Jan 12, 2023 City Council

[Call to Order]

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I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER.

THANK YOU. WILL YOU ALL PLEASE RISE AND JOIN IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE? IT'S REALLY ABOUT. ONE NATION, UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

I GIVE YOU MY PILLOW. THANK YOU.

WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? MAYOR REID HERE.

VICE MAYOR LITT HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER WOODS.

COUNCIL MEMBER MARCIANO HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER TINSLEY HERE.

ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONS, DELETIONS OR MODIFICATIONS THIS EVENING? NO, MA'AM. ALL RIGHT.

[IV. ANNOUNCEMENTS / PRESENTATIONS]

CAN WE PLEASE HAVE A FIRE RESCUE? COREY BASSETT, ASSISTANT CHIEF OF OPERATIONS TO THE PODIUM, PLEASE.

GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR.

COUNCIL. MR. FERRIS. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME AGAIN.

I WAS UP HERE LAST MONTH.

I HOPE YOU'RE NOT SICK OF SEEING ME UP HERE, BUT IT'S A GOOD THING WE'RE IN A WARD.

YOU'RE WELCOME EVERY TIME. ABSOLUTELY.

AGAIN, IT IS MY HONOR TO SAY HOW MUCH WE PROVIDE TO OUR CITIZENS AND RESIDENTS, BUT EVEN MORE SO.

AS I MENTIONED LAST MONTH, THAT WE ALSO PROVIDE RESOURCES AND TAKE THE SAFETY, HEALTH AND WELLNESS, BOTH MENTAL AND PHYSICAL, OF OUR FIREFIGHTERS VERY SERIOUSLY AS WE SEE THINGS THAT MOST PEOPLE DON'T.

SO THAT'S WHAT THIS AWARD FOR IS TONIGHT.

AND I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE DRIVER ENGINEER MCAULIFFE HERE.

HE'LL BE ACCEPTING ON THE CITY'S BEHALF.

AND TO PRESENT THE AWARD IS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SAFETY AND HEALTH SECTION OF THE FLORIDA FIRE CHIEFS ASSOCIATION, CHIEF WHALEN.

OKAY. THANK YOU, CHIEF.

MAYOR. VICE MAYOR.

COMMISSION. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HAVING ME HERE TODAY.

AS A RESIDENT OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, I WORK FOR ANOTHER MUNICIPALITY DOWN IN BROWARD COUNTY, BUT I'M ALSO THE CHAIR OF THE FLORIDA FIRE CHIEFS ASSOCIATION SAFETY AND HEALTH SECTION. I HAVE BEEN FOR FOR SEVERAL YEARS.

I'M EXTREMELY PROUD TO BE HERE TONIGHT TO PRESENT THIS AWARD TO PALM BEACH GARDENS FIRE RESCUE.

AS I SAID, AS A RESIDENT, IT'S EVEN MORE IMPORTANT TO ME AND IT WAS REAL CLOSE TO HOME.

SO THAT REALLY HELPED AS WELL TO COME DOWN TONIGHT.

SO ON BEHALF OF THE FLORIDA FIRE CHIEFS ASSOCIATION, SAFETY AND HEALTH SECTION IS MY PRIVILEGE TO BE HERE THIS EVENING TO PRESENT THIS AWARD TO YOUR AMAZING MEN AND WOMEN OF THE PALM BEACH GARDENS FIRE RESCUE.

YOUR INCREDIBLE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS DEVELOPED A COMPREHENSIVE SAFETY HEALTH AND WELLNESS PROGRAM THAT INCLUDES CANCER REDUCTION, EARLY DETECTION, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND RESILIENCY PROGRAMS, AND OVERALL FIREFIGHTER HEALTH AND SAFETY.

YOUR ORGANIZATION HAS FORMED PARTNERSHIPS WITH THIRD PARTY SUBJECT MATTER.

EXPERTS DEVELOP TWO SEPARATE WEBSITES DEVOTED TO WELLNESS AND MENTAL HEALTH AND HAVE INTEGRATED ALL ASPECTS OF WELLNESS INTO THEIR CULTURE.

THEY DEVELOPED INITIATIVES TO ADDRESS BACK INJURIES, FUNCTIONAL MOVEMENT, SCREENING AND FITNESS PROGRAMS, NUTRITION, SLEEP, HEALTH, PHYSICAL AGILITY, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, SAFETY AND MORE. IF I LISTED THEM, DESCRIBED EVERYTHING THAT THEY ARE DOING, WE'D BE HERE ALL DAY.

WE ENCOURAGE ANY ANY ORGANIZATION, NOT JUST PUBLIC SAFETY ENTITIES, TO REACH OUT TO PALM BEACH GARDENS FIRE RESCUE.

IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE AMAZING THINGS THEY ARE DOING AND IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF YOUR WORKFORCE.

ON BEHALF OF THE FLORIDA FIRE CHIEFS ASSOCIATION AND ALL OF FLORIDA'S FIREFIGHTERS AND PUBLIC SERVANTS, THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO THE FULL WELL BEING OF YOUR FIREFIGHTERS. WE ARE PROUD TO PRESENT YOU WITH THE FLORIDA FIRE CHIEFS ASSOCIATION AWARD OF EXCELLENCE IN FIREFIGHTER SAFETY AND HEALTH.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

APPRECIATE. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. YES, I'D LOVE TO.

THANK YOU. IT'S ONE MOMENT.

WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A PHOTOGRAPH.

ALL RIGHT. CAN I HANG OUT A LITTLE LONGER? I KNOW I WOULD.

THANK YOU VERY.

FOR.

AND I LIKE SHE WANTS TO SEE THAT.

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HERE WE GO AGAIN.

THANK YOU. WELL.

SO. CONTRACTS.

WHO WOULD BE WORTH THE COST.

THANK YOU, EVERYBODY.

THANK YOU. WE'RE IMMENSELY PROUD OF OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT AND OUR CHIEFS IN THIS TEAM.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT.

NEXT IS THE CITY MANAGER'S REPORT.

RON, DO YOU HAVE A REPORT THIS EVENING? ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.

NEXT IS CONSENT AGENDA.

IS ANYONE PULLING ANYTHING OFF OF CONSENT? OH, I APOLOGIZE. MY FAULT.

I DID MISS WE COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC.

WE DON'T HAVE ANY THAT ARE NOT ON THE AGENDA.

SO WHEN WE GET TO THE ITEM, THE AGENDA THAT THESE CARDS ARE FOR, WE DO HAVE SOME CARDS FOR THE AGENDA.

SO NEXT, WE DON'T HAVE THE CITY MANAGER'S REPORT.

[VII. CONSENT AGENDA]

IS ANYONE PULLING ANYTHING FROM CONSENT? NO. ALL RIGHT.

NOTHING'S BEEN PULLED FROM THE CONSENT.

SO CAN I GET A MOTION IN A SECOND TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.

I'LL SECOND. ALL RIGHT.

FIRST IN THE SECOND. ANYONE OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT. MOTION PASSES.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

NEXT, WE HAVE PUBLIC HEARINGS.

THESE ARE NON QUASI JUDICIAL.

IF THE CITY CLERK COULD PLEASE READ THE TITLE.

MAYOR, COULD YOU PLEASE READ THE QUASI STATEMENT? YES, MA'AM. TONIGHT, WE ARE HOLDING QUASI JUDICIAL HEARINGS ON THE FOLLOWING CASES.

RESOLUTION THREE, 2023 B AND T SITE PLAN AMENDMENT RESOLUTION 120 2023 AMENDMENT TO THE ALTON PLANNED COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT RESOLUTION 22023 SITE PLAN FOR THE ALTON MEDICAL CENTER.

THIS MEANS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL IS REQUIRED BY LAW TO BASE ITS DECISIONS ON THE EVIDENCE CONTAINED IN THE RECORD OF THIS PROCEEDING, WHICH CONSISTS OF THE TESTIMONY AT THE HEARING. THE MATERIALS WHICH ARE IN THE OFFICIAL CITY FILE ON THIS APPLICATION AND ANY DOCUMENTS PRESENTED DURING THIS HEARING.

THE COUNCIL IS ALSO REQUIRED BY LAW TO ALLOW CROSS-EXAMINATION OF ANY WITNESS WHO TESTIFIED AT NIGHT.

CROSS EXAMINATION MAY OCCUR AFTER THE STAFF, THE APPLICANT AND OTHER PARTICIPANTS HAVE MADE THEIR PRESENTATIONS AND WILL BE PERMITTED IN THE ORDER OF THE WITNESSES APPEARANCE.

IT IS NECESSARY THAT ANYONE WHO TESTIFIES AT THE HEARING REMAIN UNTIL THE CONCLUSION OF THE HEARING IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO RESPOND TO ANY QUESTIONS.

IF YOU PLAN TO TESTIFY THIS EVENING OR WISH TO OFFER WRITTEN COMMENTS, PLEASE FILL OUT A CARD OVER HERE TO MY RIGHT AND GIVE IT TO OUR CITY CLERK.

OVER HERE ON MY LEFT, THE CITY CLERK ONE ELSEWHERE IN ALL PERSONS WHO INTEND TO OFFER TESTIMONY THIS EVENING ON ANY OF THESE CASES.

DO YOU SOLEMNLY SWEAR TO TELL THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH, AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH, SO HELP YOU GOD? THANK YOU. IF THE CLERK COULD PLEASE READ THE TITLE ORDINANCE 1520 22.

[VIII.a. ORDINANCE 15, 2022 – (2ND READING AND ADOPTION) VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA, ANNEXING, PURSUANT TO A PETITION FOR VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION, EIGHTEEN (18) PARCELS OF REAL PROPERTY COMPRISING A TOTAL OF 10.97 ACRES, MORE OR LESS, IN SIZE, LOCATED ON THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE INTERSECTION OF PGA BOULEVARD AND ELLISON WILSON ROAD IN PALM BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA, THAT IS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED HEREIN; DECLARING THAT THE VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION PETITION BEARS THE SIGNATURES OF THE OWNERS OF THE REAL PROPERTY ANNEXED HEREBY; AMENDING ARTICLE II OF THE CITY CHARTER BY REDEFINING THE CORPORATE LIMITS; PROVIDING FOR TRANSMITTAL TO THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF STATE, THE PALM BEACH COUNTY CLERK OF COURT, AND PALM BEACH COUNTY; PROVIDING A CONFLICTS CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, AND AUTHORITY TO CODIFY; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.]

LOCATED ON THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE INTERSECTION OF PGA BOULEVARD AND ELLISON WILSON ROAD IN PALM BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA, THAT IS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED HERE IN DECLARING THAT THE VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION PETITION BEARS THE SIGNATURES OF THE OWNERS OF THE REAL PROPERTY ANNEXED HEREBY AMENDING ARTICLE TWO OF THE CITY CHARTER BY REDEFINING THE CORPORATE LIMITS, PROVIDING FOR TRANSMITTAL TO THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF STATE, THE PALM BEACH COUNTY CLERK OF COURTS AND PALM BEACH COUNTY, PROVIDING A CONFLICTS CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE AND AUTHORITY TO CODIFY PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE FOR THE PURPOSES.

THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO OPEN THE HEARING.

HAS ANYTHING CHANGED SINCE FIRST READING? GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR.

THERE ARE NO CHANGES SINCE FIRST READING STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

DO WE NEED A PRESENTATION THIS EVENING? NO. ALL RIGHT.

WE DON'T HAVE ANY COMMENT CARDS, AND IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE ANYONE WANTS TO SPEAK ON THIS.

SO I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE HEARING.

MAY I GET A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE ORDINANCE 15, 2022?

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I'LL SECOND. EXCELLENT.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION AT ALL? HEARING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION.

LET'S TAKE A VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR? I THINK THE APPLICANT WISHES.

OH, I'M SORRY.

I'M APOLOGIZING. YEAH.

WE WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR WORKING WITH US.

AND YOUR STAFF DID A PHENOMENAL JOB.

AND DAN JUST WANTED TO IF YOU COULD GO BACK AND JUST.

THAT WAS MR. GENTILE.

GENTILE TO JOE.

THANK YOU. AND DAN CATTLE.

I WANTED TO PERSONALLY THANK RON FERRIS, NATALIE AND ESPECIALLY MARTIN AND CARL WOOD.

A MAN'S WORD IS A MAN'S WORD.

WE SHOOK HANDS, SAID WE WERE COMING IN, AND WE HAVE PALM BEACH GARDENS IS MY PLACE.

IT'S WHERE I'VE BEEN GROWING UP, AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. WE APPRECIATE YOU STAYING HERE IN THE GARDENS.

ANYTHING ELSE? WE'RE GOOD.

ALL RIGHT. SO ALL IN FAVOR? ALL RIGHT. ANY OPPOSED MOTION PASSES? WELCOME BACK TO THE GARDENS. THANK YOU.

[VIII.b. ORDINANCE 1, 2023 – (1ST READING) BUDGET AMENDMENT. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS’ BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING OCTOBER 1, 2022, AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2023, INCLUSIVE; PROVIDING A CONFLICTS CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, AND AUTHORITY TO CODIFY; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.]

ORDINANCE ONE, 2023, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA.

AMENDING THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING OCTOBER ONE, 2022, AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2023.

INCLUSIVE, PROVIDING A COMPLEX CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE AND AUTHORITY TO CODIFIED PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE IN FOR THE PURPOSES.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, PATTY.

I'M GOING TO OPEN THE HEARING.

I SEE THAT WE HAVE AREA PANCAKE HERE AT THE PODIUM.

YES. GOOD EVENING.

MADAM MAYOR. COUNCIL'S FOR THE RECORD.

MY NAME IS ARION PONTIAC FINANCE ADMINISTRATOR.

ORDINANCE ONE IS OUR ANNUAL BUDGET AMENDMENT, WHERE WE CARRY FORWARD THE BALANCES ON PURCHASE ORDERS AND UNCOMPLETED BALANCES ON CIP PROJECTS OR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FROM ONE YEAR INTO THE NEXT.

IT'S ALSO WHEN WE ADJUST THE BEGINNING FUND BALANCE TO OUR ACTUAL ENDING FUND BALANCES.

FOR LAST YEAR AND THIS YEAR, WE HAVE A FEW OTHER REQUESTED ITEMS THAT WE'LL GET INTO IN SOME LATER SLIDES.

AS FAR AS THE TOTAL FOR PURCHASE ORDERS AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS GO THAT ARE BEING CARRIED FORWARD, PURCHASE ORDERS OR ENCUMBRANCES TOTAL 13.6 MILLION AND UNSPENT BALANCES ON CIP PROJECTS.

TOTAL 24.9 FOR A TOTAL OF 38.5 MILLION BEING CARRIED FORWARD INTO THE NEW THIS CURRENT YEAR.

THIS SLIDE IS JUST A BREAKDOWN OF THE MORE SIGNIFICANT PROJECTS BEING CARRIED FORWARD.

YOU'LL NOTE WE HAVE THE BURNS ROAD COMMUNITY CENTER PROJECT AT 10.6 MILLION.

THE GOLF COURSE EXPANSION WITH A PAR THREE COURSE AND CLUBHOUSE IS 7.2 MILLION AND THE FIRE STATION SIX IS 5.9 MILLION.

AND I WON'T GO INTO READING THE REMAINING PROJECTS, BUT YOU'LL NOTE THAT THEY ARE SORTED BY LARGEST PROJECT BALANCE BEING CARRIED FORWARD TO THE TO THE LEAST.

AND THESE ARE JUST THE MORE SIGNIFICANT PROJECTS.

SO MOVING ON TO SOME OF THE OTHER REQUESTED ITEMS, WHICH INCLUDE 127,000 FOR THE POLICE LIFE SCAN AND PHYSICAL AGILITY TESTING AND OVERTIME THAT WAS APPROVED AS PART OF THE POLICE NEGOTIATIONS THAT WAS COMPLETED AFTER THE CLOSE OF THE BUDGET LAST YEAR.

WE ALSO HAVE A REQUEST OF $60,000 FOR THE ADDITION OF THE AVENAL COMMUNITY PARK TO OUR MOWING CONTRACT AND ADDITIONAL 29,000 FOR AN INCREASE IN OUR CROSSING GUARD CONTRACT DUE TO INFLATIONARY AND STAFFING PRESSURES EXPERIENCED BY OUR VENDOR.

THE BUDGET AMENDMENT ALSO RECORD SEVERAL OTHER ADJUSTMENTS FROM OUR GENERAL FUND TO VARIOUS OTHER FUNDS.

WHEN WE CLOSE OUT OUR PRIOR YEAR, OUR ESTIMATES WERE BELOW WHAT WE HAD BUDGETED.

SO NOW WE HAVE TO MAKE THOSE FUNDS WHOLE.

THERE IS $5.28 MILLION PLANNED TRANSFER TO THE REC IMPACT FUND AS PART OF THE FUNDING PLAN FOR THE OPEN BURNS ROAD COMMUNITY PROJECT THAT'S BEING CARRIED FORWARD.

THERE IS ANOTHER $2.7 MILLION ADJUSTMENT REQUESTED FOR ROAD IMPACT FOR OPEN PROJECTS BEING CARRIED FORWARD.

THIS ENTRY IS JUST MERELY TO TRUE UP THE BALANCE FOR DEFERRED REVENUES THAT JUST HAVE NOT ARE NOT REALIZE AT THIS TIME UNTIL THOSE PERMITS COME ONLINE. AND FINALLY WE HAVE A TRANSFER TO COVER A SHORTAGE OF 2 MILLION IN OUR REC SPECIAL REVENUE FUND BALANCE BEING CARRIED FORWARD FROM FISCAL YEAR INTO FISCAL YEAR 23 DUE TO VARIANCES AND BETWEEN ACTUAL AND ESTIMATED REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES.

THAT'S PARTIALLY DUE TO THE DELAYED REOPENING OF OUR AQUATICS FACILITY AND STAFFING CONSTRAINTS AND HIRING THAT HAS HAVEN'T ALLOWED OUR PROGRAMS TO OPEN FULLY TO FULL CAPACITY. SO MOVING ON TO A BIT OF HOUSEKEEPING TO CLEAN UP OUR ACCOUNTS FOR FINANCIAL REPORTING PURPOSES FOR TWO CAPITAL LEASE

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THIS IS SIMILAR TO THE END OF YEAR BUDGET AMENDMENT WE DID A FEW MONTHS AGO FOR THE FIRE LADDER TRUCK THAT'S OUT FRONT THIS EVENING AS PART OF THE FINANCING TERMS WITH TRUIST, THE BANK SENT US THE LOAN PROCEEDS WHERE WE THEN IN IN TURN PAID THE MANUFACTURER.

THESE TWO UNITS INCLUDE A MOBILE COMMAND UNIT PER RESOLUTION FI THAT WAS APPROVED PER RESOLUTION FIVE 2021 WITH A TOTAL COST OF $779,310. AND THERE WAS ALSO AN AARON LIGHT TRUCK THAT WAS APPROVED PER RESOLUTION 22 2021 WITH A TOTAL COST OF $604,227.

AND BOTH OF THOSE VEHICLES ARE OUT FRONT THIS EVENING FOR THE PUBLIC AND COUNCIL TO TOUR.

I WOULD LIKE TO MENTION THIS REQUEST HAS NO IMPACT ON THE CITY'S RESERVES.

IT'S MERELY AN ENTRY TO ADJUST THE CITY'S BUDGET TO REFLECT THE TRANSACTION OF RECEIVING THOSE LOAN PROCEEDS AND IN TURN INCREASING THE BUDGET SO THAT WAY WE CAN RECOGNIZE THE CAPITAL LEASE PURCHASE.

SO LAST BUT NOT LEAST, WE MOVE INTO THE ANALYSIS OF THE GENERAL FUND RESERVES.

WE HAD A BEGINNING FUND BALANCE IN A BUDGET STABILIZATION OF 19.8 MILLION AFTER WE CLOSED OUT THE BOOKS FROM LAST YEAR.

WE REALIZED AN INCREASE OF 3.9 MILLION THAT WE'RE ADDING BACK TO THOSE RESERVES.

AND THEN WE HAVE A FEW ALLOCATIONS.

RECOMMENDED ALLOCATIONS FROM BUDGET STABILIZATION TO VARIOUS OTHER FUNDS THAT WE HAD DISCUSSED PREVIOUSLY FOR THE REC IMPACT, THE ROAD IMPACT AND THE REC SPECIAL REVENUE FUND THAT TOTAL 9.9 MILLION TO TO BRING THOSE BALANCE HOLE.

AND FINALLY, WE HAVE A RECOMMENDED TO INCREASE A FEW CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS FOR 200 THAT TOTAL 216,000. SO AS AFTER ALL THOSE ADJUSTMENTS ARE MADE, IT'LL LEAVE AN ENDING FUND BALANCE OF 13.6 MILLION IN BUDGET STABILIZATION. AS YOU MIGHT RECALL FROM OUR TEN YEAR PROJECTION MODEL, WE HAD PROJECTED A DRAW DOWN OF 7.5 MILLION IN THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR. THAT WILL FURTHER REDUCE THIS THIS BALANCE DOWN.

AND THAT INCLUDES A PLANNED TRANSFER OF $5 MILLION TO THE BURNS ROAD RENOVATION PROJECT.

THAT'S A PART OF THAT FUNDING FOR THAT FUNDING FOR THAT PROJECT.

AND AS FAR AS UNASSIGNED RESERVES GO, THEY REMAIN FLAT AT 26 MILLION, WHICH IS 22.5% OF OUR CURRENT YEARLY BUDGETED EXPENDITURES. AND THIS EXCEEDS OUR POLICY THRESHOLD SET AT 17% OF EXPENDITURES.

AND STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF ORDINANCE ONE 2023 ON FIRST READING.

THANK YOU. ARIANE DE DOES ANYONE WANT TO SPEAK ON THAT OR SHOULD WE GO AHEAD? I DON'T HAVE ANY COMMENT CARDS, SO I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE HEARING.

MAY I GET A MOTION IN A SECOND TO APPROVE? I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT ORDINANCE ONE 2023 ON FIRST READING.

THE SECOND, I'LL SECOND.

THANK YOU, MARCY. ALL RIGHT, MARK, SINCE YOU MADE THE MOTION, WOULD YOU LIKE TO START ANY DISCUSSION AT ALL? NO. GREAT PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU. THIS IS KIND OF HOUSEKEEPING, BUT IT ALSO GOES TO SHOW THE STRENGTH OF THE BUDGETING PROCESS THAT WE HAVE HERE IN THE CITY WITH A BUDGET STABILIZATION RESERVE OF $13.6 MILLION.

THAT SHOULD PUT ALL OF US IN A POSITION AND FUTURE COUNCILS TO BE ABLE TO DECIDE HOW BEST TO SPEND THOSE DOLLARS AND CONSIDER MILLAGE CHANGES.

BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WILL COME UP AS WE GO THROUGH THE BUDGET CYCLE.

SO THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.

GOOD JOB TO THE FINANCE COMMITTEE AND SEEING THOSE, THOSE NICE BIG SHINY TRUCKS OUTSIDE SHOULD MAKE EVERY RESIDENT IN THIS CITY COMFORTABLE KNOWING THAT WE HAVE THE BEST OF THE BEST OF THE BEST. EVERY RESIDENT SHOULD FEEL SAFE, SHOULD KNOW THAT THEIR CITY, THEIR STAFF, CITY MANAGER AND COUNCIL TAKE ALL OF THAT INTO CONSIDERATION WHENEVER WE TALK ABOUT YOUR DOLLARS. SO THANK YOU.

EXCELLENT. ALL RIGHT, CARL.

I DO NOT MARK THAT AT ALL.

ALL RIGHT. IS A GREAT JOB.

THANKS, MARK. ANYONE ELSE? ROCHELLE. MERCY. ALL RIGHT.

GO AHEAD. I JUST WANT TO THANK STAFF FOR PREPARING THE TEN YEAR FORECAST AT THE AGENDA REVIEW.

I ASKED HOW IT WAS GOING TO AFFECT THE LONG TERM BUDGET STABILIZATION RESERVES AND 2032.

IT'S LIKE. IT'S LIKE, SCARY TO THINK ABOUT, BUT WE STILL HAVE 8.5 MILLION AND WITH UNASSIGNED RESERVES STAYING FLAT, FLAT.

WE'VE GOT THAT AS A BACKUP.

THE CITY IS STILL IN GOOD SHAPE, EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE TO DIP INTO IT A COUPLE OF TIMES BETWEEN NOW AND THEN.

SO THANKS FOR PROVIDING THAT FOR ME.

ALL RIGHT. EXCELLENT, GREAT PRESENTATION IS ALWAYS VERY CLEAR AND ALSO EXCITED ABOUT HOW THE BUDGET IS LOOKING ONLINE.

EVEN EASIER TO READ THAN EVER BEFORE.

COMPLETELY OPEN AND TRANSPARENT.

ALL THE RESIDENTS HAVE TO DO IS OPEN UP THEIR PHONE OR OUR WEBSITE.

AND THERE IT IS. AND IT'S UPDATED EVERY NIGHT, RIGHT? YES, IT IS ACTUALLY, MAYOR, ONE SECOND THAT IT'S RELEVANT TO THIS, BUT THAT THAT BUILDING COMING IN ON ELLISON WILSON ROAD THAT THAT WE JUST VOTED ON THAT WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH

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IT'LL IT'LL DEFINITELY BRING IN SIGNIFICANT REVENUES.

SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO IT COMING ONLINE.

SO WE TAKE ALL OF THESE THINGS INTO CONSIDERATION.

I DIDN'T GET THE CHANCE TO BRING THAT UP, BUT THAT'S A SIGNIFICANT PROJECT THAT'S GOING TO HELP THE COMMUNITY.

SO THANKS. I'LL BE BEAUTIFUL.

AND THEY, THE NEW RESIDENTS THERE, WILL GET THE WONDERFUL SERVICES OF LIVING IN PALM BEACH GARDENS.

SO SO WIN WIN, MAYBE WE'LL DRIVE THAT BIG TRUCK IN THEIR DRIVEWAY, SEE WHAT THEY THINK ABOUT IT THEN.

THERE YOU GO. YEAH.

I WOULD FEEL REALLY CONFIDENT IN FRONT OF THOSE FIRE TRUCKS PULLED UP IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE TO COME RESCUE ME.

THEY'RE PRETTY EXTRAORDINARY. ALL RIGHT, SO ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT.

MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

ALL DONE. ALL RIGHT.

[VIII.c. *RESOLUTION 3, 2023 – BB&T SITE PLAN AMENDMENT. A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA, APPROVING A SITE PLAN AMENDMENT TO CONSTRUCT A NEW 3,161-SQUARE-FOOT FINANCIAL INSTITUTION WITH A MINOR CONDITIONAL USE FOR DRIVE-THROUGH LANES, A 3,500-SQUARE-FOOT RETAIL BUILDING, AND ASSOCIATED SITE IMPROVEMENTS ON AN APPROXIMATELY 1.93-ACRE SITE AT 9600 ALTERNATE A1A, GENERALLY LOCATED ON THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF LIGHTHOUSE DRIVE AND ALTERNATE A1A WITHIN THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, AS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED HEREIN; PROVIDING CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.]

IF THE CLERK WOULD KINDLY READ THE TITLE, PLEASE.

RESOLUTION THREE, 2023, A RESOLUTION THE CITY COUNCIL, THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA, APPROVING A SITE PLAN AMENDMENT TO CONSTRUCT A NEW 3161 SQUARE FOOT FINANCIAL INSTITUTION WITH A MINOR CONDITIONAL USE FOR DRIVE THRU LANES AT 3500 SQUARE FOOT RETAIL BUILDING AND ASSOCIATED SITE IMPROVEMENTS ON AN APPROXIMATELY 1.93 ACRE SITE AT 9600 ALTERNATE A1A GENERALLY LOCATED ON THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF LIGHTHOUSE DRIVE AN ALTERNATE A1A WITHIN THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, AS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED HERE IN PROVIDING CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

THANK YOU, PATTY. ALL RIGHT.

DO WE HAVE ANY X PARTY ON COUNCIL TONIGHT? NO, NO. ALL RIGHT.

LET'S SEE. I BELIEVE WE HAVE INSIGHT STUDIO, MR. BRIAN TERRY. THAT'S CORRECT.

ALL RIGHT, GREAT. THANK YOU.

BEYER, COUNSEL. PLEASURE TO BE HERE THIS EVENING.

I'LL GO THROUGH A BRIEF PRESENTATION TO PRESENT THE NEW DEVELOPMENT OF THE TRUIST BANK ON THE PROPERTY THAT YOU'RE ALL VERY FAMILIAR WITH ALONG ALTERNATE ONE.

THIS IS BASICALLY AT THE CORNER OF LIGHTHOUSE DRIVE AND ALTERNATE A-1.

THIS IS THE LOCATION OF THE PREVIOUS V.A.

BANK BUILDING THAT HAD BEEN THERE BACK IN 2021.

THAT BUILDING WAS DEMOLISHED DUE TO SOME STRUCTURAL DAMAGE THAT OCCURRED WITH THE BUILDING.

THEY HAD BEEN OPERATING OUT OF A TEMPORARY MODULAR THAT WAS ON THE PROPERTY FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS THAT ULTIMATELY HAS ALSO BEEN REMOVED.

SO WE'RE GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS NOW TO ENTITLE AND HOPEFULLY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONSTRUCT A BRAND NEW TRUIST BUILDING, WHICH I'D LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT, WOULD BE THE VERY FIRST GROUND UP TRUIST BRAND BANK BRANCH WITHIN THE COUNTRY, WHICH IS REALLY PRETTY EXCITING RIGHT HERE IN PALM BEACH GARDENS.

SO AS YOU'LL SEE, AS I GO THROUGH THIS PRESENTATION, I THINK ARCHITECTURALLY IT'S PRETTY STUNNING FOR FOR A FOR AN OUT PARCEL BANK, SOMETHING THAT PROBABLY IS NOT VERY COMMON WITHIN THE, WITHIN THE THE COMMUNITY.

SO AGAIN, WHAT WE HAVE IS REALLY TWO PARTS TO TWO BUILDINGS ON THIS PROPERTY.

THIS IS ONE ZONING.

WE'RE NOT PAD WE'RE NOT REQUESTING WAIVERS OR STRAIGHT ZONING WITH THIS REQUEST.

SO YOU HAVE A 3031 OR 3100 SQUARE FOOT, THE TRUIST BUILDING ITSELF.

THEN WE HAVE A SECONDARY 3500 SQUARE FOOT RETAIL BUILDING THAT'S ON THE PROPERTY AS WELL, MEANING THE PARKING REQUIREMENTS.

SITE ACCESS IS SOMETHING I'LL TOUCH ON VERY BRIEFLY.

AND AGAIN, THE FINANCE INSTITUTION DOES HAVE THREE DRIVE THRU LANES THAT ARE PART OF THIS PLAN.

THIS IS A TECHNICAL PLAN THAT IS PART OF THE APPLICATION.

OBVIOUSLY JUMPING TO A LITTLE EASIER TO READ GRAPHIC.

YOU CAN SEE HOW THE BUILDINGS ARE ORGANIZED ON THE PROPERTY.

THE FINANCIAL INSTITUTION IS ON THE NORTH SIDE, THE TRUIST BUILDINGS ON THE NORTH END OF THE PROPERTY.

THE RETAIL IS ON THE SOUTH.

PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO THIS SITE AS IT EXISTS TODAY.

CURRENTLY, THE ACCESS POINT IS RIGHT HERE INTO THE PROPERTY.

WE RELOCATING THAT DOWN TO THE SOUTHERN END OF THE PROPERTY TO BE ADJACENT TO THIS PROPERTY LINE TO ALLOW FOR FUTURE CROSS ACCESS TO THE PROPERTY.

THAT'S ALSO IN PALM BEACH GARDENS, WHICH IS REALLY THE LAST PARCEL WITHIN THE GARDENS TO OUR SOUTH.

SO THE SITE WE WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH STAFF TRYING TO COME UP WITH A GOOD ORGANIZATION OF THE BUILDINGS, GOOD ORGANIZATION, THE SITE CIRCULATION.

WE HAVE A SECONDARY ACCESS POINT THAT IS ON LIGHTHOUSE DRIVE, SO THERE WILL BE A TURN LINE TURN LANE IMPROVEMENT THAT WILL OCCUR ALONG ALTERNATE ONE A TO ALLOW THE LEFT IN. THERE WILL BE NO LEFT OUT IN THIS LOCATION.

THIS IS A TWO PHASE PROJECT.

SO WE'RE GOING TO THE FOCUS HAS BEEN TO GET THE BANK OPERATIONAL.

AND SO WE ARE PLANNING FOR A SECONDARY PHASE.

BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, EVERYTHING THAT IS NOT OUTLINED IN RED.

SO ONLY THE ONLY THE INTERNAL SITE, INTERNAL BUILDING PAD IS REALLY THE SECOND PHASE.

SO THE LANDSCAPE BUFFERS, THE PARKING LOT, ALL OF THE SITE IMPROVEMENTS WILL BE CONSTRUCTED AND THEN ONLY THE THE PHASE TWO BUILDING PAD WHICH WILL BE SITED WOULD BE THE REMAINING PIECE UNTIL THAT IS HAS A HAS A TENANT IN IS READY TO MOVE FORWARD.

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BUT HERE'S MY MY.

WE WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH DOT AND ACTUALLY STAFF HELPED US WITH THAT CONVERSATION WITH DOT EXPRESSING THE IMPORTANCE OF THE FUTURE CROSS ACCESS AND THEN ALLOWING FOR THE LEFT IN ON ALTERNATE MONDAY.

SO WE WERE EXCITED TO HAVE THAT.

SO HERE'S, HERE'S A PERSPECTIVE VIEW.

AS YOU CAN SEE, THE TWO THE TWO BUILDINGS I LIKE TO JUMP AND THEN AGAIN, KIND OF A MORE HIGH LEVEL PEDESTRIAN LEVEL VIEW OF THE PROPERTY.

I'D LIKE TO JUMP TO THE ARCHITECTURE AGAIN.

I THINK IT'S THIS IS THIS IS TRUIST OPPORTUNITY TO BRING THEIR BRAND, THEIR QUALITY, THE FINANCIAL INSTITUTION THEY'RE BRINGING INTO THE MARKETPLACE AND REALLY PRESENTING THEMSELVES, YOU KNOW, WITH THE ARCHITECTURE AND THE SITE DESIGN THAT THEY WANTED TO BE PRESENT TO THE GARDENS.

SO VERY CLEAN ARCHITECTURE, MODERN, A LOT OF GLASS, A LOT OF VISIBILITY INTO THE FACILITY ITSELF.

AS YOU CAN SEE, FLAT ROOFS, VERY SIMPLE COLOR PALETTE AND NICE LARGE OVERHANGS, MODERN.

SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO BE WORKING WITH THEM ON THIS AND FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO HOPEFULLY HAVE THIS THIS OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD THEIR FIRST STANDALONE TOURIST BUILDING ALL BY, YOU KNOW, THAT REALLY REPRESENTS THEIR BRAND.

SO YOU CAN SEE THE NORTH ELEVATION, WHICH IS KIND OF WELL, OBVIOUSLY WOULD BE FACING NORTH, BUT IT DOESN'T REALLY PROJECT TO THE ROADWAY.

THE SOUTH ELEVATION IS WE'RE USING A LOT OF VINES TO BRING SOME COLOR TO THAT ELEVATION ALONG THE SIDE.

AND YOU CAN SEE THE DRIVE THRU LANES AND THEN THE WEST ELEVATION IS YOUR FRONT ELEVATION ELEVATIONS.

YOU CAN SEE THERE'S A. AT BCTGM.

THERE'S ALSO A DRIVE THRU ATM ON THE BACK SIDE.

THIS IS THE RENDERING FOR THE SECONDARY, THE 3500 SQUARE FOOT RETAIL BUILDING.

AGAIN, KEEPING IN CONTEXT WITH THE SAME ARCHITECTURAL STYLE OF CLEAN MODERN WITH WITH A LOT OF GLASS AND VISIBILITY FOR THE FUTURE TENANT THAT WILL TAKE THAT SPACE.

AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE THESE ARCHITECTURAL ELEVATIONS I THINK WILL BE VERY COMPLEMENTARY TO THE GARDENS.

AND WITH THAT, I THINK THAT'S THE END OF MY PRESENTATION.

I'M CERTAINLY HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE AND APPRECIATE EVERYBODY WORKING WITH US THROUGH THE PROCESS.

NATALIE, PETER, JOHN, IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE.

GREAT TO HEAR. AND THAT'S REALLY EXCITING ABOUT BEING THE FIRST STANDALONE BUILDING FOR TRUIST.

WE DIDN'T REALIZE THAT YET.

THAT'S GREAT. LET'S SEE.

DOES ANYONE WANT TO ASK HIM A QUESTION NOW? GO AHEAD. DO WE HAVE A STAFF PRESENTATION? NO, MA'AM. AT THIS POINT IN TIME, WE DO NOT.

WE AGREE AND THANK THE APPLICANT FOR WORKING ON THIS PROJECT.

STAFF SUPPORTS THIS RESOLUTION, AND WE'RE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU. OKAY. EXCELLENT.

ALL RIGHT. SO I DON'T HAVE ANY COMMENT CARDS REGARDING RESOLUTION THREE.

SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE HEARING.

MAKE IT A MOTION IN A SECOND TO APPROVE.

GO AHEAD. ALL RIGHT. CARL, MARCI, CARL'S MADE THE MOTION.

MAKE A MOTION. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION THREE 2023.

EXCELLENT. SECOND.

I THOUGHT I MADE THE MOTION, BUT.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO AS LONG AS WE GET IT, IT GOT DONE.

LET'S JUST SAY MARCY MADE THE MOTION.

AND, CARL, WOULD YOU AGREE THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SECOND THE MOTION? ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. SO LET'S BRING IT FOR DISCUSSION.

SO, MARCY, YOU MADE THE MOTION.

LET'S HAVE YOU START US OFF.

I THINK IT'S A WONDERFUL ADDITION, DEFINITE IMPROVEMENT TO THIS AREA.

I DRIVE BY IT ALL THE TIME AND LOOKING FORWARD TO YOU GUYS BEING HERE.

IT'S A BEAUTIFUL BUILDING AND YOU GUYS DID A GREAT JOB ON THE LANDSCAPE.

I REVIEWED EVERYTHING AND LOOKS GREAT, HAPPY WITH IT.

BEVERLY RACHELLE.

WE I AGREE WITH MARCY ABOUT THE LOOK OF THE BUILDING.

WE IN THE GARDENS, YOU KNOW, HAVE VERY HIGH STANDARDS AND STAFF HAS IS METICULOUS ABOUT THE WAY WE WANT TO LOOK AND THAT SECTION OF A1A GOING SOUTH.

THIS IS A GREAT ADDITION TO TO THAT SPOT AND REALLY CHANGES HELPS CHANGE THE LOOK OF THAT PORTION OF THE STREET IN THE CITY.

SO KUDOS TO YOU FOR FOR THAT BUILDING.

I THINK IT'S GREAT.

I DID HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE TIMELINE FOR PHASE ONE AND PHASE TWO.

DO YOU HAVE ANY INPUT ON THAT AT ALL? WE OBVIOUSLY WE WERE LOOKING FORWARD TO APPROVAL THIS EVENING SO THAT WE CAN GET THE PLANS, GO THROUGH CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTATION FOR THE PLANS AND GET THOSE OUT TO BID.

SO I DON'T HAVE A HARD DATE TO TELL YOU HERE THIS EVENING, BUT THE BANK IS CONSIDERING MOVING THIS FORWARD AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.

DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA OF LOOKING AT AT THE GLASS STRUCTURE ON BUILDING NUMBER TWO ON THE RETAIL, WHAT TYPE OF RETAIL AND HOW MANY RETAIL UNITS WILL THAT BUILDING HOLD?

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WE ANTICIPATED AT MOST TWO TENANTS COULD BE ACCOMMODATED IN THAT BUILDING.

IT HAS NOT BEEN PUT OUT INTO THE MARKET.

AGAIN, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD AN APPROVED SITE PLAN BEFORE IT WAS PUT OUT TO THE MARKET AND REALLY START TO GARNER INTEREST.

SO AT THIS POINT, I DON'T HAVE A SPECIFIC USER THAT I CAN SPEAK TO THIS EVENING.

YOU KNOW, AGAIN, WORKING WITHIN THE ONE DISTRICT, IT WILL OBVIOUSLY BE A USE THAT IT FALLS IN LINE AS A PERMITTED USE WITHIN THAT.

BUT I DON'T HAVE A SPECIFIC USER, I CAN TELL YOU THIS EVENING.

THANK YOU. THANKS, MARK.

NO QUESTIONS. THANK YOU, CAROL.

I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. I MEAN, IF ANYBODY KNOWS THAT AREA, IT'S A COMPLETE MESS AND HAS BEEN FOR A LONG TIME.

SO FINALLY GETTING SOMETHING UP THERE THAT'S FORWARD THINKING, THAT IS GARDEN NEST LIKE OR WHATEVER, IT'S IT'S IT'S GOOD TO SEE SOMETHING GO THERE THAT WILL BENEFIT THE COMMUNITY IN THAT AREA AND.

YOU KNOW, GIVE IT A NICE, CLEAN LOOK.

EVERYTHING AROUND THERE IS DATED A LITTLE BIT, SO IT'S GOING TO BE GOOD.

I SUPPORT IT. THANK YOU.

IT'D BE A NICE SOUTHERN ENTRANCE INTO THE GARDENS, AND IT'S AN EXCELLENT SPOT BECAUSE THAT IS ONE OF OUR ENTRYWAYS INTO THE GARDENS.

AND SO TO HAVE THAT WELCOMING EVERYBODY.

WANT TO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE ADDITIONAL BUFFER THAT WENT IN AN EXTRA 55 FEET SETBACK BUFFER THAT WASN'T THERE BEFORE.

AND IT WILL ADD TO THAT SORT OF FEELING OF ENTERING THE GARDENS WHEN YOU GO IN THERE AND THE 12 FOOT MEANDERING SIDEWALK AS WELL.

WE LOVE TO SEE THAT.

AND WHAT WHAT ARE YOU THINKING? WHAT DO YOU KNOW? IF THERE'S ANYTHING YOU CAN SHARE WITH US ABOUT THE RETAIL BUILDING IN THE FUTURE, HOW MANY TENANTS WILL IT HAVE? WHAT'S IT SET UP FOR? PRIMARILY, RIGHT.

JUST AGAIN, WE PROBABLY HAVE MAXIMUM OF TWO TENANTS IN THAT SPACE.

WE DON'T HAVE A SPECIFIC USER IN MIND AT THIS POINT IN TIME.

IT HASN'T BEEN PUT OUT IN THE MARKET FOR CONSIDERATION OR OFFERS TO BE BROUGHT FORWARD.

SO WE DON'T HAVE A TENANT.

MAXIMUM TO MOST LIKELY MORE LIKE ONE TENANT WOULD BE IN THAT SPACE.

YES. ALL RIGHT. EXCELLENT.

GREAT. THANK YOU. WONDERFUL PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND TAKE A VOTE.

ALL IN FAVOR. HI.

ANY OPPOSED MOTION PASSES? RESOLUTION THREE, 2023.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

WELCOME. MOVING RIGHT ALONG.

[VIII.d. *RESOLUTION 1, 2023 – AMENDMENT TO THE ALTON PLANNED COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA, APPROVING AN AMENDMENT TO THE ALTON PLANNED COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT (PCD), SUCH PARCEL BEING LOCATED SOUTH OF DONALD ROSS ROAD, NORTH OF HOOD ROAD, AND EAST AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 95, AS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED HEREIN, TO ALLOW THE CONVERSION OF 728,210 SQUARE FEET OF INDUSTRIAL / RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT / BIOTECH APPROVED IN PARCEL B TO 300 HOSPITAL BEDS AND 160,000 SQUARE FEET OF MEDICAL OFFICE IN PARCEL B, TO RECONFIGURE LAKES AND SEACOAST UTILITY AUTHORITY (SUA) WELL SITE EASEMENTS WITHIN PARCEL B, AND TO MODIFY THE ALTON PCD LIST OF PERMITTED USES TO INCLUDE AN ACCESSORY HELISTOP FOR HOSPITALS AS A MAJOR CONDITIONAL USE IN THE BIOTECH DISTRICT; PROVIDING CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.]

[VIII.e. *RESOLUTION 2, 2023 – SITE PLAN FOR THE ALTON MEDICAL CENTER. A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA, APPROVING A SITE PLAN AND MAJOR CONDITIONAL USE WITHIN PARCEL B (BIOTECH DISTRICT) OF THE ALTON PLANNED COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT (PCD) TO ALLOW THE DEVELOPMENT OF A 300-BED HOSPITAL WITH AN ACCESSORY HELISTOP AND AN 80,000-SQUARE-FOOT MEDICAL OFFICE BUILDING; THE SUBJECT SITE IS APPROXIMATELY 32.3 ACRES, MORE OR LESS, AND IS LOCATED EAST OF INTERSTATE 95 AND SOUTH OF DONALD ROSS ROAD, AS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED HEREIN; PROVIDING CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL; PROVIDING WAIVERS; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.]

THANK YOU. RESOLUTION ONE, 2023.

A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL.

THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA, APPROVING AN AMENDMENT TO THE ALTON PLAN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PCD SEARCH PARCEL BEING LOCATED SOUTH OF DONALD ROSS ROAD, NORTH OF HOOD ROAD AND EAST AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 95, AS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED HEREIN, TO ALLOW THE CONVERSION OF 728,210 SQUARE FEET OF INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT BIOTECH APPROVED AND PARCEL B TO 300 HOSPITAL BEDS AND 160,000 SQUARE FEET OF MEDICAL OFFICE IN PARCEL B TO RECONFIGURE LAKES AND SEA.

COAST UTILITY AUTHORITY SEWA WILL SITE EASEMENTS WITHIN PARCEL B AND TO MODIFY THE ALTON PCD LIST OF PERMITTED USES TO INCLUDE AN ACCESSORY. LET'S STOP FOR HOSPITALS AS A MAJOR CONDITIONAL USE IN THE BIOTECH DISTRICT, PROVIDING CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE, AND FOR THE PURPOSES.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. I'M GOING TO OPEN THIS HEARING.

DO WE HAVE ANY EXPERTISE? MARCY, YOU WANT TO GO FIRST? I HAVE EXPERTISE.

YES, I HAVE MET WITH KEVIN DELILLO, SPOKE TO BRIAN SEYMOUR, ALTHOUGH HE'S NOT RELATED TO THE PROJECT.

JEFF ATWATER, KEN TUMA, GARY BRANDENBURG MAY REST IN PEACE.

AND DYLAN BRANDENBURG AND SHELLEY FREEMAN.

EXCELLENT. MOVING ON DOWN, RACHELLE.

I SPOKE WITH KEN TOUMA TODAY.

I HAVE NOT SPOKEN WITH BRIAN DELILLO OR ANYONE ELSE FROM THE TEAM ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT FOR THE PAST YEAR OR SO.

SO. WE DID NOT.

UM, A COUPLE OF MEETINGS WITH BOTH KEN, JEFF ATWATER AND KEVIN DE LALA WITH STAFF, A COUPLE A COUPLE OF A YEAR OR SO AGO.

AND TODAY I ACTUALLY HAD A CONVERSATION WITH KRISTEN ALSO FROM FOURSQUARE.

AND JUST LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE OTHER THAN PAYING ATTENTION.

WHILE THIS THING HAS BEEN BLOSSOMING OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, THROUGH THE EMAILS, THROUGH THEIR THROUGH THEIR ATTEMPTS TO MEET WITH THE COMMUNITY AND BRING THEM ON BOARD, CAN AND I'VE SPOKEN ABOUT IT A COUPLE OF TIMES, BUT JUST BEEN PAYING ATTENTION LIKE WE ALL HAVE FOR FOR A LONG TIME NOW.

ALL RIGHT. AND I DID MEET WITH KEVIN AND JEFF ATWATER IN CITY COUNCIL.

I'M SORRY. GO AHEAD, RACHELLE.

I APOLOGIZE. NO FINISH.

OK MET WITH THEM BOTH WITH OUR CITY MANAGER AND STAFF AND HAVE HAD SEVERAL CONVERSATIONS WITH RESIDENTS.

FORGOT. AT MY LUNCH WITH JEFF ATWATER, I DID ASK HIM ABOUT THE PROJECT, SO THAT WAS AN EXTRA.

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SO ALTHOUGH THE PETITIONER AND STAFF WILL BE PROVIDING COMBINED PRESENTATIONS, JUST SO YOU GUYS KNOW, WE WILL BE VOTING ON EACH ONE SEPARATELY WHEN IT COMES TIME TO VOTE.

SO I SEE WE HAVE KEN TOUMA HERE AND ROBIN GISBORNE FROM URBAN DESIGN STUDIO AND A LARGE BOX REPRESENTING TWO YEARS OF WORK BEHIND YOU.

THAT'S CORRECT, MADAM MAYOR, I THINK.

ALL RIGHT. HAVE YOU BEEN SWORN IN? I HAVE. GOOD. GOOD EVENING.

MY NAME IS KEN TOMBE.

I'M WITH URBAN DESIGN STUDIO.

MY ADDRESS IS 610 CLEMATIS STREET, WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA, 33401.

I'VE BEEN SWORN IN THIS EVENING.

A FEW HOUSEKEEPING ITEMS BEFORE WE GET STARTED WITH THE PRESENTATION TO THIS EVENING.

AS MADAM MAYOR, AS MADAM MAYOR SAID, WE ARE REQUESTING THAT BOTH ITEMS BE HEARD AT THE SAME TIME.

I BELIEVE IT'S ITEMS TWO AND THREE ON YOUR AGENDA, AND WE'RE REQUESTING OF BOTH ITEMS TO BE HEARD AT THE SAME TIME.

THIS IS A QUASI JUDICIAL PROCEEDING, MEANING THAT WE ARE GOING TO FOLLOW THE RULES OF QUASI JUDICIAL MATTER.

OUR ATTORNEY, MR. STRICKLAND, IS IN THE OFFICE, IS IN THE AUDIENCE.

IF WE HAVE ANY NEED FOR HIS FOR HIS SKILL SET THIS EVENING.

WE ALSO HAVE SUBMITTED TO THE RECORD DURING THE PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD MEETING THE RESUMES OF ALL THE PROFESSIONALS WHO ARE IN THE AUDIENCE THIS EVENING.

WE HAVE LOTS OF ENGINEERS.

WE HAVE A TRANSPORTATION ENGINEER, WE HAVE A CIVIL ENGINEER, WE HAVE AN AVIATION ENGINEER, A LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT, AN URBAN PLANNER.

WE HAVE THE WE'RE VERY LUCKY TO HAVE FROM NASHVILLE THIS EVENING.

WE ALSO HAVE THE ARCHITECT OF THE HOSPITAL, VERY TALENTED MAN HERE THIS EVENING FROM NASHVILLE.

WE ALSO HAVE OUR CLIENT AND SEVERAL OTHER REPRESENTATIVES WHO ARE HERE AND AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

THE PRESENTATION THIS EVENING WILL BE MOSTLY MINE AND ROB, SO WILL PROBABLY BE ABOUT 40 MINUTES.

IT IS TO TWO COMBINED PRESENTATIONS ON ONE, SO WE'LL BE ABOUT 40 MINUTES THIS EVENING.

I WANT TO GO AHEAD AND START THE PRESENTATION BY THANKING EVERYBODY FOR ALLOWING US TO GET HERE, INCLUDING YOUR STAFF, THE NEIGHBORS, ALL THE REPRESENTATIVES AT UNIVERSAL HEALTH HAS WORKED WITH OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS.

I WANT TO JUST DROP BACK FOR A SECOND AS WE GET STARTED, WHAT ALTON MEDICAL CENTER IS AND WHAT THE HISTORIC THE HISTORY OF THE PROJECT AND HOW WE GOT TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY.

IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.

THIS IS AN IMPORTANT PROJECT FOR THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS.

FRANKLY, IT'S BEEN MOST OF MY ADULT CAREER.

I STARTED WORKING ON THIS PROJECT IN THE LATE 1990S AND THEN IN 2004 AND 2005, IT REALLY STARTED GOING AND IT IS THE CAPSULE OR IT IS THE THE BEGINNING OF THE BEGINNING OF THE PROJECT.

THE VISION WAS ALWAYS TO MAKE IT HEALTHILY, HAVE A MEDICAL USE ON THE SITE.

AND HERE WE ARE 20 YEARS LATER WITH A MEDICAL USE ON THE SITE REQUESTING IN FRONT OF YOU THIS EVENING A HOSPITAL OF 300 ROOMS AND A MEDICAL OFFICE BUILDING OF 80,000 SQUARE FEET. THE HOSPITAL.

WHEN I GO THROUGH THE PRESENTATION, I'M GOING TO SAY 150 BEDS.

THE 150 BEDS IS THE FIRST.

THEY ARE BUILDING ALL 300 ROOMS, BUT THEY ARE ALLOWING FOR THEY'RE ONLY CONSTRUCTING THE FIRST 150 INTERNALLY AND THEY'LL FINISH THOSE OTHER BEDS AS THEY COME FURTHER.

AND I'LL EXPLAIN THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL AS WE MOVE THROUGH THE SITE, THROUGH THE PROJECT.

SO WHAT'S IN FRONT OF YOU THIS EVENING IS PARCEL B WITHIN ALTON.

IT'S THE 32.32 ACRE PARCEL OF LAND LOCATED HERE TO THE NORTH IS CARRIER TO THE EAST IS WHAT IS NOW KNOWN AS MADISON.

I HAVE CLARITY POINT ON OUR PRESENTATION.

IT'S THIS SITE RIGHT HERE.

IT IS IN THE PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT AREA OF WHAT WAS THEN CALLED THE SCRIPPS.

BRIGER DRY.

SO WHAT IS IN FRONT OF YOU THIS EVENING? THERE ARE TWO ITEMS IN FRONT OF YOU TO SEE NEXT WEEK.

THREE, THERE'S A PEACE AMENDMENT.

THE AMENDMENT IS TO MODIFY THE MASTER PLAN.

ALSO A REVISION TO THE PXD PERMITTED USE LIST, A SITE PLAN REVIEW FOR 32.32 ACRES.

IT INCLUDES A 300 ROOM HOTEL, 80,000 SQUARE FEET OF MEDICAL OFFICE, A MASTER SIGNAGE PROGRAM.

WAIVERS. AND THEN FINALLY, THERE'S A MAJOR CONDITIONAL USE TO ALLOW A HEALTH STOP AS AN ACCESSORY USE TO THE HOSPITAL.

SO FIRST, STARTING WITH THE PCD AMENDMENT AND KIND OF BIG PICTURE OF WHAT'S HAPPENING, WE'RE CONVERTING THE USES WITHIN THE DRI AND THE PCD TO HOSPITALS.

THE DRY AND THE PCD SPECIFICALLY HAD A CONVERSION MATRIX WHICH ALLOWS FOR THE USES THAT ARE APPROVED ON PARCEL B TO BE CONVERTED INTO HOSPITAL BEDS AND MEDICAL OFFICE.

WE'RE ALSO RECONFIGURING SEVERAL OF THE LAKES.

THE LAKES ARE EXPANDING BY 5.44 ACRES.

WE'RE ADDING AN ADDITIONAL ACCESS POINT TO THE SITE RIGHT HERE AT THE END OF THE ROUNDABOUT.

THERE WERE TWO ACCESS POINTS ORIGINALLY ON THE MASTER PLAN.

WE'RE ADDING A THIRD ONE.

FINALLY, WE'RE AMENDING THE PCD PERMITTED USE LIST TO ALLOW FOR A HEALTH STOP AS A MAJOR CONDITIONAL USE TO TO BE PART OF AN ACCESSORY TO THE HOSPITAL.

SO THE SITE PLAN REVIEW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PROJECT.

THE SITE PLAN IS, AS I SAID, IS A STORY HOSPITAL.

THE FIRST TWO FLOORS ARE THE MEDICAL OFFICE.

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THE BUILDING WILL BE 118 FEET OF HEIGHT.

IT'LL BE 890 FEET AWAY FROM THE RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY TO THE SOUTH HERE.

THERE'S ALSO BEING PROPOSED A MEDICAL OFFICE BUILDING.

THAT MEDICAL OFFICE BUILDING IS 80,000 SQUARE FEET.

IT'S A FOUR STORY BUILDING, AND IT WILL BE A HEIGHT OF 71.4 FEET, KIND OF FOR A FRAME OF REFERENCE THAT BUILDINGS VERY SIMILAR TO NOVA SOUTHEASTERN BUILDING THAT YOU SEE AS YOU'RE DRIVING UP I-95 ON THE EAST SIDE OR ON THE WEST SIDE OF MILITARY TRAIL.

THAT BUILDING IS 75,000 SQUARE FEET AND IS 68 FEET OF HEIGHT.

AND THE THE HOSPITAL ITSELF AT 118 FEET OF HEIGHT IS JUST A LITTLE BIT BIGGER, TALLER THAN THE CARRIER BUILDING.

SO THE MASTER SIGN PROGRAM.

THE MASTER SIGN PROGRAM INCLUDES BOTH MONUMENT SIGNS, DIRECTIONAL SIGNS, WALLS, SIGNS, CANOPY SIGNS AND BUILDING DIRECTORY.

AND WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH THIS IN DETAIL, BUT I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW, IS THAT YOUR POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENT ARE IN SUPPORT OF THE SIGNAGE PROGRAM, BECAUSE WHEN YOU COME TO A HOSPITAL, THE FIRST THING YOU WANT TO BE ABLE TO DO IS HAVE AN EASE OF TO GETTING TO WHERE YOU NEED TO GO.

AND THAT'S THE PURPOSE OF THE DIRECTIONAL SIGNS.

THERE ARE SEVEN WAIVERS IN THE PROJECT.

THOSE SEVEN WAIVERS ARE REALLY IN TWO BUNDLES.

THE FIRST ONE ARE LAND DEVELOPMENT WAIVERS.

THOSE LAND DEVELOPMENT WAIVERS ARE TO ALLOW A REDUCTION OF PARKING SPOTS.

THE CODE REQUIRES A TEN FOOT PARKING SPOT WE'RE REQUESTING REDUCED TO NINE AND A HALF FEET OF PARKING SPOTS.

THOSE THAT WIDTH OF THAT PARKING SPOTS CONSISTENT WITH OTHER COMMERCIAL PARCELS WITHIN THE CITY.

ALSO, A WAIVER TO REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF LOADING SPACES THAT ARE REQUIRED.

LOADING SPACES IN THE CITY CODE ARE BASED OFF OF SQUARE FOOTAGE.

WE HAVE LESS THAN WHAT IS REQUIRED BY CODE, BUT WHAT IS NECESSARY FOR THE HOSPITAL? AGAIN, I'LL WALK YOU THROUGH THAT DETAIL.

THE NEXT SET OF WAIVERS ARE WAIVERS FOR THE SIGNAGE PROGRAM.

I'LL WALK YOU THROUGH THOSE TOWARDS THE END OF THE PRESENTATION.

BUT THOSE WAIVERS ARE TO ALLOW FOR ADDITIONAL SIGNAGE, TALLER SIGNAGE, MORE VISIBILITY.

THE MAJOR CONDITIONAL USE FOR THE HOW OF STOP.

THIS IS A REQUEST TO ALLOW FOR A STOP ON THE SITE.

WHAT IS A HALAL STOP? A HALAL STOP ISN'T WHERE A HELICOPTER STOPS AND PARKS.

IT IS THERE FOR ONE PURPOSE AND ONE PURPOSE ONLY TO LAND A HELICOPTER AND HAVE IT TAKE OFF.

THERE'S NO FUELING, THERE'S NO REPAIR.

IT IS JUST THAT IT IS A STOP.

AND THE REASON WHY THE HOSPITAL IS REQUESTING A HALAL STOP IS VERY IMPORTANT.

AND WE FULLY RECOGNIZE THAT PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED WITH A HELICOPTER FLYING AROUND THEIR HOME.

BUT THE REASON WHY THE HEALTH STOP IS THERE IS FOR ONE REASON AND ONE REASON ONLY.

IT IS TO ALLOW FOR A PATIENT WHO HAS CARE THAT IS BEYOND THE NEEDS OF THE HOSPITAL TO BE ABLE TO TAKE TO BE ABLE TO TAKE SOMEWHERE ELSE.

IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO HAVE THAT FACILITY IN OUR AREA.

THERE ARE SEVERAL EXAMPLES OF THIS ALL OVER THE ALL OVER THE CITY AND ALL OVER THE COUNTY.

THE MAJORITY OF THESE TYPE OF STOPS ARE VERY RARELY USED.

THERE'S ONE AT THE PALM BEACH GARDENS MEDICAL CENTER.

THERE'S ONE AT WELLINGTON REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER.

IN FACT, I ASKED KEVIN, HIS COMPANY, UNIVERSAL HEALTH SERVICES, MANAGES AND OWNS THAT FACILITY.

THEY HAVE NOT LANDED A HELICOPTER THERE ALL YEAR.

THIS IS NOT A TRAUMA HOSPITAL.

HELICOPTERS ARE NOT GOING TO BE FLYING THERE.

THE REASON FOR THE HELICOPTER IS VERY SIMPLE.

AS I SAID EARLIER, IF YOUR SON OR CHILD IS AT THAT HOSPITAL AND THEY HAVE A CARE THAT CAN'T BE DELIVERED BY WHAT'S IN THE DRIVING ZONE OF AN AMBULANCE AND IT NEEDS TO BE FLOWN OUT, THIS IS ALLOWS FOR A HELICOPTER TO COME IN AND TAKE THAT PERSON SOMEWHERE ELSE.

OR ANOTHER EXAMPLE, IF YOU HAPPEN TO BE BURNED.

THE BURN UNIT IS LOCATED IN JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL IN MIAMI.

SO THAT'S THE REASON WHY WE'RE REQUESTING THE HELO STOP.

SO HOW DID WE GET HERE? AND THIS IS REALLY KIND OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PART AND I GUESS WHY I'M HERE.

HOW DID WE GET HERE? I STOOD IN FRONT OF THIS COUNCIL ON APRIL 1ST, 2010, TO TALK ABOUT THE SCRIPPS FLORIDA PHASE TWO BRIGADIER I THAT SET THE STAGE FOR THIS EVENING.

THAT WAS OF, GOSH, 13 YEARS AGO.

IT WAS FRONT OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION 14 YEARS AGO.

IT'S BEEN PART OF THE FABRIC OF THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.

THE FAMILY THAT OWNED THAT PROPERTY, IT WAS THE TRIGGERS.

THE MAIN CONCERN WAS THEY OWNED THAT PROPERTY SINCE 1957.

THEY SOLD IT, I BELIEVE, IN 2014 TO COLTER.

BUT WHAT HAPPENED AT THAT TIME, A DEVELOPMENT OF REGIONAL IMPACT WAS APPROVED.

A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT WAS APPROVED, THE PLANNED COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT WAS APPROVED, THE ZONING TEXT AMENDMENT AND A PROPORTIONATE SHARE AGREEMENT.

THE SLIDES THAT ARE IN FRONT OF YOU ARE THE EXACT SLIDES I TOOK OFF THE POWERPOINT FROM APRIL 1ST, 2010.

THE NEXT SERIES OF SLIDES WILL BE FROM THAT NIGHT.

ALSO, IT WAS VOTED UNANIMOUSLY FROM THIS CITY COUNCIL TO ALLOW FOR SETTING THE STAGE FOR THIS EVENING.

SO THIS PARTICULAR PIECE OF PROPERTY WAS A PART OF MANY, MANY PLANNING.

CHARETTE WITH LOTS OF PUBLIC INPUT THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE PROCESS.

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THERE HAD BEEN FOUR PLANNING THREATS.

I'M GOING TO WALK YOU THROUGH EACH ONE OF THOSE PLANNING SHREDS BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE WE GET TO WHERE WE ARE TONIGHT.

SO THE FIRST ONE WAS HELD MAY 9TH, 2005, MY BIRTHDAY.

THERE WAS A CHARRETTE IN 2005 SPECIFICALLY FOR THIS PARCEL OF LAND.

WHAT WILL THIS LAND LOOK LIKE? THIS WAS DURING A DISCUSSION OF WHERE WOULD THE SCRIPPS PROJECT GO IF WE ALL RECALL THE THE DISCUSSION AND DEBATE AT THE TIME? ULTIMATELY, IT WAS CHOSEN TO BE ON THIS SITE.

THE FAMILY WHO OWNED THE LAND DEDICATED 30 ACRES OF LAND TO PALM BEACH COUNTY FOR FREE, AND ULTIMATELY THE DEVELOPMENT ORDER WAS APPROVED.

BUT IN 2005, THE CITY TOOK A FORWARD VISION ABOUT WHAT SHOULD THIS SITE LOOK LIKE? WELL, THE HELL, THE CHARRETTE. THIS IS ACTUALLY ME RIGHT HERE, I BELIEVE.

I SAW ROSS STANDING RIGHT OVER HERE.

SO IN 2005, THE CITY HAD A DESIGN CENTER WITH A LOT OF PUBLIC INPUT ON WHAT THIS COULD LOOK LIKE.

THE PLAN THAT I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU THIS EVENING ALMOST MIRRORS THAT DESIGN.

WAY BACK IN 2005.

IN 2006, ANOTHER CHARRETTE WAS HELD.

THIS CHARRETTE WAS CITYWIDE.

IT WAS A DISCUSSION OF HEIGHT THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

IT'S WHAT'S ALLOWED YOUR TOD TO GO FORWARD.

IT'S WHAT ALLOWED YOUR WHAT'S ALLOWED THE FLORIDA POWER LIGHT TO HAVE ADDITIONAL HEIGHT.

BUT IT WAS THE EMPHASIS WAS STARTING WITH THE SCRIPPS SITE OR THE BIGGER PARCEL, WHICH IS NOW ALTON.

AND ULTIMATELY THE DESIGN WAS TO ALLOW UP TO 150 FEET OF HEIGHT ACROSS THE SUBJECT SITE.

AND THIS WAS FOR CITYWIDE VISION 2006.

AND THEN IN 2008, THE NEIGHBORS, BECAUSE OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF REGIONAL IMPACT, THE THEY IT WAS A REGIONAL THING ALL THE REGION HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS AND DEBATE THIS. WE HELD A PLANNING CHARRETTE WITH THE TOWN OF JUPITER.

THE TOWN OF JUPITER WAS CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT'S THE HEIGHTS GOING TO LOOK LIKE ADJACENT TO DONALD ROSS ROAD.

WE HELD A CHARRETTE WITH THE TOWN OF JUPITER, AND THAT'S WHERE THE STAIR STEPPING THAT YOU'LL SEE IN DESIGN GUIDELINES CAME FROM.

SO THE BUILDINGS AREN'T 150 FEET, RIGHT, OF THE DONALD.

ROSS REALTOR RIGHT UP TO THE RESIDENTIAL AREA.

IT ALLOWED THE BUILDINGS TO BE TIERED BACK, AND THAT WAS THE AGREEMENT THAT WE WORKED OUT IN 2008 WITH THE CHARRETTE.

AND THEN IN 2009 AS PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF REGIONAL IMPACT.

ANOTHER CHARRETTE WAS HELD TO DESIGN THIS PROPERTY.

THAT CHARRETTE.

I WON'T EVEN SHOW YOU THAT PLAN BECAUSE IT WAS SO INTENSE.

BUT IT WAS A VERY INTENSE PLAN.

BUT. BUT AGAIN, IN 2009, TREASURE COAST GAVE THEIR COMMENTS.

WE WORKED THROUGH ALL THE REGIONAL COMMENTS, ULTIMATELY RECEIVED APPROVAL FROM THIS CITY COUNCIL.

THEN WE RECEIVED APPROVAL FROM FROM TREASURE COAST REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL, THE DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY.

AND THEN FINALLY BACK TO THIS COUNCIL FOR THE APPROVAL THAT LAID THE GROUNDWORK FOR WHAT IS IN THIS EVENING AND THAT NIGHT ON APRIL 1ST, 2010.

I DON'T THINK ANY OF YOU WERE SITTING ON THE CITY COMMISSION.

I THINK MISS TINSLEY, YOU WERE LIKE THE NEXT MEETING I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW I HAD I HAD JOHN GLIDDEN DRAW.

WHAT COULD THIS LOOK LIKE BASED ON THE DESIGN GUIDELINES? AGAIN, THIS IS THE EXACT SLIDE I SHOWED THE CITY COUNCIL THIS DRAWING.

MR. GLIDDEN DID A QUICK LITTLE DRAWING FOR US, REVIEWED THE DESIGN GUIDELINES, AND THIS IS THE INTENSITY THAT'S ALLOWED ON THE SITE.

THIS IS A 12 STORY BUILDING ON THE CORNER.

WE HAD PARKING GARAGE, A SIX STORY BUILDINGS, NINE STORY BUILDINGS.

MY POINT OF SHOWING THIS IS WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE TONIGHT IS MUCH LESS INTENSE THAN WHAT ULTIMATELY COULD BE BUILT.

SO THIS SO ULTIMATELY, WE GOT TO THESE DESIGN GUIDELINES AFTER ALL OF THESE THREATS AND ALL THE DISCUSSION AND ALL THE PUBLIC INPUT, THERE WERE A TON OF PUBLIC MEETINGS FOR THIS SITE. ULTIMATELY, WE GOT TO THESE DESIGN GUIDELINES, AND THOSE DESIGN GUIDELINES OUTLINED THE CRITERIA FOR HEIGHT, THE DESIGN CRITERIA, HOW THE TRAFFIC WOULD FLOW THROUGHOUT THE SITE, ALL BUILT WITHIN THIS DOCUMENT.

THERE ARE THE REGULATING DOCUMENT FOR THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY.

AND YOU CAN SEE ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE THE TEARING SYSTEM THAT WAS APPROVED.

IT WAS 150 FEET.

YOU CAN GO 150 FEET OF HEIGHT.

IT'S AT 55 FEET.

YOU CAN GO 75 FEET AND THEN TEARING FROM THAT POINT FORWARD.

SO WHEN YOU GOT THE PROPERTY UNDER CONTRACT, THEY HAVE SINCE CLOSED ON THE PROPERTY, THEY SAID, ARE WE ALLOWED TO DO A HOSPITAL? AND SO I WROTE A LETTER TO THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS.

THE CITY, THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS THEN RESPONDED AFFIRMATIVELY THAT BOTH HOSPITALS AND MEDICAL OFFICES ARE PERMITTED USES AND PARCEL B BASED ON THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, THE APPLICABLE ZONING DISTRICT, THE DRI DEVELOPMENT ORDER AND THE PCD APPROVALS FOR ALTON.

IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO NOTE THIS IS THE ONLY SITE REMAINING WITHIN ALTON OR HOSPITAL IS A PERMITTED USE.

THIS WAS SET UP TO ALLOW FOR IT THE CONVERSION IN THE DRI SET UP FOR THIS TO ALLOW IT TO OCCUR.

AND THAT IS WHAT OUR REQUEST THIS EVENING WILL BE A HOSPITAL.

I'M GOING TO ASK ROB, GET UP AND WALK THROUGH THE DETAILS AND THEN I'M GOING TO COME BACK AND DO A FEW DO THE CLOSING.

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ROB DENSMORE WITH URBAN DESIGN STUDIO 16, CLEMATIS STREET, WEST PALM BEACH, 33401.

I HAVE BEEN SWORN IN.

AS KEN MENTIONED, I AM GOING TO WALK THROUGH SOME OF THE MORE DETAILED ELEMENTS OF THE SITE'S SITE PLAN SPECIFICALLY FOR THIS PARCEL.

AS KEN KIND OF LAID OUT, THERE OBVIOUSLY HAS BEEN A LOT OF THOUGHT AND CONSIDERATION PUT INTO THE OVERALL PCD AND HOW THIS WAS PLANNED OUT.

AND WHAT I HOPE TO CONVEY WITH MY PRESENTATION IS THAT SAME AMOUNT OF THOUGHT AND CONSIDERATION WAS PUT INTO PLACE WITH THE FUNCTIONAL AND OPERATIONAL RELATIONSHIP OF THE SITE PLAN TO THE HOSPITAL ITSELF.

AND NOT ONLY THAT, BUT ALSO TO THE POTENTIAL IMPACTS TO THE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORS TO THE SOUTH.

THAT REALLY WAS A DESIGN CONSIDERATION.

WE TRIED TO FACTOR INTO A LOT OF OUR DESIGN DECISIONS THAT WE MADE.

SO THIS IS THE PROPOSED PLAN OF DEVELOPMENT.

IT DOES REFLECT TWO BUILDINGS.

AS KEN MENTIONED, WE HAVE OUR SEVEN STOREY, 300 BED HOSPITALS CENTRALLY LOCATED ON THE SITE, ABOUT JUST SHY OF 900 FEET FROM THE SOUTHERN PROPERTY LINE.

AND THE FOUR STORY 80,000 SQUARE FOOT MEDICAL OFFICE BUILDING LOCATED ABOUT 430 FEET FROM THE SOUTHERN BOUNDARY LINE.

THE SITE PLAN DOES REFLECT THREE DRIVEWAYS OFF OF PASTURE BOULEVARD.

EACH OF THESE DRIVEWAYS IS DESIGNED WITH A MINIMUM OF 100 FOOT THROAT DISTANCE INTERIOR TO THE SITE.

THE TWO NORTHERN DRIVEWAY LOCATIONS WHICH ARE LEFT ON THIS PLAN ARE FULL ACCESS OPENINGS AND EACH ARE PROVIDED WITH A LEFT AND RIGHT TURN LANE WITHIN PASTURE BOULEVARD, ALL OF WHICH ARE DESIGNED TO MINIMUM FDOT STANDARDS.

AND SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS 280 FEET WORTH OF STACKING, PLUS AN ADDITIONAL 50 FEET WORTH OF PAPER, SO THAT IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE 100 FOOT THROAT DISTANCE PROVIDED INTERIOR TO THE SITE, REALLY IS GOING TO HELP MITIGATE ANY POTENTIAL TRAFFIC BACKUP THAT MAY OCCUR AT THOSE DRIVEWAY LOCATIONS FROM BEING WITHIN THE DRIVE LANES OF PASTURE BOULEVARD.

REALLY KEEP THOSE TRAFFIC LANES OPEN.

WHILE WE CAN'T RESTRICT ANY ACCESS TO ANY OF THESE DRIVEWAYS FROM ANY USER ON THE SITE, WHAT WE'VE REALLY TRIED TO CONSIDER WITH THE LAYOUT OF THE SITE DESIGN AND THE DRIVEWAY LOCATIONS IS HOW IT'S GOING TO FUNCTION THE SITE AND TRY TO MINIMIZE THE CONFLICTS BETWEEN USES AND MAKING SURE THAT EACH ASPECT OF THE SITE HAS CONVENIENT ACCESS TO IT.

SO IF WE LOOK FIRST AT SERVICE AND BACK OF HOUSE SAYS DIRECT ACCESS FROM THE MIDDLE DRIVEWAY ALONG FROM PASTURE, THIS IS GOING TO BE YOUR LOADING DOCK TRASH SERVICE, FOOD PREP, THE CENTRAL ENERGY PLANT, WHICH IS KIND OF THE THE HEARTBEAT OF THE HOSPITAL IN ITSELF.

ALL OF THAT IS LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE BUILDING.

THAT PUTS IT ABOUT 1200 FEET FROM THE RESIDENCES TO THE SOUTH.

SO NOT ONLY DO WE HAVE THAT DISTANCE SEPARATION, WE ALSO HAVE THE BUILDING ITSELF.

BY PLACING ALL OF THOSE ELEMENTS ON THE NORTH SIDE, WE TAKE THOSE IMPACTS FROM LIGHTING, FROM SOUND, POTENTIAL SMELLS.

IF THAT WOULD OCCUR IN THOSE USES.

ALL OF THAT HAS A GREATER MITIGATION EFFECT BEING ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THIS BUILDING.

PATIENT VISITOR PARKING LIKELY IS GOING TO UTILIZE THAT SOUTH ENTRANCE.

THIS IS BECAUSE THE MAIN ENTRY POINT TO THE HOSPITAL IS ON THE SOUTHERN FACE.

THE WALK IN EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT DROP OFF IS ON THAT SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE HOSPITAL, KIND OF WHERE YOU SEE THAT LOOP.

AND THEN THE MAIN PATIENT VISITOR PARKING LOT IS LOCATED ON THE SOUTHERN SIDE OF THE BUILDING.

ONE OF THE ASPECTS OF THE SITE DESIGN IS ACTUALLY WE TOOK THE MEDICAL OFFICE FACILITY, WHICH IS THE NON 24 HOUR USE OF OUR PROGRAM, PUSH IT TO THE SOUTHERN SIDE OF THAT SITE.

AND SO IF THERE ARE ANY LATE NIGHT ACTIVITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THE HOSPITAL, WHATEVER THOSE MAY BE, ALL OF THAT'S PUSHED NORTH, IT'S PUSHED FURTHER AWAY FROM THE RESIDENCES TO THE SOUTH IN AN EFFORT TO TRY TO MITIGATE ANY OF THOSE POTENTIAL IMPACTS.

THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT FOR DROP OFF FROM EMERGENCY VEHICLES AND AMBULANCES IS LOCATED ON THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE HOSPITAL SITE.

IT'S HIGHLY VISIBLE.

IT IS OUR SHORTEST, MOST DIRECT ACCESS POINT ONTO THE SITE.

THIS LIMITS THE NECESSITY FOR AMBULANCES TO NAVIGATE THROUGH THE SITE AND CREATE ADDITIONAL CONFLICTS, EITHER WITH PEDESTRIANS WALKING ON THE CROSSWALKS, OTHER VEHICLES IN SITE, AND IT ALSO BEING PLACED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE BUILDING LIKE THE CENTRAL ENERGY PLANT AND ALL THE LOADING SERVICES AGAIN GETS THAT DISTANCE SEPARATION AND THE PHYSICAL SEPARATION WITH THE BUILDING ITSELF TO MITIGATE ANY POTENTIAL IMPACTS.

HOSPITAL STAFF PARKING IS LOCATED ON THE NORTHERN END OF THE SITE.

WE SEPARATE THAT AWAY FROM THE PATIENT AND VISITOR PARKING AGAIN SO WE DON'T HAVE THAT COMPETITION OF PARKING SPACES.

WE DON'T WANT STAFF EATING UP, PARKING CLOSE TO THE HOSPITAL AND THEN HAVE PATIENTS AND VISITOR HAVE TO PARK AT THE VERY END OF THE HOSPITAL SITE AND WALK TO IT.

ALSO, AGAIN, IT'S TAKING THAT MOST INTENSE OR POTENTIAL HIGH VOLUME TRAFFIC OF SHIFT CHANGES AT THE HOSPITAL, PUSHING IT TO THE NORTHERN NORTHERN END OF THE SITE.

THE STOP TRAFFIC PATTERN IS CAN MENTION THIS IS GOING TO BE EXTREMELY RARE ONLY IN THOSE SITUATIONS WHERE WE HAVE TO SEND A PATIENT OUT TO RECEIVE MEDICAL

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THEY WOULD TRAVEL BY AMBULANCE FROM OUR AMBULANCE, DROP UP DIRECTLY TO THE HELL TO STOP, GET IN THE HELICOPTER AND LEAVE.

WE DO OFFER ALSO PROVIDE A PRETTY EXTENSIVE PEDESTRIAN CIRCULATION PATTERN THAT IS SAFE, CONVENIENTLY MARKED, OFFERS ACCESS TO ALL THE PARKING AREAS, ALL OF THE BUILDING ENTRANCES, AS WELL AS THE PUBLIC AMENITY SPACES AND THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY.

PARKING ON THE SITE IS GOING TO BE DISTRIBUTED THROUGH THREE MAIN PARKING LOTS.

AS KEN MENTIONED, THE INITIAL PHASE ONE BUILDOUT IS ONLY FOR 150 OF THE 300 HOSPITAL BEDS.

HOWEVER, ON DAY ONE, WE ARE PLANNING TO CONSTRUCT ALL OF THE REQUIRED PARKING FOR THE FULL BELT OF THE HOSPITAL.

THE APPLICANT IS ALSO MAKING A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT COMMITMENT TO ELECTRIC VEHICLE PARKING ON THE SITE.

AS WE'RE ALL AWARE, I BELIEVE THAT THERE IS NO CODIFIED LANGUAGE WITHIN THE CITY AT THE MOMENT FOR REQUIRED ELECTRIC VEHICLE PARKING.

HOWEVER, WE ARE COMMITTED TO PROVIDING 4% OF THE TOTAL REQUIRED PARKING ON SITE AS ELECTRIC VEHICLE SPACES.

THIS COMES OUT TO 40 PARKING SPACES ON SITE TOTAL, WHICH WILL BE DISTRIBUTED AGAIN THROUGH ALL THREE PARKING AREAS.

THE SITE PLAN ALSO OFFERS A PRETTY EXTENSIVE AMOUNT OF PUBLIC OPEN SPACE, PUBLIC AMENITIES AND PARK SPACE.

THE MAJORITY OF THIS IS REFLECTED IN A GREENBELT STYLE PARK, WHAT WE CALL PASTURE PARK ALONG PASTURE BOULEVARD.

IT OFFERS PASSIVE RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES TO HOSPITAL PATRONS AS WELL AS THE PUBLIC.

IT WILL BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC WALKING ALONG PASTURE BOULEVARD AS MEANDERING PATHWAYS, MULTIPLE OPPORTUNITIES FOR SHADED SEATING AT THE VERY SOUTHERN END ADJACENT TO THE MEDICAL OFFICE.

BUILDING IS A HEALING GARDEN ALONG WITH THIS KIND OF REPRESENTED WITH THE LITTLE STARS ON THE PLAN ARE POTENTIAL LOCATIONS FOR PUBLIC ART INSTALLATIONS.

THE APPLICANT WOULD LIKE TO COMMISSION AND INSTALL PUBLIC ART PIECES TO BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE ART AND PUBLIC PLACES REQUIREMENT WITHIN THE CITY.

RATHER THAN BUY OUT OF THAT, WE FEEL IT DOES A REALLY GOOD JOB OF PLACEMAKING AND ACCENTUATING THOSE PUBLIC FACILITIES THAT ARE GOING TO BE CONSTRUCTED ON SITE.

SO BUILDING HEIGHT AND SETBACK, AS KEN MENTIONED, ARE PRETTY IMPORTANT DESIGN ELEMENTS THAT TOOK A LOT OF CONSIDERATION THROUGHOUT OUR DESIGN PROCESS.

NOT ONLY WORKING WITH STAFF BUT ALSO WITH THE NEIGHBORS TO THE SOUTH.

THE APPLICANT REALLY WANTS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE A GOOD NEIGHBOR IN THIS PROCESS AND WE MET WITH THEM MULTIPLE TIMES IN THIS PARTICULAR EXHIBIT IS SOMETHING THAT WE CREATED TO BE UTILIZED DURING THOSE MEETINGS SO THAT WE COULD CONVEY NOT ONLY WHAT IS ALLOWED TO BE CONSTRUCTED ON SITE, BUT ACTUALLY WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING TO KIND OF EASE SOME OF THOSE CONCERNS OR FEARS, LIKE KEN MENTIONED IN THE BIOTECH BIOTECH DISTRICT WITHIN THE PCD DESIGN GUIDELINES, THERE ARE THOSE TIERED SETBACK REQUIREMENTS, PARTICULARLY IN RELATION TO THE SOUTHERN BOUNDARY ADJACENT TO PARCEL E, WHICH IS THAT RESIDENTIAL PIECE.

ESSENTIALLY THE FURTHER AWAY YOU GET FROM THE BOUNDARY LINE, THE TALLER YOU'RE ALLOWED TO CONSTRUCT YOUR BUILDING.

THE MOST INTENSE BEING REPRESENTED BY THE RED RECTANGLE ON THE SCREEN IS 150 FOOT BUILDING HEIGHT SETBACK, A MINIMUM OF 150 FOOT FROM THE PROPERTY LINE. OUR CURRENT PLAN OF DEVELOPMENT, OUR CLOSEST BUILDING IS THE MEDICAL OFFICE BUILDING, WHICH IS FOUR STOREYS AND 72 FEET IN HEIGHT, ARE JUST SHY OF THAT AND IT'S SET BACK 430 FEET FROM THAT SOUTHERN BOUNDARY.

THE HOSPITAL BUILDING, WHICH YOU CAN SEE ALL THE WAY OVER ON THE LEFT OF THE SCREEN IS THE SEVEN STOREY, 118 FOOT HIGH BUILDING SETBACK, ALMOST 900 FEET. SO YOU CAN SEE THAT OUR BUILDINGS ARE WELL WITHIN WHAT'S ALLOWED WITHIN THE DESIGN GUIDELINES.

AND AFTER MEETING WITH THE NEIGHBORS, I FEEL WE'VE REALLY TRIED TO EASE THEIR CONCERNS WITH THIS POTENTIAL IMPACT.

ALONG WITH DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS FOR BUILDING HEIGHT AND SETBACK, WE ARE ALSO INCREASING THE REQUIRED LANDSCAPE BUFFER ALONG THAT SOUTHERN BOUNDARY.

THE PCD DESIGN GUIDELINES CURRENTLY REQUIRE A 25 FOOT LANDSCAPE BUFFER.

WE ARE PROPOSING A 50 FOOT LANDSCAPE BUFFER, ALONG WITH A SIX FOOT BERM AND A SIX FOOT CONCRETE POST AND PANEL WALL INSTALLED ON TOP OF THAT BERM.

PARCEL E CURRENTLY ALSO HAS A 25 FOOT LANDSCAPE BUFFER EXISTING ON THEIR SIDE OF THE PROPERTY BOUNDARY.

SO OUR 50 FOOT BUFFER, ALONG WITH THEIR 25 FOOT LANDSCAPE BUFFER, IS GOING TO RESULT IN 75 FEET WORTH OF LANDSCAPE BUFFER BETWEEN THE TWO PROPERTIES.

AS PART OF OUR SUPPORT GRAPHICS IN OUR MEETINGS WITH THE NEIGHBORS AND WORKING WITH STAFF, WE DID CREATE THIS.

THIS IMAGE, THAT CRUCIAL HEDGE IN THE CENTER OF THIS IMAGE IS ABOUT TEN FEET TALL RIGHT NOW, AND EVERYTHING FROM THAT POINT IN THE FOREGROUND IS EXISTING.

THAT IS THE BUFFER THAT IS CURRENTLY INSTALLED ALONG PARCEL E, SO EVERYTHING IS THE OAK TREES, SILVER BUTTON WOODS.

THERE'S TWO ROWS OF HEDGE, SABLE PALMS.

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THAT'S THE 118 FOOT TALL BUILDING 900 FEET AWAY FROM THAT PROPERTY BOUNDARY.

SO WE REALLY FEEL THAT WE'VE MADE DESIGN DECISIONS THAT WOULD LIMIT ANY POTENTIAL IMPACTS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS TO THE NEIGHBORS, TO THE SOUTH.

ARCHITECTURE HAS BEEN SOMETHING THAT REALLY WENT THROUGH, ALONG WITH THE ENTIRE PROJECT, REALLY KIND OF THAT QUINTESSENTIAL DESIGN PROCESS, RIGHT? IT'S NOT LINEAR. YOU'RE NOT MAKING A DECISION AND SOLVING A PROBLEM WITHOUT REVISITING SOMETHING.

AND SO THIS HAS BEEN THAT REVISIT, YOU KNOW, PROCESS THAT WE'VE GONE THROUGH.

WE COME UP WITH AN IDEA, YOU EVALUATE IT, YOU REDESIGN, YOU EVALUATE IT, YOUR REDESIGN, YOU MEET WITH STAFF, YOU REDESIGN, YOU MEET WITH NEIGHBORS, YOU REDESIGN.

AND WE'VE GONE THROUGH THAT.

NOTHING KIND OF PORTRAYS THAT MORE THAN THE ARCHITECTURE.

THE HOSPITAL SYSTEM HAS A STANDARD FOOTPRINT THAT THEY HAVE UTILIZED AND CONSTRUCTED IN MULTIPLE LOCATIONS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.

THEY KNOW IT FUNCTIONS WELL AS A MEDICAL FACILITY, WHICH IS IMPORTANT.

IT MEETS THEIR NEEDS, SERVES THEIR COMMUNITIES, AND WE TRIED TO UTILIZE THAT HERE ON THIS SITE FIRST.

HOWEVER, IT DIDN'T FIT WELL.

IT ONLY FIT ON THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE SITE AND WAS GOING TO CREATE MORE IMPACTS WHILE IT MET.

THOSE DESIGN GUIDELINES WAS GOING TO CREATE MORE IMPACTS TO THE NEIGHBORS TO THE SOUTH.

THE APPLICANT COMMITTED SO MUCH TO SOLVING THAT THAT THEY HIRED A COMPLETE NEW ARCHITECT, REDESIGN THE BUILDING, REDESIGN THE EXTERIOR FACADE, AND REALLY CAME UP WITH SOMETHING THAT ALLOWED US TO CREATE A SUCCESSFUL PROJECT, NOT ONLY FROM A SITE STANDPOINT, BUT ARCHITECTURALLY.

I THINK YOU WOULD AGREE.

SIMILARLY, IT'S GOT REALLY STRONG HORIZONTAL LINES, A LOT OF GLASS, GREAT ARCHITECTURAL FEATURES WITH THE WATERFALL ACCENT ELEMENTS ON THE STAIR TOWERS.

THEY ARE ENHANCING THE PEDESTRIAN LEVEL ARCHITECTURE BY CHANGING MATERIALS TO A STONE MASONRY UNIT WITH DETAILED PATTERNING.

WE'VE GOT ALUMINUM AIRPORT STYLE CANOPIES AT ALL OF THE MAIN ENTRANCES REALLY CREATES A UNIQUE ARCHITECTURAL PROJECT THAT NOT ONLY US IS IS PROUD TO HAVE AS PART OF THEIR PORTFOLIO, BUT WE FEEL THAT THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS WOULD BE PROUD TO HAVE WITHIN THEIR CITY.

THIS IS THE SAME IMAGE, BUT SHOWING THE LANDSCAPE THAT'S BEING PROPOSED ON THE PROJECT.

AND AGAIN, THIS IS ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE COMMITMENTS BY THE APPLICANTS TO MAKE SURE THIS IS A HIGH QUALITY PROJECT.

THE CITY PALM BEACH GARDENS HAS A POINT SYSTEM ASSOCIATED WITH HOW MUCH LANDSCAPING IS REQUIRED ON THEIR PROJECTS AND WE ARE EXCEEDING THAT BY 33%.

SO WE'RE REALLY COMMITTING TO MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE PROVIDING A HIGH QUALITY PRODUCT.

THIS IS THE SAME ANGLE, BUT JUST AT NIGHT, KIND OF GIVING AN IDEA OF THE LIGHTING, IT'S GOING TO BE UTILIZED.

THIS IS AN IMAGE OF THE SOUTHERN FACE OF THE HOSPITAL AT THE MAIN ENTRY.

YOU GET A LITTLE BETTER IDEA OF THE CHANGE IN MATERIAL IN THOSE FIRST TWO STORIES, ALONG WITH THAT ALUMINUM AIRPORT CANOPY THAT'S GOING TO BE OVER ALL OF THE ENTRANCES AT THIS PARTICULAR MAIN ENTRANCE.

THAT CANOPY IS ALMOST 200 FEET LONG.

SO REALLY PROVIDES A WIDE, LONG DROP OFF AREA THAT'S GOING TO HELP MAKE FOR SAFE SITUATIONS.

YOU DON'T HAVE A LOT OF CARS CRAMMING INTO A DROP OFF IF YOU'VE GOT A HIGH TRAFFIC MOMENT IN THAT LOCATION.

THIS IS AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE HOSPITAL BUILDING AT THE WALK IN EMERGENCY DROP OFF.

AGAIN, YOU CAN REALLY SEE THE DETAIL ELEMENTS ON THE BUILDING ITSELF, THE ALUMINUM CANOPY.

AND THEN ONE OF OUR PUBLIC RESPITE AREAS ARE SITTING AREAS OUTSIDE OF THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT.

THIS IS THE OPPOSITE CORNER AT THE NORTHEAST.

THIS IS THE AMBULANCE DROP OFF.

AGAIN, GET A LITTLE BETTER IDEA OF THE ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENTS.

THIS IS AT THE SOUTHERN ENTRY POINT OFF THE ROUNDABOUT OF PASTURE BOULEVARD, LOOKING SOUTHWEST TOWARD THE MEDICAL OFFICE BUILDING.

AND A COUPLE OF KEY ELEMENTS THAT KIND OF GET PORTRAYED IN THIS IMAGE ARE THE CONSISTENCY ARCHITECTURALLY BETWEEN THE MEDICAL OFFICE BUILDING AND THE HOSPITAL BUILDING ITSELF.

YOU CARRY THROUGH THOSE ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN ELEMENTS REALLY HELPS TO MAKE THIS FEEL MORE LIKE A MEDICAL CAMPUS RATHER THAN TWO SEPARATE BUILDINGS OR USES.

WE ALSO GET A LITTLE EXAMPLE OF OUR MONUMENT SIGN ON SITE AND THE ARCHITECTURAL STYLE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.

ANOTHER IMAGE OF THE MEDICAL OFFICE BUILDING, AGAIN, CARRYING FORWARD THAT SAME ALUMINUM CANOPY AND ARCHITECTURAL DETAILS.

THIS IS AT THE VERY NORTH END OF PASTURE PARK.

IT'S REPRESENTATIVE OF ONE OF OUR KIND OF BOOKEND PLAZAS, IF YOU WILL.

THERE'S ONE AT THE NORTH, ONE AT THE SOUTH SIDE.

THERE WILL EVENTUALLY BE AN ART PIECE IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS.

HOWEVER, IT HASN'T BEEN DESIGNED YET, SO WE DIDN'T WANT TO REFLECT SOMETHING ON THE IMAGE THAT WE WEREN'T PREPARED TO TO COMMIT TO.

BUT THERE WILL BE ART IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS PLAZA.

YOU CAN KIND OF SEE IN THE BACKGROUND A LITTLE SEMBLANCE OF OUR MEANDERING PATHWAYS THAT WORK THROUGH THAT PARK.

THE LANDSCAPING THAT'S GOING TO BE PROVIDED AND YOU GET A LITTLE BIT OF OF A VISION OF THE TENSILE SHADE STRUCTURE.

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THIS IS WITHIN THE HEALING GARDEN AT THE SOUTHERN END OF THE SITE, AND THIS IS JUST A BETTER DETAILED VIEW OF THAT TENSILE SHADE STRUCTURE THAT'S GOING TO BE UTILIZED THROUGHOUT THE PROJECT SITE.

AT THIS POINT. I'LL TURN IT BACK OVER TO KEN TO TO WRAP UP OUR PRESENTATION.

GOOD EVENING AGAIN, KEN TOUMA.

AND THE BEST PART ABOUT KIND OF TAKING A BREAK IN THE MIDDLE IS YOU GET TO THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU DIDN'T SAY CORRECTLY.

AND I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY ONE THING, BECAUSE I WASN'T VERY CLEAR ABOUT THE HOSPITAL AND THE HOSPITAL HEIGHT.

THE HOSPITAL WILL BE SEVEN FLOORS.

FIVE OF THOSE FLOORS WILL BE BED FLOORS, THOSE TOP FIVE FLOORS.

THAT ALLOWS THE HOSPITAL TO BE 300 BEDS.

YOU WILL BE CONSTRUCTING THE ENTIRE BUILDING.

BUT THE TOP TWO FLOORS, THEY WON'T BE CONSTRUCTING THE INTERNAL ROOMS. SO 150 BEDS WILL BE THERE DAY ONE.

AND HOPEFULLY THERE'S NEVER ANOTHER COVID PANDEMIC.

BUT IF SOMETHING HAPPENS, THEY CAN ADD THOSE ADDITIONAL BEDS QUICKLY AS NEEDED.

AND THAT'S THEN I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT BEING VERY CLEAR ABOUT THAT AND THE INITIAL PRESENTATION.

SO JUMPING INTO WAIVERS AND A SCREEN IN FRONT OF YOU ARE THE WAIVER REQUESTS.

I'M GOING TO WALK THROUGH THEM IN GROUPS AND MOVE VERY QUICKLY THROUGH THEM.

THE FIRST ONE IS A WAIVER TO THE PARKING STALLS.

AGAIN, A REDUCTION FROM TEN FEET TO 9.5, VERY COMMON AND COMMERCIAL PARCELS WITHIN THE CITY.

IN FACT, IF YOU COMPARE IT TO OTHER HOSPITALS IN THE AREA, MOST OF THE OTHER HOSPITALS IN THE AREA HAVE NINE FOOT WIDE PARKING STALLS.

WE ARE REQUESTING NINE AND A HALF FOOT WIDE PARKING STALLS.

WE DO HAVE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF OPEN SPACE BEING PROVIDED ABOVE WHAT'S REQUIRED FOR CODE.

IN REGARDS TO THE LOADING DOCKS, WE ARE REQUESTING A REDUCTION IN LOADING DOCKS.

THE WAY THE CODE WORKS IS BASED ON SQUARE FOOTAGE.

CLEARLY A HOSPITAL HAS MORE SQUARE FOOTAGE THAN A TYPICAL COMMERCIAL FACILITY WOULD AND THEREFORE GENERATES MORE LOADING DOCKS THE WAY THAT MR. GORE, WHO IS IN THE AUDIENCE, THE ARCHITECT, DESIGNED IT.

HE BASICALLY HAS DIVIDED THAT LOADING DOCK INTO CLEAN AND DIRTY.

WE HAVE FOUR LOADING DOCKS PROPOSED.

WE ALSO HAVE A DIRTY SIDE LOADING DOCKS WHERE ALL THE TRASH COMPACTORS ARE.

MR. GORE CAN ADDRESS THAT.

HOWEVER, WE HAVE YOUR STAFF RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL ON THE PROPOSED LOADING DOCK REDUCTION.

AND ALSO MR. GORE IS HERE TO DISCUSS THAT.

IT IS CONSISTENT WITH OTHER HOSPITALS.

THE NEXT SET OF THE NEXT SET OF WAIVERS ARE REGARDS TO BUILDING SIGNAGE.

WE ARE REQUESTING ADDITIONAL SIGN ON THE HOSPITAL ITSELF.

THERE ARE SEVERAL THERE ARE SEVERAL BUILDING SIGNS ON THE HOSPITAL ITSELF.

WE WILL BE CROSSING. ONE ADDITIONAL SIGN IS ON I 95.

IT IS A HOSPITAL.

YOU DO WANT THE ABILITY TO HAVE PEOPLE RECOGNIZE IT, KNOW WHERE IT IS, AND BE ABLE TO GET THERE QUICKLY AND EFFICIENTLY.

THE ALSO A SECOND PART OF THAT WAIVER IS A SIGNS LONGER.

THE BUILDING IS A TALL BUILDING.

IT'S A BIG BUILDING.

THE NAME OF THE HOSPITAL, WHICH I'M NOT SURE IF IF A US IS PREPARED TO ANNOUNCE IT IS LONGER.

SO WE ARE REQUESTING A BIT ADDITIONAL SIGN, NOT A BID.

WE ARE ADDITIONALLY ASKING FOR ADDITIONAL SIGN COPY AREA ON THE DIRECTIONAL SIGNS, WHICH IS ANOTHER REQUEST FOR A WAIVER.

THE DIRECTIONAL SIGNS ARE TALLER THAN WHAT'S ALLOWED BY CODE AND THEY ARE ALSO A BIT WIDER THAN WHAT'S ALLOWED BY CODE.

THE INTENT OF THAT IS TO MAKE THEM REALLY EASY TO READ.

WHEN YOU GO INTO THE ENTRANCE OF THE HOSPITAL, THERE ARE TWO MONUMENT SIGNS BEING PROPOSED.

WE COULD HAVE THREE, BUT THERE ARE TWO BEING PROPOSED.

ONE IS AT THE EMERGENCY ROOM AREA WHERE THE AMBULANCE COMES IN AND THE OTHER ONE IS AT THE MAIN ENTRANCE POINT AT THE CUL DE SAC.

INTERESTING LITTLE DETAIL THAT YOU PUT ON ON THE FACILITY WHEN YOU GO IN ON THE EMERGENCY ROOM.

THE CAPS ACTUALLY READ VERSUS THE ONE ON THE MAIN ENTRANCE.

IT'S BLUE CONSISTENT WITH THE REST OF THE ARCHITECTURE.

AGAIN, JUST SO SLIGHT DESIGN DIFFERENTIALS TO HELP PEOPLE GET TO WHERE THEY NEED TO GO IN IN CASE OF EMERGENCY BUILDING IDENTIFICATION SIGNS.

WE ARE REQUESTING ADDITIONAL BUILDING ID SIGNS, WALL SIGNS AND WALL SIGNS AND ADDITIONAL SQUARE FOOTAGE ON THE BUILDING ITSELF.

AND HERE, JUST TO GIVE YOU A GENERAL IDEA OF WHERE IT'S LOCATED, THE ADDITIONAL SIGN AREA.

AND THE DIRECTIONAL SIGNS, WHICH IS WHAT I WAS SPEAKING ABOUT A SECOND AGO, HOW YOU ADDRESS THOSE THOSE DIRECTIONAL SIGN AREAS AND THE LOCATION OF THOSE.

I'M NOT GOING TO WALK YOU THROUGH EACH ONE AGAIN.

WE HAVE YOUR STAFF RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL.

AND IN FACT, I SAID THIS A LITTLE EARLIER, BUT YOUR POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENT HIGHLY RECOMMENDS THIS APPROVAL.

ALSO MAKE ADDITIONAL SIGN LAYOUT AND SITE LOCATIONS.

AGAIN, I'LL WALK YOU THROUGH THIS IN DETAIL.

IF YOU NEED ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL POP IT BACK ON THE SCREEN.

I WANT TO DISCUSS TRANSPORTATION AND TRAFFIC.

ALWAYS AN IMPORTANT ITEM ON THIS FIRST THING.

AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, THE TRAFFIC FOR THIS PROJECT WAS APPROVED APRIL 1ST, 2010.

EVERY PROJECT SINCE THAT DAY HAS HAD TO INCORPORATE THIS INTO THEIR DEVELOPMENT ORDER.

SO ALL THE NEW TRIPS ON THE ROAD, THEY'RE BASED ON A PROJECT THAT'S ALREADY BEEN APPROVED.

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SO THERE'S A BUCKET OF TRIPS THAT WAS PROPOSED.

AND INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, JUST LIKE PGA, JUST LIKE BAL AND ISLES, JUST LIKE MIRASOL, THIS PROJECT WILL DEVELOP AT LESS DENSITY AND INTENSITY THAN ALL THE OTHER THAN THE MAJOR PLANS WITHIN THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS HISTORICALLY HAS COME THROUGH ON ALL THESE PROJECTS.

JDM, WHICH IS NOW BELLE AND ISLES, PGA NATIONAL MIRASOL, THEY ALL HAVE COME IN AT LESS THAN WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY ORIGINALLY APPROVED.

IN FACT, I REMEMBER MR. ECCLESTONE WHEN HE A PGA NATIONAL.

I TOLD ME HE LOST A BUNCH OF UNITS AT THE END.

HE GOT PRETTY UPSET ABOUT IT.

BUT IN THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT, WE HAVE REDUCED THE UNITS FOR WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY APPROVED.

THERE WERE 2000 RESIDENTIAL UNITS.

ONLY 1400 HAVE BEEN APPROVED, 70% OF THOSE.

AND THE RESIDENTIAL PROJECTS BUILT OUT THE APARTMENTS.

ONLY 50% OF THE AVAILABLE APARTMENTS HAVE BEEN BUILT.

RETAIL, ONLY 72% OF THE RETAIL HAVE BEEN HAS BEEN BUILT OUT.

WHAT IS IN FRONT OF YOU? WE'RE TAKING TRIPS OUT OF THAT BUCKET.

THAT BUCKET IS GOING TO GET SMALLER AS THE PROJECT GOES TOWARDS COMPLETION.

COMMUNITY OUTREACH.

THIS HAS BEEN A HALLMARK OF THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS AND ALSO WORKING WITH YOUR STAFF.

FIRST, I HAVE TO GIVE THE NEIGHBORS TO THE SOUTH A LOT OF CREDIT.

THEY IMMEDIATELY HIRED AN ATTORNEY.

IT'S A ROAD CALLED MACHIAVELLIAN WAYS.

I KNOW SHELLY IS NOT HERE THIS NIGHT TO THIS EVENING.

I BELIEVE SHE'S CRUISING SOMEWHERE, BUT I KNOW OTHER NEIGHBORS ARE HERE WHO LIVE ON MACHIAVELLIAN WAY.

THEY HAVE BEEN ENGAGED.

THEY HAVE BEEN THOUGHTFUL IN ALL THEIR DISCUSSION, AND THEY HAVE BEEN PART OF THIS PROCESS ALL THE WAY THROUGH.

AND SOME OF THEIR BIG CHANGES WERE CONSISTENT CHANGES.

WHAT YOUR STAFF ALSO RECOMMENDED WORKING THROUGH THE PROCESS.

FINALLY, WE ALSO HELD A COMMUNITY WIDE EVENT.

WE INVITED ALL THE RESIDENTS OF ALTON AND THEN ALSO THE CITY PUT IT ON ITS WEB PAGE.

WE INVITED EVERYONE TO COME TO AN EVENT HELD RIGHT IN THIS VERY ROOM WHILE CITY STAFF WASN'T HERE BECAUSE IT WAS A PRIVATE EVENT, WE HAD OVER 100 PEOPLE COME TO SEE WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WITH THIS POTENTIAL HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL OFFICE.

IT OCCURRED ON JUNE 20TH, AND HERE ARE JUST A FEW PICTURES OF SOME OF THE PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE.

SO WHAT HAPPENED? WOULD WE LEARN MEETING WITH THE NEIGHBORS? WELL, I'LL TELL YOU A COUPLE OF THINGS.

FIRST THING, THE BIG DISCUSSION WAS THE LOCATION OF WHERE THE HOSPITAL IS.

I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU THAT IN PLAIN VIEW.

BUT THE ONE THING THAT I DIDN'T THINK ABOUT, THAT THE NEIGHBORS REALLY PUSHED TOWARDS THE END WAS WHERE A CERTAIN WALL WOULD GO.

WE HAD THOUGHT THE IDEA THAT AND I'LL SHOW YOU THIS ON A SCREEN, THAT THE IDEA OF BUILDING A WALL ALONG THE SOUTH BUFFER WAS SOMETHING THAT THEY WANTED AND THE NEIGHBORS IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO THAT WANTED THAT.

BUT THE NEIGHBORS WHO ARE ADJACENT TO THE LAKE SAID, WHY DON'T YOU TURN IT DOWN AND FOLLOW THE LAKE AND LET US LOOK AT THE LAKE? I DIDN'T EVEN THINK ABOUT IT.

IT WAS A GREAT PICK UP BY THE NEIGHBORS AND IT WAS A GOOD CHANGE TO THE PROJECT.

SO THINGS HAVE CHANGED.

WE CHANGED THE BUILDING LOCATION, THE HEIGHT OF THE BUILDING.

PARKING HAS CHANGED, THE ARCHITECTURE CHANGED THE LOCATION OF THE HOUSETOP CHANGE WHERE THE WHERE THE WHERE THE DUMPSTERS ARE, WHERE ARE THE GENERATORS? EVERYTHING'S CHANGED BASED ON THAT.

SO THIS WAS THE ORIGINAL PLAN THAT WE SUBMITTED TO THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS IN DECEMBER OF 2020, I BELIEVE.

NOT THAT IT WAS TWO YEARS AGO OR ANYTHING, BUT WE'VE BEEN WORKING OUR WAY THROUGH THE PROCESS.

THE BUILDING IN RED IS THE BUILDING THAT YOU'RE BUILDING ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

THIS IS A BUILDING CONSISTENT WITH IF THEY KNOW HOW TO DO THEY KNOW HOW TO OPERATE.

IT WAS 255 FEET AWAY FROM THE NEIGHBORS TO THE SOUTH.

IT MET ALL OF YOUR REQUIREMENTS, ALL THE HEIGHT REQUIREMENTS, EVERYTHING LAID OUT IN THE DRY.

BUT YOUR STAFF AND THE NEIGHBORS RECOGNIZE THAT IT WAS A 24 HOUR USE.

24 HOUR USE HAS MORE EFFECT ON THE NEIGHBORS.

SO WE WORKED OUR WAY WITH YOU, WITH YOUR STAFF, WITH THE NEIGHBORS THROUGH A PROCESS OF ITERATIVE PROCESS.

AND YOU COMMITTED TO AND THEY HIRED MR. GORE AND THEY MOVE THE HOSPITAL, BUT THEY JUST DIDN'T MOVE THE HOSPITAL.

WHAT YOU NEED TO UNDERSTAND IS THEY HAD TO REDESIGN THEIR HOSPITAL.

YOU KNOW, KIND OF LIKE IF YOU THINK I HATE TO COMPARE IT TO A STARBUCKS, BUT STARBUCKS HAS A MODEL.

THEY HAVE THEIR COOKS HERE. THEY HAVE THIS THIS WELL, ALL FOR THE HOSPITAL.

SO THEY REDESIGN THEIR HOSPITAL TO COME UP WITH.

THIS DESIGN. NOW, IT'S ALMOST APPROXIMATELY 900 FEET AWAY FROM THE NEIGHBORS TO THE SOUTH.

THE CENTRAL ENERGY PLANT IS NOW TO THE NORTH.

THE LOADING DOCK IS TO THE NORTH.

THIS IS A NICE LITTLE EMPLOYEE AREA THAT WAS DESIGNED AS GOOD COMMENT.

WE ADDED THAT IN AND THAT ALSO THE LAKE WAS EXPANDED.

I HAD MENTIONED THAT WALL THAT THE NEIGHBORS HAD TALKED ABOUT.

SO ORIGINALLY WE HAD A WALL, WHICH WE STILL HAVE A WALL, A BERM AND A WALL GOING HERE, A SIX FOOT HIGH BERM AND A SIX FOOT HIGH WALL.

WE INITIALLY CONTINUED IT DOWN THIS WAY, THINKING, HEY, LET'S BLOCK THE VIEW.

THE NEIGHBORS ARE GOING TO LIKE THAT.

NO, NO. WORKING WITH THE NEIGHBORS MADE SENSE.

THEY SAID, WHY DON'T YOU TURN THE WALL AND GO THIS WAY? AND WHAT A GREAT IDEA.

THAT GOES TO SHOW YOU WHAT WORKING THE NEIGHBORS, WORKING YOUR STAFF KIND OF GIVES A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE ON THINGS THAT YOU DON'T KNOW ABOUT BECAUSE YOU DON'T LIVE THERE.

SO ULTIMATELY, WHAT DID THIS ARRIVE TO OR ARRIVE TO A LETTER FROM THOSE AFFECTED PARTIES WHICH SAID, WE'RE IN SUPPORT OF THE PROJECT.

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MR. GIRARD IS NOT HERE.

ALSO, THEY WORKED REALLY HARD WITH THE NEIGHBORS.

WE'VE MET WITH ALTON COMMUNITY.

WE'VE MET WITH ANYBODY WHO WANTED TO GO THROUGH THE PROJECT WITH US.

SO ULTIMATELY, ULTIMATELY, WE GOT TO THIS APPROVAL LETTER.

AND WHAT I'M GOING TO REQUEST FROM YOU THIS EVENING AND FIRST I'VE GOT TO THANK STAFF ON BEHALF OF UNIVERSAL HEALTH SERVICES HAS BEEN A LONG PROCESS AND IT'S A LEARNING PROCESS.

THIS IS A VERY LARGE INVESTMENT, RIGHT? THEY PURCHASED THE PROPERTY.

THEY'RE BUILDING A 300 ROOM HOSPITAL.

I MEAN, THIS IS AN EXTREMELY SIGNIFICANT ECONOMIC INVESTMENT BY US TO DO THIS IN THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS.

AND THEY HAVE NOW GIVEN YOU A BUILDING THAT I THINK WE ALL CAN BE PROUD OF.

YOUR STAFF, SAMANTHA IN PARTICULAR PUSHED US HARD TO GET TO THERE AND IT WAS VERY, VERY THOUGHT PROVOKING.

I THINK KEVIN IS IN THE BACK PROBABLY GOING, OH, WE GOT HERE, WE'RE HERE TONIGHT.

PLEASE APPROVE US.

WE HAVE YOUR STAFF RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL.

WE HAVE UNANIMOUS APPROVAL, YOUR PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD.

WE HAVE THE NEIGHBORS APPROVAL.

I KNOW THAT THERE ARE ATTORNEYS GOING TO GET UP THIS EVENING AND SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THE PROJECT, AND I'M GOING TO REQUEST THAT YOU APPROVE THIS THIS EVENING.

ALSO, WE HAVE OUR WHOLE TEAM ASSEMBLED.

I KNOW I'VE TALKED QUITE A WHILE THIS EVENING, HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE AND ALSO WOULD REQUEST THE OPPORTUNITY TO REBUT AFTER THE PUBLIC INPUT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

DO WE HAVE A STAFF PRESENTATION? MAYBE JUST A COUPLE OF COMMENTS.

NO PRESENTATION.

KEN AND ROB'S PRESENTATION WAS VERY THOROUGH.

I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT ON BEHALF OF STAFF, WE APPRECIATE THE COLLABORATION THAT THE APPLICANT HAS HAD WITH STAFF AND THE COMMUNITY OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS ON THIS PROJECT AND WHERE IT HAS COME TO TODAY.

AS KEN MENTIONED, THE PLANNING, ZONING AND APPEALS BOARD DID RECOMMEND UNANIMOUS APPROVAL OF THE PROJECT IN DECEMBER OF 2022, AND STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE PROJECT AS WELL AS THE ASSOCIATED WAIVERS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SAMANTHA.

THANK YOU, NATALIE. SO NORMALLY WE WOULD HAVE THOSE WHO SUBMITTED COMMENT CARDS SPEAK NOW, BUT SINCE WE HAVE COMBINED RESOLUTION ONE AND RESOLUTION TWO FOR THIS QUASI JUDICIAL HEARING, I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THIS HEARING, ASK OUR CLERK TO READ RESOLUTION TWO AND THEN BRING IT BACK FOR OUR COMMENT CARDS. SO, PATTY, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ RESOLUTION TWO? YES, MA'AM. RESOLUTION TWO 2023.

RESOLUTION THE CITY COUNCIL, THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA, APPROVING A SITE PLAN AND MAJOR CONDITIONAL USE WITHIN PARCEL B BIOTECH DISTRICT OF THE ALTON PLAN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PCD TO ALLOW THE DEVELOPMENT OF A 300 BED HOSPITAL WHEN THE ACCESSORY HEALTH STOP AND AN 80,000 SQUARE FOOT MEDICAL OFFICE BUILDING. THE SUBJECT SITE IS APPROXIMATELY 32.3 ACRES, MORE OR LESS, AND IS LOCATED EAST OF INTERSTATE 95 AND SOUTH OF DONALD ROSS.

ROAD IS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED HERE IN PROVIDING CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL, PROVIDING WAIVERS, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE FOR THE PURPOSES.

I'M SORRY. ALL RIGHT.

SO IN AN EFFORT TO HELP OUR OUR FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBER, MARK IS GOING TO SPEAK BRIEFLY AS WELL.

THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. I JUST WANT TO APOLOGIZE TO EVERYBODY.

I DO HAVE TO GO TO MIAMI AND CATCH A FLIGHT AND I'M GOING TO BE LATE IF I DON'T LEAVE.

SO I WANTED TO HEAR THE PRESENTATION.

I WANTED TO THANK THE APPLICANTS.

CAN STAFF ALL THE RESIDENTS WHO MADE COMMENTS.

I CERTAINLY DON'T WANT TO SOUND LIKE I'M INSENSITIVE TO YOUR COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS.

I WAS VERY POSITIVE WITH THE DIRECTION THAT THE STAFF TOOK, THAT THE APPLICANT TOOK IN, MAKING SURE THAT THE RESIDENTS CONCERNS WERE LISTENED TO AND HEARD.

WE OBVIOUSLY GOT A LOT OF EMAILS AND COMMENTS FROM A LOT OF YOU EARLY ON AND AND CERTAINLY WE PAID ATTENTION AND I THINK THAT HELPED THE APPLICANT TO MAKE THE NECESSARY CHANGES TO MAKE IT PALATABLE TO EVERYBODY.

AND I ALSO JUST WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT TO THAT.

I WANT TO THANK THE CITY MANAGER FOR HIS ABILITY TO REACH OUT TO A COMPANY TO GET AN UNNEEDED, UNNEEDED, BUT NOT REQUIRED ANALYSIS OF THE BEDS IN THE CITY GOING FORWARD THAT HELP ME BETTER UNDERSTAND THE QUALITY OF CARE THAT WAS GOING TO BE PRESENTED TO EVERYBODY IN THIS COMMUNITY GOING FORWARD.

IT'S A FORWARD THINKING CITY, AND I THOUGHT THAT STUDY WAS WAS IMPORTANT TO HAVE GOTTEN.

SO I'LL LET YOU ALL DECIDE AND DISCUSS ON MY BEHALF.

BUT AGAIN, I DON'T WANT TO LEAVE WITHOUT SAYING THANK YOU AND SORRY FOR NOT BEING ABLE TO SAY FOR THE VOTE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. SAFE TRAVELS.

ALL RIGHT, MAKSIM, I OK TO GO AHEAD AND DO THE COMMENT CARDS NOW.

YES. MAYBE WE SHOULD OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR RESOLUTION NUMBER TWO.

AND THEN IF YOU GO AND DO THAT, AND THEN I'LL MAKE A CLARIFYING STATEMENT.

ALL RIGHT. SO I'LL BE CLOSING THE HEARING FOR RESOLUTION ONE AND ALSO OPENING THE HEARING FOR RESOLUTION TWO.

AND JUST FOR THE RECORD, WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS WE'RE GOING TO INCORPORATE ALL THE COMMENTS FOR THIS RESOLUTION INTO THE INTO THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR RESOLUTION NUMBER ONE.

SO WHILE THERE ARE GOING TO BE TAKING TWO SEPARATE VOTES ON THE RESOLUTIONS, THE COMMENTS AND THE PRESENTATION, THE PRESENTATION AND THE COMMENTS FROM BOTH THE APPLICANT AND THE

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THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT CLARIFICATION.

ALL RIGHT. I'M GOING TO START READING PEOPLE'S NAMES.

WE DO HAVE A FEW CARDS AS WE GO ALONG.

IF A PERSON WHO SPOKE BEFORE YOU SAID WHAT YOU WANTED TO SAY, WE'D APPRECIATE IT IN THE EFFORT OF TIME, IF YOU COULD JUST SAY I CONCUR OR DISAGREE OR OTHERWISE WITH OUT OF THE PERSON WILL CLARIFY AS WE GO ALONG.

AND WE'LL JUST GET STARTED WITH DYLAN BRANDENBURG.

IF YOU COULD COME TO THE PODIUM, STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, AND IF YOU'VE BEEN SWORN IN.

THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, COMMISSION.

MY NAME IS DYLAN BRANDENBURG.

MY ADDRESS IS 540 5437 SOUTHWEST HONEYSUCKLE IN MARTIN COUNTY.

I AM A LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND LAND USE ATTORNEY AND I HAVE BEEN SWORN IN.

NOW I WAS HIRED BY A GROUP OF RESIDENTS IN THE ALTON COMMUNITY WHO LIVE ALONG THE MACHIAVELLI WAY.

QUITE LITERALLY THEIR BACKYARDS ABUT LOOK OUT TO WHERE THIS PROPOSED USE IS IS SLATED.

AND WHEN THEY FOUND OUT THAT A HOSPITAL WAS GOING UP IN THEIR BACKYARDS, AS YOU MIGHT.

UNDERSTANDABLY, THEY WERE CONCERNED.

THEY HIRED MY FIRM TO REACH OUT TO BOTH THE CITY AND TO THE DEVELOPER ON THEIR BEHALF.

AND WE'VE COME A LONG WAY IN THAT TWO YEARS FROM BASICALLY A GROUP OF RESIDENTS WHO WANTED TO STOP THIS FROM HAPPENING.

TO ME, STANDING IN FRONT OF YOU TONIGHT IN SUPPORT OF THE PROJECT AND ASKING YOU THAT YOU CONSIDER ITS APPROVAL.

I SAY I'LL SAY THAT QUITE OFTEN IN THESE CASES, IT'S EASY FOR A DEVELOPER TO PROVIDE LIP SERVICE TO THE NEARBY.

RESIDENTS SAY, WE LISTEN TO YOU, WE'LL HEAR YOU.

BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? WE'RE GOING TO KEEP PUSHING FORWARD FOR THE VISION THAT WE WANT.

I WILL SAY THAT YOU DID NOT PROVIDE LIP SERVICE TO OUR RESIDENTS.

THEY MET WITH US ON THREE DIFFERENT OCCASIONS, NOT ONLY LISTENING TO US, BUT ACTUALLY TAKING OUR RECOMMENDATIONS AND MAKING MAJOR CHANGES TO THEIR PROJECT.

NOW, I'D LIKE TO READ A STATEMENT FROM SHELLY FREEMAN, WHO WAS UNABLE TO MAKE IT THIS EVENING.

SHE'S ABROAD, BUT SHE WANTED TO PROVIDE SOME OF HER OWN THOUGHTS ON THE MATTER.

SO IF YOU'LL BEAR WITH ME AS I READ THAT MY NAME IS SHELLY FREEMAN AND I RESIDE IN THE NORTH SIDE OF MACHIAVELLI WAY IN OLTON, IMMEDIATELY SOUTH OF THIS PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT.

LIKE ALMOST EVERYONE IN ALTON, WE LOVE OUR COMMUNITY.

AND WHEN WE HEARD ABOUT THIS DEVELOPMENT, WE WERE AT FIRST CONCERNED.

WE RETIRED, WE RETAINED A LAW FIRM TO REPRESENT US.

AND WHILE NONE OF US OBJECTED IN PRINCIPLE TO THE PROJECT, WE WERE CONCERNED ABOUT THE SCOPE.

WE REACHED OUT TO THE CITY AND TO UHC.

WE HAD HIGHLY PRODUCTIVE MEETINGS AND FOUND MUCH COMMON GROUND.

AMONG OUR CONCERNS, MORE SURPRISINGLY, WAS A SERIES OF MEETINGS WE HELD WITH THE DEVELOPER REPRESENTED BY KEN TOUMA FROM URBAN DESIGN STUDIO AND KEVIN DELGADO.

THOUGH OVER MANY MONTHS THEY MET WITH US, WILLINGLY, LISTENED TO OUR CONCERNS AND SOUGHT TO FIND WAYS TO MITIGATE THOSE CONCERNS.

MR. DELILLO ACTUALLY TURNED UP IN MY BACKYARD FOLLOWING THE FIRST MEETING, WANTING TO SEE FOR HIMSELF THE IMPACT THE PROJECT WOULD HAVE ON THE RESIDENTS OF ALTON.

SO WHAT HAVE THEY DONE SINCE THAT MEETING? THEY RELOCATED THEIR SEVEN STORY HOSPITAL BUILDING TO THE NORTHERN END OF THE PARCEL, MORE THAN THREE FOOTBALL FIELDS AWAY FROM OUR HOMES.

THIS WAS NO SIMPLE FACT TASK.

IN FACT, IT REQUIRED THEM HIRING A NEW ARCHITECT TO MAKE THAT POSSIBLE.

THEY ALSO MOVED ALL THE NOISE, SMELL AND WASTE POLLUTANTS TO THE NORTHERN END OF THE BUILDING AWAY FROM OUR RESIDENTS.

MR. BRANDENBURG, I WANT TO GIVE YOU THE TIME TO FINISH THAT, PLEASE.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU.

THEY MOVED THE NOISE, SMELL AND WASTE POLLUTANTS TO THE NORTHERN END OF THE BUILDING AWAY FROM OUR RESIDENCES, AS WELL AS THE EMERGENCY ENTRANCE, EMPLOYEE PARKING AND OF COURSE, THE HELIPAD. INSTEAD, THEY WILL PLACE A FOUR STOREY MEDICAL OFFICE BUILDING IN THE AREA NORTH OF OUR HOMES, A COMPLETE REVERSAL OF THEIR ORIGINAL PLANS.

THEY ALSO INTEND TO EXPAND THE EXISTING LAKE, WIDEN THE SPACE BETWEEN THE AGRICULTURAL BARRIERS AND THE SOUTH SIDE, AND ESTABLISH A LANDSCAPED BERM ON THE NORTH SIDE, SHIELDING THE ALTON COMMUNITY FROM DIRECT EXPOSURE TO THESE BUILDINGS AT THE REQUEST OF THE CITY.

NUMEROUS CHANGES HAVE BEEN MADE TO MITIGATE THE TRAFFIC CONCERNS, PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SECURITY AND ENHANCE THE APPEARANCE OF THE ENTIRE PROJECT.

IN OUR VIEW, US HAS THOROUGHLY DEMONSTRATED THEIR DESIRE TO BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR AND A GOOD CITIZEN TO THE ALTON COMMUNITY.

WE OFFER OUR ENTHUSIASTIC AND UNFETTERED SUPPORT TO THIS PROJECT AND WE EXPECT IT TO BRING SOLID ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, GOOD, WELL-PAYING JOBS AND TERRIFIC HEALTH CARE TO ALTON, TO PALM BEACH GARDENS AND TO THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES.

WE WANT TO EXPRESS OUR THANKS TO THE TEAM FOR THEIR TRANSPARENCY, COLLEGIALITY AND WILLINGNESS TO WORK WITH US.

AND WE ALSO WANT TO THANK THE CITY, INCLUDING THE CITY MANAGER AND PLANNING STAFF WHO WERE ALSO WILLING TO MEET WITH US AND TO LISTEN TO OUR CONCERNS.

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THANK YOU, SIR. WE THANK YOU SO MUCH.

MY PLEASURE. NEXT, I'D LIKE TO CALL VINCENT O.

CARACCIOLO. OH, GOODNESS.

I'M SORRY. IS THAT EVEN CLOSE? C. A. R.

A. CCI.

ALTHOUGH I WASN'T CLOSE.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME UP TO THE PODIUM? WELL, UNFORTUNATELY, WE WE WE DO NEED YOU TO COME TO THE PODIUM.

AND IF YOU COULD STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, IF YOU'VE BEEN SWORN IN AND YOU CAN JUST SAY I'M SORRY A LITTLE BIT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. MY NAME IS VINCENT CARACCIOLO.

I RESIDE AT 21 DORCHESTER CIRCLE PALM BEACH GARDENS.

I'M SORRY, SIR. CAN YOU PLEASE SPEAK INTO THE MICROPHONE? YES, SORRY ABOUT THAT.

I'M MESSING THIS WHOLE THING UP.

I'M SORRY. WELL, IT WAS MY FAULT WE STARTED WITH YOUR LAST NAME.

I APOLOGIZE. ANYWAY, I REALLY DON'T HAVE A COMMENT OTHER THAN TO SAY I FULLY SUPPORT THE BUILDING OF THIS HOSPITAL IN THIS COMMUNITY AND THINK IT WILL BE A WORTHWHILE ADDITION TO NOT ONLY ALTON, BUT PALM BEACH GARDENS AND THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES AS WELL. WELL SPOKEN.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

AND AGAIN, FOR ANYONE ELSE WHO IS PREFERRING NOT TO ACTUALLY SPEAK, WHETHER YOU'RE PROVIDING SUPPORT OR NOT, JUST IF YOU WILL, STILL PLEASE COME UP TO THE PODIUM, STATE YOUR NAME WHETHER YOU'VE BEEN SWORN IN OR NOT.

MAKE A BRIEF STATEMENT IF YOU DON'T FEEL LIKE EXPOUNDING ON THAT.

AND OH, THIS IS THE SAME LAST NAME.

MARY. MARY JO.

AND PLEASE HELP ME PRONOUNCE YOUR LAST NAME.

YES. MARY JO CARACCIOLO AND I RESIDE AT 21 DORCHESTER CIRCLE, PALM BEACH GARDENS AND I ALSO SUPPORT THE HOSPITAL BUILDING OF THE HOSPITAL AND WHAT IT WILL BENEFIT FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU. AND WERE YOU SWORN IN? YES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

ALL RIGHT. NEXT, WE HAVE ARLENE MURRIETA.

THANK YOU. COME TO THE PODIUM.

I HAVE NOTHING TO ADD TO MY STORY.

PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, YOUR ADDRESS, AND WHETHER YOU'VE BEEN SWORN IN.

BECAUSE IT'S YOUR JOB.

SO. ONE MORE MOMENT.

THERE YOU GO. NOW YOU'RE ON AGAIN.

AGAIN? YEAH.

SORRY. PROTOCOL.

ARLENE MORAY. ONE, TWO, THREE, FIVE, SIX.

HILLMAN, DRIVE. PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA.

I AM IN SUPPORT OF THIS PROJECT.

THANK YOU. AND YOU WERE SWORN IN.

YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

ALL RIGHT. I'M GETTING MY READING GLASSES OUT HERE AT LIRA MASK, PLEASE.

SPELLED E D L I R A LAST NAME A.K.A.

IF YOU COULD COME TO THE PODIUM, STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS AND IF YOU HAVE BEEN SWORN IN.

YES, I HAVE BEEN SWORN IN.

AND PERFECT SPELLING.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

AND THEN YOUR NAME IS MASK 15343 86 WAY NORTH PALM BEACH GARDENS AND I AM IN FULL SUPPORT OF THIS PROJECT. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALL RIGHT.

MOVING RIGHT ALONG, DR.

CRAIG, FOR LIGHTER.

HI CRAIG FOR LATER 7106 EDISON PLACE.

I WAS SWORN IN.

I ALSO WANTED TO LEND MY SUPPORT TO THE PROJECT, BOTH AS A ALTON RESIDENT AND A COMMUNITY PHYSICIAN.

I THINK THEY'VE DEMONSTRATED TREMENDOUS COMMITMENT TO US AS A COMMUNITY IN ALTON AND A LARGER COMMUNITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS.

I'VE SEEN KEVIN AND HIS TEAM WORK.

THEY'RE FANTASTIC AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE FUTURE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR COMMENTS.

NEXT UP, PLEASE, JAMIE CARLOTTA.

SAME THING. IF YOU COULD STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS AND WHETHER OR NOT YOU'VE BEEN SWORN IN.

THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING.

MY NAME IS JAMIE SCARLETT.

I HAVE BEEN SWORN IN.

I AM A RESIDENT AT PALM BEACH GARDENS AND I AM IN FULL SUPPORT OF THE MEDICAL CENTER TO BE BUILT IN ALTON.

THANK YOU. ENJOY.

ADDRESS. 1018, TEN, 13, PALM BEACH GARDENS.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

ALL RIGHT. MOVING RIGHT ALONG, CARLOS SANCHEZ.

NAME, ADDRESS AND YES OR NO SWEARING IN, PLEASE.

MY NAME IS CARLOS SANCHEZ.

MY ADDRESS IS 9506 MENORCA, PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA.

I HAVE BEEN SWORN IN AND I FULLY SUPPORT THE HOSPITAL.

NICELY DONE. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP, LUIS MATOS.

IF YOU COULD COME TO THE PODIUM, PLEASE.

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MY NAME IS LUIS MORALES.

I LIVE AT 15629 67TH COURT.

NORTH LOXAHATCHEE AND I FULLY SUPPORT THIS PROJECT.

THANK YOU, SIR. ALL RIGHT.

NEXT WE HAVE JOHNNY CASTELLAN.

THANK YOU. NAME, ADDRESS.

AND IF YOU'VE BEEN SWORN IN, PLEASE.

GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS JOHNNY CASTELLAN.

I LIVE AT 4791 CADDY'S CIRCLE.

I HAVE BEEN SWORN IN AND I DO FULLY SUPPORT THE BUILD OUT OF THE ALTON MEDICAL CENTER.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR.

ALL RIGHT. THIS IS OUR LAST CARD.

AND THE NAME IS MICHELLE CARLTON AS WELL.

IF YOU COULD FINISH US OFF.

NAME? ADDRESS.

AND SWEARING IN. GOOD EVENING.

MY NAME IS MICHELLE CASSELL AND I RESIDE OF 4791 CADIZ CIRCLE HERE IN PALM BEACH GARDENS.

I WAS SWORN IN AND I DO FULLY SUPPORT THE HOSPITAL BEING BUILT IN.

ALTON. THANK YOU, MA'AM.

ALL RIGHT. SO I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THAT HEARING.

COULD I WE'RE GOING TO GO FIRST WITH RESOLUTION ONE.

OKAY. AND THEN HAVE DISCUSSION.

LET'S SEE. CAN I GET A MOTION IN A SECOND TO APPROVE RESOLUTION ONE 2023? I'LL MAKE A RESOLUTION TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION ONE 2023.

THANKS, MICHEL. CAN I GET A SECOND? OH, SECOND. OKAY, GREAT.

CARL HAS SECONDED. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

SO SHALL WE BRING IT BACK FOR SOME DISCUSSION? SORRY YOU MADE THE MOTION, MA'AM.

WOULD YOU CARE TO BEGIN? YEAH. FIRST. FIRST, I'D LIKE TO THANK ALL THE RESIDENTS THAT CAME TONIGHT TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE HOSPITAL.

WHEN YOU DON'T COME AND DO THIS REGULARLY, IT CAN BE VERY INTIMIDATING.

AND YOU ALL DID GREAT.

SO THUMBS UP FOR.

FOR BEING HERE AND FOR.

FOR GETTING THROUGH THAT.

I AM A HEALTH CARE PROVIDER.

BESIDES BEING ON THE COUNCIL, AS IS MY HUSBAND.

AND WE KNOW THE IMPORTANCE THAT QUALITY HEALTH CARE CAN BRING TO A COMMUNITY.

WE ALSO KNOW THE CONSTRAINTS THAT THE HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY IS UNDER WITH, WITH STAFFING AND PHYSICIANS AND ALL OF THAT.

AND THE STATE HAD A PROCESS IN PLACE UP UNTIL 2019 WHEREBY A CERTIFICATE OF NEED WAS REQUIRED BEFORE A HOSPITAL COULD COME INTO AN AREA.

WHEN THE LEGISLATURE GOT RID OF THAT IN 2019, IT PUT IT ON THE INDIVIDUAL MUNICIPALITIES AND THE COUNCIL TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO NAVIGATE WHEN A PROJECT THIS SIZE COMES INTO A COMMUNITY.

AND HOW TO.

YOU'RE DEALING WITH WITH INDIVIDUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS BECAUSE THE CITY DOESN'T OWN THAT PROPERTY.

SOMEBODY DOES.

SOMEBODY COMES IN, PURCHASES THAT PROPERTY, AND THEY THEY WANT TO PUT IN A PROJECT THIS SIZE.

AND AGAIN, AS WAS MENTIONED BY MR. BRANDENBURG, THE COLLABORATION THAT EXISTED BETWEEN OUR CITY AND UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE, BETWEEN KEVIN DELILLO, KEN TUMOR, JEFF ATWATER AND AND OUR STAFF, AS WELL AS THE RESIDENTS TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN IN A WAY THAT IS SUCH A POSITIVE FOR OUR COMMUNITY IS REALLY TO BE COMMENDED.

WE WERE ABLE TO MAKE IT HAPPEN DESPITE NOT HAVING THAT FRAMEWORK THAT SAID, YOU HAVE TO DO IT THIS WAY.

SO WE SHOWED THAT IT CAN BE DONE AND IT CAN BE DONE IN A WAY THAT WILL BENEFIT THE COMMUNITY GREATLY.

THE FIRST STEP IN THAT PROCESS WAS THE CITY BEING PROACTIVE IN DOING OUR OWN NEEDS ASSESSMENT AND GETTING THAT BACK AS A HEALTH CARE PROVIDER AND SEEING WHAT THE FUTURE PROJECTIONS ARE FOR THE GROWTH OF THE CITY AND WHAT THE HOSPITAL BED SITUATION WILL LOOK LIKE GOING FORWARD WHEN THE HOSPITAL FINALLY GETS HERE, WE WILL BE IN A GOOD POSITION, A POSITION THAT WE WOULD NOT BE IN WITHOUT THEM HERE.

SO THE BUILDING IS BEAUTIFUL.

I THINK THEY DID A GREAT JOB IN THE DESIGN OF THE BUILDING.

IT DEFINITELY SAYS PALM BEACH GARDENS.

IT SAYS MODERN.

IT FITS WITH THAT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PARCEL AND WHAT WE WANT THAT AREA TO LOOK LIKE, AS DOES THE MEDICAL BUILDING.

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BUT I UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S JUST THE TRIANGLE THAT ACTUALLY FACES THE SOUTH AND NOBODY SHOULD SHOULD HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT.

THE NUMBER OF REDUCED TRIPS IS ANOTHER BIG THING.

AS KEN MENTIONED, THE FACT THAT EVERY PROJECT THAT HAS GONE INTO ALTON HAS COME IN UNDER SCALE AND THE FACT THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY REDUCING TRIPS WITH THIS PROJECT AS WELL, SHOULD ANSWER ANY OF THE THE TRAFFIC CONCURRENCY ISSUES THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN BROUGHT UP OR A CONCERN TO ANYBODY ELSE.

AND. I THINK THAT WAS IT.

THEY WERE THE ONLY QUESTIONS I ALSO ASKED ABOUT THE TELESCOPE JUST FOR CONFIRMATION THAT IT WOULD BE GOING PATIENTS GOING OUT, NOT COMING IN UNLESS WE HAD A DIRE EMERGENCY CATASTROPHE.

AND THEN WE DO WHAT WE HAVE TO DO.

SO THANK YOU AGAIN, EVERYONE, FOR FOR REALLY PUTTING THIS TOGETHER AND MAKING IT HAPPEN.

THANK YOU, CARL.

CAN CAN YOU PUT THAT SLIDE UP THAT SHOWS THE YOU CAN DO THE ART IN PUBLIC PLACES OR WHATEVER? WHAT THAT SHOWS THE SETBACKS.

THAT ONE HELPFUL? YEAH, THAT ONE'S GOOD.

OKAY. I HAVE A SHOW OF HANDS.

EVERYBODY WHO LIVES IN ALTON.

TWO OF YOU LIVE IN ALTON.

AND EVERYBODY HERE IS FOR THE PROJECT.

OKAY. SO I WANT TO TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT HOW WE GET YOU GUYS DON'T KNOW US.

I'VE WORKED FOR THIS CITY FOR MOST OF MY ADULT LIFE.

THE MAYOR WAS BORN AND RAISED HERE.

WE HAVE DECADES OF RESIDENCY HERE BETWEEN THE FOUR OF US, INCLUDING MARK.

AND WE'VE BEEN THROUGH DOZENS OF BUILDINGS, DOZENS OF PRESENTATIONS WITH KEN.

AND WE REALLY PAINSTAKINGLY AND AND STAFF GOES.

NOT JUST THIS BUILDING, EVERY BUILDING, EVEN A GAS STATION.

AND IF YOU GUYS DRIVE BY ALTON OR YOU GO UP JUST CENTRAL BOULEVARD OR DOWN DONALD ROSS, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE WHAT THE SETBACKS ARE.

AND MR. FARRIS PROBABLY INGRAINED THE SETBACKS INTO THIS CITY WHEN HE FIRST GOT HERE.

NOW, 23, 24 YEARS AGO.

SO YOU'LL NOTICE THAT EVERYTHING IS SET BACK.

AND ON THIS PICTURE HERE WHERE IT'S PASTURE BOULEVARD, WHERE THERE'S GOING TO BE THESE THESE THIS NOT QUIET PART, BUT I FORGOT THE NAME OF IT.

IT JUST SHOWS HOW MUCH THE BUILDING IS GOING TO BE SET BACK.

I'M SURE ALL OF YOU GUYS HAVE DROVE UP AND DOWN CENTRAL BOULEVARD FROM PGA TO DONALD ROSS.

THAT'S A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF HOW MUCH THINGS ARE SET BACK TO TO HIDE THE VIEW OF STUFF AND JUST MAKE IT MORE BEAUTIFUL.

SO. I KIND OF FORGOT WHICH DIRECTION I WAS GOING.

THE REALLY IN THE BEGINNING, I WASN'T GOING TO SUPPORT THIS BECAUSE IT WAS THIS IS TWO YEARS AGO.

WE GOT BEAT UP WITH EMAILS.

THERE WAS COMMITTEE.

THEY HIRED A LAW FIRM.

THERE WAS A LOT OF TALK AND WE GOT SLAMMED WITH EMAILS AS WE DO AS COUNCIL MEMBERS, FOR MORE BAD THAN WE DO GOOD.

AND THEN WE JUST SIT BACK AND WATCH BECAUSE WE KNOW WHEN WE'RE PART OF THE PROCESS, BUT WE'RE AT THE END OF THE PROCESS.

SO WE GO TO MEETINGS, WE HAVE DISCUSSIONS, AND TO BE HONEST, WE HAVE NEVER AS MANY BUILDINGS AS WE PUT UP AND HOW IMPORTANT A HOSPITAL IS.

I HAVEN'T SEEN SO MUCH COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT IN ANYTHING WE'VE DONE OTHER THAN THIS HOSPITAL, SO IT MEANS A LOT TO US.

YOU GUYS LIVE IN THE CITY? I SOME OF YOU, BUT GUY FROM LOXAHATCHEE AND PALM BEACH COUNTY DOESN'T.

BUT THANKS FOR COMING OVER.

I'LL SIT DOWN. I'M. I'M ASSUMING MOST OF YOU LIVE IN THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS.

WILL YOU VOTE FOR US? SO IT'S OUR JOB TO TO TO LISTEN TO YOU GUYS AND REALLY, IN THE LONG RUN.

DO WHAT'S BEST FOR THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS BASED ON CONSTITUENT INPUT.

SO I WOULDN'T WORRY ABOUT THE HELICOPTER PAD PALS PUTTING ONE RIGHT HERE.

I'M SURE THERE'S GOING TO BE A COP.

IT'S RIGHT UP THE STREET.

IF WE'RE GOING TO SAVE A LIFE, USE A HELICOPTER.

IF WE NEED TO SAVE A BABY OR SOMETHING OR SOMEBODY HAVING A HEART ATTACK, BRING THE HELICOPTER.

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SO AND ANOTHER THING ON HOW I'M SURE MY FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS THINK THE SAME WAY.

TECHNOLOGY. AND AND JOBS.

WE SUPPORT TECHNOLOGY IN THIS CITY.

I LEARNED IT WHEN I'VE BEEN A COUNCIL MEMBER FOR NOW, GOING ON SIX OR SEVEN YEARS AND WE'RE TECHNOLOGY BASED CITY.

WE SUPPORT JOB GROWTH AND.

I'M GOING TO SUPPORT IT BECAUSE THE COMMUNITY SUPPORTS IT.

AND MAN, IT IS COME A LONG WAY.

OUR STAFF HAS A COUNTY WIDE STATEWIDE REPUTATION OF BEATING EVERYBODY UP UNTIL IT IS THE WAY WE DEMAND IT TO BE, WHICH IS BASED ON ON ON WHAT OUR WHAT OUR COMMUNITY WANTS AND THE PLANS THAT HAVE BEEN IN PLACE IN THIS CITY FOR YEARS.

AND NATALIE IS NO PUSHOVER, AND NEITHER IS THE REST OF HER STAFF UNDER HER UNDER HER SUPERVISION.

BUT ANYWAY, I'M GOING TO SUPPORT IT.

THE COMMUNITY SUPPORTS IT.

IT'S GOING TO BRING IN JOBS.

I LOVE THE CHANGES THAT IT'S GONE THROUGH OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS.

AND. AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY ABOUT IT.

THANK YOU. MERCI.

WELL, WE HAVE COME A LONG ROAD, AND I THINK YOU TOOK US DOWN A TRIP OF MEMORY LANE CAN BECAUSE I BOUGHT MY HOUSE IN EVERGREEN IN 2003 AND I WENT TO SOME OF THESE SHREDS AS A RESIDENT, NOT A COUNCIL PERSON AND ATTENDED THE.

WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN ON THE BRIGER PROPERTY.

AND I KNEW THE BRIGER FAMILY.

SO IT WAS QUITE AN INTERESTING SLIDE THAT YOU SHOWED WITH ALL THE HISTORY.

AND I APPRECIATE THAT IT IS A DOUBLE EDGED SWORD, BECAUSE I DID I WAS ON THE COUNCIL WITH THE DESIGN GUIDELINES, NOT THE ACTUAL FIRST MASTER PLAN, BUT THE DESIGN GUIDELINES. AND WHEN YOU SAW THAT SQUARE FOOTAGE, IT'S HARD TO PINPOINT SCALE FROM THAT POINT.

AND WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT A MILLION SQUARE FEET, THAT'S A LOT OF SQUARE FOOTAGE AND THAT'S A LOT OF TRIPS ON THE ROAD AND HAVING BEING DOWN THE STREET.

I LITERALLY LIVE RIGHT DOWN THE STREET FROM THIS SITE.

I HAD A LOT OF CONCERNS TWO YEARS AGO WHEN THIS WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION AND I WAS LOBBIED.

I WAS LOBBIED BY A LOT OF PEOPLE IN ALTON, NEW RESIDENTS.

I WAS LOBBIED BY PEOPLE IN MY OWN NEIGHBORHOOD AS I WAS WALKING MY DOG.

AND I HAD A LOT A LOT OF CONCERNS, MET WITH, OF COURSE, THE APPLICANT, THE PLANNERS AND AND THE RESIDENTS.

AND YOU GUYS HAVE REALLY COME A LONG WAY.

AND I WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU.

I WANT TO THANK THE RESIDENTS.

I WANT TO THANK OUR STAFF FOR HAVING THE PERSEVERANCE AND AND REALLY STICKING TO WHAT THEY TRULY BELIEVE IN, WHICH IS GOOD PLANNING AND ALSO THE APPLICANT FOR LISTENING.

BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THAT'S IT'S HARD TO DO SOMETIMES, BUT IT'S KEY TO SUCCESS AND IT REALLY CREATED AN OUTCOME, A MUCH BETTER DESIGN, IN MY OPINION, A THOUGHTFUL DESIGN.

AND I THINK AND I HAVE TO SAY THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE IT, BECAUSE WITHOUT THE RESIDENTS INVOLVEMENT, I DON'T THINK IT WOULD BE THIS EASY, EASY FOR US BECAUSE OF ALL THE PEOPLE THAT ARE IN SUPPORT INSTEAD OF IT COULD HAVE EASILY BEEN THE OPPOSITE.

HAVING ALL OF YOU IN OPPOSITION, WHICH I'VE BEEN IN THIS ON THIS DAIS WITH A ROOM FULL OF PEOPLE IN OPPOSITION, AND THAT'S NOT FUN.

AND I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR INPUT AND HARD WORK.

AND I DID SAY IT'S A DOUBLE EDGED SWORD BECAUSE WHEN I FIRST STARTED, I WORK IN WEST PALM, SO I'M ON 95 AND DONNA ROSS AT THAT INTERSECTION EVERY SINGLE DAY, TWICE A DAY.

AM AND PM AND I'VE WATCHED THE GROWTH OF THIS AREA.

AND WHILE I APPRECIATE AND LOVE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, I DO KNOW AND FEEL PERSONALLY THE CHALLENGES THAT COMES WITH IT AND THAT IS TRAFFIC.

SO I UNDERSTAND AND APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT THERE WITH THE EQUIVALENCY DONE WITH THIS, THAT THERE IS A REDUCTION IN TRIPS AND AND IF I READ THE CORRECT TABLES BECAUSE THEY WERE VERY TINY WHEN IT GOT TO ME IT LOOKED LIKE WE HAD 340 LESS AM TRIPS AND 418 LESS PM TRIPS, WHICH TO ME WAS A LITTLE BIT SURPRISING.

I THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BE MORE I THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BE MORE TRIPS AND IN THAT THAN THAT.

BUT SO THAT'S ACTUALLY A POSITIVE.

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I'M TURNING THIS AROUND A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE WHEN THIS WHEN THIS DEVELOPMENT, ALTON WAS ORIGINALLY DESIGNED, DDOT, OBVIOUSLY IT WAS A COLLABORATION WITH THE COUNTY, THE CITY AND DDOT ORIGINALLY FOR THE TRAFFIC.

AND WHEN THEY DID SOME OF THE IMPROVEMENTS FOR THESE TRIPS, THEY REMOVED THE RIGHT ON RED HEADING EAST FROM 95 TO DONALD ROSS ROAD.

AND I KNOW DDOT IS THEIR OWN OWN WORLD, BUT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF EMPLOYEES AT THIS HOSPITAL.

AND I'M GOING TO ASK YOU GUYS IF YOU COULD HELP US IN MAYBE LOBBYING DOT TO PUT THAT RIGHT ON RED BACK TO ALLOW US ALL TO DO RIGHT ON RED.

AND THE REASON I SAY THAT IS BECAUSE THE WESTERN TRAFFIC, THERE'S NOT A LOT OF WESTERN TRAFFIC.

THERE'S I MEAN, IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT FROM WEST GOING EAST COMPARED TO PGA COMPARED TO NORTH LAKE COMPARED TO OTHER INTERSECTIONS OF 95. AND I DON'T SEE WHY WE CAN'T HAVE THAT BACK.

SO I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO HELP US LOBBY THAT FOR THE HOSPITAL.

I THINK IT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL FROM A TRAFFIC STANDPOINT RATHER THAN US JUST SITTING THERE AT THE LIGHT.

WAITING TO TURN RIGHT AND RED LIGHT AND THERE'S NO CARS COMING AND WE'RE JUST ALL SITTING THERE WAITING FOR NOTHING.

SO BUT THAT'S JUST A SIMPLE ASK.

MY OTHER ASK IS SITE PLAN LOOKS GREAT, LANDSCAPE PLAN LOOKS GREAT.

REVIEWED IT IN IN DETAIL AND ONLY ONE COMMENT WHICH IS THE TERMINAL ISLANDS.

THE LANDSCAPE WITHIN THE TERMINAL ISLANDS.

I'M GOING TO ASK BEFORE INSTALLATION IF YOU JUST SUBSTITUTE THE WOODY MATERIAL LIKE ARBOR COLA TRANSIT, THE GREEN ISLAND FICUS, IF YOU CAN EITHER MAKE IT IN THE CENTER OF THE TERMINAL ISLANDS RATHER THAN ALL THE WAY OUT TO THE CURB.

THIS AND THE REASON BEING IS BECAUSE WHEN YOU OPEN YOUR DOOR AND YOU HAVE A SMALL CAR, NOT AN SUV, BUT A SMALL CAR, YOU SCRATCH YOUR PAINT.

AS SOON AS THAT YOU OPEN THE DOOR RIGHT AGAINST THAT, THE WOODY MATERIAL.

SO IF YOU COULD DO A SMALLER GROUND COVER LIKE YOU DO IN SOME CASES HAVE JASMINE PERFECT OR SMALL GROUND COVER, I WOULD APPRECIATE THAT.

AND THAT'S AN EASY SUBSTITUTION.

OTHER THAN THAT, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE SITE PLAN.

I DID HAVE A LITTLE A LITTLE ANXIETY ABOUT THE HELLO STOP.

BUT I'VE LEARNED, DONE MY HOMEWORK, ASK A LOT OF QUESTIONS AND APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT YOU MOVED IT.

OBVIOUSLY, YOU'RE BOUND TO FAA REGULATIONS, SO THE FLIGHT PATH IS BASED ON THEM AND THE WIND.

SO CAN'T REALLY CHANGE THAT.

BUT I DO APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT IT'S THERE FOR EMERGENCY PURPOSES ONLY AND THAT YOU WILL ABIDE BY ALL OF THE CRITERIA IN WHICH IT WAS PERMITTED. AND I DO WANT TO COMMENT ON THE ARCHITECTURE.

IT IS BEAUTIFUL.

I LOVE IT. I KNOW YOU WENT THROUGH A LOT OF CHANGES AND I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT YOU REALLY WENT FROM WHAT IT WAS TWO YEARS AGO AND THE MORPH, WHAT IT MORPHED INTO TODAY.

YOU PUT A LOT OF THOUGHT INTO IT IN ADDITION TO THE BUFFER FOR THE RESIDENTS.

AND I ALSO APPRECIATE THE ACCESS, THE MAINTENANCE ACCESS, WHICH I WAS LOOKING FOR AND THEN FOUND BECAUSE I ALWAYS I ALWAYS LOOK AT THAT TO SEE HOW ARE YOU GOING TO MAINTAIN THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BUFFER FROM THE RESIDENCE.

AND I SEE THAT YOU PROVIDED FOR A REALLY NICE MAINTENANCE ACCESS SO THAT THE OTHER SIDE WOULD BE DONE AS WELL.

I THINK THOSE ARE ALL OF MY QUESTIONS, MY COMMENTS, AND I'M FULLY IN SUPPORT.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

I'M SURE MARK IS DISAPPOINTED HE'S NOT HERE.

SO HOPEFULLY WE'VE REFLECTED HIS COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS AS WELL.

I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION, KEN, WOULD YOU MIND PULLING UP? I GUESS THIS IS THE BEST ONE ON THIS SLIDE.

CAN YOU SHOW ME? I MAY HAVE MISSED IT WHERE THE BUS STOP WILL BE IN THE PEDESTRIAN SAFETY MEASURES AROUND IT OR THE THE PALM TREE AND.

STOP. SO WE'VE BEEN.

SO FIRST THING, LET ME JUST ADDRESS PALM TREND IN GENERAL.

WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH PALM TRAN.

WE HAVE A CONDITION OF APPROVAL THAT WHEN WE WHEN WE GET A LOCATION FROM PALM TREE, THAT WE WILL PLACE A BUS STOP ALONG PASTURE BOULEVARD ROUTE TEN, A PALM TREE, AND RIGHT NOW CURRENTLY GOES THROUGH ABA, COA COMES DOWN CENTRAL BOULEVARD, THEN GOES WEST ON DONALD ROSS ROAD TO THE MALL.

OBVIOUSLY CONTINUING TO WORK WITH YOUR STAFF AND THEY HAVE REACHED OUT TO PALM TREE.

AND ALSO ONE THING TO NOTE THIS, THE BUS DOES GO TO JUPITER MEDICAL CENTER.

SO WE SUSPECT THAT ULTIMATELY IT WILL BE REWORKED THROUGH AND DOWN PASTURE BOULEVARD, BUT WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO INDICATE THAT YET, EXCEPT THAT WE ARE REQUIRED WITHIN 180 DAYS OF NOTICE TO BUILD A BUS STOP.

OKAY. THAT'S GREAT. THAT'S GREAT.

I JUST NEED SOME CLARITY ON THAT.

SO AND I APPLAUD THE DECISION TO PUT A PALM TREE AND BUS STOP AND LOOK FORWARD TO MORE ROUTES.

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ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW.

LET'S SEE. THAT WAS A GREAT PRESENTATION.

FIRST OFF, A HOSPITAL IS A GOOD THING.

IT'S NICE TO HAVE A PROJECT THAT WE KNOW WILL HELP RESIDENTS.

OUR CITY PRIDES ITSELF ON A HIGH LEVEL OF SERVICE, AND WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO KEEP PROVIDING THAT WITH THIS PROJECT.

ASIDE FROM OUR LOW TAX RATE AND THINGS LIKE THAT, KEEPING OUR SERVICES HIGH AND OUR TAXES LOW, IT'S WHAT WE NEED FOR A GOOD ECONOMY AND TO TAKE CARE OF OUR RESIDENTS.

ALTON WILL HAVE 2700 HOMES AND APARTMENTS.

AVENUE WILL HAVE 3900 HOMES IN APARTMENTS.

AND IT'S NICE TO KNOW THAT ALL OF THOSE FOLKS HAVE CHOICES AND GEOGRAPHICAL ABILITY FOR THEIR OWN HEALTH CARE.

I DO UNDERSTAND THE OTHER HOSPITALS IN TOWN FEELING APPREHENSIVE ABOUT HAVING ANOTHER HEALTH CARE IN THE AREA.

JUST REMINDS ME OF BACK WHEN MY HUSBAND AND I OWNED PHYSICAL THERAPY OFFICES AND THERE'S ALWAYS COMPETITION AND COMPETITIONS ARE REALLY GOOD EXAMPLE FOR YOU TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE DOING A GOOD JOB AND PROVIDE EVEN BETTER SERVICES.

SO THAT'S THE EXPECTATION I HAVE, IS THAT WE'LL ALL HAVE EVEN MORE TO CHOOSE FROM HERE.

LIKE ANY OTHER AREA, THOUGH, WE DO LACK DIVERSE AND ATTAINABLE HOUSING.

THE CITY IS WORKING REALLY HARD ON IT.

I KNOW THE COUNTY HAS PASSED THEIR BOND IN ORDER TO PROVIDE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO THE COUNTY HERE IN THE CITY.

IN THE NEXT YEAR OR SO, WE'LL HAVE OVER 100 UNITS BEING PUT IN WITHIN OUR TOD UTILIZING SMART GROWTH AND PLANNING.

AND WE HOPE YOU'LL HELP US MOVE THIS PROCESS FORWARD.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOUR STAFF HAS A PLACE TO LIVE AS WELL.

SO WE'RE HOPING YOU'LL JOIN US AS ADVOCATES IN THIS TO MAKE SURE THAT YOUR STAFF, OUR RESIDENTS, EVERYBODY HAS THE ABILITY TO LIVE, WORK AND PLAY HERE.

SO WE'RE HOPING THAT YOU'VE BEEN SUCH A GOOD NEIGHBOR ALREADY WITH THAT, YOU'LL KEEP ON BEING A GOOD NEIGHBOR FOR THE REST OF OUR RESIDENTS AS WE GO FORWARD.

ALSO LAST YEAR, IN RESPONSE TO THE ANONYMOUS SAVE ALTON WEBSITE AND EMAIL BLAST, I DID RECEIVE SEVERAL IDENTICAL EMAILS AGAINST THIS PROJECT, BUT ALSO QUITE A FEW FOR IT.

SINCE THEN, US KEVIN HAS BEEN A GREAT NEIGHBOR, NOT JUST A GOOD NEIGHBOR, BRINGING THE NEIGHBORS OF ALTON INTO THE PLANNING.

AS YOU GUYS HAVE HEARD TONIGHT, COLLABORATING WITH OUR STAFF FOR THE BEST POSSIBLE PROJECT FOR OUR RESIDENTS AND THE RESUBMISSION WHICH WE HAVE IN FRONT OF US TONIGHT.

AND SO SINCE THE RESUBMISSION, I RECEIVED NOTHING BUT SUPPORT, ASIDE FROM A FEW EMAILS THAT TOOK PLACE LITERALLY WITHIN HOURS OF THE LAST EMAIL BLAST THAT CAME FROM THE ANONYMOUS WEBSITE WHICH WAS LISTING OUT OF DATE INFORMATION, LINKS TO BLOGGERS AND ETC., THAT HAS BEEN SENT TO RESIDENTS, SPURRING THEM TO RESPOND TO THE OPPORTUNITY TO PAT OUR RESIDENTS ON THE BACK BECAUSE THEY DID NOT FALL PREY TO INCENDIARY AND OUT OF DATE REACTIVE WEBSITES, BLOGS AND EMAILS THAT WERE MEANT TO SCARE.

JUST BECAUSE INFORMATION HAS A DOT COM OR A PERSON ONCE WROTE FOR AN EDITORIAL PAPER.

THIS IS STILL BIASED INFORMATION AND OUR RESIDENTS CAN SEE THAT.

AND SO I REALLY WANT TO APPLAUD THEM FOR THAT.

THEY CAME TO THE MEETINGS HERE, THEY REACHED OUT TO OUR STAFF, THEY REACHED OUT TO THE DEVELOPER, THEY REACHED OUT TO KEN AND THEY EDUCATED THEMSELVES ON DATA AND FACTS INSTEAD OF INCENDIARY IDEAS TO SPUR THEM INTO REACTIONS.

SO I AM SO IMPRESSED, MOST OF ALL WITH OUR RESIDENTS FOR GETTING IT RIGHT.

I WANT TO THANK OUR STAFF FOR YOUR CONTINUED HARD WORK.

SEVERAL YEARS WENT INTO THIS DECADES, IT SOUNDS LIKE, EVEN BEFORE WE GOT HERE.

I WANT TO THANK YOU, UHC AND ESPECIALLY KEVIN FOR BRINGING IN JEFF ATWATER, FOR TAKING THE TIME TO UNDERSTAND OUR CULTURE, TO UNDERSTAND THE BACKYARDS OF THE NEIGHBORS YOU'RE GOING TO AFFECT TO THE POINT WHERE.

I'VE BEEN TOLD YOU'RE IN THEIR BACKYARDS AND ON THEIR ON THEIR PATIOS.

AND. AND I MEAN, YOU REALLY IMMERSED YOURSELF AND THAT THAT MEANS SO MUCH HERE.

I ALSO WANT TO THANK OUR CITY MANAGER FOR HIRING FOURSQUARE TO DO THE RESEARCH ON HOSPITAL BED NEED.

HAVING LOST THE CERTIFICATE OF NEED IN 2019, IT GAVE US CLARITY TO MAKE THIS DECISION AND I TOO SHALL BE SUPPORTING THAT.

SO WE'RE GOING TO.

ANYTHING ELSE BEFORE I CLOSE IT OUT? I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO DO TWO VOTES.

YEAH, WE DID THAT SO WELL.

WE HAVE TO VOTE ON RESOLUTION ONE 2023 SEPARATE AND THEN RESOLUTION TWO 2023.

SO I'M GOING TO SEE, SINCE WE'VE ALREADY GOT THE MOTION FOR RESOLUTION ONE, I'M GOING TO CALL THE VOTE.

SO ALL IN FAVOR, I ANY OPPOSED MOTION PASSES?

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THANK YOU. SECOND, I'M SORRY.

SECOND BY CARL. ALL RIGHT, ALL IN FAVOR? I OPPOSED.

ALL RIGHT. BOTH MOTION PASSES, BOTH MOTIONS PASSED.

CONGRATULATIONS. WELCOME TO PALM BEACH GARDENS.

THANK YOU. AND THANKS AGAIN FOR THE RESIDENTS AND SUPPORTERS.

AND I THINK WE HAVE A LOT OF EMPLOYEES AS WELL THAT CAME OUT TONIGHT AND TRY NOT TO TRIP OVER YOURSELVES ON THE WAY OUT.

WE'RE NOT DONE THE JOB. WE STILL HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A MEETING, THOUGH.

SO CONGRATULATIONS.

YEAH. NEXT IS ITEMS FOR COUNCIL, DISCUSSION AND ITEMS OF INTEREST.

[X. ITEMS FOR COUNCIL ACTION/DISCUSSION AND ITEMS OF INTEREST]

I WANT TO GO FIRST JUST FOR ONE REASON.

ALTHOUGH I LOST MY PIECE OF PAPER, I WAS DOING SUCH A GOOD JOB BEING ORGANIZED UP HERE TODAY.

SO I JUST WANT TO ANNOUNCE YOUR GRANDCHILD.

SO WHY DON'T YOU GO AHEAD AND DO THAT IF YOU WOULD BE SO KIND.

BUT YOU HAVE A NEW GRANDDAUGHTER.

I THINK THAT'S WORTH MENTIONING.

YES. AS A AS OF FRIDAY, ABOUT A MONTH EARLY, WE GOT MACKENZIE TAYLOR GEORGE ADDED TO THE FAMILY.

SO GRAHAM'S IS IS REALLY EXCITED AND MOM AND BABY ARE DOING GREAT.

SO THANKS JOE.

SO MACKENZIE MACKENZIE TAYLOR, THERE SHE IS, £6, 11 OUNCES, 19 INCHES.

SHE WOULD HAVE BEEN A BIG BABY IF SHE WENT TO TERM.

SO, YOU KNOW, ALL RIGHT.

SO I JUMPED IN. BUT WHO'D LIKE TO GO? ANYONE ELSE TO ASK? DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO SHARE? I DO. I'LL MOVE ON ON FROM THAT.

IT'S THAT TIME OF THE YEAR AGAIN, THE MAYOR'S BALLS APPROACHING.

AND I'D LIKE TO ASK COUNCIL IF WE COULD BE IN SUPPORT AGAIN OF ANOTHER BRONZE SPONSORSHIP FOR THE HOMELESS COALITION FOR THE MAYOR'S BALL.

IT'S 7500 IS THE BRONZE.

WE USUALLY DO IT FOR THIS.

SO TO ONE IS THAT IT'S MAY 1ST.

AND AGAIN, HOMELESSNESS IS MAY NOT BE AS BIG A PROBLEM IN PALM BEACH GARDENS AS IT IS IN OTHER PLACES IN THE COUNTY.

BUT WE'VE ALWAYS DONE OUR PART.

AND SO I'D LIKE TO ASK IF YOU'D BE ON BOARD WITH DOING THAT AGAIN.

IS THAT SOMETHING THAT'S IN OUR BUDGET? IN OUR LINE ITEM BUDGET.

YES. YES. SURE.

YEAH, I'M GOOD WITH IT. AS LONG AS IT'S IN THE BUDGET.

THANK YOU. I'LL MAKE SURE I GET THE FORMS TO PATTY FOR FOR THAT SECOND.

I WANTED TO.

DIDN'T WANT TO PULL THE THE FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA.

THE RESOLUTION ABOUT THE GRANT APPLICATION THAT WE HAD PASSED.

LET ME GET BACK UP TO IT REALLY QUICK.

BECAUSE OF MARK'S TIME CONSTRAINTS.

THE LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION FUND GRANT.

I JUST WANTED TO THANK THE CITY STAFF AGAIN, RON PARKS AND REC AND ANYONE ELSE WHO PLAYED A PART AGAIN IN THE FORWARD THINKING OF APPLYING FOR THIS GRANT AND AND THE BRILLIANT USE OF THAT REMAINING PIECE OF PROPERTY TO CONNECT WHAT WE HAVE IN THE TRAIL SYSTEM TO THE REST OF AVANIR.

WE GOT 115 ACRES FROM AVANIR.

THE GOLF COURSE TOOK A GOOD PORTION OF IT, BUT WITH THE 20 ACRES REMAINING, I THINK THAT'S A GREAT WAY TO USE IT AND TO ESTABLISH A NATURE CENTER AND TRAIL ON THAT.

AS I FURTHER COMMITMENT TO THE SUSTAINABILITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL FORWARD THINKING THAT THE CITY HAS.

SO I JUST WANTED TO DO THAT NOW, SINCE I COULDN'T DO IT BEFORE.

CAN I SAY ONE QUICK THING THEN TO LET EVERYONE GO HOME? I DID WANT TO ADD ON FOR OUR RECREATION STAFF.

WE HAD THE DEVELOPMENT PREMIER LEAGUE WINTER SHOWCASE HERE FOR THE WEEKEND, CELEBRATED THE 21ST BIRTHDAY OF THE GREEN MARKET.

THANK YOU, MARCY, FOR REPRESENTING ALL OF US.

AND I'M JUST I'M AMAZED AT THE AMOUNT OF STUFF THAT JUST COMES OUT OF RECREATION AND IT'S EXCEPTIONAL EVERY SINGLE TIME.

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AND I'M HOPING THAT PERHAPS OUR CITY MANAGER CAN BRING US UP TO DATE ON THE SISTER CITY.

FROM THE CITY MANAGER'S REPORT, MAYBE NEXT TIME OR AT THIS TIME, IF YOU HAVE A MINUTE.

I PLAN ON HAVING A PRESENTATION IN FEBRUARY'S MEETING.

AWESOME. OKAY, GREAT.

AND THEN LAST. I'M ALMOST DONE.

I'M SORRY. LASTLY, THIS MONTH WILL WISH HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO BOTH MARK AND MARCY.

SO EARLY. HAPPY BIRTHDAY.

WELL, THANK YOU. I FORGOT WHEN I WAS TALKING BEFORE.

CHELSEA DID A GREAT JOB THIS MORNING.

THE LEAGUE OF CITIES HAD THEIR LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION WORKSHOP, AND CHELSEA PRESENTED THE MOBILITY PLAN TO THE LEGISLATORS AND TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MOBILITY AND THE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD ON THAT.

AND SHE DID A GREAT JOB REPRESENTING US.

SO I JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT OUT THERE.

ALL RIGHT. ANYBODY ELSE? I JUST I JUST WANT TO SAY KIND OF ADD TO ROCHELLE'S COMMENT ABOUT THE PARK GRANT, AND WE'RE VERY LUCKY.

AND I WANT TO AGREE, I CONCUR WITH EVERYTHING THAT YOU SAID ABOUT THAT, GRANT, AND THANK STAFF FOR DOING THAT AND THE FORWARD THINKING.

AND, YOU KNOW, HAVING LIVED HERE FOR SO LONG AND SEEING SUCH GROWTH IN OUR CITY.

I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I LOVE ABOUT OUR CITY ARE ALL OF THE PARKS.

I'VE ALWAYS DONE THAT. IT'S BEEN I STARTED ON THE PARK AND REC ADVISORY BOARD AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT IT'S LIKE A HIDDEN GEM.

AND I WOULD LOVE FOR ONE DAY AS TO HAVE LIKE SOME SORT OF AN APP WHERE PEOPLE CAN LITERALLY SEE ALL OF THE NATURE TRAILS BECAUSE WALKING THEM IS SO SPECIAL AND AND JUST SOMETHING TO HIGHLIGHT ALL OF OUR NATURAL AREAS, ACTUALLY, IN FACT, AND I'M SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS GRANT COMING TO FRUITION AND THE PARKS AND WHAT YOU GUYS ARE PLANNING.

AND I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR DOING THAT BECAUSE IT'S SOMETHING THAT I JUST LOVE ABOUT OUR CITY IS ALL THE GREEN SPACE AND THE FACT THAT OUR RESIDENTS, ALL OF US CAN WALK THROUGH THEM, WHETHER IT'S JUST TO LOOK AT THE FLORA AND FAUNA OR AND SEE THE NATURE PASSIVELY OR ACTIVELY.

WE ALL HAVE SUCH SPECIAL PARKS IN OUR CITY AND I JUST LOVE IT.

AND I CAN'T WAIT TO TO SEE IT GROW EVEN MORE.

SO THAT'S THE BEST PART OF THIS JOB.

THANKS, MARCY. ALL RIGHT. DO WE HAVE A CITY ATTORNEY REPORT THIS EVENING? NO, MA'AM. ALL RIGHT.

WITH THAT, WE ARE ADJOURNED.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.