[VIII.a. ORDINANCE 1, 2023 – (2ND READING AND ADOPTION) 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. ]

GOING TO READ THE QUASI JUDICIAL STATEMENT.

TONIGHT, WE ARE HOLDING QUASI JUDICIAL HEARINGS ON THE FOLLOWING CASE.

RESOLUTION 13 2023, SITE PLAN FOR THE AVENIR WEST COMMUNITY CLUBHOUSE AND RECREATION FACILITY.

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

THE COUNCIL IS ALSO REQUIRED BY LAW TO ALLOW CROSS EXAMINATION OF ANY WITNESSES WHO TESTIFY TONIGHT.

CROSS CROSS-EXAMINATION MAY OCCUR AFTER THE STAFF, THE APPLICANT AND OTHER PARTICIPANTS HAVE MADE THEIR PRESENTATIONS AND WILL BE PERMITTED IN THE ORDER OF THE WITNESSES APPEARANCE. IT IS NECESSARY THAT ANYONE WHO TESTIFIES AT THE HEARING REMAIN UNTIL THE CONCLUSION OF THE HEARING IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO RESPOND TO ANY QUESTIONS.

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

THE CITY CLERK WILL NOW SWEAR IN ALL PERSONS WHO INTEND TO OFFER TESTIMONY THIS EVENING ON ANY OF THESE CASES.

DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR.

TO TELL THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH, AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH, SO HELP YOU GOD.

IF THE CLERK COULD PLEASE READ THE TITLE ORDINANCE.

ONE 2020 THREE.

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 1ST, 2022 AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2023.

INCLUSIVE, PROVIDING A CONFLICTS CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE AND AUTHORITY TO CODIFY PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

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

HAS ANYTHING CHANGED SINCE FIRST READING? NO, MAYOR, THERE HAS NOT BEEN ANY CHANGES.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

DO WE HAVE ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM AT ALL? JUST. AARON, WE GOT YOU THERE.

ALL RIGHT. I DON'T HAVE ANY COMMENT CARDS, SO I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE HEARING.

MAY I GET A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE? I WOULD LOVE TO MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT ORDINANCE ONE 2023 ON SECOND READING.

MAY I HAVE A SECOND, MA'AM? I WILL SECOND THE MOTION TO ACCEPT ORDINANCE FOR ONE 2023.

EXCELLENT. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION FROM THE LAST TIME? ANYONE? NO.

OKAY, LET'S TAKE IT TO VOTE.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT. MOTION PASSES.

FIVE ZERO. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANKS, ADRIAN. WE'RE ALL GOOD.

ALL RIGHTY. WE'LL MOVE ON TO ORDINANCE TO 2023.

[VIII.b. ORDINANCE 2, 2023 – (1ST READING) AMENDING CHAPTER 2 AT ARTICLE III, BOARDS AND COMMITTEES. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 2. ADMINISTRATION. OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES AT ARTICLE III. BOARDS AND COMMITTEES BY AMENDING DIVISION 4. BUDGET OVERSIGHT REVIEW BOARD. TO REVISE THE TITLE, POWERS, AND DUTIES OF THE BOARD, TO STAGGER MEMBER TERMS, AND TO EXEMPT THE BOARD FROM THE REQUIREMENTS OF SUBSECTION 2-90(c); PROVIDING THAT EACH AND EVERY OTHER SECTION AND SUBSECTION OF CHAPTER 2. ADMINISTRATION. SHALL REMAIN THE SAME AS PREVIOUSLY ADOPTED; PROVIDING A CONFLICTS CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, AND AUTHORITY TO CODIFY; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.]

IF OUR CLERK COULD PLEASE READ THE TITLE ORDINANCE TO 2023.

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

AMENDING CHAPTER TWO ADMINISTRATION OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES AT ARTICLE THREE BOARDS AND COMMITTEES BY AMENDING DIVISION FOUR BUDGET OVERSIGHT REVIEW BOARD TO REVISE THE TITLE POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE BOARD TO STAGGER MEMBERS TERMS AND TO EXEMPT THE BOARD FROM THE REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION TWO, DASH 90 C, PROVIDING THAT EACH AND EVERY OTHER SECTION AND SUBSECTION OF CHAPTER TWO ADMINISTRATION SHALL REMAIN THE SAME AS PREVIOUSLY ADOPTED, PROVIDING A CONFLICTS CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE AND AUTHORITY TO CODIFY PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

THANK YOU, MA'AM. I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND OPEN THIS HEARING.

IF OUR CITY ATTORNEY, MAX LOWMAN, COULD GIVE US AN OVERVIEW.

CERTAINLY, MADAM MAYOR. BASICALLY, WHAT THIS ORDINANCE IS DOING IS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE AGENDA ITEM ITSELF IS JUST CLEANING UP SOME THINGS AND MAKING SOME CORRECTIONS, BECAUSE BACK IN 2016, WHEN THEY PASSED THE $0.01 SALES TAX, WE HAD TO HAVE AN OVERSIGHT BOARD THAT WOULD EVALUATE.

AFTER THAT WE WERE SPENDING THE MONEY ON THE ON THE PROPER THINGS, THE THINGS THAT QUALIFIED UNDER THE REFERENDUM.

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AND SO WE HAD AMENDED THE ORDINANCE BACK THEN TO ADD TO CHANGE OUR BUDGET REVIEW BOARD TO THE BUDGET REVIEW AND OVERSIGHT BOARD SO THAT THEY WOULD OVERSEE THE EXPENDITURES OF THE $0.01 SALES TAX.

THOSE EXPENDITURES ARE ALL COMPLETED HERE AT THE CITY, SO WE DON'T NEED THEM TO HAVE THAT ASPECT OF THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES ANYMORE.

SO WE ARE RECOMMENDING AN AMENDMENT TO THE ORDINANCE TO REMOVE THAT.

AND THE OTHER THING THAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE STAGGERING THEIR TERMS BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, UNFORTUNATELY, THE WAY IT'S SET UP, ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OR THE NOW THE BUDGET REVIEW, BUDGET REVIEW BOARD, THEIR TERMS ALL END AT THE SAME TIME.

AND SO THEN WE'D HAVE TO REAPPOINT FIVE PEOPLE AT ONCE.

AND THAT'S ESSENTIALLY WHAT THE ORDINANCE IS DOING.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, SIR.

ADRIAN, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD TO THAT? NO, MA'AM, I DO NOT.

OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

SO I DON'T HAVE ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS OR ANY COMMENT CARDS YET, SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE HEARING.

MAY I GET A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THIS? WELL, HAVING SERVED ON THAT COMMITTEE FOR FIVE YEARS PRIOR TO COMING ON COUNCIL, IT'S A VERY VALUABLE COMMITTEE.

THE MEMBERS ON THAT COMMITTEE TAKE THEIR JOB VERY SERIOUSLY.

THEY WORK VERY WELL WITH STAFF, AND I THINK IT'S AN IMPORTANT BOARD TO MAINTAIN.

BUT I DO THINK ROTATING THE TERMS BECAUSE WE DID HAVE EVERY FIVE YEARS THE SAME FIVE PEOPLE WOULD HAVE TO BE UP FOR FOR REAPPOINTMENT.

AND EVEN THOUGH IT DIDN'T CREATE A PROBLEM AT THE TIME, IT ALWAYS HAS THE POTENTIAL OF CREATING A PROBLEM.

SO I AGREE WITH ITS CITY ATTORNEY THAT WE SHOULD OBVIOUSLY TAKE OUT THE TERMS, REMOVE SOME OF THE OVERSIGHT THAT THEY NO LONGER NEED, BUT TRY TO STAGGER THOSE TERMS AND AND THEN ALLOW THE NEXT COUNCIL TO APPOINT MEMBERS ON SCHEDULE.

SO I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT ORDINANCE TWO ON FIRST READING.

I'LL SECOND THE MOTION.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? MARK, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE YOU'D WANT TO ADD SINCE YOU MADE THE FIRST MOTION? NOPE. ALL RIGHT. ANYONE ELSE? RACHELLE CARL MURTHY.

ALL RIGHT, SO LET'S BRING IT TO A VOTE.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE, AYE. ANY OPPOSITION? MOTION PASSES. FIVE ZERO.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON TO OUR QUASI JUDICIAL HEARING FOR RESOLUTION 13, IF THE CLERK COULD PLEASE READ OUR TITLE.

[VIII.c. *RESOLUTION 13, 2023 – SITE PLAN FOR THE AVENIR WEST COMMUNITY CLUBHOUSE AND RECREATION FACILITY. A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA, APPROVING A SITE PLAN FOR A 28,110-SQUARE-FOOT COMMUNITY CLUBHOUSE AND RECREATION FACILITY ON APPROXIMATELY 13.28 ACRES, MORE OR LESS, WITHIN THE RESIDENTIAL PARCEL (PARCEL A) OF THE AVENIR PLANNED COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT (PCD), NORTH OF AVENIR DRIVE AND APPROXIMATELY 0.70 MILES, MORE OR LESS, WEST OF THE INTERSECTION OF AVENIR DRIVE AND COCONUT BOULEVARD, THE AVENIR PCD BEING GENERALLY LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF NORTHLAKE BOULEVARD, EAST OF GRAPEVIEW BOULEVARD, WEST OF BAY HILL DRIVE, AND SOUTH OF BEELINE HIGHWAY, AS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED HEREIN; PROVIDING CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL; PROVIDING WAIVERS; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.]

RESOLUTION 13 2023, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA, APPROVING A SITE PLAN FOR A 28,110 SQUARE FOOT COMMUNITY CLUBHOUSE AND RECREATION FACILITY ON APPROXIMATELY 13.28 ACRES, MORE OR LESS WITHIN THE RESIDENTIAL PARCEL PARCEL A OF THE AVENIR PLAN, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PCD, NORTH OF AVENIR DRIVE AND APPROXIMATELY 0.70 MILES, MORE OR LESS WEST OF THE INTERSECTION OF AVENIR DRIVE AND COCONUT BOULEVARD.

THE AVENIR PCB PCD BEING GENERALLY LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF NORTHLAKE BOULEVARD, EAST OF GRAPEVIEW BOULEVARD, WEST OF BAYHILL DRIVE AND SOUTH OF BEELINE HIGHWAY, AS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED HEREIN, PROVIDING CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL, PROVIDING WAIVERS, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

ALL RIGHT. I'M GOING TO OPEN THE HEARING.

WE'LL START WITH EX PARTE.

WE'LL START OVER HERE ON MY RIGHT MARCIE JUST IN AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION, I'M GOING TO EX PARTE ROSA SCHACHTER, WHO MADE A COMMENT OUT IN THE LOBBY A FEW MINUTES AGO.

THAT'S IT. OKAY.

I WAS STANDING NEXT TO YOU, BUT I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT THE COMMENT WAS, SO I'M GOING TO GO FOR THAT TOO.

IT WAS PROBABLY ABOUT ABOUT WHERE WE GOT OUR LIPSTICK.

OKAY, NEXT. RACHELLE DO YOU HAVE ANY EX PARTE? MARK? I TALKED TO ROSA, BUT NOT ABOUT THIS, SO I'M GOOD.

OKAY. CARL. WELL, I WAS IN THE PARKING LOT WHILE YOU WERE STANDING NEXT TO ROSA.

I OVERHEARD SOMETHING ABOUT RUMOR.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. FAIR ENOUGH.

I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE PRESENTATION TODAY FROM KEN TOUMA OF URBAN DESIGN STUDIO.

WE'RE GOING TO ASK YOU TO. THERE YOU ARE AT THE PODIUM.

THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU.

GOOD EVENING. KEN TOUMA, AS THE MAYOR SAID WITH URBAN DESIGN, MY ADDRESS IS 610 CLEMATIS STREET, WEST PALM BEACH.

I'VE BEEN SWORN IN THIS EVENING AND I'M EXPECT THAT THIS WILL BE A SHORT PRESENTATION.

MR. WOODS, I THINK WE HAD AN EX PARTE.

BUT YOU DID MENTION BE SHORT.

WHY ARE YOU COMING AFTER ME? I'M JUST KIDDING.

I LOVE YOUR STUFF. AND THE SECOND THING I WANT TO SAY, MY MY LITTLE BIT OF DEFERENCE FOR SURE.

I COULD DO A VERY LONG PRESENTATION TONIGHT TO HONOR THE TWO PEOPLE ON THEIR LAST NIGHT IN ON THEIR HEARINGS.

SO I WAS VERY SAD. LET'S HONOR THEM IN ANOTHER WAY.

OKAY. THANK YOU. SO LET'S DO THE SHORT VERSION.

YES. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME.

LET'S LET'S START AND WE'LL TIME LATER.

THANK YOU. TAKE YOUR TIME.

WHAT'S IN FRONT OF YOU THIS EVENING IS AVENIR WEST RECREATION CENTER.

IT'S APPROXIMATELY A 28,000 SQUARE FOOT RECREATION CENTER ON THE WEST HALF OF AVENIR.

IT'S LOCATED ON AVENIR DRIVE, WEST OF COCONUT BOULEVARD, AND IT'S INTENDED TO SERVE ALL THE NEW RESIDENTS THAT WILL BE WEST OF COCONUT BOULEVARD IN AVENIR, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF PANTHER NATIONAL, WHICH WILL HAVE ITS OWN CLUBHOUSE, AND THEN A FUTURE POTENTIAL AGE RESTRICTED COMMUNITY THAT WE'RE DOING APPLICATIONS FOR RIGHT NOW. SO IT WILL SERVE APPROXIMATELY 1500 RESIDENTS.

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THE SUBJECT SITES LOCATED HERE ON THE SCREEN.

THIS IS AN AERIAL I WILL I WILL BLOW INTO IT A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL.

THIS IS A CONCEPTUAL SITE PLAN.

SOME OF THESE PODS AREN'T APPROVED AND SOME ARE JUST SKETCHES, BUT IT JUST GIVES A GENERAL IDEA OF THE LOCATION OF THE CLUBHOUSE ON THE WESTERN SIDE AND THEN KIND OF GOING IN A BIT MORE DETAIL.

YOU CAN SEE THE LOCATION.

IT'S CENTRALLY, CENTRALLY LOCATED ON THE WESTERN HALF OF THE PROPERTY INTENDED TO SERVE ALL OF THE RESIDENTS OF WEST OF COCONUT BOULEVARD.

SO THIS IS THE RECREATION CENTER ITSELF.

IT'S 13.28 ACRES.

IT'S A 28,000 SQUARE FOOT CLUBHOUSE.

THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF FACILITIES IN THE CLUBHOUSE, INCLUDING GYMNASIUM.

THERE'S A RESORT POOL, A LAP POOL, A SPLASH PAD.

THERE'S AN OPEN SPACE HERE THAT'S FLEXIBLE AREA.

THERE ARE NINE TENNIS COURTS, 12 PICKLEBALL COURTS AND A HOST OF OTHER AMENITIES.

AN IMPORTANT THING WHICH I'LL GET INTO A BIT LATER TO NOTE IS THE LINE FOR THE RECREATION CENTER.

THIS RED LINE SEPARATES AN AREA THAT YOU ALREADY APPROVED AS PARCEL 15, KNOWN AS THE GL PARCEL.

THIS IS THE MAIL KIOSK AREA.

BUT THAT AREA IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT HAS 61 PARKING SPOTS, SO THE RESIDENTS OF PARCEL 15 DON'T NEED TO COME INTO THE PARKING LOT ASSOCIATED WITH THE RECREATION CENTER OR GO ON TO THE ABERDARE ROAD.

THEY HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A PLACE TO PARK THEIR VEHICLE, THEIR GOLF CART.

THEY ALSO HAVE PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIVITY, WHICH I'LL GO THROUGH IN A SECOND.

SO THIS IS ALL OF THE ACCESS POINTS INTO THE SITE.

AND THERE ARE A LOT OF ACCESS POINTS BECAUSE IT'S SERVING A LOT OF FOLKS FROM DIFFERENT ANGLES.

THE FIRST ONE IDENTIFIED IN RED IS THE VEHICULAR ACCESS POINT, THE VEHICULAR ACCESS POINT.

THIS IS A FULL INTERSECTION AND THERE'S A RIGHT TURN LANE COMING IN, A LEFT TURN LANE, AND IT ALSO LINES UP WITH A PARCELS EMERGENCY ACCESS POINT TO THE SOUTH.

THAT'S UNDER REVIEW, PARCEL 21.

SO WE HAVE SO WE HAVE A FULL MEDIAN BREAK RIGHT IN, RIGHT OUT.

THEN THERE ARE A CAR PATH, AS YOU KNOW, IN AVENIR, THERE'S A 12 FOOT MULTIMODAL PATH.

IT'S ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF AVENIR DRIVE, THAT 12 FOOT MULTIMODAL PATH, WHICH IS BEING USED FOR GOLF CARTS, BIKES AND EVERYTHING ELSE.

THERE WILL BE ACCESS.

THERE WILL BE A CROSSING ACROSS THE CROSS AVENIR DRIVE, AND THEN THERE'LL BE A 12 FOOT PATH TO A GOLF CART PARKING LOT RIGHT HERE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OR THE SOUTH SIDE. THIS IS AN EIGHT FOOT FROM THE EIGHT FOOT WALKING TRAIL AND BEING EIGHT FOOT WALKING TRAIL THAT SERVES ALL THE WAY TO THE CLUBHOUSE.

SO THAT'S THE PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIVITY FROM THAT PART OF AVENIR DRIVE.

THEN THERE'S A SMALLER PATH CONNECTION TO THE PICKLEBALL COURT.

SO IF YOU'RE COMING FROM THE OTHER DIRECTION AND JUST WANT TO JUMP INTO THE PICKLEBALL COURT, THERE'S A SMALLER CONNECTION POINT HERE.

THEN ALL THESE OTHER ARROWS ARE CONNECTIONS TO OUR CONNECTIONS TO POD 15.

ALL OF THOSE CONNECTION POINTS ARE FOGGED BECAUSE THAT IS A GATE RESTRICTED AREA.

SO THEY ARE FOD, MEANING THAT THEY WILL ONLY ALLOW ACCESS TO THE RESIDENTS OF POD 15.

THERE'S ONE HERE, THERE'S A WALKWAY HERE AND THEN HERE'S A VEHICULAR PARKING.

THERE'S ALSO AN ACCESS GATE THAT WILL ALLOW GOLF CARTS TO GO BETWEEN THE TWO.

THERE ARE TWO PEDESTRIAN BRIDGES, ONE HERE AND ONE HERE THAT WERE ALREADY APPROVED AS PART OF POD 15.

SO A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF CONNECTIVITY BETWEEN THE PARCELS.

SPEAKING OF THE ENTRY ITSELF, THIS IS THE ACTUAL ENTRY FEATURE.

THIS ENTRY FEATURE IS UNIQUE FOR AVENIR.

IT HAS A WATER CURTAIN, SO THE WATER IS ACTUALLY FALLING DOWN ON THE FEATURE OR ON THE SIGNAGE, AND THEN IT FLOWS OFF.

OF COURSE, THERE'S LIGHT THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE THING.

IT IS NINE FEET HIGH AND APPROXIMATELY 42FT WIDE.

THERE'S ONE FLANKING BOTH SIDES, SO YOU'LL SEE IT AS YOU'RE TRAVELING DOWN AVENIR DRIVE FOR THE AVENIR WEST RECREATION CENTER, THE CLUBHOUSE ITSELF.

A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE ARCHITECTURE AND THE DESIGN.

AS YOU CAN SEE, THE ARCHITECTURE, THE STONE COLUMNS, WHICH I'LL SHOW YOU ON THE NEXT SLIDE, ARE OF LITT.

THERE ARE POOL CABANAS, PARTY PAVILION TOT LOTS.

IT IS FULL OF AMENITIES.

THIS IS JUST A BETTER VIEW OF THE ENTRY, KIND OF LOOKING AT HOW IT WORKS.

THERE'S A ROUNDABOUT HERE.

THERE'S THE COLUMNS ARE SIGNIFICANT COLUMNS OF LIGHT STONE THROUGHOUT.

ALSO, AS YOU COME INTO THE AS YOU COME INTO THE PROJECT, DRIVING DOWN THE MAIN ROAD, THERE'S THESE PLANTERS THAT ARE THROUGHOUT THAT ARE THAT PARADE DOWN THE ENTRANCE ROAD.

AND THEN THERE'S PART OF IT WHICH IS HARD TO SEE IN THIS RENDERING.

THERE'S ACTUALLY A BENCH AT 18 INCH WRAPPED AROUND A FLOATING BENCH, WHICH WILL CREATE A REALLY NICE, UNIQUE SPOT FOR PEOPLE TO SIT AND ENJOY THE AREA.

THIS IS THE FLOORPLAN ITSELF OF THE FACILITY.

THERE'S A RESTAURANT, THERE'S A CARD ROOMS, THERE'S LOCKER ROOMS, THERE'S FITNESS CENTERS, THE GYMNASIUM.

THE RESTAURANT IS NOT OPEN TO A PUBLIC, OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

IT'S LIKE ANY OTHER CLUB.

YOU HAVE TO BE A GUEST OF ONE OF THE MEMBERS TO GO TO THE RESTAURANT.

THERE'S A GYMNASIUM IS A BIT SMALLER THAN A NORMAL GYMNASIUM.

THERE'S A FITNESS CENTER WITH ALL THE WEIGHT LIFTING EQUIPMENT AND ALL THE OTHER THINGS THAT YOU WOULD EXPECT TO HAVE FROM THIS TYPE OF CLUB IN A COMMUNITY SUCH AS AVENIR.

THIS IS A VIEW OF THE RECREATION AREA AND THE POOL AREA.

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THIS IS A REALLY NEAT SPACE, A LOT OF TIME AND ENERGY AND DESIGN, AND THIS WILL BE A VERY EXPENSIVE THING TO BUILD.

YOU CAN SEE THE SWIM OUT AREAS HERE.

YOU'VE GOT THESE PALM TREES INCORPORATED, YOU HAVE THIS SHADE AREAS, YOU HAVE THESE NICE AREAS AND NICHE AREAS TO ALLOW FOR SPECIAL SPACES.

ANOTHER SWIM OUT AREA OVER HERE IS A LAP POOL.

THIS IS A SPA AREA.

THIS IS A VIEW OF THE SPLASH PAD.

AND THEN THIS IS SYNTHETIC TURF.

THAT SYNTHETIC.

OH GOSH, I'M FALLING APART TONIGHT.

THIS IS SYNTHETIC TURF WITH.

THE PALM TREES HERE AND THEN ALSO THE SHADED AREAS.

AND HERE'S ANOTHER VIEW OF THE RECREATION CENTER AND THEN JUST GENERAL LOUNGE AREAS.

A COUPLE OF THINGS ABOUT THE RECREATION AREAS IN GENERAL.

FIRST THING YOU'LL SEE WE HAVE THE TENNIS COURTS AND PICKLEBALL COURTS.

THERE ARE 12 PICKLEBALL COURTS, THERE ARE NINE TENNIS COURTS.

THERE'S ALSO A 1200 SQUARE FOOT, 1200 SQUARE FOOT PRO SHOP.

AND THEN SURROUNDING THAT IS SIGNIFICANT COVERED AREA TO APPROXIMATELY ANOTHER 2000FT².

HERE'S A VIEW OF THAT PRO SHOP IN 3D RENDERING.

AND THIS IS THE AVENIR WEST RECREATION, BOTH THE ACCESS AND THE PARKING.

SO THERE ARE 167 PARKING SPOTS THAT ARE REQUIRED.

WHEN YOU DO THE MATH FOR OUR PARKING CALCULATIONS, WE'RE PROVIDING 247 VEHICLE OR PARKING SPOTS IN THIS AREA.

AGAIN, THERE'S THAT ADDITIONAL 61 PARKING SPOTS HERE.

THERE ARE 25 GOLF CART SPACES, 35 BICYCLE SPACES AND EIGHT EV CHARGING AREAS.

SO EIGHT, EIGHT EV SPOTS FOR A TOTAL OF EIGHT.

YOU THIS EVENING. THE WAIVER THAT'S BEING REQUESTED IS A REDUCTION IN THE PARKING SPACE SIZE.

AS YOU KNOW, THE CITY'S REQUIREMENT IS TEN FEET.

WE'RE REQUESTING TO GO DOWN 9.5FT, WHICH IS CONSISTENT WITH MOST COMMERCIAL PARCELS.

SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF OPEN SPACE.

THE CODE REQUIREMENT HERE IS 35%.

WE'RE PROVIDING 65% OPEN SPACE.

THE LANDSCAPE IS 150% ABOVE CODE.

SO A VERY SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF LANDSCAPE HERE.

AND WITH THAT, I WILL END MY PRESENTATION.

HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

I THOUGHT I WOULD KEEP IT SHORT TONIGHT.

THANK YOU. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. DO WE HAVE A STAFF PRESENTATION TONIGHT? NO ADDITIONAL STAFF PRESENTATION STAFF DOES RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE REQUESTED WAIVER AND STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION 13.

THE PETITION ALSO WAS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY BY THE PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD.

OKAY, GOOD TO KNOW. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ALL RIGHT. I DON'T HAVE ANY COMMENT CARDS OR ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS.

SO WE'RE GOING TO CLOSE THIS HEARING.

IF I COULD GET A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE AND THEN WE'LL BRING IT BACK FOR DISCUSSION.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 13, 2023.

I'LL SECOND. ALL RIGHT.

RACHELLE, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I HAVE ONE.

IF YOU COULD GO TO THE SLIDE SHOWING THE IN AND OUT THE I GUESS IT'S THE FIRST THE FIRST ONE OR THE LAST ONE.

EITHER ONE DOESN'T.

MATTER THAT ONE. OKAY.

BEING THAT THE CROSSING FROM THE GOLF CART PATH ACROSS.

IS RIGHT BY THE MAIN ENTRANCE.

IS THAT A FLASHING CROSSING? WHAT TYPES OF SAFETY PRECAUTIONS ARE BEING PUT IN PLACE THERE? BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT A RIGHT TURN OUT.

RIGHT INTO WHERE THAT PATH IS, THAT'S CROSSING WITH THE GOLF CARTS OR THE WALKING PATH ON THE OTHER SIDE AS WELL.

IT'S ABOUT THE CROSSWALK. SEE WHERE THE YELLOW LEFT? YOU'RE ASKING ABOUT THE CROSSWALK? I'M ASKING ABOUT THE CROSSWALK ITSELF.

AND THEN YOU HAVE THE CARS TURNING RIGHT.

RIGHT OUT, RIGHT OVER THAT CROSSWALK.

IS THERE A FLASHING SIGNAL? ARE THERE THOSE THINGS IN THE IN THE GROUND? WHAT'S THERE TO ALERT THE PEOPLE TURNING OUT OF THAT MAIN ROAD THAT THERE IS A CROSSWALK THERE? SO SO THERE IS A CROSSWALK.

THERE IS NOT A FLASHER THERE, BUT THERE IS A STOP SIGN RIGHT LOCATED RIGHT HERE.

IF YOU CAN SEE IT ON THE SCREEN, THERE'LL BE A STOP, STOP POSITION AND A STOP BAR FOR THE VEHICLES COMING OUT JUST LIKE THE REST OF AVANIR.

OBVIOUSLY, A BIT OF CAUTION, BUT GENERALLY THIS IS A TYPICAL SITUATION AT MOST INTERSECTIONS.

AND I MAY HAVE MISSPOKE.

THIS IS AN EMERGENCY ACCESS POINT.

THIS IS NOT A USE.

THIS IS NOT USED FOR PEOPLE COMING INTO THE INTO THIS COMMUNITY TO THE SOUTH.

NO, I WAS JUST I WAS TALKING ABOUT THE GOLF CART CROSSING FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STREET OVER WHERE THEY'RE AND THEN CARS TURNING OUT FROM THE FROM THE MAIN ROAD GOING.

RIGHT. BUT THERE'S A STOP SIGN THERE.

THERE IS. YES, MA'AM, THERE IS RIGHT HERE.

RIGHT HERE. SORRY, I WAS THINKING.

ANYTHING ELSE? RACHELLE. NOPE.

ALL RIGHT, MARK. JUST TWO QUICK QUESTIONS.

TIMING AND WHEN THIS IS GOING TO START.

I THINK I COULD ANSWER THAT.

SO WE HAVE WE HAVE A DEVELOPMENT ORDER REQUIREMENT.

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THE FACT OUR CLIENT REMINDED ME TODAY THAT WE HAVE REQUIREMENTS TO SUBMIT 60 DAYS, THIS IS GOING TO GO AFTER WE GET THIS APPROVAL.

THE DESIGN, THE DESIGN OF THIS IS WELL DOWN THE ROAD AND WE WILL BE SUBMITTING FOR CONSTRUCTION HERE VERY SOON.

WE HAVE A REQUIREMENT AS PART OF POD 15 FROM THE DEVELOPMENT ORDER ALSO.

AND JUST FOR REFERENCE, THE SIZE OF THE EXISTING OR THE EASTERN CLUBHOUSE.

EASTERN CLUBHOUSE IS ABOUT 12,000FT².

THIS THIS IS LIKE TWO AND A HALF TIMES.

TWO AND A HALF TIMES. YES, SIR.

EASTERN CLUBHOUSE IS SERVING ABOUT 900 UNITS.

WEST WEST POWER WILL BE ABOUT 1500 UNITS IN ROUND NUMBERS.

THANK YOU. YES, SIR.

CARL. UM, IT SEEMS LIKE YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO GIVE PANTHER NATIONAL A LITTLE RUN FOR THEIR MONEY.

THAT'S. THIS IS REALLY NICE.

YOUR PRESENTATION. I TEASE YOU A LITTLE BIT, BUT YOU'RE.

YOU'RE SO THOROUGH WITH YOUR PRESENTATION AND YOU DO A REALLY GOOD JOB.

HOWEVER, WE ON SEVERAL PREVIOUS PRESENTATIONS I BROUGHT UP THE CONNECTABILITY WITH THE SIDEWALKS, REMEMBER? AND THE SIDEWALKS ARE SOMEWHERE AROUND 8 TO 10 OR 12FT WIDE.

THERE ARE. SO THERE ARE TWO PATHS WITHIN AVANIR ON THE NORTH SIDE OF AVANIR DRIVE.

THERE'S AN EIGHT FOOT SIDEWALK ON THE SOUTH SIDE.

THERE'S A 12 FOOT MULTIMODAL PATH.

THIS IS WHERE A LOT OF THE GOLF CART PARKING, GOLF CART TRAFFIC IS THEN COMING INTO THE SITE IS A 12 FOOT GOLF CART PATH TO ALLOW PARKING HERE.

AND THEN THERE'S AN EIGHT FOOT SIDEWALK HERE, A FIVE FOOT SIDEWALK HERE, A FIVE FOOT SIDEWALK HERE, A FIVE FOOT SIDEWALK HERE.

AND THEN THIS PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE ARE ALL EIGHT FEET CONNECTED TO THE SIDEWALKS, WHICH I BELIEVE ARE EIGHT FEET.

ALSO. YOU ANSWERED IT THEN BECAUSE MY QUESTION WITH THAT SIDEWALK COMING IN UP TO ABOUT THE ROUNDABOUT IN FRONT OF THE CLUBHOUSE LOOKS A LITTLE THIN.

SO. SO WE WE HAD A LITTLE A LITTLE FUN THIS PAST WEEK IN OUR OFFICE.

SOMEONE ASKED US A QUESTION, WELL, HOW MUCH SIDEWALK IS IN AVANIR? WE HAD SOMEONE I DON'T KNOW HOW ACCURATE IT IS, BUT ONE OF OUR YOUNG YOUNG MEN WENT AHEAD AND CALCULATED AN AUTOCAD 86 MILES SO FAR.

THAT'S GREAT. SO IT WAS REALLY JUST THE THE WIDENESS OF THE SIDEWALK.

THAT'S IT'S THE GRAPHIC, SIR.

YES, SIR. IT'S EIGHT.

IT'S EIGHT. THIS ONE'S EIGHT.

THIS ONE'S 12.

OKAY. AND THAT'S AND SEE THAT'S GOLF CART PARKING THAT I DIDN'T NOTICE ON THE PRESENTATION.

YES, SIR. SO THAT'S THAT'S GREAT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YES, SIR.

ALL RIGHT. GREAT QUESTIONS. MARCIE I'VE, NINE QUESTIONS SINCE WE'RE ALL TELLING HOW MANY QUESTIONS WE HAVE.

BUT I'LL START WITH THE LAST ONE FIRST.

SINCE THIS SLIDE IS UP, I THINK THE GOLF CART ACCESS THE ORANGE ONE THAT'S ON, I GUESS THE NORTH SIDE THERE IS THAT 25.

WHAT'S THE WIDTH OF THAT AND WHAT'S TO PRECLUDE A CAR FROM GOING IN AND OUT? YOU HAD SAID THAT THAT'S GOLF CART.

SO THERE IS A GATE THERE AND I WOULD HAVE TO LOOK IT UP.

I ACTUALLY THOUGHT IT WAS VEHICULAR ACCESS BETWEEN PARCEL 15 AND AND THE CLUBHOUSE.

JUST BECAUSE OF THE WIDTH OF IT.

AND I'M JUST CURIOUS.

SO IT'S LIKE ONE LANE OF TRAFFIC.

IS THAT MEANT FOR GOLF CARTS ONLY? SO IT'S SIGNED THAT WAY? YES, MA'AM. THERE IS SIGNAGE PROPOSED AND THERE IS A FOB SYSTEM THAT THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING.

IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE FOB IS ACTUALLY ABLE TO BE UTILIZED SO THAT IF ONE IS IN A GOLF CART, THEN THEY DON'T HAVE TO GET OUT AND OPEN IT.

SO IF YOU'RE ALONE IN A GOLF CART, THAT WILL ADDRESS THAT ISSUE.

THOSE THAT HAVE THE CARS IN THE FOBS, I MEAN, IN THEIR CARS, CAN THEY DO THAT AS WELL AND GO THROUGH THAT? AND I MEAN, MAYBE THAT'S FINE.

I JUST WAS WONDERING IF THAT WAS MEANT TO BE.

I JUST LOOKED AT THE PLANS COUNCILMAN I MAKE SURE WE'RE CLEAR.

SO IT IS MEANT FOR GOLF CARTS AND IT IS A FOB ACTIVATED GATE IN REGARDS TO IF IT'S RFD OR IF YOU HAVE TO TOUCH IT.

I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT.

BUT WHEN YOU LOOK WHEN YOU LOOK CAREFULLY, IT'S HARD TO SEE ON THE PLANS.

IT'S REALLY HARD TO SEE ON THIS, BUT IT IS BUT IT IS A GATE AND IT'S ACTIVATED.

YEAH, BUT I GUESS IT COULD BE USED.

SO SOMEBODY IN A CAR COULD POTENTIALLY USE THEIR FOB IN A CAR.

GO IN A CAR IN A VEHICLE.

THEY COULD EASILY USE THEIR FOB, BRING IT IN THEIR CAR AND JUST USE THAT FOR VEHICULAR ACCESS AS WELL AS GOLF CART AND PEDESTRIAN.

THEY CAN'T GET THROUGH THE GATE.

DEPENDS HOW WIDE THE GATE.

THEY'RE 12FT.

COUNCIL MEMBER TINSLEY.

THERE IS A THERE IS A BOLLARD IN THE MIDDLE OF.

IT'S HARD. IT'S HARD TO SEE ON THE OVERLAY, BUT THERE WILL BE NO ABILITY THROUGH THE BOLLARD TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A VEHICLE.

GREAT ANSWER. IS THE CLUBHOUSE PRIVATELY OWNED AND IF SO, IS IT GOING TO BE TURNED OVER?

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AND YOU KNOW, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT OCCURRED IN EVERGREEN AND OTHER COMMUNITY.

IS IT GOING TO BE EVENTUALLY TURNED OVER TO THE MASTER ASSOCIATION AT SOME POINT? SO SO LET ME ADDRESS THAT.

SO THERE WILL BE THERE WILL BE AN ASSOCIATION SET UP THAT WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS CLUBHOUSE.

THAT ASSOCIATION ULTIMATELY WILL BE TURNED OVER TO THE RESIDENTS WHO ARE OWNERS ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE COMMUNITY.

OKAY. OKAY, PERFECT.

AND I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT SCHOOL BUS SCHOOLS AND BUS STOPS AND ALL OF THAT WHEN THE MASTER PLAN WAS DONE IS THERE AND I KNOW THE SCHOOLS ARE IT'S VERY DIFFERENT OUT HERE AS FAR AS SCHOOLS.

BUT IS THERE A CENTRALLY LOCATED BUS SHELTER IN THIS AREA OR VICINITY FOR CHILDREN THAT ARE WAITING FOR BUSSES NO MATTER WHAT SCHOOL THEY ARE ATTENDING FOR WEATHER PROTECTION, ETCETERA? I KNOW CLUBHOUSES ARE TYPICALLY WHERE BUSSES OR PARENTS WILL PICK UP DROP OFF.

ALL OF THE SITE PLANS AND THE MASTER PLANNING IS COORDINATED WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD.

AS WE RECEIVE SITE PLANS, WE COORDINATE WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD.

THE SCHOOL BOARD HAS NOT REQUESTED A SPECIFIC DESIGNATED AREA.

A LOT OF THE TIME WE ARE TRYING TO ADVOCATE FOR SHELTERS, BUT IT DEVIATES WITH THEIR ROUTES BECAUSE AND IT LENGTHENS TIME.

THERE IS NO ALTHOUGH WE HAVE DESPITE OUR COORDINATION WITH THEM, THEY HAVE NOT ASKED FOR A LOCATION.

BUT WE CAN CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION AS MORE FAMILIES MOVE INTO AVENIR, WE CAN CONTINUE TO HAVE THAT COORDINATION.

AND IF IT MAKES SENSE, I'M SURE THAT WE CAN WE CAN WORK WITH THIS APPLICANT TO TO PROVIDE A CENTRAL LOCATION WEST OF WEST OF COCONUT.

WE HAVE WE DO HAVE ONE AT THE OTHER CLUBHOUSE, WHICH IS RIGHT OFF OF.

THAT'S WHAT KIND OF MADE ME THINK ABOUT THIS ONE HERE.

AND IT'S I GUESS A CHICKEN OR AN EGG THING.

THE PARTY PAVILION, DOES IT HAVE A RESTROOM IN IT? BUT IT DOES. ACTUALLY, IT DOES.

THE PLANS WERE IT'S PRETTY NARROW.

IT WAS HARD TO READ. THERE'S ONE ON BOTH SIDES.

THERE IS. AND THE STRUCTURES THAT ARE AROUND.

FIRST OF ALL, THIS IS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL CLUBHOUSE AND I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE IT.

SO LOVE IT.

BUT THE STRUCTURES THAT ARE AROUND THE POOL, ARE THEY SHADE PROTECTION OR JUST ARCHITECTURAL FEATURES? I COULDN'T TELL. SO IT'S A MIX OF BOTH.

I MEAN, SOME ARE, SOME ARE FEATURES, BUT THE MAJORITY ARE SHADE.

THEY WERE REALLY, REALLY NEAT.

THE MATERIAL. WHAT IS THE MATERIAL AROUND THE SPLASH PARK? IS THAT THE SOFT, SQUISHY FOR TODDLERS THAT ARE RUNNING AND FALLING MATERIAL? YEAH. I JUST WANT TO LOOK.

I THINK THE ANSWER IS YES, BUT I WANT TO BE SURE.

THERE WAS A DETAIL AND IT SHOWED THE COLORS AND EVERYTHING.

IT LOOKED GREAT, BUT IT WAS.

IT IS OKAY.

FORGET IT. THEY'RE TELLING ME IT'S THE SQUISHY MATERIAL.

SO WE'RE GOOD.

THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK WERE HAND GESTURING, SQUISHY MATERIAL, SO I'M ALL GOOD.

OKAY. AND THEN ONE OTHER THING.

THE PLANTERS THAT WERE THAT YOU HAD MENTIONED AND THE BEAUTIFUL GRAPHIC OF THE ENTRANCE THAT WERE IN THE PARKING LOT, THOSE PLANTERS, ARE THEY SET BACK A LITTLE BIT.

AND MY THOUGHT WAS, I LOVE THEM, BUT WHEN THE PEOPLE ARE SMALL VEHICLES COMING, CAN THEY IS THERE LIKE A SIGHT DISTANCE, OBVIOUSLY, FOR KIDS THAT RUN OUT AHEAD BECAUSE THEY'RE SO EXCITED ABOUT THE POOL? YOU KNOW, THAT CARS CAN SEE.

YES. LITTLE PEOPLE, THEY MEET ALL THEY NEED, ALL THE SIGHT CRITERIA, BUT THEY'RE ALSO SET BACK A LITTLE BIT FURTHER.

OKAY. IT WAS A LITTLE BIT HARD TO SEE THE DIMENSIONS.

PERFECT. OKAY.

VERY GOOD. I REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO THIS.

AND I WANT TO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR KEEPING ALL OF THESE SMALL LANDSCAPE PLANTS.

YOUR MEDIANS ARE PERFECT.

THEY HAVE GROUND COVER, FLAX, LILLY AND BLUE DAYS AND EVERYTHING AROUND THE PERIMETER OF THEM WITH THE HARDER WOODY MATERIAL IN THE MIDDLE SO CARS DON'T GET DINGED AND SCRATCHED WHEN THEY OPEN THEIR DOORS.

AND I APPRECIATE THAT DESIGN VERY MUCH.

THOSE ARE MY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU.

LOVELY. ALL RIGHT.

BEFORE I FINISH THINGS UP, IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION FROM COUNCIL? NO. OKAY.

SO THE GREAT THING ABOUT GOING LAST IS THAT THEY'VE ASKED EVERY QUESTION THAT I HAD.

SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT WHEN I'M LOOKING AT THIS COMPARED TO SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT WE HEAR FROM PGA NATIONAL OR OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WE HAVE IN TOWN, THIS IS, YOU KNOW,

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EXCELLENT PLANNING FOR MULTI-MODAL IT'S FUTURE THINKING USE FOR MULTI-MODAL ACTIVITIES, WHICH WE LOVE.

AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL CONTINUE TO SEE MORE PROJECTS LIKE THIS IN AVENIR BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO ATTRACT CAPTURE THOSE TRIPS.

PEOPLE WILL SPEND MOST OF THEIR TIME ON THEIR THEIR BICYCLES AND GOLF CARTS GOING IN AND OUT.

I CERTAINLY WOULD THINK IF MY HUSBAND IS WATCHING, HE MAY HAVE JUST SEEN THAT LAP POOL.

SO WE'LL BE WATCHING FOR THIS TO GET DONE, BECAUSE THIS LOOKS LIKE A NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING AND YOU NEVER NEED TO REALLY LEAVE.

SO THAT'S ABOUT IT.

SO I WILL CLOSE THAT AND SAY THANK YOU FOR THE 86 MILES OF SIDEWALK AND AND LET'S SEE.

ALL IN FAVOR.

I ANY OPPOSED MOTION PASSES.

FIVE ZERO. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO BE MOVING ON TO RESOLUTION NINE.

[IX.a. RESOLUTION 9, 2023 – AUTHORIZING ISSUANCE OF THE CITY’S PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT BOND SERIES 2023. A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA, AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF NOT-TO-EXCEED $20,100,000 CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT BOND, SERIES 2023, TO FINANCE A PORTION OF THE COST OF (A) PRIORITY INFRASTRUCTURE ROAD PROJECTS, (B) PICKLEBALL COURTS, AND (C) BURNS ROAD RECREATION CENTER RENOVATION AND RELATED FACILITIES; APPROVING THE AWARD OF THE SERIES 2023 BOND BY NEGOTIATED SALE; FIXING THE MATURITY, INTEREST RATE, PREPAYMENT PROVISIONS, AND OTHER DETAILS WITH RESPECT TO THE SERIES 2023 BOND; DESIGNATING THE CITY AS THE PAYING AGENT AND REGISTRAR FOR THE SERIES 2023 BOND; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.]

IF THE CLERK COULD PLEASE READ THE TITLE RESOLUTION NINE 2023.

A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA, AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF NOT TO EXCEED 20,100,000.

CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT BOND SERIES 2023 TO FINANCE A PORTION OF THE COST OF A PRIORITY INFRASTRUCTURE, ROAD PROJECTS B PICKLEBALL COURTS AND C BURNS ROAD RECREATION CENTER RENOVATION AND RELATED FACILITIES.

APPROVING THE AWARD OF THE SERIES 2023 BOND BY NEGOTIATED SALE, FIXING THE MATURITY, INTEREST RATE, PREPAYMENT PROVISIONS AND OTHER DETAILS.

WITH RESPECT TO THE SERIES 2023 BOND DESIGNATING THE CITY AS THE PAYING AGENT AND REGISTRAR FOR THE SERIES 2023 BOND, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. THANK YOU SO MUCH, PATTY.

ALL RIGHT. SO WE HAVE THREE DEPARTMENT PRESENTATION TONIGHT.

SO DO YOU WANT ME TO SAY YOUR NAMES OR WILL YOU INTRODUCE YOURSELVES AS YOU COME UP? IT'S UP TO YOU. WE CAN INTRODUCE OURSELVES AS WE GO FOR IT.

GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR.

COUNCIL, FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS ARIANNE PENCZAK, FINANCE ADMINISTRATOR.

TONIGHT WE WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS A FEW HIGH PRIORITY PROJECTS NEEDING IMPROVEMENTS IN OUR AREA DUE TO ALL THE RAPID GROWTH THAT WE'VE SEEN IN OUR COMMUNITY AND THE RECOMMENDED FUNDING PLAN NECESSARY TO FAST TRACK THOSE PROJECTS TO MEET OUR COMMUNITY'S NEEDS.

THE PROJECT IS A PART OF TODAY'S.

TONIGHT'S PROPOSED RESOLUTION INCLUDE THE KYOTO GARDENS BRIDGE WIDENING PROJECT.

IT HAS AN ESTIMATED COST OF CONSTRUCTION OF $8 MILLION.

WE ALSO HAVE THE MISCELLANEOUS PRIORITY IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS WITHIN THE TOD DISTRICT THAT HAS AN ESTIMATED COST OF CONSTRUCTION OF $1 MILLION.

WE ALSO HAVE THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE OAKS PARK PICKLEBALL COURTS, WHICH HAS AN ESTIMATED COST OF $1 MILLION IN THE LAST PROJECT.

A PART OF TODAY'S PRESENTATION INCLUDES THE BURNS ROAD COMMUNITY CENTER RENOVATION PROJECT, WHICH HAS AN ESTIMATED BUDGETED SHORTFALL OF $10 MILLION, AND WE'LL GET INTO GREATER DETAIL IN LATER SLIDES.

STAFF ISSUED AN RFP OR A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL FOR FINANCING ON JANUARY 20TH FOR A $20 MILLION REVENUE BOND, NOT AN AD VALOREM BOND. AND WE RECEIVED BACK EIGHT PROPOSALS ON FEBRUARY 10TH.

I WOULD LIKE TO PASS IT ON TO NATALIE SO SHE CAN PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL ABOUT THOSE TOD PROJECTS.

THANK YOU, ERIN.

NATALIE CROWLEY.

PLANNING AND ZONING DIRECTOR.

AND SO A PORTION OF THIS BOND REQUEST IS INVOLVING INFRASTRUCTURE.

IT'S A KEY PIECE OF INFRASTRUCTURE IN OUR TOD.

THIS IS OUR TOD THAT YOU SEE BEFORE YOU.

AND OUR CITY HAS AN EXCELLENT TRACK RECORD OF PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE.

SO MUCH HAS ALREADY BEEN DONE TO PLAN FOR THE FUTURE IN OUR TOD, BUT THAT THAT WORK IS ONGOING.

AND AS OUR TOD GROWS AND OUR POPULATION GROWS, IT IS CRITICAL TO ASSESS THE INFRASTRUCTURE AS WE CONTINUE TO GROW TO ENSURE THAT OUR NETWORK CAN ACCOMMODATE PEOPLE.

ONE OF THE KEY ARTERIES IN THE TOD IS KYOTO GARDENS DRIVE.

SO GOING BACK TO FORWARD THINKING, THIS ROAD IN AND OF ITSELF WAS WAS REALLY FORWARD THINKING AT THE TIME.

THE THE ROADWAY AND I'LL POINT IT OUT WITH MY CURSOR FOR THE FOLKS THAT ARE NOT FAMILIAR, THIS IS KYOTO GARDENS DRIVE.

THIS IS MILITARY TRAIL.

IT WAS A DEVELOPER.

IT WAS A DEVELOPER DEVELOPER OBLIGATION AS A RESULT OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF OF THIS PARCEL.

IT IS NOW KNOWN AS FPL.

BUT ONCE UPON A TIME AGO, IT WAS ENTITLED FOR FOR FOR OTHER ITEMS. AND THE OBLIGATION TO CONSTRUCT KYOTO GARDENS DRIVE WAS PRECIPITATED BY THE ORIGINAL DEVELOPMENT ORDER.

BUT THE CITY, IN ITS FORWARD THINKING MIND, ALSO CO-FUNDED AN ADDITIONAL TWO LANES.

SO THE ROAD WAS ALL CONSTRUCTED ALL AT ONCE, AND SO IT WAS CONSTRUCTED AS A FOUR LANE DIVIDED.

AND IT TODAY IT PROVIDES A KEY RELIEVER FOR PGA BOULEVARD.

AND IT REALLY IT SERVES THE CITY VERY WELL.

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HOWEVER, THERE IS A PINCH POINT, WHICH IS THE BRIDGE.

THE BRIDGE WAS CONSTRUCTED WITH A FOUR LANE, A FOUR LANE SECTION.

YOU CAN SEE THERE ARE TURN LANES, BUT IT IS A PINCH POINT DUE TO ITS LIMITED RIGHT OF WAY AND BECAUSE OF ITS EXISTING CONFIGURATION, THERE IS NOT AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE MOBILITY IMPROVEMENTS AND THERE IS ALSO NOT THE ABILITY TO PROVIDE RECEIVING LANES FOR TURN LANES AT THE INTERSECTION OF KYOTO AND MILITARY.

SO AS PART OF THE BOND REQUEST, WE ARE LOOKING TO PROVIDE FOR VARIOUS INTERSECTION MODIFICATION IMPROVEMENTS.

THIS IS MERELY A CONCEPTUAL IDEA THAT OUR CITY ENGINEER, TODD ENGLE HAS BEEN WORKING ON AND THIS WILL BE LOOKED AT MORE CAREFULLY SHOULD THE CITY COUNCIL PROCEED FOR THE FUNDING OF THIS IMPROVEMENT.

THERE ARE MANY JURISDICTIONS THAT WE MUST WORK WITH IN ORDER TO MAKE THIS IMPROVEMENT HAPPEN, WHICH INCLUDES PALM BEACH COUNTY AND DOT NORTHERN AND OF COURSE, FPL. BUT WE ARE CERTAIN THAT WE CAN WORK WITH OUR PARTNERS AND ADVANCE THIS CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE.

AND THIS GRAPHIC REALLY SHOWS HOW HOW MOBILITY IS INTERFERED WITH.

THIS WAS A GRANT THAT WAS RECEIVED OR THAT THAT IS MOVING FORWARD IN THIS YEAR IN THIS CYCLE FOR FOR FOR KYOTO GARDENS DRIVE TO PROVIDE FOR BIKE LANES AND A SHARED USE PATH ON THE NORTH SIDE.

AND AS YOU CAN SEE, WE ACTUALLY HAD TO PROVIDE FOR A MID-BLOCK CROSSING PRIOR TO THIS BRIDGE CROSSING BECAUSE WE WEREN'T WE JUST DIDN'T HAVE THE ROOM TO CONTINUE THAT SIDEWALK.

SO UNDER THE EXISTING SITUATION TODAY, ONE HAS TO CROSS TO THE SOUTH SIDE JUST TO BE ABLE TO CROSS THE BRIDGE ON A SIDEWALK.

AND THAT IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION.

SO WE WANT TO CORRECT THAT WITH THIS FUNDING IMPROVEMENT ALONG WITH MUCH NEEDED VEHICLE IMPROVEMENTS THAT NEED TO HAPPEN AT THE INTERSECTION.

SO WITH THAT, I AM GOING TO TURN THAT TURN THIS PRESENTATION OVER TO CHARLOTTE BRZEZINSKI.

THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING.

COUNCIL CHARLOTTE BRZEZINSKI, LEISURE SERVICES ADMINISTRATOR.

I'M GOING TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT BURNS ROAD COMMUNITY CENTER.

I'M GOING TO BRING YOU THROUGH A LITTLE BIT OF THE EVOLUTION AND THEN HOW WE'VE GOTTEN TO OUR SPACE PLANNING FOR THIS PROJECT.

BACK IN 1983, WHEN THE CITY WAS ABOUT 16,000 RESIDENTS, BURNS ROAD COMMUNITY CENTER WAS BUILT.

AT THE TIME, IT WAS ONE OF THE MOST FORWARD THINKING COMMUNITY CENTERS IN MY PROFESSION.

EVERYONE TALKED ABOUT.

IT INCLUDED THE ONE GYMNASIUM, THE AUDITORIUM, WHICH A LOT OF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH, ART CENTER DANCE ROOMS, AND THEN THE INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE MIDDLE WITH THE FRONT DESK. WE TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY IN 2006 TO EXPAND IT.

AT THAT TIME, WE WERE ABOUT 48,000 RESIDENTS.

WE ADDED THE SECOND GYMNASIUM.

WE ADDED THE AQUATIC WINGS, WHICH INCLUDED REED, THE LIFEGUARD AREA, THOSE OFFICES AND LOCKER ROOMS TO SERVE AS THE BRAND NEW POOL THAT WAS BEING ADDED AT THE TIME.

THAT'S WHEN WE ADDED THE SPLASH PARK AND THE COMPETITION POOL.

SO IT WAS A THREE POOL CENTER AND THOSE FACILITIES WERE SUPPORTED WITH THAT.

IN ADDITION, WE ADDED SOME MUCH NEEDED STORAGE SPACE, A CONCESSION SERVICE KITCHEN AND SOME OFFICE AND INFRASTRUCTURE.

I'LL REMIND YOU, WHEN WE DID THAT, WE HAD TWO HURRICANES AT THE TIME, SO PLANNING STOPPED AND WE TOOK THE ADVANTAGE AT THAT TIME TO DO A LITTLE BIT OF REDESIGN IN THAT AREA WAS HARDENED AND IT SERVES AS OUR FAMILY SHELTER TO THE EMPLOYEES THAT ARE WORKING DURING THOSE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS TIMES SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THEIR FAMILIES. SO MOVING FORWARD TO GET TO OUR SPACE PLANNING FOR THE NEW FACILITIES, OUR PROFESSION, WE'RE CONSTANTLY LOOKING AT HOW WE'RE SERVING THE COMMUNITY AND WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO KEEP UP WITH THOSE COMMUNITY NEEDS.

SO IN 2018, DANIEL PRIETO AND MYSELF TOOK UPON THE TASK OF DOING A SERVICE ANALYSIS TO CLEARLY LOOK AT WHAT WE'RE PROVIDING THE COMMUNITY AND GIVE US A ROADMAP FOR THE FUTURE.

A COUPLE TAKEAWAYS FROM THAT REPORT WAS OUR HIGHEST IDENTIFIED NEED AT THAT TIME WAS AN UPDATING AND AN EXPANSION OF THE COMMUNITY CENTER.

IN 2018, WE WERE ALREADY REACHING THE CAPACITIES OF THE PROGRAMING THAT WE COULD DO.

IN ADDITION, THE INDOOR FACILITIES THAT WERE NOT RENOVATED IN 2016, SO THE 20 OR THE 1983 PORTIONS OF THE BUILDING WERE ONLY FACELIFTED EXCEPT FOR THE NEW ROOF THAT WAS PUT ON.

SO ALL OF THOSE FACILITIES WERE AGING AND COMPARED TO THE MARKET, WHETHER THEY WERE SOME BEAUTIFUL ONES IN THOSE ROWS ALREADY LEFT OR JUST EVEN NEIGHBORING MUNICIPALITIES, OUR BUILDING WAS STARTING TO AGE.

OUR HIGHEST DEMAND AT THAT TIME WAS FOR CHILD CARE PROGRAMS. AND I'M GOING TO TALK MORE ABOUT THAT IN A LITTLE BIT.

BUT THAT CONTINUES TODAY.

AND AT THAT TIME, WE WERE UNABLE TO EXPAND ANY PROGRAMING DUE TO OUR FACILITY CONSTRAINTS.

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DUE TO DESIGN, OUR SENIORS WERE OUTGROWING THE LAKESIDE FACILITY.

WE HAD ALREADY MAXED OUT ON SUMMER CAMPS AFTER SCHOOL WAS IN HIGH DEMAND, UNABLE TO DO STEM PROGRAMS BECAUSE OF THE BUILDING AND OUR ART FACILITIES WERE FALLING BEHIND IN THE COMMUNITY.

LET'S ROLL FORWARD TO THE ANNUAL RESIDENT SATISFACTION REPORT, THE LAST ONE THAT HAPPENED.

YOU ALL KNOW, EVERYONE SAYS THAT THEY LOVE PARKS AND RECREATION INSIDE THE CITY.

BUT AGAIN, AS PROFESSIONALS, WE WANTED TO ASK A FEW DEEPER QUESTIONS.

SO WE SAID, WHAT KIND OF PROGRAMS WOULD YOU USE? ADULT FITNESS AND ADULT ENRICHMENT CAME TO THE TOP, WHICH PEOPLE TEND TO THINK WE ONLY FOCUS ON CHILDREN, BUT WE SERVE ALL AGE GROUPS.

SO THAT'S A FOCUS.

THE AQUATIC CENTER YOU'RE ACTUALLY HANDLING NOW WITH THE UPDATE TO THE MAIN POOL, WHICH WAS ALSO BUILT IN 1983 AND THE LOCKER ROOM FACILITY THAT'S BEING BUILT, WE'RE ADDRESSING THAT NEED NOW.

DANCE AND ART CLASSES, YOUTH CAMPS, TENNIS AND PICKLEBALL WE'LL TALK ABOUT IN A LITTLE BIT.

BUT ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE COMING OUT AS A TREND, EVEN BACK FROM THE 2018.

WE'RE SEEING THIS NOW IN 2020.

AND THEN ONE MORE TIME COMING OUT OF COVID, WE REALLY NEEDED TO LOOK AT WHAT OUR COMMUNITY WAS ASKING US TO DO.

SO WE DID THIS ONLINE SURVEY, SOME FACE TO FACE THINGS WITH OUR USERS.

BUT JUST LOOKING AT SOME OF THE TAKEAWAYS, AGAIN, FOR ADULTS THAT NEED FOR ART CLASSES, EDUCATIONAL LEARNING, SOCIAL INTERACTION FOR SENIORS AND AGAIN, FITNESS AND WELLNESS, AND THEN YOU MOVE TO CHILDREN.

SAME THING.

INCREASING OUR ART PROGRAMS, DANCE AND THEATER STILL IN HIGH DEMAND.

STEM AND COOKING CLASSES SELL OUT EVERY TIME.

SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, MATH BEING A KEY COMPONENT TO TO THE LEARNING FOR OUR YOUTH TODDLER ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS WE SELL OUT. WE HAVE A MAX EVERY TIME.

PARENTS LOVE THOSE, WHETHER IT'S EDUCATIONAL OR JUST MOBILITY AND LEARNING, THOSE PROGRAMS ARE IN HIGH NEED AND THEN PARENT AND YOUTH PROGRAMS. NOW ROLL FORWARD TO LAST YEAR.

YOU APPROVED THE ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES CONTRACT AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE ARCHITECT ON SPACE PLANNING TO MEET ALL THOSE THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN LEARNING.

SO WHAT HAVE WE WORKED ON? MULTI USE SPACES.

WHAT YOU DO IN A ROOM AT 8 A.M.

IS GOING TO BE VERY DIFFERENT THAN THE CLASS AT THREE OR THE NEXT ADULT CLASS AT EIGHT.

SO WHAT OUR FACILITY DOESN'T DO RIGHT NOW IS ROLL INTO THOSE VERY DIFFERENT TYPES OF PROGRAMING, SOCIAL AREAS BEING KEY FAMILIES STICK TOGETHER.

NOW, BACK IN MY DAY, WE GOT A BABYSITTER AND MOM AND DAD LEFT.

NOT ANYMORE. THEY COME TOGETHER SO YOU COULD HAVE A CHILD IN A PROGRAM, A SPOUSE IN A PROGRAM, AND THEN MAYBE THE OTHER SPOUSES NEEDING ACCESS TO WI-FI JUST TO DO A CHILD'S AFTER SCHOOL WORK ON THEIR HOMEWORK.

SO PUTTING THOSE SPACES IN THE BUILDING MAKES IT VERY FUNCTIONAL FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

NEXT, STEM READY ROOMS. I ALREADY MENTIONED THAT TARGETED TAUGHT SPACE IS KEY TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY.

PROGRESSIVE ART FACILITIES, BOUNCING BASKETBALLS AND FINE ART CLASSES DON'T WORK.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY IN BURNS ROAD.

YOU KNOW, YOU'RE TAKING CLASS, SO WE'RE WORKING WITH THE ARCHITECT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT AREA IS SEPARATED, BUT ALSO GIVES US THE PRESTIGE THAT WE PLACE ON ART AND CULTURE IN OUR COMMUNITY. STAFF WORKSPACE IS IS NECESSARY.

WE'VE TAKEN ABOUT EVERY CLOSET IN THE BUILDING AND PUT A HUMAN IN IT.

WHY, THOUGH? WHY ARE WE DOING THIS? OUR OUR DEMAND RIGHT NOW CURRENTLY EXCEEDS WHAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO.

IN THE SECOND WEEK OF FEBRUARY, WE OPENED CLASSIC CAMP AS OF TODAY, AND ALL THE CAMPS HAVE NOT OPENED YET.

THEY OPEN IN A WEEK.

WE'RE 79% FULL IN THE AGE GROUPS OF THE FIRST AND SECOND GRADE ALREADY HAVE WAITLISTS FROM 14 TO 22 CHILDREN. THOSE ARE KIDS THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO SERVE BECAUSE OF SPACE.

OUR AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM RIGHT NOW HAS A WAIT LIST OF 22 KIDS.

SO RIVERSIDE IS MAXED OUT.

RIVERSIDE AND THE CAMPS AT THIS MOMENT ARE ONLY OPEN TO RESIDENT ONLY FOR REGISTRATION.

NOW, IN APRIL, IF WE HAVE SPACE, WE'LL TAKE NON RESIDENTS.

BUT THIS TIME I DON'T ANTICIPATE THAT DEMAND FOR PROGRAMS BACK IN 1983 ARE NOT WHAT THEY ARE TODAY AND THOSE ARE THE SPACES THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO IMPROVE.

THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT WERE NOT TOUCHED IN 2006 TECHNOLOGY.

THE BUILDING DOESN'T HOUSE THE TECHNOLOGY WE NEED FOR REGISTRATIONS AND OR FOR THE CLASSES THAT WE NEED TO OFFER.

AND GIVEN ALL THE THINGS THAT NATALIE'S TALKED ABOUT, ABOUT WORKFORCE AND THE CITY CENTRIC AND THE TOD AND THINGS COMING TO THE CENTER OF OUR CITY, THIS IS WHAT THIS BUILDING IS GOING TO SERVE.

IT IS GOING TO SUPPORT YOUR FAMILIES AND IT'S GOING TO SUPPORT THE WORKFORCE COMING INTO THE CITY.

AND WE HAVE TO LOOK INTO THE FUTURE JUST LIKE WE ALWAYS DO AND PROVIDE THOSE FACILITIES FOR THEM.

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LASTLY, SECURITY NEVER THOUGHT IN MY CAREER.

WE WOULD SPEND THIS AMOUNT OF TIME TALKING ABOUT SECURITY, BUT IT'S A NECESSITY.

IN 83, YOU BUILT BUILDINGS THAT WERE WIDE OPEN.

PEOPLE WANDERED AROUND AND THAT IS NOT WHAT WE NEED TODAY TO PROTECT OUR CHILDREN AND PROGRAMS OR OUR ADULTS THAT ARE COMING TO THE BUILDING.

SO WE'RE WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH POLICE AND FIRE TO MAKE SURE THOSE COMPONENTS ARE ADDED.

I LOVE SHOWING THIS MAP.

I CALL THIS MY NERDY DOT MAP.

EVERY.IS A HOUSEHOLD THAT PARTICIPATES IN A PROGRAM IN OUR CITY.

THE LIME GREEN IS OUR CITY LIMITS.

THE CIRCLE IS A TEN MILE RADIUS OUTSIDE OF GARDENS NORTH COUNTY DISTRICT PARK.

YOU CAN SEE THAT WE HAVE A REGIONAL SERVICE AND AS THE CITY GROWS, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PLACE A FOCUS ON MAKING SURE THAT OUR RESIDENTS HAVE A PLACE FOR THEIR PROGRAMING.

NOW I'M GOING TO GO ON TO EVERYONE'S EVERYONE'S TOPIC.

THE FASTEST GROWING SPORT IN THE NATION.

THAT'S A HEADLINE THAT WAS IN THE NEWSPAPER IN OCTOBER.

WE NEED TO MOVE UP AND ADDRESS THE AMOUNT OF PICKLEBALL DEMAND THAT WE HAVE IN OUR COMMUNITY RIGHT NOW.

THE TENNIS AND PICKLEBALL CENTER HAS 516 MEMBERS.

THAT IS ALMOST DOUBLE FROM TWO YEARS AGO.

AND THEN THE OPEN PLAY THAT OCCURS AT PLANT DRIVE, LILAC PARK EVERY DAY IN THE MORNING AND IN THE EVENING IT'S PACKED.

YOU CANNOT FIND A PLACE TO PLAY.

SO WE'RE PROPOSING THIS EVENING TO ADD UP TO 12 PICKLEBALL COURTS AT OAKS PARK.

WE'RE CAUTIOUS TO THE PLACEMENT NOT TO DISTURB THE WELL-LOVED TENNIS COURTS OR THE TRAIL OR THE BUTTERFLY GARDEN, WHICH YOU'LL SEE TOMORROW.

ADD ADDITIONAL PARKING AND A RESTROOM FACILITY THAT IS MUCH NEEDED IN THIS PARK, WHICH IS A HIGHLY UTILIZED PARK.

ALL OF THOSE COMPONENTS, 1 MILLION OF THE BOND GOES TO THAT.

IF WE'RE UNABLE TO MEET 12 COURTS, WE WILL ADD IN THE CAPITAL PLAN IN THE FUTURE TO GET UP TO THAT NUMBER.

THAT WOULD GIVE US AT THIS MOMENT IN TIME, IT HELPS US WITH THOSE PEOPLE WHO JUST WANT TO DO OPEN PUBLIC PLAY, BUT THAT ALLOWS US TO INCREASE THE MEMBERSHIP PLAY AND THE REVENUE AT THE TENNIS AND PICKLEBALL CENTER BECAUSE WE HAVE DEMANDS ON BOTH SIDES.

WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO TURN IT BACK TO ERIN TO TALK ABOUT THE FUNDING PLAN.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CHARLOTTE.

SO MOVING ON TO THE FUNDING PLAN FOR THE BURNS ROAD COMMUNITY CENTER RENOVATION PROJECT.

AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE SLIDE, WE HAVE AN ESTIMATED COST OF CONSTRUCTION OF $30 MILLION.

CURRENTLY WE HAVE 15 MILLION AVAILABLE FOR SPENDING THAT'S APPROVED AS PART OF OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN.

AND WE ALSO HAVE THE $5 MILLION PLANNED TRANSFER FROM BUDGET STABILIZATION THAT'S SLATED FOR FISCAL YEAR 24 THAT WE HAD MENTIONED A FEW MONTHS BACK DURING THE CARRY FORWARD BUDGET AMENDMENT. AND THIS LEAVES US WITH A $10 MILLION BUDGETED SHORTFALL.

WHEN WE LOOKED AT OUR PROJECTION IMPACT FEE COLLECTION SCHEDULE THROUGH FISCAL YEAR 27, WE OUR PROJECTIONS SHOW THAT WE STILL ARE SHORT FROM MEETING THIS BUDGETED NEED.

SO WE ARE RECOMMENDING A REVENUE BOND OR A PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT BOND TO PAY FOR ALL OF THESE PROJECTS.

THIS IS A SIMPLE ISSUANCE WITH WHERE THE BOND IS SECURED BY COVENANT TO BUDGET AND APPROPRIATE OR MORE SIMPLY, WE PROMISE TO PAY WITH ANY AND ALL GENERAL FUND REVENUES NOT DERIVED FROM AD VALOREM OR BY ESTABLISHING A DEBT MILLAGE TAX.

THERE WILL BE NO IMPACT ON OUR TAXPAYERS AND OUR MILLAGE RATE WILL REMAIN FLAT AT AT 5.32 MILLS AND A DEBT SERVICE RATE AT ZERO MILLS ALL THE WAY OUT THROUGH YEAR TEN.

ON OUR PROJECTION MODEL FORECASTING MODEL, ON FEBRUARY 10TH, WE RECEIVED BACK EIGHT PROPOSALS.

YOU'LL SEE. WE HAD TD BANK ASSET TRUST, TRUIST BANK, WEBSTER BANK, CAPITAL ONE BRIDGE FUNDING GROUP, PINNACLE PUBLIC FINANCE AND SYNOVUS. SO AFTER REVIEWING ALL THE PROPOSALS, IT WAS CLEAR THAT TD BANK HAD THE BEST OVERALL COMBINATION OF INTEREST RATE AND TERMS FOR THE CITY.

THIS DECISION IS ALSO SUPPORTED BY THE RECOMMENDATION MEMO THAT YOU SEE ON OUR SCREEN THAT WAS PROVIDED BY OUR BOND COUNCIL, PFM FINANCIAL ADVISORS.

SO WE WERE LOOKING FOR A LENDER THAT COULD MEET THE REQUIRED $20 MILLION ISSUE AMOUNT AND TD BANK WAS ABLE TO DO SO.

THEY WERE ALSO ABLE TO MEET THE TERM LOAN AMOUNT OF 20 YEARS BEGINNING OCTOBER 20TH, 23.

SO THAT WAY WE CAN BUDGET APPROPRIATELY THIS COMING BUDGET SEASON WITH A FIXED INTEREST RATE OF 3.74% WITH NO PREPAYMENT PENALTY.

AFTER NINE YEARS IN SIX MONTHS, SHOULD WE DECIDE TO REFINANCE OR PAY THE LOAN OFF EARLY, GIVING US A TOTAL ANNUAL PAYMENT OF

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1,466,000? YOU MIGHT ASK, HOW DO WE PLAN ON PAYING FOR THIS? SO WHEN WE LOOKED AT OUR FINANCES, WE'RE PROJECTING AN INCREASE OF 365,000 THAT WILL BE GENERATED IN REVENUES FROM EXPANDED FACILITIES BOTH AT BRICK AND AND THE INCREASED PROGRAMING AT THE TENNIS CENTER AND JOE RUSSO PARK.

ONCE THE ADDITIONAL PICKLEBALL COURTS ARE CONSTRUCTED OVER AT OAKS, WE ALSO HAVE THE TWO BONDS RETIRING THE 2011 THAT WAS A REFINANCE OF OLDER DEBT AND THE 2013 A AND B BONDS.

THAT WAS FOR THE ORIGINAL GOLF COURSE RENOVATION.

THAT FREES FREES UP 606,000.

WE ALSO ARE PROJECTING THAT WE CAN FUND 500,000 FROM REC IMPACT FEES.

I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT WE WERE VERY CONSERVATIVE WITH THIS FIGURE BECAUSE WE TOOK INTO ACCOUNT THAT THE EXISTING GOLF COURSE PAR THREE BOND, THE 2021 IS CURRENTLY FUNDED OUT OF REC IMPACT FEES.

WE DO FULLY EXPECT, THOUGH, ONCE THAT COURSE IS OPEN AND OPERATIONAL, THAT IT WILL GENERATE ENOUGH REVENUE FROM THOSE EXPANDED FACILITIES TO BE ABLE TO TAKE OVER THEIR ANNUAL PAYMENT AND FREEING UP ADDITIONAL REC IMPACT TO COVER THE PROPOSED 2023.

THIS WILL GIVE US AN ANNUAL CASH FLOW OF 1,466,000.

WE FEEL VERY COMFORTABLE WITH THE REVENUE GENERATED FROM THESE SOURCES AND WILL BE MORE THAN ENOUGH TO COVER THE ANNUAL PAYMENTS.

SO WHERE DO WE STAND IN OUR CURRENT BOND OBLIGATIONS? WE HAVE THE SERIES 2011 AND THE 2013 A AND B BOND THAT I HAD MENTIONED ON THE PRIOR SLIDE THAT'S RETIRING THIS YEAR, FREEING UP THAT 606,000.

WE ALSO HAVE THE SERIES 2017 TAX BOND THAT RETIRES FISCAL YEAR 27.

THE PROVISIONS OF THE SURTAX REVENUES ARE SET TO EXPIRE FOR WHICHEVER COMES FIRST TEN YEARS FROM THE START OF THE PROGRAM OR WHEN IT GENERATES AN ADDITION WHEN IT GENERATES 2.7 BILLION IN TOTAL FUNDING COUNTYWIDE.

CURRENTLY WE HAVE 4 MILLION IN RESERVES AND ARE ON TRACK TO GENERATE AN ADDITIONAL 3.9 BEFORE THE END OF THIS YEAR.

THE CURRENT REVENUE COLLECTIONS ARE COMING IN STRONGER THAN WE WERE EXPECTING AND THERE ARE TALKS THAT THE PROGRAM COULD SUNSET A YEAR EARLY.

IF IT DID, WE HAVE ENOUGH IN RESERVES TO COVER THAT FINAL PAYMENT AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO MENTION THAT ANY RESERVES, ANYTHING THAT WE HAVE SET ASIDE AND RESERVES AND ANY ADDITIONAL REVENUE COLLECTIONS, THEY WILL BE SET ASIDE TO COVER THESE ANNUAL PAYMENTS GOING FORWARD.

THE SERIES 2021 BOND FOR THE GOLF COURSE PAR THREE, LIKE I HAD MENTIONED ON THE PRIOR SLIDE, IS CURRENTLY FUNDED OUT OF REC AND PARK FEES.

JUST TO REITERATE, WE DO FULLY EXPECT THAT ONCE THAT COURSE IS OPEN AND OPERATIONAL, THAT IT WILL TAKE OVER THE ENTIRE DEBT SERVICE FOR THAT BOND, FREEING UP THE REMAINING FUNDING IN REC IMPACT TO COVER THE ANNUAL PAYMENTS ON THE PROPOSED 2023.

THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN PROVIDES THAT THE TOTAL DEBT SERVICE EXPENDITURES SHALL NOT EXCEED 20% OF TOTAL ANNUAL REVENUES.

ONCE WE ADD IN THE PROPOSED 2023 BOND, THE CITY'S DEBT PAYMENTS AS A PERCENTAGE OF REVENUES ARE 5.8%, UP FROM 4.8, WHICH HAS A VERY MINIMAL NET EFFECT ON THE TOTAL BUDGETED.

AND FINALLY, WHAT ARE THE ADVANTAGES OF BORROWING? SO WE WILL BE ABLE TO SECURE 100% OF THE FUNDING NECESSARY TO EXECUTE THESE CONTRACTS IN TODAY'S DOLLARS AND IN TODAY'S INTEREST RATES, THERE IS AN IMMEDIATE NEED TO EXPAND OUR FACILITIES IN ORDER TO ACCOMMODATE ALL THE GROWTH THAT IS OCCURRING WITHIN OUR CITY.

THE COST OF CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS AND SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES ARE STARTING TO STABILIZE AND WE BELIEVE IT IS THE RIGHT TIME TO USE THE SAME FUNDING MODEL LIKE WE DID WITH THE SURTAX BOND. SO THAT WAY WE CAN BUILD NOW FOR TOMORROW, WE WILL ALSO BE ABLE TO MAKE AN INVESTMENT IN OUR INFRASTRUCTURE WITHOUT INCREASING PROPERTY TAXES ON OUR RESIDENTS OR WITHOUT ESTABLISHING A DEBT MILLAGE TAX.

MAINTAINING OUR OPERATING MILLAGE AT 5.32 MILLS ALL THE WAY THROUGH OUR TEN YEAR FORECAST.

AND FINALLY, WE WILL BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN ADMINISTRATIVE AND OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY THROUGH IN-HOUSE PROJECT MANAGEMENT, ACTING AS A GENERAL CONTRACTOR AND PROVIDING IN-HOUSE SERVICES SUCH AS ENGINEERING, ULTIMATELY REALIZING A COST SAVINGS.

SO STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION NINE 2023 AS PRESENTED.

BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU, AARON.

CHARLOTTE. NATALIE.

I DIDN'T MENTION BEFORE.

WE DON'T HAVE ANY COMMENT CARDS, SO LET'S BRING IT TO DISCUSSION.

BUT FIRST, CAN I GET A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE, PLEASE? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION NINE 2023.

I'LL SECOND. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU BOTH SO MUCH.

RACHELLE, WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO FIRST FOR YOUR COMMENTS?

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NOW, ONCE AGAIN, WE'RE FORWARD THINKING AND PLANNING TO DO WHAT WE DID WITH THE SURTAX MONEY.

THE NEED IS HERE.

THE COSTS ARE LOWER NOW THAN THEY WILL BE GOING FORWARD AND INVESTING IN THE INFRASTRUCTURE.

OUR CITY IS GROWING, AS ARE A LOT OF OTHER CITIES IN THE COUNTY RIGHT NOW.

AND OUR RESIDENTS HAVE COME TO EXPECT A CERTAIN LEVEL OF SERVICES.

AND IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN THE QUALITY OF LIFE WE HAVE HERE, WE HAVE TO KEEP UP WITH THOSE SERVICES TO REMAIN AT THE FOREFRONT OF PARKS AND REC AND SPORTS AND ALL OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE WANT TO DO.

SO I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA AND WAS HAPPY TO HEAR THAT WE WERE GOING AHEAD WITH THIS.

THANKS, RACHELLE MARK.

WELL, FROM A BUDGETS PERSPECTIVE, I MEAN, THE FACT THAT OUR PROGRAMS WILL PAY FOR THESE THESE PEOPLE ALWAYS WORRY ABOUT A $20 MILLION BOND AND MY GOD, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO PAY FOR IT? AND THERE'S MONEY GOING TO COME FROM AND IF IT'S NOT COMING FROM AD VALOREM AND I MEAN, YOU CAN'T GET A TEE TIME AT THE GOLF COURSE AND YOU CAN'T GET ON THE TENNIS COURTS IN THE PICKLEBALL COURTS.

SO YOU MEAN THE USAGE OF OUR FACILITIES ARE OFF THE CHARTS? THERE'S NO REASON WHY THAT'S GOING TO CHANGE ANYTIME SOON.

WE HAVE FACILITIES THAT PEOPLE WANT TO BE ON.

SO WE KNOW THAT THAT THAT THE REVENUES FROM FROM THE GOLF COURSE, ESPECIALLY AS THE FIRST BOND CLEARS THE PAR THREE, IS PROBABLY GOING TO BE AS BUSY OR BUSIER THAN THE OTHER GOLF COURSE ALREADY IS.

SO THIS IS HOW YOU FUND THESE THINGS AND THIS IS HOW YOU GET TO TO PROVIDE THE SERVICES NOW INSTEAD OF WAITING.

AND I KNOW YOU DON'T WANT ANOTHER PHONE CALL ABOUT PICKLEBALL COURTS, SO AND YOU'RE GOING TO NEED TO GET MORE YOU'RE GOING TO GET TON OF THEM.

YOU'RE GOING TO NEED MORE ANYWAY.

SO NO, I'M 100% SUPPORTIVE OF IT.

AND I THINK IT'S A GREAT WAY FOR US TO THINK FORWARD.

AND AS FAR AS THE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE TOD, THIS IS ONE PIECE OF IT AND WE TALKED ABOUT IT.

THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF OTHER LITTLE PROJECTS TO DO TO MAKE SURE THAT THE THE ROTATION AND PEOPLE MOVING FACILITIES ARE GOING TO BE CONSTRUCTED AS PEOPLE START MOVING AND WORKING IN THAT.

TOD AND THAT'S GOING TO BE A BIG CHALLENGE, BUT AT LEAST WE'RE PREPARING FOR IT NOW.

SO WHEN IT DOES COME, YOU KNOW, WE'RE READY FOR IT AND AND THAT'S ALL I GOT.

SO THANK YOU. GOOD, GOOD IDEAS.

THANKS. MARK CARL.

I MEAN, MARCIE. ACTUALLY, I AM SO SORRY.

I SAID MARCIE. YOU CAN GO NEXT. MY FAULT.

I WAS LOOKING AT CARL. SORRY ABOUT THAT.

DOESN'T MATTER. OKAY, GO AHEAD.

SORRY. AWESOME JOB YOU GUYS DID SUCH A THOROUGH PRESENTATION.

I CROSSED OFF LIKE, SIX OF MY QUESTIONS.

SO GREAT JOB.

YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO LEARN FROM THE PAST, AND WE ALWAYS DO.

AND I KNOW WE HAVE IN THE PAST TAKEN OUT A BOND LIKE YOU MENTIONED.

AND WE WERE ABLE TO BUILD THE TENNIS CENTER.

WE WERE ABLE TO BUILD THE CLUBHOUSE FOR GOLF AND DO A LOT OF OTHER IMPROVEMENTS TO OUR CITY AND LOOK AT THEM NOW.

THEY ARE THRIVING.

AND, YOU KNOW, WHEN I THINK BUBBLE MAP, I THINK MASTER PLAN.

BUT CHARLOTTE HAS HER OWN BUBBLE MAP AND IT'S ALL THOSE DOTS AND THAT SPEAKS FOR ITSELF.

I MEAN, LOOK AT ALL OF THE PEOPLE FROM JUPITER AND OUT WEST AND, YOU KNOW, ALL OVER THE PLACE IN THIS COUNTY THAT MAYBE EVEN BEYOND, YOU KNOW, MARTIN COUNTY, WHO KNOWS THAT COME HERE TO USE OUR FACILITIES.

AND THEY ARE OVER THERE EXHAUSTED.

THEY'RE TIRED, AND THEY DEFINITELY NEED IMPROVEMENT.

I KNOW. YOU KNOW, LIKE CHARLOTTE SAID, I'M THERE AND I SEE PEOPLE INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF OUR COMMUNITY CENTER ALL THE TIME.

WHEN MY KIDS WERE LITTLE I'VE BECAUSE I WAS A SLACKER, I WASN'T ABLE TO GET MY DAUGHTER INTO THE SUMMER CAMP PROGRAMS A FEW TIMES BECAUSE I WAITED TOO LONG. AND I HAVE PEOPLE IN MY COMMUNITY NOW THAT ARE COMPLAINING ABOUT THE SAME THING ARE ALREADY, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NO ROOM AND IT'S IT'S NOT EVEN SUMMER YET. SO THEY'RE ALL CONCERNED.

AND IT'S A BIG CONCERN FOR ESPECIALLY FOR OUR WORKING PARENTS.

SO TO HAVE THE OPTION TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY AND BEYOND IS SO IMPORTANT.

AND, YOU KNOW, WE TALK ABOUT WE TALK ABOUT MOBILITY, WE TALK ABOUT TRANSPORTATION.

ALL OF THIS GOES TOGETHER AND KEEPING IN THE CENTER OF OUR COMMUNITY, THE CENTER OF OUR CITY, KEEPING THIS VIABLE CARL IS SO IMPORTANT AND TOTALLY IMPORTANT. A FEW QUESTIONS.

I KNOW YOU TALKED IN GENERALLY, BUT WHAT IS THE TIMING OF THE PROJECTS, THE TIMINGS? WE WILL. WE'VE ALREADY STARTED DESIGN, LIKE CHARLOTTE HAD MENTIONED ON THE BURNS ROAD COMMUNITY CENTER PROJECT.

SO IT'S JUST A MATTER OF FINALIZING FOR THAT PORTION AND MOVING FORWARD WITH THE CONTRACTS AND THE OTHER TOD PROJECTS.

NATALIE STILL NEEDS TO WORK WITH SOME OF THE OTHER OUTSTANDING AGENCIES TO GET THAT MOVING FORWARD.

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BUT WE AND THE THE PICKLEBALL COURTS THAT WILL BE MORE OF AN IN-HOUSE PROJECT.

SO WE'LL BE HITTING THE GROUND RUNNING ON THAT ONE.

BUT WE DON'T SUSPECT BY MONTH SIX, WE SHOULD BE UP AND RUNNING.

AND AS FAR AS THE BRIDGE, I KNOW IT'S NOT AS YOU KNOW.

AS EXCITING OF A PROJECT AS THE COMMUNITY CENTER.

BUT IT'S SO IMPORTANT I USE KYOTO.

I HAVE FOR YEARS AS A CUT THROUGH.

IT IS A RELIEVER FOR PGA BOULEVARD, A BIG RELIEVER, AND IT'S VERY IMPORTANT.

SO TO ME, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE ABSOLUTELY NEED TO DO AND I FEEL THAT THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT.

SO I'M 100% IN SUPPORT WITH THE EXCEPTION OF WHEN WE DO THE COMMUNITY CENTER, CAN WE PLEASE FIX THE COMPUTER SYSTEM AND MAKE IT LIKE HIGH TECH, LIKE YOU'RE SAYING? I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT, TO GO ALONG WITH THE COMMUNITY CENTER REBUILD.

AND IS IT GOING TO BE OBVIOUSLY IT'S NOT A DESIGN BID BUILD BECAUSE YOU'RE DOING THE DESIGN, BUT IS IT IS IT GOING TO BE A A DESIGN BUILD PROJECT? IS THAT RFP? WHAT ARE WE HOW ARE WE GOING ABOUT THAT? WE LEAVE ALL THAT UP TO KURA.

BUT YES, WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF WORKING WITH THE ARCHITECT AND THEN IT'LL GO OUT AS USUAL.

YEAH, WE'RE DESIGNING IT.

SO IT'S GOING TO BE A DESIGN BID.

BUILD. BUILD. OKAY.

GOT IT. AWESOME.

OKAY. I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS, YOUR THOROUGH PRESENTATION, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THIS COME TO FRUITION.

ALL RIGHT, GREAT. CARL.

SORRY ABOUT THAT. IT'S EASY GOING LAST.

YOU KNOW, YOU THINK ABOUT BUILDING A COMMUNITY CENTER, AND IT'S ALL, YAY, WE'RE GOING TO BUILD SOMETHING FOR THE COMMUNITY.

BUT THEN YOU GET INTO THE THE NUTS AND BOLTS OF IT, AND IT'S REALLY COMPLICATED WITH THE BONDS AND, YOU KNOW, PAYING OFF ONE BOND AND GETTING ANOTHER ONE.

AND SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE, I'VE BEEN THROUGH MANY BONDS OVER THE LAST SEVEN YEARS OR WHATEVER.

SO I ABSORBED THIS A LITTLE BIT EASIER THAN I USED TO.

BUT MAKE NO MISTAKE, WITH EXCEPTION OF A FEW PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM, WE ALL WORK FOR THE COMMUNITY.

EVERY ONE OF US IN HERE.

SO I DO APPRECIATE THE THE THE INSIGHT OF FINDING OUT WHAT OUR COMMUNITY WANTS.

AND THAT'S WHO WE SERVE.

SO WE ALREADY KNOW WE'RE GOING TO BE BRINGING IN A LOT MORE PEOPLE OVER AT THE TRAIN STATION WITH THE APARTMENTS OVER THERE AND KEEPING KIDS OFF THE STREET.

IF WE CAN BRING MORE KIDS IN INSTEAD OF THEM MAYBE GOING TO THE HIGH SCHOOLS OR JUST HAVING THOSE PROGRAMS FOR OUR YOUNG FOLKS.

WE ALL KNOW KEEPING CHILDREN OFF THE STREET IS BEST FOR THE COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW, AND THEN THEY'LL GROW TO LOVE PALM BEACH GARDENS AND THEN THEY'LL BE THEY'LL BECOME A PART OF IT BECAUSE THEIR COMMUNITY CENTER WILL BE THERE.

SO WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS COMMUNITY CENTER FOR A LONG TIME, AND I THOUGHT THAT WE WERE GOING TO HAVE A LITTLE BREATHING PERIOD BEFORE ONCE WE GOT ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS I TALKED TO RON ABOUT WHEN I HAD NO IDEA HOW TO BE A COUNCIL MEMBER WAS AND I JUST WAS NAIVE FROM BEING A RESIDENT HERE WAS YOU BUILT THIS CITY, YOU GOT ALL THESE ALL THESE PEOPLE MOVING HERE NOW WHAT NOW WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO? AND FROM THE MOMENT I BECAME A COUNCIL MEMBER, WE WE WE TOOK A LEFT TURN AND AND JOE RUSSO PARK HAD JUST OPENED.

AND THEN WE HAD THE VISION FOR THE SOCCER FIELDS AND WE'VE BEEN AND THEN WE REDID SAND HILL THEN WITH THE PAR THREE LORD KNOWS THE TENNIS.

THE VISION WITH THAT THING HAS BEEN BEAUTIFUL FOR THE COUNTRY.

OUR BASEBALL, THE CRESSEY SPORTS CENTER.

THIS IS ALL JUST SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE.

AND IT WAS LIKE.

I SEE WHAT WE'RE ACTUALLY DOING.

YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE THE BUILD, THE GROWTH.

IT'S KIND OF LIKE TAPERED A BIT.

BUT WHAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO WITH THE COMMUNITY AND WHAT WE'RE AFFORDING IS REALLY BECOMING OFF THE CHART.

SO NATURALLY I'M GOING TO SUPPORT IT.

I LIKE I STILL STRUGGLE WITH ABSORBING THE NUMBERS SOMETIMES WITH THE BONDS AND, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I'M A COP, I DON'T DO THIS STUFF, BUT I MAKE, YOU KNOW, I TRUST ON YOU GUYS AND I ABSORB IT BETTER THAN I USED TO.

I DO HAVE A QUESTION ON KYOTO.

KYOTO IS ONLY.

IS IT EVEN TEN YEARS OLD? IS IT 20? IT JUST SEEMS LIKE KYOTO.

HASN'T KYOTO HAS EVOLVED MULTIPLE TIMES OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS? YES, THE EXACT AGE.

I ACTUALLY AM NOT COMPLETELY SURE.

IS TODD HERE? IT HAS TO BE OVER.

IT HAS TO BE 15 PLUS YEARS.

IT JUST SEEMS LIKE TIME IS FLYING BY.

CAN CAN YOU BRING DO YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO BRING UP THE SLIDE? BECAUSE I DO HAVE A PEDESTRIAN QUESTION OF THE LIKE THE OVERVIEW OF JUST THE KYOTO VISION OF WHAT YOU WANT IT TO BE.

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AND YOU HAD MENTIONED, NATALIE, SOME SORT OF CROSSWALK.

EARLIER. THANK YOU.

OKAY, THAT'S GOOD. WOULD THIS HELP? YEAH. NOW, JUST LIKE MARCIE.

I LIVE UP THAT WAY.

AND MILITARY TRAIL HOOD, KYOTO.

THERE IS FOREVER.

PEOPLE WALKING THEIR DOGS, JOGGING, ALL THAT STUFF.

AND THE SIDEWALKS ARE REALLY SET BACK AND THEY'RE NICE.

BUT TO ENSURE OUR PEDESTRIAN SAFETY WITH THIS, I'M ASSUMING THAT'S A CROSSWALK OR WHAT IS THAT? SO SO THIS WAS THIS WAS A PROPOSED RIGHT NOW THERE IS NO SIDEWALK.

BUT FOR THERE IS THERE IS A 12 FOOT MULTI USE PATH THAT FPL CONSTRUCTED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE ROAD.

ON THE NORTH SIDE, THERE'S NOTHING.

AND SO AS AS PART OF A GRANT OPPORTUNITY, CITY STAFF RECEIVED MOBILITY IMPROVEMENTS FOR A PROPOSED BIKE LANE AND A MULTI USE PATH ON THE NORTH SIDE.

SO THAT'S WHAT THIS GRAPHIC IS ALL ABOUT.

HOWEVER, THIS GRAPHIC SHOWS THAT IT'S LIMITED BECAUSE OF THAT PINCH POINT CONDITION.

SO WE HAD TO MID-BLOCK THAT.

AND IN ORDER TO PROVIDE FOR A CONNECTION TO THAT EXISTING SOUTH SIDE.

SO THIS ADDRESSES A SAFETY ISSUE WHERE ONE CAN THEN CONTINUE ON THAT NORTH SIDE, WHETHER IT'S THE WINCHESTER COURTS FOLKS OR ANY REALLY, YOU KNOW, THE THE ISLES, PALOMA, ALL ALL OF THE RESIDENTS WHO LIVE ON THAT NORTH SIDE CAN CONTINUE ON THAT NORTH SIDE.

SO THAT IS A CROSSWALK.

THIS IS YES, THIS IS THIS IS A PEDESTRIAN CROSSWALK.

IT IS A MID-BLOCK PROPOSED.

IT DOES NOT EXIST TODAY.

THIS IS PART OF THE GRANT.

EXACTLY. SO WITH WITH MY THOUGHT ON THIS WITH FLORIDA POWER AND LIGHT AND THE ABUNDANCY OF TRAFFIC, THAT'S GOING TO BE MAYBE DOUBLING IN THAT AREA, IS THAT PARTICULAR CROSSWALK GOING TO BE A REAL PEDESTRIAN SENSITIVE, HIGH VISIBLE? I KNOW WE PUT IN THESE LITTLE FLASHERS ALL OVER THE PLACE.

OH, YOU KNOW WHAT? WHAT'S THE WHAT'S THE STREET THAT GOES TO THE NORTH DISTRICT PARK WHERE WHERE THE ONE THE PEDESTRIANS CAN PUSH SHADY LANE.

YEAH. THEY CAN PUSH A BUTTON WHEN THEY'RE THERE AND IT'S GOING TO.

I'M JUST SAYING, I DON'T KNOW.

IT'S A HIGH TRAFFIC AREA AND THE MOBILITY IS JUST GOING TO DRIVE TRAFFIC TO THAT STREET.

WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO TO SECURE THE PEOPLE? SO SO THAT IS THAT IS A VERY GOOD COMMENT.

AND I WOULD SUBMIT THAT IF WE CAN CONTINUE THE SIDEWALK ON THAT NORTH SIDE, THEN THAT RESOLVES THE MID-BLOCK ISSUE SO THAT MID-BLOCK NO LONGER IS SO IMPORTANT BECAUSE PEOPLE WILL NO LONGER NEED TO USE IT AS MUCH.

THEY'LL CROSS AT THE INTERSECTION IF THEY NEED TO.

BUT THE ONLY REASON, THE ONLY REAL REASON THAT MID-BLOCK IS THERE IS TO CONNECT THE SIDEWALK BECAUSE THERE'S NO SIDEWALK ON THE OTHER ON THE OTHER SIDE.

SO WE ALWAYS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT FLASHERS.

WE'VE USED THEM ON SHADY LAKES, WE'VE USED ONE ON BURNS ROAD.

WE HAVE THAT WHOLE GRANT THAT WE ALSO RECEIVED THROUGH THE TPA ALL AROUND THE SCHOOL.

SO FLASHERS ARE A GREAT TOOL TO USE AND WE CAN ALWAYS EVALUATE IT IF NEEDED.

THIS IS IN THE FUTURE.

AND SO IF ONCE WE ARE ONCE WE DO CONSTRUCT IT, WE CAN ALWAYS LOOK AT IT.

IF WE FEEL THAT IT WOULD CREATE A SAFER, ENHANCED ENVIRONMENT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE GOING TO CROSS WHEREVER THEY WANT ANYWAY.

SO IF WE CAN AFFORD THEM, THE ABILITY TO TO HAVE AN OPTION OR A CHOICE MIDWAY LIKE THIS.

YOU KNOW, ANYWAY.

YEAH. AND THAT'S EXACTLY THE WHOLE IDEA BEHIND A MID-BLOCK WHERE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO CROSS, WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO CROSS.

AND SO MID-BLOCK IS REALLY ARE IMPORTANT BECAUSE THEY PROVIDE PEOPLE A SAFE PLACE TO CROSS.

SO WE CAN LOOK AT ALL OF THAT WHEN WE'RE CONSTRUCTING THESE IMPROVEMENTS.

I LIKE IT ALL. WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITY.

WE REALLY NEED TO BE BUILDING A TEN YEAR VISION BECAUSE IT NEEDS TO BE HERE WHEN THE PEOPLE GET HERE AND THEY'RE COMING.

SO IS THERE SOME SORT OF HICCUP ON WHY WE CAN'T GET TO 12 PICKLEBALL COURTS AT THE PARK RIGHT NOW? IT JUST COMES DOWN TO WHAT THE COSTS AND PRICING IS GOING TO BE ONCE WE GET UNDER THE PROJECT.

SO WE ANTICIPATE 12 COURTS, THE PARKING, THE RESTROOM.

BUT AGAIN, IT'S GOING TO COME DOWN TO THOSE BIDS.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. HANG ON ONE SECOND.

RACHELLE AND THEN MARCIE. NATALIE, DON'T SIT DOWN.

OH, I'LL GO. I'LL GO BACK TO THAT BEING THAT WE GOT A GRANT FOR THAT AND WE HAVEN'T STARTED IT YET, AND WE'RE.

I'M ASKING FOR A BEST GUESS.

I GUESS, SINCE WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE COUNTY AND FDOT ON THAT, HOW WHEN DO WE ANTICIPATE PUTTING THAT SIDEWALK AND THE CROSSWALK IN AND WHAT IS THE ANTICIPATED TIME BEFORE WE WOULD GET THE BRIDGE WIDENED WHERE THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE AN ACTIVE SITUATION? ALL RIGHT.

SO THE KYOTO GARDENS GRANT WAS ACTUALLY ACCELERATED.

AND SO WE HAVE BEEN GOING THROUGH THE DESIGN ALREADY AND CONSTRUCTION IS ANTICIPATED TO START ALREADY THIS YEAR.

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WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ACTIVELY WITH DOT ON THAT.

IF WE CAN TRY TO COORDINATE, OF COURSE THAT WOULD BE IDEAL.

BUT THE COORDINATION WITH THE MULTIPLE AGENCIES THAT I REFERRED TO, IT'S IT'S GOING TO TAKE SOME TIME.

I WOULD ANTICIPATE AT LEAST 12 TO 18 MONTHS, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, BEFORE WE CAN EVEN GET OUR PERMITS FOR THIS.

BY THE TIME WE ACTUALLY GO THROUGH THE AGENCIES AND WE WILL TRY OUR HARDEST TO ACCELERATE.

AND I DON'T KNOW IF TODD WANTS TO CHIME IN BECAUSE HE'S GOING TO BE WORKING ON THIS.

THE IMPROVEMENTS WE'RE DOING ON THE GRANT REALLY START JUST EAST OF THE BRIDGE.

SO THERE WILL BE NO WASTED EFFORT.

AND THE IMPROVEMENTS ON THE BRIDGE WILL BE JUST WEST OF THAT PROJECT.

SO THERE MAY BE SOME TIE IN POINTS, BUT THE KIND OF TWO SEPARATE PROJECTS, ONE WILL BE DONE FIRST ON THE EAST SIDE, THEN WE'LL TIE THE BRIDGE AND EVERYTHING INTO THAT WHEN WE DO IT ON THE WEST SIDE. THERE COULD BE A COUPLE OF YEARS WHERE THAT MID-BLOCK CROSSING IS GOING TO BE ACTIVE BEFORE WE EVER GET THAT BRIDGE DONE.

WELL, THE MID-BLOCK COULD HAPPEN SOONER BECAUSE THAT MID-BLOCK IS PART OF THE GRANT AND SO WE COULD CERTAINLY BE LOOKING AT THAT.

YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I MEAN. IT WOULD BE IT WOULD GO IN SOONER AND WE WOULD HAVE IT ACTIVE WHERE PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY USING THAT FOR A GOOD.

MOST LIKELY, YES.

MOST LIKELY. YES. YEAH.

SO JUST TO KEEP TALKING ABOUT THE SAME THING, WOULD THE MID-BLOCK CROSS CROSSING BE REMOVED AFTER THE FINAL CONSTRUCTION AND THE EXPANSION OF THE FULL INTERSECTION, INCLUDING THE BRIDGE, OR ARE YOU GOING TO KEEP THAT IN? I'M HONESTLY NOT SURE.

WE REALLY WOULD HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT.

WE WOULD HAVE TO SEE.

FIRST OF ALL, WE HAVEN'T WE ACTUALLY HAVE TO FORMALIZE THE INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS.

WHAT I SHOWED YOU WAS MERELY A CONCEPTUAL WE REALLY NOW NEED TO ROLL UP OUR SLEEVES AND SEE WHAT IS THE ULTIMATE INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE WANT TO DO.

AND THAT MID-BLOCK THAT WAS DONE SEPARATELY THROUGH THE GRANT.

YOU KNOW, IF THERE IS NO NEED FOR IT, THEN MAYBE IT COULD BE REMOVED.

YOU KNOW, PERSONALLY, IF WE SEE PEOPLE CROSSING THERE AND WE KNOW THAT PEOPLE ARE NEED, WE JUST SEE ACTIVITY THERE, THEN WE WOULD LIKELY KEEP IT.

AND I DO WANT TO SAY CARL HAD VERY VALID POINTS BECAUSE THE OTHER DAY YOU WOULD THINK PEOPLE WOULDN'T CROSS WHERE.

YOU KNOW WHERE THERE IS NO CROSSWALK.

THE OTHER DAY I WAS DRIVING ON PGA BOULEVARD, AND THIS OLDER COUPLE WAS LITERALLY CROSSING PGA BOULEVARD WHERE I WAS.

I LITERALLY WANTED TO STOP MY CAR, PUT IT THIS WAY SO SAFELY, LET THEM ACROSS THE STREET BECAUSE I WAS LIKE, OH MY GOD, THEY'RE GOING TO GET HIT.

BUT BUT IT HAPPENS.

AND SO THE WE'RE CALLING THEM FLASHERS.

WHATEVER THEY'RE CALLED, I THINK IS A GREAT IDEA.

SO I APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THAT UP.

AND I JUST ONE MORE COMMENT, THOUGH, THAT, YOU KNOW, WE TALK ABOUT ALL OF THESE THINGS AND THE RESIDENT SURVEY THAT WE'VE TAKEN NUMEROUS TIMES, YOU KNOW, REITERATED ALL OF THESE ALL OF THESE THINGS.

WE'VE ALL BEEN THROUGH CAMPAIGNS.

AND, YOU KNOW, HAVING KNOCKED ON HUNDREDS OF DOORS, THAT'S ACTUALLY I'M GETTING THE SAME I DID GET THE SAME EXACT COMMENTS, WHICH WAS INDOOR RECREATION FOR THE SUMMER OF FLORIDA THAT HAS WEATHER PROTECTION AND THEN TRAFFIC, YOU KNOW, LEAVING TRAFFIC. THOSE ARE THE TWO BIGGEST COMMENTS THAT I GOT.

AND HERE WE'RE DOING ALL OF THAT.

SO I THINK IT'S ALL A WIN WIN FOR EVERYBODY IN OUR CITY.

AND I APPRECIATE I HAVE FULL CONFIDENCE THAT THE FINAL DESIGN, WHETHER IT BE VEHICULAR PEDESTRIAN OR RECREATIONAL AMENITIES, IT'S GOING TO BE THE UTMOST AND THE BEST PLAN THAT YOU GUYS CAN MAKE IT AND THE SAFEST THAT IT CAN POSSIBLY BE, RELATIVELY SPEAKING. SO THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. ANYBODY ELSE? YOU SHOULD HAVE NOTHING TO SAY AT THIS POINT.

I ONLY HAVE A LITTLE BIT TO SAY.

I'LL MAKE IT QUICK.

RIGHT. I KNOW. SO BECAUSE WE HAVE AN IMPECCABLE BUDGET, WE CAN DO THIS RIGHT AND IT WILL PAY FOR ITSELF AGAIN.

TAXPAYERS WON'T FEEL IT.

IT'S KIND OF A WIN WIN WIN.

IT'S A RARE AND WONDERFUL THING, AND IT'S ALL ABOUT SAFETY.

LITERALLY EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE.

WELL, EXCEPT FOR PICKLEBALL. BUT THAT'S YOU'RE KEEPING YOUR COUNCIL SAFE BY PUTTING YOU IN PICKLEBALL.

THESE ARE ALL ABOUT SAFETY.

AND THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING.

AND THE NEXT MOST IMPORTANT THING IS WHAT RESIDENTS WANT.

SO THANK YOU FOR ALWAYS, WHETHER IT'S IN THE BUDGET, PLANNING, RECREATION, OUR PLANNING, PLANNING, WE ARE DOING WHAT OUR RESIDENTS WANT.

AND AGAIN, YOU KNOW, MARCIE WAS TALKING ABOUT BEFORE WE WERE IN OFFICE, BEFORE I WAS IN OFFICE, I KNEW WHAT I THOUGHT WAS IMPORTANT TO OUR CITY.

AND I'VE BEEN HERE MOST OF MY WHOLE LIFE, SO I THOUGHT I'D KNOW.

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BUT THIS RESIDENT SURVEY SHOWS ME I DON'T ALWAYS KNOW.

AND SO BY LISTENING TO THAT, WE'RE ACTUALLY OUR BUDGET CORRESPONDS TO WHAT THE RESIDENTS WANT THAT IS CORRESPONDING TO WHAT OUR RESIDENTS WANT.

IT'S JUST PERFECT.

AND HAVING FOR KYOTO, FOR THESE 1800 EMPLOYEES THAT ARE GOING TO BE COMING IN AND OUT, WE NEED TO ACCOMMODATE FOR THEM.

WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE SAFE AND THEY CAN GET IN AND OUT AS WELL, THAT THE NEIGHBORS NEARBY CAN GET IN AND OUT.

AND THOSE OF US WHO CUT THROUGH HERE TO TO SCOOT TO WHOLE FOODS CAN GET IN AND OUT EASILY TO THE TOD IS IT'S A FIELD OF DREAMS, RIGHT? WE'RE BUILDING IT AND THEY ARE COMING SO WE NEED TO GET READY TO GO AND THIS WILL HELP US DO THAT.

AS FAR AS BURNS ROAD GOES, I GREW UP IN THAT COMMUNITY CENTER WHEN WE WERE HERE, WHEN WE WERE THERE FOR DON KAY'S SERVICE, I WAS LOOKING AT THE STAGE AND IT LOOKS EXACTLY THE SAME AS IT DID WHEN I WAS 13 YEARS OLD, AND WE WOULD SNEAK UP THERE WHEN WE WEREN'T SUPPOSED TO.

THAT NEEDS TO CHANGE.

AND MY KIDS SWAM THERE, TOO.

RIGHT. SO THAT THAT GOES BACK A WAYS.

IT'S DEFINITELY TIME.

I LOVE HOW YOU'VE APPROACHED IT.

I LOVE THE FACT THAT WE DO OUR OWN GC, SO WE'RE GOING TO BE MORE EFFICIENT, SAVE TIME THERE.

ALL OF IT'S GREAT. AND TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE A PLACE FOR FOR BUSY FAMILIES TO HOPEFULLY ALL BE TOGETHER IS REALLY EXTRAORDINARY TOO.

THAT'S KIND OF THE CHERRY ON TOP OF IT ALL.

SO I AM IN 100% SUPPORT AND ONCE AGAIN, VERY IMPRESSED.

SO I'M GOING TO TAKE IT TO A VOTE.

SO ALL IN FAVOR? AYE, AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT. MOTION PASSES.

THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR YOUR HARD WORK.

WE'LL FINISH OFF WITH RESOLUTION 19 IF THE CLERK COULD, PLEASE.

[IX.b. RESOLUTION 19, 2023 – REVENUE BOND EXPENDITURE AND PLAN. A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA, ADOPTING A POLICY AND PLAN FOR THE EXPENDITURE OF THE PROCEEDS FROM THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT BONDS – SERIES 2023; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.]

1920. 23 RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA.

ADOPTING A POLICY AND PLAN FOR THE EXPENDITURE OF THE PROCEEDS FROM THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT BONDS SERIES 2023, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, GARY.

AND YOU'RE EXACTLY WHERE YOU NEED TO BE.

PERFECT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

SO RESOLUTION 19 2023 IS A COMPANION RESOLUTION TO RESOLUTION NINE, WHICH GIVES THE CITY MANAGER THE AUTHORITY TO EXECUTE CONTRACTS AND EXPENDITURES RELATED TO THE BOND ISSUANCE, SIMILAR LIKE WE HAD DONE FOR THE RECENT GOLF COURSE PAR THREE AND THE SURTAX PROCEEDS WITH APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION 19. IT WILL ADOPT A FORMAL POLICY AND PLAN AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXPEND THE THE BOND PROCEEDS AND EXPEDIATE THE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS OF THE BOND STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION 19 2023 AS PRESENTED.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I DON'T HAVE ANY COMMENT CARDS, SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND GET A MOTION AND A SECOND.

I WOULD LOVE TO MAKE THE MOTION ON MY LAST RESOLUTION, 19, 2023.

AND THAT'S IT.

THAT'S IT. AND I WILL SECOND THANK YOU BOTH SO MUCH.

ALL RIGHT. LET'S BRING IT BACK FOR DISCUSSION.