOTS SEVEN AND EIGHT, WHICH REQUIRES THE 75% OPAQUE SCREENING, WHICH THE APPLICANT REFERRED TO. AND I THINK YOU HEARD LOUD, LOUD AND CLEAR THAT THE APPLICANT IS WILLING TO EXCEED THAT STANDARD, SUPPLEMENT THE BUFFER, AND IS WILLING TO DO SO IF IT IS NOT ADDRESSED. THE REMEDY WOULD BE THROUGH THE CITY'S CODE ENFORCEMENT DEPARTMENT, WHICH WE ARE WELL AWARE OF THIS NOW THAT THIS ISSUE HAS BEEN BROUGHT UP AND WE CAN TAKE ACTION IF NECESSARY. THIS PARTICULAR DEVELOPMENT ORDER, ALL OF THE LANDSCAPING AND THE CERTIFICATION OF THE BUILDING AND THE CO SIGNOFF PROCESS WILL ENSURE THAT ALL THE SUPPLEMENTAL LANDSCAPING WILL BE IN PLACE PRIOR TO THE ISSUANCE OF THE CEO. THERE'S A SURETY THAT'S POSTED TO INSURE WITH LIKE EVERY DEVELOPMENT PROJECT THAT IS POSTED TO ENSURE THAT THAT LANDSCAPING IS MAINTAINED. AND THEN OF COURSE, YOU HAVE THE CITY'S CODE ENFORCEMENT PROCESS WHICH ENSURES THE INTEGRITY OF THE BUFFER. AND ALL OF THESE THINGS WE, WE, WE DO REGULARLY WITHIN THE CITY'S DEVELOPMENT PROCESS. [01:35:05] SO WE WILL ENSURE THAT THOSE LANDSCAPE STANDARDS WILL BE MAINTAINED. THANK YOU. KEN, COULD YOU COME UP AND PUT THE SLIDE UP WITH THE BUILDINGS AND THE LITTLE YELLOW DOT FOR OUR CHARGING STATIONS, PLEASE? YOU'LL GET THE THIRD ONE IN A FEW MINUTES. I THINK YEAH. ONE OF THOSE HAS DONE ON IT WITH IT SHOWED THE CHARGING STATIONS. OKAY. THERE ARE FOUR CHARGING STATIONS TO SERVE EIGHT VEHICLES BY BUILDING TO BUILDING THREE IS THE LARGER BUILDING AND THERE ARE NONE. THE EXISTING BUILDINGS DOES FIVE, ONE AND SIX. DO THEY HAVE ANY CHARGING STATIONS CURRENTLY PROPOSED? YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT ENTERTAINING DOCTORS. THIS IS A TECH COMPANY. I DON'T KNOW. A DOCTOR WHO DOESN'T HAVE A CAR THAT REQUIRES A CHARGING STATION RIGHT NOW. WHAT CAN WE DO TO INCREASE THE NUMBERS? WE'RE ALLOWING MORE SPACES BETWEEN THE POLES ON THE WAIVER. HOW CAN WE GET MORE DISTRIBUTED CHARGING STATIONS THROUGH THE PROPERTY? GOOD EVENING, KEN TOOMER WITH URBAN DESIGN STUDIO BY ADDRESS 610 CLEMATIS STREET, WEST PALM BEACH. I'VE BEEN SWORN IN. I'M GOING TO ADDRESS BUILDING NUMBER THREE, VICE MAYOR, BECAUSE YOU BROUGHT THAT UP. BUILDING NUMBER THREE IS NOT AN OFFICE BUILDING. IT IS A IT IS MORE OF A WAREHOUSE FACILITY. SO ELECTRICAL CHARGE PROBABLY DOESN'T WORK THERE BECAUSE IT'S B SEMIS BACKING UP AND DOING THEIR THING IN THAT AREA. IN REGARDS TO BUILDING NUMBER TWO, WHERE WE'VE PROPOSED THE EIGHT ELECTRIC CHARGING STATIONS, I'M GOING TO TURN AROUND HERE AND SEE WHAT OUR CLIENTS WANT TO DO ON THAT MATTER. BUT WE BELIEVE THAT BECAUSE IT'S A 34,000 SQUARE FOOT OR 36,000 SQUARE FOOT OFFICE BUILDING THAT'S BEEN ADDED, THAT THE EIGHT STATIONS WILL SERVE THOSE THOSE THOSE FOLKS IN A SIGNIFICANT WAY. BUT THERE'S A CONNECTION BETWEEN THAT BUILDING AND BUILDING FIVE. CORRECT. THAT'S ALL PART OF. AND THERE'S NONE BY BUILDING FIVE. WELL, I NEED TO I NEED TO UNDERSTAND AND I'M GOING TO HAVE TO TURN AROUND TO MANUAL BECAUSE I APOLOGIZE. I DO NOT KNOW. DOES THE OFFICE REMAIN IN BUILDING FIVE MANUAL OR DOES IT ALL SHIFT TO. BUT YOU HAVE TO COME OUT HERE, APOLOGIZE. FROM A YOUTH STANDPOINT, NOT NECESSARILY FROM AN APPROVAL STANDPOINT. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS. YOU'VE BEEN SWORN IN, SIR. IF YOU COULD SAY YOUR YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS AND THAT YOU'VE BEEN SWORN IN OR NOT. EMMANUEL KOKKINAKIS, FOUR OR FIVE ZERO. OLD TOWN LANE, JUNO BEACH AND I HAVE BEEN SWORN, SWORN IN. THANK YOU. THE TENANT HAS A MIXED USE IN BUILDING FIVE. THEY PLAN ON MOVING THE CORPORATE OFFICES AND SOME OF THE THE SALES FUNCTION INTO BUILDING FIVE AND DO MORE OF THE THE THEATER AND THE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT AND SOME MANUFACTURING AND BUILDING FIVE THE FLEX SPACE SO YOU KNOW. I WOULD SAY HALF OF THE OCCUPANTS CURRENTLY IN BUILDING FIVE ARE GOING TO MOVE OVER TO BUILDING TWO. AND THEN SOME OF THE RELOCATED CORPORATE STAFF FROM CALIFORNIA AND COLORADO WILL BE ALSO MOVING INTO BUILDING TWO. AS FAR AS THE CURRENT DEMAND, WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO MEET THE, YOU KNOW, THIS THIS DEVELOPMENT, THE GENESIS OF THIS DEVELOPMENT IS TO SERVE THE NEEDS OF OUR EXISTING TENANTS. AND SO THAT'S WHERE THE THE CAMPUS SPACE IN BETWEEN THE THE TWO BUILDINGS COMES FROM. WE ASKED ABOUT ANY OTHER AMENITIES. CHARGING STATIONS DIDN'T COME UP WHEN WHEN WHEN THE STAFF INSISTED THAT THAT WE INCLUDE THAT TO KIND OF FUTURE PROOF THE BUILDING. WE SAID, OKAY. SO WE ASKED THE TENANT WHERE HOW MANY WOULD YOU WOULD YOU LIKE, WHERE, WHERE WOULD YOU NEED THEM? AND YOU'RE LIKE, WELL, WE WE DON'T REALLY SEE A DEMAND FOR IT, BUT, YOU KNOW, TRY TO KEEP IT OUT OF THE WAY. SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE'RE DEMANDS OF THE TENANT. WITH THE PROPOSED CHARGING STATIONS, YOU KNOW, SHORT OF THAT, I DON'T KNOW WHAT WHAT PROBLEM I'M TRYING TO SOLVE. GOOD EVENING, KEN TOUMA FROM DESIGN STUDIO. WE WILL ADD ONE MORE CHARGING STATION WHICH WILL BE TWO SPOTS. [01:40:05] THAT'S A TOTAL OF NINE OR A TOTAL OF TEN. SORRY, TOTAL. TEN SPOTS. TEN SPOTS. 400, BUT WE HAVE 140 EMPLOYEES IN THAT BUILDING BETWEEN THE TWO. IT'S. OKAY. CARL, CARL, GO. RIGHT. I WILL TURN MY COMMENTS OVER TO CARL. YES, CARL, PLEASE GO AHEAD. I LIKE THAT ONE BECAUSE I LIKE WHERE YOU GO. WELL, I'M GOING TO SUPPORT ROCHELLE IN THIS THIS TOPIC ON CHARGING STATIONS. SO WHAT KIND ARE THEY AND HOW FAST DO THEY CHARGE AND HOW MANY VEHICLES CAN WE SERVICE? SO WE'RE ADDRESSING A PROBLEM BEFORE THERE'S A PROBLEM. AND BECAUSE THERE'S GOING TO BE MORE ELECTRIC VEHICLES, THERE'S PROBABLY SEVERAL UP HERE. PROBABLY MOST OF YOU GUYS HAVE ELECTRIC VEHICLES. YOU HAVE A HYBRID, RIGHT? YOU DRIVE A CHEVY TAHOE. I DON'T CHARGE MY CAR. I, I WORK IN A 100,000 SQUARE FOOT OFFICE BUILDING. WE HAVE ONE CHARGING STATION AND THERE'S A CAR IN IT, I WOULD SAY PROBABLY MOST OF THE TIME. BUT THERE ARE ALSO OPPORTUNITIES WHERE IT'S EMPTY AND THAT'S 100,000 SQUARE FEET OFFICE. SO CAN YOU KNOW AS WELL AS ALL OF US, THIS IS THE DIRECTION THE CITY IS GOING. YOU KNOW, THE MORE ELECTRIC VEHICLES WE GET, THE MORE WE NEED TO SERVICE THEM, THE MORE WE MAY NOT WANT SOMEONE TO PARK IN IT ALL DAY, MAYBE GET THEIR CAR CHARGE AND LET SOMEBODY ELSE MOVE. SO WHAT KIND OF CHARGERS ARE THESE? THESE ARE THE TYPE TWO CHARGERS, AND I MIGHT GET MY TERMINOLOGY MIXED UP. THE TYPE TO CHARGE. I FORGET TO RECOGNIZE THAT THIS IS ALSO AN OFFICE BUILDING. SO PEOPLE WILL BE COMING IN, PLUGGING IN, PARKING THERE FOR THE COURSE OF THE DAY. THAT'S THE REASON WHY WE CHOSE A THE TYPE TWO CHARGERS THAT THE SLOWER ONE. WELL THERE'S THREE LEVELS. AND LOOK I'M OUTSIDE MY PAY GRADE SO I GET IT. SO THERE'S A SUPER DUPER CHARGER, THERE'S THE REGULAR ONE, AND THEN THERE'S A MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD, WHICH IS CONSISTENT FOR OFFICE BUILDINGS WITH ALL CHARGES AND PROBABLY IN ABOUT 8 HOURS VERSUS A SUPER CHARGER WHICH DOESN'T LIKE. I DON'T HAVE THE ELECTRIC CAR, BUT IT'S LIKE AN HOUR. YEAH. IS THERE A POSSIBILITY? A WAY. SO FIVE IS DEFINITELY BETTER THAN FOUR, SO WE WILL BE HAPPY WITH THAT TO MAKE SURE THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS THERE SHOULD THE NEED ARISE LATER FOR. BUT THAT IS THAT INFRASTRUCTURE OF MAKING SURE THAT THE TRANSFORMER IS SIZED APPROPRIATELY AND THE CONDUIT IS IN PLACE FOR FUTURE EXPANSION OR FUTURE EXPANSION OF THE NUMBER OF CHARGING STATIONS. YEAH. WE ALSO DID THAT WHEN WE BUILT BUILDINGS FIVE AND SIX. SO WE HAVE CONDUIT IN PLACE IN FRONT OF BUILDING SIX TO. PREPARE FOR THAT EVENTUALITY. OKAY, THEN WE WILL BE HAPPY WITH I WILL BE HAPPY WITH THE ADDITIONAL CHARGING STATION. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. I'M WAITING FOR MARCY, I BELIEVE. CARL, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT TO ADD? OKAY, I UNDERSTAND. YOU CAN GO. AND THEN I CAN MOVE ON FROM IT. YOU MIGHT AS WELL GO AHEAD. OKAY. SO, ROB, HOW MANY EMPLOYEES DOES THIS PLACE HAVE? AND HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE COMING AND GOING ROUGHLY. CURRENTLY 80 EMPLOYEES AT THE MOMENT. THE GOAL TO EXPAND TO 140. COMING AND GOING, I THINK THEY'RE PRETTY MUCH THEIR TYPICAL WORKDAY. SO I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE'S MUCH IN AND OUT OF THE FACILITY. SO THE GOOD THING IS IT'S NOT REALLY LIKE A TRAFFIC ATTRACTOR. SO JUST SPEAKING TO OUR CONSTITUENTS AND OUR RESIDENTS HERE, YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW HYPERSENSITIVE THIS COUNCIL IS TO TRAFFIC AND HOW MANY MEETINGS WE GO TO WITH FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND THE TRAFFIC ON THE ALTERNATE AS IT MERGES ONTO 95 AND THE INTERCHANGE AT NORTH LAKE AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO DEAL WITH TRAFFIC AT PGA AND THE TRAIL AND HOW IT MERGES ONTO I-90, FIVE SOUTHBOUND FROM EASTBOUND PGA AND WHAT'S GOING ON WITH OUR TRAFFIC SIGNALS AND HOW THEY COMMUNICATE WITH OTHER TRAFFIC SIGNALS SO WE CAN KEEP STUFF GOING, AS YOU CAN TELL. SO THERE IS GOING TO BE AN INTERCHANGE AT THE B-LINE. I THINK IT'S STILL IN PROGRESS, RIGHT, NATALIE? IT'S MOVING ON. WITH DOT THAT. OR WAS IT ON HOLD? IT'S THE PROPOSED INTERCHANGE WITH DOT AND AT NORTH LINK AND THE B-LINE IS IS ABSOLUTELY MOVING. I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I DIDN'T SPEAK OUT OF TURN ON THAT. SO THERE IS A REMEDY FOR MOVING THE TRAFFIC MORE EFFICIENTLY ON NORTH LAKE. BUT. AND WE ARE CAREFUL AND WE'RE SENSITIVE. BUT THIS IS A GOOD PROJECT AND THIS IS A NOT A HIGH DENSITY TRAFFIC WHERE WHERE, YOU KNOW, SO THERE GOING TO BE TONS OF PEOPLE COMING AND GOING. IT'S GOOD FOR THE COMMUNITY AND AND I AM GOING TO SUPPORT IT. [01:45:03] BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU GUYS KNOW THAT WE'RE VERY CAREFUL. ON EVERY VOTE WE MAKE AND EVERYTHING THAT PUTS A. NAIL INTO THE CITY. SO IT'S ALREADY AN INDUSTRIAL AREA. THEN YOU'RE TUCKED AWAY IN THERE WHERE IT'S PERFECT FOR SOME WAREHOUSE. AND THERE WAS A CONVERSATION BROUGHT UP THAT I HAD THE OTHER DAY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE SENSITIVE TO THE LANDSCAPE AND THE THE HEIGHT OF THE BERM WITH THE LANDSCAPING. SO THE WHETHER IT'S CYPRESS OR LEXINGTON OR WHEREVER YOU GUYS LIVE, THERE WILL BE A HEIGHT AND A NOISE BUFFER. SO YOU GUYS SHOULDN'T BE. A VICTIM OR. OR BE BOTHERED BY THE TRAFFIC THAT'S GOING TO BE MOVING IN THERE. SO. I THINK THAT'S ALL I HAD. I LIKE THE I LIKE THE CHARGING STATION THING BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GOING. WE ALL KNOW THAT'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE THING. AND I'M, I'M GOOD. I'M GOOD WITH IT. ROB SO ANOTHER THING THAT I BROUGHT UP HERE WITH MY FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS, I'M USUALLY THE BIG MOUTH ON THE ART AND PUBLIC PLACES. SO EVEN THOUGH SOMETIMES I SAY IT AHEAD OF TIME, I'M ALWAYS GOING TO PUSH ART IN PUBLIC PLACES. SO CAN, YOU KNOW, WITH PROJECTS GOING FORWARD THAT THAT I'M ALREADY GOING TO BE THERE OR I MIGHT HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A PROBLEM WITH IT. WE DON'T NEED THE MONEY IN OUR AP BOARD, OUR FUND. SO I APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THAT UP. SO DO IT RIGHT, SIR. SURE. SO FOR THE FOR OUR LAST PROJECT WITH BUILDINGS FIVE AND SIX, WE COMMISSIONED PETER GARAGE TO BUILD THE HAND OF TIME. WE HAVE. COMMISSIONED HIM FOR THE NEXT PIECE THAT'S GOING TO BE IN THE SPOT RIGHT BETWEEN BUILDINGS FIVE AND BUILDING TWO. SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT IT. THE CEO OF THE TENANT IS REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IT PARTICIPATING IN THE DESIGN PROCESS. SO THAT'S UNDERWAY. WE HAVE SOME CONCEPTS AND SO WE WE REALLY LIKED HOW THE, THE ART BROUGHT OUR FIRST PROJECT TOGETHER AND WE HOPE TO DO THE SAME THING WITH WITH THIS ONE. WELL, I'M GOOD WITH THAT, MAYOR. THANK YOU. AND I BRING THE ART AND PUBLIC PLACES UP THIS BECAUSE IT'S IT'S A IT'S GOOD FOR THE COMMUNITY AND I KNOW YOU'RE TUCKED AWAY BACK THERE, BUT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WILL APPRECIATE IT AND AND I'M GOING TO SUPPORT IT. AND I LIKE IT. AND YOU GUYS ARE WELCOME TO THE CITY. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. CALL MARCI. THANK YOU. I'LL START BY SAYING THANK YOU FOR BRINGING UP YOUR CONCERNS, AND I APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE AND VOICING THEM FOR SURE. AND I AGREE WITH CARL. THAT WAS WELL SAID. WE DO TAKE TRAFFIC VERY SERIOUSLY. IT IS PROBABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT THING AND THAT'S THE ONE THING THAT EVERY RESIDENT IS ALWAYS CONCERNED ABOUT AS AS WE ARE, WE LIVE HERE, WE WORK HERE AND WE TRAVEL ON THE SAME ROADS AND HOURS, JUST JUST AS FRUSTRATED. WE HAVE MET AND TALKED AND LISTENED TO DOT'S. THEIR SUGGESTIONS AND WHAT THEY'RE DOING FOR B-LINE AND NORTH LAKE, AS CARL MENTIONED. AND THEY ARE PLANNING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT ALONG WITH OTHER OTHER ROADS. OBVIOUSLY, THOSE RIGHTS OF WAY ARE NOT IN OUR JURISDICTION, BUT WE STILL WORK AS HARD AS WE POSSIBLY CAN TO ENCOURAGE THAT. THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS THERE FOR ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS. AND SO WITH THAT SAID, THIS DEVELOPMENT, AS NATALIE POINTED OUT, IS ACTUALLY A REDUCTION IN THEIR ALREADY APPROVED VESTING OF SQUARE FOOTAGE. SO WHILE THEY COULD BE BUILDING A 20,000, ALMOST 21,000 MORE SQUARE FEET, THEY'RE ACTUALLY REDUCING THAT, WHICH IS A 2000 AND CHANGE CARS LESS ON THE ROAD THAN WHAT THEY'RE ALREADY ALLOWED TO BUILD. SO THAT IS WHY WE ARE IN FAVOR OF IT. IF THEY WERE ASKING FOR MORE TRIPS, THAT WOULD BE A WHOLE NOTHER STORY. WE WOULD BE CONSIDERING THAT. AND I KNOW NATALIE AND HER TEAM WOULD BE REALLY LOOKING VERY SERIOUSLY AT AT THAT IF THAT WERE THE CASE. BUT IT'S NOT AND I DO APPRECIATE THE APPLICANT TAKING THE LANDSCAPE QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS SERIOUSLY AND ADDRESSING THEM AND MAKING SURE THAT THE PROPERTY MANAGER MANAGERS FOR THE OTHER PORTIONS WILL DO THE SAME FOR THE AREAS THAT YOU'RE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR, TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ADDRESS THOSE CONCERNS GOING FORWARD AND ALSO IN THE MAINTENANCE WORLD AS WELL, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY LANDSCAPE DIES OVER [01:50:06] TIME JUST LIKE US. WE ALL HAVE LIFE SPANS AND SO DOES LANDSCAPE. SO, YOU KNOW, YOU GOT TO FIX IT, REPLACE IT, BUT WE EXPECT YOU TO DO THAT. SO THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT. AND AGAIN, I APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING YOUR CONCERNS TO US. AND I CAN EMPATHIZE AS WELL 100%. THANK YOU, MARCY. ANYBODY ELSE? WELL, I'M PRETTY MUCH A LIFELONG RESIDENT HERE. THIS ACTUAL BUILDING WE'RE SITTING IN USED TO BE A PILE OF DIRT WHERE WE USED TO LOOK FOR DINOSAUR BONES. AND I WAS A KID. I WOULD RIDE MY BIKE RIGHT HERE. AND BURNES ROAD IS WHERE I USED TO FEED MY FAVORITE HORSE. CARROTS AND SUGAR CUBES. I GET IT. I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE EXPERIENCING, BUT I WILL ASSURE YOU THAT OUR STAFF IS PRIMARILY RESIDENTS. THIS COUNCIL WERE ALL RESIDENTS AND HAVE DEEP, DEEP TIES HERE. EVERY SINGLE TRIP, EVERY SINGLE BUILDING. WE REALLY, REALLY THINK ABOUT. AND OUR STAFF ADVOCATES FOR DEVELOPERS WHO HAVE VESTED RIGHTS TO BUILD HERE TO REDUCE THE SIZE OF IT, TO REDUCE TRIPS. THESE FOLKS ARE SAVING OAK TREES. THEY BUILT THEIR PARKING LOT AROUND THE EXISTING TREES. I THINK THAT'S A VOTE OF CONFIDENCE IN THEIR FAVOR AS WELL. THEY'RE GOING TO DO EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO BE GOOD NEIGHBORS. SOMETHING'S GOING TO GO THERE. IT IS ZONED FOR IT AND THEY HAVE VESTED RIGHTS TO IT. THIS IS A GOOD PROJECT AND I UNDERSTAND YOUR CONCERN. IT'S BEEN HERE A LOT LONGER THAN THIS COUNCIL HAS AS WELL. SO IT IT'S I THINK IT IS A GOOD PROJECT. I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS SAYING YOU'LL BE GOOD NEIGHBORS AND FOLLOW THROUGH WITH THE LANDSCAPING. AND I KNOW OUR STAFF WILL BE WATCHING TO MAKE SURE IN THIS COUNCIL AS WELL. SO THAT SAID, I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE HEARING. CAN I GET A MOTION AND A SECOND? OH, I DID THAT. SO ALL IN FAVOR. I OPPOSED MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MOVING ON TO RESOLUTION 46, 2022, IF I COULD PLEASE HAVE THE CLERK READ THE TITLE, RESOLUTION 46, 2022, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL, THE [VIII.d. *RESOLUTION 46, 2022 – AVENIR DEVELOPMENT, LLC SITE PLAN APPROVAL. A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA, GRANTING SITE PLAN, MAJOR CONDITIONAL USE, AND MINOR CONDITIONAL USE APPROVAL FOR A 376,759-SQUARE-FOOT COMMERCIAL RETAIL DEVELOPMENT ON APPROXIMATELY 51.55 ACRES WITHIN THE TOWN CENTER DISTRICT (PARCEL B) OF THE AVENIR PLANNED COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT (PCD) MASTER PLAN, WHICH IS GENERALLY LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF NORTHLAKE BOULEVARD, EAST OF COCONUT BOULEVARD, AND WEST OF AVENIR DRIVE, AS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED HEREIN; PROVIDING CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL; PROVIDING WAIVERS; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.] CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA GRANTING SITE PLAN MAJOR CONDITIONAL USE AND MINOR CONDITIONAL USE APPROVAL FOR 376,759 SQUARE FOOT COMMERCIAL RETAIL DEVELOPMENT ON APPROXIMATELY 51.55 ACRES WITHIN THE TOWN CENTER DISTRICT PARCEL B OF THE AVENIR PLAN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PCD MASTER PLAN, WHICH IS GENERALLY LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF NORTH LAKE BOULEVARD, EAST OF COCONUT BOULEVARD AND WEST OF AVENUE DRIVE IS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED HEREIN PROVIDING CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL, PROVIDING WAIVERS, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE FOR THE PURPOSES. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU AGAIN, PATTY. WE APPRECIATE IT. I'M GOING TO OPEN THE HEARING AND WE'RE GOING TO START EXPARTE VERY SLOWLY. SO BECAUSE WE HAVE WE'RE OUT ONE, MARCY. I'LL PARTY. I HAVE IN THE PAST SPOKE WITH THE APPLICANT, ROSA, DANNY, MANNY, TANYA AND ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS IN REGARDS TO THEIR OVERALL PROJECT AND THIS ONE AS WELL. THANK YOU, MARK. SAME. NOTHING SPECIFIC ABOUT THE PARTICULAR PROJECT WE SEE BEFORE US, BUT GENERAL CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE TOWN CENTER WITH THE APPLICANTS IN THE PAST. THANK YOU, CARL. I GUESS I WOULD HAVE TO BE THE SAME, BUT NOTHING SPECIFIC TO ANYTHING IN THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT. JUST OVER GENERAL CONVERSATIONS. ALL RIGHT, I'LL GO FIRST WHILE WE WAIT FOR ROCHELLE. I DO HAVE EX PARTE WITH ROSA AND TONYA ON JULY 21ST AND JULY 28TH. THE SUBJECT WAS NOT DISCUSSED AND SPECIFIC. AND ROCHELLE, DO YOU HAVE ANY EX PARTE? AMAZINGLY, NO. I DID NOT TALK TO ANYONE ON THIS PROJECT. EXCELLENT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. MAY I PLEASE HAVE THE PRESENTATION? HI, KEN. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. YES, MA'AM. GOOD. GOOD EVENING, KEN TOONE WITH URBAN DESIGN STUDIO. I'M THIRD IN A ROW, MR. WOODS, AND I'LL PROBABLY BE 20 MINUTES THIS EVENING BECAUSE THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT PROJECT. I KNOW, BUT BUT BUT I'M GOING TO WALK THROUGH ABOUT 30 SLIDES OF THINGS AND WHAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU THIS EVENING. I HAVE BEEN SWORN IN, BY THE WAY. MY ADDRESS IS 610 CLEMATIS STREET, WHICH YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU THIS EVENING, IS A COLLABORATION THAT HAS OCCURRED OVER MANY YEARS. THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN IN THE PROCESS. GOSH, I BET FOR FOUR YEARS. I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY, BUT IT'S BEEN A COLLABORATION WORKING WITH YOUR STAFF, TRYING TO COME TO A PLAN THAT MAKES SENSE FOR YOUR STAFF, FOR OUR CLIENTS, FOR THE RESIDENTS OF AVENUE. THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT RESIDENTS IN AVANIR NOW AND THEN ALSO FINALLY THE TENANTS. IT HAS TAKEN A LONG TIME TO GET TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY, BUT IS A PLAN THAT I THINK THAT IF YOU APPROVE TONIGHT THAT YOU'LL BE PROUD TO HAVE WITHIN THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS. THE KEY DESIGN CONCEPT BETWEEN FOR THIS PLAN WAS TO CREATE A VIBRANT TOWN CENTER, AND THAT VIBRANT TOWN CENTER INVOLVES PEDESTRIAN ACTIVITY, GOLF CART ACTIVITY, BECAUSE WE'RE IN AVENIR AND THERE ARE GOLF CARTS ALL OVER AVANIR TO CREATE CONNECTIVITY THROUGH THAT AND ALSO VEHICULAR CONNECTIONS TOO, BECAUSE WE WANT TO [01:55:07] MAKE SURE PEOPLE COME. THIS IS JUST NOT TO SERVE THE REST OF AVANIR, IT WILL SERVE THE SURROUNDING RESIDENTS, ALSO INCLUDING IBIS AND THE ACREAGE AREA. SO I'M GOING TO WALK YOU THROUGH ABOUT 25 TO 30 SLIDES. I'LL DO IT FAIRLY QUICKLY, BUT I AM GOING TO GO THROUGH A COUPLE OF KEY ITEMS. FIRST, ON THE SCREEN IN FRONT OF YOU IS THE LOCATION OF THE SITE. IT'S THE TOWN CENTER SITE. THAT ENTIRE SITE THAT'S ON THE SCREEN IS ABOUT 84 ACRES. THERE ARE REALLY THREE PHASES IN THIS PROJECT. WHAT'S IN FRONT OF YOU THIS EVENING ARE TWO PHASES. THE THIRD PHASE, WHICH IS A TOWNHOMES, WILL BE SUBMITTED TOMORROW TO THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS FOR THEIR SECOND REVIEW, LETTING YOU KNOW YOU'LL BE GETTING SOME PAPER TOMORROW. SO THAT WILL BE SUBMITTED TOMORROW. SO THAT PROCESS IS MOVING FORWARD ALSO, AND I HOPE TO BRING THAT IN FRONT OF YOU BY THE END OF THIS YEAR. BUT WE'LL SEE WHERE WE GO AS OUR WORK, OUR WAY THROUGH THE COMMENTS. SO YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THE SITE, THE REQUESTS THAT ARE ACTUALLY IN FRONT OF YOU? THERE ARE SEVERAL. FIRST IS THE SITE PLAN APPROVAL FOR PHASE ONE AND PHASE TWO, WHICH ARE COMMERCIAL AND OFFICE AND RETAIL BUILDINGS, PHASE ONE AND PHASE TWO. AND I'LL GET INTO DETAIL WHY WE HAVE A PHASE ONE AND PHASE TWO IN A LITTLE BIT. IT'S A TOTAL OF 376,000 SQUARE FEET. OF THAT, 120,000 SQUARE FEET IS OFF OF SQUARE FOOTAGE. THERE'S ALSO APPROVAL OF THE REQUEST IS TO APPROVE THE PCD ENTRY FEATURE, WHICH IS LOCATED AT THE CORNER OF COCONUT AND NORTH LAKE BOULEVARD. SO WE'LL HAVE NICE ENTRY FEATURES SIMILAR TO WHAT IS EAST ON THE AVENUE ENTRANCE WAY. THERE ARE OTHER MINOR, THERE ARE OTHER APPROVALS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS MASTER PLAN, INCLUDING OUTDOOR DISPLAY AREA. WE HAVE A GROCERY STORE, IT'S GREEN AND THEY HAVE SOME OUTDOOR DISPLAY AREA. THERE'S ALSO A MAJOR CONDITIONAL USE TO ALLOW A DRUGSTORE WITH A DRIVE THRU PHARMACY SIMILAR TO A CVS OR A WALGREENS, AND THEN A MINOR CONDITIONAL USE, WHICH IS REQUIRED BECAUSE THE GROCERY STORE PUBLIX IS LOOKING TO HAVE A DRIVE THRU FOR ITS PHARMACY. VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU SEE AT ALTON TODAY, WHERE THE DRIVE THRU IN THAT PHARMACY. AND THEN FINALLY THERE'S A SERIES OF WAIVERS. THOSE WAIVERS ARE REALLY IN TWO CHUNKS. THE FIRST CHUNK IS ABOUT SOME OF THE REQUEST CHANGES TO DESIGN GUIDELINES. AND THE SECOND CHUNK ARE REALLY SIGNAGE REQUIREMENTS. THE SIGNAGE CODE WITHIN THE CITY WHICH WHICH DEFAULTS HERE DOESN'T NECESSARILY WORK FOR THE MIXED USE PROJECTS BECAUSE THE BUILDINGS ARE A LITTLE FURTHER SET BACK. AGAIN, CONSISTENT WHAT YOU'VE SEEN IN ALTON AND THE OTHER MIXED USE CENTERS IN THE IN THE CITY. SO THE DEVELOPMENT SITE THAT IS IN FRONT OF YOU THIS EVENING IS 51.37 ACRES. IT'S A 346,000 SQUARE FEET OF MIX OF RETAIL, RESTAURANTS, GROCERIES, DRUGSTORES, OFFICE, HOTEL AND OUTDOOR SEATING AREAS. I'M GOING TO WALK YOU THROUGH THE SITE PLAN REAL QUICK AND THEN I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH DETAILS TO THE SOUTH. DOWN HERE ON THE BOTTOM IS NORTH LAKE BOULEVARD. TO THE WEST IS COCONUT. THIS IS THE EXTENSION OF COCONUT. AS YOU GO INTO THE ACREAGE TO THE SOUTH AND TO THE NORTH, YOU COME INTO THE ROUNDABOUT. THE COCONUT ROAD EXTENSION IS PRACTICALLY CONSTRUCTED TODAY. AVENUE HAS BEEN MOVING FORWARD AND CONSTRUCTING THAT INDEED AND CONSTRUCTING THAT. THE LANDSCAPE IS GOING IN AND THE WHOLE AREA IS GETTING CONSTRUCTED. SO THE NEXT PART ABOUT THE SITE PLAN IS KIND OF THE FRAMEWORK OF STREETS. IT'S PART OF THE REQUIREMENT OF DESIGN GUIDELINES AS YOU GO DOWN THE MIDDLE, THIS STREET RIGHT HERE IS CALLED THE PREMIER STREET OR THE MAIN STREET. THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE MAIN STREET REQUIRE YOU TO BRING THE BUILDINGS CLOSER TO THE ROAD. NOT HAVE PARKING ALONG ALONG ALONG THE NOT HAVE A PARKING IN FRONT OF THE BUILDING. HOWEVER, PARALLEL PARKING IS ALLOWED. AND THEN THERE IS THESE ARE RETAIL. SO AS YOU PULL IN, YOU'LL SEE RETAIL ON BOTH SIDES, SMALLER CENTERS WITH OUTDOOR RESTAURANTS AND YOU PULL DOWN THE MAIN STREET IMMEDIATELY. YOU'LL NOTICE THESE TWO BUILDINGS. AND THEN THERE'S LARGE PUBLIC GATHERING AREAS, WHICH I'LL SHOW YOU DETAILS IN A LITTLE BIT. THE IDEA WAS TO KIND OF ENERGIZE A CENTER IN THESE OPEN SPACES THAT ARE SURROUNDING THESE BUILDINGS. TO GIVE YOU A FRAME OF REFERENCE AS YOU I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT ALTON BECAUSE THE MOST RECENT APPROVAL AND YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH IT, WHEN YOU GO BY THE RESTAURANTS IN ALTON, THERE'S THAT LARGE OPEN SPACE THAT'S KIND OF THE SIMILAR DESIGN OF WHAT THIS IS. AND THEN YOU IMMEDIATELY CONTINUE FURTHER NORTH ON THE MAIN ROAD. AND THEN THESE BUILDINGS 19, 20, 22 AND 20, WHICH ARE IN PHASE TWO, ARE OFFICE BUILDINGS. SO THOSE WILL COME IN AN OFFICE BUILDING. SO THE IDEA IS TO HAVE THE OFFICE BUILDINGS FURTHER NORTH AND THEN FINALLY THE MAIN ROAD WILL TERMINATE ONTO THE FUTURE TOWNHOMES THAT WILL BE COMING IN FRONT OF YOU, HOPEFULLY LATER THIS YEAR. THE IDEA IS TO CREATE PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIVITY BETWEEN ALL OF THOSE. NOW, AS YOU LOOK AT THE CENTER ON THE OTHER SIDE HERE, YOU'LL SEE A GROCERY EXCUSE ME HERE YOU'LL SEE A PHARMACY. AND THEN THIS IS A GROCERY STORE. AND THE ASSOCIATED USES THAT GO ALONG FOR GROCERY STORE, INCLUDING RESTAURANT SPACES IMMEDIATELY TO THE EAST AND GET PART OF PHASE TWO. THESE SET OF BUILDINGS WILL BE RETAIL AND RESTAURANT ALSO. SO LET ME WALK YOU THROUGH A LITTLE BIT OF DETAIL, AND IT'S ONE TO GIVE YOU THE QUICK OVERVIEW OF WHAT'S HAPPENING. [02:00:01] SO AS I SAID, THREE PHASES. THE FIRST TWO PHASES ARE IN FRONT OF YOU TONIGHT. PHASE ONE IS BUILDINGS ONE THROUGH EIGHT. THIS IS A PUBLIX AND BUILDING ONE THROUGH EIGHT ENDING HERE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE MAIN ENTRANCE. ALL THOSE BUILDINGS ARE PART OF PHASE ONE. THE REQUEST FOR THE TONIGHT IS BOTH A SITE PLAN APPROVAL AND ARCHITECTURAL APPROVALS FOR THOSE FOR PHASE TWO IDENTIFIED IN RED, WE'RE REQUESTING APPROVAL OF THE WORDS EXCUSE ME, WE'RE REQUESTING APPROVAL OF THE HORIZONTAL SITE PLAN, BUT THE BUILDINGS WILL COME BACK BEFORE YOU IN THE FUTURE WHEN WE KNOW MORE WHAT THAT'S GOING TO COME. AND B, IT WILL BE CONSISTENT IN DESIGN OF THE OTHER BUILDINGS. BUT AT THIS POINT IN TIME, THE ARCHITECTURE IS NOT COMPLETE. HOWEVER, THE SQUARE FOOTAGE THERE. SO THE REASON WHY THAT'S IMPORTANT IS BECAUSE IT SETS UP THE GRID AND A NETWORK OF STREETS. SO IN THE FUTURE, WHEN THOSE OFFICE BUILDINGS COME ONLINE, THEY'LL BE CONSISTENT WITH THE WAY THAT THE ROAD NETWORK IS SET UP. THE FINAL PHASE, WHICH IS THE THIRD PHASE, WHICH I SAID A LITTLE BIT EARLIER, COMPLETELY SEPARATE SITE PLAN AND APPROVALS, AND THAT HOPEFULLY WILL COME TO YOU LATER THIS YEAR. SO I STARTED TALKING ABOUT DESIGN STANDARDS. I'M NOT GOING TO WALK YOU THROUGH HOW MANY PAGES THEY ARE, BUT THOSE DESIGN GUIDELINES SET UP THE CRITERIA FOR THE ROAD NETWORK, A SET OF THE CRITERIA FOR THE SIDEWALKS, THE FORM OF ARCHITECTURE, AND ALL THE DESIGN REGULATIONS THAT'S MADE AVANIR SO SUCCESSFUL SINCE ITS APPROVAL IN 2016. SO KEY KEY CONCEPTS HERE. VEHICULAR AND PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIONS. SO I'M GOING TO SPEND SOME TIME TALKING ABOUT VEHICULAR CONNECTIONS FIRST AND I'LL TALK ABOUT PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIONS. SO THE VEHICULAR CONNECTIONS ARE ON THE SCREEN IN FRONT OF YOU HERE. SO THERE ARE THIS NETWORK OF STREETS IS REALLY IMPORTANT. THE PREMIER STREET THAT GOES DOWN THE MIDDLE, THAT'S A FULL INTERSECTION AND I'LL SHOW YOU THAT IT WILL HAVE A SIGNAL ON IT. BUT THIS IS A FULL INTERSECTION HERE. AND THIS PREMIER STREET IS A STREET THAT HAS ON STREET PARKING ON BOTH SIDES. IT THEN HAS AN EIGHT FOOT SIDEWALK AND THEN IT HAS EATING AREAS. SO IT'S CREATING THAT REAL WALKABILITY. THE NEXT SERIES OF STREET ARE THE PINK STREETS. THOSE ARE THE PRIMARY STREETS. THOSE PRIMARY STREETS ARE IMPORTANT TRANSPORTATION CORRIDORS, BUT THEY ALSO SERVE A PURPOSE BY ALLOWING SEPARATION OF PARKING. SO THOSE TRANSPORTATION CORRIDORS ALONG THE EAST SIDE, THERE IS AN EIGHT FOOT SIDEWALK ON ONE SIDE, A 12 FOOT SIDEWALK ON THE OTHER SIDE. KEEPING THAT CONSISTENT WITH THE AVENUE THEME THAT YOU SEE GOING DOWN THE SPINE ROAD WAS AN EIGHT FOOT SIDEWALK ON ONE SIDE AND A 12 FOOT SIDEWALK ON THE OTHER TO HAVE GOLF CART CONNECTIVITY, PEDESTRIAN ACTIVITY, BIKES AND RUNNING. SO THE ROADS IN PINK ARE THOSE ARE THE PRIMARY ROADS. THE NEXT SET OF ROADS IN BLUE ARE THE SECONDARY ROADS. SO THESE ARE THE ROADS THAT PARKING SHOWS UP ON THE SECONDARY ROAD. AND THAT'S PART OF THE DESIGN CONCEPT WITH THE AVENUE OR TOWN CENTER WITH THE AVENUE OR TOWN CENTER IS THE WAY IT WORKS IS THE ROAD NETWORK SETS UP THE LANDSCAPE BUFFERING. SO THE LANDSCAPE BUFFERING HERE IS LESS, THE PARKING SPACES GET A LITTLE CLOSER. THE SIDEWALKS ON BOTH SIDES OF THOSE BLUE ROADS ARE FIVE FEET WIDE. AND THEN THERE'S A THEN THERE'S A HEDGE ON BOTH SIDES TO CREATE THAT LANDSCAPE BUFFER. SO ENTRANCE POINTS OFF OF NORTH LAKE BOULEVARD. ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT HAND SIDE OF YOUR SCREEN, THERE ARE THREE ENTRANCE POINTS. THE ONE IN THE MIDDLE, THE MAIN STREET IS A FULL INTERSECTION WHERE YOU'LL HAVE THE EAST OR NORTH SOUTH. EXCUSE ME. RIGHT IN, RIGHT OUT, LEFT, IN, LEFT OUT A FULL INTERSECTION. THESE TWO WILL BE RIGHT IN AND RIGHT OUT ONLY. SO THOSE ARE THE ENTRANCES OFF OF. NORTH LAKE BOULEVARD OFF OF COCONUT. THERE ARE THREE MAJOR CONNECTION POINTS IN ONE MINOR CONNECTION POINT. THE FIRST ONE HERE AND HERE. THESE ARE RIGHT IN, RIGHT OUT. ONLY THIS MINOR ENTRANCE POINT IS TO THE BACK OF THE PUBLIX FACILITY, WHICH, BY THE WAY, THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT WALL LANDSCAPING, WHICH YOU WILL NOT SEE THE LOADING AREA FROM THE BACK. THE LOADING AREAS IS HERE AND THE TRUCKS BACK IN, AND THEN THEY'LL PULL OUT THIS WAY TO LEAVE AVENIR. AND THEN HERE AT THE ROUNDABOUT, THIS IMPORTANT PRIMARY STREET CONNECTS ALL THE WAY TO PHASE ONE. AND THAT AS YOU ROLL AROUND WHAT IS TOLL BROTHERS PROJECT AND THEN K HOVNANIAN PROJECT, YOU'LL SEE THERE'S A CONNECTION IN A STUB ROAD THAT ENDS. THAT ROAD WILL NOW CONTINUE ALL THE WAY AROUND AND CREATE THAT CONNECTION POINT. SO YOU'LL BE ABLE TO GO AROUND THE ROUNDABOUT, HAVE INGRESS AND EGRESS, THE ALSO SECOND PART OF THAT ROAD NETWORK, WHICH YOU'LL SEE WHEN THE TOWNHOMES COME IN. SO WE'RE BRINGING THE TOWNHOMES RIGHT UP TO IT. SO IT'S REALLY GOING TO BE A PEDESTRIAN WALK. THE FRONT OF THEIR TOWNHOMES WILL BE RIGHT UP HERE. AND IT'LL CREATE THAT NICE STREETSCAPE. SO INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS. I HEARD A LOT OF COMMENTS ABOUT TRAFFIC THIS EVENING. FIRST THINGS FIRST. WE ARE NOT REQUESTING ANY ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC THAN WHAT'S ALREADY BEEN IMPROVED WITHIN AVANIR. THAT IS NOT A REQUEST THAT IS IN FRONT OF YOU THIS EVENING. HOWEVER, THERE WERE QUESTIONS ABOUT NORTH LAKE BOULEVARD. NOW, OF COURSE, THE PROJECT BEFORE WAS FURTHER EAST. BUT LET ME TELL YOU WHAT'S HAPPENING ON NORTH LAKE BOULEVARD, KIND OF WHERE WE ARE. THE NORTH LAKE BOULEVARD IS THE WIDENING PROJECT. AS YOU KNOW. THE FIRST PORTION IS OUR END. [02:05:02] ON THE SECOND PORTION, WHICH GOES BASICALLY FROM THIS ENTRANCE POINT TO THE WEST, IS WELL UNDERWAY. THE CONTRACT HAS NOW BEEN LET TO RANGER AND THAT WORK IS GOING TO START BY THE END OF THE YEAR. THAT INCLUDES BOTH PHASE ONE CONNECTION TO TO COCONUT AND PHASE TWO CONNECTIONS TO THE TOWN CENTER. SO ALL THOSE CONNECTION POINTS ARE BEING MADE AT NORTH LAKE BOULEVARD AND AVENUE DRIVE. THIS IS AN IMPORTANT QUESTION. IS THERE GOING TO BE A SIGNAL? WE RECENTLY HAD A TRAFFIC STUDY DONE AND THAT IT NOW MEETS THE WARRANTS. WE'RE STARTING THE PERMITTING PROCESS. WE HOPE TO HAVE THAT INSTALLED SOMETIME IN 2023. I'M NORTH LAKE BOULEVARD AND COCONUT. THIS INTERSECTION HERE ALWAYS A QUESTION ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING THERE. THE PLANS ARE UNDERWAY. THE THERE IS A CONTRACTOR UNDER CONTRACT AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE IN TURN, THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE FIRST SET OF CONDITIONS IS GOING TO BE DONE BY THEIR START BY THE END OF THIS YEAR. AND WE EXPECT IT TO BE COMPLETED IN JUNE OF 2023. WE HAVE A VERY SPECIFIC CONDITION IN YOUR DEVELOPMENT OR YOUR STAFF, OF COURSE, IS ALWAYS LOOKING OUT FOR THE CITY. THEY PUT A VERY SPECIFIC CONDITION WHICH REQUIRES EITHER THE NORTH LAKE OR AVANIR EXCUSE ME, NORTH LAKE AND AVENIR. OR NORTH LAKE AND COKE SIGNALS TO BE OPERATIONAL BEFORE WE GET A CEO. THAT'S ALSO PART OF ONE OF OUR CONTRACTS WITH ONE OF THE TENANTS. FIRST I TAKE THAT BACK. IT IS NOT ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS WITH THE TENANTS. THE TENANT REQUIREMENT IS THAT THE ROAD IS CONSTRUCTED. SO SIDEWALKS, PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIONS ARE AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE PROJECT. WE HAVE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF SIDEWALKS. THERE IS ALSO MULTIPURPOSE TRAILS, COMMUNITY GREENS, LINEAR PARK, PUBLIC PLACES, A LOT OF OPEN SPACE ON THIS SITE. SO FIRST, LET'S GO THROUGH THE SIDEWALK CONNECTION, THE 12 FOOT SIDEWALK CONNECTIONS ON THE SCREEN IN FRONT OF YOU AND THE REDDISH BROWN COLOR. THOSE ARE ALL 12 FOOT PATHS, KIND OF A MULTIMODAL AVENUE. YOUR CONNECTION POINT TYING OFF BOTH THE EAST SIDE TO THE SPINE ROUTE AND TO THE WEST SIDE, THE COCONUT BOULEVARD. SO EVERYONE WILL HAVE ACCESS VIA BIKE, VIA PEDESTRIAN, VIA A GOLF CART TO THE AVENUE OR TO THE AVENUE OR TOWN CENTER, THE NEXT SET OF SIDEWALKS. SO YOU GET IN THAT HIERARCHY, THERE'S THOSE EIGHT FOOT SIDEWALKS WITHOUT A THROUGH AVENUE IDENTIFIED IN PINK ARE THE EIGHT FOOT SIDEWALKS AGAIN MAKING THE CONNECTION ALL THE WAY TO NORTH LAKE BOULEVARD AND WORKING OUR WAY DOWN HERE ON THE SECONDARY STREET ON THE EAST SIDE. WE DON'T HAVE NAMES YET, SO IT'S THE STREET CLOSEST. THE TOLL IS WHAT WE CALL IT, BUT IT'S THE SECONDARY STREET ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE SCREEN. THEN THERE IS THE CONNECTION AND THE REQUIREMENT OF THE FIVE FOOT SIDEWALKS WHICH ARE THROUGH THE SECONDARY STREETS. BY THESE PARKING AREAS. THEY CREATE THIS COLLECTOR AREA. YOU WALK FROM YOUR CAR TO THE FIVE FOOT SIDEWALK, THEN YOU MAKE YOUR WAY INTO THE RETAIL, RESIDENTIAL OR COMMERCIAL AREA. SO THIS IS A SIDEWALK NETWORK, SO LOTS AND LOTS OF CONNECTIONS. I KNOW ALL OF YOU HAVE BEEN TO STANDARD SHOPPING CENTERS BEFORE. THIS IS NOT A STANDARD SHOPPING CENTER. TAKE A LOOK AT THOSE SIDEWALK CONNECTIONS, THE TREES, THE LANDSCAPING, EVERYTHING, INC.. THE NEXT SLIDE IS PROBABLY IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT CONNECTIONS THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON FOR MANY, MANY MONTHS, ACTUALLY YEARS AND HOW TO CONNECT THE TOWNHOMES AND ALSO HOW TO BREAK UP THE SEA OF PAVEMENT WITHIN THE SITE. SO THE CENTER IDENTIFIED IN RED ON THE SCREEN IS AN AREA WE'RE CALLING PASEO THAT'S CHANGED ITS NAME OVER THE YEARS, BUT IT'S NOW CALLED THE CHAOS, AND IT'S REALLY A WALKWAY TO CONNECT THE TOWNHOMES TO THE NORTH, THE OFFICE, TO THE OFFICE, TO THE RETAIL, AND KIND OF CREATE A NICE BREAK IN THAT SEA OF LANDSCAPING BY ALLOWING PEOPLE TO WALK AND HAVE A NICE, COMFORTABLE SPOT FOR A CONNECTION POINT. SO LET'S LOOK AT THAT IN A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL. SO THIS PASSAGE IS IDENTIFIED HERE IN RED. WHEN YOU PULL INTO THE CENTER, YOU'RE PROBABLY GOING TO COME IN THIS WAY. OR YOU MAY IF YOU'RE COMING OFF A NORTH LAKE, YOU MAY COME IN OFF OF THIS ENTRANCE POINT THAT ROAD DOES NOT GO THROUGH. IT WASN'T INTENDED AND IT WASN'T A TO DESIGN CRITERIA TO MAKE THAT GO THROUGH SAID HEY, LET'S MAKE IT MORE LANDSCAPE HARDSCAPE AND WALKABLE. SO IN THE SCREEN BELOW THIS IS LOOKING NORTH TOWARDS THE CENTER. ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE, YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THE PEAK OF THE TOWER OF THE OF THE PUBLIC BUILDING HERE. AND THESE ARE THE LIGHTS, THE LANDSCAPE. YOU GET A FEEL OF WHAT THE LANDSCAPING IS. AS YOU KNOW, THESE ARE ARTIST'S RENDERINGS ARE CLOSE. AND THEN YOU'LL AND THEN THEN VICE MAYOR LET YOU ALSO HAVE THE NOTICE WHERE THE ELECTRIC CHARGERS ARE HERE IN THE BOTTOM LEFT HAND SIDE OF THE SCREEN. BUT AS YOU WALK, AS YOU LOOK AND YOU WALK TO THE NORTH, YOU'LL SEE THE USE OF HARDSCAPE AND PAVERS AND DIFFERENT COLORS AND DIFFERENT TREES. THE IDEA WAS TO CREATE SHADE AND TO CREATE A BREAK BETWEEN THOSE LARGE PARKING LOTS TO ALLOW FOR THE CONNECTION. BECAUSE PARKING IS REQUIRED, YOU DO NEED TO HAVE PARKING IN THESE AREAS. SO THIS IS ANOTHER VIEW AS YOU MOVE A LITTLE FURTHER NORTH, YOU'VE WALKED UP THAT BUSINESS A LITTLE BIT AND THE IDEA THIS WILL GIVE YOU A FLAIR, BUT THE ARCHITECTURE LOOKS LIKE TOO, THIS IS A TRANSITIONAL STYLE OF ARCHITECTURE. [02:10:02] BUT YOU'VE MOVED UP THIS AREA, SO YOU'RE ABOUT HALFWAY THROUGH THE CENTER. NOW YOU WANT TO TAKE A LOOK AND SEE WHAT YOU'RE SEEING. SO ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE, IT'S BUILDING NUMBER THREE. ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, THERE'S NO BUILDING SHOWN. BUT IN THE FUTURE, IN PHASE TWO, THERE WILL BE A BUILDING THERE. BUT THE IDEA WAS THE DESIGN CONCEPT WAS TO CREATE THE SPACE THAT CAN BE USED AND ACTIVELY USED. PEOPLE IN OUR OFFICE CALL CALL THIS A PLINTH. I JUST CALL IT A RAISED STAND FOR PEOPLE TO PLACE YOUR CHRISTMAS TREE TO HAVE OUTDOOR MUSIC. THEY HAVE THE SOLE GUITAR GUY HERE. YOU'LL NOTICE A RESTAURANT IN THE CORNER, THE TRANSITIONAL STYLE OF ARCHITECTURE WITH THE ROOFLINE AND ALSO THE SPAN DRILL. AND THEN YOU'LL NOTICE KIND OF HOW THE OUTDOOR EATING WORKS AND THE GENERAL LANDSCAPING IN THE AREA AND THE FORM OF TRANSITIONAL ARCHITECTURE. AGAIN ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE. IN THE FUTURE THERE WILL BE BUILDINGS. TODAY THERE ARE AS PROPOSED TODAY, THERE ARE NOT ANY BUILDINGS PROPOSED TO BE CONSTRUCTED TODAY. SO THAT'S THE LOOK OF THE KIND OF THAT COMMON CENTER SPACE. AND THEN GOING A LITTLE FURTHER DOWN ON THE PASEO. ACTUALLY, YOU'RE LOOKING BACK IN THIS CASE, BUT THIS GIVES YOU A VIEW OF WHAT THAT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE. IT'S NOT GOING TO BE THAT GREEN IN THE FUTURE, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. THERE WILL BE THERE WILL BE LAND THERE WILL BE PARKING LOTS ON BOTH SIDES WHEN PHASE TWO COMES IN. BUT SO THIS IS FUTURE PARKING AND FUTURE PARKING. IN FACT, THE PARKING DOES COME UP RIGHT TO THAT CURB LINE. SO THAT'S THE REASON WHY YOU NEED THAT BREAK AND TO CREATE THIS WALKABLE AREA. THERE IS ALSO SIGNIFICANT COMMUNITY GREEN ON THE NORTH SIDE. THIS HAS GONE THROUGH REDESIGN AFTER REDESIGN AFTER REDESIGN, TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THIS IS GOING TO BE WHEN WE FINALLY LOCK DOWN ON THE TOWNHOMES. WE HAD A LOT OF COMMENTS INITIALLY THIS DESIGN, WE HAD A MUCH MORE INTERACTIVE. WE HAD PATHS GOING THROUGH IT, ALL KINDS OF STUFF GOING THERE. BUT ULTIMATELY THE IDEA OF THIS GREEN IS TO CREATE A SEPARATION BETWEEN THE COMMERCIAL TO THE SOUTH, THE RESIDENTIAL TO THE NORTH, TO ALLOW A SPACE THAT CAN JUST BE USED FOR PLAYING AND DOING DIFFERENT THINGS. AND I ALWAYS THINK OF THE COMMUNITY SILOS IN ANOTHER MUNICIPALITY WE WON'T MENTION, BUT BUT IT HAS THIS WIDE PASEO AREA AND I THINK THAT'S REALLY KIND OF DESIGN CONCEPT FOR THIS. RESTAURANTS, LOTS OF RESTAURANTS WITH OUTDOOR MEETINGS. THERE ARE 21 POTENTIAL OUTDOOR EATING LOCATIONS IDENTIFIED ON THE BLUE BY THE BLUE DOTS. I'M NOT GOING TO SHOW YOU TO GO THROUGH EACH ONE, BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF OUTDOOR DINING OPPORTUNITIES. OOPS. SORRY. SO NOW I'M JUST GOING TO GIVE YOU A QUICK FLAIR OF THE BUILDINGS. AND THEN AFTER THAT, I'M GOING TO DO TWO OR THREE MORE SLIDES AND I'LL BE DONE. SO I'M GOING TO WALK YOU THROUGH A FEW VIEWS. WE HAVE LOTS OF VIEWS. I'M NOT GOING TO DO THAT TO THEM. I DO THREE VIEWS. VIEW NUMBER ONE IS AS YOU PULL INTO THE COMMUNITY OFF OF NORTH LAKE ROAD. BOARD. SO HERE I'M GOING NOW I'M GOING WESTBOUND ON NORTH LAKE. I'VE COME TO THE MAIN ENTRANCE OR THE PREMIER STREET AND I'M TURNING INTO THE COMMUNITY OR TURNING INTO THE COMMERCIAL TOWN CENTER. YOU'LL SEE FIRST THING, A LITTLE BIT OF SIGNAGE HERE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE. YOU'LL NOTICE THE LANDSCAPING THEME. THIS IS CONSISTENT WITH THE REST OF THE LANDSCAPING THEME THAT YOU SEE ON ON IN FRONT OF AVENUE. THE DIFFERENTIAL HERE, WHICH I WILL REQUEST, WHICH YOU'LL HEAR ABOUT IN A WAIVER IS THE BUFFER TODAY'S 90 FEET. BUT IN FRONT OF COMMERCIAL THAT BUFFER DROPS DOWN TO 50 FEET, SIMILAR AGAIN TO WHAT YOU HAVE AT ALTON. BUT HERE, AS YOU PULL IN, YOU CAN GET A FLAVOR OF WHAT THE BUILDING ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE IS. AND HERE'S A GOOD ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN. SO IF YOU NUMBER 13, I'M GOING TO DRIVE YOU DOWN THE ROAD A LITTLE BIT MORE. LOOKING TO THE NORTH RIGHT HERE. SO THIS IS A VIEW OF THE ROAD LOOKING TO THE NORTH. FIRST THING YOU'LL NOTICE, THERE'S PARKING IN THE BACKGROUND. YOU CAN'T SEE IT. AS PART OF THE DESIGN GUIDELINES. WE'RE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE A 50 FOOT SEPARATION IN THAT 50 FOOT SEPARATION. WE'VE CREATED THESE DESIGN ELEMENTS. OF COURSE, THERE'LL BE A GOOD PORTION OF LIGHT, AS THERE ALWAYS IS AN AVENUE. AND THEN THE SAME THING ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ROAD. AND THESE HAVE CREATED THIS NICE LITTLE SPACE, SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF LANDSCAPING IN THIS AREA. THERE IS AN ON STREET PARKING AS YOU LOOK FURTHER DOWN THE ROAD WHERE THE BUILDINGS START COMING INTO PLAY, THERE IS ON STREET PARKING. OF YOU 14 HERE LOOKING AT THE FIRST BUILDING ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE, THE FIRST FEW YOU'RE GOING TO SEE KIND OF LOOKING DOWN ON THAT BUILDING. THIS IS THE FIRST SIGHT OF THAT BUILDING HERE. WE'RE PROPOSING ART IN PUBLIC PLACES. AND YES, COUNCILMEMBER WOODS, WE WILL BE COMING BACK IN FRONT OF THE AP AND DOING A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF ART IN PUBLIC PLACES ON THIS PROJECT. BUT THIS WILL GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT THE DESIGN IS. WE WILL HAVE AN OUTDOOR SEATING AREAS, THIS NICE LITTLE OPEN AREA AND THIS IS A VERY SMALL SPACE, BUT WELL USED WITH THE IDEA OF ATTRACTING PEOPLE TO THE OUTDOOR RESTAURANT SPACES. FEW. NUMBER THREE KIND OF SHOWS THE BIGGER AREA OF GATHERING SPACE. THERE'S THIS, THERE'S THIS ONE, AND THEN THERE'S THIS ONE. I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU THE ONE ON THE LEFT. [02:15:02] SO THIS IS A RESTAURANT SPACE HERE IMMEDIATELY TO THE NORTH IS THIS LARGE OPEN SPACE AND IT'S OPEN SPACE ON PURPOSE TO CREATE AREAS FOR PEOPLE TO PLAY AND GATHER. AND ON THE OTHER SIDE, IMMEDIATELY ON THE OTHER SIDE, WE HAVE EXACT SAME SPACE, BUT WE HAVE A HUGE TREE RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE. SO JUST KIND OF A DIFFERENT LOOK ON BOTH SIDES. THIS IS THIS IS A SYNTHETIC PLAYER HERE. YOU'LL NOTICE THIS WALL AND THEN THE WATER SCUPPERS DESIGNED ON PURPOSE TO CREATE THIS SPACE SEPARATE AWAY FROM THE VEHICLES AND THE PARKING AREA. SO BASICALLY BECOMES THIS NICE WATER WALL AND CREATES THAT SEPARATION. SO THIS BECOMES ITS OWN KIND OF SPECIAL SPACE. BUT STILL COMING INTO THE MAIN ROAD, YOU'LL NOTICE HERE ON THE ROADWAY, THE WIDTH OF THE ROADS HERE ARE THE ON STREET PARKING. AND THEN FROM A DESIGN STANDPOINT, THE TRANSITIONAL ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN, WHICH, WHICH WAS APPROVED BY YOUR PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD AND BEING QUITE LIKED IT. FEW. NUMBER SEVEN, GIVE YOU ANOTHER VIEW OF RIGHT HERE ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE OF WHAT BUILDING NUMBER TWO IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE. THIS IS BUILDING NUMBER TWO. AGAIN, ARCHITECTURAL STYLE, CLEAN TRANSITIONAL HERE. YOU'LL NOTICE BIKE RACKS, THESE ARE PRETTY COOL BIKE RACKS. THESE ARE ACTUALLY THE ONES THAT ARE GOING TO BE PART OF THE DESIGN AND THEN THE BAMBOO AND THEN THE BOLLARDS KIND OF CREATING THE STREETSCAPE. SO ONTO THE PCD ENTRY FEATURE. JUST A FEW MORE TO GO PCD ENTRY FEATURE AT THE CORNER OF NORTH LAKE AND COCONUT. YOU COULD SEE IT ON THE SCREEN IN FRONT OF YOU. IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT DESIGN THAN THE OTHER ONE, BUT VERY SIMILAR IN CHARACTERISTICS. HERE YOU'LL SEE HOW IT SITS IN ON BOTH SIDES. YOU'LL NOTICE THE THE WAY THAT IT FITS WITH THE WITH THE TOWER OUT, WITH THE ELEMENT ON THE TOP AND YOU CAN SEE THE STREETS. LET ME BLOW UP IN MORE DETAIL. THIS IS THE PROPOSAL, PRETTY SIGNIFICANT FEATURE, A LITTLE BIT SMALLER THAN THE OTHER ONE, VERY SIGNIFICANT FEATURE. THERE IS ONE CHANGE FROM THIS ONE TO THE OTHER ONE. WE LEARNED A REALLY VALUABLE LESSON ABOUT THE ROOF AND THIS ONE WILL BE AGED BRONZE IN A METAL ROOF, BUT THE CLADDING WILL BE THE SAME. THE DESIGN CHARACTERISTIC WILL BE SAME. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF WATER, A FIRE BOWL, THE WIDTH IS 33 FEET. THIS IS A VERY SIGNIFICANT MONUMENT ON BOTH SIDES OF THAT ENTRANCE POINT. SCIENCE PROGRAM. THE SCIENCE PROGRAM ITSELF, THERE ARE THIS IS A COMMERCIAL RETAIL OFFICE CENTER. SO THERE'S SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF SIGNAGE INVOLVED IN THESE TYPE OF CENTERS. I'M NOT GOING TO WALK YOU THROUGH THE WHOLE THING. BUT I FORGOT TO MENTION DURING THE DESIGN DISCUSSION THAT WE'VE KIND OF WE'VE KIND OF CAPTURED THIS PALM THEME. YOU'LL SEE THIS KIND OF PALM THING HERE, PALM THEME HERE. OOH, LIGHT. THOSE PALMS ARE THAT THAT DESIGN, THOSE METAL DESIGNS ARE ACTUALLY USED ON SOME OF THE BUILDINGS ALSO. SO THERE'S THESE LARGE METAL AREAS THAT SHOW THOSE DESIGNS. BUT THIS IS THE SIGNAGE PROGRAM AND VERY CLEAN AND CRISP SIGNAGE PROGRAM THROUGHOUT THE PROJECT, INCLUDING DIRECTIONAL SIGNS, DRIVE THROUGH DIRECTIONAL SIGNS, BUILDING DIRECTORIES AND ALL TYPES OF THINGS. BUT THERE'LL BE LIGHT STONE COLUMNS WITH PINS FOR THE FOR THE WORD AVENIR AND THEN YOU'LL SEE THE THE PANEL SIGN. WAIVERS. WE DO HAVE A COUPLE OF WAIVERS. THERE'S ABOUT EIGHT WAIVERS. AND I JUST WANT TO GET MY NOTES OUT REAL QUICK HERE. SO THE WAIVERS FIRST ONE IS A WAIVER OF MINIMUM BLOCK LENGTH. THAT WAIVER THE REQUIREMENTS ACTUALLY REQUIRE YOU TO HAVE A MINIMUM WIDTH OF BLOCKS WERE ACTUALLY LESS THAN WHAT'S REQUIRED. AND THAT'S JUST BECAUSE THE NATURE OF HOW THE PROJECT ENDED UP GETTING DESIGNED BECAUSE OF THE ENTRANCE POINTS. SO THE ROADS ARE REQUIRED TO BE 200 FEET. WELL, WE'RE NOT WE DON'T HAVE 250 FEET OF SEPARATION IN SOME AREAS. SO A WAIVER THAT IS SUPPORTED BY YOUR STAFF. THE NEXT ONE IS THE MINIMUM BUILDING SETBACK ALONG NORTH LAKE BOULEVARD. THERE'S A 50 FOOT SETBACK REQUIRED TO THE BUILDING. WELL, THE AUTHORS OF THE DESIGN STANDARDS DIDN'T REALLY THINK THAT THROUGH ALL THE WAY BECAUSE WE'RE ALREADY PROVIDING A 50 FOOT PCD BUFFER. SO SO WE HAVE THAT INITIAL 50 FEET AND THEN THE DESIGN STANDARDS SAY YOU HAVE TO HAVE ANOTHER 50 FEET. AND THAT REALLY WASN'T THE INTENT. THE INTENT WAS TO BRING THOSE BUILDINGS CLOSER TO NORTH LAKE BOULEVARD, BUT STILL HAD THAT SIGNIFICANT BUFFER AWAY FROM AWAY FROM NORTH LAKE. THE THIRD ONE IS THE PARKING LOT SEPARATION AND THE SECONDARY STREET THREE AND FOUR GO TOGETHER AND PEDESTRIAN SEATING ON THE SECONDARY STREET. THAT THAT IS THE AREA IN FRONT OF PUBLIX, IN FRONT OF A GROCERY STORE. IT DIDN'T MAKE SENSE. AS YOU KNOW, PUBLIX HAS ANGLED PARKING ALL THE WAY INTO THEIR PARKING LOT. ALSO, THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC IN THOSE AREAS. SO IN THOSE AREAS, JUST IN THAT AREA, WE'RE REQUESTING A WAIVER TO THOSE TWO REQUIREMENTS. AND THEN THAT WAIVER IS OFFSET BY THE FACT THAT ON THE NORTH SIDE THERE'S OVER 15 FEET OF SIDEWALK AND LANDSCAPING WHEN COMPARED TO THAT ADDITIONAL WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN A FIVE FOOT SIDEWALK ON THE SOUTH SIDE. [02:20:03] THE FIFTH WAIVER IS FOR GROUND FLOOR OPENING AND THE SECONDARY STREETS. THERE ARE REQUIREMENTS ON THE AMOUNT OF GLASS REQUIRED. WE ARE REQUESTING ON TWO BUILDINGS THAT THAT BE REDUCED. ONE IS PUBLIX AND THE SECOND ONE IS IS A PHARMACY TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THOSE TYPE OF STORES. THE THE NEXT SET OF WAIVERS ARE LAND ARE YOUR LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATION WAIVERS. IT HAS TO DO WITH WALL SIGNS, BUILDING DIRECTORY SIGNS AND PERIMETER WALL AND ENTRY FEATURE. LET ME WALK YOU THROUGH THE THE WALL SIGN ONE FIRST. UM, SO THE WALL SITES THE WAY THE CODE WORKS. IT DOESN'T ALLOW FOR A SECOND SIGN ON A BUILDING. SO IF YOU HAVE A FRONT AND A BACK, IF YOU'RE NOT ON A MAJOR ROADWAY. WELL, AS YOU SAW IN OUR PLAN, THE MAJORITY OF THOSE BUILDINGS ARE NOT A MAJOR ROADWAY. SO WE'RE REQUESTING TO HAVE THE ABILITY TO HAVE A SIGN ON THE FRONT AND ABILITY TO HAVE A SIGN ON THE BACK IF THERE'S AN ENTRANCE. UM. THE NEXT ONE IS THE BUILDING DIRECTORY SIGN. THE WAY THE CODE WORKS AGAIN. DEFAULTING TO CODE. CODE SAYS DIRECTORY SIGNS HAVE TO BE WITHIN 25 FEET OF A BUILDING. WORKS PERFECTLY WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ONE OFFICE BUILDING. BUT WHEN YOU HAVE A CENTER, YOU WANT TO HAVE DIRECTORY SIGNS SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE CENTER AND CONSISTENTLY SEE THE LEGACY PLACE ALTERNATE. ALL THE CENTERS HAVE THAT TYPE OF DESIGN. AND THEN FINALLY, THE THIRD ONE IS THE PERIMETER WALL OR ENTRY FEATURE AND THE AVENUE, THE ENTRY FEATURES THAT ARE AT THE CORNER OF NORTH LAKE AND COCONUT. WE HAVE THE WORD AVENUE HERE ON ALL FOUR SIDES UP TOP. THE CODE ONLY ALLOWS YOU TO HAVE IT ON TWO SIDES. AND THE PURPOSE OF THAT IS IF YOU'RE DOING THESE BIG MONUMENT SIGNS ON THE SIDE, YOU DON'T WANT TO HAVE THEM ALL OVER THE PLACE. BUT WE THINK THAT THE WORD AVENUE ON TOP OF THOSE ON TOP OF THOSE STRUCTURES IS VERY CLASSIC AND A NICE DESIGN. AND WITH THAT I'LL CONCLUDE MY PRESENTATION AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. WE HAVE THE WHOLE TEAM ASSEMBLED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. KEN, APPRECIATE IT. DO WE HAVE A STAFF PRESENTATION THIS EVENING? I THINK THE APPLICANT COVERED EVERYTHING. STAFF HAS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY DURING OUR AGENDA REVIEWS TO PRESENT THE PROJECT. WE DO RECOMMEND APPROVAL. WE APPRECIATE THE APPLICANT WORKING WITH US TO GET TO THIS POINT. AND WE WE RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THIS PROJECT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. SO I DON'T HAVE ANY COMMENT CARD, SO I'LL BE CLOSING THIS HEARING. MAY I GET A SECOND OF MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE, PLEASE? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. THANK YOU BOTH SO MUCH. SO RACHELLE, YOU PASSED. YOU MADE THE MOTION. IF YOU WANT TO BRING IT BACK FOR DISCUSSION AND KICK IT OFF, PLEASE. SURE. UM. KEN, AS FAR AS THE TRAFFIC LIGHTS GO, JUST FOR CLARITY, THE AVENUE NORTH LAKE ONE, THAT ONE WE'VE QUALIFIED FOR. SO WE'RE STARTING THE PROCESS FOR THAT. THE MAIN STREET GOING IN. WHAT DID YOU CALL THE MAIN STREET? THE PREMIER. PREMIER? PREMIER STREET. THAT'S GOING TO BE A DUAL IN AND OUT FROM ALL DIRECTIONS. THAT'S NOT JUST A RIGHT IN. RIGHT OUT. RIGHT. THE STATUS OF WHAT IS THAT TRAFFIC LIGHT DEPEND ON? IT DEPENDS ON TRIPS. AND SINCE THERE'S NO TRIPS THERE TODAY, IT'S NOT WARRANTED. BUT BUT WE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THAT AS AS PART OF THE PROJECT. BUT THAT WILL DEFINITELY GO IN AFTER THE AVANIR AND NORTH LAKE ONE, BECAUSE AT LEAST THAT WILL SLOW TRAFFIC OR STOP IT FOR A PERIOD OF TIME SO PEOPLE CAN GET IN AND OUT OF THE OTHER. ONE SEPARATION BECAUSE OF THE TRAFFIC LIGHT, BOTH AT AVANIR AND ALSO AT NORTH LAKE. ALL RIGHT. SO THERE'LL BE THREE TRAFFIC LIGHTS FROM THAT SET FROM AVENIR DRIVE, THE PREMIER STREET AND THEN COCONUT. ULTIMATELY, ULTIMATELY, ULTIMATELY. BUT THE TWO ARE COMING WITHIN THE NEXT YEAR. MAYBE IT MIGHT NOT BE CLEAR THE REVISION, THE CHANGES TO NORTH LAKE AND COCONUT THAT WILL BE WON AND THAT THAT'S NOT A NEW LIGHT IT'S JUST BEING MODELED WORK. AND THEN THE AVENIR DRIVE WILL BE A NEW ONE. THE STREET PARKING IS IT ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ROAD WHERE IT EXISTS OR ONE SIDE ON STREET PARKING WILL BE ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ROAD? HOW WIDE IS THAT? IT'S EITHER EIGHT OR NINE FEET. IF YOU GIVE ME ONE SECOND, I'LL GET THE RATE. IT'S NINE. THERE YOU GO. NINE BY 23. NINE BY 23, NINE BY 20. OKAY. SO THAT LEAVES ENOUGH ROOM IN THE MIDDLE TO. BESIDES THAT, IT DIDN'T UNDERSTAND. I THINK I UNDERSTAND. SO, YES, I MEAN, THE IDEA IS TO CREATE A SMALLER STREET SECTION TO HAVE IT'S SLOWER. I MEAN, THAT'S REALLY DESIGNED. SO THINK ABOUT HISTORIC STREETS OR MY OFFICE CORNER, CLEMATIS AND ROSEMARY AND THAT'S REALLY THE DESIGN INTENT OF THESE TYPES OF THIS TYPE OF CENTER. AND THAT'S REALLY KIND OF THE DESIGN HERE TO SLOW IT DOWN BY HAVING THOSE NARROWER STREETS. [02:25:02] NOW, ON CLEMATIS, THERE ARE NO. BUT IT'S ONLY ON THE PREMIER STREET. YEAH. I'M SORRY. ONLY ON. IT'S ONLY ON THE MAIN STREET. THE ONLY ON THE MAIN STREET GOING UP AND DOWN THE OTHER STREETS ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE. THEY ALL HAVE REGULAR PARKING, NOT STREET PARKING. OKAY. THERE'S STILL ON STREET PARKING. BUT THE VICE MAYOR, TO CLARIFY THE THE PRIMARY STREET THAT CAN MENTION THAT WOULD BE CLOSEST TO TOLL BROTHERS, THE ONE ON THE FAR EAST ALSO HAS ON STREET PARKING AS WELL. OK THE ONE ALL THE WAY. I'M EVERYWHERE ELSE. IT'S IT'S JUST SO RIGHT WHERE IT SAYS VIEW 14 RIGHT THERE IN THE MIDDLE, GOING NORTH THAT PRIMARY STREET HAS ON STREET PARKING. AND THEN THERE'S WHERE KEN HAS HIS CURSOR IS ON STREET PARKING AS WELL ON CLEMATIS. THERE'S NO SIDEWALKS AND YOU'RE KIND OF IN THE GUTTER AS YOU'RE PULLING IN AND THERE'S METAL POLES. THESE ARE REGULAR CURVED. FOR OLD PEOPLE LIKE US WHO DO KNOW HOW TO PARALLEL PARK. THEY DO HAVE SIDEWALKS, CURBS AND PARK. BUT MY CAR DOES NOT DO IT FOR ME. THEY ARE. I GIVE YOU A GOOD VIEW OF WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. I HOPE THAT HELPS. THE CHARGING STATIONS JUST TO THEIR 36. THERE ARE 18 DOUBLES OR 36 DOUBLES. WELL, YOU DON'T THINK WHEN I HEARD BEFORE I DIDN'T DO A DOUBLE CHECK THAT YOU KNEW IT WAS COMING? YES. THERE ARE THERE ARE A TOTAL OF 36 PLACES TO PLUG YOUR CAR INTO. THAT'S THE FIRST PHASE. THERE ARE 12, WHICH IS AND THEN IN THE SECOND PHASE, THERE ARE 24. OKAY. NO, THAT'S. THAT'S GREAT. I'M SORRY. 12. I'M SORRY. TOTAL 36. MY MATH WAS ALREADY 12. AND THEN THERE WERE 18 IN THE SECOND PHASE. IT'S IT'S EXCITING. IT'S TAKEN A LONG TIME TO GET HERE, BUT IT'S REALLY A BEAUTIFUL PROJECT. IT'S GOING TO BE A BEAUTIFUL ADDITION. THE LANDSCAPING, THE PLANNING. I KNOW YOU WORKED REALLY HARD WITH STAFF. THANK YOU TO STAFF FOR KEEPING AT IT TO TO END UP WITH THIS. DO WE KNOW WHO. OH I KNOW THE HOTEL IS. WHICH PHASE IS THE HOTEL. IT'LL BE IN THE SECOND PHASE. THAT'S A 90 ROOM HOTEL. THERE IS NOT A FLAG OR A THERE'S NOT A FLAG YET. WE DON'T HAVE A FLAG. DO WE HAVE A FLAG ON THE PHARMACY YET EITHER? NO, NOT NOT NOT THAT YOU ARE AT LIBERTY TO DISCLOSE. SO I THINK YOU CAN GUESS IT'S PROBABLY ONE OF ONE OR TWO BIG FIGURED AS AS MUCH. OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU. GOOD. GOOD QUESTIONS. THANK YOU, ROCHELLE. MERCI. THANK YOU. I DON'T HAVE MUCH. IT WAS A VERY THOROUGH PRESENTATION. I APPRECIATE. THE PROJECT. I GUESS PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT. I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN AT IT FOR A VERY LONG TIME, SO WITH THAT SAID, I REALLY LIKE THE POM DESIGN ON THE SIGNS AND THROUGHOUT THE PROJECT THAT ACTUALLY MAKES IT CREATES SOME SPECIAL PLACES AND IT REALLY GOES WELL WITH THE THEME OF SOUTH FLORIDA. I SO APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT OUR CODE ALLOWS FOR WAIVERS BECAUSE WAIVERS, UNLIKE VARIANCES WHICH ARE REQUIRED TO BE SELF, YOU CAN'T HAVE A META VARIANCE BECAUSE IT'S SELF IMPOSED OR A WAIVER. YOU CAN JUST ASK AND IF YOU HAVE EXEMPLARY CRITERIA IT IN THIS CASE FOR EXAMPLE IS IS A PERFECT REASON BECAUSE NOT ALL SITES ARE THE SAME. SO THOSE WAIVERS MAKE THINGS WORK BETTER. SO I APPRECIATE THAT YOU ASKED FOR THEM AND THEY MAKE SENSE. SO WITH ALL THAT SAID, I'M IN FAVOR OF THE PROJECT AND LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING IT CONSTRUCTED. THANK YOU, MARCY. THANK YOU. YOU GUYS HAVE ENOUGH? WHO? STONE FOR ALL OF THIS STUFF THAT YOU GUYS BUILT. I THINK YOU HAVE TO. YEAH, THAT'S CRAZY. NO, IT LOOKS GREAT. EVERYTHING LOOKS WHAT WE WERE KIND OF HOPING FOR. I KNOW THAT WE CAN'T REALLY PREDICT THE FUTURE OF RETAIL, AND WE'VE HAD A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THIS. BUT I THINK IT'S WELL, OBVIOUSLY, I'M VERY HAPPY WITH THE WAY IT LOOKS. A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS AND IT JUST WAS KIND OF THINKING ABOUT IT AS I WAS AGAIN, JUST WATCHING KEN'S PRESENTATION. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE GOLF CARTS, WE HAD THIS CONVERSATION ABOUT JUST GENERALLY SPEAKING, PEOPLE DRIVING GOLF CARTS IN COMMUNITIES. I KNOW THIS IS REALLY A HEAVY GOLF CART COMMUNITY. WE HOPE SO. PEOPLE THAT LIVE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY WILL TAKE THEIR GOLF CARTS EVERYWHERE INSTEAD OF GETTING IN THEIR CARS. GOLF CARTS. SOMETIMES PEOPLE DRIVE A LITTLE BIT SILLY WITH THEM. THEY THINK THAT THEY OWN THE ROADS, WHICH IS FUNNY, BUT POTENTIALLY RISK. SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE 12 FOOT SIDEWALKS, THE 12 FOOT MULTIPURPOSE SIDEWALKS, THAT IS TO ENCOURAGE THE GOLF CARTS TO COME INTO THE [02:30:10] COMMUNITY ITSELF. THEY ARE PRETTY MUCH IN THE PERIMETER. WHERE IS THE GOLF CART PARKING AND HOW DO THEY GET THERE? THEY CAN HAVE TO DRIVE THROUGH A REGULAR CAR PARKING LOT AREA TO GET TO GOLF CART PARKING. AND IS THERE A POTENTIAL RISK THAT THE GOLF CART DRIVERS ARE PRETENDING THEY'RE IN CARS AND THEY'RE NOT? COUNCILMAN MARCIANO FOR THE RECORD. BRETT LONEY PLANNING AND ZONING. TO ANSWER THE QUESTION, THERE'S, THERE'S A FEW GOLF CAR PARKING LOTS WITHIN THE TOWN CENTER AND STRATEGICALLY LOCATED TO AVOID THOSE CONFLICTS THAT YOU HAD MENTIONED. SO THE MAIN PARKING FIELD FOR GOLF CARTS IS LOCATED RIGHT HERE ADJACENT TO THE PASEO. ABOUT THE CENTRAL PORTION OF IT. THERE'S A DEDICATED, AS YOU MENTIONED, A 12 FOOT MULTI-USE PATH THAT RUNS ALONG THIS WAY THAT WILL CONNECT TO THE PROPOSED AND PRETTY MUCH ALREADY CONSTRUCTED MULTI-USE PATH ON THE EAST SIDE OF COCONUT BOULEVARD. THERE'S ANOTHER PARKING FIELD AS WELL IN THE NORTHEAST CORNER THAT IS ACCESSIBLE VIA THE 12 FOOT MULTI-USE PATH THAT'S ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE PRIMARY STREET AS WELL. WILL THERE BE ENOUGH SIGNAGE TO MAKE SURE THAT GOLF CARTS DON'T START WHIPPING THROUGH THE GOLF, THROUGH THE PARKING LOTS? YES. WITHIN THE MASTER SIGNAGE PROGRAM, THERE'S WAYFINDING SIGNS SPECIFICALLY TO DIRECT GOLF CARTS TO THOSE GOLF CART PARKING AREAS. OKAY. I GUESS AS WE MOVE FORWARD, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T RUN THE RISK OF OF PEOPLE GETTING A LITTLE BIT LOOSE ON THEIR GOLF CARTS, SLIPPING THROUGH THE PARKING LOTS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, YOU JUST ESPECIALLY IN THE EVENING, COMING HOME FROM A RESTAURANT, PEOPLE JUMP IN THEIR GOLF CART. YOU JUST DON'T WANT TO SEE ANY ANY MIXTURE OF GOLF CARTS WITH REGULAR CARS. JUST JUST TO TOUCH ON THAT AS WELL. WE DID WORK WITH THE APPLICANT AND OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT TO TO WORK ON THE LOCATION OF THESE GOLF CARTS TO KIND OF AVOID THOSE CONFLICTS AND SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT YOU HAD RAISED BECAUSE CARS ALWAYS WIN. YEAH, I APPRECIATE THAT. I DIDN'T THINK ABOUT IT DURING AGENDA REVIEW. HAVE YOU ALREADY STARTED LEASING SPACE? OKAY. AND SO THE THE THE SUGGESTED TIMELINE OF THE PROPOSED PUBLIX IS WHEN. I THINK I HAVE TO ANSWER THIS QUESTION VERY CAREFULLY BECAUSE I KNOW OUR CLIENTS ARE IN THE ROOM, THE ANSWERS RIGHT NOW. THEY WANT TO MOVE FORWARD VERY QUICKLY. AND THERE'S A LOT OF PRESSURE ON THEIR PLANNING TEAM TO GET THIS DONE. SO BUILDING ONE WILL BE STARTING CONSTRUCTION ALONG WITH OUR REALITY IS WE'RE PROBABLY SIX, SIX, PROBABLY 3 TO 4 MONTHS THROUGH A BUILDING PERMIT PROCESS AFTER THE SUPPLY APPROVAL AND THEN CONSTRUCTION AND CONSTRUCTION. IT'LL PROBABLY BE. END OF 2020. WE GO FIRST QUARTER OR DID WE GO END OF 2020? THREE. AND THEIR CONSTRUCTION TIMELINE IS ABOUT 811. SO YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE END OF 23 BEFORE PUBLIX AND ALL THE OTHER BUILDINGS GOING TO START CONSTRUCTION AND GO AT THE SAME TIME. OR YOU REALLY FOCUS ON GETTING BUILDING ONE BUILDING PERMIT SEGMENT, THE BUILDINGS THAT ARE DONE AND DESIGNED AND READY TO BE SUBMITTED AS SOON AS WE GET THROUGH HERE TONIGHT, IF WE GET THROUGH OUR BUILDINGS. ONE, TWO, THREE. AND. FIVE ARE ALREADY DESIGNED AND ALREADY READY TO BE SUBMITTED. THE OTHER ONES ARE UNDER HEATED DESIGN RIGHT NOW, SO THE INTENT IS TO BUILD THE MAJORITY OF THE PROJECT AT ONE TIME. I CAN'T PROMISE HOW THE WORLD IS GOING TO TURN SIX MONTHS FROM NOW. BUT WHAT I CAN TELL YOU IS THAT THOSE BUILDINGS ARE UNDER UNDER DESIGN. AND THOSE FOUR BUILDINGS I JUST MENTIONED ARE FIVE BUILDINGS ARE ARE READY WITH CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS. OKAY. THANK YOU. YES, SIR. THANK YOU, CARL. AND HOW BIG IS THIS IN AS OPPOSED TO THE SIZE OF ALTON? SO ALTON IS 260,000 SQUARE FEET WITH I'VE ALREADY DONE IT. I KNOW IT'S HARD TO REMEMBER. 40 ACRES, 40 ACRES OF LAND, 51 ACRES OF LAND. ADDITIONAL 120,000 SQUARE FEET OF OF OFFICE ON THIS ONE. THAT IS NOT IN ALTON THAT I YOU KNOW, I'M NOT GOING TO SAY MUCH I MEAN IT'S AMAZING PROJECT WE HAVE. GREAT APPLICANTS, PEOPLE WHO CARE. THANK YOU FOR SHOWING UP ON THESE MEETINGS. AND WE HAVE A STAFF THAT CARE AND COUNSEL THAT CARE. EVERYBODY CARES. SO BUT THE PRODUCT IS RIDICULOUS. AND THE GOOD THING ABOUT THIS IS IT'S A TRAFFIC ATTRACTOR. SO IT'S GOING TO EVEN WHEN AMAZON GETS BUILT WITH THAT MANY RESTAURANTS, PEOPLE AREN'T GOING TO HAVE A BIG REASON TO GO EAST OF THE B-LINE. SO IT REALLY SERVICES THE AREA NICELY. I CAN'T WAIT TIL IT GETS GOING. WE CAN GET OUT THERE AND. YOU KNOW, WHAT CAN I SAY? I LIKE BEING A PART OF THIS AND AND WATCHING YOU GUYS DO YOUR STUFF. NATALIE, YOUR TEAM IS AWESOME. YOU KNOW, I COULD MAKE SOME JOKES ON THAT AND HOW YOU BEAT PEOPLE UP, BUT I WON'T. BUT I JUST APPRECIATE ALL THE HARD WORK, AND I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE IT COME UP. [02:35:05] THANK YOU. IF I MAY, I REALLY WANT TO GIVE A LOT OF CREDIT TO BRETT. HE WORKED VERY HARD AND JOANNE ZACHARIA AND PETER HOFHEINZ WORKED VERY HARD ON THIS. IT'S IMPORTANT. THIS IS A BIG DEAL. SO. THANK YOU, CARL. SO ONCE AGAIN, MY COUNCIL TEAM UP HERE MAKES MY JOB VERY EASY. I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING MORE TO ADD. WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO EVERYTHING AND IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE TO WATCH THIS BACK SINCE MY TIME ON ZONING. AND BRETT, YOU'VE DONE A BEAUTIFUL JOB. I LOVE HOW MANY FOLLOWERS YOU BRING. YOU'RE READY FOR ANYTHING. AND NATALIE AND JOANNE AND PETER AND ALL OF OUR ZONING STAFF AND ALL OF OUR STAFF. STAFF, BECAUSE THIS HAS BEEN A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT WITH THE BUILDERS. SO THANK YOU ALSO TO ROSA, DAN AND MANNY AND TO TANYA NOW AS WELL FOR FOR COMING ALONG AND WORKING WITH OUR STAFF. BECAUSE I KNOW, LIKE CARL SAID, WE ALL DO CARE SO MUCH. SO IT IS MY PLEASURE TO CLOSE THIS HEARING. MAY I GET A MOTION IN A SECOND TO APPROVE YOU? DID WE DID THAT. SORRY. THAT WAS A LONG NIGHT. ALL IN FAVOR. HI. ALL OPPOSED? NONE. NONE, OPPOSE. SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND IT PASSES. THE VOTE IS UNANIMOUS. THANK YOU. WE HAVE NO RESOLUTIONS ON THE AGENDA THIS EVENING. SO NEXT WE HAVE ITEMS FOR COUNCIL ACTION, DISCUSSION OR ITEMS OF INTEREST. [X. ITEMS FOR COUNCIL ACTION/DISCUSSION AND ITEMS OF INTEREST] DOES ANYONE HAVE AN ITEM? RACHELLE? I DO. SORRY, GUYS, I'LL BE REALLY QUICK. THIS IS THE. THE TIME OF YEAR WHEN I USUALLY COME BEFORE YOU AND ASK FOR SUPPORT FOR THE HOMELESS COALITION'S LEWIS CENTER LUNCHEON. WE'VE BEEN SUPPORTING THEM WITH A TABLE EVERY FALL AT THE LUNCHEON, ACCORDING TO THE CITY MANAGER. WE DO HAVE THE FUNDING TO DO IT. IF YOU ALL AGREE, A TABLE 1750 DOLLARS SEATS TEN. THE CHIEF'S BACK THERE. THIS YEAR, WE'RE HONORING THE FIRST RESPONDERS WHO SUPPORT THE HOMELESS. WE HAVE SEVERAL PEOPLE ON OUR FORCE THAT ARE SUPPORTING OTHERS IN THE COUNTY. DOING THAT WORK MIGHT BE NICE IF THEY COULD HAVE TIME OFF AT LUNCH TO MAYBE HAVE HAVE THEM OCCUPY SOME OF THE SEATS INSTEAD OF JUST US. SO IT'S 1754 FOR THE TABLE AND IT GOES TO SUPPORT THE LEWIS CENTER, WHICH HOUSES 200 HOMELESS MEN AND WOMEN, AND FOR THE 99,000 MEALS THAT THEY GET SERVED EVERY YEAR. SO. SO IT'S JUST A NEED TO AGREE TO RUN. CAN MAX RUN? JUST GO AHEAD AND VERBALLY AGREE TO THIS. VERBALLY. WE JUST SLOWLY AGREE TO ALLOW YOU TO WRITE THE CHECK FOR THE LEWIS CENTER TABLE FOR THE LUNCHEON FOR THE HOMELESS COALITION. YES. CONSENSUS IS THAT THE CONSENSUS OF OUR COUNCIL. MAYBE TALK TO THE CHIEF ABOUT OUR STUFF. WE LOST THAT SUPPORT. THE COUNTY TASK FORCE MAY BE BEING ABLE TO GO IF WE HAVE A FEW, SINCE WE'RE HONORING THE THE FIRST RESPONDERS THAT SUPPORT THE HOMELESS. ALL RIGHT. GREAT. THANK YOU. THAT'S FOR AN AGREEMENT. THANK YOU, ROCHELLE. ANYONE ELSE. AND I NEVER HAVE ANYTHING. BUT I WANT TO TELL YOU WHAT. I WENT OUT THERE AND I VISITED THE PAR THREE THAT'S GOING IN. AND WE DID A FULL TOUR OF EVERY HOLE. AND NORMALLY ON THE ITEMS FOR COUNCIL DISCUSSION, I DON'T SAY ANYTHING BUT KASEY OUT THERE AND RON, WHO WAS THE WHO WAS THE ENGINEER THAT RODE WITH US ON THE ON THE WHAT WAS HIS NAME? BURT. ANYWAY, GO LOOK. THE WITH CASEY AND TAKE IT TO HER. IT'S IT'S ALMOST ALL PAVED. MARK. YOU DON'T HAVE TO GET YOUR FEET WET. AND IT'S JUST I MEAN, THE SIZE OF THE PUTTING GREEN, THE BUILDING, IT'S GOING TO BE THE SPORTS BAR, THE TV. WE ALL KNOW THERE'S NINE BARS ON TOP, NINE BARS ON THE BOTTOM. BUT I MEAN, FOR US GOLFERS, YOU JUST I WAS DRIVING AROUND AND JUST LOOKING AT EACH HOLE, JUST JUST SAYING, WOW. AND RON, I THINK IT'S ALREADY UP FOR AN AWARD. IT'S GOING TO BE PUT IN MOTION FOR AN AWARD OR SOMETHING ANYWAY. SO IT'S ALREADY ON PEOPLE'S RADAR THAT ARE JUST WATCHING US DO WHAT THE CITY DOES. SO I WANTED TO BRING THAT UP, GO CHECK IT OUT AND START MY LESSONS AGAIN SOON BECAUSE I'M COMING BACK IN NOVEMBER. I ALREADY CLAIMED MY SEAT AT THE BAR. I'LL LET YOU KNOW WHICH ONE IT IS. OH, HEY, HEY, WAIT. I'M GOING TO HAVE TO GET OUT THERE IF YOU GOT TO GO. ALL RIGHT? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, CARL. NO, THAT'S GREAT. THANK YOU, CARL. DO WE HAVE A CITY ATTORNEY'S REPORT? NO, MA'AM. ALL RIGHT, THERE'S ANOTHER BUSINESS. THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED. THANK YOU. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.