Oct 05, 2023 City Council

I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER.

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I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER.

WILL YOU ALL PLEASE JOIN US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE? BY THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR.

STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH.

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

VICE MAYOR WOODS HERE.

MAN. COUNCIL MEMBER TINSLEY HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER. AMOROSO HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER MIDDLETON HERE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, PATTY.

DO WE HAVE ANY ADDITIONS, DELETIONS OR MODIFICATIONS THIS EVENING TO OUR AGENDA? LOVELY. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE RIGHT ALONG TO ANNOUNCEMENTS AND PRESENTATIONS.

[IV. ANNOUNCEMENTS / PRESENTATIONS]

PALM BEACH HAS COME FOR A PRESENTATION ABOUT THEIR SUMMER FALL CAMPAIGN.

SO WE'RE GOING TO ASK SERGIO PIEDRA, WHO'S THE DIRECTOR OF DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND ADVOCACY FOR DISCOVER PALM BEACH.

COME ON UP TO THE PODIUM.

HELLO. HI THERE.

OKAY. MAYOR REED, COUNCIL MEMBERS, CITY STAFF AND ALL.

WE'RE HERE FOR AN UPDATE.

WE'RE IN A GOOD NEWS BUSINESS.

THIS IS THE TOURISM UPDATE, AND I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO BE REALLY PLEASANTLY SURPRISED WITH SOME OF THE THINGS WE'RE GOING TO PRESENT TO YOU THIS EVENING.

AGAIN, I'M SERGIO PIEDRA, DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND ADVOCACY FOR DISCOVER.

AND OUR SECOND PRESENTER TONIGHT IS GOING TO BE MILTON SEGARRA, OUR PRESIDENT AND CEO.

HIS FIRST FULL WEEK ON THE JOB.

SO. SO INVESTING IN PALM BEACH GARDENS.

I'M GOING TO KIND OF TAKE YOU THROUGH A QUICK TRIP.

THE MOST IMPORTANT THING YOU'RE GOING TO SEE IS THAT WE ARE INVESTING IN PALM BEACH GARDENS WHEN IT COMES TO OUR WEBSITE.

YOU CAN FIND PALM BEACH GARDENS FOUND THROUGHOUT IT, NOT JUST THE HOTELS AND NOT JUST THE GOLF CLASSIC, BUT ALSO AN ENTIRE PAGE DEDICATED TO THE CITY AND ALSO ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

SOCIAL MEDIA IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS WE USE TO MARKET THE PALM BEACHES AND PALM BEACH GARDENS.

AND YOU'LL SEE YOURSELF ON INSTAGRAM, FACEBOOK, TIKTOK, ACROSS OUR DIFFERENT CHANNELS.

AND ONE OF OUR FAVORITES IS MAYOR REED, WHO WAS NICE ENOUGH TO GIVE US ONE OF THE BEST VIDEOS WE PROBABLY HAVE EVER USED TO PROMOTE THE PALM BEACHES. I'M SURE THAT WE CAN ALWAYS IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THE VIDEO, BY ALL MEANS, SEE IT.

SO. BUT IT WAS A BIG HIT THIS SUMMER DURING OUR LOVE THE PALM BEACHES CAMPAIGN.

THANK YOU AGAIN, MAYOR. SO YOU CAN ALSO FIND GARDENS THROUGHOUT OUR VISITORS GUIDE.

THERE'S ALSO A PAGE DEDICATED TO THE CITY AND ALSO HIGHLIGHTING SOME OF THE RESTAURANTS AND THE GREAT CULINARY SCENE HERE IN GARDENS.

AND WE'LL BE HAPPY TO BE A SPONSOR THIS YEAR FOR THE TREE LIGHTING.

WE HAVE NOT DONE THAT BEFORE, SO WE ARE HAPPY TO BE ON BOARD FOR THAT.

AND WHEN THE GOLF TOURNAMENT COMES BACK AROUND, THE CLASSIC IS THIS KNOWN RIGHT NOW IN THIS MOMENT AGAIN WILL BE SPONSORS FOR THAT AND PROMOTING THAT AS ONE OF THE BEST EVENTS WE HAVE IN THE PALM BEACHES.

SO BUT NOW I'D LIKE TO BRING MILTON ON FOR SOME OF THE MORE IMPORTANT FACTS AND FIGURES AND THINGS ABOUT OUR CAMPAIGNS.

THANK YOU, SIR. MADAM MAYOR, COUNCIL PUBLIC HERE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. IT'S A PLEASURE FOR ME TO BE HERE AND SHARE WITH YOU MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS BEAUTIFUL CITY.

I'VE BEEN HERE A YEAR, A WEEK IN MY JOB.

I LIVE NEARBY, BUT WE SPEND SO MUCH TIME HERE IN PALM BEACH GARDENS.

THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL PLACE.

AND LAST WEEK I WAS I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND THE BDB UPDATE AND I HAVE TO CONGRATULATE THIS COUNCIL AND ALL THE INVESTORS AND STAKEHOLDERS FOR THE PHENOMENAL DEVELOPMENT THIS CITY WILL SEE IN THE NEXT 2 TO 5 YEARS.

THAT'S PHENOMENAL.

AND THAT'S WHY I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU BEFORE I SHARE WITH YOU WHERE ARE WE GOING TO GO? WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE IN TERMS OF NUMBERS? FIRST WE HAVE A IN-HOUSE SYSTEM IN WHICH WE GENERATE MOST OF OUR STATS AND HOW WE MEASURE SUCCESS IN CERTAIN KPIS.

REGARDING THE TOURISM COMPANY, WE HAVE MORE THAN 20 SOURCES IN DIFFERENT CATEGORIES, SO WE HAVE A ROBUST WAY OF FINDING THIS TYPE OF NUMBERS.

AND THE GOOD THING IS THAT ALL OF THEM, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT PALM BEACH GARDENS, WE'RE SEEING A PHENOMENAL NUMBER.

FOR EXAMPLE, IN TERMS OF TOTAL VISITATION, 844,000 VISITORS, OF WHICH A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN HALF A MILLION ARE OUTSIDE THE PALM BEACH COUNTY.

AND WITHIN THE PALM BEACH COUNTY, YOU SEE HOW POPULAR THIS CITY IS WITH OVER 336 VISITORS.

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SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ALMOST A MILLION VISITORS THAT'S COMING.

AND THIS IS NOT INCLUDING INTERNATIONAL VISITORS TO THE CITY OF OF PALM BEACH GARDENS ALSO.

AND THIS IS KEY IN TERMS OF THE HOTEL INDUSTRY, THE PERFORMANCE, IT'S VERY VIABLE.

IT'S A SOLID INDUSTRY.

AS YOU CAN SEE, THE TOTAL NUMBER OF ROOM NIGHTS SOLD, ROOMS OCCUPIED IN OUR COUNTY WAS IN EXCESS OF 4.7 MILLION ROOM NIGHTS, OF WHICH IN THE NORTH COUNTY, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 707,000. AND HERE IN THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, 463,000.

AND WHEN YOU SEE THAT IN REVENUE.

TOTAL REVENUE IN THIS INDUSTRY IN ROOM REVENUE IS OVER $1.2 BILLION.

BOTTOM LINE HERE IN THE CITY IS IN EXCESS OF $100 MILLION, 106 TO BE PRECISE.

AND WHEN YOU SEE THE PARTICULAR INDICATORS IN TERMS OF OCCUPANCY, AVERAGE DAILY RATE, WHICH IS THE ADR AND THE PART WHICH IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR INVESTORS AND DEVELOPMENT, THAT'S THE REVENUE PER AVAILABLE ROOM, THAT IS A KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS TO SEE AND TELL YOU EXACTLY HOW WELL THE INDUSTRY IS MOVING.

SO AS YOU CAN SEE, THE INDICATORS FOR PALM BEACH GARDENS, 70% OCCUPANCY, THAT'S 12% BETTER THAN LAST YEAR, $200 AVERAGE RATE, WHICH IS VERY GOOD, AND $140 REEF BAR.

SO IT'S VIABLE TO DEVELOP HOTEL BUSINESS IN THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, THIS IS A SNAPSHOT OF THE ZIP CODES, 3310 AND 33 FOR 18 TOTAL SALES OF $388 MILLION DIVIDED IN OVER $200 MILLION IN FOOD AND BEVERAGE RESTAURANTS.

THAT'S A VERY IMPORTANT COMPONENT FOR THE CITY 89 MILLION IN HOTEL REVENUE AND IN RECREATION.

VERY IMPORTANT. 96 ALMOST $96 MILLION.

SO THAT'S DIVIDED BETWEEN 100 AND 74 RESTAURANTS, TEN HOTELS, 183 ALTERNATIVE ACCOMMODATIONS AND SOME OTHER ATTRACTIONS.

SO AS YOU CAN SEE, VERY VIBRANT AND VISITORS ARE COMING.

BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS WHAT THE RESIDENTS OF YOUR CITY ARE THINKING ABOUT TOURISM.

AND WE COMPARE 2022 WITH 2023.

AND THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT THE RESIDENTS HERE IN PALM BEACH GARDENS, THEY DO LIKE TOURISM.

AND HERE ARE THE INDICATORS TOURISM CREATE, CREATES SHOPPING, RESTAURANTS AND ENTERTAINMENT OPPORTUNITIES.

92%. THAT'S REALLY HIGH.

THAT'S REALLY GOOD.

IT'S MUCH, MUCH BETTER THAN THE NATIONAL AVERAGE.

TOURISM CREATES MANY WELL-PAYING JOBS, 77% VERSUS 63 LAST YEAR.

TOURISM ENHANCES THE QUALITY OF PUBLIC SERVICES FOR RESIDENTS.

THAT'S 74.

PRETTY MUCH THREE OF EVERY FOUR OF YOUR RESIDENTS ARE THINKING THAT TOURISM ENHANCES THE QUALITY OF SERVICES.

AND THE LAST ONE, WHICH IS SO IMPORTANT, TOURISM ENHANCES THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF YOUR RESIDENTS.

THAT'S 80% AND THAT IS SOLID.

NORMALLY IN THE NATION, THAT NUMBER IS LIKE 60, 64%.

SO AS YOU CAN SEE, A CITY THAT HAS BEEN DEVELOPED AND IS MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION AND TOURISM IS PART OF THIS GROWTH THAT YOU'RE SEEING.

WHAT IS IN WHAT'S NEXT, A MASTER PLAN, EVEN THOUGH WE'RE SEEING GREAT NUMBERS ACROSS THE COUNTY, THE FACT OF THE MATTER COUNCIL IS THAT WE DON'T HAVE A MASTER PLAN IN PLACE, AN INDUSTRY THAT HAS GROWN TREMENDOUSLY IN THE LAST TEN, 15 YEARS.

SO WE DON'T HAVE A MASTER PLAN IN PLACE.

SO THE COUNTY IS PUTTING TOGETHER AN EFFORT.

AS A MATTER OF FACT, AN RFP WAS RELEASED AND WE'RE IN THE SECOND STAGE.

SOON WE'LL BE SEEING THE PROPOSALS FROM THE POTENTIAL CONSULTANTS TO REALLY CREATE A MASTER PLAN.

QUESTIONS LIKE DO WE NEED TO DOUBLE THE NUMBER OF TOURISM TO TO BE CALLED SUCCESSFUL DESTINATION? SHOULD WE SPREAD TOURISM TO UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES? IS THAT MODEL SUSTAINABLE? I MEAN, DO WE NEED TO CONSIDER SOME OTHER TYPE OF MEASURES AND PERFORMANCE INDICATORS TO SAY THAT THE TOURISM IS SUCCESSFUL AND.

REALLY IMPACTING THE QUALITY OF LIFE AND THE QUALITY OF PLACE OF THE CITY OR THE COUNTY.

DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE NEED TO REALLY THINK ABOUT IF WE WANT TO MOVE FORWARD IN THE NEXT 10 TO 20 YEARS.

ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS TO DEVELOP A GOOD VISITORS MANAGEMENT POLICY IN MANY PLACES CALLED OVER TOURISM.

HOW ARE WE GOING TO DEAL WITH THAT? SO THOSE ARE THE TYPE OF CONVERSATIONS THAT WE WANT TO HAVE WITH CITIES, WITH THE COUNTY, WITH THE RESIDENTS TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THAT INPUT IN THIS MASTER PLAN FOR THE DESTINATION. ALSO, WE'RE LAUNCHING A NEW CAMPAIGN.

LIVING HERE IN PALM BEACH COUNTY.

IT'S LIKE A COLLECTION OF EXPERIENCES, DIFFERENT EXPERIENCES FROM NORTH TO SOUTH, FROM THE BEACH TO THE RIVER TO THE LAKE.

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IT COULD BE CREATED DIFFERENT TYPE OF COLLECTIONS BETWEEN CITIES, NORTH COUNTY, SOUTH COUNTY.

SO WE HAVE A LOT OF IDEAS WITHIN THIS NEW APPROACH TO THE MARKETPLACE.

ALSO, THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS THAT WE ARE A WELCOMING DESTINATION, PERIOD.

WE HAVE THE NUMBER OF REPEAT VISITORS THAT WE HAVE HISPANIC, BLACK, LGBTQ, WHITE, YOU NAME IT.

THEY LIKE TO COME HERE AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A MESSAGE IN PLACE THAT SAYS THAT THE PALM BEACHES WELCOMES EVERYONE.

AND WE'RE DOING VERY SPECIFIC EFFORTS TO MAKE SURE THAT MESSAGE GOES ACROSS ALL THE MARKETS THAT WE SERVE RIGHT NOW.

AND FINALLY, ALL OF THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE, HELPING THE FRONT LINE EMPLOYEES TO MAKE SURE THEY CAN PROVIDE THE RIGHT TYPE OF SERVICES.

SO THIS YEAR WE ARE ENGAGING WITH A COMPANY WHICH IS CALLED WE'LL DO THE CERTIFIED TOURISM AMBASSADOR PROGRAM, CTA, TO PROVIDE THAT TYPE OF CERTIFICATION TO ALL THE FRONT LINE EMPLOYEES AT HOTELS, RESTAURANTS, ATTRACTIONS, SO THAT ANYONE THAT ENGAGES, ENGAGE WITH VISITORS OR RESIDENTS TO MAKE SURE THEY CAN PROVIDE THE RIGHT TYPE OF INFORMATION.

SO AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S A LOT OF THINGS.

BUT THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS THAT WE WANTED TO FINISH WITH THIS PHOTO.

MAYBE, YOU KNOW, WHERE IS THIS? THIS IS THE TWO DAYS THAT DOUBLETREE, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, BUT TIMES FLY.

SO AND THIS IS A REFLECTION OF HOW THE PROGRESS THAT WE HAVE SEEN IN THIS CITY AND THEN ACROSS THE COUNTY AS WELL.

MADAM MAYOR, THAT'S A REPORT.

IF THERE IS ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER.

THANK YOU, MILTON. I'M GOING TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF MYSELF AND BURT, BECAUSE WE BOTH GREW UP HERE AND WHEN WE GREW UP, THAT WAS THE ONLY HOTEL IN TOWN UNLESS YOU WENT TO SINGER ISLAND AND THAT WAS THE COLONNADES WHERE MACARTHUR WAS ANYWAY.

RIGHT? SO THIS IS EXTRAORDINARY TO SEE THAT PICTURE.

IT'S DEFINITELY VERY NOSTALGIC.

AND I WANT TO SAY IT WAS SUCH A PLEASURE TO RIDE WITH BOTH OF YOU, BOTH YOU AND SERGIO ON THE FIRST BRIGHTLINE RIDE THE OTHER DAY.

IT WAS AMAZING. SO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU'RE DOING FOR OUR COMMUNITY VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU, EVERYBODY. GOOD EVENING.

NO, THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING.

NEXT, WE HAVE A RECOGNITION OF THE PALM BEACH NORTH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOR BEING AWARDED THREE TOP HONORS FROM THE FLORIDA ASSOCIATION OF CHAMBER PROFESSIONALS.

SO WE'RE GOING TO ASK NOEL MARTINEZ, WHO IS PRESIDENT AND CEO OF THE PALM BEACH NORTH CHAMBER, TO JOIN ME AT THE PODIUM.

AND IF ALL OF OUR COUNCIL COULD JOIN US, TOO, PLEASE.

I. DON'T BE CRYING.

JESUS, PLEASE. YOU GUYS KNOW I'M A BIG SOFTY.

I KNOW. I'M ACTUALLY I'M GOING TO TALK HERE AT THIS PODIUM, IF THAT'S OKAY.

THIS IS DIFFERENT. I'VE NEVER BEEN OVER ON THIS SIDE AS A AS A COUNCIL MEMBER.

SO I JUST WANTED TO UPDATE JUST A LITTLE BIT, FILL EVERYBODY IN AS TO WHY WE'RE STANDING UP HERE TODAY.

SO THE PALM BEACH NORTH CHAMBER WON THREE STATEWIDE AWARDS THIS YEAR, SO CERTIFIED PLUS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, CHAMBER OF THE YEAR AND EXECUTIVE OF THE YEAR. AND PERSONALLY, I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO BE ASKED TO WRITE ONE OF THE LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION.

SO IF YOU GUYS WOULD GRACE ME FOR ABOUT JUST TWO MINUTES, IF I COULD READ A FEW OF THE SENTENCES THAT I WROTE ABOUT NOEL, AND YOU'LL UNDERSTAND WHY HE WAS GIVEN THIS AWARD.

SO IT WAS A LONG LETTER.

I'LL MAKE IT SHORT. MY HOPE IS THAT IN THIS COMMUNICATION I WILL HIGHLIGHT NOEL'S UNPARALLELED ABILITY TO INSPIRE, GUIDE, ENGAGE, REWARD AND CONNECT ACTING AS A CATALYST AND ASSURING THE BEST OUTCOME FOR OUR COMMUNITY, OUR CHAIRS AND OUR VOLUNTEERS.

HE'S INDEFATIGABLE, SINCERELY WARM AND ABOVE ALL, WALKS THE WALK, SERVING AS A BEACON OF INTELLIGENCE AND GUIDANCE FOR OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY.

NOEL IS MUCH MORE THAN A REMARKABLE EXECUTIVE.

HE'S A VISIONARY LEADER, A COMMITTED, EXCUSE ME, COMMITTED TO CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND ENCOURAGES THE BEST OF ALL OF US WHO ENGAGE IN SUCCESS AND QUALITY OF LIFE FOR OUR RESIDENTS.

OF THE TEN LARGE AND VARIED MUNICIPALITIES THAT THE CHAMBER REPRESENTS.

AND THEN A LOT MORE PARAGRAPHS.

AND THEN IN FINALE, WE ARE A TEAM, HE SAYS.

WHEN HE SPEAKS ABOUT THE CHAMBER, HE HAS NEVER SAID I, ME OR MYSELF, WHICH IS THE HALLMARK OF THE BEST KIND OF LEADER.

WE WHOLEHEARTEDLY RECOMMEND NOEL FOR HIS EXCEPTIONAL ABILITY TO RECRUIT, MOTIVATE AND REWARD COMMITTED VOLUNTEERS.

HIS LEADERSHIP HAS UNDOUBTEDLY BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN FOSTERING A DEDICATED AND RESULTS DRIVEN COMMITTEE CULTURE WITHIN THE CHAMBER.

SO IT GOES ON AND ON.

BUT I JUST WANTED TO GIVE EVERYONE A LITTLE IDEA OF.

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WE'VE ALL BEEN PART OF THE CHAMBER.

MOST OF US FOR DECADES.

SO WE'VE CHAIRED COMMITTEES FOR YOU, VOLUNTEERED ON COMMITTEES, HANDED OUT T SHIRTS OR WATER AT TRIATHLONS.

AND IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE TO WORK WITH YOU.

AND OUR AMAZING CLERK, PATTY HAS SET THIS GORGEOUS PLAQUE UP FOR YOU.

AND I'M GOING TO READ THAT AS WELL.

THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS CITY COUNCIL, CITY MANAGER AND STAFF ARE PROUD TO RECOGNIZE AND CONGRATULATE NOEL MARTINEZ, PRESIDENT AND CEO OF THE PALM BEACH NORTH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, FOR YOUR ACHIEVEMENTS IN EARNING THE CERTIFIED PLUS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, CHAMBER OF THE YEAR AND EXECUTIVE YEAR.

THESE TOP THREE AWARDS ARE A TESTAMENT OF YOUR OUTSTANDING LEADERSHIP, DEDICATION AND COMMITMENT TO OUR COMMUNITY.

IT IS OUR PLEASURE TO PRESENT THIS TO YOU TODAY, ON THE FIFTH DAY OF OCTOBER 2023, ON BEHALF OF OUR CITY COUNCIL, OUR CITY MANAGER AND ALL OF OUR STAFF, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

AND YOU KEEP WORKING. YEAH, THAT'S.

I.

THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN, NOEL.

ALL RIGHT. WE ARE GOING TO MOVE ALONG TO COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC.

[V. COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC]

WHEN I CALL UP YOUR NAME, IF YOU COULD KINDLY COME UP AND YOU'LL BE STATING YOUR NAME AND YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.

AND IF YOU GUYS WOULD INDULGE ME FOR JUST ONE MORE MOMENT, SOME OF THE FOLKS THAT HAVE COME HERE TONIGHT TO SPEAK MAYBE HAVEN'T BEEN TO OUR COUNCIL MEETINGS BEFORE.

WE WERE SO GLAD TO SEE SO MANY SEATS AND CHAIRS AGAIN SINCE COVID.

SO I JUST HAVE A FEW LITTLE UPDATES THAT WE WANTED TO SHARE ON BEHALF OF OUR COUNCIL.

SO THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING WHERE THERE WILL BE PRESENTATIONS, TESTIMONY, QUESTIONS, ANSWERS AND DISCUSSION.

ABOVE ALL, MUTUAL RESPECT AND CONSIDERATION IS EXPECTED.

THIS MEETING IS IMPORTANT TO ALL OF US AND WILL BE CONDUCTED WITH DECORUM.

SO TO ENSURE THAT WE MEET THESE EXPECTATIONS, HERE ARE SOME GROUND RULES.

THIS CHAMBER FUNCTIONS MOST EFFECTIVELY AND EFFICIENTLY BY FOLLOWING THE RULES OF DECORUM WITH RESPECT AND A PROFESSIONAL TONE AND CONDUCT.

IF YOU PLAN TO COMMENT PUBLICLY, ENSURE THAT YOU HAVE BEEN SWORN IN STATING YOUR FULL NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD AND MAKE YOUR COMMENTS WITHIN THE ALLOTTED TIME, WHICH HERE IS THREE MINUTES. AND JUST SO YOU KNOW, THREE MINUTES IS ABOUT 150 WORDS.

SO IF YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS READY TO GO, YOU MAY WANT TO DO A LITTLE QUICK COUNT.

SO IF YOU COULD ADDRESS YOUR COMMENTS TO THE PRESIDING OFFICER AND NOT TO INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS OF OUR COUNCIL STAFF OR OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, WE APPRECIATE THAT.

WE ASK YOU TO BE COURTEOUS, RESPECTFUL, AND ALLOW OTHERS TO COMPLETE THEIR COMMENTS WITHOUT INTERRUPTION, WITHOUT NOISES, WITHOUT COMMENTS, AND WITHOUT GESTURES. PLEASE DO NOT CLAP.

PLEASE DO NOT CAJOLE OR RIDICULE ANY SPEAKER, WHETHER THEY ARE COUNCIL STAFF OR A REPRESENTATION FROM THE PUBLIC.

SO PLEASE UTILIZE COMMON COURTESY, ANY DISRUPTIVE ACTIONS AND ORDERLY CONDUCT OF THE MEETING, OUT OF ACCORDANCE WITH OUR BASIC PRINCIPLES OF DECORUM, MAY BE RULED OUT OF ORDER AND WILL RESULT IN BEING REMOVED FROM THE PROCEEDINGS WE CULTIVATE AND PROTECT AN ATMOSPHERE WHERE THE NUMBER OF MEMBERS OF OUR COUNCIL AND THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC CAN ATTEND TO THE MUNICIPAL BUSINESS THAT WE ALL CARE ABOUT SO MUCH, OPENLY, FAIRLY AND RESPECTFULLY WITH FULL PARTICIPATION.

SO WITH THAT, WE'LL GO TO THE FIRST CARD, AND THAT IS MISS TERRY BATES.

NAME AND ADDRESS, PLEASE.

WHEN YOU HAVE A MOMENT AND YOU CAN TELL US THE NAME OF YOUR DOG.

AWAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS TERRY BATES.

I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT HERE IN PALM BEACH GARDENS FOR THE LAST 25 YEARS.

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MY ADDRESS IS 11110 OAK CIRCLE.

AND I'M HERE TODAY TO SPEAK ABOUT ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT'S CERTAINLY GOING TO BE A PART OF THE TOURISM OF OUR CITY IN THE FUTURE.

AND THAT'S THE BIG NEW SOFI COMPLEX THAT'S BEEN UNDER CONSTRUCTION AT THE PALM BEACH GARDENS STATE CAMPUS.

AND UNFORTUNATELY, ONE OF THE IMPACTS IS GOING TO BE ON OUR NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES SUN TERRACE, THE OAKS, MONET OAKS IN OUR AREA.

AND CERTAINLY WE SUPPORT TOURISM AND THAT'S TOURISM THAT'S BEEN DONE WITH THE OVERSIGHT AUTHORITY AND REVIEW BY THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS.

UNFORTUNATELY, IN THIS CASE, THE CITY HAS HAD NO SAY SO AT ALL IN THE SITING OR DEVELOPMENT OF THIS FACILITY.

AND AS A RESIDENT WHO'S GOING TO HAVE TO LIVE WITH THE TRAFFIC, THE NOISE, THE IMPACT, YOU HAVE TO ASK, HOW DOES THAT HAPPEN? HOW DO YOU GET THIS MASSIVE FACILITY WITH NO CITY OVERSIGHT? AND FURTHER, WHAT DOES A FOR PROFIT PRIVATE ENTERPRISE HAVE TO DO WITH THE ACADEMIC INSTITUTION AT PALM BEACH STATE COLLEGE? WE'VE LEARNED THE COLLEGE IS EXEMPT FROM LOCAL OVERSIGHT, FROM YOUR ORDINANCES, FROM YOUR ZONING, AND EVEN FROM YOUR REVIEW.

AND YOU HAVE TO ASK, HOW IS THAT THE COLLEGE BEING A GOOD NEIGHBOR TO THE CITY AND TO OUR RESIDENTS? WE'VE ALWAYS ENJOYED LIVING NEXT TO THE COLLEGE.

WE CONSIDER IT AN ASSET, BUT IN THIS CASE IT SEEMS TO HAVE GOTTEN OFF TARGET UNDER THE TERMS OF THE LEASE.

THERE'S NO LIMIT ON THE NUMBER OF EVENTS OR THE HOURS OF OPERATION OF THIS FACILITY.

IT'S GOING TO SERVE ALCOHOL, FOOD SERVICE.

I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S GOING TO BE TAILGATING IN THE PARKING LOTS AT THE COLLEGE.

THEY PLAN A LARGE MARQUEE MESSAGE BOARD SIGN ON PGA BOULEVARD.

AND FROM WHAT WE HEAR IN THE NEWS MEDIA, THEY'RE GOING TO ACCOMMODATE 1500 TO 2000 PATRONS AT THIS EVENT.

THERE'S NO TRAFFIC PLAN APPROVED RIGHT NOW.

THEIR PLAN IS TO EXIT TRAFFIC AT CAMPUS DRIVE AT THE TRAFFIC CIRCLE.

REALLY? HOW IS THAT SUPPOSED TO WORK IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS? PERSONALLY, I THINK IT'S A COOL CONCEPT.

I THINK THE GOLF COMPETITION IS IS VERY, VERY INTERESTING.

BUT I THINK IT'S UNCONSCIONABLE THAT THIS COLLEGE HAS MOVED FORWARD WITH THIS WITHOUT COORDINATION, WITHOUT INPUT IN REGARD TO THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS.

THAT'S NOT WHAT GOOD NEIGHBORS DO.

I RECOGNIZE THAT BY LAW, THE CITY CAN'T DO ANYTHING TO STOP OR CHANGE THIS PROJECT.

THEY ARE GOING FULL STEAM AHEAD WITH CONSTRUCTION.

THEY'RE READY TO START OPERATIONS IN JANUARY.

AND AT THIS POINT, THE BEST WE CAN DO IS HELP TO MITIGATE THE IMPACT OF THE PROJECT ON TRAFFIC ON OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND ON OUR COMMUNITY.

AND I APPRECIATE THAT THE CITY HAS DONE ITS REVIEW.

I KNOW YOU'VE SENT A VERY LENGTHY LETTER OF OF ISSUES AND CONCERNS AND QUESTIONS TO THE COLLEGE.

I DON'T BELIEVE THAT YOU'VE GOTTEN A RESPONSE BACK TO THAT YET.

AND PARTICULARLY THE CITY ASKED THE QUESTIONS THAT WE ASK WHAT'S THE COMPATIBILITY WITH THE ADJACENT NEIGHBORHOODS? SO WE APPRECIATE YOU LOOKING OUT FOR OUR RESIDENTS.

AND ALTHOUGH YOU HAVE NO SAY SO OVER THE DEVELOPMENT, I THINK NOW YOU'RE IN THE POSITION, NO PUN INTENDED, YOU'RE BATTING CLEANUP TO TRY AND DO THE BEST YOU CAN WITH THE FACILITY THAT'S MOVING FORWARD. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS YOU.

THANK YOU. MISS BATES, CITY MANAGER, IS THERE ANY ANYTHING WE SHOULD FOLLOW UP ON THAT? I COULDN'T HAVE SAID IT BETTER MYSELF.

WE'VE TRIED, WE'VE GIVEN INPUT AND WE CONTINUE TO BE IGNORED.

SO I.

I CAN'T LIKE I SAY, I COULDN'T SAY IT ANY BETTER MYSELF.

WE'VE GIVEN IT OUR BEST EFFORT AND WE'VE GONE THROUGH SEVERAL ADMINISTRATORS NOW AND WE GET NO COOPERATION.

ALL RIGHT. WELL, THANK YOU, MISS BATES.

WE'LL CERTAINLY BE KEEPING AN EYE ON IT.

MOVING ALONG, WE HAVE DAVID.

I BELIEVE IT'S PARKS.

DOES THAT LOOK LIKE PARKS TO YOU? PARKS? IF YOU COULD COME ON UP.

YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES AT THE PODIUM, SIR.

DAVID PARKS 116485 STREET.

I'M HERE TO MAKE AN INQUIRY ABOUT THE CHARTER PROCESS AND MAKE TWO CHARTER REQUESTS.

BUT FOR THE THOUSANDS OF JOINED OUR COMMUNITY SINCE 2018, SOME BACKGROUND FROM THE LAST CHARTER REVIEW VOTERS ON THE 28TH OF AUGUST 2018 WEIGHED IN AND ELECTED TO RETAIN A FIVE YEAR CHARTER REVIEW 1920, 21, 22, 23 AND OUTSIDE OF CLEANING UP AN OUTDATED CHARTER THAT WAS NOT IN COMPLIANCE WITH FLORIDA STATE STATUTES IN WHAT OUR CONTRACTED COMMITTEE MODERATOR CALLED THE FASTEST CHARTER REVIEW HE'D SEEN IN 40 YEARS OF PUBLIC LIFE.

A HUGE EXPENSE WAS DEVOTED TO THE CHARTER REVIEW TO IMPLEMENT A PRIVATE CITIZENS REVENGE AGENDA FOR BEING OUSTED BY TERM LIMITS WITH LOTS OF TAXPAYER LOOT SPENT ON LAWSUITS TO CLOSE THE DEAL.

MY INTEREST FOR SPEAKING OUT AT THE TIME IS THEY ARE TONIGHT WAS TO FIGHT TO PRESERVE THE RIGHTS WITHIN THE CHARTER THAT GIVE VOICE TO THE PUBLIC.

I COME FORWARD TONIGHT WITH TWO REQUESTS TO PRESERVE THE PUBLIC VOTES.

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I REQUEST CHARTER BALLOT QUESTION ONE TO CHANGE SECTION FOUR TWO TO EXPAND THE COUNCIL FROM 5 TO 7.

THE PROFILE OF THIS COMMUNITY HAS CHANGED SINCE 1977 BY ANY METRIC.

THERE HAVE BEEN STUNNING CHANGES SINCE 2018.

SO QUESTION ONE WOULD BE YES.

NO. IF YES, THEN FOUR THREE WOULD EXPAND THE QUORUM TO FIVE.

I REQUEST CHARTER BALLOT.

QUESTION NUMBER TWO, WHICH AGAIN DEALS WITH THE CHARTER SECTION FOUR TWO.

TO CHANGE THE METHOD OF ELECTION, I WOULD REQUEST REPLACING THE CURRENT GROUP ARRANGEMENT AND REPLACE IT WITH A COUNCIL THAT IS ELECTED FROM DEFINED BOUNDARIES THAT THE COUNCIL MEMBERS ACTUALLY LIVE IN.

IN 2017, GROUP VOTING HAD FOUR MEMBERS OF THIS COUNCIL LIVING WITHIN THE SAME GATED COMMUNITY AS THE PRIVATE CITIZEN WHO WAS ORCHESTRATING THE LAST CHARTER PROCESS.

GROUP ELECTIONS IN THE GARDENS MADE THAT POSSIBLE.

IT'S A YES NO VOTE.

IF YES, A STAFF REPORT APPROVED PRE-DESIGN PROCESS WOULD BE TRIGGERED TO DEFINE THOSE BOUNDARIES.

USING RIGOROUS DE ANALYTICS OF THE CITY'S NEW DEMOGRAPHICS.

THE TARGETED IMPLEMENTATION DATE WOULD BE MARCH 2025.

CURRENT COUNCIL WOULD RETAIN AND ASSIGN DISTRICT UNTIL THEIR TERM EXPIRED.

PERHAPS ONE OF YOU ELECTED UNDER OUR CURRENT GROUP PROCESS WHO LIVES IN A GATED COMMUNITY COULD EXPLAIN WHY YOU WOULD CARE IF CABANA COLONY WAS THE SUBJECT OF FUTURE EMINENT DOMAIN SCHEME.

YOU KNOW SOMETHING THAT MAYBE ALREADY IN THE WORKS UNDER OUR INTERGOVERNMENTAL PROCESSES.

IN CLOSING, ASK IS THE REAL REASON OUR CANDIDATES ARE RUNNING UNOPPOSED IN RECENT ELECTIONS BECAUSE WE HAVE A SHORTAGE OF POLITICALLY AMBITIOUS CITIZENS OR A POTENTIAL CANDIDATES STUDIED THE CALCULUS OF OUR CURRENT POLITICAL ARRANGEMENT.

WE SHOULD ANSWER THOSE TWO QUESTIONS ON THE MARCH BALLOT.

BY FOLLOWING THE SAME TIMELINE THE CITY DEMONSTRATED IT WAS MORE THAN CAPABLE OF IN 2018.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.

NEXT, WE HAVE CHIP RTR ROTH, I BELIEVE.

I SAID IF YOU COULD PASS IT TO OUR CITY CLERK OVER HERE, PLEASE.

OKAY. EXCUSE ME. CAN YOU SHARE THOSE? I BEG YOUR PARDON? IF YOU COULD GIVE US YOUR PRESENTATION, SIR.

THE PRESENTATION IS BASED ON THE LITERATURE I JUST GAVE YOU.

OKAY. OUR CLERK IS GOING TO HAVE TO REVIEW THAT AND WE WILL RECEIVE IT.

BUT WE DO. WE HAVE ABOUT 30 MORE CARDS HERE TONIGHT.

I'M SORRY. OKAY.

MY NAME IS CHIP RATH.

I LIVE AT 22 MARINA GARDENS.

I LIVE IF YOU LOOK BACK HERE AT THIS PICTURE TO THE LEFT, THAT IS EXACTLY WHERE I LIVE, THAT THAT'S MY HOME RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE.

I'M HERE TO SPEAK AGAINST THE PORT 32 REDEVELOPMENT.

I'M SORRY, SIR. CAN YOU PLEASE SPEAK IN? YEAH, I'M SORRY. THANK YOU. I'M HERE.

OKAY. SO I'M SO SORRY TO INTERRUPT YOU.

SO ON YOUR CARD, WE HAVE A LITTLE AREA THAT WAS CHECKED OFF FOR.

IT WAS LISTED AS A TRAFFIC STUDY, IF YOU'D LIKE.

WE'LL BE HAVING.

IF YOU DON'T MIND WAITING A MOMENT, WE'LL BE ABLE TO PUT YOU IN THE PILE WITH EVERYBODY ELSE THAT HAVE GIVEN THEIR CARDS TO TALK ABOUT THIS ONE SPECIFIC ISSUE.

WOULD THAT BE OKAY? SURE.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. DISTRIBUTE THAT.

UNDERSTOOD. I APPRECIATE THAT.

SO WE JUST HAD YOU IN THE WRONG PILE HERE.

WE'LL LET YOU GO FIRST WHEN IT COMES TIME.

HOW ABOUT THAT? ALL RIGHT.

SO THAT IS IT FOR ITEMS THAT ARE NOT ON THE AGENDA.

SO NEXT, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO OUR CITY MANAGER REPORT.

[VI. CITY MANAGER REPORT]

FIRST, I'D LIKE TO BRING DAVID REYES TO THE PODIUM.

OUR DIRECTOR OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, TO GIVE YOU A WRAP UP OF OUR ACTIVITIES WITH OUR SISTER CITY, CRYSTAL RIVER.

DAVID AND HIS CREW AND THE EMPLOYEES HAVE DONE THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS HAVE DONE A FANTASTIC JOB OF RENDERING ASSISTANCE TO CRYSTAL RIVER AND THEIR EMPLOYEES.

DAVID. GREAT JOB.

GOOD EVENING. FOR THE RECORD, DAVID REYES, COMMUNITY SERVICES ADMINISTRATOR, DIRECTOR OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.

AND I JUST HAVE A BRIEF UPDATE ON THE LAST TRIP THAT WE DID.

OPERATION SISTER CITY TO WORK WITH CRYSTAL RIVER.

AS YOU KNOW, IN ADDITION TO SENDING RESOURCES TO HELP THE CITY WITH STORM WATER AND PARK CLEANUP.

ONE OF THE EMPLOYEES WAS AFFECTED BY THE STORM.

IN FACT, THIS EMPLOYEE HAD ABOUT THREE FEET OF WATER INSIDE HIS HOME, SO HE LOST EVERYTHING.

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AND I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT WE RAISED IN ABOUT A WEEK CLOSE TO $3,000, WHICH YOU CAN SEE RIGHT HERE IN FRONT OF YOU.

CHRIST FELLOWSHIP.

AGAIN, A GREAT PARTNER, ALWAYS THERE FOR US, DONATED $1,000.

ALL THE CITY EMPLOYEES, OUR CITY COUNCIL TOGETHER PURCHASED A WHOLE LIST OF ITEMS ON AMAZON FOR A TOTAL OF CLOSE TO $1,300.

AND OUR GOLF COURSE CHARITY FUND DONATED ANOTHER 500.

SO COMBINED IS ABOUT $3,000 THAT WE WERE ABLE TO BRING IN TO ASSIST THIS EMPLOYEE AT CRYSTAL RIVER IS AMAZING.

AND THEN THE SPECIAL PART OF THIS WHOLE PROGRAM WAS OUR RIVERSIDE KIDS, IF YOU COULD SEE IN THE PICTURE ON TOP.

OUR RIVERSIDE KIDS WROTE SOME AMAZING NOTES FOR HIM, AND THAT WAS THE SPECIAL PART.

AND THAT WE PUT INSIDE THE CARE BOX AND AND THAT MADE IT REALLY SPECIAL FOR HIM.

ALL THE ITEMS WERE DELIVERED LAST FRIDAY, AND HE RECEIVED EVERYTHING LAST FRIDAY.

AND IN ADDITION TO IT, I JUST WANT TO MAKE ONE SPECIAL THANKS TO TWO EMPLOYEES, DANIEL WITTICH AND JENNIFER NELLY.

UNFORTUNATELY, THEY'RE NOT HERE TONIGHT BECAUSE THEY'RE IN A FOOTBALL GAME WITH THEIR KID.

BUT THEY VOLUNTEERED.

THEY ACTUALLY WENT OUT THERE AND DELIVER ALL THESE ITEMS ON THEIR OWN TIME TO BRING ALL THIS TO THE EMPLOYEE ON TIME.

SO IT WAS A REALLY SPECIAL MOMENT.

EVERYBODY IN THE CITY OUT THERE COULDN'T STOP CRYING BECAUSE IT WAS REALLY SPECIAL MOMENT.

SO I WANT TO THANK THE COUNCIL AGAIN FOR YOUR SUPPORT WITH ALL OF OUR PROGRAMS, INCLUDING THIS ONE.

AND IT WAS A GREAT SUCCESS AND WE'RE DONE WITH OUR MISSION FOR THIS YEAR, HOPEFULLY, SO I'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. EXTRAORDINARY.

THANKS. ONE OF.

ONE OTHER ITEM, IF I MAY.

SENT YOU A MEMORANDUM AT THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING.

YOU ASKED ME TO LOOK INTO A PROCESS IN WHICH WE COULD DONATE TO SCHOOLS THE SUM OF $5,000, AND HOW WE COULD COME UP WITH A PROGRAM TO BE ABLE TO EXPEDITE THAT.

I SENT YOU A MEMORANDUM WHICH BASICALLY OUTLINES THE PROCESS THAT WE WOULD, AT THE COUNCIL'S REQUEST, AT ANY PARTICULAR MEETING YOU WOULD WANT.

WE WOULD ACTUALLY PULL NAMES OUT OF A HAT.

THAT WAY WE HAVE NINE LOCAL PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND EACH EACH NAME THAT WE WOULD PULL OUT WOULD BE ASSOCIATED WITH A YEAR, STARTING WITH THIS YEAR FOR A $5,000 DONATION, PROVIDED THE FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE IN THE BUDGET.

SO THAT'S VERY SIMPLY PUT, AN EASY WAY, AN OBJECTIVE WAY TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THE $5,000 PER YEAR FOR EACH OF THE NINE SCHOOLS OVER NINE YEARS.

SO IF YOU'RE GOOD WITH THAT, WE COULD JUST LET ME KNOW WHEN YOU WANT IT DONE.

WE WILL BRING IT TO THE COUNCIL.

YOU CAN DO IT HERE. AT THE COUNCIL MEETING, WE WOULD ANNOUNCE THAT TO THE SCHOOLS AND INVITE THEM TO ATTEND TO WATCH THE DRAWING IF THEY CHOSE.

BUT THAT'S THE PROCESS WE CAME UP WITH.

AND I'LL AWAIT YOUR DIRECTION.

I ACTUALLY I THINK THAT'S A FABULOUS IDEA.

AND A FUN IDEA, TOO, FOR THE SCHOOLS.

I JUST HAVE ONE REQUEST.

IF THE COUNCIL WOULD CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING YEAR AFTER THE FIRST, WHOEVER WINS THE FIRST DRAW, IF WE COULD REMOVE THE NAME OF THAT ONE.

OH, ABSOLUTELY. YEAH.

NO ONE CAN. THERE'S NO DO OVERS.

YEAH, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE BERT'S LUCK.

THEY'D WIN THE SAME DRAWING EVERY YEAR.

WHAT WE WILL DO.

I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT. WHAT WE WOULD DO IS, THE NIGHT THAT WE PULL THE NAMES, WE'LL PULL ALL OF THEM IN A ROW.

SO HYPOTHETICALLY, LET'S JUST SAY PALM BEACH GARDENS COMES OUT OF THE HAT FIRST.

THEY GET 20 TO 23.

IF DWYER COMES OUT OF THE HAT, SECOND, THEY GET 20 TO 24.

SO WE'LL PULL ALL OF THEM READY TO GO.

SO NOBODY GETS $5,000 A YEAR STRAIGHT FOR NINE YEARS.

IT'LL BE DONE IN ONE MEETING.

ONE MEETING. COULD WE IS THERE ANY TIME OF YEAR THAT WE SHOULD DO THIS? THAT'S HELPFUL FOR THE SCHOOL? PROBABLY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. I THINK.

A MEETING OF THE YEAR.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. YEAH, I THINK I KNOW AT THE END OF THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, THEY HAVE A LOT OF EVENTS AS WELL.

SO THAT WELL, KEEP IN MIND, COUNCIL ROUTINELY HAS OVER THE YEARS MADE CONTRIBUTIONS TO PROJECT GRADUATION, PROJECT GRADUATION THAT WAS FORESTALLED DURING THE COVID ERA.

BUT WE'RE BACK IN BUSINESS NOW, SO THE MONEY IS STILL THERE FOR PROJECT GRADUATION.

PERFECT. ALL RIGHT.

WHATEVER YOU WANT TO DO IS FINE.

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WE'LL. WE'LL HAVE IT PREPARED AND WE'LL NOTIFY THE SCHOOLS AND WE'LL BE READY IN NOVEMBER 2ND NOVEMBER 2ND.

PERFECT. THAT'S EXTRAORDINARY.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND THANK YOU, COUNCIL, FOR YOUR SUPPORT WITH THAT CONSIDERATION.

ALL RIGHT. SO WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA.

[VII. CONSENT AGENDA]

HAS ANYONE HAVE ANYTHING THEY WANT TO PULL OFF OF THE CONSENT TODAY? NO. ALL RIGHT.

SO WE HAVE NOTHING BEING PULLED.

MAY I GET A MOTION, PLEASE? AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.

SECOND. ALL RIGHT, SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? NONE. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ALONG TO OUR PUBLIC HEARINGS, STARTING WITH ORDINANCE 12, 20, 23.

[VIII.a. ORDINANCE 12, 2023 – (1ST READING) CITY-INITIATED LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS AMENDMENT. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 78 - LAND DEVELOPMENT AT ARTICLE V. - SUPPLEMENTARY DISTRICT REGULATIONS, DIVISION 5. - NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENTALLY SIGNIFICANT LANDS, SECTION 78-249. - APPROVAL CRITERIA FOR PROPOSED LAND ALTERATION. TO REMOVE REFERENCES TO THE URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY, AND AT SECTION 78-250. – PRESERVE AREA REQUIREMENTS. TO ALLOW MINOR ALTERATIONS IN PRESERVES; PROVIDING THAT EACH AND EVERY OTHER SECTION AND SUBSECTION OF CHAPTER 78 - LAND DEVELOPMENT SHALL REMAIN IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT AS PREVIOUSLY ADOPTED; PROVIDING A CONFLICTS CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, AND AUTHORITY TO CODIFY; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.]

NON QUASI JUDICIAL.

AND IF THE CLERK COULD PLEASE READ THE TITLE, THE QUASI JUDICIAL STATEMENT MUST BE READ FIRST.

TONIGHT WE ARE HOLDING QUASI JUDICIAL HEARINGS ON THE FOLLOWING CASES.

ORDINANCE 19 2023.

AT FIRST READING A CITY INITIATED PETITION TO REZONE 13.45 ACRES.

RESOLUTION 58 2023, A PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT PUD AMENDMENT.

RESOLUTION 59 2023.

A MAJOR CONDITIONAL USE APPROVAL.

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 WITNESSES WHO TESTIFY TONIGHT.

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

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

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

THE CITY CLERK IS OVER HERE TO MY LEFT, SO WE'LL NEED THOSE CARDS NOW.

IF YOU WOULD LIKE THEM READ IN.

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

IF SO, WILL YOU PLEASE RISE? SO IF YOU HAVE A COMMENT CARD, THIS IS WHEN YOU STAND UP.

YES. EXCELLENT.

THANK YOU. DO YOU SOLEMNLY SWEAR TO TELL THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH, AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH, SO HELP YOU GOD? THANK YOU SO MUCH.

NOW, IF THE CLERK WOULD PLEASE READ THE TITLE ORDINANCE 12 2023.

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 78 LAND DEVELOPMENT AT ARTICLE FIVE, SUPPLEMENTARY DISTRICT REGULATIONS DIVISION FIVE NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENTALLY SIGNIFICANT LANDS.

SECTION 78 249 APPROVAL CRITERIA FOR PROPOSED LAND ALTERATION TO REMOVE REFERENCES TO THE URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY AND ITS SECTION 78 250 PRESERVE AREA REQUIREMENTS TO ALLOW MINOR ALTERATIONS AND PRESERVES, PROVIDING THAT EACH AND EVERY OTHER SECTION AND SUBSECTION OF CHAPTER 78 LAND DEVELOPMENT SHALL REMAIN IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT AS PREVIOUSLY ADOPTED, PROVIDING A CONFLICTS CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE AND AUTHORITY TO CODIFY PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND FOR THE PURPOSES.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, PATTY. I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND OPEN THE HEARING TONIGHT.

WE HAVE A STAFF PRESENTATION.

WELCOME. OUR PLANNING MANAGER, MARTIN FITZ.

GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, I DO HAVE A VERY BRIEF PRESENTATION FOR YOU FOR ORDINANCE 12 2023.

THIS IS A LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS AMENDMENT TO ALLOW MINOR ALTERATIONS IN PLATTED PRESERVES.

JUST A LITTLE BACKGROUND.

THIS WAS THIS ISSUE WAS BROUGHT TO THE CITY'S ATTENTION AS A RESULT OF THE EFFORTS.

NEEDING TO OBTAIN ADDITIONAL RIGHT OF WAY FOR THE INTERCHANGE AT CENTRAL BOULEVARD AND I-95.

AS A RESULT OF THAT, THE RIGHT OF WAY TAKINGS THAT THEY WERE DOING.

SEACOAST UTILITY AUTHORITY IS HAVING TO RELOCATE SOME WATER MAINS AND RECLAIM WATER THAT IS CURRENTLY RUNNING UNDER I-95.

AND SO IN DURING THAT PROCESS, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE THE THAT THEY NEEDED TO ACTUALLY RELOCATE THOSE WITHIN SOME OF THE PLATTED PRESERVES. AND WHILE WORKING WITH STAFF AND SEACOAST, WE WERE ABLE TO GET THE THE AMOUNT OF IMPACT INTO THE PRESERVES AS LITTLE AS POSSIBLE.

HOWEVER, WE THIS AMENDMENT WAS BROUGHT UP TO HELP ENABLE THIS PROCESS.

SO THIS AMENDMENT IS, HOWEVER, CONSISTENT WITH OTHER PROVISIONS WITHIN THE CODE TO ALLOW FOR ALTERATIONS WITHIN PLATTED PRESERVES SUCH AS LIMITED INFRASTRUCTURE, SUCH AS WALKWAYS AND PATHS, AND ALSO ACCESSORY STRUCTURES SUCH AS DRAINAGE FACILITIES.

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EXCUSE ME, FOR THE AS FAR AS THE LIMITED EXPANSION OF PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE BY PUBLIC UTILITIES, WHENEVER THESE ARE COMING IN, THEY'LL HAVE TO BE REVIEWED BY STAFF.

THEY ALSO HAVE TO PROVIDE PUBLIC BENEFITS, NOT JUST FOR A SINGLE PROPERTY OWNER.

THE ALTERATION MUST BE DESIGNED TO HAVE THE MINIMAL IMPACT POSSIBLE.

AND ALSO, IF ANY, ANY DISTURBANCE OF THE GROUND IS REQUIRED, THEY WILL HAVE TO REPLANT WITH GROUNDCOVERS AND NATIVE GRASSES IN ORDER TO PREVENT INVASIVE SPECIES RETURNING TO THE SITE. THIS WAS PRESENTED TO THE PLANNING, ZONING AND APPEALS BOARD AT THE AUGUST 8TH PUBLIC HEARING, AND THEY RECOMMENDED APPROVAL BY A VOTE OF SEVEN ZERO AND STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL AS WELL.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. MARTIN ALL RIGHT.

DOES ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK YET? ALL RIGHT. WE DO NOT HAVE ANY COMMENT CARDS ON THIS ITEM, SO I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE HEARING.

MAY I GET A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE ORDINANCE 12 2023, PLEASE? I'LL MAKE A MOTION ON ORDINANCE 12 2023 ON FIRST READING.

SECOND. OKAY, CARL AND DANA, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

LET'S BRING IT BACK FOR DISCUSSION.

ANYONE HAVE ANYTHING THEY'D LIKE TO CHIP IN ON THIS ONE? ANY COMMENTS, QUESTIONS OR OTHERWISE? ALL RIGHT. I DID HAVE 1 OR 2 QUESTIONS DURING AGENDA REVIEW.

AND WHAT MY.

I'M SORRY, BURT, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING.

OKAY. IT JUST SOUNDED LIKE THIS GAVE US THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESERVE AS MUCH LAND AS POSSIBLE IN MOMENTS LIKE THIS.

SO IT'S A SAFEGUARD TO KEEP THAT THAT GREEN SPACE THAT WE LOVE SO MUCH HERE IN THE CITY AS BEST AS WE CAN IN THESE SITUATIONS.

SO. ALL RIGHT, LET'S NO OTHER DISCUSSION.

LET'S GET A VOTE.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT.

MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU, MA'AM. MOVING RIGHT ALONG TO THE ORDINANCE 18 AND 19 TONIGHT.

[Items VIII.b. & VIII.c.]

SINCE ORDINANCE 19 IS QUASI JUDICIAL, WE WILL DECLARE EX-PARTE AT THIS TIME.

I WILL GO DOWN THE LINE STARTING WITH CARL.

NEGATIVE. DANA ANY EX-PARTE FOR 18 AND 19.

BURT MARCIE ALL RIGHT.

AND I HAVE NONE MYSELF.

AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO ASK THE CLERK TO READ THE TITLE SEPARATELY FOR EACH ONE.

AND THERE WILL BE A SEPARATE VOTE FOR 18.

A SEPARATE VOTE FOR 19.

THIS IS FIRST READING.

YOU GUYS ARE WELCOME TO REMIND ME IF I START TO DO BOTH OF THEM AT THE SAME TIME AND THEY WILL BE SEPARATE HEARINGS FOR ORDINANCE 18 AND ORDINANCE 19 AND WILL INCORPORATE THE PRESENTATIONS AND ALL TESTIMONY INTO THE HEARING.

THANK YOU, PATTY. IF YOU WOULD BE SO KIND AS TO READ THE TITLES ORDINANCE 18, 2023 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA, ADOPTING A SMALL SCALE AMENDMENT TO ITS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FUTURE LAND USE MAP IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE MANDATES SET FORTH IN CHAPTER 163 FLORIDA STATUTES PURSUANT TO APPLICATION NUMBER CPS DASH 20 3-080000 IN ORDER TO CHANGE THE LAND USE DESIGNATION OF 13.45 ACRES, MORE OR LESS, FROM PALM BEACH COUNTY COMMERCIAL HIGH, WITH UNDERLYING HIGH RESIDENTIAL 12 UNITS PER ACRE.

C 12 HIGH RESIDENTIAL 12 UNITS PER ACRE.

SR 12 AND RESIDENTIAL LOW THREE UNITS PER ACRE.

RL THREE TO PALM BEACH GARDENS RESIDENTIAL HIGH.

RH WITH THE MARINA DISTRICT OVERLAY THE SUBJECT PROPERTY BEING LOCATED ON THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE INTERSECTION OF PGA BOULEVARD AND ELLISON WILSON ROAD, PROVIDING FOR COMPLIANCE WITH ALL REQUIREMENTS OF CHAPTER 163 FLORIDA STATUTES, PROVIDING FOR TRANSMITTAL TO THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY, PROVIDING THAT THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY, PROVIDING A CONFLICTS CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE AND AUTHORITY TO CODIFY PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. NOTE TO THE PUBLIC THERE IS A SIGN IN SHEET AT THE FRONT TABLE FOR ANYONE WANTING ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FROM THE DEPARTMENT.

OF EQUAL OPPORTUNITY, ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY TO.

OKAY. THANK YOU. SO WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND OPEN THE HEARING FOR ORDINANCE 18.

WE HAVE A STAFF PRESENTATION TONIGHT FROM PRINCIPAL PLANNER OLIVIA ELLISON.

GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS OLIVIA ELLISON WITH PLANNING AND ZONING.

AND I'LL BE PRESENTING A COMBINED PRESENTATION FOR TWO CITY INITIATED ORDINANCES FOR RECENTLY ANNEXED PROPERTY.

ORDINANCE 18 IS A SMALL SCALE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN LAND USE MAP AMENDMENT TO ASSIGN FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATIONS AND ORDINANCE 19 IS THE COMPANION ZONING DESIGNATION FOR APPROXIMATELY 14.45 ACRES THAT WERE RECENTLY ANNEXED INTO THE CITY.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO MENTION THAT THIS REQUEST IS PRIMARILY AN ADMINISTRATIVE FUNCTION TO ASSIGN CITY LAND USE AND ZONING TO RECENTLY ANNEXED PROPERTY.

A LITTLE BACKGROUND ON THESE AREAS.

ON DECEMBER 14TH, 2022, CITY COUNCIL ADOPTED ORDINANCE 15, APPROVING THE VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION OF A 10.97 ACRE AREA.

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AND ON FEBRUARY 2ND, 2023, THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPTED RESOLUTION SEVEN TO AMEND THAT PROPERTY TO ADD EIGHT DWELLING UNITS AND TO INCREASE THE BUILDING HEIGHT. AND ON JULY 13TH, 2023, CITY COUNCIL ADOPTED ORDINANCE 13, APPROVING THE VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION OF THE 2.48 ACRE AREA IMMEDIATELY SOUTH OF THAT 10.97 ACRE SITE.

AND HERE IS A LOCATION MAP OF THOSE AREAS.

IT'S ON THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF PGA BOULEVARD AND ELLISON WILSON ROAD.

THE CURRENT COUNTY LAND USE IS MIXED COMMERCIAL HIGH WITH UNDERLYING HIGH RESIDENTIAL 12 UNITS PER ACRE, HIGH RESIDENTIAL, 12 UNITS PER ACRE AND RESIDENTIAL LOW THREE UNITS PER ACRE.

THE PROPOSED CITY LAND USE IS RESIDENTIAL HIGH WITH MARINA DISTRICT OVERLAY, AND THE MARINA DISTRICT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE COUNTY APPROVAL.

THE MARINA WAS APPROVED AS AN ACCESSORY USE TO THE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT.

THE CURRENT COUNTY ZONING DESIGNATIONS IS MIXED, IS MIXED AS WELL.

WE HAVE RESIDENTIAL PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT AND MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL.

THE PROPOSED CITY ZONING DESIGNATION IS PUD OVERLAY WITH THE UNDERLYING RESIDENTIAL HIGH ZONING DISTRICT AND STAFF BELIEVES THAT PROVIDING A UNIFIED AND CONSISTENT ZONING DISTRICT FOR CONTIGUOUS PARCELS IS BEST PRACTICE.

AND THESE PETITIONS OR THESE ORDINANCES WERE PUBLICLY NOTICED IN ACCORDANCE WITH CITY CODE, MAILERS, POSTINGS AND NEWSPAPER AD AND STAFF PROVIDED THE PALM BEACH COUNTY INTERGOVERNMENTAL PLAN AMENDMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE IPAQ NOTICE ON AUGUST 30TH OF 2023, AND WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY COMMENTS TO DATE, AND OUR BOARD VOTED 7 TO 0 TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL FOR WHAT'S IN FRONT OF YOU.

AND STAFF ALSO RECOMMENDS APPROVAL.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, OLIVIA.

ALL RIGHT. I DON'T SEE ANYONE TRYING TO SPEAK.

I DO NOT HAVE ANY COMMENT CARDS, SO I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE HEARING ON ORDINANCE 18.

MAY I GET A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE AND BRING IT BACK FOR DISCUSSION? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ORDINANCE 18, 20, 23.

FIRST READING. RIGHT.

SECOND. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, DANA AND BURT.

SO DO WE HAVE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON 18? NOPE. ALL RIGHT.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

ANY OPPOSED MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

IF WE CAN MOVE ON TO ORDINANCE 19.

WE DID ALREADY JUST HAVE THE PRESENTATION.

BUT WE'LL HAVE THE CLERK READ THE TITLE SO WE CAN DO IT SEPARATELY.

ORDINANCE 19 2023 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA REZONING CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY.

SUCH PROPERTY BEING COMPRISED OF 13.5 ACRES IN SIZE, MORE OR LESS, AND LOCATED ON THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE INTERSECTION OF PGA BOULEVARD AND ELLIS AND WILSON ROAD.

PROVIDING THAT THESE PARCELS OF REAL PROPERTY, WHICH ARE MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED HEREIN, SHALL BE REZONED FROM PALM BEACH COUNTY RESIDENTIAL PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT, PUD AND MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL MEDIUM DENSITY TO PALM BEACH GARDENS PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT, PUD OVERLAY WITH AN UNDERLYING ZONING DESIGNATION OF RESIDENTIAL HIGH RH PROVIDING THAT THE ZONING MAP OF THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS BE AMENDED ACCORDINGLY, PROVIDING A CONFLICT CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE AND AUTHORITY TO CODIFY PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, PATTY. SO WE'VE ALREADY DECLARED EX PARTE FOR THIS, AND WE'VE HAD OUR PRESENTATION.

I DON'T SEE ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK.

I DO NOT HAVE ANY COMMENT CARDS, SO I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE HEARING FOR ORDINANCE 19TH MAY GET A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION ON ORDINANCE 19, 20, 23.

FIRST READING. SECOND.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, CARL AND DANA.

DO WE HAVE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON 19? LET'S GO TO VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED MOTION PASSES? FIVE ZERO. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

MOVING ON TO ORDINANCE 28.

IF THE CLERK COULD PLEASE READ THE TITLE ORDINANCE 28 2023 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA AMENDING CHAPTER 62

[VIII.d. ORDINANCE 28, 2023 – (1ST READING) AMENDING CHAPTER 62, STREETS, SIDEWALKS. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 62 - STREETS, SIDEWALKS, AND CERTAIN OTHER PUBLIC PLACES BY ADOPTING NEW SECTION 62-33. ENTITLED “STREETLIGHTS IN NON-CITY-OWNED RIGHTSOF-WAY”; PROVIDING THAT EACH AND EVERY OTHER SECTION AND SUBSECTION OF CHAPTER 62 - STREETS, SIDEWALKS AND CERTAIN OTHER PUBLIC PLACES SHALL REMAIN IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT AS PREVIOUSLY ADOPTED; PROVIDING A CONFLICTS CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, AND AUTHORITY TO CODIFY; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.]

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I THINK OUR CITY MANAGER WILL BE SPEAKING ON THIS.

YOU'RE ALL FAMILIAR WITH THE SITUATION AND THE ISSUE THAT THIS ORDINANCE ADDRESS.

IT'S SORT OF A CLEAN UP THING TO CLARIFY THE FACT THAT THE CITY WILL NOT PAY FOR STREETLIGHTS ON NON CITY OWNED STREETS UNLESS WE HAVE AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT. THANK YOU, SIR.

I DON'T SEE ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK.

I DO NOT HAVE ANY COMMENT CARDS, SO I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE HEARING.

MAY I GET A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE AND BRING IT BACK FOR DISCUSSION?

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FIRST READING. I'LL SECOND.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH, CARL AND MARCY.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION FROM OUR COUNCIL? CRYSTAL CLEAR. ALL RIGHT.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE, AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES. FIVE ZERO.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

MOVING RIGHT ALONG.

RESOLUTION 58.

[VIII.e. *RESOLUTION 58, 2023 – A PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT (PUD) AMENDMENT. A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA, APPROVING AN AMENDMENT TO THE PGA MARINA PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT (PUD) TO ALLOW THE REDEVELOPMENT OF APPROXIMATELY 7.52 ACRES WITH 451 DRY BOAT SLIPS, 20 WET BOAT SLIPS, AND MARINA RETAIL, BOAT AND WATERCRAFT SHOWROOM, AND SHIP STORE USES AND APPROVING A CONDITIONAL USE FOR A COMMERCIAL MARINA ON APPROXIMATELY 7.52 ACRES, THE PGA MARINA PUD BEING GENERALLY LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF PGA BOULEVARD APPROXIMATELY 0.15 MILES EAST OF THE INTERSECTION OF PGA BOULEVARD AND PROSPERITY FARMS ROAD, AS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED HEREIN; PROVIDING FOR CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL; PROVIDING FOR WAIVERS; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.]

RESOLUTION 58 2023, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL, THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA, APPROVING AN AMENDMENT TO THE PGA MARINA PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT PUD TO ALLOW THE REDEVELOPMENT OF APPROXIMATELY 7.52 ACRES, WITH 451 DRY BOAT SLIPS, 20 WET BOAT SLIPS AND MARINA RETAIL BOAT AND WATERCRAFT. SHOWROOM AND SHIP STORE USES AND APPROVING A CONDITIONAL USE FOR COMMERCIAL MARINA ON APPROXIMATELY 7.52 ACRES.

THE PGA MARINA PUD BEING GENERALLY LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF PGA BOULEVARD, APPROXIMATELY 0.15 MILES EAST OF THE INTERSECTION OF PGA BOULEVARD AND PROSPERITY FARMS ROAD, AS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED HEREIN, PROVIDING FOR CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL, PROVIDING FOR WAIVERS, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

OKAY. OKAY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, PATTY. I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND OPEN THE HEARING FOR RESOLUTION 58.

WE'RE GOING TO DECLARE EX PARTE.

I'LL START TO MY RIGHT WITH MARCIE TINSLEY.

I DO HAVE AN EX PARTE.

I SPOKE TO KEN TUMA A FEW TIMES.

PROBABLY THREE TIMES.

OKAY. THANK YOU, BERT.

I SPOKE TO KEN TUMA ONCE AND JUST WANT TO RECOGNIZE ALL THE LETTERS THAT WE RECEIVED VIA EMAIL FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE FOR AND AGAINST, AND THERE WAS SIGNIFICANT NUMBERS.

SO I JUST WANT TO NOTE THAT FOR THE RECORD.

THANK YOU, DANA. I SAW A BRIEF PRESENTATION BY KEN TUMA, THE PGA CORRIDOR ASSOCIATION, ON SEPTEMBER 11TH, AND I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE ALL THE EMAILS AND LETTERS OF SUPPORT AND FOR NON SUPPORT FOR THIS PROJECT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, CARL KEN AS WELL.

BUT I TOOK THE SHORTCUT ROUTE SO I'LL STILL CLAIM HIM AS AN EX PARTE, BUT WE GOT IT DONE.

OKAY. SO I KEN DID REACH OUT TO ME, BUT I DID NOT CALL BACK.

SO I HAVE NOT SPOKEN TO ANYBODY ABOUT THIS EXCEPT FOR READ THE EMAILS THAT WE'VE RECEIVED FROM PEOPLE IN SUPPORT AND PEOPLE AGAINST AS WELL.

SO WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND HAVE KEN TUMA FROM URBAN DESIGN STUDIO PRESENT TO US TONIGHT.

IT'S TWO ITEMS. THE ONE RESOLUTION BECAUSE THE AGENDA STILL HAS THEM AS TWO SEPARATE ITEMS. OKAY, GOOD.

GOOD EVENING, KEN TOMB WITH URBAN DESIGN STUDIO.

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

33401. I'VE BEEN SWORN IN.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE THIS EVENING.

JUST A FEW HOUSEKEEPING ITEMS BEFORE WE GET STARTED TONIGHT.

AS AS YOU NOTED, THIS IS A QUASI JUDICIAL PROCEEDING AND WE DO INTEND TO PROTECT OUR RIGHTS UNDER THAT QUASI JUDICIAL PROCEEDING WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO CROSS-EXAMINE WITNESSES IF NECESSARY.

ALSO, I'D LIKE TO SUBMIT TO THE RECORD THE RESUMES OF OUR EXPERTS THAT ARE SO THEY'RE ON FILE.

SORRY. A LOT OF PAPER APOLOGIZED.

THE EXPERTS HERE THIS EVENING THAT ARE AVAILABLE FOR YOUR TESTIMONY THIS EVENING IS OUR TRANSPORTATION ENGINEER, WHICH IS CHRIS HAGEN WITH THE FIRM OF KIMLEY-HORN AND ASSOCIATES.

WE HAVE OUR CIVIL ENGINEER, MR. PARISHES, HERE FROM THE FIRM OF SIMMONS AND WHITE.

WE HAVE OUR ARCHITECT.

MS.. BULTMAN IS HERE THIS EVENING.

SHE IS A REGISTERED ARCHITECT.

AND I HAVE TO MY LEFT LAWRENCE SANDS, WHO'S AN URBAN PLANNER AND AICPA PLANNER.

ALSO, WE HAVE OUR CLIENTS AVAILABLE THIS EVENING AND ALSO OUR ATTORNEYS ARE AVAILABLE.

MR. MATHESON IS HERE.

ALSO. THE PRESENTATION THIS EVENING IS GOING TO BE ABOUT 45 MINUTES.

I'M WARNING YOU IN ADVANCE.

I HAVE A LOT OF INFORMATION TO GO THROUGH.

THIS HAS BEEN A SIGNIFICANT PROJECT.

IT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR MANY YEARS.

AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THIS PROJECT AND THE DETAIL AND THE THOUGHT PROCESS THAT'S BEEN GONE THROUGH IS PART OF THE RECORD.

I'M GOING TO ASK MR. SCHNELL, WHO'S THE PRESIDENT OF PORT 32, WHO WE REPRESENT THIS EVENING, TO GET UP AND GIVE A QUICK, BRIEF INTRODUCTION OF PORT 32.

THEN I'M GOING TO COME BACK AND BEGIN THE PRESENTATION.

I'M GOING TO TALK FOR ABOUT 15 MINUTES.

MISS SANDS IS GOING TO GET UP.

SHE'S GOING TO WALK THROUGH THE DETAILS OF THE WAIVERS AND AND THE AND THE PROJECT ITSELF.

THEN I'M GOING TO COME BACK AND DO CLOSING.

THANK YOU, MR. SNELL. AND BEFORE YOU BEGIN, IF YOU WANT TO GIVE THE CLERK THOSE RESUMES, MR. CHAIRMAN, SO WE CAN ENTER THOSE AS YOUR COMPOSITE EXHIBIT ONE, TWO, YOUR APPLICATION.

GREAT. THANK YOU. KEN GOOD EVENING.

MAYOR REED COUNCIL MEMBERS.

IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE TO PRESENT THIS EVENING.

THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY AND I HAVE BEEN SWORN IN.

AUSTIN SCHELL, CEO OF PORT 32 MARINAS.

SO A COUPLE OF THINGS ABOUT PORT 32 MARINAS.

WE HAVE EXPERIENCED REDEVELOPING AND REVITALIZING ANTIQUATED FACILITIES SUCH AS THIS ONE ON PGA BOULEVARD.

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WE ARE PRIMARILY MORE THAN DEVELOPERS.

WE ARE LONG TERM OWNER OPERATORS OF MARINAS.

TODAY WE OWN NINE MARINAS ALL IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA AND EMPLOY ABOUT 240 EMPLOYEES.

SECOND IS OUR MISSION AS A COMPANY IS TO PROVIDE OUR SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES WITH ACCESS TO PUBLIC WATERWAYS.

WITHOUT PUBLIC USE OF OUR WATERWAYS, THERE WOULD BE NO REASON TO HAVE MARINAS.

IT'S TRULY OUR REASON FOR BEING IS TO SERVE OUR SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES.

SO WE SEE OURSELVES AS OUR BUSINESS IS ARCHITECTED AROUND SERVING FOUR STAKEHOLDER GROUPS.

ONE IS OUR EMPLOYEES, SECOND IS OUR MEMBERS.

AND THE THIRD AND THE ONE THAT GIVES US THE REASON TO BE HERE IS OUR SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES.

YOU KNOW, WE'VE ALL, I HOPE, BEEN AT THE RIVER HOUSE AND SEEN THIS PROJECT AS WE DROVE THROUGH THE KIND OF AWKWARD ACCESS WAY WHICH WINDS THROUGH OUR FORKLIFT TRAVEL PATH. WE'RE PROUD OF THE TRANSFORMATION THAT THIS PROJECT WOULD ENTAIL.

I THINK NOT ONLY WILL IT BE A MARCIE FACILITY, CERTAINLY THE FLAGSHIP OF OUR PORTFOLIO, WHICH MEETS THE STANDARDS OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, BUT ALSO REALLY SETS A STANDARD FOR WHAT A MARINA CAN BE THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE STATE OF FLORIDA.

SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

MR. SNELL AGAIN, KEN TOUMA WITH URBAN DESIGN.

I'M GOING TO WALK THROUGH A FEW SLIDES HERE.

SO THE REASON WHY WE'RE HERE TODAY IS WHAT SOME OF US KNOW AS PGA MARINA.

BUT IT WAS REBRANDED ABOUT 5 OR 6 YEARS AGO TO PORT 32, AND THAT HAPPENED WHEN MR. SNELL'S COMPANY PURCHASED THE LAND.

SO THE SUBJECT SITE LOCATED IN RED ON THE SCREEN, IN RED, ON THE SCREEN, IN FRONT OF YOU, IN RED, ON THE SCREEN IN FRONT OF YOU IS A 7.52 ACRE PARCEL OF LAND LOCATED WITHIN THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS.

TO THE NORTH IS IS SOVEREIGN HARBOR, THEN MARINA GARDENS.

TO THE NORTHEAST IS SEMINOLE MARINA AND TO THE TO THE WEST IS HARBOR FINANCIAL AREA.

NOT INCLUDED IN THIS APPLICATION IS THE RIVER HOUSE PARCEL.

NOW, THIS SLIDE BEGINS TO SHOW THE HISTORY OF WHAT'S HAPPENED HERE.

THIS HAS BEEN AROUND SINCE THIS MARINA WAS BUILT IN 1973, 50 YEARS AGO WHEN IT WAS BUILT.

IT WAS BUILT BY ONE FAMILY, THE SOVEREIGN FAMILY, WHICH CONTROLLED THE ENTIRE PARCEL OF LAND EXCEPT THE SEMINOLE MARINA.

OVER THE COURSE OF TIME, A LOT OF THINGS HAD HAPPENED IN THIS CORRIDOR.

FIRST, THE HARBOR FINANCIAL CENTER WAS PARCELED OFF AND SOLD TO SOMEONE ELSE.

PRIOR TO THAT, THE DOCKS IN THIS AREA WERE CONDOMINIUMS, MEANING THAT PEOPLE OWN THOSE DOCKS THAT ARE IDENTIFIED IN GREEN AND THEN ALSO THE RIVER HOUSE.

MANY OF YOU MAY REMEMBER IN LATE 1989 WAS CONSTRUCTED AND IT WAS OBVIOUSLY STILL ONE OF THE PREMIER FACILITIES.

BUT WHEN MR. CALENDAR BUILT THIS IN 1989, IT WAS JUST AN ABSOLUTE PHENOMENAL ASSET.

AND MR. STRAUB, THE CURRENT OWNER, HAS DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB OF KEEPING THE RIVER HOUSE TRADITION UP, AND IT BRINGS AN IMPORTANT PART UP ABOUT THIS PROJECT AS SEEN ON THIS AREA, THOSE TWO FOR MANY YEARS, DUE TO THE SALE OF THE PROPERTY, SHARED AN ACCESS POINT.

THIS PROJECT FIXES THAT ACCESS POINT.

I'M GOING TO WALK YOU THROUGH THAT WHEN I GET A LITTLE FURTHER INTO THE PRESENTATION.

WHAT WAS IN FRONT OF YOU THIS EVENING IS AN AMENDMENT TO A PUD, A PLAN UNIT DEVELOPMENT, A PROJECT WHERE THE SITE PLAN IS PART OF THE OVERALL APPROVAL.

THERE ARE 471 BOAT SLIPS.

IN TOTAL, 450 ARE DRY AND 20 ARE WET.

FOR THOSE NON BOATERS OUT THERE, DRY MEANS IT'S IN IRAQ AND IT'S IN A SLIP AND A FORKLIFT COMES AND GETS IT AND PUTS IT IN THE WATER.

20 ARE SLIPS THAT ARE WITHIN THE WATER.

THE CHANGE THIS EVENING, THOUGH, IS 57 DRY SLIPS.

THERE ARE SEVEN WAIVERS.

MISS SANDS IS GOING TO WALK YOU THROUGH THOSE IN DETAIL.

THREE OF THOSE WAIVERS ARE EXISTING CONDITIONS TODAY AND A WAIVER.

THEN THERE ARE ALSO A WAIVER FOR HEIGHT AND A WAIVER FOR PARKING.

ONE OF THE WAIVERS, BY WAY OF EXAMPLE, IS THE EXISTING CONDITION ALONG PGA BOULEVARD.

AS YOU KNOW, YOUR CODE REQUIRES A BUFFER ALONG PGA BOULEVARD.

WE DON'T MEET THAT CRITERIA.

THAT'S AN EXISTING CONDITION.

EVEN TODAY, EVERY UTILITY CROSSES RIGHT IN FRONT OF PGA OR PORT 32, SEACOAST FPL.

THEY ALL CROSS THE INTERCOASTAL RIGHT BY THE CORNER OF THE BRIDGE.

BUT YOU'LL SEE IN THE WAIVER THAT MISS SANDS PRESENTS TO YOU, WE'VE IMPROVED IT WORKING WITH YOUR STAFF.

WE'VE GOT THE AREA A LITTLE BIT BIGGER WHERE WE COULD.

WE ADDED LANDSCAPE.

MY POINT BEING THE WAIVERS THAT ARE IN FRONT OF YOU ARE WAIVERS.

MOST OF THEM ARE FROM EXISTING CONDITIONS.

ALSO, A MAJOR CONDITIONAL USE IS WRAPPED INTO THIS RESOLUTION.

WHEN THIS WAS APPROVED, COMMERCIAL MARINAS DIDN'T REQUIRE A COMMERCIAL.

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IT'S AN EXISTING CONDITION.

SO THE PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM, AGAIN, WE'LL WALK YOU THROUGH THIS SLIDE BY SLIDE.

THERE ARE 425 DRY SLIPS, 20 WET SLIPS THAT ARE THERE TODAY AND THE WATER SLIPS, 12 ARE OPEN AIR AND THOSE ARE ON THE EAST SIDE OF BUILDING B, THERE ARE ALSO 14 SERVICE SLIPS INTERNAL TO THE BUILDING.

THERE'S A SHIP STORE, SHIP STORES LIKE A CONVENIENCE STORE FOR BOATERS.

YOU DON'T DRIVE TO THIS CONVENIENCE STORE.

YOU PULL YOUR BOAT UP TO THIS CONVENIENCE STORE.

IT HAS FUEL.

IT HAS ALL THE NEEDS THAT YOU NEED FOR BOATING.

THERE'S ALSO A DOCK MASTER ON TOP OF THE SHIP STORE.

THE DOCK MASTER IS THE PERSON WHO RUNS THE CONCERT FOR THE FACILITY.

THEY'RE THE CONDUCTOR.

THEY MANAGE ALL THE MOVEMENTS OF THE FORKLIFTS AND THE ACTIVITY THAT OCCUR IN THE AREA.

THERE ARE ALSO 16 SHOWROOMS. THIS IS ALSO SUBJECT TO ONE OF THE WAIVERS TO THOSE 16 SHOWROOMS ARE AIR CONDITIONED SPACE FOR BOATS, FOR SALES.

THE WAY YOUR CODE WORKS AND AGAIN, MISS SANDS WILL GO THROUGH THIS IN DETAIL.

THE WAY YOUR CODE WORKS, WHEN WE USE THE WORD SHOWROOM, IT ARTICULATES AS A SHOWROOM LIKE IT WAS A CITY FURNITURE.

THAT'S NOT WHAT THESE ARE.

THESE ARE AIR CONDITIONED SPACE FOR BOATS.

WE'RE NOT A FURNITURE. YOUR STORE OFFICE.

THERE ARE OFFICE COMPONENTS INTERNAL TO THE BUILDING'S PORT.

32 HAS OFFICES.

THERE'S ALSO MARINE RETAIL BAYS.

THOSE SEVEN BAYS BASICALLY ARE OFFICES AND SERVE FOR THE 16 SHOWROOMS. IT'S WHERE THE SALES OCCUR FOR THESE BOATS.

ON THE SCREEN IN FRONT OF YOU IS A LOT OF NUMBERS.

I'M GOING TO REQUEST THAT YOU LOOK AT THE BOTTOM RIGHT HAND CORNER BECAUSE THESE ARE KIND OF THE BIG CHANGES WE'RE ASKING FOR AN ADDITIONAL 37 EXCUSE ME, AN ADDITIONAL 57 SLIPS AND THE HEIGHT WE'RE REQUESTING AN ADDITIONAL 36FT AND FOUR INCHES FOR WHAT EXISTS TODAY.

THAT IS A TOTAL HEIGHT OF 83FT.

SO THIS IS THE MARINA AS IT EXISTS TODAY.

YOU CAN SEE THE USE OF THE RACKING SYSTEM.

YOU HAVE TWO RACKS AND THREE RACKS OVER HERE.

THIS IS THE FORKLIFT THAT SPLASHES THE BOATS INTO THE WATER.

THIS IS THE EXISTING BUILDING.

INSIDE THAT BUILDING ARE THREE LAYERS OF RACK.

THE NEW BUILDING THAT WE'RE PROPOSING TONIGHT ARE FIVE LAYERS OF RACK.

YOU'LL NOTICE THE EXTERIOR COMPONENT BEING USED, THE EXTERIOR RACKING SYSTEM, THE SERVICE AREA, AND GENERALLY KIND OF THE GENERAL LOOK OF WHAT THIS IS.

THIS IS AN OUTDOOR FACILITY, OUTDOOR MAINTENANCE.

WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING IS TO BRING IT ALL INSIDE.

ALL THE STORAGE WILL BE INSIDE.

IN FACT, EXCEPT FOR TWO SMALL AREAS, ALL THE FORKLIFT TRACKS, ALL THE FORKLIFT TRAFFIC WILL BE INSIDE ALSO.

SO CHANGING THIS DYNAMIC FROM AN EXTERNAL BOATYARD WITH BOATS ALL OVER THE PLACE TO BRING IT ALL INTERNAL WITHIN A BUILDING.

THIS IS THE NEW PROPOSED BUILDING THAT'S IN FRONT OF YOU TONIGHT.

THIS IS A SUBJECT OF OUR REQUEST.

BEAUTIFULLY DONE ARCHITECTURE.

MISS BULTMAN IS IN THE AUDIENCE.

SHE HAS DONE A WONDERFUL JOB.

IT IS VERY BEAUTIFUL.

WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH YOUR STAFF FOR MANY, MANY MONTHS.

COMING UP WITH THIS DESIGN.

LET ME WALK YOU THROUGH SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS AND THEN WE'LL GET INTO THE DETAILS LATER.

FIRST HERE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, EXCUSE ME WHERE MY MOUSE IS, YOU'LL NOTICE THE USE OF GLASS.

SO IT LOOKS LIKE.

SO IT IS INTENDED TO SHOW THE BOATS INTERNAL AND CREATE A NICE EFFECT.

THE USE OF ALL THE AWNINGS.

THIS AREA ON THE GROUND FLOOR.

THAT'S WHERE THE OFFICE RETAIL SPACE IS TO SERVE THOSE 16 SHOWROOM BAYS.

SO 16 SHOWROOM BAYS, EIGHT ON ONE FLOOR, EIGHT ON THE OTHER, AIR CONDITIONED SPACE.

THIS IS THE DROP OFF AREA.

SO WHEN YOU WHEN YOU HAVE YOUR BOAT RESERVED, THIS IS WHERE YOU DROP OFF AND YOUR BOAT IS IN THIS AREA.

AND YOU'LL NOTICE THAT EVERYTHING IS INTERNAL EXCEPT THE SMALL SPACE BETWEEN THE TWO BUILDINGS.

AND THEN OVER HERE IS WHERE THE BOATS DROP OFF.

SO THIS IS IN PLAN VIEW, NOT INCLUDED IN THE RIGHT HAND SIDE.

THIS IS THE LOCATION OF THE RIVER HOUSE.

THE RIVER HOUSE IS ITS OWN APPROVAL.

WE HAVE A PARTLY AS PART OF THIS APPLICATION, WE DO HAVE AN ADMINISTRATIVE AMENDMENT BECAUSE WE'RE AMENDING THE RIVER HOUSE'S APPLICATION ALSO TO ALLOW FOR ACCESS.

SO WHILE IT'S NOT SUBJECT TO YOU THIS EVENING, WE DO AMEND THEIR THEIR ACCESS POINT ALSO.

SO ON THE SCREEN IN FRONT OF YOU, YOU'LL NOTICE THREE BUILDINGS BUILDING A IS THE SHIP STORE AND THE DOCK MASTER STORE.

BUILDING B IS A STORAGE FACILITY, AND BUILDING C IS A STORAGE FACILITY.

SO IF YOU HAVE A BOAT, IF YOUR BOAT IS ON A RACK HERE IN BUILDING C, THE FORKLIFT COMES IN THROUGH BUILDING B, IT DOESN'T GO OUTSIDE, IT COMES IN THROUGH BUILDING

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C, PULLS YOUR BOAT OUT, BRINGS IT THROUGH BUILDING B AND SPLASHES IT IN THE WATER.

I'M NOT A BOATER.

MR. VINCENT IS HERE WHO IS AN EXPERT ON THIS AND EXPLAIN IT IN MORE DETAIL.

BUT THAT IS HOW THIS FACILITY IS GOING TO WORK.

THE NEXT THING IS PROBABLY IN MY MIND.

I'VE BEEN GOING TO RIVER HOUSE FOR 30 YEARS.

RIGHT. SO AS YOU KNOW, THOSE OF YOU WHO'VE GONE TO THE RIVER HOUSE, IT IS A QUIRKY ACCESS POINT GOING RIGHT THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF A WORKING WATERFRONT.

THERE ARE FORKLIFTS DRIVING THROUGH THERE.

THERE ARE BOATS, THERE ARE BOATS BEING MOVED.

THERE'S MAINTENANCE.

EVERYTHING IS HAPPENING IN THAT AREA.

A FEW YEARS AGO, WE MADE IT A BIT BIGGER, A BIT BETTER WITH SOME ARMS GOING DOWN, BUT IT'S STILL IN THE MIDDLE OF A WORKING INDUSTRIAL SITE.

THIS PLAN, ONE OF THE PUBLIC BENEFITS FOR THIS PLAN, A CHANGE, IS THAT ACCESS POINT IN RED ON THE SCREEN IN FRONT OF YOU IS THE EXISTING RIVER HOUSE ACCESS POINT OVERLAID WITH OUR SITE PLAN.

THIS IS THE NEW ACCESS POINT GOING AROUND THE BUILDING TO THE WEST, ALL THE WAY TO THE RIVER HOUSE, CREATING A SEPARATE, DISTINCT ROAD NETWORK FOR THE RIVER HOUSE ASIDE AND AWAY FROM OUR BUILDING.

THIS IS A SEVEN YEAR OR EXCUSE ME, ABOUT FIVE YEARS IT'S TAKEN TO ACCOMPLISH THIS.

THE OWNERS, THERE'S OWNERS, THERE'S EASEMENTS, THERE'S RIGHTS.

I GIVE MR. STRAUB, WHO I BELIEVE IS IN THE AUDIENCE, AND MR. SNELL, A LOT OF CREDIT TO BE ABLE TO COME UP AND FINALLY RESOLVE THIS MATTER THAT MAX FRICKER AND FRANK CALENDAR PUT IN PLACE 30 YEARS AGO WHEN THE RIVER HOUSE WAS BUILT.

THEY WORKED REALLY DILIGENTLY.

THIS EASEMENT IS AN EASEMENT THAT IS NOT TERMINATING.

IT IS AN EASEMENT THAT IS CONTROLLED BY BOTH PARTIES AND THAT WILL FOREVER PROVIDE ACCESS TO THE RIVER HOUSE.

ON THIS SCREEN IS ACCESS, CIRCULATION AND DROP OFF.

FIRST, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT ACCESS, AND MR. HAGEN IS IN THE AUDIENCE, OUR PROFESSIONAL TRANSPORTATION ENGINEER.

HE CAN ANSWER ANY MORE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS.

BUT JUST REAL QUICK, THE THIS ENTRANCE POINT HERE, THE RIGHT IN, RIGHT OUT ENTRANCE POINT THAT EXISTS TODAY IS 50FT MORE THIS WAY.

WE'VE MOVED IT FURTHER WEST TO HELP THAT ACCESS POINT WHERE YOU COME DOWN FROM THE BRIDGE AND THAT DRIVEWAY IS RIGHT THERE.

MOVE IT FURTHER WEST.

ALSO CREATING STACKING THE FULL ENTRANCE POINT, WHICH IS THE ACCESS POINT TODAY, THE HARBOR FINANCIAL CENTER AND THE RIVER HOUSE, WHICH HAS THE LEFT TURN LANE OFF OF PGA BOULEVARD, THAT IT MEETS ALL THE STACKING REQUIREMENTS.

WE'VE IMPROVED THAT INTERSECTION, BOTH FOR BOTH FOR OUR PROJECT, BUT ALSO FOR HARBOR FINANCIAL CENTER AND THE RIVER HOUSE.

WE'VE MADE SOME MODIFICATIONS TO ALLOW TRUCK TRAFFIC TO WORK A LITTLE BIT BETTER AND ALSO TO PROVIDE THAT DIRECT ACCESS TO THE RIVER HOUSE.

SO IF YOU'RE COMING TO PGA MARINA, HOW DO YOU IF YOU'RE COMING.

SORRY, SORRY. ALSO, IF YOU COME TO PORT 32, HOW DO YOU GET THERE? PORT 32, YOU TURN LEFT, YOU'RE TURNING LEFT.

I COME INTO THE BUILDING, I FOLLOW THE BLUE DOTS, AND THEN I COME TO THIS ROUNDABOUT AND I DROP OFF MY, MY, MY EQUIPMENT FOR FISHING OR WHATEVER I MAY BE DOING ON MY BOAT FOR A DAY. AND THEN I GO PARK WITHIN THE FACILITY.

IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO NOTE, PREVIOUSLY THIS SITE HAD A WAIVER FOR PARKING FOR THE BOAT SLIPS.

WE DO NOT HAVE A WAIVER FOR PARKING FOR THE BOAT SLIPS.

WE HAVE MET YOUR CITY'S CODE.

THIS REDO HAS ALLOWED US TO ACHIEVE THAT.

OKAY. I'M GOING TO ASK MISS SANDS TO GO THROUGH THE DETAILS AND THEN I'M GOING TO COME BACK UP.

THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

FOR THE RECORD, LAWRENCE SANDS WITH URBAN DESIGN STUDIO HERE TONIGHT ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT AND I HAVE BEEN SWORN IN.

THANK YOU, KEN, FOR KICKING US OFF.

MY JOB TONIGHT IS REALLY TO TRY TO SIMPLIFY A LOT OF THE TECHNICAL ASPECTS OF THIS PROJECT.

AS KEN MENTIONED, THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN IN PROCESS FOR OVER FIVE YEARS WITH THE CITY.

WE'VE WORKED VERY DILIGENTLY WITH STAFF TO TRY TO WORK THROUGH ALL THE UNIQUE SITE CONSTRAINTS THAT PJ MARINA AND PORT 32 HAVE FACED THROUGHOUT THAT TIMELINE.

WE'RE GOING TO START OVER ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE SCREEN WITH BUILDING A, WHICH IS THE SMALLEST OF OUR THREE BUILDINGS.

THIS IS OUR SHIP STORE AND DOCK MASTER BUILDING LOCATED RIGHT OFF OF THE INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY.

THIS BUILDING IS APPROXIMATELY 5500FT² WITH 2300FT² ON THE FIRST FLOOR FOR YOUR SHIP STORE.

THIS IS A CONVENIENCE STORE, BUT IT'S NOT YOUR TYPICAL CONVENIENCE STORE THAT YOU WOULD DRIVE UP TO IF YOU WERE OFF OF PGA BOULEVARD OR NORTHLAKE.

LET'S SAY. THIS IS SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED TO BE ACCESSED FROM THE INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY, WHETHER YOU'RE GETTING ON OR OFF YOUR BOAT FOR THE DAY OR WHETHER YOU'RE REFUELING AT THE EXISTING FUELING STATIONS.

THIS BUILDING WAS ALSO DESIGNED TO ACTIVATE THE INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY BY PROVIDING ADDITIONAL PUBLIC AREAS THAT ARE MUCH NICER THAN WHAT'S OUT THERE TODAY.

THERE'S ADDITIONAL RESTROOMS TO SERVE THE PATRONS WHO ARE ARRIVING VIA BOAT, AND THE FUELING STATIONS ARE BEING IMPROVED AS PART OF THAT AS WELL.

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IF YOU WERE FACING KIND OF SOUTHWEST, THE SHIP STORE IN FRONT OF YOU SHOWS THE THE SHIP STORE DOCK MASTER BUILDING SHOWS THE SHIP STORE ON THE FIRST FLOOR WITH THE TWO FUELING STATIONS IN FRONT OF IT.

DIRECTLY ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE BUILDING IS YOUR PUBLIC AREAS.

THERE'S SEATING AND LANDSCAPING AS WELL AS IN THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING DIRECTLY BEHIND BUILDING A ARE YOUR 12 OPEN RACK SYSTEMS THAT CAN MENTION AT THE BEGINNING WILL GET A VIEW IN JUST A MOMENT HERE WHERE YOU CAN SEE HOW THAT INTERACTS WITH THE REST OF THE SITE WITHIN THIS LAUNCH AREA.

BEHIND THOSE OPEN RACKS IS BUILDING B, WHICH I'M GOING TO WALK YOU FULLY THROUGH BUILDINGS B AND C AS WELL.

TO THE LEFT OF THE SCREEN HERE, JUST UNDER THIS FLAG IS THE EXISTING LAUNCH AREA THAT'S STAYING IN THE SAME PLACE THAT IT IS TODAY WITH THE DOCKS REMAINING IN THE SAME LOCATION.

THIS EMBANKMENT THAT YOU SEE IS PGA BOULEVARD MOVING ON TO BUILDING B, WHICH IS WEST OF BUILDING A, YOU HAVE YOUR YOUR OPEN RACK SYSTEMS HERE, WHICH WILL GET A NICE VIEW IN JUST A MOMENT FROM SEASONS 52.

BUILDING B IS THE FIRST OF OUR TWO STORAGE BUILDINGS.

AND DIRECTLY TO THE SOUTH OF THAT IS THAT DROP OFF AREA THAT KEN WALKED US THROUGH JUST A MOMENT AGO.

THIS BUILDING CAN HOLD 176 DRY STORAGE SLIPS WITHIN ITS WALLS.

THE OTHER COMPONENT OF BUILDING B IS THE SHOWROOM, WHICH CAN ACCOMMODATE 16 SHOWROOM BAYS, EIGHT ON THE FIRST FLOOR AND EIGHT ON THE SECOND FLOOR.

THESE WERE PLACED SPECIFICALLY ADJACENT TO PGA BOULEVARD, WHERE THEY COULD BE VISIBLE.

KEN POINTED OUT WHERE WE HAVE THOSE WINDOWS AND WE'LL SEE SOME RENDERINGS HERE.

BUT THAT WAS DESIGNED TO CREATE THAT TRANSPARENCY AND THAT SENSE OF ARRIVAL WHEN YOU'RE HEADING WESTBOUND OR EASTBOUND ON PGA BOULEVARD.

THEY WERE PUT THERE INTENTIONALLY TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENTS AS WELL INTO AND TO PREVENT, FRANKLY, THE BOAT BARN LOOK THAT WE HAVE OUT THERE TODAY.

THIS IS A VIEW IF YOU'RE HEADING WESTBOUND ON PGA BOULEVARD, IF YOU'RE COMING OFF OF THE BRIDGE, WANT TO POINT OUT HERE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE IS THE BOAT BARN SLIDING DOOR TO THE LEFT.

HERE IS YOUR SHOWROOM BAYS.

SO I'M GOING TO POINT OUT THE FIRST FLOOR HERE ON THE BOTTOM.

IF YOU'RE FOLLOWING MY MOUSE, IT'S ON THE BOTTOM PORTION OF THE SCREEN.

THEN YOU HAVE THE SECOND FLOOR.

THAT IS WHERE YOUR SHOWROOM SPACE IS LIMITED AND THAT COVERS THE ENTIRE FRONTAGE ALONG PGA BOULEVARD WITHIN BUILDING B FLOORS, THREE THROUGH FIVE. ON THE FRONT PORTION ARE STORAGE.

AND THEN ON THE BACK SIDE OF THAT BUILDING, IT IS FIVE RACKS OF STORAGE WITH THE DRIVE AISLE IN THE MIDDLE OF BUILDING B, A FEW THINGS I WANT TO POINT OUT HERE ARE THE IMPROVED LANDSCAPING FROM WHAT'S OUT THERE TODAY.

CURRENTLY, THE BUFFER THAT EXISTS WHICH WE ARE REQUESTING A WAIVER FOR, THE BUFFER IS BEING IMPROVED AND WE WORKED CLOSELY WITH STAFF TO FRANKLY COME UP WITH SOME UNIQUE ALTERNATIVES TO PROVIDE A UNIQUE LANDSCAPING HERE, FAR IN EXCESS OF WHAT WOULD NORMALLY BE PROVIDED IN THIS AREA.

WE'RE UTILIZING FAUX PLANTINGS AS WELL AS REAL PLANTINGS ON THE BUILDING ITSELF TO CREATE THAT ADDITIONAL GREEN EFFECT.

AS YOU COME ACROSS THE BRIDGE ON PGA BOULEVARD, THIS IS A VIEW FROM SEASONS 52 PICTURE.

IF YOU WERE HAVING DINNER LOOKING ACROSS TO THE WEST, WE'RE GOING TO START ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE SCREEN HERE.

THIS IS THE EXISTING RIVER HOUSE RESTAURANT AND TIKI BAR.

DIRECTLY TO THE LEFT OF THAT IS THE SHIP STORE AND DOCK MASTER BUILDING, AS WELL AS THE TWO FUELING STATIONS.

YOUR OPEN RACK SYSTEM HERE CAN ACCOMMODATE 12 RACKS.

THESE ARE MOSTLY UTILIZED FOR STAGING WITH THE FIRST TWO UTILIZES WASH RACKS.

IF PATIENTS CHOOSE, PATRONS CHOOSE TO DO SO.

THE OPEN DOOR SYSTEM HERE.

THIS IS WHERE ANY AND EVERY BOAT THAT IS BEING STORED AT THIS MARINA WILL COME IN AND OUT OF THIS DOOR, COMPLETELY CLOSES AT NIGHT, CLOSES DURING HURRICANES OR ANY OTHER CONDITIONS. BUT EVERY BOAT BEING STORED AT THIS FACILITY WILL BE BEHIND.

OWNED THIS STORE AS WELL AS THE DOOR AND BUILDING.

SEE, THIS IS THE EXISTING LAUNCH AREA THAT IS REMAINING UNCHANGED AS PART OF THIS APPLICATION.

A LITTLE BIT HARD TO SEE HERE, BUT THERE IS A GATED ACCESS WAY HERE.

THAT IS AT THE END OF THE DROP OFF THAT KEN WALKED US THROUGH.

DIRECTLY NEXT TO THAT IS THE PEDESTRIAN ACCESS.

SO WHEN PEOPLE ARE DROPPED OFF AT PORT 32, THEY WOULD COME OUT TO THIS LAUNCH AREA TO GET ON THEIR BOAT FOR THE DAY.

MOVING ON TO BUILDING C, WHICH IS THE LARGEST OF OUR THREE BUILDINGS ON THIS SITE.

IT CAN ACCOMMODATE 249 DRY SLIPS.

IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THIS BUILDING IS COMPLETELY ENCOMPASSING THE ENTIRE OUTDOOR AREA THAT'S OUT THERE TODAY.

THE FOOTPRINT OF THIS BUILDING IS ESSENTIALLY MIMICKING WHERE THE RACKS ARE TODAY.

ALSO INSIDE OF BUILDING C ARE 14 SERVICE LIFTS.

THE SERVICE TODAY IS MOSTLY OUTSIDE.

SO ALL OF THAT IS COMING INSIDE INTO THE FIRST FLOOR OF BUILDING C.

THE OTHER COMPONENT OF BUILDING C THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO NOTE IS THERE'S TWO TYPES OF OFFICE.

THE FIRST TYPE OF OFFICE ARE SEVEN MARINE RELATED SALES.

I'M USING AIR QUOTES IF YOU CAN SEE THEM FOR A REASON, BECAUSE IT'S REALLY AN OFFICE COMPONENT AND THIS OFFICE COMPONENT FUNCTIONS DIRECTLY WITH THE SHOWROOM.

SO THE SHOWROOM IN BUILDING B CAN HOLD UP TO 16 SHOWROOM BOATS.

AND IN BUILDING C, LET'S SAY I'M GOING TO USE KEN TUMA AS AN EXAMPLE RIGHT NOW.

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HE WANTS TO BUY A BOAT.

HE'S GOING TO COME ON TO THE SITE.

HE'S GOING TO GO TO ONE OF THE SEVEN RETAIL BAYS IN BUILDING C, HE'S GOING TO GO SEE MIKE VINCENT.

LET'S CALL HIM, AND HE'S GOING TO SAY, HEY, I WANT TO BUY A BOAT.

MIKE VINSON, THE OPERATOR OF THE MARINA, IS GOING TO WALK HIM OVER TO BUILDING B, THEY'RE GOING TO GO LOOK AT THE BOATS.

IF KEN TUMA DECIDES TO BUY ONE, THEY WILL GO BACK OVER TO BUILDING C TO FINALIZE THAT TRANSACTION.

HOPEFULLY, HE DOES DECIDE TO BUY A BOAT, BUT THAT'S HOW THOSE TWO USES FUNCTION TOGETHER BETWEEN BUILDINGS B AND C, WE DO PARK THOSE SEVEN MARINE RELATED SALES AS A RETAIL COMPONENT.

WE ARE REALLY OVER PARKING THAT BETWEEN THAT AND THE SHOWROOM SPACE.

BUT I'M GOING TO WALK US THROUGH THE SHOWROOM CALCULATION IN JUST A LITTLE BIT.

THE OTHER PORTION OF OFFICE IN BUILDING C IS FOR PORT 32 OFFICES.

THERE'S ABOUT 1300 SQUARE FEET, AND IT'S SPREAD JUST THROUGHOUT THE BUILDING WHERE THEY NEEDED THEM FUNCTIONALLY.

THIS IS A VIEW OF BUILDING C FROM ACROSS THE WATER.

THIS IS NORTH, TAKEN FROM MARINA GARDENS, FACING SOUTHWARD TO THE NEW BUILDING.

THIS IS TAKEN FROM ABOUT 30FT IN THE AIR.

AND I WANT TO POINT OUT THE DISTANCE BETWEEN WHERE THIS PICTURE WAS TAKEN.

AND THE CLOSEST PINCH POINT OF THIS WALL IS A FOOTBALL FIELD AWAY.

IT'S ABOUT 300FT.

THE BOATS THAT YOU SEE HERE ARE THE EXISTING BOATS THAT ARE OUT THERE TODAY.

THIS PICTURE IS FROM ABOUT THREE MONTHS AGO.

THE RENDERING WAS SUPERIMPOSED INTO HERE.

TO GIVE CONTEXT TO WHAT THIS AREA WOULD LOOK LIKE, I WANT TO POINT OUT THE PALM TREES ALONG THIS BUFFER HERE JUST NORTH OF THAT RELOCATED ROADWAY.

THOSE ARE EXISTING PALMS ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF YOUR SCREEN HERE.

THIS IS YOUR ENTRANCE OFF OF PGA, THAT EXISTING ENTRANCE OFF OF PGA CONNECTING TO THE REDESIGNED NORTHERN ROADWAY, EVENTUALLY LEADING TO THE RIVER HOUSE OFF TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE SCREEN. OTHER THINGS I WANT TO POINT OUT HERE ARE THE ADDITIONAL ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENTS.

ALTHOUGH THIS BUILDING IS FUNCTIONALLY A MARINA, WE ARE PROVIDING FOUR SIDED ARCHITECTURE ON ALL THREE BUILDINGS THROUGHOUT THIS SITE.

THE USE OF WINDOWS AND LOUVERS ON HERE TO CREATE THAT TRANSPARENCY ON ALL FOUR SIDES OF THE BUILDING.

THE USE OF ADDITIONAL SIDING ON THE FIRST FLOOR TO CREATE THAT BREAK IN THE BUILDING, THAT VISUAL BARRIER, AS WELL AS ADDITIONAL LANDSCAPING AND FOUNDATION PLANTINGS ALONG THE ENTIRE BUILDING ON ALL FOUR SIDES.

THE PORTION I WANT TO POINT OUT SPECIFICALLY IS THIS CANTILEVER PORTION ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE SCREEN.

WE'LL GET SOME RENDERING VIEWS OF THAT AS YOU'RE DRIVING IN FROM PGA BOULEVARD, BUT WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT FROM AN ARCHITECTURAL PERSPECTIVE.

NOW, THIS WAS A FUNCTIONAL CHOICE AS WELL AS AN ARCHITECTURAL CHOICE TO PROVIDE THAT SPECIAL INTEREST NOT ONLY FROM THIS VIEW, BUT FROM PGA BOULEVARD AS WELL.

THE WINDOWS WERE PROVIDED TO BE EXTRA LARGE SO THAT YOU COULD SEE THE BOATS THAT ARE BEING STORED WITHIN THAT AREA.

THERE IS ALSO PARKING AND A DRIVEWAY UNDERNEATH THIS CANTILEVER PORTION.

THIS IS THAT OTHER VIEW OF BUILDING C, THIS IS THE EXISTING ENTRANCE TO THE RIVER HOUSE.

SO IF YOU PICTURE GOING THERE TODAY, WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE IS ABOUT AN 18 TO 20 FOOT HIGH, LOW QUALITY FICUS HEDGE.

THIS IS WHAT THAT VIEW WOULD BE REPLACED WITH.

IF YOU CONTINUE THE PGA BOULEVARD OFF TO THE RIGHT HERE, THIS IS THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF BUILDING C, THE CANTILEVER PORTION, AS YOU CAN SEE IN GREEN WALL UNDERNEATH USE OF LARGE WINDOWS, WOOD ELEMENTS, ADDITIONAL WINDOWS TO SHOW THE BOATS STORED ALONG PGA BOULEVARD.

AND ON THE FIRST FLOOR HERE ARE THOSE RETAIL MARINE RELATED SALE OFFICES.

THIS ROADWAY, IF YOU WERE TO CONTINUE STRAIGHT HERE, WOULD EVENTUALLY TURN TO THE RIGHT WHERE YOU CAN TRAVEL TO THE RIVER HOUSE.

THIS MARINA IS A UNIQUE USE, AND IT REQUIRES US TO LOOK AT IT DIFFERENTLY THAN HOW WE LOOK AT OTHER COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES.

AND WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE DO HAVE TO REQUEST MULTIPLE WAIVERS FOR THIS PROJECT.

THREE OF THESE ARE EXISTING CONDITIONS, AND I'M GOING TO WALK YOU THROUGH WHAT THOSE EXISTING CONDITIONS ARE.

WE ARE ABLE TO IMPROVE SOME OF THOSE AS PART OF THIS PROJECT.

AND THE THE OTHER REMAINING ONES ARE REALLY BASED ON OPERATIONAL CONCERNS FOR THE MARINA.

THE FIRST WAIVER THAT'S BEING REQUESTED IS FOR THE SIDE SETBACK ALONG THE INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY.

THIS IS FOR THE EXISTING DOCKS THAT ARE THERE TODAY.

IT'S REALLY MORE OF A CODE STIPULATION.

IT REQUIRES 15FT, WHICH IS NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO PROVIDE WITH DOCKS ALONG THE INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY.

SO AS WE COME IN FOR THIS PUD AMENDMENT, IT'S JUST SOMETHING WE'RE PUTTING ON THE RECORD TO TO REFLECT.

THE NEXT WAIVER THAT'S BEING REQUESTED IS FOR HEIGHT.

THE EXISTING BOAT BARN THAT'S OUT THERE TODAY IS 46.6FT IN HEIGHT, AND WE ARE REQUESTING AN 83 FOOT HIGH BUILDING ACROSS BUILDINGS B AND C BUILDING A MEETS THE HEIGHT REQUIREMENTS.

THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ALLOWS 90FT IN HEIGHT IN TOTAL.

THE THIRD WAIVER THAT'S BEING REQUEST IS FOR AN ADDITIONAL SIGN ON THE SHIP STORE.

I SHOWED YOU A FEW DIFFERENT ANGLES OF THE SHIP STORE, BUT ESSENTIALLY THIS IS A SAFETY CONCERN AND A SAFETY REQUEST BECAUSE THE SHIP STORE IS DESIGNED TO BE ACCESSED FROM THE INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY.

BOTH THE SIGN FOR THE SHIP STORE AND THE DOCK MASTER ARE LOCATED ON THE EAST FACADE ALONG THE INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY.

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AS I MENTIONED, THE LAUNCH AREA IS WHERE ALL THE FORKLIFTS ARE COMING.

IT'S WHERE ALL THE PEDESTRIANS ARE GETTING ON AND OFF THEIR BOAT.

SO WE'D LIKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THAT ADDITIONAL DOCK MASTER SIGN FOR SAFETY IN CASE ANY OF THOSE PEOPLE HAVE TO LOCATE THE DOCK MASTER.

THE FOURTH WAIVER THAT'S BEING REQUESTED IS AN EXISTING CONDITION.

THIS IS THE PGA BOULEVARD LANDSCAPE BUFFER.

THE CODE REQUIRES 20FT, AND WHAT'S OUT THERE TODAY IS A LOW QUALITY BUFFER RANGING IN JUST A FEW FEET.

ALMOST HALF OF THAT IS WHAT'S OUT THERE TODAY.

AS KEN MENTIONED, EVERY UTILITY THAT COULD POSSIBLY BE HERE CROSSES UNDER THE PGA BRIDGE AND UNDER THE INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY AT THIS LOCATION.

DUE TO THOSE CONSTRAINTS, WE WORKED WITH STAFF TO PROVIDE SOME UNIQUE OPPORTUNITIES FOR LANDSCAPING, BOTH IN THE FORM OF MOVABLE PLANTERS ALONG THE BUFFER WHERE POSSIBLE, AS WELL AS LANDSCAPING ON THE BUILDING ITSELF.

WE ARE PROVIDING THE REQUIRED LANDSCAPING WHERE WE CAN.

THE FIFTH WAIVER THAT'S BEING REQUESTED IS ALSO AN EXISTING CONDITION.

WE ARE REQUESTING TO REDUCE THE PARKING SPACE WITH FROM THE TEN FEET THAT'S REQUIRED IN THE CODE TO NINE AND 9.5FT SPACES.

THIS IS WHAT IS OUT THERE TODAY.

THIS IS WHAT THE MARINA HAS OPERATED WITH AS THEIR 50 YEARS HERE IN THE CITY.

AND IT WORKS FOR THEM OPERATIONALLY AND THEY'D LIKE TO REQUEST THAT AGAIN.

AND THIS DOES REQUIRE ADDITIONAL OPEN SPACE, WHICH WE FAR EXCEED AS PART OF THIS PROJECT.

THE SHOWROOM PARKING CALCULATION IS THE NEXT WAIVER.

BEAR WITH ME HERE. THERE'S GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT OF TECHNICAL INFORMATION, SO I'M GOING TO TRY TO GO THROUGH IT AS SMOOTHLY AS I CAN.

BUT WE ARE REQUESTING A CUSTOM SHOWROOM PARKING RATE FOR ONE PARKING SPACE PER SHOWROOM BAY THAT'S BEING PROVIDED.

AND THIS IS ONLY IN BUILDING B, AGAIN, THE EIGHT ON EACH FLOOR.

THE CITY CODE REQUIRES ONE PARKING SPACE PER 500FT², AND THAT IS ESSENTIALLY FOR A FURNITURE STORE, AS KEN MENTIONED, AS CITY FURNITURE LA-Z-BOY. AND THAT'S JUST NOT WHAT THIS USE REQUIRES, ESPECIALLY WORKING IN TANDEM WITH THE MARINE RELATED SALES.

IN BUILDING C, WE PROVIDING THE CODE REQUIRED PARKING HERE.

JUST IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE LOGISTICALLY, FUNCTIONALLY FOR ANYONE.

AND THAT IS WHY WE PROVIDED THIS CUSTOM PARKING RATE WITH CHRIS HAGEN, WHO'S IN ATTENDANCE TO SPEAK TO THAT AS WELL.

THE LAST WAIVER THAT'S BEING REQUESTED IS FOR LOADING SPACES.

THE CITY CODE HAS IT BASED OFF OF A NON RESIDENTIAL SQUARE FOOTAGE CALCULATION.

ESSENTIALLY, THIS ENTIRE SITE IS A LOADING ZONE AND WE ARE ENCLOSING THAT AND PUTTING THOSE LOADING ZONES WITHIN BUILDINGS.

BUT IN THE EVENT THERE ARE EVER DID NEED TO BE A LOADING SITUATION OCCURRING ON THIS SITE, WE ARE PROVIDING ONE WITHIN THE LAUNCH AREA.

THIS IS PROVIDED BEHIND A GATED ACCESS WAY HERE AND FUNCTIONALLY IT MEETS THE NEEDS OF POOR 32 AT THIS POINT.

I WILL PASS THE PRESENTATION BACK OVER TO KEN.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU, LAUREN. GOOD EVENING AGAIN.

AND JUST FOR THE RECORD, I HOPE THEY SELL KAYAKS FOR ME, AS MS..

SANSA CLEARLY WANTED ME TO BUY A BOAT, BUT I DON'T THINK I'LL BE ABLE TO PURCHASE A BOAT THERE.

OKAY, COMMUNITY OUTREACH.

I'M GOING TO SPEND ABOUT FIVE MINUTES ON THIS, MR. MATHIESON. MR. MATHESON IS ALSO GOING TO COME UP.

WE HAVE HAD INFORMAL MEETINGS OVER THE YEARS WITH ANYBODY WHO'S WANTED TO MEET WITH US ON THIS PROJECT.

SEVERAL HARBOR HARBOR FINANCIAL CENTER BUSINESS, MARINA GARDENS AND OTHER INTERESTED RESIDENTS.

THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE WHEN MR. SNELL PURCHASED THIS PROPERTY.

HE'S INVESTED A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY IN IT TO MAKE IT BETTER, BUT IT'S AN INDUSTRIAL OUTDOOR USE.

YOU CAN SEE THE BOATS SPRAYED OR SPREAD THROUGHOUT IT.

IT'S NOT WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TODAY, BUT THAT'S WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE WHEN HE PURCHASED THE PROPERTY.

THIS IS THE FIRST PLAN THAT WE PRESENTED, THE MARINA GARDENS.

I WASN'T THERE.

MISS BOOTH AND MR. MATHESON WERE THERE. MISS BOOTH, AS YOU KNOW, HAS RETIRED, I BELIEVE.

THEY LAUGHED US OUT OF THE ROOM.

AND BUT ONE OF THE TAKEAWAYS THAT I HEARD FROM MR. MATHESON AND MISS BOOTH WAS MURNAGHAN SAID, PUT IT IN A BUILDING.

SO THAT'S WHAT WE DID.

WE ENCLOSED THE STRUCTURE AND THAT'S WHERE THIS BUILDING CAME FROM.

NOW, IT'S NOT PERFECT.

THERE IS NO DOUBT THERE'S GOING TO BE A DEBATE TONIGHT.

AND THAT DEBATE IS ABOUT HEIGHT AND TRAFFIC AND A COUPLE OTHER ITEMS I'M GOING TO WALK YOU THROUGH.

BUT WHERE WE ARE, WE'VE PROVIDED THIS BUILDING.

IT'S 83FT OF HEIGHT.

IT IS BRINGING ALL THOSE USES INSIDE.

IT'S ELIMINATED ALL THE NOISE CONDITION.

WHEN WHEN MR. SNELL REDOES THIS BUILDING, HE'S ALSO GOING TO BE PURCHASING NEW FORKLIFTS, WHICH ARE MUCH QUIETER.

BUT THIS IS THE BUILDING THAT IS IN FRONT OF YOU THIS EVENING.

NOW, ONE ITEM THAT CAME UP, WILL THIS BUILDING THROW A SHADOW ON OUR HOUSES? MISS BULTMAN IS THE IS IN THE AUDIENCE.

SHE CAN TESTIFY TO THE ACCURACY OF THIS SLIDE.

HOWEVER, IN DECEMBER AT 10 A.M.

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AND YES, IT DOES THROW A SHADOW INTO SOVEREL HARBOR.

IT DOES NOT THROW A SHADOW ONTO THE UNITS TO THE NORTH ON MARINA GARDENS.

HEIGHT. I'M GOING TO SPEND A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TALKING ABOUT HEIGHT BECAUSE IT'S CLEARLY AN ITEM OF DEBATE.

83FT IN HEIGHT IS OUR REQUEST.

THERE'S 68FT INTERNAL OF THAT IS A RACK SYSTEM.

SO THEN A BOAT SITS ON TOP OF IT.

HOW THAT WORKS, 36 IS ALLOWED PER THE ZONING CODE.

WE'RE REQUESTING A WAIVER FOR THAT.

THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ALLOWS US TO REQUEST A WAIVER UP TO 90FT.

WHAT? WE ARE NOT A WAIVER, A TOTAL HEIGHT UP TO 90FT.

AND WHAT WE ARE REQUESTING IS 83FT.

SO THERE IS A DEVELOPMENT PATTERN IN THE CORRIDOR.

YOUR CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ENCOURAGES REDEVELOPMENT.

IT ENCOURAGES THE USE OF EMPLOYMENT AND USE OF THE INTERCOASTAL WATERWAY.

WHAT ARE WE DOING HERE? WE'RE ENCOURAGING THE USE OF THE INTERCOASTAL WATERWAY.

WE'RE PROTECTING A USE THAT'S BEEN THERE FOR 50 YEARS NOW.

A LITTLE MORE BACKGROUND ABOUT HEIGHTS.

IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.

I SAT THERE IN 2006.

THERE IS A HEIGHT SHRED IN THIS CITY AND THAT HEIGHT SHRED SHOWED POTENTIALLY 20 STORIES ON THIS SITE AND THE OTHER FOUR CORNERS THAT OCCURRED BACK IN 2006.

AT ONE POINT IN TIME, THIS FACILITY, THIS SITE WAS APPROVED FOR A NINE STORY HOTEL, 115FT OF HEIGHT.

IT HAD LOUNGES AND CONVENTION CENTERS.

SO THERE IS A PATTERN OF WHAT'S OCCURRING.

THIS IS YOUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND ITS STRATEGIES TO ENCOURAGE AND EMPHASIZE THE USE OF THE INTERCOASTAL WATERWAY.

THE MAXIMUM BUILDING HEIGHT OF 90FT.

THIS IS A SURROUNDING HEIGHT, THE RITZ CARLTON HERE IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT HAND, 106FT, AND THEN THE SOLERA AT 62FT.

SOMEONE'S GOING TO ASK THE QUESTION, WELL, MR. TUMA, THE SOLERA IS DOWN A LITTLE BIT IN A HOLE.

ABSOLUTELY CORRECT.

IT'S ABOUT DOWN ABOUT 20FT.

IT'S STILL TALLER THAN THE BUILDING THAT WE'RE PROPOSING.

SOLERA IS THE IS THE BUILDING THAT'S ON TOP OF THE RIDGE THAT MISTER WEIR CONSTRUCTED.

OPERATIONALLY, THIS IS A VERY WELL THOUGHT OUT USER.

THEY HAVE A DEVELOPMENT.

THEY HAVE A PARKING OPERATION PLAN.

THEY HAVE STAGING PLANS.

THEY HAVE THE ALL IMPORTANT PORT 32 APPLICATION.

IT'S CHANGED THE BUSINESS AS ALL OF US HAS CHANGED OUR BUSINESS USING AN IPHONE.

IT ALLOWS THEM TO SPECIFICALLY IDENTIFY RESERVATION ALLOWS MR. VINCENT, WHO IS IN THE OFFICE, WHO'S WHO'S IN THE AUDIENCE, WHO'S IN CHARGE OF OPERATIONS FOR FLORIDA FOR PORT 32 TO BE ABLE TO MANAGE HIS FORKLIFTS, TO BE EFFICIENT ON HOW THE OPERATION WORKS, BUT ALSO IT CONTROLS THE AMOUNT OF BOATS THAT GO IN AND OUT.

IN REALITY, THERE'S ONLY SO MANY BOATS THEY CAN SPLASH IN ONE DAY.

SPLASH IS A TERM WHEN YOU PUT THE BOAT IN THE WATER, THERE ARE BOAT LAUNCH PROCEDURES, THERE ARE SPECIFIC FUELING PROCEDURES, AND THERE'S ALSO A HURRICANE PLAN.

WE MAY HAVE SKIMMED OVER THAT A BIT.

FIRST THING, THE BUILDING. I'M THE ONE WHO SAID CANTILEVERED FIRST, THE BUILDING'S NOT REALLY CANTILEVERED.

THERE'S COLUMNS SUPPORTING IT.

BUT THIS BUILDING WILL BE HURRICANE WILL BE A HURRICANE RATED BUILDING, MEANING WHEN THOSE DOORS SHUT, IT'S A HURRICANE RATED BUILDING.

SUSTAINABILITY. AND THERE'S A COUPLE REALLY KEY POINTS HERE THAT I WANT TO GO OVER.

FIRST THING, EFFICIENT LED LIGHTS, LANDSCAPING, 245% ABOVE YOUR REQUIREMENT.

THE OPEN SPACE.

THE OPEN SPACE IS ABOVE YOUR CODE REQUIREMENT.

THE WE HAVE AN EV CHARGING STATION.

THE FUELING STATION THAT SITS OUT THERE TODAY.

THE UNDERGROUND TANK IS GOING TO BE REPLACED.

ANY CONTAMINATED USE WILL BE REMOVED AND FIXED.

THAT'S GOING TO BE A BRAND NEW UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK.

THERE'LL BE FOUR EXCUSE ME, THERE'LL BE NEW FORKLIFTS THAT ARE TIER FOUR COMPLIANT, WHICH ARE TWO THINGS.

ONE, MUCH MORE EFFICIENT ON FUEL AND MUCH MORE QUIET.

THIS NEXT BULLET POINT, MR. PARRISH, IS IN THE AUDIENCE.

IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TODAY.

THIS SITE BUILT IN 1973.

IT'S STORMWATER MANAGEMENT.

SIMPLE. IT RUNS OFF AND GOES TO THE INTERCOASTAL.

THIS NEW PLAN WILL ALLOW US TO PROVIDE 150% OF THE REQUIRED TREATMENT VOLUME, AND IT WILL LIMIT THE DISCHARGE AND REMAIN LESS THAN PRE-DEVELOPMENT STAGES.

THERE'S GOING TO BE EXFILTRATION TRENCH IN THIS FACILITY TO ALLOW FOR THAT WATER QUALITY AND WATER QUALITY.

AGAIN, MR. PARRISH IS HERE MUCH MORE QUALIFIED THAN I AM TO DISCUSS THIS.

AND MR. SNELL AND MR. VINCENT HAVE MADE A COMMITMENT AS THEY GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS.

THEY'RE BOATERS.

BOATERS HISTORICALLY ARE ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE.

THEIR COMPANY ARE ENVIRONMENTALLY CONSISTENT.

THEY'RE GOING TO LOOK FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO IMPROVE AS THEY GO THROUGH THE CONSTRUCTION AND DESIGN DEVELOPMENT.

WE HAVE LOTS OF LETTERS OF SUPPORT.

WE HAVE FOUR FOR 47 LETTERS OF SUPPORT.

THE RIVER HOUSE IS IN SUPPORT OF IT.

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THAT WAS QUITE A NEGOTIATION BETWEEN MR. STRAUB AND MR. SNELL TO BE ABLE TO FIX THAT ACCESS POINT TOGETHER.

THEY'RE WORKING TOGETHER WONDERFULLY AND HAVE THAT RESOLVED.

HARBOR FINANCIAL CENTER.

WHAT AN EXCELLENT FIX FOR THEIR FACILITY, THE RITZ-CARLTON RESIDENCE.

I KNOW MR. MARTINEZ IS HERE.

I HEARD HIM GET AN AWARD TONIGHT, THE PALM BEACH NORTH CHAMBER.

THE PGA CORRIDOR ASSOCIATION, THE MARINE INDUSTRIES OF PALM BEACH COUNTY, EXISTING TENANTS AT PGA MARINA AND PALM BEACH GARDENS RESIDENTS.

I'M GOING TO ASK MR. MATHESON TO GET UP AS I CLICK ON THE NEXT SLIDE, YOU ARE GOING TO HEAR A LOT OF ITEMS. STEPHEN, PLEASE. YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR A LOT OF ITEMS ON THE SCREEN IN FRONT OF YOU ARE SUPPORT LETTERS THAT WE'VE RECEIVED THREE FROM RESIDENTS WITHIN MARINA GARDENS, MR. DOLAN. MR.. FRICKER AND MR. PRICE. WE HAVE OTHER PALM BEACH GARDENS RESIDENTS IN THE CENTER COLUMN.

AND THEN ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE ARE BUSINESS.

I'M NOT GOING TO READ THEM BECAUSE I KNOW THEY'VE BEEN SUBMITTED TO THE RECORD.

MR. MATHESON IS GOING TO READ ONE LETTER OF SUPPORT FOR THE PROJECT.

THEN I'M GOING TO COME BACK AND CLOSE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, KEN.

FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS STEVE MATHISON.

MATHISON WITTELS. I HAVE BEEN SWORN IN.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING US TONIGHT.

I ASSURE YOU, I'LL BE MUCH SHORTER THAN MR. TOUMA. BEFORE I START WITH THE LETTERS, I JUST WANT TO SAY I'M EXTREMELY PROUD OF THE TEAM THAT WE ASSEMBLED FOR THIS PROJECT AND FOR ALL THE HARD WORK THAT WENT IN NOT ONLY INTERNALLY, BUT ALSO HELPING ADDRESS ISSUES THAT AFFECT THE CITY AND THE REALLY THE WELFARE OF CITY BUSINESSES AND RESIDENTS AS A WHOLE.

KEN ALLUDED TO THE SEACOAST UTILITIES AND OTHER MAJOR UTILITIES THAT GO THROUGH THIS PROPERTY.

WE'RE SOLVING PROBLEMS WHILE AT THE SAME TIME WE'RE DEVELOPING WHAT I BELIEVE IS WHAT I'M SURE IS A VERY, VERY WORLD CLASS AND FIRST CLASS FACILITY.

I'M GOING TO BE ENTERING SOME INFORMATION INTO THE RECORD BEFORE I DO.

SO I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH ALL 47.

AND I BELIEVE THERE'S ACTUALLY SOME MORE SINCE THESE WERE DELIVERED SUPPORT LETTERS, THERE ARE JUST THREE.

THEY'RE VERY BRIEF.

SO IF YOU'LL INDULGE ME.

FIRST IS FROM STEVE PRICE.

STEVE IS A RESIDENT OF MARINA GARDENS.

STEVE IS AT 28 MARINA GARDENS DRIVE.

HE SAYS, AND THIS WAS PROVIDED TO YOUR STAFF.

I'M AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF PORT 32 MARINA AND A RESIDENT OF MARINA GARDENS.

AS A RESIDENT AND A BOATER, I WOULD LIKE THE PROJECT SUPPORTED AND I BELIEVE IT BRINGS VALUE AND BENEFIT TO OUR COMMUNITY.

PALM BEACH GARDENS.

AFTER REVIEWING THE MOST RECENT RENDERINGS AND THE PROPOSAL, I THINK THAT THE STRUCTURE WILL ENHANCE THE APPEARANCE OF THE PROPERTY AND ADD AN ELEMENT OF SAFETY AS THE NEW STRUCTURE CAN WITHSTAND POTENTIAL WEATHER THREATS SUCH AS HURRICANES AND TROPICAL STORMS. IN ADDITION, I WOULD MUCH PREFER TO HAVE A BUILDING THAT SUPPORTS AND ENHANCES THE VALUES OF OUR BEAUTIFUL WATERFRONT IN PALM BEACH GARDENS, AS OPPOSED TO ANOTHER HIGH RISE RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE THAT WOULD ONLY ADD MORE CONGESTION TO OUR AREA.

THIS IS A PRIME PIECE OF PROPERTY AND IT CERTAINLY WARRANTS THE HIGHEST AND BEST USE FOR THE OVERALL COMMUNITY, AND I FEEL THE CURRENT PROPOSAL ALLOWS US THAT OPTION.

STEPHEN W PRICE 28, MARINA GARDENS DRIVE.

SECONDLY, JOHN DOLAN, THREE MARINA GARDENS DRIVE.

AS A RESIDENT OF THE NEIGHBORING PROPERTY MARINA GARDENS SINCE 2006 AND A BOAT STORAGE CUSTOMER OF PGA MARINA SINCE 2011, I AM WRITING TO YOU AS A RESIDENT WHO HAS BEEN PERIPHERALLY INVOLVED IN THIS REDEVELOPMENT FOR SOME TIME, AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT COMPLETED.

FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, THIS REDEVELOPMENT CAN ONLY HELP OUR COMMUNITY BY ALLOWING PORT 32 TO UPGRADE THIS VERY RUNDOWN FACILITY AND DELIVER A MUCH MORE PROFESSIONAL LEVEL OF SERVICE THAT IS INDICATIVE OF OUR CITY STANDARDS.

THE WATERFRONT AREA SHOULD BE A SHOWPIECE OF OUR CITY AND HAS REMAINED AN EYESORE SINCE I'VE LIVED AT MARINA GARDENS.

I ENCOURAGE YOUR DEPARTMENT TO APPROVE THIS DEVELOPMENT AS IT HAS DRAGGED ON FOR FAR TOO LONG AND I BELIEVE HAS HELD OUR CITY FROM A SIGNIFICANT ECONOMIC UPSIDE.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR EFFORTS AND CONSIDERATION.

JOHN DOLAN.

HE IS AT THREE MARINA GARDENS DRIVE.

THE FINAL IS ONE THAT'S FRANKLY PERSONALLY IMPORTANT TO ME.

I THINK MOST OF US KNOW MAX FRICKER, WHO HE IS AND WHAT HE HAS DONE IN THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS.

I'VE NEVER BEEN MAX FRICKER'S ATTORNEY.

I'VE CERTAINLY SET A COURSE CONFERENCE ROOM TABLES AND NEGOTIATED WITH THEM OVER THE YEARS.

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MAX FRICKER, DEAR MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING BOARD, THE HONORABLE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF PALM BEACH GARDENS.

AS A RESIDENT OF THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS SINCE 1990, I'M DELIGHTED TO HEAR THAT THE UGLY OLD BOAT STORAGE METAL BUILDING AND THE UNSIGHTLY ELEMENTS ON SITE ARE BEING REPLACED WITH THE STATE OF ART NEW MARINA AND BOATING CENTER FACILITY, WHICH WILL BE TREMENDOUS IMPROVEMENT WITH ECONOMIC BENEFITS OVERALL TO THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS COMMUNITY, INCLUDING AN ENHANCED INFRASTRUCTURE FOR A SECOND TO NONE SERVICE TO BENEFIT LOCAL VOTERS AT LARGE, WHICH WAS LONG OVERDUE IN THIS GREAT CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS.

THE SUBJECT PROPERTY WITH ITS MARINE DEVELOPMENT WILL FIT IN VERY NICELY WITH THE ALREADY WELL PLANNED COMMERCIAL PGA BOULEVARD. THIS LETTER SHALL SERVE AS MY TOTAL AND UNEQUIVOCAL SUPPORT FOR THIS PROJECT TO PROCEED AS PLANNED, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO ITS REALIZATION.

RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED.

H. MAX FRICKER.

THAT ONE MEANT A HELL OF A LOT TO ME.

WITH THAT, WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO, AS I SAID, IS NOT DWELL UPON ALL OF THE LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION AND URGING SUPPORT FOR THE PROJECT.

WHAT I WILL DO IS I WILL DELIVER THEM TO THE CITY CLERK.

AND THERE IS I'D LIKE TO HAVE THIS PART OF THE RECORD, PLEASE.

THESE ARE THE 47 LETTERS WHICH WERE IN AT LEAST WHEN I STOPPED COUNTING TODAY.

THANK YOU, PATTY. THESE ARE THE 47 LETTERS WHICH WERE IN AT LEAST WHEN I STOPPED COUNTING BECAUSE I HAD TO GET READY FOR THE HEARING.

AND I WANT TO REITERATE THAT WE HAVE A SPECIAL PROJECT.

WE HAVE A SPECIAL, VERY SPECIAL USE HERE THAT WE NEED.

AND WE BELIEVE THAT THIS IS THE BEST POSSIBLE RENDITION, THE BEST POSSIBLE FUTURE FOR THIS PROPERTY.

THANK YOU. ALONG WITH KEN, I WOULD LIKE TO RESERVE THE RIGHT FOR REBUTTAL AND CROSS EXAMINATION.

AND IF I MIGHT, MADAM MAYOR, JUST AS A MATTER OF HOUSEKEEPING, WE'RE GOING TO ACCEPT THESE 47 LETTERS INTO EVIDENCE AS THE APPLICANT COMPOSITE EXHIBIT NUMBER TWO.

THANK YOU. I'M ON MY CLOSING SLIDE.

SO WE'RE ABOUT THROUGH THIS.

I JUST WANT TO LEAVE YOU WITH A FEW THOUGHTS AND CONCLUSION.

THE BUILDING ON THE SCREEN IS FRONT.

IN FRONT OF YOU IS THE BUILDING THAT WE'RE PROPOSING.

A BEAUTIFUL BUILDING.

WE ARE VERY FORTUNATE.

THE OWNER OF THIS SITE IS THE OPERATOR, AND HE'S SITTING RIGHT OVER HERE.

YOU HAVE A VERY SOPHISTICATED OWNER OPERATOR.

NO ONE ELSE OWNS THE LAND UNDERNEATH.

THERE'S NOT A REIT, THERE'S NOT A TRUST, THERE'S NOT A TRIPLE NET LEASE.

AND YOU HAVE THE OWNER AND THE OPERATOR WHO OWNS AND MANAGES.

IT'S A VERY UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY THAT HE HAS AND THAT THEY MANAGE THESE PORTS ACROSS EXCUSE ME, THEY MANAGE THESE TYPE OF FACILITIES ACROSS FLORIDA.

THIS PROJECT HAS A SIGNIFICANT PUBLIC BENEFIT BESIDES ADDITIONAL LANDSCAPING AND ADDITIONAL OPEN SPACE.

IT PREFIXES THE PROBLEM THAT A RIVER HOUSE THAT'S BEEN THERE SINCE IT STARTED WHEN MAX AND FRANK STARTED IN 1990, SO CORRECTS THAT PROBLEM.

IT BRINGS THE EXISTING CONDITIONS INTERNAL TO THE BUILDING.

THERE'S NO MORE EXTERNAL REPAIR.

THERE'S NO MORE EXTERNAL BOAT RACKS EXCEPT THOSE 12 RACKS ON THE EAST SIDE, WHICH ARE USED FOR STAGING.

EVERYTHING IS INSIDE THE BUILDING.

IT ELIMINATES THE NOISE.

THOSE FORKLIFTS ARE INTERNAL NOW, AND THEY'RE NEW FORKLIFTS.

THEY'RE QUIET. THERE ARE ONLY TWO SPOTS WHEN THEY'RE OUTSIDE, WHEN THEY GO BETWEEN THE TWO BUILDINGS AND WHEN THEY SPLASH IN, WHEN THEY SPLASH IN THE WHEN THEY SPLASH INTO THE WATER. THE THE BUILDING ITSELF IS HURRICANE RATED.

IT IS HURRICANE RATED BUILDING.

IT IS AN 83 FOOT HIGH BUILDING.

THAT IS HURRICANE RATED WITH ALL THESE METAL RACKS INTERNAL TO THEM.

IT ELIMINATES THE STORM WATER MANAGEMENT THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN ELIMINATED YEARS AGO, THAT SHOULDN'T BE FLOWING INTO THE INTERCOASTAL DIRECTLY AS A SHEET FLOW.

IT SHOULD GO THROUGH A PROCESS.

THIS FIXES THAT.

MOST IMPORTANTLY, THIS IS AN $80 MILLION INVESTMENT THAT MR. SNELL AND PORT 32 ARE PREPARED TO MAKE WITHIN THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS.

$80 MILLION.

AND WHAT DOES THAT DO? THIS FACILITY WAS BUILT IN 1973.

IT'S 50 YEARS OLD.

IT IS REACHING THE END OF ITS LIFE.

SOMETHING IS GOING TO HAPPEN THERE.

THIS IS A 7.52 ACRE PARCEL OF LAND.

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I BELIEVE THAT THIS SIGNIFICANTLY CHANGES WHAT POTENTIALLY COULD GO THERE AND STICKS AND ALLOWS THAT THIS BUILDING WILL BE THERE AGAIN FOR A VERY LONG PERIOD OF TIME. AS MR. MATHESON SAID, WE HAVE 47 LETTERS OF SUPPORT.

WE HAVE YOUR STAFF RECOMMENDATION ON THE PROJECT, ON THE WAIVERS.

WE HAVE YOUR PLANNING, ZONING AND APPEAL BOARD, UNANIMOUS DECISION, IN FACT.

AND THERE WAS ONE SPEAKER WHO SPOKE AT THE PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD AND HE SPOKE IN SUPPORT OF THE SUBJECT SITE THIS EVENING.

I AM REQUESTING YOUR APPROVAL ON THIS FOR THIS FOR THIS PROJECT WITHIN THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS.

AND FINALLY, AS MR. MATHESON INDICATED AFTER PUBLIC COMMENT, CONSISTENT WITH THE RULES, I WOULD LIKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO REBUT PUBLIC COMMENT.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME THIS EVENING.

I APPRECIATE IT. I KNOW IT'S A LITTLE LONGER THAN NORMAL AND I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND WE'RE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

WE HAVE OUR WHOLE TEAM ASSEMBLED.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

FOR EVERYONE WHO SPOKE.

DO WE HAVE A STAFF PRESENTATION TONIGHT, MARTIN? YES, MA'AM. I DO HAVE A SLIGHTLY LESS LENGTHY PRESENTATION, SO.

THERE YOU GO. ALL RIGHT.

MADAM MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD FOR THE RECORD.

MARTIN FITTS, PLANNING AND ZONING.

AND I DO HAVE A BRIEF PRESENTATION.

I JUST WANT TO HIT A FEW HIGHLIGHTS.

THE APPLICANT DID A VERY GOOD JOB OF PRESENTING THE PROJECT AND A LOT OF THE PARTICULARS, BUT THERE ARE A FEW THINGS THAT I DO WANT TO POINT OUT A LITTLE BIT BRIEFLY ABOUT THE BACKGROUND.

KEN MENTIONED THAT THERE WAS AN APPROVAL IN 1988 FOR A NINE STORY HOTEL THAT WAS A 245 ROOM HOTEL WITH CONVENTION FACILITIES.

AS WE ALL KNOW, THIS WAS NEVER BUILT.

HOWEVER, IT DOES DEMONSTRATE THAT THERE WAS A SIGNIFICANT HEIGHT CONSIDERED FOR THE AREA.

ADDITIONALLY, IN 2006, WE HAD THE HEIGHT, CHARRETTE, AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS HOTEL, BUT I FIGURED IT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL FOR EVERYBODY TO SEE THIS.

THIS IS THE SITE PLAN THAT WAS APPROVED.

YOU CAN SEE IT'S LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE, IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO THE SEVERAL HARBOR AND THIS WAS A VERY LARGE FACILITY. THE TOP OF THE ROOF WAS 115FT.

AND IT DID CONTAIN TWO TOWERS THAT WERE APPROVED AT 154FT.

MOVING FORWARD. WE'VE HAD QUITE A FEW CHANGES TO THE SITE APPROVED, PRIMARILY TRYING TO ADDRESS A LOT OF THE CIRCULATION AND THOSE SORTS OF SITUATIONS. AND THIS PAST JUNE, WE ALSO HAVE APPROVED THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT APPROVING THE MARINA DISTRICT OVERLAY, WHICH WAS ADOPTED TO ENCOURAGE THE ACTIVE USES OF THE INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY, PROTECT MARINA USES, AND ALSO ALLOW FOR HEIGHTS OF UP TO 90FT TO BE REQUESTED.

WE'VE SEEN THE EXISTING CONDITION AND THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT.

I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THE SETBACKS FOR THE PROJECT CURRENTLY THE THE SITE IS ABLE TO MEET OR EXCEED ALL OF THE SETBACKS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE SIDE SETBACK ON THE INTERCOASTAL WATERWAY.

AND THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING THE WAIVER FOR THE ZERO FOOT SETBACK.

I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THE REAR SETBACK AGAINST SEVERAL HARBOR THE REQUIRED SETBACK IS 15FT AND THE APPLICANT IS PROVIDING 100, ALMOST 103FT.

SETBACK FROM THE PROPERTY LINE.

ALSO POINT OUT THAT THE ALMOST 50,000FT² OF OPEN SPACE AND THE APPLICANT IS PROVIDING 68,000FT OF THAT.

SOME OF THAT IS TO AS WAIVER JUSTIFICATION FOR THE REDUCED PARKING WIDTH.

BUT THERE'S MORE OVER AND ABOVE THAT.

I DO ALSO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THE THE BUILDING IN QUESTION, THE CLOSEST BUILDING, IS MEASURED AT OVER 300FT FROM THE CLOSEST POINT FROM ANY OF THE NEIGHBORING RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY BOUNDARY LINES.

THE APPLICANT WENT OVER THE THE SITE PLAN AND THE ACCESS AND CIRCULATION VERY WELL.

I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT KEN MENTIONED THE THE NEW ACCESS ROAD.

THIS IS GOING TO BE TAKING ALL THAT TRAFFIC FROM INTERNAL WEAR TO REMOVE ALL OF THE POSSIBLE CONFLICTS WITH THE BOATS.

AND SO THERE WILL THIS WILL COMPLETELY REMOVE ANY OF THAT.

THERE ARE TWO GATES.

SO UNLESS YOU HAVE A REASON TO BE INTERNAL, THAT ACCESS IS GOING TO BE DENIED THERE.

THE APPLICANT IS IMPROVING CIRCULATION ON SITE BY PROVIDING CONTINUOUS WALKWAYS THROUGH THE SITE TO CONNECT THE EXISTING BOARDWALK ALONG THE SEVERAL

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IT'S A 7 TO 8 FOOT SIDEWALK.

THERE IS ALSO A BOARDWALK ALONG THE NORTHEAST CORNER AROUND THE RIVERWALK RIVERHOUSE RESTAURANT THAT GUESTS CAN USE TO BE ABLE TO GET TO THE SPLASH AREA AS WELL.

THE APPLICANT DID A VERY GOOD JOB OF GOING OVER THE ARCHITECTURE.

I DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT AGAIN THAT THESE BUILDINGS ARE HURRICANE RATED AND COMPLETELY ENCLOSED AND THE APPLICANT HAS HAS A REQUIREMENT TO REMOVE ALL BOATS AND MARINE EQUIPMENT INTERNAL TO THE SITE SO THAT AS SOON AS WE ARE, THE CITY IS WITHIN THE 72 HOUR CONE OF UNCERTAINTY FOR A HURRICANE.

AND THE APPLICANT HAS ALSO INDICATED THAT THEY HAVE ADDITIONAL SPACE WITHIN THE FACILITY TO BE ABLE TO STORE ADDITIONAL BOATS OR ADDITIONAL MARINE EQUIPMENT FOR THE COMMUNITY.

ALSO, AS PART OF THE DESIGN, THE THE AIR CONDITIONING EQUIPMENT FOR THE SALES CENTER AND THE SHOWROOMS ARE ACTUALLY LOCATED INTERNAL TO THE SITE IN A MEZZANINE STRUCTURE.

AND ALSO IT HAS AN INTERNAL GUTTER SYSTEM.

SO THE WATER IS FUNNELED DIRECTLY INTO THE UNDERGROUND SYSTEM.

THE APPLICANT DID A VERY GOOD JOB OF GOING OVER THE ARCHITECTURE, SO I'LL I WON'T BE REDUNDANT THERE.

I DO WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE LANDSCAPING.

THE THE APPLICANT IS PROVIDING ALMOST THREE TIMES THE LANDSCAPING POINTS THAT ARE REQUIRED FOR THE SITE.

THE PALETTE IS PRIMARILY FOCUSING ON SABLE AND MEDJOOL PALMS WITH ADDITIONAL PLANTINGS OF SIMPSON'S STOPPER AND PINK TABS AND MAGNOLIAS.

GROUND COVERS OF PINK, MEALY GRASS, GOLDEN CREEPER AND ALSO COCOPLUM HEDGES.

WE'VE ADDRESSED THE DRAINAGE.

I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT AS PART OF THE PERMIT THE APPLICANT HAS RECEIVED, THEY ARE REQUIRED TO DO ANNUAL MONITORING OF THE WATER QUALITY AND PROVIDE THOSE TO THE CITY ON AN ANNUAL BASIS AS WELL.

KEN TALKED ABOUT THE SUSTAINABILITY INITIATIVES THAT THEY ARE DOING.

EXCUSE ME. AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT PARKING BRIEFLY.

THE APPLICANT IS ABLE TO MEET ALL OF THE PARKING REQUIREMENTS OR THE PARKING RATES FOR THE CITY, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE SHOWROOM RATE.

AND THE OUR CODE DOES ALLOW FOR APPLICANTS TO REQUEST A CUSTOM PARKING RATE AS PART OF THE CODE WHICH THE APPLICANT HAS TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF WITH THE TRAFFIC.

THE APPLICANT IS, OR THE PROPOSED PROJECT WILL BE INCREASING THE NET NEW TRIPS OF 20:06 A.M.

AND 40 1 P.M.

TRIPS. THIS MEETS THE THE PALM BEACH COUNTY TRAFFIC PERFORMANCE STANDARDS AND ALSO THE CITY'S LEVEL OF SERVICE STANDARDS AND NO NEW OFF-SITE ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS ARE REQUIRED WITH THIS PROJECT.

THE APPLICANT IS HOWEVER, INCREASING MOBILITY OPTIONS ON THE SITE THROUGH THE INTERNAL SIDEWALK SYSTEM THAT I'VE ALREADY MENTIONED AND THE BIKE RACKS.

I WILL POINT OUT THERE IS A BUS STOP CURRENTLY JUST IMMEDIATELY WEST OF THE SHARED ENTRANCE WITH THE HARBOR FINANCIAL, AND WE ARE REQUIRING THEM TO PROVIDE AN ARTISTIC BUS SHELTER AT THIS LOCATION IF THE FDOT WILL APPROVE IT.

THERE IS A MASTER SIGNAGE PROGRAM THAT'S REQUESTED AS PART OF THIS TO PROVIDE A UNITY IN THE SIGNAGE, INCLUDING THE ONE SIGNAGE WAIVER.

THE APPLICANT DID A VERY GOOD JOB OF REVIEWING THE WAIVERS AND THE JUSTIFICATION FOR THOSE.

I WOULD, HOWEVER, LIKE TO BRIEFLY TALK ABOUT THE HEIGHT WAIVER REQUEST.

THE INCREASED HEIGHT IS NECESSARY TO ALLOW FOR ALL OF THE BOAT RACKS TO BE BE INTERNAL, ALONG WITH THE MAINTENANCE AND SERVICE OPERATIONS AND ALSO THE FORKLIFT OPERATIONS.

AS PART OF THE JUSTIFICATION FOR THIS, THEY'RE PROVIDING ENHANCED ARCHITECTURE AND LANDSCAPING AS WELL AS THE HURRICANE RATED BUILDING.

THIS HEIGHT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE MARINA DISTRICT OVERLAY AND WHICH DOES ALLOW FOR A MAXIMUM OF 90FT TO BE REQUESTED WITH THE WAIVER.

THIS IS CONSISTENT WITH THE NEIGHBORING PROPERTY HEIGHTS, SUCH AS THE RITZ-CARLTON AND SOLARA, AND IT IS LESS THAN THE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED 154 FOOT HOTEL. IN ADDITION TO THE OTHER WAIVERS OR IN ADDITION TO THAT, THEY HAVE PROVIDED ADDITIONAL JUSTIFICATION FOR THE WAIVERS SUCH AS THE GREEN ROOF AND GREEN WALL AND THE TREES AND MOVABLE PLANTERS IN OVER THE UTILITY EASEMENT IN CASE ANY WORK NEEDS TO BE DONE.

AS KEN MENTIONED, THERE'S A MAJOR CONDITIONAL USE APPROVAL AS PART OF THIS.

THIS IS REQUIRED BECAUSE OF THE TOTAL REDEVELOPMENT OF THE SITE.

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THIS IS CONSISTENT WITH OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, BOTH WITH THE GOALS, OBJECTIVES AND POLICIES, INCLUDING THE PGA CORRIDOR OVERLAY AND THE MARINA DISTRICT OVERLAY BY PROVIDING THE MIXTURE OF USES THAT SUPPORTS THE ENJOYMENT OF THE INTERCOASTAL WATERWAY.

THE APPLICANT DETAILED THEIR COMMUNITY OUTREACH.

THE CITY HAS RECEIVED SOME LETTERS OF OPPOSITION FROM MARINA GARDENS RESIDENTS AND THE BOARD, AS WELL AS THE LETTERS OF SUPPORT THAT THE APPLICANT HAS ADDRESSED AS WELL.

THE APPLICANT DID INDICATE THAT THEY MADE QUITE A FEW CHANGES TO THE PROGRAM AS A RESULT OF THESE DISCUSSIONS, INCLUDING COMPLETELY ENCLOSING THE BOAT.

THE BOAT RACKS REDUCING THE OVERALL NUMBER OF ADDITIONAL BOAT SLIPS AND DESIGNING FOR HURRICANE AND CONDUCTING THE SHADE STUDY.

JUST BRIEFLY WITH THE LETTERS OF OPPOSITION AND SUPPORT THAT WE RECEIVED, THE APPLICANT, AS WE SAID, HAS GONE THROUGH THOSE VERY WELL.

THIS WAS PRESENTED TO THE PLANNING, ZONING AND APPEALS BOARD AT THE SEPTEMBER 12TH PUBLIC HEARING AND WAS RECOMMENDED FOR BOTH PETITIONS BY BOTH OF APPROVAL BY VOTES OF SEVEN ZERO.

THIS WAS PUBLICLY NOTICED BOTH IN THE NEWSPAPER AND SIGNS POSTED, AS WELL AS MAILERS BEING SENT TO THE PROPERTY OWNERS AND STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION 58 2023 AS PRESENTED, INCLUDING THE APPROVAL FOR THE MAJOR CONDITIONAL USE AND APPROVAL OF SEVEN WAIVERS.

AND STAFF IS AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH, EVERYBODY.

I DO HAVE SOME COMMENT CARDS.

WE HAVE OVER 20 COMMENT CARDS THIS EVENING.

SO I'M JUST GOING TO REITERATE WHAT WE SAID AT THE BEGINNING.

WE ASK YOU TO PLEASE BE COURTEOUS, RESPECTFUL, ALLOW OTHERS TO COMPLETE THEIR COMMENTS WITHOUT INTERRUPTION, WITHOUT NOISES, WITHOUT GESTURES.

DO NOT CLAP, CAJOLE OR RIDICULE ANY SPEAKER.

PLEASE UTILIZE COMMON COURTESY, ANY ACTION THAT IS DISRUPTIVE OF OUR ORDERLY CONDUCT OF THIS MEETING.

OUT OF RESPECT FOR ALL OF US, OUT OF ACCORDANCE WITH THIS BASIC PRINCIPLE OF DECORUM, WILL BE RULED OUT OF ORDER AND WILL RESULT FROM BEING REMOVED FROM THE PROCEEDINGS.

SO THAT SAID, YOU'LL BE HAVING THREE MINUTES AND WE DISCUSS THOSE 150 WORDS.

SO I'LL BE CALLING OUT YOUR NAMES IF YOU WOULD BE SO GOOD AS TO COME UP, STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS AND WHETHER OR NOT YOU HAVE BEEN SWORN IN.

I'LL CALL THE NAME OF THE PERSON WHO IS GOING TO SPEAK, AS WELL AS THE PERSON WHO'LL BE GOING AFTER THEM SO YOU CAN BE PREPARED TO GO SINCE WE DO HAVE OVER 20 CARDS THIS EVENING.

SO THE FIRST UP IS CHIP ROTH.

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

I JUST. HELLO.

MY NAME IS. SORRY. I'M SO SORRY.

I STARTED AFTER. THAT IS MARISSA ROTH.

OKAY. MY NAME IS CHIP ROTH.

I LIVE AT 22 MARINA GARDENS, AND I HAVE BEEN SWORN IN.

I'D LIKE TO HIT JUST A COUPLE POINTS THAT ARE SHORT, BUT VERY FOUNDATIONAL AND PROBLEMATIC WITH THE PROCESS.

HOLD ON. I'M GOING TO STOP YOUR CLOCK FOR A SECOND.

I JUST WANT TO LET YOU SUBMITTED THESE INTO EVIDENCE.

AND WE ARE ACCEPTING THESE AS MR. ROTH'S EXHIBIT.

WE'RE GOING TO PROVIDE A COPY TO THE APPLICANT'S ATTORNEY FOR HIS REVIEW AND THEN HAND OUT THESE FOR THE COUNCIL FOR YOUR REVIEW.

WE ACCEPT THESE INTO EVIDENCE AS MR. ROTH'S COMPOSITE EXHIBIT NUMBER ONE.

I THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

HOW? IF WE COULD RESTART FOR HIM.

REALLY NICE. THANK YOU.

THAT'S RIGHT. MR.. WILL START YOUR THREE MINUTES OVER.

OKAY. HERE YOU GO. I WANT TO HIT ON A COUPLE OF POINTS THAT ARE FOUNDATIONAL AND PROBLEMATIC WITH THE PROCESS.

IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE CITY REQUIRES CONSISTENT, REGULAR COMMUNICATION FOR THE PURPOSE OF COOPERATION AND COMPROMISE BETWEEN A DEVELOPER AND THE RESIDENTS.

THERE HAS BEEN NO COMMUNICATION, MUCH LESS ANY COORDINATION OR COMPROMISE WITH THE COMMUNITY OF MARINA GARDENS.

WE HAVE NOT MET OR EVEN HEARD FROM THE DEVELOPER FROM THE TIME OF MAY OF 2022 UNTIL AUGUST OF 2023.

THAT'S 13 MONTHS WHERE WE DIDN'T GET A PHONE CALL, A LETTER, A MEETING, NOTHING.

AS FAR AS WE ARE CONCERNED, WE KIND OF THOUGHT THE THING WAS TABLED.

I THOUGHT IT WAS INCUMBENT ON THE DEVELOPER TO BE IN CONTACT WITH US, DISCUSS THEIR PLANS AND REACH A COMPROMISE, IF AT ALL POSSIBLE.

THE NEXT FOUNDATIONAL PROBLEM I'LL CITE IS THE TEARING POLICY.

IT'S POLICY.

1.3.10.1 AND IT HAS TO DO WITH TEARING

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SHELL TEARING SHALL BE ESTABLISHED.

TEARING STANDARDS SHALL BE ESTABLISHED FOR COMPATIBLE DEVELOPMENT ADJACENT TO RESIDENTIAL.

THERE'S BEEN NO DISCUSSION OF TEARING.

IN FACT, I DON'T THINK THAT POLICY THAT I REFERENCED HAS EVEN BEEN PASSED.

AND SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS OVERLAY THAT ALLOWS 90FT.

BUT THE TEARING POLICY, I DON'T BELIEVE HAS BEEN PASSED AND I DON'T THINK OR I DON'T BELIEVE THAT YOU COULD PASS A WAIVER LIKE THIS IF THIS POLICY OR THIS RESTRICTION ISN'T IN PLACE.

THE TEARING SAYS THAT THE STAGGERING HEIGHT AND BUFFERS ARE REQUIRED.

MOSTLY THE TRAFFIC STUDY THAT'S BEING USED IN THIS PARTICULAR PROCESS IN THIS TONIGHT IS ACTUALLY DATED SEPTEMBER OF 22.

THAT'S THE OFF SEASON.

AND IT'S NOT REPRESENTATIVE AT ALL OF TRAFFIC DURING THE HIGH SEASON.

AND THEREFORE, I DON'T THINK AN OFF SEASON TRAFFIC STUDY IS RELEVANT.

AND THEN LASTLY, FIRE SAFETY.

YOU HAVE 450 BOATS.

THE TARGET BOAT SIZE IS 35FT.

35 FOOT BOAT WILL HAVE THREE 400 GALLONS OF FUEL IN IT.

IT WILL HAVE MULTIPLE BATTERIES.

IT WILL HAVE ELECTRONICS AND THAT MANY BOATS IN AN ENCLOSED WAREHOUSE.

ONE BOAT CATCHES ON FIRE.

ONE BOAT CATCHES FIRE.

IT WILL BE A FIRE THAT CAN'T BE PUT OUT AND WILL ONLY WATCH IT.

THIS PROJECT IS IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO THE PGA.

WE HAVE SO MANY CARDS THIS EVENING.

WE WANT TO ALLOW EVERYONE THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME.

I APPRECIATE YOU COMING.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. NEXT WILL BE MARISSA ROTH.

AND THEN AGAIN, FORGIVE ME FOR PRONUNCIATIONS TONIGHT, PLEASE.

ROBERT GERVASI.

AFTER THAT, DO I SUBMIT NOW? OH, IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING, PLEASE ALWAYS GO.

RIGHT. YOU CAN HEAD OVER TO OUR CLERK AND ASK FOR SUBMISSION.

WE HAVE A COUNCIL HAS A QUICK QUESTION FOR STAFF.

IS THERE A WAY FOR THE MONITOR THAT'S UP ON THE PODIUM TO BE LOWERED A LITTLE BIT SO WE CAN SEE FACES BETTER? THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THEY'LL COME AND HELP YOU.

I CAN STAND OVER. OH, NO.

THEN WE HAVE TO. WE WANT YOU TO BE RECORDED FOR THE RECORD.

SO WE WANT TO. BUT WE WANT TO SEE YOU.

SO HANG IN THERE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR.

OKAY. IF YOU WANT TO MISS ROTH, WE CAN STEP OVER HERE TO THIS OTHER MICROPHONE WHILE WE GET THAT ORGANIZED.

AND WE APPRECIATE THAT. YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES IF YOU'D BE SO KIND AS TO STATE YOUR NAME.

MARISSA. OH.

ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GOOD. ALL RIGHT.

COME ON BACK. ALL RIGHT.

SO THREE MINUTES IF YOU CAN.

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

OKAY. MY NAME IS MARIE ZIERATH.

I LIVE AT 22 MARINA GARDENS DRIVE.

I HAVE BEEN SWORN IN.

I HAVE LIVED IN PALM BEACH GARDENS FOR TEN YEARS IN A COMMUNITY ADJACENT TO THE PROPOSED MARINA DEVELOPMENT.

AS WE MENTIONED EARLIER, THERE'S A PICTURE OF IT RIGHT THERE ON THE WALL.

AS PRESIDENT OF THE MARINA GARDENS HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, I REPRESENT THE INTERESTS OF 65 PALM BEACH GARDENS HOMEOWNERS.

WE ARE OPPOSED TO THE APPROVAL OF THIS PROJECT FOR SEVERAL REASONS.

THE SIZE OF THE PROPOSED BUILDINGS IS EXCESSIVE, EXCEEDING THE CURRENT HEIGHT RESTRICTIONS BY MORE THAN 100%.

THE MARINA WILL NOT FIT INTO THE CHARACTER OF THE SURROUNDING BUILDINGS OR THE EAST END OF THE PGA CORRIDOR.

THE WAREHOUSE STYLE OF THE BUILDING WILL MAKE THE STRUCTURES APPEAR EVEN LARGER.

I HAVE SUBMITTED A PICTURE OF THE VIEW FROM MY HOME AND ON THE PICTURE I'VE SUPERIMPOSED THE OUTLINE OF THE PROPOSED BUILDINGS, AS YOU WILL SEE WHEN YOU GET THAT PICTURE.

THOSE BUILDINGS WILL TOWER OVER US.

THE FORMER CEO FOR THE DEVELOPER JOE MILLER, STATED AT A BOARD MEETING LAST YEAR THAT HE COULD NOT MAKE MONEY ON THE PROJECT IF IT WAS NOT 83FT TALL.

HE KNEW WHAT THE HEIGHT RESTRICTIONS WERE WHEN HE PURCHASED THE PROPERTY.

IT SHOULD NOT BE THE PRACTICE OF PALM BEACH GARDENS TO ALLOW A DEVELOPER TO FORCE A WAIVER ON HEIGHT TO ACCOMMODATE HIS BUSINESS PLAN.

A WAIVER SHOULD NOT BE GRANTED WHEN NO HARDSHIP EXISTS.

THIS AREA COULD BE DEVELOPED AS A MARINA WITHOUT THE EXCESSIVE HEIGHT.

35 FOOT RACKS AROUND THE PERIMETER OF THE PROPERTY WOULD ACCOMMODATE THE SAME NUMBER OF BOATS AS 83 FOOT WAREHOUSES.

NO WAIVER NEEDED.

THERE ARE NO OTHER MARINA BUILDINGS OF THIS SIZE IN THE AREA.

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HOWEVER, IT'S LOCATED ADJACENT TO I-95 IN AN INDUSTRIAL AREA.

THERE HAS BEEN NO COOPERATION WITH MARINA GARDENS FROM THE DEVELOPER ON THIS PROJECT.

THEY HAVE ATTENDED FOUR BOARD MEETINGS OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS.

EVERY VISIT HAS INCLUDED A PRESENTATION OF THEIR DESIGN, FOLLOWED BY A STONE WALL IN TERMS OF NEGOTIATION.

THIS PROJECT, IN FACT, HAS GOTTEN LARGER AND MORE INTRUSIVE TO OUR COMMUNITY.

WE WERE ADVISED BY A MEMBER OF THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT THAT THE DEVELOPER STATED THAT THEY HAD WORKED WITH OUR COMMUNITY.

THE STATEMENT IS UNTRUE AS IT RELATES TO MARINA GARDENS.

WE MET WITH THE DEVELOPER IN MAY OF 22 AND DID NOT RECEIVE ANY FURTHER COMMUNICATION UNTIL AUGUST OF 23.

THAT IS 15 MONTHS.

WE BELIEVE THAT THE PLANNING BOARD AND THE CITY COUNCIL HAVE BEEN MISLED BY THE DEVELOPER REGARDING COOPERATION.

WE SHOULD HAVE A SEAT AT THE TABLE REGARDING THE DESIGN OF THIS PROJECT.

AND IN FACT, WE BELIEVE THAT YOUR CITY CODE REQUIRES THE DEVELOPERS WORK WITH COMMUNITIES THAT WILL BE DIRECTLY IMPACTED.

YOUR ZONING PLAN TO CREATE A MARINA DISTRICT INCLUDES A REQUIREMENT FOR TEARING OF BUILDINGS TO IMPROVE APPEARANCES.

THIS HAS BEEN IGNORED WITH THE CURRENT DESIGN.

THE PROPERTY VALUES IN OUR COMMUNITY WILL SUFFER A SEVERE REDUCTION IF THIS PROJECT IS ALLOWED TO PROCEED WITH THE CURRENT DESIGN.

WE HOPE YOU WILL CONSIDER THE FINANCIAL INTERESTS OF THE RESIDENTS OF YOUR CITY BEFORE THE PROFITS OF AN OUT-OF-STATE DEVELOPER.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALL RIGHT.

WE'LL BE MOVING ON TO ROBERT GERVASI.

YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES.

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

AND AFTER MISTER GERVASI, IF I'M PRONOUNCING THAT CORRECTLY, I APOLOGIZE.

WE HAVE ROBERT DONOVAN.

AND JUST BEFORE YOU START HIS CLOCK, I JUST WANTED TO NOTE FOR THE RECORD, WE ACCEPTED MS..

ROTH'S EXHIBIT, HER COMPOSITE EXHIBIT INTO EVIDENCE ON HER BEHALF.

THANK YOU, MAX. THANK YOU, MAYOR REED.

I AM SWORN IN. I'M DR.

ROBERT GERVASI, 63, MARINA GARDENS DRIVE.

MY WIFE AND I HAVE OWNED OUR HOME SINCE 2012.

I HAVE TO AGREE WITH THE TWO PREVIOUS SPEAKERS COMPLETELY, AND I ALSO HAVE TO RESPECTFULLY CORRECT ONE POINT OF ARGUMENT. IT WAS STATED THAT A NINE STORY HOTEL WAS APPROVED IN 1988.

THAT REALLY IS NOT RELEVANT TO THE CONVERSATION AT ALL, BECAUSE IF THERE WERE A NINE STORY HOTEL, MARINA GARDENS PROBABLY WOULD NEVER EXIST.

NO ONE WOULD HAVE PLACED THAT COMMUNITY NEXT TO A NINE STORY HOTEL, AND SIMILARLY, PLACING IT NEXT TO AN 83 FOOT TALL BUILDING IS REALLY INAPPROPRIATE.

I ALSO AGREE WITH THE ROTH THAT THE COLLEAGUES FROM PORT 32 HAVE BEEN EVASIVE.

THEY CAME ON MONDAY, THREE DAYS AGO TO A BOARD MEETING, IT SEEMED LIKE, TO CHECK OFF THE BOX THAT THEY COULD SAY TONIGHT THAT THEY HAD MET, BUT IT DIDN'T REALLY SEEM LIKE THEIR HEART WAS IN IT.

AND I ASKED AS A BUSINESS GUY AND A.

UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT.

I ASKED MR. MATHESON, WHAT IS THE BUSINESS PARAMETERS OF THIS? WHY DO YOU NEED TO ADD? THE BOTTOM LINE IS THEY WANT YOUR PERMISSION TO ADD 57 BOAT SLIPS TO THE HUNDREDS ALREADY THERE.

SO I SAID, WHY DO YOU NEED THAT? 57 WHAT IS YOUR ALTERNATIVE BUSINESS PLAN? IF YOUR PROPOSAL IS REJECTED, HOW MUCH HOW MUCH LOWER COULD THAT BUILDING BE WITHOUT THE ADDITIONAL 57 BOAT SLIPS? WHAT'S THE ALTERNATIVE BUSINESS PLAN? AND HE SAID AND HE JUST BRUSHED ME OFF AND SAID, OH, I'LL SHARE THAT AT CITY COUNCIL MEETING ON THURSDAY.

WELL, I DIDN'T HEAR ANYTHING.

DID YOU? ABOUT THE BUSINESS CONSEQUENCES OF THE ADDITIONAL 57 BOAT SLIPS? WHAT IS THE BOTTOM LINE? WHY DO THEY NEED THAT? WHY SHOULD NEIGHBORS AND THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS SUBSIDIZE EXCESSIVE PROFIT WHEN THEY'RE NOT WILLING TO JUSTIFY IT IN A REASONABLE WAY? BELIEVE IT OR NOT, I'M GIVING YOU 35 SECONDS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR.

SO IF THAT COULD CONTINUE, IF THERE ARE POINTS THAT YOU'RE HOPING TO MAKE THAT ARE REPETITIVE, PLEASE DO SAY I AGREE WITH SO AND SO.

WHO SPOKE AGAIN? YOU'LL STILL BE ENTITLED TO YOUR THREE MINUTES, OF COURSE, BUT THAT WAY WE'LL UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING AND YOU GUYS WILL ALL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK FAIRLY.

SO WE HAVE ROBERT DONOVAN, FOLLOWED BY STEPHEN MAHER.

I BELIEVE I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT IF YOU COULD SPEAK INTO THE MICROPHONE, SIR.

THAT WAY WE HAVE YOU ON RECORD.

I WOULD LIKE TO JUST PRESENT DOCUMENTS, LETTERS OF OPPOSITION AND THE SIGNED PETITION THAT OPPOSES THE HEIGHT OF THE PROJECT.

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THANK YOU SO MUCH. I'M SO SORRY, SIR.

I'M SO SORRY. IN ALL FAIRNESS, WE HAVE OVER 20 CARDS, AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

LET'S GO THROUGH EVERYBODY, GIVE EVERYONE ONE CHANCE TO SPEAK.

WE EVEN DO THAT UP ON OUR COUNCIL.

WE ALL GET ONE CHANCE TO SPEAK BEFORE WE ALL COME BACK TO EACH OTHER, JUST OUT OF MANNERS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR CONCERN.

IF YOU COULD STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS, PLEASE.

GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING.

MY NAME IS ROBERT DONOVAN AND I LIVE AT 19 MARINA GARDENS DRIVE.

AND HAVE YOU BEEN SWORN IN, SIR? I HAVE BEEN SWORN IN.

AND I AGREE WITH THE OTHER COMMENTS OF OUR RESIDENTS THAT HAVE SPOKEN BEFORE ME.

I'D LIKE TO SAY THAT WE PURCHASED OUR HOME IN MARINA GARDENS FOR THE BEAUTIFUL VIEW OF SEVERAL HARBOR AND THE SURROUNDING ESTHETICS.

WE ARE HIGHLY OPPOSED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE MARINA IN ITS CURRENT FORM.

WE ARE NOT TRYING TO PREVENT THE REDEVELOPMENT OF THE MARINA.

THE DEVELOPER PURCHASED THE PROPERTY KNOWING THE CURRENT HEIGHT RESTRICTIONS OF 36FT.

WE FIND IT EGREGIOUS THAT THE DEVELOPER HAS BEEN GRANTED A WAIVER BY THE PLANNING BOARD AND IS ALLOWED TO CONSTRUCT TWO BUILDINGS 83FT IN HEIGHT.

THEIR APPEARANCE WILL LOOK LIKE TWO GIANT AMAZON WAREHOUSES.

WE WOULD WE DON'T OBJECT TO REASONABLE DEVELOPMENT.

IT IS MORE THAN DOUBLING THE HEIGHT AND IT IS NOT CONSISTENT WITH THE ARCHITECTURE IN THE COMMUNITY.

MOREOVER, THESE MASSIVE FACILITIES AREN'T COMPARABLE TO ANY OTHER STRUCTURES IN THE SURROUNDING AREA.

WE ASK THAT THE PLANNING THAT THE PLANNING BOARD AND THAT THE CITY COUNCIL REALLY LOOK AT THE FACT THAT WE ARE DIRECT ABUTTERS AND I'M SURE THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN SUPPORT.

BUT WE FIND THAT YOU'RE CHANGING THE ENTIRE CHARACTER OF THE AREA AND IT'S NOT WHAT WE ENVISIONED FOR OUR BEAUTIFUL CITY.

AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE PICTURES, THE SIZE OF THE BUILDINGS DRIVING OVER THE BRIDGE ON PGA ARE JUST MASSIVE.

AND I THINK THAT YOU FOLKS, I KNOW, RELY ON THE PLANNING BOARD FOR BACKUP.

BUT I WANT TO SAY TO YOU AS A RESIDENT, IT IS MOST IMPORTANT THAT YOU CONSIDER THIS HEIGHT OF HEIGHT OF THESE BUILDINGS IN THE LOOK OF THE BUILDINGS THAT ARE GOING TO BE THERE FOREVER.

AND THIS IS WHAT WE OBJECT TO.

IT'S JUST THE HEIGHT IS JUST UNACCEPTABLE AND IT CHANGES THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.

THANK YOU, SIR. ALL RIGHT.

SO WE HAVE.

JOYCE GIBBS.

THAT'S RIGHT. STEVE MOORE.

FIRST, I APOLOGIZE. AND THEN AFTER YOU AS JOYCE GIBBS.

THANK YOU. YEAH.

GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL MEMBERS.

I WON'T BE LONG BECAUSE ROB STOLE MY NOTES.

EVERYTHING I WAS GOING TO SAY YOU JUST HEARD, WHICH IS A LITTLE DISAPPOINTING.

SORRY, SIR. WE NEED YOUR NAME, ADDRESS AND I'M SORRY, STEVE.

STEVE MAHER TO MARINA GARDENS DRIVE.

AND I HAVE I'M GOING INTO MY 10TH YEAR OF OWNERSHIP THERE, AND I AM UNDER OATH.

EXCELLENT. THANK YOU. AND I'M A RETIRED BOSTON CONTRACTOR THAT DEALT IN BUILDING BUILDINGS SUCH AS WHAT WE HAVE PROPOSED, YOU KNOW, HERE TONIGHT AND THAT WE'RE REVIEWING. BUT I MUST SAY, EARLIER THIS EVENING, I INTRODUCED MYSELF TO THE PORT 32 REPRESENTATIVES AND VERY NICE GENTLEMAN. I WAS HAPPY TO MEET THEM.

BUT ALL I COULD THINK TO MYSELF IS THAT MARISSA ROTH, OUR PRESIDENT, WHO HAS REACHED OUT AND TRIED SO VIGOROUSLY TO HAVE

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AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND REALLY WHY WE'RE HERE TODAY, AS OPPOSED TO HAVING 65 OWNERS MEETING WITH PORT 32 AND US TO SAVE THE TIME OF ALL OF YOU.

I MEAN, WE SHOULD BE IN AGREEMENT.

AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE STONEWALL OF THE MARINA GARDENS OWNERS ASSOCIATION IN THE PROCESS.

AND I HOPE THAT WHAT YOU DECIDE TO DO IS TO TABLE IT, TO FORCE THE PARTIES TO COME TOGETHER, TO COME TO A REASONABLE RESOLUTION THAT WE ALL AGREE TO. IT JUST IS, IN MY BUSINESS CAREER, PART OF THE ZONING COMMISSION IN THE CITY OF BOSTON.

THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED.

IF WE HAD A BUILDING THAT WAS GOING UP, WE WOULD BE MEETING WITH THE ABUTTERS PERMITS WOULD BE GRANTED AND THE PROJECT WOULD GO FORWARD.

SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND HOPEFULLY WE DO GET THIS TABLED.

THERE ARE SOME GREAT PEOPLE.

I'M SURE WE CAN WORK IT OUT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR.

NEXT IS JOYCE GIBBS AND THEN FOLLOWING MISS GIBBS, WE HAVE BEN BROCK.

THANK YOU. IF YOU COULD SPEAK INTO THE MICROPHONE, MA'AM.

I HAD A LETTER SENT, BUT IT GOT IF YOU COULD SEE THE PODIUM, PLEASE, OVER THERE BY THE BIG PODIUM IS PROBABLY THE BEST BET.

I'M SORRY. I WROTE A LETTER TODAY AND I SENT IT, BUT ALL THE EMAILS WERE BOUNCED BACK.

SO DO I HAVE TO PUT THIS IN FOR SUBMISSION? IF YOU'D LIKE IT TO BE READ.

COULD I DO IT AFTER I SPEAK AND THEN GIVE IT TO YOU? OKAY. MY NAME IS JOYCE GIBBS.

I AM UNDER OATH.

I'M AT 61 MARINA GARDENS AND I'M ALSO AN OWNER OF A BOAT SLIP AT 61IN THE HARBOR.

OKAY, SO I CAN VOTE BOTH WAYS.

MY HUSBAND AND I ARE BOTH IN OBJECTED TO THIS AND I'LL EXPLAIN SOMETHING WHEN WE THE ONLY NOTICE I EVER GOT WAS AS A AS A SLIP OWNER WAS AT THE PLANNING MEETING THE CITY'S MEETING BACK IN MAY WHEN YOU APPROVED THE REZONING.

AT THAT MEETING, THERE WERE A LOT OF BOARD MEMBERS HERE, INCLUDING MYSELF, WHO SPOKE IN FRONT OF YOU, AND WE WERE QUESTIONING ABOUT THE HEIGHT AND WE WERE TOLD, DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT. THAT'S NOT WHAT THIS IS ABOUT.

OKAY? LITTLE DID WE KNOW AT THAT MEETING, WHEN YOU'RE CHANGING THE ZONING, YOU'RE ALSO RAISING THE HEIGHT TO 90FT IN ONE OF THE WAIVERS.

AND FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, THAT'S WHAT RAISED THEM UP TO 90FT.

I WAS UPSET.

THEN THE COMMUNITY TOLD US WHAT WAS GOING ON.

NO NOTICES.

I CALLED THE PLANNING COMMISSIONER PLANNING BOARD THIS WEEK AND THE ANSWER I GOT IN SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT I ASKED WAS WHAT KIND OF NOTICE WAS GIVEN TO TO THE PUBLIC.

NOW, HE SAYS THERE WAS A SIGN.

DID THE SIGN SAY THE WAIVERS THAT THEY WERE GOING AFTER? WERE THEY SPECIFICALLY LISTED WHAT THOSE WAIVERS WERE? HAD OUR COMMUNITY BECAUSE THE THE OTHER THE DEVELOPERS HAVE NOT BEEN IN OUR COMMUNITY AT ALL SINCE MAY OF LAST YEAR.

AND NOW IT'S COME IN AFTER THE FACT TO TRY TO COME IN THE COMMUNITY.

JUST RECENTLY DID WE KNOW WHAT WAIVERS THEY WERE GOING FOR? I DID LOOK AT THE SITES WHEN THIS PROJECT WAS GOING UP.

I EVEN SAID TO THE PLANNING BOARD PERSON THAT WHEN I LOOKED AT IT, IT WASN'T 83FT.

IT WAS MORE LIKE 45FT TO STORE IN THE BOTTOM TWO RACKS ON TOP AND CLOSE.

THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN WE FIND OUT NOW IT IS 83FT.

WHY? WHERE'S THE HARDSHIP? IT'S THE HARDSHIP TO THE COMMUNITY, BUT IT'S NOT A HARDSHIP TO THEM.

IT'S THE POCKET MONEY FOR THEM AND DESTROY THE VALUES OF THE COMMUNITY.

SO I HOPE YOU RECONSIDER WHAT YOU'RE DOING.

AND I'D LIKE TO SUBMIT THIS MY PETITION.

THANK YOU. BEN BROCK, PLEASE.

AND THEN AFTER BEN BROCK, WE'LL HAVE AUSTIN BURKETT, I BELIEVE.

BURR. KATIE.

SO, BEN BROCK, PLEASE SERVE.

YOUR NAME, ADDRESS. AND IF YOU'VE BEEN SWORN IN.

BEN BROCK. I'M WITH AT 25 MARINA GARDENS DRIVE, AND I HAVE BEEN SWORN IN.

AND I'M HERE JUST AS I AGREE WITH THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE.

AND I'M HERE JUST TO OPPOSE THE EXCESSIVE HEIGHT RESTRICTION THAT'S BEEN REQUESTED.

THANK YOU, SIR, SO MUCH.

WE APPRECIATE THAT.

MOVING ON, WE HAVE AUSTIN BURKHART, BAYOU ARQUETTE, I BELIEVE.

THANK YOU. AFTER AUSTIN, BURKETT WILL HAVE CHARLIE TREPKOS.

UH, GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS AUSTIN BURKETT.

1120. 11TH LANE, PALM BEACH GARDENS.

I'VE BEEN SWORN IN.

I AM THE BOARD PRESIDENT OF THE MARINE INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION OF PALM BEACH COUNTY.

YOU PROBABLY SAW OUR SUPPORT LETTER UP THERE.

I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF YOU READ IT OR NOT, BUT WE ARE ADVOCATING TODAY AMONGST OUR 450 NOT ONLY BUSINESS MEMBERS, BUT VOTER MEMBERS AS WELL, IN SUPPORT FOR PORT 30 TWO'S NEW REDEVELOPMENT PLAN.

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I KNOW A LOT OF RESIDENTS HAD QUESTIONS ABOUT WHY 57 MORE SLIPS, BUT VOTER ACCESS IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE LOSING EVERY DAY IN THIS INDUSTRY.

IT'S NOT REALLY FAIR TO TO NOT CREATE MORE SLIPS FOR EVERYBODY.

RESIDENTS OF PALM BEACH GARDENS TO USE.

THERE HASN'T BEEN ANY OTHER MARINA TRYING TO DO THIS.

AND I REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE WHAT WE SEE THEM DOING NOW.

SOMETHING THAT'S VERY INTERESTING WITH THEIR MARINA THAT WE HAVEN'T SEEN IN OUR COUNTY IS THE FACT THAT THEY ARE GOING TO CONTAIN ALMOST ALL OF THE WORK INSIDE THE BUILDINGS.

I CAN'T REALLY UNDERSTAND WHY THE RESIDENTS DON'T SEE THAT HAVING ALL THE FORKLIFTS, THE MARINE MECHANICS, EVERYBODY INSIDE THE BUILDING WORKING ON THE BOATS AND OPERATING AND CLEANING THEM IS NOT BETTER FOR THEIR PROPERTY VALUE.

YOU WON'T HAVE THE DIESEL FUMES.

YOU WON'T HAVE THE ENGINE NOISES IN THE MORNING.

YOU WON'T HAVE ANY OF THAT ANYMORE.

IT'LL ALL BE CONTAINED AND CONTAINED WITH A BUILDING THAT I MEAN, WE WERE REALLY SURPRISED WHEN WE SAW THAT THEY ARE DOING WHAT THEY'RE DOING FOR THE EXTERIOR WITH THE PLANTS AND ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING THEY'RE DOING TO MAKE IT LOOK AS NICE AS THEY ARE.

THAT KIND OF BRINGS ME ON TO MY NEXT POINT OF WITH EVERYTHING BEING SELF CONTAINED, THEY'RE CREATING MORE JOBS FOR OUR AREA.

THE MARINE INDUSTRY, WE'RE RUNNING OUT OF PEOPLE.

EVERYBODY'S AGING OUT RIGHT NOW.

PEOPLE ARE EITHER RETIRING, SELLING THEIR BUSINESSES, COMMERCIAL MARINE WORKSHOPS ARE FALLING TO BEING NEW RESIDENTIAL HIGH RISES.

WHAT THEY'RE DOING IS THEY'RE CREATING THESE SEVEN NEW AREAS TO HAVE NEW BUSINESSES IN OR SOME THAT ARE ALREADY EXISTING, SUCH AS MARINE MAX AND HAVE MORE JOBS CREATED THERE.

LASTLY, I MEAN, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S KIND OF NOT ON THE MARINE INDUSTRY SIDE MORE AS A RESIDENT SIDE.

YOU GUYS HAVE THIS AMAZING WATERFRONT PLAN RIGHT NOW.

YOU HAVE YOU HAVE THE RITZ-CARLTON RESIDENTS GOING UP, WHICH ARE GOING TO BE BEAUTIFUL WATERWAY CAFE GETTING DONE AS WE SPEAK.

AND THEN YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE THIS MARINA THAT UNLESS YOU LET THEM REDEVELOP, IT'S GOING TO STAY THE SAME AND IT'S GOING TO JUST IT'S GOING TO BE AN EYESORE IN A SENSE.

IT WON'T COMPLETE THAT TOTAL WATERFRONT PACKAGE THAT I BELIEVE PALM BEACH GARDENS HAS AHEAD OF THEM.

SO WE MARINE INDUSTRIES, PALM BEACH COUNTY, WE DO NOTHING BUT SUPPORT THEM.

AND WE HOPE THAT YOU ALL MAKE THE SAME DECISION ON THAT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR.

NEXT, WE HAVE CHARLIE TRPKOS, AND THEN AFTER THAT WILL BE ALEX WARNER, PLEASE.

GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS CHARLIE TREPKOS.

I LIVE AT 170 SATINWOOD LANE.

I'VE BEEN SWORN IN.

I'VE BEEN IN MY FAMILY AND I HAVE BEEN IN PALM BEACH GARDENS FOR 25 YEARS.

WE'VE BEEN LOCAL RESIDENTS, VERY ACTIVE IN THE COMMUNITY.

I'VE DRIVEN OVER THAT PGA BRIDGE MILLIONS OF TIMES AND I'VE SEEN THAT EYESORE AND AND THE BOATS FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.

I'VE HAD MY BOAT IN PORT 32 FOR A LITTLE OVER THREE YEARS.

I BROUGHT MY BOAT THERE BECAUSE OF THE GREAT LOCATION AND THE UNFORTUNATELY, NOT THE GREAT FACILITY.

AND AS I'VE BEEN THERE FOR A FEW YEARS, I'VE REALIZED THAT THE LOCATION OF THE MARINA IS ABSOLUTELY PHENOMENAL.

BUT THE FACILITY NEEDS A TOTAL OVERHAUL, AND THERE'S NOT MUCH YOU COULD DO TO A 50 YEAR OLD BUILDING.

I BELIEVE THAT'S ABOUT HOW OLD IT IS.

AND FOR FOR THIS COMPANY TO INVEST $80 MILLION IN A STATE OF THE ART FACILITY FOR BOATERS IS PHENOMENAL.

AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE LOST.

AS THE LAST GENTLEMAN JUST MENTIONED, WE'VE LOST WATER ACCESS.

BOATERS ARE HAVING TO GO AND LOOK AT OTHER CITIES FOR PROPER FACILITIES, WHETHER IT'S RIVIERA BEACH, BOYNTON BEACH, TEQUESTA, JUPITER, WHEN WE HAVE THE BEST CITY IN THE NORTH COUNTY, IN PALM BEACH GARDENS AND BOATERS SHOULD HAVE THE BEST FACILITIES TO ENJOY CONVENIENT LOCAL BOATING.

SO I WOULD RECOMMEND, AND I HOPE THIS PROJECT GETS APPROVED IN THE FORM THAT IT'S ALREADY BEEN SUBMITTED.

THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

NEXT, WE HAVE ALEX WARNER.

AFTER ALEX WARNER, WE WILL HAVE JASON MARA, PLEASE.

HI. GOOD EVENING.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE.

MY NAME IS ALEX WARNER.

I LIVE AT 602 NORTHWEST EIGHTH AVENUE IN DEL RAY.

AND YOU'VE BEEN SWORN IN AND I'VE BEEN SWORN IN.

YES. I OWN A BUSINESS AT AT PORT 32 CALLED GULF STREAM BOAT CLUB.

WE PROVIDE AN ALTERNATIVE PREMIUM ALTERNATIVE TO BOAT OWNERSHIP AND HAVE HUNDREDS OF LOCAL PALM BEACH RESIDENTS WHO ARE OUR MEMBERS.

OUR MEMBERS ARE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS PROJECT.

THEY FEEL THAT WE REALLY THEY AND I FEEL WE REALLY NEED TO UPGRADE THIS MARINA THE FACILITIES FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS.

LINE OF SIGHT IS IMPORTANT FOR US.

WE WANT TO SEE THE BOATS COMING AND GOING AND BE ABLE TO OPERATE PROPERLY AND SAFELY.

AND JUST AS OTHER PEOPLE HAVE SAID, THE MARINA REALLY NEEDS AN OVERHAUL AND BE BROUGHT UP TO THE STANDARDS THAT I SEE AROUND OTHER PARTS OF PALM BEACH GARDENS.

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I'VE GOTTEN TO KNOW THE PORT 32 LEADERSHIP TEAM OVER THE THREE YEARS I'VE BEEN THERE, AND THESE ARE REALLY QUALITY PEOPLE, GREAT OPERATORS.

I TRUST THEM. AND I THINK THAT THEY'VE PUT TOGETHER AN INCREDIBLE PROJECT HERE.

BOATING IS A PART OF THE HEARTBEAT OF THIS COMMUNITY.

I'VE BEEN IN THIS FOR 15 YEARS AND LIKE I SAID, WE HAVE HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF FAMILIES AND PEOPLE THAT COME AND TAKE THEIR TIME TO COME OUT AND BOAT WITH US, AND THERE'S JUST NOT ENOUGH SPACE.

LIKE AUSTIN SAID, WE NEED MORE SPACE.

WE NEED MORE ACCESS TO THE WATER.

IT'S ARGUABLY THE MOST EXCITING NATURAL RESOURCE THAT SOUTH FLORIDA HAS.

AND THIS IS GOING TO BE A A KIND OF PIONEER PROJECT IN THIS SPACE.

SO WE'RE FULLY IN SUPPORT.

AND LIKE I SAID, THE HUNDREDS OF MEMBERS THAT WE HAVE WHO ARE LOCAL RESIDENTS HERE HAVE ALL EXPRESSED THE SAME TO ME, SO I HOPE YOU'LL APPROVE IT.

THANK YOU, SIR. JASON MARA, THANK YOU.

AFTER JASON MARA, WE'LL HAVE ALBERTO PADILLA.

PADILLA. THANK YOU.

GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. JASON MARA, 42, MARINA GARDENS DRIVE.

I HAVE BEEN SWORN IN.

I'M ON AN INTERIOR UNIT TWO STORY UNIT IN MARINA GARDENS, SO I'M SURROUNDED BY THE THREE STORIES.

SO WHERE I AM IN ALL THE INTERIOR UNITS, WE DO NOT SEE THE MARINA AT ALL.

WE WILL, HOWEVER, SEE THE BUILDING OF IT'S 87FT HIGH.

IT'LL BE TOWERING OVER THE THREE STORY BUILDING.

SO I'M IN AGREEMENT WITH MY NEIGHBORS.

WE WANT TO HAVE THE PLACE DEVELOPED.

IT IS AN EYESORE AND IT IS VERY TALL ALREADY.

AS YOU'RE COMING OVER THE BRIDGE, YOU NOTICE IT COMING OVER THE PGA BRIDGE.

SO THAT'S IT. THANK YOU.

OOPS, SORRY. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

WE HAVE ALBERTO PADILLA, PLEASE.

AND THAT WILL BE FOLLOWED BY MERRICK KENDRICK.

THANK YOU, SIR. GOOD EVENING.

I AM ALBERT PADILLA.

I RESIDE AT 1500 SOUTHWEST 17TH TERRACE IN MIAMI.

BUT I DO A LOT OF BUSINESS IN PALM BEACH GARDENS.

I AM SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF PORT 32.

I HAVE BEEN SWORN IN.

I AM THE ACCOUNT DIRECTOR FOR FORKLIFT EXCHANGE, WHICH SUPPORTS MARINE OPERATIONS WORLDWIDE, INCLUDING PORT 32 MARINA HERE IN PALM BEACH GARDENS.

AS SOMEONE WHO SEES COUNTLESS MARINAS ACROSS THE WORLD, I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT THE PROPOSED FACILITY WILL NOT ONLY BRING HUGE UPGRADES TO THE FACILITY ITSELF, BUT ALSO IN TERMS OF EQUIPMENT AND SERVICES SUPPORTING OPERATIONS.

THE NEW MARINA FACILITY WILL FEATURE THE LATEST TECHNOLOGY IN MARINA FORKLIFTS TO RAISE AND MOVE BOATS, AND THEY WILL BE USED ALMOST ENTIRELY INDOORS.

ALL NEW FORKLIFTS COMPLY WITH THE STRICTEST EPA AND OSHA STANDARDS, INCLUDING TIER FOUR FINAL.

THIS LEADS TO ENGINES THAT ARE SIGNIFICANTLY QUIETER AND CLEANER FOR THE ENVIRONMENT.

AS YOU'RE CONSIDERING THIS PROJECT, PLEASE TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THAT IT WILL BE QUIETER FOR THOSE IN THE SURROUNDING AREA AND HAVE MORE SUSTAINABLE FEATURES THAN THE EXISTING FACILITY THAT SITS THERE TODAY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. NEXT, WE HAVE MERRICK HENDRICK AFTER MERRICK.

HENDRICK WILL HAVE GUY RANDALL.

THANK YOU, ANYONE. GOOD EVENING.

I'VE BEEN SWORN IN. MAYOR DANDRIDGE 1624 BOWOOD ROAD.

HOW ARE YOU DOING? I'M ORIGINALLY FROM MIAMI.

I'VE BEEN UP HERE FOR ABOUT SEVEN YEARS AND STARTING TO SEE THE CHANGE THAT WE SAW DOWN IN MIAMI.

AND I HAVE I AM A MEMBER OF PORT 32 AS WELL, AND I WAS A BOAT MEMBER OF A VERY SIMILAR PLACE DOWN IN MIAMI AND SAW THE SAME CHANGES.

I'M IN HUGE SUPPORT OF THIS BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A BIG DIFFERENCE, OBVIOUSLY, AS OTHERS HAVE SEEN, HAVE TALKED ABOUT THE CONDITIONS AND IT DOES NEED THE UPGRADE.

AND THEY'VE DONE SEVERAL OF THESE DOWN IN MIAMI.

AND YOU'VE SEEN A CHANGE IN THE BENEFITS.

THEY HAVE A GREAT STAFF THERE.

IT'S GREAT FOR THE COMMUNITY. I THINK FOR THE LANDSCAPE, IT'S GOING TO LOOK REALLY GOOD ALONG WITH THAT.

I'M A FIREFIGHTER DOWN IN MIAMI.

I WORK ON ONE OF OUR FIRE BOATS AND TALKING WITH PORT 32, WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO DO KIND OF WE'RE IN THE WORKS NOW TO DO A LITTLE MORE BOATER SAFETY AWARENESS AND ALONG WITH SOME CPR CLASSES FOR THE MEMBERS AND FOR THE COMMUNITY.

AND BEING ON OUR FIRE BOAT, I'M SEEING A LOT OF THE ACCIDENTS AND I THINK IT'S SOMETHING VERY IMPORTANT AND HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH AN ORGANIZATION LIKE THIS.

SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, SIR. NEXT, WE HAVE GUY RANDALL, AND THEN AFTER THAT WILL BE JOEY EICHNER.

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

GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS GUY RANDALL.

I LIVE AT 405 WOODVIEW CIRCLE PALM BEACH GARDENS.

I HAVE BEEN SWORN IN.

UM, I'VE BEEN GOING TO THIS MARINA SINCE 2000 TO 2004.

JUST CAME BACK IN 2013.

IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO KEEP THIS PLACE.

WE NEED TO HAVE WATER ACCESS FOR THE PEOPLE THAT ARE WORKING IN PALM BEACH GARDENS AND ALSO OTHER PEOPLE THAT DON'T WORK.

THERE'S JUST CONDOS GOING EVERYWHERE WE NEED.

THIS IS THE PLACE WHERE I RAISED MY KIDS.

I'VE BEEN GOING TO PEANUT ISLAND SINCE 85.

MY KIDS, HE WORKS AT WEST MARINE.

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IT'S ALL ABOUT MAKING MEMORIES.

AND IF WE ARE NOT ALLOWING THIS MARINA TO MOVE FORWARD, THEN WE'RE JUST CUTTING OFF.

AND I AGREE WITH EVERYBODY OUT THERE AND PLEASE MAKE THIS MARINA HAPPEN.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

NEXT, WE HAVE JOEY EICHNER.

AND AFTER MR. EICHNER IT IS.

OH, GOODNESS. GOOD EVENING.

FOR THE RECORD. I'M SO SORRY.

REAL QUICK, JOEY. AFTER YOU, YOU'LL HAVE NICHOLAS PAVLOK SOMETHING KISS.

I APOLOGIZE.

ALL RIGHT. JOEY EICHNER. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

I'M GOING TO SPEAK FOR TWO ORGANIZATIONS WITHIN THE THREE MINUTES.

I'M GOING TO SPEAK VERY QUICKLY ON BEHALF OF THE PGA CORRIDOR ASSOCIATION.

IT'S OUR MISSION TO PRESERVE, ENHANCE AND PROMOTE THE PGA CORRIDOR AS THE PREMIER BUSINESS LOCATION IN PALM BEACH COUNTY.

AFTER HAVING PORT 32 REACH OUT TO US TO GIVE US A PRESENTATION ON BEHALF OF OUR MEMBERS AND THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY, OUR BOARD FOUND THAT IT CHECKS ALL THREE BOXES OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.

IT IS IT WILL PRESERVE THE WATERFRONT FOR THE PUBLIC.

IT WILL ENHANCE WHAT IS THERE NOW THAT'S 50 YEARS OLD AND LOOKING TERRIBLE.

AND IT WILL PROMOTE THIS AREA WITH THE WITH THE HIGH END THAT THEY'RE DOING THE STATE OF THE ART FACILITY.

IT'S JUST AMAZING.

NOW, LET ME PUT MY OTHER HAT ON AS A SENIOR MEMBER OF THE DEVELOPMENT TEAM FOR THE RITZ-CARLTON, WHICH IS A NEIGHBOR WHICH IS ACROSS THE STREET, WHICH IS IN PROXIMITY, WHICH HAS HOMES FROM 4.5 MILLION TO OVER $15 MILLION.

WE BELIEVE THIS FACILITY WILL WILL WILL NEVER HARM THE VALUE OF OUR PROPERTY, AND WE THINK IT WILL ONLY ENHANCE IT.

IT WILL ENHANCE IT BECAUSE THE COMMUNITY WILL HAVE MORE USE AND ACCESS TO THE WATERFRONT, WHICH IS WHAT PEOPLE DOWN HERE ARE LOOKING FOR.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

ALL RIGHT, NICHOLAS PAVLAKIS, I'M SO SORRY FOR HOW I'M PRONOUNCING YOUR LAST NAME.

IF YOU COULD COME ON UP.

NAME NICHOLAS AT THE ALPHABET AFTER YOUR NAME, IF YOU CAN.

NAME, ADDRESS AND IF YOU'VE BEEN SWORN IN, PLEASE, SIR.

OKAY. AFTER THAT, WE HAVE HEATHER.

I'M SORRY. JOSHUA LEVINE.

THANK YOU. AFTERWARDS.

MY NAME IS NICHOLAS PAVLAKIS AND I AM A RESIDENT AT 11900 VALENCIA GARDENS AVENUE.

AND I AM WITH AND FOR THE RECORD, I HAVE BEEN SWORN IN.

I AM THE BUSINESS MANAGER AT MARINE MAX, ONE OF THE TENANTS AT PORT 32.

AND FOR THE RECORD, I AM IN FAVOR OF ALL THE ENHANCEMENTS.

I'M GOING TO START THIS OFF WITH THE MARINE MAX MISSION STATEMENT.

I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW WHO WE ARE BUT MIGHT NOT KNOW WHAT WE ARE ABOUT.

OUR MISSION IS TO PROVIDE THE WORLD'S BEST PLEASURE BOATING EXPERIENCE BY CONSISTENTLY EXCEEDING THE GREATEST EXPECTATIONS OF OUR CUSTOMERS, OUR TEAM MEMBERS AND OUR SHAREHOLDERS. LET ME BREAK THAT DOWN, WHAT IT IS AND HOW IT ALIGNS WITH THIS PROJECT.

PROVIDING THE WORLD'S BEST PLEASURE BOATING EXPERIENCE.

THIS IS DONE BY THIS.

THERE IS A NEED TO DO THIS OUT OF A WORLD CLASS FACILITY.

NOT A GOOD EXPERIENCE, NOT A DECENT EXPERIENCE, BUT ONE THAT IS IN A CLASS OF ITS OWN FROM SALES AT A FINEST BRANDS TO CONTINUOUS EDUCATION THROUGH INTRO TO BOATING CLASSES AND WOMEN ON WATER SEMINARS.

OUR JOB DOESN'T START UNTIL AFTER THE SALE OF THE BOAT.

BOATING SAFETY IS ALWAYS OUR NUMBER ONE GOAL IN PROMOTING SAFE BOATING ON THE WATER AS THE MARKET GROWS IS A NECESSITY, CONSISTENTLY EXCEEDING THE GREATEST EXPECTATIONS OF OUR CUSTOMERS, TEAM MEMBERS AND SHAREHOLDERS.

A LOCATION TO BE PROUD OF.

CUSTOMERS ARE PROUD TO BOAT OUT OF HERE AND DO BUSINESS.

TEAM MEMBERS ARE PROUD TO WORK HERE.

SHAREHOLDERS ARE PROUD TO FLY THE MARINE MAX FLAG AND HANG THIS VERY MISSION STATEMENT ON THE WALL.

EVERY MARINA IN THE AREA HAS A WAITLIST OF 40 PLUS PEOPLE FOR STORAGE, AND A LOT OF TIMES YOU CAN'T EVEN GET ON THAT WAITLIST.

WE LIVE IN BOAT IN ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL DESTINATIONS IN THE WHOLE COUNTRY.

WE DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO IT.

WE CAN'T EVEN USE IT.

I KNOW A QUESTION HAS BEEN BROUGHT UP A LOT TONIGHT.

WHY SO MANY SLIPS? WE NEED THEM.

OKAY. AND I KNOW THAT THAT IS ACCESSIBILITY IS PROBABLY THE BIGGEST PROBLEM AROUND HERE.

THIS IS THE FACILITY THAT PALM BEACH GARDENS WANTS.

THIS IS THE FACILITY AT PALM BEACH GARDENS NEEDS.

AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, THIS IS THE FACILITY THAT WE DESERVE TO FACILITATE THE LARGE AND GROWING BOATING COMMUNITY.

I LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU AT PORT 42.

PORT 32.

AND IN A BOATING COMMUNITY, BOTH PERSONALLY AND PROFESSIONALLY.

I LOOK FORWARD TO THE NEW FACILITY AND BEING PROUD OF PALM BEACH, PROUD OF PORT 32, PROUD OF MARINE MAX, PALM BEACH GARDENS.

THANKS AGAIN. AND I'LL SEE YOU GUYS OUT ON THE WATER.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

NEXT, WE HAVE JOSHUA LEVINE AFTER JOSHUA LEVINE WILL BE HEATHER ROBBINS.

HELLO. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS JOSHUA LEVINE AT 2385 PGA BOULEVARD.

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I'M THE DISTRICT MANAGER.

I MANAGE THE MARINE MAX LOCATIONS.

WILL YOU? OH, I APOLOGIZE.

THANK YOU. SWORN IN? I AM SWORN IN? YES.

I'M THE DISTRICT MANAGER FOR THE EAST COAST OF FLORIDA.

I MANAGE THE LOCATIONS FROM STEWART DOWN SOUTH TO POMPANO.

MARINE MAX IS THE WORLD'S LARGEST BOAT AND YACHT RETAILER IN THE WORLD.

WE'VE GOT OVER 80 LOCATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES, OBVIOUSLY MOST OF THEM HERE IN FLORIDA AND ALONG THE EAST COAST.

I'M RELATIVELY NEW TO THIS AREA.

I MOVED HERE IN ABOUT SIX MONTHS AGO FROM THE TAMPA SAINT PETERSBURG AREA.

I WAS GOING TO HIDE THAT FACT FROM YOU GUYS BECAUSE I THOUGHT IT WOULD HURT MY CREDIBILITY.

BUT I SAID, WHY NOT? BECAUSE I'VE GOT A UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE.

WHEN I FIRST CAME OVER HERE, OBVIOUSLY I KNOW EVERYTHING ABOUT MARINE MAX, BUT I DIDN'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT PALM BEACH GARDENS.

BUT I LOVE THE LOVE, THE AREA.

I LOVE THE CITY. EVERYTHING'S VERY BEAUTIFUL.

WHEN I GOT TO THE MARINA, I WAS LESS THAN PLEASANTLY SURPRISED.

COMMENTS SUCH AS, WOW, THIS IS IT.

AND THIS ISN'T NORMAL FOR WHAT MARINE MAX DOES AND PARTNERS WITH AROUND THE UNITED STATES.

AND I'VE HEARD THE COMMENTS.

I'VE HEARD SOME OF THE COMMENTS FROM OUR CUSTOMERS, FROM SOME OF OUR TEAM MEMBERS BACK AT OUR CORPORATE OFFICE IN CLEARWATER.

AND THE COMMENTS ARE PRETTY MUCH ALL THE SAME.

HEY, WHEN ARE THEY GOING TO TEAR DOWN THAT PLACE? WHEN ARE THEY GOING TO INVEST MONEY IN THAT PLACE? OR EVEN WORSE, WHEN ARE YOU GUYS GOING TO MOVE OUT OF THERE AND MOVE TO A BETTER FACILITY? BUT I GOT NEWS FOR YOU.

WE'RE COMMITTED TO THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS.

WE'RE EXCITED TO PARTNER WITH OUR LANDLORD.

WE'VE GOT A UNIQUE CASE HERE.

THEY WANT TO IMPROVE THE FACILITY.

THEY WANT TO SPEND $80 MILLION TO INVEST IN THIS FACILITY AND INTO THE FUTURE.

MAYBE YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THIS FACILITY UP CLOSE, BUT I ENCOURAGE YOU TO WALK AROUND IT, SEE HOW ROUGH IT IS.

RUSTING METAL, CRACKED CONCRETE DRIVEWAYS, THE POTHOLES, DETERIORATING SEA WALLS, SALTWATER POOLS THAT YOU HAVE TO DRIVE THROUGH TO GET AROUND THE PROPERTY.

RESPECTFULLY, IT'S IT'S PRETTY MUCH A MESS.

REGARDING SAFETY AND CLEANLINESS, WE'VE MENTIONED THAT PREVIOUSLY THIS EVENING.

MARINAS THAT ARE 50 YEARS OLD DON'T EVEN COME CLOSE TO COMPARING TO CURRENT CODES, SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS AND ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS.

MANY OF OUR STORES ARE DESIGNATED CLEAN MARINA FACILITIES WITH THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION.

THIS MARINA DOES NOT QUALIFY BECAUSE OF THE MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF RUNOFF OFF THE FACILITY.

SO ONE THING IS FOR SURE WITH THIS NEW FACILITY IS WE WILL BE ABLE TO MEET THAT REQUIREMENT AND HAND IN HAND WITH THE STATE OF FLORIDA WITH THIS NEW FACILITY, IT WILL HELP US REVITALIZE THE LOCAL WATERWAY AND IMPROVE THE EXPERIENCE OF BOATERS AND NON BOATERS.

IT WILL BE CLEANER, IT WILL BE SAFER, MORE EFFICIENT, AND ULTIMATELY BRING MORE PEOPLE TO THE WATERWAY.

AGAIN, WE'RE THANKFUL TO PORT 30 TWO'S ABILITY AND WILLINGNESS TO INVEST WITH US IN THE COMMUNITY, AND BY DOING SO, WE CAN TURN THIS OLD STRUCTURE INTO A MODERN AND TRUE DESTINATION LANDMARK THAT WE CAN ALL BE PROUD OF.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

NEXT, WE HAVE HEATHER ROBBINS.

AND THEN AFTER HEATHER, WE'LL HAVE ZACH SALVADOR, PLEASE.

GOOD EVENING. HEATHER ROBBINS.

I HAVE BEEN SWORN IN.

I RESIDE AT ONE 1025 LEGACY BOULEVARD HERE IN PALM BEACH GARDENS.

AND I'VE BEEN IN THE COMMUNITY FOR OVER 30 YEARS.

I WAS VERY PLEASED TO SEE THE RECENT NEWS ABOUT THE REDEVELOPMENT OF THE PGA MARINA.

I GREW UP IN PALM BEACH GARDENS AND I LOVE LIVING AND WORKING HERE.

TODAY, ONE OF MY FAVORITE PASTIMES IS BEING ON THE WATER IN THE INTRACOASTAL AND ENJOYING ONE OF THE MANY BEAUTIFUL WATERFRONT RESTAURANTS IN OUR AREA.

UNFORTUNATELY, THERE IS A REAL SHORTAGE OF DRY STORAGE OF BOATS IN THE AREA.

GIVEN ITS TREMENDOUS GROWTH IN RECENT YEARS, THIS IS MUCH NEEDED.

IT'S NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND A DRY SLIP GIVEN THE INFLUX OF PEOPLE AND LIMITED WATERFRONT SPACE HERE.

I BELIEVE THE EXPANSION OF THE FACILITY AS WELL AS THE ESTHETIC FACELIFT WOULD BENEFIT OUR COMMUNITY GREATLY.

I FULLY SUPPORT THE REDEVELOPMENT OF THE PORT 32 MARINA.

THAT WILL ADD ABOUT 50 DRY STORAGE SLIPS AND BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE THE LENGTHS AND HEIGHTS OF MORE MODERN BOATS RATHER THAN THE CURRENT MARINA CONFIGURATION THAT WAS DESIGNED DECADES AGO.

PROJECT IS LONG OVERDUE, AND I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE A GREAT THING FOR BOTH BOATERS AND OUR BROADER COMMUNITY TO ENJOY.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

NEXT, WE HAVE ZACH SALVADOR, AND AFTER THAT WE HAVE ALYSSA FREEMAN.

ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING.

MY NAME IS ZACH SALVADOR.

I LIVE AT 3826, BUTTERCUP CIRCLE SOUTH AND I HAVE BEEN SWORN IN.

I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN PALM BEACH GARDENS.

I'VE BEEN HERE FOR OVER 33 YEARS.

I'VE BEEN AN AVID BOATER AND FISHERMAN SINCE I CAN REMEMBER.

AND LIKE A LOT OF MY NEIGHBORS IN MY AREA, WE WE KEEP A BOAT, MY BOAT ON THE SIDE OF THE HOUSE.

IT DOES GIVE US CONVENIENT ACCESS TO THE WATER, WHICH IS GREAT, BUT IT ALSO CREATES SOME NERVOUSNESS WHEN HURRICANES AND LARGE STORMS ROLL THROUGH.

THAT'S WHY I'M FULLY SUPPORTIVE OF OF THE PALM BEACH GARDENS CITY APPROVING THE PLANS FOR THE NEW MARINA THAT WILL ULTIMATELY POTENTIALLY, WELL, ONE, ADD A HURRICANE HARDEN BUILDING IN ORDER TO STORE BOATS.

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AND WITH THAT, I HOPE THAT YOU APPROVE THIS PROJECT AND GIVE OUR BOATING COMMUNITY MORE OPTIONS FOR STORM SAFETY.

THANKS. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

NEXT, WE HAVE ALYSSA FREEMAN AND THEN OUR LAST CARD WILL BE NOEL MARTINEZ.

MISS FREEMAN, IF YOU'D BE SO KIND AS TO STATE YOUR NAME, YOUR ADDRESS, AND IF YOU'VE BEEN SWORN IN.

HELLO? CAN SOMEBODY PLEASE SPARE ME AN HOUR? CLERK WILL HELP YOU WITH THAT.

SORRY. DO YOU SOLEMNLY SWEAR TO TELL THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH, AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH, SO HELP YOU GOD? I DO. GOOD EVENING.

MY NAME IS ALYSSA FREEMAN.

I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR THE MARINE INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION OF PALM BEACH COUNTY.

I'M ALSO A BOATER.

OUR ADDRESS IS 1208 US HIGHWAY ONE IN NORTH PALM BEACH.

SO WE'RE JUST OUR OFFICE IS JUST SOUTH OF THIS PROJECT.

AS AUSTIN SAID, WE REPRESENT ALL OF THE MARINE BUSINESSES AND BOATERS HERE IN PALM BEACH COUNTY, BUT WE ALSO OWN THE PALM BEACH INTERNATIONAL BOAT SHOW.

AND A FUN FACT IS THAT THE VERY FIRST PALM BEACH BOAT SHOW WAS RIGHT HERE IN PALM BEACH GARDENS IN 1982 AT SEVERAL HARBOR MARINA.

SO THERE IS A VERY BIG HISTORY OF BOAT, BIG BOATING HISTORY HERE IN PALM BEACH GARDENS.

WE ALSO PUT ON THE ANNUAL PALM BEACH HOLIDAY BOAT PARADE EVERY YEAR.

SO WE LOVE HAVING THE SUPPORT AND PARTNERSHIP OF PALM BEACH GARDENS WITH THAT.

THE INDUSTRY HAS A HUGE ECONOMIC IMPACT.

IT'S $4.7 BILLION AND THAT'S CLOSE TO DOUBLE WHAT IT WAS BACK IN 2018.

THE POPULATION GROWTH HAS BEEN HUGE, AS EVERYBODY KNOWS.

I MEAN, THAT'S EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT.

AND WITH THAT, WITH WITH ALL THE AMOUNTS OF PEOPLE MOVING HERE, A LOT OF THEM ARE BOATERS.

AND SO AS EVERYBODY HAS MENTIONED, WE NEED THAT ACCESS.

IT'S SO IMPORTANT.

I'M I LIKE I SAID, I HAVE A BOAT, BUT I'M FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO NOT LIVE IN AN HOA.

I CAN KEEP IT IN MY DRIVEWAY.

BUT THERE'S SO MANY PEOPLE THAT THAT CAN'T DO THAT.

AND SO IF YOU WERE TO CALL ANY PLACE TO HAVE YOUR BOAT DRY STORAGE SOMEWHERE, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET IN, MOST LIKELY.

I MEAN, THERE'S THERE'S WAITING LISTS FOR ALL OF OUR MEMBERS THAT I'VE TALKED TO HAVE WAITING LISTS.

SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE IT.

AND THE AMOUNT THAT THEY'RE PROPOSING, I THINK IS WONDERFUL TO BE ABLE TO HAVE 57 MORE.

ALSO, THE INDUSTRY EMPLOYS 20,000 PEOPLE HERE IN PALM BEACH, IN PALM BEACH COUNTY.

AND SO WE WHOLEHEARTEDLY SUPPORT, SUPPORT THIS PROJECT.

IT'S GOING TO BE A REAL GEM, I THINK, FOR THE WATERFRONT IN PALM BEACH GARDENS.

IT'S GOING TO BE MUCH SAFER THAN WHAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW.

SO AGAIN, WE ASK YOU TO PLEASE SUPPORT IT AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE HAVE NOEL MARTINEZ.

PLEASE, IF YOU COULD COME ON UP, STATE YOUR NAME, YOUR ADDRESS, AND IF YOU'VE BEEN SWORN IN.

THANK YOU, MARCIE.

GOOD EVENING. NOEL MARTINEZ, 5520 PGA BOULEVARD, PRESIDENT AND CEO OF THE PALM BEACH NORTH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, AND I HAVE BEEN SWORN IN.

I'M HERE TONIGHT TO EXPRESS THE CHAMBER'S FULL SUPPORT OF THE PORT 32 PROJECT.

WE HAVE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF THOROUGHLY REVIEWING THE PROPOSAL FOR THE REDEVELOPMENT OF THE MARINA, THE WE THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.

IT'S BEEN PRESENTED TO OUR EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AND OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS, AND WE FIND THAT THIS PROJECT NOT JUST NOT IS NOT IN LINE WITH, BUT ACTUALLY ELEVATES THE VISION OF PALM BEACH NORTH.

THE PROPOSED ARCHITECTURE BALANCES FORM AND FUNCTION, SETTING A HIGH STANDARD FOR QUALITY.

JUST LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS DOES.

THE PLANNED ACCESS SOLUTIONS FOR THE RIVERHOUSE RESTAURANT AND THE HARBOR FINANCIAL CENTER ARE COMMENDABLE.

WE ALL KNOW THAT IT'S A MESS GOING IN AND OUT OF THERE.

WE'VE BEEN DOING IT FOR YEARS.

THESE CONSIDERATIONS HELP ASSURE THE SAFETY OF EVERYONE INVOLVED, FROM PATRONS TO BUSINESS OWNERS.

$80 MILLION.

THAT'S A SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT IN OUR COMMUNITY, WHICH WILL HAVE WHICH WILL HAVE A RIPPLE EFFECT, GREATLY BENEFITING OUR BUSINESSES, NOT JUST IN PALM BEACH GARDENS, BUT ACROSS THE PALM BEACH NORTH REGION.

THIS. THIS DEVELOPMENT IS ALSO GOING TO CREATE JOBS.

ACCORDING TO THE FLORIDA SCORECARD, PALM BEACH COUNTY NEEDS TO CREATE ALMOST 80,000 JOBS BY 2030.

THAT'S LESS THAN SEVEN YEARS AWAY.

THIS REDEVELOPMENT IS MUCH NEEDED.

THIS MARINA IS 50 YEARS OLD.

PALM BEACH NORTH HAS BEEN A STRONG SUPPORTER OF THE CITY'S MARINE DISTRICT OVERLAY.

WE FIND THAT THIS REDEVELOPMENT TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THAT VISION.

THEREFORE, OUR CHAMBER NOT ONLY ENDORSES, BUT STRONGLY URGES THE COUNCIL TO FOLLOW THE PNC AND STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE PGA MARINA REDEVELOPMENT AS PROPOSED.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR CONSIDERATION.

THANK YOU, NOEL. AND ON BEHALF OF OUR WHOLE COUNCIL, THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO SPOKE TONIGHT FOR STAYING WITHIN TIME AND TO ALLOW EVERYONE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK AND FOR YOUR CIVIL, RESPECTFUL DISCOURSE.

WE'RE VERY, VERY THANKFUL FOR THAT.

SO WE'RE GOING TO ALLOW OPPORTUNITY FOR REBUTTAL.

DO WE HAVE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO COME UP, MR. TUMA? MADAM MAYOR, I WOULD JUST RESPOND TO YOUR QUESTIONS.

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HAPPY TO RESPOND TO ANY QUESTIONS THE COMMISSION MAY HAVE.

THANK YOU. THEN WE'LL GO AHEAD AND PROCEED IN ORDER TO BRING IT BACK FOR DISCUSSION, I'M GOING TO ASK FOR A MOTION.

I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE HEARING, GET A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE AND BRING IT BACK FOR DISCUSSION.

MAY I GET A MOTION FROM MY COUNSEL, PLEASE? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 58 2023.

THANK YOU, DANA. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU, CARL.

OKAY, GUYS, LET'S LET'S DIG IN.

CARL. YOU WANT ME TO GO, SIR? OKAY. IT'S UP TO YOU. I SUGGEST SOMETIMES ON THESE BIG PROJECTS.

WE'RE ALL GOING TO GO BACK AND FORTH A LITTLE BIT AND WE MIGHT ASK MULTIPLE QUESTIONS FROM ONE COUNCIL MEMBER TO ANOTHER, BUT WE'LL GET WHERE WE NEED TO BE BECAUSE I WON'T BE.

READY FOR A LITTLE BIT.

BUT THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN PALM BEACH GARDENS, WE LIVE HERE TOO.

ALL OF US DO.

AND WE DON'T ROLL INTO THE CITY AND BE HERE FOR A YEAR OR TWO AND GET ELECTED CITY COUNCIL.

THERE'S PROBABLY OVER 200 AND PLUS YEARS BETWEEN US FIVE WHO LIVE IN PALM BEACH GARDENS.

THIS ISN'T THE FIRST DEVELOPMENT.

OUR BIG DEVELOPMENT THAT HAS PRESENTED ITSELF TO US.

WE HAVE THE TWIN TOWERS DOWNTOWN AT THE GARDENS.

WHAT WE'RE DOING OUT WEST, WE MAKE BIG CHOICES AND NOT ONE BOLT GETS LAID INTO THIS CITY, FIRST OFF, WITHOUT THE SCRUTINY OF OUR STAFF.

AND THEN WITHOUT APPROVAL, THE CITY COUNCIL.

SO. I'M GOING TO LAY IT OUT RIGHT NOW BECAUSE OF HOW I FEEL ABOUT IT.

AND THIS WILL PROBABLY.

SET THE COURSE OF HOW WE'RE GOING TO GO.

BUT I'M GOING TO I'M GOING TO SUPPORT IT.

AND I'M GOING TO COME BACK WITH SOME SOME QUESTIONS TO STAFF AND THE DEVELOPER DEVELOPER.

BUT THERE'S A VISION OF PALM BEACH GARDENS.

I MYSELF FOR SEVEN YEARS I'VE BEEN A COUNCIL MEMBER AND WE'RE TECHNOLOGY BASED, DRIVEN WITH A HUGE OVERLAY OF THE COMMUNITY AND WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO TO NOT JUST PALM BEACH GARDENS, BUT TO THE WHOLE WHOLE NORTHERN PALM BEACH COUNTY.

PALM BEACH GARDENS.

THERE'S THERE'S NOTHING LIKE IT AROUND.

NOT JUPITER, CERTAINLY NOT THE CITIES TO OUR SOUTH WEST PALM.

PALM BEACH GARDENS SETS THE PACE IN.

SOUTHERN FLORIDA.

NORTH BROWARD.

I MEAN, OR EVEN NORTH OF MIAMI.

AND IF THIS DEVELOPMENT IS DONE CORRECTLY, IT'S IT'S GOING TO BE PART OF OUR DNA IN.

YOU KNOW, WE WERE REALLY NOT A MARINE COMMUNITY, I DON'T THINK.

AND I'VE BEEN HERE A LONG TIME.

BUT WE ARE BECOMING WITH OUR VISION OF WHAT WE'RE DOING ON PROSPERITY AND SO ON.

AND WITH CATTLE FUMO'S PROJECT, WE'RE GETTING MORE INVOLVED IN THE MARINA DISTRICT, AND THAT LITTLE AREA AROUND THE PGA BRIDGE IS VERY. IMPORTANT TO THE VISION OF WHAT WE'VE GOT GOING ON.

THAT MARINE IS HORRIBLE.

IT'S BEEN A MESS SINCE.

AND THE OTHER THE OTHER I WAS HERE WHEN WE WHEN THEY PRESENTED US THAT OTHER.

THING THAT WE WERE NEVER GOING TO APPROVE.

BUT JUST FOR STARTERS, THAT'S HOW I'M GOING TO SET THE PACE.

I'M GOING TO CIRCLE BACK TO IT.

I'M GOING TO SUPPORT IT.

COMMUNITY NEEDS IT, AND IT'S A BIG PICTURE.

BUT IT WON'T BE WITHOUT SOME MORE QUESTIONS THAT I HAVE COMING FORWARD FOR STAFF AND OWNER.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. CARL. DANA. YEAH, I'LL START.

I'LL START US OFF. I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYONE WHO'S HERE TONIGHT.

EVERYONE IS REALLY PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS PROJECT ON BOTH SIDES.

WE HEAR YOU.

WE HEAR YOU LOUD AND CLEAR.

AND IT'S BEEN THIS IS SOMETHING WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT FOR A LONG TIME AS WELL.

AND WE'VE HAD A LOT OF QUESTIONS IN AGENDA REVIEW AND WE CONTINUE TO HAVE QUESTIONS.

AND I KNOW THAT THIS MIGHT BE THE FIRST TIME SOME PEOPLE HERE HAVE HEARD THIS, BUT IT'S NOT THE FIRST TIME WE HAVE.

AND WE HEAR YOU LOUD AND CLEAR.

YOU'RE ARTICULATE, YOUR PROFESSIONAL, YOU'RE PASSIONATE.

WE'RE ALL PASSIONATE ABOUT PALM BEACH GARDENS AND WHERE WE LIVE.

AND IT'S IT'S REALLY EVIDENT.

I HAD A COUPLE QUESTIONS FOR MR. TUMA AND MAYBE MR. FITZ, IF I COULD.

I WANTED TO CIRCLE BACK ON ONE OF THE WAIVERS ABOUT THE BUFFER ON PGA BOULEVARD AND WHY IT'S SO CONDENSED AND IF THERE'S ANY ISSUE WITH TRAFFIC AND OR JUST SECURITY WITH THAT BUFFER AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO JUST SOME OF THESE LITTLE DETAILS.

YES, COUNCILWOMAN THANK YOU FOR THAT.

THE BUFFER ALONG PGA BOULEVARD, IT IS NARROW THAN WHAT THE CODE REQUIREMENT.

THE CODE REQUIREMENT IS 20FT.

IT GOES FROM AT A MINIMUM POINT, I BELIEVE, FROM 1.6 TO 16.

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BUT WHY THAT'S LIKE THAT IS BECAUSE THERE'S WATER, SEWER, PHONE LINES ACROSS THE INTERCOASTAL.

BUT WHAT WE'RE DOING IS ALLOWING IT TO BE TO INCREASE THE LANDSCAPE IN THAT AREA, PARTICULARLY AS YOU COME OVER THE PGA BOWL, COME OVER THE BRIDGE, YOU'LL NOTICE THERE'S ADDITIONAL LANDSCAPING.

SOME OF IT'S EVEN IN POTTED PLANTS BECAUSE WE CAN'T PLANT BECAUSE OF THE FACILITIES THAT ARE THERE.

SO WE'VE IMPROVED IT.

WE HAVE SHIFTED THAT ROAD THAT EXISTING ROAD AT THE BASE OF THAT BRIDGE.

IT'S MOVED OVER 50FT TO THE WEST.

THAT WILL HELP TRAFFIC.

MR. HAGEN WILL WILL AGREE WITH ME ON THE ACCESS COMPONENT.

ALSO ON THE MAIN ENTRANCE ON THAT GRAPHIC, YOU'LL SEE WITH THE, HOW SHALL WE SAY, THE CAJOLING OF YOUR STAFF.

WE HAVE CREATED A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF STACKING BEFORE THE FIRST TERM.

THERE'S A PROPER THERE'S A PROPER TRANSPORTATION TERMINOLOGY WHICH I CAN'T THINK OF RIGHT NOW YET, BUT BASICALLY WE'VE EXTENDED THAT.

SO IT MEETS THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENT OF THE CITY THAT DOESN'T EXIST TODAY.

SO IT ALLOWS FOR MORE VEHICLES TO ENTER THAT DRIVEWAY.

ALSO, WHEN YOU PULL IN, YOU DON'T HAVE THAT QUIRKY MOVEMENT WHERE YOU HAVE TO TAKE THAT RIGHT TURN INTO THE RIVER HOUSE.

NOW YOU GET FURTHER IN, THEN YOU GO TO THE RIVER HOUSE.

SO WE BELIEVE THAT THE ACCESS IS MUCH BETTER TODAY THAN WHAT IT WAS THAN EXCUSE ME, MUCH BETTER WHEN THIS WILL BE BUILT THAN IT IS TODAY.

AND I HOPE I HOPE I ANSWERED YOUR QUESTION.

COUNCILWOMAN NO, THAT WAS GREAT.

THANK YOU. ONE OF THE RESIDENTS BROUGHT UP POLICY AND TEARING.

CAN SOMEBODY.

UM, ANSWER THAT FOR ME.

THE TOURING QUESTION.

YES, MA'AM. THE POLICY IN REFERENCE IS FROM ORDNANCE THREE 2022 WHEN WE CREATED THE MARINE OVERLAY DISTRICT AND THE POLICY REQUIRES STAFF TO CRAFT AN LDR AMENDMENT WITHIN A YEAR THAT INCLUDES THESE TIERING POLICIES.

THOSE ARE NOT IN PLACE AT THIS TIME.

HOWEVER, WE DID, WE LOOKED AT PREVIOUS TIERING POLICIES THAT WE HAVE IN THE CITY AS WELL TO SORT OF LOOK AT THAT.

I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY.

WHILE MARTIN FITZ IS BRINGING UP THE EXHIBIT, BECAUSE I THINK THAT AN EXHIBIT WOULD HELP SHOW YOU, FIRST OF ALL.

POLICY 1.3.

10.1 IS NOT APPLICABLE, PERIOD.

THAT POLICY WAS SPECIFICALLY WRITTEN FOR COMMERCIAL USES AGAINST RESIDENTIAL.

SO THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT IS.

AS YOU CAN SEE THE ZONING MAP IN FRONT OF YOU, THE ENTIRE ADJACENCY OF THAT NORTHERN BOUNDARY IS COMMERCIAL.

SO WHEN THE THE SO IT'S NOT APPLICABLE.

AND I THINK YOU CAN END WITH A FIRM PERIOD THERE.

HOWEVER, THE AND THE MAP DEMONSTRATES THAT.

HOWEVER, AS STAFF DOES IMPLEMENT THIS BECAUSE THE COMP PLAN POLICY WAS PASSED EARLIER THIS YEAR, WE WOULD IMPLEMENT TIERING STANDARDS FOR REFERENCE THE TIERING STANDARDS THAT HAVE BEEN INCLUDED TO DATE, WHICH INCLUDE THE WORKFORCE HOUSING ORDINANCE, WHICH WAS PASSED BY COUNCIL JUST A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO, INCLUDED SOME STANDARDS FOR TIERING AS WELL AS ALTON WHEN THE TRIGGER DRY, WHICH MR. TUMA ALSO DID BACK IN THE DAY, THOSE STANDARDS IN THAT HYPOTHETICAL SCENARIO WHERE WE WOULD INTRODUCE TIERING STANDARDS, WE WOULD TURN TO SIMILAR TIERING STANDARDS.

AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE DISTANCE FROM THE EXISTING BUILDING WHERE THE SETBACK IS ON THAT NORTH SIDE IS WELL OVER 100FT, THESE TIERING STANDARDS THAT ARE EXISTING IN OUR CITY'S CODE ARE FAR EXCEEDED.

BUT THE THE FIRM AND SIMPLE ANSWER IS IT'S NOT APPLICABLE.

OKAY. THANK YOU. THANKS.

I'M GOING TO PASS IT ON TO MY COLLEAGUE BECAUSE I'M SURE WE ALL HAVE SIMILAR QUESTIONS.

WE'LL ALL COME AROUND A FEW TIMES.

BERT. YEAH, I'M GOING TO.

I'M NOT A BOATER, SO CAN WHOEVER THE REPRESENTATIVE IS FOR THE OPERATIONAL SIDE OF THIS FACILITY.

I KIND OF WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT IF THIS FACILITY IS BUILT? HOW DO PEOPLE COME IN, GET THE BOAT, WHAT'S THE TIMING FROM CYCLING TO TO THE TO THE GROUND? HOW MANY CAN WE DO AT A TIME? I WANT TO KNOW FUNCTIONALLY HOW THIS OPERATES.

SURE, I CAN TRY A PORTION OF THAT, BUT I'M GOING TO ASK MR..

SURE. COME ON UP.

I KEPT CALLING HIM MR. SCHNELL, AND THAT WAS TERRIBLE.

IT'S MR.. I KEPT MISSING IT.

SORRY. NO, NO WORRIES, KEN.

UM, SO THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.

SO ONE OF THE RATHER SIMPLE INNOVATIONS THAT WE'VE MADE THAT WASN'T POSSIBLE UNTIL WE ALL HAD SMARTPHONES.

MODERN TECHNOLOGY IS THAT WE RUN A RESERVATION SYSTEM.

THOSE RESERVATIONS NEED TO BE MADE 24 HOURS IN ADVANCE.

AT THE LEAST, IT'S AKIN TO MAKING A TEE TIME, BUT YOU MAKE IT ON THE PORT 32 APP ON YOUR PHONE.

THOSE RESERVATIONS ARE MADE ON TEN MINUTE INCREMENTS AND WE CAN ALLOW 2 OR 3 RESERVATIONS PER TEN MINUTE INCREMENT DEPENDING UPON THE SETTINGS THAT WE CHOOSE FOR ANY PARTICULAR MARINA. SO THERE'S NOT AN INFLUX OF TRAFFIC AT ANY ONE TIME.

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TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION REGARDING THE LOGISTICS OF ACTUALLY DROPPING A BOAT, THAT RESERVATION SYSTEM HAS A BACK END.

THAT BACK END IS AN IPAD THAT SITS MOUNTED ON THE FORKLIFT DRIVER.

SO IT PREVENTS A WORK QUEUE.

IT'S IT'S ACTUALLY HELPED DRIVE QUITE A BIT OF EFFICIENCY IN OUR MARINE OPERATIONS.

SO THE FORKLIFT DRIVER SEES WHICH RESERVATION IS UP NEXT WHERE THE SLIP IS LOCATED.

HE THEN DRIVES TO THE SLIP, FETCHES THE BOAT, DROPS IT IN THE WATER WHERE THE DOCK CAN TAKES IT, FUELS IT IF IT THAT'S BEEN REQUESTED.

ICE DRINKS AND SO ON.

IT REMOVES THE FRICTION FOR OUR MEMBERS AND FROM THE COMMUNITY, FROM ACTUALLY GETTING OUT TO ENJOYING THE WATER WITH THEIR FAMILY AND THEIR FRIENDS.

THEY CAN JUST STEP ON THE BOAT AND GO.

THAT ENABLES US TO INCREASE THE THROUGHPUT BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE PEOPLE WAITING TO LOAD THEIR COOLERS AND ICE, THE COOLERS AND GETTING FUEL.

WE CAN REALLY, DEPENDING UPON THE TRAVEL DISTANCE OF THE LIFT BETWEEN THE BACK WALL OF BUILDING C AND THE LIFT WELL, OR BUILDING B AROUND 6 TO 8 MINUTES PER BOAT AND WE CAN RUN TWO LIFTS AT A TIME.

GOT IT. CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE CONCERNS OVER FUEL WITHIN THE TWO LARGE BUILDINGS? I MEAN, I KNOW YOUR FUEL PUMPS ARE GOING TO BE OUTSIDE LOCATED ON THE DOCK AREA.

THERE ARE NO FUEL FACILITIES WITH INSIDE THOSE TWO BUILDINGS TO GAS UP BOATS.

NO, CERTAINLY NOT WITHIN THE BUILDING.

SO, YOU KNOW, THESE BUILDINGS WILL BE CONSTRUCTED TO MEET FIRE CODE.

OBVIOUSLY, WE'VE CONSULTED WITH, I BELIEVE, FIRE MARSHAL ROSENBERG.

IS THAT CORRECT NAME? WE OPERATE ALMOST 3000 DRY SLIPS AROUND THE STATE, INCLUDING THE 450 PROPOSED HERE.

SO FUEL SAFETY AND FRANKLY, ALL SAFETY IS A BIG ISSUE TO US.

AND IT WILL BE HERE.

YOU KNOW, MODERN CODES WHICH ARE NOT IN PLACE TODAY, GIVEN THE AGE OF THE FACILITY, MODERN FIRE SAFETY SYSTEMS, THEY MATTER.

AND THAT'S THAT'S PART OF THE REASON FOR TAKING THIS ANTIQUATED FACILITY AND REVITALIZING IT.

AND TELL ME THE SIZE OF THE BOATS THAT ARE IN THESE TWO FACILITIES RIGHT NOW.

WE HAVE THE LARGER BOATS ARE OUTSIDE, FRANKLY, BECAUSE THE INFRASTRUCTURE OF THE ENCLOSED BUILDING IS INSUFFICIENT TO FIT THE MODERN BOATER IN 50 YEARS.

YOU CAN IMAGINE THERE'S BEEN MASSIVE INNOVATIONS IN ENGINE TECHNOLOGY, WHICH IS PROPELLING LIGHTER AND LARGER BOATS AND YOU KNOW, IN COASTAL FLORIDA, WHERE YOU DO HAVE ACCESS TO THE ATLANTIC OCEAN, YOU KNOW, SPORT FISHERMEN AND RECREATIONAL BOATERS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO FIGHT THE WAVES OUT IN THE ATLANTIC AND LARGER VESSELS.

RIGHT NOW, WE ACCOMMODATE THOSE BY PUTTING THEM ON THE OUTDOOR RACKS WHERE WE HAVE SPACE FOR THEM.

YOU KNOW, THIS BUILDING WILL HAVE SPOTS ON THE LOWER RACKS FOR LARGER BOATS, ALTHOUGH THE HIGHER YOU GO, YOU'RE CONSTRAINED BY BY ESSENTIALLY FORKLIFT WEIGHT CAPACITY.

SO WHAT SIZE WOULD BE THE BIGGEST BOAT IN THE IN ONE OF THESE BUILDINGS ON THE GROUND FLOOR? THE LARGEST BOATS WILL BE 50 TO 55FT.

I CAN GET THE SPECIFICS BY LOOKING AT THE PLAN.

AND THE SMALLEST BOAT WOULD BE 20, 25, 30.

I MEAN, I'M NOT WELL, THERE'S NO LIMIT ON HOW SMALL EFFECTIVELY ON THE TOP RACKS.

IT REALLY IS A MATTER OF WEIGHT.

MORE THAN LENGTH. GOTCHA.

OKAY. APPRECIATE THAT.

MAKES SENSE. HOURS OF OPERATION DURING THE WEEKDAY AND WEEKENDS.

SURE. WE'RE SEVEN DAYS A WEEK.

8 TO 5. SORRY.

OH, YOU'RE DOING GREAT. I'M SORRY.

I'M SEVEN DAYS A WEEK.

8 TO 5, 825, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK.

AND THE LAST QUESTION I HAD IS WITH REGARDS TO FIRE.

I MEAN, I KNOW THIS FACILITY, YOU KNOW, I WORRY ABOUT TURNAROUND AND ROUNDABOUTS AND AND THE SPACING AND ALL THAT THAT WE REQUIRE FOR THESE LARGER FILE FIRE APPARATUSES.

WE HAVE TO GET SOMEBODY IN THERE.

SO I'M CURIOUS ABOUT HOW EVERYTHING IS KIND OF LAID OUT.

IF IF IT WORKS FOR US WITHOUT ISSUE, IT DOES.

THE FIRE MARSHAL HAS HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO AHEAD AND LOOK AT ACCESS FOR US.

HE HAS WORKED OUT ANY ISSUES THAT THEY HAD.

WE'RE GOOD TO GO. OKAY.

OKAY. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THAT'S ALL I HAD.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MARCIE.

I GUESS, GOING FORTH.

YOU GUYS HAVE ANSWERED A LOT OF MY QUESTIONS, SO I APPRECIATE THAT.

AND I DO WANT TO START BY THANKING YOU ALL FOR COMING OUT HERE AND VOICING YOUR CONCERNS.

IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE HEAR A LOT.

WE A LOT OF TIMES HAVE AN EMPTY COUNCIL CHAMBERS, SO WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.

AND WE DO HEAR YOU.

AND I DO CONCUR WITH WHAT DANA SAID.

I DO HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS MAYBE FOR STAFF.

I HEARD SOMETHING ABOUT A HARDSHIP WITH THE WAIVERS.

DOES A WAIVER REQUIRE HARDSHIP OR IS THAT A VARIANCE AND THE DIFFERENCE THEN? YES, YOU ARE CORRECT, MA'AM.

THE HARDSHIP REFERENCE IS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT.

WHAT IS ON THE TABLE? WHAT IS BEING REQUESTED BY THE APPLICANT IS A WAIVER.

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A VARIANCE HAS A VERY DIFFERENT CRITERIA WHERE A HARDSHIP IS REQUIRED TO BE ESTABLISHED, A WAIVER IS VERY DIFFERENT.

THERE'S ESTABLISHED CRITERIA THAT HAS BEEN ADOPTED IN OUR CODE THAT REQUIRES APPLICANTS TO SUBSTANTIATE EACH AND EVERY WAIVER BY PROVIDING ADDITIONAL ELEMENTS OF THE PROJECT ABOVE AND BEYOND CODE.

THREE CLEAR EXAMPLES WOULD BE ENHANCED ARCHITECTURE.

ANOTHER EXAMPLE SUSTAINABILITY.

ENVIRONMENTAL ENHANCEMENTS FOR THE SITE.

ANOTHER EXAMPLE ENHANCED LANDSCAPING AND OPEN SPACE.

SO THERE'S ACTUALLY A SET CRITERIA.

SO WHEN THESE WAIVERS WERE SUBMITTED AND WERE CAREFULLY EVALUATED BY STAFF, THE WAIVER WAS CONSIDERED AND REVIEWED AND SUPPORTED BASED ON THE ADDITIONAL ENHANCEMENTS THAT THE APPLICANT HAS PROVIDED, WHICH ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE CITY'S CODE.

AND THEN SINCE YOU'RE ALREADY SPEAKING, I'M GOING TO ASK YOU ANOTHER QUESTION, WHICH IS IN REGARDS TO RECENT LEGISLATION THAT WAS JUST PASSED, WHICH I PERSONALLY HATE IT, BUT THIS IS AN INDUSTRIAL OR A COMMERCIAL SITE INDUSTRIAL USE, I GUESS YOU WOULD SAY, IF LIVE LOCAL, WHICH WAS JUST RECENTLY PASSED, WERE IN PLACE, WHICH MEANS THAT SOMEBODY CAN COME HERE AND REDEVELOP THIS SITE WITHOUT COMING TO COUNCIL APPROVAL.

WHAT WOULD BE THE HEIGHT? REQUIREMENTS ARE THE HEIGHT THAT THEY CAN ASK FOR AT A STAFF LEVEL.

YES. WELL, OR DO THEY HAVE TO EVEN ASK THAT? THEY ARE ENTITLED TO, I GUESS YOU WOULD SAY.

RIGHT. SO SENATE BILL 102, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS LIVE LOCAL, WAS A STATEWIDE OMNIBUS BILL THAT PROVIDED A TON OF PREEMPTION FOR FOR ZONING. AND ONE OF THE KEY THINGS THAT IT DOES WHEN A DEVELOPER DEVELOPER COMES FORWARD AND COMMITS 40% WORKFORCE HOUSING IS IT ELIMINATES THE PUBLIC PROCESS.

IT ELIMINATES CITY COUNCILS, RIGHT.

TO BE ABLE TO APPROVE PUBLICLY A DEVELOPMENT.

SO LIVE LOCAL HAS SOME FRUSTRATING ELEMENTS.

THERE'S A LOT OF AMBIGUITY TO IT, BUT I CAN SAY WITH CERTAINTY THAT THE ALLOWABLE HEIGHT FOR THIS PARTICULAR SITE IS 90FT.

CLEARLY THAT'S ESTABLISHED IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

SO UNDER LIVE LOCAL, A WORKFORCE HOUSING PROJECT AND IT HAS TO BE MIXED USE.

SO SOME KIND OF MIXED USE WORKFORCE HOUSING PROJECT COULD GO UP TO 90FT WITHOUT CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL PROCESS.

AND I KNOW ONE OF MY QUESTIONS WAS ACTUALLY IN REGARDS TO THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION'S CLEAN MARINA DESIGNATION.

IS THAT SOMETHING THAT IS REQUIRED OR THE APPLICANT IS PLANNING TO APPLY FOR? NOW THAT IT'S BEING REDEVELOPED.

WHOEVER WANTS TO ANSWER IT? SURE. IT WAS IN REGARDS TO THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION'S CLEAN MARINA DESIGNATION.

IS THAT SOMETHING THAT'S REQUIRED NOW THAT IT'S BEING REDEVELOPED TO APPLY FOR, OR IS IT SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE PLANNING TO APPLY FOR, WHICH WOULD BE A GREAT DESIGNATION TO HAVE, OBVIOUSLY. YES.

THANK YOU. IT IS NOT A REQUIREMENT, BUT WE ARE PLANNING WILL HAVE THE CLEAN MARINA DESIGNATION.

OKAY. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT.

I, TOO, HAVE LIVED HERE SINCE THE 80S AND I DO RECALL THIS SITE.

I REMEMBER WHEN THE LANDMARK WAS COMING HERE FOR APPROVAL TOO.

I WASN'T ON THE COUNCIL AT THE TIME, BUT I REMEMBER THAT VERY, VERY WELL BECAUSE I LIVED IN THE GENERAL AREA AND IT WAS A VERY TOUGH THING.

SO I DO ABSOLUTELY APPRECIATE ALL OF YOUR COMMENTS AND ALL OF YOUR CONCERNS.

UM, YOU ARE DOING A GREAT JOB WITH THE ACCESS FOR THE RIVER HOUSE.

TO ME, IT WAS A VERY UNSAFE YES, IT WAS IMPROVED A LITTLE BIT NOT THAT LONG AGO, BUT IT'S STILL A VERY UNSAFE WAY TO GET TO A VERY, VERY, VERY BUSY COMMERCIAL RESTAURANT ESTABLISHMENT.

SO I DO APPRECIATE THAT.

I HAVE RECEIVED OVER 60 AND I DIDN'T PARTY THAT, BUT I DID RECEIVE OVER 60 EMAILS FOR AND AGAINST BOTH IN REGARDS TO THIS PETITION.

AND A COUPLE THAT RESONATED WITH ME WERE IN REGARDS TO THE LIMITED AVAILABILITY OF STORAGE, A BOAT STORAGE.

AND SO I ACTUALLY DID DO SOME CALLING AROUND LIKE I TYPICALLY DO.

AND IT'S TRUE THE THE AMOUNT OF STORAGE SLIPS HAS DECREASED, ESPECIALLY IN THE NORTH

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SO I UNDERSTAND THE NEED HERE.

BUT WITH ALL OF THAT SAID, YOU'VE ANSWERED ALL OF MY QUESTIONS AND I APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU GUYS BEING HERE AND THE TIME THAT YOU'VE SAID THANKS. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MARCIE CARL, WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK DOWN TO YOU AGAIN.

ALL RIGHT. WELL, I HAVE A FEW MORE QUESTIONS.

HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE WE EXPECTING TO COME AND GO OUT OF THIS PARKING LOT EVERY DAY ONCE IT'S BUILT? A GOOD EVENING, FOR THE RECORD.

CHRIS HAGAN I'M A TRANSPORTATION ENGINEER WITH KIMLEY-HORN ASSOCIATES AT 477 SOUTH ROSEMARY AVENUE IN WEST PALM BEACH.

AND I WAS SWORN IN AT THE BEGINNING OF THE HEARING.

THE TRAFFIC STUDY THAT WE PREPARED WAS ACTUALLY A LITTLE TOUGHER THAN THAN KIND OF YOUR STANDARD RUN OF THE MILL TRAFFIC ANALYSIS BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME SOME DIFFERENT USES HERE THAT DON'T HAVE ESTABLISHED ITE RATES.

SO WE WE ENDED UP ERRING ON THE SIDE OF BEING CONSERVATIVE FOR THE BOAT SHOW ROOM AND BOAT SALES COMPONENT OF IT.

THERE IS NO REALLY ACCEPTED OR PUBLISHED TRIP GENERATION RATE FOR THAT.

SO WE USED AUTOMOBILE SALES, WHICH IS CERTAINLY A HIGHER THERE'S A HIGHER AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC THAT COMES TO AN AUTO SHOW ROOM THAN THERE IS TO A BOAT SHOW ROOM OVER THE COURSE OF THE DAY. BUT WITH THAT, BASED ON THE ANALYSIS THAT WE CONDUCTED AND ADDING THE ADDITIONAL MARINA SLIPS, WE WERE PROJECTING APPROXIMATELY 26 ADDITIONAL PEAK HOUR TRIPS AND 41 ADDITIONAL PM PEAK HOUR TRIPS ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT IS COMING IN AND OUT OF THOSE DRIVEWAYS TODAY. SO LESS THAN A ONE ADDITIONAL TRIP EVERY MINUTE, LESS THAN THAT.

SO WHAT'S THE TOTAL? THE TOTAL IN THE PEAK HOUR IS IS 61.

AND IN THE PM PEAK HOUR, 136.

IS THAT CURRENT? NO, IT'S THAT'S THAT'S IN THE FUTURE WITH THE REDEVELOPMENT AND THE OTHER TRICKY THE OTHER TRICKY THING IS THAT THE DRIVEWAY TO THE WEST IS ACTUALLY A SHARED DRIVEWAY.

SO THERE ARE HIGHER VOLUMES GOING IN AND OUT OF THERE THAT ARE GOING TO BOTH RIVER HOUSE AND ALSO TO THE HARBOR SIDE TO THE WEST.

SO MARINA, SPECIFICALLY AND A HALF DURING THE DAY.

HOW MANY EMPLOYEES DO WE HAVE CURRENTLY AND HOW WHAT'S OUR PROJECTED EMPLOYEE WHEN YOU GET BUILT OUT? GET. CURRENTLY VICE MAYOR, THERE ARE EIGHT EMPLOYEES AND IN THE FUTURE THERE WILL BE 12.

THAT'S IT. WOW, THAT'S GREAT.

PROBABLY GOING TO BE AI DRIVING THE FORKLIFTS ONE DAY.

OKAY. SO DON'T DON'T GO ANYWHERE.

WE'VE HAD THIS CONVERSATION IN THE PAST WITH BUILDING OTHER DEVELOPMENTS, THE ONE OVER OFF OF NORTH LAKE BOULEVARD.

IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE 150 PEOPLE COMING AND GOING AND 12 WHATEVER, EMPLOYEES MAYBE MORE OR LESS.

HOW COME ONLY TWO CHARGING STATIONS? OR IS IT MORE THAN TWO? BECAUSE I'M GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO WANT THIS IS WHERE WE BARGAIN.

SO AND WHAT'S THE WHAT KIND OF CHARGING STATIONS ARE THOSE? YOU KNOW, OUR FRIEND RACHELLE IS NOT HERE ANYMORE.

SO BUT IT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

SO HOW MANY CHARGING STATIONS WE HAVE? OKAY. I ALWAYS MESS THIS UP.

TWO CARS CAN BE CHARGED AT ONE TIME.

HOW DOES THAT SOUND WITH TWO CHARGING STATIONS? SO FOUR CARS AT ONCE? NO, TWO CARS, ONE STATION.

SO HOW MANY CHARGES CARS CAN BE CHARGED AT ONE TIME? TWO. SO THEN WHY DO WE ONLY HAVE.

WHY DON'T WE HAVE MORE WITH 150? TWO STATIONS. TWO STATIONS.

TWO STATIONS. FOUR CARDS.

IT'S STILL NOT ENOUGH.

OKAY, WELL.

WELL, I DON'T NECESSARILY KNOW IF THAT'S RIGHT, BUT WE'RE GOING TO PULL UP THE PLANS AND LOOK REAL QUICK.

LET US GET THE WAY OF THE FUTURE.

AND EVERYBODY GOING IN THERE IS GOING TO HAVE A BATTERY OPERATED CAR IF THEY CAN AFFORD A HALF $1 MILLION BOAT ON UP.

I NEED TO CHARGE IT EVERY TIME I GO.

YOU REALLY DON'T. YEAH, I KNOW, BUT WE'VE BEEN PUSHING IT.

IT'S GREEN. WHAT'S THAT? OH, THERE'S TWO. IT'S HERE.

AND IT'S LOCATED BETWEEN THESE TWO PARKING SPACES.

OKAY. WHAT? DO YOU SEE THAT? OKAY. I CAN'T SEE THE PLANTS, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU.

I GOT TO GET A LITTLE BIGGER PRINT.

BUT TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION IS, I SUSPECT, MR. WOODS, YOU'D LIKE AN ADDITIONAL CHARGING STATION.

I WANT AS MANY AS WE CAN GET IN THERE BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE GROWING.

HOW MANY CAN WE GET? I THINK THAT I NEED TO CAUCUS REAL QUICK WITH THE PERSON WHO'S WRITING THE CHECK.

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YOU HAVE LET ME LET'S MAKE THE CHOICE NOW.

OKAY. WELL, LOTS OF DEBATING GOING ON.

WELL, I'M GETTING MY SUPPORT FROM MY COUNCIL MEMBERS, TOO.

SO WHICH FIGHT YOU WANT? WELL, I KNOW WHAT THE ONE I DON'T WANT.

I KNOW YOU KNOW, THE ANSWER IS WE WOULD BE WILLING TO PROVIDE THREE, WHICH EQUATES TO SIX SPOTS.

THERE'S A GREAT LOCATION FOR THOSE.

IT WORKS ON THE TRANSFORMER.

WE HAVE TO WORK THROUGH THE DETAILS WHERE THE TRANSFORMER GOES, BUT THAT'S WHAT FITS GENERALLY IN THAT AREA.

I LIKE SIX.

MY COUNCIL LIKES THREE CHARGERS, TOTAL OF SIX.

I DIG THAT. WHAT SPEED? WHAT SPEED ARE THE CHARGERS? WHAT LEVEL? DON'T PUT THE LAZY ONES IN TWO.

TWO FOR SURE. THANK YOU, MR. PRICE. ALL RIGHT. GOT IT.

I'M NOT. HOLD ON, MAYOR.

IN ONE OF THE PRESENTATION SLIDES, A COUPLE OF US DISCUSSED IT, AND I'VE DROVE OVER THAT BRIDGE A BILLION TIMES.

THERE'S POWER POLES ALONG THE SIDEWALK.

ARE THEY CURRENTLY THERE? THEY ARE, YES, SIR. WITH EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON, IS THERE A WAY WE CAN PUT THOSE UNDERGROUND? IMPOSSIBLE TO PUT THOSE UNDERGROUND.

OKAY, FAIR ENOUGH.

UM, AND NATALIE, REMEMBER A COUPLE OF YEARS WHEN SEACOAST WAS PUTTING IN THEIR NEW BUILDING AND THE ISLES WAS SCREAMING THAT THEY WEREN'T HAD NOTIFICATION.

WE DIDN'T GET THEIR ASSOCIATION.

HOW DID WE THE CITY, THE CITY DO WITH OUR EXPOSURE OR LETTING THESE PEOPLE KNOW THAT IT WAS COMING? AND WHAT HOW DID WE DO FOR NOTIFICATION ON THIS PROJECT? I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER THE THE SPECIFICS FROM FROM SEACOAST ON THAT PARTICULAR MATTER.

THIS IS WHAT I CAN SAY WITH CERTAINTY THAT THIS PETITION HAS MET ALL NOTICE REQUIREMENTS.

AND SO THERE HAVE CLEARLY, YOU KNOW, ALTHOUGH CLEARLY SOME RESIDENTS MAY NOT FEEL LIKE THERE HAS BEEN ENOUGH THERE CERTAINLY BEEN MEETINGS, THERE HAS BEEN COMMUNICATIONS, WE HAVE RECEIVED COMMUNICATIONS.

WE HAVE RECEIVED NOTICE OF MEETINGS.

THAT'S NOT REQUIRED PURSUANT TO OUR CODE.

THAT'S ABOVE AND BEYOND OUR CODE THAT THE DEVELOPER HAS INITIATED OUTREACH IN ADDITION TO THE OUTREACH AND THE PRESENTATIONS MADE WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS THE CHAMBER AND THE CORRIDOR ASSOCIATION, IT'S NOT REQUIRED.

IT'S GOOD PRACTICE, IT'S NOT REQUIRED.

BUT IN TERMS OF MEETING, ALL PUBLIC NOTICE REQUIREMENTS HAVE BEEN FULLY MET FOR THIS PETITION, INCLUDING THE PLANNING ZONING PETITION, WHERE MAILERS WERE SENT OUT TO ALL AFFECTED PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN A 500 FOOT RADIUS.

AND THEN, OF COURSE, THIS PUBLIC HEARING THIS EVENING THAT HAD THAT HAD A SITE POSTED, FULL PAGE AD AND NOTICES MAILED.

OKAY. WELL, I MEAN, I KNOW WE GET INGRAINED IN A LOT OF PROJECTS AND I, LIKE THE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS, GOT 60 EMAILS, VARIOUS SUPPORT AND AGAINST TODAY. SO I NEVER HAD THE OPPORTUNITY OF MEETING ANY OF THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE NO ONE LET ME KNOW FOR OR AGAINST.

AND MY LAST THIS IS CONSIDERED A NEW BUILD.

CORRECT. SO DOES ART COME INTO PLAY HERE? SO THIS, THIS THIS IS WHERE I GET ON MY HIGH HORSE BECAUSE THIS ISN'T UNDER MY UMBRELLA.

I'M GOING TO LOOK AT THE OWNER AND MR. MATHESON AND SAY, WE DON'T WANT YOUR MONEY.

WE WANT ART. SO YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO TELL ME YOU'RE GOING TO DO ART THERE.

YES, SIR. OKAY, THEN I'LL LET THE AP BOARD DO THEIR THING THEN.

AS LONG AS I GOT YOUR WORD.

YES, THE APPLICANT HAS MOST DEFINITELY MADE THE CLEAR COMMITMENT THAT THAT A THAT A PORTION, A GOOD PORTION OF THEIR ART IS GOING TO BE MADE WITH PUBLIC ART THROUGH THE FULFILLMENT OF THE CITY'S ARTISTIC BUS SHELTER.

AND THEN AS TO HOW THEY MEET THE REST OF IT THAT THAT IS DICTATED BY CODE THEY DO PURSUANT TO CODE, THEY DO HAVE THAT OPTION TO TO PAY OR THEY COULD DO ART. THEY DO HAVE THAT CHOICE.

AND SO THAT IS STILL OPEN.

WELL, WE STILL SHAKE HANDS HERE, SO WE DON'T WANT YOUR MONEY.

WE WANT YOU GUYS TO DO ART.

OKAY, STEVE? OKAY.

OKAY. THAT'S ALL I NEED TO HEAR.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. CARL MERCY.

I THINK YOU HAD ONE MORE QUESTION OR A COUPLE.

TWO. ONE IS, WHAT IS THE CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE, THE TIMELINE, IF YOU CAN WALK US THROUGH THAT A LITTLE BIT.

SO WE THIS IS A NEW BUILDING, A NEW DESIGN.

THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF PERMITTING THAT HAS TO GO ON, OBVIOUSLY, THROUGH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT, THE ACTUAL DESIGN.

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OKAY. OKAY.

GOT IT. AND THEN ONE THING, BECAUSE I FORGOT TO TURN MY PAGE OVER, I KEPT WRITING NOTES AS WE WERE GOING.

I NOTICED ON THE GRAPHIC WITH THE BUFFER TO THE NORTH, THERE IS OBVIOUSLY THE SABLE PALMS THAT ARE THICK AND EXISTING AND LARGE. AND THEN YOU HAVE A COCOPLUM HEDGE, WHICH IS GOING TO BE PERFECT FOR THE HEDGE REQUIREMENT.

IS IT POSSIBLE TO DO SOMETHING IN THE MIDDLE? SO IF YOU'RE LOOKING FROM THE SABLE PALMS TO THE HEDGE JUST TO FILL IN THAT, IS IT POSSIBLE TO PEPPER IN SOME THATCH PALMS SO THAT IT CAN HELP THAT AREA BETWEEN THE TWO TO BLOCK THE PARKING LOT AND THAT WHOLE OTHER AREA? I FEEL LIKE I SHOULD SIT DOWN QUICK BECAUSE WE'RE GETTING A LOT OF.

BUT TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, THERE IS ROOM FOR TRIPLE TRUNK FLORIDA SACHSE OR A TRIPLE TRUNK FLORIDA THATCH TO ALLOW FOR SOME MORE VIEW IN THAT MIDDLE CORRIDOR, THREE FOOT CLEAR TRUNK TO ALLOW FOR AN OVERALL HEIGHT TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.

I THINK I DID WALK THAT BUFFER TODAY JUST BECAUSE I KNEW THIS QUESTION POTENTIALLY COULD COME UP ABOUT WHAT WE COULD DO.

IT'S A NARROW BUFFER, BUT WE DO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PUT PROBABLY 20 TO 25, BUT WE'D HAVE TO WORK WITH STAFF AND FOR THE PERMITTING TO BE ABLE TO PUT THOSE TRIPLE TRUNK FLORIDA THATCH PALMS IN THERE.

AND NATALIE, IS THAT POSSIBLE FOR THEM TO DO DURING THE PERMITTING PROCESS? ABSOLUTELY. THOSE MINOR ADJUSTMENTS AND ADDITIONAL ENHANCEMENTS CAN BE ADDRESSED AT THE PERMITTING LEVEL.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

I APPRECIATE THAT.

I'LL SET. MERCY. YES.

OKAY. LOVELY. BERT.

I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR COMING OUT TONIGHT.

IT'S NEVER AN EASY DECISION FOR US TO MAKE WHEN IT INVOLVES HYTHE, WHICH THIS SEEMS TO BE THE PRIMARY ISSUE ON THIS BUILDING.

AS I READ THROUGH THE REPORT, READ THROUGH THE PRESENTATIONS, LISTENED TO EVERYTHING TONIGHT.

I MEAN, I LOOK AT ALL THE POSITIVES ON THIS BUILDING, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF HYTHE, WITH THE ACCESS POINT, ACCESS POINT CORRECTION, WITH THE RIVER HOUSE, THE ADJACENT PROPERTIES, WHICH HAS ALWAYS BEEN A CONCERN.

THERE'S NO OVERNIGHT BOARDING ON THIS FACILITY.

THE HURRICANE RATED BUILDINGS ON THAT CORNER.

NOW, IN TERMS OF NO BOAT BUILDING OR MANUFACTURING ON THE SITE AS WELL.

UM, PRETTY MUCH ALL OPERATIONS ARE GOING TO BE DONE INTERNALLY WITHIN THE BUILDINGS.

I HAVEN'T KNOWN OF ANY ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES REALLY ON THAT SITE.

AND NOW WE'RE CORRECTING RUNOFF WITH THIS NEW CONSTRUCTION AND NO BUILDING PERMITS ARE GOING TO BE ISSUED UNTIL ALL STATE, LOCAL FED AGENCIES, EVERYTHING'S BEEN DONE ACCORDING TO PLAN. SO FOR ME, IT'S IT'S A PROJECT I WOULD SUPPORT.

I REALIZE THAT THE ARGUMENT WILL GO ON NOW AND FOREVER ON OTHER PROJECTS BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH.

BUT WE TRY TO CONCENTRATE HEIGHT IN CERTAIN AREAS WITHIN OUR CITY AND I FEEL LIKE THIS IS PROBABLY AN AREA THAT CAN CAN DEAL WITH THE HEIGHT.

SO ALL THESE POSITIVE MITIGANTS GETTING RID OF THAT CRAPPY BUILDING THAT'S THERE NOW AND PUTTING A PRETTY FIRST CLASS MARINA IN THERE WITH ADDITIONAL CUSTOMER BASE THAT EITHER LIVE OR DON'T LIVE IN THE CITY AND UTILIZE THAT WATERWAY AND ALL THE RESTAURANTS UP AND DOWN OUR CORRIDOR WITHIN OUR CITY.

I'M SUPPORTIVE OF THE PROJECT, SO I JUST WANTED TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW.

THANK YOU. LET'S GO AHEAD AND BRING IT TO VOTE.

I WON'T HEAR ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION.

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

MOVING ALONG TO RESOLUTION 56 2023.

[VIII.f. *RESOLUTION 59, 2023 – A MAJOR CONDITIONAL USE APPROVAL. A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA, APPROVING A MAJOR CONDITIONAL USE TO ALLOW A BAR USE FOR TOMMY BAHAMA MARLIN BAR RESTAURANT WITHIN THE GARDENS MALL, THE SUBJECT SITE BEING GENERALLY LOCATED NORTH OF PGA BOULEVARD, EAST OF FAIRCHILD GARDENS AVENUE, SOUTH OF GARDENS PARKWAY, AND WEST OF KEW GARDENS AVENUE, AS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED HEREIN; PROVIDING CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.]

I APOLOGIZE. 59 READING GLASSES 59 RESOLUTION 59 2023.

A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM BEACH.

PATTI, PLEASE. FOLKS, IF YOU'RE GOING TO EXIT, PLEASE DO SO QUIETLY.

WE HAVE MORE MEETING TO GO.

SO THAT MEANS PLEASE EXIT WITHOUT SPEAKING.

GO AHEAD. RESOLUTION 59 2023, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA, APPROVING A MAJOR CONDITIONAL USE TO ALLOW A BAR USE FOR TOMMY BAHAMA MARLIN BAR RESTAURANT WITHIN THE GARDENS MALL, THE SUBJECT SITE BEING GENERALLY LOCATED NORTH OF PGA BOULEVARD, EAST OF FAIRCHILD GARDENS AVENUE, SOUTH OF GARDENS PARKWAY AND WEST OF KEW GARDENS AVENUE, AS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED HEREIN PROVIDING CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, PATTI. I'M GOING TO OPEN THE HEARING AND WE'RE GOING TO DECLARE EX PARTY AGAIN.

I'LL START OVER HERE ON MY RIGHT WITH MARCY.

DO YOU HAVE EX PARTE REGARDING RESOLUTION 59? I DO NOT. ALL RIGHT.

NONE FOR ME, NO.

AND CARL. EX PARTE.

NONE. ALL RIGHT. AND I HAVE NONE MYSELF.

WE HAVE A PETITIONER PRESENTATION.

WE HAVE MR. MARTIN HOLLAND FROM REEVES AND ASSOCIATES.

GOOD MORNING OR GOOD EVENING.

IT FEELS LIKE MORNING. GOOD EVENING.

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I AM WITH LD REEVES, REPRESENTING TOMMY BAHAMA AND TOMMY BAHAMA MARLIN BAR.

I HAVE BEEN SWORN IN AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND STAFF WORKING WITH US OVER THE MONTHS THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS.

JUST TO GIVE A QUICK AFTER, I'M NOT SURE WHAT TIME IT IS AT THE MOMENT, BUT A LOT QUICKER.

TOMMY BAHAMA OUR HISTORY IS OVER 30 YEARS.

ISLAND LIFESTYLE ISLAND THEMED.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAS BEEN IMPORTANT TO TOMMY BAHAMA IS ALSO THE ADAPTABILITY AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY'VE ALSO LEARNED BY HAVING THE RETAIL STORES, THEY'RE ALSO THE RESTAURANTS IS ALSO DOING A COMBINATION OF THOSE.

SO HAVING THE ABILITY FOR YOU TO BE ABLE TO GO TO DINNER OR HAVE A COCKTAIL OR GO SHOPPING IS NOW ALL IN ONE PARTICULAR AREA.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE VERY PROUD ABOUT IS THAT PALM BEACH GARDENS IS ONE OF THE FIRST OF A HALF DOZEN THAT WE'VE WORKED THROUGH THE STATE.

BUT IN IN THE SOUTHEAST OF FLORIDA.

SO THAT IS WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THAT.

WE ALSO HAVE HIRED AN EXCESS OF 70 PEOPLE FOR OUR OUR OUR BRANDING.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO IS THAT YOUR RETAIL SIDE MAY BE YOUR WAITSTAFF SIDE ONE NIGHT OR VICE VERSA.

BAR STAYS THE SAME BECAUSE OF THE ALCOHOL BEVERAGE LICENSING.

ONE OF THE THINGS IS TRYING TO ADAPT AND DEVELOP THE AREA THAT WE DID.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WAS APPROVED IN FEBRUARY OF 22 BY THE FORBES CORPORATION IN THE MALL ITSELF TO ALLOW THE PATIO TO BE DESIGNED AND BUILT INTO THE MALL.

THIS TOOK OVER AN AREA THAT WAS A FOUNTAIN WITH HEAVILY LANDSCAPED.

THAT FOUNTAIN HAS BEEN RELOCATED.

WE'VE PLANTED ADDITIONAL LANDSCAPING AROUND THE AREA AND HOPE THAT IT WON'T BE A HOPE IT WILL AS IT GROWS, AS EVERYTHING GROWS IN FLORIDA WILL BE VERY, VERY BEAUTIFUL BY THIS TIME NEXT YEAR PENDING ANY MORE STORMS AND HURRICANES.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT DOES, I BELIEVE, THROW SOMEONE OFF IS THE TERM BAR.

WE'RE WE'RE NOT A BAR NIGHTCLUB.

WE'RE A BAR.

FOR YOU TO BE ABLE TO COME IN, RELAX, LIKE YOU'RE IN AN ISLAND THEME.

ENJOY YOURSELVES, ENJOY THE COMPANY OF SOME LIVE MUSIC.

ALSO, IF YOU WANT TO SHOP, YOU CAN SHOP.

ONE OF THE THINGS WE ARE DOING RIGHT NOW, WE CURRENTLY ARE WORKING UNDER THE FLORIDA STATUTE OF ALCOHOL BEVERAGE, WHICH IS AN SFS SPECIAL FOOD SERVICE WHICH LIMITS US TO 51% FOOD AND NONALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES.

WE HAVE HAD TO MODIFY OUR MENU SOMEWHAT TO BE ABLE TO KEEP THAT CLASSIFICATION.

OUR PETITION TO COME TO YOU FOR THIS MAJOR CONDITIONAL USE IS TO ALLOW US TO BE ABLE TO GO BEYOND THAT 51% OR GO BELOW THAT 51% SO THAT WE COULD OPERATE HOW WE WOULD LIKE TO OPERATE.

AND THAT, AGAIN, WE'RE NOT A NIGHTCLUB.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE OPEN SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY, 11 A.M.

TO 9 P.M., FRIDAY, SATURDAYS, 11 A.M.

TO 10 P.M.

THE RETAIL STORE HAS SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT HOURS.

WE ACTUALLY HAVE THE MEANS OF CLOSING OFF AND SEPARATING RETAIL FROM THE BAR AND DINING AREA.

WE ALSO HAVE THE MEANS OF BEING ABLE TO SECURE THE STORE, RETAIL AND INDEPENDENTLY FROM THE MALL AND HAVE WORKED OUT THE SECURITY PLAN WITHIN THE MALL AND HOW WHEN THE MALL CLOSES, WE CAN STILL STAY OPERATIONAL, BUT WE ARE ABLE TO KEEP THE MALL THE REST OF THE MALL SAFE.

WANTED TO SHOW THAT YOU HAVE AN IDEA OF WHERE WE'RE AT JUST ON THE OTHER SIDE OF SAKS FIFTH AVENUE THERE ON THAT NORTHWEST CORNER.

A LITTLE BIT MORE CLOSER UP OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PATIO AREA.

AND NOW JUST I BELIEVE PICTURES SPEAK MORE THAN I CAN.

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AND AS YOU CAN TELL, THE LANDSCAPING WILL MATURE AND WILL BE BRIGHTER.

THIS IS A LITTLE BIT CLOSER UP SO YOU CAN HAVE AN IDEA OF OUR SUNSHADES, OUR LOUVERED, THESE SHADES, THE GRAY THAT YOU CAN SEE THERE ARE ABOUT HALFWAY DOWN. THOSE ARE OPERATED BY MOTOR REMOTE CONTROL AND THOSE CAN BE DROPPED OR RAISED.

YOU CAN SEE THAT THE FOUNTAIN IS THERE.

ADDITIONAL SEATING HAS BEEN PUT OFF, UP CLOSER INSIDE.

THIS IS WHEN YOU WALK IN THE MALL ENTRANCE AND YOU TURN TO YOUR LEFT.

THIS IS WHAT YOU SEE.

I DON'T BELIEVE YOU SEE A NIGHTCLUB BAR.

YOU CAN SEE ROUGHLY 10 TO 12FT IS THE BAR YOU ORDER AT THE BAR.

YOU WALK IN ORDER OR YOU WALK IN AND GO TO YOUR LEFT AND GO TO THE SHOWROOM.

THIS IS, AS YOU CAN SEE, THE PICTURE THERE ON THE LEFT.

WE'VE TAKEN A PICTURE OF JUST DOWN INTO THE BAR THAT ALSO WITH THE PATIO IN THE BACKGROUND.

THE OTHER PICTURE IS FROM THE OTHER END OF THE BAR LOOKING INTO AND THE AREA OF THE RETAIL SPACE.

ONCE AGAIN, OUR BAR AREA IS NOT VERY LARGE.

HERE IS A PANORAMIC VIEW OF ROUGHLY ABOUT 20FT INTO THE RETAIL AREA JUST SO THAT YOU GET AN IDEA OF HOW MUCH LARGER THE SHOWROOM IS VERSUS THE BAR AND RESTAURANT PATIO.

OUR PATIO.

WE'RE VERY PROUD OF IT.

WE'RE WE LOVE THIS DESIGN AND WE LOVE THIS DESIGN FOR SEVERAL DIFFERENT REASONS.

ONE, THE PROTECTION.

YES, THE ROOF IS LOUVERED.

THOSE LOUVERS ARE MECHANICAL.

THOSE LOUVERS CAN BE SHUT COMPLETELY AND THE RAIN STILL DRAINS OFF AND YOU'RE NOT GETTING WET.

THE. I'M SORRY.

THAT'S OKAY. NO, I WAS SAYING.

KEEP GOING. THAT'S FANTASTIC.

I'M JUST. I HAVEN'T BEEN THERE YET, SO I'M LOVING WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S ALSO BECAUSE SOUTH EAST FLORIDA, TEMPERATURES, HUMIDITY, THE WHITE INSTRUMENTS THAT YOU SEE THAT LOOK LIKE WE'RE CEILING FANS WOULD GO ARE AIR GENERATION FANS INTERNALS WITH MISTERS SO THOSE ACTUALLY CONDITION THE AIR AND TO MAKE IT EVEN MORE COMFORTABLE TO BE THERE.

I'LL POINT OUT TO THE LOWER RIGHT HAND CORNER IS OUR LIVE MUSIC.

LIVE MUSIC. WE'VE APPLIED AND BEEN GRANTED OUR PERMIT FOR LIVE MUSIC AND THOSE.

I'LL EXPAND ON THAT AMOUNT OF TIME MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY, 4 P.M.

TO 8 P.M..

FRIDAYS AND SATURDAYS, 5 TO 9 P.M.

AND SUNDAYS, 12 TO 4.

WE'RE VERY CONSCIENTIOUS ABOUT BEING ABLE TO HAVE A CONVERSATION, GO BACK TO.

WE WANT YOU TO BE ABLE TO RELAX.

WE DON'T WANT TO BLARE OUT.

WE KNOW THAT DURING THOSE THOSE HOURS, WE'RE LIMITED TO 65DB DURING THE DAY AND 60 AT NIGHT.

THIS AMP THAT'S SITTING THERE IS JUST FOR TO COVER THAT AREA.

THE MUSICIAN IS ABLE TO PLUG INTO OUR HOUSE SYSTEM, WHICH HAS SPEAKERS THROUGHOUT, AND THAT IS BLESSED.

EXCUSE ME. CAST IT OVER SO THAT YOU CAN STILL CARRY ON A CONVERSATION AND NOT HAVE IT SPILL OUT INTO THE WALKWAY.

HERE IS A PANORAMA, MORE OF THE OUTDOOR AREA.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WANTED TO POINT OUT, THE COUPLE HERE ON THE LEFT HAD JUST ASKED FOR THE BLINDS TO BE LOWERED AND THAT WAS HAPPENING. THEY ASKED FOR THE TOP TO BE CLOSED BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T WANT ANY MORE SUN ON TOP OF THEM WHERE THE OTHERS ARE STILL OPEN.

OUR TEAM WANTS TO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.

I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCIL? I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION ON SECURITY.

SO WE KNOW THE MALL HAS SECURITY ALL AROUND AT DIFFERENT HOURS OF THE NIGHT.

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AND BEFORE.

LIKE ON THE WEEKENDS YOU CLOSE IT AND YEAH.

AND OUR OUR MANAGEMENT TEAM ALSO IDENTIFIES TO THE PATRONS.

THE MALL IS CLOSING IN 30 MINUTES.

RIGHT. THIS IS WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO AND THAT IS LEAVE THROUGH THE PATIO OR LEAVE THROUGH THE MAIN ENTRANCE AND IMMEDIATELY OUT THE MALL DOOR.

SO THERE'S NO PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC TO GO INTO THE MALL.

THE MALL CORRIDOR. PERFECT.

OKAY. MARCIE.

SO WITH THAT SAID, IS THE RETAIL COMPONENT OF THE RESTAURANT BAR CLOSED THEN WHEN THE MALL CLOSES, YES OR YES? OKAY. THAT'S IT.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? A COUPLE OF US DID GO DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE THIS WEEKEND TO CHECK OUT THE FACILITY.

SO WHY DIDN'T YOU INVITE US? WE WENT SEPARATELY. IRONICALLY ENOUGH.

WE BOTH CHECKED IT OUT.

I WENT SATURDAY, MARCIE WENT SUNDAY.

AND INDEED, I THINK WE SPENT MORE ON ALCOHOL THAN FOOD.

SO THIS IS PART OF WHAT BROUGHT YOU HERE? NO, ANY. WE DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS.

ANYTHING ELSE? ALL RIGHT. SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE HEARING.

MAY I GET A MOTION AND A SECOND, PLEASE? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 59 2023.

SECOND. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU BOTH. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU FOR COMING, SARAH.

ALL RIGHT, GUYS, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO RESOLUTION 51 223.

[IX.a. RESOLUTION 51, 2023 – APPOINTMENTS TO THE ART IN PUBLIC PLACES ADVISORY BOARD. A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA, APPROVING THE APPOINTMENT OF REGULAR AND ALTERNATE MEMBERS TO THE ART IN PUBLIC PLACES ADVISORY BOARD; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.]

THANK YOU SO MUCH, PATTY.

SO WE HAVE NO COMMENT CARDS ON THIS.

AND LET'S JUST GO RIGHT INTO COUNCIL DISCUSSION IF IF YOU GUYS WANT TO DISCUSS IT OR MAKE A MOTION.

AS YOU WISH. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 51 2023 WITH THE RECOMMENDATION TO REAPPOINT ERIC JABLIN, JAMES GARVIN, GAIL CUBBAGE, JENNIFER O'BRIEN AND APPOINT EDWARD PENZA AS A REGULAR MEMBER AND APPOINT MURIEL BRYANT AS AN ALTERNATE MEMBER.

SECOND. ALL RIGHT.

ANY OTHER FURTHER DISCUSSION OR CHANGES? CAN I GET A MOTION IN A SECOND? I DID THAT. SORRY.

LONG NIGHT. I APOLOGIZE.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES FOR RESOLUTION 51.

MOVING ON TO RESOLUTION 52.

THIS IS OUR APPOINTMENTS TO THE PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD.

[IX.b. RESOLUTION 52, 2023 – APPOINTMENTS TO THE PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD. A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA, APPROVING THE APPOINTMENT OF REGULAR AND ALTERNATE MEMBERS TO THE PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.]

RESOLUTION 52, 2023, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA, APPROVING THE APPOINTMENT OF REGULAR AND ALTERNATE MEMBERS TO THE PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE FOR THE PURPOSES.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

WE WANT TO DISCUSS THIS.

WE DON'T HAVE ANY COMMENT CARDS.

THEN I AM GOING TO ASK FOR A MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 50.

I'M SORRY, 52 WITH THE RECOMMENDATION TO REAPPOINT JASON MORALES.

NICHOLAS RUSSO.

MATTHEW. IT.

THANK YOU. SUDAN'S KEITH AHRONHEIM, MATTHEW KAMLA AND APPOINT FAITH MEYER AS REGULAR MEMBERS AND APPOINT RON MCCALL MCELHONE AS FIRST ALTERNATE AND SHANNON ZIMMERMAN AS SECOND ALTERNATE.

IF I COULD GET A MOTION AND A SECOND, I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION.

SHARON KNOW EXACTLY WHAT YOU SAID ON RESOLUTION 52, 2023.

MAKE A SECOND. ALL RIGHT.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT. WE'LL MOVE ON TO RESOLUTION 53.

[IX.c. RESOLUTION 53, 2023 – APPOINTMENTS TO THE PLANNING, ZONING AND APPEALS BOARD. A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA, APPROVING THE APPOINTMENT OF REGULAR AND ALTERNATE MEMBERS TO THE PLANNING, ZONING, AND APPEALS BOARD; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.]

RESOLUTION 53 2023, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA, APPROVING THE APPOINTMENT OF REGULAR AND ALTERNATE MEMBERS TO THE PLANNING, ZONING AND APPEALS BOARD, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE FOR THE PURPOSES.

OKAY, SO I'M GOING TO LOOK FOR A MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 53 2023 WITH THE RECOMMENDATION TO REAPPOINT ROBERT CIVIL ZACHARY SETH MANSFIELD AND APPOINT LINDA HESS AS REGULAR MEMBERS AND APPOINT NADIA SPIVAK AS FIRST ALTERNATE AND ALANA COOPER AS SECOND ALTERNATE.

I'LL MAKE THE MOTION, MAKE THE MOTION RESOLUTION 53 2023.

AS YOU JUST SAID IT A SECOND.

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

SO LAST IS RESOLUTION 54, PLEASE.

[IX.d. RESOLUTION 54, 2023 – APPOINTMENTS TO THE FIRE PENSION BOARD. A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA, APPROVING THE APPOINTMENT OF REGULAR MEMBERS TO THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS FIREFIGHTERS’ PENSION BOARD; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.]

[03:30:02]

I'M SEEKING A MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 54 2023 WITH A RECOMMENDATION TO REAPPOINT THOMAS TOPPER AND APPOINT LISA LELAND AS ERIC.

BRUNS IS NO LONGER SEEKING REAPPOINTMENT.

I'LL MAKE THE THE.

I FORGOT ALREADY. I'M TIRED.

YOU WANT A MOTION? I'LL MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 54 2023 AS A SECOND.

SECOND. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

DO WE HAVE ANY ITEMS FOR COUNCIL ACTION OR DISCUSSION OR INTEREST?

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

I KNOW SHE'S NOT HERE. IT'S BEEN A LONG NIGHT ON HER RETIREMENT.

I JUST WANTED TO PUBLICLY SAY THAT WE REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE ALL OF HER DEDICATION.

SHE'S A GOOD ONE THROUGH HER TENURE SERVING WITH THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS.

THANK YOU, MARCY. THAT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.

AND I KNOW THOSE WHO'VE WORKED WITH HER WOULD DEFINITELY AGREE WITH THAT.

MAX, DO WE HAVE A CITY ATTORNEY REPORT TONIGHT? I HAVE A BRIEF TO OUR POWERPOINT PRESENTATION.

NO, MA'AM. ORDER PIZZA.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THERE'S NO OTHER BUSINESS.

THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED AND I'M GOING TO RUN FOR.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.